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A STEP BACKWARD.Oregon's hard-wo- n reputation for

enlightened protection of the healthof its citizens is threatened by theinitiative measure to be voted on inNovember in the guise of an "anti-compulso-

vaccination amendment."Its effect, if adopted by the people,would be greatly more drastic thanthe title indicates on its surface. Notresting their case on the prophylac-tic value, or otherwise, of vaccina-tion for certain types of communi-cable diseases, the authors of the pro-posed amendment strike at the foun-dation of public authority to actpromptly and efficiently in case ofepidemics and to protect the peopleagainst contagion. This sweepingprohibilion of enactment and en-

forcement of protective health regu-lations is apparent from the lan-guage of the amendment, which pro-poses to add to article XV of thet.tate constitution a section whichshall read as follows:

Section ft. No form of vaccination. In-oculation, or other medication shall bemade a condition in this state for anmis-f;n- n

to. or attendance in, any public school,college, university or educational Institu-tion; or for the employment of any personIn any capacity, or for the exercise of anyright, the performance of any duty, or theenjoyment of any privilege.

All provisions of the constitution andlaws of the state and of the charters andordinances of all cities, towns, municipali-ties or counties therein, in conflict withlitis amendment, are hereby repealed.

The proposed amendment wouldbe g, and would automatically nullify the efforts of healthofficials to serve the public interest.

There is, for example, a Portlandordinance to protect the peopleagainst the careless or criminalhandling of foodstuffs by persons af-flicted with loathsome diseases,euphemistic ally called "socialdiseases," though as a matter of factthey are highly anti-socia- l.

It would deny to the properauthority the right to prohibit thechild in a family, other members ofwhich were suffering from smallpox,or scarlet fever, or other virulent andcommunicable maladies, fromspreading the infection through at-tendance at school, though the prin-ciple of contagion Is generally under-stood and widely recognized.

It would in effect grant to diseasecarriers the right to go where theypleased, when they pleased, pursuantto their "exercise of any right," and"performance of any duty," regard-less of the right of other citizens toprotect their own health, and of theduty of the community so to affordprotection to the Innocent and un-offending. Tfle gravity of the situa-tio- n

warrants plain speaking, and thejudgment of lawyers who havestudied the proposed section, that itwould, for illustration, permit a suf-ferer from a malignly communicablevenereal disease to come in intimatecontact with the food supply of thepeople, whje denying authority tryhealth officials to require that theybe rendered non-infecti- before pur-suing their occupation, deserves tobe set down with emphasis.

The foundation of disease preven-tion and of protection of the publichealth is sapped by the sweepingcharacter of the proposed amend-ment in degree far- - greater thanwould be true if It did as a matterof fact confine itself to Its professedpurpose the prohibition of compul-sory vaccination only. That, lackingpower U restrict attendance ofdisease carriers at school during anylocal epidemic, officials would becompelled to close the schools as theonly lawful alternative, and that inan epidemic of threatened gravitythey would be forced to resort to thesame alternative as to places of pub-lic concourse and amusement aggra-vates the amendment and furnishesanother reason why it should be de-feated.

It has taken a good many yearsfor realization that private health isa. matter for public concern to gaina foothold. The sense of communityresponsibility for the control, so faras possible, of the spread of diseasehas been won at too great cost to belightly discarded. The pending initi-ative measure should not pass, be-cause it is in this respect a distinctstep backward, irrespective of it3bearing on vaccination only. Itsbroadly-inclusiv- e prohibitions re-move it from the relatively narrowfield of controversy between the ad-vocates and opponents of "preventivetherapeutics and thrust upon thevoter the responsibility for decidingwhether the health of the people isa matter of community concern.

HISTORIC TREKS.The plan of the American Forestry

association to establish a hall offame for noted trees will meet withthe approval of all who have respectfor historical connotations, or whoare attracted by the pleasing fancyof a natural memorial. The statesof the Atlantic seaboard are rich inthese associations. The Charter Oak,which was blown down in 1S56, whenits age wis computed to be close to1000 years, is fresh in the memorvof every schoolboy, notwithstandingits fate, and its relics are still pre-served. There are Washington oaksand elms throughout the region hal-lowed by the presence of .the Fatherof His Country, and a pear treeplanted by John Kndecott in 1630still stands as a memorial to a Pil-grim governor and pioneer adven-turer in horticulture.

It will surprise the lover of treesIn these parts to learn that, thoughthe Oregon country is a forest region

' Tar excellence, its arboreal traditionsrave, sever beea set down by any

competent historical authority. ThisIs not. as a little reflection will show,because we are without a significanthistory. If the loVe of trees is a de-sirable trait.-I- t is but the practicalmanifestation of it to preserve themwherever possible and to perpetuatetheir records against the ravages oftime. They are remindful in a thou-sand ways of the events with whichthey are connected and they have thepower' of making history personaland visible. '

The American Forestry associationhas hit on a plan that deserves' the

j of all to whom historyis more than the dead record ofevents that 'are passed. Doubtless itwill be carried out all over the coun-try. Can it be possible that the for-ests of the Pacific northwest haveno tales that they could unfold to asympathetic listener?

