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THE MORNING OREGOSTAX, TTTT7RSDAT, APRIL 2f, W21
ESTABLISHED BI HENKI L. PITTOCK.
Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co..
13i Sixth Street, Portland. Oregon.
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nority. But every leader that has at
tempted to overthrow the bolshevists
in war has been deserted by troops
world, Stands in the field Of theory I stable the market for ita securities, and
, . - .:i,t i runner i no siocicnoiaers inennieives grau-
and cannot force the fight. " Uallv Increase their holdings, thus making
The action Of radium rays on hu- it easier to dispose of additional lasues ot
deluded by red propaganda that i man tissues was not known until tocl-
could only have deceived the Igrior
ant and credulous, while conscript
peasants and workmen have per
mitted German, Magyar and. Chinese
mercenaries to dr;ve them into
cattle. The success of the Moscow
tyrants is explained by the contrast
between their own perverted lntelli
gence and the prevalent lack of in
telligence. This makes them ready
to believe any absurd fiction of the
propagandist and suspicious of ona
another, rendering concerted action
Subscription Rate Invariably In Advance.
By Mall.)
Dally, Sunday Included, ono year IS 00
Xaity. Sunday tnluHrf i, mnnlhl... 4.25
Dally, Sunday included', three months. 2.5 i practically impossible. But for this
"XVt 8Ud.-..::: mo defect, which makes the people easy
Daily, without Sunday, six months... 25 tools of their oppressors, a well
WeekiyT onneir1, 0" .Tlli: liSS equipped foreign army of moderate
Bunday. one year 2.S0 size might wipe out the bolshevists in
(By Carrier.) a few months.
"any. Sunday included, one year 10.00
Illy, Sunday Included, threa months. 2.25
raity, Sunday included, one month.... .75
Ially, without Sunday, one year 1.80
Dally, without Sunday, three months. 1.H5
aiij', witnout Sunday, one monm.... .w
How to Remit Send postofflca money
PIONEERS OF IMS.
The death at The Dulles of Mrs.
Laura Hawn Patterson weakens
order, express or personal cheek on your further the chain linking the "present
local bank, stamps, coin or currency are I . .
at ovner s nrk. fine nnstnffire address in with the very beginning of the set-
lull. Including county and state. tlement of Oreeon. In all Drobabil-
l'otr Katen 1 to 1 pages, 1 cent; 18 I
to 22 pages. 2 cents: 34 to 48 cages, s Ity there are not a dozen survivors
pSy, f that -Uniif leant
ioreign postage double rate. 0f all western migrations. Prior to
llnru7.Mdff?V: ln Wh,Ch abOUt .
Conklin. Stecer buiidlnr. Chicago: Ver- I women and children crossed the
fi ?1,k!",V- Fre K" b,u,,1"1Jn5- ? Plains, there had been only a single,
trolt. Mich.; Verree as Conklin. Selling , . ,, , , . '
building. Portland: San Francisco renre- and much smaller, migration of bona
acntative. r. j. Bidweiu I fide builders, that of the year Im
mediately preceding. Those who had
KEOPEMNQ THE RATE COJ.TBO- "oss6 the plains prior to the early
VERSY. I ionies naa oeen, witn a iew inai-
The public service eommlsslr.n f vlduzl exceptions, either missionaries
Washington by its move to compel orTfur traders. .
other railroads in eastern Washing- Jesse APPIeate, captam of one of
ton to mnk inint ..i, the four divisions of the Immigrant
the Milwaukee road, doubtless aims train of 183' s"mated thaJ f
to nullify the 10 per cent differential lolal numer aere were
ln favor of Portland on traffic south capable or Dearing arms, a tact mat
of Snake river. Though the Mil- was Particularly set down because
wankeo I, thi .hoot t the route to Oregon in that time lay
region to Puget sound, that fact did through a region inhabited by not
not help the Puget sound ports be- to friendly Indians. The year is
cause the Milwaukee does not enter noteworthy because .It marked the
the territory in question. The Wash- appearance in Oregon history of
1901, three years after the element Though some walking delegates of
was segregated from pitchblende. I labor unions have advised members
Professor Becquerel, also a French I against purchase of stock, employes
scientist, profoundly interested in generally have paid little attention
radioactive experiments, carried a to their advice. Mr. Mitchell dis-
mlnute portion of the precious min- agreed with some of his associates
eral in a small bottle, snuggled Into about selling to socialists and other
his waistcoat pocket. Through glass radicals. He insisted that the plan
and cloth the irrepressible emana- "ought to appeal to them and that
tions thrust their way, and at the we ought to have them- as partners"
end of a fortnight there appeared on and he won his point, for he said:
the good professor's hide a radium we decided that the more soma men
burn, the first ever Inflicted. As the advocate the doctrines of Herr Most, Emma
Becquerel burn" this injury was of aarv it tlmt WR fihui; hRV. men
moment to science 'and the possiblli- I as partners in our business. Instead of
ties of radium were glimpsed. , government owning the property as
Now a thimbleful Of radium is a own lt themselves and. as such owners.
considerable Quantity, as though I make and distribute their own electricity
one would say. comparatively, a box- Jnadsby rule run their own bust
car full of platinum. In it is vested
Stars and Starm'akers.
By Leone Caaa Baer.
the radioactive authority for many
purposeful and highly Important ex-
socialist editor with the community
periments. The use of radium in ownership idea and got this reply:
the treatment of cancer already has Certainly, the finest thing yet. Bullyl
- , .. . . . . Never thought of it. Of course we will
proved efficacious, it is claimed. help you , wlI1 Dur ,ome myself nd ten
With this gift in her hands the hope everybody what a fine idea it Is.
is that Mme. Curie will round out The plan of selling stock to cus-
her service as discoverer of radium tomers and employes of public utili-
by the rout of cancer. Some say the ties, and thus leading a community
days of chivalry passed witn tne cru- to own Its plants and to provide cap
sades and that Joan rides no more I jtal for their extension is proving a
for the right. But that's absurd.
