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THE MOKMNG OREGON IAN, SATUliDAY, MAY.' 21, 11KS1
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offer. He has been so occupied with
destruction of the Wilson league that
he finds himself embarrassed In
thinking of the new structure that
he must erect. But events are more
powerful than he and will force him
to think and act constructively of a
new world order with America as the
hub, and the right instincts of the
American people will drive him the
same way. He shares those instincts,
but they have been somewhat
numbed by the controversy in which
he had been engaged.
turies ago Columbus kept from his posing sa-lts of uranium to sunlight,
sailors the startling fact that the afterward testing In a dark room the
compass varied and did not point to effect of possible penetrating radi-
GOING DC rxCH BY INCH.
While Ambassador Harvey truly
voiced the opinion of the American
people when he pledged himself to
"strengthen bonds of friendship and
mutual helpfulness with Britain," to
"unfaltering co-operation" and to
make "durable engagements," he
went beyond his mandate in saying
that "the present government will
not have another thing to do with
the league or any commission or
committee appointed by it or respon
sible to it" without also saying for
what this government does stand in
the way of international organiza
tion. The majority of 7,000,000 to
which he referred was against the
Wilson league but was nojt against
any league and was directly in favor
of the association of nations to which
the republican party is pledged by
its platform. A true statement of
the position of this country would
have included not only what it has
rejected but the alternative for
which it stands.
Mr. Harvey very properly cor
rected a misstatement of our pur
pose on going to war when he sai
that we did not send our soldiers to
save Britain or France or Italy, but
that we sent them to save the United
States. He thus dispels overlate'an
illusion that has done much mischief
by raising false hopes, but the fact
that we found it necessary to send
an army to EJurope and to save the
allies in order to save the United
States goes to prove that we must
join other nations in a combined ef
fort to prevent another such catas
trophe as befell the world in 1914
President Harding strives to escape
from the foreign complications in
which we were involved by the war
and by President Wilson's misdi
rected idealism, but he is driven,
Iirst, to tell CJermany that it must
accept responsibility for the war and
.must pay reparation to the limit of
its ability: second, to tell Germany
that its reparation proposals are in
sufficient and to refuse to transmit
them to the allies; third, to send
American delegates to sit as non
participants with the allied supreme
council, with the ambassadors' coun
cil and with the reparation commission.
If Premiers Lloyd George and
Briand should storm at one another
. about Silesia at a meeting' of the
supreme council, how long could Mr.
Harvey keep silence and refrain
from seeking to reconcile them and
from suggesting a basis of agree
ment? Would not they eagerly ac
cept his efforts at mediation? Thus
inch by inch the administration is
entering some sort of league or as
sociation. It will reach the point
where the existing league must be
reconstructed on terms that it can
accept, for an arrangement by which
this nation alone co-operates with a
member of other nations combined
In a league Is clearly unworkable.
How ready is Europe to accept our
help in establishing peace and order
was conveyed by the British premier
in this pathetic picture that he drew
of the old continent's condition:
It is essential for the peace of the world
that America should be In (the supreme
council). European diplomacy works al
ways In the den!e thicket of ancient feuds,
rooted, entangled and entwined. It is dif
ficult to see the path: It Is not alwavs
possible to see the light of day; I did not
realize It all until the peace conference.
Our very detachment from that
"dense thicket of ancient feuds" en
ables us to let in the light and to
6how the path out of it. Trust of
other nations in our freedom from
aggressive designs, in our impartial
good will to all of them and in our
devotion to freedom is so great that
- they are ready to follow our advice
and accept our - leadership. If any
isolationist says that no American
interest calls upon the United States
to help Europe in cutting its way out
of that thicket,-let him read these
mournful words of Lloyd George and
ponder what they portend:
If this war was not the last war.' the
next will leave Europe fn ashes. It is es
sential that we should find some means
of dragging the nations out of this
iaoyrintu ot n&trta, xor our own safety.
What would be the consequence to
America of Europe in ashes? When
we discuss all our present embar
rassments depression in industry,
unemployment, wage reductions,
railroads hovering near bankruptcy,
ships by the hundred tied up, banks
choked with frozen credit we trace
all of them to a cause in Europe, for
with that continent the bulk of our
foreign trade is done. With Europe
in ashes that trade would be gone or
would shrink to the proportions of
that which we do with savage tribes.
For the surviving population of Eu
rope would be very apt to relapse
into savagery, as it did with the in
vasion of the barbarians and as Ger
many did after the thirty years' war.
It would not remain a void. Once
WHAT ABOCT THE REHEARING T
More than a month has elapsed
since arguments were heard by the
public service commission on the ap
plication for a rehearing in the tele
phone rate case. It would seem that
sufficient time had been at the dis
posal of the commission in which to
prepare an order either granting or
denying the petition.
There is ground for insistence
upon action by the commission with
in the coming week. The right of
appeal to the courts from the com
mission's original order expires on
May 28. If there is to be a rehear
ing, court action will at least be
postponed and possibly wholly obvi
ated.
If a rehearing is not to be granted
by the commission, the ctiy of Port
land will certainly wish to appeal to
the courts.
- It Is hardly fair to the city of
Portland to keep it in uncertainty
and possibly to put it to the expense
of instituting an unnecessary pro-
ceding in the circuit court.
the true north. He could not un
derstand. Nor can we understand
Just why the magnetic pole has its
moving days though we have
learned to remedy the deviation.
