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TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1921
i.lSTABHSHEU BY HENRY L. 1'ITTOCK.
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A 6TATKM ENT AS TO THE PITTOCK
WILL CONTEST.
The -state supreme court, through
an opinion rendered by Chief Justice
Burnett, and concurred in by all its
members, who heard the case en
banc, has sustained the will of the
late Henry L. Pittock, long pub
lisher, principal owner and direct
ing Influence of The Oregonian. Mr.
Pittock died at his home in Port
land, January 28, 1919, leaving- his
estate, which included a controlling
interest in The Oregonian, in trust
for twenty years. On October 7,
1919, seven months later, a proceed
ing to test the validity of the will of
her father was begun by a daughter,
Mrs. Caroline P. Leadbetter, who
was one of the five heirs. No other
heir joined Mrs. Leadbetter in her
6uit. The litigation took its usual
course, and is now finally deter
mined by the highest appellate
court.
It may now be assumed that the
questions both of fact and of law
raised by the contest, which include
direct charges of the gravest char
acter against the trustees named by
Mr. Pittock to administer his estate,
and also, at least by plain implica
tion, against the editor of The Ore
gonian, have been conclusively set
tled, after due judicial investigation,
so that there need be no occasion
hereafter for misunderstanding or
misconception on the part of any
one as to the merits of an utterly
groundless and futile legal contro
versy. It was precipitated by the
contestant under complete misap
prehension of the truth and under
the counsel and guidance of others
who were inspired by wholly mer
cenary ends. The decision of the
supreme court, which covers every
phase of the contest, and analyzes,
with rare fidelity to the record, all
the circumstances surrounding the
making of Mr. Pittock's will, setting
forth his clear intent and confirm
ing his absolute right to make his
own disposition of his own property,
is a vindication both of Mr. Pittock
(his judgment, his- foresight, his
Justness) and of the men in w)om
he reposed without reservation a
"very great trust and responsibility.
- - The train of events leading up to
the trusteeship of his property,
which, was varied in character and
considerable in extent, began in the
year 1912, when Mr. Pittock made a
will putting his stock in The Ore
gonian in a trusteeship for twenty
years and distributing the remainder
of his estate equally among his
heirs. The immediate occasion for
his action was his desire to retain
the services of two of his important
employes, whose tenure during
faithful service was guaranteed in
the document; but the compelling
reason was, without question, to
protect and preserve The Oregonian,
assuring the continuance of its edi
torial and news policies and stand
ards, which had placed it among the
principal journals of the United
States, and the maintenance of the
careful, intelligent and wise business
methods which under him had made
of it a financial success. In this
way, of course, his family would be
assured of a permanent income suf
ficient for all their needs and rea
sonable desires. It should be need
less to repeat here a fact widely
known that The Oregonian, being
largely the creation of Mr. Pittock's
enterprise, energy, vision and long
and persevering industry and unre
mitting sacrifice, was his prized pos
session, to be jealously and continu
ously guarded against possible and
even probable vicissitude and
change of fortune. The Oregonian
had seen dark days; it might again.
But The Oregonian was to Mr.
.-Pittock more than a personal asset;
it was a public trust. Its standards
must not be lowered, its ideals must
be maintained, its complete integrity
; guaranteed. To that purpose he had
'dedicated his entire life; to it he
would assign his fortune, commit
ting the newspaper to men who had
been trained in The Oregonian tra
nsition and -who, he believed, were
equipped to serve as he had served.
That is the true explanation of Mr.
.., Pittock's motive and plan, eo far as
U relates to The Oregonian. It was
his thought in lesser degree as to his
'other interests.
For these reasons Mr. Pittock in
1912 took the initial step and the
; initial step only in the plan which
-;iad been slowly maturing In his
" mind and which he embodied in its
complete form in the will of August
"'23, 1916. None who knew Mr. Pit
tock well knew the strength of
mind, the keenness of his judgment,
.; the infallibility of his intuitions, and
above all his confirmed habit of in---
dependent thought and action-
could or would in good conscience
aver that-another's will and desire
could be substituted for his own, er
that he could or would be "unduly
influenced" by any person for any
purpose whatsoever. What Mr. Pit
tock did for and with The Oregonian
in 1912 he did for tils whole estate,
including The Oregonian, in 1916.
The cardinal principle of Mr.
Pittock's will is the trusteeship
which was to "preserve my estate";
but the impelling motive behind the
trusteeship (as was previously
stated) was to support The Orego
nian and, of course, to protect fcis
family. The beneficiaries of the will
are his direct heirs and ultimately
their children and no others. The five
heirs are to be paid during the trust
the sum of $500 per month each,
and, after the debts shall have been
paid, the trustees are directed to
pay semi-annually to the heirs, share
and share alike, until the termina
tion of the trust, a specified portion
of all cash on hand. Is it not ob
vious that Mr. Pittock had the wel
fare, the comfort, the happiness of
his family duly and fully in mind by
seeking to make secure the wise and
profitable investments he had him
self made, guaranteeing to them a
reasonable fixed income, and finally
by distributing to them all his prop
erty ?
