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0 8 THE . MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. APRIL 2S, 1922 ittrrnnng (Dre$mtttt ESTABLISHED BY RINRI I,. PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co. 13o Sixth Street. Portland. Oregon. C A. MORDEN. E. B. PIPER. .Manager. Editor. The Oresroniaa ia a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is ex clusively 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 herein. All rishta of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Bates Invariably In Advance. (By Mail.) Ia!!y, Sunday Included, one year . Iaily. Sunday included, six months .. Jaiiy, Sunday included, three months Daily, Sunday included, one month . . Jai!y. without Sunday, one year Daily, without Sunday, six months Daily, without Sunriai'. nne mnnth .0o 4.25 S. 2.1 s.1'5 CO Sunday, one year 2.50 (By Carrier.) Daily, Sunday included, one year . 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"I wish America were here," ex claimed Lloyd George in addressing American and British newspaper men on the new perils to Europe which the Genoa conference has brought to the surface. "We want your help inside the league to bring on backward coun tries," said that noble Anglo-American woman. Lady Astor noble not merely in rank, but in breadth of view and sympathy and she added: "When America went into the war, Europe saw the dawn of a new hope America in the' war to end the wars. When America went out of the peace, Europe was dumbfounded. Ideals took America into the war, idealism cannot taife her out of peace, no matter what politicians may say. Why is America, not at Genoa? The reason given by Seoretary Hughes was: The proposed conference is not primarily an economic conference, as questions ap pear to have been excluded from consid eration without the satisfactory determin ation of which the chief causes of eco nomic disturbance but continue to operate, but is rather a conference of a political character in which the government of the United States could not helpfully par ticipate. Events at the conference have proved that he spoke truly when he described the conference as of "a political character," but Lloyd George, with a forceful argument. disputes the assertion that the United States "could not helpfully par. ticipate" by saying: We want America because she exercises a peculiar authority; her -very aloofness gives her the right to speak. America could exercise an Influence no other country could command. She could come here free and disentangled, and with the prestige that comes from her independent position she would come with the voice of peace. To say that the conference is po litical is to state but a fraction of the truth. To express the hope, as Mr. Hughes did, "that progress may be made in preparing the way for the eventual discussion and settle ment of the fundamental economic and financial Questions relating to European recuperation," i to en courage a hope that threatens to prove vain through America's ab sence. Political questions rela .e to territorial disputes, which eauplj na tions to maintain large armies, which cause budget deficits, which cause inflation and depreciation of cur rency, which block world commerce and depress industry. This last fact renders people unable to pay enough taxes to pay the expenses of their governments or to pay the debts of nations to one another, the United States being the chief creditor; it at least furnishes Germany with a plausible excuse for not paying rep arations, which causes France to maintain a great army, to threaten occupation of more German terri tory and to form a combination with the little entente. This attitude of France leads Germany to form an alliance with soviet Russia, economic and military control of the vast area from the Khine to the Pacific ocean being the not distant consequence, to be followed by defiance of the allies and repudiation of treaties. This alliance emboldens the bolshev ists to refuse the conditions without which Russia cannot be opened to world trade and restored to economic health and sanity. Thus the economic problem, to which we trace industrial depression, shrinkage of commerce, idleness of ships, millions of unemployed, in ability to collect from debtor nations, and hence inability to lighten our tax burden, is so interwoven with the political problems and racial enmities of Europe that it begins with them and leads us back to them. It con fronts this nation with a new po litical danger, for the combination of the two notorious treaty-breaking nations, Germany and soviet Russia, is a menace to the peace of the world and to the very existence of white civilization. Its power extending to the Pacific coast of Siberia, that combination would be a direct threat to the Pacific coast of America, and its forces would need only to cross Bering strait in order to gain a foot hold in Alaska, Though The Oregonian has com pared the nations assembled at Genoa with wild animals, those animals are only too anxious to be tamed, and they almost beg the United States to tame them. No other nation can better perform the part. Confidence In the Impartiality and good will of thin nation toward all European na tions is complete. The. moral power springing from this confidence is immense, and it qualifies us to play the mediator between nations, the moderator of extreme claims. By joining the allies in compelling Ger many to comply with reasonable rep aration demands, we should be able to remove friction between Great Britain and France and to deter the latter from carrying out its. threat to invade Germany alone. This na tion, if any, can enforce annulment of tke Rasso-German alliance and may even convince the soviet, by uniting the nations against any at tempted compromise with commun ism, that that theory must be. aban doned. Pressure for payment of its debt should bring any recalcitrant nation to reason. American aloofness from Europe should bo regarded as the oppor tunity to lead in world reconstruc tion, which is necessary to our own peace