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THE MORNING OBEGOJTIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 19S0
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feeling: of hospitality toward new
comers, a conscious effort to wel
come to the fellowship? Undoubted
ly there are such towns, especially
here in the west. iBut also there are
to the body of public opinion that is
behind them, which is not small.
If Mr. Wilson had paid regard to
"the collective intelligence" of the
thirty-seven senators who signed the
towns about which .some of the' round robin, the incoming president
criticisms leveled against ' old Ply- j and congress would not have been
mouth would be as true. " ' ' I confronted with the duty of making
peace and forming a league two
Words beue acts. year tep Mr- Wilson undertook: the
luose senators realized iiia-i
work.
The following words have some- the ,eaffue an(J tne treaty were
ing of the spirit of what was writ- two disrtin-t thine. nd that, the at-
thin
ten and spoken by those who in vain I t ki i,-.m mi.ht
advocated preparedness from August, dlsastrous to both. .So events have
iir to me spring oi aaxi, aunns Droved
much of- which time Secretary of
War Baker was striving to thwart
every effort to arm the nation
It is apparent that while we do not
need a great standing army, we must live
the world as it is while we struggle
Mr. Harding seeks the advice of
the best minds both in and out of
the senate, because he knows that he
can accomplish nothing ; except by
agreement with two-thirds of that
to make it what it should be, and we must body, and by so doing he lays the
for disaster.-' The only remedy was j BY . PRODUCTS OP THK PRESS
to put above him and Petain "a sin
ground work for this agreement.
PILGRIM HOSPITALITY.
"A woman of Pilgrim blood who
-lives in Plymouth, very near the
rfock on which her forefathers landed
'three hundred years ago today,
,writes in the Survey to warn her
fellow descendants from that his
toric group against "the danger of
Ancestor worship, of living on tradi
trons instead of making them." She
'.takes as the text of an article of
appraisal of the successors to the
Pilgrims a recent call for volunteers
20 take part in a celebration of the
-landings "volunteers who are not
."necesarily lineal descendants of the
Pilgrims, but who are imbued with
-the right spirit." Which ones of us,
lebe inquires, are imbued with the
right spirit? Are any of our genera
tion so imbued? Just what does
rhat spirit mean? she goes on, and
Tthen proceeds to set down the re
sult of a survey which she has re
cently made on her own account-
Typical dwellers of the native race
no longer predominate in Plymouth
"The old order changeth," quotes
the writer, and . relates that four
years ago there were only 2 per cent
English speaking children in one of
the Plymouth primary schools. Port
uguese "are tilling our arid little
farms." The mills are full of Italians
and other "foreigners." Now the
question, propounded from the point
of view of one who Is sensible of
the distinctions that subdivide peo
ple yet who seriously wants to know
whether the "old stock" is .measur
ing up to Its responsibility, is how
the newcomers are being made wel
come, and what is being done for
their befriending, ' their instruction
and their recreation.
- The writer first answers her own
question whether the descendants of
the Pilgrims are "progressive" or
not. She thinks that on the whole
- they "may be about as progressive
as most New England towns," but
" that in the old days they probably
Were more so. She continues:
I like to ' rf member those older
the day when some of our citizens Joined
tho Brook Farm movement, and when
- iimerson and Thoreau were familiar vlsi
' tors in Plymouth. Mr, Emerson's second
wife was a Plymouth woman. Wendell
Phlhips and Garrison came often, too.
There was a brave group that split off
from the original orthodox faith to be
come Uuitarlans. This exemplified change,
growth, an Independent spirit. There were
have a body of trained men, large enough
in numbers to be an effective working
model upon which great armies can be
swiftly built In the event of emergency. THE DOWSER,
uur rrKuiar army enoutu cxmini in i id , . ; t
peace-time organization the combination. " is now proposed to commit in
and co-ordinations which must be habitual vestigation of the- phenomena of
to be eftactlve In war. The several services the divining rod to hands la which
pirv""and1TustKhDT a7 tev are to " would seem logically to belong-to
onerate with others. There must be In a mixed committee of psychologists
the army a body of specialists abreast and geologists. The problem is not
or tne developments in tne art, maamg altogether physical, but is one in
f invention i. military uses, volving human credulity.
familiar with the histories of arms and I A scientist who writes on the sub
armies, and maintaining our army always, ject has been much impressed by
225 J? rn'nrtLniar watching a "dowser." as divining
army may be relatively small, but both rod experts were anciently called,
in its morale and in its effectiveness It who wore a massive gold chain and
must be perfect A Justice-loving people 0lfl ring, while manipulating a
may re rorcea oy tragic necessity to resort .. . . j:.j-j
to war. but It has no right to ask its twiS that was supposed to disregard
sons to fight its battles out-armed and out- I the gold so near at hand but to turn
shielded by an , adversary.
That is an extract from the an
nual report of Secretary Baker, sub
mitted to congress in December,
1920, Mr. Baker has thus renounced
pacifism and has become a belated
convert to preparedness. But only
at indication of $5 a ton dirt some
where below the surface of the
ground. The fact that struok; this
scientist was that a lawyer", versed
in the rules of evidence, and a bank
er, supposedly immune to impracti
cal suggestions, were unmoved by
two or three weeks ago Mr. Baker the greater phenomenon.
caused release of another batch of
conscientious objectors a term un
known to the law and sent them
away rejoicing with pay and new
civilian clothes, and they were dined
by his br6ther-paclfists in New
York. Though Mr. Baker's words
are those of one who believes in be
ing ready to fight, his acts are still
those of the pacifist.
