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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922
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WHAT FOR?
It is a pleasure to note that the
democratic pany in Oregon is showing-
signs of self-respect and of vi
tality and is putting: forward afu!l
ticket for state offices and a full'
ticket for county offices in Multno
mah. It is the first time in many
years. It is a pleasure also to ob
serve that Portland has awakened
to the fact that a minority party
has a right to live, and to be some
thing more than the football of de
signing politicians. Says the Journal:
If we are to have the party system there
should be a strong minority partv It
should be ablr- to present a respectable op
position and thereby act as a check upon
the majority party, it is only on such a
basis that there is the slightest excuse tor
party government.
If we are not to have the party
system in a democracy, what are we
to have? Group direction and con
trol? Or a soviet, with an American
Lenin in power? Or the Chinese
system, where there are no parties,
but many politicians who' live by
plundering the people?
Under the direct primary in Ore
gon, the major party has steadily
grown in numbers, but not in cohe
sion; the minor party has sadly
dwindled in numbers and in power.
It is but a remnant, living on the
crumbs that fall from the republican
table. Jt is a dog's life.
In 1896 before the days of ihe pri
mary the republicans carried the
state by a slight margin (McKinley,
48.770; Bryan, 46,662; majority,
2117). In 1900. still before the pri
mary, the republicans had a larger
majority; but there was still virile
opposition (McKinley, 46,526; Bry
an, 33,385; majority, 13,141). Now
we come down to 1920, where party
lines were only fairly well drawn
and find the following: - Harding,
143,592; Cox, 80,019; majority, 63,
573. In other words, where the pro
portionate party strength two de
cades ago was about fifty-five repub
lican to forty-five democratic, it is
now almost sixty republican to forty
democratic.
Rut the showing in party registra
tion is even worse. At present it is:
republican. 21 8,538; democratic, 83.
45S; or nearly three republicans to
one democrat.
Democrats have invaded the re
publican party by thousands in the
past few years. Once the fact was
hotly denied; now it is sadly admit
ted. Their presence was vigorously
resented by republicans; now repub
licans are reconciled, more or less,
for the democrats stayed.
We shall be interested in hearing
what remedy the Journal has for the
present unbalanced situation, beyond
putting up a full democratic ticket
only to have it regularly knocked
down. The real democratic need is
not more candidates, but more dem
ocrats. PUT THEM TO WORK.
The British press and public, hav
ing but lately recovered from the
puzzler. "What shall we do with our
spinsters?" are now madly gyrating
about another poser, "What shall we
do with our sons?" Before that they
were in a palsy of terror at the
presence of Pussyfoot Johnson. The
chances are that both press and pub
lic would be deucedly lonely without
an issue, to meet, and so contrive to
shape one when they need It. What
.should England do with her sons?
Put them to work. That's obvious
enough.
Only the prejudice against manual
labor, against the rough employment
of one's hands to win bread and a
roof, could create such a dilemma.
The question of what England shall
do with her sons is aimed directly at
the problem of obtaining for these
young gentlemen the softer berths
that do befit such gentility. It does
not pertain to the yokel, to the son
of the small farmer, or the son of
the greengrocer, though they are
England's sons as well. No, it peti
tions the winds for an answer to
the need of the sprigs of the multi
tudinous middle class, with all the
tampering traditions of gentility and
not the income. Grievous as the
probability may seem, it appears cer
tain that some of the sons may have
to shake hands with grimy toil.
What matter? On this side of the
water we have always been a bit
proud of our familiarity with work
of the rudfr, rougher sorts. Our
statesmen have split rails and fol
lowed the plow, and all that sort of
thing, without losing the caste of
manhood. We were brought to be
lieve that it aided them physically,
mentally, morally, and that they
came to service of the state infinite
ly the better for it. A casual glance
backward, an appraisal of the pres
ent, sustains this conclusion. How
vapid and unworthy is -that sense of
dignity which holds that any mortal
could possibly be of too fine clay to
dig a ditch, if need be. We all came
from the same cave, so to speak.
What was it Kipling said to England,
that time the British pride was in
peril of the Boer?
Ere ye fawned on the younger nations
For the men who could shoot and ride.
The younger nations, of course,
were the colonies where the sons of
England had broken away from the
moldy caste fetishes of home and
learned to labor for the joy as well
as the wage of, work. The colonial
breed uraa a- good one wider as to
the shoulders, lean of muscle, lithe I
nf stride. - Tt had received the acrn- !
lade of toil. There must be any
amount of room in the colonies for
the boys that England now is fret
ting about.
Not only would they get used to
work, to manual employment, but
they quite probably would learn to
be fond of their tasks though that
isn't In the least germane to the dis
cussion. The capitals of Europe
have seen many a duke and prince
ling of Russia and there wasn't a
haughtier blood and brood in the
world serving in humble capacity
since the revolution. It is not that
one would gloat over their downfall,
but that the reversal of fortune
seems intended to show that there Is
no such thing as a patent of nobility
or. gentility. Work is all that mat
ters. A COUNTY IN THE RED.
