TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MOXDAT, JT7XE 27. 1921
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this declaration of principle with
the. lame comment that the federa
tion is powerless to instruct individ
ual unions to comply with the for
mula of equal rights. To the by
stander it would seem that no harm
could have resulted, and great good
might have been gained, by forceful
approval of these reforms. It Is
plainly incongruous that the ends of
idealism and equity should be
thwarted and betrayed in an as
sembly that has for its avowed pur
pose the deliverance of the op
pressed
The motives of the convention would do well to apply some of the
(By Mail.)
Daily. Sunday Included, one year t Do
..' S..?y, . , i j- V? m"ntna. ? were eminently practical through- methods by which President Roose
uui, cen v utii me iiiu-iier ut ngurs veit maae nis administration a oni-
and
raising states to pander to the class I twenty-ix-mile marathon, and
interest of agriculture.
The only way to get the party in
congress to work as a coherent
whole is for the president to take
the lead, acting in close co-operation
with such leaders as there are and
making them his lieutenants. Some
men will doubtless break away from
the party on some of the Important
measures and play the free lance,
but Mr. Harding should be able to
hold together the great majority of
his party and to swing it as an ef
fective majority in each house. He
Pally, f undav included, one month.
lal:y. without Sunday, one year
Pally, without Sunday, six month. ...
xany. witnout Sunday, one montn
6 (hi
.on
wages was touched upon, liant success in legislative as well aj
Though the 6-hour day proposal was I executive achievement and to take
v eeklv. one ve r
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r,rpuPl I " ,','. u . " v,&,it ii a.iy up- auiiauio fiCBiucill 1 at L.
Dally. Sunday included one year H on mat sucn a reduction in nours
Iaiilv. SuniiaV Inplinlod f h rP mnnl haaj I la Itnrfouipahld Tho r- xra ntlnn rla.
WZ- ?.".n:L.Kl"5iuJt'?v0".nth .19, clined the resolution for no nlh.r SCHOOL COSTS.
J "itiuui punna,, one ear. ....... I . I r - I tt . .
Ially. without Sunday, three months.. !.. I reason than that it would tend to I Comparative figures by years as to
Daily, without Sunday, one month Bo nrnvnll. "r-nnfiiaorl unci .hontir." nnn- cost of the Portland nubile sr-honls.
order, express or personal check, on your! altion:
local nana, sumps, coin or currency are onnrnval van frivnn the 44-hnnr I ,r.i. , ., . . .
at owner's risk. Hive Dnstoffice address In " , . . . . .. . egunian. snouia not oe passea
lull, including county and state. weeK, ana one needs Dut recall me over on the theory that education
PoDtaure- Kiites 1 to in rare. 1 cent- IS I time when the s-hour dav was the , i.. .v.. j j
to 22 pages. 2 cents: M li 4S Paces. 3 of d to .conclude that the JiTV ;. , vT ""T l"a
cents; so to K4 pages. 4 cents: 6! to Ro Dex or esire to -conciuae mat tne (hat everything else has taken. That
paxes. cents: .-j to :h, pages, o cents, o-nour ojj suggestion is no mora which is comprehensively called the
Jrorelgn portage double rate. than dormant. It Is r-lpar that tha I vt . -a ..... - - .1 -
Kastem Kiixinev. Office Verree A Conk- . . . . .. . J"5" cusi oi living lias oi course ai-
lin :iw Madison avenue. .New York: Verree unions, noeer uiune tney are i fected the schools. We pay the av-
r vonann. s-teger Duuntnx. t nicaxo: ver-jset aside certain aims mat are nu APaffa tv. ,
ree Ml Oonklin. FNa Prean buiidinar. De-I - . , , . . I "e uidii iiie as
troit. Mich.: Verree Sc conkiin. Selling I mucli as we did twenty years ago
iruii'iiiiK. riiriidixi. ohd ruiKiKU icuio" i au iiiaLauL iu.c oikul ul a. . ialci.i.ci la..
tentative, rt. J. rJidweu.
and nobody would expect teachers
now to live on the salaries paid in
that period. Materials ' have in-
The return of Samuel Gompers to benefited by the shrewdly utilitarian t h. rhht ,hat h"on
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THE DENVER CONVENTION'.
goal.
The aspiration of labor to indus
trial control, nowhere denied, is not
can go back to the costs of twenty
years ago, or to those of ten years
ago. Part way is the best that the
most optimistic can hope for. But
is it possible?
Offhand acceptance of the theory
that the high cost of living is wholly
to blame is a dangerous encourage
ment to those who have school or
municipal or state affairs within
their administrative keeping. It puts
eration of Labor, with the attendant labor is functioning in a country
defeat of the opposing candidate, I that long since has recognized cer-
John L. Lewis, president of the 1 tain cardinal principles of equity. It
fnited Mine Workers, is In effect I is a trifle surprising to observe that
the expression of organized labor's Ian avowedly idealistic movement
entire satisfaction with itself. Those I cannot find it conve nient to take
who seek for the supposedly hidden I similar steps, but resolves its entire
motives of the defeated aspirant, or I quest to the pursuit of self-interest.
