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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1921.
AL LISTS
PRINCI
HIS OBI
TEACHERS' TE
NUR
E
Discharge of jneffici
uShould Hot Be I
Impossibfey
ent Teachers
s
Made Almost
He" Declares.
Portland, De. 30. To the Editor
must insure just
teacher and free
. manipulation ; It
-ln a recent issue lof
Federated Teacher'
its discussion of the
aw with the follow
er The Journal
your paper the
council prefaces
present' tenure
ing' definition:
A tenure, to, qe worthy of the name.
be ;- it must protect the
the school " of political
must assure the ef
ficient teacher stability of employment
and free her of khe worry .and burden
of-annual reelection. r
Nobody can tike exception to amy
of the abdve tout I . think that
if the above definition
herself would airee to this addition:
But no tciure lint should beetto etrin-
jrent In. its provisions as to make the
discharge of. a t acher on the grounds
of Inefficiency an undertaking beset by
difficulUes almos ; Insurmountable."
" If , any tenure law showers Its bles
eiaga on the wort ly and unworthy alike.
mt 'that . the peaci of mind desired by
the, efficient is gained onjy at the ex
pense of too gre,it a protection to the
lnefneient, then such ' a law weakens
in the mind ef the public the whole
idea' of the teacher's tenure, and, like
the "boomerang,5 strikes those "who ; ini
tiated It. and through' them all in tlj
teaching profession.
JIOLVH MAST IXWFFEEEST .
' It' was with .some such idea In tnlnd--that
a. large, -group of very , capable
''teachers opposed the present tenure
and when it Was before the legis
lature in the Orton bill even went down
to Salem to voice their protests in per
son. Notwithstanding the. statements of
a united corps .made by ' leaders and
publicity committees. . a great- many : of
lhsee who originally opposed the bill
are still against it, and a- great many
more are entirely Indifferent " in the
.whole matter.. , .
mind. The argument is not over wheth
er there should or should not.be any
tenure for teachers. . The necessity for
protection to public servants is freely
granted by all thinking people. The
question 'is merely as to tlte machinery
created to enforce a -tenure law.
The present discussion ' is . over one.
part of this machinery, the trial oora-
rnlsslon, a body of three men appointed.
annually by the presiding Judge of he
circuit courts to hear the ; case of any
teacher discharged after a hearing by
tiie Bchool board, should she desire such
a hearing. -The i appeal is not granted,
as In the case, of the appellate cousts,
upon evidence of irregularity In the
trial before the court of original juris
diction. The teacher may. get a re
hearing merely by asking it. - ' , ':
1'KAR AUTOCHACY
The teachers favoring' the present law
declare' that this- -body. Is necessary to
protect .them against 'unjust treatment
and that it increases 1 efficiency. The
school board: and another group of
teachers contend that it Is unnecessary
and that the 'general impression pro
duced by it In the minds of the pub
lic that, it tends to shelter the ineffi
cient is harmful to the whole system
two "views diametrically opposite.
The affirmative claims that : the
teachers need this trial commission be
cause they fear the school board may
become autocratic or may be influenced
by political or other pressume. Further
more, as the author of the article
quoted in the beginning says, "the
board ' has! no training as educators."
yHut why should a body of five men
elected by-the people of the community,
from am org" its successful citizens be
Cobb I Awed by Crater Lake
No Beauty Like It,
4-
. .... v ',; ; i :
(In th rurnmt fcm of the Saturday Errainc
Pot Irrln 8. Cobb adda.bt. tribut to tributes
already paid the sceme wonder, ot thm Orcaoa
Country. Of Cntir tek h suke tb obenra
tiutu. published herewith. ) . -
Any human being who is equipped
even with the most rudimentary begin
nings -of a soul can enjoy scenery, but
only one who has more confidence In his
own powers of expression than good
judgment willi with premeditation, un
dertake to set down on. paper an ac
curate picture of it. '
Someone is forever trvinsr to describe
Jin pi-int how the Grand Canyon looks at
sunset, or now Naples, smells on a not
day; but up until this time the percent
age ' of Close i who have succeeded at
these jobs is still quite small. So I shall
not try to scratch out 'with my pen a '
word etching of that scenic wonderland
which is called Central Oregon.,
I know that to-my dying day I shall
carry in my mind priceless recollections
of the high, desert and .of the higher
plateaus and the buttes and the canyons
and Che gorges and the forests and the
mountains and the sky and all the rest
of the glorious ensemble .of it. But ow
ing to the limitations ot a deficient vo
cabulary. I am debarred from sharing
my treasured memories with others.
