THE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IONDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1921
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THK TREATY OF THE PACIFIC.
As the first frtiits of the Washing
ton conference the treaty with re
gard to the Pacific islands will be
welcomed by all people who love
peace founded on good faith among
nations. By removing from the field
of possible dispute all the myriad
islands in the Pacific ocean It In
sures peace throughout the vast ex
panse between the American and
Asiatic continents and between the
Arctic and Antarctic oceans. The
four great powers among which al
most all of these Islands are divided
will respect one another's existing
rights and will consult on how they
shall deal with any question as to
those rights that may arise either
among themselves or from any other
power. As they are the four great
est powers in the world in military,
naval or economic resources, any ag
gression from without their ranks Is
placed beyond the range of probabil
ity, and the name Pacific becomes
truly applicable to the region to
which it is given.
Welcome particularly to the
American people is the article In the
treaty abrogating the alliance be
tween Great Britain and Japan. As
the treaty covers the island empire
of Japan, that country is secured
from attack by any of the other
three powers, consequently by any
other power, and. danger of attack
by either of the nations at which the
alliance was originally aimed having
been removed, the reason for the al
liance Is gone. Against any possible
danger that may arise in the future,
the new treaty is a far more effective
substitute. 'As parties to the new
agreement Great Britain and Japan
can cancel their old compact without
even a suggestion that their friend
ship is impaired, rather with a feel
ing that it Is cemented anew and Is
broadened to include the United
States and France..
Great Is the gain to the I'nited
States. The Anglo-Japanese alliance,
which had cast a shadow over our
relations with both parties to it, is
swept away, and with-it all the ap
prehension to which it gave rise. The
faith of the other three signatories is
pledged to respect and to support
morally our rights to the Philippines,
Hawaii, Guam and Samoa. When
those three are removed from the
category of possible aggressors, our
possessions are absolutely secure, for
no other would dare challenge us,
even if it were so disposed.
The treaty Is the stronger for not
binding the signatories to any defi
nite action In case the rights of any
of them should be Infringed. There Is
no obligation to defend one another's
territories by armed force. The four
powers are simply to "communicate
with one another In order to arrive
at an understanding as to the most
efficient measures to be taken."
Thus the conference has avoided the
pitfall of binding the nations in ad
vance to take any action, even war,
to meet a possible future cpntin
gency, all the conditions of 'which
cannot possibly be foreseen, though
the fulfillment of the obligation
would depend on the willingness of
each nation to act In the light of
those conditions. Kach signatory
power retains complete freedom to
act in any way it chooses whenever
the rights of any of the four are
threatened. Therefore the treaty Is
not an alliance, nor does It bind us to
do anything that we would not be
willing to do in any case. We have
no desire for any other nation's
Islands, and If any nation should at
tempt to seize them, we should re
gard it as a predatory disturber of
the peace and should be willing to
consult other nations on means to
restrain it. But we gain the pledge
of the other three powers to act as
we should act instinctively.
Ratification of this treaty by the
senate should be assured in advance
by its beneficent effects. Leaders of
tje two parties in the senate had a
part In making It and they have
shown regard for the trend of opin
ion in that body by avoiding any
such obligation! as proved fatal to
the league covenant, though the ob
jections to some of these were fig
ments of irreconcilable imaginations.
No sooner was the treay announced
than Senator Heed branded it as an
"entangling alliance" and hurled
some of his favorite adjectives at it,
but he and those few who think with
him will find themselves In a state
of isolation as complete as that to
which they would consign the United
States. The Missouri senator con
strues the treaty as an alliance by
reading Into Its text words and
meanings which simply are not
mere, wnicn can oe put there only
by doing violence to the Kngllsh lan
guage. Seemingly in the opinion of
the eenator any compact by which
the United States agrees with any
, other nation to do or not to do any
thing is an alliance, and our national
safety consists in. suspiciously refus
ing to bind ourselves to anything lest
we become entangled. He is deter
mined to remain irreconcilable with
out regard to facts and common
mil.
Contrary to supposition which
seems to prevail among student de
bating societies, The Oregonlan does
not accumulate miscellaneous refer
ence material for purpose of ' distri
bution. Almost dally requests come
to this office for debate material.
Sometimes requests are made that
Uie editor provide notes or argu-
J ments. The Oregonlan is Interested
In the encouragement of school de
bates but it (eels that one of the pur
poses of debate is not fulfilled if the
participants depend upon others for
research. Oregon has provided a
loan system at the state library in
Salem. That institution accumulates
books and periodicals containing dis
cussions of a wide range of subjects.
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service. Clubs, societies or individ
uals may borrow. It is a good place
for debating teams to apply for ref
erence material.
GIVE II.A8K V A GOVERNMENT.
The same old story of governmen
tal neglect, prohibition of many
things essential to development, bu
reaucracy, divided authority and
lack of authority, is found in the re
port of Governor Scott C. Bone' of
Alaska as has been found in reports
I of his predecessors. We must not
j forget that the government is just
finishing a railroad across ttie rich
est part of the territory, but it has
prevented development of the coun
try traversed, apparently as a pre
caution against traffic for the rail
road. Alaska wants men and money with
freedom to earn wages and make
profit by taking wealth from its soil,
its minerals and its fisheries. For
this it needs relief from the restric
tions now placed on any man's do
ing anything and from the delays in
cident to having to deal with an ab
sentee government. Its greatest
need is that Its government, with full
power to govern according to a gen
eral law of Congress, should be
transferred from Washington to Ju
neau, and that the powers of govern
ment be unified instead of being
scattered among a host of bureaus.