The proposal that inquiry into the
psychology of the divining rod be
extended to those who believe in it
opens a new and humanly interest
ing field of research.
gle chief whose orders they would
both have to obey." As far as he
was concerned, he would willingly
act under the orders of Foch. Pe
tain promptly consented, and the
agreement to put Foch in supreme
command was written and signed In
pencil on a half sheet of note paper.
. So near to disaster were the allies
brought by the delay in putting the
American army in the field and by
the attempt to overcome one army
under single command with two
armies under separate command,
Foch immediately began placing his
seals by hurrying fresh French di
visions to the points of weakness and
danger. The (Sermans made no more
progress toward Amiens, other ad
vances stopped short of their object
ives and, when they reached the
Marne, American troops sealed the
road to Paris. From the day when
the American's held them at Chateau
Thierry there was no longer question
of evacuating Paris.
When dire need of every man that
the allies could muster arose only a
handful of American divisions had
been In the front line and Pershing's
only way to give further help was to
send single regiments to fight in
French and British brigades under
British and French officers. By be
ing unprepared when the war could
be staved- off no longer, we took the
closest risk of being carried down to
general destruction with the allies.
The selection of Foch for supreme
"Uncle Joe" Cannon Declares Work
. and Health Greatest Blessings.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, ex-speaker of
the house of representatives, and still
member of that body, is in his 85th
Those Who Come and Go.
Anyway, Cal Robinson ef Lone
Rock, Or., wilt never become bald
headed. Mr. Robinson, who is a farmer,
Tear and if he lives to March 4 next, is registered at the Imperial. He
will take his seat in the 67th congress 1 ambles around the streets of Portland
of this reriublic for a 23d term. He I just as he does around the field at
began to represent the 18th district home, hatlesa. So far as known, sir.
of Illlnoi. 48 year, ago and hi. serv- '" l b"
lep has been continuous with the ex. it, f h . , tbe victn-
ception of the 62d and 63d congresses. I ity 0f Heppner and. the only descrip
Four congresses have elected him as t ion they had of the fellow was that
speaker. On his 84th birthday he he was bareheaded. On hearing this
wrote the following: PI .u ' K;n"on.
Men wiser than I long ago said h"T .nr. Vn-hs? noes. Wt
tnai me iirsi Diessing oi sarin the man it wanted. But returning to
toil; and the second blessing health, the original statement, it is said to be
which wealth cannot buy. I accept a scientific fact that hats-produce a
both, and believe that the first con'
tributes much to the second.
"At 84 I can wish no greater bless.
lnirs to the Dresent and coming gen
erations than those or wore ant
health. They are the two things is
this life that make It attractive and
contribute to longevity and happiness.
The dream of idleness or lack of
necessity for labor Is an idle dream.
pressure on certain small veins which
feed the roots of the hair and this
pressure cuts off the food supply.
with baldness as a result. In- other
words, hats are poor cultivators for a
crop of halj,
As the train rolled along through
eastern Oreigon, along the ede of the
river, there was nothing in sight but
an expanse ef sand. There were no
trees; nothing but rock and sand, with
e e la little sagebrush. A. E. Btewart
To belt the world with a chain of gased sadly and mournfully out of
friendship clubs as a memorial of - wtnoow anet contrastea it wun
.. . . , . ... - ,., tne veraure or Mountain Liiy, jenn.
w. 8ri war Is in .u.i..u ,rhich he had left. "If I find a blade
Florence Parbury, English artlsl, au- of rras, ln thls country h6 threat-
thor and aviator, who Is In New xoraiened ln his disgust, "I'll pull it up
to put her idea into action, writes I by the roots." Then Mr. Stewart left
all. swt in h. tc.w York World, the train at Arlington and staged it
command and his partial Buccess ln I , phr wn.ilrf tit thlnes so over to Condon, where he settled
noldiner th hoche where he stood I .. . I down among the coloney of Mountain
" rj " "i.v -in.. tnat none ot us neeo ever oe lonesome Cit f ,k . . . nion,.r-d
ror sympathetic inenas in ay ia.rK i way there before him. This was 22
city In the world. I years ago. Now Mr. Stewart lives at
She was enthusiastic about this I btiverton, where he Is in the real
kind of a war memorial before she "'. ' registered at
came to isew iorK, out in' tne wcen-o
saved us together with the allies. It
was a risk that no nation should
have taken.
ORCA AT ASTORIA.
UNLOADED.
"No surgical appliances (for the
new million dollar county hospital)
have been bought and none are con-
.MR. BURLESON'S LAMENT.
Postmaster General Burleson
deeply aggrieved that his efforts to
make his department show a profit
have failed, and he takes eongress
to task for having produced a deficit
by voting an increase of salaries to
employes. According to him, if con
gress had left re-adjustment of sal
aries to him, everybody would have
got his just due, though he might
templated at this time," so writes
County Commissioner Holman to the not haV8 been satisfied, and the dc
vregon voler. I oartment would have made money;
Mr. Burleson's Idea of economy
But he continues:
wnen tne electric wiring was lain out , h lllrIBrt hv hi. nT.ptirK of
was found - necessary to also lay the I - r , . ...
X-ray equipment, the sUent call system unuerpaying experienced men until
and the clocks, as . the conduits for all I they desert the service and of filling
these are buried In the concrete slab. Jt their places with green temporary
was mereiore mouKiii ueai iu niuiuue n i . , . . , T . ,
electric eaulnment In the one contract, so empiuves at turner aa.inea. ne uiuo
as to simplify the installation. The county gives poor service at added expense.
was assured by the different material men I He must share with other members
that It would be impossible to snip oraers rt- tVtn jmi;..-.i ...nftnoiwi!i
before next spring, but ln the case of the K".y
X-ray equipment the manufacturers caught for the waste that results from send-
up with their orders sooner than they ex
pected and shipped the material. How.
ever. If funds were present in sufficient
quantity to rush construction this one
piece of equipment now on hand could
soon be placed.
