THE MORXIXG OREGOMAX. MONDAY, JANUARY 10. 1921
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TO THE LEGISLATCHK.
The problems that will confront
the legislature which convenes at Sa
lem today have been eomprehen
.h., otatori in the news columns of
Th Oreconian. There are some of
them which promise to occupy much
attention and create considerable de
bate that could as well as not be dis
posed of promptly without sacrifice
of public interest.
There is prospect, for example, of
controversy over congressional redis
'trictlng before it is positively known
that the state will acquire another
representative in congress. There
has been nothing but committee ac
tion at Washington. Congress itself
has not acted. It may not increase
membership of the house and if it
does not. Oregon will continue to get
along with three representatives. The
sensible course for the legislature is
to await action by congress, n a
new place in congress is created for
this state the congressional act will
provide for election of that represent
ative at large. Whatever may be
said about the hardships of a state
wide campaign for representative, it
may also be said that one campaign
of the kind will not break anybody's
back. It will be time enough, if we
need one, to create a new district in
1923.
There Is also intimation that Jap
anese land tenure legislation will oc
cupy a part of the time of the legis
lature. It T ill be generally agreed
that this country can give place and
home to Japanese within reasonable
numbers. It will also be generally
admitted that the Japanese mode of
life is not our mode of life and that
however estimable the Japanese may
be as a people, it is not desirable that
they should monopolize lands or
schools or business on the Pacific
coast or elsewhere in America. But
California has by anti-Japanese laws
precipitated an international issue
It is inconceivable that the national
government will not soon so compose
thia issue that whatever Oregon now
mar do will become either unneccs
sary or invalid. The question can be
disposed of as fully by memorial to
congress as by any other method
with the advantage that no further
International complications will be
created. '
Bonus legislation has a similar
status, particularly as a cash bonus.
Special privileges in land settlement,
or some form of aid in home-making
granted by the state, if not too bur
densome on an already burdened
community, would not be objection
able. But In the larger sense the
grant of a bonus to service men is a
national duty, not a state duty. Ore
gon has not been wholly remiss in
expressing in a material way its
gratitude to its soldiers of the late
war. It is granting- them educational
aid and it will pay out for that fmr
poso up to 1S32.000 in the next two
years.
There will be much miscellaneous,
Imperative legislation to enact. The
period for work is short. The legis
lature will have before It the vital
Issue of mounting taxation. It could
profitably devote much time to study
Of the question and It would Im
mensely popularize Itself If it would
reverse previous records and end
with a reduction, rather than an in
crease, in biennial appropriations au
thorized. But its duty is not ended
there. It is In a sense a tax guardian
over tho lesser political units of the
state. Taxation methods tnereln are
not systematic. They are not co-ordinated.
There Is need for severance
of tax-levying and tax-disbursing
bodies: there is need for a compre
hensive and positive budget system.
Both of these can be Imposed by the
legislature.
ma gravny ot uie tax situa
tion be overlooked, let it be remem
bered that as a consequence of wag
ing war in Europe this nation has
contracted a debt of which Oregon's
proportion will be upwards of $350,
000,000. It must be paid. It Is a
debt that cannot and will not be re
pudiated. It is a sum that will in
evitably have to come out of the
pockets of the people of Oregon and
from its burdens no one of the pres
ent generation can hope to escape.
It is a sum equalling more than one
third of the present taxable wealth
of the state. The obligations Incurred
by the state as such which can be
tTaced directly to the war arc hardly
discernible. We are spending money
because we as citizens elected to
do so. But the day is gone when
the state or county or city can con
sider that the maximum of the pub
lic's ability to pay is at tho disposal
Of state, county and city. A higher
obligation must be met and we must
so control our desires for additional
public enterprises that the higher
obligations can be met without
misery to the people.
It is, unfortunately, to be expected
from past experience that this legis
lature will not escape without the
regular, biennial controversy over
fish and game legislation. One would
give thanks to providence if provi
dence would cause men's minds to
single-track on fish and game legis
lation. But providence never has and
probably never will. There are sports
men who will never understand that
game and game fish are becom
ing scarcer primarily because man's
destructive genius Is greater than
nature's and man's productive genius
combined. Thore is" too much time
spent on this issue, and it intimately
concerns only a portion of the people.
Th subject of highway Isgisla-
tlon, which has been given proml -
nent mention, recalls to mind the
vetoes by Governor Olcott of several
bills passed at the special session
which added roads to the state high
way map. The bills attacked one of
the fundamental policies of Oregon's
great road programme. They over
rode the Judgment of a disinterested
and capable highway commission
and subjected road designation to
trades and log-rolling. The vetoes
should be sustained.
There will be port consolidation,
teachers' tenure, irrigation changes,
legislative redisricting and measures
of lesser importance. Of the more
important of these The Oregonian
will have something to say in addi
tion to what it has heretofore said.
The present object is to emphasize
the Intruding character of certain
non-eesential matters upon the at
tention of the members and point
out the severity of the task that con
fronts the assembly even upon elim
ination of the non-essentials.
TTHT IMMIGRATION SHOULD STOP.
Objections to the Johnson immi
gration bill to the effect that the
number of immigrants arriving has
been exaggerated, that the millions
who would like to come need not
alarm us because they have not the
price, and -that 'we need immigrants
on the farms and to develcjp our re
sources, all are beside the mark. It
may be true also that the definitions
of the present law are sufficient to
exclude undesirables. Still there is
need of temporary suspension.