and prosperity, not as the op portunity to shirk our part in that work. We should regard the ocean not as a barrier separating us from Europe, but as a bond uniting the two continents. That is the view of those native to the soil, who trust to peace and concord among nations and to spread of democracy for the world's progress, also of those foreign-born citizens who combine- de votion to their chosen country with desire for redemption of their native land from the .evils that they have escaped. That view is rejected-only by those irreconcilables who still hug the delusion that this nation can live for itself alone, or who draw their inspiration from those alien elements which inject the poison of old-world racial feuds into American opinion. Their fear of our becoming involved in European politics or of our being subjected to foreign dic tation is a hollow pretense. Europe in effect invites us to mediate, not become a party to, Its quarrels and to assume a sort of moral dictator ship. This would lead to no involve. ment; it would remove causes of sure future involvement. DEEP IN THE HOLE. County finances are in a condition that cannot properly be ignored. The year opened with a warrant indebt edness r-an indebtedness for mere current expenditures of more than $500,000. The spring tax install ments have now been paid, but if all cash on hand were devoted to pay- ment of outstanding warrants there would still be a deficit of J106.649.74 Tax revenues for the next few months will be but a few thousand dollars. Meanwhile salaries and a.'l the incidentals of county government must be paid and road work be t?ken care of. There will be no material relief until fall tax revenues are re ceived, but there is no prospect that warrant indebtedness will then be wiped out or that January 1 will see the figure that existed at the first of the year reduced. An increase in warrant indebtedness is more likely. Last year Multnomah county paid out about J20.000 in interest on out standing warrants. So far this year it has paid out about $9000, indi cating that this item will reach $30. 000 for 1922. . County business has not been trimmed to meet conditions. The budget is prepared as If there would be no tax delinquencies. The interest on warrant indebtedness is not pro vided for in the budget. The com missioners' outstanding Idea seems to be to spend all that they might have to spend if they had the nrest of good luck, and trust to transfer of funds back and forth to cover pos sible deficits. The county commissioners are di rectly responsible for the poor busi ness conduct of county affairs. There has been no gTeat emergency to make unexpected calls for funds; the county was already going behind and harder times could be foreseen. Facts are facts. The county has been sad dled with a costly indebtedness from which it will not recover until an intelligent financial programme is adopted by an administration capable of devising one. A BOON" TO CRIPPLED CHILDREN. By selecting a site and deciding on immediate erection of a hospital for crippled children in Portland, the Shriners extend their nobly benevo lent work and make this city a part ner in it. The site chosen is well located' to give the young patients plenty of pure air, with access to the country, and at the same time within easy reach of the city. The existing facilities for the care of the sick will be available, and a valuable addition will be made to the city's equipment as a medical center. The Shriners could hardly have chosen more wisely an object for exercise of their benevolence. Few people had any conception of the number of crippled and deformed children in this country until thou sands of them poured out to seek the ministrations of Dr. Lorenz, the famous Vienna surgeon. The pity of it is that the deformed are almost all children of the poor, and that their misfortune is the result of lack of proper skill and care at birth or in infancy, which was due to poverty, and that, from the same cause, their parents cannot pay for their cure. 1 Orthopedic surgery has made many wonderful advances in straightening crooked limbs and backs and has added thousands to the number -of happy, healthy children. Its suc cess awakened the sympathy of the Shriners at Atlanta, Ga., and they erected an orthopedic hospital there, which inspired the order with the great plan of duplicating it in all sections of the country. Execution of that plan is now making rapid progress. This is a work which makes the giver happy by increasing the sum of happiness. It benefits the nation by adding to the number of useful citizens those who would otherwise have been a burden. REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN NEWS PAPERS. What are the characteristics which led Colonel Repington, after consult ing Mark Sullivan, to select a certain ten newspapers 'as the medium througb which "to grange American feeling from the Atlantic to the Pa cific," as recorded in an extract from his latest book, which is published in another column? We can best answer the question by considering what makes these ten newspapers truly representative of current American opinion. The New York Times, which is named first, is conservatively but in dependently democratic, not hesitat ing to criticize a democratic or to approve the acts of a republican ad ministration on occasion. The New York World by Contrast is agres sively democratic and has been a stalwart champion of Woodrow Wil son and opponent of the Harding administration. The Washington Post well reflects the opinion of the official and social capital. The rea sons for including The Oregonian in the list it is unnecessary to explain. The Chicago Tribune throughout a long life has been the chief .ex ponent of the vigorous, progressive republicanism of the middle west, and has not scrupled to turn against the republican party at times, as it did in 1812. The Indianapolis News forms its judgments on public ques tions in total disregard of party and voices the unattached politjcal senti ment of the middle west. The Bos ton