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THE UIOEXIXG OHEGONIAjr, TliUJiSTiAT, JAXTLHIY 20, 1921
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agencies of public opinion which
have supported the officers of the
law in their enforcement of prohibi
tion. It has testified to the fact
that prohibition measurably pro
hibits. It has seen the lawful manu
facture of liquor disappear and its
unlawful sale and use greatly dimin
ish. It has believed that in time
prohibition would be a practical fact
and not an aspiration. It is not will
ing now to confess that prohibition
Is a failure, though the proponents
of these impossible bills would con
fess it by their efforts to discard the
present machinery and create new
and ruthless instruments of power,
which may too easily be employed
for oppression. The only result will
be to create new opposition to pro
hibition, through justified hatred of
Its agencies. It is strange that any
one would venture to incur the risk
INTOLERABLE ASSUMPTION.
The people of Oregon will view
with astonishment the text and pur
port of three bills for prohibition en
forcement introduced at Salem by
Senator FarrelL It will not be the
Uss astonished In Its contemplation
If the fact that Senator Farrell has
assumed the great responsibility .of
fathering them. They would dis
place and upset all the present state
machinery for prohibition enforce
ment: and thev would intrnrinr-a fho
power of search and seizure In itslPr!mary-
most obnoxious form. No home
would be safe from the prying eyes
- and invading form of any prohibition
- officer or his deputy, entering at his
pleasure day or night; and no citizen
. carring a satchel, suitcase or "re-j-
ceptacle of any kind" for example,
a paper bag would be secure from
. apprehension and Inquisition on the
street by the detaining hand of the
new authority. What are we com
ing to? What more effective method
could be devised to make prohibl
tion odious and Its agencies detest
able and detested?
Let us see if the case against those
astounding proposals has been over
stated. It is proposed to create the
new office of prohibition commis-
sioner, who shall enforce, with, the
r aid of his deputies and inspectors,
the provisions of the prohibition act
They shall have authority to con-
'" duct prosecutions of violators of the
law in any court of proper jurisdic
tion. They shall have the full pow-
" . ers in such cases of a district attor-
- ney, and they may displace him or
demand his co-operation, as they
please. They may at their option
- appear before grand Juries. The
commissioner, his deputies and in
spectors shall also possess the full
powers conferred by law upon sher-
. iffs, police officers and constables.
... No bond shall be required of them,
and persons who hinder or" obstruct
the activities of the new officials
shall do so at their peril, being thus
- subject to arrest and fine.
Thus we see that we shall have
created in Oregon a new and sep
arate officialdom with the combined
authority of arresting and prosecut
ing officers. It la an extraordinary
grant to a group of super-officials,
who are to supplant the ordinary ln-
strumentalities of law enforcement,
and wfto are accountable to nobody
except possibly -the appointing
power.
But there Is more to report about
the new inquisition, and it does not
' appear any the less insufferable as
the full extent of the plan is unfold
ed. Let us quote from The Orego
nian's legislative report:
A PRESENT-DAY PROBLEM.
Undoubtedly the old-time poli
ticians were very wicked, and former
political methods were most iniqui
tous. Voters were bought, primaries
were Invaded, conventions were cor
rupted and legislatures were held up
But somehow out of the rUck and
rottenness of the times good' men
contrived to get Into office and great
men to lead the people.
Or is it true that' fraud was not
the ordinary weapon of the old po-
lltical system, but that decency and
honesty were the rule, and riot, sup
pression and bribery were but occa
slonal and casual? How otherwise
can It be that the roster of Oregon
governors and Oregon senators, for
example, includes a long line of dis
tinguished and honorable men?
Just now there is talk at Salem
about repealing or modifying the
It may be true that the
primary should not be repealed. "But
It is true that It should be modified.
The question Is not what was done
fifty years ago under the" old system.
It Is what is done now under the
present system. It is silly and dema
gogic to recite old grievances and de
nounce old errors in order to prevent
redress of present grievances and
correction of present errors.
The second bill relates to search and
seizure. Under this bill district attorneys,
sheriffs, constables or any police officer
acting within his Jurisdiction and any spe
cial agent of the governor or prohibition
commissioner, his deputy or inspectors,
having personal knowledge or reasonable
Information that Intoxicating liquors arc
-" being unlawfully manufactured, held or
; kept fn any building or premises or are
being unlawfully carried or transported In
any satchel, suitcase, grip, trunk, recep
tacle of any kind, or any wagon, truck.
' automobile, car. boat, airplane or other air
craft, or in any other vehicle, may search
such containers or carriers without search
warrant.
In case liquor Is found by the officers
It shall be confiscated and the person ac
cused of the violation brought before a
court having jurisdiction for hearing.
In case liquor Is not found, after
the home of reputable and law-abid-
- Ing citizens is subjected to the out
rage of volunteer lntrusibn, or after
- the citizen has responded to the
arrogant demands of some imper
' tinent and irresponsible sleuth with
a badge to disclose the innocent con
tents of any package he may be
carrying, or transporting in a motor
car or other vehicle, there will be no
redress of any kind. He may smother
his humiliation and forget ehis indig
nities, for there will be nothing to do
but to bow to the high requirement
of a law which will protect Its min
ions "Th their blunders, persecutions
and imprudences.
