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TJIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1920
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the beginning of the campaign he
asked: '
Who is It that is complaining excepx a
band of men who have fought without feel
ing and without conscience & sick man who
could not defend himself?
If Mr. Wilson was so sick that he
"could not defend himself," he was
too sick to perform the arduous
duties of president and, according to
the constitution, he should have
handed over- the office to "Vice-Presi
dent Marshall. If he was well
enough to run the government, he
was well enough to defend himself
against his critics. His physicians
inform them that an increase in gen
eral longevity is at hand, and that
no'longer that is, in the near future
will one applicant in seven be
rejected because of physical un
soundness, but one in seventeen, or
some such ratio. These estimates
are not prophetic they are unbiased
prevision, in a sound business sense,
of the physical benefits that will
accrue from abstinence.
is probable that Portland has sent I Bf - PRODUCTS
at least several such to their last
accounting. Some, to a certainty.
There is a schoolhouse on the east
side a schoolhouse that is the mod
ern survival of a pioneer structure
of pine logs. All about It are mod
ern dwellings. Yet when the pupils
of long ago hold annual session
there, and strive to forget how many
OF" THE TIMES
Mai. in sr or Books Held to Hamper
Essential Industries.
Complaints of too much making of
books, are trite enough. In Biblical
times there was "no end" of it, and
Cervantes saw them tossed Into the
world ike fritters." Yet there is
years have passed, they talk of the I special pertinence to the allegation
persistently denied that he was un- ' pects, 'that they wiM employ discre-
TRAGIC LACK OF DISCRETION.
When the law equips its officers
with weapons it assumes, and ex-
brook that once raced past that
place, seeking the Willamette. The
brook is gone, for the city would
have none of It but there are those,
as we have intimated, who recall
of a prominent , motion-picture star
that "everybody seems to be writing
I these days. Go Into the subway, and
it's ten to one that the folks on
either side of you. If you've been
Those Who Come and Go.
SUPERVISION IS DISCONCERTISG
able to perform his executive func
tions and he "fired" Secretary Lan
sing for assuming the contrary to be
the fact. The only way to reconcile
his actions with Mr. Cox's plea for
feminine sympathy is to believe that
Mr. Wilson was not too sick to run
the government, to dictate to the sen
ate and to block every effort at
agreement on the league, but that he
was too sick to endure the criticism
which he thereby provoked. The
familiar expression for such action is
"playing the baby act.".
A further fallacious appeal to sen
timent was made in the allusion to
American soldiers as having fought
for the league, evidently meaning the
Wilson league, in order to end war.
This is of a piece with all that has
been said about fighting for humanity
or to make the world safe for democ
racy. The truth Is that the Amer
ican army and navy fought in defense
of American rights on the sea and
against a power which attempted to
form an alliance for partition of the
United States. Service to humanity
and democracy followed as a conse
quence of that fight. They hoped
tha-t victory would make A league
possible, but they did not fight for
the Wilson league, for it did not take
6hape till the fighting had stopped.
Mr. Cox's whole argument on the
league is founded on the unwar
ranted assumption that everybody
who favors A league must neces
sarily support the Wilson league and
that everybody who opposes the
Wilson league is an enemy of any
league. It is a definite departure
from the facts.
1 AS GOES MAINE.
Maine speaks for itself; and it
speaks also for the nation. The
republicans swept the state because
the Voters desired to register their
confidence in the republican party.
There were no. complications of local
or state issues. There were no per
sonalities which rose as candidates
superior to party considerations.
There was no apathy or indifference
as to who won, or why. It was an
old-fashioned party victory, planned
to put out the democrats and to put
in the republicans, and intended as
a message to the nation for what
ever effect it might have in November.
The plain meaning of the Maine
election is:
(1) The voters have lost confidence
In the democratic party, and have
tion in the use of such arms. The
recent kilng of Bert Hedderley,
suspected bootlegger, by members of
a. prohibition'' enforcement squad, is
an instance apparently unique for
utter lack of discretion and is repug
nant to public morals. Nor does the
I catching trout from its dancing I lucky enough to get a seat, are writ
ing something or planning to do so.'
It was bad enough before the
movies came, when authors had only
the printing press ' to feed. Now,
with the voracious camera to be sup
plied, it is a question whether the
I TAKING COX'S MEASURE.
' Both the men and the women of
Oregon have had the opportunity to
take the measure of Governor Cox
as a possible president of the United
States by hearing or reading wo
speeches at Portland and his one
speech at Salem. They expect a
man who aspires for that office to
have a statesmanlike grasp of the
problems with which he must deal,
to tell them plainly what policies he
favors and in general terms how he
would apply those policies. They
expect him to meet the arguments
cf his opponents by appeal to reason
ttnd common sense, by truthful re
cital of the facts on which decision
onust be based, not by appeals to
Ecntiment which lead judgment
astray, especially not by bold mis
statements of fact- Above all they
expect him to prove fidelity to the
principles of American freedom, not
to make bids for the votes of those
who plot revolution for the purpose
of overturning the republic and set
ting up the- terrorist despotism of a
Tried by all tnese tests, jur. v-u
is found wanting. - He talked, much
nrotrresslves and reactionaries.
but he was vague as to the meaning
of thesa terms. There) is a, kind of
progress which, being founded on
sound principles of government and
economics, holds aU the ground that
Jt has gained, and there is another
Vinfl which plunges along like a run
away locomotive and lands the train
in the ditcn. air. t-o. given a vote of renewed confidence
fortunate in his choice of examples , ,.
of real .progressiveness. Workmen's ( The votera are thT0Ug.n
compensation "c ""I"," Wilson and one-manism.
