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PORTLAND. SATURDAY, Jt'LY 13, 1007.
MR. GARFIELD AND FOREST RESERVES.
The principal purpose of Secretary
Garfield's trip through the Paclflo West
is to Inspect the reclamation -work
which Is In progress. Between this
work and the preservation of forests
there is an intimate relation. Without
forests there can be no constant flow
of water; without water there can be
no Irrigation.
Very likely by bis travels through
this part of the world CMr. Garfield will
obtain a more intimate knowledge of
the forestry problem than he could by
study at a distance. He will learn all
there is to know about the objections
to the reserves and their advantages.
One thing more it is hoped that he will
learn, namely, that the people of the
West are by no means hostile to forest
preservation. Eastern newspapers
commonly apeak as If the West were
unanimous in wishing to strip the
country of timber as rapidly as possi
ble, but this is not true. They are
misled by the clamor of the grafters
and grabbers, who make more noise
than their Importance warrants.
The people of the Pacific States un
derstand perfectly well that their
future prosperity depends largely upon
the stability of the forest reserve sys
tem. The outcry against reserves in
general arises from a limited class
only. It is partly sincere and partly
insincere. The sincere portion arises
from ignorance of the relation between
forests on the one hand and climate,
water supply and agriculture on the
other. How dense this Ignorance la
may be gathered from a certain news
paper article which assumes that the
only purpose of the forest reserves is
to promote Irrigation.
This is really only a small part of
their purpose. Mining depends upon
them quite as much as irrigation. The
agricultural development of the
"Willamette Valley depends upon them,
and so does the navigation of the
Columbia as well as that of the Mis
slsslppl River. The -water supply of
Portland is one among many things
whose continuance is involved in .the
Tjeroetulty of the forest reserves. The
insincere portion of the anti-reserve
clamor arises from greed, that shame
less and reckless greed which would
sacrifice the future .welfare of the
whole country to the immediate profit
of a few timber barons.
The reserve policy does not interfere
with home-making in the slightest de
gree. It is the declared purpose of the
Government to open all agricultural
land to settlers, and the forestry regu
lations permit homemakera to cut tim
ber on the reservations for domestic
use. It Is also available for miners,
and the surplus is to be marketed In
such a way as to feed the lumber mar
ket -without destroying the supply. The
whole aim and object of the reserve
policy Is to develop the States by build
ing homes. Those who assert the con
trary are ignorantly or willfully blind
to . the facts. Their anxiety for
"homes" is a cover for unscrupulous
cupidity, which would ruin every home
"In Oregon and Washington if it were
not checked.
Irrigation and water supply aside, we
must remember that our supply of tlm
ber cannot last much longer unless
some of it Is withheld from the market.
It looks large, but it is actually small,
and It dwindles fast. In shipping It
without restraint to foreign markets
we act like a prodigal who squanders
his inheritance. In a few years we
must go begging for what we now cast
away -with tooth hands. Wisconsin
Michigan and Minnesota have carried
to the limit the folly of forest waste,
which the Government Is trying to
check here before it is forever too
late. Where their great pine forest
once' grew those States have millions
of acre of barren land. Would they
not gladly exchange those desolate
tracts for equal areas of reserved
forests? Which help's more the devel
opment of a State, a tract of forest or
an equal tract of unlnhabltahie desert
. The Astorian respectfully "refers" to
The Oregonlan a communication criti-
ctslng a recent editorial in this paper.
The Oregonlan editorial, in the opinion
of the Astoria authority, "shows a mis
conception on the part of the writer
of the place which the constitution of
the United States and the constitu
tions of the several States occupy in
the Jurisprudence of the country." Be
hind this Binlster assault on the con-
tltution this fearful Astorian sees the
bogle man, the Port of Columbia bill.
