Morning Oregonian., January 25, 1922, Page 8, Image 8

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HOW NOT TO SELL THE SHIPS.
The Pacific coast shipping confer
nee at San Francisco demonstrated
how not to bring about transfer of
shipping board vessels to private
owners for operation under the
American flag, also how not to bring
all Pacific! ports into agreement on
a plan for that transfer. An Amerl
can merchant marine cannot be
maintained without material help
from the government, which should
continue until it can be operated
'In competition with ships of other
natlonsr That help will not be given
by congress without the approval
of a decided majority of the Ameri
can people. They will not approve
unless a direct benefit accrues to
them. Yet It is proposed to hand
over all Paclflo coast ships to a
combine which would seek to ab
sorb these benefits for itself and to
stifle competition among ports. The
people are opposed to combines of
any kind and they would particu
larly condemn one such as this.
Then how in the name of common
sense could it get the government
aid call It subsidy, remuneration or
anything you please without which
even the great proposed combine,
even competing companies, could
not live?
Any scheme for sale of the emer
gency fleet to private American op
erators could enlist public approval
only as the result of wide publicity
and free discussion. The genesis of
the Ban Francisco scheme was se
cret and secrecy marked the pro
ceedings at San Francisco by which
an' attempt was made to extort the
approval of all Pacific ports. It was
conceived in private conferences be
tween shipping board officials on
the side oT the government and cer
tain other gentlemen purporting to
represent all Paclflo ports. But
they do. not. They represent com
panies and ports which feel keenly
the competition of Portland and Los
Angeles, but representatives of the
latter ports were not consulted. The
scheme framed in very general terms
by these men with the shipping
board had in view their Interests
especially, but was offered as com
ing from the shipping board. The
board called the conference and in
vited to it three ports oa San Fran
Cisco bay, having a common interest
as though they were one, two on
Puget sound which now pull to
gether, one on the Columbia river
and one In southern California. It
thus placed in a decided minority
the large ports which had no part in
initiating the scheme and which are
becoming strong competitors of the
ports to which the sponsors of the
scheme have tied their fortunes, while
the claims of Astoria, Coos Bay and
San Dlege, which also have a part in
trans-Pacific shipping, were Ig
nored. The methods by which It was at
tempted to put over the scheme were
of a kind with its origin. A branch
of the government, seeking to dis
pose of public property which had
cost billions, calls upon such public
bodies as chambers of coarmerce to
consider its proposals,: but permits
the conference to be engineered by
representatives of a few companies,
one of them foreign and highly com.
. petltlve. The first step is to exclude
newspaper men, even as delegates,
from a gathering that Is to consider
sale of the people's property and a
new departure In national policy.
It was known at the conference that
the shipping combine for the' Pa
cific coast was to be the first of a
group. The International Mercantile
Marine company, of whose tonnage
six-sevenths is British, controlled
under the British flag, was to rule
the north Atlantic coast and other
combines were to be formed for the
south Atlantic and gulf coasts. Four
great trusts, which probably could
not stand fire under the Sherman
law, were to be launched at the sug
gestion ot the shipping board, but
the publio was to know nothing
through the newspapers except what
the engineers chose to reveal.
The rest of the proceedings had a
family resemblance to this star
chamber method. The grand scheme
was briefly and vaguely outlined by
one of its parents and. after at most
twenty minutes, discussion was
choked off and It was 'submitted to
a committee. In this committee per
tinent questions were treated as im
pertinent and each port was offered
the choice between voting for com
mittees to go ahead with the scheme
and being left out in the cold by
the shipping board with the prospect
of being ground between the mill
stones of the combine. Portland,
rejecting either alternative, refused
to vote.
To offer such a scheme in such a
manner reflects on the intelligence
and independence of the Portland
business men who attended the con
ference. They have ideas about the
best manner of converting the vast
fleet, three-fourths of which is rust
ing n idleness, into a merchant ma
rine, and their ideas are worthy of
as least as much attention as those
of San Francisco and Puget sound.
On former occasions almost all sug
gestions emanating from this port
have been treated without due con
sideration by the shipping . board.
Yet the knowledge and experience
of shipping possessed, by Portland
men has enabled them to run their
trans-Pacific line without loss, even
at some profit, to the shipping
board. When the board has to fight
for every dollar appropriated by
congress the advice of men with
such a record should be preferred,
but the board shows a strange par
tiality for that of men who run
ships at a loss. These latter men
have irach a repugnance for the
Portland Idea that they were In
clined to exclude a Portland man
from the committee that Is to nego
tiate with the board.
Further evidence of the merit of
the Portland idea is that in the
eleven months ending November,
1921, a period of general shrinkage
in foreign commerce, exports from
he Oregon district increased H per
cent, while those from the Washing
ton district decreased 65 per cent
and those from San Francisco 45
per cent in value. The counsel of
shipping men who can increase busi
ness while others suffer a decrease
pBhOUld be welcome to a body having
so many ships for sale as has the
board, though Irritating to men at
the expense of whose porta the in
crease was made.
