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a 10 T1TE MORNING OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2G, 1921 USTAULIMHSD BIT HE.NKt I. PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonian Publlehlna; Co., 13J Sixth Street, i'orliand, Oregon. C. A. UOHOEN, E. B. PIPER, Uanafer. Editor. The Oregonian la a member of tha Abbo ciatrd Preaa. The Associated Prea la ex clusively entitled to the uee for publication ot all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In thla paper and alao the local newe published herein. All rights ot publican, r. of special dispatches herein re aiao reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably in Advance. (By Mall.) Hally. Sunday Included, one year IS 00 I'al.y. Sunday Included, six months ... 4.23 iJahy, Sunday Included, three months).. 2.25 Iaiiy, Sunday Included, one month .'. . .75 Pally, without Sunday.-one year 8 00 Daily, without Sunday, alx montha .... .23 Hally, without Sunday, one month .... .00 Weekly, one year 1 00 Sunday, one year (By Carrier.) Pally. Sunday Included, one year 19.00 Pally, Sunday Included, three months. . 2 23 Paliy, Sunday Included, one month ... .73 Pally, without Sunday, one year 7 80 Pally, without Sunday, three months.. 1.M laily, without Sunday, one month 6u How to Re, rait Send postofflce money o.-uer, expreas or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at owner's risk. Ulve postofflce address In lull, including: county and state. Postage Rates 1 to 16 pages. 1 cent: 18 to pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages, 8 cents; 50 to M pages. 4 cents: 66 to 80 pages, A -cents- h'2 to 06 paffea, 6 centa. Foreign postage double rate. Eastern Business Office Verree A Conk Jin. 3O0 Madlaon avenue. New York: Verree at Conklln, Stvger building, Chicago: Ver ree & Conklln. Free Press building. De troit, Mich.; Verree at Conklln, gelling building, Portland. ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES. The filing of the city's reply brief in the telephone rate case brings a protracted re-hearing to a close. If there Is anything: more to be done before the public service commis sion settles down to consideration of the testimony and arguments we do not know what it can be. The tak ing of the testimony consumed about six weeks; the city filed its brief; the company answered and the city has now replied. Through out it all the public has gained per haps a little better knowledge than it had of the interlocking system by which the local company is financed and controlled, and some of the more ardent readers have no doubt learned what they never knew be fore about selective ringing, auto matic disconnections, and that the jack on a switch board is not the plug but the hole into which it Is inserted or is it the other way round? It is apparent from a review of the briefs that notwithstanding the great volume of testimony, expert and otherwise, and the learned dis cussions of counsel, scientific rate making, so far as this utility is con cerned, is a trifle more complicated than international disarmament. The telephone rate which was fixed by the state commission witt design to yield the company a bet ter return on its investment is founded on a variety of specula tions, assumptions and calculations. The valuution of property is in it self more or less of an arbitrary cal culation. Part of this property and part of employes' time are devoted to long-distance or toll work. The adequacy of toll rates not being in question, the value of property and labor devoted to exchange purposes must needs be segregated, and that, too, can be done only by assumption and calculation. To determine net returns one of the elements deducted was a 'per centage for depreciation and this deduction was arrived at also by a system of speculation. The local company pays out of Its gross receipts 4 per cent to the parent company for certain "serv ices," and to determine the actual value of such services for purposes of deduction from gross receipts an other complicated calculation, re plete with assumptions, was re quired. To cap it all, further speculation was required as to what an in creased rate would yield. Out of this series of speculations, calculations and assumptions the commission arrived at what it deemed to be a proper charge for exchange telephone service. That it earnestly devoted itself to the prob lem Is not herein denied, but the law put upon the commission an impos sible task when it assumed that a commission with human limitations could determine a scientific rate for a, company which seems to have been organized for the purpose of defeating any such attempt. But the law is the law and the commis sion acted. Now the city has St. George against the telephone dragon with a great deal of valor, determination and learning. But the main things It has presented have to do with the accuracy of the commission's specu lations, assumptions and calcula tions. It has indeed endeavored to show that the company is top-heavy with officials, extravagant In its op. erations, unprogressive In installa tion of Improvements and labor saving devices and withal, con trolled and manipulated by a parent company with headquarters 3000 miles away. But the finger cannot be put on a single definite element that discloses error In the rate. If a short cut were possible, and legal, the state commission, in view of the admissions and showings made, would be Justified in throw ing overboard most of record and in deciding the case on general principles. A utility which so scrambles its affairs that it is immune from that positive determination of net profits by a publicly created body, to which other utilities submit themselves, it would seem, is not entitled in justice to apply for relief until it has un scrambled. To unscramble the tele phone properties would not dispose of all necessity for, calculation, but a vast amount of obscurity would be relieved and if it were then found to be deserving of higher rates they would be paid with better grace. The suspicion, whether Jus tified or not, that large profits to the Western Electric company, which