Transcript is a stalwart, conser vative representative of New Eng land republicanism, but is by no means so partisan that it does Jiot occasionally rebuke a republican ad ministration. The Springfield Re publican reflects the rather intellec tual and moral view of public affairs held by men who shun and look down on practical politics. Its Eng. lish counterpart, the Manchester Guariiaa, has long been tie organ of provincial liberalism, which stands for free trade and pacifism, against a big army and navy and against for eign adventure. When one has read one Hearst paper, he has read all and has learned the latest use that Mr. Hearst makes of the national, racial and social prejudices which he manipulates. Of all these newspapers it is true that they owe their influence to the facts that, they pursue a consistent policy, embodying a certain recog nized trend of widely prevalent opin ion, and above all, that they own themselves. By this , we mean that they are not owned as instruments to promote the ends of any party, or politician or business interest, and are not sold or for sale to men who contemplate such uses,, and that they owe their Influence, standing and business success to public recogni tion that such is the case. It is not to be inferred from the naming of the ten newspapers that there are not many others of equal merit and influence, either in the same or other cities. For example, there are the Herald, Tribune and Post in Nw Tork, the Ledger at Philadelphia, the Sun at Baltimore, the Journal at Minneapolis, the Globe-Democrat at St. Louis, the Commercial-Appeal at Memphis, the News at Dallas, Tex., the Times at Los Angeles and several first-class newspapers at Pittsburg. Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus, Toledo, Milwau kee, Des Moines, Omaha and Kansas City. But for a busy newspaper cor respondent, whose time is limited, the ten named are fairly represent ative of all. Colonel Repington con fesses that he was appalled at the number and size of American news papers, and he found it necessary to select a few and then to pick what he needed to read in them. WHY NOT FACE TODAY'S FACTS? The cold and unabashed abandon ment of the direct primary by its former valiant champions, the Sa lem Capital-Journal and the Eugene Guard, has left the Portland Journal alone at the bridge. It refuses to budge, notwithstanding the rising re volt in the democratic party and the accumulated evidences of the woeful inefficiency of the primary. No school lands, nor timber lands, have been stolen under the direct primary, says the Journal, tor -testimony in the land-fraud trials in Oregon showed how convenient tjie party machine was in framing up fake forest reserves and working them through congress, after which worth less school lands were exchanged for highly valuable forest lands." If wicked men stole them through the convention system we have not been able to observe that honest men have secured their restitution through the direct primary. The land-fraud trials, by the way, were started by a president nominated by a conven tion, and the officials who carried them forward were selected by the same president. But what of all that? What has any debauched convention got to do with the present political situation? We are perplexed, harassed, bedev iled by the problems and failures of today, not a generation ago. Is the fact that men were bad and their political methods reprehensible in former years a reason for refusal to reform and correct equivalent evils today under another system, in another time? What the people of Oregon see now is that candidates are not being selected for office by them, but by themselves; that the primary is the refuge and opportunity of the cheap skate; that it is extremely difficult to get the best men, to run for im portant office; that government is not more efficient, but less efficient, as measured in its cost; that taxes have doubled, trebled, quadrupled, quintupled; that individual or group control is the rule; that the minority prevails; that the majority party is an undisciplined mass, the minority party a shabby remnant; that elec-' tion costs are enormous; that the standards of political morality have not been elevated; that the quality ! and strength of party leadership have been weakened, and that cour age, independence, vision in public j life are becoming racer. Why not face present-day facts, and act on them? COLD MAKES AVAR ON PAPER. In 1896 we had what was by some called a fight for remonetization of silver;, in 1922 we are to have a fight for remonetization of gold in other countries and against its de monetization in this country and the proposal that we follow the crazy ex ample of the old world by resorting to fiat money. Thus the old contro versy conies up again in a new form, and the heresy of 1896 is revived with Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison as its prophets. The situation that existed at the time of the free silver controversy has been strangely reversed. Eu rope was then the citadel of the gold standard, and the United States was asked to make a market for overproduction of silver by going on a fiat silver basis. Europe has been driven by the war to a fiat paper money basis, and America has half the gold in the world and, seconded by Great Britain, is the champion of the gold standard. Because Europe gets along after a fashion on paper money, the United States is asked to base its currency on its natural re sources in place of gold. ' . That suggests a revised version of the old fable about the fox whose tail had been cut off and which tried to convince all the other foxes that tails were useless and a nuisance. The foxes of Europe have lost their tails the gold standard and only the United States and one or two other countries retain theirs. There fore some Americans whose chief claim to public attention is that they have erratic ideas and that they have the means of propagating those ideas propose that this country get In line with the fashion by cutting off its gold tail and traveling light on the tailless fiat basis. This weak point about the fiat money argument is that the nations which act on it are in a terrible predicament.