They must go and see it for themselves,
which, after all. is the only satisfactory
way of enjoying scenery, - But in pass
ing I do crave to speak a line or so tor
that icjown jewel of the lower Cascades,
Crater lake. . '. '; j .
CRATES LAKE, THE YTOTfDERFUI "
For Its size. I am quite sure that
Crater lake ia the most wonderful thing
in this world. J So far as I know, it is
the only perfect example of the phenom
enon which ensues when Something
crawls into a hole and pulls the hole in
after it. In this Instance the thing which
'crawled into the hole was a mighty
mountain, and that which ensued, after
ihe hole had been pulled in, was Crater
lake. , ' '
Not so very long -ago, as geologists
chattily measure' time, say eight or nine
eons ago, perhaps the loftiest mountain
in what subsequently became the United
States stood here.' It is estimated that
Its peak, rose well above the 16,000-foot
level.' - It was a volcanic mountain, , as
nearly alt the Important mountains in
Oregon were, and. are, -and that same
volcanic force which formed it eventu
ally destroyed It as a mountain. Its
cone collapsed and vanished into the cal
dron of a hotter ; fire, than human hands
ever kindled, leaving behind-a circular
orifice, which through the centuries filled
with melting snow; The result, as we
view it today, is Crater lake. It has the
I K ,:;
He Says
greatest t depth of any body - of fres
water in America ; and, without fear of
successful contradiction,: -I dare affirm
that it ii the most gorgeously beautiful
lake on 1 his. planet. About Its shores, in
places w lere the rock shelves come close
Ho the surface,-it is the greenest green
that ever was, on land or sea ; but where
the bottc m drops away with incredible
abruptne ss to incredible depths it : ber
comes a marvelous and ' Indescribable
blue a? J urer, richer,- more radiant blue
any the blue ever was. One haa the
feeling tr at a cup of it, dipped UP. would
reveal th e tints blue or green, depend
ing on wl tere one did one's dipping. And
from pier sonal Observation I am willing
to state Lhat on being splashed with .a
canoe pat idle US spraying drops are not
like water, but, like Jewels': like flawless
emeralds and' perfect sapphires.
A CLOSI.IP VIEW
Tou tsts nd ion the rim. looking down
ward a housand feet or eo to where
Crater lal ;e lies, and It seems to you that
here natural' beauty has 'attained its su
perlative expression. But when, follow
ing this, you descend the trail which zig
zags dowi i the face of the guarCian cliffs
and come at length' to the shores, ypu
discern a gorgeousness Which even exn
ceeds the splendor of the spectacle as
viewed f -om , above. .For now your
vision inc ludes details which' before es
caped yon the rock sides "sheering mp
as steeply -almost as perpendicular walls ,
the effect of the sky against the brim
and the ei feet of the reflected sky in the
water itsi If ; curious formations, bank
ing fn a iong perspective of spires and
pinnacles. These last really are the nip
ples jot derad volcanic flues, and because
of their fancied resemblances to fabu
lous roonkters and human figures . and
architectural forms they here have been
given various names to distinguish them.
But this was a great mistake, because
these objects do not look like anything
else on earth. They look only like them
selves. When the eye encounters an
idiosyncrasy of Nature which ; overtops
and surpasses the scope of man's imag
ining, wnyf then, the puny human intel
lect should be content to let well enough
alone. -
TOURISTS TO rOUOW
One of jthese days hundreds of thou
sands of Americans will visit Crater lake
every summer. This day will come when
'a railroad! worms its way in through the
gorges ; o. better Btill,. when there is an
adequate lautomobile highway penetrat
ing into Crater Lake National park from
Medford tp the southwest, or from Bend
to the horithea8t, or from Klamath Falls
to the southeast; ' 1 -
UNCLE SAM CAN
T
A SAYS NORTHGLIFFE
affairs. Now tfcat civic -bodies like the
various business ' and women's organi
sations are so keenly interested in pub
lic affairs, there Is as. much chance of
the political boss sitting again on the
school board a"nd manipulating teachers
as there Is of a 'municipal boss sttting
in the back room of a saloon directing
city affairs. We are living In a differ-1
ent era.
