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Southern Pacific and Central Pa cific should be held to be binding on the interstate commerce com mission in shaping its plan of con solidation, and this notwithstand ing the fact that the statute under which consolidation is to be ef fected is of later enactment than the law under which the merger was declared invalid, then the Cen tral Pacific must be separated from Ahe' Southern Pacific and must be erected into a distinct system, or must be combined with one or more other roads not competitive in its field. It is the assumption of the Chamber of Commerce committee that the supreme court decision is thus binding upon the cosolida- tion programme. If its premises are correct not "only is continuance of the merger with the Southern Pacific to be denied but merger with the Union Pacific would seem to be precluded. If the premises x are correct then the Central Pacific must become an independent sys tem regardless of influence exerted by chambers of commerce, yet the Portland chamber's committee sug gests the use of that body's influ ence to bring about that which it seems to contend is legally ines capable. The independence of the Central Pacific : has an 'undoubted attrac . tiveness from Oregon's standpoint, if other assumptions of the com mittee are also correct. It is as sumed that the company which bought it would be financially able immediately to take every oppor tunity to extend into good traffic producing territory that it might be made a paying property. Find ing the Natron-Klamath line half finished, ' traversing a rich tim bered country and giving entrance to both the timber and agricultural country of the Willamette valley, that company would provide capital for its completion. It would also provide for one or more other branches into southeastern Oregon, having in view the stock ranges of that section and its irrigation pos , sibilities. This activity would be apt to stimulate the Union to ex tend its present line from Crane to Eugene. As under the decision the Central Pacific's part of the San Francisco-Portland line, between Ilehama and the Oregon boundary, would probably be sold to ' the Southern Pacific, the Central might obtain some rights in exchange. It might jilso be granted intercharge of traffic at Ogden with the Denver & Rio Grande and any other roads that may be" constructed across Colorado and Utah, so that it would not depend solely on the Union Pacific for eastern connec tion. In its tentative plan of consolida tion of railroads the commission rejected the' recommendiftion of I Professor Ripley that the Central be annexed to the Union Pacific .and continued it in the hands of the Southern Pacific. Probably it was influenced by the fact that the common control was of long stand ing and had caused intermingling of the properties of the two com panies, by the desire not to disturb existing relations 'of such long standing and by the fact that the United States district court had held the merger to be legal. After the commission tentative plan was published, the supreme court reversed the district court's decision by holding the two road3 to be competitive systems, so in tended to be by the congressional acts of incorporation, by declaring the merger to be contrary to the anti-trust act of 1890 and by order ing its dissolution. While this suit had been pending congress in 1920 passed the transportation act, which made the following amend ment to the interstate commerce law as paragraph 4 of section 5: The commission shall as soon as prac ticable prepare and adopt a plan for the S consolidation of the railway properties of the continental United States into a limited number of systems. In the divis ion of such railways into such systems under such plan, competition shall be p-eserved as fully as pomible and wherever practicable Ihe existing routes and channels of trade and commerce shall be maintained. Subject to the fore going requirements, the several systems .hal! be so arranged that the- cost of transportation 119 between competitive systems and as related to the values of , the properties through which the service is rendered' shall be the same, so far as practicable, so that these systems can employ uniform rates in the movement of competitive traffic and under efficient management earn substantially the same v rate of return upon the value of their respective railway properties. By paragraph 8 added to the same section the carriers affected wre "relieved from the operation of the anti-trust laws" and from "all other restraints or prohibition by law, state or federal." so far as necessary to carry out the consoli- dations authorized. - ! It now rests with the commission to consider how far it is bound by the supreme court's decision in! executing these provisions of the interstate commerce law. The merger is a fact, but in law the J Southern Pacific and Central Pa cific are distinct, competing sys tems unless lawful authority holds that they may . lawfully remain united. Though tha commission is released from the restrictions of the anti-trust laws in planning con solidations, it must yet plan so that "competition shall be preserved as (fully as possible." In so planning, i i . . ..t . .. 