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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1921
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A TEACE TREATY AVD A I.KAGUE.
Signature of a peace treaty be
tween the United States and Ger
many is simply a formal recognition
of a state of facta which has ex
isted ever since the armistice was
signed. As ratification by the sen
ate after a certain amount of oratory
is a foregone conclusion, we may
reasonably expect that the treaty
will be-in effect by the time the
third anniversary of the armistice
is signalized through the meeting- in
Washington of the disarmament
conference. We shall have taken
three years to reach a legal state of
peace.
This might as well have been done
two years ago. The delay and all
its calamitous consequences to the
world n general, which- have re
acted on this country, had their hec-in-
ning in President Wilson's awakening
of party feeling in the fall of 1918 In
support of his ambition to win glori
as the peacemaker and league builder
and to the determination of the re
publican irreconcilables that he
should not have that glory.
Provocation to the long contro
versy which followed was given by
Mr. Wilson in his appeal for election
of a democratic congress, and he
furnished the occasion by going him
self to the peace conference and by
binding up a league covenant with
the peace treaties. Due warning
was given him by a sufficient num
ber of senators that the treaty in
that form could not be ratified, and
a rational policy was recommended
by which the treaty could first have
been made and the league formed
afterward. By adopting that policy
he -could at least have earned credit
for making an early peace, and
might well have made this nation, a
member .of a league, but he insisted
on doing the work his way, giving
the senate no part except to approve
it perfunctorily, even at the risk of
wrecking it.
By this course he played into the
hands of his political foes, and they
were as reckless of consequences as
he. A group of republican senators,
joined by a few democrats who were
moved either by questionable mo
tives or personal malice, set out to
prevent ratification of the Versailles
treaty irf any form. They found sup
port in the traditional American
aversion for foreign entanglements
and in the racial animosities of many
foreign-born citizens which Mr. Wil
son's course at Paris aroused. These
elements were blind to the import of
the republic's decisive part in the
world conflict, which was that our
interests have become so involved
with those of the world at large that
we can best preserve them by placing
this republic at the head of some or
ganization, of nations to maintain
peace, also that we have attained so
commanding a position that other
nations depend on our help and
would gladly accept our leadership.
The main body of republican sen
ators recognized this truth and were
ready to ratify the treaty, league In
eluded, with reservations limiting
our obligations under the covenant
and rejecting a few provisions of the
peace terms. They and the demo
crats together were numerous enough
to have ratified the treaty In de
fiance of the irreconcilables. They
won to their views a number of
iemocra.ts, so that the combined
forces, joined either by the rest of
the democrats or by the irreconcil
ables, could have ratified. But Mr,
Wilson was as stubborn in his rejec
tion of reservations as were the ir
reconcilables in rejecting the whole
treaty, because it included the league
covenant.
Both bands of Irreconcilables were
equally at fault. The United States
would doubtless have so dominated
the league as to have been able in
effect to dictate its course, our dele
gates' veto would have been decisive
against any step which would have
compromised our- independence of
- action, and, at the worst, we could
..: have withdrawn. Hence the dangers
discovered by the irreconcilables
were imaginary, conjured to awaken
the fears of those who dread a for
ward step, who are incapable of re
vising their opinions to accord with
events. Nor was there anything in
the reservations which justified the
implacable opposition of Mr. Wilson
They would not have destroyed the
league, but would have left the
United States an active, working
member, dominating the league by
virtue of its moral influence, its eco
nomic weaitn ana potential military
, power. They were such concessions
as could properly have been made to
calm the timid.
These reflections are pertinent to
consideration of the Berlin treaty,
for it adopts as between the United
States and Germany about four
fifths of the Versailles treaty and
. expressly rejects me otner iiitn, m-
- eluding the league covenant. This
. could as well have b.een done by
' ratification of the Versailles treaty
with reservations. Excessive defer
ence to the desire of the irreconcil
ables to prevent revival of the Ver
sailles treaty as such is the only
possible explanation of the course
adopted.
Yet we move toward a league or
association by another route. That
is the truth about the conference on
disarmament and far eastern affairs.
In his lecture before the Institute of
Politics, Viscount Bryce showed that
the fatal obstacles to disarmament
were the possibility of secret arma
ment In violation of n agreement
and the certain refusal of nations,
especially any which were thus en
gaged, to submit to inspection by an
international commission. He said:
Every one recognizes that to give any
scheme for the reduction of armaments a
fair chance of success. It ought to be ac
companied by measures calculated to re
move all causes of friction that now exist
or are likely to come into toeing.
He went on to describe just such
methods of removing friction as are
provided by the league. Then some
kind of league Is necessary to a suc
cessful agreement to disarm, prob
ably to the making of such an agree
ment. The league assembly will
meet in September and will consider
a number of amendments to the
covenant which may change it be
yond all possibility of recognition as
Mr. Wilson's work. Its sessions may
overlap those of the Washington
conference. Quite possibly the United
States may be invited to accept a
revised covenant so thoroughly de
Wllsonlzed that the most intractable
of the Irreconcilables can find no
valid objection, and it may be
demonstrated that the Washington
conference cannot reach an agree
ment to disarm unless we accept
this covenant.