HAKE STREETS SAFER.
success. Two big Portland companies
are trying it. and it goes. It beats
public ownership, for it has all the
advantages and none of the draw-
The half humorous suggestion was K,, , ,Vo T. ,
made the other day in a letter from -VT 72... "JT
. V; ,7 ' makes converts to individualism,
me nauiuer 01 commerce proviae
"city-broke" chauffeurs to meet vis
itors who come by automobile and
pilot them through the maze of
traffic. But the state of mind of the
which its enemies call capitalism.
lngton commission has been moved 8Ucn men as Applegate, J. W Nes-
mun, wno aiierwara rose jiibu in
public life in state and territory.
and Peter H. Burnett, subsequently
by the sound ports to attempt com
pulsory Joint rates between the Mil
XV" n II llOO an1 tia rnado 0a(.i.,n Iha
area south of the Snake in the hope chief Justice of the provisional gov
f ovcrniino hi rtiffinit ernment of Oregon and a little later
the first governor of California. The
wagon train of 1843 traveled in four
divisions and virtually broke the
Of overcoming this difficulty.
Before the Washington commis
sion can succeed, it must Induce the
Lsr.. SaU ch suequetle.
w unuu v a kite iiuu a ouai c iiic
Milwaukee, so that without effort on
Its part the latter would get perhaps
80 per cent of the revenue. The
commission's action could only be
Justified in the eyes of the railroads
reached the territory.
The Applegate census already al
luded to also indicates the large pro
portion of women and children in
that famous company. These were
numerically ln the majority, and the
if they were owned ln common. As forUtude .ith whlch they endured
the hardships of frontier life ac-
counts for a good deal that. Is excel
lent ln the present character of the
people of the state. The passing of
every true pioneer is a matter of
especial regret because It removes
still another living example of sac
rifice for the home-building prin
ciple almost inconceivable to the
luxury-loving present generation.
they are distinct corporations, each
seeks all the traffic that its lines
Initiate and is not inclined to give
another line the benefit of its in
vestment. The effect of the conv
mission's plan would be to convert
the Northern Pacific, Great North
ern. North Bank and Union Pacific
in the inland empire into mere feed
ers for the Milwaukee. They will
r.aturally say: "We're not going- to
feed it:' let it feed itself."
If the other roads should prove so
elf-sacrificing as to enrich the Mil
TRUTH IS OUT AT LAST.
At last, two and half years after
waukee treasury at their own ex- I the armistice, the public is informed
pense, the Washington commission that a billion dollars was not spent
would still have to settle matters nn ,tr-rff .n Whil a con
witn ine interstate commerce com
mission. No change in rates such as
gressional committee was investigat-
that nrnnospd fnr rnadu within th Ing and campaign orators were orat
.fnta r.t Wochwtnn ha Ing, and agitators were denouncing,
without affecting Interstate rates of accountants in the office of the chief
roads running from Washington into OI alr '"vice were pnucin.iy
Oregon. The entire adjustment of in on the toass of data that had ac--,.,
tht t,.. hoar, m.H k t. cumulated and on the further mass
terstat commission, and that is verv that poured in from the liquidation
r?1 ion t1v YnTf&A waiiM hp A i
turbed. The transportation law has the heaPs of junk. When the
given the Interstate commission
tumult Is 6ver and the people are
rnmmt i,.h on it inn .tot resigned to the fact that their billion
rates so far as they affect interstate ls money sunk and lost, the Aviation
fates and the revenue of the roads.
and Aircraft Journal comes forward
Th.t inrioriintinn .. h.n miin h witn oinciai news mat tne air pro-
J J I j : 4 ,. v : 1 1 : . it
i. ... i, . H. Kramuie uiu iiul tusi a uiuiuu, 1
L i - J L U Ul L .11 1 . J I-TW 111. I o U 111 11 .1 1 t. , .
fiusorl to rnisft thAir mmiunr r5,t COSt only T598.090.iSl
tn mrrciiH with thnso h It was In one sense worse than we
the Interstate commission last Au- thought, for this official report
gust, and the latter body will not slates lno lolal war f v? u""a
rermit it to be imoaired. ir army aircrait m "
In the extremelv lmnrobahl event Out of this sum tnere has been re
that the other roads should consent turned to the treasury the prodigious
to become agencies for enriching the sum OI """,'"sl' cut aow alu
Milwaukee and that the Interstate' it Bet into the treasury? Its return
commission should submit without has Decn kePt a Profound secret. It
crotest to nullifiratlnn of its rl. might have been smuggled in at dead
cision, the Columbia river ports of night by some honest democrat
would still nave a few racts to ad- -"" " l"
uce in favor of the differential, that the people heard about it. Dem-
facts to which the commission gave ocrats were not ever wont to hide
no weicht in a thorough adiudlca- tneir canaie unaer a Dusnei.
tion of the case. If Puget sound were
wise, it would let sleeping dogs lie.
A TTPICAI. BOLSHEVIST TARN.
