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TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, MAT 17, 1921
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dred his selection was frowned on by excuse for the dancehall is that it
eighteen to thirty, the others being is a meeting place for young people,
undecided. As to the other members following their natural instinct and
opinions are favorable except as to their unquestioned right to a good
Fall, who by a large majority is held time together. If there are to be no
of only medium ability and a poor I such dances, what is to take their
selection. place? One thing will be the growth
' We" can be assured of one thing! of secret rendezvous, away from the
by the course of President Harding eye of authority, where license will
and by the short performance of his hold sway and greater harm will be
cabinet to date that all are men done than in the regulated place,
of force, ability and conviction who Another thing, doubtless, would be
would not have consented to be a an effort to furnish other amuse-
group of "me toos," that the presi- ment under public auspices, where
dent is leaving them to run their de- the" sexes might mingle Innocently,
partments as such men and not as But would young men and young
mere clerks, and that they would not women go there? They will go in
have accepted office on any other numbers nowhere unless they have
terms. They compose a strong team, an impulse to go and a satisfaction
loyally following their captain, but in staying.
their minds do not "run along with'' The problem of the modern dance
any gran's. needs only to be stated to show the
difficulties of its solution, we may
Zl TEN WEEKS OF CABINET.
. Confidence in President Harding's
-cabinet prevails as result of the good
-it has done In the ten weeks that it
Jias conducted the affairs of the coun
Ttry. Most conspicuous is the success
"of Secretary of State Hughes in the
"direction of foreign affairs. By a
. - few brief, pointed notes he has dis-
.sipated the hope that Germany had
founded on the conflict between re
- publican and democratic policies,
; has placed the United States squarely
- beside the allies in support of those
.demands which Americans deem
'Just, has thereby drawn the allies
-into closer union and has driven uer-
'many to surrender. This alone is an
-achievement that proves Mr. Hughe9
.to be a great statesman. At th
;Ume time he has upheld the right
-of the United States to a full voice
' in disposal of the territory taken
from Germany, has given warning
I.that we will insist on equal oppor
tunity in mandated country, has
,. .silenced talk of trade with Russia
-o long as its government does not
-ronform to those principles on which
, ".rade is based, and has opened the
- vay to good relations with Latin
America. This is but the beginning,
' 'rut it opens to view peace with Ger-
- nany and accord with the allies free
. .'rom those entanglements in Lu
-ope's internal affairs from which
-Americans shrink, to be followed by
t new world organization for peace
.tnd disarmament.
By what he has done Mr. Hughe9
ias ' confounded those critics who
T ."eared that his long experience as
Z. iawyer and judge had made him too
- narrowly and inflexibly judicial to
r administer successfully an office
" which requires the vision and adap-
. tability of the statesman. His public
7 career should have exempted him
from this criticism. As a lawyer he
" conducted the gas and insurance in
quiries in such manner that, while
Z he exposed the evils that existed, he
"".gave no opening to those who would
)AVve destroyed all in order to root
out those evils. As supreme judge
"he so construed the constitution
that, when express provisions were
Z lacking, it should be a workable ln--strument
of government, as was the
" undoubted intent of its framers. He
"combines the qualities of the states-
- man with those of the Judge and
Tihus proves himself doubly fit.
As secretary of commerce Herbert
--Hoover contributes a strength to the
2.7 abinet beyond the limits of his own
- lepartinent. He has set about the
i-'.vork of weaving those myriad
'.hreads of commercial intercourse
-etween nations that bind them in
w ;eace, filling in the framework of
- Nations with governments that is
.-Dnstructed by Mr. Hughes. His ex-
1 arience abroad, first in business
md then in the work of relier, has
i qualified him to be an able general
dviser of foreign policy as a second
Z. -o Mr. Hughes. His study of the
X-labo. question and his sympathy
vith the just claims of labor equip
- in in to am in adjusting nmijuim
" disputes, as he has already done in
- fine teamwork with Secretary of
- Labor Davis. The latters acceptance
2. Of his help in averting a strike in the
packing houses and Bis success in so
X doing form an example of practical
- ability and of freedom from that
jealousy for authority which is the
bane of bureaucrats.
, Postmaster-General Hays is re-
" carded as the link between the ad
- ministration and the party organiza-
- tion. as the means by which the
president keeps touch with public
opinion. He has already oegun to
Z humanize his department and thus
to impart to his host of subordinates
- the enthusiasm for service that ant
1 mates him. He has induced the
- president to adopt a system of ap
pointmeni wmcn preserves tno uiciu
3. system from the spoilsman, recog
- nizes that fitness does not consist
tLonly in ability to pass a written ex-
amination and gives an opening to
- reward party service without impair-
ling efficiency of public service.
- By selecting General Pershing for
'.. chief of staff and General Harbord
."for his assistant. Secretary of War
Weeks has wisely availed himself of
1. their experience in the war for or-
ganization of the army. He has
well appraised the military needs ot
the present by opposing undue re
duction of the army until foreign re
lations are peaceful and stable.
That which the cabinet has so far
accomplished or initiated serves to
confirm the judgment which Wil
Imm If. Crawford obtained from a
T hundred men interested in politics
"men of afairs far above the average
in mentality" and which he makes
the basis of an article in the Outlook.
- Only four of the ten were known by
all of the hundred, and of these four
.Hughes and Hoover were pro
'nounced men of fine capability by
all. while eighty-one held the se-
lection of Hughes wise and 97 per
cent held that opinion of Hoover.
'"'-All commended Hays' capability and
souls stood sadly or gladly forth
from each. They were easy to rec
ognize, easy to understand, easy to
pity.' Free verse of itself is not ade
quate.
- At times free verse grows almost
incoherent in the poet's endeavor to
prison some evasive mood in the
printed line. Side by side we find
the spirituelle and the physical, th
celebration of ecstatic vision t an
crude appetite. How these inchoate
flashes of a disturbed soul or men
tality will profit the 1 reader has
never been told. They are alien to
him. He cannot call them poetry.