As regards peace, both for this
nation la the present and for the
world In future, we are coming back
to where we stood In the spring of
1919. President Harding has made
his peace treaty with the league ex
cluded, as the republican senators
then proposed. His disarmament
conference may develop Into a con
ference on a league of nations, which
was the other half of the republican
programme. That is the policy sug
gested by the situation and by the
record and pledges of the republican
party. It should be followed, even
though some irreconcilables continue
to vociferate against any league.
PROPER TAX REVISION".
We take it for granted that the
Interstate Realty association, which
has adopted resolutions on the fa
miliar subject of local tax revision,
is not desirous that more revenues
be raised for officials to spend, but
that the inequalities of taxation be
removed.
The association urges upon the
northwestern states and British Co
lumbia the adoption of a poll tax.
an income tax and a business tax,
in addition to a tax on land. Land
now pays tne bulk of taxes. Conse
quently land is burdensomely taxed.
The wish that is in the hearts of
the people Is that taxes be reduced
by spending less. Prospect that the
wish will be fulfilled is discouraging.
Economy has been the campaign
slogan . of candidates for office for
many years, but year by year gov
ernmental i expenditures have in
creased. In numerous instances in
Oregon the people who had elected
candidates on the economy slogan
thereafter voted to increase their
own taxes.
The alternative is readjustment
lower tax on land and resort to
new sources to make up the loss.
But for readjustment .to be success
ful there must be rigid and un
avoidable limitations, else the money
raised by levies on the new sources
relieve no one who is now over
burdened, but merely invite new and
ingenious ways of spending public
money.
"OPES SEASON.'
The hunting season in Oregon is
only a few days old, yet the score
already stands two killed," one seri
ously wounded. The men who were
killed were themselves hunters: the
wounded man a prospector engaged
in the peaceful pursuit of his voca
tion. These accidents, occurring
within five days, suggest the need
of early attention to the problem of
enforcing at least a reasonable de
gree of caution In such matters. A
good many citizens of Oregon have
lost their lives in this manner in
past years, almost all of them men
whom the state could ill afford, to
lose.
What is reasonable caution?
Obviously it has not been observed
when the result is one victim oftener
than every other day. The excuse
that the unfortunate one was "mis
taken for a deer," or for a bear, as
in one Instance, is a poor satisfaction
to the relatives of the decedent and
no guarantee at all of the safety of
others whose business may. take
rhem into regions where game
abounds. We cannot stake the lives
of our people on the convenience of
sportsmen: the cost is too high, and
all the game in the state is not worth
the candle of a human life.
The burden is on the hunter in
every instance the responsibility of
ascertaining, in advance, that his
target'is in fact an animal and not a
man. It matters hot a whit that,
through ample caution, the hunter
shall let an occasional deer escape,
or even a frequent one. Nor does
it matter a great deal that criminal
motive Is wholly absent. The remedy
that must be found and the regula
tions that must be enforced are
founded on the principle that fatali
ties of this kind are in no instance
tolerable. Those who go into the
woods to hunt are on notice from
the outset that it is their business
to know, beyond the peradventure
of a doubt, that their target is not
a human being.
There is a law In Oregon which
fully covers cases of .this kind. It
is section 1898 of the Olson code, as
follows:
Sec. 1808. If any person. In the com
mission of an unlawful act. or a lawful
act without due caution or circumspec
tion, involuntarily kills another, such per
son shall be deemed guilty of man
slaughter. Of all the suggested measures for
the protection of human life in the
woods it is doubtful if any would
prove more practicable than the
stern prosecution of a few offenders
against this plain law. That "due
caution or circumspection" has not
been shown by the marksman who
knows so little about his quarry that
he cannot tell whether it is a man
or a deer, to say nothing of whether
it is a buck or a doe, would seem
not to admit of argument. The law
requires no proof of criminal intent,
nor is this the essence of the offense,
but society' has the right to expect
of hunters that they shall be capable
of keeping their wits about them
and of. exercising common prudence
while enjoying the privilege, which
must not be confounded with a
vested right, which the game laws
bestow.
Certain sfether precautions on the
part of hunters themselves are sug
gested by the counsel of prudence.
It is the fashion in some places, for
example, to wear red hats, or red
coats, or both. It is a good custom,
so far as it goes, but we cannot ex
pect all our people to deck them
selves in gaudy attire during every
open season, and It will have been
observed that hunters are not the
only ones whose lives are in. danger.
It is the business of the hunter to
know what he Is shooting at before
he shoots. Every victim is prima
facie evidence that some hunter did
not exercise all the caution and cir
cumspection contemplated under the
law.
CMDOINO HcADOO'S WORK.
Whether or not W. G. McAdoo Is
right in saying tha"t the government
is not legally and morally bound to
fund the railroads' debts to it while
paying its debt to them in cash, that
course is wise, not from sentimental
regard for the railroads, but in the
interest of the people who use them.
