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THE 310KMXG OREGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, 3IAY 18, 1931
. ESTABLISHED BY HENRY I FITTOCK.
Published by The Oregonlan Publishing Co.,
ISi Sixth Street, foreland, Oregon.
C A. ItOKDEN. E. B. PIPER.
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erder, express or personal check on your
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iuii. inciuaing county and state.
faced a slow, falling: market. It
caused orders for raw material to be
cancelled, production to decrease or
Stop, unemployment to increase,
credit to be frozen. We are assured
that "the situation has been righted
to a considerable extent, but the
condition is still very serious and
apparently is felt most by firms
manufacturing largely for export..'
Summed up, the majority opinion
Is that the problems "involving can
cellations and the inclination to hold
goods and raw materials rather than
to take losses, while still serious,
are moving toward solution."
The conclusion to which the en
tire survey leads is that the decline
in domestic markets "to a great ex
tent has been caused by an- even
more serious fall in foreign demand
for American goods"; that every
American farmer, laborer, producer
of every kind "is feeling the effects
of this decreased European purchas
ing power"; that as the creditor na
tion the United States "bears the
largest measure .of responsibility
and if we are to? have continued
prosperity at home we must do for
the whole world what the old world
did for us when we as a nation were
Postaae Kates l to IS cases. 1 cent: 11
KS L "22. 8s " .1? ffJ younger." During the war we sold
pages, ft cents: f2 to ss oases, a oats. I mods to the world without effort.
foreign postage double rate. Un "hoH nnt nnrselve created
Eastern Business Office Verne A Conk- I ... . . -. . i . i. ht
Ho, Brunswick building. New York: Verree lno cninory ui '""
m. .onaiin, oteger building, Chicago; ver- I was necessary to sustain mo wunu
Sott ""VerrS A.nk.Se.nn; bUyln,f "YK .i"?? lf
uunuinx. x'oruana: Han rr&nalsco rsori. I vui usus ouwwcl j " - --
centauve. R J. BldwelL I nnt anil unless vou buv and Invest."
As the creditor nation of the world
transition to NORMAL, cONMnovs. the United States should take a lead
The most searching analysis of the lnST Part in recreating ability to
economic situation was made in the ouyJ '? fnoum, UBl
the fairy will confute the mushroom
experts and restore this evidence J
It is pleasant to think that the
fairies are here again, or rather that
they never have left us. Pleasant
not only because their pursuit must
afford fresh thrills to the spiritists,
who have wearied a trifle with the
ouija, but because there is so much
service for the little folk to tackle.
There is pollen to be carried from
blossom to blossom, and sod to be
pierced and tunneled, that flower
roots may drink and expand, ana
silk to be spun, and butterflies to be
tutored, and a vast number of slmi
lar tasks. Tou say, doubtless, that
they must have been engaged at
these forever. That is true, but we
did not regard them as fairies. We
were fully as obtuse as the scientific
old codger who captured Tom me
Water Baby and gave that sprightly
youngster a long Latin name, mean
ing some sort of bug, and was
shrewdly bitten for his disrespect-
survey on which the American Bank
ers association has recently made a
report. It traces the present reaction
-from war activity to consumption for
go back to work."
FOB WHAT IT CAN GET,
The reaction of the public to the
." use in production through its many school board's proposal for a five
phases. The transition causes de-1 mill building tax- is obviously not
creased purchasing power at home I favorable. A majority of the board
and abroad, the buyers strike, re- I has discovered it and Is disposed to
fusal of sellers to take a loss and I reconsider its action and to offer a
cancellation of orders which throws I more moderate plan. One member,
goods DacK on the hands of manu- I Mr. Woodward, is convinced, now'
racturera. Foreign trade is ob-1 ever, that when the disturbed and
structed by inadequate credit agen- anxious fathers and mothers of Port'
. cleSk political and social disorganixa- I land understand the unsatisfactory
. tion in Europe, cancellation of situation they will not hesitate.
orders and depreciated exchange. It is the Judgment of The Orego-
Llquldation has set Irresistible eco- I nian. too. that they will not hesi
nomlc forces at work and , "all I tate, but that .their action will be
elements in our economic life must I adverse to five mills. They do not
fall in line." Among more than like the alternative of five mills or
1000 financial and business leaders I nothing: but if it must be nothing,
"the weight of opinion is that this then it will be nothing, until there is
readjustment, this tendency toward another opportunity to do something.
'.stabilization, will not be accom- Let us not' beguile ourselves into
pushed in the year or two years th helief that the taxpayer will
that lie just ahead of us." All ele- make any sacrifice for the schools.
" menta were thrown out of line and I He will not. Nor should he. But he
some naturally resist the forces that I Wnj make any- necessary sacrifice.
anve them into line again, but they I He may be convinced that the pro-
must yieia ana as- they yield read- I nosed sacrifice is needless ana mar
jusimem manes progress. . more moderate Plan wouia do sur
Materials were first to rise In 1 ficient He may think that the de-
price when the war demand came veloDment of the whole school sys-
and they are first to experience the I tern during the past twenty years
loss 01 marKets ana the rail in has been a little more rapid and
prices. Europe ceased to ' demand costly than was absolutely essential.
raw materials lor war or the manu- He may think that the virtual sus-
ractures in wnicn we consumed nnnaion of the building programme
them at home and its industries have I during the past several years has
not revived to tne point wnere tney not been without its compensations.
consume the pre-war quantity of our He mav think that it is not really
materials, which was one-third of imperative to start up again, at run
our exports. The way to increased I speed. But whatever he may think
uemana is tnus pomiea out: or wish to do, or not to oo, ne may
Europe needs our raw materials and she 1 ho nhlie-pd to consider the condition
' rdZ To rrhlt'thpre'nT'd-: of his diminished and diminishing
orders are going to continue forever, we pocketbook and determine mat ne
raust of course believe that time and our w d0 what he Can do and try to do
no more,
- ...a I n .....a XTsawrtTI nr-nriACaD nnW I r) A!
