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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY, APRIL 4T 1921. AS lNTrrFNFKNT SKWSPAPETt t'. 8. SACKSUS ... 4 . . PuWMhe ; ; IB ceJm. b eaeffdcnt. bo rheerfoi tad do nte orter a yna wotiM ham fJirm oo ma yrq. niblutiod ararr ww tj ni K undar morning , ; at The' Journal balldmg. Broadway and Yaaa- - hill tnt, Portland, ftrrgnn. iotrrrd at th ouffu at fortiand, Dragon. , ; for tranamiaaioB through the mails a aeeoed ; el matter. TKt-Kl'HONKS Main 7178. Automatic 560-51. All 1TrtmTi' rrhrd hy thiw nornher. .NaTIONal. ADVKKTISINtl KEFHMBNTA- TIVW Bentanin A Kenlnor Co., Kranawv i bnflding. 225 Fifth annua. Sew Tor; 00 ; Vaitrn ruriMing. 'Meagn. ' ZAt lVW, (.1AST KKrHKriKNTATIVK W. R. Rarangr Co.. Kiamiiirr Luiklin. San- Irn . i rweo; Title Inroranra tiuiWinc, Lo Angelea; . r-aw- imeincencer miwnin, rwairirv iUrl (iKiON JOL'HNAI., revrw trie rigut to i nrjart adrertining copy which it derm 06 ! jrctionabl. 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If yoor noatoffieo i not a Money Order office I or 2-nent tmp will be aecepted. Make all remittances payable to -The Journal, Portland, frregon. I . A aood heart i the sun and moon. or, - rather, the wan and not the moon; for it " shine bricbt and never rhanges, bat keeps it course truly. Skeaicre. WITH GLEAM OF GOLD MUffH of the history of the West is a story of mininsr. The ro mantic crudity of the days when men staked their all upon the wash of a 3?an or the yield of a quartz 'vein, (parallels the tales of border towns ifhlch jhave become industrial cen ters and ports. ! The star of "empire that- lured thousands westward shone with golden or sJver gleam. The secret jbf sunset shores was a mystery the adventurous half 'of the world set out to discover. The treasures which lay hidden beneath the earth first occupied the picks and shovels of the vjrile progenitors of today's ag gressive generation, and these pio neers became the ground breakers j'f the broader development and a,n Established civilization. K Portland will daring the present qpeek, the occasion being the inter national mining convention, have an usual opportunity to learn about Jjiodernvmining. The progress of mineral produc tion in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Montana, Idaho and Or Wsron will be theme of a thousand or fifteen hundred men gathered from this great area. V ' The primary charm of general at tendance at convention, session s in The. Auditorium should be the nov elty of the subject. Portland, ' al though the distributing center. of the Columbia basin, the metropolis of bregon and the logical headquarters f substantial mining interest, knows jHtle about mining:.- A very small rroup actually identified with min ing has directed arrangements for jhat will doubtless prove a nost memorable' gathering Although it ts assumed from the reports of vari ous governmental bureaus and from , actual development tn several sec tions that our mineral resources are reat. information is vague and fining enterprise less. It will be a 30J idea for Portland business men to attend the mining convention sessions. What they larn may materially i profit both them and their city. I "; k Oregon Quality has become a Slogan for home industry and an ideal of Oregon manufacturers un der the effective persuasion of A. G. Clark. His retirement from the hianagership of Associated Industries of Oregon to enter private business. leaves a gap which can only.be filled py equal devotion, energy and ability. FARMERS WIN ! I "HE governor f Minnesota has " signed a bill which forbids deal- In grain futures except legitimate .oeaging ana tne actual ouymg or train. Helhas also signed a bill requir ing' grain and livestock associations to admit farmers cooperative or fcanixations " to membership. This bill gives farmers admission to the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the Duluth Board of Trade and the St. Paul Livestock Exchange In the last election campaign the State of Minnesota was split wide pen politically over the plan of the on-partisan league to cantnre tne legislator and the state government. ( " - - The newspaper campaign against the league was one of the most intensive add. frenzied in the' history of Amer ica. In the primary election the Non-partisans captured a heavy per centage of ; tlu; legislative nomina tions in I the Republican primaries. Every county bordering on North Dakota went Non-partisan and failed to capture several state officers by very small margins. ' The scare that Minnesota got is with her yet. It; was the hard times visited by the Minnesota mining and grain trust on North Dakota farmers that drove them into the Non-partisan league. The! revolution in North Dakota has its counterpart in Min nesota and the legislature in the lat ter state through fear of what might have been and through the presence of many farmers in the body, has en acted remedial legislation. To avoid the more radical measures of the Non-partisan league, the state has by law put an end to grain juggling and given farmers membership in chambers of commerce and boards of trade, and to that extent the league has served an Excellent pur pose, j HIS RESPONSIBILITY PERHAPS the driver of the truck was not to blame for the death of the 6-year-old child in the auto mobile accident on East Tenth street Friday afternoon, The facts indi cate that the girl, wbo was running away from the truck, whirled sud denly and ran ! directly under the rear wheel. The driver claims that he thought he had passed her. But there is another aspect to such cases. Perhaps the blame, if the driver is reasonably careful, will fall on the pedestrian or the child, and the operator of ."the car will be re lieved of charges. But the respon sibility for. the accident, on whom soever it niay.fall, is not the import ant consideration. The important filing is to avoid