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CHKCK1NG IMMIGRATION.
The widespread feeling through-
out the country, "strong to the point
of sullenness," as Mark Sullivan
puts it in a recent dispatch from
Washington, against a looker immi
gration system is the outgrowth of
belief, first that our melting pot
facilities are likely to be Inadequate
to the demands upon them, and
second, that we are unlikely under
a wide-open system to draw from
the most desirable classes in the
countries whose people are now
clamoring at our doors. The war
disclosed much as to the fallacy of
the old "melting pot" theory, and
betrayed It as but a literary phrase,
and our experience showed that it is
foolish to invite unrestricted tmml
fixation until we are ourselves or
ganized to receive it and make it
American. Something, it is true
has been recently accomplished to
ward the education of aliens In the
spirit of our institutions, but much
also remains to be done. We are
even now behind with the work.' The
dominating idea of restriction is that
the country shall be afforded time
in which to catch up.
The real menace, of course, is the
large influx of undesirables that a
too liberal policy would invite.
These' would be thrust upon us by
two causes the natural lncllna
tlon of that element for various rea
sons to leave the country of its resi
dence, and the desire of foreign gov
ernments to rid themselves of those
whom they believe sooner or later
would become a burden, if they re
mained. The methods of some
steamship companies, which fos
tered the immigration of aliens of
all classes in order to swell their
passenger lists, also attained the
proportions of an international scan
dal a few years ago, and there Is
danger that they would do so again.
From every viewpoint of national
interest and expediency it Is desir
able that a close check be kept upon
the numbers and characters of new
arrivals. The literacy test has'been
only partially successful, it has been
found difficult to judge moral fit
ness when Immigrants are arriving
in hordes, and close students of the
problem are measurably in agree
ment that the safest way is to close
the gates to all but a comparative
few.
The1 menace of an unrestricted
Russian immigration is peculiarly
impressed upon us by the turn of
events in that unhappy country and
by the intrusion of I. W. W.-ism, an
alien Institution, in our own country.
The domestic economio situation
moreover does not Invite a large ac
cretion to the number of our un
employed. There has been much
talk of organizing agencies at all the
principal seaports for the distribu
tion of newcomers, particularly to
avoid their congestion in already
overcrowded cities, but as matter
of fact little has been done, and un
til we are better prepared to receive
them it is well if they do not come.
Those who would crowd in first
would consist largely of the un
trained and unskilled,, who in times
of depression would be first to suffer
and to add to the troubles which we
already face. There is more than a
little merit in the suggestion that for
some time to come immigration be
restricted to the blood relatives of
persons already here. This would
meet the demands of humanity, by
avoiding the separation of families,
and it would give a definite basis on
which to frame a restrictive law.
But even this provision ought to be
safeguarded, particularly against
fraud.
In the beginning our immigration
policy looked to the peopling of our
large areas of uncultivated land. The
first immigrants were largely from
countries whose populations were
principally engaged In farming, and
they were motivated in their coming
by the desire to obtain land and
build home A gradual change for
the worse set in about the decade of
tbe nineties, when we began to re
ceive large numbers who clustered
in "foreign quarters" in cities. lived
in squalor and were deaf to the call
of the land. This element, which in
cluded a large proportion of indi
viduals who were unstable and un
fit to cope with life's crises under
American conditions, and who were
reluctant to enter into the spirit of
our institutions, now serves as a
warning against a too-liberal future
policy.
The present law restricts the num
ber who may be admitted In any one
year to S per cent of tbe number of
any element now residing in the
country, according to the. census of
1910. The law has worked well on
the whole, except for administrative
deficiencies which .are said to have
permitted evasion by fraud. The
proposed new law should repair
these defects, but on no account in
crease the permissible number of
entrants until we have had an op
portunity to get our bearings again.
There is Indeed a considerable de
mand that the number of admis
sions be reduced.
When a group of farmers take
shovels with them to dig their ways
through snowdrifts in order to at
tend a convention at which improve
ment of methods Is the subject
unuer discussion. It Is a sign that
agriculture is in safe hands and is
looking up. It Is not much more
than a generation since "book furni-
Ins" wm generally frowned on, and
there wag a good deal of active op
position as well as inertia to over
com before scientific agriculture
received respectful bearing. Now,
however, gatherings such as the one
at Gresham are commonplace and
the topics discussed cover the widest
possible field. It Is an .indication of
the forward stride that has been
made In this respect, that among the
topics on the programme is "Health
for Rural Schools and the Handling
of Babies." What would some of
our grandfathers have said if it had
been suggested to them that the
rearing of children was a matter of
community concern?
NARCOTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT.
. A wide variation of the sense of
local responsibility for control of the
illicit narcotic situation is shown in
the report of O. G. Forrer, adminis
trate assistant In the narcotic di
vision of the federal service. It is
shown tha"t 1910 arrests were made
and 852 convictions, obtained during
the four months between August 1
and November 30 In a registration
area comprising thirteen districts,
but the real story lies in the con
trasts exhibited. In San Francisco
there were 183 arrests and 168 con
victions; In Baltimore, 220 arrests
and 17 convictions; in Little Rockt
364 arrests and 166 convictions.