USELESS. SThe compulsory registration and

voting amendment on the Novemberballot is peculiar for its uselessness.The amendment does not in itselfestablish compulsory registration orcompulsory voting, but authorizesthe legislature to enact such laws,thus clearing away present constitu-tional inhibitions. , '

But there is something besides theconstitution that inhibits compulsoryvoting in the United States. It is theingrained American love of personallHerty. Compulsory voting calls fora police system of universal espion-age. But even with that obnoxiousEuropean system in use compulsoryvoting would doubtless fail here as ithas failed In. other countries. Else-where violations are so numerousthat the authorities are powerless toinflict the penalties. But were it pos-sible to drag everybody to the polls,no way is possible to prevent the de-posit of blank ballots by those whodo not wish to vote. .

The amendment is useless fromany angle from which it is viewed. Itwould be foolish to burden the constitution with it.

ROCKING THE BOAT.Senator Borah may of course hirehall and speak when and where

he pleases on whatever subject he ispleased to speak about; he may beas irreconcilable as old Lucifer; he

ay. as he has more than oncethreatened, abandon the republicanparty; he may form a select andscintillating little party of his own;he may scrap the league, and he mayunscrap the constitution and theMonroe doctrine; he may dedicatethe nation so far as he can to apolicy of isolation from the troublesome affairs of a troubled world; buthe may not drive Mr. Harding, orthe republican party, into a positionof unalterable opposition to anyleague or association of nationswhatsoever.

It may be well for Mr. Borah toremember we think he does thatthe republican party in its platformcommitted itself definitely to an "international association" which shallbe comprised of "nations pledged toinsist upon wnat is just ana lair anato "exercise their influence andpower for the prevention of war."It may be well for Mr. Borah to remember we think he does that Mr.Harding as the candidate of the re-publican party, stands upon its plat-form, and has even suggested thatthere should be an association ortribunal "with teeth in it."

Senator Borah is adept at rockingthe boat. But he wont tip it over.No one thinks he is trying to bringabout an upset only adopting hisfavorite device of throwing a scareinto the pilot and the passengers.He is a little late. A republican vic-tory in November is a forgone con-clusion rand an association of na-tions of some kind after March 4 isanother forgone conclusion.

TWO OLD FRIENDS RECONCILED.The dramatic reconciliation be-

tween Poland and Lithuania, whenthey agreed to submit their bourf-dar-y

dispute to the league of nationsfor arbitration, brings together twopeoples which were united in themost glorious period of their com-mon history and which went downIn common subjugation when Polandwas partitioned at the end of theeighteenth century.

Poland was already an importantkingdom, thoroughly Christianized,when the Lithuanians, who are ofthe same race as the Prussians, werea mere group of pagan tribes in thewoods and swamps of the upper Nie-me- n

river. The Teutonic knightspursued a career of conquest whichmenaced the liberty of all the peopledwelling along the Baltic, and toguard against this danger the tribesunited under the rule of a grandduke, whose successors became con-querors to such good purpose in the13th and 14th centuries that theyformed a great empire which ex-tended from the Baltic sea to theCarpathian range and from the Bugriver on the west to the Desna on theeast, including Black, White andLittle Russia, and which exceededPoland in area.

Aggression of the Teutonicknights drove Poland and Lithuania- -Into alliance in the year 1325. Dy-nastic union was formed In 13S6 bymarriage of Hedwig, queen of Po-land, to Jagiellon, grand duke ofLithuania, from which sprang Po-land's greatest kings, under whomthe kingdom became a great power.The union was originally loose, eachcountry having a separate govern-ment under a common head, andRussian influence worked to detachLithuania. The kings strove againstthis .tendency until in 1569 Sigis-mun- d,

last of the direct line of theJagiellons, effected union of the twolegislatures. With that king's deathin 1572 and with revival of. the elec-tive system in consequence begandecline of the kingdom, ending in itspartition, in which Lithuania shared.Almost all of the territory that hadbeen won from Russia was restoredto that country together with thepart of the original grand duchy eastof the Niemen river, that west of theNiemen being annexed by Prussia asNew East Prussia;

With the break-u-p of Russia andthe surrender of Germany after thearmistice. Lithuania formed an in-dependent republic, aided by Britishmilitary and political advisers, andfinally got rid of the German armyin December, 1919. Poland occupiedpart of its territory against its protest, alleging a Polish majority Inthe population and the military ne-cessity of connecting its line of de-fense against the bolshevlsts withthat of the Letts, but actually hop-ing to gain the territory that it hadheld at the summit of its power. Thisdispute proved an obstacle to an alliance of all the new Baltic stateswith Poland against the bolshevists,which was attempted last winter.

Poland has been driven to seek anoutlet to the Baltic through Lithuania by the mistaken policy of theVersailles, treaty in giving it only a

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narrow corridor to the sea and bymaking Danzig a free city, which isintensely German and hostile to Po-land, therefore will endeavor to nul-lify the comjnercial rights concededto Poland. But an economic alliance,giving Poland commercial rights at'Memel would secure for It all thebenefits of union without the frictionarising from subjugation of one na-tionality to alien domination. Thisflsan example of what ails Europe.Racial divisions cut across territorywhich is a unit economically and po-litically, and some independent tri-bunal is necessary to adjust suchconflicts on principles of equity.

W 11 Y HOBBLE HIM?From a querulous brothec The

Oregonian receives this jarring note:When President Wilson asked Tor a

democratic congress in both branches, itwar a crime, an autocratic measure, some-thing too full of partisan prejudice for theAmerican people to contemplate; yet"don't hobble the new president" by vot-ing for a democrat for senator Is merelysympathy for the people and pure patrioti-sm. - .

Does The Oregonian honestly think theAmerican people fall for such bunk? Ifthey do this year, they won't any moreand that, is sure and certain.

