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THE MORXIXG QREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1923 8 K8TABLISHED BI HKNRT L- PITTOCK Published by The Oregonian Pub. Co.. 135 Sixth Stieet, Portland. Oregon. C. A. MORDBN, IX B. PlffR' , Manager. Editor. The Oregonlan la a member ottle As sociated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for Pno": eation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this-paper and also the local news published herein. . AH rights of publication of special des patches herein are also reserved. Statement of the Ownership, Manage ment, Circulation, .to., Jteqiureu w the Act of Congress of August i, X9i. Of Morning Oregonian, published daily except Sunday at Portland. Oregon, for October X. 1922: State of Oregon. County of Multnomah. Before me, a, notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, person ally appeared C. A. Morden, who, having teen duly sworn according to law, de poses and says that he Is the manager ol The Morning Oregonian, and that the following is. to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the own ership, management (and If a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the afore taid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the act of August 24. 1M2, embodied In section 44a, Postal laws and Regulations, to-wlt: 1 That the namea and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and 'business managers are: -Publisher, Oregonian Publishing Co., C. A. Morden, manager. Editor, B. B. Piper, Portland, Oregon. Business manager, W. E. Hartmus. Portland, Oregon. 2 That the owners are (Give names and addresses of the individual owners, or if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholdes owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock) : Owner, Oregonian Publishing Co., Inc. Portland, Oregon. Stockholders: H. L. Pittock estate, Portland, Oregon; The Scott company, Portland, Oregon. 3. That the known bondholders, mort gagees, and other security holders own ing or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, o state.) None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security bolder appears upon the books of the company aa trustee or in any other fidu ciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embrac ing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the Looks of the company aa trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest, direct or indirect, , in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. 6. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or other wise, to p&ld subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is 81,992. (This information is required irom daily', publications only.) C. A. MORDEN, V Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2d day of October, 1922. (Seal.) W. E. HABTMtTS. (My commdssion expires May 25, 1923.) Comparative showing with statement issued six months ago is aa follows: October April 1. 1922. 1. 1922. Daily i. 81,993 81,450 Sunday - 115,807 111,134 TALKING TO HIS NEIGHBORS. From the. thriving town of 'Im bler, which is in Union county, the home of the democratic candidate for governor, we are at last able to glean a little light on the way in which Mr. Pierce if and when he shall become governor would reduce taxes. Everybody's-friend Walter was talking to his neigh bors the other night, and was evi dently in a, most obliging and con fidential rriood, for he let the low tax cat jump clear out of his ora torical bag. The news accounts of the event ful night are not indeed notable for their wealth of detail; but never theless they are adequate, quite adequate. It appears that Mr. Pierce recommended we quote from the news item "abolishment of the etate fair, cutting down ex penses of the eleemosynary institu tions, a gross earning tax, and the levying of a severance tax on forest reserves." We are making; progress. Ore gon without a state fair will be something different; and the in jury to the feelings of the farmers who have supported the fair for sixty years, to th-e breeders of fine stock, who have Tbeen proud to ex hibit there their cattle, horses, sheep, hogs and ther of Oregon's best animal products, and to ex hibitors and patrons generally will ba considerable. It is a relief to learn that Mr. Pierce will not abolish but will merely reduce the expenses of the eleemosynary institutions. They include the state hospitals for the insane (Salem and Pendleton) Florence Crittenden home, Alber tina Kjerr nursery home, soldiers home, institution for the feeble minded, tuberculosis hospital, sup port of orphans and foundlings, Patton home and wayward girls. Thus it will be seen that Walter has gathered together in his great scheme of tax reform about every variety of human helplessness, in order to tell them that their care and comfort cost too much. Sad news, indeed, for the poor insane (ourable and incurable), the dis owned orphans, the unhappy and miserable human defectives, the homeless old soldiers, the con sumptives sick and dying), the derelict aged, and the friendless women and girls who are under the social ban. They are cared for too well to suit Mr. Pierce. They shall feel the sharp and remorseless edge of the economy axe, wielded by the man who rejoiced greatly when an ex-Tammany boss gave $5000 in cold cash to his campaign. Now we have the first chapter in the great Pierce programme of economy. It is to be: Item 1. No state fair. Item 2. Starvation diet, cheaper clothing, and fewer comforts for the insane, and the orphans and all public charges. What next? GEORGE MEETS A TARTAR. We thought that Mr. George Be. ban was unduly harsh with the Cirls, when he said that movie actresses were but beautiful dumb bells. Beautiful they were, and with a beauty enhanced by the ro mance of the films, but dumb-bells they could not be not all of them. To be a dumb-bell is to yield no re sponse to the impact of ideas or ideals, but, like the dancing doll, to cease in inanition so Boon as the music