Whether the number of immi
grants is great or small, they Include
many who should be shut out Prob-
i ably the Immigration service needs
to be reorganized and enlarged in
order to stop all leaks, but until that
is done it will be easier to stop all
immigration than to select the ad
missible. Certainly Immigrants are needed
on farms and on undeveloped land,
but they do not go there and the
present law provides no means to
send them there. The great bulk of
them crowd the already crowded
manufacturing cities and mining dis
tricts of the east and middle west
Before more are admitted the law
should provide some means by which
they may be distributed to those sec
tions of the country where they are
wanted.
If that were done. It would go far
to meet the objections of labor
unions. One effect of congestion of
immigrants in the cities Is to over
snpply them with labor. If immi
grants were sent through those cities
to the farming districts, the mines
and lumber regions of the west they
would not compete with labor in the
well supplied districts, and the latter
would profit by increased food pro
duction. Immigration should be stopped in
order that a fresh start may be made
under an entirely new law. It is a
source of danger in the present con
dition in Europe.
SENATOR KNOX AND THE LEAGUE.
If Senator Knox and his fellow-lr-reconcilables
should attempt to de
feat the policy of President-elect
Harding to make the United States a
member of a league or association
of nations, they would both repudi
ate the platform on which the re
publican party won tho election and
they would run counter to the wish
of the vast majority of the American
people. They were and still are but
a-Taction in the party, though they
may havejwon some recruits, and the
popular support that they received
came more from opposition to the
Wilson league than from opposition
to any league. Against them Is ar
rayed the great body of the Ameri
can people in both parties, In which
the wish has been growing for many
years that the United States Join
other nations in a league to preserve
peace. An attempt to defy that sen
timent would cause an outburst of
anger which would leave the senate
no chance to misunderstand.
Mr. Harding cannot fail to reject
the no-league policy, for,hc is deeply
pledged to a league under the alias
of an association and to make the
most of all the good that he can find
in the existing league. The immense
majority by which he was elected is
not to be taken as a verdict against
any league, or even as a total rejec
tion of the Wilson league. So far as
the league Influenced the people, it
was a declaration against the league
as President Wilson attempted to
force it through tho senate, but far
more was it a condemnation of the
autocratic methods to which Mr.
Wilson resorted. After having re
fused to submit to dictation by a
president, the people will not submit
to dictation by a faction of senators
in repudiation of a party pledge and
in defiance of public opinion.
MOON THEORIES TO BE TESTED.
The achievement of Professor Al
bert A. Michelson in measuring
the first of the four stars In the.
bright constellation Orion will be
dwarfed, if he succeeds in his re
ported new purpose, by his perform
ance in determining whether there
are land tides as well as tides at sea.
It Is Professor Michelson's 'idea.
based on his own skill in mr.klng
computations of infinite delicacy,
that the moon Influences the land
surface of the earth as well as the
water. That the earth presents
greater resistance is beside the ques
tion and does not vitiate the prin
ciple. It may 9e that the moon's
drawing power is exerted in other
and more subtle ways.
For every person who cares a
straw whether or not Alpha Orion
Is 300.000,000 miles or 800 feet in
diameter, there may be a thousand
who would like to find scientific
confirmation of the notion that
corn, beans and peas should be
planted in the light of the moon.
while the operation of planting po
tatoes, beets and rutabagas must be
postponed until the moon has aged,
lest they run all to top. Any farmer
of the moon school can prove, from
the records of a more or less dis
criminating memory, that crops
planted in disregard of the rule have
always proved unprofitable.. The
idea that if a rail fence is laid in
the light of a new moon the bottom
rails will be raised from the ground
by vegetation beneath Is less preva
lent than it used to be. but this may
be only because barbed wire has
superseded rails. Plenty of other
superstitions connected with the
supposed influence of the moon on
crops persist
Now rrofessor Michelson Is not
open to suspicion that he has taken
superstition as his starting point.
It seems more probable that ho has
been won by the idea that a heav
enly body that can exert a visible
pull on the great ocean may be do
ne; something less apparent to the
land. His record as a physicist Is
beyond question and his eminence in
1 thia field is sufficiently attested by
the award to him of the Nobel prize
for physics in 1907. His device for
measuring the size of stars has en
abled" him to announce with confi-
dence that Alpha Orion, otherwise
known as Betelgeuse, is SOO.OOO.OOO
miles in diameter. Beside it our
own sun is little more than a pin
point. In volume it is twenty or
thirty billion times as important as
our earth.
It bids fair on the whole to be a
big year for astronomers. Only the
other day the director of the astro
nomical observatory of the Univer
sity of Virginia completed the meas
urement of the star known as 84
Ceti, so small as to be invisible to
the unaided eye. There were so
many factors in this scientist's cal-
i dilations that they derive their chief
significance from the extreme mi
nuteness of the process rather than
from anything we care to know
about the star itself. On the last
day of 1919 a government expert in
terrestrial magnetism indicated that
he may be on the track of the cause
of the variation of the mariner's
compass. It was this phenomenon
that almost prevented Columbus
from discovering America, and until
very recently no progress had been
made toward solving the riddle.
