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V 10 THE 310RNING OREG0XIAX, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1921 r, A i i KttTABLIMHED BT HENRY L. I'lTTOCR. Publlhe1 by The Oreinnlan Publlehms Co.. je sixtn street, i'oruana. unmn. C. A. MORDEV. E. B. PIPER. alanacer. Editor. - j The Oregonian la a member of the Aeeo elated f'reaa. Tha Aneoclaled Preae la e eluatvelv entitled to lha una (or publication at all newa diapatchea credited to It or not ntherwfae credited In thla papar and alao t tha local newa published herein. All riahta .. Publication of apecial dlapatchen baraln j j are alao reacrved. Babecrlexlon It tea Ioralably la Advnnca. (Itr Mall.) Jallv, Bandar Included, ona year IS. SO . iJi.y. Sunday Inclmled. aiz montha ... 4 25 Pally. Hunday Included, threa montha.. S.2.1 i'i.jr, nunnay included, ona monto I'eily, without Sunday, one year .. Dally, without Funday, all montha Dally, without Hunday. ona month Weekly, one year Sunday, ona year .7 6 2 .so t fui 1 2.40 (By Carrier.) 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When we consider the bearing of open questions in the far east on the question of limitation of armaments. It seems probable that the Wash ington conference will be obliged to reverse the order of the two subjects In Secretary of State Hughes' tenta- five agenda. The powers cannot know to what point they can safely icduce their armament until the; know to what use their forces may be put. They cannot know that till they know that possible causes of armed conflict have been amicably adjusted to their satisfaction and that means have been provided by general agreement to settle peace ably and justly any future disputes, also that differences in national policy have been reconciled on sound principles with due regard to the essential interests and reasonable ambitions of the powers. When such an agreement has been reached, a basis will have been found for reduction of armaments, so far as any danger of war in the far cast is concerned. Until the air has been cleared In this manner, so many unknown fac tors will exist as to render agree ment on armament practically lm possible. Japan might desire an army and navy sufficient to take and hold great areas In China and Siberia and to secure preference in developing the rewurces of China The I'nlted States might resolve to arm for establishment of the open door and for abolition of'all foreign , spheres- and concessions in China. Ftrltain would have to decide whether to stand with the United States or with Japan and would have to arrange its forces accordingly, l-'rance and Italy would have to choose between a similar deciiiion . end neutrality, but they could not overlook the bearing of the threat ened conflict on their interests In Kurope as well as Asia. While those questions were open, none of the powers would venture to reduce its forces without regard to the armed forces of the one or more powers with which It might contend; each would want to arm sufficiently to overpower Its prospective enemy. Removal of probable causes of war In the far east Is only part of the condition precedent to agree ment on armament. All of the powers concerned except Japan and China have far greater Interests to protect In other regions. Though he whole Faciflc ocean may be con sidered within the scope of the con ference and therefore to Include the Philippines, Hawaii and Samoa, the United States is more deeply con cerned with the Panama canal, the Caribbean sea, the Monroe doctrine in general and protection of the At lantic coast, where the mass of its t ,' ; wealth and population lies. Though ' our interr-at in nrnnann nenpa la general, involving no question of ter ritory. It Us vital and we dare not risk being drawn unready Into such a cataclysm as broke in 1914, nor can we be indifferent to the many possible solutions of the great enigma of Russia. The three European powers which are to be represented have far greater military liabilities In Europe " and western Asia than In the Pa ' ciflc. All must keep a grip on Ger many in order to compel fulfilment of the Versailles treaty. They must . be prepared to oppose restoration of the Hohenzollerns in Germany, the - Hapsburgs in Hungary or Austria, for either event would be the signal , ; for war by the new states that they ' i have established. France is so im " ' mediately threatened that to reduce Its army until Germany not only completely disarms but abandons thought of conquest would be na tional suicide. Britain has nothing to fear from Germany or any other nation at sea, but sporadic out breaks In India give warning of pos sible rebellion, bolshevlst enmity is B . particularly directed at British terrl '' toroy, and communications with widely scattered possessions must be maintained and protected. Though d'smemberment of the Hapsburg empire has destroyed Italy's ancient ' enemy and left no neieghbors to fear, that country's ambition for naval supremacy In the Mediter ranean and for a share of Asia Minor might be thwarted by an agreement to disarm and settle rival claims by arbitration or mediation. Thus an adjustment In the far east Interlocks with an adjustment in Europe and the near east when con sidered in relation to armaments. ' These adjustments can be made and maintained only by an organization -.