who endeavor to read into the min- r The proceedings of the Denver
utes of the convention some hint of I convention, aside from rejection of
acute disagreement on policy, will I the one-big-union idea, were unln-
UIC-Uver 1111L UltTii hi,ctiiSuu..o npuiug. J. iey lllUlCaie UUl lauur, 1 th o-nvoenmonful unit n o tnntint,
"" ""-""- in ums "'"i" very different fromuhat of he lndi
xo ine simplest lacis. u ui gmiueu i me responsibilities to wnicn it as- i t i t j. j
jaor in :,. i pires, i.as nut e-l mastered ttseil. who can alwajs adjust his income
for forty years tampers is the in- " so that despite increase in his living
wim mil . ut..u I STRATEGY OF TUE FORLORN HOPERS. I costs he can spend as much fo
"J."' I".:. The Columbia basin rat. .1. other things as he always has before
m "L , .V: i k, rp-idv hold roonrHo fM w therefore need exercise no ingenuity
re-election was merely the labor ready held records for longevity L the maUer of economyi and may
HlWYCUifll L S npiiuij Ul I WUCU ill LCI SLiXt-tJ UU 111 III C I UORl- j t , COnr. rf V, ,o
0 a very umiiea exieiiv was in tnisjtion flnallv dntPrminArl that i ui vf
. . - ! v. t 0 I " - I LlCHDUIvO JL II IO alll IIIC. i.
cesire ior a reviwon ot m.-ors, t- Portlarid and Vancouver were en- governmental units have been per
L 'lZ.SL -vl ;, titled, both by distance and economy mitted largely to fix their own pro
I!..""- ' '"Z:r7 of haul, to a 10 ner cent differential grammes. They have needed only
CUIIUIL 13 gcutianj ....... i w'.n, . I . - -
tween radical and conservative eie-1 from points in the inland empire.
doubtless the greater part of that
historic course was covered by an
exhausted, leaden runner, traveling
at a pace that any school boy com
ing fresh to the contest could dis
tance. Yet the Athenian hero broke
all records for his time, as well, and
when we seek for comparisons to
Paddock his name arises naturally.
In both instances we have the state
ment of fact, admitting that the first
marathon was run, and many dis
pense with the vagaries of hero wor
ship. Longfellow, in chanting the
prowess of Hiawatha, celebrated the
young chieftain as a super-man, and
surely availed himself of something
more than poetic license when he
versified the redman's track record.
Swift of foot was Hiawatha;
He could shoot an arrow from him
And run forward with such flectness
That the arrow fell behind him!
A statement well worthy of the
exclamation point, for the speed of
Hiawatha's running is computed
from that statement to have been
about forty-six miles an hour. And
though we are ready enough to
yield the point at least partially, ad
mitting that the sons of nature are
by habit and environment equipped
to excel in such sports, we cannot
strain our fancy to imagine the
youthful Indian setting the pace for
a speedy roadster. The records of
Paddock are, however, entirely tan
gible, and they declare that this
college student can for short dis
tances attain a speed almost half as
great as that attributed to Hia
watha. The stop-watch refereed this
contest between mortal activity and
BY -PRODUCTS OP THE PRESS
How a Woman's Career May Affect
Her Cbance of Blarriasre.
A woman's career is undoubtedly a
tremendous factor in her chances of
marriage, wries Hester Howlett in the
London Mail.
If I were asked which are the best
careers for the woman desirous of
getting married I should unhesitat
ingly reply, "The stage or nursing."
It sounds a far cry from one pro
fession to tho other, but, considered
from the matrimonial aspect, they
have one great point in common they
both bring women into contact with
men.
And, as every woman knows, if she
wishes to get married she must go
where men 'are. And this is exactly
where those behind the footlights
score. They are, in every sens? of the
word, constantly "in the limelight
No need for Miss Flossie Tiptoes to
pine for introductions to members of
the opposite sex.
With nurses the little god adopts an
utterly different method of attack;
though -he has another type to deal
with, he knows that women very
very little at bottom.
The operating theater is the scene
of many an incipient romance. Every
woman, no matter who or what she is,
makes a point of noticing, down to the
smallest detail, each man with whom
she comes into contact. A nurse la just
as observant of the doctor working
by her side as would be any other
daughter of Eve,
The medical man, being also merely
Those Who Come and Go.
Talea of Folk at the Hotrla.
Father Time, and testified to the I human, finds time to regard the grace-
to ask more money. They have kept
, i n .nWrin- nf th forlorn, v , , . ... P P"- " e """-
" VhA., " . ln,s alIlerer"ai was serVice and meanwhile have had to
pay vastly more for the things they
were already buying for the public
Only five years ago the cost Jer
pupil for high school instruction was
$74.76 a year. In 1920 this cost had
tion president, unose on tne outside nr)f to th pninvmont nf Pnmt nnnd
may entirely dispense, in their con- cities, against which it was properly
sideration of causes, with the charge directed, there arose to northward
that oary ana iiearst were me cian- the protesting wail of commercial
destine sponsors of Lewis. The feud interests which had theretofore, and
between Gompers and Lewis wai for manv, many .earai profited ' " " c"- i th
Jargely personal, with an inevitable through an inequitable arrange- e fmentary grades for pupil'
Tniitil ni.tlor Prior tn the strike! T elementary grades ior eacn pupil,
political outlet. Prior to the strike
of the united mine workers, two
winters ago, Gompers had no more
loyal supporter than Lewis. But
the decision of the latter to order
the striking coal miners back to the
job met with the disapproval of the
ment of rates. Local speculation instruction five years ago was 150.36
diverted itself with surmises as to
wkat possible counter-attacks might
be launched. Now, it would seem,
the blow has fallen.
Not at all a disconcerting blow, or
troublesome, is the desperate ruse
federation president, who strongly by wMch Pllg.et seekg to delay
advised against this concession. Un
heeded advice is the source of many
quarrels, and the coolness engen
dered by this rupture resulted in the
..i;Ia An.nf tA iinnont tha vatamn
labor leader.
If there is a hint of radicalism in
the day of fairness In rate construc
tion. The public service commis
sion of Washington, acting in behalf
of Seattle's shippers, has taken that
last refuge of defeat, a technicality,
and dared the railroads and the in
terstate commerce commission to
the vote accorded Lewis, aside from dijjIodf-e U- It wln decline to rec
the eternal dissatisfaction of mal- ognlte a 5 per cent .increase in rates
contents, a "ot uu.-Mac... ... tQ Pueet sound, from points south
labor, it is discovered in the minor
ity belief that Gompers has grown
in the course' of years and respon
sibility somewhat too conservative
that he acts with unnecessary delib
eration and irksome Cautiousness.
