10
TIIE 3IOHXIXG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1921
ESTABLISHED b If IIENHY L. FITTOCK.
I'ubliKh3l by The Oresonlan Publishing Co,
(133 sixth St.'- Portland. OreKoa.
C. Al itlOUDKX. E. B. PIPER.
ilanarer. tailor.
The 0-es;onlan is a member of the Asso
ciated rii'w 'let Associated l'reas Is ex
tiuxivelv entitled tp the ue lor publication
of all niwa UiKpntoica credited tu It or not
tiller I, creditol In tnia paper and also
the loc.i newa puu:lsned herein. AH rights
of publ .'.allon of special dispatches ber3
are also rcserveU
Subscript ion Katnr Invariably in Advance.
(I.y Mall.)
Tally. Su.iday Included, one year 8 00
X'aily, ei-i'iday Inc cued, six months ... 4.25
Dally, S i .day lii.;:uued. three months.. li-J
' ally, t'l.iday inr tided, one month.. .75
Dally, thout Sunday, one year 00
Iily. wl'liout Sunday, alx montha .... 3.23
I'aily, wi.hout Sunday, one month
Weekly, i.ne year
Sunday, one year
,. (LI Carrier.) ,
Tally, Sunday Included, one year I9.00
rally, t t iday Included, three montha. .
I'aily, Sjriday included, one month ...
Hally, without Sunday, one year 7.&0
I'aily, i hout 8u iLy. three montha. . 1.95
L'ally, without o'lntisy. one month 05
How io Kemlt B-nd poetofflce BiMKJ
order, express or peraonal check on your
local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are
at owner' rink, ti.ve poetofflce addreaa ua
full. Including co-itity and state.
Postage Rates t to 16 pages. 1 cent: IS
- pigea. 1' certs: 84 to 48 rages, S
tents; 5. to 64 mill, 4 cents; 00 to SO
pages, cents; hi' to 90 pages, tt cents,
foreign postago oouble rate.
Eaatein Business Off lee Verree A Conk
im, 8uo Madison avenue. New York: Verree
Si Conkili.. Siege- building. Chicago; Ver
tee & ijonklln, Free Press building, De
troit, Mich.: Ve.it at Con kiln, belling
building, Portland.
THE LAW OF TRADE ASSOCIATION.
Practices of the Hardwood Lum
ber association which are condemned
by the mipreme court as contrary to
the anti-trust law are followed by
other lumber associations, notably
those of the Pacific coast, and by
other trade association l. It cannot
be the opinion of the court that men
engaged in the same industry are
forbidden to associate together for
exchange of information and to agree
on action for the general good of
the Industry. The, court certainly
means to draw a line beyond which
these practices cannot be carried
without effecting a combination in
restraint of trade to the public In
Jury. The decision can hardly be aimed
against distribution of bulletins and
reports as to actual transactions
made by members. The West Coa-st
association was so confident that this
custom was lawful that it not only
openly collects reports of production,
pales and shipments from its mem
bers and summarizes them In weekly
bulletins sent to Its members, but it
publishes these bulletins in the news
papers. That association also issues
periodical bulletins stating quantities
of various classes of lumber sold,
with the price, but It holds this prac
tice to be lawful, for It regularly
sends copies of these reports to the
federal trade commission, whose
duty is to Institute prosecution for
violation of the anti-trust law. In
no doing the association does no more
than is done by stock exchanges, the
produce exchange in Chicago and
the several cotton exchanges. The
government itself Jhsucs reports otk
crops of all kinds, and is considered
to render a valuable public service.
These reports doubtless guide men
in deciding when to sell and at wha:
price and when to hold lor an ex
pected higher market.
Apparently the practices that have
caused the court to condemn the
Hardwood Lumber association, and
by Inference many other associations,
are meetings at which prices for
future sales are fixed, questionnaires
sent to members, the replies to which
form the basis of bulletins and ad
vices from the secretary, "predicting
and promoting advances In prices by
withholding products from the mar
ket." The concert of action which
results from meetings and from the
advice and suggestions contained in
the secretary's bulletins seems to be
regarded by the court as an agree
ment on price, to limit productions
or to. suspend sale. Any report on
general conditions In any trade
would have a general tendency to
lead all members of an association
to raise or lower prices, to increase
or decrease production, to push or
limit sales, but while this action was
taken by each member Independently
In the light of his own circum
stances, it could scarcely be held
Illegal. That Is the manner In which
market prices have been made since
business began.
Improved means of communica
tion have brought about prompt dis
semination of information from all
parts of the world upon which men
base decisions as to what and how
much they will produce and at what
pricethey will sell. Formerly such
information was so limited and so
slow that production of any com
modity beyond the needs of the home
market was highly speculative; ar
rival of cargoes from a bumper crop
In some distant country might de
moralize the market or news of a
total failure mignt send prices up
ward. Wo now get that information
so fully, accurately and promptly
that the effect has been to stabilize
prices to a degree formerly unknown.
The same Improved means of com
munication enable the men pro
ducing the same commodity to get
together and agree on output and
prices, thus stabilizing the market to
the point of rigidity. They control
prices, and naturally put them too
high. The court holds that stabiliza
tion is then carried too far. That
which has come from broad, public
dissemination of information had
inured to the general good by caus
ing a lower general average of prices.
Artificially carried farther, it be
comes an evil.
We may expect a number of anti
trust prosecutions to follow the
hardwood lumber decision; either
that or change In many trade asso
ciations to bring them within the
law as now construed. Pacific coast
lumbermen should have no cause to
worry. The logical consequence of
a combination to restrain trade is an
access of wealth for its members.
Certainly the course of the Pacific
coast lumber market has shown no
sign of control by anything but gen
eral business conditions, and lumber
men show no evidence of growing
dangerously rich.