This fact, like the inexplicable au
rora, is a fine deterrent to finite
conceit.
ation on a photographic plate. He
was amazed to discover that it was
BY . PRODUCTS OF THE PRESS
Pies That Axe All Alike la Ambition :
of Paatrymakem. Combine.
The noble pie, made famous by Jack
not at all - necessary to expose the (Horner and later immortalised by Mr.
uranium to sunlight in order to ob- I Chaplin, has ceased to be the creation
tain the effect. The radiations were of the artist's hands and is now stand-
not pnosphorescent. ardlied. Flivvers and pies will hence
v.urie ana ner nueoana. fortn be mada on tne ,ama Da,ls
nerre, naa also ior some time Deen
investigating radio-activity,
Those Who Come and Go.
Tate of Folk at the Hotels.
' Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Hoasaton-Mlfflln Co.
SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT.
"If public dancina- la nrohiblted by c" Anawer These Qneatloaet
the council in McMinnvllle. thera is What Is the best season of ths
nothing to prevent the young people year t0 P"-. .shade or fruit tree.?
iiU.u sums io some otner town to ai - w, - woiv-rln If
j? or ia ma mae-natea or tne unitea i aance. or to a countrv dnnriL and tne i .t,Bu . -9 -urni t . i -
' f States have organised the National I dancing will not be as well regulated stock from farmyards?
declared
though the . latter was accidentally I ,... t,.. c.v.,. , it . . ,
I . -. - . 1 .usuusa,s,auu jm iUOOLCl M. IT) w a a I vv v ssw oaw - su WWa su n aa. I UObiai DM
The effort made -recently In aeve- ," 1906, two years later "'J Chicago, and the masters sounded the Walter I Tooie Jr. of McMinnvllle,
r- , aeath knell of individuality. They im- wno was in Portland yesterday on
radium. She had succeeded in sep- I - .,,..., t , . .... . I k.i-o. -tk , -.......
laj on Just how many purfling. can I wants to suppress dancing, so some
be allowed on the edges of the pie, or the people have prepared an amend
how many cherry stones can be used "t.t? 'h.e hrter w,hiC?,PKr'?'U d
for ballast in cherry pie and how hlbits the councll from pa.8,ng. "any
mysterious may be the contents of the so-called blue law without submlt-
mlnce pie. I ting it to a vote of the legal voters of
It harf to come- aald Joseoh C. McMlnnviiie. The dance and kindred
Hutchinson of Philadelphia, chairman ?-tlon. are tc . be debated by home
element with different nroDerties. he newly organized plo men. , , .
is I "inere was too mucn lnaivmuai win- to the people at the election in June.
land to temper the disadvantages of
seasonal employment In the garment
trade Is provocative of reflection on
the possibilities of adjustment of
work schedules in other Industries.
S.
lay?
What kind of an egg do eaglei
arating the element from pitch-1
blende, a natural uranium oxide.
after testing each of the several con
stituent elements for radio-activity.
it Is well enough established to re- A strange substance, continually un-
quire no argument mat continuity dergoing change, it emits Its rays
01 employment is Dotn a social ana
an economic blessings the former
because the Idle worker is apt to
be the unhappy one, and the latter
and Undergoes an atomic alternation I
with each discharge. The residue of I
because uncertainty breeds discon-nd in time the final product
tent, operates against efficiency and
cuts down production. No small
part of the high cost of living is due
to the circumstance that men and
women in certain vocations must, j confined to Cornwall, England, and Identical peach pie will be served in ple are beginning to realize that
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. If snakes dq not swallow their
young, why are adult snakes often
found full of little snakes?
this question.- In substance, has
come from many quarters. The ex
planatlon is that while some snakes
are egg-layers, or oviparous in habit.
others are viviparous, that is, the
bring forth live young-. The spec!
mens killed were female vlvlparou
varieties, which would have given
reacnea. KaaiO-aCtlVUy Has Deen Pmg wim jo icwy- w.o J wiai mo uuji I hlrth short lv tn k llttar nt vnnnir haA
exhausted and the stable element is were getting temperamental. They becoming quite warm and the people W Uled.
lead. were courting disaster for tne great r" V . 17--..- k.'.V
Production of radium was at first American dessert. After this the same e th6 church peo-
from the nature of their work, th nitnhhionrio minu nf Austria.
either earn enough In part of the Seven vears aero the United States be-
year to sustain themselves during came a oroducer. its outnut last year
the whole period, or else suffer the I reachlne thirtv-fiva crams, or an
deprivations of Intermittent poverty. amount equalling the total produc-
The clothing trade is peculiarly tion of tho world, outside of Amer-
susceptible to this influence. Styles jc, t0 the nresent time, it is read-
Twin Sisters. Tex.. Welcome, Wis.,
and Sweet Bath, Tenn."
I. M. Stickney, Cleveland pie sculp
tor, said Chicago really should be tha
nation's capital, as the greatest pie
factories in ths world are located
if
dancing is suppressed in McMinnvllle I
the dancers will go elsewhere and that
maybe It would be better to keep the
young people in their own town for
nuch festivities.
"Take a bath every day" is the
Changs constantly and orders are
placed with the manufacturers long
ahead of the time when goods come
into use. There are alternate pe
riods of feast and famine, of workers
seeking jobs and of Jobs seeking
TAKE TDOS TO CATCH TTP.
The school board wisely recognizes
ths fact that "taxation has reached
a point where It has become a bur
den upon the home-owners and
there is a general demand that this
burden be not increased at the pres
ent time." The board therefore
abandons its proposal to offer a
five-mill levy to the electorate for a
special building tax, and substitutes
three mills.