- of all nations or by the great na .. . tions exerting pressure on the small ones. To eliminate causes of war "' ." there must be machinery for arbl- " ' tration. Judicial decision or media tion according to the circumstances of each case, and in reserve there must be provision for use of com- aj-- blned force against any nation which breaks contracts or commits wanton aggression. This done, the , risk of war would be so lessened that It should be practicable to re duce the armed forces of each na tion in proportion to the necessities ' of internal order and to Its fair share of the combined force needed to preserve world peace. Discuwion logically leads to either the present league of nations, probably radically reconstructed, or to some new asso ciation baying Ui atvme ends in view, as the means to make dis armament possible. With such an organization in ef fective working- order, the disarma ment question would gradually settle Itself. Competitive armament is the result of absence of law among; na tions to govern them. As the reign of law became established and as outlaw nations became convinced that their appeals to force would be hopelessly against the combined power of the law-enforcing nations, each country would reduce its mili tary budget as a smaller army and r avy proved adequate. This reduc tion would be progressive as the sen!e of security grew stronger, for well disposed nations would realize that great armies were unnecessary to their safety and ill-disposed na 1 tions would realize that nothing could be gained with them. Na tions would not arm to the teeth :hrough delight in militarism, but would voluntarily cut off the excess as useless, therefore wasteful. Unless 4he way to disarmament Is prepared in some such manner as that described, the problem of ac compllshment may prove insoluble. Some standard would be needed by which to measure each nation's needs. This could not be financial for a dollar will buy far more arma ment In one country than another. As to navies, a dreadnought would count far more in one than another, one would need more submarines, another more destroyers than an other for its proper defense, and the number of auxiliary ships is usually required to be in a certain propor tion to the number of capital ships. Though agreement might be reached on such points, secret discovery of a new gas or explosive by one nation might render it all-powerful and the arms of all other nations worthless. Discussion of these points Is very apt to lead back to the expedient of making disarmament automatic by eliminating occasions or opportuni ties for war. WHO V8E8 DRl'GSf Forty bottles of bootleg liquor or was It thirty? were used at the Arbuckle orgy before the stage was properly set, and the actors suitably inspired for the tragedy which tol lowed. Other crimes have resulted in similar cases, on less liquor; and of course a million and more such parties have been held without any other consequence than severe head aches and progressive moral degra dation. The story of whisky and crime Is ss old as civilization and begins with the discovery of the science of alco holic distillation. Nothing new hap pened at that San Francisco hotel nothing that might not have been expected. But the details afford some novelty. There was that doctor, for ex ample, who testified the other day that an abrasion on Miss Rappe's arm was doubtless due to a hypo dermic injection; and the sordid woman who is acting as prosecuting witness cheerfully told on the wit ness stand that she had just taken I drug potion to brace her nerves. Here and there in the newspapers are stories of "drug" parties by de votees, chronic or casual; and the casual almost Invariably becomes an addict. They appear to be the fashion In certain circles one.cl.iss of actors who find "booze" too com mon, or too gross, and a certain type of "society people."- who crave new excitements and go the limit to get them. The other day the city physician of Portland said that there are two thousand and more users of nar cotlcs In this city; and he proposed that the municipality take over the dispensing of drugs for them. Evi dently prohibition of the sale of nar- rotirs is a failure.. But it may be doubted if the public which refuses to license the manufacture and sale of liquors will take a different atti tude as to drugs. Yet tha narcotic evil has grown to startling proportions and something must be done about it. The first step will be more accurate knowl edge of its extent. - - THE LIBEL OF IIOQl IAM. The notice of the city of Hoqulam Washington, is directed to the case of City of Chicago vs. Chicago Trib une. This Is a suit for $10,000,000 for libel. The city of Chicago has not yet won its suit but as to degrees of libel we would say that that com ntitted against the city of Chicago was as nothing compared with that committed against the city of Ho quiam. The libel of Hoqulam, too. Is by a millionaire reporter, Cor nelius Vanderbilt. and was published in a millionaire newspaper. - Mr. Vanderbilt, in his write-up of Hoqulam, refers to it as "a quaint little village spraddled on a piece of water called Grays Harbor." He also avers that the ocean breezes, most of the time, carry unpleasant odors into the village from the Westport whaling station. It need hardly be said that Ho qulam is not opposite a whaling sta tion and that it Is not a village. At least It Is not a village In the ver nacular of the country outside of New York. In New York, we be lieve, a city under a couple hundred thousand population is looked upon as a village. Elsewhere description of a town as a village spraddled on a body of water brings to mind a general store and postofflce com bined, a muddy street bordered by straggling houses, a rectangular building with a wooden awning, known as the Palace hotel, and a two-roomed school house where services are occasionally conducted on Sundays. Now Hoquiam, with its 12,000 industrious inhabitants, two large banks, its numerous church edifices, its creditable schools, its sawmills and canneries, its docks end shipping, and the well-kept streets. Is neither a village nor spraddled. One of the first things a roving young journalist needs to learn is the terminology of his country. The Hoqulam commercial club has prop erly set this one right In a set of resolutions and a demand for retrac tion. It might go further. The greatest opportunity for serv ice to the world, ultimately to our national advantage, exists in Russia. As the inevitable break-up of bol shevist power comes, the way will open for economic reconstruction. Then Russia will turn to the United States rather than any other nation, I ecause we have refrained from harmful meddling, because we shall have helped the people through the famine