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10 TIIE MOKXING . OREGOXIANV SATURDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1920 fllarotn rmttmi KSTABI.ISIIEI BY HENKY I-. F1TTOCK. Fubiisnetl by fhe Oregonian PublllilnB Co.. li5 Sixth fctree;.. Portland. Oregon. -C. A. MORDE.V. E. B. PIPER. Manager. r Editor. The Oresonjan Is a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is ex clusively entitled to the uu for publication - all new d.spntches credited to It or not otherw;ae credited in this paper aod also the lota, news utiLlixhed herein. Ail risnts of republication of speelai dispatches here in are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Adiajice. (By Mali.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year ?'- tJaily, Sunday included, six mourns Laiiy. Sunday included, three niwntni Daily, Sunday included, one month . laily, without suuday, one year . . . I.aily, without Sunday, six months . laiiy, without Sunday, one month . Weekly. 01, e year Sunday, one year (By 'Carrier.) n.lli. 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A persistent campaign of studied misrepresentation is being conduct ed against the Swan island harbor improvement project. - It makes a plain statement of the facts neces- SaThe estimate of JIO.000,000 is for construction of additional dredges, for improvement and maintenance of the entire channel to tne sea, ui which the Swan island project is an essential part. It is not proposed to construct the docks, railroad yards and other struc tures shown on the published maps of the improvement out of the ?10, 000,000. They are shown solely for the purpose of illustrating the uses to which the filled land can, and doubtless ultimately will, be put. Opponents of the project say that the project will . cost 40.000,000. This is a mere guess, based on the erroneous theory that the Port of Portland commission would proceed, with its own funds, to build all the docks and other structures shown on the maps. Docks might be built by the commission or by companies to which it leased sites, but would be built only as need arose toward com pletion of the work, which will ex tend over ten or twelve years. Rail road terminals would be built by the railroad companies, which would buy or lease the ground that they oc cupied. The remainder would be eoM or leased as industrial sites, for which there is urgent need. The channel improvement is not designed in order to provide ma terial to fill the land. The land is to be bought because it is needed as a place to deposit the spoils of dredging. It is the only accessible land available. Without it the chan nel could not be improved or the spoils would have to be carried a great distance at heavy cost. The improvement would not im pose a heavy burden of debt on the port. The expenditure will be spread over at least ten years. When it is completed, the port will have to show for it a broad channel at Swan Island, joou acres m "' the lowest estimate $11,475,000, an Improved channel down the Willam etle and Columbia and an .enlarged dredging equipment. The filled land could be .-sold or leased on terms which would enable the commission to pay off the entire cost before the bonds matured. If the Swan island Improvement were not mado, it would still be necessary to give the Port commis sion considerable bonding pqwer in order to maintain and improve the channel to meet the needs of ships. The commission's present revenue is sufficient only to pay current ex penses and to keep one dredge in operation for three months a year. If work were thus limited, govern ment aid would be reduced in pro portion and maintenance of a thirty foot depth, let alone further depth, Would be impossible. RKKING EtROFG AND AMERICA The whimsical author of an article on "Seeing America" makes a point that nrovokes reflection when he suggests that American tourists still have a hard struggle in competition with foreign travel because of the unusually higher motives of the lat ter. He points out, in humorous vein. that the American who visits Europe is apt to spend a good share of his time visiting the shrines of one sort and another that abound there. And even though he may do this for the mere purpose of being able to say afterward that he has seen them, he is bound to derive a certain emo tional satisfaction from the experi ence. Localities and surroundings hallowed by historical associations "serve him for a long time as pegs on which to hang his memories, and when he begins 'When I was in- he has a fairly vivid impression of the dramatic setting of his story.' In spite of himself, he has been ele vated by his trip. The contrast with "seeing America first" is that few tourists on this side of the Atlantic understand that this country toohaj its shrines. But the latter have not Deen catalogued ana the traveler gets his impressions of the country through which he passes chiefly from guide-books that deal only with road curves, danger points and distances to the next gasoline station. The guide to Europe is apt to call attention to the fact that a certain town was the birthplace of a great poet, or the scene of a memor able battle: its counterpart in the United States is more likely to stop with legends like "Dajiger! Sharp curve ahead. Oskosh 173 mi." And confident that he is in the home of out seeking further particulars. The i number of miles traveled, not the interest of things seen, becomes the j. measure of th day's success. To do 350 miles on fifteen gallons -"to come as near as possible to the thrill produced in a foreign tourist' visit to the birthplace of Mary, . Queen of Scots. There is enough truth in the in dictment to warrant speculation on whether, we make the most of our travel resources here at home. Un doubtedly a large proportion of travelers fall short of extracting durable satisfaction -from their trips because of the very monotony of travel on the American plan. We even hear, occasionally,, of a man who boasts that he made, the trip over the scenic Columbia highway la exceptionally fast time. A few nature lovers know how to drive j with a hand on the wheel and an ye on the scenery, ana at a pace, i