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OPEN COVENANTS. AND OTHERS.
The purpose of the local confer
ence on disarmament -or. more ac
curately, limitation of armament
vat, of course, designed to be help
ful to the national administration In
Its great plan for agreement among
the nations to minimize the dangers
of future wars. To that end the
resolutions adopted were exactly
what they should have been. They
appealed In emphatic terms for im
mediate limitation and for progres
sive, reduction of the burden of
armament. Nothing; more drastic
would be practical; anything less
specific would be disappointing and
ven tragic.
It Is interesting to note that every
call, all agitation, for open, meetings
of the Washington conference, so
that there may be no secret cov
enants, no back-room Intrigues, no
concealed designs formulated into
treaties, end In action similar to the
Portland resolution on the subject.
It demanded that the "largest pos
sible measure of publicity be given
to the proceedings of the confer
ence." Exactly so. Even the
World's Press conference at Hono
lulu, In considering a subject of vital
Interest to all newspapers, wanted
the meetings to be as open as is
"compatible with the public in
terest." Just what is the "largest possible
measure of publicity" must be de
termined by the conference itself.
In view of the unfortunate experi
ence at Paris, where all public meet
ings were staged and all real action
was taken behind closed doors, It
may be expected that the Washing
ton affair will decide that the public
Is entitled to know at all times what
Is going on, or what Is being dis
cussed, whether the doors are open
or shut.
PTRTHEA NEEDS OF THE PORT.
Friendly criticism of the port,
mich as that of Captain von der
Horst of the Dutch steamship Slm
aloer, should prevent the people of
Portland from sinking into a state of
complacent satisfaction with the im
provements that they have made
and should spur them to repair de
fects like those which he observed.
Only by so doing can we hold the
shipping business we have and gain
more from year to year. The race
for supremacy between ports on this
coast Is to be won by that which
offers the greatest economy and
safety in moving ships and handling
cargo. Masters of ships who are
familiar with many ports can tell us
where we fall short, and we should
act on the hints they give.
The bulk freight coming In by rail
goes mainly to municipal terminal
No. 4 to be loaded on shipboard.
General cargo is usually taken at
municipal terminals Nos. 1 and 2 or
at private docks in the upper har
bor, for it 19 mostly of local origin.
As the captain says, a ship must
move from dock to dock in order to
pick up the several lots of freight
that make up its cargo, and every
movement costs both time and
money. Economy of both requires
that the entire cargo be assembled
at one dock and loaded1 there. The
result would be cheaper operation,
quick turn-around, a higher reputa
tion for the jiort. These would be
reflected In lower charter rates and
a larger volume of ocean traffic. As
matters now are, collection of an
.entire cargo at one dock means
transfer by rail, often over the lines
of several companies, and payment
of freight and switching charges to
each line, with danger of delay when
a road gives priority to traffic orig
inating on its own line over that of
a competitor.
Reduction of these charges to a
minimum and prompt movement of
traffic within the port's limits can
best be effected by placing all rail
roads within the city and all ter
minals under single control, free
from any tie or obligation to any of
the main lines entering the city,
either by a municipally owned belt
line or by a distinct company which
would own and operate all Intra
urban lines under public supervision.
That Is the plan recommended by
General Beach, chief of army en
gineers, in his illuminating add-ress
to the chamber of commerce. It
would eliminate switching charges,
would probably reduce freight
charges within the city on goods
moving over two separate lines,
would cause cars to move over the
shortest route and would eliminate
discrimination against a competing
line's cars. It would make perma
nent that joint or common use of
terminals which is provided by the
Interstate commerce law for emer
gencies. As several years may be consumed
In gathering all the railroad prop
erty concerned under single owner
snip, we need quicker means of
remedying the situation to which the
captain calls attention. This may
be found ia a harbor tug and lighter
service, provided either by the Port
of Portland commission or by a
company subject to-- Its regulation.
Lighters are used In many great
ports to assemble cargo, and the situ
ation renders them almost indispen
sable in Portland. By their use the
smaller lots of freight could be
taken to a ship at the dock where
she loaded the bulk of her cargo,
and she could take goods on board
from the pier side and the water side
at one Unio, Dock apace would he
economlxed, and the need of increas
ing it would be deferred. Once in
the harbor, the ship would not need
to move until she started out to sea.
There Is no longer cause for hesi
tation about providing every facility
of a complete port. The spectacle of
seven big steamships loading at one
terminal and of five going out with
full cargoes on one day are the re
sults of what has been done to Im
prove the channel and build docks
and other harbor facilities. Com
pared with that, lighters are a small
matter and consolidation of railroad
terminals is a logical step forward.
ANOTHER CASUAL Ml RDER.
We are too lenient with thug ant)
footpad. The courts not infrequently
take into consideration the extent of
pilfering by the caught and .con
victed the extent of their lawless
gain and temper the sentenoe ac
cordingly. A lachrymose press weeps
for them, and a maudlin public feels
sorry for the hapless fellows. Quite
frequently their penitence Is so
touching that a parole frees them
long before the end of expiation. Is
it too fanciful to think that our leni
ency may be somewhat at fault for
the brutal murder of Jerry Powers,
who died because he resisted a
robber?
