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T1TE MORNTSG OREGOXIAX", FRIDAY, XOTE3FBER 4, 1921
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CONFUSION OS THE TAX HILL.
Having spent the whole summer
on legislation which, though import
ant, is of secondary importance to
tax revision, the senate is now
divided between two alternative
plans. Business is depressed by a
system of taxation which became
obsolete with the end of the war
and by other caufes. It is in the
power of congress to remove this
obstacle to prosperity without seek
ing the consent of any other au
thority than the president, while
other adverse conditions can be
relieved only by negotiation with
other nations. Decision on tax revi
sion snould be reached promptly in
order that the new law may take
effect on January 1, when it would
be most convenient that the pres
ent tax law expire.
At such a time new confusion Is
raised by proposal of a manufac
turers' sales tax in place of some of
the Imposts provided by the pend
ing bill. While much to be pre
ferred, the sales tax is open to the
objection at this time that more
time 19 necessary to preparation fpr
IX than should intervene before a
change is made and that opposition
Is so violent that debate will surely
cause long delay. To make matters
worse. Senator Reed proposes to
continue the' excess profit tax and
devote it to soldiers' compensation,
thus introducing a new cause of de
lay with a threat of interminable
talk. The prospect of a new tax law
before the end of the year Is not
bright.
This situation arises from lack of
vigorous leadership on the repub
lican side of the senate. The bill
Is nominally in the hands of Senator
Penrose, but his weak health has
Impaired his vigor, and Senator Me
Cumbcr, a second-rate man, is in
charge as his chief lieutenant. The
consequence is that the republican
senators do not pull together, and
several of them, like Senator La
Kollette, frequently vote with the
democrats and are only nominally
...republicans. These and some others
are allied with democrats in the
- agricultural bloc and are more
" loyal to it than to the party that
elected them.
' If anything is to be accomplished
with tax revision in the special ses-
- Bion, republican senators will have
.to get .together, agree on a policy
'With regard to taxation and put In
."the lead men who are strong both
"physically and mentally and who
can hold them in line. The vicious
."effect of the seniority rule is seen
In the present situation and there is
urgent need of a more drastic cloture
grille which would shut off the end
less loquacity of La Kollette, Iteed
and others. They party would better
'be rid of the men who habitually
vote with the opposition than arti
. ficially swell its majority by their
,' merely nominal membership.
There is need that President Hard
"lng exercise his authority as leader
of the republican party as well as
hief executive the official to whom
the peopio look to procure action
by congress. The recoil from Wil
Vyvn's dictation to congress should
nXi-huve gone so far that that body
irt. permitted to drift rudderless, or
at best in the loosest co-ordination
with the president. There is a mid
dle posiion between these two ex
, trpmes from .which Mr. Harding
J should be able to steer the course of
(congress in consultation with its
jjjeuders and thereby to obtain for
he people the results that they ex
rjvect. JT ' A FLACK FOR MOTOR VK.HICI.F.S.
; The suggestion that congress will
Consider federal regulation of trucks
irfind automobile stages using the
hjpubllc highways broadens a discus
sion which has been carried on with
increasing interest in Oregon. We
j'Jiave been considering It with re-i.-irard
to the wearing out of state
highways by vehicles which do not
contribute adequately to the main
tenance of those highways, and also
with regard to the adverse effect of
itv'ompetition by these vehicles on
railroad service. The point, is now
.jraised that, as trucks and stages op
iprating as common carriers use
"2ilghways half the cost of which is
-Tail by the government and which.
ris trunk highways, cross state lines,
pthey should be brought under fed
eral regulation, especially a they
;Jmpalr the ability of railroads to
yja.r the standard return provided
Jiy the transportation act.
; Motor vehicles now compete with
'railroads because highways have
tieen built generally parallel with
the latter and because population is
densest along them. That is pre
cisely where they are least useful.
They wear the roads to a degree far
succeeding the taxes they pay. They
tare not suo.ieci to regulation, are
Cited to no fixed schedule and are
root required to continue service
whether traffic is heavy or light.
If such competition should be suc
j cessful and should continue to its
logical conclusion, railroads might
ba put out of business and the pub
lic! might have no adequate substi
tute. That would be a repetition of
"what happened when railroads
drove steamboats off the rivers. The
people will not permit things to
reach that extreme.
'. . Motor vehicles cannot claim such
'superiority to railroads as the latter
vhowed over old-fashioned stages
' and- steamboats, hence cinnot be
expected to put them out of busi
ness when competing on equal
terms as to taxation, maintenance
of roadway, service and responsibil
ity to the public. Where they paral
lel railroads, their rates are about
the same, even under the present
tv-as-you-please system. As com
petitors, they are not a necessity,
but a convenience, for their patrons
save nothing, and It Is doubtful
whether they operate more cheaply.
Then they are better adapted to act
as feeders to the railroads on routes
at right angles to the latter. They
are particularly adapted to" provide
rapid transportation for the wide
stretches of country that have no
railroads and that are so sparsely
populated that railroads could not
pay operating expenses for many
years. They would hasten develop
ment of those areas, and would
speed the day when railroads could
be built- there with a sure prospect
of paying their way. In those areas
transportation is a necessity, and
sound policy suggests that, if taxes
proportionate to the cost of road
construction and maintenance
should make rates too high, they
should be partially or entirely re
mitted until traffic became more re
munerative at reasonable rates.
