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THE -MORNING- OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1922
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the poorer litigant. The new meas
ure, the new plan for speedy relief
where it is most needed, is designed
to be corrective of delay, and there
is no reason to doubt that men will
be named as the new judges who will
function in accord with the spirit as
well as the letter of law by which
their work has been laid out for
them.
FOB SPEEDIER JUSTICE.
Increase of the federal judicial
forces by the creation of twenty-four
new district judgeships Is promptly
subjected to partisan and otherwise
prejudiced criticism as a "pork-bar
rel" procedure; a useless increase of
the taxpayers' burden, not necessary
because of any condition of business
in the existing courts, and designed
solely to strengthen the party in
power by so much of an enlarged
distribution of patronage.
Criticism of this kind, broadcast
exclusively from sources whence it
'would be idle to expect anything
else, reaches only to the fact that
here are twenty-four more judicial
offices to be filled by presidential
appointment, and gives no recogni
tion to the conditions and circum
stances by which the national ad
ministration and congress have been
convinced of the necessity of a some
what larger judicial body. The new
courts wiil be officered according to
the best judgment of the president
and counse'lors, and no doubt with
some advice from present justices
who have had intimate experience
with the need of such relief as is now
promised. Senators and representa
tives whose constituencies are within
the circuits from which the new
judges are to be named may or may
not be consulted. In any case, the
chance is very slight of the appoint
ment of any judge who is' personally
unfit or whope preferment may be
attributed entirely to party service.
Even in the most severe pasms
of passionate partisanship credit
should occasionally be given for sin
cerity of purpose when measures
for public relief are proposed and
adopted. Iu the matter of these new
judgeships, for example, it needs but
casual inquiry in almost every ju
dicial district of the United States to
discover a state of congestion that
- is unjust, vexatious and costly to
everyone whose business brings him
within the jurisdiction of the federal
courts. The thought of "making
things easier" for the judges is not
the first or by any means the only
consideration. But in the clearing
of court calendars and the expedition
of the processes of litigation many
thousands of citizens are deeply con
cerned. A judicial blockade and
the situation has amounted to that
in some districts is a serious handi
cap on business, and the burden is
carried, not so much by the court as
by the many who must come to court
for adjudication of their affairs.
Chief Justice Taft, whose labors
to remedy the defects of the judicial
machinery began long before he as
sumed his present high office, has
been an advocate of such an increase
in the number of federal judges as
would give the required relief, under
"conditions making the whole judicial
force more effective by reason of
soma degree of mobility. The meas
urs which has been adopted looks
toward fulfillment of these purposes.
The courts of the new judges are not
to be fixed courts; these judges will
be subject to assignment by the
senior circuit judge to any district
where they may be needed within
that circuit, or called to service in
the districts embraced within other
circuits by the chief justice of the
supreme court.
This will be, in a way, an applica
tion of the presiding judge system
already in effect in the courts of
many states. cmer justice Tatt re
marks that "this executive principle
of using all the judicial force eco
nomically and at points where most
needed should be adopted in every
state, and when adopted will offer a
remedy to a great deal of the injus
tice by delay that now exists."
The chief justice does not exoner
ate, bar and bench from their share
of responsibility for unsatisfactory
legal procedure. Lawyer members
of state legislatures, he observes, use
very little of the power in their
hands to perfect the machinery for
the administration of justice; and he
has only words of condemnation for
judges who fail of their duty through
indifference or laziness. "Judges are
men," he says, "and are not so keenly
charged with the duty of -constant
labor that the stimulus of an annual
inquiry into what they are doing may
not be helpful." The newly adopted
measure provides for such an inquiry
at an annual meeting of the chief
justice and the senior judges from
the nine circuits into which the coun
try is divided.
It Is quite true, as stated by those
who stand ready and eager to criti
cise every act of the present admin
istration and congress, that twenty
four additional judicial offices have
been created to be filled by presi
dential appointment. But those in
clined to criticise would do well first
to inform themselves of the present
need of relief, not so much by the
couris as by those who seek justice
of the courts; and, next, of the man
ner in which the new law proposes
to give that relief. "While the judges
of our courts have their faults," says
Chief Justice Taft, "they may rightly
excuse themselves in a large degree
on the ground that the fault lies with
the legislative power which does not
provide adequate machinery for the
prompt and satisfactory dispatch of
business." . '
Delay is the most important factor
in the inadequacy of the administra
tion of justice. .It works always for
the man with the longest purse;
always in favor of the rich aa against '
ONE GOOD IN LATE SPRING.
Conditions so far in the season of
1922 are in favor of.another big fruit
crop from the orchards of the Pa
cific northwest. With a good yield
and good prices last year, the fruit
growers of this region, generally
speaking, had little or nothing to
complain of, though here and there,
of course, occurred instances of
"hard luck" or loss through other
causes. But the fruit industry, as a
whole, is prosperous, and everyone
engaged in it is looking forward to
a continuance of prosperity.
Most folks city dwellers in par
ticular have been bemoaning the
backwardness of spring. Not so the
horticulturists. The pessimistic pre
diction that "spring will never come
has no place in their calculations.
