OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922
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HOPE FROM ASHES
" AUNT RUINS, bearing the mark
T e tv.a ..aiiacf traced v In the his-
tory of the state are today the Astoria?
. ,r wa renouned i
as a seaport and indusrial center,
whose romantic history had Dienaeu
into the busy pursuits of a thriving ;
community. Chicago, San Francisco,
. ovor, -h-avo hcon rppnart-
EXILIC, Ok",
ed. A loss that cannot yet De esti
mated has been wrenched from one of
the most prosperous parts or Oregon,
has taken its toll in a single morning.
The first question is one of immed
iate relief. The state of Oregon as a
unit, and its cities individually, have
responded nobly to the call for aid.
Within three weeks the entire immed
iate need will have been met and the
mouth of the Columbia River will be
faced with the real gigantic task which
the catastrophe things on What is to
be done to rebuild the devastated
area?
From the earthquake, San Francisco
traces the period of its greatest
growth. Mrs. O'Leary's cow is associ
ated with the comparatively recent
development of Chicago. That the im
provement is brought about by disas
tcr is not because of misfortune itself
but because of the spirit of accom
plishment which it. arouses.
"We have no city," said Mayor
James Bremner on the" afternoon ot
the f're, "but we still have the great
est harbor on the coast."
He was expressing for the people
chacteristic American determination
to replace, rebuild and prosper despite
odds cf tbe greatest weight.
'ilie helping hand of the remainder
of the state will be extended to As
toria in its rehabilitation work. Its
only salvation lies in the reconstruc
t.o; ci its shattered commercial ana
mercantile prganization. In Astoria
should be found the best opportunity
lor the thousands that have become
homeless or povery stricken.
But no matter how much grit and
-determination are displayed, the city
cannot be rebuilt without aid. The
chief requirement is extensive credit
both on the part of the creditors of
the lost business houses and. on the
part of those who are in a position to
aid new investment.
Other- cities have set the example.
From the ashes a new hope has arisen,
instilled with faith in the future, and
with a vision of a greater and better
development No measure can asuage
the loss. There remains only the new
accomplishment and new attainment
to in some degree blot out the tragic j
memory of December 8, 1922.
THE HOME MERCHANTS
TV7ITH CHRISTMAS shopping com
" ing'to full tide within a few days,
it is timely to urge the patronage of
home industries and - the doing as
much as iKtssible of the holiday buy
ing in one's own section of the town. '
Every merchant at this season takes I
especial thought for supplying his cus
tomers. If he knows of their desires
in time, he can add things to his stock
which ordinarily he would not carry
even at the gift season. Too often
he is criticised for not carrying an ex
tensive line when all he needs is the
incentive.
Much of the home merchant's prof
it goes back into the town. All of'it
helps him to raise the standard of
his service at all seasons. He gives
of his best in ordinary times. He
should hae first call when larger
spending is in order.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
I '" uii, auu iui
T7 productive '"striea of the j
United States if, as some writers pro- j
fess to believe, the recent election j
foretells legislation antagonistic to I
the railroads. The transportation, sys- j
tem has just recently emerged from a,
period of suppression due in part to '
complex government regulation and in j
part to government operation. I
For many years state and national
regulatory bodies have limited freight j
and passenger rates and the revenues ,
to be derived therefrom. Coincident i
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was no compensatory limitation of ex
pense. Under such a policy the net
earnings of the railroads steadily di
minished, upkeep was heglected and
the financial resources of the roads
became so bad that their credit was
impaired.
Following that long period of strang
ling regulation came the period of
government management when there
was a studied increase of cost of op
eration, demoralization of the oper
ating force8 and no corresponding in
crease in revenues. The . roads were
turned back to their private owners
in almost a bankrupt condition,, but
with an opportunity under the provis
ions of the Transportation Act to re
store themselves to somewhere near
a satisfactory business basis.
At the present time there is a short
age of cars and locomotives, which
shortage is bringing loss to many a
producer who has goods to ship. Con
struction and extension of terminals
has not kept pace with the prowth
of industry throughout the country.
Double-tracks, side tracks and other
improvements designed to facilitate
the prompt and economical handling
of traffic have been necessarily ne
glected. If the country needs any one
thing today it needs an improved, a ,
trans-,
times
portation system, ready at all
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under that standard of efficiency
which can be attained only under pri-'
vate management, where competition
j jor buiness furnishes the Incentive.