- All of them are in some degree Insolvent; in fact, nations which have gone on the fiat basis have always been bankrupt. The nations which question the wisdom of the gold standard are those which have no gold to stand on, but those of Europe display feverish anxiety to get back to that standard. Hence the Genoa conference. The Ameri cans who would have us abandon gold for paper seem to want us to display our sympathy - for the na tions that are stuck in the fiat money bog by jumping into it ourselves, perhaps on the principle that misery loves company. The more laborious but more sensible course would be to help in pulling them out. America is injured by Europe's fiat money because it sets up an ob. sta'ele to trade between the two con. tinents. That obstacle would not be so serious if the currency of each European state were worth as much as American money on Tuesday as on Monday and if there were a con stant exchange value for the paper of one state in that of another. It is so light in value as to be heavy in weight. In order to reduce the bur den that a man must carry to buy a meal or pay a street car fare, the Russian soviet government has de creed a new issue of currency for 1922, of which one ruble shall be worth 10,000 rubles of earlier dates in the history of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Fiat money in Eu rope has inflated prices in America through its obstruction to production and sale of goods, hence by limiting supply. Trade being- exchange of goods, it restricts production in America by severely limiting the quantity of goods made abroad for which American goods may be ex changed. By that means also it arti ficially keeps up prices. The true remedy for the dis ordered state of the world's mone tary system is to restore the gold standard in all countries by redis tribution of the existing supply of gold and by increased production of that metal. This could not be done by arbitrarily shipping to Europe a large proportion of America's huge hoard. The first step should be that the states of Europe forsake their Micawber-Iike habit of paying old debts 'with new ones and at the same time incurring new debts to meet deficits, and that they return to the simple. Honest practice of paying their way from year to year, and providing a surplus to restore their credit. Then they would be able to raise long-term loans in gold, pay interest from their surplus, use the gold as a basis for new currency and redeem their fiat money at its de preciated value. In order to do this, they would have to stop thinking of war, reduce their armies and their civil service and put the military and bureaucratic parasites at productive work. By giving the money of all nations a stable value reckoned in gold this policy would stimulate production and trade and would reduce prices the world over from the inflated paper basis to the solid gold basis. It would stimulate, production of gold by cutting cost of material and labor. One of the anomalies of this topsy turvy world is that gold is the only thing of which the war has not raised the price. The price paid at the mints being fixed by the govern ment and being unchanged, while the price of material and labor measured in paper has risen' enor mously, the price of gold has actu ally fallen. Miners sought relief by asking for a premium which would raise the price to the normal cost of production, but their needs were overlooked, and the output de creased. They have now taken the offensive against their enemy, fiat-j money, and against all forms of in flation by organizing the American Gold and Silver Institute with H. N. Lawrie, formerly of Portland, as managing director, and are carrying the war into the enemy's country. Certainly, as normal monetary con ditions are restored, more gold will be needed, and the closer we ap proach those conditions the more will be produced, for the cost will decline. Thus the money question is to be fought again. In the nineties the gold standard was attacked by fiat money and was beaten. Having been put in possession of the field by the war fiat money is now attacked by gold The best weapon in the hands of the gold men is the destruction wrought by fiat money after war had finished its work. Not many will recall Chris Buck ley, the blind boss in politics of San Francisco a generation ago, who died two months ago. His will left much to charity without drawing racial or religious lines. He- was good boss, as bosses went in those days. The driver of a truck hit by a passenger train at Medford, when two were killed and two injured, ad mits lie was trying to beat the train. Such poor judgment should entitle a man to a place in a Salem institu tion. The naturalists who have be friended the crow will have to go some to make out a case now that it has been discovered that the crow is particularly fond Of the eggs of songbirds in nesting time. This is the season when it isn't so important to call a spade a spade as it is to get out and use it. Whether getting the ground ready for radishes or uncovering f ishworms, it is a mighty useful tool. It might be hoped that some of the ingenuity now being1 expended in seeing who can make the cheapest wireless receiving set will be trans ferred to other fields of thrift. The expedition to South America to find the plesiosarius has had to return without the beast. Not all the wild-goose chasers are after geese. The report of a shortage of trained nurses, considering: the emoluments of a trained nurse, might appro priately be classified as prosperity news. The best-looking men in the po litical advertisements will win the most votes, though it is hard to say just what is best" in the male face, Ex-Emperor William on the water wagon may be only preening himself to catch the German prohibition vote on the rebound. Perhaps an American mandate over the whole of Europe will be needed., Lloyd George yearns for us at Genoa. With 