It is true that ' the trustees are
neither heirs, nor beneficiaries, nor
relatives, but only men who through
long years of association he had
learned to respect and have confi
dence in. Why he preferred thus to
nominate them to a weighty and
even sacred trust, and not select
others, from among his kinsmen, or
elsewhere, is not for them to say;
but it is certain that it is a duty and
a responsibility they did not solicit
and it is equally certain that they
will not evade it nor betray it, but
will to the best of their ability dis
charge 'it to the last item.
"The action , of the testator," de
clares the court in its decision, "in
thus reposing so large a trust in two
employes who had been faithful to
him through many years may or
may not have been provident, as the
sequel shall prove, but it was not
unlawful, and the will in that re
spect is a valid document, declara
tory of his disposition of his es
tate." '
The gravamen of the allegations
in the first petition filed by Mrs.
Leadbetter was that the will was
void because of "improper and un
due influence" exerted on Mr, Pit
tock by the two trustees and "other
person or persons unknown" in
order to secure large benefits, emol
uments and commissions; that they
were given as trustees unlimited and
unrestricted discretion in their con
trol of the assets of the estate; that
the beneficiaries were not specified
with certainty; that the trustees
were directed, in violation of law,
to vote for themselves as director
of The Oregonian Publishing com
pany. In the amended petition
these charges were greatly elabo
rated, the long "confidential and fi
duciary relationship" of the trustees
with Mr. Pittock was emphasized,
and it was said that they had used
their position to conspire against
the heirs and the minority stock
holders of his various corporations,
so as to have power and control in
their own hands, taking it from'
them; and thus the trustees over
came Mr. Pittock's "free agency, vo
lition and judgment" and substi
tuted their will for' his own, causing
him to sign a "paper writing" which
was not in fact or law his true will.
Charges of conspiracy to defraud
could hardly be more direct; if true
they would, of course, have been
adequate cause to set aside the will
and to punish the conspirators.
They were not only not true, but
not the slightest attempt was made
at any time to prove that they were
true. It is a painful reflection that
there are members ot, the legal pro
fession who will frame and. put on
record charges which . cannot be
substantiated and which they know
cannot be substantiated.
When the hearing in the contest
came before Judge Tazwell, the
proponents of the will assumed the
burden of proof, adduced testimony
to show all the known circum
stances surrounding the making of
the will (and the will of 1912 as
well), and brought many witnesses
to show the character, methods and
entire mental competency of Mr.
Pittock at all times. The petitioner
and her husband took the stand to
subscribe to the general tribute to
Mr. Pittock's worth, including his
firm disposition and his capacity al
ways to direct and control ' his af
fairs. The result was that the will
was admitted to probate, and the
supreme court later disposed of the
fiction of "undue influence" by
quoting the petitioner's own testi
mony, which was in direct contra
diction of the sweeping charges in
the petition. Let us quote from the
court's opinion:
The evidence is convincing that at no
time or place did either of the defendants
exercise or attempt to exercise any in
fluence over the decedent in the matter
of making bis will. On the contrary, the
testimony is clear tbat the Initiative in the
matter came from him and that the will
was the product of faia own mind and of
bis own dictation, without the least sug
gestion from any one. so far as the record
discloses, about what the document should
contain or what disposition should be made
of his property. In other words, as dis
closed, by the record before us. it Is ap
parent that he had very much more in
fluence over the defendants that they had
over him; that his word was the law of his
business and that it was theirs to obey and
not to influence or dioiate.
It is particularly gratifying that
the chief justice in his opinion cov
ered all points offered for the court's
consideration by the contestant and
without an exception exposed their
utter lack of merit, either in fact or
in law. It was held that there was
no wrong or fault In The Oregonian
trust, since a stockholder may deal
with his own property,- and there
was no combination collusive or
otherwise with, other stockholders.
and a single majority stockholder
may for himself formulate a policy
and carry it out, even after his
death, for a limited period. It was
held that the will was specific as to
its beneficiaries and the trust was
sufficiently certain in all its features
for practical operation.
In other words, the plan devised
by Mr. Pittock in his will, for the
protection of his estate, for the care
of his family, for the maintenance of
The Oregonian, and for the conser
vation of his other interests through
a trust to endure twenty years, was
approved and confirmed by the
highest court of the state of Oregon.
There now rests the Pittock will
contest. It is ended, without con
firmation of any of the charges or
insinuations whatsoever made by
the contestant, and without an at
tempt of any kind at any time to
confirm or support them, or any of
them.
BUYERS FLOCK TO THE METROPOLIS.
By the yearly extension of the
territory from which merchants
come to Portland during Buyers'
week Portland proves and strength
ens its position as the commercial
metropolis of the Pacific north-west.
That field has steadily grown from
the three states' of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho to include western
Montana, Wyoming and Utah. It
has extended to Alaska on the north
and to southern California on the
south. An equal trade area in the
old world would embrace several
countries.
. Buyers' week is a Portland inven
tion and, though other cities have
imitated, they have not been able to
equal this city's success. By attract
ing comparatively few merchants
from a small area, they have ex
posed the restricted field of their
trade . in contrast with the broad,
field that Portland covers. They
draw hundreds, while the number of
visitors to Portland has reached into
and may this year complete its sec
ond thousand. By- personal ac
quaintance and social intercourse
merchants and their customers are
brought into, mutual understanding,
and ties are formed which make for
profitable and agreeable business for
both for years to come.