The government was bound to hand
the railroads back to their owners
in as good condition as it received
them, but it did not. It did much
to scramble them, giving their own
ers much work in unscrambling
them. It tied them up with labor
agreements which greatly enhanced
cost of operation and ignored local
differences in conditions of opera
tion. It did not revise rates in pro
portion to the higher cost of opera
tion, returning them to their owners
in an impoverished condition, lack
ing working capital.
These things appear to have been
done In order to prepare the way for
government ownership, either by In
troducing practices which the own
ers would have great difficulty In
abandoning or by making return to
private operation so full of obstacles
that opposition to government pur
chase would be overborne by those
who clamored for the government to
buy. This was mainly Mr. McAdoo's
work, and if his ps-oposal that gov
ernment operation be given five
years' trial had been adopted, and
If his party .had remained in office,
the scrambling process would have
been continued until It had gone so
far that advocates of government
ownership might plausibly have
argued that return of the roads to
their owners was impossible.
From this policy of Mr. McAdoo
as railroad administrator we can de
duce the motive for his opposition
to measures for putting the owners
in a position to give good service.
Those measures undo his work. They
tend to make private operation suc
cessful, both from the, viewpoint of
service to the people and from that
of adequate returns to the owners.
They will logically lead to reduction
of rates and to better returns as the
volume of traffic grows. They cause
the hopes of the Plumb planners to
fade into the distance and to rele
gate the Plumb plan to the junk
pile of ' rejected and exploded
theories.
HARDING'S FIRST MILESTONE.
Though the special session of con
gress is not yet ended and though
much of its work remains to be
completed, the recess marks a mile
stone in the administration of
President Harding and is a good
resting place from which to review
what he has accomplished. '
The sagacity of his choice of
Charles E. Hughes for secretary of
state has been proved y a succes
sion of achievements in foreign af
fairs. He blighted false hopes which
Germany had founded on the treaty
controversy between his predecessor
and the senate by refusing to medi
ate for that country in the repara
tions dispute - and by informing it
that it must meet the just demands
of the allies.- He thus hastened the
reparations agreement and did much
to prevent allied occupation of the
liuhr basin.
He induced congress to adopt a
declaration of peace with Germany,
Austria and Hungary in such form
that it would secure for the United
States all the benefits of the Ver
sailles treaty and that it could be
embodied in a separate treaty with
Germany, which was signed as con
gress adjourned for the recess. He
thus gains all that we desire without
reviving controversy by resubmitting
the Versailles treaty Itself, to be dis
membered by reservations.
He has given the best practical
proof that the United States will
co-operate fully with other nations
in preserving-world peace, while re
fusing to intervene in what he
deems pujwly European affairs. His
delegates have taken .their place in
the allied councils, and have cer
tainly had Influence in producing
agreement. His greatest service to
peace is the call for a conference on
disarmament and far eastern af
fairs, and his most decisive diplo
matic triumph is acceptance by all
the invited powers. .
He has removed a source of dis
trust in Latin America and has for
tified this republic against European
influence in that quarter by procur
ing ratification of the Colombian
treaty, and he has quickly snuffed
out war between Panama and Costa
Rica. -
The most remarkable evidence of
his quiet power has been given in
connection with domestic affairs.
Though the republican party has
unprecedented majorities in both
senate and house, it lacks able
leaders and was floundering and In
danger of splitting into factions. His
own experience as a senator, the
memory of resistance to his prede.
cessor's stretch of authority and his
own temperament restrained him
from any act which could be called
dictation. But his plain duty led
him to recommend the course that
he thought congress should take.
The people approved and congress,
recognizing the soundness of his ad
vice, followed it promptly. Thus
Mr. Harding demonstrated his
capacity as a leader by waiting until
circumstances aemanaea its exer
cise, not by forcing It. By so doing
he has, made his hold on public
confidence, therefore on congress,
the stronger.
Hence the soldiers' bonus bill has
been laid aside until the national
finances can meet its obligations.
while all agencies for caring for
disabled service men have been com
bined under the vigorous direction
-of one man, and have been reorgan
ized and made to do their work. A
bill to extend credit to farmers has
been passed in place of a danger
ously socialist scheme which the
farmers' bloc was pushing. Bills to
revise the tariff and internal taxes
have passed one house, and others
to effect a settlement with the rail
roads by which they will secure
badly needed capital, and to settle
the allies debt to this country are
under way with prospect of passage
after the recess.
Decided progress has ' been made
in reducing expenses of government.
The budget bill was passed early in
the session, Charles G. Dawes was
placed, at the head of the budget
bureau and he made such an effec
tive appeal to heads of bureaus that
they discovered ways of saving over
$113,000,000 of their appropriations,
though precedent would - have led
them to create deficiencies of double
that sum. Mr. Harding has ap
pointed a new shipping board which
has attacked with vim the herculean
task of establishing a self-supporting
merchant marine and thus stop
ping a drain on the treasury.
' When business and industrial con
ditions tend to inspire a feeling of
depression and discontent, there has
grown a spirit of optimism born' of
confidence In the men now in charge
of the nation's affairs. They are
men of comparatively few words,
they write few notes those which'
have come from the state depart
ment are as remarkable for their
brevity as for their plain meaning
and they coin few phrases, but they
are men of action, and they have
got down to business.