700 correspondents on the scene at Genoa, we have the promise of a Babel of pens. The inventors of this new anti lying toxin ought to volunteer for the first test of it. A circus is coming to town, which is the best sign yet that spring Is here. Portland would be just the place for the next triennial conclaves The Listening Post. By DeWitt Harry. RESTAURANT keeping Is not mere ly a matter of preparing a great deal of food and then celling it; there are many angles to the game. The caterer must have an abiding knowl edge of appetites and must, study their vagaries. Many a successful restaurant has been built up on a few featured dishes. People will walk blocks for a certain kind of beans. The restaurant keeper must not only be a canny purchasing agent and know how to cut cost corners In his kitchen, but he must make use of every portion of his foods. A poor cook will not only drive away pat ronage, but . will . ruin, the owner through inability to make the best use of his stocks. Then there is the service out in front, the waitresses. the table linen, the chinaware and' the atmosphere of a. place. But the real secret of the business lies in the work behind the scenes. Not many restaurant keepers go It blind; the most of them know down to a very fine point just what kind of trade they are catering to and have an intimate knowledge of their patrons' appetites.- The assort ment of dishes offered on a menu is what attracts- many diners, but not all viands get the same play. For instance staple dishes sell right to a regular mark nearly every day. The average restaurant will sell two or ders of beef to one of veal and ten cups of coffee to every glass of milk and 35 cups of coffee to every cup of tea. In the pastry line pies generally lead, though some restaurants feature French pastry and stimulate the sale of that article. It all depends on the class of trade, and ho two places sell alike. The manager of the restau rant has to know, right down to the finest line, just how much of each order on his daily menu card he is going to sell, for every bit of food that is left means either working over the next day or a loss. . He was old and bent and gray and walked with a cane. He approached the classified ad window of The Ore gonlan and one of the girls stepped up to serve him. "I want to hand in a political ad vertisement. How much will it cost for about 140 lines?" was his inquiry. The girl gave him the rate and he winced at the amount; said he was afraid he could' not afford that much. Then he was asked who was the can didate. "I'm the candidate," he said. "I want to run for president of the United States, but I don't think I can afford .it." But when It was explained that this was the wrong year to run for this office, the old man went away. To get the point of this story and to appreciate It one should, get a glimpse of the candidate who refused to run. Gudcbye. .Smelts). Ay yust bote had my fill last veek. Of smelt ban, catoh in, Sandy creek; Ay tank Ay ate dem, bones an' all. Yah, tal art' head, an' fins an' gall. It seem lak nefer ban before Sucn crowd- of neighbor at back door, Brang mass of smelt for Ole's vife. An' Ay haft ate dem, bat your life! Not alvays folks so yenerous ban. As ven dey coming har vith pan Of smelts, an' say, "Ve had big lot Ve could not ate"; Ay tank ve got Bote eaven bushel dos Jjar fish. Bote saxteen time vat Ay skol vish. Ven supper ban gude does of smelt Ay not can tal you how Ay felt, But seem lak fish ban squirm all night. Den. more for brakfast com in sight. Ay tank Ay knowing vun ol' Svede Das having all dos smelt he need. An' glad dey com but vunce a y'ar. To making Ole cuss an' sv'ar. -OLE OLESON. Last Sunday's Oregonian introduced a novelty to the ohildren, a supple ment In invisible color, the young sters being Instructed to dampen the pages with a small brush or a piece of cotton to bring out the tints that were hidden. Judging from the re sponse, the innovation created a fur ore and the youngsters fought for the privilege of Coloring the pictures. One little girl in an all-consuming rush to try out the color, hid the book and took it to her room, returning in a few minutes with the pages all In brilliant hues. As she had no brush or water, her mother was astonished and asked how she did it. The young ster held out her tongue. It was all colors of the rainbow. Oregon's woods are a garden these days. The fresh white trilliums are in bloom, soft-eyed little violetts modestly show themselves in shady bowers, yellow violets dot the moss under the trees, maindenhair- fern waves her tresses in the vagrant breezes, the delicate pink of wild currant is profuse and the dogwood buds give promise of a quick devel opment. Go any place where there are trees and one cannot help but brush hundreds of flowers underfoot in a short walk. Just a suggestion, why not take your sweetheart out and fill her lap with violets? " Impotent. 6aid lordly man, "I own the earth; All creatures bow before my win; To me was given at my birth. The world to rule, ror good or ill. Said two little germs, who heard him rant. One to the other: "Let ns sro And show this bragging fool, be can't Prevau against one tiny foe. As said, so done, and soon the lord Of all creation lay in pain. His lordly boast, an empty word. And all his lordly will in vain. , CHARLES O. OLSEIT. An interested crowd stood at Broad way ana wasnmgton street ana watched workmen in a vacant store breaking down a strong vault form erly used by a jeweler. The job was a difficult one and it took much hard labor to shatter the reinforced concrete walls. One of the bystand ers suggested that the best way to accomplish their ends would be for the jewelers to leave a few dollars' worth of valuables inside and offer it to the Pantages-stage depot safe crackers, who would, demolish tb vault in quick time. The woman who asked when the 5 o'clock train left had nothing: on the one who asked the waiter in Swet lands if there were any shrimps in their lobster salad, j Those Who Come and Go. Tales of Folks at the Hotels. "The