TITE MORMXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY il, 1922
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THE NARCOTIC PROBLEM.
The nearly overwhelming' dimen
ions of the narcotic problem which
the Salem conference called by Gov
ernor Olcott is summoned to face are
evident from the large body of of
ficial data compiled since it first
began to engage the attention of
thoughtful citizens. The total num
ber of addicts In the United States,
a very large proportion of whom are
reclaimable, probably Is not far short
of a million, and may exceed that.
The extent of addiction was taken
up for consideration In 1918 by a
special committee appointed by the
secretary of the treasury, which
sent thousands of questionnaires to
health and police officials, physi
cians and others, and received re
plies from many of them. These
estimates were in some respects con
flicting and do not therefore obtain
the importance of final data, but
they show that the 11 complained
of is grave.
For example, the health officers
replying reported that there were
106,887 addicts in their territory.
As the number of these officials
represented only 26 per cent of
those from whom information had
been requested, it would seem to be
plain that there were at least 420,
000 addicts in the. entire United
States; but the number appears
much too low from the fact that the
physicians of the country were esti
mated at the same time to have
237,000 addicts under their care and
it is known that only a limited pro
portion present themselves for such
treatment. An Intensive investiga
tion was then made in certain re
stricted communities. Jacksonville,
Fla., was found to have 887 addicts,
and upon a percentage of population
basis the committee estimates that
this would give 1,388,000 for the
entire United States. The health of
ficer of New York city reported a
total of 103,000 addicts, which on a
percentage basis would Indicate 1,
908,000 for the whole United States.
Information In the committee's
possession, however, indicated that
addiction is less prevalent in rural
communities than its cities or con
gested centers. It would be inac
curate, as the committee points out,
to estimate the number in the en
tire country on the basis of the fig
ures obtained in New York city,
while the number in a small city
like Jacksonville would likewise
give a misleading result. "Taking
these facts Into consideration," the
committee concludes, "we are of the
opinion that the total number of ad
dicts In this country probably ex
ceeds a million."
But there are other facts of even
greater significance in 'this connec
tion. A steady increase in the rate
of consumption of narcotic drugs is
one of them, and the relatively small
number 1800 of Illicit drug ped
dlers now believed to be doing busi
ness in the country is another. The
latter estimate, based upon the re
ports of police officials, points to the
line of least resistance in breaking
up the traffic, since the number is
not so large as to preclude hope that
most of them can be landed behind
the bars. The necessity for prompt
action Is Indicated by statistics
which show that whereas the popu
lation of the United States was two
and a half times as great in 1900 as
la ab60, the amount of opium legiti
mately entered for consumption was
about five times as great, and at the
same time there was a large in
crease In the use of synthetic somni
facients, which normally might have
neen expected to diminish to a great
extent tne use of opium and its al
kaloids for legitimate medical pur
poses. The same is relatively true
as to cocaine and other derivatives
of coca leaves, the use of which has
greatly increased since their intro
duction, about thirty years ago.
The officials of the treasury de
partment declare, in answer to the
claim that a large proportion of
narcotic drugs entered at the'eustom
house are used for other than medi
cal purposes, that the people of the
United States consume from thirteen
to seventy-two times as much opium
per capita as is consumed by other
countries the records for which are
available. Annual consumption in
the United States about 470,000
pounds is the equivalent of thirty
six one-grain doses for every man,
woman and child of the population.
Consumption of cocaine is equal to
an average of 2ij doses for each
man, woman and child.
The figures do not include the
quantities of both drugs smuggled
into the country, of which no esti
mate can be made. The so-called
underground trade is undoubtedly
aggravated by the practice of export
ing narcotic drugs from the United
States for the purpose of re-entry
through illicit channels. Thus it
appears that the quantity of mor
phine Imported Into Canada from all
sources Increased from 2038 ounces
in 1913 to 27,520 in 1918, while in
the same period morphine imported
into Canada from the United States
Increased from five ounces to 9853
ounces. Data for Mexico are not
available, but it is believed that a
similar condition exists on the
southern border. The intricate na
ture of the organization necessary
for exportation and reimportation
on so large a scale, and the view of
the treasury officials that most of
the illicit supplies now being dis
pensed by peddlers come from these
sources, point also to the need for
international co-operation such as is
asked tor in the resolutions adopted
by the Salem conference. On this
topic the treasury department com
mittee said:
There also remains the international as
pect of the opluiu traffic, which should
receive immediate coniderat ion. If this
and the other countries represented at the
international ODium convention are effec
tually to control the traffic in-opium and
other habit-forming drugs, some coneertei
action Is necessary. . It Is urgentl
recommended that the United Stales gov
eminent take up with the government
of the Dominion of Canada and Mexic
the subject or more effective control
the manufacture and exportation of n
cotle drucs therefrom for the purpose
securing their co-operatinn with this gov.
eminent in the suppression of the smug'
gllng of such drugs from one country to
the other, which now affords the principal
source of supply for the illicit traffic In
these drugs.
The Salem conference is in line
with enlightened modern opinion in
urging that courts impose maximum
sentences on narcotic peddlers when
caught. Its recommendation . that
curable addicts be treated when nec
essary by the state, being given
employment where this is feasible
lso corresponds to the views of
thoughtful students of the subject,
Work Is both therapeutic in its ef
fects and a fortifier of self-respect,
and, moreover, it is only fair tha
patients should pay part of the cos
of their reclamation. A humane
policy toward present victims and a
vigorous and unrelenting war on the
main conspirators, waged by local
state and national authorities, with
international co-operation, form the
key to a problem the gravity of
which ought not to be underesti
mated.