The attempt to supplant him had for
Its shibboleth the optimistic adage
"Youth will be served." Undoubt
edly, had he been chosen, Lewis
of Snako river, until the courts have
passed upon the issue. Temporarily
the railroads have no other option
than to obey, for the interstate com
merce commission, when the award
was made, did not consider a per
emptory order necessary. Though
the findings of the commission were
final that body, complying with an
official etiquette that seems wholly
would have felt constrained to prove Qn the Vuget sound interestSi is.
me point in various ways, t'rsanizeu tat,tina i .,If.iv.
labor perceived rtte peril of re- form Tn wefe none the less man.
nouncwig a tried administration un- datory and ,mperatlve.
der which it has gained much, for a whr i ril,rnr,Bn
new regime that conceivably would interstate commerce commission
enter the field of theory and pluck WOuld serve, if the oublic service
commissions of individual states
could set aside its decrees at will, or
at least delay and hamper their in
auguration, is a puzzling specula
tion. Under, such circumstances we
might with all propriety inquire:
"Why is an interstate commerce
commission?" Yet the interstate
commerce commission remains what
it always has been, an institution fo
the redress of inequity, and as th
Columbia basin rate case furnished
an unusual instance of marked dis
crimination against Portland and
Vancouver, we may safely conclude
that the interstate body will not idly
suffer its decision to be set aside.
garlands of weeds. It has gone a
long way on the road with Gompers
and, all things considered, its ad
ventures had turned out well. The
solidarity of satisfaction, which is
rot in the least peculiar to labor,
Jbad its day and its way at Denver.
Yet public interest in the pro
ceedings of the convention, though
it centered upon the over-touted
tournament between the adherents
of Gompers and the insurgents of
Lewis, might far more pertinently
have concerned itself with the ac
complishments and expressions of
the federation in its national as
sembly. The election was quite in
cidental and Immaterial to the vocal
ization of labor's opinions and aims,
These, of course, are matters of con- I HARDING SHOIXD TAKE THE LEAD,
cern to millions or citizens who, Tj,at President Harding should
without direct interest either In tate tne jead in shaping legislation
labor unionism or so-called capital-and in rallying the republican ma-
Ism, are continually ground between jority in congress to its support Is
the opposed economic millstones i inevitable, if anything is to be done
and ground exceedingly fine. Per- The neonle look to him as president
jiaps tne most singular aspect oi tne not only to -enforce the laws that
Convention was its conspicuous lack are 0n the statute books, but to se-
higher idealism, or, at least, lack cure enactment of the new laws that
Of courage Or ability to institute I thov want Tho instrument thrmiph
within Itself certain reforms that which this must be done is the re
political governments have long publican majority. Mr. Harding is
sptnnaa, iaiAirniBarl on1 a nmnvAr1 f' n I . . .' i . .
.cv.us-""s" -ri" i nol only president dui teaoer or tne
sidering these failures of the ideal, republican party, and it is incum
we are apprised that labor, too. has bpnt on him to take the lead in giv-
an eye to the main chance, and that ing effect to the policies advanced in
all idealistic suggestions, comprising Jts platform. Not only the rank and
me recognition oi common numan fije of hls own party, but all the
rights, must wait until labor has neonle. look to him to lead, and to
reached its maximum of return for the party to act under his Ieader-
a minimum oi industry, inus we snip. By electing a republican presi
perceive that labor conventions, as- ripr ani r-nneress the DeoDle have
sruming to De dedicated to tne lur- imposed on the republican party the
inerance oi au loeai, timer not a duty t0 govern the country in ac
whit from outer conventions in their r-orrlance with the clatform which
actual materialism. , the neoDle by their votes have aD-
xne nenver convention, ior rea- rjroved
sons mat were not given in news ac- if he leaves congress to run itself.
counts, and that are undoubtedly tv resident will have gone to the
founded in political expediency, opposite extreme from the dictatorial
voted down the proposal of equal methods of President Wilson. So
rights ior women workers. it is lonE. as the democrats controlled
true that the committee report ad
vised all affiliated unions to recog
nize the equality of the sexes, and
to admit to membership, and that in
addition emphasis was laid, upon the
congress, the custom was for de
partment heads to draft bills and
hand them to party leaders in con
gress with a request that they be
passed. Opposition of a department
claim that sucn recognition was chlef t0 a bill was usually fatal. A
commonly given. But the insur- subservient majority could be relied
mountable fact is that the conven- on to pasa or kill a bill, as the execu
tion itself declined to accept the re- tive branch of the government
sponsibility. and virtually clung to wished. Mr. Harding seems to have
the old sophistry that women work- shown overscrupulous regard for the
ers are of less account, and entitled prerogatives of congress and con
to less consideration, than male gress drifts. The pernicious senior
craftsmen. The convention, quite as jty rule has brought to the front men
neatly, also circled the race issue, 0f mediocre ability, men whose
and overwhelmingly voted down a years of vigor are past or men who
resolution providing for suspension are out of touch' with the prevailing
of labor unions that discriminate tendency. This situation and the
against negro workers. faction-breedjng character of huge
President Gompers, in referring majorities have made the opportunity
to these instances, reiterated the for men like Senators Borah, Norris
federation's stand for the organiza- and La Toilette to push free-lance
tion of labor without reference to legislation and for men like Sena-
sex, nationality, religion, political I tors Kenyon, Kendrick, Capper and
Last year it was $71.49
Two-thirds bf the school revenues
are paid out for salaries and while
we are paying the individual teacher
mora, we are also employing more
teachers in proportion to the num
ber of pupils. City population and
school enrollment have increased in
almost identical ratio, but the ratio
of teachers to enrollment has stead
ily advanced. Had the number of
teachers been maintained in a ratio
to correspond with enrollment we
should now have 1043 instead of 1305
teachers. At the average yearly pay
of teachers this extra increase in
number means an annual outlay of
more than $443,000 a year in sal
aries alone. Their employment has
also made necessary more housing
and more equipment. The number
of pupils per teacher has declined in
late years, but this does not neces
sarily mean that each teacher is do
ing less work than formerly. The
addition of new courses of study and
training adds to the teaching force,
and reduces the average of pupils
per teacher.