His killer now is confronted by a
charge of first degree murder, and
in due season will hang, if justice Is
administered. But. not even legal
retribution can restore to the victim
the life that Joe Hill took, as cas
ually as though he were shooting a
dog. If society is to profit by the
tragic sacrifice of this life, for it was
given in defense of the rights of so.
ciety. we must not neglect to make
the profession of the thug and gun
man less popular than now. We
must insist that every footpad, every
criminal who thinks to profit by rob
bery, be awarded the full rigor of
the law and this with an impartial
Interpretation of exact Justice that
sometimes must appear cruel. This
latest murder of many but teaches
us that each bandit or prowler is a
potential murderer.
Joe Hill killed because he valued
his liberty, the liberty that already
was forfeit through a criminal act.
For this he should and must render
to the state the poor recompense of
his own life. One need not pay a
glowing tribute to the viotlm to real
ize the contrast between the slayer
and the slain. In worth to society
one might heap the scale with such
as Joe Hill and never tip the bal
ance. Yet it is this price that we
pay and continue to pay for no other
reason than that we are considerate
of the criminal, who is so craftily,
so braxenly, inconsiderate of society.
MISSTATEMENTS OF FACT.
Some misconstructions of the
transportation act are constantly re
peated by men who should know
better, often maliciously to create
prejudice for political effect. The
conference of western governors re
cently offended in this particular,
though governors should keep In
formed on federal law.
The standard return on railroad
investment is often described as a
guaranteed profit, the impression
conveyed being that any deficit is to
be made good out of the public
treasury. The interstate commerce
commission is required to fix rates
which in its judgment will yield the
fixed return under efficient, eco
nomical management, but If its
Judgment should prove at fault and
the actual return should fall short,
the railroad is "out and injured" to
the amount of the shortage. The
commission aimed to allow 6 per
cent under the rate increase ef
fective August 26, 1920, but in the
first eight months of 1921 the rail
roads earned only 2.6 per cent. The
government will not make good the
difference between 2.6 and 6 per
cent, for it has guaranteed nothing.
There are also frequent references
to earnings on watered stock. The
commission does not base its calcu
lations on the stock and bonds of the
railroads, but on its own valuation
of the property actually used for
rairoad purposes. In deciding on the
advance last year. It adopted a
valuation about two billion dollars
les than that made by the railroads,
thus squeezing out the water. Talk
about watered stock is "old stuff."
One of the tricks of those who
support a bad case by appeals to
prejudice is to pretend that old
abuses long since abolished still pre
vail and to presume on popular Ig
norance by misrepresenting the law.
The two examples given should put
everybody on his guard against any
other statements emanating from
the same source.
KNEE BREECHES KEXT.
The funniest thing about Dame
fashion is that, though she affords
us many a chance for merriment, we
seldom avail ourselves of the boon.
Familiarity breeds neither contempt
nor mirth, in these instances, but an
apathetic tolerance. We cease to
have sense of humor. But the latest
ukase of the clothiers, that the Im
pending style for business men Is to
be knee breeches, should give an
impetus to such hilarity as cannot be
stifled nor Ignored. Airnost any man
can be dignified and presentable in
long trousers, but few there are who
can don knickers without arousing
the rude laughter of the godless..
It is of no avail to say that fash
ion Is cyclic. We know it. The ob
servation merely betrays the limita
tions of our tailors. Yet when
trousers succeeded knee breeches
doubtless there were most excellent
reasons for the new attire. Few
men. despite the traditions of ro
mance, were lightly In knickers. We
have but to fancy ourselves so at
tired to understand why. The bona)
legged man must have been a con
stant temptation to the village wits,
and the paunchy citizen must have
known sadly enough that the style
served to accentuate his equatorial
ponderosity. Oliver Wendell Holmes
began to write when the elders of
this nation still remembered, and
clearly, the styles of Washington's
day. Indeed, there are a few of the
old regime left to remind them. It
was one of these that the poet cele
brated in "The Last Leaf." and.
though he was half a century nearer
to the knee-breeches era than we, he
could not check a smile,
I know It la a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
But the old three-cornered hat.
And the breeches, and all that.
Are so queer!
Of course the fellow who wears
the knee breeches of the great game,
golf, is occasionally encountered, to
day. But he is linked in our regard
with the game Itself, and we are no
more surprised at his habiliments
than w6 are, to meet a, trainman,. 4n
overalls. This proposal to attire all
men in knee breeches, however, is
quite another thing. We had thought
we were-through with them in boy
hood, if not in Washington's time.
Nor can we prevent the suspicion
that the tailors, far from wishing us
well, are merely contriving to save a
yard of good wool cloth and charge
us Just the same.
As for fashions being cyclic, pish
and tush! It is our tailors who are
pound to the wheel. There has risen
no cry for knee breeches from the
populace. If these gentlemen of the
yardstick and goose will stand upon
their cyclic rights, what is to prevent
them from harking back to the
Roman toga for sartorial inspira
tion T Or the belted smock of early
Britain T Fancy the grocer, majestic
in his robes as old Marcus Aurelius,
slicing cheese!
HIGH COST OF SCHOOLS.
There was no exception made In
the law creating the tax conserva
tion and supervising eommisslon as
regards the school levy and in the
school levy the eommisslon has one
of its most delicate problems.
