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THE MORNING OREGOMAX, SATURDAY, JULY 22. 1923
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TWO PICTURES OF RUSSIA.
. Returning from Russia, William
Z. Foster can find no word of con
demnation for. the bolshevist rule
which has wrecked that country
and is destroying its people. What
ever is wrong he ascribes to the
acts of capitalist nations or to the
white Russians who fought in vain
to overthrow the reds. He talks of
a blockade, though the only block
ade was that which the soviet pro
claimed against the principle of
common honesty that requires a
man or a nation to pay for what he
or it gets. Coal was no longer
shipped to freezing Petrograd be
cause Russia, had no goods or
money to pay for it. Long after
Denikin's army was driven from the
Russian coal fields the output
steadily dwindled until it no more
than sufficed for that region itself.
When individualism was locally re
vived and miners were paid by re
sults, the output increased amaz
ingly. The soviet killed Individual
ism among the peasants by requi
sition of their crops and live stock
and, when drought struck the Volga
region, there was no reserve in
other parts of Russia to feed tn6
stricken people, as there had been
in India when famine struck any of
its provinces. Drought was the act
of God, as the bolshevists say, but
fttminp was the net nf the mon who
had destroyed the power of Russia
to fill the void that it made and
who had so nearly wrecked the
means of transporting it that the
Americans were barely able to
move enough relief supplies.
Against the story which Mr. Fos
ter brings back let us set the ter
ribly graphic description that Elea
nor Franklin Egan gives of what
she saw in the Saturday Evening
Post. Mrs. Egan went to Russia
as no propagandist but in pursuit
of her vocation of telling the world
as an eye witness what she sees" of
great events and great disasters.
She landed at Riga and traveled
through Latvia, which separated
from Russia when the bolshevists
became supreme, which fought
them in war and imprisoned their
spies by hundreds. In Latvia she
found the people well fed and well
clad, fairly prosperous and not beg
ging. She no sooner crossed the
frontier to soviet Russia than she
found evidence of hunger on all
sides, beggars swarmed about hei
at the railroad station, and a beggar
woman fell under the train and was
killed. She found hunger, freezing,
misery, despondency and indescrib
able filth on her journey to Moscow
and in that city, before she entered
the famine area, Starvation in its
various stages is the general condi
tion throughout Russia, except
among soviet officials and the red
army. It was worst on the Volga
until American relief came.
Mrs. Egan saw the worst fruits of
bolshevism at Orenburg, where
famine was at its worst, and on her
journey thither a once splendid
palace the filthy floors of which
are crowded with starving, disease-stricken,-
foul human derelicts.
scores of whom die, daily, are
stripped and piled like cordwood in
a shed, their rags being cast into a
pit which sends up a sickening
stench. That was an example of
bolshevist efficiency. She saw hun
dreds of children received in an
other building, stripped of their
foul rags, bathed in hot water with
American soap, warmly clad with
American clothes, their emaciated
bodies filled with hot American
food, the sick tended in an Ameri
can hospital, the well sent off to
other places for a little schooling,
all this where under bolshevist
management seventy-five out of
every hundred arrivals died. That
was American efficiency in the
service of humanity.
There were more examples of the
great achievements of bolshevism.
A dead woman lying on the street
unnoticed, so callous had misery
made passers-by; a human body be
ing devoured by dogs in full view
from the- road; a great trench in
the cemetery in which the naked
dead were thrown in heaps; the
dying going to the cemetery, select
ing their graves and lying down on
them to die; human flesh offered
for sale in butcher shops; and, go-
ino- fa r ,-, at1i in till lnJ. -
tive so decrenit that if anpnt fnnn
days in traveling 260 miles.
Rotten, corrupt and incompetent
as was imperial , Russia, it had at
tained the height of efficiency by
comparison with what bolshevism
has done. Under the czar indi
vidual Initiative had such play that
the association of zemstvos and co
operative societies did wonders in
feeding and clothing the soldiers
and caring for the sick and
wounded during the early years of
the war. That was the work of in
dividualism which the reds call
capitalism for humanity and
country. Men and women of the
Russian bourgeois were found by
Mrs. Egan laboring under the di
1 rection of American bourgeois in
the relief force to save some of the
millions of human derelicts made
by bolshevism. So nerve-racking
are the sights, sounds and smells of
the famine area that they have pro
duced a new disease called famine
shock, but so devoted are its vie-
tims that they no sooner recover
their poise by breathing pure air
and by escaping from the sight,
sound and smell of repulsive hor
rors than they are ready to return
to their self-imposed task of sal
vage. ' v .
We need only look at the picture
of Russia as communism has made
it, then at the picture of America
as it is under democratic "individ
ualism, , in order to realize how
monstrously false is the story told
by the recreant American Foster.