ONLY THE TRUTH WANTED.
The temptation to dismiss the In
conceivable charges of Tom Watson
as the reckless and irresponsible
frothlngs of an indurated blather
skite should of course be resisted. He
Is a United States senator and he
makes them on his oath, in the pres
ence of the senate and the American
people.
What Watson said was that twenty
soldiers had been hanged in France
without trial and without any au
thority of law, military or otherwise.
If it were true, or any part of it
were true, it is incredible that so
terrible a series of atrocities could
have been kept secret for so long
a time. It Is even more incredible
that Americans could have been
guilty of such deeds.
But let us see whether the in
credible can be turned into the
credible. Senator Watson says he
has abundant witnesses and can
produce them, but he wants im
munity for them. Immunity for
what? Surely not for perjuy? They
can run no risks whatever by telling
the truth. Let us have it.
FALLS MORE DEADLY THAN SPEED.
The automobile is not the cause of
most fatal accidents after all. It Is
surpassed by falls just plain falls
downstairs or from buildings or on
slippery sidewalks, perhaps from
trees. In the registration area of
continental United States, which
comprises the greater part of the
country, the census bureau found
that In 1920 there were 10,321
deaths from falls against 9103 from
automobile accidents. Though this
comparison may boom the building
of bungalows in order that there
may be no stairs to fall on and no
high roofs to fall from, the automo
bile grows more dangerous, for the
number of Its fatalities increased
from 7968 In 1920 and the ratio per
100,000 of population rose from 9.4
to 10.4. Still the odds are much in
favor of survival for the motorist,
for It Is calculated by the Boston
Transcript's statistician that there is
only one death to 4,000,000 miles of
travel.
This is a far lower ratio than that
of deaths by drowning to the number
of people who go in the water. There
were 4977 drownings. There were
2262 accidental deaths by shooting,
many at the hands of hunters who
would not wait to learn yfhether
they were shooting at another
hunter or a deer. Fire stands third
In the number of lives taken, its
total being 6645, and railroad acci
dents have fallen to fourth place
with 6426. Deleterious gases took
3012 lives, mine accidents 2171,
streetcar accidents 1746, other ve
hicles 1698, the grand total being
over 62,000.
The number of accidents due to
various forms of travel, either afoot
down a flight of stairs or on 'some
vehicle, would lead to the conclusion
that the safest way to preserve life
is not to move. But, Mark Twain,
comparing the total number of
deaths in one year from railroad ac
cidents with the number of persons
who die In bed, proved that it is far
safer to travel on a railroad. The
old admonition to rise early and get
about our business still holds good.
A RESERVATION FOR EX-ROYALTIES.
Kurope needs some plan to end
once for all all such escapades as
that of ex-Emperor Charles of Aus
tria. The allies may now imprison
him and his wife on an Island from
which they cannot escape, even by
airplane. But it is not enough to
pen up this couple. The other Haps
burgs -would still be at large to plot
for restoration of the dynasty, the
Hohenzollerns would be similarly
engaged in Germany or Holland, and
the twenty-odd petty German dy
nasties would be busy undermining
the German republic. While all
these ex-royalties and their adher
ents remain at large to seize a time
of disturbance as the opportunity'
for revolution, there can be no as
sured stability.
The one outstanding characteristic
of a deposed monarch is that he
never gives up hope of restoration,
and he hands down that hope to his
descendants.
Though the Stuarts were kicked
out of England in 16S8, they contin
ued to Incite rebellion during the
next two-thirds of a century.
The Bourbons returned to France
in 1814. one branch of the family
was exchanged for another in 1830,
they were expelled again in 1848
and, if they had played their cards
well, they could probably have been
restored in 1873. They are still hop
ing and scheming.
The Bonapartes came back to
France in the person of Louis Na
poleon in 1851 and brought shame
and invasion on their country in
1870, deposition being the penalty,
but they still maintain their claim to
the throne.
The entire history of Serbia as an
Independent state is a record of al
ternate elevation and deposition of
the Karageorge and Obrenovich dy
nasties, marked by frequent assas
sination. Since Portugal drove out King
Manuel, the attempts of his adher
ents at restoration have kept the
country in a state of chronic revolu
tion. Whatever form of government
may succeed bolshevism in Russia, it
is reasonably certain that the Ro
manoffs will not be recalled, but
they do not think so. They will
strive to keep alive in the minds of
the mujiks the legend of the czar as
"the little father," carefully omitting
to mention the knout. and the secret
police.
What is needed for the peace of
Europe Is a sort of magnified Indian
reservation, isolated from all coun
tries and well guarded, on which to
confine all the ex-rulers, their sons,
brothers and nephews, their sisters,
cousins and aunts. Some pressure
might be brought to bear on Holland
to hand over ex-Kaiser William and
the crown prince, and the German
republic might be offered immunity
for all its war criminals in exchange
for the surrenaer of all the ex-kings,
granddukes and other high mighti
nesses. Britain should throw In Don
Manuel as a guaranty of good faith.
