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THE MORNING. OREGONIAN, FRIDAY,
JULY 21, 1923
feTABLI.SHED BY HESRV I PITTOCK
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MORE THAN EVER AGAINST THB
' GOVERNMENT.
Though the questions in dispute
between the railroad shopmen and
the railroad labor board have prac
tically been reduced to one, the
strike is to go on and efforts to
end it by conference have ceased.
Legal authority has been found in
the transportation act for reopen
ing' the questions of wages and
rules by direct negotiation-between
railroad managers and employes
through adjustment boards, local,
regional or national, contracts with
outside shops have been or are to
be abolished, and lawsuits growing
out of the strike would fall by the
wayside when it ended. There re
mains no question open except that
of seniority rights, which, the
strikers demand, shall be unim
paired, while the railroad executives
are morally bound by a pledge to
give their new employes seniority
over those who return after having
struck.
Whittling down of the issues to
this one makes the strike stand out
more than ever as one against the
government. If is inconceivable
that the people will tolerate dis
organization of railroad service by
a struggle of the shopmen to be
placed in precisely as favorable a
position upon their return to work
as though they had not struck. By
yielding to that demand the
managers would break faith with
the men who have come to their
aid in a crisis at the risk of
obloquy and even bodily harm to
themselves, and they would sanc
tion the claim that, in striking, a
man may quit his job, yet hold it
as against any other man. They
would encourage strikes and would
discourage men from accepting
work where a strike is on, thus
adopting the rule which labor
unions seek to impose, that when
a strike occurs In an industry, work
must be entirely suspended until
one party surrenders or until the
employer reaches an agreement
with the strikers, the .employer
meanwhile making no effort to find
other, men.
Viewing a strike as a sort of war,
. this theory would put the employer
under a heavy handicap, would re
lieve the striker of an essential inci
dental risk and would exclude
economic conditions as a deciding
factor as to the justice of the con
tending parties' claims. In setting
up this claim as the remaining
cause for the strike, the strikers
set at naught the right of the public
to such necessaries as transporta
tion' and coal; in fact, they use the
necessity of these things to weary
the people into throwing their in
fluence to the side of the strikers, to
support of the latter's demands, not
because they are just but because
the consequence of resistance has
become no longer endurable..
More than ever is the strike now
against the government and the
American people. The labor board
has been proved so effective an
instrument for arranging just terms
pf employment that it has brought
the difference down to the point
where the shopmen hold out for j
a premium on strikes as against a
promise and a moral obligation on
the part of the managers. The
t argument of local strike leaders
that, because the transportation act
does not prohibit strikes and be
cause a court has held the labor
board to be only advisory, accep
tance of its decision not to be
obligatory, the strike is not against
the government, cannot hold. The
board was established to ascertain
and declare what terms of employ
ment are just in ofder to render
strikes inexcusable, in order that
the government might with a clear
conscience defend the executives in
putting their roads in operation on
those terms, despite a strike, and
that public opinion might support
the government in that course. The
law is a practical recognition that
a moral issue underlies the legal
rights of the parties to a strike. It
insures that, so far as is humanly
possible, when the government
intervenes) to uphold the legal
right and duty of the railroad com
panies to operate their roads and
the undoubted right of the people
to transportation, it shall not act
against the moral right of the em
ployes to just terms of employment.
The labor board is the agency
through which the government
brings the rights of all parties
the railroads, the employes and the
people into harmony, -that, when
the executive branch of the govern,
inent moves, It may move in con-
- f idence that it moves for all-around
justice and therefore may hit hard.
The law does better than -prohibit
railroad strikes; it insures that they
shall not have justice behind them,
therefore that the immense moral
power of the people shall support
the physical power of the govern
ment against them, and that they
shall fail. The law aims to abolish
these strikes not by prohibiting
them but by enlisting irresistible
moral force against them.
The course,which President Hard
ing has marked Out for the govern
ment is plain. He has called on the
governors of states to use the
forces at their command in protect
ing miners in exercise of their right
to work and mine-owners in em
ploying them, and has promised
the aid o the federal forces when
state forces prove inadequate. We ; trospective citizen -who has forgot
may expect him to use the federal ' ten the glory of his line, and who
I forces more promptly and directly ,
in the case of the railroads, for they -quest of forest and prairie, the vic
are engaged more directly in inter- tory over odds. We would be done
state commerce and in carrying the ' with bragging and braggarts if a
mails. Men who go to work on the I compliant human nature permitted
railroads will have the conscious- I the revision, but as it is there is
ness that they are serving not only I every likelihood that we must en
the railroads but the people, that I dure yet awhile. From Adam to
they are not helping to degrade
labor but are accepting terms which
the government, after painstaking
inquiry, has found to be just, and
that the government
them.
is ( behind
There should be no faltering nw
in proving that a railroad strike
against the government cannot win.
That is the most effective prohibi
tion of strikes, for it destroys the
motive for striking.
INTERPRETING THE LAW.
The public will "not be surprised
at the, decision of Circuit Judges
Bingham and Kelly in the Olcott
Hall contest, that a voter may re
pudiate his registration and aban
don his party on the day of elec
tion and- vote in the primary of
some other party. Certainly The
Oregonian is not surprised. With
out question it is legal for him to
do so at any time before a primary
election. The court had no alterna
tive but to interpret the law as it
is, and has been.