ceased. We thought, per. chance, that George had been crossed in love, had left his bat. tered heart in Hollywood, and that like many another luckless swain its orifice was filled with bitterness, Yet while this fond and charitable conjecture, occupied our reflections, dear little Viola Dana rose in de fense of herself and her sisters.. Did Viola put the renegade to shame? Did she squelch him with the icy fluid of a lofty and Eliza bethan disdain? Did she sunder his conceit on the sharp edge of a bright retort? Let the competent judge, judge too the chagrin and confusion of Mr. Beban, and the elan with which Hollywood rallied round its Joan. ' For what Viola said, her sweet chin tilted scorn fully, her memorable eyes kindled in feminine fury, was this: "George Beban is a big piece of cheese!" While wit so incisive, so indica tive of lofty thought and trenchant purpose, is current in Hollywood, who will have the temerity again to say that its daughters are beau tiful dumb-bells? j:DED. The great war on the paving trust more or less genuine prod uct of sensational journalism and political demagogy is at last over. The politicians and their news paper ally began it; and then quit it; but now the federal court ends it in a judgment which will cost the state of Oregon about $250,000. It was all over a patent pave ment, of a kind and quality which the road builders of Oregon desired to use, and did use, to a very large extent. Noise-making newspaper -dom was horrified to discover that a royalty was being paid, and promptly created the hideous ogre of a paving trust which was said to control the legislature. Some of the statesmen at Salem were sim ilarly excited, and they set about to destroy the monster by taking his royalty away from him. First it was proposed to invalidate the patent through litigation; 'but, when it was obvious that it could not be done (the attorney-general of the state said so, in effect), the next moye was to ignore the patent, refuse to pay the royalty, use the pavement (some one else's prop erty), and contract to reimburse any contractor who thus invited action for damages. Honest busi ness, that, even when dealing with a paving trust. There may or may not have been a paving, trust. It depends on what is meant by trust. But there was a concern whieh had a patent paving process, and sought to charge a royalty for its use. There was no reasonable question about the va lidity of the patent. Every disin terested authority was convinced of it only, the politicians professed to think otherwise, arid made a b'g hullabaloo about it. Now the state knows that the patent was valid. It cost $250,000 to find out. MAN VERSUS WILD GAME. South Africa ' is no longer the sportsman's paradise. The great herds of game that roamed the veldt have been decimated to the verge of extinction. Because of this, Dr. William ,T. Hornaday, chief crusader for the protection of wild life in America, has espoused the cause of another continent, and is pleading for more intelligent game laws in the land where Roosevelt shot his lion. U,nless such laws intervene, he declares, the day is soon to come when the last of several beautiful species will fall prey to man. And the last of uglier but most interesting ones, as the white rhinoceros. One cannot repress a sigh at such a thought. America witnessed the passing of the bison, saw the last passenger pigeon in migration, and even now regards the dwin dling prong-horn herd. The disap pearance of game is a penalty of settlement, for obviously the same acres will not give food and- shelter to man and the beasts. What has happened in America,, much as we regret to admit it, must happen on the veldt spite of all that Dr. Hornaday and his colleagues may say or do. It is the natural law, against which' enacted . statutes cannot hope to strive. ..." We who have grieved for the bison have seldom asked ourselves whether it would be feasible to pasture their wild herds, had they been Spared, upon the ranges that are now given to cattle and sheep, or upon the vast areas of plain that are one expanse of wheat land. Harsh as such a verdict must seem, it is obvious that wild animals can only hold and occupy such terri tory as is not required for the im mediate welfare of man. When these interests conflict or collide the game must go. It is fortunate that far-sighted and sineere lovers of wild life have preserved the buf falo for us in several tame herds for otherwise the buffalo had gone down before the law. If one doubts this, let him consider the elk of the Big Hole country, where the once mightly herd of elk, or wapiti, is annually lessening in numbers, through the cruel exactness of starvation. Man and the wapiti have contested the land, and man has prevailed. Even n a t u r a,li a t a sometimes make mistakes. It will be recalled that Dr. Hornaday championed strict protection for the titanic brown bear of Alaska, asserting that so ruthless was the destruction of this peaceful and inoffensive animal it must soon vanish. ' Against these claims for the bear were et the many statements of Alaskan hunters and residents, who testified with one voice to its shocking savagery and the peril of its presence. Like the men of the Fore and Aft, they had seen their dead. Though they cared a great deal for the adventurous sport of bear hunting, there was the other motive of self safety to prompt them. A good bear was a dead bear. Though this reference has no direct bearing upon the case for the preservation of game in gen eral, it is pertinent in that it shows to what lengths enthusiasm will carry the preservationist. It must be concluded that game cannot vie with human welfare. If there is need for settlement of the veldt, where the zebra and most beautiful of antelope are found, the animals must be thrust back a they were thrust back in America, The one ground upon which the naturalist advocate may advance with certainty is the ground ef sensible protection, commensurate with the agricultural and industrial requirement of the