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10 THE OREGON , DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 11. 1C21. v - f -, j - -e "iGSZ, AXlVDrK??lKXT SKWSpAPEtt- --4u . JACKSON. ...... ..WDtUMf -t Be ealm. tM confident, be eheerfa.1 and do noto ' ytTw yog wmiM beTe them do onto ymi. 1 iibuhed efery week day and Sunday motnrtit 't TOe journal building. Broadway ana iam mil tret, Pnrtland. Orrmtm. intend at the iKBtufiice at turtland, Orecon. v tor tranamwstira tbreusa tM mails ' - mstter. Li-fHON S Main 7178, Automatic 860-61. , -H li-prtmmti resehed by thee Bombers. , fcATKi.VAI. AlAKKTWING KEfBESENTA- ' TIVE Benjamin & Kentnor Cos., Brunswick r f .-r building, 225 Hfth aeenue, Kew Xerki IrOO Mailer biillr1tn. ("hleaeo. ,AflI0 COAST KKPKKaKNTATIVK W. . 7 Beranger Co., Examiner building, Bo i"ren . 3 ei-eo; Title Insurance building, Loa Angeles; ' i ' Prnt-lnts lligeneer btiildine. Beettle. J JHB oKECHiN JOUU-NAb resetwes toe right to V i "kt adTertating eopy which it deems ob ., jectionable. 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Make renitUanoes by Money Order, Ezprea ' i'Tder or Draft. If your pontoffice i not a . " Money Order office 1 or 2 -cent lUnn will be ' eucrnted. Make all remittaacea payable to The , fnamnl. Portland Oregon. ' Thia h the coupcl of labor nif it, 1 In the bell of the kirk ' iThe Ixird lot !jub came down from abore ' To live with the men Who work. 5 Thin ia the Tone he planted, here V . In ttie thorn-curwd aoiJ Hraren bi b1eed with, perfert rt. But the bleawug ot earth i toil, v j , Henry van lyk. ' THE COLOMBIAN TREATY rN URGING "ratification of t?Te Co lombian treaty. President Harding " itias reflected credit upon America. ! Cr the senate, at the behest of Hiram : JOirt Borah, rejects' the treaty, it will lira inexcusably wrong. iff We owe Colombia an unpaid ob ligation. Theodore - Roosevelt, who declared: tht .wetook - the tanal ,rone and. stalked about it, afterward (cognized the, right of Colombia to Compensation, when he offered that government ; $10,900,000 for the con ssion-and ; proposed", to -pay , the "rench Interests $40,000,000 for the tangible property and, work done at - Fanama.. .v-," - . ' j At .the time or the ofrer it was &nly a yearj until the .French con fessions would expire, when ail the jrork of excavation done and all-of he permanent improvements in etalled for conducting the excava ' on : would revert to .Colombia. -. ;. . This meant that within, one' year; froperty which the Roosevelt ad ninlstratlon. valued at $40,000,000 rould pass Into the possession of Co lombia, all In ' addition tothe canal rjoncessionsv'prevlowsly made by Co lombla to the French canal, builders But by the process of the revolu tion in which ,the territory new known as Panama seceded from Co lombia and the people of the district set up a government of their own, America got the canal 'concessions and fell heir, to the property of the French' company "Without payment , of any kind to Colombia". ' The treaty urged' by President Handing for ratification provides for the. pay ment, at this belated date;' nearly- i$ years after the event, of the sum of $25,000,000 as compensation to Co- lombia. I . It has always been contended that persons In America connived with the revolutionists in the secession of Panama, and that there would have been no revolution but for the secret encouragement and active help bf.the United States, At that time, desire in America for an intern-oceanic, canal - had been enormously strengthened by the Spanish-American war; and .the trip of the. battleship Oregon around Cape Horn.. There were ne gotiations with the government : of Colombia for the Panama route, but President Marroquln knew that the French concessions would expire in 1904 and hei sought to secure for the Colombian government not, only the $10,000,090 offered by Roosevelt, but part of the $40,000,000 America was willing to pay the French com pany. Colombia rejected the treaty, This was ' the . situation, ; when .the revolution orose out in isovemoer, 1903. In order-to suppress .the 'in surrection,: Colombia; wanted to land troops, but -was denied by the United States the right to do ao within 60 miles of either end of the Panama railroad, which action directly and materially contributed! to the success of the revolution, if gave the in furrectlonists a free hand, and to add to the questionable character of the action of the United States, the Roosevelt government recognized the independence of Panama within few days after" the revolutionists issued 'ttiefr declaration of Independ ence " "UTiaterer the facta with reference to American connivance in the revo lution, it remains true that America acquired -aii igamenely ,, valuable property u a result -of it, and that Colombia tpnU not- only that prop erty, but in addition. lost the province of Panama, America grot more than the value tot. the 12S.000.000. and we should pay Colombia as a mere matter of common honesty and in ternational Justice.. " ' The Panama canal, the greatest engineering: achievement ever under taken by! a nation, should be at tended by no taint of Injustice, should have in its history no blotch of national greed Portland has a hearty welcome for the members of the Mexican Good W11 commission. Those greedy in terests in America, who have been noisy in urging harsh measures with Mexico do not speak with the voice of the American people. . The great masses in America have nothing but good will and fraternity for the peo- fplel)f Mexico. ; - : f t i WHO WIXJ PAY? . ANTONIO MERCURIOj, murdered fa. girl In Philadelphia Tour years ago. Although photographs and a thorough description of the murderer were sent all over the east, Mercurio escaped. . - - Three years later Vito Novejli was arrested in New York on a minor charge. . He gave a Philadelphia ad dress. The New York, police asked Philadelphia officials if the prisoner was wanted for a graver charge. The description of Novell! fitted. in every detail including the marks on. the body, that