8 THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1920 ESTABLISHED BY HENRY I PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co.. 135 Sixth Street, Portland. Oregon. C A. JIORDEN, B. B. PIPER. Manager. Editor The Oregonian ii a meratoer cf the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is ex clusively entitled to the use lor publication of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and air the local news published herein. AH right, of republication of special dispatches here in are also reserved. Subscription Rates Invariably In Advance. (By Mail.) Daily, Sunday included, one year " S0 raiiy. Sunday Included, six months ... 4.25 Daily. Sunday included, three months . 2.23 Daily. Sunday Included, one month to Daily, without Sunday, one year 6.00 Daily, without Sunday, six months .... 3.25 Iaily, without Sunday, one month .... .60 Weekly, one year 1-00 Bunday, one year 5.00 (By Carrier.) 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In fixing: the prices which it asks the board does not take into consid eration the prevailing: market price, which is less than half of its lowest price; nor the available supply, which is increasing; nor the demand, which is diminishing-; nor existing: freight rates, which must be based on the market price of tonnage; nor the prospect of their Nmaintenance. for the trend is downward. It seems to consider only the cost of construction md to attempt to limit the loss to an impossible figure. Unless it ad justs its policy to the undeniable, though to it unwelcome, facts, it will not sell any ships and it will Indefi nitely postpone execution of the pol icy laid down by congress for Its guidance. There is no lack of Amer icans willing to invest at market value and with freedom to operate. A bargain should be made with them, and the attempt to dictate should be abandoned. comixextal mail by air. They say that failure to solve the mystery of flight hastened the death of Samuel Langley, an American pio neer in aviation. Long years after ward, when the Wright brothers had ranged to attain a definite goal, set proved the heavier-than-air ma- l out In a formal budget: that goal chines, the Langley aerodrome was I was a fund of approximately S3, 000,- ROLLIXG IX IT. Mr. Cox now charges "that Will Hays perpetrated a deliberate false hood when he said under oath that there were' no quotas." As it happens, Mr. Hays admitted that there were quotas. His testi mony wherein he definitely admitted it was published in The Oragonian and other newspapers on August 31. It was in his sworn statement to the senate committee investigating cam paign contributions. Mr. Hays said that the quotas were always tentative, always high and frequently changed. They were ar- but slightly adjusted by experts and launched upon a successful flight. Though Langley did not live to know it, it was he who gave the key to the riddle and whose researches and ex periments actually fathered the air plane. One hears but little of the man who gave over the search for lack of funds, and died in the shame of supposed failure. But it is certain that Samuel Langley provided the impetus that sped aviation on its way and that will, within the week, launch a flight of fast mail planes in continental service from New York to San Francisco. Langley died in 1906. In less than a score of years since he passed, be lieving his work to have failed, a myriad planes' have soared beyond the clouds, have crossed continents and oceans, have served In war and peace, and have consistently im proved in type and performance. Critics of aviation, from within the professional circle, complain that it does not progress as it should, that its development is retarded. Yet fourteen ' years suffice to span the time from Langley's death to the inauguration of regular daily aerial mail service across the continent. All reasonable eagerness is answered by such performance. As though it were but yesterday and it is little more one remembers that airmen once talked of the un ruly winds aloft and dreaded air pockets and a score of perils to the aerial seaman launched on an un stable tide. They watched the weather with cautious eyes, and chose the quieter days for flying. Yet here we have an official govern ment mail venture, already tested by trial flights, which is to thrust 'its way through all manners of weather, winter and summer, running on per fect schedule and cutting the time of the fastest mail trains in half. The elimination of distance by increased speed in transit means that our boundaries draw nearer together and that we profit by national com pactness. 000. The substance of his statement was that while quotas had been named they signified nothing as to the total amount that was desired or would be collected. Mr. Cox charges that Mr. Hays said something which the record dis closes he did not say and that this thing which Mr. Hays did not say was a deliberate falsehood. It is a habit of slush to weigh down and defile him who Insists upon wading in it. But why roll in It? On August 2 the New York World and the New York Times, both dem ocratic newspapers, quoted William D. Jamieson, director of finance of the democratic national committee, in an announcement that an effort would be made to collect $10,000,000 to finance the democratic campaign. tr Mr. cox can get his feet out of the mire, clean off his clothes and become thoroughly rested he will say something about that, too. Perhaps. REVISION OF THE LEAGUE COVENANT .Republican friends of A league of nations will be reassured by George W. Wickersham's statement after extended conference with Senator Harding that the latter would not wholly and finally reject the (Wil son) league but would take the lead in revising" it.. Nor would he nego tiate a separate treaty with Germany, wnen an objections to the treaty of Versailles can be removed by re vision of the covenant in concert with the allies. " In order to accentuate his opposi tion to the Wilson league, unchanged and unchangeable, and to calm the fears, actual or assumed, of its ex treme opponents, Mr. Harding may have been led to lay stress on those features which he condemns and to leave In the