It. is claimed that this trial commis
sion has proved . its value to the teacher
by Its record daring the past .four years.
How. can that be maintained, when not
a single grade I teacher has ever been
brought before i it, and not , a single
case of any kind has come before it on
charges of ' inefficiency? In all the
four years "under the present tenure.
Iadershipl and tact of the principals. :
Howevei the punitive features of any
tenure law do not affect the great mass
of our teachers.! They affect only those
whoi are or may become inefficient for
one 1 reason or another, and these are
found in every large school system.
Under the present law, what faces
the school authorities in their attempt
to discharge a teacher, should she avail
herself of its provisions? First, "the
principal, after ' a series of encounters
with the undesirable teachers, must pre
fer written charges, of which the
teacher haa a copy. Nobody not inti
mately acquainted with school condi
tions knows what this, involves. Un
less the" case is absolutely clear-cut, the
principal ipeeaily finds his whole corps
DEPEND ON BR
AIN,
The National Capital
Construction Relief Claim Settled Merchant Marine to Be
Discussed Federal L,aws Are Codified Foreign ;
" Purchasing Agences Presenjt, Difficulties. -
according to the Teachers Federated arrayed dgainst him and his ' position
council, out of a body of 1000 teachers
only Six permanent teachers have been
dismissed. Of these, not a single grade
teacher has used the trial commission.
EFFICIENCY ADMITTED
It is r also asserted in favor of the
Orton law that it has promoted the
made decidedly uncomfortable. He
must next persuade his district, and
chiet superintendent that his Judgment
withXregard to his teacher is correct.
Then Nthe
board".
Here the
an ."attot-ne;
case goes before the school
teacher is represented by
who plays the -game, ac
welfare of the . schools, until now. in 'ritul ,P V l
,' rninin of f..- rdmg teethe rule of the law court.
Portland schools rank near the top both
in efficiency -and . morale. It ia un
doubtedly true - that on the whole our
and effect. Two
mnr enjiilv pnrrunterl Ihan 'thrM m,. mseuiw. re not
1 schools were neva in -. better shape
than they are now, but to connect the
Orton law with their present condition
is , to confuse 1 coincidence ; with cause
be asserted u an unvarvin. -ron- rash enough to say tha all members
dition- thea it constitutes an unanswer- f "e present teaching staff are effl
The priricfpal-wTt, by the way. haa no
attorneyBQlace6? on the stand and
subjected (to grueling cross-examination
in which! hischaracter, personality, edu
cation; power of Judgment, etc, are
brought under thjf microscope. A
teacher's inefficiency, like the quality
conTitTonsf happentg ! f'f !f P11"; matter of
nmrilv iZatXZ ! Judgment I on the part of the critic.
Besides, nobody, would be
able indictment . against ' representative
'cient. That is evident from the fre-
i k,. i. quent statements madjs by teachers
e disqualified from sitting, on the rtd inefficiency of prin-
cases (Of teachers because of lack. oficiP?la' d vice versa,
training as educators, wherein is a The tnxtl ornhe matter is that the
frlal mtmion of thf liwvtn rr present efficiency In our schools is
Judges or .business men any better
qualified? - ; . : .
OXLT SIX DISMISSED !