eeuntry, Ob viously this points toward the es tablishment ef game refuges, utilia ins for such purpose those districts which, while adapted to game, are not so desirable fes settlement. Such a refuge, by way of illus tration, a has been proposed for the prong-horn antelope in south eastern Oregon. It is time that, if wild game is to be preserved, and is to benefit pos terity, both by the lessons of nat ural history and of economic ad vantage, an intelligent and dispas sionate survey were made. By such a survey, and the accomplish ment of the projects it will indi cate, the age-old contest between man and game will cease in a truce of mutual benefit. - LETTERS ARE WELCOME. The Oregonian will give in its columns as wide representation as possible to the writers of letters on the issues of the state campaign. . Letters on both sides of the school question and other measures are welcome, provided that they discuss issues and not -persons, are moderate in tone and are confined to 300 words. In the event that all communica tions submitted .cannot be printed, selection will be made to balance presentation of each case as nearly as is possible. . . Correspondents are requested to identify themselves fully by enclos ing (not necessarily for publica tion) true name and complete ad dress. As in the past, The Oregonian will not give space, knowingly, to letters from professional propa gandists or paid press agents. , WOMEN AS INSURANCE RISKS. It remains to be seen whether the example of a group of Swiss insurance companies which have increased insurance r a t e s for women, "because," as the news re port has it, "of their curtailed garb," will be generally followed by ' other companies, but the chances are that it will not. Old notions die hard and one of the most tenacious of them all is the curious obsession that muffling oneself to the eyes in some manner wards off disease. Medical opinion in this country offers no support for the theory that either the com fortably abbreviated skirt or the open waist has increased the mor tality rate. The view is widely prevalent indeed that the reverse is true. . It is only a few years since women were universally regarded as inferior life insurance risks. Im proved facilities for obtaining au thentic data have made it possible to show that this is a mistake. Wherever official records exist, the average death rate for men is higher than that for women. In England and Wales, for illustra tion, the average death rate for a decade was 20.2 per thousand of the population for males, and but 18.0 for females, and for the United States in a recent year the figures were respectively 20.0 and 17.2. The general statement holds good for all ages for which vital statis tics are obtainable. That the reason lies deeper than the superficial contrast between the occupational hazards of men and those of women is apparent from the circumstance that the highest ratio of deaths of males to females appears in the years of in fancy, from birth . to the age of four. In this period 119 deaths of girls are recorded to each 100 males and the proportion of deaths of males is 56.7 per cent of the whole number. Nature in her ef forts to safeguard the species has endowed the. female with a supe-' rior vitality, he irrefutable evi dence of which is found in the vital statistics of every civilized land. ' THE VOYAGE OF THE OREGON. ; The chivalrous modesty of Rear. Admiral Charles E. Clark, whose recent death inevitably recalls the glorious achievements of our name sake battleship, the Oregon, may have deprived that historic vessel of full recognition of the distinc tion which is her due that of hav ing fired the first shot in the battle of Santiago on July 3, 1898 but the plain record of events gives to the fine old vessel and her brave crew a place in the history of naval warfare that time makes only more secure. Admiral Clark says in "My Fifty Years in the Navy" that "it is but reasonable to suppose" that the opening gun was fired by "either the Iowa or the Oregon, for they were the only vessels which, from their stations, had a clear view of the Santiago channel and consequently of ' the ships passing Socapa Point."" Another than Clark might have found sufficient justi fication for a more positive asser tion; there is ample supporting testimony that the Oregon did be-, gin the memorable engagement; but it is not needed to give the Oregon the peculiar eminence I which no student of our history has ever, had the temerity to gain- This splendid warship, built "on honor," as Clark -reminds us in his memoirs, and comprising in her crew "an exceptionally large num ber of young men drawn from all classes in the states of Oregon, Washington and California by the prospect of war service," sailed from San Francisco, on only forty eight hours' notice, March 19, 18 98. To obtain an adequate impression of the difficulties of the. task to which she was set when she was ordered to reinforce the Atlantic fleet, it requires to be remembered that the whereabouts of the entire Spanish fleet of capital ships was then unknown, that the Oregon, for practical purposes must be re garded as sailing alone, since her only consort for any part of the distance was an auxiliary vessel of negligible defensive value, and that the Spanish war, though it oc curred less than a quarter of a century ago, antedated the utili zation of wireless telegraphy and the submarine. Without these aux iliaries to modern warfare and at all times relying on her own un aided resources, the Oregon reached .her destination in condi tion for battle on a moment's warning. The fortunate elroumatanee that Washington had taken measures, to secure the friendship ef the Brazil ian government, revealed by an in cident at Rio, indicates that our methods of diplomacy have not aU wayg failed and points a lesson that present-day moralists will not ig, nore. War had been formally de clared when the Oregon reached the Brazilian port, a Spanish ter pedoboat was known to have left Montevideo for the north, and