Circumstances are favorable for a
most successful Buyers' week. Ow
ing to the disturbance of prices, re
tailers' stocks have run low
Bumper .crops produced at reduced
cost, while world scarcity promises
good prices, will put consumers in
the position and the humor to buy
liberally. We may expect merchants
to buy accordingly, with the result
that the ctly's trade will be- ex
panded materially.
MARRIAGE AND THE STATE.
The declaration - of the supreme
court of Oregon that "it is the policy
of the state, not to destroy, but to
preserve, the status of marriage,"
might well have been addressed to a
good many of the courts of the state,
as well as employed in the adjudi
cation of a particular case. For ir
respective of the merits of any single
controversy, it is so well established
as to amount to public knowledge
that judges in quite too many in
stances openly disregard the genius
of the law In granting decrees on
superficial, even flimsy, pretexts.
One of the chief purposes of edu
cation is to enable its recipients to
view problems in their entirety, . to
gain breadth of vision and capacity
for understanding the effects of con
duct upon people as a whole and
not merely upon the selfish desires
of Individuals. Most of our social
problems would be easy of solution
if this wholeness of comprehension
were general; and laws and prac
tices touching on the institution of
marriage, which is the foundation of
the modern home, must eventually
be determined in that spirit if so
ciety is to endure.
It is notorious that divorces are
being widely granted as mere mat
ters of accommodation, and without
much thought to the direction in
which the whole sad' business is
carrying us as a people, and with
hardly a thought that in the end
free divorce, which is what we seem
to be coming to, is fatal to the sanc
tity of marriage itself. The grave
aspect of the situation lies in the
circumstance that marriage is be
littled bp making divorce a by-word
and a joke.
There are courts which need
more understanding of the principle
laid down, that marriage is' first,
and divorce a distant second, in the
scheme of the law; and that as the
supreme court has sapiently ob
served, "it is the policy of the state,
not to destroy but to preserve" the
status of the former.
ROSES AND THISTLES.
To eyes long denied the common
place wonders of nature, the field,
the forest, or the wayside flower, the
humblest weed is beautiful. The
prisoner of Chillon, in Byron's poem,
heard in his solitude the singing of
a bird. The notes beat back the
darkness of despair and were, to
him, the sweetest song in all mortal
experience. We do not know what
beauty is, or by what spell it binds
us, but we do know that beauty is
comparative. A correspondent, who
seeks to discover why the rose and
the lily are more lovely than the
thistle, should know that In the
wastes of the desert a blooming
thistle would be so grateful to the
wearied eye as to fulfill all the re
quirements of perfect beauty.
To the question of what consti
tutes beauty no adequate reply can
be given; nor to the companion-
riddle of why the same soil will nur
ture the strange fellowship of weed
and flower. Were, one to penetrate
the mystery of floral hues, of the
alchemy that transmutes loam and
sunshine and shower, in the one
instance, to royal purple, and in an
other to seashell pink, he would be
no nearer the secret of beauty than
before. For beauty is that which
charms the human soul, and that
which is perfection to one admirer
does not constitute the esthetic
stimulant of others. Are not thistles
beautiful? There is in ' Oregon a
species, stately in form and shining
with silver-gray stalk and leaves,
that could enter the lists of beauty
without argument from any. Even
the stout green wayside thistle, with
its wine-hued blossoms, is nature's
expression of the beautiful.
Perhaps we confuse the definition
of beauty with our own prejudices,
engendered by the strife of hus
bandry against those plants and
shrubs that contend for every rod of
ground. Were you to ask some
sorely driven farmer for his esthetic
opinion of wild mustard, doubtless
he would regard you as one touched
by madness. He can perceive no
beauty in the floral pest that in
vades his fields and yet, where the
invasion has driven the wheat to
rout; there spreads a field of the
cloth of gold. The man who takes
up the task of clearing an acre of
woodland, and who has cause to
know how stubborn is the resistance
of the wild rose, cannot be expected
to enthuse over its delicate perfec
tion of bloom. Yet were the beauty
of the wild rose denied by ajiy out
spoken iconoclast, and its eradica
tion proposed, what protest would
arise!
There are. however, certain rec
ognized standards of floral beauty,
and while these in their application
do not always, coincide with the in
dividual view, they at least prove
that rarely is nature's handicraft
darkened by ugliness. Behind each
different design Is nature's purpose
for the individual plant, and though
we have in a few instances, obvious
enough, divined that purpose and
recognized its utility, we are - the
most part like unlettered children
scanning a picture book. Only this
we know, thftt to the mother of all
the most unregarded weed is won
derful and fraught with beauty. On
it, as on the roue and lily, she lav
ishes her infinite affection.
MHAT THE WAR HAS TAUGHT.
The seventh anniversary of the
outbreak of the world war finds war
still raging in spots, much as flames
continue to rise from the scene after
a great conflagration has practically
burnt itself out. As we survey the
world as it is ar.d-compare it with
the world of 6even years ago, we
realize hov profound are the
changes that the war has wrought.
Four great despotic empires have
been swept away. One has been cut
in pieces which have either been
joined to neighboring states or con
verted into republics. Another has
been dismembered, and a fanatical
old guard makes a last stand to
save a remnant. A third, under a
merciless oligarchy and a prey to
tyranny, famine and pestilence. Is
sinking into anarchy. The fourth,
disarmed and shorn of alien terri
tory, colonies, fleet and merchant
marine, has become a republic and
sullenly pays for the havoc it has
made.
