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A TRIUMPH FOB ALL.
If Japan has cause to regard the
results of the Washington confer
ence with gTeat satisfaction, so also
has th United- States. The primary
purpose of President Harding In
calling; the conference "was to bring
about satisfaction all around by ob
taining security for the rights of alt
nations concerned and an agreement
on far-eastern policy. Ho sought
this harmony as the basis for an
agreement on arms limitation, know
ing that nations following conflict
ing policies and suspecting one
another would keep their guns
handy, but that mutual confidence
and common accord would dispose
lliem to lay their guns aside.
Rcfore the conference was called
Japan and the United States were
drifting into a dangerous position,
one that aroused apprehension of
War. The American people were ir
ritated by Japan's encroachments
on China and Siberia and by con
tinued Japanese immigration. Ja
pan's pride was wounded by anti
allen land laws in several states and
adverse comment by Americans on
Shantung. The twenty-one demands
and Japanese occupation of Chinese
and Russian territory suggested that
Japan might be called on to fight
for its foothold on the mainland of
Asia. Though Japan was allied with
Great ISritain, the alliance had out
lived' its purpose. Great Britain did
not consider that It required her to
espouse the cause of Japan against
the United States, and some of the
British dominions declared that. If
called upon, to take sides, they
would take that of the United
States against Japan. Great Brit
ain wanted the co-operation of
the United States in dealing with the
economic crisis in Kurope, and was
far more nearly in line with our
Asiatic policy than with Japan's. Yet
to annul the alliance as an isolated
act would tend to make an enemy of
a nation which had given valuable
aid In the war.
In contrast with that situation last
June, when the conference was
called, we now have this situation:
The United States has gained an
nulment of the British-Japanese
alliance and in Its place has asso
ciated Great Britain, Japan and
France in a pledge to commit no
aggression on any Pacific islands,
no other nation having power to
attack any of these four. We have j
pledged all nations having interests
in the orient to the independence
and Integrity of, and the open door
to, China. AVe have made a sub
stantial beginning at withdrawal
of other nations from infringe
ment on Chinese sovereignty. We
have brought the four other greatest
powers into an agreement to limit
navies to defensive strength at fixed
ratios. Above all, by treating Japan
as an honorable nation, we have
substituted good will for distrust and
Irritation: we have gratified Jap
anese pride and have put Japan on
its honor to observe all these obliga
tions, not only to the United States,
but to both the other two powers
signatory to the Pacific treaty, to
the other three parties to the naval
agreement and to all the powers
concerned in China.
Japan has gained much, and has
caved much that it feared to lose.
Instead of being called to account by
the other powers at the conference
for its conduct toward China and
Siberia, It has been welcomed Into
agreements with them on China, the
Pacific islands and naval limita
tion. Instead of being summoned
to withdraw from Shantung, it has
been left free to negotiate with
China, and its rights in Manchuria
have not been questioned. Its posi
tion as the third naval power in the
world has been recognized, and it
retains its naval masterpiece, the
battleship Mutsu. There seemed to
be a possibility that It would be as
completely isolated as Germany by
being cut loose from Great Britain:
on the contrary, it associates on
terms of full equality with the
greatest American and the three
greatest Kuropean powers. All dis
cussion of racial equality In Japan
Is stilled. The nation's place among
civilized, falth-kceping nations Is
swure so long as it acts honorably.
Great Britain and Its dominions
escape the embarrassment of the
alliance with Japan, which might
have compelled them to choose be
tween the nation to which they are
pledged and that whose friendship
they most value, and they retain
both as friends. They are In line
with American policy in, the far
east, as their inclinations and Inter
ests Incline them, and Japan and
their Kuropean allies support the
same policy. They are freed from
tho necessity of competitive arma
ment by being made secure from
attack by sea.
The results of the conference,
actual and in prospect, are a diplo
matic triumph for Secretary Hughes
and his American associates, If for
any one nation, for their Initiative
brought them about. In fact, they
are a triumph for all the great
powers represented, ' for all gain
much and none lose anything that
was worth holding at the price that
"list have been paid. The richest
;: oof that these nations are in I
accord to respect the rights of all
nations and to discountenance in
fringement on those rights by others
Is a sure guaranty of peace.
BRING ON VOI R PENITENTS.
"Why does The Oregonian make
such a fine distinction In applying
the precepts of the Great Teacher
between the indiscretions of a min
ister of the gospel and the statutory
offence of the unordained?" asks
an anxious correspondent. "Nowhere
In the teachings of the Great Teacher
is It recorded that he made any
such distinction, cr hat he made
any distinction between Billy Sun
dayism and criminal syndicalism, or
between democrat and republican
presidents."
Now, Just what and whom has thia
correspondent In mind? Does he
know of any criminal syndicalist or
of some democratic president who
has "come clean," but whoe ac
knowledgment of error and promise
never to do it again have been met
by an unforgiving attitude? Does
he know of a repentent syndicalist
or contrite democratic president who
hesitates to approach the amen
corner? Bring him on. The Ore
gonian is ready to forgive and forget.
Forgiving is one of tho best things
we do.
Mind you. we surrender no con
victions and ask none to do so. For
giveness Is not admission that the
act repented was right. We urge
no church to do no more than for
give and forget when forgiveness Is
sought. We do not ask It to reform
its ideas about the impropriety of
swear words or the laying of play
ful hands upon members of the op
posite sex. No more do we admit
that democratic policies are worthy,
or agree not to point out the dis
asters of their application In the
past. But we are so sympathetic
that we know we would mingle our
tears with those of any remorseful
democratic president if such a
thing could be imagined' who ap
proached' us, and we would comfort
him upon our heaving bosom.
