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Give postofflce address In lull, ln eludintr county and state. rostage Bates 12 to 18 pages, 1 cent; 18 i ! ll-c. run's: 34 to 4-5 DaKCS. 3 cents. r.o to 60 Datrea: 4 cents; 62 to 70 pages, o cents: 78 to page 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Uantern Business Office Verre & Conk K,.iMinc ini'aw York : Verre e Conklin. Steger building. Chicago; Verre Conklln, ree tress punmus. xnv.v, ban Francisco representative, R. J. Blawell. BIMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively enxi tTed to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dis patches herein are also reserved. rOKTLAXD, SUNDAY, MARCH 9. 1919. SIX YEA ItS AS PRESIDENT. Woodrow Wilson on March 4 com pleted six as eventful years In the presidency as any of his predecessors had seen. He went into office pledged to carry through a gTeat programme of internal reconstruction relating to the financial and tariff systems of the nation and to the government's deal ings -with Industry. Before the second year of his incumbency was half fin ished, he became engrossed In an ef fort to preserve neutrality In a war which convulsed the world, and Into which we were finally drawn. He be gan by grappling with domestic prob lems: he has spent the greater part of his term and a half with foreign prob lems in which it was thought six years ago that Americans would have only a passive and incidental interest. President Wilson began with every thing In his favor. A majority in both houses of congress was demo cratic, and the republican party was rent by faction. After his party had been sixteen years in opposition and had been declaiming against the mis deeds of the republicans, the people were willing to let it show what It could do. He was all-powerful. A tariff bill according with his Ideas was passed, and at his bidding congress re mained in session to pass a currency bill which was supported by most of the republicans. Before his first year had passed, he ignored an election pledge in favor of making coastwise ships toll-free in the Panama Canal and demanded repeal of that law in order to escape foreign difficulties which have never been re vealed by him, nor by anybody. By this act he divided his party as well as the republican party; yet he forced the measure through congress with great personal determination, re- cnforced by the powerful influence of 3 lis office. He responded to the re newed demands of Colombia for pay ment of $25,600,000 in settlement of her "violated rights" in the Panama Canal matter by proposing to pay 515,000,000 a concession which was vigorously denounced by his opponents as weak and spineless compliance with the demands of a gang of blackmail ers, and as a needless reflection on the integrity of the service of an illus trious predecessor. The major diplomatic appointments of the president were not open to serious criticism, and some of them meet the high requirements of per sonal distinction and intellectual and diplomatic accomplishments. But one of them Pindell of Peoria, named as ambassador to Russia created wide spread criticism, which ceased only when the appointee, with commenda ble discretion, withdrew. The minor appointments he appears to have left largely to his secretary of state, Mr. Bryan, who conceived it to be his duty to give them to "deserving demo crats." The nomination to Greece caused a sensation and to Santo Do mingo a scandal. The secretary of state occupied himself chiefly in ar ranging peace treaties while war was brewing, and in delivering Chautau qua lectures, thus with customary thrift increasing his private income while neglecting his public duties. One of the first acts of the admin istration was to withdraw support from the six-power loan to China, and as a result the United States has had little hand in development of that country and it has fallen under the power of Japan more than ever dur ing the war. almost balanced horror at German crimes in Belgium and France and at sea, while pacifism was supreme at the state department. But German outrages and propaganda in this coun try were arousing the slow anger of the people and when the Lusitania was sunk it was at white heat. The president's first strongly worded note was thought to betoken vigorous ac tion and, when Mr. Bryan resigned rather than sign thcsecond note, the people braced themselves for a call for war. But it was milder than the first and proved to be the second of a series. When Germany acceded to the president's demands arising from the Sussex affair, Mr. Wilson was cred ited with a diplomatic triumph and with having definitely kept us out of war, though the tone adopted by Ger many caused misgivings. The president's aversion for war and the extreme pacifism of his party led him to frown on the demands for pre paredness of those who saw danger ahead, and in December, 1914, he scoffed at them as "nervous and ex cited," but the demand became so strong and the national peril obviously so imminent in 1915 that he took it up and approved a scheme of army expansion proposed by Secretary Gar rison, and made a speaking tour of the middle west in favor of the new policy in February, 1916. The staunch American Garrison was, however, ex changed for the pacifist Baker. Con gress whittled down the preparedness scheme without protest. The great idea of the president, which took the form of a declared policy, was to keep out of war, in either Mexico or Eu rope. He prepared