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8 THE MOEXIXG OREGOXIAX. ' SATURDAY, JULY SO, 1921 KKTABMSIIEn BS HENRY L. PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonlan Publlshinir Co.. lov S.xth Street. Portland. OreKon. C. A. HORDES. E. B. PIPER. Manager. Editor. The Oreironian 1 a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches crediued to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatcher herein are also reserved. -abscrlstion Rates Invariably in Advance. (By Mail.) Jally. Sunday included, one year 8.0fl Xal.y. Sunday Included, six months -.25 Ijaily. Sunday Included, three months... S-2j Jaily. Sunday included, one month. .... .To I"y. without Sunday, one year 6.00 Dally, without Sunday, six months S.21 Daily, without Sunday, one month 60 eekly. one year - 1.00 Sunday, one year 2.50 ,, . (By. Carrier.) pally. Sunday included, one year $9.00 Dally. 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Through the joint work of the United States engineers and the Port of Portland the prospect is good that the channel of the Columbia and Willamette rivers will not only be maintained at the established size of thirty feet deep and S00 feet wide, but will be considerably im proved at some points beyond those proportions. As the channel at the mouth of the Columbia is now forty three feet deep for a clear width of a mile, and is improving so rapidly that a fifty-foot depth is in early . prospect, no further work In that quarter is needed, and the govern ment dredges can now be concen trated on the river channel. The Port commission has four good dredges and is therefore well equipped, though one dredge will be employed on Oregon slough for sev eral months. Conditions are favor able for continuous improvement. A good beginning was made as soon as the freshet began to subside, finding that the channel near Har rington point had shoaled so much that the navigable depth had nar rowed to 200 feet. Major Park Gent a dredge to the scene, which has re stored the thirty-foot depth to more than full width. The Port commis sion got so promptly to work on the worst shoal that at the mouth of the Willamette that by August 4 the depth of thirty feet and width of 300 feet will be restored. A pro gramme has been arranged by which , depth at all other bars will be re gained as fast as the water falls, so that minimum depth will not be lost and will prevail when ' the river reaches its lowest stage. Early in October the established depth and width will exist for the whole dis tance. In former years this was not accomplished till February or March of the following year. It is -not intended that work shall stop there. At some points safe nav- lgation- demands far greater width ,-than 300 feet. At other points the . amount of shoaling dictates that greater depth than thirty feet be gained in order that that depth be actually maintained. These cases are provided for by the board of en gineers, as may be seen from the following excerpt from its report: It is believed that if a dependable chan nel of the present project dimensions were secured and maintained all reasonable de mands of na.viga.tion would be met. To obtain this end more extensive mainte nance work will be required than has been done in the past. The periodic dredging wili probably have to be carried to greater depths and the width somewhat increased at critical points. This is permissible under existing regulations. -That language gives some latitude to the district engineer and the Port of which they intend to avail them- - selves. Harrington point is a "crit--7- leal point," where it is proposed to cut off a curve and protect it from fresh shoaling by means of a dike, thus extending the width to about 800 feet. The good effect of diking at Willow and Henrici bars has made possible a width of 600 feet with a small amount of dredging, - which the government will do. The ; . Port "of Portland intends to dredge . the bar at the mouth of the Wil lamette as far up as Gillihan's land ing to a width of 600 feet. When the project dimensions have been secured in October, both the gov ernment's and the Port's dredges - . will go back over the channel and " make these and other improvements fo far as time and money permit. Ueep-sea pilots have asked that the channel across Desdemona sands, which narrows at one point to 350 feet, be cut to a width of 1000 and depth of thirty-five feet, as it seems very constricted when a ship enters after passing the mile-wide channel at the mouth of the river. It is pos sible that the cut may be widened '- to 800 feet if funds and exigencies - of other points permit. This is de sirable in view of the promised com ing of vessels of broad beam. iVv These channel operations should have the sustained interest of the people of Portland, for the future of the Port is on the water and the " maintenance of the passage to the ocean is a job that will never be fin ished. The number and size of ships that now come here are the direct result of the work done in former years, including those years of the war when ships were rarely seen in ' the Columbia, and were in close pro portion to the depth and width of the waterway. So it will continue, the draft of vessels constantly crowding the enlarged capacity of I'- the channel. Vessels are now here of a draft that would have been con sidered impossible a few years ago, end we may confidently expect ' others of still greater draft In the near future. Hence it is not enough to maintain a channel adequate for the ships of this year; we must ever provide for those of next year. Also we must ever keep our minds on the water, for it is the main artery (through which flows the lifeblood of our commerce. It is one of the perversities oi Dame Nature that, while only con stant cultivation and care will