background those which he approves. Mr. Wickersham has stood with Mr. Taft in favor of the Lodge reservations as a basis of com promise, and may be presumed to have called Mr. Harding's attention to the good points of the Wilson There is no need for concern over I covenant and to the manner In which. the development of aviation. Within lne senator s criticisms may be met the memory of children it has grown "y revision-in a way acceptable to from timid experiment to assured the allies. The outcome may be and mnflrtpnt Hnrr-oss. Tni-roasaH recognition of the peace terms with stability, the art of rising from and Germany and of the. league as an alighting in circumscribed areas, far accompnsnea iact, and American smaller than those of today, are defi nite objectives of the young science. Past progress yields belief that these demands will be answered in no great length of time. participation in the league and in en forcement of the terms on Germany. Any nope that the Germans may entertain or escape from their obli gatlons and of failure of the league to thwart any evil designs of theirs aS a retllt n f rrnil Vllionn vintnm, la HOW NOT TO SELL SHIPS. doomed to diSannnintmnr W V, When business men refuse to bid the United States imrw Afe Moti on vessels of the emergency fleet at ing's administration becomes a full me prices ana terms nxea oy .the- party to the treaty, it will add Its shipping board, that body has no full weieht to that of t.h m cause ior surprise, ino man in ms senses would bid $165 to $185 a ton for steel vessels when he can con tract for building them at $72 a ton. Much less will he be inclined to pay that price when he must submit to restrictions on disposal of profits, on the route on which he must run his vessels and on the manner in which he must operate them. As the supply of tonnage is growing and as ocean freights are falling, he would run some risk by buying at only $72 a ton. If he were to pay the prices fixed by the board, he would head straight for bankruptcy. For the board to refuse to reduce its prices to the figure at which its vessels can be duplicated on the ground that fulfillment' or the terms and will do much to restore the shaken unity of the allies. Active participation of this nation in the league will chancre it rrora the weak, impotent thing it now is into a great, moral force which will crush aggressive desie-ns irom any quarter. bound tonnage tends in larger de gree to exceed that which comes west. Unless railroads are permit-J ted to compete for a liberal share of westbound traffic, they must haul many empty trains west In order to carry the excess eastward. That is as great economic waste as sending a number of ships in ballast across the Pacific ocean would be. If per mitted to make low competitive rates to the coast, they can load those trains with goods for consump tion on the coast and in the inter mountain country and for export from Pacific ports. They, will then assist development of trade with the orient over roads that are not con gested and from ports which can handle much more trade, and will relieve eastern roads and ports which are seriously congested. This, policy will tend to weld all the railroads and water lines into one national transportation system." The examiner's findings forecast a decision by the commission which should dispose finally of the false reasoning on which the objection of the intermountain country to com petitive rates to the coast is based. Shippers of that section assume that the question is whether the distribu tive trade of the interior shall be done by interior or coast cities. The question actually is whether the coast cities shall transport goods for distribution In the interior by rail or water, for their location on water lines insures that, in one way or the other, they will have the trade. It is to the advantage of the interior that they should, for the people of the interior profit by use of the most economical routes of transport, both for what they consume and for what they export. The front door of the whole country west of the Rockies opens on the Pacific ocean, and through that door the goods which it produces and consumes must pass. They can enter and pass out at the back door only at the same cost as supplies to the front door. WHEN GASOLINE IS SCARCE. Figures presented the other day by the secretary of state give the surprising information that in July more gasoline was consumed, or at least sold to consumers, in Oregon than in any previous month. July was a month of acute gasoline short age on this coast. A rationing sys tem was enforced by the distributing companies at their filling stations and, generally, the independent sta tions had none to sell. We wotild not hastily conclude that more gasoline would have been sold had there been no regulation of sales. The loose rationing system adopted was not conducive to econ omy of gasoline among a populace determined to burn gasoline if they could get it. Many automobile own ers learned to beat the game. They procured cans and syphons and made frequent trips between homes and filling stations, acquiring a gallon or two a trip, and thereby accumulated surplus for a real journey. Many were content , to do their riding within a short radius of filling sta tions. They could obtain the limited ration several times a day, or at least ntil stocks reached a certain mln lmum at supply stations. It is not disputed that town use of a- car re quires more gasoline per mile than the so-called Joyride. This is caused by the frequent necessary stops. The gasoline engine is most economical when it is run steadily at a moderate speed. Much gasoline was wasted in the hunt for supplies and much more in the journeys back and forth of the syphon users. Undoubtedly in that month there was a falling off of touring and all ay trips and an increase of town use. In view of the secretary of state s records, and despite the wastes and secret storage hereinbe fore cited, the inquiry may naturally arise as to whether the gasoline used for touring and long pleasure trips bulks so large after all, in compari son with the amount consumed by those who confine their riding to the