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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, APRIL, 2, 1921
ESTABLISHED BY HENKY I FITTOCK.
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their tolerance of the treacherous
Constantino,
The revolutionary impulse which
started with overthrow of the Ro
manoffs and which in a single month
accomplished that of the Hapsburgs
and Hohenxollerns is exhausted, and
reaction has set in. The vote of
Greece to recall Constantino was the
first sign, and the adventure of
Charles of Hapsburg is another, far
more ominous. It is still true that
the war was a conflict between the
opposing principles of autocracy and
democrary, and the enthronement
of a Hapsburg in Hungary would be
a defeat for democrary. The best
contribution to world peace that
President Harding can make at this
juncture is to stop the progress of
reaction.
JfOT SO BAD AS AU THIS.
Two paragraphs in the current
Dai'S: VfiZSl luunndd.yy; Si ZSStUt Portland Grade Teachers association
now to Bemlt Send postotrtc money i 6uo " wLareat. tug uri. to.
order, express or psrsonal check on your I Hall. Casarl W who are about to die
locai oanic Stamps, coin or currency are i salute thee.
?iiWi!I'.tfI, po'o! d,lr" Classical, but morbid. So sad
Fostase Bate 1 to 1 pases. 1 cent; 18 ot life inspired, doubtless, by
f psgea. -j cents; to i pages, i me met mat ine legislature repeated
IPX A Snl old Ironclad and impossdble
oreig n postage double rate. I teachers tenure act and substituted
., E?r" Bueinee office Veir A Conk-1 a new measure. If it be true that
A Conkiin. ste.tr buiMinr. rhir.m- vr. I n0 leaccers piace is now secure,
ree A Conkiin. Free Press building. De- I When it takes a VOte of five Of seven
bul idinf'.T-o ST" i. TSSL'l directors to disturb her in her place
entativ, r. j. BidweiL I upon charges duly made and after a
public hearing, then indeed there is
8BAIX THK HAPSBCBOS COME BACKT Justlce n to the dogs. If it would
T pnMM ...,. ,. . I cueer tag luouminff soul oi ue ecu-
5 i7 raU7 te up tor t Bulletin we are willing to
'" vnaries in. on pres. ur that at the very first outrage
ent adventure and should restore upon any deserving teacher. The
him to the throne, there is no doubt Oregonian will be willing to Join her
of what would follow. Cxecho-Slo- associates . in stirring up a pretty
vakia, Jugo-Slavia and Roumania I ,ow-
would combine to driva him t hJ The econd Paragraph is:
war Th. mi vuJ Durlns the past few month number
rirn i Portland teachers have received Invest-
they formed the "little entente" Was I ment offer from horn corporations. Many
, -, . t. . I took advantage of these opportunities to
to prevent a Hapsburg from ever promot "bom industry - and thus .how
again occupying a throne and thus t1r loyalty to Portland. Now come th
. . ..... lend of a stable condition of employment
io jreeni attaca on weir Hiaepen-1 for these teachers. The very men who
dence. That alliance was formed ur-d tneM investments in soros case are
... the one who have helped to bring about
With the encouragement of France, the present condition of tenure. Many
which would probably give any aid teachers were on the verge of buying
that was needed. Italy i, too torn plry'-bodlthn'r:
by internal dissension to take a hand, nd would bav done so bad the ion
but all its sympathies would be with tenure law remained, but, with stability
the IltUe ententefor the Hapsburgs f Vurnto '.tVT.-
... t..i.j . j-. securities, which, after all, might b a
are Italy's hereditary enemies. wiae turn.
Return of the Hapsburgs would . , . . . .
encourage the militarists of Ger- Do we understand that the teach-
manv to tt.mnr rstortinn f th are now released from any oblL
ci .i.. i.... I Ration of loyalty to Portland?
there has been ceaseless plotting to
that end, with the old military chiefs IN A PICKLE.
puinng me strings. iasi spring it ja a disconcerting circumstance
mere were con terences m iiungary to which tho presIdent of An inde
between the militarist leaders of pendel,t telephone company calls at
that country and Germany, Colonel tentlon ln a Ietter today. Thl8 c,r.
Bauer, one of the actors in the Kapp cumilUnce ts that the greater the
revolt, being the go-between, while number of subscribers attached to a
Ludendorff was at easy distance in telepn0I,e exchange the greater is
Bavaria. Hugo Stinnes, as leader of tJ)e cost t0 the company of service
the captains of Industry, has organ- , eacn subscrlber. The Oregonian
ized their forces and extended their lg awar, that this theory it may
influence by becoming the greatest b a fadtas been asserted by the
artngle publUher of newspapers in bl, ,erv1c commission, but con
Germany.The most Important de- trary t0 tne correspondenf under
partment heads are monarchists, as 6tandinff the-public service commls
.are the mass of government em- 6lon h ln two order8 ditirctly
ployes who hold over from the im- lndlcated that it believed that the
periaJ government. It Is not surprls- , of th, t0 the subscriber
ing that at the recent Prussian elec .nr,BnnBn bv rrowth of
oa the comWned monarchist parties kumber of telephone subscribers
.'B.V.J . Ul, b W m.UU.U m UleV
jority over all other parties. In con-
he shall vote against a certain
acheme In the Interest of economy
or vote for it on the plea of publio
improvements. In order to get an
appropriation he must enlist the
support of colleagues by voting for
their appropriations, though in order
to satisfy the demand for economy
he should vote against them, knowing-
that to do so means death of his
own schemes.