THE SEATTLE SPIRIT.
A writer In the Sunset Magazine
has made the pleasing discovery
pleasing to him. but not, it may be
surmised, to Seattle that the Seat
tle Spirit is dead. "It was born," he
declared, "when the Klondike rush
began. It died early in 1920, when
the last shipyard closed its gate and
shut down. . . . While the Seat
tle Spirit was effective, in its es
sence it "was merely a manifestation
of bold individual rapacity, of daring
greed and audacious selfishness,
lacking in vision." For proof, the
destruction of the socleeye Balmon
and the waste of lumber resources
are cited.
This is a definition of the Seattle
Spirit, in the full bloom of its many
manifestations, that is not in accord
with the facts. Any observer at
Portland, or anywhere, else, familiar
with its history during many years,
watching its rise to affluence and
Importance through many a hard
struggle, knows better.
Two generations ago Seattle was
a wooded hamlet on the shores of a
great inlet of the sea. Bold pioneers
had taken up donation land claims
on the site of the future city, and
they wanted a sawmill. An ad
venturous millman came along, and
the original settlers rearranged the
lines of their claims, giving him a
claim of his own in what is now
the heart of the city, and he built
his mill.
There was born the Seattle Spirit.
Many years after, while Seattle was
still a sawdust town, with metro
politan ambitions, a transcontinental
railroad sought to build a dominant
city at another place on Puget sound,
and established its terminus there,
and practiced for years gross dis
crimination in rates and service
against Seattle, and Seattle itself
built a railroad to the adjacent coal
mines, and opened them up, and
started to build another railroad
across the mountains to the wheat
fields of eastern Washington. It
built a mosquito fleet of steamboats
and carried on a flourishing trade
over a considerable territory. In
1889 a great fire devastated the
growing city, and an immediate and
successful start was made to rebuild
from its own resources, rejecting
help from abroad, and. with . ad
mirable courage and generosity.
turning down a proposal to keep for
its own benefit a fund just raised for
the sufferers of the Johnstown flood
These are the early chapters of
Seattle's story. It Is the product of
remarkable community enterprise
in which no doubt human ambition
and greed had their share, but the
dominant idea was the welfare of the
town and not the individual. If
there has been a change in later
years it is to be regretted. But
whether the Seattle Spirit is dead or
not, there is no need to misunder
stand or misstate what it was and
what it should be.
There is no valid reason why a
woman worker qualified every way
should not become a member of a
union and the effort women are
making to get Into organized labor
will be watched with interest. Many
unions admit them, notably the
typographical, and they stand up
well with the male sex.
One federal child-labor law after
another is held void by competent
courts, yet a law can be framed to
prevent employment of children
under a decent age. Run-down na
tions like Germany and Austria may
need the labor of its "infants," but
the nation with "all the money of
the world" does not.
Just to swell your Idea of living
in a progressive and growing city,
suppose you take a ride through the
residence sections some afternoon
and note the number and quality
of dwellings being erected by men
bf faith.
Seattle is enthusiastic about
"Portland, 1925," and hopes she will
get a few conventions that year
Portland hopes so, too, for the dele
gates 'will stop here both ways.
Officially Panama goes into mourn
ing for a month for the territory
ceded to Costa Rica under compul
sion. Those emotional people will
forget their grief in that time.
The cranberry crop at the mouth
of. the Columbia is coming on good
and promises to be large. Oregon
wants those berries for its Thanks
giving turkey dinner.
Hunters are, getting about one
man a day, "mistaken for a deer."
If a jail yawned for this kind of
hunter the killings would cease. '
Just as Portland has settled down
to the 8-cent fare comes agitation
for possible reduction. This is an
unsettled world.
Lloyd George well says delays are
dangerous in the Irish situation. An
eruption of blood' is likely at any
moment.
Restoration of "safe-and-sane"
dancing will do away with the neces
sity of parking the corset.
Nobody has the nerve to "call" a
restaurant hat offers to refund to a
dissatisfied patron.
Portland has "managed" through
the summer without a circus, but
one is headed this way.
All these sunburned people are not
suffering from pellagra," though sun
burn is a symptom.
Ducks are flying south early. Got
la your wood or coal?
REAL M KNACK 19 SiOT Cl'RBE
Columbia County Takes Easy Money
and Lets Speed Manlnca Go.
PORTLAND, Aug. 26. (To the Ed
itor.) Please pardon further en
coachments on the generous allot
ment' of space you have given the
Columbia county speed question, but
Mr. Abbott's communication in yes
terday's Oregonlan needs - attention.
After asking "the privilege of
answering the various charges made
against me and other officers of Co
lumbia county," Mr. Abbott devotes
half a column to praise of the work
of "me and , other officers," but
neither answers nor explains any of
the various charges of discrimination
that have been made and substantiat
ed by responsible taxpayers.