Legislation antagonistic to the rail-j
roads now can mean only one thing
bankruptcy and government ownership
and operation. In bankruptcy and
government ownership meant cheaper
or better transportation service, such
an outcome might well be welcomed,
but experience in this country and
elsewhere demonstrates that an oppo
site result would be suffered. There is
nothing to be gained by the people of
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less than cost ana paying tne uenvim
out of the public treasury.
Probably no one will question the
statement that government operation
is more expensive and less efficient
'than private operation. Ultimately
j the costs must- fall upon producers
cunouwc.!, ut j
mrougu ireigui aim passenger rates or
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nor the manufacturer, nor
Neither the farmer,
the- pro
, , . -
fessional man, nor the 'city laborer
has anything to gain by forcing the
railroads into government ownership.
Tet, if common interpretations of
the recent election are correct,- that
seems to be the direction toward which
we are bound. Moreover, this move
ment is accelerated by the activity of
a considerable body of bolshevists
who would be glad to see the railroads
wrecked in order to force the only
alternative government ownership
and operation.
THE TRAGIC EXAMPLE
iVREGON CITY has been . almost
passive in the fact of a $350,000
fire loss. A hundred miles away the
heart of a city was eaten out by fire.
The difference is only in the amount
of the loss;- a mere chance that pre- J
vented the holocaust from being, vfsit-j
ed upon this community.
Oregon City has one piece of appar
atus. In the face of the condition that
baffled the Astoria fire department,
Oregon City would be helpless. Fire
Chief Foster, one of the best firemen
in the state, declared that several
fires broke out simultaneously, en
gulfing the entire business district in
flames.
If this should happen in Oregon
City, what chance would the depart
ment have. A fire in the business
district and in the residence district
at the same time would probably re
peat the Astoria disaster here.
Chief Wm. Priebe of the local de
partment has asked for another piece
of apparatus and 1,000 more feet of
hose. Thinking citizens will well
consider the advisability of granting
the request. It is not too late for
action at the budget meeting on the
15th the appropriation can be ar
ranged for part of what is desired and
if necessary, an additional tax can
later be voted.
With the necessity patent for re
duction of expenditures it seems in
consistent to advocate more fire ap
paratus. But there are some things
which are of vital necessity. Only
gon City's good fortune has saved a
greater loss than has been occasioned.
What the future holds in store cannot
be told but it should not take loss ot
life and property here to convince the
people that ample provision should be
made for fighting such a menace The
frightful devastation in Astoria should
be sufficient example.
The Hawley mill is not looking, for j
a location other than Oregon City, ac- j
cording to W. P. Hawley. Any im
provements are to be made at Oregon
City, he declares. aDParently realiz
ing that the possibilities for expansion I
here have far from been reached.
What Oregon city needs is more pay
rolls. A real campaign for industrial
growth here should be undertaken
either by the commercial club or tne
city itself.
The workmen who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for the theft of an
overcoat probably accomplished his ob
jective he - will keep warm this
winter.
Astoria, rehnilt itsftlf in 1 SSS His
tory m thig case can wel affV, tQ
TBVieat
.
The value of Turkish demands seems
to be materially affected by who they
are made to.
Kid McCoy has been married eight
tim and is now bankrupt. It often
doesn't take that many,
Clara Phillipps. comes pretty close
to being Roy Gardner number two.
Now that the flapper i8 out of style
who is going to be next to be blamed?
The ex-Kaiser says he was "brought
up with the Bible." The Bible, how
ever, appears to have survived the
the experience without visible injury.
Nashville Southern Lumberman.
A three-year-old infant in New York
City can speak five languages. By the
time he grows up, he may toe able to
I get around his home town without an
interpreter. Life.
Ambassador Harvey has been talk-!
mg on the subject, "Have Women j
Souls?'' He didn't answer the ques-!
tion, which goes to show that as a dip-.
lomat he is improving. Toledo Blade.
" I
x u insn sea is nownere more than I
iu reet aeep, says a contemporary.
"We don't mind that so much," writes
a correspondent, "but couldnt it be
widened " Passing Show (London).
Paderewski has given up politics to
return to the concert atacn tm
might purireBt somnth
Hearst, who used to play in the banjo
club at college. Life.
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The Poets' Corner.
Songs and Sonnets From the Pens
of Modern Writers.