The Portland Idea is not new; it
is old as the human- nature. It is
that equal opportunity should be
given to all ports to buy government
ships on the same liberal terms; that
all should be permitted to operate
in open competition, each gaining
the benefit of its natural advan
tages and suffering from its nat
ural handicaps; that the government
should help all In equal degree to
compete with foreign ships by pay
lng full value for mall and army
transport service and for employ
ment of naval reserve men. Ship
ping and seamen's laws should be
thoroughly revised in order to cut
out all obstacles to economy. We
should then have a basis for Judg-
ment as to the comparative cost of
operation under the American and
foreign flags and the people would
be -willing to pay whatever further
sum is necessary to insure a fair
profit, that being the price, they
would pay for having ships under
their own flag, serving their interest,
to deliver their goods to their for
eign cust6mers.
This policy would leave the law of
survival of the fittest to work its
way among American shipping com
panies. It would produce many
buyers for ships, once the condi
tions described were established.
As the board has ships for sale, that
is what it should want each port
buying ships for direct operation to
foreign ports. That is what it would
not get under the San Franolsco pol
icy. Nor could It get the money to
help four big combines to operate
ships. So the board would better
turn to the competitive policy and
dismiss the plan of four big com
bines as a bad dream.
SEX IN SCIENTIFIC ATTAINMENT.
A new responsibility rests on the
French Academy of Science to show
that It Is responsive to the spirit of
the times in a matter nearly if not
quite as Important as the sciences
which It is presumed to foster. A
committee of the academy has found
that Madame Curries discoveries
were unequalled by men," and has
recommended her admission to
membership, notwithstanding wlfich
large party of reactionaries op
poses such action and has reported
that on general principles women
ought not to be recognized because
"feminine influence" will "degrade
this noble society."
It Is possible, of course, that scru
tiny of the original text will modify
somewhat the'harshness of the word
"degrade" as it is employed in the
translation; even in its primary
sense of reduce in rank it con
veys the view of the middle ages
rather than that of the enlightened
twentieth century; but the opposi
tion in any event is but-duplicating
the futile effort of the old woman
who' tried to sweep the sea back
with a broom.
The fame -of Madame Currie is se
cure whatever the French academy
may do about It, and failure to recog
nize the fact will "degrade" the
academy far more than her admis
sion could possibly do at least in
new-world' opinion. It will be un
fortunate from several angles if
the body as a whole does not adopt
the report of its committee and ig
nore the objections of the faction
which stands relatively about where
its American prototypes stood in the
fifth decade of the last century.
BURBANK AT WORK.
Luther Burbank at seventy-two Is
an inspiring example of persevering
hopefulness. It seems A long while
it Is in fact forty-nine years
since he gave the country the strain
of potatoes which bears his name
and almost no year has passed since
then which has not recorded some
new Burbank discovery. But those
Who may have thought recently that
he was slumbering will be edified to
know that he now believes that he
has succeeded in taming the wild
oat, that he has developed a new
fruit called the orange snnberry,
a fruit of yellow color having the
flavor of the blueberry and attain
ing several times its size; a new
vegetable much like the tomato and
a winter grass said to be superior in
many respects to alfalfa. It is for
tunate for agriculture that Burbank
has not heeded the counsel of those
who urge that a man should change
his occupation In later life. The
latest Burbank discoveries are the
cumulative product of the wisdom
and experience of half a century.
The emphasis placed upon the
utilitarian aspects of the- wizard's
work has caused us to lose sight of
its more strictly scientific phases.
His primary interest in the creation
of new and improved varieties of
fruits, vegetables and flowers for the
benefit of mankind has seemed to
overshadow the effect of his re
searches upon our knowledge of the
principles governing plant selection.
He has obtained, for example, a
thorough belief in the inheritance
of acquired characteristicsa propo
sition of vast interest to students of
genetics as related to the higher
forms of life. If his conclusions
shall be proved sound in their appli
cation to the human race there
would seem to be no limitation upon
the lengths to which race improve
ment through education might pro
ceed. He also believes in the strong
Individuality of plant organizations
and that the apparent fixity of indi
vidual characteristics is related to
the length of time which they have
been'repeated in the history of the
group. Half a century is ivt rela
tively a great while in the history- of
research in matters of that kind,
but it is probable that no greater
progress has ever been recorded in
a similar line of Inquiry in the his
tory of the world.
"Nature." said Burbank once,
"never duplicates. Each individual
has a tendency to shoot off from the
mass. Nature also handicaps its In
dividuals with environment, so that
a multitude of new races is pre
vented." But it is the problem of
the plant breeder who accepts this
principle so to remove the handi
capping environment as to permit
the development which nature if left
alone would prevent. But man rises
superior to nature in the respect that
he is able to select for guidance the
varieties which give most promise
of being useful to his purpose, aban
doning the remainder" to nature's
own devices. Not the "fittest" in
the ancient sense, but those most
useful to man, thus survive.
Sixty varieties of plums and
prunes, a number- of new peaches.
apples and berries and a wide va
riety of flowers attest ' the persist
ence with which Burbank has
wrought. Of the vast number of
Individuals which have been pro
duced only to be' rejected in the
process there probably is no record.
A single berry, for illustration, is the
result of thlrtyone years of labor
and of thousands of crosses. Inter
esting although not profitable crosses
between peach and almond and plum
and almond and an astonishing new
walnut tree which increases in size
twice as rapidly as either of its
parents are among his amazing pro
ductions. Curiously, the hybrid pro
duces no nuts, although the result of
a nearly similar hybridization bea-s
nuts in quantity and of quality supe
rior to the parent varieties. The
mystery that still envelops these
paradoxes Is an indication of the
great amount of work that still re
mains to be dope before the secrets
of nature have been unfolded.