Placing some degree of reliance on
the hitherto unbroken procession of
the seasons, they know by expert
ence that any reasonable delay on
the part of spring gives insurance
nsminst damaee and assurance of
better harvests. Trees and bushes
are given a little longer time for
rest,- and winter weather will nave
opportunity to work itself to a finish,
so that when blossoming begins there
will be very much less danger of
tearing rain storms or untimely
frosts.-
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
furnished a huge proportion of all
the fruit marketed in the United
States last year. This was due, to
some extent, to failure or partial
failure of crops in other fruit-growing
sections of the country, which
made the northwest harvest bulk
larger in comparison with the whole.
But failures elsewhere are not neces
sary to the success of the northwest
fruit industry. The superiority ' of
the products; the care that is -mown
in selection and packing; the almost
absolute certainty .that the fruit will
be received In first-class condition
anywhere in the world these are
the points that make for the steady
progress and increasing prosperity of
the fruit industry of th'is regionv A
backward spring, if it be net alto
gether too backward, is regarded by
the growers as propitious in the im
plication that when at length it
comes it will come to stay. .
COMPENSATIONS OF
DAY.
EIGHT HOIK
The eight-hour work day is fairly
well established in the lumber millsof
the northwest, and the industry as a
whole does not look with any degree
of approbation on the occasional at
tempt of individual millmen to
stretch the day to ten hours or more.
This attempt, it is said, has thus far
been limited to a few of the smaller
mills in the Puget sound country,
and there is no likelihood that It
will become general. But its
trouble - breeding possibilities are
viewed with some apprehensiveness,
Northwest lumbermen have found,
in actual practice, that they can
operate their mills on the eight-hour
day and produce almost as much
lumber as by working longer hours,
Production records, taken over any
considerable period of operation, are
said to disclose total outputs that are
large- than would have been possible
in similar periods if subject to inter
ruptions. The 'longer day was the
cause or the pretext for many labor
troubles a genuine cause of dis
satisfaction to a large number of
honest workmen, and a pretext for
disturbance by every agitator who,
happened to come along. The eight-
hour day has measurably relieved
dissatisfaction and deprived the agi
tator of one of his best points in
argument for discord.
The day-by-day output of the mills
n eight hours cannot , well be as
large as it was, or as it would be, in
ten hours. Judged merely by the
measurement of physical capacity, it
is not possible for "the same man to
do as much work in eight as he can
do in ten hours. But appraisal of
the situation must include the ad
vantage of having men at work under
comparatively satisfactory conditions
which can scarcely fail to induce
some increase of efficiency even
among the laggard and unwilling.
Two hours cannot be cut off a work
ing day without some sacrifice in
the volume of that day's production,
but the cut from ten to eight hours
has not meant a sacrifice of 20 per
cent, as the millmen once feared
that it might. '
The greater advantage of the
eight-hour day in the northwest lum.
ber industry,-"' however, has been
found in its assurance of continuity
of operation. Eliminating one big
reason for labor discontent, and to
that degree checking the chance of
strike, the shorter day permits the I
millmen to look ahead and plan for
the future with greater certainty,
while his quantity production is all
the more sure to be equal .to his
needs in the long run.
merly operated by British capital, dissimilar promise, failed to make
one corporation alone having em- more than a few converts, though he
ployed 250,000 men in the time of brought the prestige of eminence in
the empire. Germany wants to sell other scientific fields to the task,
goods in Russia and to exploit its Having issued a challenge to skep-
untouched resources in order both ticism, it is plain that the way to
to control its commerce and to,direct silence it is to produce the proofs.
its policy. France wants Russia re- I have studied for sixty years," said
constructed in order that it may col- the scientist, Camille" Flemmarion,
lect interest on the imperial debt, "and today if you put the question.
Italy and all the states of central 'Do you believe in spirits?' I answer,
and southeastern Kurope are eager 'I do not know.' "
for Russian markets, and many want Flammarion, it will be noted, does
Russian raw material. not deny, nor does he affirm; he
American' commerce with Russia finds, however, that autosuggestion
was comparatively slight before the has played so important a part in
war, and, though American invest- most of the so-called psychic phe
ments had begun, they were incon- nomena that he has inquired into as
siderable by comparison with those to render all of them, if not open to
of Germany and Great Britain. Now suspicion, at least subject to further
all neighboring nations have incurred investigation. "I do not believe in one
the hatred or distrust of the Moscow single spiritualistic phenomenon,"
government on other grounds than said Professor Charles Richet, who
differences in economic-principles holds that it is unnecessary to go to
It may easily prove that, when the the world beyond for an explanation
Moscow chiefs resolve that their of occurrences which may be the
great communist experiment has product of natural laws which we
failad, they will rather surrender to but imperfectly understand. It is the
the United States than to the com- scientists with their demand for
bined nations of Europe, and will proof that it will be necessary for Sir
invite American guidance in rebuild. Arthur to convince if he would beat
ing the economic structure that thej I back the barriers of doubt; the orth
have wrecked. I odox believer still has his faith,
which, in its way, is as strong as Sir
the calx, to the WOBBI.IES. Afj distinction lies, as has been
Responding to the , call of "Big suggested, between belief in immor-
Bill" Haywood, their long-absent tality and belief in the manifesta-
leader, sixty-eight members of the tions which are grouped under the
Industrial Workers of the World general classification of spiritualism,
have taken their departure from The profound influence of the will
America, bound for Russia, there, gir Arthur himseif, ln which ln.
