TTTF SUNDAY OBEGOMAX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 11, tO'-il
PUBLIC QUESTIONS OF ALL SORTS DISCUSSED BY VARIOUS WRITERS
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Foreign and Domestic Problems Are Considered From Different Angles by Numerous Correspondents Who Present Interesting Views on Current Events Which Have Appeared in News.
WHY l FILIPINOS COMPIiAIN?
Writer Says Natives Have Not Taken
Advantages of Opportunities.
PORTLAND. Dec. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) In the Sunday Oregonian 1 read
the plaint of Monlco Esteban and be
lieve that mme answer 'should be
made from Home one who does not
feel the deep prejudice against the
Elllplno whlrh causes him bo much
pain and anguish, inasmuch as the
request for rights and privileges is
based upon payment for loyalty and
contributions to the liberty loan ami
Kl "r.j.sg it might be well to also
fun., h data showing what portion
of t..r oversubscribed liberty loan and
the excess of the quota for the Ked
Crosa Is due to the efforts of the
Britisher and his allies, the China
man and the exiled Americans still
resident In the Philippine islands
The loyalty of our "most loyal
colony" how many colonies have
we? cannot be questioned and no
on claims that the Filipinos Insur
rected and took advantage of "Amer
ica's situation in Europe." and for,
this loyalty and good Judgment they
ae to be commended.
While I do not believe there is any
prejudice against the Filipino, I
would like to know just how we
would go about the abolishing of a
prejudice. Instead of a prejudice. If
such does exist, there might lie built
up some admiration of the Filipino
If he will get in and saw wood and
show the. American people that he is
capable of more than his failures of
the past eight years. Control of the
Philippine government by the Fili
Pino has been as absolute as the
Jones bill and a favorable governor
general could make It; and If one is
to believe half he sees and three
quarters of one per cent of what he
hears the control was all that could
be desired, even by the most exacting.
With this control of Internal affairs
they have enjoyed the protection of
the United States without having to
contribute anything toward main
taining it. If the cost of an army and
navy establishment of the necessary
strength to protect the Philippine
islands against Invasion was placed
upon the shoulders of the Filipino
you may rest assured that there
would be no contributions to the
liberty loan and Red Cross from the
"poorest Filipino." He would be
working so hard to keep from starv
ing to death that he would not have
the time tn i each into his pocket for
the coin; even if he had a pocket for
the coin or a coin for the pocket.
Just what Senor Esteban desires in
the way of rights and privileges, I
am unable to understand, but suppose
that he desires a large income with
out an income tax, the privilege of
representation without taxation and
the right to get up on his perch and
away from the protection of the
American eagie and strut as he likes,
but with the privilege of scuttling for
protection under that same wing
when someone starts to wring his
neck He has had a fine chance in
the past few years to show his ability
in many lines. He had had a leglsla- j
ture to pass laws for liim, a Philip
pine national bank to manage and
finance himself with, a National De- 1
velopment company to develop his
country with, a Manila railway to
haul his produce and to travel onv a
Naclonalista and a democrata party
to play politics with and a Filipino
Judiciary before which to try his cases.
All these he has, as well as many dif
ferent bureaus to experiment with,
and upon the showing of these he
should base his plea for rights and
privileges, but ts the showing of
these government functions have not
been such as to merit anything but
the prejudice which he complains
against, he must base a plea upon
subscriptions and a somewhat doubt
ful loyalty.
No people in the world have had
more to be thankful for In the ast
few years than Monlco Esteban! his
parlentes, amigos and the rest of the
Filipino people. Instead of pleading
for that which neither he nor the
best which the Philippines have de
veloped can handle; he should be
thanking the American people for
national safety, such prosperity as re
mains and all the advantages which
have been given him at a minimum
of cost to himself. With the death
of prejudice, which Is on his part and
not the prejudice of the American:
with the ability to Judge and give
Justice and the understanding of what
independence consists of, will come
that friendship and co-operation
which he seems to think does not
exist at the present time. The Filipino
seems to be unable to grasp the fact
that he has more independence right
now than the American citizen, and
cannot see that he has failed to reach
that point where he is capable of
handling his own affairs.
H. T. HEATH.
INSPECTION BRINGS CONVICTION
Writer Enamored of Butte Site for
Fair After Visit.
