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CLEARING AWAY HXUSIONS.
As the railroad strike draws to
its end, the manner in which it is
being ended gives weight to the ob
servations made by Ralph M.
Easley, chairman of the executive
committee of the National Civic
Federation, on methods of adjust
ing labor disputes. After all that
has been done by the railroad labor
board in the way of impartial ad
judication, by President Harding in
mediation, and by Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty and the courts in
the way of injunctions, the two
parties directly concerned are ad-
' justing their differences In confer
ence,
ality, It will be sustained against
any body that challenges them, and
any group of either executives or
employes will be slow to resist in
the light of the experience of the
shopmen.
PRIDE OR PRINCIPLE?
Let those who accuse Candidate
Pierce of opportunism In coming
out for the compulsory school bill
on the day of announcement of Mr.
Hall's candidacy reflect a moment
on the record. It is very puzzling.
Candidate Pierce, it appears from
the printed word of the organs that
represent the forces behind the
school measure, was recently in
terviewed on the subject of his
position and was what is some
times vulgarly called cagey.
He is reported to have said that
the school bill will be defeated by
100,000 votes and that if he sup
ported the bill he would be de
feated by 58,000. , He at that time
refused to come out openly for the
bill.
Now what is the inference from
Candidate Pierce's present indorse
ment of the bill? Is it not a bold de
fiance of the 100,000 majority op
posed to the measure, and, on his
own word, an invitation to defeat
by 50,000? Have we not here a
brave challenge to political pre
ferment, a sort of I'd-rather-be-right-than-be-governor
attitude
which shall forever make "Pierce"
and "Principle" synonymous terms
in Oregon?
And yet, so capable a calculator
as Candidate Pierce may have fig
ured that, while he would lose by
50,000 if he came out for the bill,
he would lose by 60,000 if he did
not. "
That's where the puzzie comes
in. Pride or principle which was
the motivating influence? We
give it up.
formation that "the marines have ' observers. The mode of thought is '
landed and have the situation well unchanged and unless it is changed
in hand," tells a storjs that must . the. danger will survive that, even
profoundly claim the interest of the I if the republic should live, Ger
hundred thousand or so of people i many would undertake by war to
who are seeking asylum at Smyrna, j reverse the verdict of Paris. " Ger
while at the ' same time it is not i mans regard Frenchmen, Poles and
without concern here on the Pa- ! Czechs as inferior races, and, hold
cific coast. To the unfortunate vie- subjection to them of millions of
tims of the upheaval in the Near their super-race to be an intoler
East it means a breathing spell and i able humiliation. Under a republic
life and hope while ways are be- j there is hope that these firmly
Ing devised for their return to their i fixed ideas might by degrees be
homes. For more distant peoples , eradicated as the truth about the
it tells what is being done with i war penetrates and as the prevail
funds subscribed, through com- Ing world ideas of the rights and
munity chests and other agencies,
for Near East relief.. Money so
provided appears to have been used
in the purchase of the supplies that
were rushed from Constantinople
to Smyrna, and the satisfaction
that Americans must feel in their
readiness to help must be worth
more to them than it cost in dollars
and cents. -
relations of nations spread among
the young generation of Germans.
It is essential to the peace of the
world that the Prussian idea of
war as a just and profitable means ,
'The Listening Post.
By DeWItt Harry.
by which a nation can extend its j traded direct.
BARTER and trade by the most
direct method, public market
ing, has been known for" countless
centuries. The foremost writers of
antiquity describe the system in
vogue in their day when every city
and town had its public square,
where the produce of the country
and the products of the city artifi
cer were displayed for sale. So much
wine for so much cloth, a string of
beads for a cheese, there were no
middlemen then to swell the costs,
producer met consumer and they
LEARNING A COSTLY LESSON. -Mr.
Jewell, the shopmen's chief
tain, surrenders and the railroad
But we cannot overlook the strike is officially at an end on fifty,
fact that this conference occurs or more railroads. It is to lall prac-
after the decision of the labor tical purposes over for the other
board had enlisted public opinion railroads of the United States.
against the strikers, after 'great
loss, inconvenience and disorder
had been suffered by the people,
thus further crystallizing sentiment
against the strikers, and after the
The strike has cost the railroads
much and the shopmen more. It
has cost the public a great deal
too; but a great principle has been
vindicated. The railroads are a
president had called upon congress public utility and the interest of
for remedial legislation. Though it the public in them is paramount.
may appear that the intervention The .labor board was established to
of the government and the influ
ence of public opinion were ineffec
tive, but for them the strikers
might not have been brought to
the mood for abandoning the
struggle.
The whole tenor of Mr. Easley's
Labor day address is that the
means urged to prevent strikes by
adjust controversies between oper
ators and employes. Hereafter
there will be less disposition to dis
pute Its awards. Its authority has
been upheld. The public welfare
is the gainer.
