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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. APRIL 1, 1921 . iTtrti-ittttitrflrvirrtmnift ESTABLISHED BT HENRY L. FITTOCK. Iublli-hed by The Oreg-onlan Publishing Co.. 134 Clilb Su-ctt, lortlnd. Oregon, , C A. 11UKOKN. B. B. PIPER, Manager, idlior. Th Ornnln mmbfr of the AMO- elated Pre&e. The Associated Pre la -ciualvely entitled to the use tor publication of all oewa dispatcher credited to It or not otherwle credited in thla paper and also the local mi publiihed herein. All right ot publication or special dispatches herein ( are also reserved. BubseriuUoa Kates Invariably la Advance. (Br Ma.lL) Pally. Sunday Included, ona year '8 9? ' Ially, Sunday Included, tlx montha... J.2S Daily, Sunday Included, three montha. I'auy. Hundiv Included, one moniD... zine fiction alone. It is common to the talk of the successful and to the ambitious appraisal of the climber, and It constitutes a charge of ignor ance against those who should know better a great deal better. The average American of today is, re latively speaking, the average Ameri can of yesterday, and in the wisdom of providence he will be much the same tomorrow. A trifle more pros perous, perhaps, finding it a little easier to wrest a livrng from the world, but always the sound and reliable backbone of our national life. His club is the home, or a Daily, without Sunday, on year .oo i fraternal organixation. .tie grips a Daily, without Sunday, ix months... strap In the streetcar or steers an it si II v avli C7.-.-j.. wi jirt f n - - .fill t resources and privileges of the aver- I of stern justice, by which the crimi age American is not found in maga- nal nation should be deprived of all Tallv .rhnt C.nH.w mnnth Weekly, one year '. J 00 Sunday, one year Z.5V (By Carrier.) Daily. Htmrfnv ln-liiri1 nn, vear $9-00 tally, Sunday Included, three months. 2.25 uany. feunday included, one monia.... Dally, without Sunday, one year Dally, without Sunday, three months. 1.95 Daily, without Sunday, ona month. ... -85 How to Remit Send postofflca money erder, er press or personal check on your local name stamps, coin or currency n at owner's rltk. U!ve postoffice address in full. Including county and state. rnotace Rates 1 to 1 pages. 1 cent; 18 to 22 pages. 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents; 50 to 64 pages; 4 cents; 66 to 80 pares, a cents; bz to V9 pagea. v. hu .'oreijrn postaxe double rate. Kavtern Buaine-- Office Verree" & Conk Itn, lirunswick building. New Tork; Verree tc conklln. steger building, Chicago; ver ree A Conklln. Free 1'rtij bunding. De troit. Mich.: Verree & Conklin. Selling Building, Portland: San Francisco repre sentative, K. J. BldwelL IGNORANCE OF THE EDUCATED, Among those literary lances of Europe, knighted by popular ap proval, who have sought American shores to edify and Instruct this considerable portion of their readers, Is that gifted essayist and merry Jongleur, Gilbert K. Chesterton. A month or so ago It was the surpris ing Spaniard, Blasco Ibanez. Con tinuaily they come, and it is mani afestly worth their time to cultivate a public mo.-e than inclined to buy their books and lectures. Europe we may hazard. Is far too occupied with holding its hounds in leash. trafficking in boundaries, and pass lng the spurious coin of secret diplomacy, to afford a ready patron age of the fine arts. ' The prodigious Chesterton, large in flesh and spirit, makes particular appeal to us. About him there gathers not a whit of the gloomy romance that set V. B. Ibanez apart from the common herd, while he deigned to take our dollars. In stead he is the reincarnation of some fat old friar, worldly-wise and tol erant of sinners, who has a fine appetite for capons and carp and, withal, the triune gift of tune, phil osophy and mirth. It appears that there may be something to learn from such a man, lessons that are not foggy with mysticism and that need no seer to read them. In most happy vein he is, so eastern reports reach us. treating at present of the "Ignorance of the Educated." "Ours is the ignorance," Mr. Ches terton Is quoted as saying, "that is not content with its ignorance, but must fill up the blanks in our knowl edge with fancies and falsehoods." In other words, his logic Is that when we encounter an hiatus in the sum, we throw in an unknown quantity of conjecture, call it fact auu iiiuueeu s iiiuugn, me premise were no longer debatable but firmly established. This is surely a pet folly of those untrammeled thinkers who volunteer to do our thinking ' fnr ite anil it haa lot 'anA nrill lan1 to very great confusion. But It does not comprise the chief fault of the educated ignorance of America. Mr. Chesterton could not have been ex pected to know this friendly nation as its citizens do, when even the most enlightened of these by their own superior standards are no nearer than the moon to the facts. The ignorance of the educated, in America, at least, is chiefly mani fest through an almost total lack of contact with the man with the market basket. Introductions have net been made, and despite our as sertion of democracy the fact is that a widening rift, not necessarily hos tile, appears between those to whom life has been lenient and those who bear the old burdens of actual toil. Thus It Is that many mistaken en thusiasts, rushing forth to grapple with the economic problems of the day, are in no sense champions of the people but Sanchos following a doddering paladin. They tilt a,t windmills, profoundly convinced that giants are stricken down at every thrust. Perhaps the plainest path to an Illustration of this commendable but mistaken emprise lies toward that excellent weekly, ' the Saturday Evening Post. Undeniably it has the interests of America at heart, .and would speak for all, yet a cer tain type of personal experience story in which it specializes misses the average citizen by miles. These entertaining narratives deal with men and families who, it Is appar ently the belief of their authors. typify the intermediate zone in our national cohesion. They were writ ten by educated men, and' would af ford material for the broadening of Mr. Chesterton's theme.' The typical plot of these true-story sketches deals