Little better than the plight of
the vanquished is that of the victors.
All overwhelmed with debt and
many with their lands ravaged, some
are shaken by internal discord, as
they struggle to resume their peace
ful vocations, like a convalescent
fever patient who makes his first
tottering steps. So weak are the
victors and so querulous, that they
flinch from the task of enforcing
their will on the small remnants of
the enemy which still resist, and
they quarrel as to how this shall be
done.
Though more deeply In debt than
ever before, the United States has
emerged with territory untouched
by war, with riches increased, with
moral and material power un
equaled by that of any other na
tion. Dismayed at the consequence
of having been drawn into an old
world war, the people would fain
shrink back into their former splen
did isolation, but economic depres
sion drives home the truth that they
cannot prosper amid a world that is
ragged and hungry, physically de
bilitated, -.. morally weakened.. In
order to preserve their own strength,
they must transfuse - the blood of
their own vigorous body into the
weakened bodies of their neighbors,
for this nation can prosper only in
a world that prospers, can only re
main strong amid a family of nations-
whose strength It helps to re
new, ffhe war has taught us that
no nation can live for itself alone.
The plan to charge 25 cents for
special delivery of a letter may not
be so bad, provided it is accom
panied by a guarantee that the
letter will really be delivered ahead
of the one which bears no super
stamp. We miss much diversion with our
delightful summer temperatures.
New York has street bathing parties,
with the fire department furnishing
the water. Imagine Chief Young
"putting out" people that way!
That was a resourceful French
man who landed on the highest
summit of the Alps and made a suc
cessful take off returning. Most
aviators want a little room for both.
Another' farmer has been gored by
a bull that was "regarded as a pet."
Next to the gun that wasn't loaded
the bovine pacifist is the prize de
ceiver of them ail.
With twenty-two millions on th
verge of starvation in Russia and
the rest nearing that point, we un
dertake a huge task to feed them.
They say that, 25,000,000 "reform
ers" in Russia are starving to death.
The leaders, however, are getting
their three squares & day.
Iffthat Tacoma concern can make
sawdust Into cowfeed. the next 6tep
may be a breakfast food with hyp
notic cream and sugar.
Maybe the reason Judge McCredie
seems so reluctant to sell the
Beavers is that he hates to admit
that he owns them.
The art of being a well-dressed
woman nowadays appears to consist
in paying as much as possible for as
little as possible.
Two women have embarked on a
trip' to the jungles of Africa. Going,
perhaps, to get ide-as for new styles
in dress.
A fur sale in August Is not out of
reason. Neither is wearing furs;
that's the way their original posses
sors did.
Oil may make the Osage Indians
rich, but they've still got to work out
their own recipe for happiness.
Russia is threatened by a plague
of locusts, doubtless mobilized by
the hated capitalistic class.
The worst thing about a vacation
la getting down to work the day
after it is over.
And Lord Northcliffe came to this
country in search of rest!
The soapbox orator is planning to
invade Portland.
Buyers, here's the city!
BY -PRODUCTS OP THE PRESS
Current Wages of Apprentice Hold-up
Men Set at Slu Per Job.
The current New York wages of an
apprentice hold-up man are HO a job,
according to a confession the police
say Gerald Clair, 21, who came here
from Colorado, made, says the Globe.
The Schulte cigar store at Twenty
ninth street and Broadway was held
up by two young men at 10 o'clock
one night. James Stanton, the clerk,
was shoved into a back room by one
of the robbers, wbo waved a revolver.
The other took the $80 in the register.
Stanton notified the police. Four
hours later Detective Sergeants Alles
and Doyle saw Clair sitting on a
bench In Bryant park. He didn't an
swer questions to their satisfaction
and was taken to the West Thirtieth
street station. Clair had $8 on him,
including a mended bill. v
Stanton was asked if he recalled
any special marks on the money taken
from the store till and mentioned a
torn bill. Clair then was put in the
"show-up" with 12 other men and
the clerk identified him without hes
itation, the police Bay.
Later Clair confessed, according to
the police. He said he met his com
panion in Bryant park the night he
arrived here and that the stranger
suggested robbery. The first night
they held up a United Cigar shop,
getting $60. In each case Clair's share
was $10, the other man taking the
balance as the rightful share of pro
moter and skilled Journeyman holdup.
E. L. Wanger of Muncie, Terre
Haute and Chicago, is held by the fed
eral authorities as the meanest man
who ever used the mails for the pur
pose of fraud. He cruelly deceived
fat women who were willing to pay
and endure tortures to rid themselvtb
of their excess avoirdupois.
Wanger, the postal Inspectors as
sert, had for two years gone about
in the middle west taking $20 a client
for physical culture courses he never
gave. His method was first to collect
the $20 and then tell the plump lady
to bend down and touch her toes 2C
times every morning until he returned
to give her further instructions.' He
never returned.
All Sacramento is on a still hunt
for a demure young woman who
gathered in hundreds of half dollars
for bulbs guaranteed to grow red,
white and blue flowers.