It would be a good investment to
provide each royal family with its
palace, with throne, crown, scepter,
court officials and all the trappings,
and to let them play at royalty the
rest of their useless lives.
Compulsory endurance of one an
other's society might easily prove
adequate punishment for the misery
that they have brought on the
world. What ex - Kaiser William
would say to ex-Kaiser Charles and
what Charles would reply might
make a highly profitable phono
graph record, and what Grand Duke
Nicholas Romanoff would say to
both of them would be unfit to print,
even in Russian.
A JUVENILE MURDER TRIAL.
The appearance in court, at Che
halls, Wash., of a seven-year-old
boy, to answer for the killing of a
playmate, aged nine years, is an
amazing' legal procedure. From ac
counts of the trial or investigation,
whichever it may be, it is difficult
to form a clear conception of the
ends sought. If it is an inquiry, well
and good; if sit is a trial for first
degree murder it is no more than
a judicial farce. We do not try, or
should not try, our children for
murder. By the very nature of the
immature mind, unschooled and still
guided largely by instinct, such a
charge is preposterous, however
grave the offense. Society should
have other means of dealing with
juveniles, means that should protect
the social, body without lending to
the investigation the color of a
criminal prosecution. Unfortunately,
whatever the purpose of the Che
halis trial or Inquiry may be, ' it
wears the aspect of the latter.
It is not only doubtful but highly
improbable that a boy of seven years
has an intelligent conception of
crime, of the nature of life and
death, of the irremediable injury of
a deadly wound. Even if he were
aware of these truths it still is
doubtful if his moral nature is cap
able of comprehending the enormity
of murder. Cause and effect are
still mysterious to one whose ex
perience has been so brief. It Is
with saddening frequency that we
read of fatal mishaps occasioned by
firearms in the hands of children,
and between the unintentional in
jury inflicted through complete Ig
norance of the peril and the Injury
inflicted in juvenile passion there
exists but little difference. Lack of
discretion and inability to under
stand are features of both.
Possibly there are collateral facts
in connection with the case that
would illuminate the nature of the
fatal act. The boy may have dis
tinct tendencies toward the Incor
rigible, though he Is but of tender
years. Even admitting these, if they
are admissible, the relation of society
to the boy should remain un
changed. By no twist of moral or
legal logic can it be held that a
seven-year-old child is of the age of
responsibility. Under no circum
stances, however tragic, should he
be summoned to court, entirely un
comprehending, to face an ordeal
which has the appearance of a
prosecution for first degree murder.
The father of the victim is quoted as
having said: "I will see that justice
is done." Respecting his sorrow and
his anger, neither of which can re
store his slain son. it is kindness to
remind him that justice cannot in
voke a penalty commensurate with
his loss.
Unquestionably there should have
been an investigation, careful, thor
ough and official, into every detail
of tho killing an investigation
which should determine whether
the fatality was accidental or inten
tional, though the last term in its
broader sense could never apply. If
In the finding of this inquiry the
juvenile offender should be shown
to be of incorrigible nature, or as
aware of the serious character of
his deed, then obviously enough the
public safety and his own welfare
should require that he be trained in
an Institution devoted to the correc
tion of children. It is most unfor
tunate that the Chehalis case has
been carried into the superior court
which dignifies an irresponsible and
childish act with the black name of
murder, whatever the intent of the
judicial inquiry may be.
WELCOME TO THE JAPANESE DELE
GATES. Portland grasped heartily the hand
of peace and friendship held out by
the delegation of Japanese leaders of
business and finance. When men of
tuch influence in the great Asiatic
empire come bearing an olive branch
on the eve of the arms conference, it
is an augury for the success of that
momentous gathering. The large
and rapidly increasing commerce of
Portland with Japan is good cause
by Itself for desiring relations of the
sincerest amity between the two
countries.
There are other, deeper reasons.
It is universally recognized that the
Pacific ocean is destined to be the
future stage of human activity and
that the United States and Japan
will play the leading parts. When
the continent across the Atlantic is
prostrate with the effects of war,
these two nations have a solemn ad
monition to take precautions at the
opening of the new era that a like
catastrophe shall not mark the de
velopment of the countries bordering
on the Pacific ocean. The happinss
and material and spiritual welfare of
both demand that they reach a
complete understanding now to
work together in co-operation, that
the work of centuries may not be
destroyed in a few years, as has
happened in Europe.
The first requisite to this under
standing is mutual confidence and
esteem. The former sentiment can
not fail to be inspired by the cordial
manner of the visitors as well as by
their assurances of good will. The
latter sentiment has always pre
vailed on our part since we became
acquainted with Japan and it has
grown with further acquaintance.
Japan has as good cause to be proud
of its history reaching back for
twenty-five centuries to an origin
that lives in legend and tradition as
has America to be proud of the
story extending through colonial
times to the ancestral homes of its
many parent peoples in Europe.
Difference in course of development
should not diminish the admiration
the two peoples feel for one an
other; it-should rather increase that
which Americans feel for the won
derful capacity that Japan has
shown to assimilate the ways of the
western nations without change in
what is the essence of Japan. That
admiration was expressed in the
plaudits with which the audience at
the chamber of commerce greeted
the fervent tribute, expressed in
faultless English, which an American-educated
Japanese paid to
America.