1 - n r-a ihai ' via rtct rt ti-aTusrtnr-tpitinn as rto - tween competitive systems etc. (view, which takes the general shall be the sarrle" and that 'these world interest into consideration, systems can employ uniform rates For the sake of peace, of the re in the movement of competitive , storation of Europe to economic traffic and under efficient man agement earn substantially the same rate of return." The supreme court has declared the CentraM'a cific a competitiy system and it would seem that, if as such it can conform with those conditions, the exemption from the anti-trust law would not apply; if not, the com mission may order its consolidation with some other line, whereby it may conform with them. The stress laid on competition in the transportation act implies a purpose of congress to harmonize the consolidation with the anti trust law, so far as compatible with the earning of the same return at uniform rates under good manage ment. Then the commission may b,old its duty to be the segregation of the Central Pacific as an inde pendent system if it can stand alone under those conditions; if that be found impracticable, the- commis-' sion may disregard the court's de cision by attaching the Central to some other system. Theoretically, it would be free to annex the Cen tral to some system other than the Southern Pacific, but practically it would be apt to leave it with the Southern Pacific as a means of avoiding disturbance. . The committee of the chamber has founded its conclusions on the premise that the commission will hold the supreme court decision to prohibit continuance of the merger. That is to assume that the Central will be found capable of maintain ing independence under the condi tions named in the transportation act. If the commission should reach the contrary conclusion;- it would be necessary for the cham ber to adjust itself to a new point of view, which might properly now be presented as an alternative. If the Southern Pacific should be per mitted to retain the Central, it is pledged to build the Natron Klamath line, its own interest dic tates that course, and the commis sion might make that a part of its plan. That extension would doubt less be the prelude to others by the Southern Pacific in eastern Oregon, and the Union Pacific would hardly remain -idle when its preserves were being invaded. ON INGBATES AND FAVORS. Mr. Winburn, who now says he is not an ex-Tammany boss, con tributed $500 to Governor Olcott's recount fund. At the Albany din ner, at whic'.i he was host, Mr. Winburn accounted for his sudden animosity toward Mr. Olcott and his generosity toward Candidate Pierce by stating that Governor Olcott had proved to be an ingrate. and he liked Candidate Pierce's talk on taxes. The ingratitude of Governor Ol cott, it further appears, was in summarily dismissing from honor ary office a southern Oregon citi zen who happened to be one of Mr. Winburn's friends. Now Mr. Winburn informs us that he expects no favors from Mr., Pierce or anybody else for the $5000 which he has contributed to the. democratic candidate's cam paign; What" constitutes a political favor? Is it not a favor to keep in office an appointee because he is a friend of a large contributor to the campaign when you do not want to keep him in office? May Mr. Pierce, if he becomes governor, fire one of Mr. Winburn's friends without being called an ingrate? But we guess that he need not worry about tnat. vvnereas souu failed to make Mr. Wineburn an advisor on appointees of one candi date for governor, $5000 has cer tainly opened the arms of an emaci ated democracy and made of him publicity agent, counsellor at large. entertainer extraordinary and any thing else he wants to be In old fashioned politics now in revival the democratic party one who puts up handsomely does not have to ask for favors. THE AMERICAN VIEW OF FRANCE. Ex-P r e m i e r Clemenceau of France will come to . the United States after the election to explain the mind of France to the Ameri can people. He will also learn what the American people think of the recent conduct of France. It may not be pleasant for him to hear, but it would be good for Fmnce to see itself as Americans see it. Americans cannot see what France wants with so large an army when it can rely on the aid of about 70,000,000 people in the little entente and Poland to suppress a new outbreak of militarism on the part of Germany. But; in view of what France has suffered and of the proximity of Germany, they realize that France has cause to be nervous, and they make some al lowances. Americans agree that France should have reparation to the ex tent of Germany's ability to pay, and they do not hold Britain blameless for Germany's failure to rifiv or for Germany's voluntary de- intn 1,?, n 1 -i , v,t rv hilt thpv hold France to blame also and sus pect that the French people have become rather difficult to deal with. Against the French devas tated region Britain sets its devas tated trade and its 1,500.000 unem ployed. Such consideration is due them. France might have done better teamwork in a task where the sure way to get nothing is not to pull together. Realizing that the chief need of Europe is real peace, the average American regards the Turks as at present the worst enemy of peace, and that the best security for peace would be to drive the Turks away back into Asia and build a fence of bayonets around them. Hence they have seen with dismay France sup plying the Turks with guns, air planes and auto trucks with which to overpower the Greeks, and then openly backing the Turks in their effort to return to Thrace. The Greeks no doubt are far from angels, but by comparison with the Turks they are angelic. A nation is judged by the company that it keeps, and the French have chosen villainously bad company. The French reply to suggestions