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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1923 6 WTABUSHED BY BKNBT I PITTOCK. -"Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co. 135 Sixth Street, Portland. Oregon. C. A. MOBDBX, E. B- PIPER. ZZZZ Manager. Kditor. The. Oregonian is a member of the Asao elated Press. The. Associated Press is ex cinsively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not ; otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. All rights ; of publication of special dispatches herein ' are also reserved. Subscription Rates Invariably In Advance. (By Mail.) Xaily, Sunday included, one year. -18.00 S Daily, Sunday included, six months.. 4.25 Daily. Sunday included, three months. 2.25 Daily, Sunday included, one month... .75 Dally, without Sunday, one year....-, 8.00 Daily, without Sunday, six months... 8.25 Dally, without Sunday, one month.... .60 Sunday, one year 2.50 (By Carrier.) 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Limited as its scope by the con- ; ditions laid down at Cannes, the con ; ference which meets today at Genoa will rank next in Importance with : those at Paris and Washington. For - the first time since the war Germany - will meet former enemies on equal ; terms, and soviet Russia will meet ! and talk with capitalist Europe - Subjects as to which there are acute ; differences of opinion terms of treaties, reparations, armament - have been excluded from the pro- . gramme. Though the debts of the ; allies to the United States and to one another are deeply Involved in . the subject of the conference, they ; can hardly be considered in the ab sence of of American representation. Then the conference will under- - take to find means for economic res- toration of Europe on the basis of the existing status in those respects, nr. One set of proposals may be ex 'ZZZ pected from the three great allies Great Britain, France and Italy with the addition of Belgium; an--other from the little entente Cze- cho-Slovakia, Poland, Roumania and Jugo-SIavia which has held a pre llminary conference; another from the Scandinavian countries with the - possible addition of Holland. The Baltic states Finland, Esthonia and TZ Latvia will act together. Thus there ZZZ will be four main groups. Germany, Z;r.Aufitria and Hungary will form a ""fifth group, though each is likely to act independently of the others. - Switzerland, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey will be more or less Isolated. ZZZ" At the outset we may expect an nrattempt. from the bolshevist dele- gates to- depart from the programme. Though the allies have stated cer tain conditions, affecting the funda- mental economic policy of the soviet, m as essential to trade relations with Russia, and though Lloyd George Hr.says that a probationary period dur--ing which the soviet must prove its - good faith by actual compliance with 'ZZZ these conditions must precede dip . lomatic recognition of the soviet ZZ1 government, Tchitcherin, the Soviet's foreign minister, insists that recog - nition must come first and that the soviet will treat on terms of full equality only and will submit to no dictation as to internal policy. ' If ZZ any arrangement is to be made to open Russia to trade and foreign en v terprise, which Lloyd George con- aiders necessary to rehabilitation of ZZZ. Germany, one p?arty must climb ZZZ down. The greatest obstacle to trade is ;:rr now instability in value of European r currencies. Abandoning as impos- sible and Inexpedient the restoration of depreciated currency to par, the X' British premier has suggested that it ZZ may be stabilized at some rate be .low par, in order that, in making a contract, a seller may know how much he is actually to receive and p. buyer may know how much he is to pay. But he says this requires that the nations balance their budgets or at the worst, stop issuing' paper and raise loans to meet deficits. Balanc- . Ing budgets requires that expenses . be reduced or revenue increased, which means more unemployed, or more taxes where the limit of en "' durance has already been reached. " Reduction of armies immediately oc ' " curs to Americans as a way to re duce expenses, but that Is a forbid den topic at Genoa. A state whose budget shows a deficit can borrow only at usurious terms. Germany is the greatest offender " In depreciation of currency by vast, unlimited Issues and any agreement " to stabilize would be worthless with- out German participation. But Ger many would reply to an invitation to stop printing money by saying that ' to balance its budget was impossible " while it had to pay reparations and maintenance of the army of occupa tion. This is one way of saying that It raised good money to pay the al lies by selling paper marks to for eign speculators, many of them in the allied countries, who would lose their expected profits If paper marks were stabilized near their present ex change value. Any request that the allies help Germany to balance its - budget and to stop maufacturing marks by reducing- their demands would be declared out of order as af--fectlng treaties, which are not to be discussed. Some aid to a solution might be found if assurance could be obtained that no payment of prin- cipal or interest on debt of one al-- lied nation to another would be de- manded for a certain term of years, but that is impossible without the concurrence of the United States, the greatest creditor of all. The conference can but do its , best within 'the narrow field pre scribed for it. Something may be accomplished toward stabilizing cur rency. Much may be done in the way of lowering customs and pass- port barriers, for, if the United States were carved up as Europe is, one would have to pass eight or ten such barriers in crossing' the conti- -.-nent. Much may also be done in in creasing through traffic on rail Z' roads without regard to frontiers. 