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THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, JAXTTART 13, 1921 ISSTABLIHKr BT rTENBY I. PITruv. ?; Published by The Oretonian Publishing Co, a, 135 Sizth Street, Portland. Oreron. C A. HORDES', B. B. caiiL. a- - ..... Bailor. Manager. The OregonJan bj a member of the Amo Z. ciated Press. The Aaeoetated Preaa is ex- clusivcly entitled to the use for publication am of ail news dispatches credited to It or not, otherwise credited In this paper ana " the local ne published herein. All rign'.s of publication of special dispatches herein w- are also reserved. SubaerlpUon Kates In-rariably In Advance. , ' (By Mail.) Dally. Sunday included, one year. IZJM Dally. Sunday Included, si months... rj- Dally Sunday included, three months. - , dally. Sunday included, one montn.. Daily, without Sunday, one year..... Daily, without Sunday, six months.. Dally, without Sunday, one month... Weekly, one year Sunday, one year 6.00 3.25 .60 1.00 (By Carrier.) Daily, Sunday included, one year. . . . . 00 Dallr. 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To what lengths labor unions may go in the effort to enforce their de- mands on employers has been fur- ther defined by the United States su- preme court In granting 'the Duplex "- Printing Press company of tsattie Creek, Mich., an Injunction against the International Association of Ma chinists, which had been denied by the lower courts. The effect of the decision is to declare the secondary boycott illegal under the Clayton law amendments of the Sherman anti-trust law. A strike was called on the Duplex company's plant, but only thirteen machinists struck, while 200 re mained at work. The union then attacked the company through its customers by warning them not to buy. threatening them with strikes in other trades if they did, warning truckmen not to haul Duplex presses to customers and promising trouble rf they did. inciting employes of trucking companies and of customers of the Duplex company with strikes: threatening to blacklist union men who installed the presses: threaten ing a strike against an exposition company if it displayed the press. It has been supposed that the Clayton act legalized such a sec ondary boycott, which is similar to that of the Danbury hatters, but the court says that the law does not con vey "a legislative Intent to confer a I general immunity for conduct viola- tive of the anti-trust laws or other wise unlawful." and it says: The subject of the boycott Is dealt with specifically in the "ceasing to patronize" provision, and by the clear force of the language employed the exemption is lim ited to pressure exerted upon a "parly to auch dispute" by means of "peaceful and lawful" influence upon neutrals. There Is nothing here to Justify de fendants or the organizations they rep resent In using either threats or per susslon to bring about strikes or a cessa tion of work on the part of employes of complainant's customers, or of the truck ing company employed by the customers, with the object of compelling such cus tomers to withdraw or refrain from com mercial relations with complainant, and of thereby constraining complainant to yield the matter In dispute. To Instigate a sympathetic strike In aid of a secondary boycott cannot be deemed "peaceful and lawful" persuasion. In essence it is a threat to Inflict damage upon the imme diate employer, between whom and his employe no dispute exists. In order to bring him sgainst hnr will into a con certed plan to Inflict 'damage upon another employer who is in dispute with his em ployes. In support of this conclusion the court quotes the words of Represen tative Webb, spokesman of the house committee, when the Clayton law was passed, declaring that it did not sanction the secondary boycott. This decision once more denies the right to extend a labor dispute in definitely beyond those directly con cerned until it reaches through the whole country and becomes an ef fort to destroy the business of a com pany which refuses to come to its employes' trms -in this case the torms of a small minority of its em ployes. It is a disappointment to those who believed that the Clayton act granted unlimited immunity from prosecution under the anti trust laws for union boycotts pro vided they were conducted by peace ful and lawful methods. It is de nounced by Samuel Gompors as "a blow to human frr-edom and prog ress," and he accuses the supremo court of having "joined forces with the anti-union shop movement, the movement to undermine and destroy the only organizations which the working people have for their pro tection." But the decision works bothVays. It dearly implies that a combination of a number of manufacturers not to soil (heir products to customers who practice the closed shop prin ciple would be enjoined. It concedes th ri(rht of the Battle Creek machinist- tn influence people not to buy the"Duplex press, but It denies that right to machinists in general or to other unions. By the same rule It would deny the right of a combination of steel manufacturers to refuse to sell steel to closed-shop erectors. It might concede that right to the Bethlehem Steel com pany alone, which admits having re sorted to the boycott, though such a great aggregation of capital might be held to parallel the entire ma chinists' union. Mr. Gompors over looks the fact that, while the deci sion takes a weapon out of the hands of unions. It places at their disposal a weapon for use against those em ployers who make aggressive war on unions. Because the majority of the su preme court has declared against the construction that he wished it to place upon the law, Mr. Gompers accuses it of partisan bias against union labor. By the same rule those who are satisfied with the majority opinion might accuse the three mi nority judges of bias in the other di rection. Mr. "Gompers Is guilty of the same mistake as other partisans. He forgets that the duty of the court is to declare what the law is. not what It should fee, and that fearless performance of this duty is essential to that freedom and progress for which he expresses