a.0LB lO UA . I UireULUI ui vvvuuw
It is conceded In the survey that there shall be one. measure for a.
l urne-e rtlrt nnl Hk o, ronlHIv m tnree-mill lax auu " -
I . . Ann V. 1 I , . Tfela to o nin
modity prices during the war period "1-"""" u""u .
nnd w or. tnl that fhal "o.n- 1 ceSSlOn ana OI1UU1U UO B"""""J
., w sec, a.. - ,.K1,1 t,.n.v.r
tendency is to be the last to fall." I ceivea. uy m
Uut decreased production has caused BUI 11 ma De weu J"r," " "Z
thousands of workers to be thrown consider careiuuy
: out of employment, there is again look for Dunaings win eju.,, ,.
r . ompetition between workmen and Y wo measures as apm a.
; employers choose "only the most measure. They are designed to be
efficient." Wages have been re- supplementary 01 eauii
,n.rA . ..... - rlnubt. and the voter may oppose one
. losing plants, workmen in many in- or Dotn. cut tney w.u .u i.
: dustries have "voluntarily accepted m some aeKreB tu"lv1'" , " J
vage reductions" and in some in- wm De danger mat u -
: ctA.. "lAiti.iAj I fnvnr new scnoois win uiviuo
- . mDmt. , . ;-..- I iMti the -three mills and the
ployment. The report says: position will record itself against
Manr replies nolnt out tht !.. w.... both. W Hat men (
f railway employes and men enaaeed In I It is a dilemma Whlcn it is not
the building trades will be reduced when I p9qv solve But the board will be
- there is a realisation that it Is not waire. Ka!' rrf ...
t.er day but wages ner year that count. wise 11 it uctmci.
prudence and asKs tor wum iu ma.j
LESSONS IN OUR OWN HJSTOBT.
The seventy-seventh birthday to
day of Mr. George H. Himes, curator
of the Oregon Historical society and
official custodian of the traditions of
the pioneers, invites reflection on the
desirability of keeping alive the
memories of those early times when
men, and women too, were busy
transforming a wilderness into a
commonwealth habitable by a gen
eration that knows comparatively
nothing of hardship, or deprivation,
or of even the smallest self-denial
which was part of the routine of
life when the northwest was young.
The event to which we have al
luded la another reminder, for ex
ample, that men now living have
seen the time when there was not
what could reasonably be termed a
passable wagon road across the Cas
cade mountains and that men now
living were living in a day when rail
splitting was the occupation of out
proudest citizens and when boys and
girls were glad to trudge miles
through mud and snow in winter to
obtain the meager educational ad
vantages afforded by short-term
schools.
We forget too easily the expert
ences of the past and only a few
moralists among us are inclined to
draw really valuable lessons from
them. Yet it would be better for
all concerned if. these epochal years
In our history were never forgotten
and It is the solemn duty of the
archivist and the guardian of the
truth in history to see that the rec
ord is preserved while it is still
fresh, while the living witnesses are
yet among us and while first-hand
evidence is obtainable. No better
homage can be paid to the pioneers
than that their labors should be
recognized and no more substantial
monument can be erected than will
be constituted by the authentic rec
ord of their services. No one nowa
days can afford to be indifferent to
the instruction that all may derive
from history, particularly that of the
pioneer era in our own state.
We are sometimes inclined to oe
lieve that too much emphasis is
placed in the schools on so-called
ancient historjr and not enough on
the period, quite as romantic and
much more readily visualized, which
bears immediately on our own af
fairs. The movement to promote
study of the history of Oregon by
the school children of Orego de
serves encouragement and ' with it
every agency employed in setting
down the annals of that most Inspir
ing era, 'that not only the present
but future generations may profit
by them.
BENEFITS OF A WRITTEN CONST1-
TITION.
One of the objections made to a
written constitution is its rigidity,
consequently its lack of adaptability
to unforseen circumstances, and men
often point to the British constitu
tion as superior because it is more
elastic.- It consists in no precise,
written definition of rights, duties
and authority, but of a series of
precedents established in civil war
and civil controversy. Some things
submission to the league- council or
should be ratified by parliament after
approval by the league. This view
was reprobated by both Lloyd George
and Lord Curzon. The latter said
he did not think the mandate ought
to "go through a committee im par
liament," but that "parliament will
be asked to give a general expression
of its opinion about it." In his opln
ion nothing "would justify us in
thinking that, if the council of the
league accept it, with or without
amendment, it is then open to par
liament to pull it to pieces after
ward." As to legislative approval
beforehand, he said:
I think it would not have been com
patible with the position here assignee
to the council of the league if. befo-e
going to it. we had thrown these man
dates on the table of parliament in each
country, submitted them to criticism there
and then banded over to the league wnai
ever had been the result.
The effect of these doctrines is
that the legislative body has nothing
to say about assumption of obllga
tions which involve in the case of
Mesopotamia an expenditure of
about $100,000,000 a year. If we
substitute for the word "parliament'
the word "congress" or "the senate,'
we shall see how the Curzon theory
would apply in this country,
In our written constitution we
have an undisputed authority to
which all can appeal against usurpa
tion or unwarranted stretch- of
power on the part of any branch of
the government. Both the letter ana
the spirit are plain to all, and all the
sophistries by, which a man of die
tatorial temper defends his acts can
be swept aside by reference to the
text. If we were to rely on prece
dent, we should have to guard con
stantly against creation of new
precedents adverse to our liberties.