with families of con siderable income, anywhere from $8000 to $20,000 a year, and relates their strenuous and gallant accept ance of the economic challenge. Faced by the need for readjustment, as every American family is faced, .they dispense with all save one little six-cylinder carv give up their choice apartmejits or their city residence, dischartfs all but one or two faithful retainers, and courageously brave a suburban existence in some modest nine-room cottage forty long min utes from town. There the male of the species has adventures with radishes and early potatoes, and the good wife learns to mix an Irish stew, and the bank balance mounts hopefully, and, in time, old friends in coifing togs drift out to the exiles and itriise and moon and exclaim over their valiant enterprise and de cide to go and emulate them. It should be added that, in every in stance, these sacrifices are made possible only by renouncing mem bership In the most exclusive clubs, and grvlng up wholesale entertain ment of one's dearest and most ex pensive playmates. . . It la respectfully submitted that these are not veracious accounts of the great American struggle to make ends meet and lay by a college fund for the children. Tc the usual wage earner or professional man the most hapless plight of these characters Is enviable. He perceives no hard ship in the stints they set them selves, everyday matters to him, and his comment is that if such as these represent average America, then the average American is as squashy as an over-ripe tomato. The tendency to over-estimate the cuto that needs overhauling. But the territory it had stolen and all the loot it had taken and should re pair all the Injury it had done, to the limit of iU ability, without whin ing about revenge and slavery. The American people still cling to the desire for a peace of justice, by which the guilty shall not escape, and for a league which they can join without misgiving as to the obligations that it imposes. A SURFEIT OF REGULATION. The regulations 'with which the waterpower commission has tied up development are an outgrowth of that steady extension of federal con trol which has prevailed during the when 'f k. educated one'r depict' '-t two decades, especially the last . -i-,,.... eight years. The one thought in favorites they are hitting wide of the official mind has been to reach 111 O gUVCJUUICUI. ftllU 1UI vu, v the mark. One of the greatest favors that Mr. Chesterton could bestow, upon his American audiences, in tilting at the ignorance of the educated. Would be correction of the common literary error that the average American belongs to a country club, TAKE IT TO THE PEOPLE. The plan of the civic clubs to hold down taxes for the next three years sounds interesting. It is proposed to make an appeal to the various tax-levying bodies to pledge them selves to permit no further advances. It is a modest enough request, yet the public will recall that a storm of protest arose from the city hall and the courthouse when the legis lature proposed a limitation upon them, and others like them, to which the sky was the limit But the tax- supervision commission is now a fact; and it may be hoped that the city hall and the courthouse are in a mo-e docile numor. Alter an, there Is nothing unreasonable about the demand that taxes be not in creased. It may be well to remind the civic organizations that the city hall and the courthouse do not contain ail the tax-levying institutions of the county. There is the sovereign peo ple. Why not approach them? For example: Levies of taxes due to legislative appropriations in 1919 were $3,202,685; In 1920, $3,394,817, Small increase. Levies of taxes voted by the people in 1919 were $1,178,523; In isz, $6,098,258. Some increase. If the people will not agree to hold down taxes, how are they to be held down? PAYING-IP TIME. A peculiar set of circumstances at tends the proposed recall of Gover nor Hart of Washington. It Is pro posed that the governor be recalled because he advocated and approved the poll tax. The poll tax was adopted because general property taxation had become unduly burden some. If the' governor shall be re called the poll tax will still stand. To the load of now excessive taxa on will be added probably $200,000 for the expenses of the recall elec tion. It seems that the recall has two functions. One of them is the get ting rid of grossly inefficient or dis honest officials, the other is the gratification of resentment because the officer's purely administrative policies, honestly conceived, do not please the recallers. The latter was never the Intended function ot tne recall but in numerous instances of its application it has done that and nothing more. But probably the Washington movement is no more than a flurry. It is a big task 'to obtain 100,000 signatures to petitions, and the is sue, although the poll tax in prin ciple Is generally objectionable, will not withstand close analysis. The property owner in Seattle now pays $4 in taxes to the Portland property owner's $3. Here we groan and protest over high taxes, create tax supervision commissions and other commissions to discover new reve nues that will relieve the taxpayer. In both states a considerable portion of high taxation has been Imposed by direct vote of the people. Ap parently the public has assumed that tax sources are inexhaustible. If the people of Washington are wise they will admit their mistake admit dis covery that ability to pay taxes on real property has a limit. It will not help any to spend more public money to punish the one whose sole offense was that he drove the lesson home in a painful but nevertheless effec tive way. STILL TRUE TO THEIR PRINCIPLES. In an effort to explain President Wilson's failure to hold his own with the allies at Paris and to secure ratification of his treaty at Washing ten the London Nation says: The storm ot war passion which seized the American people would In any case have robbed Mr. Wilson of any strong popular support for his healing principles and have thrown him on his own re sources at Paris. America haa no right to upbraid Europe for the bad peace. Amer ica, under any other representative than Wilson, was eager for a peace of revenge. So far