cities. Probably there will be no further shortage of gasoline this fall, but if it is to recur next summer, the July experience seems to call for analysis of gasoline consumption figures by those having to do with adoption of a rationing system. Certainly a bet ter plan than the one used can be devised one that will not only in sure conservatism but recognize the different uses to which automobiles are commonly put. course, of little moment for phre nology Is not classed among the exact sciences. Lenlne in the Ruo- tolo bust looks not unlike some satyr of old Greece. He is dehumanized. And to the north and east of his satyr's' ears is the phrenological realm of acquisitiveness, a pro nounced plateau. Just past the cra nial summit and on the first slope toward his retreating halrv-llne He those provinces dedicated to appro batlveness, or the desire for praise and fame, and the kindred seat of self-esteem. Both are pronounced in the bust as in the man. Those who incline toward phrenol ogy should study the cranium of Lenine. through the medium of the Ruotolo bust. That the readings would not agree does not matter in the least. For others the face and the facts will suffice. That which has happened to Russia found its Inspiration in the mentality behind those contentious brows and issued in orders from those cynically. con temptuous lips. Which is precisely what Bertrand Russell, noted British socialist, found , when he visited soviet-land and talked with the pre mier. Russell made the pilgrimage in sympathy with bolshevism. He returned a disillusioned man, per suaded that Nicolai Lenine is a dan gerous and cruel tyrant of impossible idealism. BACK TO NORMAL RATE CONDITION& Back to normal conditions is the effect of Examiner Disque's recom mendations to the Interstate com merce commission on " the inter mountain rate case. The normal condition is that railroads charge such rates on shipments from the middle west to tb.e Pacific coast as any reduction would "1 equal th.e shorter rail rate from mean Just that much loss" is to blind Itself to facts. The loss represented by the difference between the cost Of the ships and the present market price of similar vessels has already accrued everywhere except on the shipping board's books. The . only rational course is to sell the ships at their present value, thus ascertained. and to treat the loss as part of the cost of the war. By so doing and by the middle west to the Atlantic or gulf coast plus the water rate to the Pacific coast. They must either do tms or abandon the attempt to compete with water lines, thus de priving the coast of the benefit of an alternative route. Suspension of water competition with railroads was due 'to an artificial condition pro aucea 'oy war, which might at any time pass away. There was never Imposing no restrictions which would I anY justification for suspending com limit the freedom of the purchasers in competing with shipowners' of other nations, the board can find purchasers who would operate under the American flaj The opinion which The Oregonian correspondent attributes to the board that "the intent of congress was gov. ernment ownership and operation rather than a sacrifice of the ves sels" and that "a reduction below th-e present minimum price would be a sacrifice" is not borne out by the provisions of the Jones law; in fact. is directly contradictory to them. Section 1 declares: That It Is necessary . . . that the United States shall have a merchant ma rine . . . ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of- the United States: and It is hereby declared to be the policy of, the United States to petltive rail rates. The non-competi- tive rates now prevailing have been in effect for only two years, when operation of economic law forces revival of competitive rates. By recommending return to water competition as a basis of railroad rates to the coast, Mr. Disque rein forces the case -for that basis. He acknowledges that . natural law is stronger than acts of congress or decisions of commissions, and can only be obstructed, not defeated, by them. If the cost of transportation between the interior and the coast were alone to be considered. Pacific ports could afford to be indifferent whether they used rail or water. If railroads were practically forbidden to compete with water by being com pelled to charge rates which drove all traffic to water, they would lose lo whatever may be necessary to develop ana encourago me maintenance or such .vn. .. .... . i ,i . " u vw.u 1.11 1 1 V C U a degree, merchant marine. In order to accomplish this pur pose the board by section 5 "is au thorized and directed to sell as soon as practicable consistent with good business methods and the objects and purposes to be attained by this act." The principles to govern sales are thus stated: The board In fixing or accepting the sale price of such vessels shall take into consideration the prevailing domestic and foreign market price of, the available sup ply of and the demand for vessels, existing freight rates and prospects of their main tenance, the cost of constructing vessels of similar type under prevailing conditions aa wall as any other tacts or conditions But maintenance of a large volume of rail traffic from the Interior to the coast is closely related to develop ment of Pacific coast industries and foreign trade. The Pacific coast yearly becomes more self-contained by producing a growing proportion of the commodities needed for its own consumption, which were for merly brought overland. 