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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1923
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QUEER NEUTRALITY.
Once more Portland la selected by
the shipping board as the subject for
enforcement of one of its policies.
It has stood back inactive while the
open shop system of employment for
longshoremen was introduced in
every other Pacific port, but when
Portland employers, including its
operating agent, adopt that system,
it proclaims neutrality of a new and
most original brand, sends an agent
who casts genuine neutrality to the
winds, and threatens to withdraw
its ships from the port unless its
operating agont, the Columbia-Pacific
company, submits to the dictation
of this man. As the board does only
about one-seventeenth of the ship
ping business of the port, its orders
imply that this small minority shall
either follow a plan of employment
different from that of the large ma
jority or that that majority must
accept its minority plan after all
other Pacific ports have abandoned
it. The natural response of Port-,
land shippers is to withdraw their
business from the board's vessels,
which they have hitherto loyally
patronized.
The sole question remaining open
is whether the place for hiring long
shoremen shall be so managed that
either union or non-union men have
an equal chance of employment or
the longshoremen's union alone shall
represent labor. Employers know
by experience that If the union
should control it would seek to ex
clude any men unacceptable to it.
The employers now employ as many
non-union men as there are mem
bers in the union, they are morally
bound to protect these men in their
employment, therefore they insist
that union and non-union men shall
be equally represented on a board to
manage a hiring hall, employers to
have the same number as both
classes of employes combined. The
longshoremen's union demands that
it alone shall represent labor and
that the non-members, though equal
in number, shall have no voice. In
the meantime the employers alone
maintain a hiring hall, and for so
doing are accused by the board of
discrimination against union men
and for joining in this arrangement
the Columbia-Pacific is accused of
violating its contract with the board.
Yet the" employers assert that no
man is asked whether he is a mem
ber of the union, that they are ready
to hire union men if the latter apply
at their hall, but that the union for
bids tts members to apply.
The demand of the union is sup
ported by Mr. Jenkins, agent of the
board, but he makes no pretense of
neutrality. He is quoted by the
Waterfront Employers' union as hav
ing made the astonishing statement
tnat the present administration is
definitely committed to unionism and
cannot recognize open-shop condi
tions." That statement Is incredible,
yet the declaration of Chairman
' Lasker and Mr. Chamberlain of the
shipping board tends to corroborate
it. More probably, however. Mr.
Jenkins ha3 construed the board's
"neutrality" most liberally in the
light of his own prejudices. If Presi
dent .naraing naa adopted, that pol
Icy, he would not have entrusted its
promulgation to a subordinate agent
of the shipping board, nor would he
have permitted its application to be
deferred until the open shop existed
at every other port on the Pacific
coast and until Portland shipping
men came into line with their com
petltors.
Portland does not believe that to
be the policy of the administration,
and its people are determined to dis
cover whether Mr. Jenkins Is the
spokesman for Mr. Harding, also
whether the president will permit
the shipping board to boycott Port
land as a penalty for doing that
which it has permitted every other
port on this coast to do without
protest. , .
This controversy grows out of at
tacks on a principle that does not
concern Portland or the Pacific coast
alone tne principle that every
workman has a right to a free mar
ket for his labor, and that any em
ployer who contracts not to employ
men other than members of a cer
tain organization violates that prin
ciple. When Mr. Lasker says that
the Columbia-Pacific discriminates
against union men, he states the
exact reverse of the facts. That
company's offense in the eyes of the
board' agent is that it refuses to
adopt a hiring system under which
non-union men would be totally ex
eluded from employment. Such dis
crimination could not be justfied if
practiced by private employers only;
It is doubly inexcusable when prac
ticed by the government, which is
supported by all citizens without re
gard to membership in unions or any
other organizations.
More is involved than this prin
ciple, namely, the efficient, economic
handling of ships as a necessary
means of maintaining the American
merchant marine. The increased ef
ficiency already attained on Port
land docks under the open shop plan
. proves that there was urgent need
cf reform in this particular. It is
plainly intimated that, as the last
port on this coast to resort to this
plan, Portland hag been selected as
the scene of the first battle in a
campaign to restore that closed shop,
which made the union absolute
masters of the situation.
NO MORE SHOTGUNS.
Opponents of the primary system are
ugain "breaking out" in spots. They should
remember the days when Larry Sullivan
and his shotgun brigade dominated a con
vention in Oregon, and how. under the old
system, Oregon kept attorneys for railroad
companies in the United States senate.
Why return to the old days? Hillsboro
Argus.
While recalling the sad and bad
old days of Larry Sullivan and his
shotgun brigade, let us state the
facts correctly. The episode which
has been so usefully employed to
discredit the political methods of the
old machine did not happen in a
convention, but at a polling booth in
a primary. One faction controlled
the police and the other faction the
sheriff's office. Sullivan resisted
arrest by the police and fled and
at in an upper window of his board
ing house, where the polling place
was (lower floor) and, with a shot
gun in his hands, challenged anyone
'o come and take him. It was a law
less act and deserved all the odium
cast upon it.