. Suppose it is true that eorne years
ago the school board did support ; a
superintendent of autocratic tendency,
and did. perhaps, play a rather 'base
due almost wholly to the fact that the
great majority of our teachers are peo
ple or nign laeais, great patience and
unfaltering industry. No greater praise
can 'be accorded to the average teacher
than to say that in spite of the pos
sibility under the, Orion law of safely
slackening up in her ; work, she has
sort of political game. But all of. this maintained high standards, has gone in
was before the existence of any tenure ; large numbers to universities and has
law at all.. . It occurred at a period of : constantly improved her technique. Some
political morality in school affairs eom-J of the efficiency may even have been
parable to Che boss era In municipal caused In some slight degree' by the
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It is not often susceptible of legal proof.
yet the pi-lncipal must cite petty in
stances, giving time, place, manner and
degree in order to prove his case.
And ' theirs after the school board Is
through Tith the principal, by merely
making the request, the teacher may
put him through another' inquisition be
fore this trial commission.- It will be
la long time before many nrincioals
will "submit to this double ordeal, and
In the meantime the public forces the
vast majority of worthy efficient teach
ers to lie under the general impression
that" inefficiency exists in our schools
and la protected by a law put on the
booka by a teachers lobby.
' The - school board amendments may
or may not be ideal. They , are still
snnjeci ic .compromise. . Hut all ; any
teacher need , ask in the tenure law is
written charges of specified kind, a
public hearing with members of the
press present, and witnesses compelled
to appear in person, ' a stenographic
copy of the evidence and a majority
decision of the board. More than that
is unnecessary and constitutes a public
irritation without compensating value
to the teacher.
Finally, 'it may "be pointed, out that
under the school law. regardless of the
provisions of the Orton law or ; the
amendments of the school board, the
teacher has the right of appeal to the
stats superintendent Section . 140, Ore
gon school laws, 1919). This is in ac
cord with, the recommendations: of the
N. m. A. 1 H. M. BARR.
Principal Irvington j SchooL
Death Threatened
By Eiyal Tongmen;
Ultimatum Is Given
Noted English Publisher Denies
There Is Alliance Requiring His
Country to Side With Japan.
1902 was in
the pnited
States then
Los Angeles, Cal4 Jan. 1,-(X. N. S.)
The police learned today that the Blng
Kong tong, two members of which were
murdered and ' a third wounded .Thurs
day night, had notified the Hop-'Sing
tong, a rival Chinese organization that
it will be given 30 days to produce the
alleged slayer. ".. - - 4 .
According to - the ultimatum.' ' three
members, of the Hop Sing tong will, be.
aiain u uw .iuspeciea man is not sur
rendered, j : .,; , -'
The police will take measures to pre
vent the Importation to Los Angeles of
known m Chinese" gunmen from -; San
F rancisco and other.Pacific coast cities.
With a surplus f of labor ' at Walla
Walla, no work , available, and suspic
ous characters seen on the streets, the
police are ordering' out of town any
with no visible means of support.' '
(CopyneW 1820, by United Sm)
London; Jan. .1. Sacrificing deli
cacy fori clarity and emphasis. Lord
Northeliffe, the noted English pub
lisher whose Influence on British af
fairs ' both - foreign and. domestic
needs no advertisement, 'denies in a
statement .prf pareA tor the 'United
News that the Anglo-Japanese alli
ance . would require' Great Britain
to assist Japan in. any war against
the United States.
"Some of my " American fiiends,
Northeliffe says by way of acknowl
edging the suspicions which evoked his
article, "seem v. anxious or! suspicious
about the supposed obligations of Great
Britain to Join Japan in a War against
the United States underV the terms 'of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance..
SCSPieiOSS IJSFOUJiDED '
i "These suspicions seem to me to be as
unfounded as those which were subject
of my recent exchange of messages with
my friend. Secretary of the Navy
Daniels.. f j
"Though I am not a great historian
I do remember some ; things. Oneof
them is that the Anglo-Japanese -alliance
was formed at a timej when what
was called the triple alliance of the Far
Kast, consisting of Germanyj Russia and
France, was in full blast after having
compelled Japan to tear up the' Shim
onoseki treaty with? China, concluded
after the -Chino-Japanese war of 1895.
"That triple alliance was! really the
beginning of most of the trouble in the
Far East, but neither it nor the Anglo-
Japanese alliance formed in
any way directed against
States. In: fact, , the United
was. not very actively interested id- Far
Eastern politics.