maybe, to find places in a social and dividual emotional nreludice ob-
economic structure that is much Ucures in varying degree the weak
more to their liking. neg3 of evidence. is and has been an
The number of this first contin- nhs-taclB to the removal of dniihts.
ger ' Is not particularly encouraging Faith in the future, belief that the
to l.v,-e of a general exodus. It is soui 0f man was not meant to dwell
said to be the vanguard of a force for a brief and unsatisfactory space
of 6000 I. W. W., who have made amid inclement surroundings and!
up tneir minus to go, Dut who are then vanish into nothingness, pro-
waiting, ror one reason or anotner, found confidence in the ultimate
for later sailing dates. Big Bill has beneficence of the divine plan these
called for a much larger number; persist and religion holds its own.
his messages have brought word, in gut the oeeuliar difference between
errect, mat no lana on earth prom- the old relitrion and that which goes
ises better picKing tnan Russia, tsut bv the name of spiritualism lies in
eyen. an organized 6000 would be a tne affirmation of certain phe
small force for so large and populous nomena, chief among which is com
a country; not enough of a force to munication with those who have
put over the I. W. W. programme of eone before. Here asrain the "will
industrial reconstruction even on a to believe" has been a mighty influ-
i,uffering,and despairing people. ." ence. To the old faith in a future
It is barely possible, of course, that existence has been added hone that
the motive of the movement may not we may indeed be within speaking
be entirely unselfish. Big Bill's mes- distance of the beloved dead,
sages have told of huge concessions There is no doubt that Sir Arthur
obtained from the' Lenin govern- wno is no charlatan, believes sin
ment, and he has asked for the help cerely that he has many times
of a lot of . the boys in a great co- SDoken with his son. Kingsley. as he
operative scheme of development of says that he has done. His belief is
rtussian timoer ana mineral re- nevertheless no stronger than was
sources. It has never been made j that of Sir Oliver Lodge, who did
quite clear whether this scheme was not Dresent evidence that would have
The Listening Post.
By DeWItt Harry.
tobe in the interest of Russia or of
Big Bill and the boys. That, per
haps, is what the I. W. W. vanguard
is going to find out.
America in general may well wish
them . luck, if it cares to show so
"much lack of sympathy for the Rus
Mans. ' Since the -time Of the dis
convinced an inquiring scientific
mind. There are few who would not
like to believe, or who are not ready
to believe, that death is as Sir Arthur
says it is a change so slight at first
"that those who have passed into the
next existence are hard to convince
that they are dead." A modern
covery accredited to Christopher Co- theology, no longer insistent as of
fcimbus . this - is probably the first 0id on a place of eternal torment for
eastbound trans-Atlantic pilgrimage the damned, is prepared to meet Sir
n quest or a land or greater promise. Arthur more than half way ln his
The tremendous movement, ior many proposition that the unsavory in-
generauons, nas oeen nitnerwara. dividual does not go to hell, but in
Millions have found in America what stead "to a sort of hospital." where
they sought to find, or have been he must remain until he has accom-
content.to accept what they found-as paShed his regeneration by his own
being as near to what they sought as voluntary .acts. All this comports
anything could be this side of the Witli the sense' Of justice that is
millennium or heaven. inherent in hk it seems fair that it
But the f. W. W,. -admit to no de- should be so. and even probable that
gree of satisfaction whatsoever. They jt may be true; but it is. after all,
have been gravely disappointed by but another example of the will to
tne snoricomings -oi an American believe in operation upon a very
forms of government, all industrial mundane consciousness, unless there
practices, all social customs, and better proof than has heretofore
they have been, much chagrined by been adduced that it is indubitably
the failure of a sufficient majority the-thing that does come to pass,
of the American people to make over We are reassured by Sir Arthur's
all these things, to conform with I. exnlanation that "his-h spirits do not
W. W. spectficationa Possibly they descend upon earth in order to tell
turn to Russia with hope renewed, fortunes,- or to advise upon business
meantime reassurea tnat Big sm matters." which a-t the outset ex-
has the means of taking care of them
until they get going good.
.LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in Amer-
cludes a lot of quacks and mounte
banks who exist to prey upon the
griefs of the bereaved. It disposes,
too, of a vast brigade of table-tippers
and tambourine players who gather
in dark rooms to obtain vague and
AMERICA MOST TRUSTED.
Probably the refusal of the United
States to take parV in a conference,
the chief object of which is to estab
lish commerce between; soviet Rus
sia and the rest of Europe, will have
more influence in inducing the bol-
shevists to accept the principles on
which alone commerce with Russia
can be restored than will all that can
be done at Genoa. The United States
neither asks nor wants anvthine
from Russia ln the way of territory
or concessions. Its one offense in
the eyes of the bolshevlsts is that it
is capitalist and does not "tolerate
communist propaganda. But when
famine and plague struck down the
people of the "Volga valley America
undertook to feed the hungry and
heal the sick, nd has done more
than all other nations combined, not
Interfering in any way withpolitical
affairs. It has won the gratitude of
the Russian people, who have seen
the contrast between it and bol-
shevist rapacity, brutality and inef
ficiency.
