THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, JAXTTART 13, 1921
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THE BOYCOTT DECISION.
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."
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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.