exclusively furnishes the local com pany with its supplies, and undue profits to the American Telephone & Telegraph company, which owns 73.5 per cent of the stock of the local company, as well as the profits of the local company, are assured out of the rates charged subscrib ers to exchanges this suspicion would be definitely allayed. There are certain general aspects of the case that stand out above all the technicalities and learned dis quisitions presented by experts and lawyers. They are that at a time of declining prices telephone rates were increased 50 per cent; that al lowance had been made in earlier findings of the commission for ad vanned costs of labor and materials; that Portland rates are higher than In a great majority of cities in its class; that these rates are greater than the company ever re ceived in its history; and that its income is as great as during the eight or ten years preceding state regulation, during which time its rates were of its own making. rne law may we are not sure that it does tacitly enjoin the cpm missioners to disregard the general aspects of the case, take pencil in hand and calculate upon reams and reams of paper what this amount to under company assumptions and what that foots up to under other assumptions, and then strike a bal ance with its own calculations. It may require that this be done so that in the end we may enjoy the appearance of learned and scientific findings. If this be so, the law as some one remarked on another occasion the law is an ass. Wh wants his telephone rates deter mined by competitive mathematics? CHARLES AT MADEIRA. Madeira is a pleasant and comely little island, with frosted mountains and valleys of green fertility. Its principal city, Funchal, has a' popu lation of 25,000, ranging In hue from tan to ebony. One might go there as a tourist and spend delightful weeks, for the island has unmistak able charm, for the outlander. There are even worse places, on the conti nents, to spend one's life. But cir cumstances alter cases, and to Ex Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary, and to his wife, Zita, the pic turesque loveliness of Madeira will never quite avail to bring forgetful ness. Even an enchanted prison has its disadvantages, and is no less a cell because it is a prison of fields and roads and wayside flowers. One imagines them gazing toward the lost land of Europe, from the crest of the Pico Kuivo. Poor Charles and Zita! Some very gallant young men died at their whim, and the heart warms toward the humanity that bade this prig of royalty to weep for the sacrifice. He seems not so different from the rest of us, save that there was bred in him a belief in birth and kingly priv ilege. Birth has little to do with the right to rule, birth as it is es teemed by kings, but privilege enters the world with the advent of each child. It Is the privilege of eaeh to justify the badge of manhood. There were signs all round the tumbling house oft Hapsburg portents that made plain reading. The world was ready for democracy. His error was in fancying that the ambition of one prince could hold back the tide. If Charles had, as the years went by, given substantial pledges of his patriotism, of his love of country, he might have found in the land of his fathers some place of prestige and honor. There was work for men to do, toil enough for a century. For no other reason than that he could not and did not measure up to his manhood, this Hapsburg is a man without a country. HENRY FORD'S FORTE. One of the puzzles of the day has been Henry Ford. He was no sooner acclaimed as a great mechanical genius than he proved his blank ig norance of the war issues by placing himself at the head of the pacifists and taking a cargo of them to Eu rope. His business success was as cribed to his partners, but he dis proved that by buying them out and making the business bigger than ever. The air was full of his do ings when he brought a libel suit which displayed his deep ignorance of things that every schoolboy knows. The nation had just finished laughing at him when he put to con fusion a group of New York bankers who thought they had him in a squeeze, but he raised new doubt of his sound sense by starting an anti Jewish crusade. The key to the puzzle Is contained In an article by Judson C. Welliver in the Review of Reviews. Mr. Ford has in an unusual degree the faculty of thinking to a conclusion in a straight line, as it were, regardless of all precedent and custom, instead of wandering off on numerous bypaths as a man of mediocre talents is prone to do. He has a genius for mechanics, . and retains and has added to the knowledge of agricul ture that he acquired on his father's farm. He has patience and perse verance, homely virtues but rare, for he says: It ai twelve years from the time I turned out my first motor car until 1 manufactured any for sale. In all that tune I built only five. 1 was getting reaay. preparing for the thing 1 had in mind. The thing he had in mind was quantity production by use of the most labor-saving, time-saving de vices that could be invented. This did not mean throwing men out of jobs, for he employs 80,000. He must have the faculty of judging men, and of applying what they know and do, but when they find a fact that is relevant to his business, he shoots straight to the use of it. He makes short cuts that seem ab surdly obvious but which never oc curred to men who have been doing things in the old way for centuries. For example, the' custom has been to melt iron in a blast furnace, mold it into pigs, then melt the pigs in a cupola and pour the iron into molds In a foundry. He takes the molten Iron direct from the blast furnace to the foundry and pours it Into the molds, losing only a small fraction of the heat. He no sooner gets anything Into his hands than he takes it to pieces and finds what's wrong with it. Thus he buys a railroad, finds the .engines and cars are tbo heavy and too slow and is designing new ones that will be light and fast. His plans to revolutionize industry and farming seem fantastic. To his mind the time spent on raising cattle is