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THE MORNING OREGON IAX, TUESDAY. JUNE 13, 1922
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OREGON'S POSITION ON THE MER
GES. The value attached to the friend
ship of Oregon by the transconti
nental railroads is evidently high.
If it were not so, the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific would not be
so assiduous in pleading their rival
claims to the Central Pacific since
the supreme court has made it an
object of competition between
them. In former times there would
have been a battle to secure con
trol of the stock, but the transpor
tation act of 1920 has changed all
that. The supreme court has sim
ply defined the- legal status of the
Southern and Central In relation to
one another, pending action of the
interstate commerce commission. In
forming the railroads Into compet
ing systems, and by declaring the
merger contrary to the anti-trust
act It gave the commission greater
freedom so far as that legal status
is concerned, though It could not
alter the physical facts. The fate
of the roads is to be decided In
accordance with the public interest
by the commission after hearing all
sides not only the railroads but
the communities that they serve
and the stock market will play no
part. At this hearing Oregon will
have equal opportunity with all,
and can throw its weight which
ever way its Interests lie.
As between the two claimants to
the Central Pacific, the Southern
Pacific says that its system and the
Central have grown, up together
and have -become so entwined that
they cannot be separated without
injury to both and to the communi
ties that they serve; also that the
government by implication sanc
tioned the merger by accepting
payment of the Central's debt from
the Southern. The Union Pacific
contends that the supreme court's
decision revives the situation con
templated By congress in 1862,
when It provided that the Central
and union should compose one
through line from the Missouri
river to the Pacific coast, and that
this intent should be carried out
by restoring the independence of
the Central, failing which it Is pre
pared to buy the Central. But
many things have happened since
1862, and the commission has to
deal with and we in Oregon have
to consider the physical facts as
they exist in 1922, with full power
to adjust them to the purpose of
the transportation act. The prin
ciples by which the commission Is
to be governed, as stated in the act
of 1920, are:
Competition shall be- nregerv.ri n. full.
as possible and wherever practicable the
nxisima- routes ana cnennels of trade and
commerce shall be maintained. Sublect
to the foroKOlnE rennirements. the several
systems shall be so arranged that the
cost of transportation as between compet
itive systems and as related to the values
ni tne properties through -which the serv
ice Is rendered shall be the Ra.me. si
far as practicable, so that these systems
can employ uniform rates in the move
ment of competitive traffic and under
etucieni management earn substantially
the same rate of return upon the value of
meir respective railroad properties.
As a part of the Southern Pacific
system the Central constitutes an
alternative east-and-west route be
tween. Sacramento and Ogden,
where It affords the Union an inlet
to San Francisco and all its Cali
fornia lines. It owns a large part
of the main line used by the South
ern between San Francisco and
Portland, without which the South
ern's Oregon lines would be Com
pletely severed from Its California
lines. It owns the partially built
Natron cut-off, which would give
it an entrance to southern Oregon
and the Willamette valley for traf
fic to and from Ogden in competi
tion with the route over the South
ern to Portland and thence over the
Union. It has full use of the San
Francisco terminals and shares
with the Southern the traffic of
the latter's California branches.
Deprived of the Central, the
Southern would have to grant it
joint use of the San Francisco ter
minals, and either to arrange joint
use of each other's parts of the San
Francisco-Portland line or to sell
its Oregon lines bodily to the Union
or Northern Pacific. In the latter
event all the work that it has done
of late years for development of
Oregon by building lines to Tilla
mook and Coos bay would accrue
to the benefit of its competitors.
and probably it would cease to buy
its large requirements of lumber in
this state until driven back by ex
haustion of the southern pine for
ests. Its great resources would be
turned from this section to develop
ment or the southwest, and it
would concentrate on development
of the commerce of the California
ports. Portland, which is now its
only northern terminus, would lose
it as a competitor with the Hill
lines and the Union Pacific, when
the former lines are devoted- to the
service of the Puget sound ports
and the latter has been leaning that
way, at least until Portland began
to expand commerce without
its aid.
If the Ceutral Pacific should be
come independent and should make
trades with the Southern to con
nect up its lines in the south, it
might arrange for through traffic
to Portland over the combination
of their north-and-south line. It
might complete its Natron cut-off
aci a feeder tapping the Willamette
valley, but by comparison with the
Southern and Union it would be
financially weak, would have few-
j feeders and would, in the event of
the Southern's retaining the Ore-
gon lines, probably prefer to use
them. Its sole outlet to the east
being over the TJnion from Ogden,
j it would De overshadowed by its
' . .. , ,
(Stronger connection, which would
dictate division of rates, would di
rect -traffic over its own line , in
order to secure all or the lion's !
share of the haul, and would not i
Assist in financing the Natron line,
as that would draw o the Central
much traffic that might be di
verted to its own tracks after giv
ing the-Southern the short haul to,
Portland. : The Central has little
local traffic in the long stretch be-!
tween Ogden and the Sierras, and
would have to live on the through
traffic that it could get In compe
tition with the Southern In Oregon
and California and on the overland
traffic turned over by the Union
at- Ogden. .
