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THE MORNING OR EG ONI AN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921
ESTABLISHED BY HENRY L. PITTOCK.
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OREGON'S HOPES FROM SECRETARY.
The visit of Secretary of the In
terior Fall to Oregon is the more
welcome because his department is
more closely concerned than prob
ably any other In the interests of
Oregon, and because it betokens the
sincerity of President Harding's ex
pressed purpose to aid the develop
ment of the west. As Mr. Fall is a
western man and is familiar with
western affairs, both through his
residence in the west and through
his service in the senate, the people
of Oregon were gratified at his ap
pointment in confidence that he will
deal with national interests in this
state understanding and sym
pathetically, free from Pinchotlte
notions.
Reclamation is the work under
Mr. Fall's direction from which Ore
gon expects most in the immediate
future, and it is well that he will
see for himself what has been done
and what can be done in that re
spect. He will find many tracts,
formerly desert, which under irriga
tion now produce so bountifully that
they are fast repaying the cost of
their reclamation, and he will find
many others awaiting action. In its
national parks Oregon has severa'l
of the greatest scenic wonders on
the continent, which need to be made
accessible by good roads and to be
provided with hotels. In its water
power Oregon has the means of ex
panding Industry, of improving nav
igation of the rivers by means of
dams and of conserving floods for
irrigation. In its national forests,
which are not, But should be, under
Mr. Fall's control, the state has a
large part of the nation's reserve
supply of timber. All of these re
sources in their several ways can by
development contribute to that of
the state's mineral wealth.
Through the fanatical determina
tion of Gifford Pinchot and his ad
herents to force their policy on the
people, all the vast and varied re
sources contained in the public do
main lay fallow for twelve years.
Powersites and non-metallic mineral
land were withdrawn from entry,
'and the reclamation fund was starved
in consequence. A bureaucracy took
charge of the national forests, which
regarded with suspicion as a prob
able thief any man who entered
them, in effect nullifying the law
which permits prospecting or home
steading of agricultural tracts. The
i uico ior cumng nmoer were so
exacting that few attempted to buy
it, and much over-ripe timber has
gone to decay. The Southern Pacific
land grant was withdrawn from sale
by the railroad during long litigation
lor its forfeiture and pending enact
ment of a law for its sale, which was
delayed by efforts of the Pinchotites
to impose restrictions. Meanwhile
the counties interested could collect
no taxes. The great areas of reserved
land stood as barriers in the way of
communication between other' parts
of the state, for the limited taxable
area remaining could not provide
the money necessary to build roads.
and the sum paid to the state from
proceeds of timber sales was a mere
pittance. Mr. Fall knows these
things only too well, for his" own
state of Arizona has suffered in like
manner, and he was a senator during
tne period when efforts were vainly
maae to art tne Pinchot embargo.
Because he knows and under
stands, the people of Oregon rejoice
that Mr. Fall has been placed at the
head of the interior department and
that he has come here to see for
himself, for they are confident that
he will so administer the laws gov
erning his department that they will
no longer obstruct, but will hasten
progris. When he sees how much
arid land remains to reclaim he mav
be expected to urge enactment of
the McNary reclamation bill, and,
when it Is . passed, to act promptly
unaer it ana to be liberal with Ore
gon in order that the state may re
gain the large proportion of its land
receipts which has been spent in
other states. We shall look for our
national parks to be linked with the
highways connecting them with the
parks in other states. We shall look
for early, favorable action on appli
cation's for powersite leases by the
water power commission, of which
Mr. Fall is a member. Having been
a state builder In the southwest. Mr,
Fall will be the more inclined to
help us in building a state in the
northwest.
STILL TELLING THE OLD STORY.
Mr. Kitchin and his wise coterie
of financiers thought they would
surely catch the rich with their sur
taxes on incomes which rose to a
maximum of 73 per cent on th
multi-millionaires, but while they
levied these taxes the same govern
ment issued billions of tax-free bond
and after the armistice every state
city, town, county and school district
did likewise. They could borrow mon
ey cheaper than any private Individ
ual because their bonds were tax
free. They forgot that for every dol
lar they saved in interest they and the
government, lost a dollar in revenue.
The trigger a man's income the more
money- he could save by investing in
tax-free bonds, therefore the less
lihIy was the government to get th
taxes that Kitchin & Co. promised
Of all the billions derived from in
come tax only $90,000,000 consists o
surtaxes exceeding 32 per coat.
which indicates that big incomes
took refuge in exempt securities.
The democratic party seemed to
succeed from 1912 to 1918 in. de
ceiving the people into the belief
that they were relieving the poor of
taxation at the expense of the, rich.
In 1918 a majority of the people dis
covered the deception and deprived
the democracy of the taxing power,
and in 1920 this majority grew to
overwhelming proportions, for the
eyes of all except those who would
not see were opened. But the demo
crats have not yet learned that they
ave been found out. They talk the
old, timeworn stuff that passed mus
ter before the truth dawned on the
people.
. A GAG FOR THE PRESIDENT T
Senator LaFollette emerges from
a protracted and highly commend
able silence long enough to view with
alarm the wicked encroachments of
ruthless executive power upon the
hallowed privileges of congress.