wasted; we can make as good beef by chemically compounding Its in gredients. Reminded that a short age of fertilizer would result, he pro poses to make it with Muscle Shoals power. Though he is making money per haps as fast as any man In the coun try, he seems to work for enjoyment of work itself, of having things done efficiently, rather than for money, though the result of his methods is a steady stream of money. He pays his employes more than going wages and a bonus in addition, conse quently is not troubled by labor unions, but he insists on a full day's honest work, and he gets it. When he asked the price of that railroad, he Baid It was too low, that It left nothing for the stockholders, and he paid more. He does not throw money around on extravagant fads, but he built a $5, 000, 000 hospital and main tains an industrial school for 500 boys. An old saying is that the shoe- maker should stick to his last. Mr. Ford's last seems to be mechanics, organization, short cuts which do away with waste. If he sticks to J.t, he may effect economy, increase production and discover wasted sources of food and comfort which will astonish the world. Then kind memory may wipe out the record of his excursion into peace propaganda, politics and race antagonism. COLD RESERVE SYSTEM FOR EUROPE, A cure for the paper money dis ease from which central Europe is suffering has been proposed by Frank A. Vanderllp, who was the first noted American to study eco nomic conditions after the armistice and to tell the American people that their own prosperity depended on finding a remedy. He proposes to establish, probably under charter from the league of nations, an in ternational gold reserve 'bank with branches in all countries of central Europe on the same general plan as the federal reserve banks of the United States. . According to a Vienna dispatch to the London Times, this bank would obtain . its capital in gold chiefly from this country and would issue notes in a fixed ratio to its gold reserve. It would dal only with governments and other banks, its profits would be limited and the sur plus over the limit would be paid to the governments. It would be tax-free and would be guaranteed against legislation interfering with contracts payable in its notes. Its notes would be Jegal tender, in all countries where it operated and would be likely to maintain a stable, uniform value. They are expected to replace the present depreciated currency in circulation, but how the latter would be redeemed is not stated. If this plan should be put in operation, it should have great influ ence in reviving trade with Europe. Federal reserve banks have a great surplus of gold, which could not be put to better use than to provide central Europe with sound, stable currency. An American exporter cannot sell goods to be paid for six months hence in depreciated cur rency, for he cannot foresee how much the latter may be "worth in dollars; his sale is practically a speculation in foreign exchange. The effect is the same on Importers and on European business, whether im ports or exports. Money of which the value would be stable would set business moving. AN EXPERIMENT WITH POSSIBILITIES The results of the experiments now being conducted by the battle ship Ohio in New York harbor are fraught with possibilities for the safety of commerce such as have at tended no development in navigation since the radio was invented. The Ohio moves on no warlike mission as she steams through the tortuous channel from the ocean into the bay. She has been stripped of her guns and has been converted into an in strument of peace. Through her per formances it is that ships will be en abled to find their way in and out of bort in the densest fog. The principle of the new device is simplicity itself. A cable is Uud on the bottom of the channel longitud inally along the course, that vessels ought to follow. From a powerful generator on shore a current is sent through the cable that causes a rumbling sound such as Is sometimes heard from telegraph wires in city streets. But since the sounds cannot be measured with precision by the human ear, especial detectors are employed an adaptation ot the de vice used during the war for spotting submarines. ' With one receiver on each side of the vessel's keel, the pilot is able to keep the vessel on her true course and bring her safe to port. - The success of the submarine cable and the recent high development of sound - amplifying devices suggest uses for the new fog cable almost as extensive as that of the lighthouse, which in some thirty centuries has hardly kept pace with the progress of invention in other fields. It is practicable, for example, so to guard our dangerous headlands and shoals with fog cables as to give every ship approaching them full w.arning of their proximity. With such a device Installed at a few points on the Pa cific coast, and with a law requiring passenger vessels to equip them selves with sound detectors, as they are now compelled in certain in stances to carry radio apparatus, wrecks like those which have been so destructive of human life off the Oregon and California coasts ought to be rendered wholly inexcusable. Fog has its' terrors for shipmasters elsewhere than at harbor entrances, as tragic event3 have proved. NEMESIS IS AFTER WELLS. H. G. Wells, the priest, prophet and scribe of socialism, collectivism. Internationalism and all the other isms which, compounded together, make up what he calls "the coming sanity," has aroused a Nemesis not the furious, scowling Nemesis of mytliology, but a good-humored. bantering, sarcastic, satirical Nemesis who makes the whole world laugh as he uses Wells for a butt. He play fully tears holes In the solemn pre tensions with which Wells has robed himself and exposes the Wells philos ophy as "preposterous fallacy and vastly vagueness." This is done in letters addressed in friendly fa miliarity to "My dear Wells," which was justified by former friendship. The Nemesis is Henry Arthur Jones, the English playwright and author. The first of the letters were pub lished in the London Evening Stan dard and1 New York