Through our fixed terms of office we
sometimes have to wait four months
before retting rid of a president and
congress that have been repudiated
by the people, but we can abolish
that anachronism and it is to be
hoped that we soon shall. Some say
that our constitution is too rigid, but
it has proved flexible enough to ex
tend the authority of the government
over the breadth of a continent ana
over our island possession and to
build and maintain the Panama
canal, to crush the mar for secession.
to increase the number of states
from thirteen to forty-eight. Its
rigidity serves to hold, or quickly
to bring back, within s limits of
ficers who grasp for fciore power
than it e-ives. Better this than a
bundle of precedents which a crafty
politician can too easily distort to
his purpose.
i
THE AIRPLANE IS STILL YOUNG.
Everybody now knows that me
chanical flight is possible, but it is
not so commonly realized that it Is
only twenty-five years ago this
month that Professor Samuel Pier
pont Langley essayed his first flying
venture with a theoretical flying ma
chine. We say theoretical Decause
although it flew some three thou
sand feet under the impulse .01 a
single horsepower motor, it carried
no passengers and it left most per
sons skeptical as to the ultimate fu
ture of the invention. The original
Langley machine weighed only
twenty-seven pounds. Its success
was overshadowed by the failure of
his attempt to launch, in 1903, a
BY-PRODTJCTS OP THE PRESS
Cycle of Production Graphically Ana
Iyaed by Chicago Newspaper.
Put 100 men on an island where
fish Is a staple article of sustenance
advises the Chicago Herald-Exami
ner. Twenty-five of the men catch
fish. Twenty-five others clean the
fish. Twenty-five cook the fisn.
Twenty-five hunt fruit and vege
tables. The entire company eats
what thus is gathered and prepared.
So long as everybody works there
is plenty. AH hands are happy.
Ten of' the allotted fish-catchers
stop catching fioh.
Ten more dry and hld part of the
fish they catch.
JFive continue to catch fish, but
work only part of the day at it.
Fewer fish go into the community
kitchen. ,
But the same number of men insist
upon having the same amount of fish
to eat as they had before.
The 50 men who formerly cleaned
and cooked the fish have less to do,
owing to the undersupply of fish. But
they continue to demand food.
Gradually greater burdens are laid
upon the fruit and vegetable hunters.
These Insist upon a larger share of
f,sh in return for their larger effort
In gathering fruit and vegetables. It
Is dnled them, and soon 20 of the
25 quit gathering fruit and vegetables.
But the entire 100 men continue to
insist on their right to eat.
The dally supply gradually shrinks.
The man with two fish demands three
bananas in exchange for one of them.
The man with two bananas refuses to
part with one for fewer than three
fish.
Finally the ten men remaining at
work quit in disgust. Everybody
continues to eat. The hidden fish
are brought to light and consumed.
Comes a day when there is no food
of any kind. Everybody on - the
island blames everybody else.
What would seem to be the solu
tion? Exactly! We thought you
would guess it.
For we repeat that you can't eat.
buy, sell, steal, give away, hoard,
wear, use, play with "or gamble with
what isn't.
The average measurement around
the chin from ear to ear is found to
be 12 inches. From where the
beard starts on the throat to the
chin and thence to the edge of the
underlip is 414 inches. Two strokes
of the razor are required to each inch
or fraction of an inch in order to
cover all the surface, and each sec
tion of the face is to be gone over
twice to get a "clean shave." So
multiplying the number of strokeslby
the number of times the razor is
passed over the entire face, you get
the figure four, and four times the
two above mentioned measurements
gives you the figure of 50 and 28 re
spectively, which added together pro-
uce 68.
Therefore the average man.
whether dark or light, shaves 68
inches once every 24 hours. So every
man wearing only a mustache shaves
2068 feet 4 inches a year. Taking,
then, the average life as 70 years,
and that the fair man begins shav
ing at 18 and the dark man a year
earlier, or at IT, we have the follow
ing result: That a fair man, if he
Those Who Come and Go.
Tale el Folk at the Hotels.
"The automotive industry is resum
ing normal after an interval of heavy
depression," said Carl D. Prenger of
Detroit, secretary of a large automo
bile manufacturing concern. "There
is no question but that the industry
overproduced immediately after the
war and many factories were caught
with large numbers of machines
which they could not dispose of at
war prices on a declining market.
For several months there was a long
waiting list of mechanics out of work.
Now, however, Detroit Is practically
normal as far as employment Is con
cerned. One of the pleasing features
of recuperation of the industry Is the
way Henry Ford has- come back.
There was a great deal of talk that', unpleasant ,hlngs; and brutality
r,V " "r ""h. vermin, prison degeneracy, dun
NEW PRISON PROGRAMME IRGED
Problem of Salvaxe of Individuals
Follows Improvement In Balldlne-e,
NEW YORK. May 13. (To the Edl
tor.) We hope for a better under
standing In the treatment of prisons
and prisoners, but before a great deal
can be done we must have the public
conscience aroused to the fact that
our prisons do not exist merely for
punishment. They really should fur
nish means and methods for reform
ing the men sent to tbem.
Those who believe in better prisons
to make better men advocate Im
proved prison buildings, more sani
tary methods of living, somewhat
better quality of food, discarding ot
stripes, elimination of continued soli
tary confinement, etc. In order that
the state may not be positively
ashamed of Itself for brutal treat
ment of Its unfortunates. In other
words, society does not like to think
bis obligations and resume his busi
ness on the old scale, but not only
did he meet the factory's notes, but
was able to open his factory without
borrowing a cent. Anyway, Mr. Ford
would have been able to borrow any
amount he wanted. In spite of the
fact that a certain set of financiers
peons, disease, etc., are unpleasant
things.