The primaries such as they were
in those days were in control of
the party organization which named
the election officers, selected the
polling places, and by various devices
sought to keep Its power. Now all
the machinery of the primary is in
the hands of publio authority. The
present primary law did not make
the - change. It was done before.
through legislative enactment. No
onei proposes a return to the old
daya No one proposes that direct
election of senators be repealed. No
one worth attention wants to give
the party primary back to the
machine. - But it is stupid reaction
ism to say that there shall be no
electoral reform.
Larry Sullivan is gone with his
shotgun. The popgun and paper
wad era, which succeeded, is also
passing.
WHO SHOULD PAYT
It seems reasonable, as was re
cently suggested by a speaker at a
civic forum in an eastern city, that
aliens who come to America to en
joy the greater opportunities that
this country affords by comparison
with the lands they are leaving
should be required to "Americanize"
themselves at their own sexpense.
This does not apply to the children
of aliens, for whom the public
schools are not only open but com
pulsory in most states, but to adults.
ior, in all probability, would it be
expedient to" deviate from the pro
gramme of educating foreign-born
caturalized persons who may require
further instruction. But the stand
ard of American citizenship is not
likely to suffer by the requirement
that those who seek it shall prepare
themselves by their own efforts and
pay their own costs.
A bill now pending in congress,
of which Secretary Davis is said to
he the framer. provides for reduc
ing the expense of .naturalization.
The expense referred to is the mat
ter of court fees. But these are small
by comparison with the presumable
benefits of citizenship and they cer
tainly are but a small part of the
real expense,' which comprehends in
struction in the history and prin
ciples of our institutions not in our
language alone and a definite will
ingness to abide by our methods of
settling political questions, in which
acquiescence in the decision of the
majority pending evolution through
education plays so important a part.
In these matters the alien might in
fairness be expected to prepare him
self before presenting himself as a
candidate for the high honor that we
think American citizenship to be.
Another feature of the pending
bill is its provision for annual dues
to be paid by the alien after achiev
ing citizenship, the money to be used
as a fund to relieve aesuiuuon
among aliens. How workable the
scheme would be it is impossible to
say without trial, but it seems as
Impracticable as a poll tax in any
other form. Moreover, if we are to
go into state insurance which it is
to be hoped we are not why
wouldn't it be better to begin with
citizens of long standing? Why
make the alien-born, whom we are
trying to impress with the political
and economic equality of, all men
under our constitution, the especial
experimental guinea pigs for testing
out novel ideas?
WALKING HAPPILY.
From too much proximity the gen
erations shrink in stature. The rule
that nature has for the garden and
the field varies not at all in its appli
cation to folk. Plainly it is incum
bent upon the urbanite to avail him
self of every means that will contest
this tendency. His enrivonment is
not the most favorable, though the
citv be spacious and cleanly. He
should walk.
England was complacently content
when the Boer war called her sons
to the colors. They would suffice,
those Englishmen, as their fathers
before them. But the perfect British
poise was rudely disturbed by an
alarming, a significant, revelation.
The recruits of that day were an
inch and more shorter than their
sires. Since Wellington's time some
thing had happened to the average
stature of those islanders. That
something was congested living and
banishment from field and sea, where
the breezes are clean and vigorous
and there is room for a flexed mus
cle and where the casual job flexes
them. It was a cruel stab to English
pride, the discovery,-followed as it
was by an enforced lowering of the
minimum height requirements for
military service.
Only a century or so mark a sim
ilar descent in Japanese stature. Con
gestion in country, as in city, the re
linquishment of the martial exer
cises that maintained physique, may
not have affected the national spirit,
but assuredly took toll of the aver
age stature. The sons of Nippon to
day are not the men their grand
sires were. The armor of the
samurai would yield them room
enough to turn around within the
plates. And the reason for this, as
the reason for the English decrease
in stature, was that a race had seeded
itself into sedentation. The law is
inexorable. Any nation, by declining
to take thought, can steal a cubit
from its stature if given time enough.
We ride too much and walk too
little. Come- May and the blossom
ing dogwood, or November and the
sting of sleet, the truth is that he
who rides by habit misses muah that
would gladden him if he but walked
He misses the long stride- that an
nihilates distance vvJth a sense of
conquest, the deep breath that re
amps the lungs, and the ever-
changing picture of the wayside. No
form of exercise - quite replaces the
natural physical expression of walk
ing. Authorities agree that it is con
ducive tb longevity, and lack not for
Instances in proof. Be that as it may,
walking is conducive to immediate
health and happiness; to that phys
ical excellence which permits one to
taste the savor of living.
THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE CRY
One of the complaints 'against
the administration of Governor-
General Wood made by the Philip
pine commission of independence,
now visiting this country, is that his
vetoes of many bills- passed by the
legislature are contrary to the spirit
of the Jones law. A writer in the
commission's press bulletin says that
the intent of the law was to give
the .people control of their domestic
affairs in all essential particulars,
and that the governor's veto "is in
tended to be used only on extraor
dinary occasions, when the rights of
American sovereignty are at stake."