Of what practical use is knowledge
of the facts at this late day? The
accountants patiently grubbing away
at their books and papers were de
termined that the exact truth should
A self-styled Russian consul at h fitnired out to the last cent and
Boston has the audacity to say that I to the vindication of the aircraft
the economic condition of Russia at I board, if it took till doomsday. Their
ine present time is the same as was deliberate thoroughness is of a kind
that of the United States at the close with that which characterized the
of the civil war. That is a fine Wilson methods generally. When
sample of bolshevist accuracy. When rifles, machine guns, aircraft were
tne nortn ana south had fought out wanted, the Wilson administration
tneir quarrel, they set to work to- set to work with dignified delibera
gether to repair war's damage and tion to design and make the beet
to Duna up tneir common country. I that could be designed and made ln
The result is before us today. In the United States no foreigners
Russia a band of fanatics and thugs need apply and in some instances
ln the pay of their country's enemy it triumphantly proclaimed that it
overthrew the government by whole- had reached quantity production
rale slaughter perpetrated mainly by about Novefnber 1. 1918, a few days
foreign mercenaries, made a shame- before the armistice. It was much
ful peace with Germany, established the .same with labor investigations,
their power by massacre, espionage, Some that were intended to prevent
t-tarvation and terror and then pro- strikes were so long that the strike
ceeded to wreck the country prepar- began and was finished before a de-
etory to rebuilding according to their cision was reached. In other cases
own doctrines. The wreck is so the strike simply faded away from
complete that they have left no ma- weary waiting for a verdict.
terials with which to rebuild. Bol- I One change for the better ls that
shevism triumphant is Russia in I President Harding and his men have
ruins. - some conception of the value of time
Such comparisons as that men- and money. Those who preceded
tioned are eloquent of the bolshevist them had no such conception, pro
mentality. Lenin has cynically said vided it was other people's time and
that the Russian people are so ig. ! otner peoples money,
rorant and stupid as to be incapable
cf self-government and that govern- tite gift to mme. crRlE.
mem Dy sucn a sman minority as For the conquest of cancer certain
that which he leads is thereby made eminent men and women of the
possible and is the only means by united States are calling for a thim-
which his theories can be put ln Dleful 0f radium. This they desire
rractice. He trades on the Russians to present to Mme. Marie Curie, dis-
Ignorance by teliing them most coverer of the magical mineral, when
grotesque liea, which are readily be
lieved, though they only excite the
ridicule of intelligent people. The
mistake of the pretended consul was
to make his comparison between the
United States after the civil war and
Russia under Lenin to an American
audience instead of to & crowd ot
moujiks. The moujiks would have
believed him.
The ignorance and Incapacity on
which the bolshevlsts trade is the
worst obstacle to the rescue' of Rus.
sia from their rule by its own people.
There art only 600.000 communists
among the 125.000.000 people under
soviet rule, and only 150,000 of them
tre active. The rest of the people
hate them and long for deliverance.
No other nation on earth that is so
numerous would have remained for
three and a half years under the
tyranny of such an insignificant ml- I
she visits us within the next few
weeks. It ls rather disconcerting to
observe that so small a measure will
cost no less than (100,000. Yet the
fund, centered in New York, is stead
ily growing and there is assurance
that the French scientist will re
ceive the scientific treasure.
Mme. Curie discovered radium, but
its extreme rarity and consequent
costliness have heretofore prevented
the acquirement by her of a quantity
sufficient to carry on her important
cal element whose rays will not re
fract, may prove to be the specific
treatment and cure for cancer. If
this gift be made, Mme. Curie will
become a modern Joan, armed for
battle. Without it the discoverer,
whose revelation of radium already
has been of great benefit to Uie
RESTORATION OF HALF-CENT.
The penny as an important factot
occasional visitor to the congested in our bartering ls resurgent, ln
area is neither humorous nor half happy contrast to that recent era
humorous. The suggestion, while when even nickels were without
extravagant, was based on a serious honor. With this recognition of the
situation. cent comes the demand, similarly
The other day there was a round- thrifty, that fractional coinage be
up of reckless delivery boys. It was again resorted to and that we re-
long overdue. But reckless driving turn to the old half-cent of Wash-
is not the only danger. Streets are I lngton, or coin a new medium in
congested into narrow lanes by cars the two-and-one-half-cent piece.
parked on both sides in the con- Continually do we dip into the past
gested area. Many traffic accidents and draw forth some discarded cus-
occur because of this condition and torn that might well have been re
in spite of ordinary prudence.'. Jay-I tained.
walking, on the other hand, is pro-1 The half-cent piece first was
hibited, and one Injured while in- minted in 1792. a thick disk of
dulging in that forbidden course is crudely stamped copper, but a genu-
generally conceded to be responsible ine admission of the need for close
for that which has happened to him. bargaining. Coinage of three-cent
But Jay-walking is done and it and two-cent peices, a generation
would require almost as many po- ago, was not so significant, in that
licemen as there are pedestrians to the one-cent coin already provided a
prevent It. One steps from behind means for dealing ln decimal rela.
a parked automobile and Is struck I tionship to the'standard. These were
down bv an automobile moving in I conveniences, however, and charac-
the narrow lane between the files of terize ' a period when the unit of
cars. It is his own fault, we have average purchase was far smaller
been given to understand. He ought than it ls today. From the 50s to
not to have attempted to cross the 1890, when the two-cent and three
street at that point, or he ought to cent pieces were in ' circulation, one
have peeked around the obstruc- or both at all times, they represented
tions to learn if anything was ap- in purchasing power, and perhaps
preaching. exceeded, the five-cent piece of tne
It is paradoxical, aulte. that the present. But the tendency to be
law should tell the pedestrian to liberal with ' change, to disregard
stay out of the street in the middle minor variations of price, had been
nf tho hlnrk. vpt sav that thA fnr-hlrti I shown DreviouslV in Dy tne
car may stand there Indefinitely or retirement of the half-cent.
that cars in nrivate use mav take I It is customary now, wnen tne
turns standing there all day. value of an article concludes in the
The streets are common highways, half-cent to charge the lull cent.