HILLSDALE. Or., Dec. 8. (To the
Editor.) There Is, I have learned,
going around a lot of reports that
the fair is to be held on such and
such a site. I have learned also that
these reports have no foundation
whatsoever, but are hallucinations of
some of our real estate sharks, who
have a selfish Interest to make a few
dollars In their same old played-out
way. These reports also carry the
grand and glorious news that indi
viduals and corporations have pur
chased land In and near their particu
lar favored sites. Therefore allow me
to Inform the public that sites are
not usually selected so easily, but
are selected by extensive Investiga
tion and engineering. The most fa
mous of America's engineers, I sup
pose, are to be engaged. The site
which carries the meet of the pub
lic's sentiment will be the place where
the fair will be held, provided the
engineers find it a fit and proper
situation.
Much has been said about the va
rious sites, pro and con. and I have
learned much by these splendid arti
cles. But the most can be learned
by a personal investigation. I first
saw a magnificent picture In a down
town window visualizing
the fair.
1 never realized that such a beautiful
piece of ground existed so near our
city and the Columbia river. Sunday
being the family's day out and quite
favorable, we motored out to that
place, which I had always assumed
was a large pile of rock and waste
that could never be utilized for any
good purpose. We completely circum
navigated the butte that is. we drove
to Eighty-second and Sandy, thence
east on Sandy to Craig road, south
on Craig road to the old Barr road,
thence west on Barr road to the rail
road viaduct on Eighty-second street,
thence on Eighty-second to the elec
tric power line, where we halted, and
from there we followed a good trail
to uppermost point of the butte. From
this point the view is far superior to
that from Council Crest, and the day
was hazy at that. The picture vis
ualizing the fair certainly does not
io it Justice. To me there could never
be a better place to build the fair,
because of so many distinct and re
markable advantages over the Wll
Ir.meru sites As h siicgestlon. one
rov'd ';-..- sptr.J s !sy more satis
l.c'ur::. than t'J hike ant! lunch in
the beauty spots Of this grand old
butte which lies at the very door of
Portland on the Columbia highway.
I have seen all the various advo- !
cated sites, and I have never taken J
any Interest whatsoever, but since j
my own little Investigation I have I
become very much Interested in the J
highway site, not because of any
selfish reasons. But because of its
perfect feasibility and the impossi-
Mlities of the other sites. And" too
the public's sentiments must be taken
into consideration. The public, I hon
estly believe, wants a site with no
drawbacks whatsoever, but a site that
will exemplify Oregon's natural topog
raphy and magnificent beauty.
L. C. NOVAK.
.i Kl : OF SHEBA" is i I'HELl)
Writer Declares Film Carried Lies
son F.quul to Sermon.
PORTLAND, Dec. 9. (Dear Ore
gonlan.) You and I are friends of
"Auld Lang Syne." My first letters
learned were those contained In the
words. Morning Oregonian! "Do you
remember" way back in 1S69? I do.
On the strength of such long
acquaintance, will you allow me for
the first time to hand a stuffed club
to the good shepherds of the flocks
who are so condemnatory of the
"Queen of Sheba"?
Well worth seeing the second time
I Judge from the letters what they
saw was beautul Betty Blythe with
more beads than undies on; mere
formalities. I took the picture as a
whole and the lesson it taught. The
thought for me was the text for a
sermon which might be given f rom
some pulpit on "Self Sacrifice." When
their eyes were opened to the sin they
had committed they straightway
turned about. He to his faithful wife
and duty to his people. She to her
people and the raising of her son to
meet every Goliath of life. Solomon
and Sheba saved two nations from
war. Bringing Sheba to modern
eugenics, what mother of us does not
envy her David, born of "love that
never dies"? A lesson in "Better
Babies." The shepherds saw Solomon,
evidently, from the standpoint of his
600 wives. As I understand biblical
history, about 599 of them were serv
ants or slaves. Past and present not
so much different after all.
I suggest the dear brethren wear
their rose-colored glasses Instead of
dark ones when they attend. In face
of the "better pictures" given us this
past year, I protest their verdict and
suggest they turn their attention to
stamping out the sale of narcotics,
reaching its tentacles from the under
world to the churches and young peo
ple of our city. This trade of the
east to the west Is menacing the
bodies and souls of our America. I
know whereof I speak.
Having given of my talents for
over 40 years to church choirs
(gratis), I am at the years of wis
dom, regretting I had not cast my
lot and talents with the Salvation
Army, doing the master's work; not
in temples, but In byways and hedges,
as he did.
