THE MORXING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY. JUNE ?, 1922 '
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bank and five men he knew in a
crowd of a hundred visitors. . He
asserts all kinds of "rough stuff
were used, which may be true.
Nebraska had a large percentage
of the alien spirit in those days 4nd
loyal Americans may have been in
tolerant in consequence. ,
IT OUGHT TO BE EASIER NOW.
Prineville is the capital city of an
organization known as, the Irri
gators. They will be remembered
by all who witnessed the parades of
the last Eose Festival, not alone
for their garb, but for the fact that
they stepped high and lively. They
were led, too, by a good band.
There is something about the clean,
light air of eastern Oregon that
puts go into a fellow."
Now the Irrigators are mighty
busy redeeming their capital from
the'disasters of a. fire which swept
away the business district. But
they are going to take the time to
attend the Rose Festival again. The
band is coming, but without its in
struments they were burned up.
Nearly everything was burned up
except the Prineville spirit.
Portland has not suffered any
disaster. Its people, on the whole
are and have been prosperous. Yet
turn to the ways of living of Adam
and Eve would probably be dis
closed instantly if Adam and Eve
were here to consult on the subject.
Like the denizens of-, the modern
world, they enjoyed thei best there
was to be had, or at least the best
they knew about.. They ha -the
supreme advantage, even in their
modes, of being no worse off than
anybody else in the world. If they
had lived in the age of motor cars
and .radiophones, there is no rea
son at all for supposing that they
would have been satisfied without
them. The simplicity of . their
lives, about which commentors
on the latest venture are likely to
put much stress, wag only relative.
We doubt that the new Adam and
Eve will very much enjoy them
selves, even if they find their Eden.
Satisfaction with life is greatly
more a psychological matter than
one of food and clothing.
PAYING THE FIDDLER.
The traveler along the highways
and byways of Oregon is confronted
on trm adiap.ent teleDhone poles.
fence posts, wood piles, barn doors'!
and other outstanding features of
the verdant landscape with the
fading photographs of a numerous
for its great annual Rose Festival TJ?L
the budget lacks about $10,000.
but we may well believe that the
intellectual capacity of the race, as
thexprofessor suggests, is no greater
now than it was in the time of
Socrates and Aristotle.
let this is fa.r from saying that
there has been a change for the
worse. Nobody denies that the
average business man, -or even col
lege professor, would find life in a
cave exceedingly distasteful or
even -that he would be unable -to
provide himself with the means of
existence. But our forebears knew
what they knew only as the result
of many trials and failures and the
mortality rate which was the result
of their Inability always to adapt
themselves to the requirements of
their situation must have been very
high. If it could b'e imagined that
all the' facilities, and the conveni
ences and the accumulated knowl
edge of the ages could be suddenly
lost, and the race left to its own
devices, we have no reason for
assuming that men of the present
day would not be able to get along
somehow, albeit the cost of the
lesson would be enormous, as most
vital experiences are. The fittest
for that kind of life would ulti
mately survive, as no doubt it was
the fittest who survived in the cave
LABOR UNION'S LEGAL LIABILITY.
In holding that a labor union at
tempts to restrain trade in viola
tion of the anti-trust law when it
undertakes to eliminate production
by firms employing non-union men,
the supreme court of the United
States lays down a fundamental
principle which has been lost to
sight in recent phases of the labor
controversy. It goes behind the
Clayton law and takes cognizance
of thefact that, in such a case, the
unlon'does restrain Interstate com
merce. It holds the fact that the
union is not incorporated to be ir
relevant, and it considers a vol
untary association of individuals,
such as a labor union usually is,
to be equally liable for damage
done In contravention of the Sher
man law with any corporation es
tablished by law.
This decision reaffirms the es
tablished rule of equality of' all
citizens before the law, of equal
liability of all for violation of the
law, which runs through all judicial
interpretation of the constitution.
It has been generally assumed that
a strike by a labor union against
employment of non-union men was
not contrary to law, and this opin
ion has been fortified by the pro
vision of the Clayton law exempt
ing labor unions from prosecution
as illegal combinations or con
spiracies in restraint of trade. It
now appears that, in spite of that
law, they occupy the same position.
In the view of the court, as any
other body of citizens.
As labor unions have always
strongly opposed Intervention by
the courts in their controversies
with employers, we may expect
louder protest against this decision
than has been made against any
that preceded it. They have for
many years opposed issue of in
junctions in labor disputes,, and
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
gone so far as to hold that a work
man should suffer any injustice
from a union and should trust to
ultimate redress within the organi
sation rather than seek justice from
a court. He now finds that any
strike to decide between the open
and closed shop may be the subject
of an injunction and of a claim for
triple damages against the union
concerned, though it be not incor
porated. Every proposal to make
labor unions legally liable and re
sponsible by incorporating them
lias been strongly opposed, but it is
now held by the highest court that
this liability exists without regard
to incorporation.
