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TUB MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY JUNE 17, 1923
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STABUSJI0 BY HENRY I PITTOCK
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WE WANT TO BE SHOWN.
It may be said, not In a deroga
tory sense, however, that the South
ern Pacific and the Union Pacific
are actuated each by selfish mo
tives, in their competition for con
trol of the Central Pacific railroad.
Each ds interested most in its own
welfare. The decision, of Oregon as
to which side it shall give Its moral
support, may also be said to be
governed by what is best for Ore
gon. At the time E. H. Harriiman con
trolled both Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific, together with the
Central Pacific, he had under
project extensive railroad develop
ment iru Oregon.
A line was begun, which was to
run from Eugene through Natron,
across the Cascades, down the
shores of Klamath lake, through
Klamath Falls and on. to a point in
Nevada where It connected with
the Central Pacific. The distance
from Eugene to Ogden by that
route Is about the same as the dis
tance from Portland, to Ogden. The
southern! route has better grades
and curves. This railroad, if com
pleted, would add to Oregon com.
mertjially, a great and prosperous
district which is now a part of
Oregon politically only. It wrfuld
also give a direct and shorter route
east to Willamette valley products.
The extension system also called
for an east and west line across
Oregon, from a connecting point
with the Natron line at Crescent, in
eastern Oregon, to Vale and On
tario on the eastern border. This
line would have served the purpose
of a double track of the present
O.-W. R. & N. and given railroad
connections east and west to the
central Oregon empire, now pene
trated only to its edges by rail
roads. The development also called for
continuance of the Deschutes line
from Bendi to Crescent, where It
would join the Natron cut-off and
meet at Klamiath Falls the Weed
branch, thus in effect double track
ing the Southern Pacific line
through Oregon,
Still another rood was projected
from Bend to a connection with the
east and west cross-state line near
Harney lake providing a more di
rect route for traffic destined to or
from Portland via Vale, than the
route through Crescent and Eu
gene, and developing still further
the central Oregon country.
Portions of some of these roads
were built. The Central Pacific
was extended from Klamath Falls
northward to Kirk, along the route
of the Natron cut-off. On the
western end the same road was built
from Eugene to Oakridge. Several
million dollars have gone into this
projected road.
The Untion Pacific, under the
name of the Oregon Short Line, has
been built westward from Vale to
Crane, a point in Harney county.
The Deschutes line ihas been built
to Bend. ' . .
If there is any disposition of the
Central Pacific that will insure the
completion of these lines or the
major part of them, that is the
disposition of the Central Pacific
that Oregon should strive for. The
other main element to be consid
ered Is a disposition, that will not
result in, withdrawal from Oregon
ports of the commerce that is right
fully theirs.
A readjustment of railroad aligns
ments or ownership which will re
sult in central Oregon remaining In
a detached and isolated state--a
readjustment which, if you please,
will make existing traffic so exclu
sive that there will be no induce
ment for the railroads to develop
latent territory that is a readjust
ment not to Oregon's interests. The'
state has waited long and wearily
for Its proper destiny. . Develop
ment is ours as a matter of right,
not sentiment. Before we take a
stand, we ought to be shown.
PCBLICITY FOR MARRIAGES.
The lower house of the Michigan
legislature is considering, with
more heat than the issue seems to
demand, a bill which would re
quire the publication of all mar
riage licenses and an intervening
period of five days between their
issuance in each instance and the
performance of the nuptial cere
mony. The measure, which is based
on some of the sound principles
which in other countries require
. previous publication of banns,
would seem sto be worth giving a
trial. It would prevent most run
away marriages and a good many
other hasty ones, and its advocates
believe that it would operate as a
check on divorce.
Not long ago in. a city in Wash
ington which has achieved some
thing of a reputation as a Gretna
Green an official empowered to
solemnize ma nriages was discov
ered to have withheld publication
of a number, at the request, no
doubt, of the high contracting In
dividuals. We shall not presump
tuously assume that all of these
persons were ashameid of the step
they were taking. Doubtless some
were actuated only by a kind of
bashfulhess that passes for modesty
on occasions like these and by de
sire to evade the boisterous felici
tations of well-meaning friends.
Still, since the news was sooner or
later bound to become known, not
much was gained by Its temporary
suppression not as much, prob
ably, as society would gala by In
sisting that all who marry '. shall
have seriously considered what they
were about.
Not all the- old-fashlonedt ways
were perfect ones, but there Is
something to be said of the old
time spiflt in which betrothals were
announced a good while in advance
and weddings were solemnized In
the full view and with the assist
ance of the whole- countryside.
Perhaps It is not a mere coinci
dence that tne divorce rate was low
in that day, that husbands and
wives cherished their partners and
that eternal triangles and sex
neuroses ant pornographic litera
ture passing for realism were unknown.
TRIUMPH FOR WASHINGTON
TREATIES.