designed for the use of the public in translating two and one-half cents,
passing and repassing. They are for example, to three cents. Indeed,
unsuited for storage purposes or for there are innumerable articles, if is
business obstructions. Their general pointed out, that do not exceed one
use for purposes other than passage half cent in value but are sold for
adds definitely to the toll of street the full unit of one cent This, of
casualties. Yet there is a disposi- course, ls in the purchase of single
tion by some to consider the parking I articles for the most part, tnougn
problem as only a contest between I there is little reason to doubt that
the amount of inconvenience the pub- the tendency to charge the full cent
lie will put up with and the fancied I is everywhere responded to.
rights of some car owners to ply a The natural reaction of war-time
business in the public thoroughfare. I nrosperity is refinement in Duying
He whq,sees naught else in the prob- and selling, closer figuring, and in
lem has small Dowers of Dercertion. I vocation of fractional prices. One
There is the vital element of public I cannot see the justice, for the long
safety involved as well as the ele-( period in which the public has re-
ments of public convenience and I ceived the worst or it, in paing a
public rights. government war tax of three cents,
lor example, on
a 25-cent movie
i : . i i v - n tliA a.fiinl laT is hilt
MAKING CONVERTS TO CAPITALISM. "cet , ,-M
I two ana one-imu
So rapidly does the demand , for I . tw Tn. o-nvernmenf should
electricity grow that the, plant of 1 r m. , ty,ina nf the case and
a company supplying it can never be declme loneer to be party t0 this
m nn.oucu. i.uiuicui fn-hinir from its citizens, it ls esti
Gertrude Hoffman, who closed her
season in vaudeville, has started pro
duction of a vaudeville vehicle for
Max Hoffmann Jr., and a young
woman from the "Midnight Frolic."
The turn is the first production work
done by Miss Hoffman other than for
her own use. Max Hoffmann Jr. is
Miss Hoffman's son. Her husband is
Max Hoffmann, the pianist, who ap
pears as leader of the orchestra and
directs his wife's vaudeville act,
-The
newest of the A, H. Woods
shows is "Gertie's Garter," and after
a tryout elsewhere it was taken into
Chicago for what its managers hoped
would be a lengthy run. All the
papers in Chicago criticised the play
adversely and it is to be changed a
bit before being taken on the road,
if it survives. Percy Hammond, of
the Tribune, said: "It is merely a
rough, drab lot of premeditated
bleariness, dull, witless, incoherent,
hysterical, striving its worst to be
wicked and succeeding only in being
guilty."
O. L Hall of the Journal de
scribed lt as follows: "It reveals
the delicate touch of the piledrlver,
the nimble wit ot the porcupine, and
the inventive genius of the missing
link. It ls a farrago of vulgar son
sense. It has insinuations which you
have hoped would never be put into
a play."
Charles Collins of the Post de
clared, "the motto seems to be, 'strip
to skin, let the underclothes fall
where they may.'"
Rex Beach doesn't believe ln state
film censorship; neither do Mary
Roberts Rinehart, Owen Davis, Booth
Tarkington, Charles Dana Gibson
Augustus Thomas, Ida M. Tarbell and
a lot more. They affixed their well
known names to a telegram to the
governor of New York protesting
against censorship. Some of tiia other
authors' protesting were C. B. Falls.
Luther B. Reed, Arthur C. Train
George Ade, Gertrude Atherton, Irvin
Cobb, Rupert Hughes, Cosmo Hamll
ton, Stewart Edward White, Jesse
Lynch Williams, Edward Childs Car-
pentier, James Forbes, Montague
Glass, Thompson Buchanan, Jerome
Kern, Arthur William Brown, Louis
A. Hirsch, Clayton Hamilton and Bay
ard Veiller.
The "Belle of New York" ls to be
revived and sent on tour by the
Shuberte.
,
Baroness de Grandcourt is going
to resume her stage name of Patricia
O'Connor and go Into pictures. Her
husband. Baron Grivat de Grand
court, is on the staff of the British
general, E. C. Caldwell, with the
army of occupation in Germany.
Freda Hempel, opera and concert
singer, will appear in Paris during
June ln a series of performances and
then embark upon a concert tour
which will keep her in France for an
Indefinite period.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Polk at the Hotels.
makes a continual demand for more
capital in order to extend its plant
and keep pace' with Increased con
sumption. One of the errors of
judgment committed in starting a
new enterprise of this kind ls, ac
cording to S. Z. Mitchell, president
of the Llectric Bond & Share com
pany, too narrow vision in capital
izing a company. "Instead of pro
viding power for a lifetime the ca
pacity of the station or condensing
site," he said, was probably- ex
hausted in ten years or less." Then
a company which thought it had
shown great foresight In providing
for the growth of business during
that period found that it must raise
more capital or stunt Its growth and
allow a rival to pass it.
A result of this constant need of
more capital to keep up with the
growth ot the business has been that
heads of companies .must constantly
find ways to market new securities.
Mr. Mitchell's discussion of this sub'
Ject in addressing a convention of
Edison companies should do much
to dispel the popular impression that
a power company no sooner calls
than great masses of "eastern capi
tal" are thrust into Its hands. On
the contrary the heads of these com
panies have to tax their brains to
devise forms of securities with the
requisite backing and the certain
return wnicn win attract investors.