Now mosj prisons have practically
eliminated these very obvious un
pleasant features which offend the
eyes of society, with the result that
we are beginning to have excellent
t...tu: A AnlrmAnt In
cekTonyeniny-.? f ESS'tt
with a-ratr rrnin, ,, K things, we are commencing to mane
fore. Business In general seems to be g0d,pr'80ner. v,.m tn ,iv, i,
picking up and I believe that fall will . But. tne .arBer p,rob! '.lVJJl
see real prosperity." aow 10 maice gooa men uui .
prisoners in sooa yiiouiia.
"At the present rate the pavement It Is to answer, at least partially.
will be all laid by the middle of July this question that the prison survey
and then there will be a continuous recommended a more adequate educa-
pavement 87 miles in length extend- tlonal programme, a system of voca-
lng from Pendleton to the Washing- tlonal training, a payment or a wage
ton state line. From the Una to for work well done, and a partial
Walla Walla, Wash., the road is now realization of the principles of self
paved." reports Pat Loner can of Pen- exDresslon. Society-is coming to the
dleton, registered at the Hotel Port- point where it will no longer stand
land. "This paved road is the Ore- for anything but good prisons. It Is
gon-Washington highway and It goes no longer difficult to retain wunin
through several towns north of Pen- their walls men who make model
dleton. Each of these towns has prisoners. But the test of the prison
paved. The traffic on the highway and the prisoner come after the man
Is already heavv. there beinir a eon- la riUrhtrered. If the state sends him
tinuous stream of trucks of produce." out broken in spirit and ruined In
Mr. Lonergan is also interested in the health and vocationally handicapped
paving of Enterprise, in Wallowa because of his long absence from
county, which will be finished this mnrWn methods of working, then the
season. The town of Enterprise has state has robbed him of more than
laid already what would be equivalent was written in the warrant. The state
to ten miles of paved hinhway. As sentenced him for a term of years and
a matter of personal information, be not for a life term of Impaired lungs,
It known that Mrs. Lonergan present- heart, spirit, brain or hands. If the
ed her husband with a baby last Sat- state sends him out In good health, In
uraay. I -.ood spirits, with trained nanas ana
. , Ian understanding mind, the state has
The main excitement among the I mo a liability into an asset. It is a
taxicab drivers and the hotel bell- nvnsr Investment. The state Is mak-
hops on Broadway yesterday was this: 1 ng wen behaved ciphers through the
A taxi driver took a couple and de-1 exercise on the part of prisoners of
livered them in the residence sec-1 negative virtues. Let us put digits ol
tion. As he was returning to his i. .Hnrntinn. waee Incentives in
stand downtown he glanced in the place' of ciphers through the esercise
ua.i.a. v. Lilts U11U Baw a UUI HO On I nf nnH t VM Virtues.
the floor. In the purse were $900 ADOLPH LEW1SOIIN,
ano tnree diamond rings. The driver
turned around and went back to
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Vrara A so.
From The Oregnnlan of May is.
For the first time In the history ttt
the oldest Inhabitants, Spencer's Butte,
near Kucfrre. was covered with snow
in the middle of May,
Three trainloads of cattle will be
shipped out of Line county within
the next few weeks, a Montana firm
contracting for a majority of the
shipment.
Nearly 2000 Norwegian-Americans
gathered at Tacoma yetiterday to cel
ebrate the grand anniversary of Nor
way's Independence.
A number of local business men
are agitating the appointment of a
receiver to take charge of the local
weather bureau In hopes that such an
action will put a stop to the record
rainy season now In effect.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian ot May 1. 181.
A permanent constitution was
adopted for the OreKon Society of
veterans of the Mexican war during
their meeting here.
The Oregon City Enterprise reports
that very tenable house In the city
is taken and that there is continual
Inquiry for more.
Colonel Joseph Hooker has been
elected president of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac, succeeding Gen
eral Meade, who served last year.
IN DEFENSE OP THE SEA LIOX
Diane propelled by a fifty-horse
power engine and large enough" to ( Uvee tlu he ls 70 wlij 8nave In the
course of his life 20 miles, 651 yards
carry a man. rnis ten inio me jtu-
tomac river ana tne iiasco was
hailed with a chorus of derision. The
world was not yet ready to believe
that man could find a way to over
come the law of gravity.
This latter date serves as an even
more potent reminder of the speed
with which scientific invention
moves in the twentieth century. Un
doubtedly Langley then had mas
tered the principle of flying, but few
believed him. This was less than
eighteen years ago. Langley nim
self died before one of the Curtlss
brothers disentombed the old ma
chine which had failed in 1903 and
made it fly. This was Langleys final
vindication, though the tragedy of it
ls that he did not witness it
The eighty seconds that the Lang'
evident from the Statement th.tHto sureJygetandnotmore.
cost of shipping an article to market
is greater than the value of the arti
cle when delivered in the case, "not
of one commodity, but of many."
All nmninn.i nproo An tha nn. nnint ii - i , ... nArDiiaHAH that ehnat
-. o-- . --- spirits, i it.i'-i. t. . ...... o
Lnai solution ot tne proDlem of lore was the proauct ot superstition,
reconciling financial safety for the the renaissance of spiritism began.
railroads with reduction of rates "to Various folk became addicted to the
a point at which their effect on in- psychic and thought nothing at all of
ausiry win not De oppressive and in- paging Uncle John tnrougn tne ouija.
GOOD NEWS FROM FAIRYLAND.
Just about the time we were ready
to give the laugh to disembodied
deed prohibitive" is pressing.
Opposition to the excess profit tax
Vlrtnaliv una n lmna, V. . . . n. ......
hesitate .to suggest a substitute lest
it be equally unjust and restrictive
-3ome propose that the necessity for
either that tax or a substitute be
avoided by economy in government
expenditure, by refunding short
term bonds and by funding floating
debt. The majority favor a sales
tax In preference to any other im
post, but many do so because there
Is no alternative which would pro
duce the neaded revenue and many
retailers oppose a sales tax.