suitable rosuch a situation, btrt they are not as numerous as they ought ' to be. Whjle communities are over modest in proclaiming their . histori cal importance and over-vociferous in advertising the advantages of tHeir hotels and camping grounds. It is a matter that ought to t5e taken up by chambers of commerce j everywhere. As has been intimated. the tourist conies home from i-urope filled with gratification over his ex periences becafcse,x though he may not always know the real reason, he has been permitted to share in the confidences of the past and has "ab sorbed some sense of his relationship to human events. His American! trips ao not oiten reave mm witn memories of anything more endur ing than speed records 'and tire troubles. Still, there are a number of shrines in America, as well as across the ocean, and they ought to be burnished up and employed for the edification of sated tburists be fore the tide turns again permanent ly Europeward. ' ' . WH? NOT CAN FREE TRADE? TBe story of the can of Argentine Lbeef that recently penetrated the heart of the great cattle district of Oregon has found its way through out the United States. It was heard as far back ease as Albany, New York, and was told in detail by the Knickerbocker Press, which .sees in t a harbinger of the times to come when 'the full effect of dem.ocra.tic free trade in beef, wool, lumber, wheat and other prime American commodities shall be experienced. Says the Knickerbocker Press: A good deal of twaddle Is talked 'about the removal of economic barriers and the onomic villainy of an adequately pro-l tecttve tariff. But when an Argentine meat product can find its way over oceans and acroro thousands of miles of dry land and be sold on a huge cattle ranch 'at a price that is less than the ranchmen's own product would cost them, what is he answer? . . And with- the re publicans' holding the senate by a ma- ority of only two. one of whom is La Follette. why should not Senator Wads worth be re-elected? Isn't he needed? Down in St. Louis, Missouri, Ar gentine beef is not looked upon with favor: The St. Louis Democrat dis cusses the matter with a fervor that approaches indignation: For cowboys punching steers in the most remote cattle ranre In the United -States o be offered canned beef packed in Argen- ma was an Insult too grievous to be borne. This shock to the cowboy system prob ably was not sufficiently severe to cure hem of the canned grub habit, out it is paid to have caused a revulsion against free trade or low tariff which will er lously affect the vote in the cow country and may have Ms effect along the adjacent and more orless intermingled sheep ranges u these times of warehouses bulging with unsold wool and hides. Judging from the reception given these innocent little cans from Argentina the election November 2 is not going to be a "solemn referendum' on the league of nations in the cattle country. On the cattle ranges, and else where, the ready answer to canned beef will be the canning of a demo cratic administration. CATCHING FXIES. A catchy ballot slogan has a pow erful persuasiveness sometimes. Two years ago a candidate for high office in Oregon public' utili ties commlssionership was triumph antly elected because he placed after his name on the ballot the magic phrase "Six cents is too much for five-cent ride. It was true, . and the discriminating electorate, with out stopping to reflect whether six cents was being paid for a five-cent ride, or an eight-cent ride, governed" itself accordingly. .With this distinguished precedent n mind, we are lost in wonder that Mr. Kellaher, veteran of many a po litical battle (mostly defeats), neg lected a great opportunity. His slogan is, "Will serve the people, not he interests," vf thread-bare and prune-Wry phrase that will garner few votes, unless we -miss our guess. But his immediate rival, Mr. Richards (also a candidate for mayor), has done better. He con tents himself with no harmless gen eralities, but puts on the ballot the potent and inspiring battle-cry, "Im mediate reduction of carfares, elec tric light and telephone rates. ' Mu nicipal ownership." A large order, but specific, alluring and hopeful. Immediate!" that's the stuff! No halting, half-hearted, vague, uncer tain pledge there. Under Mayor lUchards the Entire rate structure is to come tumbling down.. Municipal ownership, too. . Not immediate.-but in prospect, a goal to be aimed at. The publio may not take over nU the utilities at once, but It will get in stant relief otherwise. Great! Municipal ownership may be in deed a rather difficult undertaking, in contrast with horizontal rate re duction, which will be imposed at one fell swoop under the new mayor. Possibly Mr. Richards has read the report of the federal electric rail ways commission which says on that subject: TiibUe ownership and operation of local transportation systems, whether or not it he considered ultimately desirable. Is nowi because of constitutional and statutory prohibitions, financial and legal obstacles, tire present de-gree of renponi'Mtity of our local governments, and tne stale ol pub lic opinion, practicable in so few instances, that private ownership and operation must as a general rule be continued for &a ex tended period. Rather discouraging for a great reformer, pursuing a pleaslpg ,the ory, and ignorant or unmindful of real conditions. But -jvhat are hard facts toan uplifter? PROFESSOR NEPTCNE. The cruise on which the new dreadnought Tennessee is about to start will do more-than "determine whether service in the navy can be made so attractive that voluntary en listments will supply enough recruits to man the ships of the navy," as a contemporary suggests. It will also test a new method of making life on the sea -tolerable to young men who now shun it because it seems to offer little or no opportunity for self-Improvement- It is not discreditable to young' Americans that they have failed to respond in numbers to pic turesque appeals to get in on a life of -roving adventure,-a sort of jolly tour of the principal ports of the world, with no permanent reward at the end of it. For the crew of the Tennessee are not only to be