The strikers have been out 'of
work for two months and a half.
xneir loss in wages is enormous.
those not directly involved do not Now they are to be taken back on
work. He holds that settlement some of the railroads, at scales of
by public tribunals having power wages as fixed by the labor board,
to enforce submission is impos- with seniority impaired, with the
sible, since it would not be pos- right of men who took their places
sible to imprison hundreds of to hold their jobs recognized. ' On
thousands of men who disobeyed, other roads they have not been
Inquiry and decision by a public taken back at all, and will not be,
commission of "high-minded, able as members of the former shop-
and impartial citizens," relying on crafts union. They may be. and
public sentiment to force acqul- may have been, as individuals!
escence, is opposed by workers, for These will work side by side with
they are not willing to gamble on the men who took their jobs.
the kind of men whom a presi- It is not pleasant to think that
dent would appoint, but want a men will so completely misunder-
voice in the selection. Nor do stand both their duty and their in-
either employers or workmen want terest, and be made to understand
a settlement with justice and it at so great a cost tn thm ond
equity to all concerned"; "they to the, public. Thev were misled
want a little more than justice, just They know now that ,a strike to
iuttiumin me rigm to strike against
THE MEDDLERS.
The well-informed Seattle cor
respondent of The Oregonian, in
his analysis of the recent primary
contests in Washington, makes
this interesting disclosure:
The anti-Poindexter vote as cast
in the republican primaries is not
wholly a republican vote; far from
it. There ha probably never been
an election in the history of the
direct primary when invasion by
outsiders was more general, open
and notorious. The vote in the
democratic and farmer-labor pri
maries in all parts of the state is
so small as to be negligible.
Most of the Lamping vote and'
much also of the Axtell vote came
from outside the republican party.
...... Had none but republicans
voted in the republican primary
Senator Poindexter ttfould have won
his nomination by a very substan
tial majority over all his competi
tors. We have no idea that anyone
worth heeding will dispute the
above statement. But, if so, a very
strong and convincing circumstance
in its support is the light vote in
the democratic primary, though
there was a live contest or two
within that party. More democrats
and farmer-labor voters were inter
ested in what the republicans were
doing, and influencing results there,
than in . their own respective
parties.
A day or two before the election
a Seattle paper printed conspicu
ously a letter from a lawyer, who
was also a candidate for state 'sen
ator, offering to furnish bail and
defend in court any "progressive"
or "independent" arrested for of-.
fering his vote at the republican
primary.
Clearly, we cannot have both
party and the direct primary as it
is. They are incompatible. One
must be abandoned or the other reformed.
power and enrich itself shall be
dislodged from the German mind.
Until Germany is thus re-educated
France, Poland and Czechoslovakia,
the countries bordering on Ger
many which have reclaimed terri
tory formerly conquered by Prus
sian kings, will remain armed de
spite all that may be said about
militarism and imperialism. The
danger Is at their doors, indeed in
their midst, in the shape of a large
German element in their popula
tion, and their lives as nations are
at stake. '
No nation can have greater in
fluence than the United States in
the conversion of the German peo
ple to the ideas which we hold in
common with the self-governing
nations of Europe. When those na
tions try to instil such ideas, sus
picion of ulterior motives springing
from national interest and from
past and present quarrels tends to
discredit them in German minds.
No such suspicion attaches to
Americans. We have no age-long
feud, as has France, no claims to'
German territory, none that has
been taken from Germany, no Ger
man population placed by force
under alien rule. We, have taken
nothing and want nothing that Ger
many has. ,We can impress on the
German people that in any new
world conflict provoked by an at
tack by militarism on the freedom
of nations, our power will be on
the side of freedom. We can at
tack militarism at its source. If we
destroy it there, armies and jiavies
will shrink through sheer useless-ness.
Gasoline has liberated the farmer
from isolation, and it may liberate
Thtfse Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
When . persons he knows visit
Bend, H. J. Overturff proceeds to
show them the town and this con
sists in escorting them over to the
big sawmill plants, which are the
backbone of the payroll and pros
perity of that inland metropolis. Mr.
Overturff has been through the
mills so many times that he has
developed a line of talk such as
professional guides use and the lec
ture is all interesting. The main
trouble Mr. Overturf has, however,
is in getting his visitor to leave
the elevated platform from which
can be viewed the flying carriages
on which the dogger sits while the
band saws reduce pine logs to lum
ber. The carriage, with Its log.
travels back and forth so rapidly
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Houghton-Mifflin Co.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Moatafna,
him from some of his marketing -tnat tne layman becomes faseinat"
X) i ,. I. 1. 1 r,.m npniicts ! 3 .1 i i , i : .n . v. ..a
worries. Perishable farm products
this year have proved a drug on the
market. - Transportation! problems
and dealer's commissions sapped the
profits to the bone until the pro
ducer became desperate. Roadside
markets and stalls have partially re
moved this difficulty in Oregon, for
ed and is willing to forget the rest
of the mill plant. Some day a wide
awake movie director will use the
log carriage as a part of a story
and it will supply enough action
to satisfy the most exacting fan.
Mr, Overturff, who is registered at
the Benson, is a member of the leg
islature, representing five counties.
the city dweller out for a drive willjH ls nw interested in seeing an
the public cannot succeed.
LIVING WITHOUT FOOD,
There have been several in
stances of men living without food
for good measure,
The only real arbitration, he
says, is that "whereby each side
selects its representatives and, if
they cannot agree, they select an
umpire or go on and fight it out."