During the war the president askedfor and goi the undivided andwholehearted support of the Ameri-can people and both great 'parties.He "adjourned politics" until anothergeneral election came on, and thenhe reassembled politics. He askedthe electorate to defeat all republi-cans, including those who had un-reservedly, continuously, . and some-times at a sacrifice of their own con-victions and interests, supported hiswar measures; and he at the sametime asked for the election of alldemocrats, without exception, in-cluding those who had blocked thenation's plans to meet and conquerthe enemy.

Facing a foe from without. It wasboth proper and essential that do-mestic issues be forgotten, partisan-ship be buried,, and even personalanimosities be waived. There was ahigh duty of whichmost citizens of all parties erformed,

and the president himselfat times voiced. The nation's coursewas clear; its honor and its welfarewere staked on a determined policy;there was nothing to do but for allhands to see it through.

Now the war is over and the peo-ple fall into natural and wholesomedivisions over domestic questions.They are having a "great and solemnreferendum" among themselves.There should be no doubtful decision,no half victory for either.

If Mr. Cox Is 'to win, let'him havea democratic congress. Let everydemocratwho votes for Cox vote forthe democratic congressmen.

If Harding" is to win, he shouldhave a republican congress. Letevery man who votes for Harding,and thus attempts to go on recordfor a republican administration,make it possible for him to have one.

, THE NEWEST WILSON APPEAIZPresident Wilson's appeal to the

people is a reflection of his unchang-ing and unchangeable mind. He cansee no possible league except thatwhich he had the chief part in form-ing, and it must be taken just as heoffers it. He writes as though allthat has happened since the linesbegan to be drawn for the contro-versy by the signing of the 'senators'round robin had not happened. Atleast he asks that all that has beendone since that day be wiped off theslate, that all the opinions to whichit has given rise be cast out of thepeople's minds. Like the Bourbons,he forgets nothing- - of his originalplan, he learps nothing from thoseweary, fruitless months of contro-versy. 1

Others hae'hot forgotten andhave learned. His irreconcilable at-titude has stiffened the will and in-tensified the antagonism of the otherirreconcilables who oppose him. Ithas led them to rally to their supportall those diverse elements of thepopulation which saw in his covenantdanger to this nation or to someother nation to which they are close-ly akin. It chilled those generoussentiments of the American peoplewhich the war had awakened and itinclined, them to regard their partin the league not as the act of onegoing to the aid of a neighbor indistress but as that of a cautiousbusiness man making a deal. Themore stubborn the president provedhimself, the more critically the peo-ple examined his work and the moredefects they found in it, though thesewere mostly imaginary. He thusconstantly made recruits for his op-ponents by being unyielding whenthe vital interest of the cause inwhich he spoke cried aloud for com-promise.

It might have been different if hehad acted differently. His real trou-bles date from, that fatal letter writ-ten ln October, 1918, calling for aderfiocratic congress when the peo-ple had forgotten party in the crisisof war. If he had not written thatletter and had called the senate totake counsel with him on the generalterms of peace and the general structure of the league, republicans wouldhave forgiven former acts of parti-sanship and would havewith him, but he is incapable of tak-ing counsel he only talks of it andhe set about the task alone. He hadanother opportunity when the roundrobin senators - proposed that thepeace treaty and the covenant bekept separate, but he flung It away.He had another opportunity whenthe Lodge reservations were reported to the senate and when themoderate reservationists were striv-ing for compromise,, but he flungthat away and drove all the reserva-tionists into one camp. He had yetanother Opportunity when senatorswho favored and opposed reserva-tions conferred with a view to com-promise, but he flung that away also.

The 'consequence is that Mr. Wilson has made the election more emphatically than ever a solemn refer-endum, not on his league but onhimself, his administration and es-pecially on his domineering spirit.The people look on the waste, confu-sion, neglect, the pandering to classinterests and to the arbitrary acts incontravention of law which havecharacterized the administration, andthey cannot believe the man who waswrong in these njany things to beabsolutely, infallibly right in onething. That is too severe a tax ontheir credulity. They have discoveredwhat a palpable fraud was the cry.

He kept us out of war," on whichthe election of 1916 was won, and appeals to Idealism fronf the beneficiary of that fraud find them cold.

The American people are till fora league or association of nations asthe republican platform calls it. butit will not be the league for whichMr. Wilson stands pat. . He hasscrapped that himself. It will be thebest kind of league that SenatorHarding can arrange In conferencewith senators of both parties andwith. the. nations which are etrug- -

gllng to keep the present leaguealive. It will be very different fromthe Wilson league, and may fall shortof the aspirations which the peoplecherished two years ago, but theymust thank Mr. Wilson for that. Themain point now is that Harding pro-poses to go about the work In theway which leads to success, whereasWilson achieved a failure.

All the circumstances insure thatthe solemn referendum will be onthe complete failure of the Wilsonadministration to measure up to itsjob, and that the failure to put, theUnited States in a league will be re-garded as a conspicuous part of thegeneral failure, not as the sole, oreven the main, subject of the refer-endum.

President Wilson is the paramountissue. By his one-ma- n rule he madehimself so. Perhaps that is why inhisjatest deliverance he did not men-tion Cox, also why Cox did not men-tion him in speaking .at Portland,though the man who Is in perfect ac-cord with Wilson mentioned' Theo-dore Roosevelt 15 times. We allknow the kind of accord that existedbetween Roosevelt and Wilson.

