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THE MORXrNG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1922
K8TABLISHED BY HENRY L. rTTTOCK
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SETTING THE STAGE PROPS.
Eatanswill, according to the
faithful chronicler, owed Its politi
cal fame to the rivalry of two par
ties, the buffs and the blues. If
the blues proposed a new skylight
for the market place, the buffs
were promptly excited into violent
opposition. If the buffs proposed
the appointment of an additional
.jilke-keeper the fury of the battle
was almost heard In the metropolis.
It will be recalled also that when
his admiring constituents presented
the Honorable Samuel Slumkey
with a gold-plated coal scuttle, the
buff Independent emitted a sneer
ing editorial exposing that the Hon
orable Samuel had contributed
three-fourths of the coat out of his
own pocket. Whereupon the blue
Gazette retorted that if true it should
only more endear the Hon. Slum
key to the hearts oT all honest peo
ple, for it disclosed his sacrificing
interest In their pleasure and pe
cuniary welfare.
In the hundred years since Eat
answill patriots fought over sky
lights and pike-keepers, there has
been an almost inconceivable ad
vance in science, mechanics and
everything else but political ora
tory. Political oratory has reihained
stuck in demagogy, whether It be
after-dinner oratory, platform ora
tory, streefc-corner oratory, oratory
"with gestures or just plain oratory.
How well Mr. Cordell Hull reminds
us of this with his speech before
the Indiana editors on that famous
and familiar subject, "Turn the
Rascals Out!"
Just as in other times numbered
exactly by the number of republican
administrations we are again
gloomily informed that "no people,
free or serf, were ever worse flim
flammed than the American elec
torate by the republican political
patriots in control prior to the elec
tion in 1920." The air is as familiar
as Home, Sweet Home. And Senator
Lodge is the political conspirator,
the Cataline of today, just as some
other statesman was the grand con
spirator of the Romanized senate of
other years.
Political buncombe must have its
Issue and its shining mark. That
is wnac pontics reeds on. If a re
publican congress does not pass a
bonus measure there will be a
democratic assault upon Its selfish
Indifference to patriotic sacrifice.
it It does adopt bonus legislation,
It is not in the cards for it to pre
pare a plan of finance or taxation
for that purpose that will not
arouse the furious indignation ' of
the democratic party.
. We already have it from Chalr
. man Hull that the treaties made by
the arms conference "are based on
the principle, the spirit and the
policy of the league of . nations,
which Lodge and his cohorts once
so vociferously denounced," yet
they "surrender more of our na
tional sovereignty than has been
previously surrendered in more
than a hundred years." In short,
republicans have stolen virtuous
democratic doctrine, and because it
is now republican doctrine it ceases
to be virtuous but is wicked and
contemptible. The "ins" may pro
mote peace, or save the country
from disaster, but it is certain that
no "ins" ever did either in a way
undenounced by the "outs."
Market-place s k yl I g h t s, extra
pike-keepers, national party leaders,
foreign treaties, all stand together
on a political eminence where one
eide may view with alarm and to
ward which the other may point
with pride. The stage thunder has
begun lta rumbling and the cries
that attend the mob scene are
heard In the distance. By and by
we shall stand on street corners and
argue among ourselves over party
responsibility for that which has
not yet happened or over party re
sponsibility for something which
came of conditions remote as the
stars from political influence.
INTERMEDIATE HOSTS.
Nature's reasons for perpetuating
the most undesirable of her species
are beyond the understanding of
man, but fortunately there are
analogies which it may profit us to
take Into account. The recent dis
covery, for example, that white pine
blister rust, now threatening the
pine forests of the country, requires
gooseberry and currant plants to
complete its life cycle is the out
growth of experiments of some im
portance in connection with the oc
currence of a similar fungus on
wheat. The task of eradicating the
countless billions of rust spores
would be hopeless in either event if
it were not possible to attack them
on one of their breeding grounds.
. Three varieties of grain rust in
iiii. Uaited States have been found
to Occur only where they are able to
pass one stage of their life cycles on
some species of barberry, upon
some member of the borage family
or on the buckthorn and allied
plants. Until a few years ago the
occurrence of rust on these wild
plants passed unobserved because of
the small economic value of the
hosts, but more recent investiga
tions have shown the Importance of
suppressing undesirable wild life
because of its effect upon staple
crops. Only where it has been pos
sible to eradicate the Intermediate
host has it been possible to continue
the cultivation of threatened varie
ties of grain. - -'
The campaign against white pine
blister rust is similar to that against
the rusts that infest wheat, rye and
oata, In the respect that It Is aimed
directly at widely different slants.
In Massachusetts, for example, it is
proposed to compel the extermina
tion of all currant and gooseberry
bushes growing within 1000 feet of
white pine. Beyond this distance
the spores will die a natural death
and if eradication of the bushes is
complete the forests will be saved.
Rusts In grain present a somewhat
more difficult problem because the
spores travel somewhat farther to
find an Intermediate host and be
cause those hosts occur in greater
profusion, especially In newly
settled regions. However, It Is,
something to have determined the
principle upon which the campaign
shall' be waged, and to know that an
important pest can be stamped out
whenever the damage it does seems
to exceed the cost of a campaign of
extermination.
NOT AN AMERICAN QUESTION.