If the troubled senator were gifted
with a sense of humor he would add
his latest jeremiad to his auto
biography as an appendix. It would
at least show how adaptable not to
say changeable the senator is. The
author of "My Autobiography" tells
with great gusto the more, or less
exciting details of various encounters
between Governor LaFollette and
the recalcitrant Wisconsin legisla
ture. It is not difficult to surmise
that if Senator LaFollette had re
alized his life-long ambition of be
coming president he would have
bent congress to his will or known
the reason why not. He would have
let congress do all the customary
worrying about its constitution pre
rogatives. Senator Borah, too, flipflops grace
fully into the debate. He says Presi
dent Harding was quite right in
what he said to congress about
bonus legislation, but wrong oh.
very wrong for having said it. It
not easy to follow the senator.
We will not try. Few ever do.
What these ourlous and querulous
senators demand that President
Harding do Is to let congress alone.
even when it is all wrong. How can
the president Justify .himself, or the
country justify him, for remaining
silent when congress does nothing
or threatens to go wrong when it
essays to do something?
ENCOURAGEMENT OF TRAVEL.
At one time during the war it was
complained that there was too much
unnecessary travel on the railroads.
Equipment was needed for moving
troops and for the convenience of
those whose business made it im
perative that they go from one place
to another. It was argued when the
director of railroads raised the rates
that it would be a good thing if the
increase discouraged much unneces
sary travel.
About one year ago passenger
rates were raised again. It was then
not necessary to discourage travel
The railroads simply were not mak
ing money and the increase was de
signed to, augment their receipts.
Thus -it did not take long for us
to forget the perfectly obvious, for
it is obvious that a railroad cannot
successfully operate In normal times
without the fares of those who travel
for pleasure. The latter class had
almost ceased to exist, at least on
the railroads. Nearly everybody en
oys a trip to the beach, for ex
ample, but nearly everybody can
get along without going.
Many were getting along without
it. But now railroad fares to the
beach have been cut and the old-
time movement to the resorts is
duplicated.
A correspondent in a letter to The
Oregonian today remarks that there
are many persons in Eugene, Salem
and Albany who would enjoy coming
to Portland frequently if they could
afford to pay the fare. Portland does
offer attractions to residents of the
up-state towns. Likewise there are
many persons in Portland who feel
the urge to visit friends, or for one
purpose or another, while not
imperative, would like to go oc
casionally to valley points. Resump
tion of travel which Is so gratifying
to the Astoria-Seaside branch of the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail
way might be duplicated on the val
ley roads if rates were reduced.
It is clear enough that the per
sons compelled to travel are not
sufficient in number to support both
railroad and the automobile bus.
Lower railroad passenger rates ought
to be worth trying. The railroads
have not much to lose by the expert-
ment, and there is the possibilit)
they will gain a great deal.
"TEA PARTIES" IN 177S ANB 1951.
Memories of a famous "tea party1
in a three-hilled rebel town" on the
Atlantic coast on a fateful night in
17 7 6 are recalled by an eastern con
temporary in association with the
more recent defiance of a British
vessel riding at anchor beyond the
three-mile limit off No-Man's Land
in the vicinity of New Bedford
Mass., insistent on unloading on
Americans a beverage cargo of quite
a different sort, but which the Amer
ican people are probably no less de
sirous of having forced on them. The
suggestion evoked by the historic
memory, that another tea party may
be called for, ignores, however, the
fact that there may be an even bet
ter, because a more peaceful remedy,
The three-mile limit Is a relic of
the period when the extreme range
of a coast defense gun was three
miles, and it is as archaic as the gun
itself. But there is also, as a federal
district attorney has pointed out,
law, enacted in 1797, which extends
the jurisdiction of the government
to twelve miles from the sea coast
for the purpose of preventing smug.
gung. it was not a new law," says
District Att6rney Hayward, "but was
patterned after the so-called British
hovering act of 1786, which similarly
extended the British jurisdiction to
twelve miles from the shore." But
there is a difference between th
three-mile law and the twelve-mile
law, which already has received the
attention of authorities on interna
tional law, who agree that there is
no authority of international law for
the seizure of vessels beyond the
three-mile limit, although seizure
may be made within the latter limit
for offenses committed within twelve
miles of the coast.
The delivery of contraband liquo
being indisputably an offense against
the laws of the United States, th
British schooner Henry L. Marshall
has evidently committed an offense
which is" punishable if she can be
legally apprehended. For the op
portunity to do, this the authorities
in the present state of domestic and
international law can only bide their
times.'. But they will be assisted by
acceptance of still another intereat-
ing principle, which is, that a vessel
violating the laws of a state "by
means of boats and craft proceeding
from or belonging to such vessel" is
liable for such violation, even though
the vessel herself be beyond the
three-mile limit. A case cited is the
seizure of a British sealer by Russian
authorities for poaching in Bering
sea, which was held by the British
prime minister in 1888 to have been
justified. The British vessel In this
instance did not enter the three-mile
strip, but her boats did, and Russian
action was sustained.
If the British rum-running schoon
er shall be shown to have delivered
liquor in her own boats to a point
within the marine league limit, it
would seem that the Russian prec
edent in question would furnish a
sufficient guide for the United States
authorities. It - is a fine point
whether delivery shall be made in
the schooner's own boats or in boats
owned by Americans but helps to
narrow the field which United States
coast guard vessels will be called on
to watch. For Americans will be
amenable to the law wherever they
may be caught, and if they are com
pelled to proceed to the vessel itself
to obtain deliveries of forbidden
liquor, our mosquito fleet, now with
out other occupation, ought to be
able to take care of them.
