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t 10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECE3IBER 8, 1921 ESTABLISHED I V HENRY L. PITTOCK. Published by The Oreconlen Publiehms Co., sixth Street, Foreland. Oregon. C. A. -M 1RD1 :.. E. Li. PIPER, Uan(. Editor. The Oregonlan Is a member of the Aafo ciated Preen. The Associated Free U ex clusively entitled to .he um for pub.icatlon of e.11 ntwi Jupaichte credited to It or r.ot otherwise credited In thi paper aod also the local newt publlehed herein. All rights of publican -.i or special dUpatchea herein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance. (By Mall.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year $8 00 Dally, Sunday Included, six months ... 4. 23 Dally, Sunday included, three month. . 2.25 Dally, Sunday Included, one month ... .73 Dally, without Sunday, one year 6.00 Dally, without Sunday, alx months S.25 Dally, without Sunday, one month 00 Weekly, one year 1-00 Sunday, one year 2 40 (By Carrier. ) Dally. Sunday Included, ona year Ifi.OA Daily. 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By making- a treaty as represent atives of two sovereign states having the same sovereign, the delegates of Great Britain and Ireland have per formed an act of reconciliation which marks an epoch in the history not only of the two Islands but of every country to which Irishmen have emigrated and where their de scendants keep alive affection for the old country. The century-old quarrel between England and Ire land Is so involved with racial an tagonism and with religious feuds, wfth memories of tyranny and sav age rebellion, with broken treaties and promises that the resultant hatred and distrust seemed to make an amicable understanding and agreement impossible. The more honor is due to the men on both sides who have made the compact that shall blot out the evil memories of the past and shall open a new era of peace and concord. By recognizing Ireland as a sep arate 'free state on an equality with the greater island and with the proud dominions across the sea which love the slender bond that holds them to the mother country, Great Britain has yielded all the sub stance of the contention that Ireland is a nation and that, as such, it is of right a free state of equal rank with its neighbor. Ireland thus assumes the same substantial relation to Great Britain as exists between Brit ain and Canada, Australia, New Zea land and South Africa. Whatever cause for hesitation might have ex isted on the ground that the domin ions held a position subordinate to the mother country has been re moved, since all have been admitted to equality with an equal voice in those matters that they have In common foreign policy and general defense. At one step Ireland rises, from the position of the "most dis tressful isle" to this proud position a a member of a great family of na tlons. " ' All that the Sinn Keln leaders had to sacrifice on their part was the name of u republic to the form of monarchy and the right conceded to Great Britain to use Irish ports and Irish soil for the common defense. The way to the former concession was made easier by the example of those stalwurt republicans, the South -African Boers. It was the leader of "" the latter. General Smuts, who gave ' M new definition of the British em pire as the British commonwealth of nations and who defined the British king as the symbol of Its unity. The Irish leaders could the more readily yield the name of republic to the form of monarchy because King George made the plea for reconril- latlon which led to the most pro pitious peace conference. Ireland will have democracy in fact under the name of monarchy, and will con trol its own affairs as fiilly as Great Britain or even the United States control theirs. i Ulster threatened to prove an in superable obstacle to agreement, but a way has been found to overcome even this difficulty. If Ulster should choose to retain the form of self government lately established, it will he free to do so. being required only to fiend members to a joint council for the purpose of adjusting affairs which demand co-operation of the :. two parts of the island. If It should chooso to join a united Ireland, , Ulster is assured the degree of ' autonomy that will leave It free in those respects in which .It differs from southern Ireland. Thus Great Britain keeps Its pledge that Ulster .shall not be coerced, and Sinn Keln renounces coercion as a means to union, applying the lesson that It has ... taught Great Britain. Hope will be entertained that, as factional rancor dies down, the joint council will be M come a bridge by which the two parts gf the island will be finally united. In conceding to the British gov ernment the right to use Irish ports and territory for purposes of de fense. Ireland simply acknowledges an undeniable fact that for those purposes the two Islands form- a strategic unit. Any enemy bent on the conquest of either island would seek to occupy the other also and would use the one as a base for in vasion of the other. The Danes moved from England to Invade Ire land, and the French in 1798 sought a foothold in Ireland to attack Eng land. In drdcr that both may main tain their independence, each must help the other. That was the ground of stubborn British opposition to Sjhome rule until it was realised that ? nominal union which failed to cover, in fact inflamed, bitter enmity was a source of weakness to the common defense and that far greater strength would come from a looser bond will ingly preserved by both peoples. Histocy pointed the way, for Ireland had been a distinct kingdom with an independent parliament, united to England only by the fact that they had the same king until near the end of the fifteenth century Poynlng's act created an English veto on Irish laws. The freedom of Grattan's parliament was established in 1781 by repeal of Poynlng's act, and the i rouble since 1800 have been due to t. union of the two parliaments. The treaty now made revives the legal status that existed before Poyning's act and adapts it to the twentieth century