The schools should be able some
how to get along. The taxpayer has
never been' stingy with the schools,
as the record shows, and is not
stingy now. How can it be said that
$4,000,000 for school purposes, raised
in Portland alone, is not an adequate
sum?
Twenty years ago (1901 to be ex
act) the total budget for school dis
trict No. 1 was $125,770, though it
uy perceivea wny ami. uurie came cgo than ln any other city In
to tbis country for the supply tnat wor,t M stick.ney estimated
wi l perfect her experiments. Not m eaten dally y
only was America incl ned to be Cnl ana and that Unlte(i
K9rOU.S.in lta reco-m State, at large consumes a billion a
A SMAaasa -1a, (a. sat aawt rlollv In I WAt A naa sa V,. - W
lUOl O etUUI U1U40 yi7 SvU iuuhv vu Ca, IS W LIU II LSI & AC Illy WVrll U I - -riv A. Vfll 1 ,V-f
A1" jaarsnau or wonaon. wno is at wooL It , not ligtod ln tho tj.
2. Is the fruit of the osage orang
or heclge tree edible? Any medicinal
value?
The osage orange, maclura porn I
fera, is listed with poisonous plajits
toth for leaves and fruit. Even th
thorns cause inflammation where
scratches are received. The wood is
tough and useful, as lumber fo
wagons, pavings, fence posts, etc, and
dye for leather and
some one to fill them. The em- tress of humanity, but it possessed yar;
ployers in this trade propose to
guarantee their regular employes at
least twenty weeks work between
June 1 and December 1, 1921, with
two-thirds pay for idleness if em
ployment is not furnished for the
period guaranteed. . The announce
ment comes simultaneously wj,th
publication of the decision of a
referee in a wage controversy,1 de
creeing reductions of 9 to 13 per
the radium. A "thimble-full," they
called It when the campaign to raise
Discovery of a cache of bones, be-
the Imperial. There la really a motive I pharmacopaela.
Denma tne motto on the button ai
most a selfish motive for to take a
bath one must have a bath tub and
fixtures and this means work for a
plumber. Mr. Marshall Is a plumber,
so. the secret is out. Mr.- Marshall is
in town attending the ratherlnr of
S. Can the prairie chicken be do
mesticated?
Some experiments in this line have
been tried, but with less success for
the grouse family (in which these
birds belong) than with quails.
f,,rf. w, ..nrt.rtntan hr way nf lieved to be those of prehistoric ani- master plumbers and one noticeable ?,r,e nen e.Be1 nd .ar? ,0
giving us a comparative understand- -als. by Fred Ha... on his ra nch ing about these pjumb.r, and the.r X.uTn V more .Cb-
ing. The value of this quantity, near iuoa vs.... u ded eVt, , tj. Bm,,; .V Jt to disease than quail, and re-
minute in bulk but mighty in poten- erable excitement in the district. The f"smd L '"J"8 J .STI quire far larger quarters. As the
. i i ,i nn fi ft ft I V.rtn r,m fti nI filBf 11 n H AI IflR .IIP- I . - I ,. 1-,. U . A. K- -as
uai energy, was suu,uuu. i there lsn t much doing ln the dumb- """" ' v ' 7
Something akin to the dream of face of the ground, various conjee- lng. or otner llneg in Condon, admits son' tBey. are less Profitaoie at Deal
the old alchemists resides in radium.
This was the observation of the
startled Curies and their friends.
cent- The employers agree to deposit wnen they witnessed the atomic
with an impartial chairman a sum
equal to 7 per cent of their pay
rolls as an earnest that their part
of the programme will be fulfilled.
So far all may be well. The puDlic
change of the' element. The alchem-
tures were made in regard tp the
bones, one man believing these to be
those of a Jurassic Dlplodocus, an
other advancing the theory that they j
were the remains of an Eocene Eohip-
Mr. Marshall, out there is a big ,nan lual1' where the hen lays up to
SChOOIhOUSe belnar erer-tarl in tha tnwn eKeo wnen ineoo
which will cost about $40,000. stolen, to be hatched by bantam hen.
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TO FIGHT BLIE SUNDAY
could help in all probability by being on mankind a scientific wealth sur-
ists sought to transmute base metals, I pus and still another was firmly con
particularly lead, to pure gold. Ra-J vinced that the entire family of the
dium resolves itself to lead, but in I Tertrlary Dinotheriums received a sad
this natural transmutation it confers I Shock when the funeral took place. I
less finical in its demand for chang
ing modes, although here we are in
In-ncpr nf pnterine on a too intri
cate aspect of the problem, 'it will
be contended, we suppose, that fre-
passing mountains of gold.
In order to satisfy bimseli, uauss
took several of the bone, to District
Attorney Arthur Coats, who imraedi-
Michael J. Dowling, banker, who I ately pronounced thera the last re-
died in Minnesota the other day, be- I mains of an Equua Hybredibus of the
Writer Goes to Motion Pictures to
Relax. Not for Propaganda.
PORTLAND, May 20. (To tha Edi
tor.) I have read with interest the
was increased by Its share of the contenaeo, we u"; " queathed the inspiration of a staunch late Mi.sourianl epoch,
county school tax ($240,978). Now quent mutations of fa.li lions t end to gpirit to M wh) fater and compIain J ,
the school district alone raises '" c.j"...-
twenty-five times let us- repeat,
twenty-five times the total district
tax of 1901. The taxpayer in Port
land must pay a district tax, a
county school tax, and the state ele
mentary tax, a total of nearly 14
mills. All for the public schools.
