Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 22, 1921, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1921 ESTABLISHED BV HENRY L. F1TTOCK. r'ublli.hed by The Oregonian Publishing Co., 13J tSUth Street, Fortland. Oregon. C. A. BORDEN, E. 3. PIPER. .Manager. k.aiur. The Oregonian la a member of the Asso ciated I'res. The Aaeociated Pren la H eluxlvely entitled to the use for publication ol all news dlBpatchea credited to It or not otherwise credited In thla paper and also the loral newe published herein. All rights ot publtcatl, i. of special .dispatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advsnre. (By Mail.) Tally. Sunday Included, one year IS 00 Jjaily, Sunday Included, ill montha ... 4 .5 Ialiy, Sunday Included, three months. . Katly. Sunday included, one month ... Paliy, without Sunday, one year J U Daily, without Sunday, alx montha .... I fiaily. without Sunday, one month .... .JW Weekly, one year J "9 Sunday, one year ......... (By Carrier.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year I.0 IUy. 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BIGHTS OF CHINA AND ITS DCT1ES, China's declaration of the prin ciples on which its relations with the great powers should be revised coin cides with the main Mnes of Ameri can policy, and British policy now approaches harmony with it. As events have shaped themselves in the last quarter ot a century, China was becoming: the rich estate of which all commercial nations were eager to seize a share. This game of grab has already caused war be tween Japan and Russia and, If it should continue, might lead to an other general war either that or partition by agreement. The United States Is inflexibly opposed to either solution. It stands for the Inde pendence and Integrity of China, and for the right of all nations to take part In its commerce and. to assist 'In Its development under agreements to be made with the Chinese govern ment as a sovereign state, free from even & hint at intimidation. In order thai this policy may be put In effect, the whole network of spheres, concessions and privileges held by other nations should be swept away, as the Chinese delegates propose. These are a growth which began when Europeans first forced their way into the country and which bore its proper fruit when Japan compelled China under threat, of war to grant the twenty-one de mands in 1D15. The treaty embody ing those demands gave 'Japan prior rights to make loans to Chlnqand exclusive rights to build railroads and open mines, while all other na tions were to be excluded from a part In developing some provinces, and China was to assent in advance to any disposition of Shantung that might be made between Japan and Germany. Some demands were held in suspense which would have so Impaired Chinese sovereignty as to have in effect established a Japanese protectorate. That treaty Infringed on treaty rights of the United States, and our government notified both China and Japan that it would not recognize any agreement having that effect or impairing the Integrity of China or the open door policy. AH this was done when the European powers were too dependent on Japan for help in the war to enter any protest, and In the early months of 1917, before the United States intervened in the war, Japan extorted from the allies a promise that German rights in Shan tung should be transferred to Japan by the peace treaty. That was done by the Versailles treaty, which China refused to sign and which the Unltqd. States did not ratify. A new situation has now arisen. The dangers against which the Anglo-Japanese alliance was intend ed to guard having disappeared, it has become obsolete and some of the British dominions oppose its re newal, while the whole British em pire desires to avoid alienation of Japan by making a new arrangement to which the United States shall be a party. British commerce has suf fered In common with that of Americans through Japanese dis crimination In controlled parts of China. Great Britain Inclines to ward the American policy of wiping out foreign privileges that are con trary to Chinese independence, France approves the principle of the Chinese proposals. Evidently the Chino-Japanese treaty of 1915 can not stand: other nations than Japan must surrender their privileges in order that they may be in a position to ask like surrender from Japan. By going to extremes "Japan has shaken the whole structure which Americans desire to tear down. No fair-minded American who has Informed himself on the subject de nies that Japan occupies a position toward China that is different from that of other nations. It is a near neighbor, has more intimate trade relations, in able to do much in de veloping China and needs the prod ucts of such enterprise. It has a surplus population needing an out let, and large parts of China, espe cially In the north, are thinly peo. pled and can employ Japanese to advantage. The two races would live amicably together, provided the Japanese did not attempt to govern the country where they settle, but would leave China- to rule without Interference, provided also that Chinese government did not obstruct industry and trade. If the powers could arrange that certain provinces of China be thrown open especially to Japanese Immigration and enter prise without restriction on the equal right of all nations to invest and trade, the rights of all might be secured .and Japanese emigrants would find an outlet without going to countrios whose people are un willing to aatiimilute them. In order that other nations may comply with China's proposals, that country must radically change the character of its government. .While the government at Pekin nominally rules all ot China, its claims are dis puted by a rival government at Nan kin, which rules at least one prov ince, and its authority is flouted by the military governors of other provinces, which extort money by terrorism on the pretense that pay is in arrears for their armies, Sur render ot all rights which Impair the independence and integrity of China would mean that