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BALAAM TO THE SHRINE.Life is too drab, take it by and

large. Sunsets and song birds stillcling to the flaming, gorgeous, col-

orful motif in their expression ofliving. Only mortals have grownstaid and lusterless. That is why. ifthere weren't four-scor- e and moreexcellent reasons besides, that Port-land will find refreshing tonic forherself In the. welcome to the Im-

perial Council of the Ancient ArabicOrder Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.For they some, these pilgrims, fromall the cities of the land, in the silkand satin splendor of strange, ro-

mantic courts, riding down upon thecity like some cavalcade in a caliph'sdream. Dawn in the tropics or adesert evening cannot vie with themfor radiant disregard of conventionalattire. Temple by temple they tiltat the hum-dru- until it topples tothe turf, and life takes on the colorsthat were given to gladden the heart,and there is music to step to, andthe drear commonplace is forgotten.

Salaam! And with the obeisanceOt a proud city to her honored guestslet all remember that the hospitalityof Portland is tested by the welcomegiven and sustained. No light trib-ute was paid to Oregon and itsmetropolis when Shrinedom chosethe city for its gala week. With theindividual citizen and business manrests the pledge that no untowardconduct, no violation of the- desertcreed of hospitality, free-hand- andopen-hearte- d, shall mar a moment'spleasure or give cause for an in-

stant's regret. Portland has ever"been the graceful hostess, loveliest" In June, and would have the cara-vans bear with them, outward bound,some word that Portland's fame has

' not been idly celebrated, but thatreality transcends the rumor. '

Masonry itself, ancient of orders,rises as some rugged, loyal monolithfrom the sands of antiquity, gigan-tic, impressive, and fraught with tre-mendous capabilities for service. ItIs fraternalism at the zenith, and itsrecords are graven on stone whichfelt the chisel so many centuries agothat antiquarians quarrel concerningthe era of those most venerable in-

scriptions. Hence one is not sur-prised, but touched with the vanityof redeemed assurance, to discoverthat the festal auxiliary order of theMystic Shrine is no mere conceptionof merry modernity, but that it, too,had its origin in days as remote asMohammed, and that the order, evenas Masonry, recedes in the dim per-spective of the past, with traditionsupplanting- the inadequacy of his-torical narration.

The advent of the original . order.according to authorities, swings backward to the flight of Mohammedfrom Mecca to Medina, that time theprophet found it to his advantageto be absent when dissenting rellgionists thought to call upon himwith whetted scimetars and newpointed javelins. The flight of theMoslem prophet became the birth ofthe Mohammedan era, correspondingto the year 622 in the Christian calendar, and known as the Hejira. InMecca, toward whose unseen minarets the Moslem bows to pray, inthe year of the Hejira 25, the ArabicOrder of the Mystic Shrine wasfounded, or in the Christian calendaryear of 647.

The origin of the modern order InAmerica, however, seems to bear nodirect relation to this period of theorganization, which was revived some222 years ago in Arabia, as an auxiliary to and thesuppression of banditry. Caravansladen with treasure and commercewere lures for the lawless, and the.wild riders of the desert swoopeddown upon the camel trains withconsequent fatalities and disruption

, of trade. Then arose again the An-cient Arabic Order of the MysticShrine, its members pledged to keepthe trade lanes open through theexpeditious removal of ever so manypicturesque plunderers an orientalversion of the vigilantes of our ownrough west half a lifetime since

In 1871 there journeyed to Mecca' a pilgrim from distant America. Wil

, Ham J. Florence, whom all the boyscalled "Billy," a 33d degree Mason

.; It was at Aleppo, historic Syriancity, where the crusaders campedwhen they essayed the conquest ofthe Holy Land, that the enterprising Mr. Florence gained entrance to

..a session of the Mystic Shrine,wherewith he was manifestly delighted. He returned to Americaand New York with the notion thata good-fello- w burlesque of the somewhat serious eastern order mightyield to American Masonry an hour

. or so Of playtime. So in New Yorkon September 26, 1872, Mecca Ternpie No. 1, of the American order,was rounded. The novelty andfreshness of the idea lacked not foconverts, for in the notable assemblytnat gathers in Portland today thereare 147 temples represented with amembership exceeding 300,000. Andin Arabia they are still doing busi-ness at the old- - stand.

The popularity of the order arisesfrom two distinct sources, chief ofwhich is the exacting nature of therequirements for membership. Tobe numbered among the faithful

. phrases from the Koran and ArabianNights are ever apropos the can-didate must not only be a testedMason of high degree, but he mustrua the gauntlet of a very critical

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inspection by the auxiliary order,Trt iovo nttotnarl Vi o stiHnn 1 t r, hfl .

knighted in the lists of good-fello-

ship, In the broadest application oftne DhrasG The second source ofpopularity is the frank and undenie! to.intention of the nobles to wrest fromlife its store of gaiety and mirth aproject at which the membershipmay be Bald, without a trace Ofexaggeration, to be exceptionallysuccessful

All the foregoing is by way ofintroducing to Portland the guests Itwithin our gates, affording theirhosts, the public,- a more definiteconception of the order which hon-ors the city with its pitched tentsand grazing dromedaries. When youperceive, th.s afternoon, some jollyfellow with his fez at a jaunty angle,resplendent in gorgeous zouave cos-tuming, you will not only be con-templating the incarnation of car-nival but you may, at the sametime, be gazing at the governor ofa state. For the Mystic Shrine, and ishere is the condensed clue to itsbeing, affords men the opportunityto lay dignity and care aside, andto give life the glad hand with theexuberance of youth.