The troubles ot the congressman
are largely imaginary. ' Almost all
state revenue is raised by, direct
taxation, and there is a conflict be
tween saving and spending, at every
session of the legislature. Yet the
legislature votes money for publio
buildings, public institutions, high
ways and other things and,, when the
have yet. But how many people of PHONES business UMIKB others
Portland through actual contact
know about themt The Chinese B)F the Cemmnntty Served Bicker
Chop suey establishments are for Hast Be Exchange Rate,
others than for Chinese, the theater LEBANON. Or. March SI. (To the
is gone, and only the Joss house and Editor.) The telephone industry
the gambling Joints survive. Prob- throughout the United States has been
ably, too. if you knew your way passing through a very critical period
about you could find a den where and the situation to telephone men is
an obliging attendant might per- anything but encouraging notwith-
suade you into pleasant dreams stAndino- th hr, r.i,rt
through a little potion of opium. , every aUt, ln tha unlon and
r1. wJt ww aooul Oregon 8ti beln(r ralse(L
Those Who Come and Go. J
"No, Tm not seeking an appoint
ment for a federal inh " Hmirtif
Frank fi.oan of Stanfleld, who arrived
at me imperial yesterday to see
. . otaotield, united States sena
tor. "I'm in tha sheep business, even
if it is rotten. I mean, the sheep
business Is all rlsrht. exrent tha
price." After serving as a lawmaker
for 44 days at Salem, Mr. Sloan says
it Seem CtrinrA n tn Y.A oH
to be impressed b the fact tha Th' BeU X any sleep all BlhTwithout"-,m.onVoo:
2. . impressea Dy tne ract mat means comprise the whole of the tele- Ing to wake him up and asking him
upia , o a v TV vuiucog ucio uwvr ,v i
phone industry and the Independent t0 upport a bill. "Speaking of the
do the work they once did. Thirty telephone people throughout the coun- fheeP business," he concluded, "you
and forty years ago, it was possible naTe been spendln& all cauli know I said that there was more
to let a contract to a syndicate of ,,.. , kii.. money in being a lawmaker at 13 a
Chinamen to "grub" land or to clear "".," IC 1,, ,.w 1Z , Vf... oay ln,a.? lnere was bins heep
legislature hesitates, the people vote 1 aWay the stumps left by the prowess "JVJ11111 P1Ub"'; WtIth d,Uf" mS Y1' that BtiU BOea
money directly. The people are In
dulgent of creation of new offices
and Increases in salaries too much
so, some think. They re-elect term
after term legislators who spend
money in this manner. They want
economy but they also want progress
and are willing to pay for it. They
only balk at arrant waste, of which
there is much in the federal govern
ment If 'congressmen will take
courage and vot for sound, direct
taxea ani for economical expendi
ture on useful things, the people will
sustain them.
loi : th. sawrnlli: How , it wwt "i?.'1' e"s 'LK1. rVApMr. .th!
Tha woof A tlmhai lanrta or Inrnm. I " " ".S uiuuu uiun " -.""T-'
. ,,, I The DUblie in many instances is too y 10 ln8 recora oi ttoy U; rowers,
ing. a dreary and appalling monu- ""V1" 1 . B,fny .," . represenutive for II line, of mar.
mr,t to tn. e-rowlnn- oavMtatlon l lo turm pasty conclusions waen chadis- Mr p.,.
kv ..wm tr th. .r I their pocketbook is touched and 1 1 t the Multnomah tm Ran.
to be cleared, and made fit for agri- ara 8ura that Tne Oregonian does not His mother lives In France and he
culture, it must be at a cost rang- wIsk to foster thIa sPirIt- I" "o- has made several trip, across the
ing from 1100 to U00 per acre and ria3 n this subject have shown a n&nptonv haVast." lutes Mr Fowl
vn mom Tha r.rir i nrnhihitiv desire to be fair, but I wish as an "'s "p , . n , ""M "latea Mr- ow-
even more. The price Is prohibitive. ...... .n ,tf .. -dito. er "and in Portland business Is good
iue worn in not. uone now, ana hj , ''Z' , C , .,TiV Z I ano Predict that before fall Indus
trol of the government, the army
and the security police, the mon
archists are probably restrained by
within call.
But the disconcerting feature is
that the new rates to which so much
objection Is being made were based
not only on the showing that the
expediency alone from overthrowing ' """ . H.,..ln . .,...
tUV A U MilV SUtA A VCJVVi H B AAV U'
ble return from its present invest-
pirt with either the ex-kalser or 1 "',"" i, Thnt
some other Hohenxollern on the ... J t lof ,t,,MtH tht
ll yi HQUb I'll". Y. -u,
extensions of service were demanded
and that new money could not be
had to make the demanded exten
sions unless the company could show
throne.
If success should come to the mon
archists both In Hungary and Ger
many, it Is easy to foresee what
u?.M - the sum
"'"'T8 betw" then Says hrcommission in an order
Sd.ihH?l!" "Jf ' "I issued in May. 1919. "the greater the
" aa biit.ti smcuuawu lut ui vu 1
Lumber of subscribers attached to
Ba J w VVUV sUWI 4 a,Ma,aa V A
economically dependent on Ger
many. The Hapsburgs would never
cease effort to recover their former
cost and the greater the value of the
service rendered to each." The com
mission adds: "It follows that the
l.rrllnrv anri wnnlH ha iniupl4 h I K " "-" o .
A'""' "7 "1 V-VtiT .-h considerable length of time must in
Germany on the west and north and co" " k Z. .V,i.h 7v oiart
. rsr.. nnrf.. win. rn.i, n tir,. cvitably be accompanied by a grad
ual Increase in charges for telephone
service."
It seems to follow that the new
rates will, under these conditions,
make still higher rates necessary. Bo
the way to keep telephone rates
down is to keep your" community
from growing and to discourage the
addition of new subscribers to the
exchange.
