Morning Oregonian., June 13, 1921, Page 6, Image 6

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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1921
l ESTABLISHED Br HENRY L. PITTOCK.
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between the government, the states
and the timbermen in fire protec
tion, reforesting denuded land and
cutting timber crops "by such meth
ods as will promote continuous production."-
It provides for purchase
of private land needed to protect
watersheds or for exchange of land
needed to make national forests into
solid blocks of land.
This bill fdoes not go nearly far
enough in creating a socialist, fed
eral bureaucracy to suit either the
radical conservationists of the Pin-
shoot, the prepared nation spring Point, .sixty miles below Portland,
on its unsuspecting foe, the politi- Fair profits from these enterprises
cian release the trap for his ad- resulted in drawing many others into
versary, the business genius turn the the 'packing industry, but the can
trick that brings a million. Those ning of salmon had yet to ibe at
two guards manacled together by tempted.
their prisoner are a symbol o those "William Hume, who well deserves
who trust too much to fortune, in
great things as well as small.
WILL WOOL COMB BACK?
One of the consequences of mod
ern invention and industry has been
chot brand or the federal trade com- j the immense increase in use of vege-
uiiscHon clique, n suiuf me purpose
of those elements to cast odium on
It by branding the lumbermen who
support it as organizers of a trust,
Trial of the case is not necessary
to and would probably defeat their
purpose, for they would then have
to prov their charges, which would
be difficult. The commission is in
no hurry to bring such case to trial
for the commission has staved off
decision of the case against the
Hardwood association.
Rather than investigate any other
organization, the federal trade com
Pnfttas-e Itiitf-M 1 tn 1 it n-,. 1 .... ie mltssinn Itjft&lf la A fit suhlect for
io uasej. cents: 34 to 4S pares. 3
. cents; to 4 pases. 4 cents: 60 to 80
i .-pares. .- cnts: R2 to paxes. 8 cent I
-irei;rn puacajte double rate.
EuNtern HumIimnm f trrl. - V ,-,-. a fnnlr.
'lln :hmi Madison avenue. New York: Verree
. . conKllii. steeer builfllnr. Chlcaito: Ver
, ,ree & ( onklln. Free Press buildlntr. De
a .troit. Mich.: Verree t'onklln. Selling-
ouiininir. Portland: San Francisco repre-
.rentarive. R. J. Bidwell.
; WHAT'S WRONG WITH LIMBER?
It In its latest attack on the lumber-
men of the Pacific coast the federal
.i trade commission has shown its
; 'blindness to the real evils which be-
set the industry, or Its purpose to
I "spread the opinion that they" cans-riot
be trusted to co-operate in cur
. ling those evils and thus to promote
I legislation which would establish
..federal control of private timber
land and would gradually gather it
'Into public ownership. This is the
""plan of the Capper bill, fathered by
; Gifford Pinchot, and it is in har-
Cxnony with the theories of the clique
" ' of socialists whom the federal trade
- -commission employs to make inves"
I .". tlgations. Under cover of -a search
I ; for evidence that the anti-trust laws
liave been violated, these men. sajek
Z '. to make a case for government con-
trol of industry according "to their
" theories.
The very evils with which lumber.
' men have to contend render impos-
- eibie the kind of combination which
the commission professes to have
' discovered. Such a combination
- could not accomplish its purpose un
" ; less it Included lumbermen not only
on the Pacific coast, but in all com-
- - peting districts; that is, in the
t southern pine and great lakes dis-
investigation. Its function is to as
certain , whether the law is obeyed
and to report violations to the de
partment of justice for prosecution
It has degenerated into an organi
zation for legally muckraking busi
ness at public expense in order to
serve the political ends of its mem
bers and their socialist staff. It is
a survival of the Wilson administra
tion and its life should be summarily
ended. It should be supplanted by
a commission which would help
lawful business in the ways sug
gested by Secretary Hoover and
would make charges only when they
could be proved and for vindication
of law,
tricts. Even then it would be ex-
- - posed to competition from Canada,
r . which grows great quantities of tim
- ber of the same species as Oregon
. - and Washington. The Pacific coast
. I lias invaded the markets of the lake
- district and is in keen competition
t r I m tne souin ior ine miuuie west
, era market The obstacles to so far-
- reaching a combination are so great
' as to be practically insuperable.
2 , Conditions under which timber
' land is held would constantly spur
timbermen and lumbermen to go
- counter to the basic principles of
, such a combination and thus, to
break It up. The only means by
i which a timberman can derive in
.J J come from his timber is by cutting
- it, but he must pay taxes each year
- ' as long as he lets it stand. Many
I have given mortgages for part of
- the purchase price of their hold
1 1 ings, and must pay annual interest.
On sound business principles, they
should charge to the investment in
" terest on their own Invested capital.
They also pay an annual charge for
, protection against fire. In selling
J logs the price should be sufficient
to cover the first cost of the land,
' all these items for the entire term of
' years that the land has been held,
', the cost of logging and delivery to
; l the mill, and a profit on the total.
Many timbermen become finan
cially cramped, so that they sell the
logs from a large part of their hold-
- ings at a loss, if the value is thus
figured. They are forced to make a
sacrifice sale in order to avoid loss
of the whole or to get out from
- under a load of debt. Opportunity
', to get cheap logs from such men
' brings into the field sawmills with
inadequate capital which often sell
'. at or below cost in order to meet
; their debts. Even great holders like
Weyerhaeuser cut sections of their
; timber and try to stimulate sales of
; lumber by limiting the price, for
much timber is mature and has be
' gun to decay and some has been
fire-swept and must be cut promptly
" " in order that it may not be a total
loss. They find it necessary to con
vert some timber into cash to meet
their annual charges.