DEP0ETATIOX OF ALIEN DBCO
PEDDLERS.
The first fruitage of the recently
organized narcotics control associa
tion of Oregon, which met in session
here a fortnight ago, is found in the
deportation measure introduced in
congress by Representative McAr
thur of the Oregon delegation. Bear
ing the commission to formulate and
present a most drastic measure
against the sale of narcotics, to take
the form of an amendment to the
Immigration statutes, he has pro
posed such federal legislation as
would. If enacted, v go far toward
stamping out the most vicious traf
fic of all time.
It is provided in this proposed
amendment that aliens who violate
the narcotics law and are convicted
shall suffer deportation at the ex
pirat'on ot their sentenc es. The last
clause is a provision tr prevent free
trips to the homeland it the expense
of cur government. It is surmised
that the alien fancy would be stimu
lated, in some instances, to viola
tions for no other purpose unless
this safeguard were created. This
view does not prevent us from ap
proving a certain practical end aside
from thrlftiness. It is right that
alien offenders, before they sail to
banishment, should know the rigor
of the law. It were most wrong if
they did not,
Perhaps not more than other
states and other cities have Oregon
and Portland sensed the grip of the
narcotic evil this thing that is as
dreadful as nightmare and yet so
terribly real. But the .outspoken
sentiment of the state has declared
a condition of unrelenting war, has
developed a remedial measure for
congress to consider and should at
once proceed to the aligning of such
powerful national sentlmeBt as will
Insure the passage of the deporta
tion amendment. That similar meas
ures have originated elsewhere in
the past and have come to naught
matters little. It matters a great
deal that this one should not fail.
The council of the league of na
tions has announced its intention to
conduct an international campaign
against narcotics looking toward an
agreement whereby every partici
pating government shall pledge it
self to co-operate in no half-hearted
manner. What form this remedial
action will take has not been deter
mined, but it is promised that the
agreement shall be severe and un
compromising. Outside the league,
but with it in such moral issues as
this, the United States should hasten
to arrange its own house.
PEACE TO THE JINK HEAP.
Devotion of a period during the
automobile show to exhibition of the
old timers" of the road stirs the
recollection and perhaps the imagi
nation of everyone who twenty or
more years ago possessed as friend
or foe more often foe a contrap
tion that the maker was pleased to
call an automobile. If one who is
imaginative should hold the whimsy
that these relics can feel and think
such a one must waver between
amusement and regret amusement
and regret that a defenseless me
chanical device should be given
cause to believe that those who peer
and point and exclaim are actuated
by the same admiration and wonder
that held those of another era who
too were wont to peer and point and
exclaim.
These forerunners of the fleet.
noiseless and well-nigh perfect pres
ent, were faithful according to their
lights, but mighty few of them had
lights. There was one vehicle of our
intimate acquaintance, not present
today but long since gathered to the
fold of Father Junk. There was a
car for you. In the days when me
chanical engineers put engine cross
wise under the seal, drove the rear
wheels with chains, used planetary
transmission, put a dashboard on
the front and steered with a lever.
a daring maker Introduced into this
wonder vehicle thetadvanced thought
of European experts. The engine
was upright under a hood in front!
It had a shaft drive you could see
It going round! The transmission
was "sliding gear." It had a steer
ing wheel!
Maybe it did have only one cylin
der whose explosion would still be
the envy of any boy with a bug and
a cutout. Maybe the sewing machine
belt that ran the water pump did
come off now and then and cause
the engine so to heat that It could,
not be stopped without shutting off
the gasoline. Maybe the exposed
universal Jomt would, unless you
daily tightened bolts, drop off on
the road Just when you were ready
to start back home. Maybe the six
dry cells supplying ignition would
give out at the most annoying and
inconvenient time. Maybe all these
things and more, but it was some
car and could make 18 miles an
hour on any decent level road! It
was a good pal. just as these others
yet surviving were good pals of by
gone days.
There are humorists and artists
who still make a living by describ
ing or illustrating the troubles of
the present-day motorist. They ,
have to think hard to do it and they
must exaggerate and blame & lot on
the carelessness or ignorance of the
driver. They live too late for their
own convenience. In the old days
you could not halt your automobile
anywhere on the road but every
farmer who drove by would hail,
"Ah, hah I Had a breakdown?"
And the thing that' hurt was that
you generally bad.
But one day that little one-lunger
over there, whenever it coughed its
way into places now as sophisticated
as any place may be. failed not to
draw crowds who mayhap argued
over its practicability, but no matter
how loudly or heatedly they argued,
lingered secretly to admire and to
envy.
That vehicle with the reminiscent
air. recalls with pride the flocks of
boys who followed In its wake on
bicycles, competed with it In trials
of speed and parted from it with
Cheers of approval when it tri
umphantly staggered over "the crest
of the 6 per cent grade that led out
of the town..