Evdently San Francisco is in a
better way to solve the problem
than either Baltimore or Little
Rock.
Forrer also concludes that it is a
mistake to assume that there is an'
association between prohibition and
the growth of the use of narcotics.
He believes that recent new victims
have been affected by the strain
arising from the war and from the
unsettled state of the world. "In
striving to attain normalcy, "he says,
"the weak, following the lines of
least resistance, have resorted to
drugs which restore to a marked ex
tent the desired excitement." His
remedy would be to cut off the
source of supply, which is the policy
advocated by the rerent narcotic
conference at Salem and will be con
sidered by he coming conference of
governors.
One way to cut off the source of
supply although not the only re
quisite is to put the narcotic
peddlers in jail and keep them there.
The number Is not so large as to
preclude hope that the thing can be
done.
TREACHEROUS MEMORY.
It is truly astonishing how per
plexed and uncertain and forgetful
witnesses may become when the de
fendant wears a halo of wealth. One
would think that our psychiatrists
must itch to solve this strange am
nesia. They seem oddly uncon
cerned, quite as though it were the
most logical thing in the world for
Zey Provost, for example, to forget
utterly all that she had previously
testified concerning Roscoe Ar
buckle. It is as though this distress
ing lapse were held to be natural
and commonplace.
The tricklness of such memories Is
vexatious to the law and to justice
Our sympathy for Miss Provost, in
this affliction, is somewhat chilled
by exasperation: To think that her
failing might conceivably contribute
to miscarriage of justice is not
satisfactory thought. Plainly it is
the duty of the court, of tire prose
cuting attorney, to employ all legal
means in an endeavor to read the
riddle. Why did Zey Provost for
get?
Another phase of the Arbuckle
case that has a spurious ring to the
public ear is the reluctance of both
state and defense to summon to the
stand an Important witness, Mj-s.
Belmont. Each shuns the woman
like a plague, yet she was there
when Virginia Rappe cried in her
agony. Why does she not testify?
If not for state or defense, then for
the public the millions of people
who demand that the truth be
known. It may be within the au
thority of the court to compel this,
and if It is, by all means she should
be so constrained.
COXSIDKR THE BTNIRAE.
Accustomed as we of Portland are
to ah the finest drinking water in
all America, to the crystal fluid that
is mountain-born and pure as when
the clouds passed over the peaks, we
find it odd to think that most cities
j are not so fortunately endowed nor
most countries, for the matter of
that. The Zulu stoops to some stag
nant pool where the crocodile slum
bers with an eye open;' the Arabian
quenches his thirst from the tepid
store of a goat-skin bottle; in Eu
rope water is water, wherever one
finds It. Yet these are far away
and dimmed by distance. To realize
our own blessings and the misfor
tunate lot of others, we should know
that the water system of New York
is rife with synurae. It is, friends,
fully as bad as it sounds.
A true child of the synurae is
merely that humblest of creatures,
physically regarded, a one-celled
mlscroscoplc organism. He likes to
linger in eastern reservoirs and re
volve long, long thoughts. There
are incalculable numbers of him. To
him the great tank Is a world apart
and his own oyster. Exuding a char
acteristic oil, for he ts a well nur
tured little chap, he imparts to the
water a strong and repugnant cu
cumber flavor, the aura of the
synurae. To understand precisely
how disagreeable this proves to the
thirsty resident of Gotham, one
should scan the story in a New York
newspaper, striving to identify the
taste:
"It imparts an oil," wrote the re
porter, "which Is not injurious but
unpalatable. The oil bears a re
semblance to cod-liver oil, and has
been compared to the flavor of cu
cumbers. It may even have tonic
properties, although forming an un
attractive element in drinking
water. By boiling the water for ten
minutes in an open vessel, and al
lowing it to cool, the taste and odor
are eliminated."
As the scientific center of the na
tion, as the most resourceful of
American cities, New York declared
contemptuous war upon the pre
sumptuous bug. Chemicals harmless
to mankind, but fatal to any synura.
were cast into the reservoirs and
victory was predicted. Yet the calm
and contemplative organisms roused
to the defense with an unanticipated
vigor and joyousness. Where New
York's water had tasted, at worst,
like one cucumber it now savored of
two. The rich full flavor of cod
liver oil, against which all palates
rebel, was decidedly intensified.
Every tiny warrior of the lot Was
fighting for life and the best tradi- ,
tions of his ancient clan. New Tork
retired in defeat. .
"Fall back!" ordered the chief
engineer of water supply.. "Cease
firing! A pint bottle of this stuff
would make the Atlantic ocean taste
like a cucumber salad. Live and let
live, 9ay I. In time they may evacu
ate." Thus it rests. The synurae sre In
possession of the stricken field, or
more properly speaking, the af
flicted reservoirs. Time alone will
tell. When next at the corner foun
tain you bend to drink deeply of
Portland's clear and cold and spar
kling water supply, take a swallow
or so. for those in far lands, for the
Zulu, the Arabian, and for the New
Yorker.
ROBIN RETURNS.
The meadowlarks never retreated.
Not they. Somewhere near at hand
they weathered the silver thaw, and
chnckled at the frosty mornings, and
appeared again to harvest weed seed
In the vacant lots. But the robins
were gone for a time, doubtless in
some vain quest for strawberries.