riffles and who summon back the
days when the birthday penalty of
every pupil was to be publicly
ducked, .amid appropriate hilarity, in
Its softly swirling pools. They hold
no brief for that vanished brook.
fact that Hedderley sought to escape that they speak' of Jt dearly addition of scenario writing to other
with reerret. i literary composition is not
Tnlinann praitlr nlitniroa ln(f 4Tia
Willamette at the southern verire of I endangers the balance. Where are
fha f itv a rather net-norm Viln lirtln I l-i'5 ' to come from If every
stream that thus-far has survived. I body turns author? Who is to do
It is something more than a brook, tne mechanical work of book and
it has a deal of freshets to deliver, I "Picture" production with all aspir
and one rejoices to believe that here I tc d the writing?
is a stream that will have its way I In all seriousness it must be ques
unreDUKea despite tne growtn or
the city. No, though they line John
son creek with factories, and bridge
it and dam it and restrain it, there
will be most excellent crawdad fish
ing therein when all of us are old,
and undreamed-of children range
its banks. Yes, indeed, when the
boundaries of the' city shall have
crept far past it, and tire commerce
arrest justify the alacrity with which
at least four of the . five officers
opened fire upon him, one bullet
penetrating his brain.
There are times when it becomes
necessary for the police to fire at an
escaping criminal, on a man sus
pected of crime, or to fire in self
defense or the defense of others.
Such occasions readily suggest them
selves and do not require setting
forth. But in the instance of Hed
derley, who sought to escape arrest,
no emergency requiring the employ
ment of pistols appears to have
existed. Five men, four of them at
close quarters, practically sufcrounded
the car in which he sat. As he
realized the trap the suspect started
hl niitomohilfv TnRtanMv n wan thA
target of four- marksmen. At least f man and,s wings into port via
on of thorn shot to kill for Hed- giant nyaropianes.
3) The league of nations as an
Issue is of minor significance. The
result would have been the same if
it had never been heard of.
4 Prohibition had only a collat
derley is most indubitably dead.
May we say that five officers are
inadequate for the capture of one
man, who has made no pretense of
armed resistance? To assume that
they were in desperate plight when
the fugitive started his car is bosh.
And, for that matter, Hedderley was
well known. He was a marked man.
and his escape would have been but
temporary. Then there were the
tires for targets, but no one seems
to have fired at them. Instead, to
th great danger of pedestrians and
residents of the locality and to the
irremediable injury and death of
Hedderley four marksmen make a
public street their reckless range.
There is something entirely distaste
ful to the average citizen in this
tragic incident.
'It is the duty of citizens to submit
to arrest and await the process of
justice. If they flee, it is at their
own hazard. But even this assump
tion does not warrant indiscriminate
killings under the cloak of law.
Johnson creek
will still be calling the sea trout up
from the Willamette and offering
tionea whether tne enormous devel
opment of the literary end of the
modern publishing, pictorial and al
lied arts is not acting as a disturbing
factor in hampering the free progress
of the crafts and trades. When the
labor of potential eteel makers and
mill workers is absorbed by litera
ture, the gain of this and other non
essential industries is naturally at
the expense of the essential Indus
tries. .Perhaps the philosophic his
torians of our times will discern in
the urban Walton rare sport in his I ths diversion of productive labor to
own dooryard.
But "the 'smaller creeks gurgled
their last long since, and one can
not but ponder what exchange we
received for them. They were corn-
intellectual pursuits a basic cause of
the high cost of living. New York
Times.
Besides the farmers and small-town
panionable fellows, who spoke to I People moving away from their ac-
the red-wing blackbird ' so persua- I customed habits, as the census
siveiy that he paused and whistled aireaay so appallingly shows, the
his mate and built the nest in their complaint is raised that the country
willows there to sing "Ok-a-lee" doctor Is also disappearing that is,
to the admiration and envy of all the village physician, who could be
listeners. iae a not August uaj, 1 defended on at an 'an .11 h.
in any year, and no lotion was as
sovereign for tired and dusty feet
as were their waters. They were re
mindful, though somewhat smaller,
of Tom's stream in the Water
Babies where one might wash
away the grime of chimney sweep
ing and claim kin to the fairy folk.
Certainly they were conducive to
innocent hilarity, and the eye rested
on them with the gladness that
always springs at the glimpse of
water over pebbles.
Now, the simplest task in the
world is to point out unanswerable
at any
when sudden affliction fell upon the
farmer's family and to keep up his
visits periodically until convalescence
made them unnecessary,
The old-fashioned doctor in his
gig has vanished, and the new-fashioned
doctor, who has spent a large
sum on his medical education, nat
urally seeks the rewards that prac
tice in the larger towns affords.
But people in the country fall sick
just the same as ever. Who is to
care for them?
Perhaps the state will have to
A BAU UNTRUTH.
Portland was given an illustration errors in the conduct of cities. For J provide doctors, or the United States
What the agricultural department
Monday of the recklessness with I instance, having banished the
which Governor Cox relies upon un- I brooks, diverted them into sewers
trustworthy informants, on hearsay I and choked their courses with rub-
testimony and on idle rumor in mak- I bish, having felled the trees that
ing charges against those who op- I providence took long centuries to
pose him. I create, the fathers of the town cast
In his second speech at the audi- about them f6r beauty and say, "It
torium, Governor Cox said: I is absent, we will make a park."
Watchfulness at Library Destroys
Writer's Pleasure in Art Book.