that the reparation claim against Germany be cut down is that we should cut down the debt of France to us. mat noes not striKe us as logical, since we demanded nothing from Germany. There are two ' checks soil erosion, therefore pol ways to view the French debt. One ' lution, it limits floods and it re is coldly businesslike that France , duces the maximum and increases t should pay as soon as it can and chniild Tnanacro itta affains sn tYittt i it mav The other is the broad health, we rnjght cancel all the al lied debts, provided that all the nations concerned would do their part to advance the same cause. In the matter of reparations, of disarmament, of general co-operation, and of Turkey, France has not done its part. For those rea sons, with Turkey as the climax, M. Clemenceau's plea may find us cold. There will" be small sym pathy with the nation that wants to put the Turk back in Europe. A decided change in French policy will be necessary to arouse our generous sentiment on its behalf. GOOD MEDICINE FOR MILITARISM. The latest novelties in war should give pause to the most mili taristic. A shell that rises ten miles in the air, then punctures 16 inches of steel 26 miles distant, or one that would pass over Mt. Everest and dig a hole 30 feet deep 23 miles from the gun that fired it, will add new thrills of terror to war. The new guns would not shoot as far as the German 75-mile gun, but that monster was fired with such regularity that the Parisians could time the coming of a shell and take cover. American gunners would not be so methodical, but would rather keep an enemy in suspense by the irregularity of their tire, dropping a shell unawares in the midst of a city. As for range, J 6 miles is enough until somebody beats it with a less clumsy monster than those of the Germans. Perhaps the best security for peace would be that the most peaceful nation should keep itself equipped with the most improved, most' deadly implements of war, and should let the world know the fact, provided the secret of its in vention was kept. If the penalty of starting an international row like that which William of Doom started in 1914 should be instant demolition of the offender, mili tarists would cease to long for "the day" and would become lamblike in their meekness. CONSIAXTINOPLE PLAGUE MEXAfE. The international committee on world hygiene presents an addi tional reason for hoping that nor mal conditions may soon be re stored in the near east in a recent report in which it points out that upon the hygienic conditions of Con stantinople this winter may depend the health of the whole world. The Turk, who is notoriously heedless of sanitary precautions, which his fatalistic conception of life bids him ignore, is not the only ob stacle with which health authori ties have to contend. A horde, of refugees from all parts of the Le vant, reinforced by recent arrivals from regions where cholora is per petually rife, are gathered in the old Turkish capital under circum stances which peculiarly invite the spread of epidemic. With a popu lation well over a million, the city still lacks a hospital for infectious diseases, and the consequences to the rest of the world if typhus, re lapsing fever or cholera should gain a foothold justify the alarm which the scientists of the interna tional cbmmittee now feel. The plague- of 1919 in Turkey was a narrow escape for all those liable to contact, however remote. with its sources., It was suppressed in its relative incipiency only be cause co-operation by the medical officers of the allied forces was possible on an extended scale. Vaccination against smallpox and innoculation against cholora were then effectively and drastically en forced, but these measures would not be possible now. The frontier that it would be necessary to guard if the plague should break out anew extends from the Baltic sea, along the boundaries of western Russia, through the Bosporus and the basin of the eastern Mediter ranean as far as the Red sea. The warfare which the world would be compelled to face" In the event of an outbreak would lack the dramatic aspects of a universal uprising in arms, but none of its deadly possibilities. Preservation of the sanitary cordon would be as vital as was the maintenance of an armed front, with the added dis advantage to the defenders that the germs of typhus and cholera are more insidious than high explosives or poison gas. I'SB OF WATER RESOURCES.', Differences of opinion in the board appointed by the federal power commission to inquire into the power uses of the waters of the Columbia river basin are the result of concentration of attention on one of those uses while ignoring or subordinating the others. Irriga tion in connection with the Colum bia basin project -must be consid ered in conjunction with power de velopment, but it cannot be con sidered without regard to power, nor can power be considered with out regard to irrigation and other uses. Water being one of the great re sources of the country, its use for all purposes should be considered as a. whole, that each use may' be co-ordinated with the others. But we have the reclamation service dealing with irrigation, the board of engineers with navigation, the power commission with power, and nobody in particular dealing with floods, soil erosion and pollution except the Incidental service ren dered by the forest service. Each of the bureaus mentioned deals with its own phase of the water question and any consideration that it gives to the other phases is in cidental. In order