Sunday Times. All are now published in book form under the novel title, "My Dear Wells." Very early in the controversy, which began with Jones' dissection of Wells' "Russia in the Shadows," and continued with similar treat ment of Wells denunciation of a speech on bolshevism by Winston Churchill, Wells lost his temper and began flinging epithets at his tor mentor. He said Jones lied and ranted, was an "excited imbecile," "an out-and-out liar," "a damned thing," "a barking cur," "disin genuous and muddle-headed." Jones collected his letters for publication In book form and sent' the preface to Wells in advance. Wells wrote a letter to the publishers which they took as a threat of suit for libel. and they deferred publication while Jones considered their request that he assume liability for the result of such a suit and carried on a further lively controversy with Wells; which, put the world reformer is the pillory of public ridicule and suppressed thought of legal hostilities. In the letter which doubtless prompted Wells to be thus discreet Jones refreshed Wells' memory as to the "vivid terms of personal abuse" the philosopher had used and re minded him that he (Jones) "took it all very good naturedly," "did' not retort in kind" or threaten action for libel, but "treasured your epithets as examples of your method in con troversy, as a measure of your prowess in argument." He said: I vainly Implored you to substitute rea son fjr abuse. I continued to coax and admonish you, and I patted you on the bck whenever you ahowed some glimmer ing of insight ir.to the social problem tt.at J-rt perplexing the world. Jones cannot believe that after Wells' own "magnificent perform ance in vituperation," he intends to sue. Wells might be asked to justify his "vicious personal attack on" Winston Churchill and his "succinct ly libelous definition of your emi nent statistical Fabian brother (Sid ney Webb) as 'a rotten little inces sant, egotistical intriguer.' " Then tiftS tormentor said: Think of your pockets, my dear 'Wells, in these straitened times. The last way iu which I wlah to spend my substance la to fee some eirlinent counsel to make you look ridiculous In the witness box. Jones would never hesitate if challenged to appear before a Brit ish or American jury, but to avoid an anti-climax he offered Wells his full permission "to stand in any public place and at the top of your voice and for as long as you please" to call him all the opprobrious names already quoted, "together with any further ultra-mentionable vilifi cations of me that may serve to re lieve your feelings," and he adds: "And I solemnly pledge myself not to take the least notice of you." He also offered to withdraw from his book "any passage which in the opinion of some unbiased and quali fied judge is clearly beyond the limits of legitimate argument, fair comment or admissible satire." This offer was not accepted and Jones placed Wells in the literary pyiory with the latter's tacit con sent. He adopts the attitude of a kind, patient but unrelenting tutor to a muddled schoolboy and turns the prophet and his theories inside out. The tribute of an enthusiastic admirer that "Wells today is think ing for half Europe" is construed to mean that Wells is thinking for the half of Europe which Is incap able of thinking for itself. This moves Jones' friend, Spofforth, to remark: "Now we know why Eu rope is in such a mess," and that 'if you are thinking for half Europe, it doesn't leave you much time to think for yourself." Jones defines Wells' thinking as "a' flatulent com pound of vasty vague phrases and enticing catchwords," and he pro ceeds to prove it by picking to pieces the Wells theories and the inside of Wells' head. Wells has long been the vogue and is hailed as a seer by those who do not think for themselves. Jones brings him up short and shows him up as a very fallible human being who frames' theories without the least regard for facts and who passes them off on the unthinking by dress ing them up in high-sounding but unmeaning phrases. Jones will help Europe to think its way back to nor- 1 malcy. The governor, who has called the special legislative session, the 1925 fair management which asked that it be convened, and the public need not be thrown into any special fever of excitement over the astounding dis covery of a contemporary that the session cannot be held until the vacancy in the senate caused by the death of Mr. Hume is filled by spe cial election. It is no new situation, but the government has continued to function in similar oases. There is no constitutional provision that be fore a legislature may meet ninety duly qualified members shall be eli gible to seats, or in their seats; but the constitution explicitly authorizes the governor to call a special session, under designated conditions; and this he has done. If he chooses to postpone for the present any plan for un expensive and useless special elec tion to fill a vacancy, he will have acted wisely and within his preroga tives, and there is nothing to-be done about it. The sudden death of Mr. Fred S. Stimson will be noted with deep re gret throughout the Pacific north west, for his useful activities covered a wide range and he was well known. In Washington he was a breeder of pure stock, a farmer, a dairyman, a lumberman, a financier, and a leader of affairs in city and state; in Ore gon he was president of the Pacific International Livestock exposition and a dominant force in its organiza tion. The Oregonian had recent oc casion to commend the service of Mr. Stimson in connection with the ex position and the livestock industry, for it disclosed the breadth of his vision and the great scope of his in terest. It should be said now that his loss will be seriously felt here, as it will be at his home. Some people have more to be thankful for after Thanksgiving day than before it, depending somewhat on their over-size capacity for tur key. The latest woman to sue for heart balm gives -a bill of alleged particu lars that is calculated to draw a crowd to the hearing. By calling the session for Decem ber 19, Governor Olcott plans