Though the nations of western
Europe name the same conditions of
commercial intercourse with Russia
as have been stated by Secretary
Hughes on behalf of the United
States, they cannot conceal an
anxiety which is absent from the
American attitude. Great Britain
wants Russian trade to provide work
for 2,000.000 unemployed and wants
to recover possession of the great
Industries ln Russia which were for-
ica on what he pleasantly designates cryptlc messages from souls on the
as a "raid" on the skeptical attitude other side of the mystic veil. But,
of the people of this country toward shorn of these phases and reduced to
what s :commonly denominated as a speculative philosophy, the mes-
"spiritualism." tempers the spirit of sage that Sir Arthur brings would
controversy with the statement that seem to contain nothing that has not
the movement which he represents, in substance been already written,
"far from being antagonistic to re- The promise of life eternal is not a
ligion, is destined to vivify religion, novelty. Only the means of com.
which has been decaying and becom- munication with those from whom
ing a mere formality." The promise we would wish to hear is new and
of immortality is not new, nor has It I it is upon this point that Sir Arthur's
lequired the impetus of spiritualistic audiences will anxiously await the
propaganda to make it a potent In- proof he promises them.
fluence over the conduct of men. The
scriptures teem with it; the mission One part of President Harding's
of the Savior to "deliver them who policy of "more business In govern
through fear of death were all their ment" should be systematic develop
lifetime subject to bondage," the def- ment of waterways by continuous
mite pieage ot nie everlasting re- work. Expenditures should be con
peated over and over again these rent rated on a few oroiects at a'
are well understood by all who ac- time, and should be pushed until
cept me divine writings as their they are completed. The interstate
guide and in whom faith is strong. -,mrr-rr commission should be
In this particular Sir Arthur brings given power to establish a proper
no novel message, it can De said, relation between rail and water
indeed, that belief in immortality, in rat6S and should enforce making of
nie arter ceatn, now rules the world, through rates by rail and water com
Few even of so-called atheists ex- bined. That is necessarv to the mat
elude it utterly from the cloisters of ing- ,cf a transportation system, at
meir minas. tne agnostic at least which we have barely begun.
nopes mat H may De true, ana nope
is very close to belief here as in
other Instances; the passionate long
ing for a continuous existence seems
so natural that we are at no loss to
account for the nearly universal run-!
ning of this common thread through
dogma and popular belief.
Sir Arthur has before him si task
of greater magnitude if he hopes to
produce that which the' scientists
call proof that the personality of the
individual persists in the world be
vnnd.. and if he intend in chntw -Vio
communication can be sthn short h. John D, Jr. says he admires "the
twee dwellers in these two spheres, old gent" mostly for putting all his
There Is n-ot perhaps as much skep- er8"s lnto one basket, and as Pud'n
ticism with reference tn th imm... head Wilson was made to. say,
fQnr nf th mill too irr.i..,. "watching that basket." There is
think there Is, but there is a growing (accent) a lot of advice in that.
tendency to demand a scientific- ex
planation for every reasonably prov- It will be well for people not reg-
able fact. The world is in a serious 1 Istered, and those .not registered
mood and undoubtedly inclines a re- rightfully, to attend to this matter
ceptiVe ear toward that which only at once. The right to vote will have
a few years ago it would have a value next month not financial.
rejected almost without a second but conscientious.
thought, but it also, as in no other
period of its history, demands that The loss of a grain warehouse"
all the evidence shall be weighed. worth $50,000 at Elgin will be but
"We have brought forward definite temporary check to that little city.
proofs of immortality," wrote Sir Elgin Is a business community of the
Arthur on another occasion a few I right sort.
years ago, and have established re
ligion -upon a basis of fact Instead, of The peach and plum buds are
faith, so that the poor groping hu- breaking their hearts to bloom and
man soul may have a provable tell the apples and pears it's near
foundation upon which to build." blossoming time for them.
Here the issue has been drawn, and
it is here that the protagonist will Sixty of Bill Hayward's 6000 that
be expected to make good. . It is re- are going to revolutionize work In
membered that , Sir Oliver Lodge, Russia sailed Saturday. Hand , their
with a similar message and a not I hats to the rest quickly.
THE following "gleanings" rife with
intense news value were sent in
by a country correspondent. It was
thought best to suppress the name of
the town.
"Gerald Dwight is with Brush's de
partment store. Mr. Brush reports
that Mr. Dwight is a great success
'as head floor walker. The ladies'
wearing apparel counter has showed
an increase ln sales.
"Miss Blake, our. embryo school
marm, recently entertained Fred
Hole with an evening of dominoes.
"Miss Josie Brush has bewitched
the male sector with her new spring
bonnet.
Bloom's department store recently
received a shipment of California yel
low turnips. Many of our best fam
ilies enjoyed them.
"Several have inquired who Miss
Mabel Burns' new flame is. She has
been known to call him Shorty.
"Lawrence Mitchell recently pol
ished his saxophone. It has improved
the tone greatly.
"The meat market recently installed
an adding machine which produces
ultra-fine weinies."
From Ole to the Mare.
Val, Ole Oleson lak to say
Tust line or two abote de vay
Mare Baker cleaning Chinatown,
An taring dos har iron doors Uown.
Ay tal you, Yeorge, das bane gude
stuff,
Ay hope dat you skol treat dem rough;
Ef yaller man vant shoot .damsalf.
Or smoking dope up on a shalf.
Or having gude big gambling game.
By Tee, it time dey sholder blame.
Ay lak not much de vay dey sail
Dis dope das sending folks to hal.
An making vomen ban dar slaves,
Till dope skol drop dem in der graves.