He cannot call them beautiful. He
cannot call them thoughtful or in
spired. What he usually calls them
is "bunk.
There is profit in contrasts. Edwin
Markham's fame can come to no
harm whatever by the use of one of
his own verses for comparison with
a typical example of this introspec-
PCT settlers ON irrigated land. nt agree with the remedy of Dr.
r...! . , I Crafts, though unquestionably it U
v Tk ... ZZ 1 IT riht for those who are willing tive endeavor called free verse. Ap-
iiuc. xuo umsi uu iiivio t() f0uow jt- Dut it is a positive gain peanng in a recent issue or foetry,
arduous half is to get settlers on the I to good morals when an evil is rec- I a magazine dedicated to the new
land when irrigated. That is the pur- I ognized and declared. As between I movement in verse, are these lines
port of these remarks of J. R. Heur- Dr. Crafts, who wants to do some- I by iesiie .Nelson Jennings, entitled
lng, agent of the Oregon chamber of I thing, and the enemies of Dr. Crafts, eidolon:
commerce at Omaha: I who would do nothing, the Crafts I Of what use are windows?
- . . I , . . t , , . - II have seen too much.
I doubt very much If the average man cun is me Detier iriena 01 aecency. ot what use are the shapea of my illu
In Oregon has given any thought to the normalcv. relic-ion and sound morals. I aion?
fait Ih.l 1, Is th. ..H.rt Ihin. In V. . I " ' I - , , . . . . . - .
nave caiiea laiugs oy too many names.
Of what use, indeed? Will these
fact that it is the easiest thing in the
world to build an irrigation project, and
It is the hardest thing in the world to
induce a man to move Ills family into a
district and make himself and family a
farm and home.
Arid land is raw material, which
irrigation converts into a finished
WHAT THE FIGURES SHOW.
four lines lirtfir in memorv? Do
Railroad men uttered a fallacy they instruct or edify? They are
when they said that adjustment of I free verse. Contrast them with the
the new lumber rates from the Pa- I quatrain by Edwin Markham,
r.rn,nf a i.,iun .ni.rnHo. ifi( piuirf in hn iTifrino in r,ruin rhviiieii and conforming to the old
without 'an annr-v tn nrnriire and the old relation with rates from the traditions of the muse, but somehow
plant settlers is like a factory with- south to the same territory would ven a Pwer that throws one's
out a sales department While the result in no increase of lumber traf- "" "t"5" 10 " "eui.y 01 uiuci-
reservoir and canals are building, I fic from this region. Proof is con
machlneryshould be at work to find I tained In the statistics of lumber
the right men. induce them to be- shipments published in The Sunday
come irrigators .and actually plant Oregonlan. The line of reasoning
them on the land as soon as wr-ter is I adopted by railroad men last fall
turned Into "the canals. It not I was that few people in the middle
enough to water the land, thSij wait west were building, that there would
a ... . -rt. I r. . .... n. ...... L...:T3. 1M . 1
ior seiners to come. nereis wmpe- ... -,u.,u.,.B . A ,a-e were u- ,, prMieseiit0 hear its heroes
tition for settlers among the states justed as was then proposed, there- tll.m..X.. h tv,oi, ri.
2 : i ..... V. inn I fnra nn rrt nra 1 1 1 m V. - wauM m-i.rA I J
dllU 111 aildua, 11JU liio h 1 lf.iiL.uu I . " ... . .... t-uuiu uiirvc
hood:
He drew a circle that shut me out
Heretic, rebel a thing to flout
But love and I had the wit to win.
' We drew a circle that took him in.
MR. DEMPSEY TALKS OF LADIES.
It is seldom that an admiring pub-
distrhtt that wants them should go and the railroads would not have
after them with a well-planned sell- I more traffic to compensate for the
ing campaign. Care is needed to se- I reduction of rates.
lect desirable settlers those who This argument ignored the state-
have the qualities- that make for sue- ment of Pacific coast lumbermen
ects. There is,- Jack Dempsey, for
example, whose word we have that
Georges Carpentier will meet pain
ful reverses when he attempts to
wrest the heavyweight title from its
possessor. We realize that a chal-
cess, for. a man who comes and fails that regardless of whether the ag- ,enge champion can no less. He
blames anybody but himself and gregate volume of lumber traffic
goes home abusing the state with would be increased by the rate ad
small regard for the truth. justment, failure to make that ad
Eastern and southern Oregon have justment would transfer a large pro
everything to commend them, and a portion of the existing business from
man who adds brains and work to the Pacfiic coast to the south. As " ' Jl""", r,r7n nd
small cap tal should succeed, hence regards raU .hlpmente the statistics 6ense,es3. But of the finer shades of
we can .fairly recommend our goods, for the first 18 weeks of 1921 as more Msome
By thetime irrigation works now compared 1 with the same per.od of thoughts of the prize ring, custom-
under construction are completed. 1920 prove this prediction to have ,. lnvi,nV i. vnn-hr tr.
must be confident of his own prow
ess, serenely certain of his own
strength and science, assured that
the close of the contest will leave
him bloody, perhaps, but unbowed,
The redoubtable Jack, however,
conditions in the farming industry been correct The west coast showed
, . . . . - 1 i I a Aemyonaa. H 7 O C 1 1711 t V.
snouia sureiy nave w,i .au1iu -. . ' f 17 Vt-h t thl drawn out by an eastern interviewer,
mistake would be made by inviting south of 242,394,689 feet, so that the ... . . - . .
men to come this year and make decrease in business for the south
The Listening Post.
Red Light Tooli Berry Bnycra.
their selections.
GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY
WANT.