The Irish question, once happily
settled, i3 again unhappily unsettled;
and the Irish Free State is far from
a fact It is difficult to know the
rights and wrongs of the present
boundary controversy between Ul
ster and the rest of Ireland; but it
is nt difficult to believe that both
sides are too ready to fight over any
pretext or no pretext. The raids of
Ulster are a clear violation of the
truce with Great Britain. They are
designed to embarass the Irish pro
visional government and to rearouse
antagonistic British sentiment. On
the other hand. Sir James Craig and
his Ulster government have never
taken a conciliatory attitude toward
South Ireland, and have been a per
manent hindrance to any settlement
short of Ulster's extreme demands.
In a situation always inflammatory
Ulster has been as hard to manage
and to understand as the most in
corrigible Sinn Feiner.
Yet the chief responsibility for the
present upset must rest on De Valera
and his faction which, by feeding the
easily excited flame of Irish preju
dice, discontent and sense of Injury,
have only too easily stirred up a
new conflagration. The position of
De Valera is that he repudiates the
treaty made with England and thus
he repudiates Bail Eirean, the voice
of Sinn Fein and of Sinn Fein Ire
land his own creation, to speak
and act for Ireland against England.
So long as it was a. struggle by
Ireland for freedom, there was a
great measure of sympathy and sup
port for the Irish cause in America,
and to a very geat extent the cham
pions of Ireland succeeded in mak
ing it an American question. But it
Is not an American question now. It
cannot be again, on the basis that
De Valera would bring his cause
again to the world.
A CALL FOR COURAGE.
President Harding's declaration
to 'congress on the bonus mil is a
fine example of courageous court
ing of unpopularity from a high
sense of public duty. He recog
nizes that the people believe the ex
service men were not adequately
compensated and that they desire to
atone for the neglect. He is ready
to co-operate with congress in
framing and passing the necessary
law, but he realizes that the de
mand comes at a time when the
drain on the finances of the country
Is great, when industry is just be
ginning to recover from severe de
pression and when addition to its
burdens, either In the form of new
taxes or of more debt, would delay
recovery. He rejects borrowing as
a disturbance of the money market
to the injury of Industry, as adding
expense in the way of interest and
as putting off the day of ultimate
payment. He rejects special taxes
as injurious to business at a junc
ture when it needs strength and as
unequally distributing the load. He
recommends the sales tax as divid
ing among the whole nation a bur
den which each cititzen should
share in proportion to his means.
A plain choice of alternatives is
put before congress either provide
for payment each year from the
revenue of that year by means of
equally distributed taxation, on the
pay-as-you-go plan, or postpone
bonus legislation until the financial
strain has been relieved. This Is a
direct appeal to the courage of
congress on the one hand to adopt
a tax which Is violently opposed by
large elements of the population, to
the ex-service men to postpone their
demands until the nation is better
able-to meet them. To meet such
an appeal Is an act of the highest
patriotism and courage, for it will
lesson the president's popularity
both among republican congress
men and among ex-service men.
But It will raise him In the estima
tion of the great body of the people,
who instinctively respect a man
who tells an unwelcome truth and
dares to do an unpopular act.
The interest of all the people, ex
service men included. Is that the
revival of Industry; be hastened by
reduction of the load of taxes and
interest that it must bear, not de
layed by their Increase. Debt
should not be Increased, but the in
terest charge on it should be de
creased, If possible. The govern
ment must . refund 'debts to the
amount of $6,500,000,000 in the
next sixteen months and, if it avoids
further borrowing, sbcfuld be able
to reduce the anniial rate of inter
est. If it should borrow money to
pay the bonus, it would cause in
terest to rise, not only on its own
loans but on all money borrowed for
industry of all kinds. The effect
would be to raise prices and to
check revival of industry, hence
check provision of work for the un
employed, among whom are large
numbers of ex-service men. In the
end none would be better off, but
all would be worse off for many
years to come.
The eight points of the special tax
proposed by the house committee
would either burden business or be
nuisances like some of the imposts
that have just been repealed. A
tax on gasoline and automobiles
would be a tax on transportation of
the same class as those taxes on
wheels which drove the poor farm
ers of Europe to use two-wheeled
carts In place of four-wheeled
wagons. Stamp taxes on real estate
transfers, checks and other docu
inents are petty obstructions to
business, when we should facilitate
business. The only one of the eight
points for which a good word can
be said is the surtax on tobacco and
cigarettes, but all these taxes would
bear unduly on some parts of the
population and would let others go
free.
Irrespective of its merits and de
merits from other standpoints, the
sales tax which Mr. Harding recom
mends has the outstanding merit of
being drawn from the whole popu
lation in proportion to what each
one spends; therefore the rich man
pays far more than the poor. The
volume of sales is so great that a
light tax would yield large revenue.
As the service men won the war for
all of us, all should contribute to'
the- bonus. If it Is a debt of honor
from the whole nation, then the
honor of each citizen, dictates that
he pay his share, and a tax on what
he spends Is an equitable means of
determining that share.
The Oregonian refuses to believe
that the great majority of ex-service
men desire the bonus to be paid at
a time or In a way that would In
jure the nation. They would rather
give a new demonstration of pa
triotism by deferring their claim.