There are men and women in
Portland who . recall with pleasure
the good old days of the Portland
public schools, when they were
housed in wooden buildings heated
people from, wearing out their old
clothes, but the ultimate solution
will depend on a survey of industry
as a whole and not of any particular
branch of it. If fewer garment
makers, with constant employment.
can make all the -clothing we require,
so many -more will there be for
other necessary work, after a period
of readjustment The scheme to
distribute employment on the basis
of benefit to all the people, rather
Scouting over the recently acquired I TIME
holdings of the Long-Bell Lumber
company, J. D. Tennant of Kansas
City and W. F. Rider are registered
at the Hotel Portland. The Long-Bell
company has purchased an extensive
forest in the Cowlitz region and since letter of "Common Sense" in The Ore
then several thousand acres along ths gonlan of May 17 and can re-echo the
Columbia river near Kelso. Xta this sentiments of tha writer regarding
latter property the company is to the ridiculous actions of the theater
Duna wharves for ocean vessels and I over blue laws and blue Sundays
erect a mammoth sawmill, which will I I repeat, with "Common Sense."
cut up into lumber the logs brought "What do the theater, take us for.
flown rrnm the r.-i u t Uoo... niw i. .Ai,tn . ei-..tinD
"What are our bodies worth?" e ; nMk(t ,,... . now doini! Tennant are her for the purpose In our face the phantom of palsying
oc nf vinv "A man may he I) -Hip-pocnet tappers are now doing . ,j.,, ,.,,.. I .., .v -i- v. ... v..
worth $100,000 a year from the neck Dicket duty at the entrance of Board- when compieted the Long-Bell com- propaganda la the films. I sat out
up and not a dollar a day from the walk cafes at Atlantic City as the pany will have the largest plant on a film recently desictlng a blue Sun-
with the old-fashioned stove. They a.n on tne ur ui m.U6
ior as many inuiviauaia - vuK,luj7
works out to the advantage of every
one in the long run.
There are limits, which are not
were not aware that they were suf
fering any hardship or that the cur
riculum was. deficient in that it had
no instruction in the beautiful art of
tatting, or ln cooking, or dress mak
ing, or the other useful and orna
mental branches which have since
been added. Nor can they see that
the much-discussed portables do not
fairly serve at least a temporary
need in a rapidly growing com
munity.
The city has grown fast, but the
schools have grown faster, much
faster. It is time to afford a breath
ing spell, so that the city may catch
up. Three mills for building pur
poses is a plenty.
uvsuti.1 a, ua; nuu 1.1,3 1 - - 1 - - ki 1
neck down." Of limbs he had none, newest protective system penecieo. py n,cr.
..- it TVi I kh'a nrnnrletors to avoid arrest fork
pave uue aiui uimua "lj .muu. a - - Still Orofessin? that ha rinMn't
others were amputated by surgeons permitting -liquor on their premises. know avthinK about what the Ore-
when, as a boy, he was frozen in a Men . patrons of the lobster palaces g-on delegation intends doing with
blizzard. Toung Dowling went , to are lightly tapped over the hip-pocket the federal patronage, Thomas H.
the county commissioner, but not in by a dobrman as they enter the door- Tongue was in Portland yesterday
aunst of charitv. He nroposed that way and. if they have an empty "u' . n"n. as cnairman or tna
they send him to college, and con- pocket, are permitted to go inside
aider the expense as a debt he must Instant banishment is the rule where
repay. He repaid them.' Fence any flasks are discovered, either at
painter, school teacher, principal and I the ''liquor line" at the door or inside
republican state central committee, it
might be presumed that Mr. Tongue
would have considerable to say about
cutting the pie, but be maintains that
he hasn't been requested by the dele-
Insurmountable barriers, to the ex
tent to which adjustments can be
made. The outdoor trades, like
house-building and painting, depend
somewhat but not altogether on
weather, conditions. There are in
side jobs even here that ought to
intrigue the Imagination of an ern
ciency expert- And agriculture, sea
sonal in the pressing demands or
seed time and harvest witn slack
periods in between, has bred its army
of Itinerants whom for many rea-
superintendent, insurance writer, jxhe lightning Jersey justice that Ration for any advice. Mr. Tongue
editor, real estate dealer, and finally j nag featured . ln any case brought
banker and politician, uowling before the courts under the Van Ness
proved that bodies are just the habi- enforcement law ha. given the cafe
tatlons or tne win. 11 snouia ob
added, to complete the perspective
that he declined nomination for the
governorship of - Minnesota. A large
souled man, who lived his life ln
big way, Dowling memory should
remain as a rebuke to the whiners of
life.
day. which was neither funny nor
amusing, only . ridiculous, and after
witnessing it came to the same con
elusion as "Common Sense" that my
intelligence was being challenged.
Most people ln Portland go to the
movie for a little relaxation. They do
not want to know about the Imag
inary troubles of the "movies." They
have enough trouble, of tbelr own.
Give u. wholesome amusement and
forget blue Sunday.
SEMI -INTELLIGENT.