OREGON'S WORST STORM.
The most destructive storm dur
ing the entire period of the white
occupancy of the Oregon country oc
curred on January 9, 1880, just forty
two years ago. It was remarkable in
many particulars, among them for
the enormous damage done within a
relatively short space of time. In
Portland the gale raged barely three
hours, in the cour- of which the
barometer attained a new low rec
ord, and the wind rose to fifty miles
an hour, with gusts of brief duration
that reached seventy miles an hour.
Rain, mixed with snow and sleet.
fell in sheets, drains and gulches
were filled with debris, several hun
dred houses were unroofed or de
molished and the work of rescuing
the occupants was seriously handi
capped when not rendered impos
sible by the unprecedented fury of
the elements.
Curiously, the day opened a good
deal as yesterday did. The morn
ing was exceptionally mild, even for
January in Oregon. The fky was
clear and a balmy breeze blew from
the southeast. At 10 A. M. the wind
Increased suddenly from four miles
to a,bout twenty miles an hour. It
soon became a gale, and at 11
o'clock increased to a storm, "sweep
ing in a general course," as the re
porter for The Oregonian then de
scribed It, "but exhibiting whirls and
eddies similar to the irregular move,
ments of tempestuous bodies of
water." In half an hour the greater
part of the male population of the
city were on the streets engaged in
the work of protecting property and
"viewing with fearful anxiety the
terrors of the mad scene." By noon
the wind had reached fifty miles an
hour; it is remembered by the old
timers that the business architecture
of the city included extensive pro
vision for awnings on downtown
buildings, and the streets were soon
Impeded with the debris of these
fallen structures. As a news Item
the event ' overshadowed all others
In importance, and the star reporter
of The Oregonian wrote:
The scene at thin time and for the twe
succeeding hours was wild and terrible.
The creaking of signs and buildings, the
crashing of falling awnings, the rumbling
of tin roofs, the whistling chimes of elec
tric wires, and above all and louder than
all the fierce rage and roar of the tornado,
united In a fearful and terrifying chorus.
Men hurried hither and thither, eager, un
certain and fearful; women with white,
scared faces peered from the windows of
their homes, dreading to remain, yet know
ing not where to fly for safety; little chil
dren from the schools, which were soon
dismissed, ran homeward with frightened
haste; horses snorted with helpless fear
and even the dogs were affected by the
universal terror. The river was wildly
grand. . . . The two elements wind
and water presented the spectacle of
two unconquerable foemen as they rushed
and shrieked -by. over and across each
other, defying, like two mighty Titans,
each other to battle. . . . Time rolled
by, and these two elements, after a drawn
battle, resumed their wonted quietude,
the water to rush Its float to the pitiless
sea and to do the bidding of commerce and
of man and bear on its bosom the barks of
trade the wind to waft the gentle breeze
of warmed southern air and to recuper
ate Us strength for another occasion and
another foeman.
Nor was the picture overdrawn,
as we gather from the details of the
damage wrought. Railroad bridges
were destroyed and the tracks on
both sides of the Willamette valley
were covered with fallen trees.
Southern Oregon was cut off from
communication with the outer world
for several days; Washington, Polk
and Yamhill counties were isolated
for more than a week; the obstruc
tion of county roads' presented a
problem almost as serious as th
interruption of railway travel. Part
of the roof of the state capltol at
Salem was blown off and the su
preme court was forced to move its
quarters to the senate chamber. For
more than a fortnight business was
suspended, while the people of the
state turned their entire attention to
bringing order out of the chaos
caused by a three-hour storm.
With respect to the havoc wrought
in the forests of the state, the Inci
dent was epochal. Nothing remotelj
resembling it had ever been wit
nessed before in the -memory of the
whites, and the oldest Indians tes
tified that it had no prototype in
aboriginal history or legend. It had
come unheralded, and it departed as
mysteriously as it came. The scien
tifically curious long afterward dis
cussed the event in the desire to
assign a cause, but arrived at no
conclusion. An abortive movement
to provide protection- against a re
currence was started, but no one, it
appears, was able to offer a prac
tical suggestion. The remainder of
the winter was uneventful.
Keonomic recovery of Europe
would be sadly incomplete unless it
Included Russia, and by inviting
Russia to send delegates to Genoa
the allies demonstrate their purpose
to deal with conditions as they now
are without regard to the past.,
Hitherto the United States has re
fused to have intercourse with the
soviet government because H had
rejected the basic principles on
which intercourse between nations
and Industry and trade between in
dividuals are founded sancity of
treaties and contracts, the right to
life and property and refraining
from attempts to overthrow other
governments. Recent changes in
soviet policy have constituted a con
siderable return toward these prin
ciples, only as an expedient forced
by necessity, but the wprld-wide
tendency is so strong that Russia
will be compelled to continue on the
road It Is now traveling. Com
munism and world-revolution hav
ing failed and been abandoned, the
soviet may now be ready to make
agreements that it will observe, to
restore completely the rights of life
and property and to acknowledge
that obligation assumed by former
governments are binding on the
Russian people. Then Russia may
again be received into the society of
nations, and the work of restoration
may be extended throughout Eu
rope and the great Russian domain
in Asia.