There is -no justification for a
newspaper, above all others, to en
gage in deception about public
finances. The condition of the gen
eral fund of Multnomah county from
which the going expenses of the
county are paid is notoriously and
indefensibly bad. Yet in the guise of
"fair play," the Portland Journal
publishes a tabulation of balances in
the county treasury which is mis
leading in the following particulars:
1. It includes money in special
funds which cannot be used for gen
eral county expenses and over which
the commissioners have little or no
spending discretion.
2. It reports a general fund bal
ance which is dated back to May 13
when the present balance is less than
one-ha;lf the amount given.
3. It states that all general fund
warrants have been called for re
demption when as a matter of truth
there Is not money enough in, the
general fund, by $17,000, to pay all
outstanding warrants.
4. By adding balances not prop
erly pertinent it presents a total of
money in the hands of the treasurer
which has no more bearing on the
financial management of county af
fairs than has the amount of money
in one of the national banks.
It is a matter of record that the
county has been off a cash basis
much of the year; that it has paid
out thousands of dollars in interest
on current indebtedness, and it is
indicated that the year will be closed
with a deficit of half a million dol
lars. Fair play toward the public is of
loftier moment than fair play to can
didates for office, yet It is not fair
play to either public or candidates
to conceal or misrepresent the condi
tion of public finances.
I. HAVE IT TO THK rOBT.R
COMMISSION.
The mass of propaganda that is
poured out in behalf of the several
schemes lor completion and opera
tion of the Muscle Shoals power
plants proves nothing to the aver
age citizen. He is unable to form an
opinion of the merits of the case.
Such a maps of detail is involved that
congress is little better qualified.
The maze of figures is bewildering.
Similar controversies arose when
ever congress was asked to grant
the right to build a dam in the d'ivs
when a special bill was required for
each project. For that reason it
transferred authority to lease power-
sites on navigable streams as well as
on all public land to the federal
walerpower commission. What valid
reason is there for taking the Muscle
Shoals site out of the hands of this
commission? While that site has the
greatest potential power in the south,
it is not as great as several powers
on the Columbia, the Snake or the
Colorado. If an exception should
be made in the case of Muscle Shoals,
attempts would be made at excep
tions in these other cases. The spe
cial pleas for special laws regarding
particular sites would be applied to
one after another until the excep
tions would become more numerous
than the cases that followed the rule.
Muscle Shoals differs from other
projects that come before the com
mission in the facts that the plant
has been partly constructed at gov
ernment expense and that it is re
lated to nitrate plants intended to
use mucli of the power. It should be
practicable to arrange with a lessee
terms on which he should either re
pay the government's investment
during the term of a lease or should
pay interest on that investment. The
nitrate plants do not necessarily go
with the power plant; their only con
nection with it is that they will be
the largest consumers of power.
There being a large prospective mar
ket for their product, the govern
ment should have no difficulty in
selling them or leasing them separ
ately on terms which would secure
cheap fertilizer to the farmer and
the entire output to the government
in time of war. Admittedly there Is
a market for the power at a price
which would pay interest on the in
vestment, and reasonable rates and
good service are, secured to the con
sumer by both federal and slate reg
ulation. Then a lessee company
should be as well able as the gov
ernment to raise the necessary cap
ital, and there is no occasion for the
government to provide it and pro
ceed with a business which it only
undertook in order to meet a war
emergency.
There is the more reason that con
gress should not depart from the
general procedure laid down in the
waterpower law by entertaining the
offer of Henry Ford in the fact that
he proposes a lease for 100 years and
that special agreements be made as
to rates, while the general law per
mits leases for only fifty years and
subjects all lessees to state or fed
eral regulation. If the commission
should invite bids for purchase of
the uncompleted power plants and
for lease in accordance with the gen
eral provisions of the law, it should
be able to arrange for full develop
ment without expenditure of another
dollar by the government. No par
ticular magic attaches to Henry Ford
that justifies consideration of an
offer from him varying seriously
from j,he terms open to everybddy
as to all powersites.
The death in Illinois of another
pioneer experimenter with the
Roentgen ray is a reminder of the
nature of the struggle that scientists
have been making for twenty-seven
years to perfect this aid to medicine
and surgery which many regard as,
next to anesthesia, the most impor
tant discovery of the past century.
Curiously, the X-ray has gained re
pute as it has been divested of the
properties at first extravagantly
claimed for it. At one time hailed
as a miracle-worker, it suffered in
public esteem In the hands of char
latans; then cameffthe era of eciea-
tific improvement as our' general
knowledge of physics advanced, so
that the modern apparatus and the
results obtained through it hardly at
all resemble those of 1895. It fig
ured largely in the surgery of the
late war and in the work of recon
struction. A score of scientists who
have been its victims, however, at
test the peril at which we deal with
mysterious forces. Strangely enough,
one of them was the inventor of a
protective device which has saved
the lives of many operators but
which he did not find in time ta
save his own.
SAFETY AT CROSSINGS.
The policy that it Is announced
will govern the construction of all
federal-aided highways in the future
a policy of eliminating all grade
crossings "wherever possible la
warranted by the statistics of grade
crossing accidents, but does not jus
tify relaxation of the campaign of
education of drivers of motor ve
hicles. The great number of such
crossings that will remain after
every reasonable provision for elim
ination has been made makes it
probable that caution will be advis
able for many years to come. Every
additional overhead crossing on a
main highway means for the present
that the motorist will need to be all
the more on his guard against sur
prise in unexpected places.