Communism is destroying Russia,
not only materially but morally and
spiritually, denying every rule of I
morals that has raised man above !
the beasts, debasing the church to
its service, degrading a white na
tion to cannibalism, mark of the
lowest depth of savagery. When
the millions whom it has brought
to this extremity cry for help, the
answer comes from, that nation
which the bolshevists malign as the
worst example of a system that
hardens the heart against humanity
and all human rights. Tet Foster
and his like have the audacity to
stand up in our midst and repeat
the monstrous lie to our faces.
COMPARED WITH GARBAGE MEN.
In defense of the railroad shop
men's . strike against the wages
awarded by the railroad labor
board the bulletin of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers cites
that the city of Cleveland offers 72
cents an houf for garbage men as
against the board's maximum of 70
cents an hour for skilled mechanics.
Garbage men are called "common
unskilled labor" and it is said that
men qualified for shopmen "cannot
be secured nor long retained on an
unskilled garbage man's wage."
That statement does not agree
with the fact that men equally
skilled In the same crafts as the
shopmen are secured in the foun
dry and machine-shop industry in
dependent, of the railroads at 56
cents an hour. But it seems that
the wages of railroad shopmen
must not be measured by those of
other men of the same cfafts in
other shops but by those of com
mon, unskilled labor in another in
dustry, and that the one Idea must
be to keep ahead of the garbage
man.
Though perhaps n6 great amount
of skill may be required In the
humble occupation of handling gar
bage, there are. reasons for paying
more than laborers; wages to men
thus employed. Garbage is neither
pleasant nor healthy stuff to handle,
as is implied by city ordinances re
quiring householders to deposit it
in cans with closely fitting lids. The
garbage man has the unenviable
job of lifting the lid, releasing the
odor and dumping the stuff in his
wagon, and spending the day in the
atmosphere that It creates. Nothing
but a high wage would tempt a
man to handle garbage. It does not
tempt the machinists in other than
railroad shops, ior they seem well
content with much less wages? than
the shopmen scorn or the garbage
men receive.
Undoubtedly if wages in industry
generally took a definite upward
trend, the pay of garbage handlers
would not lag, or be overtaken by
many less skilled employments. It
would always be in a elass by itself,
governed by the general distaste for
the work and could never be the
base rate for other wages in skilled
. or unskilled employment.
WAYSIDE FLOWERS.
Professor Sweetser, of the botany
department of the University of
Oregon, will discover that the sym
pathy of thoughtful folk is with
him in his wish that wayside flow
ers be protected by sentiment, if
not by law. Certainly we do not
care to cumber the statute books
with an act for the conservation of
early violets, or a measure to pro
tect the foxglove, but we could hope
that those who pluck them ruth
lessly, giving no thought to another
season, might realize that even na
ture has her limitations. It is one
thing to evince appreciation by
gathering the fragrant or colorful
blooms, and quite another to ob
literate the patch by greediness.
Wayside flowers, like wayside
verdure, are tonic to the senses. If
any doubts this, let him recall some
dusty ramble over the desert, where
a single glimpse of green, the sight
of one lonely blossom, would have
thrilled him with childish delight.
There are many men who give no
thought to flowers, or at least who
would not confess it, but the casual
joy that flowers yield them is not
the less because it is unsensed or
unexpressed. Of course, there is no
particular peril now threatening
our wild flowers with extinction,
but it seems obvious that if they
were not so carelessly and waste-
fully culled the pleasure we take in
them would be multiplied.
Some weeks ago a correspondent
suggested that lovers of verdant
and beautiful highways should
carry -ivith them, when they go a
motoring, packets of seeds to scat
ter beside the roads. Thefancy was
a worthy one, and may burgeon.
Yet instant upon its announcement
rose the cynical observation, from
another correspondent, that we
woulrLbetter seed, our fields to
flowers and have done with it.
Distressful prospect! One almost
visualized the encroachment of the
desperate and ruffianly Canterbury
bell, the swaggeHng snapdragon,
upon retreating acres of wheat and
corn. JYet nothing of the sort has
happened hereabout, though flow
ers both wild and tame abound in
Oregon. Should it threaten we
might call out the militia and mow
them down.
No, there is no peril in flowers,
no harm in caring for them. They
should brighten and bless every
road and lane in Oregon, whatever
the practical minded may say. He
waa a practicalist, if. tradition
speaks truth, who introduced that
peculiarily tenacious and terrible
grass known as Johnson's. ; John
son was he named. It was his in
tent that cattle should pasture
thereon and grow fat. - Ten thou
sand gardeners, moiling in the sun,
have cursed him roundly ere this.
And if the tradition be false,- no
matter the story fits. Clearly
there is more danger in being too
prosy than in letting fancy rove
now and again. -
WATERPOWER IN POLITICS. )
. The stupendous figures named by
Senator Norris as the amount of the
gift which the government would
make to Henry Ford by accepting
his offer for the Muscle Shoals
power and nitrate plants need not
be accepted as correct in order to
find a reason for rejecting the Ford
offer. . The unusual size of the
power-plant and the fact that the
. government began its construction
for war purposes are no reasons for
disposing of it in any other manner
than other power plants on navi
gable streams or in the public do
main.' Congress has established the
federal power commission for the
purpose of leasing these sites and
has provided for protection of the
public interest by federal or state
regulation or both. Why " should
congress spend .so'' much time on
this one pawersite, which, has no
greater possibilities than several on
the Columbia river?