It has been the plaint of laymen
that pure scientists are always dis
covering things the practical appli
cation of which the common run of
men cannot be made to understand
The Einstein theory is only one of
many examples of this. The exact
dimensions of the parallax of 84
Cetl is another. But with a prospect
of measuring the moon's influence
on the dry land surface of the earth
millions will begin to sit up and take
notice. Here is an undertaking tho
scientific importance of which all
can at least apprehend.
THE TRUTH AND NEWSPAPERS
Mr. J. Ogden Armour, whose name
is not unknown throughout the
meat-eating world, because of the
liberal publicity given to him by
newspapers and magazines, has
taken his pen in hand and written a
little article on the press. It might
ba expected that one who had not
always been handled gently by the
various media of public expression
would not be disposed to turn the
other cheek. But he does. At least
he does not at all explain that he has
onjoyed or failed to enjoy, but has
nevertheless, had an unenviable
notoriety as a plutocrat, a profiteer,
an oppressor of the poor stockman
and an enemy of the overwrought
consumer in other words, a packer.
At the risk of being charged with
undue sympathy for the undeserving
millionaire, one may say that it is
quite possible after all that Mr.
Armour Is not everything cartoon
and lampoon have described him to
be. At any rate, he is an observant
citizen and a fair critic and he un
derstands and states with excep
tional fidelity to the facts the diffi
cult conditions that surround the
business of newspaper-making. The
Armour article is entitled "What I
Think About the Press," and is
printed in Leslie's Weekly.
Mr. Armour, having perhaps his
own case in mind, charitably con
cludes that it is not easy always to
learn the whole truth about an event
He says:
Now I recognize that m almost any
case what are the exact facts the real
truth Is almost impossible to get at. It
would require reporter and editors of super
human attainments to Pf'.-ent the farts
The truth, the ultimate conclusion, la not
something; that we can ask for and expect
to get in this world. It 1 well known
that perfectly honest and sincere eyewit
nesses of an event will, in court of law,
give diametrically opposed accouirts of
that event. Therefore, if three different
reporters view a single occurrence, and
all three are wholly honest, it Is possible
there will be three accounts of that event
that will vary not only In detail, but also
fundamentally.
If it be conceded that Mr. Armour
Is right it must also be conceded
that the newspapers never state the
precise, final and demonstrable truth
about any occurrence. Now, of
course, such a conclusion would be
absurd. By far the great majority
of all happenings lend themselves to
exact statement for example, court
proceedings, public speeches, social
affairs and many others that follow
an established routine or method.
But the casual, the unexpected, the
accidental, tho sensational all are
capable of being presented to the
observing eye from different angles,
and, as no two persons will see any
of them just alike, it may nek be
possible to produce an absolutely au
thentic and harmonious report of
them. It must be said the most in
teresting features of the day's news
are usually Included in these classifi
cations and it would appear, then,
that Mr. Armour is right when he
suggests the possibility of frequent
Inaccuracies in the news.
But is he right ? He would be right
if a newspaper depended always on
the testimony of a single witness. It
does not It gives, in any affair of
moment the version of several wit
nesses and leaves the reader to judge
for himself. Or it permits its re
porter to approximate from conflict
ing reports what are the probable
tacts, taking care to state how a con
clusion had been reached. It is. sel
dom that a paper permits itself to
state dogmatically that such-and-such
a thing happened, if there is the
smallest likelihood that any one will
be found to give an appraising ac
count. When the fallibility of human ob
servation and human testimony is
considered it may be regarded as
marvelous that a newspaper makes
so few errors; when it has, in the
necessary haste of Instant publica
tion, opportunity for so many errors.
Let any one who is on hand at an
occurrence of Interest and Impor
tance charge his memory with the
details, and then let him endeavor to
recite them in the presence of some
other who has seen the same things.
He will be surprised to find that he
will be in frequent conflict with the
other witness.
How, then, can a trained reporter
get at the truth ?His method, as al
ready stated, is to tell what both
witnesses have to say, and let the
public determine; or, if he can, to
reconcile the varying accounts and
give the results.
If any curious person would like
to test the inerrancy of the eye and
memory, let him take a half dozen
of his friends on a day's automobile
ride through a strange country. At
the end of the Journey let him com
pare notes with all his companions
as to tho day's happenings and their
sequence and relativity. They are
not likely to agree among them
selves. Indeed, it Is certain that no
two of them will recite the day's in
teresting and outstanding events in
the same order: nor will they all be
in harmony as to the details, what
ever they may do or thiuk about
their sequence. Yet a competent re
porter will Interview all of tho trav
elers and produce a narrative which
all will say is approximately correct
It is often said that history is not
the truth, but some one's idea of the
truth. Very likely that is so. Yet
I that some one's idea must be in ac
cord with probability and common
sense.' He must give the sources of
his information, weigh the credibil
ity of witnesses, assign to each event
its appropriate part in the sum of his
narrative and in its influence on re
sults, and reach conclusions which
on their face bear the impress of
painstaking and intelligent investi
gation and comprehensive under
standing. So It is with the business
of reporting. It cannot be conducted
In violation of the principles of
careful Inquiry, skilful analysis and
sensible deduction. Because news
papers for the most part want to
ascertain the facts, and to state
them, the public has learned to have
confidence that it is getting what it
is entitled to have the truth, as
nearly as it may be learned.