The three-mile tradition also calls
for readjustment. It can be said
with confidence that no merely tech
nical evasion of law will avail per
petually. The United States consti
tution is not in the long, run to be so
easily defied.
FORD METHODS ON A RAILROAD.
Henry Ford's achievement in tak
ing the bankrupt Detroit, Toledo &
Ironton railroad and within the
brief space of four months making
Its operation account show a com
fortable net income instead of a sur
plus is said by the New York Times
to "seem like magic." He is credited
by H. E. Hoagland, professor of
transportation of the Ohio State uni
versity, writing in the Times, with
having revolutionized railroading.
When a railroad in Oregon has peen
driven into a rate war in order to
stop loss on travel to the beach, and
when every railroad manager in the
United States is studying 'plans by
which his road can compete with
motor vehicles on the highways,
with steamboats on the river .and
with ships between the coasts, every
body wili want to- know how Mr.
Ford does it.
His road had a habit of going into
the hands of receivers about every
four years, yet was capitalized in
1913 at J105.000 a mile, which was
reduced by receivership in 1914 to
$47,000 a mile. It consists of a
single track "extending from no par
ticular spot of importance in south
ern Ohio to a point close enough to
the Detroit terminals" to give it its
name.- It "seems to have studiously
avoided nearly all cities along its
route" and reaches Toledo only
through a branch line. It has 454
miles of track, including a few
branches; seventy locomotives, twen
ty-seven passenger cars and about
2800 freight cars. "
Mr. Ford bought this piece of
salvage at the bedrock price of less
than $5,000,000, so he has no bond
interest to worry him, and he be
came president in March, 1921. " He
immediately began improvement in
track, shops and terminals, sub
stituting eighty-five-pound for flfty-
slx-pound rails, reducing grades.
strengthening bridges and making
new connections with other roads
by adding mileage. Trains had
rarely run on time, but he began ad
hering to schedule with freight as
well as passenger trains, provoking
protest from old ladles for whom
trains had been as willing as street
cars to stop at the wave of an um
brella. He applied the efficiency and
labor rules of his motor works to
the road from the start. He dis
charged all but one of the officials
and higher employes and turned
over operation to men in his plant
who knew nothing of railroading.
The professor considers this an ad
vantage, for they had no experience
to unlearn. The new men substi
tuted the simplicity and flexibility
of the Ford organization for the
complexity and rigidity that are cus
tomary with railroads. Believing,
like other railroad owners, that he is
entitled to a fair return for the use
of his property," and that his road
had not received a fair proportion of
through rates from connecting lines,
he is having distribution of these
rates revised, which "helps to ac
count for some of the increase in
revenue on his road in June." He
is serving the shipper and passenger
by prompt delivery. He believes he
can make a fair return with lower
rates, therefore has made a volun
tary reduction of 20 per cent in
local rates, which took effect Au
gust 20, and he has materially re
duced the running time of passenger
trains.
His labor policy is revolutionary.
but includes ideas as old as human
industry. He has made eight hours
the day's work, and when an emer
gency requires more he gives time
off in compensation, and he has in
troduced the $6 minimum wage. But
these are the conditions:
He believes that If the D., T. A I. pays
tor eight hours of the employe's time it
is entitled to the application by the em
ploye of the entire eight hours to the
Interests of the road. Two thlnga are
being done to make this possible first,
the operation ot the road is being so or
ganised that a man can do his stint in
eight -hours and that normally it will take
him eight hours to do It; and, second,
time-worn title distinctions are being dis
carded. An employe of the D., ,T. & I. is
expected to work for the interests of the
D., T. & I. If ordinarily he Is a machinist,
but the Job at hand most pressing is win
dow washing, he is expected to wash win
dows. By the application of this principle,
this road la abolishing one of the greatest
of the railroad manager's labor problems
time on duty and paid for but not worked.
He has almost eliminated legal
expense, having reduced it from
$17,990 in June, 1920, to $206.96 in
June, 1921. He has eliminated much
duplication by breaking down the
limits between departments, so that
a man in the accounting department
may do work formerly assigned to a
half dozen different departments.
He gets fresh points of view by
transferring men, so that a book
keeper finds wastes in the claims de
partment that were unsuspected,
while the former chief claim agent
is justifying his transfer to the traf
fic department.
The result is that the number of
employes has been reduced from
2700 in June, 1920, to 1650 in June,
1921, freight revenue has been in
creased 87 per cent, expenses have
been reduced 21, per cent, and for
June, 1921, there was a net income
of $261,259, against a deficit of
$135,932 in June, 1920, and the ton
, mile cost of carrying freight has
been reduced from 1.15 cent to 0.77
cent.
In accomplishing this result Mr.
Ford had certain advantages which
the former owners presumably had
not. He controlled a great volume
of traffic that he could divert to his
line. This control constituted a
heavy club that he could hold over
connecting lines in compelling new
divisions .of through rates. He had
no interest on bonds to pay and he
had capital with which to make im
provements. Ownership of the road
by the owner of an industry for
which it hauled a large volume of
traffic scarcely accords with that
section of the Interstate commerce
law which forbids a railroad to carry
commodities in which it has an in
terest, except those for its own use.