The discovery of what constitutes
the destructive element in natural
light may make it possible, as the
librarian of congress is said to pro
pose, to place the original drafts of
the Declaration of Independence and
the United States constitution on
public view, but people who regard
these relics with the reverence that
Is their due will b'. likely to view the
experiment with qualms. It is likely
that the Magna Charta succumbed to
the corrosive effects of light rather
than to other ravages of time, and
light even more than rats and mice
and the influence of changing tem
peratures has been' the cause of
watchful care on the part of archiv
ists from a very ancient time. We
are fortunate in possessing our orig
inal constitution in a fine 'state of
preservation, and the Declaration of
Independence in almost as good
form, and It would be better to ex
hibit them In facsimile indefinitely
than to take the slightest risk of
their destruction.
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY?
The legislature has not been asked,
to levy a property tax. or a gasoline
tax, or a poll tax, or any other tax
cn the people of Oregon for financial
support of the proposed 1925 exposi
tion. The legislature is asked to pass
on-to the people of Oregon the ques
tion as to whether they shall Impose
on themselves an exposition tax.
That Is its sole responsibility, beyond
deciding on the form of tax which,
through the necessary enabling act,
the people shall vote up or down.
The proposal to have an all-Oregon
exposition In 1825 ought in some
adequate form to go to the people of
Oregon. The legislature has no duty
to prevent it. It has a distinct duty
to authorize it.
The Oregonian has no authority to
say it for the exposition manage
ment, but for itself It will say that It
fully expects. If the legislature Is not
able to agree on a suitable measure,
that the 1925 exposition will be put
before the people through the Ini
tiative. The vote in Portland last Novem
ber indicates that the people of one
great part of the state are in earnest
about the fair, and It is reasonable
to assume that they - .ill see to it that
the state will have an opportunity to
say whether or not it desires to par
ticipate, to the end that a repre
sentative exposition may be held.
WHERE IOIR TAXES GO.
The state tax commission has pre
pared a summary of Oregon taxes
for 1921 and their distribution' It is
worth careful study by every citizen
who wonders, where his money goes.
Incidentally, it may be remarked
that a large portion of taxes is due
to the citizen's own deliberate act,
having been voted upon him by no
other than himself. The figures are:
Pet.
Educational ...
fit y and town . .
.1S.73'."SR on
. 7.17.1. :13 PS
. .7(K1.21i.27
. 4.7H.llrtO 2!
. 1. 517.70235
.vnn
27 42
IS. 27
Bonds . . . . ,
County
Slete
11. e:
s.ea
2 23
2.22
.n
.16
Drainage and Irrigation
nin.os or
ftl2.2tO.4D
Bl'.ii.SSIS.SH
HO. 883.81
Ports
MlseellHnenus ,
Flro patrol
Thus we see that education state
district, county absorbs far the
greater share of tax money. Educa
tions costs about twelve tines the
state tax the levy for the support
of state institutions and. the state
government. The municipal taxes In
the aggregate are more than four
times the state tax. The road taxes
(not the funds raised by automobile
levy and expended under direction of
the highway commission) are more
than four times the state tax. The
county taxes In the aggregate are
more than three times the state tax.
It would not be accurate, nor fair,
to say that these proportions repre
sent the exact distribution for each
taxpayer. But they show what be
comes of all the tax money. They
show, too, that the state tax, con
trary to general impression, is one of
the least onerous.
The state tax (leaving out of con
sideration the mlllage taxes voted by
the people) has grown less rapidly
than any other. ,
DAT BOARDERS OF WINTER.
That the wild birds are weH aware
of the resources of man, and count
him a thrifty fellow, whose crumbs
are worth catching, is attested when
ever a snow storm strikes the west
ern Oregon country. Fair weather
finds them shy and fugitive, lurking
in the timber or the country hedges,
but when a mantle of snow covers
their natural feed they fly off to
town like so many country cousins.
Instinctive as this confidence Is, it
would seem to constitute rather a
well-developed instinct, bordering
closely on reason. For the impulse
is strong enough to conquer fear
and to bring from the forest birds
that ordinarily are by no means fond
of human proximity.
By far the more common-of these
enforced visitors, indeed, the one
that la often noticed to the neglect
of others,v is the pert little Junco,
hailed by all children as the snow
bird. In truth, he is no more a snow
bird than Is the Oregon towhee,
which lingers here all winter. But
while severe weather does not over
come the retiring disposition of the
latter, the first hint of it urges the
Junco to town as a winter boarder.
Literally, he comes with the snow,
and his urban appearance has be
stowed on him the common name.
which, of right, is worn only by the
snow bunting. Juncos are all very
much alike, from coast to coast, but
In kindred with several other birds
the junco of this northwestern dis
trict has taken on certain individual
tints of plumage and won the prefix
of Oregon. Here he is the Oregon
junco a modest, slate-colored gre
garlan, with a distinctively darker
head that covers his shoulders like
a hood, and a pert little bill of Ivory.
He la smaller than the English spar
row, more gracefully lined, and al
together an aristocrat by contrast.
One of the leasvjtnown, and cer
tainly the handsomest, of Oregon
birds may flutter down to the garden
some day when the snow lies deep
the varied thrush, a somewhat lonelv.
fugitive bird of the forest, as
brightly and uniquely colored as his
name implies; with a distinguishing
orange mark or bar over the eye
and extending backward. The breast
is richly colored with, a tint of red,
the back blue in tone and the wings
striped and mottled with several
shades. Rather an inadequate de
scription for this comely bird, but
one that will serve, for he has no
counterpart. In size the varied
thrush is but slightly smaller than
the common robin.