ONE OF THOSE POOR BILKS.- -

The law is often mysterious in itsworkings. is

In 1914 the voters of Oregon abol-ished capital punishment.- On theday of election two murderers wereheld at Salem under sentence ofdeath. Nobody disputed that if theamendment carried their necks wouldbe saved. The only issue was whetherits adoption would not actually setthem free. They had been convictedof a crime the only legal punishment afor which was death by hanging.Prohibition of hanging would removethe only legal penalty, unless mean-while the governor commuted theirsentences to life imprisonment.. Thishe did before the amendment becameeffective. .

Now capital punishment has beenrestored. But before the amendmentwas proclaimed a brutal and pre-meditated murder was committednear Oregon City. One young manhas confessed that he and anotherslew the driver of a for-hir- e car 1ncold blood. The two men have notbeen tried- nor . have they beenlegally proved guilty. But it is as-sumed by all lawyers that have beeninterviewed that the amendment willnot be retroactive in their case. In-asmuch as the crime was committedbefore capital punishment was for-mally restored they can be given noworse punishment than life Impris-onment.

As we said before the law is oftenmysterious in its workings. Abolishment of capital punishment is retro-active. Restoration of capital punishment is not. It's a queer proposition but doubtless any lawyer canxplain it so that all the other law,ers, but nobody else, can under

stand it.

GREAT INDIGNATION.What's the primary between friendsrf the friends are democrats?Here is Mr. Schuyleman, not only

a seer and a prophet, but entitledby the' unwritten law of politics toappointment to a place on the Ore-gon delegation to the national demo- -ratlc convention made vacant by the

death of one of the elected candi-dates. He had the most votes amongthe remaining candidates.

Does he get it? He does not. Thetrifling excuse that he was once asocialist is used against him. Be-sides, something like Senator John-son, he is the choice of the plainpeople, and the plain people are notn control. It's the old guard the

old guard whose members ' almostwithout exception were by the sameplain people turned down when theyran for delegates in the recent dem-ocratic primary.

In democratic eyes the defeat ofSenator Johnson for the nominationfor president by the republicans wasa high crime and misdemeanor. YetJohnson had been a progressive justas Schuyleman had been a socialist.Yes, the primary is undermined, thepeople are betrayed and a memberof the old guard' is chosen by theold guard to fill a democratic vacancy.

This sounds like indignation, doesit not? It is quite as sincere as thatwhich has been choking the democratic brethren since the Chicagoexhibit of "prussianism" and "political skullduggery."

HEIFERSIt is the bizarre that oDtrudes and

becomes claimant to headlines. Asix-legg- ed heifer calf is always moreconducive to interest than are hernormal sisters of the same farm-yard. Her fame or notoriety, rather,gathers embellishments on : everytongue. Albinos, with their pale,pinkish eyes and their wisps of colorless hair,' are interesting despitetheir unattractiveness. But like thelonely swallow, who does not consti-tute a summer or a drink, for thatmatter the freak Is no criterion ofthe normal. Do you recall the blindmen and the elephant? Their opin-ions differed, and trie chap whoseized upon the beast's trunk assertedthat the ponderous pachyderm wasnothing if not a rope. " In Englandthey are calling the Fannie Hurstmarriage, with typical British perspicacity, "the American experiment."To an amazed public this prominentmagazine contributor recently dis-closed the fact of her marriage,which caught the popular fancy assomething eccentric and outre, likethe six-legg- calf. It was the mu-tual agreement, not the marriage,that roused t?ie jaded public interest.

"We decided that seven break-fasts a week opposite one anothermight prove irksome," smirked thebride. "Our average is two."

With this announcement the freak-ish element entered, and nuptialsthat a paragraph had sufficed tonarrate became the subject of .col-umns. The serious-minde- d Britishjournalists charged in gallant, thick-headed mass formation, in defenseof marriage and the home. Theirswas the valor and concern of SirKay, the seneschal, rather than thatof Sir Launcelot, for in America therevelations of the bride were thesource only of comic comment

Miss Hurst's, way is neither theAmerican way nor "the Americanexperiment." It is the affectedlywearied and blase choice of a womanwho ought to know better, if evershe truly interprets life as an author,and is but another six-legg- ed heiferln the rarmyard of American man-ners and morals. Any creator ofmagazine fiction, gifted with but atrace of discernment, should be ableto perceive that such a custom, hadit been generally inaugurated a few

TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1920

generations ago, must have surely f

r P--s 1 1 1 p rl in the pHminatinn of a. ereatmany magazine contributors. Doyou follow us? The invincible, dearlydesirable ego that is ourselves came

being because of an ed

belief in actual marriages, not in oc-

casional breakfast jousts of literarywit--

In triving to retain her romance.by means so unique. Miss Hurst lead3casual critics to the belief that shehasn't any romance worth retaining.

is another six-legg- ed belfer, andits home is the sideshow.

LIFE BLOOD OF the LAND.A total of . 263 permits have been

issued from the state engineer's of-- portation" and of liberal appropria-- 'mo3t you Spread-fic- e

water eagled to stand in linefor the appropriation of tion for highways,from-Orego- n for the pur- - Aid most effectively wlth the of 90-la- y lieutenantspose of irrigation and the develop--ment of power. More 40,000acres of land are to be watered un-

der the grants, and 9300 horsepowerto be developed.