Cancellation of the allied debt to
the United States is opposed because
it would increase taxation, depre
elate government securities, make it
impossible to float future foreign
loans and encourage repudiation of
private debts and contracts.
Reduction of interest rates during
1921 was not expected, at least be
fore the last months of the year, be
cause of slow sale of commodities
on which frozen loans are based.
Dut some tnougnt that reduction in
industrial activity and liquidation of
last season's crops would soon lower
interest rates. Recent reduction of
the rediscount rate by federal re
serve banks supports the latter
opinion.
A sign of progress in readjustment
is the fact that retailers' resistance
to reduction of prices has been
broken, for "a large percentage of
the larger retailers and an ever-Increasing
percentage of the smaller
ones are marking down their prices
to a basis of present costs." Farmers
too held out against selling at a
loss, thus reducing their purchasing
power and that of the Whole people,
but "common opinion is that the de
mand for general liquidation and
the approach of harvest will operate
to release huge quantities of farm
products now withheld from mar
ket." Cancellation of orders both at
home and abroad by those who could
not or would not take losses pro
duced most serious loss in the gen
eral opinion. It acted like the sud
den reversal of an engine hauling a
heavy train, throwing vast quantities
of soods oa tLe hands of aiea who
to chat with the old gentleman about
his new location. Whereupon tne
world scratched its head reflectively
and murmured, with the late . Am
brose Blerce: "Can such things be?
Sir Arthur and Sir Oliver having as
sured us that such things not only
can be, but are, we did no more than
take the theory with a grain of salt
and left spiritism to the enthu
siast In this concession there was
no premonition that presently pur
suit of the occult would lead us into
fairyland. -But so it has, if we ac
cept the latest accounts from Eng
land.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ls said to
be among the converts to belief in
fairies. Quite recently a photog
rapher, who has not revealed his
method, captured and held the close
attention of psychic research by of
fering, in evidence pictures of little
girls mortal and chuDDy attended
by fairies. Either the famera had
been tricked into an untruth or the
little folk are with tls. . For the
fairies were there In the photo
graphs, in traditional costume, just
as they appear in tne story dooks,
It ls unfortunate that these tests
were not made in Ireland. There, as
everyone knows, the fairies really
reside, even if there aren t any.
Scoff as you will, serious lectures on
"Fairy science" are being given be
fore the British Institute for Psychic
Science. And if one would seek them
out for himself the falrlest not the
lectures he must look in likely
places. In meadows, hiding behind
bluebells, or in the forest, crouched
beneath some whispering leaf, the
little folk are to be found. Or so
they say in England.
A good many years ago the fanci
ful origin of the fairy ring was de
nied and derided by dull plodders
after fact. The circles in the field,
roughly traced rings of barren
ground among the grasses, were
never In tl-e wona made Dy dancing
courtiers of the fairy queen. With
sorrow we' accepted the more rea
sonable explanation, that certain
sorts of fungi cast their spores in
such fashion as to form a circle,
killing the grass and treating the so
called fairy ring. May we not hope
that tbe renewed championship of !
have been said and done In Britain
lately which tend to shake confi-j toy ajrpiane remained aloft in
May. 1836, were a momentous min-
dence in the binding force of those
sacred precedents and may inspire
a wish for a document whlcn pro
vides checks for ministers who ex
need their authority. For lack of
checks the extension of executive
Dower at the expense of the legis
lative, which was permitted to meet
the emergency of war, has continued
into the peace period and apprehen
slon has arisen lest it be made per
manent.
In order vigorously to prosecute
the war Lloyd George formed a war
cabinet of five members which
called the other members of the full
cabinet into conference only when
matters concerning their depart
ments were under consideration. A
secretary of the cabinet was ap
pointed, who prepared the order of
business, procured and circulated
documents among the members,
made periodical reports to them and
transmitted to the heads or depart
menta decisions of the war Cabinet
He was under the personal direction
of the premier, whose power was
thus magnified. Since the war ended
these practices have been continued
by the whole cabinet. The premier
confers with an individual member
on some matter and transmits their
decision to the other members of the
cabinet He no longer acts as leader
of the house of commons, but dele
E-ates that duty to his chief lieuten
ant The effect of these changes was
thus stated in the London Times
The semi-presidential position of the
npima minister, who is actually able to
send a deputy to lead the house of com
mons. The diminution of the principle
,t. mHeetlve resDonslbtllty ol tne
cabinet tnrouirn me retention oi me m
important elements oi tne war caDinei
rvtm inMudtnr the secretariat, and the
ever-Changing personnel . l luu..d.
These innovations are contrary to
the principle of collective responsi
billty of the cabinet, which, Glad
stone said. "Is a unity, and none of
its members can advise as an indi
vidual without or in opposition, ac
tual or presumed, to his colleagues.'
He said that the, premier "has no
powers, properly so called, over his
colleagues . ... ljas no title to
override any one of his colleagues."
Departure from these principles, said
the Times, "has already stricken the
house of commons .with creeping
paralysis; unless the most drastic
remedies are applied the whole sys
tem of responsible government is
doomed in its most vital organs."
An exhibition of the disposition to
belittle the legislative and to aggran
dize the executive power was made
in the discussion of mandates, which
bears much resemblance to the
struggle between President Wilson
and the senate. Some members of
Parliament in both houses suggested
that the draft of the mandate for
Mesopotamia should be submitted to
and approved, by. parliament before '
ute and a third in the history of
aviation.- 'Changes In construction
that have been made since then have
vastly improved the stability and the
endurance of the flying macnine
but they have not altered its general
Drinciole. The work of thousands o
men has been required, however, to
bring flying to the state in which a
transcontinental flight is regarded
as a commonplace and an air voyage
around the world is delayed only by
political considerations.