SCCCORING THE HELPLESS.There 13 an irresistible appeal to

the benevolent instinct in the state-ment of the Near East Relief com-mittee of the plight of the Armenianorphans, in whose behalf Wednesdayof this week will . be observed as"bundle day." It is an unadornedbut Intensely graphic story of tragicsuffering by helpless victims of cir-cumstances such as the world hasnever before heard. .Last to solvethe problem of self-supp-

ort becauseof the ramifications of Levantinepolitics, which they cannot control.Armenians are confronted by theprobability that next winter will bebut a repetition of the last one un- -ess help is giveni. The measure of

the committee's need is to be foundin the statement that in some local-ities it has been necessary, for lackof resources, to turn away from thedoors .of many improvised orphan-ages four of every five starving andfreezing applicants.

The practical appeal of "bundleday" Is based on belief that "oldclothing from .America' is doing morethan medicine to stamp out diseasein the Caucasus," to which competent medical authorities in the neareast subscribe. "Every garment,"says a statement by the committee.means rife for some child. Nothing

is too worn, too faded, to be of use."Thousands of youngsters will haveno other clothing for the winter, savethat which is now being collected.And winter in the Caucasus Is an unlovely prospect for the unprotected.

It will seem a small thing to do.to send a discarded garment on alife-savi- errand, and yet it is to behoped that the duty will not be over-looked because to the relatively pros-perous citizen it Eeems trivial Therelief committee counts on the ag-gregate value of the multitude ofsmall gifts to save, thousands whobut for outside help are sure to per-ish.

The Oregon committee asks everyhouseholder to "hang a towel In yourwindow on bundle day, October 6,"as the sign of willingness to help,and to call the crammittee by telephone if for any reason the signal isdisregarded. The response ought, inview of the undoubted merit of thecause, to be widespread and generous.

The retirement of Justice Bennettfrom the supreme court will be occasion for general regret, for he hasgiven to his duties the authority ofhis high character and his ripe ex-perience at the Oregon bar. Theappointment by Governor Olcott ofAttorney-Gener- al Browa to the vacancy on the bench will be receivedwith satisfaction. Mr. Brown hashad a long and very useful recordbefore the Oregon courts. He knowsthe law, and is able to interpret itluminously and correctly. It is afact that as attorney-genera- l, wherea large part of his duties is to passon Knotty legal questions, hisopinions are rarely, or never, ques-tioned, and have not in, any Import-ant instance, so far as we know, beenreversed by the courts. Mr. Brown'selevation is a fit recognition of theservices of an able and very efficientpublic official.

The foreign minister of Argentinaresigned when he was criticised by asenator, and then challenged his de-tractor to a duel. There's little dan-ger that the practice will spread tothis country. --In the first place. Secretaries Colby, Burleson and Bakerwould never resign.

Vice-Preside- nt Marshall has hisdoubts whether the league of nationswill prevent future wars. If the vice-preside- nt

doesn't watch out. he'll findhimself in nomination for thg "im-pudent audacity" club.

The election of Mr. Hading aspresident now seems certain. But tomake his election effective, he mustbe backed up by the election of republican United States senators.

The suggested rule of "No Smoking" in forest reserves might well bechanged by inserting "Cigarette" onthe sign. . Pipes and cigars are notdangerous.

Marshall says the American peopledrove Woodrow Wilson into the latewar. If memory serves aright, heneeded driving about that time.

President Wilson's plea for asolemn referendum" will be an

swered with more than he asked for.It will also include a recall.

Too bad the records the Poles aremaking in pursuit of the reds can'tbe counted on their score for thenext marathon races.

Irv Cobb lost all his Oregon notessomewhere in Bunchgrass, and itmay be some old dry cow ate them,for obvious reason.

Sad, that diamonds are the solething that cannot come down withflivvers. A wicked trust controlsthem.

The new city budget does not in-

clude less men and more work, butthat Is what will eventuate.

Seems to be easier to get drunkthan stay sober in New York, whereTammany is for Cox.

The new line of baseball fictionwill Include selling the world seriesand. refusing to sell.

Comlskey will have a winningteam next year If loyalty and honestplay can do It.

Go to Gresbam, ' ' . .

BV PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES

MacS wlney Cue Recalls That Hangerla Xot Xew Sensation 1b Cork.

The long fast of the lord mayor ofCork lends interest to the city overwhich he presided and the officewhich he held. These are treatedbriefly In a bulletin issued by theNational Geographic society.

"Cork, third city of Ireland," saysthe bulletin, "bears a very superficialresemblance to our pwn New Tork inthat its nucleus is situated on anIsland enfolded by two arms of a riverwhere its waters meet a bay. Thecomparison soon becomes a contrast,however, for Cork is a city of lessthan 80,000 souls, has few publicbuildings or thoroughfares of import-ance, and was built on a low, swampysite instead of on the rocky ribs ofMother Earth. " '

"The stream that enfolded Cork be-fore It grew-acros- s Its watery "barHers is the River Lee which rises ina little lake to the north. From a tinyisland in the lake came the pious hermit. St. Fin Barre, who established amonastery on the island at the mouthof the, river in the seventh century,and from this start the present cityhas grown. Both the Catholic andProtestant cathedrals of Cork arededicated to this early Irish saint.

"At the head of one of the finestharbors in Ireland a land-locke- d

cove whose waters are as placid asthose of a lake Cork has been sub-

ject since Its establishment to attacksby sea marauders. Invading Danesburned the city in 821 and again in1012, and after the second destruc-tion founded on the site a Danishtrading post. The Irish, again in con-

trol of the city, submitted to the English In 1172, who for many yearsmaintained a precarious foothold.