'The vol ume of commodities which it pro duces and ships to the interior, which becomes increasingly depend ent on it far- many staples, grows yearly. It follows that the east BY-PRODUCTS OP THE TIMES The human cosmos is a queer mix ture and is forever furnishing its illustrations of contrariety. Poor little Ponzi, who skinned credulous investors with, deft enjoyment, once submitted to the surgical removal of his own epidermis to save the life of a housewife who had been burned by a gasoline stove explosion. This was down Alabama way, in 1912, soon after the rising young financier had been released from the Atlanta federal prison, where he 'had been imprisoned for violating the federal mrnigration laws. Ponzl did not know the woman whose life he saved. He sought no reward. The surgeons skinned him for no less than 125 inches of epidermis, at his own suggestion. The Alabama folk were keen on nominating the youth ful Italian for a Carnegie medal, but he flitted away as soon as his hide healed, with his mind full of money Of course, this episode didn't cost Ponzi anything, and it should not weigh- in consideration of his finan cial trickery, but It sort of creates a warmth in the cardiac regions for the fellow who was a man as well as a scamp. The enormous extent to which road building and maintenance have been stimulated by the" growth of the automobile is set out in the peri odical Public Roads, which finds that whereas in 1906 practically no. ve hicle license fees were expended for roads, the proportion in 1919 was 92 per cent and the total $59,907,136, the whole contribution to public gov ernment made by the owners of 7,565,446 motor cars and 241,038 motorcycles being $64,697,255. This was an increase over 1918 of 1,418, 829 vehicles and $13,219,838 in fees, and the statistician gives a fillip to the bare figures by reminding us that the Increase for 1919 is more than million dollars more than the total revenue from this source only five years ago, while the inconsiderable state of Arizona now derives a greater revenue from automobile licenses than did the entire United States In 1906. A horse-drawn vehicle on a country road thronged with cars is a more or less helpless outfit and the conscien tious driver will, use more than ordi nary care to avoid collision. There is no glory In running down a rig of that kind, yet it is done, not by de sign, of course, but In a spirit of deviltry to see how closely it can be shaved. On the other hand, a man went over the bank at Cascade Locks because he gave too much room to a wagon. He was but slightly injured, as reward for his courtesy. There ought to be a mean, easy to find, in these affairs. THE BUST OF NICOLAI LENINE. One glimpse at the bust of Nicolai Lenine, as pictorially reproduced, brings to an American the spontane ous thought, "This man is not one of us." Alien in feature and the im press of mood, the countenance of the soviet premier gazes from the page, its somewhat cynical lips parted as though he were delivering a ukase that afforded contemptuous amusement. It was so that he smiled, said Bertrand Russell, when he spoke of the worthlessness of the soviet ruble. Alien as are the fea tures of- Lenine, we of America are not unfamiliar with them. We. have seen such' eyes, deep and narrowed, such cranial roundness with its fore head of the thinker, under the street lights when their possessors poured out the vials of wrath against the foremost, republican government of the world. Lenine is the type of radicalism of the super-egotist if his sculptor has carved truly.' We do not relish this contempla tion of the bust of Nicolai Lenine. The sentiment that arises is not one of fear, but of antagonistic amaze ment that Europe should be perme ated with the destructive craft that bides behind those bushy brows. By specious appeal to the Innate selfish ness and envy of man he dominates Russia yet he has failed to bring to the rreed giant of the north the fruits of freedom. Russia cast oft the gyves of imperial tyranny to enter the fellowhood of democracy. It was this man who bound her with the chains of a new tyranny an idealistic despotism which forced her peasantry into military service and left the land without bread. Amer ica need never fear Lenine. He is not of us, in face or thought. The least of our leaders Is of finer fiber than the soviet premier, of larger heart, of kindlier conscience, and more fully cognizant of the rights of man. There Is the pictured bust of Lenine, the head thrust from its stocky neck the head of a fighter or a huckster, as you choose, ample in intellect but stamped with an egotistic shrewdness that brings the mental hackles to stiff attention. An intolerant, aggressive, cynical face. surmounted by the perfect curvature qjL baldness. Phrenologists would rtyard such a cranium as the pros pector looks upon pay dirt. For ease of operation it presents an unequaled project to their science. , What they would say of the soviet premier is, of Despite the automobile there is a fair demand for horses in Oregon, according to Dr. Lytle, state veter inarian, and the farmer who can turn out two 4-year-olds every year need not worry for "small change." One of the speakers at a teachers' Institute in Tacoma urged all women teachers to become suffragettes and assert their independence. Confound the fellow! Doesn't he ever expect to be married himself? Thomas A. Edison, who says that he never in his life has worn -a pair or shoes that cost more than $6, needs only to have been dead ten years to be assured of election to the Hall of Fame. A man named Cox of St Louis will be on the ticket as presidential can didate of the industrial labor party. This complicates things. Two Coxes will be confusing to the average democrat. The triple to the credit of Guv Godfrey, playing in the Montana league, should get into the record. but whether as an assist or a hit must be settled by the sporting writers. The new state of Lebanon has been proclaimed, with Beirut as its cap ital. Looks like the chance of a lifetime for the Honorable Milton A. Miller to get into the king business, A New York police commissioner willed several hundred thousand dol lars to his landlady. What makes this unusual is that so few landlords wait till the tenant dies. Speeders who take Salem for a jay town will find their fines doubled after this. Salem does not need the money. What she seeks is a proper spirit or respect. Uoth Sexea Uaed Tobacco Following Introduction to England. When tobacco first reached England it was enjoyed in common by both sexes. In the 17th century, according to John Ashton, "it was not only usual for the women to join the men in smoking, but in Worcestershire the children were sent to school with pipes in their satchels, and the school master called a halt in their studies while they all - smoked he teaching the neophyte." Scotch women used to enjoy a pipe the same way as they enjoyed & pinch of snuff. One of the compilers of the Statistical Account of Scotland," pub lished in 1791, records that "the chief luxuries in the rural districts are snuff, tobacco and whisky. Tea and sugar are little used, but the use of whisky has become very great. The use of tobacco may almost be said to be excessive, especially among the female sex. There is scarcely a young woman by the time she has been taught to spin but has also learned to smoke. Smoking seems to have been introduced as an antidote to rheuma tism and ague. The favorable altera tion with respect to these diseases has only produced a greater avidity for tobacco." Detroit News. With the air of one startled from his well-earned sleep, the clerk con voyed the visitor into his employer's office, and gently closed the door. How long has that man been work ing for you?" asked the visitor, in amused tones, ' after they had ex changed greetings. Oh, about four hours. I think," was the business man's reply. 'But surely he's beer here longer than that!" exclaimed the other. "I've seen him here for the last few weeks." "He has," was the grim" statement. He has been here about four months." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "Well, profesor," inquired the young musician, "how do my compositions please you?" "Why, I think," responded the older man, "that they may perhaps be played when Mozart, Haydn. Men delssohn and Meyerbeer have been forgotten." "Really?" exclaimed the young mu sician in ecstasy. "Certainly, but not till then," re marked the other. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Frederic Harrison, English Journal ist and philosopher, is close to his oth year, yet his handwriting ii firmer than that of many a man of naif his age, and he still contributes trenchant articles to reviews and magazines. Theodore Roosevelt was at times spectacular in his emphasis of rell glous fundamentals. A story of his conversation with the newspaper cor tespondent who insisted that he could worship as reverently under a tree with a cigar and a book or in the fields or on the hills with his dog, is typical. Doubtless you can, my friend, but no one would ever suspect, you of it," he snapped. After weary months of waiting, the newly married couple had at last got a house and with Joyful hearts were setting things straight. At length John came across a little picture of which he was very fond, but which was too small to hang from the pic ture rail. So he got a nail and ham mered It firmly Into the wall. A few moments later there was a loud knock at the front door. "Oh, John, dear," whispered the bride anxiously as she peeped through the window. "It's the man from next door. I'm afraid your hammering has disturbed him." John "hastened to greet the visitor and be gan to apologize. 'That's all right," said the neighbor heartily. "I don't mind the noise a bit. I've only come to ask if-you'd mind me hanging a picture on the other end of the nail." Edinburgh Scots man. Those Who Come and Go. Wearing a gold watch, presented by his friends of Gilliam and Viheeler counties. O. B. Robertson of Condon is at the Imperial. For years Mr. Robertson was in the banking busi ness, and now that he Is out of that line of endeavor his friends decided to show their appreciation for past favors- -A banquet was staged in Jack Crow's hotel, which will be fondly remembered by all present, for the chef outdid himself. The upshot of the banquet was that O. B. got the watch. Mr. Robertson, who will be a member of the state eenate I after the .November election, says mat w insu.1. is coming into tjonaon at tne rate of about 20,000 bushels day. It Is expected that about 700,000 bushels of wheat will pass through Condon this season, that town being tne shipping point for a large area. The aggregate of wheat will not touch the big year of 1907, however, when Condon established Its famous record for wheat shipments. Making a net profit of $13,000 in three years on a pear orchard beats being In the motion picture busi ness, asserts H. C. Houck, who has arrived at the Multnomah from Cal ifornia. Mr. Houck was formerly an exhibitor in Portland, but went south and three years ago he bought a pear orchard of 20 acres for $350 an acre. For three years he has gathered and sold the crop and in addition to the profit from the fruit, he sold tne orchard a few days ago for $1000 an acre, which is an advance of $650 an acre over what he paid for it, or a total of $13,000 for the land, not in cluding what he took In for the crop. With all this money to his credit. Mr. Houck is back in Portland looking for something to invest it in. "It looks close in northern Califor nia," says F. N. Meyer, who has ar rived at the Multnomah with Ir.a wife and two children from San Francisco. "About avery other man you meet wears a cox or riaraing button and the Indications are that In northern California the contest between the republican and demo cratic national tickets will run pretty close." Mr. Meyer has not been in Portland In more than 80 years, hav ing passed through here when a small boy, so that when he returned here yesterday he did not recognize the place, for even the horse cars have disappeared from Firet street and the Stark street ferry is no more. It is the intention of Mr. Meyer to locate here permanently. Having passed the immigration of ficials successfully, Mrs. A. Fletcher has arrived at the Seward from Vic toria. B. C. Since the war the immi gration officials are more active and curious than they were in antebellum days. All tourists who are not citi zens of the United States have to go to the office of the American con sulate In Victoria and receive a per mit to cross the line. The American citizens have to give their name, des tination, business and whatever other Information the immigration officers want. And when that is all done, cus toms officers frisk the hand baggage to- see if there Is any contraband liquor In Uia suitcases. Any town in" the state with a three story hotel in a row of frame con struction is liable to what happened in Klamath Falls. Denver