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THE MORNING O REG ONI AN, MONDAY, MARCH G, 1923
ESTABLISHED BY HENRY L. FITTOCK.
Published by The Oregonlan Publishing Co.
130 ixtlx Street, PortlaDd, Oregon.
C. A. MORDEN, B. B. PIPER,
Uanacer. Editor.
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Daily, Sunday included, one month ... .75
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Daily, without Sunday, six months..., 8.25
Daily, without Sunday, one month. . .00
Sunday, one year ... 2.60
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Dally, Sunday Included, one year $9.00
Daily. Sunday included, three months. 2.25
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At no time has The Oregonian- be
littled the seriousness of the prob
lems confronting' the directors of
school district No. 1. It is aware that
several of the buildings are outworn,
and that building capacity, such as
It is, is insufficient. It recognizes
that the present standard of schools
has been a gradual growth and that
It could not be modified greatly
without a protest from many of the
same persons who complain of high
Bchool taxes. Nevertheless an In
quiry into or discussion of the causes
of high taxation as a whole cannot
te consistently made without includ
ing: school taxes.
The other day The Oregxmlan
made a comparison of school stand
ards of this and an earlier day in
pointing out why school taxes had
risen to the amount now charged
against the property owners. Direc
tor Clark in response writes in a
letter today that during the period
mentioned the population of the dis
trict greatly increased; that, to use
one illustration ne manes, it re
quired a levy of 2 mills In 1875 to
care for the housing and instruction
of 2974 children, and a levy of only
.7 mills in 1921 to care for over
60,000 children. .
It is true that the cost of public
schools can- hardly be expected to
keep even step with the growth of
school population. Nobody should
expect schools to cost no more in
proportion now than they did in 1875
when salaries were low, when in
6truction was given chiefly in rudi
mentary studies, when land for
eehoolhouse sites was inexpensive,
when building was cheap and when
the tendency of the times was to
erect structures of non-permanent
character. But school population
and tax levy are only two of three
elements necessary in calculating
"comparative school costs.. The third
Is assessed valuation. The accurate
comparison is of cost per annum per
pupil in the two periods.
In 1875 the public schools cost
this district approximately $6 per
-pupil in taxes. In 1920 they cost
this district more than $50 per pupil
In taxes. In 1921 the cost fell to
about $33 per pupil, due to the re
fusal of the people to continue the
3-mill building levy which had been
In effect the year before.
It may be admitted that the edu
cation necessary to make our youth
competent to cope with the world is
worth any legitimate cost, and that
while our children are obtaining
this education their health should
not be impaired by improper hous
Ing, no matter what the legitimate
price. But an increase in the cost
of doing this from f 6 to $50 or even
to $33 is startling.
For purpose of emphasis we re
peat: In 1875 it cost $6 a year for
each pupil In the public schools; in
1920 it cost $50. But, as said before.
the growth in cost and in standards
has been gradual.. No one board of
directors is perhaps more to blame
than another and perhaps no board
more to blame than the public itself.
The public has become habituated to
the immediate accessibility of
schoolhouses: one section of the city
naturally believes itself as much en
titled to as modern a building, to as
good teachers and to as broad a
course of instruction as are pos
sessed by the most fortunate dis-
trict. If only one school building is
equipped with auditorium, srvmna-
sium and swimming pool, no other
building can be erected without such
(conveniences except over the pro
testing inquiry as to why the section
eerved by .the new building is not as
much entitled to these things as any
other section of the city.
Extension of the course of study
pince 1875 has been conspicuous. It
has not been done without large
cost. It requires more teachers in
proportion to school attendance, and
it requires larger units in the school
plant that the newer activities
may be given room.
The point intended herein to be
made is that the people get what
they demand in the way of school
facilities and other governmental ac
tivities. If they are dissatisfied with
the cost the only remedy is to re
duce the scope of the system. They
cannot get back to the $6 per capita
school cost of 1875, but if they be
lieve that the building facilities and
schooling that were good enough for
the children of the preceding gener
ation are good enough for the pres
ent generation, the cost can be cut
materially. But low taxes and high
methods are not compatible.
navies of the world, while nominally
ranking 6-5-3, would actually ran
5-0-3, that of the United States be
ing represented by the cipher. If
gunboat from our mighty neighbor
Nicaragua should put into the har
bor of Los Angeles, say, and deman
surrender of the city, the mayor
would have no choice; he would put
out in a rowboat or motorboat an
hand a written capitulation to the
ruthless invader, who would prompt
ly demand ail the money in all the
barnks. At their leisure our con
gres8ionai economists could then
calculate how much money they had
saved on balancing accounts.
While they are about it, the econ
omists who wish to save money on
necessaries in order that they may
spend it in luxuries should do it by
wholesale. They might pass a reso
lutlon to this effect: "We love peace,
therefore all nations love peace
therefore we will abolish the navy.1
A fig- for your piecemeal economy,
THE REAL THING IX ECONOMY.
The congressmen who imagine
that they practice economy by pro
viding so little fuel for the navy
that it must remain tied to the docks
for the next four months with just
enough steam up to provide light,
hsat and fire protection are sadly
mistaken. They practice reckless ex
travagance. As the crews of warships are
worthless unless trained and as they
cannot train unless they put to sea,
their pay is wasted; they should be
discharged, when- more money would
be saved. As ships without crews
and without fuel are useless, the
ships should be Junked, though some
might be kept for show with, the
muzzles of their guns plugged and
with doves of peace painted on them.
Then yet more money would be
saved.
Ia that event the three .principal
TALK THAT COUNTS.