as the phrase "healing principles" refers to a league or association of nations to preserve peace and promote disarmament, the American people were not robbed of them by "the storm of war passion." The experience of the war extended and solidified, sentiment in favor of a league. Mr. Wilson attempted to capitalize, that sentiment by making the league, as his particular handi work, precede or accompany the peace treaty. The difference of opinion between him and his oppo nents was on that point and on the form that the league should take. The round robin of the republican senators declared for a league, but urged that it be formed after peace was made. The criticism then made on Mr. Wilson's policy was that, in order to secure Inclusion of the cove nant in the treaty, he sacrificed the independent position frora which he might have blocked the efforts of the allies to include some conditions that were unjust. Notwithstanding these blemishes, however, the treaty of Versailles is not on the whole "a bad peace," though it would have been better if Mr. Wilson had not thrown away the opportunity to dominate the conference. y , America was not "eager for a peace of revenge." By using that phrase the Nation has unwittingly lent Itself to the purposes of Ger man propaganda. It is the custom of criminals when brought to justice to disparage the law by calling Its penalties revenge. In calling the treaty of Versailles "a peace of re venge" the criminal nation, Ger many, follows that custom. It Is a device to avoid confession of guilt. The American people wanted a. peace cover more business and more de tails of business, so that no man might move without consent of some bureau, and so that there would be a corps of officials inspecting, regulating and supervising all man's activities. The features of the waterpower business that the former federal commission proposed to regulate are already regulated by the states, and the intent of the law is that state regulation should be accepted as sufficient. Some information may be required by the government as a guide in fixing values, depreciation and rentals, but the state methods of accounting can probably be re vised to satisfy the government's needs without having the work done again at Washington. The one fact which the former commission would not see is that every requirement which adds to the expense and risk of the enterprise adds to the cost of power to the user, though they pro fessed to act in the public lnteresi. Fortunately the commission is now composed of men, in the persons of Secretaries Weeks, Fall and vval lace, who will take a rational view of th-s subject and will not waste weeks In hearings and deliberations, The time for preliminaries is past. The west wants action, NOT WORTH THE RISE. The question whether the United States should make a trade agree ment with the soviet government of Russia resolves itself into this: Should a business man deal with one who openly avows that he will not be bound by any contract that he deems it expedient to break and that he will do his utmost to destroy the other man's business by the foul underhand means of intrigue and revolutionary conspiracy? Those are the principles of action toward other countries upon which the soviet has acted.. It is said that the soviet has re nounced its plan of world-revolution together with some of the principles of communism, as evidenced by the statement in its invitation to nego tiate trade relations that "the soviet government has not the intention of intervening in the internal affairs of America." That is a most decep tive assurance. The soviet govern ment is the communist party, which la the third international, which con ducts world-wide revolutionary propaganda with funds supplied by the soviet republic It matters not that the effort to overthrow this re public is made by the men compos ing the sdviet government under an other name. Having absolute power over every person in Russia, except n those areas that from time to time are in revolt, even to depriving them of food and compelling them to work for it, the soviet has power to prevent the activities of the third international and must be held re sponsible for the acts of that body. The dictatorship of which It boasts fixes upon it responsibility for all that is done by anybody in Russia. Treaties made by soviet Russia, with other countries are cited as good precedents to follow, on the presumption that they are observed and prove that the soviet observes its obligations. The treaty with Po land was forced by military defeat, and those with the Baltic states were prompted by expediency, and all are observed with more or less fidelity for the same reasons. The references made in a Moscow dispatch to other treaties are an example of bolshe vist cynicism. Revolutionary Turkey is indeed a "natural ally," for -Mus- pha Kemal has made massacre a regular military practice and shows contempt for his agreements. "xThe government of Bokhara was over thrown by a bolshevlst army and a red government was set up by bol shevlst agents, with whom the treaty was made. Persia was freed from further invasion as an inducement to Britain to make a bargain. The best test of the Soviet's regard for treaties is its conduct toward Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. ,Its rule of conduct is expediency, and it often makes treaties in order more com pletely to deceive. Secretary of State Hughes is taken to task by the New York World for saying that convincing evidence of due regard for the protection of persons and property and the estab- shment of conditions essential to the maintenance of commerce" must be the basis for considering trade relations. The World says that "it is no concern of ours what kind of government the Russian people tol erate or what its attitude may be toward property rights." Our con cern with the kind of government that the Russian people tolerate be gins with its attitude toward per sonal and, property rights if we trade with Russia, for the good and suf ficient reason that trade takes Amer icans to Russia and brings into ex istence American property rights there. If the government of Russia denies rights which Americans hold to be fundamental and