It is a hard childhood that does
not experience the Joy of a toy.
sons we would like to see steadily Sometimes a monkey on a stick was
emDloved. It does not seem that the only thing in a Christmas stock-
even here we have exhausted the re- I ing. It served a 'purpose. Mr.
sources of constructive ingenuity. 'As Handsaker's remarks yesterday
a matter of fact some farmers, when I about the needs of tne Armenian
confronted by scarcity of help dur- children are to the point. Even little
WHY IS THE ACBORAT
Those times the aurora chooses to
flaunt her beauty in the northern
skies are periods wherein we realize jng- the war, accomplished compara- I "foreigners'; have feelings.
how very little we have learned,
Superstitious dread is gone, for
science taught us not to fear, how
ever fearful the works of nature are,
but we are yet as little children groping-
at the door of mystery. Of the
aurora we can only chant, with the
encyclopedia, "A natural phenome
non, which occurs in many forms,
some of great beauty." Earth cur
rents and magnetic disturbances.
coincident with the merry dancers,
play disastrous pranks with our sys
tems of - communication. Patiently
we repair the breaks and realize the
futility of human endeavor when
pitted against natural law. The
pider whose web has been destroyed
by a careless foot knows more of his
mishap and its origin than we of
ours, we are umiteatto tne ooserva
tion: "It is the aurora." What is
the aurora?
The careful records of many years
ave fixed in history the frequency
of the aurora. Itf.was by this means
f comparison that the opinion was
reached as to sun-spots and their
influence on the phenomenon. As a
general rule it was found that years,
or periods of years, in which large
nunabers of sun-spots were observed,
were the years of many auroras
roughly corresponding, in number to
the frequency of the sun-spots. Why
this should be even Professor Ein
stein probably would decline to an-.
swer. But the rule had its excep
tions, also, for there were a few
ears noted when sun-spots were fre
quent without inciting a similar fre
quency of auroral demonstrations.
tive wonders by altering the crop
men a big scare, and they refuse to
take any chances.
.
The ultra-modern robin feathers it3
nest In genuinely smart fashion these
days, says the Indianapolis News.
Two Mrs. Robin, have found a choice
and exclusive district in the suburbs
east of Irvington. They built nests
on the steam-heating pipes at the
Bertermann greenhouses on the Na
tional road. The artificial heat pro
duces an incubator effect and. a. a
result, the two little mothers have
more time to flit about and chatter
with their neighbors.
One nest has hatched a healthy
family of young robins. The other is
scheme to fit the new condition. It Being a printer,, and a good one, Btm occupied by three warm eggs and
1 t .nnneh to say that the thing too. at that. George Himes naturally the mother "sits in only out of force
is not enough to say that the thing I too, at that, George Himes naturally
was never dons before. Adaptability idealizes that old press that came to
of a given Industry is one of the Oregon by way of the Horn and
signs of its fitness to survive. Honolulu, and : in Oregon it stays
It will be conceded that the prob- while Mr. Himes is at the historical
lpm is a vast one, that its solution I helm, which, let us hope, wlll.be
will not be found in a day, and that years and years, and yet more years.
it involves a good deal of disregard
of ancient formulas. Nevertheless
it is worth thinking about, even
of habit.
Smith of South Carolina now Is the
sole representative of the great and
numerous Smith family in the senate.
says Senator Capper. Hi. name ap
is ears Qn the roll sheets a. .imply "Mr.
Smith." He looks up with a puzzled
tnougn tne uiuiub-wi vu.iui "" when all the waters In the upper
compelled to comrioute ua m reaches shall be impounded to pro
the way of a moamea aiet or wwer duce power and agricultural pros-
styles in ciotnes.
Anyone's guess is as good as an
other's as to high water. By and by, expresssion whenever the clerk shouts I couple drove to Portland.
had time, however, for a heart-to-
heart talk with his friend. Clyde G.
Huntley of Oregon City, who is sup
posed to be ln the lead for collector
of internal revenue.
For a week a woman of uncertain
age was at the Perkins. She had the
general appearance of a spinster and
possibly she was a victim of a blight
ed romance. Anyway, every night
for a week she would go upstairs to
the piano in the parlor and would
play, "Darling, I Am Growing Old.
She played it as a child would, pick
ing the keys out with one finger.
She would go through the piece once
and then quit until the next night at
the same hour.
Eventually C. H. Giles will be a
member of the legislature from Coo.
county. Mr. Giles is a lawyer and
is in Portland trying a lumber case.
Last year-pressure was brought to I
bear on him to run a. representative
but he declined, not wishing to take
so much time away from his business.
It i. the common belief ln Cooe Bay
that possibly next election he will
be a candidate for the lower house.
or If not. then, for the 1925 session.
Captain F. M. Swet of Astoria, ac
companied by his wife, is at the Ben
son. The captain is in the lumber
business ln Clatsop county. The
Driving
Portland Charms Visitors.
PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Edi
tor.) rA. a visitor to Portland the
past month I desire to express the
pleasant and agreeable surprise all
the points of Interest ln this wonder
ful city have been to us. Traveling
ln a car, my husband., who is a com
mercial man. and I have come west
from our home ln Chicago since last
May. We entered the northwest
through Montana and have spent con
siderable time in the larger towns,
we like Portland best of all. After
two years of traveling it 1. not at all
difficult to decide that this city would
be just about right for u. to settle
down in. We are leaving for San
Francisco Monday but we shall not
forget Portland. We expect to see
your wonderful Rose Festival parade
on the movie screen. But 1925 and
the fair will find us here along with
a few hundred more we shall ask to
oome. MRS. CHARLES L. HALL.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Janes J. Mootasse.
