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A Slory For f
Memorial "Day
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f By Captain ARTHUR TRASK 4.
"Grandpa." said a miss of sixteen,
"I wish this year you would make the
story of the war you tell us on Memo
rial day one about a Confederate. To
us young ones the war is a matter of
history, and we don't realize that those
beside whom we are now living as
friends were then our enemies. Now,
tell us a story about a nice, brave Con
federate." "I understand just what you mean,
my dear," replied the septuagenarian
vet. "and appreciate it. Indeed, I re
joice at it. Since we are now one peo
ple it is fitting that we, especially you
of the third generation of those born
after the war, should feel no bitter
ness for a people who were our ene
mies half a century ago. And I am
not surprised that you like to hear
about them as well as about those who
fought for the Union.
"Of course I must give you my own
experience. There is one I had with
a Confederate which is especially
HE CLASPED HKB IN HIS ARMS.
' adapted to Memorial day, for it is sad,
and Memorial day, you know, is sad
in itself. It recalls those who perish
ed in that gigantic struggle.
"My story is laid in the very begin
ning of the war. Fighting of a desul
tory kind was going on in western
Virginia, then a part of the Old Do
" ininion, but now a state which in that
period of secession seceded from a
state. The Allegheny mountains di
vide Virginia from West Virginia, and
it was in these mountains that we
"were fighting. I was in the cavalry
and did a good deal of scouting among
these heights, from which I enjoyed
some very beautiful views.
"The general who opposed us was a
very active man. Indeed, he subse
quently became one of the great lead
ers of the war, and many military men
consider him to have been the one gen
eral of both sides who had in him the
Napoleonic genius for war. If tfuick
movement indicates such genius he
certainly was in a smaller field the
equal of Napoleon, for even the little
Corsican could not have moved more
rapidly, more unexpectedly or been in
more places at the same time than
Stonewall Jackson.
"Well, one day our general sent for
me and told me he wanted me to find
out where General Jackson was. He
was reported to be at Romney, at
Springfield and at Pawpaw. He
couldn't very well be at all of them at
the same time. if'A the general want
ed to know where he was and if pos
sible where he would be next.
"There was a mountain ridge run
ning north and south directly to the
west of these places, and, ascending
it, I rode northeastward, with Romney
and the other two places mentioned
below me in the valley. Of course I
couldn't see everywhere down there,
and troops might be concealed by the
trees and intervening heights. Near
Springfield I concluded to descend
with a view to getting a little closer
to what might be going on. The moun
tain side was not to be passed over,
especially on horseback, without go
ing by a trail; but, having had a good
deal of experience in mountaineering,
I knew a trail when.I saw it and, find
ing one, followed it.
"Reaching the valley, I struck a
road. I knew it wasn't safe for me to
remain on it for any length of time,
so I chose an eminence near and a lit
tle above it where I could see and not
be seen. There I dismounted behind
a clump of low trees, tied my horse to
one of them and waited.
"There was but one house in view,
and that was a few hundred feet from
the road and approached by a land. I
watched this house for evidence of
something alive, for the place was
lonely and I craved the sight of a hu
man being. It was midsummer and
everything was green. There were
flower beds about the house, and pres
ently I saw a young girl come out
and begin picking some of the flowers.
A girl in a flower garden has always
been a pretty sight . to me, and I
. 'watched this young woman with very
, pleasant sensations. I was tempted to
go down and make her acquaintance,
but this might interfere with my ob
ject, so I contented myself with look
ing .at her, admiring her graceful car
riage and the comfort her flowers ap
peared to give her. They seemed to
be talking to her and she to be listen
ing at what they said. -
"While enjoying the sight I heard a
olatter of horse's hoofs coming up the
valley, and presently a horseman In
gray uniform appeared. As soon as
he reached the lane that led down to
the house lie turned into it Catching
sight of the girl, he took off his hat
" End waved it, and she threw kisses to
him. Dismounting beside her, he
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clasped her in his arms. .