violates or refuses to enforce contracts which Americans have made with it or Its citizens, the government of the United States would shamefully de lude its own people by encouraging Americans to trade in the expecta tion that those rights would be re epected. The only safe, straight forward course Is that taken by ex-Secretary Colby, to inform our people of the conditions under which business can be done with Russia and then to let them do business at their own risk. Lenin's recent speeches which led the soviet to restore the right of pri vate trading and of capital in pri vate enterprise have been construed by some as renunciation of com munism, but his fanatic adherence to his doctrines Aa severest critics tear witness to his sincerity im plies that rather he is moved by temporary expediency, indeed by dire necessity. He confesses that the world revolution which was to have saved bolsiievism, will come slowly and that the soviet must save bol ehevism in Russia by making tem porary concessions to capitalism. Against him are all those . whose power depends on doling out rations and on confiscation of food from speculators to be sold by commissars at great profit. Experience alone can prove whether these men will abandon their practices and permit foreigners to trade in security. Britain is willing to make the ex periment, and Premier Lloyd George credits Lenin's conversion. In de fense of his trade agreement he urges the necessity of opening the resources of Russia to the world and the survival of bolshevlst rule in spite of frequent predictions of its downfall. But motives which are controlling with Britain do not exist for the United States. The British empire is exposed at many points to the sort of attack that bolshevism makes, especially in its great Mo hammedan population when it is the chief party to dismemberment of Turkey and to humiliation of the Caliph, the religious head of Islam. Red propaganda causes insurrection and may cause revolution, which means more military expenditure when the British taxpayer is groan ing. Every move against the soviet, no matter how clearly justified by attack, is denounced by the labor party as an attempt-to destroy the only working man's republic" and causes threats of a general strike. Faced by severe depression of trade, the British manufacturers want to open trade with Russia on the bare chance that they may be able to do some business. In exchange for the prestige of de facto recognition and for such, benefit as Russia may de rive from trade, the soviet gives the very fragile promise to stop propa ganda in Asia and not to attempt it in Britain. The United States has no Asiatic empire to stir to revolt and has no pro-bolshevist labor party of conse quence to conciliate. Its trade with Russia never attained any magnitude and, in tha absence of Russian goods to import, exports cannot be heavy. Much gold has already been exported from Russia, and the latest infor mation is that the soviet has-only 175,000,000 gold nibles left, or about half that number of dollara The trade of Russia under soviet rule cannot become extensive: its revival can only follow establishment of government that protects indi vidual rights, sets the people free to work and trade for their own profit and lives up to the principles that govern international relations. If a test is necessary, let Britain make it. For the United States so little Is to be gained that.it is not worth the risk. Word that Neuf and Zimmer, the courageous Americans who attempt ed to arrest and return Grover C, Bergdoll, arch-slacker, have been released by the German authorities, "pending good behavior," is pleasing to patriotic ears. Whatever diplo matic usages they may have dis regarded, the American public was with them and their further deten tion could not have been tolerated But Bergdoll is still In Germany, de fiant and unrebuked, and it behooves the war department to see that the next event of the series is his sur render as an American criminal. Technically, this nation is still at war with Germany. While those who are versed in international etiquette solemnly discuss the matter, the Rooseveltian principle of "go and do it" should bo applied. It is a small matter beside the demands our allies have made, this surrender of a cnntemotible slacker and It is the only instance in which the self- interest of the United States is ap parent. "We will get Bergdoll, If it is humanly possible," is the assur ance credited to Secretary of War Weeks. Why the qualification? The Listening Post. Hysterics, Lover's Trysts, Despair and Tragedy Found on Street. Those Who Come and Go. Astoria is proud of Its dock facili ties, which have been proclaimed by engineers as second to none on the Pacific coast. B. F. Stone, president f1 EN: Atnt rursqnare eedud of the port of Astoria, who has been VT Hushotutehil Rursquareoomum largely instrumental in the construc- 20 Joe" tion of the terminals, is assured of -v.' , . , , , . . the port's future. "We have built for Deep stuff, evidently In, complicated the future.. ald Mr. st0ne at the code, Gen's and Joe's identity a mys- Multnomah, "and I am certain that tery. The above cryptic message may the Columbia river shipping district mask deep villainy or merely be an will eventually be the largest on the Innocent flirtation. It was culled at coast and we of Astoria have built to rentr. ,v . ,, . v ',, take care of that commerce. The I , V. i .1 iinll nla. ,,.,, An. la m at Upman Wolfe & Co.. Fifth street Ud." Thta pTeV Vuns 1950 "feet into the bay and is built of piling and con- Because. President Harding has given his support to the bankers' consortium for China, some demo crats boast that he has adopted one of President Wilson's policies. The fact is that the present policy was originally set in motion by President Taft and a consortium was being formed when his term ended. Mr, Wilson refused support and the scheme fell through. During the war he found that united financial aid was the only way to save China from falling entirely into the clutch of Japan and he revived the consor tium scheme one of his few admis sions that he had made a mistake, In fact Mr. Harding Is continuing a republican policy after it had been cast