conditions. No old-world controversy ijaa bad greater influence on the history of the United States than that regard ing Ireland. In colonial days pre scriptive laws had driven many Irishmen to the new world, where they Joyously struck a blow at Eng land by fighting for independence. Economic distress and political un rest caused a constant stream of Irish people to emigrate to this country, where they kept alive the feud with England, handed it on to their American-born children and in jected it Into American politics. It has been said that the Irish question was as much an American as a Brit ish affair, since the United States has 14,000,000 people of Irish blood, while only 4.600,000 Irish are in Ire land. Though a common Interest in the defense and spread of democratic institutions dictates close co-operation between the American and British peoples, the Irish feud has colored their relations by sowing dis trust and discord and has been at the service of enemies of bpth nations. Bidding for the Irish vote and twist ing the British lion's tail have been common tricks of the demagogue. who cared nothing for the conse quence to America so that he got an office. The treaty of Downing street has destroyed that part of his stock In trade. Americans of both Anglo Saxon and Irish blood will hereafter work together with the single thought of the welfare of tbe United States and that of the civilized world, which can best be promoted by the joint efforts of the American union ef states and the British com monwealth of nations. The American people will the more heartily join hands with the British in the great work now In progress at Washington since the British have given this new proof of their sincere devotion to the prin ciples of national freedom as the only sure basis of a people's great ness and prosperity. Recognition of Ireland as a free state Is the climax of a series of similar acts of broad statesmanship among which stand forth creation of the union of South Africa which won the hearts of the Boers and the grant of self-govern-gnent to India. A community of na tions united by enjoyment of free dom is a partner of which the Amer ican democracy may well be proud in work to redeem the world. FEAt'EFfl. PICKETING. The average detached onlooker during embroilments between strik ers and those who have' taken their places long ago reached a conception of right and wrong in such, cases which corresponds roughly with the decision just handed down by the United States supreme court. It is that the same liberty which permits a man freely to leave his Job of right permits another man peaceably to take it. Such is not the language of the court, but it is the substance of its decision, except wherein the court gives a definition of the word "pick eting" that Is new in formal accept ance. There is strong implication in the opinion that the word has come to mean group action by strikers that Is intimidating, coercive or riotous. In our own community the question has been raised as to whether there is such a thing as "peaceful picketing." It is apparently the conclusion of the court that there Is not If "picketing" denotes the gathering of ex-employes in grotiDs, for it speaks of the "in evitable Intimidation of the presence of groups." The picketing which may lawfully be done by "mission aries," as the court terms them, is inaeed a denatured variety. Peaceful picketing was recognized by Oregon law and defended from injunction by an act passed by' the legislature of 1919. The framers of the law insisted that It was virtually copy of the labor sections of the federal Clayton act, but its passage was protested by numerous employ ers on the theory that it was an at tempt to withdraw from the courts the right to enjoin assemblages which disturbed trre peace and safety. The decision, of the United States supreme court concerns the 'labor sections of the Clayton act, and it may be inferred, finally defines the power of the courts under any statute patterned after it. The rights of employes to work for whom they will and to go 'freely to and from their places of labor are upheld, and Interference with those rights may be enjoined by the courts. TILLING MISSIONARY FIELD). A recent summary of the work of the student volunteer movement made by Robert P. Wilder in the New York Evening Post is a suffi cient answer to those who hold that the missionary spirit is abating as the result of the increasing material prosperity of the United Slates. The impelling desire to carry a message of light to peoples In darkness which embodies the genius of all mission ary work is quite as evidently not discouraged by claims that mission aries accomplish little in the way of "practical results," though at the same time increasingly practical methods are adopted. The fact -stands out that altruism is still' abroad, that it still ignores the meas ure of the sacrifice, and that the greater the contrast is between the luxuries of civilisation and the de privations of submerged peoples, the more generous is the response. The writer quotes the words of President McCosh of Princeton in the early days of the student volun teer movement: "Has any such of fering of living young men and women been presented in any age, or in any country, since the day of Pentecost?" The words were in the nature of a prophecy charged with faith in the unselfishness of men. It wiy be a surprise to many, for ex ample, now to be told that in 1920 more student missionaries sailed for foreign missionary fields than went out in any previous year in the his tory of the movement. The exact number for the year is 696, which is 26 per cent more than the record of the previous year and more than 60 per cent more than the average for each of the last ten years. Tbey were appointed by seventy-four dif ferent missionary societies. The to tal number who have sailed from the United States since the movement began is 8742. The hold which the movement has on the colleges of the country Is indicated by the statement that 271 institutions are giving classes in missionary study, in which nearly 20,000 students are enrolled. It