These practices militate against
" combination to control the market
and grow out of an uneconomic sys
tem of taxation. Timber is a crop
which matures in 75 to 108 years,
but the owner must pay taxes eve'ry
year while it is growing. If the
farmer were required to pay a, tax
on Mis wheat land each month of
the crop year we should have a
parallel. "When the timber is cut
much of the land is worthless for
"" any other purpose, is abandoned by
the owner and is thrown on the
. hands of the county, which cannot
. get taxes out of it or sell It and is in
no position to restore its value by
. planting a new crop. The lumber
ijmarket is thus frequently glutted
and the timber supply is depleted.
The interest of the nation as well
as that of the lumbermen demands
that a well-considered plan ' be
adopted under which taxation will
not continually drive them to cut
timber In excess of the demand 'and
under which timber will be cut only
as needed, cut-over land will be re
planted or cleared for agriculture,
and the lumber industry will be
placed in a healthy, solvent condi-
- tion. But the doctrinaire sleuths of
- the federal trade commission brand
lumbermen by wholesale as law-f-breakers
because they exchange in
' formation with the effect of stabiliz
'" ing their industry, as do men in any
. other line of business. , Behind this
" action is the desire to promote the
-Pinchot scheme for federal control
of all forest land, private as well as
public, for exchange of areas ripe
. for cutting for cut-over land, by
which process the government would
n time own all the forests, and for
the establishment in the forest
states of great areas, far exceeding
the present reserves, over which the
states would have no jurisdiction
aid from which they could derive
no revenue. That bill is offered in
opposition to the Snell bill, which
has the support of Korester Greeley,
the national forest reservation com
jnission, the lumbermen and the In
dustries which consume lumber. The
T Snell bill provides for co-operation
A BACKBONE EXAM IN ATI OX.
Fifteen counties gave majorities
in favor of the so-called hygienic
marriage bill in the recent election
The bill was of peculiar interest to
women. Men, under the present law.
must submit to a physical exam
ination before marrying. The bill
proposed to make the same require
ment of women, and added the re
quirement that both men and
women about to marry should pass
an examination as to mentality.
Another bill of "interest to women
was that admitting them to Jury
duty. It provided that women might
serve on juries if they wanted to,
but gave them the right to decline
on the mere ground that they were
women.
Twelve o'f the fifteen counties that
approved a physical and mental ex
amination of women about to marry
voted to reject the bill admitting
women to jury duty.
We await the study of some
analyst to inform us if this was only
a coincidence or whether the peo
ple of the twelve counties have a
suspicion about the mentality of ,
women in general,
Tha moral we get out of it is that
each candidate for the legislature
ought to be required to pass an ex
amination as to the size and rigidity
of his backbone. The hygienic mar
riage bill was sloughed onto th
election because the legislators did
not have .the courage to rebuff an
Insistent and persistent woman who
wanted her hobby adopted.
The jury bill was just ordinary
legislation. There was not a thing
in the bill that required its submi
sion to the voters. The legislature
ought to have passed or rejected
to be known as the father of the
Columbia river salmon packing' in
dustry, had established a cannery on
the Sacramento river, California, in
186, but had found that the south
ern run of fish was disappointing.
In the spring of 1866, at Eagle Cliff,
Wash., forty- miles above Astoria,
Hume started the first salmon can
it
without the ado of a vote, of the
people.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
The statement about Improve
ments under way at the state fair
grounds is encouraging as far as it
goes. For the first time all exhibits
will be under roof this year, th
race track has been improved, new
cement ways have been buift in the
camping area' and the fair grounds
are being beautified with shrubbery
and flowers. The point not made
clear is whether the fair is now to
be so pleasantly. attractive that it
will not be necessary to grant con
cessions to cheap gambling devices.
They still cluttered the grounds last
year.
The state fair Is just what its
name implies. it is owned ana
operated by the state. , It is sup
ported and conducted by the same
people who have placed in the law
inhibitions against lotteries and
gambling. The gambling booth is
thus not onlyVmorally bad In itself,
but tends to bring into contempt the
laws of the state. m
The sole excuse for the existence
of these concessions on the grounds
is that they contribute largely to the
revenues of the fair. But if the lot
tery Is a good thing for one public
institution it is a good thing for
another. Just now the property
owner" Is sadly loaded with taxes.
Elsewhere some governments man
age to get along with light taxes or
no taxes at all by profiteering upon
the gambling instinct. It would be
a bold person who would seriously
advocate establishment of a state
lottery In order to lower state taxes.
But what is the moral difference
between getting financial support
for the whole state government from
lotteries and for just one depart
ment of it?
THE UNEXPECTED TIME.
"There always is an unexpected
time," said Roy Gardner, the con
vict, in justification of his confi
dence that he would escape from his
guards despite manacles and Ore
gon boot, and the event proved him
right. To prevent a prisoner from
seizing an unexpected time imposes
an unabated, vigilance of which one
guard, or even two guards, are
mentally incapable, especially when
It must be maintained for a day or
two. . A second's inattention gives a
desperate schemer his opportunity,
and he seizes it, as Gardner did.
But his success will avail him
little.- The myriad eyes of the law
will be watching for Gardner, its
myriad hands will be reaching after
him and they will see and seize him
at his "unexpected time," when he
growsv weary and bis vigilance re
laxes. He alone wiH have to keep
watch, for there are no other Gard
ners to relieve him, while his pur
suers will have frequent relief. Toe
be always on guard is beyond human
power. As he has fifty years in
prison before him, the chance of
liberty may have been worth the
risk he took. He may be shot dead
by his pursuers, but so lawless a
character, may prefer that fate to a
life in prison.