The district Is behind in Its build
ing programme, yet the voters re
cently refused to oontlnue a building
levy. Salaries have been raised but
the board insists that they are not
as high as elsewhere and that the
district is losing valuable Instructors
in consequence. Domestic science
and manual training have been
eliminated from some lower grades
but the board is loath to proceed
further in fear of public disapproval.
In consequence It is squeezing here
and wrtggling there in an effort to
make, the money that the taxpayers
are willing to contribute keep the
schools up to the established stand
ard. Twenty years ago the schools of
Portland district No. 1 cost the tax
payers 1125,770 a year. The district
was, of course, much smaller In both
area and' population than now. Last
year the tax bill for the district was
13,111,687.
But growth In area and school
population does not tell the whole
story. Taxfigures reveal also that
Ideas a9 to what school plant, course
of study and quality of instruction
the 'man who possessed property of
a tax value of J1000 twenty years
ago paid $2.90 a year to tha city
schools, the man who possesses
property of the same tax value today
pays 19.80.
The school levy (increased from
2.9 mills in 1901 to 9.8 mills in 192J,
or nearly 840 per cent. The levy of
1891 applied to the 1920 valuation
would have raised about $1,000,000
Instead of $3,000,000.. Tha levy of
no other major taxing unit increased
In that ratio. The city levy increased
about 200 per cent; the Port levy is
about the same as it wras 20 years
ago; the county levy increased about
137 per cent; the state levy about
160 per cent.
The cost of schools represents a
large share of the increase In tax
ation. Even so, probably the prop
erty owner who now struggles to
pay, and meanwhile contrasts school
plant and instruction provided in his
youth with school plant and variety
of public care and information given
his children, would not protest
greatly if he were convinced that
modernized educational methods In
sured a more competent, healthier
and better citizenship. It is linger
ing doubt as to the wisdom of some
school expenditures that worries
him.
TOO MUCH DICKERING.
At the hearing of the railroad
labor board which began on Wed
nesday it is esential that the cause
of the strike threat be kept clearly
to the front, and that it be not con
fused with other questions upon
which a strike vote has not been
taken by the employes. y
The strike has been called against
a reduction of 12 per cent in wages,
which was ordered by the labor
board and which has been in effect
since July 1. That is the question on
which the employes voted to strike.
The vote had nothing to do with a
further reduction of wages or with
rules.
By voting to strike, the employes
deny the authority of the labor
board to decide wage disputes. It re
mains for the board to make a final
effort to induce them to respect its
authority by calling off the strike.
If they refuse. It is the duty of the
board to make all the facts public,
that public opinion may render final
judgment, and that the executive
branch of the government may do
whatever is necessary to keep the
railroads in operation.
Too much disposition to negotiate,
to offer the employes Inducements
not to strike, to beg the railroad ex
ecutives to refrain from any action
that might strengthen the determi
nation to strike, is displayed by the
board. President Harding has some
what stiffened its spine, but there Js
still too much Jelly and not enough
bone In that part of its collective
anatomy. It seems to regard itself
too much as a board of mediation
and conciliation, when it was evi
dently designed to be a supreme
court of appeal In railroad labor af
fairs, relying on public opinion for
the efficacy of lis decisions.
This proneness to negotiate rather
than to ascertain the facts arid then
decide threatens to render the labor
sections of the transportation act
impossible to operate. It has led to
interminable hearings, which have
Intolerably delayed decisions, have
prevented many people from form
ing a clear idea of what It is all
about, and thus have made oppor
tunities for those who wish to un
dermine the authority of the board
and to muddle the issues. It has
entangled the board in a jungle of
words.
By offering the 1300 pending ap
peals on rules and the time which
they will consume as reasons for the
railroad executives to refrain from
applying for a further reduction of
wages, and by offering the same
arguments to the brotherhoods
against the strike, the board muddles
the issue now before it. That is a
threat to strike against an order al
ready made and long in effect. It
also makes an admission which is a
serious indictment of Its efficiency.
The board should not have per
mited Itself to be swamped with 1300
appeals from particular railroads in
regard to rules. By doing so it has
played into the hands of those men
high in the councils of the railroad
unions whose deliberate purpose is
to make the transportation act un
workable and thereby to force gov
ernment ownership, in the hope of
foisting the Plumb plan on the coun-
Itry and bolshevlzing the railroads.
The first number on this programme
was. to 'perpetuate tha' national
agreements as to rules that were
made under federal operation, thus
to continue practical control of all
roads in the hands of the few na
tional officers of the unions. This
and resistance to wage reductions
would so impoverish the companies
as to render efficient operation Im
possible and would discredit private
ownership, thus preparing public
opinion for public ownership.
The law requires'labor disputes to
be considered by boards ef adjust
ment composed of officers and rep
resentatives of employes on each
road. Only, when these boards fail
to agree Is appeal to the railroad
labor board provided. Evidently it
was contemplated that these appeals
would be few, but tha national
unions Instructed the subordinate
officers on each road to stand pat
for therules provided by the na
tional agreements, thus forcing an
appeal In each case and producing
most of the 2000 cases of which
1300 are still pending. The board
laid down certain principles which
should be observed In rules, but these
did not cover the main points of at
tack on the national agreements
inefficiency, which can be cured by
piecework, payment for time during
which no work -43 done, and sharp
lines of division between the work
of different crafts, which often-cause
half a dozen men to be employed on
a two-man Job. A board of business
men would make . short work of
these appeals, but the present board
uses them as a pretext for delaying
decision on any future wage question
for eight montha
Adjustment of railroad labor dis
putes demands a combination of the
firmness of a Judge with the prompt
action of a business executive. The
board has shown possession of
neither quality. By its tiroe,wastirtg
methods it plays into the hands of
the men who deliberately scheme to
break- down the transportation act.