That they are with us now Is proof
that their flight was not inspired by
any dread of the mild Oregon win
ter. The first flocks have entered
the city, restless and silent, and im
patient for the spring. If redbreast
is an omen o( the reawakening let
every gardener look to his seed
catalog. The time Is nigh.
What does a robin think about,
talk about, anyhow, when he revisits
the old nesting places, the scenes of
his youth, the familiar fields? Here
it was that old Mr. Smith spaded
worms for me, and laughed in his
beard to see me follow the shovel.
I haven't had a worm for a month.
They grow fine worms hereabout,
The people In this house keep a yel
low cat, yellow coat, yellow tall
yellow eyes. Yah! He used to sit.
under our pear tree, when I was just
a fledgeling, and the mater gave him
many a sound drubbing, down like a
flash, screaming, and up again. Here
is straw, sweetheart. Keep it in
mind. And yonder, do my eyes de
ceive me? yonder is a sleeping
strawberry bed. Sun, whatever is the
matter with you? Come out! Come
out!
A WORD TO THE WISE.
One cannot but feel that the
undergraduates of Dartmouth col
lege, a venerable and traditionally
American Institution, are so many
young Daniels come to judgment.
Regard this declaration of prefer
ence, recently pronounced by them:
We want our girls to look pretty
and warm, not cold and expensive."
They speak for the commonsense of
the nation.
The Dartmouth fellows were giving
a winter carnival, to which eaon
undergraduate invited the young
woman of his fancy, his dreams, let
us grant. ' The invitations were
unique in that these bold youths
had the temerity to demand that
the girls provide themselves with
woolen mittens and stockings, with
high overshoes or boots, and warm
tam-o-shanters. Speaking of tarns,
what in this various world could
possibly be more attractive than a
bright face beneath, one?
"We saw you at the last carnival,"
ran the invitational postscript,
"standing in the snow in pumps, silk
stockings and a fur coat. We were
sorry you did not look as happy as
you tried to. So remember that
there will be snow, that you will
have to stand'in it, and that it will
be cold. We wish you to look pretty
and warm, not expensive and cold."
O, wise and bold young men!
Wise enough to know that rouge Is
never the rival of health, that -a
fur-choker above the liberal display
of mustard-plaster area will not fend
off pneumonia, that there is charm
in knitted stockings of wool, and
that a knitted glove or mitten keeps
soft hands warm, as they should be.
Bold, it is, to speak for these in. a
day when .many girls fatuously be
lieve that the absurdities of foreign
fashion are required, if they would
win male admiration and feminine
envy. Both wise and bold enough
to demand at least a partial return
to the Victorian, a compromise be
tween severe conventionality and
preposterous vanity. . Girls every
where ought really to take the- hint
The portent of this Dartmouth
declaration is that the boys are
bored, not captivated.
THE GOLDEN AGE.
John Burroughs, rest him, was
quite as much sentimentalist as
naturalist. Those who love the
woodsy savor of his books, and his
tolerant appraisal of men, would not
have had him otherwise. His sym
pathy for all things, his belief In
the virtues of the soil, and of those
who live near to it, were his creed.
In the light of this character it is
not ' difficult, even if one cannot
agree, to understand his estihfate of
contrasts between the present and
the good old days, as expressed in
his autobiography, now appearing
in Harper's. Writing of the Catskill
country and its inhabitants, he said:
The third generation of farmers in
my native town are much like the
third steeping of tea."
It is axiomatic everywhere, in the
Catskills or the Cascades, that tbe
first settlers were men of might and
endurance, more hardy and resource
ful, more willing to cope with nature
for a living, than tho.se who suc
ceeded to the fruits of their toll.
Burroughs readily conceded that the
farmers of his birthplace, in this
day, are more comfortably housed
and supplied, that their horses and
cattle are superior, and that their
implements lighten Immeasurably
the burden of labor. Yet he insisted
that they "are distinctly of an in
ferior type," and mourned the men
who are gone.
It Is ever the habit of age, be the
Observer learned or untaught, to
gaze backward over the track of
years and perceive the past as a
lost, delectable land. AH geese were
swans, then: each lass was in truth
most queenly: the grass was green
as a royal emerald; and the race of
man stood six-feet-two in lis stock
ing feet. It may be surmised that
the gentle old naturalist, conning
over the leaves of recollection, feH
into this pleasant and natural error.
aa sages have done before him In
each generation since we left the
caves. This because the -past is
brightened and idealized by the
glamor of a remembered youth.
The time of year was spring.
If It be true, as he asserted, that
within two or three generations the
rural dwellers of New York have
lost the faculty of being "large,
picturesque and original," the nation
may well feel grave concern. To. be
picturesque la not essential, but to
be of capable stature and fertile
originality is a requirement of the
formula for Americans. Much of
the strange distinctiveness of our
' forefathers was not in the least
distinctive in it day. and now is
only so by the contrast of the
present. Moreover, that of the past
was not of choice but enforced.
Men wore coonskin caps and mocca
sins for lack of woolen caps and
stout shoes, not by preference. Attire
any brawny farmer of today in the
same garb and he will seem like a
visitant from the past. So far as
the fiber of him is concerned there
will be but little difference.