Samuel G. Blythe has ascertained
from the common conversation in
Pullman cars and at. city banquets
and about the streets of New York
that the main topic among people
generally Is the identity and trust
worthiness of this or that bootlegger,
Discussion of home brewing methods
has somewhat declined, he finds.
but by and large, we gather from his
article In the Saturday Evening- Post,
the attitude of the people is one of
disrespect for the prohibition law,
We are not satisfied with the tes
timony of what those persons who
can and will pay $120 a case for bad
whisky or even $8 a single quart for
it think about prohibition.- It is far
more important as a matter of evi
dence what the passengers in the
day coach, the persons who are less
familiar with banquets . than with
having company to dinner, and the
40 per cent who live on the farms
are doing and thinking and saying
about it.
Mr. Blythe does not discover the
incongruity between his conclusions
and the story he tells of the sena
tors who, after making oratorical
defense 6t prohibition, gladly ac
cepted an invitation to have a drink
Mr. Blythe writes entertainingly and
authoritatively, at times, of politics,
but we imagine that he does not
obtain his impressions from smoking
compartment or banquet or metro
politan precinct gossip but from
persons who are in touch with the
common people up country. Mem
bers of congress usually have their
ears to the ground.
-' Undoubtedly there Is much boot
legging. But once Portland had 400
saloons. It certainly has not 400
bootleggers. If it had, the 400 boot
leggers could reach only a small per
centage of those who once drank in
saloons. There is vastly less drink
ing than formerly and that which is
done is not surrounded by the entic
ing and habit-forming customs that
once led youth astray.
Of course there is much talk
about bootlegging, too. But it is
both striking and significant that the
most vociferous condemnation of a
law so widely violated comes from
those who are doing the violating.
In any case Portland will not be restricted the flow of money to New
satisfied with less- than enough. York and has placed it at the service
Coos bay has to deal with ai sim- of the communities to which it be-
ilar obstruction to that which for- longs. That was one motive for con-
merly troubled Portland at the struction of the Panama canal that
mouth of the Columbia a bar by shortening the sea route between
where dredging is only a makeshift, the Atlantic and Pacific coasts the
A jetty at each side of the entrance people might have the benefit of
should prevent further shoaling and I water competition with railroads.
should set the currents and tides to I Lfist this purpose be defeated, the
The Listening Post.
By DeWltt Harry.
There is nothing- quite like a baby
is the home. Youngsters are a care,
but admitted to be worth' it. This
"articular baby had a cold and
work in wearing down the bar until Panama canal law of 1912 forbids mother had a handkerchief hung oh
it will cease to be an obstruction and railroads to have any Interest in the. side of the. crib, alongside the
a danger to ships. If we may take competing coastwise chips or in ships bIg bed, and would automatically
the experience with the Columbia operating eisewnere except Dy spe
bar as a precedent, only a few years cial permission. The same motive
should elaDse after comdetion of runs all through the mercantile
Lthe jetties before Coos bay will have marine act of 1920, for its plain pur-
a channel more than forty feet deep pose is to disperse ownership among
and of ample width. The port of I many companies operating from
Coos Bay has such an extensive I many ports independent of any cen-
shipping business and such a wealth tral control and to break up am
of resources at its back as f ullv jus- ances between railroads ana steam
tify this permanent improvement. I ship lines.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Polka at the Hotels.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, HonKkton-Mlfflln Co.
George A. Codding, vice-commander
of the state department of the
American Legion for Oregon, left for
Can Ton Answer Theao Questions I
1. Kindly advise risrht time to trim
having spent several days here. Mr.
Codding- has been active in the af
fairs of the American Legion since
its organization in this state and at
wake several times during the n'ght the convention in Eugene last year
and wipe baby's little nose. On one ne was cnosen ior tne position no
- . . , .i,. now holds. He was an enlisted man
of her subconscious movements she ,-
, . . ., . daring the war. Mr. Codding is
was stamen oy a snort, ana ui- KrooInlll himself for state corn-
covered that she had turned the i mander and will be an active candi-
wrong way and had a firm grasp on date when the convention assembles
hubby's nose instead. Now the hus- in The Dalles this year. He is also
band is on his guard, sleeps wHh one Planning to run for the legislature
his home in Medford last night after branches of the evergreen, tree. I
eye open, so that a dose of cough
from his district. He has the same
ideas regarding- the national adjust-
r I WAJirti DnmAtKin(r Hta .atitm .............
It has some of the greatest sawmills The policy pursued by the present I 0 - . - ed compensation bill for war vet-
and the e-reatest untouched bodv of shipping board has so far been con- puureu uuwu ui mviu.u u, erans that are held by the vast ma-
tirv,,. o ,,.ww trarv to the tabular will as ex- mistake. jority of the legion men.
I sire most of all is for the govern
ment to keep faith with the veterans.
Hardly any thinking veterans consid-
hare trees whose lower branches are
about a foot off the ground, and want
to trim the lower rows, to mow tinder
the trees.
2. Can birds kill snakes?
3. Why do horses shy when startled?
Answers in tomorrow's nature notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. What Is meant by "eclipse plum
age" in descriptions of birds?
A temporary plumage put on b
some birds during the fall moult, to
conceal their usual handsome and
conspicuous feathers while the wings
are feeble from loss of quills. The
male mallard duck is an example.
Such birds need protection while un
able to fly, and nature hides them
temporarily by dull colors,
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Hantusne.