USELESS PAMPHLETEERING.
The Corvallis Gazette-Times finds
one of the suggestions for reducing
taxes made by Karnest Teightwod,
Salem satirist and economist, not at
all funny. The suggestion is that the
voters' pamphlets be dispensed with
We concur In the opinion of the
Corvallis paper. The election pam
phlet printed by the state and sent
free to every voter costs upwards of
$100,000 in a biennlum, depending
for exactness of cost upon ' how
many elections are held and upon
how many measures are submitted.
In Portland, In virtually every
election, ordinances and charter
amendments are submitted' to the
people. The submission 'of local
measures is common in every other
incorporated city In the state. Here,
and probably in every other city.
failure of the municipality to dis
tribute printed copies of the local
measures with arguments thereon is
never missed. At least there Is no
outspoken complaint about the
omission. And the voters seem to
get along very nicely. They approve
or reject measures with understand
ing.
Hut in the state eac".. of the 364,-
000 registered voters gets a printed
pamphlet containing proposed laws
and amendments, interspersed with
arguments. Some families, where
sons and daughters are grown and
still at home, get a half dozen
copies. In the last election 117,000
voters, who presumably had received
pamphlets, did not even go to the
polls. That part of the circulation
nearly one-third was wholly
wasted without a doubt. Nearly all
the others either gave the pamphlet
only casual inspection, or did not
open lu The disposition, as the Sa
lem correspondent remarked in that
connection, is for each voter to rely
"on his favorite newspaper for infor
mation about measures.
There are also primary election
pamphlets and general election
pamphlets In which the candidate
may say all the nice things he
pleases about himself and thus be
presented to the electorate. It is
not a free service to the candidate
and the sum he pays reduces some
what the cost of pamphleteering to
the tax payers. On the other hand.
it is doubtful if all the overhead ex
pense of the secretary of state's dis
tributing organization is included in
the appropriation f o election
pamphlets.
Theoretically the pamphlets are
helpful to the voters. Practically,
they are not, for they are generally
cast aside. Elections are still free
in one sense, as enjoined by the con
stitution. In another sense they
cost like sixty.
STICK TO THE FACTS.
Enemies of the Pacific treaty are
driven to describe it as "the old bal
ance of power proposition" and as a
practical agreement on the part of
the United States "to protect the
empire of Japan against invasion."
They cannot find anything in the
treaty that will bear this construc
tion, If they take words in their
proper sense and do not read hidden
meanings into them.
Four nations agree to respect one
another's rights in the Pacific
islands. Should that alarm any
American? Do we want to steal any
Islands? Then why worry when
other nations pledge themselves not
to try to steal ours?
The United States does not agree
to protect any country against in
vasion. It agrees, in case the rights
of any of the four powers in the
Pacific "are threatened by the ag
gressive action of any other power,"
to communicate with the other
three powers "as to the most effi
cient measures to be taken jointly
and separately." That only obliges
us to talk, and Mr. Wilson has
proved how wide a gulf there may
be between talk and action. The
administration of the time will be
free to agree on any action of which
the people approve, or to do noth
ing.
In saying that Mr. Wilson and his
league were defeated by "the lowest
kind of partisan politics," a recent
correspondent does not give enough
attention to the part played by Mr.
Wilson's partisan politics in that
catastrophe to the Wilson ideals.
The anti-league lrreconcilables
could not have defeated the league
unaided; they succeeded with the
aid of the pro-league lrreconcilables.
led by Mr. Wilson. Defeat of the
league was accomplished bys. these
two bodies of men actuated by di
rectly opposite motives. But for Mr.
Wilson's partisan politics, which
would not permit a republican sena
tor to have a hand In his work, the
United States would have been in
the league.
Another correspondent denies
that "the senate was justified in re
jecting the league of nations be
cause the one who proposed it had
slighted the senate." Far more than
"slight", to the senate was in
volved. The constitution gives cer
tain definite powers to the senate.
Each senator is sworn to uphold the
constitution. Fidelity to that oath
binds senators to resist encroach
ment on its powers by the president
or any other branch of tho govern-
ment. By fielding to tte demand of
the president that it ratify Vt Ver
sailles treaty without change "ten
It believed change to be wise, the
senate would have been false to its
duty to give or refuse advice and
consent and would have conceded
that it must ratify a treaty negoti
ated by the president just as It is
laid before the senate. Surrender
to the president of absolute power to
make treaties would have disturbed
that division of power which is at
the heart of the constitution.
PORTLAND'S FIRST NEWSPAPER,
The verities of history will not
permit to go unchallenged the state
ment printed In the advertisement
of a well-known undertaking estab
lishment in The Oregonian yesterday
that an event dated in 1854 occurred
"seven years before The Oregonian
began publication." The first num
ber of The Oregonian, as a matter of
fact, was published on December 4
1S50. It was then a weekly news
paper; It was the first to be pub
lished in Portland and the fifth in
all the Oregon country. Moreover, it
is the sole survivor of them all. The
Oregonian of today has a record of
uninterrupted publication of more
than seventy-one years. It is a
record which cannot be duplicated,
either in Oregon or elsewhere in the
vast territory between the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific ocean.