THE PLIGHT OF RUSSIA'S CHILDREN.
Nothing could better portray the
desperate situation of the children
of Russia than the following' extract
from an Interview with a relief
worker, who is describing the coldly
calculating method which it has
been found necessary to adopt in
order to insure that the food con
tributions of foreigners shall accom
plish the greatest practical amount
of good:
"When S.OOO.OOO or 4.000.000 children are
Starving, 1.DOO.000 is not many. How do
you select them?" he waa asked. "Who
chooses?"
"In each village a committee of doctors
does the work. Undernourished children
are selected provided they are not so far
gone that there is no hope. Dr. Clemens
I'iriuet of Vienna has worked out the
Peiedsl system which compares the weight
with the height, seated, of the child. It
is a percentage. Below a certain figure the
child is undernourished, but is fed and
lives. Above and below you aren't fed.
and are likely to die."
The heartbreaking alternative of
rejecting certain too puny young
sters because the meager ration
which it has been possible to obtain
for them would In all probability be
"wasted" can hardly have had a
precedent in the experience of any
man. It was not even so in Belgium,
soon after the outbreak of the war,
for there the undernourished were
fed quite generally and only those
who it was thought might survive
a while longer were denied. The
necessity for utter abandonment of
the starving is without parallel in
the history of relief work.
The call of humanity in this in
stance transcends every other con
sideration. Not only the aid ex
tended by our own government, but
every private benevolence Is justified
by the news from the famine zone
SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION.
Dean Inge of St. Paul's, who has
been called the "gloomy dean," now
sees much In the history of the past
to convince him that the race is not
committed to perdition by original
sin. There is a more hopeful note
In a recent utterance by him on the
possibilities of the development of
religious conviction through the
inner consciousness. Science need
not be rejected on the ground that
it does not correspond with inspired
revelation, nor need the scientist
be less devout on account of his dis
coveries. "The cause of religion,"
says Dean Inge, "must be won on
its own field that of the devout
life." Religion, be adds, can rise,
and Is now rising, "above Genesis."
He goes on:
Religion can be neither proved nor dis
proved by anything outside itself. It Is
real to those who live in It: It justifies
Itself progressively to those who will make
the necessary sacrifices in order to find
the pearl of great price. In a sense, it
makes the attainment of truth more dif
ficult, because "it takes all there is of
us" to win it: It also makes it much
simpler.
It is the view of the once "gloomy
dean," now not so pessimistic as he
was, that there is nothing that re
quires us to do violence to our rea
son by rejecting the assured results
of modern science. We are freer
than we think we are; it will be a
happy day for all of us when we
realize the full extent of the free
dom that is ours. "Kvery branch of
truth is sacred; every new discovery
of the methods of nature is a new
revelation of the law of God's
world."
The" dean's findings are a call to
labor for a spiritual as well as a
physical evolution. The need for
"other worldliness" which alone can
transform the world depends upon
the attainment of nothing which is
not attainable. Genesis need neither
be rejected as a landmark nor ac
cepted as a literal account of the
creation to justify the essential
truth of religion itself. Not re
ligion has failed, if there has been
failure anywhere, but those who
have not been willing to give it a
trial. The dean's idea of individual
responsibility is not new, but' his
presentation of it ought to stimulate
thought.
PERMANENT CHANNEL IMPROVE
MENT. Most substantial progress in im
proving the channel of the Colum
bia and Willamette rivers and the
harbor of Portland was made by the
Port of Portland commission during
the last year, as may be seen b
reading the article of its chairman,
Frank M. Warren, in The Sunday
Oregonian. Not only has the chan
nel been dredged to Its full project
depth of thirty feet much earlier
than usual, but greater depth has
been gained. The harbor has been
deepened at several points. North
Portland harbor is being dredged
and diked and will be finished this
month. A great advance has been
made in permanent maintenance of
the main channel by construction o.'
a dike at the mouth of the Wil
lamette. This last work meets in part, yet
adds force to, the most serious
criticism of all channel improvement
that has been done in the past
that much of it has to be done again
each year. Of the $1,000,000 ex
pended for other purposes than
equipment, more than half seems to,
have been expended In this manner.
Each summer the dredges race to
dig out shoals faster than the freshel
falls In order that the project depth
may be maintained- The process
resembles, the efforts of a ship'i
crew to pump water out of a leaks
ship faster than It flows In. If any
means can be found to maintain
depth and width without this an
nually recurring expense, reliance
on dredging is not economy. Suc
cess of the dikes so far built points
to them as this means. The Port
and the government engineers are
of one opinion on this point. The
board of United' States engineers a
year ago recommended that "this
method of Improving should be used
more extensively until the question
of its ultimate economy is fully
demonstrated," and proposed an ap
propriation of $1,000,000 to be
expended in four years, in addition
to $750,000 for a new dredge. The
Port has proposed to complete the
diking from the mouth of the Wil
lamette by co-operation with the
district engineer, and Its proposal
has been approved by Major Park,
funds for the initial work being
available in the hands of both the
government engineer and the Port
Success so far has established the
effectiveness of diking as a means
of permanent maintenance. It would
reduce the annual expenditure on
dredging for the sole purpose of
maintenance to a minimum, and
would therefore be a decided meas
ure of economy, besides avoiding the
delay to ships which sometimes fol
lows subsidence of the freshet
Effort .of the Port, the commercia.