. The only reason seems to' be that
Mr. Ford has made an of Jer for the
dam, has attached to it an offer to
take the nitrate plant off the gov
ernment's . hands, has held out
bright prospects of cheap fertilizer
for the farmers and has conducted
an -extensive propaganda in favor
of its- acceptance: The business is
under the jurisdiction of Secretary
Weeks, but Mr. Ford stirred up so
much discussion in conerress and by
the public that Mr. Weeks realizScT
that he had caught "a hot one and
hurriedly passed it on to congress.
Though properly a business ana ad
ministrative question, it has thus
become involved in politics.'
But for politics there would be no
talk of the government's comple
tion and operation of the plant and
going into the fertilizer, business,!
which would be an even worse so
lution than the j Ford proposition.
The power commission could offer
to lease the site and sell the unfin
ished dam to the company that of
fered the 'best price for both and
that demonstrated the best ability
to construct and operate the power
plant. There is nd reason for
coupling together the power and ni
trate plants. The latter could be
sold separately on terms guarding
against exorbitant prices and for
supply of the product to the gov
ernment in time of -ar.; This plant
would naturally become a consumer
of Muscle - Shoals power, ' though
under separate ownership.
If congress could or would ignore
those members who make political
capital of the affair, it would refer
the Ford. offer to the power com
mission with instructions to pro
ceed under the general waterpower
law, requiring the lessee to pay for
the government work. The proposal
for government ownership is di
rectly contrary to the purpose of
the republican party and its leader
to take the government put of busi
ness, and finds support only among
Socialists, including those who sail
under republican or democratic
colors.
DISCOVERED.
In view pf the well-nourished
theory that the direct primary law
should be amended only by its
friends and that whenever a friend
becomes convinced that reform ia
advisable he ceases to be a friend
of the primary, the appearance of
Mr. U'Ren as one of the attorneys
in a collateral legal attack on the
law, need not cause great conster
nation or astonishment.; There Is a
distinction between amendment and
legal assault. Besides, a lawyer is
one of those fortunate individuals
who may advocateNqne thing in one
forum and another thing in another
forum with perfect propriety.
The legal attack of Mr. U'Ren
upon the primary law had to do
with the right of a person to change
his registration on election day and
vote with the party where his
changing interests on that day hap
pened to He.
Yet the practice had been com
mon enough. It had received the
support of & published opinion by
the attorney-general. But appar
ently it never attracted the atten
tion of the reputed father of the
system until it had a bearing on a
contested nomination. : .
Now that we have heard from
Lawyer U'Ren that election-day
registration is not the law,- and in
asmuch as the court has held that
it is the law, we are anxious to hear
from Father U'Ren whether it
ought to be the law. And If not,
what, as a friend of the primary he
is going to do about it. -
AN OLD BOOK IX NEW COVERS.
Since Walton wrote his "Com
pleat Angler," near to three cen
turies ago, rto book for fishermen
has bees quite so well beloved as
William Scrope's "Days and Nights
of Salmon Fishing," which first ap.
peared in 1843 and' is now reprinted
in an American edition. Here, too.
was an Englishman who took the
gentle sport so deeply to heart that
he wrote well concerning it not as
a killer of fish, but as one who
loved their mystery and the broad
panorama of their pursuit, j The
work has often been referred to as
a classic and would bear reading
by many men who never wet a line;
yet the truth is that in America, but
a few fishermen and a few bobk
lovers have ever heard of it or
traced a lingering eye over its
scholarly, pleasant chapters.
What additions to our lore of
fisheg we might not have, what in
sight, what information of sound
economic value, if every wight in
waders fished as Scrope fished his
well-loved Tweed! For it is ap
parent that to this man, as to few
others, we owe the modern scien
tific interest in salmon and the
methods that perpetuate the several
species. ' He seems never to have
been content to call a fish a fish,
but to insist upon knowing whence
it came and why, and how it depos
ited its eggs, and in what manner
they were impregnated, and in Iden
tifying the infants. In his day the
tiny salmon fry, or parrs, were held
throughout Scotland to be adult
minnows of a common variety, not
in any way related to the great sal
mon that swarmed the streams.
Boys and crude anglers caught
them in enormous numbers, as you
might catch them today in any
coastal river of Oregon--did not
knowledge and the law forbid.
Scrope identified the parr. .
Though the salmon of Scotland is
not the salmon of the Pacific, those
who know our fish Chinook and
blueback will think themselves on
an Oregon stream when they read
Scrope. . He traced the life history
of the titan of the salrrtonidae so
minutely and with such sympathy
that his observations are easily ree?
ognizable from our own experience.