of the situation then confronting the Oregon, Clark says! This was disturbing information. If the terpedoboat should arrive and had an ordinarily enterprising pommaailer. J felt he would not hesitate to violate the rights at a- natural pari, it by - doing he could put one of our four first-class battleships out of action. To justify his attack, he would only have to point to our own conduct at Bahia, another Bra zilian port, when one of our ships, the Wachusett, captured the Confederate steamer Florida. "This was a clear viola tion of international law. but the cap tain of the Wachusett was neither sur rendered to the Brazilian authorities nor punished uin any way by us. A master fleet of Spanish cruis ers and gunboats was now known to have sailed from the Cape Verde islands two days prior to May 1, the date on which information of this new peril was communicated to the commander of the Oregon. Clark's instructions from the navy department left everything to his discretion. They read: Destination (of the Spaniards) un known. Must be left to your discretion entirely to avoid this fleet and to reach the' United States or -the West Indies. You can go where you desire, or if it be considered as a last resort and can rely upon Brazilian protection, may remain there under plea of repairs. The captain of the Oregon elec ted the course whieh history has vindicated, although not svith some regret that the decision had not been made at Washington. If, he reasoned, the Spaniards were headed for the West Indies, the necessity for the Oregon's presence with the remainder of the Ameri can fleet was all the more urgent ly on the other hand, they should make an ' effort to intercept the Oregon they couW arrive in the vicinity of the Brazilian coast be fore she could get away. To meet the latter contingency a plan of battle was prepared, the reading of which in Clark's own words still gives a fillip of added interest to the annals of that stirring time: It was my" intention to make it a run ning fight if possible, as we could use six turret guns, and two six-inch guns right astern, and I hoped that by running at. our fuil speed we might be able to String out the pursuers and cope with them singly, as did the survivor of the Horatil "when fiying from his three weakened enemies. This allusion to Horatian tactics was- referred to by Cap tain Mahan when ha wrote: "Captain Clark drew for support from the fountain heads of history; from the remote and even legendary past." Cervera's squadron had just been located in Santiago when the Ore gon reached Key West on May 26, and events had not then exhibited the weakness of the Spanish fight ing arm. The cool courage with which the fleet prepared to meet and cope with the enemy, which required that the Oregon should be ready for sea within two days after her . voyage around the continent, is enhanced by present knowledge of the then-prevailing atmosphere. The Spanish cruisers were regarded as much speedier than the Ameri can battleships, including the Ore gon, and the only two Ameri can vessels which it was then imagined could bring the Spaniards into action were the' relatively light-armored. New York and Brooklyn. In these circumstances the plan to blockade the Santiago channel by sinking a vessel there in, was laid, but the fleet was also ordered to be ready for instant battle. . Judged by the standards of more recent naval fighting, our fleet was badly protected then. Defense of capital ships against attacks ' by torpedo boats was virtually lacking altogether. Launches and boats propelled by oars were employed on picket duty, and of these the Oregon's crew manned more than a fuil share. The Oregon was also chosen for the dangerous duty of illuminating the harbor entrance with searchlights, which impelled Admiral Clark to write: "I felt that honors were coming our way a little too thickly. Every night, within close range of the Spanish batteries, our searchlights made us veritably a shining mark." Marines from the Oregon, with a detach ment from" the Marblehead, were the first American armed force to set foot on Cuban soil. The Oregon, first to enter action at Santiago, was the last to cease firing, the final shot of the battle being the one which, falling close beside the Cristobal' Colon, forced that Vessel's surrender and ended the last vestige of Spanish power in the New World. Certain 'department of justice of ficials are accused by a District of Columbia grand jury -path having appropriated to their own use sup plies of captured liquor. Does this grand jury actually expect them to buy their wet goods at the market? Woof! The party has a howl coming in the appointment of a woman to succeed Tom Watson. It's right-, .of. course; but the Idea of it being done by a democratic governor! That is a republican prerogative. t King Alfonso of Spain has issued an edict forbidding persons from coming in contact with the royal presence who have eaten garlic. But how about the lotus eaters? A German inventor says he will reach the North Pole by . U-boat. Now if he will take Hindenberg and Ludendorf with him we'll con cede them a place in the sun. ' Tom Lawson was a great man to ticklothe tape and made millions. Now he is said to be bankrupt. The law of chance is loaded against a man, from craps to stocks. One of the professions that can hardly be over-manned, in view ot the changes going on all the time in the world map, is that of geo graphy maker. The Hon. Tom Crawford would collar all the' dollar bills in Oregon for a purpose. The Hon. Tom is a foxy politicianer from Bunchgrass. Oscar Hammerstein's 'widow is in need in New York. Yet Oscar Hammerstein in his prime took in the dollars, by the pailful. Those who quarrel on the tomato being fruit or vegetable can com promise on esculent, which means something good to eat. The European nations want Uncle Bam to b the umpire, but reserve, the privilege of throwing pop bottles. At least en thing Ireland need la the return ef a few ef these husky American Irish eepa, However, the jet) (if Uing pf Greece hasn't been listed yet by the employment agencies. Gresham wants a mayor,' was horse preferred. Why not try a woman? These Balkan states always seem t feava paa fight left. 105 PER CENT AMERICAN IS OUT A. S. Ylum for Governor Ha Plat form Sticky With Molmei. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 2. (To the EditdrV "I, A. S. Ylum, appeal to the general public in and out of captivity to elect me as governor of Oregon. Although not exactly born in the Un'ted States, I am 105 per cent American and make herewith my platform known: Taxes:. I consider these of the greatest importance and I a-m for an income tax to tax all people at present escaping taxation, such as having no real estate, but only a ut and such things, and earn ing good wages. Everybody with an ineome of less than $2000 should pay an income tax, but all incomes above $2000 should not be taxed in order that such incomes may be profitably employed in industries and tax exempt bonds, which are so necessary for the upkeep of the state and because we need some to whom we can pay the income tax. School Bill: I am for the com-pulsory.- school bill, although I am an atheist myself. Nobody has the right to any particular brand of church or religion in -a democratic state, but mainly, because in uni formly conducted schoote alone we can raise the standard citizens just like we make matches in automatic machines. We avoid the danger of producing distinct methods of edu cation .and creating men sometimes different from the standard a very dangerous thing in a democratic state. Bonds: I favor the issuance of bonds, believing tHiat the majority of the present bonds will never be paid back and our present genera tions need not bother as long as there are people willing to buy the bonds. And in order to catch the farmers' vote I am going to pro pose that a special -bond issue of $100,000,000 be prepared and the proceeds of such mortgage to be used as follows: Every community having at least 10 children should have a real high school and such high school should be at least 35 yards high. Every farmer of not less than 10 acres capacity should be provided: (a) With one printed pamphlet per day free of charge. (b) With one special county agent. In order that he can farm scien tifically and so on. The rest of the proceeds of such bonds should be loaned out to the farmers on second mortgage at 2 per cent interest. Other things useful: I am for the prohibition law as it stands, hav ing done away with the saloons and allowing any decent citizen all the drinks be wants and a few hundred men a good income from moonshine and bootlegging. I am also for prohibiting any woman under 40 years- to use rouge, powder or hair dye. And last, but not least, if any of the general public wants to have some additional things put into my platform, they are welcome to it and I am willing to add anything desired, because I am democratic, I a'm an independent republican and I am a 105 per cent American. A. S. YLUM. POLITICS NOW A REAL MESS Pieree Deserts . Party Standards! Republicans Are Split. t Eugene Guard (Dm.). The unexpected flop of Walter M. Pierce from a democratic platform featuring reduction of taxes to ad vocacy of the measures) sponsored by the Ku Klux Klan and the more or less unexpected entrance of Charles Hall into the race for gov ernor as an independent Klan republican candidate has made a 'real mess of politics in Oregon. It items however, the logical outcome of a wide-open primary where any body may run for office on any kind of a platform. What the result at the polls will be only a guess may be safely ven tured. Probably, following the ex ample of men like Oglesby Young, the Portland democratic warhorse; most of the regular democrats, taught since Jefferson's time to op pose the injection- of religion and race issues into politics and just as positively set against restrictions by law upon personal liberty, will vote for Governor Olcott, while the thousands of republican members of secret political organizations who supported Mr. Hall in the primaries will probably vote for Mr. Pierce in November. The independent candidacy of Hall would indicate a split in these rankst but there is a general feel ing that either Hall or Pierce will be pulled out of the race, probably the former. So we'll all haul down our old party colors and run up the black flag of religious and racial feud an attempt to force the other fellow to think the way we do or lock him up in jail. ' The Bourbon ship comes round the old party, good-bye All loaded down with Ku Klux men Good-bye, -old party, ood-bye! ' , DESCHUTES RIVER. Oh, virgin waters! Rippled stream! 'Tween tow'ring wails thy rhythms teem With carols calling me. ' The sun's kiss glows thy cheeks a-gleam. "Neath moonlight, elves invade thy reame And romp about with glee. The stars list low; allured, they wend Their way with J;hine, midst crooks and betid Where canyon holds thy keep. Devout, I kneel: Bewitched. I .steal A sip from thee that maketh real The dreams that came 'thout slep. Beside thy couch, my campfire's light Is watch-tower o'er my rest at night; Where willows weave and twine. Rose-lipped dawn peeps o'er moun tain's crest. Enticing; me from grassy nest To worship at -thy shrine. G. J. FOSTER. Purpose of Two School IUs. LA GRANDE, Or., Sept. 30. (To the Editor.) Kindly advise as to points of difference between the Sterling-Towner bill as introduced in congress and the Oregon compul sory school bill now before Oregon voters. F. E. OXNEB. There are no points of comparison in the texts of the two bills. The present compulsory school law In Oregon permits children of gram mar school age to attend private or parochial ohool whose study stan dard and length of term are equal to those of ths publia schools. The school law en ths ballot requires that all children ef grammar school age shall attend the publia schools. The Towner-Steriinsi bill creates a federal department ef education and authorises t appropriates and apportionment among; the sev. eral states of national funds ter fen courage the states fa remove (Hit. eracy. Americanize immigrants, equaliize educational opportunities, promote physical education and bet ter prepare teachers far public school service. j Those Who Come and Go. Tales at Folks at the Hotels. "T with Knna for the season," said Eph Young, pioneer hopmaa of Independence, Or., who was in Portland yesterday. Mr. Young operates a 50-acre yard in Polk county and has developed it to the point that after the crop is gathered and dried and sacked and disposed of. he has the winter for his playtime, so each winter Mr, Young goes to San IHego, Cal.. with : ..Li ,1.