Here are slaves of the lamp, in-deed. A state so providentially dow-ered that she has but to press lightlyupon her natural resources and setthe wheels of industry turning withexhaustless energy, to turn the spisrotof her many streams and cause thesoil to bring forth abundantly, andthen some. The natural conjecture

that the future of Oregon is oneof industrial magnitude, as well asagricultural. There is an abundanceof water for such fertile soil as needait. and an abundance to manufacturethe electrical energy that draws fac-

tories and enterprise as to a magnet.In the development of the state

these factors scarcely have begun tocount. They have been tapped with

pin-pric- k. But years soon to comewill see them moving prosperously athrough the veins of economic en-terprise, when Oregon, already greatand prosperous, will stand among theforemost as a export-producin- g

commonwealth, asking forlittle from eastern shelves.

HOW TO HELP THE FARMER.Senator Harding's conference with

editors of farm papers evidences hisinterest in and extensjve informationon agriculture and his realization ofits importance in the whole economicstructure of the country. Havingspent his life in a country townwhich has grown up into an indus-trial center, he has seen manufac-tures and cities develop out of pro-portion to agriculture and rural pop-ulation.

Solid prosperity and economic in-dependence of the country can besecured only by symmetrical growthof agriculture in step with manu-factures, mining and other urbanindustries. Farming has fallen be-hind, and the whole nation pays inhigher prices for everything that itbuys. It is necessary that farmingbe put on an equality with otherlines of production in the amountand stability of prices, in credit, mar

and transportation facilitiesand in supply of labor. When thatis done, the of the farmerwill be increased, yet the price paidby the for his productswill be decreased, farm productionwill inqrea.se, and the general levelof prices will fall. There should fol-low a larger surplus of farm products for export and greater abilityof manufacturers to compete in for-eign traded Thus the prosperity ofall other industries is closely boundup with that-o- f agriculture.

The requisites for greater strengthin the farming industry are plainlyindicated in the report of SenatorCapper of Kansas to the advisorycommittee on platform, which iscondensed In the platform plank onthat subject. The first cause of thefarmer's troubles is the wide difference between the price which he receives and that which the consumerpays for his products. Wholesaleprices of farm products have keptpace with those of all commodities.but between 1910 and 1917 the in-come of the farmer increased 112per cent, while that of manufactur-ing, light and power, companies in-creased 208 per cent. That discrep-ancy was due in the main to inter-vention of too many middlemen between farmer and and toexcessive cost of transportation. ItIs also due lnTart to fluctuations inprice which afford speculators op-portunity to make it at the ex-pense of the consumer, no part ofwhich goes to the

The readiest means of securing alarge share of this margin for thefarmer and of saving another largeshare to the.corjsumer ismarketing extension to every prod-uct in every district of the systemwhich, is successfully followed byfruitgrowers and .other producers.Another means is more liberal creditat moderate interest to carry thefarmer over the period from seed- -time to Harvest lhese means canuc piuviutsa oy legislation wnicn willenable the farmers to help them-selves laws to facilitateof marketing associations whichwould not fall foul of anti-tru- st lawsbut could be prevented from becom-ing injurious to the public; also lawsto facilitate loan asso-ciations on the pattern of the farmloan associations of the rural creditsystem. Federal reserve banks mightalso be permitted to give more lib-eral discount privileges to farm pa-per, especially for purchase of fertilizer and seed and to carry cropsuntil they are marketed.

The best remedy for speculation.aside .from such credit as relievesthe farmer from the necessity ofselling to the speculator, is information as to world conditions of supply.demand and price, which is furnishedby the market bureau. This infor-mation would naturally be studiedby officers of marketing associations,which could thus advise their mem-bers what to plant and how muchof it, and by direct sales on a largescale would take away the speculator's occupation. Wide dissemination of Information which influencesproduction and prices would limitfluctuations, which make the speculator's opportunity and would go farto ' eliminate him.

These means would enable thefarmer to pay higher wages andwould thus help to overcome thelabor difficulty. This arises fromhis inability to keep pace with ad-vances in wages paid in cities, minesand lumbering, also from the seasonal nature of farm work. An em-ployment bureau in the labor de-partment working in conjunctionwith the immigration bureau couldassist by directing immigrants awayfrom the already congested cities tothe farming states, as is suggestedby the platform in its recommendation of provision "for better economicdistribution of our alien population."

Transportation means much moreto the farmer than railroads, for it

begins at his own gate.- : Mud roads j

nrit a. ta on "him which can be re- - l

moved by modern highways. Highrail rates and congested railroads l

are another tax which can be re- -moved both by motor highways andby improved' waterways, and by co--ordination of these with each otherand with railroads. Lower cost oftransportation will raise the pricepaid to the farmer, and good roads tha brldgo of boats wasn't going toright to his farm will bring him into Iet anybody get over to Ehrenbreit-touc- h

with the world, relieve farm 8tein or vice verBat lf ha could helpme irom jts isolation,

.tractive ana neip to tura lut uot population Dacn troixi w. rr.. i fKlo I

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to agriculture by the government bydecentralization of its activities. TJobureau official at Washington is as

anywhere wanted.colonels had

streams b iriven newest

than

keting

profits

consumer

consumer

producer.

formation

well qualified to decide a question show the proper authority when rid-a-s

a man on the ground, but tooling in O. D. motor. cars. But generalsmany men on the ground have no I

power to act and must convince aman two or three thousand milesaway in order to get a decision. Lo- - I

cal officials should have power todecide in accord with a general pol-icy. One of the farm editors demonstrated the absurdity of- requiringthe farmer to go to the agriculturaldepartment. It is to be hoped thatone result of the promised reorganization of the government will be I

that the' department will go to thefarmer.