the powers would leave their nationals in China at the mercy of these brigand chiefs, their civil and criminal suits to be tried by Chinese courts subject to brigand dictation. Before other na tions give up their privileges, they will expect China to establish one government which disbands the brigand armies, establishes its own army under civil control and makes its authority respected throughout the republic. Several suggestions ' have been made that the powers resort to armed intervention for this purpose. It no alternative should offer, this may be necessary and all will nat urally turn to the United States as the nation that is most disinterested, has the confidence of the Chinese and Is best able to perform the task. But this nation would be loath to do the' work, especially alone, and the greater part should fall to Japan as an immediate neighbor with as much interest in the restora tion of order in China as we had in Cuba in 1898. Great Britain has as extensive interest there as Japan and should have an equal hand in re construction. Of no less Importance than ending of civil war Is advice and aid to China in organizing gov ernment and a tax system, in which the help of Americans would be most acceptable. Until orderly government is established, independ ence and restored integrity would be of small value, for foreign capi tal and enterprise would shun the. country. In the end Japan might weary of watchful waiting, if no other power moved, and might send an army to intervene alone. While it would be practicable for all nations concerned to reduce their armament In the absence of a far eastern adjustment, they could do so more confidently and on a larger dcale if China were made the subject of an international agreement. To this China must contribute no less than Japan, the United States and the European powers. It is a case for all-around co-operation. A SPECIAL SESSION". It is to be expected that Governor Olcott will summon the legislature into special session in the sear fu ture. The great preponderance of sentiment favorable to- the 1925 ex position registered among one third of the population is not to be re sisted, and it is an essential part of the method adopted for financing the exposition that there be an early vote by the state at large on a special tax levy. There are at least two other mat ters important enough to justify im mediate action. They are the de struction of state highways by over loading of trucks, and regulation and taxation of truck and bus lines that will put these lines and other estab lished means of transportation nearer an equality in those particu lars. The Oregon constitution leaves to the legislature decision as to what matters it shall consider when called into special session, but clearly the governor will not exceed his func tions if he recommends a definite programme, and it ought to be prac ticable by conference for the gov ernor and the members to reach an amicable though not necessarily In elastic agreement. The 'Oregonian believes that the great majority of the members of the legislature will not submit to prolongation of the session for dis cussion or enactment of Inconse quential statutes. AGRICULTURAL INERTIA. A citizen who urges Oregon farm ers to devote their energies exclus ively to the production of commodi ties "best suited to their climate and soil" proposes a course of action which, though superricially sound in principle and certainly conservative In application, ought to be pursued with due reference to the needa of a people who like to learn by their own experience and whose progress is in large part due to their love of venturing into new fields. Farming would be a duller business than It is, and a good deal less profitable, if it were not for the excursions that have enlivened the labors of the more enterprising among then. There can be a tendency toward too great a conservatism, as those pio neers discovered who clung too long to wheat, and as others learned by Introducing new and previously un tried crops and profiting by them. The acclimatization of corn to Oregon conditions presents a con spicuous example of achievement that would not have been possible if too much reliance had been placed in tradition?" for it was anciently as serted and widely believed that corn could never be grown in the state. Yet it is strikingly true that there is not now a county in the state in which some corn is not profitably produced, although it is but a few years since the first experiments were made. The value of corn in rotation with other cereals and par ticularly as an adjunct to the breed ing of livestock and the rejuvenation of the soil is now conceded by pro gressive farmers everywhere. Every new plant introduced Into Oregon has been the result of en terprise which ignored the principle that only demonstrated crops are worth the farmer's while. Alfalfa failed repeatedly before it estab lished its claim. The. first wheat growers in eastern and central Ore gon were laughed at as Invaders of a region fit for bunch grass alone. The prune and the- loganberry were ex periments undertaken without assur ance of success, and both have since had their ups and downs. The first commercial orchards ran counter to the accepted practice of their time. Each decade brings with it the need for revision of ideas as to what con stitute profitable crops. There is a distinction between fit ful want of continuity and constant reliance on the ancient standby which the progressive farmer is careful to observe. The danger of too much, standardixation Is two fold. It leads to Inertia which it Is difficult to overcome, and it causes forgetfulness of the demands of an agricultural system as a whole. Re liance on so-called cash crops has done incalculable damage to the fer tility of the land and is responsible for declining yields mistakenly at tributed to soil exhaustion. The great adaptability of plants to strange conditions, which is not as well understood as it ought to be, is a natural phenomenon upon which hope for the future of agriculture is basd. It is