In the exercise of the power of
legislation under Governor-General
Harrison the Philippine legislature
caused the government to retrograde
from the advanced point that it had
reached under his predecessors, and
the tendency of much of its legisla
tion was to draw the United States
into complications with other na
tions. Americans have put training
in democracy through a sort of forc
ing process in the islands, but the
trial made under Governor Harrison
proved that permanent progress can
not travel faster than practice and
experience have gone. By taking the
Filipinos back a few years, requiring
them to go over the old ground and
advancing them with less speed. Gov
ernor Wood makes their advance
more permanent He is preparing
them for real independence by malt
ing them capable of maintaining it.
The independence for which tne
Filipinos ask is not real, for they
accompany the demand for it with
a demand for an American protec
torate. The two are incompatible.
A nation that asks protection proves
itself unfit for the responsibility to
ward other nations that is a conse
quence of independence. An inde
pendent nation is ready to perform
ts oblierations as a nation, respects
other nations' rights and is capable
of self-defense, therefore asks no
protection.
The Filipinos have all tne essen
tials of internal self-government, are
protected from foreign danger ana
are guarded by the Americah gov
ernor from the follies growing from
inn-rnfirience. Their . lot is so for
tunate that those who lead the call
for independence arouse suspicion 01
selfish ends, and the' masses follow
because they are naturally docile.
"EVEN A3 THE GODS."
Interwoven in the multi-colored
record of mortal dreams, since ever
that record began, is the desire for
something that will -permit escape
from care and sorrow, that will make
men even as the gods. Drugs alone
have given an answer to the dreams
a lying answer that in the end
makes sorry sport of belier. jNowwe
are told that out of South America,
from the secret ceremonials of a sav
age tribe, comes a narcotic uiai
hnniQhfia ffl.T nrtrt VieldS tO its de-
votee the strength and ferocity of the
jaguar. Ths who drink or tne
drug are evenas the gods, for a brief
hour, in their scorn of peril and
fhir ine-rtlnsruishable valor. Scien
tists followed the legend until they
nrnvfid its truth and brought DacK
from the jungle the stuff called
''caapi," to determine its value in
modern medicine.
a stnrv that iranscends fiction, al-
mnat con aa it is vet one that need
not be taken quite literally, nor as an
inspiration to manKmcv. auuuS"
-snrt is all that the Indians claim,
mnnni lift for us the weight of
"ha nKAenni M AVPr hfi Of ValUO
save in pharmaceutical chemistry.
And alwavs there IS tne nazara mat
it may become a menace, as opium
Tirnveii tn b&- a menace that lec
tures and legislation strangely fail to
nhfik w should be very ceruiui
that we need this new Bolivian brew
before we introduce it to medicine,
and add another savage vice to the
mnm than sufficient total now har-
ssing us. An elixir that induces
f Rnmshow we seem to re
r.s.11 that. Alhohol was potent to exalt
the courage, ofttimes unwisely.
Wnsriisri too. that Nirvamc deriva
tive of the hemp, gave to the de
voted ones" of the Islamic cult the
AofMsctina the Erlimnse of promised
paradise that nerved them to mur
rW when "the Old Man of the Moun
tains" spoke. There was courage of
r,T-t: nf th variety that drugs m-
iim Thev rlreamed they were as
the gods. To them a single moment
of time was as a pleasant year, or
nn hour the flash of an empurpiea
instant and they rose from the
ream to kill. The swart little Java-
nA'. madflenen Dv an opium ue-
v.n..-K whinvrt nnt bis kris and be-
UflllV.Ul . . ... v
formidable than the tiger.
He ran amuck with every semblance
tmo nmiracre'. vet as a man ne
was at best a shattered thing, a de
cadent, himself ready for death ana
nTOr.rin Drusrs as an inspiration
to courage are nowise novel. In na
tions or individuals the recourse to
drugs, the quest for superhuman
hninsm nr. strength throuerh drugs.
UUflliV wa -r ' . . w . .
ia ever marked by a distinct lower-ins-
of tha normal faculties and the
itriHrri nf morality.
Of course, those who Dring caapi
from Bolivia have ho thought other
n,.n tr. Vionnfit thft race, and may
benefit it, but it is as regrettable as
is inescapable that about tneir ex
r,init ciionirl fall the garment or
rnrnor.Q tri nllnrp of strange primi
tive rites and a tropical fascination.
ti.. irtcntir-at attributes nave naa
,1, tn An In their distressing
novelty, with persuading occidentals
omViracA th follies oi me east
triniisrht to escape, the whisper
that men may cheat circumstance..
Gilbert Frankau has written i
vv foiiod "The Seeds of Enchant
ment." An absorbing and delightful
i.u nf rivntiire in innermost lnao
rhino it is su-oerficially. The thread
alleerorv runs through
it, to teach us that human obliga
tions of the individual and the state
pannnt be dodged: that we can
never be aa the gods; and that the
rfronm of Utopian socialism is iaie
and vaporous. Three seekers, one a
tist set forth to search for the
Cot
luntry of the Flower, wnere awen
people who "bad fourid the secret
a
of.
hantiiness in the purple seeas or.
niant unknown to science the
a
TPimvnr. .that, hlissful narcotic which
strips all stress and woe from life
and makes men as the gods. The
three had tasted oi the Flower and
could not rest content.