well cared for out of the proceeds of a welfare fund con tributed by citizens in lieu of the customary silver punch bowl, but provision is to be made for their edu cation as well. It is worth while to note that the editor of the Tennessee Tar has thought it important to stress the following in his recruiting propaganda: One hour of study a day will g-e you: 1. Knowledge and skill that will make promotions in ratings easier and quicker and give you more earning power outside the navy. 2. All men on the Tennessee have a Vonderful chance to learn. All trades and professions are to be taught in a sys tematic way. WTien before In maritime history was it seriously assumed that boys might be won to the sea by holding out to them the prospect that their earning power ashore might be en hanced by their experience afloat? ' Heretofore going to sea has been - ciassea with - other ways of sowing ! wiia oats, and as one of the forms of 1 time-wasting indispensable in the 1 bringing up of a boy. But Professor Neptune has a different idea, which is at least worth a trial. And if It works, the merchant marine is likely to be compelled to come to .it. Competition- for the services of men is reflected not only in wages but in opportunity for. advancement that the growing sense of individual re sponsibility demands. "AXTI-COMPTLSOBT" A -MTSNOJtER. "Anti - Ccnpulsory Vaccination Amendment," the title under which a measure will appear on the ballot in Oregon at the instigation of indi viduals who held orderly scientific progress in community health mat ters in small regard,, is, as a matter of fact, a misnomer, since there is not now on the statutes or else where, nor is there under discussion, any effort to make vaccination com pulsory on those who for various reasons, or for no reason, may de cline to submit to it. The slight color given to the contention that there is compulsion arises from the circum stance that health authorities are now permitted to reqjiife, in lieu of vaccination and in the presence of a menacing epidemic, such as small pox, that those who do decline shall be required to, absent themselves from school during a precautionary period found in practice to be about three weeks. It will be interesting for those who chafe under this denial of the right to spread infection to reflect on the alternative that will be presented if the amendment shall be adopted, and if the health of. an Oregon com munity shall be threatened by an epidemic. It is unthinkable, of course, that the people as a 'whole will tolerate free mingling of the ex posed and the unexposed, of the sick and the well. Unless, as under ex isting conditions, there is power to require vaccination (with its alter native of staying away from school,- which is a not unreasonable conces sion to the liberty of individuals), there will be closing of schools in their entirety. If there were.no regu lations permitting this, and nc au thority to enforce them, mors citizens would withdraw their children than now clamor for the right to carry contagion with them wherever they go. ' There are other reasons, indeed, for questioning the good faith of those who, in the guise of repealing a "compulsion"' that does not exist, seek to enact a measure the effect of which far exceeds its professed intent, and would strike at the foun dation of sane community co-operation in the interest of public and private health. One of these reasons is found in ,the following, taken from the argument for the bill printed in the voters' pamphlet: Now by order of the Portland city health office It vacoination) is onlv ef fective for two months. That mean, un- aer existing iiws, you ana your cmia may be compelled to submit to revaccination every two month think of it. six time a year, if you expect to h-old your job or if your child is to have the right to at tend the school which you are paying taxes p support. Revaccination after two months has been directed by city health au thorities only as to cases in which initial vaccination was without re sult. We are -Confronted by no re- Lquirement of revaccination every two months, compulsory or other wise, although it may be snggested that even this would be preferable in the minds of many to taking no precautions against the spread of contagion. The weight of orderly scientific opinion,- not confined to physicians. is in favor of vaccination as a means of reducing the danger of smallpox, and in particular in favor of the proposition that health is a public concern. In the face of real progress in epidpmic control and in private and public hygiene and sanitation, it would be a pity to turn back the hands of the clock. COX'S roi.icT OF PHKI IDT. By his reply to Mr. Cox'k telegram about the league of nations, Mr. Root pins down that evasive person and proves him to be a shuffling side-stepper. - Saying to Mr. Root, You have no right to deceive them (the people'). They want the truth in this campaign," Mr. Cox attempts to deceive the people and to hide the truth as to his policy regarding the league. Confronted with the state ment that he "will insist , upon the treaty just as Mr. Wilson negotiated it," he says: I will aece-pt reservations that wm clar ify, that will be helpful, that will reas sure the American people, that as a matter of good faith will clearly state to our associates in the league tlrat congress and congress alone, has the right to de clare war and that our constitution sets up Mmits in legislation or treaty -making beyond which we cannot go. What does he mean by that? Ac tually nothing, in view of yie fact that, to use Mr. Iloot's words, he is "solemnly publicly pledged to an agreement with Mr. Wilson," and of the fact that he merely proposes to sit down with the senate, Mr. Root, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Taft "to secure ratification" of the treaty and the league" on which he has said that he is "in perfect accord" with the president. v That perfect accord with the president means perfect discord with the senate. A majority of the sen ate adopted the- Lodge reservations. which do mucll more than clarify the "covenant; they limit its obliga tions. On November 19, 1919, Mr, Wilson