In requiring a man to work all of
his eight-hour day and in breaking
down hard and fast distinctions be
tween crafts, Mr. Ford does just
what all the railroads are trying to
do, but what the national agree
ments by which the unions stand
forbid them to do. If he requires a
machinist to wash windows he Is apt
to cause a dispute as to jurisdiction
between two unions. He will fall
foul of the rule which requires a
railroad to employ six men in making
repairs that could be made by two
men in the same time, or to pay a
man overtime rates for all time over
eight hours when he is sent away
from home. Under this rule a man
was sent from Portland to Sacra
mento in charge of a disabled loco
motive and was absent five days. In
addition to regular pay he received
$90 for overtime, plus traveling ex
penses. The Ford rules cut through
these agreements. What do the
brotherhoods say Jo him?
Railroads are subjected to a large
amount of regulation by the inter
state commerce commission, which
compels much red-tape bureaucracy,
restricts freedom of action and im
poses much expense. As the Ford
road is wholly, within one state, 'he
may escape this, except so far as
the state demands it, and thus may
be able to effect economy that inter
state roads would fain practice.
The business of a great railroad is
so immense that it is necessarily or
ganized in departments. This re
quires that responsibility and .au
thority of the head officials be de
fined and that rules be established.
Habit may easily have caused men
to observe these rules and limits
without thought of the reason for
them, or for changing them, and
thus the instinctive opposition of the
bureaucrat to change may have en
tered. In the present crisis of the
transportation business the demon
stration that Mr. Ford gives of what
may be accomplished by breaking
away from custom and complexity
should have a healthy effect on rail
roads in general. But at present
their freedom to follow his example
is restricted by the interstate com
merce and the state commissions on
one side and by the labor unions on
the other side. They may need new
blood and new ideas, but the old
blood is not permitted to show what
new ideas it pan evolve or to put
teem in practice.
Inquiry is made whether a wave
of something cannot be discovered
that would add to the sum of hap
piness, as a relief from the crime
waves and suicide waves with which
we are constantly regaled. It is
nevertheless a good sign that a wave
of happiness is still not news. Hap
piness is a good deal commoner, and
hence more commonplace, than the
pessimists are willing to admit.
Attorney-General Daugherty is
concerned lest the great quantities
of alcoholic liquors seized by the
government in its prosecution of
bootleggers are not "put to some
practical . use." We had supposed
that the purpose of seizing them
was to prevent their being put to
practical use.
The Oregon hop crop will be about
55,000 bales. Oh, beer! Where is
thy sting? Perhaps the Oregon hop
will be put into yeast cakes for peo
ple to eat and load up on vitamines,
The young outlaws who brutally
beat an aged .man in the Montavilla
district need a bit of "degree" work
when apprehended. It is all they
understand.
Hunters who would"- outlive the
season would better pattern after
the mounties. A man in bright red
probably will not be - mistaken for
bear or deer.
Clara Smith Hamon, like plenty
other women, has the habit. When
the right man, and sometimes the
wrong one, comes, they cannot re
sist.
How the fashions in murder
alibis do change! It used to be the
unwritten law or a brainstorm, but
now it's loss of memory.
Secretary Fall cannot be blamed
for succumbing to the lure of Crater
lake, and the joyoas note in it is
that he will tell of it.
When a woman sees her stolen
garments on another it's pretty good
evidence, and that's what happened
here yesterday.
It seems to be President Obregon's
plan to reverse the old formula by
pouring cold water on the troubled
oil magnates.
Knox college has just raised $600,
000 for endowment. That ought to
be incentive enough for some Oregon
colleges.
If the road to Astoria can profit
by a bargain sale of transportation,
why not all the roads in the coun
try? We shall continue to be suspicious
of Mr. Lenlne until he eliminates a
few letters from that Russian alpha
bet. Some of the burdens which "crush
the workers," as Mr. Gompers al
leges, are put on by themselves.
A drunken driver on the highway,
on Sunday especially, deserves more
than a fine, as the judge said.
"Wonder if congress expects all the
burglars to step up and apply for
search warrants?
Mayor Baker had a'blrthday yes
terday, and, really, he does not
look it. J
The comic opera season in Central
America is opening -early, this year.
BY - PRODUCTS . OF THE PRESS
Posts are Stamps Oat of Date New
Hickiie Meters Rate.
A postage- meter machine, first of
its kind authorized by the postoffice
department for metering and printing
postage directly on mall, has been
Introduced and put into effect in the
mailing department of the National
City bank of New York. .
The meter is a Small printing and
recording mechanism in a bronze
housing, detachable from the machine
which operates it so that it may be
taken to the postoffice for setting.
The machines are leased to users by
the manufacturers.
The
poetag
men
ter of the machine. As for example,
should $109 worth or postage oe
bought, the meter would be placed at
5000, which would designate the
amount in value of 2-cent stamps.
When these are used the meter is
then taken back to the postoffice to
be reset at the amount desired by the
user.
The - register door is locked and
sealed by the postoffice after each
setting. Each meter prints impres
sions corresponding to the denomina
tion and color of the adhesive stamp
for which It takes the place.
Metered mall, as it will be called.
will go directly to the sorting boxes
as soon as it reaches the postoffice.
having been fully identified for its
delivery to the receiver in the office
where it is addressed. It will do away
with fully 80 per cent of the time
and labor now required to affix post
age stamps to mail matter, as it op
erates at a speed of 250 letters a
minute and is. so simple that it may
be operated by any office employe.
In the eea around the coast of
Brittany there are Just now so many
fish anxious to be caught that they
have ruined .the fishermen, says
cablegram from France.