and because we have the men and means for economic help without any purpose to interfere with their freedom in setting up J new government When that Urns comes, Siberia will present an open ing for Pacific coast enterprise both to develop Its wealth and to make it a strong white man's country stretching clear across northern Asia and therefore serving as a barrier against an Asiatic movement hostile to the white race. THE PERILS OF AS OLD PROFESSION. Something really ought to be done about it. It's getting so that an in dustrious, capable yegg or footpad never knows when he is holding up a genuine prospect or catching a Tartar. Some bold if low-browed thug, let us say, lurks in his favorite darkness to bid the midnight pedes trian stand and deliver, and is shot in the line of duty, or the left leg, or his cave-man cranium. There after he is of little use to his pro fession, and no longer an ornament of the underworld. Take the instance of Patrolman Florence. Against all the recognized rules of the game he attired himself in plain clotnes and Intruded, actu ally Intruded, on the exclusive beat of as pretty a pair as ever cried 'Stick 'em up!" Patrolman Flor ence, particularly when in mufti, does not In the least resemble danger and sudden death. In ap pearance he is as far removed from the traditional Tartar as a bun-colored gazelle is from the royal Nu midian lion. He looks like easy money, as they say in the argot And what did this Inconsiderate, camou flaged policeman do; when called upon to elevate his mitts in the old eastern gesture of salutation? He elevated one no further than his waist and with malice aforethought, quick as a wink, plugged one am bitious bandit through the leg and sent the other scurrying, soon to be raptured. The chances that a thief may meet with injury, while pursuing his chosen calling, are too serious to be passed without comment. Only a few weeks ago two specialists In automobile robbery, who had made quite a good thing out of waylaying motorists south of town, thrust their revolvers Into a car where a deputy sheriff was taking the air, with two or three comrades hidden in the wayside brush. The result of this error, an error occasioned by the in considerate official attitude, was a pistol battle in which both bandits were captured. One was so griev ously wounded that he died a few hours afterward. In a California city. It may have been two - months ago, a gentle burglar eased himself into a home, considerately endeavoring not to rouse the slumbering family. How was he to know that the lord of the manor, whose snores assailed the celling, held public prestige as a heavyweight wrestler? None was near to warn him. to make him aware that his choice of domiciles was a rash one. So he fumbled along at his own affairs until the snores ceased, and the heavyweight pounced upon him, and a deadly wrestling hold deprived him of life. The wrestler didn't mean to do it, but in the enthusiasm of the mo ment he ventured to defend his home and his chattels. See what came of it! No two ways about it, something reauy ougnt to De cone, remaps the knowledge that a few more pa trolmen in plain clothes were rambling innocently about, waiting to be held up, would persuade some of the gentry that another calling beckoned. THE COLONISTS AT BI HL In the past week there arrived at the little Idaho town of Buhl, in Twin Falls county, an Im migrant caravan from New York. The impulse is to contrast these new citizens of a sister state, and their 3000-mile trek by automobile, with the great wave of earlier immi gration that traveled by ox-team, or around the Horn, to possess our western country by the conquest of nature In her primitive guise. Yet such an appraisal would cleave far Irom the true meaning and portent cf the Buhl colonists, and be at best but a shallow commentary relying on dramatics for its interest. The Important conclusion is that the transportation of modern city dwell ers, hungry for the land, to com munity life in a western state, where co-operation by state officials and real estate interests has foreseen and taken care of every contingency to eettlement. has been accomplished. So regarded we perceive that the settlement of these colonists at Buhl constitutes an economic experiment whose significance cannot be over estimated. It may well solve, if suc cessful, a variety of related problems which have long perplexed America. as well as effect the subsequent rapid settlement on a sound basis of available western lands. The problems which the Buhl set tlement should solve by Its success. which we have no reason to doubt. are these: The return to agricul tural life of that percentage of rural population which has been won away from the soil by urban ad vantages; establishment of rural communities which are essentially civic in their treatment of com munity problems and requirements; successful Installment of land- hungry persona with small capital upon lands that will produce; and. most of all. through the virtue of these accomplishments. Inculcation of rural content and enterprise. In such a sense the Buhl colonists are jloneers, and we do not enhance beyond desert the value of their pioneering when it is asserted that their venture marks a new era In agricultural history. The Buhl farm colony is led by W. D. Scott of Brooklyn, a success ful business man, whose desire for the land led him to the very thor ough investigations and organiza tion work preliminary to such settle ment Briefly stated, not only did he find 12S families of an acceptable sort ready for the venture, but. he found the federal government the state of Idaho and the owners of ir rigated lands In the Buhl district yeady to plan with him for the suc cess 01 me project, ana to insure Dy all possible preliminaries such suc cess. . To some extent the organiza tion of the Buhl colony is modeled after the methods of California, where the state Improves land tracts. equips them with neighborhood fa cilities, and then selects the required number of .wishful colonists. The new