The people of each community
might accomplish the first but, alas,
the public service commission has
put the second beyond their reach.
The new rates are conditioned upon
the company's proceeding with con
templated extensions. It's a pretty
pickle we are in.
by Greece under King Constantino
on the south. Wedged between
enemies, the Czechs and Serbs would
have to remain constantly under
arms and on the alert. Bankrupt and
impoverished in men and resources,
central Europe would again be in
volved in war,-having extended tb
breeding place of war from the Bal
kans to the entire Danube basin.
Civilization in Europe could hard
ly survive another general war or
even a period of intense armament
leading up to it. America 6hould see
clearly the probable consequence.
Immediately to the material pros
perity, of this country, ultimately to
the wite race and to the civillza
tion which it has developed. An
other war would surely involve all
the great nations of Europe and
complete the ruin of the continent
which "buys five-eighths of our ex
AFK AID OF THK SALES TAX.
Congress dreads the plunge Into
riirert taxation to be nald directly by
porta It would so weaken the white virtually everybody, though it knows
nations from which we are derived that the financial health of the na-
tnai wey wouia De unable to with- tion will be Improved and that the
stand a new invasion of Asiatic plunge must be taken. This dread
hordes, which have learned the arts arise3 from a conflict between the
of modern war and industry from conviction of the legislator and the
the whites and might turn them tense of expediency of the politician
against the teachers. That is not a ln each congressman's mind,
prospect which Americans could con- a vicious custom has grown up of
template witn equanimity. measuring a congressman's success
Herbert Hoover saw the probable hy the amount of money be can get
consequences of a Hapsburg's re- out of the federal treasury for his
turn to power whn Archduke Jo- district or state. Hence his mlrrd
seph seised control at Budapest ln has become- concentrated more on
August. 1919. He knew that if the getting- the government to spend
allies did not drive out Joseph the money than to save it. If he exerts
Czechs, Serbs and Roumanians himself for economy, be wins mild
would, and that the fires of war approval from the people at large
would be lit again. While the allied but strong disapproval from the
commissioners dallied, he went to people of his district for whom he
Parts, warned the peace conference has not obtained desired appropria
of the danger and informed It that tlona and to whom he must look for
it was not to see the Hapsburgs again votes. He Is naturally more interest
enthroned that the American army ed in winning the votes of his own
had fought; that army fought to re- district than the applause of other
move the causes of war. among districts. So long as taxes were In
which Hapsburg rule was one of the direct, he was not embarrassed by
chief. The allies acted with de- the contradiction between his devo
cision, and Joseph's reign lasted five tion to economy in the abstract and
days. the spending of public money in his
No Illusion should be cherished own district in the concrete,
about our national Interest in pre- Since the bulk of the taxes has be
ventlng revival of imperial, military COme direct and the number of tax
rule by the deposed dynasties, and payers has grown to imposing pro
file influence of this nation should be portions the congressman's troubles
exerted to avert it. No military have been multiplied. There is an
force would be needed. The distress active and very positive demand for
of Europe during the last two years
has been far greater because the
league controversy deprived it of the
full co-operation of this country. If
a demand were made that restore,
tion ot no deposed dynasty must be
permitted,' it would be obeyed, for
Europe Is more than ever convinced
that American co-operation Is neces
sary to its reconstruction. If that
demand were not made, some com
promise might be attempted, for the
remaining monarchies have an In
stinctive sympathy with a deposed
dynasty and an equal aversion for
republics. That oe tar to explain.
economy among his constituents, but
the demand for appropriations con
tinues. He is perplexed by the prob
lem how to satisfy both at the same
fme, since one seems to veto the
ether. He knows that of all forms
of taxation a direct sales tax will
bring the most money into the
treasury and will cause the least en
hancement of prices, but he also
knows that it will make practically
everybody a direct taxpayer, there
fore an active champion of economy,
yet his district will still want public
money spent in it. His brain will be
taxed to tfat limit to decide whether
PEEPING INTO THK C EATER.
Man. the Inquisitive, also is the
unperturbed. Under the dread flanks
of Vesuvius the vineyards and cot
tages cluster, much as they did in
the year 79, when two great cities
of the ancient world were sealed in
ash and lava the baker at his tasks,
the dancer poised to please. And
we read today, as in description of
a holiday spectacle, that Hawaiian
tourists are delighted with the most
recent wrath of Kilauea, where the
native goddess of fire is spouting
and sputtering lava as never before
in a lifetime. PreadZ Not a bit of
it. Merely the occasion for an un
usual outing, where mortals may
chatter of the mysteries of the im.
mortal mother and return to tell of
witnessing a real volcano in its ma
jestic wrath.
Kilauea has never perturbed
Hawaii, and since the superstitious
reverence of the native has been re.
placed by the commercial enterprise
of the white man, the potent old
crater has coughed and snorted to
some profit One wonders, from
afar, if the residents of Pompeii and
Herculaneum did not point to Veau
"ius as one of the scenic splendors
of their district, when the rival com
mercia! clubs were showing the
sights to prospective settlers. And
Mont Pelee, whose fretful mutter
ings culminated in explosive anger
and terrible destruction of life, is it
not probable that the dwellers pf
Martinique esteemed the old rogue
as the finest mountain in all the
Antilles?
The adaptability of man, his con
fidenco In tomorrow, has never been
more surprisingly manifest than in
his tolerance one might almost say
his affection for volcanoes. Tet in
the awesome chemistry of nature
there exists no more disastrous po
tentlallty than that which the fire
mountains hold. About Mont Pelee
the plantations huddled, unmindful
of the memory of earlier eruptions,
when ln 1902 there, began without
warning that series of titanic pranks
that eliminated St. Pierre, with loss
of 30,000 lives, and laid upon the
fertile tropical fields a heavy blan
ket of volcanlo Ash, smothering all
living things.