The Oregonlan has long since aban
doned hope of printing anything that
would be reasonably. Intelligently or
fairly read and Interpreted by a cer
tain element tn Astoria. A constitu
tion that would meet with the ap
proval of the Astorian would be a fear
fully and wonderfully made contriv
ance. As to the Port of Columbia bill,
Portland will attend to that In due
season, just as she has attended to all
other Improvement work on the bar
and river. Everything of this nature
must be accomplished In the face of
Astoria opposition, and . that has be
come one pf the features to- be always
reckoned with when Improvement Is
attempted. It will be unnecessary, how
ever, for the constitution to toe changed
or ignored in order to admit of Port
land carrying to a successful Issue that
highly Important work for which the
Port of Columbia was incorporated.
GEO. T. MYERS. . .
Geo. T. Myers, for nearly fifty years
prominent figure In the commerlcal.
political and social life of Portland, is
dead. Mr. Myers was a pioneer in the
salmon canning Industry on the Co
lumbia Paver, and afterward led the
van in the development of the indus
try on Puget Sound and Alaska. It is
through his life work In connection
with this great industry, which he saw
grow from nothing into vast propor
tions, that Mr, Myers will be best re
membered. But he was also a promi
nent figure in finance and politics in
this city and State, serving numerous
terms in the Legislature and taking an
active part In any project that prom
ised to redound to the advantage of the
city. Men of energy and ability were
lees plemtifu.1 la Oregon when Mr.
Myers began his career in this State
than they are at the present time, and
for that reason the part he played as
one of the builders of the common
wealth was all the more important.
While in the Legislature at various
times Mr. Myers succeeded in placing
on the statute books a number of laws
for the protection of salmon, and to his
efficient work on these lines Is due
much of the credit for what we have
accomplished in perpetuating the In
dustry. Of late years most of Mr.
Myers' operations in fisheries have
been on Puget Sound and tn Alaska,
where he was as well and favorably
known as in this city. Measured by
usual standards, George T. Myers
was a good citizen, a successful busi
ness man and a sturdy and valuable
friend. He was one of a hardy type
of State and Nation builders now rap
idly vanishing with the departure of
the "old West."
WHY MAKE SrCH ADO?
The death of Louis A. Ahlers, late
professor of Germanic languages and
literature at Colorado College, Is an
nounced from tumors of the chest
after what is truly scheduled as heroic
treatment that has attracted the at
tention of medical scientists through
out this country. This treatment con
sisted in injecting germs of erysipelas
into hi system to fight the germs of
the tumor. The letter, however, held
the vantage ground, due to prior In
vestment of the citadel and conquered,
though acute erysipelas was devel
oped.
It passes the comprehension of the
ordinary individual who has proper
respect for the hou6e in which he
lives that anyone will consent to such
desecration of the human body as
this. What would It profit a man if
he were to get rid of the germs of one
disgusting and painful malady only to
have his blood and tissue Invested by
those of a malady even more painful,
virulent and disgusting? What is the
thing we call life when 'bought at
such a price? Afcd what the specter
we call death, that It should be avoided
at such a cost?
The case of Professor Ahlers is cer
tainly one wherein the remedy was as
bad, or worse, than the disease to
which it was applied. Such treatment
gives the victim a chance to die from
two diseases Instead of one, or at
best to live with enfeebled body and
tainted blood for a few years more or
less, the fewer the better from the
standpoint of huimanlty or that of
ordinary usefulness. Contemplating
existence under such environment, one
may well ask with Tennyson's fading
May Queen:
And what Is life that we should mourn;
Why make we such ado?
CAB STJPFLY THREATENED.
The Joint rate hearing of the Wash
ington Railroad Commission, which
closed at Olympia Friday, developed
great amount of testimony which
showed quite clearly the harmful re
sults that would follow establishment
of such a rate. Among the new tes
timony offered during the closing days
of the hearing was that of the offlcals
in charge of the operating departments
of the various roads involved. Super
intendent Buckley of the O. R. & N.
and Superintendent Palmer of the
Northern Pacific both testified, in the
clearest possible manner, that it would
be impossible to handle wheat under
a Joint rate, involving the transfer
of cars from one line to another, with
out great loss of time in addition to
heavy expense. As It Is an impossi
blllty for any road to keep enough cars
in service the year round to prevent
a scarcity when a big wheat crop is
moving, this car shortage, which is
always in evidence during the wheat
season, would be greatly intensified
if the Joint rate should be ordered in
and the O. R. & N. Company forced to
turil cars over to another road which in
turn must suffer a dead haul in return
ing the empty cars.
