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8 TIIE MORXIXG OREGCfXIAX, MONDAY, " MAY 2, 1921 ESTABLISHED BY HENRY L. PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonlan Publishing CO., ti. A. MORDE.V. E. B. PIPER, Manager. - t Editor. The Oregonian is a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for publication of all news di.spatcn.es credited to it or not otherwise credited m this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special despatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Bates Invariably in Advance. (By Mail.) Daily, Sunday included, one year 8 00 Daily, Sunday included, six months... 4.25 Daily, Sunday included, three months. vhioi ououay inciuaea, one moinu... Daily, without Sunday, one year -0u Daily, without Sunday, six months... 1.25 Daily, without Sunday, one month 60 Weekly, one year..- 1-9 ousday, one year ........ 2.50 (By Carrier.) 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Constant growth in the number and draft of ships coming- to Port land should impress the port and commercial bodies and the Oregon delegation in congress with the im portance of obtaining legislation both for the maintenance of the channel at its established depth and width and for its continued improvement to greater depth and width. Port land will not curb its ambition short of the point where the greatest ships afloat can come fully loaded and In safety to its docks. This ambition is justified because its geographical po sition at the bead of deep water navi gation on one of the greatest rivers in the United States and as the outlet for one of the most extensive and most productive regions in the coun try qualifies it to become one of the great ports of the world. It can be realized only by stages, and each stage of advance must be held se cure before we enter upon the next. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Southhamp ton, Manchester, New Orleans,. Phila delphia, - Galveston and Bordeaux, Amsterdam is the dnly port having more than SO feet, but on the other hand, Manchester ia the only one having less than 300 feet of width and New Orleans is the only one having that width and no more. Major Slattery's report was written when the revival of Portland com merce had Just begun, but Aiajor Cavanaugh's report was written on July 22, 1920, and refers to its large increase, saying the tonnage for the first half of 1920 was 70 per cent of that for the preceding year. Major Slattery also- points out that the Columbia river improvement "has been one of the most expensive harbor improvements undertaken in the United States;" that only that of the Delaware below Philadelphia "wilt exceed it in cost;" that the commerce to be benefited is very much less in amount than that , of most, of the other ports for which channel depths such as are now sought for the Columbia have been authorized;" and that taking the commerce of 1913 as normal, the tnn rnsfr in the federal cnvp-rnment on the Columbia river is very much higher than at any -of the other points named." Those arguments have been partly met by the increase since the report was made, and they should be met further by further In crease and by liberal expenditure on the part of the port. The course that lies open for the closing of one or both of these gaps. The conditions seem most fa vorable to completion of the Natron cut-off, for in these days of lean earnings the Southern Pacific is more prosperous than it9 neighbors, and should be able as soon as any to obtain capital for new construc tion. Completion of the road from Bend is a part of the larger scheme of Mr. Strahorn to connect in central Oregon the lines running south from that city, north from Klamath, east from the Willamette valley and west from the Malheur valley, which would place Klamath at the end of one of the four arms of a cross. While the present time Is not pro pitious for such projects, it is a good time to prepare, for it is probable that within a year the troubles of the- railroads will be ironed out and all will be ripe for an era of new construction that will be the more active for the amount of work that has accumulated during the last ten years. Hence it is-timely to begin a movement to tie Klamath to Oregon. ONE imSG AT A TIME. The longer the terminal question is discussed, the wider become its ramifications. It began with a de. mand that all passenger trains be operated from one depot. By the action of the railroads in satisfying that demand it broadened to cover construction of a large union ter minal for both passengers and selves, that Russell was above false hood and bribery It will be recalled that Russell de picted Russian communism as dark tyranny, grotesque, gibbering and impossible, under which the voiceless millions writhed and shivered and starved. These charges he made wth all the sorrow of one who sees his dream betrayed to death. - Poor Bertrand Russell, robbed of his faith, shocked radical thought with statements as direct and unequivocal as those he went to Jail for, when England was at war. He was too large of heart to lie, too honorable to defend the indefensible, too brave to hide his firm opinion. All li rJl, the defection of Russell waj the most disturbing incident that radicalism ever contemplated. But for his tendencies toward so cial revolution, 'Bertrand Russell probably would have joined the fac ulty of Harvard university. And but for the restless quest he chose it is likely that his Intellectual attain ments would have rendered great service to civilization. Tet provi dence has its own designs. It was given to Russell, as a radical, to puncture the bubble of soviet salva tion, and the world remains forever his debtor. THE MUSE AT DOORN1. Either the lonely man of Doom Is fast ldsing his mental powers, as he lost his empire, or he never had fmh th inniv.ii vocation I anv worth mentioning. Such an as- pen Ul "" .. -,.. v.. vc,l no i urLianu seems to dg ici co-ooerate i oucclo qu Ui.bw . i . - , with the government in maintaining head crossings by which the whole certain verses attributed to, mm the 30-foot channel "riir..nrli hiv tl system of communication with the t written on the death or nis.iormer , j I I ,, .. Un orao- in northern part- of the