In spite of the recent ejaculation
of Mr. Gompers, "God save labor
from the courts," and of its in
dorsement by many other labor
leaders, which is certain when they
read the supreme court's pro
nouncement, it was but recently
that a labor union had resort to an
injunction for the first time and
won. The garment workers' union
of New York was granted an in
junction against violation of a col
lective labor contract by the em
ployers which was upheld by the
appellate division of the supreme
court of New York. In sustaining
the injunction, Justice Page said it
established the fact that "the rem
edy is mutual" 'and that "the law
does not have one rule for the em
ployer and another for the em
ploye." The basic thought behind the
federal supreme court's ruling in
the Arkansas miners' case, as in the
New York garment workers' case,
is that the interest of the, whole
community is paramount to the
view of its own interest which may
be taken by any section of the com
munity. That thought underlies
injunctions against interruption of
railroad traffic, behind decisions
against testraint of production and
sale of a commodity, behind repre
sentation or the public on the rail
road labor board and behind the
Kansas industrial court law. Em
ployers have shown themselves as
averse as unions to have labor dis
putes adjusted by the courts, and
with some cause from their view
point. At least as many decisions
of the Kansas industrial court have
been adverse as have been favor
able to the claims of capital, and
the garment manufacturers got no
comfort In New York. '
In fact, the whole tenor of ju
dicial d'cision and legislation on
Hie labor question has been to in
terject the public as a third party
to disputes as they assumed larger
proportions and caused more loss
inconvenience and even suffering to
the public. The opinion has gained
ground that, while labor and cap-!
itai each struggles for a larger
share of the price received for their
joint product and for the stronger
voice in settling terms of employ
ment, the public pays and gets
nothing back at the settlement.
The way to individual peace may
lie through more positl.e as
sertion of this principle, perhaps
through a tribunal less rigid in its
procedure, having greater freedom
to take into account the human
factor, than is possible with a
court of justice.
The example of , the Irrigators,
who have lost so much, and have
so much to do, but can still come
to -the party, ought to make it
easier to get that remaining $10,000
from fortunate Portland.
A PLAIN CASE.
The need for more school build
ings in Portland is insistent and im
perative. It is a need superior to
the need for reduction in taxation,
and it must be met at cost of sac
rifice, if necessary.
School building in Portland has
been at a standstill for several
years. Meanwhile school population
has continued to grow. But walls
are not elastic; rooms and buildings
will house just so many children.
If there is any substitute for rooms
and huildings in which children
may be gathered for purpose of in
struction we do not know what lw
is. It Is one of those social prob
lems that work out with mathe
matical precision.
There are so many children, so
many school rooms with a given
capacity. The capacity of the rooms
is exceeded by the number of chil
dren. What other answer is there
than to provide more rooms? Surely
it will not be suggested that some
of the children shall be deprived of
educational advantages.
The school, directors are present
ing for approval ,a bond issue of
$3,000,000 for building purposes.
No new public enterprise, no ex
periment in education, no depar
ture from plain replacement and
necessary enlargement of existing
facilities is proposed. There ought
to be no question in the mind of
every qualified voter as to his duty
concerning the bond issue.
A Nebraskan who alleges he was
forced to subscribe a thousand dol
lars for the Red Cross in a "drive"
four years ago has begun suit for
recovery, making defendants of his
THOSE FORTY BILLIONS.
Those forty billion'dollars of un
used credit in American banks are
simply so much unemployed energy,
If the sum were put to work it
would give employment to an
equivalent number of workmen,
whose energy is gotag to , waste.
There are not enough people In the
United States to employ all that
credit, even if aril worked to their
full capacity. It can find employ
ment only by being spread over the
world, to be employed in conjunc
tion with the labor of other nations.
Such a mass of capital piled up
in this country while other coun
tries are so short of capital as to
lack full employment, also to lack
many things which they need and
which would employ capital, is an,
evidence of an unhealthy economic
condition of the world. If sound
economic conditions were general
it would spontaneously scatter
through every country, put their
people to work and feed and clothe
them. Its accumulation in one
country causes rates of interest to
fall and, if continued, will thereby
stimulate speculation and will ex
pand industry beyond the capacity
of the home and domestic markets
to consume goods. The inevitable
result would be a new period of
depression as injurious as that from
which we have just emerged. By
distributing that capital among all
nations we can increase their pro
duction and with it their ability to
buy our goods in exchange for
theirs. Restoration of the balance
between each nation's supply of
capital and its capacity to employ
that amount would restore eco
nomic health and establish stable
prosperity in all countries.
Capital is accumulated in this
country because confidence in the
capacity and will of other countries
to Pay does not exist, for without
confidence investments and loans
are not made. There-have been
two chief causes of this lack of
confidence insolvency of Germany
and its attempt to escape its obli
gations to pay reparations, and
Russian repudiation of debts and
denial of the rights of life, labor
and property. From those coun
tries arises the economic" instabil
ity of other European countries.
If Germany should live up to the
offer it has now made to balance
its budget, to stop issue of paper
money and to submit to control of
its finances on condition that it is
granted a loan, that loan would be
granted. German trade and indus
try would improve and the bene
ficial effects would extend to Po
land and the Danubian states. If
the soviet government of Russia
should sweep . away communism
acknowledge the old debts and re
store the rights of labor and prop
erty, capital would reconstruct Rus
sian industry and railroads, and
Russian farms would soon produce
a surplus of food. No Genoa con
ference is needed to bring about
these changes. Common honesty
on the part of Germany and Rus
sia -would cause capital to flow au
tomatically to them.