If the Northern Paclflo were to at
tempt to load these empty wheat cars
with lumber for the East, as it is now
doing with large numbers of its own
cars, it would make matters still
worse. The baslo -principles involved
in the case are not essentially different
from those in the case of the Wash
Ington lumbermen who were seeking
to appropriate Oregon's railroad facili
ties for their own use In reaching ter
ritory now Inaccessible to them. In
the Joint wheat rate case the only
persons who will receive the slightest
benefit will be the Puget Sound millers,
and. In the Joint rate on lumber, the
only beneficiaries would have been the
Washington lumbermen. Fortunately
for Portland, In the lumber Joint rate
case the decision rests with the Inter
state Commerce Commission, and there
is accordingly very little danger of this
city receiving unfair treatment.
Although, as stated; the issue is
practically the same ln both cases, the
Joint wheat rate In the hands of the
Washington Railroad Commission may
not fare so well as the .lumber problem.
The Washington commissioners are
honest men, and naturally intend to
act fairly in the matter, but their en
vironment presents a handicap which
cannot easily toe overcome. The de
mand for this Joint rate on wheat came
from the wealthy millers of Puget
Sound. By clever Juggling of quota-.
tlons and garbling of facts these mill
ers succeeded In working up among the
Eastern Washington farmers a senti
ment decidedly hostile to Portland and
the railroad which originally made it
possible to grow wheat at a profit in
the Inland empire. That no cause ex
ists for this sentiment against Port
land as a wheat market was abun
dantly shown at the hearing,' but the
demands of the interested parties have
been so insistent that the Justice of the
Portland contention has been lost
ight of.
Fortunately for Portland, the matter
will pass on to the Supreme Court, and
It is hardly probable that the Puget
Sound milling trust will be successful
in its work. If it should toe. it 1b only
a question of time until the Washing
ton wheatgrowers will regard the
aforesaid milling trust In the same
light that Little Red Riding Hood re
garded the wolf, and many of them
will be Just as badly, in need of pro
tection as wai the famous heroine of
the nursery tale.
BOOKS FOB CHILDREX.
The Oregonlan has received from the
Oregon Library Commission a pam
phlet entitled "A Child's Library, Some
Suggestions for Christmas Gifts." It
contains remarks on "Children's Read
ing," followed by several lists of works
suitable for children to read.
The pamphlet would be of great help
to those who have children's books to
buy, and wish to buy the best if it
could receive the attention It deserves.
The lists are excellent In the main, and
the Introductory remarks instructive,
though they are not to be taken as
gpspel throughout. "Thrillers" are
condemned too indecrimlnately, on the
ground that they offer "the abnormal
view of life and make boys discon
tented with their surroundings." This
reads strangely In the face of the
Legends of- Chivalry" which follow It.
The dime novel and detective story
present life no more abnormally and
much more ethically than the "Ad
ventures of Robin Hood" and other
books which are offered by the com
mission, Chivalry was at heart cruel
and Immoral. The 'Buffalo Bill type
of hero Is a much better Ideal for the
modern boy than King Arthur's
Knights, who were pitiful rascals for
all their steeds and armor.
It la no objection to a book that "it
makes a boy discontented. Every
book which stirs the soul and excites
ambition will do that. The point of
view of the commission's introductory
remarks Is distinctly feminine. If the
tone Is not effeminate Its escape Is a
narrow one. Moreover, the statement
that "much of the crime and degrada
tion" of the young "Is the direct result
of reading" is not warranted by facts.