anxiety. The effect of the decision Is to limit the proportions that labor dis putes may assume, in order that they may not expand Into class war. It sustains a man's right to fight out his quarrels with the men whom he employs;- free from the intervention of lntiun.erablc others with whom f,' has no dealings. His own em. ployes may and do enlist the aym- j I pathy of others, and there have been cases wnere mat sympailjy oruusui about settlement in their favor. The anthracite coal strike, which was settled by mediation, was a notable case. But to carry a dispute to the point where a man must not buy what he wants or work for whom he chooses simply because of a dis agreement in which he had no part would extend strife indefinitely and would bring social disruption. This is equally true, whether the boycott is declared by employers or unions. That is not the way to- either free dom or progress. INVESTIGATE. The remarkable financial showing of the interstate bridge again raises the question as to whether it is sound policy for the' county to operate a public utility at a wide margin of profit. There is no claim that the bridge management is endowed with exceptional financial genius, and that the large sums pouring into the county treasury are its direct result The facts are that the bridge oper ation is automatic, and that it merely collects certain tolls from traffic. Mi:'.'r.omah county gets three-fifths and Clarke county two-fifths. The net revenue in 1920 was $278,168.75. of which Multnomah got $166,901. Of this latter amount 75 per cent goes to the state when it goes and 25 per cent to the county. The state pays the interest on $1,250,000 bonds, and the county will pay the principal, and its share is to provide a sinking fund. The county commissioners have been slow in paying the state its portion, and they have yielded to the temp tation to juggle with excess moneys on hand by diversion into other channels, viz, the wretched county hospital fiasco. A contractor de manded cash, and got about $70,000 of it from the bridge fund, through the county commissioners. There should be a legislative in vestigation of the entire scheme of bridge finance to determine: (1) why Multnomah has not more promptly paid its dues to the state; (2) whether the county commissioners have, or should have, authority to use bridge funds for other purposes; (3) whether the schedule of bridge tolls should not be revised; and (4) whether a plan may not be devised for paying out of receipts the bridge bonds before maturity. NO GERRYMANDER. The state of Oregon, under the proposed congressional reappoint ment, may get four members of the house of representatives; and it may not. The bill has not yet passed, nor even been reported out of com mittee at Washington; and it is likely to encounter obstacles which will greatly alter its form. But the an nouncement that the state's repre sentation may be increased has al ready started a movement in the leg islature for redisricting the state into four divisions. Why four dis tricts when It Is not known that there will be more than three rep resentatives? It would not be fair to say that the demand for redistrictinjr comes wholly from members of die legis lature who are nursing an ambition to go to congress; but it is proper to say that, if it is to be done, they pur pose to say how it shall be done. The result is a great variety of tentative proposals, having in view the geo graphical situation of several gen tlemen. No one can be blamed for holding an ambition to go to con gress; but there should be no gerry mander to make it feasible. The state divides itself naturally into three parts western Oregon. eastern Oregon and Multnomah I county. The new census gives Ore gon a total of 783,389, of which all the counties east of the Cascades have 160.502, and those, west of the mountains, exclusive of Multnomah, have 363.599. Here now we have the great territory east of the Cas cades with less than one-fourth of the population of the state: yet one proposed scheme would divide the" district, and attach it to a part of the Willamette valley. To be exact, it would cut off Hood River and Wasco counties, -and add them to Clacka mas, Washington, Columbia and some others. The design is obvious. Represen tative Sinnott Is a resident of Wasco county and it is planned to gerry mander him out of eastern Oregon and throw hlra into a strange and new district so that the whole wide remaining expanse east of the moun tains will be left free and open for any other county which would like to have a congressman. The plan would do a great Injus tice to Representative Sinnott Mr. Sinnott is at the head of the im portant committee on public lands, 1 and as such is in position to render valuable service to his entire district and to state and nation. If the leg islature should hamstring him by cutting off nine-tentlis of his district and tying him up with a number of counties west of the Cascade moun tains, where he has slight acquaint ance and no present special knowl edge of legislative needs, his in fluence would be lessened here and the vast territory which embraces the greater part of his district would lose a valuable public service. It is incredible that the legislature will take any action which would do vio lence to a natural situation, and at the same time would commit Mr. Sinnott to needless perplexity and embarrassment for the future. Quite clearly eastern Oregon should be left alone; and just as clearly Multnomah should not be disturbed. It la not so easy to 6oy how the remainder of the state should be divided; but that two dis tricts should be made out of western Oregon, exclusive of Multnomah, is plain enough. But why redlstrict the state now at all? Any plan will precipitate the legislature into protracted and futile controversy, and It time Is needed for more pertinent affairs. Assumption that agriculture can be .reformed, crop production in creased and waste reduced by ap plying to farming the same methods that have marked the development of other industries In America feils to take account of a number of con siderations that run beyond the mere matter of scientific organization. There may be more than a coinci dence in the circumstance that at this time British economists are de ploring their country's lack of a "middle class" group, such as Is rep resented by the American farmer, and that they find in this absence the most serious obstacle to social progress. It is a question whether loss of the personal factor in farm ing would not be greater than any possible gain in technical efficiency would amount to if farming were I J put on the footing proposed by those ; uicvi i!u wnu nee uiuy s i on i ci put and smaller cost per unit as their goal. Efficiency to function to its highest extent ought to be arrived at in some other way. BELGIUM'S EXAMPLE. The Belgians aVe only a little less an inspiration to the rest of the world in peace than they were in war. The American consul-general f r?