By its efforts to cajole those who
defy it, It encourages further defi
ance. The railroad executives have dis
played lack of Judgment and of re
gard for the public interest by an
nouncing their intention to ask for a
further reduction of wages at the
precise Juncture when the brother
hood chiefs were to decide whether
to call a strike against the former
reduction. They may have turned
the scale in favor of a strike, and
they supplied the board with an ex
cuse for dickering when it should
have had to deal only with the clear
cut issue of disobedience to Its for
mer order.
If the board should prolong the
present, hearing beyond the date- al
ready set for the strike, it will con
sume more time to no good purpose.
A day or two devoted to hearing the
brotherhood chiefs should elicit in
formation whether they will call off
the strike or will persist in their
resolution to paralyze transporta
tion. President Harding may need
to stiffen the board's spine still
more, to suggest that it dam the flow
of insolent talk and demand that the
strike order be recalled. If then the
strike begins, the president may be
trusted to use all the power of the
law to keep the roads in operation,
and the people will know clearly
with what they contend.
When W. L. Jackson and Ralph It.
Cronise, young men, obtained con
trol of the Albany Democrat a few
years ago. The Morning Oregonlan
predicted success for them in build
ing a newspaper in keeping with the
growing business of the ctiy in which
they cast their lot. As a weekly
paper during Its first quarter cen
tury . under management of men
famous in Oregon politics and his
tory, and as a semi-weekly and daily
under Fred Nutting, the Democrat
strode along a step or two ahead of
the town's growth, reliable and de
pendable; it remained for the pres
ent owners to place it in the front
rank of what may be termed small
town journalism, befitting the Hub
city of Oregon. A week ago the
Democrat appeared in- a new dress,
much larger and printed on a new
fast - running press, appropriately
called a "Progress Edition." The
men who have done this show their
faith in the future of Albany and
Linn county and it is not misplaced.
A month hence about the" only
men In Washington who will appear
distinguished will be those who do
not wear gold lace and decorations.
The great majority will be members
of the various missions to the con
ference, who will look "all dressed
up like a Christmas tree." as Lord
Fisher used to say of himself when
wearing all hi9 decorations.
The British battleship Renown,
taking the Prince of Wales to India
for a visit, is carrying eleven black
cats as mascots. A few bomb-proof
shelters and plenty of dry powder
would be luckier yet.
Bend has a teacher who "licks."
One "victim" Is 16 and was guilty of
truancy. Some parents are aroused
by her temerity, forgetting a teacher
does not punish for the fun in it.
An Omaha actuary says in time
man may live to be 300; woman too,
of course. It will depend on food
mostly and care of the little ills. But
who would. If he could?
Next time the Hungarians embark
on a king-making jaunt, they'd
better pick out a king with gumption
enough to be worth fighting for.
A haul of thirty-seven men from
one place for gambling shows the
moral wave is not waving and the
raiding is good.
Luckily this government ruling on
beer prescriptions comes after the
acute stage of the paper shortage
has passed.
If the attorneys of "Fatty" were
real resourceful, they might show
Virginia was struck by lightning.
No doubt the prohibitionists will
take Immediate steps to improve the
health of the republic.
A Seattle man has been awarded
alimony and that is equal rights with
a vengeance.
Herrlck of Oklahoma is an Inci
dent, while Blanton of Texas is Im
possible. Ex-King Charles seems to have
made goulash of his Hungarian ven
ture. If Jake Hamort's widow wants to
marry again, it's her "funeral."
How about that Thanksgiving tur
key, tout weeks Irom today!
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leose Caaa Baer.
An interesting guest in Portland is
Mrs. Reginald Eyre of Vancouver.
B. C, who will be remembered as
Marie Baker, second woman with the
Baker stock company during the sea
son of 1911-'12. Miss Baker was here
When Alice Fleming and Harry Hll
llard were playing leads. It was dur
ing this season that Mayo Methot
played the little boy role in "Alias
Jimmy Valentine." Mayo is the only
member among the present company
who played during Miss Baker's en
gagement and last evening they had
a visit together at the theater. Mrs.
Eyre's husband is a well-known bar
rister in the Canadian elty, and since
her marriage six years ago Mrs. Eyre
has forsaken the stage, appearing
only occasionally for charitable bene
fits or some social fete. She is en
route to visit her mother and sister
In- Ban Francisco and will return to
Vancouver before the Christmas holi
days. a e
Alice Fleming is playing in "As Te
Mould' In a stock company called the
People's Players, at the Fifteenth
street theater at 7 East Fifteenth
street in New York. Helen Laekaya
is playing the leading role and Geof
frey C. Stein is in the company and
also directs the plays and players,
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Oliver Morosco has begun aotlve
preparations for the new musical
comedy In which he will again star
Charlotte Greenwood. During the
last six years Miss Greenwood , had
appeared in only two musical plays.