THE TOLL ROAD.
On the road to Drow.ytown, tna
shadow, loom ahead
Toward where the dying twilight
Slows with fading gold and red.
And tiny creature, of tha wood psep
out between ths tree.
And listen to the slumber ions, of
little droning bees. '
And when one travels on that road,
the trouble, of the day
Dissolve among the purple mists and
vanish quite" away.
Beside the road to Drowaytown ars
clear and crystal stream.
That tumble down the rork hill, to
find the Lake o' Dreams
The Lake o' Dream, that .you can find
if you will follow on
And .nil away In .liver boats, unt'l
the break of dawn.
And not a worry ln the world, and
not a slnele care
Can overtake a little child who goes
a-saning mere.
Down the road to Drow.ytown the lit-
tie cnnaren so.
Rank on rank and file on file, and
row on marchinir row:
They start away at eight o'clock, and
anyway bv nlna
They ought to reach tho shadow of
tne magic mountain nlna.
And climb among it. .friendly limbs,
and look away and sea
The lovely land of By and By ths
urn. tnat . going to be.
So take the road to Drowaytown, and,
tnougn it. snininr skies
Will alway. Mem still far away be-
tore your ouestinr evea
Toull listen to the singing been, and
near the ntsrht birds! call.
And never even care to gat to Drowsy.
town at all.
I wish that I could go along, but only
stainless souls.
Like those of little girl, and boys, caa
ever pay the tolls.
ess
We Mlsat nave Let Ens' Alone.
It look, as If we pacified Mexico
only to discover that her oil had all
rud out.
as
Aa to Percentage.
It is -a S per cent ImmlKratlnw law.
but It ought to admit only 100 per
cent Americans.
as
Well art All nark.
It won't be lonp; before the Colom
bian gentleman who got that $25,000.-
00 Indemnity will b coming up to
New York to spend It.
(Copyright. 1921. by the Bell Syndi
cate, Inc.)
In Other Dart.
RADICM AND NATURAL ALiCHEMT.
Coincident with the visit of Mme.
Curie to America, whence she will
carry to Prance the priceless thimble-full'
of radium, there spring into
the news columns sundry queer little
stories of the strange substance that
is to be a specific for cancer, accord
ing to the assertion of its discoverer.
From these we may conclude that
radium already Is In common use,
though its possibilities scarcely have
been realized. A Portland physician
searches his wastebasket for a small
luantity, carelessly tossed away, by
unfamiliar hands after being used in
treatment of a patient. In an Illi
nois city surgeons made a hasty in
cision in the stomach of an elderly
gentleman who has inadvertently
gulped down a tube containing $6000
worth of radium. There is more
than the purpose of salvage in this
instance, for it is written tnat tne
perity, the old-timer will have mar
velous tales to tell of floods he has
seen.
his name and does not specify "South to Portland by machine Is becoming r
Carolina." It - Is the first time in haBlt wlt manr, Asxonans.
,. .... c,,. ... ... was once a days journey by boat i.
many years that one Smith only ha. covered ,n f ive hourg, .d some-
nera a seat in me oenaio. nor. long u les8 when ther are n0, Bpeea
perioa tnere were tour oi tnat name I cobs around.
answering to the hall of senator. The
Job aa Hunter and Trapper.
ARAGO, Or.. May 18. (To tha Edi
tor.) I desire a position with th
government to trap and hunt. PJeasa
tell me how to get ln communication
with party that ha. charge of this.
JOHN LA31'M.
Write to 'Stanley Jewett, United
States biological survey, Postofflce
building. Portland. Or.
Twralr-flre Years Ass.
From The Orrjonlan of May 31. lsx.
About 36.000 head of sheep are col
lected around Huntington awaiting
the commencement of the shearing
season.
A complete set of the dozen new
Greek postage stamps, Issued on occasion-
of tha revival ot the Olympic
games, are on display in the city.
Owing to the present enthusiasm ot
tamp collectors, governments can la-
sue a new style stamp ana ouisin
finance, galore from the sale thereof.
After five year, spent ln develop.
ment work, the Ancnor uoai rom-.
any', mines near Kelso are ready to
produce coal in large quantities.
The only bicycle road map prepared
for this vicinity has. been published
by two local wheelmen.
ALU VOI.AT PROIHI!.
She flies with her own wings," brav.
Oregon,
In fearles. freedom ana m.jesuo
mlKht:
With waving plumage pennant, for
the r irht
She keep, courageous cour.e toward
the tun.
en now, fair .hlning laurels aha
haa won
By honor and by Justice In the fight;
But clear, so keen, far-reaching I. her
eight.
More garland, will .he gain e'er
flight Is done.
Begat by vision and brought forth by
. will.
Through struggle came this one of
noble birth.
Her ancestry with purpose her he.rt
fill.,
Restraining her to wisdom and to
truth. ,
She sings a song of lofty hope to still
The restless, clamorous soul, of striv
ing earth.
NOItMA PAX1EL A R A NT.
Bootleggers and moonshiners have
a few weeks of grace for lack of
funds to pay' enforcement officers.
It is a precarious calling, though,
and the "smartest" stand best chance
of being caught.
elections last November were fatal to
the Smiths, eliminating from the sen
ate Hoke of Georgia, Mark of Arizona
and John or Maryland.