The Oregonian hears today from a
disgusted veteran whose theatrical
memories go back to the shining
days of the glorious '80s in Portland,
was less than' half that -for the Pa
cific coast. The difference in orders
was more marked. For the Pacific
coast the decrease was 349,834,673
feet, that for the south only 24,200,
708 feet
But the. decrease in rail Shipments I their fellers' arms when a guy makes a
by no means all loss of bu
the west coast lumbermen. Cargo I man
has this to say of feminine refine
ment and its inspiration to the striv-
ing pugilist: '
Of course, the women will all be on Car-
pentier's side. It's no longer enough to.
have speed and a good right arm to be
the favorite. Tou have to be good look
ing, too, now that the ladies go to the
rights. I like to see them grabbing at
la ... n T, ,. . - . . I striKe. i line to near tnem nowl. A
.o , i i woman howls twice as convincinirlv as a
It s longer and higher. Tou can
and who wants to know what shipments t0 the Atlantic coast dur- f " B.boI? .ll,,?1, thn b1?
amusements or recreations or en- ,. (k. TiDf 1Q91 in yPr ar: and then. I like to hear the
. . . i . . -i . v. i v. . v- iiiiijiiiii Hgu wueu its ail over. A. niau
icumuuicNu, mo hcu.c m -'"6"" 42.495.579 fpt mmrar wit. 1 I lust grunta
nave ever oeen aeprivea 01, tnrougn 202,229 in the first quarter of 1920. This intimate peep at the talented
the Operation Of blue laws. On bun- Thn,.h nn.nlnl, f p,9mil nufKnii.r i ir.Rtrnr.tivo rather than
u 01 .uy uiutr uay. muatuuiu,, canai, abundance of tonnage and elevating. It conjures up a satur
ne mentions tnai sre o6 ; . falling ocean freights would in any nalia of shrieking, disheveled
tiiui.5 puntuisiu, ii. wwi sun case have increased movement by "ladies," yowling their primal ad
asks that there be a definition of the water, the, railroads certainly helped miration for the two-fisted fighter
exact plans Of that eminent reformer rhat mnvomont hV hr.lrl.inu- n.it rnr I who "makes a KrikA " Tt rpminrla
in his proposals to regulate the lives the fuI1 horizontai increase. us with renewed vigor that the term
auu rouuui-i ui iiib ' ut-.o. It Isn j.dvisariifi fnP railrnaHa a I "ladies." fincfi virion a timn a Kvnn-
The state of Oregon has never I ,, th I f onti.., -, -0fi.
been greatly hampered in its desire n.laln, . v.H r ndn.nt. I ment. must h nri with tri
to live its own life, within certain tQ buid by doinff tneir part consis-I cumspection nowadays. To our way
eu.uuuemWlr imiiuautmn, u, me tent with adequate return, in keep- 6f thinking, Mr. Dempsey has ap
proponents of restrictive Sunday . d th Everv dollar Dlied it exactly. - LexicosraDhers and
legislation. There is, indeed, an an- taken from the cost of a buiIdinr is stylists should no longer hesitate,
cient Sunday observance statute a doUar.B worth of inducement to .Georges of France may entertain
Which is in Some respects more hon- h,,UJ Rpoinnine of a huilrlin? Similar onininns. Tf an thPir hava
ored in the breach than in the ob- movement will be hastened by re- been thus far denied to us. We
servance. though through amend- ducin& cost before instead of . after would warn Mr. Dempsey, however,
not for an instant to relax his vigil
ance and-watch the "ladies" go wild
with joy at some mighty clout he
gives the Frenchman. An otherwise
pleasant and profitable afternoon
may thus be inadvertently spoiled
for the champion. At such a time it
is not improbable the astute Georges
two-thirds ' approved his selection.
only forty thought Daugherty's abil
ity fine and fifty-one thought it only
medium, while forty-two approved
and fifty-one condemned his selec
tion. Weeks was known to ninety
eight and was held fine by forty-one,
only medium by fifty-seven, but his
appointment was approved by seventy-two
to eighteen. Though Mellon
is one of the strongest men in the
cabinet, only twenty knew him, but
eighteen of these held the highest
tirely oblivious to subsequent fem
inine sighs. We mention this as a I
ment it expressly excludes Sunday thfi movement has started..
tneaters irom its proniDitions. mere
are a few towns. in Oregon where
they do not permit theaters to open FREE verse axd formal.
on Sunday, but not many. That, to Edwin Markham perceives a
be sure, is their business. If a city, golden future, filled with the
or other -municipality, is to say that strength of life itself, for free verse.
there shall be no amusements of a Not that he would cast aside, as
,.ij c- i - . i. I - , r I
Certain &111U UU ouuuny, aiiumci I ow'uo ui wio jvuiifici.. swi vouio jui I ... ..J ; , i. Trt-
.. l , . tMii.f Kn n.iTrilaivail nt I nnfltrv h a v A 1 1 n n u tha fnHcre ? r-n nro I e
" ii . ; , ,h """rv- himself, leaving Mr. Dempsey en
COUrSe, lO Sety lUSl LUCy lllUy .'C yci- I . w. umi aviifi. j.v wic a.o au
mitted. I dividual votary he would leave the
The reforift bureau, of which Dr choice. But he sees a perilous ten- Messing 'possibility.