Appointment of Admiral Baron
Kato as premier of Japan has pecu
liar significance to Americans, for
he takes office with the avowed
intention to carry out the Wash
ington treaties in letter and spirit
This is a triumph over the militar
ist leaders, to whom the treaties
are repugnant, and isi a step in
advance toward' , making Japan a
genuine constitutional monarchy.
Under the peculiar system of
Japan the general staff of the army
and navy has the right to recom
mend measures to the emperor in
dependent of the civil government.
The staff proposed measures to se
cure sources of supply on the main
land, to order to strengthen the
country's defenses, which were held
to point to aggressive purposes
against Japan's neighbors and to
defeat the purpose of the .Wash
ington treaties. The., pledge under
which Baron. Kato takes charge of
the government indicates that the
militarists have been led to aban
don these plane. Hence his ap
pointment is a triumph for the
treaties over those who Aimed to
nullify them.
The United- States. Is the only
power which, has ratified the trea
ties. Possibly the three European
signatory powers delayed awaiting
the course of political events in
Japan. As .ratification by Japan
now seems assured, the European'
powers should soon ratify. If they
have deferred action In order to
influence American policy In other
matters, they may discover that
delay has worked against them.
The United States will more readily
aid them in adjusting the economic
affairs of Europe if they give final
proof of co-operation in preserving
the peace of the orient.
THE LTJSITANIA,
Who shall salvage the Luaitania,
that symbol which rests on the
ocean floor off the coast of Ire
land? An American inventor pro
poses to attempt the recovery of
the liner's treasure. He is 'confi
dent that millions In gold and
jewels await the effort. An Eng'
lish company, representing the lm
perial insurance corporation which
assumed the war risks, answers
that a cruiser will await any such
presumptuous attempt, and that in
its own good time it will raise the
ship and bring her broken hulk
Into port. The seeds of an incipient
controversy are here. Bystanders
cannot but lament, or smile wryly,
that so far the talk has been of
gain alone. The Luaitamia is writ
ten and spoken of as though she
were a mere treasure ship, a lost
argosy, .whose recovery would self.
ishly enrich those who broke her
slumber. But she Is more than
that. The Lusitania is a memory
ship, a symbol sacred to two na.
Hons and fraught with monstrous
regret for a third.
To America the memory of the
liner is a sacred thought. When
the torpedo smashed into her hull
and1 the waves lipped - over her
decks was the moment we should
have cast the die of war. Six-score
of our people perished in that bit
ter sea. Indeed, we may, dfespite
our lingering, trace back to that
moment the birth of our mood for
war. Thereafter we were not neu
trals but partisans, whatever the
attitude of the administration.
partisans straining at the leash.
The foulness of that multiple mar'
der, the brute rapacity of such a
crime, had irrevocably alienated
tjhe last vestige of sympathy for
uermany. The bandage was
snatched from, our eyes. And so
it is that the Luslfcania, as a symbol,
Is ours to have and to hold. We
paid' the price to honor it.
To Great Britain though, the
forged chain of sentiment is even
stouter. The Lusitaaia ' was her
ship its crew and most of the
passengers were her people. And
well she knew, when word came
of the super-tragedy, that she was
at grips with the most remorseless
and conscienceless beast of all time
that quarter there was none, nor
reprieve, nor respite, until the beast
grovelled for an armistice. The
English cling to their traditions
after the manner of those who have
learned that traditions are strong
as armor in a crisis, and it may
well be that, should they salvage
the liner, they would think first of
the symbol and last of the treasure.
Such a course would but be in
conformance with their traditions.
Theirs is the better rigtht. No
wrangling of jackals should mar
the attempt.
In this spirit, and in nio other,
should the.Lusitan.ia be raised. Do
we desecrate the graves of our dead
to search for gold? Is our most
tragic relic of the world war no
more than a strong-box waiting the
explosive? Turn back to the time
of her sinking to remember, if w
have forgotten, what men said and
thought and shouted then, when
white anger and a mighty sorrow
swept them. The Lusitania is a
symbol, whether under fathoms of
brine or again buoyant upon the
pblue surface
Afloat once more she
would serve for generations to re
mind the world that might Is never
right, and that a clean sword is the
keener. She is ours, and England's
but to England . should ' be the
honor of breaking her sleep.
An eminent Egyptologist they're
always eminent, aren't they? pro
fesses to have discovered that the
Nile dwellers, before the flood, so
far surpassed us spiritually that
they required no spoken language.
Telepathy, he says, was their long
suite, and by transference of
thought they talked at will over
great distances. If an ' Egyptian
farmer, at ease on his front stoop.
felt that the grain in the upper
forty ought to be shocked against
a shower he conveyed this cerebra-
tion. to the hired man without
speech or locomotion, never remov
ing his feet tnxn the railing. And
so it went along the Nile In those
early days. What he does not pre-
tend to tell us Is how a race so ;
capable, so extremely superior to
anything that's happened since,
permitted itself not only to lose the
secret of telepathic' long distance
but actually to be effaced? from
earth. The most plausible conjec
ture is that all ; hands forgot to
wake up.