the accident. A 6-year-old ; child hasn't a ma tured sense of safety. Children of that age cannot; be trusted to do the wise thing in an emergency. They are almost, as likely to run under the wheels of a truck or automobile as they are to i flee in the opposite direction. It is the duty of drivers, therefore, when children are in or near the streets, to bring their ma chines under such control that they can stop immediately. Otherwise, the fatal collision may take place, a collision for which the driver may escape blame, but a collision that he could have : avoided, even if he were compelled to come to a com plete stop. ' , The streets are not a place for children to play. Streets are not built for that purpose, and it is at the-risk of loss of life that they are so used. But- when children are there, the automobile driver has a responsibility in avoiding accidents that will some day come to be gen erally recognized and its discharge insisted upon. I The car operator is supposed to be responsible a 5- year-old child Is not. Portland automobile owners are advised to keep the tops on their ma chines this summer. Otherwise pas sengers may be thrown clear of the car when the bumps are encountered in some local streets. AS . JAPAN DOES . 't- r'-- THERE is little room for practi cal and Weill infarmrl Amori!in observers to differ -over restriction of Japanese immigration. It is hot a question of racial ine quality or racial intelligencer racial effiCrancy. the testimony of Ameri can college gd .tbelschpqls ' in Ha waii is that Japanese istudenis'easilv hold their own and areSTten supe rior "to American, students.; Discussion of that phase of the issue is insulting to the pride of the Japanese, and it should be dropped. But from the Japanese in their own country and under their own laws we may draw the reason and' the precedent for: limitation if not ex clusion of immigration from the island empire. . Americans cannot own land there and can lease it only under rigid rules applied by the gov ernment under conditions to prevent the faintest possibility of coloniza tion such as is practiced by Japan ese in California. If a few hundred thousand Americans with a high birth rate appeared in Japan for the purpose, of colonization, the govern ment there would demand rigid ex clusion as a matter of self protec tion. It would be Japan then, and hot America that would be agitating for exclusion,; and not without rea son. ; j i ..',!. - Americans who resist Japanese ex clusion should study conditions in Hawaii. Of ; 260,000 people there, nearly one half are Japanese. The latter are alert, militant and have an enormous ;birth rate. Except the Caucasians, the other races there, particularly, the, Hawaiians, are grad ually disappearing, and of the Cau casians there are only 20,000 all told. Japanese children born there will become voters, and it is only a mat ter of a few;years until the Japan ese voting population will be in the ascendancy. That race will , pres ently control; the territorial legisla ture. 1 The fhture of the island Is clear as noonday under the light of the present. Wherever the Japanese take root on the Pacific coast, they drive away the- native population. They pay higher rents and by that token ex tend and expand their land holdings. They are better producers and there fore able to pay higher rests and annex more and more4and, ; With unrestricted immigration, it would only be a matter of time until the Pacific coast states would go as Ha waii is going. ; . f We were wise in our day and gen eration when we excluded the Chi nese back in the '80s. Today? no people on the face of the earth are more devoted to America than the Chinese. I The way to keep permanent peace with Japan and to hold the friend ship of that highly intelligent race is to settle the question of Japanese immigration while it is yet small. Just as we settled it with the Chinese. THE PERILS OP THE SEAS THE steamship Governor has gone down, and with her, the veteran coaster took 10 lives. Like iier, the Valencia, the Roanoke, the-Columbia and the Sophia plied the ocean for years, finally to carry beneath the merciless waves with them a part of their human' cargo. All enterprises have their perils. The financier jeopardizes his money in new undertakings. The railroad man's life may be snuffed out in a crash at any moment. A timber may fall on the forest worker, and the flyer may drop from the skies. Likewise, ocean transportation is beset with its perils. It may be an iceberg that is struck, it may be a jagged reef, fire may break forth and envelop the ship, or another monster of the deep may, as in the case of the luckless Governor, thrust its sharp prow into the vitals of a victim. But, as the world goes on, ocean travelers are lulled in the lap of com parative safety. Various devices, improved vessels, better seamanship, and Increased precautions for safety contribute toward the lessening of danger. ; . t In comparison with the thousands of ships that sail forth from the ports of this country every day .to take up the battle with the elements, the number of wrecks is insignifi cant. With . the thousands upon thousands of those who go down to the sea in ships, how many lose their lives? Of the thousands of vessels that daily litter the ocean surface, how few are swallowed tip by the deep? As in all other endeavors, the genius of man is doggedly conquer ing the perils of the seas. The laughing waters present one problem that bootleggers are having trouble attempting to overcome. They have a propensity for gurgling when prohibition officers are in the vi cinity. AN EXPOSITION ADJUNCT WHEN seven million motorists more or less come to the Pa cific coast and Portland- in 1925 to attend the Atlantic-Pacific Highways and Electrical Exposition, it will be far from a complete reception mere ly to i' provide parking space : for 25,000 automobiles. We want