Not long ago a federal judge In
Portland defined anew the ancient
right of a citizen to the undisturbed
occupancy of his home, declaring
that any householder would be jus
tified in defending its sanctity by in
flicting death upon any intruder,
whether officer of the law or not,
unless such a one could justify his
right to enter by display of a search
warrant issued upon probable cause
by proper authority. It was a sound
and needed decision, a true and
righteous definition of the citizen's
Immemorial rights. There are still a
few people. Including upright and
learned judges, who, even in the
light of the new dispensation that
began with the enactment of prohi
bition, have not forgotten that there
Js a . constitution and that it has a
bill of rights. The federal constitu
tion declares (and the state consti
tution has a similar provision):
; Te right of the people to be secure In
trir persons, houses, papers and effects
sralnst unreasonable searches and selxures
.shall not be violated; and no warrants
' shall Issue but upon probable cause, sup
L ported by oath or affirmation, and par-
ticularly describing the place to be
. searched, and the person or things to be
seized.
This emphatic declaration and un
! derstandable and necessary defini
tion of the Individual's immunities
end privileges, In his person and his
- liome, evidently means nothing to
the framers of the Farrell bills. How
otherwise could they have had the
temerity to authorize their agents to
proceed without a search warrant
Issued upon probable cause, but
upon mere "personal knowledge or
reasonable information." It is easy
TWO CONVERTED PACIFISTS.
There is an animus behind ad
vocacy of a gTeat army and a great
navy by Secretaries Baker ana
Daniels that detracts from the force
of their arguments andthat accounts
for their complete change of front
from arch-pacifism to apparent mil
itarism. They say that the United
States must have a great army and
navy unless it Joins the league of
nations. They thus try to scare the
people with the awful consequences
of driving their party out of power.
They tell us we must pay dearly.
Pretending that the only possible
league Is the Wilson league, they
in effect deny the possibility that
Harding may form a league that
will guard us as effectually against
the danger of war as could the Vv u
son league. They assume a pose as
champions of preparedness which is
extremely awkward for confirmed
pacifists, and they resemble the ass
in the lion's skin. Baker, the patron
of the conscientious objectors, is
peculiarly ludicrous in . that pose.
Their conversion is too sudden to
be sincere.
There i3 a political motive behind
their action. The thousands of
army and navy appointments which
await confirmation by the senate
include many in the higher ranks
and in the higher offices of "the
bureaus of the war and navy de
partments. If congress could be in
duced at this session to authorize
the large forces that they propose
and if the senate could be induced
to confirm the appointments, a num
ber of "deserving 'democrats" and
military and naval pets of the two
secretaries would be safely en
sconced in jobs for at least a part of
Mr. Harding's term and would be
able to obstruct republican policy at
many points. Republican senators
have sensed the scheme to make one
last grab at the spoils, and they are
prepared to foil it Men who are
the choice of the two arch-pacifists
and muddlers of the war are not to
be permitted to block republican
policy. -
EDCCATIN'G PRODIGXEfl.
A former prodigy, who seems still
to be a prodigy, writes In the New
York Times Book Review her opin
ion that the crying need of our sys
tem of education is schools for
parents rather than schools for chil
dren. She is Miss Winifred Sackville
Stoner ir., now eighteen years old,
who finished her college course six
years ago at the age of twelve and in
the Interval since then has published
several books, delivered a number of
lectures and made her living by her
pen. The interesting thing about her
philosophy is her disclaimer of es
pecial talent She makes a plea that
all parents be taught to care for
their children from the mental-phy-
sical-spiritual-m o r a 1-esthetical - fi
nancial standpoints, and she says
that if parents are competent, then
"any normal child will be ready for
college at twelve years of age and
every boy and girl will be self-supporting
before reaching the age of
twenty-one."
It may be so, but there are many
gray-haired school teachers to whom
the problem of the normal, to say
nothing of the sub-normal, child
brings perplexities enough and to
spare. It is significant that some
colleges prefer not to exploit the per
formances of their boy and girl won
ders, such as those who last year
brought to Harvard and Columbia a
fleeting publicity. Wellesley, for il
lustration, has just declared that six
teen is about as young as a girl
should be before seeking a higher
education. The sixteen-year limit
is held "a matter of common sense,"
with a "tendency toward a rising
rather than a falling age for admis
sion." This, it is explained. Is partly
because education is modernly re
garded as a whole, Including the en
tire equipment for the struggle in
life. "In other words," says a Wel
lesley circular on the subject "while
little Susie, the twelve-year-old mar
vel, might beat the whole college in
discussing the fourth dlmensicn, she
probably would be run over and
trampled on when reporting for duty
on the hockey field."
It is Miss Stoner's idea that chil
dren do not now have a chance to
become individuals and to work for
goals, but that instead they "are put
into machines and come out sausage
Instead of works of art" The so
called normal child is normal only
because "he submits to repression
and does exactly as his neighbor, ac- k
always the child who starts out at
the fastest gait who wins the race In
the end.
The quest of a method that will
give the exceptional child the espe
cial opportunity that he seems to de
serve has been long continued. There
Is no conspiracy, as an occasional
fond parent seems to believe, to de
prive any prodigy of the chance of
full development But the American
school system is a gigantic Institu
tion, laboring under a law of aver
ages Inherent in a democracy, and no
infallible way of recognizing preco
city has yet been devised. The
notion seems to prevail that the av
erage and below-average child most
needs help, and that the prodigies
are better able to take care of them
selves; while the pride that parents
have in their offspring, with some
exceptions, can be relied on to take
care of youthful genius. The pro
portion of youngsters who are pre
pared to derive full benefit from a
college course much before the age
of sixteen Is probably too small to
warrant making over the educational
scheme.