2. As watermelon does best in a
"I do not
j, , ,., , , n-od i.-ar. onH In thnir In another family baby slept In aicare particularly aDout tne money,
(Seuera! laimius, usuius, miii- ---- --- -- - i ... . , I he declared vesterdav. "What I de
uuuuiiiK auu cuiii-iiiiiiinK inuustrv. u"""wuawwu, ... . w - ,
anri hom,r.r nimnar n miiiinn rini. the shipping: business closely con- child was restless and -Would arouse
ir on r.rt nri .honi imnrnv. centraUd in New York. New Or- from a doze and whimper occasion
ments. In the year 1920 it did an leans, San Francisco and Seattle. By ally, immediately subsiding when er the financial end of the bonus dry. sandy soil, why does it contain
-inonn m.sn. nt onmmnn atnnlr nwnpmhln I fathpr would ariv the 1ttle bed alnnoatinn ssa thn moat imnnrtant Tt I SO mUCll mora moisture than Other
ULcau cuiumeice u L linn us L f iu,uui(- vuu - . 1- , p -
000, and it now ships lumber direct financial control ana airecuon is son or a Jiggie. erne nign-t iam-er
to foreign ports. Its claim to im- I centered In New york, in tne nanas was awakened by his laughing wire,
provement is well established by I of much the same group as controls He had reached out the wrong way
what it has done h-o- what, it can do the great railroads. Its plain duty, and was shaking her side of the bed
and by the proof it has given that 11 11 DSLa loiiowea tne spine oi we ia a comical fashion.
the enterprise of its citizens will Jones law, was to Duna up lnaepena-
ent competition by encouraging tne i Any logger knows that Paul Bun
ia a mieation of nrincinla. There irun ana vegetaoies
seems to be an attitude of forget- I Because its composition allows it to
fulness on tha nart r.f trio irnvern. absorb and Store moisture, BOmewha
ment. We want conerress to remem-lafter the fashion of desert plants,
ber that there was a war and that with no transpiration giving off o
th -u-utorano h a,.,, fio-htin i water to sneak of. Cacti, for in
fnr. Knn,,a it txr th.Istance. are Juicy enough in arid
waste no opportunity.
I government to keep faith."
While
I regions to afford drink to man. The
LESSONS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
formation of new companies and the van did nearly everything worth do- I here Mr. Codding; was at the Benson. e"?rt. t5rp ' Piant absorbs a (Treat
rf.innn.M t ... tt-afffr, from T, i . .; deal of water from periodio rains, and
' '--.- I IQfi JO, mis tuuunj. in i"voi vi t than tun, it etnrart
l . T. V. avfcl . . ..... I IPI.. 1 w 4 T ,1 1 "
IH.UC1 UUI lo. Afc uaJ vaacu u uv. . o- i work: Ha WAA assisted DT a nU&Te, D1UQ t n iu Auciuvr 1V4U11111K mi
It is not RtraAs-n (hot n ciaiionino-1 pru from thn controlline- trouB and I n-.i.: m i .0 finger prints shall be taken of all
of the decline in th doath .-nro frnm has consistentlv discriminated in t,, persons arrested and a set sent to I DISTRICT IJT NEED OF VAST SIM
tvnhmfl C 7, Z "C U, r n r n,,n nnd nf th. Tmrt M " " - " . "'""' the state house for filing is working
thl Mm t, r , 7h m wh.h tt. a aelinst tw! aa Iargo ". S"ODg. " any witA d results, according; to gckonl Dtrecfr Clnrk Put. Bulldln
belief thai -phoM can be whbnv pendenT operators and ports "''""l ZL?1? fJ2l !. 1 Retirement .t 10.o-.0o0.
abolished in the course of time. The which ' the ruling financiers have .. . ., ..i.i. i Multnomah hoti "-Mrio two.tv.irri. PORTLAND. March 4. (To the Ed-
statistician of a n&tionallv-knnwn relegated to low rank or to decay. " ., . ' it . ..lof the neonle who hav committed itor.) As one of the directors of
life insurance company finds that Its chairman combined with the , nd nf how plTI. 1 crimes and whose finger prints have school district No. 1, I have read with
whereas In the past decade the mor- Pacific coast members of that group " " , 7 .1 een taicen nave naa prison records, e""
. . ... I j .3 ... ii ti A,to I a (tuu&ej' euKiire. j-iic v. vuq su d! arprt Mi". WIfltt VAQiAfHav "Aftip ia V'rt'KUiuan. msren , m "K1;
unity i aitj irom mis cause naa tie- ili .h t-nui l uian .n lawuu v, - j j - . ,, ,lVlnoV, j , v. -
ceased sn ranid.i th,t !. istn a. which should own all tb . 8 related by a former our prints are taken we send a set Mr. Woodwards letter published the
beginning to be called a "vanishing trans-Pacific steamships and by con- Michigan logger, now a Portland to the Vov.rnm.nt Prison at Deave same -r.
disease," deaths In 1921 corre- trol of which it would condemn all resment, rouows. ste rec(Jrd we weJ; ablo eto so many years ago that there was
sponded almost exactly with those of other Pacific ports to a position sub- Taul Bunyaa s big blue ox died ,denUfy two notoHous criminals who only one high school in the city, and
1920. In fact, during the latter half ordinate to the favored two. He has half way between Crystal Falls and were trying to operate in the state." now there are eight. Have you
of the year the rate was actually attempted the same scheme on other Stager, Mich. I was running Paul's Mr. Hiatt came to Portland as a rep- stopped to consider the fact that the
for the corresponding coasts. The board has induced logging train at the time it fell my l resentative of Governor Davis in the mga scnooi you reier w i .mi
higher than
narcotic conference.