west side is cnanceuor, Diuuuu-vUn. - brought into question. Now it is these the ex-kaiser succeeds only in proposed that unified handling of vindicating himself of failure and freight by all railroads throughout casting the burden of guilt and error the city be made a part of the bar- In the grave wun nis kilo on gain between city and railroads. Yet the world is not at all concerned All of these things are desirable, with Mr. Hohenzollern's excuses, and some of them immediately neces- scarcely is concerned wun mm. all times, to make the greatest poS' sible use of it Snd thus both to pre pare the way for and to establish a claim to a channel first of greater width and then of greater depth, but not to remain satisfied with a chan nel that 4s not both deep enough and wide enough for safe navigation by the greatest ship, either naval or merchant, on tti ocean. Because of its lbcation amPthe natural wealth against expanding it to such great behind it, this port is fit to rank with New York, which has 40 feet in the Ambrose channel. We cannot reach that until we are sure, first, of 30 feet, and then have reached and made sure of 35 feet and each inter mediate depth. When 40 feet Is reached, ships may have developed to require still more, but we may Justlyv be confident that our com merce will grow as we provide better His sary adjuncts of the new terminal I standing as a poet, though, compels scheme. But the city needs to guard attention, for it reveals the exile in a new guise and pne wmcu n umj profit us to scrutinize. t- ..in,),,, in rsermanv's fateful hou The building I erected, a nouse oi c collapsed." Whll tar few from your eyes wis mAni, Act-nneil vour mouth You did not hesitate to damn yourself. Sn hpsrins and ends, the first proportions that its very magnitude will force delay of the whole. It should be practicable td design an arrangement of railroad tracks to ' the new terminal groimd and of parallel and intersecting ' streets which could be executed apart from but it must be gained in such manner I for it and that the best demanded by that we can immediately enter upon the next without waste of what has already been done Reports of the river and harbor engineers indicate what are these stages, and by what steps we can ad vance from each 'to the next. Much has been said of a channel 35 feet deep", 500 feet wide, but when Major J. R. Slattery, the district engineer, wrote his report on December 1, 1919, we were unable to maintain the present project depth of 30 by 300 feet throughout the year. After each freshet the channel shoals on the bar to a depth of 19 to 26 feet at low mater, and full depth is not regained till dredging Is completed. To re store the whole to full depth by the time the river reaches zero stage would require two more dredges than are now available. Up to the time when he. wrote, full depth was not restored usually till the spring fol lowing each freshet. Through the united eforts of the government and the Port of Portland a minimum depth of 30 feet was obtained at the middle of December, 1920, and could be gained at that date each year with existing equipment. Provision for better maintenance at the 30-foot depth and for widen ing was recommended by Major Slat tery, and to this end he proposed contraction of the channel by means of dikes at points where it shoals, and submitted an extensive plan by which at these points the river would main tain its own depth if the plan should prove successful. Cost of mainte nance by dredging would then be materially reduced, and dredges would be released for use in widen :ng to 500 feet. Major J. B. Cava- laugh. division engineer, approved Major' Slattery's plans and recom nended appropriation for diking to e spread over four years. Tile board of river and harbor en tineers recommends concentration of effort "to maintain dependably at all imes a channel depth of thjrty feet md a width of 300 feet" provided the Port of Portland does its part, of which there is no doubt, and if the work proposed fails "to secure and maintain the desired dimensions. the port is to furnish and operate an additional dredge in the Columbia. This recommendation was approved li v the rhipf of enirineprft. It im plies dredging to much greater depth than thirty feet at some points in order to maintain that depth "de pendably at all times" and to greater width than 300 feet at bends in the river, for the chief of engineers says: More extensive maintenance work will be required than has been done in the past. The periodic dredging will probably have to be carried to greater depths and the width somewhat Increased at critical points. This is permissible under exist ing regulations. The opinion of the engineers is ad verse to the proposal for a thirty-five by 600-foot channel, in the first in stance because we have not yet per manently secured the present au thorized dimensions; The stages by which we can advance to the larger channel are marked out. An add! tinnal government dredge and the any ship is not unattainable. A NARROW VIEW OF THE CANAL. In the view of the Chicago Tribune the effect of exemption of coastwise ships from Panama canal tolls would be to tax the Mississippi valley and great lake states for the benefit of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and it complains that "the midwest merely pays taxes. This is the burden of its plaint: American vessels' usina- the canal nafrl nearly J5.0O0.000 last year in tolls. Ex emption will mean that this amount will be remitted as a subsidy to the producers and shippers of the Atlantic and Pacific seaooro ano used as a means or putting the iiunwesi. snipper ana producer to a dis advantage. The Pacific and Atlantic coasts also have paid taxes for many years to be spent on improvement of the Mississippi river and its tributaries. The midwest asks, if it has not al ready obtained appropriations to connect the Chicago drainage canal as a navigable waterway with the Mississippi. Public money built the Sault St. Marie canal and improved the St. Clair river at Detroit that the people on the great lakes might ship their products to market. No tolls are charged for use of any of these im provements. Why should tolls be charged on an American canal built with