A COMMON RIGHT. .One of the fundamental truths oil

our economic system is that capital, I

no less than labor, has the right to rfair return upon its investment,

Dollars or toil, it is all one, there- -turn must be adequate or the serviceceases. Applications are commonenough. There is, lor example, tne I

current decision or tne uurtiss Air--piane company to cease tne com-- 1

merciai manuiacture ot jib macnines,oecause tne government nas per- -mlttea salvaged war planes, or iung--lish manufacture, to invade the home I

market. Exercising its privilege, the!Curtiss firm has announced that it I

will suspend the industry, rathethan -- continue in competition at aruinous disparity. The action of thisfirm illustrates, to the fullest extent,the freedom of invested capital todecline an unprofitable venture.

The same effect ,may be producedthroughout the industrial field, insome degree, if organized labor inthe. flush of recent wage victories,presses too strongly upon the em- -ployer. Beyond such a mishap nonecan predict what lies difficult times,certainly, with unemployment andbread lines. Wholly aside from allrodomontade In behalf of either employer or employe, it is plain' thatconfiscatory wage exactions willcompel the cessation . of industry,For two years and more the weightof wage increases has been passed I

along to the public, through the me-- 1

dium of increased costs. Manufac-- 1turers realize, and the public is reso-- Ilutely confident, that the limit ofthe consumer's endurance has been I

reached. Further exactions in thatdirection mean such .forced economyas; will' lessen production, or invokeopenly rebellious measures.

In certain New Kngland textile

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mills a recent wage demand for. 15 William' D. Howells said not longper cent increase was forced from the before his death that he never had theemployers. They answered through least fear for the literary future ofthe only means left to them, in a this country,- - and added, after

to curtail operations to four tionlng some of the early celebritiesdays a week. Other textile' manu- - I

facturers have given notice that thesituation has reached an impasse, I

ana tnat further wage demands must I

of necessity be met by. the shuttingdown of the plants. The only evl- -dence of self interest in such a situ-- Ianon is tne natural aesire to escapebankruptcy. Employers have madeso many concessions to labor withinthe last few years that most of them" w"8"r can e ciassea as unrea- -

nerflnu--s to nutinow, when they assert they can yieldno more.

We have .n'nrhis ln75 vears or so since w,irrla clear space for the future city, that

.001 wiin me timDereaJ,ua- - ue lDO -- own "ie idea

ruu.,eMt has beenof course, eredbe- -

i . A 7ZLZrnf Sanv f ntfl m

an- - hour's motoring tH tV ,Jcity limits and ranches allthe-wa- and yet in the mostfashion possible a big. hunrv couirarcomes meanderihe out of theThe dogs take up his trail and awelt-spe- d him smash- -ing down from a fir-to- p. The wil- -dernesa is nn trie Inh a if uthe. time of the pioneer. Maine isan elder state, and her hills are stillthe sanctuaries of wild life that luresthe sportsman ' frpm distant places,something of the is in the fu--ture of Oregon, for the Sandy dis--trlct cougar is but that the I

state ordered that survival ofgame ts not only assured, but Isinevitable.

Numerous major-genera- ls brie--adiers have been reduced to ore-w- ar I

rank wnile the board is making anew deal. Pleasant diversion will I

be found in watching the politics in it. I

invariably a man s wife can select I

his best picture, for she is an im-partial odd as that may seem.Harding is lucky.

Grants Pass votes $400,000 offhandfor irrigation, for the city by thRogue knows whatV water do.

Give the red fez the right of way. . IT mi ii Icnr " ou"- - youivuuw. luc utiier iiuy-on- e weeas. I

The news atorv tmvm h RiIvm. I

ton special is complete in every de- -tall." Is it possible! .

Portland owes something to the

weather all the week. Seethe crescent in the sky?

McAdoo is a good to get out I

of the way of "dad." I

May be Solomon wore Clothes like I

some of these. . 1

isn't a grouch in all this bigiUU4"

"Joe Singer of was there.)Ready! " , . I

BV' -PRODl'CTS

men-decisi-

THE TIMES

Doughboy Tell General Star Mean."Son in the Service.'

In the early days of the army ofoccupation, says the Home Itwas not such a simple matter to get inpermission to cross the Rhine as itlater became. And the M, P. who hadbeen stationed at the Ccblens end of

It, the party in question hadironclad ed be

Now one of the privileges of being ageneral is that you can-- or could-- go

in

not to mention the bucks when atrain puiiea into an a. m. r. center.Similarly, those same colonels had to

oh, just a salute that was a littlebetter than usual.

So when a car bearing the singlestar of a brigadier on its windshieldrolled easily up toward the bridge of inboats, its driver merely glanced at theM. P. to be sure he was out of harm'sway and bounced up on the bridge.

"Hey," called the M. P.The chauffeur stopped. There might

have been a silent or some- -thins id

'Got your pass?" queried the M. Psticking his head inside the door andBaluting as many times as space per anmitted.

"Pass?" repeated the occupant of thecar with reasonable irritation.

"Yessir pass." insisted the Mpolitely, saluating some more.