WHAT ONE FARM WOMAN WANTS.'
The primary desire ' of one farm
housewife, who writes -in the Out
look, is not running water in the
house, or electric lights, or a wash
ing machine, or aluminum cooking
utensils, but roads and schools. In
all probability, if the truth were
known, this would be found to be the
way most women wh live on farms
feel about it For better roads mean
better mall service and better fa
cilities for getting to and from
school, and better schools in the
rural districts would go a long way
toward checking the exodus from the
farm to the towns.
An amazing fact about back-to-
the-land movements, of recent years
is that they have so generally dis
regarded the passion- for education
which distinguishes the present age.
It is, too, a patent fact that superior
urban school facilities are a powerful
factor in depopulation of the re
moter farming sections. Any pro
gramme that Ignores -this is non-constructive.
It used to be said of men on farms
that they thought more of their
barns than they did of thir dwell
ings. A good many- farm women
would put good schools ahead of the
home itself. The two go together.
however. With roads that permit
isolidation.of school districts, and
with schools as efficient as those in
the city, the issue of better homes
probably could be left safely to take
care of itself even to the electric
lights, the aluminum cooking uten
sils and the washing machine.
why, since It is fairly well known
that airplanes could fly rings around
the mountain, carrying cameras and
other scientific instruments, it
should be regarded as essential to
make the journey on .foot All the
essential requirements of the geogra
pher would be served by the air trip,
and there is, of course, no design to
erect works of permanence 'on the
mountain's slope. The answer is that
the true mazama Is at his best only
when surmounting some huge ob
stacle. The last concession he is
likely to make: may be to provide
himself with oxygen containers for
the final heights, but this will not
be done until it has been demonstrat
ed that it is the only way. The ideal
for which mountain climbers strive
is bare-handed victory over the
mightiest forces that nature' can as
semble for the combat. And the
conquering of Everest Is going to
be a royal sport
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Cass Baer. '
ROYAL MOUNTAIN-- CLIMBING.
News that political obstacles ta
climbing Mount Everest have been
overcome suggests possibilities of
new achievement that will be worth
while from several points of view,
Everest has been isolated from the
world by other than physical bar
riers during all the years since ex
plorers first interested themselves
in the world's out-of-the-way places.
The Tibetans and the Nepalese, on
whose frontiers the great mountain
range is situated, are curiously in
hospitable peoples, aTbout whom we
know next to nothing, and about
whom we should know nothing at all
if their own desires were consulted.
They are self-contained arid self-
sufficient to the last degree, possess
ing no curiosity as to what is going
on in the rest of the world, and look
Ing with suspicion on all foreigners,
whom they regard not without some
basis in experience as being de-
spoilers and treasure-hunters pure
and simple. It may be the mission
rot the agents of the Royal Geograph
ical society and the British Alpine
club, being men of pure motives, to
show these simple-minded Asiatics
that not all westerners are actuated
by lust for loot In this way, some
thing may be gained even if the at
tempt to scale the pinnacle of the
world shall fail.
But the expedition is going to be
a test of the endurance of the human
body, as well as the avant courier
of a new civilization on the eastern
uplands. The altitude of Everest,
estimated at from 29,02 to 29,141
feet is certain to tax the powers of
the most intrepid and most highly j
trained mountain cumDers. it is
true that an aviator has ascended
above 33,000 feet and lived, but this
is a different matter from making
the climb on foot and remaining for
days in the rarefied atmosphere d"f
the high levels. .The nearest ap
proach to it probably was the feat of
Edward Fitzgerald In the Andesf
twelve or thirteen years ago. He
spent several months organizing
camps and preparing the way to
climb Aconcagua but at the last mo
ment was unable himself to walk to.
the top, an altitude of something
more than 23,000 feet There Is a
record of 24,000 feet having been ex
ceeded in the Himalayas, but only by
exceptional men. Something like a
mile must be added to this record It
the Everest expedition wins 'out.
The question what shall be done
for adventure now that the poles
have been reached and the jungles of
Africa crossed and recrossed Is an
swered by the explorers now plan
ning to lay siege to Everest. Quite
as much paraphernalia will be re
quired as for a polar voyage. One
party that explored the Himalayas
employed 400 natives to, build trails
and convey supplies, and then was
defeated in its purpose by fierce
storms, snowslides and avalanches.
These perils constitute the gravest
sort of challenge to the courage and
the resourcefulness of white men.
The Arctic voyagers at least could go
into winter quarters and subsist
while their food held out; the moun
tain climbers will be in danger
every moment of being overwhelmed
by a cataclysm that no preparation
could possibly prevent. But this, of
course, will not deter the adventur
ers. The greater the danger the
greater the glory when the deed is
done.
It will be a mistake to suppose,
however, that these perils will not
be reduced to the lowest degree.
About two years, it is said, will be
devoted to preliminary work, con
sisting of tedious transportation of
stores to a base, of airplane recon
nolssances, and to the training of men
for the final ordeal. The -last is im
portant since there probably is not
a man now living who could go from
sea level without acclimatization and
do effective work at the altitudes re
quired. All these details and many
others will be attended to before the
final dash is attempted.
It will occur to some to Inquire
AMATEUR SLEUTHS?
The numerous army of amateur
detectives that invariably springs
into action with every so-called
crime wave, each member confident
of course that he could catch the-
criminals if he only had the chance,
is equalled only by that other array
of sociologists who think that they
know precisely what ' causes crime
and believe that penitentiaries could
be made obsolete in a generation if
their ideas were adopted. But a
New York police official who has
had wide experience in catching of
fenders against the law holds to
the opinion that theory does not
amount to much In crime detection.