So the county has bought no surgi
cal appliances? Yet according to
ing through the mails, a growing
mass of official reports and other
public documents, most of which go
directly to the waste basket. Under
the Wilson, administration the pro
lixity of official reports has reached
a point where many tons' of paper
Mr. Holman it has contracted for and much labor are wasted in bury-
an X-ray equipment through an ing under a mountain of words that
electrical supply house, and the which the people want to know
equipment has been delivered. Is about their government. This goes
this not a purchase, or is it Mr. Hoi- far to make the deficit which Mr,
man's idea that an X-ray. machine I Burleson bewails.
Is a chandelier, or a reading lamp
or the dingus that makes the eleva
tor run? Everybody else calls it
an appliance for the surgery and it
is ordinarily handled by surgical
The eminent Texan has failed to
learn that what the people want
from the postal department is not
profit but good service. For several
years he gave them profit at the cost
supply houses, not by dealers in I of service.jHe approaches the end
electrical equipment. Mr. Holman I of his term with a combination of
grieves that The Oregonian should I deficit with bad service. This Is the
publish editorials without first as
certaining the facts." : Either The
Oregonian knows more than he
climax of democratic incompetence.
ardent abolitionists later and many ne- about that X-ray equipment or Mr.
Holman Is not taking the public
fully into his- confidence.' The Ore-
groe9 came through by underground rail
road and settled there. 1 believe that
there is not a town in the country where
a considerable group of colored eitizens
has been better treated. I have always
been protM of the fact that the precedent
of my olass ax the high school was a
eolored boy.
But Plymouth is no more the
Plymouth of the times of Emerson
and Thoreau, but a polyglot indus
trial village, making cordage and
woolen cloth. Discussing the native
attitude toward the newcomers, the
writer is moved to inquire whether
the Pilgrims themselves were es
sentially hospitable, and finds:
They were not cordial to outsiders fwit
sees their treatment of Roger Williams
t 0 and Anne Hutchdnenn), nor were they to!
verant of those within their own fold who
'--eroke their laws. No doubt in exctimnging
" th-elr Intolerance for our open-mindednes
, (i we have given up something precious, for
.'with their intolerance went the inspira-
. tlon of -great moral paselon and he con
'.'Vlctlon that produces results. We do not
want their intolerance, but we need their
impassioned sense of right and wrong.
We need their conviction, for we, too,
have an immensely Important task, in the
slrtw building 'toward humaji freedom. The
j Pilgrims hsd a strong family feeling; they
were strongly democratic within their own
group. But perhaps we have to make their
f contribution universal.
From .the time when they coldly
sent Roger Williams on his way, the
writer believes, Plymouth has hardly
been quite right in its attitude to
ward strangers. She has been told
""that there was no very cordial wel
come when the Irish first came
. ..many of them driven from home by
the famine. In her own life she re
members "much unfortunate and
, unnecessary aloofness the Unitar-
tans felt separated from the Baptists
and. both from the Roman Catholics."
The people who lived in .the south
" .-.J , 1 f II 1 H, II UIUUH I f I I MriHrHii'ii
, from those on the north. There was
nothing to bring folks together, and j
never an adequate assembly hall, j
Vhen, at length, the Woman's club
was organised, "it Is sad to remem- j
ber that some of the women who are
proudest of their Pilgrim blood did
not join at ficst, but stayed aloof."
"'" They saw no necessity for such a group.
, -They did not help. They felt, it would
. seem, no responsibility toward women of
fewer advantages than -they had enjoyed
themselves.
- - These questions, frankly pro
pounded by a descendant of Pil
grims, are likely to set a train of
thought in motion in more than one
American community. It is of course
UIVL iiiui & ' o iui unuacu fitlu
no hospitable reception on these
shores, unless a shower of arrows
be evidence of cordiality. Some of
the spirit that not Infrequently 1m---teues
pioneers who .have won their
' battles unaided and have small toler
ance for the weaklings who lost them,
would appear, from the Survey ac
count, to exist in the modern pil
grim, ' who is not, , however, the
pioneer, . but only a descendant.
There is, it will, seem to many, less
reason for groupings founded on in-;
11 CI IUVIIV.Q vtttj ,..,. .f. ivuau ul VilO
satural castes into which society is
apt to divide' itself, such as mutual
tastes and Inclinations. The writer
speaks not only for her own town,
"but of 'all the other industrial' cen-
ters oi xsew ti-ngiana, wnne the
roariar who hannens to know a town
in' any other part of the country can
Answer for himself ' whether the
problem is not wider than New Eng
land alone.
THE ALLIES' DARKEST HOUR.
Bit by bit the truth comes out of
how near the allies were to complete
gonian's investigations have led to I defeat during th German drive of
the following conclusions: March, 1918. Another contribution
That the X-ray equipment was' de- to the story Is made by Stephane
livered not Decause tne manutacturr lauzanne, editor of the Paris Matin,
ers unexpectedly caught up ith He says that on March 23, the third
their orders, but because it wiUsMn . day of the drive, Clemenceau told
Portland at the time the bids were Poincare that General Petain, the
called for; -v . - 1 French commander-in-chief, had in
That it Is an outfit that was formed him that things were groins
shipped to ur. Kalpn J. Walker, and very badly and that he feared the
rejected by him because it was not French government would have to
specifically ordered and for the
further reason that its frame is wood
instead of steel and is therefore
likely to warp in this climate and
consider the evacuation of Paris.