THE UNWILLING GYPSY
By Josephine Johnson
wide green earth is mine in
The
which to wander;
Each path that beckons I may follow
free.
Sea to grey sea.
But O, that one walled garden, small
and sheltered,
Belonged to me!
High on the mountain top I watch the
sunset,
Its splendid fires flare upward and
burn low,
Ah, once to know
Down in the twilight lowlands dim
and tender,
My own hearth-glow!
Night falls. A thousand stars look
down upon me.
But though from inland plain to
ocean's foam
My steps may roam,
One clear fixed star forever is denied
me ...
The light of home!
THE CIRCUS CLOWN
By John Ferguson
With whitened scalp and nose bedaub
ed with red,
He bounds into the ring and cracks
his wheeze;
Bursting with wit, he mounts a high
trapeze, ;
Then falls into the net dispirited:
He mimics pyramids feats, and dread
Contortions of some "Modern Her
cules." While at his shins they throw -o
- wooden cheese.
Or a soft turnip hits' him on the head.
When tenting days are done, and nev
ermore He smells the sawdust, sees the
laughing eyes,
I somehow think that on a daisied
floor
He'll turn a somersoult in Paradise
To give some angel-child a glod sur
prise. who never saw a circus clown before.
London Graphic.
TURKISH DELIGHT
(From the original and surprising
recipe of several contemporaries.)
By Lucio
The Turk he is a gentleman, a gen
tleman, a gentleman.
The Turk he is a gentleman and
one of Nature's best!
And, oh, what black ingratitude to
strike an angry attitude
And fix for him a latitude that's less
than he possessed!
Throughout the war with Germany,
with Germany, with Germany
Throughout the war ' with iGier
. many for us, of course, he
fought;
And only the censorious will grudge
the label glorious
To all the meritorious assistance
that he brought.
H helped us in Gallipoli, Gallipoli,
Gallipoli,
He helped us in Gallipoli and Pales
tine no end;
Assisted by Bulgaria, enteric and
malaria
Throughout the Eastern area, he
acted ;n a frienil' -
So give him back his Capital, his
' - :
Capital, his Capital, j
The European Capital he stole forj
Asia's prey, j
Lest after you posterity records with j
paiueii severe (
inai lrienusmp ana sincerity ior
Britain didn't pay!
Manchester Guardian.
A MAN TO A WOMAN
By Angela Morgan
And you shall walk with other .loves
Because I left you free;'
Of other souls shall take your fill
Who loved the soul of me.
And you shall have your feast with
those
j Who never saw my face ....
j And yet beside you at the board
My heart shall, have its place.
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And though you seek for Arcady
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j Where once you sought for me.
And though with others you may share
Our Paradisal tree,
oo greatly uum your spirit noiu ;
My being in its spell, . , j
That he whose word shall comfort you
Shall comfort me as well.
In other climes and other years
Beyond the alluring sea,
Oh you shall go your wilful way
Who might have gone with me.
And you shall give to other loves
What you to me denied,
And you shall call him what you will i
Who dwelleth by your side ... i
So deeply hath my spirit claimed
Its old captivity,
That he who clasps the form of you
Shall hold the heart of me.
With other friends the future years
Your cycle shall fulfil,
Yet I who stand from you apart . . '.
I am your lover still !
"Because of Beauty."
TO THE URBANE
By Raymond Holden
Who can not drink the wild wind,
Must set dry lips to little pools,
Wno can not feed upon sun-fire
Must wait until the sun cools.
So raise your towering city walls,
You miserable all!
Build strong roofs above your heads
To catch the stars that fall.
Stop your ears against the wind.
Ward the great light from your eyes!
Clothe the naked earth with cobbles.
Tell old horses your are wise!
New York Evening Post.
Borrowed Comment
What Editors of State and National
Papers Haye to Say.
Reading the newspapers we learn
that the late election was a victory
for the wetsfor the drys, for" the
Democrats, the Progressive Republi
cans, the farmers, the radical' ele
ment, the conservatives, the League
of Nations and some several other
things. Thus does democracy vin
dicate itself. Pine Valley Herald.
Senator Newberry won his election
through the power of money. He es
caped the pebnalty when indicted,
through a court ruling. He was seat
ed in the senate through the power
of a political " organization, but ulti
mately the people passed upon his
case, and their verdict is final. As
toria Budget.