-. Via I i T, HCflflt I11S BiaiUi'iC, aJ mat. o - - -- - - across the international boundry into Mexico ana watcn me horses. "I hear that some yards . . . v- .(.lit,, thin T(ar. but I had twice a many as I re required," said Mr. Young. "How ever, 1 didn't turn any away, but used them, deciding to clean up, the vard as fast as possible." In" the Young yard a nine-bushel box is used in which the picker places the hops, this being tbe standard sue. If one or two persous pick into a large box, the hops settle rapidly and it is nearly a solid peck. Some times half a dozen people pick into the one box, and by this system they fill it more quickly than the hops can settle, and if the pickers are fast enough aometim.es a nine bushel box will not contain enounh hops to make ten pounds when dried. Mr. Young has what is known as an "old contract." so he will not be concerned about the market price of hops for the next two years. When W. R. Woodard '.eft Los Angeles, the most discussed prob lem Was traffic. Automobiles have become so numerous in the streets of Los Angeles that all sorts of plans are being proposed to relieve the situation. One comprehensive programme calls for widening the streets in the congested district either by use of arcades or by push ing back the. building lines; by call ing for one-way traffic on Fifth and Sixth streets, by moving car lines to one side and by continuing the present no-parking ordinance. If these changes do not solve the problem, the suggestion is made to remove the street-car lines from the congested district and build a belt i 1 ... o oftar thA RtVlA nf the Chicago "loop." Motor tratfio is one of the most serious proDiems wnicn Los Angeles has to meet and it is proving more difficult than build ing a harbor at San Pedro or bring ing in a water system. Mr. Wood ard is at the Hotel Portland. Salmon are plentiful in Yaqulna bay this season. There are so many fish that capturing them is almost devoid of sport, for anyone can, with little effort, get all the salmon de sired. This ia the statement of M. H. Abbey of Newport, Or., who arrived at the Hotel Oregon yes terday, mo.-ning. Few residents of Oregon realize that in Yanuina bay and in the Pacific ocean off the en trance of the bay are some of the finest fishing grounds on the west coast of the United States, but these fields have not been intensively worked, chiefly because of the in adequate , transportation facilities. Oyster, shell and rock; crabs, sev eral varieties of clams, halibut. steemeaas, saimon, snappers mm apparently interminable variety of sea food is available around Yaquina bay. Sam Kozer, secretary of state, was a , Portland visitor yesterday. These are busy times for the secre tary, for he hae to assemble elec tion material for the ballot and take up ballot matters and . registration with each of the 36 counties. When the election is over the secretary must prepare official figures and when the legislature convenes in January he must clear out the sen ate chamber and hall of representa tives and all the smaller rooms now being used for other business so that the lawmakers will have com mitter rooms and a place to delib erate. Also the secretary has to furnish the supplies to the legisla tors, which Is no small job in itself. ,"I haven't been in Portland In three months," observed a man In the Imperial lobby yesterday, "but this place hasn't changed. The same men are sitting in the same seats, are arguing about the same things as they were three months ago. Every time I come here, which is about once a month. I notice the same bid debate in progress by the same debaters, and I've wondered whether these chap are permanent residents of the hotel or retired farmers and stockmen who live in Portland just naturally gravitate to these seats." James W. Mott of Astoria, where he is the city attorney, is regis tered at the Imperial. Mr. Mott la also one of the republican candi dates for the legislature from Clat sop county, and last week an in dependent was placed in the field against him. Mr. Mott is a col lege mate and fraternity brother of T. T. Bennett, the republican can didate for representative from Coos county, who was also presented with independent opposition last week. G. E. Pearce of Sandy Is at the Hotel Portland. What the residents of Sandy are wondering about is how the mail is to be sent through to Welch's and other points over the Mount Hood loop this winter if the grade is not rocked. The con tractor having the surfacing job between Bandy and Cherryville has 'blown up" after spreading rock for about three miles, whereas the en tire surface between those points should now be finished. John Doumitt, merchant of Klam ath Falls, Or., is at the Hotel Ore gon. Since tho strike situation at Klamath Falls was disposed of, the mills are now operating actively and the payroll, eo essential to the com munity, is percolating through busi ness channels. Saturday night in Klamath Falls, with its crowds and lights and- automobiles, looks like a cross-section of Broadway. J. W. Siemens and hi eon, who were long in the banking business at Klamath Falls, have arrived In Portland in connection with the af fairs of the defunct institution with which they were connected. Captain Siemens went to Klamath Falls with troops many years ago, and when he left the army he decided to re main there