The fact Is, setting aside the
natural partisanship of an older
generation for its own earlier ways,
and setting also aside that of the
younger for the spice of an older
romance, that she same qualities
which made for staunchness and
resource in the pioneer of yesterday
are alive in the farmer and ranch
man of today. If any contrast must
be Insisted upon, one may as well
advance the entirely logical and
evident assumption that the modern
farmer is thrice as enterprising and
efficient as his grandslre. The times,
with their rich mental and material
gifts have made him so. Yet John
Burroughs would not have been
John Burroughs, nor would we have
cared quite so much for him, had
he agreed to this.
THE KNACK OF IT.
Le Baron Cooke, of Fenway
studios, in dear old Boston, has
thoughtfully sent us a copy of his
poem, of free verse model, "The
Masquerader," which recently ap
peared in the magazine. Contempor
ary Verse. Le Baron, across the
continent, we thank vou. The nrivl
j lege you so generously extend, that
of reprinting your lines, is gratefully
accepted. Here goes:
Under the glare of the sun
Th city Is blonde and nnromantlo
As a house-frau at market;
But at night, when she masquerades,
She Is a dark coquette
Out (or a lark.
That is all.
Without seeking to be captious,
but merely to discuss the poem, as
doubtless the chosen do in Fenway
studios, may we not suggest that the
city is out for. a squab. The squab
Is fi nocturnal bird, whereas the lark
sings .to the setting sun and very
sensibly retires to roost. However,
Le Baron's lines certainly thrill us
witrl the naughtiness of the city.
A frenzy of emulation is bound 'to
fire those who read "The Masquer
ader." How could it be otherwise?
The spirit of poetry is not dead nor
dormant, and this sort of thing hath
an easy look. Once one gets the
knack, its possibilities are simply
prodigious. Take note of this:
Seen la ths garish day ' ,
The noodle Is pale snd quits languid,
A's a coquette at morning;
But at night, when aqulred by the oolong,
She Is the love of Aladdin
And then some.
We call that poem that' first
careful foray into the fields of free
verse we call it "Shanghaied." It
was written in' five minutes by the
office clock, and carries a meaning
ful message to all who have or have
not eaten of noodles at midnight
while the automatic piano thumped
and thundered. Moreover, we have
read it at least three times since the
typewriter stuttered away at that
last matchless line, and with each
reading have found our liking in
tensified. Doubtless until we rent
a studio wherein to continue,' to
develop, this unsuspected bent of
ours, we shall not find a market.
But we send the poem, with greet
ings, to a fellow poet and craftsman.
He will understand.
Izetta Jewel Brown, well known
here before she married the West
Virginia congressman, is reported to
be contemplating running1 for con
gress to succeed her late husband.
Since women are eligible, why not?
She can bring to the house grace,
charm, vivacity and a whole lot of
common sense.
It's thoughtful of the navy depart,
ment to announce that tbe Pacific
fleet will hold its annual spring ma
tareet practice off the I
r I f. Vo
ifornia coast, March 19
neuvers and
southern Call
to May 6. Los Angeles can now ar
range her next earthquake dates to
coincide.
Early risers and late retirers dur
ing a spell of freezing weather may
see a trolley company man thawing
the switches with a gasoline torch.
Something like that, amplified, may
be needed to release the highway.
A man In Belngham, alleging
alienation, is suingtthe alienator for
$150,000, just half of his supposed
wealth. Sometimes D u n's and
Bradstreet's- are used to determine
the enormity of an offense.
Women in New York demand a
golf course of their own, and every
man who has tried to play behind a
taking-thelr-time flock of them at
Eastmoreland will pray that the
movement spreads.
Pheasants in the outskirts are
tame, but not tame enough to knock'
at the back door and aak for a hand
out. It's a good time to scatter the
seeds of kindness. Q
About the time Representative
McArthur works up to the chair
manship of the house committee on
naval affairs, there will not be any
navy left.
In this day of big things that
Rochester schoolhouse to have 211
rooms will be the biggest, and the
janitor will be greater than the prin
cipal. Now that the ' bootleggers have
taken to transporting their liquor by
submarine, it seems to be up to the
government to provide a chaser.
Polncare seams determined to ex
act the pound of flesh if it kills
France and disrupts the peace of the
world again to do It.
San Francisco, birthplace of Cali
fornia camouflage, never had the
nerve to ascribe earthquake effects
to gun firing.
It is sad to have the forests cut
down, but better than to let them
burn down.
Present-day temperatures are
moderate. Remember January,
1888?
"Winds mostly southerly." Good
bye, old winter! '
On with the dance or off with it
which ?
MORE ABOUT NEW TEAR NUMBER'
Northwest Newspaper Comment a a
Abb Hal Issued by The Oreaonlan.
Lakevlerw Examiner.
Those of us who only occasionally
visit Portland do not realize the
great strides made by Oregon's me
tropolis until it Is vividly called to our
attention by The Oregonian's New
Year edition. What impressed the
writer forcibly is the fact that for the
past 12 months the net tonnage of
ocean-going vessels visiting that port
was 2.390.732 tons as compared, with
1.304.108 tons for the preceding year.