Consolidation of the Central with
the Union would give the latter its
own line to San Francisco In addi
tion to those it already has to Port
land and Los "Angeles,1 all connect
ing with its splendid line from
Ogden eastward. Should the Cen
tral become) independent, the
Union's major Interest would be in
Portland, as it now is, though that
has not prevented the Union from
building docks and forming con
nections with trans-Pacific steam
ships -at Seattle. If the Union
should own the Central in addition
to its present lines to Portland and
Los Angeles and- its trackage rights
to Seattle, it would hold the strong
est position in all four principal
ports on this coast and could, by
its control of traffic, do much to
decide which should grow and
which thrive or stand still. It
might ' extend the Deschutes line
from Bend through Klamath to
connect with tihe Central at West
wood, Nev., giving central Oregon
an outlet either northward to the
Union or southward to the Central,
and it should complete the line
across the state which now ends at
Crane. - . . .
With, so many alternatives before
them, each bristling with contin
gencies and possibilities, the people
of Oregon should deliberate deeply,
.dispassionately and with a lorg
look into the future before decid,
ing to which they shall give prefer
ence. Their first consideration
should he the development of their
own state and of the commerce of
their ports, which are the gateways
from the state to the world, and
their aim should be to secure trans
portation lines which fully, recog
nize and act upon their common
interest with the state. In judging
between rival claimants for Its
backing, Oregon would do well to
look back and recall the many
years dgiring- which the greater
part of the state was a blank on
the railroad map, when railroads
merely skirted its edges and ran
only short branches into the back
country, when the commerce which
would naturally flow to Portland
was sent to rivals on the north or
south, in fact when Oregon was
the neglected stepchild of all the
railroads. Now that two great
combinations bring to mind the
words "Codlin's your friend, not
Short," Oregon should be in no
haste to give its confidence . to
either, but should first be sure
which way its own interest lies,
then should follow that way with
determination.
DIRECTOR NEWIIX. '.
Mr. Newill has been an earnest
and capable school director. His
integrity is unquestioned. He has
the advantage of experience -gained
in a term of office.
Development of school plant and
facilities has been hampered for
several years by lack of building
funds. It is now hoped that the
district will be provided with at
least .3,000,000 for carrying out
of an immediate building pro
gramme. ,
The needs and requirements of
the district are not learned in- a
moment. A new director, whatever
his other attainments, would not
be particularly valuable in deter
mining what is wisest concerning
immediate expenditures.
The Oregonian believes that the
benefit of Mr. Newill's knowledge
and experience should not be sac
rificed at this critical period. He
should be re-elected.
THE ONLY WOMAN MEMBER.
Portland will take particular
pleasure in entertaining Miss Alice
Robertson, representative in con
gress from Oklahoma, at the Hose
Festival, not alone because she is
the onljf woman member of con
gress. Her character and conduct
justify extension of the franchise
and of the right to hold office to
woman, in which Oregon was one
of the leaders. She commands at
tention and respect and her opinion
is valued in the house, not because
she is a woman but because she is
an able legislator, displaying wis
dom and high purpose in serving
the country.
When Miss Robertson went to
congress, her position was not easy.
Male members did not take kindly
to the appearance of a woman
among them, especially as the only
prior woman member had not left
a favorable impression. They
feared that she would want to pry
into other people's affairs and
would talk too much, but she
roved an agreeable surprise.
This snowy-haired woman of 68 did
not push herself forward. - She did
not like to be pointed out as the
only woman member or to attract
attention, so she took an out-of-the-way
seat, attended regularly
and listened for weeks before she
spoke. When she addressed the
house for the first time, a corre
spondent of the Boston Transcript
says, "she told the house more in
two minutes than it had heard all
the time the bill had been under
consideration." A month later an
unpopular member went on a
rampage, and other members failed
to suppress him, but "Miss Alice
took the floor and for all the world
reminded one of an old-fashioned
school marm dressing down an un
ruly pupil" and "the member was
properly squelched."
Nor is Miss Robertson provincial
or sectional in her opinions. She
takes a national view of national
problems. When the house leaders
were trying to cut down the man
power of the navy id accused ad
vocates of the treaty navy of try
ing to save the jobs of constituents
in navy yards. Miss Alice spoke -up.
She reminded the little navy men
that she came from an Inland state
and that no constituent of hers
worked in a navy yard, but she tu
going to give her country the navy
that the administration said it
needed.
When representatives of various
women's societies called upon Miss
Robertson to support fads in which
women are presumed to be particu
larly interested, they learned that
she does not consider herseir the
representative of women and their
ideas and, when they seemed- to try
dictation, "she flayed them then
and there on the floor and in pub
lic addresses." -.
By these displays of indepen
dence, sound sense and patriotism,
the member from the second Okla
homa district has Von the esteem
of her fellow-members. She speaks
for only a few minutes, but when
she speaks they listen, and they
would like to see her. re-elected.