of Mercurio. Measurements tallied and the photo graphs were the same. r The mother and sister of thQ dead girl positively identified ' Novell as Mercurio, and he was sent to prison to await trial for murder," ' - He was in prison nine months. Then the case-carae to trial. Im migration and naturalization papers were produced to show that Novell! was Novell!. An ; employer swore that on the date of the murder Novell! was at work- In Pittsburg.' A photograph proved him. to be an authorized solicitor for the Pittsburg Institution. After the : trial, and after nine months of imprisonment, Mercurio's double," Novelll, was freed of the charge 'and released from prison.' It all goes to prove that itiis not diffi cult to make a mistake and not easy to suffer the consequences.' But who is to compensate Novell! for the taint and suffering of nine . months in prison ? CorvaTJEs.. ough$ to "have "a" federal' building. In. point, of business, the postof f ice there ' is the sixth largest in the state and is the only .first class office in Oregon without a gov-; ernment building.: The Oregon post- offices which exceed the Corvallis of fice in business done' are Portland. Salem,. Eugene, -Astoria and Baker. The receipts of the Corvallis office doubled In the 1.1 past . year. More than"; two" tonsof mail goes out and an equal amount comes in each day. The office employs 22 persons. DISOBEDIENT RAILROADS THE railroads of the Northwest are taklnsr a disobedient course. The interstate commerce commis sion instructed them to file, within 90 days . after. December- 2,i 120, tariffs modified to conform with the commission's finding in the Columbia basin rate case.' . ' , - J - The railroads have not : done- so ', The ruling of, the federal commis sion was thaV Z0 days after the filing of the tariffs the new-rates should beepme effective. -' . The railroads will not be ready, to apply the new rates unless the' com mission arbitrarily refuses to be con tent with the silence which the carriers' "have so far offlcally kept or the excuses which they , may In tend to offer. It is Impossible to believe that' the clerical and mechanical '. tasks Incl dent to obedience , to the order of the interstate commerce commission could require i more than three months. ! ilf the railroad heads have in "the back of their , minds an idea that ine issue wm do reopened m re sponse to the" r petitions of Pueet sound s.nd Astoria -and that delay may render the tak of rate modifi cation unnecessary they should take better counsel. 1 , - There Is no present basis for con fidence that the rate Issue, decided by unanimous - vote of the federal commission after the most exhaus Uve hearing, will be reopened. If a. rehearing should be granted the- absence of any new facts of sub stantial character renders extremely unlikely' any modification, of the Original order. The railroads will be better In sta tus with the commission If they obey its ruung without subterfuge. - in an emergency, all the "people of Benton county at a given signal could instantly .get-on wheels. There is an . autornobille f jr. every 8.5 units in the populatidnV -hicv; means that aji couia fce pyt on whels by one automobile taking .on eight passen " - w - nme , na so 6 on inrougn the list. - The county has 1850 cars and 115 tractors. Benton is a county of varied industries and in general the . "people suffer f less than the average in the - present pinch of conditions. t In view of the failure to secure permanent assignment of the historic battleship Oregon to Portland har bor, a movement has ben launched to obtain , the flag of the venerated sea fighter for this city. Since the Oregon has been out of commission her flag, unconfirmed reports indi cate, has been loaned to ah organi zation near the Puget sound navy yard. Deep sentiment' attaches to the gallant craft that bore the name of this state, and it is not easy - to think that the navy department will deny the request for permanent transfer of the flag to Portland. HARVEY? PRESIDENT . HARDING, could . ' have sent a far more acceptable American as ambassador to Great Britain. . . i: . Mr. Harvey is not the poised and polished gentleman to fitly represent America in high diplomatic station. He is not even Just in his average conclusions or well bred in express ing them. He is ta type whose ve hemence and aggressiveness are not qualities to command the confidence of the court to which he' is to be accredited. ' '.; i; :-- -.' .--': . -I Bluster is not .a valuable diplo matic asset and Mr. Harvey is much addicted to bluster. Denunciation and condehinatlon of those who dif fer with him are not engaging qualii ties, and Mr. Harvey is tainted with both. .t'--'I'V "'v - '--i'hi--'' Mr," Harvey is quarrelsome and bumptious. v He is more roysterer than statesman, and it' is highly probable that his career at London Will be punctured with fuss and muss In strong comparison with! the pol ished and poised service of Ambas sador Davis, whom he is to succeed. He will be received by the British with fine courtesy due America, but beneath it 'All there will be distrust. The most earnest desire of British people and statesmen is a League of Nations with America in it, and Mr. Harvey's whole record is one of in tolerance and abuse of that : idea. Though nothing is likely to be heard of it from that quarter hisl appoint- went will be received irf - London With disappointment and regret. Mr, Harvey has functioned in the; past as a Democrat. - He was one of the original advocates of iWoodrow Wilson for ,'the presidency, and abandoned him when Wilson refused to be convoyed by him , among Wall street magnates as a step in secur ing the presidential nomination. There are too many thousands of able men In the Republican psrty for this undemocratic Democrat to be named for the . highest I diplomatic post to - which the United States sends . an ' ambassador, -.".i,-.