'The widest opportunity, however, -lies in the direction of Russia. That - country sorely needs what Europe can supply, but the bolshevists would rather see it rot than supply that need by any means that would un dermine their own power, and they , know thAp Europe ia hungry fox thai Russian market and for Russian products. If Genoa should overcome this obstruction, that alone would" justify the conference and give its sponsors a claim on the gratitude of their people. THE MATTER WITH COX. Ex-Governor Cox's mental vision is so blurred by disappointment that he cannot see the signs of returning prosperity that are on all sides of him, and he still talks of "business adversity" when it Is receding from view. But' that is no marvel, for he Is a politician, worse still, a demo cratic politician, and It is contrary to his creed to recognize prosperity when it accompanies republican rule. He has a grievance against prosperity, for it has ever been rank partisan, appearing with a re publican administration and goin; into eclipse when democracy pre vails unless war disturbs the normal course of affairs. Mr. Cox still sees the "Wilson way as the only way to American co-op eration with the world. He cannot understand that the toilsome path along which President Harding is leading the people Is the only one by which they can return to the mental attitude toward world problems from which they were driven by the two mutually antagonistic irrecon cilables Wilson and Johnson. Th enthusiasm which reigned in the closing months of 1918 has been quenched by controversy, and the people must be led back to the po- sition toward world affairs that they then held by the slower, more cau tious process of reason. That is the laborious task that the president and Secretary Hughes have in hand, and it forbids the stampede to join the league, which alone would satisfy the impetuous Cox. LOOSE TALK. Dr. Cary is not acquitted of loose talk by his assertion that he was misquoted as to the place where the immoral intermingling of girls and soldiers he described occurred. It was not in Portland, but a city on the south Atlantic seaboard. Three-hundred illegitimate births following temporary stay of a de tachment of soldiers in a community the size of any on the south Atlantic seaboard would have gained much notice and notoriety and official in- quirv would have followed. 'More over, vital statistics as compiled by the government do not bear out the charge concerning any city in that locality. In the southern states the illegi timacy rate among births is higher than elsewhere in the United States, but this condition is due to a racial circumstance and not to modes of dress and modern extravagances among the young, which was what Dr. Cary was talking about. There is no city in that portion of the United States where an addition within a month or two of 300 ille gitimate births would not at once at tract public attention. Even in Balti more, the largest city, it is extremely unlikely that it would be overlooked There Is only one other, south At lantic city, Richmond, Va., where in 1919 the year in which the con dition described would have made itself manifest the total number of births, legitimate and otherwise, ex. ceeded 300 in any one month and there the number was but 363. In the whole state of Maryland, in the entire year 1919, the number of II legitimate white births was 610, ot about forty-two a month, and in pro portion to total number of births the figures were not unusually large. THE FIGHT ON POLE TAX. While the constitutionality of the Washington poll tax law has been upheld by the state supreme court. the decision is not likely to have the least effect on the ultimate fate of the law or on the regard in which it is held by the people. The court's decision disposes of technical objec tions to the law; but the court has no means of reaching and changing the minds of those who object to the PIl tax "on principle," much less the minds of those who object to paying this or any other form of tax that they can get out of paying. Opposition to the poll tax system in the state of Washington finds its first footing with this latter class the class which contends that other classes should pay all the taxes. But the opposition does not end with this class. It is reinforced by those who pay their own poll taxes because they think that they should or feel that they must, but who are bitterly resentful of the fact that others fail to pay and will never be compelled to pay. Statistics are scarcely neces sary to show that a very large body of citizens are thus lined up against the law. More reinforcement to the opposition comes from the consider able number who are convinced of the superior merit and equity of some other form or forms of tax ation the single tax, the income tax, occupational tax, and so on. Washington's poll tax law, in op eration only for the year 1921, ia now under fire of an initiative move ment for its repeal. The forces men tioned are undoubtedly strong enough to see that the initiative pe titions are sufficiently signed. It already seems certain that the pro posal for repeal will go to ballot next November. The fact that in 1921 the tax produced new revenue amounting- to about a quarter of a million dollars is not accepted by its foes as valid argument for its con tinuance. On the other hand, many citizens who would incline to favor the poll tax as a revenue producer, have doubts of their own. If these people were convinced that the poll tax would be fairly spread and fully col lected; if they had greater confi dence in those who .control expendi tures of money raised by the tax; if they could rest assured of a corre sponding reduction of other taxes, they might be expected to resist the initiative movement for poll tax re peal. They are unconvinced on these points, and their doubts deter them from resisting- the initiative. Many of them, however willing they may be to pay the tax, look upon it simply as "another tax," levied for no purpose save to increase the gross revenues of state government. These popular opinions and doubts about the Washington poll tax are entirely outside the scope of the case that