"Don't you know what that starmeans?" inquired the general with Issome acidity, pointing to the windshield

xhe M. p. grinned witn a well-ho-

air."Sure," he said. "Msans you got a

so in tha servirn soof

George Bernard Shaw declares thatthe old cottages of England sbould.bedestroyed wholesale.

living in one of these "literary and artistic' with an ex--alted sense of doing the right thing,he told the Society of Arts recently,-- 0ne realizes that all the time one

ag been living in a ort of. architec- -turai neil.

-- m ao fa modern that t havecome to tno conc,UBlon that what iswanted is a law that every building8hould be knocked down at the endof 20 years, and a new one erected.That would get rid of old cottages.We have got into tho incorrigiblehabit of sponging on the past.

generation ought to be ableto Produce its own art and. all thisworship of the past can only be gotrld of bv wholesale destruction ota11 tne monuments of the past." Headded

If we could avoid the wholesaledestruction of human beings involvedby a great war, I should be glad tohave half a dozen great wars in Europe, so that all the old buildingsmight be knocked down, thus forcingus by a sort of starvation to makeour own architectural efforts.

he had"I am not dismayed by the num

bers who have taken to literature inthese days and found a living 'in it.When there are o many new readers.why should not the new writers havetheir innings? The old ones have hadtheirs, and even the old readers doot want ,h(im .iw.v. nlrhli we

oId writers, who are confronting anew llfe elsewhere at 8UCh cloae

'range I

"texture here? I myself am going tocultivate an affection fcr it from thison. The great men I have namedcould not do .just the fine things, thebrave things, the true things that aredon no""r tne men 1 wl n- namelesl A mlB BOme lnaa ;onS count.

Gently . swaying to and fro. a hugegranite monolith forming a unique

lleved to be tb only. ".winging monu"""- - L" worm.

The shaft is more than 100 feet highand ln the COUT8e of many ya haabeco"lt' tree tro a surrounding"arln aormawon except at tne Dase,wnicn is aoout iz teet wide. In thecenter tne granite column Is about 50leel ,n ""caneas ana tapers orf. to awld't& at the summit practically thesame at the base

The "tire shaft moves probablyfrom two to three feet at the apex,

n tl swing is constant under thepressure of light The baseof the shaft rests in a small hollowabout three feet in depth., and thecontinguous granite formation hasbeen entirely disconnected. DetroitNews,

an tne mountains oi Scotland aHighlander and an American werewalking. In due course they came to

ullo'u ,u nuis irom wnicn awonaeriua ecno couia De obtained.

Having explained matters to hiscompanion, the Scotsman proceeded touojuuii.ii aio. no eilllll'JU a, anout, anaafter neariy three minutes the echoreturned as per programme

said the Scot, "ye can't showanything like that in your country."

"I guess we can," replied the other,in my camp in the Rocky

u lo Dea Juslpo my neaa or the tent and shout,"Time to get up! Wake up there:'iiiignt nours later that echo travelsback and wakens me!

Tire attacked a cargo of coal in anAmerican concrete nhin. . lvlno- - atancnor in tne harbor of Lisbon. Port--tugal. recently, and ln halt an hourlt1.lad1 Salnea such headway that other!hip? lnf wa" angered, and " be- -

j vcqoci. Ithis eeemlnelv slmDla tn.sk. rs va rnn.ular Mechanics Magazine, a Portu- -

into the stone hull before itfinally listed and went down In the!deep water at the mouth of the Taguariver. The glow of the burning ves-sel, and the warship's desperate bom- -bardment made a spectacle that keptthousands or excited spectators in suspense kvr nours.

The name New England was coinedby Captain John Smith, of Pocohontasfame, and one of the founders of theVirginia colony. In 1614 he exploredaim inouiiiiu mo uur ui--- -n coast, tnenr..U.i Vi Vl Vii-vltil- . j ...V-- w Rnarland Th. i)bh..tne Mayflower Pilgrims adopted thename as used in Smith s map severalyears before.

mere are natural monumentthere, and jackrab- - on Green mountain, several miles.a"d. Tyt"? r or Canon City. Colo. It is

hamlet

farmscasual

bullet brings

sort

proofis so

and

critic,

will

as

local Shrine "for keeping the guese gunboat worked all night, f ir-o- ff

the streets. ing the astonishing total of 189 shells

Shrinewestern

fellow

There

Oregon"

Sector,

unless

blowout

"Afterhouses

Hvery

known

winds.

"Mon,"

"Why,

3000-to- n

fakers

Those Who Come and Go.

"Just looking around," George L.Haff of Gold Hill, Or., is sojourning

the city during Shrine and RoseFestival week, renewing old timeswith Deputy District-Attorne- y Hara-mersl- y,

"Joe" Beeman, of the Internalrevenue equad, "Bill" Carter, w,

and others; whose mem-ories hark back to earlier days in the itJackson county town. George used to

a barber, and was once city re-corder, but who could trim hair andsign legal documents when the greenhills of . the Rogue river billowedaway In the distance? "There's gold

them hills, pardner," has been themotto of Mr. Haff s career, and. inci-dentally, he has proved the truth ofthe old prospector's axiom by dis-covering a considerable quantity ofthe same metal. . A prospector be-cause he is one. as all prospectors are.George Hafrs countenance, lean.good-humor- ed and set with sun wrinkles, is the sort that makes the kiddies want to come to him and) inducesthe friendless dog to wag a jolly tail

greeting. Of late Mr. Haff hasbeen following some of the old trailsand blazing a few new .ones, in thedesert fields of the southwest.