- Four hundred young men, dis abled or crippled in the late war. are students at O. A. C j receiving vocational training that wilj fit them fOr useful careers in spite of their handicaps. . Many were gassed tn France while others hav been 60 injured that they have to be trained in special lines to prepare them for lire's work. They are assigned to O. A C! by the government, which ren ders .them financial aid. I - A BETTER AMERICA . TO AID the -youth who has 1 through death or other misfor tune lost his parents and " other kin is the purpose of an institution named Chicago Junior located at St. 'Joseph, Mich. The institution was .founded in ap effort to provide the - care and guidance " denied th,e boy;;by fate, . and to' assure him an education that limited funds would noi permit, a nome and - farm school, with sympathetic and helpful influences, '. are part of the equip ment of Chicago Junior. J The financial aid Is calculated to fit the needs of the youth, f If he has some income it Is supplemented to meet the actual requirements. If there Is .no Income the boy is en tirely cared for by thet institution.. In- many a home, a serious prob lem, is. faced with the incapacitation or death of a parent. If he bread winner 'is removed and the son is taken from school to earn a liveli hood, he is denied the education. often, which, in Justice to himself and to., the community he should have. On the v other hand, if the mother subordinates the home to the necessity of : earning to j keep; the chQdtin schooL he. ial turirils with out;, the home companionship that plays an ..important ; part ' in any child's life and does much to mou!4 the course of his future pondu'et. Chicago Junior Is a .blg institu tlon. It is a big thing f ojr the" boys of the community It serves. It fits in where father or mother left off. It patches the .holes in the family hull, torn by the storms bt life, i It attempts to give what fortune has denied. .... l And .Chicago : Junior 1st not a big Institution . merely for - the boys it aids. It "Is a big .thing tof America. H puts forth to society as capable arid self respecting men, those who might havA become criminals. : It helps to educate and humanize those who might, have been ignorant and vicious. - It lends a strong and friendly hand f.o those who wish to rescue, themselves, and thereby aids In .the upbuilding of a strong and en tightened- country. " " j v The spirit of Chicago Junior Is the spirit that will some day make America a better America. , HARDING'S TEAM .AS A UNIT Estimates in the Editorial ' Comment favorable as for Party Organs, and Generally Reserved or Hope-, ful on the Part of the Oppost-: tion The - Geographical' Line Pointed Out by One: Editor, ; Daily Editorial Digest- (Consolidated Preat AaaocUtiaB) ' Comment by the Aewssaoers on Presi dent Harding's cabinet ; as a working unit is for the most Dart favorable. There are a few interesting contradic tions, some writers complaining that 'not enough members in the official family are of national repute and others prais ing the president for his selection of uni formly "great" figures, but the majority consider the selection a good average. With President-elect Harding's choice of the men who are to constitute his cab inet, his party and the country generally will be highly pleased. Surrounded by sucn aavisers, he will be able to give a strong administration. Deseret (Salt Lake) News (Ind,) j The sober Judgment of the nation will be that Mr. Harding- has done exceeding ly weu in this delicate j and ; important undertaking. He has named men whose characters and records establish the fact that he is to have the kind of help he needs in the great work of readjust ment; and he has again confirmed the people in their high-opinion of his in telligence and patriotism. Seattle Post Intelligencer (Ind. Rep.) The Harding cabinet we believe will meet with widespread approval from the American people, who have accepted the word of the president-elect that he would select for members of his official ramliy men of ability. There are only two typical politicians in the list, and in view of the training; and career of the comintr president this fact entitle him to - congratulations becanse he4 might have been so readily temnted to fill his cabinet posts with them. Sacra mento union (Ind.) ,-: The average American citizen will be found satisfied with the personnel Of ine caDinet President-elect Hardine has picked. It measures up on the whole, to what the people have expected of the new preiiident. There are. of caurae. those who will be dissatisfied and who will feel that they personally could have done much better if the job had been meirs. lacoma Ledger (Ind.) The reaction of public ooinion to the president-elect's cabinet appointments is on the wholf, favorable. ( Only extreme partisans,- or those who looked for a super-cabinet, composed entirely of the "best minds." nrofeaa rlisnnnninfment -- Ithaca Journal-News (Ind.) , To a large. " extent the man on -the street a impression of the Harding cabi net is determined bv the. fact thai Mr. Hoover is a member. The Hughes ap pointment, announced by itself ahead of the others, was greeted - with an- proval. but had all the other members movea to be ordinary Hughes' orestiee would .hot have saved the entire list from an unfavorable reception. New jaeaiora standard (lie p.) : The proceedings Of the nresident-eler have given the country! much satisfac tion as indicating, that, the new nresl- dent will surround himself with strong men ana that the final decision of poli cies will represent: the composite view of some of the best minds of the coun try. oitu rranciscw wnromcte (ina.i ) rsio criucal analysis of the coming Re publican cabinet Is necessary to dis cover that the heads .of the executive departments during the next administra tion will be executive in fact as well as in name; that 'the era of the rubber stamp hus definitely ended. - Public of fices under the next president will not ba filled by men Ignorant in public af- iairs. ijos AngeieSsTinies- (ind, .Jtep.). . cv m prom jaw caouieu in mat n in cludes number of men TWhose Influ ence on party councils:-has been