- "Now, I had compunctions at spying
upon two lovers who had evidently
met after an absence. But here comes
in the difference between peace and
war and more especially between
peace and spying, and you must pre
pare yourselves for the horrid war
part of my story, which I am now go
ing to tell you. Not considering it the
part of a soldier or even a spy for
that's what I was to look upon such
a sight, I determined to turn away
from the couple, but as I was about
to do so the young soldier unbuttoned
his coat, took out a folded paper, evi
dently a -letter, opened it and read it
to the girl. Then he said something
to her In an earnest way, whereupon
she gave him her hand, saying some
thing to hita. and it struck me that
she was making him a promise.
"An explanation of this scene flash
ed upon me. He was carrying an im
portant dispatch, had informed her of
Its contents and she had promised him
that if anything occurred to prevent
his delivering it she would go to the
commander for whom it was intended
and deliver it verbally. This was my
Interpretation of the matter; but. of
course, it was only a guess.
"The young soldier remained only
a few minutes with the girl. After
having taken her in his arms again
he tried to disengage himself from her.
but she clung to him, and it was quite
awhile before he could get away from
her.
"This parting affected me very much.
for I was resolved to possess my
self of the dispatch or whatever it
was he carried. This could hardly
be done without one of us killing the
other, and it was likely that he would
fail, for he was unaware of my pur
pose, while I could follow him and if
necessary shoot him in the back.
"You may think, my dears, that to
harbor such intentions was very horrid
of me, but you must remember that
his life or mine was a mere bagatelle
compared with the lives of men com
posing two armies. Besides, there was
the cause each represented.
"The young man having torn him
self from the girl, whom he left stand
ing peering after him, I mounted my
own horse and, screened by the trees,
rode down the incline in the direction
he had taken. We had not gone a
mile from the house before I overtook
him.
'Hearing the clatter of horse's hoofs
behind him, he drew rein and turned.
He saw me with a carbine leveled at
him and heard me calling on him to
surrender.
"He must have known that to refuse
was certain death to him, for he must
depend on a revolver, and he was out
of range, while I could shoot him down
before he could come near enough to
me to render his weapon effective.
'You asked me to tell you of a brave
Confederate, and I assure you this one
was not only a brave but a noble
man, for rather than be captured with
the dispatch on him he chose death.
He made a dash at me. but before he
had come twenty paces I .shot him,
and he fell from his horse, which went
tearing back in the direction from
which he had come.
'The young soldier was dying when
I dismounted and stood beside him. I
wished that the war was a thing of
the past, as it is for you youngsters, and
I was in mv own home in the north
engaged in peaceful avocations. 1 wait
ed till he was still in death, then open
ed his coat, took out the paper and
read it.
"I saw that it was an order for the
general commanding a detached portion
of General Jackson's forces to form a
junction with him that night and be
ready to surprise us at dawn the next
morning.
"Then I forgot everything but the
carrying of the dispatch ' I had cap
tured to my general as soon as possi
ble. Putting my foot in the stirrup,
I swung myself into the saddle and
rode southward. So intent was I on
the importance of what I was doing
that I did not think of the girl at the
house below. As I approached it I saw
her holding her lover's horse with its
empty saddle and weeping hysterically
with her arms about its neck.
"I could not bear to pass her. Turn
ing up the mountain side, I struck the
trail by which I had descended and.
reaching the crest, rode into camp
about 10 o'clock the same night, deliv
ering the captured dispatch to the gen
eral. When I told him the story 1
have told you he said:
" 'Thanks to you, we have nothing
to fear tomorrow. We will turn in and
sleep soundly.'
"The year that the first Memorial
was celebrated I went south, found the
rave of the young Confederate I had
killed and placed flowers upon it. 1
was no longer in war, but amenable to
the generous, loving influences of
peace. I was standing bare headed
over the grave when the girl I had
seen some years before approached
with her arms full of flowers. I with
drew without saying a word to her.
