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TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1921
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HELPrTI SCPERVISION OF TRADE.
Unless the United States is to be
heavily handicapped by Its own gov.
ernment in foreign trade, the Hard
ing administration will have to
bring, together In support of one
policy all departments that have to
do with regulation and promotion of
trade,, either domestic or foreign.
As affairs stand, the federal trade
commission views with suspicion and
asks the attorney-general to prose
cute as . trusts trade associations
which the department of commerce
encourages. The Webb law . has
made lawful for foreign trade com
binations which are unlawful in do
mestic trade, yet if the men In one
trade were to form two distinct or
ganizations, one for domestic trade
conforming and subject to the anti
trust laws, the other exempt from
those laws, there would be
tendency for the former to adopt
the practices of the latter. Close
supervision with a guiding purpose
to help business to observe the law,
and at the same time to extend for
eign trade and to increase efficiency
in domestic trade, is the need of
the hour.
This Is the function of the fed
eral trade commission, but it over
laps that of the department of com
merce, which Is to promote trade ex
pansion, especially abroad. The
agency through which the men in
any one industry co-operate for
mutual interest in domestic trade
are the many trade associations.
They collect and distribute among
their members information about
supply, stocks and prices of raw ma
terial, fuel prices and finished
product, these being matters of com
mon interest ft) all. E. N. Hurley,
the first chairman of the commis
sion, criticised business men for not
having this information and for not
keeping accurate account of costs,
so that many did not actually know
whether they made a profit, and he
recommended associations as a
means of supplying the need. But
the present commission condemns
such associations as in violation of
the anti-trust law, notably, in the
cafe of the Pacific coast lumbermen.
In contrast with this position Sec
retary Hoover holds that these asso
ciations sflould be encouraged, for
domestic trade, that few of them
violate the law and that they are
absolutely indispensable in foreign
trade in order that American ex
porters may hold their own against
the powerful, compact organizations
of Britain, France and Germany.
Though it is lawful for firms and
corporations in one industry to form
a central corporation for sales
abroad, they are liable to prosecu
tion if they form any kind of com
bination to fix prices and apportion
sales in the United States. But two
associations for the two distinct pur
poses would be composed of prac
tically the same body of men. They
might meet at 3 o'clock as a domes-
Tic trade association and meet again
at 4 o'clock as a foreign trade assoe
elation without moving from their
chairs.
The natural effect of exchange of
such information as is distributed
by a domestic trade association is
to stabilize prices, for the quotations
of all members, being based on the
same data, will approximate the
same figures. If each figures inde
pendently and does not communi
cate his price to the association till
the sale has been made, and if all
remain free to sell their goods any
where, there is no violation of law
Yet agreements on prices for foreign
trade, which are lawful under the
Webb law, will be apt so to react as
to bring about uniform prices for the
home market. When the practices
are seen from such different view
points as are taken by Mr. Hoover
and the federal trade commission,
the former may sanction action for
which the latter may advise prose
cution..
This case requires close co-opera
tion between the commission and
the commerce department, but of
this there is small prospect while
the one condemns what the other
approves. The commission was
created to investigatethe operations
of corporations and to recommend
prosecution when these are held to
be contrary to law. It was thus in
tended to perform a semi-judicial
function. In fact, the present com
mission has gone sleuthing after
certain Industries and associations
with a set purpose to "get" them
by making a case against them. It
has been filled by President Wil
son with a set of corporation baiters
who delight in harrying business.
Such a body cannot be expected to
work in harmony with Mr. Hoover,
whose idea is to combine friendly
aid to trade organizations with
vigilant prosecution of lawbreakers.
His attitude is constructive and con
servatively progressive, while the
commission's is destructive.
Having been appointed for fixed
terms, the present members of the
commission cannot be unseated ex
cept by" new legislation. There is
good Cause for amendment of the
Clayton law in order that the com
mission may advise corporations
whether their practices are lawful
and how they may organize for law
ful ends, and thus may aid legiti
mate business. That is the policy I
that was advocated by President
Roosevelt, who did more effective
work in prosecuting trusts and in
obtaining interpretation of the Sher
man law by the supreme court than
any democratic president, notwith
standing their fierce invectives
against monopoly. The present com
mission is mentally incapable of
giving any help to business, and the
amendeient suggested could be made
beneficial only if it were legislated
out of office. The functions of the
commistion are so closely related to
those ot the commerce department
tha it might well give place to an
Investigating and advisory bureau of
the latter, working under the direc-
tlon of the secretary and therefore
In harmony with the administration.
lie be damned" and "the corpora
tions be damned." It is time for an
era of good feeling based on correct
knowledge of the interests of the
two parties.
THE HIGH COST OF RIOT.
The race riot at Tulsa, Okla., has
prompted a movement In congress
to Impose on the federal government
the duty of suppressing mob vio
lence and -race war. The good peo
pie who make, these proposals over
look the fact that this is the duty
of the states and their political sub
divisionscities and counties in
In which the disturbances occur, and
that the federal troops cannot be
called In until the forces at the dis
posal of the state have proved In
adequate to the work. President
Harding gave a timely reminder to
West Virginia and Kentucky when
he refused to send 'troops to sup
press the Tug river war until the
full power of those states had failed.