That other survivor with a seem
ing grin, but possibly only a crack,
in its dash, recalls with a chuckle
somewhere in its gas or water tank
that prime joke of the countryside
how the neighborhood humorist
never failed, when it was parked in
front of a farmhouse, to tie a hitch
ing rope to the front axle and place
a heap of hay in front of it. Horse-'
less carriage, indeed, yet needing
horses', food and horses' attention!
Who then thought that the Joke was
really on the horse? Why should
not Old Timer laugh?
Now to be once more the appar
ent object of admiration, to forget
for the moment the years of neglect,
to feel not the ody bruises, the
peeling of the paint, the absence of
missing parts, now to drag from
those glittering brothers the throngs
that were gathered about them ah.
Indeed, it is a triumph at last for
age and senility! Let us hope that
whatever understanding of events
these exhibits of the past may have
it is not an understanding of de
rision. There is a lot we have to thank
the old time tea-kettle for. It
showed us a need and it inspired a
want. And when there is need and
desire Inventive genius will do the
rest. No, we-,are not altogether mak
ing fun of the old timer when .we
display it beside the perfected au
tomobile. We are pointing a con
trast. We are emphasizing the com
forts, the conveniences, the certain
ties of the present. There is a little
more than these, plus fleetness of
wings. In the modern automobile.
There is pride of achievement.
BIRDS AS FRIENDS OF MAN.
The notion heretofore widely held
by farmers that a clean fence-row is
a sign of thrifty husbandry receives
a setback from the appeal of the
biological survey of the department
of agriculture to farmers every
where to plant trees along the di
viding lines of fields and wherever
convenient or necessary to erect
sheltering places for the birds. The
old hedgerow, unkempt though - it
often appeared, had a good purpose
after all, as any boy who has studied
the habits of birds can 'testify. In
the time of the old worm fence,
which was the only thing the pio
neers knew, and before the advent
of barbed wire, these rows were both
wide and dense and occupied on the
whole a good deal of land. Only a
few . years ago they constituted an
essential feature of the landscape in
every part of the northwest.
It has been suggested that one
reason for substituting the modern
fence for the old was that it per
mitted the cultivation of a much
greater area. But the added area
has not responded with a propor
tionate increase in yield of crops.
and the experts think that the de
struction of the birds has more than
nullified it. It is well knrwn that
birds are great destroyers of insect
enemies of crops. Tberefort the
reason for failure to obtain full
value for the Increase in area is
clear. ' "
The answer is not to restore the
old worm fence, but to give k little
more attention to the birds in other
ways. It is suggested that the farm
woodlot be protected, that bird
houses be constructed here and
there and that shrubs be planted or
at least new growth encouraged
where slashing has gone too far.
There Is such a thing, it seems, as a
too thorough clearing; the bird
refuge may be made o yield a crop
quite as valuable as grain or vege
tables. .
Coinage of the Grand Memorial
gold dollar and silver half dollar will
be limited under the proposed bill
and the man who gets one will pos
sess a real curio.
Oregon will concede the claims
of California as a winter playground
if the visitors come here for summer
recreallon. We have the seasonal
climate.
These protests against teaching
evolution in the schools sometimes
make us wonder whether there has
been any evolution after all.
If all tne candidates for office
would chip in a dollar apiece, this
community chest drive would be
ended before it starts.
Fines for bootlegging and moon
shining ought to relieve some strin
gency If the money can get into
circulation again.
Sending auto thieves to the rock
pile at least is an'improvement over
letting the thieves send the cars to
the Junk pile.
It dignifies moonshlning to call
the man "a liquor maker" and he
ought to be willing to stand a
heavier fine.
The maximum age of the oldest
inhabitant is increasing. An Illinois
woman celebrates her J04th birth
day. The Grand Falls bread war has
brought the -pound loaf down to one
cent, which Is simply ruinous.
There Is talk of. changing the
parking system. Help! - Aid! Po
lice! Relief! Succor!
One can get 10,000 kronen for a
dollar in Vienna if he takes along a
dray to carry them.
Tonight Is Lang Syners" night and
will be a memorable occasion.
Portland is free from influenza,
but a few axe snuffling.
The Listening Post.
By DeWltt Harry.
LOGGGRS in their rough woods
work find it necessary tojflevelop
to the limit their natural resource.
They are not bound down by prec
edent, and new ways to do a job are
welcomed. It was in figuring, out
better methods of logg'ng that Paul
Bunyan took the lead. He refused
to be held back for any little A-Ifles
and went right to the heart of the
matter every time.
Paul could jiot read or write. He
kept his men's time by cutting
notches in a stick and when he or
dered supplies would draw pictures
of what he wanted. On one occa
sion his ingenuity fa'led. He wanted
grindstones and got cheeses. "I for
got to put the holes in the stones,"
was his only comment, showing his
willingness to own to mistakes.
In the old days they used to peel
nearly all logs. Now this is done
with but a few. Bunyan's method of
log peeling was novel, to say the
least. He would hitch his big blue
ox to one end of the log, grasp the
bark at the other end with his pow
erful arms, give a sharp command to
the beast, and, pre to! out would
come the clean log. This ox was so-
powerful that even Bunyan could not
estimate his strength, and the com
bination of ox and man was astound
ing In the feats they were able to
accomplish. It is related that at one
time Bunyan dragged a whole nine
room house up a steep hill with th
assistance of the ox and' then returned
to the bottom and dragged the cel
lar up.