To one who knows the influence of
bad example, slum life, poverty, drink
and criminal heredity, it sounds almost
ludicrous. There Is too much of the
placid doctrinaire In the commission's
counsels- and too little acquaintance
with reality.
The book lists are admirable, as we
have said, but it looks queer to see
VAllce In Wonderland" classed with
"Red Riding Hood." We think, also,
that Kingsley's "Water Babies" Is a
better 'book as it came from his own
pen than Amy Steedman could make of
it. Why does the commission yield to
the absurd fad of offering children
such rehashes of the classics? They
are no better than skim milk which has
turned sour. What excuse Is there for
urging children to read a work so cruel
and insanely bloody as Kipling's
Jungle Book? If ever a book was un
christian in feeling this one is. Why
offer Mark Twain's Prince and
Pauper and withhold his Huckleberry
Finn, which is incomparably greater.
better and more interesting? Why
catalogue four of Seton's books and
none of Long's? Why Include Kip
ling's Captains Courageous and omit
David Copperfield?
But It is ungracious to find fault.
The commission might have compiled
a much better catalogue and prefaced
It with wiser remarks. But the pre
sumption is that they have done their
best, and angels could do no more.
Their intention Is ipralseworthy, even
though the execution of it prove disap
pointing.
' AN TJNWRITTEX STORY.
The Btory of the trials of motherhood
In the pioneer era here, and elsewhere,
has never been written. The reason Is
obvious. It belongs to the things of
life which pertain exclusively to the
realm of experience. The privations,
the unrelieved suffering, the fatigue in
cident to undue physical exertion at a
time when Nature demanded bodily
rest, the anxiety that wore upon the
nerves when Nature demanded tempor
ary freedom from care, filled the early
homes of the wilderness with children
protesting against an invasion of their
rights by maternal overstrain in walls
that rent the air at unseemly hours,
dotted pioneer graveyards with, little
mounds scarcely a span long and with
the graves of mothers In the prime of
life. Or mayhap, by reason of strength
and the grim guardianship of Nature
bent upon the perpetuation of the race,
mothers old before their time brought
Into the world under the most untoward
conditions children, from eight to half
a score, and, burying now and then a
puny one with bitter tears, themselves
lived on, bent and spent in life's battle,
but smiling and courageous still, thank
ful above all things else that their
daughters live in the later time In
which It is possible and indeed thought
to be imperative for expectant mothers
to be screened from the hardest of
household labor and mothers with
newly born infants upon their bosoms
to be given a chance to rest and regain
their strength.
They can speak effectively of these
things only who have had experience in
the lines Indicated, by Mrs. Abigail
Scott Duniway in her address & few
days ago before the Oregon State
Nurses' Association. The conditions
depicted toy Mrs. Duniway can be but
dimly comprehended by the sheltered
young mothers of today. But those
who cannot read In the lines that time
and endeavor have left upon the face
of a woman thus speaking, who knows
whereof she speaks, the deep, underly
ing truth of words that at best feebly
portray the hardships and privations
suffered by pioneer mothers are indeed
superficial observers.
The contemplation of this phase of
pioneer life, from the viewpoint of a
reasonable understanding of its special
features of anxiety, suffering and al
most utter lack of special considera
tion, should be sufficient to cause the
name of the pioneer mother to be i
written high upon the honor roll of a
time that, while it tried men's souls,
tried both the souls and the bodies of
women painfully, pathetically and at
times under special Btress of poverty.
Isolation and lack of assistance sorely
needed cruelly. 4
The subject Is one not pleasant to
contemplate, but it may not be amiss
to call it up occasionally In order that
the sheltered women of today may not
be unmindful of the blessings which
have come to them through the civili
zation In which the foremothers bore so
strenuous a part.