Other troubles have been overcome.
but "the trouble ls simply and only
a question of finance
This ever-recurring problem has
had some peculiar effects. In order
to have good standing among in
vestors, a company must stand well
with the community that it serves,
that it may obtain needed franchises,
and it must be assured an adequate
standard return on Its investment.
which is obtained from a public serv
ice commission. It must therefore
win the good will of the community
which in most cases has been fed on
anti-corporation propaganda for a
generation. Having begun by aban
doning the "publio be damned" at
titude which used to cause the pub
lic to damn them, they took the po
sition that they were serving the
public, and courtesy replaced inso
lence. Then they strove to win the
good will of their customers by sell
ing stock and bonds to them.. There
have been "strenuous preferred stock
selling campaigns among customers,"
all of which "have been a. gn.it suc
cess financially and from a public
relations standpoint." In California
In vAstie-atlnns. She belipvea that
radium, the strange metallic chemi-inhere has been a very noticeable
change in the attitude of politicians
and certain newspapers, especially
as the effort has been to win large
numbers of small subscribers rather
than a few large ones, for this
reason:
We find that the larsrer the number of
local stockholder, the freer the company is
from unjust political oppression, tin more
mated that the .daily over-charge to
the American people, through the
lack of a half-cent coin, ls not less
than $450,000.
There is another and less obvious
argument for fractional coinage, isot
only does it serve to protect the pur
chaser from continued and unavoid
able exploitation, but it cannot fail
to inculcate and foster new standards
of thrift.. The psychological eneci
would be marked.
Simon Bolivar, whose statue, a
gift from Venezuela, was unveiled
Tuesday in New York by President
Harding, belongs to tne wnoie Amer
ican continent.' north as-well as
south, as one of the heroic figures
in the struggle for liberty and de
mocracy. The bolshevlsts are making a mis
take if they think Secretary Hughes
sympathizes with them Just because
he has whiskers.
When men say they hope So-and-so
will "settle down," what they fre
quently mean ls that they wish he
would settle up.
If wrecking the Troutdale bank
was a revenge Job, depend on Chief
J-enkins to give the yeggmen all they
want ln a fight.
Best tooints from which to view the
eclipse Bf the moon- tonight are on
Mount Hood. Seats reserved on ap
plication.
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, who ls 7
years old, was the recipient of a party
on the stage of the Princess theater
In Chicago, where, she Is playing in
Just Suppose. Her hostess was Mrs.
Elizabeth Hudson Collier, who is Mrs.
Whiffen's only rival in point of serv
ice on the stage. Mrs. Collier is 65
years old, and ls appearing in "The
Bat" "in Chicago. Fay Bainter was
one of the guests. Minnette Barrett,
a Portland girl. Is playing in "The
Bat."
.
The African theaters trust has
booked Lady Forbes-Robertson (Ger
trude Elliott), suppgrted by an Eng
lish company,. for a South African sea
son, commencing April 25. Her open
ing piece will be "Paddy the Next
Best Thing" and her second "The
Dawn of Tomorrow."
Edna Aug has' been made the
protogee of Mrs. Howard Gould and is
giving a series of private entertain
ments. She has gone to London to
appear there.
The Morosco stock colony in Los
Angeles will be augmented within the
next few days by Warner Baxter and
Winifred Bryson, long under Mr.
Morosco's management, the two, who
are Mr. and Mrs. Baxter in private
life, will begin a season of stock.
They will appear In the leading roles
of several of the try-out productions
which Morosco alms to present in
New York early in the new season.
"The Pacific coast can reasonably
look forward to a large tourist and
home-settlers immigration from the
middle west and east," said K. O.
Pynchon of Chicago, registered at the
Multnomah, "I know that many per
sons who never before considered the
far west seriously as a place for their
future home, are now glancing west
ward and are waiting only unOi sum
mer to make the trip. And not by any
means are all of these people individ
uals of meager means. Many are in
fluential business men of their own
communities who see the potentiali
ties of xhe west. It seems to me that
the Pacific coast has more to look
forward to than any other portion of
the United States and I believe that
an increasingly large proportion of
the people generally are comr-iiclng
to think that way."
Molalla ls a small town situated In
a wonderfully fertile valley near
Portland. Diversified farming and
small timbering are its chief claims
to recognition. The sawmills in and
near Molalla were fortunate in hav
ing orders for foreign ties, which kept
them cutting up until January of this
year. Now the mills are closed and
the millmen feel a little depressed.
"General crops are looking fine," said
J. W. Robbins of Molalla, at the Mult
nomah. "Wheat and oats look splen
did and the outlook is towards an
excellent crop. Some walnuts are
grown and are of a fine quality and
large size, but they have never been
cultivated extensively. Mr. Robbins,
accompanied by his wife, came to at
tend the opening game of the base
ball season.
Alsea, in Benton county, is a scat
tered collection of a few buildings
where one of them, an old two-story
frame house, serves as a hotel. It
Isn't much of a place to look at, yet it
is a point where a considerable
amount of produce and dairy prod
ucts are assembled and as a trading
center it is a young gold mine. About
a million dollars' worth of business
flows out of Alsea during the course
of 12 months. One of the minor in
dustries is the gathering and drying
of fox-glove, which is used ?or a med
icine that stimulates the heart. The
entire countryside is covered with this
flower until it has become a pest
J. R. Pringle of Alsea is registered at
the Seward.
H. W. Graham arrived at the Hotel
Oregon from Richmond, Or., yester
day. Richmond isn't more than a
trfling village on the John Day river,
in Wheeler county, some 30 miles
south and east of Fossil. Speaking
of Fossil, the town received its name
from the large number of prehistoric
creatures which were uncovered there
by the late Dr. Thomas Condon, after
whom the town of Condon was named.
The country around Fossil and Con
don has been the frequent objective
point for expeditions of scientists sent
cut from the researcn institutions oi
the east. Many of the fossils on ex
hibition in the big collections of the
east were exhumed from the soil of
the John Day country.
One of the oldest of the old-timers
of Long Beach, Wash., is F. H. Ca
naris. who. with Mrs. Canaris, is at
the Perkins for a few days while vis
iting the wholesalers. Mr. Canaris is
proprietor of a general merchandise
store at Long Beach and is as well
known to the summer colony from
Portland as the driftwood on the
sands. The north beach, which lost
prestige when the Oregon beaches
were developed, Is now working out a
programme of development calculated
to attract visitors to tne wanning ton
side as of yore.