So the salary phase of education s
cost is not only a matter of in
creased pay,' but also of increased
teaching, personnel. Pupils are in
structed in more studies than here
tofore and the fact that there is a
greater variety in instruction ob
viously affects the costs of providing
and- maintaining the physical school
plant,.
There will be those who will aver
that the new things added to the
school curriculum are well worth
their cost. There will be others
who will argue that the greater va
riety of instruction detracts from
the fundamentals. Quite often one
hears the complaint that students
leave schools not so well grounded
in essentials as formerly. If an in
quiry were possible thawould bring
out the facts in that particular it
would be intensely interesting. Per
haps those who now have children
in the schools could form a rough
opinion by making a diligent Inquiry
into the knowledge gained at school
by their progeny and comparing It
with their own at the same period
of school Instruction. The subject
of school costs is an inviting one
and a necessary study if one is to be
equipped for the full duties of citi
zenship. It should not be forgotten
thai the present school levy cannot
be increased except by vote of the
people. The limit of taxation that
can be imposed by the directors is
used for going expenses. There is a
shortage of buildings, and a prospec
tive Increase in enrollment. What is
to be done? Shall economies in op
eration be enforced so that there
shall be money for new buildings?
Or shall an additional levy be au
thorized by the people? Or shall
neither be done and some of our
youth thereby be denied the full ad
vantages of free schooling?
smashing of all existing records.
Only by seconds and fractional
seconds has Paddock beaten the
time of other great runners, but sec
onds are all important in the world
of the sprinter, and the uninitlate
should bear in mind that the nar
rowness of these margins does not in
the least detract from the splendid
achievement. L'ntil Paddock left
the tape the men who "made them
were recognized as the fleetest of
foot. Today they are displaced by
the new champion, whose records
eclipse any in the history of ath
letics.
ful figure so deftly attending to his
orders. The fact that the nurses' uni
form is often the "making" of a plain
girl also plays its part in the ultimata
scene that has the altar for its set
ting. Nurses who take up private
work, visiting cases in their homes as
a doctor orders, stand an even greater
chance of taking a trip to the parish
church.
Directly a man is relegated to tha
sick room he finds the loss of his
daily routine unbearable; it creates a
gap in his life. He wants that gap
filled. In nine cases out of ten it is
Dan Patch and Man-o'War made filled by the ne simply because
history on the turf, and revised the he Is there on the scene. Before long
fixed opinions of how rapidly horse- tne invalid cannot imagine an exist
flash could annihilate distance, ence of which she has no part; natur-
There is no guarantee that tomor- ally, he takes the obvious step.
row may not present a colt to wrest Decidedly, among the careers for
their laurels from them and set an-1 women that lead to marriage the
other record for the ambitious foals stage and nursing take first place.
of the future. Though it is patent
that there must be some limit to the Housewives will be interested in
development of supremacy in the knowing what the president eats, and
field of sports, we do not appear to to know on what Mrs. Harding feeds
have reached it either in men or him to make him so healthy. The
horses. Perhaps the reason is that I president has an excellent appetite.
only a comparative few of those I A typical menu for the day follows:
really qualified to excel are called For breakfast he has a half of a
by opportunity or circumstance to I grapefruit, bacon and eggs, the bacon
the contest. There may be fleeter cooked to a golden brown; buttered
lads than Taddock, despite the en- toast and coffee followed by .waffles.
thusiastic denials of the dopesters, such as Mrs. Harding has made fa
unknowns, who await the push of mous. His luncheon is a substantial
fate to send them home as winners, meal, usually including a meat and
two or three vegetables, but the din
ner is the principal meal. It is com
plete, from soup to nuts. He enjoys
his meals and mixes with them a
The local Scotch colony loses one
of its most popular members this
week when George Walker, who has
been at the Multnomah for the past
year, leaves for Australia. Walker
has an Interesting history and his
wanderings have taken him to many
and strange lands since he bade fare
well to "bonnie Scotland" almost 40
years ago. As a boy he went to1
Singapore when he spent a number
of years and amassed a substantial
fortune. A return to Scotland and
the tide of fortune turned, leaving
him "down, but not out." He then set
out for Java and there under the
Dutch government he remained 27
years. He ran sugar and coffee jHan
tations and made money enough
money to retire. He' wandered down
to Australia and then came to the
Pacific coast. "If the rate of ex
change was so that I did not have
to pay $1.30 for every dollar I would wild conclusior .hat what one newspaper
(THE FACTS VS. I'PTON SINCLAIR
I Correspondence M hlch Shonra Hia
I Method of I'erveralon. I
PASADENA, Cal., June 11. (To the
Editor.) You publish a column about
"The Brass Check," not entirely com
plimentary. You don't say very much
that is definite, so I will deal with
only one point. You refer to the an
nouncement' in the New York Evening
Post, that the Associated Press had
been making an investigation of "The
Brass Check." and promised to issue
a report upon it. Then you say:
A New York newspaper printed an ac
count of wlial was to occur at a meeting
of the Associated Pri-ss. It did not occur,
but Sinclair assumes not only that It did
occur, but that tha Associated fress was
responsible for the publication In the Evening-
Post. Whether there la a committee
Investigating the original Sinclair charges.