community will comprise about 600 people, each family farm ing forty acres of Irrigated land. The individual capital required was a minimum of $3000. A statement by Frank W. Brown, secretary to Gov-N trnor Davis of Idaho, sets forth the salient advantages of the project. The previous failure of many who settled on irrigated land, it had been round, was largely due to the insuffi ciency of their capital and over-investment in the lands to be watered. They were unable to weather the period which intervened before their lands became productive. All that is required of the Buhl colonists is sufficient funds to tide them over until the land does produce. Said Secretary Brown: Briefly, the elate is co-operatlnir by ad vice and activity to aaeure: Completed Ir rigation worko: good land; employment of experte to teach aettlera bow. to farm; em. ployment of experta to teach houeewlvee farm boueekeeping ; aufflclent capital; plana for boueea. a amall. comfortable unit to be built at once, completed houae In three yeara from earnine;e: community nee of machinery; providing; vegetable gardena of aufflclent amount of vegetablea ao they may be canned for sue of Immigrant fam lliea during tha winter: clearing of tha land; atorehouaea for furniture until ftret unit of bouae la built: good traneportatlon facHltlea to railroad: eetabliahment of amall Inland town on tract: advice on fi nance; enlargement of preaent country school syatem to meet requlrementa. and raany other helpful tbinga. In other words it has been found practicable in this instance to do a number of unprecedented things, in order to insure the success of immi grants. The discomforts of pioneer ing are wholly removed, and the in dividual finds himself free to plunge at' once into productive effort. It is entirely logical that such an ar rangement should prove to be. as It must the happiest solution for alt concerned the p'revious owner of the tract as well as the purchasers. The element of hazard has been re duced to a minimum. Colonists such as those now at Buhl will know beforehand the exact character of the country to which they are emi grating. Its certainties, its probabili ties, its possibilities. They will be abundantly safeguarded against fail ure. One can well imagine that such a revolutionary method of set tlement, once it has proved Itself, will be Immensely popular. From this viewpoint one perceives that in such a movement there is in nate the spirit of the pioneer, differ ing only in its application.. For the proneer is. he who dares to do that which has never been done. He is the trail-blazer; not only in a geo graphic sense but in an economic one. A REMARKABLE SHOWING. The Pacific northwest has every reason to be enthusiastically con tent with the showing made by its golfers at the - national American championship tournament recently concluded In St. Louis, For the first time a northwestern teani was entered in a national tournament against the most brilliant players. None of them returned with the championship, but Eight of the northwestern golfers qualified In the preliminary contest which resolved the field to sixty-four players; six were listed in the matched play, and two of the six won the first round, meeting elim -.nation in the second. .Thereafter the nteret of the northwest was merely a passive one. Yet the record of these northwest ern golfers demonstrates that the game has developed players who need ssk no odds of the eastern ex perts. Considering the fact that most of them had no previous tour nament experience, and were in competition on a strange course, their showing was creditable. By it they made evident the fact that golf in the northwest is fully on a par with golf in the east, where the game has longer had Its enthusiasts. The Southern Pacific is advertis ing a round-trip rate for state fair week of approximately $3, a little concession, but rather short. For Thursday always Portland day this corporation might take a les son from a leaf in the book of the Astoria line and give us the old time dollar ticket that packed the cars. Portland would like to show her neighborliness to ' the capital city and Mr. Lea's last effort. About one-fifth of the hogs pass ing through the local yards last year came from Nebraska and adjacent states. The other 140,000 were grown in the North Pacific. A few more hogs on each farm to clean up waste feeds will save a mighty lot of dollars for home spending. Not many of the great women of Oregon got into book or print. They raised their large families, did their own work and most of the chores, lived Christian lives and passed to their reward. They are in the "hall of fame" above. The really good argument for Roy Gardner, and the only one, hasn't teen cited yet. He robbed a mail train in a democratic administration and that was about the only way to get any mail while Burleson was in office. I The management of the Gresham fair hardly treated aright the man who tried to get himself and family of ten children in on a pass eleven years old. They should have been placed among the exhibits. By all means, the provision againsc the left-hand turn must be retained in the traffic laws. That assures aged people and some not so old of continued life, not to men tion immunity from accident A person's Imagination must run on all twelve cylinders to produce an earthquake in Portland In the middle of the day. When possible witnesses in the Arbuckle case retain lawyers "to protect their interests, " the public just wonders. Perhaps there will be a world series between the league of nations and the disarmament congress. Business takes the stand that the government is making excess profit from the excess profits tax. For a week that began with every thing rough in the box, this one is making a great finish. No newspaper is complete nowa- days without its story of a Jail break. But then nobody will ever save much money by eating on a dining car. How about a half-holiday Thurs day, Portland day at the state fair? A mar. over whom women shoot each other Is not