States which maintain an Inadequate
or inefficient national guard should
take notice.
If the states whose people are
prone to lynching and riot would
take a leaf out of the history of
Pennsylvania and act on it, . they
might experience .rapid growth of
respect for the law. There was a
great railroad strike In 1877, accom
panied by riots at many places In
THE CCRIOCS INCAPACITY OF SPOOKS.
Two new examples as if any
more were needed.' of the way a
man of positive, genius degenerates
as soon as he passes into the world
beyond are furnished by spiritist
mediums who say they have ; been
in communication with the ; late
Professor William James and ;with
J. M. Whistler. The medium' who
has been talking to James has writ
ten a book giving the substance of
those conversations. The noteworthy
thing about the book is that it does
not measure up, either in style or
content.-to what the many admirers
of Professor James in the flesh have
the right to expect.
The other medium produces a
painting, which she says she did
under instruction from Whistler
and while the ghostly hand of the
master guided the "brush. But there
is none of the Whistler art about
it even a tyro would assent to that
and one is led to wonder why
Whistler should have troubled him
self about It.
The mediums would better con
fine themselves to the patter of
their trade. The old spirit messages.
capable of any interpretation one
cared to put on them, were capable
of giving satisfaction even to a Sir
Oliver Lodge or a Conan Doyle. But
the failure to reincarnate Mark
Twain .ought to have been a warn
ing. When a James speaks or a
Whistler sends a pictured message
we are going to Insist on at least an
earthly standard of excellence. We
shall begin to believe otherwise that
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worst riots occurred at Pittsburg I heaven isjiardlyworthwhl,!6-
and caused much loss of life and de
struction of property. The losers
sued the city for damages, and the
courts awarded judgments amount
Ing to nearly a million dollars. To
pay these claims the city issue
what were known as riot bonds, and
for many years their appearance on
the city's financial reports reminded
its citizens that riot is a costly lux
ury for a community. Since that
date riots have been few and slight
in and around Pittsburg.
The principle of the court's de
cision in those cases was that th
community is under an implied con
tract to protect the lives and prop
erty of Its citizens and that, if they
suffer loss through Its neglect to en
force the law, the community must
compensate them. If that principle
were generally applied in states
where lynching is in vogue and
where mobs are given free rein
some stiff judgments would be ren
dered against the delinquent com
munity and men who now regard
riot with indifference would exert
themselves to prevent it, lest the
cost add to their taxes.
KEEPING THE rtBLIC INFORMED,
While public service commissions
exist to do justice between utility
corporations and the public, they
owe election to the people and can
be sustained in taking a judicial
view of the relations between the
utility companies and their cus
tomers only if public opinion is cor
rectly informed and is interested
enough to become informed. If the
public lacks correct information it
will follow Its natural bent to press
constantly for lower- rates and will
protest against advances In rates, no
matter how complete the justifica
tion. Yet it Insists on good, efficient
service, which can only be obtained
if the utilities obtain sufficient cap
ital tp provide it, and they cannot
obtain this capital unless investors
are assured of a reasonable profit
This explains the discussion of
winning public support and confi
dence in the public service Industry"
at the recent northwest electric con
vention in Portland, which was
opened with an address by George
L. Myers, assistant to the president
of the Pacific Power & Light con
pany. There was no complaint about
corporation-baiting, such - as was
common at the inception of the
movement for public regulation. It
was recognized that, if the public
condemns decisiona that do justice
to a public utility as to Its cus
tomers, the reason is that the public
does not understand. Knowledge of
the facts is necessary to understand
ing, and the discussion was part of
a general movement to spread this
knowledge, which is growing all over
the country. Mr. Myers advocated
telling the whole truth, holding back
nothing. ' Any attempt to conceal or
misrepresent the truth would be
futile, for the public service com
mission exacts complete reports and
makes most searching Investigation
of each utility's affairs, and its rec
ords are open to the public. Then
any attempt to deceive the public
with one-sided propaganda would
defeat its own end.
But the public is made up of peo
rle who are very busy with their
own affairs, and they are more In
clined to growl .at rates for gas,
electricity, telephones and street j
cars and to "swat" somebody for it
at the next election, than to inquire
into the reascms. After all, the sum,
involved in each case seems too
small to justify analysis, which to
most people seems dull and com
plicated. This obstacle is being over
come by the effort of utility com
panies to make their customers their
owners by selling their stock in the
communities that they serve. A man
who holds a few hundred or thou
sand dollars of stock in a company
is apt to keep informed about Its
affairs and thus to be equipped to
defend It against unjust attacks.
When he finds criticism prevalent
and serious he will be disposed to
learn the cause, if any, and to ex
press his opinion to the manage
ment. If it is unjustified he will
answer it In conversation with his
neighbors and associates. In ' this
manner the public may be kept in
formed, and the commission will be
fortified in doing justice between
investors and the public.
Not only policy but necessity in
clines utility companies to seek cap
ital in the "communities that they
serve. The large diocks. or. capital
that were formerly invested in this
manner are not available in the
same quantity. High income taxes
on large fortunes have driven-such
capital into tax-free securities. Util
ity securities can attract the sur
plus of small incomes, which pay a
light tax, and people of small in
come have been educated to such
nvestments by buying liberty bonds.