bring a garden to good yield, her weeds are riotous and virile. If one who is not a gardener would seek proof let him visit the suburban districts, where, by vacant lot and unpaved street, the stout thistle rears its crested head, the tall plantain nods contentedly and the milkweed flour ishes, Of these, by Ions odds, the thistle is the most prolific. There are districts in Portland where the militant thistle thrusts out -over the sidewalk and bids the unwary pedestrian be nimble. A little later, under the September sun, with a light breeze prevailing, said thistles will launch their myriad seeds, each equipped with its own device for aerial navigation. Thistles will spring and . burgeon where never thistles grew before. Now is the time for all good men to whet the scythe and wield it. THE OLD MAN WHO UTED ALONE. Rather a fine little story comes from Coi-vallis a story that leaves a glow. And this Is so rare in stories of fact as to be worth some com ment, trifling, indeed, by compari son with the inspiration of that friendly feeling down in the heart It concerns the Eoy Scouts, those juvenile sportsmen who have been taught that the game of life has rules and a def'nite code. The boys had been cherry picking in a big orchard. Report says that they "gave great satisfaction" and left the trees in splendid shape for another season. But all that is merelj a prelude to the more In teresting fact that they voluntarily these young Americans worked two hours overtime to procure funds for the relief of a needy old man who lived by the river.". Even a cherry orchard becomes irksome upon long and compulsory acquaintance, espe cially under a July sun, so one realizes that the gift of two extra hours was no small matter.. The process simplified charity, or benefi cence that's a finer word to the hard terms of real work. Some very eminent philanthropists might rea sonably be expected to object if their benefactions were measured by sul try service aloft in a cherry tree. Well, what of it? Oh, nothing In particular, save that the Boy Scout movement again has proved its free dom from the superficial. Yesterday it was a youngster who saved his companion from drowning, and whose rating as a first-class Scout may or may not have had some thing to do with that keen, ready, courageous resolve, intelligently acted upon. We prefer to believe that in both instances unselfish char ity and brilliant courage, the code of the Scouts, had a great deal to do with subsequent results. SERGEANT TOBE'8 MORTGAGE. There is in an eastern state a young man who will not touch his legacy of millions, because of his fine theory that all unearned money is tainted. The suggestion that ht devote his fortune to charity is like wise scorned. The evil power of those insensate dollars, he declares, would place a blight upon any beneficiary. That is idealism pushed to the verge of folly. There is in a southern state a young man. Sergeant Alvin C. York, who is held to be one of the greatest heroes the world war evolved. He, too, has refused a fortune in the guise ' of theatrical offers. Though his home is mortgaged and the mortgage near to foreclosure, he re fuses to commercialize his patriot ism. And that is idealism without a qualiflcation- "I would rather," said the ex- sergeant, "lose my farm and go back to work upon it as a common day laborer than to commercialize the fame that was only incidental to an- act of providence. York did not believe in war. To him the idea of taking arms against his fellowmen, though they were foes, was inexpressibly repugnant. But he went to war at the call of America and it is officially recorded that he made a good soldier. There waa nn rlft&rth of good soldiers, but men such as the Tennessee sergeant were rare even in those armies of brave men. Single-handed he Killed twentv-five enemies, put thirty-five mar-bine ciins out of action, and captured 132 prisoners. His piety did not interfere with his prowess. He was mighty in a righteous cause It would be a shameful thing 7oro York to lose his farm. One r-annot imagine that he will. Mort gages are not always foreclosed with unHoviatine- exactitude. But It would have been far more shameful for York to have lost his grip on an ancient faith the unalloyed belief that men must serve their God and their country at call and without thought or hope or reward. Of such is the spirit of America. ORDINARY CAPITALISM. When we shall have found a way to stifle the ambition that is in the race the time will be ripe for the socialistic 6tate, the super-perfect commune. From Russia come com olaints that the leaders of the soviet. those political purists who would wade through blood and tears for an ideal, are living iuxuuuubiji. Saddened radicals return from that far pilgrimage to voice their dis appointment. From opportunism to capitalism is but a step. With un limited control of the national funds the soviet officials are living in capitalistic splendor, while the DeoDle starve. That Isn't capitalism. as we understand it, but it is the bolshevist equivalent. What is capitalism ? The federal loan organization recently voiced alarm at the condi tion of world finances, and urged that a remedial measure should be the thrift of the wage earner. Let but 30,000,000 workers save a dollar a week, so ran the suggestion, and within three years $5,000,000,000 would be intact for productive enterprises. The call was to the small investor, who heretofore has not invested. What was it but a call for capitalism on a popular scale? Here was a plea for the workers to conserve their earnings, to hoard their minted labor, and by wise investment aid not alone them selves but their country and the world. Undoubtedly the economic system of today evolves some in equalities, and gives undue reward at times, but broadly considered it