Two requisites of a good detective
in his Judgment are a peculiar In
stinct that is just born in the man,
and experience In the ways of
thieves, murderers and their kind.
When Conan Doyle was asked why
he did not devote himself -to crime
detection in the public interest since
his Sherlock Holmes was always so
successful in solving mysteries, he
reminded his questioner that the
problems that he had answered were
those of his own propounding. The
writer of detective stories,, as every
one knows, has the climax In his
mind when he begins his story. It
was so with M. Dupin, for no one
believes for a moment that Edgar
Allan Poe would have made a good
policeman. But when, in some thou
sands of communities' in the United
States, the wits of average citizens
who may have been chosen to act
as sheriffs, town marshals and pa
trolmen are pitted against those of
criminals who may have made their
particular kind of crime a life spe
cialty, it is a wonder that so many
of the latter are caught as do in the
course of time find themselves en
meshed in the law. But It is a pretty
generally accepted fact that soon or
late the professional criminal will
usually be overtaken. . Such a police
force as the country has gets results
that are surprising on the whole.
There is a process of selection go
ing on constantly by which the more
efficient detectors of crime are dis
covered and the incompetents weed
ed out The system is not perfect
but it has only the general defects
Inherent in human institutions and
common to a democracy. The suc
cessful criminal catchers in the long
run are those who, as the New xork
official suggests, have learned in the
school of experience. Chance of
promotion on merit is probably the
most uractical encouragement of
efficiency in this line.
Theoretically, it ought to be pos
sible to reduce crime by a showing
of the plain fact that crime does not
nay. Few criminals make even mod
erate wages for the time they spend
behind bars, and one never hears of
an offender laying up a competence
for his old age. But confirmed crim
inals cannot be made to realize this,
though the records show it a fact
that goes to prove that the mentality
of even the so-called higher class of
them is likely to hare been greatly
over-estimated. The mere fact mat
a man of apparent Intelligence has
chosen the crooked way is conclusive
proof that there is. a defect in his
intellectual process. On the surface
he may seem as other men, but in
side him there is something wrong.
The state board of health warns
against the output of certain Oregon
moonshiners on the ground that De
cause of improper distilling it con
tains methyl, or wood alcohol. In
stead of ethyl, or beverage alcohol.
Will the state board kindly name the
good moonshiners so a man won't
have to take a chance?
Somebody has introduced a bill at
Salem to provide the state with a
commissioner of publicity. From a
casual observation we'd say the state
already is pretty well provided with
commissioners of that kind.
Next Sunday will be law and order
day. though why is not known; but
the bootlegger and moonshiner, and
all tentative villains as well, will take
notice and desist on that day at least
Yakima settled the matter of Sun
day baseball by popular vote and
ball won by more than two to one.
Yakima is an ambitious little town
and nothing can stop her progress.
Osteopaths are starting a nation
wide crusade to abolish high heels
on women's shoes. Wonder if the
osteopaths really think the heels are
what make men turn and look.
Raymond Duncan, who used to live
In a nice old barn on Portland Heights
and teach weaving and esthetic danc
ing and Tin around our fair city clad
in a Roman toga and personality, is
being sue'd for libel in Paris, where
he now resides. He is a brother of
Isadora Duncan and his wife, Penel
ope Duncan, is of the same esthetic
stripe. When they lived in Portland
their young son Menelakas was a
faithful If obstreperous copy of his
peculiar parents and wove little mats,
ate grass and nuts and danced on the
lawns. He was an object. of great
curiosity to the.. little boys and girls
of his own age who used to see him
tripping along barefooted during a
Lsilver thawi his long, unkempt ha'r
fiylng in the breeze and his cheese
cloth one-piece garment his only pro
tection. Little Menelakas called his
pa Duncan and his ma Penelope.
When they all moved away from
Portland no one missed them and,
save for occasional paragraphs from
Paris correspondents, they remained
in obscurity. About six months ago
a wealthy Parisian, one Robert Bour
deau, discovered young Menelakas
working in they big manufacturing
plant owned by Bourdeau and took
him into his own home to educate.
Then Duncan had big one-sheet plac
ards pasted all over Paris eaylng
Bourdeau had kidnaped Menelakas.
Bourdeau now retaliates with a libel
suit saying that the boy, 16 years
old, can neither read nor write, and
he has the boy's staunch support.
Duncan senior is quite poor, so Bour
deau's libel suit will result only in
establishing Bourdeau's philanthropic
interest in the lad.
e
Carl Raymond, 86 years old. one
time first violin In the Theodore
Thomas orchestra, and later a con
cert player, was found in a starving
condition in Chicago and succored by
the police. An effort is being made
to put him in the Cook county alms
house, but the old musician insists
he still is able to earn a living. He
composed Just One Girl," a song
which won popularity.
Still very ill with articular rheu
mat Ism and confined to her room in
a hotel in Cincinnati, Ethel Barry
more may find it necessary under
advice of physicians to cancel the
remainder of her entire tour this sea
son in "Declasse."
Miss Barrymore has been bothered
by the ailment for several weeks
past, causing her to lose several per
formances. Bookings for the rest of
the week for "Declasse" have been
withdrawn.
"Romance," with Doris Keane in
her original role, will be revived Jn
New York within a few weeks by
Arthur. Hopkins. The company is
rehearsing. -
Ellen Terry, now 72, Is playing ev
ery evening in "Everyman" at a lit
tle theatre outside Hempstead, Eng
land, conducted by a theater guild.
