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TUT MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1922
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losses along in part to the ship
owners. As to the differences In prices cited
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CEOl'XO A NO LOFTY RATE TUMBLING.
Having; witnessed with some dis
tress how the little acorns of offi
cial activity often grow into great
oaks of bureaucracy, we express the
hope that the correspondence course
now emanating from Public Service
Commissioner Corey on wheat
prices intermediate rates and the
like is not the forerunner of a re
quest for legislative appropriation
to continue it with more vigor.
From another source we learn
that the public service commission
Is overwhelmed with work. In the
telephone rate case it has before it
136 separate exhibits and a tran
script of 5000 typewritten pages.
While in the midst of Its study of
this stupendous record a special ses
sion of the legislature gave the com
mission new jurisdiction over high
way transport and required it to de
vote much time to preparation of
regulations. It Is with apprehension.
therefore, that one observes the vol
uminous letter-writing of one of the
commission's members. Two addi-
tional installments appear on this
page today, while the telephone rate
case still rends. How can the cor
respondence department and the
other duties be looked after without
more money?
One must also be struck again by
the versatility of Mr. Corey In meet
ing the arguments advanced against
his earlier position. The contro
versy with The Oregonian started
over a letter sent from Mr. Corey's
correspondence school to another
newspaper, in which he expressed
alarm for the existence of certain
up-state Jobbing houses because
competitive water rates which may
be granted to Portland would enable
Portland jobbers to undersell their
up-state competltorsi
It will be observed that now Mr.
.Corey opposes the water competitive
rates on the ground that Portland
business Interests will not pass the
benefits along to the up-state con
sumers. Of course that villlany by
the Portlani bu sine ass Interest?,
would pave the up-state jobbers
from extinction, but what sort of
rate regulation would we have If
the Interstate commerce commis
- sion. or the majority of the public
service commission, determined rate
m Issues not upon what was right or
upon what was deserved by the pub
lic and the railroads, but upon each
member's mere theory or suspicion
that one class would deprive another
class of Us share of the benefits of
new rates?
The fact that Mr. Corey had him
self joined In giving competitive
water rate to other communities Is
brushed aside by him as not a paral
lel case, because no Intermediate
points objected. Here is another
fancy and novel principle of rate
making, one that was rejected by
the Interstate commerce commission
when It granted the Portland differ
ential over Puget sound. It was In
effect the argument of Puget sound
interests that rate-making should be
governed solely by its effect upon
competitive communities and com
petitive business enterprises that
distances, cost of haul, and carrier
competition have no bearing on the
Issue. Mr. Corey's position is all of
this and more his Idea of scientific
rate-making. It seems. Is to approve
a rate change if nobody objects but
disapprove It if somebody does.
Why spend a lot of money support
ing a public service commission and
a house full of experts If that is all
there Is to rate-making? A $20-a-week
stenographer could fix rates
on that principle.
Mr. Corey assumes that the Port
land grain buyers have appropri-
111., comparison is again made be
tween milling wheat at Chicago and
export wheat at Portland. If the
comparison were made between
milling wheat at both places, a yery
different result would be reached
and would explain why eastern Ore
gon farmers do not ship to Chicago.
If there is anything in this situ
ation that calls for the investigation
proposed by Mr. Corey, le an in
vestigation be had. But perhaps the
national department of agriculture
will require -something more than
bare suspicion on which to found an
investigation. Just as the Interstate
comrrferee commission will certainly
determine the justice of the com
petiuve rate application on some-
and transmission lines so offensive
to the eye of a nature-lover that
they must be forever banished from
regions where he would feast his soul
on scenery? The man who said "To
my mind smokestacks are the most
beautiful scenery In the world" may
have been esthetically blind, but
there would be no smokestacks. A
potential 220.000 horsepower can be
generated on Diamond lake and the
upper Umpqua river to serve
large part of western Oregon! and to
be fed into a trunk power line ex
tending from north to south Through
Washington, yregon and California.
Electricity banishes smokestacks
and will give this whole region pure
air and a clean landscape. I.? that
nothing to the nature-lover? Would
he not suffer a dam, a powerhouse
and a pole-line those basely utili
tarian works of man to obtrude on
his sight in his mountain haunts in
thing more than somebody's gauzy I order that 4 electricity might bring
suspicion that the reduction would
not be passed on to the consumer.
THE WORM IS TCRXINO.
News cornea from Florida. that the
once-crowded hotels at famous
pleasure resorts have been all but
deserted during the past winter. One
hotel of 600 rooms had an average
of but twenty paire- during Jan-
uary the month In wlilch northern
ers who can afford to travel like to
go south. Another hotel wii ac
comodations for 5 00 had only six.
The experience is typical. It is still
remembered that Atlantic City not
long ago lost an important national
convention because of the rapacity
ef Its bonifacea. The sledding is
getting Increasingly hard for the
profiteers.
light and power to the broad, fair
land between the Cascade and Coast
ranges, and with, them industry,
prosperity, clear air and an unob
scured prospect?
The greatest good to the greatest
number dictates that Diamond lake
remain as It is, in the national
forest, that natural beauty yield
something to utility, in order that
western Oregon may enjoy these
blessings.
ACCEPTING
CHAL-
THK EINSTEIN
LENGK.