Along the whole coast line in every
port both the little and big boats are
Idle and thousands of fishermen stand
around smoking and swearing that
never were there such bad times, be
cause there never were so many fish.
If they go out one day a week they
catch as many sardines and mackerel
and other fish as they used to catch
in seven days, and the price they get
for them is comparatively, in the pur
chasing power of money, less than
half the pre-war prices.
Especially the sardine trade has
suffered. There are so many sardines
that the canning factories cannot
cope with the supply and almost
every day millions of the little fish
are thrown out to make fertilizer for
the fields.
Along the coast and among whole
sale buyers the price of all kinds of
fish has fallen to a mere fraction of
what it was last year. But in spite
of the fall in price at the coast, it Is
a remarkable fact- that in Paris and
especially in Paris restaurants the
price of sole is five times what It was
before the war. Evidently the cost
lies in the cooking.
Officials and Keepers at the New
York Aquarium were surprised and
puzzled on the arrival of a gigantic
sea-turtle brought in by the collect
ing boat. ; The monster's weight Is
estimated at over 400 pounds and it
is five feet long from head to tail.
No turtle of its size has been received
at the aquarium for 20 years.
Aside from Its size, the appearance
of the marine giant was the cause of
much guessing on the part of the ex
perts. Mottled with giant barnacles,
its enormous head and back plate
scarred and wort? by age, it gave few
clews for classification, but after
comparing notes on the hawkbill,
green and other varieties, it has been
tentatively classed as a loggerhead.
Thalassochelys carelta. The other
loggerheads In the turtle pool look
like pgymies compared with it. It
is believed to be over 100 years old.
The collecting boat brought it from
Sandy Hook, where it had been taken
in fishing nets, and with it came two
other interesting exhibits. Three
moonfish were taken, having come
further north than their breed usual
ly travels, and a prow-nose ray was
brought in, which, if it lives, will
run the giant turtle a close race for
popularity with the visitors. The
ray belongs to the eagle-ray variety.
and is an unusually large specimen
of its kind, having a wing spread of
about two and a half feet.
' The trick of obtaining eggs with
white yolks has been turned by two
poultry breeders, according to the
San Francisco Chronicle. The yolk
derives its fine, yellow color from s
natural dye, carotin, which also con
stitutes the pigment of carrots. This
carotin produces, as well, the intense
yellow coloring in the beak, the ear
laps and the legs of leghorns.
By eliminating all carotin from the
feed it was possible to produce per
fectly white leghorn hens, and these
hens in turn laid eggs with white
yolks; their fertility was not, how
ever, limited in the least. The frequent
disappearance of the yellow pigment
from earlaps, legs, etc.. which has been
observed in leghorns during the lay
ing period, is caused by the fact that
during this time carotin is excreted,
first of all. in the yolk. In the case
of laying hens which produced eggs
with white yolks the carotin con
tents of the' different feeds could very
easily be examined.- It proved that
carotin Is contained in greatest
crmount in Indian corn and in green
feed. , '
The arrival in Los Angeles of
New York transcontinental motor
stage with a pay load of passengers
marks a new epoch in cross-country
passenger service.
In the days of '49 a trip to the
land of Eldorado from New York
was a matter of most serious con
sideration, weeks of careful planning
and inquiry and then months of
hardships and discomfort but now
Mr. or Mrs. Knickerbocker picks up
the' telephone, .calls the booking bu
reau of some tour and travel com
pany and engages passage to the far
west as easily as they order food
from the near-by grocer. But they
do not need to ask about train
schedules, reserve Pullman accommo
dations or arrange stopovers, for they
are going to travel by automobile.
.
. A New York restaurant in the the
atrlcal section has this sign lettered
on the window: "Your dog Is wel
come. We will feed him without
charge." J .
lessee purchases the amount o:i' uunumS concrete nignways lor tne luiuenuy improved.
e and the postoffice depart- , More man. iuu mues puuuc uea noc
I maris m urnguin on ui KJia- . fhA ,i w- I T'nltwl ,, l rr-
. . , . t w -wvs,v"e.j ua V UCCll VUIII U1C ICU U U 1 - a,w v aicill UUUC1 VT UltU
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales ef Folk at the Hotels.
na feel hopeful about business con-
ditiona this fall In the northwest." I torials concerning the permanent Im
sald John Twohy of Twohy- brothers ! provement of the ColSmbia river as
of Spokane and Seattle, at the Port
land yesterday. "We are having mag
nificent crops in Washington this
year and L understand you are hav
ing the same here. I don't see any
reason for pessimism. I've always had
a great, abiding; faith In the west, i eluding river and harbor Improve
anyway, and I may be prejudiced, but ' ment. My excuse for writing this
I think everything is coming out, fine i 18 that had we had a department of
this year." Mr. Twohy is on his wayPublic works for the past ten years
to Phoenix, Ariz., where his cohipany the Columbia river would now be
many interests In the northwest,
among them the Pacific Car and
Foundry company of this city. DurinK
the war, he was Interested In the Se
attle North Pacific Shipbuilding com
pany, which turned out ten steel ships
of 9,400 tons each. The ships were
worth more than $17,000,000 and the
company made a "good record," ac
cording to Mr. Twohy's modest way
of expressing it. Mr. Twohy has lived
in tne northwest for 20i,years and Is
known to his many friends -as
'Judge." He came to Washington
and Oregon from Minnesota, where
he was a lawyer -and sat on lhe
bench. Mrs. Twohy accomoanied her
husband to Portland, but will return
to Spokane soon. With them are
James F. Twohy of Seattle and Miss
Agnes .Donnelly of Duluth, Minn.