This, is pointed out by an eastern
railroad president who says that the
number of accidents resulting In
death or injury at crossings has In
creased in the past quarter of a
century at a rate five or six times
that of the increase of the popula
tion. More recently the increase had
more than kept pace with the in
crease in the number of automobiles
in use. The United States railroad
administration Ibome time ago made
an analysis of accidents which
showed that a large proportion of
them occur at points where the dan
ger should be plainly apparent to
drivers, and "at crossings protected
either by warning signs, audible and
visual signals, crossing gates or
flagmen. "
The sum of the problem is the
human factor and that factor is in
cluded in the spirit of the time,
which demands speed a"nd chafes at
delay. It is possible that a general
slowing up will be necessitated in the
larger interest of safety first. Speed
ers do not often enough ask them
selves, in this or in other matters,
what use they are going to make of
the few seconds they save at the risk
of fatal or maiming accident. It is
the belief of economists that a quar
tcr cf a century may elapse before
the grade crossing will be entirely
eliminated, because of heavy costs
involved, and a good many thousand
lives are going to be lost meanwhile
unless the safety-first propaganda
makes vastly greater headway than
it has made in recent years.
OUR OW.f MARTYR.
"If you have tears, prepare to shed
them now." A week ago at Wood
men hall Rufus Holman, addressing
a bevy of voters, spoke feelingly of
his services to the state and county
and of his ambition to succeed him
self, that he might carry on the
projects of his heart. His brief butthat the fortunate one, who has both
stirring remarks on the topic, fit
tingly modest and yet sensibly in
sistent on mere justice, were subse
quently printed in the Gresham Out
look, to which enterprising publica
tion the world of politics and litera
ture owes a debt for their preserva
tion. "The great characters of history
those who have really served their
f illowmen," said Mr. Holman in
part, apropos of himself, "have in
variably endured the attacks of the
ungodly, but have had, even if but
for a few moments, the supreme
satisfaction of realizing that they
have been of some use to their
countrymen."
With this prelude Mr. Holman
turned to specific reference:
Remember that Roosevelt died before
his time; Lincoln was assassinated: Colum
bus went home in chains and even our
Savior was crucified. Yet what glorious
names!
Such single-mindfed conviction of
one's own importance to history and
the state, not to mention'Multnomah
county, is inspirational to say the
least. It should have proved per
suasive of such loyalty as is en
shrined in an anecdote told of the
late Senator Gronna, of North Da
kota, who carried the Scandinavian
vote" in his pocket for many a year.
A political dissenter, in "hot argu
ment with a rural adherent of the
senator's, who had ascribed to his
idol the virtues of many famous men,
finally inquired with fine sarcasm:
"Well, perhaps you think Senator
Gronna is a greater man than Abra
ham Lincoln?"
The Norseman was unperturbed.
"Veil," he countered, "Meester
Gronna ban young man yet, you see."
DR. CRAFTS BREAKS A LANCE.
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, like some
knight errant of old, rides hither and
yon in quest of flame-snorting drag
ons. When he has harried one to its
lair he lowers lance and has at it,
and generally speaking the well
wishes of the public are with him.
If there are times when his zeal be
fogs his vision, inducing him to do
battle with a rabbit, the bystanders
are willing to make allowances for
his mistaken sincerity. They trust
that his next encounter will be with
a triple-plated terror such as St.
George banged so lustily. In brief
he is a reformer. He is superin
tendent of the International reform
bureau. His standard is raised in
the forefront of every assault upon
the citadels of wrong.
This season Dr. Crafts is commit
ted to 'a relentless pursuit of the
motion picture interests, which . he
regards as most malevolent and con
spiratory. The industry, he alleges.
is ruled by five men of foreign birth
whose purpose it is eventually to
evict, from state and national office
all officials who are not their crea
tures, until from Maine to Oregon
from the Dakotas to the Gulf, the
iniquitous domination of their polit
ical sway is perfected. In proof of
this intent Dr. Crafts says that mo
tion picture magnates already boast
that they have elected a governor in
Georgia, a lieutenant-governor in
Michigan, and a mayor of Rochester,
New York. This political activity, he
charges, is induced by the dread of
censorship, and will be repeatedly
invoked to retire or bar, from office
hereafter those officials who believe
in censorship. With that phrase
making facility which marks the
happy warrior of reform the doctor
predicts that "King Alcohol's" throne
Is being dusted for the plump person
of the "vampire Queen."
Our jaladip. needs no more. than, a
sword of lath to assail this creature
he has conjured up. It was inev
itable that the motion picture Inter
ests should, as the industry gained
girth, feel a political identity that it
never dreamed of a dozen years ago;
and alike inevitable that it should
strive to benefit itself by activity in
politics.. The situation is not in the
least unusual, but is no more than
a repetition of what has always hap
pened when an industry attained a
certain growth. Time was when the
trusts, the barest mention of them,
struck terror to the heart of public.
Yet that was before, long before,
the public learned that a trust like
the Pathan of Rudyard's story is
far less formidable when attacked
than when attacking. The welkin
rang for many a year with the pitiful
squeals of their dissolution. The
byways and highways of commerce
were splashy with tears.