Under the protection of the law's
loose terms voters have been doing
for years without scruple and with
out effective challenge what they
had no moral right to do invade
the primary of the party with
which they have neither sympathy
rior affiliation, disturb its affairs and
control its results, giving a taint of
unfairness and dishoneety to the
title of every candidate nominated
in consquence of such methods.
It is not at all the purpose of The
Oregonian to pass on the merits of
the controversy between Mr. Olcott
and Mr. Hall, nor to say that any
allegations as to fraudulent voting
In any instance by either candidate
are true or not true. The courts
will determine those questions upon
the facts as they develop and the
law as it is. But it is not improper
to say that the decision has brought
into clear view an abuse which has
been practiced in every Oregon elec
tion for twenty years and has not
been exceptional or unique in any
election. It has emphasized the need
of primary election reform, justi
fying the complaints of bona fide
members of political parties that
participation in a party primary
should be reserved exclusively for
them. -
The reasonable and decent obli
gations on a citizen voting in a
primary are twofold; first, that he
should in good faith be a member
of the party at whose primary he
seeks to vote; and second, that he
should in good faith accept its fair
results. It is not contended that
any man or woman may thus be
bound to support an unfit candi
date, nor any candidate who has
not honestly obtained his nomina
tion. But both the unfitness of the
candidate and the evil of his meth
ods should be clearly demonstrable.
It is just as reprehensible for any
one to enter a primary with a
definite mental reservation that he
will abide by its results only if his
candidate wins, as it is for a demo
crat to swear in his vote as a re
publican or a republican as a demo
crat. ' Now it may be hoped that the
rightful demands of many citizens
that the way to notorious fraud in
primaries be closed through legis
lation will receiye impetus from a
decision which in substance stamps
the law as an invitation to viola
tion of the reasonable tenets of fair
play between parties.
NOT 'ALONE IN OCB BOASTING.
Young Mr. Lewis, who wrote
"Main Street," has returned to
America with the defmite impres
sion that it is bad form to boast
the might and magnificence of
one's native land. It is not being
done in Europe, he observed, and
if you wish to learn of- London's
fame you must seek another source
of information than the average
Londoner. ' Whereupon it is im
mediately distasteful to our novel
ist that Americans are, phrasing it
gently, considerably .given to brag.
He has noted that the boorish
weakness of his own countrymen is
to magnify the accomplishments of
their nation, the splendor and
enterprise of its cities, y and inci
dentally tneir own importance in
affairs. . .
"Perha-ps," said Mr. Lewis sadly,
"when we have twenty generations
of ancestors, and a history rich
with many great things, we, too,
may get in that attitude," meaning
thereby the casual comportment of
the foreigner blessed with ancestral
dignity.
Mr. Lewis should remind him
self that the least of us has fully
as many ancestors as- any noble,
and had fully as much to do with
their selection. He should also
acquaint himself with the1 fact that
antiquity does not necessarily con
note greatness, and that much of
the glamor which rings it round is
spurious and musty. And he should
rfmember, as well, that Americans
have not yet quite mastered that
very human and pardonable elation
which comes of constructing a
great nation from wilderness, in far,
tar less than twenty generation It
is not' incumbent upon him to play
the cynic outside his book. The
same crude, uncouth America he
harps at made him and crowned
him with fame, and boasted of him
Twhich never ruffled the poise or
wrought the vexation of Mr. Lewis.
Brag? Of course we brag. Our
vanity is with us soon and late, but
none shall say that this oddity is
essentially American. Of the scores
of cultured and celebrated Euro
peans who have visited these shores
in recent years, to view us curiously,
there have been few who did not
avail themselves of the opportunity
to disparage America by contrast
with their own countries. Our de
fects seemed huge and most mis
shapen to these critical guests of
ours, but always our dollars were
true coin with a pleasing jingle,
And, strange it "is, when Tendering
tLis, to remember thatwe heard
them with great good will and
many cheerful plaudits. Yet even
the most bombastic boasting of the
incurable chauvinist is mild as
manna beside that variety of brag
which both boasts and wounds by
invidious comparison,
A braggart patriot, of this land
or. another, is not a bad fellow at
heart. Boresome he may become,
at times, but ever he is to be pre
ferred to the flaglessj chill and in-
does not thrill to recall the con-
Sinclair Lewis men have always
thought well of themselves and the
land that bore them
PACIFISM AN AID TO THE BEDS.
Industrial strife is proving the
necessity of an armed force at the
disposal, of the government for
preservation of internal order as
well as for defense against a foreign
enemy. That need is better under
stood by enemies of the govern
ment than by pacifists who favor
disarmament simply because they
hate war. The motive of the red
revolutionist is to weaken the
armed forces of his enemy, the
government, in order that he may
have a better chance of overthrow
ing it. 1
Communist and other revolution
ary societies are still active in this,
as in other countries, and they do
not conceal their purpose to at
tempt armed rebellion in order to
impose minority rule by what they
call the proletariat. The first stage
of their work is to intervene by
deeds of violence in the strikes of
labor unions that have no love for
them, to incite strikers to such
deeds and to support .every move
ment for reduction of the army and
against enlistment in the army and
national guard. That method ad
vances the day of the revolution by
making smaller the opposing forces
just as effectively as would fight
ing in open war, it costs the reds
nothing in lives and ammunition
and it does not provoke strenuous
opposition, as would organized,
armed rebellion.