the supreme court has just de cided. The law's constitutionality will make it no more acceptable to the people. Washington, like Ore gon, has a state tax-investigating commission at work. A majority of the Washington commission, by in formal poll of Its membership, is said to have indicated a belief that the poll tax should be retained. If the tax commission's report carries such a recommendation it will undoubtedly be attended by rec ommendations for compensating "re lief of other taxes. If this be done, many citizens might come to view the poll tax more favorably. If it be not done, the Washington poll tax law 'ill probably be repealed by vote of the people. Sentiment in that state, as in others, centers in demand for lower taxes. There is no sentiment favorable to opening new tax sources solely for the pur pose of securing- more money to spend. NO . LIMIT TO RADIO. There is seemingly no limit to ex pectation in the case of the newly developing radio. Reports of achieve ments that would have provoked in credulity five years even a year ago are accepted nowadays as a mat ter of course. News accounts of everyday happenings may tax the imagination but not the capacity for believing. Ietails of experiments in wireless telephony, briefly recounted in the news dispatches a few days ago, make it appear that results were even more amazing- than they were then said to have been. Operators on a fast-moving train on a railroad in Pennsylvania not only sent and received messages that were clearly heard at the respective opposite ends of the line, but did so under condi tions that put the system to a severe test. The train traveled through tunnels, traversed bridges, and for long distances ran through steel-cov ered terminals. Inside a . tunnel which, was 4283 feet long and ninety feet underground a few local sta tions were picked up and several ships at sea were heard distinctly. A number of tests on the trans mitting set made under somewhat similar conditions were completely successful. The supreme test if indeed ex change of communications amid net works of wires and structural steel timbers did not present greater ob stacles came when the train sped at sixty-five miles an hour down a mountainside. -There were towering hills on every side and constantly changing distance would have seemed to make this a particularly inauspicious radio location. How ever, communication was established and continued until the train came to a full stop. Command over the mysterious forces that make the radiophone possible would seem to have been complete. Wireless telegraphy, only tempo rarily eclipsed by the newer marvel. makes amazing strides also. It is now announced that the United States public health service is just establishing a free- medical service for ships at sea. The value of the radiotelegraph In reducing the num ber of shipwrecks has been demon strated; it seems probable that the radio telephone within a very short time will be similarly employed in preventing train collisions on land. THE FUEL BIN. Sunshine now and again, reaching through with increasing frequency and assurance, between seasonable showers, brings daily hope to the heart of the householder that the coalsupply in the bin will last until time to shut down the furnace for the summer. This is the individual hope. The householder with some reserve of fuel on hand, will try to stretch it and make every scoop-full count in heat units, in the effort to avoid re plenishment while the coal strike is on. The strike. In general public opinion- and judged by the history of other strikes, cannot continue into the autumn when home? must again be heated. The hope that it will not be necessary meanwhile to buy more coal Is thus reinforced by what seem to be the probabilities of the situation. What these probabil ities are, as dimly viewed at this stage of the controversy, is a matter of guess in which one man's is just about as good as another's. From virtually all the soft coal districts of the country come state ments that great reserves have been accumulated by operators and deal ers in bunkers and other places of storage. The householder is assured that as home supplies are depleted more can be procured. The reserves are said to be more than sufficient to meet the normal summer demand. The next point of public interest, then, is the price. Will the coal in reserve be sold at the same margin over cost of production as it would have been with the mines in opera tion? Or will the price be regulated according to a new interpretation of the law of supply and demand ? The present supply, no matter how large the reserves may be, has been arbi trarily curtailed and fixed by cir- umstancas over which the consum ing public has no control. Nor can the public, to any marked degree, control the current requirements of summer or any unusual demand that might arise through unseasonably cool weather. 1 The situation, in these respects, is entirely out of public hand. The operators and dealers have coal, they say, in abundance; but it is strictly a visible supply, and under pressure of any considerable demand its limit would be reached in a surprisingly short time. Assuming that the strike goes on, as the union miners say it must and will, is the price of coal to go up as the supply goes down? It has cost Just so-and-so much to produce that coal. The cost, except the overhead of storage, has been paid. Will the price to the con sumer be fairly adjusted In propor tion to that cost? Or will the hold ers of the coal take advantage of the public need that soon or later will declare itself; andjfcompel the con sumer to pay excessive prices for the failure of the operators and the miners to agree? Thanks to the calendar and the common expectation of warmer weather such questions may not press for instant reply. The federal government has drifted into, rather than declared, a temporary policy of non-intervention. The public inter est, however, Is only in abeyance. National and district leaders of the union miners assert that the mine perators