"When' war broke out between Russia
and Japan early in 1904, France, which
was allied with Russia, and England,
which was allied with Japanj 'contracted
out' of the war. Their agreement not to
fight each other in the Russoj-Japanese
quarrel was one of the things that led
to the Anglo-French entente of April,
1904, which in its turn helped to saVe
the world from German domination.
CLAUSE AFFECTS V. 8. J
"There was a second agreement ' be
tween Great Britain and Japan in Aug
ust, 1905, which dealt with the Far East
and India, but again it was not directed
even by any ..possible ! implication,
against the United States.
"When this alliance was revised in
July, 1911, and extended for a . term of
10 years, a' clause was inserted stipu
lating that nothing in the agreement
should entail;- upon either contracting
party an obligation to go to: war against
any power with whom a treaty of gen
eral arbitration had been concluded and
was In. force. ! This was the first refer
ence to the UnitedsStates.in the Anglo
Japanese alliance and it was a friendly
reference. - -J
SENATE BALKED .
"President Taft had concluded with
Great Britain ; a treaty of general arbi
tration a month - ear Jy and Britain felt
that as this treaty might- be out of har
mony with the alliance, the latter should,
be 'modified and so brought into har-j
mony with the Anglo-American arbitra.-:
tion treaty, -.p - '
"It is an important point that this re-!
vision and' renewal of the Anglo-Japanese
treaty were carried out only after
the fullest consultation in London wiWi
the responsible ministers of the do
minions who gave their unreserved sup
port. '
"Had the Anglo-American, treaty of
arbitration ever been ratified Great Brit
ain thus would have been, ruled out of
the possiblity of siding with Japan in;
any conflict" between Japan . and " the
United States. What happened In re-j
ality was that not Great Britain, but j
the United States senate refused to rat
ify the treaty of arbitration--in 'Marchj
1912. ,'''.-' 11 ""
BRITAIN AGREEABLE
"Consequently, if there is any suspi
cion '. among the Americans as "to the
obligations f Great Britain, those sus
picions cannot with Justice be directed
against Great Britain, . which Is as
re.ady now as she always has been
to conclude and ratify a treaty of general-arbitration
with the United States.
'"But in default of an arbitration
treaty, there Is the peace1 commission
treaty, signed at Washington op Sep
tember 15, 1914. Though this is . not . a
'general arbitration treaty within the
meaning of Article X of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance, Britain notified Japan
at- the moment of its signature that it
would be so 'regarded by Great Britain
for the purposes of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance." . .
Some of the Information being given
In these lines has been kept highly secret
hitherto. Northeliffe devoted the- entire
day to obtaining data for his statement,
so important did he deem ; an accurate
statement' as to the -history of the al
liance. - : ' ''
"There ia no possibility, as I have
shown by the reservation to the Anglo
Japanese ; alliance just cited, of an
Anglo-Japanese combination against
the United States. How, in these circumstances..-
England can be suspected
of readinessto become a, party to such
a . combination, passes my eomprehen-
rsion. j
REFERS TO 3TAVAL PLA3IS
"As I have said elsewhere. If the
Japanese are building ships against the
United States, they are lacking in ia
sense of proportion. If ' the , United
States is building battleships against a
hypothetical Anglo-Japanese-comblna-tion.
it is forgetting its own recent, his
tory -and . is overlooking the political
realities of the British empire. Which
make it Impossible to unite Great' Brit
ain. Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa on behalf of or with
the Japanese." rl
FRIEDLA NDER'S ..;
Golden Anniversary ;
Jubilee Sale
See Page 10, Section 1
Funeral of Banker
Is Held at ; Salem
Salem. Or., Jan, 1. Some of dregons
most prominent men served as honorary
pall bearers at the funeral of John H.
Albert. Salem banker, held at the fam
ily residence here Saturday afternoon.
Including Governor . Olcott; Dr. R. E.
Lee Steiner, superintendent ; of the state
hospital ; Herbert -S. Nunn, state high
way engineer; State Senator. John Gill
of Portland ; ; I. L. Patterson, former
state senator from : Polk, county t John
G. Wright. Ed Croisan, A- N. Bush, John
H. McNary and Bi J. Miles. Rev. James
Elvln conducted tl)e funeral services and
Interment was in L O. O, F. cemetery.