aside, then taken up again by a democratic president A Syrian who, of course, does not read the papers, though he keeps a little cigar store in the north end, was done out of $1700 by the box trick. Education is costly to the foreigner. That sum, by the way, is more than most keepers of "little cigar stores" have on hand. The problem of sex has got into the fig business in California and the male trees are to be restrained. This is the latest addition to popular knowledge. By and by we all will have learned so much we must go about on crutches. If South Dakota changes her name to Roosevelt, the other 'would better change to Pembina, as was suggested for the whole territory more than forty years ago, and wipe out the later-day disgrace. Fifty men took the civil service examination for playground instruc tor; but the man with stumpage has not reported on the number applying for jobs. door, where shoppers make their dates. . I crete UDon a sand foundation. A cov As The Scout was examining the ered concrete shed, al 60 by 1550 feet t volume a worried-looking man rushed loner- offers cargo protection and is so in, grabbed the book, ruffled the T" ;;",t., "A... VV,.i,i. naecs run 1,1. i v '"" ur. 7 , iu.oubu u for all business when it comes. oituuinea - Missed her again, the wnoie aay lost!" and hurried out. Five hundred acres have been set This dogs-eared and battered vol- I aside at Seaview, Wash., for an auto ume fills a unique niche In Portland's mobile park and the land Is being life. Its use is varied. Messages cieareaoy me people, eacn coninoui- h ! m 2 ?' despalrlnS and brought io Portland by Joe Knowles. beseeching crowd its pages. Comedy, "nature man," who is registered at tragedy and melodrama figure there the Multnomah. A ferry, to cost so all may read. $35,000, is being constructed in As- What could be more trurl than I toria and is to transport machines Joe's etuff, possibly the same Joe ? "os" ft river frm Oregon to notprt nhnvo the Washington Bhore. The people noted above, who Krites to Geneva. tlw vrM? r( to Geneva: Be sure and leave me a L,i. a .tmnc i,m r th nmmr " Buua you get in town, visitor who rambles to the beach by Joe. "Geneva: Hurry up, honey, I the gasoline route. Formerly the only am in a hurry. Joe." "Geneva: Have way to set from Portland to tne gone to Third and Morrison. Joe." -orttl neach points was by boat ana, n... i- j., . . ,, .. owing to naes ana ine line, no one fhJ t 7Jl . . S 10 ever knew when the destination the city; Joe, wild with anticipation. L.nM t? f th How anxious he Is; possibly they have Columbia river highway, the ferry been separated for weeks. "Leave me and a fair road on the Washington a note." He returns, no note, then shore, it is predicted that people can literally begs, "Hurry up, honey," and B Irom lana to iiwaco in iour than Ki,n ot.- .1, . - j i. . j I o mm ouuiiucr, t . 1 1. , "i'"''u " iinai message, T?..c!n... t. a t .t,,,i,wi Gone to Third and Morrison." What be SDendinir the monev It routs me to did Joe do at Third and Morrison? take- this trip," says M. L. Noll of Did Geneva ever get to town? It's I Kansas City, Mo., who is at the Ben terrible. . son. Mr. Noll, of the Noll-Welty Lum AnA th T,th. Mo . her company, is visiting David Cole, mother and daughter separated. "Jen: hsioii-Weitv mmr,nv h ,it an Am in laces. Mother." "Mother: lumber yards scattered around the Couldn't wait any longer. Jen." "Jen: middle west and draws its supplies Meet me- at OWK tin. Mother." largely from Oregon and other west- Mother. Must have missed you, back tern lumber points. There is prao- soon. Jen." "Jen: Upstairs in """""""u sums j. ..,, . . in the territory where the yards are drapery. Mother. "Mother: Had to located which accounts for ne some. go. Jen. Analyze this. Where is what pessimistic sentiments of Mr. mother now? Has Jen caught her Noll., A new lumber rate takes effect yet? What is the meaning of "OWK today, which, it is expected, will tin"? Here lurk the possibilities of cause an improvement in the market another mystery. I a larse number ot orders are Or this, no name at top or bottom;. nolnt. haviriH. hn PMntnn,.A th iu.ua..i;o uerc, an nent, ana you can new reduced freight rate, bet they knew: "You poor 111" girl, I I also am waiting. I am not deaf I Captain J. W. Siemans is in Port end dumb, so speak it to me." And land on business and is at the Im- the contrast, all illusion gone, even 7't1;1"01 nas a an5 ... ana y. ii n. ii waa uiucidu though "Birdie; shaved. he does call her Birdie: closed a few weeks ago. Unlike most Wait, have gone to get banks, it refused to stay closed, and unas. Ana Helena, wno opened up again under its own Dower. tells Ruth In execrable French, "J'alles chez mol." And Emma, who evidently writes that she is looking at the boys thus: "Am looking at ivory." This is said to be th only instance of the kind in the state where a bank, which suspended, has ever reopened. Captain Siemans, when deposits were being withdrawn heavily, came to Portland with enough securities to up Tabor 3412." This must come to an end, so Mabs I choke an elephant to arrange for gets the last notice by her request stemming the tide. That the bank for Information about Gladness: "Call has "sumed operations is a testi monial 10 captain siemans, ana wnen the institution reopened there was a hlB-P-PP finldhratlnn In ITIamolh Ti-allo A loose-leaf bookkeeping system than when the armistice was isrned. mac uses tne reamers on a hen s I and tnat is saying something. back for records has been nerfected I by N. M. Bain, an Oak Grove poultry- The next bisr eve"t to be staged in man. For years chicken raiser, have ?f"y" ty Or, is the annual con- been trying to devise a system that heid next month. Canvon Citv will be .uaijjcriim meir cuiiing arone nens the mecca of all the leading cowmen from their flocks. I of Oregon and they will have one of Bain's idea is a suner-tran nest, their yearly get-togethers, which Mrs. Hon cntp i i. means iney win aiscuss the condition until tha r, cr i 41 I " -w- fc"u 6b H'O 1 fl,,r ,.. Whnf tho o-nmo will lnnb J . - . - l-.o - 0 ..... " uuor t,o tnai sne can leave. AS ebe like in the ensuing season. There goes out a little brush working on will also be the typical cowboy