And he had a hand, which is of in
terest to the Pacific northwest, in
the first hatchery experiments.
To determine the nature of parr,
impregnated .salmon eggs were
placed in natural ponds and left to
hatch a simple test that nobody
prior to that time appears to have
thought of. The process of incuba
tion was closely watched, and in
due time the experimenters proved
that parr were not a species apart,
but infant salmon'. So, too, he and
his friends demonstrated, that a
grilse, or young male salmon, back
irom tne sea, might serve as a
mate for the adult female though
himself yet callow and immature.
In this observation we recognize
the northwestern- mystery of the
"Jack salmon," which returns in an
immature state, though fitted for
procreation, and with the markings
of the parr. But he does not an
swer, nor can we, why it is tnat
such fishes . axe invariably males,
nor suggest what detains their sis
ters in salt water. ..
This English angler did not sub
scribe to the theory that all salmon
die after spawning, their life cycle
rounded, their destiny complete.
Of course, his observations of a dif
ferent species do not contradict the
findings of American ichthyologists,
who hold that Pacific coast salmon
invariably die after- mating and
never again taste the tang of salt
water. But in view of the lingering
doubt among laymen his statements
in this respect, though with regard
to Scottish salmon, are intriguing.
He held, as close observer, that
while many spawned salmon did
die, numbers 'returned to the sea
and were healed pf their weakness.
He found uhat occasional salmon
spawned twice and even thrice.
J An argued subject on the Pacific
coast is whether some salmon do
return to .salt water, thus permit
ting the disparity in weight, so fre
quently noted, or whether one and
all succumb near the wedlock
riffles. Dr. David Starr Jordan,
whose word on the salmonidae is
scientifically accepted as final, de
clares that spawned salmon are
comparable to a corn-stalk that has
born Its grain, j The essence of life
has been drawn from them, and re
covery is impossible. Scrope ob
served that spawned salmon con
gregated in deep pools and awaited
a spate, or freshet, which carried
them down to the sea. Any observer
of salmon in Oregon streams has also
seen the schooling of spent salmon
after spawning, and has likewise
reflected upon the fact that the
first heavy rain and rise of the river
sweeps the depths of their tenantry.
Yesterday they were there, weak
ened and thin from their fast, but
yet vigorous. -Today they have been
borne away with the flooding river.
Whither?. ' - -
Does it not seem possible that
Oregon salmon, like those of Scot
land, sometimes find their oceaq
again and drink health from it?
It is quite probable that the bureau
of fisheries, as well as independent
investigators, have determined this
point beyond dispute. But if they
have not made an actual endeavor
to determine it, by practical. test, it
should 'be attempted without delay.
It were a simple matter to convey
vigorous spawned a 1 m o n, theo
retically marked by death, to sea
and there imprison them for the
purpose of observing the effect.
Perhaps it has been done, though
statements relative to the invariable
death of Pacific coast salmon after
spawning do not . mention such -a
test. Scrope would have madeit.
"The position of the kelt, or spent
salmon," says H. T. Sherinerham.
1 angling editor of The Field, ' who
edited the reprint, seems to be
raised.' Is the kelt worth preserv
ing? The answer to this is, yes, be
cause there is always the ehance
that it may return to sea, recover
its condition, and return to the river
to spawn - again. A considerable
number of salmon, especially of the
male fish, die after the exertions
of spawning, and it is probable that
of those who do not die a fair pro
portion will spawn again."
Controversy, however is not in
keeping with the spirit of Scrope.
who made his discoveries for the
love he ; bore the river gods, and
whose modest boast was that he
had been a squire of trouts and had
taken to salmon when the time for
his knighthood arrived. "We leave
you," said he, at finis, "to the glo
rious , w o r ks of the Creation,
whether it may be your pleasure to
go forth when the spring sheds its
flowery fragrance, or in the more
advanced season, when the sere leaf
is shed incessantly and wafted on
the . surface of the swollen river."
A New York jury has convicted a
woman nurse of the theft of a $900
diamond ring, and she will be sen
tenced to the penitentiary, - To have
insured acquittal she ought to have
shot an admirer or two.
Belated information comes that
the crown of the Hapsburgs has
been lost for several months. Prob
ably it will be found some day in
the same place as the Hapsburg
throne.
A large proportion pf the Oregon
couples who marry in Vancouver,
Wash., wind up in the Oregon di
vorce courts. The knot they tie
over there must be a slip knot. -
Mayor Hylan will not run for
governor of New York and pre
fers Mr. Hearst. .- "Harmony" is
spelled with an "H," too, 'to make
the alliteration perfect.
Mayor Hylan of New York city
has declined to rurt for governor of
the state. A good 'political job in
hand is worth two in rrosp-Fct.
Any plan is a good plan that col
lects pay from Germany for ex
pense of the army on the Rhine,
whether in dyes or coin.