If a sales tax is the only way in
which the money can be provided
without such injury, congress
should adopt it Mr. Harding vir
tually challenges congress to brave
the unpopularity of the tax. He be
lieves that the people admire cou
rage above all else on the part of
their officials and that they would
welcome the unwonted display of
that virtue by congress.
MAKE THE CHANNEL PERMANENT.
Reasons given to the rivers and
harbors committee of the house of
representatives for the appropria
tion of $1, 760,000 for the Columbia
river are so strong that it is diffi
cult to understand how they can be
overcome. The project approved
by all the engineer officers of the
government is in -substance to sub
stitute permanent work, by which
the channel would maintain itself,
for work that must be repeated
every year, and to provide for the
additional dredging needed to
maintain a depth of at least 30 feet
throughout the year. If the pro
posed dikes are well located, de
signed and constructed, they should
end the dredging of the same bars
year after year.
Conitions afford the opportunity
to make the lower Columbia one of
the best- ship channels in the world.
It is not a silt-carrying stream,
therefore no deposits of new ma
terial have to be removed each
year. Freshets simply remove the
same deposits from one part of the
channel to another. By confining
the current within defined limits by
means of dikes, this process can be
stopped and the current can be
made to scour the defined channel
to great depth. As dredging for
maintenance thus Is made unneces
sary, more rapid progress can be
made with dredging for , greater
depth and width. We have in pros
pect a canalized river of ample di
mensions with scope for expansion
of the channel.
A valid claim for this government
aid is established by the liberal ex
penditure of the Port of Portland
and the dock commission on chan
nel improvement . and dock con
struction, and by the great volume
of commerce carried from this
port. When exports reach a total
of 1,656,702 tons, as they did In
1921, more than doubling in one
year, and when the number of ships
leaving the port in one year reaches
915, Portland has justified " all the
expenditure that has been made on
its channel and also justifies all the
further expenditure that is asked.
AS IT WAS IN 1820: AS IT IS IN 1923.
Formulation of the Monroe doc
trine is generally assumed to have
been prompted by plans of Euro
pean monarchs to intervene on be
half of Spain against its revolting
South American colonies, but it ap
pears from a dispatch sent by John
Quincy Adams, secretary of state, to
Henry Middleton, minister to Rus
sia, that it was inspired as early as
1820 by an invitation from the Czar
Alexander to the United States to
becofne a party to the compact "for
the preservation of universal peace"
which was formed at Vienna In
1815. This dispatch is published in
"The Writings of John Quincy
Adams," edited by Worthington C.
Ford, and It" has particular interest
at the present time through the
bearing of the principles therein
laid down on the international re
lations of this country as modified by
the war.
Adams stated In his dispatch,
which was dated July 5, 1820, that
the "league of peace" had proved
effectual in Europe, but that "its
only interruption has been in this
hemisphere, though between nations
strictly European" and that the
European alliance had undertaken
to control the aggression of Portu
gal on Spanish territory along the
Rio de la Plata, and in connection
with it they have formed projects,
hitherto abortive, of interposing in
the revolutionary struggle between
Spain and her South American col
onies.' He observed that wars were
then not "between nation and na
tion," but "between nations and their
rulers." He described the Czar Alex
ander as "the principal patron and
founder of the league of peace" and
said: "He finds a happy coincidence
between the dictates of his con
sciences and the interest of his em
pire," but Adams continued:
The political system of the United States
is essentially extra-European. To stand in
rirm and cautious independence or all en
tanglements In the European system has
been a cardinal point of their policy under
every administration of their government
from the peace of 1T83 to this day. It at
the original adoption of their system there
could have been any doubt of its justice
or its wisdom, there can be none at this
time. Every year's experience rivets It
more deeply in the principles and opinions
of the nation. Yet in proportion as the
Importance of the United States as one of
the members of the general society of
civilised nations increases in the eyes of the
others, the dliticuities of maintaining this
system and the temptations to depart from
it increase and multiply with it. . . .
It has been . suggested as inducement to
obtain their compliance that this compact
bound the parties to no specific engage
ment of any thing; that it was a pledge
of mere principles; that its real as well as
its professed purpose was merely the gen
eral preservation of peace, and It was inti
mated that, if any question should arise be
tween the United States and other govern
ments of Europe, the Emperor Alexander,
desirous of using his influence in their
favor, would have a substantial motive and
Justification for interposing, if he could re
gard them as his allies, which as parties
to the Jioiy alliance he would be.
Adams said that "the organization
of our government is such as not to
admit of our acceding formally to
that compact. Approving the gen
erad . principles and praising the
czar's high motives, he said, Presi
dent Monroe "believes that the
United States will more effectually
contribute to the great and sublime
objects for which it (the compact)
was concluded by abstaining from a
formal participation in it than they
could as stipulated members of it.
Adams continued with this sagacious
exposure of the dangers hidden in
the czar's overtures: -
As a general declaration of principles
. . . the United States not only gives
their hearty assent to the articles of the
holy alliance but will be among the most
ernest and conscientious in observing them.
cut independent of the prejudices which
have been excited against this Instrument
in the public opinion, which time and an
experience of its good effects will gradu
ally wear away, it may be observed that
for the repose of EVuroDe as well as of
America, the European and American polit
ical systems should be kept as separate
and distinct from each other as possible.