break- a trigger leaves a dot of marking fasts, with chow direct from the grub fluid on her back feathers. If Mrs wagon, and the cattle bosses will Hen tries to fool th farmer h ? nave to eat out ot tin Plates the v - - J ov.aia OREGON MINERALS INVITE STUDY Mr. Lee Tells of Known Deposits mni Rumors of Others. PORTLAND, March II. (To the Editor.) The discovery of gallium by Dr. Ben R. Koerlng In our sister state of Nevada in the old mining district of Lynn should stimulate geological research In Oregon, known to be rich in mineral resources. In fact near Portland is a field worthy of careful and thorough prospecting. ' At Oswego are deposits of brown hemltite iron ore. Thirty years ago the output of pigiron from the blast furnace there was quite considerable. I Stone for fluxing was not known to be so near as It really Is. This con ditlon, coupled with the fact that in AiaDama and tne Lake Superior coun try iron could be produced to cheaply, caused abandonment of the enterprise, Similar formations extend southward and Eastward, including the Mount Scott district. I have not visited the silica mine of Oregon City, but am assured of its being quite extensive. There can scarcely be a doubt that elllco, iron and the ochres exist in good quanti ties near Portland. I chatted with a Pennsylvanian who was working on one of the slopes of Mount Scott who told me that he was fully convinced that silica and iron existed there. George L. Rohrer, to the eouthward about two miles, declares that both are on his land. Some years ago J. S. Talbott, a railroad builder, myself and a few others, projected a local railroad line from the neighborhood of Mllwaukie eastward to section 36, township 1 S., R. 2. While soliciting rights of way a story was told me of a mysterious tunnel northeasterly from the Sunny side postoffice, which had been bar ricaded and locked. I asked the pres ent owner of the land. William F. Mau, about It. He said that two prospectors had gone into the hill and discovered a precious metal. One of them went on a spree. The other closed the tunnel. It seems that they deadlocked in a quarrel and went elsewhere. The story current was that they found gold. The presence of colors in the brook heading in Oak Grove and emptying into Kellogg creek would seem to indicate gold in the vicinity. . On the divide between Pleasant valley and Happy valley is a deposit resembling the phosphates vt are bringing from Idaho to be utilized In the manufacture of fertilizer. Metal of some kind In the hill, near Albert Dearclorfrs is sufficient violently to disturb the needle of the compass. Certain parties have tried in vain to get leases on sufficient land in this locality to induce experimental boring for petroleum. Their form of lease may be somewhat one sided, but an agreement should be reached so that the plausible theories of their under ground expert could be tested. If successful the enterprise would give an impulse to business never before Kpown in Oregon. students of geoloerv in. Reed rnllixra and the high schools could spend a pari ot me summer In outing and prospecting which would ho In tfirfll. ing and practical. The study of local Keolotrlenl ran. dltlons Is most interesting Th lata William S. Ladd told me that in boring p wen, over zuvo reet, on hi More Truth Than Poetry. By Jamea J. Montague. Trouble. The cat Is on the pantry shelf With eyes that bulge with fright; The Airedale pup has hid himself Somewhere far out of sight; The little kids their lesson learn And neither romp nor sport. For father's Income tax return Was forty dollars short It took a week to make It out And mother. In despair. Would say, "You must not stay about And hear your father swear." He'd pull his hair with frightful yanks Until It was a sight; He spoiled half a dozen blanks Before he got it right. And wh,en at last he put It In The big long envelope. He said to mother, with a grin. "Well, that is done. I hope." But yesterday a letter came. And gosh, how father swore, When he found in It was a claim For forty dollars more. He's locked up In his bedroom now And won't come out at all. And mother simply won't allow The kids to cross the hall. And everybody's frightened stiff. While every now and then They wqnder what will happen If He gets it wrong again! Coming; to It. Thla Isn't the mlllcnlum of coarse, and yet the railroads admit that their present freight rates are prohibitive. . . GoIds; Too Far. We state for the benefit of the blue law advocates that nothing exceeds like excess. OSS There Host Bin Hern aa Owralirlit. Now that we come to think of It. where is that woman who was going to be appointed a cabinet member? (Copyright, 1921, by the Bell Syn dicate, Inc.) Burroughs Nature Club Notes. Caa Yon Answer These Questions? 1. Do moles have any natural ene mies to keep them in check? 2. What is the object of inoculat ing soil? 3. Are the humming birds found In different parts of the world alike? Answers In tomorrow s nature notes. farm, now Laurelhurst, the drill wen mrougn live different forests. J. D. LEE. in the nest and not laying her finish way they did when they were bucka- pnnin HnrpA t M roilun nf Cart a oau. lur sne is irappea until tne von Citv is at the Imnerial egg releases ner. None coming, she stays cooped up until released. I Roads between Tacoma and Port- Bain calls attention to th far:t that land are in fair condition despite the a farmer can tell at a glance just J lon "nd continued rains, report Mr. how his birds are doing, by the num- .,, ; tno PprUina .',,,, n ber of marks on their backs. By automobile from Puget sound. They changing the color of the marking were accompanied by Miss Susan fluid, it is possible to make an accu- Shepard. There is still a large rate check by weeklv or other nprlorts. amount of work to be performed be- and further careful choice of colors if""6 Dify Vancouver Wash., and Tacoma is finished, but the road is not in such bad shape as it should result In an artistic effect when placed In contrast with the nat- was last autumn. ural shade of the- feathers. Honeymooning at the Multnoma are Mr. and Mrs. Victor Iverson. The bride was formerly Miss Anne Vaise of Renton, Wash. Mr. Iverson is con Poets and noticers in general are noting