is the most democratic of games and differs not a whit save in personal advantage from those far ages when men hoarded food in season to last them through the nrehlstoric winter. When the socialistic argument is stripped of it3 sophistry, its un proved argument, one is apprised that any man who exercises good sense and saves for an investment against the future is a capitalist. The workman who prudently puts aside enough to build or buy him a home is of that class, by the common definition. His property yields an actual return in rental saved, a return for which he does not toil. If he has also acquired a few bonds, as many have, he reaps again the fruitage of labor long since expended. He is among those who have financed the work of their country, whose hoarded labor has continued to toil, and who has through his thrift provided dollars for the payment of other workers. He i3 a capitalist. Yet he is something more than a capitalist- He is a good citizen, too, and an honest one, who seeks not to deny the old natural fact that those who are able must attend to their own wants and should ask no odds of the world. Analysis will frequently reveal" that the raging- critics of our economic system are men who themselves lacked the insight or energy to conserve and become capitalists, and who fancy that the prohibition of initiative will cure the ills of the world. America has no sympathy j or admiration for the malefactor of great wealth, and none for the malcontent of little. THE IXOTD CEOBGE-NOBTHCLlrFE -JTECD. All the world watches the quarrel between the British premier and the greatest British newspaper pub lisher, both because a verbal battle between two great brains is intensely Interesting and because a principle to which all free nations are "tie- voted is involved. The people enjoy the spectacle of a battle of wits be tween two brainy men, "but they will strongly incline to the id of the combatant who even seems to con tend for freedom of the press. Both are self-made men, who by their efforts and genius have risen from poverty and obscurity to posi tions of power one of them to great wealth. Lloyd George, once sneered at as "the little Welsh" lawyer," has climbed from abject poverty to be the actual ruler over the most pop ulous and richest empire of the old world. Northcliffe has risen from little better beginnings to be the owner of a great group of news papers, including the most influ ential, not only in Britain, but in the world, with the possible exception of the United States. Before the war they were bitter political foes, North cliffe's Times being the defender of the landed aristocracy, on which Lloyd George heaped invective. War brought them together. Northcliffe exploded the bomb which caused formation of the first coalition war cabinet and appointment of Lloyd George as minister of munitions. In that position the politician achieved the success that marked him as the man who could win the war, even after a series of blunders in state craft and strategy. At the end of 1916, when disaster had made the future look dark for the allies, the publisher backed the politician in the maneuvers which drove the in competent Asquith from office and made the politician premier. But the supreme duty of patriot ism had made them allies only for a time. They were not friends, and each distrusted" the other. The story goes that Lloyd George offered Northcliffe a cabinet office, pre sumably with a view to winning the support of his newspapers, or, at the worst, to silencing his criticism. But Northcliffe valued his independence too much to accept. He undertook to direct the British war munitions mission to the United States and later to direct the allied war prop aganda, but with the armistice he ended his official connection with the government. Ostensibly as a guide to propa ganda he published with great dis play a definition of allied peace terms, and this was taken as a bid for appointment as one of the British peace delegates. He made no denial, and when this ambition was thwarted he opened a campaign of criticism of the premier which with time has grown in virulence and has extended to almost every act of the govern ment in both domestic and foreign affairs. During the peace conference he encouraged the sending to the premier of a telegram by several hundred- members of parliament pro testing against leniency to Germany. Lloyd George made a flying trip to London for the express purpose of making his defense, in whioh he commented in most caustic terms on Northcliffe's disappointed ambition, taunting his critic with self-contradiction and saying: "I would as soon rely on a grasshopper." Lloyd George did not limit retalia tion to oratorical retorts. He struck at his enemy's business by cutting him off from sources of news. Se cret documents having leaked to the newspapers, the premier Induced parliament to pass a law for the pun ishment of unauthorized publication of official documents or secrets. That gave Northcliffe a fine opportunity to defend- freedom of the press. He has lately, in revenge for recent at tacks, been deprived of certain courtesies in obtaining news at gov ernment offices. Further censorship has cut off all the Northcliffe pa pers from any news of public affairs except what they can obtain through the press associations. The publisher has described Lloyd George and Curzon as unfit to represent their country at the disarmament confer ence. Though the language used was mild compared with that which has been applied to American presi dents and cabinet officers, the Brit ish foreign minister carries his re sentment so far as to veto the pub lisher's entertainment at dinner at the British embassy in Washington. .On the other hand, Northcliffe pub lishes alleged censure by the king of the premier's Irish policy, which