A New York judge says it is per
fectly lawful for girls to smoke, and
might have added that it is per
fectly awful, too. -
The one-strap one-piece suit has
appeared at Seaside and one is led
to wonder if the. wearer's motheY
knows she's out.
All an advocate of the "one .big
unions needs is plenty of rope, in a
sense more suicidal than lynching.
Must be over-production in the
New York lofts, with 50, (WO gar
ment workers on a new strike. ;.
De Wolfe Hopper's ambition to
"try 'em all" is helped along by a
suit for divorce by his fifth.
What matters a coal or rail
strike, now that Weber and Fields
have reunited?
Rationing, of coal may extend
here, so call in the wood man early.
No labor trouble can be tight
enough to keep out Sam Gompers.
Nebraska nominates a republican
for governor on the Oregon plan.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
L.OTS OF PEOPLE ARB LIKES
. THAT.
When Uncle Sam is on "the shore,
He sets his bearded chin,
And sternly -bids you drink no more
Of whisky, ram or gin.
And if you even hoist aboard
-A little beer or ale,
Hi8 officers conduct you toward
The nearest county jail.
But Uncle Sam, upon the sea
A very different man is he.
When Uncle Sam is here at home
He says in accents grim
That beaded bubbles must not foam
Above the glass' rim.
He casts a fierce reproving gaze
. Upon all forms of wine.
And cries that people must not raise
The porter-laden stein.
But Uncle Sam upon a ship ' ;
Has always something on his hip.
When Uncle Sam is on the sea ,
He wears a kindly wink -
And asks good fellows to be free
With every sort of drink,
And being not at all averse
To making honest pelf,
To fill a rather empty purse
He peddls it himself.
When out of Mr. Volstead's range
He suffers quite a swift sea change.
-:
Scientific
European hotel keepers never
take away all an American tourist's
money. They always - leave his
steamship fare home so he can come
over after he has another fortune.
.
' His Biggest Job, '
This is the season when the "efficiency-
expert gets all fagged out
trying to keep everybody in the of
fice from taking the same two
weeks' vacation. - .
' Something. '
Well, even if nobody has ever
been to the top of Mt. Everest, we
are perfectly sure that if is there.
(Copyright. 1822. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
CONSTANT MENACE IS AT DOOR
German Mendacity Compels France j
; " to Maintain Armaments.
PORTLAND, July 21. (To the Ed
itor.) The press in general credits
France with the unsavory distinc
tion of opposing a reduction, of ar
maments. France, under the --heel
of necessity, is justified in her stand
on disarmament. She is compelled,
despite her passionate desire to the
contrary, to maintain a substantial
army. Her danger is even more Im
minent than it Was in 1914. The
pact of Versailles, whereby assist
ance from England and America
was planned to forestall any future
invasion of France by the boches,
was denied acceptance in this coun
try, and Premier Lloyd George never
submitted it to parliament. These
two isolated nations, during Ger
many's Tuaval im potency, are com
paratively secure against her
schemes for revenge -r but if either
of them joined frontiers with the
barbarian boches, the publications
of such would reveal a far,different
sentiment. ' '
France is now alone face to face
with "a people who, haye for cen
turies been a constajrf menace to
her peace and the retention of her
terr'tory. Moreover, the peace treaty
permits Germany to maintain an
army of 100,000, and' ostensibly re
stricts her military strength to that
number; but' the French people
know that by secret devices the
military organization of Germany
may easily be increased to forty
times this allowance.
The Huns' taste for atrocity has
suffered no abatement since he
gory performances of Attilla. In
truth, this notorious celebrity, not
withstanding his tyrannical pro
gramme, spared Rome a brutal de
struction, on supplication of the
bishop of that city. And although
he enslaved thousands, his depreda
tions upon society never approxi
mated the outrages upon women and
girls committed by the Germans at
Lille. r
The boches are as dishonest since
the treaty as they were cruel during
the war. This unfortunate condi
tion has gained incalculable" mo
mentum through the British pre
mier's persistent prosecution of an
anti-French policy since the treaty
of peace. Actuated by a determina
tion to revise the treaty favorably
to Germany, this tactful politician,
in the series of post-war confer
ences, has effectuated a material
reduction of the reparations ac
knowledged to be due France. His
non-aggression proposal at the
Genoa conference, whereby no na
tion, under any circumstance, would
be allowed to invade foreign terri
tory, virtually denies France the
right to enforce the claims awarded
her at the peace table. French di
plomacy warded off the coup; that
Country is now accused of militar
ism. Compare the attitude of France
after the treaty of Frankfort in
1871, with the designing procras
tination of the Germans today. The
French people, deeming the indem
nity fixed at that time a sacred ob
ligation! poured their treasure into
the government repositories that it
might be conveyed; to Germany
within the time set. The French
government, in turn, took pride in
honoring its signature by anticipat
ing the payments.
Compare the attitude of the French
women during negotiations of the
treaty of Versailles with the arro
gant and pitiless stand assumed by
the German women during the war.