The Oregonian's only predecessors
in the field in Oregon were the Ore
gon Spectator, first printed at Ore
gon City on February 6, 1846; the
Free Presn, of Oregon City, first is
sued in March, 1848: the American-
Unionist and Evangelical Messenger,
printed at the home of the Rev.
John S. Griffin, near the present
site of Hillsboro, in the Tualatin
valley; and the Western Star,
founded by Lot Whitcomb, who was
heavily interested in Milwaukie,
then a promising rival of Portland
nd Oregon City for metropolitan
honors. The establishment of The
Oregonian was due to the faith of
the early builders of Portland in the
future of their town a faith which
events have proved not to have been
misplaced. It was first printed on
a press formerly utilized at San
Francisco by the.AIta California, of
historic memory, and it is a fact of
added interest that when The Ore
gonian in 1852 outgrew its first me
chanical equipment this pioneer
press was employed in printing the
first newspaper in the region which
is now the state of Washington. This
was the Columbian, founded at
Olympia on September 11, 1852,
chiefly as an advocate of the crea
tion of a separate territory north
and west of the Columbia river.
The Star, which was removed
from Milwaukie to Portland in June,
1851, changed its name to Oregon
Weekly Times and was the second
newspaper published in this city.
The first Portland daily newspaper
was the Daily News, not Daily Jour
nal, which appeared on April 16,
1859, and lasted about a year. Two
others essayed daily publication
without achieving' permanency be
fore The Daily Oregonian was issued
for the first time on February 4,
1861, and thereafter, as students of
Oregon history know, it has contin
ued without interruption.
SMUGLIN OF IMMIGRANTS.
Increase In smuggling of immi
grants across the Canadian and
Mexican borders should remind con
gress that an immigrant restriction
aw Is no stronger than the provision
made fo" Its enforcement. , We are
proud of our long unfortified fron
tier on the north as a proof of the
confidence prevailing between the
United States and Canada and, re
garding the sea coast as the front
door by which Immigrants enter, we
are disposed to forget that this is
a side-door of almost equal width.
Since liquor-smuggling across the
border became common, the pro
hibition forces have been strength
ened, but there are many places
along that 3000-mile line where
aliens can slip across unobserved.
The percentage limit on immi
grants of any nation doubtless ex
cludes many who might prove good
citizens. The odds are that men
whose advent to the United States is
marked by violation of the laws will
prove undesirable acquisitions.
Those who would be refused admis
sion by the regular channels are
likely to choose this means of en
trance, and those who are otherwise
qualified will start their life in
America with an adventurous de
light in breaking our laws. If the
naturalization law requires evidence
of lawful entry, smuggled immi
grants will add to the large number
of aliens who cannot become citi
zens. They are not welcome.
There should be no difficulty
about adequate protection of the
land frontiers against lmmigrant-
muggling without adding to the
cost of government. Revenue al
ready exceeds expense in the immi
gration bureau, and the tax could
safely be increased in proportion to
the reduction in the number to be
admitted, that funds may be avail
able to close the gaps In the north
ern and southern fences. Immigra
tion should not be regarded as a
source of revenue beyond support of
the bureau. If any balance should
remain after provision has been
made for examination and for ex-
elusion of the unfit and the smug-
gled, it might be applied to distribu
tion of immigrants where they are
wanted and to their education for
citizenship.
THREATS OF NHV STRIFE I
IRELAND.
Is Ireland to become the scene of
new strife between those who would
in good faith live up to the treaty
establishing the Irish Free State and
the unyielding confenders for an in
dependent republic? That grave
question Is raised by the attempt to
re-elect Mr. De Valera as president
of the Irish republic after the treaty
providing another form of govern
ment had been ratified, and by the
narrow majority against him, by the
remarks of De Valera and his sup
porters, and by their refusal to par
ticipate In the election of Arthur
Griffith as president of Dail Eireann
and head of the provisional Free
State government.
Throughout De Valera's speech
runs a purpose" to keep in existence
the republican government of Sinn
Fein side by side and in rivalry
with the Free State government, ob
structing execution of the ue'aty and
ready to step into the place of the
Free State, repudiate the treaty and
proclaim Ireland an Independent re
public. No other interpretation can
be put on the retiring president's
advice to the Dail to "keep a re
servo power In the interests of the
Irish republic behind the men in
contact with tho British ministers";
to "keep the republic in being and
give it a ministry"; or on his threat
that, "if the republic as it existed
were abandoned, he and his follow
ers would walk out." His pledge of
support to the new government "so
long as it was marching along the
road to independence" is proved
worthless by his desire to maintain a
rival government and betrays an in
tent to use the Free State govern
ment merely as a device to get rid of
the British army and officials, then
to overthrow it and set the repub
lican government in its place.
The same thought- is in the
speeches of those who expressed de
termination to "fight out the repub
lican cause." Michael Collins" pro
posal to summon a ratifying body of
members from southern Ireland was
met by the objection that Trinity
college members would not take the
republican oath, when the Dail has
JUst ratified a treaty of which that
oath is a violation. Austen Stack's
suggestion of a referendum as "the
people'sfree choice between the re
public and the treaty" assumes rati
fication of the treaty to be of no
effect. An. act of perfidy lu sug
gested in the remarks of James Fitz
gerald that "the army was over
whelmingly In favor of an ultimate
republic" and that "the only way to
keep it united was to maintain De
Valera and the Dail government.
while leaving the majority party
free to have Ireland evacuated by
the British troops." His words gave
Mr. Griffith good cause to say that
the move to re-elect Mr. De Valera
president was "a mere political ma
neuver to get around the treaty"
and that the Intention seemed to be
t have two sets of governments and
create chaos." Though De Valera
said that talk of fratricidal strife
was "all nonsense," no other result
could follow the carrying out of his
opinion that "he and his friends
must be regarded as an auxiliary
army with the certain object of
completing the independence of Ire
land." If the small majority by which
the Dail ratified the treaty and the
still smaller majority by which it
defeated re-election of Mr. De Va
lera, and if the speeches made on
the latter subject were a true reflec
tion of the minds of the Irish peo
ple, the immediate future for Ire
land would be filled with Internal
strife hardly excelled by that
through which it has. just passed.