That is an adaptation to revolu
tionary purposes of the policy pur
sued by Germany for years before
the war. While Germany armed,
the kaiser's government instigated
the socialists to pleach anti-militarism
to other nations. German
socialists urged French socialists to
strike against conscription and in
crease of the army, and led Brit
ish workmen to oppose or turn a
deaf ear to Lord Roberts' plan for
universal military training. Arm-'
ing of the allies, especially Great
Britain, was delayed by these tac
tics, and the delay, greatly im
proved Germany's chance of victory
before they could put forth their
full strength. Pacifists, in opposing
an army adequate for defense
against anv foe. either within or
fwithout, improve whatever chance
the reds have of causing a revolu
tion' in this country and, though
that chance may be small, they
encourage the reds in keeping the
country disturbed. That may be far
from the pacifist intention, but it is
the effect of their action.
CAN THIS BE QIEEN ELIZABETH?
Historian and novelist alike have
given us an heroic concept of Queen
Elizabeth, so that we envision in
her who flouted Spain a vigorous
and comely woman, of truly regal
stature and presence. Even though
these records were dumb, and her
admirers compelled - to depend on
tradition alone for a glimpse of that
vanished majesty, her portraiture
would not vary. The narrative of
her flirtatious episodes bespeaks a
more , than personable woman,
whose individual charm scarcely
needed the authority of the crown
to command the hearts of her
chosen courtiers. Of these, by all
accounts, there were several and
in a time when, gallants, rather
prided themselves upon their divin
ation of true beauty.
It sorrows one to lose this fancy,
so nobly entrenched in the English-speaking
peoples, yet-Prederick
Chamberlain, in his book, "The Pri
vate Character of Queen Elizabeth,"
assails the stry of her pulchritude
as fiction and leaves us but a wan,
anemic vestige of the virgin queen.
Moreover, he tells us, and doubt
less with every right, that the no
table English critics have acclaimed
his history as an excellent and au
thoritative work, and by this token
have indicated full concurrence in
his depiction of Elizabeth. So
stubborn a thing is fixed opinion
that many will turn to his book
with reluctance, peruse it in dis
belief, and cast it aside in scorn.
We sell our heroines dearly. -
Mr. Chamberlain, whose boldness
much commends him, asserts that he
has reversed every historian since
1600, in that they in variablysketched
Elizabeth as a large and graceful
i
blonde, of the fresh coloring and
buoyancy and elan typical of an
English country maiden, who could
follow the hounds all day and
dance the night into sunrise. Strong
and gallant men, said these agreed
chroniclers, strove desperately to
keep the pace this trenchant queen
and super-woman so superbly set,
but one and all proved weaklings
by contrast. You would say, as you
followed such descriptive enthus
iasm, that Elizabeth had the heart.
of a lion, the limbs of xa circus
rider, and the sturdy constitution
of Tarzan's foster mother. Con
sider then that which Mr. Cham
berlain relates.
"Unless all the British review
ers are fools," said he, "and all the
historical scholars who have writ
ten to congratulate me are to be
described in the same fashion, my
book has proved that Elizabeth was
not over about 5 feet 4 inches, as
thin as a rail except when bloated
with dropsy, with an. olive com
plexion, except when it was a dead
white without the least bit of red
in It; that she was never strong, but
always ailmg; that she had many
prolonged and desperate illnesses;
was a nervous wreck and so tooth
less that in her last years she could
not be understood unless she spoke
very slowly, and that she was as
bald as a billiard ball after she
was about 33 years of age."
Gracious sakes! In one para
graph the historian filches from us
the treasure so carefully guarded
for three centuries. There isn't
j anything comparable to it save that
ume wnen xituer naggara sent a
beautiful one into the mysterious
flame, or something of the sort, and
the deferred centuries took their
toll in a twinkling. Leicester, poor
chap, and all the rest of her cava
liers, cut droll and unromantic fig
ures under such a scathing spot
light There isn't a trace of romance
left to us when once we behold her
majesty, red flannel at her throat,
mumbling the thinnest of porridge.
We begin to suspect that histor
ians have not always been as truth.
ful as such scriveners should be,
and that here and there, for exi
gent reasons, they have portrayed
grandeur and grace that never ex
isted. Yet the fiction of Elizabeth's
beauty, if we admit it to be fanci
ful, was rooted In the soil of Eng
lish patriotism. The queen in her
power and achievements was the
symbol of England, and to her ac
crued in the records and in popular
thought such attributes as are
regal. It would not do to suffer
the defacement of a symbol. The
symbol was England in an era of
triumph and development. Sir Wal
ter Raleigh doffed his velvet cloak
and tossed it over the puddle in
deference to the symbol and not in
gallantry toward the womari.