The talk was all of beauty, of flowers, of
sweet music, of poetry, and of love only.
. Beauty and flowers and music and
poetry and lovelove especially became
mere Instruments o-f pleasure, selfish toys
for body and mind. . . .". Then he for
got science. Science, after all, was rather
a bore; scienee contributed nothing to the
art of life: the world would be much jollier
without science. But what a. joUypiac
the world was.
They found the Flower, after in
credible adventure, to learn that the
people who. possessed it, a people of
singular and eerie beauty, were no
more than charming and languorous
victims of a habit that had alienated
them from all desire to play the fine
old role of an achieving humanity.
The perfect state was a country, of
Ulusion. Only by 'accepting life and
the world as they found It could the
three seekers enter peace. There was
no panacea for the ill's of the uni
verse not -even the Flower, which
slew the attributes of the race and
offered sensuous Indolence.
The book itself, allegorical though
it is, affords an intimate study of
the false surcease of drugs, of the
escape that is not an escape but a
f.escent into slavery. It teaches, to
gether with its veiled economic les
sons, that there is no glowing road
to happiness, and that the poppy has
no place outside of medicine. The
most powerful and permanent stimu
lant known to man is the draft of
duty. ,
SHOULD THE STATE PAYT
Carl Papenfuss became a convict
in the Ohio penitentiary when a jury
of his peers had determined, beyond
peradventure it seemed, his guilt on
heinous charge. He served six
years of a life sentence before a con
fession of perjury, offered by the
principal witness against him, dis
closed his innocence and brought
about his release through pardon.
Not only does he possess the unique
distinction of having been forgiven a
crime he never committed, but in the
afternoon of life he is faced with the
problem of those six wasted years.
He left Columbus with the conven
tional assets of the discharged con
vict a railroad ticket, $10 and a
suit of prison-tailored clothes. A
resolution will be introduced in the
Ohio legislature at its next session,
asking that the state Indemnify him.
Instances of false conviction and
imprisonment may safely be assumed
to be rare, yet an occasional one
does arise. There appears to be no
precedent in America for compensa
tion In such cases, though the Eng
lish law authorizes the home secre
tary to investigate and indemnify the
victim of legal error. That the proc
ess is very rarely invoked indicates
that there, as here, gross miscarriages
of justice, for which the individual
suffers, are infrequent. Arrest on
evidence, preliminary hearing, in
dictment by the grand jury, trial by
jury and often an appeal offer the
defendant an equal opportunity with
the state, which has no prejudiced
motive in seeking his-conviction. So
elaborately are. the interests of .the
defendant safeguarded that infinitely
more criminals go free after trial
than ever there are innocent men
convicted. . '
Obviously the individual, in flag
rant cases of error, has been so
dealt with that even financial com
pensation cannot atone for the unin
tentional injustice. Yet it seems
clear that to provide special legal
mechanism for restitution, on the
part of the state, would open the
way to unlimited criminal chicanery,
a flood of crocodilian tears and much
conspiracy. Legislative action in
specially deserving instances, such as
Is contemplated in Ohio, leaves the
matter safely to the fairness of popu
lar opinion.
The horse is becoming a rarity on
the highways, but he Is far from ex
tinct on the byways. When the
Chinese "washee" man and the one-
bale" farmer take, to gasoline, then
will the descendant of the little
eohippus begin to feature in the text
books of the city schools as of ex
istence long ago. There always, how
ever, may be a Kentuckian to raise
something speedy, for the two will
exist and pass on together.
The British report of a heavy de
crease in revenue from the produc
tion of opium in India depicts a mis
fortune that can be borne with equa
nimity by the rest of the world if it
means that production has fallen off
and not merely that revenue collec
tors have been lax. More than
enough of the drug has been grown
to meet all legitimate needs and a
surplus is only an invitation to illicit
trade.
Isn't it about time to reform a pri
mary election sisstem that inevitably
results in a flock of "ycleets" and
indorsements, that produces factions
and ill-feeling, that raises every pos
sible extraneous issue, that is made
to order as first aid for ambitious
democrats at the later general elec
tion, that costs the state a vast sum
in, useless election expenses?
Four of the crew of a train from
Vancouver, B. C, have been found
guilty at Seattle of bringing liquor
into thia country. If they did it in
an auto the machine could be confis
cated, but a. passenger train is differ
ent. The siren that sounds the second
alarm at night to call out the other
platoon may awaken some who dis
like it, but is a real help to fire fans
who never get over going in the hope
of seeing a fire "worth while.
The Adonis-like lifeguard at Man
hattan Beach, N. T., and wife, who
had been a wealthy widow, have sep
arated, as is usual in such cases of
connubial "rapture."
- The fellow who rather would go
to jail than pay a fine for speeding
is out after two days in, a friend hav
ing paid. A friend in jail is a friend
in deed.