bodies and the Oregon delegation in
congress should be concentrated on
obtaining the proposed appropria
tion of $1,750,000. Although the
budget provides only $13,000,000 for
all rivers and harbors, Director
Dawes does not ask congress to sac
rifice permanent economy to merelj
temporary saving of money, and the
argument that dikes would cut down
the large annual expense on dredg.
ing should have weight with con
gress. Draft of vessels coming to Port
land has so increased that a thirty,
two-foot channel has already be
come necessary, and greater depth
and width will be needed from time
to time. If the dredges are to be
employed in restoring the estab
lished depth every year, time and
money will be absorbed which might
better be employed In gaining more
depth and width. Dikes would
make most of this dredging unnec
essary, and the plant and money ex
pended on It could be used in further
Improvement as fast as commerce
demands. The dikes would be so
arranged as to leave room tor a
channel of any width that is likelj
to be required and the channel
would be - straightened at points
where It now curves, and would be
confined to one course. Early action
on this plan is the more advisable
because the Port will need to employ
its dredges on extensive improve
ment in the harbor during the next
few years.
Those elders at Grand Rapids who
were poisoned by drinking varnish
for communion wine deserve unlim
ited pity. An elder's education is
not complete along the line, and
varnish may look like the real
article. Some of the stuff these days
is no better, at least.
There is a woman of 72 dead in
Clarke county who is survived by
her widower, eleven children, forty
four grandchildren and fourteen
great-grandchildren. She was of
those who made this Pacific north
west. Would there were more.
Tex Rickard had to abandon his
expurgated bull fight at Madison
Square garden because he couldn't
find a bull that would fight. At
least It would have been as thrilling
as some of the tame prize fights
staged nowadays.
Young Garland of Boston, who
refused to accept an Inheritance of
a million a year ago, has reconsid
ered. Almost everybody would. His
Insinuations as to its origin amounted
to nothing. Taint washes off now
adays. The Japanese emerge from the
disarmament conference with nu
merous diplomatic victories, but
America will not begrudge them 1
they remove the nightmare of an
American-Japanese war.
Those elders of the Seventh Re
formed church who drank varnish
in mistake for sacramental wine
ought to organize an Eighth Re
formed church on the strength of
their experience.
The Cuban sugar plantation own
ers are said to be organizing a drive
to dispose of surplus sugar stocks,
the plan being, we presume, to
make them all homes, sweet homes.
The simp and his money are soon,
parted, especially if a red-haired girl
does the parting. The scheme of
nature provides for "awful" ex
amples. In order to be in company with
at least 200 other newspapers, we
pause to remark that Governor
Sproul has put "pep" into .the sen
ate. "Bishop wants laws to open up
Alaska," says a headline. What a
relief to hear from one bishop who
doesn't want to close something!
William R. Hearst seems actually
to regret that the United States and
Japan are not to fight it out for the
supremacy of the I'acific.
There is sample of what is coming
to our shores a "learned" man ar
riving first cabin at New York and
his wife in the steerage.
Evidently the motion picture po
ple want more than a mere figure
head, or they might Save invited
Mr. Burleson.
The community chest .organiza
tion will ' comb the city with fine
teeth set close and let no "guilty"
person escape.
Too bad Marquis Okuma cannot
come to long enough at least to read
the fine things said about him when
thought dead.
If there are 2000 drug addicts In
Portland it is high time growth of
the evil was checked. Recruiting is
too easy.
Raising skunks doesn't sound ro
mantic, but it's likely to be more
profitable than investing in oil
stocks.
"China to fight to end," says a
headline. With all respect to the
Chinese, the end seems to have ar
rived. The bottle is not made to hold the
harmony needed by the local demo
cratic brethren and "sistern."
Deaths that result from moon-
; shine should be elated as suicidal.
SO REAL CLASS DISTINCTION
,Mary Slt-bjr-the-FIr AdvUed She
Will Find-Equals Among Workers.
LONO BEACH, Wash., Jan. 8. (To
the Editor.) In reading the article
contributed, by "Mary Sit-by-by-the-Fire"
the thought occurred to me that
she was misinformed about Portland
men not being good mixers and that
the girl who rushes the men will bs
popular. I have decide that men
largely appreciate women who prove
their ability and industry in busi
ness, professional pursuits and other
lines of work. No doubt the men
will answer for themselves and I
beg their pardon for my say.
I do not believe that men generally
recognize the Imagined social distinc
tion between the so-called shop girl
and the stay-at-home Idle class. The
people are gradually becoming edu
cated that the women who do things
are a Valuable asset to the world' and
those who have no real purpose in
life are of less value. I have in mind
mainly the unmarried women, for
married women who stay at home
and diligently plan for the welfare of
the family are performing life's
grandest mission.
I am somewhat acquainted in Port
land. I have resided in the west 24
years and' served as saleslady a few
months at Meier & Frank's, who em
ploy hundreds of weil-bred women.
If that firm and many other firms
of Portland were to permit the cre
dentials of their employes to be
looked over there would doubtless be
found numerous records of college
training. ' Why. therefore, draw a
social distinction between the shop
girl and herself? The employes of
stores and other places become com
petent to meet the public, make
friends and even acquire sweethearts
without being in the slightest degree
Immodest. They are instructed to be
frank, but prudent, make friends for
themselves and employers, to be
loyal not only to the institution that
employs them, but carry the same
attribute in their daily life.