"They admire her plain, homely,
everyday qualities," says the Tran
script; "her ability to distinguish
between right and wrong in the
twinkling of an eye; her refusal to
play politics when a fundamental
principle is at stake; in a word, her
horse sense." Those qualities will
win the admiration of the people
of Portland, and they will welcome
her as their guest.
iS THIS BOSSISM?
Political conventions are always
machine-made and boss-ruled. Any
primary standpatter will tell you
that. Moreover, every primary
standpatter can give you dates and
incidents of twenty-five or thirty
years ago to prove it.
So fixed Is the character of po
litical conventions that the polit
ical platform convention over in
Chehalis the other day must cer
tainly have been machine-made
and boss-ruled. Any. primary
standpatter who doubts it or. dares
to deny It is unworthy of the name
and is untrue to primary traditions
and primary propaganda.
Yet this convention, which your
primary worshipper Contends could
not be representative and existed
only to betray the will of the peo
ple, indorsed the direct primary. .
It is very confusing. Here Is a
system which, according to vera
cious accounts, puts an end to par
ty bosses, yet the party bosses say
they like it. Is it possible that the
people of Washington want the di
rect primary repealed, and that
because such "is the will of the
sovereign people the bosses are de
termined to thwart it? It is in
credible. " -. '
This is the second time the same
thing has been dona in Washing
ton. The convention two years ago
took similar action. Will not some
Oregon' protector of the primary,
preferably one who shuddeTS at the
very mention of Larry Sullivan, tell
us how it could possibly have hap
pened? finance and European Politics.
German reparations are brought
down, by the statement of J. P.
Morgan, to a plain question of terms
on which bankers would undertake
to sell German bonds to the invest
ing public of the world. Mr. Mor
gan brings out the close connection
between Gerfnany's payment of the
debt and the political situation in
Europe.
. Germany has accepted'the terms
named by the reparation commis
sion, that the budget be balanced,
that issue of paper money stop and
that Germany submit to control of
its finances by the commission, on
condition that a loan be sanctioned
as a necessary means of compliance
with the terms. The international
conference of bankers was called to
advise whether and on what terms
a loan could be obtained. The
bankers consider Germany's exist
ing debt and the annual obligation
to meet it in comparison with Ger
many's resources and revenue. If
Germany is to remain at peace, se
cure against diversion of revenue to
military purposes and free to re
store its industries and commerce,
it will be better able to meet its
obligations than would be the case
if It were subject to Invasion and
military occupation or were to
quarrel with its neighbors and at
tack them. A loan would be more
feasible if Germany had a reputa
tion for meeting its obligations and
showed an honest purpose to con
tinue doing so, not only because its
credit standing would be higher
but because its creditors would be
less likely to use military force for
collection.
There we find the connection be
tween finance and politics, between
the banker and the statesman. The
part of statesmen is to produce the
conditions under which German
bredit will be good for the amount
of the proposed loan. There must
be agreement among the allies as
to What annual reparation pay
ments Germany shall make, those
payments must be within Ger
many's capacity to pay, and the
creditdfxnations should agree not to
impair Germany's capacity to pay
by resort to military coercion.
either together or singly,- in case
payments should fall short, so long
as an honest effort is made to pay
installments in full.
" France, by voting against consid
eration by the bankers of the an
nual payments, has prevented that
unanimity among the leaders'
which Mr. Morgan pronounces one
of the fundamental conditions. By
asserting its right Under the Ver
sailles treaty to use military force
in exacting payment independent of
its allies, France hinders "estab
lishment of the credit of the bor
rower," which is Mr. Morgan's
other fundamental condition,
French policy stands in the way of
economic reconstruction, of which
adjustment oi reparation and resto
ration of German credit is the key.
Not alone France is responsible.
That republic has been inspired
wth deep distrust by Germany's
reckless financing and attejnpts to
escape payment and by Great Brit
ain's disposition to be lenient when
Germany was delinquent- The Brit
ish government has lately opposed
every positive move to hold Ger
many strictly to. performance of its
obligations, and has shown more
anxiety to revive commerce with
Germany than to force that country
to compensate France for the enor
mous destruction that it did. In
order to repair that destruction
France has added billions of dol
lars to its crushing war debt. In
all justice Germany should have
provided that money and should
pay the Interest that France is pay
ing. A large and powerful element
In Great Britain also agitates for a
large reduction of the total German
indemnity on which France has
calculated, t France is therefore
suspicious of any step to reopen
discussion of annual reparation
f ;
payments' as possibly leading to
scaling down of the total. '
The very fact that Mr. Morgan
discusses the subject solely from
the standpoint of a banker makes
plainer the close relation between
world finance and European poli
tics, for his discussion of finance
leads straight to politics. Germany
wants a loan to pay the allies, and
the United States wants to collect
what the allies owe this republic.
If Germany paid the allies, they
would pay us, and pur national debt
could be reduced." Germany can
not get the loan unless peace is
assured, and unanimity among the
allies is essential to peace. It fol
lows that the United States has a
direct interest in preserving the
peace of Europe, therefore in
bringing the allies into agreement.