lrailS IS me lieau, utJVULea liatzil 1 ucuvj m m&w uuciuca nim ujc
nhiofiv tn iho hnuinpsa nf rnnrluptiner muse, a tendency to mistake the
a lobby at Washington in the inter- shadow for the substance, and to in- Tolerant kindliness is the ideal for
est of uplift legislation. In its many flict upon literature a variety of which men have striven throughout
years of activity, it has some meas- strange, obscure, intriguing and the Christian era, backsliding again
ures of unquestioned value to its bizarre designs, impressionistic and again, but never denying the
credit. They include the so-called rather than thoughtful. He finds no truth ' the gulden rule. To those
Gillett act aimed at divorce pro- fault with free verse when it conveys who drove the Indians from their
hihitir. nr tiffin in nhsr-hnitv nrn. a messae-e. either of beautv or helD- plains and valleys the sentiment at-
hibition of the opium trade in the fulness, but he mildly insists that it tributed to Chief Menninock should
Philippines, and the like. The bu- cannot claim the heritage unless It " an amii ui mat pre-
run hast bePn an active nroDonent does. Do you remember that line In cept Said the tribesman, at a re-
of prohibition and of Sunday ob- Reading Gaol? Something about I cent gathering on the Yakima river,
.,anr.i. Prohibition is a leeal. if erotesaues. It was. that "made ara- 'n n address to his white neigh-
n . T,hviai fat! hut or. far aa besaues like the wind UDon the bors: "Now, I say again, lot's be
The Oregonian has noted, the ten- sand." Much of the product of vers friends. Let's sit side by side and
dency of the American people is dis- libre deserves such application ror nauua ana u ui miters ana
tinr-tiv tnwarrl trrpatsr latitnrle. it is transient as an impish breeze sisters as long as the sun stands,
rather than less, in Sunday recrea- over the dunes. ihe great maker made us one; so
ionai .mninvmunk Ther is no More than kind was the fine old let's be kind to one another." The
nrnhahintv of drastic legislation on poet when he spoke so temperately, general application of this advice,
the subject, here or elsewhere in so considerately, of modern free needlesto point out would forever
America, doubtless because the pub- verse ana its true Deuevers. tie sad uipcmb whu iuro 6r, military
voo ni.t want- it. - I a srenerous word for Amy Lowell, taxation and wars. .The nations
Tn looki'ne over the newsDaner ae- and another for Carl Sandburg. But wouio. snare tne wonn as neignDors,
count of Dr. Crafts' recent appear-I he returned to the proof of that J and boundary lines possess the mer
ance in this city. The Oregonian general futility which characterizes ! est bit of political significance. We
finds Itself rather more interested in the new poetry Dy asserting mat tne are uunt, as yet, tor menni
what he had to say about the sub- test of everything is delivery of the nock's philosophy of life.
ject of dancing than anything else, goods. It is alleged by the captious
He advanced some rather interest- I that free verse Is nothing new, that I Two men who held up a drug
Intr views. One may find himself in ancient civilizations encountered and store the other night took $130 ii
substantial accord with the Crafts I discarded its frenzy. Let that pass. cash. In the good old days they
view without any clear opinion as to I If vers libre was written in antiquity I would have passed up the cash regis-
what is to be done about it He said, nothing nas survived 01 tnat earlier ter to tap the spiritus frumenti con-
in substance: effort to . be oirierent tnougn the tainer.
n..in, t f rh. ...i. or literature of the world is perma-
the day. particularly tne modern danres nenuy enricnea oy many poems I -0:11 TTawnnrl tha T W W ohipf
with their shimmying, and cheek-to-cheek, rnnrn fnrmallv fashioned nnpma that .!. , " cuiei,
and their hesitation No woman should more tormany lasmoneo, poems that 3 he wi return from Russia to
dance with a man doesn't know aii wc.c yu. n.otu.y serve out his penitentiary sentence.
.'hned P.V.ty.cH Y"nS:s.! p : Pesent we must But . we sure we want him biick?
Wherever admission is to b Juuso " c n umiuu ui "ot vcioe.
1
IT'S just the little incidents of the
riav that Van h..
coming too tame. You stroll through
the market and admire the straw
berries on display, rich red fruit that
is exceedingly tempting, and if you
are observant enough notice that the
dealer has hung an electric light
globe, covered with red tissue paper
so that it will shed bright red rays
on the half green fruit And a few
stalls further on there is a dealer in
plants and a man is buying tomatoes
and lettuce, getting ready to set out
his garden, and you long for a little
plot of ground of your own.
Much interested in a display of hats
a few blocks away are two girls, re
sembling dandelions. One with near
white hair like the down ready to
blow away, the other with bright
yellow locks, both further accentuat
ing the resemblance by having their
hair bobbed and curled, which, with
their slender necks, makes the like
ness startling.
And in the bank you hear a man
expostulating with the teller who de
mands identification before cashing
a check. "But you cashed one for me.
a year ago. I thought tellers never
forgot faces."
"That's where you're wrong, I don't
remember yours," came back the
teller. "They tell you a lot of other
things about tellers that are not true
we do make mistakes, we are human,'
and he shoved a bundle of bills
through the wicket.
As you emerge ah acquaintance
calls your attention to a note you
wrote of the man who paints the facea
of the dead bo that they will appear
natural at funerals. He shows you an
advertisement of a Boston undertaker
that says: "Tor composing the fea
tures, SI: for giving the features a
look of quiet resignation, $3; for giv
ing the features the appearance of
Christian hope and contentment, $5,"
and asks if your man can do as well.
You'll say he does.
And in the course of your travel
you pass Second and Stark streets.
where a gathering of men marks the
recruiting station for the United
States merchant marine during the
trike. The officer on the beat rushes
into the lobby of the building, gets
bar and forces open the mail box.
from which comes a spiral of smoke.
Some careless one has thrown a light
ed cigarette down the chute.
An interested spectator is a buxom
woman with a startling design on the
bodice of her dress. Across the gen
erous expanse of bosom she has em
broidered an elaborate spired web
and perched in the center is a silver
spider. Of enormous size, poised to
seize his prey.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tale of Folk mt the Hotels.
Marooned at Shaniko Is the auto
mobile of J. R. Linn of Salem. Some
day when the parts, which. Mr. Linn
bought in Portland yesterday, get to
Shaniko and are assembled. Denton
Burdick will undertake to drive the
car to Salem, where it belongs. Fri
day morning Mr. Linn, Mr. Burdick,
Louis Lachmund, George Burtt and
Harry Baird left for Redmond In the
car, with Mr. Burdick at the wheel.