How great a figure has that "un
expected time" played in the lives
of men and nations! At such a time
does the pugilist strike the knock
out blow, the general launch the
surprise attack, the assassin stab "or
k table fiber for clothing, as distin
guished from animal fiber, rur and nery on the Columbia river and the
skins of animals seem to have been second in all America. " "At this
the first clothing that men wore in period," the chronicle recites, "the
the temperate zone when they be- river literally swarmed with salmon,
gan to emerge from naked savagery, and- the cannery had no trouble in
Though Adam and Eve made aprons packing 4000 cases, which it in
of fig leaves, they lived in or near creased to 18,000 the next year and
the tropics, and in those regions the to 28,000 cases in 1868." Second only
primitive clothing is still . made tif to Hume in establishing and further
leaves and vegetable fiber; but the ing the young Industry was the late
rigors of more northern climes drove F. M. Warren, who established a
men to kill beasts, to eat their flesh cannery , at Cathlamet, Wash., in
and to don their skins for the sake 189, where it is still operated,
of warmth. They then advanced to But the man who was to assure
taking the hair of the sheep, goat the world that Columbia river sal
and cameland weaving-it into cloth, mon could -be prepared, -tn all its
Though linen, woven of flax fiber, richness, for universal consumption
is of great antiquity, its mention in was Andrew S. 'Hapgood, one of
connection with the royal purple I Hume's partners, who had been
implies that it was a luxury for the canning lobsters on the Atlantic
rich. I coast and who saw no reason why his
The change to cotton and linen talents should not turn toward sal-
tnade the greatest progress after I mon. Judged by the standards of
discovery of steam power and appli-I today that first cannery was but a
cation of machinery to spinning and crude makeshift, yet Its operation
weaving. It was stimulated by in- I was guarded as a mystery. The out
vention of the cotton gin and by put of this can factory was very
modern transportation methods. As Imperfect," Hume said in later years.
demand grew, manufacturers ca-1 "as at least one-half of the seams
tered to it by making goods more burst, owing to the lack of experi-
attractive in fineness, and color. I ence f the manager, or want or
Necessity probably drove many peo- good judgment. At thir time the
pie to wear cotton, for as population I process was a secret. Mr. Hapgooa
became denser wild animals were I did the cooking and all the work in
killed off, furs grew scarce and ex- I side, no one but a member of the
pensive and grazing land was put firm being allowed to go in. it
under cultivation with the effect should be noted that thte applies to
that flocks of sheep did not increase the Sacramento river cannery, for
in the same ratio as population. As I when its duplicate was established
woolen cloth grew more costly cot- 0n a scow in the Columbia river the
ton cloth became cheaper, until it salmon catch was so heavy that
now covers the skins of all Africa Hapgood was forced to initiate an
and Asia and is the principal cloth- assistant "a boy by the name of
ing material of Europe and America. Charles Taylor."
But a reaction in favor of wool TKntio vera tiA POnfl old davs. In
set In long before the war. Some ,jeed, but the late F. M. Warren, who
physicians preached a newgospel of believed that he had witnessed the
health, to the effect that wool and ereat rnn Df Chinook, could not
other anfmal fibers conserve bodily I vi,inn modern methods of arti-
heat yet permit free escape of ex- jtiCiai propagation that would stock
halations from the skin, while cot- and restock the stream, until its
ton clothing wet with perspiration myrjads of silver visitors were back
grows coia ana -siriKes a emu iiiui Jn tnefr home waters and tne annual
the wearer. They won many con- p-rpater than any the pioneer
verts, who refused to wear anything canners believed to be possible. The
but wool, and they created a popu- dailv pack of the finest salmon can-
lar opinion which, is humored by a I nerjes 0I the old days was not more
mixture of wool and cotton. ,!, 20o caaes. Today the daily av-
As Europe, the great consumer of -ra- i from 2500 to 4000 cases and
wool, arises from the poverty pro-1 numher of plants have even
a! 1 1 n . ? htf war we mv spe this re- 1 . t : . .. .
nrtion rake new vieor. The great B tl .J: must have I takinS up very little space. Its prin
stock of wool that has accumulated ded the sauce of iire hunger to clple 18 an application of the feed-
may be sold at relatively low prices, tempt a civilized appetite, to the war neater, which in the past has
. " " t " - - l caulietl opi 111(5 iiiuuwn w. -..- r . I -
racture, may put wooien ciotu ugaiu ent ls a spanned by less man a " iuut.
witnin reacn oi uiuuuhb m ut lifetime. Mr. Cobb's report spans it -me oevice takes a portion of the
minds cotton is a Daage ot war pov- by the bridge of industrial history steam which ordinarily goes to waste,
erty. That association of ideas may and teaches, as inquiry must always through the smokestack and uses it
cause them the more eagerly to don flndi that we are neir8 to much that t0 heat the water which goes into the
woolen clothing until consumption was pald for by patient, discouraging boiler. In other worda ,t makes .
uguiu i di-uco, . effort on the part oi me pioneer. steam with old.
pre-war total.
BY-PRODUCTS OF THE PRESS
Gas Mask of Peace Differs From That
of W ar.
At the time of the war's end a no
tion was quite generally held that
the military gas mask would be a
satisfactory contrivance for use in
mines and wherever else there might
be poisonous fumes or gases to con
tend with, saysfhe Kansas City Star.
Fire departments of many cities were
anxious to adopt it. ,
The United States bureau of mines
had some trouble to dispel this idea,
and was obliged to explain that the
war mask was designed merely for
protection against gases in the open
air, where they could not possibly
be otherwise than very much diluted.
Such a mask would not be serviceable
in a mine or other inclosed space
where the air contained a high per
centage of poisonous gas.