Yours for better pictures, of which
"Queen of Sheba" is one, if viewed
from the lesson it offers instead of
the trivial standpoint of "Beads and
Betty" Just remember Sheba as a
mother. L. C.
NOT LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION
Fair Site Shonld Be Chosen by
Committee With Free Hand.
GRESHAM, Or., Dec. 9. (To the
Editor.) In a lengthy discourse In
The Oregonian November 2", relative
to the aets which may be done by
the legislature which will convene
this month, it is said that the legis
lature may designate where the ex
position should be held, and it fur
ther Indicated that it should be held
on Mocks bottom.
Inasmuch as the people of Oregon
are going to have the privilege of
paying for the exposition site and
preparing same for the erection of
massive and expensive buildings, let
the fair elte selecting committee have
a free hand and unbiased mind.
It is fully known that Mocks bot
tom (which is well named "bottom")
is not fit to hold large buildings and
the expense for filling would bi'
enormous. There are sites outside of
Portland and lying at its door which
are Ideal and need no filling.
The great advantage Is the large
area of level and rolling lands, beau
tiful hig-h points of view, ample train
Bervice, together with access to all
the highways within the state.
If the legislature Is going to name
the site or decide that it must be held
In Portland, the members should
make a careful Inspection of all sites
before casting their vote, or make
their act a little broader and read
thus; "That the 1925 World's Exposi
tion shall be held In or near Port
land," and not tie the hands of the
site-selecting committee, and force
the committee to select something
undesirable, expensive and congested.
It is fully known that the officers
of Portland are now puzzled to know
how to direct automobile traffic, and
It Is impossible to clear the jams un
til they have reached the outlying
streets which afford chances to move
In different directions. What would
become of the traffic if the 1925 fair
should be held in Portland with 1,
000,000 automobiles present?
The outlying sites offer ample
camping and parking grounds for all
who may attend the fair, together
with abundance of pure air and
scenery unexcelled, and roads direct
ing traffic In all directions.
Chairman Julius Meier has often
said in his public addresses and cir
culars that the site "must be selected
upon Its merits."
"So let it be."
" JOHN BROWN.
OREGON WATERS FOR OREGON
Presence of Old Battleship Wanted
as Inspiration to Youth.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 9. (To The
Editor.) Tet, we, too, of the upper
Willamette valley certainly rejoice
at the sight of the old battleship Ore
eon in The Oregonian November 27.
There she lav. the gallant old ship.
with a record second to none. Why
not give her a resting place in Oregon
waters: in the harbor of Portland,
where we can all go to see her we
and our children where Bhe will be
on inspection to love and patriotism?
Tes, I for one certainly can make
these words of W. T. Perkins mine:
"You. too, would have felt a leaping
flame of love and pride, and then the
rush of sudden tears."
I hope that you evermore may be
enabled through the columns of The
Oregonian so to foster and nurture
this sentiment among the people of
Oregon that soon we shall not only
be able to say:
O ship like created Pona armed:
O bride the hoary rod hath charmed.
Leap to nla proud and strong embrace.
In Freedom's squadrons take thy piacel
but also to sing.
Go, rend the atory of thy peat.
Oregon, my Oregon !
What glorious uetda, what fame thou hast
Oreron, my Oregon !
So long tie time's great cycle runa:
Or n&ttona weep their fallen onea;
Thou'lt not forget thy patriot aona.
Oregon, my Oregon :
I. C. J ENtiEN.
SUGGESTED
Writer Proposed Mu.-ical I c-itvui
for 19XS i:iiosition.
PORTLAND. Dec. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) The splendid spirit manifested
by the public in matters musical dur-
ing music week engenders the'
tnougnt that Portland should launch
a monster musical festival in the'
form of an Esteidfodd music and I
literary competition during the ten
art of the 1925 exposition.
Once inaugurated and fostered by !
the now proverbial spirit with which
, the Portlanders "do things." such a
festival would be destined to become
an annual firt.i.B J " . I ,
., annual uAiure ana continue long
nuer me exposition had become a j
memory, and Portland be the .Mecca ,
where contesting choral societies, i
choirs, military bands, athletic clubs,'
musical and elocutionary aspirants I
from ail parts would make a pil-
grimage. with the schedule of a sim- ;
liar festival In mind, I would suggest i
a section embracing contests for vo- ;
cal and instrumental solos; another!
for string quartets and orchestras. The 1
literary classes should contain classes I
for elocution. orations, readings, j
scenes from classical dramas, in cos-'
I tume, and one-act playlets, etc. Calls-
tnenics ror adults and children, which
should attract athletic clubs in gym
nastlc displays, and school children in
action songs, and school plays.