The latter, with their children, were
always to be found- at railway sta
tions, awaiting the arrival of French
prisoners that they might insult
them; this laudable purpose was
usually embellished by spitting in
their victims' faces. And when the
French-- mothers begged for their
help to stop the exodus of milch
cows into Germany, the answer was,
"We will have nothing to do with
It." This attitude of German wbien
made.it useless to hope for milk to
feed gTeat numbers of French chil
dren. Under the treaty of Versailles,
the stolen milch cows were required
to be returned. The German women
then set up the loud and pitiful cry:
''Our children are suffering from
want of milk." The noble Women of
France instinctively pleaded for the
German . children, and the French
government cheerfully yielded to
their wish. . -
Detractors of the valiant French
nation, the imps of unwarranted
propaganda, will one day return to
plague you at your own -firesides.
For time, with a single, voice, will
proclaim the truth.
- , - . E. CLOSSET.
201 Vine Street.,
Licensing; of Real Estate Brokers.
COVE, Or., July 20. 'To the Edi
tor.) Does a man have to have a
license to sell real estate, or to open
a real estate office in Oregon;
. ' . " ' H. G.
' A real estate broker must obtain a
license, costing $5. from the real
estate commissioner, Salem, Or. Ap
plication must be accompanied by a
bond or collateral In the mm. of
$1000 and a recommendation signed
by 10 freeholders of the county in
which the applicant intends to do
his principal business. - .
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
C C. Dill of Spokane, former con
gressman and candidate for the
democratic nomination for senator
from the state of Washington,
dropped in at the Oregon hotel yes
terday to pay his respects and inci
dentally to pass around cards ad
vocating his election. Mr. Dill is
how engaged in campaigning
through the southern part of Wash
ington. According to his card he
will "fight the 'battles of the peo
ple" if elected to the senate. From
1910 to 1912 Mr. Dill served, in the
prosecuting attorney's office in Spo
kane. In 1913 he was appointed sec
retary to Governor Lister, resigning
to enter congress in 1914. He was
re-elected in 1916, and, according to
his card, was "involuntarily retired
to private life" in 1918. Mr. Dill
lists himself as a newspaper man,
teacher and lawyer. The primary
i held September 12.
S. J. T. Straus, brother of S. W.
Straus, prominent New York banker
and hotel promoter, -is visiting in
Portland. He registered yesterday
at the Multnomah with his wife and
a party of five, and then proceeded
to tour the Columbia river highway.
He will leave Portland today, con
tinuing a tour of the Pacific coast.
S. W. Straus, his brother, is the
promoter of the Ambassador chain
of hotels in large summer and win
ter resorts. There is a possibility
that one of the hotels will eventual
ly be located in thd Columbia gorge
region. Mr. Straus expressed him
self yesterday as delighted with the
highway and the Oregon country.
His home is in Chicago. -
A miniature family reunion of the
Kern family is being staged at the
Oregon hotel. . Dr. M. S. Kern of
Pendleton is registered there with
his wife and F. W. Kern, his father.
The elder Kern lives at Two Rivers,
Wis. The Kerns returned to the
Oregon yesterday from a short stay
at Seaside. After passing a few
days in Portlands, they will proceed
to Pendleton. Dr. Kern is a well
known physician in the eastern Ore
gon city, having lived there for a
number of years. -
Few people know that there Is al
Nashville in Oregon as well as in
Tennessee. Fred Crowley and Charles i
Hinshaw, with their respective
wives, arrived in Portland yester
day to inform the world about their
home town of Nashville, Or. The
town boasts of 29 inhabitants. It
is situated on the Corvallis & East
ern railroad in Lincoln county, 2T
miles east of Toledo. Moreover, the
Yaquina river flows through the
town, and a lot of fish flow through
the river. ; ,
The forest fire situation in the
Coast mountains, while bad, jcould
easily be worse, P. A. Anderson of
Kerry, said, when he registered
yesterday at the Oregon. So far
the fires have for the most part
been brush fires, and have not
caused a great amount of damage
to the timber. Every precaution is
being taken to prevent their spread
to "top fires," which would destroy
timber and cause untold damage.
Situated In the heart of the fertile
and productive Mohawk river val
ley, Canandaigua, N. Y., has an ideal
location for the canning industry.
The' town is famous for its can
neries, and it annually converts
many thousands of pounds of fresh
fruit and vegetables into compact
tin cans. H. J. Ellis and J. W.
Jenklria and family are registered
from Canandaigua at the Portland.
The city of Wilmington, Del., has
been famous for. more than a cen
tury as the home of the Du Pont
powder works. ' Du Pont powdet
was used in the revolution, and it
has been used in every war since
that time. Incidentally the city is
the capital of the state of Delaware.
W. E. Postles, M. D., and R. R.
Postles are registered from Wil
mington at the Benson.
Portland hotels yesterday present
ed a deserted appearance following
the exodus of more than a thou
sand delegates to the convention of
the American Institute of Banking.