The new hotel may have led the
Oddfellows to select North Bend for
next year's meeting. A first-class
hotel is a drawing card.
' Hearst's two millions for campaign
expenses (rumor) will send joy
along the line from the Battery to
Buffalo.-
. General White is a republican first
of all and seconds "Governor" Bean's
motion to make it unanimous.
This off and on weather will let
all the water rtin off in a normal
June rise.
This weather makes the berries
grow larger and more plentiful.
EXTRA EVENING HOUR IS BOON
Clock Change Helpful to '"Workers,
Home Gardeners) and Tourists.
.PORTLAND, May 26 (To the Ed
itor.) The writer is delighted that
the city commissioners are- consider
ing the establishment of the daylight
saving plan, and sincerely hopes it
will he adopted. ' Many of us remem
ber the long evenings as one of the
few bright spots during those two
anxious summers of wartime.
The writer can se many advan
tages in the plan and none of the dis
advantages claimed by the "antis."
The esttra hour of evening light and
sunshine is a boon to all of those shut
in during the day; to the office, store
and factory people, employer and em
ploye alike, in fact tq, all the work
ers in our fair city, and they are the
great majority.
In our climate, with the long dura
tion of cloudy weather, it is most
necessary to the city folk, at least,
to be able to enjoy all the recupera
tive powers of the sunlight and out-of-doors
that are possible during the
summer months, and this most people
can -do only after their Vorking hours
are over. To the home gardener the
extra hour is a godsend; to the tour
ist, a delight; to the dad. a blessins
when the monthly light bill comes
around.
We know that the early -hours of
-the summer TnoTninEs are also most
delightful, .yet, due to the interwoven
relationships of modern life, but few
of us can have the opportunity to en
joy them regularly, but daylight sav
ing does give-us this opportunity and
maites possible for us to live nor
mal lives during the summer months
and still get the very maximum
amount of sunshine In, the sam num
ber of waking hours without con
fusion.
Daylight eaving canmot -be made a
matter of Individual choice owing to
those same interwoven relationships,
and it is not possible for the great
mass of people who would so desire
to arise an hour earlier.-arranee their
individual huinesses so as to have the
extra 'hour of joy, recreation and rest
in the sunshine of the evening- with
out causing utmost confusion to all
concerned, and upsetting the normal
trend of life which would mitigate
much of the benefits to all concerned.'
If we have thy desire we can very
easily fall into the plan, and live nor
mal 1-lVPS 4hd CTi.mmA nJ
r-t Bu...u.t.i till uui
be conscious every moment that our
clocks are not telling standard time.
DATLIGHT SAVER.
DUTT TO VOTE IS EMPHASIZED
HZore Excitement Expected With Final
Success of Olcott at Polls.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May 25. (To
the Editor.) The primary election
battle is now cooling yes, cooling
somewhat after a strenuous campaign
for the choice of a candidate for gov
ernor and other state and district
officers. For governor it has been a
battle royal and will be more, and
more exciting until our chief execu
ttve has finally been chosen next
November.
Let us not falter in our duty to go
to the polls and vote at any and all
times when we have the chance. The
right to vote is given us by the state
and when we shirk that duty and
pass by that right we are recreant to
our high duty and to a privilege of
wnicn we should be proud.
The battle for progress is not fin
ished, nor will it ever be finished
until we have reached that highest
plain obtainable for the most highly
civilized people living on the face of
the earth. We will go on fighting
with.that friendly spirit which is so
becoming to good Americans; keep
on lighting lor better things, now
and in the future.
I will give my hearty support to
every person both in and out of the
legislature for the consistent reduc
tion of taxes and the civic improve
ment of our state and county.
A long and strong pull and a pull
all together will bring home to us
the things we most sincerely desire.
Let us all perform our duties in all
things and not forget to vote; for
voting is a high privilege and it is
Incumbent upon us to act as reason
able persons in this as well as in
other matters.. Let us exercise that
right and perform that duty without
shirking and prove to the world that
we are helping to advance our highly
prized civilization. J. W. MORTON.
HOW RECALL WAS ENCOMPASSED
Writer Chortles Over Mr. Corey's
Defense of Colleagues.
PORTLAND, Or., May 26. (To the
Editor.) Having been a steady pat
ron of the publio service corporations
of Portland for over 20 years I was
very much interested in an article
in The Oregonian in which Mr. Corey
came to the defense of his two col
leagues, x
I was greatly impressed by the
schedule of "accomplishments" he
gave, us, as a guide to voters on the
eve of the recall election, to quote
his own language iri part as follows
"With the recall election brought
against my two colleagues Publio
Service Commissioners Fred G. Buch
tel and Fred A Williams, but a day
distant, I feel that it is my duty to
the state earnestly to urge the people
to vote against the recall.
I will not take up space In an at
tempt to "show up" the strong points
he made with the average voter on
other portions- of said "accomplish
ments," but wish to call his attention
especially to the one item that in my
opinion reacted against Messrs. Wil
liams and Buchtel and possibly caused
their defeat:
"Denied an Increase of 25 per cent
on all express shipments of milk,
cream and ice cream.