A RECORD ALTITUDE.
The achievement of the Everest
climbers, . NortAn, Mallory and
Comerville, in reaching an altitude
of 26,800 feet without the aid of
artificial aids to respiration, is not
to be measured, by that of aviators
who have previously reached great
heights, because the physical exer
tion involved in. mountain-climbing
Is enormously greater than that ex
acted by flying. Undoubtedly the
Everest record stands for the world,
and probably it will continue to do
so until it is surpassed by the fur
ther efforts of the members of the
present expedition. ' -
It is interesting to compare the
new world's record with familiar
objects nearer home. Our own
Mount Hood, a sizable and con
spicuous landmark in these parts,
furnishes a convenient yardstick.
But another Hood) on top of the
present one would fall more than a
mile short of the elevation reached
by those intrepid Maz&mas in Asia
5350 feet short, to be exact.
The so-Called "preliminary
work" which was done last year in
preparation for this season's dash
was carried on at an altitude more
than twice as great as that of Hood.
The base of supplies. for the final
effort this- year was established
more than 25,000 feet above the
level of the sea.
The dispatches relate that no
oxygen has thus far been used by
the -climbers. A measurably ef
ficient substitute ' was employed,
however. This was the intense de
termination of the explorers to
reach their goal. Without such..
ambition, men of ' even superior
physique must have succumbed to
the forces of nature long- ago.
HARDING TAKES THE REINS.
President Harding's demand that
congress pass the tariff and ship
subsidy bills before it adjourns and
that it give those measures prece
dence over the bonus bill consti
tutes fair notice that he has begun
to exercise his f unctions as leader
of the republican party. It Is high
time. For too long a period lie has
refrained from interference while
congress dawdled and wrangled, by
turns. It needs to be brought to a
sense of duty, and the people look
to the president to perform that
distasteful task.
The Underwood tariff is plainly
out of date, and . the emergency
tariff is only a patch covering its
worst defects. A new tariff, ad
justame to changing conditions, is
needed, and it is the duty of con
gress to frame it. . By its tolerance
of democratic obstruction, the re
publican majority has already al
lowed the senate to consume more
time tham was expended on any
preceding tariff for, thirty years.
The majority has power to limit
debate, but hesitates to act lest its
rules should be turned against it
when the political tables are turned.
The president's letter to Chairman
Campbell is in effect a, summons
to the senate to act.
Regardless of the merits or de
merits of the draft bill submitted
to congress by the shipping board,
legislation for sale of the emer
gency fleet and for its operation, as
a privately owned merchant ma
rine is urgently needed. Congress
can make that bill into a good bill
by amendments depriving the
board of the arbitrary power that It
asks. The nation is practically
united in favor of the general pol
icy proposed by the president, and
congress should act at this session.
Unless congress ia willing to pro-'
vide means of paying the soldiers'
bonus bji imposing new taxation, it
not justified in delaying these
necessary pieces of legislation in
order to pass the bonus bill now
before it. That bill gives ex-service
men a mere fraction of what they
ask for the immediate future, and
it shirks the duty of providing- the
money by passing the burden on
to f uture congresses. This Is a
piece of cowardice prompted by
fear of losing the soldiers' votes by
not granting their demand and by
fear of losing other votes by im
posing new taxes. The men who
are prompted by such motives are
apt to be buried under the adverse
ballots of both elements whose
contempt they deserve.
Other presidents have driven
congress to do itsduty. President
v,ieveiama uia it, ana was prac
tically vindicated by defeat of the
party that repudiated him. Presi
dent Roosevelt did it, and in 1904
was given the largest popular ma
jority down to that year. His ad
ministration was oneiof great legis
lative achievement, and he was re
spected even by his enemies. Mr,
Harding can bring the present con
gress to achieve something worth
while by expressing and concen
trating on-it the popular anger at
its time-wasting, shirking, coward
ly methods of not transacting the
public business. - There is mo dan
ger that he will become dictatorial.
for that would be repugnant to has
nature. He only need say what
the people are thinking in order
that the moral " influence .behind
hfm may become irresistible and
that, through him as the nation's
mouthpiece, congresar may be
driven to do the people's bidding.
QUESTIONABLE REFERENCES.
Why is it, inquires a woman
novelist, writing in a Current
periodical, that we admit to our
homes -nd offer to our children
books that "are distinctly beyond
the moral pale, and that furnish
topics and j ideas which would be
banished from conversation ?L. Echo
alone can answer her. That such
is the practice in many American
homes, where culture and decency
otherwise prevail, cannot be gain
said. I'crhaps we are morally lazy,
too indolent to -protest against a
custom that con3cience would tell
us is all wrong, did -we hut consult
her. The mere fact that a book
has been widely read for its sensa
tionalism and subtle handling of
sex should not recommend it. Quite
to the contrary. Vulgar Speech
does not inspire emulation, nor
should vulgar reading.