"It is a remarkable circumstance
said one contemporaneous observer,
"that, despite the accentuated
warnings which for a period of
weeks and more Mont Pelee threw
out presaging disaster, only a few
of the Inhabitants of St Pierre took
the precaution to leave the city. And
these wero more than offset by the
number of refugees from the coun
try who flecked in.
In the pleasant land about Vesu
vius, reared above the bay of Naples,
men have tilled the fields and built
their dwellings for more than twen
ty-five centuries. Throughout that
entire period, far Into antiquity, the
maleficent old mountain has growled
almost Incessantly, and roared into
eruption repeatedly, always with a
death toll of the Imprudent When
the Grek colonists founded the
cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum
the volcano was an evident menace
Even the scientists of that day could
read its history of peril, fer fully
half of the upper mountain had been
blown away in an earlier outsurst,
and lava and debris proclaimed the
nature of the cataclysm. Yet the
colonists clustered . thickly around
the cone itself, and .the eruption of
79 placed an ancient civilization in
bond for the archaeologist, holding
two cities and their eitleens In silent
stone. That which tweaked the an.
ger of Vesuvius so terribly in the
dawn of history, and which has
provoked it again and again to the
present has not dissuaded the vil
lagers from continuing to - dwell
about the fire mountain.
Kilauea, so the Hawailans say. Is
a model volcano, orderly and con
siderate. All of which may be true.
But there have been long periods in
which the same compliment applied
to Vesuvius and Mont Pelee. Any
volcano, one can well surmise, is
enhanced by distance.
IN OTHER PATS.
The Spokane Spokesman-Review
is inspired by the infallible returns
of the- census man to moralise over
the practical disappearance of the
Chinese from the Industrial and agri
cultural life of the northwest Tak
ing the case of Portland as a text
the Spokane paper discovers that
the Chinese population in this city
has been reduced to 1S46, a falling
off of 3853 in ten years. As long
ago as 1890, thej-e were 5184 Chinese
in Multnomah county, and in 1900
tbey had increased to 8012. The
Btate In 1890 had 9540 Chinese, in
1900 it had 10,397, and in 1910 it
had 7363. The decline, caused by
the restriction of Immigration, was
then well under way. .
The Oregonian has available no
exact figures of Chinese population
in Oregon in the '80s, when the agi
tation against them was at its
height; but the numbers of them in
Portland were far greater, propor
tionately at least than at any sub
sequent time. There was a conspicu
ous Chinese quarter here, just as
there was and is in San Francisco,
and the part they played in the ac
tivities of the city and state was very
great All the menial labor in the
fields, on the railroads, in the can.
neries. In the laundries and even in
the kitchens was done by them. Tbey
had their own theater, their own
stores, their own restaurants, their
own games, and their own places of
worpJilp; and soma of Uiejo tbey
...,..m,.j... .h 1 rials show a lack of understanding of win h ri- .......
more easily cleared.- are not to be ''XoV.Vour attion9 rf' ThereVeems to V a waTe'of
had. and necessity reauires that the J.ef? a.Sd.t5.y-0Y.a"f.n.t,i,..n t. optimism all over the country.
trrmenaous task of making, habitable I authority that bears the marks of when Stanley Humphrey, porter at
and tillable the ugly cut-over I sincerity which I do not question) the Hotel Portland, "stepped on her"
stretches that deface tha hills and based on a wrong premise are bound ana should have been going at 40
vallevs of Oreeon be undertaken. I to be Injurious to the business in that miles an hour and yet was getting
Once the blue-Jeans Chinaman n.a- reference, to the bus i- " jjn'';
with his saw and buck traveled the companie8 ln the 8tata are to be made and wa to take Chief Engineer
streets to rind a store of cord-wood I to euffeP it S not Just Brown and Assistant Manager
ror mm to auaoK. tie cua tne jod, i in an editorial The Oregonian com- I scnreiDer out on th Columbia river
and piled the even sticks away for pared the business of Portland with nignway to enow what he could do.
75 cents per cord. Now the Indus- that of Eugene and Intimated that it While Mr. Humphrey was in the hotel
trv baa mwil into th rinnrls of the should follow that the greater volume to get his coat. Chief Brown lifted the
hLSt 1 .r i of business of Portland should result car and placed a block under the rear
Kir ri:;,r.,7. v, . ' lower rates rather than higher, axle so that one wheel Just cleared
bine. They have a uniform charge, Tne most elementary inquiry Into the the pavement The result was that
they do ln half an hour what the telephone- business will convince one although the engine whirred and the
patient sawyer once did in a day; that unlike most businesses the great- wheels sipped around the car gave
the price is higher, and they let the er the volume the greater the costs In every indication of running, yet it
sticks fall where they may. Some telephony. The higher rates in tne movea not. After two careful sur-
hnman derpllrt. huntlne work that larger eltles are not Dasea on trie veys or tne car Mr. Humphrey flnal
JtH "uh 7w fT n. theory of greater value to the sub- ly discovered what was wrong when
he can do, piles them away. Once .,K nt th. .,,,,,, mst f fur. .nm. t.i.ho,. ,.
a Chinaman on foot with a bamboo nlBhinB; that servioe. If you will take began giving him the laugh, where
pole over his shoulders1 and at its I the trouble to go into this matter of I upon both the assistant manager and
ends two great baskets lUiect witn 1 rates you will rind, that tne Digger the chief engineer were ordered by
fresh vegetables, ambled all over I the city the greater the rates. This I the porter out of the car. They will
town, and sold the products of his you will find ln every state of the never sea the highway If they depend
own p-orHon to tha thrlftv hnnsBwIfe union ana you win sureiy hul ccu od jar. numpnrey.
own garden to the thrifty nqusewire. flv taU commlssion of beipg re- .