Very shortly now the Hood river
valley will be a mass of blooming ap
ple trees and will present one of the
most beautiful sights in the world.
Every orchardist in the valley, one of
whom is A. E. Walpert,. registered at
the Benson, wants all the people of
Portland to motor out to Hood River
and take a look at the valley with its
crowning glory. Apple blossom time
in Hood River does not have to take
a back seat for cherry blossom time
ln Japan or the prune and cherry
blossom days of Salem and vicinity,
Covered with dust and the stains of
travel, a party chugged up to the
Benson yesterday. The party con
sisted of E. E. Dewing and Miss J.
Paulsen of San Francisco and Mrs.
H. Ray of Piedmont, CaL The trio
motored up from San Francisco over
the Pacific highway and had no un
complimentary remarks to make on
the condition of the road. In a couple
of months local hotels will be hav-
ng several such motor parties ar
riving daily from the south.
DUAL USE FOR FAIR BVILDIMGS f
Construction Permlttlns; DIspoHal to
Industries I'rsed on Manager.
PORTLAND, April 20. (To the Edi
tor.) In vieV of the fact that we are
going to hold an exposition In this
city during the year 1925. the selec
tion of the site should be of Incal
culable value to us in years to come.
Did Portland and its tributary de
rive full benefit from the Lewis and
Clark exposition? Have any of trios
structures added to Portland Indus
trially? Was there any salvage from
those buildings?
We are styling this exposition an
electrical. Industrial and highway ex
position. Can we not select a sight
that in itself will reflect in a certain
degree this fact? We wish to show,
our visitors the wonderful scenic at
tractions of this vicinity and of the
west. We also desire to Impress upon
them the latent industrial and com
mercial opportunities which abound
in the west as well as to show the
port of the Columbia river basin to
its best advantage. This is not a
selfish desire, for we owe it to the
Columbia river basin to make this
marketing center a profitable one. A
few years will see a vast arid section
transformed Into one of the most pro
ductive sections in the rld, and
we must keep abreast of that devel
opment. We should select a sight and pre
pare the same with the view of its
serving as an Industrial district after
ward. Transportation facilities must
be excellent; its "proximity to the
business center considered; the lack
of bridges to -the east side and the
congested area adjacent to them.
A orooer site and we can con
.struct a portion of these buildings
along modern Industrial lines of a
substantial character. Modern types
furnish some added features in the
way of lighting, heating and ven
tilating, besides being fireproor. mey
are not of an unsightly architectural
design, but often along graceful lines
A few of such structures might be
tentatively marketed before con
construction and thereby help finance
the fair, besides adding Inducement
to prospective manufacturers seeking
Pscifio coast locations.
We will soon need another bridge
the fast growing Peninsula forces u
to admit the new structure must be
down the river, making a new artery
out of the west side. St. Johns and
the new terminal should be brought
closer to the business center and a
bridge across the river at the Colum
bia university will serve the entire
district, as well as farther down.
There is a natural approach on the
east side and easy to connect with
the Columbia boulevard and the In
terstate bridge. Swan lake district
seems to have a great many ot those
natural requirements. Columbia uni
versity might take advantage of Its
location and get a new dormitory by
using the same to house workmen
during construction and guests dur
ing the exposition. C. E. K.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Houghton-Miff 1U Co.
EARTH WORRIES MORE SERIOLS
But then if Mrs. Stokes ever
thinks of entering the movies, think
how beneficial all this publicity
will be.
If "for-hlre" cars are a nuisance
now, what will tne independent
plane be when aviation is common?
Simon Bolivar was a good name
to give a boy a few generations ago.
Many of them lived up to it, too.
That family row in the republican
party of Montana will burn out as
warm weather develops.
Mr. Duncan's views are large, at
any rate. He showed tnem so Dy
hiring a large hall.
Harding is human. He went to
lodge the other night to witness an
(initiation
Sounds like resumption to hear a
Coos Bay mill talk of capacity
output.
Folk who have met Henry Arthur
Jones, the playwright, during his visit
to America, will be sorry to hear of
the serious illness of Mrs. Jones in
England. Mr. Jones came over here
to learn the intricacies of scenario
writing and has made a host of friends
who appreciate his wit, his graclous
ness and his eagerness to take all
film matters to his heart.
Olive Reeves Smith has rejoined
the cast of "Three Live Ghosts"
after her trip to England to settle
affairs connected with the estate of
her father. Major H. Reeves Smith.
An actor in one of the cheaper
vaudeville houses is getting a lot of
laughs over his definition of the
league of nations, relates 0. O. Mc
Intyre in the Atlanta Constitution
He says: "It ls for all the nations of
the world to unite in harmony and
agree to live off the United States."
a
Irene Franklin's tour of the Or
pheum circuit has been arranged to
make possible its interruption for a
six weeks' vacation. This will be
taken on a trip to Honolulu to oc
cupy six weeks.
Accompanied at, the piano by Bur
ton Green, Miss Franklin will play
continuously until June 19, when she
leaves Los Angeles to take a Pacific
ocean steamship at San Francisco.
Her route will be resumed at San
Francisco July 31' on her return from
Honolulu. She comes by way of Port
land. Frank Bacon, appearing ln "Light
nln'" in New York, has Just completed
the book of a musical comedy entitled
"How Come" for ' which Leon De
Costa has written the lyrics and
music.
It' is the first musical comedy book
written by Bacon.
Sam H. Harris has accepted for
production "The Talkin' Shop," by
We are-not in the midst of nn
other wave of crime. This Is just a I Michael Morton, based on "Sunshine
ripple, I Sketches' by Stephen Leacock.