Recently she was stationed in front
of a K-street restaurant. On a table
beside her were bulbs resting in a
globe filled with water, and from
each bulb tuber arose flowers of won
drous tri-colored beauty, balancing on
tender stems and enhanced by the
peculiarly crystalline aqua pura.
It is said the young woman sold
hundreds daily for several days. She
is said to have been particular to im
press, the purchasers that the bulbs
must be immersed constantly in pr
water and that no results need be ex
pected for a fortnight.
The weeks have gone, but the bulbs
remain as refractory as ever. Most
of the flower enthusiasts are throw
ing them away.
A worn-out little old lady in a dress
half green with age started to cross
Fifth avenue at Forty-seventh street
in New York. Several times she was
frightened back by the heavy traffic.
The traffic policeman left his post
and came to her rescue.. When he
had deposited her on the opposite side
he, lifted his cap and patted her af
fectionately on the arm. A woman
Jn the house on the corner watched
the incident from a, window. And
that evening the policeman got a sub
stantial check signed by the former
Miss Helen Gould.
There were said to be 7,904,271 au
tos in use, in the United States last
year, according to Capper's Weekly.
In 1914 there were only 1.253,034
in use. Ohio ' led last year with
567,000. Pennsylvania was second
with 506,085. Illinois was third with
497,318. New York was fourth with
486,262. California was fifth with
421,327. Nevada was last with 8383.
Delaware was next to last with 16,600.
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If you want to make your room at
tractive to flies, paper it in bright
yellow, advises the Kansas City Star.
They like that color best.
They do not seem to care abont blue,
green or orange one way or the other.
Red they markedly dislike.
Houseflies are our most intimate
companions, and everything that can
be learned about them is worth know
ing. Their color preferences have
been ascertained by recent elaborate
experiments.
There are several origins claimed
for Yankee Doodle, says the Van
couver World. In England under
Charles I it was played under the title
of "Nankee Doodle." Kossuth, in
America, recognized it as an old Hun
garian air, and it has been claimed
that an old sword-dance of the Bis
cayans had the same music. The
Americans adopted it because it was
to this tune that the British evac
uated Boston after the battle of Lex
ington. A Pittsburg lady aged 31, who is
paying her husband's way through
college, found him entertaining an at
tractive looking co-ed, and taking off
her slipper, gave tlhe young man a
spanking. She intends to be both a
wife and a mother to him. Capper's
Weekly.
A society reporter for a New York
newspaper reports that at a function
at a home in Park avenue three gen
erations grandmother, mother and
daughter daintily puffed cigarettes
after their afternoon tea. -.
While some citizens still complain
that prohibition doesn't prohibit,
Frederick C. Atkins of London, Eng
land, who has lately visited America,
advises Englishmen to wake up to the
fact that "they must compete in trade
with a sober nation." Writing in the
London Mail, Atkins says we Amer
icans seem more alert than he knew
us to be when we had all we wanted
to drink. He also points out we are
demanding better plays since we went
"dry"; the tired business man used
to stand for any sort of "fluffy"
nonsense" on the stage, with' a -ew
drinks under his belt.
Percy Hammond, who Is coming
from Chicago to become dramatic
editor of the New York ' Tribune in
the fall, was in town the other day,
and at a dinner party someone asked
him what he intended to call his
column of dramatic criticisms, says
O. O. Mclntyre in hl3 news letter. He
replied that he had not decided, and
then a young actress suggested this:
"Read "Em and Weep.'?
Those Who Come And Go.
Talea of Folk at the Hotels.
Labor efficiency has greatly im
proved during the past year end the
employe who was slacking on the
job and following the line of least
resistance is now glad to work for
his money, in the opinion of F. A.
Dudley, of Niagara Falls, who is
president of the United Hotels com
pany, one of the greatest institutions
of Its kind in the country. Mr. Dud
ley is at the Multnomah. He has
been spending some time in the
northwest studying tourist and hotel
problems. He was the organizer of
the Canadian Tours and also the
Southern. Tours. His hotel holdings
arejn sixteen towns of the country.
"The Columbia River highway is all
that has ever been said about it" said
Mr. Dudley. "I spent all yesterday
on the beautiful drive and now em
more firmly convinced than ever that
Oregon has a wonderful opportunity
to establish itself as a mecca for
tourists if it will only work. to that
end."
Portland is a beautiful city and has
many scenic spots . of interest to
tourists scattered around it. but it
hag nothing on Valley Forge, Pa., ac
cording to Charles. T. Wellbank of
the famous revolutionary day city,
who is registered at the "Multnomah.
"Not all of the tourists come west."
said Mr. Wellbank. "We get a lot of
them in Valley Forge. More than
18,000 visited the famous old camp of
George Washington's army last year.
The old barracks and forts are kept
in a constant state of repair so that
they may attract people. Many from
the west visit Valley Forge each
year. There is nothing beautiful
about the old scenes to compare with
your Oregon beauties, but the spot is
historic and people flock to see t."
Frank E. ("Boots") Kersey of
Dallas has beerl registered at the Im
perial for several days. "Boots"
knows every man and woman and
child in Polk county and has been
mixed up in everything that has been
done in recent years to advance the
Polk county metropolis. His mother
is about the only person in Dallas
who was ever heard to call Kersey by
his right name of Frank. 'Thirty-five
years ago, when Kersey was a small
boy, his father bought him a new
pair of red-topped boots, such as
were the style in those days. The
youngster proudly walked down the
streets displaying his new footwear
and some wag shouted, , "Hello,
Boots." Since that time Kersey has
never been called anything else.