She spends most of her daylight
hours in bed.
A' divorce was granted in Provi
dence, R. I., to Hazel Cox of "The
Passing Show" from her husband, An
drew J. Branlgan.
Miss Cox said she had married
Branigan when he was a tailor mak
ing $65 weekly, but they had baen
separated for a long while, as Branl
gan had spent most of his time about
the Lambs' club when in New York.
Branigan is now serving a sentence
of five years at Paris Island, S. C,
Imposed upon him by a naval court
martial resulting from a navy graft
scandal in 1918.
Miss Cox gained a legal residence
in Rhode Island through making her
home with Ray Cox, a sister, who is
the wife of Harvey J. Flint of Prov
idence.
Those Who Come and Go.
"Cecil is In the biggest-hay-producing
valley, for the number of acres It
contains, In eastern Oregon," said Al
Henriksen, cattle man, at the Oregon
yesterday. "Cecil is Just south of
Keppner Junction on Willow creek.
Our 1920 hay crop was fine. Very little
hay has been used to feed to the
stcck, on account of the open win
ter. We have had practically no snow
at all and many sheep are still on the
range. Under ordinary conditions,
between 20,000 and 30,000 sheep feed
on the ranges in the Cecil district.
Our principal sheep men are the
Hynd brothers, C. A Minor and the
Mclntire brothers." Mr Henriksen
said that all eastern Oregon men
were enthusiastic over the apoint
ment of W. B. Barratt on the state
highway commission. "He will serve
the interests -of eastern Oregon and
of all the state very well indeed. Mr.
Henriksen is here in the interest of
a timber deal in the upper Rhea crook
country. '
y
"Virginia City, Storey county, Ne
vada, is my home, and I'm proud of
it, says Charles Prentiss, who is at
the Multnomah. "In the old days,
Virginia City was the home of the
Floods, Mackays and many other pi
oneers in the gold rush. They made
huge fortunes. Virginia City was
then the center of interest and the
most important town on the California-Nevada
border. Picturesque west
ern, characters lived there then. Sam
uel Clemens (Mark Twain) was a re
porter on a newspaper there. Thou
sands who otherwise would have
known nothing of those stirring early
days have been brought in touoh with
this atmosphere through his stories.
General Grant thought enough of the
town to stay there two days on his
western trip. He spent only a day in
San Francisco."
Plans for the University of Oregon
summer schoowere discussed yester
day by President P. L. Campbell in
conference with Dr. George Rebec, di
rector of the summer school, and Earl
Kllatrick. general director of the ex
tension division. "The outlook for a
large summer' school is good." said
President Campbell at the Portland
yesterday after the conference. "We
have a number of new. strong men
ror tne raculty and we shall offer
many interesting courses. The school
will open here about June 20." The
new buildings on the university
campus are progressing well, says
President Campbell. Dhe woman's
building will have its formal open
ing In about a month. The swim
ming pool and gymnasium are now
being used by the girls.
Toggery Bill Isaacs, premier steel
head fisherman of Medford and fur
nisher of sartorial splendor to the
youth of southern Oregon, tarried in
Portland yesterd'ay long enough ta
say a few words on his favorite topic
Rogue river fishing. "The Rogne
is a sportsman's stream," said j Mr.
Isaacs, "and it has always grfeved
me to see It made the province of the
commercial fisherman. As a sports
man's stream, where the stout steel
head takes the fly, it is known all
over the world. I contend that com
mercial fishing Is but a minor Item
when contrasted with the immense
value of such a river to th mia
Oregon as an angling asset. And
unless salmon flshine is dlsconti n 11 pd
In the Rogue by the commercial in-
terf-sts its glory will denart It ia
true that a large run of eteelhead
swarmed up the Rogue this summer-
Dut nothing like the runs of otbe
years. .
Vancouver, B. C, Is eniovincr a real
wave oi prosperity, according to t
ji. ugn, who is at the Multnomah
There is not a house or store for rent
insiae ine city limits, he says, which
no cunaiuers an indication that busi
ness conditions are sound. "Knt imiii
houses are vacant will I begin to be
lieve scones aoout 'hard times'," said
jir. nugn. "t-eopie are employed now,
or eise uiey would be. leaving for
otner parts or the country, where
luejr couio. get work."
Florence Courtney Is suing her hus
band, George Jessel, for divorce In
Chicago. Her first husband, whom
she divorced two seasons ago, was
Mike Bernard, and he was at one
time Blossom Seeley's husband. Miss
Courtney is one of the two Courtney
sisters, Florence and Fay, who ap
pear in vaudeville.
The loser of a hundred-dollar
greenback and a twenty is adver
tising a liberal reward. Possession
of those bills is a supreme test of the
honesty of the finder.
Tampering with a witness is a
serious offense and should be pun
ished accordingly. It affects that
great bulwark of our liberty, trial
by jury.
Another passenger has been in
jured as she stepped from a street
car by a driver who did not stop.
Some drivers still need meditations
in Jail.
Henry Ford has gained 1619 in
the recount of a third of the ballots
As Newberry had abotlt 7500 to
spare, Henry will have to "step on
her."
Congress is expected to authorize
coinage of 2-cent pieces. This would
virtually solve the problem of mak
ing quick change for a dollar bill.
The wise man will not attempt to
talk thrift too much to hl3 wife
not if be likes a good breakfast
and a better dinner.