Treasury Department ;
Settles Claims c
TVTASHINGTON, J&a- 1. (WASHING
V TON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) The treasury .department has re
ported to congress' oir the settlement of
claims which have been submitted by
contractors and sub-contractors on post
offices and other government buildings
On account of special relief from war
conditions. Among the items appear the
following: - - ' "
Grant Fee, contractor - for ' Portland
pos toff Ice. 194.911.45 claimed. $62,893.66
allowed. I "
Sub-cpntractors on. Portland postof
f lee : J. C. feayer, $3668, allowed in full;
pacific Portland Cement company, claim
for 11038,. 1339 allowed; Hecla Iron
Works, claim for $53,366 allowed in sum
of- 146,977; Herman Bosch, claim Vdr
$1224. of which $925 was, allowed; the
William Penn tone 'company, claim for
$25,597. for which it is said no. sustain
ing evidence has been filed ; East Side
Planing mill, $7745, claim held up await
ing further evidence by claimant ; Indi
ana Quarries company, $8431. held up. for
same reason ; .? likewise Claims -of the
Portland Lumber company for $5660 and
J. F. Shea, the . mechanical' equipment
contractor, for $1204. i ,
I Claim for $3288 by the Bergh-Grlggs
company -no a postoffice sub-contract at
company on a postoffice sub-contract at
sustaining evidence, it- is. stated.
! The Campbell Building company's
claim for $9584, In connection with the
building of the postoffice at Vancouver,
Wash., is reported under consideration.
Under the same heading appears claims
of $19,004. by Henrikson & Co. general
contractor for the public,, building at
Aberdeen. and Steblnger Bros., contrac
tors for the Roseburg, Or., postoffice, the
latter for $5693. , . 1
. A claim for $328 by the John Douglas
company, sub-contractor on . the Rose
burg 'poetoffice. was entirely disallowed.
On a claim for $10,336 on construction
of the postoffice building .at Wenatchee,
Wash., the Sound Construction & En
gineering company was allowed all but
$16. '
Shipping Problems
To Be Discussed x
WASHINGTON. Jan. L (WASHING
TON. BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) Leaders in the shipping world
will' take part in the discussions at the
convention of the National Merchant
Marine association in Washington, on
January 20 and 21. The topics covdr
proposed legislation and shipping board
policy as welL
Consideration of repeal of the .tolls on
American vessels at the Panama canal is
f irst on the- list. Establishment of pref
erential export and import rates te' sec
ond, which- is practically the question
the shipping-board has before it in the
enforcement of section 28 of the Jones
Then comes the abrogation of com-
ercial treaties ' which restrict the use
preferential rates, a provision of the
Jones law which President Wilson de
clined to enforce.' . .
- Prices at which government ehips
should be sold in order to close out the
government business, the shipbuilding
situation, the proposed' exemption of
ships in foreign trade from excess prof
its taxes when the prooeeds are applied
to mew ships, the creatidta of free zones
and revision of marine msurance laws
are other subjects announced for discus
sion.' 1 : . -
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, presi
dent of the association,' says there Is a
perceptible waning of interest in the mer
chant marine in the country Just at the
time when the means of keeping the
American flag on the seas 'demands the
greatest Interest and study.' Shipping
board vessels "are being tied up by the
scores. .Private capital, says Senator
Ransdep, must receive the .encourage
ment and support of the government in
an Industry which is especially subject
to International competition.
Federal Laws ;
Are Codified
WASHINGTON. Jan. L (WASHING
TON BUREAU, OF THE JOUR
NAL) The biggest bill ever introduced
in congress is on' its way to passage.- It
consists of 1251 pages, exclusive of index,
and comprises 10,747 sections. It may
not greatly interest the -general ; public,
but it will be a joy T to lawyers and
libraries. I s "j ; :
This .bill comprises in! one book all the
laws of the United States which were in
force and effect at the beginning of the
present congress, March 4, 1919. It is. in
other words, a code of, federal law, the
first official compilation made since 1878,
when the revised statutes were adopted
and printed. Since then there have been
compilations 1 by private publishing
houses, on - which lawyers chiefly rely,
but they are expensive -and do not carry
the authority of an official publication.