The Rind of explanation the public
would like to have is why rank dls-
crlm-ination is made both in the
amount of tribute levied and in speed
allowed. Why does not the official
spokesman of Columbia county ex
plain the sliding scale of prices
charged. ranging from $7 to $25
all for the same alleged offenses, all
committed within a few hours of
each other. We would also like to
know why it is necessary for Colum
bia county officials to write to vic
tims in order to determine how much
money was paid.
Mr. Abbott reproves me for placing
any reliance on milepoets along the
railroad, and yet the railroad mile.
is fairly accurately measured and
contains the usual number of feet.
He also intimates that I do not know
a speed cop when I see one, hence
my alleged error In etating that 1
saw one exchanging pleasant greet
ings (but no arrest) with a speed
maniac Mr. Abbott himself was the
sociable but not severe speed cob
who was present when his friend
sailed into the suburbs of Scappoose
at a 45-mlle gait.
Every man wo uses the highway
knows that the most of the bus, driv
ers pay no attention to the speed
laws and he also knows that the of
ficials pay no attention to the bus
drivers, and yet they are a constant
menace to the safety of other driv
ers. In arrests made and tribute levied,
Columbia county has made an In
teresting record, but the number of
accidents and fatalities in that county
prove that, while this easy money
was being picked up without much
effort and gasoline. the speed
maniacs, busses and road hogs were
doing as they pleased in the places
long the highway where there was
real danger.
Columbia county paid only a com
paratively small portion of the cost
of the highway and it seems absurd
that its control and policing should
be subject to the influence of bucolic
politics. If letters of marque are to
be issued permitting these collections
and giving the speed cops authority
to fix the amount that the victim
shall pay and the speed at which he
shall travel, would It not be better to
have the state issue them to state
highway police unaffected by local
interests? E. W. WRIGHT.
NO VIRTUE IX OLD FASHIONS
Sense In Short Skirts, bnt None In
Trains and Pantalettes.
PORTLAND, Aug. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian recently told of
a woman who, on her 70th wedding
anniversary, spoke very unflattering-
ly of the girls of today and even
boasted that she never wore high
heels nor a short skirt.
I wonder if she ever wore a choker
collar.
I wonder if she ever wore a corset
which produced that beautiful wasp
waist effect and so crippled her "in
ternal workings" that she was in
misery. '
I wonder if she ever wore sleeves
so tight she could not put her hat on.
I wonder if she ever wore a bustle.
I wonder if she ever wore a train,
which gathered up paper, cigar stubs,
dust and tobacco juice as she swept
down the sidewalk.
I wonder if she ever wore crlno
linesr I wonder if sh ever wore hoops.
And I wonder if she ever wore pan
talettes. Shame! shame! shame! Our
modern Jane would blush at that
breach of modesty.
I never did any of those foolish
things, but I do wear a short skirt;
because it is stylish, to be sure, and
also because it is intelligent. Were
any of the aforementioned fads in
telligent? Were they comfortable?
Had they anything to recommend
them except style?
In a short skirt I can be a faithful
wife to my one lone husband and a
good mother to my four fine children.
I can get about and do the housework,
bake the bread, pies and cakes, cook
the meals, do the sewing and play
games with the kiddies, just as well
s though I wore a tight corset, a
long train, yea, verily, or even pan
talettes. ALICE LANE ENGLISH.
SMALL TIMBER MEN BURDENED
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Tax Assessments Said to Exceed True
Valne In Instanees.
PORTLAND. Aug. 26. (To the Edi
tor.)rI would like to invite attention
to the unjust taxation imposed upon
the small timber holders in some of
the heavily timbered counties here in
this state. ,
In one of our coastal districts sit
uated in one of the heaviest timbered
sections of the west the county offi
cials of one of the timber counties
are now making It a practice to pay
their heavy expense by assessing the
timber within the county for about &
third more than Its actual value. One
instance in particular will illustrate
my point.
A certain homestead in Lincoln
county of this state was actually as
sessed for more "than half what the
claim would have brought at a sher
iff's sale and for a third more than
what the owner had been asking, let
alone what he would be able to get.
Now the general impression might
be that they are slipping something
over on the large timber corporations,
when as a matter of fact they are
gradually running down to bedrock
the holders of small claim homesteads
who have been compelled. to hold their
timber for years, while not a dollar
of revenue has ever .been realized
upon them. Now as many of the
small claim owners have said, a just
and reasonable tax would certainly
never be objected to, but when they
are being driven to the last straw in
the form of a most unreasonable and
unheard-of taxation there is certainly
a clear case of gross injustice.
S. D. WILSON.
Qualifications for Annapolis.
HERMISTON. Or.. Aug. 25. (To
the Editor.) Please publish the en
trance requirements for Annapolis,
age, etc Also what subjects may be
taken. SUBSCRIBER.
The candidate must be a citizen of
the United States, unmarried and" not
less than 18 years old or more than
20. He roust be not less than 5 feet 2
inches tall, if between the ages of 18
and 18, and not less than 5 feet 4
Inches if between 18 and 20. Mini
mum weight at IS is 111 pounds,
with an Increase of not less than
three pounds for each additional year
of age. A deposit of 8350 for uni
form and Initial outfit is required.