impossible to dogmatize upon the most profitable crops for any region, because conditions change constantly, but it is safe to assume that a one-crop system will ruin the individual who practices it continually, if it does not destroy the prosperity of the community in the end. Variation is necessary in any considerable cycle of years If agri culture is to survive. Those who dream of the perfect farming community do so in terms of diversification, experimentation and change. If the first farmers of Oregon had stuck to wheat, which was not only staple but passed for cash itself, there would have been no farming worth considering In Oregon today. : OMITTED. The disturbed condition of the wire service doubtless accounts for failure of our evening contemporary to print the current offering of its new correspondent Mr. Wells, who was retrieved by it from The Orego nian's waste-basket. Or possibly it was the disturbed condition of The Telegram's mind, for the letter (which we find in a newspaper printed in another city) is a renewed attack on any plan of disarmament, and an exposition of the Wells fancy of universal brotherhood. For example. Wells emits an un disguised and elaborate sneer at the nations which have accepted the Hughes plan of naval limitation "in principle." Here is a crfoice .speci men: They (Great Britain Japan, France. Italy) do not ao much propose to give up n-nr n to brins- it back bv a gentlemanly agreement within the restricted possi bilities or their austere Danarupicy. That Is to say, the purpose of the nations in acceptance of the Hughes plan is to bring back war. We are left to draw the plain inference that the renewal of warfare was the pur pose of Mr. Hughes in making his proposal. Now for the Wells remedy: - Along the linea of either unregulated or regulated armament there can oe no ee curlty for any race or people. The only security for a modern etate now la a bind ing and mutually satisfactory alliance with the power or powere that might otherwise attack. The only real security for France acainst a German revenge la a generous rod complete understanding between the French and German republics, ao that they will have a mutual Interest 'n each other's prosperity. Only when the French and Ger mans learn to love and trust one an other can world peace and security come (according to Wells). What consummate folly to propose it! What iniquitous stupidity and reck lessness and mischievous insanity to oppose any other plan (such as'limi tation of armament) in order to real ize an impossible Utopia. The newspaper which prints the Wells letters cannot escape its re sponsibility for a definite contribu tion, through socialistic and interna tionalistic propaganda, to defeat of the only practicable plan to assure the peace and welfare of the world. THE LIFETIME OF A CITY AND A CITIZEN. Except for a very few years, the entire history of Portland is syn chronous with the period during which Charles Hutchlns, who died recently at the ripe age of 93, re sided here. There certainly are not many- perhaps there is only one resident of the city whose lives similarly parallel that of Portland It self. Another pioneer of 1850 is re called in the person of Mr. I. G. Davidson, whose father early settled oh the donation land claim whose original limits include the eastern part of what is now Laurel hurst. Mr. Davidson, however, was a boy of ten or thereabouts when he came to Portland, while Mr. Hutchlns was a grown man seeking the oppor tunity which he found as one 'of the city's pioneer merchants and in grappling with which he gave a practical expression to a faith in Portland's future that was by no means then shared by all Oregonians. It is interesting to recall now how necessary It was then for the found ers of the city to struggle constantly to maintain a position founded, as they believed and as events have proved, on fundamental natural ad vantages. Prior to about the time that Portland was first settled there was little or no urban life in Oregon, and Oregon City filled every existing need of the people for a commercial center. Adjudication of the northern boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United States gave impetus to permanent settlement and commerce from which sprang the first town-building boom. This was in full flower when Mr. Hutch lns arrived. But there were no rail roads and the delicate relationship between land and water transporta tion was not well understood. St. Helens had seemingly good reason for supposing that it could supply an effective connecting link between ocean and river commerce and the country in the interior. Linnton. previously founded by McCarver and Burnett In the belief that, the build ing of a road across the nearby hills would assure its position as the trad ing center of the Oregon country, was a thriving settlement and a hopeful competitor of Portland when Mr. Hutchlns came here. Milwaukie was widely advertised as the head of navigation on the Willamette, and a number of other cities, come of which, like Milton, Multnomah City and Linn City, have since declined or disappeared, were .serious con tenders for metropolitan honors. The reasons why Portland gradually forged ahead in the race for supre macy were largely geographical but also- partly personal. The public spirit tot the founders undoubtedly was a factor that deserves mention. Their policy of promoting the build ing of roads had a marked influence on early growth. An open water front provided by the original town site, and also a covered dock built by the private enterprise of Captain J. H. Couch, owner of the land claim adjoining the original townaite on the north, aided materially in has tening the result. The development not only of Port land but ot Oregon and the whole west is the more impressive because it is thus seen to have taken place within the adult lifetime of a single citizen. It has been given to few men to witness a mlere Impressive phenomenon. Portland possessed no school system when Mr. Hutchins arrived here, but, what was more significant by contrast with