Now he has given way almost wholly mls8 ,n ts dutiea. y Much of the prosperity of Dallas,
to the Italian or Greek who peddles As one itara which multiplies the Or., depends on the prune crop. The
his stuff in a truck. cost as the number of subscribers in- town is situated in one of the state's
Once there was no serious prob- creases and one that you will at once most favored prune belts. Of late
lam of rlnmaatin fiervlrp for it was 06 aDl6 to appreciate I will call at- prunes have been a drug on the mar-
lem or omesuo service. ior 11 was tent(0B to the fact that here or in ket and congequentiy farmer, ln and
clone, and done well, by tne Chinese. gtanoe each subscriber is represented around Dallas have not been as thriv-
now there are no Chinese ln the bv Dut one iine on the switchboard ne as thev would like to be. Reors-e
kitchens and the servant problem is an(j the equipment is very simple and Clanfleld. registered at the Multno-
a permanent worry for the house- comparatively inexpensive in cost and mah, Is a farmer residing near Dal-
bolder. The laundries were all run maintenance. As the sise of the city jas. He 6ays that crops this spring
by Chinese, who washed and ironed grows each subscriber is represented look very promising and that wheat
yZ Von nfl HnVlorl bv mouth y linB within the reach of every and oats wW undoubtedly produce
by hand and pripkled by mouth. operator employed. ThU item is di- ,arg9 yields. During the last three
and delivered on foot. ine res- rectIy multiplied with the growth of weeks Dallas has been improving,
taurants. too, depended on them for the business. You will at once recog- especially 'n the automobile trade.
?ookery; but no more, no more. The nize the difference ln the olass of The lumber mill at Dallas Is now
traveler on the railroads saw every plant necessary and the difference ln working and giving employment to a
few miles crew Of r Chinese doing co t openre over- considerable t0Ic
l.ut now Ura dane by ofheot the cable laid in conduit beneath t0 true friend" Is the dedication
but now it is dqne y,0tr8T?ot paved streets. - on the platinum watch. Within the
native American. Only the can- y8Ur statements made with refer- oaae j a photograph of William C.
neries still have theft- Chinese crews, ence to desk telephones while on the Lyons and Jack Dempsey, and there
but not all of them are so provided, face of matters appear reasonable m is art Inscription saying that the
The Chinese problem in the '80s the layman, are misleading and I be- watch Is a gift from the heavyweight
was a trouble for the. citizen and a lieve detrimental to the business in champion of the werld.- The watch,
.. -nitriMnn Tt . well, general. Does net the fact that in which must have cost about one thou-
solace for the politician. wel- raotlcany every t0wn and state in san lron men, is worn in the pocket of
lemembered that a gubernatorial tne unlon the extra CBar&e 0f 25 eents Mr. Lyons, who is registered at the
campaign ln Oregon once hinged for desk telephones, indicate that Hotel Portland. Mr. Lyons, who Is a
on the momentous Question as 'to thera is some fundamentally good travelinar aalasman. is ona at the
where the shirt of the republican reason for it? It has been the mat- closest friends of the pugilist
...dM.i. i.nnianiii Tt su ter of consideration on the part of I
trlumDhantly proved that he had very telephone manager that ever Filled with wonder at the way Los
tnumpnanuy proveo. inai e existed and every commission in the Angeles Is growing, Louis Roesch, an
turned the job over to the despised XT... Ki h.iH it .. km, . s. ,'.,
Chinese, and he was ignomlnloualy I It strikes me as unfortunate that at the Imperial yesterday on' his way
beaten. JJespisear jes, Dy pome the whole public seems to De against home. Mr. Roesch declares that new
people; but it is different now. The I the commission and for recalling them I houses and buildings are springing up
sterling qualities of the yellow race without mucn evidence to bo in .os Angeies on every nana ana
... hetter aiiDreciated. They work: While I do not Know wnai me iunuo that more Dulldlng was carried on m
lWhOTK at the disposal of the commission the southern California metropolis
they pay their debts, they are raith- t d)Ubt very much f they , than ,n other 0, ,n
ful to Any task or any obligation, arBufticlent to enable them to em- the United States.
they mind their own business; they ploy tne ciass of assistance it should -
are kindly: they are even generous, have in so important a case. At the Official dlsinfector of vessels is
But they are yellow,' and this is a same time its duty requires it to nan- Captain John Haggblom of Astoria,
White man's country. SO We admit I flle IBIS ease ana irauie wno 1 registered at in nuisi uueuii,
..j..-wi- 1. 1.1t-. j I rnlin-r. I can conceive that this com- The caotain's specialty is to meet ves.
any unues.rau.o wno . .s-b ay have dQoe Ju vey best BeI and ee that they ara thoroughiy
exclude any desirable If ne De yei- tQ gjt t th true fact3 and glven a an(J properiy fumigated before coming
low, bu 4-n t.o -a,,. - fair judgment witn me result inm to aoca ana 10 see tnai rats no not
the public is at its back like a paca &et ashore from the ships.
n 11 a . . 1 t,oii Uf wnlvea. Would not the oeat policy .