-i. c-cni c- i o renrtrt on t.h indus trial situation shows that except for a single industry manufacturing has been restored practically to its pre war basis. The exception is steel working, which is handicapped by lack of raw material, and this is not the Belgians' fault- Textile mills are flourishing. There is no bolshevism, and labor troubles are practically- unknown. The country has suffered less from the so-called "crime wave than any other country in Europe. To appreciate what the Belgians have accomplished, it must be borne in mind that the German army, de stroyed a full third of their factories The railroad and water transporta tion svstem was virtually wrecked Railroads to the extent of 1200 miles were torn up. 1800 bridges were de molished, and 60,000 railway cars and 2500 locomotives were stolen More than 400 miles of canals were rendered unfit for service. Belgium has not figured largely in the news since the armistice was signed. LThere is nothing particularly sc-usadHial in every-day hard work, attended by thrift and patience. Yet the accomplished result is worth more than passing mention. Our consul-general might have written an epic on the subject, which as a matter of fact is what his statistical review of the rejuvenation of that war-torn land very nearly comes to. WHEN IT BAINS IN OREGON. The correspondent, whose letter is printed in another column, who finds fault with the statement that "the average precipitation (not rainfall, as the correspondent misquotes) of Portland is about equal to that of New York city," falls into the error common to the many who endeavor to refute official statistics with data based on imperfect recollection. But, fortunately for the peace of mind of all of us, the authentic records are accessible. The "Statistical Abstract of the United States," published by the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce, for example, prints in its 1919 edition the normal monthly and annual precipitation at specified weather bureau stations. It is here shown that for the thirty-six-year period 1871 to 1906, inclusive the average annual precipitation for Portland was 45.1 inches, and for New York city 44.6, a record that undoubtedly justifies the statement that the two are "about equal." Less precipitation in Portland consists of snowfall translated into terms of rain, but no Oregonian, we think, would change places with any city on the northeastern seaboard in this regard. The fact stands out that the difference in the average of more than a third of a century is only a fraction of an inch. Men are disposed to remember striking incidents and to dismiss nor mal occurrences from their memories. It was so in a very early day, when the pioneers were arriving from theii long trek across the western plains. Emerging from the dust clouds Into the autumn showers of the western slopes of the Cascades, they were apt to record the contrasts that had Im pressed them deeply. We got our nickname "Webfoot" from no analy sis of authentic records, but from less accurate human recollection. A curious obstinacy pervades the tendencies of men, who having ar rived at a conclusion thereafter take notice only of facts and circum stances that square with their pre conceptions. It is upon this unstable foundation that a good many of our superstitions are built. The cor respondent is not alone in this re spect. We suppose that considerable numbers of others share his belief that it rained in Portland every day from September 1 until the end of the year. Yet Observer Wells could tell them, from the carefully ascer tained data of the weather bureau, that as a matter of strict truth there were in that period no fewer than thirty-five days on which no rain fell, while there were nine other days on which precipitation was only a "trace." which means that there was less than .01 of an inch. Equally con founding to those who rely on mem ory only are the official figures which show that for a period of forty-nine years in Portland the average annual number of days with .01 of an Inch or more of precipita tion has been 156, leaving an average of 209 days with no precipitation. The "average of about sixty days in each year that it did not rain," as the correspondent recalls it, is an il luminating example of the imper fection of recollection to which we have alluded. It is interesting to record that, ac cording to the federal "Statistical Abstract" hejetofore cited, no fewer than nine important cities in the gulf and southern Atlautic coast region show greater average annual precipitation than does Portland. Jacksonville, Kla., for example, has an average of 63.2 inches, but no one has thought to suggest that the feet of Florldans are webbed. Boston's record of 43.4 and that of Eastport, Me., 43.3, do not vary so widely from that of Portland as to be significant, except of the soundness of an old adage. The records are Imperish able reminders of the fallibility of conclusions unscientifically ar rived at. ANOTHER TRUST BOGEY. The cry "wolf in regard to a lum ber trust has been raised so often by the government thatit4ias ceased to excite anybody except the officials who raise it Lumbermen's associa tions have been indicted for forming huge national trusts to squeeze the public but the only