every visitor who sits at a steering wheel to have every pos sible inducement to see everything worth seeing west of the Rocky mountains. i We want a highways exposition to be environed by high- I ways that lead to the beauty spots or tne mountains and the agricultu ral areas and industrial centers of the valleys. We want them to find the seashore at no breakneck hazard and we want them to circle our snow peaks with no excess of discomfort to destroy the inspiration of the view. There is an abundance of argu ment to support the hastening of the Mount Hood loop road, and its completion before the exposition year. ,But deliberation over method and quibbling designed to. delay should not be allowed to defer the finishing of what will prove to be the nation's wonder drive beyond the opening of the exposition season. It will be even better to perfeet it by 1924 so that its fame may be spread and attract others. The officials who aim at the early completion of the Mount Hood loop road add to the certainty of the ex position's success. They become builders of the larger exposition of the beauty and resources of the West. ROY ROBINSON COR 18 years Roy Robinson has been the mechanical wizard of The Journal. l, ' ' When a machine failed to func tion, Roy fixed it. ' When any task was set for him, he did it, and did it well. Whatever the call i and wherever the mechanical problem to be solved. Roy went willingly and enthusiastically. To respond seemed so pleasing to him that he was much called and widely popular Jwith his fellow workers in The Journal fam ily. - : , And, there is more to this story of Roy Robinson. Though faithfully meeting every requirement of his employers, he found time to plan other things for himself. He hus banded his savings for an outside investment that grew and grew into a prosperous business. The time came last Saturday when, Roy felt that all his time was needed in his private business' and he reluctantly severed an 18-years association with The Journal establishment. ! ; ! Where there is purpose there is a way. Wi ere there is true service. there is a future and a reward. -It's Roy Robinson the employer f now, and good wishes and good luck go with him from those with whom he toiled and spun so ton?. BLACKMAIL OR HONOR DEBT? Some Editors Say the One and Some Say the Other of the Colombian Treaty's $25,000,000 Indemnity i "The Dead Hand of Theo- -dore Roosevelt" as a ; Factor in the Dis cussion. Daily Editorial Digest tConacHdatad Pre Ajsociatloal The belief of the Fremont (Neb.) Tri bune (Rep.) that the reason the Colom bian treaty has been so difficult to settle is "because of the honest differences of opinion existing among men as to its real virtues" seems to be borne out in the press discussion of that treaty which has followed President Harding's re quest for its ratification. Adoption of the pact is warmly advocated and op posed, with expressions of opinion upon it ranging from "simple justice" and "duty" to "blackmail" and "graft." but the division is not altogether political. What one writer calls "the dead hand of Theodore Roosevelt" seems to direct the argument of the opposition ; but the prevailing sentiment is that, whatever the merits of the old fight may be. at present Latin-American friendship is of far greater importance, and that rati fication of the treaty is a necessary step in securing better relations. A number of papers which are tmal terably opposed to the indemnity of 25, 000,000 proposed in .the agreement ques tion the manner in wWch the subject has again been brought forward.- and. with the Chicago Tribune (Ind. Rep.) ask "What is back of the project?" The jniiadeiptua North American (Prog.) is "a little bewildered by the revival ot an oft-discredited undertaking," and it, too, wants to know .-"whence 'comes the pas-' sionate eagerness of present statesman ship to fulfill one of the most indefen sible commitments of Wisontsm." The Harding administration, in the opinion of the Toledo Blade (Rep.), "owes it to itself and to the country to disclose at once what reasons, it has" for urging ratification." The impetus, however, is simple and plain to the Springfield Republican (Ind.), which explains that "what was blackmail - In March, 1917, has become a debt of honor in March, 1921, by the delightfully simple process of turning out the Democrats and putting in the Republicans." But the New Tork Evening Post (Ind.) believes that even if Presi dent Harding's message on the treaty "gives his party an appearance of in consistency, it is a kind of inconsistency of which we need more," and the Repub lican agrees that "the country has rea son to be glad of it." But the action of the so-called "Roose velt senators" in delaying discussion tends to bear out the prophecy of the Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.) that ratification will not be accomplished "without considerable disturbance of that unruffled party harmony whicn is the supreme desire of the president." The administration forgets, the Boston Transcript (Ind. Rep.) says, "that the fundamental question involved has twice been the subject of national referenda" in which "the- verdict of the people has been against Colombia," and before the administration . is permitted to reverse this verdict "the Roosevelt senators, in sist that the whole matter shall be threshed out in the open senate.". The Knickerbocker Press (Albany, Rep.) expresses the sentiment against the treaty when it says that "frankly, it is a $25,000,00 game of. blackmail, the mere mention of which is an affront to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt." or. in ?the . stronger expression of the De troit Free Press (Ind.). a "direct insult." The New Tork Herald (Ind.) protests against the consideration of demands "which cannot be granted without re proach to a great and honorable leader of his country and without discredit to the