dis tinctly conciliatory, but study of it strongly suggests that .had the presi dent-elect canvassed the strong men in the mora widely divided camps he would have experienced difficulty in - bringing together around his council-table a more distinguished or a more able .group of advisers. Seattle. Times (Ind.) Democratic newspapers of the nation are far better pleased, ' or rather, less complaining, over the Harding cabinet than are the Republican papers. From any angle it may be s seen that Mr, Harding Is not going to have a picnic for the next four years.' And so far as this Is concerned, we do not expect any body else to have one. Columbia (S. C) iteortT-rl f 1 jm l ? President-elect Harding, on the whole. has done better than "anyone could have expected. of him. knowing his oolltical type and cttaracteristics. lie has de veloped an individuality; and will power for which he has not been given credit. Knoxville Sentinel (Ind. Dera.) It would be an extravagance to call the new cabinet great, but no less ab surd to assume that it Is not capable or good service. Mediocre personnel, under strong leadership, often produces excellent results. The record will de pend most -upon Mr. Harding. He ts said to be easy-going, if not indolent; but responsibility may ; develop in him qualities that will weld the cabinet Into an efficient machine. Philadelphia xNorxn American (frog.) f There is no longer doubt today that tne South ten 1 1 in Mr. : Harding's mind at all, in the matter of having a voice m tne government or the nation of which It is a part. Our section, stretching from the, Atlantic to the Rio Grande, and from the Gulf to the Potomac, -doesn't seem to have had Within it a single man who was big enough, in Mr. Harding's eyes, to sit with Harry Daugherty. Will Hays and Andy "Mellon- Not a single cne: unaitanooga isews (Liera.) President-elect ' Harding's reported anger over tne criticisms generally passed upon his cabinet selections indicates either a marked deficiency in a sense of humor on his part or Inability to grasp ine i act mat most persons thmk poll ticians ought ' to try to make their preaching and practice agree. Taking Mr. Harding at his word end applying one. or his own tests to the cabinet, can he " wonder the people are disgusted and disappointed in the members he has chosen? Philadelphia;, Record Ind. On the whole It appears to be a cabinet of promise. Particularly hope ful are the selections r cf Mr. Hughes and Mr. Hoover. The one disappointing element Is the selection of Mr. Hays as postmaster genera-1. Tulsa Tribune (Dem.) . : . ... - The impression prevails throughout the country that Mr. Harding I has se lected a cabinet which will be a good working organization and will get re sults. The -superman idea has been rather overdone in recent years, and it will do the country no harm to gee once more Into the habit of looking for guid ance to men who do not belongin that category. Mr, Harding is no superman, nor is there one in his cabinet. Birming ham Age-Herald (Dem:) . - There ts great need, we have believed, and said, for a cabinet that would con tribute definitely i and Immediately to confidence in the ability of the adminis tration to weather the storms that are before us.-: In part the cabinet presented does this ; in., larger part it does not. Such an effect could be fully : accom ' pushed only by the selection ef men for alt the departments who already have the respect and confidence of the public, that now for the simple reason that only a few of them are generally known. The others may be equally entitled to respect and confidence, but their qualities are but only a few of these gentlemen have yet to be shown to - the people, and therefore, we are obliged to accept Mr. Harding's selections in hope rather than in assurance. St. Lou La Globe Democrat (Rep.) Without a solitary exception that has come to our attention there has been but one opinion as to the fine qualifica tions of Hughes, Hoover and Denby. The Democratic press has been entirely com plimentary as to these. The new secre tary of this navy has been highly praised by Secretary Daniels. But the press comments justify the conclusion that there has .been both surprise and dis appointment, not unmingled with dis gust, as to the remainder of the cabinet. Some of the new members. ; like Davis and Wallace, are comparatively obscure. Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Dem.) Daugherty. Hays. Davis, Fall, Mellon and Weeks are certainly not yet estab lished among the ' "best minds' of the Republican party, but they may perform better than their records indicate. We sincerely hope that Mr. Harding's judg ment may be ' vindicated. Jackson Citizen ; Patriot (Ind.) Letters From the People f Comannioationa r aent to - The Joonaal foe publication in thia department ahonld be written on only one aHe of the paper; ahould not exceed S00 word in length, and moat be aisned by the writer, wboae mail address tat full must accom pany the contribution.) : : WOULD SPEED MR. RILEY Deploring Delay in Equipping Portland's Famous Fame-Spreader. Portland. March 4. To the Editor of The Journal There appeared - in the press recently a : news item to the effect that Frank Branch Riley would start on his -Eastern ; lecture tour in April. Why JAprll? ; Why not March? 1 Why not at once? It is said there is some delay in securing proper finances. Strange ir true. - The trite saying that the "prophet is not without honor save in his own country,' is commonplace but often amazingly true. The . writer in December made an extensive: continental trip, going to the Atlantic coast, and he is familiar : with the kind of work Mr. Riley is doing for the Northwest. It is most effective work.