The manner in which Mr. Knox
tries to square his policy with the re
publican platform and with Mr.
Harding's pledges proves his no
league policy to be impracticable, as
he should know from his experience
as head of the state department. He
proposes a declaration of policy to
the effect that the United States
would co-operate with Europein de
fense against a menace to its peace
and freedom, and says that this
would not interfere with our co-op-
eratlon In a number of undertakings,
such as codification of international
law, formation of a world court, dis
armament and investigation of po
litical questions that threaten war
If there were no league, that policy
would require that one be improvised
to deal with each threat of war. That
was attempted in 1914, and it failed
A league being in existence and In
eluding all nations except ourselves
and our late enemies, it would in ef
fect act as a unit in dealing with the
United States on each of the ques
tlons named. Each conference would
be between the United States and the
rest of the world, and our limited co
operation would simply accentuate
our isolation. But these conferences
would be so frequent and so long
and the co-operation that they re
quired would be so close that we
should unavoidably be drawn Into
the league unless the Little Ameri
cans became so powerful that they
caused us to retire into isolation like
that of old China.
Lane county has about everything
but ocean shipping and coal mining
and much of its product goes the
water route indirectly. The "Annual
Review Edition" of the Eugene
Guard embraces forty-eight pages of
well-printed text, but lacking in Il
lustrations, It is replete, however,
in statistics, and in this case it truly
can be said that figures don't He";
for the region tributary to Eugene
has all the Guard claims for it and
more for good measure. Placed in
the states afflicted with unrest this
issue of the Guard will bring results
to benefit Oregon.
We of the Pacific coast should be
specially prompt In responding to
the appeal for relief of the famine
stricken Chinese. The money one
wastes will help a lot. There are
other calls, to be sure, but who shall
say the life of a child, heathen
though he be. In one part of the
world Is not as precious as in an
other? And, by the way, one Is
heathen" only from an angle view
The Omaha Bee suggests that the
Oregon scientist who is studying the
life and habits of the sardine should
not overlook the possibilities to be
found in almost any streetcar dur
ing rush hours. But the human sar
dine is protean in character and has
a way of evening up the score on
occasions, which his brother of the
finny tribe has not.
That pastor in Passaic who ran
away with his parishioner and lived
with her two weeks in another state
and was forgiven and taken back on
probation is in the federal court for
violating the Mann act. Being sorry
does not help a criminal in that
court
Depend upon the country editor
to be on deck. Mr. Taylor of the
Molalla Pioneer was in his office
when the yeggs blew open the Mo
lalla bank safe at 3 in the morning
and soundedthe alarm.
Nothing like keeping a good thing
in' the family. The deputy county
clerk at Yakima will become clerk
and the incumbent, her husband,
will become deputy. Some men might
like that, yet
Eat more prunes. Eat 'em boiled,
fried and pied. Eat 'em daily and
twice on Sunday. Prunes are health
ful. Three-quarters of the crop
grown around here are unsold.
Grain and farm produce held for
higher price is subject to taxation.
With the bottom out of the market
and the only way it can go is higher,
holding Is a small problem.
The list of supplies furnished leg
islators by Secretary Sam Kozer
seems complete with an exception.
Where are the six-blade pocket
knives?
Mr. Lea made lots of trouble by
resigning his secretaryship and the
state fair board will have a free for
all of It today in naming his suc
cessor. Governor Allen of Kansas Is giving
Townley every opportunity to sue for
libel in opposing his efforts to prose
lyte among the farmers of that state.
Portland is the most studious
place in the country (library statis
tics) and Boston is fourteenth. The
Boston spirit has moved west.
Overall prices are due to drop
more than half, a manufacturer as
serts, but there is no prospect of
another craze.
The change in exemption in the
income-tax law will be acceptable to
every payer, provided some one hur
ries. About the only way to mediate
successfully between Armenia and
the Turks is first to kill the Turks.
Governor Olcott is bound to have
a sheepman on the highway commis
sion. If you cannot go to Salem, go to
the auto show.
Tho wise meu of tho state "have
gathered.
BY - PRODUCTS O1 THE PRESS
Lucky SoBsrerrlten to Get Perpetual
Home for Courting Muse.
Karl Gustaf Nelson of Bremerton,
Wash., pipefitter and song writer,
came to Seattle, got married and an
nounced that he had made his will,
according to a Seattle, Wash., paper.
The will provides for establishing
the Nelson Home for Songwriters,
to be situated on a piece of prop
erty owned by Nelson on Hartstine
island, in Mason county, IS miles
from Olympla.
The place, which the testator de
scribes as "one of the most Ideal
spots to be found In the world In
climate, beauty and natural wealth,"
is designed as a perpetual endowment
for lucky composers.
The will specifies the first inheri
tor of the home shall be selected by
popular contest.
The winning competitor will be
named by Nelson and a jury of 12
musicians. .
In states outside of Washington a
similar Jury will decide the best com
positions, and such verdicts, together
with the compositions, must be sent
to the testator. The contest is open
to any American citizen, regardless
of age color or sex, and he or she
shall write and compose at least two
songs and must be able to write both
words and music.
The object of this will is to pro
mote the art of song writing, and
jurors and successors should give
preference to the most deserving and
those hampered by poverty who, If
given a chance, could give to the
world something which only a genius
or artist can give.