Nevertheless, it "was obvious that a
gas mask suitable for use by firemen,
by workers dealing with dangerous
chemicals and by others seeding sim
ilar protection, was urgently demand
ed, and so the bureau of mines, at its
experimental laboratories in Pitts
burg, set to work to produce the
article required.
It has now been perfected and is
guaranteed to protect the wearer
against all -poisonous gases present
in air when the-concentration does
not . exceed 2 per. cent. Concentra
tions in excess of this are rarely met
except in unventilated places.
The mask is merely a filter, and its
wearer must breathe the air by which
he ls surrounded. Therefore, it is not
suitable for mine rescue work after
fires or explosions', when oxygen In
the air underground is likely to b
lacking. But it. Is recommended for
use by city firemen, who are liable
to encounter all kinds of crises, in
eluding ammonia and the deadly car
bon monoxide. It will protect them
In any place where a lantern, will
ourn.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folk at the Hotels.
"I have hunted big game on three
continents," said H. E. Nantleth of
Toronto. Canada, at 'the Multnomah
yesterday. "I have shot in America,
Africa and India, and have come
through so- far without any serious
injuries, although I have had a few
clawings and some close escapes
where a few inches more would have
meant death. I shot two royal Ben
gal tigers in India, but that sport, I
not so thrilling as some of the big
bear hunting ricrht here in North
America. . In India tigers are eho
from vantage points atop big ele
nhants. and native beaters drive th
game out where one can lay it low.
One doesn't take such chances shoot
ing tigers as he does with the big
brown bears of Kodlak island, Alaska,
fhey are the meanest and most fero
clous animals I have ever met. Most
animals run from man, but the Ko
diak bear is so warelike that as fa
is he can scent a human being h
will give chase. One charged ou
tent whan we were just rolling ou
for- breakfast. There was some - fast
scurrying about, and I stHl carry the
scar on my left arm where the claw.
of the big fellow grazed Uhe skin,
it takes a lot of bullets to stop those
huskies. One slap from the paw of
a full-grown Kodiak bear means cur
tains fon the hunter." Mr. Nantleth
is on his way to Mexico, where he
will investigate business conditions.
About II, 600,000 will be saved an
nually by the Pennsylvania railroad
by means of a small and simple de
vice which will be attached to the
locomotives.
Making new steam with old" Is th
principle of the lile piece of ma
chinery. which rUl enable the rail
roaa to curtail its coal bills 10 per
cent. At present the Pennsylvania
railroad spends about 118,000,000 a
year for coal,
The device was explained by J. T
Wallis, chief of motive power of the
Pennsylvania railroad. k
ine macnine." said Mr. Wallis.
consists of a small pump connected
with a steam chamber. It is placed
at the side of the locomotive engine,
'As you know, it reauiren a certain
This should be the grand week in amount of heat to make bolllnr w.t.i.
ms 1 ' Koi".v Oregon me, aevotea, as mutu m i i mto steam. Instead of usine: coal
wnen captain wiiKes, oi- me win De, to uus piuuccio. u.u-uU t0 nroduce this host th .
, , . 1 . 1 1 . . ; .' 1M I .' AVa nnn,(linH t f eV ft W BTI. I . ...
navy, visnea tiie uiuiuum nvci u. i cujuja wFJ ,, " -- equipped with the new apparatus de
181, ne xouna me lnoians Dusieu ai precianoa vl mo y- """ rives the excess heat from it.
. a a, - M i Tr' Jl J I j nrk stoma AO 11 V a Tl fl I "a w
tneir Harvest oi saimuu. uuuaiupcu i aim wuiucu " steam. Part of the Rtp.m
by Kettle Falls, near the present city stayed late to majte this state pos-
usually
. I wasted la Htvprrcvri h. i w
or uoiviue vvan.. was im "'"" " "it rVr, T have BoillnS water is also brought into
miiniiv 1 1 1 T.riiJt?Miiieii luiicu luc too- a. uaucc wim a, j - i .
ket people," for the Ingenious de- the best for the asking, and mostly lnal cnamoer and mixes with the hot
vice they utilized in persuading the without Keam' The water thus heated to
salmon to their cooking pots. They 1 , , 7, TT ' "
took, he records, as many as 300 One thing that wiU make a lot of trcea lnt0 the boiler by the pump.
fine fish at every haul, and tneir law persons favor Carpentier to win tne iou see. it is an
of hospitality was that every way- ig fight ls that Jim Corbett picks endless chain." Philadelphia Public
farer, white or red, snouia nave as Dempsey.. Gentleman Jim's Datting
many as his needs required. But average at pfeking world's cham-
nowhere ' in his chronicle did the I nions since he lost to Fitzsimmons A golfer dropped into a New Tork
good captain, amazed at the prodi- has been exactly zero. store to buy a driver,
gality of this food supply, set down , "This club is off balance," he re-
the venture that some day the sal- A Spokane man jn the" secret serv- marked to the clerk, as he Jiggled a
mon of the Columbia would constj,- woxhinirtnn ha erown tired of nice looking brassie.
tute an enormous commercial asset, donning a dress suit daily and been 'That is a special order club. Let
with the wide world for its market. transferred t0 st, Louis, where he me have it. please," said the clerk
John N. Cobb, of the bureau of 'wm (inJ thB water and beer nervously, piquing the curiosity of
fisheries, mentions Wilkes visit in a wo but be comfortable in a belt, the shopper. ,
recent comprehensive report of the Th m.Ms.. , M - . .
An advertising man has been golfer, happened along just then.
asked the customer, "what
Pacific salmon fisheries, merely as
an historical aside. In the Pembina
rr wTve, ftf the named to head the shipping board. "BUI.