"We cannot expect an improve
ment in tte lumber business until
there is a readjustment of railroad
rates," said M. T. O'Connell, lumber
man of Winlock, Wash., who is regis
tered at the Oregon. "Things are now
moving, but slowly. I do not expect
a good season next winter in fact I
believe it will be pretty hard, not
only on the employe but the em
ployer. However, when spring comes
there should be a great revival in the
lumber business. Conditions, par
ticularly with regard to rates, should
be adjusted by that time. I am em
ploying a full crew at my Winlock
mills, but at Napavine the plant is
closed down and the men are idle."
"We are shipping a considerable
number of Port Orford cedar logs."
says N. H. Larson, of the Port Orford
Mill company, who is in Portland on
business. "The logs are being shipped
to Japan, where they are made up
into various things. Ve don't like to
sell them to the Japanese, it we
need the money. We wouldn't like
our cedar to be used for airplanes to
be used against us some day al
though I guess there isn't much dan
ger of that. The logs .re put on
board ship from the new wharf
which Port Orford has built. For
merly the logs were lowered by a
steel cable to vessels riding at anchor
in the harbor."
With the war over and the recon
struction well under way many peo
ple from England and other Euro
pean points are now free to travel.
Among the visitors in Portland this
week are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Briggs
of Leeds, England. They are regis
tered at the Imperial. At the Oregon
the register shows the names of Mr.
and Mrs. Witte. Hoogendyk. of The
Hague, Holland. This is their first
trip of any consequence since the
early days of the war. While Hol
land was not at war, the people of
the little country were pretty well
bottled up and were unable to go and
come as they pleased.
C. W. Nibley. president, of the Utah
Idaho, Sigar Company of Salt Lake
City, is in Portland on a combined
business and pleasure trip. Mr. Nib
ley, who is one irt the leaders of the
Mormon church, has b;en a big fac
tor in the sugar industry and has de
veloped his company until it is one of
the largest in the United States. He Is
accompanied by Mrs. Nibley. They
were touring around the city yester
day, visiting places of scenic interest.
Dr.- J. W. Donnelly, good roads en
thusiast and resident of Arlington,
wbo has been at the Benson for sev
eral days, has returned to Eastern
Oregon. "I am working to get better
roads up through Condon," said Dr.
Donnelly. "Good roads .will help any
county and there is no part of the
state that needs road Improvement
more than the section around Con
don." Trapshooting is the one thing that
will lure M. A. Rickard away from
his automobile business In Corvallis.
It is his hobby and for years he has
been a participant in all the big
shoots that have been held In the
state. He was registered at the Ore
gon yesterday while here to do some
shooting at the Portland Gun club.
Emll T. Raddant, extensive wheat
grower and rancher of Orton, Or., had
time Saturday to break away from
the activities of harvest and run
down to Portland. He is registered
at the Multnomah. He brought re
ports of bumper crops but does not
know what the wheat price is going
to be.
W. F. Ryder, formerly of Beau
mont, Texas, now in the lumber busi
ness with the Long Bell Lumber com
pany, has returned to the Portland
hotel SLfter a month in Weed. Cal. Mr.
Ryder is superintending- the con
struction of a mill for his company
at Kelso, Msh.
David Benjamin, vice-president of
the Harvey system of railroad res
turants, is registered at the Port
land . He is accompanied by Mrs.
Benjamin and they are spending a
vacation in the northwest in effort
to escape the heat ot Kansas City,
their home.
Among the first buyers to arrive in
Portland for Buyers' Week was Mary
McDonald of Wallace, Idaho. Shewas
accompanied by Miss Myrta McKay, a
school teacher of Mullan, Idaho. They
are registered at the Multnomah.
W. J. Sonrad. attorney and lumber
broker of Marshfield, is registered at
the Benson. He is here attending to
matters in connection with his inter
ests in the Coos bay country.
Walter F. Foster of Seattle, senior
member of the advertising sign firm
of Foster & Kleiser, is visiting in
Portland. He is registered at the
Multnomah.
rAXTIIER AD MOUNTAIN LIOX
Animals So Known In America Are
Ideatiral, Foreign Species la Kot.
ASTORIA, Or., July 2. (To the
Editor.) In answer to a question con
cerning the identity of the American
cougar and the panther, you say
these are the "same animal," but
known by- different names. This
opinion has grown out of the def
initions and descriptions of our lexi
cographers, which describe all this
class of animals as of the cat species.
This is true, and if by the "same
animal" is meant just this and noth
ing more than this statement is true
also. In the same way the statement
that the bulldog and the collie are the
same animal and the lynx and the
wildcat are the same animal. But
did you ever hear of anyone buying a
bulldog when hunting for a collie
because he considered them the same
animal, or an experienced hunter ever
confounding the lynx and the wild
cat as the same animal? Yet the
lynx and the wildcat resemble each
other the more closely than the real
panther and the mountain lion.