The creative talent should be cared
for by having competitive classes for
original musical compositions, songs,
cantata. operetta and orchestral
works. Classes should be added for
I best original poem, short stories, es
says and other literary compositions.
The climax of the festival could be
made a band week, with band con-1
tests for graded bands A, B. C. play
ing "own choice" for test pieces, with
a quickstep marching contest as a
feature. Street marching should
count In the aggregate score of each
band The musical contests and the
actual quickstep competition would i
be held in the open air. It has been
found advantageous elsewhere to j
make it a condition that each band.
OB the day It Is scheduled ;o compete,
must march to the contesting arena
over a specified route through the
city.
Brass bajads (no reeds) and the fa
miliar military bands heri and else
where, have made such rapid strides
in recent years that they have com
pelled recognition and consideration
even from the most serious-minded,
musically-inclined pedagogue. Com
bined with the consummate skill of
the Instrument manufacturer of to- I
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aay. me musical intelligence or tne ;
present-day bandmaster. and the I
awakened interest of the bandsmen !
awakened interest of the bandsmen
for a better class of music, the ar
tistic perfection that bands work up
to Is little short of marvelous. There
is. Indeed, very little In the world's
wealth of music that the modern
band, adequately trained, cannot play,
and play satisfactorily and well.
The home of the band is every
where, where
The tailor blows the flue,
And the cobbler blows the horn.
And the miner bloSvs the busie.
Over mountain gorge and bourn.
How true this Is of these parts
would be quickly revealed by the an
nouncement of a properly-organized
band contest. Bands are largely re
sponsible for the awakening of the
musical spirit in the home. When the
home is fully Wakened, music as an
art will have a glorious future. Bands
have steadied the Insidious growth of
sensationalism in music.
InstoMd of following the devious
path laid down by the modernists,
whose works have been particularly
noticeable for their complexity and
sensationalism music sans form, sans
melody, military bands, writers and
bandmasters, by the judicious selec
tion of their programmes, have struck
out in another direction and encour
aged a class of composition where
simplicity, sanity, spontaniety and,
above all things, beauty natural,
gracious, persuasive beauty are the
dominant characteristics.
To retain this hold In the hearts of
the people our bands must be encour
aged further. We should hear band
music real band music more often.
The true function of a band is not to
neaa a paraue uu.iug a euro wim-
vai: tney snouio. oe nearo. reguiariy
during the winter months on the con-
cert platform, and in the parks on ,
summer evenings. Our bands have a
big message to deliver to the people,
and the people are waiting, longing
for It. For the encouragement of
bands and good music generally, rnay
I humbly suggest that our authori
ties take up the project suggested
and Inaugurate a musical festival
with a band contest as a feature, dur
ing the year 1925? Once launched I
feel sure that it would be made
worthy the great spirit of this com
munity and lend additional luster to
what we confidentially hope to be one
of the most momentous events In the
history of this state the proposed ex
position. HAL L. CAMPBELL.
TRIBUTE PAID TO MARINES
Men (.uarding C. S. Mail Cars Held
Dependable Fellows.
PORTLAND, Dec. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) A few weeks ago. after the big
mall robbery in Illinois, when the
federal government was roused to
deal with the situation with an iron
hand, there appeared in The Orego
nian an editorial eulogistic of the
United States marines. In contrast
with that editorial there appeared an
other a few days ago in the JournaN
unuer tne caption muraerers.
I wonder what the Journal imagines
marines were placed aboard mall
trains for? To hold a talkfest? Hard
ly, judging from their orders. It goes
on to say that the fact that a man
rides the "blind baggage" is no indi
cation that he is a mail robber. Pos
sibly not, but a very potential one.
One has but to talk to a railroad
special agent to learn what a nui
sance these "indigent" passengers
have become. Their number has in
creased since the mustering out of
troops and the growing tension of the
unemployment situation. They ride on
the tender of the engine or between
It and the mall car. There has not
been a trip on the Portland-San Fran-
HAM) CONTEST
cisco run up to the time marines were tor.) (1 r If a bank that rents safe de
assigned to mail trains that there ' Posit boxes becomes defunct, under
were not from one to a half-dozen Oregon statutes could the receiver or
"knights of the road" riding and mak- I those in charge lay claim to the con
ing life miserable for trainmen. J ' tents of the safe deposit boxes as as
suppose what' is true of this line is I sets of such bank?
true of every main line In the1 (2) If not, could parties renting the
country.