and grow up with the country. raniel Greenburg, Idaho news paper man, is back in Portland after several weeks. He attended the opening of the new hotel at Lewis ton and declares that it was the big best celefcratlon that Lewlston ever knew or is likely to know. The hotel la in the nature of a civic en terprise, like the hotel at Union, Or. ' Mr. nd Mrs. Wilbur E. Coman, formerly ef Portland but now of Seattle, are registered at the Hotel Portland, There was scarcely a drive in Oregon during the war In which Mr, Coman did not take an active part, and twice he had charge ef the annual Red Cross drives, Q. eett Andersen, hardware mer chant ef'Waiiaee, Idahe, is at the Hotel Portland on his way to Cal ifornia, He reports conditions at Wallace as quiet. H. M. Swartwoed, eashler ef the First National bank at Joseph, Or., is among th arrivals at the Ira. . teriai, , Burroughs Nature Club. Copyright. Ilooitbtos-Mlfflln Co. Cn Yob Answer These oc.tloB.f 1. Are sweet potatoes really po tatoes ? 2. Is there any way to keep sap sucking woodpeckers off trees 3. Can bees find their way home if their hive is moved? Answers In tomorrows nature Notes. Answers to Previous Questions. 1. Can you recommend any books on wild flowers of the western region? There Is an excellent field hook. wtj.4 virtw.rs" bv Mar garet Armstrong; another is Julia W. Crenshaw's -wild a ..,-.., Mountains." which covers the Korky mountain region- Both are well illustrated do. a black and white, and in color. 2. Does a beaver make any nest inside its house? It makes a sort of sleepln bunk bv building the floor at one side of the hut on a higher level than at the entrance. The explanation has been offered that this allows a beaver coming in from tue water to drain off a little before actually going to bed. a w have sn many of the purplish blackbirds In flocks on our fields. What Is the way to get riu of them? These crow blackbirds or garckles are disliked for their habit of et fiinir on fields, and students differ as to whether they do more (tnod than harm. Mmot in tJirus or now England" condemns them; Wright in "Bird Graft" defends them un qualifiedly; Forbush In "Useful Birds and Their Protection" gives findings by the United States bio logical survey showing the birds' stomachs 2500 were opened most ly full of useless or harmful ma terial RetfAr hanr strinea of flut tering rags to scare them from the fields, and try shooting off a few noisy and sparloy fireworks.. SCHOOLS A 9 RACE MMTIXO TOT Argument -Held Refuted by RsBrrb tare of California and Sovth. PORTLAND, Oct. 3. (To the Kdl- tor. ) The American diplomatic dif. ficulty with Japan, which was ad justed by the "gentleman's agree ment" negotiated by Roosevelt, arew largely out of efforts In parts of California to prevent attendance at public schools by Japanese children. The land tenure controversy came later. In southern states, also, the melt ing pot qualities of the grammar schools do nrt seem to have per meated the public consclousnef s. Blacks are not permitted to atte id the-same public school as whites. These recollections are prompted by the statement of William K. Woodward that the first lesson In American citizenship is the place ment of a child In the public school side by side with children of every race, creed and color. 1 also have before me literature prepared by the "A. and A. h. It. school committee," whoe slogan Is "Free publlo schools, open to all, good enough for ail, and attended by all." This organization has the school melting pot idea, too. "Mix the children of the forolgn-born with the native-born, and the rich with the poor," it urges. "Our children must not, under any pretext, be it based on "money, creed or social status, be divided Into antagonistic groups, there to absorb the nar row views of life as they are taught." I am quite In sympathy with the theory that a child gets better pren aratlon for the worldly knocks of later life from the variety of con tacts encountered In the public schools than be can obtain else where, which is not saying tnt the private school does not fill an emergency or that those who don't agree with me ought to be forced to accept my conclusion. Hut feel ing as I do about the melting pot qualities of the public school, I am bound to admit that there are races represented In the United states that do not melt. I have a vision of the flying coat-tails of Sir. Woodward after he had made sucn a statement In Georgia or South Carolina. There Is at present no outstand ing racial problem In Oregon, but that is no indication that there never will be. Can you tell me whether, if the situation that once confronted California or the situa tion that Is ever present In the southern states were to come upon Oregon, the proposed law would pre vent establishment of separate schools for negro or Japanese chil dren? Of course, there can be no mixing or melting when there are separate school for black or yellow hued children. Do you think these advocates of the mixing process would stick to their sruns undr such a situation, or is this meltin; pot talk mere guff to conceal re ligious intolerance? ANDREW GUMP. The proposed law would not pre vent racial segregation In the public schools. The Oregonian does not ac cept commissions from correspond ents to Judge the motives or sin cerity of others. Maturity or Installment Purchase. Portland, Oct. 2. (To the Editor.) A friend of mine has Just In formed me that he has purchased a residence on the installment plan for $5000. He Is paying $40 a month, which includes Interest at 7 per cent. I have Just figured the principal he pays per year, which .s $130; interest is $350, or a total of $480. I have not allowed for deductions on the total amount, but found out the number of years that It would ti.ke him to pay for his bouse, which Is 38 years. I also have not allowed lor taxes and insurance. Will you please tell me the total sum he will pay for his house, the Insurance, taxes and how many years he will have-to pay? SUBSCRIBER. Payments on principal Increase st the rate of 6 cents a month; on In terest they decrease at the same rate. The principal would be paid In 23 years one month; total interest payments $5593. Taxes would be somewhere near $100 a year, but what they will be 10 years or 20 years hence we have no way of knowing. Insurance rates vary ac cording to the proximity of buildings and other fire hazards. Coat would also depend on how much insurance was carried. Deseent of Property. FALLS CITY, Or.. Oct. 3 (To the Editor.) 