American money through the isthmus of Panama that the people of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts y more cheaply exchange their products? But the Panama canal is of great benefit to the middle west also, if they will but use the waterways of the Mississippi river and its tribu taries which the government has im proved. They can, if they will, ship their goods down the great river to New Orleans and thence by ship through the canal to the Pacific coast, and they can take back our products by the same route. If they do not avail themselves of this op portunity, the coast states do not tax them; they tax themselves by their own neglect. The lake states can ship without toll to the Atlantic coast and there transfer to ocean vessels for the voyage through the canal to the Pacific. They are not backward other things. The plan seems to be stanza of the exile s reproach to me I to unify the terminal yards in the dead chancellor, entitled. To My hands of one company owned by and Loval Bethmann-Hollweg." If there serving-all railroads. Making of the I is thniic-ht in it. other than th improvements would not or should I semgh whine of disappointment an not bar the way to expansion of the chagrin, the quality is not apparent scheme later to unified handling of I it js .neither poetry nor philosophy freight bv all railroads within the nnr loric. : and the most charitabl city, but it should not be delayed on impulse is to deny belief in its alleged that account.- Home waj noi ouki m authorship. The mina mat evoiveu a day nor can Portland evolve a per- I tnose lines was not masterful at any feet system of handling all its rail- I time.- and we are aghast ' at the road business in the year 1921. thoueht that the same motivatio Divided ownership of tracks with-I rilunsed a world in war and sent in the ctiy imposes vexatious switch- I minions of fine young fellows into ing charges and delays in transfer- shadowland. ring cars from one road to another, . . . th , t et cp0inted you! much waste in employment of super- i Dermitted you. a slava of your master fluous switching engines. These OD- and sticking una stacles to business can best be re- lo m.roJ K,r transfer nf all tracks With- w..tv.r von tnuihed or tried you faile and made tnings wowr-iuii burr the pil' to those of mis- in the city to one company, which would serve ail Impartially and would serve all shippers at uniform cost. That is the function of a belt line, of which there has been talk from time to time. It would extend tracks to every industry, warehouse and dock, would gather. cars from them and deliver complete trains to main-line roads. But why delay the union terminal for this? It is a long, complex undertaking, and the ter minals could be completed while tne preliminaries were being arranged, BERTRAND RrSSEI.k. Rumors of Bertrand Russell's death in China, whither his restless spirit had led him to investigate, re awakened memories of the public service of this brilliant political critic. In England, his home, Rus sell was known as an erudite" philo sopher, whose sympathies were en listed in the cause of the common man. He held that baseness and the sordidness were concomitants of the modern social system, and voiced his belief in the aspirations of Ue lowly In brief, he was an idealist, n this side the water, we have-learned that idealism, gathering impetus in the mind of the dreamer, outstrips its original objective and is transformed may l look at the outcome of the confusion. It is "no better than primitive prosody or primeval thought. Beth mann-Hollweg, indeed, was fortunate in that he was spared its persual True, it is that the-free versmers may con it over atid decide upon a new fame ana service mi. mo lonelv man of Doom, but then they are a law unto themselves and tne world knows that any tumble Dug, at his lowly task, is their scarab and their theme. Upon reflection it seems that. whatever his crimes wer, whether he stands in time before a civilized tribunal to answer the charges, or ends his days in loneliness; mocKea bv reimfort. this particular count against the ex-kaiser should not be pressed until more fully authenti cated- . The only way the brethren can se cure harmony in tiie ueuiutmut party in Oregon is by turning the runnine of it over to the womentolk The mere novelty of the fact will keen them in line, while the males hew the water and carry the wood. mean that the ideal will be aban doned. Rather it implies that the standard of reform will be stooped for by the plodders of life and car ried sometime, somehow, to ,the crest. England at war was a condition to about Vsking that the whole nation dash with the splendid visions of nav i'jrt fnr thnif hnnnfii f,, o Rprtrand KusseW. He moveo in a The Southern Pacific is goin about reducing wages In a novel way tn mcnars Thin rines not nenesxarilv bv calling the several classes of em ployes into conierences to iam u over. The Dasis oi argument win ue reduction in cost of living, something much told of but hardly visible. thought circle where we have" done with strife. And against warfare he spoke so eloquently, wrote so con vincingly, that his obstructive ef forts brought him to an English jail. From that time forth one of the foremost of contemporaneous think ers was to be known as a radical. and with cause. With undiminished belief that Russell's attitude in time of war, when all the progress of the world was on the wager, constituted aH torrlhlp npril tn civiliza- "l'"'u,,n " ' wnx.uu.1. .. j tj,t crmroKKinn was I UUll, O.Hi mo... Having secured a just basis of ntirlv justifiable, we contemplate rates to the inland empire and being his mistaken courage wirti mingled Tiltv. reoroof and admiration, iie they not asking for a great lakes-St. Lawrence canal by which ocean ves sels could go to the head of Lake Superior? The world's greatest newspaper,' should broaden its horizon. Then it would see beyond the watershed of. its rivers and lakes and would realize their relation to the oceans and the Panama canal as parts of the world's transportation system. well on (lie way to secure adequate terminals, Portland would do well to devote some attention to better railroad connections with isolated parts of the state. Until all