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TTTE MORNING OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23,' 1921
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A. FLEA FOB BCRRRXDER OX CAJfAL
TOLLS.
Postponement of action on Sen
tor Borah's bill to revive exsmp
l tlon of coastwise ships from Panama
' canal tolls ts recommended by the
Springfield Republican on the
ground that action by congress during-
the Washington conference
"would probably affect the negotla-
tlona and possibly hamper the Amer
ican delegates," also that it would
be "offensive diplomacy." Of course
these are not the only reasons. An
other Is that the British Interpreta
tion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
has been Indorsed by Ellhu Root,
cne of the American delegates.
But the real reasons given are
that the middle west objects to toll
exemption as discrimination In favor
of the Atlantic and Pacific coast and
again the Mississippi valley and
that "the transcontinental railroads
have reason to complain if their
maritime competitors are to be espe
cially favored by the free use of a
canal for the building of which the
whole American people were taxed."
The cry of discrimination raised
in the middle west might have some
cauwe If the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers had ceased to flow to the gulf
or to be navigable. While they re
main open, the middle west can ship
Its goods to New Orleans and thence
by ocean vessels to the Pacific coast,
exempt from canal tolls If exemp
tion should be revived. . That oppor
tunity is as open to them as it Is to
the people of the Columbia valley
to ship to Portland and hence by
ocean vessels to New Orleans.
It is too late to call Improvement
of waterways, whether In the United
States or on the isthmus, out of
taxea an injustice to the railroads.
That was an established policy when
the railroads were built, and the
builders knew It. Whether they will
ultimately gain or lose by the canal
is an open question. They will lose
long-haul, transcontinental traffic.
but they will gain by the greater
density of population on the Pacific
coast and by the Increased volume
of short-haul traffic which it will
develop. If the middle west had
enterprise enough to develop and use
Its waterways, population along
them would become denser and
short-haul traffic thence to the back
country would yield profit to the
railroads. The last state of the rail
roads may easily prove better than
the first.
Mr. Root Is not the only one of
the American delegates who may be
embarrassed by having opposed toll
exemption. Senators Lodge and Un
derwood also voted against It In
1911. With the knowledge of Sen
ators Root and Lodge the repub
lican platform declared for it and
they are exposed to embarrassment
by the voters if they oppose it. Pres
'dent Harding In his speeches de
clared for repeal of the law passed
at Mr. Wilson's dictation, and there
is good reason to believe he will do
his utmost to put his policy In effect.
We have better cause to expect that
Mr. Root and Mr. Lodge will live up
to the latest pledge of their part)
and that Mr. Harding will hold them
to It than that they will stand by the
opinions they held seven years, or
that Mr. Harding will forget the
pledge he gave a year ago.
By all means let the canal con
troversy be settled by diplomacy if
possible rather than that It should
cause discord .at a juncture when
friendly co-operatlon between the
two nations most concerned is
needed. If diplomacy fall, the In
terpretation of the treaty should be
referred to arbitration by represen
tatives of disinterested nations or to
the world court that is about to be
established. But American 'eights
should not be given up as part of a
tacit bargain, as they were in 1814.
If an impartial tribunal should find
sgalnst the American contention, its
verdict would promptly be accepted.
Until the justice of our claim Is con
ceded or until that verdict Is ren
dered. It should be maintained.
AX ONLY WAY OCT.
Wherever Roy Gardner is in hid
ing he is reading the newspapers.
The man has an itch for print. Then,
too, he is awaiting the comment that
will arise from his plea to President
Harding, wherein he attests his sin
cere hunger for reformation and a
chance to go straight. If, as has
been assumed, he Is reading the
news with care it is not improbable
that his glance has chanced upon
the story of Robert Lukens, another
convict, who Is on the way to re
habilitation. It may give him food
fcr thought.
The road called straight is not an
easy one. Men who desert It do not
turn back at any by-path. Yet It
can be regained. To many observers
11 seems that Gardner has taken the
wrong turning, while Lukens Is near
to his goal. Lukens entered Ne
braska stats'penltentlary under a
life sentence and forthwith declared
that he was going out again. So far
the records tally, for Gardner went
to the federal prison with fifty years
of expiation before him, and as'he
entered bade his Jailors guard him
closely. He, too, was going out. But
the methods of exit differed. Lukens
worked for his, worked through long
days of Imprisonment, and long
years, to gain the good opinion of
the state and to regain the confi
dence of his former fellow citizens.
Hi sentence was commuted to ten
will
am.
, leave his prison to take up life aga
I Ho confidence begetting has been his
'.conduct, so thorough his elf school
' ing, that he will re-enter the world
as a trained business man with a
place and salary waiting for him.
Gardner chose the shorter but more
hazardous course of escape.
In choosing it he but prolonged
Ins penalty.. It Is obvious that the
daring of the man, his debonair
bearing, however they may excite
popular admiration, will have little
bearing on a favorable consideration
of his plea for parole. The law can
rot and the president will not treat
with an escaped convict, assure him
Immediate consideration, at the pre
cise moment when he Is flouting
the law. The law is not given to
dickering. It cannot promise him
special consideration In any event,
though he should volunteer to sur
render and return. Gardner must
win these guerdons as Luk'ens won
them. For there Is a way out of
jail.
WHEXf
Making the democratic party
bone-dry will be quite a Job. Tet
certain unimaginative and unln
formed democrats, hopeless of the
future, are proposing It. They will
not get far with It. Mr. Bryan tried
t, and failed. The only result was
final and' Irremediable loss of
prestige In his own party for the
man whom It had thrice nominated
for the presidency.