If the United States as members of the
holy alliance could acquire a right to ask
the influence of its most powerful mem
bers ih their controversies with other
states, the other members must be en
titled In return to ask the influence of the
United States for themselves as against
their opponents. In the deliberations of
the league they would be' entitled to a
voice, and in exercising their right must
occasionally appeal to principles, which
might not harmonise with those of any
European member of the bond. This con
sideration alone would be decisive for de
clining a participation In that league,
which is the president's absolute and ir
revocable determination, although he
trusts that no occasion will present itself
rendering it necessary to make that de
termination known by an explicit refusal.
Thus Monroe refused an Invita
tion to intervene in European af
fairs, even when accompanied by an
offer of the backing of Europe's
most powerful monarchy against any
other power with which the United
States might have a dispute. He saw
that by accepting a right to inter
vene in Europe, he would concede
to Europe a right to intervene in
America, He saw. that the league
was composed of monarchies and
he foresaw that Its obligations
might involve this republic in oppo
sition to rebellion, thus arraying it
against the very principles on which
it is founded. From this position he
advanced tQ that of the doctrine that
bears his name, by which any Euro
pean intervention or aggression on
the western hemisphere was de
clared an act unfriendly j the
United States and by which the pur
pose not to interfere in European
affairs is affirmed. That was the
guiding principle of American policy
for a century.
It is for American statesmen of
the present day to determine how
far changed conditions require that
they depart from the principles laid
down in- 1820 and 1822. In self-defense
we have been compelled to in
tervene in a war that was originally
European. Our intervention has
placed almost all nations of Europe
in our debt. The danger of being
called upon, if member of a league,
to support ah autocrat against a
people fighting for freedom is past,
for autocracy has been destroyed,
every state in Europe is ruled by its
people, and the closest approach to
autocracy is found in Russia, whose
rulers profess to have carried popu
lar rule farthest. Though we may
refrain from participation in Eu
rope's political controversies, our
own prosperity is so dependent on
Its economic reconstruction that our
own interest impels us to exert our
influence in that field. The nations
of Europe are so divided in policy,
so . weakened and so conscious of
their need of outside help, which
they can get only in America, that
they turn to us for guidance as well
as economic strength. We may
strive to gratify this desire, while
holding aloof from political differ
ences, but their International poli
tics, are so Interwoven withi their
economic ills that we may be unable
to remedy the latter without taking
a hand in the former. Adams fore
saw temptation to this policy, grow
ing as the republic grew in impor
tance, but he could not foresee the
absolute necessity that is upon us.
Little affairs in crime somehow
get out. A Chicago giri tola a
woman that she had met "the most
wonderful man," and investigation
revealed him to be the woman's
husband, supposed to be dead. The
wife is a good guesser.
Mr. Bryan's statement that he will
engage in no contest in Florida
which would "conflict with the am
bitions of others or with their per
sonal desires" reveals a strangely
softened Bryan by comparison with
former days.
Harding will start for Alaska in
June, going from San Francisco - in
the Mayflower, and spend a month
in the northern territory. Two or
three days in the Columbia would
soak the barnacles off the presiden
tial yacht.
A statistician has calculated that
married men are more reliable tha.n
single men, in the ratio of six to one.
Nowadays a married man needs to
be about six times as reliable to
measure up to 'his increased respon
sibilities. These foolish girls who offer
themselves in marriage for a few
thousand dollars, Intending the
money for family relief, are only
legalizing a traffic. Their awaken
ing is rude, just as the method is
crude.
A Jacksonville, Fla., man "has
been arrested jit the age of 106 years
for being drunk and disorderly. The
really sad feature of the case Is that
in suspending sentence the court
neglected to ask him what brand he
used.
The Kentucky legislator who pro
poses to prohibit the teaching of
Darwin" in the public schools of
his state is unwittingly demonstrat
ing the fallacy of one theory of Dar
win's that the fittest survive.
Discovery that Mount Hood is 25
feet- higher than it was supposed to
be puts a new light on those out
pourings of steam and smoke. Even
a mountain is entitled to celebrate
an event like that.
a young ietiow in umcago had a
young woman held in $1000 bonds
because she called him on the tele
phone forty times a day. The poor
boob might find it less bothersome
to marry her.
The democratic committee will
begin early to "deplore" and "con
demn" this year. It is the party of
pessimism in odd years, as well as
others.
Basking In the balmy February
sunshine, one contemplates that 23
below zero in the eastern states.
What's a little thickened mist?
The best evidence that times are
getting good again is that the demor
cratic party is beginning to perk up
and take heart.
Mr, de Valera seems determined
to change the name of the new Irish
Free State to Irish Free-for-all
State.
Naturally this Is the time of high
water in flat places. '
choice; Lies before: senator
Mr. Poindexter Must Choose Between
Heuratlma nmd Own Independence.
Aberdeen World.
The Portland Oregonian. discussing
a recent comment of the World, says
it does not intend to convey the Im
pression that it will support Senator
Poindexter if he should yote to ratify
the treaties that have come out of the
arms conference, that it is not Inter
ested at this time in his political for
tunes, but that It is concerned with
the treaties and the attitude the sena
tor .may display toward the demand
made by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
namely, that the senator must 1
oppose the treaties, must, in fact, "lead
the-fight" against them. On thjs
point The-Oregonian remarks:
"When a bold attempt is made to
dragoon Mr. Poindexter as senator
into a position antagonistic te the
public welfare with.the plain implica
tion that he can thus best serve his
own Interests as a candidate. The
Oregonian will have something to
say."