that the people may get the full benefit of our vast water resources, they should be developed as a whole by a single authority or through the co-operative action of the several bureaus interested. Each use can be made to serve the others. Navigation requires dams and locks, by which power can be developed for service in irrigation at many points. Flood prevention requires dams near headwaters, by which floods may be stored for ir rigation during the dry season, to preverrf erosion of the soil and to prevent the fertility of the upper courses of streams from being ear ned away to pollute the drinking water of the cities in the lower valleys. Forest preservation can contribute to all these ends, for it the minimum flow of streams, thus giving a. higher average, to the ad vantage of navigation, power and irrigation. Thus there is no actual competition between- the several uses, for each in some manner serves the others. This is the conception of the sub ject held by the late Senator New lands, and he proposed to give it practical effect by establishing a national water resources commis sion, which should develop and control each main watershed as a unit, the Columbia basin being one, If his plan had been adopted, there could have been no rivalry between irrigation and power in that basin and no attempt would have been made to subordinate the one to the other. Power would have been made to aid both irrigation and navigation, and flood prevention would have aided all. There would have been no piecemeal improve ments for navigation, from which no good could be derived till they were completed. Improvement would have been carried forward continuously, and each extension of a navigable waterway by means of a dam would have brought with it a power plant and industries de pendent on the power, irrigation to use part of the dammed-up water, and both manufactures and agri culture would have produced traf fic for the waterway. The Columbia river affords a perfect opportunity for use of water in- every way. Its many rapids can be made to help in place of being obstructions. Its waters can fertilize the land, carry the products and manufacture them with their power, and its great floods can be stored to main tain the summer flow. Step by step the waterway can be extended to its source far north in Canada, to carry the traffic developed by irrigation and power. DIGNIFYING THE SALUTE. The essential requirements of military courtesy and discipline are in no way violated by the decision of the war department to modify the long-standing rule that enlisted men, whether on or off duty, must salute all officers, but on the con trary it is probable that new dig nity will be given to the exchange of amenities by elevating it above the status of an annoying and meaningless rite. All that, could be said in behalf of the salute as an adjunct of that discipline which is admittedly so necessary in actual military operations fell rather flat when it was made to include every occasion on which an enlisted man and an officer happened to meet. As a matter of fact, it took much of the joy out of furlough and leave of absence and we are'entirely pre pared to credit the story of the sol dier who preferred the comparative rest of camp to a pleasure trip punctuated by constant up-and-down movements of the right arm. Officers and men alike testified on their return from overseas that saluting, as we practiced it, de generated into a nuisance and a bore. It was not on the whole be cause the men did not respect their officers or revere the uniforms they wore, but because by Indulging in anything to excess we are in danger of bringing it into contempt. It was at least as onerous to officer as to enlisted man, for the obliga tion to return a salute was no less binding than the requirement that it be given, and so the reform is likely to be hailed with general satisfaction by rank and file alike. It will be possible now for a sol dier to enjoy a holiday unclouded by constant apprehension lest he be called to book by some martinet. Officers not excessively fond of the outward symbols of authority will share in the general sense of relief. The relative iconoclasm of the war department is but a manifestation of common sense, which regards the grain and discards the chaff. Saluting between officers and men while on actual duty on military reservations will be the snappier, and will mean the more, now that its burdensome quality has been re moved; " A city to the south of us. Which shall be nameless, is about to intro duce the "art of makeup" as a course of instruction in the schools. Can it be that the subtle chemistry of- a glorious climate has become inadequate for perfect work? The largest well in Wyoming is flowing 20,000 barrels a day, an other Standard company has de clared a huge dividend, and nobody seems to fear a shortage of gaso line. A needle swallowed by-a young woman three years ago appears in the shoulder of her child born a year after. The age of miracles returns, also that of big liars. Now that salutes have' been abol ished except under certain limita tions, we predict a heavy slump' in the demands for second lieutenant commissions. The ultimate' of good roads in Oregon and elsewhere should be to let the smallest pupil go to school on roller skates if he so desires. For an infallible method of pick ing a world's series winner, first read what the experts predict and then bet on the other team. The "gate" Thursday was a new record in receipts as well as In charity. Depend upon the judge