Municipally owned vehicles should
be licensed as means of ldentiflca
tion. Not fire apparatus, of course,
nor the tanks used in street sprin
kling, which are not susceptible to joy
riding or other promiscuous travel
A license tag is a check on a lot of
things.
Funeral services were held yes.
terday for a woman who was killed
by an automobile and the coroner's
jury says the fatality might have
been avoided if the brakes were in
better condition. When will a be-
ginning be made?
Two young women walking home
In St Johns Sunday night accepted
invitation of two men to ride to their
destination and had narrow escapes.
It is not likely they will repeat the
experience. Will other young women
be warned? .
The father of two sets of twins in
a valley town is seeking a decree,
alleging "cruel and Inhuman treat
ment" That's a new term for the
little darlings. Suppose they had
been triplets!
The Methodist church announces
its intention of establishing hospi
tals in Mexico. Perhaps the church
is looking forward to another revo
lution.
There is talk of sending a cargo
of toys to Armenian children and
that will be well, provided a cargo of
sidemeat goes with the playthings.
The United Brethren have in
creased the pay of their bishops.
That's one increase made voluntar
ily, for bishops never go on strike.
The aurora borealls is blamed for
mysterious fires in New York city.
Funny how the Arctic circle has sur
vived all these years.
and 4 Inches. The dark man, if he
lives till he is 70, will ehave in the
course of his life 20 miles, 1340
yards. 1 foot and 8 Inches. San
Francisco Chronicle
Any gay young blade who may be
thinking of laying In a supply of the
compound that made Lydia Plnkham
a household' word, in the belief that
It Is a substitute for hootch, may take
warning from a decision of a Brook
lyn magistrate that It is no such
thing, says the New York Globe.
Overzealous policemen hunting for
violators of the Mullan-Gage act saw
a display of the vegetable compound
In the drug store of Max Belchlkoff
and summoned him to court for sell
ing an overproof alcoholic beverage.
When the case was called It re
quired only a look at the bottle for
the magistrate to decide that what
ever the sainted Lydia had com
pounded it could not be classed as a
beverage and the complaint was dts
missed. The decision was received
with little interest in drinking
circles.
e
When the love of Oscar Sokoloft
for his wife began waning she began
baking him cakes, says the San Fran
cisco. Bulletin. She cooked him angel
cakes, nut cakes and fruit cakes, but
still no signs of the returning love
from Oscar. la despair, Mrs. Soko
loft sought advice from- a fortune
teller. ' l
"spirits
Who buys from the thieves the
accessories stolen from cars? Why
not activity in penalizing buyers? .
'Normal" temperature is not
baseball weathers t
The latter spoke to the
and said:
"Lady, if you wish to win back
your husband's love, bake six cakes,
and in each cake put some of your
own hair." Mrs. Sokoloff did.
Her husband bit Into one, gagged
himself on the hair, became enraged,
threatened violence and left the home,
and sued her for a separation. Mrs.
Sokoloff still has five of the cakes
left
Marcus Daly Boarman of Roundup,
Mont, has arrived in New York to
claim as his bride Miss Virginia
Madlgan, with whose picture, which-
he saw in the New York Herald, he
fell in love weeks before he met the
original. This unusual romance had
its beginning a year ago when Mr
Boarman saw the picture of Miss
Madlgan as she appeared in the title
role of Jeanne d'Arc at the peageant
at Fordham university in May of last
year to mark the beatification of the
French heroine of the middle ages.
Through a mutual friend, whose
friendship had been made only by
long-distance correspondence, Mr.
Boarman made the acquaintance of
Miss Madigan through the malls,
Thus started a correspondence that
led to a meeting several weeks later,
when Mr. Boarman came to New
York from Montana to see In real life
the ideal he bad found in the illus
trated section of the newspaper.
ess
Einstein's theory that space may
not be of infinite extent seems to have
obtained indorsement by many emi
nent physicists, according to the Kan
sas City Star.
Nevertheless it would not appear
that If this- idea be accepted, the cos
mos is to be regarded as alarmingly
shrunk. 'For Einstein's own opinion
ls that a ray of light traveling 186,
000 miles a seoond would require a
billion years to make a complete cir
cuit of its outer limit. ,
v,r r.v; .,.z' - rr " ti.w for widening stheets
the treasure. For his honesty the
driver was handed one dollar. The I Outsider Thinks Portland May Have
taxicab drivers indignation ls Million Population In 20 Years.
equaled only by the indignation of . ti..
all the other drivers and the bell boys PASCO, Wash., May 1 (To the
and porters who heard his story. (Editor.) I notice a great deal of
They agreed that it has taught them complaint about traffic regulations on
lesson and that if they ever find a lno C""S"L u,l
urse with such valuable contents Portland since tne aayent ot tne mo-
they'll keep on going and not go look- tor car- ana some ."aerB nye mau
ing for an owner who may insult them remealal suggestions.
with a measley dollar reward. L,et me oner a cruae pian. .