"What could I have said to her? Had
I not caused the death of the man she
mourned? She could not have realized
that the act was a war duty."
The Greek Stadium.
Stadium is from the Greek word
meaning standard of length. It was
the name given to the race course with
in which other athletic contests also
took place. The length of the course
was always 600 Greek feet straight
away. Though the length of the foot
varied in different localities, you may
say that about nine of the course's
lengths equaled one mile.
The Putrid Sea.
There is a body of water called Si-
vash or Putrid sea. It is really a la
goon on the east coast of the Crimea,
separated from the sea of Azov by a
narrow sand bar called the tongue of
Arabat The lagoon is sixty-eight
miles long, varying in width from two
to fourteen miles. The water is very
shallow, stagnant and exceedingly salt
io h.iwn ofiaro.
"The lion's share" embodied the ear
casm of old Aesop, in whose fable, at
the conclusion of their joint feast, the
animals announce their wish to divide
the booty, the lion claiming one-quar
ter by reason of kingly prerogative.
one-quarter for his superior courage,
one-quarter for his dam and cubs. "As
for the fourth quarter," said the lion.
"let who will dare dispute It with me.
THE BASQUE IDEA. -
Paplum Effect Shown '
In Lingerie Frock.
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OBEAM BATISTE AND BULGARIAN WORK.
The waist coming below the belt is
Bow so popular that even the lingerie
frocks for summer are shown with
these basques or elongated bodices.
The frock illustrated is of cream ba
Oste and Bulgarian embroidery, the
embroidered sections being set between
Insertions of cream fillet lace. The ar
rangement of the embroidered bands,
finished at the edge with ball fringe on
the bodice, is exceedingly graceful.
With these white frocks will be worn
dark bats, but the boots are invariably
white, high buttoned affairs of white
buckskin being the tavored style.
Girls Shunned by Men.
There are many such, and for the
most part the fault lies with them
selves. The girl who never even exerts her
self to be agreeable unless she can
have everything her own way is one of
them, for there is not a man alive who
will give way in everything to a girL
The girl who scolds is another type.
She may be perfectly good tempered,
but she has contracted the scolding
habit, and so she is left alone to scold
at her pleasure.
Then there is the girl with the haugh
ty manner and cold stare. No man
dares to make love to her, because
there is nothing whatever to love in
her.
So the girl scowls at what she consid
ers his bad taste, utterly ignoring the
fact that her own foolish conduct is
the sole cause of his neglect.
Another girl without a lover is the
painfully shy maiden. She likes to see
men at a distance, but the moment
they draw near she drives them back
with her embarrassment. They retire
simply out of pity, seeing her distress
and awkward bashfulness.
Last on the list comes the girl who
always has something to say about
every one she sees, ridiculing people in
order to be considered clever, little
knowing how men intensely dislike to
hear her pulling everybody's character
to pieces for their amusement.
The All Day Bag.
Even though you never would dream
of carrying a hand bag in America,
you must take one with you to Europe,
where they are considerably more ex
pensive to buy than at home and where
you will need one every time that you
start for a single day's excursion,
warned an experienced tourist while
advising a friend about to depart for
her first trip across the Atlantic. "This
all day bag need not be weighty, but
it must be sufficiently capacious to
hold extra gloves and a handkerchief,
a very slender folding comb and tooth
brush, a tiny cake of soap, hand towel.
self feeding powder puff, rubber san
dals, hand mirror, chiffon veil of good
size, fountain pen, notebook, needle
case and a tiny flask of brandy. With
that sort of equipment, a woman can
keep herself looking tidy for a number
of hours, and she is prepared for al
most any emergency likely to arise."
The Fly as a Health Inspector.
You can't hide dirt from a fly. He
Is a literal eye of the Lord, in every
place beholding the evil and the good,
particularly the evil. He has as keen
a nose for the odor of filth as a bird
dog has for quails and will follow a
scent a quarter of a .mile up the wind
if necessary to find it; then when tie
has found it he gorges himeslf full of
it, smears himself with it. like a small
boy eating pie, clear up to the backs
of his ears, and proceed to tell the
female of his species about it that she
Aay go there and deposit her 150 eggs.