Mary MacSwiney is on a hunger
strike inside Mount Joy prison, Dub
lin, and her sister, Annie, is striking
sympathetically outside the walls. If
there were only a few more Mao
Swineys the high cost of living would
Boon be only a disquieting memory.
Eugene Guard.
Governor Olcott has lopped off the
office of state water superintendent
at $2400 a year. Good job; several
hundred useless sapsuckers might be j
fired in the state and counties and
that would be a long step toward the
goal of lower taxation. Eugene
Guard.
A pinhead politician is one of those
fellows who cannot get the idea into
his head that the public looks upon
him as a public servant nothing
more, nothing less .And servants are
usually required to make good. Rose- J
I burg News-Review.
Those who are figuring on the
Smith vote to carry Al Smith into the
White House, might better also look
forward to the time when all of those
same Smiths would be crowding
around and hollering, "You know me,
AlP'-Oregon Journal.
Owing to the calm conditions ex
isting at home and abroad and all
around, choirs ought to be able to
sing anthems about "peace on earth,
gool will to man," with some gusta
this Christmas. Medfofd Mail-Tribune.
Hood River has started off on the
Governor-elect Pierce program, all
right. The city school board and the
city 'budget board are all reducing
taxes. If the county budget board
will all be happy. Hood River Glac
ier. Edison is reported to have said
that college students are afraid of the
kind of work where they get " their
clothes dirty. Shucks! He ought to
I see an Oregon football game. Eu
gene Register.
A man with a coffin in his truck
was arrested for speeding in Chicago.
Well, if they're bound to do it, that's
the thing to carry. American Lum
berman (Chicago).
Used to wonder what history was,
anyhow. Now we have figured it is
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n n ,t I' hi -. t 1 1 . i. , m i f 1
Evidently the people regard it as
morB important that the Republican
party should keep its promises than
that RepUDiican congressmen should
keep their jobs. Weston Leader.
-. The press agent knows his business,
of course, but when it's a case of a
naughty book you've got to hand it
tothe suppress agent. Oregon Jour
nal. "Congressman has asked for more
bars on immigration." Some folks
claim to think our lack of bars is cur
j tailing immigration somewhat. Ore
! gon Journal.
! "Win men by mentality" says a fa
! mou French actress. Good looks,
j however, wont be regarded as a
i handicap. Corvallis Gazette Times.
i Budget director ctavs TTnitoH Statoo
will live within its income next year.
But wHr it Jive within ours? Albany
uemocrat.
What this countrv npena in- n,i-o
i liberty but fewer people who take lib-
erties with our liberty. Roseburg
News-Review.
i Gossip may engage Charlie Chap
j lin every day, but it takes a minister
! or somebody to marry him. Oregon
Journal.
j What the over-haremed ex-sultan
I needs more than anything else is a
j few hundred ex-wlves. Oregon Jour
i nal.
When the old cow went dry we
named her Portland. Now that the
poor critter's dead, shouldn't we call
her Seattle Oregon Journal
The election is over, but the legis
lature still has to be organized. .. It's
just one thing after another in this
world. Eugene Register.
i Every city has residents who are
willing- to ride free on the chariot of
progress and share in the profits
which accrue to those who .are doing
the pushing. Baker Herald.
"Fish supply shows variety," com
ments the market editor. Probably
the variety Is "big fish" and "poor
fish." Oregon Journal.
Of course, the army beats the navy
at football. But it might be different
if they fought it out on a typical
Oregon gridiron. Eugene Guard.
The Office Cat-
By Junius.
If a man has a hard tune keeping
his head above water, it is time tu get
out of the deep water.
TWO DEFINITIONS
Optimist: Sick man learning
to
play a harp.
Pessimist:
shovel coal.
Sick man learning to
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Alfred is
So very fat -Aileeo.
so very lean,
So, you see, between them
' Both
They fill a Ford machine.
An officer was showing an old lady
over the battleship.
"This," said he pointing to an in
scribed plate on the desk, "is where
our gallant captain fell."
"No wonder," replied the old lady;
I nearly slipped on it myself." t
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TWO FACED GIRL, LUKE?
It is all right for a girl to believe
that the fact should be left exposed.
The trouble is that she imagines her
face runs all the way down to the
wishbone. Luke McLuke.