Several stories of Bunyan's adven
tures In the northwestern woods have
already been received and a choice
account of one of his operations in
France when with the A. E. F. was
related by an ex-soldier Sunday.
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All unconscious of the school dance
stir the boys and glrls'of the cafes
and public halls trot and trip mer
rily on. Apparently, they know noth
ing of the movement to chaperon
the youngsters at public schools.
Though of nearly the same age, most
of the habitues of the public floors
have to work. They also, like chil
dren more fortunate, enjoy relaxa
tion, and as they have restricted facil
ities for finding it, or move in a
different class, they take pleasure
while they may.
In the cafes the youngsters who
eat sparingly so that they may dance
sit together and have a comrade
ship akin to chummlness. They
know each other and is they have
perfected their steps by constant
practice and frequent dancing as
partners, step lively measures when
on the floor. Not worried by reform
waves they have their dance clubs
as well as do others. Only Instead of
their clubs meeting at regular in
tervals and In some clubhouse they
meet nearly nightly and sometimes
several times. They dance at noon,
at dinner, then at the public halls
until midnight, work the next day
and dance at intervals.
This dance system of present-day
city life can occupy as much time as
work or any other necessary occu
pation, for it is possible to dance
nearly all the time from noon to
midnight In places where there are
plenty of available partners of either
sex and good music
Portlanders doubtless recall some
of the visits of John Kendrlck Bangs
to this city and his enjoyable lectures.
On his last trip Bangs was registered
at the Bensdn hot?!, and late in the
afternoon became the victim of a rag
ing toothache. Now it is nearly im
possible to talk entertainingly to an
audience when suffering such ex
cruciating agony as was the humor
ist's fate at this time, and when it
comes to lecturing to an audience
that expects something funny and
brilliant it's all the more difficult.
Bangs was at his wit's end and'
finally sent a distress call to the
press club. In answer to his mes
sage a member went over and man
aged to get a dentist to come to his
room and pull the offending tooth.
The dentist was a most difficult man
to get and Interposed objection after
objection. After the extraction he
explained that he and his wife were
planning on hearing a humorist lec
ture at the Lincoln high school audi
torium and the reason he did not
want to come was that he feared it
would make him late.
"If you: hadn't come voti -wonlri havn
been disappointed,", drVly observed
Bangs. "I am the lecturer."
Down In Hoseburg lives J. W. Toll
man, who sometimes gets away with
a good one. His latest effort that
seems worth more than passing 'in
terest concerns the circuit Judge in
southern Oregon who gained a great
reputation for effecting reconcilia
tions between couples suing for di
vorce. However, in one case the Judge
failed miserably.
The couple were brought before
him and after hearing both sides of
the case he remarked. In hie fatherly
way that seldom failed to bring re
sults, that it was a shame that this
couple could not live in harmony.
Then he told the homely tale, his
piece de resistance, of his dog and
cat that always slept on his hearth In
perfect peace. At this point he was
Interrupted by the man in the case.
"That's all very well, judge, but you
Just try tying Fido and Pussy to
gether and see them start something."
The decree was granted.
We hear of the young couple on
the east side who have great dif
ficulty in getting up on time. Their
alarm clock rings, but sometime they
turn over for-another wink and the
result Is late for work. Just the
other morning they heard the alarm
and about ten minutes later hubby
crawled out and rubbed the sleep
from his eyes. He noticed that it was
dark, but had he not set the clock
ahead? He went through. the sched
uled programme of choree and caught
a car, but when be got to work found
he was half an hour early. Wifie,
too,' had set the clock ahead.
In her persistent search for 'in
formation a very small lady has put
the following poser:
'Why does people shut their eyes
when they sleep? Why doe they
open their mouths when they sleep!
Why does they open their eyes when
awake? why does they close their
mouths when awake? Sleep Is eyes
closed, mouths open; awake is mouth
closed, eyes open."
In an advertisement In the Sunday
paper the offer is made to sell- a
black walnut Josem ana .nary tim
ing room set. 1
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Polka at ko Hotels.
There Is a prospect of land sales
in our section," announces Jay Upton
of Frineville and Crook county In
general, who is at the Benson on
his way to Spokane. "The agitation
over the Japanese has had a good
result as It has called attention to the
land in the Irrigation project. No
Japanase will come in . as farmers.
That much Is pretty certain. The dis
cussion of the Japanese has brought
about a new viewpoint among large
land owners, who have set a new
price on their holdings with the re
sult that sales will soon be made.
A number of men owned large sec
tions before the project was built
and they supposed that they could
farm large farms under irrigation the
same as before water came, but they
discovered their mistake. Some of
them wanted to lease parcels to Jap
anese, but objection was raised in a
vigorous manner. These land hold
ers are now readjusting their ideas
and their prices. They are putting
a price on the. acreage which will
cause it to move and already many
Inquiries 'are being received, so that
on the whole things look pretty good
for the future." Senator Upton, one
of the 14 senators who blocked the
exposition legislation at the special
session, says that while the tempera
ture Is a little lower at home than
It is In Portland, he feels the cold
more here.
A. B. Stockdale is registered at the
Imperial from the town of John Day.