Dr. Crafts should be appropriately
thanked for having pointed out this
national peril. With our gratitude
blessing him he ought then to leave
the fearsome five to their plotting
and go clattering away on another
scent. For it is quite evident to the
rest of us that the appearance of
any tendency toward political domi
nance, on the part of the motion pic
ture interests, will be met and dealt
with by the people by the patrons
of the film. They have created.
They can also destroy. And the zeal
jf a people bent upon destruction
after betrayal is about as complete
as wrath ever may aspire to be. One
would credit the motion picture mag
nates with more sound sense than
does the crusading Dr. Crafts.
THE FEMININE Bl'SINKSS CAREER.
Importuned by college students
for her views on undertaking a busi
ness career, Kate Douglas Wiggin,
well beloved story writer, turns to
comply in the Outlook, though
frankly dubious of her own business
ability. The formula she gives for
feminine success in a commercial
field is necessarily not an expert one,
but rather a compilation of impres
sions the writer had received but
never before taken inventory of. It
would be interesting to know how
closely these opinions tally with
those of men who are in business
and have employed girls as assist
ants. For to our literary analyst
the first essentials to success appear
to be the attributes of culture.
Facility with good English she
rates to the fore, as the most im
portant possession; good manners
are also upheld as indispensable; and
both charm and tact are included in
the list of requirements. Applica
tion is named last, not as of minor
importance, but apparently because
Miss Wiggin deems even the most
discerning industry to be futile, or
virtually so. unless its practitioner
has personality.
"All the work of the world is not
done by geniuses," she declares.
"Some of it is achieved by talent,
persistence, courage, patience, fidel
ity, and endurance. Scarcely any of
it can be traced to luck."
A high standard, even for success,
is set in these demands. The posses
sor of all the requisites would be a
marked and unusual person in any
company. It sometimes happens
charm and tact, is deficient in ap
plication, or that a most efficient
individual is wholly without the
minor but important graces. -Business
success in the masculine field is
no respecter of personalities, as de
fined by Miss Wiggin, and though
male forcefulness partially explains
this fact, it is more broadly resolved
into a question of aptitude. Certain
ones have an inborn penchant for
business and commercial affairs.
They are destined to succeed. Oth
ers, however they may strive, attain
only minor captaincies or the bare
privilege of service. If this harsh
truth applies to men, most of whom
must perforce accept a business ca
reer, it would seem to constitute a
warning to women to be wary of
their entrance.
That women m'ay become success
ful in the business field has been re
peatedly demonstrated. Yet it is a
harsh game, and the romance of it
has been largely over-stressed. An
important clause in any offering of
advice to young women bent on busi
ness careers would be to make very
sure that they are fitted for the
tasks ahead not by charm and tact
alone, but an instinctive liking and
aptitude for the work.
There are 218,538 registered re
publicans in Oregon. The "issues"
are enough to call out a full vote,
but there will be many slackers. The
nominee who gets half of th,at num
ber is 'as good as elected in Novem
ber.
The Polish government has just
discharged 25,000 government emr
ployes on recommendation of the
anti-waste commission. But then they
have no republicans and democratic
job seekers to mollify over there.
Life is just one hot time after
another. When the election is over
the Columbia river will threaten an
other flood, and nobody can blame It.
All the big issues will be disposed
of today, including regulation of the
universe, the latter to be found In
the democratic ballot boxes.
Something wrong somewhere in
this campaign. Nobody has "lam
basted" Jack Day and made an issue
of the county central committee.
"Bird seed" breakfast foods may
make a boy of a rrjan'of 60, but only
short skirts can make a woman of
that age girlish.
What merit is there in the picture
of a candidate compared with that
of a man "raised from the dead" by
a patent medicine?
Oregon was an early state to give
women the right to vote. Oregon
women today can show appreciation
by voting.
' What a campaign, without a
"rousing" meeting! Is politics a
failure and is partisanship played
out? . .
Pinchot can credit some of the
victory to influence of the memory
of Roosevelt.
Twenty 'years from now what dif
ference will it make who was nomi
nated? The river responds to the call of
the mercury with "Coming up!"
What will Oregon, do today? Just
watch her, i
The Listening Post.
By DeWltt Harry.
SUBCONSCIOUS mental pranks have
come in for a good deal of notice
and analytic attention since the re
cent advent of the advanced school
of scientists lead by Sir Conan Doyle,
who would believe that therein they
perceive some hint of nether influ
ence. However, there is another
school of psycho-analysts who do not
view these symptoms as a manifes
tation -of the supernatural, but ex-
plain them as normal in every way.
Their viewpoint was illustrated is a
short talk yesterday by one of their
disciples who had a perfectly rea
sonable explanation for most of these
supposed baffling occurrences. '
He took the case of the business
man who was never far from his
.work, even during leisure moments,
as a text. This man's mind, trained
to function along one certain line,
was always seeking short cuts and
even when far from his office or
place of work it mechanically trans
acted every-day affairs. He cited
many instances where men had orig
inated their best working methods or
ideas when away from the scene of
their commercial activities.
A reporter, for example, if he be
a trained man. is on the job 24 hours
every day. No matter what may
happen or when if there is a story
in it he makes it his business to get
the facts. His mind is trained along
this line and he cannot neglect the
fundamental schooling. In the course
of time his work becomes, to a certain
extent, mechanical. He does not have
to cultivate a frame of mind; his
brain is always working and seizing
material for his work no matter
where he may be.