It Is not necessary to revive the
old accusation, or to ..pass on Its
truth, that the democracy la the
party of free whisky, to say that It
s not, and cannot be, the party of
prohibition. When it comes out for
prohibition, making of prohibition
its cardinal tenet. It will cease to
oe the democratic party, just as
Bryan left the democracy when he
became a prohibitionist.
If any democrat, prohibitionist or
otherwise, is disposed to disagree
with the view that one cannot be
both a democrat and a (party) pro
hibitionist, let him study the history
cf the democratic party. Its cardinal
principle,- ingrained In the body of
its belief and practice from the first.
u that It Is the party of free opinion
and Individual liberty. In a state ex
ercising the least possible 'authority
over the rights and privileges of Its
citizens. When did the democratic
party as a party come out for the
doctrine that the true theory of gov
ernment is power for the state and
rot liberty for the individual?
jazz opposition.
The other day In speaking of tbe
State Fair and the 125 Exposition,
The Oregonlan remarked that "the
two are enterprises differing In mag
nitude and scope but with compara
tive benefits alike."
The statement Is disputed by the
Salem Capital-Journal. In the first
place, we are reminded by the Salem
paper that the state furnishes all the
money for the state fair. So it does.
But thts Is the first time the In
triguing argument has been ad
vanced that the benefits from a pub
lic institution depend Inevitably
upon the source of its support. We
had never given the matter thought
before, but it seems to us that if
Salem were paying for the state fair,
and conducting as good a fair as the
tate fair board now does, and
thereby attracting the same variety
rf exhibits and as great a public in
terest as no doubt it would in such
circumstances the benefits would
be just as noticeable as they now
are.
We are also Informed by the Sa
lem newspaper that it is not true
that "the two are enterprises dif
fering In magnitude and scope but
with comparative benefits alike,"
recause one is to be bigger than the
other! It ts a difficult argument to
follow even when one has the full
text before him:
There la no eomparieon between the
state fair and the propoaed 192& Portland
exposition. If the atate fair board aaked
for three milliona of dollare from the tax
payera to etase an expoeltlon at. fialem In
the mldet of hard tlmea and esceeslve tax
ation, the Capital-Journal would object
Juat aa atrenuoualy aa It doea to the Port
land prnpoaal. although the beneflta to
Salem might be sreater than the beneflta
expected by Portland. It would not be fair
to taxpayere and the beneflta reeultlns not
worth tbe price.
Perhaps the Salem objector Is Just
hitting out blindly when It argues
that the benefits from a big fair will
not, as do those of a small fair, ex
tend beyond its situation because it
costs more. Perhaps it is trying to
be funny. Or perhaps In this Jazz
fashion it Is only endeavoring to em
phasize its opinion that the benefits
will not be worth the tax placed
upon the property owners.
The Issue in fact Is whether the
taxpayers are going to get value re
ceived for their money whether the
tax money they expend is going to
be returned. He who thinks it will
not be has a right to his opinion and
a right to express It, but the public
must doubt the sincerity of any ob
jectors who, like the Capital-Jour-ral.
Insists that whatever benefits
may come from the 1925 exposition
will not be shared by the state at
large.
A BILL TO KILL COMPETITION.
Some dairy Interests and manu
facturers are attempting to elimin
ate from the market filled milk, a
compound of skim milk and cocoa
nut oil. This compound Is labeled
ns what It is, its Ingredients are
.'tated and any person who offers It
for sale as milk, not as a milk com
pound. Is liable to prosecution under
the pure food law. There is prac
tically no dispute as to Its healthful
ness, sensibly used together with
other foods. Then legislation against
it Is a bald attempt to put a com
petitor out of business.
Much legislation has been passed
to relieve the farmer of the adverse
results of the decline in prices that
have fallen on him in larger degree
than other members of the commu
nity and to give him equal oppor
tunity with others. These laws have
general public approval. They are
the result of Americans' instinctive
love of the square deal. The people
will not indorse legislation that is
evidently designed to drive out of
ruslness legitimate competitors with
farmers. .That is the purpose "bf the
filled milk bill. It Imposes oppres
sive taxes on manufacturers of and
dealers in filled milk. It would dis
criminate against manufacturers of
cocoanut oil and canners of milk
compounds and in favor of produc
ers and canners of whole milk.
This bill is not in the Interest of
Tood conservation, for it would pre
vent the best use of billions of gal
lons of skim milk, which is fed to
animals or thrown away when it
might, by addition of vegetable oil
to replace butter fat, be made hu
man food. It is questionable"
whetier farmers would benefit by
years, and within two years ha
I Its enactment, for by making a more
remunerative market for skim milk
'he manufacture of compounds may
enhance the price of whole milk,
The chief sufferer by the new in
dustry seems to be the canner of
condensed milk, for one of the lead
ers In that line has complained that,
if not checked, the filled-mllk indus
try would force him to make milk
compounds in self-defense and to
make a large addition to his plant
against his will. That plea for legis
lative interference with the natural
law of competition la unique, and
constitutes its own refutation.
NEVER AGAIN,
Varying points of view were cer
tain to artse from the muck of the
Arbuckle ease. It Is well that these
Co not differ In the Important con
clusion that tbe tragic expose pre
sents a condition which must be ren
ovated. The accomplishment of this
is entirely the affair of the motion
picture Interests, for It were futile to
expect that the law, however vigi
lant, could remedy the moral defects
cf an entire Industry. The law will
aid. and sternly, but the salvation of
the Industry is with its principals.