PORTLAND, Sept! 14. (To the Edi
tor.) Our city library renders excel
lent service and the attendants are
uniformly courteous and obliging, but
there Is one particular in which I
believe there could be some improve
ment. All the art book3 and portfolios
with Illustrations, etc, worth men
tioning are kept under lock and key.
Some there are of course who think
George I. Pratt, capitalist and
publicist of Springfield. Mass., heads
a family party on an initial tour of
the Oregon country. It was at hi3
Colony club one evening that he ana
Harry Fisk and dozens of other man
ufacturers and business men of the
old Massachusetts .town, first got a
vision of the wonderland of the
northwest throueh the lecture of
Frank Branch Riley. Mr. Pratt was
1 .1.0 v.a h nin arransre
r second performance especially for art is for the elect only, but the
the wives of the members, and then present need is to make its appeal
nersuaded the lecturer to appear at more generally appreciated. Of course.
the school of his aaugnrer at ,r't'- C --
i .o -noT-URhires. "We have who will chip a statue, steal a
-mv pnpv told the truth," I Fornarina or mutilate a book to
; in- tm "in fact I am surprised I satisfy some queer miserly instinct
now at his reserve. ine opruiKi"iu 1 vut jt ia tcj ianuj a. puur uuitimcmaij
Republican has suggested that the I on Portland library patrons to lock
r.tiiT-n nd aoDear In our new up aU books of this nature.
mimioinal auditorium, and I heartily I When one has an hour or two and
h rinea. Our citizens will pack I a general craving to get some art
it to capacity to near ms oi'. . a. un., n auuui
luiivei an ircsirt? lur tne oea.uni.ui t
TCiti, um -aratprfront development distraction to have to ask a busy at
and the prospect or tne auuinai umi lciiuahi. iu uhiuck tnt ana mat cdae
kbc,j. annn. TnntpriAllzine. people 0.1 c : iui -Luis or tn&t particular dook tu
beginning to take an active interest enable one to browse and it does not
in Astoria and there is a belief ex- then conduce to one's appreciation of
tant that it will soon grow into the art values to have that same attend-
great city that its boosters have al- ant, courteous though they invariably
ways claimed It will aimiu. 1 " . t.iwttyct supervise your examina-
w.hh wh is m. real estate operator I tion. Ton may be able to fend the
in Astoria, says that the demand for I intellect all right, but one's aesthetic
Drooertv in the city by the sea now sensibilities, the true goal of art
oil nviouR demands, so oe- I are not aDoreciatlvelv awakened bv
termined are people to buy Astoria the ordeaL One does not feel like
realty that some have Dougm u coming soon again, lest he be tin
far from the city. iVLr. w eu 1 o 1 picihuij rememoerea.
those present at the Hotel Portland. I Again it is extremely agreeable to
1 we ovuie to taKo out tnese doors
i-r, TtPifancs. where Mr. and I when one has discovered some that
Mrs. R. D. Parker, registered si tne mite a strong personal appeal to
Perkins, live, there are acres ana him. These books are too high priced
acres of blackberries, rtenaace 10 w tor most or us. Besides two weeks
the Tillamook railroad and nan a 1 will make them ours for all time and
dozen years ago there was nothing eternity. I appreciate the fact that
hut a forest where the camp nasDBBii trie librarian seeks to protect the
since carved out of the woods. Run- taxpayer's Interest, but I ask if that
ning through Reliance are tne wvca same taJcpayer would not prefer to
of a very old trail, it is sam tnat 1 lose a, dooK now and then to some
was a military trial built by uenerai I small souled thief rather than have
Orant or General Sheridan irom
. 1- nnnst -ranee moun
tains into the Willamette valley. The
evidences of the trail are quite ap-
h.it no one appears to Know
its history.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
"Portland should have a big repre- I
them so Inaccessible.
At least if it is not possible to let
some of these books go out, it would
seem that all but the' rarest books
could be left unlocked when an at
tendant is present, so we fellows of
little nerve can browse about with
out having all our enthusiasm dis-
FATHER AD SOX.
When Smith was twelve, or there
about.
Without a sinele qnalra or shiver
He used to help the ice go out
by riding on it down the river.
If Smith's young son upon a floe
Alonsr the rivr-.r should e-n sailinf.
Inside the next two hours or so.
The kid would get an awful whaling.
When Smith was young, along in May
When swallows o er the poiMl were
skimming.
He frequently would run away
Ana spend, the afternoon in swimming;.
If Johnny Smith should do the like
I. e., splash round in chillv water.
When he got home, the luckless tyke
W ould get exactly what he oughter.
In early youth. Pa Smith would hitch
lis sled behind a oaesin? cutter.
And often finish in a ditch
Or land, in tatters, in the gutter.
If Smith, the younger did the same.
The rashly reckless little sinner.
That evening, penitent and lame.
Would go to bed without his dinner.
Yet Smith is old and well-to-do.
And even now, as age advances
He makes a lot of money through
His aptitude for taking chances.
His offspring is a timid lad:
All sorts of trifling troubles fret
him.
He never will be like his Pad.
.because the old man will not let
him.
The Indian Giver.
When Tennessee gave the voir to
women she had no idea they would
o mean enough to keep it.
The Song of the Prohibition Officers.
And when we got there the ware
house was bare."
They Have to Be.
Have you noticed how much moT
particular the candidates are about
tneir necKties. now that women ir
going to vote?
Copyright, 10QO. br Ben Pvnt!!ct T.n i
sentatlon at the conference to pelled by the necessity of constantly
in Seattle wnen ini6" --
ha considered, eaiu
l IdlJ JUl IV'll T . ' i
p Aiincrton at the Im-
"Washlneton win
annoying a-n attendant to let u in
here and there. DILETTANTE.