.7 ' . " ',, 1 ,, tr. be to reserve Judgment until all the Representative Miles of Columbia
net operating insufficient to 0"6d bVlea?ned and apply the county, where he is a banker and
pay taxes and Interest, the Southern eat -emedy and jn the meantime not farmer and democrat combined, ac-
Paclfio company rejoiceS-in a net tr... .y,a men that we have ourselves eompanied by Mrs. Sherman Miles,
Income on the operation Of its rail- elected and possibly not given th arrived at the Benson yesterday, com-
roads in February of $1,872,842, proper tools to do their work like a ng from St. Helens with Mr. and
which Is an increase of $2,148,522 pack of robbers? We may be doing Mrs. Hamilton P. McCormaok. Al-
over February, 1920. when there was them a grave injustice and I guess though the , McCormack shipyard Is
, ... fCK 170 Whll- miixh I WO alt Know HOW 11 iee .u i nu- ou-j, i.uo lucu-v uiui an
a deficit of $265,479, While much mjustice. operating steadily,
of this increase may be ascribed to si"-""-1 ul , mchELI.
strlot economy, the stable traffic- president Lebanon Mutual Telephone
producing character or tne rauroaq s Company.
territory must have contributed most
Of the gain. snake has serioc" observers
It Is devoutly to be hoped the city Oreg-oa Ctrovery Over Rattlers
commissioners, on their inspection
of chicken houses and yards, do the
work In daylight That is dangerous
business after dark, even though
these officials have an honest look.
Burroughs Nature Club
Notes.
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Draws Invitation From Society.
NEW YORK, March 26. (To the
Editor.) Throuarh the editorial col
umns of the Tribune of Salt Lake
City we read of eom classical, also
facetious, contributions to tne toiK
lore about reptiles from the pen of
W. J. R. Beach ot forest Urove.
may Interest your readers- to know
It Is not many years since Port
land had but the one picture house
the Nickelodeon, which people were that there exists the Reptile Study
fiall afraid to patronize on tne society of America, headquarters in
ground that it might not &a decent New York City, at 782 East One Hun
Now count the houses. dred and SeventyTfifth street that for
five years nas risen woricing to eau
. - . L 1 T. .1. A...1..
Organized labor la stepping out-1. ... --,,,,-,, , ,K.Mtt. r.t
aiue-oi ;iiLBi w-n m.u for faltM and silly superstitions. Thi
banking; but organised laDor is op- j3 not meant for any reflection upon
tlmlstio and tries everything once the entertaining lucubrations of Mr.
and sometimes more. I Beach, for folk that take things--
and themselves too too seriously are
-.-. i in.. . . . si,. I aonorrenu
ASDICS, UlkUQ OU lu IV SCb WIO I , . . , . ... , . J - .
Elks hers in 1924 Easy, too. to get .; Beatter4 throughout the United
the fund needed. Everybody remem- states, hardly a state but that has
one or several of these reptile stu
dents. Of the few, eo far, in the
bers 1912. ''Them were tho days!"
A collision on a citv street napes- northwest two especially interested
sarily narrow, has an element of ex- an V . , m! ai. ,, ' 7 I:
cuse, but for one on a body of water " tr.TA - enc
I .1... ....- l... K. II. .1. auvi - l b-c .v.- v axu-
n w moio 1 ts fia. oveniin Portland PurhiM with
these two as a nucleus more members
Stonecutters yesterday went on I can be rallied to the support of this
strike for increase from $8 to $9 a I educational cause which lacks syste-
day. Maybe the job makes them "atio projection tnrougn otner means
marhla-haartad. "ci.jr an- ire s"5m
Slut; UlLlilOUlUCU CO.
ThA irisln rliin.1 ohlecttvA fa first to
The loaf has been cut to 9 cents inform neoDle about the real reptiles
in Roseburg and the buyer almost and then to persuade them to spare
can balance the telephone rise. I harmless snakes because of the con
stant cruelty perpetrated in atrocious-
In spite of the lynchers, the negro ly slaylns them and because of their
population of Georgia Increased over f '''5U"" uu ... ,-r-
r . . , fh I-.. j- tion of food for human beings. Many
2 per cent in the decade. ,M.u. , ,,nMi n,ot ffiiftntiv
destroy rodents, the most pernicious
April is the month of starting mammals on our continent
wars in this country. That Includes ALLEN s. WILLIAMS, director.
many marital troubles. I Reptile 6tudy society of America.
The war department need not
Salt on Grocery BIIL
mind doing anything to Neuf for his tn6 Editor.) H owes K izo' on a
'ImnMi.nl" innltlft I . r . . -- . . .
, i grocery out ana r- wants nis money.
H is out of work and can't get work,
The man with a heart ia known but offers to rive K a note drawing
by his button with a heart So is cel """est, or to son mm a-i
I cordwood at the. market price. K is
tne woman. I t -nnj v..,, .v,.-itt .
take either. Can K out the bill In
The "pole" tax ln our neighbor l the collector's hands, or go to law
state has positive and negative fea- t sad force H to pay the bill after it
tures.
If all were to be Immunity chasers
at $5 per they would help the chest
a lot
'
Must they rob the baby's bank on
ti last day to fill that chest?
has been standing for four months
without anything being said?
MRS. M. L. H.
None of the circumstances men
tioned bar K from suing H for the
amount of the grocery bill, or from
putting the bill In the hands of a col
lector. -v.
Ravenel Macbeth of Mackay, Idaho,
is an arrival at the Hotel Portland.
Mr. Macbeth was formerly a member
of the state senate of Idaho and is
Interested in mining. He is here to
attend the international congress of
mining men, which will be held in the
municipal auditorium next week.
Francis V. Galloway, district attor.
ney for Wasco county, is at the Im'
periaL Last fall friends of Mr. Gal
loway were ready to launch a cam
paign to have him elected as attor
aey-general, but when everything
was ready and Mr. Galloway was
called into conference he put the ki
bosh on it .