"The Irish eventually regained Corknot by force of arms but by 'infiltra-tion,' for before a great while theone-tim- e English post was the mostIrish city in Ireland, Its governmententirely in the hands of the people "ofErin.

"A tragedy overtook Cork the yearColumbus discovered America, andwas visited most heavily on its LordMayor. -- During that year the city re-

ceived and assisted Perkin "Warbeck,pretender to the English throne. Themayor lost his head and the city itscharter.

"Cork's wonderful harbor has givenit a maritime importance since earlydays. Recognition of this fact is seenin the title, of Admiral of the Portbestowed on the Lord Mayor of Corkby Edward IV and held by the LordsMayor to the present day. In a trien-nial ceremony the Lords Mayor evi-

dence their right to the title of Ad-

miral by casting a dart out over theharbor.

"Queenstown, at the head o theouter harbor, and practically a part ofCork, is the port of call and departurefor trans-Atlant- ic liners. This facthas made Cork a city of sadness tomany, for perhaps a million or moremen and women, in largest part mereboys and girls forced by economicpressure to emigrate, have there bid-

den goodvby with set faces andstreaming eyes to the land they loveso well.

"When Ireland suffered what wasperhaps the most pathetic of its trib-ulations, the famine of 1847, Cork be-came the center of its sorrows. Thou-sands of miserable, emaciated crea-tures made their way there from allover Ireland hoping to gain passageto' America. Hundreds died o'f hungeralong the roads leading to the cityand in its very streets.

"While there are practically nopoints of great interest in Cork, closeby is one of the best known and mostfrequently visited spots in all Ire-

land. It is the ruined tower of Blar-ney castle, stronghold of Cormac Mc-

Carthy, who, legend has it. instructedby an old hag he had rescued, to kissone of the stones of the tower thefamous 'blarney stone' became .ir-

resistibly eloquent."On the picturesque, wooded shores

of the spacious and beautiful harborof Cork are many pleasant resortsand fine country' places. One of thelatter, Tivoll. the home of Sir WalterRaleigh, is on the estate given to himby Queen Elizabeth. Edmund Spen-ser was the recipient of many acresat the same period. In Kilcolmancastle, near Cork, he wrote 'TheFaerie Queene ' ,

Lindsay Campbell, director of pub-licity for the Bethlehem Shipbuildingcorporation, avers that he was diningat the Palace in San Francisco andfound himself served by a talkativeand melancholy waiter.

"In Mexico," said the servitor,1 "Iwas Senor Martinez. That was beforetrouble came to Mexico.' I had to flyfrom ' Mexico and seek work in SanFrancisco. And here I am Martinezthe waiter. But never mind. The trou-ble is over in Mexico. Soon I shall re-turn to my country and be SenorMartinez once more. And then, whoknows? I shall visit San Franciscoand engage apartments at the Palacehotel here with Mr. Manwaring, whowill call me Senor Martinez. And Ishall dine here and the head waiter,he also shall call me Senor Martinez,not Martinez the waiter."

"Just then," avers Lindsay Camp-bell, "the head waiter came along andsaid:

"Marty, hurry up and fix those rad-ishes ""

The moon was full, the summernight was balmy, the hammock wasbuilt for two, and It seemed a shameto break it all up.

"Jack," Bhe asked, "was there agirl in France who was sorry tosee yes go?"

"I'd rather you didn't ask me thatquestion, dear," he said.

"But I must know. We're engagedand you should tell me everything,"she insisted.

"Dear, I don't like to talk aboutIt "

"Oh, Jack, how could you ; whenall the time you were engaged tome?"

"Listen a minute and Til give youthe whole story," he said in despera-tion. "She was, "

"Well?""She was my laundress. I owed

her twelve francs." Boston Globe.

A Wichita (Kas.) landlord, L. J.Beagle, is unique. According to theSun of that town he never has raisedthe rent of a tenant. When a ten-ant moves he raises the rental of theproperty to existing rates, before

however. He Is said to wel-come children Instead of banningthem. When a child is born to a ten-ant of any of his properties, he pre-sents the parents a month's rent free.

Those Who Come and Go.

Juniper has been In eastern Oregona long, long time, but W. W. Cavinessis said to have lived in that sectioneven before the juniper began grow-ing. Mr. Caviness is as resident ofVale and has lived in Malheur countyfor about 25 years, but he has livedelsewhere east of the Cascades. InPortland for a few days and regis-tered at the Hotel Oregon, Mr. Cavi-ness says that the Warm .springs irri-gation project near Vale Is developinginto a great success; that there isenough water available to take careof all the land in the project. "Thisis only the beginning." predicted Mr.Caviness. discussing irrigation in Ore-gon generally. "There are many proj-ects in the air and others starting andthe time will come when the desertwill be only a memory. "Incidentally,Mr. Caviness is a ol re-publican and doesn't care who knowsit, but he finds it impossible t,o getanyone to bet against him on the gen-eral result of the November election.

Airplanes will ruin the duckhunt-lng- ,predicts Edison I. Ballagh of St

Helens. Wherever there are goodduck grounds and airplanes have ap-peared the ducks have taken alarmand abandoned the neighborhood,says he. Mr. Ballagh forecasts thetime when the lakes along the Colum--bi- a

river will be as destitute of ducksas they are of wapatos. because thefowl will be scared away by the airboats. Meanwhile he feels somewhatoptimistic because the lakes just noware filled with ducks and everyonewho could half way handle a gun ha3been bagging the limit since the sea-son opened. It will interest Mr. Bal-lagh- 's

former colleagues In the legis-lature to learn that he has notsmoked since last June. He got sucha bad taste in his mouth trying to op-erate his power boat with coal oilduring the gasoline shortage thatcigars lost their flavor, so he quitsmoking.