Blar Factor la Proarresa.
Marshfield Times.
The OregTmian, a great newspaper
every day in the year. In Its annual
New Year's edition surpasses its reg
ular excellence. This year it even
surpassed the high standard set by
a paper that was not only a creit to
I ..... 1 i i .. . A ..!
Its publishers, but to the city or
Fortland and the entire state of Ore
gon. There has been no greater sin
gle factor In the development of the
state than this great daily newspaper,
cf which every citizen of the state
should be proud.
Blaaer and Better.
Weston Leader.
One of the best newspapers In the
nation always. The Oregonian is of
course better when it is bigger. The
annual New Year's number contains
seven sections with a total of 72
pages. Any Oregonian who reads it
wil! know a lot more about this proud
commonwealth than when he started
in although he'd better take a day
for the -Job.
Mishty Influence Wielded.
Seattle, Argus.
On Monday The Oresonian pub
lished its annual edition, and it is one
of the most complete and interesting
special editions f a daily paper
which has come to the offfce of the
Argus this year. It consists of seven
sections, profusely illustrated, both
showing and telling of the growth of
the Rose City. The Oregonian today
wields a mighty influence throughout
the northwest. And it is an influence
which is almost invariably extended
in the right direction.
- Plaint from Back Country.
Hermlston Herald.
A most excellent newspaper was
The Oregonian of Monday, January 2.
It was the annual New Year's edition
and it maintained the high standard
set In other years. If there was any
thing lacking it was that the so
called "back country," which needs
the advertls'ng most got least as
usual.
THAT LOVELY ARCTIC WEATHER
Some Folks Pine for Montana Winters,
Yet Strangely Cling to Ore iron.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) When the Rose City Park car
inbound the other day reached
Twenty-second street a gray-bearded
man, apparently well along in the 60s,
entered and took his seat by another
of near his age. The thermometer
had registered 16 degrees, and the air
beirg quite nippy, the two passengers
began discussing the weather. One of
them said that he had lived for ten
years in Montana at one time and had
seen it 30 degree's below zero and
didn't mind it at all, but that with 20
above here he "nearly froze to death."
This brought out the statement from
the other that he also had lived ten
years in Montana, had. in fact, lived
one winter in a tent with the ther
mometer 30 degrees below for three
weeks and had ridden across a prairie
once with the mercury 40 below.
I listened to this relation of experi
ences which plainly implied that by
comparison they greatly preferred 40
below weather in Montana to 20 above
here, the fair Inference being that
they really enjoyed the Montana
weather by comparison. After they
had walloped the Oregon climate to
their heart's content I asked one of
them if his home is in Montana and he
said, "Oh, no, I have been here now
about 14 years." The other had been
here five years. I expressed my sur
prise that they did not return to Mon
tana with its blissful winter climate
the trains are running regularly
when they assured me that, in fact,
they much prefer the climate here
"take it all around."
We frequently hear conversations
like the above. Men often recall con
ditions "back home" that were far su
perior to those prevailing here, but
inquiry will disclose the fact that they
made the change 20 years ago and
thBt a donkey engine equipped with
a steel cable couldn't budge them
m the,r ent haDltat i( ,t meant
from their prese
a relocation in- the country they are
so extravagantly praising. Funny
weakness, isn't it? Reminds one of
the chronic fault finder who said that
the trouble with the climate in Ore
gon is that there is "so much human
ity in the air."
Even now the crows are looking
about for a camping place, the mead
owlarks are practicing their latest
Galli-Curci .thrills, Mr. China rooster
Is anoopinig through the bruh in
search of a homestead and both Mr.
and Mrs. Robin are investigating the
prospective fruit buds on the Royal
Anne. iney ara uul 111 iitr ictui
troubled by those Montana snow
drifta T. T. GEER.
Dr. Boyd's Patriotic Service Recalled.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (To the Edi
tor) In the passing of Dr. Boyd we
are reminded of his great work in
crystallizing public opinion on the is
sues involved in the great war. At a
time when many were in doubt as to
what their attitude should be, Dr.
Boyd saw clearly that the struggle
was one in which moral issues were
the vital ones. It was then that he
delivered that address which cleared
the minds and made patriots of thous
ands who heard and read it. Masterly
was his analysis of the issues. His
demonstration of tbe evil results of
"kultur," his marshalling of the many
Prussian excesses that brought on the
war, were convincing, ay common
consent it was the most effective
speech delivered in Portland in recent
years.
Dr. Boyd, as no other .. man the
writer has known, made Christianity
seem the natural life outside the pul
pit as well as in it. And yet. among
men he did not try to be something
else than what he was in the church
the minister of God. He was always
the same, a naturals high-minded,
Christ-like man. The example of his
life will long remain an inspiration
toward better things in personal liv
ing and public life as well.
FRANK L. SHTJLL.
Books Beaver.
ELAM. Or. Jan. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) Please advise me where I may
obtain a book treating of the nature
of tbe beaver, the different species
of beaver and their respective quali
ties of fur?
Also ln what parts of Oregon are
the beaver most numerous?
A. READER.
Probably you can obtain the loan
of a book containing information on
the subject by sending a request to
tbe state librarian. Salem, Or.