"So Long, Letty" and "Linger Longer
Letty." While the title of her new
vehicle has not yet been definitely
decided, it is quite certain that it
will again contain the name Letty.
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William Rock and his new partner,
Nancy Welford, formerly of George
White's "Scandals," are appearing In
the west in their new offering built
along lines similar to the William
Rock and Frances White turn. They
are scheduled for appearances in the
New York B. F. Keith houses dur
ing the holidays.
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Irene Castle is to visit u soon over
the Orpheum circuit. She has a Bing-
lng and dancing act. She is a good
dancer but a sad vocalist. In her act
she is to have a boy pianist and
man dancing partner.
m a e
John Barrymore Is in Europe mak
ing an American film. His wife, who
writes under the name of Michael
Strange, returned last week and Bald
to reporters at the dock that her
husband would be here in a few
weeks.
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Reply to Ruby r. The play "The
Claw," which is the new vehicle of
Lionel Barrymore, is not "The Claw"
which Cynthia Stockley wrote. It Is
a translation of Henri Bernstein's
play. Arthur Hopkins is producing
tha piece.
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Mr. and Mrs. Max Ford have a new
son. The father is one of the dancing
Fords who comes here occasionally
In vaudeville, and the mother is Hetty
Urma.
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Francesco Peralto. San Francisco
girl, has been signed for a three
year contract with the Metropolitan
Opera company.
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Maude Fealy Is heading a stock
company, the Maude Fealy Players, In
Columbus, O.
Max Figman has been placed under
contract by David Belasco for three
years.
Mile. Lily Lettsei, the aerial artist,
who has been with Barnum & Bailey
this season, is to appear in vaude
ville for a few weeks before she
leaves for London to star in an Indoor
circus, opening In January.
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The story of the actress stolen jew
elry is old admittedly. Nevertheless,
the publicity promoters brazenly take
it at ilntervala from the moth balls
Occasionally a sensitive actress ac
tually is robbed and finds much dif
ficulty in convincing the police she
isn't springing an advertising yarn.
The publicity attendant on the tour
of Florence Walton, dancer, Is divert
ing. Everywhere she plays Florence
has the theater temporarily placed
under police protection. Then the
publicity bureau gives out to the
press and the public that the reason
for such precautionary measures Is
because during her engagement Miss
Walton will wear Jewelry worth
1160,000. One stone that Miss Walton
years in a Jeweled band across her
forehead, announces the press repre
sentative, is said to hare cost $15,000
alone.
A Paris correspondent for a New
York theatrical exchange quotes Mary
Piokford as saying that the Paris
modes are all'too wide" for her.
After she had put in an entire day
buying nothing at all. she explained
that she wasn't tall enough to wear
the wide-hipped model?.
Rue de la Palx bristled with excite
ment when It was reported that the
American film star was to begin her
shopping. The modistes all hung on
the door knobs, watting for her en
trance. Mary walked Into a queen's
reception. An army of girls dashed
about, bringing thia and that before
her as she sat enthroned in her chair.
Chorus after chorus of the most
beautiful girls In Paris strutted be
fore her In the most exquisite attire
Paris modistes can offer. Dressed in
startling splendor of all styles, they
lured Mary to buy. But they were
all too wide in the hips.
Finding gowns were impossible.
Mary went out to buy a hat. They
piled the things before her in stacks.
She tried them on, one after the other.
She thought they were all very pretty,
but she didn't believe she wanted any.
She went to a boot shop and tried
some pumps. Clerks brought the-n
by the score. Very nice, but really
Mrs. Fairbanks thought she didn't
need any Just now.
The Fairbanks Mary speaking for
the family say tlaey are going to set
tle down in Paris for good. They in
tend to pass half the year in Califor
nia and the other half in Paris. They
will not participate In any of the
Paris night life, because Mrs. Fair
banks doesn't like to stay up la-e
and Douglas gets up so early In ti,e
morning.
Fatrbank Intends to opon a studio
on the Riviera and produca ax-veial
pictures. He will import his tech
nical stuXt irom ,Amertca " .
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
Thirtynlne years ago John Fo
garty went to Lincoln county, which
was then populated mostly with In
diana Now the Indian population
has dwindled down to a fraction of
its former proportions. Indians of
many tribes were placed on the res
ervation in the county, but most of
the remnants have lost their tribal
Identity. ('When I landed in Lincoln
county I could have bought the whole
place," observed Judge Fogarty yes
terday, "but I'm srlad that I didn't.
for I own more of tha county now
than la good for ma" Three times
the Judge has been elected to his
present position. He points with spe
cial pride to the.long struggle for the
development of Yaquina bay harbor,
which is now becoming a reality, and
says that while the county has gone
heavily Into debt for this. Improve
ment, the harbor will be of .benefit to
the entire state.
"Speaking of the Do You Remem
ber" column in The Oregonlan," be
gan George I. Thompson, of the Per
kins, "here Is something that will be
interesting to newcomers as well as
old-timers. I resurrected today a
card announcing that the first-class
steamer fare between Portland and
San Francisco Is $5 and that steerage
passage costs $2.50. The folder was
issued in Hit. when tha steamers
State of California and State of Ore
gon were running between the two
ports. The Columbia was sunk In a
collision and I don't know what hap
pened to the Oregon. Anyway, Just
compare those passenger fares of
1898 with -what It costs for a first
cabin ticket to Ban Francisco now.