DIRECTOR TO BE HAD AT HOME
So Need to Call on Other City Talent
for Boys' Chorus Leader.
PORTLAND, Sept. 13. To the Ed
itor.) I have just finished reading
h-o- -Pi-sxirients Roosevelt and Taft.
He boldly angled for the votes of
those who regard Theodore toose
velt as the great exemplar of prog'
resa. for he mentionedthat leader no
1 1. .. APt.an In-IAM-in Ills TlOOn-l ... ..
luaa iV-J.Ti ,, 1 era i pearing on tne result. 1 TCe re
day speecn, Dui iwuK. v-.- . Bult ould have been tne same i Jt
in ais,gravou 11 "'f"'.",";":: I had never been heard of. '
lender or xno ""-."7 (5) The "slush fund" chatter of
claimed fellowship with :Wn.-H Candidate Cox cuts no figure, except
did not mem on. tne . t to his-disadvantage. The-result would
dent Wilson in that speecn, h ay& fceeD
same if it had never
tne "perieci accoru. -been heard of.
existed Between. (6) The women divide as the men
favors the Wilson style of ?"?r divide, though they are probably even
xnat styie ' stronger against Mr. Cox.
into tne mire 01 l"""-? " Maine is an average northern state,
jravagaace, '"' - influences that control there pre
ana ciass aisbeiiiuii. vail throughout the country. What
jox story t ; happened in Maine in September
Butte contains soma euggesUons of " ty,.o,hof. h- tti
the kind of Drogress that he would I . . ",. . ..... .
I have been told that when the work
men's compensation law was passed in this
state, that someone had the effrontery to
carry It to the people. - How proud I am
of the 'citizenship of Oregon, after know
ing; that every county sustained that right
eous law. So far as I know and I have
a considerable acquaintance with- the
newspapers of America, I am a.vubllsher
myself there never was but one so-called
large newspaper In America that ever
openly opposed the workmen s compen
sation law, and that newspaper is pub
lished in Portland. .....
The statement has not the slightest
foundation in truth. Every large
newspaper In Portland supported the
Oregon workman's compensation
law.
The Oregonian Is the largest Port
land newspaper. During the legis
lative session of 1913, when the com
pensation law was under considera
tion, and during the ' referendum
campaign in the same year, when it
doesn't do for agriculture would
make a very ehort list. We do not
know that it sends skilled emissaries
in the country to teach the . art of
canning fruits and vegetables, but if
it does, might it not send men of med
ical learning to supervise rural diet
etics and hygiene? Uncle Sam has
done so much for as it may be he
can furnish us doctors. F. H. Col-
make. If Pennsylvania has any such
law acainst public meetings as he
described, it could and should" be
annulled as contrary to- the federal
constitution. But the. cessation of
I. W- W. catcalls when. Mr. Cox af
firmed the right of the) people Implies
that the X. W. W. nnderstood him to
States in November, unless there is
a marked change in conditions.
.The only hope. of. Cox .lies in the
wet areas of America. Dare he
wade in ?
was submitted to vote of the people,
The Oregonian published in all more I citizens.
than twenty editorials supporting the
principle of compensation and, in I xtr. McMurray is not talking shop
many or tnem, supporting this idea- when he advises everybody to visit
ticai measure. th fairs this fall, bisr and little?.
The Oregonian directly urged the Fairs are educators. The "cattle
legislature to pass the law. When I show" has been a feature of New
NOT AN IDEAL SCHEME.
The city of Portland is not run for
imply that they would bo free under the benefit of its employes; and the
his administration to assemble for I employes should not be permitted to
the well-known seditious purposes or run the city of Portland. It may
their organization. Mr. Cox is too. be. dduhted if the Civil Service asso
Ehrewd to antagonize true Americans elation will succeed in its remark-
by openly espousing the cause of the
reds, but he is not averse .to winning
the support of the latter in such
manner as will not alienate tnose
who are already disgusted with the
Wilson administration's half meas
ures against disloyalty.
His slush fund charges have slm
Snered down to the statement that
William. Barnes published a book and
that certain rich men contributed
liberally to its publication. How the
republican party can be held respon
sible for this book or how the sub
scribers can get an underhold on the
government through it he did not
explain. His talk about the S15,000,
able plan for a charter amendment
designed . to revolutionize the civil
service and place control with them.
One clear ultimate purpose of the
proposal is to open the way for
unionization of the employes, in
cluding the police and the firemen.
What . else means the apparently
innocent clause that "membership
in any society, association, club or
other form of organization of civil
service employes shall not constitute
or be cause for reduction in rank or
compensation or removal of such
person or groups of persons from
jam service .' unaer mat clause a
civil service employe not only could
000 fund is not so loud since it has join with others in forming, a labor
been proved that no such fund was union, but he could join the Boot
attempted and that his much ex- leggers" Mutual Protective societv.
ploited quota list had been rejected 1 or the Russian Reds, or the Black
before he saw it. I Hand, and his employer would be
In addressing th women Mr. Cox I helpless and hopeless about it. He
f.aid not scruple to presume on their would not do it, it will be said. No
supposed ignorance of public affairs aoubt, but it is not a matter which
by making flagrant misstatements of hould be left to his conscience or
fact. He said: - I Judgment, against the interest or
Ixn? before yon knew what the league I desire or option of the city.