Citizens of Idaho believe In good
roads and are making good use of
the great quantities of cinders and
sand that are found in the mounds
period in former years. President' Harding to recommend duty to pull the last breath out of
But analysis of the causes of this that congress permit railroads to the old: ox which I only succeeded in
phenomenon, which only on super- own and operate trans-oceanic doing after having snapped! three
ficlal examination appears discour- steamship lines a complete reversal ke Superior boom chains.
aging, indicates that th increase of the policy of the Panama canal "Later, when the Chicaeo & North
was almost precisely in proportion law. If that recommendation should western built its line throueh to tan land creek beds, according ta Dr. .T.
to the degree in which communities be adopted by congress, railroads thfl Iron range lt encountered there W. Gue of Caldwell, who is at the
lost, control over preventive meas- would find ways to discriminate In t h..t Koir, icnnrm f I Multnomah. "While experiments
ures which have nrovpd effer-tivn in favor of their own ships as against L. ... , rff ,t , . I were being- made with materials for
the past. Th vpar 1921 wn 'vhsr. independent competing lines, and .. , . roaoi ouuaing someone suggestea
ofrd h nJTi -d t th Vrio of the cllaul which now tnls Particular ox. it assumed the trying material from a mound near
acterized by a world-wide excess of the i grip of c" nd -hippine bo be tnat o a Prehistoric ani- Nampa," said Dr. Gue yesterday. "The
heat and deficiency of rain." The controls bothrailroads and shipping amrt th .i.tmn -Ma- mound wan comnosed of a binder-like
shortage of rain in particular was Tom New York -wouia rasten f I rock. The material worked out to
constant over most parts of the tignt tnat it couiu uou edmij, no .,h mndn,n -,,it.. the satisfaction of the road builders.
United States and of the world. As broken. Both railroad and ocean Anot ner wooasm an writes. I m Caldwell we use a sand that was
- . . . UMn .nnM hoxnmo ncrmannntlv "When the blue OX died Paul KOt I j;j 1. ti,- . . i
PHes Te-rriowerd 0 W the restricted channel', his donkey, but the donkey was not sface Ind it ST
point in mnnv fitioa Wit T, lwd whlcn tnat clique nas laia out. mauo uj. nu, i " "
water supplies, there arose necessity That is not tne way to win popular tne otner cay in your column.
i 1 -. I iiTvnt f -vr a &11 Kci rlv RPMTiA. Tt sl "'Pa 11 1 m a d a it himself ! it 1 00
LUl- access io previously aiSCaraeO "" " - 1 -- I - MndiiRtrv anr! R T. RpaIh whA tn a
sources, some of which may have the way to stir against it the pas- four years and eight months to build Su? it not an exception to
Deen impure, ana majiy or which I 1 "e """ "v" I the well established rule. He is a
lacked facilities for treatment which when it has become conscious of po- menu with the boiler; he could not sales agent for the famous Tillamook
would insure safety. "The lesson to htlcal power, ana or all tne seaooara 1 get jt strong enough. Finally he sue- f cheese. A number of years ago he
ha drawn " Kav th ronnrt "ia nk. states which Oo not enloy tne iavor ceeded There were, 11 steam ssauKes I was in the banking business, but
iously that health officers and of- or tne imanciai powers. xt i '"" on the boiler, and each one was as 7 . . -
use, that it has at the present time
over 600 children attending and has
been condemned by the authorities
as a most dangerous fire trap?
Have you also stopped to consider
further that next September the
board will be faced with the prop
osition of caring for some 1200 more
children, ready to enter the various
high schools that are now at their
full capacity?
You also state in your article that
there are pretentious and elegant
buildings with auditoriums, gymna
slums and swimming pools, etc., but
these are unfortunately few and far
between, and only two schools (Couch
and Shattuck) in the whole district
Most people from Tillamook are
"Paul made it himself: it took him I louowmg some pnase 01 tne itvestocx
COJfCEBJftN'G DIAMOND LAKE.
The controversy about the pro
posed annexation of the Diamond
lake area in the Cascade mountains
to Crater lake national park seems
to hinge mainly on the question
whether Diamond lake Is capable of
being made Into a storage reservoir
for power purposes, though its util
ity as a source of trout eggs is also a
consideration. Opponents of the park
scheme say that the lake is valuable
for water power and that a dam rais
ing- the level of the lake thirty feet
would add greatly to the power of
the Umpqua river without impairing
the value of the lake for hunting,
fishing, fish culture or from a scenic
standpoint, and that this additional
power should be made available for
the future power plants to be
erected at fifteen sites on "the Ump
qua river, all of which are outside
the proposed park limits. . Propo
nents of the park say that the rock
forming the lake bed is so porous
that a dam could not hold water in
storage at more than the present
depth, and that therefore the lake is
useless for storage purposes. But
neither party seems definitely to
have ascertained the facts on which
the storage problem hangs.
Under these circumstances it ap
pears to The Oregonian that tha
first thing- to be done is to decide
this question of fact by thorough ex
amination of the geology of the area
by engineers not connected with the
controversy. If the storage scheme
should prove feasible, the most bene
ficial use should decide. If a dam
were built, there would be no power
plant in the proposed park area, and
neither tne iaKe nor the scenery
would be spoiled for the enjoyment
of those who seek r'ecreation. They
would be as well protected by the
forest service as by the park service.
and fish would be bred in the lake
just the same. If in the end Dia
mond lake should be added to Crater
lake .park, there should be explicit
provision in the law reserving au
thority for the federal power com
mission to lease a damsite without
further legislation and over the"pos
sible objection of the park service,
whenever there is demand for the
additional power.
while on the other hand we are con
fronted with such fire traps as the
Sunnyside, Clinton Kelly, Kerns,
Richmond, Creston, Chapman, etc., in
any of which a fire might cause a
disastrous loss of life.