The operation of gold , dredgers in
Orant county Is beginning to attract
the attention of the state tax investi
gating commission as these dredgers
are said to be leaving a wake of
desolation behlng thera, for .when a
dredger has passed the land is utter
ly worthless and, therefore, is not
continued on the tax rolL Reports
are that one dredger company has
bought thousands of acres along the
John Day and plans seeking every
particle of gold in the gravel. These
dredging operations in Grant and
other counties are expected to be the
subject of future legislation. In
California dredging companies have
to spread the gravel which has bean
worked with a layer of soil and in
this soil - trees are planted.
"There was Ice in the gutters and
in the shade of the buildings in San
Francisco the other day." reports
Frank M. Warren, chairman of the
port of Portland commission. "People
were undled and many of the rooms
In leading hotels were inadequately
heated. They told me it was the
coldest weather experienced there
since 1888. I was over the bay and
saw Ice forming on a pond, but It
was not thick enough for skating. A
couple of I'riends I met drove up
from Los Angeles to San Francisco
and they reported that attempts were
made to save crops by smudges out
that not near enough smudges were
being used. The residents of Los
Angeles were shivering, for com
paratively few houses in that city are
equipped with heading plants, so
there was a great sale In oil stoves
and temporary makeshifts to give a
comfortable atmosphere in homes.
I. W. Hill. In charge of the boys'
and girls' work in the department of
agriculture in 15 southern states, is
an arrival at the Multnomah. In speak
ing of conditions in the south Mr.
Hill savs that diversified farming is
one of the means by which the south
will be able to overcome mucn oi
the hard times now existing because
of the increased cost of producing
cotton. Instead of bemoaning the
fact that boll weavll is fast destroy
ing the cotton In the vicinity of En
terprise, Coffee county, Alabama, the
citizens of the town or enterprise
erected a monument in the form of a
fountain to the boll weavll. stating
that because of the conquering hordes
they have been forced to turn to di
versified farming, thereby increasing
the agricultural output of the
county more than a million dollars
a year.
T. E. Bean, speaker of the house
of representatives, and John B. Bell,
state senator for Lane and Linn
counties, have arrived from Eugene,
which town was experiencing a
voune- silver thdw when they left.
Mr. Bean came to Portland to explain
the principles of the state income tax
measure which he introduced at the
special session as a method of financ
ing the 1925 exposition. This bill, by
the way, died in the house without
going to a vote when the special ses
sion ended. Mr. Bean, who is men
tioned as a possible candidate for
governor, was Invited to eiuciaate nis
hill to the tax investigators now in
session. Senator Bell came along to
keep him company. '
u.vtm. .nnn f IB vnsra In eduCS-
tional work in China and for several
. 1 ADolc,!n7- in lh. RlirvAV Of
China under the auspices of the Car
negie institute at a&iiiiisiy,
C. K. Edmunds, president of the Can
ton Christian college, has collected
some unusual photographs of China,
together with nrst-nana iniyrmnuun
i . t. ncnhl mm finnFrnntliier that
country. Dr. Edmunds, registered at
the Multnoman, win aeuver on illus
trated lecture -t Reed college Friday
evening. x
Ben Sheldon, representative tor
Jackson county, is at the Multnomah.
A few days ago Mr. Sheldon Informed
the world that he win be a canaiaaie
for state senator for his county. Mr.
Sheldon, who voted against the gaso
line tax for the fair at the special
session, insists that he is for th 1925
exposition, and that Is one reason
why he is In the city.
Anyone who criticises the farmers
of the Willamette valley as being
hesitant in leaving the ranch house in
the morning for the field will find
a defender of the farmer in Colonel
E. Hofer of Salem. While driving to
Portland yesterday. Colonel Hofer
says he saw a Marion county rancher
out in the fields with a team working
before daylight.
W. A Hilderson comes to Portland
from North Powder, where a minis
ter has been made town marshal with
the understanding that the preacher
policeman clean up the -place. A
standard industry of .North Powder
is the cutting of ice for the Union
Pacific system. Mr. Hilderson Is at
the Imperial. .
Helloff, a place in Tillamook, is
represented on t"he register at the
Imperial by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Sklels
and wife. Helloff is a postofflce for
a sawmill on the banks of the Ne
halem river and Is reached by the
Tillamook railroad two trains a day.
S. W. Lovell and Norris Staples,
automobile dealers of Astoria, are
registered at the Hotel Portland.
They are here to attend the automo
bile show at tne auditorium;
C. E. Apperpon, president of a bank
at McMinnvllle. drove to Portland
vesterday to attend the 1925 expo
sition conference, and found it rather
cold riding. .
A. J. Wiley, a civil engineer, who
operates in the northwestern states,
is registered at the Hotel Portland
from Boise. Idaho
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Paget of Seaside
are in the city. Mr. Paget is in the
banking business at the Clatsop
county summer resort.
A. A. Smith, an attorney of Baker
aiid former member of the house of
representatives, is registered at the
Lcuson. , j
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Hooghtea-Mlfflln to.
Caa Yom Auwer Throe Qoeationsf
1. Do mosquitoes carry any disease
except malaria and yellow fever?
z. Is long hair characteristic of fe
male monkeys? '
S. Is it a fact that gray seagulls are
the young of the species, and the
white gulls the old? or vice versa? or
a Cifferent species "altogether?