Few people would say that the per
sonality of an automobile driver
would merge with that of the ma
chine controlled, but that is just what
happens In many cases. A woman
who is accustomed to drive long dis
tances confesses that her mind, espe
cially if her physical being is tired,
will become a part of the machine,
and seem to work with the car with
but little volition on her part. She
says that some of her best driving has
been done when she arrives at this
state of mind.
The comparison might be carried
on indefinitely and innumerable par
ticular cases cited to prove that the
subconscious mind will continue to
function, normally, even when the
conscious mind realizes little of what
is happening. This is deep stuff
when smeared up, but it seems to
have an element of clarity when put
in just the way the speaker put it.
Why shouldn't professional men ad
vertise? A specialist voiced this ques
tion a few days ago in discussing his
branch of the profession. According
to this doctor, his lot is a common
one; there are many others in the
same boat. His practice is limited
to a small portion of the medical
i'eld; he has spent much time and
money in perfecting himself in his
line, yet he has no opportunity of
ietting the general public know his
special qualifications. In his o'wn
words:
"After spending thousands of dol
lars and years of time the young
doctor is granted his permit to prac
tice, and then has to go and bury
himselfj in some, big office building,
like the caveman of old. and wait for
the practice to search him out. The
ethics of his profession forbid his ad
vertising, yet nearly every other line
of business advertises. I am not ad
vocating unlimited use of display
space by doctors and specialists, but
1 do think that a classification of
business cards, in some one section of
the paper, each one carrying the in
dorsement of the state medical board
or an appointed committee, wouldi be
of great service to the public in giv
ing them an idea of where they could
get the sort of service they demand.
"Take the case of the specialist. As
a rule it is only as a last appeal that
we get the cases we should have at
the start. The general' practitioner
usually will try his best to cure, and
only in event of failure or when his
patient rebels do we get a chance to
handle the case, and then it is only
as a forlorn hope that we are called
In. If the patients could' only know
at the start that we can correct their
iils It would save them time, money
and suffering."
At the last session of the Odd
Names club a driver for the Neer &
Farr woodyard occupied the floor for
a lengthy period. He had several im
portant matters to bring before the
assembled delegates, evry one of
whom was endowed with a freak
name. The speaker told of his old
friend, Wood, who lived In Grant
county, Missouri and who during his
SO years of life had been married
four times. Wood's first wife was a
girl named Nail," andi then, he espoused,
in turn, the Hammer twins, Who lived
in an" adjoining town, and when the
last Hammer girl died married a
widow named Bat. And all this time,
in Davis county near by, there lived
a man named West, who had twin
sons. Just think of it, West named
the boys North and South.
WHITE SALMON, Wash. Dear
Listener: I was. sitting in Attorney
Flynn's office here one day waiting
for instructions as a witness in the
famous Smeer case, when in popped
a perspiring old gentleman who evi
dently thought I was the whole
cheese around there. Excitedly he ex
claimed. "What is the legal relation
in which a tenant stands to his land
lord?" I gazed toward good old Mount
Hood glimmering in the distance, and
by golly I was stumped good and
plenty. Finally I heard an O.-W. en
gine whistle for Hood River. There
was nothing else to say than "IN-LOCO-PAT-RENT
IS."
BILBATES.
Rather a novel suggestion, and It
didn't come from the circulation de
partment either, Is for the man who
had difficulty in finding his morning
paper handy to subscribe for two
copies. This practice, says the sug
gestee, allows the women to clip
out recipes, take the classified pages
and the society sections without in
terfering with the male's prerogative
of reading, to the fullest extent, the
sporting, market and telegraph news
of the day.
Ike of Westport, on behalf of the
Burroughs club, answers Brown
Hackle's recent query about his ail
ing cuckoo in the clock on the mantel.
Ike suggests that Brown Hackle take
the bird's place, that he la cuckoo
enough, himeeu. ,
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
After having spent several months
in France and Italy, the scenes of his
campaigning during the world war,
William B. Follett, formerly state
commander of the American Legion,
has returned to Oregon and his name
appeared on the register of the Port
land hotel yesterday. During the war
Follett was a sergeant with one of
Oregon's artillery units. He served
throughout the war and upon his
return to the United States and Ore
gon became vitally, interested in the
American Legion. He was' elected
state commander and was a delegate
to the caucus convention held in St.
Louis In May, 1919. Several months
ago Follett longed for a sight of the
scenes of his experiences in France
and made the trip across the Atlantic.
He visited practically every place
where he had been billeted during his
period of service and observed the
changes that were taking place. He
found that an old French lady and
her husband, who had'been kind to
the men of his old organization were
ill and were about to lose their home.
He wrote back to Oregon to the mem
bers of his old company and led a
campaign to obtain funds to help out
these French people. When in France
Follett represented Oregon in the
trip that was given to members of
the American Legion over the battle
fields of France. He spent some
time in Switzerland and Italy. He
took luncheon yesterday with old
comrades at the American Legion
clubrooms.