They should have been in Redmond
Friday evening they landed there,
on the train, Saturday night When
well on. the way the clutch began
slipping. The car worked well on the
level ground, but not on the grades,
and most of the road isn't level. After
the party left Bakeoven, way in the
night the clutch just quit clutching.
All except Mr. Burdick had to get out
and push the car up the hills mile
after mile. Along about midnight
Mr. Linn announced that Shaniko was
only about two miles further, so thus
encouraged, the crew shoved the ma
chine toward the horizon and watched
the northern lights give a spectacu
lar display. After several miles of
this laborious endeavor, with only
Mr. Denton riding and steering the
car, Mr. Baird saw a sign post, lit a
match and read that Shaniko was
only 13 miles away. All hands
stopped cold in their tracks. 'Tm go
ing to arouse some farmer," an
nounced Mr. Baird, "and if he shoots
me, tell the world that I died trying
to find a bed. Senator Lachmund
accompanied him, but Messrs. Burtt
and Burdick curled up in the ma
chine. As for Mr. Linn he ept walk
ing toward Shaniko and about dawn
a car came along and gave him a
art. m Shaniko he hired a truck to
bring his companions into town and
tow the sick automobile.
The name McGown Is associated
chiefly with canned fish, but H. S.
McGown, who registers at the Impe
rial from the packing plant at Mc
Gown, Wash., has a hobby. He op
erates a dairy farm in Pacific county
and is a recent but very thorough
convert to the theory that .if a herd
of grade dairy cows will pay profits
a herd of pure-breds will pay larger
profits and keep it up longer. Mr.
McGown was one of the persistent
bidders at last month s sale of im
ported Guernsey cattle, held at the
Pacific International Livestock pavil-
on, and out of the 50 Guernseys sold
Mr. McGown bid in eight, paying
5000 for the lot. He has turned all
his common grade cows out to graze
witn nisjieer stock. Incidentally. Mr.
Gown is an enthusiastic booster for
the agricultural section at the mouth
of the Columbia river and he is ready
to prove that Pacific county. Wash
ington and Clatsop county. Oregon.
constitute about the most perfect
dairying district in the United States.
It is one of the leading Guernsey cen
ters of the coast, and the "Guernsey
Gaieties Is to be held at Astoria next
month with a side trip to Mr. Mc-
Gown's dairy farm and that of A. L.
lies, his neighbor, as features of a
tnree-day programme.
ouainted
gained on payment of a price, whether it I as Edwin Markham bids us, by its
1. (J or iwo 011a. mo oirv creeps 111. rtplivorv nf th s-nnrla Tho mivi
Government is ahead $15,000 on
What is there wrong about that mnr h hn in vno-.. fnr. I the forfeited bonds of Haywood and
statement? Is it the narrow view years: It has produced much that others, but would rather have the
of a professional kill-joy. bound to is fine, even splendid, a great deal men in Its clutches.
destroy a recreation which in many that is mere literary junk and tawdry '
of its manifestations has been a part counterfeit but its siege of the pub- New Tork Is suffering from what
of the cultural development of the lie heart is yet at the outset Surely, the PIice ca" a bigamy wave. At
human race? Or is it a blunt rec- if it were real poetic freedom, the least that's a temporary relief from
ognition of the gross impropriety, the new poetry could offer us something 1116 wav of divorce.
callous indecency, with which cer- as epochal" as "Th6 Man With the I
tain styles of modern dancing are Hoe " It cannot Several thousand hosiery workers
conducted? It is not to be assumed Yet we must not from this nega- have gone on strike. Prefeume the
that Dr. Crafts meant that all danc- tive evidence conclude that free employers tried to institute an open
ing is wrong, for he defines what he verse is incapable of greatness. It work shop
regards as a proper method. But awaits merely the sure touch of
certainly he is right in his denuncia- some poet already destined to fame. Seattle is dreaming of a twelve
tlon of the extravagances and ex- who1 has a message to express I story hotel, block size. Somebody
cesses of some dances. through this untrammeled medium, turn her over and wake her.
Yet It is not so easy to say what when, not solely content with the
shall be done about public dances, scrutiny of his own physical and
Certainly It "will not be said that spiritual oddities, the first great poet
there shall be no exhibitions of the of vers, libre shall thunder to the
terpsichorean art by professional world a vital song. Edgar Lee Mas
performers, so long as they keep ters, for one, proved the excellence
within reasonable bounds, as all of of this vehicle when he wrote "Spoon
mem ao not, xor win it De agreed River Anthology." For the most
that the remedy for the known part these unequalled specimens of
evils or the dance Ball is to be found free verse were mere portraits of
No, that man in uniform on the
traffic' cop's crossing is not Pershing,
but he's a replica of him.
The Poles may be said to be
watching their p's and q's in Silesia.
Also, their x's and z's.
Recently an item appeared in the
press about a seal being seen floating
down the Willamette river and many
people likely thought it strange that
this seal should be so far from the
ocean. Cap Larsen. the 80-year-old
fisherman who plys his trade at the
outh of the Sandy river, tells of fre
quent Visits 01 seal wno steal uw
salmon from 'the gill nets, leaving
but the heads for the fishemen.
About two years ago Larsen was
forced to shoot a calf seal that be
came entangled in his nets to save the
nets from damage. The mother was
close by but could not disentangle
her child and stayed about the spot
for several days In a pitiful search.
Larsen says that this mother would
come out on a rock and call for ner
youngster and when she failed to get
an answer would cry until the tears
rolled down her face.
Set-net fishermen at this time of
the year often have trouble with seal
and have to carry rifles to clear their
nets from the raiders. One seal will
strip a large-sized net of fish, but
whether it eats them all or merely de
stroys them is not known.