expressed the hope that "the friends and supporters of the treaty will vote against the Lodge resolu tions of ratification." When many democratic t senators in December proposed compromise Mr. -WWson forbade "compromise or concession of any kind." When-Viscount Grey came to Washington to tell Mr. Wil son that the allies were willing to accept reservations, the president would not receive him. When the reservations came before the senate again in February, Senator Hitch cock took to Mr. Wilson a modified reservation to article- Iff which the whole senate -as willing to accept, and- it came back with -these" words written across it: "This is unaccept able to me. W. W." Being bound to the course of the man who acts thus, how could Mr.' LCox accept any reservations which would be anything but futile? How meaningless become his words "clar ifying" and "helpful." With unassailable logic Mr.' Root proves tha what Mr. Cox proposes to do about article 10 is "absolutely nothing." His proposed dectaration that congress alone had power to de clare war would only tell what "all governments of all civilized nations know" already. The president and senate trave authority to ' make a treaty pledging the faith of this, na- tion to other nations that in certain rnntinffpneips trie- TTnltorl Statps I would make war. Congress alone ! can make good that pledge by. de-j daring war. If it should refuse, the ! faith of the nation, pledged by the branches of the government author ized to pledge it, would be. broken. The United S.tates would stand be fore the world as a welsher. '' Mr. Co in effect would say to other nations: '.'If so-and-so happens, the United States will jnake war," but to the American people he would say: "You -need not keep that pledge unless congress'says so, and con gress is free to refuse." That would be an act of duplicity to which one of Mr. Cox's favorite adjectives, "in famous, may fitly be applied. ' The. Gox ' league policy could not be carried out unless be- broke faith with Mr. Wilson by accepting reser vations which th$ president holds would nullify the covenant, or un less the republican senators would join, in breaking faith with other nations by assuming an obligation with tre intention' that this nation, I through congress, should keep.lt or not, as the expediency of the time dictated. He has given no sign of an intent to break his perfect accord with Mr. Wilson. The republican senators would not aid him in such an act of perfidy as he suggests. The Cox method does not lead to that association of the United States with, other nations for the preserva-y tion of peace which the republican party promises. It leads either to continued isolation or to dishonor. NO BITES AT COX'S BAIT. If Governor Cox is-a progressive and is so ardent an admirer of Theo dore Roosevelt as he professes to be, why do those who followed Roose velt in 1912 not follow Cox now? If th- mantle of Roosevelt has fallen on the shoulders of Cox, why do those who knew Roosevelt and his opinions best his own family de clare for Harding? The ex-president's widow has de clared for Harding. His son. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, his daughter. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, his sister, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, are speak ing for-Uarding. Where are the other former, asso ciates .of the dead leader? Senator Arthur Capper, Walter Brown ' of Ohio, General Leonard Wood, Sena-" tor Johnson, James R. Garfield,' Gif ford Pinchot, Governor Allen of Kansas, Raymond Robins, all have declared for Harding. Mr. Cox was not always so anxious to pose as a progressive. In 1914, A when he was running for re-election as , governor, his secretary tele graphed to a moving picture man, who had arranged to give him pub licity, words for a-sllde reading: "A progressive governor who does things and does them right. Less than, a month later Cox himself tele graphed: Please see that the word "progressive" is taken from slide. He was most anxious to escape what he then considered the stigma of progressivism, for later his secre tary telegraphed again.: Hope you have Had word "progressive" taken from slide of governor. He found progressivism poor bait in 1914, for the party was evidently disintegrating, had a ticket in Ohio which made" a poor showing, and to be confused with it in the public mind might injure' Cox's standing as a democrat. In 1920 the situation 'is very dif ferent. In a desperate grasp for votes, he hangs the old ba.it, on the hook on the chance that it may catch a few suckers. But the Bull Moose survey the wreck that Presi dent Wilson has made of the demo cratic party, and they see no sign of progress there. They do not bite at stale bait. Oregon apple growers can make all their culls into cider andfind a market for it. There is no better beverage made than sweet cider, but it must be sold freshly made. A sight worth .seeing will be the head of the hons-e carrying home a jug. A 12 -year-old boy w-ho can talk twelve languages has - just entered Columbia university In New York as a freshman. .. At "is age he'd be a whole lot better prospect for good citizenship if he knew twelve ways of playing hookey. Oln Hanson savs the coal miners are the aristocrats of "British larbor. That is because coal is the first. ne cessity in manufactures 'over there. In this land there are no special aristocrats in labor. Janitors were, but have subsitied. ' . .. The story that, the king ofGreece was bitten by a monkey previously inoculated with rabies is notthe forerunner, it is to be hoped, of. new form of assassination. It .will be hard to find a punishment to fit the crime. The entire football squad of the Hoquiam high school has quit for the season because one player wasl disciplined for swearing. We always supposed the coach had a monopoly on that privilege. General PilsudMti, president of Poland, says he certainly will resign if the allies make the Poles give up Vilna. The general is probajbly just blowing off a little frota. Wonder, if the Canadians expect the same privilege on Canadian club that the Underwood tariff now gives them of dumping wheat into : the United States duty free. Everything concerning or relating to this Port ol Portland should be under one body. That -saves over head and divided responsibility and avoids slow progress. ' - '' Nothing less than . twelve-foot fence, the top electrically charged, along the border will stop whisky running under the new deal In Brit ish Columbia. It is a nice question -how much shoe leather it is worthwhile toT wear out unting for that- nebulous reduction in the price of shoes. Butterfat dropped 6 cents in Se attle on account of New Zealand butter. That's the way the tariff for revenue only hits the dairyman. Perhaps Mr. Bryan is only waiting for Governor Cox to slip something under his pillow. Even in France they realize that the next president will be a repub lican. ' ; - -- ' What a popular winter resort Britisi Columbia will be! r. 