The Oregonian does not know. it never
heard of it until now; but that the com
mittee made a report at the recent an
nual New York convention It knows to d
not a fact. There was no report ana no
reference, direct or Indirect, to any such
Inesllgatlon. Vet Sinclair Jumps
More Truth Than Poetry.
Br Jaaira J. Montague.
stay here for I like the city and the
Pacific coast," said Mr. Walker yes
terday. "My money is all in pounds
and I lose 30 per cent in exchange.
I'll just move down to Australia and
said would happen must have happened.
Unconsciously he gives the best possible
testimony to the general public confidence
ia the good faith of tha American news
paper. He believed It. Parhaps he be
lieves It yet. He would nut have believed
come back when the money market I It and acted upon 11 if he believed his own
adjusts itself.
Walter L. Tooze Sr. of Salem is
registered at the Imperial. Mr. Tooze
is an autive candidate for postmaster
at Salem. "I don't know of any-man
in the state who has done more for
the party than I have and my friends
unite in saying that I am entitled
to the appointment not only from the
standpoint of ability, but because for
30 years I have campaigned ana
worked in every election the state
has had." Mr. Tooze was active in
the campaign which elected Senator
Robert N. Stanfield. He also was on
the stump and did efficient work in
behalf of Senator Charles U Mc.xary.
charges that the American newspapers
are utterly unworthy of belief. They are
worthy of belief; and If they were not the
public would speedily find it out. and Mr.
Sinclair would be taken seriously and not
merely Ignored or laughed at.
So much for your statement. It
happens that the same mail brings
me a letter from Mr. H. G. Spaulding,
publisher of the Shawnee, Okla.,
Morning News, an Associated . Preea
newspaper, containing this sentence
I was present at the recent meeting of
the Associated Press ana heard tne mat
ter discussed,
Of course Oklahoma Is a long way
from Oregon, nevertheless tha de
fenders of the Associated Preaa ought
to manage somehow to get together
Wooden awningg are a relic of tne Mn(i agree to tell the ame atory
past and a disgrace to any growing UPTON SINCLAIR.
city." declares A. E. Bonney ofefcan
Francisco, who i at the Multnomah. I Now here is an apt illustration of
The city council ot tnico rei.eni.iy ,h sincl . method. The Oklahoma
eQn aawnn.n;,aand tltere mad.. not say that Sinclair or
rapid stride. Chico is one of the best the Sinclair charges were taken up
cities in California and is keeping and discussed as part of the proceed
abreast of the times. It has new fire I lng3 of tne Associated Press meet
apparatus, paved streets, a new city , But sinpClalr chooses thus to con
?t",i"'Z:i: his statement, though he was
nr.n Hne not sell awnings he upon distinct notice that the Asao
sells raisins, and says business ia I elated Press had done notning oi una
kind.
Upon receipt of the Sinclair letter,
the editor of The Oregonian wrote to
the publisher of the Shawnee News
and asked him for an authoritative
The register of the Multnomah gives I statement of what he had meant to
their names as A. C. Weston. Harold gay jn tne sentence qHoted by Sin-
good.
After purchasing a large piece of
Oregon timber land, a party of men
from Logtown, Miss., have arrived in
Portland to inspect their holdings.
B. Weston, C. W. Weston, C. L. Wes
ton and W. C. Otis.
W. n. Wyrick, rancher, wheat
grower and "roud-up" booster of J
Pendleton is at the Benson. He says
that the wheat crop Is gong to be a
bumper and that tha "Round-up will
clair to The Oregonian. The reply
of Mr. Spaulding follows:
'BHAWNKK. Okla.. June 30. (To the
Kditor. ) Hopbinu to your letter received
this mornlnir will say that while Mr. Sin
clair quoted me correctly, he seems to be
under the Impression that the discussion
exceed even the expectations of Its ceeaing, o( ,he convention, where as It
WHV THK (((MKT HAILS.
I ve asked of wise aMronomeri what
made the comets tall
Across .the velvet ,kk-s at night, each
followed by his tall.
But though they all had theories
Tk. "ut the comet s flight
They none of them appeared tn he
But hen I asked a little b.,y. he
in .R,rV(,1' hohl.ed his head
And told me he'd explain It all. and
this ia whut he said:
One night when alt the children tar.i
were shinning in the kv.
c o.ng juat a. he was told, an
asteroid came liv
A rough j.nd uly ..steroid who hur.
riea much too fast
And Jostled all the little .tars as ha
went rushing past
And one. . tiny haby alar, was turn-
bled from hia place
And fell and fell ar.d fell and felU
through million roilea of space.
So then the naughty asteroid was
stricken with remorse
(He wasn't wicked in his heart; atara
never are. of course)
And carrying a glowing mist, which
shone aa bright as dav.
He went to hunt that baby alar along
tha Milky Way
But there, with such a swarm of atara
hia pathwav K-...
That though hea searched a million
years, he hasn't found him )vL
Now looking through the window
pane the comet 1 behold.
And aee behind hia ahining head a
scarf of yellow gold,
And now he's running to and fro to
find the baby star
That loat hia hold upon the aky. and
tumbled down ao far.
And as I watch him flash above the
round and pallid moon.
I aignal that I hop hia aearch will
prosper wry soon,
a
Klda Are Urltlng Callous.
Curious that when Mr T?uth
emerged from the cell where he had
oe.cn connnea ror speeding there wai
no little child to rrv nut tr. hin. o.
it ain't true, Babe!" '
a a a
It Would He Helped, la Sims' Caar.
tne ;ew York Herald aav AAmir.i
Sims' achievements are carved out of
solid rock. But an admiral'. H..rf.
should really be writen in witcr.
Tae Rest of the World Will Alan
Profit.