Ef China boy ban vishing stay
In des har gude ol U. S. A.,
Ay tank dey better feeling claw
Of big iron hand ve calling law.
Gude dose of yail for Chinaman
Ban stuff for stop dar play fan-tan,
An bullets gude for des har tong
To put dem var dey skol belong.
So, Teorge, as long as you ban mare,
Ay hope you give dem hal of scare,
An rip dar doors and tables down,
An making Portland Spotless Town.
OLE OLESON.
The girl, anyhow we are certain
that it must be a girl, who writes
with green ink, has once again con
tributed to the column. Most readers
will remember her last effort at the
time when the Chicago Grand Opera
company arrived. Here's the one that
came yesterday morning:
"Passers-by the Benson hotel Sat
urday afternoon were startled by
lusty wailings which came from the
the interior of a curtained and de
serted flivver.
" 'Ahuh,' quoth Stealthy Steve, the
six-eyed sleuth, 'Another che-ild
abandoned.'
"But he was wrong. Investigation
proved that Mary's favorite pet still
follows her even though she now
travels in a flivver."
On the last day of the tax-paying
rush in the sheriff's office the crowd
was notably slender. In commenting
cn it Sheriff Hurlburt did not feel
alarmed, or figure that there would
be a shortage of collections. His ex
planation mirrors changing condi
tions:
"In years past we used to handle
the greater portion of our collections
in cash. In the past few years there
has been a great financial change ap
parent. People are beginning to study
out their finances and take advan
tage of banking accommodation. The
banks are responsible for a great deal
of this, for they have carried on a
campaign of education with the re
sult that many new accounts have
been opened. The result is easily
seen here, .people no longer come and
stand in line to hand over their
money they mail in their checks.'
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels-
There should not be controversy
over the kissing of Mary Garden by
governor and mayor. These excel
lent officials gentlemen, too, it
hardly need be stated felt they had
a duty to perform. Both were acts
of bravery, in contemplation-of going
home and telling, as is the habit of
a good husband. Miss Garden has
not complained. Why anybody else?
Humph! . -
In order that a canary should sing
at Its best a varied diet is essential
The little bird should not only have
certain seeds, but an occasional slice
of apple or a bit of spinach as a re
ward. Being shut up as they are
canaries miss all that diet they could
obtain were they in the open and
for this reason feed stores offer a
composition called manna, said to con
tain the essential seeds and roughage
that would be eaten by the bird if it
were in the open. Canaries should
only be allowed this manna in their
cages for a short time daily, and soon
begin to comprehend that they must
make the best of time and eat fast,
Indeed some of the wiser birds get
busy as soon as the manna comes and
tear pieces of it loose, letting the
stuff fall on the floor where they can
get it at their leisure.
The implied compliment in taking
teacher an apple"or a flower is deep
and lasting. Few youngsters fail to
make their teacher a sort of hallowed
heroine. There is a great thought in
every bouquet or little present.
A little girl in a northeast school
nearly had her tender young heart
broken to tiny bits yesterday. She
got permission from, mother to take
a few daffodils and hyacinths to her
teacher. The teacher already had a
nice potted plant on her desk, and
when the cut flowers were presented
she carelessly brushed them aside,
with the remark, "I don't want them;
T have some," thereby ruining an
ideal of a childish heart.
Portland's spring washing season
has started again. One of the big
downtown buildings has a crew busily
engaged in cleaning the marble front
of the structure and a pure white
streak shows through the grime, giv
ing promise of the real beauty of the
building that Hes underneath. This
city i3 one of the few in the country
that prides itself on the cleanliness
of its face, that gives its business
houses a laundrying each year. Some
buildings have already been cleaned.
Warm days and the sap begins to
run. weages ana snaae trees already
show signs of breaking out their
foliage for the year and those per
sons afflicted with the wander-lust
feel the pull of the road. Freight
trains once more bring in their allot
ment of tourists and the jungles
along the railway tracks are again
filled with life. The 'boes are moving,
their winter hibernation is finished
and they are on their ever persistent
search for pastures new.
A vouyager militaire is Dr. J. H.
Rosenberg of Prineville, registered
at the Imperial. A vouyager mili
taire is a member of the "40-8"
society, composed of former service
men. It is the playground of the
American Legion and gets the name
from the boxcars which the A. E. F.
had to use in France, the sign on
the boxcars reading that the car had
a capacity for eight horses or 40 men.
Dr. Rosenberg is health officer of
Prineville and has been head of the
state organization of Elks and he is
also a member of the Irrigators, the
alfalfa organization of Crook county
which corresponds with the Royal
Rosarians of Portland, only instead
of wearing white suits like the
Rosarians, the Irrigators dress up in
bib-overalls and a hayseed hat.
"Sheep are looking fine, cattle look
ing fine, business getting better, but
oh, the winter we have had," ex
plained the doctor. "I've been in
Crook county 22 years and it is the
most drawn-out winter that I have
experienced. The grass hasn't started
yet. The other day we had a snow
storm. I was over to George Russell's
ranch last week and plenty of snow
could be seen from there. Also the
other night there was a film of ice
on the river and the milkman told
me that the milk in his cans froze
solid and it has to be pretty cold
to freeze milk. But things are im
proving and new settlers are coming
in on the irrigation project and there
will be a world of water in the big
reservoir,"
Id like to sit once more as a
delegate -to a good, old-fashioned
nominating convention," observed
Henry Taylor, one of the pioneers of
Umatilla county. "The direct pri
mary has not worked out as well as
the people who advocated it supposed
it would. The convention system
brought out pretty good men and it
kept the party organizations intact
and gave the partisans something to
work for and to look forward to.