forced the strike in order to raise the price on their accumu lated stocks. Giving that assertion all reasonable discount for natural prejudice, the situation will bear watching, and any tendency toward excessive prices will need to be checked. The federal authorities are not to be considered entirely out of the game. Colonel Repington, the British orrespondent, showed that he had level head and an appraising mind when he refused to believe the man wio told iiim that the thousands of readers he saw in a public library In the United States were but the surface manifestation of a passing interest in current fiction. The sum mary of last year's book output and the experiences of most librarians in dicate that Repington was right and his cynical informant wrong. The distinct gain in poetical works is sign of the increasing seriousness o readers, even though not all pub lished poetry is good, and the per centage of calls for "non-fiction titles is growing steadily throughout the United States. It is needful to a correct estimate to know also that even fiction has its qualifications and that the standards that have been tested by time are more gen erally read than even the average "best sellers" of the year. There is no reason for gloom concerning th reading tastes of the public, espe cially since the rising costs of books and decreasing library budgets are operating automatically as a selective agency and are eliminating a good deal of the trash that in a former day might lave found its way to library shelves. BY WAY OF COMPARISON. One way to judge of the merits of the Port of Portland is by compari son with the acknowledged great ports of the world. One of these is Shanghai, which in 1920 had a trade of about J800,000,000; nearly 12,000,. 000 tons of ships entering the port- Shanghai is ten miles up the Whang- poo river, a tributary of the Yangtze, and, though the Whangpoo is wlda and deep enough for deep-draft ves sels, a Pekln letter to the London Times says: The entry to the Yangtze is impeded by Immense shoals of alluvial mud, which can be negotiated by large ships only fot an hour or two at high tide. Shipping is further handicapped by lack of publU docks and wharves, such limited accom- modatlon as exists being the private property of the big steamship companies. Cargo has to be lightered between ships and the land, -and though labor is cheap, the cost of transfer and the liability to damage are drawbacks which continually grow in seriousness. In order to overcome these obsta cles an international commission o engineers has recommended the dredging of a channel 600 feet wide ana inteen nines long wiin a max imum cut of nine feet, which at high neap tide would have a depth o thirty-six feet, giving passage for vessels drawing thirty-three feet. It also proposes construction of 2500 feet of public wharfage three miles below Shanghai and a 600-foot wharf for mail steamers, at Woosung. As the tide rises and falls nine feet, the depth of thirty-six feet at high tide will be equal to twenty- seven feet at low tide, and the max imum draft of vessels using the channel, being thirty-three feet at high tide, would be twenty-four feet at low tide. The established depth of the Columbia river channel to Portland at low tide is. thirty feet and the actual depth is near thirty- two feet. Thus the existing channel at Portland is at least three feet bet ter than that which is proposed for Shanghai. As to docks, the proposed public wharfage is modest indeed by comparison with the liberal berthing space provided at the several Port land municipal terminals, and we have the most modern machinery to transfer cargo between the dock and the ship's hold, needing no lighters. Without the proposed improve ments Shanghai is doing twelve times as much business as Portland did in 1921 after becoming far bet ter equipped. This port's accommo dations will still be far superior to those of Shanghai after they have been improved. Portland does not intend to. defer further work, but in the meantime this comparison should deter us from belittling what we have. The Columbia traverses a wide re gion before it reaches the Oregon line; so do the Snake and tributaries. Melting of snow in both sections sel dom happens simultaneously and the water runs off without a "June" rise. Late snows will make a little high water, that's all. The effort of the tramp to obtain dignity by calling himself a "mi gratory worker" will depend for suc cess or failure largely upon the ex tent to which he lives up to the sec ond word of the new designation, The girl who leaves a paying job to marry should insist on something about money in the bond not nec essarily to handle all the husband's pay, but some of it. Some boys are not brought up fair. Alimony, according to three judges sitting en banc, is not mere debt, but an obligation with priority. There is but one way to beat it by staying joined and "fighting it out." Walla Walla has something of which to be proud in the volunteer Lwork of rescue in the hospital fire, Thorough organization could not have done more or better. The personnel of the new charter commission pretty well provides for safeguarding every, interest that is concerned in a city charter. The mayor selected wisely. Harmony, -fellows, harmony's the thing when National Democratic Chairman Hull 13 here Wednesday. "Doc" Morrow can prescribe and ad minister it if need be. Some men take . themselves seri ously in announcing candidacy. A good plan would be first to talk it over with the wife; if one has none, do not run. A man whose wife continuously stays out all night at parties should not be obliged to seek a court for relief unless she is much bigger. This Is the week in which, at a time, Judas Iscariot became in famous. He was the first double crossing politician. An April snow storm here Is merely an Irregularity of temperature. The flakes do not stay to be counted. Think of green rouge and orange- violet powder on "the skin you love to touch"! Wah! This year's coast contenders are as far apart as