For further particulars write to your
representative in congress or to one
of Oregon's u&ited State senators.
Those Who Cqme and Go.
Tales of Folk at the Hotels.
Charles Wellington Furlong, author.
artist and explorer, who has had many
exciting adventures in the far corners
of the world, loves the west with fer
vor and understanding. He has put
his great feeling for this country into
his latest book, "Let 'Er Brick," in
spired by the Pendleton Round-up.
which Mr. Furlong witnessed for the
first time in 1913. He makes his home
now in Pendleton and is in Portland
for a few days at the Benson. His
book, "a story of the passing of the
old west," is a tale of adventure, his
tory, romance and information, all
blended in a most attractive way. Mr.
Furlong doesn't look as if he had rid
den a bucking buffalo, but he has.
and it is probably because of his ac
tual contact with' all the thrilling
events which are part of the Round
up, that he has been able to give such
a faithful picture of the west, full of
life and color. Mr. Furlong is modest
about his work and refers only in the
most casual way to the "time when I
was in South America," not mention
ing the fact thaU there he was in
charge of an expedition through
Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia for a
leading American magazine. He.wai
the first American to cross through
the heart of Tierra del Fuego. Other
expeditions led'him through the wil
derness of Dutch Guiana and up the"
Orinoco. In South America he also
carried on ethnological research in
leading museums. The West African
islands were the scene of another of
his exploration trips and he led an
expedition through the Interior of the
Azores, Madeira Desertas and Canary
islands. During the war he was ap
pointed on the general staff of the
United States army and was with the
American and allied forces in the near
east.
E. N. Kavanagh, assistant district
forester In charge of grazing, has
returned to Portland after a trip with
C. E. Rashford of Washington, D. C.
through some of the national forests
of Oregon and Washington. Mr. Rash
ford has been In the district making
a preliminary Inspection trip in con
nection with range investigations de
signed to bring out information and
data relative to the value for grazing
purposes of the national forest ranges
Mr. Kavanagh and Mr. Rashford met
a number of stock men who use the
national forests. He had an oppor
tunity to see ranges within and out
side the forests as well as agricul
tural lands. The foresters also at
tended the conference at Baker of
forest service men engaged in han
dling grazing in the northwest. Mr.
Rashford has gone to Salt Lake, ac
companied by Wr R. Chapline of
Washington. D. C, to attend the mid
summer meeting of the American Na
tional Livestock association and the
National Wool Growers' association.
He will return to Portland some time
next spring.
"The road to Arrow Rock dam this
year is being improved and as a result
more people are visiting the dam
than ever before," said R. C. Cole of
Boise, Idaho, yesterday at the Multno
mah. "When the road Is in first
class shape we predict that many
tourists will make the trip. This year
euch a large number of tourists
stopped at the auto camp at Boise
that we had to provide additional fa
cillties. The tourists are always much
interested in our natural hot water,
which has been piped into the camp,
They like to go home and say that
they have seen hot water coming right
out of the ground. All the cooking at
the camp Is done by electricity.
Delegates from Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon and California be
gan arriving in Portland yesterday to
attend the International Bible Stu
dents' convention, which will be held
here under the auspices of the Inter
national Bible Students' association of
Brooklyn, N. T. Headquarters for the
delegates are at the Washington ho
tel. Judge J. S. Rutherford of New
York, president of the international
association, is here for the convention
and is at the Nortonla. Other leaders
here are A. E. Groux of New York,
VV. E. Vanamburg of New York, M. A
Howlett of Winnipeg and J. P. Mc
Pherson of Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brunton of Walls
Walla and their two daughters mo
tored to Portland yesterday and are
at the Washington hotel. They will
go to Seaside today. Mr. and Mrs.
Brunton are members of pioneer Ore
gon families. Mr. Brunton is county
superintendent of schools.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Litchfield. Miss
Mary A. Wilmer an,d Edward O. Wll-
mer, all of Akron. ., are at tne Ben
son for a few days. They enjoyed a
trip over the Columbia river highway
yesterday afternoon.
Jensen B. Nolan of Cedar Rapids,
la- is in Portland visiting his brother,
William L. Nolan, at the Washington
hotel. Mr. Nolan says-he is so charmed
with Portland that he will try to make
this city his home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Linn, Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred N. Pierce and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hunlock of the Marion hotel
came to Portland Thursday to attend
the Greeters" dance. They were at
the Imperial.
C. E. Bowles, who was formerly in
the real estate business here, is now
living in Medford, where he has a
large orchard. Crops and prices this
season will be good, he said yesterday
at the Imperial.
Major Kenneth Hauser will go to
Seattle today to attend the annual re
union banquet of the 18th engineers,
which will be held tonight at 7 o'clock
at the new Waslnngton hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schafer of San
Francisco are at the Imperial for a
few days. Mr. Schafer is general man
ager of the San Francisco & Portland
Steamship company.
Mr. 'and Mrs. N. J. Lavin of Conrad,
Mont., are spending the summer mo
toring through the Pacific northwest.
They reached Portland yesterday and
are at the Perkins.