The recent fire in the Holladay
school must bring- home forcibly to
the citizens of the district the dan
ger tf such buildings to the children
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ficial sanitarians of states and cities way to aestroy aii tne lavur big aa the head of a barrel, and the d was loss averted in this in-
stance tnrougn tne spienaia worn
piftmnl ijHisri In tha SfthnnlM hv thn
x. .r. OLUiie, cnairman Ul uie pori I offinialH of thn nuhl n HRfn v ripnart-
enough. 1 remember on the third ex- I commission of Astoria, is registered I ment, the fire department and the
periment the boiler blew up while we at the Multnomah hotel. Prospects I faculty in the proper organization of
should in th fnturn hn n-onod sentiment In both those quarters
with emergency outfits for the ster- which has been created by the
ilizatlon of community water sup- events of the last few years. Dur
plies in the event of accidents of the inE the former ship subsidy struggle
needle went around 11 times before
the steam pressure . was strong
1. , , . u til im t; ii l La uuiiei uit-w up wuii wsi ........ .... . iwvui laeuity In tne proper orsranizat
6 feJLJS vaPlv or not were away to dinner and only one for the handling of a large volume of ,ire drU, amongst the children.
uiere is a. iiirrnpr rpasnn wn-v ""- . . Q -
deaths from a given cause approach at a" that ships were their vehicles
man was left there to watch. He
incoming and outgoing freight Then, again, we have those elegant
the vanishing point, lt becomes more
difficult to give the disease its final
quietus. This is that people grow
insensible to the gravity of their
problem when a more or less sensa-
for delivering their products at for-
rnrnt.?n tnn Anrnrm nnrr otn mvul rni. I . . mha
, , ........ u v, i .. , , ... . i. i ' - c i ana preiBDiiQua uorisuieB nver duu
ua-u, 4. ""i, " "v """i this season, accord mar to Mr. Stone. f tko h!nK .iv .h
eign ports and for bringing back raw the boiler and we thought he was A large shipment of paper from Nor- which the little red schoolhouse can
material. They are now at least half gone ior gooa; out aoout a montn way was recently nanuieu mrougn i surely put to shame.
awake to that fact. If ships should later he came aown to the grouna
i 4- aI mn -Vinl tninrlo I aciln Ha ttraa rl0.adat,a rvarl In I ' 1
tional object lesson has been re- with the railroads running: past their death. I ruess, for his body was like PortIandi durfnT which time he at
moved. Impending peril Is a g-reat
stimulus to action, as is illustrated
doors to the nearest port, they would I a skeleton."
become fully awake. But when they
tended a meeting of the state execu
tive committee of the American Le-
another 1 gion, Fred Kiddle returned to La-
Decome less numerous, it is more
difficult to locate and avert residual
causes. Public sentiment, more
over, is less tolerant of measures
v.rin... .nML a .m... tarn their thoughts seaward, it is And finally from yet
J " " I j. - P ml odn'oAnt , . . . . j I firanrt. laal nivht WhiU h. y, n,..
not xo a ibw B111113 v. l viJ(l. ..... v suurco we lea-rn taai cuajrau iuuiiu f - o ...... .. .
to a few ports, but to the whole tt difficult .to get enough water for at lne oeM noiei.
stretch or our coast. 1- iney are 01- tha donkey boiler, but solved thai Merrill B. Moores of Olex, Or., is at
fered a plan to develop ports all bv turnine- the Inleetor in I the Imperial. Mr. Moores left Port-
which seem to infringe on the lib- along that coast and to operate the Columbia river. He employed 'and number of years ago and went
t f ;,iii,ji. j x .i many inaepenaent, competing , , v... , w a mg rancn in cemrai uregon. hot
r' " Virl.r:": T Utmshin lines from those portsj " " . ''T " T a number of years he was one of the
. , . .. . . . ihv will rfipocmisft it as a -plan to I .
dilation regulations are lgnorea. let ' " . , " , i. missing, tin going ou-t to fire up 'n
the lesson, even from a temporarily 86 - 'Ki,tTn T w the morning the mule was discovered
increasing mortality rate, is that the '""c" "T "T" ZT,'Z bobbins ud and down in the water-
suppression or typhoid fever can be ""'Tfri Zv.... elass. He had fallen into the river
maao practically complete ir people I i . 7 ,
are willing to pay the price.
POPULAR
MARINE! I
Oreg-on. retail merchants advise
consumers to buy in large quantities,
- ; rrt-Un 4 ,.,), n 1 l.
Every American whft appreciates Lhrlfty housewlfe does while her
grease. One night the mule was cnier clerks in the state senate,
George Wolfe, superintendent for
Lipman, Wolfe & Co., has gone to San
Francisco on a combined business and
pleasure trip. He will spend some
time in the Golden Gate city and then
will go to Lios Angeles for about twe
weeks.
MERCHANT
POUCY.
the necessity of an American mer
chant marine, both fornational de
fense and for foreign trade, will
agree with ex-Senator Chamberlain,
a member of the shipping board,
that the government should give
substantial aid to its maintenance
rather than permit It to pass into
foreign hands. The effect of the
and had been injected into the boiler."
An interesting idea of the man
ner in which China managed to get
a little justice at the disarmament
conference is given in a behind-the-
scenes peek at the activities of
money holds out; but all wives do Thomas F. Millard, publisher of Mil-
not handle tne purse more s tne hard.s Review, Shanghai, and the man sufficiently to be on the streets.
pity! If they aia, a pox or tnis or at who e3tabnshed tno Cnina Presa.
barrel of that a week would assure
always something to eat in the
house
Millard's brother, Hornet S., is man
ager of a department store in Port
land.
Thomas F. Millard, possibly, one
These make-shift buildings, which
are being used at this time, should
be done away with as quickly as
possible, for they will be no credit
able advertisement to the city if we
should be so fortunate as to have the
fair in 1925. In addition to their in
elegance, they are also dangerous
and unsatisfactory, for during a
wind storm some few weeks ago, the
roofs of two of these, while school
was in Bession, were torn completely
off, fortunately without Injury to
the inmates.