Professor Spencer Jones, assistant
to the royal astronomer at Green
wich Observatory, who has just
started for Christmas island in the
hope of supplementing the observa
tions made in Brazil two years ago
It is a sign of returning normalcy I during an eclipse of the sun con-
hen people refuse longer to be cernlng the tinstein theory or reia
gouged. The tendency once more to tivity, goes in the capacity also of an
ask the price before buying and then I acceptor of the Swiss astronomer's
to ponder whether the article is challenge to the scientific world.
worth the price Is an indication not Some of Einstein's discoveries have
only of thrift but also of indenen- already been accepted by astron-
dence and good sense. The Florida I omers as explanatory of phenomena
slumD Is not the sole nrnilurt nf which they had previously been un
"hard times." for California reports able to account ror, but they are
heavier tourist travel than ever, 1 "i'u skeptical as to nis claims tnai
a
It probably means that people
henceforth are going to try harder
than they have been trying to get
their money s worth.
The consumer's strike operates
gradually but nevertheless with a
good deal of certainty in the long
light rays are bent by the gravita
tional pull of the sun. Under pres
ent conditions of photography data.
on this subject can be obtained only
during an eclipse of the sun, such
as will occur on March z. This
then Is the opportunity which the
run. Competition also in the long I scientists have long sought.
It goes without saying, however,
that Professor Jones will record the
results of his observations precisely
In accordance with the facts. It Is
said that he expects to disprove the
Einstein theory In this particular,
but the true seeker of knowledge
n-,Aw nn Tit-ofiiflftoo anil la ftltaravs
We are able to extract a grain of i .ml, , .mit hi error T,i. w
run can be depended on to bring
about the ultimate restoration, if
not of tbe pre-war basis at least of
reasonable profits and good quality
of goods.
M.VKRIAGK STILL POPULAR.
comfort, notwithstanding the eta
tistics of divorce, from the bulletin
of the census bureau which shows
that of a total of 53,900,431 males in
the country over the age of 15 years,
21.349,266 have been married at
least once, while 1,758. 30S are wid
owers and 235, 2S4 are single by rea
son of having been divorced. The
proportion of married to single is as
59.2 to 40.8 per cent.
The encouraging feature of the
figures lies in the comparison with
ten years ago. In 1910 there were
only 55.8 married men in. the hun-
conspicuously true of Newton, whose
theories have been elaborated by
Einstein and as a matter of fact
made clearer by the latter Invest!
gator. Einsteia s explanation of th
law of mass varying with velocity,
in fact, was necessary in order to
reconcile a seemingly hopeless para'
dox between the Newton theory and
telescopic observation in its applica
tion to- the movements of the plane!
Mercury.
Not the least of the phenomena
arising from the whole controversy
between Einstein and other scien
area. 1 ne gain or more tnan lour in tista is th widespread nonular in
the hundred, which is a gain of ,-.- ,,.-, 1. hn roi,r! A hum
neaj-iy s per cent in me numDer ,or dred yeara not ono man m
marnea. indicates ai leasi mat mar- mluion outside of the academic
riage as an institution is not being circIe would have Elven the subject
wrecked by the Storms that OCCa- . ..nnrl thnna-ht Th rnnrarn of
slonally beset It. The figures lose the man ,n the street wlth scientific
some Of their value from the factl-,, ,v,n ahstruse tnnir-s is an indi-
that all males over the'age of 15 are
included, whereas it is known that
he age at which men marry Is ad
vancing steadily, but theyhow that
tne married constitute a very large
proportion a working majority, In
deed of the entire population.
Curiously, there are nearly half a
million fewer married women than
married men, a fact that the statls.
Ucians attempt to account for on the
supposition that many foreigners do
not bring their wives with them when
they first come to the country. But
it appears that there are 40,000
more divorced widows than divorced
widowers, which would indicate that
a man is readier than a woman,
after one unfortunate experience, to
marry again.
Nevertheless, the-outstanding fea
ture of the report Is the showing
that there were 20 per cent more
divorces in 1920 than there were In
1910. The question it suggests is
whether even a growing institution
can stand a perpetually Increasing
strain.
I cation of the advance that we have
made in widening the intellectual
horizon. It may be given to few ol
ua to comprehend tne n;instein
theory In all its refinements, but it Is
something that we are curious
about it.
KEEPING THE FAITH.
The decision of the board of trus-
teee of Willamette university to re
duce the enrolment of students at
that 'institution Is In line with a
growing tendency toward restricting
the facilities of higher education
which are not unlimited, to those
who are most likely to profit by
them and whose training is most
likely to prove an ultimate advant
age to society as a whole. The prl
mary question at Willamette Is also
the fundamental issue with every
other school of Its kind; as Presi
dent Doney has summarized It, it is
better to give excellent Instruction
to four hundred students or leas ex
cellent instruction to five hundred
or more. There are other consiaer
atinnA. hut tM. runs tr the root of
" - " r" r.1 uvuut I .V. tcrroa, r,f rocimnaihil i til- which
A movement to add Diamond lake ,Mts UDon any advanced Institution
ana tne surrounaing mountains to toward the student and the oublic
crater lane national pars: nas re- The interest of tbe people as a
vived the question whether use of whole in the promotion of higher
me natural resources ot tne moun- education lies -In the training of
ated the rate differential and that if
wheat buyers do this Portland busi
ness interest, would do likewise with
the competitive water rate. His
present illustration of comparative
wheat prices, like others he has pre
sented, is Inadequate and Indefinite.