Writing some years ago of pioneer
life in the Oregon Country, a woman.
who had met the conditions that It im
posed cheerfully and with courage, but
with a true Benee of what it meant to
her sex, said:
Much of the loss and the hardship of pio
neer Ufa will go down to history. But,
after all, its most pathetic side, the longing
of lonely hearts for home; the sorrowful
memories of graves left by the dreary way
side; th yearning, that was not absolute
hunger, but yet gnawed as steadily ana
ravenously as starvation Itself, for the gooa
cheer of the civilised home; the stranded,
helpless feeling that was tunable to decide,
amid strange surroundings, what was for
the best; the wearing, feverish anxiety for
the arrival of the "States mall";. the shud
dering apprehension with which the perils
and throes of maternity were awaited in
lonely cabins, where people were reckoned
"neighbors" who lived twenty miles apart;
the bitter heartache with which mothers
prepared the lifeless bodies of their little
ones for burial, and the blinding tears
through which fathers made In the wilder
ness the desolate little . graves all of this
and much more remains, the unwritten his
tory of pioneer times, some chapter of
which Is forever blotted out every time a
gray-haired pioneer Is consigned to the
loving bosom of our common mother.
Let no one think this word-picture
is overdrawn; rather let all who view
it be assured that its tend-erest, most
sacred touch can never be given in
words, even though drawn from the
deepest well of human experience .Noj;
as a tale that Is told, but as a tale that
cannot be told, is the- chapter of pio
neer life of which pioneer motherhood
is the theme.
Since the law providing the whipping-post
for wife beaters is still un
repealed, it may be hoped that H.
Shafen, a Russian who beat his wife
Into unconsciousness upon a residence
street of this city Thursday, will be
given the lash' limit on his bare back.
Opinions differ In regard to the pro
priety or usefulness of this law, but
Judges are upon the bench to admin
ister the laws as they find them, not
to question them from a sentimental
standpoint. It - may be difficult to
sympathize fully with a wife who is
earning her own living, and Is there
fore not dependent upon the earnings
of a brutal husband, who submits to
physical violence from his hands more
than once. A woman might not be
able to escape the blows of such a
brute the first time, but having once
felt the weight of his sledgehammer
fist, she could and should keep out of
its range thereafter. The world is
wide. No woman has a call to live
with a man who beats her, especially
when she Is independent of him
financially toy being herself a wage
earner. A Grange Fair, to be held east of
Mount Tabor this Fall, Is being con
sidered by the Patrons of Husbandry
of Multnomah County. A fair of the
type and scope contemplated would act
as a stimulus to local pride, give farm
ers and orchardists an opportunity to
see what each other is doing, promote
neighborly feeling and spur the ambi
tious agriculturist and horticulturist to
renewed endeavor. The effort is a
worthy one and merits success.'
Vice-President Fairbanks has proved
superior to temptation. Scorning the
enlivening proffer of the seductive
cocktail, he solemnly ordered "a fine.
cold lemonade. And this while a
guest at the Country Club in festive
Spokane. He need worry no longef
about a Presidential nomination. The
National Prohibition Party may be de
pended upon to make overtures to him
at once.
No one expected Haywood to admit
that he murdered Steunenberg,
whether he conspired to murder him or
not. Everyone expected him to deny
it. The Haywood case is Just where it
was before either Haywood or Mover
went on the stand.
Now that the National Educational
Association has confirmed the act of
Congress permitting the "ou-gh" In
"through" to remain, the future of
spelling reform is not bright.
Vice-President Fairbanks shook the
grimy hands of the engineer and fire
man who brought him from Spokane
to Seattle. He has adopted the Roose
velt policy, all right.
(Hood River may be proud of the
season's strawberry record. The best
feature of this industry is that the
valley can never produce more than
the Bast wants.
The cruise of the naval fleet over the
same course will not be watched toy
Americans with so much Interest and
fear as was the 'battleship Oregon's
voyage.
Tou don't hear quite so much "hol-
lerln' " for Japan today as filled the
air when -Port Arthur fell and the Rus
sian fleet "went to the bottom of the
sea.