signs of spring. This week Portland was deluged with shirts from nected with Wood & Iverson. oDer every conceivable angle. Straw hats ators of a sawmill at Hobart, Wash do not seem so far away with days This Is the first trip of Mrs. Iverson like the last few becoming a hahit. to Portland and she says she prefers Out in the parks the gardeners be- e f ,us . y,.T wunornia or r tho tv. .i I fly paper crop, commuters are carrying ( Bringing three orphan children home tiny chicks to start the home I from Scotland, Miss Edith Wood reg flock. Clothes are aerain out on the istered at the Seward from Birming lines. Moving vans have been no- ham England. Miss Wood is taking ticed In action. A woman was seen -r'h- J1,;.I i y . , . . . . . I will be reared. The youngsters have oryiug ner nair as cue sai reaamg on been much lmDressed by the size of a lire escape.. . -ne nrst street pase- the Atlantic ocean and also by the ball practice has resulted in its toll vastness of the United States. of broken windows, but the real sign Canada Is feeling the need of population. Let her import a mil lion girls of marriageable age from the Britisa Isles and the needed men will follow from everywhere. Some men die in church and some die at a boxing match, while most die at home. The place of arrival Is of more concern than the point of departure. Belshazzar was ' not a public utility, but he started the fashion of learning the writing on the wall. The man who takes a 38-pound Chinook with light tackle has right to be "red-headed." The boxing commission is over looking some good material around the city hall. The local gas company sees the commission and goes it one better. "April showers bring May Cowers" ran the old Uue, The Rev. Alexander Blackburn is registered at the Seward from Bos ton, Mass. Mr. Blackburn was for merly a minister in this city, having been succeeded in his pastorate by the Kev. J. WMtcomb Brougher. Mr. Blackburn has been absent from Portland for many years and is re newing his acquaintance with the Rose City. Henry Scheufler, who bought ridge and business property in Rockaway last summer while passing his vaca tion at that -resort, has gone to the coast. The object of his mission is to supervise the construction of cottage which will be erected adja cent to the postoffice, Langlols will be right on the Roosevelt highway? when that road is built. C. V. Woodruff of Lang- lois, which is a dairy shipping point in Curry county. Is among the Im Derial arrivals. The dairy produce cute little bell. This is the first score of the Langlols region is now fr- tn flatA thnno-h thorn am nth era atir. Warded to Bandon. lous io get in me game. A suggestion anfl Mr9 phUin Twohy of was put forth that cowbells might phoenix, Ariz., are at the Benson, on serve when other means fail. their way to Seattle, and James Twohy of Seattle Is at the Hotel The mystery of the late crowds that Portland on his way to Puget sound attenn tha all-niirht movies was Dar- rrom uauioim. are luemucr OL WCll-ailUHU lllliij ui vuu- tractors. of old Is i.i0tnta Boclc Bcer.V I Tom Tilly vouches fof this one: Four Fords, none of which needed a horn, followed a street car on the Hawthorne bridge. The car stopped suddenly, the first Ford pulled up and number two smashed Into it and bounced back. Number three stopped dead and the rear member of the quartet rammed it, driving it forward once more so that it hit number two and knocked number two into the leader. Result, total elimination of head and tall lights. . Tales of garters with tiny bells, evidently designed to draw the gaze when other means fail, persist in cropping up. One Portland man In sists that he heard the fairy-like. silver tinkle and actually saw one tlally solved when a young couple homebound at 1 A. M. confessed that they frequently took a nap In the early levening, as they were tired after their day's work, and went to the show about midnight, taking their A woman for no man would be so careless left a round-trip railroad ticket to Chicago and a berth ticket n the writing-room of the Hotel Cftlani vesterdav afternoon. Tha second installment of sleep in the I perfectly good ticket represents a early morning. , -inti suour. cash outlay or io, Difference Is In "Licking." i I Julius-'m'"'J"" :L Baptist Boys and Girls. ""Y1V n ; ""V"7" Visitor (comforting Tommy, who.. ,hA nntBi Oree-on Mr. Aim has upset a bottle of ink on the new ,g w tne Eenerai merchandise buai- UtU VCl IU1IIU, 111 J EJVJ , UV WOW to cry over spilled milk. Tommy (indignantly) Any dunce would know that. If it's milk that's spilled all you have to do is to call the cat an' she'll lick it up cleaner'n anything. But this ain't-milk, an' mother'll do the lickin', is what ails me. ness. James E. Danaher of San Francisco is at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Dana her Is interested in the lumber Industry- A. A. Hall, one of Tillamook's at torneys, Ls at the Hotel Orege, GRAIN SPECULATION IS CII1DEO Minnesota Forbids Deallna; la Futures and Opens Trade Boards. PORTLAND. M.in-h .11 rrn ih. Editor.) Oregon farmers will flnri good lesson in a bill Just signed by ina fcuvriiiur oi .Minnesota, which bu. oomes effective as law August 1. The Din proniDits dealing In grain futures, except legitimate hedging in actual buying of grain. Grain gamblers who have long played football with the farmers' crops and the city man's food can now say good-bye to Minnesota, but tneir departure will be no loss to the state. Another bill signed by the Jtlnne sota governor compels the grain and livestock associations to admit farm ers' co-operative associations to mem bership. This law affects tha Minne sota chamber of commerce (long the a(ph-enemy of progress in farmer legislation), the Puluth board of trade and the St. Paul livestock ex change. These closed organizations, which arbitrarily fixed the price to producer and consumer alike, can no longer keep the farmer from getting on the inside of their dealings and controlling the organization for the benefit of an easier exchange of food stuffs between farm and city at a fairer price for both. Both these bills had the backing of farmer organizations and received large legislative majorities. Bills similar to the Minnesota meas