outcome ha been the conviction of a local associ ation here and there. The federal trade commission, confronted by a change of administration, seems to have seized again upon intangibles to show an eleventh-hour burst of activity. The evidence adduced tends to dis prove rather than prove the ex istence of a trust which fixes prices for each district If there were such an agreement a southern lumber man would not have taunted Pacific coast lumbermen with selling too cheap and with need of brains, at an open meeting where reporters were present; he. would have brought about a secret meeting of commit tees to agree on prices. There would not have been a keen controversy V s water shipments of fir lumber and ties in competition with southern yellow pine, or of spruce in competi tion with West Virginia spruce. Such things are not done by trusts. They are contrary to the community of interest which binds together those nefarious organizations. In fact the lumber business is of j such a nature that formation of a nation-wide trust is impossible. The several lumber regions are too ex tensive, too keenly competitive, marked by too great a diversity of conditions, and it is too easy for in dependent operafors to break into J the business, for a trust to be pos sible. No trust was needed in the early part of last year to raise and maintain prices; that was the effect of large demand and of railroad con gestion, and prices were forced up by the speculation of buyers who se cured actual delivery, not by manu facturers who could not fill orders for lack of cars. But demand no sooner shrank than prices fell, com petition between west and south be came intense, and the west invaded what had been the south's exclusive market on the Atlantie coast. It is true that the several district asso ciations exchange information as to shipments and prices at which sales are actually made; that is no secret. While this practice tends to stabilize prices on a high level when they are high and when demand is active, it tends to depress prices and to in tensify competition when demand slackens and a downward trend be comes apparent. There are matters in which lum bermen of all sections work together through the national association, but they are matters in which the entire industry has a common in ter6st. Lumber meets increasing competition from substitute building materials, and producers and dealers can lawfully co-operate to hold their place in the field as against other materials. Problems of forestry are much alike in all sections, and can best be solved by action in common. together with the forestry bureau. intricate questions arise out of tax laws, and they require that lumher men act together, not only with each other but with the government. In. order that correct bases for excess profit and income tax reports may be established, it was advisable that lumbermen discuss the meaning ol the laws with officials of the in ternal revenue bureau. That re quired conferences at Washingtor. and employment of an attorney there. Treasury department offi cials openly and without the least concealment held conferences with representatives of other industries on this subject. When lumbermen move in the same way, their national association is branded as a trust and. their attorney as a lobbyist If the federal trade commission should in dlH the lumbermen, it should also lr diet the treasury officials who con ferred with them. The activities of lumbermen at Washington which Vt commission holds so reprehensible are the nat ural consequence of the greater con tact between the government and business which has marked the Wil son administration. They are not peculiar to the lumber industry, but extend to all lines of business. Busi ness men must go to the capital to answer inquiries of the federal trade commission and to learn what they may or may not do to conform to the anti-trust laws. They must go to the interstate commerce commission about railroad rates, to the shipping board about ships, to the treasury department about taxes, and they must watch their interests before committees of congress. All these matters involve questions of law, which require the services of law yers. When associations are formed to attend to these affairs, they are not trusts, and their attorneys are not lobbyists in the invidious sense unless they lobby. One purpose of the new adminis tration will be to reduce the contact between the government and busi ness by simplifying the tax system, by selling the ships, by stabilizing railroad rates and by prosecuting the real trusts, many of which escape under the present administration, but by not conjuring up trusts where they do not exist. Then men In the lumber business will not need to go to Washington so often, nor to hire so many attorneys, there will be fewer officials and fewer visitors in the capital, and its population will be commendably diminished. The temper of the house Is shown In defeat of the proposal to appro priate $100,000,000 fo enforce pro hibition. That meant another army of office holders. That obstreperous husband in Dan ville really is sincere. He "licked' most thoroughly a motion-picture man who essayed to "shoot" him. "Chicken pie" is popular here, and most of the 2000 jackrabbits that reached Front street Monday from eastern Oregon have been sold. If some Portland men had the grandstand privilege for the inau gural, an appropriation of $50,000 would not be necessary. . Milwaukee has grown sensitive since the days in which It was fa mous and now objects to waitresses in bathing suits. Henry Ford continues to gain in the Michigan recount They must have neglected to count the Fords the first time. General suspension of telephone activities will not be a good prelimi nary of the electrical exposition to be held here. There have been red hands and yellow hands, but it takes the black hand to produce the agitation. This is a wives' paradise. The lowest early morning temperature this winter is 27 degrees. President-elect Harding has exer cised his first veto, and only the profiteers don't like it One way to avoid traffic accidents In this kind of weather is to leave the car at "home. Idaho will have none of the Jap anese and is beyond shooting distance. Those burned census records may be said to have taken the count I about railroad rates to the middle J west, nor would there have been close j competition in that market. The Pa elite coast would not have Invaded the Atlantic coast market with Stars and Starmakers. By Leone Caaa Baer. Minnette Barrett- Portland girl. whose theatrical activities are always heard of with interest, has at a mo ment's notice taken a role in "The Bat," a new play which has been taken to Chicago, following a New York run of six months. It is a mystery play by -Mary Roberts Rine hart and Avery Hopwood. Miss Bar rett is substituting successfully for Lizzie Hudson Collier who was sud- denly taken ilL s When Ring Lardner moved downj n V..1, T T , II..