The Orange trail, which tourists In
Idaho have found of great assistance,'
was started as an advertising, ven
ture, according to George Tiss of the
Sampson Music company of Boise,
who Is at the Multnomah. Mr. Samp
son conceived the Idea of blazing the
Orange trail to advertise his house,
not realizing at that time what aid
he was giving to motorists. Along all
the highways -leading into Boise, he
na orange rings painted around
telegraph poles and fence posts with
a. black arrow pointing the direction
to the city and about every half mile
placed a small sign advertising his
store. When tourists began, to drop
in and thank him for so plainly
marking the roads he realized that
he could help the community by mak
ing it easy for tourists to find the
city. He has now carried his Orange
trail to Twin Falls. Wa!, m-.(-',ii
Idaho, and Huntington, Or. In the
:UtU,rv.he intend to extend the trail
to Salt Lake. His method does not
deface the highway with large signs
and all towns so far have" given It
L- F. McAnultv. ft fomlli.. r
in the lobby of th imni,r!,r.h.i.i
with his long whiskers and cowboy
hat, has returned to Portland after
an absence of several months He
as oeen visitine- ha snn n,
who is a forest ransrnr n n
Adams. Mr. McAnultv wears a
brero. because that Is the type of
neaagear he became awn.inm. t
when he was a resident of Wallowa
county for 81 years. He was a
rancher- and also had time to be
constable for eight years and deputy
sheriff for the same length of time.
usea to go after his men
alone and says he never had any
trouble getting a gun away from a
bad man." Mr. McAnultv ha. k0t.
living in Portland for three years.
He doesn't get time to be homesick
for eastern Oregon, because nearly
every day he meets some old friend,
ana together they pass a pleasant
uour taiKing over old times
Paul Davis of Boise. Idahn Air.xtn,
of licenses In the state of Idaho, and
E. M. Rogers are at the Multnomah
hotel en route to Rainier national
park to attend the convention of the
Interstate Realty association there
Mr. Davis will speak at the conven
tion on the new realty license law
passed in Idaho at the last lea-i!aiir
we nave one of $he most drastic
laws in tne United States.
said Mr. Davis. "It is a serious mat
ter for anyone dealing in tobacco to
sen to minors. Recently we had a
conviction and the man was fined
$50 and costs, forfeited his $500 bond
and cannot sell tobacco again for
five years. The license this year to
sell tobacco is $30 and next year U
will be $50."
"Pendleton has something doing"
all the time," declared Estey R.
Farley, automobile dealer of the
Round-Up city, who was among the
eastern Oregon visitors at the Im
perial yesterday. "The regular dailj
murder Is reported, either a China
man or a cowboy furnishing the vic
tims, which all goes to show that
there is still plenty of excitement
there to keep everyone on edge." Mr.
Farley is a former University of
Oregon student and was attending
that institution before he went to
France with the 41st division, where
he spent nearly two years, most of
which time he was a pilot In an
aviation plane, and he says he pre
fers that to sitting behind t tie. wheel
of his Studebakers. y
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Westbrook of
Albany motored to Portland yester
day and registered at the Seward.
They left last night for a week's
visit at Seaside. Mr. Westbrook is
proprietor of the Albany hotel. He
says that Albany has had its share
of tourists this summer, all of whom
had favorable reports to make of
Oregon climate and scenery.
Among the tourists at the Oregon
yesterday were Miss Florence Porter,
Miss Grace Harrison and Miss Jose
phine Clemmons. all of Chicago: Miss
Hannah C. Harom of Jackson, 111.,
Mrs. A. L. Brattan and her brother,
A. J. -Davis, both of San Francisco,
and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bruton of
Philadelphia.
A tourist party from Pittsburg reg
istered at the Portland Includes Mrs.
Charles J. Graham, Mrs. Annie L.
Gray, Mrs. M. Graham, Frances K.
Graham, Albert W. Graham. Tom M:
Graham, Mrs. Anne B. Kennes and
Thomas K. Gray.
Moss Walker, proprietor of the
Beaver hotel at Independence, Or.,
is at the Multnomah for a short time.
Also registered at the Multnomah
from Independence are C. Gilo, S.
Iivine and E. Groves.
F. D. Hufft of Laurel, Wash., is at
the Oregon. Mr. Hufft Is a member
of the firm of Hufft & Harrison, who
operate a sawmill and box factory.
Laurel is In Klickitat county, 25 miles
north of White Salmon.
Mrs. Curtis Holcomb and her daugh
ter. Miss Miriam, have returned, to
Portland from Rhododendron. They
have closed their cottage Shady Pines
for the season.
Mlsa Doris Smock,' buyer for the
Edward T. Haltom drygoods store of
Tillamook, was In Portland yesterday
at the Oregon, looking' over new fall
stocks.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blann of Fossil
came to Portland yesterday and reg
istered at the Perkins. Mr. Blann Is
a prominent stockman.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. CHne, John Cllne
and Mrs. J. S. Springer, all of Boise,
Idaho, are at the Benson for a few
days.
Friend Makes Dry Speech.
Columbia Jester.