- Thousands of dol lars might be expended through the usual advertising mediums in order to focus the attention ' of Eastern . people upon the grandeur and opportunities of the Northwest, and passing interest Is often the only result. Mr. Riley is dynamic, he is convincing; he stirs the imagina tion by injecting personality into facts, and he leaves a lasting impression. That there should - be - any delay : in sending him East, where he is recognized , as unique and a genius in his work, - is to fail to recognize Oregon's greatest single advertising asset. ' ':-''; The Atlantic-Pacific Highways and Electrical exposition slated for 1925, has been incorporated.- There seems to be general approval of the scheme, and all Indications . pointing toward : 1925 seem to justify the idea. - Great! continental highways will be completed by that time. Oregon's major : road program will be a fact, the ambitious port' development will be completed, and Portland, which has repeatedly attracted the attention of the nation in recent years, Is rapidly gaining in prestige -as a beautiful' and Important city. : She Is today one of the principal cities of the Pacific coast. There is every indication of healthy growth, and an aroused citizenry is breaking through the ultra-conservatism, and la sensing its virility. ; Intelligent action la essential to all. progress, and faith is not effective without enthusiasm. The "writer is not prompted to "these observations by : any friendship for Mr, Riley, He is interested merely as a citi zen in the future welfare of this com- muni ty, and he f believes that a ' golden opportunity affords itself by coopera tion with Mr. Riley in presenting to the uninformed and misinformed thousands ot the - Eastern!' states the i remarkable blessings of the Northwest.'.- The 1925 fair can have: no better advance agent than the enterprising and eloquent Frank Branch Riley. " ; w : ; ; Charles S. Holbrook. , THE BRITISHER REPLIES Reiterating His Former Criticisms, With ; Additions Thereto. Portland. March 3. To the Editor of The Journal I dislike encroaching fur ther on your valuable space, but I am compelled, to reply. The question of the education of our children is a vital one, With all due respect to the opinions ex pressed in criticism of my former letter which appeared in The Journal, by your correspondent, !A Senior Washington High School Student." I would reply that she is not' personally familiar with the educational system in Great Britain, as is the writer of this ' letter. "Whether it is or Is not a good thing to teach for eign languages to pupils in the lower grades, we can only judge by the re sults; and these are all in favor of the British method.; and at the same time there, is no lessening of their proficiency in English or . in geography. - To say that geography is not taught in the high schools of Portland, I can readily understand, from my own ex perience with my daughters? but if grade school : students are deficient In this branch of learning when they grad uate, which they evidently are, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect that the proper place to remedy this defect would be the high school?-' That Is. just-what I complain of that students can reach the junior grade in high school and yet know "next to : nothing: of geography. To parents and taxpayers this Is a seri ous matter. As I said in ; my former letter, "there is something wrong, some where, and "what Is the remedy ?" - 3 - " - i Britisher, t" THE GAS INCREASE RESENTED Portland, March 7. To the Editor of The Journal Some people want to live and let live, while the more greedy -ones never give the ; other fellow . a thought. Just when the : price cutting is at the top and we begin to see through the gloom of high prices the utility -corporations demand , more. They had better wait until we : get on bur feet before they floor us again. ; If we try to save on one thing someone will get what we have saved, on something else. It is dis couraging to one with a small income that doesn't fluctuate. If It cost people In large homes for gas at the rate It cost me in my: small flat in one room, 8x10. the gas was $5,28 it will be cheaper to buy wood. Many installed gas thinking It would cut expenses, and some will go back to the old way ' of heating. Many think as I, do that it would have . been better to wait until conditions were more settled ; then, if they found ' it i necessary,' present their claims and we would be more ready to listen. But we feel a little rebellious at this time, i H. A. P. Curious Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Places The rule for leap years is that those years divisible by four are leap 'years, except cenrevy years, in which case only those divisible by 400 are leap years. From this it win be understood why 1900 was not a leap year and 2000 will be leap year. In the Julian calendar, adopted by Julius Caesar, every fourth year was leap year, making the average length, of a year 365 Vi days. - The solar year, as determined by the position of the sun. and to which the calendar must on form "as nearly as possible, is 365.24224 days. The error ef the Julian -calendar was therefore .0o77S day each year, and by the year 1582 had amounted to 10 days. The Gregorian calendar, instituted by Pope Gregory and adopted by nearly every nation since then, undertook to rectify thia error by having fewer leap COMMENT AND. SMALL CHANGE Nineteen 1 And mighty husky for our age, eh? t- - v It's too true that there's tragedy In "30 mated to 68." ... e Some daw our little rural doctor may be a brigadier general. . . . Jail repairs made. But there were to be no mora jails when prohibition came. As a matter of fact, "extraordinary" sessions of congress are nothing of the kind. - . - - Many of those who came West to grow up with the country beat the country to the goal. : '.V-. President Harding may try to restore the packers to- the nearly extinct state vi uuiiuau., : .