Poincare said there could be no
question of that, but in the evening
Clemenceau telephoned that Petain
cause the machine not to rectify held to his oninion. Poincare asked
properly: that decision be deferred until evac-
That the specifications named only nation had been considered by a
the type of machine sent to Dr. cabinet meeting. At that meeting
Walker and rejected by him and that Clemenceau had recovered his nerve
theabhaw bupply company, the larg- and suggested that judgment be sus-
est dealers in the northwest, and pended till after a conference with
Portland taxpayers were denied the the British representatives, which
right to submit bids because they was to be held at Doullens on
handled a different make of ma- March 26.
chine; I It was Foch who decided France
That the machine thus rejected by to stand and fight where the armies
Dr. Walker was unloaded on the then stood, just as they had stood
county and is now stored in the court and fought on the Marne in 1914.
bouse; t Poincare. Clemenceau. Loucheur and
That this machine will be out of Foch met at Doullens and awaited
date by the time the county is ready the end of a conference between
to use it and possibly warped and Halg and his army commanders,
unworkable with an attendant loss Foch took Poincare aside and asked:
of about S8000. "Do you know the orders that have
The Oregonian Is further informed been given?" He did not. Lauzanne
by responsible dealers that X-ray Isavs:
equipment can be delivered within They consisted of almost the complete
sixty days after receipt of order and
that the probability Is that prices
will come down before the county
is ready for such apparatus.
It is also informed by responsible
dealers and by construction men that
the ordering of such equipment so
far in advance of completed build
ing construction is wholly unneces
sary and unprecedented.
HARDING SEEKS AGREEMENT.
Still holding to its opinion that
through rejection of the Wilson
lAasruA. the renublicans havA rlAs-
troyed any hope of a league for the r&iFiJP&'vZZt
to begin tne lasK.
retreat of the army, and entailed at an
early date the evacuation of Paris.
He' then gives this criticism by
Foch of Petain's orders;
Paris has nothing to do with the matter.
Paris is a long way off. This la where you
ought to stop the boche. You .have only
to say, "II ne paasera pas" and he will not
pass.. You can always stop the boche;
you have only to give the order, you have
only to say, "No further retreat." And
I guarantee you that three-quarters of
your task Is done when It Is known that
there is to be no more retreat. . . . Halg
and Petain are two men who are trying
to keep closed a double door, each pushing
against his half. The doorway has been
forced in the center, and both of them,
each behind his own door, are watching
United States, the New York World
depicts President-elect Harding as
consulting with "best minds" who
cannot influence the senate, which
"at times seems -to have no collec
tive intelligence whatever, to say
nothing of collective responsibility,
The story continues: .
"But how would you stop them?" asked
M. Loucheur. who had come up. "Ah." an
swered General Foch, "you know my meth
od, I stick a seal there, another there, and
yet another there. The boche can make
but little neaaway. x stica yet another seal
The statement that the wrttisn she haB v..n h.r(, he na turned into
steamer urea came to fortiana, maae
in The Sunday Oregonian, was er
roneous. The Orca came into the
Columbia river December 10 and is
loading 565,000 bushels of wheat at
Astoria, which will sinkvher to the
34-foot load line. The more reason
why there should be no relaxation in
improvement of the channel to Port
land, that ships of this and greater
size may come up the river.
The American people will De re
lieved that the marines are vindi
cated from the charge of indiscrim
inate slaugher of Haitians. It is
not in the nature of the men who are
first to fight to kill helpless people.
But the question is still open what
distinction was drawn between Haiti
and Mexico that President - Wilson
was so ready to. intervene in Haiti
and to retain troops there, but so
slow to intervene in Mexico and so
ready to withdraw from there-. The
Haitians were killing each other,
but the Mexicans killed hundreds
of Americans, many of them on Am
erican territory. Mexico has re
formed its methods since a change
of administration in this country has
been assured and thus has escaped
being called to account, but Presi
dent Harding will have occasion to
consider our position in Haiti.
Dr. William T. Watson of Balti
more says that thin pumps and silk
stockings worn by women in winter
do not injure the health of the wear
ers. Furs In summer are equally
harmless, it is also observed, show
ing that by being fashionable we also
safeguard health.
There is no vindictive suggestion
in the statement that the negro who
beat up a patrolman and frisked him
will wish he was , down on the Su-
wanee river before Portland is done
with him.
The good news from Brownsville
is that the cannery which burned a
week ago will be replaced at onc.e
with a fireproof structure. A local
cannery means local money for local
people.
Men in Chicago lured by a pretty
girl pretending to be lost into a
dwelling where they are robbed by
male accomplices are not much to
be blamed. Any man with a spark
of chivalry will bite op .that.
If you cannot be a descendant of
Pilgrim father or mother, for
membership is limited, you can wish
you were and rejoice in living in a
country on which they put their
stamp.
The time has gone when a man
and his boy could go out near the
end of the track and get a Christmas
tree. Now it Is a day's undertaking
for the Sunday before Christmas.
Some Chicago aldermen are dis
posed to regulate the style of doing
up women's hair, especially to un
cover the ears. They might look
farther and see worse.
Not many realise the Japanese
number 77,000,000, and their
crowded conditions demand expan
sion; but not this way, if you please.
Mr. Bourne, one time of Oregon,
is disgusted with the award of the
Nobel prize, to Mr. Wilson. Old stuff. ")
People had begun to forget it.
Anybody too thrifty to buy a
turkey for Christmas can indulge ln
rabbit, which tastes like chicken;
but first put out. the cat.
Purse-snatching is the -meanest of
petty crimes. Sometimes the purse
contains all the victim's money. The
rockpile for the matcher.
San Francisco toughs bound this
way will be welcomed to hospitable
cells. The police have their work
cut out for awhile.