to be envied. Spend the end of a Derfect dav at ths Gresham fair. THIS SEAL HAD COW STEP MA Bell Wnli Brine Yosmsater Scoot- lafl Fro pa River t Barayaral. . McMINNVILLE. Or, Sept. . (To the Editor.) Some days ago I read an account of a band of cows being milked by suckers. If all the suck ers that milk cows or cows that stand the lambasting of human suck ers were enumerated. The Oregonian wouldn't be big nor wide enough to more than headline those erstwhile heroes Gardner and Arbuckle and would, I fear, go begging for readers. However, this has nothing to do with either suckers or outlaws, but pertains to a pet seal also fond of milk. This docile little animal was the pet of a farmer living near the mouth of what Is known as the "slough." a mile or so below Camas, Wash. Milk ing time was an event to be looked forward to by the seal and, like any other healthy youngster, it was al ways On hand at meal time and, when filled to repletion, would stretch luxuriantly out behind the kitchen stove and go to sleep like any other baby. Eventually, so I have been told, though I cannot vouch for it. the seal was adopted by a gentle old cow who thought all the world of it. stomping and raising particular Cain with in quisitive kine who dared molest her big, sad-eyed baby. This particular cow wore a bell and when the seal heard the tinkle as its new-found mother meandered down from prune hill at evening time it would roll from its sunbath topping the big boulder at the edge of the river and flip-flop up the bank to the barn yard. Once there the cow would stand perfectly quiet and patiently wait, until the sleek little animal standing on its tall filled up on the lacteal fluid. Tha tinkle of the bell always held good, be the sal either up or down the stream, the big old river carry ing the sound afar. This much I can vouch for the seal was an actual ity and dearly loved both the pres ence and touch of human hands. More than once has the writer been entertained by it climbing aboard his fishing scow moored at the head of Government island. It would first nose gently alongside the scow, give out a peculiar baby cry and then, if no dog was present, would flip-flop up the gangplank and ensconce itself In a coil of rope forward ana Das in the warm spring sunshine, showing In more ways than one its liking for human romDafrv. On rainy days u would come Into the galley and lie for hours under the coon stove. Dicture of contentment. The coughing of steamboats to or from the Cascades or the shriek of locomotives across the river at Troiitrlals was nothing to this strange Uttle pet. But just let that old motherly cow meander down the hill, with tinkling bell two or three miles distant and plunk it would take to the water and shoot away a nark hrnwn streak beneath tne sur face a line of silver bubbles in Its film to ma and suDDer. Little, inoffensive, doe-eyed seal, whose brains were bludgeoned out by Crolo. the half-breed, the aay u rn. .lons-sida his boat and asked to be taken aboard. Ripples on the sandbar, a sobbing little girl on tne bank, the tinkle of a ben upon tne htllaldn and away was swept tne in tie brown body down the river to the port of missing things. THOMAS LANLOCK ROGERS. CITY IS KIND AND GENEROIS Permits to Do Bnaiseaa la Streets Arouse Mr. Sayer's Sarcasm. PORTLAND. Sept. 21. (To the Edi tor.) Humanitarlanlsm is perhaps the cltv rnuncll'i lona suit. I wouldn't go so far as to say it uses It always as aubatitute for good Judgment. But It helps out considerably when, either In granting or denying a petition, there Is no other reason handy that is luat as arood. Perhais I need a little of the saving grace that comes in so pat with the city council. Certainly i snouio. neeu more than I possess to have done as the commissioners did on Wednesday last, when they gave to one of the beneficiaries of the city gratuitous permits to occupy S00 worth of good rentable area on the city streets, an eight months' leave of absence and a guarantee that he should have the right to occupy this space on nis re turn. No, he's not to be compensated dnrinar his absence. This action follows Immediately after the last and most generous ac tlon of the city commissioners, when, for fear a taxicab trust might wax rich and fat they gave to 75 for-hlre cars the right to do business rree on the most valuable business locations in tha city of Portland. At the same meeting the city coun cil passed an ordinance regulating mrlclnr. from complete prohibition to the two-hour limit. A large force of men la out these days hunting vio lators of the parking law? chalking ud tires, distributing cards and taking down names and numbers. Yet right under a sign at Fifth and Yamhill streets reading "30-mInute limit" a street vendor who has established a magazine business of stands and carts and typewriter, 'n everything, remains undisturbed. And on nis sign ne says "Why Worry!" There are also vehicles narked day in and day out under slml lar signs at Fifth and Washington and Sixth and Morrison streets, and they are doing a nice business, rent free. In competition with stores that pay both rent and taxes. Yes. the city council has long since put the kibosh on the shibboleth There s no sentiment in Dusiness. JAMES J. SAYER. pledc;e of aid is deserved Repabllcas Looks to ' Admlnladratlos to Sapport Fraaice mmd Treaty. SISTERS. Or- Sept. 20. (To the Ed itor.) The editorial, "Signs of Dan ger to Feaca," referred to by your correspondent. Mr. Adams, struck a responsive chord in my case. also. 1 feel as he does that the closing para graph is worthy of being Inscribed in letters of bronze. I cannot refrain from repeating: The nrealdent can beat aaanre an agree ment to diaann by adding aupport of tha United Statea to tha demand that Ger many oheerve tha treaty of Versailles and when tha allies dlaagree, by aupport ing France ratber than Britain. Tha Ufa of the former la at stake, while only the commercial Intereete of the latter are In volved. This paragraph suggests a defensive alliance with France. France deserves