Mr. Chamberlain's book, so well
received in England, may have
given us a most veracious account
of this royal personage, of her fea
tures, her foibles and bet In
trigues. Doubtless he has. Yet not
even his work of years, nor the
books of a dozen subsequent histor
ians, can rob Elizabeth's memory
of the fiction that hedges it round.
It is permanent, as a symbol should
be, and not to be dethroned by a
pen. N
The suggestion of a California
educator that education rather than
age should determine the right to
vote and that high school students
are qualified and should be permit
ted political expression has an ex.
terior evidence of logic. Yet while it
is plainly evident that high school
pupils have qualifications beyond
those of many voters, particularly
those of foreign birth, the fact is
that keen political actloien Is not
necessarily predicated on book
learning as many an' agricultural
and industrial community has dem
onstrated. A group consciousness
generally dominates the electorate,
and both successfully and correctly.
To ask that children, unaware of
the interests of their elders, be
burdened with political obligations
is to ask the absurd and the unfair.
Maturity as well'as general knowl
edge are properly the requirements
of a voter. That some voters are
deficient does not indicate that the
system of qualification is in the
least at fault. The remedy does not
lie in broadening or restricting the
franchise, but in reaching those
who are in the shadow of igno
rance. This the state is making
every endeavor to do.
A brawl is a drunken row and
when a man dies in one some re
sponsibility should attach to the
person who furnished the liquor, if
the beverage consumed can be dig
nified with such name. Under
moral law the bootlegger is party
to the crime; under prohibition law
he should be made a responsible
party.
There were sixty-four (ires In
Oregon in June, causing property
loss of nearly a million dollars.
Analysis of their causes shows, as
usual, that most of the-m were rea
sonably preventable. The lesson
has not yet been learned that prop
erty converted into smoke is a dead
loss whether or not it is insured.
Secretary of State Kozer holds
one of the keys to the reckless driv
ing problem. Revocation of license.
however, is a supplementary pen
alty and particularly in the case of
the man who drives while drunk
ought not to be regarded as a sub
stitute for other punishment, pref
erably a term in jail.
All plans for payment of the Eu
ropean debt to America run In a
circle with the United States In
variably holding the sack. Thus
France will pay If Germany pays
the indemnity and Germany will do
that if the United States provides a
loan.
Sir Auckland Geddes, British
ambassador, has. no patience with
British people. who come over to
lecture and tell us of our faults.
But all are not of the gentle blood
of Sir Auckland, he must remem
ber. Curtailment of mail service will
introduce the auto truck as an
emergency means. .This means more
speed in some cases, but much de
lay in supplying mail to way of
fices. The question as to who won the
war seems to have been definitely
settled by the contract whereby the'
kaiser is to be paid for his memoirs
at the reputed rate of $3 a word.
The direct primary has mystified
epublican politics in Nebraska, but
solidified the state democracy.
Hitchock for senator will likely
face a sorehead field. i
Building a railroad these days is
a serious matter. Not only must the
road get permission to build but
afterward it must have permission
if it wishes to tear up its tracks.
About the only thing the Hague
conference seems to have accom
plished is to prove that all the
real statesmen of Europe are on
vacation.
Times have changed. Formerly
editors going to convention de
pended upon courtesy of the rail
ways. Now they go by autos their
own, too.
The crying need in the Pacific
Coast baseball league seems tQ be
an extra or sub-basement for ex
clusive occupancy by Portland
teams.
- Why is it necessary to make con
tinued appeals to lot owners to cut
their weeds? Once should be
enough.
The forecast of rain the last of
the week is off. The showers have
been switched east of the moun
tains' :
j -
Men who go Into the woods at
this time of year should leave their
cigarettes behind them when they
start. ' '
- Los Angeles has a new murder
case, only it's a man's body found
this time and of little consequence.
McArthur and Watklns ought to
know it's a little too warm yet to
begin a hot campaign.
Frank Gould -is going to trump
brother George's connubial card,
I-
The Listening Post.
By DeWitt Harry.
IN THE old days he used to be one
of the best of "fly bulls," but age
and new conditions have relegated
him to the backe-round. Plain
clothes men of but ' a short time
back were just ordinary "harness
bulls" without uniforms. Their
square-toed shoes, their hlue serge
suits, their plodding walk gave them
away to any crook. It was too ob
vious. On many a city police force, to
this day, they have a few of these
old-timers, but they seldom get a
chanoe to try their hands on the
more delicate and important cases.
They roam the pawn shops and
theirs Is a routine duty of filling
out unending reports. , They do not
class them as detectives any more
and even in police circles they are
inspectors while the agencies call
them operatives.
The agency operative most often
these days is a keen, aggressive
young man, selected for special
aptitude and then given intensive :
training. He and his fellows do not
look in the least like detective types
but like any other young business
or professional men, and this is just
what they are. But the old, white
haired plugger who did yeoman
service while he- was in the game
and who had some notable achieve
ments to his credit is not the bright
shining light he once was.
Years of police work have made it
impossible to adopt any other line.
First he started on a city force and
went into plam clothes. Later he
was one of the trusted men with a
big agency. Then came a period of
service as a railroad special agent.