parts fashioned his own shackles, as it were, but each blow was that or an honest artisan. Keen analyist though he was, Soeaking of spring remedies. Is there left an old-fashioned mother who keeps a mess of senna leaves immering on the back of the stove all day? Often a boy rather would take a "licking" than the dose, aud sometimes he took both. Movie Director Webster, whose In tprnrptation of "allegory" was a 'holy show of naked women pranc- ine before a camera, had expensive ideas for his corporation, but it was "art" which covers as well as un covers much in these days. An incident in Roseburg In which an "injured" man began to lick the editor progressed to the sidewalk, where friends separated the com batants. Kindly intentioned people always interfere to take the Joy out of small-town life. dikes may, with the port's present I of Oregon are bound together by di- I Bertrand Russell never knew him- equipment, complete the first stage; if tbe dikes should fail, the port must provide another dredge. The next stage would be to increase ' width to 600 feet, which would re quire two additional dredges and cost rect lines of communication, it will SPif An accepted comrade of the not be one community commercially radicals he was not of them in inner Or in any other sense than polit-1 spirit. There welled no taint rrom ically. Trade and frequent inter-1 his heart to smirch his sincerity. course are needed to complete unity. I Kncland knew him as a communist, Klamath county is a rich com-1 BS the leading partisan oi Jenine. the porta of the world." He quotes I should take up in the interest of the figures which bear him out as to I whole state, as well as in its own in 'gept&r tor evmoni: Hamburg. Bremen, terest and in (rood neighborlinesa, is Younir Mr. Campbell, who today assumes control, by purchase, of the Vancouver Columbian, brings it back into the fold, from which it departed a few veare ago. He has a line iieia for a radical organ of the dominant party. is forced into unnatural commercial the Russian soviet lay the promise of Considering the Uiermometer one relations with San Francisco by an the centuries. Something altogether wonders about the Rose festival, clue unnatural railroad situation. All the itrjiitic kindled to the thought of in not many weeks; but Portland is a inclination of its people is to deal universal brotherhood, and in the place of grand iranstormaLiuua uu with Portland and other Oresron mvtin liirht of that concept nusseii sne is ui -" " cities. That was proved wnen theysaw the cruel, seiiisn ovenurus ui iu6uu.. r-nmmerre and asked advice from K..t rfv. It is always so with the Germany didn't believe it at first the Portland chamber as to -how they might Improve their traffic situation. They can reach Portland only by a roundabout route. The most direct and shortest route to a commercial center leads to San Francisco, but there rates are excessive. Klamath is In the aggravating Tantalus. The Southern Pacific built a cut-off from its main line at Natron as far as Oakridge and from Klamath to Kirk to meet it, then stopped, leaving a gap of ninety miles. The Oregoif Trunk road was built to Bend, and Mr. Strahorn has built twenty miles north from Klam ath, but there is another gap of about 100 miles. Until these gaps are closed Klamath will remain cut off in Oregon, bnt not of it except in spirit. The next work that Portland iHpalist. His evaluation of motives is when she was told she would be held 12:1 neart outward, and the to a strict accountability, but it vulpine shysters of reform easily en over $2,000,000. while maintenance I munity of enterprising people that And it pleased him to believe that in cost would increase to 1600,000 a year. This greater width would pre pare the way for steady increase of depth until ia feet was reached. The port must travel the earlier stages in order to reach tbe thirty- five-foot stage, both because they must necessarily be passed on the way to that goal and because the engineers are not convinced that we reed or deserve more than thirty feet. The test which they apply is the number of ships coming to Port land and their draft. The greater draft of any of these in the first half of 1920 was 28 feet S inches, and the board of engineers says that only three were of this draft, while four drew 28 feet, twelve drew 27 feet, fifteen 26 feet, twenty-eight 25 feet and IIS between 14 and 25 feet. From these figures it draws the con clusion that "the sufficiency of the S 0-foot depth has not been tested." Major Slattery concedes that prior to 1918 development of Portland commerce may have been hindered by channel conditions, but he says tliat.those conditions "compare fav orably with those at the majority of BV-PRODUCTS OP THE PRESS War Breaks Out Among: Society Gos sip Weeklies. A war has broken out among the society gossip weeklies, says the In. dianapolis Star. Bjilph Waldo Enter son Joyce, who for years has dug up delectable bit for Town Topics, is nowfsuing that publication for $500, 000 damages. Ha is also starting a new competitive weekly to be known as Gossip. Sinqe the death of Colonel William d'Altan Mann, Town Topics haa been directed by his daughter. It has wielded a certain power in society and has kept many in a perpetual state of fear who were playing loosely with their marital vows. - Joyce was the star reporter the camera eye of sctcial doings and mis doings. He knows every member of society by sight and he had a habit of appearing in the most unexpected places, much to the discomfiture of many who were engaged in shady liaisons. He declares ha lft Town Topics voluntarily to start a new weekly and he further alleges that -Town Topics came out with a warning about him that was calculated to do him damage. Mrs. Mann's daughter re plied that he was dismissed for the a At . . guuu ql mo aervice. In the meantime, the public Is ex pected to get light on Just how Town Topics reporters go about to get the salacious stories that are read by trembling victims in darkened bou doirs.. The 400 has always lifted a supercilious eyelid at Town Topics. And yet there Is scarcely a lady's maid in the homes of bluebloods along Fifth, Park and Madison avenue who has not standing orders to bring Town Topics to