to run for a sec ond term on a "kept us out of war" platform. He wrote the platform himself and skilfully sought to satisfy an aroused patriotism by including denunciation of the German out rages and propaganda, then rampant When a railroad strike threatened, he yielded to labor by declaring for the eight-hour day, but pacified other ele ments by postponing decision. be ratified by appointing senators as peace delegates. When wo analyze the result of the 1916 election, it is apparent that Mr. Wilson's success was due less to his own strength than to the blunders of tho republican managers. Several states were very close and more capa ble political management would have carried enough of them for Hughes to elect him. The state of public opin ion was shown by the fact that the house of representatives was almost tied and that the republicans gained several senators. The election was only a month old when the president began to show a genuine apprehension that we might be drawn into the war. This Is the explanation of his note to all the bel ligerents calling upon them to state their war aims. He received- a clear answer from tho allies, an indefinite one from Germany. He followed this with a speech to the senate on January 22, 1917. in which he stated what he thought America would hold worth fighting for. That was the wise act of a statesman who prepared the ground for an Inevitable step. Yet he still held back after Germany pro claimed submarine war and tried to compromise an armed neutrality. Not till the Zimmermannnotewas captured nor till he had heard the truth about Germany's hostile designs from Mr. Gerard's lips, did he decide on war. ins ngnting spirit showed in his blast ing denunciation of the filibustering senators and, when the Russian revo lution removed all risk of being allied with a despot, all doubt ended. H made a fighting speech ' calling for war. His conduct of the war has been combination of incompetence and blunders and delays by subordinates at home, whom he refused to discard with wise and prompt decisions on the great issues of the battlefield and dl plomacy. He would not dismiss the pacifist, incompetent Baker, nor have a department of munitions nor a war cabinet, and he harshly attacked Sen ator Chamberlain for proposing these changes. In Consequence, when w had been at war a year, we had a mere handful of men in France with no American aircraft, guns or tanks. But when the German rush came, he let Pershing send American battalions to be brigaded with French and British, He saw the weakness of . the allies through the divided command an united his influence with that of Lloyd George in favor of single com seiors, takes counsel of none but a very small personal and political cir cle; and that "pitiless publicity" and open covenants" are mere phrases and not practical rules of presidential conduct; that he is a partisan when he appeals for non-partisan considera tion and support of his plans and poli cies and "adjourns politics"; that he scorns consistency and practices op portunism always; that he reserves important seats of authority near and under him for small men, for he bears no brother near the throne1 that he follows and does not lead public opinion and boasts of it; and that the white house has never had an occupant so exclusive and few so aristocratic; and that he is tolerant neither of criticism nor opposition; yet most of the criticisms aimed at his infirmities of temper and failures in of a closed season on the coast of Cuba for protection of a variety which naturalists informed him was rapidly becoming extinct is one of the classics of ornithological anecdote. He is credited also with saving the brown pelican on the coast of Florida. His action in the instance of Three Arch Rocks was taken as a rebuke to wan tonness in killing. Bird life on the Oregon rocks was threatened, not by hunters seeking food or serving any other useful purpose, but shooting miscellaneously and seldom taking the Pro- The place in history of President Wilson will doubtless .be high just how high no contemporaneous writer may say. The leadership of America in the war and in the mighty events following the actual ending of hostili ties is universally recognized; and. the part of President Wilson in achieving for America so exalted a position and for himself so unrivaled a world pres tige, is very great. He has a mar velous insight into the thoughts and i trouble to retrieve their kills. hearts of men and an extraordinary tection at this point has not only pre facility and felicity in putting them I served an Interesting natural monu Into words. The famous fourteen I meat, but has saved several species points have crystallized the sentiment I which are beneficial to mankind. f all peoples into a common asplra-1 The list of names of members of tion for peaceful development of 1 the memorial committee is significant. righteous national aims, because un-1 for it includes those of many heads doubtedly they define the reasonable I of huntsmen's organizations, as well terms and conditions of national I as societies composed of naturalists. rights and international relations. I This merging of two elements Indi- The proclamation of the fourteen I cates that they have many interests points was in itself a world's Declara- in common. And it will occur to the, tion of Independence, a .Constitution I reader of Roosevelt s writings that f Humanity; their acceptance by the I his appreciation of nature was keener allies