President Campbell of the Univer
sity of Oregon Is at the Hotel Port
land with Mrs. Campbell. All will re
main quiet at the university until
next Monday, when the Easter holi
day period will be over.
Henrv H. Trowbridge of John Day,
Grant county, who has been buying
and shipping cattle from central Ore
gon for years, when not having a
vacation ln California, is in foruana
for a few days.
Mrs, E. P. Ash end daughter ef
Stevenson. Wash., are at the Perkins
while leaving orders with the whole
sale houses for the Ash general store
One of the prominent men ln the
eheep and wool industry of Idaho is
E. Clinton, who arrived yesterday
at the Hotel Portland.
L. I.. Turney, who has one of the
big wheat ranches in the vicinity of
Condon, or., is at the Perkins while
in town on business.
R, A. Wernick. lumberman of Coos
county-, is at me .Benson irora to-
quille.
Caa Yea Aaswer These Qnestloaef
1. What three plants are of the
most importance for th world T
2. I have heard that the road-run
ner has a way of killing rattlesnakes
by building a small round barricade
around th sleeping snak. which the
bird covers with horsehairs, making
It impossible for the snake to crawl
out without touching the hairs, It Is
then-said to kill itself. Is this true?
3. How do young opossums i'et
Into the pouch of the mother? I can
not find anything on this point ln the
natural histories.
Answers in Monday s nature notes.
Aaswer (a Previous Qaestloa.
1. Do moles have any natural ene
mies to keep them ln check?
The mole has little to fear from
predatory animals, largely becaus It
so seldom comes out of its safe bur
row. Foxes and coyotes do feed on
them somewhat dleclnir Into a shal
low runway If they happen to see
soma evidence or th mol s being at
work nearby. Very few hawks and
owls seem to enjoy their flesh. The
great foe of moles is floods from
streams which overflow their banks
and fill the mole's runway, drowning
out its inhabitants.
e
2. What Is the object of Inoculat
ing soil?
Soil contains soma nitroaren. a rich
food for plants, but in time after
many crops this natural supply of
nitrogen gets eaten up. It can be
restored by spreading a nitrogenous
fertiliser, or by mixlns- in a soil
known to be rich ln nitrogen and
growing thereon a crop that will
manufacture new nitrosren. Instead of
absorbing what little already exists.
Alfalfa Is tha best crop for th pur
pose. Sometimes the soil itself is In
oculated with earth taken from a
field where alfalfa has Brown, or
sometimes seed Is soaked in a liquid
preparation, and when grown It pro
duces a new nitrogen ln the soli.
8. Are the hummlnr birds found In
different parts of the world alike?
The humming birds do not differ
much in their anatomy, but their tints
differ as much as do those of pr
oious stones. In the east we have
only the ruby-throat, but in the west
there is a beautiful variety. In
southeastern Arizona, for instance. Is
round tne Klvoll hummlns- bird, the
male of which has the top of its head
metallic purplish, and Its throat a
bright emerald green; and along the
Pacific coast the blaek-chinned is one
o( ine nanasomest with metallia via
tei, uiue ano peacocK green tones on
tne lower part of its throat, while
tne upper part is velvety-black. It Is
nara to choose among these manv
western hummers which Is loveliest.
liopynsnt, inl, by Houghton, Mttflla :)
Silica lq Pavemeat.
PORTLAND, April 1. fTo th
Editor.)" What is silica? If it is eood
for roadwork, where has it been used?
Could you oite me to any company
nere i could get Information?
SUBSCRIBER.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. MoBtasae.
Silica Is any one of a number of
compounds of the element silicon with
oxygen, such as quarti, opal, flint and
numerous other natural substances.
As you use the term you probably
refer to a very fine sand of frequent
occurrence 'n Oregon.
This sand Is used quite extensively
to replace pulverized limestone or
Portland cement as a filler in
bituminous pavement It was used
during the past year by th city of
Portland in bituminous pavement, and
has also been used ln Clackamas
county and probably in other parts of
the state. Many gradations of the
sand exist, and the practicability of
its use' in road construction can only
be determined by careful testa De
posits said to be admirably suited
for roadwork exist ln Multnomah
county, and are being worked for
that purpose.
Th Warren Construction company
has used silica in their bituminous
pavement, we understand. J, W. Mor
ris, 1772 East Yamhill street, civil en.
glneer, can probably give you any ad
ditional lnformat'on you wish.
He Should Warry.
Exchange.
He was a wise man that said that
he hadn't time to worry. In the day
time he was too busy, and at night
he wa too sleepy.
PATRIOTS.
Jim Budd says that seekln' an office
Ain't fur from a sham an' dis
grace. He's often denied that he's ever ap
plied Fur any political place.
But still h Is real patriotic
And even though bouse paintln
pays.
He'd not have the nerve to refuse for
to serve
If offered a job by Will Hays.
In fact so he says, he's the sort ot a
man
Who could show how a postofflce
ought to be ran.
Jake Jenkins believes In our village;
He says It's the place of his birth.-
An' h'd feel sort o' queer if h had
to leave here
Fer any big city on earth.
But still, if the government needs
him
Fer any reel big kind o' work.
Like drawln' down pay of four dol
lars a day.
As some specie of government
clerk.
He'd Jest think It over, an' In the
event
Of his not beln' busy perhaps he'd
consent.
Judge Bludsoe has plenty o prac
tice; He ain't after honors or pelf.
But the town stands ln awe ot his
knowledge of law
That's a fact he will tell you hls-
self.
And If, in the legal department
They get In a terrible mix.
An' need a smart man fer to think
out a plan
Fer gettln' 'em out of a fix.