"Forty years ago Allegheny, Pa.,
a sealous evangelist on the subject of I was the toughest too n in the United
friendship clubs. That is partly be- States. said F. G. Weatherbee, of
cause she almost perished of loneli- to lJs at the Multnomah.
ness in her apartment at the Commo- wore chrllitian communItl6. com.
dore hotel, where her maid was the pared to Allegheny, and a few other
only person she had to talk to. coal towns In that part of Pennsyl
The idea evolved from her work in vania. ine derelicts of the world
t nnnn .!,. , Hi.nnrt hnni- w congregated there and the worn
. ,7, " - , characters In' the world of cnlme pile
tallty to more than 250.000 men from thel mhln6ere It was
the ends of the earth in her Jacobean of the survival of the fittest and
studios. She maintained open house I every man for himself. No one eve
there, for several years during the 1 complained in a fight or a robbery
war. Men from everywhere floated ..".T k assistance, noweve:
Into that club, found their kind, had rhenv ona of th1 ,,. mnKt
a gooa time ana went oacs. tu r unci i law-abiding cities in the state.
or New Zealand or India. Then they
O. P, Hoff, state treasurer, is regie
tored at the Perkins. Mr. Hoff does
not desire to carry the sole reaponsl
bility of Investing funds in securities
so he wants the legislature to enact
a law creating a state bond commit
sion, which shall consist of the gov
ernor, treasurer and secretary of
state. There is talk of a bill being
Introduced in thn lApiclatnrn whirh
phone. Sending pictures by telegraph wln authorize the state treasurer to
has been accomplished with fair re- advertise for bonds. The idea Ib that
suits. The photograph by telephone Is I this will cause competition among
still more wonderful. Ever since the tona dealers ana. the state will Dene-
telephone was introduced people have I 11 lnereDy-
commented on tne joy tnat wou.a I john B. Teon. state hiehwav com
come If the face as well as the voice I mlssioner, had a caller yesterday. It
could be brought to them over the! was the ubiquitous mayor of Arllng-
wir ThAv havA evnlnimeri hour flnetn, ur. j. v. Donnelly. "We have,
, , v, ... , !, said the mayor, "$85, 0U0 In bonds In
... ,uiii l i..e i w. - our county to be molted n., the John
cuuio oceii u wic, Dy hlehway between Arlington and
greeting ana to iook, as it. were, into Condon. These are 6 per cent bonds.
mirror and behold the features and! Will the highway coin-mission take
hear the voice of a loved one, though these bonds and start bulldimg the
mll. Thl Invention the roau 1 Mr. eon lOOKeQ QUI OI tne
. v.l lsth story window of the Yeon build-
Frenchman does not go that far, but ,ng. at Mount Hood resplendent with
it is an important step and the trans- I a. new coat of snow, and said: "If we
fer Of a photographic print over the I can do It. we will.'
telephone seems to have been made
would write letters to suggest that
it would be splendid If hospitality
centers like that of the studios could
be carried over into peace times.
e
A Frenchman is in- this country I
demonstrating an Invention by which I
portraits can be transmitted by tele-l
possibles If a girl can send ber picture
by wire as an evidence of good faith
it may help some. Los Angeles
Times.
. Earl Ennis, who writes "Ferry
Talcs" daily for the San Francisco
Bulletin hag discovered the most ab
sent-minded man. He crossed, on the
They say that John Straub. dean of
men at the University of Oregon.
gnows every -student who ha been
there ln the- past 15 years, and that
he not only keeps track of the stu
dents, but of their children when
they marry. On home-coming week
at the university, no old student
feels that , he or she has really re
turned until Dean Straub has given
them a handshake. Once on a time
ferry from Oakland about noon ano Mr- straub had designs on the guber
was reading a paper. In his pocket
was an apple. Off Goat island, sit
ting on the upper deck, he decided he
wanted to eat the apple.
With great precision he took the
natorial nomination.
tered at the Imperial.
He is regis-
A. Peterson, who is In the garage
business at Toledo and whose corn-
puny Is now building a fine bank
apple from bis pocket and polished I building at that place, is among the
t on his sleeve. Then he took out
his knife, selected the best blade, and
with utmost care peeled the apple from
end to end,. turning out a lathe-perfect
curl of peeling.
This done he absend-mlndedly threw n,issioner. Is in the city
bis knife overboard, put the nude ap- is a. sawmill man.
pie in his pocket and with his paper
propped up in front of him began
Blowly to munch the peeling!
arrivals at the Hotel Oregon. J. W
Parrish, a prosperous farmer, whose
postoffice address is also Toledo, Is
likewise at the Hotel Oregon, They
are members of the port of Toledo
commission. Lee Wade, a third coin-
Mr. Wude
Not all sheepmen are pessimistic
over that line of industry. A. W
Fargher, who has lived ln the vicin
ity of Maupln, Or., for a long while.
To gain some idea of the splendor! does not share the gloomy feelings ef
of EomA of the world's moth and tne average eneep owner. in iact.
butterflies, one- should glance over a!:fher: V"? ,obb of
nearly complete collections of themjtnat tne outiook is pretty good and
from the tropics as they occur in he recommended picking up. a few
South America, Asia, Africa and the thousand head of sheep while prices
great eastern and western archipel- are down.
ago. with certain part, of Australia. w B of WaItsbur,. WaBn-
says the American Forestry magazine M L. Watts and F. S. LeQrow of
of Washington, D. C. Such collections Athena. -Or., are registered at th
are to be found in the United States Benson. They are all wheat raisers
national museum in the reserve and 1" the Inland empire and Interested
in tne aecision oe tne interstate com
merce commission, which gives them
an inducement to ship their wheat
to Portland rather than to Puget
sound.
duplicate series. There is a superb
species that comes from Africa,
wherein the "tails" to the hinder pair
of wings are over 8 inches in length.
Then we have the gorgeous Atlas
moth Of the East Indies that measures
a foot across from tip to Up of Its-
upper wings.