the pres ent, it was measurably contented without one and its citizens were seriously of two minds as to whether education was a proper community function. Mr. Hutchins lived in Portland at a time when the taxpay ers were urged at a public meeting to forego a tax for schools on the ground that they were about to be heavily assessed for the construction of 9 Jail, with the implication that the latter was the more essential The city was not incorporated until 1851, and until 1855, when Multno mah county was created, its people traveled to Hillsboro to transact busi ness at the county seat. Every step incivic improvement was witnessed by" this pioneer. The first streets, J the first brick building, the first paved road, the first railroads and1 the first street car and all those other first performances and con ceptions that are so dear to the heart of the civic antiquarian he saw and was a part of them. The period of Mr. Hutchins' resi dence was also nearly coincident with the history of the territory and the state. He arrived only a few months after the territorial govern ment had been formally set up by Governor Lane, he saw a constitu tion framed and the commonwealth raised to the dignity of statehood, and he participated in changes in its form of government which have been almost as momentous. What an amazing fund of "Do you remem bers?" must have illuminated his de clining years! NEEDS OF PORTLAND COMMERCE. Increase of Portland exports in the first nine months of 1921 is gratifying evidence of growth of the port's commerce, especially when compared with the startling de creases shown by San Francisco and Seattle. Though the aggregate vol ume of commerce has fallen off enormously, Portland handles more exports by securing more nearly all of that which would naturally flow to it. The total of imports is less satis factory. There has been a decrease at all principal Pacific ports except Los Angeles, and the percentage of decrease for Portland is considerably below that for San Francisco and Se attle, but our total is still insignifi cant compared with theirs, and indi cates that ships either come in bal last or deliver the bulk of their in ward cargo at other ports. If the same influences had worked unim peded on imports as have worked on exports, there should have been an actual increase. The chief cause of the great dis proportion between inward and out ward cargoes is' the exclusive con tracts for Interchange of traffic be tween railroads and foreign steam ship lines at other ports. The bulk ot this traffic originates in or is des tined for interior points and consti tutes the chief reliance of steamship lines running to other ports. The shipping board vessels formerly op erated by the Admiral line to Ma nila, south China and Japan from both Portland and Seattle landed the bulk of their imports at Seattle. This business included the most valuable commodities, such as silk and tea, which go far to swell totals. - In order that Portland shall as far as possible have balanced cargoes both ways, the contracts between American -railroads and foreign steamship lines should be annulled as contrary to the declared policy of developing an American merchant marine. In their place should be an obligation on the railroads to give preference to American ships. If ir. addition the shipping board should allocate to Portland the three pas senger-cargo ships to which this port has fully established its claim, there should be a material increase of Im ports for the present quarter. In any event transfer of the south China line to the Columbia Pacific and im port of raw material for the Vege table Oil mills and other Portland industries should cause considerable improvement. The backers of the fair project must have been pretty sure of them selves to hold that election on the day of the University of Oregon-Agricultural college football game. Just a suggestion to marshals and deputy marshals who return Gard ner to McNeil's island: Put him it a barrel of soft glue and let it set be fore starting. It may be due to Mr. Fuller or may be to Mr. Cooper that nobody la walking and every rider is much obliged. Nobody grumbles about the fare. This agreement to scrap the big navies come just in time. Most of the nations were running out of names for. their new battleships. Some Chicago theorists say a weekly wage of $50 is safe to marry on; but they are unmarried folk, so what do they know of it? At the present rate there won't be even enough warships left to go around at Rose Festivals and Mardi Gras and like celebrations. Some day science will develop an electric-heat barrage across the Co lumbia to eat up that cold wave that comes down the gorge. Imperial Potentate Cutts, being a Georgian which covers everything has naught but kindest words for Portland weather. If California had something like this as infrequently as we do, they would call it a blessing; down there. There's nothing uncertain about the voice of Portland when her mind is made up as it is on that 1925 fair. Some of these speculators who are holding up the turkey price may yet have to eat crow themselves. The best turkeys will retail at 50 cents and there will be plenty today and tomorrow. . The man whose jag of wood Is piled on the parking has real "do mestic" troubles. The easterner here no longer won ders why almost every store sells umbrellas. Chest, or no chest, this is no time to consider. If any are in need, give it. It takes a storm like this occasion ally to make us realize how well oft we are. Do not waste water. This applies to everybody not to the other fel low. What "elegant" skating a Thanks giving-time freeze would make! Still thirty-six days to go to equal the record of Noah's time. What the country needs now is a financial silver thaw. In two days we'll be thankful it was no worse. Lot Swetland shows his faith by his work. The Listening Post. By DeWltt Harry. , "M IKES' LINE" is no more, for. after 28 years of service, Mike McNary died at the controller last week. Mike saw the Portland street car services expand from the horse car