ThePhilippines have such a govern
ment, and in ten years they have
trebled their commerce with the
United States and the rest of the
world, and are now given General
Wood to guide them in self-government.
8urely the hardy white Amer
ican pioneers are entitled to as much
as our brown brothers.
-On account of lis distance from the
capital and its great area, Alaska
should be given a government with
as full powers as that of the Philip
pines. Until as full opportunity for
its development is given as the argo
nauts had in California, the govern
ment will fall far short of practicing
the economy for which it is striving.
Economy consists in making good
use of all that we have.
(iKMAN ECONOMIC AGGRESSION.
Control of the American potash
supply by a German syndicate should
open the eyes of the American peo
ple to a danger to their industries
that cannot be averted by a protec
tive tariff. If the German syndicate
can limit the output of potash in the
United States and can fix the price
at which it shall be sold. Industries
using that commodity must depend
on the German supply and must pay
whatever price they demand. If
those industries compete with Ger
many, their cost of production can
be raised by an advance in the price
of potash. If Germany may control
potash In this manner, it may con
trol any other of our natural prod
ucts, and may reduce entire Ameri
can industries to servitude.
During the war we and other na
tions learned the danger of permit
ting essential materials to pass under
foreign control. We had to impro
vise making of coal-tar produefs,
optical glass and surgical instru
ments. Great Britain found the zinc
mines of Australia, the lead, zinc and
antimony mines of Burma owned'by
Germans. No doubt Germany has
opened an economic war since it was
defeated in arms, and one of the
weapons is control of important ma
terials in other countries that might
compete with Germany. This is in
line with Hugo Stinnes' policy of
forming trusts that are not only
horizontal, controlling production of
a certain commodity, but vertical,
controlling all that enters into and is
made of that commodity. Thus, when
Stinnes bought newspapers, he went
on to buy paper mills, then pulp
mills, then forests of pulp wood.
Contracts like that which has tied
up the American potash industry are
contrary to the principle of the anti
trust law. and should be annulled by
the courts. But some mean9 are
needed by which any important nat
ural resource or any vital industry
that has passed into foreign owner
ship or control shall be recapture.d
and placed in American hands again.
THE SAME OLD RECIPE.
There is a curious similiarity
among the recipes for a long lift
that are furnished us by men who
have really achieved it. Making al
lowance for an occasional peculiarity
of the individual, they simmer down
to three ingredients work, temper
ance in eating and exercise out of
doors. Even Metchnikoff with his
sour-milk bacillus theory neglected
none of these.
A man who is actually turning out
a day's work every day at the age
of nearly 99 Is Dr. Stephen Smith
of New York, In whose honor was
recently celebrated tire semi-centennial
of the New York state board
of health, which he was chiefly in
strumental in founding. The Medical
Record says that Dr. Smith spends
from three to five hours every day
revising scientific brochures and
writing his autobiography, in which
he expects to set forth how to live
long and be healthy, happy and use
ful. In doing this work he is his
own amanuensis and operates his
typewriter with the nimbleness of
youth. Work, he contends, is the
second and chief essential in the at
tainment of patriarchal years, for
the following reason:
Tour Drain cells thrive on atimulatlon.
They mast be ke- busy and if your work
falta to keep ihe'-i busy, try something
e ae that will Anything. Fall in love, or
develop a hobby Read the dally papera,
especially the exalting eventa, auch as
pnae fighta baseball contests, football
games, murder myaterlee and even di
ve rcea.
We are often reminded that what
Is one mar's food may be another
man's poison. The rule holds good
as to the minor ingredients of this
homely prescription, though not as
to its active substances. We suppose
that Dr. Smith does not advocate the
reading of murder and divorce news
as an unfailing remedy for growing
old. The point he makes and which
will be understood by all students of
mental and physical hygiene, is that
one should culivate an interest in
the world outside of one's self. It
will be seen that the Smith pro
gramme permits little room for In
trospection, and it is safe to predict
that his forthcoming autobiography
will not be much given over to mor
bid self-examination. Fifty years of
almost continuous concern for public
health will seem to have disposed of
any tendency in that direction, and
here is a man almost a century old
to prove the efficacy of the system.
"A meager diet of simple foods."
to which a distressing attack of dys
pepsia compelled him to resort in his
early years, receives credit for the
circumstance that he "hasn't known
he had a stomach" for fifty years.
This, too, we suppose is subject to
individual interpretation of the term
"meager," But it corresponds closely
with the experience of others who
have preserved their efficiency in
their declining years. His chief ex
ercise is walking, which is a re
minder that winter is upon us and
that too many persons find in the in
clemency of the season a too-ready
excuse for indolence. The old must
have a care to avoid pneumonia, but
there are days in winter when even
a' centenarian may venture out with
impunity. There is no substitute for
the oxygen, or the ozone, or what
ever it may be, of the open air, just
as there is no better stimulant of the
mind than work, even if it is only a
hobby, or anything more nourishing
than the simplest of food.
It is a fact of historic interest that
Dr. Smith was the first physician to
Introduce the use of antiseptics into
a. New York hospital. Contemplating
the advance that has been made in
this regard since public hospitals
were justly viewed as death traps,
one is minded to wonder that it ha
all taken place in the lifetime of one
man. But as a matter of fact. Dr.