This rl.-i.n hrins-s a decision in Qi;
out of 100 cases, but works best I for loner Periods than the' men in
when outside parties are Mrlndo.l lne Argonaut mine nave been en
Advocates of outside arbitration tombe3, but none are now recalled
want all questions involved to be that glvB more than a vague hope
submitted, but labor men refuse lnal lnese victims or disaster will
to arbitrate questions of vital in- be reached in time to save them,
terest unless they feel sure of "cap- Cessation of outward signs that
turing" the umpire. The weaker any of them are still alive may be
eide demands arbitration and the reasonably due to the fact that
stronger rejects it. When the tney have been so weakened by
unions were weak, they demanded their long fast as to be unable to
it, and employers rejected it. Since assert themselves, or that they
unions have become strong, they have deliberately adopted a plan
reject It when employers propose ot conserving their ebbing forces;
it. Among the questions that are but even these hypotheses are but
not considered arbitrable is that a tenuous staff on which to lean,
of seniority. Tne particular circumstances are
In the bituminous coal industry a&ainst the probability that they
the question between union and wi" be saved.
non-union mines is not arbitrable. Human beings, says a physiolo
It involves competition between Erist' can maintain life for eight
union and non-union districts in dava without food and drink, and
which operators urge the union to lon&er if they are kept warm and
' organize non-union mines in order resting. How much longer must
to eliminate cheap competition by depend upon individual factors
equalizing cost of production in tnat cannot be estimated. A sup-non-union
fields with their own. v7 ,of water wonderfully prolongs
Nor can overproduction, which is life and Jt is possible that the Ar
the root of the coal dispute, be Snaut victims have not been en
arbitrated, and the proposed rem- tirely cut off in this respect. Forty
edy, stabilization or reduction in six years ago this year the sur
number of operating mines, would vlvors of the frigate Medusa sub
open a Pandora's box of troubles - sisted for thirteen days on a raft
government restriction of compe-- witnut. food, but with a limited
tition, which would lead to price- suPPJy of water, and miners have
fixing and to demands fof the same existed -as long as ten days in im
protection to other industries. Col- Prfsonment without eating. But in.
lective bargaining has not proved stances in actual practice in which
a remedy, for it was practiced by tnse periods have been equalled
all the forces engaged in the re- are few lf they have occurred at
cent strikes. Nor is there any a11- ' i
"right" to bargain collectively. The experiences of men like Dr.
Workers have a right collectively Tanner and the Italian Succi, who
to propose a contract, but em- went xoriy aays without food; of
ployers have an equal right to re- Jacques, who fasted for thirty days
fuse to accept it. When one party in Edinburgh in 1888, forty-two
calls upon the other to bargain col- da"s in London in 1890 and fifty
lectively or fight, it attempts die- da's in 1891, prove nothing ap
tation, which is not collective bar- Plicable to the present case. These
gaining. were scientists or professional fast
By what he calls "an attempt to ers who calculated nicely on the
clear the atmosphere a little by conservation of bodily energy and
removing some of the fustian and fitted their surroundings to the ex
sentiment thrown about these ques- Periments they were making, and
tions" Mr. Easley does valuable tney were unworrled and always
service. His position is neither sustained by knowledge that they
pro-labor nor pro-capital. He has could terminate their fasts at will,
no illusions that either party is The interned miners on the other
unselfish or less prone than the hand must have been almost from
other to human frailties, so the tne outset a prey to despair, they
highfalutln. altruistic stuff written Probably consumed much physical
and spoken on each side by turns energy ia fruitless efforts to-ac-does
not influence him. But we complish their own release, and
cannot quite agree that decisions conditions in the mine, as to the
or a public tribunal are as ineffec- supply or oxygen, which is a power
tive as he seems to believe. The ful rejuvenator, have been ad
railroad labor board is an innova- niittedly not the best There is the
tion, and the shopmen's strike has added fact that they had made no
been a test of its efficacy in bring- especial preparations for the un
ing about acceptance of its decision forseen ordeal, as formal fasters
by enlisting public opinion in its have always done,
support. Though the efforts of None of the ideal conditions of
both the board itself and the pres- tne laboratory are reproduced in
Ident have rather obscured this is- tne deep levels of the Argonaut,
sue, the outcome has sustained the Only an unaccountable vitality will
board, and has done much to es- account for their survival, lf any
tablish the rule that the public is of them shall be taken out alive
a third party to railroad labor dis- either that or some lucky circum
putes and that the casting vote of stance of which their rescuers are
the public's representatives on the nt now aware.
board must prevail. Whether this
rule shall be maintained or broken
down depends on the board. So
long as its conclusions satisfy the
public of its wisdom and imparti-
The statement in the news that
"in the meantime Americans are
feeding the refugees," which is
even as eloquent as the added in-
THE QUESTION ABOUT GERMANY.