'J , v' -,i .: .w." 'BCREAl !.' SOT CUB. INDORSED Ststrmest ot Poult lo n era Port Con- aoiidation hiil. . PORTLAND. Oct. 20. (To the Ed- Itor.V May I call attention to an edi- torial in The Oregonion of Monday, October IS. 1920 entitled "Ti1Ii.aI Objection." The editorial is in decid ed error in two particulars: (1) The City club has taken absolutely no stand on either the Swan Island project or the state consolidation bill and (2) the- most casual reading of the report of the bureau of the' City club, pjrbli'shed in the Oregon Voter of October 9 1920,- to the City club, discloses these recommendations which show your editorial in errdY:- 1. That,the Swan Island project be not attempted unor its .present recommended plan. , . , 2. We approve a modified form of west channel improvement as outlined above, 1. e. the -dredging of a channel on the west side of the island to minus 30 and about 750 ft. in width following the west harbor line. 3. We indorse the combining of the Port of Portland and dock commission. but rk restricted powers as to bond issues. 4. We believe that the voting public should hwe the right to express approval of all bond issues for port improvements. - We recommend a raxing method of providing funds for the maintenance of an adequate channel to the sea. The City Club is composed of men anxious to see the very highest de velopment of Portland and who. have associated themselves for the unsel fish and efficient solution of some of its problems. It was with genuine pleasure the committee on- the. con solidation bill found means of sup porting that proposed legislation, not beca"use- it was felt to be the very best bill that could be put before the people, but because it marked prog ress and additional steps could be taken in the future. . -However, the Swan Island project as It is put before the people is not approved y the bureau of the City club for reasons set forth at length in this report. But still with' the cfe sire to see port development in a correct and well-guided direition. this bureau does approve west channel de velopment at a cost and to the extent mentioned in the report. It is the purpose of the bureau to advise the voter he is not securing all the Swan .Island project pictured to him for the sum of $10,090,000. " You further criticise for not "speak ing out sooner." This particular bu reau Of the CitV Cluh ha hn fnnr land a half months -in investigation ana-consiaeration in order that its report would, be fair, helpful and ac curate in detail. It was given to the City-club as" soon, as the bureau'was satisfied with its conclusions. This was necessary in order to avoid error and confusion of issues. We further note in vnnr na-- graph that what The Oregonia'n be lieves is not so mucn a prediction on your part ac a promise from the pro posed consolidated body charted with the firture administration of the nort development work. In this regard the City club bureau oh the consolidation Dill feels our legislation should be so drawn as to state its own limitations ana not depend on the pledge of any inoiviauais, nowever high-minded in Pudiic service, to see necessary li tations, such as the oroteetion nf nome rule," voluntarily declared bv such officials. J However, with a sincere desire to be progressive and to be helpful to tne men wno srlve unselfishly to our port develop ment, this" bureau recom mends favorable consideration bv the City club, with the hope its unfortu nate features will receive the atten tion of the 1921 legislature. ROBERT R. RANKIN. The error made by The Oregonian was in confusing the City clubywith a bureau of the City club. . It will. we think, take a deal more than i casual reading of the report te under stand if. The exposition of the bu reau's position U rather the best ex ample of inverted ratiocination it has been the fortune of The Oregonian lately to encounter. BtSI.KSS HILI! SHOULD (iOVKUV President Knot-Id Have Help of Sen ators In Sympathy' With Him.' . PORTLAND.. Oct. 22. (To the Ed nor.i A Durning message fs most flmely to all those republicans who contemplate a misfit vote for Hard ing plus Chamberlain. Observe i large business concern withxa gen eral manager in charge. The owner never hires and pays a man to con duct an important branch of the busi ness under that manager and at the same time allows the man to retain retain ompeti- his job SAith the strongest tor of the house and actively to work with and for; that competitor. Neither dnes. a farmers' co-operative union ver try anything of the kind. They could not. expect good results with wheat or anything else if they did. Tet we still find republicans in Oregon who propose to engage a gen eral manager' for the biggest concern on earth and. together with him, hire a senator to assist in running- an importani branch of that concern, at the same time allowing him to keep his old job with the principal com petitor of their party, and to actively work with and for that competitor. Yea, they expect Jo pay his salary and perquisites, out of republican ap propriations. r - For years one of tire strtmgest planks in the republican platform has been and still is Isaiah xlii:16. The principle applicable to the plan of the mentioned republicans is found in Matthew vi:24. Before approaching the polls with a ballot of that hybrid kind in hand you