The red-shafted woodpecker, or
golden flicker, is a frequent week
ender in the city when the weather
is forbidding. Unlike most of the
members of his clan, the flicker is a
field feeder, though he does not
neglect hia trade of drilling for grubs
in the timber. Yet so dependent has
he become on a diversified diet that
a snow storm often will bring him
into the heart of town, hopping
earnestly about, head to one side, on
the quest for food. One cannot fall
to distinguish the flicker, either by
the half moon of black on his breast,
the scarlet splash beneath the eye,
the beautiful arrow-head mottling of
his under parts, or the regular pat
tern of stripes across his rich brown
back. The feathers of the tail are
shafted and apart, each terminating
la the true woodpecker point,
And it may be, if fortune is kind
to you, that a belated bluebird, who
should have gone south long ago,
will flutter down from an east wind
and search the vines for berries. All
the world knows and loves the blue
bird, and it were idle to describe
him. Certainly he is welcome at any
time, whether it is April and he is
house-hunting, or mid-December,
when he is hungry. One would not
like to think of a bluebird supper-
less. But, for the matter of that,
it should be disconcerting to think
that any of these dole seekers went
supperless. It has been proved that
each and every one la a better friend
to man than man Is to them.
Bread crumbs on a bare patch in
the garden or scattered on the top
of a box, suet tied in the branches
of the trees and shrubs, will con
stitute a Lucullian feast for the birds
when a snow flurry comes. Do not
doubt that they will avail themselves
of your hospitality. You will have
guests within the hour.
WHY MAKE A RESERVATION"?
A teapot tempest is raised In
Washington because President Hard
ing understood the treaty regarding
Pacific Islands not to cover the home
islands of Japan, while the American
delegates to the conference say that
it is Intended, to cover them. Then
comes talk of a reservation exclud
ing the main islands of Japan from
Its provisions.
What if the treaty does extend to
the original island empire of Japan?
The four powers simply pledge
themselves not to commit aggression
on one another's islands In the Pa
cific ocean and, if aggression should
be committed or threatened by anj
other power, to consult and decide
what they shall do about it. All
remain free to do anything or noth
ing; there is no guaranty.
Neither the United States nor
Great Britain nor France has any
intention of attacking Japan right at
home. All are .free to withhold sup
port in case of attack by an outside
power. Then what need Is there to
make a reservation excluding Japan
from the application of the treaty?
If the United States should make
such a reservation It would in effect
rewerve to us the right to attack
Japan, and might fairly be taken to
Imply that such a purpose was en
tertained. Precisely when Japan has
at our invitation joined in a confer
ence designed to remove all cause of
friction with the United States, that
reservation would have the faint
aspect of a threat of war.
There is no need of a reservation.
It would do no good, but might' do
much hafra. It would serve the pur
poses of those who ache to wreck
the conference, even though that
would be a deadly blow to peace, not
only on the Pacific ocean, but In the
whole world.
SYNTHETIC BEAUTY.
The announcement that a Japanese
scientist named Mikimoto has per
fected an artificial pearl that cannot
be distinguished from the genuine
is far less significant than the ac
companying news that already there
Is a falling off in the demand for
pearls in the markets of the world.
It might be expected that a process
giving promise of largely increased
production would have its effect on
prices, which would only oe in pur
suance of a natural law, but the
point Is not that rrices have slumped,
but that somehow the pearl seems
to have lost its pristine bpauty be
came of some faint prospect that
the time may come when pearls will
be within the reach of all.
Of course the thing that all may
possess for the asking will be
wanted by no one. We know all
that there Is to be known about the
chaste, intrinsic beauty of pearls, I
which are regarded by many as
leaving even the diamond in the
shade, but we are less able to fathom
the workings of the human mind.
The desire for ownership Is desire to
possess not beauty, but distinction,
and the latter consists in having
something that other people have
not. If the streets were paved with
diamonds, the diamond would be as
beautiful as ever, but It would be
only a cobblestone or perhaps it la
that the diamond would no longer
be beautiful, since beauty Is a mat
ter of the manner in which we re
gard It. It is so with other things
than gems; in furs we see the same
principle reflected, and in some rare
books and articles that collectors
prize for other virtues than their
merit alone.
The new pearl Is said to defy de
tection, except by examination In
volving its destruction, and of course
it will elve no satisfaction to anyone I
1 IcnirAr thai V, i a lawaio 1
w u i v ... i jttw. ri o
genuine after they have been
smashed to bits. But we may well
Inquire Into the reasons why we
value some things above others, and
perhaps in this way arrive at a
sounder sense of relative values.
There are plenty of beauties around
us, not all of which are Inordinately
expensive, and our lives would be
all the happier If we were able to
cultivate appreciation of the fine
things that are within the reach
of all.
THE t'MTED HATES OF HEARST.
The one man in the United States
who is most profoundly discontented
with the proceedings of the Wash
ington conference is Hearst. In his
various newspapers, through hia
various writers, and himself under a
transparent anonymity in his own
papers, he spreads suspicion and dis
trust on the nations with which
treaties are made to limit navies, to
prevent aggression in the Pacific and
to remove causes of war in the
orient.
When the naval limitation plan
was before the people; but before
the Pacific treaty annulling the British-Japanese
alliance had been
signed, Hearst published a cartoon
representing congress asking the
American people:
Shall we weaken our naval power and
put it at the mercy of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance?
To this question he made the
American people answer a thunder
ous "No," thrice repeated. Beneath
were a few lines plainly Intimating
that the public opinion behind the
conference's work is hysteria, but
that "when our hysteria abates, we
face facts." Then came this gross
perversion of fact:
The fact we now see Is that sn American
left at the mercy of an Anglo-Japanese
eight-to-five naval superiority is riot a
safe America.
This is accompanied by an edi
torial defining "a defensive pro
gramme for the United States,"
which reads as though nothing had
happened between 1914 and 1921 to
change the basis of judgment on that
subject. It calls Japan's objection to
stationary fortifications an objection
to "preparation for defense against
contemplated attack." It makes
British opposition to submarines the
occasion for recalling the British
capture and burning of Washington
In 1814, as though our relation with
Great Britain had .undergone no
change between 1814 and 1921. Al
the end is this dose of venom:
Therefore, our people Should not be mis
led by deceitful words and false promises
If they have enough education to know the
true facts of history and the confirmed
courses which nations like England and
Japan have pursued la the past-- toward
their rivala
Referring to 'the rise in British
exchange which followed making of
the Pacific treaty, he says that "gen
tlemen in high finance think England
hasn't lost anything . . . and
they probably are right." To his
mind, all the other three powers are
delighted, for "Uncle Sam is rich.