"Sunday la a pill for traveling men
on the road," confessed 1Z. C. Wallace
ef Gotham at the Multnomah. "Be
fore noon all the newspapers have
been read; a walk has been taken;
An Irishman recently went beforel lunch eaten, and there is nothing else
LINCOLN'S 8AYIVG ELABORATED.
Fasaoaa Tariff Remark April'
Wheat, Beef, Wool mni HUee.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Deo. 1. (To
the Editor.) One of the best and
most unanswerable arguments for
protective tariff was given by Abra
ham Lincoln. He said, "If I buy a
suit ef clothes from England at t-0
England gets ruy 130 and I get th
suit of clothes', If I buy the suit In
America th United States gets my
130 and I get the suit of olothes; and
whatever benefit there is ln th
transaction this country gets It."
Will not th same argument apply
otherwise?
If I buy a quarter ef beef from
Argentina, Argentina will ffl my
tl& and I will get Argentina heet; but
if I buy a quarter of beef from my
own dealer here the money remains
here. The profit in the transaction
remains te benefit me further be
cause of the rltisen relationship.
The same will apply to wheat from
Canada, wool from Australia, hides
from Argentina.
Just to the extent that America
buys products from other countries
will our own growers sell less. Jf
we raise our own grain, meats, fruits,
wool and hides in sufficient quantity
for our own consumption, and some
for exportation, why should we allow
foreign produots to glut our mar
ketsT - We need to put up th bars
tin we sell our own to save our
selves. If I raise enough vegetables and
fruits In my garden for my family
wants why should I buy the same
products from some other grower?
Unless our Industries and growers
have protection we will be building
up foreign countries. They can
manufacture and grow products by
cheap labor and If we open our mar
kets to them without revenue they
will level us down to their condition
and standard of living.
Christ was one time appealed to
to pay taxes. He asked his disciples,
"Of whom do men exact tribute, ot
th children or of strangers?" They
answered. "Of strangers." "Then."
said he. "we are free. Hut," said he
to Peter, "lest they should blame us
go down to the lake and cast In
hook and find money for the tax In
the mouth of th fish."
The idea of 'the foreigner paying
the tax seems to have divine approval.
- Uod has mad of one blood all na
tlons to dwell on all the earth. And
has appointed their bounds and habi
tatlons." That is, God has provlden
tlally surveyed th national Hues o
the various nations.
If on nation wills to extend its
oommerce over the dlvin survey I
should be willing to pay for the prlv
liege, the democratic party to the
contrary, notwithstanding.
J, H. LISTER.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jasaea J. Moatagsj.
ill It K.I
Six New Yorkers visit th Aetisrlum
for every on who visits th Metro
politan museum of art.
I gas upon a work of art
Without the flutter of the heart
That comes to cultured men,
Rut ah! the free untrsmmrli-d swish
And wiry wriggling of a fish
Is something els again.
A Leonardo on a wall-
A picture Is to me that's all;
A Michelangelo
Might ha the work of Horace Urowa,
Who runs the art shop in our town.
Fur all I'd ever know.
Itut when I see a school of trout.
With speckled bodies, dart about.
No hankerliiK hav I
For Titian, liubrna, ot Van Dyok;
I only think how much I'd lis
To try ona with a fly.
And thouch. soma times, my wife to
pleaie
I wander round through galloriaa,
Indifferent and glum.
When I'm alone on pleasure bent
My Idle hours are always spent
At th Aquarium.
Uoo4 Praspeeta far Old Meh.
Ktrlt-t enforcement of the blue la
will make It still Ices difficult for
Satan to find work fur Idle hands
to do.
Rad Raslneaa.
Shipping heard Invrstlxatlons ouiht
to mak Uncle slam, who hired all
those dollar a year men, ashnmed of
himself for employing cheap laUor.
e
I'reparedaeea.
Apparently all th members of the
league took along black balls In rase
Germany should apply for admission
to membership.
(Copyright li0 by th Bell Syndl
cat, lno.)
B'FOKAMu FAVOH "-5 EX lOSlTIO
Good Words for fori land Eaterprlse
From Inland Empire.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
With praiseworthy enterprise I'ort
land Is the firm western city In the
lists with a post-bellum exposition
The show contemplated by Portland
cannot with accuracy be styled i
world's fair, since lis scope is na
tlonal and not International. Tli's is
natural, the world In general being
in anything but suitable condition
for exhibition purposes. However,
Portland alms to put m a displsy
that will be lsrger and more splendid
than many of the displays that have
called themselves world s fairs.
It will be held, the initial prosprc
tus states, In J925. The underlying
Idea will be "the completion of high
ways linking the eajt with the wext
and the north with the south on the
Pacific coast." To harmonist! with
this motive the exposit'on will fea
ture highway development, hydroclec
trie power utilization, the growth of
the automobile industry and varioux
related subjects yet to be determined
The exposition Is planned for the
0th anniversary of Portlands first
fair, the Lewis and Clark exposition
of 1905. By 1925 there Is every rea
son to believe that any economic or
social unsettlemeiit such as might to
day make the outlook for a fair un
propitious will have largely disap
peared. Also by 19-5 the transconti
nental highways will presumably be
so far advanced that Portland ahouln
be able to attract a very large ruin
ber of visitors touring across the
country by automobile.
Another strong Portland asset I"
that city's excellent reputation for
attractiveness and hospitality. The
natural beauties of the city and Its
surrounding country, and the reputa
tion earned through the Lev. Is and
t'lark fair, the Khrlnera' convention
of 1920 and many lesser events, make
people from other parts of the
country glad to go to Portland when
some special occasion exists.