Guess President Harding thought it the deuce is the matter win, fhi.
North flowed through abundant pas
turage for the buffalo, the Sioux had
introduced to white adventurers a
food for the march and the foray a
greasy yet palatable compound' of
minced buffalo meat and berries. It
was time the board got a little favor
able publicity.
club? Just heft the darned thing.
It's all off balance."
Bill looked wise, and he looked all
around carefully, then he replied, in
a stage whisper: "Pete, that is the
A Hindu is suing another in a
local court for collection of a note.
was called pemmican, and the fact which shows world progress. Awhile I best t club in the .bag. It holds Just
serves for comment upon tne inter- ago he would nave collected witn a i two annus of hooch. See here, how
change of certain woras among tne i unite. 1 tne nanaie is hollowed out."
tribes. The Indians of the Columbia I - And Scotland was vindicated. New
river region pounaea ineir saiuion ' Bure-lars at Drain the other night I xorn. world.
to a coarse meat, arter extracting tne icnow the tricks of the trade. They
So pleased was Roy Carruthers,
manager of the Waldorf-Astoria ho
tel. New York city, now guest of Eric
V. Hauser of the Multnomah hotel.
with the views he caught from Mr,
Hauser's automobile on the Columbia
river highway yesterday that he
wants to return to Oregon and make
his permanent home here. Mr. Car
ruthers formerly lived In Welser,
Idaho, and became manager of the
Palace hotel. San Francisco, in 19l
From that post he went to the Penn
sylvania, New Tork city, thus becom
ing manager of the biggest hotel in
the world. He later took his present
-insitlon, said to be the highest paid
managership of all hotels. Mr. Car
ruthers paid a visit to the battle
'lelds of Europe recently and made
e trip from London to Paris by atr-
nlane, a method of travel he found
quite common between the two cities.
He Is to return at once to his duties
in New Tork city.
C. B. Carlton of Hoqulara, Wash.,
who came to Portland last week to
see the Rose Festival, being the guest
nr his granddaughter., Mrs. ZIm C.
Thompson. 372 Broadway, pd five
sons and grandsons in the world war
and he wears a badge with five stars
honor of that fact. "If the war
hadn't stopped when it did." he said.
there would have been two more in
it." Lumber mills on Grays harbor
have been considerably hampered In
their operations by the marine strike
Mr. Carlton said.
bones, and called it by the same
name pemmican. This primitive
mefthod of preparing fish for trans
portation and future use, together
with the universal custom oi drying,
stole a lot of , shoes and put the
empty boxes back on the snelves.
An Indianapolis downtown dalrv
mncn naa been having very rood
sales on a special sandwich, relates
the News. It was sliced hard-boiled
egg and ham between two pieces of
The city of Warsaw, Poland, an
i.n if- w1t flnat a
i fll the To m lue in this country. Which raises bread, but It looked good No one
rivel-saLon the W1" bPd8 "at? hd -r questioned thTvaJof0?'
But almost a decide before Cap- , , "'"' "m iv ceni8 P'ece for the
tain Wilkes partook of pemmican "i""' .".,..i,r,u,c ,Ci7 wmingiy.
with his Indian hosts an American in not bringing Roy Gardner north But one day a waiter noticed that
ii X rr.t.in Nathaniel J. I by sea. He would have, grabbed a a gri who had been In the um. -
lli7IICIUiaU f - I , n, j I "bwil vt
Wyeth, of Massachusetts, saw the caae oi Boap anu buying one every day at lunch was
possibilities of the Pacific coast sal- . , , . Duying just a plain ham sandwich
xrnaseri nverland to Oresron I There Is no doubt the Jap intends I which was lust in -j . , 3
to establish fisheries. The ship that to use "the big stick" In Manchuria boiledlegg which was 6 cents. Aad as
carried ms supplies was lost in pas- ana omen. sne sat down at the table where
sage, probably in negotiating Cape for Pacific coasttimbers. thera were a number othap a
Horn, and was never heard from. ' ghe said: "Her.;. wh. t
mv. ! , 1H51 tin A Wvoth iH in I 1 V. I. nma-A I .
lino i i ms umif uu i.uivo uo car tare nome tonight by slielna- an
tne Uicauumc o i man llltj guvciuuicub ulct vw j egg.
station on tne iewis river, a orancu install and operate a stui ana soon
of the Columbia entering on tne pay8 a fine and goes to jail.
Washington side. Two years later
he returned to .Boston ana sent out a n. ,1,. tint the Polli mnntT can. .,,.1. . . ..
.erond vessel, the brig May Dacre, " 7,711,, : ZW. " -..r to testimony
-M-V-rHvaa safelv. Wyeth then ":".-TZ" Detore BUPe"or J"se Deasy of San
De aosoiete uu iu.s " Francisco in the divorce su.it of Mrs
Common thing. V Elizabeth Rro .r.ln.t 1 1- t, '
a- o v "UiCIU AttKO,
relates the Chronicle. She said he
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Women wear short skirts and low-
necked gowns because men desire
which arrived safely. Wyeth then
established his salmon fishery, the
first ever undertaken by any white
man on the Columbia, at the lower
end of Wappatoo island, the Sau-
Vies lSianu Ul luuaj, -..w - - - ! , . , , . . wvuk udusd
lanlettevmingles with the mightiest Takes a Portland man todo thmgs. wanted hep tQ wear garments of
A Portland aviator has landed in ohiected to her r,r,,7 .....
the grand canyon of the Colorado. final separation ab'out becaus(J
stream of the west,. For some rea
son, certainly not that of lack of
fish, the project failed and the brig
returned . with but half a cargo of
salmon In 1835, when Wyeth gave
up the venture. Yet Wyeth's fail- . The trouble with Admiral Sims
ure did not deter the enterprise of I seems to be that he just can't resist
"Sims, com'ere!" says " Denby.