Mr. Taylor, who is a democrat, was
one of the first men to plow under
the bunchgrass in Umatilla county
and plant wheat. He bought a man's
right to 160 acres and a log cabin
and some poles for fencing for $300
years ago and that was his start as
a wheat farmer. Now he has between
900 and 1000 acres, half of which 1b
used for wheat every year while the
other half rests.
, "City people cannot appreciate the
condition of the farmers," declared
D. M. Ward, farmer, who registers at
the Hotel Oregon from Heppner and
whose place is near Eight-Mile.
"Just because a farmer uses an
automobile does not mean he is pros
perous, for some farmers have no
more business having a car than have
a good many city people. The farmer,
when he was getting a high price for
his wheat and high prices for cattle
and sheep, was spending his jnoney
freely in the towns, but you don't
see many farmers . coming to town
these days, because money is scarce
with them. However, things are
commencing to look up and the worst
phase appears to have passed."
J. H. Beckley and wife, who have
been .passing the winter in Portland,
have left for Crook county, where
Mr. Beckley has been buying young
steers for his Klamath county ranch,
located at Fort Klamath in the Wood
river valley, which he contends is
the paradise of the world. These
Crook county cattle will be trailed
south to the Beckley ranch as soon
as the roads are open. Mr. Beckley
is the owner of one of the largest
and best cattle ranches ln the Wood
river valley, where he spends his
summers, the Beckley winters, as a
rule, being devoted to California.
This winter he preferred the Oregon
rains to the California brand.
,
To edit for the last time the titles
in the Irving S. Cobb motion pictures
of the author's hunt in central Ore
gon, A Whisnant of Bend is in town.
The film, says Mr. Whisnant, is prac
tically a scenario or the (jodd article
on his Oregon hunt in the May issue
of the Cosmopolitan magazine. In
the article is a sketch of Bill Vande
vert, one of the guides, who lives
between Bend and La Pine, and of
various other chaps who were in the
Cobb camp. In a couple of weeks
"Whiz" says that he expects the film
to be ready for release.
C. W. Farnsworth, who lives near
Rhea's siding., on Willow creek, is at
the Hotel Oregon. The highway com
mission is now considering locating
the northwestern end of the Oregon
Washington highway from Rhea's
siding westward to a connection with
the John Day highway, a couple of
miles south of Arlingtpn. The cost
of right of way down Willow creek
from Rhea's siding to Heppner Junc
tion, at the Columbia River highway
is said to be prohibitive and for this
reason the commission is figuring on
shifting the route.
Game conditions in the southern
part of the state are good and fish
ing in the Rogue river is about back
to normal, due to agreements with
the commercial fishermen to keep
seine and set nets out of the river,
according to Bert Anderson of Med
ford, registered at the Multnomah.
Mr. Anderson is a member of the
game commission and is in the city
to attend the monthly meeWng.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can Vou5 Answer These Questions f
1. Why do some birds walk and
others hop?
2. Do enakes move forward by a
zig-zag rraption?
3. How do guinea pigs get their
name?
Answers inhtomorrow's nature notes.
Answer to Previous Questions.
1. Do toads' go back to the pond
where they were hatched the spring
iouowing tneir- oirth? .
:so, it is thought they do not go
DacK until they are ready to mate,
and this does notfcoccur until the toad
Is from three to four years old.
2. Please identify the cocoons sent
as specimens, found on willow water
oak. Is it harmful to garden vege
tables, cotton, or cotn?
. Identified as Teillea Polyphemus,
winged form of whfch will make a
handsome moth, 5-6' Inches across,
varying from yellow to deep cream
or even tan, with whitish band
bordered with red or me across base
of wings. Has a cletsr eyespot on
wings. Caterpillar ls light green
with oblique yellow lines on each
side, and grows to three inches.
Caterpillar feeds on shade and fruit
trees and if too numeroaia may de
foliate them. Not harmful to garden
truck.
3. We have been troubled with
large red bird (I think a woodpecker)
that picks holes in the cormSce in our
house. We can't use firearms. What
shall I do to get rid of hirm?
Undoubtedly the red-shaftnd flicker.
Forbush, in "Useful Birds and Their
Protection," suggests supplying boxes
as a counter-attraction where flickers
persist' in boring Into walls, steeples,
cornices, etc. If this peaceful .remedy
falls, we believe peppering the bird
with tiny shot from a gun W(jld be
quickest. Poison bait could bis used,
but this is always risky. You (might
try swabbing the cornice with coal
oil. which would not harm the wood
and might make it very disagreeable
to the bird. Flickers are very ose
ful and should generally be protected.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Mont sane.
MOOKKX KFFICIKMCY.
When Reuben used to come to town
A stranger, suave and bland.
Would sedulously track him down
And grasp him by the hand.
And did old Reuben see the Klght
And game that were fgrbld.
And spend long, entertaining night
In playing them? He did.
And did he wake Mme chilly diwn
In some strange cheerless plure
I To find his roll of money gutie?
That also was thu case.
Today, when Reuben comes to town
Before he's here a day.