Mrs. Hattie Beeman, wife of JosiahHorton Beeman, that indefatigablesleuth of the internal revenue squad

convalescing at an east side homeafter a fortnight in the Portland Surgical hospital, where she underwent

operation for the removal. of varicose veins in her marching equipment.Every autumn, with her eon HortonJr., now a student at Oregon university, Mrs. Beeman takes a long trekinto the headwaters timber of Evanscreek. In Jackson county, camping atWillow springs. There, because she

a ranger and dead shot. Mrs. Beeman takes annual toll of the deer, tothe limit prescribed by law. Most ofall, just at present, ehe is worryingover this trip and petitioning providence that she will be sufficiently recovered to stand a strenuous day or

clambering the hills and gullies ofupper Evans creek.

Miss Jessie. Levy of . Indianapolis.who came to America from Ruselawhen 6 years of age and knows frompersonal experience what the advantages of America, mean, arrived inPortland yesterday to spend a weekhere giving talks upon the subject of"Americanism." Miss Levy is accom-panied by Miss'Esther Goldberg. Bothyoung women are studying law sndexpect to make sufficient fundsthrough the' sale of a brochure whichMiss Levy has written on the subject, "Americanism, What It Has DoneFor Me," to take them through thelaw school next year. Miss Levy issecretary to Judge Willis C. McMahanof Indianapolis and Miss Goldberg issecretary to Judge A. L. Nichols ofthe same city. Following a visit ofweek here the women will go to SanFrancisco.

"These Portland people certainlyhave the spirit of hospitality." wasthe remark of C. L Faust of Los Angeles, who was consorting with twoyoung men who were proudly wearing the fez of Hillah temple, Ashlandin rambles about the business districtSaturday afternoon. "Having a eellulpid badge bearing my name 1 findIt convenient to wear it while hereand wanted to connect it with the occasion so I stepped into a jewelrystore and asked where I could have

fez put on. The man behind thecounter did It In a jiffy, and when Ioffered to pay, he Just said, "Oh. that'sall right, Noble! we are glad you arehere. So I feel glad to be where peopie have the spirit that is met here

Any time the people down in Marion and Linn counties dlagree to suchan extent that they resort to thecourts, they generally put their differences before Percy R. Kelly foradjudication. The fact that the portly circuit judge ts becoming a fixturein the circuit bench of that districtindicates that his decisions and rulings are according to all the well-regulat-

rules of law acid equity.Judge Kelly Is stopping at .the Oregonwhile here for the general festivities.

Scott H. Wells, son of Dr. and Mrs.J. Hunter Wells of Portland, returnedhome yesterday from Boston wherehe has just graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Mr. Wells was an active participantin all student activities at the Bostoninstitution and was prominent in fra-ternity circles.

Hotel clerks are trying to decideamong themselves whether or not thepresent week Is to be a soft one orlf It is to b efllled with grief. For onething, there will not be the usualtrouble of reassigning rooms fromday to day for the guests at all localhotels this week are wearing the redfez of Shrinedom, and there isn't achance for an outsider to edge in ona room. Some few of them tried ityesterday but soon found that they'dhave to stay on the outside lookingin.

.Dr. John C. Merrlam. president-elec- tof the Carnegie institution of Wash-ington. D. C, is in Portland on abrief visit and was the guest of honorat a dinner at the University club lastnight. Dr. Merrlam formerly was deanof the faculties of the University ofCalifornia. Mr. Merrlam is en routeto his home at the national capital." J. T. Hinkle who, as city attorney,takes care of the legal troubles of thecity of Hermiston, is here for the funof the fezzers and is stopping at theImperial. '

Dewey Bali, who was so anxious toget to France at the outset of therecent war that he fibbed about hisage. la visiting with relatives from hishome at Eugene. Mr. Ball got intothe army all right, and got to Francewhere he served for nearly a year ina field artillery outfit. He's herelooking on at the Shrine festivitiesand Rose Festival.

Mr. and Mrs. Gale Anderton stoppedoff in Portland for a brief visit whileen route home. to San Francisco fromSeattle. Mr. Anderton attended abanker's meeting at Seattle last week.He is 'a prominent financier of theGolden Gate.

Life of Eleetornl System. .

KERRY. Or., June 20. fTo theEditor.) 1. Please tell me when thepresent system vof electoral votingstarted? 2. Was there ever a presi-dent elected by the house of repre-sentatives, and If so who was he?

DALLAS WILD PITTENGER-

1. The electoral system was estab-lished by the constitution as origin-ally" adopted. The principal changemade since then concerns the election of vice-preside- who was notvoted for separately but became vlce-prslde- nt

by virtue of having receivedthe second highest number of votesfor president. The twelfth amend-ment changing the system wasadopted in 1804.

2. Thomas Jefferson was chosenby the house in 1S01 as result of atie vote with Aaron Burr. JohnQulncy Adams was chosen by thehouse in 1825. the electoral collegehaving failed to give Adams, AndrewJackson, Henry Clay or William H.Crosford a, majority.

SAVETU ORECOV SEWSPAPCRS.

Some Criticise. orae Approve Nomination. Depending on Polltlca.