After a few mishaps, Fred Lamp
kin, of Tendleton, and Miss Inez Hall,
formerly of the same town, were mar
ried and are now on the train going
to California. Carl Cooley. who was
the best man, ordered a couple of per
fectly grand bouquets for the bride
and the bridesmaid. The florist was
ordered to deliver them at noon, for
the wedding was scheduled for 1
o'clock. It was nearly that hour and
the flowers could not be found, al
though the florist reported that they
had been delivered. Ross Finnegan,
on the desk at the Benson, where the
high contracting parties were regis
tered, had an inquiry instituted and
discovered that the bouquets had been
sent to the room of another Miss Hall
and that patron had taken one and
walked out, so' the remaining bou
quet was turned over-to the bride.
Next, the bridegroom tried to find a
minister by telephone and this clergy
man was out of town or that one was
busy until it looked as though the
wedding would have to be postponed.
Eventually he found Horace M. Ram
sey, dean of the St. Stephen's pro
cathedral, and when, at 2 o'clock, the
bridal couple and the minister met,
Mr. Lampkin discovered that the
minister was a friend whom he had
not seen since 30 years ago. when
they were youngsters in Pendleton.
The Oregon primary election proved
an eye-opener to Frank M. Warner,
former governor of- Michigan. Mr.
Warner was at the Multnomah for a
few days in Portland .and left for
Alaska for a sight-seeing tour. While
here he make a quick survey of the
political situation and. then delivered
himself of the opinion that he has
never seen a campaign with so much
snap and bang to it and that the is
sues here are entirely different from
those in Michigan campaigns. The for
mer governor is accompanied by his
wife and daughter and they are seek
ing a change of scene, Mr. Warner
having been somewhat run down In
the past year after an active political
life. Mr. Warner is enthusiastic over
the beauties of the Columbia river
highway. At home Mr. Warner is in
the dairy business.
Those who predicted that the horse
has had his day spoke too soon, ac
cording to Milford Lewis, secretary of
the Eberhard Manufacturing company,
of Cleveland, Ohio, who lis at the
Multnomah. The metal parts for
harness are in greater demand than In
past years, indicating that the farm
ers on the smaller ranches and farms
are going back to the horse. The last
census, says Mr. Lewis, showed that
there' were 20,000,000 horses and
5.000.000 mules still with us and in
active service, so that the horse laugh
is on those who announced that In a
few years the horse would be a mere
curiosity and pet.
Alex Sparrow and bride, as they
registered at the Multnomah, held an
impromptu reception and received the
congratulations of their many, friends
in the hotel. For several years Mr.
Sparrow has been superintendent of
Crater Lake national park. Late re
ports from the park state that there
is still a great deal of snow around
the lake, but that the prospects are
that the lake will be accessible about
the usual time for tourist travel.
Here is the roster of a bunch of
Elks who came to the Benson yester
day from Walla Walla, Wash., to at
tend the local celebration: Rosey
Hull, Hap Macy, Augie Augustan,
Paul Harris, Lester F. Richmond, S.
Johns, S. Liggett, N. Berry, Louis
Romine, F. O. Roecher, E. J. Brlnton
and Frank Fann. They came, accom
panied by snare drums and bugles
and a nifty zouave uniform of royal
purple and white piping.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson
came to the Perkins yesterday from
White Salmon, where they have been
residing since their marriage. The ob
ject of the trip is to attend the Elks
show and to vote in the election.
AI Holcomb has been elected as a
delegate to attend the national con
vention of the Greeters at Pittsburg,
Pa., next month. Mr. Holcomb Is a
well-known Greeter of Portland.
There are two C. R. Martins regis
tered at the Hotel Portland, both from
Seattle, so one of them identifies
himself by writing after his name the
word "contractor."
B. L. Steve of Salem and J. H. Robi
nett of Albany are a couple of physi
cians registered at the Multnomah.
They are attending the lectures of Sir
James Lewis.
Fred S. Fisher, one of the owners of
the Fisher flouring mills of Corvallis,
is registered with his wife at the
Multnomah.
HAS TAIL OF COMET SLAPPED UST
Prevalence of Aerolites Suggests Be
lated Contact With BJela.
STEVENSON, Wash., May 14. (To
the Editor.) Apropos of the giant
meteors which recently jarred New
Jersey and Virginia, respectively, It
may be worth notice that a quite
brilliant meteor passed over Steven
son in a southwesterly direction May
1 14, about, I think, 10 o'clock. Its
nucleus, as bright as the appearance
of Venus at her best, was followed
by a long, also brilliant, tail of sparks,
so to speak.
Though not so lai-ge as many that
have been seen at long intervals, it
was exceedingly bright and white
and in connection with te recent
ones might suggest something, even
wandering remnants of the lost Biela
comet, belated, if it were possible we
should fall in with them in our pres
ent point of contact, in our orbit.
We were supposed to pass through
the scattered components of that lost
comet in November, but neither daily
nor scientific papers ever reported
whether we did so or not, after mak
ing some of us sit np nights looking
tor them. KOttlSttT U. HAKiSUTT,
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Honghton-Htfflln Co.
Cam Von Answer These Questions f
1. Do birds have tongues?
2. Are our garden geraniums cul
tivated from wild plants?
3. Where do polar bears go in
winter?
Answers In to-morrow's Nature Notes.
1
Answers to Previous Questions.
1- Is it true that vultures will eat
until they can hold no more?