And however this be accomplished,
or whenever it may be achieved, the
fact remains that the American pub
lic Is done with Arbuckle. Cancel
lation everywhere of the photoplays
cf the fat comedian Indicate an ap
preciation of this fiat within the In
dustry Itself.
It has been argued by an occa
sional disputant that Arbuckle's
films are untainted by his act, un
smirched by the odium of his private
life, and that It is folly to deny our
selves the pleasure of wholesome
laughter merely because the creator
of this mirth has removed himself
from tolerance. The Stan wood
(Wash.) News supports this conten
tion editorially, arguing that we
might as well declare a ban on the
enjoyment of certain works of liter
ature produced by men whose lives
have been blemished by their own
waywardness as to deny ourselves
the merriment of an Arbuckle comic.
By way of comparison the News ar
raigns Shakespeare, Byron, Burns,
Poe, and O. Henry. Such argument
Is Idle and pointless, as it is Insulting
f Intelligence. No common ground
of comparison exists, either in the
life records of these men of gerlus.
or In the relative value or tneir
product to humanity.
Does the fact that Poe, an embit
tered but Immortal singer and ra
conteur, was a drunkard fill hit
readers with unutterable lothlng for
the great tales he told, the silvern
songs he sang? ur the circum-
rtance of O. Henry's prison term for
a minor offense Influence against
the charm and truth of his stories?
To a certain point jwe are tolerant of
the weakness, the lapses, of others
and more than tolerant of the slips
of genius. But in tbe laughable
buffoonery of Arbuckle there is noth
ing of permanence, nothing worth
preservation, nothing that will en
dure beyond today. He would be
the strangest of mortals, the most
obtuse to moral reactions, who
could today or tomorrow witness the
filmed antics of the ex-star without
a vast and natural repugnance. His
films have ceased to.be funny. They
could never be funny again. We do
riot laugh when we loath.
It may be that the law, outwitted
by reluctant witnesses, will never
exact from Arbuckle the full meas
ure of expiation. It may even hap
pen that be will go free, and that
hy&terlcal morons will shower him
with pitying tears. Stranger things
have happened. But for all that the
public will know in its heart that
he and tils ilk are splotched with
eprosy, and will take no joy In him
(.gain. The big, fat, good-humored
clown of yesterday will remain the
tragic, terrible figure that he is to
day. Because of this, a dozen years
from now, parents will not wish to
have their children see him on the
screen. It Is lncontestably true that
the pictures in which he appears
might be viewed without harm. But
(Ike a great many other statements
of fact, this somehow does not serve
to reassure. There are wholesome
sources of laughter everywhere.
It Is not only the public privilege.
but the public duty, to require that
those who entertain it shall not be
moral outlaws. We demand a no
puritanical, smug-faced piety- from
these folk who profit by our patron
age, we expect inem to oe no more
than ordinarily decent. It were well
that the Arbuckle case be long re
membered, lest we forget. Even
now the motion picture producers
are taking heed of its lessons. One
cf the largest firms has inserted in
:t contracts with players a clause
requiring "due regard for public
conventions." A wisely bethought
provision that will tend somewhat to
curb the homicidal horseplay of
folk who have quaffed too heavily
of public favor.
ARMAMENT AND THE FAMILY BUDGET
Reduction of armaments was
shown to concern directly every
family In the United State by
George W. Norris, governor of the
Philadelphia federal reserve bank,
in a speech quoting the ratio of gov
ernment expenditures to each family
of five in the United States, Britain,
Italy and France before and after
the war. The combined pre-war ex
penditures of the four nations for
military purposes have more than
trebled, their debt charges have
increased ninefold, their total ex
penditures have increased ninefold.
In the United States debt expendi
tures have Increased from $1.15 to
$41. 25 per family, military expendi
tures from $21.10 to $54.10. all
other expenditures from $8.75 to
$117.45. a total of $214.80 per family
as compared with $88 before the
war.
Conceding that there la room for
economy in general expenditures.
Mr. Norris does not see bow tbe
services rendered by the government
can be cheapened materially. There
fore he is "driven Irresistibly to the
conclusion that the one place where
a large, wise and permanent reduc
tion can be made is in our military
expenditures," which will cost $787,-
000,000 thts fiscal year. But In so
doing we cannot be Indifferent to
the fate of Europe, for its govern
mental, owe us ten billions and its
cltltzens five billions, so we have a
otake of fifteen billions in their
solvency. They are our principal
customers for a very large share of
our raw materials and for a consid
erable amount of our manufactures,
but "thev cannot buv from us In
anything like normal quantities" and
'until their buying power Is re-
riored we cannot hope to see good
business and real prosperity in this
country." In order to' help our
selves we must help them to help
themselves. Our military charges
hamper our business, bu the far
heavier charges of the other nations
hamper it also. None of them can
take the risk of disarming while
ether nations remain armed, but if
all with Japan agree to a radical
reduction or not to increase arma
ments, "there is light ahead."
Here we find the logical connec
tion' between taxation and arma
ment, between American and foreign
armament, between armament in
general and prosperity, between the
prosperity of this nation and that of
other nations, and between prosper
ity for all nations and security from
war. Our best opportunity to re
duce taxes is to reduce armament.