our pledged word in this matter, for though we met and defeated the enemy on the fields of Franae it wi after France and the allies had worn him down, while no one doubts our ability to have defeated Germany single-handed, every one knows that it would have cost us much more in lives and money. We owe more to France than to any other nation for deliver- j ing us from this great sacrifice. We cannot expect r ranee to reauce ner land forces so long as Germany main tains the attitude she does toward the Versailles treaty. If Germany under- ,, stood that an attack on France would I bring the United States to France's aid there would be no talk. for prepa ration for the "next war with France." Though a loyal republican I will never be satisfied with the present administration until a more positive stand is taken with regard to the en forcement of the Versailles treaty. Our hesitation fosters and keeps alive the German hope for revenge. I am glad to note that The Oregonian is bold enough to suggest our duty as a nation to France, and to point out the true path to International peace. P. H. Those Who Come and Go. Tales mt Folk at the Hotels. "Undoubtedly there will be some confus'on among owners of automo biles when they apply for the 1S22 license," observed Sam A. Koier, sec retary of state, "but our office is do ing everything possible to simplify matters. The license fees will be based on weight instead of horse power, and very few owners know how heavy their cars are. There are no scales available for motor owners and we can only accept the readings on a scale which has been sealed by the state. However, some manufac turers have supplied us with the weight of the various makes and models which they put out and If the owner of one of those cars knows the number of bis model he will find Its weight and the fee he should pay on a slip which our office will send out There are some manufacturers who have not sent us such weights although we have written for them and there are cars made by concerns which have gone out of business. 'I estimate that in 1922 we will collect from the automobiles, which Include trucks, gasoline, drivers' licenses and the like, about $3,000,000." Mr. Kozer who is at the Imperial, is on his way to Inspect the eastern Oregon branch hospital and. incidentally, to attend the Round-up, So many "lost lakes" of Oregon are being "found," A. J. Eastes, former mayor of Bend, wants to change the name of Lost lake on the Century drive to Lake Bend. A resolution to this effect was offered to the Bend Commercial club this week. The movement meets with general ap proval, according to A. Whlsnant, who is registered at the Multnomah. "Lake Bend is situated 6000 feet above the level of the sea and la 24 miles from Bend, In one of the most scenic parts of Oregon," says Mr. Whlsnant. "This year, through the advertising given us by Irvln Cobb and Walter Eaton we have had an increased number of tourists in our section. Although the roads were cut up by heavy traffic, the recent rain has put them In good conditioa. Many tourists this year made the trip over our Century road, which begins and ends at Bend, and they expressed themselves as well pleased with the trip. We are mak ing preparations for the big highway meeting which is to- be held in the near future at Bend. Large delega tions are expected from The Dalles. Medford, Klamath Falls and all in termediate points. Matters pertain ing to The Dalles-California highway will be discussed at the meeting." The doctor shot the bear through the heart. I knew he'd hit htm some where If he shot often enough the doctor fired six times. Irvin Cobb shot his bear, did it himself. Lava bear? I never heard of one. until I was out with the Cobb expedition," admitted Bill Vandevert, of Paulina mountains, one of the most Inveterate bear hunt ers In Oregon. Mr. -Vandevert Is the chap who killed the Immense bear whose skin decorates the aide of a hall down Klamathway. It is con sidered the largest bear ever killed In the state. Mr. Vandevert, as a young man. used to hunt grizzlies, for this specimen of bear was, at one time, quite common in Oregon and northern California. There is a tradition among hunters that Mr. Vandevert had the first pack of real bear dogs used in Oregon. When Mr. Cobb and his doctor friend were hunting in Oregon last year. Bill went along, although he didn't get his name In the article which Cobb wrote, and it was Bill's stunt to ruetle up the bears for the hunters. He had his dogs tree the bear and then all Mr. Cobb had to do was get under the tree and shoot. This morning George McKay, retired cattleman, who for 28 years was post master at Waterman. Or., will leave the Perkins for New York to attend the world series. Attending the big games has been a habit of Mr. Mc Kay for many years and even before he quit the range he used to manage to fix his affairs so he could go east and root. He has undoubtedly wit nessed more games In worm s cnam pionshlps than any other man in Ore gon. In Chicago last year he lost his purse with his money and return ticket, but several weeks after he re turned to Oregon tne purse ana con tents were expressed to him; tne valu ables bad been found In a Chicago hotel. "What's the matter with the wool market anyayT' demanded I. B. Cusbman of Slletz at the Imperial. "There's no demand ror wool, i ve been trying to sell the wool clip of last year and this year which a sheep man down In our country is trying to dispose of. I guess he will have his next year's clip, too, before any of the material is sold. Then there is the same situation with respect to mohair. We've considerable of that, and no takers. I don't believe a pound of wool, grown on the coast, has been sold for the past two seasons." In order that it may be made easier for tourists to find their way when sight-seeing In the Bend country, the Bend Commercial club, according to Donald M. McKay, registered at the Multnomah, placed road signs along the main highways. Especially in tne early and late seasons of the year it is