I accept the fact that Mary Sit-by-the-Fire
is one of Portland's good
girls. But I believe phe lives under
a misapprehension of life's duties. I
do not know what her latent talents
may be. She Is capable of searching
them out for herself. Perhaps she
could get out of the rut by attending
a good normal school and hearing the
instructive lectures of our men and
women of learning and broad experi
ence. Then teach a country school
and assist In lifting the moral and
social coditlon of some out-of-the-Way
place, and thereby find real hap
piness in doing for others and for
getting self. She might enter some
social service or establish some busi
ness, or enter some other field of
endeavor. .
I know splendid women, formerly
shop girls, school teachers, nurses
and hard-working girls in other pur
suits who are happily married to pro
fessional men, merchants and well-to-do
farmers. They probably met
their husbands by being out in the
world following their chosen pur
suits. So I see no reason to speak
of shop girls having the opportunity
of meeting men of their own claps, as
I am convinced they have the oppor
tunity of meeting and associating
with as good class of men as Mary
Sit-by-the-Ftre will ever have for
pal or husband.
I will guarantee that if Mary Sit-by-the-FIre
will enter the world's ac
tivities she will meet a pal who will
develop Into a Prince Charming. He
no doubt will appreciate her worthi
ness more highly by her setting aside
any narrow social views she may1 now
entertain. NAOMI A. MORDEN
TEARS SHED FOR IXORDAI.VED
Writer Thinks We Would Not Forgive
Contrite Democratic President.
JORTLAND, Jan. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) The writer has a clock some
what "out of kelter," 1. e.. it doesn't
strike accurately. Sometimes it
strikes too many times. The other
morning at A. M. It struck 21 times.
We have never been able to get the
striking apparatus regularly adjusted,
but outside of that disqualification it
keeps good time. It has been in
service for the past 40 years and so
we are inclined to let it strike as it
pleases.
It reminds us somewhat of the edi
torial page of The Oregonian. But
getting away from politics, old maid
poetry, etc., for the time being allow
us to refer to the Dr. McElveen in
cident In a recent editorial in commenting
on this particular case you intimate
that inasmuch as the reverend gen
tleman has "come clean" or acknowl
edged his omissions (?) he has fol
lowed out the precepts of the great
teacher and it probably would be well
for the pious public to extend for
giveness to the gentleman In accord
with the teachings of the great
teacher.
Very well. But why does The Ore
gonian make such a fine distinction
in applying the precepts of the great
teacher between the indiscretions of
a minister of the gospel and the stat
utory offense of the unordained?
Nowhere in the teachings of the great
teacher is It recorded that he made
any such distinction or that he made
any distinction between Billy Sun
dayism and criminal syndicalism or
between democrat and republican
presidents. AUGUSTUS.
Rules for Letter Writers).
- SUTHERLIN. Or., Jan. 8. (To the
Editor.) Please give me a little in
formation in regard to the letters
which are printed on the editorial
page from various correspondents.
1. Do you print these from anyone,
no matter where located or whether
subscriber or not?
2. Do they have to give their real
names and addresses as well as the
fictitious names for publication?
3. If so, do you give the real names
and addresses to anyone who might
wish to correspond with them directly
and personally in regard to any sub
ject discussed?
4. Do you receive a great many
more of these letters right along
than are published?
INTERESTED.
1. There Is no residence or sub
scription requirement Imposed on
writers of letters printed in these
columns. Brevity, Interest, timeli
ness, truth and courtesy of expression
are the main requirements.
2. Yes, ordinarily.
3. Names of contributors are not
dilsclosed when given In confidence
Letters sent to corresp6ndents In
care of this office are forwarded,
but addresses are not preserved
longer than one week.
4. Yes.
Identity of Poem.
PORTLAND, Jan. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly inform me where I
could find the poem entitled (I be
lieve) "The Blind Men and the Ele
phant," beginning
There were six men of Indostsn
To learning: much inclined.
Who went to see an elephant
Tho all of them were blind.
ANNA F. EASTHAM.
The lines are from the poem by
John G. Saxe, which will be found
in any of the following: "Home
Book of Verse," compiled by Burton
E. Stevenson; Cummock's School
Sneaker: No. 4 of "One Hundred
Choice Selections," edited by Phineas J
Garrett. All are available at the
Portland public library. j
Thosa Who Come and Co.
Talea of Folks) at the Hotels.
"Redmond Is In a prosperous
condition, far better' off than many
other Oregon towns," says M. A.
Lynch, member of the state game
commission, at the Imperial. "There
is a creamery at Redmond which Is
taking the butterfat for 50 miles
around and this has enabled the
dairymen to do well. Cream is
shipped from LaPine to Redmond,
passing through Bend to get to the
factory. Some cream is sent by
parcel post. The cans are tested and
the dairyman is paid on the day that
his cream is delivered. This gives
the dairyman a steady flow of cash
and as the money Is generally paid
over for the butterfat early in the
I afternoon that gives the dairyman a
chance to do his shopping ana put.
the money into circulation before he
goes home. I have no means of
knowing the extent of this business,
but I should judge that about $1000
a day is paid out by the creamery.
The butter is shipped to Seattle, al
though I would rather see it come
to Portland. Anyway, because of the
creamery the dairy industry is thriv
ing and the dairymen are traveling
In automobiles, are free from debt
and are living well. The hay farmers
who have no stock are not so well
off." Mr. Lynch has a large estab
lishment in Redmond and stages a
style show with living models the
same as the big department stores
in Portland.