The difference between the (0-cent
Some people may be a trifle dubious
about business condition, in tne im
mediate future, but W. S." Wells of
Marshfield i. an optimist of the
first water. Things on Coos bay
have been somewhat quiet, but that
doesn't worry Mr. Wells, for he has
A couple of French scientists come
out with the assertion that meteors
are animals. From which we may
draw the deduction that learned doc
tors sometimes are fools.
Salem is leading in the high school
debating league. But think of the
forensic training the Salem students
get with the legislature in session
there every two years.
standing that, somehow. Professor
Einstein's theory of relativity per
tains to the relation of the heavenly
bodies and their march across space
for. the Swiss savant asserts they
are outward bound for somewhere.
To us this seems an immaterial mat
ter. Our world will last full long
enough to round out our lives and)
the lives of countless generation
or so we believe. Professor Einstein
himself bids us not to worry about
the theory of relativity and its con
clusions that eternity, as expressed
In the finite comprehensions of time
and space, is not limitless as we
suppose. But when we perceive that
a torrid storm on the flaming sun,
for so they explain the sun-spots,
mnro than 92.000.000 miles distant.
more the countless millions of Asia may kindle the mysterious and play
Herbert Hoover says the open door
policy is vital to American interests.
Particularly in view of the fact that
All of us have the vague under- radium must be recovered or Its un- we bow have a front porch presi-
n.iiir9 Tinct will die. i ueuu
Tha'notencv of radium came to
knowledge, as many scientific truths Connecticut yesterday hanged a
come, through experiments directed man for -murder committed last
at another goal and through hap- August The "land of steady habits"
would swarm westward, and we
should be confronted with Asiatics
across both oceans Preservation of
our own prosperity aemanas uiai we
help Europe to heal its ancient feuds
and again to prosper. Preservation
of our civilization demands that we
helpto preserve that of Europe, for
if that should perish, it would be re
placed by the civilizations of Asia,
which have made China a country of
'coolies and India a country of ryots
and castes.
Mr. Harvey's speech is disappoint
ing because it laid so much stress on
the negative rejection of the league
and so little on the positive the
substitute whU-'j this country should
ful aurora over the roof of the world,
we realize that it is entirely perti
nent for theorists to seek more
knowledge of the relationship, as a
harmonious whole, of suns, and
worlds and dead and dying planets.
Fancy a telegraphic message from
Portland to Bend, let us say, being
delayed or garbled by an original
cause so far, so very far, away.
We continually confront the mys
teries of nature the inscrutable.
At times we harness them to our
work, but we never approach under
standing. The veil is yet between
us and omnipotence, "lest we should
hear too clear, too clear, and unto
blindness see," Alore than four cen-
oharge for a raw steak-at a butcher ordered three carloaaa f uroDl;
v.- t-i on ,. ... I auu ii tut ancouj. -
" " th i-ira in tha sh Dment.
hotel or restaurant is chargeable to Mr wells is looking around Portland
atmosphere," according to Edward M. I or a day or two.
TUrnev. l-nann tri n ir dlrAitnr nf tho 1
uni.i a n ann i a .f v.. v.,i, ix ...! Th a Rev. William S. Gilbert and
at.ak n nava en rent, on f, k. Dr. A. Barr headed a large oe.eBai..u..
i, . . i ... . , i . UI U Ulll UH. ii t
although the account is not itemized
on the menu.
The
York hotel manager referred to is the
effect obtained by floral decorations,
music and lighting, together with the
use of silverware, glassware and
china. ' He did not, however, mention
the use of table linens.
"If the general public will think a
moment," he said, "It will no longer
who regls-
tns at the Multnoman yesieraay
.. remained lone enough for lunch
Thi la tha second time that this
atmosphere" which the New same group has visited Portland for
a few hours, xne ttev. mr. uumn
was chaplain of the 2d Oregon In the
Philippines and also serveo as a cuap
lain ln the world war.
O. R. Dinwiddie. registered at the
Hotel Oregon, is proud of Boise, the
town he signs from on tne dook. a
survey of conditions in Boltfe a few
days ago revealed tnat tne wnoitww
hazard accident. Mme. Curie's con
fidence that radium will eradicale
cancer, for example, had Its incep
tion in the painful injury of Henri
Becauerel. in 1896. A student of
rarlio-aetivitv. he carried a small
quantity of the newly segregated ele
ment ln his waistcoat pocket, uiti-
is slow but very sure.
Portland will promise most any
thing to get the old battleship Ore
gon, even to taking her in nights and
putting her to bed.
question the menu charges, nor won- an(i retail business of the town runs
der why the piece o4 steak, the butch- into the millions of dollar., while tho
er sells in the raw for 60 cents costs payroll of the government employes
$1.25 in the atmosphere that i. alone in Boise reacnes aoout i,Uv.
ureawou uy me "moneys,, eeimonts , , baa nr. who Is
.x .tK.. ?xrt. , ..I J. r. ui - .