Jack Didn't you see me down town
yesterday? I saw you twice.
Jacqueline "I never notice people
in that conaition.
(INEXPERIENCED MEX CONTROL
ni. , ,
aata Who Are Often Oven-nlcd.
BAY CITY. Or, Aug. 22. (To the.
Editor.) I have been much Inter
eatert in Th r.r.irnni.n' i-eoent edi-
against the now temporary expedient
or annual dredging. I save also
noted that you are not in accord with
the proposed new department of pub
lie works, which would have charge
of all federal engineering work, in-
alf
the
army engr
ate. r The officers are engineers In
name only. Their chief function is
as disbursing officers and in signing
letters and reports written by their
assistants. The assistant engineers
are the real engineers .of the United
States army, but they are prohibited
by long custom from ever rising
above an assistant's position.
The late Mr. Gerald Baarnall. who
as principal assistant engineer on
the - Columbia river Improvement,
laid out the present 30-foot project
with permanent dikes, etc., was a
competent engineer with yeare of ex
perience both on the Columbia and
the Mississippi, but his experience
was set aside by the army board of
engineers who at that time had a
hobby for dredging. Had there been
a department of public works with
real engineers in charge Mr. Bagnall's
plans would Have been followed and
the public money wisely spent in se
curing a permanent channel from
Portland to the sea.
River and harbor work hae always
been one of the most Interesting of
engineering undertakings and re
quires years of experience before the
would-be engineer really becomes an
engineer. The army officer very sel
dom has an opportunity to obtain
this experience because of being ae
tailed on military affairs during his
early life and in later years he is a
disbursing officer and does not-have
the time nor inclination to get the
experience first hand, which is the
only experience worth anything to an
engineer. The civilian assistants who
have ambitions soon get discouraged
and. leave for other lines of work,
where the chances for promotion are
net blocked by a stone wall.
The above are facts that can easily
be verified by consulting the assist
ant engineers now In the service pro
vided absolute secrecy is guaranteed.
for woe be to the Individuals 300
should it be publicly known that he
so expressed himself. I was one or
them.for six years, as Mr. Bagnall's
assistant, and ought to know.
BRIGGS O. BROWS'.
TOIRIST CHARTS TREJCDICUX
Route to Portland Ignored In Ameri
can Automobile Association Guides.
PORTLAND, Aug. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) In reviewing the chart issued
by the American Automobile asso
ciation to show the principal trans
continental routes during the 1921
season, which are on display in the
leading hotels for the guidance of
tourists, I observe that an injustice
has been given - Portland and the
Columbia River highway with the
view of favoring the cities on Puget
sound.
The routes from the east as shown
on the chart are through Boise.
Baker. La Grande and Pendleton
through Walla Walla and Yakima to
Seattle, or from Spokane to Walla
Walla, thence over the same route to
Seattle, or a third route across the
northern part of Washington through
Wenatchee into Seattle. No Indica
tion is given that traffic can move
as easily westward from Pendleton
to Portland over highways with
few detours not a bit worse than
the detours on the roads which lead
from Pendleton to Seattle or from
Portland through southwestern Wash
ington Into Seattle.
1 The purpose of those giving Infor
mation for the preparation of the
map apparently has been to give the
Impression that the good routes lead
to Seattle and that to reach Portland
and the Columbia River highway the
tourist must either route himself
from Seattle to San Francisco or vice
versa. Anyone familiar with the
highways knows that the approach to
Portland is equal. If not Detttr, than
that approaching the Puget sound
cities.
Undoubtedly someone has slipped
something over and I would suggest
that the Portland Chamber of Com
merce and the local members of the
American Automobile association see
that proper Information Is given for
use in preparing a map to be louowea
during the coming year.
IRA P. E. REYNOLDS.
CARELESS IIVNTERS NEED CURB
Persona Who Snoot at Movement In
Brash Should Lose License.
PORTLAND. Aug. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian there ap
peared an article from Euxene, Or.,
giving the sad news thaq Otis Pitney
of Junction City came to his death
from a gunshot wound In the hands
of a careless and reckless hunter.
The hunting season ior deer has
just opened and this is the first re
corded death that has come to our
notice. During the past seasons there
have been many such instances as
the one referred to.
The writer is a son of one of the
old pioneer families of the northwest,
and with his father and brothers has
done a great deal of hunting and
fishing in the wilds of the northwest
and remembers distinctly the instruc
tions given to him by his father, who
was an expert gunman, as to the
precaution that always should be
taken before discharging a gun
One of his principal instructions was
never to shoot until you know pos
itively what you are aiming at.
In the caee of H. N. McKean. he
states that he thought he saw a deer.
There is absolutely no excuse what
ever for any. man making any such
mistakes. The writer' would like to
see his hunting- license taken from
him and him barred forever from
being able to secure another.
The death toll and serious acci
dents resulting from the careless
hunter have become so alarming that
I am of the opinion that we should
pass a law which would take from
the offender his license and should
he ever be found with a gun of any
kind in his possession that the pen
alty be the penitentiary.
CHARLES E. MACE.
Boy Knows Lunch Time.
American Legion Weekly.
The fussy stenog had looked at her
wrist watch a number of times one
morning.
"I have a date for lunch and I don't
want to miss it," she explained to the
office boy when she found him
watching her curiously.
"Huh," replied that youth, scorn
fully, "I don't need no watch to know
when it's lunch time. I got a belt,
I have."