States senate signed a round robin that about the scheme and says so. What
they were against the leagu. he sees is that it is a definite plan
EverybodV knew on Februarv IE. to capture the civil service in the
1919, what the league was intended I interest of perpetuity of jobholding.
to be. for on that morning the first The Plan to permit the mayor to
draft of the covenant was published name one member of the board, the
throughout the world, and the round I employes another, and the public a
robin was not signed till March 3. tnira means notfling else. The re
The thirty-seven signers of the round sult "would be an immediate political
robin did not declare themselves organization to control the election
"against the' league"; they said that of the third member and to influence
peace with Germany should be made I also election of a mayor. Thus
first and that "the proposal of a
league of nations should be then
taken up for careful and serious con
sideratlon." They thus- did not con
demn THE league which Mr. Wilson civil service administration is not all
had proposed, and were disposed to 11 should be; yet it is well enough to
consider A league to be formed after say that the public is more critical
conclusion of peace. If Mr. Wilson of the policy of permanent tenure
had followed their advice, which the 1 for men and; women in public place
senate by the constitution was bound I than it once was, and it would like
to give, peace would long ago have I to see a middle course adopted
V been concluded and the nations I wherein those who should be fired
(might have formed a league of which can be fired easily and those who
Vhe United States would have been I should not be fired cannot be fired
i. member. Delay of peace and of I at all. .The old idea of once-ln-a-job-Anierican
co-operation in a league, I always-there has lost some of its
on the calamitous consequences of I popularity.
which Mr. Cox dilated, results from
r-VMr. Wilson's refusal to follow the I Though Governor Cox neither de
senate's advice and from his refusal I nies nor affirms, but rather evades
to accept such modifications as would I the assumption that the liquor issue
secure a two-thirds majority for rati- I appears in his candidacy, pertinent
fication. Mr. Cox s whole argument I facts concerning prohibition are al-
thus had no foundation. . ways in order. So it is that we hear
Mr. Cox evidently appealed to the from the insurance companies on the
emotional side of women wtien he effect of the reform with regard to
referred to President Wilson's sick- mortality tables. They testify that
ness. and he showed equal disregard I their most accurate and trusted
tor the-.facts when he, said that at medical authorities and statisticians
we would have the civil service in
practical politics, where it does no
belong.
It may be true that the present
And they make parks, formal affairs
that are well enough as pitiful sub
stitutes, and bid the children in to
play. Very well, but where are the
red-wings, and the trout, and the I lier in St. Louis Globe-Democrat
crawdads and the song of the
cedars? Go ask of yesterday.
One knows that creeks become
the perils of sanitation if they are
unloved and unguarded, when the
According to the Dry Goods Econo
mist, Miss Sarah Moulton, member of
an old and respected family, was the
first saleswoman in America and her
city grows up along their courses. I employment in-the early 0s by Ben
So Bubbly creek was fouled and so it I jamln Franklin Hamilton in his store
C. C. Clark
have a crowd on hand
will have some representatives, but
Portland should have a group present,
too. The five western states intereBt
ed in the arid land question will join
-,,,,.. Oreeon is much
in lino - ,1
.nSc2VrVMo article in tae Sunday renian
Presentation at the meet- regarding the proposed boys' chorus
1 wmcn is Deing lormea at tne 1. 01.
lnB- I C. A. under the direction of a Mr
-r. f th nioneers who crossed West of Seattle, who, I understand, is
theT Plains is Mrs. R. D. . Wrdlck. who connectea with the Whitney chorus
is at the " ""' T wrflink It seems rather queer that Portland
TV alia waua. """" ln -wItn should have to call upon Seattle'talent
came overland in the same train wtr. jn order to
thA lata Dr. Blalock in 1S75. ln' m.j v,.... ,
, -hut rail- I " -- rt 1 . a. iu vui iiiiuM -una
doesn't seern so long ago, out ran Qf the f,negt dlrect0ra on tne Paclf ic
road trains uia not set coast. I have been In the public
Walla country until many years " schools and heard choruses and part
they penetrated further soutn, ana aongs glven bv the pupils of all va
Mrs. Wrdick experienced all tne riOUs grades, and in view of the small
thrills of traversing the old uregon amount of time given to this work in
trail in a prairie scnooner. """ i the school it will compare most f a-
panying Mrs. wraicit to Jr"l":, " voraoiy with the concert given in
her granddaughter, violet ceutu. fortland a short time ago by the
wnitney cnorus or Seattle, which is
whn enr comes "There she I supposed to have been in training for
from the orow's nest, as me some years.
..v..iu h.iffou th seas. Captain Oscar I 4. es no reason why. with the
. . . 1 1 1 i . L. smlv I nt-nnA ammm. n V. .. 1 . : j
Karlsen, the stopper, win u n; ' ." " . : , B "" "UI
white man on board, captain ivui iu . ruruarm cannot
. . v. nT.iitnAmo n Tpaieruav I w a ii.vius liii&l will u Known
oasslng through to San Francisco to as a Portland chorus with its own
f .n. n n the Chivo Maru. Ths Portland director that wl'l equal, if
cantain has signed a contract with a not excel, the one from Seattle.
J fomnanv to be mas- I 'or one, have a boy that I
won its sentence of extermination.
It had been "a stench spot for
years," and In its stead Chicago I
will build a beautiful boulevard.
There must have been a time when
it was clean. One wonders what
manner of . boulevard thi; engineers
will build, one-half so fine and com
forting" as' was' the stream before
its outlawry, even though its eddies
were muddy and catfish were its
the referendum was invoked by un
known persons, after the law's adop
tion, The Oregonian denounced that
ambush attack upon the law. When
the act was before the people The
Oregonian with all vigor counseled
the voters to vote "yes" and sustain
the law.
In his address Governor Cox did
not name the newspaper he had in
mind. We do not know that he in
tended to refer to The Oregonian,
but we suspect. he did. He had in
the course of his earlier speech made
distinct references to this newspaper.