Is there any other implication to be
found in the notice the Post-Intelligencer
has served on Mr. Poindexter?
It declared that he must fight the
treaties, that this state demands it.
The state demands nothing of the sort,
but isn't the inference plain that if
Mr. Poindexter does not' do as the
Seattle paper wishes, he cannot count
on the support of that paper?
The Oregonian wants to know: '"Is
Mr. Poindexter Mr. Hearst's man or
his own? Is he the senator for the
Hearst press or for the public?"
This state wants to know the an
swer to these questions equally with
The Oregonian. That, in short. Is the
issue raised by the demand of the
Seattle paper. The World remarked
that in the bearing of this issue on
the coming senatorial campaign Mr.
Poindexter might choose between the
support of the Hearst Seattle paper
and The Oregonian and the rest of the
newspapers of this- state. We may
not be so far wrong at that, but in
deference to The Oregonlan's dis
claimer, the proposition can be modi
fied to say that Mr. Poindexter can
not have the support of the majority
of the newspapers of this state if he
decides to accept. the dictation of the
Hearst Seattle .paper. We have no
hesitancy in saying that that is very
close to the fact.
The attitude of Mr. Poindexter on
the treaties cannot be dissociated now
from the senatorial campaign. The
Seattle paper has tied the two to
gether. The fight on Mr. Poindexter
is to be made, it is perfectly apparent,
accordingly as . he stands on these
treaties. If he supports the treaties
the Hearst Seattle paper will assail
him. If he does not support them, it
will be considered that he has yielded
to the Hearst wishes. His attitude
ought to be governed, and we think
it will be governed, by his judgment
as to what Is best for the country.
There ought to be no other consid
eration. '
The World has never supported Mr.
Poindexter and is not given to advis
ing him, nor does it presume to do so
now. But he may well consider
whether it would not be better to go
to defeat at the hands of the Hearst
press, if necessary, and do in the mat
ter of these treaties what his con
science, his judgment and his patriotic
interest In the country dictate, rather
than win the support of the Hearst
press. If he takes the Hearst side
of this question, he will never be. his
own man again. It would seem bet
ter to be one's own man and a private
citizen than to be a senator and owned
by Hearst. It may be suspected, more
over, that even the best political judg
ment lies in independence.
G. A. R. IS NOT IN FEDERATION
Use of Organization for Partisan Pur
poses Is Not Permitted.
PORTLAND. Feb. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) The indorsement of certain
candidates for office by a "federa
tion" of self-styled "patriotic socie
ties" appears to result in confusion
in the minds of many people, and the
question is asked if the Grand Army
of the Republic is a member of the
federation." In reply to such, allow
me to say tnat the Grand Army of
the Republic is not that kind of a
"patriotic society." It stands, as it
always has stood, for a square deal
for all people, does its work in the
open and will not indorse dark lan
tern methods i politics.
The G. A. R. points with pride, not
only to its achievements In the field
in the troublous days of the '60s, but
to its record of patriotic citizenship
for more than half a century since.
and has no need to advertise its
patriotism. Absolutely non-partisan
and non-sectarian, it can have n
sympathy with the underground
methods of the "federation."
Chapter 5, article 11, rules -and
regulations of the Grand Army of
the Republic, reads as follows:
"No officer or comrade of the
Grand Army of the Republic shall in
any manner use this organization for
partisan purposes, and no discussion
of partisan questions shall be per
mitted at, any of its meetings, nor
shal any nominations for political
office be made." G. A. WILLIAMS,
Commander Department of Oregon,
G. A. R.
Oil Barge Possibilities on River.
HANFORD, Wash., Feb. 16. (To
the Editor.) I came in here to look
into the agricultural possibilities of
the Priest Raplds-Hanford country.
There were several strangers here,
among them two oil men from Texas.
There are five gas wells about 15
miles from this town that are capable
of producing from 800,000 to several
million feet every 24 hours. This Is
a high-grade petroleum gas.
The question of whether It would
be possible to take the oil down the
Columbia river to tidewater in barges.
in case they strike oil here, was dis
cussed. Would you be good enough
to tell me what size barges or steam
boats can Aavigate this river through
the locks at The Dalles to your city?
The natural outlet would of course
be down this river either by rail or
boat and the question Is which is the
cheaper and which method would most
natura-Hy be used. . O. H. S.
The locks at The Dalles will ac
commodate any of the ordinary river
steamers operating on the Columbia
and Willamette rivers. A boat 265
feet long and with a beam of 40 feet
can pass through without difficulty.
A depth of seven feet of water over
the sills is provided at the locks at
extreme low water, but shoals in the
river above Pasco make it inadvisable
to attempt navigation of that part of
the stream at extreme low water with
a vessel drawing more than three
feet.
Paper Mill at Vancouver,
PORTLAND. Feb. 17. CTjo the Edi
tor.) Some time ago there was a re
port that there was to be a paper
mill built in Vancouver, Wash. Will
you kindly state if same has been
started, who is buil'ding it and the
name of the engineer in charge, or if
the project has been indefinitely de
layed? - SUBSCRIBER.