the king denounces as fictitious. Thus the sovereign is drawn. Into this per sonal controversy, which convulses his kingdom, and is forced to break the silence which tradition has im posed on him. Northcliffe's campaign against Lloyd George has certainly gone far beyond the bounds of fair criticism, and appears to have been poisoned with the venom of personal enmity. He has given the premier good cause for retort in kind, free use of which is not censured by the British peo ple. The premier's position opens to him as forums both parliament and the platform, and all British news papers of any consequence, and many foreign newspapers, publish his speeches at length. He Is a mas ter of the oratorical art, and so long as he uses that weapon has the hearty support of many newspapers. But when he restricts the ability of the 'Northcliffe papers to perform their function as newspapers he at tacks the liberty of the press and arrays against him all newspapers and all who hold that liberty dear. British papers which oppose all that Northcliffe stands for have thus been driven to defend him. He has yielded to the temptation which be sets every man entrusted with gov ernmental power, to abuse it for his personal ends; as the event may prove, to his undoing. If Lloyd George had been mindful of the means of his rise'to power he would have been careful not to turn them against him. It was Korth cliffe's exposure of the shell short age in 1915 that caused him to be made minister of munitions and thus to be marked as the man to lead the country In war. Northcliffe's assaults on the Asquith coalition de stroyed confidence in it and opened the way for Lloyd George to be premier. It may prove that he will tear down Lloyd George, assisted much by the latters ill-advised action in striking at a great prin ciple in order to hit him. The Lon don Times, chief of the Northcliffe papers, has the reputation of pulling down and setting up cabinets. It drove out Aberdeen when he failed in the Crimean ' war and set up Palmerston. Its power Is enhanced by the other papers of the group, among which the London Mail has more readers than any other British newspaper. All other newspapers may now join forces with it. The premier has put a weapon in his enemy's hand. TWO COUNTRIES. Two countries on the . map of Europe present an instructive con trast Belgium and Russia, the one Insignificant in area, but powerful in spirit, the other huge but help less. Both felt the devastating shock of war, and knew the heel prints of alien armies. Yet the one, and the- least of the two, has made a vigorous and buoyant recovery, while the other is thin with starva tion and stolid with long. suffering. Those whose hearts are warm for Russia answer a humanitarian im pulse, but they cannot by this con trast deny that the greater nation is shamed through its own futility. Bolshevism? Naturally, bolshe vism had much to do with the plight in which Russia finds herself, but back of the cancerous disease of socialistic theory applied is the spirit of tho people that permitted bolshevism to gain way and to hold on. Had Russia been Belgium, with the spirit of that sturdy little na tion, Lenlne bad long since graced his gibbet, and the fields have waved with harvest. Centuries of czarism unfitted the Russian people for their emergency. Blinded by sudden light she was a prey to wolves. Belgium not only has rebuilt her Industries from the wreckage the kaiser left her. but she has financed them to prosperity in the lean years that have followed war. Not so long ago she took her dole from the hand of happier nations, but even charity could not avail to weaken the national pride and capable as surance of the Belgians. If the re covery of the valiant little nation was a miracle, it was a practical one. Belgian capital, to the extent of 501.600,000 francs, was invested in foreign securities in Industrial en terprises of the soundest character, covering the globe. Thus it was that the depreciation of Belgian cur rency, inevitable and damaging as it would have been to another na tion less prudent, found her calm and unafraid. For the depreciation of Belgian currency was powerless against her unaffected foreign In vestments, and the country based upon this foundaion her strenuous and expensive task of reconstruc tion. We hold no brief for monarchies in America. We were half inclined to aDDlaud. in spite of our liking for AlbeA, when an eastern mayor refused to honor him, saying that he would not "boost the stock of any king." But the fortunate cir cumstances in which Belgium now finds herself are due to stability of government and adherence to the proved laws of economics. Had Belgium been a republic the same would have been true. There lies Russia, torn and tortured and futile, because the arch-criminals of civili zation made her the victim of their cruel and senseless experiment in the outraged name of freedom! That historic locomotive on ex hibit in Chicago is reminder of the days when roads named their en- gines after directors and stockhold ers. The little affairs needed some thing to dignify them. Lloyd George is a smaller man than most Americans had thought him when he takes such peevishly resentful methods of retaliation at a little newspaper criticism. They sometimes make quick work of getting bank robbers in north Idaho. Success of capture was due to the forethought of the man who put a telephone in the vault. There might be less complaint against those lower Columbia river highway speed cops if the cops would take a few lessons in polite ness before they went on the job. Another man, in Washington county this time, has been gored 'by a bull raised as a pet. A bull never is harmless, and the better his pedi gree the greater the chance. A United States senator suffered a collapse after