. . . There's . lots left." Hence
"there Is cause for being delighted
with a treaty that makes him a part
ner and a guarantor." That refers
to a treaty by which four nations
agree not to steal one another's
islands, and if any other nation tries
to steal from any of them they agree
only to talk and decide what, if any
thing, they shall do about it.
So with the Yap settlement; Japan
put it over on Uncle Sam, and the
old gentleman came away with his
pockets picked. That Is the Hearst
version.
Of course to the Hearst mind the
Pac'fic treaty Is a league; so would
be any agreement between two or
more nations. "Some kind of a
league, somehow or other," says his
man Brisbane, but that Is not the
way he would "keep peace in the
Pacific," for he says:
The TTnlted States should and could keep
peace In the Pacific. If it loaves that
peace to others, it won't be kept.
Soothe United States should trust
no other nation, should make nc
agreements with other nations,
should regard them all as enemies
and should undertake to keep peace
in the Pacific against all of them,
which would require a navy superior
to any possible combination of them.
A dreary prospect for limitation of
armament and prevention of war.
But our sole reliance should be
force, for "consultation, mediation,
arbitration" are "all nice .words, but
preparation is better than the three
of them, so far as the United States
is concerned." We are told that
"Switzerland isn't conquered and her
money la- above par" because "her
men are all trained"; that England
grants freedom to Ireland because
"all of the Irish are fighters," but
that England "can and probably
will" deny freedom to India, for "a
handful of Englishmen have been
able to hold down 300,000,000 na
tives of India." Hearst professes to
be strong on facts, but he has not
yet learned the fact that Great
Britain has already given self-government
to India and Its several
provinces in almost as liberal meas
ure as the United States u.ed to give
it to the territories. In more liberal
measure than it has been given to
Alaska, and the decision waa made
before there were even serious riots.
There Is Joy In the heart of the
wrecker, for he sees "dark clouds
lowering on the horizon of the four
power treaty," "the storm Is gather
ing In intensity," and he discovers a
striking "reversal in the senate pros
pects against the administration
plan." He rejoices tu see the ever
faithful three Senators Borah, Reed
and La Follette rally to his black
flag; senate democrats have adopted
a "cold attitude"; "Senator Glass has
started an incipient revolt," and has
induced the democrats "not to pledge
themselves to vote for the treaty";
and "behind this many observers -see
the hand of Woodrow Wilson." He
predicts long delay In the senate, and
says that "delay is fatal to the treat?
prospects." By some process of
telepathy he learned that "the public
reaction against the treaty has been
a grievous disappointment to the
White House." As late as December
15 he saw several things which prove
not to be so "Japan haggling over
the naval ratio," and "the Shantung
difficulty In a critical situation."
By some oversight Hearst per
mitted somebody calling himself
"Spectator" to say some things on
one of his several editorial pages
which strangely conflict with Hearst
ism. This writer says that "the
trouble before us as a world is to
abate nationalism," that "we haven't
enough feeling for humanity to tem
per and cure our patriotism." In his
view "patriotism is but a form of
fear," but it leads the world to keep
6,000,000 men under arms, "keeping
in. good trim to scrap with their
neighbors." He then says:
An? ." ,nl" because the nations of the
. ,. . ........ .. , K
getner, taiK things over and adopt some
P'n to get aiomr without evorlasting
4 um i 11 k nun : ll mner.
The principal difference between Ame.
lea and Kurope la that It Is the I'nlted
stales or America and United Hates of
Europe.
He might have gone on to say that
the greatest stimulant to the United
Hates of Europe is the United Hates
of Hearst. As it is, he has written
contrary to programme and might be
Indicted for treason to the sacred
cause of hate. Hearst should silence
"Spectator." He is spoiling the
wrecker's game.
That Chicago university professor
who was dismissed for peeping Into
a girl's dormitory must be a singu
larly unobserving man; otherwise he
would have done his peeping right
out on the main street.
Nobody seems to have thought of
a tax on bachelors and old maids.
One hundred dollars a year on each
would finance a goifd bit of enter
prise. The man who writes a Black
J Hand letter as a Joke would prob
ably not appreciate the humor of a
term in the penitentiary.
Food costs were 1 per cent lower
in November, the statistician says,
but the money saved has gone into
Christmas long ago.
That world's fair appropriation
could be raised in fir months by a
judicious tax on home brew and
moonshine.
Deschutes potatoes took the best
prices at the Spokane show. Des
chutes is the "Aroostook" of Oregon.
The man with the least bit of su
perstition will not pass up the Sal
vation Army's big kettle.
What the little fellow gets at
Christmas may sweeten or sour his
whole life.
' When in doubt as to what to give,
read" the a. da.
Stars and Starmakers. j
By Leone Case Baer.
Baird Leonard, my favorite author,
takes her pen in band and slings a
verse or so about doing your Christ
mas shopping sometime before De
cember 25. Thusly, Miss Leonard
sings In the New York Morning Tele
graph, under recent date:
Life Is full of lots of things.
To its pleasures we are wed.
Art is long and time has wings,
Ko one knows where Fancy's bred;
Ere too many days have f led
Join me in my solemn vow
To dispel a yearly dread:
Do your Christmas shopping nowl
Give up P. M. gatherings
Whereat cards and food are spread
For our local queens and kings,
Seek department stores Instead;
When your presents once are sped
mooih will be your wrinkld brow, '
I am quite disinterested
Do your Christmas shopping now!
When the smn its radiance flings
Through the curtains, quit your bed.
Leap as if you were on springs
Down to buy the skatea and sled;
What you get for Urace or ied
Will not matter anyhow
After all Is done and said.