is unnecessary to discuss the is sue of so-called practical results in order to appraise the movement at Its full value. It is probably demon strable that there is a good deal of material waste in foreign missionary work; it is conceded that more than one missionary effort has failed, to do what it hoped and believed that it could do; but it will not be gain said that the missionary spirit enor mously benefits those whom it lays hold upqjc. Nor are the benefici aries solely those who consecrate their lives to mission work. There is a definite inspiration in their ex ample, and there are the helpful in fluences of co-operation at home, and there is, above all, realisation- that we are not as a whole people committed irrevocably to the doc trine of blind selfishness. The -one thing needful to dull the raw edge of a too sufficient complacency Is an overwhelming desire to share with others the blessings which we our selves enjoy. ONE CRIME AND ANOTHER. The logical and inevitable conse quence of one crime is usuajly some other crime, often a worse one. It may be a part of the act, or it may be a desperate and criminal ef fort to cover It up, or it may be a new episode of an outlaw career. Let' us take that East Side bank affair. Each of the three robbers was a potential murderer, for he in tended murder when the plot was conceived, and they were ready for murder, all of them, when they in vaded the bank and shoved their loaded pistols Into the faces of the bank officials. The assistant cashier resisted, as he had a right and duty to resist. Going Into the vault for money, at the robbers' command, he grabbed a pistol put there for just such an occasion, and came out shooting. It shows finely what can be done after a season of pistol prac tice, if one has the nerve. Quite clearly, too, it is the business of every bank cashier, and every other official who handles a bank's money, tt learn to shoot. It pays. The two surviving outlaws are to go to the penitentiary, perhaps for life. They are lucky that, their ac complice Campbell did not kill Mr. Newhall, as he tried to do, and that they were not killed, as Campbell was. Yet it would be in tune with the sentimental times if a cry were to be raised for light punishment because they got no money and didn't slay anybody and their com panion was killed. It may even be urged that, since Campbell was caught and shot in the act, the law has been vindicated, and no others need to be punished severely. Why may they not say it? It is being said In the case of the slayers of Til Taylor. Neil Hart is dead- hanged and one can easily read Into that petition of those Salem clergy men to the governor a plea for the pardon of Ratine and Kirby. Any way, it is an outright demand for commutation and a direct warning to the governor that, if they jro to the gallows, their "blood will be on his head." They know better, or they should krftow better. The par doning or commutation power was not put In a governor's hands merely to prevent hangings which the law : itself both demands and authorizes. It is there for emergency use, and for that only. This is not a plea, or even a sug gestion, that the governor perrai; Rrthie and Klrby to hang. It is a definition of the governor's preroga tive and an assertion of the right of the governor to do his duty, within the clear limits of the law, wlthoul the coercion of threats or the an noyance of epithets. A high and solemn responsibility Is the gover nor's. It is to the law and to justice. Let the governor determine what hi duty is, and perform it. HARDING, THE RELUCTANT LEADER. President Harding in his message to congress exhibits a keen sense of the Interdependence of this and other nations in dealing with trie dis orders which hae followed the war. To his mind our relationship to world affairs is inescapable, and this fact should color acts of congress as well as those of the president in dealing with the tariff, Shipping and foreign debts, for they influence each one of these matters. For these reasons there should be har mony and co-operation between the executive and legislative branches of the government. In soliciting the co-operation of congress In "the contribution of this republic to the restored normalcy of the world," In which he has the Ini tiative, Mr. Harding rather belittles the popular mandate that was given him as leader of the republican party, through being overcareful as president not to encroach on the function's of congress by attempting to dictate to it. As a firm believer in the party system which makes po litical parties "the governing agen cies," he affirms that "the political party in power should assume re sponsibility, determine upon policies in conference and then strive for achievement through adherence to the accepted policy." It follows that he, as leader of the dominant party, should call it into conference, bring about agreement on policies and then assert his claim to the unswerv ing support of the party in congress in putting those policies in effect. Without doubt the power and pres tige of his office as president would aid him materially in that course, but he is restrained from using them by his scrupulous regard for the powers of congress. In putting this restraint on himself Mr. Harding undervalues the great trust that was placed in him by a popular vote 60 per cent in excess of that given to his principal opponent. In that measure the people expressed their preference for him over Wil sonlsm, and they elected republican senators and representatives as sup porters of Harding. So strong was this sentiment that in several in stances republicans were elected over democrats personally stronger than their party, for no other reason than that they were republicans and that it was desirable to give Mr. Harding the support of a republican congress. Then he can rightly claim the support of the majority in con gress that the people gave him, and he falls short of public expectation if he does not make the claim. Circumstancea are particularly favorable to his making this claim good, for he has grown much in pub lic confidence, while