We cannot do that unless other na
tlons disarm In proportion. They
will not unless all do likewise. None
will without other security against
war. Given that security, all would
reduce armament and with it mili
tary expenditures. Their govern
ments would then become solvent,
their people more prosperous and
able to buy more and to pay their
debts to this country. Much has
been said and written of American
help to Europe by extending credit
to revive Industry there end thus to
increase buying power, but economic
Instability due to governmental in
solvency or depreciated credit stands
In the way. Then Europe's recovery
must begin with its own effort to re
store Its credit by reductng govern
t-ient expenditure within income. In
larger degree than with us the best
opportunity lies In reducing military
outlay.
At this point America can help
most effectively. The ' nations of
Europe dare not reduce military
forces while many war-fires smol
der, ready to burst Into flame.
France will not disarm until Ger
many is completely d Inarmed or
while there Is danger that the mon
archists may overturn the republic,
unless assured of support from other
nations in event of attack.. Germany
.tecretly remaina armed in readiness
to resist an adverse decision on Si
lesia or for civil war between repub
licans and monarchists or for a new
attack on France. When the war
between Greece and Turkey has
been fought out. a settlement will be
due which may cause the nations to
leap at each other's throats. Poland,
though bankrupt, dare not disarm in
fear of attack by Russia on the east
or Germany on the west. National
interests are so Interlocked that war
no sooner breaks out between two
nations than others leap Into the
fray with tbe same impulse that
leads many present to join in a riot.
The United States alone has not only
the material and manpower to stop
the riot but the moral Influence to
prevent it.
When the conference meets at
Washington, these considerations
will Inevitably come up as bearing
on armament. It will be found that
amicable adjustment of affairs in
tbe far east and the Pacific will not
afford adequate basis for an agree
ment, but that the adjustment must
embrace affairs in Europe and the
near east. Our delegates will realize
that, although the United States has
no Interest In disputes that . may
cause war In Europe or western
Asia, it has a decided interest in
peace, therefore in settlement of
those and possible future disputes in
a manner which shall prevent war.
We do not care a nickel for Silesia
or Asia Minor, but peace in those
regions would help us to cut several
dollars from that $214.80 a year that
our government costs each family.
The people of the Pacific northwest
care less about those old-world
countries than do those of the At
lantic coast, but they care about
world peace and prosperity, for
these would help them to sell more
wheat, wool, fruit, fish, meat, lum
ber at better prices to the nations
which in a sense wear rags and use
rag money In order to pay the cost
of great armies and navies.
Who has not. adventuring in fic
tion, been introduced to the Aztec
princess whose lightest glance
course through the blood like
flame? Not merely beautiful, y'un
derstand, but additionally armed
with that rare grace which Is a
heritage from ancient kings, and all
that sort of thing. Inevitably, in. all
such stories, she knocks 'em cold.
The cavaliers of civilization, inured
to ordinary and extraordinary pul
chritude, lose their hearts to her
without more ado. Recently there
was a beauty contest in Mexico. Its
participants were Indian girls. For
tune and the susceptible judges
favored Senorlta Maria Beblna Uribe,
whose halftone likeness even now
lifts enigmatical eyes from the
printed page. And an old dream
dies. Tho most beautiful Indian girl
ir) Mexico, where Aztec princesses
rove three to the square mile, is
comely enough but far, very far,
from complete cardiac, disturbance.
On or off the reservation she would
not occasion a romantic riot. Here
after we shall stick to fiction.
Traffic officers will, in time, be
lieve most men are liars. When
they catch an offender in fragrant
delictu otherwise "boozy" breath
be Insists he is sober. Sometimes he
It able to convince a judge that he
is on appeal.
Death of a man from north-end
whisky ought to be warning that
wood alcohol will get tbe drinker in
any surrounding;. Prohibition works,
there's no doubt of it, and not in a
mysterious way, either.
The sinking of the R-( was an ac
cident, whether unavoidable re
mains to be proved. Those things
do not happen at a dock without
contributory cause.
Some professional beggars admit
they make as much as $10 a day,
which shows the number of super
stitious givers in this city Is not fall
ing off.
If old Boreas will just get these
winds and rain off hia chest today
and be a good sport the rest of the
week he will suit Oregon.
That Wilson foundation 'fund will
cot be gathered until the Christmas
bills are in and paid. Wise old
democrats!
Arrange today for an early start
tomorrow. Tbe early bird gets tbe
worms at Salem.
Mary and Doug have sailed for
Europe, leaving tbe case to rattle on
In Nevada.
The man held for driving while
intoxicated makes the loudest ap
peal. All those eugenlsts in session in
New York; cow, bow did they set la?
The Listening: Post,
By DeW Itt Harry.
H.
B. GRONDAHU a local prose
poet, yields to the spell of the
, muse on reading of a $15,000 whisky
theft in New Tork. He tells his story,
and then, with a delicate touch, con
fesses that he is little different from
the rest of man. for he Is going, too,
by thunder!" The affecting little poem
Just crammed with morals follows:
"Out on Sixth street George Carrlsso
has a rag and paper shop, that ts
watched by Pelegrino, who's a good
Manhattan wop. There's another
watchman, too. De Santls is his name,
but he'a thought to be a henchman,
who would help the holdup game.
"Well, this paper shop of George's
Isn't what lt'a aaid to be, for there's
now a drunken orgy, and then a
wholesale spree. At best It's dread
ful risky to have outsiders think that
a rag shop harbors whisky for th
citixens to drink.