Do your Christmas shopping nowl
L'ENVOI.
If you don't you'll be half dead
When you hang the holly bough,
Grab your lists and go ahead.
Do your Christmas shopping now!
On a day later Miss Leonard sings
what she calls a "Fragment of a
Ballade (Dated 367 A. D.) Found in a
Uottle":
Gifts for a woman are easy enough.
All that you need is some money to
spend.
Counters are laden with fominlne stuff
Only for women the shopkeepers vend:
But when It cornea to your gentleman
friend.
How you must speculate, struggle and
plan !
Here's the most traa-tc refrain ever penned:
What In the world can you get for a
man ?
(Remainder of manuior!pt too Illegible to
be reproduced.)
.Portlanders who remember Alice
Fleming will be Interested to learn
of her marriage a few weeks ago to
William Urbin Day, a Baltimore man
associated with the Locomobile com
pany. Miss Fleming has been identi
fied with the stage and screen for the
last dozen years, and for the last two
years she has confined her histrionic
activities to motion pictures.
Dorothy Shoemaker's first appear
ance outside of stock was a success
Insofar as she was concerned, but the
play was a flivver. So Dorothy nasi
gone back to play leads with the
Union Hill stock. The piece wfs "The
Man's Name," in which Eugene Walter
and Marjorie Chase collaborated.
Miss Shoemaker's husband. Louis
Leon Hall, is a member of Fritz Lei
ber's company in Shakespearean rep
crtolre.
-The Dolly sisters are going in for
pantomime over in London. Charles
B. Cochran has decided to present
monernizea version Of "The Babes in
the Wood" at his New Oxford theater
during the Christmastid. with the
twins playing the parts of the babes.
This Is made possible by the fact
that The League of Notions," the re
vue which John Murray Anderson
Vent abroad to stage for Mr. Cochran
and for which he took across several
American girls. Is closing at the New
Oxford after a long and highly pros
perous engagement lasting from the
early spring.
"
Still another cable from across the
Atlantic heralds the news that Mrs.
iangtry is shortly to return to the
London stage In a French comedy.
Her vehicle will be "Comedienne," the
work of Paul Armont and Jacdues
Bousquet. which has recently been
seen In Paris, and the actress her
self has acquired the British produc
tion rights to the piece.
Vera MIchelena is back where she
started earlier In the season. She
has rejoined the "Follies" in the mid
dle west, after an eventful incursion
into the marts of New York in Oliver
Morosco's "Love Dreams," and she's
going to stick to the Ziegfeld or
ganization. Ignace Paderewskt. who deserted
his piano to become Bjemler of his
countrymen In Poland and recently
engaged In almond ranching, will
stick it out at his job of nut farming.
The world's greatest pianist says
he has reconsidered his decision to
sell his almond ranch and will con
tinue to devote the most of his time
to his groves in California.
"I have lost all touch with the
musical wrold," he said. "It has been
more than two years since I attended
a recital."
However, the world may see more
of Paderewski, if' not in person
through composition, for "later on, I
may give some time to writing new
scores for the piano," he has an
nounced. as,
Lucille Chalfant, Californian col
oratura who Btarted her career by
way of Kolb and Dill in musical
comedy and climbed to the concert
stage in two years, is a Shubert head
liner this season in an Impersona
tion of Jenny LInd.
Announcement was made In New
York city, December 3, that Lynn
Fontanne. now playing in "Dulcy."
and Alfred Lunt, anpearinir with
Billle Burke in "The Intimate Strang
ers," are engaged to be married. Miss
Fontanne was born in England and
played for several seasons with Lau
rette Taylor. She Is at present fea
tured In "Dulcy," now playing at the
Frazee theater, New- York. Mr. Lunt.
whose real name is Ecklund, comes
from Milwaukee. He Is now support
ing Billie Burke In "The Intimate
Strangers" at the Henry Miller thea
ter. He appeared in Portland as lead
ing man with Alexandra Carlisle
"The Country Cousin."
Rosle Qulnn has a baby boy, a
brand new one, born December 5 al
Omaha. Roste, who was a Century
Roof Garden favorite a few years ago,
retired from the stage when she mar
ried Lewis H. Burgess of Omaha,
a
During Helen Keller's engagement
last week in Denver a private con
cert was given for her in her suite
at the Brown Palace hotel, when
Jascha Heifetz played his violin.
Miss Keller placed her fingers on the
delicate wood of the violin and stood
entranced at the sensation. To play
to some one who must hear him
through the sensitive medium of her
fingers and body was a novel ex
perience to the famous vlolinist-
"To me a violin is always Tike the
dropping of the petals of roses on
my hand, but never have I experi
enced such joy and beauty," said Miss
Keller. "I have felt it through nvy
whole body."
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
Contrary to the impression of many
smokers, the flavor and quality of a
cigar is judged by experts through
the sense of smelt rather than that of
taste. The connoisseur tests the
aroma of a cigar by careful sniffing,
and relies on this process to inform
him whether or not a good smoke is
in store. Often the mere changing
of toe thin outer wrapper has a radi
cal effect on the quality of a cigar.
T. J. Davis of New York, registered
at the Multnomah, was one of the
founders of the Samuel I. Davis to
bacco company of Tampa, Fla. He re
tired for a few years, but wasn't
happy in luxurious inactivity and re
turned to the tobacco business as
vice-president of the New York Tampa
Cigar company. Mr. Davis recently
made a trip to Cuba. "The price of
tobacco in Cuba is much lower than
during the period of the war," he
said, "but the crop will be a great aid
to the farmers. Cuba has suffered
because of the low price of sugar.
Now that the war is over, we are en
deavoring to restore clear Havana
cigars to their place of popularity in
the market again."