Though the war caused those
forty billions to accumulate in this
ccntry. repudiation of the code ot
honor by the rulers of Germany
and Russia keeps it here. If they
were to re-establish that code and
to prove their sincerity by their
acts, the American vault doors
would open of themselves and a
flood of capital would flow over
the world which would revive it
from the prostration due to the
war.
became candidates for public office
at the recent primary election. They
are for the most part jarring re
minders of disappointed ambitions,
ghosts of rapidlyreceding mem
ories. Many are called (by them
selves), but few are chosen (by the
voters). Nobody has the heart or
the will to tear down a campaign
picture. -' The candidate would be
willing, but he desires to think of
other things. Besides, he is prob
ably broke and must go to work.
At the office -of the secretary of
state there is just now being accu
mulated a long and painful record
of great plans by aspiring citizens
plans mostly gone wrong. The
ndidates are filing their,' e:
accounts. Far be it from us to say
that any of them have omitted to
tell the whole story, for what they
tell is a plenty. It costs money to
run for office in Oregon... No tight
wad should ever venture upon the
ordeal; for he will get nowhere
unless, indeed, he,- has generous
friends.
. Whatever use the1 glorious pri
mary has, it makes the candidates
produce. It has not escaped notice
that it cost Gifford Pinchot, back
in Pennsylvania, about $100,000 of
his own money to run for governor,
and the Pinchot organization put
up $100,000 more. Here-in Oregon
It costs less, but Oregon is a
younger and sparser state. Give us
time. It is matter of common re
port, however, that a candidate for
senator a few years ago was poorer
by $100,000 after the campaign was
over, and other candidates for high
office have been liberal spenders.
It is estimated that a certain gen
tleman who had a great desire to
be governor turned loose about
$50,000. He is -now a wiser man.
but' it was a great life while it
lasted.
The recent election cost the state
about $100,000. It cost the candi
dates more, in the aggregate. It is
a free country, and anybody can
run for office. Anybody does.
The listening Post,
By DeWitt Harry.
CAPTAIN M. D. STAPLES, dean of
the pilots at the mouth of the
the Columbia, now retired after
long record of honorable service of
responsibility to world shipping, is
the inspiration for many briny tales.
One of them concerns the C. P. R.
steamer Danube, a caller in the Co
lumbia in the early days when the
Canadian eystem was first invading
this territory. They used to send the
Danube ont to gather cargo to feed
their railroad lines and: ocean
steamers at Vancouver.
Captain Staples took charge of
the Danube on one .outbound trip
when a new British skipper was her
master. 'A bar pilot when on the
bridge, is monarch of all he sur
veys, supersedes captain and mates
and is supposed to be absolute mas
ter of the ship and her destinies.
Captain Staples, just as daring a
mariner as rode the waves, and a
man who knew the entrance -to the
river like a book, saw that it would
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales ef Folks at the Hotels.
ha fftllir n ll-r tn tfllr t-h A Tiamihfi
period. and gradually, but veryiout ,n the Ueth o & norweRt Dlow
slowly indeed, the race would work
its way back to the comparative
heights which it at present occu-
pies.
The fault with the process by
which It is sought to "prove" this
or that concerning human progress,
or human degeneration is that it
does not take sufficient account of
the vast period consumed in ac
complishing anything like real evo
lution. It is conceived without
imagination; impa'tiently takes it
for granted that we ought to look
for biological advancement within
a time as short as twenty or thirty
thousand years and makes compar
isons between the present and the
palmy days of Babylon and Greece,
whereas these are but yesterdays in
the flight of time. For a worth
while comparison of intellectual
values we should need to go back
perhaps a million years, and this
the imperfect condition of human
records -does not permit. - We may
or may not have gained ground
since the time of Theocritus; it is
reasonable to suppose that we have
moved up at least a little, but by so
small a measure relatively to the
time that life has existed in the
universe that it is beyond the power
of our Instruments of precision to
calculate it.
I ROVING NOTHING.
The futility of the experiment on
which an English couple are re
ported as about to embark a re-
The experiment entered on by a
New England couple, who have
gone Into the woods of northeast
ern' Maine, arrayed only as nature
made them, with the intention, it
is said, of showing that they can
live an absolutely primitive life.
with none of the aids of civilization,
will prove nothing except, perhaps,
that these young people have -a
taste for weird adventure hot alto
gether common to the time. Our
own Joe Knowles showed on a pre
vious occasion that the thing can
be done, albeit not without certain
discomforts, and it has been a
fruitful field for other students and
demonstrators. Usually it is dis
closed that the participant cher
ishes ambition to shine on the lec
ture platform and has chosen this
method to obtain the publicity so
essential -to success in that depart
ment of human endeavor For
what shall it boot the lecturer that
he has a message, provided he him
self is unknown?