The campaign of education now
under way will be powerfully aided
by several thousand people in the
utility's own field owning its stock
and bonds, for each one will be a
center of information. We have
gone through the eras of "the pub- I
THE FUTURE ROLE OF AMERICA.
Not long ago a Spanish news
paper, in bitterness of spirit possibly
engendered by bygones, charged
America with the ambition to rule
the destiny of the world. This coun
try was depicted as both powerful
and presumptuous, beset with dreams
of dominion and commercial con
quest; dreams that were to culmi
nate, if unchecked, in the vassalage
of other nations to the western re
public. The average citizen and
he is America, let It be Raid
laughed loud and long when he
chanced upon the translation of that
calumny and hazarded the guess
that we are and will be altogether
too busily engaged In minding our
own affairs, and that aggrandize
ment Is nowhere Included in the
category of our national impulses.
Yet it is probable that America Is
more the favorite of destiny than
her citizens ever imagine, and that
the Spanish version of present-day
evidence is simply untrue in that the
ultimate purpose is misread. We
are, indeed, too busy with our own
affairs to set great store by a domi
nant future, but the fae,t is that
foreign' nations are quicker to read
the signs and portents than we, and
that the idea of American greatness,
variously expressed, is current
everywhere save here. Said a Ger
man financial leader to Senator Me-
dill McCormick recently in Berlin:
Now we shall witness the inevitable and
irresistible oncoming of a second Rome.
to conquer the old civilized states of ,u
rope, smitten with decay, engendered by
rivalries, divisions and hatreds which they
cannot cure. Peace and lasting peace,
Roman peace, will be laid upon them by
the master of the world.
"There is nothing further from
the thoughts of the American peo
pie," returned the senator, "nothing
more remote from their hearts than
conquest." - "
Ah, it is not a question of your
will to conquer," answered the Ger
man. "An Inevitable and irresistible
destiny will carry you On to domin
ion, whether you will or not." .
Still with Yankee skepticism will
we laugh down the suggestion as
impossible and absurd. .We have
cares enough at home, and In our
national cosmos there is no trace of
any ambition save to contribute to
the decency of the world by our own
good and industrious conduct. Yet
the weight of American counsel is
greiater than ever before, and we are
free and vigorous nation, while
Europe, wounded, is in the chains
of debt and hatred. It may be that
the role of big brother to the na
tions will 'be forced upon us. And
if we have premonition of any pos
sible relation that may develop it is
this alone.
challenge which we could not fail to
accept without sacrifice of our na
tional life and independence, we ac
cepted the more readily and we
fought with the more zeal because
we realized that not only the liberty
of this nation but the very existence
of free government was at stake.
The energy that the people threw
into the struggle was the greater be
cause they had restrained them
selves or been held in leash so long.
Then their minds leaped over the
Immediate occasion of war to the
great, world-embracing principles
that were well described by Mr.
Hughes.
Every foreign war. that the Unite
States has fought was fought for
great idea independence, freedom
of the sea, independence of Texas,
independence of Cuba and we con
quered territory only to set Its peopl
free, paying the defeated nation and
claiming no indemnity. Thus we
proved ourselves free from those
vices of "imperialistic designs, cun
ning purpose and avarice" to which
Mr. Hughes referred. Our strictly
national purpose in fighting Ger
many was swallowed up and lost to
sight in the-far greater purpose of
saving the world from the peril to
freedom and national life. In defin
ing our purpose Mr. Harvey was
right as far as he went, but he did
not go far enough. Mr. Hughes
went on and finished.
Mr. Hughes' declaration of our
war aims is in complete harmony
with his definition of the Harding
peace policy. As we did not fight
for our own interest alone but for
interests which we defended in com
mon with other free nations, so in
peacemaking we shall not mix in
"political questions with which we
have no proper concern," but we
"cannot escape our relation to the
economic problems of the world
and "we have not lost the capacity
for high and unselfish endeavor.
In place of that open diplomacy
which proved to be as secret as any
that the world has known, Mr.
Hughes promises, what may be
called straightforward diplomacy
which will engage in "candid dis
cussion of the merits of problems.
The examples that Mr. Hughes
has given of the practical working
of this policy are sufficient answer
to those Impatient persons wno ae-
mand that certain definite things be
done right away and in their way.
Mr. Hughes has made decided prog
ress already by throwing the de
cisive influence of the United States
to the side of the allies in bringing
Germany , to pay the penalty of its
offenses and by taking part In the
councils of the allies. . These things
are earnest of further good work to
the same ends. Knowing the capa
city of Mr. Hughes and the spirit in
which he is working, we can surely
trust him without calling peevishly
for results.
HIGHKS' VIEW OF WAR AND PEACE.
AIMS.
Ambassador Harvey has given the
British people his view of America's
motive in making war on Germany
Secretary of State Hughes now gives
his view to the American people
There Is conflict between them
which is more apparent than real.
Each of the two men laid stress on
different phase of the subject.
The whole truth can be reached by
reading the two together.
After deprecating the boast that
we won the war," Mr. Harvey said:
Far more prevalent until recently was
the Impression that we went to war to
rescue humanity from all kinds of menac
ing perils. Not a few remain convinced
that we sent our soldiers across to save
this kingdom (Great Britain), France and
Italy. This Is not a fact. We sent them
solely to save the United States, and. most
reluctantly and laggardly at that.