What a good time the National Edu
cational Association must be having at
Los Angeles, where the thermometer
marked 111 degrees in the shade.
Spokane has raised the pay of its
policemen. That's the result of making
a printer Chief of Police. Naturally,
he is In favor of raising the scale.
An . unheeding and conservative
nation will pay no more attention .to
Dr. Osier's soup theory than to his
chloroform doctrine.
Increase of Portland's letter-carriers
by nine more men is a tardy but Just
recognition of our claim to adequate
service.
Two Portland hoodlums have beaten
up an Inoffensive Japanese. More In
ternational complications,
Jesse Grant Is said to be a candidate
for President.. The last half of the
name sounds familiar.
SENDING BATTLESHIPS TO PACIFIC
Newspaper Comment A to Lonrlcal Out
come of the Naval Display.
New Tork Herald.
To eliminate every possibility of war,
in fact, our battleships should be sent
to the Philippines via the Sues Canal
and thence to Japan on a friendly visit.
Peace, not war, would follow.
A Good Scheme to Insure Peace.
New York Times.
If war now seems possible or is
threatened, the sending to our west
coast of ships enough to defend It
against an assailant who would attack
us there if at all, would be about the
beet possible means of assuring the
continuance of peace.
"Smother This Battleahlp Aslnlnlty."
New York World.
If Elihu Root, Secretary of State, is
the great conservative force in the
American Government that he Is rep
resented to be. It Is time he went to
Oyster Bay and used his Influence to
have this battleship order rescinded and
smother this Jingo asininlty.
Pnrsnlnsr a Sonnd Naval Policy.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The warships will be sent to the Pa
cific in Que time because a sound naval
policy requires that they should be sent
there, and that is all there is to it. But
there is no basis for the suggestion that
the projected redistribution of our
naval strength was inspired by the con
sequences of what has happened at
Ban Francisco.
Stay-at-Homea, Controlling- Factor.
Chicago Evening Post.
In London, in Paris today our coun
trymen and countrywomen are reveling
In their patriotism and In the excit
ing Speculation Inseparable from wars
and rumors of war. The working
American more than eighty millions of
him is working on his Job and not
ooking for trouble with the Japanese
or any other people. If there should
ever be any fighting to do he will do It.
Bringing; Japan to Ita flenses.
Chicago Journal.
With a formidable fleet In Paclflo
waters at this time It is hoped with
reason that- Japanese cockiness will
somewhat abate. Japan has no naval
force anywhere near equal to that
which will soon be within striking dls
tance of Tokyo, and there is reason to
expect that the presence of the Ameri
can fleet on that side of the country
will bring Japanese war shouterB to
their senses.
Hud Off!" .To All Comers
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle.
Whatever may happen to the Phil
ippines, nothing is surer than that they
will not be deserted by this country In
the face of fire or a threat to pull tne
lanyard. There is room for a big fleet
In the Sea of China. There will be room
for It there as long as the Stars and
Stripes wave In Manila. Those who
take should be ready to hold against
all comers. And to those who are un
ready the consequences may be dis
agreeable.
Cruise Follows Natural Sequence.
Philadelphia Record.
Besides having a Pacific Coast, we
have Hawaii and the Philippines, so
that it would not be unnatural, or have
any necessary connection with the obvi
ous bumptiousness of the Japanese, if
we kept most of our battleships in the
Pacific Ocean. Our Atlantic ports are
pretty well fortified and we probably
couldn't have war with any Important
European nation without a general war
which would give us some allies.
Those Defenseless Eastern States ,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
As soon as the Navy reaches the Pa
cific and settles down for Its docking.
a shiver of alarm Is not unlikely to run
up and down these Atlantlo states. De
fenseless! will be the cry. And. sure
enough, we would be. All the battle
ships gone 13,000 miles away. Horror
upon horrors! Suppose Germany should
then evince some Blight interest in
southern' Brazlll, or should show disa
greeable signs of snapping up a coaling
station In the West Indies through the
purchase of an island from Denmark
or a bit of Guiana seacoast from xioi
land.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER AS HE IS
(From a snapshot taJua a Mr. Rockefeller entered th Federal Court building at
Chicago Saturday.)