It Is true that lexicographers give
the names of cougar, puma, jaguar,
catamount, mountain lion and pan
ther: but not all naturalists confound
these names in this way, and the
statement that between panther, so
called, and puma (or mountain lion)
there is little difference in form,
color and appearance is a mistake.
The difference is quite as great as
the difference in these respecUj be
tween the collie and the bulldog and
in much the same way. Strictly
speaking, a mountain ltou has the
build and head resembling the bull
dog, while the panther has a thinner,
deeper body, the head of the collie,
and they are entirely different in
color. Mountain lions are of a yellow
tint, while that of the real panther
Is a mouse color. Anyone can satisfy
his curiosity about this matter if he
will visit the next animal show that
has a real panther.
The panther proper is not found
in this country unless it is some
where in the swamp Jungles of the
south, and if we must have a pan
ther to complete our animal menage
rie, then the mountain lion is the
best selection of the lot; but with
equal propriety we could select any
of the cat tribe, for .they are all
the "same animal" in the same way
Just because they are all cats but in
no other way can it be truthfully said
they are the same. J. H. ACTON.
The animal known In America as
the panther is properly the puma
and Is the same animal as the so
called cougar or mountain lion. The
animal in America is also colloquially
called the "painter." The true pan
ther, -as the correspondent states. Is
not found in America. He is wrong,
however, in supposing that reputabe
lexicographers confuse the American
panther with the jaguar. The jaguar
Is ringed; the American panther.
cougar, mountain lion or catamount
or, more properly, puma, is not.
"I'Ji-AMERICAX" IS OVERWORKED
Writer Thinks True Patriots May DK-
f on Ceasorithip laauea.
PORTLAND. July 27. (To the Edi
tor.) In a recent letter to The Ore
gonian Roy A. Wright raises objec
tions to the efforts made in Portland
at censoring movies. "Censorship is
un-American," he declares. This argu
ment has been somewhat overworked
When differing with anyone on a
given subject, it is convenient to
brand him as un-American. With
Ohio, Kansas. Maryland, Pennsyl
vania, New York and Massachusetts
already having state censorship, ar.d
laws pending in 28 other states, it
seems somewhat bold to brand the
whole proposition as un-American. 1
may differ with these men on a sub
Ject under discussion, but I know
personally of a number bf pretty good
Americans who reside in these states.
William A Brady of New York.
general manager of several great film
concerns, ought to know something
about it. At a recent hearing on the
subject of film censorship Mr. Brady
made one reply which knocked about
all the wind out of the sails of auti-
censoiship. He was asked if he
thought it proper and healthful for
a 16-year-old schoolgirl freely to at
tend the movies. "1 do not," em
phatically replied Manager Brady.
"The best censors of motion pic
tures are the thinking public them
selves," says Mr. Wright.
True and among them you will
find thousands who Insist on censor
ship. The Chicago Journal of Com
merce has this to say:
There is a certain class of dreamers who
believe in "philosophical anarchy" as the
true social destiny. They think that re
strictions, censorships and prohibitions are
aH wrong, and only serve to breed tha
thing- they try to suppress. It makes a
very irood argument lor parlor mugic, but
It has never been a success in practice.
It has taken society countless generations
of experiment to evolve the contrary the
ory. Two years ago Boston had a few
days' trial of such a theory, during the
policeman's strike. Kven cultured Boston
fell an Immediate prey to terrorism and
crime let loose. No one would care to rixk
living in a community where rubbery and
murder were restrained only by the con
science of the robber and tha murderer.
The argument that public opinion is the
best safeguard against crime and inde
cency is ail rot. Hot breeds rot. No one
In his senses would mix rotten apples with
sonnd ones In order that the good ones
might cure the bad.
The vital danger of bad movies lies In
the influence they may exercise over the
minds of the young. The youthful mind
is very plastic and It has not the strength
of experience to throw out a barb wire
entanglement against evil Influences. The
man who preaches removal of moral re
strictions ought logically to believe in the
consolidation of the children's home and
the pest houtfe.
M. A. CHRISTENSEN'a
Lutheran Pastor.
Bonna for Kx-Srrvice Man.
PORTLAND. July 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Is an ex-service man entitled
to the Oregon bonus, who was born
in Portland, whose home is in Port
land, who enlisted in San Francisco
and was discharged in the same city?
He served one year overseas with the,
lrth engineers as corporal. On ac
ccunt of disability he is now taking
vocational training in another state.
To whom must he apply In Oregon
to receive this bonus? When will the
state begin paying the bonus?
- ANXIOUS.
The ebonus law requires that the
recipient, otherwise qualified, shall
at the time of entering the service
have been a resident of the state of
Oregon. The regulations necessary
for carrying the law into effect are
new being framed by a commission
designated under the law. For fur
ther particulars write to the world
war veterans' state aid commiss'on.
Salem, Or.
PICTl'KES.
My mind has- pictures hidden away.
So beautiful, so fair,
I would not one of them exchange
For a canvas, old and rare.
It may be but a baby's face.
Or a midnight sky at sea.
Or just an old house by a wood
That is beautiful to me.
Or it may be a sunlit beach
As seen from a low-ceiled room.
Or the Bouth slope of a wooded hill
With columbines in bloom.
Or an old trail through sun and shade
That winding disappears.
Or one man's face now turned to dust
These many, many years.