We ,are unable to find all the
Trices that he quotes in the Associ
ated Press reports of January 28,
t-ut from the fact that he quotes the
Chicago price as 81.16; and that
the only approach to that price was
$1,161 for May wheat, we infer
that he refers to the May option,
while the prices quoted for Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma are cash prices.
These are not comparable. Further,
Chicago prices are for milling
wheat, while those quoted' at Port
land are for export wheat. Corn
Tumble prices are those paid for
nulling wheat on both markets.
When buying wheat to grind into
f.our for export, Portland millers
pay as much as 20 rents more than
the price for export wheat, even up
to 11.30.
Determination of the correct price
of wheat at Portland can be made
only by comparison of Portland
7 r ires with those at basic wheat
markats. It is just as easy and Just
a rtasonsble to mime that Puget
sound wheat and shipping interests
are absorbing the rate differential'
between Portland and sound ports
as that Portland buyers are stealing
the differential. Mr. Corey adopts
the latter assumption. , Grain deal
ers assert that Portland prices are
based accurately on the world mar
kets, after freight, brokerage,
wharfage and other necessary and
fixed charges are considered, but
that Puget sound interests in order
to save investments in docks, ele
vators and shipping are paying
Portland prices for wheat in the
producing districts and are absorb-
tains of the west can ba reconciled
with preservation and enjoyment of
their natural beauties and opportuni
ties for recreation. It Is proposed to
add 91,000 acres around Diamond
lake to the 160.000 acres now in
J Crater lake park in order that the
former area may be preserved as a
national playground. The objection
is. raised that this disposition of the
lake would be a barrier to its use as
a storage reservoir and to the devel-
leaders and it is desirable both that
our leaders shall be broadly trained
and also that candidates for train
ing shall possess as many as possible
of the qualities of leadership. Re
ducing the number of students by a
process of selection which presum
ably will also elevate the standard of
education is a practical method of
arriving at a desired result. It is. as
Dr. Doney says, "unjust to a stu
dent and to his parents to render a
opment of hydro-electric power at (second-grade service." More and
its outlet and on the Impqua river, more the universities and colleges
which is possible under the federal are adopting the principle Just an
nounced, of admitting only so many
students as can be cared for in the
best possible manner, and refraining
from increasing the. number until
larger resources are provided.
It Is even more profitable to re
flect that in the future policy of
Willamette university the faith of
the founders will be kept. Estab
lished as n ainstitution "to promote
not only science, but morality and
piety" as well, it will continue the
purpose to "give thorough instruc
tion in the approved fundamentals!
of a broad education," as Dr. Doney
.ys in his interesting report. It is
not exaggeration to say that the edu
water power law. This objection is
fortified by the successful opposi
tion to construction of storage dams
for irrigation in Yellowstone park.
Diamond lake is in a national
forest, and is therefore subject to all
the rules made for those areas. The
district is used primarily for preser
vation of forests, the people hunt,
fish and camp there, cattle and
sheep graze there, and ripe timber
may be cut as the forest service di
rects. Under proper regulations
summer homes may be built there.
The forest service builds roads and
traHs and protects the country from
fire and devastation. Hunting and
fishing, are controlled by the state I rational drift has been toward the
game and rish commission, which
would keep the lake stocked . with
fish and would prevent ruthless
slaughter of deer. If added to the
national park, the Diamond . lake
country would be closed- to the
hunter and fisherman and would
depend on specific anqual appropri
ations by congrens for roads and
trails, whereas it now gets its share
of the lump sums given to the forest
service for that purpose. From-the
standpoint of availability as a peo
ple's playground the weight of the
argument is in favor of retaining
Diamond lake in the national forest
as against annexing it' to the na
tional park.
The objection remains that power
plants and a dam to convert the take
into a storage reservoir might be
built. Well, what of-it? Is there
something in a dam and powerhouse
false gods of modernity. The theory
that all subjects have equal educa
tional value and that it is conse
quently unwise for students to exert
themselves in courses which are not
attractive to them els but another
evidence of the softening process
which is a weakening moral force as
well as Intellectual achievement.
The elective system carried to ab
surd extremes has allowed a wide
and an unwise, latitude of choice of
which students have not failed to
avail themselves, quite often to their
detriment. The demand for imme
diate results has been answered by
a narrowing of educational methods,'
by over-specialization and by" disre
gard of the less tangible factors
which enter Into the building of
character and the dissemination of
true culture. It is a serious charge,
but one la which many other edu
cators join, that "the graduates of
many of the colleges and the tech
nical schools do not appear to be
able to answer the serious demands
of life, and are unable properly to
function in society." Plainly it Is
time to call a halt
So we are assured again that Wll
lamette as well as a few other col
leges which constitute a noteworthy
reserve force has considered, and
still considers, that fundamentally
all the problems of living are prob
lems of judgment, while a correct
judgment demands the widest
knowledge and experience. The sub
stantial phases of life represented
by history, the sciences, mathe
matics, philosophy and religion-
these in their due relation to one
another cannot be Ignored by those
who are to consider themselves well
educated or fitted foj leadership. It
is studies such as these which are
still disciplinary in the best sense of
the term, as on sober second
thought a good many educators both
in Europe and in America are begin
ning to realize.