The couple in question are con
fronted first by the problem of
fashioning garments out of the
inner, bark of certain trees, these
being --designed for protection
against the weather and not, of
course, for style. Thereafter they
must search for food, in which par
ticular they will be aided by any
knawledge they may possess as to
the nutritive properties of roots,
tubers, and the shoots of plants.
It is too early in the season In
northeastern Maine to hope for
berries yet a while, but presently,
if all goes well and if a vegetarian
diet cloys, they may set a snare and
catch a rodent or a bird. Our re
mote ancestors, being inured to the
chase and having their appetites
quickened by an inherited hunger,
had - got so that they could run
their game, as the conformation of
our shinbones still attests to those
who are skilled In matters of that
kind. But it is too much to expect
that facility in doing this will be
reacquired in a single generation
Yet a little later, raw food becom
ing tiresome, the adventurers will
be called on to. build a fire. If
they have been suitably trained as
members of the Boy Scouts or the
Campfire Girls, there will be little
difficulty on this score, s
The purpose of the whole ad
venture, which still appeals to the
romantic instinct in us, though
some of its novelty is lost, is to
prove that man has not degener
ated since a very ancient time.
What his prehistoric ancestors
could do, he can do now, hence he
has not deteriorated this is the
obvious statement that it is sought
to prove. But " another school of
scientists is at the same time en
gaged in trying to show that men
in the same period have not ad
vanced, at least in intellectual
capacity.
A Princeton professor not long
ago declared that such progress as
men have made since the last ice
age, "about 20,000 or 30,000 .years
ago," has been exclusively social
and .not biological. This may be
true. There is little or no evidence
that his cranial dimensions have
changed drfring that time. Within
the period of recorded history he
has shown no marked facility for
thinking straighter. The early
philosophers knew about as much
as the later ones how to live. Im
provements have been made in the
means of preserving knowledge and
MOONSHINE PARTIES.
- The factor of the unexpected is
almost wholly absent from the
story of 1 the love-sick youth re
cently led to self-destruction by an
unwholesome , infatuation for a
fyoung woman already married.
but living apart from her husband.
as the news account says. All the
attending circumstances, the entire
atmosphere surrounding the affair.
would have warranted the predlc
tion that the outcome would, have
been precisely what it was if they
had been known in advance. There
a more or less precise formula
for these tragedies. It is a note
Worthy fact that alcohol enters into
a large proportion of them.
Given a youngster in his teens j
who deems it the hallmark of
worldly wisdom that he is on terms
with " the bootlegging fraternity,
and a group of more or less so
phisticated young persons of the
opposite sex who have been taught
no reverence for our accepted so
cial institutions, and we have the
material for a tragedy ready at
hand. The proportions may vary,
but the main ingredients do not
The dose is always fatal. There
may not always be loss ot life, but
there is invariably forfeiture of
self-respect. The picture is the re
verse of that which we like to re
gard as typical of American life
Yet it is becoming familiar enough
to justify concern, and almost com
mon enough to breed callous con
tempt. There is real danger that
if attention is not constantly fo
cussed on these things they will
grow beyondbounds.
It is a condition that does not
admit dogmatism in our efforts to
fix the blame. In the case in point
there seems to be a diffusion of
responsibility, a , large share of
whicfe nevertheless must rest upon
those who sold the youthful victim
liquor in defiance of law. It will be
observed also that there was dis
respect for the ancient and still
honorable institution of matrimony
which may be even more deep-
seated than that, and alsq disregard
of other conventions which we
think are still entitled to be re
vered.
We discard the ancient virtues at
our peril. No durable satisfactions
ever were obtained by the method
which this little aggregation of mis
guided young people set out to employ,-
and none ever will be. Calf
love, a pistol and a quart of moon
shine whisky, more or less, might
have been counted on to provide
the sorry climax for a sordid tale.
so ordered the captain to let go his
anchor. '
I'm master of this ship and I
don't want to anchor," said the cap
tain and thus, violated every known
rule of sea etiquette. "Take me
out."
'You want to go out, you want to
go out, you want to go out," shot
back Captain Staples in staccato
like explosions as he looked at the
smother of spume that flew over
the channel. ."You want to go .out.
We're going out. We're going out,"
and he rang for full speed ahead.
The Danube obeyed her engines
and helm and plunged for the line
of breakers and the first surge went
clear over the craft, burying every
bit of her deck and smashing the
glass in the pilot house.
You want to go out," repeated
Captain Staples as the next wave
stove in the life boats and took, out
a section of the rail. - , .-
"You want to go out" he shouted
as the third great comber carried
away the aft cabin on the upper
deck - and washed a seaman over
board. '
'You want to go out," and a huge
sea came aboard and stripped the
upper deck, clean and showed that
about1 two more would finish the
little craft.
This was enough for the Britisher,
he capitulated. "Take her back," he
beseeched, and Captain Staples,
obeying, had to back-the Danube
into quiet water. And when the
boat came back to Astoria for re
pairs the skipper was gone, for
three days and got good and drunk,
for he had learned a lesson from
the pilots of the Columbia bar.