That ;i3.000,0(JO.O(iO will not amount
to much if It teaches Germany what
an expensive luxury the Hohenzollern
dynasty was.
(Copyright. lliL't, hy the Beil Syndicate.
A few years ago the realm of lis-
ttana had not heard of a certain
Mr. Dempsey. He rose like a pug
nacious meteor to become the star
of the pugilistic firmament.
Yet it would seem too optimistic,
a trifle, to claim that Paddock is the
fleetest runner the world has ever
known, or even the best of his day.
The world is wonderfully wide and
various, and the genus homo is an
cient and distinguished. To stand in
the circumscribed field of athletics,
numbering' a few thousands of con
full amount of laughter and light
heartedness. He throws off what lit
tle official manner he, has at other
times. He is no longer the president,
but is just Warren. And his wife is
Lou. William H. Crawford in the
World's TjVork.
An old Kentuckian visited the city
testants as exclusively representing of Louisville several days ago and
the planet, and there make boast found the conditions not to his liking,
that the highest perfection of physi- says the Louisville Courier-Journal.
cal excellence has been developed, At any rate, that is what he intimat
is to speak without conclusive evi- ed. He was shabby and feeble. His
dence. Such a claim is remindful I eyea were not the eyes of a human
of the somewhat saturated paladin I being; they remained one of a beaten
who declared that he could whip I dog, and they were never raised from
any man in Woodenshoe county, I '.he floor. He pushed open the swing-
basing this belief upon his record in ing doors and shuffled up to the bar
his own home town. When he stag- 0f the Courthouse cafe on Sixth street,
gared to his feet again, after an "Pardner, give us a drink; I've been
argumentative stranger had put the I aWay for 40 years and now I am
boast to a test, he observed: "I'm back in old Kentucky once more and
as good a man as I ever was, but I want to celebrate a bit.
"What, you don't handle it any
more? Why, man, that can't be true.
Think of me, away for 40 years and
never a taste of real liquor, and now
you turn me down. I thought my old
Kentucky home would not fall me
pardner, give us a drink.
'I have money, if that is what you
are folding out for. Here's five good
dollars that I want to exchange for a
drink. Take them and keep them.
Aw, pardner, give us a drink.
'Is it a song you want? How Is
this:
strongest supporters.
Samuel H. Piles, formerly United
States senator from Washington, was
in Portland Saturday transacting
legal business. Senator Piles was in
the United States senate 15 years ago.
Upon, his retirement he resumed the
practice of law and is located in Se
attle.
A. J. Rice, one of the leading dry-
goods merchants of St. Louis, accom
panied by his wife, is registered at
the Portland. Mr. Rice is combining
was only participated In by a small group
who came together for a Utile while and
the subject was Introduced by some one
of the number.
Hore Is what I said In my letter:
"While I was present at the recent
eetina of the Associated Tress and heard
the matter discussed and have also read
comments on The Uraes Check in the
Editor & Publisher and other Journals. 1
have never had the opportunily of reading
the book but will do so If you will send
me a copy as 1 am vary much Interested
in the question."
I witl admit that the wording was urn.
fortunate but 1 had no idea it would be
construed to mean that the subject was
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. IIouRhlnn-Mif flla Co.
business and pleasure and is taking formally discussed by tha members In
in some of the scenery surrounding convention
took in too much territory.
All honor to Paddock. He would
be left at the post in a race with an
antelope, for the prong-horn negoti-
tes distance at sixty-two miles an
our. But within the annals of
sport he is the nimblest runner that
ever, left the tape and he has set
such marks as will contribute,
through the spur of emulation, to
improved physical standards, the
true goal of all athletics.
The man whose house in Linn
county recently was raided has
given notice that he has put in a
supply of ammunition for himself
Portland while in the city.
J. F. Gilpin of Astoria, the contrac
tor who is constructing the Young's
Bay bridge on the highway between
Astoria and Seaside, was registered at
the Oregon yesterday. Another prom
inent AstOrian who was also at the
Oregon Is F. Klcvenhausen, president
of the Columbia Northern Canning
company.
Doctors W. H. and Roy Byrd of Sa
lem1 are registered at the Imperial.
They had come to Portland Saturday
to visit the bedside of Dr. Roy Byrd's
little daughter, who died in a Port
land hospital following an operation.
C. A. Smith, one of Astoria's lead
ing business men, is in Portland on a
buying trip and is making prepara
tions for fall business. He is regis
tered at the Benson.
Two business men of Washington
who found sufficient time to leave
their affairs and attend the recent
Kolf tournament, are Frank McCul-
lough of Spokane and H. V. Mcl'hail
of Raymond. The former is a lum
berman, the latter a banker.
I am pleased to note that you presumed
an Improper construction was put on the
letter and In the meantime 1 am still
walling for the copy of The Brass Cheijt.
H. O. SFALl.Dl.Mi,
Publisher.
If the above correspondence is a
fair sample of the way Mr. Sinclair
makes hiB "investigations" and re
ports his "facta" and The Oregonian
thinks it is it is quite obvious that
the public should accept nothing he
says in "The Brass Check" about the
American press without corroboration.
Can You Answer The. dneatloaaf
. 1. Do they have skunks In Europe?
2. Where can one get seed of
nigelia aatlva, the nutmeg flower of
the garden? It Is the kind whose
seeds are used In cooking. I cannot
find it in the catalogs of seedsmen.
3. Why does a wren build auch a
large neat?
Answers in
Notes.
tomorrow's Natum
"For 40 days and 40 nights they sailed
the broad Atlantic,
and two grown sons. Some of the And Columbo Knew ,f they didn't sight
taiucia may lei iiiiii aiune alter a
while.
land the crew would soon go
fractic.