What is to prevent a couple of these
fellows from climbing over the tendei
of the engine, holding up the en
gineer and fireman and dompelling
them to stop their train? Then going
back and compelling the mail clerks
to open the doors of the mall car
would be in order. This is accom
plished by using the trainmen as
hostages to keep from being fired
upon.
Now, this Is no stretch of imagina- j
tion, for it is exactly what happened i
in that holdup in Illinois.
Robberies by amateurs have ceased
since the arming of the clerks, the
mere moral effect serving to elim
inate this class of bandits. It is I
hoped with marines "on the job
the,
"hard-boiled" will be taken care of.
The marine has a reputation to live
up to and lie does it. as he always
has done, whether in China. Vera
Cruz. Hawaii. France, the Philippines,
afloat or at home. It matters not
now simple, now nam or now ira-
some the task.
A. few days ago I was about to get
v,.. l ..U(,cUU.e, C'" "I f
It is a division
ample for lunch.
point and time Is
1 asked the guard
whether he had any supper with him.
No," he replied. I offered to remain
in the car until his return. J
"My orders." he said, "are to re-
main with the car. I cannot carry i by further comment, other than this
them out and leave It." All members of the beard sat In at
One of the fellows on his return the respective hearings with one ex
from supper had lunch for him. j neption. Every member of the na rH
I would say of that "leatherneck"
that he was most conscientious in the
1 .1 ... 1 ... . nf hiu .a,,,. nnA anrtla
tt e L 01 ui ci u i . aim iroin nuiiici
01 tne remarKs maae oy some or tne
clerks, the behavior of these "soldiers
of the sea" is very much appreciated,
It Is possible that the marine in
the case to which the Journal re -
terred jn its net-up condition was
a nit hasty In his action, nut from : ot our school children.
my knowledge of the men I do not j He will, however, refer to the man
think so. They are deliberate, but whom you particularly name Di-
not hasty. I am inclined to believe rector Qeorge B. Thomas. During
that the man acted within his ordersthe year and a half which the writer
and will be sustained to the limit by . has been associated with him on the
his own superiors as well as the post- ' school board there have arisen or.
office department. However, no citl- many occasions DOints of difference in
i zen. having legitimate business at a
I man car, need have any rear of these
guards. But the sooner the fact is an sincerity, there is no "inner circle
driven home to the lawless and the j or political ring."
lazy that marines are on mail trains I Director Thomas is strong in his
not for play but for business which i opinions, quick In temper, impetuous
tolerates no argument, the better forMn action. His manner and method
them. Postal clerks are relieved to be : constitute his own worst enemy, and
rid of them, not to mention trainmen
and special agents.
For myself I find these marines
fine, gentlemanly fellows, quiet, busi-
nesslike, not given
to braggadocio
R. P. O.
and always faithful
AFRAID TO TRl'ST THE PEOPLE f
That Is
Attitude of Opponent
..r
Submission of Fair Tax.
PORTLAND, Dec. 9 (To the Edi
tor.) It i very confusing to read
the variety of alleged, arguments
that are urged by those who are "not
against the l2a exposition, but are
opposed to the only fair and equit
able method of financing it. One Is
reminded of the Irishman who was
earnestly in favor of a proposed law.
but "agin" its enforcement. An
initiative petition favored by over
20.000 in a total of 27,000 if scattered
over the state would force a vote
linnn it in the nrtminc npimurlae Tn
, . . , , , . .
refuse, in the com me legislature, after
.
lne VHte recently cast in r-oruana to;
"lve the People of the state a chance I
to vote upon the question of an ex-
position tax would be plainly a vio-
lauyii oi me Miuru 01 me primary
law. No kind of sophistry will ex-
cflse such refusal, but we have many
"friends of the people." so-callei!, and
"friends of the primary law" who ' one at all, the writer firmly believes
regard the law simply as a con venl-1 that the claim is just and that Di
I ence to be made use of when things j ' eetor Thomas' trips were made with
are running meir way.