"Reduced freight rates on sand,
gravel, rock and all road building ma
terials."
This cheap rate enabled the voters
to secure sand in carload lots and
thus got enough sand in their
"crops, to muster up the "grit" and
courage to "step out" against "big
oaas, ana put over- tne recall, a re
sult which Mr. Corey will doubtless
very much regret. However, as they
denied an increase of 25 per cent on
all express shipments of ice cream,
Mr. Corey should be able to keep cool
notwitnstanaing. L. A.. It,
Scheme of Golfers.
PORTLAND, May 26. (To the Edi
tor.) I agree wth the disgusted and
disgruntled writer in The Oregonian
that daylight saving" is the bigges
bunko game that came in with the
war. It, has dona more to start the
day wrong with millions than any
other one thing and has caused more
friction than "prohibition" itself;
Try getting up at 4 or 5 every
morning for one week only and you'll
print no more dope from the Cham
ber of Commerce golfers who would
like all the rest of the world to arise
in the" middle of the night that the
golfers may have- an extra hour on
the links in the evening.
Observe what "daylight saving" has
done to Chicago.
VOICE OF THE MILLION.
Fire In Department Store.
PORTLAND, May 26. (To the Edi
tor.) About IS or 20 years ago Lip
man, Wolfe & Co had a big fire in
their store. To settle a question
would you please tell me just when
this firt occurred? -
DAILY READER.
March 3, 1903.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales ot Folks at the Hotels.
S. L. Alexander, an old-time printer
of The Oregonian when its offices
were located on Front street about
38 years ago, was a Portland visitor
yesterday, and said that he noted so
many new buildings here that he had
difficulty in making his way about.
As I look at Portland today," he
added, "I am sure of only two former
features that I recognize the old
postoffice. Fifth and Morrison, and
the Willamette -river. He worked
about a month for The Oregonian
in the fall of 1884, and left to work
for D. C Ireland & Co., then publish
ing Polk's directory. Afterward he
went to prove on a homestead near
what Is now Waterville, Wash., but
the ambition to wander again made
him shift location, and he went into
the newspaper business as editor and
proprietor. One of Mr. Alexander's
papers was the Free Press, Cheney,
Wash. He became a member of the
Leadvtlle Typographical union No. 179,
December 17, 1879, and says he now
draws a pension from the union. Since
1884-85 Mr. Alexander never visited
thiscity, except when he made a
flyirfg trip through it in the year
1900, en route to attend a newspaper
meeting in New Orleans. For several
years past Mr. Alexander has lived
in, Port Angeles, Wash., but hopes
soon again to make his home here.
His son, N. S. Alexander, is at the
present time a linotype operator in
The OregOnlan composing room.
In Lakeview, Or., Frank P. Light
runs a hotel. There is an old story
current, but hotelmen say that It was
started by Mr. Light. Here's the
yarn: A few years ago Mr. Light
went out In front of his hotel and be
gan hammering on the triangle iron
bar, signifying that dinner was ready.
A dog near by began to howl. "What's
the matter with you?" Mr. Light is
supposed to have inquired of the
dismal canine, "you don't have to eat
here." Mr. Light, his daughter, Aenid
Light, and Miss Leah Beall are in
town from Lakeview. Miss Beall is
the daughter of Lee Beall, whose
forefathers were pioneers and helped
chase the Indians out of Rogue river.
There will be a round-up at Lake
View September 2, 3 and 4, and Mr.
Light insists that it will knock the
spots off the Pendleton Round-up,
as the-Lakeview show has better and
more daring riders than those at
Pendleton. Every man In Lakeview
is a member of the round-up com
mittee, so that the affair will be a
success. It has been a long, hard
winter in Lake county, and those who
nad nay reaped a harvest.
Oil excitement dominated the Im
perial lobby yesterday and Thursday.
J. M. Anderson, cashier of the Scan
dinavian bank of Astoria, who is
registered at the Imperial, was re
ported to have received a long-distance
message from Astoria yester
day that the drillers in Clatsop county
had struck oil. The rumors did not
agree as to the amount, the reports
varying from a bucketful to several
gallons. It was Baid that everything
was being prepared to bring in a
gusher. On Thursday the lobby was
electrified by the report of a stranger
who walked hastily through the cor
ridor saying that a 50-barrel well had
just come in two miles south of St.
Paul, in Marion county, and that yiis
well is on a dome, where there should
be oil. X number of Portland people
have invested rather heavily in the
Clatsop county enterprise.
E. D. .Briggs, druggist and former
member of the legislature, arrived
at the Imperial yesterday with John
Quincy Adams from their home in
Ashland. Lithia park, to which all
Ashlanders point with pride, and with
good reason, is already receiving at
tention from the motor tourists who
are becoming thick on the Pacific
highway. Lithia park is considered
the finest stopping place that motor
ists can find anywhere on the Pa
cific coast and they can fill them
selves and their radiators with min
eral water. The park, itself, is a
beautiful spot, which has been land
scaped, and the various kinds of
waters have been piped so that every
thing is made attractive and con
venient for visitors. Mr. Briggs and
Mr. Adams drove to Portland, finding
the roads excellent.