Mr. Hughes thus stated his view:
Our men did not go forth to fight for
this nation as one of imperialistic designs
and cunning purpose, or to protect a land
where avarice might find its surest re
ward. They offered their lives and all the
energies of the country were harnessed In
the supreme effort, because we loved the
Institutions of liberty and intend to main
tain them, because we hated tyianny and
the brutality and ruthlessness which
found expression In the worship of force,
and because we found our fate linked with
that of the free peoples who were strug
gling for the preservation of the essen
tials of freedom.
Soon after the outbreak of the
war the vast majority of those
among the American people who
thought at all probably 90 per cent
were aligned in full sympathy
with the allies by the belief that
they were fighting for freedom
against despotism. As the enormity
of Germany's crime grew with the
barbarism of Its methods, this con
viction grew, but traditional isola
tion and remoteness from the scene
of conflict restrained us from inter
vention until a direct attack on the
rights of this nation gave just provo
cation. This was given by the sink
ing of the Lusitania. Probably a
referendum on the morrow of that
event would have approved a decla
ration of war. In fact, it was the
administration, not the people,
which was reluctant and laggardly.
though the habit of abstention from
interference In European wars and
the strong hold that the pacifist de
lusion had gained on the public
mind led the people to accept the
decision not to fight at that time,
yet with many and loud protests.
When Germany finally gave the
Next time whoever lays out the
schedule would do well to give more
study to possibilities, which include
issues, and provide more polling
places as well as more boards with
more speed. .Work dragged in many
places Saturday.
In every county where there was
a proposal to increase salaries of of
ficials the vote was against by de
cisive majority. People believe that
men elected to office, knowing the
remuneration, should be content or
resign.
Master bakers in Santiago locked
out their hands the other day for
alleged communistic proclivities,
which news item will serve to let
the world know the people down
there eat bread.
That Columbia university gradu
ate who made a little breeze awhile
ago as an addict escaped the other
night and somebody should hand
him his hat and speed him along.
The cherry growers think they
are in-hard luck. What the robins
left the rains may split. It's a good
thing' they exhaust their lamenta
tions before picking time.
BY-PRODl'CTS OF THE PRESS
Records Disclose No Chance In Sea
sons In 130 Years.
"The seasons are changing; we do
not have the cold weather we did
when I was a boy." Remarks similar
to this are frequently heard by
representatives of the weather bu
reau. United States department or
agriculture, but reports on the
weather dating as far back as 1780
show that there has been no radical
change in the mean temperature from
year to year.
An official of the weather bureau
has compiled the following table
from records taken by various ob
servers previous to 1872 and from
those of the weather bureau station
at New Haven, Conn., from 1873 to
the present.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folk at the Hotels.
For the 10 years endlng
17S0 1800 '
1S10
1S-JO
ls:m
1S40
IS.-10
two
1S70
1 S.S0
INiiO
1!00
ltt
1021
Mean
F.
.... 49.6
. . . . 50 0
50.4
47.5
.... 49.3
47.S
4'..2
4S.9
.... 4.l
4.
4S9
4H.7
40.7
00.5
"Business men of Portland can en
trench themselves solidly with the
merchants of Siberia if they will
cater to the small . wants of the
Siberian people and let the larger
orders come later" said Ejen Alkghorn
of Omsk, Siberia, registered at th
Multnomah. Mr. Alkghorn is buyer
for the largest industrial concern 'n
Russia and Is in close touch with the
Russian political situation. "It Is
very difficult, almost impossible, to
get in and out of Russia at the ores-
-fent time." said he. "Omsk is a ereat
fur center in Russia and my concern
does a iarge business in that line. My
personal opinion is that other nations
should let Russia and Siberia work
out their own salvation. I do not
mean that in a trade way Russia
should be let alone, for now there
Is good opportunity for this country,
as well as others, to get on a firm
focting for future business in the far
east and Siberia. Any favors which
may be extended to the Siberians will
be appreciated by them. As a sug
gestion to Portland, I would ask that
some comfortable room be set aside
In a modern office building where
Russian merchants may meet and
where Portland business men may
get in touch with them. In Vancouver,
B. C. this method of treating -visit
ing Russian business men is em
ployed with great success. I am sur
prised that not more Americans are
alive to the possibilities of reciprocal
trade with Siberia, which is really a
mammoth storehouse of raw materials
which may be used advantageously
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Hoagston-Mlfflln Co.
It will be noted, the official points
out. that the warmest three periods
are those ending in 1800, 1S10 and
1920, and that the coldest decade im
mediately follows the second warmest.
Considering the Individual months
and the Individual years, It is found
that the coldest January occurred asln America to manufacture countless
late as 1857. The coldest February
occurred eight years after the warm
est one. The coldest March was as
late as 1870 and again in 1885. The
coldest April was in 1874 and many
years after the warmest one. The
lowest temperature In May was in
1812. 1815, 1870 nad 1882. The high
est figures In June are in 1779, 1790,
1803 and 1S76. In July the lowest
was in 1S16. with the warmest as
early as 1780 and equaled in 1ST6.