In the background of all the
conferences on German reparations
and Russian reconstruction, and of
the divisions of opinion that they
engender, looms the question: Will
Germany finally settle 'down as' a
republic or return to monarchy and
militarism? If the former, the re
organisation of Europe into states
that was effected at Paris will -Become
permanent, the habit of set
tling disputes by conference or. ar
bitration, not by war, will grow,
and armies and navies will gradu
ally be reduced, just as the Ameri
can frontiersman's rifle was neg
lected when danger of Indian raids
passed. If the latter, Europe will
remain armed, or will re-arm with
the fearful weapons which the
world war brought into use, and
the burden of this preparedness
added to that left by the war will
crush the continent down to a lower
stage of civilization.
The reparation controversy is but
a symptom of the doubt as to how
time will answer this question. If
Germany should in earnest reform
its finances under allied control
and should in good faith make pay.
ments on account of a total repara-
tion claim reduced by agreement
among the allies, this action would
have a significance far surpassing
that of the money that changed
hands and of the effect on -com
merce. It 'would signify that the
influence of the monarchists, who
deny that Germany was beaten and
who declare that the debt shall not
be paid, is gone and that the party
which wants no more of monarchy,
admits defeat and is ready to meet
obligations has become supreme.
As Raymond Recouly, foreign edi
tor of the Paris Figaro, writes in
the Philadelphia Ledger, "the po
litical situation in Germany can be
summed up as an unstable equilib
rium" between these two forces.
The continuance in power of the
parties of the left and center, the
solid support that is given the re
public by the workmen, the traders,
the clerks and many of the peas
ants, indicate that the republic has
a solid basis. Opposed to it are the
junkers, the high government of
ficials, the big capitalists, the dis
charged officers, who know no oc
cupation but war and are ready for
any adventure, and university pro
fessors and students. The anger
aroused by the assassination of
Erzberger and Rathenau, the tear
ing down of imperial flags, pic
tures and coats of arms, the greater
use of the republican flag, the
great public demonstration in favor
of the republic in Berlin the laws
for safety of the republic, all are
signs of growing strength for the
republic. On the other side, hidden
stores of arms, camouflaged mili
tary organizations, use of the im
perial flag on ships, ovations to
Hindenburg and Ludendorff and
Bavarian princes, and economic
penetration of Russia show that a
well .organized minority is deter
mined to restore monarchy at the
first opportunity..
Behind the opposing purposes of
the two parties - is the German
mentality, of which Marshal Foch
said tn a farewell interview with
M. Recouly:
ANTI-CLIMAX.
An unidentified body in a name
less grave gi-es added testimony to
the profitlessness of crime. ' It may
never be known wno the young
burglar was whose life was cut
short by a wary officer's-bullet, but
so far as appearances' count it is
safe to venture that he began life
as an average youth, of ordinary
intelligence, 'and with as many op
portunities as his companions had,
Information is lacking as to the
temptations that beset him and the
minor disadvantages under which
he labored, but It Is likely that
these were no more numerous and
no greater than those that millions
of young men have been subjected
to and have overcome. The plea
that one must tread the path of
immorality because the road of
righteousness is overcrowded is the
least valid of all excuses in the
United States.
Even the sorry glory of distinc
tion in his chosen career, mistaken
though such a conception of glory
may have been, is denied him. With
not even a sorrowing mother to
claim his body, to weep over it and
to find extenuation as only a
mother can do for the pitiful weak.
nesses of the poor flesh, the young
man who had a world of light be
fore him but chose the darkness
instead comes to the most tragic of
all anti-climaxes an unmourned
burial in a potter's field.
Perhaps it is well that some one
has been saved the sorrow that
knowledge would have brought, but
it is not such an ending as any
normal young man would have
chosen for himself. The most piti
ful aspect of it, though, is that it
will not even serve as a warning to
others of- his kind. Youth In cer
tain circumstances obstinately re
fuses to profit by the experience of
others and learns only by its own.
A college professor announces
that the supposition that light trav
els 186,500 miles per second is an
over-estimate. Several million per
sons with electric light meters in
their homes will dispute him on
the spot.
"China to float loan," says a
headline. We have a suspicion
that after floating awhile it will
become a sinking fund.
Young men who can foxtrot all
night become highly indignant if
asked to dogtrot over to the corner
grocery on an errand.
Harry Orchard has an applica
tion before the Idaho pardoning
board; yet the lamented Steunen
berg is still dead.
When Rudyard Kipling cooled
off ho found he didn't mean it.
ProbaHy . he'd just paid his in
come tax.
Love's young dream breaks out
in the spring time, but the -halcyon,
days of September put the cinch
on it.
stop and pay good prices for the
best farm stuffs and this saves the
cost of transportation and the sev
eral middlemen's fees and both pro
ducer and consumer are benefited.
Some far-visioned farmers see re
lief in this auto selling system. It
is a simple plan, and seems to have
vast possibilities. Farmers who
have been in the game for several
years have managed to develop a
profitable clientele who call at fre
quent intervals and replenish their
city stocks of perishable produce.
Markets, barometers and skirts
rise and fall. Few venture to pre
dict with success in which direction
the trend is to be from day to day.
Just a few months ago the bull
movement began in skirts, viewed
with skepticism by many males.
Feyir qualified observers, especially
after hearing the repeated vows of
independence from American wom
en, expected the skirts to drop.