Under some circumstances, yes. If
very hungry, they gorge, but this
trick Is thought due to the irregular
ity of their food supply more than to
greed. Captive specimens that are
well fed daily, do not gorge particu
larly. As vultures rarely kill for
themselves, but depend mainly on
chance to supply carrion, they prob
ably have learned to stuff when they
can, to offset times when food is
scarce.
2. What are the mtie brown crusts
on the under sdie of fern leaves?
They correspond to the fruit and
seed pods of other plants. Under these
tiny caps or blisters, called fruit dots,
are crowded many minute grains, or
spore-cases, which push out from
under the cap as it ripens. Each
spore-case contains what looks like
dust, the life-germ from which the
fern reproduces when any of this
"dust" falls on -warm, damp earth.
3. Are the males of moths and but
terflies larger and handsomer in coat,
as in so many cases with birds?
No. The insect world has the fe
male larger. Often female moths and
butterflies have handsomer colors and
markings. The male monarch butter
fly, however, has one special attrac
tion in the way of a "scent patch," a
spot on his hind wing said to have a
perfume discernible and liked by the
female.
EARLY GOLD .MIXES IX OREGON
Sailor Diggings on - Canyon Creek
Antedate Jackson Creek Discovery.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 17. (To
the Editor.) In an editorial Sunday,!
In regard to the discovery ot gold in
California and Oregon, The Oregonian
stated that the first discovery in the
latter was made late in 1851 on Jack
son creek. This is an error. The first
to attract outside atention at least
was made on Canyon creek in what
is now the southwest part of Jose
phine county in the spring of 1851;
I think in March. It was made by a
party of sailors who had deserted
their ship at Crescent City, and the
camp was called Sailor Diggings.
I received a letter from Mrs. Vir
ginia Josephine (Rollins) Orb, the
woman for whom Josephine county
was named, dated February 19, 1909.
She was born in 1833. In 1850 she
crosed the plains with her father, who
was a widower. They wintered near
Oregon City. She writes:
The following spring my father outfitted
another team and we started south for the
mines in California. On reaching the
Rogue river the Indians told us of very
rich mines a few days' travel down th
river. At this time the United states
had just formed a treaty with Chief Jo
seph of the Rogue river Indians, and it
was considered perfectly safe to travel
among them. Here our company divided,
a part going to the mines in California
and the rest going down to the new mines,
father and myself among them, guided by
Indians. We were about a week, as I
remember, making our own roads as we
traveled. Within three miles of the mines
we had to leave our teams and pack into
the mines. We found good surface mining
there on, what was supposed to be Illinois
creek.
We remained there until about the mid
dle of August, when Indians plotted to
capture us all. The plot was betrayed by
a tame Indian boy who played with the
other Indian boys, who informed him of
the intended raid and time. Late one
afternoon a messenger was sent down to
the eamo at the mines for all to assemble
at the wagons to resist an attack that
night, everything being left In camp but
the firearms. The attacK occurred next
morning just befoie daybreak, when our
company killed three of the Indians and
they withdrew without any of our com
pany being killed or Injured.
Knowing the Indians were again on the
warpath, a mounted company of volun
teers from where Treka now is came to our
assistance and we returned with them,
not daring to trust the Indians longer. I
was the only white woman in the entire
company. It must be remembered that
there were no roads, towns or counties
there in those early days, and I was the
first white woman In that section of
Oregon.
While she was still at the camp
gold was discovered on another creek,
some say by her father, and the creek
was named after her.
They were not the first to take a
wagon into the mines, however.
Philio and John Althouse, who had
come up from Sacramento to visit
their brother Samuel at Albany, took
a wagon through a short time pre
vious to this. They remained then,
and in 1852 discovered rich diggings
on vhat was named after them Alt
house creek.
I also have a letter from Judge
Silas J. Day, long a resident of Jack
sonville. He writes:
Afterwards, some time in June of that
year, there was great excitement about
rich gold diggings being found on Canyon
creek, a tributary of Illinois river. That
news spread through the camp at Yreka
like wildfire. Every man in the camp
had a horse and nearly every man went
on that expedition. I was one of the lot.
On their way back to Yreka they
assisted Major Kearny in chastising
the Indians who killed Captain Stew
art, after whom Stewart creek was
named. Ashland is on that creek.
I also have a letter from James
Troogood, in which he says he mined
at Sailor diggings in October, 18ol.
He afterwards conducted the famous
stopping place at Grave creek. This
was said to be the best eating house
between Portland and Sacramento ex
cept the one at Dutchtown, now
Aurora. GEORGE H. PARKER.
Payment of Board Bill.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. May 17. (To
the Editor.) A and his wife boarded
with me five months. He wont pay.
How can I collect and how much of
his wages can I attach? If he leaves
the state can I collect then?
MRS. JESS.
Tour recourse is to sue him. A
married man is entitled to an ex
emption of $37.50 a month of his
wages from attachment, execution or
garnishment for debts incurred for
family expenses, upon showing that
the wages are necessary for the
support of his family. Judgment can
be transferred' to another state and a
debtor's unexempt property or wages
be. attached.
"In Flanders' Fields."
SILVERTON, Or., May 17. (To the
Editor.) Will you please publish the
poem entitled "In' Flanders' Fields,"
or failing that, could you inform me
where I could obtain It?