making a three- hour speech. We d like to see a casualty list from the audience. The outlook in Mexico is said to be gloomy. President Obregon must have told some of those numerous generals to go to work. Those "load meters" being used by the state highway department might also come In handy for the prohibition squad. "Wheat and barley yield good," says a head line. But where, oh where, is the market for the old time rye ? Better not press this proposal to prohibit women from smoking in public too far, or they'll all want to do it. Monmouth sheep won champion ships at the Winnipeg fair a place where they know sheep. Who is er, prevaricating the king, the prime minister or Lord Northcliffe? When a bunch tf tuberculous cows are killed, who, if anyone, eats the beef? The hopgrower has the loser's end of the gamble this year, , . BY-PRODUCTS OF TUB PRESS Trim - Schooner, Manned by Xerwt, Brings Copra Cargo to Oakland. The three-masted schooner Doris Crane, moored at Oakland, Cal is at tracting a great deal of attention, for she is manned by a crew of par tially civilized South Sea islanders They are huge Kanakas and from al reports good seamen. The Doris Crane has just completed a seven months' voyage and m-ought a cargo of copra to Oakland. She is spotless ly white and her brass work gleams as she lies at anchor, in contrast to the weather beaten vessels moored 'longside. The Doris Crane landed at Oak land after a voyage to Fanning Island of the South Seas group. With her skipper. Captain John McCuUoch, a typical "sea farin' " man, from his .large deck boots to his ayer-glowing briar pipe, and groups of scantily clad natives lolling about her decks, the Doris Crane resembles an illus tration for a South Sea pirate story, more than she does a stogy trading vessel, and a spirit of romance and adventure fairly seems to radiate from her planking. With the exception or her skipper, mate and cook, every member of the crew is an islander, practically un civilized, most of whom only can speak smatterings of the English language. Clad in their white loin cloths and as nimble in the- rigging as cats, the seamen are objects of curiosity for almost everyone on the waterfront. According to Captain MeCulloch, the Kanakas make excellent sailors. "1 could bring back a crew of men who would all weigh over 200 pounds and be six feet or more in height," said the skipper. "I will try to do this on my next voyage. The boys in the South Seas are strapping fel lows and make good sailors." The native seamen are paid in Eng lish money, according to the captain, at a rate of about 5 a month. The sailors are getting four and five times as much as they could earn atS home. All of his crew was picked up from the Gilbert Islands. At sea they are fed entirely on rice and salmon. Indirectly they are in charge of a chief, Kamaie by name, a strapping fellow witn. a Oerce iooking black mustache, who trans lates the orders from the ship's of ficers. Rising insurance rates on motor truck shipments of silks and other valuable merchandise between New York and Philadelphia, due to the numerous robberies that have oc curred lately, have driven the ship pers to use armed convoy methods to protect their shipments. Edmund Leigh, a former police de ttctive, has organized a convoy scheme which several insurance brokers are adopting for the protec tion of shipments insured with them. High power cars, each carrying a man armed with tooth rifle and re volver, are used to assemble the trucks which are to be convoyed. A convoy master directs the expedition and scouts alongside in fast road sters. Leigh's scouts reported that one night they met several suspicious touring cars which kept "cutting in" on their convoys, consisting of a heavy shipment of silks. The fol lowing night an unguarded shipment of J100.000 worth of silks was held up by motor thieves who are sup posed to have been the same bandits that were cutting in on the truck lines but were apparently scared away by the sight of the armed scouts accompanying tne eiik trucks. The department of commerce in forms our manufacturers of hosiery that the women's stockings they make are not suitable for the Chinese market, because the ankles are too big. Chinese lad'es have more slen der ankles than American women. Nature does not build the Chinese woman that way. It is the practice of foot binding that does it. The process interferes with the circula tion of the blood In the lower part of the leg, and the result is a partial atrophy. Hence the sliranees of Chi nese women's ankles. The imperial government of China, not long before it was ousted from power, Issued an edict forbidding the binding of the feet of girl children. This ukase was confirmed later on by the government of the Chinese re public. But it has been wholly in effective. Fashion is stronger than law. If our federal government were to de clare the wearing of silk stockings unlawful, American women would pay no attention to the prohibition. Not even a constitutional amendment would deter them. In China crippled and deformed feet are the distinguishing mark of a lady, and any woman of the so called upper class who has "big feet' would be regarded as socially im possible. The five things necessary to court ship recently were described in the London law courts, says the New York Tribune. According to counsel engaged in a breach of promise case, they are: Love letters. A ring. Introduction betwee families. Presents and "outings." "Look back upon your own en gagement," he urged the jury (which included two women). "Can you say that during the period any one of the five was absent?" - The stages of intoxication were enumerated by a doctor at the South western police court. He was giving evidence in a case In which a taxi cab driver was charged with being drunk, and said