Not fitted for the flashy work, he is
yet in the game, but his duty is to
warn against minor infractions of
city- ordinances. He will tell the
careless ne not to spit on the side
walk or the grocer that he must
cover his fruits with netting to keep
the flies away. No fnore puzzling
out the angles of a mystery, no more
the thrilling chase after desperate
criminals, no more the satisfaction
of an important arrest. '
It will ever be one of the Inex
plicable mysteries why people find
humor in others' misfortunes. Take
the case of the fat man stewing in
hot weather. How many lavish one
grain of commiseration on him? Or
the ugly girl who pities her lot ex
cept herself and her mirror? There
fore, having properly prepared the
field, enter the vacationist who
committed the error of getting too
chummy with some poison oak on
the last day of his holiday.
He comes down to the office to
report for work, suffering grievous
ly, one eye closed, cauliflower ear,
mouth, awry, cheeks puffed and his
hat resting on top of a . head several
sizes larger than ordinary. Though
going through torments he knows
he must show up or be charged with
being a slacker aid he is the butt
of all manner of Ridicule on his way
to" work. And when he gets there
any sympathy? None! He's made
the target for any amount of tor
ture at the hands of friends he has
known for, years. And yet this is a
civilized country and some people
cannot figure out why the ancient
Romans used to , like throwing
Christians to the lions or the Span
iards of today get any joy out of a
bullfight.
ODE TO BILBATES.
If I was Willum. Willumbates.
The White Salmon river poet,
I would gather up poetic seed
And then proceed to sow it.
He writes a most refreshing line
That causes us to cackle;
He's raised a smile this long while
From, even old Brown Hackle.
A feller that can do such things
Is surely most deserving;
So please, BilbaCes, keep on your skates
And continue your neat serving. t
PAUL KRUGER.
The children keep right up to or
even ahead of the times. Often it
is the older ones who have to hasten
to overtake the quick little minds.
Two instances:'
An east side woman was planning
a party for her little daughter. A
5-year-old boy in the next block was
Invited to come one day in person
as he .passed by the house. "Want
me to bring a woman.?" he asked.
In another home the stork had
just arrived. Neighborhood children
were discussing the event. One cu
rious little fellow asked' "what kind
of a baby" it was. His precocious
chum answered, "A flapper."
This one is rather painful, but it's
best finished. - In a local office the
boss entered one morning to find his
steno kneeling in front of a mirror
and busied with a brush and comb.
"What are you doing?" he inquired;
of course he knew not, being a
bachelor. But Tillie the Toiler was
equal to the task and answered,
"Combing hair or my knees."
Some unidentified person post
cards us as follows:
Close to our locality about a dozen fine
modern homes Just have been built and
moved into by Italian families, all of
whom have earned these places during
the last few prosperous years by distrib
uting vegetables. An odd fact near'j
all these homes display on steps of front
porch neat metal signs:
'"NO PEDDLERS OR AGENTS."
Another episode of the newly wed
series wherein the young wife
writes to her girlhood chum. Every
thing sunny and bright and the let
ter told -of "him" being just a "pal."
Then the usual tiff, and in high
dudgeon the wife telegraphs to her
chum, "change a to 1 in pal."
She has oodles of strife,
Has young Mrs. Supp;
For the light of her life
IS ALWAYS LIT UP.
BILBATES. .
- .
Java, Ay Tank So Too.
In epite of all that puritanical
people say against dancing, it is un
questionably a MERRY-TOB-RIOUS
arrangement.
Shrinks; in n Different Climate.
Toronto Glabe.
An important personage from a
small northern town had some dress
clothes made by a west end tailor
in a visit to London.
He wore them at a municipal
gathering on his return home, and
complained to a friend of the way
the London tailor had done the job.
"What's wrong with the clothes?"
asked the friend.
"Too small," said the great man;
"far too small."
r "Well, John," said the other, grin
ning, "you should ha' remembered
you're not such a big man in London
as you are up here."
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks) at the Hotels.
The wheat crop of eastern Oregon
may not be up to standard, and the
cherry crop of the Salem district
may be a partial failure, but the
cheese crop of Tillamook Is a good
one and is bound to be a strong
factor in maintaining Oregon's
prestige in an industrial and farm
center, according to George Wins
low, prominent attorney of Tilla
mook, who was in the city yester
day, registered at the Imperial.
Mr. Winslow is a product of a Polk
county farm himself, and so is
capable of commenting - on things
agricultural. At one time he knew
what it meant to cut cordwood in
the summer time so that he could
study law at Willamette university
at Salem in the winter.
Rumor had it around the univer
sity campus that in addition to be
ing a good student and a good foot
ball player, Mr. Winslow was also
a crood Dractical 1oker. For in
stance, there was authority for the
belief that he could tell something
about ' how a brass cannon became
mysteriously stolen from the state-
house grounds and was found
perched -on the front porch of the
chapel next morning when the uni
versity president came down to
conduct the customary services.
There was also evidence that he
might know how a cow became tied
to the pulpit in the chapel one
night. Even in those days, how
ever, Mr. Winslow was a good at
torney and the university detec
tives could not make a case.