to get the members out of the Capitol by Christmas. New Orleans has worse than a silver thaw; 15,000 dockmen are on strike, with seventy ships awaiting cargoes. While the term covers almost everything, there are no bargains of fered in "used"turkeys. Representative Herrick's education is finished. One of his "beauties" is suing for breach of promise. Almost any kind of a tax is good if the other fellow has to pay it. Nobody cares now how high the price of turkey may have been. A month to Christmas! the war chest coming on? How's Attendance at a friend's funeral is a tribute that all can pay. Tong wars are about the only sport taat has no oft season, EAST INTERESTED IN 195 FAIR Portlander Writes From Washington of General Desire to See West. WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 19. Be fore leaving Portland I obtained from the exposition committee its booklet on the proposed exposition, to digest on the way east, and was also supplied with the stickers "Oregon 1925." I am wearing a silver' pin "1925" given me by Paul C. Murphy and am armed with literature supplied by the Chamber of Commerce. The stickers I am' using to good ad vantage on every conceivable oppor tunity and it is surprising how results are produced. I dined at the Occi dental, the famous hostelry where photos of all celebrities with auto graphs attached surround joy, and I put a sticker on the "meal check." Several days later the floor manager asked if I put it there and then sat down and took notes about the pro posed exposition and Portland and the Oregon country and said he would use the information on every possible oc casion. The people are most anxious to know about our mountains and trees our Columbia highway and the natural resources and opportunities. There no trouble to get an audience but there is trouble getting rid of one as they want all the information you can give them and never seem to tire of looking: at the beautiful views as depicted in the books I have with me. There can be no question that America is ripe for such an exposi tion as Portland purposes, and Oregon should exert herself to the utmost to carry out on broad lines the contem plated project. We in the west, as a people, cannot see as do the people of the east, what a strain the world war placed on the country and how even at the present time the nervous tension has not re laxed. You cannot go out here with out being reminded in forceful ways of the cost In money and human ur fering and, even though there seems a desire to relax and settle down to the old ways, something on a grea' scale is necessary. But we need some thing immediate, tangible to the com mon every-day person to settle us down to work, and what more allur ing thing can the people of the east have than an opportunity to see the great west, with its enchantingly ex hllaratlng climate, its heavenly .in spirational scenery and its strong and loving arms open wide to an who de sire opportunity for work, peace, health and rest. The people of the east are yearning to come out west. They are simply wanting the opportunity and excuse to come. They have heard about our Columbia highway, our good roads the Shriners are eplendid reporters. They have heard of our resources, Mr. Riley, the chamber of commerce and some ofour leading banks and business institutions are good adver tisers. They have heard that the west produces great big, broadminded loving-hearted men and women Mr. Hoover Is right here. They have heard that Oregon was first in this drive and that drive, first to try the in itiative and referendum, that Port land's atmosphere is permeated with the fragrance of her roses, that every home has a 'vision of 10,000 square miles from its backyard and all the other nice things. They want to see and know those things for themselves. The people of Oregon and the west also want the exposition but are like the' Scotchman who couldn't enjoy his smoke for "thinkin' o' the ex pense." Do any of us r?gret the money we spent on the Shriners? No! Why? Because it was such a delight preparing for their coming. How we did work beforehand and how easily our work seemed to proceed. Yes, and we did a good deal more work then in a day and with content than we are doing now without the content. How we cleaned up the city and tha yards and parks, how congenial and efficient all the policemen became, how courteous we were to one an other, aye. and how happy we all were "before and after taking." What did we lose by that experience? Will any body say they lost? What did we gain' Self-respect, health, happiness, friend ships, business acquaintances, more business, and Portland was put on the map as the convention city Buperb. We have now the opportunity to make It "Portland, the Exposition City; Ore gon, the Garden of the World." ALEX C. RAE. BOXE-DRY LAW HELD FAILURE Correspondent Believe Government Dispensaries Are Better Solution. PORTLAND, Nov. 25. (To the Edi tor.) I wish to say that I most heart ily agree with the views of A. J. J. as expressed in a letter in The Orego--nian. There are some things which can be regulated by law, but cannot be pro hibited, and the quicker some laws are changed to suit that fact, the quicker will our people get back to normal. "Contempt of one law Inspires con tempt of all," Is right. We have too many laws, which is nothing new. either, as they had the same trouble in the days of Moses, thousands of years ago. We are supposed to be far advanced in civilisation and en lightenment of the people of those days, yet when we look upon some of our dede we are likely to doubt that the advance is as great as we would like to think it is. I can remember when prohibition first came up in Iowa, about 35 years ago. My father thought It would be a good thing and voted for it, as did a majority of the voters or that state. However, after seeing how it worked. he did not consider that it would ever be a satisfactory solution of the liq uor problem. He then came out in favor of high license, one so high as to do away with all low "groggerles" and "dives," and put It on as respect able a business basis as possible. After watching