No race suicide for him.
Donmark's Prime Minister.
The prime minister of Denmark,
Klars Bernstein, was principal speaker
at a banquet given in celebration of
the fortieth anniversary of the Danish
Woman Suffrage society at Helslng-
fors last month, and in the course of
his remarks said that "no amendment
to the constitution shall be given with
out including the political suffrage of
Danish women."
Oddities.
Because a man cannot bear a dew
drop is no sign that be is deaf, nor
Is it a sign of blindness because he
never saw a horse fly, a board walk,
a stone fence, a dog's pants, a rope
walk or a clam bake.
Velocity of Meteorites.
It is no wonder that stones which
fall from the regions of space are fired
by the Impact when they strike our at-
.mosphere. Astronomers estimate that
they fall with a velocity of at least
60,000 yards per second.
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Talks. .
By EBW1N A.NYE.
TO MOTHERS.
Tell the mothers not to scold their boys.
Never in mv life did I say 'You shall not"
to my children. They were ruled by love
and never disappointed" me.
Did 1 not know the woman who said
that-and her children I should oe
lieve tiff given to exaggeration. She
is a tare woman.
Why scold the boy?
To be sure, be is noisy and very much
in the way .styiit-ii tries. He comes into
the house like a whirlwind, sprawls
at tables, teases the cat. makes faces
at his sister and is everlastingly in
evidence save when he is asleep.
But-
The boy is built for noise.
He is bursting with vitality and
must have an escape valve. He is
making himself tit physically. He is
in process of man making. .
Do "not scold him for what he cannot
help.
A noisy, mischievous, forgetful lad is
not necessarily a bad boy. Indeed, he
is like to be a better boy than your
quiet, self centered youth.
But when you scold the noisy, vital
kind of kid you stir up in him what
ever bad may be in him. It is easy
to nag a good natured. hearty boy into
sharp retort and rebellion.
There's a better way.
You know him so well, his strong
and weak points, know that inside he
has a heart as tender as his manner
may be boisterous on the outside. He
is not callous.
He and his father may easily clash
because they are much alike. But
you may be sure that under his vest
is a big love for his mother.
Now, you have greatly the advantage.
And you should be just as careful in
handling him as you were careful in
handling his father in the old courting
days. He is your sweetheart. Treat
him as you would a lover.
The mother forgets.
She is tired or has a headache. The
boy jangles her nerves. She flares
p at him, That rumples him. and his
quick temper flares in self defense. It
is soon over, and the boy still loves his
mother. But the whole episode is a
miserable failure.
Punisli the lad. of coucse. when he
really needs it which is seldom.
Never whip him if it can be avoided.
and usually it can be. And. above all.
do not scold or nag him.
Remember, he will not be your boy
very long. Soon he will be a bearded
man. And you will hold out a mother's
empty arms.
t no ureat western.
The Great Western was the crack
steamship of her time. On her first
voyage from Bristol to New York she
took fifteen days for the passage and
arrived April 23, 1838. On the second
voyage she arrived May 31 of the same
year in thirteen days and eight hours,
the fastest time ever up to that time
made westward across the Atlantic.
Lets Them Feed.
Post Dr. Thompson is remarkably
successful.
Parker I suppose his motto is "Nev
er say die."
Post Nope; it's "Never say diet"
Harper's Bazar.
Figures ot Speecn.
"That man had to swallow his
wrath." "I suppose that is wny ne is
choking with rage!"
Stories from
JENNINGS LODGE
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wetzler nave
entertained many of their friends dur
ing the past few weeks at their little
riverside bungalow at Roethe. Last
week ten of Mr. Wetzler's former
schoolmates of Chicago, Illinois, who
had come to Portland to the Elks'
convention were the Wetzlers' guests
Mr. and Mrs. Offerman of San Fran
cisco, who have spent six weeks with
Mr. and Mrs. Wetzler returned home
Monday.