But the tendency seems to be
"down with skirts," down, down to
the ankles, as far as they can be
dropped. Some have .come down
with a rush, quite a few linger un
decided half way between the knee
and the dirt, others have not yet
felt the movement. The result ls
that there is no standard length
these days. The skirt situation
might be described as chaotic.
However, last night one -was ob
served on the "main drag," trailing
in good old style In the dust. One
of those clinging models that gave
more than a hint of the form b
neath. It must have proved of great
assistance to the street sweepers,
One thing this exhibit proved that
men's necks did not turn altogethe
for the sake of looking over the
shapely caf. More men's eyes fol
lowed the, novel sight than followed
the usual high one that came right
behind. It seems to be variety that
is wanted and as many women dress
to attract attention this long skirt
seemed to be but the percursor of
many more of the same length. II
the style manages to stay, and now
this column ventures to predict its
success, it should be a boon for the
burlesque shows, for there will be
the only chance to view the human
form divine. ' -
Frugality, as practiced by th
Scots, is unquestionably a national
characteristic, so -when a reputed
Scotchman walks into a jewelry
store and, without quibbling, selects
S2100 worth of merchandise and
then, not showing any sign of ner
vousness or trepidation, calmly
writes out a check for the amounts-
why something is wrong or Scotch
nature Is throwing out the excep
tion that proves the rule.
Just as described was a recent
occurrence In a local snop. rue
manager became cautious when
clerk Informed him of the sale and
held up delivery until some altera
tions could be made. On visiting the
bank it was found that the sup
posed Scotchman had no account.
But the man came in the next day
after his purchases, only to find
himself in the clutches of the police.
Sure he was crazy he's' in the asy
lum now.
Doubtless some regularity in di
vorce ring designs will, be worked
out in time. Under present unset
tied matrimonial conditions a great
deal of confusion comes from mis
apprehension of a woman's real
status. Few divorcees are averse
to the wearing of a distinguishing
label. Some move the wedding ring
to the right hand very good, the
idea is there but when they remove
it altogether." and thus fare forth
under false colors, as it were, some
thing should be done.
Jewelers in the east have designed
the "ring of disunion." ' On this ring
a cupid's arrow, broken in half, ls
the distinctvie emblem. Now all that
needs to be worked out is a cere
mony of exchange of "divorce rings"
after the final degree is issued.
The time has come to invoke ths
old appeal, "God save the mark,"
for apparently nothing else can do
it.
During- the last fifty years, vtn sines
1870, Prussia has succeeded in complete
ly Prussianizing Germany, Instilling into
her her methods, her moral and material
organization, her own mentality and con
ception of lite. That conception consist
ed in thip: That there is no better in
vestment for a country than the keeping
up of a powerful army: for the powerful
army will certainly win victories, and
Germany knows how to make victory
pay.
The whole question is whether she will
go back to her former leaders, or whether
she has cast them off forever. Will she
look for new ones? If so, it will take
her some time, for rulers are not i-iade
in a day."
Hatred of France 'and thirst for
revenge are still the dominant pas
sions among junkers and workmen
alike, according to several recent
People who are picking the site
for the 1925 fair seem to forget the
first move in making a rabbit pie.
With great prune and apple
crops to handle, how can Oregon
growers do much in politics?
It is a victory as well for the
men who would not be stampeded
and stayed with the jobs.
The trading stamp concerns
might give away soviet rubles for
a change and profit.
Those were not Dr. McElveen's
real friends who Induced him to
flirt with politics.
Brumfield's widow will get soml
Of the insurance, anyhow. It was
not her fault.
Dave Lightner, local world trav
eler, must think there's no placa
like home.
Nowhere can the Elks go in 1924
but come here. Remember 1912?
Oregon is getting to be quite a
country for nuts, and wherever nuts
exist or grow in any quantity there
are certain to be squirrels. The nut
raisers find it difficult to cope with
their nimble little enemies and the
most effective method of putting an
end to their peculations is the rifle.
Somehow every large nut ranch
teems to act as a magnet for squir
rels and it's getting to be a great
sport, - this squirrel - hunting. One
recent Sunday a oity party were in
vited out to one of these ranches
for a squirrel hunt. ' They found
that it took a mighty fine shot to
bag the little fellows.
Just to prove that heredity doesn't
always take we'll instance the case
of the pigeon-toed mother and her
straight-legged daughter, as seen on
Sixth street one recent afternoon. It
was easy to spot them for mother
and daughter, but their resemblance
did not extend to legs. Lots of chil
dren fail to inherit the blemishes
or oddities of their parents and no
human ever was or will be perfect
The business man sat on the stool
in front of the soda fountain.
"Give me a soda without flavor,"
was the order.
"Without, flavor," mused the young
exquisite behind the marble bar as
he smoothed the varnish on his long
hair. "Did you say without flavor?"
"Yes, withoui chocolate flavor."
"Oh, we haven't any chocolate fla
vor. You'll have to do without va
nilla," - - ,
eastern Oregon man elected speaker
of the house.