- 1. i -, possession was a good-sized dog that straightway developed chicken-killing tendencies. After several complaints from irate neighbors had been voiced anent the preying proclivities of the animal, an official of the town paid Lardner a formal visit. 'T.n the name of Great Neck," he declared with appropriate gestures. order you to shoot that dog within 2 hours. "Sorry." was Lardner's retort, "but I don't know how to shoot and couldn't learn in 24 hours." Frances McHenry once a Baker leading woman Is playing leads in stock at Milwaukee, Wis., with the Shubert Players. s s Some one in the box office at the Baker asked Lee Pearl what he thought was the best line in "Way Down Bast," which ran for two weeks at that theater to big business. Lee contemplated dreamily the lengthy- queue of aspiring ticket hjuyers that stretched all the way to the sidewalk and said "That line out there is always the best line In any play we put on." a e derman opera has worked its way back into favor in Paris. The French capital, which a year ago would have howled down any attempt to present WTagner, either on the stage or on concert programme, has so far for gotten its prejudice against Teuton art that It is jamming to the doors the house where Richard Wagner's "Walkyrle" is being sung. Delmas, as Wotan, and Demougeot as Brunehilde, were called before the curtain eight times at the conclusion of the first performance, and the house was sold out for the entire week. In view of French hatred of Ger many and all things German, this ac ceptance of the Wagernian opera is regarded as remarkable, even though England has been .playing German works for more than 12 months. John McCormack is at present ca vortmg about Paris, according to cable advices reaching this Bide yes terday, and he expects to remain in Europe until the middle of April. An engagement with' the Monte Carlo Opera company will precede hiis re turn to America, but he has cabled Mark A. Luescher to reserve dates at the end of April and the middle ot May for Sunday concerts In New York. Ethel Barrymore is cancelling per formances every week or two because she Is having acute attacks of articu lar rheumatism. She was out of "De classe" her play in Chicago for sev eralfjlays at Christmas time and last week had to lay off in Cincinnati She has no understudy, of course, be cause when people buy tickets to see Ethel Barrymore it is Ethel Barry more they want to see, and not Min nie Fish imitating the star. Ethel Levey who was the first Mrs. George M. Cohan, and who is now Mrs. Graham White, wife of the avi ator, is to play a season of vaudeville in America. For the last half dozen years Miss Levey has been in English vaudeville. Her daughter, Georgette Cohan, is appearing under her father's direction. Charles Frohman. Inc., have ob tained for production Tom Ciishing'3 dramatization of Vincente Blasco Ibanez's novel, "Blood and Sand." It will mark the first of the Spanish writer's works to be presented on the stage in this country. With the child's mother, Mabel Tal iaferro, actress, a prey to a thousand fears and emotions, 60 persons searched the woods around Stamford Conn., from 10 o'clock In the morning until 5 at night, for 30-months-old Master William O'Br'en, only child and heir of Mrs. Joseph P. O'Brien known on the stage as Mabel Talia ferro. The boy, a favorite with tho country folk, wandered away from the O'Brien farm between Long Ridge and High Ridge about 10 o'clock. Half an hour later he was missed. His mother and her husband, for merly a captain in the United States army, made a hurried search for him, but could not find the baby. They called on neighbors, police and Boy Scouts and presently a body of 60 men, women and children was search ing for "Little Billic," as the young ster is called. No trace of him was found, and as the afternoon wore away wells and ponds on the big farm and adjoining properties were dragged without results. Just before dark Leroy Deforest, a neighbor of the O'Briens, had an inspiration to enter a wood on the south side of the highway. He pushed in perhaps a half mile from the road, and presently heard the faint cry of a baby's voice, which he managed to trace to a dense thicket. There Master Billie lay upon the ground, cold and utterly lost, but ap parently not greatly worried. Billie was carried home to his mother, whose Joy was indescribable. as Mazie King, toe dancer and actress, and John G. Patton, Philadelphia restaurateur, were married In New York on December 15. This fact be came known In the Quaker City re cently through a chance remark dropped by the bridegroom. The marriage was kept a secret from even the most Intimate friends of the coople. Mr. and Mrs. Patton will make their home in Philadelphia Miss King is planning to give up the stage as soon as she completes her vaudeville contracts. The wedding followed a romance which started ten years ago. Mazie King has often appeared in Portland on the Orpheum circuit ess Crane Wilbur, motion picture star, is to make his appearance In a vaudeville sketch, "So This Is Paris." Suzanne Caubert. Parisian star, a relative and protege of Sarah Bern hardt, will co-star with Wilbur. The ketch is now in rehearsal. Those Who Come and Go. 