Henry Ford's attack on the Jews
is proving even more of a fllwer
than his car,
"The Girl of the Golden West" was
halted In the Milan opera-house re
cently when, the major part of the
audience organized a mob protest
against the women in the boxes be
cause of their low-cut gowns. Tfiey
forced the scantily clad ones to re
tire or muffle their exposed flesh.
V
vThe youngest pianist on record, a
little Spanish girl, 30 months old,
gave a concert in Madrid recently
which was attended by the leading
musicians and musical critics of the
Spanish capital. The child, Senorlta
Carlitos Kusrrow, is declared a prod
igy by the experts.
Eileen Wilson, former Baker player.
has a role in "Gloria's Garter," a new
play. Adclo Holland plays the lead
ing role.
Gertrude Elliott, Lady Forbes-Rob
ertson, will tour Canada this season
under d'rection ot the Trans-Canada
theater and its houses. She may also
play this coast
Gilbert K. Chesterton, England's
pet catirit arrived in New York Jan
uary 10 to begin a lecture tour. He j
came down the gangplank voicing
his disapproval of prohibition, said
it was a species of slavery, and pre
dicted it would not be permanent He
also declared It would be absurd for
any man to go to his grave without
seeing America, and that he will be
content to die after he sees Chicago.
Frilzi Scheff, who closed with
"Glorianna" in New Castle, Pa,, Janu
ary 5, brought in the entire company
from that town on her own hook.
The company had received no sal
ary for over three weeks. It was fol
lowing an attachment for money due
a printing company Miss Scheff de
cided the foolhardiness of continuing
with everyone living on hope. .
Fred C. Whitney is the owner of the
show and had placed the star under
a three-years' contract which, follow
ing the narrated incident, la declared
null and void.
Mae Murray is considering forsak
ing the screen In favor of the legiti
mate stage. Negotiations have opened
for her possible engagement with the
new musical snow, rnree .russes.
M'ss Murray is af present tied to a
picture contract. 'She has been away
from the stage for about six years.
Kisses will go Into rehearsal next
week.
One of the aspirants for tho Tui
tion of collector of internal revenue
is Clyde Huntley of Oregon City, who
was ac me imperial yesterday. This
ofice seems to be attracting manv
applicants. air. liuntley has manv
supporters. Judging from the nersona.1
indorsements which have poured Into
Washington, D. C, from all parts of
tne state. . He is not the onlv nun
however, who has loyal friends be
lieving in his ability.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer' E. Tyrrell of
uonneville came to Portland Tuesday
night for the greeters' dinner-dance.
They are known to autoists who have
enjoyed the beauties of the Columbia
river highway as the owners of one
of the places where hunger may be
satisfactorily appeased. Portlanders
know the name, too, for Mr. Tyrrell
was the originator of the Tyrrell
sight-seeing trips over the highway.
xney are at tne sewaro.
George Humphreys,, ex-sheriff of
Klamath Falls, and Deputy United
States Marshall R. D. Carter arrived
here yesterday as guard to two fed
oral prisoners. The prisoners were
brought here to face a charge of tak
ing liquor onto the Indiatfreservation
at Klamath Falls. - Zoe Houser, sher
iff of Umatilla county, was at the
Imperial yesterday. He was on his
way to Salem from Pendleton with
three prisoners.
A. F. George of Petaluma, Cal., is
at the Multnomah -for a few days.
"Petaluma Is famous the world over
for raising chickens and squabs,
said Mr. George. There Is now a
moving picture company in the town
making pictures of the various
stages of raising chickens for an
educational screen weekly. Experts
from all over the United States have
inspected the chicken ranches there."
W. S. Woodhouse of Silverton, who
Is at the Perkins for a few days.
Joined the greeters in their evening
of fun and frolic at the Multnomah.
The hotel greeters always have a
pood time when they are together.
They know how to entertain as well,
as members of the national associa
tion who attended the convention
here can testify.
D. J. Cooper, who is 85 years young,
is in Portland visiting his brother,
J. S. Cooper. D. J. Cooper had the
distinction of being the oldest man
at the republican national convention
at Chicago. He had a splendid time
there, and Is till talking about hi
last trip east.
Fine slelghins is now being en
joyed at Guler, Wash., reports Ranger
J. N. Mann of the Columbia national
forest. Mr. Mann came Into Portland
yesterday to testify in a timber tres
pass case In the Santlam forest. His
headquarters are at Guler.
lIIKRDING" OF BOYS IS WRONG
X
Trulminir School Equipment Inade
quate to Intelligent Treatment.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. IS. (To the
Editor.) The report on Governor 01
cott's special message to the legis
lature and the editorial concerning it,
both of which appeared in Tuesday's
Oregonian, proved most Interesting
to me. ,
I was formerly employed at the
boys' state training school and wish
to verify the governor's report and
your editorial concerning the condi
tions at this school.
Superintendent L. M. Gilbert and
tils , staff appeared to me as being
most capable and genuinely interest
ed in the welfare of the boys en
trusted to their care. However, they
realize that they are absolutely han
dicapped by the equipment given
them to work with.
In the first place, a boy Is deliv
ered to them by an officer of the law
as being a young criminal, and they
are givea practically no information
concerning his hereditary, or environ
mental handicaps I came to know
and care - very much for many of
these lads and am convinced that
most of them are not "bad" boys at
ill. They are simply the products or
victims of forces over which they
havo no control. Anyone who has
read Jane Addams' splendid little
book, "The Spirit of Youth in Our
City Streets," will appreciate what
these forces are.