American name." It is a "surprise" to the Louisville Post (Ind.), to learn that' President Harding supports the claim, which, in its opinion "should, not be allowed." ... The Philadelphia Public Ledger (Ind.) regrets that "the merits of the Colombian treaty question are complicated and clouded by sentimental considerations re lating to the memory of Theodore Roose velt." But his friends, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Dem.) believes, "are doing scant justice to him in assuming that anything in the way of justice to a small and friendly state would be un just to him." and the Wheeling Intel ligencer (Rep.) agrees that "his great ness and position in history cannot be tarnished by the adjustment of a small international dispute." The Houston Chronicle (Ind.) smoothes over the dif ficulty by declaring that "this govern ment could consistently justify Presi dent Roosevelt's policy and still concede that Colombia is entitled to compensa tion," since "what Colombia asks is neither more nor less than the clearing of a cloud on our title. Many a man has been asked to do that in civil life without in any way admitting that he was a crook" m "The common sense of the American people and all sentiments of justice fa vor, ratification of this treaty at the earliest opportunity," .the Chicago Daily News (Ind.) declares, -not only as a matter of abstract justice, but because, as the Chattanooga News (Dem.) puts it, "nothing could go -further toward as suring Latin-American countries of our unselfish purpose toward them" than would this action. While the treaty is "a matter of no very great importance in itself" the Minneapolis Tribune (Rep.) feels that its failure "has put in the hands of hostile South Americans an argument which they have used with damaging effect," and ratification" of the treaty, the Pittsburg Sun ; (Dem.) adds, will give us the chance to "equal our fine phrases" about "brotherhood and pan-Americanism" by "fine doing." Whether Colombia is right or wrong in her demand for a money payment, the Lansing (Mich.) State Journal (Ind.) believes that "the United States is big, rich and powerful enough that it can "well afford to set an example of mag nanimity and generosity toward its small sister republic" in the effort to dispel the spirit of antagonism that our stand on the treaty has created. "To dussipate such a spirit, if it exists" says the Wash ington Post ( Ind.) "is wise statesman ship" and "the beginning of a complete readjustment of the relations of the United States with Latin-American na tions will probably date from the final disposition of the Colombian treaty." "But, asks - the Grand Rapid Press (Ind.), "can any nation buy favor?" The Birmingham News (Dem.) replies "We cannot buy the esteem and goodwill of Colombia. If we paid, them $25,000,000 they would take it, curl their' proud, hidalgo moustaches and sneer at us for admitting a -guilt in doing an unsavory thing, and, while fattening their' lean pockets upon our money, abuse us all the more." Curious J Bits of Information Gleaned From Curious Places Tattooing is an art so old that its origin is lost to historical records, hav ing been practiced . when the cavemen went out to club their fellows. In- the Marquesas Islands, the most distant and most mysterious of South Sea archipela gos, tattooing reached its highest devel opment, and there it was the most beau tiful form of art" known. For a man in the Marqtresas to lack the tattooed Stars1 of Terror upon his face, and to have a bare countenance, was to be a poltroon and despised by the tribe. Frederick O'Brien says in the Century Magazine that achieve a fairly complete picture on one's body meant many months of intense suffering and the expenditure of much' wealth. When white men were cast by shipwreck on' the islands of the far Pacific, or fled from duty on whalers or warships and sought to stay among the Marquesans, they acceded to the honored customs of their hosts and adopted their facial adornment. Once the curious ink of the tattooer has bitten Into the skin, it is there forever and never can be erased. The white men, therefore, of Europ and America, never again returned to their old homes after settling among ' these Marquesans and having their faces tattooed. Letters From the People ( Communications sent to Tba Journal for publication in this department should bo writtton on only one aida of th paper: should not exceed 30O words in length, and mart be aimed by tbe writar. whose mail address in full must accom pany ths contribution. ) FOR A WORLD UNITED Thrift, Public and Private, Insisted Upon as Vital. Portland, March 24. To the Editor of The Journal For reasons of economy in both governmental and business conduct and procedure, a union of the nations of the world should be given serious consideration. Iri fact, the future, of the world depends upon its economical con duct. And in view of the fact that at least 50 per cent of present cost of ex istence may bo saved by the world's union, such an organization should be started at once. And with a saving form of government as an example .for the people to follow, the people rhayje led from their habits of extravagance, saving may bo made a duty and law and the world's future well-being and advancement may be as sured. For by saving, by curtailing our consuming habit, only may we expect to succeed in striking a balance between production and consumption, and unless production is ultimately balanced and made equal to consumption by cutting down consumption and swinging the sav ing of dollars accruing therefrom to pro duction's side, the world may not have reason to look forward to better things in the future. The truth of this statement lies in the fact that capital, be it $1 or $1,000,000,000, is nothing ' else (than our savings between our production and con sumption. In this connection with capital's source. let us