Miss Matilda Moore and Ed T.
Webb were quietly married in Ore
gon City July seventeenth by Justice
of the Peace Samson. The couple de
parted immediately for their farm
near Newberg. Both have ben resi
dents of this place for some time and
their friends extend congratulations.
Mrs. Rogers, a property owner of
this place, but a resident of Portland,
has been very ill, being confined in
St. Vincent's Hospital for some time.
Mrs. J. Johnson, of this place, going
down a number of times during the
past week to be at Mrs. Rogers' bed
side. Mr .and Mrs. Alfred Hinman will
soon take possession of their home,
which they recently purchased from"
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jacob.
Mr. and Mrs. James Welch enter
tained a number of friends Sunday last
with a launch ride. The trip being
made from Portland in "Sunny Jim."
Mr. Welch being the owner of the
launch winning in the ten mile race
during the Elks' convention.
Miss Ethel Johnson, of Portland, is
spending her vacation with her aunt,
Mrs. J. A. Johnson.
Rev. Calvin Bergstresser and Rev.
H. E.. Hornschuh, -of Portland were
looking over the River View camp
grounds Wednesday last.
Clyde Newell left Saturday for 111
waco, Washington, where he has ac
cepted a position. , .
The comfortable little home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Card was destroyed
by fire Saturday evening. The fire
originating in the upper story, it is
thought from an ignited match, which
was dropped on the floor by " Mrs.
Card after lighting the lamp. Some
of the furniture was removed from
the rooms downstairs, but the house
was completely destroyed with no in
surance. Mrs. EdithTruscott entertained the
Circle and a number of her friends
Wednesday afternoon at her home. A
short business session was held. The
regular meetings during August will
be postponed. Mrs. Cora Shook will
be the hostess September fourth. A
numebr of regrets were sent by those
who had planned to attend the Chau
tauqua on that day. Delicious refresh
ments were served. Those present
being Mesdames Dow, of St Paul,
Jennie Jones, Ida Russell, Bess Brue
chert, Agnes Cook; Cora Shook, Laura
Newell, Sylvia Wilcox, Althea Em
mons, Delia Roberts, Edith Truscott,
Anna Stover and the Misses Carrie
Scripture,- Anna Russell, Ruth Cook,
Naomi Wilcox, Bessie Roberts, Ruth
Truscott, Kenneth and Keith Wilcox,
and Halmor Roberts.
H. C. Painton and family broke up
camp at Chautauqua Saturday well
pleased with the entire program.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Straiin, visited
at Highland Monday where they are
contemplating going on a ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. August Warner of
Portland were calling on Jennings
Lodge friends Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Madden, of
Hood River have purchased the Ross
property and took possession this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O'Conner are
rejoicing over the birth of a son who
arrived Sunday evening, July 21.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith, who have
camped at Gladstone Park during the
chautauqua left for Newport, Oregon,
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Robinson will
enjoy their vacation this year -at Co
lumbia Beach, leaving Wednesday for
the coast.
Loose Leaf
Systems and Devices for
every kind of business
and profession. A 'phone
call will bring us, or, bet
ter still, come in and
view our modern plant.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
Out of Town
CHERRYVILLE
Rev. Dr. Runyan preached in the
M. E. church Sunday.
. Dr. O. Botkin has returned to Cher
ryville from a visit in Portland ac
companied by his daughter, Mrs. Gra
ham, of Montavilla and her children.
Dr. John H. Boyd, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Portland
has returned to Cherryville and will
spend his vacation on his ranch with
his family.
Herbert Hussock and James Mit
chel of Portland came out on their
motorcycles and spent Sunday in
Cherryville.
Miss Viola and Miss Clara Friel
have returned from a trip to Portland.
Miss Josephine Richardson, of Port
land Is visiting Miss Elizabeth Boyd.
Miss Latta, of Alberta, Oregon, is
visiting Miss Lillian B. Averell.