It was the opinion of C. B. McCol
lough, bridge engineer for the high
way department, that the structure
across the Lewis and Clark river
was rotten, but a Clatsop county of
ficer thought it was pretty good
Mr. McCollough proceeded to .dem
onstrate and the county officer hur
riedly walked off the bridge to the
shore end. Anyway, the demonstra
tion was sufficient and a new
bridge will be made, with state and
county co-operating. The bridge de
partment of the highway comix is
sion has a mass of work under way
at present, there being bridges,
large and small, under contract on
all the main state roads. Many of
these contracts were let so late in
the season that the bridges will not
bo tinished before next summer,
The largest undertaking is the
bridge near Myrtle- creek, on the
Pacific highway, which will be the
most beautiful in design of any in
Oregon.
W. G. Talt, in the banking busi
ness at Medford, is registered at the
Hotel Portland. The fruit growers
in the Rogue River valley have had
a pretty prosperous season, all
things considered, and a good crop
and fair prices have their effects
on the community. Medford is now
benefiting from the Crater lake
travel, although there is more than
one way of reaching the scenic
wonder. For years Medford has
been fighting to have a good high
way built to the lake and Jackson
county has spent a fortune in help
ing construct the road. While
there is much yet to be done and
the contractors are working stead
ily, the highway this season has
been better than ever and the use
of water wagons has helped ma
terially in laying the dust and mak
ing the trip more enjoyable. When
the road is surfaced the water
wagon, can be discarded.
Notwithstanding that the rainbow
trout fishing is very good now in
the McKenzie, H. G. Hayes has jour
neyed from McKenzie Bridge to
Portland. The McKenzie ls one of
the best fishing streams in America,
but how much longer this condition
will obtain when the highway is
completed is a problem. One thing
that Henry Ford did when he in
vented his flivver was to spoil good
ilsmng. The highway is now closed
as construction is under way in the
summit section, where the govern
ment people are blasting a roadway
through the field of black, forbid
ding lava, which used to cut auto
mobile tires at a ruinous speed. The
Mc.Kenzie is a regular river in size,
but has the swift water of a moun
tain stream and the proper way to
fish it is to use a boat.
There is one town, at least, in
the United States, which has its own
name. That is Walla Walla, Wash.
A letter can be addressed to that
town, without adding "Washington,"
and it will go unerringly to its
destination. There are several Port
lands and plenty of Salems and the
like, but Walla Walla stands alone.
That is because the first settlers
were sensible enough to use the
Indian name. C. R. Patten of Walla
Walla is among the arrivals at the
Imperial. Many people imagine that
wheat is the only thing grown in
that section, but Walla Walla is
diversified. For instance, there
were 700 carloads or onions ready
to be shipped to market this year
when the railroad strike came
along. Imagine how much hash
could be seasoned with 700 car
loads of onions.
C. S. Hudson, president of the
First National bank of Bend,- is at
the Benson with Mrs. Hudson. One
of the enterprises which Mr. Hud-
son aided in developing was the
manufacture of wood for leadpen
cils; that is, using the Juniper trees
for this purpose. Until the Juniper
was discovered to be good material
for leadpencils the trees were
looked on with reproach, save the
variety which grows a berry used
in the manufacture of gin. Around
Bend there are many large Junipers,
large in circumference but having
a stunted appearance. These more
bulky trees are being logged for
the pencil factory.
Can Yon Answer These Questions f
1. What is the best honey plant?
. 2. What sort of creature ls the
sea-anemone?
S. We have a wren box in an
apple tree in our yard, and recently
I saw a small bird near It. I thought
it was a wren, but it sang more
soft and pleasing, like a canary, and
this morning there were two of
them going over the tree, fluttering
almost like hummingbirds, inspect
ing every place a bud or blossom
shows. They go upside down, peck
ing as though they were picking off 4
Dugs. ADout coior or wren, put
dirty white underneath.
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Is it true that a hummingbird
lays only two eggs, and that one of
these is always a male and the other
a female?
The rule for hummers is two white
elliptical eggs, most ornithologists
making no exception to this. Bailey's
Handbook of Birds of Western
United States cites the common
rufus hummer of California as "unu
ally two eggs." We cannot advise
on the division of sexes in eggs.
Mr. Burroughs states in Wake Robin
and in-Pepacton that males are nu
merically predominant as a provi
sion of nature to offset the greater
exposures of male birds to foes, ow
ing to song and color.
2. Do alligators do any good?
To some extent, yes. if they pro
tect levees, dykes, etc., from the
burrowing creatures on which alli
gators are likely to feed. Some
localities in Louisiana protect alli
gators because they eat muskTats.
3. What is a dingo?
It is a wild dog, native in Aus
tralia, about 6 feet long and 2 feet
tall. It may be yellow, reddish, or
even black In coat, with lighter fur
on the belly and Inside of legs.
Head suggests a fox. This animal
puzzles Btudents to account for its
presence in Australia, as it has no
relatives there or nearby. The sup
position is that ages ago Australia
was connected by a tongue of land
or "antarctic continent" with South
America, and that a representation
of the dog tribe strayed to that part
of the world and established the
breed in what became Australia.