Laying aside all conjecture as to
, the harm that may ensue, on, im-
presslonable and immature charac
ters, look at It this way: A good
book is a friend, either for the
brief acquaintance of hours or for
a lifetime. If for the one It is
delightful pastime; if for the other
It is something to remember and
cherish. Yet of the books that" are
sensational, that offer an appeal to
the sensual and' ' the sordid, how
many are there that will be so re
called? They were not friendly,
any more than some chance-met
roue who spins his -.yarn or
dalliance, nor do we so remember
them.' Shallow and insincere, for
all their pretense at teaching mor
ality by the fictionizing of sex
problems," they part from the
reader without having left a single
idea, a single ideal, worth, retention.
They are, ,whoever's name may be
sighed in gilt, no more than trash.
And as trash they seek the dustDin.
The hours that are given to read
ing, particularly to the perusal of
fiction, are Important in every mo
ment. To a great extent, and cer
tainly more than any of us imagine,
they are character forming and of
indelible impress. From books,
from good books, we have uncon
sciously studied and gained our
concepts of moral philosophy and
human happiness. We have seen
men and women at their worst and
their best, have lived with them,
laughed with them, suffered with
them, aspired and achieved. And
so truly have the pictures been
drawn that we knew them for our
selves, possessed of frailties and
saving graces, humor and dourness;
that from these contrasts we might
evolve at least an inspiration to
live worthier Uvea Books are
counsellors, and wise ones, even the
lightest of them. The novelist who
protests against the entrance of
lewd and unmannerly fiction- into
the home is more than.' justified In
her conclusions.
It seems to be admitted now by
the. pundits, as it long has been by
homely practice, that certain books,
certain types of literature, are of
tremendous importance in the de
velopment of the child mind and
character. There is in them a de
lineation of good and evil, gently
done, instantly apparent to the
child and having the force and ef
fect of' awakening the. juvenile
conscience. Children "who read
such books never aspire to emulate
the "bad man, hut always to cotm-r
port themselves as valiantly and
generously as the hero of rags or
satin. What the pundits have not
admitted, but which appears to be
a conclusion almost as inescapable,
is that the adult mind is also
susceptible to 'the influence of read
ing possibly because the adult
mind, not always mature, and
possibly for the reason that a strain
of evil needs only the touch of a
sympathetic book to quicken, it.
Publishers are largely at fault for
the condition, not the public. The
fatuous, eager public believes im
plicltly in the blurbs Which, an
nounce each sordid best-seller. It
believes, as well, that what every
one else is reading is the thing to
read. Then, too. If you but cloak
it with a false respectability, a tale
to make Boccaccio blush will pan
der to the prurient taste and stimu
late sales. There is money in It.
But there; is money as well in good
books, a 'fact that has been often
and abundantly demonstrated.
There Is fame, too, fame that will
endure long after panderism is
moldy and forgotten.
In what it says df itself, "A
tribute to achievement," the Ho-
quiam Washingtonian Sunday ap
peared in a "Masonic Temple Edi
tion" of seventy-six pages, a re
markable piece of newspaper work.
The occasion was the dedication of
a home for the Masonic bodies.
One of its eight sections has the
news of the day, of course, and one
is strictly Masonic in character; but
the other six tell of the industries
of the Grays Harbor region and
their possibilities. Lumber natur
ally leads; the prestige of the port
is discussed; a school section tells
of the county's "hostages to for
tune' L agriculture is not forgotten
wiwle tne piaygrouna iaea is em
phasized in halftone and text that
recite the marvels of Beach, lake
and woods for the seeker after fur.
fin and feather.
There ia a movement to curtail
long credits on diamond engage
ment rings. It is a wise one.
girl should get the title in fee sim
ple, with abstract. The real girl
will not take an unpaid-far ring if
she knows it.
Mayor Brown of Seattle says 800
quarts of liquor were on the floor
of . the republican, convention at
Chehalis and there were 824 dele
gates. The mayor's figures must
be wrong. Republicans are not
"hogs."' .
Florida watermelon is quoted at
6' cents a pound In an advertise
ment in an Oregon paper and Mis
sissippi tomatoes at 30 cents. Some
people's appetites need to be put
into cold storage.
Astoria ' talks of reviving the
regatta. That carnival was a lively
feature of the city before the war
and- will find coming back easy.
However, tfhis wine list episode is
omly one of many incidents in
which the shipping board has gome
beyond- the three mile limit.
If eongresswoman Robertson
wishes any finer weather, we're
sorry to be out of it, hut there's
more cominSr.
Those who have failed to register
their cars can drift along and say,
"Jump In, Shriner,",- when they
meet one.
Even the flivver will come
handy tomorrow. The more "fliv"
to it, the more fun; but pick the
right load.