But opponents of the treaty admit
that the great body of their con
stituents favor it, and from other
sources comes confirmation of that
opinio'n. Revolution always brings
extremists to the front, and we must
expect to Bee a body of Sinn Fein
die-hards similar to that among the
unionists in the British parliament,
whose activity will be deceptive as
to their numbers. But peace gives
the moderates an opportunity to
make themselves heard, and elec
tion of a new parliament to main
tain a provisional government and to
prepare a constitution for the Free
State may greatly strengthen this
moderate element. It will reflect
public sentiment while trie country
is at peace, with no British troops
present to keep animosity alive, and
will contrast with the cruel guerilla
war of the past.
Against this hope is to be set the
habit of violence and intimidation
which has grown throughout cen
turies of strife with England, and Is
now strong through practice in the
Sinn Fein rebellion. The Free State
party is no less adept in these prac
tices than are the republican die
hards. If the great majority should
stand by Arthur Griffith, the newly
elected president, and the free
staters, ttey may use these weapons
so effectively as to crush the ex
tremists. The Iatter's appeal to
hereditary hatred of England would
not easily win adherents when Brit
ish officials, constabulary and
troops were no longer present to
provoke that sentiment and keep it
at fever heat. The people must by
this time be so weary of conflict
that they will not fight for such a
mental abstraction as the difference
between the Free State and the Re
public. There are die-hards among the
Irish of America and the British do
minions, but they doubtless consti
tute a minority, and the sympathy
with Irish aspirations which has
gone out from other nationalities
will npw be enlisted in support of
what is considered a reasonable set
tlement. There should develop
among the Irish people an ambition
to prove that they are able to govern
themselves well. Their efforts will
be watched by the democratic world
with a keen desire for their success
and with condemnation for the fac
tion which seems determined to
thwart them.
By electing as president one of
the authors of the treaty and by in
stalling a cabinet appointed by him,
the majority of the Dail represent
ing the people has established a pro
visional government. It has put all
who resist that government in the
position of rebels, not against Great
Britain but against Ireland Itself. It
should be able to convince the peo
ple that the people are In fact inde
pendent, as completely so as the
people of Great Britain or of any
of the dominions, with which they
hold equal rank in the British com
monwealth. The Irish are now to
undergo the test of their quality as a
nation.
After the experience of the ten
church elders, even the drys will
have to agree that varnish as a sub
stitute lacks considerable of- being
"just as good" as the original.
A fast freight took toll from a
school bus in Ohio yesterday. This
will happen while the grade cross
ings and heedless drivers exist any
where. Those Methodist ministers who
condemn dancing in the public
schools seem determined, none the
less, to make the school board dance.
If the new senator from Pennsyl
vania, Mr. Pepper, can inject a little
spice into the Congressional Record,
the country will bless him.
Beyond Portland crackers and
Tillamook cheese, how many Orego
nians know what edibles and other
goods are made in Oregon?
When a woman wants a pair of
these new-fangled knickerbockers,
does she go to a dress maker or to a
tailor?
Is the country long on coconuts?
The finding of 200 at Minneapolis
"stuffed" with rum is good publicity
work.
Anybody got a line on the smelt?
The Listening Post.
Br DeWHt Harry.
EFFICIENCY experiments have
proved that more and better
work can be accomplished under
favorable conditions. For this rea
son we have daylight factories, em
ployes' rest rooms and other innova
tions born of late years.
Experiments In the classroom with)
typists laboring while music was,
being played showed that they work
faster. The feeling and spirit of the
music seemed to aid them. Though
phonographs have not been installed
In many offices as yet, the day of
their invasion may not be so far dis
tant.
Then why, if music helps In typing-,
cannot it assist in other work? A
Portland housewife says It does. In
her case, as In the case of most
women who have the care of homes,
there is a great amount of drudgery
that has no element of attraction"
scrubbing, or bedm&king, or sweep
Ing and dusting. The day may be
bright and clear outside, but tha
home woman is doomed to stay in
doors with bent back while she car
rles out the dally share of the un
ending cleaning ,grlst wherein there
seems to always be a pile of dirty
dishes as a set task
Now this woman uses her phono
graph at the hardest period. She has
dusted miles of enameled woodwork
to "Ain't We Got Fun" and runs the
vacuum cleaner to "Wabash Blues."
as Harry i,auaer sings she tidies up
the living room, and to the stirring
strains of Sousa she airs the bed
rooms. A phonograph, she says,
should not merely be for dancing, for
its prime mission Is as an aid to
housework.
Other lines always have their ap
peal to the man bound down with
the deadly sameness of his work.
There is the bookkeeper in the office
building across from the millinery
shop. He stood at the window ad
justing his sleeve protectors before
plunging into a sea of figures and
moralized;
"Look at them girls. Pretty soft
Nice easy job, nice room, plenty of
company, they can talk all they want
and enjoy themselves as they work.