Following his statement that a large
Portland newspaper had opposed
in Saco, Maine, aroused so much In
dignation that the Hamilton estab
lishment was boycotted.
The Economist is in error, declares
Richard Spillane in the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Long before Sarah
Moulton was born; in fact, before
George Washington was elected pres
ident, a saleswoman was behind the
counter in a little shop in what now
is Park Row, New York, not far from
the present site of the Tribune build
ing. She sold cookies and all sorts
of odds and ends, while her husband
with whom she had come from Ger
many, bought pelts from trappers and
laid the foundation for one of the
largest fortunes in America.
She was not boycotted, and neither
t7:" , ir,r r-omnanv to be mas- . Ior one, nave a Doy that 1 would
if".""" . .n Da very clad to ha-e film un hi
ter pi a targe - work, but would much prefer that he
tne coast. .11. be a member of a chorus which might
be Japanese. I De looked upon as a whollv Portland
be
citv of
i-prtiand. UKO. H. UPTHEGBOVE.
344 East Forty-first street north.
. .v. f ,tnm on record Production and which would
. of. ''T.". AHMir "edit to the musical
hit oeaeiae mumiaj, J - -
Mayer of New York, wno is resiMwu
. ...! T-i ,T,4 "TVi a wind
at ih Motel fortianou i"
or, a F,!n toa-ether formed a fine com
hindtion and then there was a high
tide, to help things along. The base
ball park was flooded with water.
The Necanicum river was backed up
hv the. tide and overflowed its banks
Although I had rubbers, a raincoat
nd umbrella. I was soaked to the
BOY'S HOME ENVIRONMENT GOOD
England for a century, but it gets its
biggest and best development the
farther west it goes. Everybody I was her husband, so far as historv
should go at least one day, even if I discloses, for she was Mrs. John Jacob
only to find fault. I Astor the first.
And probably there were some
In abandoning and tearing down I saleswomen who antedated Mrs. Astor
their sanitarium building on Mount I in American business.
Tabor, which is much less a flretrap
than many that might be classed as I Elsie, about to De married, decided
such, the Seventh-Day Adventlst peo- (at the last moment to test her sweet-
pie show a spirit of appreciation of I heart; so, going to her friend Maude.
civic duty that is commendable. I the prettiest girl she knew, she said
to her, -although she knew it was a
Tlfere always will" be suspicious I great risk:
evere Sentence Imposed on Yontli
Contrasted With Mildness of Others.
PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (To the Ed
tor.) I have Just finished reading
Hon. II. TTnlohn s article on restricted
skin in walking a couple oi diocks to i paroles printed in The Oregonian Sat
catch the train." I urday, also the editorial "Harsh Jus
-Itice. As I am a personal acquaint
E. S. Harkness, who Is a airector oi of the vo,.th m-ntenr-ert to ton
the Union Pacific Railroad, company, years in the penitentiary I am going
to write a few words in his favor.
I am not particularly partial
circumstances in the case of a wife
workmen's compensation, he said accidentally drowned in the presence
that the same newspaper was de
manding that he state his position
on prohibition! - The last The Ore
gonian did.. The. general Inference
of the governor's audience was that
the reference was to The Oregonian,
of her husband. The first wonder
why he does not drown with her
leads to them.
Record.
Representative McArthur says 300
members could easily do the work
and many there knew that the state- of the house ot representatives. But
ment, whether he referred to The thlnk of the awful strain they'd be
Oregonian or to any other newsnaner under to fill up the Congressional
of consequence in Portland, was not
true, but was the direct opposite of
the truth.
Here is a direct Insight Into the
character of the Cox slush fund
charges. He has given ear to every
little politician who has sought to
whisper scandal to him; he has ac
cepted hearsay testimony from unre
liable sources; he has taken the word
of untrustworthy Individuals; he has
combined the false tales he has
Twenty thousand aliens applied
for admission at. Ellis Island last
week. Immigration at that rate will
keep the assimilator working over
time.
" i
According to Irvin S. Cobb, hu
morist, the "sun bear," long be
lieved extinct, still roams the lava
beds of Oregon. For the life of us
heard and given them the dignity of wo can 1 8eo hat s funny about
his own accusation. It will be an I that.
unfortunate day if we shall elect a
president whp is so easily and so I A Brooklyn judge urges the estab-
willingly swayed in his judgment of I lishment of family courts to settle I eau it. worship , the mountain as a
"I'll arrange for Fred to take you
out tonight a walk on the beach in
the moonlight, supper, and all that
sort of thing and I want you, in
order to put his fidelity to the proof,
to ask him for a kiss."
Maude laughed, blushed and as
sented. The plot was carried out.
The next day Elsie visited her friend
and said, anxiously: '
"Well, Maude, did you ask him?"
"No, Elsie dear."
'TNo! Why notr
"I didn't get a chance; he asked
me first."
It is to be hoped that the fresh at
tempt to scale Mount Everest, an
nounced by Sir Francis Tounghus-
band at the anniversary meeting, of
the Royal Geographical society, will
prove more successful than those
made In the past.
The difficulties are great, because
the natives .inhabiting the districts
round "The Abode of Snow," as they
others.
OUTLAWED CREEKS.
You .see, it was this way when
men cut down the forests and
cleared spaces for the cities they
were face to face with the issue of
beauty versus utility. So the de
mure little hills, with their maples
and firs, and the vagrant, sparkling
creeks that rambled hither and yon,
and the pine that rose high above
his fellows having sprouted when
Columbus was sailing chips in Italy
were leveled and felled and filled
and cut into board lengths, if the
jumbled accounting will be par
doned, to give room for stores and
cottages and warehouses. We are
domestic disputes. They'd better
hurry and establish them while
there are still a few families left.