Restriction la Provisional.
Judge.
Dyer Are you in favor of restrict
ing immigration?
Ryer Well. I see no objection to
allowing those who knock at our
doors to enter, provided they agree
to stop knocking after they get inside.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales at Folks at the Hotels.
He looks, off-hand, like the photo
graphs of John D. Rockefeller, and
his familiars call him "A. B," be
cause these are his initials. Other
wise he is A. B. Anderson of Weiser,
Idaho, about 79 years of age. a bank
er, miner, sheepman, cattleman and
one of the surviving frontiersmen.
Mr. Anderson is registered at the im
perial and is in Portland for the first
time in two years. In his younger
days he was one of that vast army
of prospectors who swarmed ovr the
Pacific coast, hoping ever for the
best. For a time he mined in Cali
fornia, later coming to Oregon and
mining on the John Day river. He
blew the first whistle at Canyon City,
then a booming mining camp town.
' Canyon City was a good camp be-
cause there was an abundance or
water, and in one whole winter Mr.
Anderson says that he lost only
seven days on account of weather
conditions. From Canyon City he
went into the Boise basin and mined
there. Kventually he drifted into the
stock and 6heep business, and finally
wound up with his principal occupa
tion that of a banker. Although he
has disposed of most of his holdings,
he is still Interested in banking.
"In the four years I have been at
Coos Bay I have never seen that
country so prosperous, and every man
who warns to work can find work to
do. There Is no problem of unem
ployment there," says J. C. Davies of
Coos Bay, at the Benson. "What we
want now Is an honest-to-goodness
harbor. We have 22 feet, which Is
enough foig schooners and light
steamers, but we need deeper water,
for the bay Is developing a !g ex
port business in lumber. An oriental
line is to be established. One of our
Important export items now is Port
Orford cedar. We ape shipping this
In quantities to Japan, which has be
come our greatest market for this
kind of wood. The Japanese are tak
ing the cler logs and working them
up when they receive them. We are
working the tops and the seconds.
Some people consider the Japanese
difficult to do business with, but once
the Japanese have confidence in you
they will be found all right."
The largest steamer that ever en
tered the harbor of Cooe Bay is due
to arrive there today or tomorrow, and
if the ship can get in there will be
great rejoicing among the natives. G.
F. Poggi, registered at the Multno
mah, received a telegram stating that
the vessel is being sent by the com
pany he represents, the Atlantic Gulf
& Pacific Steamship company. The
programme is for the steamer to take
on a cargo of lumber and other things
at Marshfield, principally lumber,
and then take the freight to New
York city direct, through the Panama
canal, without making any stops.
This will be the first time, it Is said,
that a cargo has gone out of .the bay
to Manhattan direct. There has been
some concern displayed whether the
steamer can get into the harbor, but
if everything is VJake" this steamer
will probably be the forerunner of
ethers.
Bert Bates, formerly of The Oregon
ian staff, and now city. editor, news
editor, cartoonifit, colyumlst, and star
reporter of the Roseburg Review, was
in Portland yesterday inspecting one
of the various irons he has in the fire.
"Had to run down and talk over the
situation," he grinned. Recently Bert
resigned as cartoonist for the "sap
and salt" series appearing in an after
noon paper, but-insists that this step
does not signify his retirement from
the world of art. "I have had a ten
tative offer from one of the large
syndicates," Ae said, "for the regular
contribution of rural phllospohy
feature. Illustrated with a bucolic
sketch. That, however, is on the
knees of the gods. As concrete evi
dence that my star is in the ascend
ancy, how about this acceptance by
Judge of one of my sketches?- I've
got a drayload of rejection slips, but
I put that one across."
It's an ill cold wave that blows no
good. L. H. Cox of Boise, who is at
the Multnomah with Mrs, Cox, on the
way of Aberdeen, Wash., finds com
fort in the frigid temperature pre
vailing In the state of Idaho. When
he left Boise the weather was 12
degrees below zero and there was
snow enough to satisfy anyone. "But, '
explains Mr. Cox cheerfully, "the
result of the cold spell has been to
create a demand for hay from the
stockmen, and this has, in turn.
caused the price to go up, much to
the satisfaction of the hay-owners,
who were wondering what they would
do with their surplus." Mr. Cox also
reports that the federal government
has lent a million dollars to the farm
ers in Idaho, and this amount of
money has affected conditions.
Being from Pendleton, where he
has two or three wheat ranches and
is not worried much about a meal
ticket, Elmer Snyder naturally raises
his voice in protest against a road
from Umatilla to Wallula. the much
discussed cut-off. He contends that
there isn't a house in the section to
be traversed and the only house that
there will ever be. If the road is
built, will be a gasoline service sta
tion. "Why, Inquires Mr. Snyder,
"why have tourists travel through
sand and rock when if they will enter
Oregon by way of Walla Walla and
Pendleton they will see the finest
land that can be found out of doors
in this state?"
Up at Vancouver, B. C, where Mr.
and Mrs. George Madden register
from at the Benson, the natives are
still somewhat confused in the matter
of traffic regulations. Until recently
it was wrong to go right and right to
go left, but now the American sys
tem has been installed, so that traf
fic flows to the right. Some of the
old-time motor drivers have to keep
thinking mighty fast not to go to
the left and run head-on into the
traffic current.