the man was in "the third stage." The five stages, as d fined by him, are: General contentment, sense of well- being and happiness. Flushing of the cheeks, a bright eye and hilarity. Inability to exercise the muscles as the train directs, , Drunk and incapable. Coma. The Zynda hotel of Juneau adver tises in the Alaska Empire the only elevator service In Alaska. He was a dirty-faced urchin playing In EUenberger park. A friendly vis itor sought to become Interested and asked him his age. "I'm 4 years old," he said. "What are you going to be when you become a man?" "A convict." Indianapolis News. Those Who Come and Go. Tales of Folk at the Hotels. "Fossil is a distinctive name, any way." observed H. H. Hendricks, at torney of Fossil, Or., who is at the Imperial. "Before there was a town, Tom Hoover was appointed post master and he called it Fossil be cause so many fossils of prehistoric creatures were dug up on his farm. Since then several times there have been mass meetings to have the name changed, but whenever such a meet ing was called there were so many members of the Hoover family on hand that they were in a majority and so Fossil remained Fossil. Ob jectors did not like the name for they somehow considered that it was a re flection on themselves and the com munity; they preferred a name more representative of the present day live citizens than the dead ones who pop ulated that section a few million years ago. But the name is original; there Isn t another like it anywhere or earth and, in certain scientific circles. Fossil is known throughout the world. It was near Fossil that the original horse, the three-toed creature about the sise of a dog, was first unearthed." Mr. Hendricks, who has lived in the town 35 years doesn't show any signs of fossilisation. He founded "the Fossil Journal, which used to print such odd items that when they were reprinted and cred ited people supposed the whole thing a joke. Mr. Hendricks, before becom ing a lawyer, was a printer and pub lisher. He worked on the old Plain dealer at Roseburg, which was the Bible of Douglas county years ago, and he Worked on the Salem States man and other papers. His brother Bob is boss of the Statesman. This will be a great year in Gilliam county and the crop is so good that mortgages will be paid off and ranchers will be back on their feet. D. N. Mackay, attorney at Condon, who is secretary of the Farm Loan assoolat'on, is in Portland represent ing the city before the highway com mission. There will be about $500, 000 , of federal loans made In the county. iast week xmi.ooo was loaned and another $100,000 is about to be handed out. So far not one borrower has defaulted on the in terest. This year the grain yield will be remarkable. Wheat is running as high as 45 bushels to the acre, while 25 bushels to the acre is considered a small yield this year. The price is around a dollar a bushel and while this is not high, all overhead ex-j penses have been cut to the bone by the growers, so that notwithstanding the small price the crop will be so heavy that the growers will make good money. This means that the mortgages will be wiHf d out and wheat men will be in comfortable circumstances. Of course, however, ft he sheepmen are not. in such an en viable position and it will require two years, probably, for them to re cover. W.:- Barratt, highway commis sioner, who arrested a man for driv ing while Intoxicated on the lower Columbia River highway, says that he Intends seeking to have the driver's license revoked. The driver passed Mr. Barratt on a curve at 40 miles an hour and struck a machine being driven by Mr. Barratt's nephew, and almost killing a road foreman who avas standing on the running board of the nephew's machine. Be- fore this narrow escape, another car forced Commissioner Barrett to drive out on the shoulder of the highway to escape being smashed into. ""The highways were built for pleasure," declares the official, "and were not built for drunken people 'to go racing at excessive speed, imperiling the lives of innocent people. If these crazy drivers would kill themselves it wouldn't matter so much, but they menace .all others on the highway." Another irrigation project came into being in Oregon Wednesday. De tails are supplied by George. Det- wiler of Summer lake, who came to Portland in connection with the en terprise. The contract for the bonds and the work were signed Wednes day. The project will embrace about 7000 irrigable acres and the cost is estimated at about $260,000. The project is located on the west side of the lake. Water will be provided by Anna river, the gulch nearby being dammed to impound the waters. Power will be generated to lift water to the higher level while there will also be a gravity system. Mr. Det- wiler asked the highway commission to relocate the present old road, which will parallel the entire project. "Driving over the Pacific highway near Roseburg the other day I found two errors in a sign, which adver tises automobile tires and also gives a bit of local history," said George K. Kelly. "This sign stated that Rose burg was formerly called Winchester and that the name was changed to Roseburg because of the abundance of roses growing there. Both statements are incorrect. Winchester was the big town when Roseburg was a struggling.village and the land office arm everything else was located at Winchester. Roseburg was named after Aaron Rose and not on account of roses, because there wasn't a rose bush in that section when the. name was selected." Oil is now selling at 75 cents a bar rel in Oklahoma City and the price is so low that the drilling operations have practically ceased. The pro ducers, however, look for an advance as soon as the large refiners begin to fill up the tanks on their farms. The wheat crop will be light owing