her mistress as quickly as It reaches the newsstand. The society weeklies have an un canny way of foretelling important events. The Stillman divorce was predicted by one' a year ago, when not -aven intimate friends euspected any differences. There is a etory that a certain weekly kept one reporter following a certain r'ch New Yorker for 18 months before anything touch ing upon scandal was discovered. But a trip to Atlantic City with a reporter on the same train finally brought about the desired result. Those Who Come and Go. Tale 'of Folk at tfco Hotels. Albert de MenfOne, who described himself as a pedagogue, -gave the po lice something to ponder when he de manded the arrest of Maurice Har baugh on a charge of having used abusive language, relates the New York Tribune. It developed that Har baugh is a deaf mute .who has never spoken a word in his life. De Montone told the police ho was riding with his wife on a subway train and Harbaugh, with several other young men, were occupants of the Car. Because the car was crowd ed, De Mentone said he had tor keep his arm about hia wife to prevent her from being thrown to the floor by jolting. Thereupon, he said, he 0D served Harbaugh. talking with his finffere. inform one of his friends that Mrs. Harbaugh was "some swell kid." A conversation between the men en sued, de Mentone said, which was of such a nature that he interrupted Harbaugh and demanded that be cease discussing him and his wife. The offender paid no attention to him, he claimed, but continued to flick remarks with his fingers about Mrs. de Mentone's physical characteristics, these being intelligible to both Mr. and Mrs. d Mentone, who understand the deaf and dumb language and fre quently use it themselves. Both men denied that any reference had been made in their sign converse to either de Mentone or his wife, in sisting thatthey were carrying on a 'privileged" communication on mat ters relating to their own immediate party and that de Mentone was hyper sensitive. De Mentone admitted that he didn't understand how he was going to prove the conversation, as witnesses to the episode did not comprehend the deaf and dumb language. Har baugh told the police that he and his friend had been talking Latin with their fingers. He thought this had confused de Mentone. The station desk man urged all parties to forget it because of the congested state of the courts. must be beginning to dawn on her trap him. The integrity of Russell, however, would not permit the acceptance by y,m of soviet salvation when he nositlon of ,-iuitprt Russia and seen foi him self the ruin oi communistic eiiu- out repeiwui. w ice Indeed, nis rejecuuu ui The May-day ramble this year was confined to hard-surface trails. The countryside was inviting to the eye. mant. snvipr uion his return from Russia, a year ago, gave to the outer world an infallible test of sincerity to apply thereafter to all reports concerning that country. Thus, if a certain per son visited Petrograd and brought back to us a glorious, gilded version of man's humanity to man, ajid of the perfection of communistic rule, we knew that he lied lied to save his own face as a radical, lied for Lenine, lied for gain, notoriety, pique, or from congenital disposition. For all men knew, and none with greater I 8moke, what happens will certainty; than the reeuess them- yjaa a, "spectacle.' The next best household appliance to be invented must be something electrically to split the wood. A drop of 1 cent in milk means $3.65 a year if one figures it that way and the price stays. About the only way for Mr. Mozo- rosky, judgment debtor, to get out of jail is to dig out. . When Mount Hood begins to be else War and taxes have combined in what Chicago internal revenue offi cials say they believe to be the prac tical annihilation of a $500,000 estate. The estate is that of Mrs. Mary E. Hoyt who fell a victim to exposure following the torpedoing of the La- conia by a merman submarine - Keb ruary -24, 1917. Austin Young Hoy, er son, and present beneficiary un der the will, tax experte said, may ave to borrow money In order to pay the government what he owes in taxes. Austin Young Hoy entered the Brit ish army to avenge his mother's death, as well as that of his sister,' Eliza beth, also a victim of the U-boats. Because of his becoming a British tizen through enlistment. Hoy had to pay a number of British taxes as ell as war-tlroe inheritance tax in the United States. Internal revenue clerks said that various ' taxes would total approxi mately $500,000, the value of the en tire estate. Charles H. Warner, superintendent f the Westchester county. New York, society for the prevention of cruelty to children, went to the outskirts of White Plains and found Antonio Mango, his wife anil their seven chil- ren ..living in a one-room hut which Mango had erected on a platform built on top of four old hot water boilers. . Mango told , Mr. Warner he had been forced out of hi- home by the profiteering landlords, and that he could find no place to go for which he was able to pay the rent. He pur chased a small lot In the swamp near Lake street, and then bought the old boilers from a junkman. He used old boards and linoleum for the sides of the house. The roof consisted of a piece of canvas supported by uprighta. To reach the hut it was necessary to climb a ladder. When Mr. Warner was at the hut rain was pouring through the canvas roof and the whole ' family waa drenched. He took four of the chil dren to the society's rooms in Yon Kers, Mrs. Mango and the baby went to the home of a friend, while Mango and his two eldest boys, aged 14 and 15, stayed to complete the building of the hut. Eventually Mango expects to have it fit to live in, . It was a California grape Juice con cern which, a ehort time after the in stallation of prohibition, put a label on the bottles of Its product which read, "Warning. Do not leave this bottle uncorked for 48 hours, as It will cause the contents to become intoxi cating." The prohibition enforce ment officers objected strenuously to the label, but for a long time the? could do nothing about it. Floyd Hampton is not connected with that firm, but he ia the representative of another concern known as the Vapor ized Food and