When this spirit prevails between
the two peoples and when we are
assured that Japan shares our aver
sion for aggression, militarism and
secret diplomacy, the way is pre
pared for us to work together in the
far east as yoke-fellows. Americans
have no desire to coop up the over
flowing Japanese people in their
narrow, though beautiful, Islands.
We recognize their right to spread
by emigration, commerce and indus
try to the adjacent mainland of Asia.
We wish only to reconcile this right
with that of the peoples of those
vast, undeveloped regions to Inde
pendence and to govern themselves
and live their lives in their own
way, also with the right of this and
other nations to share on equal
terms in bringing China and neigh
boring countries abreast of the most
advanced countries in industry,
commerce, transportation and gov
ernmental efficiency. This work Is
so immense and there is so much
other work to do in the world today
that It will employ all the energy
that not only Japan but America and
Europe can spare. Where there is
work enough for all and where all
respect the rights of each, there is
room for no jealousy, only for hon
orable rivalry in achievement. In
that spirit Portland, and we doubt
not the whole American people, bid
welcome to the Japanese trade dele
gates on their mission of peace.
TWENTY-FIVE TO ONE.
The "moocher" is one who has
forsaken pride at the promptings of
a persuasive appetite. Of all mendi
cants he has reached the lowest
scale that of the street beggar.
Some sharp night when the sleet is
driving, and the thought of dinner
and home is a pleasant one, the
"moocher" may approach you, bold
ly or diffidently, with his plea for
a dime. Yours is a hard heart if you
do not barken and give. It is cus
tomary to reflect at such times that
it were better to give to several un
worthy suppliants than to risk the
possibility 'of denying one who is
worthy. Upon this ethical point the
experience of two independent in
vestigators in New York is illumi
nating. One Is an industrial expert, the
other is a major in the Salvation
army. They dressed themselves as
drifters, as homeless men, and went
into the brilliant night of Broadway.
In an hour they had collected $3.35
from pedestrians whose hearts were
tender, and their estimate was that
they could easily have collected $10
or $15 before the night was old.
In a park they met and mingled with
the genuine panhandlers of the city,
and as professional to professional
spoke of the ease with which sym
pathy may be tapped until it flows
a silver stream. From this phase
of their adventure they formed the
conclusion that for every deserving
man they met there-were twenty-five
who were professional mendicants.
Their experience Indicates that the
wastage of this casual charity is
enormous. However much we may
glow to think that we have helped
one in distress, the ratio is too great.
For a frown follows the thought that
aid has been given to the loafer, the
undeserving, the cheat who preys
upon the fine sentiment of sympathy.
More than all else the experiment
teaches that Individual charity must
be cautious, and well considered, and
that it is safest in all save the most
convincing cases to turn the tide
of charity through recognized and
efficient channels. Still, on some
sharp night when the sleet is driv
ing, the individual giver must solve
his own perplexity.
Those California contenders are
coming with a trainload of plain
and fancy cattle for the livestock
show and a disposition to carry away
the blue ribbons. They will meet
worthy foemen from other points of
the compass.
In a few days the Elk Rock tun
nel will be completed and a man
will not have to hold his breath
while the train "skins around" over
the water.
The war debt was reduced a little
matter of $465,000,000 last month.
The republicans said they'd cut down
the cost of government and they're
doing it.
Those Clatsop dairymen think
there's too much overhead under the
cow. Possibly. There is too much
overhead under everything since the
war.
The soviet government says it has
decided to recognize pre-war debts
to other nations, but hasn't said
much yet about paying them.
There is little doubt of the United
States going dry. The rainfall of
the entire country Wednesday was
but a fraction of an inch.
Kansas City sold herself to the
legion and made a good bargain.
Potland will make another in sell
ing Oregon to the nation.
Wouldn't it be a cute joke to put
a dollar bill in the pocket of a coat
or trousers you send to the aid of
the unemployed?
Nothing is worthless. There is
old stuff in basement or attic that
may mean bread to a hungering
man.
December wheat is down to a
dollar, yet for all that the fruit of
the hen sells for a nickel an egg.
Those are not new policemen you
see on the beats. Just a case) of old
wine in new bottles.
Leave it to the coal barons to do
something to increase the price of
coal.
The Listening Post.
By DeWItt Harry;
IF BANKERS had to depend on Chi
nese they would starve. Though
Portland has many thousand oriental
citizens there is not one Chinese bank.
True, one bank in Chinatown caters
to a small extent to the trade, but
the big merchants do their banking
with the American institutions. The
smaller merchants and the Individual
Chinese seldom bother with banks.
Honesty has ever been one of the
sterling virtues of the Chinese, Just
the other day the writer witnessed a
typical transaction of their race. The
collector for an Importing firm came
to a retail ?hop, said a few words in
the dialect io the proprietor, and the
proprietor went to his till and paid
over several hundred dollars. There
was no bill rendered and no receipt
given. It was their usual manner of
doing business. The collector came
in and told the merchant what he
owed the firm for the month and the
merchant paid. Both knew that the
statement was correct and that the
account was paid, so why bother
about bills and receipts?