congress has tost favor. It has lost because it has done tbe very things he reprobates in his message. It has chosen "to divide geographically or according to pursuits or personal following" rather than to divide along party lines. In which "there is vastly greater security, immensely more of the national viewpoint, much larger and prompter accomplishment." The people realise this, they have shown their displeasure with con greets for not realizing it, and tbe opportunity if therefore offered to the president to use the power vested in him, both as party leader and as president, to dissolve factions and groups and to mass a harmonious party majority at his back. Mr. Harding does not hesitate to tell congress of Its mistakes. He will call upon it to pass a new tax law In place of the patchwork act of the extra session, and he holds out pros pects that the budget system will make further reduction of the tax burden possible. He protests almost vehemently against having his hands tied by delay tn settlement of allied debts. He frankly tells congress that he has not obeyed its injunc tion to denounce commercial treaties which stand in the way of prefer ence to American ships, for to do so "would involve us in a chaos of trade relationships." This is another reminder that the legislative branch in Its zeal for the American mer chant marine is not qualified to deal with such affairs, but that they fall within the province of foreign rela tions, which belongs to the execu tive. He evinces broad interest in na tional development by recommend ing reclamation of both arid and swamp land. He appreciates the acute needs of the farmers and the national need of rural development, and he points to sound remedies in co-operation and readjusted freight rates. His solution for the tariff problem is both bold and practical. Foreign money Is so unstable as a measure of value that duties could not pos sibly be changed by congress fast enough to keep pace with the rise and fall of exchange. The only prac tical way to meet this situation is to give an administrative body, the tariff commission, authority to rec ommend changes to him and to per mit him to give them effect. This would be a delegation of power which the house, jealous of Its pre rogatives, may be loath to make, for it would in a measure delegate the taxing power. But the somewhat similar power of fixing railroad rates has been delegated to the interstate commerce commission with approval by the supreme court, and the past practice of fixing the exact rate of duty by act of congress, which is unchanged for a dozen or twenty years, is no longer workable. A sliding scale of duties can alone present conditions, and this can adjusted only by a small body specialists that is constantly fit be of on guard, ready to act promptly. Mr. Harding's recommendations regarding adjustment of labor dis putes seem to point to something like the Kansas industrial relations court as the last resort when all methods of conciliation and arbitration fall and when the public interest ia seri ously affected. He suggests no com pulsory power to prevent or end strikes, his intent apparently being to place the proposed tribunals in much the same poeition as the rail road labor board. That body could do no more than publish its decision and the reasons therefor. With this information before them the people so unitedly condemned the threat ened general railroad strike that the ronks broke and the board was able to reason the extremists out of it. If the proposed tribunals were given power of injunction and imprison ment, as were the Kansas courts that power would be sparingly used, in clear cases only, and would be mn.-t valuable as a gun behind the door. The strike, like war, has fallen into disrepute through Its own enormity. Mr. Harding may aim to discredit it completely by removing the last excuse for resort to it. The indifference of many Ameri cans to the voting privilege is Illus trated by the recent election in New York, in .which more women than men voted, although there are more men than women of voting age in tbe entire population, and also by the bulletin of the United States census bureau entitled "Men and Women of Voting Age," In which it is shrrwn that about half of all quali fied electors remained away from the polls in the last presidential elec tion. The population of the entire country of voting age, after making due allowance for aliens, inmates of asylums, convicts and those other wise disfranchised, is about 64.000, 000. The total number of votes cast for five candidates for president was 20,667,806. Nor is thla due in any considerable measure to the ratio in the south, where it is charged that large numbers of negroes are 'Un franchised. There were nineteen states, of which Oregon was one. in the north and west in which less than 60 per cent of the votshg popu latlon went to the polls. A young man who was brought back to answer a charge of obtain ing money under false pretenses and who added to his offense by eloping with a chorus girl, so it is alleged, has been paroled because the out raged wife agrees to make good all expense and the money illegally ob tained. This would be a bleak world without woman to forgive. Difference between the east and west is exemplified in recent railroad wrecks. In that on the Reading Monday the loss of life occurred in two wooden coaches, which burned. One may get killed in an all-steel car, but he does not burn to death if injured. Now that Fatty Arbuckie is out of it, the race for comic honors seems to have narrowed down to Charley Chaplin and Henry Ford. Contemplating the great holiday displays, all a man needs ia a lot of money. Women who do the buying always can "manage." One good way to prevent bank MihKavLa (a . n hava a few mnrn n c, slstant cashiers like young Alt haady uenina ine cage. Cashier Alt is a good shot. He demonstrated tbat target practice should be part of a young banker's training. The non-partisans of North Da kota sbow the first sign of sense in wanting a woman for governor. Elimination continues in Turkey. A former grand visler was