If you' ever buy a piece of propertyin Coos county you will finally haveto go to Henry Sengstacken for a quitclaim deed. Mr. Sengstacken has livedthere so long and dabbled in realestate so long, that signing quit claimdeeds has become second nature, andMr. Sengstacken has not been losingmoney by the peculiar situation. Whenthe Coos Bay chamber of cbmmercewas discussing the proposed purchaseof Lower California, as proposed bythe United States chamber of com-merce, Mr. Sengstacken uprose andtried to help matters, for he said: "I'llgive a quit claim deed to Lower California. ' No one knows how long Mr.Sengstacken has lived in Coos county.He was running a drug store thereabout 50 years ago. but derived moreprofit, pleasure and excitement as areal estater. Mr. Sengstacken Is inPortland for a few days.

He is not saying that he has abunch of bills ready to turn intolaws, neither is he saying that hewants to wipe out a lot of old stat-utes, which places R. J. Carsner ofSpray In an unusual light. Mostmembers of the legislature either begin advocating bills or else say it Istime to clean up the statute books,but Mr. Carsner ignores the subjectentirely. He is a stockman with ex-

tensive Interests in Wheeler countyand when the election is held nextmonth he will be a member of thelower house, for he has no opposition.Speaking of the John Day highway,Mr. Carsner reports that work is pro-gressing rapidly on the section inWheeler county, but that there issome delay through inability to obtaintimber for the bridges.

Republican politics of Union countyare discussed over in the far cornerof J. H. Peare's jewelry store in LaGrande, and having had a personalinterview with Senator W. OS? Hardinga few weeks ago, Mr. Peare is doinghis best to keep Union county linedup for the G. O. P. When he wasyounger. Mr. Peare was a great foot-rac-

and organized a hose teamwhich won prizes and "got first water"in all the tournament from Astoriato Walla Walla. Wash. Mr. Peare isregistered at the Hotel Portland, andwhen he returns home he will carrya box containing 2 5 00 cards of R. N.

Stanf ield. . republican 'candidate forUnited States senator.

Fishers is the way J. Christensongives his address on the register atthe Perkins. Fishers was formerlyFishers Landing, and it is up theColumbia a few miles from Vancou-ver. It was from the basaltic cliffsat Fishers that the rock was blastedwhich forms the base for the jetty atthe mouth of the Columbia river. Therock was towed In barges about 120miles to reach the construction work,but engineers always insisted that norock equal to that at Fishers couldbe found nearer Astoria.

Hugh McLain. pastmaster at Marsh-fiel- d,

in Portland, his particularmission being as a delegate to therivers and harbors conference. Mr.McLain loves Coos bay like a brotherand he can enumerate every goodpoint that anyone ever thought ofconcerning the harbor. He has evengone to .Washington. D. C in timespast, to ask the government to doa little dredging. As a postmasterhe was considered o good that heis now In his second appointment tothe job.

People out Sandy way Would like tosee the state highway commission getbusy and let a contract thisyear forfrrading the new location betweenSandy and Zigzag. The commissionthinks that there will be time enoughnext .spring to take up this matter,but around Sandy there is an ideathat a considerable amount of theslashing could be performed thiswinter, if the contract were let. W.R. Hergen of Sandy is registered atthe Perkins.

Carl Johnson and Frank Prince,who belong to about everything ,nBend, where they are with theShevlin-Hick- s company, landed inPortland yesterday. They are on theirway east on business for the biglumber concern. Mr. Johnson issomewhat of an athlete and Mr.Prince delights In driving a snappyroadster.

George W. Kiger. of?e of the menwho has put Tillamook on the mapas a dairy center, is an arrival at theHotel Portland. Like all other resi-dents of his county, Mr. Kiger istickled pink over the showing madeby Tillamook county at the state fairlast weel.

On is way to Independence andSalem. Julien A. Hurley, member ofthe state senate, was in Portlandyesterday. After the valley trip hereturns to Portland to go on the spe-cial train which the Knights of Pythias have chartered for a pilgrimage toCoos Bay next Sundayr- -

Tltles come easy to F. S. Bramwellof Grants Pass, who is at the HotelOregon. He is vice-preside- nt of thestate chamber of commerce; he ispresident of the Grants Pass chamberof commerce and he is. a director ina bank at Grants Pass.

Charles L. McNary, United Statessenator, is registered at the Imperialfrom Salem. Senator McNary hasbeen looking over eastern Oregon.

M. H. Abbey, member of the portof Newport commission, is at theHotel Oregon. He Is attracted to thecity, by the conference on ports.

A- - A- - Bonney, a merchant of TyghYalley Wasco county, is Registeredat the Perkins w hile visiting the lo-cal wholesalers.

EDEV SOT DESCRIBED IX BIBLE

No Scriptural Data on Which to BaseSearch for Location.