Many times Custer Ross patronized
the Benson before the desk staff
knew who he was. They knew he
came from Silverton, Or., but that was
all. Finally one day one of the clerks
asked hira his name. The reason that
the desk crew did not know the iden
tity of Mr. Ross was the manner in
which he signed his name and mo one
could decipher lt. Mr. Jir"i Is a
lawyer.
This ls going to be a great year for
the national park?, accoiaing to the
opinion of H. M. Albricnt of the Yel
lowstone park hotal, who 'a at the
Hotel Portland with Mr. Albright.
Of all the national parks. Yellow
stone is probably the best known and
most widely advert'sed.
G. M. Bryd of NorwKy is here cn im
pcrtant business and is at the Hotel
Fortland. He is interested In ship
ring and is a shipowner. The ob
ject of his mission to this pore u to
ouy cargoes o( iumbjr for shipment
to northern Eurjpo, ant. he s iiow
giving his orderj.
L. B. Hanna of Fargo, N. D, is at
the Benson visiting friends. Mr.
Hanna is a former govern-jr of' that
state and a relative of t life late Mark
A. Hanna, who Impresses himself on
the American public during the Mc-
Kinley campaign in iSi'6.
From Index, Wash., comes R. P,
Gauss to the Imperial. Inlex Is re
nowned for its granite quarry a.id its
sawmill, but chiefly for the quarry
The town is on the north fork of the
Skykomish river in Snohomish county
Margaret Coovert is registered at
the Multnomah from Alfalfa. The
town, which gets its name from its
chief product, is situated some 22
miles southwest of Prineville, but is
ln Deschutes county.
Robert C. Fordney registers at the
Hotel Oregon from Home, which, after
a search had been instituted, was dis
covered to be a postoffice in Baker
county on Snake river.
O. B. Durdall whose mercantile
store is . known to all Salemites, is
registered at the Hotel Oregon from
the state capital.
P. J. Worrall, manager of the Tilla
mook hotel, is on a business trip to
Portland and is registered at the Ho
tel Oregon.
E. E. Woodcock, sheriff of Lake
county, and a democrat to boot, is,
registered at the Imperial from Lake
view. .
Writer Advlned Not to Walt Till She
Reaches Heaven to Look for Slnnere.
PORTLAND, April 20. (To the Ed!
tor.) Permit this reply to the writer
of a letter in The Oregonlan: B, like
you,, my opinions don't amount to
much, but if the newspaper is your
church and you are seeking enllght
enment, as you say, perhaps you will
be willing to hear what I think ahout
it. I don't think you need to worry
about chumming with the Smith
woman" and the "Hamon type" when
you reach heaven.
I think the angel in charge of your
department up there will see that
these "creatures," if ln heaven at
all. are far removed from your per
fect little corner. But the thing I
would ask you to worry about is to
see that you are not unknowingly
"rubbing elbows with some of tliese
erring ones here on our beautiful
earth. There may be dozens of Jake
Hamons around you for all you know,
h:ring and spoiling the virgin souls
of 18-year-old girls, and if Clnra
Hnmon's terrible experience will help
such girls to understand what they
may expect at the hands of some
married men, hasn't she acompllshed
something?
I wish you would read an article
by Cecil B. De Mille In the May
Photoplay and get his ideas about
women. He says: Only good women
matter. The degree of badness ln a
bad women Is Interesting, but It
realy doesn't matter. ... A man
cannot look at a really good woman
without shading his eyes. (I wonder
why?) Why should a woman for
give a man for lying, for small cruel
ties, bad temper, selfishness, harsh
ness, hypocrisy and then condemn him
for a hpysical act that ls actually
like a tune a man 'whletles and can
not remember the next day?"
Why. indeed? With a man it is like
a tune that ls whistled and forgotten
the next day. With a woman it ls a
bitter, life-long memory. Perhaps
women take life too seriously. If
men can forget, like the whistled
tune, the things which brand women
for life, then perhaps they may be
more fitted to go to the gallows for
murder, go to war, etc. If you expect
women to hang, the same as men.
perhaps you can arrange for a einglo
standard of morals. I hope somebody
can answer your questions to your
satisfaction.
DEFENDER OF MY SEX.
Can Vou Anawer Theao Qneatlonat
1. Kindly give the information on
growing water hyacinths.
2. I would like to know where the
mud hen lays her egg.
i. When did the famous elephant,
Jumbo, die?
Answers ln tomorrow's Nature Notes.
A nan era to Previous (Juration.
1. Which sort of creature l older,
in the world's history, cold-blooded
or warm-blooded animals?
The cold-blooded animals preceded
the warm-blooded variety. Cold
blooded creatures had (and still have)
scaly or tough leathery sUlna. In
the course of evolution, when hairs
were developed In place of scales,
they afforded the creatures wearing
such a coat ome degree of warmth
that allowed them to be more active.
The body temperature gradually rose,
and this type of animal proved supe
rior ln power and outnumbered the
other type.
2. Does a skunk bark?
The skunk is the most silent crea
ture known to me. He makes no
sound so far as I have observed. ex
cept a diffuse. Impatient no!e like
that produced by beating your hand
with a whixk broom and only makes
this when he is disturbed, as when
a dog has discovered his retreat in
the stone fence.
e
What does the English sparrow's
food consist of?
The sparrow is a finch with a stout
bill for crushing seeds. Much of Its
food is weed seed, ln cities It takes
quantities of waste from the streets.
It eats some insects also, and cases
are known where outbreaks of rut
worms, or army worms, have been
checked by English sparrows. In
Ctah lt has been helpful In oatlng
alfalfa weevils, lt also attacks ber
ries and small fruits, buds and blos
soms of cultivated plants, grass send
and young vegetable shoots.
Separation.