There are various ways in which
an establishment may acquire a
reputation, as is witnessed by the
case of the stationery store of John
H. Graham at Spokane. An ancient
Indian of a tribe located near Spo
kane took a fancy to Mr. Graham's
store when he first opened for busi
ness at that place. This Indian
used to come and sit in the store
and smoke his Indian pipe stolidly.
His presence in the store day after
day came to be expected by the
people of that city and the place be
came famous throughout the city
and surrounding; country for that
reason. " Tourists passing through
Spokane would visit the store just
to get a glimpse of a real live
Indian. Mr. Graham arrived in
Portland yesterday to attend the
stationers' convention to be held
here and is registered at the Mult
nomah hotel.
I. Monheimer, traveling man rep
resenting a clothing house in Mil-,
waukee. Wis., had been up late the
night before and- so when he came
down into the lobby of the Portland
hotel yesterday morning about 9
o'clock he was still about half
asleep. He glanced at the huge
cardboard clock on the hotel desk
with its hands pointed at a quarter
of 12 to indicate the next meeting
of the convention of the American
Institute of Banking.
"Gee, I slept well last night, here
it is a quarter of 12," he commented
to the hotel clerk and others in
the vicinity as he set his watch by
the cardboard timepiece.
The 518-mile trip from Spokane
to Portland was made in 15 hours'
running time by Val Y. Preston,
representative of the March-Strickle
Motor company of Spokane, who ar
rived in Portland yesterday. The
trip was made in a Durant four ma
chine and the entire distance was
made in high gear, Mr. Preston re
ported. Mr. Preston started out
from Spokane with the idea of mak
ing a test trip to show what could
be done on the road from the Inland
Empire metropolis to the Rose city.
He is registered at the Imperial
hotel.
Men, women and children of the
Salem district are being employed
in the vicinity of Gervais. Or., in
the effort to save the berry crop,
according to T. J. James, farmer
of that section, who was in the city
yesterday on" business: Mr. James
said that the crop was a fairly good
one but that the farmers were
having great difficulty in securing
enough help, to harvest it.
Dr. Norman C. Beckley and Mrs.
Beckley, former residents of Port
land and now located at San Fran
cisco, arrived in the city yesterday
for a visit, coming from the Cali
fornia city by automobile. They
expect to be here several days
meeting old friends. They are at
the Multnomah hotel.
M. S. Rosenwald of" Chicago, whose
brother is one of the leading- mem
bers of the firm of Sears, Roebuck
& Co. of the windy city, is in Port
land with Mrs. Rosenwald on a tour
of the west and is registered at the
Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. Rosen
wald made a tour of the city yester
day. They are visiting all the
prominent beauty spots of the west
during the present trip.
A good demand for automobiles
in the capital city was reported by
Lee S. Gilbert, automobile dealer of
Salem, who was in the city yester
day and registered at the Oregon.
The automobile, Mr. Gilbert said, is
proving an especial boon to the
farmers of the Salem district in the
handling of berry and other crops.
Tillamook, Or., is forging , to the
front as one of the active business
centers of the state, according to
Fred Small, fish cannery proprietor
of that city. Mr. Small is in the
city on business and is at the
Oregon.
W. E. Tallant, prominent oanner
of Astoria, motored to Portland
yesterday with Mrs. Tallant for a
visit in Portland. They are at the
Portland.
M. A. Dana, banker of Marshfield,
arrived in Portland yesterday for
sessions of the bankers' convention.
He was accompanied by his wife
and son. They are registered at
the Portland.
James F. Twohy of Seattle, con
nected with Twohy Brothers, con
tractors, is in the city and is at the
Portland. .
Application for Patent.
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 19.
(To the Editor.) 1 What is the
hest and safest way to apply for a
patent? 2. Can a patent be ob
tained on a plan, or is a working
model needed? 3. Also can you give
me the address of the patent office?
4. Will there be a charge?
P. KAAKE. .
1. The patent office advises that
in every instance the applicant ob
tain the services of a registered pat
ent attorney.
2. It depends on the character of
the invention.
3. Washington, D. C.
4. The filing fee -on an original
application is $1'5, and there is an
additional fee of 20 when patent
is Issued.
.- He Found Them.
N Judge.
"When I was a little boy," sweetly
piped the hard-boiled sergeant, "I
had a set of wooden soldiers. One
day I lost those soldiers and I cried,
but my mother said:
" 'Never mind, Johnny! Some day
you will get your wooden soldiers
back.' And believe me, you bunch,
of wooden-headed blockheads, that
day has come," . '
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can You Answer These Questions f
1. Why Is the cow-blrd'a egg al
ways hatched out ahead of the real
eggs in a stolen nest?
2. What can I feed a captive trout?
3. Can wild animals contract dis
eases from domesticated ones?
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Are pearls found In the com
mon fresh water mussel?
There are about 1500 species of
fresh-water mussel, moat of which
are represented in the U. S., so we
hardly know which to call "com
mon." The species Margaritana,
found both in Europe and the United
States, produces valuable pearls in
some cases, with a permanent pink
flush. As this- question came from
Mississippi, and the pearl-producing
mussel is only found in the north,
we doubt If our correspondent will
find pearls in his neighborhood.