expected that tourists will make use of The Dalles-California nignway thereby avoiding crossing snow-covered passes. Aa times are quiet In the lumber manufacturing business. H. C. Culver. accompanied by bis wife, is enjoying himself motoring along tne j-acmc coast. Mr. Culver, who is from Sand Point. Idaho, report business condi tions' gradually Improving In his dis trict, but as yet there is no sign or life In the lumber Industry. In Petrograd. Russia, Norman C Steins made a million, but the soviet came along and took most of It away from him. Recently he states he maae a trip to Nome. Alaska, to Investigate some mines and had a can presi dency thrust upon him, so now he Is a banker. Mr. Steins is a mining en gineer, who is registered at the Mult nomah. Ole Hoff. state treasurer, has been campaigning in the hotel lobbies the past week. He has a supply oi print ed dodgers in his pocket and dis tributes them to people he meeta The dodger Is a campaign document giving a report of how the state fundus have been handled from July 1, 1919, to June SO, 1921. CTiarlee A. Brand, fosmerly a mem ber of the legislature from Douglas county, is at the Hotel Portland from Roseburg. He is a member or tne spe cial commission appointed to find new sources of revenue for the state and tQ cneck over the general tax aitua- Walter M. Pierce, of La Grande, a merhber of the commission to investi gate the tax situation. Is at the Im perial, and Judge Smith of Lake county, another member of the board, ts alBO in the city. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Sinclair of II avaco.Wash.. are at the Hotel Port land. Mr. Sinclair la in the banking business. J. O. McLaughlin, superintendent of schools at Corvallls, i registered at the Hotel Portland. Burroughs Nature Club. Copyright. HoaghteB.MIfflla Co. 1. What Is the correct name for the so-called Canadian canary? Is this bird migratory, or does It change color In late fall and remain with us all winter? 2. Where can I get the caterpillars to make butterflies? What do they feed on? 3. Do the female deer have horns? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes. a a a Answers to Frevlone Questions. A. I notice robins remaining here In Mississippi and raising young, for the past three seasons. Is this unusual? The breeding range of the robin, Merula mlgratorlus, is generally given as extending from almost Arctic re gions downward to a line running through Kansas and Virginia. This correspondent's report of the bird as nesting south of that line Is Interest ing. Possibly the better protection now given birds, partly due to law and partly to public sentiment, has induced the. robin, which- has long been shot as a food bird in the south, to extend Its nesting range. a a ' 2. How does the walrus use Its tusks? For fighting, and for uncovering clams and other shell fish which form a large part of Its diet. (Seaweed Is also eaten to some extent.) Some naturalists claim that the tusks are also used as an aid in climbing out of water, by hooking them Into Ice. so that they give a hold-fast when the heavy body Is dragged up. Other naturalists deny ever having seen this act. however, by any specimens they had observed. a a S. Are acorns poisonous? No, but most varieties are disagree able, owing to tannin. Prepared acorns have for ages been staple food for In dians of California. They dry and store them, and as need arises, shell and grind them to a coarse meal, which Is then leached In a rough vat to remove the tannin. This metal bolls to a nutritious mush, or can be baked in a clay pit into a heavy bread. BOY COOKS MORE I.DKPKMK.T Writer Thinks Manly Fathers Want Sans to Re Srlf-Itrllsnt. PORTLAND. Sept. 23. (To the Edi tor.) Having always considered you en advocate of a liberal education, I was surprised to read among the edi torials the following: "A schoolboy won first prise for cooking, which m'ght please a boy's mother; fathers are different." The Oregon Agricultural college extension course has established chil dren's clubs in which many of the boys and girls are Interested, such as goat clubs, rabbit clubs, cooking clubs, canning clubs, garden clubs, sewing clubs, poultry clubs, etc. About two years ago a boy of 12 won first prise at the state fair. He was a member of the canning club, end was a business-like, manly ap pearing boy. I do not recollect which school he represented. For the past two years the boys of Ockley Green school have had a cook ing club no girls allowed. They are not sissies, but real boys, and they believe every boy should know how r cook. One of their members won first prize, recently. In competition with the girls' cooking clubs from other schools In the city. I have no boy in Ockley Green's cooking club, but have been personally acquainted with several of the members. Includ ing the boy wbo won first prize, for teveral years. A boy or man who can cook is more independent than one who cannot. In his life's work he may be an explorer, a civil engineer, a mining or timber man, a rancher or cowboy. Or he may go on hunting or fishing expedi tions, and will find It handy to be able to cook his own meals so that he can enjoy them. If In office work or at college, he can be independent of boarding houses or hotels If he so w'shes. When living at home, and the home-maker, be it mother, sister or wife, should be taken ill or be absent from home, such a boy or man will not be in a panic, but can do his part. You say "Fathers are differ ent." Any real manly father will want his boy to learn to be self-re-l'ant. It Is more likely to be the girls in the rival clubs who do not ike the idea of a boy winning first pr'ze. , MRS. FANNY E. KINO. How Jefferson's Mighty Crest Shows a Country in the Making A pleasant land and comfortable is Oregon of the valleys and the plain. Nature has spread her landscapes with a gentle brush, a most persuasive touch. But where the Cascades rear their heads toward heaven only those who find delight in the wild aspects of incomparable scenery, and who are willing to rough