- . e A"" memorial park would - be more sightly than the -present occupant of the old postof f ice block. . Wall street learns the Northwest Is "recovering." Wonderful I The North west hasn't even' been ilL Movement is oh foot to do away with telephone company's service. - How can you do away with what isn't. Editor In palls likes his little auarrel now and then. China ought to be a happy haven for his ministry. College boys mar as well debate to their hearts' content When they're graduated thev'll have bosses who won't give 'em a chance to argue.:- . ' MORE OR LESS PERSONAL' Random Observations About Town "In 1854 my father and mother came to Oregon and settled in the Alsea val ley. In Benton v county," said H. i V. Meager, who is registered at the Mult nomah hoteL : "At that time there were but four families in that entire valley. My parents traded their yoke of oxen for $20 acres of land, and I am living onvthat same land today. It is one of the richest spots in the Alsea valley. Mr. Meager says the prospects for crops are excellent and. that a large acreage in that district has been sown to wheat and 'oats. '.;; '...: - R. W. Long Is In Portland from .Yon-calla.- Yoncalla is a city whose entire administration Is carried on; by women. They followed the example of Umatilla at the recent election, and f turned the rascals out," rascals in this case being men, and supplanted them with officers of their own sex. ; ! x e e ' On the register of theT Imperial hotel are to be seen the names of the basket ball team from Heppner, 'as well as the team from Astoria. . e e . ; Mrs. T. B.. Kay, wife of ex-State Treasurer Kay of Salem, is at the Seward. !;..- ':-.- - R. F. Stubblef leld, from i the county seat of Wallowa county, is; spending a few days in Portland. , . .. .. . . . e h . .. L. E. Fluner of Salem, i Ohio, lis a Portland visitor,-registered at the Cor nelius. !.....:: -',. v.- 5.-. . , Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Scobie of Hood River are guests at "The House of Good Cheer." ,. ; j - Max D. Duran and family from the Capital city are visitors in the metrop olis.. : W. S. Link of McMinnville is at the Seward. t " e e . ' : Mr. and Mrs. E. Baum. of Pendleton are at the Seward. . - : M.f Warren of Wheeler is a Portland visitor. . V Mt J. Montelth' of Albany is at the Seward. - ::,-,., I ' e Mr. and Mrs. D.. M. Hamilton of Bend are at the Multnomah, t , Mr. ' and Mrs. C W. Davis of ' La Grande is a guest at the Cornelius. ; , . . . . r ..... -..I: , Mrs. J. II. Short and family of Riddle are guests at the Imperial. ' ,. . t , Bert Anderson of Medford Is a Port land visitor. ! ' OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN ! By Fred r A IhhIium tun fmna Manila1 la interviewed by Mr. Lockley who qnotaa matter of creat interest . and eaiue regardin the history re sources nd prospects of the islands. J . Samuel M. Stow, manager of the en gineering and machinery department of the Pacific Commercial company oi Manila, was a recent visitor In Portland. The head office of this company is at Manila, and it has branch offices at Sydney. Australia, and Kobe, Japan, as well as at various points throughout the Philippine Islands. ' : "It seems like getting home to come to Portland." said Mr. Stow. "I left Portland nine -years ago to go to the Philippines. While I was in Portland' I was with the Barber Asphalt Paving company. Of which Oskar j Huber was manager.- I married an Oregon uy girl; at least she lived at Oregon City when I married ner, tnougn sne nauea originally from .Missouri. Our firm are importers and? exporters. The big ques tien with us at present I is that of independence. The Americans In Manila believe that the Filipino should be given local government, but that the United States should not relinquish its eov erelgnty. Manila at present has a popu lation of about $60,000, of whom 15,000 are Americana When I tell you that there are $141 islands in the Philippines, and that during the past nine years I have been on all of the larger islands, you will see that my ob Involves a lot of traveling." e ,.'...;' I am not going to try to quote Mr. Stow further, but I will boll down some of the information he gave me as to the resources of the Philippines and the possibilities for development. The total area of the $141 islands Is about 120,000 square miles. The principal products are rice, hemp, sugar, copra, corn, timber particularly hardwoods tobacco. Iron and some gold. - Prior to May 1, 1898, when Dewey sunk the Spanish fleet and sailed into the harbor, not one American in a hundred knew anything about the Philippines. Within three weeks after we bad captured Manila, seven schools had been established. In 1901 a call was made for American teachers to go to years in future and also omitting 10 days in order to allow the calendar to catch up. This was not adopted by and for Great Britain and her colonies unUl about the middle of the Eighteenth cen tury, by which time the erre had grown to 11 days. In our present calendar we have only $7 leap years in each 400, making ,the average length of a year 365.2425 'days, only .00020 day In excess of the mean solar year. . By this plan it will take until the year 5428 before the slight error amounts to one day. Uncle Jeff Snow Says : -When Rufus Eskatchy and fam'ly moved to San Francisco several year NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS It's called income tax but It feels more like outgo tax when you are paying it Astoria Budget. ' : : V - ' ..": iv.'.-::-"-' i ..'" Some articles vthat are reduced one half give evidence that the quality shrank with the price. Koseburg News Review. - j , -- - Be thankful you are paying an income tax to Uncle Sam and not an indemnity to William Hohenxollem. La Grande Observer. .; . , - e e .r-..,j . The construction of a railroad to the Blue Ledge Is progressing as rapidly as the supply of lead pencils will per mit. Medford Mall-Tribune, , j . : A North Albany hen laid a perfect egg with another perfect egg, Inside it, - Talk about efficiency. She doubled her out- gut without increasing her machinery or ours. Albany Democrat. ; , - e e e . " j And now .the supreme court decides that the Lever, act, which had been in voked against profiteers, is unconstitu tional. Which justifies the profit in profiteering. Hood River News, j - It seems to have become an axiom that the public must protect the investor In public service - corporations, otherwise they will cease to function. Yet no one protects the Investment of the farmer or business- man. Salem Capital-Journal. We are rapidly 'getting back to nor ms Icy, say the economists. That Is an optimistic view, but if you want to be sure of exactly how much farther a dollar used to go than it does now, buy- a railroad ticket. Corvallis Ga-sctte-Times. i J. C. F. Holcomb of White Salmon is spending a day or so in Portland. - He has an 18-acre orchard three miles from White . Salmon and raises Spitzenbergs, Newtowns, Jonathans and Winter Ba nanas. The apple crop in his vicinity was poor last year, as it was jaa off year. -: ' ;; ; ?; . .: - ,- - i . K. M. C Nell, a Grants Pass rancher, Is registered at the Imperial. He is v son-in-law of Mrs. Philip Metschan Sr. and served in the Canadian forces dur ing the world war.