A common sight is a man slicing
his strawberries with a spoon. Ore
gon berries, of course. . -
The 'visiting Shriner who fails to
get a ride today will wonder. Don't
let-blm. ;
Create a vacation job v for the,
schoolboy if he needs it. It may
make a man of him. -
Puck had a vision of radio when
he spoke of putting a girdle around
the earth. "
Such weather! Did you ever see
the like elsewhere?
NEW YORK BABE NOT SMALLEST 1
Writer Recall Olympian Infant That
v Welshed ltt rounds.
TILLAMOOK, Or., June 15. (To
the Editor.) In Tne Oregonian of
June 11 Is a news item from New
York, entitled "Babe Smallest Ever
Born." This, I think, is a mistake.
In the city of Oiympia. Wash.,
one of my near neighbors grave birth
to a little girl,, perfectly formed,
that weighed just 1 ft pounds. For
three months after birth this baby
lived In a common cigar box,
wrapped In cotton, being too small
to dress till then. She was nour
ished by dropping-milk, one drop
at a time, in her little mouth.
Her father was in the east when
the child was born and did not see
it nor know how diminutive it was
until he returned home three
months after the child was bbrn.
His wife was -very sensitive about
the size of thJ babe, and few people
were allowed to see It in infancy,
so the father not having any de
tails given biro by his wife asked
as soon as he entered the home,
and seeing no cradle, where was the
baby. His wife, for reply, pointed
to tlfe cigar box, and there he found
the mite.
His finger ring he then slipped
up the baby's arm to the shoulder.
A silver dollar held between him
and the baby's head, entirely cov
ered the head. The date of the
child's birth was about 35 years ago.
I had all these details as to the baby
from the father himself, a personal
friend. I think he still lives in
Oiympia and can verify the above.
At 12 years of age she was average
size. His other children were of nor
mal size at birth.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON.
CONFIDENCE IS BELIEVED FIRM
Advisory Board Blast Have listened
to Enemies of Schools.
PORTLAND. June 16. (To the
Editor.) It is most unfortunate
that so much .unjust - criticism is
fired at the school board, particu
larly at a time when confidence and
harmony are most needed.
I do not know where the advisory
board received the information
Justifying the report they made, but
feel certain that it emanated from
people who have as much use for the
public school as the devil has tor
the cross.
That the public has every confi
dence In the honesty and efficiency
of the . present board has been un
mistakably shown at the last pri
maries, when some of the members
were elevated to legislative post
tions that reflect credit to them and
honor to the state.
Mr. Lafolett, writing in The Ore
gonian June 10, asks all taxpayers
to shut off school funds. I venture
the prediction that he either has no
children going to the public schools
or is not in sympathy with tne
schools' welfare.
I have no children, but will vote
for the bond issue and tax levy,
thereby making it possible- for the
board to tear down the old shacks
built 30 years ago and give our boys
and girls every opportunity to fit
themselves for the future.
Money Bpent for educational pur
poses is not an expense, but a good
Investment., BRUNO MAUKU.
HOW TO DESTROY BEAN BEETLE
Alert Home Gardener Can Soon
Clear Patch of Destructive Feats.
BANDON, Or., June 14. (To the
Editor.) On page eight of The Sun
day Oreeonian. June .11. is pictured
and described the Mexican bean
beetle. Several of the southern
states arc suffering severely from
its ravages.
Do call attention of your readers
to the fact that this dreaded insect
pest is now in Oregon. I noticed
their work last season, perforating
the leaves. By going to the bean
patch early In the morning I found
numbers of them on the upper side
of the leaves. They were on the
alert and, at my approach, .would
seek shelter under the leaves. Spray
ing did not seem to affect them in
the least. Procuring two flat sticks
I walked down the bean rows and
crushed them. By looking ahead a
few feet I could see those that
dodged under the leaves or fell to
the ground and slay them -there.
These bugs are one-fourth of an
inch long, yellow background, black
spots.-
This battle is not a long one. One
can fight it in a family bean patch
in one-half hour. Do this early in
the morning of each alternate day
and the war is over and you are
victor. -. -
Let all -our growers be vigilapt
and wipe out this pest, or the dam
age In loss of crops and of nitrogen
to the soil will run into millions.
. v L. D. WESTFALL.
ROBIN PAYS v FOR HIS FRUIT
Spray-proof Worms Gobbled Up by
BIr. Redbreast. '
PORTLAND. June 16. (To the
Editor.) Much is being said about
the robin, these days of strawberries
and cherries. I must admit that he
has good taste and does eat many of
our small fruits. I very much doubt
his eating enough fruit really to pay
for the good work he does in de
stroying pests that infest our gar
dens. -
Thursday I visited Steel's pansy
farm. We were examining the dam
age being done by a green worm
which has a wonderful way of pro
tecting itself so the spray could not
get at it. We could see no human
way to get at this pest, for it
seemed to make a waterproof web
around its body and then pull th
petal together around the web,
With this protection he ate the seed
pods out of hundreds of pansiea.