Automobiles have no attractions for
J. E. McCabe, who came from a hos
pital to the Imperial yesterday. For
a dozen years Mr. McCabe has been
riding around the country in an auto
mobile selling shoes. The constant
motoring over bad roads eventually
undermined his health. After long
years of mud and rutting roads,
bumps, jolts and jars, Mr. McCabe has
been fed up on riding and has been
Shaken to pieces just when motoring
in Oregon over smooth pavements has
become possible.
Somewhat tired, A L. Jameson of
McMinnville arrive in Portland. He
drove from McMinnville to Ashland,
then to Klamath Falls, then over to
Lakeview, thence to Burns, then to
Prineville, then to Bend, then down
to the Columbia river highway into
Portland. Some of the roads he trav
trsed were anything but good, says
Mr. Jameson, and at times he encoun
tered snow. Mr. Jameson is presi
dent of the hardware dealers' asso
ciation of this state.
Dr. Arthur O. Downs, formerly of
Portland, but lately of Crook county,
arr'ved in Portland yesterday. He
says that he is tired of operating a
big stock ranch and so he has sold
off all his place and stock with the
exception of a couple of saddle ponies.
Dr. Downs hasn't given up the open-
air life, however, for he intends look
ing after a smallej- farm. The doctor
is one of the most enthusiastic anglers
m Oregon. ,
W. H. Craven, superintendent of the
"P" ranch in Harnsy county, is regis
tered at the Benson. Mr. Craven
comes from Crane, Or., but instead
of writing the name of a town after
his name he sketches the brand used
on the cattle as a sort of trademark.
Farming more than the law occu-
rtes the attention of A. S. Bennett of
The Dalles, who is at the Imperial.
Mr. Bennett .resigned from the state
supreme court in order to give his
attention to his land holdings.
From some stream up in Washing
ton M. E. Baumeister of Walla Walla,
Wash., brought a mess of trout to
Portland yesterday and delivered the
fish to friends. He is at the Imperial.
Howard E. Sunday, who looks after
35 acres in Hood River while brother
Billy is out evangelizing the unre
generate, is registered at the Perkins.
F. L. Davidson, apple grower of
Hood River, is at the Hotel Oregon.
Owing to the inclement weather
"blossom day" was a disappointment.-
-
J. M. Thorne of Roseburg, who was
nominated in the primaries Friday as
representative for Douglas county In
the legislature, was in Portland yes
terday. W. A. Goodman, the sheriff of Har
ney county, is a Portland visitor.
J. C. McMillan, a stockman of Was
co, is at the Perkins.
Prepared for the Coming Guest.
Exchange.
"Don't forget, Mrs. Brownleigh is
dining with us tonight." -
"Yea I must cut the leaves, of her
latest book."
More Truth Than Poetry-
By James J. Montague.
IN MEMORIAM.
John Doe is dead, the good old man
Who's stood betore the bar
A criminal, since time began,
Wherever court rooms are.
Not a jot of reverence or awe
The rascal has displayed;
He's broken every single law
That ever has .been made.
Policemen, running down a crime.
Have hunted high and low.
And always in the 'course of time
Have brought in old John Doe.
He's burgled, pillaged, forged and
slain,
He's purjured, robber and lied.
His yearning for Ill-gotten gain
Was never satisfied. '
In every prison that there is.
In dungeons deep and dark,
That ever busy hand of his
Has carved its well known, mark.
No judge has ever served a term
On benches here below,
Who's not, in accents clear and firm,
Passed sentence on John Doe.
And now he's dead for Mr. Taft,
In one Judicial breath,
Has swept this famous king of graft
To dim and dusty death.
The law for his time-honored name
Has no official use.
And so he's dead, but Just the same
We'll miss him like the deuce.
Just m Scramble.
Modern politics consists of a race of
both the big parties to grab the most
promising issues.
An Exception.
A dramatic critic is the only man
we know of who makes money by
knocking.
,
Worth th eTrlp.
Russia got something out of the
Genoa conference. She didn't have to
feed the delegates who attended.
(Copyright by the Bell Snydicate, Inc.)
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can You Answer These Questions?
1. When. do toads take to the land
for good?
2. Were the bears of the Bible
bears as we now know them?
3. Why do we see fewer chickadees
in summer than in winter?
Answers ifi tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Where do bumblebees nest?
The bumblebee does not - build a
regular wax comb like the honey
bee'e, but refurnishes a home, often
in an abandoned mouse's nest on the
ground. The mouse's nest is likely
to consist of finely shredded grass.
The bumblebee pulls down this ready
made material, piles it together
again, to suit its building notions, and
then bores a little oval nest at the
end of a tunnel in the grassy heap.
In this chamber waxen cells are built
to accumulate honey and eggs. Some
bumblebees go underground for the
home.
2.' What is the natural color of
mink fur?