A. L. Colohan of Klamath Falls
got out about one jump ahead of the
winter storm which hit that section
the other day, and the thermometer
has been dropping ever since. Mr.
Colohan is an arrival at the Perkina
W. S. Brown, chief of the division
of horticulture at Oregon Agricul
tural college, is at the Multnomah.
Also at this hotel Is Bertha S. Davis,
of the home economics department of
the school at Corvallis.
Merl Archibald is" at the Perkins
from Bridal Veil. Mr. Archibald is
In the lumber businesa The evi
dences of the snow and sleet storm
of last November are still on exhibi
tion in that vicinity.
George A. White Is registered at
the Hotel Portland from Salem. He
Is here in connection with business
for the former service men.
G. Lansing Hurd, manager of the
Gazette-Times at Corvallis, Is among
the arrivals at the Multnomah.
J. O. Wilson, county judge of Ben
ton county, is at the Multnomah ac
companied by Mrs. Wilson.
J. ' Lv Smith, banker at St. Paul,
Or la registered at the Imperial.
C. A. Walton, mayor of Long Creek,
Or., is at the Imperial.
A Direct Reflection on Her.
Judge.
"I never lie to my wife."
"Then why to me?"
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyrlsht. Hoaghton-Mlffllu Co.
Can Yosl Answer Tkeac Qncatlonaf
1. Does any creature besides a bird
have a gizzard?
. 2. In what part of America Is the
wolverine found?
S. " What Is tho yellow butterfly,
wing-spread about 2 inches, seen
constantly flying across Mississippi
from August 1?
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Is it true that hen's eggs with
brown shells are richer than wnltet
No, but in some sections there is a
prejudice for one color rather than
the other. The New York market, for
Instance, considers white shells a
fancy grade and charges higher for
them; but in New England the brown
shells are favored at market. There
Is no difference either in the amount
of nutriment or flavor.
v
2. Does a giraffe have a lot of
vertebrae to make Its neck so long?
No, curiously, this animal has but
seven bones in its neck; but the sepa
rate bones are elongated, giving the
giraffe its tremendous reach to get at
the tree tips on which it feeds largely,
s , s
3. Please describe the life of the
hornet. Its nest building, as we have a
small one in our seckel pear tree.
The nest or paper comb is built from
paste made by gathering w'ood fibers,
chewing them up with saliva and
spreading this to dry. As new hor
nets hatch out the home is constantly
added to to accommodate the grow
ing colony. At the approach of win
ter workers and males die; the queen
already fertilized hibernates, and
In spring comes out and begins the
nucleus of a new nest In which to
lay a few eggs. As soon as these
eggs are reared Into hornets, the
workers building, egg tending, etc.,
leaving the queen free to lay eggs.
Unless these hornets are really sting
ing, your fruit to get, Juice, leave them
alone. They kill flies and are bene
ficial. Cold Weather In Portland.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 15. (To
the Editor.) Please tell me how cold
it .was in Portland !n the winter of
1915-16, and also if it has been any
colder since that time, and if so, how
cold. Also please tell me what the
coldest weather was that ever bit
Portland, and when. '
FORMER RESIDENT.
The lowest official temperature at
Portland in the winter of 1915-18 wa
13 degrees above zero, recorded Jan
uary 12, 1916.
The lowest temperature since that
time was 3 degrees above zero, De
cember 13, 1919. '
The lowest temperature ever of
ficially recorded here was 2 degrees
below zero, January 15, 1888.
Early settlers tell of extremely cold
weather in the '60s, when heavily
loaded wagons crossed the Willam
ette river on the ice, but this was be
fore the establishment of the United
states weather bureau in this city,
and no official record of temperatures
H as kept.
Change of Xame.
SEASIDE. Or., Jan. 19. (To the Ed
itor.) Kindly advise me if there is
any st2te in the union where a per
son can legally change his name with
out court procedure.
ELIZABETH NELSON.
There is no legal inhibition against
changing your name offhand In Ore
gon. Court procedure la advisable,
however, If you own property, as
without a legal record of change of
name the passing of title might be
difficult
Preparation of Manuarrlpt.
HERMISTO.V, Or.. Jan. 19. (To the
Editor.) Is It necessary for stories
submitted to magazines to be type
written? Are they acceptable if writ
ten in longhand? CURIOUS.
It should be typewritten. Some
magazines will not consider manu
script otherwise.
More Than Can Be Expected.
Judge.
The precocious child had been read
ing tbe reports of the world confer
ence at Washington, D. C
"Father," he asked, "what is a
shantung?"
"I give it up, my son," replied the
bewildered parent. "I can't keep track
of all these newfangled soft drinks."
Love Hysteria Latest Disease
to Be Discovered
If you were a married man, how would you like an infatuated
girl to chase you around the world ? How would you like her to
appear in all sorts of unconventional places? How would you
like her to declare her love for you in the land of the cherry
blossom, to stow away in a ship solely because she wanted to
follow you, to show up on a Hawaiian landscape in a typical
Hawaiian costume dance, to chase you across the border in an
aeroplane and finally to show up on your own doorstep when you
arrived at home? All this happened to William Zinser of Phila
delphia. The story will be related in the magazine section of
The Sunday Oregonian tomorrow.