Some dog-faced stranger knocks hln
down
And takes hla roll away.
Abrupter than the former style
This modern form of crime.
But it has got it beat a mile
In point of saving time.
Far loss of time's remorseless fllgh
Need Reuben reckon now
He's on the farm the following nigh'
To poliuh up the plow.
Which seems to show that even thosi
"Whoso trade is doing wrong
Are always up upon their toes
And hustling right along!
.Kill Frstrrlna- Vs.
The rule that the way to get rid c
men is to lend them money doesn
work in the case of thu Mexicans.
Crossing the Bar.
To the majority of Americans, th
word "schooner" used to "mean i
receptacle for the conveyance of '
intoxicant, and of late It has come t
mean the time thing.
IVot All Brer and ("kittles.
Movie Mars are widely envied, hn
they seem to have their trials ever'
little while.
In Other Days.
Home Secret Is Bared.
Judge.
"Why don't you treat your wife a
little better?"
"I tried it for a while, and she got
so suspicious I could hardly live with
her."
There is plenty of enthusiasm for
the proposed Columbia basin irriga
tion project, according to Frank S.
Spofford. He is the assistant super
visor of survey of the United States
and is registered at the Multnomah.
When the Columbia basin project is
completed, says Mr. Spofford, it will
Include 2,000,000 acres and will mean
much to Portland, as the project will
support several thousand families.
Millard T. Hartson. collector of
customs for the Puget Sound district.
was in the city yesterday visiting
with George U. Piper, collector of the
Portland district. Mr. Hartson was
formerly postmaster at Spokane and
was collector of internal revenue for
Washington when Taft was president.
From Louisville, Ky., comes Dr. A
T. McCormack to attend the meeting
of health officers in Portland.' The
doctor is a member of the Kentucky
state board of health.
Sam Litch, formerly a county com
missioner for Wallowa county, is in
town to have a heart-to-heart talk
with a surgeon.
B. F. McCullough and J. C. Temple-
ton, stockmen of Echo, Or., are reg
istered at the Hotel Oregon.
A real estate dealer of Corvallis is
Harvey Mechlin, who is at the Mult
nomah. M. G. Reed, a produce dealer ot
Albany, is among the arrivals at the
Multnomah.
OT BENEDICT ARNOLD TO GOD
Christian Science Is Defended Aaainst
Chnraes of Kvnnarellat.
PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian of April
is reported a sermon bv Evanirellsti
Anderson, in which he scores paciflstni
of the church for their inactivity in
"the battle for God against sin."
Sin is, indeed, not a trifling matter.
and I can agree with him when he
says "every time we sin we make
ourselves traitors to God and a sol
dier fighting ln the devil's army.'
But when he mentions Christ!
science as "'a Benedict Arnold to
God" I must take issue with him. It
is very evident that Dr. Anderson has
an altogether wrong idea of Christia
Science, for the charge he makes is
not at all true, and his remark does
Cliristian Science great injustice.
u o which side Christian Science elves
allegiance is indicated by the state
ment found in "Science and Health
With Key to the Scriptures." bv Marv
i-aKer t.aay, on page 450, "The Chris
tlan scientist is enlisted to lessen
evil, disease and death": and that I
surely fighting on the right side
C hristian Science honors God in the
highest degree, refusing to serve or
acknowledge any claim of power o
Deing apart from him. and srlvlna
proof of its loyalty and fidelity by
ts works. The first commandment,
"Thou shalt have no other gods be
fore me," is the favorite text of
Christian Science, which insists there
is none other but he, as the Bible
declares, and consequently Christian
Science teaches strict obedience and
sole allegiance to this one and only
true God. Surely that cannot be
treason.
The sinner makes a reality of sin
and so becomes its victim. So long
as he indulges in sin he sufers from
it and is, inded, found "fighting in
the devil's army." But Christian
Science exposes the true nature and
character of sin. teaching that it
unreal in the sense that God never
made it, hence that It can be de
stroyed and the sinner reformed by
demonstrating the truth about it,
proving its unreality through repent
ance and reformation. It Is only as
we cease to Bin, cease to indulge
ln it, that we are able to see sin as
unreal and understand the allness of
God, good.
This teaching does not by any
means "lull the poople to sleep by
telling them there is no enemy," as
Dr. Anderson says, but on the con
trary it uncovers the deeeptivenesg of
sin, arousing the sinner to repent and
forsake his sin, and thus work out his
own salvation.
THEODORE BURKHART.
Location of Masonic Home.
JUNCTION CITY. Or., April 8.
(To the Editor.) Where is the new
Masonic home located, and how far
out of town is it? Will yo give
the name and- adTdress of the super
intendent or manager?
MRS. L F. A.
The new Masonic and Eastern Star
home is located between Cornelius
and Forest Grove. Can be reached
by automobile road, about 22 miles
from Portland, or by Southern Pacific
and Oregon Electric lines. Joe Roark
is superintendent of the Institution.
Auto License and Xon-Besldent,
ST. HELENS, Or.. April 10. (To
the Editor.) 1. In the latter part of
February I bought an automobile
paying 150 down, with the under
standing that the balance was to be
paid by March 10, or otherwise said
150 would be forfeited. On March 10
I appeared at said person's place of
business, but he had moved and leit
no .address, so I was unable -to locate
him. Could I recover the $50 if I
locaaed the person who made out the
receSptt
2. I am working here temporarily
andhave a Washington license on my
car. I would like to know now long
I wiould be permitted to operate my
car .here before I would be forced to
get ,an Oregon license 7 A-
1. The circumstance does not give
either party grounds for claiming
forfeiture of contract.