and John and Huggins. One of these days somebody will abolish cannon salutes too. and then the Fourth of July will be just an additional Sunday. The world's series along the Dar danelles so far is a tie, but with either side likely to break it up in the tenth inning. The latest Irish casualties were in the battle of Killorglin. Ireland has too, many Kill thises and thats. But consider an ex-Tammany man who thinks he can teach poli tics to Oregon, politicians! Among delinquent taxpayers are many who have not the money and know not where to get it A McMinnville boy of 19 Is re ported missing. Having red hair, why worry about him? Though the umpires called the game, none was killed. New Tork fans are tamed, ; AFTERMATH IS TROUBLESOME Sectarianism Will Be Carried lata Schools if Bill Passes. PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Edi tor.) The purpose of the school bill is not indicated by the name under which it is urged upon the voters of this state. There are certain kinds of education to which the sponsors of this bill seem to object, and it is intended to suppress such. This being not only the main, but the sole object of the bill, it should be given a name that will truly indi cate its purpose. It should be called the prohibitive religious educational bill. That its object is to prohibit certain kinds of education rather than to compel education for ail is patent from the fact that there are not only upon the statute books, but in actual and effective operation, adequate laws that compel all par ents and guardians to send their children to schools where they will receive an education in accordance with the best interests of the state. The sponsors and supporters of this bill contend that if it is passed our schools will become the melting pot to refine and Americanize the alien till there Will be one people in this country, and they all 100 per cent American. This is a very attractive voter bait, but let us look at is from a. different angle. At the present time with our pub lic schools supported by the public tax and open to all, and with our many private schools supported by contributions, tuitions, or other pri vate funds, and open to all so that each parent can choose for his child the kind of religious education he wishes his child to have, or to choose that his child shall have a secular education only, with these ideal con ditions, I say, there should be no strife over religious matters per taining to the educational question. But let thig bill pass and compel all these parents who are now giving their children religious as well as secular education to send their chil dren to the public school where no religion is taught, and immediately a demand will be made upon the state to provide religious education in the public schools. This demand will be made, it will be insisted upon, and acceded to. When it is granted, there will arise the ques tion that will never down, "What brand of religious education shall be taught V This question will create contro versy and bitterness; it will inject political and spiritual intrigue and wire pulling into our educational matters. Sects will seek to control and dictate the particular brand of religion that shall be taught in the public schools. And should religion of any sort be forced into the public school system by civil law, it would be a flagrant violation of both the federal and state constitutions and an invasion of the inherent right of everyone who does not believe re ligion by compelling them to have their children taught religion. Do the people of Oregon want to plunge our publii school svstem and all connected with it, both parents and children, into such a vortex of religious controversy, bitterness and intrigue? G. A. ROBERTS. DANGER OF TRI3AI PATRIOTISM Menace to Republic .Seen In Coercive Spirit of School Bill. PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Edi tor.) If it is the purpose of the pro posed compulsory education bill to inculcate patriotism to the youths of the land, the lack of it cannot be charged to the body of advanced re ligionists called the Unitarians, who are the incarnation of patriotism; nor to the body of devout religion ists called the Seventh-Day Adven tists. who have an almost slavish reverence for the laws; nor against the Jews, who, wherever domiciled. are notoriously devoted to the flas nor, to tne catholics who, during tne great-war, were not exceeded In their fervency, loyalty, and activi ties by any segment of the popula tion. The patriotism of these categories having been thoroughly demon strated, their educational insttitu tions required to conform to the public school curriculum and super vision of state authority, why is it thought necessary to go further? Patriotism is not promoted by co ercion, but hasjts roots in superior economic conditions.' The mode of production in material life determine the general character of the social, political and spiritual proceses of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but on the contrary their social existence de termines their, consciousness. The proposed law is not in con sonance with the spirit of a free people. With over 100 different re ligious sects in our midst, there must be exercised a world of toler ance, which must also include their view of tolerance.