is tribute to the statesmanship of I than his love of the chase. When he the president; and their realization I wrote that "a grove of giant redwoods if there is realization will constitute 1 or sequoias should be kept just as we is strongest claim to the high place I keep a beautiful cathedral," and that in the Hall of Fame. 1 "to lose the chance to see frigate b'rds It will not be forgotten by the pres- I soaring in circles above the storm ent generation in America, however, I why, the loss is like the loss of a gal- that the president, declaring often his I lery of the masterpieces of olu times. purpose to "take counsel" with con- I he endeared himself to those who see gress and with other constituted coun- I not only the utilitarian value but the spondence to settle the steelhead-rain- bow controversy. His is the delightful plight of having to tell the pro-salmon adherents that none other than his own hand wrote the- erroneous au thority they quote, and that he has taken the scientific privilege of chang ing his own mind. Beyond all controversy the point has been settled that rainbow trout, when released In coastal streams. though alien to such waters, will stir to some tribal recollection old as the spots on their flanks and will seek the sea. When they return, he is a wise fisherman, indeed, who can point out a difference between them and the native steelhead, to whose ances try the stream has been a breeding mecca for centuries past. While the steelhead flourishes and he flourishes with a will so hearty that a hundred yards of line rips through the water in a jiffy none can with propriety complain that the old gods are dead, or that Oregon ang ling has fallen in parlous and profit less days. It is the intent of the Oregon fish and game commission that the steel head and his country brother, the rainbow, shall continue to provide dis port for the jaded, as the biennial re port attests. During 1917 the com mission released In Oregon streams a total of 4.804.743 steelhead and 4,292,- spiritual benefits derived from study of natural history. the AT OREGON TROUT. It la safe to assume that there Is none among the fellowship of Oregon anglers, however swiftly the trout may rise to his hackle, but is given to pon dering on the vanished days when every stream was good fishing Though his creel may contain a trout of size and spirit, a radiant spotted chevalier whose courage is ever to be memorable, .he cannot but dwell in thought upon the doughty warriors who swam the stream when J-o possessed the land. In contemplation lies not the least of those joys that fishermen find, through fair weather or foul, when they break through the tangle to win Tt7 , a cast or two at some virgin pool, or domestic concerns and In many lesser I , . w n , , " policies and practices will in time be forgotten; and he and his administra tion will be remembered for what he and it have done. take a steep timber-trail to the tum bling, untamed and untainted little mountain creek that is always "just over the ridge. They are given much to fancy and stale pipes, from which union is born an abiding be is restraint OF CXTTD. I lief that any moment and any water The Indiana legislator who has In-1 may send them a strike to tingle at troduced a bill which would forbid the roots of memory for long years county clerks to Issue a marriage I to come. license to any male person, unless it It is true that tradition and actual is made to appear by satisfactory doc- recollection agree that "there were umentary evidence that "such male giants in those days," when the land person is financially able to support I was young and settlers were too busied a family and is likely so to continue," I with ax and plow to pay to the big is doubtless unfamiliar alike with the I trout of Oregon the homage that was ways of Cupid and with the history of I their due. Yet they found time and the upbuilding of the west. It is a I occasion, here and there in the win freak bill, and nothing else, and one ning of the commonwealth, for sport would be sorry for Indiana if it were I that never was rivaled In the annal thought that the measure is likely to I of angling. be taken seriously. I It was so when Kipling came. The fact is that there are a rood I fledgling of letters, keen to see and many graver obstacles to matrimony I taste the world, and with a penchant than fear of poverty based upon lack 1 toward sarcasm at all things Ameri of Immediate - property in possession can. For Portland, then emerging of the young couple determined to 1 from the frontier type, he cared littl wed. Most of the capital of the young- I more than he had for San Francisco, er generation of pioneers consisted of and for both he professed the dis- war; war brlnrs strokes cf rood and bad lurk which have aothinr In common with the ordinary changes of life. "The more innocent of the two" is delightful satire. The burgomaster calls It "subtle" too subtle for him to understand. Or perhaps the reader of the play will regard It otherwise. The burgomaster feels only that the I gardener is innocent. If he does not make formal declaration of the gar dener's Innocence, military law will hold the gardener guilty: by his silence he has the power to save his own life. at the expense of another. "Is there," he asks, "a name for that action in German?" The discussion which follows fur nishes the dramatic contrast of the play. The question of "relative values" of life Is raised. The lieutenant, in evident