had a repetition of the Bertha accident yesterday. Some how, human endeavor cannot stop these disasters. Death and disaster, robberies and murders, the world is paying a fear ful bill, and Portland has an account on the book. The "little man" going to school for the first time does not need to be awakened early this morning. It was a wise hunch that sched uled Portland out of ball games on Labor day this year. Front street on Labor day. is the real thing nothing doing. London's oldest inhabitant gets this little notice In the London Times: Even Marmaduke was seen to move on one of these fine days. Marma duke is the vast tortoise at the Zoo, who, though centuries old, is said to be still growing. He Is old enough to be as impervious to the weather Dr. Johnson held a sage ought to be. Marmaduke Is more quaint than handsome; and if his relations in the Galapagos Islands, whence he came long ago, are like himself, beauty will not suffer when their race dies out, as naturalists say It Is doing. a a a A Scot was taken out of the train at Willesden for toeing drunk and dls orderly. He had got into bad com pany, he said. "Bad company how?" the magistrate asked, "weel, sir, ye see, I had twa boattles o' speerlts in ma bag, an a the ither men in ma compairtment wis teetotal." London Standard. a a- a The plowman used to plod his way. The old-style plowman is today Not such a factor. For we have been progressing some; The modern plowman rattles home Upon a tractor. Louisville Courier- Journal. ... George H. T. Sparling, health officer of King county, Washington, has addressed a letter to the various school boards throughout the county suggesting that each and every school room be supplied with scales. He wants the children weighed every day. "At first I thought that the scheme was to weigh them In morn ings and out nights in order to have a check on the amount of heavy learning they had acquired," writes a contributor to the Seattle Argus. But that is not the point. "One of the greatest indices to health," says Dr. Sparling, "lis weight. A boy from S to 12 years of age should gain eight ounces per day." This bit of information is as novel as it is interesting. If a boy keeps up to that schedule he will weigh by the time he is 12 years old 720 pounds and that Is assuming that he weighs nothing at all at the beginning of the four-year period. All schoolrooms should be provided with scales In order that the children may be accurately weighed. It would be a calamity if any of them failed to come up to this weight. a a a A speaker at a municipal debate on child labor Is reported to have, said the other day: "I want to see an equal chance for those children born with a silver spoon and those with a pick and shovel In their mouths." The buLl would have done credit to Sir For the holiday James S. Stewart left his farm at Corvallis and came with Mrs. Stewart to Portland, regis tering at the Perkins. Mr. Stewart's farm is both inside and outside the city limits of Corvallis and he has de voted almost the entire summer to hoeing it. Although living in the Willamette valley, Mr. Stewart Is still keeping an eye on the John Day high way In eastern Oregon, and when he gets homesick for th range country he goes over to the Oregon Agricui tural college and takes a sniff at the essence of sagebrush which they have on exhibition there. Road work on the McKenzie pass road Is progressing so well that Belknap springs is not as difficult to reach as It was formerly. H. B. Sloan, who Is registered at the Hotel Oregon from the springs, is sanguine that the highway across from Lane county into central Oregon will soon be one of the greatest scenic routes in the state. The forest department has been making big strides on the road between Sisters, in Deschutes county, and the summit of the Cas cade range. Mr. and Mrs. A Rothschild of Bruns wick, Ga., are at the Benson. Their home town Is best known for the stew named after It. Billy Elliott, who went to show Oregon bird pic tures to the soldiers In France, In troduced Brunswick stew to Portland about 1906 The stew consists of tomatoes, corn. peas. green lima beans, a few small red peppers and chicken, although as a rule veal Is substituted for the chicken. The Brunswick stew tastes as good as It sounds. John Monahan. who has been around Condon for the past 15 years or more, Is In town. Mr. Monahan is in the sheep and cattle business and sold out last-year at the right time, He is now accumulating some sheep and cattle slowly. There is a pretty fair demand for sheen, that is. people are willing to buy, but the owners do not want to sail at present prices, fo they contend that they can't break even if they do. There was very little toetting on the Dempsey fight among the local hotels yesterday. J. A Hermann of the Portland, however, managed to Inveigle the porter to bet a dollar even money" and took the porter' money in jig-time. The porter im mediately took a keen interest In seeing that the trunks of departing patrons were promptly bandied in or der to recuperate his loss. L. Davenport, who has a hotel named after him in Spokane, is at th Benson with his family. A feature o the Davenport is its lobby, with an immense fireplace at one end which contains a fire almost all the year. About as many local people as tour lets can be found in the lobby, a con ditlon which does not obtain in any of the hotels of Portland. HORSE HEAVEN LAND OF PROMISE Irrigation Will Turn Vast Area Into' Paradlae for Man. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept- 5. (To the Editor.) The decision of the su preme court of the state of Washing ton, holding the bonds of the Horse Heaven irrigation district valid, will be welcomed by everybody interested in the project to get water upon the trrltory involved at the earliest possi ble moment. The Horse Heaven plateau is a beautiful stretch of country, ideally situated for irrigation. The slope is gradual from its northern elevation, along the hills bordering the Yakima river to the Columbia on the south. The drainage is perfect, and not a drop of the water used need be wast ed. Practically 270.000 acres can be Irrigated, the percentage of non irrigable land being very small. The soil Is wonderfully fertile, and of that peculiar quality which makes the most of every particle of moisture. It is of great depth, and upon it every variety of crop known to temperate or semi-tropical zones can be grown. Grains, fruits and vegetables raised In Horse Heaven will equal anything Droducedany where in the world. Even without water other than the extremely light annual rainfall al most a negligible quantity the yield of wheat from these lands ln some years has been phenomenal. Under present conditions, however, a crop is very uncertain, and the experience of those who have operated the farms under the most discouraging circum stances has been anything but profit able. The writer's first glimpse of the Horse Heaven country was in the early fall of 1907, from the top of the hills south of Prosser, in Benton county. A splendid crop of the fin est grade of wheat was harvested that year, and it was an Inspiring sight as the big six-horse teams, pulling heavy loads of the precious grain, moved own the winding roads to the wait- ng warehouses at Prosser. In nearly all instances there were at least two heavy loads drawn by each team. In viewing the country at sucn a time the thought that would not down was this: "If this land will produce such a crop practically without water, what would it do with irrigation? It would become a veritable paradise." That Idea has never been dispelled, and all who are familiar with the region will uphold such a conclusion. There are men who have occupied homesteads, and land later acquired for many years, who have struggled ith fate and hung on in the face of every discouragement, looking and longing for the glad day when their efforts would be rewarded. They have become worn almost to the limit, but heir faith that water would some time be provided has not wavered, and now it looks as though they were to realide their ereat hope. Competent engineers have declared the plan tor Irrigating this territory entirely feasible. The supply or water wll come from the eternal snows of Mount Adams, utilizing the Klickitat river and its tributaries. The main canal, as projected along the upper ridire. will be more than 100 miles loner, with laterals wherever neces sary. It is figured that great elec tric power can also be generated, and the use of the latest improved ma chinery will largely diminish the cost of construction over old methods. The scheme is tremendous, but the bene fits upon completion will be incalcu lable. The land can be cut into small subdivisions and supply profitable homes for thousands of people. There is not at this time in the United States a tract of country offering greater ad vantages in an agricultural line. The matter of financing the project has been the greatest problem. With the bond issue fully approved, it would see that the solution would now be comparatively easy. The writer of these lines hopes, for the good of everyone concerned, tnat mere may be no further delay in tne worn oi developing this new and splendid ag ricultural empire. P. A. DVRAN'T, Former Secretary Horse Heaven irri gation District. More Truth Than Poetry. By James- J. Montagu IT NEVER LASTS. Where are the unctuous, excitable gents Who vowed that till clothing cam down. They'd prove they had courage and hard common cense By wearing blue jeans around town ' You will see' them parading all over the lot Wherever you h?pen to S" Arrayed in the bast that the tailor has got . At a hundred and fifty a throw. And what of the prices that wakened their ire? Tou'll find it, if you ask, they're con- . siderably higher! Where Is the sturdy, unterrified crew' Who swore that till meat took a drop They never would order a steak or a stew Or a roast or a joint or a chop? With fat filet mignons and saddles of lamb. That coat them a quarter a bite, Cheateurbriand steaks and Virginia ham They're filling themselves every night. And has meat shrunk in price since they made their complaint? Go ask of the butcher. You'll hear that it ain't! Where is the angry and talkative crowd That said that if liquor stayed up. And said it in accents that rang rath er loud. They never would take one more sip? You'll find them in alleys that lead to a slum Where bootleggers slyly resort, ' Providing themselves with Inferior rum At thirty-five dollars a quart. And have prices gone down for hard liquor and such? Well, hardly! They're selling for three times as much! a a a J oat a Tip. Election officials who want to get the vote in early won't leave any mir rors in the voting booths. a a a X But There Never la. If there was as big a howl about a sugar shortage as there is about a gasoline shortage there never would be any sugar shortage. a a a Everything Helps. One reason liquor costs so much is that leather prices keep up the cost of bootlegs. Copyright lfliO by the Bell Syndicate. Inc. Jim. By Grace E. HalL MODEST WOMAN IS USUALLY SAFE Men Generally Ready to Judge Wheth er Attentions Are Welcome. PORTLAND, Sept. 6. (To the Ed itor.) No doubt a great deal of good could be accomplished by ridding Portland's streets of some of the "buzzards" pictured in a recent car toon in The Oregonian, and referred to in subsequent letters from cor respondents. . However, I want to say from my own experience that if a woman will go about her own busi ness, in a business-like way, she"need have very little fear of insult. For quite a number of years I lived in. Portland, away from home. and often found it necessary -to be out alone at night, but I must say that the times when I was molested were very few. Of course, there are always men ready to accept an Invl tation. but the majority of men are always very ready to judge where their attentions will be welcome. I do not believe that I am wholly un attractive to men, but I have always made It a point, whether on th streets or in the office, to conduct myself In such a manner that it would not be up to the man to have to decide where I stood. There are a few deals in which, in my estimation, the man gets credit for being worse than he is, and this is one of them. I don't think that I a alone in this opinion, either, for I have heard a