While we were talking Mr. Robin
appeared upon the scene, and with
a trained eye and a sure bite hopped
from plant to plant. When he had
gone we could not find a worm that
he had missed. -
Perhaps the people who are miss
ing their fruit would be willing to
traD the robins ana taKe tnem to
places like this where they are wel
come and their value appreciated.
Let us all spare the robin.
ROY A. PRUDDEN.
Directors of One Mind.
PORTLAND. June 16. (To the
Editor.) For the Bake of accuracy
will you please correct the mis
statement made in a letter printed
in The Oregonian, signed "Resident
of Portland Since 1868."
, The school board is a unit and
without exception or qualification
as to its membership, has endorsed
the financial programme' and needs
of the district as set before the tax
papers today. Director Shull being
chairman of the committee with Di
rector Clark which prepared the
statement upon which this pro
gramme is based.
WILLIAM F. WOODWARD,
, - t Director.
Patriot Mnkes an Answer.
Judge. -Scrapper
What are the army and
navy for?
Patriot For? The -army ' and
navy forever!
Height of Exchislveness 8 blown.
Judge. '
Heaven Is the only place where
you are sute of meeting none but the
best people, "
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
When it comes to being a circuit
judge, Charles Stone, of Klamath
Falls is a wiz. He was circuit judge
for three months, recently, to fill
in a gap, and in that time disposed
of more than 200 cases. At that rate
it would not take him long to dis
pose of most of the litigation in' the
state in the course of a year.' How
ever, three months of the bench was
all that Judge stone wanted, so he
declined to remain longer. Judge
Stone -arrived in Portland yesterday
and will be here about three days.
For several years he was a member
of the state game and fish commis
sion, and still keeps an Interest In
sports. He says that about 20,000,
000 trout eggs will probably be
taken this year at Diamond lake.
Spencer. creek and Seven-Mile creek,
some of which will be hatched at
the Fort Klamath -.hatchery. The
lumber situation in Klamath, re
ports .Judge Stone, is returning to
normal, as the big mills are now up
to 80 per cent of their production.
and the little mills are at full pro-
auction. The strike crippled con
ditions for some time, but the busi
ness of the mills is steadily Im
proving with the coming of men
from California.
Rotarians arriving in Portland
yesterday expressed- dissatisfaction
with the much-advertised climate of
California. They declared that they
couldn't get warm until they
reached the Willamette valley, and
so they were thoroughly comfort
able in Portland yesterday, and con
sequently - feel more kindly toward
the City of Roses than ever. In San
Francisco they encountered rains
and cold weather, and they didn't
appreciate the fanuxts Frisco fog,
which is one of the standbys of the
Golden Gate. In southern Califor
nia, where they expected hot weath
er, they had to wear their overcoats
in Los Angeles during their stay.
The - Rotarians promptly checked
their overcoats on arriving at the
Portland hotels yesterday. Another
complaint, that some of them made
was that the engine on their train
was taken away from them up the
road and used to help another train.
They brought tales of broken en
gines which caused their trains to
come in late,. The delayed trains
upset the local programme to some
extent, as they had to eat with a
rush in order to get out on the Co
lumbia river highway and . back
again on time.
"Bend is the best town in the
state," asserts H. J. Overturf. who
is registered with Mrs. Overturf at
the Hotel Portland. "One of the
big mills is running full time and
the other is getting there. Last
month 850 carloads of lumber were
shipped out of Bend and the saw
mills of Bend are the only ones in
the state which voluntarily in
creased wages, this increase taking
etrect June 16. The increase adds
about J20.000 a month to the pay
roll, and the payroll is spent in the
town, so the entire community bene
fits from the new wage scale and
is accordingly pleased." Mr. Over
turf was in town but a few hours,
conferring with newly nominated
members of the legislature, and
drove with his family to Hood River
last night Mr. Overturf has been
renominated for his seat in the
house from Deschutes. Jefferson
Crook, Klamath and Lake counties.
The Masonic grand lodge has at
tracted scores of men to Portland
from all parts of the state and the
gathering is responsible for the
crowded condition of the downtown
hotels.- Among those here to at
tend the lodge are Judge Burnett
of the supreme court. Circuit Judge
Jieiiy ot Albany, David P. Mason,
wholesale druggist of Albany; Fred
Kiddle of Island City, Frank J.
Miller, former member of the state
public ser.vice commission: W. H.
Mast of Bandon, A. S. Blanchard ot
Mansfield, and O. P. Coshow, former
state senator, from Roseburg.