earnestness, argues that the life of the burgomaster is infinitely more valuable than that of the gar dener, who has no relatives, no chil dren, no one to regret him. who does no public service and who will soon become a burden. There is in the English common law some effort to place a definite estimate upon the relative values of human lives, as in the case of a crew at sea in an open boat with insufficient food: but there never has been in practice a public opinion in Anglo-Saxon countries which would uphold the strong who plead their value to society In Justifi 616 rainbow; and during 1918 a total cation of a sacrifice of the weak. The of 2.631,962 rainbow and 1,633,580 stories of our pioneers in new coun steelhead were released. I tries and new entemrise-i. Indcd. show that the contrary has been the rule. MONET VALUE OF EDUCATION- I The burgomasters point of view Is the The deoartment of education of view of our people (and it is conse Tennessee performs a service for the Sentiy q4utt? Incomprehensible to the rausA which It rnrvwrit" hv nubllsn. I Ing figures showing that education I the v,iu. usefulness of a man's life, but pays in dollars and cents. It Is made I f dishonoring my own. clear, for example, that the nations I It Is perhaps because of this capac- having the most efficient educational Ity for comprehending points of honor systems produce a relatively greater to which our morals are sensitive that quantity of wealth than those with In- Maeterlinck is more greatly revered fcrlor school systems. England and 1 In America than, for example. In Gcr- France, among the nations of Europe. I many. And when the burgomaster. lead both In educational facilities and I facing death, is made to say, "I am in per capita production. Spain. I no hero: I am not used to suffering: Greece and Russia are cited as ex-1 1 can bear my own unhappine6s. but amples of the backward nations. The I not that of others." he speaks again in productive power of the individual a language alien to the invader of his Russian Is only two-sevenths of that I country. of an Englishman and one-third of I Thus to summarize the play is not that of a Frenchman. The showing I to betray the climax. In which the made by Greece and Spain is only I burgomaster's daughter later figures slightly better than that. I with heroic resolve. But the Issue is To those who would contend that I sufficient for discussion during many the figures represent a coincidence I a winter evening. "The more lnno only, and that the difference Is due I cent of the two" and hence justified to racial traits, statistics of the states I in taking the selfish -course the of the United States should prove I phrase contains a volume of specious convincing. Here it is possible, with I pleading. Who Is there In this coun respect to the area covered by - the I try who will agree with the lieutenant? survey, to estimate closely the rela-I And how many with the burgomaster tion between expenditures for educa tion ana productive capacity of the Caruso at 46 mourns his "vanished people. Massachusetts and South Caro- I years." which would seem to run coun Una furnish convenient types for com- ter to the theory that music tends to panson, aiassacnusetts gives its cnu-I , rheerv lira and nromotes optimism dren an average of 7.4 years of school- Yet the golden tenor Is not without a ing. ana average expenaiture Is -5 certain philosophy which ought to co a year for each child. South Carolina rar toward making his declining years gives an average or a. a years or scnooi- bearable. This is that the public is Ing per pupil, at a cost of $6.95 per right In whatever it demands, and that pupil. Both quantity and quality are the duty of the artist is not to try to lower in the latter instance. Produc- create a popular taste after his own tion in Massachusetts is estimated at pattern, but to cater to that which t6 a year; in ooutn Carolina, 1711 already exists. It is an attitude much a year. I more likelv to nromote haoniness in The comparison Is not made uprflj I both the slnrer and the nubile and to the basis' of vocational education tend In the long run to elevate the merely, put upon the amounts ex- THK STORY OK ST. 1'ATKICK. And so. you say. you'd like to bear of Ireland's patron eaint? Tou'd like to listen while I'd tell of all the K'ood he e!ld7 Well, very little trlfl of words have I the tale to paint; But ehould I hesitate for that? Well, may the lord forbid! Tls happiness for anyone of Irish blood to speak Of him, who. though not Irish, was the best of Irishmen; The man who. moved by love alone, left home and all to seek The blessing of the country where he once a slave had been. And sure, he brought the blessing when. a Christian of renown. The "tldinKs of great Joy" he preached on Krin's sunny shore. And won the rich and poor alike, in baptism to own The lordship of tho Savior over life for evermore. But faith! he didn't stop at this great work 'mong high and low; His love embraced the very soil for aa the his'try states. Ha caused the three-leaved shamrock of emerald green to grow. And symbolixe love, valor, wit the Irish Christian's traits. And then to make things pleasanter and show what Christ could do In freeing hearts from evil, snakes went out at his command. And other creeping, scarey thing; he banished all them, too Made Ireland more like paradise than any other land. CWhafs that you ask? "Why didn't he get rid of whisky, too" Ma bouchal! that's an easy one; there was no whisky then: The drink those days was water and the famous "mountain dew," The necter known years later to the people us "poteen." St. Patrick founded colleges, where Irishmen were trained To minister the gospel, and In time those schools became The wonder of the nations as the gifted men, ordained. Went forth to every land to preach and teach in Jesus name. Thus In those early days the fame of Ireland spread afar Aa the world's great seat of learning and missionary seal: And all down through the centuries che's shone a brilliant etar Of religion and learning, e'en when under tyrant's heeL In every Christian land today, old Ire land's sons are found Holding high position in the church and school and state; St. Patrick's work is flourishing the whole wide earth around. And the nations of the world feel they've cause to celebrate. Now, sir: you've get the story in a brief nd faulty way; You know just why we celebrate the day March eeventeen. And why all the sons of freedom should rejoice, too, on that day And make a world chorus of "The W earing of the t.reen. T. J. O'CONNOR. Chehalis. Wash. public taste, if there be need of eleva pended for schooling , in every form. Hon. The sin-rer's estimate that there good health, strong arms, willingness tasteful contempt of the continental . Massachusetts, which leads in this, also aro 20.000.000 Americans who are to work and a worthy ambition to school. But Rudyard the youthful. " . V " , t. "-"r"'"" "inocuiatea wiin tne spirit oi tne make their own way in the world, who had no prescient vision of this " ,, wouja neignten tne contrasx n opera" is encouraging. The supposl Financlal ability to support a family same soil bringing forth an abund- details were available. The point tion has been that the number was is difficult to measure. Th Tnrlia.n.1 ance of sons for the salvation of Eu- 80ue''t to be made by the Tennessee much smaller than that. With 80.- solon makes another mistake in de- rope, tarried long enough la Oregon department, however, is that general 000.000 left for the musical shows. fining it as "income from nropertv to catch his fish. r. u . " i"-"""" proaucuviiy, ana. however, everybody ought to be satis which the applicant owns in tis own No one who has read that chaptef "-nereiore. is a concern or all the people ncd. rWh t.lnh I. .,.,! .... nf Tnla Amoriran rnmhlcn anA w Yin I "-""""fuaj. J no murej aro BUU- I tially to support 'his family In the has driven behind the livery team m.itted 'or the edification of those Borne of the colleges want to place event of his death." To compel 'men with him to some riffle of the Clack- ,, money spent ror me eau.- a ban on spooning, and some of the to wait until they have accu mulated amas, who has heard with him the n others as a kind of charity. I preachers are coming out in advocacy property before permitting them to snarling whirl of the reel when the n"";0" " persons noiamg mis I of permitting spooning In church. It assume family responsibilities would salmon struck, glimpsed the rapid. vlew ".happily, diminishing steadily, is easy to see which will be the more be to put a check upon matrimony for I foam-splashed epic of that fight, but I X: .. .. . ... I popular among tne young ioiks If both which no enlightened community has felt the kinship of eport when .y estimating ine value or tne have their way. i .,,. v iba Rsi.c., divor r, w. r f ,i scnoois in aonars ana cents, tbe de No American is poor who has the and on the pebbles. Kipling exults. ' ' ,ur"u""!U appraisal Tf an the soldiers of tho allies had rudiments of an education and who is he "gloats," as Stalky was wont to . unuersiana. xne lm- exacted as high a price for the death industrious. And the land Is filled say. and none will blame him. In Ponderable benefits, however, are also of a brother as did Sergeant Harry with men who owe their success to the fellowship of fisherman there is """"" fcsi ing. Mullln, the war would have ended the incentive which was given them I neither border, nor breed. nor I " 1 much sooner with the extermination by having someone to work for some- I birth." MAETKUUXCK'S "BURGOSIASTER." I of the German army. one besides themselves. It is not al-1 Calming somewhat, Kipling tells it would be a fitting climax to the ways true that "love flies out of the hU reader that the king of all fishes, wrlUng of waP books if. as the pub- niuuuw mien poverty comes in at I iuucu uj inuiot-u, v.u a. oaimvu i .. v. . th rlonr " TW ,in. fresh from the Columbia and tho blue lishers there 18 about to bo an of instances which prove the contrary waters over the bar a vigorous, vigi- end to them If Maurice Maeterlinck's to be true. Half the eest of hattis iip. lant valiant opponent worthy of any Tne uurgomelster of btilemonde The beauty of a cold snap now would be that it would prevent pre mature budding of trees and exposure of the fruit to another frost. It is not ftmd dUbt StS thal Foch'a lazy husbands who make the trouble. One guess is as good as another. The t,llM diS?" , troop3 at D I not those who decline to wait until nomenclature of fishes was loosely u.