C. C. Chapman, editor of the Oregon
Voter, who has been away on a vaca
tion of several weeks, has returned
to Portland. He was at the Multno
mah yesterday.
MONEY IS WASTED ON BRIDGES
Mr. Rae Criticises Methods of Repair
on Two Structures.
PORTLAND. Aug. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) While there seems to be no
good result attained in calling atten
tion to the inefficiency which is
largely responsible for waste of pub
lic money, occasionally the waste is
so evident as to warrant Investigation.
With respect to the reconstruction
of Hawthorne bridge east approach,
inspection by any Intelligent person
will chow: ,
1. That the present pavement, ex
cept between car tracks, is in first
class condition;
2. That the piling is perfectly good ;J
3. That a siignt amount of repairs
to timbers only is required.
As to the Morrison bridge, the In
appropriate type of pavement laid
thereon in addition to .depressing the
draw epan from four to eight Inches,
results in decreasing the carrying
capacity of the roadway by about 20
per cent, whereas only a short time
ago the weakness of this bridge was
alleged as sufficiently dangerous, as
to require a new bridge immediately.
Who cares? Whose business Is it
to see public money efficiently ad
ministered? - GEORGE RAE.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can You Answer These Questions r
1. What Is the name of the little
black-green bird, whose song is sim
ilar to the yellow warbler-s, and
which is slightly larger?
2. How" many young are there In
a skunk litter?
8. Why are two rainbows often
seen at the same time?
(Answers in tomorrow's nature notea)
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Answers to Previous Questions,
1. Are porcupines found all over
America?
Pretty much so. Erethizon dorsatus,
or Canada porcupine, inhabits coni
ferous woods about as far north as
they extend, and in earlier dayB lived
In wooded country as far south as
Virginia and Kentucky. In the mid
dle states It, and a yellow haired
variety, Erethizon epixanthus, are
both found; the latter well known in
the west. There are tree-inhabiting
kinds in South America.
!. Can the "water witch" really
find water with a divining rod, and
what explains this?
We know no satisfactory explana
tion for the occasional successes of
certain persons using a hazel or wil
low forked stick. Scientists dis
believe In any inherent quality of the
rod that makes it react when near
water sources, and say there are more
failures than successes. One technical
chemist reports sinking a splendid
well against the advice of, a man with
a divining rod.
8. What is the largest bird in the
world and where does It live?
The ostrich is the largest existing
bird, and is native to the plains and
deserts of Africa It has been do
mesticated and is raised not only on
ostrich farms'ln Africa but In Cali
fornia and in South America. There
are two kinds of ostrich in Africa. In
South America the bird is represented
by the smaller rhea, which has three
toes, as against the two toes of the
African ostrich.
FIRESIDE FRIENDS.
When the twilight gray shows the
close of day
And the open fire burns low.
To the shadowed gloom of the friendly
room
Old friends softly come and go.
Jo March is there, with her chestnut
hair.
And the rest of her family, too:
Lorna Doone and her John,fire flick
ers on
David Coperfield bows for you.
Ivanhoe. brave knight, a compelling
risht,
And Rebecca, the Jewess fair:
Shy Oliver Twist we have almost
missed
As he hides in the shadows there.
Jane Eyre lifts her face with a gentle
grace;
Gypsy Babbie holds out her hand'
Are they gone? No, hark; here comes
Lecky Sharp,
Then Jean Val Jean from mem'ry
land.
Philip Nolan comes with no noise of
drums.
And his eyes look tired and sad
Silas Marner old, with his hard-earned
gold; -
Little Effie, gay and "glad.
Then the fire burns bright and Its
red-gold light
No one but us seems to show.
Vanished is the mist but we've kept
our tryst
With our fireside friends, we know.
MARGARET HUMPHREY
Vale, Or.
Summer Landscape Lauded.
London By-Stanaer.
Editor (surveying summer land
scape) Season of mist and mellow
f rultf ulness, clejse bosom friend of the
maturing sun. Friend But, I say.
that was written about autumn,
wasn't it? Editor Yes, yes, I know
but you must remember that we al
ways go to press four months in ad
vance. -
Folks, MeetMiss Lulu Bett
"We know youH learn to love this interesting: little person who
is one of the most talked of characters in fiction this year. "Miss
Lulu Bett" is one of the best things ever written by Zona Gale, who
has become one of the foremost figures in the literary world through
this stirring, heart-tugging: novel, acclaimed as one of the worth
while books of the past few seasons. Lulu Bett is a member of that
wistful, pathetic army of "poor relations" which constitutes one of
the problems of family life the world over. She is the center of an
intriguing story, filled with human and appealing qualities.' The
first installment of Miss Lulu's adventures appears in The Sunday
Oregonian tomorrow.
Taking Discontent Out of Jobs If dairymen find it advisable to
keep their cows contented that they may render profitable service,
may it not also be considered' the part of wisdom that employers of
labor should take steps to maintain happiness among their workers ?
This thought led Dr. Lee K. Frankel, who visited Portland this
week by the way, to make his life work the study and promotion
of better relations between employe and employer. Now he is
recognized as one of the outstanding authorities on this subject.