"So came a dosen bandit boys with
lead pipes in their hands, making
Just as little noise as Poland's naval
bands. The smell of liquor wafted
through the knot boles In the boards;
as to their hearts the scent they drew,
their pulses beat like Fords.' s
"I wonder why this awful stuff
completely stifles reason. These fel
lows grew extremely rough, which
isn't done this season. They seized
the watchman by his hair (the one
who's square, I mean), and tbe way
they done him then and there, I'm
glad I never seen. i
"They then looked In among tha
rags to see what they could see, and
they found a million Jags in dosen
kegs of old Whisky. So out onto some
trucks they rolled a fortune's worth
of plunder, and acrambled for the
woods. I'm told; I'm going, too, by
thunder!"
a a
Roseburg cannot be so different
from most bustling cities, if J. W.
Tollman's observations are considered
at their face value. Tollman haa pre
pared a set of "Roseburg society and
fashion notes" and he has s wary eye.
ludging from what he writes. The
possibilities are that he does not re
veal all he sees. Here are some typi
cal travesties:
"I met a fair one on the street re
cently, the last word In 1SJ1 loveli
ness, her dress well above two feet, a
dainty foot tobogganing from a five
inch heel, in training for a toe dancer,
I presume. Said dainty feet had two
symmetrical supports leading up. The
parting glance I gave them they were
still going up. On her attire above
the waiBt line, I believe they call it
lingerie, my searching eyes llngeried.
but I thanked my lucky stars I was
not the victim to keep it in repair."
'They say . love la blind, if so "the
lover' Is missing a whole lot."
"When walking the streets now. one
scarcely hears the old familiar ex
pression 'out. of sight.'"
"The ladles must think we are all
from Missouri."
"The poet speaks of the 'hidden I
charms.' Oh well; that was some
time ago."
"An eminent eastern doctor a few
years ago In a lecture stated In his
practice he noted thin ladies were
more sensitive to cold than plump
ones. I cannot help noting how true
that is. On our streets the thinner
they are, the longer their dresses."
Vlaeajarettes.
There Is a young girl in Portland
who has a spicy manner of comment
ing on every-day . happenings. Her
comments are in the nature of sharp
sarcasm and she coins them seem
ingly at will. Here are a few ex
amples:
When many men get what they
want they decide that they don't want
it after all.
- Never try to take a man from an
other girl. ' The ones that fall are
seldom worth the trouble.
A pretty hat and a smiling face
make more friends than a mannish
sailor and a frown.
People who are forever getting out
of bed on the wrong side in the morn
ing never get in on tbe right side at
night
All sturdy oaks are not In the mar
ket for clinging vines.
It Is as wearing on your disposition
i it is on your clothes to have to sit
around with nothing to do.
Sunday, the day of rest to some
people, is the time when the p. w. g.
does her week's washing. Irons It,
shampoos her hair, manicures her
nails and tops a perfect day with a
two-bit movie, if she Is lucky in a
beau who can afford to take her.
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According to a local jeweler who
sells many engagement rings, the
coming of platinum and athletics for
women, among many uses, have cre
ated a tendency to fit ths ring to the
girl's occupation or station In life.
No longer la one standard type of ring
in use: they are a different as pos
sible. It is all according to vocation
and recreation.
The stenographer or bookkeeper
gets one kind, the tennis player a
totally different style. Nothing deli
cate for the girl athletically Inclined,
for if she drives a car, plays golf or
tennis the band of finely wrought
workmanship will not do. She should
choose a heavier, plainer style, ac
cording to this expert.
If they would wear them only for
evening parties dhe delicate might
serve the turn, but for all-day use
they must be prepared for the atraln.
The home girl may have a ring as
delicate as she pleases, but occupa
tion ahould govern the other choicea.
There are so many women in com
mercial and even trade lines these
days, it waa pointed out, that each
ahould consider carefully just how
much and how rough wear her ring
will receive.
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Front street Is not a beautiful sec
tion of the city, but at one time, ao
civic history tells us. a natural park
existed there and the Indians camped
among great trees on a soft natural
carpet spread as only Oregon can do
it. Now it is a region of cobblestones
and commission houses, where raw
hides and crates of chickens vie for
place with, sacks of cabbages and
boxes of fruit. The sidewalks are
cluttered with refuse, the street
jammed with trucks.
Yet amid all this clamor and bustle,
where thousands come daily in their
mission of feeding a great city, grow
ing from a crevice In the much-traveled
sidewalk and defying disaster,
tiiere is a beautiful spray of maiden
hair fern.
Those Who Come and Go. (
Tales af Falk at the Hotel
"Speaking ef trout," began J. A.
Eastes. former mayor of Bend, reg
istered at he Imperial, "the greatest
place in the world is Diamond lake.
I caught the record fiah this year. It
was a rainbow which was exactly
2tt feet in length. I went out with
a couple of ither people and the
three of us. In a short while, caught
sbout 24 and every rainbow was more
than two feet long." As evidence of
the truth Mr. Eaatea fished a num
ber of snapshots from his pocket, one
of which showed the record nsn do
Ing held beside a baby, and tbe rain
bow was larger than the inrant. air.
Eastes is enthusiastic over the Cen
tury drive, which starts and ends at
Bend. "There are six beautiful lake
on the drive," he explained. 'Los'
lake. Sparks lake. Devil's lake. Elk
lake. Big Lava lake and Little Lava
lake. The road has been made by
the government and Is a great at
traction for tourists. In a few years
it will be one of the established tour
ist side-trips in Oregon. Mr. Eastes
Is the man who has started to change
the ntmaMf Lost lake to Bend lake.