Smith was what we would call well
along in years when this occurred.
CO-OPERATION IN EDUCATION.
Without doubt an outstanding fea
ture of the observance Of educa
tion week" throughout the United
States has been the spirit of practical
co-operation which has been mani
fested by the National Education as
sociation and the American Legion,
and this is so because it again em
phasizes consideration of the whole
problem of education from the social
point of view. It has ben said that
the function of the American Legion
is to give weight to the teaching of
Americanism in the public schools,
but in reality It is more than that.
Important as the teaching of Ameri
canism is, Americanism Itself is a
thing too broad to be reduced to a
formula, or be presented as a speci
fic and definlte'curriculum. a kind of
educational agenda, to use a term re
cently popularized by the disarma
ment conference. It comprises the
essence of many things, it is spirit
rather than material substance, it is
the product of a struggle that is lit
erally centuries old.
So, while patriotism is being
taught in the particulars that induce
appreciation of the sacrifices of our
forefathers and that inspire rever
ence for the flag which is the sym
bol of their sacrifices and more, it is
well to remember that they built on
a foundation of character, of regard
for the rights of others which blos
somed Into democracy throughout
the world, and of the duty of the in
dividual to bear his fair share of the
responsibilities of government. The
tendency to leave statecraft to the
leaders, who were a privileged class,
which was dominant in the middle
ages, the inertia which that ten
dency fostered, was a stumbling
block to real progress for centuries
The dawn of liberty was coincident
not with mere protest, but with the
beginning of understanding that
freedom entails duties upon all who
would enjoy it and that no man has
the right to expect it who Is not will
ing to accept its burdens as well.
Education similarly dates its real
awakening from the time when it
became a social instead of a private
affair. A noteworthy decision was
reached a few years ago by educa
tional experts who contemplated the
setting up of a "model" school sys
tem, which should be given all the
appurtenances and facilities that
money could obtain without giving
the taxpayers anything to worry
about, when those experts concluded
that such a system, because it lacked
the essential element of popular co
operation, would defeat one of the
highest purposes of our schools. It
is sometimes forgotten that the pub
lic schools are educational in their
influence on parents as well as on
their children, and that they are as
much the concern of bachelors and
maMens as on the mothers and fath
ers of families, and that the whole
nation suffers when their efficiency
is allowed to relax. In social co-operation
there is. too, a lesson in
Americanism, and it is this aspect
which the Legion makes plain. By
setting an example of interest by
grown-ups in the education of the
young, it puts to shame those who
habitually ignore their responsibili
ties or shift them to others, and it
invites them to mend their ways.
The citizen who is too busy with
his own affairs, and who thinks that
he cannot afford to' concern himself
with matters which he says he has
"hired a teacher" to look after, will
have missed one of the chief pur
poses of education week if he has not
taken this lesson to heart. The
Legion has done well to enlist 'itself
in the cause. It Is serving patriotism
in the highest possible way, at the
same time that it Is protecting the
material interests of every citizen
who is in a position to suffer by neg
lect of the foremost duty of the state.
RE-ESTABLISHING THE BEAVER.
Probably there are none left in
Oregon who remember the beaver in
its heyday and who consequently are
able to appraise with a social eye the
new movement just begun under of
ficial auspices in Canada to re-establish
the beaver in his old haunts.
The statement comes from Winnipeg
that the farmers of Manitoba can
hope to add at least $500,000 a year
to their incomes by engaging in the
establishment and protection of
beaver colonies. The beaver, which
with the otter furnished incentive
for early exploration of the north
west coast, is again returning to
favor as his skin rises to an almost
fabulous price, and it is natural that
farmers should incline a receptive
ear to tales of easy wealth which the
raising of his fur affords. There
nevertheless is reason for accepting
the conclusions of the Canadians
with reserve. It does not follow that
even though fur-farming promises
immediate profit, it will work to the
advantage of the community in the
end.
The old trappers made poor farm
ers at their best, for reasons inherent
in the nature of two callings so ut
terly dissimilar, those who adopted
agriculture when the disappearance
of the beaver from old Oregon
forced them to turn in another direc
tion to make a living were not the
type who developed the resources of
the country and made It great.
We doubt, therefore, as did the
high officials of the Hudson's Bay
company eighty years or more ago,
that beaver trapping and farming
can ever be made to mix. When that
company,, foreseeing the conclusion
of its fur-trading operations, made
its first large venture into agricul
ture, it took pains to keep the two
enterprises apart. The "morale" of
agriculture would have suffered by
intrusion, and trapping would havt
had nothing to gatrn Nor was this
the result of depredations of the
little animals upon the lands and
crops, which It is said in Canada can
be measurably prevented, but the
reason lay deeper than that. It was
that the business of the trapper is
casual and adventuresome, and lack
ing in the peculiar discipline imposed
by routine necessity, while that of
the farmer is based on prudence and
foresight and constant hard work,
and involves constant application
day after day. It was not an acci
dent that trappers failed as husband
men; it was the nature of their early
training, and perhaps the talent that
inclined them toward it, that un
fitted them for its exacting demands.
SMALL NATIONS AT HOME.