only fault to be found with the Tillamook cheese industry," ex plained State Senator Edwards of Tillamook, who is in the city, "is that the demand is greater than can be supplied by the producers. Al though the cheese makers of our county are steadily increasing their output, there is such a market for the cheese that the makers cannot begin to meet all orders. I saw an order for many thousand dollars' worth of Tillamook cheese the other day from dealers,- but In order to take care of as many as possible, more than 30 dealers were promised only a part of their requirements. And it may be noted that the Tilla mook cheese is so good that it com mands a higher price than the Wis consin article, which is trying to break into the market in the west. This winter the dairymen of Tilla mook have had to bring in more teed than in any previous year. While there is always grass in the county, the dairymen have found that they can get better results toward spring, when the grass is weak, by feeding. This feed Is bought from the alfalfa farmers of Oregon and Idaho. Train loads have been shipped into Tilla mook this winter and it has not been uncommon for as many as ten car loads to arrive in a day." From the depot to his office a path has been beaten by the feet of candi dates, according to C. B. Gates, the well-known "Pop" and mayor of Med ford, who registered at the Imperial yesterday. A few weeks ago "Pop" thought he wanted to be a candidate for governor, but when so many en tered the field he decided to change his plans and announced that he will be a candidate for the republican nomination four years hence. Thus he .s the early bird in the 1926 cam paign. As the various candidates for governor arrive in Medford they look up the mayor and he trots them around to the local republican leaders and introduces them to such citizens as they, meet on the main drag, the mayor being as impartial as a brass band. The main reason he is In town is to attend a meet ing of the State Fair association, which will be held at Salem Saturday. The richest village. In the United States is said to be Hibbin, Minn. One of fhe added attractions of liv ing there is that a mining company pays 95 per cent of- the taxes, in cluding the school tax. Hibbin is the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Conklin, Who are registered at the Multnomah. As the original town was located over valuable ore deposits it was decided to move the village, but it still will remain a village no matter if it has a population of 20,0.00, for by that method it will be able to control mora of the taxes paid Into its treasury by the mining companies. In view of the experience of the Hibbing min ing concerns, some of the timber owners of Oregon need not consider that they are the only outfits which have to contribute heavily to school districts, road districts and the like. Polk county will unite solidly be hind Ralph E Williams in his fight for re-election as republican national committeeman from Oregon, accord ing to E. C. Kirkpatrlck, business man of Dallas, who was in Portland yes terday. "We have known Mr. Will iams for many years; many of have grown up with him and we are for him first, last and all the time, said Mr. Kirkpatrick. "I do not know a man in Polk county who is not go ing to vote for Mr. Williams." In th Taft administration Mr. Kirkpatrick was the selection of the president for United States marshal, but Mr. Wll son came in too quick and a democrat landed the job, "And," said Al Pierce of Salem, "don't forget that we want everyon in Portland to come fto Salem on May 7. That is the official 'blossom day, The trees, prunes, cherries and apples, will be in full bloom by that time unless the weather acts nasty, and no one who goes to Salem and vicinity will regret the trip, for the hills and valleys will be a mass of blooms. -ih weather has been cold this spring, so it has been necessary to postpone blossom day a couple of weeks. How ever, with a little sunshine to cheer the trees, everything will be In read! ness by Sunday, May 7. Remember the day and date all Salem invites all of Portland." A conductor on a train between Denver and Salt Lake City, in look ing over the tickets of passengers found one whose destination was Portland. Then the conductor asked the passenger if he would do a slight favor, and the passenger was willing. The conductor took from his pocket the kev to room 711 of the Benson the key having been found on tne train. - The- conductor requested the passenger to deliver it to the hotel, and it was turned in to John W. Myers yesterday at the desk. Things are picking up in La Grande. Business is improving, the mills are running and the railroad is doing some work in the way or ballasting tracks and the like, and on the whole there is a good prospect for the town and the beautiful val ley," says John H. Feare, registered at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Peare is in the land office at La Grande and is in the city on official business. Ralph Bardwell came to town from Medford yesterday to buy one of the biggest and most expensive motor cars on the market. Mr. Bardwell is with the Stewart Fruit company, and he is the chap who buys a big chunk of the pear crop in the Rogue River valley. . Sam H. Webb, real estate dealer of Astoria, is so well satisfied with the city by the sea that he wants to be the mayor, and he is now seek ing to accomplish the fulfillment of that ambition. Mr. Webb is among the arrivals at the Hotel Portland. George Burtt of San Francisco, who knows as much about potatoes as any man in the world, passed through Portland from Seattle, on his way to Redmond and Prineville, where he has extensive holdings. Mr. Burtt will return to Portland Satur day on his way south. Mr. and Mrs. Frank. Sanborn of Astoria, where Mr. Sanborn is in the salmon packing" business and is en gaged in various other enterprises, are registered at the Benson. H. M. Manning, an attorney of Klamath Falls, is one of half a dozen or more citizens of that town who arrived in Portland and