William4Atherton Du Puy tells the story of this remarkable man
in the magazine section.
Echoes From Gold-rush Trail The adventurous spark that exists
in some degree in everybody is always kindled by tales of Alaska
and the Yukon in the days when men from the seven seas "mushed,"
stampeded over the grim trail of the gold rush to seek fabulous
fortune or dismal death in a struggle to wrest this precious metal
from its natural treasure chest in a rough country of awe-inspiring'
scenic beauty. On the first page of the magazine section tomorrow,
DeWitt Harry recounts some fascinating lore of gold rush history
in the northland.
British Royalty in Movies "Look pleasant, please," said a certain
American photographer, and the king of England, the Prince of
Wales, and other figures in the royal family followed the time
honored ritual of the camera-man and posed for photographs and
moving pictures in St. James palace for the first time in history.
Tracy Mathewson was the Yankee knight of the lens who accom
plished this "extraordinary undertaking, and he tells his own story
in a breezy way.
Carving Out a $250,000 Hole That's what they're doing just at
Portland's boundaries, where one of the most interesting tunnel
projects in the annals of contracting is being carried out. Through
the mass of live rock at Elk Rock, men and machinery are hewing
out a hed for a new road of steel. An account of this work and the ,
men who are doing it is shown in a story illustrated with numerous
photographs.
Hawks Bring Death to Pests In a feature section of The Sunday
Oregonian will be found the second of a series of articles on Oregon
birds, by Mary E. Raker, with colored illustrations by R. Bruce Hors
fall, one of the greatest bird artists in America. This story will tell
something of the hawks which perform a valuable, service to this
6tate by killing field pests.
Agricultural Research in Oregon For those interested in the
development of the resources of Oregon (and every loyal citizen
should be), a comprehensive outline of the various activities in agri
cultural research in the state will be presented as a Sunday feature.
Parisian Fashion Expert The first of a series of special fashion
articles by Mademoiselle Marceline D'Alroy, a clever Parisienne and
fashion exponent, now in Portland, will appear in The Sunday Ore
gonian. . Mademoiselle D'Alroy is closely in touch with the last word
in style in Paris, the center of new modes in clothes, and will write
for The Oregonian readers about the psychology of dress and the
importance of being fascinatingly gowned.
More Truth Than Poetry.
James J. Montague.
THE TBEASIRE VOYAGE.
An expedition is being fitted up to
explore Stevenson's treasure island.
No waves about me roar and rage.
My cat purrs on the rug beside me.
I calmly turn the printed page
Quite sure no shipwreck will be
tide me.
And yet I sail through tropic seas
Where Treasure island's hills are
looming;
see the tempest toss the trees,
I hear the giant breakers booming.
A safe and pleasant voyage is mine.
Although with evil men I mingle.
Though crime and peril oft combine
To set my landsman s blood a-tlngie
And yet upon those bloody sands
John Silvers threats shall not
alarm me.
'11 snap my thumbs at Israel Hands;
The blackguard has not power to
harm me.
The woods I'll thread from shore to
short
By Gunn's unearthly shrieks un
daunted. The hidden valleys I'll explore
Which Flint's unsleeping soul has
haunted.
Secure shall every journey be
And midnight, when It strikes,
shall find me
Again upon the rocking sea
With crimes and perils all behind
me.
It may be with an empty hand-
That still a penniless sea rover-rj
I shall regain my native land
v hen my adventuring Is over;
But all the gold beneath the sun
The best of wealth can never
measure.
And when at last the tale is done
I know I shall have found the
treasure!
The Line of Least Resistance.
Prices have started up hill again.
which is the direction in which they
travel fastest.
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Make a Sure Job of It.
Why not ask the delegates to the
coming conference to attest their
sincerity by bringing all their arms
over here and junking them outside
the three-mile limit?
"
ITard Hearts.
It Is singular how unmoved is the
average American when he learns
that a former war profiteer has gone
into bankruptcy.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Yearn Ago.
FromThe Oregonlan Aueust 27. 1S!8.
Canton, Ohio Major .' McKinley's
letter of acceptance of the presiden
tial nomination was issued here today.
As a result of the state committee
meetings the democrats have but one
electoral candidate, N. L. Butler of
Independence; the populists have two,
M. L. Olmstead of Baker and Harry
Watklns of Yamhill county, and E.
Hofer of Salem is a free silver man.
With 25 per cent more grain in
slprht only 20 ships have been chart
ered to date, while a year ago BO
vessels were under charter for grain
loading here.
When Trespass Is Technical.
ASTORU, Or., Aug. 25. (To the
Editor.) If a vacant lot that is
grown up to weeds has a "no tres
pass" sign on it and you are playing
tennis on the lot next to. it and the
ball goes on the vacant lot. tan you
be prosecuted for going after the ball?
A TENNIS PLAYER.
Trobably there would be technical
trespass if the lot were enclosed and
had three conspicuous notices on it.
It is doubtful, however, if the owner
would object to so -trifling a trespass
or, if he did, that the court would have
nny patience with Tils complaint