the different phases of the matter for 0 years since then, I am of the opinion that pure liquor should be honestly obtainable, but not In saloons or places where people would congregate to drink, but in stores, under government control, all goods government tested for purity. Some of the prohibited and intox' eating liquors are the best of medi cine for many human ills. They have been and would again. If obtainable, be prescribed by our physicians. I have never used liquor as a bev erage, but as a medicine it nas aone me much good at different times in my life. However, I have been per fectly willing to give it up, hoping that by so doing it would help some fellow man. It was supposed that prohibition was mainly to keep liquor from those who could not control tneir appe tites. But Is it not a fact that those are the very ones who have been, and still are, unlawfully obtaining it? I cannot see how any thinking man or woman understanding the existing conditions can claim for prohibition even a partial success or that it ever will be such. Has the moral tone of our people strengthened since prohi bition? Has crime of any kind de creased? How about the vast increase in drug addicts, in the past few years. many of them young men, log: iet us stop making criminals by the mil lions every day and get behind a common-sense regulation. L. P. M. Baby Bosses the Home, New York Evening Post. "Can your little baby brother talk yet?" a kindly neighbor inquired of a small lad. "No; he can't talk, and there ain't no reason why he should talk," was the disgusted reply. "What does he want to talk for, when all he has to do is yell a while to get everything in the house that's worth having?" Those Who Come and Go Tales of fcolka at tha Hotels. "We will not know the condition of the Columbia river highway In the gorge for some time yet," says Charles Wanaer, of the engineering depart ment of the state highway organiza tion. "I was caught in the storm Sat urday and could have managed to get through to Portland had it not been for the troubles of others on the road ahead of me. The snow was falling fast and was banking up. A machine would hit a drift and the snow would fly In all directions, for it was very light and dry. There were trucks and machines not equipped with chains and they kept getting into trouble, so all hands would have to get out and help. There were 70 cars in the parade, but with truck in front progress was so slow that finally the snow became too deep and the machines had to be abandoned. There was a long chain In the crowd and this would be hooked onto a truck or a machine and with 100 men pulling on it we would manage to get the truck or car righted by main force. Suit ably equipped cars, however, could not pass and as they were heldvback, the result was that everyone was stalled. I never saw snow fall so fast or thick, and every once in a while there would be a slide. There were a few tourist campers In the crowd and they announced that they would pitch tKeir camp and weather the storm, figuring it would be over In a day or two. I don't know what became of them, for after the snow came the sheet of ice which put ths finishing touches on travel. About 150 men, women and children huddled under the shed at Eagle creek for three hours. The girls who wore slippers and silk stockings and thin dresses must have suffered severely, for they were moaning with the cold. We all piled on the last westbound train that got through the gorge." T, hmir 90 miles along the Tllla- mnnu- railroad there are signs telling the distance to Tillamook and telling the traveler to buy camera supplies ot rioinrh'a druar store, aerore me traveler gets to the beach resorts he known the najrie by heart, even if he rioon't know how to pronounce It C. I. Clough arrived at the Multnomah vrsterriav from Tillamook, where there have been some heavy gales In th naRt week aamDles of the same tnrm which have been sweeping the northwest coast. In the day before the rn mad a storm forced everyone to remain InTTillamook. for the steamer Sue Elmore would not leave port. Now, with the railroad and highway, o Tiiininnnker can tret out any time, unless there are slides on the highway onrt railroad in winter and these happen. C. E. Wells, president of the Ore- crn T.ncal To pnhnnft association, anil r. E. finff. secretary and treasurer, are at the Multnomah, making plans for the yearly convention of the asso ciation to be held December 9 and 10. If la exnected that about 65 out-of- town delegates will be in attendance, While Portland was touched w-lth a silver thaw, the section of tne coun try around Hlllsboro was affected only by high wind and rain, according n Mr Wells, and farther down the vallev. in Newberg. there was no evi dence of the severe storm, so that the riamaee done to the property of the Oregon Local Telephone association was very slight. "By Independence Is the only way that automobiles can travel going north and- south now," triumphantly declared D. E. Fletcher of Independ ence. who, as representative of I'om county, has been fighting in the legis lature and out of It for the highway commission to build the highway south from Independence rather than south from Monmouth. Discussing the special session, Mr. Fletcher says he Is not prepared to say at this time what he will do, as he has not had time to consult his constituents, but when he gets to Salem he will speak right out, so there will be no misun derstanding bis position. "Mills are all operating and there Is apparently no intention of their shutting down during the winter, all cf which means that Klamath Falls is finding conditions steadily im proving," said Charles Stone of Kla math Falls, former member of the state fish and game commission, who I registered at the imperial. "We ave had beautiful weather, except for a warm rain, and none of the severe storm which swept the north ern part of the state hit us. Usually we are the first part of the state to get a blizzard, but up to the pres ent time there hasn t been a sign of such a thing." Mr. Stone is an at torney and is also interested in bank ing. among other activities in Kla math ceunty. F. H. But-master, a timherman of Nehalem. Or., is at the Perkins. Dur ing the coming year it is believed that a . new highway bridge will be built along the top of the Nehalem bay dike, which will make that old settlement more accessible than it has been in the past. N'ehalem la best known for the beeswax sub stance which has been louna in quantities near by and which some people maintain comes from a Spanish ship which rvas wrecked there several centuries ago. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bean of Eugene are at the Imperial for a oouple of days. Mr. Bean is here for medical treatment, but has also found time to talk a little politics, as he is the speaker of the house of representa tives, which has been, called for a special session December 19. Mr. Bean has the unique distinction of having been elected speaker without opposition. Mrs. William Hanley of Burns ar rived at the Hotel Portland yester day. Burns Is not cut off from Port land, as the people there who want to get to the Rose City can make the trip by rail In a circuitous man ner, instead of trying to get across central Oregon to Bend. After a dead market for many months, there is some activity In the wool business. W. C. Donald, buyer for one of the big concerns of Boston, arrived at the 'Hotel Portland yes terday arid Is negotiating for the pur chase of wool from the Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse company. John Anderson returned to the Perkins and registered yeBterday. He went to Reliance to return to work in the logging camp, but the snow was so deep in that part of the Coast range mountains that operations have been suspended. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Anderson, have arrived at the Hotel Oregon from Walla Walla, Wash., being among the first to get to Portland from that part of the Inland Empire since the storm struck the section a week ago. C. P. Bishop, In the clothing busi ness at Salem, Is among the arrivals at the Hotel Portland. For many years Mr. Bishop has taken a lively Interest In the republican politics of Marlon county, R. R. Bartlett. connected with the port development at Astoria, Is among the Multnomah arrivals. Bert Tongue, district attorney for Washington county, was in Portland yesterday. . Burroughs Nature Club. Copyright, Homrnton-MIfflln Co. Can Yon Answer These Questions f 1. How old must an ostrich be to mate, and how old to yield feathers? S. Are bears counted in the carnlvo. rous animals? 1. Is it safe to handle garter snakes? Answers In tomorrow's nature notes. Anan-era to Previous Questions. 1. How can you tell male and female canaries apart? The average person cannot tell which is which, as they look about alike, and the female sings. The male has much the fuller voice and more of a song, hers bring a sweet twitter. The male looks, to the prac ticed eye, bolder and more alert, and is said to have a fuller, brighter eye. When buying, go to a reliable dealer, and get a receipted bill Jir a male singer. e 2. Can alligators feed under water? They can seize prey undVr water, thanks to a fold of skin that forms a valve in the throat, and can crush the prey Without coming to the surface. They appear to lift ths head out of water when actually swallowing, giving the head's sort of toss or Jerk. e 3. Why s It bad to eat oysters in summer? Recent biology claims the oyster is not essentially unwholesome In sum mer. The reason for the wide-spread prejudice against eating them in the "months without an K" probalMy is partly the chances of the oyster's spoiling while getting to market in summer. Also, the body is soft and thin n summer, after spawning, and not as good eating. FEMINISM CARRIED TO EXTREME Women on Jury In Arbnrfcle Caae Held to Be Disturbing Example. PORTLAND. Nov. 25. (To the Edi tor.) It seems to me, and I believe that all men and most women will agree with me, when I say that women of today are losing their refinement since they have gone Into politics and are turning away from the home, the raising of a famnv, which God In tended they should do, and are put ting on men's clothes and doing men's work. To illustrate, take the Ar buckle trial. There are several wom en on that Jury. It seems to me that a refined, tender hearted, tender feel ing woman, and especially mother, must feel rather humiliated and even degraded when she would get into the jury room with a lot of men and talk over the contaminated, filthy things that happened at the Arbuckle party. Personally I feel that a woman who would serve on such a jury has al ready lost her refinement, and I go further yet and say that If I had a wife who would undertake to dabble in such filthy business, I would want to get a divorce from her. God never intended that woman should do any such work; it Is en tirely contrary to the biblical teach ings. If man could have and bring up the children, it would he different, hut man was made to provide for the home, and take care of all the mu nicipal affairs of the country. No one has a better chance to bring about re form, in every line, than the mother at home, and the country Is suffering today for the lack of good old-fashioned mothers at home. Now don't misunderstand me, I don't mean that a mother should stick In the home all the time. Neither do I believe that she should come to the husband and ask for pin money. I was a husband at one time myself, and if I ever "marry again I will ex pect my wife to run the house. Fur thermore, after the debts are paid I believe that she should have half of the profits, that she can call her own, and if she spends it foolishly she alone should suffer. I believe it is a blessing that women can have the vote, but there is such a thing as carrying things to ex tremes when there is a happy medium. A. J. CLARK. Impatient of Delay. PORTLAND, Nov. 25. (To the Edi tor.) The' Tumulty autobiography running In The Orcaronlan Is a bit In teresting and two bits amusing. When Is the Wilson biography to begin? Pilgrimage to the Old Oregon This account of a trip to the famous old sea fifihter, lyinjr in Bremerton harbor, is to be found