TV 11 y UU (JUL uu icn icel VI
Wev rniA n to.. I lower stories on each side oi tne con-
gathering of cattle men at Canyon nested parts of the street, on Stark
City next week that has been assem- wasningion, Aider ana Morrison ana
bled in the state at anytime," pre- make sidewalks under the second sto
rtint. William Pniiman w.a i.ft jn I ries of the buildings, which would
his home in Baker last night. "The make ten-foot walks, cool In summer
meeting will be one of real impor-la"u ul J " lno ""-
tance to the Induatrv Th. irnnn supports under the second-story
it nnw otr,H ,i h . . .v.. , street walls would be strong enough
holds will be considered in a practical to "top "for-nlre" car rom climbing
manner." The annual meeting of the the sidewalks and endangering foot
cattlemen of Oregon Is one of the big passengers, and it would have a ten
events, but these gatherings are. gen- danr t0 P"vent "jay walking." If
eraily held1 in eastern Oregon. Can- lu pmn ylner
yon City ls somewhat remote, but a oe w'dned to 80 feet In the same
little thing like distance never both- man"r- r a"ey for one-way Waf
ers a stockman who. In his youth, fl- 20 feet wlde and 18 or 20 feet
generally buckarooed from one end hlg:h' t"1'"- ten feet "om tn bnck
of the state to the other. There will end of each lot' aIlow1" but the
be a cowboy breakfast, with a well- flrst 8tone of U" buildings on the
provisioned chuck wagon. Mr Poll- PrPartr to join across the alleys on
man has been In California, where he arcnea uPPrts, could be forced
went to eee his daughter, who under- through the respective business dis
went an operation for appendicitis. tricts. The latter suggestion would
expedite receipts and deliveries of
James Parks, who has served as a merchandise In a city without an al
member of the city council In the ley, but would require strict rules
town of Jordan Valley, is registered where there are several occupants In
at the Imperial with Mrs. Parks. So the same block.
far as the reet of the state ls con- Every Indication Is that Portland
cerned, Jordan Valley Is almost un- will have over a million population
known and pretty near Inaccessible, before 20 years from date If her live
The business of the valley seeps to- wires hold their gait and her prob-
ward Idaho, much to the disgust of lpm ot narrow streets and small
Ontario, so the countv court of Mai- blocks ls solved properly.
heur ls gradually putting through a I "The babbling of geese saved
suitable road into Jordan Valley to I Rome." Ideas cost nothing unless
keep the trade in Oregon, where it patented. w. P. GRAY.
Belongs. In the 1J0 special session
of the legislature this road was placed I S - BULLS OR NOTHING IS WRONG
on tne roaa map, along with a dozen 1
even"alIynv.oeind reSt Were Ut School Bo.rd Pn. on Ballot Alter.
I native Proposal.
They are still talklna- at Bandnn I .. ..
about the calebratlnn nf h. ,T T-l rumwiBU, Aiay 17. to tne Edl
nf th hie-hwv v,.t- o ,,,Z . "1 tor.) President
J " - " .uuuiq S.11U
Wilson thought he
Depredations Held Nrcllirlble by t om
parlaon With Compensations.
GOLD BEACH. Or., May IS (To
the Editor.) What seems to tha
writer to be the very erroneous and
highly Injurious stand taken by tha
fish commission anont the sea lion
and the salmon prompts this artlclu.
We are not aware of the conditions
of the sea linn and salmon at the
mouth of the Columbia, but h.ivc per
sonal knowledge on the conditions on
the mouth of the lioguo.
Sea lion cows with late calves stay
on the coast rocks during the year,
and no one will deny that a few sal
mon are eaten by sea lions. At the
same time, stomach Inspection will
show very few salmon compared to
othor non-marketable fish.
Forty years ago there were a hun
dred large bull lions where there is
only one today, but this did not af
fect the Immense schools ot salmon
that went over the rlfflos.
btomach inspection shows that the
skate ls an esteemed article of diet
to the lion.
The skate ls predatory on fish
spawn and, no lontttr held In check
by the sea lion, and Increasing rap
idly, as the Hon is hounded to his
death, he ls dlmlnlxhlng the valuable
sea fish like the halibut, etc.
As late as 15 years ago H. D. Hume,
during a good run of fish, uoed to.
take as high b 2000 salmon with a
single haul of the seine, the fish thus
caught costing him only 5 cents
apiece. Gone are these big schools.
Why?
Certain of the big uprlver Improve
ments have partially Interfered with
salmon spawning, while formerly the
entire river was filled with fish, but
with the intense fiching of thete lat
ter years only a few spawns escaped
to get as far as five miles up the
river.
About five years aeo the hatchery
Up the Rogue hutched Its last batch
of eags, about 6,000.0011, but only
about 1. 500,000 were put In the Homii-
iow wnat enemies have they? We
can estimate. In a small way, what
certain birds do.
The fi.Mh duck, or merpandir, the
blue crane, and. worst of all, the
stag or cormorant, practically live on
small fish. These bints probably de
stroy one n.llllon or more of small
fry yearly within 100 miles of tha
coast.
The blue crane Is harmless, com.
pared to the shng. A pool of water
had about 2000 small fry that were
afraid to leave; three blue cranea
discovered them and by odd feodlnnn
in two days ate up these 2000 fintcr
lintrs. All these birds are Indirectly pro
tected by law.
The prominent fact Is that fish are
lessening. Is there any reason to be
lieve that the river and ocean could
not feed the millions of fish of 40
years ac-o or even mnreT
No; give us the hatcheries; give us
five hatcheries where we had one
five years as-o; outlaw the predatory
birds; and let the state hava an In.
,,,rn as great as now In
the fish Industry.
Five hundred dollars In a hatchery
should by proper means hatch a mil
lion spawn; these should return In
four years 100.000 salmon worth 1100 -000
In fish. '
Let us have the hatcheries. Hatch
erles are a success. g j j,
THE GEVEAI.OCV OP JASO LED
North Bend. The next big road de- ?,ould puJh h L. .
velopment in the county ls intended to tlo"', "e th0ufr.ht ,th,at th?. 'enat,eJ
be from Coquille to Bandon. The lat- 'h 'an fall to Indorse It. would
e nn, ir, ii . i tL. 7. Consent to Its going through without
ter town, in anticipation of tha ill ?PnB?nt. .t0 through wlthou
velopment which Is to come when the
projected highway is built has floated
Dona issue lor the purpose of
acquiring a . nyaro-eiectric power
plant Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Kay of
Banaon are in town for a few days.
the dotting of an 1 or the crossing o
a t He would accept no alternative
We know the result. -As far as thi
country is concerned there Is n
league of nations.