Answers in tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
Aaawera to Prevlooa Qoeatlona.
1. Does every bird have a tail?
No?the cassowary and the emu ar
minus tails. The rhea. South Ameri
can representative of the ostrich,has
almost none, the rear ends of it long
wings teaching around to where the
tall ought to be. The murre has so
short a tall it has to use Its feet, held
baokward, to help out aa steering
geer.
2. Why do humans have their eyes
so near together in front, when so
many of th creatures have them on
the sides of the head?
' The eyes of any creature are placed
for its best advantage in using them.
Iris thought that in centuries of evo
lution man has looked more and more
close in front of him, at the work of
hi own hands. Probably this helped
the forward-looking eye to become
perfected; and at the same time, this
concentrated vision helped the hand
become more skillful.
S. Can fishes bend their backbones?
If you mean sideways you have only
to watch one swimming to see It does
bend: or w;'r-h a fish being pulled
out of the wu .ar on a hook and e Its
conspicuous writhing. But If you
mean horizontally, from head towar'd
the tall, "rainbow bend" as It has been
called, few fishes can. The mud min
now, a small fish, can arch its back,
however.
LIBRARY DECISION IS ARBITRARY
rastor Assrrts Wishes of Four I'nl
veralty Park Churches Igaorrd.
PORTLAND, Jan. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) In an article in The Oregonlan
January 19, entitled "Library StandB
Pat," these words occur: "The com
mittee decidea to stand pat In spite.
of the protests raised by the Rev.
J. D. Rice of St. Andrew's Episcopal
church."
I wish to draw your attention to
the fact that in this case the Rev.
J. D. Rice does not represent any one
section of the comm-inlty In par
ticular, not even the church of which
he is a worthy representative. He
Is, in this case, the mouthpiece of
the University Park community.
I am the pastor of the University
Park Congregational church; I live
in the community and am a taxpayer.
I beg to enter my personal protest
and the protest of the congregation
of which I am the minister, as di
rected by them to do so in a meeting
duly called for the purpose, against
the arbitrary action of the above
committee. I deplore the feeling that
has been aroused In this district
merely because the library exten
sion committee hag not chosen to
ascertain the wishes of the people
and also the fact that the promoters
of the scheme, which the extension
committee favors In such an 'arbi
trary manner, made no attempt what
ever to take the people into their
confidence. The haste with which the
matter has been put through without
consulting the people will result In
the destruction of every vestige of
community spirit in the neighbor
hood. There are five churches here rep
resenting the whole community. Four
out of the five wl6h for a certain
thing. We are hot even consulted
as to our wishes. If we lift our
heads at all we are told that "the
committee has spoken; the fiat has
gone forth." Is not this an - auto
cracy and obstinacy of the worst
kind? REV. CHAS. H. JOHNSTON.
ALL UNDER 18 ARB CHAPERONED
Commoolty Dances Are Improperly
Called Grammar School Dances.
TORTLAND, Jan. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been asked questions
which lead me to believe there Is a
general Impression that needs con
cerning school dances to be oorrected.
A lady fj-iend said to me when dis
cussing tno matter: "I do not object
to the high school dance, but I think
it is dreadful for the grammar school
children."
Now I have been sponsoring these
so-called "grammar school .dances"
for months, and I wish to state that
they are not given for children. They
are community dances given for the
residents of the community In which
they are located, but outsiders are
not barred so long as they comply
with the regulations. We allow no
child under 18 years of age to come
without a chaperono. We comply
with the regulations of school board,
and emply a regular Inspector or In
structor, as you wish to call her. She
is supposed to correct any Improper
dancing.
We have children at our dances be
cause they are patronised by families,
many'of them.
Dr. Phelps stated In Lincoln high
school auditorium that it was evi
dent the dances were not what they
should be or they would not demand
so many chaperones. I wonder If the
Epworth League's socials and other
church gatherings for the young
people are not chaperoned. If not
I think It" is time they too were
investigated.
MRS. J. E. HORNER.
Alien Ownership of Land.
KNAPPA. Or., Jan. 23. (To the Ed
itor.) 1. What is meant by th
holding, of real property? Is it own
ing the land or owning, renting and
leasing the land?
2. Does real property cover real
estate alone or does it Include hotels,
rooming houses and stores?
3. Is California the only state that
has passed legislation prohibiting the
orientals from holding property?
4. At what time, If ever, did th
federal government legislate against
the Chinese, barring them from citi
zenship; the Japanese, the red race,
the brown race? What were Its rea
sons for doing so? Where may I find
this information?
HAROLD A. REED.
1. Leg.-v authorities consider that
holding of real property means own
ing of land. No opinion has been
given by the state supreme court on
this, however.
.2. By real property Is meant the
land and any improvements which
may be upon It.
3. No. Oregon for one has a con
stitutional provision which prohibits
Chinese' from holding real estate or
mining claims. This inhibition is not
strictly observed.
4. In 1794 congress passed an act
that permitted only aliens who were
free white persons to become citizens.
This was amended In 1870 following
the civil war.to permit the negro to
become a citizen. Further Information
on'this subject may be obtained from
D V. Tomlinson.' naturalization ex
aminer, 512 I'ostoffice building, Port-'
land. 1
More Truth Tha
By James J. Montage.