- , J. W. Minto, former postmaster of Portland, but now a farmer and poultry raiser, is shaking hands with old-time friends in Portland. j m ... i Blaine Hallock, formerfy of Portland but now of Baker, is visiting his boy hood and railroad, friends in Portland. ' -.. - I' 'i i Joe Pardee and his sister. Miss Pru dence Pardee?1 wt -Grants Pass are visit ing relatives in Portland. e e e , i L. A. Rose, who is interested in an oil well near Crane, in .Eastern Oregon, is in Portland on business. ! e ' e. -"..;-'; Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCrady of Eugene1 are spending a few days in Portland. - j ' . .- i Axel Hackanson of Kings Valley, in Benton county, la a guest at the Ira- perlaU., , i - ... i ; Roy South worth', auto dealer of Bend, Is in Portland on business. i . e . j " R. P. Royce of Bend is a Portland visitor. . - - e 1 ' Miss May Baldwin of Eugene Is visit ing friends In Portland. -. - Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dunbar of Eugene are Portland visitors.- i s' - "-'.''''- f - 2 H';' '''':.:."'-:"". i : " ,rA. A. Wlld'en'of Roseburg Is trftnsact Ita; business in 4he metropolis. -1 1 - ! H, C. Dodds and Thomas Jacobsen of Bend are guests at the Imperial. e ,e , John A Moore of -Redmond is a guest at the Imperial. - . , . . i ' . . , .ae "e ' e- . . ... i Vera E. Fly of -Roseburg is making a flying visit to Portland. j C. L. Lowe of Condon is at the Im perial..) . j .v T- .";'';.,;...,'-:..-?-" e ;- e ;.:.-j . S. C Bartrum of Roseburg Is visiting to Pprtland. ., .-';.: -. i : - -' e -a '.;.:.. . !. Denton Burdick of Redmond is at the I Imperial. - ' I Lockley the Philippines, which was responded to by more than 1000. . i e e e I'-. I . When we took Manila it was a cess pool of political corruption and a breed ing! "Place for disease. ; Some I years cholera swept over the Islands, causing thousands of deaths. The infant mor tality exceeded 0 per cent The first thing the United States did was to spend over $2,000,000 in putting in a complete sewer system - In the ancient city of Manila. A water system was also es tablished, which cost In excess of a million. Disease-breeding swamps with in the City were drained and,, converted into r parks. Low. places were -filled, streets' were widened and paved, 'electric lights; electric cars and telephones were introduced, modern hospitals were es tablished and education became the law of:the land, " k see,.. ! Spain had a. rather unhappy i exper ience In the Philippines. Magellan, who claimed the islands in the name of Spain in 1521, lost his life there,, . Del Cano then came to hold the country, : but sailed back 'to Spain. It .was Legaspl, who, sailed from Mexico in 1565, who brought the "blessings : of - civilization" at the edge of the sword to the Taga logs. We call the country the Philippines because the Islands were named for Philip II of Spain, Vet we called the people the Filipinos," spelling it with "F," This is because the Spanish form of "Philip" is "Felipe." , There are about 7,000,000 people in the elcrht ChrlsUan tribes In the Philippines. There are nearly 400,000 among the wild tribes, and, something less than 300,000 of the Mohammedan Moros. The principal islands are Luzon. Mindanao, Mindodo. Masbate, Samar, Panay, Ne- ros, Cebu. I Leyte, Palawan and Bohol. Of Manila's population aoout l&.uuu live on the water, occupying cascos or lorchas on the Paslg river. The two favorite methods of travel are by casco on the water or by carabao, a slow- moving water buffalo, hitched to an antiquated cart. - 1 back we never expected to see 'em no more, but t'other day they turned up and bought out the Corners Emporium and Department Store of the.Peterses. and they're right but fer business. Little Jawgie has been run through a business college and jrot married, and i the old man has gathered a heap of commer cial ability, he calls it, superintend In' a Junk wagon in San Francisco. The two Eskatchy ladles Is experts in domestic science, otherwise cooks, and calklates to give chicken dinners. If the swells that lives off en what most people don't know wants to fling money .round fer things they don't -need and that mostly does 'em harm, why, , I reckon they might as well fling some around the Corners as anywheres. ' . The Oregon Country Northwest Uappenlnat In Brief Form for the iluay header OREGON NOTES I " Mrs. A. Quarsdorf of Indeoendenre Is an heir to the. Colonel Baker estate of Philadelphia. The Clatson County Medloal amorln. tlon has voted to affiliate with the Ore- Con State Medical society. ; R. Prather A Son. lnec-lnir nn the Luckiamute river, lost a line of logs, or about 100,000 feet, during the recent high water. Air a Sarah F. Osburn. ninneer nf 1Sj3. t is dead at Harrlsburg at the age of 90 years, one was related to ivlt. varson and General Robert E. Lee. : Financial difficulties and being unable to make collections have forced the Reedsnort Warehouse Supply coniDany into Che hands of a receiver. William F. Gratke has been elected secretary of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce to fill the vacancy caused by. u resignation or u. x. uarr. Because of the illness of his