Of course these days are gone, for
now the mouth of the Columbia Is
as safe an entrance as there is on
the coast and has more and deeper
water than any other port.
.''
Not wishing to invade the domain
of1 the garden expert, but for the
reason that this is of ' importance,
we herewith unfold the astounding
tale of Gerald's trained duck. Ger
ald, aged 7, has infinite possibil
ities and will unquestionably make
a success of- any business he might
undertake. In any event, while he
was not the discoverer, he has man- j
aged to develop .a little industry of
his own slug slaughtering.
It all happened through obser-'.
vatlon. Gerald was given a duck
for a pet and, through intimate ob
servation, learned that Waddle, the
duck, preferred a nice, fat, juicy slug
to any other dainty tidbit. In a few
weeks all the slugs in Gerald's
garden were gone and he asked per
mission from a neighbor to- hunt
slugs in his yard. Readily granted,
Gerald and Waddle invaded the new
domain. Here the youngster awoke
to the possibilities of a properly ex
ploited duck, for the neighbor was
so pleased at the carnage in the
slug population that he donated a
quarter to the boy's funds.
When the slugs, in this garden
were getting rare Gerald went in,
search of another, but this time de
termined to drive a hargam. The
regular lease rate for Waddle is
' 5 cents a day and the duck
has been trained to accompany the
garden owner on his work, staying
right at his elbow as cultivating is
being done and pouncing on the un
wary and defenseless slugs as they
are exposed. Gerald is now- nego
tiating for1 another duck and ex
pects to have half a dozen out on
lease as soon as he can round them
up.
"The cattle raising and sheep
raising on a large scale in Mon
tana are things of the past," ac
cording to C. W. Hanson of Blaine
county, Montana. "The men who
used to. run 100,000 to 150,000
head ofsheep now have only 10,
000 or 15,000 and the bis herds of
cattle -are now about one-tenth their
former sixe. This has been brought
about by the farmers,, who have
been moving in and are cultivating
the soil, which means that the range
is being destroyed. Mr. Hanson and
his associates disposed of about
15,000 head of cattle before ths
slump came, celling off everything
but the yearlings, and later regret
ting that they did not let go of the
yearlings as well. "Anyone with an
ounce of sensa could see what was
coming and could realize that the
high prices could not hold up. The
wheat men in Oregon could have re
ceived $2.60 for their wheat, but
they wanted $3; the sheep men could
have received 60 cents for their
wool, but thep wanted more., and so
it went until the decline came and
found wheat men with a crop-on
their hands spme of them still are
holding wheat and the sheepmen
were left with wool which they
were glad to sell later for anything
they could get.
Murders in the United States are
shown by statistics to be more
numerous than those committed in
Canada to the proportion of eight
to one. Some of yiat stuff the Ca
nadians ship across the border has
about eight murders in one bottle.
Monday was a good day. for
"cradle robbing" at Vancouver,
with three youthful brides listed.
Wonder if the society reporters
in Ireland write it, "and a pleasant
fight was had by all"?
Nobody can eat too many straw
berries at this time. Prices are
right, due to weather.
The rivers and weather will keep
on "fooling" until there will be no
June rise at all.
The small town that fines a tour-
ist for slight infraction blackens
its own eyes.
thereby economizing experience, .tile by and by,
A traffic officer who does not
hold up to it rny make a good
sparrow cop.
Henry Ford as president would
be a four-cylinder man in an eight-
cylinder job. -
This is the kind of weather when
even a traffic cop is glad to be
alive.
Time to forget vocational meets
and think of the vacational ones.
Every day will be Shrine day In
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houa-stton-MUfU Co.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jam J. Montaffve
A
Voters Aroused Over Primary.
Silverton Tribune... - :
All over the west sentiment seems
to be crystallizing against the direct
primary, -the initiative and referen
dum and the recall. This sentiment
cannot be charged entirely to a fail
ure of the principle involyed in
these various measures.
It Is due to failure to administer
these measures as originally in
tended. They have become the ve
hides of self-seeking politicians and
the plaything for the theorist and
the agitator, who, under their
operation, can experiment with any
thing from single tax to state so
cialism at the expense of the voter.
Under the direct primary system,
there seems to be no way to check
the flood of measures or candidates
which the people must pass upon.
As a result the cost ef govern
ment has increased out of all pro
portion to the benefits received by
the governed and in self defense the
idea seems to be growing that the
onlv wav to correct the evil is to
amend .or do away with the vehicle
which makes possible the abuse.
On account of work being done on
the highway between Vancouver and
Kalama, Wash., C. C. Hutchins, field
secretary of the Western Washing
ton Auto club, advises-tourists to
take the Columbia river highway to
Goble, Or., . and then cross on the
ferry to Kalama. The ferry owners
are operating day and night. The
North Bank highway beyond Stev
enson and Carson, Wash., will not
be open to motor traffic east bound
until after July 1. There is pave
ment now practically all of the way
from Toledo, Wash., to the uritisn
Columbia line. Mr. Hutchins reports
that week-end parties from Port
land, in large- numbers, visit Battle
Ground lake and can be seen camp-
inst alone- the-Washougal river. Mr.
