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THE OREGON , DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
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' 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."
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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., :
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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
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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.
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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. ,
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L. E. Fluner of Salem, i Ohio, lis a
Portland visitor,-registered at the Cor
nelius. !.....::
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Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Scobie of Hood
River are guests at "The House of Good
Cheer." ,. ;
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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.
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M.f Warren of Wheeler is a Portland
visitor. . V
Mt J. Montelth' of Albany is at the
Seward. - ::,-,.,
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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. ; ,
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Mrs. J. II. Short and family of Riddle
are guests at the Imperial. '
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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."
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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. ' :
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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. .; . , -
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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. ; ,
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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. -: ' ;; ; ?; . .: - ,-
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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
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Blaine Hallock, formerfy of Portland
but now of Baker, is visiting his boy
hood and railroad, friends in Portland.
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Joe Pardee and his sister. Miss Pru
dence Pardee?1 wt -Grants Pass are visit
ing relatives in Portland.
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L. A. Rose, who is interested in an
oil well near Crane, in .Eastern Oregon,
is in Portland on business. !
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Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCrady of
Eugene1 are spending a few days in
Portland. - j
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Axel Hackanson of Kings Valley, in
Benton county, la a guest at the Ira-
perlaU., , i
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; Roy South worth', auto dealer of Bend,
Is in Portland on business. i .
e . j
" R. P. Royce of Bend is a Portland
visitor. . - -
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Miss May Baldwin of Eugene Is visit
ing friends In Portland. -. -
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dunbar of Eugene
are Portland visitors.- i s'
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,rA. A. Wlld'en'of Roseburg Is trftnsact
Ita; business in 4he metropolis. -1 1 -
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H, C. Dodds and Thomas Jacobsen of
Bend are guests at the Imperial.
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John A Moore of -Redmond is a guest
at the Imperial. - . , . . i
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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.
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Denton Burdick of Redmond is at the
I Imperial. - ' I
Lockley
the Philippines, which was responded to
by more than 1000. . i
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. 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)