2. The time Is not specified as re
gards nvon-residents, but usually a
period of. at least 60 days is granted.
If you have become a resident of the
state you are required to obtain a
license stt. once.
Farm Purchase Money Loans.
PORTLAND, April 10. (To the
Editor.) Can you tell me if there Is
any way that a person can borrow
money from a bank to buy a ranch
and will it (take a mortgage on the
ranch as security? Or can a person
get a loan from the government for
the same purpose? A READER.
We know no place where you can
borrow the Cull purchase price of a
farm. The state has a loan sys
tem under whUch 50 per cent of the
purchase priced can be borrowed by
giving a first .mortgage. If Inter
ested, write to State Land board,
Salem, Or. The .government also has
farm loan system concerning
which write to Federal Land bank,
Spokane, Wash.
Twenty-five Years Am.
From The Oreonisn of April 11 17.
Berlin. Another great shifting o
the political chessboard of E'rrnpe I
Imminent. An alliance Is forming; !e
tween Russia. Germany and Anstr!
to the exclusion of France and ltal
England's policy on the eastern ques
tlon Is the ptlme motive.
London Short of an actual dec
laratlon of war the situation br-twee
Turkey and Greece could not pnsslhl
he graver than It Is.
The advent of Kannv Davenport I'
"Gismonda" at the Marqnam ilran
Hnext week will he an event of rar
(prominence In the theatrical world e
She city.
Copies of a new song. "Scenes Tha
Aire Brightest," have appeared o
local music shop shelves.
Fifty Years Ais.
From The Oresonlsn of April It. IT?.
Washington. The operations of th
department of Justice are likely t
stop unless the senate passes the de
flciency bill at once, as the funds ar
all gone.
An ordinance to provide for lliiht
ing the city clock was laid over f
ine council meennir iusi m"-
The population of Josephine count
Is increasing- rapidly on account r
the expected coming of the "Iro
horse."
The countv commissioners at thel
last meeting revised and redistrlb
uted the five precincts of I'nrtlan
and the three of east Portland.
Telescope Dimensions Doubtful.
DAYTON". Or.. April 9. (To th
Editor.) Our science class la ver
much interested In the Inclosed clip
ping, and I would like you to glv
me the full particulars. We hav
heard that the hltrgeat teleKcupe I
ten feet In diameter and that M
larger telescope could he made.
I.V-CILK LOVKTT.
The clinplnur states that a tele
scope Is being constructed at Warn
fnrd. Conn., which will have a Ion
."0 feet in diameter, magnify 25,000.
000 times, and show the moon as I
only six feet away.
There Is 1H tclencopo ill exioicnr
having an object class greater tha
100 inches in diameter. Thia Is a
Victoria. B. C.
As the magnifying power of
object glass i 100 diameters to th
inch, this would magnify ln.onn times
The tube of this telescope Is about 4
feet in length.
The writer In the clipping ma
have made an error In his flguref
Unless a new' principle In optics ha
been discovered, a telescope B0 fee
in the diameter of Its object glas
would magnify 60.000 diameters, no
25,000,000, as In the clipping men
tloned.
This power would not bring th-
moon within less than 10 miles of th
person at the eyeglass, and this grea
power would bs possibly at the ex
pense of clearness.
In practical observations astrono
mers prefer a magnifying power o
from 1000 to 4000 diameters, as an
power beyond this limit Is seldot
clear.
For further information, write t
Alvin Clark, Stamford, Conn.
Pronunciation of Operas.
OPTItANDER. Wash., April 9. (T-
the Editor.) 1. What are the rorrec
pronunciations of "Monna Vanna,
Thais," "Aida" names or operas?
2. Must a story, fiction or an-
manuscript, to be accepted by Th
Oregonian or any other publlcatloi
be typewritten? That la Is there an
Place an author can send a stor-
written ln long hand whers It will b.J
considered?
ONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW.
1. Chicago grand opera singer
pronounced Monna Vanna aa I
polled Mon-av-an-a. "a" aa ln "far.
accent on second syllable; Thais
ta-es, "a" as in "far," "" as in "aes,'
accent on second syllable; Aids
-e-da, "a" as In "far" "e" at I
see. a as in "gay"; accent on sec
ond syllable.
2. It is the general requlremen
that manuscript be typewritten.
Principles ot Parties.
OREGON CITY, Or., April . (To
the Editor.) Please give the prin
ciples of the republican, democratic
-and socialist parties.
LYDIA DELKER.
The subject cannot be adequately
discussed in an answer In this column-
Send a request to the state
library, Salem, Or., for the loan of
reference material on the subject.
Pacific Tim Meridian.
PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Edl
tor 1. The other day on the edl
torial page you stated Portland tlm
11 minutes faster than mean solar
What degree of longitude Is our tlm
based -on?
' 2. Is the London tlms In Feldn
helmer's window correct?
a. Are London time and Green
w'ch time the same?
JOHN BROWN.
1. The Taclflc time meridian is 1!
degrees west of Greenwich.
2. "When -it Is noon In Portland I:
Is 8 P. M. in London eight hour
diff-irenca.
a. ym.
J