. i.Lu-.,.uU. mmiuusi. ,.,..,.j in hiv ne the farm wool
.it. .-aAn r troirftn nnoiea ana
Catering to special classes of trade --n. to Portland for grading, storage
seems to have reached a high stage of and sale, is among the arrival, at the
development. Judsrine by recent ada I Tmnerlal. The new wool enterprise
Tornadoes in Minnesota and hrgh that have appeared in eastern papers, was launched a few weeks ago and is
mately developing on his side the winds in Nebraska are making life a One dentist states in display type sam lo De
famous "Becquerel burn," which burden to people who should be liv- that his waiting rooms are fitted with ress-
proved the effect of radio-activity on Ing ln Oregon. toys and a nurse Is always in attend- Elmer Montague, sheriff of Gilliam
ance to care ior tne youngsters. They muntv. was nresent in tbe local lob-
will cure cancer. If Mme. curie s The government has laid off 700 can be left by parents and called for Kbles yesterday. Mr. Montague was
tacts ot- onrriisivfi. by slaving the rlrv-sauad o D e r a 1 1 V e s. However, after the tooth la nulled or treated sheriff eight years ago and "came
cancerous tissues. Yet so powerful is that doesn't make moonshine any And a New York department store
safer to drink. . v (carries a notice of its "Pony. Land
Barber Shop," where the kids ride
Whenever a speaker has nothing I hobby horses while they have their
else to say and wants some applause hair bobbed. ' This ad goes on to tell
he makes an attack on bolshevism. j of a playroom la charge of a woman J Young of Moro. They are returning
attendant, with see-saws, a big slide
Mr. Ford wants further probe of and plenty-of games.
the Newberry election. Mr. Ford Is
running on high gear just now.
this weapon that the utmost care
must be taken to localize its effects.
Properly administered, declares the
most eminent woman scientist. It
will cure cancer. This she has
proved.
But the actual discovery of radium
itself owes much to chance. Bec
querel it was who discovered radio
activity when experimenting with
uranium salts In an endeavor to dis- Roses have thorns. The sun that
cover relationship between phosphor-1 grows the roses, will bring high
escence and the A-ray. uranium water.
had been utilized previously In the
commercial prouueuon ui nuwies-1 a nooa, n it comes, win be a
cent champagne glasses, that emitted I Stillwater affair.
a strange light not born or tne glass
itself or of lamps or sunlight. ec- I "Pier Park", is apt, alliterative and So get to hell out of here and let us
auerels experiment consi&iea oi ex-1 alluring. . u I work," The camera men, "got,1
back" with the rest of the republican
party ln the election last November.
Registered at the Perkins are 3. O.
Beldin and J. E. Higley of Mosier,
W. L. Roberts of Haines and A. M.
Charles ,.G. Dawes is still talking
the way he did recently before a
congressional committee, says Cap
per's Weekly.' As head of the com
mittee for soldier relief, be was ap
proached by motion picture camera
men the other day. "Hell, no!" he
said. "We won't pose. Damn it, we're
here to work, not to be photographed.
home from attending the convention
of the Independent Order of Oddfel
lows. E. J. Brlstow, one on tha councilman
of the town of lone, in Morrow county,
is at the Hotel Oregon. A fellow
townsman with him i. E. R. LundelL
Dr. A. E. Wrightman of Gllverton.
health oficer of that community, i.
registered at the 'Imperial.
C. a. Moore, formerly of Portland
but now a resident of Baker, is regis
tered at the Imperial, I
Cruise With the Speed Boats
of the Willamette
KnAPrl nn land and speed on air. s they'll tell you at the motor-
boat club, are tame by comparison with speed on the water such
speed as motorboat racing offers its enthusiasts. And old Mother
Willamette, bumbling along through Portland, nas witnessed noi, a
fw onic contests. White water roaring in their wakes, keel, nuea
almost from the surface of the river, the speed boats of I'ortland
have time and again set new records for the coast. They will
defend the Rose Festival trophy next month, when certain swift
craft from California attempt to bear it away. Read De Witt
Harry's story of motorboating, told in the Sunday magazine section,
with illustrations in color.
Did Yon Ever See Family Portraits Like Those? Like wot? do
we hear you say Well, for instance, like those paintings the psycho
analysis artists are making of sounds, and music, and debutantes,
and crown princes, and such. Perhaps you're not up on impression
istic art. There's no harm in taking a peek at some of it, and the
Sunday magazine section will introduce you to this unusual demon
stration of the unconventional. Spiritually you may resemble a
stewed turnip, or a plate of hash. A psycho-analytical portrait of
the Prince of Wales depicts his royal highness as a garnished blob
with a grin. It behooves us to keep pace with culture, so we ought
to spare ten minutes for W. B. Seabrook's special feature. Illus
trated. .
The Other Shore. John Fleming Wilson's stories of Ihc sea, al
ways well told, are of especial interest to Portland readers because
J. F. W. once tarried a time here as a newspaperman. It is gen
erally conceded that his desertion of the fourth estate was a fine
thing for American literature. In the Sunday issue the Sunday
editor presents Mr. Wilson's latest shorts story of the sea a tersely
told narrative that has spray in it, and the wind in the rigging,.and
all that sort of color. Turn to the magazine section, page .7.
Baker Estate Mirage of Gold. Every third Baker in "America,
where the family name is common, dreamed dreams of the great
Baker estate in Philadelphia. These burst as golden bubbles, but
they were great while they lasted for mirrored in them was the
title to the very heart of the Quaker city. Charles W. Duke, in the
big Sunday issue, has written a comprehensive statement of the
Baker state hoax a story that cannot fail to be of interest to the
Jonses and other folks, as well.
Introducing Postmaster Will Hays. Continuing his discussions
of cabinet members, William Atherton DuPuy has provided The
Sunday Oregonian with a life sketch or a sketch from life of that
genial fellow who is first postmaster of America, and who certainly
looks as though, in moments of merry relaxation, he could wiggle
his ears to the admiration of all. Mr. DuPuy does not discuss this
with us, but he does afford a complete introduction to the postmaster-general,
reciting some of the factors which have contributed to
his success. . .
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