They take 13 worth of ribbon and
straw, and, even with their gossip,
uoout ou cents or time, and presto
a u nat. why did I ever learn to
keep books anyhow?'
The mysteries of the hereafter have
a fervid appeal to many of us. Hang
ing in the art section of a depart
ment store is a color lithograph of a
huge angel embracing a beautiful
woman. The title Is "Reunited." The
splendid winged creature wears a
halo and the entire subject Is a com
bination of the earthly with the
heavenly, the vision of the fond be
lief that, many entertain of future
after death.
Our first spectator Is a young
matron radiating happiness, a woman
evidently who loves her husband
above everything else. In the picture
she sees their future. The glow on
her face is heightened, for death will
not mean their parting. "It's glorious,
and so true," is her comment.
Next comes the elderly woman, pos
sibly with quite a heavy church con
nection. "Just as our life after death
shall come,'1 says she In portentous
tones to the salesgirl, "I know. Those
that go before will meet those who
come later."
Then the two skeptics, modishly
garbed, jUBt a few too many clothes
and a little too much color. "Look at
the man-angel," the first squeaks,
"Ain't he a dear?" "Huh, who ever
heard of a man-angel?" countered her
chum. "Put tails and horns on them
to make them look natural. The pic
ture's no good."
And the couple of cuties. "Mable,
come looky here, see the couple jazzin'
on the clouds. Heavenly I say," chirps
number one. "They ain't got nothing
on me and George," from the littlest
one with the rabbit fur collar. "When
that feller grabs me and trots I float
higher than them."
A friend who writes advertisements
sends in the following with a re
quest that It be printed. Our sug
gestion is that It would do for any
case. Just change the occupation.
Thus if you are a taxi-driver. Insert
"taxi-driver" for ad writer, if p
dentist, put "dentist" In, etc.
"An ad writer has a very arduous,
fatiguing and nerve wracking occu
pation. He returns home after a hard
day's work in a very exhausted con
dition. In order to withstand the
terrific strain on his nervous system
and to be in shape physically properly
to perform hia duties he should have
the most cordial co-operation of his
wife during his leisure hours.
"She should never ask or require
him to help care for or dress the
children, run errands, tend the fur
nace, carry out ashes, change the
buttons in his shirt, mow the lawn or
above all to beat, the rugs. She should
always be very kind and never speak
to him in a harsh or brutal manner.
"As he needs the most rest pos
sible he should sleep until the house
is warm and should have his break
fast served .while In bed. His slip
pers and the evening paper should
be ready when he comes home from
work and everything possible should
be done to make his home life con
genial. I hope all ad writers (den
tists, taxi-drivers, etc.) in this broad
land will show this to their wives
and insist on getting their Just dues."
Most of the local hotels permit
smoking in their rest rooms, and on
the mezzanine floors if several men
and womeiKSit together. There was
a dearth of matches in one of those
places one day last week, and a girl,
after taking out her cigarette case,
found she had no light.
"Lend mc a match, old top," was
her greeting as she approached a man
sitting alone a few seats away. He
recognized the equality of sex, for he
produced the matches In the same
way as he would have done for any
man who came with a similar re
quest. She was a glowing young creature
and he a snappy-appearing chap.
They entered the library together,
just at dusk, she en route to the ref
erence room, he to kill time among
the periodicals until she should re
appear. Til be out in 45 minutes." she said.
"Meet me outside. On the Bret Harte j
bench."
"No, that ones too prominent; lets
go up to Robert Louis Stevenson in
stead. Maybe we can sit there for
a few minutes."
The stone benches about the build
ing are all named for authors.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels,
"Astoria Is a fine town and I still
think the world of it," confided
Thomas H. Lapps, now a practicing
attorney in Los Angeles, who is reg
istered at the Multnomah. Mr. Llpps
owns considerable real estate in
Astoria, which he acquired in the
days when he was private secretary
to Mr. Ilarlev. the most spectacular
mayor that the city-by-the-sea ever
had or probably ever will have.
After leaving Astoria Mr. Lipps joined
the army and landed as a sprucer in
the wilds of northern Washington,
where eventually he became a ser
geant. When there was a congres
sional investigation of the spruce
produx-tion division Mr. Llpps met the
committee in California and talked a
book full of testimony. Now he is
attorney for the tailors' association in
Los Angeles, and that is the excuse
for his bcini? In Portland today.
Speaking of Mr. Harley, his methods
were startlingly original. Entering
an elevator at the Hotel Portland
one day. he handed the operator $3
nd asked to be let off on the second
floor. Half an hour later he entered
the elevator again. "What did you
do with that money?" he casually in
quired of the operator. "I've still
got it. Here It is," beamed the op
erator, holding- up the greenback.
Making a quick grab, Mr. Harley
seized the bill and placed it In his
own pocket, "you've had It too long,"
explained Mr. Harley. "Money was
made to keep circulating."
Oakridgo, Or., Is where E. E. Hyiand
registers from at tho Hotel Oregon.
Years ago Oakridge was on the mil
itary road which meandered be
tween Eugene and Klamath Falls.
The road Is new almost a memory.