assassin ated the other day. The list of casualties in the packing-house centers will begin coming soon. The sugar market has a "crasy" streak.eto the consumers' advantage. Ireland's great task now will be to provide job for all tbe patriot. Stars and Starmakers. By Lease Caaa Bat'. Emma Carus ia to leave vaudeville in a few -weeks to start rehearsals In a comedy-drama, entitled "The Salt OA the Earth, V a fuTA rength play, which she will produce under her own man agement. It will be her first attempt with a dramatic piece. Harold Bell Wright wrote "The Salt of the Earth " a e Claire Sinclair, a former Baker player, is a member of the Wilkes Stock company at Salt Lake. e e The Salt Lake company Is going to put on a new play by Wlllard Mack, with that actor-author in the title role. The play Is "The Scarlet Pet rel" which Mack wrote this summer while he was reouperatlng from an Illness, on a Canadian ranch. e e Mary Boland is to play in the re vival of Armstrong's play, "Alias Jimmy Valentine." e s e Peggy O'Neill who since her return to- England a month ago. has been tourlns the provinces In "Paddy the Next Best Thing." Is continuing to achieve the same huge popularity In this piece as she did upon the original production a year ago and. according to advices from across the Atlantic, shoe gave a special matinee at the Savoy theater in London the other day marking her 700th performance in the leading rote of the comedy. Incidentally, the matinee Is the only performance Miss O'Neill will give in the British capital, as she plans to continue her tour for several weeks, taking In Scotland and Wales before returning to London to star in a new py in the spring. e e Maude Fulton's Pacific coaat Ipur In "Sonny." her own play, has Seen disastrous and Los Angeles. she has returned to Emily Drange. formerly with the "Follies," Is reported to be engaged to marry Lynn overman, star of "Jftst Married." , Miss Drange underwent a serious operation six weeks ago and the marriage ia to be consummated as scon as she has completely recovered. Beatrice Maud has been signed by Norman Trevor for the lead in "The Married Woman," which haa been placed In rehearsal. Trevor Is plan ning to do "The Montebank." by Ed ward Locke, sometime later. In the event that ' The Married Woman" does not catch on, "The Montebank" will be done at a series of special mati nees. The opening date for the for mer attraction is December 2J. at Stamford, Conn., with a view to com ing In to New York Christmas week, e v Ethel Levey Is In New York for a vaudeville tour, barring two months dhe will spend with her husband at Palm Beach. Last winter Miss Levey purchased a home there. Her vaude ville salary this trip Is 2SO0 weekly. as it was last season when she played few weeks. Then the Keith people voluntarily increased Miss LSVey's salary to 13000 a week. Miss Levey arrived In New York Thanksgiving end opened at Keith's Hippodrome. Cleveland, recently. e Offers for the hide of a giant bull elephant belonging to Sells-Kioto cir cus, which was shot Saturday sfter he escaped from the circus at Orange in Texas, are being made to the circus. The weight of the hide is 400 wounds. It Is said that there ars 250 bullet holes to show the energy cf the citlsens in running down the beast. The best bid received for the ride to date, Doccmber 4. was 1260 a "The Love Letter" will go into the storehouse when it finishes at the Tremont in Boston this week. Busi reas has been off ever since the show struck Boston. Charles Dillingham has decided it won't do. The failure of the plecs Is believed to have been due to the 81 top and thst John Charles Thomas, a male star and not a comedian, can't carry a musical comedy. Thomas will go into vaudeville on the Bhubert time. Arrangements to that effect have been completed and he will receive about 12600 a week. Sophie Braslau had 8400 stolen from her purse during the organ- re cital at the city hall Thanksgiving night at Portlajid, Me. see "The White Peacock," the Olga Petrovs starring vehicle produced by tbe Selwyns, will be taken Into New York, opening Christmas day at the Comedy. The piece has birth control as one of its topics. It will play two weeks in Boston, starting on Decem ber 12. In Petreva's company as character, actress is Minnie Mcthot, who is Mayo Methot's grandmother. Tetrova will play this coast in the spring. At a monster benefit matinee given at the Colonial theater in Chicago a week ago for the purpose of filling the Christmas baskets of world-war veterans and their fsmilies, 86300 was realised The programme was prompted and arranged under the personal direction of Fred Stone, star of "Tip Top." the current attraction at the theeater. Harry J. Powers donated the house far the performance. Among the acts which appeared were Rooney and Bent, Frank Bacon, George White, Aunt Jemima, Savoy and Brennan, Duncan Bisters, Six Brown Brothers, Sixteen London Palace Girls from "Tip Top" and Fred Stone. e ; e Dorothy Jardon, temporarily forced to discontinue her vaudeville en gagements through undergoing an operation on her throat at a Kansas City hospital last week, has recov ered and resumed her tour toward this coast. Sophie Tucker and her band are separating, after being together for three years. The difficulty Ms said to have arisen over salary, tbe boys asking for a substantial increase. Miss Tucker will continue to work with a pianist in place of the quin tet, and has canceled her engagement St the Hamilton, New York, the week of December 12, to break In the new routine out of town. The band is heading for a. restau rant engagement. s - e Corinne Tilton, who was here a few weeks ago on the Orpheum, was married last week In San Francisco to Bert Levey, owner of tbe Best Levey circuit of vaudeville and pic tuxes. ; Those Who Come and Go. Tales of Folks at the Uotela. "The first day of the special ses sion of the legislature I am going to ask every member of the senate to sign a pledge to vote against all measures save .those for which the session was called," declares William Oi Hare, state senator for Washing ton county, who was in Portland