Our local school board Is adopting
the same foolish position. They have
Former State Senator C. A. Lelnen.l put up to the people the 5-mill propo-
weber of Astoria. F. P. Leinenwe-her sition with no alternative. They say
and A. B. Dalgetty are registered at they will take mills or nothing. I
the Imperial. C. A. Lelnenweber. In looks very much as though the Port
addition to serving in the lea-islature. land voters would do exactly to them
has been a member of the citv council I what the nation did to Wilson
at Astoria for about 20 years. Mr. repudiate the entire business. If the
Dalgetty has been mentioned as a bare majority of one were able to size
possible appointee for postmaster In "P properly the temper of the people
the city by the sea. The presumption whlcn is lairiy wen representee Dy
in Asftorla, however, is that Charles all the newspapers of the city they
Halderman will be the boss of the would give the voters an alternative,
mail. s and permit them to say whether the
levy for new buildings shall be S mills
On Frank Brlce Creek, at the end or 6 mills,
of the Oregon. Pacific A Eastern rail- If their 6-mlll scheme Is defeated.
road Is located the hamlet of Dlsston, they must not blame the voters for
which same ls in Lane county. There the evils that follow their policy
are about 20 people comprising the which Is an exact imitation ot tnat
population. One of the populace, H. I adopted by Wilson, which resulted so
G. Glassford, ls registered at the Im- disastrously ror nis reputation.
neriaL R. M. TUTTLE,
xt. , S , " a the w,Inr.. In Cltlaenahlp Application.
Years aVo Dr Earl- sn t"T. PORTLAND, Or, May 16-(To the
LTspapfrmanthen he'd "ve.opeS Editor )-In giving evidence In sup
.r.si"f abU! h,Vpnapalr.?'toTd1rsV.?ern.aw
taU apofeIs,ocMr " lS- "
C. D. lwia of Seattle was a Port- I W. L. I
tonrl vtaltAM voorarrlatf VT- T i i I '
the potentate of Nile temple of There Is no rule against offering
"cheeseknlfers." Portlanders will re- the testimony of relatives In . these
member the slogan of this temple dur- proceedings. However, -because of th
ing ins ennno convention last June, f tendency of relatives to be Diasea in
"Smile with Nile," the,p tegtmony the government offU
Mtv. nnv.v .h. dr. 1 - clals greatly prefer to have witnesses
some days as county commissioner fori not reisieu w wm Hw-....
Wheeler county, is in the city. He I ' '
registers from Fossil. I Rtg-hts of Inventor to Patent.
A J. Hildeburn of Roseburg is an .."o.-' nt
arrival at the Benson. Mr. Hildeburn "auf4cture and sell an Implement if
has had number of grading con- g?" 1. not infringing on
tracts on the Pacific highway. ?!JS patent, after he. has
A delegation from Bnrnt is at the made application for patent?
Imperial. The group consists of Mil- 2. What ls tne tirst ree wnen maK
ton Brown, Frank Loggan, Ralph ing application, not Including ab
cwt . nH .Tniian Rvri I atracts or draftman s charges?
SUBSCRIBER.
R. W. Skallerand. a merchant of As
toria, -is registered at the Hotel Port-I Consult digest of patent laws print
land. d In World Almanac (edition of 1921,
" page 359) for schedule of fees, etc
F. J. Berger, once mayor f Eu- J' ' . nht.inllb,a th. ......
gene, ls registered at tne uotei fort-l
jand. . I ence department of the public library.
Missionary, Thnnch Born In Canada.
Waa of New Kngland rarratngn.
HKITNKH. Or.. May 1. (T the
Editor.) In The OreKonlan of May 14
there was an article concerning tha
birthnlsce nf Jamn T.e Tk. r, .-. ..
Ian corrects the statement of lllship l
"u6ii mu niiuriiis mm tnat jannn
Lee was born in 1803 at Btansteal,
Ontario." Perhaps It Is In order to
correct the statement of The Orego
nian and inform it that Jason I.e was
born at Stanstead. Trovinre of Quebec.
The village of Stanstead, Quebec,
and Derby Line, Vt, Join at the Inter
national boundary line between the
United States and Canada. Jason Lee
was born at Stanstead, Quebec, and
was burled In the cemetery at Derhv
Line, Vt.
For many years mv home was at
Stanstead, and I know these facts to
be true. D. li. UILMAN.
The birthplace of Jason Lee was In
Quebec, as the correspondent states.
The Lee genealogy ls set out in detail
In an interesting "History of Stan
stead County," published In 1S74. and
now quite rare, one copy of which la
In the possession of N. K. Clarke of
Portland. Hure It la stated that the
earliest record of the Stanstead branch
of the Lee family Is that Jededlah L
deeded to bis son, Ellas Lee, In 1744,
fifty acres of land In the town of
Ellington, Conn., and that In 1715
Ellas Lee married Sarah Itoyce and
settled on that farm. The Ellas Lees
had nine children, of whom Jededinh
and Daniel settled In Stanstead, the
latter being tha father of Jason Lee,
who was born In Stanstead county,
but not in the village of Stanstead. on
une 21, 1803.
. Mothers' Pension Law,
ROSEBt'RO. Or.. May 14 (To the
Editor.) Was there not a bill Intro-
uced In the last legislature by Kubtl
for Increase of mothers' pensions?
Did it pass? If it did, when would it
go Into effect? X. T. Z.
Representative Kubll of Multnomah
county Introduced such a bill and It
passed. The law becomes effective
May 25. .
County Seat of Parlfle County, Wash.
rORTLANP. May 18. (To the F.dl.
tor.) What ls the county seat of Pa
cific county, vtasningtonr
G. L. GAUNTT.
South Bend. ...
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