wife. George BjQenmsn, recently elected dis trict attorney or tsentorr county, has sent his resignation to Governor Olcott. The Giinna Fruttsrrowers' uaRooiutlnst shipped two carloads of dried prunex to the East last week and has but five or six carloads left in the warehouse. j An application for increase of rates -has been filed with the public service commission by the Coos-Curry Tele- rhone company, with offices -at Marsh ield. - I Much road work has begun in the Medford section and. weather permit-. ting, large crews will be at work on the Pacific highway and tributary roads within a short time. The Astoria Savings bank celebrated Its thirtieth anniversary on March 1. The first certificate of deposit was Issued to Maude Baffarann. It is still on deposit, amounting, with accrued in terest, to $80.92. ) Captain Thomas Holland of the 'v. launch Eagle was found dead on his boat near Hauser on Coos Buy : one evening last week, having suffered a stroke of apoplexy. Captain Holland wag corn near Myrtle 1'oint in lsou. WASHINGTON i Renuh'icans nf Waahlne-tnn durlnar - the last presidential campaign raised iie,u4 ana tne democrats is,7fo. t The people of Clarknton have offered a boaus of $50,000 for the first company that strikes oil In that vicinity. t A lot has been purchased and -a drive Is on at Pullman to secure money to construct a new community building. j Merchandise and cash to a total of about $300 was stolen a few nights ago from the Campfiro pool hall at Cos- mopolis. t For the first time In nome years Spokane will have a Fourth of July celebration that will continue over -a period of three days, j I The Northwest Mining Men's associa tion at Spokane has punned a resolution Indorsing blue sky legislation, now be fore the Washington legislature. i Edward H. Becker, aged 62, dropped dead of heart trouble at his home In Spokane. Mr. Becker had been owner Of the Billings (Mont) Gazette for many years. , j ; 1 Ther first preliminary permit issued by th federal power commission goes to the Waahlngtin Irrigation and Develop ment company, ope raUng at Priest Rapids. i A delegation ef citizens of the Under wood fruit district have appealed to the 8. P. As S. company to reconsider action -that would discontinue the sta tion at Underwood. 1 L. M. Leach, aged 75 years, was found dead beside a log In . the camp of the McCormick Lumber company near f!en-trails,- Ha complained of being tired and sat down by the log to reaU ! Beached by its crew after pursuit by a harbor patrol boat, the Canadian seine boat Night Owl was seised st Seattle by police who declare they found 110 cases of whiskey aboard the vessel. , : James Smith, prominent plumbing contractor, in whose home at Kpoiutne . was found' 403 quarts of liquor. -wait fined.- (366.50. Smith has started - sv fight to regain possession of the liquor, i Harry Williams, aged recluse residing near Spokane, who Is alleged to have shot and killed John Batten, a firemanr February 8,- has been declared sane by a Jury and will be tried on a charge of murder. The order of the county commissioners ftrohibiting the employment of women n the Clarke county courthouse went into effect March 1. It will be contested by Chester F. Bennett, county school superintendent. The residence of W,- M. Lee. a farmer near Hoquiam, burned to the ground last week, leaving- his family homelwuH. Fire started from a kitchen stove while Lee was out milking and his children were rescued with difficulty. IDAHO Securities held by the department of publio investments of Idaho are valued at $13,954,853.82. , Many deer are being killed by moun tain lions, according to reports sent to Boise . by - forest reserve officials. ,pne hundred and four men were placed in ' various activities by the Boise city employment bureau during the month of February. j , The Boise traffic bureau has petitioned the various railroads serving Kouthern Idaho territory for substantial decreases in freight rate. The Idaho Irrigation company re ports 26,000 acre-feet of water stored in the Magic reservoir. This is 6000 acre-feet more than at this time last year. - ' One hundred and twenty arrests were rredo by the Boise police department during the month of Pebruary, and fines were collected . amounting to $138.75. . NearIy-1600 members of the Twin Kails post, American Legion, voted unani mously against Indorsement of the anti cigarette bill recently passed by the leg islature. .,...-;;.., The loan fund being raised to pro vide temporary relief for the tesrhers of Twin Falls schools amounts to $5700. A total of $15,000 Is needed, which amount Is necessary to keep the teach ers until April 1. know youR PORTLAND f The total seating capacity of Portland's 4 theatres is 28,892, but this does not represent by any means the total number who attend the movies and legitimate performances In a day or a week. It is estimated that 60,000 paid ad missions a day are checked up at the box office windows of Portland. - - The weekly average of paid admis sions is not far from $50,000. In -the neighborhood of $200,000 a week Is spent going to see motion picture shows and plays In the city. - The theatre business Is a home In dustry that represents a payroll of several hundred people and that has felt no business depression. One local motion picture theatre reports that it has had recently an average attendance of 25,000 a week. It has a seating capacity of about 1900. The complete filling and emptying of the house twice a day would exceed 25.000. ' - Another motion picture house with a seating capacity ot less than 900 reports an average weekly attendance of 12,000, which also would mean the complete filling of the house twice a day for seven days. As m matter of fact, a fuel house may be recorded only during the hours of 7 and In the evening. Al though the theatres open before noon and average complete perform ances once every two hours until midnight, the times when all scats are taken are llmited.- - Two tickets for each seat daily Is considered good business. - (To Be Continued)