American tourists now tramp the
battlefields of France where Amer
ican soldiers fought and died in the
struggle against the great gray army
of the kaiser. In the army of peace
ful travelers are many to whom
France and the world war Is centered
in a tiny plot of ground marked by a
little white cross. Another class of
visitors, the thoughtless, thrill-seeking
tourists, are reported to be dis
gruntled because the scars of war on
the battlegrounds have been some
what softened and often obliterated
by grass and flowers. Many who
visit France at this time are men w ho
went there four years ago on a far
different mission. They return now
to live over the never-to-be-forgotten
scenes of war days, to thrill at memo
ries of glorious victory, and to pay
tribute to sleeping comrades. B. Lund
berg, assistant manager of the Cunard
Steamship company, which operates
a fleet of ocean liners between New
York and Kuropcan ports. Is at the
Multnomah.
When a college football team
emerges from a victorious season.
praises are showered on the coaches
and players, which is proper, of
course. There is another person who
should get a little credit. He is the
graduate manager, that hard-work-
Ing individual, who matches his wits
against rival managers in an effort
to provide his team with a well-bal
anced schedule of games that will en
able the coaches to develop a gridiron
machine in the best way. Darwin
Meisnest, graduate manager of the
t'niversity of Washington, who ,s
known as the David Ilarum of the
Pacific coast intercollegiate confer
fence, is at the Imperial. Mr. Meis
nest is rated as one of the shrewdest
graduate managers in the west. A
tribute to his energy and ability is
the University of Washington sta
dium, with a seating capacity of 30,
U00. Mr. Meisnest is recognized as
the one man most responsible for the
building of the stadium, which cost
about 1300,000.
Dr. P. C. Donovan of Winnipeg, ac
companied by Mrs. Donovan and chil
dren, passed through Portland yes
terday en rout to southern Oregon,
where they probably will spend the
winter. Dr. Donovan, a retired medi
cal practitioner, is the owner of the
Nellie Wrieht mine near Gold Hi'.l,
together with a large tract of or
chard land surrounding the mine. He!
plans to install an Irrigation system, I
utilizing water pumped from the
mine, and improve his acreage while
exploring the gold-bearing quartz of
the Nellie Wright. Throughout the
winter the family residence will prob
ably be at Medford, thounh Dr. Dono
van said that he might return to
Portland. The trip from Winnipeg
was made by automobile as far as
The Dalles, where the turprised mo
torists encountered snow drift left
by the recent silver thaw and were
forced to abandon their car in a ga
rage, completing their journey by
train. '
The weather has been unusually
snappy during the last few days, but
a little cold spell should not give visi
ters cause to disparage Portland as a
city of rostes and wonderful climate.
The good-natured "Joshing" of L. E.
Tewksbury, ex-Port'a nder whose
home is now in Helena, Mont., on the
subject of Portland weather was
stopped yesterday. Mr Tewksbury,
wearing new vest with leather but-
tens. was making remarks about com
opells that wounded the civic pride
of Richard. Chllds of the Multnomah
hotel staff. Just then a friend greet
ed Mr. Tewksbury with a query about
the vest buttons. Mr Chllds Inter
rupted. "That's a common custom In
Montana," he said. "Every one wears
leather buttons there to keep their
clothes from blowing oft in the bliz
zards." Three successful athletic coaches In
cne family is an unusual record, but
that's the case of the Bohler brothers,
known by all followers of college
sport in the northwest. George Boh
ler is basketball coach at the Uni
ersity of Oregon. Fred Bohler Is ath
letic director of Washington State col
iire and Roy Bohler holds a similar
.osition at Willamette university. The
brothers follow me motto oi me
Three Musketeers," "One for all and
a.l for one," so far as their personal
relations are concerned, but when
.heir teams meet In various athletic
contests, they fight to the final whis
tle. Brother George, with Mark
iiham, Don Zimmerman, Hayden
Rocky and A, Burnett, members of
be University or uregon Dasitetnaii
team, are registered at the Imperial.
TTor 15 vears. Joseph Hirschberg,
now a prosperous banker of Independ
ence, was president.' general manager
and proprietor of one or tne strangest
railroads in Oregon. The remarkable
feature of the only train on the line
was that it was not necessary to turn
It around, for the car at each end
could be tsed as an engine or a ca
boose, depending on which direction
the engineer wanted to go. The train
made the rrip from Dallas to Inde
pendence to Airlie. When the end of
the line was reached the engineer
changed cars and the last became
first. Mr. Hirschberg made a short
business trip to Portland yesterday.
He was registered at the Imperial.
Oregon offers a wide variety of
good sport to hunters and fishermen.
M. A. Rickard of Corvallis. an author
ity on fish, game and hunting in gen
eral in this state, is at the Oregon.
Mr. Rickard is also an enthusiastic
trapshooter and recommends this sport
for hunters during the closed sea
sons. J. E. Barry, who is connected with
the railroad department of the Gen
eral Electric company, and Mrs. Bar
ry, are registered at the Multnomah
from Sche.iectady N. Y.
Frank S. Spoffard of Boise, Ida., an
official with the United States land
department. Is paying Portland a pre
Christmas visit. Ha is at the Mult
nomah. Violin and riano Estimated.
Life.
Pat Say. Mike, did yez hear about
that 'fiddler dying? He thought so
much of his violin he had it burled
with him.
Mike No. yez don't mane it? It's
a good thins he. didn't play the piano.!
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyrlsht, Ilou&hton-Mtf f Un Co.
Can Yon Answer These (lur-stlnnsf
1. Kind'.y inform n.e whether the
bed bug is a native of this continent,
rnd if not, wht-re it came from.'
2. Are star fishes any harm?
3. Do birds have eye Uishes?
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Do they have yello- fever in the
Cid world?
We believe not. as yet. though the
mosquito that carried it tstegonij-ia )
lives in" Asia as Tvell as in tropical
America. An infected person or mos
quito landing in Asia would probably
introduce the disease Ihere. Hence
the fight in the Canal Zone to keep
this scourge wiped out, protects not)
oniy resiaents, out possioiy too rebi
cf the world.