Nelson Is the autkbr of "My East
ern Rose," "My Kentucky Belle" and
other songs. He said pipefitting has
been a necessity, song writing a
pleasure.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are on Hart
stine island for their honeymoon.
One real estate operator was bnsr
recently, despite the apathy In that
market. This was Charles Galewskl,
who decided to make a New Year
gift of rent reduction to the tenants
of an apartment house he owns.
Up to Christmas day this man, who
doubtless would get a big majority
of the tenant vote, were he running
for office now, received upward of
500 letters from all sections of the
city. Most of the letters were from
prominent tenants, praising him for
the step h had taken, saying they
would like to be his tenants and hop
ing that he would be emulated by
other landlords, and not a few of the
letters were from real estate oper
ators asking him how he could afford
to reduce rents.
Mr. Galewskl stated that rent re
duction in this house would mean a
monthly saving of about $5 to each
of the 15 tenants. He added that he
purposed doing the same thing with
six other tenement houses of the
walk-up type, just as soon as ac
countants Informed him of the finan
cial standing of each house. In some
cases he expected to make a greater
reduction than T5 per family, but
added that rents in his high-class
apartment houses would not be re
vised downward, as the expense to
operate them was too great to per
mit of any reduction at this time.
New York American.
.
Recently a statement was made by
the head of a psychopathic hospital
that men were becoming effeminate
and that women were growing
stronger and more dominating th.-.t
n time they would relegate the male
sex to-secondary place. This brought
forth a tremendous howl of denial,
but the author stood pat. Now to a
certain extent his statement is veri
fied. Women who operate beauty par
lors In Chicago were interviewed on
the extent of the masculine patron
age. They freely admitted that they
have many male persons who come
n regularly to have their hair mar
celled and their eyebrows plucked.
One big shop specializes in what
is known as the "strategic wave
for men and the proprietress said
she counted among her customers
many prominent persons.
All the shops admitted having a
number of male customers who ask
for a shampoo but always agree
with the operator when she suggests
marcel wave and trimming of the
eyebrows either by plucking or the
use of an electric needle, une snop
has made customers who use bella
donna to increase the luster of their
eyes when they are set for a killing
at a fancy ball or society function.
One big corset house announced that
it did not make corsets for men, but
that many of them were being made
and sold in the city. They are not so
much corsets as girdles, the idea be
ing to hold in the excess avoirdupois
and make the wearer appear slender
and trim.
Drug stores and beauty shops also
admit that they sell large quantities
of cosmetics, perfumes and cold
creams to men for their personal use.
Los Angeles times.
One out of nine traveling salesmen
in the United States gets divorced,
said Professor Rudolph M. Binder,
head of the department of sociology
at New York university, in an in
terview recently reported, as against
one out of 92 farmers. As- to the
geographic distribution of divorce,
the west leads all other sections in
the number of divorces, while the
north central, south Atlantic and
north Atlantic districts follow in the
order mentioned.
Japan grants a greater number of
divorces than any other nation in
the world. Childless couples are di
vorced more frequently than those
having children.
"There has been a perceptible in
crease in the marriage rate in the
United States," declared Professor
Binder, "In the year 1890, 316 per
10,000 were married; in 1900 the fig
ures were 321 per 10,000, and the
figures have been steadily mounting.
This Is especially true among the
vounge'r set."
The air turbine of I. T. Nedland, a
North Dakota artisan. Is less than
one-twentieth of an inch in diameter
and weighs only one-fifth of a grain
troy. It has eight parts, the casing
being of gold and the motor of steel.
The motor, which has six slots, has a
diameter of 0.032 inch; the shaft.
0.007 inch. Mounted on a hollow
pedestal the turbine Is driven at a
high rate of speed by a jet of com
pressed air entering at the bottom.
This seems to be the tiniest of all
motors, being smaller than the same
maker' electric motorand steam en
gine, each of which is reputed to be
the smallest machine of its kind In
the world. Springfield Republican.
Those Who Come and Go.
Oregon Is now claimed as home by
the woman whe'represented America
in the monster pageant given by the
allies following the armistice. Mrs.
T. C. Campbell was accorded the sig
nal honor and her record of three
years as a Red Cross nurse In France
and England speaks well of her right
to it. Mrs. Campbell, though an
American by birth, is the wife of Dr.
T. C. Campbell, who served through
the world war as a major with the
Canadian forces in France and Bel
glum. Recently Dr. and Mrs. Camp
bell acquired property near Klamath
Falls. Mrs. Campbell Is spending a
few days at the Multnomah on her
winter shopping tour of Portland.
Mr and Mrs Dan F. Mason of
Junction City see much of the beau
ties of Portland in the old fmlUr
landmarks, as well as in tne moaern
business blocks, and beautiful homes
of recent years, for their memory of
the city dates back to the days whea
business centered on one or two
streets near the river. They still
retain the intense pride for Portland
which characterises the early pio
neers of the state in general. Fol
lowing their usual custom they are
spending a few weeks at the Seward
while renewing their acquaintance
with points of interest about the city.
The first break of spring usually
finds L. C. Thompson of Carlton
headed for the McKenzle or some
other noted trout stream, for he Is
an 'ardent sportsman, and few Ore
eon wilds are too remote or Jhacces-
slb)e for him to reach once the fish
ing fever comes upon him. He is also
a prominent Elk, one of the charter
members of the McMinnvllle lodge
and donor of the magnificent stuffed
elk which stands at the entrance of
the clubrooms there. He is regis
tered at the Imperial in company
with his son, R. R. Thompson, also
of Carlton.