registered at the Imperial. James Linn of Salem, president of the state fair association, was in Portland yesterday on business con nected with the big Btate show. Seely Hall, who had charge of the transportation service to Crater lake last summer, is in the city,-, from Medford. He is at the Multnomah. John J. Cadigan, an insurance man of Spokane, is among the Benson arrivals. Advice to a Physician. Judge. Gladys I wish I knew how to take some of the conceit out of that young Dr. Foote. Heler.e All you have to do Is to call him, "Mister." Burroughs Nature Club. Copyright. Honghton-Mifflin Co. Can Yea Answer these Quest Ions f 1. How do shrikes kill their prey? 2. Why do some oaks have acorns on them all winter, while others do not? 3. Are the young of pronghorn an telope spotted? I have lived around these animals for 15 years, but now I want some information, can't find it in books available. Answers in tomorrow's "Natifre Notes." Answers to Previous Questions. 1. Are bats dangerous? Not in the least in North America, but exceedingly beneficial, particu larly as mosquito catchers. The no tion bats are "vampires" or blood suckers is probably based on the fact that certain South American species do bite the toes, of sleeping persons. The bite is not fatal, however. 2. Why do corn kernels coma in even numbers of rows? The "ears" of corn are the plant's seed vessels, matured Jrom flowers. The pistillate flowers, borne on the very short stalks that make the end of the cob grow In paii! Why they come in pairs we do not know va rious plants have their blossoms grouped in pairs. When .these blos soms are fertilized by pollen dropped from the staminate flowers, or tas sels, seed begins to form, each pair of blossoms developing into a pair of seeds. This makes an even number of rows. 3. Please tell me what sort of place the cardinal uses for a nest. One has been about my grounds all winter and I want to keep it if I can. By choice the cardinal nests in deep thickets, making a nest of rootletR. weedstalks, inner fibers of bark for lining, etc. If you have anv dense shrubbery or thick tangle of vines it may perhaps use them. You might try hunting up some grapevine bark fibers and place them in spots where you often see the bird, as a sugges tion. Orioles sometimes are encour aged to build .in a given spot if ma terials to their liking are strewn about. HOW JURY STOOD IV Bl RVS CASE More Women Than Men for Convic tion on First Ballot. PORTLAND, April 27. (To the Edi Itor.) An extended article on the re cent Burns trial and acquittal ap peared in The Oregonian last Monday and since it contains a few errors manifest to all persons alike familiar with the case, in justice to the jury and to the public a few observations seem proper, if not necessary. Burns was tried three times before acquittal, the first two juries being composed entirely of men, the last Of both Women and mpn Thf. to speculation as to the mental Dro- ctrsses governing the respective sexes in analyzing testimony and arriving at conclusions. This article states that in the first trials never more than three jurors stood for acquittal. The rumor has been so persistent that it may safely be regarded as the fact that the first Burns jury stood five for acquittal; the second, seven for acquittal. On the first ballot the last jury stood seven for acquittal and five otherwise, and a larger per centage of women stood for convic tion on the first ballot than men, and the last person to go over to acquit tal was not a man, as stated in the article referred to, but a woman. Much speculation is indulered in as to what extent sympathy entered into tne verdict. On this point it is clear that sympathy for the widow of the deceased and her little child, always conveniently near, and for Mrs. Burns and her children, likewise at hand, counterbalanced each other. Indeed, Mrs. Phillips was the more pathetic figure and received, if any difference, the greater sympathy. In this article it was stated that Casey and Burns seldom were seen apart. The testimony showed other wise. Casey and some of the state's witnesses and other people commin gled in poolhalls, cardrooms, drank moonshine and had joint enterprises; while Burns stood aloof, drank not at all, played no cards, avoided pool halls and devoted his time to his rooming-house business and odd jobs and, during periods of his wife's ill ness, did household work, including laundry; even to the extent of making and repairing the children's garments. On one of his expeditions or trips Casey was gone so long from Burns' rooming house that he forfeited his room. The article referred to states that juror collapsed when the verdict was read. This did not occur. There was no collapse anywhere at any time of any Juror. This article referred to states that the "damaging" letter written by Burns to Casey while both were eon- fined in jail was not explained by Burns or his attorneys. Another error. Burns went into detail in explanation of the letter as far as the rules of evi dence would permit, and the same was argued from the standpoint of the defendant at considerable length. It was not "carefully avoided" or avoid ed at all. This is written with the view to al low the general public to get an un biased viewpoint in this particular case, since there has been much -discussion of It, apparently from the op posite angle. SUSAN M. FARRELL. PRIMARY IS FREAK A1VD FAILURE Mr. Cooper So Convinced, but Would Go Forward JVot Backward. McMINNVILLB, Or., April 28. (To the Editor.) -Because we have made some mistakes in the use of the pri mary law is no reason why we should condemn.it as wholly bad and unfit for usfc. However, as a nominating machine in its present shape, it is a freak and ft failure. The old idea that the office should seek the man whom the people think most competent is no more. While traveling over the eight Will amette valley counties, organizing the tax reduction, clubs. I am convinced that we lost much when we laid aside the convention system. We lack the initiative of that system in organiza