In the early days of the state high
way commission this road was voted
on the state innp by the commission
ers and was called the Willamette
highway. When the road map was
published, however, there was no
trace of the Willamette highway
upon it. Lane county has $U4S.0O0
of bonds to place on this road if
anything la over done toward devel
oping ltTk'bjSy foresW department has
recently bnen -looking into the situ
ation to ditt-or what happened to
the WillamJuj?' highway as a state
read and why it was left off the map.
It is said that somewhere in the
minutes there is a record showing
that the road was voted unanimously
by the commission.
To get a few pointers on how the
bend market is working, Harry C.
Brumbaugh, secretary of the state
bonus commission, was' down from
Salem yesterday. The commission in
tends selling $10,000,000 of bonds on
January 16, which will be the first
chunk of bonds disposed of under the
bonus act. This money is to be used
in the payment of bonuses to former
service men of Oreson. Almost 50
per cent of the applications to the
commission are for a cash bonus in
stead of a long-time loan, which
means that approximately $5,000,000
in cash will be in circulation as soon
as the service men can get hold of it
What interest the bonds will bear is
not known, as the buyers will name
the interest rate In their bids'. The
big blo.ck of bonds so soon to be
dumped on the market had an influ
ence on the. bidding for the state
highway bonds disposed of yesterday.
Jazz dinner coats; golfing coats,
the last word in this article; riding
breeches carved out by a London ex
pert; nifty browns and greens for
nobby dressers, these and other styles
are shown for men in the fashion dis
play which the tailors' convention
has brought to the Multnomah. Sam
G. Levy, past president of the Paci
fic Coast Merchant Tailors associa
tion, nays it is the sweilest line of
exhibits that he has ever seen, and
he has attended a number of the na
tional conventions. With pride there
is pointed out an evening coat whose
feature is that the coat opening. In
stead of a "V," has a swelling horse
shoe effect. This particular mode was
evolved In France. It shows a greater
expanse of the shirt bosom than the
common or garden variety of dress
coats, the lines being like those of
the new white evening waistcoats.
Another knockout Is a pivot sleeve.
very fine for golfers and horsemen.
Not long ago lambs were selling
for $2.50 and $3. The price is about
twice that at present. However, two
years ago John Machem of Boise,
Idaho, was buying lambs at $12.50 a
head and was making big money at
this price. Mr. Machem. who is In
the city on business, bought all the
lambs that one outfit had when he
paid the fancy price, and other buy
ers who were bidding against him
offered $10. The ewes of these par
ticular $12.50 lambs had been bought
for $4.50 a head. Mr. Machem cleaned
up between $4000 and $5000 on hia
deal. That was the year following
the war, however, when prices went
sky-high and the sheep owners ap
peared to have an idea that there
would never be a readjustment in the
market.
Sam Koaer,- secretary of state, re
turned to Salem last night after a
meeting here With the state highway
commission. The subject of the con
ference was how the highway regu
lations shall be enforced. The secre
tary of state has jurisdiction over
part of the motor regulations and the
highway commission over another
phase cf the work, and the two of
fices have come to an amicable un
derstanding.
Ross A. Farr of Astoria, president
of the state board of pharmacy, is at
rhe Benson. Mr. Parr Is here to at
tend the conference to be held today,
which Is intended to place a curb on
the narcotic evil In Oregon. The
conference has been called by Gov
ernor Olcott.
C. S. Murphy, J. O. Farmer and J. G.
Houser are in town from Coos county.
They appeared before the highway
commission yesterday to oppose a
local location of the Coos Bay-Rose-burg
highway near Bridge.
Mrs. I. E. Mulholland arrived from
New York yesterday and registered
at the Multnomah. Hhe has come to
take the position of buyer for a local
concern.
Patrick Welch, well-known rail
road contractor of Spokane, Is among
the arrivals at the Benson.
K. J. Huber of Medtord Is attending
the tailors' convention at the Mult
nomah.
CnpKal of Oklahoma.
OAK (IROVR Or. Jan. 9. (To the
Kd'tor.) To settle the question we
leave it to your paper: One of the
teachers here asserts that the capital
of Oklahoma Is lluthrie. A new stu
dent, who came from that state, con
tends it is Oklahoma City. Both are
positive they are right. If Oklahoma
City, which the writer thinks is right,
when was it moved to Oklahoma City
and by what act of the people?
SUBSCRIBER.
The Oklahoma enabling act made
Guthrie the capital until 1913. but
at an election in 1910 it was voted to
remove it to Oklahoma City. This
gave rise to 'litigation and the su
preme court of the United States
decided that the part of the enabling
act naming rjuthrie as the capital
was unconstitutional. The issue was
thus finally determined in favor of
Oklahoma City In 1913.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghlon-Mlfflln Co.
Caa
1.
You Answer These Question f
Do all birds have air chambers
, in their bones.
What makes butterflies shut
their wings together when they set
tle on anything?
3. How long has the bubonic
plague been known?
Answers in tomorrow's nature notes.
A nan-era to Previous) Quest Ions.
1. How long can bed bugs live
without food?
Adult bugs seem to stand long
fasts without suffering. We cannot
give any exact period of duration.
They have been found alive In houses
that had been untenanted for some
time.
2. Do we have any gray Jays in
southern Iowa?
We have no local Information to
guide us in replying. "Any" ia an
elastic word stray specimens of
various' birds are occasionally seen
outside their normal range. Bailey's
Handbook of Birds of Western United
States gives the range of perlsoreus
obscurus grlseus rldgw, the gray Jay,
as from British Columbia south to
northern California, east of tho Coast
and Cascade ranges.