Levi J. Bird of Browning, Mont.,
sympathizes with the Alaskans who
occasionally long for a chance to go
back where they can get warm. For
although he admits his home town is
one of the coldest spots In the United
States, he can't understand why water
does not freeze in Portland when a
radiator can hardly keep the chill out
of his blood. Mr. Bird, now at the
Multnomah, is a land and cattle man
of northern Montana and predicts a
rapid growth in population in that
region in connection with railroad
development and expansion.
Agitation of Sunday blue laws Is like
throwing salt In the wound left by
the ISth amendment to a great many
Kentuckians, according to Edward C.
Harburg of Louisville, Ky who is
now at the Multnomah. The idea of
prohibiting wholesome amusements
on Sunday is an imposition that would
fall especially hard on the working
man and enactment of such a law
would encourage disrespect for all
laws through an Indisposition on the
part of millions to abide by it, In
Mr. Harburg's opinion.
The state legislative session now on
at Olympla Is the attraction which
Is drawing Mrs. P. L. Sinclair 'and
Mrs. M. E. Sinclair, wives of well
known bankers of Ilwaco, Wash., to
the city on the upper sound. The two
ladies who spent the week end reg
istered at the Portland are not bound
on a lobbying mission, however, but
are making the trip to see P. L. Sin
clair in action as a member of the
state legislature.
Pat Lonergan of Pendleton com
bines two extremes in his business,
and as a consequence never has any
worr'es over the tricks the weather
man may play. In the summer Pen
dleton citizens come to him for their
supply of ice, and the hotter the
winds, the more thriving the busi
ness. With the first frost up go fresh
cards in his windows announcing the
arrival of a winter's supply of coal.
At present he is spending a few days
at the Portland.
A few days in Portland Is A. J. Ol
son's Idea of the best way to recu
perate after a strenuous season of
road construction work. In spite of
the rains, Mr. Olson, whose home is
In Bugby, Or., reports that he has
finished construction work on his
highway contract near Astoria. He
registered over the week end at the
Oregon.
The lumber situation is never so
dark as to obscure the certainty of its
coming back into Its own in the opin
ion of Eugene France of Aberdeen,
one of the largest timber operators on
the coast. Mr. France, who is a for
mer mayor of Aberdeen, is at the
Perkins during a short stay -in Port
land. Boosting does not end with merely
getting behind the home town and
pushing it to the front, but takes in
the welfare of the whole state under
the programme mapped out for him
self by F. S. Bramwell of Grants Pass.
Mr. Bramwell, who is stopping at the
Perkins, is an enthusiastic member
and hard working official of the Ore
gon, state chamber of commerce.
A few days on shore are a welcome
change after the storms that have
swept the coast In the past few
weeks, according to Captain and Mrs.
George Stoehr of the motorship Cool
cha, now In port While their ship Is
loading a cargo of lumber for the
west coast of South America trade
the captain and his wife are regis
tered at the Portland.
Burns isn't so far from Portland
when one gets used to the trip, and
In fact Is not nearly so far as It used
to be In the opinion of C. H. Voegtly
of Burns, who 1b registered at the
Perkins. Mr. Voegtly is one of the
veteran merchants of eastern Oregon
and finds occasion to make frequent
business visits to Portland.
"And then he took up golf applies
to J. W. Stone of Hood River, whose
business trip to Portland kept him
over an extra day to enjoy his favor
ite sport. Mr. Stone is a well-known
official of the Hood River Apple
Growers' association. He is registered
at the Portland.
Investigation of the prospects for
resumption of the lumber activity In
the spring is one of the reasons that
have brought M. J. Archibald, timber-i
man of Cascade Locks, to thev city
during the slack season. Mr. Archi
bald Is registered at the Perkins dur
ing his stay here.
Judge Stephen A Lowell 0f Pendle
ton, prominent eastern Oregon jurist,
spent the week-end at the Seward.
His daughter, Mrs. H. B. Ferrier of
Washougal, Wash., is accompanying
him on his trip to Portland.
Judge Charles A. Johns of Salem,
justice of the supreme court, was a
Portland visitor yesterday, with reser
vations at the Oregon.
Dr. and Mrs. Jarett P. Bray of Med
ford are stopping at the Seward dur
ing a short visit In Portland.
Plumage and Citizenship.
PORTLAND, Jan. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) L Is there any law. state or
federal, forbidding the use of Chinese
pheasant plumage for millinery pur
poses? 2. Is a Chinaman born in this
country a citizen, with voting priv
ileges? INTERESTED.
L It is lawful if the
killed in the open season.
2. Yes.
bird was
-.! PORTLAND SHOW OF HIGH ORDEIt
New York Breeder Gives) laapreaalon
of Pacific International Exposition.
PORTLAND. Jan. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) The following comment on the
Pacific International Livestock expo
sition has been received by this office
from George W. Sisson Jr., of Pots
dam, Y., who Judged the Jersey
classes at our show In 1920. Mr. Sis
son Is a Judge of nation-wide reputa
tion and a breeder of Jerseys in an
extensive way. Space for his com
ment on the Pacific International will
be appreciated by ail interested In
our show here In Portland.