illustrated in colors on the first page of the automobile section of the Sunday issue. It was written by William T. Perkins and H. W. Lyman, automobile editor of The Oregonian, and iB both a tribute to and a description of the ship that made history in the' American navy the ship that citizens of this state, believe should spend a splendid old age in Tortland har bor. The story should appeal to you it answers many current questions and it stirs a common sentiment of pride and patriotism. Big Game Rivalry of East and West A generation ago the wise acres rather sorrowfully said that soon there would remain no sport for the hunter in the forests of the eastern states. A pity it is that those fine old marksmen have not lived to witness the practical denial, by abundant four-footed proof, of their pqssimistic pre dictions. In the Sunday magazine section, illustrated in colors, there's a story of how the sensible conservation of wild life in the east has made the Rockies, king grizzly and all, look well to their .laurels. "Shower" That Shattered Mermaid Friendship Here, readers all, is another of those enjoyable yarns of feminine athletics nar rating how Charlotte Boyle's wedding indirectly caused a break -in the ranks of the Women's Swimming association, and the loss of it? long-held monopoly in world's records all because Ethelda Bleibtrey wasn't invited to a pre-nuptial party. Gossip, of course yet most of us like a quiet half hour at that favorite in-door sport. Told in the Sunday issue. Ex-Soldiers, Oregon Has Your Fortune This presentation of a much discussed subject, that of land settlement by former serv ice men, is given tomorrow by De Witt Harry in a clear and com prehensive manner. It answers many questions regarding the pro posed land settlement in Oregon, and evaluates its probable benefits to the men who followed the flag and to the state itself. Every citizen owes to himself and the commonwealth the duty and pleas ure of reading it. In the Case of Bill Whenever the reader's eye falls upon the "by-line" of Josephine Daskam Bacon there follows the thought that here is a story well worth reading a delightful yarn, inimitably told. That is why, doubtless, the Sunday editor lost no time at all in purchasing this hitherto unpublished short story, which will ap pear in the big Sunday issue the story of a brother who just couldn't settle down, and who gave the whole family the shock of its life. Jack Dempscy and the Shimmy Queen You may or may not have speculated on the rather meager reports of the "champ's" entanglement with the fair Bee Talmer. At any rate here's the entire affair, narrated in the Sunday issue, magazine section. His shoulders brought the world's championship; hers brought electric lights on Broadway, and it was a shrug that brought an action for a quarter of a million dollars. Illustrated. Modem Girl on a Pedestal That's where Miss Grace Abbott places her, and inasmuch as the said Miss Abbott is chief of the children's bureau of the United States government it i3 presumed that she knows whereof she speaks. Told in an interview, written by William Atherton Du Puy, in the Sunday issue. All the News of All the World. The Sunday Oregonian. Just Five Centa. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. VKSTEUDAV.TODAY AM FOHEVEIl Where Is the foolish and fatuous crowd That thronged to the Kili-n Must-e, Where pasty faced figures were thickly endowed With mmton-chop beard and goatee? Where are the come-ons who paid their 10 cents. Who poured through the doorway in parks, To w'tness the effigy march of events Portrayed in emotionless wax? If you happen to go to a movie to night And will Just look about you, you'll find them, all right. Where is the morbidly curious mob To whom Mr. Harnum purveyed? Whose souls with delightful excite ment would throb At the freaks which the Hide show displayed? The folks that the lady with whisk ers would fill With feel'ngs of soul stirring awe. Whose hearts with sengutions of wonder wonirt thrill When the two-headed chicken they saw? If you're wrtnderlng still, you will ftnrt them today in all of the show ehopa that front on Broadway. Where are the farmers that used to flock out When the medicine venders extolled The cures for consumption and measles and gout And which they successfully sold. Who paid out their dollars they got , for tlulr crops As over each other they fell To purchase the lotions and cough cures and drops, That had lately been dipped from the well? You think they are still out In Cats. mount Fork? But they're not. They are most of them right in New York. e Maklnir It Snappy. It's about time to start your Christ mas shopping for 19J5. a lot Ss Had. While you're growling about your income tax, remember that there are 3,000.000 more or less people in this country who would like to be paying one. I'nliieklly. Canada hag 6000 superfluous buf falo, and unless some way can be found to convert them Into whisky, there is no demand for them on this side of the Una. (Ccpyrlsht by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) In Other Days. Twenty-Five Yrnra Ago. From The Oregonian of November n. New York. Passengers returning from Havana say that a state of ex treme fear exists there and that it looks as though Cuba will be lot to Spain. No less than five burglaries were reported to the police station in the past 1!4 hours, to say nothing or tne daring holdup of a butcher shop on the east side and another in the northern part of the city. The Multnomah Amateur Athletlo club's vaudeville show last night at the Marquum made a big hit Willi audience. One l.nwyrr Is Cenaiired. Hirmlntf ham Age-Herald. "The fair defendant has a smart lawyer, hut it seems to me ne nas just been killing time since he produced her In court." "He's giving the women of ths Jury ,-huni-e to take In the details or tne rf.fr. iidMnfH costume, so they will then be able to pay some attention to ths- ttstlmony. ' Woman's llreM Criticised. Kxchango. Marcella Don't you think my dress in artistic? Waverly Especially so in one prin ciple of art. M.-ircella What's that? Waverly The elimination of essen tials