to too much rain, which has damaged the growing grain. This in formation was supplied by Henry Willmering of Oklahoma City, who Is registered at the Multnomah. - Mr. Willmering. finding things quiet at home, is touring the Pacific north west. H. A Griffiths of Caldwell, Idaho, the town whose name supplied the late Ezra Kendall, quaint comedian, with one of his Jokes, left yesterday for Astoria after staying at the Im perial overnight. Mr. Griffiths is a leading attorney of the Idaho country and reports wonderful crops this sea son. However," he gloomed, "our po tatoes seem likely to rot in the ground because rates are too high to move them to market. I can't help but believe in the rule of reason for rates and that the tariff should bear some relation to what the traffic will bear. Lacking that idea, some things are not able to travel at all." There is a striking resemblance be tween Portland and the cities of New England, in the opinion of C. T. Qulncy, formerly of Boston, but now of New York, who Is registered at the Multnomah. Mr. Qulncy is a member of the national chamber of commerce. He says that the business men of Portland are willing and anxious to co-operate with the national commit tee in every way in providing infor mation. The committee wishes to ob tain the opinions and wishes of every community regarding matters of civic and national importance. C. Webber Cooker, formerly at the Hotel Portland, but now with the Old Colony club, at the Multnomah, re ceived a telegram yesterday, thus: C. Webber, cook, Multnomah hotel. Burroughs Nature Club. Copyright, Honjtkton-Mif film Co. Cast You Amswer Tkete Questions, f 1. What are thorns? 2. Do fishes live to a great age? 3. What do newly hatched native pheasants feed on and does the old hen feed them? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes. Answers to Previous Questions. 1. What is the difference between! moths and butterflies? Moths are mostly nocturnal, seldom flying by day unless disturbed Into a short flight. They have thread-like antennae and usually fold the wings on the same plane with the body, in repose. Butterflies fold the wings above the body, practically at right angles to It. in repose. They fly by day, have clubbed antennae, and more slender bodies than moths. The larval stage of moths is passed in a web silk cocoon. Larvae of butterflies j form a chrysalis of naked pupa case. i u ui & icai iut a case witn a trine oi silk. 2. What Is the best wav to' eradi cate poison ivy? Wear gauntleted gloves and pull up the vine, after rain has softened the ground. Forking the ground helps pulling. Biirn the plants and do not inhale the irritating smoke. If you can't pull, fork the ground and pour kerosene, or brine (3 pounds salt to one gallon water) onto the roots. Also spray the leaves, repeating treatment several times. The United States de partment of agriculture bureau of plant industry, issues a circular on exterminating poison ivy. 3. "Do crows migrate? No. they do not need to. being prac tically omnivorous in diet. In winter they gather in great companies at night to roost, apparently partly as a symptom of their sociable disposition and partly for warmth. They will flv a great distance by day to feeding grounds.- SPEED COP KINDS DEFENDER Victim Admits Guilt and Has Only Praise for" Urbane Officer. PORTLAND, July 29. (To the Edi-tor- I am the victim of a Columbia county traffic officer, and I can cite a very effective remedy a reallv ef fective way to curb their activities. "e knew we were hitting the high spots at way above 35 miles an hour wnen a speed cop silently slid up alongside with raised hand and we succumbed. We tried to lie out of the accusation that we had been go ing 37 miles an hour, but the officer was calm and unperturbed, and asked it we had a $10 bill. I said we had not a io Dill. He said we would have to go back with him. I said how would a check do. He said that would do, and I cheerfully gave him my wire s check for that amount. In fact I was so pleasingly acquiescent that my wife was somewhat displeased tin i explained to her that when speed cop tells Judge Rossman the gait was il miles, the judge says, "thirty-seven dollars." And the vic tim dollars the police clerk, and hollers when he gets outside. During our settlement one of the ladies of our party intimated to the officer that speed cops were black- mnilprn Anri nmhe,!... n ..liiAk . V. i , , .. , . . "ot ;;, XI , - Wa" "? "e ?htha,' ' , dy CX I '"t.d' h; d,d no' mean yu" tne man in the moon, but it is thus that officers become abusive, and not without cause. Columbia county has at least one speed officer that is a patient gentleman. The way for autolsts to put the speed cops out of business .is to obey the rules and laws of the highway. To protect autoists at the sharp curves and at the same time to give .notice wherethere is danger, a post 'eight inches square, painted white, and six feet long might be set three feet in the ground and three feet above ground in the middle of the road at the bight of the curve. A VICTIM. Husband Offers Balm. -London Star. She Jack, I must have a complete set of new clothes; I'm sure the en tire neighborhood Knows my present wardrobe by heart." He But er wouldn't it be-cheaper to move to a new neijjrh'borhnod?" The Devil's Punchbowl and Its Seething Brew. No, no, this is not a case for the federal prohibition officer. He couldn't stop it if he trierl f or it's a very different sort of bowl from the traditional cup, and it holds the clearest, coldest water of the western mountains. On the first page of the Sun day magazine, illustrated by a scenic photograph in colors, De Witt Harry vtrrites of the great natural cauldron of Eagle Creek, where the stream plunges into, the Devil's Punchbowl before it swings onward to the -waiting Columbia. One