'.'One of the features of raising a
family is that in a few years you are
sure to have some gangling youth
with a face resembling a , mouldy
green apple pie hanging around with
smiles for your 15-year-old daughter."
- You can tell whether you are old
or young' by whether you believe the
golden age is past r just dawning.
WISDOM?
Blessed are they into whose dust
God never moulded the wander lust
For the sweat from the brow of the
men "who roam, will turn to gold for
the stay at home. And be who goes
where the long trail calls will spend
his life in overalls. ' But there are
times, I will admit, when all my chores
I long to quit and cast aside my heavy
load and join the hobo on the road. derness of a real love given and re
pp ' ceived from a well-horn young man of
The way to success is Turn to the the country. . -
TiD-Hf s,nA fceAn eoine.
oo
"Can dogs find their way home
fmm a lone distance? It's according
to the dog. If it's one you want to
get rid of, he can find his way back
home from Alaska, If it's a good one,
he's apt to get lost if he goes around
the corner."
SOME JOB
"John, your face looks terribly bat -
tered up," said the teacher to John
aged seven. -
"You haven't been fighting on the
way to school, have you?
sh inquir-
ed.
"No," aid John, "we moved yester
day and I had to carry the cat."
:: . -r Kit Tiiiot
:L ,fr th rtht
auiiwuuva uy -- -o
nay uc..c t.--
that his man is in the pink of condi-
tion just to make the opponent feel
blue -
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UP ON HIS NATURE STUDY
"What is this?" asked the teacher,
holding up the picture of a zebra.
"A horse in a bathing suit," re -
plied Tommy Simpkins.
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A man has no business in taking un-;
to himself a wife unless, he has the ;
disposition to submit to being bossed'
at least part of the time.
EASTERN STANDARD Quoting from the Chicago Tribune's
"Johnny, don't you know it's Sun- extracts of the new book of the poet,
day? You mustn't play marbles out political leader and warrior, Guilio Ba
there on the sidewalk. Go into the rella picks the following paragraphs
back yard if you want to play." as the most striking in the entire vol-
"All right, mother, but what day or ume:
the weeks is i in the back yard?" I "The voracious empire, which self
oo appropriated Persia. Mesopotamia,
SEE THROUGH THIS?
She "What would you call a man
who hid behind a woman's-skirts?"
He "A magician."
A CURIOSITY RHYME
Hy Diddle-Diddle,
Was fat in the middle.
So he bought a bike to reduce.
He rode and he rode around
Till he gained nigh fifty pounds.
But he wore the bike down;
It lost ten pounds.
Now to be sure, ain't that the deuce?
IN NOSEPAINT GULCH j
"Now don't git skeered if . a man
reaches for his hip pocket. He may; "We shall be victorious. All feb
be gonna offer you his bottle." ; els ef all kinds-will come under our
"I'd rather face a shot from the banners. And force shall be opposed
gun." ' ! by force. And there will be a lie..'
oc ' crusade of all poor, impoverished na
MAKING IT EASY ' tions, a new crusade or all poor and
A lawyer earning $3,000 a year was ' free men, against usurper naticu.
insured for $25,000. He got ship- which are' accumulating wealth,
wrecked and was miraculously res-
cued.
Reaching land, after the news
of his death had been broadcasted, he
cabled to his partner:
"Saved. Try to break
gently to my wife."
the news
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You will find the prisons full of fel-
lows who tried to take the short cut
to success.
Insanity is said to be akin to love:
but a man in love doesn't care if he
is crazy. ,
ESSAY ON ANTS
Panfs are made for men and not
for women. Women are made for men
and not for pants. When a man
pants for a woman and a woman pants
for a man, that makes a pair of pants,
Pants are like molasses; they are
thinner in hot weather and thicker
in cold' weather.
There has been much discussion as
to whether pants is singular or plural,
Seems, to us that .when men wear
pants it is plural, and when they don't
wear pants it is singular.
If you want to make the pants last,
i make the coat first.
The Book Corner.
By C. E. G.
JOANNA GORDEN: by Sheila Kaye-
Smith. E. P. Dutton and Company,
New York.
That remarkable crisis of nature
when from the grubby cocoon emerges
a gaily colored butterfly, has some
thing of the same element of surprise
that Sheila Kaye-Smith has written in
to the title character of her novel, I
"Tnannn. HnililAii " A hne-p blown
golden butterfly of the marsh coun
try is Joanna, who though she may
not dance about on the light feet that
are usually attributed to human but
terflies. Bhe may be well identified
with the species. There is something
about Joanna's way of flashing about,
always seeking for something of
which she has no knowledge and bang-
ing into things she cannot see that
makes one think of blind butterflies.