Produce company with headquarters in Oakland. Hampton is now In Portland at the Perkins hotel, to study the feasibility of construct ing a warehouse to handle the prod ucts of the company in the northwest territory. Thla warehouse will prob ably be erected in Portland, as the most logical distributing center for the region. The company which Hampton represents has a dehydrat ing process' for grapes, which, it, is ciaimcu, removes tne tartaric ana tannic acids from the Juice. When the process is completed the dry grapes are put in little bags and the bags are put in half-gallon bottles. All that is needed to get a -delicious grape'Juice, according to Mr. Hamp ton, la to pour water on the grapes and allow them to stand for a day or two. In epite of the state of famine now existent in northern China, Kenneth Ritchie of Shanghai is optimistic over the future. Ritchie is registered at the Multnomah. "The country offers unlimited opportunities for industry," said Mr. Ritchie yesterday. "It la 1m possible to realize conditions of suf fering in the far east, "however. The Chinese in some districts dig holes in the ground, and when they know it Is their time to die they creep near the holes and wait for death. Then they are thrown In and other holes are dug for the survivprs. The Chinese eat anything they can get. 1 have seen many of them pick up stubble from the fields, grind It and eat It. It makes a kind of meal which amounts to the same thing, from nutrition standpoint, as wood pulp. In spite of this gloomy picture, however, the opportunities for trade are vast. when I come to the United States. I see hundreds of chances to import various articles which are practically unknown here but which offer good and practical commodities for intro duction to the occidental trade. The surface of the import trade of China haa only been scratched. Moreover, the natural resources of Chia are not even dreamed of at the prcstnt time." On an extended tour of the con tinent of North America. E. K. Poul- ter and his wife qi London. England, arrived In Portland Saturday niRht and registered at the Benson. De spite the limited opportunity which the Poultera have had to view the scenery around Portlund. Mr. Poulter yesterday expressed himself as being greatly impressed with the scenio grandeur of the locality. "I hae been laid up since my arrival in the west and have not hud much of an opportunity to view the wonders of nature in your grand country," Mr. ,Poulter said, "but from what I have been able to see, I would say that you have one of uhe ?iost marvelous countries, from a scenic standpoint, that there is in the world." The Poulters are on a pleasure trip en tirely, but they are keeping well In formed of i business conditions In England. - In that connection Mr. Poulter said that he was not at all alarmed over the threatened indus trial disturbances In Britain. "Con ditions are vastly Improved since we left there," he said. '"The people are hardly at all worried ever the threats of the transportation men, because they consider that they are what would be called in your country bluffs." HAMOX TV PB IS ALL ABOIT 18 Why Worry About Hravri Wheal Aa v oclatloaa Arc Sura Below I PORTLAND. April 30. (To the Ed itorsThere seems to be an Immense amount of worry over the chance of not living in heaven with Clara Smith Hamon. That Is the least thing I should ever worry over. One higher than I will settle the -Hamon affair all In good time. What should concern us most Is getting our own selves inside the pearly gates and hearing that 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant." As tor Clara being an abused and innocent girl, that ia a different thing. She may have been an Igno rant girl when she first met Jake Hamon. but she certainly did not stay ignorant for 12 yeara. No sane per son would say she was always an innocent girl. She knew Just what she was doing, knew as well as Ha mon himself. he called a vicious passion love, and when it grew tire some the handiest thing was a gun Innocent, ye G6ds! Was It not a fact that Mrs. Jake Hamon went to her and asked her to give up her hus band, thinking, if she would dp so they two would be one again? I was fool enough to try the same stunt once myself, and this is the an swer 1 got from the madame: "Your husband thinks ten times more of me than he does of you. He has no use for you whatever, and more than that, there is no law in the state that will touch me for what I am doing." Mrs. Hamon no doubt got the same answer from Clara. She was so in nocent she married another man to get the name "Hamon." The fact that our laws permit such a disgracefuT relationship as those of the Hamon type should worry us day ana night, worry us till we rise up. both men and women of the decent class, and see that laws are passed that will put the Hamon kind of both men and women behind the bars where they belong. There Is no greater or morelclous crime than home breaking. Such peo ple are a menace to the country and should be classed with the vicious. Make laws to fit all the Hamon class and then enforce them and you will have done much toward solving the divorce evil. You will all but put the juvenile court out of commission. You will empty the baby homes and orphan asylums. For is It not a fact that most of these children come from broken homes? B. should not worry so about the Hamon family. We have such people o much closer. We walk the streets with them; we ride in the cars with them; we go to the show with them. yes, and we sit side by side with them In the churches. Yes, we ran and must forgive the Hampn kind but 1 am airaio me most or us win do line the old darky when told he must love and forgive his enemies. "Yaseuh, l'se gonna forgive -dat Sum Jones, but I shore will roeommember him for a long time." MRS. MARY SAMTLK. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Mootague. MAI.V VALIK IS AS AXTHlll "It is easier to sell now than It was several months ago in the northwest," said C. M. Christenson, district man ager of a register concern, with head quarters in San Francisco, registered at the Multnomah. "In Seattle, Bel Ilngham, Tacoma and Portland busl ness is picking up. The selling game seems to be getting a little easier. Of course it Is not a phenomenal in crease, but then what we want, any. way, is a steady growth.' Opinion throughout the northwest Is that con ditions are going to keep on getting steadily better from now on. In oer tain lines prices have certainly struck bottom. Those who are now at hed- rock in prices can go out for bus! ness with the assurance that there will be no further declines. I really expect that by fall busines conditions will be quite healthy."- T have been over nearly all of the picturesque highways . of America but, believe me, there is nothing to compare with the Columbia River highway," said R. L. Green of Cin cinnati, registered at the Multnomah hotel. "Although I haven't been abroad myself, .many of my friends who have tell me there is no automo bile trip in Europe which can com pare with the Columbia River high way for the variety and amount of natural grandeur. The highway is the greatest tourist asset imaginable, and no traveler can sa;' he haa truly seen the United Stales unless he has been over Oie Columbia River highway. I intend to boost for it all that is pos sible among my home acquaintances. The highway is too good a thing for the northwest to keep for itself. "Portland has some fine golf links and should well feel .proud of them. said Harry F. Heard of Los Angeles, registered at the Multnomah. "I have played on some of the finest courses in the country and am a great lover of the game. My membership is held in one of the Los Angeles clubs but I have yet to see a better course than the one laid out at Waverley. The Portland Golf club's course is also one of the best I have seen. Take it 1' in all there Is no course that I know of on the Pacific coast which Is better than the Portland courses. The Portland golfers have a fine spirit of hospitality which goes a long ways towards building up the fame of a place." . Not satisfied with a drive up the lower Columbia 'River highway from Astoria to Portland, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sherman yesterday motored on the upper highway to Hood River, and then up the Hood River valley for a few miles. In spite of the cloudiness of the day, they reported that they had a wonderful trip, as the apple trees of the famous valley were in full bloom. The Shermans, who are prominent residents of Astoria, had as tneir guest on tbe trip, Mrs. C. J. Smith of San Francisco. While in Portland the party stayed at the Ho-! tel Portland. Teats show That Tone of Old Master Violin la Not Superior. PORTLAND. April SO. (To the Ed itor.) in 'Gfee Oregonian I note communication from one George Anderson of Juneau, Alaska, in which the gentleman asserts (but offers no proofs) that artists who claim to make violins, with tones equal to those produced by a "Stradivarlus" or other "old master," are "extremely egotistical," birt ho entirely over looks the egotism shown in his state ment that "no modern violin can compare in tone with a "Slrad." Hi; has evidently had littlo opportunity to tost modern (American) hand made violins or he could not truth fully make such an assertion. The fact of tho matter is that there are several American makers whose violins have been submitted to the severest tests with Strnds snd other equally pood old Italian violins and the Judges have been unable to toll by the tones which was old or which new even. In one Instance a "con noisseur" (something like our friend Anderson) had the pleasure of con tributing to my "defense fund" the sum of $10 for not being able to make good his assertion that he "could always detect the old Italian violin by its tone" and "no new one could fool him." He knows better now and my offer Is still open to anyone, they to choose the old vio lins (three or more) they wish to irsc for the test," and I am only one of a number of Americans whose violins have stood the test. The statement that the old master of the .violin craft had secrets of construction not to be rediscovered hv modern science and art. Is simply 'gush" and probably originated with early modern makers who feared, competition and refused to "divulge" their secrets of construction he- cause they had none that anyone else. could not "discover by study and ex periment. The celebrated cellist, Pablo Cas sails, quite recently played two vio lins, ono a Stradivarlus and the othrr modern American-mane, before an cudienre of connoisseurs in New York city. rhe lights were turned ort ana neither Cassalls r.or his audience knew which viol'n was being plnyed several pieces were played fcad every Instance the Strad came out second best. Th is Is a matter or record. I am not writing this in disparage ment of the "old masters" of violin craft -who were entitled to greater nraise for originating at that ea-ly date the outlines and dimensions of the violin so perfectly that the mod irn artist cannot Improve them by anv radical deviations, but musl an here closely to them to attain the best tonal results. Still the truth of the matter is that the fabulous prices paid for original "old masters" vlol'ns 25 per cent for tone ana ( per cent for sentiment. They are for the collector ef antiques, not for the vio linist who works his violin as nsra as he works himself, and this fact Is becoming generally accepted ny vio- Inists all over the country, wno often actuallv use a modern American made violin but keep a "Strad. "Ber gonxi" or other old Italian of fabulous nrlee for Its advertising value. But the "sun worshippers" are still discovered occasionally. A. tl. jvi r-rtttiuij. MISTAKES WILL HAI'I'K.M. Algernon, along the lane. In hia motor car came humming, Just as the six-thirty train At terrific speed was coming. Though the bars began to drop Algy tried to hurry under, Neither be nor train could atop. Now he knows he made a blunder. Ladder leaned against a wall, Inconvenient, people found It, Notwithstanding- which they all Excepting Willie, walked arouad It He walked under, stern and grim, Not the least bit superstitious, Whieh, since it fell down on him He udmits was injudicious. Argus-optlrted motor cop Fancied Ethelred was speeding, Loudly called to him to stop But the hid went on, unheeding. Thought he'd gaily cry "Fare well." When the motor cop was shaken. Now he's in a grated cell Quite convinced he waa mistaken. Herbert had a rase of gin. Which with fear and trepidation He one evening carried In On arriving at the station. When his arm got stretched and sort Gave it to a colored porter Who of course waa seen no more Now he knows be hadn't or" tr. Too Friendly. ' Steps should ba taken to prevent ths army engaged In the war on rum from fraternizing with ths enemy. Strictly Non-raMIaa. There Is going to be no more poli ties In the postofflces. The best qual ified man in every town can be the postmaster, provided only that he is a good republican. Poeilc Justice. The bandit that robbed an umpire were probably trying to show him how it felt. Topingnt, h th HH FtniMi-sr. Tne Burroughs Nature Club. rlKh..nouKhnn-Mirnin Co. Ian Ion Anawer These' ttarallnnar 1. How big will an alllRutor grow? 2. Why Is alfalfa sometimes arown 10 Improve a field? 