Dr. A. Thompson, of Gresham and
several members of his family and
some friends spent Sunday on his
ranch near Cherryville.
James Edgerton,, wife, sister and
nephew, came out in an automobile
and spent several days on his ranch
near Cherryville.
The. forest rangers report that deer
and grouse are very plentiful in the
vicinity of Wild Cat Mountain about
eight miles from Cherryville, and al
so there will be a large crop of huck
leberries. A meeting of Cherryville Commer
cial Club will be held next Saturday
evening.
Mrs. J. F. Friel, Jr., gave a recep
tion Saturday evening to Mr. and Mts
Hussock, of Portland. Dancing, mus
ic, singing and games were indulged
in. All report a good time.
cleXrcreek
The farmers in Clear Creek district
from Viola and neighboring places
got together for the first time July
13 to organize a ."Booster Club' they
met with success and had a good
many energetic people present to
show what their fertile district can
produce in the line of fruit, hay; grain
vegetables and timber.
Clear Creek and surrounding dist
ricts are known throughout Oregon
for their productive soil and "wide
awake people." The club elected of
ficers for the ensuing year and drew
up its by-laws at this first meeting.
The meetings hereafter will be held
the first Saturday of every month and
it is to he hoped that the entire vi
cinity will turn out.
They are in hopes that some live
ones from Oregon City will come out
this way and get the people interest
ed in a railroad so it will be more
convenient to bring products to mar
ket. When you ask for
dealer knows that
whiskey.
It costs yon the same as any other good whiskey.
W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents, Portland, Oregon
Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico
traversing the states of
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Gives Access to
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WEALTH
in
Cattle, Farming, Mining, Timber
Let us list you for a copy of our new booklet soon to be pub
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U. OF 0. REFERENDUM
IS PUT ON BALLOT
SALEM, . OA, July 23. In an opin
ion written by Justic McBride, the su
preme court today reversed Judge
Galloway of the Marion county circuit
court in the University of Oregon ref
erendum case and dismissed the
suits. This means that the referen
dums against the university approp
riations of over $500,000 will go on
the ballot. Chief Justice Eakin gave
a dissenting opinion, upholding the
decision of the lower court. This is
the first time in his service on the
supreme bench that he has written a
dissenting opinion alone.
The most sensational feature of the
majority opinion is the declaration
that the law does not mean it is nec
essary to have a copy of the warning
and petition on each sheet of the ref
erendum petition. In his opinion,
Justic McBride says tnat if sheets are
fastened together and a bunch of them
is attached to a copy of the petition,
that is all that is necessary to make
them legal.
The opinion takes cognizance of the
forgeries of the names, as proved in
the trial and reads a lecture to H. J.
Parkinson for participating in a
movement which originated out of
COmmUnitV lpalrtlinien aa tliia AIA ,
ithe opinion says after deducting the
names euuugn remain to cause
the petitions to go on the ballot.
Chief Justice Eakin says he bases
his dissenting opinion on just one
question, the form of the petition. He
holds that every sheet should contain
a copy of the petition and points out
that the law specifically provides
that 20 lines shall be left in which the
signatures of each sheet must be writ
ten in by the circulator nnri awn tr.
and says this is plain intent to have
, the warning nnd notitifin i-
- O fuuvu JLL cat.U
sheet.
"This whole act is bristling with
precautions against fraud in its use,"
says Justice Eakin, "and this is the
most important of them the assur
ance that the man who i writes his
name as one of the 20 on the sheet
signs the. petition." z
In the case of E. S.. J. McAllister,
appellant vs. the American Hospital
asociation and George D. Peters etal.
the supreme court reversed the de-1
cision of the Multnomah county cir
cuit court. In this case McAllister
obtained judgement against the hos
pital association, which was insolvent
and then brought suit against the
stockholders to collect -the amount of
the judgment from them to the ex
tent of their unpaid stock subscrip
tions which action is sustained by the
supreme court.
Cyrus Noble the
you know good
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