The acme of hope and desire has
been found in a Chicago house
where a water pipe carried and a
tap released wine from a supply of
three barrels. An iconoclast notified
the authorities.
THE SWIFTEST RUNNER IX THE
WORLD.
There is no record left to us of
the time consumed by Pheidippides
in his heroic race from Marathon to
Athens, with word of victory. The
tradition gives grim assurance that
he hastened beyond the limit of hu
man endurance, for he had but
gasped his tidings when he sank
dead at the feet of his welcomers.
Assuming that tradition speaks
truth, and that there is more than
legend in the story of the ancient
hero, the speculation arises ,as to
how this fleet runner would com
pare on the track with modern ath-
athletes with Charles W. Paddock,
of the University of Southern Cali
fornia, for notable example, in a day
when it is freely declared that this
youth is not only .the swiftest run
ner in the world, but probably the
record breaker of all time.
Paddock can race at the rate of
twenty miles an hour for distances
from a hundred yards to a half mile.
The perfection of athletic stamina,
of perfect physical co-ordination.
can do no more. For PheldiDDides
tidier or color, but supplemtnted others from the farming and catUe- broke Ws heart' at the end of his
Don't that do any good, either?
Aw, pardner. you are surely going to
give us a drink."
The patience of the bartender be
came exhausted and the old man was
led firmly through the dbor. At the
street door he assumed a heroic pose
and said with a tragic voice:
'In yonder field lies buried a quart
and I am going to dig it up.
"Oh, Lord, what a hell of a home
coming.
www
The official data discloses that in
I one year the service covered an ag
gregate of 1,213,379 miles with mail-
carrying l,(llD,Oi3 pounds, or u,ou2,-
pany when other help could not be 130 letteof'' " did thia at a CV t
secured. I l.34z,36Z M. or an averag" cuai vi
J1.02 a mile, it is citea as an evi-
Portland will never forget David deI,ce OI tne rella" ma
Campbell and it is proper his mem- a'rP'ane tnat on tne route Between
.ory be honored today. He was a Washington and New York for eight
product of the city and the city is consecutive weeks a 100 per cent per.
It will be observed in the movie
ads," that no matter how little the
female has on, she keeps her ears
covered. A thousand years hence
people will wonder what kind of
symbol she is bearing.
The old grouch who thinks the
Boy Scout is wasting energy will
note the sugar-beet field in Crook
county that was weeded by a corn-
proud of him.
There is more money in the sav
ings banks of the nation than ever
before, and this is remarkable, con
templating the bargains offered in
used cars.
Another initiative' bill tinkering
with the rate of interest has been
hatched in the Clackamas county incubator.
No matter what the packers say,
beef never will be "down" until the
butcher throws in a soupbone.
Salem may get the hearing on the
phone case, but Portland wants the
results. ' -
formance has been accomplished.
Aerial mail service has now passed
the experimental stage and there is
no doubt as to its practicability.
a a
In a neighborhood where "war gar
dens" were very popular there are
still many of them because they still
save the families many dollars.
Harry, who was 8 years old, was
hard at work, hoeing the .young
onions, when the woman next door
asked: "Harry, is your mother
homer .
Harry stopped and leaning on his
hoe, replied: "Mrs. S., you don't think
that I would be working like this if
my mother wasn't home?"
(IVEEIl IDEA OK PRIESTS POWER
Domination of City Club Committee
by One .Una 1'repoateroun.
Portland Spectator.
The school election surprised every
body, and quite delighted no one.
Even the, gentlemen who were elected
have their rapture modified by the
fact that those who voted for them
also voted to deprive them of the
funds with which to maintain the
school department. That was an ex
traordinary proceeding, that not only
gives us food for reflection, but that
will verv seriously impair the effi-
Pardonlna; of Moonxhlnera. I ciency of an educational Bystem that
PORTLAND, June 26. (To the Edi- by leading educators is said to be one
tor.) A certain person was convicted of the best in tho country.
and is now serving sentence for sell- Into the school election, was cun
ing "moonshine" in a soft-drink and ningly and falsely injected the re
pool room. - liglous question. The citizens' ticket,
A aava that President Harding is chosen liy a committee of 25 named
about to pardon and release his man by the City club, was said to be pro
from further sentence. Catholic. On the committee were the
B says that the president does not Kev. Mr. tuoi ot tne unitarian
pardon cases of this kind. church, Dr. Mcfclveen ot tne Lonitre-
Kindly tell me which one is right, gational church. Father Thompson,
as I am under the -impression that Rabbi Wise and other good citizens.
r.t thia kind are too numerous The, fact that Father Thompson was
for the president's personal attention. U member caused some persons to
dominate tne committee, ana uiciaie
The constitution of the United I the nominations. This belief does
States empowers the president to par- more than justice to gainer tnomp
don or reprieve sentence for .ll"-:r
crimes against ma mumi "" the sagacity and will power of his
peachment. It is the impression of I fellow-commttteemen. It may be said.
Ansnrra (o fret lows durations.
1. Is there an evergreen tree, na
tive of the northwest, that yields ber
ries? Yea, we suppose reference here Ix
to the Juniper, Junlperus communis,
which grown in the stale, including
Alaska, and In many parts nf Canada.
The fruit ia oblong, dark blue with
bloom (aomMhlng like a blueberry).
aoom a quarter of an Inch in diam
ter. and o.'ten stays on the branch
one to two years after ripening.
2. What la the averaae life-span of
a quern hee? Of a worker bee?
A queen bee frequently lives and la
profitable through two to three sea
sons. Occasionally one lusts four
years. The workers wear themselves
out in about three months in Hum
mer, or even b-sa In tho height of a
gcod honey-flow season, their wings
giving out through constant use.
3. At w hat age w ill a young sand
hill crane show a disposition to fight?