It can best serve that interest by
active membership in the repara
tion commission, where it should
be able to bring France and. Great
Britain into agreement on both po
litical and financial questions. An
alternative is to force France to
yield by putting on the screws to
collect the French debt to us, but to
play Shylock with the nation which
has suffered most by the war would
be most repugnant to the American
people. That course would align
us with Great Britain against
France when tli former is by no
means wnony right nor the latter
wholly wrong, also when the inter
est of peace demands that our In-
fluence be used to draw those twof1016 than to nod: 80 away they B
nations into close harmony, not to
widen the present deplorable
breach. -
COLLEGE TOWN ATMOSPHERE.
Christian College, as It now sur
vives in the Monmouth state nor
mal school, does not stand alone
as an example of the. inspiration
of an academic institution upon
the neighborhood which gave it
birth. Its history is repeated In
those other communities 'which in
the pioneer days of the west took a
stand for education, particularly
the sound, moral and Christian,
education of which their schools
were not only the visible symbol
hut the actual realization. Tears
have passed, formal organizations
have changed as at Monmouth, but
the actuating spirit has remained
the same. It would be difficult to
overestimate the effect which such
schools have had, first upon the
people of the closely tributary ter
ritory, and second upon the entire
state.
. The reunion of alumni which It
Is proposed to hold at Monmouth
this week derives a Certain im
portance, but not all the signifi
cance Capable of being read 'into
the event, from the fact that it is
a semi-centennial anniversary of
the first granting of the higher
scholastic degrees. But every col
lege reunion is extremely worth
while, particularly when it is a re
minder of early faith in right
thinking as to fundamentals as a
sovereign safeguard for the people.
The first prospectuses of Christian
College, as did- those of other col
leges In pioneer times, heavily un
derscored the promise that morals
and ethics) would not be neglected
in the curriculum. There was less
variety, perhaps, in the course of
study than there is in colleges now
adays, but in the elements of thor
oughness and insistence on a right
beginning they set an example
which ought never to be ignored.
If every small eollege were to be
suaaeniy swept away by some
unimaginable cataclysm, it would
be possible for years to come to
identify the communities In which
they -formerly existed. The signs
would be unmistakable. They"
would consist of cultured homes,
happy and mostly prosperous peo
ple and insistence that the intent
of .education is to teach us how to
live as well as how to make a
living. This is a heritage of which
no event can deprive the commu
nity which ever has enjoyed such
blessing.
Women apparently normal mind
ed commit suicide whose education
and training naturally would lead
them to abhor such end. Who
knows and who. shall question?
They may be more gifted and see
a future far different from that
depicted by. the theologian. The
mere fact that nobody; knows' does
not offset the mind that thinks it
knows and journeys to the dis
covery. Statistics show more poets In
proportion in the west than in the
east. This does not include those
who think they can write poetry
by making "worse" rhyme with
horse," and the like.
The champion orator at Pacific
university talked a judge out of
fining him $5 for speeding. The
judge probably got, the $5 worth
in entertainment from the perform
ance.
. It doesn't surprise us a bit that
some of these futurist artists are
now trying to blame their work to
ghosts why don't they say "spir
its," and be frank about it?
In short, the American bankers
can't see any advantage in making
a loan to Germany until they have
some assurance that the loan wilL
be paid back.
It will be noted that none of the
tops of the forty-story buildings In
New York blew off in the storm
Sunday. All the danger was on
the surface.
Making a cheap motor fuel of
corncobs will not affect the pipe
industry. One can save enough on
gas to buy a good pipe.
Presume it w-ill just be Eddie
Rickenbacker's luck when he does
get killed to be run over by some
body s Ford.
The man whose Income tax
statement showed "Amount due.
OOOOQ," is not worrying about quar
terly day.
With third in rivalry with Sixth
street in floral decoration, the fes
tival visitor should see something
florid.
A Texas off man is suing' his
fiancee for $50,000 for breach of
promise. He's evidently a crude oil
man. ' -
When the weather gets the hot
test, that's the time to lay in fuel.
If you are too warm, the snow
balling is good on Mount Hood,
The Listening Post.
By DeWItt Harry.
APARTMENT, HOUSE comedies
are amusing. .Take the case
of the woman, new to the life,
trapped in the automatic elevator.
It was her second day in the build
ing. On the first day she had rid
denthe elevator under the expert
guidance of the manager.
She enters the building with her
latch-key and approaches the lift
in fear and trembling. Lfttle does
she know that the worst is about
to happen. She is just a little
shaky as she lifts the catch and
swings back the door, stiff with
heavy springs. She enters and
studies the array of buttons and
just as Bhe decides number three Is
the one and reaches out, the ma
chine, with a crash and a lurch,
begins to rise rapidly. She grasps
the side of the car and it rises to
six, where a burly man slams the
-door, nods eoolly, find startB for
the bottom. - There he gets out
without further notice end, as the
door slams, a Subdued little click is
heard and away the car goes orlce
more, this time to five.
Here two women get in, smile and
hod. "You going dowfl?" they ask
and the novitiate" is too frightened
again for another tround trip.