McEWEN, Or, Oct. 4. (To the Edi-tor.) Replying to Dr. Malloch'scriticism of my article concerning thehunt for the "Garden of Eden," Iwish to say that I was criticising pro-fessed Christians only. I expresslysaid "the professed Christian worldis divided," and It was Darwin'stheory of the origin of species, andmore particularly the "Origin of Man"to which I had reference. Dr. Mal-loc- h

says, "Your correspondent en-deavors to saddle on believers in evo-lution responsibility for the expedi-tion which has as a part of 4ts pur-pose the finding of the described siteof the Garden of Eden . . . butthey must be interested in reallyfinding the site, as such a discoverrwould go far to refute the biblicalstatements, if their theory is cor-rect."

Here, is the cream 'of the matter.The expedition is not. in its finalanalysis, interested so much inscience, as in refuting the "biblicalaccount." And I assert that if thebiblical account Is "refuted" thetewas no "Garden of Eden" and hencenothing to 'xovcr. The doctor says"the finding of the described site ofthe Garden of Eden." and I pause toinquire where this "description" canbe found? The only description withinmy knowledge Is contained in thesecond chapter of Genesis, and Ichallenge the scientists of the worldto find here any geography thatwould locate the garden in any par-ticular continent or island of the sea.It Is trjie that we have somi namesin the record, but let us also remem-ber, as long as the biblical recordhas not been "refuted." that a uni-versal flood has occurred, completelyobliterating all traces of the exis-tence of the garden, and that if thebiblical account is "refuted" it neverhad an existence. So whicheverhorn of the dilemma is taken, a lay-man is driven to the conclusion, thatthe only possible object of the ex-pedition isnot to find the site.I have no quarrel with science Imlvso called. From the article now t nderoiscussion, i am willing to concedethe highest place tfl th siiitHrtr- - ,Malloch. but 1 have not reached' theplace. yet where I am willing to takealleged science in the place of knownfacts. Dr. Malloch sas:-"Th- e recordsor past ages as depicted in the earth

"'5 various geological eras cannotbe doubted, and the lack of anv geo-logical evidence that there ever wasa general deluge." etc. This sup-poses that geologists have examinedtne entire surface of the earth aswell as its internal construction, andthat no evidence of a "general deluge"exists. This is an extremely dog-matic statement, and I think thatDr. Malloch himself, after carefullyanalyzing it will not fully subscribeto it-- Geology is one of the youngersciences, and that it has at this dateexhausted its researches in any di-rection, is highly improbable.

But against this hastv roncliiinn Twish to submit a few facts. I havell my library an aggregate of someaccounts of a general deluge. Tak-ing them as a whole, they agree sub-stantially with the account given inGenesis. 7. And these accounts coverpractically the whole earth. The ac-count in Genesis, for the sake of argu-ment, may be conceded as a myth.But what about the other 29? Whencecame they? What was their origin'I hardly think there Is a scientistso blinded by his adhesion to his pettheories, but will concede the Impos-sibility of mere chance filling theseancient peoples with the same fraud,but that there is, in the nature ofthings some great fact, that forms theoasis or the legends. I have never" B"n a" opponent of the Bibleey;cn attempt an explanation of the" out simply pass themover in silence.

L. N. B. ANDERSON.

C O ' C E R X E D WITH PRESE.VT

Dr. Hoadlry Xot Esthnard by Searchfor Garden of Eden.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Oct. 4 (Tothe Editor.) Communications printedby The Oregonian recently, concern-ing the garden of Eden, the floodand evolution have elicited interest.As to the locality of the garden, thewriter has no special concern, as hedesires to know where are the presentparadises of time, and what of the fu-ture. The first men? Who cares forthem when men are now alive andworthy of attention? The old SheikAbraham, the father of the faithful,was the first pilgrim father, but an-other Abraham the writer once sawand heard was a greater father wholed a people to own their own handsand feet. The first Abraham reachedhis head up to the stars, but the sec-ond Abraham has grown so tall thathis head is far above them.

As to the extent of the flood, whynot hold it but local In extent? Thesurvivors of the 'flood had but alimited geographical knowledge, andwhat they knew eo little of earth wasthe whole earth to them. The de-scription of the catastrophe is prac-tical, and poetry is bound to exagger-ation.

Evolution, whatever it Is, needscare nobody, or elate. That thereis progress in all said and done alladmit. That there is similarity in thaworks of nature every eye can see.Such similarity would be expectedfrom a common creator, as an orator'sspeeches would contain resemblances;that the body of man was slowly madeis in harmony with Genesis fairly In-terpreted, but such a fact need notcarry with it, that spirit was notput at once into the body to be itsmaster. That existing species are verynear each other in their nature is in-conclusive evidence that one speciescame out of another. The majority ofthe scientists of the world hold toevolution as a working theory fortneir ODservations. Science investi-gates regardless of the Bible one wayor another; it is even unconcernedwith morality, as It Is unmoral.

Whatever is the truth follow it,should it lead to thunder and light-ning. B. J. HOADLEI.

It Is Regtaterrd Trade Mark.GARIBALDI, Or., Oct. 3. (To theEditor.) For sake of an argument

will you please inform me whetherthe name "Kodak" can legally be Usedon any other kind of photographicgoods than those made by the East-man Kodak company of Rochester.N. T. Can the word "kodak" be ap-plied to any make of camera?

C. A. BUTLER.

The word "Kodak" is commonly ap-plied by the public to all makes ofhand cameras. It is, however, anarbitrary word carried, for trademarkpurposes by the Eastman companyand that company has the exclusiveright to use of the name as a label orfor other trade purposse.

Rerkleaa Mr. Palmer.PORTLAND. Oct. 4. (To the Edi-

tor.) According to The OregonianUnited States Attorney-Gener- al Pal-mer has ordered that all firearmstaken from alien enemies during thewar be now returned to them.