days to tbe present rapid transit system. He was superintendent" of the Twenty-eighth street stub line that connected with the Rose City Park cars and served the district north of Sullivan's gulch. Mike's in terest in his work was personal, he was no mere automaton, and though he was the entire crew of the one car, he resented any interference with his labors, and as he was the oldest man in years in the employ of the street car company he was allowed to man age the line. Mike knew every man. woman and child in his district, knew their work and the time that they should leave each day. If a man was late Mike would worry and was even, known to go to his home to see that he did not miss bis car. He ignored schedules, but as he knew everyone he always had his car on -band to care for the traffic He made friends with each new fam ily and was the neighborhood regu lator, even venturing a diplomatic remonstrance at times when some wife would return late from an after noon's entertainment and dinner was likely to suffer as a consequence. With all this Mike was dearly loved by his patrons and many, floral offer ings came for his funeral. Many a teacher would have us be lieve that the most direct route to a man's heart is by way of the stom ach, and ao many varied angles of this axiom have been aired that it takes a daring novelty to get any notice. Just a few weeks ago, by way of an exception to the general rule, we told of the domestic science teacher, expert cook that she was, who never managed to corral a hus band. But just the other day came the young married chap who " id Import ed his mother-in-law from the middle west, and in telling of how well she fitted Into the household, said: "Why she would bake her way into any man's heart." Which goes a long way toward disproving the stock mother-in-law wheese1 and confirm ing the one about male hearts and culinary skill. e e Women have a vaed viewpoint on public matters, and in Oregon, where there Is nearly complete equality of sex, they shave an opportunity to ex press themselves by the ballot. Most men, when they vote, do so in a man ner that will make every ballot count Shrewd observers state that many votes are against. Instead of for. In other words we vote for Bill, not because we like Bill but because we like him more than we do Jim, his rival, and ws want to vote against Jim. Deep stuff this, but one woman in Portland does not like to vote against anybody, and for that reason will not fill out her ballot when men are being selected for certain positions. However, she draws no line at issues, votes on every initiative and referen dum measure and was right on the job Saturday. If both rrVen and issues are up for a choice she does not vote for the men, only the issues. e At the Portland surgical hospital for the past two months a young veteran of the Canadian expedition ary force has been putting up a fight that is worthy of all the best soldier traditions, William Rath joined the C. E. F. at the age of 15 years .and S months as attested by his birth certificate, and even at that early age was able to convince the authorities that he was 21 hie height and weight being well over that of an average man. Proceeding overseas with the ISth howitzer battery, he did fuPy two years in France before be ing badly wounded and gassed. Ever since coming back to Canada he had been a sick boy and finally his con dition . developed into a tubercular spine.- Brought down to Portland as a last resort to be operated on, "Bill" showed the same grit and determina tion that has carried him through life during the last two years. Complications set in after the operation and "Bill" died practically on his 21st birthday. He was never heard to complain. His body has been shipped back to a little place called Parksville on Vancouver island, that overlooks an arm of the Pacific ocean, to lie beside his father, who was a pioneer of Brit ish Columbia. The world la poorer in the passing of such a man as "Bill" Rath, one of the casualties of the war with Get-many. . Gambling toys are a high spot of late years. " We have the ever-present crap dice, the toddle tops, the many other devices which constantly gain new' recruits. Welcome the latest, nothing less than a modified roulette wheel, with fully a large a range ot chances. The inventor, a local man, adver tises his toy as a wonderful appliance for teaching the rudiments of arith metic. Many a gambler will say that roulette does just this, but principally subtraction. The Inventor also states that it imparts knowledge without the feeling that it Is being taught. Watch the little ball roll, put it down, odd or even, red or black, above or below, field or favorites, away we go, a "roulette wheel in every family. e e Tou can't manufacture stills, say the fe.deral prohibition enforcement agents, and several Portland plumb ers have found this out to their eost. But there are many ways to Bkin a cat. . Prominently displayed In a window are several copper "receptacles of assorted sizes, and it does not take any great stretch of the Imagina'tlon to figure their probable use. The prices on the tags are stiff ones, but they probably would return a good interest on the investment if working on mash. , The chase after perpetual motion Is not over. Witness the following ad, scissored from a San Diego paper by Orton Goodwin: "1 des're one or more persons to help me wlth'money so that I can develop perpetual mo tion and three other inventions. , National City, Cal." Those Who Come and Go. Tales of Folks at the Hotels. "The rotary plow which has to be relied on to clear the tracks of snow," said Frank Seufert. of The Dalles, "was Invented by an Irishman who was a section foreman for the O.