LAW DOKS IMPAIR KFFICIHXC'Y
who tried to I
only to "reveal a party that is hope- I there and the boche is pinned down, you
lessly divided." It describes Mr. ean I,IH UDCn
Harding as groping in the dark, "left Though Clemenceau did not like
to wander around in the fog" created Foch he assented to the latter's
bv republican party's abandonment opinion. 'The British generals
"nrincinles of foreie-n nolirv that headed by Haig then entered and
it has sustained for more than Poincare told them in his view "they
twenty years." This picture the
World calls tragedy. ' .
It would be sad, if true, but it is
not true, and truth is the element
of tragedy that It lacks. Mr. Hard
ing has a clearly defined policy as
described in the republican platform,
and he consults the best minds for
the purpose of shaping it so that
two-thirds of the senate will ap
prove. Mr. Wilson failed because he
took for granted that his own was
the only best mind worth consulting
and disregarded the fact that, though
the senate may have lacked intellig
ence, it had power. Mr. Hughes, Mr.
Root and Mr. Hoover can' influence
the senate in proportion to the in-
could make no other decision than
to stop the boches where they ware
and nowhere else." Haig said ha
was ready to defend Amiens, from
which the Germans were nine miles
distant upon which Foch, striking
the table, exclaimed:
No, Field Marshal. No. There Is no
question of Amiens at all. We must con
quer before Amiens. We must conquer
where we are.
Lord Milner, representing the Brlt
tsh cabinet, then held a whispered
conversation with Clemenceau, in
which he several times repeated,
"There Is the man." Haig joined
them and admitted that there was
not always agreement between the
two armies and that, if they -went
" Is tiers, generally speaking, "a ' trinalc merit of their auggecUona and ca thus they were mrchtm; straight
Prices of meat have- fallen, but the
turkey trust rules the roost at Rose-
burg and keeps up the cost of cele
brating Christmas.
Oregon's per capita for the Euro
pean relief fund is about 30 cents.
Do not make Jt look like that. The
limit is off.
The ferry strike at San Francisco
was lost in the start. That is the
better way- win or lose quickly, N
Revive the inaugural ball If for
nothing else than to discover the new
crop of millionaires.
No use getting Into jail for a
Christmas dinner, Turkey is too
high ftg'"- ,
Wagner, . escaped convict, closed
his incident expeditiously and satisfactorily.
Do not put off until tomorrow
what you can buy today.
The fat boy, or girl, gets th most
In tho stockings, . -- ' ' - :
a recruiting sergeant
kid" him.
"Have you read the Declaration of
Independence?'' the sergeant, asked.
'1 hov not," said Pat.
"Have you read the constitution of
the United States?"
"I hov not, sir."
The sergeant looked sternly at the I year.
applicant, and asked:
"What have you read?"
Patrick hesitated but. the fraction
of a second before replying: "I hov
red haira on ma neck."- American
Legion Bulletin.
Hundreds of thousands of people
believe that if they put their fingers
on. a heart-shaped piece of plank
running on three wheels that St. Peter
will at once unlock the pearly gates
and aend spirits flocking down
through endless, space to gather
around that 6-Inch piece of board and
answer all th foolish questions which
intellectual misfits ask pf them. What
Is the answer to anything like that?
aaks the Richmond (Va.) News, -...
- .
"I think that I came of a reading
race which has always loved litera
ture In g way and in spite of varying
fortunes and many changes," chron
icles Howells in "My Literary Pas
sions." "From a letter of my great
grandmother's written to a stubborn
daughter upon some unfillal behavior,
like running away to be married, J
suspect that she was fond of the high
colored fiction of her day, for she
tells the willful ehild that ha has
'planted . a dagger in her . mother's
heart.'"- .
to do for the rest of the day
hang around the hotel.'
but
S. S. Schell, highway contraotor, is
at the Imperial. Mr. Schell had the
job for the hard surface from Grants
Fass to the Jackson county line and
Is in on th contract now near Gold
Hill, a job which has been moving
with snail speed during the past
Mr. and Mrs. S. Guy HIrsch of
Coles, Wash., are at tha Hotel Wash
ington, brought here on account of
an accident to Mr. HIrsch a mother,
the latter having slipped -tn a side
walk and sustained a fractured arm.
J. L. Beckley of Klamath Falls ar
rived In Portland yesterday to spend
the winter. Mr. Beckley la a large
dealer in cattle and ranges his stock
all over Klamath county and markets
the stuff In California.
To afford their Invalid baby special
treatment, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Teal
Of Stanfield, Or., are at tha Hotel
Washington, and . Mr. and Mrs, L.
Waugh of Toledo, grandparents of
the baby, are also at th hotel.
Captain of the Newport Transpor
tation company, which has the boats
which ply on Yaqulna bay and vicin
ity, 6. F. Jacobson, Is in Portland on
business connected with the port development.-
Among the stockmen at the Perkins,
having brought shipments to th mar
ket, are "Shorty" Feller of Olex, A. H.
Chambers of Olympla and Thomas
Murphy of Bend.
Mrs. Florence Hogoboom, whose
husband is well knowa on all the
racetracks of the west, la registered
at. the Hotel Washington from Walla
Walla, .Waaav .-. ,-. - . :
School Directors Quale Maperlatend-
ent on Tenure Trial Prorrsn.
PORTLAND. Or., Dec. JO (To the
Editor. ) The concluding paragraph
of Judge Corlisa' letter of the 18th
which summarizes the point that he
raises, la as follows: "As the law
has been ln force for over three
years. It ought to be possible to com
to a conclusion whether its effect
has been to Impair the efficiency of
th teaching staff In our public
schools."
In the opinion ef four of th five
members of theex-hool board, the
present law does have a tendency to
keep on the teaching force teachers
who are Inefficient. This opinion la
onflrmed by not only the suporin-
endent of schools, but most of the
principals and supervisors.