Dr. Doney's citation of the report
of a recent British committee of in
qulry is fortunate, because the re
port fully upholds the conclusion
that the too-modern tendency has
seriously affected the efficiency of
English, schools, and he also calls at
tention to the fact that France, after
almost twenty years of departure
from the old standards, now is mak
ing a sincere effort to repair the
damage done. It is found by the
French, who are the most practical
and'at the same time most idealistic
of people, that the classcls, history
and philosophy are not a waste.
The precise extent to which a par
ticular college may go In its effort
to ' keep up with the procession,"
the question whether it shall be con
tent with remaining a "small col
lege," or shall bid for and encourage
attendance which would remove it
to another class these are matters
largely of administrative detail. Tbe
undeviating record to which Wil
lamette has held for something more
than three quarters of a century en
courage the hope that Its ambition
to grow if it cherishes that am-J
bit ion may be attained. But it Is
meanwhile the pa.tt of profound wis
dom to have chosen quality rather
than quantity as its watchword, to
have decided to attempt no more
than it can perform with great
thoroughness, and to have deter
mined that character-building is es
sentially more important than voca
tional training, or scattered training
which leads to nowhere In particu
lar. We observe in an educational
policy so conceived all the elements
which justify the college of liberal
arts as a check upon the trend to
ward too-forwardness, and we share
with Dr. Doney the hope that it may
"continue to hold steadfastly to the
things which have been tested and
not be moved by the winds whict
blow from many directions."
The Listening: Post.
By DeWltt Harry.
The confidence with which the
British mail authorities predict the
early establishment of an all-air
mail service between London and
the most distant points of the empire-
Sydney and Adelaide, .Austra
lia and the matter-of-fact recep
tion that the announcement has ob
tained are eloquent of the amazing
progress made in aviation within a
few years. The new schedule con
templates that mail leaving London
on Monday morning at 8 o'clock
shall reach Par'.rf by an already es
tablished line at 10:30 the same
morning, get to Cairo on Tuesday,
Calcutta Wednesday evening and
Sydney on Saturday morning. The
distance thus covered In five days
now consumes a month by ordinary
means of travel. Nor will the post
age rates be prohibitive. At 85 a
ton mile they figure out at 8 cents
for a letter to Calcutta and 16 cents
to Sydney. Every - new air route,
moreover, brings nearer the day of
quick communication with every
part of the world.
THE fiddler's hands were calloused
and stiff, evidently hardened by
manual labor. His fingers were
blunt, not the tapering, nimble digits
one is led to? associate with the ar
tist. As he grasped the neck of his
instrument his great ham of a hand
seemed the larger by contrast and
the arm that wielded the delicate bow
would have been more at home with
an ax. Likely he worked during the
daytime in a garage for grease stains
showed plainly and black deposits
outlined htw finger nails.
The piano pounder must have been
a carpenter, for his ever-ready hands
kept up a tattoo on the keys Impos
sible except for one who was used
to striking hard blows continuously.
The saxophone player might have
worked In a pool room, for he wor
his instrument in somewhat the same
manner as the tough kid wears his
cigarette. . The trap expert was un
doubtedly a boiler-worker with a.
long acquaintance with noise-making
possibilities of different metals.
They made up, according to the
logend on the drum, the "Blank Jazz
Orchestra." Blank jazz was right.
No one could make a mistake, for
should the man at the piano smash
the wrong chord, the fiddler gets off
key, or .the whining saxophone hit
a snag, the ever-busy traps covered
it up. It was a miracle of discords,
and awakened a wonder as to just
what constituted music these days.
The picture 13 not - overdrawn,
Verify it yourself. The musician ia
not a mechanic, neither is the jazz
artist. The true- musician feels
harmony, expresses it with his entire
being. Jazz, as interpreted by such
agony seldom has even the appeal of
being fairly good mechanically.
A native ot Tennessee, horn there
before the civil war, was told by his
hostess that she had a fipe southern
phonograph record that she just knew
he would like. The machine ground
out a snappy trot and she waited for
him to show signs of appreciation.
Finally she asked him if he didn't
know the music of his own state
and. informed him that . he had
ust heard "Tennessee." Strange, but
the southerner, born and Drea, aia
not recognize it.
The Chicago Grand Opera company
comes next month. Fortune Gallo and
his singers will be here in about a
week and concert tours are bringing
some of the greatest vocal and in
strumental artists in America to
Portland right along. The symphony
orchestra Is gaining in popular favor,
yet the jazz gangs thrive and music
seems to have many shades of mean
ing. What is music, anyhow?
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at tbe Hotels,
F. L. Davidson, orchardist of the
Hood River country, is at the Hotel
Oregon. A' Chinook struck that sec
tion Saturday and began making, in
roads on the ice and snow which have
been in evidence since last Novem
ber. ' The Chinook always starts
running, or flowing, high in the air
and gradually comes down. Cows are
a good indicator of a Chinook. . When
cows leave the barn and head for
the hills it is almost a certainty that
-the snow will be gone by the time
they make .the climb, and when cows
leave the hills, with everything look
ing serene and come to the4 barn, it
is a safe bet that a storm is coming.
Horses, apparently, are not weather
wise like the cows.