He don't say he'll go, but admits that
he mlKht,
Provldln', of course, that th salary's
right!
A Tip.
Why doesn't some scientist male a
new and deadly explosive out of Cali
fornia raisins?
The Sara Way r.
If It wasn't for our medical colleges
what would we do for rear-admirals
and brigadier-generals?
Always Something.
Kow the government must go to
the expense of having several thou-.
sand "Under New Management ' signs
painted to Put over the pontof flees. ,
(Copyright, ml. by th Bell Syndicate,
Intt.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Aso.
From Th Oresonlan ot April X. ISO.
Mexico City In President Diaz
message to congress the chief execu
tive of Mexico uphold the American
policy in regard to the Aniflo-Venezuela,
question. ,
A J. Johnson, collector for the for
estry department returned yesterday
from a trip as far south as Mount
Tamalpais, Cal., where he went to
secure specimens ot the weeping
spruce.
Dr. S. E. Josephl acted as chairman
at commencement exercises of th
medical department of th University
of Oregon, which were held last night
Twenty-one young men and women
were graduated.
The number of sportsmen who were
out whipping som favorite tream
yesterday was much smaller man is
usual on April 1.
Reasons for Entering War.
SHERWOOD, Or., March SI. (To
ths Editor.) I would like a lint of
tho reasons why the United States
entered the world war.
It seems our histories and all avail
able reference books give only tha
alma our government was fighting
for, and does not give what seems to
us a clear, definite cans for our par
ticipation, li A. WOODWOHTH.
The reasons for our entering th
war were stated by President Wilson
in his war message to congress April
I, 1917. Doubtless tha stata library.
Salem, can lend you som volum
containing the message ln full. Writ
to Miss Carnelia Marvin, state libra
rian. Salem,
Child ef 121 Talk.
Buffalo (N. T.) Express.
Mrs. Goodhart Whet would yoa
say If I gav you a nice drink of
lemonade? Neighbor's Child (aged)
Here'i" !nrkfn' at ynn:
Price of Canadian Wheat.
PORTLAND, April 1. (To the
Editor.) (1) In The Oregonian of
March 25 on the market page In the
letter received by Overbeck & Cooke
company from Chicago it is stated
that "Minneapolis millers were said
to be actively bidding for wheat in
the southwest and the former re
ported that Canadian wheat was sell
ing there as much as 40 cents over
their May price. Would you please
explain to some of us farmers Just
why such should do ine case, tne
nderlylng causes II sucn is a lactr
t? Please tell us also tne montniy
overhead expenses oi tne state u.su
way commission, state engineer, ste
nographers, etc. F. A. H.
1. Minneapolis millers are paying
premiums of 40 cents and more for
Canadian 60-pound wheat which tests
high in gluten, as this kind of wheat
can be obtained only In Canada at
this time.
2 .Expenditures for administration
nd general supervision December 1,
1918, to November ID, 1920, were
850.687.lo, or an average oi aooui
,14,12 a month,
The Kaiser's Suppressed Letters
to the Iron Chancellor
When he had founded the German empire, and turned it over to
tho ambition of young Kaiser Wilhelm, the greatest of German
statesmen was humiliated by abrupt dismissal. Bismarck, ths
Iron chancellor, could have given to the world at that time proof
of the peril that approached it but he was forbidden to publish
in his memoirs the letters of Kaiser Wilhelm. Held by ths pub
lishers until the present, with Bismarck dead and his emperor an
exile, the suppressed narrative of fact is now, for the first time, made
public It will appear serially in The Sunday Oregonian, beginning
tomorrow Bismarck's own story. Follow it through.
- When Eeal Sailors Braved the Main. The days of the fast sail
ing ships, of transoceanic records before the winds, are with the
past but De Witt Harry, in the Sunday magazine section, has
reconstructed the story of their voyages, of their arrivals in this
port the grand, salt gossip of two or more decades ago. Said
Jack London "Then the ships were of wood and manned by iron
men, now they are iron ships with wooden masters." Mariner and
landlubber will find this Sunday feature worth their while. Illus
trated in color.
Princiep and True Love. Here's a stirring story of romance and
adventure in the great southwest, chronicled by Vingie E. Roe
and certainly it lays worthy claim to being one of the best of that
fine series of'new fiction which The Sunday Oregonian presents.
And it should be of additional interest to Oregon readers for the
reason that its author now recognized as one of the foremost
writers of American fiction wrote her first story in Oregon, when
she was an Eagle Foint housewife.
May a "Separated Wife" Be a Model? Haply that question
may never perplex the millions of stay-at-home citizens, as it does
disturb the heart and mind of Lawrence Case Gilchrist, who strode
into an artist's studio where the half-finished painting of a nudo
rested on the easel and discovered his wife as the model. "If a
woman has perfection of figure and rare beauty of feature, should
she not surrender these charms to deathless art for art's sake?"
quoth Mrs. Gilchrist, in substance. A Chicago judge has been called
upon to decide. Illustrated, in the Sunday issue.
Is Charlie Chaplin in Love Again? Hts the prankish Cupid
smitten our Charles with another custard pie, as it were? Is he
falling over his own feet, once again, as he falls into the gentle
delirium of desire? Perhaps Mildred Harris, ex-wife of the film
comedian, could read us this riddle but, naturally, she does not
deign to discuss it He has teetered out of her life. But down in
California, so they say, Charles is laying himself wide open to an
other serious attack of sighs and butcher bills. Told in the Sunday
magazine section, with illustrations.
Scores of Features Together with the latest news of all tha
world comprise the big Sunday issue. For a pleasantly informative
hour, it is the best investment ever made.
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