Hutchins is registered at tne jauii
nomah. ,
This will be a very busy summer
for Albert Anderson, registered at
the Perkins. Mr. Anderson has been
awarded the Deer Horn hill section
of the McKenzie highway lor im
provement and he has also been
awarded the contract for construct
ing the bridge across Elk creek In
the town of Drain, on the Pacific
highway. Both of these jobs are
to be completed 'this year. Mr. An
derson registers from .Grants Pass,
which will be the objective of Cali
fornia tourists who travel up the
California coast to Crescent City
and then cross the mountains into
Oregon.
Sam Litch. former member of the
county commission of Wallowa
county. Is in Portland. He is at
tending the . meeting of stockmen
who have been considering the
formation ' of an association for
mutual benefit. The idea, in a gen
eral way; is to prevent a bunch of
stockmen flooding the market at
one time with cattle, thus bearing
flown the price and, instead, to send
out information so that the stock
can be shipped into Portland as it
is required, thereby maintaining a
(air price.
Although the brass band of the
Irrigators of Crook county will not
toot in the Rose festival paraae,
the Irrigators will be in Portland
just the same. Alfalfa Rex of the
Irrigators has written to Portland
for hotel accommodations and says
that while the fire at Prineville de
stroyed all of the band instruments,
the Irrigators will be on hand witn
bells, and Alfalfa Rex suggests that
the Crook county contingent be
placed between two nifty bands.
Robert A. Booth, chairman of the
state highway commission, passed
through Portland yesterday on his
way to Tacoma, where he will de
liver an address today at the com
mencement exercises of Puget Sound
college. As a young man Mr. Booth
was a school teacher in southern
Oregon and at one time in a small
community where there was no
school he and another young man
busied themselves and bunt
school house.
N. ' W. Potter, one of the city
councilmen of the town of Sheridan,
is visiting in Portland. Notwith
standing the heavy loss sustained
by the town in the fire which re
stroyed a couple of business blocks
last week, the town is not depressed
but is already talking of rebuilding.
Fred Crichlow of Bonita is regis
tered at the Perkins. Bonita is a
postoffice 40 miles northwest of
Vale, in Malheur county, and about
14 miles from Brogan, which is its
shipping point. R. H. Le-ckett of
Brogan .is also in Portland, regis
tered at the Imperial.
Honeymooning by motor, Mr. and
Mrs. Mowbray Davidson of Boise,
Idaho, have arrived at the Mult
nomah. Although they found plenty
of snow "bn the mountain passes,
they were able to get through. Most
of the highways were in good con
dition. Two survivors of the Welsh
Prince, the steamer which is going
to pieces in the Columbia river off
Altoona, Wash., are H. H. Hill and
. G. -Henderson. They are regis
tered at the Imperial watting for
developments.
Can Yon Answer These Questions?
1. I want full information on
breeding bullfrogs . for market.
Kindly refer me to reading matter.
2. What is resurrection plant?
3. Are all baby rabbits born
blind and naked? -
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Why do birds eat all the time?
They have to, to keep their own
furnaces fed, so to speak, or to keep
up energy. Birds have high tem
perature, rapid circulation and
power to digest very rapidly. Hence
they must constantly find fuel to
renew what is consumed.: Unless
well fed they cannot fly vigorously,
to escape enemies, and locate new
food supply.
. . -jr
2. Is honey spoiled when It has
turned to candy?
Not necessarily. Some very pure
honey turns to granules quicker
than other kind;, depending on the
blossoms from which h was gleaned.
Alfalfa blossom is said to yield a
nectar that in honey quickly granu
lates. Stand the jar in which it is
bottled in a kettle of hot water and
it will soon melt.
3. - J. am sending a specimen
caught in a trap is it a mote or
mouse? Do these two animals cross?
The specimen was identified as a
common shrew (sorex personatus),
sometimes called long-tailed shrew.
It is neither mole nor mouse. (These
do not cross). Belongs to order in
sectivora and feeds on earthworms.
beetles, slugs, grubs, etc., also some
beechnuts and tuberous roots. These
small animals spend their time
wandering under leaves or grasses,
or piles of logs, or pushing their
way through punky wood of old
stumps, hunting for food.
FEDERAL CLERKS INEFFICIENT
Cost of Government at Washington
Could Be Cut One-Half.
SALEM, Or., June 5. (To the "Ed!
tor.) Leslie's Weekly for May 20
has an article on "Civil vs. Swivel
Service." The article goes on to
show that the present, civil service
law Is unsatisfactory: It was in
tended to establish the merit eystem
but has succeeded 4n establishing a
system whioh fastens 'upon the tax
payers' backs thousands of incom
petent employes who hold their jobs
for life and do less and less work
as time passes. What private busi
ness could run with such an over
head?
It is not a theoretical question," i
says Leslie's, "as to wttether the
average government employe gives
as satisfactory service as he would j
be forced to do in the business
world. A careful comparion by an
expert accountant demontrates that
our government employes are 40 per
cent less efficient than are the em
ployes of the United States Steel
corporation. The average federal
employe does just enough to get by."