The objections filed by counsel fot
the Iroquois confederation of Indians
to the bill which would extend the
rights o citizenship to a large num
ber of American Indians raises an
Interesting question concerning the
statu? of certain "small nations" ex
isting within our own. The whole
Indian policy of our government is
put under review by the contention
of these tribesmen that the proposal
'to make them citizens of the United
States in effect extinguishes them as
a separate people. They prefer, It
seems, to be Indians, they do not
want to be citizens even of this
proud republic of ours, and they
hold that they have a right to be
consulted on a matter of so great
moment to the race.
A peculiar distinction attaches to
this claim. The Iroquois, composing
what are commonly known as the
Six Nations, have always shown a
superior capacity for social organiza
tion to which was largely due their
domination over a great Indian
population in the century--preceding
the revolutionary war. The sound
and well-ordered plan of confeder
acy which they devised and which
proves its vitality by its existence
even to the present day was an ex
ception among Indian tribes, which
as a rule have been so loosely held
together, contrary to popular belief,
as to make it impracticable to deal
with them as nations. The treaties
made with the tribes of the old Ore
gon country, as will be remembered,
were more often violated than re
spected by Individuals, and resulted
in the very wars which they were in
tended to prevent. The whole his
tory of governmental dealing with
the redskins of the west has been a
story of mistakes based upon the ac
ceptance of the Six Nations as typical
of all the tribes.
However, with some two centuries
of national existence behind them, the
She Nations now come forward with
a plea to be recognized as a separate
people. They have at least a record
for the observance of treaty stipula
tions to justify them, which cannot
be said as to many other tribes, and
the fact that they are even now in
creasing in numbers indicates that
they know how. in a large way, to
take care of themselves. It Is re
called that during the war of the
revolution, when most of the tribes
allied themselves with the British
and a minority sided with the pa
triots, they kept their respective
promises and conducted war with no
more barbarism than might have
been expected by those who under
stand the'difference between the In
dian traditions and ours.
A considerable number of indi
vidual members of the Six Nations
have given evidence of capacity for
absorbing the white man's civiliza
tion by leaving their reservations
and making their own way In the
world. Several have won distinction
in the learned professions and others
are supporting themselves as artis
ans. .The number living on reserva
tions in the United States in 1900.
according to the United States cen
sus, was about 8000, but it is be
lieved that there are nearly 10,000
now. The point they make, that
thrusting citizenship upon them will
be equivalent to exterminating them
as a nation, is chiefly interesting as
a curiosity, since nothing, of course,
is contemplated that will work hard
ship on them as individuals. The is
sue to be settled is not whether we
should be governed in our treatment
of them by the general principle in
volved in the rights of small nations,
but whether we can afford to recog
nize the existence within our boun
daries of any sovereign nation except
the United States. It Is true that
they would differ from other aliens
in the respect that they were here
first, but even this Is not likely to
weigh heavily in the scale against
the consideration of national neces
sity by which in the last analysis
most dealings with other nations are
controlled.
The proposed bridge at Detroit, to
have the longest single span in the
world, with two decks, may need a
third for bootleggers. Detroit is a
great port of illegal entry, it is said.
"Father" is the Christmas problem
of the family, for Father always sup
plies his own needs; but he takes the
gifts with good-humored tolerance
that Is a lovable aggravation.
Visitors in Portland will under
stand this Is the regular weather for
this time of year and not look for
better. Climatologists call it "nor
mal" and let it go at that.
How manv know that a little dis
trict around Winlock, in Cowlitz
county, is shipping eggs by the car
load to New York? That is one
primary source of revenue.
There are solid citizens of Oregon
in the metropolis today county
judges and commissioners for their
annual meeting.
Extension of the road from
Wilkesboro Into Clatsop Is a cer
tainty. Development awaits it.
The Idea Is not to scare people
from using the Burnside bridge. The
order is precautionary.
In the case of young people sus
pected of eloping, always call Van
couver first.
In planning for the Christmas tree,
consider safely first.
OF THE PRESS
Hungarian
Foreign Minister
Poor
Artist In 1919.
Jane Addams of Hull House and Dr.
Alice Hamilton of Harvard university
were together in Zurich in 1919. re
lates the New York Evening Post.
There they made the acquaintance of
a struggling Hungarian artist who
was a refugee from Hungary, where
communism was raging.
The artist
confessed himself only an amateur,
and although his pictures showed tal
ent, they proclaimed him as such.
"Still." he said, "one must live." And
he went on painting Swiss mountains
and lakes and selling them to tour
ists, at the same time studying com
mercial engraving. The two Amer
icans found him entertaining and
often visited him in his studio.
What waa their surprise and pleas
ure the other day to encounter their
artist friend in the lobby of their
hotel In Budapest. He was equally
glad to see them, and they had tea
together.
They discussed the political situa
tion and the artist showed a surpris
ing knowledge, particularly of foreign
affairs. Finally Miss Addams re
marked: "For an artist you are sin
gularly well Informed on politics.'
Their acquaintance replied with a
smile, "Well, 1 ought to be, I sup
pose. I am. you see, the minister of
foreign affairs."
It, was Count Banffy, the Hungarian
foreign minister.
Even In stormy weather the aver
age height of waves in mid-ocean
does not as a rule exceed 30 or 40
feet. Sometimes, however, one enor
mous wave makes its appearance
amid the rest, says an exchange.
Why this should happen no one can
say. All we know is that a mighty
mass of water rushes suddenly to
ward a ship at the appalling speed
of oVer 100 miles an hour.