-.wbt,u wj. jjio t'ld.us was out: oi i.ne main factors In winning victory. When the allies called for troops to relieve their thinned and exhausted ranks, he answered without hesita tion: "Send your ships and we will send the men." His fourteen points were a noble interpretation of high national and international ideals, and have proved a fine pieco of strategy, for they were most effective propa ganda to break down the morale of the Germans and Austrians. Very arly in his first term Mr. Wilson announced a policy of non Interference in the internal disturb ances of other American states, but said he would not recognize govern ments established by violence. When Huerta caused the murder of Madero in Mexico and made himself president, Mr. Wilson refused to follow the ex ample of other nations which recog nized him and when Carranza started a revolution, he adopted a policy of watchful waiting. Many Americans were meanwhile killed and robbed. He sent troops to occupy Vera Cruz when the flag was insulted at Tam pico, but did not get the salute to the flag which had been demanded,' nor did he send troops to Mexico City to drive out Huerta, as had been expect cd, nor did lie rescue the Americans from the Tampico mob the British and Germans did that- When the war turned against Huerta, he fled. Pres ident Wilson waited again while Car ranza and Villa fought it out. More Americans were murdered. When Car ranza won, Wilson recognized him, Villa raided our border towns in re venge. Then Pershing was sent after Villa. His men got into two fights with Carranza'a men and the presi dent tsent the national guard to the border, also sent a very hot letter to Carranza. War was expected, but nothing came of It. Villa was not caught, and the troops came back the next spring. When Haiti and Santo Domingo were torn by revolution, American marines were sent to occupy them. and protectorates were established. Their case was generally held to be parallel with that of Mexico. They are small and Mexico Is large. Subsequent events have so absorbed public attention that these minor af fairs are almost forgotten. When war broke out in August, 1914, we called It "the European war" then the one idea of the people was to keep out of it and all approved the Presi dent's proclamation of neutrality. Ir- ritatioa at the Eritish blockade at first When we turn again to domestic af fairs, we encounter one of the presi dent's limitations. He is so ardent a partisan that, when every one of the chief allies has a coalition cabinet, he will not trust a political opponent with an executive office, though he claims. and they give, ready support to his war measures. He assumes that his will must be supreme in his own party, he disciplines those who dis obey and thereby causes division when he most needs unity. This weakness led him into a grave error of political strategy last October. The people's minds were so engrossed with the war that they were giving little attention to politics, and there was a prospect that democrats would be elected In many republican districts because the republicans did not vote. Republican managers saw no means of getting out the vote, when Mr. Wilson supplied it by writing a letter reflecting on the patriotism of republicans and calling for the election of democrats. That letter caused the election of a repub lican congress. When the peace negotiations began, the national interest demanded that the whole treaty-making power of this nation work together, for no treaty could become effective until ratified by the senate. A new departure in foreign policy was to be made. for. league or no league, the United States must be a party to settlement of Euro pean affairs, for this occasion at least. Yet Mr. Wilson deliberately ignored the senate by appointing himself and four others delegates to the peace con ference without submitting their names to that body and by giving no hint of his plans. The consequence is a predisposition to criticise and op pose the agreements which he makes, and a strong adverse influence is created against the most momentous and beneficent measure which has come before the people for decision since the civil war. President Mc Kinley acted far otherwise. When the Spanish war ended, he took precau tions in advance tbat the treaty ghouM hard to be an optimist, if ono onlv In facing the world together. It is the man 's tackle and wit and resource. I snouia De votea tne last great worn i half tries. or tne war series. tor iiaeleruncK, as a Belgian, wouia De tne logical one Tonne Ford knows more than the they -have a competence before they administered In those days. Broadly to place the capsheaf in position. Mae- I 0td man an(j ts eons to put out a car marry, and there are other ways of speaking, all of that kin which came termics. is no mere propaganuisi wnen to sell for less. It takes young blood reaching husbands who will not work, up from the sea were known as sal- employs a play as tne veniclo for I to snow the old fellows how to do It is not practicable to weed them out mon. Perhaps It was a steelhead. a 1 empnasizing tne auiercnce Detween busluess, at the marriage license window. I ten-pound rainbow trout, brimming tne point or view or the Prussian and As has been suggested, even an I with the aest of his oceanic excursion, tnat or tne woria outside or Prussia. Indiana legislature ts unlikely to pass At any rate, it fought as steelhead o play in recent times has so a bill such as the one outline Rut fight. stirred the reviewers who have read it. ifit did. it would only invite depop-I All o' which is but a roundabout I iney una xauii witn its teenntcal con ulation of its state. Of all the reasons way of arriving at the conclusion that, struction, as this applies to its avail that can be urged against earlv mar-1 however superlative may have been ability for production on the stage, riages, failure to have