"There are three Tost lakes' in the
Cascades," said he, "and this makes
It confusing when person refers
to lost lake.' ao I want to appro
priate one of them and call it Bend
lake."
"Three revenue officers have been
killed in tbe railroad depot at Nash
ville.. Tenn.. for selling the hand
bags of strangers to search them for
liquor. Down our way men resent
officers' grabbing their grip or suitcase-
to look for liquor when the
officers have no warrant," said v. J
Kuhn of Nashville, who was a visitor
in Portland yesterday. "Before pro
hibition there were only a few alius
in the eastern part of Tennessee, and
now the stills sre everywhere and
there are amateur chemists working
night ad day." This -statement was
made at a meeting by our former col
lector of internal revenue. "U was
near Nashville that the government
had lta largest powder plant during
the war, and while operations there
have been curtailed, business In
Nashville Is moving along very well,
with the cotton and. other factories
In operation."
"The last concrete on the Oswego
section of the Pacific highway was
laid Saturday and about the end of
October this last section will be
thrown open," stated W. D. Clarke,
division engineer of the highway de
partment. "This is one of the highest
tv-pe of pavement In the state. It is
18 feet wide and is seven inches
thick snd reinforced. On the Mount
Hood loop the contractor who has the
job of surfacing between Sandy and
Cherryvllle is on the work. We ex
pect to have a one-way track rocked
this yesr between these points so that
the road can be used all winter. Be
tween Gearhart and Seaside the oave-
uient wilt be finished with a couple
of weeks of good weather. Mr.
Clarke, accompanied by N. J. Drew,
chief of the paving Inspection divi
sion, passed through Portland yester
day on the way to Clatsop county.
W. G. Talt. banker at Medford. Is at
the Hotel Portland.. One of the big
gest moves for the development of
the southern part of the state came
into being a few days ago when- Med
ford. Grants Pass, Ashland and Klam
ath Falls formed a consolidated cham
ber of commerce. One of the purposes
of the organisation la to develop the
string of attractions In that part of
the state so that tourists caa be In
duced to remain longer In southern
Oregon. By the coalition- of the sev
eral towns through the new chamber
of commerce It is expected that much
can be accomplished Industrially and
otherwise for the district.
It was from the McGllvray quarry
at Redmond. Cal., that the granite for
the Multnomah courthouse was taken.
A. B. McGllvray. one of the five
brothers who own the quarry, has
ben at the Imperial with his wife.
The McGllvray boys were taught the
stone business from quarry to
masonry. They have contracts for
building In San Francisco. The build
ing strike Interfered with one con
tract, so the five brothers proceeded
to go on the Job and do the work
themselves. This they did. and they
finished the contract within the speci
fied time.
Dangling from the watch chain
of B. E. Brodle of Oregon City, as he
tramped Portland pavements yester
day, was a small white elephant,
carved out of bone, or perhaps it
was Ivory. Anyway. the watcl
charm possesses a certain signif
icance. Inasmuch as Mr. Brodie has
been recommended for appointment
as United States minister to Siam,
the land of the sacred white elephant.
The Oregon senators said, while here
recently, that they have pretty strong
hopes of landing the Job for the Ore
gon City newspaper man.
Orr1 the Coqullle river, three miles
east of Bandon. which makes It al
most on the Pacific ocean. Is Prosper.
It has a couple of canneries and a
sawmill. E. E. Foss, who is man
ager of the sawmill and has a gen
eral merchandise store. Is at the
Hotel Portland. Also, when at home,
Mr. Foss Is the postmaster. He says
that while there Isn't much doing in
the lumber industry at present, the
sawmill Is still operating.
Off of the ranges of Harney coun-J
ty, which la still a genuine cattle
country, comes Pat Donegan, buck
aroo, if you please. Mr. Donegan,
who is registered st the Imperla'.
Is ths brother of James J. Donegan.
who made the fight "for babies
againat biroV' in the Malheur lake
campaign. Brother Jimmy waa re
cently recommended for appointment
to the land office at Burns.
According to W. F. Tullle. regis
tered at the Hotel Portland from
Seattle, the people in bla town are
beginning to find their old optlmietii
spirit reviving, and several manu
facturers are looking forward to goed
business within a very short time.
Jason C. Moore of Summer lake is
among the arrivals at the Hotel Ore
gon. Mr. Moore's efforts to develop
the lake by extracting salts from It
consumed a considerable part of a
session of the legislature.
Herman Offenbacher Is at the Hotel
Oregon from Applegate. on the Apple
gate river, Jackson county. In the
Siskiyou mountains. - The past sum
mer there have been an uncommon
number of prospectors sampling the
hills.
W. R. Holmes, cashier of the Wal
lows National' bank, at Enterprise, Is
registered at the Hotel Portland. J. J.
Cunningham, a Walla Walla banker.
is registered at the same place.
R. 8. Dixon, a stockman of Fort
Klamath, Or.. Is at the Imperial. This
is In the Wood river country and is
considered one of the finest spots in
Oregon for tha cattle business.
A J. Lennon of Seattle Is at the
Hotel Portland. Mr. Lennon recently
aold out his interest in the Portland
atore bearing hia name.
W. H. Lee. 'registered at the Mult
nomah, has completed the paving con
tract for the city of Dallas. Polk
county.