The "zephyr" silk which was used
in the war as a covering for the
wings of aeroplanes is being manu
factured now into 'the more prosaic
fabric of a tent. This silk was
bought in immense quantities by the
government and has been taken over
by salvage concerns. As there isn't
much demand for aeroplane wings
just now, the material is being manu
factured into tents for campers and
it is of such light .weight that a
large tent weighs but a few pounds,
thus finding favor with campers.
B. S. Tobias of Seattle, registered at
the Multnomah, is one of the men who
acquired a quantity of the material.
Mr. Tobias has a chain of 18 army
supply stores throughout the coun
try. Passing through Portland yester
day was Charles 23. Hackman, cigar
manufacturer, of La Grande, Or. Mr.
Hackman has a brother-in-law whom
he has never seen. The relative ar
rived from the east a few days ago
and went to Seattle. He advised Mr.
Hackman that he would - go to La
Grande If Mr. Hackman did not meet
him in Seattle. Now, Mr. Hackman is
not ashamed of La Grande; on the
contrary he is proud of the town,
but he did not invite the brother-in-
law to come, for that would have pre
vented him from getting a trip him
self. '
They are lambing some in' the
vicinity of Lexington, Or., where C. N.
Fridley registers from at the Im
perial. This year the Morrow county
woolmen have agreed -to pay 10 cents
a head and board, or its. equivalent,
to the shearers. This price was re
cently set at a conference between
the wool growers and John McClen-
non, head of the sheep shearers' un
ion. The union is said to be a sort
of fraternial organization intended to
promote efficiency and maintain
harmony between the shearers and
the owners.
Burroughs Nature Club.
C'opyrlcht. Hoagrhton-Mif flin Co.
San Diego Is sending out rangers
in mowshoes to rescue a party
snowbound not many miles away.
While we have an icebound highway
nat as far distant, comment will be
ill advised, but we can mentally
compare winter climates.
Upon whose head rests the re
sponsibility for the death by starva
tion, with that for other offenses
against humanity, of hordes of help
less Russians? On that of William
Hohenzollern, who started the world
trouble. '
The Krupps have switched from
armament atid munitions making to
operating distilleries. Principally a
difference in degree second degree
murder Instead of first.
They must be making wine some
where in. California, as a man who
climbed down into hia vat in rescu-
ng an employe was asphyxiated by
the fumes.
Before the democratic party can
count much on regaining lost ground
it will, have to contrive some means
of regaining the lost democrats.
"America sends seeds to Europe,"
says a headline. It's comforting to
know that somebody can really use
those congressional packets-
Think what an army of the unem
ployed there woifld be If the country
were reformed and all the reformers
lost tkeir jobs.
What this country needs more
than birth control propaganda Is
some good instruction on death prevention.
Most young married couples now
adays think they can afford an au
tomobile before they can afford a
baby.
The advance guard of the smelt
Invasion is in the Cowlitz and soon
there will be "something good to
eat."
Another pipeline t h e third
from Bull Run means Portland is
getting ready for greater growth.
; People have, a wrong Idea about
so-called "trashy" publications. The
lnsi,des never fit the covers.
With women serving, the atmos
phere of "the jury room is going to
be cleared, depend upon it.
Why not Initiate some of these
bootleggers Into the order of the
Oregon boot?
Sugar is leading the loaf Into the
"nickel" column. Anything else
worth while?
"Have you ever heard how Paul
Bunyan built the Palouse country,"
asks J. H. Hoagland of Astoria. "It
was the spring after the winter of the
blue snow. I was working for Paul
at the time, driving an eight-horse
team hauling prune pits away from
the cook shanty. Old Man Palouse
had heard of Paul's jorowess in log
ging and induced him to take the
contract to build the palouse country.
Paul went to work and hauled out
the dirt and dumped it around In
ii uivervthinz went fine and
dandy and he was about through
with the hauling when he had an
offer from Old Man. Puget to go over
and dig the sound, so that night he
did a little figuring to see where he
was coming out on the job.
"He discovered that if he went to
the expense of leveling off he was
going to lose. Se he got up early
next morning, hitched up the blue ox
and hauled out an extra big load and
dumped it in a pile. That same pile
is now called Steptoe butte. He then
proceeded to fill old Palouse up on
sage-brush whisky. When he had
succeeded in getting him prettywell
stewed, he got him up on top of the
pile to look at the job and of course
it all looked level to Palouse; so he
paid Paul off and Paul lit out for
Seattle to see Mr. Puget. That's whj
the ' Palouse country is so hilly. j
"There are some good stories of
Paul's work in digging the Bound
but I wasn't with him then, I was
pretty well fed up on prunes and
quit. I heard Paul finally went
broke when he took the job of dig
ging The Dalles he never could get
it deep enough." ..
a
Unemployed force fierce competition
for jobs in Portland that will afford
tbeiH the opportunity to earn a few
dollars, but there is just as keen
rivalry after one job- that pays no
money. This position is usher in the
municipal auditorium when the Chi
cago Grand Opera company plays here
in March.
Hal White says he has over 2000 ap
plications on file at the present' time
and they are coming in by hundreds
weekly, with the approaching visit
yet more than a month away. If -all
the ushers who yearn to work just for
the opportunityto hear the famous
stars were employed there would not
be available space for the paying
audience.
One' letter from a local school ia for
the gross contract, . the applicant
agreeing to contract, on behalf of the
associated students, to furnish a run
corhple-rnenti of ushers, drill them and
guarantee them efficient and in ad
dition to see that each and everyone
Is properly garbed in evening dress.