-W. R. & N. at Echo. Or. I don't remem ber the fellow's name, but he got the Idea of the rotary plow from a wind mill and worked out a scheme where by the rotary plow would suck In the snow and shoot it to one side, thus clearing the track. He was euchared out of his patent by a man ufacturer in the east some slicker work at Washington and when the Irishman was offered $15,000 for the idea he refused it, and that was all he ever had a chance to get for his patent. The rotary plow is now used wherever there are snow drifts, and it has been a godsend to the rail roads which operate in the snow country. Few people, however, know that the rotary plow had Its Inception In Oregon." Mr. Seufert arrived In Portland" Saturday from Seattle, where he was elected vice-president of the Pacific Coast Fisheries asso ciation Speaking of preparedness, the palm goes to Thomas M. Gardiner of San Francisco. Mr. Gardiner has already made his reservations at the Hotel Portland for the 1925 exposition. He has engaged two rooms on the sixth floor, and was canny enough to stip ulate that they should be at 1921 prices. On this basis he has paid a deposit to hold the rooms he wants. So far as known Mr. Gardiner la the first man to tie up hotel accommoda tions for the exposition period in 1925. Mr. Gardiner has arrived at the Hotel Portland with his family, and while he was here he learned of the 4 to 1 vote -for the exposition, faking the exposition as a certainty, he Immediately engaged rooms for the big show. Years ago Mr. Gardiner was a salesman for whips and was known throughout the country as Gardiner, the Whip Man. and that is the way he registers now. In spite of the stormy weather dis arranging the' plans of the visiting Shriners, James S. MeCandless of Honolulu, maintained his reputation as "Sunny Jim" and wore the smile which made him famous as a good fellow around the Multnomah lobby. As he will bead the Shrine in 1922 and will entertain the delegates In Hono lulu after the convention In San Francisco, he finds that Shrine mat ters are taking nearly all of his time. It is Mr. MeCandless who Is largely responsible for the desire of the cheese-knfcfers fo attend the San Francisco meeting. He promised when in Portland last June to give every noble a great time on the beaches at Honolulu and the conse quence is that every member of the order has been saving his spare change to get io San Francisco next year so that he can get that trip to the Paradise of the Pacific. "Portland did so well when they entertained the Shrine In 1920 that San Francisco will have to go some to equal them." says Ernest C. Rueter, chairman of the entertainment com mittee of 1922 and potentate of San Francisco temple. "From present in dications, it looks as though San Francisco will have one of the largest conventions ever held by this organ ization, and not only San Francisco but the whole of California is en thusiastic about the great gathering." Mr. Rueter is at the Multnomah con ferring with the leaders of Al Kader temple regarding details of entertain ment and the best methods of putting the convention across with a bang. As proof that the highways in Ore gon and California are in good condi tion, despite the rains, Mr. and Mrs. F. Pferman of Wallace. Idaho, made the trip from Los Angeles to Port land, stopping only at Redding. Cal., and Roseburg, Or. Sunday they en countered the storm which was raging in Oregon, but they made the trip from Roseburg to Portland without discomfort. They will spend a few days at the Multnomah and as soon as the roads are in good condJtlon will continue on their trip to Wallace, Idaho. Rov B. Currey ot La Grande Is in town with his bride on a honeymoon trip. He is the son of Fred B. Currey. formerly city manager of La Grande and now a resident of Portland. Busi ness conditions In La Grande are good, reports Mr. Currey. for the railroads are working overtime and the saw mills are resuming operation and the merchants of La Grande are doing more business now than they did a year ago. The agricultural district is the section that Is suffering and that is because of the market. Maybe Tom, Pick and Harry don't know it, but Bill S. Brown of Pitts burg is the assistant mayor of Port land. BUI is the imperial treasurer of the Shrine and when here a coupl of years ago he was designated as the assistant mayor, a title which ke still brags about and which gives him con siderable prominence in the Pittsburg Dispatch. Bill is In the city with the other imperial cheese-knlfers talking about the convention in the Bay City next year. "Only nine Inches of snow in Se attle," said W. F. Richardson, at the Hotel Portland yesterday. Mr. Rich ardson expected to aee at least a foot of snow in Portland and was quite disgusted when he discovered that there was no more snow In Portland than there U at the tropic of cancer. Mr. Richardson is the manager In Se attle of the Roebllng company, which supplies wire cables to the logging camps of. the Pacifio northwest when the camps are doing business. "The largest circular saw in the world." aald Dave Jenkins at the Hotel Portland, "was Installed at a mill on Puget sound. It is feet in diameter, or more than 27 feet In cir cumference. When this saw was In stalled It caused a sensation In the lumber world and the shock of sur prise hasn't subsided since. Mr. Jenkins is the coast manager of the Dlsston Saw company, which made and Installed the celebrated saw. With the railroads tied up by the storm and the Columbia river highway Impassable because of the snow and sleet, W. H. Marran of San Francisco, did his best yesterday to try to get to The Dalles by the river route. Mr. Marran is representative of the Eut terick patterns and wants to get Into The Dalles as quickly as possible to that the women there will know what Is the latest idea In styles. Eaten Fletcher of Rochester, N. T. where the lamps come from began to climb the Shrine ladder In Portland in 1920 wherf he was elected Imperial outside guard. Unless something like an earthquake happens, Eaten will become the imperial potentate In due course of time. Noble Fletcher Is "in bur midst" for the time being. J. S. Mclnnes of Wallace, Idaho, is spending several days in Portland and is registered at the Multnomah. He reports that very few of the mines are operating in the Coeur d'Aleno district. This Is the most prominent mining section ln the Gem state, and when these mines encounter a slack period there is a falling off In tht metal output of the United States. Ever hear of Trenholm? It is a set- I tlement in Columbia, county, and has ! about 50 population. A. D. Wolfe, of I that place, is registered at the Im- j penal. j Burroughs Nature Club. Copyright, Uonghton-Mifflln. Co. U'an Von Answer These Queatlonaf 1. Will you explain how to tell a game feather from others? 