Mayor Baker ia right in closing
the first crack that would let "re
form" get into local civil service.
Keep the system out of politics.
Sugar has dropped another f 2 per
hundred. We only hope that the
profiteers are holding the sack.
One of the crying needs of the
day is a successful operation that
doesn't kill the patient.
Secretary Daniels sees no "sign" in
the Maine vote. The state went the
reminded of this by the fact that wrong way for signs.
nnlv recentlv in Chica&ro thev have
made good riddance of a particu- Let us wait awhile before we grow
larly troublesome brook, known to pessimistic over a possioie loss in
children and municipal geographers I prunes.
as Bubbly creek. The soil that heard
its gossiping long before Marquette
and Joliet .halted at the place of
"the wild onion" knows Bubbly
creek no more.
Something of the sort, soon or
late, happens ' to all creeks that
thoughtlessly choose for their mean-
I derings the sites of future cities. It
Tie something on the Senators to
keep them out of seventh place.
It was wet enough here Monday
to suit even Mr. Cox. .......
"As Maine goes' 'is gflod enough.
Let her gol
god. and regard those who endeavor
to reach the summit as guilty of the
utmost profanity. But for this It
would probably have been scaled long
ago, for experts maintain that its
ascent might well prove less for
midable than that of many peaks
already climbed. London Chronicla
A number of hitherto unpublished
letters from Mathew Arnold, Thomas
Hardy, George Cruikshank, Du Man
rler, Rossetti, "Walt Whitman, Robert
Browning and Thackeray have been
Included in "Frederick LockerLamp
son," a character sketch by Augus
tine Birrell. which the Scribners have
just brought out. Locker-Lampson is
little 'known in this country except
possibly as a collector, the Rowfant
club in Cleveland being named after
his own library. Notes on some of
his rarest and most interesting books
are Included in this volume.
Hub It seems to me that you come
to this office a good deal more than
there is any occasion for.
Wife I can't help it, dear. Tour
manners in the office are so much
nicer than they are at home that
really enjoy the contrast.
In Other Days-
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
rVom The Oregonian of Sept. 15 1895
Henry E. McGinn was last night
ppointed jude of the slat rir,..,it
court of Multnomah county, to suc
ceed, the late Judge Hartwell Hurlev.
The bowline- team rr , - nr..i.
mah Amateur Athlptlc.
the Taooma Athletic club team last
uiSot Dy a total score of SS6 to 71 T.
Dr. Jesse L. Hurl but. ArrAtaw .a?
the Methodist Sunday School Union
and Tract society and one of the most
notea sunoay school leaders of the
nation, has arrived to attend the
Methodist conferences.
The controversy between the citv
water committee and the school board
is still unsettled and the -water mav
not be turned on when the schools
open next Monday.
Fifty Years Agro.
From Tho Oregonian of Sept. 15, ISTV
Jacksonville, Or. Malisrnant tv-
phoid fever is prevalent in the south
ern part of Josephine county and sev
eral deaths have resulted.
Salem. The vote on governor ws
officially canvassed by the legislature
yesterday which found that 11.72S
votes were cast for Grover and 11.096
for Palmer.
- CaL Scoville. who drove the first
mail coach out of this city for Salem
15 years ago, also drove the last stage
of the kind on Sunday, the railroad
having displaced the stage.
to
wo in Portland for a few hours yes-
terdnv and registered at tne tiotei
Portland. Mr. ana Airs. narKntsa uavci bandits, neither do 1 condone the act
been touring California ana wniie in for which be was sentenced, but
the city yesterday "they were taicen knew him in Spokane six years ago
out to view the compaay property i as a bright, pleasant, promising boy
hr and incidentally given a spin I attending school and Sunday schoo
over the Columbia highway for a few I and surrounded with home comforts.
miles. Last night they heaaeo. nortn. ne, comes irom respectaoie people, hi
i nan sister ana tier nusoana taKln;
Th.rn r mora forests in any one I him when he was a baby, and I am
of half a dozen counties in Oregon i sure mere was notning in nis no
than in all of Japan, but Japan main-l to foster moral delinquency. So the
or Torestrv ana is 1 mwio. . im t-u umaiue in
xiuence or tne movies, tne majority
of which are unfit for children to
see
It seems to me it Is blind Just'ce
as well as harsh, when a youth' of
18 years is sentenced to 10 years
among hardened criminals, and a man
who kills a pedestrian while speed
ing is given six months in jail.
J. G. D.
tains a bureau
giving close attention to its trees.
Dr. Hisashl Mochizuiki, forest expert
of the bureau of the department of
aerlaulture and commerce, Tokio, is
registered at the Benson. He is in the
United States to study forest methods,
protection and reforestation.
Gus Stadig of Lower Bridge, which
am is the name of a postoffice on
the Deschutes, arrived at the imperial
yesterday to attend the meeting of
the executive committee ot tne i
gon irrigation congress. Walter
Meacham. who is secretary of the
commercial club at Baker, is another
member of the committee wno nas
arrived to Join those already on the
ground.
En route to Shanghai to take com
mand of a vessel being duui tor tne
Brunnsgard-Krostad S. S. company
of Norway, Captain H. Paulsen of
Drammen, Norway. is at the Multno
mah. The shiD will be in the freight
and passenger service between Chi
nese ports ana tne west coast oi
America. There will be a Japanese
craw. The deck officers, seven of
them, are with Captain Paulsen at
the Multnomah.