A group of the onoonents of the
exposition in Umatilla county the
other day resolved that it would be
an outrage for the legislature to
allow the voters of Oregon to vote
on the exposition tax. but that it
would be allowable, and entirely
proper, to permit them to vote for
repealing the millage taxes. The
people, you know, can't always be
trusted. So say the friends of our
primary laws.
Over in Lincoln county Mr. Irvln
writes that a per capita population
of only eight per square mile In the
state Is better than that of Lincoln
county, which has only four or five,
therefore he Is opposed to the tax.
This per capita population has prob
ably stood over there at the figures
named for the last 40 years, and will
probably stand for the next 40 if
some steps are not taken for increas
ing the taxable population and tax
able wealth of the county by adver
tising its resources.
Replying to a statement that the
campers in the municipal camp
ground at Salem had disbursed $2a0,
000 in that community last summer,
he says that Portland did not help
furnish the camp ground at Salem.
and that probably 90 per cent of the
campers also went to Portland. If
. went to iJortlandi of COUrse the
,250 000 dld SaIfm no good and f a
dozn ntnr towns nrfi,eo from
these campers to the amount of sev
eral hundred thousands of course
their subsequent visit to Portland
neutralized the profit.
How to apply these arguments to
the exposition tax is a puzzle. Portland
agrees to pay four times as much
per capita of the exposition tax as
all the rest of the state, and it is a
violent presumption to assume that
she will get lour times as much of
the tourist traffic as all the com
munities outside. This fear that
Portland may prosper at the expense
of the rest of the state is a strange
obsession. How can the state suffer
from the development of Portland, or
Portland suffer from the develop
ment of outside communities? Can
any kind of a tax be devised that
will benefit all individuals and all
communities equally?
That Mr. Irvln has but a vague
idea of why he Is opposing the pro
posed tax is apparent from his
statement that "if the management
of the exposition would distribute
the profits of the fair among the
counties of the state in proportion
to the tax contributed there would
not be much complaint." This is
exactly what the management has
repeatedly pledged Itself to do.
Mr. Templeton of Linn county i;
also very much in favor of the fair,
but opposed to the only equitable or
feasible plan of financing It. It is
settled that defeat of the proposed
tax means that there will be no fair.
Does Mr. Templeton believe that any
perceptible decrease of our taxes 19
possible without more taxable prop
erty and a larger tax-paying popula
tion? Can we get them without ad
vertising our resources? Is there
any more effective way of advertis
ing than by an exposition, that will
be continuous fo- the next three or
four years and for many years
thereafter? INQUIRER.
Safe Iepolt Boxes ot Involved.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 8. (To the Edi-
sate deposit poxes nave tree access to
thelr boxes at any tiny
at any tlnvv or would
they be tied up by legal processes as
other departments Nvotild be under
uch circumstances? SUBSCRIBER.
1. The receiver could not lay claim
o the contents of the safe deposit
boxes, which remain the private prop
erty of their owners.
2. Renters of boxes would have ac
cess at all times, as before the failure.
t 'lirrency at Par.
PORTLAND. Dec. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly tell me whether or not
there Is a premium on gold coin now.
If I take $100 in gold to a bank and
exchange it for bills, will 1 get more
than $100 for it. SUBSCRIBER.
You will not.
DIRECTOR THOM AS DEFENDED
j
Mr. Woodward Speaks I p
rtiier Member of School itoaril.
PORTLAND. Dec. 10. (To the fedl
tOr.) It K With
degree of hesita
tion that the writer is prompted to
offer a word in relation to your edi
torial "Running a School Board." The
recent hearing and your statements
etating thereto will not be helped
excepting the plaintiff voted for the
i verdict and w ithout previous consul -
I far inn r f .. a .
lauuii ur unaers, a r.d i r.g
-s you intimate, the hearing in
question win have served an excellent
j purpose If it prompts not three alone
but every member ot the board to
j extend as far as possible fuller and
more faithful service to the interests
j which members of the board have
spin many ways, and he says with
t" uniougn an tnese months, the. wri
ter declares that, as a school director,
he has given faithful and unselfish
service not exceeded or equalled by
any other member of the board
His calling, that of a skilled ma
chinist and his training as such, have
naturally directed his activities to
ward our polytechnic school. To it he
has given devoted service and most
of his time, unreqoited In any ma
terial way. He has saved the taxpay
ers of school district No. 1 many thou
sands of dollars in the purchase of
equipment. Actual traveling ex-
lenses' of these so-called "Junketing'
irips of his east, have indeed been met
i by the taxpayers, and properly. His
t.me. however, has been freely given
and Ms expert knowledge in the mat
ter of technical equipment, machinery
and the like has been an asset to this
district which is Well-known to the
board, if not to the public in gen
eral. He alone was familiar with the cir
cumstances surrounding an outlay
made by the district in behalf of the
federal government during the war at
the technical' school and for which
t .L 7 "
mere is a proper
ashlngton. By v
claim pending at
irtue of this fact
he has journeyed to Washington and
again these trips have been paid, as
to traveling expenses, by the dis
trict, for the purpose of securing set
tlement of his Just claim. Whether
I the district gets all, ' any portion or
- ""imi munve anu were wnony
right. .