Burton Oney, ranger of the 'orest
service office at Laplne, is at the
Imperial.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Coprrla-ht, Hoashtoa-Mlf flla C.
Caa Yea Aimer These Qaratlnnaf
1. Is the peacock's "fan" really a
tall?
2. Will skunks kill snakes?
1. How many fish hatcheries are
there in the United States?
Answers in tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
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Aaawrra ta Previous Questions f
1. Do elephants use their tusks to
fight with?
Yes. In the wild state the tusks are
useful In food-getting. Elephants eat
certain roots which they grub out
with their forefeet and break ud with
the tusks. They are also fond of
some kinds of bark and can rip anil
loosen it with the tusks.
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2. Why does frost hurt trees and
plants more than freezing weather?
Because In winter the sap has run
down to storage in the roots, leaving
branches practically dry. But In
spring when sap is rising, it fills the
shoots and unfolding leaves with
moisture, which i freezes in a frost,
forming minute'lce crystals within
the plant tissues. Sometlmra a frost
ed plant can be saved by slow thaw
ing, which allows the Imprisoned
water to go back slowly Into the cells,
from which the process of freezing
had withdrawn It.
e
S. What makes metallic colora in
some birds' feathers?
The "metallic" effect is due not so
much to pigment as to the structure
of the feathers. These have minute
rldgea that catch and reflect light
something as a prism does, and pro
duce on the eye a bright gleam that
is different from the actual color of
the pigment.
RED FLAG IMPROPERLY PLACED
Antoiat Complains of Inadequate
Warning on Highway HI1L
McMINNVILLE, Or.. Sept. 26 (To
the Editor.) There are many things
to correct along the paved highways
of the state of Oregon and many
ways of correcting them
Recently I was motoring between
Dundee and West Dayton and the
driver, a lad of 18, and who has never
had an accident or been censured for
reckless driving, hit the hill and the
cut at the north end of what la called
the "McNary Hill." that Is, th hill
where Mrs. McNary met her untimely
death.
The cut at this point Is perhaps It
feet deep and the hill Is not a very
abrupt one and the fill of the canyon
ts a good grade and can safely be
traveled at 20 miles an hour. I be
lieve that most autolsta make thla at
15 to 20 miles.
We started at about this gait and,
half way down the cut we saw a red
flag which was not visible until we
were within perhapa 60 feet of a
number of teama scraping dirt across
the pavement. A watchman waa about
the same distance or less from the
teams and when we hit the hill and
had great difficulty in stopping be
fore crashing Into a team broadsides,
we were met by a volley of oaths from
the men as a corrective measure.
Fortunately, our driver waa level
headed enough so that he saw a clear
passage and made It without a
scratch, but as far ss we could hear
them the men who were solicitous for
our safety were engaged in cursing
that particular driver.
Had a tragedy occurred there, the
fault would have been on the man In
charge of the algnallng for his short
slghtedness In not allowing the trav
eling public to be warned In time so
that a driver has a chance for his and
his passengers' safety.
Other complaints of this same situ
ation have come to my notice and
it Is flagrant. J. I. KNIGHT.
HOUSING PROBLEM IS DIFKICI'LI
Writer Sees Need for More Flats
Rentlna at Moderate Trice.
PORTLAND. Sept. 27. (To the Edi
tor ) It would seem appropriate to
some few of us at least If the hous
ing situation in Portland were more
fully discussed In the papers.
From' time to time opposition to
flats and apartments has sprung up.
at a time when almost any desir
able kind of building should be en
couraged. No city can expect to grow
without flats and apartment houses.
People coming from the east and
mlddJe west must have temporary
quarters, in which Portland Is woe
fully lacking. Portland real estate
men go east, get a superficial know
ledge of housing conditions, then
come home and congratulate them
selves that the housing condition
here is good. I wonder if any one
of them ever tried to find suitable
living quarters on an average salary.
Bungalowa In Rose City or any
other desirable district rent for 153
to $60 per month. Cost of heating,
garbage, water, etc. brings this to
about $75 per month. A man's In
come per month should be 6300 to
enable him to live comfortably un
der these circumstances, as the
amount spent for rent should not
exceed one-fourth of his Income.
How many men coming to Portland
have this Income?
A three or four-room apartment
averages about the same cost per
month, and the solution would seem
to be more up-to-date flats.
What difference does It make to
the neighborhood If a flat Is built,
providing It comes up to specifica
tion of restrictions? Who can pre
vent Irving-ton or other suburban
residents from renting housekeeping
rooms, and what Is the difference be
tween a residence renting house
keeping rooms snd a flat?
MRS. HOEBER.
THE WIND IX A DC'STY STREET.
It whirls,
And swirls
A -down the dustry street.
It sweeps.
And leaps.
. Each plodding aoul to greet.
A hush,
A rush.
It sneaks up from behind.
It whirls you round.
And I'll be bound.
It leaves you nearly blind.
It flirts
With skirts.
And fair ones are perplexed
To know.
By Joe. '
Just what it will do next.
Askance.
You glance.
Your mouth wide open, too;
When, biff! a gust
Swats you with dust
And gritty rock to chew.
O dust.
We must
Pasa down this street, you know.
Why creep
And leap
Upon us as we go?
Bam! biff!
A whiff
Of gravel, grit and hay
Enda your nice speech.
And with a screecht
You double-quick swav.
EVERETT EARLE STANARD.
More Truth Than Poetry.
t)y Janaes J. Maatagae.
Pt'ZZLRI).