It may vary. American mink shows
either light yellow-brown coat, or
much richer dark brown. The darker
shades are most valued for fur, and
no doubt are frequently secured by
dying. Minks are partly aquatic in
habit, catching fish, and have a coat
adapted to withstand water soft un
derneath, but with long stiff hairs
projecting through the woolly fur, to
make an outer layer. This makes
mink fur durable to wear.
3. Why does the woodcock have its
eyes so far back on its head?
The theory is that thi bird needs
to have its eyes thus placed as a
safety measure while feeding. The
woodcock's long bill probes the mud
for worms, and while the bird has to
keep its head down to feed, it would
be at the mercy of enemies unless it
could use its eyes at the pame time
Having them so far back allows the
eyes to watch a considerable range
even with the head bent toward
earth.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oreffonian of May 27, 1S97.
The rate war between the Southern
Pacific and the O. R. & N. for summer
steamship travel between Portland
and San Francisco has reduced the
fare to $10 for first class passage and
"17.50 for second.
Arrangements for piloting the bat
tleship Oregon up the river trom As
toria will be completed today by
Pilots Patterson and Dolg.
The greatest array of racing talent
ever seen in Portland will be seen at
Portland field on Saturday, all of
the finest horses m the Pacific north
west being there.
A garter snake jumped out of an
ice wasron yesterday just as the dnv
er split a cake of ice, causing the
impression that it had been frozen
in the cake and also that people were
seeing things.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of May 27. 1871
New York The national working
man's convention is in session here
for the purpose of nominating a pres
Ident and vice-president, and indica
tions are that General Grant will be
endorsed.
Yesterday the Turners of this city
gave their first festival at the canyon
garden.
No public celebration on the Fourth
of July is in the air for Portland as
yet and it is believed that there will
not be one.
The courthouse was filled to over
flowing last evening on the occasion
of a public address by the Hon. E. L.
Applegate of Eugene.
Hnrmful to Children.
PORTLAND. May 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Fifty members of our club at
a recent meeting unanimously agreed
that daylight saving was detrimental
to the health of our older children.
It is an easy matter to compel them
to retire an hour earlier, but it is en
tirely another story to get them to
go to sleep.
Daylight saving may be essential to
the bankers and members of the
Chamber of Commerce, but it seems
to me it is, by far, more important to
look to the interest of our children,
as they are the future America the
womanhood and manhood of tomor
row. MRS. C. G. B.
Mothers Oppose Clock Change.
(To the Editor.) Listen to the tale
of woe of the mothers and don't let
those horrid men have daylight sav
ing.
It means one whole extra hour at
the end of a long day as the little
folks simple won t go to sleep with
the sun way up in the sky 1 know.
I never was so tired as the summer
we had it. And I. know also moat
mother and educators will say ditto.
Radio
of Today
and Tomorrow
Dramatic possibilities of fu
ture development outlined by
head of industry in The Sunday
Oregonian, together with radio
department, making three
pages of wireless news and
comment.
Another Article
on Mrs. Coolidge
Intimate details in the life of
the wife of the vice-president
told in an interesting way in
tomorrow's paper.
America as
Others See Her
Glimpses of this country as
they impressed Margot Aa
quith, famous Englishwoman.
In the Magazine
Flapper Banished
by Big Business
Dress and deportment now
toned down as banks and cor
porations adopt regulations.
Sensational Sequel
to Drugging of Girl
Dixie Dixon was only a fluffy
little chorus girl, but her death
resulted in big drive on mor
phine vendors.
Fooling the
Poor Fish
Disciples of Izaak Walton 1300
years late in fly fishing, says
article by DeWitt Harry on
this sport.
Detective Grapples
Egyptian Mystery
New story by Sax Rohmer,
"The Dyke Grange Mystery,"
has an exciting plot.
Boy of Fourteen
Is Piano Genius
Leo Polski recently gave piano
concert before members of
Congressional club.
The Land of
Make Believe
Another series of cartoons by
W. E. Hill, dealing with in
tensely human glimpses of
people.
Why Peeresses
Go on the Stage
Poverty in high life and love of
excitement lure noble beauties
to footlights.
Other Features
Business Women
Are Well Dressed
Numerous hints on dress for
the business girl are contained
in illustrated articles in the
fashion department.
Churches to Pay
Tribute to Heroes
Members of Grand Army of
Republic and wives and fam
ilies to be guests of different
churches.
Now Is Time to
Make Porch Boxes
Information on the planting of
tulips and other timely hints
told amateur gardeners in the
garden department.
Now Is Time
to Eat Salmon
Food exoert gives some hints
on the purchase of fish and
how to make delightful Chinook
salmon steaks.
Vancouver Island
Bids for Motorists
The beauties and pieasuren
which await a motor visitor in
the playground to the north re
lated in illustrated' article in
the automobile section.
Housekeeping Hints
Told by Miss Tingle
Bits of information ranging
from the making of grape juice
taffy to the construction of a
quilt.
Society News
for the Women
Business news for the business
man and sporting news for the
baseball and golf fan.
The Latest in
the Movie World
The moving picture fan will
find all the gossip of the movies
and stars in a complete de
partment.
All the News of All the
World Found in
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