of the best of an intermittent series of articles regarding Oregon scenery near at hand. The Sea Wall Dedication at Seaside. Even the waves will forego their accustomed sadness, and leap brightly to witness the bathing girl parade and other features of the two-day celebra tion at Seaside, next Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7, when the completion of the wonderful new sea wall and prome nade will be recognized in festival fashion. The dedication cere monies will be accompanied by a complete programme of dancing, music, banqueting .and airplane exhibitions. A complete story of what Seaside, the hostess by the sea, offers to its week-end visitors, appears: with illustrations in tomorrow's big issue. The Oak From the Acorn. Clifford Raymond probably said, when he had typed this unusual short story, "This is a good yarn, well told." He knew it was, because he wrote it himself but the singular fact is that for once each reader will agree with the author. It is a good story, with its elements of mystery, in which a worthless ring, a framed-up burglary and a gossipy neighbor almost combined to accomplish tragedy. One of the weekly Sunday series of hitherto unpublished short stories, by American writers of note. The Strange Mystery of Mrs. Byrd's Attic Like the old lady who viewed the giraffe, and protested that there was no such animal in existence, the southern woman who tells this story of the psychic could not believe in ghosts even though she had seen the odd little figure come back and point the way to hidden for tune for the sake of a lonely boy. You may not believe, for that matter, when you have finished the story. But it isn't fiction, by any means. Told in the Sunday issue. Illustrated. "Charley" Dawes in Action. What was it they used to call him, before he became director of the national budget? Ah, yes, thank you. "Hell-and-Maria" Dawes. Well, folks in general, the Sunday editor has procured for you an exclusive interview and chronological narrative with and of the same determined Dawes, and presents it in tomorrow's number. What Mr. Dawes does means much for each and all of us. Hence the instant resolve to turn to page 5 of the magazine section. Millions of Tulips. No, not in heaven, Hortense but in Ore gon. There is a story of them in the Sunday issue, a story that rivals the records of tulip growing in Holland. Told by De Witt Harry, by word and camera. A Nickel and a Nod Buy THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN Anywhere More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. A ONE WAY REMEDY. A British scientist affirms The rather curious fact That music helps to drive the germs From one's digestive tract. By singing after every meal He says, you'll free your middle From all distress, and always feel Far fitter than a fiddle. I always suffer when I eat. The mildest soft boiled egg, 'Ere deglutition is complete. Afflicts me like the plague. And when this Briton came along To state that perfect diet. Could be secured by means of song, 1 thought that I would try it. It worked that is, tt worked on me I'd sit back in my chair. Right after meals, and strike a key And sing a jovial air. It brought back brightness to my eye. It waked my sluggish liver, I even ate a whole' mince pie Without an inward shiver. Alas! For singing when we sup! Alas! how very sad That songs which tone one stomach up Put others to the bad. My music brought me joy in life. t tnat mere s not a Question. But every time I sang, my wife was seized with indigestion. Why He Became Famous. Henry VIII may have been a tvrint but he at least knew how to get rid of a wife without dragging his trou bles through the courts for a year or two. In a Strange Land. Peace may visit Ireland, but she won't feel at home. Cheerful Prospect. We didn't get many profiteers int the jails, but it begins to look now as if we were going to watch some of them go to the poor houses. In Other Days. Fifty Years Ago. From The Oreironian of July SO, 1871. Chicago The common council has suspended business during the month of August for the purpose of making a trip to Salt Lake City. Mrs. Hannah E. Short claims the public square in Vancouver, and of fers to sell to the city for $25,000. On Saturday last Put Smith of this city sold his trotting mare, "Oregon Nellie," a prize winner at the recent state fair, to J. B. Hinkle of Peta luma, Cal., for $3500. The cost of running Wasco county for the last fiscal year amounted to $31,458.84. Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Oresonian of July 30. 1S06. Canton, O. Ex-Governor Thayer of Nebraska, calling upon Major Mc Kinley today, assured the presidential candidate that he would carry the state of Nebraska. St. Louis The heat In this ciy was terrific-yesterday, and 16 cases suf fering from the effects of sunstroke were reported in the hospitals. Mayor Pennoyer has announced that anyone desiring an appointment under his administration must consent to a reduction in salary. Word has been received here that there is considerable excitement in Stevenson, Wash., on account of the discovery of a gold mine about 15 miles back of the Columbia. Oil Hunters Scanned. Exchange. Many hardened northerners having satisfied the mounted police authori ties of their physique and the ade quacy of their grub stake, left Ed monton, Alta., recently with husky dogs for the end of the railroad at Fort McMurray to "mush" to Fort Norman, now internationally famous as the scene of the last big oil strike. All will travel the Ice trail of the rivers and lakes, - which comprises the only trail, in an effort to dmi the anticipated rush for claims with police are exercising a vigilant watch over those who would break for the north without satisfying them of their powers of endurance and means of winter FiinMstenoe.