The Chinese laborer hands his
savings over to the merchant. He
never gets a receipt, but whenever
he wants any part or all of his money
he knows that it is there. The mer
chant makes note of how much he
gets and keeps a record of it as it is
drawn. Chinese holdup men are near
ly unknown.
It's a simple way of doing busi
ness, typically oriental, but not all
Asiatic races are as honest as Mr.
John Chinaman. Banks and mer
chants across the Pacific hold Chi
nese clerks in great repute for they
can always be trusted. Some of the
largest financial institutions operat
ing In that country employ none but
Chinese in their responsible positions
and such a thing as a surety bond
is unheard of. Chinese pursers handle
the affairs of a number of ships that
ply from this port and their accounts
have never been questioned, to the
knowledge of waterfront men.
They do business on their word,
and once it Is passed it is binding.
Just a few sentences and the most
important of deals is, closed. In
transacting their business they ob
serve all the little amenities of gen
tlemanly demeanor and never become
excited. One would never know from
a Chinaman's way. what important
matters were under discussion. They
are wonderful poker players.
' Vlnegarette.
A fresh set of apt sayings from an
esteemed contributor:
"A dab ,of rouge, a dash of powder,
hair dressed in the latest mode, and
a new ' bonnet, what more can a
woman want to make her happy
except a man?
You can't help getting enough of
people when they will insist on but
ting into your private affairs.
"When people smile at the wrong
moment you want to kill them. Others
smile at the right moment. You want
to kiss them.
""Some people take their flattery
in sugar-coated pills. Others like it
straight.
"Those who make the biggest noise
in this world often want to be heard
and seldom are.
A broken shoelace makes some
people peevish for the rest of the
day."
. a
In the extension center of the Uni
versity of Oregon is one instructor
who places a great deal of Impor
tance on having his students take
notes. They realize this and carry
voluminous books In which they
scribble industriously. A passing
glimpse Into some of these books re
veals some startling pencil work, fu
turistic sketching of tifi most cubist
type, all sorts of weird geometrical
designs and figures evidently the
product of a subconscious mind.
A psycho-analyst In an eastern in
stitution sayB his patients are in the
habit of making all sorts of draw
ings which they hold are art. This
authority calls attention to the habit
that most of us have of sketching
while waiting for a phone call or
during an interview. According to
psychologists they can determine
many quirks of an individual's char
acter from the kind of sketching his
subconscious mind engages in.
Portland has a reputation for hos
pitality. It is being constantly en
hanced. In front of the gas com
pany office is a big grate heater that
is kept warm as a demonstration.
Within its zone of radiation stood an
elderly country couple yesterday
morning when the cold fog filled the
streets. They were enjoying the city
sights to the utmost; both had their
backs to the fire as they watched the
crowds hurrying to work. With
hands in his hip pockets, so that his
coat-tails would be lifted and his
body get the full benefit of the heat,
the old man gazed Intently at the
cornice of the Yeon building several
hundred feet above his head.
"Certainly is a comfortable town."
he observed as he swallowed his
Adam's apple.
"Certainly is," was her pithy reply.
...
Broadway and Alder is an excellent
corner for live happenings. It was
just a few months ago that a yellow
maned woman climbed out on a nar
row ledge to catch a canary that
matched her hair. Just a few days
ago a woman "snipe shooter" had her
post there as she gathered the crop
of butts.
Friday night it might have been
the same one who chased the bird a
woman entertained the theater crowd
with an impromptu appearance in her
nightie at a big window. The after
noon of the same day a man crossing
the street was struck by a flying hat.
He picked it up and stood on the
curb, puzzled, couldn't see the owner
anywhere. Happening to look on a
scaffold nearly a block away he .saw
a bareheaded man frantically waving
that it was his. .
ass
It was an innocent looking delivery
wagon.- On the seat beside the driver
was a heavy man with alert eyes.
The body, of the machine was built
solidly and the rear end closed by a
door locked with a big padlock.
They backed into the curb In front
of a bank, two messengers ran from
inside, the driver came behind and
unlocked the door and began to hand
out heavy sacks that clinked as the
bank employes carried them to the
vaults. Several trips Were made and
then the guard and the driver fol
lowed with big boxes bound round
with metal like the chests pirates
used to carry. It was just the street
car company making its daily deposit.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
There Is a great development in
the dairy Industry, due to the fact
that never before have commercial
clubs and bankers taken such an in
terest' in helping the farmer to in
crease the number of dairy cows on his
farm. Such is the statement of W. F.
Jensen, president of the Mutual Cream
ery company, with headquarters at
Salt Lake City. Mr. Jensen has been
making a tour of inspection through
out the northwest, visiting the vari
ous plants, which are located In nine
different states. As a result of his
investigation he makes the statement
regarding the remarkable develop
ment of the dairy Industry and the
reasons therefor. "Throughout the
states west of the continental divide
there have been good crops." says
Mr. Jensen, registered at the Multno
mah. "In some places forests of hay
stacks can be seen, and the farmers
are anxious to turn them into profit,
so they look to the bankers and the
commercial clubs to . help them
finance their herds. At present dairy
products are netting the farmer more
than any other farm product. I find
much interest being taken in the
Oregon 1925 exposition and I believe
it will be a great means of develop
ing good roads throughout the north
west, as all of these western states
expect a big tourist business as a
result and are anxious to have their
highways in the best possible shape."