So much interest was aroused by
the study of the appointment book iu
the department store lobby recently
that it was Inspected again yesterday,
but little curiosity could be aroused
by the routine messages left for all to
read. The .usual .missed dates were
apparent, as was the chase from store
to store in the heat of shopping.
Queen wrote Bob that she had been
there for him at 3:30, 4 and 4:20 anfl
seemed peeved because he did not
show up. Esther left word that she
had waited an hour and a half. Morris
wrote that he would be back again
and J. A. did the same.
Beauty parlor business must be
good, judging from the following:
"Lavonne: Come up to beauty par
lor. Am 'having a marcel. Helen."
"Fannie: Am upstairs having a
shampoo. Ona."
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can Von Answer Throe Questions f
1. Are currant trees grown in this
country?
2. What common animals are cooled
by perspiration? What not?
3. What is the difference between
a prairie chicken and a grouse? Birds
shown me as grouse in the north and
west look like the prairie chicken of
my boyhood days in Iowa.
Answers in tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Are buffaloes all exterminated?
As a wild herd In America buffa
loes, practically, are exterminated.
East of the Mississippi river the ani
mal was extinct by the bt'ginning of
the 19th century, hut on the western
plains great herds roamed until the
building of the Union Pacific railroad
in 1S67. The huntinir that fnllnu.H
the railroad cut a wedge into the buf
falo population, divldlnar it into a
southern and a northern herd. By
1874 the southern herd was all but
fone. afew stragglers lingering till
loss. Th northern herd was prac
tically extinct in 1SS5. What few
uuiiaioes we have now are in zoolog
ical parks and artificial preserves.
2. When Ice cakes form in maple
sap, or in cider, do they consist of
pure wate2
Probably not in the' case of the
as acid is soluble, and would
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
HOW IT ALL IIAITEMiil.
'Ere Solomon ruled In his glory.
He wt-nt to the movies one day
And there was enthralled by the story
Of a comical bigamy play.
The movie his fancy a ft eel rd
And we know for the legend sur
vives Thut when he grew up-he collected
tom sixty or seventy wive
When Casslus was nineteen or twenty,
A terrible movie be saw
Where stahbings and cuttings were
plenty
And no one paid herd to the law.
Ko watched it with eairer emotion.
And new to the world It la clear
That there's where he picked up the
notion
That ended X Caesar's career.
Guy Fawkes went to clnemss drill.
And dfep In his memory sank
A scene where two criminals gaily
Put dynamite under a bank.
And later, when thinking of treason.
He used the Impression he irot.
And that, gentle friends, is the rea
son
He hatched up the gunpowder plot.
Cap Kidd was caught up by the
glamor,
Antt took to be utteirly true
The thlntrs that the photoplay dram-mer
Makes pirates and buccaneers do.
Watch Albany handle 1500 Odd-
by closing their doors. What then? mortality, in the afterglow of death fellow visitors the rent of th w?k
opinion o him, yet among the hurt- : The justification some will call it I but they were true portraits, and I Albany can, do it
,It has been a matter of mystery to
many how those good stories man
age to be told in all parts of the
country at the' same time. Of course,
vaudeville teama spread many of
them, but there are those that are
too risque for the stage. Traveling
men spread them, but often they
find that the tale they heard just
before taking the train in New Tork
was told several weeks ago in Portland.
William A. Robb of the Western
Union sheds some light on the man
ner .In which the stories spread. In
the late night hours, when wire
business is dull, telegraph operators
open their keys and "gossip to kill
time. It is more than possible that
they tell an occasional story, and
A.. A. Patterson, manager of a local
manufacturing plant, who spent
number of years as an Associated
Press operator, admits that this is
the case. '
A federal employe stepped out of
the building to buy a regular weekly
magazine at a street corner news
stand. The little chap in charge told
him that they did not sell magazines.
as the drug stores and hotel news
stands made a kick against it and
the police stopped him.
'Can't I get a magazine except at
hotel?" asked the would-be cus
tomer.
Well, you might try the stand on
the next corner," advised the young
merchant in a secretive manner.
"He's bootlegging 'em." .
THE SCOUT.
"We've bought four motor trucks
which will be used along with sev
eral others to maintain a regular
service Detween Crater lake and
Medford," said C. T. Tengwald of the
lake, who is registered at the Mult
nomah. "It will probably be July
Before the roads are passable to the
lake. We plan to have the trucks
fitted with cushion seats and easy
riding conveniences. One truck will
leave each end of the run each day.
The distance from Medford to the
rim of the lake is 82 miles. We will
have a bus leave Medford after the
Shasta limited arrives each morning.
The tourist season at the lake Is only
tnree months, but we expect each
year to Increase our patronage. We
are advertising the resort as 'Amer
ica's greatest scenic wonder,' which
we feel certain will be approved by
those fortunate enough to be able to
see Crater lake."
"I came from Los Angeles to Port
land in three days without any par
ticular idea of rushing," said Wesley
Kusseu or .Pasadena, Cal., registered
at the Multnomah "In Oregon there
is an immense amount of highway
construction now going on which
necessitates frequent detours, which
knock down on road time, but the
good roads which will be made will
more than make up for the tempo
rary inconveniences. The development
of Oregon and California can be at
tributed in a great degree to trans
portation. Business follows trans
portation facilities wnicn open up
new neias and induce enterprise.
am a strong booster for good roads
and am glad to see the work being
carried on in uregon.
F. A. Rowe, secretary andl treasurer
of the port of Nehalem and mayor
or the town or Wheeler, is registered
at the Multnomah, with Mrs. Rowe.