3. Can you identify the enclosed
tall of a small animal. Our cat con
stantly brings home tails like this,
but nothing else of his kill.
The tall was about four Inches
long, very flat, a soft mousy gray
fur with brownish streaks showing
faintly, and with a very slender
central shaft. It was tho flying
squirrel's tall, soft and fluffy, and H
used to help steer the squJrrel in its
scaling downward plunge from limb
to limb of a tree. Of course this is
not real flight, but a sort of para
chuting. STOCK ISSIK TO FI.VA1VCK FAIR.
Correspondent Proposes IMnn for
State-mlde Co-operation.
PORTLAND, Jan. 10. (To tho Edi
tor.) Regarding the financing of the
"All-Oregon 1925 Exposition" allow
me to suggest a plan which appears
feasible, though there may be legal
questions involved with which I am
not competent to cope.
Let a corporation be formed to
Issue $5,000,000 In participating stock
and $1,000,000 non-participating stock.
Let each county select in such man
ner as it may adopt one representative
to sit on tho board of directors, with
one additional from Portland. Appor
tion to each county such an amount of
stock to be subscribed for voluntarily
as would be raised by the first pro
posed property tax, including Multno
mah, and allow to each county a cer
tain percentage of the amount so
raised for the purpose of making a
county exhibit, this stock to be paid
for by bankable notes runninn over
three years In equal Installments; put
It up to each director to manage a
campaign for the subscription of the
stock so assigned; any profits arising
from tho exposition to be returned
pro rata to the subscribers.
Let Portland alone subscribe for
the $1,000,000 of non-participating
stork. This will allow each county to
show how strongly it is in l'avor of
the fair and will demonstrate Port
land's unselfishness In the matter.
I am aware that a plan as roughly
outlined above would require a spirit
of comity and team work in directo
rial matters. As the various outly
ing counties have almost invariably
expressed a friendliness to the fair
and deny any animosity toward Port
land this will give them a chance to
make good on their claims.
PORTLANDER.
COOS IIAItllOlt plans aim: aiii:i
F.flttnrlnl CotiimenrtlnB; Jetty Projecti
Deemed Helpful at Marxhflrld.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. Jan. . (To the
Editor.) I desire to thank you per
sonally for the splendid editorial in
the New Year Oregonian recommend
ing the jetty projects for the Im
provement of the entrance to the Coos
Bay harbor.
The Improvement of our harbor Is
vital to the development of this en
tire part of Oregon; without this Im
provement in t)ie verv near future nil
tbat has been done by both the fed
eral government and the people
through their port commission will be
entirely lost.
To those of us who have given this
project our constant study and per
sonal attention your sincere and
broad recommendation, carrying us It
does the great Influence of The Ore
gonian, encourages us to continue the
campaign and urge with renewed
vigor the claims of Coos Hay to con
gress for this federal appropriation.
Y'our assistance to Cnos B.-iy comes
at a time when It is needed and
doublv appreciated.
JOHN C. KENDALL.
MARSHKIELD. Or.. Jan. 9. (To the
Editor.) We wish to thank you for
the mighty fine editorial In The
Oregonian January 2. It is Indeed
gratifying to have your ' whole
hearted support, iucl as this editorial
indicates.
MARSH FIELD CHAMBER OK COM
MERCE. C. W. Parker, Secretary.
UMIO BKTOMB WAI.I, KI.OWllllS
It Is
Aorrllvr ilrl Who Gets the
Fellow," Hilya Wrllrr.
PORTLAND, Jan. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) I should like to reply to the
letter of XI. F. tiohre as from one
"Goer" to another.
I think Portland men no worse in
respect to seeking the butterfly than
men of any town, yet it is quite true
that the girl who Is a little timid is
usually left deserted. The girl who
flings herself at the fellows' heads
and permits a certain amount of
familiarity Is the popular girl. One
of the other type rarely holds -a fel
low very long.
For myself, I have seen this thing
worked out by a number of girls who
were of the good, clean type and it
has happened time and time again.
It really makes a girl wish she could
meet a man who only wished to be a
pal and did not expect a return for
every little attention ne gave.
It may be just possible that this
type of young man is not In evidence
at the places suggested, as he pre
fers to sit at home and read and
study. Though many a girl likes to
study, she occasionally, also, desires
a less weighty diet and would like to
dance but finds that those of more
frivolous character get the dances
while she sits out and looks on.-
I'm sure the Portland boy Is a good
mixer but he only mixes with a cer
tain type of girl.
A "GOER."
Vote for I,ealsln(ora.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) I wish you would publish
which of the 12 representatives from
Multnomah county received the larg
est vote at the last election, and what
was the vote? C. t). It.
Lee M.3r, leonard r,4.n4, McKar
lanrl 53.6T2. Lynn CS.fini. Hosford
B3.333, North f,3.:in.-. Korell 5;t.0sC
Hindman 52.5S.1. Wella l"i2.r..1s., Kubll
51,462, Richards 50,004, Gordon 47,!i3a.
More Truth Than. Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
TI1I3 HETIRX OF AN OLD FR1EY1J.
We find but scant reality
In dramas of rascality
Which lack the bold vitality
Of loudly spoken speech.
When crooks, thoir luck forsaking
them
Their friends and fortune shaking
them,
Find fate is overtaking them
We like to hear 'em screech.
When maidens shriek appealingly.
When infants cry out squeallngly.
And villains curse unfeelingly.
We're always moved to tears;
The clarion note of bravery,
Tho sputtering hiss of knavery.