In Marlon county there is a firm
conviction that the 1925 exposition
will be held. The people take it for
granted that it will be," announced
Louis Lachmund last night. Mr.
Lachmund was one of the 14 mem
bers of the state senate who blocked
the legislature from adopting the
gasoline bill as a means of financing
the state's end of the exposition. "I
was for the fair until Senator Kills
and others told me of conditions In
eastern Oregon and I didn't want to
impose a burden on that section. In
Salem the people are willing that
the state should make a substantial
appropriation for a building and an
exhibit and Marlon county will come
to the front with a nice display when
the fair is held. As a matter of fact,
the valley was not 'sold' the fair.
None of the organizations in Salem
or Marion county Instructed the
legislative delegation what to do; nor
do the organizations, as a rule, tell
us what they want, so the Marion
members have to use their own judg
ment and do the best they can."
About 90.000 pounds of wool was sold
yesterday by C. P. Ragsdale of Baker,
who is In the city. Mr. Ragsdale re
ceded an average of 24 cents a pound
for the lot. which is about $1500 better
than the price which he recently re
fused. Mr. Ragsdale had about 116,000
pounds and sold some 25,000 pounds in
Boston some time ago. He still has
some unsold wool in Boston and
thinks he may bring It back to
Oregon for disposal. The price he re
ceived yesterday is about the best
that has been quoted for a long time.
In the past few weeks there has been
a constantly increasing demand for
wool and comparatively little is said
to be still in the hands of the growers.
With the wool market getting strong
and the sheep industry rapidly Im
proving. Insofar as lambs are con
cerned, the Oregon sheepmen are be
ginning to see daylight ahead. Mr.
Rapsdale has owned property in most
of the counties of eastern Oregon, but
of late years has made his headquar
ters at Baker.
"Having traveled over the United
States for 15 years as a salesman, I
finally decided that Lebanon has the
best all-year climate to be found any
where, so I have made it my home,"
stated I. Cormier, registered at the
Hotel Tortland. "Talk about Cali
fornia climate; I used to give a sigh
of thanks whenever I crossed the line
and got into Oregon. Lebanon is a
good shipping point, as it has a lot of
productive country back of It, and
there Is a big paper mill, which ships
wrapping paper to many foreign
ports, as Japan and China. About 35
cords of wood a day are chewed up
in tho mill and before the mill used
oil for fuel It consumed about 60
cords of wood daily. The fuel alone
employed many people getting out the
wood. Taken all in all, I don't know
of a small town where I would rather
live. Our business district Is as well
illuminated at night as Portland's, and
far better than the business section of
Albany."
While the snow may have been a
hindrance to the Columbia river
highway It has been a great benefit
to the farmers, according to Thomas
Ross of Echo, Or., registered at the
Multnomah. "Not only .has the snow
assured us a good wheat crop for
next year by putting plenty of mols-
ture into the ground," said Mr. Ross,
"but it has been a means of dispos
ing of a great deal of our hay, as
the stockmen have been feeding more
than usual. The recent advance in
the price of lambs las made the
sheepmen feel more optimistic. We
believe that 1922 has a brighter out
look than had 1921."
Jack Aitken of Medford. is a screen
expert, but not the motion picture
kind. Mr. Aitken is the inventor of
a self-cleaning screen which is de
signed to prevent the migration of
fish Into the Irrigation ditches. I'rior
to the installation of suitable screens,
the irrigation ditches weaned away
thousands of fish from where they
ought to go and caused the fish com
mission endless troubles. The early
screens were a source of irritation, for
they became clogged with leaves, but
this has now been largely overcome.
More mint is raised In Oregon than
the average resident imagines. It is
more than an infant industry and has
become a paying proposition in sev
eral sections of the state. Don K.
Hoster, who arrived at the Hotel Ore
gon yesterday from Chicago, is a
partner of G. A. Parr in a 150-acre
mint farm near Woodburn. They are
the largest individual growers in Ore
gon. The demand for mint is con
stantly increasing and there is a
steadily increasing acreage.
For their ICth winter in California
Mr. and Mrs. G. Creighton are on
their way south. Thny are regis
tered at the Multnomah. Mr. Creigh
ton says that when springtime comes.
Moscow. Idaho, looks good to him and
he starts for home. Having lived for
30 years in northern Idaho, Mr. 1
Creighton has seen many changes in
that state and each year finds tha
ranks of the old guard, who took an
active part in the history of that
state, growing thinner,
George Neuner Jr., district attor
ney for Douglas county, has been in
the city on business. Mr. Neuner was
expected to be a candidate for circuit
judge this year In the primaries to
succeed Judge Hamilton, but says
that he will not enter the contest. He
has been prominently mentioned for
United States district attorney.
J. R. Linn of Salem Is In'the city o
attend the meeting of the state fair
board, of which he is a member.
Diplomat In Answered.
Life.
The Swedish diplomat Oh, madame!
If I could only tell you In my native
Swedish how beautifully you dance.
She Don't tell me. The only
Swedish I ever heard was, "Ay ban
g-oln' to leave,"
KID COMMENTS ON BIO KIMBER
Kuaaerona Northwest Newspapers ,
Commend Mew Year Oreironlan.
fArvAlli nmotU.TImvq .