"S'lutel- Right about face! Retire!'
Which may be about the size of it.
the Atlantic coast fishermen, who
saw in the waters of the Columbia a
richer bounty than they had dreamed
of.
Captain John H. Couch followed
In 1840, and during the next decade
various others essayed to make the
river yield to them the returns they
believed in. Probably all or the
greater part of this first endeavor to
preserve and market the Columbia
lmon was by means of drying, for
the first mention of salting salmon,
in an industrial sense, occurs" with
the .advent of John West, at West
port, on the lower Columbia, in 1857.
H. N. Rice and Jotham Reed, in 1861,
began packing salted salmon at Oak
the temptation to pull the trigger.
.
The New Jersey pastors protesting
the fight might do a little protesting
of the Jersey beach costumes.
Over one-third of Idaho's popula
tion is babies and children. That Is
promising.
scantiness in skirt and neck that she
considered immodest. Judge Deasy
ruled that women have the right to
wear 'em any way they want to and
granted the divorce.
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He is a bright little patron of the
West Indianapolis' branch library and
knows weU the books suitable to his
age and grade.
However, the more difficult and un
familiar titles of the high school
reading lists for which he is fre
quently sent sometimes stump htm.
'I want the three mosquiters," he
announced hurriedly on his last visit.
"Tou mean the Three Musketeers,' "
Floyd McKenna of La Grande. In
charge of the recent Union county
stock show, couldn't get to Portland
in time for the Rose Festival because
the dates of his show conflicted with
the Portland fiesta, but he did the
best he could, arriving, here yester
day. Mr. McKenna registered at the
Imperial yesterday on his way to
Walla Walla, where he will put on
another stock show.
Among tourists arriving at Port
land hotels was a party of eight
that reached Portland on the Shasta
last night and registered at the Ben
son, headed by Mrs. F. W. Bradley
and Mrs. John F. Davis. They are
en route to Kellogg, Idaho. Mrs.
Bradley is the wife of a prominent
mining engineer of San Francisco.
R. H. Wood, a hopman of Dayton,
Or., is at the Oregon hotel. Mr.
Wood expect? a good crop of hops
this season and believes the price will
be a satisfactory one. Due to the
inhibition against yeasty beverages
by reason of the 18th amendment, the
foreign market will be relied upon
chiefly.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Duggan, with
two daughters, made up a tourist
party arriving at the Benson yester-
ay. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Comstock
of Milwaukee, Wis., were other tour
ists registered at the same hotel.
Charles H. Davis, a stockman of
Burns, Or., arrived at the Imperial
yesterday. He" brought along two
cars of cattle, rolling fat on Harney
alfalfa, parking the lowing herd at
the stockyards in North Portland.
Henry Nurre and J. McNaraee of
La Grande, prominent In the councils
of the Knights of Columbus, were at
he Portland yesterday. They came
own to attend a special meeting of
their order.
Dr. A. E. Wrightman, prominent
Silverton physician and member of
the Knights of Pythias, arrived at
the Imperial yesterday to remain in
the city for a few days.
Mr and Mrs. Lot Pierce of Salem
registered at the Imperial yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Pierce is prominent
in tne hardware trade at the capital
city.
A. J. Olson, who has a contract on
the highway between Astoria and
Seaside, was in Portland yesterday
and registered at the Oregon.
B. A. Eldred of Kerry, Or., who
takes contracts to get out telegraph
poles and other long timbers, is reg
istered at the Perkins.
F. . Klevenhusen, president of a
canning company at Altoona, Wash.,
and J. B. Bjorge, his manager, regis-.
tcred at the Oregon yesterday.
Herbert Flagg of OrJ"mpia, Wash.,
engineer of the highway department
of Washington, registered at the Im
perial yesterday.
XO REKLECT10.S O.V .NEWBEHO
SIcMlnnvMIe Speakers fast Ko Blrm
lahrsun Neighbor. ,
McMINNVlLLE. Or.. June 11. (To
the Editor.) C. R. Chapin. city attor
ney of Newberg, defends Rev. W. G.
McLaren of Portland, who made such
a. hurried exit from the city of Mc
Minr.ville Monday night lat.N Insofar
as Mr. Chapin's general statements
regarding the work of Mr. McLaren
go, we have no fault to find, but
when he seeks to justify Mr. MeLaren
in his actions of Monday night, we
can only say that he knows not
whereof he speaks. Under the aus
pices of the local moral alliance. Mr.
McLaren' aripea red In .this city Satur
day night and delivered his address
against the public dance. Monday
night the opposition held its mass
meeting. McLaren was there, not at
the invitation of those responsible
for the meeting, though perhaps at
the Invitation of . those who were
hostile to the meeting. Mr. Chapin
attended neither meeting. Mr. Mc
Laren attempted to gain a foothold
in the meeting of Monday night. A
man of good judgment would have
known better, for the demonstration
of the evening was of such a charac
ter as to tell almost anyone that the
audience was in no mood to be
crossed. He attempted to restate his
argument of Saturday night, and was
shut off; in getting down to the
point, he again misquoted the public
records of this county, and In the
discussion which followed he stated
things which seemed to reflect upon
the good name of Circuit Judge H. H.
Belt, and then the fireworks started.
The mayor, whose cause Mr. McLaren
was fighting, lent Mr. McLaren his
personal protection, and thus he was
saved from being manhandled.