Grants Pass Courier.There is nothinsr in the private or

rublic life of Warren G. Hardingthat can give offense to the radically progressive element of therepublican party; there is nothingbut admiration from the greatmiddle class of forward-lookin- g

republicans, and there is nothing tobut acquiescence from what is left

of the old ultra-conservati- ve gang ofstand-patter- s, because they couldnever elect a man anyway. So beyond this, where there' is oppositionto the typically American figure ofWarren G. Harding, we must conclude "they are democrats, and noneare so blind as tbey who will notsee."

Logical Car.didarte Cbraen. - J.Pendleton Tribune.The dignified, good natured char

acter of the campaign conducted bySenator Harding has made a goodimpression and he has incurred noenmities. He occupied the mostlogical, most strategic position offthe large field of candidates.

Likened to Garfield.Tillamook Headlight.

As once was said ' of his chosenpredecessor. James A. Garfield. Mr.Harding has "'a bushel of brains'which he knows how to use to theadvantage of his country and hisparty. Whatever public position hemay occupy will be well tilled.

Self Made Man.St. Helens Mist.

The Mist Is pleased at the selectionof the candidates who will head thenational republican ticket. Hardingis a self-mad- e man. He fought hisbattles alone and fought them well.His success in life is evidence of hisgieatness. No better man thanCoolidge could have been selected asthe running mate of Harding.

Man Worthy of Support.Forest Grove News.

The republicans have nominated aman whom every republican can consclentlously support. He Is classed asa conservative, but he is not so conservative but that he can see thegood of some of the things advancedby his rivals. He may be conservative but he is not retrogressive. Hefloes not stand ln the way of progress.He is practical. His record has beenone of constructive progressiveism.

Two Splendid Men.Newberg Graphic.

In the nomination of Harding andCoolidge the Graphic feels that theparty has two splendid men to headtne ticket. If the San Francisco'convention does as well in selecting:standard bearers the country will beassured of good leadership- - for fouryears, rouowlng March 4, 1921.

Tower of Strenath.Heppner Gazette-Time- s.

Senator Harding is not known inthe west as he is In the east, and yetevery citizen who has followed thetrend of current events conld not helpbut know that the senator is a towerof strength, not only to the party butto the nation. We firmly believe thatwestern people will' learn to knowbetter, ln the coming months, of theman who has been chosen to theleadership of the party, and let ushope, the leadership of America.

From the Common People.Lebanon Criterion.

Both Senator Harding and Gover-nor Coolidge are men of the commonpeople; what they are today theyhave made themselves by theirenergy, activity and efftctency. Bornin humble surroundings both haveadvanced to the highest positions Inthe gift of their native states, andnow tne call of the nation hasbeckoned them to the highest placesin the gift of that nation.

Three Thlnica Prsved.Hood River News.

The result of the convention atChicago offers three great conclu-sions for republicans. Firrt, that theday of the prophet is done; second.rat tne primary election is a uselessand expensive farce; and third, thatit is the duty of every republican,disgruntled or otherwise, to Supportthe nominee at the polls next fall.Fellow Feellna-- From Craft.

Monmouth Herald.However the .average editor, andprinter may disagree with CandidateHarding n matters political, he can-not but exhibit fraternal feelingfor the nominee because he Ik a follow newspaper man. Not only is he aneditor and but he is apractical printer, being familiar withthe business from ordinary hand com-position to running the linotype andthe cylinder press.

Kot Strwnsreat or Weakest.Post. Independence.

Mr. Harding is' neither the strong-est nor the weakest candidate the re-publican party could have nominated,but he can go before the country po-litically and personally clean, whichmay be sufficient to give him theelection.

Here la Hoping.Bend Press.

One thing in his favor is that he laa newspaper man. Perhaps he willfind some relief for the newsprintshortage.

Teat of Great neaa.Halfway Herald.

The aaying that greatness consists'in being in the right place at theright time is proven in the case ofSenator Harding. Harding went intothe convention . without a followingbut won his nomination because con-ditions were Just right.

Not Another Autocrat.HiUsboro Independent.

Possessing ability and being of thetype his record proves him to be. hecan be safely considered on the basisof things he will not do. Ills ad-ministration will not be of the one-ma- n

kind, but the best brains andability of the nation Will be sirm-mon- ed

to his assistance and to coun-sel with him ln his cabinet. Thatcabinet will not be selected with aneye to Its chief being an outstand-ing figure with marionettes to Jumpwhen he pulls the wires or acceptignominious dismissal If they pre-sume to act without orders.

Where Fault Lies.Athena Press.

" Harding, who is described as a lov-able mah of the McKinley .type, is notan objectionable candidate. Beyonddoubt he is a good man if not agreat one. The objection lies in themanner of his nomination through thescheming of "old guard" senators whopaid not the slightest attention to theresult of the presidential primary.

Tiot a " One - Sinn " Mm.Albany Herald.

It is refreshing to note that Mr.Harding is getting away from the"one-ma- n" attlttrde of the person w"howill go down in history as his im-

mediate predecessor in the presi-dency. For Mr. Harding has declared that even in his campaign the"one-ma- n" Idea will be taboo.

'ot Dark But Thoroughbred.Harrisburg Bulletin.

Harding didn't win as a dark horse.It might be proper, however, to classhim as a thorougn Drea. He made nisway up as a printer and publisherand it sure takes some horse to getrecognition at that game.

In Other Days.

Twenty-fiv- e Years Ago.From The Oreg-onia- of June St. 1895.BrumsbutteL Germany At 4 o'clock

today the Imperial Tacht Hohenzol-ler- n,

with Emperor William andprinces aboard, severed the threadsacross the Kiel canal and its formaldedication was completed.