Tou go on to state that the trade
or commercial schools, polytechnic
schools and other elaborations have
caused a greatly increased cost of
maintenance, an enlarged teaching
and administrative staff, together
with coincidental expenses, and that
that explains the startling fact that
the school tax has increased from 2
mills in 1875 to 6.7 mills in 1921.
Milton A Miller, former collector of I However, a careful examination of
internal revenue and democratic war I the school census and tax levy re-
horse, who has been sick for several veals the following facts: In 1875,
weeks and confined to his room in I the school census showed 2974 chil
the Oregon hotel, is now recovered I dren with a levy of 2 mills; in 1885,
there were 6658 children and the levy
was 5 mills; in 1895, there were 19,
471 children and the levy 2 mills; In
1905, 25,940 children and the levy
7.2 mills; in 1915, there were 49,927
THE OPTIMIST.
The barren elms sway to and fro.
The wind is shrewd and chill.
And underneath the drifted snow
The seeds art sleeping still.
But on his perch abovs the gate.
Throughout the gloomy day.
The sparrow chatters to his mate
Tnat spring la on tne way.
There Is no portent In the sky
Of brighter days to come;
On leaden wings the crow sails by.
The Jay sits sour and glum.
But on his perch above the gate.
With hope eternal filled.
The sparrow chatters to his mate;
"Let's find a place to build."
The ghostly trees, all bare and dead.
We pensively behold:
We know that March ia (till ahead.
With wind and snow and cold.
But on his perch above the gat.
The sparrow flirts his wing.
And chatters to his little mate;
"Well, well! Here's young- Miss
Spring!"
The sparrow hasn't any song
To charm our cares away;
He chatters, chatters, all day long
Upon his cheerful way.
With neither beauty nor with art
Was he by nature blessed.
Yet what a brave and hopeful heart
Beats in that little breast 1
Good Business to Iarsi.
The senate Is talking about Intro
ducing .moving pictures Into its cham
ber. Looks as if the members wanted
to qualify for jobs like the ooo Mr.
Hays got.
Too Hur MraaisrerB.
Curiously enough you don't find tbs
names of any farmers or laborers la
the proceedings of th. farmer-labor
party.
No Law to Prevent.
Europe is now eager to get Ameri
can corn. Over there, they can put lt
to one of its most profitable uses.
(Copyright by the Iill Pynillrsta, Ina-
In Other Day.
Twenty-flvo Years Ako.
From The Oreonlan of Ma rah ft. 189T.
Waohlnsrton. Mark Hanna w to
day sworn in aa senator from Ohio to
succeed Mr. Sherman.
Berlin. Vice-Admiral von Holmann
in the relrhstag today eajd teat uer
many required a larger navy and ad
vocated the addition of several ships.
Tonight there will be a grand re
opening of Erickson's concert hall at
Second and Burnslde streets. There
will be a spread and liquid refresh
ments of all kinds.
Fifty Years Abo.
From The Oreonlan of March S. 1871. '
Philadelphia. Fire which otarted in
a building on Chestnut street caused
more than $1,000,000 damage.
Cincinnati. A "talking machine" li
on exhibition here. Every part la open
to inspection and the newspapers de
clare there is no possibility of fraud.
A company has been organized to
build a road from Yamhill county to
Tillamook bay.
Plans have been prepared for the
new Cons-regatlonal cnurrn to oe
erected at Holladay's addition this
year.
It era 11 Ia Advocates!.
PORTLAND. March J. (To the Edi
tor.) Regarulnr the long delayed de
cision of the public service commis
sion of the outrageous and unjust
teleDhone rates, as a voter and tax
payer I plead guilty to the charge of
voting for these men with an honest
purpose. But being tnorougniy con
vinced that I have been outrageously
deceived I hereby make publio con
fession of my most regrettable mistake.
With utmost confidence we elected
these men to represent our Interests
n public affairs, but with arrogance
unparalleled in the hlatory of our
grand republic they have, as we tnina,
violated the trust and honors con
ferred upon them by consenting to
the greed of unjust corporations who
are unmercifully bleeding tha public
almost to Intolerance.
I am quite sure It Is the sentiment
of a large majority of tha voters of
this state that these commissioners
should be recalled at once.
J. R. PEARL.
THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND COOS BAX
By securing a favorable report
from the house committee, the two
principal river and harbor projects
in Oregon are over the first hurdle.
These are the provision for a per
manent thirty-foot channel 600 feet
wide and for restraining dikes in the
Columbia river, with an initial ap
propriation of $1,000,000, and that
for construction of north and south
jetties at the mouth of Coos bay.
The present need of the Columbia
channel is greater width where it is
cut through the bars, which is only
one-fourth of its length, for in
creased depth beyond thirty feet can
be maintained without excessive cost
only with an easy slope on the
banks. This and maintenance of the
present depth at all seasons can be
secured by the proposed new gov
ernment dredge, added to those it
already has and to the Port of Port
land's fleet. Such good success has
followed diking to confine the cur
rent and thus prevent shoaling that
the government can wisely continue
this work, on which lt and the Port
are now engaged. As diking reduces
the necessary amount of dredging
for maintenance, the dredges will be
able to work more each year In
gradually increasing- the depth.
While the present goal is 32 feet, the
requirements of shipping will no
doubt soon demand 35 or more feet.