Mr. Chapin is wholly in error when
he intimates that speakers at that
meeting attempted to cast a blemish
upon the reputation of our neighbor-
Ins: city of Newberg. As a matter of
fact. Mr. Tooze. the principal speake
at the meeting, mentioning lamh
county In general, and Newberg an
McMinnvllle in particular, aetenac
them atralnst the unjust attacks
mmorality. His earnest defense .o
the KOOd name of Newberg was a
sincere and positive In character a
his defense of McMinnville. and tn
resentment expressed was as much
for Newbera- as for McMinnville,
McMinnville wishes to treat th
whole Incident as a closed book. M
Chanin would do well to follow sul
or else know of what he ls speakln
before he speaks. The results of th
election of Tuesday, in which th
local- reformers were admlnistere
such a rebuke
to all ChaDin has to say,
A. 1. JAIIt.W
R. WORTMAN.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James) J. Montague.
WHERK NATL' RE E.VRAPTVRES A IX
Further Testimony f Clatsep
Deanty la Blooming Time.
SEASIDE. Or.. June 11. (To th
Editor.) Mr. Leon hirsch has chosen
a very beautiful and a very appro
priate name for the part of the high
way extenaina irom Asioris iu
side. A golden highway it certainly
s and we are glad there are aom
Oregonlans who have taken notice
of its loveliness. The broom light
the entire distance between the two
towns, and besides the Scotch broom
are countless other growths that
almost rival it in beauty.
There is the salal which is in full
bloom now and all Oregonlans know
the pink glory of it; the salmon berry
with its rose-colored flowers, and the
klnnikinic that so contents the eye,
all doing their best to make Clatsop
county a veritable garden spot.
I believe It was I-r. .Morrison or
Portland who said years ago to the
writer: "You know one could step
out of Oregon at certain times of
the year into Paradise and not know
e had changed locations. I suspect
that . ls no exaggeration, and after
aving passed a spring down here on
the coast one is forced to the con
elusion that nothing in the way of
a description of the country or the
glorious sunsets can possibly be un
duly elaborated. Nature goes beyond
the wildest flights of human fancy
or imagination.
A little knoll across the street
from my cottage is so covered with
buttercups that it appears like a re
flection .-of the adjacent clumps of
broom. Wood violets are everywhere
and daisies, of which Burns speaks
so feelingly, those "wee,' modest,
crimson-tipped flowers," cover the
hillsides.
I am reminded of a little poem I
clipped from the youths' Companion
years ago:
In mists of green the garden lie.
The happy birds ko slnaintr by.
The sweet-breathed hyacinth is up,
The tulip lifts a painted cup.
The farmer whistles st his plow.
The maple shows a tasseled bouph,
The swarming elmbuds are uncurled
For God has breathed upon bis world.
8. A. f .
Use of airplane and gas may re- said the librarian noting the list from
capture the mail robber.
This man Gardner ought to
working in the movies.
' Bring tha Oregon to Portland.
which he was reading.
"Maybe I do," he agreed promptly.
be Then he chuckled good-humoredly.
"Anyhow they're both good drawers
of blood," he added. Indianapolis
: News.
E. B. Osborn of Corvallls, Or., of the
state veterinary staff, is in the city.
registered at the Imperial.
C. E. Flager of San Francisco, tele
phone official, who is here to confer
on rates, is at the Perkins.
G. W. Zirrrmerman of La Grande.
well-known business man of Union
county, is at the Benson.
Frank C. Bramwell of Salem, state
hank examiner, was at the Oregon
yesterday.
W. H. Burghardt, pioneer mining
an of Salem, registered at the Per
kins yesterday.
Rlarhta lender Bonus Law.
BORING, Or., June 11. (To the
Editor.) I enlisted la March, 1914,
nn the old seven-year enlistment.
three with the colors and four on the
reserve. I put my name in to go out
on the reserve in January, 1917, and
it was approved. But before I got
out it was changed on, account of
threatening war ana l traa to stay in
the service until October, 1919.
What, I want to know is am I en
titled to .the bonus that has just
passed? J. M-. G.
Descent of Property.
ENTERPRISE. Or.. June 10 (To
the Editor.) 1. If the husband and
wife both have their names on the
deed to a piece of land, does this
mean that the nusoana owns only
one-fourth Interest In the property?
If the wife dies first can the husband
have the use of this property as long
as he lives? If the husband dies first
can the wife have the use of this
property as long as she lives?
2. If the husband has his name on
the deed to a piece of land without
his wife's name, what right has the
wife to this property If he dies first?
Can he will this property away from
His wife, leaving her without a home?
3. Can he leave the children pen
niless if he wishes?
4. If the wife dies first and the
property is in the hueband's name,
'can he sell this property and leave
the children penniless?
5. If the husband dies first, prop
erty being in his name, can the wife
sell this property and leave the chll
dren penniless? SUBSCRIBER.
l: A deed such at described means
that both own the property and that
one has no rights therein that the
pther does not possess. If one dies,
full title passes to the survivor.
2. On the death of the husband
the wife comes into, dower in his ex
clusive property, consisting of a life
Interest In the Income from one-half
the estate. He cannot deprive her of
dower by will. )
3. Tes, provided the will makes
mention of each and expresses the
Intent of the testator to leave each
child nothing.
4. Tes, if the property ls in his
name. ,
5. No. The children Inherit the
property, in the absence of a will.
except for the widow's dower.
CAM'S BKLI.I.
Rioting against a 22 per cent
alcohol bill has lately taken place tn
a number of towns in Holland.
Throughout the recent trouble
?he Dutch their tempers curbed
'Mid all the roar and shock of war
Serene and undisturbed.
While cannon-shot and shrapnel
Sailed right above their heads.
With minds at ease they churned
their cheese - $
And tilled their tulip beds.