The Mutual Creamery company Is one
of the largest creamery concerns in
this part of the United States and
has hundreds of farmers as stock
holders. Some day the state highway com
mission may build a north and south
road running from the mouth of Bear
creek, in Crook county, to a point,
about ten miles east of Millican, on
the Central Oregon highway, and
from that point extending southward
to Lakeview. Some work has already
been done on the southern end and
locations have been made as far north
as the Silver lake country. A recent
survey was made up to the Central
Oregon highway, which cuts out a
junction with The Dalles-California
highway at Lapine and avoids the
snow belt, so that there will be an
open road to Lakeview. The survey
stops ten miles east of Millican.
Starting at that point a few days ago
Herbert Nunn, state highway engin
eer, made a reconnaissance northward
to the mouth of Bear creek on the
Crooked river highway and passed
through Portland yesterday on his
way to headquarters at Salem. Mr.
Nunn made the trip from the Central
Oregon highway to the Crooked river
highway ray machine, although he ad
mits that at times rocks had to be
moved to permit passage of the ma
chine. The distance from the Cen
tral Oregon highway to the mouth of
Bear Creek is 18 miles and Crook
county is asking the commission that
these 18 miles be built instead of the
state co-operating on the Crooked
river highway between the mouth of
Bear creek and Paulina.
Old Man Gloom held a session in
the hotel lobbies yesterday and did
what he could to depress the spirits
of the men who follow the sheep and
wheat industry in Oregon. According
to O. M. Gloom, the sheepmen are In
desperate straits; Beveral outfits have
gone under in the past couple of
weeks and more are about to go, and
this condition is confronting other
growers in Idaho, too. The explana
tion is that the -sheepmen have been
holding off just as long as they could
and have finally decided to turn their
stuff over to the creditors, although
the creditors are not anxious to take
the security on which loans were
made at a higher valuation than the
present market price. A somewhat
similar situation exists among some
wheat men and one or two important
concerns are wondering how they are
going to come out.
Idaho, like Oregon, has some build
ing stone of superior quality. For
example, not many native Oregon'ans
are aware that In Southern Oregon
there is a marble that is so good that
it should be more generally used. In
eastern Oregon there are also marble
and granite and in Marion county is
the quarry of tufa, which is just
coming into prominence. George - F.
Bruce, manager of the Boise Stone
company of Boise, Idaho, is registered
at the Multnomah. Mr. Bruce is in
Portland in the interest of obtaining
a contract for Boise stone for the
new building which the Portland
Dodge of Elks is preparing to erect.
The 1925 exposition Is known In
Calgary and considerable interest is
.being taken in the proposed enter
prise, according to some men who
have registered at the Perkins. The
three Fulton brothers and H. N. Gil
bert, all of Calgary, bring the news
of how the 1925 exposition is being
discussed in their country. The four
visitors are on their way to the Wil
lamette valley to look over the agri
cultural lands with a view of invest
ing in Oregon farms. They are under
the guidance of S. G. Thompson of
Eugene, who has been in Calgary for
several months.
W. F. Burns of Maupin or what is
left of the town, is at the Imperial.
Maupin was swept by fire a couple of
months ago and the rebuilding of the
place depends on where the state
highway commission locates The
Dalles-California highway. When the
property owners and business men
ascertain what part of the townsite
the highway will go through, new
buildings will be erected on either
side of the road. A survey has been
ordered . by the commission, so that
data can be gathered on which to de
termine the most suitable route.
In a couple of weeks the last gap
in pavement between Portland and
Salem will be open to the public. The
section, which is the part through
Barlow, has been laid and all that
remains is the element of time for the
concrete to cure. C. C. Kelly, assist
ant state highway engineer, says
that unless something unforeseen
occurs, the section will be thrown
open to traffic in a fortnight. Mr.
Kelly expects to see another mile of
pavement laid this side of The Dalles,
on the Columbia river highway, be
fore the paving plant has to shut
down for the season.
If things go right for him, Walter
L. Tooze Sr, will be selected as the
posmaeter of Salem. Mr. Tooze, who
is at the Imperial, is one of the sev
eral candidates for postmaster in the
cherry city and he feels that his
chances should be class A. Mr. Tooze,
losg active in republican politics in
Oregon, has been reading clerk in the
state senate for the past three ses
sions. The Salem postmastership
wilt go to whomever Senator McNary
wants to favor, as that appointment
is his especial patronage. Salem being
the senator's home town.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Johnson,
who have been making a tour of the
orient, devoting the major part of the
trip to points InJapan, have returned
home Just in time to have E. E.
Johnson Jr. born an American. Mr.
Johnson Sr.' is vice-president of the
Oregon & Ocean corporation.
C. A. Schoolmaster of Chehalis.
Wash., is an arrival at the Perkins
Mr. Schoolmaster la in the lumber
business.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Hoachtoa-Mlfflla Ca.
Caa Vov Aaiarr Thrse Qnestloaat
1. If a speckle", trout is opened
and the spawn put into a pond, will it
produce young fish?
3. Do partridges select their mates
from within their respective coveys?