If a new penitentiary, why not t. he.t .nform(,d men on Winese
lattnr ennru nrmild ha t ,.,1 .!, I build It in eastern Oregon, as Was -,., )rWhn world tndnv ni-tAd
government to the same condition of Qone wlca "1B a" """"
weakness for war that nrA-ailod In inais come irom mat re6iuu mm
1917 and 1918 -whnn w had their health should be considered
pend mainly on allied ships to trans- The "climate" of the valley may be
sport our army and had to impro- 100 neavy ior wieir iuii, vl.
vise a transport fleet in great haste sans, for one thing.
and at extravagant cost. Thn neo- I '
pie are awake to the danger of such I Seattle is contending its 60,000
a situation and to the opportunity I telephone users- have been over
presented by possession of the charged 70 cents a month for more ,., m..fh, OIP ,Bii
emergency fleet to avoid it by re- than two years and is seeking rebate TlBltlnff his brother in Portland and
Glenn Dudley of Pendleton, at one
time a well-known University of Ore
gon athlete, is at the Benson hotel.
He is now engaged In developing a children and the levy & mills; while
big wheat ranch owned by his people I in x921, with over 60,000 children the
as adviser to the Chinese delegation
both at the disarmament conference
and at the Geneva session of the
league of nations. He was born in
Rolla, Mo., and is the author of seven
or eight books on far-eastern and
international politics and is con
sidered one of the leading authorities
in his field. On hisway to Geneva
taining the fleet as a merchant ma- I and redress before the board of pub-
rlne and at the same time to use it lie works. Perhaps In 1924 the Bi
as the means of expanding foreign 000 will learn where "they are at.
commerce. The state of opinion was
never more favorable to win public The spike 4s the smallest unit in
may stop off here again on his return.
Millard's Review Is the leading pe
riodical in the far east published in
the English language and is the re
sult of 20 years' activity and study
of oriental conditions. Millard him-
in Umatilla county.
J. H. Raley. old-time democratic.
leader of Pendleton, is at the Im
perial. Years ago Mr. Raley was in
the state legislature for a number of
sessions.
Louis H. Compton, warden of the
state penitentiary, was in Portland
yesterday and his name appeared on
the Benson register.
John Gray, attorney, and one of the
leading republicans of Idaho, is reg
istered at the Portland from Cour
d'Alene,
levy is 6.7 mills.
It, . therefore, shows that this tax
has varied considerably, but if we
take the tax rate sheet. Just Issued
by Mr. Welch, the county assessor,
which goes back only as far as 1902
and compare the figures for the
school district and the city of Port
land, we are confronted with the fol
lowing interesting figures:
School
District
liMW tax rate S.R mills
1015 tax rats ...... 6.8 mills
1U21 tax rate 6.T mills
City of
Portland
8.2 mills
8.9 mills
14.6 mills
Comparisons are, of course, always
considered odious, but sometimes we
are forced to consider them very se-
support for a reasonable measure to railroading, but is important. When
aid the merchant marine, as was a few failed to hold a rail near Lyle. sel has bee loaded with honorsl not
proved by the aWMral approval of several cars naturally went into the b chI whIch repubUc ,ooka
the Jones act in 1920. atch. with customary North Bank y J a8 a adopted on and one
otIV.ro nnatt ty may-,nottahen- e casualties are too slight to matstay8 in diplomacy, but
w . 1-ij ... incoiucuk, tun- 1 do mentioned.
gress ana the shipping board should
so frame the bill and so shape their
policy that it will not arouse the op
position which defeated every ship
subsidy bill from 1891 to 1910. In
opposing those bills the people ap
peared inconsistent, for almost
throughout that period they kept in
control of the government the re
publican party, the main plank of
whose- platform is the protective
tariff, with which ship subsidies are
in line. Some form of subsidy under
various names was at that time
given to ships by other commercial
nations, not excepting free-trade
Great Britain, though its maritime
supremacy seemed so firmly estab-
The grand jury failed to indict
dealers in what may be called un- iUEtiC6 fdr China, anrf has
savory puDiicauons ior iacx 01 evi- been one cf the steady fighters for
aence m tnem. a. cnarge or iaise the rights of the yellow race,
pretenses might lie, based on the I
covers of some of them. I Boys not only will be but are boys.
Herewith a letter written by a young
A Kansas Judge has decided Illegal ster attending school In eastern Ore-)
a board ruline that hisrh school girls' eon. He writes his father in Port-
dresses must extend three inches be- I land:
hotel.
J. A. Thornburgh. banker of For
est Grove, is a guest at the Oregon
hotel.
C. Z. Randall, attorney of Pendle-
by other nations with which he has ton. Is a guest at the Imperial hotel.
come in contact while engaged on
Chinese affairs. He is a firm advo-
- . , nv... . t.
w T J n;,Z i.,.i """"y- and it would appear to every
t" ' ?aSnTt. ?r"a,"1 right-thinking- Individual that when
f , ' 1 the great Increase In school children
F. M. Morley, hop man of Silverton,
is at the Imperial.
Dr. E. C.
the Oregon.
Hackett of Kelso is at
low the knee. Modesty cannot be
measured with a yardstick In Kan
sas or elsewhere.
Postal Rates for Three Classes.
CASCADIA, Or., March 4. (To the
Editor.) I. What Is the correct pro
nunciation of Hungary?
2. What are the postal rates on
first, second and third class mail?
3. What are the names of our sen- I of Importance has done.
There is something uncanny in the
way the Portland detective can ar-
"there was a bloody fight over at
the school house today I will tell you I ators and representatives?
about it andrue kicked Henry on the A CONSTANT READER.
p in the wood shed vern said what
did von kick Hnerv for andrue said 1. Hun-ga-ry "u" as In but; "g" as
Is it any or your Business you dirty I in "go ; accent on - nun.