yes terday "If I can secure the signa tures of 16 members of the senate' to abide by such an agreement, it is a certainty that the special session can complete Its labors In less than a week. There Is considerable belief that property Is carrying too much of the taxation load, but I do not think that the proposition of a state income tax to finance the proposed 1926 exposition can be successfully substituted. A session of a few days is too brief a time for such an im portant question as a state Income tax to be properly dealt with. While I favor the! 1SJ5 fair, I think that the benefits painted by the fair boosters are somewhat exaggerated, yet when a trial balance Is struck, we will find tbat the exposition had been of mate rial benefit A very important sub ject for the legislature to consider is that of highway regulation, and I anticipate that this problem will consume as much time as the exposi tion legislation. However, if a ma jority of the senate Will agree to confine themselves to the fair and the highway regulation and exclude all others, the special session csn be wound up before Christmas." "Thirty thousand sheep were down In Klamath county trying to cross the line Into California, where there Is plenty of ajrass," explained Dr. W. II. Lytell, state veterinarian, who was In the city yesterday. "A couple of years ago It was necessary for Ore gon to insist that sheep coming from California be dipped, so now Call- tornia is turning the tables and In sists that the Oregn sheep be dipped before they are admitted. The Ore gon sheep have been certified as In good condition, but this certification has failed to convince the Callfor nlans. As it is too late In the season now to dip, the 10,000 sheep are not likely to cross the line." Dr. Lytell says that so far as livestock In Ore gon Is concerned, the recent storm caused little loss. As to the horse question .In Oregon, he states thst the range horses arc too light for cavalry purposes and now that the cotton market has busted there is no de mand for the light range horses In the south. "Csllfomia dealers have taken Ore gon cranberries and sold them as eastern berries," said J. S. Delllnger r.f Astoria. Mr. Delllnger Is a news paper man whose sideline Is growing cranberries and he contends that in Clatsop the conditions are as good for this fruit as they are at Cape Cod. .The eastern cranberries which are shipped to the Pacific coast art small things and the poorest quslity. although the best keeper. The' Ore gon grown berry is much larger and ins a better flavor and the growers at the mouth of the Columbia have, been selling their product this year for less than the eastern berries command in the local market. Mr. Dellipger ssecrts thst the best place in the state to grow loganberries Is down at Clatsop, where the moisture gives a larger and mors Juicy berry. h!eh' means more weight for the grower, and the coaat air prevents the berries from being eooaea on the vine with a few days of hot westher. Pesrl buttons are made from clam shells. There Is a eertaln species of clam which iB sultablo for the but ton market, but none of this va riety lives In Oregon. As a sort of experiment. Frank Scufert. a salmon I acker of The Dalles, has ordered a couple of sacks or barrels of these l.ulton clams from the east and he intends planting them In 'the canal nt Celllo. or somewhere in that vicin ity. The canal is now paved with cilam shells, the shells being no more commercial than the meat is edible. The imported button clams may thrive or form a matrimonial alli ance with the native dams so that in t.me the pearl button industry may become quite a factor in a small way. Where the clams come from up at Celilo. and even, farther, up the Co lumbia. Is a question. They are not like the razor clam of the seashore. but they look like them and people who have tried to eat tne tougn things Insist that the clams at Celilo are not the mussels of the Willsmette rive r. Ones upon a time It may start Ilka one, but it Isn't a fairy stor there were enounjh wild cramberrlea grown around White -Salmon, Wash, to supply the holiday market at The Dalles, Pendleton,' Baker and other towns. The Indians used to pick these cranberries and they sold them to merchants In The Dalles, receiv ing 62 for a floursack of berries. The merchants, in turn, sold the cran berries for 63 a sack, so that every one was satisfied.. The wild cran berries were smaller thsn the culti vated variety, but they grew In great profusion and were racily gathered. The berries grew in the bogs not far from the present site of White Salmon, but changes in water levels finally killed off the native vines. C J. Harrison of White Salmon Is among the arrivals at the Hotel Ore gon. I.' A Dn na A , r i r n 1 i n n- a n . a an a l 4 M.I " . i t - , ....... . live of the Hotel Reporter, Is regls- . . 1 . U . U . , 1 , n ... V. VT- II a er.. r A lOt SV SH. Sai MUlniviiiRll. .. u a - t.l.ll.il ai.r.. )! In tha iiiiinn and reports that the hotels in Port land are aoing a line wuainrna m- J Mi.l.k. -nnna .1 li, lftealiliaa I'l. ' 1 1 ..,.(. avma iw.nwtp Naws that Oregon will have sn ex. position In l-.o. lie says, nas reacnen every part of the country and busi ness men from every section are plan ning to visit the coast In that year. Fred Faulkner has 20,000 head of sheep near Stanfield. Or., and there has been 2t feet of snow In thst vicinity. Thus far. reports Mr. Faulkner, at the Imperial, he has heard of very little loss among sheep due to the storm. Hay Is selling for 5 a ton, notwithstanding the storm. State Senator Edwards, the light and power magnate of Tillamook, Is registered aj the Multnoman. The storms which have whipped along the Oregon coast recently have not caused much damage to the trans mission lines of Mr. lidwaras' puDiic service company. Martin White, now county Judge and formerly sheriff of Columbia county. Is at the Imperial. Judge White's county is wnere motorists are arrested for speeding if they run faster than a fat man racing for a street ear. Mrs. C. A. Terry, whose husband was formerly with the land depart ment of the Northern Pacific rail road. Is registered at the Multnomah and Is being entertained by friends. E. L. Mackenroth of Tacoma and E E. DUdane of St. Paul, representa tives of the Northern Pacific railroad, are registered at the Multnomah. Teachers la Hawaii. EUGEN'K, Or., Dec. i. (To the Editor.) Kindly advise me with whom I may correspond to secure a position in the public schools of Ha waii Ml.