Representative Little of Kansas, chair
man of the committee on revision of
laws, has been in charge of the work and
has spenf a large .share of his time on It
for the last 18 months. Experts were
employed, who took thegrevlsed st'atutes
and the statutes at large, or laws passed
at each session since and compared them
with .the' private compilations. The work
passed through the. hands of several ex
aminers and the committee chairman,,
then those parts relating to each depart
ment of the 'government to the law offi
cers of the . department concerned, then
back for. final .revision, printing and
proofreading. Ten law. experts have
gone over each section to make sure
that, theywork is accurate, that all "liv-
ing" lffw has been included ti all
"dead" law has been excluded.' r
It Is expected that when the 'big bill
has been, passed copies will be supplied
free to government agencies and officials
and perhaps to air state courts of record,
and (hat it can be 'sold to lawyers and
the public generally for not more than $5.
tion by the district engineer contains
no estimate of dost, but shows improve
ment would be expensive, as there is a
fall -of 40 feet In the lower seven miles
of the river, which has a discharge' ot
135 second feet, and near .the mouth
the bottom Is covered by large boulders.
Improvement of the Tualatin has been
suggested at different times,; but has
always been laid aside upon reports of
engineers that the cost would be exces
sive in contrast with the value of com
merce that could be developed. .
A cap Intended for structural Workers,
miners 'and others in danger of being
struck by falling objects will withstand
a blow - of 400; pounds. -
Monthly Payments 1
l Of Pensions Asked
Washington. Jan. j L - (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF TIIE JOURNAL.)
Representative Slnnott ts making In
quiries of the pension bureau and the
pension committee,: to . determine ' the
feasibility .of making monthly payments
of pensions, instead of 'quarterly. The
change has been asked by some of his
pensioner constituents, veterans of the
Civil war, and the Inquiry is to bring
outl what additional work or dilflculties,
may be involved. I
Wheat-Inquiry i, ;7
Develops Disadvantage- i
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOUR-NAL)-wThe-
federal tride commission in
its report to the president on 'the wheat
situation, points to foreign purchasing
agencies as one of the' main sources of
American disadvantage. This i is the
point emphasised .by Representative Sin
nott when he appeared befor-e the joint
session of agrlculturarcommlttees of the
two houses in connection with farm re
lief legislation. Says, the commission's
report : ' . : ' i i ' -
"If foreign govemmtents are to main
tain for some time to come buying com
missions with concentrated purchases,
the desirability of the United States
meeting them thrpuglt a selling organiza
tion should be seriously considered.
"Concentrated buying by foreign gov
ernments may be - deemed necessary,
especially where such governments have
fixed prices for flour. Irrespective of the
price of Wheat. If such government buy
ing is manipulative, however, and if it
is to ; be continued for some time, it
seems desirable that It should be coun
teracted by government selling organiza
tion in this country. Even if such ,f or
eign buying is n.dt intentionally manipu
lative, there is no reason why producers
in this country should be subjected there
by to loss' through unnecessarily fluctu
ating prices." " ii !
The commission reported that the pres
ident has no authority by law to Im
pose an embargo or special Import du
ties, but could use the Lever act to
stop trading In futures. Further detailed
report on the effect of future trading is
promised, and it is suggested that ac
tion should be taken i only after delib
erate consideration by congress,' rather
than by legislation enacted under the
warpower of the Irrer act. ij,
Tualatin River I
Navigation Costly;
WASHINGTON.' Jan. 1. (WASHING
TON ; BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) A system of locks and dams,
cosjting upward of $600,000. is the only
feasible way to make the Tualatin river
In Oregon navigable In the opinion of
General Lansing H. BeacH, chief ; of en
gineers of the army,' who. has written
Senator McNary concerning an inquiry
from W. Thatcher of Forest Grove.
Thatcher thought something might be
done by dredging or steam shovel;; Gen
eral -Beach says preliminary examlna-
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