Rev. F. R. Gibson, in charee of
publicity work of the Episcopal
church convention, to be held in
Portland in September, has arrived
in Portland and is registered at the
Multnomah. He is making his ar
rangements for handling the pub
licity of the big gathering of
churchmen. -
Wilbur E. Coman. formerly with
the Northwestern Electric company
in Portland, later of Spokane and
now of Seattle, is registered at the
Hotel Portland. While here he
visited the royal - mail steamer
Cardiganshire. , . r
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gill of Wood
burn, Or, are registered at the
Hotel Oregon. Mr. Gill is the pub-
Usher of the Independent, which
has been making its appearance on
Thursdays since 1889.
George. T. Cochran, who looks
after water laws for the state in
eastern Oregon, is registered at the
Multnomah from La Grande.
John S. Coke of Marshfleld, judge
of the circuit court, is among the
arrivals at the Imperial from the
Coos Bay district
Floyd Moore, county clerk of Polk
county, is in town from Dallas, Or.,
to attend the grand lodge of Masons.
J. W. Dyer and W. J. Edwards of
Mayville, Or., are - at the Imperial.
Mr. Edwards is a member of the
Gilliam county commission.
Robert Aiken, an attorney of La
Grande, is in Portland at the ses
sions of the Masonic grand lodge.
H. S. Skinner, postmaster of Her
miston, Or., is here to attend the
Masonic grand lodge
Henry S-- McGOwan of McGowan,
Wash., salmon packer, is ' in the
city on business.
f Thomas Hughes, recorder of the
town of Heppner, Or., is registered
at the Perkins. i
Archie Wilson, a sheepman of
Wallowa county, is in Portland from
Joseph.
T. N. Bruce, a real estate dealer
of Warrenton, is at the Imperial.
When Pensioner Leaves County.
BUXTON, Or., June 15. (To the
Editor.) A woman in this county is
getting a mother's pension. If she
moved across the line into the
adjoining county would she forfeit
her pension? F. L.
The county court of the county
in which she is drawing pension is
empowered to continue payments
after the pensioner leaves the coun
ty, but it is wholly discretionary
with the court. She should consult
the -county court before moving.
"Strikebreaker" Objectionable Term.
PORTLAND. June 16. (To . the
Editor.) I wish the Portland pa
nera would stop referring to us dock
workers as strikebreakers- Though
I'm now working on the docks, I'm
nnt a. strikebreaker that is, I'm
nnt wivrkinsr merely to break any
strike, but to support my wife and
three small children.
I tried to join the longshoremen's
union prior to strike, but was
promptly rejected. So, can any one
blame me for supporting my fam
lly? i JOHN MILLER.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
. - A CHANGE.
A king on a Balkan throne,
In the days that are long gone oy.
Was safer to leave alone.
And the populace well knew why.
If they asked him to abdicate
In even the mildest way.
They were first harangued
And secondly hanged
At the break of the following day.
No matter what monarchs did
(And none of the crowd were
saints)
The people were all forbid
To voice any rude complaints.
With counterfeit signs- of Joy
They paid a prodigious tax.
For well it was known
That a single groan '
Would invite the headsman' ax.
But now In a Balkan state,
When the citizens restive grow
And quietly Intimate
That It's time for the king to go,
He doesn't waste time on wrath.
But hurriedly grabs his crown.
And the next that's heard
Of the royal bird
Is heard from some other town.
It isn't the populace now
' Who fear to offend the king,
Lest haply he raise a row
And order them all to swing.
It's the king who turns quickly pale.
As he lies in his golden bed.
Lest the people say
In their peevish way,
"Off with his stupid head!" '
.
It Depends on the Opponent. -
Spain has been fighting Morocco
for two years. She fought with the
United States for only two months.
Translation.
When a cabinet officer says' he
will never resign under fire he
means, of course, that he will never
resign till he's fired.
Not Snch a Blnff.
Paragraphers are now announc
ing that this is the month when col
lege graduates will tell statesmen
how to run the world. Well, they
probably know as much about it as
the statesmen do, if results are any
indication.
(Copyright. 1822, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Burroughs. Nature Club.
Copyright, Houchton-Mlfflin Co.
Can Yon AAnswer These Questions t
1. Is the narwhal a real fish or
just a legendary name?
. 2. If mosquitoes give people ma
laria by biting is it from a poison
they inject?
3. My canary has been losing
head feathers for a year, ever since
I got him, at which time he had
some feathers out, but is now bald.
I am sure it is not lice. What can
I do to stop the trouble?
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
. Answers to Previous Questions.
1. WJiere can I get reliable read
ing on' how to prune trees?
An excellent pamphlet; "Pruning,"
by L. Cfc Corbett, is published as
farmers' bulletin 181 by the United
States department of agriculture at
Washington. It has good cuts of
how to prune for different purposes,
also instructions for pruning hedges
and shrubs, as well as tree3. It is
distributed) free.
2. Will hot weather kill toads?
Sometimes, if the temperature is
too high. Toads and frogs both
stand cold better than heat, their
cold-blooded circulation adapting
the body to the sluggish condition
of winter weather better than to
summer. Tree toads stand a higher
temperature than ordinary toads, as
their skin Is moister, all-owing the
body fb cool through evaporation.