-s M. BROWN. Write to superintendent of public instruction, Honolulu, Burroughs Nature Club. taprrlght, Houzhton-Mlffllu o. Can You Answer Thear tuetleut 1. How do oysters reproduce? 2. When should fruit trees be trimmed, and what should be put over the soar? 8. What Is the right temperature for a chicken Incubator? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes Aasnrcrs ta Prevloua Quretlona. 1. Do bears live all over? Nat all over the world. If that I. what you mean, though they arc pretty well distributed, except for Africa and Australia, where none live. In South America only one species Is known. We have 16 species In Middle and North America, with 'some varlo tlea of the species. S. Do fishes look after their young? Generally' not. the eggs betng left to the elements to hatch. Some species are exceptions. One female cajflsh carries eggs stuck to Its underside: in another catfish, the male carries the eggs in his mouth. In one of the pipe fishes the female has a pouch for egg-carrying; and in other pips fishes, and the sea horse, the males have egg pouches under the tall In which the young hatch and stay until able to find for themselves. 3. Hss the wild turkey, Meleagrls gallopavo sllvestrls. ever been known in the western provinces of Canada? If rtot, what la the bird called "wild turkey" claimed to have been seen in huge flocks In Bask within recent years? The Amerlcsn wild turkey was never known to Inhabit that district. The bird here reported (with no de scription or data) might have been the sage hen. particularly If found la southern Saskatchewan. HOW WKIrAHK HI It KM ACTS Belief Given Only After Hrsnrt and Intimate Investigation- PORTLAND. Dec. (To the Edi tor.) I would like to be granted the privilege of presenting a few facts concerning the inveatlgation of the welfare bureau. First The criticism of young girls who issue the requisitions to benc-fic.ari.-s: I have before me a report for the fiscal year ended September, 1920. in which ie given the numbsr of families recommended for relief by local agencies American Red Cboss, 70: Visiting Nurses' associa tion, 36; city health department, 33; district attorney. 28; mothers' pension bureau, 19; court of domestic rela tions. 23, and ao on down the line, thus showing the first steps in giv ing relief. This is followed by an Investiga tion by the bureau. These findings are not only brought back to the bureau, but are put before a district committee, or case committee, as it la called. This committee appoints -investigators, or friendly visitors, who Investigate the case and report bark to the committee. The committee then recommends to the bureau the relief they believe necessary. Bo you will see the reaponsibillty does not rest altogether with the young girls. Second The Investigators have failed to take Into consideration the economic changes since 19111. such ss rents. Rents have increased alarm ingly since 1915, and likewise the number of families needing help. I am sure the bureau does not object to this or any other Investiga tion. It would only ask for Justice, but if more people would take a friendly Interest such an invcstlsra tlon or misloading publicity would have little effect. A VOLUNTEER WORKER. Oil. WSUaf OT SHI TTIM1 DOWN Neve Onea Heine Brouaht In and Few Are RelnsT Abandoned. SALRM. Or., Dec. 7. (To the Edi tor.) Will you please tell me why sll the hlg oil companies in California Arizona, etc., have capped their wells and ara not putting any oil on the market? They say It la due to the low price of oil. What has mude the price so low? V. So far as can be learned here there is no truth to the report that all the big oil companies in the territory stated are capping their, wells. It Is true that recent months have shown a decrease in output of the wells, the month of September being partlcu larly low in California on account of the strike of workers in the oil field. This strike continued until early in November, when it was railed off. In spite of the strike, however, produc tion of crude oil St the wells durlns; September, the last month for which complete figures are available, aver aged 284,314 barrels per day In the California field. A further Indication that production is not being stopped la shown by the fact that during that month In California 47 new wella were brought In, while but five were abandoned- " The low price of crude oil ia due. perhaps, to action of the law of sup ply and demand and tn tha same gen eral factors which have brought down the prices of practically all other staple articles. Recently, however, crude oil haa been advancing in the eastern fields. iBW VSB FOR OLD WARSHIPS. Writer Would I llllre 'I hem lo 08 ersle Power From nivrr'a Current. PORTLAND. Dec. 7 (To the Edi tor.) Your editorial. "Use for Old Warships," put an Idea Into my head. If the limitation of srms confer ence comes to sn agreement along the line suggested by Secretary Hughes, there will be several warships for which there will be no use except to he used as tercets for the rest of the navy ahlps. Since the advent of the airplane as a fighting craft Is to render ejll the snips oDsoiete, tncre will be no need to waste these old (snd several new ones building that are to be scrapped) battleships and cruisers. Here comes the painful idea: Oregon is to have an "electrical" exposition in 192S. Why not moor the hulls of the scrapped ships In the swift water of the Columbia river and equip them with undershot wheels to produce power to run dynamos on board, carrying tne current tnus pro duced sshore on submarine cables to be distributed as needed? There Is room enough In the river at points not navigable on account ol the swiftness of the water, and I do not believe