And in those days the boats did a
great business, carrying all of the
passengers that the Inspectors "would
permit."
If the ' highway commission will
supply the funds, there will be first
class roed from Union county into
Joseph, Wallowa county, next year,
according to Ernest F. Johnson,
county commissioner of Wallowa,
who Is at the Imperial. The road is
all In fine shape exoept a section
even miles in length. This is the
main highway of the county and
there Is a desire to expedite It com
pletion. Financially, the county can
not contribute much toward com
pleting the highway, as it cannot
vote more bonds. The county still
has a little dab of 19000 In road
bonds, bearing m per oent Interest,
which can probably be sold at par,
or very close to it. The seven miles,
however, which will receive some
bridges, will cost approximately
$100,000 to construct.
F. D. McCully of Joseph, a commis
sioner of Wallowa county, 1s In the
city. Wallowa oounty has been hard
hit. For a couple of years there was
no crop and this year (here was a big
crop and no market. The cattle In
dustry Is an important one but that
business has suffered throughout the
west. There has been quite a move
ment of lambs out of the county to the
eastern market,, but the prices have
been unsatisfactory. But, getting
back to more cheerful topics, the
natural scenery of Wallowa, along the
Mlnam-Joseph highway ia said to sur
pass that of the Columbia river high
way, and when the road is completed
it will be an objective point for motor
tourists and those who like hunting
wild game.
From Coquille to Myrtle Point the
state highway Is going to pieces, so
C. R. Wade, Judge of Coos county, has
come to Portland once more to put up
to the highway commission the propo
sition of hard-surfacing this stretch.
The commission has heard requests
for this pavement many times, but has
been more anxious to open up and
grade and surface the entire highway
from Koseburg through to Myrtle
Point than to do a paving Job for a
few miles on one end.
S. S. Schell of'Grants Pass, was low
bidder on the bituminous pavement
Job between Roseburg and Wilbur,
but a crowd of Tacoma people bid on
a concrete pavement at such low fig
ures that Mr. Schell lost out. This did
not discourage the Grants Pass con
tractor, so he submitted another pav
ing bid yesterday on another project.
He laid the pavement south of Grants
Pass to the Josephine county line. Mr.
Schell Is registered at the Imperial.
C. A. Galloway of Elgin and also a
commissioner of Union county, Is at
the Imperial. He is here with U. G.
Couch of La Grande, the county Judge,
in submitting the county's road pro
gramme for the coming year. One
thing they have won from the state
commission and that Is the abandon
ment of about 1500 feet of pavement
in the town of Union, as macadam will
be substituted. The highway commis
sion did not object a particle.
There is a place between Harney
and Malheur lakes where the two
bodies of water are joined by a con
necting link. This place Is called
the narrows, and located there Is a
small business center whpse post
office is Narrows. From Narrows
comes H. A. Jetley to the Imperial
for the purpose of submitting a bid
to grade eight miles of the Summit
Springs market , road.
E. E. Larson of Voltage, Or., has
submitted a bid for building a mar
ket road in Harney county, which
'bid was opened yesterday by the
highway commission for the county
court. Voltage is not a very high
power place, being a small settlement
on the south shore of Malheur lake,
with the nearest railroad point some
SO miles away. Livestock and dry
farming are the principal resources
in the vicinity of Voltage.
Orln L Patterson of Canyon City
is in Portland on road matters. He
Is judge of Grant county, one of the
richest in undeveloped mineral re
sources in the state. Some day
Grant county will be famous as a
mining center, just as it was years
ago, when Canyon City was a typi
cal mining camp. The John Day
highway runs through the county
and when completed will practically
solve the transportation problem.
J. O. Wilson of Corvallis, Judge of
Benton county, and R. C. von Like,
a commissioner, are in the city at
tending the highway commission
session. They are advocating de
velopment of the Alson road, for
which the county voted a substantial
bond issue.
Among the road contractors regis
tered at the Perkins are Albert An
derson of Grants Pass and J. G.
Sbotwell of Hermlston.
Tolls on Coastwise Ships.
ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. !. (To the
Editor.) Please state the difference,
if any, American ships, coastwise or
any other route, had in tolls over
any other country any time since the
completion of Panama canal.
WM. MADISON.
American coastwise ships were not
subject to tolls from the enactment
of the Panama canal act la July, 1912.
to June, 1914. when the section of
that act exempting- them from tolls
was repealed. As the canal was not
opened to traffic till August, 1914, all
American ships passing through the
canal have paid tolls at the same
rate as those of other nations from
that data to tha iwesent time.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Hoasfctoa-Mlfflla Co.
Caa Yon Answer These Questions f
1. What is the Incubation period
for the pied-billed grebe?
2. Do minks steal poultry?
I. I have a beautiful, hexagon
aquarium with copper bottom and
frame. I use river water in which I
know much chemical is used at the
reservoir. My fish do not do well, la
the copper hurtful? I clean the water
out often.
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes,
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Ana were to Previous Questions.
1. What becomes of young cow
birds? Do they associate with their
foster parents?
They stay with them until the young
get their feathers, making the small
parents (often yellow warblers) work
hard to feed the impostors. When
able to feed themselves they stray
away and In time meet other mem
bers of their kind.