Pjr Grace K. Hall.
Two shall abide together, year by
year.
And four walls hold their secret to
the last;
The world hall pass their door with
words of cheer.
And kindly comment, as 'tis going
past.
Two shall abide and live together
there.
In seeming peace that has no hid
den taint.
And two fare forth to meet their
every care.
Still side by side without on voiced
complaint.
Yet those two hearts may hungry
be and sad.
Each groping blindly through the
empty years,
Each striving In the world's view to
be glad,
Each hiding with heroic imllos Its
tears;
But If the tie unbroken still remain,
According to the vows that made it
strong.
The world ignores the emptiness and
pain
Of broken lives, and says there ls
no wrong.
And two may walk In lonely lands
star.
Nor ever touch each others hand or
know
The gleam of lnve-llght, beckoning
like a star.
As each eoul bears its silent
welpht of woe:
No footprints note upon life's road
to mark
The passing of that other traveler
near.
As each, with eyes turned forward.
strained and dark,
Goes bravely on through many a
scene and drear.
Yet all the years and tears of tlmo
and pain
Shall not suffice to keep these two
apart,
For unrestrained they call and not
in vain
As twilight speeds a message to
each heart:
The Joy and lift and lilt of life have
fled.
Because the law declares thelt iove
Is sin.
But law smiles kindly where, with
love long dead,
Tito still abide four silent walls
within.
In Other Days.
Open Secrets Are Furnished.
Helen Hunt.
Learn a wondrous secret, that pen
nllessness is not poverty, and owner
ship is not possession; that to be
without is not always to lack, and to
reach is not to attain; that sunlight
Is for all eyes that look up, and color
for those who "choose."
HEAVENLY MEKTING HOPED FOR
This Writer Wishes to See Clara
Hamon and Other Sinners Beyond.
PORTLAND, April 20. (To the Edl
tor.) Have Just read the letter writ
ten by "B" of Kelso, AVash., and must
say I was very worried for fear Clara
Hamon would go to heaven, and 0e on
equal grounds with other inmates of
heaven.
Would suggest that the writer of
that letter go out Into uod s beautiful
world when the sun Is shining and
note the wonders and glories of his
handiwork the stately snow-capped
mountains, wonderful rivers and wa
terfalls, flowers that smile at you.
birds that sing as if they were trying
to tell that their creator ls good and
full of mercy, and thousands of other
signs. Then perhaps the fog that
seems to be on this person's brain
will be swept away and she will see
that God is fully able to run the al
fairs of heaven without any help from
people on this earth. Would also sug
gest that this "B" read the Bible, ln
it will be found that God has prom
ised that though our sins be as scar
let, he will make them white like
snow. If we repent In earnest. Then.
too. none but the pure in heart shall
see God, and If Clara H. repents and
her creator keeps his promise, as he
always does, why hasn't she as much
r'ght in, heaven as anybody ! we all
sin It's natural to the human race
but If we do our best, live clean lives
and help others who are weaker than
we, we won't need to worry for fear
someone will get to heaven who is not
as good as we think ourselves to be.
1 was glad to read that (Jiara turned
to the church for help. I hope they
stand by her and strengthen her, and
hlp her to be deserving of heaven.
If I am fortunate enough to get there
I hope I shall see Clara Hamon and
thousands more that have been saved
from the awful abyss of sin. If "B"
worries over the people that will be
in heaven how does she stand lt here
on earth, where sin. Is on every hand?
J. M O.
Name of State Officer.
PORTLAND. April 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell ma the name of the
attorney-general of Oregon.
CONSTANT READER.
1 H. Van WlnkTiT , .
Twenty-five Yenra Agrn.
From The Oreronlsn of April 21. l.SOfl.
With sprinir weather i.t hand, it ia
estimated that several hundred min
ers will commence operations ln the
Bohemia and lilue Rldgo dlti'.ricU,
near Cottage Crove. This city la
raising subscriptions for tho opcnlns
of a road to the mines that udquatrt
machinery may be carried in far
more intensive work.
Members of the labor exchange are
advocating the feasibility of a starch
factory, and the enterprise has pro
reeded a far as securing liberal
donations of land.
A bid of 110',i has been received
for the J.iO.000 Issue of Improvement
bends offered by the city.
Sand Island, at the mouth of the
Columbia, a bone of contention be
tween fishermen of the two states
for some time. Is definitely proven
by the report of the government sur
vey to be on the Oregon side of the
channol.
Fifty Yenra Ago.
From The Oreuonlsn of April 21. 171.
The town of Folxom propos-i-s to
raise $75,000 by gift enterprise for
the purpose of purchasing the wiro
bridge at that place.
The map of the weft side railway,
as prepared Dy ine urr.on t-ituai
Hallroad company, showing the loca
tion of the proposed route from Port
land to McMinnvllle and Amity, has
been filed with the secretary of state.
New York Interest rates are quoted
at 1 per cent for 30 to 90 days, loans,
without outside negotiations, demand
ing 1 to 2 per cent.
Vrtcrnna' Tax Ksempllon.
COnVALLlf, April 19. (To the
Editor.) I. Does the law passed by
the last legislature granting exemption
from taxation on property of honor
ably discharged soldiers and sailors
of the Mexican war, tne war or tne
rebell'on and Indian wars of Oregon
apply this year?
2. Will the assessors noea it una
decline to assess us veterans of the
wars?
3. 1 have already paid the first half
of my 19-0 tax; H,e other half is due
October 6. Must I pay that?
4. A widow of a veteran of the war
of the rebellion lives near me. Will
her i-,operty be subject to susess-
ment? r. U. -M.
Assessors and tax colleciort
throughout the state ln the absence
of a ruling to the contrary assume
that the exemption does not apply
to 1920 taste.
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