2. Are baby opossums born dn the
pouch of the mother?
No, but this Is a common error or
belief. They are born I ke any mam
mal, except that the joung are not
perfectly developed at birth, and are
placed in tlio mother's pouch, where
hey remain for some weeks, suckling.
They are so tiny when first placed In
The pouch .and keep so quiet, that
many persons not acquainted with the
aratomy of marsupials, think the
babies are born in the pouch.
3. Does the Baltimore oriole ever
k:ne as late as Aueuj: In Connecti
cut? Tes, after the autumn moult, and
oefore starting on the southward jour
rey, the Baltimore oriole, will reap
"pear for a short time, in tuneful
mood. Its spring song 13 usually over
jefore the middle of Ju'.y, and as the
(.Id birds taice their young Into rather
uonse cover as soon as able to leave
:ho nest, nnd are not much seen for
a time, their reappearance in song is
conspicuous.
OT A "Tl Ml'LTV I UEHST1 'DV
Mr. Wilson's Place In Ilixtnry Will He
Decided By Ills Ovrn Acta Alone.
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (To the Edi
tor.) There is apparent significance
in th general tone of yrur corre
spondents who object to expressions
on the part of those who are not fa
vorably Impressed with the Tumully
memoirs. The latter, so far as 1 have
observed, confine their criticism
mainly to Mr. Tumulty's egotism. Re
sponding to this criticism, the objec
tors get sway from the main ques
tion and mass their defensive guns
for the protection of Mr. Wilson. Why
so much solicitude in behalf of the
ex -presiden t ? Those who fire upon
Tumulty are not asking Wilson to
ret reat.
The achievements of Mr. Wilson
must stand or fall upon their mcrils
and without reference to Tumulty.
The man who stands personally close
to a horse trainer may be able to
reveal the secret of the trainer's ac
complishments, but. a president of the
United States can hardly he expected
to depend upon his private secretary
for fame, vindication or absolution.
The Tumulty Fluff commands no re
spect for the author, nor does it re
flect saving grace upon the governor.
No president since Lincoln ha had
the opportunity to reveal his charac
ter and statesmanship' as had Mr.
Wilson. Time may bring; some salvaire,
but there seems to be riothintr to in
dicate that he will ever become an
outstanding figure among Amerlc.in
statesmen. rn the other hand we all
have too high retard for his superior
mentality to harbor a fear that In
the movies of the future he will be
screened in his present consignment
as a Tumulty understudy. C.
OlSTKRS IX PACIFIC WATKIIS
VVrMer .Snvs Propngntlon of Ilaatrrn
Species Is 1'ndlsputrd Knct.
BAY CENTER, Wash., Dec. 13. (To
the Editor.) Now conies the Bur
roughs Nature club with the asser
tion: "Attempts to grow the latter
(referring to the eastern or Atlantic
coast oyster) in our Pacific waters
have not succeeded, for while the
oyster will live It will not reproduce
In such cool water." Which culls for
emphatic refutation.
Permit a small pen picture drawn
from life. A full moon lifting above
a densely wooded shore, when t lie
time is spring and the tide runs low;
silver ripples lapping a rock-encrusted
strip of beach; soft waves gently
ebbing, giving up the Becrets of the
still places, where, with the flow, the
rockweed spreads concealing fingers;
parting the moss-green streamers
there revealing, singly and In clus
ters, from the tiny disc e.f fragile
shell with its distinguishing half-.
moon of deep violet, to the bulky pro
tuberance in a truly amazing state
of development, secure each upon its
chosen resting place of Jagged rock
or mayhap a chance fragment of
crockery or Iron, the succulent bi
valve clinging princely product of
the lower waters of our own Nasel.
Data carefully collected arc a story
oft repeated, and so many years have
elapsed since the propagation of east
ern oysters In certain of our Pacific
waters has been an undisputed fact,
are we not Justified la giving ear to
a voice which whispers that possibly
on other points as well the Nature
Notes are a trifle out of date?
TALLY-HO. THE OYSTER BOAT.
Orlsrfn of I.aronlclNnt.
SEATTLE. Dec. If). (To the Kd
ltor ) Knowlnir as I do that The Ore
gonlan Is a great stickler for accu
racy, particularly on the editorial
page, I take the liberty of calling at.
tentlon to what I believe to be an
error in an article appearing in The
Oregonian December 17.
In the article In question the
phrase. "All Is lost save honor," is at
tributed to Napoleon. He may have
been responsible for this, but In eirigln
it is generally ascribed to Francis I
of France ss having been the mes
saee sent by that monarch to his
mother after his defeat at the battle
of Pavia In Kehrtiirv. 1H25.
In his admirable Hltorv of VranVe,
volume III. chapter 28, Ouizot gives
the message in full, commencing as
follows: "Madame, that you may
know how stands the rest of my mis
fortune, there Is nothing in the world
left to me but honor and my life."
etc.
Ho at any event the original mes
saire has been very much distorted,
probably for the very reasons set
forth in your excellent editorisl.
J. W. McCLOY.
The Oregonian no more Implied that
Napoleon was popularly supposed to
have originated the ancient laconiclsm
"All is lost save honor" than it Im
plied that Major Whittle-sey Invented
the retort "Go to hell!" The point
under discussion was whether the
popular version of what each said
at a certain crisis was a truthful one.
K IMnrlbua Vnum
PORTLAND. Dec. II. (To the Edi
tor.) To settle an argument, kindly
give the correct meaning of K Plnrl
bus TTnum, on the American silver
dollar. I CONSTANT READER.
From many, one; one (composed) of
many. Used as the motto of the United
States it signifies one nation though
composed of many states,
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jarnrfl J. Montaicue.
I.IITI.K IIOrKKIl.
My appetito besau to flag.
My t noughts were steeped in gloom;
I lound It difficult to drag
Myself from room to room.
"You are not sick." the dtictor swtid;
"You don't know what to eat:
It I w-ere you I'd eat ir.ro bread
And cut out meat."