.-
2. What does it mean in natural
history books when animals are de
scribed as "heterodont"?
The word refers to their teeth,
odont, which in mammals are us
ually of three different, hetero,
kinds or patterns; incisors, the
front chisel-like teeth for biting off;
canines, or "eye" teeth, for hooking
or seizing; and molars, for crunch
ing. Every mammal is not heter
odont, however, for porpoises, for
instance, have teeth all on one pat
tern. 3. What is our handsomest bird?
we are airaid w snouid De in
trouble if we tried to settle this.
Our own taste leans toward the ele
gant cedarblrd; but its smooth
brownish-olive coat and black velvet
topknot might seem tame to people
who prefer the scarlet tanager or
goldfinch. The male rose-breasted
grosbeak is wonderfully handsome.
and so Is the indigo or the lazuli
bunting. The woodduck is a beauty,
and some sea gulls of a pearly love
liness. If yo-u asked us which is
our homeliest bird, we think we
should give the -prize to the interest
ing roadrunner of the southwest.
Copyright, 1922, by Houghton -Mifflin Co.
GARDEN HOSING DEEMED MANIA
Country Vegetable Do Fine With
out Sprinkling, Says Old Timer.
PORTLAND, July 20. (To the
Editor.) At this particular time of
the year I obligingly condescend to
ponder and reflect on some of the
vagaries of the human mind. Let
us consider by way of an Instance
the hose enthusiast not rolled hose,
but the common garden variety.
I have often wondered why it is
that bountiful nature should dis
criminate between the city dweller
and the farmer in the matter of
raising a garden. From time im
memorial the residents of the rural
districts have raised their garden
truck without the daily process of
deluging it with a hose. But, bless
us, the city Inhabitant would pine
away and succumb to some malign
disease if he were deprived of a
hose.
One can travel over the "highways
for miles and miles and glimpse
acres upon acres of farm gardens,
prolific and luxurious spots that
have grown unassisted by a garden
hose.
I also wonder at the fact that a
native of the city would pay $7.00
for a hose and $10.00 for a hand
cultivator with which to irrigate
and cultivate a garden spot with
an estimated valuation of- about,
let us say, $2.85. Or why one would
purchase 20 cents' worth of carrot
seed, plant them on the back lot,
spend two hours with the hose
every evening showering them and
wait three months for the seeds to
evolute into lijersize carrots when
for a fact one can go to the grocery
store almost any day in the year
and buy enough carrots for 20
cenis to keep a cow alive for three
weeks.
My next-door neighbor comes
home from work each evening, re
moves his coat, connects up his
hose and proceeds to bathe the gar
den Bpot I have ioticed a patch
of potatoes that his hose wouldn't
reach and another one that received
its daily ablution of Bull Run. and
I have noted that the patch that
has not. been baptized looks much
better and thriftier than the patch
that has been watered.
Likewise his patch of corn. On
the farther end of hi3 corn patch,
just out of range of the hose, it
looks 99 per cent better than the
part that has been "hosed." But
notwithstanding this fact, at least
95 per cent or more of the city in
habitants accept the hose theory for
propagating gardens without a
doubt in their minds, just as they
do in many other instancea
One can be in a gathering or as
semblage of people when the sub
ject of rats arises for discussion.
Presently there is the "bird" who
Invariably arises and relieves him
self of this: "Say, do you know how
to-get rid of rats? Well, I'll tell
you. Just catch a rat and singe
his hair and then turn him loose,
and believe me you'll never be
bothered with rats any more the
rest of them will all leave." Of
course each and every member in
the audience accepts the statement
for a fact, and when the occasion
arises each .nd every one Is pre
pared to tell you how to get rid
of rats.
But turning again to the subject
of the hose. One can turn his gaze
in any direction, any hour of the
day and nigh, and see the sprink
ling apparatus at work. In some
instances the attachment is set on
a sloping embankment and the
water oozes down onto an inclined
sidewalk and for several blocks
the famous Bull Run gives us a
miniature reproduction of the tknp
qua river during a freshet.
AN OLD TIMER.
Conflict in Ski Tournaments.
SEATTLE, . Wash., July 19. (To
the Editor.) I notice in an article
on the "Mount Hood Climb" In The
Oregonian July 9 that a ski tourna
ment is advocated for Mount Hood
on July 4 of each year.
As we have been having tourna
ments for the last five years at
Mount Rainier on that day, we feel
that we have a priority right to that
date and think it would be advan
tageous to have our meets on differ
ent dates so that we possibly could
arrange to have 4he jumpers from
different parts of the co'untry in at
tendance at both places.
I am Just writing this as a sug
gestion and would appreciate your
taking it up with the proper author
ities. H. O. ANDERSON.
Vocational Training for Veterans.
MILWAUKIE, Or., July 19. (To
the Editor.) Please explain how a
soldier enlisted in another state but
discharged in Oregon would go
about getting government aid in vo
cational training. Is there any place
where he can draw pay while learn
ing a trade? INQUIRER.
He should communicate with the
Unlttfd States veterans bureau,
Myler building, Portland, Oregon.
This organization has charge of vo
cational training. Vocational train
ing students are allowed $80 a
month while in training.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Blontague.