Again she fails to make her escape
and is trapped inside, for before she
can collect her senses and press
the button the car goes up and
brings down a couple of newly
weds, who do not seem even to
know that she is in the car.
Finally she decides to risk all
and try to get out of the cage, but
again she Is stopped, this time by a
woman who gets in and asks,
"Going up?" Again the nod and
away the car goes, one story, and
as the door slams she throws her
self against it only to find that It
is stuck and .she cannot open it.
By: this time she forgets what the
buttons are for and cowers . back
in terror until the cage again gets!
under way for the top of the build
ing arid then when it reaches the
ground floor she bolts at the heels
of her companions and walks up
stairs. Two hours even riding in
her prison cage. Scoffers, this is
not an Invention. The story Is cor
rect; it actually happened.
'.'-''
Try These Some Wash Day.
(With humble apologies to Miss ,
Tingle.)
STUMMT CAKES.
Take TA pounds superfine fourth
grade Minnesota flour lt should be
taken when no one is in the store
or it will be difficult to keep. Cut
the flour In small slices according
to size and spread It on a board,
which should set perfectly level on
one corner. Having filled a large
tub with equal parts of saltpeter
and oniori peelings, drain off the
extra shortening that will form in
a crust; and, having simmered the
remaining ingredients in a close
vessel a colander will do, if It does
not leak mix up the whole beat it
for two or three days; then bake
immediately in a lead stew-pan.
Some cooks use a canvas bag,
preferably green-trimmed with yel
low chiffon, but we eaution our
readers against deleterious effects
produced by the vermifuge which
forms, the concrete o this article.
Serve hot with petroleum sauce,
daintily scented with swede essence
of epicae. DE-LI6H-US! . .
B1LBATES.
-"
A customer from California was
in the city. The salesman assigned
as entertainer discovered that his
charge possessed an all-absorbing
thirst. The salesman sought to
gratify it. by finding a "tiger" and
approached a house he suspected of
being a "blind." As they did. not
have the "work"' and didn't know
the signs they decided to park on
the curb and wait for some steady
customer. Six men came down the
street and walked up on the porch.
One rang the bell; a woman an
swered; he grabed her wrist and
they all went in. The eouple at the
curb bravely tried the same stunt.
What do you want?" The woman
was excited. "Are you, too, on the
moral squad?" A raid was om; the
thirsty ones did a fadeout
:
This is surely the day of women's
rights. And it - looks as though
they're going to take over the whole
works, relegating the mere male to
the bleachers. A family inx the
Peninsula district has a hen. She'
a good layer. And she celebrates
each of her eggs; no sir; not by
cackling; she crows.
It may sound like a cross between
the emergence of a reluctant cork
and a rusty filei but it's an. honest
to-goodness crow. ' The . resident
rooster is dumb and distrait, evi
dently sensing the inevitableness of
the new order of things. Ye L. P.
editor is hereby authorized to fur
nish skeptics with the address.
Here's a couple of good ones from
last- week's " Emmett, Idaho, Index
A sure remedy for Indigestion is to
work your stomach less than your lawn
mower.
VJo down the street carrying a fishing
polo- at this time of year and everybody
you meet will asK you if you are going
llsninsT.
.We wish that it were possible to
get the original of this excuse
handed in this week by a small
Albina youngster to her teacher,
for it would make a notable addi
tion to Miss Mille Schloth's collec
tion. The father evidently the
author fo the note, not too gener
ously endowed with education, had
a habit of running his words to
gether with no punctuation dr
capital letters. The result, was as
follows:
"Dear Teacher: Please excuse
Mary's absence she had to stay
home to help her ma wash her Pa.
The weaker sex! Last week the
Multnomah club held a picnic and
here was the programme for one"
young woman member.
Rose early in the morning and
did a big washing. Ironed until
noon and then cleaned part of her
house. At the picnic in the after
noon took part In three volleyball
games and one game of baseball.
Later entered in the swimming
races. After lunch under the trees
danced until after 11 P. M. Then
home with a party and danced until
8 A. M. This was on Saturday. On
Sunday she complained of feeling
a little bit tired.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tain of Folk at the? Hotels.
Figuring that there was money
in the fish business and that the
industry is not being overdone, A. J.
Wiggins went into it and he now
has the baby plant on the Columbia.
Mr. Wiggins was in town yesterday
from Astoria. Formerly he was witn
Ladd & Tilton and later managed
the Grant-Tallant plant for a time
and finally went into the game him
self. Fishing is pretty good on the
lower Columbia, reports to the con
trary notwithstanding. The master
fish warden of the state declares
that in May the boats averaged
four tons, which at the price fixed
would mean J 800 for a boat. There
Is not, however, the great, big catch
that the packers have been hoping
for and which the fishermen want.
"Chio has a promise of good crops
and good prices; the people are opti
mistic and business in general in
that state is on the upward trend,"
reports M. J. Shoemaker of Rose
burg, Or., who passed through Port-
land vaefprilfl nn hin wnv hnmf
after spending three months in the
east, The depression of which Mr.