If the ship can meet such a wave
with her bows she will ride over it.
though thousands of tons of water
may sweep over her decks. But If
the wave is following her and rushes
at her from the stern, she may fail
to rise. Many a good ship has gone
to her doom In this way.
These vast mountains of water rise
sometimes to a height of more than
100 -feet as high as the spire of a
church. They have been known to
extinguish the mast-head lights of
sailing ships.
Sometimes on a perfectly calm day
there will be a sudden troubling of
the surface of the sea, and without
the slightest warning a wave 150 feet
high will appear.
The vast ice fields of Siberia have
in many instances acted as a natural
cold storage plant for the preserva
tion of flesh of the mammoth, this
prehistoric cousin of the elephant
having been dug out of his chilly
grave Intact on numerous occasions,
according to the Scientific American.
It has always been supposed, however,
that this was the only Instance In
which anything more than the bare
bones of the fauna of past geological
epochs had come down to us. Doubt
less the mammoth will continue to
stand unique in this respoct; but he
is no longer unapproached.
There has recenly been put Sn exhi
bition in the Senikenberg museum,
Frankfort-am Main, a dinosaur skele
ton, which carries with it a consid
erable portion of the skin of the an
imal in mummified form. In particu
lar the epidermis over the animal's
back is present practically intact.
The skeleton has been mounted in
f.ylng position, and makes altogether
an Impressive exhibit.
Sleep In sufficient quantity thor
oughly to repair the wornout tissues
every 24 hours Is one of the prime
requisites given by many authorities
for a long life, says Dr. R. H. Bishop
m a news article.
The number of hours required for
sleep for an adult varies from 6 to
10. according to the temperament,
vigor, duties and mental condition of
the person.
Many say that women need more
sleep than men. Persons of active,
energetic, highly nervous tempera
ment wear out more rapidly, hence
require more sleep not less than
ight hours, and some as many as 10.
It is important to have several
hours' sleep before midnight, yet it
is better to take a nap during the
day than not to sleep enough. A
little nap before the noon meal will
rest the nerves and promote diges
tion There is more than passing Interest
to the change in one of the big manu
facturers' clothing advertisements
This concern has decided, after deep
study, to throw out Its young swell
with cigarette in teeth and illustrate
its clothes by means of red-blooded
fellows who are doing something be
sides dancing and joy riding. The
manufacturer decided, for one thing,
that his "dude" ads repelled working
people and stirred class sentiment.
The clothing maker's change in his
clothing "dummy" would seem to
mark a shifting of American admin
istrations from the leisured tlme
killers to the sort of men who earn
their salt. Lincoln Journal.
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Few persons realize the enormous
effort required to make a single
pound of honey. In a pound Jar. the
Manchester Guardian tells us, there
is the concentrated essence of 60.000
flowers.
To make a pound of clover honey
the bees must take nectar from 62.000
blossoms and make 2.700.000 visits In
getting It. Often the Journey from
the hive to the flower and back Is as
much as two miles, so that the mak
ing .of a pound of honey requires
journeys that may aggregate more
than 5.000,000 miles.
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The distribution of the population
of China Is a curious thing to con
template, writes Eleanor Franklin
Egan In Saturday Evening Post. A
hundred thousand people may be
gathered together within what might
rightly be' regarded as city limits,
but on the map their city will be
indicated as a mere village that is
not worth considering. Moreover,
they will not have established a sin
gle feature of city organization
Villages of 100,000 Inhabitants are
rather difficult to visualize, but they
exist in China. .
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Last week, after despairing of find-
BY" -HODICTS
Ing a kitten belonging to Jean, we )n The Oregonlan Friday, the name
put a want ad in the Chieftain. An of Mr. Wilson is appended to six
hour after the paper was mailed the j cablegrams, while the name of Tu
kltten was returned. Shortly there- mutty is appended to but four. Here
' ... tofore the ratio has been about three
after it caught a mouse, thereby pay- le , favor of Tumulty.
ing for the ad. Mrs. lmn Zumwalt j ,9 it possible that Mr. Tumulty Is
in the Bonntr Springs, Kan., Chief- going to allow Mr. Wilson to ovir
tain. shadow him thus? J. N. HART.
Those Who Come and Go.
Talea of Folk at the Hotels,
"Pick the man for the land" is the
slogan of Harold Baldwin, cashier of
the First National bank of Prineville.
as he Is making ready to assume the
duties of appraiser for the veterans'
I loan under the provisions of the bonus
law. "In seeking to locate men on
land it is not so much the value of
the land as the value of the man that
is to be considered." Mr. Baldwin left
Portland last night after having been
here several days gathering informa
tion relative to loans on Crook county
land that will probably be made to
many veterans when the supreme
court has passed on the constitution
ality of the law enacted by the last
legislature. Mr. Baldwin was at the
Imperial.
One of the largest lumber mills in
North Bend is soon to put on a double
shift in order to supply the demands
of purchasers, according to J. E.
Tourte'.otte, architect of Boise, Idaho,
who Is superintending the work on
the North Bend hotel. "Business con
ditions are picking up In the Coos bay
district and the mill men have no
grounds for complaint," he said yes
terday at the Multnomah. The new
hotel in North Bend is to be one of
the finest in the southern part of the
state. It will be five stories high
and be modern in every detail. Work
has been progressing rapidly on the
building and 90 days from the time
the foundation started the plastering
had been completed.