I had one hatched out by a hen from
an egg 1 found. When not two hours
old It started to walk away, and
when I started after It, It turned and
oi.encd its bill and tried to bite my
fingers.
Baby sandhill cranes hatch already
down-covered, and are Immediately
able to run : bout, hut are fed by their
parents for some time. We think tho
question submitted answers Itself.
Young wild creatures show their In
atincla promptly, and probably no
ticeably ao when thrown on thulr
own resources.
In Other Days.
It is quite easy to tell how long a
man has been married by the way he
speaks of his wife. If he saya "My
darling wife," that mean's three
months; "wifey," six months; "the
wife," one year; "Mrs. Blank," two to
three years; "the missus," five to six
years; "mother," seven years; "my
better half," ten years; "the old
I lady," 20 years; "grandma," 29 years;
May be the "halo" seen at Bend I "Mrs- Blank." 42 years; "Jane," 60
was a moonshine affair. years. 1
The original Plymouth rock, re
paired, is ready for business at the
old stand.
Charge anything from a late din-
ner to a sore foot to the tail of the
comet.
the United States district attorney's
office that the national executive
would not interfere, unless the sen
tenced party could present evidence
of extenuating features directly o his
attention through polUical or per
sonal channels.
It is not probable that an ordinary
case of violation of the national pro
hibition law would be brought to the
president's attention for pardon.
Sale of Mortgaged Property.
PORTLAND, June 25. (To the edi
tor.) If a person has property mort
gaged, can he advertise to sell the
same at auction, piecemeal or whole,
one or two months before the mort
gage terminates? S. T. W.
The property cart be sold subject
to the mortgage by auction or other
wise. To sell piecemeal requires an
arrangement with the mortgagor to
pro-rate the lien among the several
tracts, each buyer assuming his por
tion or paying it off. No part of
property covered by a blanket mort
gage can be sold without protecting
the Interests of the lien holder.
the
ers' I J
age j
Veteraa'a Loan to Pay 3fortgage.
MILWAUKIE. Or.. June 23. To the
Editor.) 1. Could the state soldi
loan be used to raise a first mortgage
of 13000 on property appraised at
J4000 or 15000?
2. Would the fact that the property
was already mortgaged make any dif.
ference in the appraisal?
G. R. F.
1. It is a regulation the veterans'
aid commission has power to adopt
and doubtless the commission will
make such a provision.
2. No. But the Jtate loan must be
a first lien on the property and the
existing mortgage must be disposed
of in some way in order to obtain
the state loan. J
however, that Father Thompson did
not know a single candidate sug
gested by the committee.
While the story was spread tha
the citizens' nominees were pro-Cath
olic, the results show that the Cath
olics did not believe It. They eithe
did not take the trouble to go to th
polls, or when they went there, voted
without any religious prejudice.
The Spectator, which supported the
citizen's committee ticket, and re
grets that it was not elected, is not
at all afraid that the gentlemen who
were chosen will do anything to In
jure the school department. They are
American citizens, from whom we
confidently expect a square deal for
all classes. It Is very likely tnat tney
are not any more anti-Catholio than
the members of the citizens' ticket
were pro-Catholic. But if they are,
we may be quite certain that public
opinion will be strong enough to In
duce them to manage tne school da
partment In the interest of all the
citizens.
LO.U VS. SHORT.
Now listen sharp while I, in short.
Relate a shortened tale
About two misters. Long and Short-
To be short I shall not fail.
Short Mr. Short wag much too short.
Too short to pay his bill
To Mr. Long, who'd waited long.
Then longer yet, until
No longer would he wait for Short,
Who shortened not the bill.
So into court he brought short Short,
Who shortly saw that Long
No longer would be made the sport
Of his long shortness aong.
For then the court decreed, in short.
That Short, though shortened still,
Must shortly pay to Mr. Long
Long's long, long-standing bill;
And pay in court each legal fee
And interest, too, so slong
As Short should lengthen by delay
Long's longing wait, you aee.
At last the bill was paid by Short,
And shortly Long with glee
No longer longed because of Short
Who longed Long short should be.
-rJohn L. Vestal.
Twenty-r'lie Years Ago,
Krom The Oregonian of June '7. Iy.
The entire plant of the Willamette
Steam Mill,. Lumbering & Manufac
turing company, better known aa
Weidler's mill, was destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon with a loss of
lluO.UOO.
Surveyor-General Arnold is arrang
ing to run measure and mark sur
veys of 130 townshipa in tha Oregon
ac California land grant.
As railroad service is to be Insti
tuted between Astoria and Seaside, It
has been decided that mail service
ahall be established over the route.
Portland -has just passed through
an excessive hut wave which made
a great many persons feel very tiled.
Fifty Yrara Ago.
Prom The Oregonian of June U7. 171.
Versailles. France. -Communlsta of
Paris are quiet, but the organization
la kept up.
San Francisco A vessel has been
sent north with a party to take pos
session of the newly discovered coal
veins on the Aleutian island.
Wheat is quoted at $1.25 per bushel
in Douglas county.
Horace Greeley has declined an In
vitation to address the atate agricul
tural society on account of press of
business.
Road'a ame Alarm Travelers.
SEASIDE. Or., June 23 (To the
Editor.) It still seems Imposslbla
for the public to rest content with
Sandy road" or to find a better name
for the road leading to the most in
spiring city in the union, or any
where. Let's get together and give
l a name.
Wouldn t "See-More drive be most
fitting? Or would "See-More high
way be more appropriate? Ewn
See-More boulevard would be bat-
er than its present name, which
makes one who has never yet trav
eled over It wonder if hia car will
pull through. Judging from Its name.
That, at least, was my Impression
when I first heard the name. And
say, isn't it a miserable name thualy
used?
Missouri may be the "Show-Ma
tate, but hats off to the "See-More
state," our Oregon. E. K. WEST.