- Wherein does the proposed law differ from that of a little incident related in the life of the Turkish patriot Kemal Pasha, who though "an orthodox" Moslem; is descended from those noble Spanish-Jewish families, that, given by Christianity the tolerant choice between death, conversion, or exile, found asylum and happiness in the saltan's do main: (Vide Oregonian Oct. 1, 1922.) The laws of nature, which are those of evolution, are unchangeable in their methoa; therefore man's welfare, his morality, consists In adapting himself to these laws. This he cannot do without understanding them in a. scientific way. That is by a knowledge shorn of all Its fanciful and mystical aspects. Herein lies the great merit of the public school system of education, that it endeavors to follow along these lines, to which all others in due time will be irresistibly drawn without the aid of coercion. Re ligion itself through contact with scientific knowledge is gradually becoming more humanitarian. What is apparent at the present moment, is this, that one great dan ger to the republic is a reversion to tribal patriotism. JAMES HISLOP. Validity of Wills. SALEM. Or., Oct. 5. (To the Edi tor.) Mr. and Mrs. Brown sepa rated; they had no money to divide, had a verbal agreement about the two children the father taking the son and the mother the daughter. Each married again. Mr. Brown accumulated some money and made a will to this effect: That all of his money should go to his wife and $10 each to his three children. He had one child by his last wife. And in case he and his wife should die at once he wanted all of his property to go to the child, by his last marriage. Of course the other children would get $10 each. (1 Could the will be broken?, (2) If he should die a day or so later, would his last child get all of his property? SUBSCRIBER FOR 25 TEARS. (1) Tou have, not named any pro vision that invalidates the will. In discriminating by will among chil dren there are certain formalities to be observed, and whether the will is in these and in all other respects valid could be determined only from the document itself. (2) It would depend on' the wording of the will. Mexico's Monetary System. MONMOUTH, Or., Oct. 5. (To the. Editor.) Please advise: Is Mexico's money system on the gold or silver basis? "B." Gold basis. . I Those Who Come and Go. Tales of Folks at Hotels. 'We have nine miles more to build on the Crater lake road. 11 miles of surfacing .on the Ashland-Klamath Falls highway and a bridge at Gold Hill and then all of the state roads i- .,.- wilt Km finished " an- nounced G. A. Gardner of Jackson ville, county judge of Jackson countv, who is at the Hotel Portland. we nave oeen yeT v this road programme and it is Just about finished. The county has spent much money, particularly in the de velopment of the Crater lake high way, for people realised what the attraction means to the community. That Jackson county was not mis taken regarding the drawing power of Crater lake is attested by the fact that twice as much business was drawn by the lake this year as ever before. Some people think that the tourist travel doesn't amount to much, but every machine that comes means some money left in the com munity. Naturally, Medford is get ting most o'f the business because of its favorable location. We had the biggest pear crop in the history of the- county this season. What we now need are some big canneries which will take care of the produce and can pack everything from pump kins down." . "It was very kind and considerate of the state highway commission to travel from Pendleton to John Day, on the North Fork grade," says R. E. Bean, commissioner 'of Uma tilla county. "The commission went over the route and did not become enthusiastic, but they made the trip, which is something. I realize that the commission has many other demands on' It and that there is a shortage of funds, but I feel that if there was plenty of money avail able the commission would do some thing handsome for the road. How ever, a meeting has been called for people of Grant and Umatilla coun ties to meet next week again to dis cuss the road. The road runs through Pilot Rock, L'kiah, Rltter. Long Creek to John Day town. It is a-bad road, as anyone will testify who has been over it, and to Improve It would call for a big sum." Mr. Bean and wife are registered at the Hotel Oregon. "Providing the weather Is favor able, we will clean ud our contract on the Camas mountain section of the Roseburg-Coos Bay highway, declares William C. Stone, who ar rived in Portland yesterday to sub mit a bid to the highway commis sion. "The contract is for 6.8 miles of grading and 7 miles ot surfacing We have about 30,000 yards to move in the grading and about miles of base rock to put down. If the rains will hold off the Job will be completed In a month and a half, but it is nearing the season when outdoor work has to cease. Ir addition to the Camas mountal l contract Mr. Stone has been working on 8.6 miles on the Crater lake high way, near Eagle Point. This worK explains Mr. Stone, is practically wound up. "I suppose there are rattlesnakes in Grant county," stated Orin L. Patterson, county judge "but in the 30 years that I have lived in the county I have seen but one alive. Judge Patterson's ambition in life at present is to see that the John Day highway is opened up the. full length in his county. Much of It is now opened and contractors are at work grading in various places. To the westward good progress has been made, but there is still much to be done on the road eastward from Prairie toward Unity. This section is chiefly vithin the forest reserve and the forest people are undertaking the work. The section is in a rtiKBed, mountainous coun try, decidedly rough, where