RKKORMKU.
Time was when I essayed to maul
The dimpled and elusive pill.
And never budged the thing at all;
I took the matter rather ill.
And though I'm certain that my
tongue
Had never framed nn oath before.
Upon the ground my club I flung
And I'm inclined to fear I swore.
Thereafter, and without remorse.
When various sorts ot flubs I made.
Repeatedly I had recourse
To imprecation's artful aid.
Each time the ball went In the rough.
Each time It stayed upon the tee.
My maledictions were enough
To shock a sailor of the sea.
My objurgations multiplied
With every wallop that I missed;
With every slice or hook, I tried
To add a new one to my list.
I used the long, resounding kind,
1 used the snappy ones and ters-j.
And I was much dismayed to find
That all th while my game grew
worse.
I play a little better now,
1 ni good at drives and putta and
chips;
Yet not a frown distorts my brow.
And not a cuss-word soils my lips.
And if I sometimes miss the bull
As o'er th fairgreen I pursu it,
I do not ever.awear at all,
I let the little caddy do It!
Taklna I.ona Chances.
Every time a New Tork crook steps
out of the city eomebody catches him
laanfflrlent Evldenre.
Statisticians tell us that the dollar
la now worth $1.13, but we won't be
lieve It until It -is confirmed by the
butcher and the grocer.
Method.
Henry Ford Is going to establish a
city at Muscle Shoals 76 miles long.
Always alurt for a new market for
flivvers!
fOoPTTlgM by the UMI Syndlcat. Inc.
- In Othe Days.
Twenty-Five Yrnra Ago.
Prom The Oregonlan of January S.I, 1T.
Wells Fargo & Co. have purchased
the site at the southeast corner of
Fourth and Yamhill streets and will
soon begin th erection of a six
story building.
The Port of Portland commissioner
dredger for th Improvement of the
Columbia and Willamette rivers.
Oolflng has become very popular In
Portland within the past few months,
and although it Is not yet a fad, .there
is an unusual amount of Interest ba
lng shown.
Atlantic City has mounted its fire
men on- bicycles, each armed with a
hand extinguisher, and it Is expected
the combination will be of great ad
vantage, aa the cyclists can arrive at
a fire before the engine.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of January 23. 1872.
Illinois has passed a liquor bill
which provides that any man who
makes another man drunk must pay
tor his being cared for until he Is
sober.
London. Advices from the Cape of
Good Hope represent that rich dis
coveries continue to be made in the
diamond fields.
The seam8hlp California has taken
on a donkey engine to facilitate han
dling the granite for the customs
house.
MANY YOUNG TREKS ARK WASTED
Foreatatlon Menaced by Christmas
Tree Gatherer, Snyn Writer.
PORTLAND, Jan. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) We are a consistent people
not. We spend millions every year
fe-r reforestation purposes and every
year at Christmas time we slaughter
more trees than we have plan-ted.
These tres are cut down for no
other purpose ' than to be looked at
a few days and then discarded In
most instances the supply is greater .
than the demand and the young trees'1
are not used at all Just cut down,
heuled to the city and thrown away.
Of course,- It hum been t-he custom
for ages to decorate homos, churches
and different places with Christmas
trees, bat can we afford It now?
There was a time when the country
wajs not thickly settled and was
mootly woodland, but that day has
passed. If you figure th-at we use
4.000,000 trres yearly and the aver
sge see Is ten years, we sacrifice
40.000.000 years of growth.
If - we are to continue usiner
Christmas trees then they should be
planted for that purpose and not cut
Indiscriminately, otherwise we will
have to find a substitute sometime
and that time is right now.
C. L. ELLIOTT.
AS SALOME DID.
Salome was a minx, I ween.
If all accounts are true.
She danced without her stays, of
course,
As all good dancors do.
She danced without much else, I've
heard
None of her charms were hid..
Do you then fear we'll wear but beads
Because Salome did?
Because Salome brought the head
Of John upon a plate,
And laid It at the feet of him
Who sat In regal state.
Are you afraid we'll get the heads
Of prohibition too,
And all reformers of our time,
As Salome used to do?
We'd never heard of half the things
You tell us are so common.
We danced to show our Joy in life,
And just because we're human.
We danced as waves dance in the sun.
As leaves dance In the wind.
We never saw the dance you say
Was of Salome's kind!
Since now you've mentioned it, pcr
hnps We have been missing much
Of Joys of dancing up to Tlate,
And severed heads and Buch!
You've told us such a lot of things
That none of us e'er knew.
They're charming quite We'll try
those things
Salome used to do!
ALICE B. ROSS.
225 East Thirty-fifth Street.
Term fttranBe to nancrra. .
TOBTLAJfD, Jan. 24. (To tha' Edi
tor.) I asked three high school buys
who have attended the school dances
what "ironclads" meant. Thy did
not know and had never hoard the
expression used at their danww.
They are really quite up-to-date
fellows, too, but it takes a good
mitvi8ter to put one over on Uiejn.
Of course, aome minis-tera feel
tbe-ir rrvieslon In life Is to chase evil.
First they have to find the evlL The
Methoi4t cannot keep their own
people from dan-eing and we do not
need thertn to find evil in dncln.ir
for our children In th public schools,
and w won't have the-m. either.
A MOTHER.