tion. But progress Is not attained by going backward. Failures often teach more valuable lessons than successes. by teaching us what not to do. If we had no failures we would be a spine less race. The convention system had its de fects; to has the primary system. They both also have their good quali ties. It. would not, or should not, be difficult to formulate a plan embody ing the better principles of both sys tems and still permit the radical par- tisans to "point with pride" and "view with alarm," the conduct of friend and foe. There should be nothing in the way now, except public opinion (?) of using the old convention plan of nom inating candidates, two or three for each office If they want to, then give the primaries a whack at them. Just think of it, delegates and proxies, and packed delegations hand-picked, gag rule and bolters aneverting! Finel Don't Vou feel the thrill? J. C. COOPEK. Explaining a Winner. Judge. Why is she so popular?" Well, she's an old-fashioned girl In new-fashioned clothes." More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Mostsgue. POETRY FOIl TUB PF.OPI.K. You mustn't think o' pleasure You mustn't stop fer meals. Or Ole Hard Luck will run amuck An' lay you by the heels. No gold mines is discovered Except by Inrts who smite The rocks with pick from half-past six A. M. till twelve at nlKtt. Don't buy no clothes nor neckties A suit o' overalls Ain't no divKrace in any place. Not even gilded halls. A greasy juniper apron Beats all the tailor's art. When it is worn with haughty scorn Above an honest heart. Don't bow and scrape to no one But look 'em In the eyes; Fat pocket hoods and smarty looks Don't make men great or wise. Just keoii yiuir pick a-swtnging That's all you gotta do; An' In the end. my noblo friend You'll beat the whole blamed crew. Don't go to no theayters. Don't never tech a card! You're sure to win ef you pitch IB. Though life is mighty hard. Don't seek no fool amusements But learn to toll an' save An' by an' by, ef you ahold die. You'll fill an honored grave. We're Still Reactionary. We don't agree with Mrs. Medlll MeCormlok that women ought to be district leaders. In her capacity of boss woman's place is still In the home. Cnrlons, There seems to be a growing Im pression among college presidents that colleges ought to be educational institi'.tions. Crnel and lanaaal. There ought to be some) redress for the proofreader on the Congressional Record, who is the only man In the country who really has to read the tariff bill all the way through. trnprrlght by the Bell RvnrHrate. Ino Sometimes a silence Is Ilk the dumb waiting For release from pain. A numbing, stupefying weight Upon the brain; A verbal bondage no one voice can break, A grip upon the throat no single tone Can shake. And sometimes silence Is like A twilight prayer; A tender hush that lingers In the air. And soothes the weary heart Of fear and fret And makes the aching nerves At last forget. And sometimes silence Is like a tender dream No words can tell; A perfect union when two souls serene Yield to its spell; More powerful than words Or eloquence well-planned Ia silence when two fine souls un derstand. In Other Days. Twenty-five Years A mo. From The Oregonian of April 28, 1S07. Athens Greeco is badly upset over the failures in the war with Turkey and there are demonstrations here by the populace for the establishment of a republic. New York The dedication of Grant's tomb here yesterday was witnessed by a million New Yorkers and visitors and battleships of ail nations stood by in the Hudson. A street car jumped the bridge on East Morrison between Eighth and Ninth streets yesterday and went into the slough, killing three ler bons and injuring many more. At the meeting of Portland wheel men last night a resolution was passed indorsing a plan to put s ?tij tax on bicycles. GAWYKRS PART IX CRIME WAVK M rller Think-. Shrewd Practices af Attorneys Kneonrage Criminals. PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edl-tor.)-C. B. Watson, in censuring the jury system for the prevalence of crime, should have Included the law yers. If a criminal knew that he would receive an Immediate trial and sentence he would hesitate before committing a crime. Instead of that he knows that a good (?) lawyer will have his case continued and post poned until public feeling has died down and apathy has taken its place and the witnesses have either left the state or suffered a convenient loss of memory. Most lawyers, according to their code of ethics, consider themselves perfectly honest and good cltlasens and when they clear a notorious of fender are commended by their asso ciates, yet in clearing 'a criminal they are turning him loose on the public to commit other crimes. Isn't the lawyer partly to blame for ths crime committed by the criminal that he helped evade the law? Less law, fewer technlcallf es, quicker trials and speedy sentences, along with a little horse sense and less maudlin sympathy for th mur derer and more sympathy for the vic tims will result in fewer crimes. Why all the sympathy for the fam ily of the murderer and so little for the widow and orphans? ('. L. ELLIOTT. MEMORIES. I know a path beside a Iske That happy, boisterous reel nave trod. Where June - time sees the violets wake. And slender, winsome daisies nod. The wild rose lifts Its blushing cheek To charm the loit'r'ng passer-by. And gold-dished patque flowers, hum bly meek. Gaze fondly up Into the sky. This sylvan path leads to a sprlns: With crystal wsters, fresh and cool. And tanagers with raven wing Flash crimson o'er the smiling pool. I know a heart that often sighs To view once more those happy scenes, And, ever-constant, prophesies Fulfillment In its fondest dreams. 1L 1. MOODV. Lostlne, Or. LaoRuagf Is Vonrhed Fur. JUriKe. "Can you swear to the exact word used by Mr. Wharkem when hu struck at his golf ball and struck the gentleman in the tor?" Inquired the lawyer in the damage suit. "Xo," answered the caddy, thought fully, "but I think they are all In tiio Bible, sir." Silenct. Br Grace K. Hall.