Elected
delegate to the National
Education association, he prepared
and delivered an address upon the
phase of school administration with
which he is most familiar of suffi
cient interest and value to be printed
'n full in a report of the proceedings.
The district has been honored with
him in his election as chairman of
one of the principal sections of the
association. Under the stress, how
ever, of what the writer regards as
criticisms unfair to a degree, he has
resigned tnis position and Portland
will not be represented at the com-
of the First
Entirely by
See
Ing conference in the capacity named
It was the hope of the writer and
many others that the N E. A. would
forfand could be invited to hold Its na-
t.onal conference in Portland In 1925.
The present situation seems to bar
any thought of this.
Every member of the board is giv
ing freely of his time. It would be
unfair to make-,, comparisons. Each
gives as he can and as the demands
are made. The accessibility of a di
rector by virtue of his calling has
n uch to do with it.
About two-thirds of the writer's
time is now taken up with school
matters. Our board meetings begin
at 7 o'clock in the evening and often
continue until near midnight. Thf
' w riter endeavors to visit two public
rchnnlq pnh u-nb a.. -I..,-
rchools each week during school
terms, to meet with the parent-teacher
organizations and personally to
become familiar with the needs of
each and every section of our city.
He believes that every other member
of the board is endeavoring to do
likewise, including Messrs Elsman.
Martin and Clark.
It is indeed a difficult position
which -the members hold. Criticism
it to be expected, apathy on the part
Ot the great body of people is
acknowledged; we can only work to
the best of our ability, knowing that
alone through harmonious action can
we ever succeed in the slightest de
sree in carrying out the purpose of
our public schools, our nation's one
great living and increasing asset.
WILLIAM V, WOODWARD,
Director.
WOOBKOW Wilson DEFENDED
Exception Taken to Statement
Regarding Tumulty Articles.
CORVALLIS, Or., Dec. 9 (To the
Editor.) In The Oregonian Decern- r
ber 4 my attention was attracted by I
an article written by George Wat
kins of Marshfield, Or., of which the .
following is a part;
it I
hard for some of uk to undertand
lllHt U'h.t 'a,. havt, ,i.in. (hut wm wH.,ii,1
be afflicted each day with a partial re-
view of Mr. Wilson's political career em -
belllsheu with a more or less taking
chicmo of the author.
Now. some of un have a notion that we
already know too much about Mr. Wilson.
We consider him a bad performer, ao
these things, on the whole, have a
tendency to give us that tired feeling.
I will submit that had the above
statements been- made by the ex
kairer of Germany rhey would have
been very appropriate and well said.
But it is inconceivable that an en
lightened citizen of the United States,
as we presume Mr. Watkins to be,
Should seem to tremble at the name
of Woodrow Wilson; now wrecked
and broken, denied the fruits that
justly should have been credited to
him by ttn unscrupulous clique of
politicians Awho seem to have no
hisrher conception of life than to
gratify a selfish ambition to advance
their own interest.
The principles of democracy never
have been advocated more earnestly
nor so capably by any great states
man as by Woodrow Wilson, and he
Is Just as truly a victim of the worW
war as any soldier who fell on the
battlefields of France that right and
Justice shall not perish from the
earth.
If right and justice rules in, the
long run, which we believe It will,
the stones that have been thrown to
smite the career of Woodrow Wilson
will be gathered together to build a
monument to his everlasting honor
long after those who throw them
have passed away and been forgot
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Faioruhle Report on Wallula Cut
Off Wills (.ratituilc.