Joanna is the character of the story.
All other people are mere shadows j soul.
drawn to accentuate the colon of her , There g A&riculturai treasure . in
personality She is no cuddly little gl,ow it enriches and recuperates the
heroine but a big, warm-hearted wo- ,oil ft , ae fertilizer.
maA T7 l6SafmanS work;iIt combines with frost to make the
and has all the longings of any normal fa Tflen
girl. A queer combination is Joanna, . tures b,anket
promising to lead into strange adven-j The
jure, and throughout the story she . The maw aQd
lives up to expectations. ! iQQ a v -
to Joanna's efforts to better the fi-1
nancial and ; social condition of
her-
nnl, ,-wA T7-1 l .... 1
9C1L auu licr OUiail SlObCl, AUCU, oilc
manages this very nicely, by a combi-!
nation of daring and deviltry, and the!
' t
wearing of magnificent costumes.
When Joanna wants anything she goes
after it with all the simplicity and
stubborness of a child, but she dis
covers that this way of procedure
does not work out well when applied
to the task of acquiring -a husband.
Most of the males of the neighborhood
want to be, sure of their place as
head of the family before taking the
final step, and marrying a woman with
more money, brains and will-power
does not anger well for masculine su
periority. For a brief period the char-
acter of the girl softens under the ten-
Joanna understands at lot aliout
crops and farming, but she knows lit-
tie of human nature, and her head-
strong, bullying ways finally drive her
sister out or the home into the arms,
of a man of questionable character, j
After a few disagreeable months Ellen !
returns, but Joanna takes a hard view !
of the affair and makes the girl's life
miserable,
Fate is not nearly through with Jo-
. anna, however, and she plunges on
j from one foolhardy thing to another
' until she eventually becomes involv-
ed in a most unpleasant experience
from which not even her unsurbed na
ture can. find an escape. So we leave
Joanna, who has traveled up the hill
and started down, but who may find
other hills before her to climb and
other mn tr, lnvp
The story nresents "a wealth of hu -
r -
man experience, ana gives unlimited
attention to a character in the making. ;
It is interesting from many view-!
: points, but chiefly as a study of a1
: type which is not often encountered !
in books. . - i
j , , .. . . i
; unerring diplomacy is aisiinguisn -
ed from imperialistic intent largely by
j the point of view. It Is this that the
I
attitude of Gabriel D'Annunzio is seen :
not only to his Italy of the Italians" j
but to the rest of the world and es-
peciany lo ureat isruain ana to Mr.
Woodrow Wilson.
j New Arabia and the greatest part of
: Africa, and it is never satisfied, may,
I lannfli nrainst Ttalv those same aer-1
' ial assassins, who in Egypt did not feel By Harold Lewis-Cook
any blame when killing rebels arm-' I never thought that I should walk
t ed with limbs of trees. The greedy I In ectasy the streets of town,
! empire, which gazes at Constantinople Or find a heart more beautiful -i
and conceals its possession of at least Than red leaves fluttering down.
. i one-third of China and which has
; seized all the rich islands in the Pa-
cific south of the equator, may use
against us the. same means of execu-
j tion used against the exhausted peo-
j pie of Punjab, which were denounced
j bv Rabindranath Tagore, such means
that had no comparison in the history ;
of civilized government.
against caste ururers, who yesterday
abused war as today they are using
peace. Let us have a new crusade t
re-establish, true justice which a cold
foolish man, crucified with 14 blunt
nails, and used a hammer lent him by
a German chancellor."
-
The International Book Review, a
monthly publication, is to be issaed
shortly by "the Literary Digest, ac
coi dine to the announcement from
the office of Funk and "Wiagnalls Com- j
pany. It -is the intention ot the new
! publication not only to cover the lit-'
erary activities of the United States'
but of all of the nations in the world, !
and to chronicle the news of books in
much the same way as the Digest
handles the news of the current hap-j
penings of the times. Clifford Smythe,
for many years the editor of the New
York Times book review section, is to
be in charge of the new publication
which already numbers among its con-!
tributors Sinclair Lewis, Vilhjalmur !
stefansson, Irving Bacheller, Richard,
Garnett and Lugi Pirandello.
found at the local library.