accumulated a I the qualities of the big trout of yes- but not with the moral which it competence in advance probably teryear, the best traditions of the teaches. As to the history which it would receive the least rnnslricratinn species have been xeroetuated and contains, its references to the massa- Perhans Americans are mn.trriAlisti handed down to Oregon anglers of cres at uinant ana lxtuvaln these .... . . ! . . ..I V. .. ' ..1.4 11.. .......J V - as some or their critics charge, but toaay in tne seagoing ramoow, anas s'4"-""? uj "l" I licvo was taught by war. an American In love is auite as othirs sieeineaa. Ana steeineaa. wiui thanks uutumcnw, uuu mere are cermm are. in resnect of willine-ness to lpt 1 to careful propagation and far- otner p liases to wnicn only tne ara money take second place while the sighted protection, are yet plentiful matic form is adequate. Maeterlinck pursuit of the ideal is under way. I In the very same streams that knew 1 18 a master of this. Therefore "The them wnen captain Itobert Gray oursomHsier is uiteiy to prove io oe .4 ....... . v. . n ... v. i . v. i j . I rtn. nr thn tmAks i T t r, h mi r .. , ui w ii ma uivw vj i ui3 on 1 1, iulu U1D I . ------ . woE,,ia.i. I fr.ii AtiF t-h- rni.,mhu I The entire drama takes n ace In a The proposal to build a bird f oun-1 vbrvr ar.t-ir.i-a rr.r.mii.r - single day. Thus swiftly did events tain as a memorial to Theodore Roose- yarn arter the manner of their kind, move in the summer of 1914. In all velt recalls to an advocate of the plan 50metime or other the tales of mighty there are barely five and a half hours the fact that, while he was president. Utrikes and epochal struggles will of action, a fact that In Itself is quite give place to one of an Oresron steel- without dramatic precedent. The head, his pugnacity and his pound age. Fin and sinew and scale, when ever fighting fish arc discussed, he rises amid his peers. " Though a trout from the rounded bluntness of his aristocratic snout to the clean, square, powerful sweep of his broad tail, the steelhead is offi Roosevelt created 36 bird reservations in various parts of the country- One of these was the Three Arch Rocks, off the coast of Oregon, the ornitho logical wonders of which were de scribed to the president by W. L. Fin ley and H. T. Bohlman of Oregon, and which still Is one of the most noteworthy reserves, in respect of the variety of its bird life, on the Pacific coast. The biological survey of the rocks was made in the summers of 1903 and 1905, and they were set apart as a reserve in 1307. The two burgomaster's son-in-law, Hllnicr, ts a lieutenant In the Prussian army and an under officer with Major Baron von Rochow, a typical officer of the Prussian machine. The burgomaster The best thing about this season of year is that the worst Is all behind us. Crocuses are already peeping timidly out and almost before we know it apple blossom time will bo here. Food may be a cure for bolshevism. and then again it may not be. "A man must live" is not the dortrine of self sacrifice, such as we were led to be- Laws against teaching German in the schools seem to have been made quite superfluous by the action of pu pils themselves, who have not waited for legislatures. The east Is due for a visitation of 17 and also 13-ycar locusts, and Ore gon growers hope that the aphid we had last year are preferably of the 17 year variety. AWAITING OKDKRS. rve missed the sights of Paris. Where they say the bright lights chine: Slept In the mud and waited orders While our brave boys broke the line; All the kaiser's land and jewels ror these words I'd gb.dly pay "There is a transport in the harbor And you're ordered home today." I've seen my comrades burled When the convoys' lights were dim. Heard the bugles sounding mess call hen the arub was mighty slim. Now my heart is In the home-land. And I wixh someone would say "There Is a transport in the harbor And you're ordered home today." rve been robbed by foxy merchants. Heard the night birds' lyric call. Felt the clutch of "Spanish flu" As my bc&t friends pa-ssed along. Now the lone long trail Is turning. Soon we'll hear the captain say "There's a transport In tho harbor. And you're ordered home today." We're sick of French lassies And of Belgian beauties, too; Of red wine of the provinces We've campled quite a few. Our next stop Is old New York; Soon we'll hear the captain say "There's a transport in the harbor. And you're ordered home today." Hark. I hear a siren moaning Clear away the craft afore; Tis a gray old army transport Coming from the home-land shore. She's calling, softly calling me To come across the sea Where a mother and a sweetheart Long and watch and pray for me. Now my soldier days are over. And I need no longer stay. There's a transport in tho harbor. And we're ordered home today. (These verses were sent from France by Private Foster F. West to A. Ghest. 31 Mxth and Taylor streets). However, our Income and other taxes will be as nothing compared with those the Germans will be called is taken as hostage for the good 'be- uPn ,to P. "hen thcy raise that ln havior of his ceoole. A German offi- ucu""1'' cc-r ts shot dead ln the burgomaster's daily known ln Oregon as tho steel- grounds. The only person known to une comion .m in, . L i f I , have been near the slain officer is a discharged early from the service will j m i : - i 1 frnrrlpnnp whs It- v-ulsl Ka - r- flesh, and there Is commercial wealth posterous to suppose has killed him, coming to them until they get It. i i.i . ...! : i , I The IVllSKirtn fifnr In rnmmanH imict I other reserves in Oregon which the w,. 