Then again, as the governor stated,
with the present building, it is utterly
impossible to segregate these lads
In any way according to their degree
of delinquency. They can only be
divided into two or three large groups
with a man in charge of each group.
One can readily see how impossible
It is for a single person to give any
individual attention to a group of
boys, when he' is shut up with from
fifty to seventy-five of them in an
overcrowded, ill-smelling, concrete
basement all day long. All he can do
is to try to keep order by suppress
ing their natural boyish instincts.
By night he and they are nervously
tired out. So it Is with, a feeling o
keen relief that he marches them,
single file, up three long flights o
stairs to the top of the building and
turns them over to the care of the
nifrht watchman.
This man then has the responslbll
lty of 'the entire school of about 100
lads, until morning. He finds that
lha only way he can control them is
to rcr.d them all to bed at once.
These boys also need a place to
play in. At present they have a sin
gle playshed, fenced in with a small
back yard, but have no equipment to
play with. It is pitiful to see the
crude toys they try to make for them
selves to while away the play hours.
Under the present arrangement it
would be impracticable to give them
much equipment as Mr. Gilbert has
not been given enough help to pro
vide for supervised play, or organ
lzed physical training. Thory don't
even have a decant bath-house but
have to use some sprinklers which
havo been placed in the ceiling of
th-s basement where tl older boys
are kept.
If any boy can be herded about un
der these circumstances for a num
ber of months, and not come out
hardened and embittered toward so
ciety he is different from most hu
man beings, for statistics show that
larce nercentape of the men now
ir. the penitentiaries ot America.
snent their days as boys in one ot
thesfl old medieval reform schools.
Since the governor has pointea
toward a practical way to provide i
more humane system, may pur legls
lators not give these boys a chance?
i LEWIS CLAUDE SA.MJ.1U5.
trie rtnrosE of memorials
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jamra J. Xunlatur.
It Is to Make Spiritual Motives Ap
parent to Future Generations.
PORTLAND, Jan. IS. (To the Ed
Itor.i I was much interested in a re
cent editorial discussing. fundamental
uhases of the erection of memorials.
In the stud of memorials of past
acres we discover that fundamental
obiectlves are largely personal glory,
often abhorrent to the eye. We may
not aeree to what should be the para
mount objective, but those who have
vision will contend that the monu
ment should exhibit the spiritual
forces of the subject we strive to
commemorate.
If we see only the proportion of the
elementary corpus of Theodore Roose
velt and animal in the equestrian
statue, we can see nothing but per
sonified vanity, but if through the
artifice of the sculptor we can see a
spiritual force that brought to a re
ality factors of rightful exultation,
then such spiritual light is worthy to
be perpetuated by the sculptor, by
story or In song, to the children of
coming generations. Roosevelt be
lieved in a square deal, he inspired
confidence and while he was at the
helm of state we had an epoch of
prosperity. He saw visions of dor
mant factors brought to service. He
completed the Panania canal. He was
prophet and proclaimed that the
right way to argue with an arogant
monster of frightfulness was by the
force of unpadded big stick, and the
big stick in timely action would have
saved the world much misery.
We honor a great man for his
greatness, but the memorial of im
portance, is that he is dead yet
he speaketh." Therefore it will be
apparent to some of us that th
money value ot a statue Is o( Infini
tesimal proportion, Dut ir through
the eye of the sculptor we can see
the vision of a hero, and moreover if
the vision has the inherent power of
transmission to coming generations,
its value exceeds our finite comprehension.
It should also be said that any utili
tarian purpose that might be con
ceived in connection with such a
monument would rob it of its sanctity.
Give the equestrian statue of Theo
dore Roosevelt the best place the city
can offer. Perhaps the campus of a
school, where the children can study
tne lnvisiDie spirit in tne race ot a
patriot, who left a light of Insplra
tlon that exalts a nation.
T. C. TENNESON.
PIKERS.
There wasn't any wave of crime when
Jesse James was In his prime.
A man could shoot and rob and
loot
With little competition.
In consequence the bandit gamo
brought easy wealth and ide
spreaii fame
To men of James' perverted aims
And criminal ambition.
Bold buccaneers were very few when
Kidd the Jolly Roger fie.
The fact that he on many a Fei
Pursued his dread vocation,
A few defenseless galleons sank and
made the sailors walk the
plank.
Or had 'em shot, was all that got
The old man's reputation.
No gun men walked their evil ways,
in Robin Hood's romantic days.
Whose burly forms appeared in
swarms
In city, town and village
And that's the reason Mr. Hood eo
very easily made good
When he essayed the gainful trade
Of robbery and pillage.
If these three birds should strive to
day to make the modern world
their prey.
Despite the fame that clothes each
name
With bright romantic snlendors.
Their time would be extremely short;
mey-a an be pinched and haled
to court
Although they might be let off light
As trivial offenders.
Not Chance.
It doesn't look as if the next Nobel
peace prize would have to be appor
tioned among the gentlemen in the
Geneva conference.
Relief.
In a few months it will be afe to
ask the village postmaster the name
of his boss at Washington.
The Ideal Government.
All congress needs to do this year
Is to enact legislation that will de
light the farmer and Wall street, and
the workingman and the capitalist.
(Copyrlfrht by the Bell Syndlcsts, Inc.)
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Ago.
Prom Th. nr,nnlin n 1 ..... . wm fift 1M1
The new steamer Dixie Thompson
iiiuue tne run irom 1'ortiana to As
toria one day this week in eight
hours the fastest time over made.