'Josephine county has enjoyed a very prosperous year and everyone (is optimistic as to the future," says is optimistic as to the lucure, y F. S. Bramwell of Grants Pass, who Is in Portland for a few days, "we are Very happy over the $1,250,000 irrimiinn nrnieot The dam which la being constructed at Savage rapids Is progressing and will be completed for next year's Irrigation. Many new people are coming Into the county and homes are being built on vacant ijn ,r,pwhrA Two of our banks h,av9 merged and represent now 1 about $1,500,000 In deposits. Money is reasonably plentiful and our bank- inir svstem is strong and well able 1 n , to care for the, needs of the country. We have every assurance that the highway will be constructed between Grants Pass and Crescent City. Cat. a distance of 91 miles. An approp i ation has been made for constructing this road in Oregon and the California commission has appropriated $400,000. which, it Is contended, will complete the work. ' Mr. Bramwell was a banker In Grants Pass until recently. He is at the Oregon hotel. "It isn't the gold that draws peo ple to Alaska now," is the opinion of Charles Herron. owner of newspapers in Anchorage and Juneau, Alaska, who is at the Multnomah. "It's the square people you deal with and the opportunities for development that are open for men who are not afraid of hard work and who are willing to do some pioneering that is the chief attraction. Alaska Is no place for weaklings now any more than It was 30 years ago. In order to make good there a man has to stick." Mr. Herron spoke of the possibilities for coal mining In Alaska. He said that new machinery Is now being Installed and that the country should be able to turn out an indefinite supply of good grade coal. Mr. Herron lives in Seat tle during the winter months, but says he is always glad when spring comes so that he can go "home." "To encourage the building of more houses in all cities of the country Is my mission," said E. A. Foster of Bos ton at the Benson yesterday. "1 want to interest cities in the construction of homes for working men. I have just come from Spokane, where build ing has been at a standstill for four or five years. The system followed in parts of New York and in Omaha of remitting taxes for a year or two to new home builders is a good one, I think. It Is a sure way to start building. The housing problem one of the most important the coun try must face today." "Steps are being taken to exploit the Philippines as a resort and bring tourists from all over the world said A. F. Fisher, business man of Manilla, yesterday at the Multnomah. "The climate is about the same as that of the Hawaiian islands-, with hundreds of advantages that the Islands do not possess. We see no reason why tourists should not flock to the Philippines. Several new, large hotels are contemplated for 6eashore points around Manilla and Cavite. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hawkins of Kllches Point. Or., are in Portland for a few days. Mr. Hawkins Is a lum berman, manager of the W hite Lum ber cofnpany at Bay City. They are registered at the Portland. They have been in Chicago and ave on their way home now. In Chicago, they spent their time with their daughter, who Is in a finishing school there. Salem is a lively town now with all the solons and clerks and others interested in adding a few new laws to the Oregon statute books, accord ing to Fred O. BrocKtaan, secretary of the Interstate Association of Real Estate boards, who returned yester day morning from a business trip to the capital. While there Mr. Brock- man assisted in the organization of a real estate board for Marion county. W. A. Johnson of The Dalles Is at the Imperial. He is an automobile dealer and ie here to attend the auto show. He is an enthusiastic Shriner and has hardly recovered from the fact that he had to miss the celebra tion last week end. He found that two shows at one time are too much. For once, the auto show made him miss a Shrine meeting. - District Attorney R. I. Keator of Pendleton, who is at the Imperial, has fighting" record in Umatilla coun ty. Out of 56 cases which he prose cuted recently, he convicted 55. When he was running for district attorney the opposition used this against hini as a sample of a "too enthusiastic" man for the office. A. Kaiser, who has been with N M. Ungar, leaves this morning for New York. Ho will sail on the steam ship Pannonia January 18 for Na ples, he win visit nis oia nome at Budapest and tour the continent and England to study business conditions. He expects to return to Portland about October. A man who believes in letting his wife help in supplying ideas for his business Is H. E. Haines of Condon. Mr. Haines has brought his wife with him to Portland to choose the furni ture for the new hotel which he has leased In Condon. They are at the Imperial. A eteady demand for Oregon apples is being found by L A. Stoops of La Grande, who is in Portland selling the product of many orchardists. He will be here for about two weeks at the Multnomah. He is a well-known realty man of La Grande. J. W. Crossley has returned from a trip to California. He declares he is an even better booster for Portland as a result of his visits to some of the larger cities to the eouth. F. J. Hay-ward of Vancouver, B. C, is at the Multnomah for a few days. He says that many auto rune are being planned by the Auto club of Vancouver for the spring and summer from British Columbia to Oregon points. J. B. Cornett of Shedd, Or., was in Portland yesterday. He Is the owner of a fine herd of Shorthorn cattle and an authority on stock. He is fre quently a judge at stock shows. In Portland to attend the conven tion of retail druggists at the Cham ber of Commerce are two brothers, who are druggists at Huntington, Or. They are H. H. and E. W. Meek. They are registered at the Seward. Judge Edward C. Pease of The Dalles is at the Portland with his daughter, Miss Edna. Miss Pease is a gifted musician. She is a former student of the state university. C. F. Stone of Klamath Falls is at the Imperial. He is an enthusiastic sportsman and likes hunting and fish ing equally well. He is an attorney by profession. Two sheepmen at the Perkins ara O. P. Stewart of Fossil and D. G. Smith of Spray. Bonns Laws Elaewhere. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 12 (To the Editor.) Please advise me as to any j news you have on any bonus to re- i turned soldiers, who enlisted in Mon- tana, or are they S&otSiXn" ! I Our list of states paying bonus- I es does not include Montana and we have no news of a prospective vote on the matter. "BOULEVARD" MORE DISTINCTIVE Community Club Opposes Word "Way" la New Street Name." PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (To the Edi tor.) The Portland Ad club has sug gested that the name of Sandy boule vard be changed to "Roseniy," and City Commissioner Barbur has shown his democracy by suggesting the name be left to the residents along tllis popular thoroughfare. This seems ! the proper thin to do, since the , peopie owning property for several hundred feet on either side of this street width was assessed to increase the and thus make it a "boule- vard." The Men's Community club of Seventy-second street and Sandy boulevard, after extensive discus sions, has gone on.jecord as being in favor of changing the name to "Rose boulevard." We have become accus tomed to the name "boulevard," and we like it. We already have in this section the "Boulevard garage," the "Boulevard grocery," etc The name Is thus intimately connected with this part of the city and should not be changed without the very best of reasons. When all the roses, tcees and shrubs that have been arranged for get to growing along Its border, it will be a real "boulevard," and surely entitled to that dignified name. The name "boulevard" means a broad avenue, planted with trees and shrubs, for pleasure driving. People returning from Europe and eastern cities tell of the magnificent "boule vards" over which they have driven. The dictionary says that "way" means "room for passage." "opportu nity to pass." It carries the idea of being narrow. Synonyms are "lane," "path," "alley," "passage," etc. The Men's club believes that the people along the "boulevard" will vote for "Rose boulevard" instead of "Roseway" if they will but give a moment's thought to the subject. SECRETARY MENS COMMUNITY CLUB. RAIN 'BVEBY DAY" IN OREGON? Writer Puts His Reeolleetlon Agninst Official Weather Data. PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Edi tor.) I noticed an article in your New Year's issue stating that the average rainfall of Portland was about equal to that of New York city. A statement like this has absolutely no foundation and it always has looked strange to me for any one, newspaper or otherwise, to make s-uch -statements, with no regard whatever for the truth. I might just as well say that because I feel the cold worse in Portland than 1 ever did in the east it is colder here than there. Everybody knows that it Is not colder here, but one may feel the cold worse after being drenched through and through than he would in the eastern or middle states at 10 or 20 degrees below zero. Now with the rain: 1B venture to say that there never has been a time In the history of the state of New York that it has rained every day from the first of September until New Year's and still continues to pour down. No. The Oregonian is mistaken If it had stated that the average rain fall here was about equal to that of all the rest of the United States com bined It would have been a little nearer the truth. Even then It would have erred, for the whole of the United States would still fall short of the rainfall here. I have been here 17 years and dur ing that time there has been on an average about 60 days in each year that it did not rain. No, The Orego nian should be careful about making statements about the rain. Best tell the eastern people that they need not look for the sun at any time between September and June, and if they do not want to get wet to stay in their own country. SAMUEL GATENS. 1681 Newell street. PLEA NOT MADE FOR CLEMENCY Mr. CottroIPs Letter Simply Upheld Divine Power to Cleanse. PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (To the Ed itor.)- In Tha Oregonian January 6 writer takes issue with Mr. Cot- trell over the case of Harry Orchard. It it evident that this writer did not read Mr. Cottrell's letter very care fully, or he would have noted that nowhere is any plea made for greater clemency for Harry Orchard. On the contrary, twice is reiterated the thought of the Justice of the state's punishment of the crime. Mr. Cottrell's letter was written as an explanation of the reason why cer tain people In Idaho had requested a pardon for Orchard, and it was written m compliance with the re quest of an honored Christian minis ter of this city not an Adventist who felt that the power of the Lord Jesus to cleanse and regenerate was Being Brought into question in this case. It would be a ead day Indeed for sinners when ministers of the gospel should openly express a doubt that their Saviour was "able to save to the uttermost" even Harry Orchard. It was said: "Unfortunately, we cannot see the Inner life of our friends, nor that of our foes." Scrip ture teaches us that this is the very reason why we are not to sot our selves up as judges of the sincerity of our fellow men; God Is the only one who can discern the "thoughts and Intents of the heart," and Is therefore the only true Judge of men s consciences. To man has been given only to Judge of tho "outward appearance in otner words, open crime. E. S. JUS' A -SING IK'. If I gits up In the maw-nln" A feelin' awful blue. As In my haids a. dawnln' The work I has to do. They ain't no use a wringin' My hands and stomp my shoe. For wifey starts a slngln' I'm here long sido a-you. 