LEGALITY OF PLAN IS DOUBTED
A. H. Gardner and A. Stein of
Sumpter, Or., are arrivals at the
Hotel Oregon. Sumpter was onoe a
lively mining town but has been
somewhat quiet of recent year, and
the population is less than in the
boom times. The smelter is the
main asset of Sumpter.
A brand new married couple ar
rived at the Multnomah yesterday
from Boise,. Idaho. Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Brace were married a few
hours before the train left for Port
land and Mrs. Brace. was formerly
Miss McGirr, 'daughter of H. J. Mc
Girr of Boise. - ,
Haley Kiske, president of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany, arrived at the Benson yester
day from New York, accompanied
by his daughters and a number of
company officials.
John Williams, attorney of Eu
gene and former adjutant-general
of the Oregon national tuara, was
In the city yesterday on business.
N. G. Wallace, judge of Crook
county, Is at the Imperial and had
an interview with the highway
commissioners..
W. T. Thomas, stationed at Point
Wilson for the United States light
house service, is registered at the
Perkins.
Walter S. Wells, automobile
dealer of Coos Bay, is registered at
the Hotel Oregon.
F. E. Studebaker, railroad repre
sentative at Bend, is registered at
the Hotel Oregon.
I. Trotsky is registered at the
Imperial, not from Russia, but from
Seattle.
Efficacy of Dyer BUI ns Prevent Ire
of Lynchlnnr Questioned
PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (To the
Editor.) I have read The Oregonian
editorial, entitled "Prevention of
Lynching," and while I agree with
you that lynching Is a thorn in the
side of our progress, I very much
disagree with you as to the efficacy
and the constitutionality of the so
called Dyer anti-ly nching bill.
Before the passage of the 14th
amendment you will agree that
no such attempt as the Dyer bill
apparently makes would have been
possible. That amendment (XIV)
prohibited the states from passing
any law depriving citizens of life.
liberty and property without due
process of law. It acted solely as a
check upon the states and none
others.
But what does the Dyer bill do?
It provides among others that when
a man is lynched in a county, a sub
division of a state, the state shall be
penalized to the extent of 110,000.
And for what? Because some of its
law officers have been derelict in
their duty to the state. How then
can this act of the sheriff in sur
rendering the prisoner to the mob
who is intent on lynching, be made
the act of the state? And if you
can't make it the act of the state,
your Dyer bill must fail because
the 14th amendment only gives con
gress the authority to Interfere
when the state has deprived anyone
of life, liberty or property without
due process of law.
In the first place no state consti
tution can contain any provision re
pugnant to the federal constitution
or any of Its amendments. Further,
every state officer (as I understand
it) takes another to uphold, support
and defend the constitution of his
state. If, however, through fear,
malice or otherwise any officer la
false to his oath of office and per
mits a lynching, surely he ls not
acting within the scope of his au
thority and when acting outside of
his authority his deeds cannot be
held those of the state.
Hence, the state cannot be pun
ished under the 14th amendment for
something It has not been a party
to and as such able constitutional
lawyers in the senate as Senator
Borah of Idaho and Walsh of Mon
tana have insisted, the bill in its
present form is unconstitutional.
E. RUSSEL KELLY.
OX TUB WIIOXG TACK.
We never were strong for the up
lift; Our brow must be dreadfully low;
We do not care much for the Ibsen
esque touch
In a dull psychological show.
We would rather be thrilied to the
marrow
By plays that are charmingly
rough
Than to try to make out what a
drama's about
That is packed full of Freudian
stuff.
And therefore we read with imall
pleasure
The news that our friend Mr. Hays
Has set his young heart on improv
ing the art
Of producing the cinema plays.
He is placing a ban upon shooting;
The vamp ls held under restraint.
And the villain must act with po
liteness and tact
And look on the screen like a
saint.
Ths cowboys that used to foregather
And shoot up the Cactus House
bar;
The gambler who dealt with a run
on his belt
And chewed a gold-banded cigar;
The black-hearted Mexican bandit,
Who murdered whoever hs could.
Must all be effaced, that they may
be replaced
By folk who are noble and good.
If we see Mr. Hays we will tell him
That the old-fashioned plays were
all right.
The shows where a lot of ths actors
got shot
Were drawing big crowds svery
night.
He will-, not do a thing to reform
them, -
If he'll take a most excellent tip.
Or endeavor to start any outcry for
art.
But Just give them a llttla moreS
ip!
Ask Any Central Girl.
Ths greatest need Just at present
Is an lreless telephone.
Plea In Extenuation.
-his much may be said for ths
bootlegger: he is never as bad a
his liquor.
In Other Days.
Fifty Years A so.
From The Oregonian. 8'Pt"mher IS. 171.
Bellalre. O. Public schools hers
were forced to close today on ac
count of the heat.
Brussels Charlotte, empress of
Mexico, s so danKi-roiiNly ill thnt
her death is feared at any moment.
All the timbers of the water lowr
of the East Portland Water com
pany are at last on the ground, ths
structure having at last been torn
down.
Bishop (Chaplain) McCabs will
deliver his magnificent lecture to
night on the "Hright Side of Life la
Libby Prison."
NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS
Mr. Pierce's Boast of RellKious In.
herltance Is Out of Place.