(Mulal Hafld. before it "Ins tn war,
launches a rhymed curae on hia ene
mlea. thereby In many raaea licking
them belore a ehot la fired. I
When Mulal liafid goea to war
No rlflee blase their fiery breath,
No bombing aquadrona swiet. befjre
To scare the enemy to drain.
His guns are parked In tr.etr earns.
He needs them not to voioc It's
w ra t h ;
Nor does he need a firce rt.it-ruKO
To sweep an army from his path.
Not he; he writes a rhvminij cutse
Upon the hated focm;i's head
And when the latler reails -.he verse
Invariably It knocks him d,ad.
I We wonder often what he writes
This talented Moroccan bard.
What form of verse It Is that smites
A well-armed enemy ao hard.
What rhymes are these that men but
rt'ad
When they are taken from the mall
A single time, and then proceed
To shudder and turn deadly pale?
If verse contains the power to lay
The instruments of war on shelves.
We think perhaps that we some day
May be a general ourselves.
And yet. although we've put our heart
In curses wrought with cunning
rhyme,
And tolled upon this noble art
Of late In all our leisure time.
We cannot somehow catch the knack;
The folka to whom we aend the
atuff .
Are prone too often to come back
And when they do, to get too rough.
The thing has worried us a bit.
It's put a dent in our conceit.
Try as we will, we must admit
That Mr. Hafld has us beat!
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Merely a Suaaeatlnn.
The best way to restrict Immigra
tion would be to ship all newly landed
Europeans direct to Mingo county.
West Virginia.
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Guess This Yourself.
Toung John D. haa gone to China,
but we don't know whether It's to or
ganise an oil trust or a Sunday school,
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There's a Reason.
Americans can freely travel In Ger
many now and Grover Bergdoll has
departed for Switzerland.
(Copyright by the Bell Syndicate, lne.)
A keen blade makes an open wound.
And crimson stains are bright,
And laws are made for bladw and
blood,
To keep man's conduct right;
But what of those m ho stab and slay
A human aoul and go away?
An open wound Is red and raw
Andi everyone may aee.
And thos who uae a knife, the law
Will punish lawfully;
But those who only stab the heart
May strike in safety and depart.
A keen blade makes an open wound.
A cruel wound and red.
And every man will cry that law
Upon Its course be sped;
But soulr are murdered everywhere,
And men out smile and call it fair.
A keen Made strikes and It Is done,
And all the world may know.
But through the years a poison
gnaws.
With deadly pain and slow;
But laws snd men heed but the blads.
Or ragged holes by bullets made.
In Other Days.
Tweaty-flve Wars Ago.
Prom The Oreconian of Heptember 2R. IfltMl
The new paator of the Congrega
tional church, the Rev. Arthur W.
Ackerman, has temporarily taken up
quarters at the Hill hotel.
There has been considerable talk
of late about the Inad vlmblllty of
using alatea In public schoola on ac
count of children spitting on them
to clean them and thereby transmit
ting microbe among the pupils.
The handsome mulberry tree which
has been growing for many years at
the corner of Third and Pine streets
haa been cut down to make room for
Improvementa
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oreconian of September 29, 1R?1.
Newport, H. I. A Bonaparte, grand
nephew of Napoleon I, married Car
oline Leroy Edgar, a granddaughter
of Daniel Webster,,, and the event
was scarcely noticed here, a few
days ago.
Grand Duke Alex . of Russia has
engaged himself to a German prin
cess, Mary Elizabeth of Prussia.
Excavations were started yesterday
morning for the construction of a
building with a frontage on First
street on Captain Ankeny's property.
It has been learned that Barney
Tralnor is going to run a free ferry
of skiffs from the foot of Stark street
or thla side of the river to the foot
of J street on the other side. x
Written Contract for Masra'alne.
PORTLAND, Sept. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Several weeks ago an agent
came to my door with a dictionary,
saying It was a premium with two
years and four months' subscription 1 1
a magazine. Taking his word for the
truth I subscribed. A few days later
the dictionary waa delivered and I
paid 81. thinking it applied on the
magazine, but in a few days another
collector came,, asking for a pay
ment on the mag-azin. I refused
to pay him. saying I had paid several
months In advance, but he said no;
that that applied on the dictionary.
He showed me the contract, saying
the "combination price" was 87 ($1
for the dictionary and 6 cents a copy
for the magazine )
I received no copy of the contract.
Can they compel me to pay more than
IS. 50 a year subscription price, or 16
for the two years and four months?
MRS. R.
The written contract controls 't
you signed It. If It Is one of tbe
better magazines for which you sub
scribed, probably If you will write
to the publishers that you misunder
stood the terms of the contract, de
sire to cancel It and return the dic
tionary, they will relieve you of your
obligations.
Aatl-rrohlbltlon Prophecy Recalled.
PORTLAND. Sept. 87. (To the Edi
tor.) A few years ago many busi
ness concerns In Portland had on
tafeir walls the picture of a street
showing deep mud holes, team
stalled, wagons broken down, grasses
and weeds growing In profusion and
the buildings In a dilapidated con
dition. The title of the picture waa
"Washinarton StTeet After Portlant
Goes Dry."
' Today Washington street Is a gran-1
monument to Industry and Inventive
genius. Its splendid condition and
appearance are a lie to the prophecy
of the pessimistic picture.
On the other hand, hats eff to th
man who said "prohibition does not
prohibit." WILLIAM BUTTON.
Justice.
By Grace E. Hall.