The coldest August occurred SI years
after the warmest. In September the
coolest months are In the earlier
years, but for October, November and
December the coldest year came after
the warmest year in each case.
articles." Mr. Aikghorn was gradu
ated from the University of Petro-
grad with Kerensky and speaks seven
different languages.
.
To make arrangements for looking
after Oregon Elks at Los Angeles this
year. Roy W. Ritner was in town for
a few hours. He is a member of the
committee with Jay Upton, Denton
Burdick and others to arrange for ac
commodations for the Oregon con
tingent. Senator Ritner, who is the
heir-apparent to the governorship,
under the law, as president of the
state senate, put one political rumor
at rest while in Portland. He says
that he has no Intention of being a
candidate for republican national
committeeman for Oreeon. the place
now held by Ralph E. Williams. Sen
Thus it will be seen that In nine I tor Rltner's name has been men-
I lnnn4 1 n ma wa nti I j-. n- 1 1 Vi this nlarto
months of the year the coldest one of he .dmltr tht he has been
record occurred after the warmest urfced t0 run- but haa successfully
one. These figures seem to indicate i resisted the temptation.
very clearly, the weather official I
says, that since fte time of the revo- Having a large crop of berries and
- . . . . 1 r, n aaHufaninrv ur a r n f riiunonincr nf
utionary war, at least, mere nas
been! no permanent change in ,n so'mewnat of a quandarv. As an
temperature. attempt to solve the problem, a group
I of growers came to Portland yester
A new world bowling record 167 day with M. D. Shanks, formerly a
for a single game-has just been f the state senate : from
nuns uji. crnwers is to see if thev cannot ne
Not axvery high score as record gotiate to have the cannery at Leb
scores go. But the maker of it has anon opened up long enough to pre
an alibi. He is totally blind. serve the berries and the growers
The record was made at the alleys fPP" wining to operate me p ant
I 1. jm us I vsc iniit ol lln rr a rmmnatanl
used in conjunction with the New cariner to look after things. The con
York lighthouse for the blind, 111 cern which owns the factory has no
East Fifty-ninth street. Intention of resuming operations on
The blind champion, on picking up Its own account, at least not in time
a ball, backs to the rear of the run-- lu laKf care l l" "ernes wn.cn are
way. He takes a position facing I
traight down the alley with the aid While rains have caused conslder-
f a raised board against which he able interference, the road contract-
places his heels. He gets opposite ors on jne Pacific highway are get-
.. . . ... . ., . , , I ting under way as rapidly as weather
the head pin by means of a slight in- "riitlnna wiM nc.rm,t 'nrl. i r
entlon in the board, indicating the McLeod. division engineer of the
center. highway department, wrlo is regis-
After his first ball hits the Pins tered at the Imperial. Bill Morris,
e listens for the boy to call out by h J? .V""1!", he PaV"K ,outfjVn
umbers, the pins still .Undlng. "7 h 1 nn hv 'At
Then he repeats. Frequently he will staiing shower baths for the men in
make several strikes in tne course hw "hot-stuff" crew. C. C. Kelley
of a game, and round up his score I assistant state engineer, also passed
with a few snares. He bowls con. through Portland yesterday on his
Ixfentlv ahnv. 110 way to mumer ana eaoiwmu.
ine nignesi score ror tne alleys is -whcn th. Greeters held their na-
29. This is the record of a bowler tlonal convention in New Orleans re-
whose eyes permit him to distinguish cently they decided to build a home
between llarht and darkness and tn f-r broken-down hotel clerks in Colo
vaguely make out the beginning of rado- J" to make the enterprise a
(h -ii-,, H annt t, n Isuccess and get It started in the right
Can Yon Answer These Questions f
1. Are yellow jackets or hornets
or wasps classed as bees?
2. Is it true that alligators cannot
bite your arm or -leg off, but roll
over and over till they tear the limb
off?
3. What is the sugar bird? Please
describe color and habits.
Answers in tomorrow's nature notes
e
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. If a queen bee gets killed, van
a new one be obtained from eggs?
Yes. The queen is supposed to be
reared up into a superior being from
an ordinary embryo, on a specially
rich and nourishing food prepartd by
the worker bees. The queen cells
are larger than those in which worker
bees are hatched, and are well stocked
with this special food called royal
Jelly.
2. Where do bats and hedgehogs
hibernate?
Bats hibernate under rocks, or
about buildings. If by hedgehog
you mean our common porcupine,
this does not hibernate at all. as it
lives on the bark and leaves of trees,
easily obtainable in winter. It also
take bones, cast antlers, scraps
thrown from a hunting camp. etc.
The European hedgehog does hiber
nate, in a .soft nest of leaves, at the
end of its burrow.
3. At what time would the vesper
sparrow usually be seen?
Does this correspondent mean, by
time, season or hour? The season
for being seen depends on locality,
tn New York state, for instance, the
spring migration varies from March
18 to April 6, according to latitude;
and the fall leave-taking fromNo
vember 1 to 30. In summer the bird
can be seen almost any time of day.
usually close to the ground. Its song
Is noticed in the morning, and to
ward and after sun-down.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montagu.
the pins.
The mint is coining 10,000.000 sil
ver dollars a month and will con
tinue the work a few years until all
of us have money enough, if we
kYiow how to get it.
A neighborhood row like that in
Linn county that includes rifle
shooting and exploding dynamite
needs the attention of a grand Jury.