4v, , '.,, mike an examnle of someone. Th Success of the liberty bond sharks birds owe to President Roosevelt are I tn i burgomaster Is Dermitted three alter- Indicates that something has been the Malheur and tho Lower Klamath. ,.,,,, . ,,; U.B, natives. He may find the real mur- wrong with the commercial aspect of served, where, though he is still offi- dcrer If he can. He may sacrifice 1 education in the public schools. t'. itnnn wA in wx . i I the rardenor. Or h ma v nnv t h nn sx uivM) Viiw Acavv t'lUlVA.ia '11 Ul 1 " m I . . . i Vu. from npttlnir ln nrrlor tl, , m ally as noslare. I xno ruuuu v. ""'is wic rise to the fly and furnish pyrotech- The point of the play lies not In and buttercups are in bloom, and it's nlcs and thrills for sportsmen, as a the dramatic situation so created, but Possible the groundhog knew what he true trout should. Mn the drawing of the characters of was about several weens ago. rinr-a imnn tima k. .,,tv..i4.n. tbe German officers. The burrnmM. volr-P the KiPrlbsnri -inifi..n ter's son-in-law Is not pictured as a I Pernaps one rrwu uy ine xarm- The memorial will give formal rec ognition . to the distinction ' which Roosevelt made between the naturalist and the sportsman, between the man who hunts to find rather than to spread terror and shoots to kill rather ! than to hurt. Although Roosevelt was known as a mighty hunter, he greatly preferred the laurels of the discoverer of new or rare varieties of game. ie distinguished, moreover, between sentiment and sentimentality in his defense of the rights of true sportsmen. This he showed when he wrote: If thoroughly protected any bird or mam mul would speedily Increase in numbers to such a degree as to drive men from the planet, and of recent years this has bton slftnally proved by actual experience as re gards certain creatures, notably the wapiti of Yellowstone and to a lesser extent as re gards deer In Vermont. He did, however, perform several other noteworthy services for birds in general Tlie story of hl3 declaration classified as a salmon and the error of his naming persists despite denial It was David Starr Jordan of Stan ford whose avocation has been the classification of the salmonldae of the Pacific coast, who first determined that tbe steelhead was a salmon born and bred, and whose mistaken dictum the gardener Is innocent. found place iu scientific records and encyclopedic works. This was an opinion which Dr. Jordan later found it wise to recant, re-classifying the fish as a sea-run rainbow trout. Since then Dr. Jordan has fre quently, for his initial error, been brute" In the commonly accepted er is worrying over daylight saving is sense of the term. He Is. so far as a tBat he has nothing else to worry- type of the military- caste may be, I over these days. quite the reverse. But he is wbollv unable to see the moral aspects of Someone will have to hurry If the THE -SILVER. THREADS AMONG ULAl'K." (The most popular song In the army of occupation.) Darling. I am coming back. Silver threads among the black. Now that peace in Kurope near?, I'll be bark lit seven years: I'll drop in on you some night With my whiskers long and white. Yes, the war Is over. dear. And we are going home. I hear. Home again with you once more. Say by nineteen twenty-four. Once. I thought by now I'd be falling home across the sea. Hick to where you tit and pine. But I'm s'.uck here on the Rhine You caa hear the gang all curse. w ar is tieu, out peace Is worse. When the next war comes around, In the front ranks I'll be found. I'll rush in aeain, pell mell. Yes 1 will, like hell, like hell. 11. W. JACKSON. First Lieutenant. Bern Castle, Germany. plaj: MARCH IN (IREGOX. Anon we read of fretful March That foils the tender spring; Of March that snows. And hails and o'.ow s Not eo in Oregon. K dual role March surely To the east, he's Mr. HjUe; While to Beaver-folk He's a kindly bloke Jekyll to Oregon. The dreaded March, proverbial. Knows not our northwest clinic. His frowns are smiles Just sprlntstlme wiles Out here in Oregon. KD1TH J. PEHNOT. the situation as the Belgian sees it. He I soldiers are to get that land we all want them to have in time to do their spring plowing. does not deny he even believes that But the military machine demands an exam ple. The rule is inexorable. The lieutenant has a fondness for his father-in-law and would save him if he could. This is his logic: I should not hesitate. After all. as there are two Innocent men. why should you. who are unquestionably the more innocent of It promises to be a dull summer no war. no congress, no anything, and nothing to do but work. I called upon la person, tuid. by corrc-ltue two, bo U-e one to aufUr; Wo ar at & ton of gas? It seems that we used 366! tons of gas ln the war. About how much is Real Danger la Rata. rOR.Tt.ANr. March 7. (To the Kd itor.) Permit me please to congratu late The Orfgonian upon the excellent editorial which appeared March 6. en titled a "Mild Winter and a I'lague of Rats." It Is most timely and meets with my full approbation. I should like to see your suggestions receive the attention they deserve in every com munity. I made the suggestion to members of the legislature ways and means com mittee that the "bounty on rodents be extended to rats as health meas ure, but am sorry to say It did not meet with approval. A. C. SEELT, State Health Officer.