How Scriptural Prophecy Was Fulfilled Cast your bread
upon the waters and it will return to you after many days is the
substance of a Scriptural prophecy. How this prophecy has been
borne out in the success of a stage production in New York city
will be related in The Sunday Oregonian. W. V. Faunce, Pitts
burg capitalist, befriended Jeanette Methoven, a pretty little
South sea vamp, and invested $50,000 in a show because he wanted
her to succeed. And contrary to all precedent the show was
such a success that it yielded a profit of $125,000.
The Fulfiller If you could have whatever you most wish for
what would you ask? In the case of some it might be fortune
and for others it might be fame. The interesting story of how
two people answered this question will be related in The Sunday
Oregonian.' The story is one of the most clever that has been
printed for some time. ,
Hard Times for Titles If you were a countess how would you
like to run a laundry? That is what the wife of the Earl of
Clonmell does. .Then there is a duke who is making his home in
a garage and others of the nobility are frankly "in trade." Some
interesting incidents tf how members of the nobility are meeting
the hard times they are called upon to face will be told in The
Sunclay Oregonian.
How Does This Girl See and Hear? "I see with my nose and
hear with my fingers," Willetta Huggins says, but doctors ex-i
plain that her prodigious power comes from the otic ganglion in
her brain. She is both blind and deaf. An article on this inter-
esting scientific study is contained in the magazine section of
The Sunday Oregonian.
What Oregon Newspapers Stand For A code of ethics founded
on truth, justice and public service was adopted at the recent
conference of Oregon editors held at Eugene. 'The full text of
this code which was written by Colin Dyment, dean 6t the college
of literature, science and the arts of tho University of Oregon, is
contained in The Sunday 'Oregonian.
All the News of All the World The Sunday Oregonian
Just 5 Cents
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Slontagse.
THK BIO CHANCE.
Seward and Stanton and Blaine.
Bayard and Root and John Hay,
Foster and Franklin K. lne,
Harmon and Hennery Clay,
All of them served with distinction
and grace
The people composing the nation.
But none of 'em ever was offered a
place
As the boss of a film corporation.
Washington did fairly well
In war, and thereafter in peace,
But he never was chosen to tell
How good was the latest "re
loae." His record, historians hold, was
sublime..
But the thing we are seeking to
prove is
That he lacked the good luck to be
born in a time
When he hadn't a chance with the
. movies.
Hereafter, a person who seeks
A brilliant financ-l-sl goal.
Need serve but a half dozen weeks
In a senato or cabinet role.
No up-to-date statesmen expect to
remain
At the cabinet tahle as fixtures.
There are always far greater rewards
they may gain
By going to work for the pictures.
Thus doubly delightful Is fame;'
It brings tho great man a career
As the head of the cinema game
At -a thumping big stipend a year.
No lonner the chance to serve ably
the state
Is the publicist's goal of ambition:
He knows that ere. long he can grow
truly great
In some glorious flllum position.
rave II I m Due Credit.
After ell. It should be remembered
that Mr. Bryan taught the world that
cabinet ' officers were open to good
outside Jobs.
Otherwise Employed.
While statesmen are busy making
peace It Is a cinch that they won't
have time to make war.
. a
In the Interests of Efficiency.
The next indemnity arrangements
ought to be conducted on the pay-as-vou-enter
principle.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Yenrs Ago.
Prom The Oresonian of January 21, 1P.0T.
Salem It is feared the senate will
be forced to adjourn on account of the
failure of the house to organize.
Washington The senate today pro
ceeded with the consideration of the
Nicaragua canal bill, Turple continu
ing his speech in opposition.
The effort to have the Crater lake
region made a national park has
taken on new life, due to the activi
ties of the Mazamaa.
The net cost of the police depart
ment to taxpayers during 1R6 was
$66,332.09. During the year 2972 ar
rests were made and 34778.50 was col
lected in fines.
Servant Job Ko Snap.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Billie Baxter apparently never
bad to work in these so-called easy
snaps for women In homes as I
have had to do where the woman
sees to it that you ara up at 5
o'clock every morning and not
through until I or I o'clock at night,
while she stands around puzzling her
diar head what she can Ami for you
to do to keep you busy at 35 per week
and then finding fault because you
did not clean or iron enough.
The ad looked very flowery, but I
would like to lead Klllle through ths
turns I have had and I'M bet he would
be looking for any old Job even clean
ing windows In an office for a man
if he happened to be a woman. Men
when you are working for them never
treat women as womn treat a wom
an, but of course as a rule that Is
the way man treats a woman after he
has married her. It Is different then.
She is his to hot foot for him.
I suppose there are exceptions but
that has been my experience through
life and I'll pretty near do anything
before I will work in a woman's
kitchen. I at one time was consid
ered a good housekeeper and cook,
got recommie-ndaitiona to that effect.
But my dear man oomplalns o much
now that I have com to the con
clusion I can't cook at all. No house
work for me. Let Billie do it if he
thinks it Is so swell.
MARY KELT, FY.