recall our age-old attitude toward production. Can any man justify such an attitude of hostility toward capital and production when both are obviously his own creation ? Would it not be better by far for him to halt and consider his own method of consumptive procedure through life and attempt to realise the truth that present conditions are largely, if not altogether, due to his own past improvidence his failure to save and provide for future production? If we had saved, would the present absence of markets for poods exist? It would not. J. F. Allitx. BLUE SUNDAY QUESTIONS With Reference to the Movie Show in Its Sunday Aspect. Falls City, March 19. To the Editor of The Journal Now that the bills for the proposed Sunday laws that have been up before the legislatures of more than 35 states have been killed ; and inasmuch as these bills were not of a religious na ture, but for the protection of the work ingman that he might not be compelled to work more than six days in any one seven, and to protect our youth from the Sunday movies that they might ntft learn the way of the white slaver or the bank and train robber and smoke cigarettes and be all around bad boys may I ask the following questions : Why would we need a law to prevent a man from working seven days a week, when he cannot find on the average six days work a week? . Would it not be better to advocate a law that would insure the laboring man six days' work a week, with a fair wage, and watch America grow? Why is the Sunday movie worse on the youth than on the other six days of the week? Can one with safety watch those exciting scenes the six working "days, where banks and trains are robbed, women are stolen, eixshooters are used, and half dressed, women mingle with men of the frontier type, and hair-raising es capes are made by daredevil, dime novel heroes in true western style? One would naturally think so by the number of church people that frequent these playhouses and take their children with them. Do the police records show that more young men and young women go wrong over Sunday movies than over the same scenes on the other six days of the week? . William Estelle. ALSO DISTRUSTS COPERNICUS Believesv With Mr. Kalse That the Earth Is Not a Globe. Portland, March 7. To the Editor of The Journal With great interest I read in The Sunday Journal of March 6 a contribution from H. F. Kalse, attack ing the Copernican system of astronomy, and since Ihave heard a number of lec tures in .Great Br a tain on the same sub ject I had formed an opinion that the globular theory is untenable.- In ray opinion it -follows that if the earth is not a globe it must -be a plane; but this general ' conception is" equally Im possible, since the discovery of. the South Pole is an indisputable fact. Having - read . a number of issues of The Flaming Sword, a publication of Koresh, who also superintended a certain survey to. prove the cellular cosmogony, "later published under that name," I lean toward that belief, since it also involves the trouble astronomers have to obtain a sensible parallax of the "re mote" stars. As far as I am concerned I believe that not a single heavenly body could be farther . from us than at most 3000 miles. I am glad Mr. Kalse has the courage to expose such a disastrous doctrine of globularity. Donald Smith. THE HIGH COST OF FUNERALS Myrtle Creek, March 30. To the Editor of The Journal I - saw oa the editorial page of The Journal a com munication from W. M. Scott on the high cost of funerals. He struck the nail on the head. I am 84 years. old, and I don't want" any extra expense when I pass away. I have lived in Douglas county 60 years and have made many coffins, and have never charged a cent for them but once, and then $5 was the charge. Now let us keep this protest going ; it is much needed. Funeral expenses are unmerciful; especially on the poor. J. A. Velrian. Uncle Jeff SnOw Says Rev. Julious Upbrow. our new Baptist minister, told us Sunday that we'd orter be keerful not to mix advice to tne Lord with our prayers fer betterments and mercy, i Mebby the new preacher col leges has put the taboo on advisin' the Lord, but back in Arkansas in 'f? our Baptist minister there. Rev. Isaiah Jones, tuck a hull lot of free advice to the Lord and was monstrous proud when it looked like the Lord had tuck any of it to heart. One day ; he advised the Lord to smite good and hard the wicked sinner that had stole Widder Nepburn's baked chicken and fixin's she had set by fer the aforesaid minister's dinner, and shore enough Peter Beldin ketched the smallpox and two days after that be fessed np and asked fer prayers. COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE , . We have another week to do for those who can't do for themselves. -- I How to eat "properly isn't half ths problem that how to eat "regularly" is. . . - There are lots of hichbrow libraries that haven't had their leaves clipped. c' . I . - "Warm recent ion nlannert frw Vnrfmifr- Greeley." No doubt the fires of friend ship will be lighted. w W This everlasting problem of a festival center could be avoided by the creation of a permanent center. , ' The fact that women carry powder puffs is proof that the sun isn't the only thing that shines. . - The "rocky road to Dublin" hasn't anything to brag about as compared with some Oregon "highways. Booze in the belly may be an inele gant alliteration, but it In nnverfullv comforting to the imaginations of cer tain people. 1 .... Professor Einstein is among us. unable to speak English. That's all right. When his "theory" is translated it is no more comprehensible, anyhow.- - Seems to us that with a Baker, a Barbur. a Mann, a Pier in the city counciU Commissioner Bigelow should have several of the most essential ele ments with which, to make a city with a port, industry and population. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town The next time you go to a hotel and order turtle soup, here is a true fish story for you to remember told by the Journal of Yokohama: "A sea . turtle, six feet long and five feet wide, was caught by the people of Yoshizaki-mura in Mieken, south of Osaka. Its mouth was 12 inches in diameter. The village people believe that the turtle Is 10,000 years old, the traditional limit set as the life of a turtle. The proverb says, Tsuru wa sen nen, kame wa man nen,' which means. The stork lives for 1000 years and the turtle for 10,000.' This is why artificial representations of storks and turtles are given at weddings. New Year's, and other happy occasions.' H. R. Newport of the Newport Con struction company is down from The Dalles. He is finishing 32,000 yards of road construction between Seuferts and the mouth of the Deschutes river. This ZVz mile strip when finished will com plete the Columbia river highway be tween PorUand and The XJalles. The cost of completing this last link in the highway will be $95,000. , v .... I Nona Vanderwort of Orchards is at the Cornelius. 'The newly completed paved highway passing through Or chards has resulted in much building activity at that suburban community. W, Bollons, who was a railroad man when the ties used on the Union Pacific track were : saplings, is down from La Grande. . D.. B. Crosby of Rosebiirg is ; regis tered at the Cornelius. s Mr. and Mrs. C V. Saltsman of Hood River are at the Cornelius. , A. A. Holthouse of Kerry is. a guest of the Cornelius. j -!! L. G. Hulln of Eugene is a Portland visitor. - . ' ; , J. O. Holt of Eugene is at the Seward. Harold A. Reed of Astoria is at the Seward. - -. , . . , i Mr. and Mrs. G. Wiley Cook of Astoria are registered at the Seward. ...... Mr. and Mrs. H.. .L. Wlnkley of Corr vallis are at the Imperial. .... T. M. Brown of Gold Hill is a guest of the Imperial. ) .... i F. E. Price of Corvallls Is a guest of the Imperial. . O. F. Dall of Willamina is a guest of the Perkins.- . . K. L. Sims of Ashland is at the Per kins. . A, Swanson from Warm : Springs is at the Benson. ' i. . . i M. Barrett of Hood River is at the Benson. . OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley A paysbolociat and pedasogist who labor for humanity in one of Oregon' leading insti tution of learning ontiinea for Mr. Iockley hi conception of the ideal scheme for forming th character of that far from ideal ereaturre, man. Thoughtful reader will follow him with appre ciation and understanding. 1 j Charles Lester Sherman, Ph. D. and Pd. D., has charge of the department of philosophy and education of Willam ette university, at Salem. When I asked Dr- i Sherman what his hobbles were, he said: "The intensity p my hobbies Is inversely proportional . to their exten sity. My avocation does,; not take the form of formal play. Hunting. -fishing and, traveling when opportunity af fords tend to monopolize! my attention at the expense of my profession. My intellectual hobby is psychology. Around this subject all my academic Interests revolve, and It .is the center of my in tellectual universe." From all of which it", -Is quite evident that j Dr. Sherman does not have to affix his Ph. D. and Pd. D. to his signature- to prove that he is a professor. I have been out of my depth' tor some time,! so" from here on , I shall not attempt I to quote Dr. Sherman literally, but will tell his story in my own words.; I Dr. Sherman was born on a farm 4n Iowa on May 21. 1880. He was graduated from the high school at West Union, Iowa, after he had attended college at Upper Iowa university, at Fayette. Iowa. From there he went to New York university, in New York city, taking as his major studies psychology, philosophy and edu cation, and securing the degrees of Pd. M., Pd. D. and Ph. D. For 14 years he has been a teacher, having taught in district schools, in Trinity school in New York city and in Upper Iowa university, at Fayette, Iowa, after which he served three i years as superintendent of schools at Wesley, Iowa For seven years he has been a member of the faculty of Willamette university. In 1918. "Dr. Sherman married Grace Eleanore Thompson of Salem, a gratfti ate of Willamette university. When I asked Dr. Sherman what be was doing to make the world a better place to live in. he said: '- i.J" i "I am a teacher by profession, and bo far as Interest is concerned, teaching is both my vocatioa arid! my avocation. Socrates long ago Informed us that knowledge is virtue. The Greeks em ployed knowledge to make the world better. Immanuel Kant categorically announced that man is only what edu cation makes of him. Though I do not Indorse unqualifiedly thei "Wise Man of Athens or the 'Sage of Konlgsberg. I still maintain that the i right kind of education will prove to be the panacea of mankind. True ideas are the real constructive forces of humanity. My NEWS IN BRIEF "SIDELIGHTS The" only Bill that Germany feels like paying is living in luxurious seclusion on . the income she provides. Weston Leader. : iTes, It's a dreadful, thing for Europe to owe us So much money, but Europe seems to bear up under it with surpris ing fortitude.- Albany Democrat. i . France says Poland won the election In Upper Silesia over Germany and what France says about European affairs just now, seems to go. Eugene Guard.' ..- Washington is generally a few Jumps ahead of Oregon in the race of progress, but on this side of the line we haven't any $5 poll tax to pay. Athena Press. 