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2. There Is a snake here (Minne
sota) commonly called "blow snake,"
which, when attacked, stems to draw
a long breath and to swell up pack
of the head. It holds Us mouth wide
open and puffs, or spits, a fine vapor.
Is this vapor poisonous to touch or
breathe? We recently killed one four
feet long.
A Bog-nosed snake, Heterodon
platyrhtnus. probably; also called
puff, flat-headed adder, and spreading
vlpc. Not poisonous but of ferocious
aspect. The swelling of the neck, as
In old world cobras, Is effected by
extending vertebrae that ordinarily
lie flat against the spine.
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3. My kitten seems Infested with
fleas, or something of that nature.
What can I do for it?
Wash the kitten In a warm auda of
some tar or carbolic soap mild enough
to use on a baby. Kittens cannot
stand the soap used on dogs. Stand
the kitten on a soft pad and work
the suds Into Its fur down to the
skin, not beginning with the head and
face.. When the body Is well soaped,
wash the head, avoiding the eyes, and
then plunge Into warm water If you
begin by plunging into a basin or
water the kitten will fight tran
tlcally all through the bath.
HIGH PLACE OR LARGE SALARY
Governorship Should Not Be Resigned
for Big Pay Elsewhere,
PENDLETON". Or., Oct. 25 (To the
Editor.) A a cltlsen of the stats I
want to protest against the unseemly
discussion that the governor of the
commonwealth contemplates resign
ing, that he may accept a federal
position In the reserve banking ranks,
or any other station where mere
money is involved. It Is unthink
able that Mr. Olcott would either
stultify himself or -belittle his great
office by any such move. It la to
be hoped that he will soon put a
stop to the political rumors by a
vigorous denial. The good name of
Oregon Is at stake.
John Jay resigned the chief Justice
ship of the United States that he
might become governor of New York.
Hannibal Hamlin resigned from the
United States senate that he might
become governor of Maine. There
are many Instances where congress
men have preferred the honor of the
governorship to further service In
congress. I believe that there Is no
Instance In our political history
where a governor of a state has re
signed to accept any subordinate
station In the federal service. I am
not willing to believe that Oregon's
governor even contemplates accept
ance of such post until his term of
orfioa has expired, If Indeed any such
ambition occupies his mind.
The position of chief executive of
an American state Is one to which
the ablest and the best of Its citizens
may well aspire. Tha few men who
attain the distinguished honor must
magnify their good fortune and keep
themselves free from the taint of
money. No emolument -elsewhere
ought to attract any man away from
the dignity and usefulness- of the
exalted station. He who sits at the
head of a state has no moral right
to be lured from the executive chair
by any salary, however great. There
may be a few places which might
excuse resignation the presidency or
vice-presidency, an ambassadorship
Or a seat In the federal senate
where the nation would be served,
but nothing else. Respectfully.
STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
GCIXIVF.R MENTIONS FLAPPERS,
Writer Contends That Orlarln of Term
Is Not Modern. .
SUN"N"YSTDE, Wash., Oct. 25 (To
the Editor.) In The Oregonlan, in
the column devoted to by-products of
the press, you quote from the Kan
sas City Star an article on where the
word "flapper" originated. The au
thor goes on to say it originated
about 15 years ago in England. I
wish to cite you back KK) years to
chapter 11, Gulliver's Travels, on his
visit to La Puta, where they used a
blown bladder fastened like a flail
to the end of a stick. In each blad
der was a small quantity of dried
peas or little pebbles. With these
Instruments they flapped their mas
ters on the ears or mouth to draw
their attention, as they were so en
gaged in Intense speculations that
thev could not see or hear anyone
unless their attention was called In
this way.
The reason for calling your atten
tion to this Is that the literary sharp
of the Kansas City Star should not
leave himself open to correction by
an old, retired country merchant.
J. B. GEORGE.
Exemptions In Bankruptcy.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Oct 23. (To
the Editor.) Kindly give Informa
tion of the workings of the bank
rupt law where a farmer wishes to
take the benefit of the bankruptcy
act. What is necessary, and does he
have to give up all he owns to rio so?
In other words, what Is one. allowed
when going into bankruptcy?
N. A. BROOKE. '
Leading stationers In Portland sell
blank forms for preparing a petition
in bankruptcy. They are somewhat
Intricate. If not sufficiently enlight
ening better consult a lawyer.
The federal voluntary bankruptcy
law allows the same exemptions as
are permitted by etate law. In Ore
gon the homestead or actual abode
to tha value of $3000 Is exempt from
execution except as regards Hens for
labor or material furnished for Im
provement of the property and also
excepting mortgages or purchase
money liens. ' The law also exempts
from execution books, pictures and
musical instruments to the value of
$75: necessary wearing apparel to the
value of $100 for a single Individual
and $50 for each member of his
household; tools. Implements.- team,
harness, etc., to the value of $400 and
food for team for 0 days; poultry to
the value of $50; ten sheep with one
year's fleece; two cows, five swine,
household goods to the value of $300
and three months' food for llvestoi-k;
family provisions for six months;
three cords firewood or one ton of
coal, and state or government pen
sions. I . . .
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jaaeea J. Montague.
LIT!