2. Where and how does the bop toad raise its young? S. Can grey squirrels drive a fox squirrel from a place? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes, see Answers to Prrvlona Questions. 1. How long have domestic fowls been known? So long that it is hard to give a date. From Babylonian tablets and old coins, apparently domestic fowl were common 7000 years ago. Chinese traditions claim the introduction of domestic fowls to China 1400 B. C. 2. How long does a bee live whose sting is gone! . In popular theory, the bee dies within a few hours after losing its stinging members. One of the most prominent professional bee keepers in the country states In print that while most bees may die after losing the sting, he knows many cases where they continued to live and work In definitely. see 3. A recent newspaper article de scribed apparent accelerated sympa thetic movement of gold fishes In a pond near which a band was playing. In the same pond were trout which seemed utsTesponslve. Should this re. action of the gold fish be attributed to the music or the effect of sound waves? Too theoretical for this column. We do not answer for behavior of crea tures under artiflcal circumstances. Government experiments have been made, however, with effect of sound on fishes. Read up in document No. 775 Issued April 27, 1912, by United States bureau of fisheries, Wash ington, D. C. "Sound as a Directing Influence In the Movements of Fishes." by G. H. Tarker. OLD YAMHILL'S HAT IS IN MSG Nominated for F.xpoattlon Site sail Its Wonders Itecounted. McMINNVILLE, Or.. Nov. 20. (To the Editor.) Before you run short of a site for the big fair and the subject is shoved into a hole and the hole pulled after It, let me suggest one, namely. Old Yamhill. This Is a bully place to see things.. West of here Is Brock mountain, yt Inhabited by the sidvhlll Luncatoo. which, once started, goes round and round In a crele like a beaver gir dling a tree, until the big mountain topples over on its side, at which the Luncatoo backs off and tackles an other. Then there's the broad Yam hill, which, if they will gouge out the bottom and slice off Its sides, will be accessible for gunboats to ascend and shell from existence what few moss barks we have left. Eastward we have in plain view th snow-capped Cascade range stretch ing away and away to where Three Sisters raise their white heads; if it's "sisters" one wants to see, as did a correspondent through your columns the other day, let him climb the court house stairs and look away across the valley to the foot of the Whiteson hills, where George Phillips' blooded Durhams, one, two and three, stand knee-deep lopping up the kale. Then there's Grandfather Toney, Si years old, who la worth saying "howdy" to 365 times a year. Then cames Dad Cook not he of Nortli Pole fame, but our own local practi tioner who has discovered and brought to light more than one small Pole over Hopewell way. To reach this Garden of Eden of flowers, fruits and grain, "big red apples and pretty girls," hop a South ern Pacific red Jacket and whizs through direct, or come by your own power round "Memorial Loop," Should these means prove inadequate to ac commodate the crowd, would suggest we build a scenic railway skirting the loop, which, as the little cars go bob bing up and down, causeth the goatee to shake and the back hair to stand straight out in the breese. We can take care of any and all state buildings, never fear ahout that. Since this section of country Is fast becoming known as the "moonshine belt," most all of these buildings will come handy to step forth from with a bottle on the hl. THOMAS ZAMI)CK ROGERS. HOME MAKES OK MAKS t HILDREX Closer Touch by Parents Kssentlsl to Youth's Well Ilelng. PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (To the Edi tor.) If all parents would keep In intimate touch with the affair and companions to their children such de plorable happenings as the late Ben son Tech scaniiai could not' exist. It Is the early home env.ronment and training that make or mar the nu-lnv aHnliirant life rf ths VflUtu person. I'arents should be well versed in that clasa or literature wnicn is desirable reading during the forma- ftiuA n.rin (if a nhWli'm lift. Parents should keep In touch with the major study progress or tneir cnuaren in our public schools. They should he able to give some help regarding matters of general Interest to their children when eo questioned by them, w . K 1 1 .1 knv n fnthet nnri son. m mother and daughter day every day in our nomea. When children are delinquent in their studies or behavior at school it u,n.,tj ...,tK- fafilitat tnnttnra If - j -o,.H-p- w,m sura fit the ro-oDerat on of the parents In their efforts to in duce pupils to study at their bast. Too often when children fall to make a grade or are delinquent In their behavior all blame Is put on the teachers as being partial or having especial pets. Often the children are removed to another school wnere ine ,.,,.k-- -- i5 narrow-minded, only to have the same occurrence happen again. i ernai n wo tuuiu u.hnnl tnf teat lilnir adults the ethics of child life we might get results. Th. valine-, unformed child mind unconsciously absorbs the. character istics of person with whom he is thrown in contact during the forma tive period. Therefore, it la the duty of parents to instill high Ideals Into the lives and mlndo of their untried boys and girls, to remember that life Is rather strange and overwhelming to their inexperience of the vital things; also thai home is the bulwark of the nation. Let us all strive to strengthen the foundations. MRS. LUDV1G OLSEN. Lincoln loditlon of Herald. SrRIN'GKIKl.D, Or., Nov. 19. (To the Editor.) Have been advised that our copy of the New York Herald of April 15, 1S65. is valuahle? Is this true? If so, what Is It worth? The paper contains the first press notices of the assassination of President Lin. coin. MRS. H. B. FREELAND. Great numbers of this edition of the Herald were printed and distributed and are still in existence. They are of no especial value. Loss oSTitanlc. RROOKINGS. Ot., Nov. 19. (To the Editor.) Please publish In The Or. gonlan the date nf sailing of S. S. Titanic, date of sinking and ex.v.'t length. A 15-YEAK SUBSCRIBER. Sailed April 10. 