it, should turn their inquiring way. In the Sunday issue, with a half-page photo graphic color page of Mount Jefferson, De Witt Harry has written of the skyline trail and the thousand lures of these Oregon moun tains. Turn to the cover page of the magazine section. When They Tamed the Terror of Dannemora He belonged, of right, to that legion of the hopeless the criminal insane did Con vict Leondowski. Men approached him in pairs, for the murderous gleam of his glances did not belie the savage mania behind them. He was a killer. Then science came and with surgical deftness opened his skull, and ever so gently drew from its lodgment on the brain a bullet. It was the gambling chance. Leondowski might die. It was even probable. But when he woke it was to laugh as ona laughs who has been freed from nightmare. He was sane. Told in the Sunday paper, with illustrations. Less Miserable Boy, when you craves reading, and are wishful of throwing a seven, do you not think of a certain Mr. Cohen, whose parents nominated him for popular attention under the given names of Octavus Roy ? You do. You will not overlook then the important fact that Octavus Roy Cohen, whose southern negro tales have roused gales of laughter, appears in the Sunday issue, magazine section, with a hitherto unpublished short story. Epidemic Taylor is the hero, and he takes a long chance on hunches for love's sake. A yarn of the race track, and it's a riot When Fire Runs Through the Timber Lands When the under brush cracks to the stealthy tread of the deer, and there hasn't been a shower for weeks, your Uncle Samuel's forestry service has its work cut out for it Cut out by the sweeping scythes of flame that mow down millions of feet of timber, and that somehow must be checked lest the great forests themselves are only blackened memories. A Sunday special article of more than passing interest to Oregon is Colonel William Buckhout Greeley's description of the incidental perils of the forestry service, of which he is chief. Page six of the magazine section. Scouting for the Big League The brush league baseball star, or the town-lot wonder, may be either one of two things the goods or a flivver. And he must be the first, strongly accented, if he is to take his place in the elite of the great game and, for example, emulate the scintillant Babe Ruth. In the Sunday issue you 11 find a special feature story, by Jim Nasium a bird whose moniker per plexes us concerning the experience of a big league scout, whose business it is to seek talent in the tall grass. You'll find it lively reading, even if you are not a fan. AH the News of All the World THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN Just Five Cents More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. THE CROOKS' (iOLt'ONDA. Forgery has been flourishing In Sing Sing penitentiary. In the days when the pickings were easy. And every one carried a roll, The tyro In crime had a Jolly good time On half of the monev he stole. Motn ourglars and pickpockets pros pered, Oefaultcrs had money to loan, The clumsiest dips carried quarts on their hips And had cars and chauffeurs of their own. But times have been drastic'lly al tered. As the business statistics reveal: The fat profiteers of those wonderful years Haven't got a dionero to steal. And the crooks, having learned, as we all do. That riches are nrone to take wing. I Find their trade can't be plied with a profit outside. And so they are working Sinii Sing. Surrounded by Innocent convicts. And wardens devoid of all guile, They learn that the time that's de voted to crime Is well worth a criminal's while. The state has abundance of shekels. The inmates have savings to spare, It's a safe pleasant nook for a good clever crook, And a fortune is waiting him there. With check-raising, forging, and so forth The days are delightfully passed No "Dicks" lurk about, hunting wrong-doers out. And dragging them jail-ward at last. The thief, as he rakes In the dollars. Has only one thought to dismay; . It in breaking the law he's a little too raw. The warden may send him away! a a One 'Way to tirt at 'Em. A lot of money could be raised by Imposing a sails tax on those schoon ers that have been rum running. a Easy. The New England farmer doesnt need any still. He Just fills a barrel wlijt cider and lets nature take lis course. a And Tnry Often Are. A good many statesmen would rather he tight than president. tCnt'yrighl by the Hell Syndicate. Ine In Other Day. Tweaf r-fjve Yeara Ago. Krom The Oregonian of September 24, tsfts. U. M. Schilling of Pittsburg, la., one-armed athlete and champion walker, arrived from San Francisco last night, having walked the 772 miles In 14 days and It hours. Removals of a dozen or more ex perienced firemen were made last night at a meeting of the board of fire commissioners. I'zzlah. the healer, who heals by the laying on of hands, has arrived Ja Portland and is speaking and giving demonstrations. I Three years aso Lee Hoffman took an option on the block bounded by 1 nira ana rourtn, t-ine ana Ann streets, agreeing to forfeit lit), 000 If the block were not purchased In three years at 3250.0(10. He pnld over t"0.- (100 yesterday, no doubt as the forfeit, though the agreement la still good for 30 days. l.eft-Hand Turn for Street t orn. TORTLAND, Sept. 23. (To the Edi tor.) The new traffic law uses the word "vehicle." The following Is Webster's definition of that word: "Any kind of a carriage moving on land either on wheels or runners, com prehending coaches, chariots, bugxlea, wagons, carts of every kind, sleighs, sleds and the like: a conveyance." The definition would appear to In clude street eara In the term "coaches." Then, why don't the street car company comply with the left hand turn requirements In the pre scribed district, particularly with Its Vancouver and St. Johns cars? INgUlRER. Two Anto Warnings tilvrn. Boston Transcript. S'.gn seen on Chicago boulevard: "Autos will slow down to a walk." Sign In London, O.: "Drive slow and see our town. Drive fast and see our in II."