Since tho floods of Wednesday the
streets in many parts of the city
have been covered with debris of all
sorts, presenting anything but a neat
or slightly appearance.
The director of the mint proposes
to relieve us of china plasters. A
pious proposition.
Official accounts up to November
20 and Including all great battles
give the German losses as loss than
1UD.00O.
Twenty-five 'Veara Abo.
Ktotii Th Oregoman of Jsuary 20, 1SIK,.
Galveston. At a secret meeting ut
the Cuban club the flag of the in
surgents, called the Cuban flag, was
raised over tho headquarters.
The Chronicle Bays that for wool
alone $Uu0.0UU was disbursed by The
Dalles bank last summer.
Washington. The weathor bureau
is now engaged in experiments in
the management of aeroplanes, or
kites, which promise to be ol Uign
scientific value.
Linn county wants the blue rib
bon for the lowost county levy lor
Its 15 mills, and- Marion for its 11
mills.
Percy M. Varney of Salem has
among his other duties that of au
mlnistering the parole law and keep
tnw In tMift, with riArnled rirlsnnprn.
He is in Portland for a few days at) for quarters and an additional allow
Pay of Army and Navy Officers.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 18. (To the Ed
itor.) 1. What is the present salary
of General Persing? Does he receive
any other pay. for quarters and sub
sistence, called. I believe, commuta
tion of quarters?
What is the salary of a captain
In the army and in the navy. Also
what other allowances as above?
SUBSCRIBER.
1. General Pershlnp receives at
present a salary of J1125 a month,
with no allowances.
2. Army captains receive a salary
of $200 a month, with 10 per cent in-
creas for each five years in the serv
ice ur to 20 years. They also re
ceive $60 a month additional at pres
ent? under an emergency measure of
May, 1920, which expires in 1922. They
receive an allowance of 118 a month
the Oregon. He was at one time chief
of police in Salem.
W. F. Ingram of San Francisco, as
sistant treasurer of the Southern
Pacific is In Portland. He came here
to- consult financial interests. He Is
registered at the Portland.
Mrs. Hallle Rice of The Dalles Is
at the Portland for a few days. Sbe
Is the daughter of E. O. McCoy, prom
inent banker of The Dalles.
ance for heat and light for not to ex
ceed.- four rooms actually in use,
amounting to about $24 during the
winter months. Navy captains re
ceive base pay of $4400 a year, with
10 per cent additional for each Ave
years in service up to 20. On shore
duty they receive an allowance of $12
a month for each room they are per
mitted by regulations to have as quar
TRITH MAKES TALE ATTRACTIVE
Mr. Stovall Approves Bennett Method
of "Wrltlnji I'D" County.
PHILOMATH, Or., Jan. 17. (To the
Editor.) For the life of me 1 cau t
understand why the good folks of
Morrow county should onject to ins
olendid article from the pen of Mr.
Bennett, in which Oregon's dean o!
write-up men" gave that section an
credit and praise.
I read the article, as I reau every
thing 1 find that AUUison iienuen
writes. This venerable scribe has a
hajipy way of gutting at the very
heart of things. He does not deal in .
verbal pyrotechnics. So he told
the whole story ot Morrow or us
struggles, its set-backs, its long, hard
fight against adversity ana the seem-
, ....... i p Ua utirtWf.il how
ins uiiiiu vi
strong and bow enduring were the
people of that community, and how.
despite flood and misrortune, iney
have come forth Victors, it was, in
deed, a fine 'story." ana n rans
true." ...
As The Oregonlan truimuuy swueu
editorially, there has been altogether
too much "boom literature sent out
from all sections of this state, ai-
ost every town and county nas us
Us of failures, mutely told by aban
doned ranches, mines, "townsitcs' or
ther s-kvlark ng enterprises, ail oi
which looked charming on paper but
which proved nothing better than
paper. e snouui ue inunmui i-"
uch writers as Auuison ucnm u, m'
refer to tell the wliolo irum ana
nothing but the truth.
DEN.MS 11. IUI Ai.i
FLAN TO CATCH At'TO THIEVES
Make Filling Station Amenta Police
men and Furnish Data.
PORTLAND, Jan. 18. (To the K4-
Hj,t.) Why not enlist the agents ot
filling stations in the catching of
auto thieves, of whom there stem to
be so many? I would havo them
serve as state police without salary,
but pay them a reward of $50 for
each thief they catch. As soon as a
car has been reported missing. I
would have it reported to the nearest
filling station, from where it could
be reported to the secretary of state,
who c,ould advertise its number and
make, and thus all filling station
agents would bo on the lookout, stim
ulated by the hope of reward.
I would put the licenses from each
county in a block by itself to facili
tate detection. It is Important that
the make of car be stated, as often
a thief will uuy a cneap car,ior mo
sake of getting a license that he can
use on a stolen car of expensive make.
This would furnish a method of
checking up stolen cars even before
news'' of their being stolen had
reached the agent.
If all the states would adopt this
plan, in my opinion we would have
an excellent method of detecting auto
thefts and thus discouraging them.
C. D. MOO HE.
State Done Service.
St. Helens Mist.
The annual edition of the Orcgonian
was a credit to the state of Oregon
and to The Oregonian. Tho descrip
tive matter and pictures' of Oregon's
resources will attract the attention of
the non-resident and will serve to
Impress upon tho Oregon resident tin
great resources and advantages of tht
state in which he lives.
This year, as In fornior years, the
Oregonian hits done a great scrv.es
lor the state.