3. Is the spotted skunk the same
as a civet cat?
Answers in tomorrow's nature notes.
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Answers v Previous Questions.
1. How many bear cubs are there
to a litter? Is a Utter born every
year?
Generally a pair, but the litter may
vary from one to three. The black
bear sometimes has a larger litter,
up to five. Some bears breed an
nually, but the grizzly has young at
longer Intervals, two to three years.
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3. Do cactus plants have fruit?
If you mean fruit to eat. yes
several varieties do. In California
"prickly pear" or tunas are cut from
wild cacti. Opuntia tuna and O. Flcus
Indica. these plants being believed
to have been Introduced by Francis
can missionaries from Mexico. The
Sahuaro, Cereus glganteua. of Ari
zona is another edible cactus fruit,
good raw or boiled for the sweet
syrup.
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3. Please tell me the name and
habits of some small black-and-white
woodpeckers that have lately
put in an appearance In our yard.
Am familiar with the red-headed
woodpecker.
1- V. Kl a ilnwnv nr halrv wood
pecker. The former is Just under 7
incites in lengtn. tne latter a nine
a inohAM Tarkins-R similar.
the males having a small red patch
. .... . . . . l . L I Tl . . I .
at tne dbck or ine ..u., .
less common about dwellings, but
..in s ....... in n-lrUr Dnwnv
has outer tail feathers white, barred
with black; hairy, no DiacK Dara on
outer tail feathers. Both beneficial,
taking many grubs from under the
bark. Should be protected.
PROBLEM OF CHOOSIXti A SITE
Suggestion That Exposition Builders
Avoid Needless Obstacles.
PORTLAND. Nov. 3. (To the Ed
itor.) If seems that some of the sup
porters of the various sites for the ex
position do not criticise their own
propositions, but deliberate over its
location by making the possible from
ar. impossibility. For irrstance, two
locations have been out of the ques
tion, for any purpose, ever since Port
land was founded. Engineers have
come to the conclusion long ago
neither can be of any economic use
or salvaged for any commercial pur
pose. Being In close proximity to
Portland's business center, why
haven't they utilized these respective
locations before? Because the cost
item was too overwhelmingly great.
The Ross island supporters realized
that their site wasn't Just the thing
in the first place. What did they do?
They called on the so-called agitators
of Council Crest. Eastmoreland- and
Sellwood. all in the radius of 2
miles, for financial backing to help
defray the expense of the question
naire. So you can see the absurdity
of their proposition of having the 1925
fair strewn all over the heights and
the swamps south of our beautiful
pity. Never.
The elimination of congestion Is
probably the greatest problem to con
tend with. A writer made quite a
remarkable statement to the effect
that the 30 miles of streets of Sell
wood could be utilized as ample park
ing space. Taking that as an example.
10.000 machines could possibly be
parked there, and what a congestion
and a mar to the beauty of that dis
trict! The poor fellow with hia chil
dren and grandmother who would
have the misfortune to park in the
outskirts of Sellwood or Eastmoreland
would have to walk three miles.
The idea of connecting Ross Island
and Council Crest with an aerial
tramway originated from the Alps.
We have no such hazards to transpor
tation as the allied armies had. there
fore there Is no use to try to imitate
the beautiful snow and Ice-covered
Alps. Property owners directly underj
neatn tne tramway are aireauy uu-lectina-
to such a scheme.
We are living in a material world:
we do not need a "golden ladder"
which Is proposed by another honor
able scribe. I believe the fair board
doesn't want any ecclesiastical prob
lems to solve. We'll t other men.
who are paid for that purpose, solve
ihat deen problem. Some people will
get to heaven soon enough without
the aid of an escalator.
I believe every reasonable-minded
oerson in the city of homes wants a
site for the 1923 exposition free from
any drawbacks or imitation whatso
ever, but a site that mother earth has
already elevated, shaped and built; a
site that is ready to commence build
ing and where landscape gardening
never could be excelled.
The purpose of our fair is to show
most advantageously our material dis
coveries, industrial achievements and
mechanical victories, so why not se
lect a site that would stand out so
magnificently that all could see from
miles distant and gleam at night with
the glow of a million incandescent
lamps and the beams of searchlights
In a blaze of glory.
E. D. FREEMAN.
Dlahnrarment of Fair Surplus.
PORTLAND, Nov. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) To finance the 1925 exposition,
as I understand it. the state is to be
taxed to the extent of $3,000,000, the
city of Portland $2,000,000 and $1,000,
000 is to be raised by subscription.
Now If the fair is a financial success
and pays a dividend, to whom will
said dividend be paid? In other words
who will get the .profits from the
fair. BUD ZUMWALT.
The matter has been made the sub
ject of an official statement by Ira
F. Powers, chairman of the exposi
tion campaign committee. Under the
financing plan the state will con
tribute $3,000,000, the city $2,000,000
and the stock subscribers $1,000,000
In building up the total of $6,000.01X1.
Funds accumulated and remaining in
the treasury will be returned in this
proportion.
Laat I'ae of Train Ferry.
PORTLAND. Nov. 3. (To the Ed
itor.) Please publish the date when
trains ' discontinued using the ferry
between Kalama and Goble.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Spokane. Portland & Seattle
railway sent passenger trains across
Its Columbia-Willamette bridge first
on November 17, 1908. The use of the
ferry was discontinued immediately
prior to that.