We deem extremely flavory
They're music to our ears.
Tho movio play amuses us,
But always It refuses us
The heart throb that enthuses us
To hoarse, approving hoots.
It may be educational.
It often is sensational,
But it's not Inspirational
To watch a lot of mutes.
Hut now we're going to hear again,
The hiss in full career again.
And we may sit and cheer again
As loudly as tho claque.
The hero's strident spluttering.
The villain's mordant muttering.
Weil hear, with hearts a fluttering
The melodrama's back!
Koom for Kxtenalon.
New Yorkers think that disarma
ment ought to inoludo tho dls-clbow-ing
of the subway guards.
A tiond Mart.
Anyway,
pledge to
Pacific.
(Copyright,
Franco has signed a
keep tho peace in Ihe
1921, by the Bell Syndi
cate, inc.)
The cup Is drained of lbs amber
drink,
The lights at tho board grow dim.
And tea leaves cling to tho thoughts
1 think
As they cling to th-j china rim.
And old Cathay Is a block awnv
With mystery full to tho brim.
The amber drink and its aftermath
Of vislonlng clarity
They carry m far on a sunlit path.
In a garden that's fair to st-c;
And I wntcli unalnt maids where tlio
bamboo shade?
The land of tho tamarind tree.
The tea leaves cling to the t-'na a rare
And aro muto with tho dreams I
dream.
For 1 speed queer ships from a mil
lion slips
To thV lands I have never een;
And a loaf of tea is a craft to me,
A-sail on a shoreless stream.
In Other Days.
Tnenty-flve Years Ago.
Krom The Orcunnlsn of January II, ISflT.
Harper i!i Brothers arc Issuing In
book form a series of connected pa
pers upon the times anil public life
of George Washington by Professor
Woodrow Wilson.
The wonders of mesmerism will be
exhibited Jit Cordray's theater during
the coming week by Professor T. A.
Kennedy.
Blanche Bales will appear at the
Marqtiatn Grand theater this week
in a series of plays produced by tile
I'rawley company.
Dickies and neck bands arc very
sly Hah with the new spring suits,
being decorated with Jet heads, cut-st-el
buckles and braid.
I'ifty Yenra Ago.
Krnm The fireuonliin of Jiinunry II, IS7J.
1'aiis. General Sherman and Lieu
tenant Grant arrived at Marseilles
yesterday from Gibraltar.
The Stark-street ferry bruit got lost
In the fog yesterday morning, ran
down to the O. S3 N. company wharf
I. 'ui,i collided with the Haywsrrl, whlcu
was tied up there.
tin the Ptiion I'acific railroad some
days ago oil locomot i vej and all the
passenuer cars of the company except
two were stuck in the snow drifts.
It Is stated that as much as l.'llla
changed hands in a single evening on
cock fighting in a saloon in this t-ity
IIIIIIK IS TO III
MADK
mo in-:
Wrllrr srrx I'nllney In Internment In
(rrninn Murks.
I'ORTLAXD, Jan. HI (To Hie Edi
tor.) I read with interest in Th.
Oregonian the article headed. ".Mark
Investors Ituy German Goods."
To those who have slud ed this
matter the prospects may appear very
alluring and the article in rpiesiinti
is liable to prompt others quiekl.x to
Invest in German marks.
The value of I .(Mia. null marks in
I'nited States coinage l around $."t")i)
Il will cost Mr. Marvin C. White abnui
$;:;M) to make his round trip, leaving
htm the munificent sum of $l,',0H to
purchase. "German toys. cutlery,
aluminum ware, hosiery, drugs and
other articles'' to flood the 1'iiited
States and otherwise net the investors
with problematical thousands pet
cent on their Investment.
We read in the. dally papers that
Prance and England have bought up
for the next six months ahesd the
total production of Germany of all
the articles named above, so I fear
Mr. White's enthusiasm will likei
be considerably dampened and 1 1 1 i
said dampening will react on Ihe in
vestor! to their financial detriment.
I feil It Is to the benefit of Port
land g-cncrally to retain all the money
possible in our city rather than throw
it away on false hopes such as this
scheme surely promises.
A. W. PETERSON.
MKN' DOVT LIKK TO IIH ItllMIKII.
Only Silly Doya F.njoy 11 nnd It Soon
TIrea Them.
IDRTLAND, Jan. 10. (To tho Edi
tor.) Do the young men of today
want to be rushed, as Mary-Sit-hy-thc-l-'ire
claims'.' I say not. 1 ngren
with T. Readit In whHt he says upon
the subject. But he does not answer
Mary's queries.
Miss Mary says It Is bard to get
acquainted. Shu should find It most
easy considering that she had lived In
Portland before and hail friends here
when she returned. These friends
would surely be willing to introduce
her to young people of her own clas.
Any girl who is not a "freak" thould
have no trouble getting acquainted
under such circumstances as these.
AS for the men wanting: to bn
rushed by the sirls, I claim that they
do not like It and do not want It. A
boy of the foolish age might "fall"
for this sort of thing for a time, but
even he soon tires of it. Hut a good
sound man who amounts to anything
at all will not tolerate It. I speak
from my own und my friends' experi
ence. And I will say for Miss Mary Sll-by-the-KIre
that if she Is all she
claims to lir she need not werry about
companionship. She is hound to eomc
into her own. JACK-IN -THE -U'JX.
Tea Leaves.
II y tirnce K. Hall.