The port built a jetty at the entrance
to Nehalem bay and in addition to
deepening the channel, the jetty pro
vides the finest hunting ground for
miles for crab seekers. During the
season the rocks of the jetty are cov
ered with city folk about 4 A. M.
trying to harpoon the inoffensive
crustacean.
freeze Just as IrnnnniJa ...1 Iti. m;... K.u,. .
lemon Ice is made. We cannot say And craving ffr power and pelf,
positively about the frozen sap the When he grew to the years of diecre-
id wouia oe to melt a cake and tion.
a"a Toung Kidd was a pirate himself.
..ero ooes a kingfisher build
it of ' a Wm" aoes 808 build Dansrrrons.
The klne-fUh.r-. ... , " OWD the world." slnrs a poet In
both nawifr. I, ueSt ls du by the New York Herald. That is what
claw to excavate a nh U8 bi" nd the kalR,r us-1 to " ut h di-
.LZ-. 10 xcavate a burrow or tunnel covered that h. ,im'
Lnrea .nil wi , 1 , .. - -
in 1 . muiiea in diameter
i""? bank of som rt The
tunnel slants slightly upward for
" eignt feet from the entrnn. e vium ior Amons.aaor to iokio
and ends in an oval" chamber whose' H"a,,lne- In view of the situation
only furnishing is the fish hnn. nrf th,B recalls the story about the occa-
Send c Man.
Child for Ambassador to Toklo
slon that was no Job for a boy.
o Chance to Must.
There ls no war at present but
there is always an opportunity to
warm up a few sharpshooters on the
Moros.
Awakening:.
By Grare K. Hall.
...u. ..... uviitrs ana
rcsursnateo Dy the bird
WHAT'S THE HOW ALL ABOlTt
Nobody Serlonaly Propose, nine Laws.
Says Movie "Fan,"
PORTLAND. May 16. (To the Edi-tor-
I am, or I have been, a regular
patron of the theaters, including the
moving picture houses. Like the
writer of the edit
Oregonian today. I have been fed up TU 8P J" P3,88'"' and un"
it. .. I TOttPfI Ami).
un tne stun they are always clvlnit c.. ..11 - ...... i....
us about the blue laws, blue Sundays . and woke.
and blue devils generally. They give The years like shriveled leaves have
me a pain now every time I hear blown away
about it, or see these offending Purl-I Upon tne winds of time. The tide
tans being hauled around Portland in I have borne
a motor truck. roun ortland In We two t0 dutant ..lands in life'
What do the theaters tnk n for
onvnniir? T Un.. 1: 1 1 . n . - I
d n J- ,h." t'ni:? ?" Tou " Olympus towen.
fOOf-1 nil! rlava T,.. ll'l
Kdwln Stevens. J. K. Murray. J. H '".""T onmmon ,om' n;
Kinross and the Casino opera com- Have I nj.hroned ou ln my neart ol
pany; and I have never found that
the churches, or the reformers, or
anybody have prevented the people of
Portland from . getting what they
wanted in the way of wholesome
amusement, whether at theaters, river
excursions, baseball parks or picnic
grounds or anywhere else. Nobody
hearts.
So high your ernhere above life' com
mon parts.
So great the place you hold in my
own plan.
Sometimes a breeze blows '
waste of years.
the
will say. of course, that the public Bearing a tonal quality that hints ef
woe;
Sometimes a wave has had the taste
of tears;
Sometimes your voice is in the winds
that blow.
And oft alas, how oft! I wonder If
you know?
Tears have
Clerk Farmer at the Perkins
scowled at the barometer at the end
of the desk, looked out at the gentle
shower and said: "The rainis getting
to ue a uuiad.iiuo. lurtu parties
hecked out this morning. They came
to Portland with the intention of
remaining a week and looking over
the city, but two days of this sun
hine and rain was too much for them
and they have gone.
G. C. Sparks of Oakland, Or., and
S. T. Smith of Roseburg are registered
at the Hotel Oregon. They are stock
men who brought a shipment of cat
tle to the local market. Oakland is
known chiefly for the turkeys it ships
around Thanksgiving time, but the
birds are only a small portion of the
freight which originates at that point
is entitled to unwholesame amuse
ments. Certainly the movie houses do
not say it. Do they think it? What
are they kicking about?
I should like to have The Orego
nlan, or somebody, tell me just what
it is that this man Crafts proposes.
He was in' Portland a few iIbvr airn.
and he was Interviewed by the papers. T0 spoke in passing,
I rl rln't sen anvth nor in hi atulA. I Bone, ana yet
ments about . stopping anybody from My heart retains one vital tone your
kisBing his wife or anybody's else's own.
on Sunday or any other time. He did I Nor can forget.
say that he woiild like to shut up
Sunday baseball and close the thea
ters. Well, I'm not with him there;
and neither are the people of Port
land or Oregon. But I am weary of
having my intelligence chal'cnged.
and even insulted, by having the
theaters flaunting ln my face the
constant pretense that we are face to
the public rushes to the support of equal mount Pected this season.
the movie houses in their noble effort
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Yrrs Age,
Prom Ths Orronln of Msv IT. l0l
A total of 500.000 pounds of wool
have been received at the Arlington
warehouse to date wlih approximately
to save the country ln its freedom to
worship, or play, or rest, or sleep, as
it pleases on Sunday.
COMMON SENSE.
A permanent selection between To
ledo and West Yaqulna as the county
seat for Lincoln will be made at the
coming election.
Moscow. Russia. Visitors from nU
COL HAMMOND IS REPUBLICAN parts of the globe are gathering here
to witness the three weeks' ceremony
Compliment From Democrats Appro- attending the coronation of the czar
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 12. (To Ten river boats are tw making
the Editor.) In your issue of May 1 dally stops at Independence.
It is stated that Colonel Hammond is
considered thought well of, etc, for I Fifty Tears Ais,
governor on the democratic ticket. It I From The Oregonlan of May IT, l'Tl.
is acknowledged as a pleasing com- The railroad from Santiago. Chile,
Wife la Ready to Oblige.