There seems to be every certainty
that aome persons will be disap
pointed.
'Some people I know are conduct
ing a high-class boarding house in
Seattle." writes one of this column's
friends. "Not long ago they' hired a
Chinese student-boy, fresh from the
rient, to wait on table. He could
speak a little English. Also his zeal
for the house was intense. Sometimes,
however, this zeal corresponded to the
steam that, presumably well enough
intentioned, blows up the boiler in
stead of running the engine.
"On one occasion, Chow (that was
his real name by the way), was asked
for early dessert by a boarder who
had a rush appointment. "Too soon,"
said Chow, smiling affably.
A mom ant or two later another
diner asked for a second helping.
"Too much." responded Chow, smiling
still more urbanely.
Within a few weeks the long con
troversy between Polk county and the
state highway commission will get
before Circuit Judge Kelly. J. H.
Devers, legal adviser -of the commis
sion, came to Portland yesterday to
talk matters over with Martin L
Pipes, who will represent the county.
The controversy is still whether the
west side highway should be built
from Independence south, as Inde
pendence people want it,-or from Mon
mouth south, where the highway com
missioners have made the location.
Roles Are Explained.
Judge. -
"Yes," said the warden, "all our
guests are washed, first thing."
"And if they object?" the gentle
visitor questioned.
"Why, then," the warden smiled.
"they are washed and ironed."
Possibly by the end of the yeai
Fred Krusow will have a good high
way available between his town of
Grass Valley and the Columbia river
highway at Biggs. The highway com
mission plans to improve the Sherman
highway between Moro and Biggs,
which is the worst section, and when
this is developed, traffic originating
at Grass Valley will be well provided
for. Mr. Krusow is registered at the
Hotel Oregon. !
Maybe J. L Sprinkle registered al
the Benson, broughf- the mild, balmy
weather with him, for Mr. Sprinkle is
from Chinook, Mont. From the days of
ihe earliest white men in this sec
tion the warm -wind which comes
along and melts the snow has been
known as a Chinook, taking its name
from a tribe of Indians. Mr. Sprinkle
is interested in the Carver railroad,
which ambles out into Clackamas
county.
With the temperature moderating,
S. A. Anderson, plumber of La Grande,
concluded it would be safe for him
to run to Portland for a day or two,
and he is at the Imperial. With many
weeks of cold weather, the plumbing
business has not been so bad- in east
ern. Oregon. There was a new fall of
snow at La Grande Saturday, but the
mercury in the bulb is rising.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn W. Smith of
Gold Hill, Or., are at the Perkins.
For 10 or 12 years Mr. Smith was
stockholder and cashier in the Gold
Hill bank, succeeding as cashier Jo
seph Hammersly, now a aeputy ais
trlct attorney in Multnomah . county.
Recently Mr. Smith sold his interest
in the bank, sola nis nome ana an
nounced that he was going to leave
the town.
A family reunion, embracing about
20 individuals, is being held at the
Perkins. In the group are Archie
McPherson and G. Vanderhoof of
Antelope, Or., and R. Hunter and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Vanderhoof
of Tacoma, Wash.
W. H. Foster of New York, in the
Gray-Rosenbaum grain exporting or
ganization, arrived at the Benson yes
terday. Other grain men at the Ben
son are C V. Essroger and B. G. Mc
Leod, both of Chicago.
F. Barker, salmon packer of Astoria,
has checked out of the Benson, hav
ing attended a meeting here of pack
ers, when the situation was gone ovei
in detail.
A L. Curtis, also known as "Doc,"
because he is a surveyor and not a
physician, istin town from the Astoria
sector. Formerly he was surveyor of
Union county.
Union Pacific railroad officials
moved in on the Multnomah yester
day. Among thoSe present were Mr.
and Mrs. Carl R. Gray, J. L. Haugh.
E. W. Batehelder Jr. and R. H.
Beerman.
O. P. Coshow, attorney of Roseburg
and former member of the state sen
ate. Is anlong the arrivals at the
Multnomah. '
W. J. Edwards, one of the commis
sioners of Gilliam county, is regis
tered at the Imperial from May ville.
C E. Hadley, formerly a resident
of Portland, but now a rancher in
Tillamook county, is registered at
the Hotel Oregon
A Zbinder, hotel man in Seattle
and ranch man in Oregon, is at the
Imperial for a few days.
Leo Kafoury, in the clothing busi
ness at Salem, is an arrival at the
Hotel Portland.
Can Yon Answer These Questions'
1. What Is a horned toad?
2. What animal owned tha tooth I
enclose? -
3. Are the common blue Jays we
have down south harmful, and should
they be killed-?
Answers in tomorrow's nature notes.
a
Answers zo I'reviouw Qneatlnna.
1. I was surprised to see you print
the statement in giving a list of
poisonous snakes of the south that
the king snake is venomous. This is
contrary to my experience.
' We are glad to print this comment.'
On getting it we hunted up- our orig
inal penciled notes on the letter ask
ing for names of southern venomous
snakes, and the short list was cor
rectly ended "and copperheads." A
typing misch&nce turned this to "king
snake." The king snake Is a con
strictor in its eating habit, crushing,
not. poisoning its prey. It is harm
uess to man, and a help to agricul
ture, taking many small rodents for
prey.