Somebody may get hurt.
One thing that surprises us is that
American moonshiners haven't asked
congress to put a tariff on importa
tions of liquof from Canada.
This purported French-Teuton al
liance is about as probable as a
partnership between Roy Gardner
and the government.
direction. A. N. Pierce of Salem con
tributed five boxes of Oregon prunes
There were other places pulling for
DEFEAT IS HOT REGRETTABLE
Marriage Bill Clumsy and Ineffectual,
8a y a Medical Paper.
(Medical Sentinel).
While the proposed hygienic mar
riage bill was aimed generally in the
right direction, one can hardly regret
seriously its defeat at the polls which
took place on the 7th of this montn.
As one looks over the bill and the
results, one cannot but conclude that
It was a clumsy and Ineffectual ef
fort to make over the human race.
The Instinct of the newspapers was
decidedly aaralnst it all over the state.
and cogent arguments were advanced
for its defeat, and this fact undoubt
edly added greatly to the result.
The bill now in force which requires
medical examination to the man be
fore marriage Is a theoretical ad
vance, but It is a question tf in the
actual working it is of much benefit.
The man who is determined to marry
In Oregon can often get a certificate
from a physician after a perfunctory
examination, for sad to say there
are members of the profession who
are not exactly what they should be.
Anyhow, . Washington is near, and
Portland suffers in its reputation for
an undue number of divorces as com
pared with Its marriages, because of
the proximity of Vancouver.
While the general public did not
see that there was anything particu
larly objectionable In requiring the
man to submit himself to an exami
nation by a physician before mar.
riage. It revolted when a similar re
quirement was called for of the gen
tler sex. The respectable citizen put
it to his own family, and could not
bring himself to be pleased that his
daughter should be required to sub
mit to the ordeal, while he would
have no objection to such a require
ment for his son.
Perhaps some day we shall havs a
law that will supplement that now on
the statute books, but It must be
along different lines from that which
has just been defeated.
TOIRIST NOTES LACK OF SINS
Oregon Towns Are Fonnd Nritlticent.
"Sandy Road" Incongrnona ame.
PORTLAND. June 20. (To the Edi
tor.) I am a visitor In Portland for
THE FABLE OF TUB M'HKKJI
l.l(.
Bajah was a modest and a simple-
hearted Hon.
When he prowled the hot and
sandy Afric plain.
As friendly and as folksy as our
William Jennings Brian.
In the season ot a national cam.
paign.
Though his paw could fell a rhino, he
was never swelled with pride.
Nor elated with his majesty and
might.
He was nice to other creatures, and
he sedulously tried
To he plain and democratic and
polite.
Then a trapper came and cauRht him J
In a must Ingenious net.
And they clapped him in a case
and on a (rain.
And he woke a little later on a ship
whose course was set
Far across the strange and 11(11?
rolling main.
He was troubled with foreboding, he
was sick and faint with grief.
But he bore It ss an honest lien
' should.
And his temper still was Jovial, w hen I
to hla Intense relief
He was landed in a den at Holly.
wood.
There they petted him and tralnrd
him. there they taught him
clever stunts.
Which he learned with easy readi
ness and tact.
And about a six-month later, he dl..
covered, all at once
That the populace was wild to re
hlra act.
Then his disposition altered then he I
got a whacking side
And developed an ungovernable
rage
(Which, in lions, is a drawback) Ifl
another actor tried
To appear, while ha was posing, I
on the stage. -
Now he's prlrleful and top-lofty, now I
bis face is one large sneer.
He's impatient when they tell him
how to pose.
And although he has no language.
his demeanor makes it clear
That he thinks he really ought to I
write his shows.
Runs the moral to this fable: "Pel
contented where you are."
Though w e all possess the natural I
ambition
To be featured. If we carl be, as
moving picture star.
Yet success ran spoil the nicest I
disposition:
afr7 First.
Apparently Mr. Harding doesn't I
want to put Mr. Taft on the supreme I
court bench till the carpenters car,
put a few shores under it.
Why Not Mediate f
What we cannot understand Is what I
these fellows, Demrsey and Carpen-
tier, have got against each other;
Leaving; Out the Best Argument.
The coal operators are doing every
thing they possibly can to get usl
to buy our fuel now with the trifling I
exception of putting th price wherel
we can reach It
(Copyright. 1921, by the Bell Syndi
cate. Inc )
Truth.
By ftrare E. Hall.
Sam Gompers for re-election faces
a hard proposition, but Sam has done
It for thirty years and is a pretty
smooth politician.
Young Stillman at 17 lines up be
hind his mother, but talks too much
about his father. That is like a boy,
however.
Longest day in the year, although
later the days will seem longer, with
the sun apparently setting off
Alaska.
"Bend reduces debt," says a head-
me. These smaller cities set some
examples that the bigger ones might
follow.
Worse things might . befall a
oungster than to have to attend a
portable school.
Wonder what Grover Bergdoll
will be thinking about thirty years
from now?
This weather has one advantage.
It will take a husky forest fire to
survive it.
The strawberry man from Hub
bard got the raspberry from a Port
land man.