ures have passed the Missouri le;;isla ture and will most likely receive the governor s signature. More significant still, a bill to open the exchanges In Illinois is about to be Introduced in that state. This would open the great board of trade in Chicago to farmer membership and practically destroy for good all gam bling in the basic :oodstuffs of the people. Such an event would influ ence .prices in Oregon and all over the country. Prices determined by dealing on the board will then reflect actual market conditions of supply and demand, and actual exchange of money for goods the only honest way of determining prlco. L. T. BRTCE. Currency and Gold Reserve. FORT CANBT, Wash., March 30. To the Editor: Can you tell me if our currency is all backed by gold, dollar for dollar? I would like to know the amount of currency and also golS, If you can tell. Z. TETLOW. Federal reserve notes are backed by a gold reserve of 40 per cent and commercial paper rediscounted by federal reserve banks. The actual amount of gold behind them on March IS was 60 per cent. National bank notes are backed by United State bonds, federal reserve bank notes by United States and certificates of in debtedness. United States gold notes by gold to the full amount. United States notes commonly called green, backs are based on the general credit of the United States, but In practice are redeemed In gold on demand, being supported by the gold reserve of 1150,000,000. There was In circu lation on July 1, 1920, currency of the following amounts: Federal re serve bank notes. J201. 226,000; United States notes, 346.681,000; national bank notes, 1719,038,000; federal re serve notes, $3,405,877,000; total, J4, 672,822,000. Gold In the treasury and the banks totaled 12,687,513,000. Negro Population In Capital. PEDEE, Or.. March 30. (To the Editor.) Please print the negro pop ulation of Washington. D. C, end also state of Virginia. SUBSCRIBER. There were 90,941 negroes in Wash ington, D. C, in 1910, and 671,096 In Virginia. Figures for 1920 are not yet available. Rule In 5O0. VANCOUVER, Wash March SO. (To the Editor.) To decide a contro versy, kindly inform me if it Is neces sary to trump if you cannot follow ult after a lead in tne game ot -uu. MRS. C. B. D. It is act obligatory to truma, Answers to Previous Questions. 1. Why are negroes black? This is hardly a fair nature qnrs- tion. Negroes are dark Just as any other living dark thing is dark be cause of the color of the pigment of their skin. Nobody can answer why a race like Mongolians Is yellow In complexion, or the native American Indian copper color, or the southern European races usually olive com- plexloncd, and the Anglo Saxons white. Nature gave them their col ors, but we don't know how or what for. 4 xm... n V. i . u . - . ,,,.i.l . , ua. ciiaun:a hits mnu (Hyla versicolor) to change color? The why and wherefore In nature Is not always explainable. Tho trre toad or tree frog, as it is also called. Is not the only batrachlan .to nhor the curious faculty of altering lis coat color to suit circumstances. Tlio object Is protection by thus hiding from enemies. In the chameleon, for Instance, the emotion or ei!atliin of fear causes the coat to change hue. The tree toad, which lias a preat variety of changes white, gray green, brown, gray, bright grei-n requires about an hour for the differ ence In color to become noticeable, in a bright light and high temperature this toad even loses sometimes the dark bands across Its arms and loci and the star shaped spot on lis shoul ders. The color scheme adopted la generally a good imitation of tha toad's background. 3. What Is meant by a gallina ceous bird? ' The most familiar rxamplo of a gallinaceous bird Is the barn fowl Hens, turkeys, grouse, partridges, etc., come under this head. They have rather stout, heavy bodies as a class and comparatively snori wings, and rarely make flights or any length, though they can fly quickly In spurts, as we seo In the quail. They nest on the ground usu ally and have many eggs. Mont of them have feet adapted to scrntcning forfood. Our gallinaceous birds are all dull hcutral tinted, but In the orient this family Is brilliant beyond words to paint. (Copyright. 1021. by Ilniirhton nmrun o In Other Day. Twenly-flve Tears Ao. From The Oreaonlan ot April 1, 1S!. Cape Town. War clouds are hover ing over southern Africa and tne Boers are arming themselves. It Is said that British prestlne lias been rudely shaken nnd ticrmany is blamed for it. The battleship Oregon is now com pleted, and the question of making her a suitable present on behalf of the state is before tho public. Superintendent Beach was yester day called before an Informal com mittee on street cleaning and sprin kling to explain why late additions had been made to the street cleaning force. w The second year for which encl- neers will be required to take out Icensea begins today. Certificates to the number of 341 have been issued. Fifty Years Ago. From The Oregonlan of April 1. 1R71. Washington. Unverlfiablo news re ports are to the effect tltat the chief questions now before congress are: Shall the Ku-Klux rule thp south? Shall we get San Domingo? Shall Grant or Sumner bo the republican nominee in 1872? Shall a republican or a democrat be elected? The city plaza of Salem Is now be- ng Improved and beautified. City licenses are due today and must be paid on or before the 10th. At no tlmo In the past five years as there been so much building go ing on in the city. The number of school children In Union county la 876. Signatures on Lease. MERRILL, Or, March 29. (Io tne Editor.) Please advise me If a per son wants to lease his land to an oil company or any other company Is It necessary that both husband and wife sign it or only one party. F. Z If the property is In the husband's name be can lease It without his wife's signature to the lease. . Address of Hamorlat. KENT, Or., March 30. (To the Editor.) Can you publish the address of Irvln S. Cobb and his manager? READElt. Irvln 8. Cobb, "Rebel Ridge," Ossln lng, N. T. We have no information as to a manager. IS. T.) Statesman. Marrying Tonkers Flatbush Do vflu think p'roflts by his mistakes? Bensonhurst Not If he marries the wt&ttf woman he deuaa'-t.