Newspapers In many cities get out
annuals, but they cover mostly the
doings of their own town. The Ore
gonian's edition Is a fine symposium
for the whole state. It is better ad
vertising for Oregon than anythins
put out by chambers of commerce oi
other booster organizations.
Broader In Scatpr.
Rainier Review.
In accordance with its usual custom.
The Oregonian Issued another of its
special New Year editions. This year's
edition was even better than usual,
since It covered the territory of Ore
gon more completely perhaps than be.
tore. A page of photographs of th i
lower Columbia highway, showing
some of the most representative points
along the lower river route, was only
one of the splendid features of this
year's edition.
Trne Instant tilven.
Roseburg News-Review.
It Is a very excellent publication
and will give those unacquslnted with
Oregon's advantages a good insight tc
the real worth of Oregon and what It
has to offer persons of wealth as well
as the home builder of moderate
means. The issue is a credit to the
state as well as to the publishers
who spared no expense In making the
edition one of the most creditable
ever' issued.
Mark Ciood In Done.
Union Republican.
The Portland Oregonian this week
sent out one of the best New Year
editions of the season. The Orego
nian generally scores big on a holi
day edition. The publication of such
papers cost 'a mint of money and
does a worla of good, and the public
generally does not appreciate the ef
fort and expense required to issue
such papers.
Bis; Advertisement for Mate.
Aurora Observer.
All Oregon eagerly waited for The
Oregonian Annual edition and re
ceived it with a hunger anxious to de
vour every page, article and picture.
It was perhaps the greatest piece of
advertising for the state ever turned
out in a single issue. The 1925 fair
received publicity in picture and
words enough to start the world to
thinking of Oregon.
Helpful at Home and F.lsewhere.
Aberdeen (Wash.) World.
Each year Xhe Oregonian Bprcads
before Oregon and the rest of the
country the resources and possibili
ties of Portland and the state. The
edition helps Oregon to get acquainted
with itself and the rest of the coun
try to get acquainted with Oregon
The value of that can scarcely b
estimated.
Orearon Do Move.
Woodburn Independent.
Those who Imagined Portland stood
still in 1921 were amazed at the prog
ress denoted in this number of th'
great newspaper of the state. The
tection devoted to the 1925 world ex
position makes the observer of the
picture pages want to see the real
thing.
Worth Year's Subscription.
Gresham Outlook.
The Annual Oregonian Is always
eagerly looked forward to, read with
Intense interest and by many laid
away for future reference. Extra
copies are sent to relatives and friends
at a distance. It is the premier paper
of the west and this issue is worth
the yearly subscription price.
Whole Northneat to neneflt.
Ohehails (Wash.) Hee-Nugtret.
Circulation of this big edition in
selected eastern sections should prove
a big publicity ixost for the whole
northwest, and from which the state
of Washington has a right to antici
pate a reasonable amount of beneilt
also. Congratulations and commenda
tlon are extended the publishers.
As Good ns Krfr,
Newberg Graphic.
The Oregonian's regular New Year
edition Is the equal or superior of
many which have gone before, which
is about the limit in a complimentary
way.
Full of Information.
Grass Valley Journal.
The New Year's edition of Th
Oregonian deserves much credit for
Its valuable information about re.
sources of the state; the number Is
representative of the entire state.
Year's Hilt Advertising; Stunt.
Hood River News.
The OreKonian certainly did itself
proud with its New Year's edition.
That is she one big advertising stunt
that has become i hardy annual in
Portland. .
Fits the Doorway.
Medford Mail-Tribune.
The New Year's edition of The
Portland Oregonian arrived O. K. and
unl'ke previous years, purchasers were
able to get into their homes with it.
Riar Thing; for Oregon.
Harrlsburg Bulletin.
The New Year's edition of The Ore
gonian is one of the best advertise
ments of Oregon ever Issued.
"WILLFUL 14" ARB COMMENDED
Wnllovra Ren It y Hoard Sera More
Good In Honda Than Expositions.
ENTERPRISE. Or., Jan. 7. (To the
Editor.) We have been extremely
Interested in the question as to "who
killed cock robin." It would appear
from the results of the Investigation
that cock robin was not a robin at
all, but a bird of prey that nested In
Multnomah county. We are led to
believe this because afl the mourn
ing over the death of cock robin
comes from Multnomah county.
Now, In respect to the "willful 14."
the accused assassins of cock robin,
we feel free to command them for
their courageous manhood in ex
pressing the wishes of their constitu
ents. They knew thoroughly the
financial and Industrial conditions of
their districts and that they repre
sented very important districts of the
state.
The "willful 14" knew that Oregon
has the worst roads of any state in
the west. They knew that good
roads to outlying districts would do
more in getting permanent settlers
on unimproved lands In Oregon than
a dozen Portland fairs.
In conclusion, permit us to say that
If Portland wishes to put on her
show, we wi:i be there strong when
the time comes and will spend our
money lavishly, provided we have
any left when we have paid the last
installment of our back taxes.
WALLOWA COUNTY
REALTY BOARD.
Waste Suspected Near Walla Walla.
PORTLAND, Jan. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) Say, that must be great stuff
they have up around Walla Walla.
Whv do they waste It on Jackrab
bits? Ive heard of the supreme potency
of the "hoocH" they deal out In that
region, but when they told me that
two drinks of it would make a Jack
rabbit fight a bulldog I thought they
were exaggerating, but if the Asso
ciated Press believes it it must be so.