A number of the delegates planned
to tour the west before returning
to their homes. A few stayed over
in Portland to enjoy the Oregon
mountains.
The Astoria Budget, the evening
daily newspaper at the enterprising
city at the mouth of the Columbia,
recently moved into ,new quarters,
celebrating its growth in recent
years. L. D. Drake, owner of the
Budget, registered yesterday at the
Hotel Oregon. With him was John
Anderson, also connected with the
Budget.
These are fine days for the Vick
brothers, well-known automobile
dealers of Eugene, Albany and Sa
lem. Tourists are passing through
the three valley towns by the hun
dreds, and each tourist means a
potential customer for some auto
mobile house. George F. Vick of
Salem is registered at the Imperial.
-The outlook is brighter -, in the
sheep raising industry than it has
been for some time past, according
to A. J. Shearer of Payette, Idaho.
Mr. Shearer, a prominent Idaho
sheepman, arrived at the Multnomah
hotel yesterday. : Business r is pick
ing up' In his home statehe said.
A. K. Peck, attorney of Marshfleld,
is in Portland in connection with
the recount of votes for governor
instigated by Charles Hall. He is
registered at the Benson. A recount
will full establish the fact that
Hall was nominated at the repub
lican primaries, Mr. Peck insisted
yesterday,
J. B. Coe, proprietor of a station
ery store at Eugene , bearing his
name, is In Portland attending: a
convention of northwest stationers
at the Multnomah hotel. A large
proportion of . the text books and
other implements used by the stu
dents at the University of Oregon
is supplied by Mr. Coe.
Frank A. Williams, prominent citi
zen of Yakima, is stopping at the
Oregon. Yakima is just about the
most perfect town in the northwest,
if not in the whole country, in the
opinion of Mr. Williams.
The Dalles is due for a wave of
prosperity, in the opinion of B. A.
Lubbe, prominent business man of
that city. Mr. Lubbe, with his wife
and daughter, registered yesterday
at-the Portland. ' 't . -
James F. Twohy, member of the
large firm of Twohy brothers, ship
yard owners and contractors, is
stopping at the Portland hotel. His
home is in Seattle.
Jay Gibson Is a state official of
Idaho. His home is at Boise. Mr.
Gibson arrived at the Imperial yes
terday for a short stay in Portland.
E. H. Weigand and wife are reg
istered at the Imperial hotel from
Oregon Agricultural college. '
Captain G. S. Finley of Corvallis
registered yesterday at the Multno
mah, i
"".".- Privileged.
Director of the Budget DawesMs
the only Washington official who
can cut a ridiculous figure without
being laughed at; - - -
Baby's Eyes.
By Grace E. Hall.
The eyes of babies are like colored j
marbles i
Some blue, some gray, some brown;
They all are very blank and very ;
dull,
With only rounded surfaces and
Little lights and shadows j
Sifting in between the creamy cur- i
tains
Of the lids.
And life itself is like a master-artist
From whose great studio
Go forth the pupils to their daily
tasks;
And each in turn must polish in a
way
The lusterless, unseeing baby eyes.
And add a facet that reflects his
skill
A mood, a temper, or a dream.
A few brief years and nevermore,
alas !
The soft clean lids will lift for us to
SQe
Into the secret place where living
thoughts abide.
For life will teach the babe all mys
teries; The curtains will be soiled by many
a tear,
Yet will -the eyes be shining when
. we look;
And, though we gaze forever in the
blue,
The lids will hide the truth
We're searching for.
But life neglects no errand, and at
last
Sweet love, the final artist, shall
perfect,
With strange and subtle skill, the
polishing
Of those once vacant, marble, round
ed eyes;
Shall add new brilliance and a mel-
. - lower tone
Than any lapidary yet
Has known.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can Yon Answer These QnestlonsT
1. Do woodpeckers raise more
than one brood? I have found a
nest with young, pretty late, it
seems to me.
2. Is a rEht air malarious?
3. What can I do for peach trees
to stop worms working into them?
They live in the wood out of sight.
Answers iir tomorrow's nature
notes. i
.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Why is the cow-bird's egg al
most always hatched out ahead of
the real eggs in a stolen nest?
For one thing, the normal incuba
tion period of the cowbird's egg
seems to be shorter than that of
most of its involuntary hosts. Then
too, the egg is usually the biggest
in the nest, and so absorbs most
warmeth from the small mother. It
may crowd the "real" eggs (as you
say) to the edge where they are less
well brooded.
2. What can I feed a captive
trout?
If a young specimen, it will do
well on herrin.g roe, which you can
buy canned from dealers. It is used
extensively at the New York
aquarium in rearing trout. Older
specimens will take chopped raw
beef or lamu, or chopped fish or
shell fish. Use the herring roe from
January to June, and then the fresh
food.
-
3. Can wild animals contract dis
eases from domesticated ones?
Probably yes, in certain cases.