Westley Vandercook of Kelso and
W. F. Ryder of Beaumont. Tex., both
connected with the Long-Bell Lumber
company, are at the Portland hotel.
Mr. Vandercook has charge of the ex
tensive operations of his concern in
Kelso. There an exhaustive survey is
being made of the 30,000 acres of
valuable timber that have been ac
quired by the Long-Bell people. Mr.
Ryder until recently was identified
with his company In Texas, where he
specialized on southern pine lumber
ing. Decorating buildings for conven
tions and lodge assemblies is the busi
ness of Charles W. Goodman, who can
be found at the Imperial hotel. He
makes his headquarters at Seattle,
but whenever there Is a big conven
tion here or in any other section of
the northwest he can usually be found
rfn hand superintending the decorat
ing end of the game. He had charge
of the decorating of the Pacific Inter
national Livestock show, held here a
month ago.
Charles W. Robison. attorney of
Astoria, is in Portland and Is at the
Oregon hotel. He is attorney for
John W. Todd, former Salem superin
tendent of schools, who must stand
trial In the federal court In January
on a land-fraud charge. In a recent
trial In the federal court Robison ob
tained an acquittal on three counts of
the original Indictment of Todd, hut
the Jury disagreed on the fourth
count and Judge Bean ordered a re
trial. B D. Chappel of Oregon Agricul
tural college's dairy department ar
rived at the Multnomah hotel yester
day as an advance guard for the but
ter Snd cheese makers of the state,
who will hold their convention in
Portland Wednesday and Thursday of
this week. He says that many sam
ples of butter and cheese are already
being sent in to be judged and that
the contest for high honors will be
keener than ever before.
There is probably a peculiar feeling
In the heart of Fred W. Herman, now
city attorney of Rainier, when he
signs his name on the Imperial hotel
register. For several years Herman
was clerk at the hotel. While ho was
clerking he was studying law and
upon admittance to the bar he estab
lished himself In Rainier. With Mrs.
Herman he spent the week-end at the
Imperial.
At one time N. A. Sitton was a lead
ing cattleman of eastern Oregon. He
tired of the industry in his section
and, hearing about the chances for
fortune in Alberta, Canada, transferred-his
holdings to that place. He
has been successful in his undertak
ings In Alberta and is now in Port
land meeting old friends. He Is at
the Perkins.
J. Roesch. who for many years ran
a brewery In La Grande and who.
with the advent of prohibition, manu
factured soft drinks, was at the Im
perial with his family yesterday. He
is en route to San Diego, Cal., where
he will establish himself In the soft
drink manufacturing business. He is
moving his brewery machinery and
other equipment to that city.
Devising means whereby the motor
trucks may be more properly con
trolled on the public highways Is now
the hobby of W. B Dennis of Carl
ton, who is at the Multnomah hotel.
Mr. Dennis has drafted suggestions
on motor-truck regulation which he
hopes to have put into a state law
at the coming special session of the
state legislature.
T. G. Swinney of New York city
was one of those who found the Co
lumbia river blockaded with snow and
impassable when he endeavored to
motor from Spokane here. He had to
stop at The Dalles and bring his car
to Portland by boaL He is at the
Portland hotel.
The more road work done by coun
ties and states the better satisfied is
Arthur C. Tracy of Boise. Idaho, who
is a guest at the Imperial. He sells
road-building machinery.
B. A. Stover, motion picture man
of Seattle, is at the Multnomah. He
la en route to Montana, where he will
attend a conference of motion picture
theater men.
J. A. Churchill of Salem, who holds
the position of state superintendent
of public Instruction. Is at the Impe
rial. He is Investigating school af
fairs. J. G. BJorge. manager of the Colum
bia Northern canneries at Astoria, ts
in Portland and his name appears on
the register at the Oregon.
A. E. Tetherow, a member of one of
the old Polk county families. Is at
the Imperial hotel. He owns a farm
not far from Monmouth.
A. W. Stone, an orchsrdlst of the
Hood river country, wag at the Port
land for the week-end.
Dr. W. L. Ellerbeck, a member of
one of the old pioneer families of Salt
Lake City, is at the Multnomah hotel.
V. W. Hauser and wife, who con
duct the leading hotel in Estacada,
were at the Oregon yesterday. " .
S. H. Webb, a real estate man
Astoria, is at the Portland hotel.
Dr. C. H. ' Day of Pendleton
of
at the Imperial hotelyesterday.
L. D. Drake, a newspaperman
Astorls, is at the Oregon.
of
I Modesty Overtaking Tumnlr.'f
PORTLAND. Dec 16. (To the Edi
tor.) What Is the matter with Jo-
weph P. Tumulty? In the Tumulty-
-Autohloirranhv." as nuhlixherl
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Hounhlon-Mlf flln Co.
.' Yon Anawrr These Queatlonaf
t. Why do some English sparrows
show so much white in their feathers?
2. What is tne mating law of the
catamount? Polygamous?
3. Please Inform me on a plant
called Snow-on-the-mountalns. I can
not account for Its growing so abun
dantly In my garden this year.
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. What do salamanders eat? Are
they poisonous?
Said to be cannibal, (at least cap
tive specimens are), eat also worms,
insects, shrimp, sow bugs, snails,
slugs, mussels, and big specimens cat
small frogs. No. though the big Hell
bender of the Ohio river region can
make a sore wound when biting, part
ly due to mixing Its body slime in the
wound. Lizards also are non-poisonous,
except for the big glla monster.