Booking; for Orpheum.
SHANIKO, Or., Nov: 1. (To the
Editor.) Kindly publish whether or
not there is an Opheum bookin-r
agency in Portland, and to whom
would one Inquire as to the .booking
on that circuit.
SUBSCRIBER.
There is no Orpheum booking
agency In Portland. A letter ad
dressed to Frank J. McGettlgan, man
ager of the Orpheum theatre In Port
land, will receive attention and give
you the information you desire.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montagae.
WAV HI-; II I NO.
I view the empty coal bin in the
cellar,
I hear the chill autumnal breezes
blow.
I Interview my friend the paying
teller.
And find my funds sre running
rather low.
I recollect the date is In November,
And Mr. ithelleya woras 1 call to
mind.
Which run If quite correctly I re
member "If winter comes, can spring be far
behind?"
It seems at first a somewhat cheer
ing question.
It's rather optimistio on its face;
It seems to bear the jovial sugges
tion That there Is hope though bliz
zards come apace.
And yet. though summer passes, like
a swallow
So fast you hardly notice it Indeed,
I hold that any prophecy is hollow
That says that winter shows such
lightening speed.
The days are weeks when one Is
feebly furnaced
Before the earliest flake is on the
wing,
And when the winter cold begins in
earnest
Well, winter is a quite unpleasant
thing.
You long to see returning robins
nesting.
You long to hear the thrush's
happy song.
You find the snow drifts most un
interesting And still you long, and long, and
long, and long.
So In reply to Mr. Shelley's query
Propounded In good faith, beyond
a doubt,
I'll say that I do not feel half so
cheery
While winter winds are howling
around about.
"Can spring be far behind?" he asks
us squarely,
And as 1 am a frank and truthful
man,
I'll give my answer honestly and
fairly
From what I know of winter 'Yes,
4 it can."
Too llarah.
Judge Landis makes a mistake in
declaring war on the Babe. The
trouble with baseball Is that there
are not Ruths enough to go around.
Too Perfect.
If Mr. Hays keeps on with his Im
provements, the postmen will soon be
opening our mail for us and dictating
replies to most of them.
Applies to ATI of 'Em.
The term Vlch bootlegger" strikes
us as rather tautological.
Lamentation.
By Grace K. Hall.
Is It worth your tears, the thing for
which you're weeping?
Worth what It costs in its effect
on you?
The weariness that, like a stupor,
creeping
Upon your brain, lies heavy, racks
you through.
As though each nerve were taut, like
strings for playing.
And yet refused to yield a pleasing
tone
Aye, is there aught worth half the
price you're paying
For something that can never be
your own?
Think well a little while upon the
question.
And measure it by every rule you
know;
Your mind will offer truth to aid
suggestion.
And shed new light on facts that
fret you so;
Tears are relief to hearts that nurse
their sorrow,
But hope is better far for human
needs.
For strength must come for every
new tomorrow.
And courage falters in the heart
that bleeds.
So, is It worth your tears, your hope
less crying?
What comes to you from weeping,
that is gain?
Your soul will rise triumphant when
you're trying
To win the mastery o'er grief and
pain ;
There is a vital need for our re
sources, In keeping clear eyes on the paths
ahead.
And strength we show will quicken
others' forces.
That, uninspired, had given up, in
stead. In Other Days.
Tvrenty-Flve Yrara Ago.
From The OreffonUn of November 4, lRfls
With seven stales yet in doubt it is
known that McKlnley won in yester
day's election by an approximate ma
jority of Kill electoral votes. Oregon
seems to have gone for McKinley by
a majority of about 4000.
New York The world's largest ves.
sel. the Pennsylvania, has ju.-t been
launched at KelfHst. Her tarrying
capacity will he 20,000 tons and her
speed 14 knots.
A special excursion via the steamer
Sarah Dixon will he run to The Dalles
for the opening of the locks next Fri
day. Robert W. Gait, chief engineer of
the United States navy. Is In the city.
t Fifty Yeara Aao.
From The Oregontan of November 4. 1S71
New York The Roosevelt hospital
was opened here today. It Is the gift
of James H. Roosevelt and cost more
than $1,000,000.
New York The Herald says that
the grand cyclops of the Ku Klux
Klan In Georgia is no less person
than a son-in-law of General Coombs.
in anticipation of early formation
here of. an agricultural society a
prominent capitalist has purchased
the race track on the opposite side of
the river about two miles from East
Portland.
The Gussle Telfair will he the next
boat for Sitka and San Juan.
Dsj of Hate Given.
LEBANON, Or., Nov. 1. (To the
Editor.) (1) Please give me the pres
ent address of the Rosemary Shop,
formerly in the Swetland building.
(2) Also would like to know what
day of the week November 6. 1873,
fell on. MIIS. M. J. H.
1. We are advised that this shop
has gone out of business.
2. Thursday.
Addreas of Periodical.
KNAPPA, Or., Nov. 1. (To the Ed
itor.) In what town In California is
the Illustrated Review printed?
EUGENE HANSEN.
Atascadero, Cal.