Is taken Into account the school dls
trict has been modest in its demands
and has not laid such an enormously
heavy burden upon the citizens as
some good folks would make us be
lieve,
We are. however, confronted with
serious issues one in not having
adequate buildings to take care of
the children, and another that the
majority of these buildings are in
such a condition as to be a menace to
the lives of the children attending
them. When issues like this arise.
it Is time that action to remedy them
be taken by the citizens of the com
munity. Portland is one of our great
cities, yet it has never placed an
issue of school bonds before the peo
ple, which nearly every other city
The district
needs a bond issue of $10,000,000 in
order to build new schools and im
prove those now existing, and such
in issue if placed upon the ballot at
the next school election should be
lodown .Mexican you even stept up I 1. First class, 2 .cents an ounce or voted in the affirmative unanimously
lished as to render any such device rest a man on telegraphic instruc- to him to nit him and andrue cut vern I fraotlon thereof; second class, 1 cent for only y. B,.dolnsf can we brln
superfluous. In order not to arouse I "ul" 'f a vuiey tuumj. tity 1 across tne arme wim a nnne ne cut
the same antagonism to its present 13 a haystacJc In which to search it to the bone and run Glenn spirse
sir-.henie. the administration shnnld I tor a needle
seek the motive for this oDDositian
and endeavor to overcome it. I There are only sven women In
That motive is easv to find. Dur- the penitentiary ana nunareds of
ine the period in which shin subsidv I men, which might show how much
bills were going down to defeat and better one sex is than the other if all
for several years afterward, the Deo- else were equal, wnicn it is not.
pie were engaged in 'a determined
struggle to emancipate railroads, in- I Mill troubles in Rhode Island are
dustry, banks and shipping from the I being settled by' compromise em-
control of a closely knit group of I bracing less hours and less pay. This
financiers that was concentrated In looks sensible.
New York. There we find the mo
tive for railroad regulation and anti- I Ex-Governor Alexander seems to
trust laws and prosecutions, and for I be the only Moses of the Idaho
the federal reserve law which has ' democrats.
run after him andrue throwed the
knife at Glenn then the teacher give
him a good talking to then andrue
waited in the alley way till Glenn
came and hit him over the head with
the broom handle and the teacher ex-
speld him I hope you are all well
" Love to all from Bonny.
"Backward, turn backward, O styles
in thy flight" or something:. Any
how, a Portland lady was called upon
a few days ago by an old school name
of her knee-dress days. During the
exchange bf reminiscences which nat
urally followed, the visitor said:
Well, Kit, there's one thing-you
legs look just the same." ,
each 4 ounces or fraction for newspa
pers or periodicals unsealed; 1 cent
for each 2 ounces for incomplete
copies; third class, 1 cent for each 2
ounces or fraction for each individu
ally addressed piece or package.
3. Senators Charles J. McNary,
Robert N. Stanfleld; representatives,
C. N. McArthur, N. J. Slnnott, W. C.
Hawley.
First Day of Spring-.
ECHO, Or. March 4. (To the Edi
tor.) Please state on what day of
March spring begins.
STEADY SUBSCRIBER.
March 21.
our school buildings up to date and
make them a credit to the city of
which we are so justly proud.
W. J. H. CLARK,
Director.
Franklin on Hansjtns;.
ABERDEEN. Wash., March 4. (To
the Editor.) Kindly tell me what
revolutionary patriot said, "If we
don't hang together we will all hang
separately." A SUBSCRIBER.
The correct "notation is "We must
all hang together or assuredly we
shall all hang separately." The state
ment was uttered by Benj. Franklin
at the signing of the Declaration of
Independence.
Way Taxes Are III-.
HOOD RIVER, Or., March 4. (To
the Editor.) About taxes-: Two
lasses of people vote bondo those
who pay no taxes and those who
have money to Invest. The former
because lt provides more work, the
latter because the more bonds the
less they cost and the higher the
rate of interert.
Between the two enough who do
pay taxes are Influenced also to vote
more bonds and so the burden Is
constantly Increased.
With only three-quarters of a
million people in our big state we
are undertaking development out of
all proportion to our ability to pay.
The legislators should act like the
governor on an engine and modify
excesive steam even If the people do
use bad judgment.
W. II. MARSHALL.
Marrlaa-e Laws In Wlllss.
PORTLAND, March 4. (To th Edi
tor.) 1. Is It necessary for a man
to have a physical examination In
order to procure a marriage license
In Vancouver, Wash.?
2. Also, are two witnesses neces
sary when making application for a
marriage license and If oo, may both
be either male or female?
IXQUIItER.
1. No examination is necessary,
but applicants must take oath they
have no venereal disease.
2. Witnesses may be either male
or female, of legal age, and one la
enough if he knows both persons and
knows there is no legal impediment
to the marriage.
Identity of Poem.
POMEROY, WaBh.. March 4. (To
the Editor.) Please publish a poem
named "Roger and I," one about a
tramp speaking to his dog, or give
me Information as to where I could
find it. MILDRED RILEY.
The poem to which you allude is
probably J. T. Trowbridge's "Vaga
bond." It is printed in several col
lections of verse, among them Ed
mund Clarence Stedman'a "American
Anthology," and Burton O. Steven
son's "Handbook of Verse."
Tax Return Required.
PORTLAND, March 4. (To th Ed
itor.) I am a married man with two
children. My total Income for 1911
wag approximately $2300. This amount
was received as salary. Do I have to
make an Income tax return and pay
accordingly? SUBSCRIBER.
A married man mimt file a return
If his income amounts) to $2000 or
more. This is required even thoueh.
as In your rase, exemptions are suffl-
1 cient wholly to relieve one of taxes.
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