Me for Walla Walla as soon as the
grass is In feather. MOSSBACK.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montagne.
LOOKIMi BACKWARD
A rich Westerner Is going to buy I
a ball team and make it Invincible
by feeding the players on monkey
meat.
When athletes grow focble and ailing.
And their muscles get Into bal
shape,
An.t .,,,,,1 t..l ne nrnveq linn va ill n r.
1 Thev are fed on the meat of theapo.
And then they no longer are Jailed;
They trot 'round the diamond with
ease.
Being somewhat paternally aided
By their grandfathers up in the
trees.
If results so astoundingly splendid
Can be gained by retracing the
track.
On which, as a rare we descendid.
We had better go all the way hack.
The ape lived a long time bef.ne us, J
In forests, hot, misty and dim;
But the bony-winged icthyosatirus
Lived quite a long time before him. S
This beast was quite modern in fea
tures, A product ot aeons of time
Compared to the jelly-like creatures
That crawled in primordial slime.
These thiiiKS, unresiftant and idle,
Are fMfnd in their primitive forms.
In marshes and salt-reaches tidal
W hen the sea has been battered by
storms.
And therefore, a tralnrr prophetic
Who Is anxious to build up soma
day
A team so alert and athletic
It will win every game it may play,
Who wants to achieve a sensation
With a nine that don't know how
to lose.
Will diet his whole aggregation
On the creatures that feed on tho
t ooze!
Wlint's the t'sef
Just as we expected, we had no
sooner paid our last Income tax In
stallment than tho government began
dunning us for another one.
a
Acceptable (ilft.
The ex-kaiser didn't give tho Ger
mans any Christmas presence, but ills
Christmas absence was more appre
ciated. .
Brooming Human.
Lenlne says that all he wants now
is money. The fellow Is actually be
coming quite like the rest of us.
(Copyright, 19LM, by the Bell Syndi
cate, Inc.)
Burroughs Nature Club.
CopjrlKht, Houghton-Mlfflln Co.
('nil You Answer Thrse (lueNttonst
1. How long can bed bugs live
without food?
2. Ho we have any gray Jays In
southern Iowa?
3. Can you Identify the enclosed
tail of a small animal? Our rat con
stantly bring home tails like tliM,
hut nothing else of his kill.
Answers In tomorrow's Nature Notes.
Answers to Previous ) next Ions.
1. Do slugs and snails have any
natural enemies?
Yes. fortunately, they are eaten bv
several small birds, thrushes bcr.ir
known to onjoy them. Some Fini.s
are cannibal, and prey on their kind.
S. Why does the English sparrow
show so much more Mack under his
throat at some seasons?
The conspicuous black throat spot
Is brlRhtcHt in sin-lug, and is the
sparrow's attempt at we'lding plum
age. He shines up his black cravat
not by moulting, but by losina the
frayed brown cdpes of his throat
feathers, so that the black centers
lap together and mako a Jetty bib.
3. How do Insects know what plant
to lay eggs on?
The easy answer Is "Instinct." Soma
entomologists now believe this in
stinct is the sense of smell; for chem
ical experiments with fodder of cab
bage butterflies showed a special in
gredient as always existing in any
leaves they would eat. A rose InFort
would eat only leaves with a special
different ingredient. Apparently ths
sense of smell decides tho female
where to lay eggs on fodder that will
be ready for the hatching young. A
stable fly was so fooled by the odor
of valerianic neid, similar to that of
decaying matter in which it ordinarily
lays eggs, that it began to lay whers
there was no actual matter for tho
larvae to feed on!
In Other Days.
Fifty Y'rnrs Ago.
From Th Oreironlan of January 10, 1S71
The amount of land disposed of at
the Olympla land office during De
cember was 11, COS acres.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Is now living
In Chicago with her son, Robert T.
Lincoln, and Is In excellent health,
although grieving deeply the death
of her son, Thaddeus.
Last Saturday night a number of
young men organized thomselves In
a hose company to be called Columbia
hose company No. 3.
Rerlin. Apprehension Is tense here
that a French coup d'etat may upset
things in a financial sense at any
moment.
Twenly-flve Years Ago.
From The Oresonlnn of January 10. 107.
The Women's Christian Temperance J
unions held an anti-cigarette gather
ing in the Calvary Baptist church'
last night.
Washington. The debate in the.
house of representatives on the i
I'acific railroad funding bill camn to
a close at 6 o'clock yesterday after
noon.
Salt Lake. The sale of tho Oregon
Short Line and Utah Northern rail
road was made today to tho re
organization committee.
London. In spite of official denials,"
tho reports that tho health of thn
pope is very delicate are coniirnitu i
... . -
by private advices.
Mennlng of Two Words.
CRABTRKK, Or.. Jan. 8. (To the
Editor.) Kindly give the meaning of
the word "bloc." Also the meaning
and right usu of the word "can" or
canned" as applied to an employe,
INQUIRER.
"Bloc" is borrowed from the French
and In politics or parliamentary pro
ceedings is applied to a group or
ganized to promote agreed-upon pol
icies. "Cart" 1 slang for peremptory
dismissal. It has no grammatical
recognition.
License for Hunting f.nine.
IONE, Or., Jan. S. (To the Editor.)
Is it necessary to have a license
hunt unprotected game in the etat
ot Oregon? TED BLAKE. .
Yes, except upon your own prop
erly.
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