Houston (Tex.) Poet.
Husband (angrily) What! no sup
per ready? This is the limit. I'm
going to a restaurant.
Wife Wait just five minutes.
Husband Will it be ready then?
Wife No, but then I'll go with you.
If everyone else is willing, M. A.
Mayer of Mosier is ready to give to
the public a park near Rowena on
the Columbia river highway, not far
from Mr. Mayer s orchard. Mr. Mayer
doesn't own the land, but Is prepared
to make the necessary donation. The
place in view contains a magnificent
prospect of the Columbia river and
is a veritable garden when the wild
flowers are in bloom.
Lumbermen at the Hotel Portland
are J. C. Buchanan of Tacoma, J. P.
McGoldrick of Spokane, Huntington
Taylor of Coeur d'Alei e and Fenimore
Cady of the same place. Also A. C
Dixon of Eugene is at the Hotel
Portland. All are here for the pur
pose of attending the "Four-L" con
ference. Dr. W. H. Lewis has been looking
after the medical department of a
logging camp in California, over the
line from Oregon. As the camp has
closed temporarily, the doctor mo
tored to the Rose City and is regis
tered at the Hotel Portland.
Remote lives up to its name. It
isn't anything but a name and it is
in Coos county. Remote is the end
of a section of 14 miles on the Coos
Bay-Roseburg highway, which the
state is grading. G. M. Willoughby
ls at -the Imperial from Remote.
pliment, and it is very kind of ths across the Andes to Buenos Aires, In
distinguished citizens to give me 1 i" "woum vumeuorauon, ous oeaa
such a rating. I have the greatest commenced,
resnect for their personal opinions . .
and measures of success attained, but lteai estate transactions In MiH
cannot concur with them in according nomah. Washington and Yamhill
the same measure of success to their "", ' " , " "'ou'1""1 10 ove' auu
party I il uib mourns.
My politics are a desire for good! ... .
governmental administration and a .."V''"" .1" u
. j .i. Z15,5J4 more bales of cotton than she
Oregon and tYe rnation. i believes ait d'd '""'.V hftndJed ver 4.000..
the republ can party offers the best ,, , '" K""' t
ill. JL- ... '.' . those "lazy niggers" are worLhlpjss
and won't work!
The 16th annual seBMnn of fm
grand lodge of Oregon-Washington
territory met at the lodge rooms of
hope for Its achievement ana comes
nearer in accord with my views and
hopes.
I registered as a republican ln
Portland more than a year ago.
snortiy aner leaving tne army ana tn8 oddfellows' temple in this city
I voted for Hoover and that ticket yesterday. '
in tne primaries. x aiHo votea ior 1
PraiHpnt Hnrillnir In Sun Vmniiern
hv mail rheina- mnln in th. rmvl I Tl" Blaek and Tana In Ireland.
and while I deeply appreciate the HILLOFP, Or.. May S (To the FdU
honor of such consideration, must say tof ) I have had a number of argti
that I am not a candidate for any "tents at various times ahout what
me uiara ana tans, so orten men
tioned In news dispatches from Ire
land, are. I shall ask three questions:
First, what Is their color and nation
ality? second, what sort of uniform
do they wear as to colors and design?
and third, what are their connections
to the British policing svtem?
I GEORGE H. KOBERTTS.
office on any ticket.
Will you kindly publish the above,
so that there will be no misunder
standing nor time wasted on a disin
terested party?
CREED C. HAMMOND.
Colonel, General Staff, War Dept.
Figuring; Profit.
PORTLAND. Or.. May 5. (To the
The "black and tans" are British
Editor.) Should a merchant, In order ex-officers of the army, navy and air
to make Zb per cent on an article of forces and are a resrular fomi mmi
merchandise, figure on the cost of the the "auxiliary division of the royal
article, or on the selling price. For T. . ,. T. , . .
inS.ane. if n .rtiei. i -k?. Irish constabulary.' It consists of
he sell it for $1.25 or $1.33 1-J in order 1500 men dlvld,d lnt0 15 companion
to realize 2o per cent profit.
SUBSCRIBER,
H. X Taylor of Pendleton, one of
the first to pull out the sagebrush
and plant wheat in Umatilla county,
is at the Imperial with Mrs. 'Taylor.
y
According to a public statement by
Fremler Lloyd George, Its members tn
A.nh mnrtial law r a "anm .Klan
It is purely a question of definition. the controI and direction of the mili
tary govornor of the area tn regard
to all operations and also for disci
pline." In other districts they "co
operate with the mll'tary and ordi
nary police forces, and for purposes
of operations are under the control of
the county Inspectors and divisional
commissioners, who are high officers
of the permanent constabulary." We
have no information as to their uni
form and insignia, but the name
"black and tan" seems to refer to tne
color of the uniform or distinguish
ing marks.
An article that cost $1 yields 25 per
cent profit "on the cost price" if sold
at $1.85 and the same rate of profit
on the selling price" if sold at
$1.33 1-3. Some systems of accounting
consider the incoming, others the
outgoing, dollar as the basis.
Hlxtory of Lincoln High Srhnol.
PORTLAND, May 16. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly inform me concerning
the history of Lincoln high school.
Is it the survivor of the old Portland
high school? Who was the first prin
cipal and what is the total number of
graduates? INTERESTED.
The' present Lincoln high school
was once the old Portland high school.
J. W. Johnson was its first principal.
D. A. Grout, city superintendent of
schools, and T. T. Davis, principal of
Lincoln high, can give you any fur
ther details you may desire. ,
Fedrral Farm Loan Bank.
SCOTTS MILLS, Or., May 14 (To
tho Editor.) Will you please tell me
where I can get a clue to the gov
ernment lending money for men to
buy farms with. C. M. 5.
Writ to Federal Farm Loan bank,
Snokaae, Wftih.