Shoemaker heard before going east
failed to come under his observation
in the 90 days that he was looking !
around Ohio and many ot'ier states
and he is convinced' that the slump
has passed and prosperity is now
returning in a substantial manner.
George Melvin Millef of Eugene,
brother of the late C. H. Miller,
otherwise Joaquin, is registered at
the Imperial. He is here to meet
his niece, Juanita, when she -returns
from Canyon City, Or., on her way
to Oakland, Cat George M. Miller
says that there still stands in Eu
gene the cottage wherein his poetic
brother lived before Joaquin and
his wife started on horseback over
the mountains to Canyon City. The
Eugene dwelling is located next to
the Griggs hotel at Fifth and Wil
lamette streets.
Josephine M. Dixon of Cherryville,
Or., is at the Perkins. Cherryville
is located on the Mount Hood loop,
but recently the road has been bo
bad that It has been difficult to
reach Cherryville from Sandy. How
ever, the latter part of the month
the highway commissioners intend
letting a contract fbr rocking the
surface of the loop and the job will
probably be completed before the
autumnal rains set in.
The officers of the Loggers' In
formation Service are at the Benson
holding a special meeting. Those in
attendance are E. B. Chlnn, presi
dent and manager of the Chlnn
Lumber company of Vancouver, B
C; L. G. Horton of the Northwest
Lumber company of Seattle, I T.
Murray of the West Fork Logging
company of Tacotna; E. G. English
of the English Tlmher company and
tne L,ynn rimoer company or oeatue
and P, A Wilson of Vancouver, B, C.
William H. Schroeder and family
of Canyon City, Or., are among the
Imperial arrivals. Mr. Schroeder is
the president of the First National
bank in his town. "-The Schroeder
family came to Portland as soon as
the celebration of the anniversary
of the discovery of gold in the can
yon was terminated. While it lasted
the celebration was a hum-dinger,
even though the skies opened and
rain poured night and day until
Main street was oozy mud. -
About every citizen who comes to
Portland these days uses an extra
line on the hotel registers to do a
little advertising for the eM Oregon
trail. Charles F. Hyde and P. L.
Ba'er are availing themselves of this
opportunity on the Hotel Portland
book. Mr. Hyde is an attorney and
announces that Baker will have one
grand and glorious celebration on
July Fourth, with the citizens and
citizeneBses garbed in pioneer cos
tumes. -
Salem is planning an elaborate
float in the annual Rose Festival
parade of Portland. C. B. Clancy, a
Salem florist who has decorated the
Salem entry In the past to puch good
purpose that tne aaiem iioat cap
tured prizes, is registered at the
Hotel Oregon. The Cherrlans are
back of the Salem float and they are
looking forward to walking off with
a prize this year.
"We had a $1,000,000 rain,'' an
nounces William M. Peare of La
Grande, registered at the Hotel Port
land. "The ground was in need of
moisture and it rained, a regular
soaker, for three days, and now the
farmers are happy, for the ram in
sures a good crop." Ml. Peare, who
is secretary of the state board of
optometry, is here on official busi
ness.
W. T. Lee. assessor of Klamath
county, having succeeded his father
to that position, is at the Multno
mah. Last season he had charge
of transportation to Crater lake
from Klamath Falls. Tourists, who
have time, like to enter Crater lake
by Klamath Falls and go out by
way of Medford, or vice versa.
Percy R. Kelly and wife are
among the Hotel Oregon arrivals
from Albany. Judge Kelly is In the
third judicial district and recently
decided that a county cannot apply
market road money on State high
ways, a decision which is affecting
the road programme in a number
of counties.
Dr. C. A. Miller of Fort Warden,
Wash., is at the Imperial. Fort
Warden Is where several hundred
members of the national guard of
Oregon will camp In the near fu
ture. The majority of the guards
men, however, will be at Camp
Lewis.
Skamokawa's motion nicture mag
hate, L A. Silverman, is at the Hotel
Oregon. Skamokawa; in Wahkiakum
county, is on the Washington shore
of the Columbia river, about six
miles northwest of Cathlamet, the
county seat. '
John Porter of Range, Or., is at
the Imperial. This is a postoffice
63 miles south of Pendleton, which
is the shipping point for the Set
tiers around Range. The postoffice
is on the edge of the Whitman na
tional forest.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira High of Boise,
Idaho, were registered at the Multr
nomah yesterday. They have been
attending the convention of realtors
in (California and expressed them
selves as well pleased with the
meeting and the trip. .
C A. Howard, secretary 6f the
Rotary club at Coos Bay. is among
the arrivals at the Hotel Portland.
A. W. Gowan, an attorney
Burns, Harney county, is at the
Hotel Oregon.
F. E. Veness, a lumberman Of
Winlock- Wash., is at the Hotel
Oregon. -
Sothing Secret From Her Chum.
Judge.
The Dentist There, now! No one
on earth can tell that those are
artificial 1 teeth.
The Patient My dearest chum
can telL And she will.
Frenzied Honor Is Defied.