The 25th annual commencement exercises of Bishop Scott academy wereheld yesterday, 10 young men receiving diplomas. r

Fully 4000 persons attended theopening yesterday of the big 15-d- ay

race meeting at the Irvington track.

J. Frank Davis, chief deputy of Internal Revenue Collector Blackman.will retire at the end of this month.

B. Mullay will succeed Mr. Davis.

Fifty Years Ago.From The Oreronlan of June 21. 1870.Washington Rogers Green is nom

inated for associate justice of the supreme court of Washington territory.

St Louis General Canby arrivedhere yesterday en route to the Pa-cific to take charge of the depart-ment of the Columbia.

In the city election yesterday thesuccessful alderman ic candidateswere: First ward. A. B. Hallock; sec-ond ward, J. B. Congle: third ward. L.Besser long term. W. Lair Hill shortterm.

Sheriff Zeiber" offers a reward of$300 for the arrest and delivery ofthe prisoners, Trainor, Engall andFalk, who escaped from jail yester-day.

For We Must Grow.By Grace K. Hall. '

Ah! Would 'twere always sunnyspring.

With singing birds in leafy boughs.And yellow butterfliesWhile on the hillside mottled cowsBrowse in the tangled clover sweet.And bees drone softly 'round their

' feet.O wonder music of the trees!An echo-son- g of by-go- ne years,A wordless symphony of "leavesThat whispers of our hopeless tears;Soft spirit-musi- c of the glade.Sweeter than harps by masters

played!

Ah! Would that we might ever thrillWith rapture that the springtime

brings.When unasked flowers are on the hill.And dawn arrives on feathered wings;But hearts must gain .the autumn's,

glow.And bear the chill of winter's snow.

TOO MUCH CODDLING OF ROBINS

They Will Neglect Bug Hon tins; IfGiven Foil Access to Berries.

PORTLAND. June 20. (To the Ed-itor.) Once I. like The Oregonian, hada sentimental attachment for Sir Rob-in Redbreast and I was also his de-

fender because of his known prowessagainst the pests of field and gar-den. That was before I owned astrawberry patch. I do not now in-

dict the whole tribe pt Robin the Red,but I have arrived at the conclusionthat Sir Robin, like the industriousbee or the human being, lf you please,can be turned into a laiy lout and athief by too much coddling.

The bee, as we all know, is held upas a model of industry, but his virtueis not thrift alone, for he is a valua-ble aid in spreading the pollen of theblossoming fruit trees. But set outa pan of sugar and he will throw uphis job of pollenising at once, take allthe sugar and become lazy and discontented after the sugar is gone. Like-wise the most promising youth mayturn out a burden and a er

if he is permitted all the lux-uries he desires without having toexert himself to obtain them.

My strawberries are on the sun-ny side of the orchard and beyondthe orchard ln a grove of trees-ma- ples,

firs' cedars and others. Therobin colony is large and it is enter-prising in the matter of home mak-ing. This spring they dotted the lawnworking for worms and bugs. Thatwas before the strawberries beganto ripen. Now they do nothing butraid the patch or sit in the trees bor-dering it and wait for the strawber-ries to ripen. And I notice that --theyquarrel among themselves most ofthe time. In exchange for my straw-berries they have decided to permitme to have the earth worms in thelawns and the bugs ln the vegetablegarden. This self-arrang- bargainis being executed religiously. Where-as a week ago there was promise ofan abundant crop and they were Justbeginning to turn red. now all thatremain each morning when I wanderout in faint hope of getting enoughfor a breakfast dish are the clumpsof green ones too small and hard tosuit the exacting taste of eitherrobin Or myself. It is an actual factthat I have had not one single straw-berry out of a patch large enough togive a good-sise- d family all theywould care for for table use. And Ihave, gone some distance from myplace to that of a friend who has buta little larger patch than I, but ismore favorably situated as to birdcolonies, and have bought two cratesof fine berries for canning.

I amr told to let the robins have afew strawberries because they willdestroy the garden bugs. They arein truth taking all the berries andit is now up to me to go out and buysprays and other bug poisons.

As I said before, I do not condemnthe whole tribe of Robin the Red, butthere is such a thing as being toosentimental. Your bird lovers takeit for granted that birds are so muchsuperior to human beings that theycannot be spoiled by ease and luxury.

POST-WA- R GARDENER.

DREAMING.Far away the rapids gleam

And the water, lit by glancesOf the setting suns rays, dances

To the music of the poplars by thestream.

Gold and crimson the wave tips areAnd the voice of the rapids comes

faint from afarLike music heard in a dream.

Now the sun sinks ln the westAnd the ' cloud-ban- ks stately,

rolling.Seem like sounds of great bells

tolling,..As the glowing day is drifting to

its rest.Volumes of music they float high

in air.Harmony echoed in tone-colo- rs

. rareOn. the river's shimmering breast.

Oh. that I might, like the sunSink to slumber, 'mid the singing

Of the poplars and the ringingOf great bells, life's long toilsome

Journey donelOh. for a rest of an aeon or two

Till the Master of Time shall haveformed me anew

And set me a pew course to run.LOIS SMITH.

Wife Has Clever Idea.Boston Transcript.

Mrs. A. "Does your husband everTorarei to sumi mo icucio jvu eivu

j him?"Mrs. B. "No. I always see to it that,

fee puts them in his cigar case."