As a result Washington is jammed
with thousands of persons drawing
the taxpayers' money and rendering
as little service as possible. It is
costing the head of the average
American family $482.90 per annum
to run the government, which. It is
claimed, would be cut in half if
government affairs were run on a
business basis.
This Is the situation which the av
erage American citizen faces. This
is his government. Is he going to
let it go from bad to worse until
the overhead cost and the grow,
ing official classes" virtually absorb
his earnings and his home to cover
their payroll?
It Is time to wake up. No man
could escape bankruptcy if his pri
vate business were run as govern
ment busines is managed.
When the people demand efft
ciency 'in government and when a
disinterested group of business men
have something to eay about the
number of people employed In .gov
ernment departments, their hours of
labor, the character of work; tney
should do and the pay they shall
hen wa shall beerin to get
efficiency in goverJfcnent. But as
long as the tax-eaters make tip tne
exoense estimates, estaDiisn tneir
own wages and working conditions
and merely allow the taxpayer to
foot the bill, we shall get no relief
from the growing tax burden.
COL. riUx1 iJK,
- TOO CtOSE TO HOME.
; (Because of the pesence of United
States marines, a revolution la Nicaragua
lasted only eight hours.)
Perhaps -we can't insure the peace
of Europe;
Perhaps we -haven't got the moral
right.
When the. nations prove unwilling;
To desist a while from killing, -
To announce' that we'll Jump in
and stop the fight.
There are many small-time war"
that need suppressing.
.But we feel that we can hardly
Interfere; '
They are all across the ocean.
So we sort of nurse the notion
That they really don't concern ua
over here.
We esteem the boishevlkl very
lightly
(Though our Mr. Borah thinks
they're rather nice).
But we hold our wrath in fetter.
Though we'd feel a little better
If the other powers licked em
once or twice.
But we are not international police
men
And we think that any trouble
over there
We must view across the water
As a neutral nation ought 'er.
For it isn't just exactly our affair.
But when trouble rears He head la
Nicaragua
We consider that It's in our own
backyard.
And we draw an automatic
With a gesture most emphatlo
As the quickest way to step upon
it hard.
We are not patrolling any heats in
Europe;
We are not the league of nation's
private cop;
But the minute that our neighbors
Get to pulling guns and sabers
We Inform them they've simply
got to stop!
.
Pre-Volstead.
The Indiana Beveridge seems to
have the same old kick.
Too Late.
No wonder few people believed
Jack Dempsey's story that he was
about to be married on short notice.
Th. p.oimtrv 1r nnt crnine- trt vnf
just now. '
.
Foolish.
Nicaragua made the mistake of
going to war without first asking
the permission of the United. States
sergeant of marines on duty there.
(Copyright by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Lives Are Only Lives.
By Grace E. Hall.
" . Business Secret Is Asked.
At southern railway stations it is
the custom of darkies to sell chick
en patties and other delicacies to
passengers. A passenger who had
enjoyed a patty and was leaning
out of the window to buy another,
asked' of the dusky salesman:
' "Where do you get your chick
en?" '
The darky rolled his eyes. "You
all Tom de no'th, ain't you, sah?" he
queried.
"Yes," was the reply, "but why do
you ask that?"
"Case, sah! No gem'Pm'n Fom de
south eber asks a. nigger whar he
gets his chicken."
Fate ef Murderer. -
PORTLAND, June 6. (To
the
Editor.) What has become of Dur
ant, who murdered Blanche LeMont
in a church in San Francisco about
25 years ago and received a term
In San Quentin? A. T. H.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Schmidt of
Astoria arrived in the city yester
day. Mr. Schmidt is a member of
the state fish commission and is
going to the Santiam today on busi
ness. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Throne, accom
panied by their son. are registered
at the Benson. Mr. Throne is a
newly nominated candidate for the
legislature from Douglas county.
A. A. Smith, attorney of Baker, is
among the Benson arrivals. Mr.
Smith formerly served his county in
.the state legislature as a member
of the house of representatives.
T. J. E. Duffey. judge of the 18th
judicial district. Is registered at the
Imperial from Bend. The judge was
renominated in the primaries last
month. ,
J. F. Burke and wife of Grants'
Pass are in the city. Mr. Burke i
in the automobile business..
His Debut Is Criticised.
- American Legion Weekly.
"Jobson created quite a sensation
when he made his first appearance
on the etage. '
"What was his part?"
"The ghost, in 'Hamlet.' He ap
peared five minutes ahead of sched
tile and the effect on Hamlet was
said to bo very fine."
Motorist Is Sternly Warned.
Life.
Constable Slackputter: Halt. Yer
under arrest.
Motorist: What for?
Constable Slackputter: Never ye
mind. I ain't goin' tuh give ye any
chance tuh think up excuses.
Remark of a Victim.
Exchange.
' Father (to Bobby, who had just
fallen downstairs) Why, BODDy,
did vou miss your step?
Bobby No, sir; I hit every one of
He was hanged January 7, lssl.i theml - ;
MOTORIST COMPtAINB OFYREKA
Town Has Trap for Innocent Driver
Declares Portland Man.