"If you are feeling low and glum,"
The doctor said one day,
"Just eat a ray of radium
And care will pass away. I
It brings a feeling of content
Especially to scribes.
No lassitude will fag a gent
Who radium imbibes."
"A ray of radium, said I.
"Sounds rather small to me;
( think I'll take a fair supply.
Say two or maybe three."
So three I ate I gulped them down.
And through the gathering gloam
(The radium store was well down
town)
Set out to walk back home.
A friend I met, he looked unwell
I spoke about the heat:
But with a wild and fearful yell
He fled across the street.
I met a lady that I knew;
Her face turned ashen arav.
She gave a gasping gulp or two
And fainted dead away.
The children ran as I passed by.
A dog came up behind,
And when upon me fell his eya
He furled his tall and whined.
Eat radium, gentle friends, with car.
If you, like me, are thin,
Keep off the public thoroughfare.
It shines right through your skin,
see
Among the 1'nemployed,
It looks as If a new secret society
could pick up a lot of experienced
goblins and kleagles at very low
salaries.
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An Ovrraupply.
There certainly is no danger of a
shortage of fusel oil.
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Xo News.
Mr. Harding told an audience the
other night that he believed In parti
sanship. The democrats among his
hearers had already suspected it.
(Copyright, 1921. by the Bell Syndi
cate. Inc.)
Irj Other Days.
Twe-nty-flva Years Ago.
From the Oresonlan of October 21, lses.
Portland will be a blase of glory
Saturday night when not only Its cltl
sens but representatives from all
parts of the stale will unite In a
monstrous demonstration for McKln
ley. To perfect pinna for a men's resort
and lodging house in the north end
a committee of cltlxens Is now at
work and proposes to raise the sum
of $500.
Detroit. James F. Joy. known as
the man who nominated Blaine for
president, died at his home at the
age of 89 years.'
Walter M, .Fierce, Pendleton's popu
list orator. Is registered at the
Perkins.
Fifty Years As.
From The Oregonlan of October XT, 1RTL
It Is reported from Jefferson that
machinery of the Beaver Hosiery
company has been set up and will
be in operation In a few days.
It Is rumored that General Thomas
Bennett of Indiana has been appoint
ed governor of Idaho.
There is on exhibition In the city
a number of rubies picked up in Linn
county. They are of the violet and
brown varieties.
A. A. Williamson, an east Port
land contractor, has been awarded
the contract for building the city
courthouse and Jail.
DIKFICl'LT TO PARS PROOFS OX
Spiritualist Realises How Hard It la
to Convince Others.
PORTLAND. Oct. 2 (To the Edd-Itor.)'-I
feel like thanking The Ore
gonlan for the fairness expressed In
an editorial Sunday entitled "Do the
Dead Speak?" in which It Is said:
"The wrong way to approach the
field of psvchlc research Is by the
path of levity and Intolerance. Such
a mood, gains nothing, learns nothing
and achieves nothing."
I have believed for a long time
The Oregonlan was fair and open
minded on these questions as well
as others. While I have been investi
gating for 25 years I have never
reached a place where I feel I could
or should convince others. I am
satisfied that we retain fully our
Identities after so-called death, and
have had evidence of that fact
which leaves no doubt In my own
mind, but I cannot forget as I look
back and visualise the long road of
doubt and lack of knowledge over
which I have come, how hard, even
If It were my desire to do so, to
convince the world that my truth
was theirs also.
I want to be fair and Just towards
every form of religious belief that
has taught and brought human life
...n-B hlohp, IHenls. and even If
Christianity has not made the world
perfect we cannot say it nas oeen
a failure. While I am a spiritualist
I know that the perfect connection
between the seen and un-seen has not
been reached, not through the fault
of those who have passed on, but
ourselves.
Very, frequently through hea'y
storms and electrical disturbances
the wires which carry the telegraphic
news and telephone m, ssaixes be
come disarranged and their messages
are either misunderstood or fall to
come through at all. and so It Is with
the message from the other side. Wa
are living, In an atmosphere of dis
turbance, we carry with us an over
whelming load Of material cares and
business worries. We are willing to
pes ourselves and the future from a
religious view Just as our parents
saw them with the liht of a tallow
candle, forgetting we are now living
In the clearer view of the eteclrio
light of modern times, and that there
is around us and with us an Intelli
gence and power which we yet know
but little of. Scientific minds who
have Investigated with a desire for
truth have fully acknowledged that
we are rlnht and there is Intelligence
and loving memory after death, and
this has brought comfort to thou
sands of needy human lives, made
mc and- women better able to carry
the burdens of life, know ing the door
of reformation and happiness is never
closed, that no sect or creed has ar.s
monopoly over heaven or futur suc
cess and progression, but thnt through
ourselves all can he accomplished.
To me It is satisfying to know lhat
no matter If I have not reached the
hlsrhest heights In the Judgment of
my fellow man It will be Just myself
who will know how hard I have tried.
Can anyone expect more?
They will come hack, pome hack
As lonir as the rel earth roll.
He never wasted a lef or a tree
Do you think" he would squander s-'U?
C. W. SHAW.
Public llentflndH De-rintloft.
Providence (It. I.) Journal.
The public. Indeed, Is In no mood to
Indorse the employes of tio roads in
any attitude of stubborn resistance te
the reasonable demands of deflation.