2. Was the Star of Bethlehem a
real star?
A real astronomical occurrence of
some sort, without doubt, hut exactly
what, nobody knows positively. It
has been supposed to have been a
meteor; a comet come into visibility;
a conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn and
Mars forming a bright light in the
heavens; or possibly really a star
newly visible. Astronomers, how
ever, do not consider that any one of
these explanations fits the Bible ac
count of the star's leading travelers
from the oast.
3. What is a Gonus, or Goones. a
sea bird?
We printed- this question In Oc
tober, replying that we could not find
any word approaching Goones. It
does not appear in our edition of
Webster's unabridged, or in the in
dexes of the many volumes on orni
thology we examined. But accident
ally we come upon it in the text of
Bailey's Handbook of the Birds of the
Westera United States, as locally ap
plied by fishermen to the blackfooted
albatross, found off the Pacifio coast
from southern California to Alaska.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
ALL, READY FOR INVESTIGATION
Bnt Mi. Corey Again Becomes In
Residence Is Bonos Requirement.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) r registered in California. My
home now is in Oregon. Am I en
titled to the Oregon state bonus or
loan for soldiers?
Has California a bonus loan?
A SUBSCRIBER.
You are not entitled to the Oregon
bonus unless you were a resident of
Oregon when inducted into the serv
ice, California does not give a cash
bonus but has a land loan system for
aid of veterans. Concerning California
law .write to secretary of state, Sao-
1 ramento, CaL
volved in Wheat Fiaytires.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 4. (To. the Edi
tor.) I am pleased to accept The
Oregonian's suggestion of January 28
that a public inquiry be had, .but as
no .Oregon tribunal has jurisdiction
over the matters involved in our dis
cussion, I suggest that the inquiry
be held before the United States
department of agriculture and that
the investigation be broadened so as
to cover the question of discounts
and dockages, which is also a mooted
question between -r the farmers and
grain dealers, to 'the end that the
department of agriculture may . fix
standards of discounts and dockages
if it is deemed advisable after such
investigation
I assure you I have no quarrel with
Portland. I merely stated that appar
ently certain business concerns in
Portland have absorbed all, if any,
benefits derived from down-river
haul rates, which benefit was. prom
ised to the farmers in 1919, and that
I believed other interests in Portland
would do likewise - if the long and
short haul applications now pending
are granted. I have learned nothing
from our. discussions that has -caused
me to change irry opinion.
The fact that market quotations on
any particular date invariably show
that wheat brings a lowr price in
Portland than at any o-her export
point in the United States, as well as
many of the primary, grain markets,
leaves a question in my mind as to
the reason for this difference.
Market quotations on comparable
priced grain on January 28, if I am
correctly informed, were as follows:
Galveston and New Orleans, Jl. 20;
Chicago, $1.16 ; Kansas City, $1.17;
St. Louis, $1.19; Minneapolis, $1.28;
Omaha, $1.12; San Francisco, $1.11;
Astoria,- $1.11; Tacoma, $1.11; Seattle,
$1.11; Portland, $1.09..
The farm bureau of Springfield, 111.,
advised on January 28 jhat dealers
there . could pay 7 cents more pe.r
bushel for soft wheat than for hard
wheat, but could not get it. Port
land's quotation on same date, 7
kcents under hard wheat quotations at
Chicago. Freight rate per bushel,
Baker and Pendleton to Chicago, ' 40
cents. It is, therefore, futile to
suggest that farmers would ship to
Chicago if they thought they were
not getting all the wheat is worth
in Portland. H. H. COREY.
SALEM, Or, Feb. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) In reply to the editorial in The
Oreeronian Februarv 1. in which you
direct attention to the fact that I had
participated in granting the long
and-short-haul applications between
Portland and Marshfleld, may I state
that this commission notified about
30 intervening localities and com
mercial clubs that the hearing was
to be held, and but nine localities
appeared?
Testimony shows not one voice was
raised in protest to the application.
All parties to the hearing, including
Salem and Eugene, acceded in the
carriers' request.
I fail to see how the writer could
have done otherwise than to, grant
the application, without ignoring the
entire record.
Many localities throughout the
United States have strenuously voiced
protest to the application now pend
ing before the interstate commerce
commission, which fact necessitated
several weeks of consecutive hearings
by that body. Hardly a parallel case,
do you think? No one appeared of
record in opposition to granting
lower- rates for the long than for
the short haul in the cement cases
cited by you, and it was absolutely
necessary for Oregon manufactured
cement to rearch Oregon's one large
market of consequence, Portland, on
a comparative basis with cement of
foreign manufacture. There being no
market at the points of manufacture
in Oregon, the industries - could not
thrive without this protection.
Under the present applications, no
attempt is being made to foster
Oregon industries. On the contrary,
many will be stifled while Portland
concerns will grow and prosper under
HOW CAST THEY HELP XT?
We know the villain's going to swipe
The lovely leading lady,
We know that persons of his type
Are base, and low, and shady.
We know the evil deeds he's planned '
Adroitly and astutely.
And yet the hero clasps his hand
And trusts him. absolutely.
We know there's poison In the cup.
We see the villain pour it;
The hero calmly drinks it up
And thanks the scoundrel for It.-
And when the doctors pull him through
He says, in tones of wonder,
"How could a friend so tried and true.