Mountain sheep have been found
dead from what appeared to be
sheep scab, probably contracted by
grazing over ground previously
cropped by domestic herds, some of
which had the disease. Fortunately
sheep herding in forest reserves is
pretty much prohibited by law now,
so that the somewhat scanty bands
of mountain sheep now left, have
less chance of suffering from an
epidemic.
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of July 22, 1872.
Brooklyn The police have ordered
the arrest of all liquor dealers who
open tomorrow for the sale of
liquors. The district attorney has
determined to prosecute all parties
arrested.
Madrid, Spain Congratulations
and expressions of joy are received
by the king from all parts. Their
majesties drove out yesterday in an
open carriage and were " greeted
with enthusiasm. It is rumored
that the examination of the- cap
tured assassins develops the exist
ence of a regularly organized con
spiracy. Local brevities Short sermons are
popular. Still cool and pleasant,
with indications of rain. George
L. DePrans is back from the sounH.
Fires in stoves are comfortable
these evenings and mornings. Yes
terday was a little cool, but numbers
were enjoying a drive. The cherry
gripe" is said to have superceded the
"cucumber colic."
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of July 22, 1897.
Vancouver, B. C. The empress
dowager of China has confined
Prince Tsai to life in a dungeon for
not being present to congratulate
her on her birthday and in .-efusing
to worship at the shrine of his an
cestors. His title is to be taken
away and he is to be publicly
whipped on the bare back with bam
boos until he cries for mercy, after
which he is to be shut up between
four walle and fed on spare diet
until he repents. This decreee has
been published in the court gazette.
London The threatened strike of
the telegraph operators has been
averted. The operators are inclined
to accept the compromise.
The Oregon Telephone & Tele
graph company have added the fol
lowing to their list of long-distance
stations: Moro, Wasco and Grass
Valley, Or. These points can be
talked with direct from Portland
and from all other stations in the
northwest territory.
The military contest between the
army and navy teams and the na
tional guard will take place at Van
couver barracks at 3 o'clock next
Saturday.
Is There Modern Jonah t
MONMOUTH, Or., July 20 (To
the Editor.) We had a discussion at
our dining table the other evening
about Jonah being swallowed by
the whale. .Personally I fully be
lieve this Bible story. But some of
the young ladies thought it was ut
terly impossible.
, I told of reading of just such an
other case which happened a few
years ago, but I have forgotten the
particulars whether the man lived
or not after being swallowed by the
whale.
Could you give the particulars of
this second case? J. W. LEACH.
We have no recollection of any
recent incident of the kind.
Ghosts Guide
Hands That
: Make
Pictures
Five artists who claim their
paintings are made through, not
by, them, hold exhibition in New
York, and then dozens of other
painters come forward with
similar stories and specimens,
says illustrated article to ap
pear in Sunday's Oregonian.
Many Beauties
Vie for Trip
King Neptune himself de
mands presence of state's
prettiest girl at Atlantic City
pageant.
Color Book Is
Children's Delight
This one feature for the
youngsters places The Sun
- day Oregonian in a class by
itself.
IN THE
. MAGAZINE
Is Drinking
a Lost Art?
Bartender on shipping board
vessel says that Americans
can't drink as of yore.
Mayflower Ladies ,
Were "Washerwomen
Facts about blue-blooded an
cestors causes riot in aristo-
catic club- of New York.
Chicken Checkers
Is Latest Game
Game is played with live
chickens and when fowl is
jumped it is lost by owner.
More Sketches
by W. T. Hill
"Midsummer Shoppers" is
title of this feature, which
shows ' people in intensely
human attitudes.
How the Beauty
Prize Was Won .
Fiction feature tells how girl
built house on sands, but
winds of fortune were with
her.
River of Romance
Draws Hotels
Building sites with legends
attached found along Colum
bia river gorge.
Have You Walked
Across America?
The- transcontinental hike's
the thing, and thousands of
girls have hit the open road.
OTHER
FEATURES
Would Protect
Family Life
Nation declared to face decay
unless purpose of married life
is elevated.
Smart Sweaters
Are in Vogue .
The proper costuming for ex
clusive resorts told of in the
fashion department.
Mount Hood Scaled
by Legionaires
The second annual climb of
this peak under auspices of
Hood River Legion related in
illustrated article.
Barber Shop Quartet
Replaced by Radio
All the latest news in the
world of wireless told in the
radio department.
Elinor Glyn Writes
to the Flappers
Self -discipline declared to be
first essential and to be really
loved only happiness on earth.
Current Happenings
Shown in Cartoons
Some of the modern problems
of the United States and the
world illustrated by Darling.
Scenic Wonderland
Revealed bv Triv
Tour through Suttle lake and
McKenzie pass district de
clared greatest trip in Oregon
by motorists.
The Oregonian Is
Paper of Features '
Departments handle such a
wide scope of subjects as to
appeal to all members of the
family.
All the news of all
the world found in
The
Sunday Oregonian
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