it visionary to say tbat such power plants as this could be equipped at a much more reasonable fijrure than some or tne projects In volvlng the construction of great dams and the transmission or power for long distances to points of use. There are also a number of ship ping board wooden hulls that could be used, but the steel hulls would be preferable on account of the greater resisting power which the steel would offer to floating objects. T. ZMIKE. In No Dancer or a Blaae. T ssy, Jones, I wsnt to Insure my coalyards against fire. What would a policy for 120,000 cost 7" "What coal Is it Same kind ss you sent me last?" "Yes." "I wouldn't bother insuring it if I wort you. It won't burn." Mora Truth Than Poatry. By James J. Montague. I VHEI.IABLU INFORMATION I went to a drug store to purchase a pill To take for a cold that I had: Said the druggist, "That nostrurrrwlll Just make you 111; Most all such concoctions are bad." I ordered a steak of a butcher down town. He said In a casual way. "Please wait till tomorrow; the price will come down. It's up quite a little today." I phoned for a plumber to patch up a sink: Said ho. "I would save up my pelf; If it only is leaking; a little, I think You can easily do It yourself." I told a garage man to fix up my car; He said, wfth a heart-breaking sob, "Please, when 1 have fined it, don't run It too far; I never can do a good Job." I told a small boy I would treat to Ice cream, He rapidly took to his heels And cried In a sort of a horrified scream, "It's awrul to eat between meals'' Of evenings when briskly my match box I strike Comes the voice of my generous spouse. "I'm glad that you smoke; there Is nothing I like Like the smell of a pipe In the house." A mother I know with a babe on her arm Observes every time I come near, "Now plesse don't be frightened; he'll do you no harm; I know he Is ugly, poor dear.' I think I detect in my reader's kind face An expression of painful surprise; Yet wouldn't the world be a wonder ful place If all of these statements weren't Ilea: see Km Wander Tfcejr Rebel. Judging by the belligerence of the Porto Rtcsns. the Volstesd law must have followed the flag. e Inault to Injnry. German bsnds arc said to be looting; and raiding In upper gllesla. We 'should think they could make troubli enough by merely playing. a Pnse Hudson Maxim. It Is now up to somebody to Invent a -crapless ship. In Other Days. Tnenty-I'lie .ears Aao. From The Oregonlan. December 8. IPOS. WashlnRton. D. C. The seoond sea Mm of the 51th congress began yes terday with the reading of President Cleveland's message, which doubtless win prove his farewell message. Havana. It Is reported that Cap-tain-(eneral Weylor has been wound ed, but news of the engagement is suppressed by the officials. Ronr-Admiral Walker, present head of tha United States lighthouse serv ice, arrived in Portland yesterday from Washington. D. C. Judge Gilbert left yesterday for Se attle to preside In United States cir cuit court. I in. Years A so. From Tha Oragnnlan, Pecembrr 8. I8T1. New York. The bronxe statue of Benjamin Kranklln for Printing House square has been completed. There was a large attendance last night at Ihe second of Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway'a lectures. She ac quitted herself creditably In the two lectures. There, was another Immense crowd at the pavilion lart night to see Ihe akating and velocipede performances by Miss1 t:arrle Moore- WWI I IIl A I I - I I II ; It OK ROVS Junior Nsisl llrarrtr Nerka Meniere of Pnlriot In Orraron. NEW YORK. Dec. 2. (To the lSdl. tor.) If there Is within the atate of Oregon a retired naval officer or an ex-service man from the United Slates naval reserve force, marine corps or army who Is Imbued with the spirit of patriotism sufficient to volunteer his services sa enmmandsnt. depart ment of Oregon. United States Junior naval reserve, a etate organisation may be quickly brought about, and thousands of Oregon boys over tlm age of 14 may be enrolled to derive the advantages and benefits that a membership In the Junior naval re serve insures to the wide-awake young men of America who realize more than some of their -elders Uie vital need of tralnliiR for sea service In the navy and the merchant marine. If there is a alnarle volunteer in Oregon willing and capable of leading In this great patriotic work, the re serve extends to him a cordial Invi tation to wire his name and addroe to national headquarters. This movement has the official stamp of approval of (lovernor ocnt and many other leading oregnnlana. When chosen an one of the honorary vice-presidents of the roiled Slates Junior naval reserve, Rear-Admlrtil E. W. Kberle, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. United Slates navy, recently said: "t accept with much pleasure and feel much honored over the action of your executive Dniiiu in making me an honorary vice-preel- dent of such a worthy organisation. which is thoroughly American in every fiber. Wltn expressions pi rreat resnect for tne imiiea ninies junior naval reserve, snd for Its ex cellent motto, 'American crews for American ships." " EDWAIll' A. OLDHAM, Executive Secretary United States Junior Naval Reserve. THIRST. I have ridden fsir ships far. have crossed Blue seas and deep, have breathed tha storicil air Of lands where slnga the nightingale. and climes Ofpice and bloom snd whispering myrtle fair. Where on old ruins gently soft and pale The moon fell fold on fold like loos ened hair. I have heard pipes full blown, And organs thundering through tha twilight aisles Of old rsthedrals earth's master melo dies. 'Till the breast fainted of the sym phonies: I have loved beauty 'till my soul has grown A part of her bright power, and the wiles Which kindled her exquisite lips with smiles; Have dreamed sweet dreams by many a passionate shore; Have wslked with poets under Per- slan skies; Have known the love of woman one whose eyes Were dark and living yet Is there In my breast , A thirst on which no rain Is ever pressed ; A csVl for God, sn Innate widowhood, 'Till he has slacked it and is under stood. a-QUY FITCH PHELP&