O. M. PLUMMER,
Sec. and Gen. Mgr.
The writer had the great privilege of
attending the Pacific International Live.
sloe exposition that was etagea in rou
1 1"12!,,!IS.b?,, "'m?!?,
While familiar with all the big eastern
stock show, at which I have been In reg
ular attendance for 30 year, and on many
occasion in the capacity of Judge, I cas
fairly aay that the show put on at .Port
land this year compared most favorably
with the best In the country.
Considering the youth of the ahow and
the results attained in so short a time,
one can safely predict that, given the aama
enterprise In Its management and the same
spirit of co-operatlon among the breeders.
It will take rank as one of the really
great shows of the country.
Shows of thia character, to warrant sup
port, must prove tbelr educational valu.
and there was evidence on ever) side at
the recent Portland ahow of the keenest
interest and careful study by breeders and
exhibitors not only, but by the general
public. In the problems of livestock im
provement, which means increased pros
perity to the entire region. The slates
tributary to thia show are admirably adapt
ed to many llnea of stock breeding and are
rapidly attaining In certain Mnea a com
manding position la the livestock inter
est of the country.
This fact should command the Intelli
gent and sympathetic Interest and assist
ance of legislative bodies, to the end that
the work may be broadened and improved
to the benefit of the entire citizenship
of the great northwest.
' GEO. W. SISSON. JR.
WOMEN WILL HOLD THEIR JOBS
"Ilefl" leaned to Those Who Wonld
Relegate Sex to the Home.
. PORTLAND, Jan. 8.(To the Edi
tor.) If some of the men who howl
in print on editorial pages abou
women holding down their old Jobs
could know of the derision they bring
upon themselves they would have the
good sense to hold their peace and
make the best of an inevitable situa
tion. Yes,, we women (married, single,
widowed, divorced), bold some of the
positions coveted by this variety of
the species. And we will continue to
sold them for the simple reason that
we fill them more satisfactorily than
they did. We have more patience,
more tact, more adaptability, and
(dare we affirm It?) very often more
Intelligence.
As for the married women, who
seem to come in for an oversized
portion of venom, It wouta seem
apropos to quote a recent remark of
Judge Gatens (see Schmitt divorce
case, OTegonian, January 7.)
"The day is past in which woman
has to take what man wants to throw
at her and the war Is largely re
sponsible. It made woman more in
dependent. She is not willing to be
a slave and raise children and take
the mite a man is willing to give her
in return."
If a woman can earn $100 a month
and get It, she is rather a fool to
waste the same amount of energy for
a man who more often than not takes
her pretty much for granted, and re
wards her with a pittance: The motto
of the modern woman is "Measure for
measure." We don't get a square
deal in many of life's Issues, but we
are going to get it from now on
economically. L. C. M.
OLD-FASHIONED NAME IS BEST
Writer Would Cherlah Nomenclature
Given'by Clty'a Builders.
PORTLAND, Jan. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) Anent the Interest displayed
in giving new names to thorough
fares of pioneer days, I as a native
of our proud city am much in favor
of changing the name of Sandy boule
vard. But the name I like best Is
not "Roseway" nor "Rose boulevard,"
but the ood, old, straightforward
"Sandy rold." The old name carries
a historic charm that anything new.
however beautiful or modern, cannot
convey.
Because the community has devel
oped and prospered, why should It
be necessary or desirable to mimic
other cities? It Is proper enough foi
the city to adopt the name of a
flower, to be Indeed The Rose City,
but why overstep the sublime for a
hobby that may lead to ridicule?
The Sandy river will flow on In Its
crystal beauty after we are gathered
to our fathers, and its banks be or
namented with beautiful homes, si
what can be more fitting than for
the chief avenue thither to bear tho
honorable, unique and pat, albeit
homely appellation, "Sandy road"?
In a spirit of vanity we once aped
New York, and In doing so purloined
"Broadway" from the east side. Let
us bend our efforts to more worths
enterprises, and learn to cherish the
names given by those who went be
fore us, and who by virtue of buildinr
were entitled to bestow names for
all time.
W. K.
Where Landlord Comes In.
PORTLAND." Jan. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) I have read with interest
Mayor Baker's remarks in reference
to the mother with two or three chil
dren who waB forced to vacate her
apartment for non-payment of rent.
I admire our mayor for the sym
pathy extended by him to this woman
and others who may be In distress,
but wonder whether he has consid
ered there might by two sides to a
case of this character. For instance.
I am looking after a house where
the tenant is nearly four months be
hind in rent and who gives no valid
reason for not paying Just continu
ally makes a prom'se to pay the next
month.
In case this rent is not collected
the owner of the property will not
be able to pay the taxes, soon to be
come due, and which are more than
20 ner cent higher than last year.
Out of these taxes, the mayor and
other city officials are paid. Will
the mayor and others forego collec
tion of their salaries, or will they
remit the taxes?
I know this is a foolish question,
but would just like to know what
they have to say about it.
PROPERTY OWNER.
Dracrnt of Property.
PORTLAND, Jan. 8. (To the Edi
tor:) 1. When a widower marries a
widow with children, if no will Is
made out by him, does this woman in
herit all his property?
2. Do his children by former mar
riage inherit any?
SUBSCRIBER.
The property would descend to the
children subject to the widow's
dower, consisting in a life Interest in
the Income from one-half of the es
tate. 2. Yes, equally.