PORTLAND, June - 6. (To the
Editor.) Many Oregon tourists will
drive to California this coming
summer, and to all of them I want
to give warning against the town
of Yrelta, wnicn is tne iirsi town
vou reach . alter you cross tne
border.
You will see a speed elgn, "20
miles per hour" as you enter on
the north side. Farther down in
the town in small letters hardly
noticeable, another sign, "15 miles."
At the south end is a 20-mlle sign
but no 15-mile sign. You discover
that when coming north. Naturally
you will drift through the town
well within the 2-0-mile limit, but
at the north end of the town you
will find a young man (speed cop)
waiting. He stops you and takes
you back. Then you discover a. 15
mile sign as yeu return into the
town. -
In spite of your protest he takes
you to a justice of peace, whose
name is L. M. Fauquer, and he In
forms you that the minimum fine
is $10 and $1 for each additional
mile above the speed limit. No
matter what you say, this cop says
you are making 30 to 35 miles an
hour and the man Fauquer will
graciously, and considerately only
soak you $1-0 and advise you to
have your speedometer corrected.
If I were the only one that had
been caught by this bunch I would
not think so much about it, but
they pick up about every man
coming north who has an Oregon
license during the hours of duty
-when this cop is on.
So all autoists be on your guard
and remember the town Yreka,
Pass It up. Get your supplies at
Slssons or before you reach Yreka.
Since this town cannot get your
money tor booze they are deter
mined to get one last crack at you
and clean you before you get out
of the state. C E. BALL,
, 96 East Fourteenth street,
The little things of life are just as
great
In their full meaning as the splen
did deeds of men.
Though passed unnoticed, with their
actual weight
Ignored by those who do not
measure them.
Yet vast, far-reaching, minor acts
may be.
And vital in their power for good
or 111
A bitter word may change a destiny.
A sneer may wreck a life or break
a will.
Great deeds are only great Uvea
they touch,
And lesser deeds have sure and
lasting force
Upon the lives in which they mean
so much.
And oft they turn great actions
to their course.
A man who rules and sits upon a
throne
Must know sometimes his weak
'and lonely hour
Perhaps a prayer heard In his
youth-time home
May give him then soul-uplift
with its power.
A small unkindness you may not
confess,
And toss aside In thought at close
of day.
May generate a life-long bitterness.
In someone s heart, who paled
and turned away.
Aye, - lives- are only lives and
hearts are hearts.
Though some men have high
places, it is true;
But little deeds are llfe and play
their parts
As well as more imposing deeds
may do.
When Scientist Goes Crazy.
ST. HELENS, Or., June S. (To
the Editor.) We do not risk money,
as we do our intelligence. 1 Whe
financier goes crazy, friends apply
for a guardian. When a scientis
goes crazy, many concede his abil
ity as a leader. Truly the inane and
insensible acts of the so-called
"spirits" should disgust even the
most confiding of mortals.
The only spirits of any virtue are
suppressed by the 18th amendment
to our constitution. Lodge. Doyle
and Flammarion are not the only
oersons who have outlived the!
usefulness, and newspapers that
would apparently -concede credence
to their vagaries do an injustice to
the public. .w.a.u.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Vears Ago.
- From The Oregonian of June T. 1897.
Denver About 50 families, refu
gees from the wandering Cheyenne
Indians are still in Miles City, Mont.,
afraid to return to their homes.
The new Failing block at Fourth
and Alder streets, the Llpman A
Wolfe annex and the new building
at Fifth and Morrison streets are
all progressing rapidly.
Mayor Pennoyer's aspirations for
gubernatorial honors have raised an
uproar in the democratic camp of
Oregon.
The old frigate Constitution is to
be repaired and signing the bill was
practically the last offiical act of
President Cleveland.
Fifty Years Asa.
From The Oregonian of June T. 1872.
Philadelphia Wilson is gaining
as candidate for vice-president at
the national republican convention
now in session here.
A Marion 'county farmer has
planted 13 acres of hops this season
and expects to raise 9600 an acre
on his venture.
The grading for the new railroad
line between the car shops and East
Portland has been completed.
The courthouse is receiving a new
coat of paint, which so far as It
has proceeded, greatly improves the
external appearance of the building.
Tourist In Orient Needs Long; Purse.
PORTLAND, June 6. (To the Edi
tor.) In regard to -the statements
of A. Murai in The Oregonian Mon
day, I wish to state that Ihe social
evil is run entirely under govern
ment control in the Yoshiwara dis
trict, the Japanese government re-,-oivine-
large revenue from the
rmerations of these houses of illl
fame.
Tf no srentleman should frequent
the Yoshiwara, then why should thei
Japanese government sponsor ana
encourage the maintaining of the
Vnshiwara district? I have had the
pleasure of visiting the land of
Nippon on several occasions and
have always found the Japanese:
cunning and sly in their business
n-eallnes. always charging the
American two or three times the
nrierinal value of the article.
I am not trying to vindicate the
character of the American gentle
men who were set upon, but I am
merely explaining the attitude!
shown Americans while touring the
Orient GEORSB B.BE1TZ.