At a rfnt meeting of the board
Director Woodward asked the super
intendent of sen ol s If, in his opin
ion,, the law prevented the removal
of teachers who are not satisfactory.
The reply was: "A trial such as Is
required at present la too great a
price to pay to remove a teacher. 1
We had better suffer him or her to
remain ln the system, even If In
efficient, than submit to the expense,
trouble and publicity of such trlala."
We are glad to give this Informa
tion to settle the point raised by
Judge Corliss and any others who are
sincerely Interested In the subject.
A. C. NEW ILL
F. L, fa'HULU
Committee of the board.
John Bui-rough' Nature
Notes.
' v" Answer These iuMlloaef
1. Ho cowa like apples?
1. Are the rivers slowly shrinking
In sisc?
. is the catbird an eggsucker?
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
Aaawrra to Pretlwna Qaestleaa.
1. Of what species is th prairie
fox?
The prilrie fox, the cross fox and
tha bluck or silver gray foa seem
only varieties of th red fox, as the
black aqulrrsl breeds from ih (ray
and the black wocrichuck Is foiiinl
with the brown. There Is llnle to
distinguish them from I ho red, ex
cept (he color, though Hie prairie fox
la said to be the larger of the two.
J. What can nature offer to every
one? To the aclrntlst nature Is a store
house of facts, laws, processes; to th
artist she is a storehouse of pictures;
to the poet she is a storehouse of Im
ages, fancies, a source of Insplrstion;
to the moralist she Is a storehouse of
precepts and parables; to all sh may
be a source of knowledge and Joy.
3. Is the robin bothered by vermin?
A robin's nest upon your porch or
In your summer house. Mill occasion
ally become an Intolerable nulsitm-s
from the swarms upon swarms of
minute vermin wllh which It Is filled.
The parent birds stem the lido a
long as they can, but are often com
pelled to leave t: e young to their
terrible fate.
(Kight reserved by Houghton-Mifflin
t.'o.)
To a Lost Friend.
Ily linen E. Hall.
Impulses you have braught lo life
Within my heart, are aenis lo ine;
I'll count tliem o'rr 'mid grief and
i rtfe
A romiry, a rosary.
Knell thought allvhl with new desire
To lift my Ufa on whiter winua:
To 'rouse my soul, and to Inxplio
lo nobler, sweeter things.
O tender, loyal, generous frienil!
A silence falls 'Iween thee anil me:
tint memory's Jewels shall er blend
In my soul's rosary.
And though our paths may iie no
more.
Still sIihII I hold your friendship
gal ii
I'll count my memnry-lreanuits o'er
And smile rimplte my pain.
In Other Days.
Twemy-ri.e Ve.r Asa,
Krom The Oregonian of Iecnnib.r j, .y
Fred T. Merrill will give his second
annual poor children's Christmas tree
Tueaday night at the new blcycl
store,
Tho O. R. N. line was free from
otxttrucllon from enow yesterday and
the rotary snow plow, which left here
Thurstkiy aflernoiyi, returned covered
with sout and gloi.
Hpeaker Heed's fondness for ama
teur photography Is said lo have
grown on Mm to such an rxli'itt, as to
become his ruling hobby.
Slate cone us returns from 14 coun
ties show that of tha totiil arresu"
of 4.1, :.'. 0T1 acres, but were
cultivated laal year, '
Value ef Ola Coins.
CORVALLI3, Or., Dec. It (To th
Editor.) Please tell what old coins
have any value. Ia It In th '40a or
'50s. and why such coins have more
Value than others? RKADKR.
Certain coins can be sold for a pre
mium because there are certain per
sons who enjoy th possession of ar
ticles possessed by. no ethers or by
only a few rfthera. In other words,
the market for them la among col
lectors of rare coins and among firms
that deal with collectors. The rarer
colna are the higher, th price paid
for them and the lesser the likeli
hood that one will rece'va ona In th
ordinary course of business. Pre
miums run from a few cents up and
are governed by denomination as well
aa year of issue and aometlmea by an
error in th Imprint or some other
distinguishing feature. Coins that
have a high premium value are not
in cr'culatlon, but have all been ac
cumulated by collector or dealers.
The high value put en a rara coin
la th price ene collector will pay
another collector Tor the coin, or the
price a dealer will pay for It r sell
U tor.
Klft tears Sn.
from The Oresonlan of iet-enMor 21, IKTo
Th government insist (hat lirlg
ham Young must pay his Income-tax
tha am as a Gentile.
Th dials of the city clock were put
In place yesterday without acrlilent.
The flgurea ran be plainly distin
guished for five or alx blocka.
The ateamera from below are bring
ing larg auppltea of rum for tha
Christmas trade. Venison steaks ami
ducka are plentiful la some of our
markets.
Tha steamer from Alaska brought in
quit a number of army officers who
are under order for a mora genial
ulimate.
Kubblag In Prohibition.
Astoria Budget.
The danger of any drastic campaign
against tha home-brewer at this tltna
Is that It will have a reaction which
will be to tha detriment of the pro
hibition cause which I not yet en
trenched sufficiently In this country
that lta official protectora can afford
to "rub It In," There are stll many
ardent "wets" and not bins: would
better suit their hope and wishes
than that th prohibit lonlsis make
the enforcement of their laws ao
onerous that many will revolt against
them.
Kara "entla and Newfoundland.
DALLAM, Or., Pec. 1 (To the Kd
Itor.) I'leasa tell ma If Newfoundland
and Nova Boot la are unrier Kngllsli
rule, and If not, state president and
name. AKLYN I'KTKKNli.M.
Nova Scotia Is a province of Can
ada. Newfoundland la a ttrlllah ool-ay.