Commit so sad a blunder?"
We see the villain In the gloom
As conscienceless as Nero
Come sneaking softly through the
room
To stab the sleeping hero.
The hero never sees the hate
That moves the wretched sinner.
He says: "What keeps you up so
late?
That tripe you ate for dinner?"
We dont uphold the villain's ways.
And never would defend 'em;
No lyre of ours shall chant his praise
Unless he strives to mend 'era.
But as the world he wanders through
Intent on his vocation.
These heroes must subject him to
A terrible temptation.
a a
Respect for Yeara.
China Is the oldest nation In tne
world, which is probably why tha
other nations insist on running her
affairs for her.
To Be Expected.
The price of butter and eggs in
creased because of the cold epell in
the east. You see It was necessary
to put them In cold storage to keep
them from freezing.
Gainina; in Courage,
As yet the movie people ha-ven't
the nerve to" offer the president a
Job, but you never can tell what to
morrow may bring.
(Copyright by the Bel! Syndicate, me.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Yeara Ago.
Prom Tha Oreg-onlan of February T, 1897.
Vienna. An unconfirmed report has
been received here of the massacre of
1300 Christians in the villages of the
Island of Crete.
The city of Pendleton has decided
to get along with one night watch
man for a while.
Silk made from wood by a new
and successful process will be manu
factured in this country, and prepara
tions are now being made to build a
factory.
Berlin. Germany's attempt to boy
cott American pork on the grounds
that it is infected, has failed, and
the government will be requested to
explain why it restricted imports.
Fifty Yeara Ago.
From Tha Oregonian of February 7, 1872.
Wheat is still quoted at $1. Feed
is scarce and high.
The examining physician states
that Fisk's brain weighed 68 ounces,
being ten ounces over the average.
A New York grand jury has found
that the greatest amount stolen in
one day by the late Tammany ring
was $6,000,000.
The Stockton Republican says,
editorially: "San Francisco is a
model, theoretical saint, and a very
practical sinner." Queer village.
Rule in Auction Bridge,
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) A and C are playing B and D in
auction bridge. A dealing, bids one
heart, B doubles one heart, C passes
and D passes. A redoubles.
B then bids one no-trump but A
claims he does not have the right to
change the bid and that the redoubled
heart bid must be played.
Is A right or can , the bid be
changed? . E. D. PAINE.
A is wrong; A's double or redouble
reopens the bidding and the three
remaining players, each in turn, have
the right to mttke some other bid.
Had B, C and D passed, the bid would
have stood at one heart, redoubled.
The bid of a one'-trick contract is
never doubled save for information
purposes. It informs the partner as
to the special makeup of, the hAnd and
commands him, the partner, to bid
his longest suit or a no-trump. As
in the case given the doubling
player's partner, passed, it appears
that the convention was not understood.
Why Called "Leap Year.T
PRINE VILLE, Or., Feb. 5. (To the
Editor.) Why was leap year so
called? Also, does it come every
tour years?
A CONSTANT READER.
Leap year is every year whose num
ber is exactly divisible by four, ex
cept those that are divisible by 100
but not by 400. . For example, 1900
was exactly divisible by 4 but not by
400 and was not a leap year. The
name probably arises from the fact
that in consequence of the additional
day In February, each day in suc
ceeding months is not simply pushed
on one day In the week as in other
years, but leaps over one day ad
ditional.
applications pending before the
interstate commerce commission be
granted.
Manifestly, this commission's deci
sions must be based on the facts of
record in each case.
I am sure Investigation will show
that I have been entirely consistent
in my -position relative to long and
short haul applications before this
commission. H. H. COREY.
Lincoln's Letter to War Mother.
NBWBERG, Or., Feb. 5. (To the
Editor.) I have seen a copy of a
letter said to have" been written by
President Lincoln to the mother of
four boys all killed in battle, fighting
for the union during the civil war.
Can you tell me anything about it
and where I can obtain or see a
copy of it? N. E. BRITT.
" Any public library or bookstand
carrying Lincoliana can give you
access to the letter, or you can ob
tain a loan of some volume contain
ing it by writing to the state library,
Salem, Or.
" .
Sentence Poorly Worded.
PORTLAND, Feb. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) --Kindly inform me whether or
not the underscored words in the fol
lowing sentence are used correctly?
"The officers or the company are
John Jones, James Brown and Henry
Adams, 'all of whose' address is Port
land, Oregon." PUZZLED.
The wording is uncertain and awk
ward, as it may be taken as assur
ance that "Portland, Oregon," is all
the address required, 1. e, that no
street, house number or c
ing designation is needed. Begin a
new sentence: "Their address is Port
land, Oregon." There are several bet
ter forms than the one used.
Arrival of Steamer.
MEDFOED, Or., Feb. 6. (To the
Editor.) Can you tell me on what
date in the fore part of February,
1875, the old side-wheel steamer Ori
flamme arrived in Portland from San
Francisco? I was a passenger on her.
I would like to know exactly how
long I have been in Oregon.
J. A. McLEOD.
The Oriflamme
Oregon February,
and February 24.
arrived twice in
1875 February 7
Nationality of Two.
SHERWOOD, Or., Feb. 5. (To the
Editor.) Please print the. nationality
of J. P. Morgan and John D. Rocke
feller. A SUBSCRIBER.
Both
1 citizens.
are native born American '