School Girl's Speech Censored.
Boston Transcript.
A school girl was required to write
200 words about a motor car. She sub
mitted the following: "My uncle
bought a motor car. He was out rid
ing in the country when it busted
going up a hill. The other 180 words
are what my uncle said when he was
walking back to 'town, but I know
you wouldn't want me to repeat
them." ,
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jasnea J. Mssiarae.
THE ORPHANS.
No one washes Willie's face
Or brushes Molly's hair.
The baby's clothes are a disgrace
Yet no one seems to care.
The food is on the pantry shelf
Cold meat and baker's bread
And every one must help himself.
Before, he goes to bed.
The family's going to the deuce
But mother doesn't know
Besides, she has a good excuse
For golf fatigues one so!
At first ehe wasn't sure or not
If she could ever play
And then she got a smashing shot
And now she's gone all day.
She's taken lessons of the pro.
He's maklnsr her a spoon.
She says she'll play the course below
Jim Barnes s record soon. ,
Though all the neighbors marvel how
The family can thrive.
That makes but little difference now
That mother's learned to drive.
What time she Isn't on the links
That's little, aroodness .knows
The only things she talks or thinks
Are of her golfing clotnes.
She says that Father is a dub
(He plays In eighty-four)
He ought to join a classier club
And learn to make a score.
Every one declares the way
She treats us Is a shame.
But what's the difference what they
say
Since mother learned the game?
.
Made Every Day.
Anyway the whisky we are getting
is much fresher than it used to be.
Business Opportunity.
John Golden says a fortune can he
made out of clean plays. Now Is the
time to go around selling Boap to a
number of the Broadway managers.
Too Bad.
Somehow we sort of regret that the
price of stamps didn't go up to three
cents. It would have been such a
splendid excuse for not writing
letters.
(Copyright. 1921, by the Bell Syndi
cate, Inc.)
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, IIonghton-Mlf flin Co.
Can Yon Answer These Questions f
1., Will spraying stop apple .scab?
2. What is the common little
dusky white butterfly with black
spots on the wings?
3. Will burying clothes ecented
with skunk spray take out the odor?
Answers in tomorrow's nature notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Is water cress dangerous to eat
as a salad?
Not in itself. It is one of the
mustard family, and was originally
introduced (in the east) from
Europe. It has spread and become
wild, growing on the banks of many
springs and streams. The danger in
eating it is of its having possibly
grown by water into which sewerage
drains.
2. What is the principal food of
martins and bluebirds?
Martins eat quantities of flies and
mosquitoes, annoying to humans, and
rome flies that torment cattle. They
ire valuable neighbors. Bluebirds
cat caterpillars and grasshoppers,
sp'ders, some beetles, and a email
amount of fruit food, like poison ivy
berries, mixed with the animal food.
Their food habits are harmless, and
helpful to man.
3. Is the hook worm really a
worm?
Certainly, necator americanus,
about half an inch long. Its eggs
hatch on the ground, producing tiny
larvae which soon take on a crust.
When human skin '(like a bare foot)
touches an encysted larva, the larva
Lores through its cVust into the skin,
via a pore or hair follicle, enters the
circulation and reaches the lungs and
larynx. There it Is swallewed, and
then fixes itself in the alimentary
canal, sucking the victim's blood. v
Mementos.
By Grace K. Hall.
Some grieve when, beating drums re
call The silent, cherlshedi dead.
And others when the trees in fall
Their gold and bronze leaves shed
Mute symbols of the hopes that die
And "round a grave in silence lie.
Some sense expression of their woe
When winter winds blow cold.
And others in the sunset's glow
Awake to dream of old:
For each heart answers hidden things
When memory plays upon the strings.
O! drums' may beat and winds blow
free
And still my song be gay
But let some letter written me
In dear, dead, bygone day
Express a love now vain, so valro
And all my heart is mroooins pain.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Abo.
From The Oreeonian of August 24. 1898.
Chrlstiania. Dr. Nansen expects
to conduct an expedition, to the Ant
arctic circle in search of the south
pole before he returns to the Arctio
regions. -
Astoria. The first railroad train to
leave this city started for Seaside at
11 o'clock this morning with 1000
people aboard. The formal opening
by the railroad company will occur
later.
Snow fell In the mountains east of
Long creek. Grant county, last Mon
day, which is rather unusual for Au
gust. The Columbia Stone & Contract com
pany of Portland has a $60,000 con
tract to build 15 miles of the grade of
the Astoria & Goble railroad across
the tidelands back of Knappa.
Fifty Years Alto.
From The Oregonian of August 24. 1871.
Versailles. Another installment of
300,000 francs indemnity has been paid
to Germany.
Wheat buyers, so we are Informed,
have resolved, under advices, to pay
from 85 to 95 cents a bushel in the
country, according to freight charges.
In Boise valley the cattle are be
coming blind. One fanner the other
day found 11 animals in this condi
tion. The disease. It is said, exists
also in the Grand Ronde valley la
thij state and Is spreading.
The county jail now contains 18
criminals. Six of this number are held
to answer to the grand Jury on
charges of assault and battery.
yWhrn Note Is "Outlawed."
MILWAUKIE, Or.. Aug. 22. (To the
Editor.) Kindly inform me at what
time a note Is outlawed. If It ever Is,
if there has not been anything paid
on it. OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Ia ix years after maturity. ,. - r.
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