they can get, but the season is young. This is "Well baby week." forget the castor oil bottle. Don't The constant thought during the week will be of rain Sunday The Listening Post.f By DeWltt Harry. TjHFORE the 18th amendment, the SLj term 'moonshiner was applied almost exclusively to certain inhabi tants of remote mountainous sections of the border states, . where illicit manufacture of whisky was carried on without the statutory contribution to internal revenue," writes in an at torney. - "One long known to be offender was Guntrigrger Lawrence, who In habited a laurel grove in eastern Tennessee, and many federal agents had failed in attempt to interfere with his traffic, and in fact some of these representatives had never returned from their quest. "After a number of years in futile effort at Guntrigger's capture, a new and young, revenue official was en joined by the head of the department to take this particular moonshiner, with the intimation that his tenure depended upon success. The agent, krtowing the reputation of the perso In question, and being locally unac quainted, -made application to an in habitant of the nearest village- to the particular distillery for the name o some one who- could guide him in the vicinity. "A young negro, working for produce house and well acquainted with the country and inhabitants, was suggested to the agent, who sought the darkey and asked him if he could take him to the place where he could get Guntrigger Lawrence, and was answered with a prompt 'Yes, sah. What will be your charge?' "Oh, about $10." - The agent readily placed the re quired charge in the negro's hands and they went to a livery stable for horses for the journey. The agent had an assistant, and they carried full equipment of .fire arms, including rifle and revolver, each. As they were passing 'by an implement house on th street leading to the road in the dl rection of going, the darkey sug gested to the agent that they had bet ter have a spade and perhaps a mat took, if convenient to get. The agent with Bome'ehow of surprise, asked why these implements were neces sary, and the darkey said, 'Well, sah, you know Guntrixeah Lawrence has been dead now comin' on three yeahs The agent immediately demanded the return of his money, but th darkey said, 'No, sah; mah 'greement was to take you wh'ah you could get Guntriggah, an I knows the very tre dat he am buried undah.' " Do you ever get anything like thi in your dally experiences? Some littl conversational oddity that goes to prove how small is the amount of knowledge possessed by the average person? A young man was riding in a hotel bus and talking with the driver. It was the day when Pere Joffre honored Portland by a visit. The young man was remarking on the decorations, Didn't take them long to get th flags up for this fellow, did it? There seemed to be more interest in the visit of the other fellow than thi one you know the other Frenchman who came here a week or so ago, Then that Englishman, he was a pop ular sort of a chap, too, wasn't he? sort of think that Britisher was even more popular than this Frenchman, Then there was that prince who came on a ship, and a few weeks ago there was a big Jap here and before that a delegation of Chinamen. Oh, we get some interesting and important vis Itors." But the speaker did not know one of them by name. "In the morning Oregonian April 5, . was a paragraph relating to pioneer experiences and the writer of the ar tide mentions that the children of his party, remember the journey across the plains as a long drawn blissful picnic. If possible I would like to bring to his attention, one party of children that did not consider it picnic and those that are yet living do not think It was much fun, says C. H Chatnbeau. Grandmother, mother and father all died on the way, leaving seven children six girls and one boy the eldest being a girl, 12 years old. After the last hurried "burial, when the train got ready to move on, it was a serious question what to do with those chil dren; each wagon in the train was al ready loaded and there was no place for the orphans. Finally one 17-year old boy said he would see that they did not starve, and that they might follow his wagon which they, did, day after day, and week after week, bare footed, through the hot dust, sand and rocks. Five survived, two having died on the way. When they came to the mountains .some of the people being afraid to ride down the steep places would get out to walk, then these tired children would get In the wagons for "a few minutes' rest. The kind-hearted young man of 1852 died last year. One of the little girls is my mother now living at 325 East Forty-second street." The Aurora Observer, Hi common with 'other newspapers in the Wil lamette valley, is taking a great deal of Interest in the coming election. Ram Brown, the "Gervals farmer" is one of the candidates for state sen ator and the 'Observer relates the fol lowing: At midnight Mrs. Brown nudged Mr. Brown and whispered: "Wake up, there are thieves in the house." Mr. Brown rolled over and groaned: 'No! There may be thieves in the senate, but there's none In the house.' " The famed Beam system for salvag ing chewing gum is attracting na tional attention. Beam was the orig inator of a plan in his cafeteria for the protection of patrons by the pre vention of the chewing gum evil, that is he put a stop to secreting the gobs under chairs and tables by having small pieees of paper provided at each table with a request printed thereon to "Please put your gum nere ana wrap." The plan has worked out and now a Chicago newspaper takes it up and gives the Portland cafeteria soma credit and publicity. Book of Dialogues. MARYHILL, Wash., April 8. (To the Editor. I would like the name or book of readings, pumisnea Dy a woman author in America In 1921, mentioned in the book section of The Sunday Oregonian in early December, 1921. I believe the monologues were mostly humorous. MRS. H. H. Humorous Dialogues," by Doris Kenyon". James F. White & Co., pub lishers. 