number of my business girl friends say the same thing. I have other friends, though, who are al ways expecting some man to insult them, and I have noticed that they are the ones who are usually insulted Of course there are exceptions to ev ery rule, but the exceptions In this case are usually drunks or degen erates, and It s hardly lair to man kind in general to place them in that class. A BUSINESS GIRL. His hair is colored like the straw that bleaches in the sun. His nose is not a Grecian type nor small; His smile extends from ear to ear and reaches everyone. "Til no one notices his mouth at all: He's loose of Joint, raw of bone, with queerish kind of feet. And dangling hands that seem to bother him. But when you're feeling blue and lone and chance his eye to meet You know somewhere a warm heart beats in Jim. It's not the smooth and clever speech that cheers one up. always. , Nor yet the broadcloth nor the satin gown: A loyal hand within one's reach when days are drear with haze And sorrow spreads its shadows, gray and brown Is more than gold and more than dress it tells of love witnin. And heart-glow is elixir to the sad; And so I weave my little wreath tor homely, honest Jim, Who makes the hearts of other peo ple glad. Post, which is the only postoffice east of the Cascades, must be pretty nearly deserted, for at the Imperial from that dot on the map are J. W, Johnson. E. B. King and H. D. Dun ham. The "postoffice receives its name from an old settler named Post, who established the office in a room in his ranch house years ago. Miss Ada Klrkpatrick. who has been to Lake Tahoe and at Pasadena hotels, le the new front office cashier at the Multnomah, replacing Mi Clair Madigan. who has decided to resign In order to take a rest. Miss Madigan may return to the Mult nomah later. John W. Cochran, assistant sec retary of state, was at the Imper'al yesterday from Salem. Mr. Cochran was formerly secretary of the repub lican state central committee. P. C. Trout, who is one of those efficiency sharks, has arrived at the Multnomah. His specialty is to go over a big hotel and then work out a system for the plant. Charles R. McCormack. thbig man of the McCormack enterprises in Ore gon and California. arrived from San Frnacisco yesterday and is at the Benson. J. W. Scriber, formerly a member of the state senate, is registered at .In Other Days. Twenty-Five Yearn Ago. From The Oregonian of September T. 18!5. San Francisco. Incorporation of the Central Lumber company here is said to be the initial step in the largest combination of lumber Interest ever effected. It is said to be a combina tion of the pine lumber manufacturers of the entire Pacific coast, including the big mill owners of Oregon and Washington. Lewiston, Me. At the state fair today the 2-year-old Kentucky bred colt Bingen made a record of 2:204. the record for a i-year-old on a half mile track. Work on the new approach to the upper deck of. the Steel bridge is being rushed to' completion. Work of laying the water mains to supply the Sellwood district with Bull Run water will begin Monday. Yes terday 300 tona of Iron pipe was dis tributed along the streets where it ia to be laid. Boyle Roche. London Morning Post, the Imperial from Silverton, Oregon. Injuries to Farm Employe. EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 5. (To the Edi tor.) Can a man who was Injured on a farm collect damages from the farmer when the cause of the accident was from defective machinery or lack of proper equipment for the work? Would it come under the same act as for mills, logging camps, etc.? OLD READER. Farmers may. on application and notice, get the benefits of the work men's compensation act for themselves and such employes who do not offer formal objections. In such cases ccrm oensation for Injuries is fixed and automatic. Farming; not brought un der the compensation act is subject to the employers' liability law and dam ages for injuries are sought by an action at law. This answer does not apply to building or other hazardous construction work not ordinarily In cidental to farming or to stump blast ing, these being covered by the com pensation act. Property Left to Grandchildren. PORTLAND, Sept. 6. (To the Edi tor.) A man dies leaving a will in which he divided a parcel of land to each of his children to control and use during their lifetime, but his children are not to sell or mortgage the property and at their death the property Is to descend to the grand children of the testator. Is such a will legal and binding upon the chil dren of the testator? INTERESTED. The provision is valid if the grand children are in being at the time the testator dies. Fifty Years Ago. From The Oregonian of September 7. 1870. Paris. The Empress Eugenie Is ex pected to abdicate in favor of the na tion. She Joins the prince imperial in Belgium on Monday. New York. Dispatches from Lon don say a republic has been pro claimed In France. Gambetti. Jules Simon and Jules Favre have been named as council. The schooner Louisa Simpson, serized at Kotzebue sound. Alaska, for viola tion of the revenue laws. Is en route to Portland in charge of Lieutenant Thomas Mason, for trial before the United States circuit court here. Colonel R. S. Williamson of tire United States engineer corps, super intendent of river and harbor Im provements on the Pacific coast, ar rived by the steamer Ortflamme yes terday. It is stated that he will de termine the location for the Willam ette river bridge. EARTH'S RESFJTfc. If I were an angel. I'd slip from the Ve.y. And sing to the earth A aweet lullaby. I'd sing her to sleep For an aeon or two. Rocked safe in a cradM Of infinite blue. I'd sing till all sobbing And heart-ache should ceaTsc, Buried deep In an ocean Of fathomless peace. I'd soothe every throbbing And overwrought nerve Of an age so dynamic To act and to serve. I'l lead earth so gently T a-aarnland s 13 :r senra Till she caught a sweet vision Of Eden once more. Then perhaps earth would wake With radiant smile. Because of her brief respite From care for awhile. For the earth's heart is human. And we all are made strong By a trip into dreamland And an angel's sweet song. Elizabeth E. Sherwooi