Land for A'eterans,
PORTLAND, Jan. S. There was u
heading in a recent Orcgoniac, "Vet
erans May Buy Land." Where could
a person find the Vest information
concerning this land?
E. L. HUMPHREYS.
Write-George G. Brown, clerk
the state land board, Sulein.
of
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
THE WOMAN CHILD.
Look at the way she hangs onto the
cover;
Look at the cute little fuzz on her
lid;
Look at that smile; It Just makes
people love her1
Gosh! but she sure Is one won
derful kid.
Talk? Stick around when she yells
for her dinner
Gets every single darn word she la
told.
Rotten, I guess, when she's Just a
beginner;
This is her birthday; she's seven
months old!
Fond of her mother? Well, eo's
every baby,
But look at her balancing there on
my knee.
Look at -he smile that she hands me,
and maybe
You wiU decide she Is fonder of me!
When about midnight she starts In
to riot
With colic or something- like S8
babies do
I am the guy that can make her keep
quiet
By taking her up for' an hour or
two.
Who does she look like say, some
how or other
Before she arrived I was strong on
the hope.
That she would grow up as the split
of her mother.
An' yet I Rln't sorry I had 'the
wrong dope.
She's some little peach Is this lady
well rather
She's got 'em all licked In the
beauty show game;
That's more than a person can say
of her father.
An yet she's the Image of
mt-
Just the same.
I got to step
dollars:
out
and go after the
That kid can't be dressed
small village hick;
She'll need pretty clothes an
shoes an' fur collars
like a
veil
An' all that a girl ought to have
pretty quick.
It's goln' to take money, I tell you,
to dress her,
But when she's dolled up she'll sure
be a Joy;
"A boy is less trouble?" you are a
bum guesserl
Say, what made you think that I
wanted a boy?
They Need It Now.
Too bad they didn't wait to fire
proof the Chicago Yiver till after the
price of coal came down.
Cant Be Too Careful.
The halls In which Dempsey fights
are usually suffocating. He doesn't
like a draft.
Too Dull.
Blue isn't the kind of local
that will give dramatists much of a
chance
(Copyright.
1921.
y the Bell Syndicate,
Inc.)
John Burroughs' Nature
Notes.
Cnn You Answer These Questions;
1. How long have we had apples
In America?
2. What Is the right time to col
lect birds' nests.
3. Are bats birds or animals or
insects?
,
Answer to Previous Questions.
1. What would happen If all the
birds were killed?
If all the birds were killed, Insects
would flourish for a short time, or
until they had eaten up all vegeta
tion. Meantime, the animals would
have been starving and would soon
disappear. Man. with neither vege
table nor animal food left, would die.
An object lesson Is seen In Jamaica,
where slaughtering the birds favored
the grass tick, an Insect, to a point
where cattle breeding has become al
most impossible.
2. How can ants in the house be
routed?
An ant pest mav be curbed h wet
ting a sponge with sweetened water,
and leaving it about until ants swarm
Into It. It may then be dropped In
seaming water, ana Daitert again, un
til the ants seem to be through com
ing. Where the nests can be reached,
kerosene will exterminate both in
sects and eggs. I
3. Ts Jimson weed poisonous?
Jlmson weed, also called Jumestown
weed and thorn apple (from Its
prickly seed pod is poisonous, and
has caused many deaths among chil
dren, particularly as it is common In
city lots where children play. They
have been known to chew lt"forftin."
The stem Is stout and green, the
leaves sharp-toothed at the edge, and
the blossom white and trumpet
shaped like a morning glory.
In Other Days.
Tiventj -i ii,. lean Ago,
(From TTio Oremnlan of January 10, I8SU )
A lutheran church has been organ
ized in The Dalles.
The U. S. Grant Republican club
will meet this evening. John H. Hall
will be the speaker for the occasion.
The new Goubet submarine will en
able three men. the inventor claims,
to live under water for 12 hours.
The revival services at the Taylor
streel church are meeting with great
MM Venn Abo.
(Krom The Oregonlan of January 10. 1871.)
An excursion which went to the
new town of Kalama on Sunday was
unable to find the town. There were
no streets or sidewalks, .10 hotel, nor
any "distilled damnation" shebang.
Surveyors were at work.
Nearly all
Sedan have
than parole-
the officers captured at
chosen captivity rathsr
-Intending to desert.
It coste New York city almost
11,000,000 a year to light her streets,
and then she has "ways that are
dark."
Floods in Washington territory
have raised the Cowlitz, rendered the
Chehalis almost Impassable, save by
boat, and torn up long stretches of
corduroy road.
Sale of Victory Bond.
PORTLAND. Jan. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) Can you advise me whether I
can convert a registered victory loan
bond into cash and, If ajo, can you
name a firm in Portland that could
accommodate mo? A READER.
You can sell your bond at the cur
rent market price, which 1b some
what less than fa-- value. Go to any
bank or bond dealer.
Deed In Severalty.
PORTLAND, Jan. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) Mr. and Mrs. Johnson buy a
piece of land, having the deed marie
to Mr. and Mrs. Johnfcon. Mrs. John
son dies in the course of years and
leaves two children. Ciii Mr. John
son sell the' property legally without
the children's consent or signature?
Is he solo heir to the property?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Yes.