driving an automobile at present Is a real job for a careful chauffeur. Considerable advancement Is ex pected in the coming year on the Wapinitia cut-off. This road Is to connect with The Dalles-California highway and the Mount Hood loop. T. J. Adkisson, county Judge of Wasco county, says that the gov ernment is preparing to make a big start on the work in the spring. Wasco county has already built con siderable mileage as a market road, the road being up to regulation state standard. At present Judge Adkisson is trying to expedite the construction of a section of The Dalles-California highway which will eliminate Tygh valley grade, which is considered one of the most hair-raising atratches in Oregon. "As soon as we get home we will start acquiring the right-of-way for the 'dike-line' location of the Roose velt highway from the end of the Corjuille bridge to the hills." ex plained C. R Wade, Coos county judge, registered at the Imperial. "The work can proceed during the winter without trouble, as It is a matter of dredging, and rain will not cause interference. The new bridge across the Coquille river, at the town of that name, has been finished and the public has been using it for several weeks." This section of road to be constructed is on the way to Bandon. Lloyd Wlckersham. formerly a resident and engineer in Portland, is registered at the Imperial. He has been absent from the Rose City for several years. During the war Mr. Wickersham was engaged In en gineering on the big government improvements which were carried on at Norfolk, Va. Mr. Wlckersham is now a resident of Norfolk. J. E. Norton, business man of Coquille, Or. the natives pronounce it Ko-quell or Ko-keel and do not agree as to which is correct is in town attending the highway meet ing. Mr. Norton has been desig nated as a sort of committee of one to speak for the business interests of his section to the highway com missioners. Joseph Lyons, who is postmaster, general merchant and secretary of the Reedsport Townsite company, is in the city to boost for the comple tion of the road between Reedsport and Drain. The road is being built by county funds and some forest money is also available. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gill -of Wood burn. Or., are at the Hotel Oregon on- a trip of pleasure and business. Mr. Gill, who is one of the veteran newspaper men of the Willamette valley, is editor of the Independent, published at Woodburn. C. C. Terry of Yakima. Wash, and Clyde E. Hudspeth of Spokane, are attending a convention of adding machine salesmen now being held at the Benson. Salesmen are pres ent from all along the Pacific coast Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Eden of Seattle are registered at the Benson. Mr. Eden has long been a prominent figure in the cement Industry in Washington. ' Thomas Thompcon. postmaster of Pendleton, Or., is among the arri vals at the Imperial. A Donbtfnl Privilege. Life. No woman can understand why anybody should want to insist upon seniority rights, More Truth Than Poetry. Br J asses J. Hhi ntsurns . THE JOT OP LABOR. Hits you felt tha thrill of lbs dally task The Joy that the workers know? Do yon get s throb from man-sue Job As the long jiays cone and go? Do your fingeos ting Is. to seise the Or whatever it is yosj wield. When you play your part in the mill or mart Or ths forest or fam or field? Do you gladly labor with hand or brain. No matter how greet ths load? Do you sing a sonjt as you march along, "though rocky and-rough the road? Are you well conterut with a life of toll A the world goes rolling on. And grudge ths day that -you give to play As utterly lost . d gone? Is doing your duty enough for yoo? Do you hope, when ths day's bsegun. Tour reward will bs at Its clost to sew The commonest task well dons? Would yrsu rather keep op. through ths summer's heat And tha winter's chill and snow. Than loll at easa in the balmy brtteae. Where Jndolent brooklets flow? Would yon rather be' part of this busy world Than sit on the velvet grass 'Neath a summer sky as tfca years go bjr And watch the procession pass? If you would, you may ba perfectly right. For the w'Cl of man Is free. But neverthless I would fain con fess That you've rot a whole lot on me. (Corvrlght. by TBS umtonun I Burroughs Nature Club. Copyright. H.tsasThton-MIUIln ". Can Yost Ansmar Tcs Qsjsjtlsaf 1. Why do scsaia tres have such a lot of dead twites under the-m? 2. Is it true tltt crows will carry off and eat chlcksMis? S. Are there, aray sea cows now tn existence? Answers in tomorrow's naturs notes. s Answers to Previsas Questions. 1. Is there any other natural check on Inlets besides birds? Yes; certain snlmn'-a t many in sects, as skunks, lers. toads, to name but a few. Henldes such d. vourers of insects sme beetles are predacious, eating ssthe-r kl.ids of Insects, and many pnaasltlc Insects live on the bodies of thrir hosts. Hornets are great Oly-kiliers; so are bats. s s 2. Tie tell the sliablt of ths hyla. aTSo called peeper Thero an several peepsrs, ths earliest being hyl picketing II. smallest of all. About an inch long, sometimes less, has climtl'lnsr pads at ends of toes and a sa'lk under Its throat that swells whsji It sings. Lays ergs In smsll patch In water attached to some aquatic plant, etc Takes to land-and.tre lift when full grown. A commoner one Is hvla veanicolor. with remarkle ability to match its tree trunk suround:njrs in shades o' green, gnjay. whit ish, etc. s S. I found a nest with sym IMtle birds livit and eggs. too. I 'id they all