I'M ATILLA. Or.. Dec. i. (To the
Editor.) 1 was greatly pieced by the
favorable report on the Wallula cut
off by the Portland (hamh.r of Com
merce. We need just such u lift, and
are giving the project 11 the pub
licity we can. and the recommenda
tion that the highway be designated
a-u state primary highway and rec
ommending the constru'-thin of the
road as speedily as possible, s-ubject
to certain provisions, practically as
sures its construction.
We of Umatilla do ot share th.
opinion of our county metropolis: and
other towns in the east ei.d of the
county, in that we see a gnat bene
fit to the state to be -derived from
the cut-off and a necessary connect
ing link of a system of highways
which otherwise leaves the scenic
Columbia highway unfinishni in Its
route through the state.
One of the points in it favor, un
answered, is the objection made be
cause the route is along a waste
country. This was likewise true oi
the present highway west of Uma
tilla, but the advent of the highway
soon changed this. Thete ate several
miles of small farms and cottages
along the highway, which wculd not
otherwise have been developed. These
are quite as attractive as other parts
of the Interior of the county, it is
also bordering the propose, 1 hydro
electric power project, which we be
lieve will be developed In a short
time. O. H MOCK.
EXPOSITION tax is OPPOSED
Fair Declared Benefit lo Portland
Rather Than Slate at Large.
GRANTS PASS, Or. (To the Edi
tor.) A fair Is an institution largely
probably 90 per cent for amuse-
i ment. like a dance, a moving picture.
, . I.., m.i,. .n f ,hleh mv .1
times be necessary, but in none of
1 them is much that Is substantial,
reallv entertuinlnu- InalriirlvA
rairs are very expensive amuse
ments, rarely financially successful
It is almost axiomatic that they have
deficits to be met probably by taxa
tion. Six millions does not produce
much of a fair nowadays: twenty
millions is a more probably needed
amount. Once our six millions was
In a fair how could we resist the ap
peal for other urgently needed mil
lion's to complete?
Now Is not the time to plan for
splndlng money for amusement, when
poverty and unemployment stalk. It
Is rather the time to spend money for
permanent improvements such as
roads, reclamation of land, or port
projects.
Tije proposal for a Portland fair In
1925 springs from a desire to adver
tise Portland primarily and Oregon
incidentally, and thus attract popu-
lRiion. i ne nei oeneins, u any, aris
ing inereirom win praciicau) an gu
to Portland, its hotels and restau
rants, transportation, theaters, stores,
etc.
If Portland wants the fair that Is
her business; but she should pay for
it and not ask the state at large to
share any corfsiderable amount of the
cost, as she is now doing. For once
she might take a chance without ask
ing aid. She could, however, get more
permanent and direct return by put
ting the money proposed for the fair
into a settled Irrigation, or drainage
project in Oregon, for every Improve
ment made in Oregon inures In a
great measureto the benefit of Port-
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her position, has held back her aid
i hih ueveiopmctit and consequen.1
Increase of population.
A low tax rate is mott
to soiilers than a fair
attractive
How can an advocate for using the
taxiiiB power to build a fair consls
tently oppose the advoeacv of its use
for building flour mills, elevators
and other state socialistic ventures?
If despite all we are to continue In
our mad course of increasing taxa
tion, lei us not further overburden
real property. Let us rather have an
Income tax. or better still make It
more squabM by means of a larao
poll or head tax.
ROaCOg HI iWARD.
"Mourner a hi Motto."
PORTLAND, lie,. I. (To the Udl
tor.) .My thanks to The Orenonian
for having set me right and clearing
up the authorship of the poem,
"Mourners a la .Mode."
I havc always believed that an
other than John Godfrey Saxe whs
the author, not from anything he said
to me, as We never discussed the sub
ject, but from what others led me to
believe. Those persons stated that
the man I had in mind admitted be
ing responsible for its publication,
and that, privately, he even claimed
to be the author. In regard to the
latter statement, 1 believe they mis
understood him.
1 had always supposed that the
reason h had it printed anonymously
was that he was a "gentleman of the
cloth." and It was well understood In
tle little community, ttiat the poem
had a local application. For these
reasons, too, I never disclosed the
name of the gentleman.
As Mr.-Saxe (according to The. Ore
gonian) died in 1887. the editor of
the New York paper could not have
in mind the idea of sending along in
my direction a bit of sarcasm, as his
letter was written ono or two years
prior to 1887.
While the matter is not of much
public, interest. I am pleased to have
it set right, as I do not wish to do
an injustice to any one, especially to
one who has, long since, passed
away. F".
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