are beseeched to re tire to your closet, .engage in most solemn prayer referendum on these passages of the holy writ, and heed ye the scriptural v injunctions found in them. By so doing there Is a chance for the salvation of your souls. .Here endeth the first lesson. - ROBERT C. WRIGHT. "Love" and "Like." MARYHILL, Wash... Oct. 22 c(To the Editor.) Please advise, us as to the distinction between "love" . and "like." - A claims that ."love" can be used only with inanimate things, while B claims that "like" should be used in this way and that one cannot "love" anything which Is incapable of returning the love. SUBSCRIBER. The new Standard Dictionary says: "rVlthough their distinction in ineaat,; ing is one of the peculiar felicities of the English language, love, and like are often cfmfounded in use. We love that which ministers to our af fections; We like that which ministers to appetite, taste, fancy, etc. A man loves his wife and children; he likes roast beef; he likes some good-natured acquaintances whom he could not be said to loye( except as ,-he should love all men; he likes a fast boat, a fine house, a pleasing picture, a brisk walK, a cnat witn mentis, a ride through the country etc." If A seriously contends that one can love only inanimate things, It is plain that he has never been in love. Ctilor art Crude Rubber. . PORTLAND. Oct. 22. (To the Ed itor.) A says that rubber in Its' nat ural state is white, and B says if-is a dark bfown, almost black. ' Who is correct? SUBSCRIBER. ' Both. " Rubber is white, black' or various shades of brown, depending fupon where itcomes from and. what particular species of rubber tree It is taken from. . - " . -' Those Who Come and Go. "If the Malheur lake bill is not defeated " by the people," said C.' B. McConnell of 'Burns, at the Imperial, ".the school fund of Oregon will lose several hundred thousand flollars. The measure which the people are to vote on calls for ceding 7.000 acres to the federal, government as a bird reserve. . Of this acreage,- 30,000 acres, is school land, and, if val uet at only $10 an acre .it will be a loss to the -school children of $300, 000. For years we have been trying to organize an Irrigation .district!, for Harney county will never get ahead until we have irrigation with new blood, and 'new money and rail roads. First we had to fight the big cattle companies, through to the United States supreme .court on the water " law and one thing after another has handicapped us. We are just getting. fo the point of arriv ing somewhere when along comes this Malheur lake measure which, if approved by the people, will throw us back another five years The lake is absolutely essential to our 83. 000 acre project. 1 crossed the lake In a machine In August and there wasn't a drop of water where the lake was supposed to be." 'Srxty cotton .mills are operated by the company I represent and the mills are being operated fxt a loss," says George M. LaNicca. who is reg istered at the Hotel Potland. "Most of these mills are located in small towns, in the south and entire fam ilies will move away to seek em-. ployment," and it would take a couple of years, after a mill is closed, to as semble once more enough families to -operate a- mi Li. For this reason the company figures that it it cheap er to. operate the mills for six months at a loss rather than close, hoping that at the end of six months prices will be at a point where there will be a profit." Cotton goods wholesaling iv yz ' ' eiiLS 8, yma cusi niuie than that to manufacture, states Mr.. LaNicca. "A gold mine isn't as attractive a proposition as it used to be," said Robert M. Betts of Cornucopia,- Or., who - is in Portland , on business. The price of gold has been fixed at $20.67 and has been at that point for long time. Meanwhile the cost of labor has soared and the cost of everything else in connection with mining basf advanced. ' It is impos sible to get a higher price for gold, and it hasn't been possible to keep down the cost of operation expenses." Cornucopia, continued Mr. Betts. now haa about 300 population. The mine is working-along but not with the old -time activity. , "Seattle must be afraid to see' a good, highway built between Chehalis and Portland for fear that business will come this way, said C. W. Moh land of Chicago, who arrived yester day at the Hotel Washington. Mr. Mohlasnd made the trip from Seattle to Portland by automobile and declared that after leaving Chehalis and com ing this way he encountered the worst roads he has ever seen. He attributes the neglect or the Pacific highway in that part of Washington to- a fear among Puget sound .interests that with a paved road trade will come south. - On the cliffs which circle around The Dalles there are picturesque pin nacles and on ne of hese Dr. C. B. Olinger has built his home. Perched high in the air, he can sit like a baron in his castle. watching those who come and go on the Columbia river at the edge of -the town. When he was a Jad in Salem he was known as "Kid" Olinger, to distinguish nim from a -brother who was a couple of years older, just as -there was a "Kid" Thonmson 'so designated for- a sim ilar reason. Dr. and Mrs. Olinger are registered at the Imperial. The Union Pacific system is well represented at the Hotel Portland. In short, today the lobby will look like general headquarters of the system. .Mr. and -Mrs. Carl Gray and Mr. and Mrs. -T:. 