3. What is the quickest growing ti ce? Answers notes. in tomorrow's na'ure to Previous Cuetln. 1. Do animals moult like hlnls? Animals outside the tropics ehanae their coats to suit weather conditions, not to mark the mating season, a do many birds when they put on g;iy wedding plumage. Mnm ani mals (mammals, that Is),' lighten their coats In warm wvathrr by drop ping part of the hair. Tha coat la renewed at the approach of cold w rui her. and the colder the climate the thicker the cost comes In. 2 Is the common rtd clover effect ive In ciiueer and other diseases? There Is conlderahlo superstition faith In the curative power of rrd clover, or trlfollum, but very 1(1 tic medicinal merit I allowed It by phar macist. It la occasionally used a an liiKreriirut In mil I - al hmst in cla-arets. The plant's real value Is a fodder for cattle. It depends for fer tilization chiefly on the bumbU boe. aa honey bcr, and butterflies do not readily react- into the tiny floret that make up the globular flower head. When Introduced In Australia the red clover failed to form seeda the first year because the blossoma had not heen pollinated by tha Amer ican bumble ben. and this Insect had to be Introduced also to assist the red clover crop. 3 What enemies haa tha humming blr.l? The valorous humming bird shows no fear of hinla lnue.h larger than Itself, and attacks owl and hawk even eagles. It Is said If these blnla attempt to Interfere with the hot tempered midget. The secret of hia courage is probably his powers of fllKht. so controlled that ths hum ming bird can dart, strike, wheel and retreat with great rapidity, as well ns precision. Hut he tears the hum ble bee with its dartlna- fliirht . nrl ;olxnn .shaft. In Other Days- Edward W. Coles, prominent cat tleman of Haines. Or., arrived in Portland yesterday with a load of stock. With H. B. Mercer of North Powder and Sol Dickerson of Weiser, Idaho, the others regular weekly Portland visitors, he registered at the Imperial hotel. Conditions in the stock market are beginning to pick up and the cattle raisers are opti mistic over the future, George Beban of Los Angeles, mo tion picture star, who ia in the north west to make some new pictures, is registered at the Imperial. Mr. Beban intends to pass a week or so in Port land before seeking the wilds of the forests for work on his forthcoming productions. i X ne of BnuRllen.' CAMP LEWIS. Wash.. April 30. (To th Editor.) Please tell me If It is" correct English to say "l nave a bouehten suit." Is bouRhten cor rect; OLD SUBSCRIBER. It is not very good usage but is recognized as a colloquial term ap plicable to goods not obtainable or produced at home. Biography of Author. EUGENE, Or.. April 30 (To the Editor.) I would like to have soma Information concerning the life and works of Joyce Kilmer, author of the poem "Trees. BEATRICE TIDD. A brief biography of Joyce Kilmer is contained In volume X of "Who's Who In America." a work undoubtedly to be found in your library or In the university library. Income Tax Gossip. London Tit-Bits. " An income tax form was returned with the following remark:. "Sir, I belongs to the Fotesters and don't wiau to join tha Income Tax." Tnrnty-llve Yeara A (o. Krm The rirefonlfln of Msy 2. 1r Teheran Nasr-ed-Dln. shah nf r.r. sia. was assassinated a ho whs enter ing- ine snrine or Ahdul Azlin, six miles south of this city. Astoria There Is no rlen ,r n t.i. tlement nf the differences between the tanners and fishermen and the can in-rs say no dsn will be packed al a oost of i cents per pound for raw material. Colonel James Jackson, major M cavalry, Ltiitd Stutes army, on dutv wllh the Oregon national guard. ha' received the medal of honor for gal lantry In an affray with Indians at Camus Meadows, Idaho. Miss Maud Hoffman of Oorvallls, who acquired fame on the London stao, arrived in Portland last night. FKIy Years Ao. Krom Tha Oretonian of May 3. 1,171. There, are Just now livelier building operations In Portland than ever seen before at this time of year. The State Horticultural society will hold a meeting here today to decliie upon the question of holding a fair and exhibition of fruits and flowers In Portland next month. Mr. Montgomery, contractor for construction of Si mllea of .line for the Northern Pacific railroad, north of Kalama, is getting ready to resume active work. Rev. H. Taylor, whose name ap pear on the passenger list of ths Pacific. I to be, we understand, tha pastor of the First Baptist church. Oreaoa t kinrae llellet W ork. IONK. Or., April 30. (To the Edi tor.) Pleaso publish the namo of some one to whom I could send sonic money for tha Chinese relief. Prob ably there are oilier who would he glad to know. Is there anything be ing done in the state toward hclDlna these unfortunate people? Mlia. G. M. T. An organization, of which J. J. Hamlsaker, Stork Exchange building. Portland, ia director, la promotlna Chinese relief work In Oreiion. Send contributions to Mr. llardsaker or to A. L. Mills, First National bank. Port land. 4 Deareat of Property. NEWBEHi), Or.. April 3D. (To the Editor.) When a brother dlea and leavea no will are the half brothers and sisters entitled to the same aharc of bis estate aa the full brothers and sisters? A REAJ.IER. The half brothers and sister woulV: oi the full blood or half blood do not share If the deceased leave lineal besueudauta, wife, father or moluur.