1. If a husband should die without a will where there are no children does the property pass to the wife or does she get only a part, and the other e to his family? 2. Bheuld. the wife die first how would the property be divided? SUBSCRIBER. 1, The property would a!l go to the widow, I, Any preperty belonging to the wife would go to the. husband. On his death. In the absence of a wlU, Uxa property would eo to bla heir. More Truth Than Poetry. Br Jassrs J.. . The Opflml.t- No wonder that te robins sine ' W Aprils ki- r ' . The rh.ei lul rue. "1S know n" prir.K Is not so fur away tVh.i couldn't ple harpy sora. Hiwev.r rnpl the ei.xm. W ho knew th worlt ei r Would all be bright and warm? , But when the lav. all red and K..1.1. , , Ar nesttered round alout; When k.en and gliuermn with the cold The frosty stars h!n out. Comes I itir Mr. Chi, klro. Brimful of J. -you. wrr. And chirrups -'Have a smile with me. For winter'!! soon be hr!" He knows, as well as rou and I, About the c14 and now. He knows how bitter through lh eky ' The bitina bustards blow. But, even ihmnth the s lver frost is on his fthery wlnija. He cries: "Chirr ur! A... Isn't l"Ml Let s inaks the beet of lh.r.:" It's MUIe trouble to be mr And sins; a cheerful tune When one la sure that f lowerm May Will spread her carpet soon. But he who chants his serenada When winter aUs blow rourt And snows come on apaca, l miulm Vt real heroic stuff! see A Cash Business. The unfortunate bootlecra never able to charae nythLnC off his N Income tax return for b4 dxbts. s Russian Ramblers omtlma fleece patrons out of mtlllona of rubles, but they always aanap prosecution because no money IS Involved. ess Kot So Cheerlnc. The chief result of the roal strike Is that we now get the bill before we get the coal. (C'npyrlirM. by Hl mIm'h tn I The Halo. Jtjr Crare r.. Halt. I wove a wreeth of Jasmine flowers And fraitrsnt miEtionett, And ciasped It with a bsrd of hours I bad not known, as yt: And then you came' riwift bendin down, t placed upon your head tt i crown. Pale, withered wreath of Jasmine flowers. And scentless mignonette! Oh. broken tie of aoiden hours. Corroded with reitrei! For still I hold that bandeau rare I placed upon my flmt love's hair. In Other Days. Twenty-five Team A aw. From The Or.senlsn. Ot. 4. I7. Athens. Oct- J Tn new govern ment hii decided to s-nd I'rince Mavrocordato, the former lirei k minister, to Turkey to negotiate the f'nal peace treaty. County warrants so'.d In Jackson ville lst week st 2 p.r cnl premium. This Is ths blb.'t paid for Jackson courtly warrants In Sn years, according- to the Ashiand Talk. The cannery In Marshfleld Is re ceiving on sn average of 600 sal mon a day. Bacon and skc are scarre In the city this week and can seldom be bad at the meat markets. Fifty Years Aia Krom The Oreconlan, Oct. 4. If Parle Departures from Alsaea and Lorraine of Inhabitants who de cline to assume German clt!n ship are npon an Immense scale. The population of Nancy Is now only 10,000. Dr. Haskell, the general aeent of the New York circus, arrived lt night from Kalrm, and reports the great show drawing Immenne crowds at the state fair, Ths flrt ret Portland performance will begin October I. The masonry work on Kmlth's new brick bulirtin at Ash etrert baa reached the comnuncemftil of the third story. On account of the Jewlah New Year yesterday, many of the prln-. pal stores of the city were closed, which cave a rather dull, unbuel ness. Sunday-like appearance to tbe streets. WAV TO RRMKVf? IIBinnR J,f East Approst-h to Hawthorne Spaa Pronosen. PORTLAND, Oct. J (To the Edi tor.) The corner at the In! erseettnn of East Water street and Hawthorne avenue Is one of tho bult In the city and seems to be rttln more dangerous as time noes on. It l al most impossible for a pedestrian to crosa the street there durlna rush hours, as there Is a constant stream of autos passlnir to and from the Hawthorne bridge, as well as nu merou street cars and Interurbana There is a simple way of solvln the problem so that nearly all of the auto traffic which now passes that corner can detour and avfld It alto gether. At the eat end of the Haw thorne bride the street turns from a southeistorly direction tthe direr. Hon of the liridste span ) to a atralaht east direction, and rlnht at that turn Is another place whore street ears and autos frequently mix. and which could he eliminated. Instead of maklntr a turn thtr. let the city build an aiproa-h r viaduct from the east nd c.f the bridge, across the vacant property where the steel yard or foundry formerly etond. thus avoiding the turn and continuing In a airsiaht southeasterly direction, the same aa the bridge. Such approach or via duct would come Into l..i-t Water street rlcht at Hast .; . the s'.ro-l now usrd by the auto traffic, and would enable such traffic to use one side of a triansie Inntead of two as at prenent. and wou.d run rlaiii back of the filling station now on the corner. Hurh approach would cost comparatively l.ttle and wou',d require almost no elevation an only a sllifht grade. It may be yea' before another brldjre south ef Hawthorne avenue will be In a'-tual use to relieve the present congested condl'lnns at this point, and anything which would help out In this way should be given serious consideration. 1. E. HARVEY. Raslsem1 l.leensa Lawn. ASPTOKIA. Or.. CMt, 3. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly state the tim'i ef the cities of the slate of Washington that have stationary engineers' li cense laws. i. A. V. SaatUc Tacoma and S-vt-