13. Calvin have already ar rived and this morning there will come H. M. Adams, vice-president; J. L. Dugan, secretary: Rr R. Mitchell, as.sisYanjV freight traffic manager; J. 1.. HauKh, assistant to the president; Douglas Smith, secretary; R. . Hutley. assistant to the president; Glen Weldon. secretary. ff. "L. Tabbke. traffic manager for th port of Astoria, is registered at the Multnomah. With him are Chairman Stone of the port commission and L. ify McLcod ot the flouring mills. Mr. ! lelieod says that the municipal dorks at Astoria are filled to capacity with goods which have been sold and await ing shipment. So much merchandise is accumulating that the unfinished second unit id being used for storage purposes. "There is very little prospecting in Grant county now, or , aiywhere else," declared . W. C. Fellows, who gets his mail aj. Whitney postoffice. in Baker county, but who is interested in the succees. of the Ben Harrison mine in the northeastern section of Grant , county. "The price of gold doesn't make prospecting as attrac tive as it was in pre-war days." Mr. Fellows was in town yesterday to attend-the state mine commission. From Chiloquin, where he has a big sawmill, comes J. A Golthwaite to the Benson. Mr. Golthwaite recently participated in buying a few million feet.of choice timber 'in Klamath county. Although a email place, -Chiloquin originates trairrloads of freight every year, most of which finds its' market in California, particularly the boxshooks, which-. are used by the fruit growers there. Aside from being politically active In Yamhill county, the main hobby of W, B. Dennis, of Carlton, Just now is the preservation of the scenery and beauties along the state highways. Mr. Dennis was In the city yesterday to attend a meeting of the state bu reau ft mines and geology. President Campbell of the University of Oregon was here on a similar mission. L. R. Hadley registers from La .monta. -Or., at the Imperial. Lamonta is about six miles from. Culver and Culver is about30 miles from Bend. After Mr. Hadley retired as manager of the B. &. O. T. company, in Portland, he retired to Lamonta and began ranching. He has 1800 acres, of which 1200. are in wheat, and it hasn't been a bad year for wheat. Robert Johnson, thV prune king of Benton county, was in town yesterday froim Corvallis, with the information that he isn't crazy about the Sort of weather we've been having for the past six weeks. He lost 50 per cent of his crop of prunes. - Motoring from Astoria, a party is at the Hotel Washington. The personnel oneisjts of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moudy. t Mrs. jfr A.Wllson and S. M. Gallagher. Asa B. Thomson .Is interned at the Imperial with a case of tonsilitis Mrs. Thomson arrived from Echo yesterday to attend him. .When at home Mr. Thomson - is mayor. -. Charles-R. Murray, attorney for the Northern Pacific railroad at Tacoma; Is registered at the HotelPortland. J. W. Stone, a merchant of Moro, Or., is at the Perkins while studying the business situation In Portland. Rev. J. C. Austin of McMinnville is registered at the Hotel Washington. John Burroughs' Nature Notes. Cm Yoi Answer These Questions f 1. Are birds adept in pursuing other birds? 2. What pleasure does the study of nature bring? . 3. How does 'a squirrel harvest nuts? Answers in Monday's nature notes. . ? Answers to Previous Questional 1. Does a bird's song vary In dif ferent localities? The song of certain birds seems tp vary slightly in different localities, and also to change during a series of years, rsiot a season passes but I hear marked departures in the songs of our birds from what appears to be the standard song of a sfiven species. ! 2. What peculiarity of muscle have theCape Cod hoVses? When Thoreau was at Cape Cod Ms noticed that the horses there had a certain muscle in their hips Inordl" nately developed by reason of the in secure footing in the ever-yielding sand. Thoreau's vision at times fitted things closely. 3.. What may a close observer note in winter? A close observer hears at night the roar of the distant waterfall, and the rumble of the train miles across the country when the air is "hollow"; be fore a storm he notes how distant Objects stand out and are brought near on those brilliant days that we call "weather-breeders." When the merenry is at zero or lower, he notes how the passing trains hiss and sim mer as if the rails or wheels were red-hot. (RiBhts reserved by Houghton-Mifflin Co.) y t ' Hardins; and 18th Amendment. PORTLAND. Oct. 22. (To the Rzii- . nuns, me repuDilcans are rignc in pressing Governor fruc for a statement as to whether he will pledge mo support to tne Volstead act in its rresent form without increasing the alcoholic content of liquor. I have been watchlne- for a t-,tmoi t Senator Harding Dlede-ine- . htmdf likewise. I have not seen if, but per haps have overlooked it jr h. . will you please give me the statement? it not, wnat greater ground of confi dence in him. has a prohibitionist than n. -u.- A PROHIBITIONIST. The correspondent evidently has failed to read carefully Senator Hard ing's speech of acceptance, in which he pledged himself to enforcement of tht- spirit of the 18th amendment, say ing specifically with relation to that amendment: "The laws of congress must harmonize with the constitution, else they are soon adjudged void; congress enacts the laws and the ex ecutive branch of the government is charged with enforcement- We can not nullify because of divided opinion, we cannot jeopardize orderly govern ment with contempt for law enforcement."- - - , ' Senator Harding voted for submis sion of the 18th amendment, and for the oVlstead act. and he voted to pass the Volstead bill over President Wilson's veto. Husband Skips "Her Birthday. . London Opinion xWife But, my dear, you've for gotten again that today is my birth day. - Husband-Er listen! love. I know I forgot it. but there Isn't a thing about you to remind me that you are a day older than you were a year ago. ew A rjcnmrnl Shown. London Punch. "Ro the authorship of Shakespeare's plays, may I quote from 'Twelfth flight,' act I. scene 5? Thank you. 