AJsNICE CALL AND.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
THE POWER OF SYMPATHY.
I used to say to Filbert Flynn
A lifelong friend of mine
When I beheld him hoisting in
The ale and beer and wine:
"Your love for liquor I deplore
As all your friends should do;
It won't be very long before
Yourt drinking ruins you."
My sympathy was most sincere,
It really made me sad
To see this ale and wine and beer
Put Filbert to the bad.
My sentiments were wholly free-
From any thought of pelf.
For when he went upon a spree
He paid for it himself.
Now things have changed; to my
abode
--"-" - l ll.i. . I l I:U U L inn,
Comes Filbert Flynn, to get a load
vu ueer ana wine ana ale.
nd still his habits I deplore.
For I can Dlainlv see
It won't be very Ions- before
His drinking ruins me!
My sentiments are still sincere;
It cuts me like a knife
To see my wine and ale and beer
Endanger Filbert's life.
To watch him, in the demon's clutch
A. soaked and sodden sot-
Works on my feelings twice as much
As when he paid the shot!
mm
Looking: Ahead.
Grover Bergdoll is to bo married.
Evidently he expects another war.
.
. Compfsutien.
The only apparent reason for put
ting a tariff on lumber is to enable
the building grafters to get back the
money they paid out in fines.
Merely a Suggestion.
Why not put some of those idle
shipping board vessels into the Ba
hama liquor trade?
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Hoaghton-Mif flin Co.
Can You Anawer These Questions'
1. nat will cure mosquito bites?
2. What can I feed a common mud
turtle? Can 1 tame it?
3. Please descrbe the bobolink, also
his song, food, nest and color of eggs.
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes
Ansners to Previous Questions.
1. What are thorns?
Thorns are modified shoots growing
from buds as leaves and shoots do.
They may be simple or branched, in
some plants thorns replace stipules,
the latter being those embryo leaves,
usually in pairs, that clasp the base
of the leaf stalk of many plants.
.
2. Do fishes live to a great age?
Only captive fishes can be kept
track of. and unless these are living
normally, they would hardly be a test
of conditions of a wild fish's existence
Some attempt has been made to tag
salmon and cod fishes, to get data on
their movements, and a tagged fish
if caught many years after being re
leased, would afford light on that in
dividual's longevity, but not on the
species. In a professional aquarium
scientifically managed, some fishes
live a number of years, and some die
quickly. A goldfish 17 years old is on
record.
3. What do newly hatched native
Pheasants feed on. and how does the
old hen feed them?
Pheasants are altricial birds, that
is. are born with down covering, and
able to run about after the mother,
catching insect food. Domesticated
pheasant chicks are allowed to follow
their bantam-hen foster mother, to
pick up some natural food, and are
also fed various combinations hard
boiled egg mashed with cracker or
dried bread crumbs, bought pheasant
meal scalded with hot water, dried
ants eggs, dried cottasre cheese and
some green stuff like lettuce and
chick weed.
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Akto.
From The Oregonian of August 1, 1S71
The new bridse on Fourth street is
to be a bridge of height. It will be 52
feet above the water in the suleh. It
is enough to make one dizzv to think
of it.
O. A. Brown came down from Ore
gon City yesterday morninar, having
gone up there the day before tc
capture some stray Indians. He put
two of them in Jail for security until
the time shall arrive for a general
clatawah.
People of southern Oregon are still
making donations for the sufferers in
the recent Yreka fire.
It is stated that 1000 laborers are
now at work on the railroad between
Eugene and Yoncalla.
Tveay-FIve Yearn Ago.
From The Oregonian of August 1. 3 St6
Madison. Wis. Senator John A
Thurston of Nebraska in an address
here last night, declared that William
J. Bryan. democratic presidential
nominee, is a paid agent for the fret
silver combine.
Southampton. Ensland Samue:
Clemens (Mark Twain , with his wife
and daughter arrived today on the
steamer Norman from Table Kay, Cape
Colony,
Several of the curbstone gambling
fraternities, whose vice consists ir.
playing the nickel-in-slot machines,
are complaining bitterly, because they
allege that dealers are doctoring the
machines.
There is a vigorous forest fire burn
ing on the hills northwest of the city
which sends a column of smoke across
the northern horizon so thick that the
lower Willamette is obscured.
DI.IMt.
Silent, he taps his careful way.
And vaguely pushes with his cant
aside.
Uncertain fears;
And pausing, lifts his face
A moment, to the wandering air.
To feel the freshness of its child
like play;
While mirthful birds but mock his
sunless day;
Oh weary drought of sightless eyes!
Where tears that dew our lesser
griefs, are dried;
Oh soul, with darkness over all your
skies.
Is God alight in all. yet one denied
"Let there be light!" through primal
darkness deep.
Earth heard the eternal word and
rose from sleep:
Old ocean, groping, swayed ia angry
flace ;
Then felt the spirit's fingers on his
. face;
And flung aside, with mighty arms
the night.
And joyous, leaped to greet immortal
light.
"Receive thy sight!" Christ called
unto the blind:
And new-found day left sightless
dark behind.
"I am the light! 1 s'.ay and I make
whole"
And light, divine, undying, rose with
in man's soul!
MART ALETHEA WOODWARD.
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