Where are all the houses and
anartments In Portland?" asks C. Met-
calf at the riotei wasningtou. accod.
nanied bv his family. M.r. Metcaii
came to the Rose City from St. Helens
and wants to locate in Portland per
manently. The main obstacle to at
tainment of that ambition is the in
ability of the Metcalfs to find either
apartments or a suitable bouse.
Havins shaken hands with Gov
ernor Cox; J. P- Burns' mission to
Portland ended, and' he headed back
to Condon, the town where he was
once mayor. Mr. Burns was a mem
ber of the democratic reception com
mittee and came to the Multnomah to
helD assure the candidate that it may
not be too bad a year for democrats
in some sections of the United States.
THE WIX.D ROSE.
A wild rose is a wild rose still.
Nor more nor less its beauty
seemeth.
When shadowed by the envious hill
It o'er the hurrying river dreameth.
The measure of its ardent cup
It brims with ruby drops o'erflow-ing.
And ever fills perfection up
Unto its odorous rim not knowing.
A king, a lord, may pass that way.
They 11 catch no sweeter breath ascending
Than peasont in his hodden gray
Half worshipfully above it bending.
Ah. there be friends who walk awhile
Beside us through the summer
weather.
But with the summer fades their
smile
We walk no autumn paths together,
wakes
a passing
Though romance
thrill.
And fancy fades and breasts must
sever;
A wild rose is a wild rose still.
And shall be sweet and true for
ever. GUT FITCH PHELPS.
DEMOCRATS ARE LIKE BOY'S CALF
Had to Be Held By Ears to Get Sof-
frage Food Into Tbem.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. 13 (To the Ed
itor.) Governor Cox who claims to
have pre-empted the office of presi
dent of the United States for the.
term succeeding Mr. Wilson's, spoke
to a large audience, a majority of
whom were republicans, at the ar
mory, in Salem on schedule time.
He was introduced by Mr. Irvine of
the Portland Journal, who before
presenting the speaker to the audi
ence placed him among the angels
with a halo for a crown. The speech
was very well received but not very
enthusiastically cheered: the most en
thusiastic demonstration occurred
when the speaker mentioned the name
of ex-Governor Chamberlain as a
democrat.
Aside from a few complimentary re
marks relative to the state of Ore
gon ana its people, nis aaaress was
much the same as ne nas Deen ae-
livering on his pilgramage through
the country. He still insists that the
famous form No. 101 was officially
issued by the republican committee,
notwithstanding the author of said
101 has denied it under oath. He also
affirmed that Mr. Harding had not
defined his position or the league
question because he did not himself
know what it was. He also read
from a list of votes given by Senator
Harding on matters relative to the
said league, at different times, with
out explaining that they were given
under different conditions. He ther
said he would define his own position
so clearly that there could be no mis
take concerning it. Those were not
his words, but that is what he meant.
He said he now stood on that ques
tion just where he stood when he was
nominated; just where he stood when
he made his notification speech; just
where he will stand on the 2d day
of November and just where he will
stand on the 4th day of next March.
Now, is that not clear? It reminds
me of Captain Cuttle's opinion con
cerning the loss of a ship supposed
to have foundered. When, asked for
his opinion he replied: "If so be she
has, why so; if so be she has not,
why, so be also."
The ladies, of course came in for
a little "taffy" and were informed
that he was glad to know that they
had been a-ranted the suffrage. He
said that you could pull the wool over
th pves of the men. but you could not
do it over the eyes of the women, and
then began drawing the fleece over
their optics, or attempting it.
The democratic position on the suf
frage question reminds me of Jimmie's
calf. Jimmie, alter visiting tne tarin-
yard one morning where he- had wlt-
Folice Deaf to Cnt-onta.
PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (To the Ed
itor.) I have- no doubt the police
department felt itself awfully smart
when it arrested a number of citizens
ofr cutting the corner at East Water
and Clay streets. If there is one cor
ner in the city where this technical
offense can be committed with im
punity, it is at this corner.
The same police will ignore the
motorcycle, the truck and automo
bile with a loud cut-out, and permit
this sort of an offense to be com
mitted right under their eyes. Any day
you may see violent voiced machines
go right past traffic policemen, much
to the injury of the nerves of the
Dublic, and- nothing i3 done.
Sometimes I question if the police
address Is now Bend, but he used to I know that there is a city ordinance
visit Bend when there wasn't any which proniDits a macn.ne rrom trav
town there only the bead in the ersing the streets with the muffler I
J. JT. Lyman, who is general agent
of the freight department for the
Great Western railroad at Minneapo
lis, is registered at the Hotel wash
ineton. Accompanied by Mrs. Lyman,
he is making a pleasure tour of the
Pacific coast country and is well sat
isfied with it as far as he has gone,
W. R. McCormack, who has been
in the sheep business for 30 years or
more, is at the Imperial while at
tending to business in town. His
nessed the process of feeding a new
calf which the Elizabeth Barrett
Browning of the nera iwitn apologies
to Opal Whitley.) had presented to
the household, came rushing in the
house to his mother, all excitement,
sayirkg. "You ought to see Brownie's
calf: we had to pull its ears off to
get it up to suck and then had to pull
its tail off to -get it away." The dem
ocratic state of Tennessee had to be
dragged up to the point of perfecting
the constitutional amendment and
held there by the ears until Secretary
Colby had placed it beyond recall,
when forth the democrats claim to
have done the whole thing.
D. "WEBSTER.
river.
open.
SOMEWHAT WET."
Perhaps it is only an incident rare
Not the slightest connection with
beer.
But the fact still remains
Those were very wet rains
We had all the time Cox was here.
J. J. W.