Books reviewed in this col urn can be
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From The Pulpit
Sermon by A. H. Lathrop, D. D, of
Methodist Church.
j Text "Hast Thou entered into the
treasuries of the snow?" Job 38-22.
Emerson wrote
"Come see the north wind's masonry,
'Round every windward stake
Or tree, or house or door.
The mad wind's night work,
The frolic architecture of the snow."
There is Intellectual treasure m the
snow. The United States weather bu
reau reports "1,000 different forms of
flakes, each made of thousands of
crystals 'and each crystal a unique
geometrical figure. Under miscro-
j cope, what lines, proportions, cunning
j workmanship and tapestry patterns
snow flake reveals. It is frozen
i mathematics. A poem in frost. The
perfect product of God's perfect law.
So He works everywhere. "The law
of the Lord is perfect converting the
Snow is warm vanor f mipn So
warm vapor, frozen.
the cold currents of trouble and ad
versity chill and freeze the warm cur-
- , , n
Um taMe- Sorrow ,s
Z J JT? T Jy' WM"
ter-caught, the greater the sorrow.
But troubles bravely met, develop
one's life. Human harvests, too, come
from under the snow drifts of the
heart.
There is Domestic treasure in snow.
The temperate zones are the home
zones and where great men and wo
men are found. Outside of a compar
atively narrow belt around the world
no great persons have arisen. Life,
outside of vegetation, animals fish
and birds, degenerates as you go to
ward the equator. North- America
has eclipsed South America,, in hu
man life quality. - The fundamental
trouble with Mexico is, she is too near
the equator..
The home is the shuttle that weaves
all our blessings. It antedates church
and state and is their foundation.
W hen the country loses the "home"
irom me hearts of the people, the
country is lost. .
Snow conserves the home. It drives
us in around its hearth and compels
its fires to burn brightly. It gives op
portunity for fellowship, acquaintance
and mutual love. It makes nome
mean something more than just a
place to eat and sleep. Something
more than a club. It makes home a
retreat, a refuge, a love-nest of cheer
and helpfulness. Study to know your
trade, profession, but study also to
make your home a heaven on earth,
, The snow is here to help you.
I mere is bpiritual Treasure in snow.
! U teaches that true life is from with-
In nnrJ tt ..
- T . , TJ
rj;at wjtn ana food- When the
heart and soul are snow-bound with
trouDle: when one's life is driven in
Itself- what a tragedy impends if
" fpo?r VTe'
"7
. - . . '
to light a blazinS fire, while the winds
hwl without!
" A lo f Lt.
'Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine thru his cypress
trees." , -
,oa has provided soul food for man:
j "The finest of the wheat", "Honey out
vl me rocK, "iiaaen Manna." Once
the storm-bound Christ said, ' I have
bread to eat that ye know not of."
His loving counsel is ' "Be ye also
ready." - -"A man's life consisteth not
in the abundance of things." I am the
bread of life." "Hast thou entered
into the treasuries of the snow?"
NEVER, NEVER DID I DREAM
I did not know archangels pass
In human guise among the trees
And never, never did I dream
That I should walk with these,
But by my side one went to-day;
I saw, and I had speech with him
-ana i lorgot, wno ne er forgot.
How cold are streets, and grim!
London Chaphark.
DAYS GONE BY
the prated vvindjw,
in the after-slow:
I had lived u.-ifoldei
i the l , . . -.
Alone by
I mused
The life
I dwelt i
Saw only blight and sorrow.
Roamed only the land of tears.
And never a golden moment came
Out of the buried years.
Like unto a cloud it faded,
Yet sadder itr left me then ;
I had traversed the vale of shadows
In by search for souls of men;
Had bowed at the crumbled ruins
Of my hopes and fears that day,'
As I gazed at the dying colors
tn tne rim or the far away.
Lend A Hand.
Sir Valentine Chirol, who was once
the London Times correspondent in
Berlin, quotes the Empress Frederick,
on her son, Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm. "The
trouble with Willy has always been
that he could never tell the truth,
6vn to himself." Wall Street Jour-
nal.
Those fellows who tried to rob the
-ove hank and did not get inside the
money aepartment had better quit
the profession. There are too many
at it who know the ' game better.
La Grande Observer.