belong together? I cooldn t see the old bird, but ths ness ws a shaky, badly made, thing, as though not all done. This sounds like a ruckn nest, which Is rudimentary: also ctn-koo lay eggs at Intervals, hut hralil In cubating the earlier eggs, so 1 lw.t it Is quite possible to find ijedgllng birds and unhatchl eggs a C of one n-et. Cuckoo eggs ate llglm hluinh green. (Copyright. Houghton MI1 !tn Oo ) In Other Day. Fifty Years A as. From The Oregonian of Oct. 7, ,t72. The switch that once extwnded from the main track along- fourth street to the foot of K stres-t. on which were run the gravel trains IO 1111 U 1 OtKl 1IUII 1l V"" ,f lake, between,- First anil tVcond streets, lias utcn mi 11 up. The fashionable street fcrmtnltie costume consists of solemn hilMf-k. the only relief being a Rurs-tsn leather belt with a tasche. The Kusslan leather has about reached its crisis. The city presents an unusisally animated appearance on acc-otiiax of so many persons returning from the state fair. The city was quite dull last week, which makes the con trast more striking. We are Informed that freight trains are now running dally fapm Junction to this city Instead ft three times a week, as formerly. Twenty-five Years Ago. From Ths Oregonian of Oct. 7, JH7. Kansas City, Oct. . Hon. Will iam Jennings Bryan was a carnival attraction in Kansas City tonight When the seats had been nearlj filled the crowd outside became an great and so determined that tliei fences wers pushed down, despite all efforts of the police, and the. crowd surged In around ths stand , from which tha orator was to-! speak. Salem. Or.. Oct . Chchalis. Ore gon's wonder horse,, lowered the world's record for the two-mile pace i.i seconds at the state fair track today. In the presence of 10.- 0"0 people. This afternoon 11 was announced that a certified rhe-k of i ll.ooo would ba put up to back Chehalis against any horss In ths world, best three out of five heats. Paris, Oct The Frmrh orient alist. Herlon. member of the Acad emy, gives the following tahle of relative heights of several eminent historical personages: Adam was precisely fit feet Inches: Eve was US feet S Inches high; Moses wss II fest high; Hercules wss fset high; and Caesar was S feet high. New Xatarallzatlom Law. PORTLAND, Oct. S. (To ths Edi tor.) I am an American-born wlfs of a British cltisen. Doss the new naturalization law make It possible for me to vote In November? I.VTERESTKD READER. The new law does not automat ically restora, cltisensbip.. You must file a petition with the naturaliza tion bureau, which must ba posted for to days. After thst you may have a hearing before ths court of naturalization and receive a certifi cate of citizenship. This procedure cannot be completed before the No vember election. Hello, All Ships and Stations With the revival of t.c intercut in radio incwlrnt to tha commit of the fail nwmtha The Orcpo. nian is proriarir.c to install a new DOO-waU broaiirating sta tion with a ra!iu of K0 mi. Plan for thiu, top.-thrr with other j-arho news and fonesp. will be told in a two-pani- de partment in The Sunday Ore gonian. Now Is Time to Plant Tulips The (rariicn department in tomorrow' paper tell how and when to plant flower for winter an4 tprir.g bloom ire IN THE MAGAZINE Prince Proves to Be Factory Hand Harold Schwann, prttmirr to royal blood, declared by scientist to be nn f a child telling fairy atoric. Now for "Waists Smaller Than Ever Corset factorieg are Ttw worVirif tu time an4 de mand i for consUntly de creasing size. Three Personalities That WOl Not Die Intimate stories of -arrest men of country told Tu de lightful manner. King of Siam Has One Wife Hi father had 300, but the cost of living u not what it is today. "Sweet Charity" Is Sketch Tonic Full pape of life ketrhe by artist who draw nrtp.e la intensely human attitude. Green Goods Make Fortunes Lonsr before ity folk are awake PorOnd' cardener are marketing their prod uct. An Inside Secret . and lis Result Hitherto ur.puti!ihol fiction story by Sophie Krrr ha an interesting plot inUTeftitiK'jr developed. Sunday School Workers Will Convene Here J. Shrcve Durham of ("hiratro to be principal speaker. All part of tate la be repr nented. Airs. Despard to Run for Parliament Sister of lrd Fro-nrh took prominent part ia Iruh trnu tle a (.ympathi.cr with Sinn Kein movemrnt. Should Supplanted Wives Have Pensions? Up-to-dHtr problem raided by alienation suit of Mrs. Xe'l Keniirick, in which the charge "the other woman" offered her $100 a month for life. OTHER FEATURES Skirts Are Let Down Decidedly Popular costumes for treet wear are row tailored frru k with tailored hat and tiny fur neckpiece, a fashion de partment. World Events in Cartoon Current happening pietori ally presented in pspc of car toon by thirling. Humorous Incidents of Married Life Another of thoe intensely human installment of "The Married Life of Helen and Warren." What a Thirst Polly Had! And Ta nearly di4 getting her a drink, according to "Polly and her Palm in The Oregonian' famou comic section. Trip Through Valley Is Beautiful One A run ttwough highway of ithe Tualatin and Willamette valley told in the automob.le ' The Play's kthe Thing The dramatic eetion of The Oregonian ha all the dra matic gossip of Portland and vcw York. For the Men 'the Sports For the women the society and for the ki.ldies the in visible color book. The Sun day Oregonian ha feature for every member tf the family. . Alt the News of All the World Found in THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN ' Just 5 Cents