'Taln't no use eomplainln' My road's so ha'd an' long. Jus" ben' my back, I'm galnin'. Give up 'twonld sure be wrong. I smell the hambone cookin'. It gits me feelin' strong: I'll bet my sweeth'at's lookln' An' singln' of her song. When eVnln' seems a com in'. An' lots a-work in sight, Through my haid's a-runnln' The words I'll hear tonight In song my honey's singln". Her h'at's so sweet an' light Around' her sunshine bringin,' Her ebcry word seems right When summer's done a goln' An' winter brings the day. Outside it may be nowin'; Inside my haid ob gray, 'Long side ob angel singln' - As sweet aa babies pray, To both It's Jus' a bringin' Contentment every day. GEORGE J. FOSTER. Grade Mark on Ammunition. ST. PAUL. Or., Jan. 11. (To the Editor.) What bullet sometimes used' in the British army is styled "Mark IV"? The marks on British .303 service ammunition were used to denote dif ferent erades and Classiflcat ona I Mark IV cartridges were nearly all pas8e(j perfect, with the exception that thc thin-rimmed variety shells were Sometimes found faulty. Mark vil was the best ammunition, in tho opinion of most of the front-line troops, though Mark III and" other grades were all rlflit More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Mootaarae. HOW CAST THEY DO ITT Old Jake Klldare was a hard-boiled egg Uncommonly hard and grim Tou never could borrow or coax or beg The price of a meal from him. The old man's wits were as keen ae steel; Whatever he tackled paid; He never was gyped on a business deal Or trimmed on a eingle trade. But when he shuffled his earthly cares And lay in the cold, cold ground. And the will was read to his rightful heirs It jolted them when the found. That he'd paid a million to buy a note That only the other day. In fond endearing terms ne wrote To a Jane In a cabaret. Jim Green was a man without L0- man A sordid, morose old gent Never by any sort of a chance Was he moved by sentiment. He took the shrewdest of sharpers in With a grim and ghoulish pride. And grinned an evil and savage grin As he peeled a sucker's hide. But when old Jim had passed along. The world was amazed to find That there wasn't the price of a marked-down song In the wealth he had left behind. It had nil been paid for a missive, which, In a day not so long ago. He had written a little blue-eyed witch Who stood In the second row. Fnlr Exi-hange. It may soon be necessary to ofi'er to keep the tax and let the govern ment have the income. Not vi ii cli at That. Apparently the shipping board and the ouija board were about equally deserving of the confidence reposed in them. s Same Reanlt In the End. Some ladies break into literature by learning how to write, and soma by learning how to shoot. Copyright, 1921. by the Bell Syndi cate, Inc.) John Burroughs' Nature i Notes. Can Yon Anawer Thene Qneatlonaf 1. How do fishes protect themselves from the cold winter? 2. Do hummingbirds live on honey? a, Why does cutting the bark hurt a tree? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes. 1. What alls a pot turtle that won't eat? Turtles will go hungry rather than eat while watched. Their Instinct Is to stop feeding and dig themselves into the ground when cool weather comes, so to keep lively, they muet keep warm. A turtle's pen should stand near heat. In the eun, and con tain a shadow water pan, a log to crawl on. and sand or sod In a dry corner. By experimenting, the pre ferred food will be shown minced raw meat fish or clam, celery, worms, etc - 2. Should children be allowed to make collections of birds' eggs? The value of a cabinet to a child collecting, not to study, but for the sport of egg-hunting, is very email, and the harm to the birds may be great The child cannot avoid making a trail to every nest and this la quickly discovered by marauding cats, skunks and weasels, etc, which will destroy the whole set of eggs, even If the collector purloins but one specimen. . S. Do blueberry and huckleberry bushes turn like maples tn autumn, and which gives the most color to the hills? In northern points, where sharp frosts come early, blueberry and huckleberry bushes turn a flaming scarlet But In many other localities they do not turn noticeably. The de gree in which either adds to the color on the hills, or meadows, dopends. of course, on which variety is most abundant In Other Days. Twenty-five Yearn Abo. From The Oregonian of Jannarr IS, ISPS. A lone highwayman last night held up an electric car of the East Side Railway company near Mllwaukle and robbed the passengers and member of the crew. rtlie appearance on tne streets yes terday of Low Chi Fung, a Core an dealer In ginseng, attired In native toggery, created no little excitement The new grand central passenger station of the terminal company Is completed except for a few odd johe of painting and varnishing. The cable railway company fcas commenced the work of setting pole along its lines preparatory to oper ating cars by electricity. Fifty Tears Aire. Prom The OrejrotrlaD of January IS. iTl. London. The scheme for a direct cable from London and Liverpool to New York has boon organized here with a capital of $3,250,000, three fourths of which has been subscribed. New Tork. It Is stated that Schuy ler Colfax will become editor of the Brooklyn Union at a ealary of SIO.OOS when he retires from the vice-presidency. The report of Postmaster Wakefield shows that during tho last week of the year an average of 1000 letters a day were sent from the Portland office. Through Senator Corbett the ap pointment as chief clerk to the su perintendent of Indian affaire In Arizona has been tendered to A- Ro senheim of this city. BE'ITER THAN COLLEGE DIPLOMA Father Would Rather Have Soa Grounded tn Horae Seaae. BANKS, Or.. Jan. 10. (To the Edi tor.) I see In The Oregonian for January 6 whero Dr. Doney eays "( pon college people rests tho future of Amerjfa." If this is so, then a vast majority of the people and their chosen leaders are worthless, incapable, or danger ous. The experience of the country during the past 12 years does not support such an assertion. If this is so, the people made a mis take In their choice last November. I wilt wager that if we could know the highbrows voted against the successful candidate in proportion equal to or ercau-r man tne common people Old lor nun, i wouia rain, r my boy should have a thorough knowledge of arithmetic, practical and mental, 'up to and Including square root, together with native tal ent for judging men and a good sup ply of horse sense, than a diploma from any university. A. O. REPPETO.