THE SUMMER DIE-HARD. 1
If any friend of ours should try, (
When we were on the scene.
To bite a casual passer by
In some quick fit of spleen.
And we should see him smashed
out flat
We'd quake with dread and terror,
And feel extremely certain that
Our friend had made an error.
If any friend of ours should seek
With patient care and toil.
To rear his young in ponds that
reek
With crude and smelly oil.
And all his family should die
We'd feel profoundly shaken.
And own with a regretful sigh
That he waa much mistaken.
And yet mosquitoes watch their
friends.
With little show of tact,
Bite people for their evil ends
And perish in the act.
And straightway do" the bugs take
wing
In fierce, vindictive passion.
And do the self-same risky thing
In quite the self-same fashion.
And though mosquitoes' children
die
In ponds that taint the air,
Still other culex parents try
To rear their offspring there.
I'm no admirer of his
No booster, in the least.
But I confess this insect is
A most persistent beast.
No Incentive for Overnight.
Now that golf balls sell at 10
cents your caddy will probably be
able to find your ball once in a
while.
Forward-Looking Men.
The presidential campaign Is
again 4n the minds of the politicians.
A number of them are' claiming to
have been born in Ohio.
Too Dreary.
Now that Will Hays has made
the movie shows cleaner we wish
he'd make 'em funnier.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of July 21, 1897.
Altoona, Pa. The striking miners
who went to one of the Gallitzin
mines today and beat drums with
the intention of getting the non
union men out were locked up by
the deputies on duty. The strikers
held a long meeting to discuss the
situation, but no conclusion waa
reached. It is predicted that a com
promise will be effected and that all
men will go to work.
London. The Standard says edi
torially: "Mr. McKinley has re
deemed his pledge and has led his
country back into the maze of ultra
protectionism. Europe survived the
McKinley tariff and will also sur
vive the Dingley tariff, which guar
antees to England continual suprem
acy of the oversea carrying trade,
and therefore is liable to do us more
good than harm."
John Green, one of the early pio
neers of Oregon and a prominent
citizen of Portland for nearly half
a century, highly respected by all
who came in contact with him, died
at his apartments in the Hotel Port-,
land yesterday morning at 9:40.
The greatest field of race horses
that ever came together west of
Chicago is now quartered at the An
aconda track. They will remain for
a week and then will go to Butte for
a month's racing.
FARMERS NOT IN SYMPATHY
Rail Strikes Injure Them, and They
Are Never Compensated.
GRESHAM, Or., July 20. (To the
Editor.) I notice the statement of
the managing director of the farm
ers' national council of Washington,
D. C, that the farmers of the coun
try art solidly behind the present
strike of railroad workers. Wondor
where he gets this news. Now, I
am an old farmer as well as an Ore
gon pioneer, and I never have talked
with a farmer yet who has favored
any railroad strike, for the simple
reason that any blockade or dis
turbance of transportation almost
Immediately affects more or less the
farmer's business, with no resultant
compensation for the' loss involved,
no matter how the disturbance la
settled.
Again, we see the statement from
almost everywhere that the 'shop-
men walked out quietly without
making any trouble. Why in the
name of common sense should they
do otherwise when they quit the
jobs voluntarily? Do we expect, as
farmers, When our hired man quits -us
voluntarily that he will leave
the farm gates open or throw down
a fence and let stock in on the
grain? We do not, and it is never
done by the employe, either. Or Is
it expected of the voluntarily retir
ing cook in the home that she will
slam the doors as she goes out and
give the house dog a farewell kick?
No; she does not do this, either.
This brings up the question of
destroying property of employers, as
is often done by strikers or their
sympathizers. It's a poor rule that
won't work both ways. We have a
recent decis'on of. the supreme court
that holds strikers t account for
the wanton destruction of life and
property of the employers, and
against such decision the unions
make a great howl. Now, the law
of equity and justice has for ages'
demanded that compensation should
be given for any damage done to
life, limb or property from any
cause, more especially when volun
tarily committed. Therefore, the de
cision of the supreme court is only
a beginning of what is bound to
become n time an established fact
of just'ee.
Apropos of the farmers' sym
pathy, the present strike is by
men who only work eight hours per
day, or if over that then they are
compensated for such overtime,
whilst the farmer never gets off
with less than 10 hours on his farm
and often three hours over that and
no extra compensation for the same.
The farmers' sympathy, indeed!
OLD FARMER.
Departed Editor Great Influence.
PORTLAND, July 20. (To the Ed
itor.) Permit me to add "Amen to
your tribute to the late Charles R.
Miller.- He was all you say of him
for more than 40 years the moral
and intellectual soul of the New
York Times, which under the owner
ship of Mr. Ochs became the .fore,
most newspaper ' of the United
States.
And while I am passing through
Portland let me say how rejoiced
and encouraged I am after an ab
sence of 44 years from the Pacifia
coast to find The Oregonian still
maintaining those elevated ideals of
clean and courageous journalism
with which it has always been asso-i
ciated in my memory.
SLASON THOMPSON.
A Clean Tongue.
Life.
"Do you always read In the orisjn
Inal French?"
"Yes, translations are so indecent."