About time someone in authority
declared a closed season on hus
bands. -
Prosnectlve hrlries snH hrMA.
erooms. attention! TWt r,l"n t Prunes sided with Colorado, all rivals
T ,j , u, 7 . , retired from the field. Mr. Pierce
to old-fashioned Niagara falis for ,.ame to Portland yesterday to Inquire
your Honeymoon. uqme aown to about a hus to meet tne southern
Washington and have your picture Pacific trains at Salem and bring
taken on the lawn of the White House customers to the Motel Marlon
Rhak inr hanrln with T.nHHIa Hnv ih.
u ... 4.-..ji. mv.... I From 1 o'clock In the morning until
w .ucm c. , . tne very 0 0.cJock at nifht Jameg Burng worka
'"e" U1.L...I1UI...I wij.is.ie. ,n hla gtore wnen he ls home. At
Most - any of these lovely spring present he is taking a little rest and
days Laddie Boy may be seen at this while in town he bought a large
patriotic imitation of his master's house and lot in the Irvington dis-
r.wM,i .ntin nf hanaiiairin. I trict. Mr. Burns, who Is a former
,.. , , . ... I mayor of Condon town, has a big
William Jackson, the master of the ,..,,,. estabiiShmenr there. H
White House hounds, stands by smil- reports that the crops look better
Ing, In or out or the picture, as the than they ever have and unless a hot
occasion demands. Usually Laddie wind comes within the next two
Rnv cniirteoTislv e-ives hla na-or to th I weeks tne crop will be out of danger.
bride and lets' the groom take the H.M"""m. '." .tJTe Pan"
picture with that new camera of his.
Of course this takes a great deal of Mayor Hclverson of Salem left the
Laddie Boy's time. He would much cherry city for the rose city yester
rather be out on the tennis court day on a little private business, hav-
chasing tennis balls. The other day to. do with an aut truck, or
when thm Davis run team wa:i nlav- someininB oi ii.at son, tor tne mayor
r I i a in f hn a ntnmritivp hue i nca a Pnm
mg ne cnewea up severs, oi tne very merclal and Ferrv 8treet8, when at
finest championship balls with par- home. There is some gossip in Salem
ttcular relish. The president tried to to the effect that Mayor Halverson
call him off to the sidelines, but in may tte brought out to run for state
vajn I senator from Marlon county next
"I guess he doesn't recognize your I 8Prln-
jurisdiction," was the comment of the Among the former members of the
secretary of state. legislature in the city is S. L. Bur-
naugh of Enterprise, Wallowa county,
Naval aviation officers in Wash- who served as one of the few demo
crats in the ijiv session. Wallowa
the home, but after Mr. Pierce and hlsithe first time. It la beautiful, indeed.
The entire landscape is. In many re
spects, like unto that of the state of
my nativity Pennsylvania at this
season of the year. Plant life re
minds me of that of the Atlantic
county has been hard hit because the
cattle market is far from healthv
ington city are talking about the
1 air-raising experiences of three
stowawaya on a uig navy eeapiane nd WttlIowa countv is lareelv da
who rattled around in the rear cock- pendent on his stock. In the town
pit in great peril and broke up a I money is scarce but that is a condi
stunt flying contest, says the New tion not limited to the confines of
York Herald. ' Enterprise.
Lieutenant-Commander. Griffin, In
Tom Kav. once the hest-known
charge of the ship plane division member of the Portland Dolice de-
the seaplanes carried aboard tne bat- partment, was in town yesterday.
lleships was making a flight in one Mr. Kay is now raising prunes back
ot the larger flying boats of tne F-50 of Vancouver, Wash., at a place
tvn. ranIM.fr.i.riSm.. xja I called Orchards, and he much pre
. . . . T . , - . i tt-rs mo tuuuuy tu tne uny lilt
certain tests, and had gone up with come to the city once in a while to
an assistant puot, wno sat Desiae mm i see how it is getting along,
n the front cockpit. When the fly
ing boat reached an altitude of about I When the Hotel Portland was first
5000 feet Commander Griffin started opened, one of the patrons the first
nnttinr th. eanlan throiieh a .ri nignt was ueorge w. sogers. res
coast, and today, for the first time
in a half century, did 1 see the rea
fruited elderberry.
We drove up In a Ford from Los
Angeles. The -Journey has been an
interesting and a delightful one, even
though the highway between here and
Red Bluff, Cal., In many places ls
very rough.
There ls one criticism I have to
make relative to signboards, or rather
the lack of them, In northern Cali
fornia and all of Oregon. There are
so few ot them that strangers hav
difficulty finding their way from
place to place. In small towns, and
even tn this town it is something o
a job for visitors in autos to find
their way out in the direction they
wish to travel.
In one town In the southern part
of this state we were a half hou
finding the highway out of it, and
that, too, after making diligent in
quiry of a half dozen people, all of
whom seemed to be Intelligent, yet
no two of them gave us the same
Instructions.
One of your finest boulevards has
the most incongruous name bandy
road of any highway I have ever
driven over. In my opinion th
sooner the cognomen is changed to
one more appropriate, the better It
will be for the reputation of Portland
If you can succeed In convincing the
highway commission that it ought to
post the highways of the state, in
city and country, you will have the
hearty thanks of the traveling public
PETER D. BARNHART.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Truth lives, regardless of the change
and strife.