'TIs beauty truly bint, whose red and white Nature's aim sweet and cunnlns hand lHld on. "This is unquestionably bacon" Beavers Are Protected. BIRKHNFELD. Or.. Oct. 21. (To tne traitor.) I vould like to know when beavers can be trapped in Ore gon. A SUBSCRIBliR. There is no open- season for beav era anywhere In the state of Oregon. Senator Harding Spiecs "Temporary While House" Inter view With Wholesome Truths , . Jellyfish do not grow with 'tne kind of a jaw possessed by the ' republican candidate for president, says the interviewer, and it took but one glance at his tightly clenched lips gripping an unlighted cigar to bring smiles at the thought of anyone making up Harding's mind for him. Unless all laws of physiognomy are wrong it can't be done, but that does not mean that the senator will not listen to other people's opinions. That the, man who has a most favorable chance ofbeing the next president of the United States is eager for others' convictions is but one of the human traits described in this most interesting of stories in The Sunday Oregonian magazine tomorrow., ' - -y ' Did the Indians' Ever Walk Across the Columbia? This question haV" puzzled students'of Indian lore ever since the legend of "The Bridge of the Gods" has been, known, and there are many -irm adherents of the theory that this majestic span once reared its height near the Cascades. Last Sunday DeWitt Harry told of the myths of - the ' tribes of Wauna who ruled the west before the white man's coming, and tomorrow" he gives the scientific explanation of how cataclysmic slides mighthave damned the current of the Columbia and permitted th.e. Indians to walk across the stream. It is barely possible that another slide mght occur and once again Wock this big stream, according to the theories -of engineer ' observers. Theodore Roosevelt's Simple Creed and Wholesomeness t hat endeared him to all Americans is further described by more notes from John J. Leary Jr.'s notebook, the noted news writer and warm personal friend of the ex-president. Hi hold on the public, the tale ' of the trip when he visited Porttand and placed the cornerstone for the Multnomah club and his plans for" the Cabinet he would have named had he been returned to the White House in 1913 make the most fascinating of reading. ' " - '';. . - A Chain of Gigantic Towers Forty or More Stories in . Height covering acres of ground space and heusing 2000 families each with all of the accommodations and conveniences necessary to 20th century ,life, each a city of fully 10,000 inhabitants, and com plete in itself, dotting the landscape of America at regular intervals, is a solution for the present acute housing problem, offered by H. Gernback, "editor 'of "Science and Invention." You poor househofders living from day to day in dread of the time when you might be . forced to salty forth and join in the thankless task of pursuit of the lusive dwelling, may teke comfort from thfs plan, offered in all sincerity to establish real modern communities. ...Your Favorite Magazine Has an Added Lure from the beautiful pastel heads of womanly types drawn by Neysa Moran McMein", who Chinese appearing signature is familiar td most, readers. - Millions can draw as well as she can, says Miss McMein, and she gets apaltry $2000 a sketch for her output. Maybe this will point the way for some other girl artist to mak"e a little pin money at $2000 per effort. " ' ; ' These Are Only Some of the Features ,iri,the big Sunday Ore gonian which will contain more than 130 pages of real reading, all of the news of the day of the world, the big automobile section with , . a report on the roads to Bend, special pages for, women, an unequaled: comic section as well as a full 'report of all sporting, activities covered by a staff of experts. , ' . f More Truth Than Poetry." By James) JL Montagae. When Doctor Osier said that men Of forty years or more Could never do the work again They'd done in days of yore. And that when middle-age decay Began to sap their powers, T'were best to ease them on their way To better worlds than ours. We sadly bounced an anvil off Our aged grandad's chest, -And,with a faint reproachful couch. He" entered into rest. And though it often made us weep . To see his vacint chair Where afternoons he used to sleep The sunlight on his hair. Though home seemed quite a differ- ' ent place Reflected in his kindly, face, For many a happy. year, " That duty had been firmly met " 'Twas comforting to know. And so we stifled our re&ret And said. "Tis better so." But now we learn that forty years Finds people, in their prime And that -thereafter their careers May well become sublime. And that with goat gland's artful aid A man of seventy-two Can very easily be made " As young and strong as new. With an uneasy, haunting doubt Our hearts begin to quake; We fear that easing grandad out. - Perhaps was a mistake.. i Thrift. By diligent industry he average citizen can now make two quarters grow where one dollar grew before. Sot Macs. Help. Before -getting jubilant over the schirne to run automobiles with onion juice, drop round to the grocer's and inquire the price of onions. The Modern Method. A ballplayer doesn't need, to- tr.n.Ti the bases if he has touched the gamblers. Oofyright HJO tr the Bell rnlies.te. Tne In Other Days. Twenty-five Years Aro. From The Oregonian of October 23. 1895. Atlanta, Ga. The seat ot govern ment may be said to be located hero,, for the city tonight harbors President Cleveland, ithe vice-president, and six membess of the cabinet. Jack Dempsey, from whom Fitx- simmons won his title to the middle weight championship of the world. Is uying ot consumption at his home In this city, 3S9 Grand avenue. A forest fire near, Mount Scott de stroyed much timber and cordwood Saturday and Sunday. NothingSs heard now regarding the purchase and consolidation of the electric railway system of the city and the whole scheme is believed to have failed. Compnlsory School Law. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 21. y- (To the Editor.) If a boy is 17 years af age and is 'willing to study his grade studies at home and is also taking a correspondence course of two studies, can a school board or any one else force him to go to school? A SUBSCRIBER. The Oregon' part-time school law staves that children between the ages ofJ6 and 18 who have not completed the eighth grade in grammar school, must attend school five hours a week. By permit they may -work, but they must comply with the law. and put in their five hours a week In school. Midway Islands Are American. PORTLAND. Oct. 22. (To the Edi tor.) Mil you please guide me right as to whether the Midway islands in the Pacific ocean belong to the Brit ish? If so, since when did that nation . ...1.- .nn.in.. gd ft.Il U initU JJWl5rac.-if.lui. ........ SKAFAKIXU MAN. The Midway islands are part of the Hawaiian group, constituting part of one of the counties of Hawaii, and be long to the I niteri States.