1912. Sank April 14, 1912. Length &52.5 feet. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Mostague, OS OYSTERS. We always thought the oyster's life Was one of soft, luxurious ease. Devoid of care, remote from strife Beneath the blue abysmal seas. We fancied, though It held no thrills That stir a more developed mind. At least it did not bring the ills That plague and trouble human kind. We've envied him his perfect peace, When grippe has racked our vitals, oft When doctors brought us no surcease. We've thought he had It pretty soft. Though limited his mental scope, His simple wants are satisfied. And now and then we've had the hope To be an oyster when we died. But In the newt we've read of late That In the deep and ooxy bowers Dread epidemics decimate The oyster's ranks as they do ours. Hot, raging fevers rack his bead, He writhes and moans the long days through Upon the slimy ocean bed. A helpless sufferer from flu. It's bad enough to have to dwell Amid the bleak and bitter brine. Shut up within a narrow cell With only ooe on which to dine. If also he's compelled to burn With fever throbbing through his brow. His lot is hard we" do not yearn To be a simple oyster now. e They've Wondered slue 1S1H. A lot of people will go to Wash ington Just to find out what an agenda looks like. Limitation of Crime. Germany Is at least free from the crrmks who used to make counterfeit ms. see A Poor Argument. After watching the army-navy foot ball game the foreign delegates to the arms conference are likely to figure that we don't need any weapons but those we were born with. (Copyright, 1921. by the Bell Syndi- cate. Inc.) In. Other Days. Twenty-five Years Ago, Prom The Oregonian of Nov. 22. lSOIl. A snow sturm was raging through out Washington. Oregon, northern Idaho and Montana. The annual meeting of the Oregon Indian war veterans was held yester day, Mr. Edward Chambreau presid ing. Mrs. W. P. Lord, wife of Governor LDrd is untiring In her efforts to promote the flux industry In Oregon. The fine Centenary - Methodist church has at last emerged from its embarrassing financial entangle ments, and the structure Is today free from the menace of the $17,000 mortgage which has hung over it for several years. Fifty Years Ago. From The Cregonlan of Nov. 22. 1871. Honorable Benjamin Disraeli has been elected rector of the University of Glasgow, defeating Mr. Ruskln, the well-known author. City of Mexico. Formidable revo lution has taken place throughout the country, and a change In the ex isting government Is expected. The treasury Is bankrupt, and the people are going over to the revolutionists. An extinct animal, the fossil re mains of which were discovered by the Rev. Thomas Condon and given to Professor Marsh, has been named Plantagonls Condonl. A new postoffice has been estab lished at Hubbard station. Bible In Nrhoola. PORTLAND,' Nov. 21. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly name the states whlcri require the reading of the Bible in the public schools. SUBSCRIBER. Two states, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, require that a portion of the Bible shall be read without comment. Pennsylvania specifies t least ten verses a the number to ho read. In both states It Is provided that children whoae parents object shall not be required to be present during the reading. Several state laws provide that the Blhle "may be read" in the classroom, leaving the matter to the discretion of local au thorities. North Dakota law especial ly excepts the Bible from the cate gory of sectarian books and permits Its reading In school, but does not require attendance of all pupils dur ing the reading. Iowa law prescribes that the Bible' "shall not be excluded" from public schools. "Higher Than (illderoy's Kite." BAY CENT BR. Wash., Nov. 20 (To the Editor.) Who was Gllderoy, any how? And how high did his kite fly? I. L. BUSH. R. H. Thornton's American Glossary says that "higher than Gllderoy's kite" Is a "proverbial expression probably of Scottish origin. The original Gllderoy would seem to have bpn a Scot who got Into trouble." An old Scottish ballad runs: Of GI'droy aae fralrt they ware Thev hnunrl him mlrkle strong; Tull Edlnburrow they led him tbalr And on a (tallows hong. Tt la added that Gildcrnv htmo- an high that he looked like a kite. Funk & Wagnall'a Standard dictionary traces the Phrase to the eirlv mean ings of "kite" "belly or body." Ac cording to this authority It Is an allu sion to the celebrated robber of that name who was hanged In Scotland in 1S36 on an unusually high gallows. Theft of Dog. PORTLAND. Nov. 21. (To the Edi tor.) What redress. If any. has the owner of a licensed dog. with name, address and phone number on collar, when other parties feed, detain him, allow him to follow or try to coax him away? SUBSCRIBER. Theft of a dog Is a felony. Deten tion of animals n the ground that they are estray Is a misdemeanor if the statutory provisions regarding search for owner, notice and the like are not complied with. ' Probably a mere friendly Interest In a dog, even though objectlonabla to the owner, could not be punished or prevented. Purpose of Alnaka Itallrnad. INDEPENDENCE. Or.. Nov. 20. (To the Editor.) Klnrt!y tefl me what object the government has In build ing the Central Alaska railroad. ALASKAN TRAVELER. The primary objects were to pro mote development of the coal fiebv and provide connection wlih rlv r transportation on the Yukon and thut encourage development of the lr. terlor.