I cut out meat, as he advised,
But still I weaker gruw,
And presently I realized
That this would never do.
Ap.tin the doctor I besouKht
To conic. Ho cairto and said,
"You are not sick, you merely ought
To cut out bread "
I cut out bread, but that did not
Relieve me very mui li,
A'.thouch I daily ate a lot
Of apples, pears and puch.
The doctor whom I cal'.ed, observed,
"Your case is not acute;
You merely are a bit unnexved
Just cut out fruit."
I ve cut out fruit, and row I feed
On nothing much at all,
Iiit I relucant am indeed.
To have the, doctor call.
Meat, bread and fruit I've put away.
And salad I've eschewed.
And I am fearful that he'll say
To cut out food.
Orcopntlon (onr.
The Irish agitators now can sym
athize with our prohibition orators.
s
Blatter of Conjecture.
What we're wondering is whether
Mr. H. G. Wells means what he says
now or what he said when ho wrotu
Mr. Britling.
s
Mnke Tour Own (ine.
If Judge Indis were, czar of box
irg Instead of baseball do you sup
pose he'd have fined J:;ck Dempsiy?
In Other Days.
I Tnenty-flve Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of December 1st..
The second annual exhibition of
the Oregon State I'oultry association
will be held in tins city January 4-9,
inclusive.
Xenophon N. Steeves. the well
known Portland attorney tried for
murder and convicted of man
slaughter, was declared not guilty
today in a new trial.
Phicago. Senator Allison has been
J offered the position of recretarv of
st.itd In the cabinet of President
McKinli y.
Quite, a number of fishermen on
the Columbia are cnnaced in fishing
for steclhead salmon and find ready
sale for all they catch at five cents
a iiound.
Fifty Years Ago.
Frini The Oregnil;in nf premher -2. "!"'
.President Grant, thoiiKh recom
mending amnesty for the ex-rebl
leaders, holds that none of thnw
connected with this Kn Klux organi-
zation should be included. I
I
The Dixie Thompson, which arrived .
last niKht from Astoria, brought th ;
news of the total loss of the pro
peller U. S. Grant at Cape Dis
appointment. John W. Johnson, principal of the '
hleh school, reports the number of
boys enrolled at f0 and girls at li.
Persons who have been vainly
, looking f
- be please
or their eastern papers will
d to learn that Postmaster
Wakefield expects to receive by thm
next steamer from yan Francisco a
heavy paper mall.
KAItl.Y INDIAV WAKS ltl. Al.l.l'.ll
AYhy Miislrrn Orrgotituns Should Ap
preciate Their Security Todny.
PENDLETON, nr., pec. 21. (To
the Editor.) In this grand Oregon
country, a cenera t Ion uc.o, the In
dian warwhoops often resounded, ami
the soalpinir. knives were busy. ,
Greater hardships than thoso of to
day were cheerfully overcome.
In June. 1S7S. the Hnnnnck ami Mal
heur Indian-, led by the crafty, one
eyed war chief. Munn, were on tlio
warpath In eastern Ore-ron. They
murdered scores of people, burned
their houses and slaughtered thou
sands of cattle, horses and sheep. At
he summit, near Meacham. two rom-T-anles
of the first cavalry, under
Major Sunford, veteran Indian flphter,
wcro almost surrounded In a death
tiap by a la r ire parly of savage war
riors. The bugles runer out "Retreat!"
and the troopers raced, on the doublo ,
quick. 25 miles down the overland 1
sincre road, throuisli mountnln forests, )
to tiro Dell, near La Grande.
When the cavalry left cump at Oro
Pell, for service elsewhere. tlio
alarmed peoplo of La Grande organ- i
izeil an Hrmed force of ine-n to de
fend the town. General J. H. Stev
ens, a pioneer of twice loader of
wacron trains of emigrants from tlio
east to OreKon, wna chosen to com
mand, and his lieutenants were J. 11.
Slater, ex-tlniled States senator, and
Micajah Baker, another ftghUnir
luwver.
Riflemen stood uard day and
nicht around the town. If tho
Indians appeared on the mountain
foothills of Grand Rondo valley,
south and west of La Grande, the.
Euards wer.e to hold them, if pos
sible, ohurch bel'.s were to ring and
the people were to take refuge In
the three-story brlek building of th.
Blue Mountain university, whose sin
is near the present modern Ln
Grande lilnh school.
All day Sunday a force of men snd
boys, directed by Senator S'.aler, dn?
rifle pits around the university
building and barricaded the windows
with heavy timbers, loop-holed for
rifles. A big stock of food and water
was stored in the building.
General Stevens urred the riflemen,
who stood Kiiard around the town,
to "keep cool, whatever parpens, and
get the women, children and old
people to the shelter of the town fort
at any cost." He added: "Hoys, ho
careful not to raise a falso alarm by
firlntr unless surely at a foe. Do no',
mistake for an Indian a wlnd-shakoi
uusn or a II l& n l-l'l ll li K cuyuie, ne- i
CHI1SO in an CACiteo iurn 1U pnriiri
some women or children might be
Injured or killed."
Fortunately, the Indians were so
closciy pressed by tho government
troops and volunteers that their
bloody trail led away from I. a
Grande, where the people were armed
and ready to give the red foe a hot
time In the old town should an at
tack be made.
Now, an important division point
on the Oregon-Washington Hailroad
,v Navigation company s ra;lroad, l.o
Grande's SOCIO people should remem
ber the savaire dangers of other days
and appreciate the comforts and
happy modern homes of today.
JOHN W. ELLSWORTH
Velsh-Spenklns: Society.
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly state whether there is a
Welsh-speaking socletv located in
Portland. DAILY READER.
Yes, the Cambrian society. It meets
on the first Satrrday evening of each
month In Woodmen hall, Russell
street. For further Information com
municate with the Rev. Rhys Griffith,
care Roberts Prolhers' store.
I
1