Nothing about this mill is being
done so far as known. It is believed
the company is waiting for the price
of machinery and supplies to drop. It
has the site and permission from the
city to use street ends.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales ef Folks at the Hotels.
"Sheepmen are feeling good, as is
Indicated by the large attendance at
their meetings recently," reports Dr.
W. M. Lytle, state veterinarian, who
arrived at the Benson yesterday after
two weeks in the interior counties.
"The sheep men are talking of pass
ing a resolution asking legislation to
get rid of the range horses, which
are eating the grass not only on the
range but also in the forest reserve.
These horses run wild and are with
out brands. There is no herd law in
the interior. Sheepmen have taken
up the matter of the horses with the
forest people but have been informed
that it is a state and not a federal
matter. The sheep business is 'com
ing back." Wool is now being con
tracted for about 28 cents a pound
and men are offering to put up a
deposit of l on every fleece as an
earnest payment. I heard of one old
Sheepman, who does not read the
newspapers, .who sold his clip re
cently for 16 cents a pound. The
buyer didn't have enough money to
swing the deal, so he brokeraged the
wool at 22 cents, cleaning up 6 cents
a pound himself. The sheepman,
when he learned what had happened
to him, stood by his bargain. He is
one of those characters who write
checks on a shingle, or the paper off
a tomato can. There is plenty of hav
around Silver Lake, Summer Lake and
in the Chewaukan and thousands of
sheep have been assembled there from
the high desert to feed. In the Bend
and Echo country hay Is rapidly dis
appearing and with the demand the
price is increasing about a dollar a
week, so that in places J10 a ton is
being demanded. Snow storms have
come, and although machines have
been running between Lakeview and
Bend all winter, cars are now being
stalled by- the drifts."
There must be an awful desolation
on the streets of Tillamok these days,
because so many of the prominent
citizens are now in Portland. A reg
ular Tillamook invasion is indicated
by the hotel registers and most of
those here register "From the Cheese
c 7', bving that it is well to
put in a boost for the leading Indus
try of Tillamook while they are about
it.. Among those registered at the
Imperial are Rollie W. Watkina, W. K.
Messersmith, M. Walling, George P.
Winsiow, Webster Holmes, E. V.
Snodgrass, J. W. Wilson, D. R.
Tumastil, R. C. Patterson, John A.
Carroll,' L. B. Lucas and A. G. John
son. At the Hotel Oregon are Claude
Myers, P. H. Matthews and A. L.
Jeffries.
After several weeks In San Diego,
Cal., where he went for his health.
George McKay, retired cattleman and
former postmaster of Waterman, Or.
arrived at the Perkins yesterday. He
found that the climatic conditions in
San Diego were far worse than in
Portland and that the weather was
colder there than here, and means of
keeping warm were inadequate. "It
was even too cold to go to see the
horse races at Tla Juana," he reports.
James S. Stewart, old-time Tillicum
of Mr. McKay, met the cattleman on
the train at Albany and rode to Port
land with him.
"All sold," Is the slogan of W. R.
Scott, manager of the Albany branch
of the Puyallup & Sumner Fruit
Growers' Canning company, regis
tered at the Multnomah. Mr. Scott
is attending the convention of the
northwest canners. So great is the
demand for the product of the Albany
plant this year, accordinng to Mr.
Scott, that his only regret is that
he has no more canned goods to sell.
Besides berries, a large quantity of
apples and pears were canned. Ac-
companying Mr. Scott is F. B. Clark,
superintendent of the cannery.
Frank B. Foster, who runs about 500
or 600 head of cattle in Crook county,
in the Powell Butte district, is in
Portland on business.- It has been
said that the hay of the Powell Butte
district has more nutriment than any
other hay in the west and that the
soil grows the best potatoes in Amer
ica. Mr. Foster's ranch is south of
Potato King Mustard's place. Mr.
Mustard has been growing, potatoes
which command the highest price in
the California market and have cap
tured the prizes at fairs in the east
and in the west.
"On our side of the Siskiyous the
Pacific highway is open. The enow
has never been bothersome for more
than a few hours at a time. I do not
know what conditions are on the
California side, but so far as the Ore
gon section is concerned the traffic
la moving freely," reports Kenneth
Hodgman, division engineer of the
state highway department, who
passed through Portland yesterday.
Registered at the Perkins from
Ocean Park, Wash., is L. E. Loomis.
The Loomis family has been at the
north beach for a generation and long
before Portlanders patronized Sea
side, Gearhart, Cannon Beach or the
Tillamook beaches they went to the
Washington beach and every summer
visitor from Portland knew the
Loomis family personally.
As an appraiser for soldier bonus
loans for Deschutes county, H. J.
Overturf of Bend is in the city at
tending the conference called by Gov
ernor Olcott. Mr. Overturf served in
the two legislative sessions of 1921.
air a member of the house. He is ac
companied to Portland by his son.
They are registered at the Benson.
V. W. Vawter, cashier of the Jack
son County bank' of Medford, arrived
in Portland to attend the meeting of
the soldiers' bonus committee, being
one of the appraisers for Jackson
county. He is registered at the Mult
nomah. Mr. Vawter's name has been
mentioned as a possible candidate for
the house of representatives in the
coming May primaries.