70 Fifth avenue, New York city, or through any bookseller in this city. . Those Who Come and Go. Tale of Folks at the Hotel. After having spent 22 years on the bench In Pittsburg Judge jviarsnaii Brown is taking a vacation and with his wife is at the Multnomah hotel. More than a score of years ago Judge Brown took his position on the bench in one of the courts or .putsDurg. Year in and year out with only short vacations Judge Brown stuck to his tasks. Recently the bar association of his city voted that he should be their guest on a tour of the United States. With Mrs. Brown he left Pitts burg and they have been touring the northwest. They will see the Co lumbia river highway while here and visit other places of scenic interest. "I have heard so much about Oregon and its wonderful scenery that when the chance to make a tour came my wife and I decided to come here," said Judge Brown yesterday. "A number of years ago the prevalent opinion of Oregon in the east was that Indians ran wild through the country and that deer and bear roamed the fields and the mountains. Now people are rap idly coming to realize that these ideas were inspired by lack of knowledge. Advertising of the state and the Co lumbia river highway Is constantly turning the thoughts of tourists to ward Oregon and my opinion is that more people will continue to come here for their annual vacations. People of Lakevlew, Or., have every reason to complain regarding the lack of transportation facilities that lead in and out of Lakevlew, according to Dr. C- E. Leithead of that town, who, with his wife, is at the Multnomah hotel. As rail conditions now are it is necessary for citizens of Lakevlew to go down through -California before they can reach Portland. There Is a movement on foot far the extension of railroad lines to Lakevlew and this is backed by every citizen of the country, according to Dr. Leithead. When these proposed rail lines are extended there will be no necessity for Lakevlew citizens to travel the additional miles that are now neces sary to reach Portland. "We people Of Lakevlew and the surrounding coun try are citizens of Oregon and desire that the outlet for our products be Portland but as conditions now are we are almost entirely dependent upon California," said Dr. Leithead yester day. "The country down there is go ing to develop and in time it will be one of the greatest agricultural sec tions of the state. Now is the time to develop it and it can best be de veloped by the extension of rail lines so that it may be connected with civilization." In an effort to induce builders to purchase Boise stone in. place of buy ing from the quarries of the eastern states, George F. Bruce of the Boise Stone company is in Portland. He recently returned from Los Angeles where he competed with eastern com panies for the contracts for the stone for a new building. "Builders are rapidly coming to the realization that they can help the west and also save money by buying an Idaho building product in preference to those of the east," said Mr. Bruce yesterday at the Multnomah. Alexander Stewart of Oakland who In 1919 organized the school children of Portland for singing is in Portland at the request of the local community service. He is at the Multnomah hotel. Mr. Stewart stated yesterday that last year in seven cities of Cali fornia "music weeks" were held and that the interest in community sing ing is spreading throughout the en tire country. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Binder, who some time ago occupied the positions of chief clerk and head cashier, respec tively, at the Multnomah hotel, were in Portland yesterday. xney nave been snendinE- the winter in Cali fornia and are now en route to Glacier nark where they will have charge oi a hotel during the summer months. They1 have many friends in Portland and yesterday was spent in renewing old acquaintances. Anions the cattle and' stock men who arrived in Portland yesterday with steers for the local markets were: Sol Dickerson of Weiser, Idaho; M. Mills of Prineville, J. F. Dixom of Prineville. J. uoiter or Gateway, Or.: Charles Latourell of iteppner. L. M. Church of Walla Walla and John Folmsbe of Pomeroy, Wash. All are encouraged over the prospects for increased prices on livestock. Coos county will go 85 per cent strong for Charles Hall for governor, according to L D. Gordon of Marsh- field who is in Jforuana. -tiaii ior Governor clubs have already been or ganized in Bandon, Coquille, Myrtle Point and Marshfield, and the citi zens are lining up behind the candi date from their section of the coun try," he said yesterday. W. H. Strayer, state senator from Baker county, was in Portland yes terday. He is one of tne leading democrats of the state and has been a member of the upper house of the legislature for a number of sessions. At present he is interested in legisla tion that will bring about a reduction of taxes. He was at the Imperial. K w. Morrison of Salt Lake City, who during the war served as an offi cer of the 166th field artillery bri-o-o nf the 91st division. Is in Port land stnrl is Ktominir at the Portland hotel. Mr. Morrison has many friends among the former members or tne Powder river" division wno rewuo here. w TT Mfirr-iKOTi and wife of Tor- rington, Conn., were registered at the Imperial hotel yesterday. They are maklne- a tour of the Pacific coast on a pleasure trip and yesterday spent a share of the aay taxing in uw lumbia river highway. Tra. C. Powell, president of the First National bank of Monmouth, was at Multnomah vesterdav. .Business and financial comdiitions must be good in Monmouth, for Mr. Powell is build ing a new structure to nouse nis bank. Leif Finaeth. grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Oregon, was at the Imperial hotel yesterday. He was n town for the purpose or eiwnams to the affairs of his rraternai w ganizatlon. r.. Rramwell of "It's the Cli mate," Oregon, is a guest at the Ore gon hotel. When Mr. Bramwell speaks of his home town, Grants Pass, he always calls it "It's the Climate." TTarrv fjai-fl of Madras, who is en deavoring to obtain government aid in the develooment of the MadraB irri gation project, is at the Oregon hotel. Mrs. M. D. Polk, wife of the editor of the- Nampa Free Press, of Nampa. Idaho, was at the Multnomah hotel yesterday. C. A Howard, superintendent of schools of Marshfield, is a guest at the Portland hotel. E. C. Simmons, automobile dealer of Eugene, is a guest at the .Benson hotel. Ross M. Walker, hotel man of In dependence, Or., is a guest at the Multnomah. Bruce Dennis, newspaper editor of La Grande and member of the state senate, was at the. .Oregon, yesterday, Burroughs Nature Club. Copyrisht, Houehton-ltlirflln Co. Cm Yon Answer These Questions 1. Do toads go back to the pond whore they were hatched the spring following their birth? 