3. Have we any-wild pigeons that
look likft the passenger pigeon? -
The mournirig dove has a general
similarity of cor and outline, caus
ing man.jr false alarms by persons
unfamiliar with structural charac
ters of either pigeon or mourning
dove. Both have long talis and
pointed wings, black bills and red
feet. The mourning dove is less
blue on the back, .has red on breast
is smaller (11-13 inches) and has a
black spot near the ear, and naked
tarsi or long foot-bone; also has 14
tail feathers, graduated to a point.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ajro.
From Th Oregonian of June 17, 1897.
Washington. Renresen
tne governments of Hawaii and the
United States signed the treaty
which, if ratified, will make Hie
islands part Of this country.
Oregon was reconquered VMtcr.
day in the memories of the Indian
war veterans gathered in convention
here.
Washington. Stewart L. Wood
ford of New York has been ap
pointed minister to Spain to succeed
Hannis Taylor.
Eugene. Commencement exercises
of the University of Oregon were
held here.
Fifty Years Agro.
From The Oregonian of June 17. 1872.
New Tork. It is reported that
the grand jury has Indicted one of
the prominent leaders of the eight
hour strike. ,
New York. A complaint against
Jay Gould based on charges of fraud
as president of the Erie railroad has
been filed.
Philadelphia. Fourteen men were
buried in the ruins caused by the
fall of the furnace building of
J. Moorhead & Co. at West Consha-
took.
Fire did great damage to a brick
building at Front and Vine streets
belonging to Captain Ankeny.
Two women were rescued from the
flames.
Bat What's to Take His Place?
PORTLAND, June 16. (To the
Editor.) With shocked emotion we
read in recent dispatches of suc
cessful efforts to destroy all the
groundhogs, and in view of their
long and hallooed connection with
the Institution of spring weather,
we rise to object.
Should the mere idea of progress
on the part of a few deluded indi
viduals succeed in sending, the
groundhog to join others of our
cherished traditions now reposing in
the limbo of things that were, we
will find ourselves in the predica
ment of the Irishman on his first
ocean voyage who. upon being told
there were no almanacs aboard, ex
claimed hopelessly: "Then, begorra,
we'll just have to take the weather
as she comes.
JOHN HENRY PATTON.
Beautiful Illusion of Home.
Exchange.
'"Doesn't your wife get lonesome
at home all daylorre?"
"Oh, no! She has a mirror in
every room!"
The Ghost "
That Hypnotized
a Bank President
How official became involved
in $500,000 defalcation, be
cause a guilty person threat
ened to commit suicide and
haunt him, told in interesting
etory in The Sunday Orego
nian. Fete of Roses
to Be Best Ever
Plans, and complete pro
gramme for Rose Festival
this week with color photo of
Queen Harriet in tomorrow's
paper.
In the Magazine
Weddings in Water
the Newest Thrill
Brides scorn airplanes and
speeding autos as "old stuff"
and promise to love, etc., pos
ing in the "briny."
Dehydration, Food
Marvel of the Age
Article tells how 17,000 tons
of fruits and vegetables are
being reduced to 2000 tons
this season.
"The Hand on
the Shoulder"
Hitherto unpublished fiction
story tells what happened to
, Marian, 24 and obscure, when
the man appeared.
Checker Fans,
Here's the Latest
It's a game of lawn checkers.
The novel checkerboard con
sists of squares of grass sods
and earth.
Shakespeare by
Amateur Collegians
Life sketches by W. E. Hill
show amateur dramatics in
humorous light.
Canterbury Tales
From Smoking Car
One boy found ms gold m
milk, another in chickens,
while a third cleaned up at
Monte Carlo.
Why Dempsey
Can't Decide
Difficulties encountered by
champion in choosing the girl
he loves best are related.
Other Features
Portland to Bull Run
Via Gordon Creek
For motorist who enjoys get
ting out into real outdoors
this is interesting drive, says
H. W. Lyman.
Yellowstone Park
Has 50th Anniversary
Trapper who wandered into
site of present park early m
50s is honored at celebration
Arleta Vacation
School to Open
' Flans for first Oregon sum
mer conference of Episcopal
church develop rapidly, says
church department.
Bathing Dresses
Are of Black
Much red is seen at country
club this year. From Paris
comes fancy for beads on
sport frocks, says fashion de
partment.
High Schools Close
Successful Year
"Mr. Bob" at Benson proves
success Graduation exercises
prove notable events. .
Flappers' Teeth V
Are Admired
But , Elinor Glyn - warns
against smoking too much
since it is bad for breath and
the teeth.
Auto Camp Has
New Radio Set
New apparatus which is now
receiving radio concerts for
benefit of visiting autoists
told of in radio department
Mother Goose Tale
Color Book Feature
Thfi ild woman who swept the
cobwebs from the sky one of
several features in this magic
section for children.
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