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2. Where are otters found?
Nowadays, rare anywhere, as their
durable and beautiful fur has caused
them to be Hunted almost to exter
mination. Originally native to North
America, almost from the' Arctic
ocean, to Mexico. Their homes are
always near water, as the otter lives
practically on fish diet, and Is aquatic
In habit. Its den Is a cave or hole
under a bank.
3. Do sea gulls follow a vessel
through a whole trip; or do they go
only part way and pick up some other
incoming vessel to return with?
Cases are known where apparently
the same gulls followed one ship all
the way from the Irish coast to New
York harbor. But unless these ship
companions could be tagged in some
way, we do not see how It is possible
to declare positively the same birds
made the passage all the way over,
unless they came to the deck, or rig
ging.' Gulls can fly great distances,
however, and sleep on the water, so
they might follow; or conversely.
might stay behind, and let the ship
pick up a new colony further along
the route.
I I'SET SHOULD BE mscoi It UiEU
Mr. Dnvcy I'rges llrnehern of frith
Illood In Support Paterl Willi Britain.
PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (To the E .1
tor.)' I notice that some Americans
of the same blood as mysef are ad
vising the sympathizers of Irish In
dependence to organize now and rally
to the support of DcValera in oppos
ir g the acceptance by Ireland of the
peace pact recently agreed upon be
tween the representatives of the Brit
ish government and the representa
tives of the Irish parliament and
people.
I hope the friends of Ireland in Ore
gon will not heed that advice. It is
a good time for us people In Arrerlca
to let the people In Ireland decide the
question without interference or the
holding out of false hopes by us.
While I. In common with every per
son of real Irish stock, would delight
to see Ireland take her place among
the nations of the earth, free and in
dependent as every country of Intelli
gent people ought to be, yet taking
all existing Circumstances and condi
tions into consideration, I believe she
will probably be at least as well off
for the coming 10 or 15 years in the
position of a free state in a confed
eration of states as she would be
alone.
Under the peace pact which has
been agreed to. Ireland will have Tin
opportunity to demonstrate to the.
world her anility tor scir-government
along peaceful and prosperous lines.
The great majority of the Irish peo
ple will be enabled to show their ene
mies that they can and will rule with
out oppression and that they can
exist In peace with themselves and
their neighbors. These things dem
onstrated, the voice of the country
for an Independent government can
be heard with universal sympathy.
In the meantime I look for genuine
friendship between Ireland and the
British Isles, commercially, socially
and politically. They have mapy
things of mutual Interest and I be
lieve in a very short time there will
be the best of co-operation among
them.
The masses of the people In Ire
land want pei.ee. "There Is a little
nest of disturbers around Belfast
whose Interest it has been at all
times to keep the Irish people In a
turmoil In order that there might be
an excuse for British control by mili
tary and police power, but that gang
will lose Its Influence now and will
soon cease Its disturbance when the
government has withdrawn its pro
tection and encouragement.
The great heart of Ireland is sick
of warfare and wants to embrace
peace even without obtaining all that
Is desired. My friends, don't do any
thing to block that leace. Let It
come, let us hope it will bring with
It an era of prosperous development
such as we who know Ireland are,
well aware It Is capable of produc
ing. FRANK DAVKV.
bkttkh ram or WILSOM I II tn
Tumulty Articles Interesting lleapltr
Intrusion of FgotlHm.
DALLAS, Or., Dec. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) The writer is reading with
much Interest the series of articles
by Mr. .Tumulty. nOW running In The
Oregonlan, entitled, "Woodrow Wil
son, as I Know Him." Of course, it
is undeniable that Mr. Tumulty writes
from a strong partisan viewpoint.
Besides his iiterary matter Is tainted
with a degree of personal egotism.
A little too much Tumulty obtrudes
itself.
"It is difficult, however, for any one
strongly to espouse a cause, be It
political, economic, or what not,
without writing from a partisan bias.
Personal preconceptions will uncon
sciously obtrude themselves. The
time has not yet come to appraise
the true merits of Mr. Wilson's sd
minlstratlve policies Judicially, es
pecially those which deal with future
historical problems.
That which appeals most to the
writer In these reminiscences Is the
light they throw upon Woodrow Wil
son's true chsractcr. as disclosed by
one who had opportunity to view It
from Intimate personal contact. This
much praised, and also much vili
pended ex-prcsldent Is found to be a
genfclne human bejng, rational In his
intellectual processes, tenderly sym
pathetic, and deeply concerned ss to
the welfare of his fellow-countrymen.
These admirable traits of his
character are calculated to awaken a
genuine response In the bosom of all
Thinking men, except the obdurately
partisan and unreasonably prejudiced.
A generation hence the clear ken of
history will begin to write its ver
dict. It is the inevitable destiny of all
strong characters who have .had to
do with the shaping of great events
to have to pass through "the fiery
furnace" of public criticism, and It IgJ
well perhaps that this is so. Wood
row Wilson's great work Is done, snd
whether he did It well or 111 only
time can tell. He has warmed his
hands at "both ends of the fires of I
life," and Is now resting in the quiet
of domestic life in the evening of his
days.
J. T. FORD.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
OI.I1 IRIINMIII IS.
Rewritten to meet the requirements
of the disarmament programme.
Ay. tear her tattered ensign down,
It costs the U. S. A.
Some fifty-thousand dollars cash
To run that ship a day.