The woi-s of men, the flcklcnoho ofl
chance.
The bitterness and doubt, the scorn I
of life
That breed In hearts through force I
ot circumstance.
The black clouds mass for action in I
the sky,
The fierce winds lash the wave'
upon the sea;
But hurricane and tumult both pax"
by
And leave no scar on earth'il
serenity.
Truth lives, though doubts and coun
ter doubts assail.
Though hates of men are hammered I
into spears
That mass in fury like the unleashed I
gale,
And fill the sea of human life wlthl
tears.
And what is truth? The voice tha'l
ever pleads
Within the soul In hours of vita!
thought;
That censures or approves our com
ing deeds
Before they are to actual belncl
brought.
HlBAD ASHAMED TO HO HOME
of dips and turns. He became aware
terday Mr. Rogers and hie family ar-
Seattle has a rose show this week,
and may she have a grand one!
Cheese makes a poor meal better,
and this is Cheese week.
Have you put "1925" on your stationery?
Which beach is the next problem.
Got your winter's gas lul
plv.H frnm f.rpai tTfllln Innt aa
oi a strange snui.ns aooui at me he registered at the Hotel Portland.
rear, a sort of jolting. I However, he did not get the same
Looking back he was amazed to see room that he had that first night.
ihrao men halfwav out of thfl porknit. I
They were clutching the sides to keep J- "InnftJ.'n'5nf on; w,ho
. 1 f bought 4.000,000 feet of lumber from
wvui the forestry department down on the
banked the turns. Commander Grif- coast. is registered at the Imperial
fin straignienea out ana maoe a sue- w-ith his family from Reedsport,
ccssful landing. - I where he has served as a member of
The three men were stowaways the city council.
mechanics at the flying station who
had wanted a ride and had hidden
themselves in the cockpit. They had
failed to strap themselves into the
Flan.
sCommander Griffin's tests related
to the ability of the seaplane to
maneuver to such an extent that it
might loop the loop. Had this been
ittempted there is little doubt the
mea would hate fallen 6000 feet.
J. S. Hansell, a resident, of the
Hotel Oregon, will leave iji a few
days for Bay City, Texas," to com
mence immediate operations on the
Wadsworth lease in tlie West Colum
bia oil district.
A. H. Powers, logger of the Cool
Bay country, the man the town of
Powers was named after and a mem
ber of the state fish commission, ii
aa arrival at the Multnomah.
Wife's Chickens Make Him .Venous
In Neighbors' Presence.
PORTLAND. June 20. (To the
Editor.) I have read a few letters
against keeping chickens In the city
We have them, but it is not my
fault. My wife ls crazy about earn
ing money and has a fortune in a
poultry business even if in the city.
So she sets early brood hens In every
corner, of the house and had me buy
an incubator to increase the flock
more rapidly.
Now we have chickens everywhere,
on the walks and porches, and even
In the house. My wife turns out the
flock "In the evening to let them
"graze" and she herds them off the
neighbors' gardens!
I am ashamed to go home. Th
kitchen range Is covered with cook
ing utensils filled with slops in which
an assortment of chicken foods !
stewing.
We sell eggs. It Is true, but when
eggs are high we get a limited num
ber and when we have an over-suDDlv
! of them the price has "slumped."
It takes about all the money from
the eggs to buy food for the band of
chickens, "hens and cockerels."
So I say bless the day when the
ordinance ls passed to forbid the
keeping of poultry In the city. When
that time comes I will fumigate the
premises and dare to expect the ra
spect of my neighbors.
HENPECKED SAM.
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Ago,
From The Oregonlsn of June 21. I""l
A man named Walters was sen
tenced to hang at Lewiston, Idah
some time ago, but the sheriff di
not execute the law and a mob brok
into the Jail and lynched th
prisoner.
A new volume has tieen added t
the library, entitled. "Free Love an
Its Votaries, or American Socialist!
Unmasked." i
The Liberty brewery. Front an
Main streets, is to be sold at audio
this morning.
According to the New Tork Times.
the southern democrats want non
of the Ohio platform. They want th
lost cause revived and Jeff Iav;
ls the only man for their money.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
from The OreGonlan of June ISI.
Astoria The fishermtn's strike wa
officially declared off yesterday.
Roseburg Governor Lord todar
called out the militia to protect Jamc
Dickson, who recently shot tnl
killed Charles Rice. A mob threat
ened lynching.
Professor Robert Krohn, director
of physical culture In the puhl!
schools, will soon leave for s trl
to the east, where he will study hi
line of activity In various lirm
centers.
.The members of hook and ladder
company 2 and engine 4 had a pole
raising exercise yesterday, raising a
pole 37 feet high for their flag on
he engine house at rourta na
Montgomery streets.
Kong Is AV anted.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 20. (To
the Editor.) Please Inform us whera
we can get the song "The Orphss
Olrl." A few of the words are as
follows:
"No home, no home." cried the limit
girl.
As the stood at the rich man's door;
As she trembling stood on ths mart:
t'pt. and leaned sgalnst the pw-
isneu wan.
MISS CECILE LANER.
The song "The Orphan Girl" Is not
known at music dealers' stores In this
city. Write, inclosing a stamped, ad
dressed envelope, to Lyon & Hesley,
muslo dealers, Chicago.
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