1 - '- . The Germans refuse payment of the billion marks demanded by the allies. Speaking of marks, the Germans" simply can't rid themselves of the" idea that the-allies "are easy ones. rEugene. Reg ister. . -- . . - !. . Some Ifarney county citizens with pri vate stocks have- merely changed their former method of perpendicular drinking to that .Qf .drinking while sitting down. The effect is pretty much the same. Crane American. . i :- Japan appears to be pretty well be haved, now that congress is not in ses sion, .but wait until about time- for the army and navy appropriations to be made and the mikado's people will begin acting up something fierce, or at least the stories will read that-way. Powers Patriot J. A. Guderian of Umatilla county is a guest of the Perkins. "I was born at Posen in Germany." said Mr. Guderian. T came from tho. old country when I was 17- years, old. I was married in 18&8 irv Wisconsin. . I have been in Uma tilla county 33 years.- I have a trifle more than 2000 acres on Birch creek, 9 miles south of" Pendleton. My home -Is on the. old Jake Fraser. place. I have electric light, and waterpower, so all I have to do Is to turn a button to do lots of , the work oh the place. I have 200 acres in alfalfa, some fine stock and six boys and six girls." . - -. ... F.-N. Franklin of the Seward hotel was -qiscussmg a man who talks a eood deal but r doesn't say much. . "The trouble with him." said iMr.. Franklin Is. that -his .-train of thought doesn't carry any freight.". . : W. Ii Meacham. well known eitixen of Eastern Oregon, isdown from Baker to get the hides of some of Portland's merchants-and hang them on the fence to .dry.. ' - . - R. N- Ross and Harry Lyon of Ketchi kan and Thomas Dalgetz and E. J, Prescott of Wrangel are down from Alaska and are guests at the Perkins. ... - Mrs. M A. Kelrni, whose husband is a surgreon at walla walla. Is a truest of the Imperial. Mrs. Nelms is an old- time Portland girl. . , - i. ' " . ' - - R. E Carruthers, Dr. J. C. Barton and Merle Chessman ot Astoria are guests of the Oregon. . J. C Vandervert of Bend is registered at the Jmperfal. '-. . . ' ' ! " ' Frank M. Smith of Grants Pass is a Portland visitor. - . ' .." Mrs. E. i E. Werlein of The Dalles is a guest of the Imperial." J. C. Wright of Bend is transacting business . in Portland. . 1 H. H. De Armond of Bend is at the Imperial. - - " - : Jack Anderson of. Canyon City is reg istered at the Imperial. - Blanche Cow of Salem is at the Im perial. . . - . ' " Mrs.." R.IRV Horford and Mrs. C. II. Norris of Arlington are at the Imperial. ... R. M.Cooley of Roseburg is at the Imperial. , - . . . . A. Y-Hobbs and B. J. Parker of Bar. View are guests of the Oregon. J. H. Lane of Silverton is a Portland visitor, - ' . V . . . ; W. M. -Ryder of Baker is a Portland visitor. - I . . J !-",---. Mr. and Mrs. .H. J. Elliott of -Perry-dale in Polk county-are at the Oregon. educational faith may be similarly form ulated; That which is to serve as a force -and power in human life must be organized with our thoughts and feel ings, from early childhood. Normally, there can be no exception to this law of life. It is .upon the validity and In tegrity of this principle that teachers mut labor to make the world a better Iflace to live In. We all recognize hered ity, environment and will to be the three great factors in the science of man making. It is usually conceded by biolo gists that heredity is the greatest of the three. The legal. -profession emphasizes the significance of environment. Though it is probably true that heredity and environment are, as matters stand, of more significance in the happiness of mankind, it does not follow that the des tiny of the human ! race should depend so largely upon . the two factors men tioned.' It is my opinion that will should be, and may be. by far the greatest factor in the amelioration of -human con ditions. And by will I mean the func tional organization of right feelings and ideas. Such a conception, of course, im plies that this process must begin' with the early years -of childhood and con tinue throughout life, a process that ap plies to the college or university as well as to the kindergarten. Were.it not for my firm belief in the outcome of our public schools and colleges, I as one of many-; teachers of education and psychology, vould hardly hope, even in a. small way, to make this .world a bet ter place to .live- In." - . . Irvin Cobb has fallen -in love with Oregon. - lie .spent six weeks hunting and fishing in Eastern Oregon last sum mer and he is planning to come back and see more, of our beauty spots next year. - If . you have never ' seen Irvirr CobK here is liis - own description ot himself; ! ' . . A stranger, not recognizing him. once 'asked him what sort of fellow Cobb was. B Well, to b perfectly frank with you, replied the Paducah prodigy, "Cobb is related to my wife by mar riage, and if you don't object to a brief sketch, with all the technicalities elimi nated, I should say that in appearance he is rather- bulky,, standing six feet high, not especially beautiful, a light roan in color with a black mane. His figune'ia undecided but might be called bunchy in places. - He-belongs to sev eral .clubs,' including the Yonkerg Press ing club and the Park-' Hill Democratic Marching club, and has always, like his father,, who was a Confederate soldier, voted : the Democratic -ticket. 'He - has had. one wife and one child- and still has them. In religion he is an Innocent Bystander." " - : . The Oregon Country " Northwest Happening in Ttrief Form for th -- fiiuy oatier OREGON NOTES Five aspirants are contendine for tho postmastership of Koxeburg. , ' Four inrnatH rf tho atatn ar.Vir.nl f. feeble minded made their escape last ' week. The Dallas school board is twrfectlnir s plans for the erection of a now school building. Salem is in the erin of a mcaslesi ; epidemic. 