The Germans tried to bluff them.
The Allies threatened war.
But quite content their wa they
went
As calmly as before.
Phlegmatic and unworrled.
Though discord filled the air.
They said as how this gorgeous row
Was none of their affair.
But when their legislature
(Or queen, or parliament)
Reduced their brew abruptly to
Just twenty-two per cent.
Up rose the stolid Dutchmen
United, one and all.
And In a stage of furious rage
They howled. "More alcohol!"
Though ordinary troubles
Will leave a Dtuchman cold.
Though day by day he goes his way
Ith reelings well controlled.
Don't think he has no temper,
He II fool you If you do.
He's there with bells when some
one yells:
"Come! Battle for your brew!"
Mot Any More.
. No matter how much the cost of
living in Berlin has dropped, living
there isn't worth IL
a
X) Permanence,
Mr. Lenine la In much the cam
position as the man who inherited a
clothing store and did a wonderfully
profitable business till all the stock
was sold out.
Only Fancy.
Nowadays the only place where
peace aeems absolutely secure la
-Mexico.
(Copyright. 1,121, by the Bell Syndi
cate. Inc.)
Burroughs. Nature Club.
Copjrla-ht, Ilongaton-M If flln Co.
(What do you want to know about
nature subjects? I?tnd any questions
of general Interest to the Nature
Notes Department of this paper. Look
for answers in this column.)
Can Yon Answer These Quest Ions f
1. Was there ever a bill brought
before the Michigan legislature re
garding taxing cats, and what argu
ments are there against it?
2. Does a tree bear fruit when
planted from a seed?
3. How is It possible for so frail a
bird as the hummingbird to make Its
long flight In migrating? Is it don
In relays? v
Answers In tomorrows nature notes.
s
'Answer to Prevlooa Questions.
1. Please tell me what becomes of a
Jackass, and why people say they
never die?
If this Is a bona fide animal, not
referring to the figure of speech that
calls foolish Individuals Jackasses
(which as a species will probably
never die!), the Jackass is a hybrid,
a mule, with a horse for one parent
and a donkey for the other. It la
stronger than either parent, and
really ls longer lived than horse or
donkey, hut It dies In due time.
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2. Do young salmon feed on those
that die after spawning?
Probably to some extent. All young
fish are cannibal. Their first food Is
the yolk of their own egg. which l
absorbed In the early stages of
srrowth. lasting two to three weeks.
Any fish tiny enough to be swallowed
Is the prcferri-d diet, and they also
eat living aquatic Insects, crustaceans.
and no doubt some carrion.
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3. Does the hoop snake exist?
Positively not. This question keeps
comlnsr in from different points. The
New York Zoologiral park, worn out
with similar questions tried offering
reward ot $1000 cash for a genuine.
live hoop snake, but nobody ver pro-
uced one. Snakes are legless, and
epend for locomotion on the contact
f the snake's muscles with the sur
face crawled upon. The "hoop" posl-
lon would deprive the snake of the
power to move.
In Other Days.
We think your retention- in the
service constitutes a new induction
into the service and that you will be
entitled to the benefits of the act if
you were a resident of Oregon when
you so entered the service. This is
only an opinion, however. The point
will require authoritative construc
tion.
Deed In Severalty.
PORTLAND, June 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Please enlighten me on Ore
gon's inheritance law, where husband
and -wife have all deeds made Jointly.
Is it necessary to make a will In order
to leave the surviving one absolute
control, being no children except
one of the parties by a former mar
riage? SUBSCRIBER
If the deed is made out to husband
and wife a will is unnecessary. The
survivor on the death of the other
comes into full title to the property,
to the exclusion of the children.
Twenty-five Yearn Abo.
From The Oreronlan of June 18.
St. Louis. At a conference here to-
av it was practically arranged thst
Senator Quay should withdraw from
the race for the presidential nomina
tion.
Joaquin Miller, poet and philoso
pher. Is In town while en route to
Seattle, where he will talk to the
Washington state convention of teach-
rs.
The week of racing at Irvlngton
ark rare track begins today with an
ttractive opening card.
In the auditorium building yester-
ay the Women's club held a delight
ful reception for Miss Susan B. An
thony, who Is here attending a three-
day women's consTess.
Fifty Yenrn Agv
From Th Oreronlan of June 13. 171.
New York. Secretary Seward and
party arrived at Sues May I and pro
ceeded on a special train to Cairo,
where they became guests of tha
khedlv.
The weather the past three day
has been unusually warm, with th
thermometer registering maximums
of 91Uj, 90 and 91. respectively.
The railroad and steamship offices
at the foot of F street will be ready
lor occupancy the last of this week.
The Portland Tacht club will' meet
iturday to Join with the rowing club
to arrange for exercises on th river
the Fourth of July.
Pahlljf Speaking Discussed.
Baltimore American.
"He never speaks when he
nothing to eay. Then he would
never do for a stump orator."
has
Murdered Man Not Miser.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash.. June 11.
(To the Editor.) In Th Oregon Ian
a correspondent from Vancouver, un
der date of June 9, speaking of the
mutder of Ben Rich, of Uidgcfielli.
says:
'He was an aged recluse, residing
In a shack near the railroad. That
he was known to be, of miserly
habits," etc.
All of the above Is absolutely
wrong, lie had a nest home In the
residence part of Rldgefield. kept
Immaculately clean. He was generous
to a fault. He fed more tramps than
any other person in the town. He
was one of the ex-councllmen of
Rldgefield. Every man. woman and
child respected him. He was a citi
zen of whom any town could well
feel proud.
In behalf of the people of Rldae
field. 1 trust The Oregonlan will pub
lish this statement.
A. W. MuCoUUACK.
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