2. Please identify the cocoons sent as specimens, found on willow water oak. Is it harmful to garden vegeta bles, cotton or corn? 3. We have been troubled with i large red bird (I think a woodpecker) that picks holes in the cornice of our house. We can't use firearms. What shall I do to get rid of him? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes. Answers to Previous Questions, 1. Kindly publish directions for making bird lime, used by bird poachers for destroying song and game birds. W print this purely to protest against it. We have no formula for this lime, and most certainly would not print it if we had. Even if spread with the intention of catching houp sparrows only, it would be a menace to other birds. We hope readers of this nature column unite in wanting to protect, not catch, eong and gam birds. Liming Is a barbarous style of doing a barbarous deed. 1. What is meant by certified milk? This doesn't seem to us exactly a nature question. Milk Is "certified1 when it has been examined by a milk commission which is acting under the supervision of a standard medical so ciety, and found to measure up to their standard for purity," etc. They then Issue a certificate. This was first done In 1891. 3. I inclose specimen of bugs found in my dry beans, peas, etc. What ara they, and how can I get rid of them? Under the microscope, identified as pea weavll, Larla Bruchua pisorum common. It lays its eggs on the peas while still on the vines, but the grubs hatch after the seed is dried, except in pretty cold climate. Heat goods infested with them for several hours to 125-150 degrees Fahrenheit. Storehouses troubled with this weavll can have professional cyanic acid fumigation, but this is dangerous for amateurs. CREEK IS NAMED FOR SETTLER Also Quail Creek and Winkle Bar Per. petnate Memory of Pioneers. NEVADA CITY, Cal., April 6. (To the Editor.) An editorial recently ap peared in The Oregonian on "Namei c,f Places and Their Origin." Refer ence was made to Mule creek in Curry county, and it was stated that It was unknown how it received Its name. In the '50s three miners, named John Mule, Peter Quail and William Winkle located In that district, John Mule on Mule creek, Peter Quail on Quail creek and William Winkle on Winkle bar. These names are still extant. Old maps have it marked an '"John Mule creek." Just above Winkle bar is Battle bar, where the Rogue river Indians made their last stand against th v.'hites under command of Captain Wesley, after whom the next creel; above is named. The chief of the Irdlans was killed and is buried on Battle bar. In the earliest maps of southwest ern Oregon, made by French-Cana dian trappers, they call the river "Riviere Rouge," as it runs through a red granite formation. By a mis take at Washington, D. C the car tographers transposed the letters and it has been known as the Rogue river ever since, and It certainly is, at most seasons of the year, in the canyon below Galice. . A SUBSCRIBER. "If" and a Big Cat. PORTLAND, April 8. (To the Ed itor.) In The Oregonian you-have in troduced to the reading public an ac count of some exceptionally fine spe cies of house cat belonging to Miss Thelma Flint, 987 East Flanders. Although we have nothing of such an exceptional weight, we have a very promising animal which at the com parative age ought to prove quite the equal of Sir Peter Pan. We have a Maltese and white house cat which wo purchased a year ago last February and at that time it was about three weeks old. The first part of January I had an occasion to weigh him and he tipped the scales at 11 pounds and again in February when he weighed 12 pounds and still growing. If this cat contin ues to gain in weight at that rate, by the time he is 11 years old he will by far outweigh all three of the rival tribe. Figuring his monthly gain of one pound per month by the time he reaches his eleventh birthday he ought to weigh approximately 125 pounds. If anybody can beat this I would be glad to hear from him. R. E. HOBBS. Law on Real Estate Agents. TONCALLA, Or., April 8. (To the Editor.) Is there any law prohibiting one from helping find a piece of prop erty if the friend wants to buy In your community, not taking any com mission? Is It lawful if when I go away I leave my place in a friend's hands to rent for me and I take a notion to have this friend sell It for me in my absence, he asking no com mission? SUBSCRIBER. There is no law prohibiting a friend from helping you find a piece of prop erty, so long as he accepts no com mission. Tour friend may also sell your property for you, if he accepts no commission. He would have to have a real estate agent's license be fore he could legally accept a com mission. Unfair to Some Veterans. PORTLAND, April 8. (To the Ed itor.) An article recently appeared In a local paper which is apparently mis leading. The article reads as roaows: "Soldiers' exemption law. Exemptions on the 1922 tax roll under the soldierB exemption law must be filed on or before April 1 to benefit veterans of J the Mexican, civil ana inaian wars or their wives and widows. I looked the matter up and was in formed that no Indian war veteran who fought outside of the state of Oregon is eligible to exemption. I wonder if the framers of that law In tentionally meant to exclude a hand ful of men who are taxpayers and fathers of veterans and who fought for Oregon when they rode with Cus ter. ROBERT HICKS. Late of Co. H, 2d Infantry. THE FLAPPER, Flitting, darting, little whisk. Painted, perfumed odalisque, Making pulses race and frisk. Telling stories slightly risque. Though you're good for naught but fun. Winking eye and dropping pun, I like your carefree, easy run, And golden hair all light and sun. Some day, mayhap, you'll settle down And scarcely make a single sound. But ere long you'll drab the town By trading smile for care and frown. e-KARD B. JONES. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Hoiliiae, TUB FLAI'PKR TO T1IF. BAR. (A Kansas court was lately ak-d to decide the leaal Icnirth of a hlKh si-hool frlrl's petticoats.) "Bailiff." I asked, of the long-faced man Who stood so erect snd proud, "What is the case that has filled the place With this vast and curious crowd? A murder, perhaps, or a swell di vorce? A society family J;ir? A captured still, or a rich man's will. Or the trial of a movie star?" "You got It wrong." said the lons faccd man With the pitying type of fnrer. "Wo ain't got time for the trial o crime In a law mill like this here. This Is a big an' Important court. An' the Judges is sittin' there To decide the right of one Tillle White (A minor) to bob her hair." "Mister" said I, to a man In blue In a court of the lat rcHort, "From the solemn maps of the lawyer chaps This case seems a weighty sort. Is International law at stake? Are these legal lights employed To seek to show that the pact don't ( And the Constitution is void?" "Tut tut!" said he, with a chill dl. daln While his arrogant features frose. "We have too much class in this court to pass Upon trlval things like those. We now are about to hear the cats Ot one Annlce Bedella Gee. An atrocious flirt, who has worn hr skirt Two Inches below her knee." - No Chance. Mr. Borah Is Insurgent still, but there seems to be sllnht pronpect that be will secede from the senate. Meteorological Lrslalatloa. Blue sky laws are Intended to pro tect what we have saved for a rainy day. Also Spineless. It's like to be a boneless bill y the time the senate gets through with It. (CopyrlKht by th HH1 Hymiicat. Ine.) In Other Days. Fifty Years Ago. From The Orcionlin of April 10. 1175. Hall again yesterday. No plaza mu sic owing to the unsettled state ot the weather. Indians who should be on their re ervations are, according to the L'ln patch, prowling around Seattle. A clam-eater bought one for a wife the other day for 1 10. Saloons are being repaired and churches becoming dilapidated In Ku gene City. So says the Journal. Twenty-five Yfan Ago. Krom Tho Onsonlan of April 10. IM'7. Ijondon The parliamentary com mittee investigating tho Tranxvitul raid held its ltith Hitting today. The salmon fiHhlng feaaon openH in. day and it will noon he known w heth er thero will bo a .'rlke by f inhc rtnen. Detective Paddy Maher caught a birrglar yesterday in a barn near the corner of Seventh and Irving Hlreetw. Arbor dny was observed by pupllt of the Portland schools yesterday. Trains now convey paxnengers nl mail to a point 28 miles beyond Eu gene City and arrangements will noon be made so that paHsengers may reach San Francisco by four days' travel from Portland. NO KISS FOIl MA USUAL, JOFFHKf Mayor and (.ovrrnor Held to Be Yrry i'hoony In Their Onrulallona. PORTLAND, April 8. (To the Ed itor.) Did Mayor Uaker and Gov ernor Olcott meet Marshal Joffre and give him a "smack" of welcome for the city of Portland and the slate of Oregon? This Is the question that la run ning in many minds at the present. So far us the writur can learn the city of Portland did not give Mayor linker any legal authority to kiHif Miss Garden in public, or in private either, any more than any other man, and I am quite sure the great slat of Oregon has no law upon its statut books authorizing the governor of the state to kiss a strange woman beforo a great crowd of Oregon peo ple as was reported of them In th columns of The Oregonian when Miss Garden visited Portland. If the U exist I am sure they would hold good when such a noted person as Marshal Joffre comes to our midst. lie Is far more noteworthy than an opera singer, however noted she may be. rid I am sure It would not be so humiliating to the citizens of Ore gon to have them kiss a marshal us It would to take advantage of ti woman to commit eucn an act in public. CONSTANT KEAl'KK. Copper an4 Motor Works. GLENDALE. Or., April 8. (To tho Editor.) 1. Has there ever been a formula for the hardening of copper discovered or made a success? ". What has become of tho Beaver Statu Motor works? 3. Did the stockhold ers ever get anything out of the con cern? IGNORANT. L The Oregon bureau of mines and geology reports that there has never been discovered a successful process for hardening or tempering copper. 2. The Beaver State Motor com pany is at present being operated at Gresham, Or., under the management of P. A. Combs. J. For information relative to stockholder's dividends it Is better to write the management directly. Helens of Morlf. FOREST GROVK. Or.. April 8. (To the Kditor.) A real estate mortgage Is given In favor of W. L. Jones and Elizabeth Jones, his wife. In the event of the death of the wife can the husband give a good and suffi cient release, or would probate pro ceedings have to be taken f old scr..scium;it. If you mean that the note, which the mortgage secures, la given in favor of W. L Jones and Elizabeth Jones, his wife, and that they were the holders of the note at the time of her death, her interest therein would be subject to probate proceed ings as other personal property of a value of more than $3uo. Mary Garden la San Francisco. SALEM, Or., April 8. (To tho Ed itor.) Please advise If Mary Garden appeared with the Chicago Opera com pany in San r ranclsco. L ai., previous ly to now, ana at what tlm. UL) tjUUHC.Kll.ll-.lt. Mary Garden appeared In Pan Fran cisco with the Chicago Grand Opera company In April, 1914..