- Judge.
"If you don't marry me. I'll drink
myself to death."
"Don't be silly. T6u know yon
can't afford it."
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can Yon awr These Questions!
1. Is it true that cockroaches will
hunt bedbugs? .
Please tell me if a snake as
legs, also how to find them.
3. What is our rarest hird?
Answers -in tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
Auircn to Previous Question.
1. How long does it take a pea
fowl's eggs to hatch?
About 1 three, weeks similar to
those of the domestic hen.
2. How is it possible for a plant
to "eat" insects?
"- The Sundew family ha -vie glands in
which is formed an acid secretion
which has power to dissolve insects
caught in the leaves. This secretion
works out at the tips of hairs on the
leaves, making them look as though
damp wjth dew.
-.,
3. I should like to know what anl
mal, if there is one, can live and
breathe comfortably both in and out
of water.
There are a number of mammals.
like seals, whales, walruses, por
poises, etc., that live both in water
and on land, but Whey must get their
oxygen from the air, not from water.
Through various adaptations of their
organs they are able to go under
water and stay there some moments.
but have to come up to exhale and
inhale. Alligators and turtles are
examples of cold-blooded creatures
that also can go under for some
time, but they breathe air. Frogs
in the course of their career do
breathe both air and water, but not
in the eame stage of development
Gold fishes in insufficiently aerated
water will come to the top and gas-p
for Oxygen, and can even live some
times for as much as an hour out of
water, but not "comfortably," thai
is, normally. ,
POOlt MAN HAS NO CHANCE
HoW Can He Get Important Office
t Under Present System f
- Cottage Grove Sentinel.
Marion and Lane county re
publican county central committees,
in suggesting a modification of the
primary law. or the complete .elimi
nation of the primaries, and i
partial or complete return to the
convention system, are simply giv
ing voice to a sentiment that is
gaining headway over the entire
country.
The cry for a reduction in the tax
rate gives impetus to the movement
to do away with the primary. Ther
are a great many who dislik
tampering with the primary who
are willing to take a chance on do
ing without it in order to elimi
nate the added biennial expense.
Frequently the expense runs as
High as a dollar for every vote cast.
A lot of the votes cast are not worth
that much. . ,
The poor man had some chance to
satisfy political ambitions under the
old oonventlon system. Under the
primary system he has none. Iso
lated sections of the GOUnty, sec
tions with a small part of the
population, were cared for under
the old convention system. Under
the primary system the offices go
usually to the centers of the voting
population. It can not be other
wise. The newspapers may be reasonably
expected to oppose a return to the
convention system, for the primary
system is a source Of considerable
piofit to them and gives them power
they can not hold under the conven
tion system. Under the primaries
candidates are absolutely depend
ent upon the advertising columns
and news columns of the papers. A
candidate who can not get into the
news columns of the state free of
charge has little chance of winning
high office.
The man who has been able for
years to get into the news columns
and who is able to do the same
thing during a campaign has, under
the primary system, what is better
than a huge campaign fund. This
was demonstrated in the recent
gubernatorial race.
To adopt any method of reaching
the voters that eliminates the news
papers is too expensive for con
sideration by any except the wealthy
when any great number of voters
must be reached. ;
While it is reasonably certain
that something is going to be done
to the primary system, no loader
held sacred, it is not at all certain
that there is to be a return to the
old convention system.
The Sentinel does not view with
alarm the return to something simi
lar to the system that existed years
6T
ferent and the contention system
could not exist with its did faults
a portion of the time that the pri
mary system has withstood the as
saults of its eriticisers.
QUESTION MUST BE ANSWERED
People Want to Knew Why Primary
Has Failed.
Priheville East Oregonlan.
Many and various are the Indict
ments which have been hurled at
the direct primary by its foes. It
has been declared responsible for In
efflcent officals. for dishonest polit
ical practices, for high taxes, for
extravagance in office, for hundreds
of lesser shortcomings of the men
whose place it created for them.
But the most serious indictment it
has yet received came from the peo
ple themselves in last Friday s elec
tion.
Throughout the state men and
women of both parties are asking
the question, "Has' the direct pn
mary failed?" The question must
be answered soon. Possibly this
fall we will see a measure on the
ballot to abolish or to modify the
provisions of this law. If -not this
year. It is coming soon. If it is not
to be made worse, the substantial
thinking people of the state must
give their earnest attention to the
remedy. .
With a total registration of 1590,
of whom 1535 declare -themselves
members of the two leading par
ties, 915 republicans and 630 demo
crats, the results of the reeent elec
tion show that only 318 republicans
and 168 democrats went to the polls
in Crook county. Of this number 36
republicans and 20 democrats were
sworn in at the polls, showine that
only a little over 30 per cent of the
voters of the country expressed
their desires regarding the candi
dates. We have nominated a governor
with less than ten per cent of the
people of the county favoring him.
We have expressed with that small
percentage of our people interest
loff themselves in the most import
ant office in the state, a verdict
similar to that which the voters of
the state expressed in the same
manner.