Since he department of justice hasdecided that we are still at war withGermany, it would appear that ourfriend Palmer is furnishing firearmsto our German enemies in this coun-try.

Is it not treason to give aid to theenemy in time of war? Perhaps Mr.Palmer does not know this.

AilERICAN.

More Truth Than Poetry.By Jamea J. Montague.

TUEX A.HD SOW.When Cheops ruled with iron hand.Disease was rife and plagues wereplenty.And doctors in as much demandAs they are now in 1920.The people were benighted still:They had not yet devised papyrus.And when a patient ran a billFor calomel or vaccine virus.The doctor figured up the costOf bromides, sedatives and tonics-An- dthese he carefully embossedUpon a chunky block of onyx.If patients paid, they got the billsReceipted with an iron hammer.But if they still complained of illsOr put up any undue clamor.Complaining that they'd never seenSuch thieving charges for specificsThe doctor crowned them on the beanuh seven pound hierogl vphics.But few disputed with the DocHowever costly his prescriptions.For such was the effect of shock

the early day Egyptians.Today a doctor does not needSo rudely to impress a personThat if his bill they do not heedThey presently w ill pet a worse 'un.They drop a missive in the mail.Next day the postman brings it toyou,Tou read it, turn a trifle ralAnd thrills of horror hurry throughyou.For if you're not o'erstocked with pelfTou need no rock your soul to harrv.For you will find the bill itselfIs all the shock that's ntcessary.

Gone Forever,The Eighteenth amendment drovethe Dago Red out of America, and thecollapse of the bolshevik movementhas done the same thing for Italy.

Gas Is SU11 Going I n,Since that last reduction in flivverswe can't help wishing that HenrvFord was running the Standard Oilcompany.

Slow to Learn.All the practice he's had at fighting

doesn't seem to do John McGraw anygood at all.tC'opynght br ths Bell Inc

John Burroughs' NatureNotes.

Can Ton Answer These QnearJonsT1. Are many birds killed by locomo-tives?2. When does the katydid stoppiping?3. What animal can stng a duet?Answers in, tomorrow's nature notes.

Answers to Previous Question!1. Are crows always cheery?I venture to say that no one hasever yet heard the crow utter a com-plaining or a disconsolate note. Heis always cheery, he is always d.

he is a great success. Noth-ing in Bermuda made me feel so muc--at home as a flock cf half a dozen ofour crows which I saw and heardthere. At one time they were verynumerous on the island, but they havebeen persecuted till only a remnantof the tribe remains.

2. Why can weasels catch rabbits?The tragedy of a rabbit pursued by

a mink or a weasel may often be readupon our winter snows. The rabbitdoes not take to her hole: It would befatal. And yet, though capable of fargreater Fpeed. so far as I have ob-served, she does not escape the mink;he very soon pulls her down. It wouldloo as though a fatal paralysis, theparalysis of utter fear, fell upon thepoor creature as soon as she foundherself hunted by this subtle, blood-thirsty enemy.

3. How does Insect life spend thewinter?

If the covers could be taken off thefields and woods in the autumn, howmany interesting facts of natural his-tory would be revealed the crickets,ants, bees, reptiles, animals, and. foraught I know, the spiders and flifsasleep or getting ready to sleep 1ntheir winter dormitories: the furs oflife banked up, and burning jutenough to keep the spark over tillspring.(Rights reserved HooRbton Mifflin Co

Primordial Impulse.

rty Grace K. Hall.

We hold a hand and speak our realdevotion.

When trouble stand3. a spectre, atthe door:

No Toolish pride disguises our emotionWhen hearts are deeply wrung and

aching sore.

I wonder why we wait till sorrowbeckons

Alons a path we view in pain ' and,dread?

When with primordial principles onereckons.

The heart speaks what the lips haveivever said.

But better far to voice the heart'sreal feeling

While sunshine still lies golden atthe gate.

Than cry aloud the truth when thatrevealing

Comes back in echoed mockery, "TooLate!"

In Other Days.

Twenty-fiv- e Veaxa Ago- -From Ths Oregonian of October 5. 1?9V

United States Watson O. Squire ofSeattle was in- - Portland yetterdty.coming from Vancouver, where hehad attended the Clark county fair.

Tonight the most attractive exposl- -

tion ever held in Portland will beopened to the public the Oregon In-

dustrial exposition.

At the last session of the board ofequalization today it will attempt todecide the question as to whether ornot Assessor Greenleaf is right in at-tempting to tax church property,

A. J. Collier, eon of the late Pro- - ,

feasor Collier of the University ofOregon, has been elected a memberof the rortland university faculty.

Fifty Years Ago.From The Oregonian of October 5. 1S70.

New York One fatality from yel-low fever was reported here todayand Governor's Island is completelycut off from the city by quarantinemeasures.

The St. Helens Mill company Isbusy sawing planks for the paving ofPortland roadways.

The movement looking toward theestablishment of a refinery in Ore-gon to refine the coarser grades ofsugar is fast taking bhape.

Citizens are very generally signinga petition protesting against passageby the legislature of the proposedmeasure providing for appointment ofa board of police commissioners bythe governor.

w Cook Gives Comfort.tsoston .transcript.

Mrs. Goode My husband alwayssay-- s a short prayer before each meal.New Cook Sure, there's no nade ofhim doin' that while oi'm here. Oi'mdo cookin' school graduate.