I. B. Bowen of Baker, who has
been in the newspaper .business there
for a great many years, is registered
at the Hotel Oregon. During most of
the time he was in partnership with
George Small, who sold out and then
came to Portland, buying a home
overlooking Laurelhurst park. - .
John D. McVlcar, who registers
"It's the climate," which, freely
translated, means that he comes
from Grants Pass, where the sur
rounding country is formed of de
composed granite, is among the ar
rivals at the "Hotel Portland. Mr.
McVlcar is a highway contractor.
Sheriff Montague of Gilliam county
is in Portland on official business.
Mr. Montague was appointed sheriff
a few months ago to fill a vacancy.
Several Inches of snow fell around
Dufur Wednesday, according to
George W. Johnstone, an arrival
from Wasco county at the Multno
mah. W. S. Burleigh, an attorney of En
terprise, Wallowa county, Is at the
Imperial while attending the con
ference on the soldiers' bonus.
L. H. Plamondon of Woodland,
Wash., where he is in the banking
business, is at the Hotel Portland
with Mrs. Plamondun. .
With his bride, Garland Ferguson,
cashier of the Condon National bank,
is in town on a honeymoon trip.
C. L. Sweek, one of the city dads
of Heppner, is registered at the Im
perial. B. P. Noonan, capitalist of Astoria,
ha among the arrival at the
Mult-
nomah.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
CAN YOC ANSWER THESB QUES
TION Sf
1. To what part of Canada Is the
black raccoon native? I don't mean
the gray or dark gray. I have seen
the black variety in captivity, in the
east. '
2. Is there a special breeding
season for doves?
3. How does the gipsy moth
spread?
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Do horned toads lay eggs?
No, they are viviparous like some
kinds of snake, producing live young,
which have rudimentary horns when
born. The young are lively and able
to take care of themselves practic
ally as soon as born.
2: When the .urkey gobbler struts
with his wing on the ground, does
the sound come from the wings
scraping the ground, or his mouth?
The sountt is vocal, produced
through the mouth. One authority
describes it as resembling what a
human can make by putting the
tongue to the roof of the mouth and
blowing hard, thus vibrating the
tongue. The turkey, both male and
female, can make a yelping noise.
The strutting and spreading of the
wings is a symptom similar to that
of the peacock when he spreads his
train to show off, to the female he
is courting.
3. Why will blossoms on pumpkin
or squash vines fall to set and bear
fruit? The vines appeared to be
healthy.
We can hardly comment on an in
dividual case which we have never
seen at first hand. Possibly by acci
dent the blossoms on these particular
vines failed to be cross-fertilized by
visiting insects, so could not produce
fruit.
WORTH WHILE TO SAVE THE FEW
Majority Sbould Not Dance If Practice
Ruins 5 Per Cent.
PORTLAND, Feb. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian February 13
is an article from the pen of a high
school student. In it he refers to the
ministers, "who seem to be of one
sect, as long-faced, mournful appear
ing," etc.
If these leaders of men (for such
they are, or they would not long
hold their positions) think there is
something wrong with the school
dance, may we not give the subject
some thought? For the people of
their congregations are backing them.
These ministers are not, alone.
It appears that the trouble with
the Chicago schools is with the 5 per
cent. This per cent, though small.
when named as interest on a large
amount of money soon becomes quite
a formidable sum. The argument as
to the value of the 6 per cent may be
used with the liquor question. There
may not have been more than this
per cent who were drunkards, yet
they made a great disturbance and
caused much suffering in their homes.
The people say that prohibition is a
good law.
Again, this small per cent may con
tain men of worth if given a little
aid. One of Oregon's boys, a bright
fellow, a classmate of the writer,
later went to the state of California,
where he stumped the state for Gen
eral Grant and was spoken of as a
suitable man for the governorship.
As to abjlity, he could have filled any
position offered, yet he went to an
untimely grave from the use of liq
uor. Nor is this the only Oregon boy
that has been lost to the state and
nation through drink.
The same argument applies as well
to the dance. The few are important
and are worth eaving when it can be
done with a little sacrifice from their
associates. Especially is this true if
among them is my son, or daughter.
Paul said: "I will eat no meat while
the world standeth If it make my
brother to offend."This Is one of the
foundation stones upon which rests
the Christian religion. Anything less
will never save the world. To have
our names upon some church record
amounts to but very little if we have
not the spirit of Christ. He was will
ing to make the great sacrifice for
humanity. Can we do our part as
willingly? The effort to save the
homes is worth while. If the homes
are pure and true there need be.no
fear for the city, state or nation.
W. C. BELKNAP.
Just Why Do People Laugh
Anyway?
We know that in real life nothing is more humorous than to see
someone slip on a banana peel; that for an urchin the acme of sport
comes when he has been able to knock off some old fellow's top hat
with a snowball. The comic artists have taken advantage of this
desire of the human family to laugh and live upon their ability to
provoke guffaws. Just what it is, however, that causes laughter has
been the source of investigation by philosophers, scientists and
psycologists for ages. And no"w" a psychologist comes forth with a
new theory about laughter. It will appear in the magazine section
of The Sunday Oregonian.