Her upkeep and her overhead.
Her cost for coal and crew.
Her wireless set and engine oil
Are charged to mo and you.
Her decks are caulked with hemp and
tar,
Which articles come high:
Her paint, her pipes, her anchor
chains.
We citizens must buy.
Whenever on the rolling wave
She leaves her foam-flecked tracks.
She hlkts the nation's overhead
And boosts the income tax.
Oh. better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave
Than that she dally should consume
The coin we ought to save.
Too long the public treasury
This costly Junk has tapped;
An overburdened country won't
Breathe easy till she's scrapped. .
Sorlnl Dlatlnrtion.
Nowadays, If a gentleman in Wash
ington Is seen with a souse, it Is
known that he has the entree to the
foreign legations.
Well to Begin Early.
Probably Secretary Christian has
alreudy begun his memoirs.
.
Hogging: the Credit.
Some parents don't want their chil
dren to believe in Santa t'laus be
cause they are gluttons for gratitude.
(Copyright. 1921. by tho Bell Syndi
cate, inc.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Ann.
From The Oregonlan of December 12. MM
Washington. Led by Chairman
Dlngley the ways and means commit
tee of congress Is preparing a tariff
bill for the special session.
Berlin. -The German Lloyd steamer
Sailer has been wrecked four miles
north of Villa Garcia. Spain, and 400
persons are reported lost.
The order of railroad conductors of
the Pacific coast will, hold their an
nual meeting and convention In Port
land tomorrow.
Fifty 1 ears Aato.
rrom The Oregonlan of December 12. 1R71
The Indians of Warm Springs reser
vation are now complying with the
law and marry according to civilized
usages. A record of all marriages is
kept at the agency.
Stockholm. Sweden Sweden Is out
fitting an expendltlon to sail next
spring for the north pole by the
theometrlc gateway.
Rio Janeiro. A Prussian naval of
ficer was roughly handled yesterday
in the streets of this city and It has
been learned that three war vessels
are being made ready at Kiel to ssil
here snd demand reparations.
The Dalles. Work on the Umatilla
house Is progressing here and It will
be completed and ready for occupants
by New Year's.
PAGES tin: TO BB RSPBODUCBD
tivle Body to niatrlhutr Oregon Ad
verf larnients Printed In Thla Pnper.
PORTLAND. Dec. 10 (To the Edi
tor.) Mr. Mlelke. as director In
charge of publicity, called to the par
ticular attention of the board, the
series of advert Isemeni s of the re
sources and Industries of Oregon,
which The Oregonlan has been run
ning each Monday for some weeks
past. Naturally, the individual mem
bers have been following this series
with very much Interest, hut they
were not so fully acquainted with the
work and the expense which your
paper has been to In arranging this
series. It was also pointed out that
you have received splendid co-operation
from the various publicity firms
here In the city.
Mr. Mlelke stated that at present a
plan was being considered to publish
the consplete series and In some man
ner, still to be devised, give this
series s wide circulation. This gen
erally met with the approval or the
board., who suggested to Mr. Mlelke
that he proceed with the details of
this and. at a later time, present It
to the board.
It wbb desired that a letter be sent
to you expressing the appreciation of
the toard for this splendid iece of
publicity and thanking you In the
name of the board and the Chamber
of Commerce.
By P. HKTHKKTON,
Executive Secretary. Board of Di
rectors, Portland Chamber of Com
merce. i :. . ROW Is Iteenlled.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
E. W. Howe of Kansas has been
something of a traveler. He made a
number of trips abroad snd went
twice around the world It was on
hl first trip shroud that he encoun
tired one of the sea hounds whose
chief boast Is concerned with the num
ber of times they have crossed the
Atlantic. Mr. Howe tells the Incident
as his favorite story:
"Is this your rirst trip: tne sea
hound asked Mr. Howe on the occa
sion of their first meeting.
Mr. Howe admitted that It was.
"Well," ssid the sea hound, "I've
crossed the Atlantic 40 times."
On the second day the sea hound
again put the question to Mr. Howe
and again vouchsafed the same ob
servation. He repeated it at frequent
intervals during the trip
It was on the s'xth day, after the
sea hound had again spoken of the
total number of his crossings, that
Mr. Howe aald to him: "By the
hsve you ever been to Omshs?"
.The sea hound said he never had.
"Well." retorted Mr. Howe. "I go
there ever,y week."
Where Drnft Records Are Kept.
MED FORD. Or. Dec. 10. (To the
Editor.) I am most anxious to con
vince a friend that I did not clslm
exemption from mllltsry service ss a
"conscientious objector."
Is It possible for me to get a copy
of my declsrstion under Ihe registra
tion for the draft? Where are the
records ol the registration kept?
a. l. c.
Your records are all In Washington.
D. C. Information reaardlng your
ststus csn be obtained by writing to
the office of the Adjutant-General.
United States Army. Washington
D. C.
Counter Prtlllona to (Governor.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Dec 10 (To
the Kdltor.) I heartily Indorse The
Oregonlsn's recent editorials on the
Rathle snd Klrby cases. It seems to
me that when ministerial associations
petition the governor to override the
law. and threaten him with being
called a shedder of Innocent blood, it
Is time something was done about It
How would It do to send In a few
petitions on the other side? Should
there be any concerted action alon.v.
that line 1 would be glad to help W
reed mort law enforcement rathei
than less. GEORGE H. PARKER.