S. W. HALL.
"In Flanders Fields and Other
Poems" Is a compilation of poems by
John McCrae. You can buy It in any
good bookstore or probably borrow it
by writing to the state library,
Salem, Or.
Btrtholace of Governor.
PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you settle a dispute and
bet by telling us the birthplace of
Governor Olcott? M. R. HOGE.
Keithshurg, Mercer county, Illinois.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
VO POPCLI.
We wouldn't be unsympathetic
With any Good Cause for the world.
In every great fight, on the side of
the right,
Our banner is always unfurled'.
We never reserve our decision
When labor and money contend
Until we find out what it all is about
Or who'll be on top at the end.
Today, when the owners of coal minei
Declare that the strike is a plot, '
And the miners can strike and be
darned, if they like,
We know where we stand to a dot.
Our sympathy all is one-sided
It is not with the fellow that delves.
And we don't give, a rap for the mine
owning chap;
We side to the last with ourselves.
We know that the row will be settled
Before all the railroads Shut down;
That some man will step in as a fixer
and win
Unlimited wads of renown.
But we also are willing to wager
Our swiftly diminishing roll
That on that happy day we will step
up and pay
Considerably more for our coal.
It is always the way with these fusses;
One side or the other will fail.
The sovereign dominion of publia
opinion
Is sure in the end to prevail.
They call it a great recrudescence
The triumph of sound common sense.
But we know in our heart that our
own little part
Will be merely to meet the expense.
The Magnet.
Our soldiers protested against leav
ing the Rhine. The Lorelei is evi
dently still the same old vamp.
Grounds for Distinction.
Until daylight saving was invented
it was believed that nothing In the
world could make the average rail
road time table any more unintelli
gible. Perhaps an Exception.
Lacy Astor says it is women who
keep nations out of wars. Like Helen
of Troy, hey?
(Copyright by the Bell Snydlcato, Inc.)
Getting Life Over With.
By Grace E. Hall.
Getting life over with
Rushing each day.
Crowding all obstacles
Out of the way;
Hurrying, worrying,
Urging It go, ,
Fuming and fretting
When hours are slow.
Beauties are wasting
But why should we heedT
Turn on the power
And give us more speed I
This is no task that
Can brook a delay
Getting life over with
out of the way!
Getting life over with
Time turned to gold.
Endless endeavor
To gain and to hold;
Use of sharp practices -
Weaklings beware.
Cheers for the victor
Who gobbles his share.
Getting life over with
Qh. such a pace!
Deadly momentum
And handicap race;
Keep the road open
And hangup a prize;
Madmen are'raclng
What matter who dies?
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of May 18, 1P0T.
Washington. Senator Mason of
Illinois predicted that an "American
Lafayette" would rise to fight for
Cuba.
London Turkey and Greece agree
to an armistice.
A gang of ghouls robbed the grave
of William S. Ladd in Riverview ceme
tery Monday night.
Ta.1 Hi, a Chinese woman, was mur
dered In a rooming house at Second
and Pine streets.
WATER FOWL IN 1,06 FLIGHTS
Formation Always V-Shape Why
Swims No Longer Stop.
PORTLAND, Or., May 18. (To the
Editor.) I have been interested In
the articles In The Oregonian on the
formation of flight of wild geese,
having been somewhat of a hunter
and observer myself. Wild geese may
take various forms when hovering
over feeding grounds or on short
flights, but I believe, with B. F. Wade,
that when on their migration north
or south they invariably take the V
formation, and I think one of the
chief reasons for this is that eah
bird gets an unobstructed view ahead,
w'hich would not be so if they flew
directly behind each other.
I have frequently seen wild ducks
take the same form when on a long
flight.
I, too, observed the flock of wild
swan on Sunday afternoon, mentioned
in The Oregonian. They were flying
north over the eastern part of the
city and were so low that from my
point of observation, Sixteenth and
Hall streets, Mount Tabor formed a
background against which the beat
ing of their white wings was quite
distinguishable.
It may not be known to many of
our more recent residents and the
younger generation that the wild
swan used to be with us by the
thousands. Along the lowlands and
islands of the lower Columbia the
Wapato, or Inrjian potato, flourished.
and this was a natural food of the
wild swan, whose long neck and
crooked bill seemed to have been
made for the purpose of digging these
tubers.
But with the importation of the
carp, which appears to be both a
grazing and rooting vegetarian, the
wapato disappeared, and now the wild
swan no longer stops or remains with
us and the carp is no good.
C. B. PTE.
Curious.
Chicago Herald.
The prisoner at the bar had a long
list of previous convictions against
him.
"Your honor," he said to the
judge, "would you mind postponing
the case for a week? The lawyer
who is defending me is ill."
"But you were arrested with your
hand in the gentleman's pocket." ob
jected the judge. "What possible de
fense can your lawyer make?"
"Just so, your worship. That's why
I want the case postponed. I'm
curious to know what on earth he
will say."
The Absent Minded Professor.
"AVhere Is the car??" asked Mrs.
Diggs.
"Dear me!" exclaimed Professor
Diggs. "Did I take the car out "
"Of course you did. . Y'ou drove It
to town."
"I remember now that after I got
out I turned around to thank the
gentleman who gave me a lift and
wondered where he Had gone."
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