Last Stronghold of Slavery In this closing article of the series
oh slavery in Turkey which will appear in The Sunday Oregonian
Miss Mary Symons will tell of the white slavery as conducted there.
The article relates how innocent refugee girls are enticed by
promises of work into traps' set by procurers only to discover the
trap when it is too late.
Electric Rays Can Cure Ills The fountain of youth which was
sought by the ancient explorers may be contained in those little
electric wires which form a network over and under our modern
cities. At least physicians are now performing wonders in the
curing of certain diseases by the use of the electric rays which
radiate from an X-ray bulb. The. field of the X-ray is constantly
being enlarged and Portland has some successful practitioners. What
is being done here and in other cities will be told in The Sun
day Oregonian.
Love-in-a-Mist There is a certain old-fashioned flower called
Love-in-a-Mist. It suggests victorianism, crinolines, gift books and
chignons young women given to dying of broken hearts. In this
delightful fiction feature by Fanny Heaslip Lea, which will appear in
The Sunday Oregonian, much of the old romance of those days is
woven in with -the new to make an exquisite little story. Everyone
will want to read it. Never printed before.
How I Made My Brother Terror of Bantams "Midget" (William
J.) Smith is on the road to bantam championship. Sports writers
in all parts of the country have predicted it. The boxing world was
astonished when, beginning a year ago, this stocky lad rose suddenly
from a second-rate preliminary fighter to the most formidable' of
the title hunters. And how Vera Smith trained her brother for this
phenomenal rise will be told in The Sunday Oregonian.
Modern Little Lord Fauntleroy The story of Little Lord Faunt
leroy has charmed both old and young for years. And now that
exquisite tale is being re-enacted by a 7-year-old boy in England who
is fighting for the ? 1,500,000 estate of the late Earl of Shrewsbury.
It is considered possible that the fight in the courts may prove that
the boy Earl of Shrewsbury was disinherited because his mother
wed an American. This story of the modern Little Lord Fauntleroy
will be told in The Sunday Oregonian.
All the News of All the World
THE SUNDAY OREGON I AX
Just 5 Cents
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jame ilontagne.
SOUTH SEA STUFF.
The 'copra soars above the shores
That pearl a sapphire sea.
And, like as not, a Hottentot
Is waiting there for me.
The bay is calm, the fronded palm
With lithe and sinuous grace
Bends o'er the maid and steeps in
shade
Her rather shadier face.
And if she stands upon the sands
And wears that wistful smile
Till I appear, I sort of fear
She'll be there quite a while.
Where tabus roam their Island home
With taafas on their brows.
Or dive through- coves to pluck the
loaves
From sun-baked bread fruit boughs.
For days and days a maiden's gaze
Is fixed upon the blue
That she may mark my white-sailed
bark
That cleaves the atoll through.
I have not met the lady yet
And only wish her well.
But none the less I sort of guess
She'll wait there quite a spell.
The paruu droops o'er dusky troops
Of aborigines.
Who wait to hail the white man's sail
Upon the tropic seas;
They're keen to wed, so we have read.
And when his ship arrives
With loving hearts they'll play the
parts
Of fond and loyal wiyes.
But if they wait to share my fate
Beside the creaming foam
They'll wait in vain I'll tell 'em
plain
I'm quite content at home!
A Cinch.
People dwelling in the north and
east feel that that "if" in Shelley's
line "if winter comes" is somewhat
supererogatory.
To Avoid the Rush.
Anyway, we don't want any open
door policy in the United States until
there's a little more to eat in Russia.
Naturally.
Talk is cheap, and as a consequence
the quality is never to be guaranteed.
(Copyright by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
In .Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of February 18, 1807.
Jarvis V. Beach of the law firm of
Paxton. Beach & Simon, living on the
east side, has consented to become a
candidate for school director at the
election to be held next month.
H. M. Adams has been appointed
local freight and passenger agent for
the O. R. & N. at Rossland, B. C.
One of the largest congregations
of the entire series of union services
gathered at Grace church last night.
Mr. Boyd preached a searching ser
mon on the text: "Thou Are Weighed
and Found Wanting." t
Washington. Rear -Admiral Ed
mund R. Calhoun, retired, died at his
residence here tonight of heart
failure, aged 75 years. v.
AS PAUL SAID TO CORINTHIANS
Apostle Quoted on Brethren Going to
Law With One Another.
PORTLAND, Feb. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) About two thousand years ago
the authorities of the church appealed
to the civil courts as against the Man
of Nazareth. He was condemned and
put to death. Tes, but what after
wards befell the church?
If St. Paul were alive today could
he speak otherwise to the diocese of
Oregon than as he wrote to the Cor
inthians: "I speak to our shame. Is it so that
there is not a wise man among you?
No, not one that shall be able to Judge
between his brethren? But brother
goeth with brother and that before
unbelievers. Now, therefore, there is
utterly a fault among you because ye
go to law one with another."
O, Mother dear.
Wilt thou forgive thy Son one boding sigh?
Forgivo if round thy towers he walk In
fear,
And tell thy jewels o'er with jealous eye?
Mindful of that sad vision, which In
thought
From Chebar's plain the captive prophet
brought,
Te see lost Zion'a shame.
GEO. E. BURTON.