PORTLAND, Aug. 14. (To the
Editor.) Were I a humorist afte
the fashion of Irvin S. Cobb, I sure
would find delight In taking a fling
at such Innuendoes as Mr. Pierce is
guilty of In his political statement
anent his gubernatorial aspirations,
He flirts with the teachings of the
good book, which admonishes us to
love one another, and in the same
breath boasts of his ancestral re
Iigious lineage, making It plain that
all his forebears were Protestants
for over 300 years by affinity and
consanguinity.
I can't comprehend what Mr.
Pierce is trying to illustrate. If it Is
braggadocio of religious inherl
tance bearing the hallmark of three
centuries, what a caper a Catholic
can cut with his Roman Catholicism
a religious belief boasting of an
tiquity aeons before the Pierce re
liglous escutcheon was placed on
the family mantle. v
What a pity that Christian people
like Mr. Pierce must trot out the
family Biblical record to standardize
as it were, his religious belief,
Men seeking high political favor
should be actuated and permeated
with the finest sentimentalities for
their fellow man, and the channels
which God created for nobler pur
poses should never be sullied with a
drop of bitterness in the mad scram
ble for political preferment.
He ls neither Catholic nor Prot
estant in the true sense who harbors
any ideals akin to religious anlmos
ity. D. W. LANE.
, Fmlt Picking Time.
PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (To the
Editor. Kindly tell me when the
apple picking begins and what Is
the closest place to Portland where
they hire pickers. Also please state
when the prune crop ls ready.
A. READER.
Picking of the winter apple crop
at Hood River will begin October 1.
Early apples are being picked now
In all sections. Prune picking has
started In the western Oregon coun
ties. Watch classified advertising
columns under "Help Wanted male
or female."
DRY OFFICER!) NOT IIH.IIT TVPB
Man Killers Are Needed to io After
MoonNhlners ami lluotlrBgrers.
BURNS, Or., S.'Pt. 13. (To the Kd
Itor.) A lot of fine Innocent men
have been killed recently by whisky
makers and sellers ami the poor
families are now dependent on the
public. If an officer goes after a
moonshiner to arrest him hs must
expect to kill him or get killed. Are
such men appointed?
A prohibition officer must be a
man killer or he should remain nt
home. Man killing ls a science and
while such men are scarce, enough
of them can be found to meet all re
quirements. One good gun man can arrest any
bunch of bootleggers alone. In ths
first place this sort of fellow doesn't
go into a town and parade as you
find officers doing tnd.iy, Every
body in a small town knows when a
prohibition officer Is In town,
whether state or federal. One of the
officers Just killed was the, sams
way. The right kind of a man killer,
as an officer, ls a quiet man that
drops Into a town and Kets In with
the "gang and is posted In every
possible way.
Sending out these ex-service men
or any other man except a "man-
killer" ls a crime.
I have known the real man-klj!r
for years. Have seen his work and
how he proves his superiority over
the ordinary gunman. It Is not ths
dead shot that Is always the victor,
but the quiet, blue-eyed little fellow
that works out the plans alone and
depends on no one else after getting
the necessary Information. Nearly
all the real man-killers I havs been
acquainted with weighed not to ex
ceed 125 pounds, never drank a drop
and were as gentle and kind as a
woman. It is hoped that all these
so-called officers resign before tlioy
are all killed.
READER FOR FORTY YEARS.
Cowardice and Confession.
UNIVERSITY PARK. Sept. 14.
(To the Editor.) The depriving by
Dr. Brumfield of his life Is a sad
commentary upon man's wllllntrne
to take upon himself a right which
belongs to others. What rlKht had
Dr. Brumfield to hang himself? .So
ciety through government alnna had
authority to hang the condemned
criminal. With the solemnity of ths
sacrament and free from all vlndlc-
tlveness the citizens of Oregon could
have relieved Dr. Brumfield of ths,
deed he dishonestly performed.
By the way, why should a man not
guilty of crime, but. perhaps, dis
couraged and ashamed of failure, or
through loss of friends, or property.
commit suicide? To rush Into tlia
unseen before God calls Is usurping
the divine prerogative. T'sually It la
an act of downright cowardice.
The act of Dr. Brumfield con
fesses the crime of which hs was
accused and for which he was fairly
tried. The public waited a long time
for Justice to have Its way. English
men are proud that their law
against murder Is executed with
speed. B. J. HOA DLEY.
Ilooks About White House.
ECHO, Or., Sept. 13. (To the Edt.
tor.) 1. A few years aito The Ore
gonian published favorlts poems. Is
here any way one could get these
in one collection at this time?
2. Is there a history of the tenants
of the "White House"? If so, what
name does it go by?
3. Where could I get "Thirty-six
Years in the White House," by
Thomas H. Pendel, doorkeeper?
CONSTANT READER.
1. There ls none.
2. "Memories of the White House,"
by Colonel William Henry Crook,
covers the period from Lincoln to
Roosevelt, Inclusive.
3. Any book dealer should be glad
to. get any published book for you.
lf he does not already have it in
stock. You may be able to borrow
this book from the state library,
Salem, Or.
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