130 cases having been reported ; to tne neaitn oince. Although the tirice of ootatoeii U t- i tremely low. thre carloads were loaded at Hubbard last week and shinned La market. - In addition to funds nronosod to t i raised in Douglas county by tho bond- lne measure, there will tw. approximately $68,000 for market roads. mini roots an neinir in nmii rrnm . i . . . . . . - Oervals to different nartt f tho lit Hundreds of acres will be planted this oyrmK in tviaui&in county. E. D. .Lewis, proprietor or n. Rvebtirg : laundry, suffered a fractured skull, bad ly bruised face and broken collar bone when a team he was driving ran away. According lo A. S. Barbur. state in surance commissioner, insurance com panies operatintr in Oregon reerived net premiums of $10,258,429 during the year Approximately $18,000 - appropriated at the recent session of tho leetnlatiirs will be expended in improving th capi tol and supreme court . buildings this . The Ijj.no county court has marie an : order to issue Immediately $100,000 of i tho $2,000,000 road bonds voted ljt year. Rids for the bonds will be opened April 23.' - - Captain I.otiis W. Secgel of the Oregon i National Guard' company at lmiepciw j dence, has resigned and will move to 1 Portland, where he has accepted a posi tion as a traveling salesman. . Mrs. Isoura Tarrish. born In Linn county in 2, was buried at Lebanon last week. Khe was the last survivor of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sommers. who- took up the donation land claim on which tho Hodavilla ' Bprlng. are located. WASHINGTON' Camp Lewis, near Taeoma. i!l not; be used this year as a citizens' training camp, arfswdlng to announcement from ' Washington. Admission is mado by I). W. fonder-, son, superintendent of the Seuttle niunl-' "'Pal railway, that the lines lost $1,236,- ! 283.60 in 1920. Only 141 carloads of apple wcrei shipped from the Yakima valley last! wefk. which is the trniallest quantity1 sent out for many mpnlhs. E. E. 'Beard, former editor snd pub-1 lisher of the Vancouver Columbian, has purchased the Port Aiwjeles Herald and t will take possession Immediately. It is feared that the $11,000,000 bond issue for payment of the sokiiera' bonus 1 will be nearly $4,000,000 short of thei amount required to pay all such claims. . Persons of foreign birth, who have not! been granted final citizenship papers,! ere not eligible to receive fishing or hunting licenses m the state of Wash ington. Mervin ,T. Tavlor, proprietor of the Prosser hotel; was fined $160 and coxla . irauu ni . a Dome or mxniino falling from his pocket while on a visit to the sheriffs office. daughter of V. A. McKarland. was! uiv mm iiuHtuii.iv Kiueo oy a street car in Seattle, while on her way to e mall box to post a letter. . A cooperative building association has been formed in Walla Walla by mem bers of the building trades unions, who propose to erect buildings at the actual cost of labor and materials. Dredges working on a new dvke in the Lewis river below Woodland sra uncovering many relics end trlnkrt iram tne river steamer Mascot, destroyed some time ago by fire -and -explosion. "Members of the building trades unions In Walla Walla laid down their tools at noon aiuraay. rerusing to accept thn general 20 per cent cut In wages decided upon by the Master Buildera' associa tion. IDAHO Caldwell will have a building boom this spring. 75 residences already having been contracted for. r. The Boise Y. W. C. A. has leaed the Sherman, house and plana to u."e it as a home for working girls. Sheriff Agnew raided the home of M. Hwanstrom in Boise and confiscated at still and a barrel of mash made out of fruit. The Bank of Commerce end ths Bur ley State bank will be renumed ci a. consolidated bank end will open toon, according to present plans. The recent heavy rains are doing won ders for such crops as are in the around. una prospects lor plenty of wucr tor irrigation purposes were nevir ro good." Governor Davis and W. G. .Sw.mlsn. state reclamation commissioner, havo frone- to Washington to-.conidJr the drafting and pasaJDg of the 3jO,000,C09 reclamation bill. .. A new telephone line Is being1 con structed along the Olearwv.r river, linking the towns of Stites, Kooskia and Kamiah. connecting with the l'acifiu "States line at the latter point. Honorary degree of doctor of lawn were conferred last week.bv the Uni versity of Oregon upon President Jir.! A. McLean of the University of Mon tana and Judte Jiraes A. Forney cf Moscow, an Idaho pioneer. icnow you a PORTLAND The business reason for the exist ence of the Portland Association of Credit Men and Adjustment bureau is the exchange of credit information. The social reason is tbe .fellowship created by monthly meetings and other gatherings which the men who pass upon the credits of the city's business hold. . The association ranks on a par with the representative business and civic organizations of Portland. Its activities in securing remedial legis lation and in other ways have gone far to protect local bosinmM against fraud. The Portland association Is affiliated with the National Associ ation of Credit Men. The president is H. J. Parr of Swift it Co. ; the vice-president Is A. C. Longshore of the Northwestern National bank"; the secretary treas urer is E. W. Johnson of Miiler-Cal-houn-Johnson company. In the Adjustment bureau. Will lam B. Lay ton is counsel ; Q. A. Cote, manager; E. C. Libby. collection manager; IL A. McCutchan, report ing manager ; Phil R. Session, cor responding eeretary, and Wallace FL Redman, auditor. The personnel of Important com mittees includes : Executive on - adjustment, O. Mld dleton, H. W. Hall ; executive oh finance, O. Middleton, E. W. John son, H. J. Parr; executive on col lections, A. C Longshore. II. D. Marnock, W. J. Terry; executive on reporting. E. W. Johnson. W. J. Hen derson, lU'J. Parr: national commit teemen, M. H.. Schmeer, Charles H. Hill, B. F. Wagner. A. O. Cote; legislative, C. H. Hill ; conventions. A. It. Morris; entertainment. Don Uoss; civic affairs, M. H. Schmeer; banking and currency, G. C Blohm ; business literature, J. E. Breed ; in vestigation and ' prosecution, A. T. Schouboe ; mercantile agency service, L. FL Pendeil ; fire insurance, . F. I. Finley ; credit department methods and "cooperation, lOdward Drake ; .membership. Oren M. Pierce ; bank ruptcy committee,. B. F. Wagner..