Is it any wonder that staunch
supporters of the old system of
politics Insist that the direct pri
mary has failed?
Protection Is In Slajht.
Exchange. "
"You don't approve of cheek
dancing, do your' '
"No. Just think of all the stuff
the girls use on their faces."
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jnnies J. Montague.
TOUGH LUCK.
The frogs are piping in the pond ,
Just right, they are for bait
And in the river on beyond
The hungry pickerel wait
The brook below the garden patch
Is brimming full of trout
That little boys might go and
catch - '
If only school was out!
The water In the swimming hole
Is great the fellows say.
And one needs lots of self-control
To stick in school all day.
It's tough to listen to the gong
That bangs till half-past three
When you'd be swimming all day
long
If only you were free!
Strange birds a new and funny
kind
Are in the old back lot.
And it would be great fun to find
What sort of eggs they've cot.
But you must watch 'em like a cat
And see just what they do, -
And there is never time for that
With school and home-work too.
The fishing and the nesting time
'Will both be ower soon!
To little boys It seems a crime
TO be locked up in June,
When all the air is full of spring,
And past the schoolhouse gate.
There's life and fun In everything, ,
But such, alas! is fate.
Grave Error.
Sbme of these movie actors seem
to think they can marry as often in
private life as ' they can on the
screen. . .
Naturally.
The bolshevikl are said to be jeal
ous of all other European nations,
but the report may have started be--cause
red and yellow make green.
Blue Outlook.
Somehow or other, since the big
War started, we never pinned much
fatth to peace conferences held at
The Hague.
(Copyright. 1922, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oresonian of June -13. 1S9T.
. A pair of large gray eagles caused
considerable excitement on Front
street yesterday, flying around close
to the ground and seeming very
tame.
A meeting was held last evening
in the Worcester building of the
Queen Victoria diamond jubilee
committee. ,
The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance of Anton Pfanner, For
est Grove banker, has hot yet been
solved.
Berlin. With the arrival of Ad
miral Tirpitz, chief of the navy de
partment, Emperor William's plans
to increase the naval stake have
been taken up in earnest.
Wfry Years Ago.
From he Oregohian of June 13, 1872.
London. Gladstone today stated
that the present condition of the
Alabama negotiations made advis
able postponement of the Geneva
conference for eight months.
Washington. President Grant
wrote his acceptance of the Phila
delphia nomination today.
Salem has raised $1300 toward a
new town clock and needs only $200
more. The Portland town , clock
might be given away" unless they
decide to light It at night
The Oregon and California rail
road track will reach Oakland by
the end of this week and regular
trains will soon run between there
and Portland. '
STRIKERS HELD CONSERVATIVE
Right of Both to Organise Ought to
Be Conceded, Says Writer.
PORTLAND, June 12. (To the
Editor.) "Man's inhumanity to man
hath made countless thousands
mourn." Rather .old, but still ap
propriate. A great deal might be said re
garding the strike of the longshore
men's union. However, I will try
to Cut it down to save time and
space.
I think the longshoremen may
be considered conservative, inas
much as they willingly agreed to"
the demands of the board which
was appointed to settle the differ
ences between theih and the em
ployers.
The radical element of the em
ployers is using the radical element -of
labor to destroy the conservative
element of labor, and the city is
helping to the extent of $1000 per
day of the taxpayers' money.
There is no doubt that organized
labor has, at times, abused its
power, and that organized capital
the radical element does so very
often. Labor must protect itself or
this class of employer would re
duce it to slavery. Organization
being its one great means of pro
tection, it should be conceded as Its
right, as well as that of capital
and employers, to organize.
It is being proved by men of con
siderable wealth who hire a very
large number of workers that the
workingman can be treated like a
real human and they continue to
amass wealth.
We are cutting taxes by curtail
ing the schdoling facilities for our
children, fewer teachers and less
improvements in school buildings.
We may be on our Way, but where?
L M.
DEFECTS IN OFFENSIVE FORM
What the Reeent Orrcon Election
Brought Forth.
Springfield News.
It would seem that the recent
primary election brought out in
their most offensive form all the
defects that have been held to be
chargeable to the present Oregon
primary law. Great dissatisfaction
with the workings of the law as it
now stands has been expressed by
and through the press of the state. -The
dissatisfaction seems to be
greatest in the republican ranks.
Because a direct primary law has
been looked upon as an advanced
expression of the democratic spirit,
hardly anybody is yet bold enough
to talk out loud about repealing
our law outright; but demands for
Its radical modification are loud and
frequent and apparently stronger.
One model for a revised law, fre
quently cited. Is the present pri
mary law of Iowa. Under that law,
a candidate must receive 35 per
cent of the vote cast by his party ,
to make his nomination binding.
Otherwise a convention must be
called.
Such a provision would have made
a convention necessary to decide the
republican gubernatorial nomina
tion this year. .
In answer to an editorial in the
Portland Journal ih praise of the
present law. The Oregonian. several
days ago, had a slashing editorial
in which a number of specific in
stances of abuses fostered by the
law wers pointed out