IJTE IN THE OREGON COUNTRY.
Tsnfruet In Hennlston.
Herald.
1 don't care who's elected- but I must
sinch my Job" so says the brainless ass
that walked Into the booth Monday to
cast his vote.
The "Devil's" Hard Luck.
Cloverdale Courier.
The paper Is a little late this week and
also short on news on account of the
devil" having no assistance In the least.
with the exception of a couple hours
this afternoon, and his also having to
spend so much time tending the wants of
customers in the store in the front part,
to say nothing of his trying to enjoy
a little Fourth of July recreation.
Stranger In a Strange Town.
Junction City Times.
A man who had taken very strongly of
Jooe in Eugene, got off here Monday
thinking he was In Portland, and was
walking over town looking for the home
of his mother. Acting Marshal Dial put
him aboard the next train. The Eugene
article seems to be up to the standard.
Met Up With a Sage Tick. '
Huntington Herald.
Last Sunday while reclining on the
grass in the park, one of our tonsorial
artists was the victim of a strange Insect.
It was about the size of a pea and the
color of a bedbug. It had burrowed its
head in the flesh of the barber's leg and
required considerable force to extract It.
The bitten flesh became , much swollen
and quite painful, necessitating medical
attention.
Art Along; the Molalla.
Canby Tribune.
Tommy -Rush, the noted tramp printer,
artist and newspaper man, was dragged
to the train Tuesday and started "on his
way," after executing a painting in oil
for C. S. Hinton equal or better than
many of the productions to be found In
the art salons. While making the pic
ture he was so Intoxicated (he Is always
drunk) that he could hardly stand. Hin
ton was offered .26 for the painting be
fore it was dry- Hush says that If
Michael Angelo, Dore or Raphael had
come to Canby they could not have
gotten on a respectable drunk without
getting their faces mutilated.
Bow They Identified a Corvalll Man.
Corvallis Times.
There is great Joy In a certain town
over in Ireland. J. M. Nolan ha found
many relatives, and the reunion after 35
years of separation is more than felici
tous. "Did you used to be Miss Nolan?"
he asked of a sister When they met, and
before recognition had taken place.
"Yes." she replied. "And did you have a
brother?" "Yes," was the reply. Do
vnn know where he Is?" she was asked.
"No, we don't know; but we have long
thought he was In a monastery." That is
supposed by his Corvallis friends to have
floored J. M., who hasn't many of the
earmarks of a monk. "Don't you think
vou would recognize him?" she was
nair "Well. I don't know." she said
"nrhkna wa might know him by his
ears." With a sudden thought she
glanced at J. M.'s ears, and recognition
at once followed.
His Fifteen Sons Work on Farm.
Washington CD. C.) Post.
A Michigan farmer who is the father
nt sn children has succeeded In keep
ing 15 Of his sons on the farm working
for him. And upon Investigation it might
be found that he Is a remarkable man in
other ways.
Under the Stars and Stripe.
lUnrifnnn Pnweln.
High on th world did our father of old, ,
TTn.. tlr.r. and Rtrlnsa.
Blazon the name that -we now must uphold.
Under the Stan and Stripe,
Vait fn th nnfit thV hHVI hullded Sn SrCD
Over which freedom ha lighted her torch
Follow it! Follow it! com let us marcn
Under th Stars and stripes.
We In whose bodies the blood of them run.
Tinder the stars ana tnripes,
W will acquit us as sons of their aon.
Under the Stars and Stripes,
nrlr far 1utlce. our heel UDOn wrong.
Wa in the right of our vengeance thrlc
strong I
Rally together! Come tramping along
Under th Star and Stripes.
Out of our strength and a nation's grat need.
Under the Stars and Stripe.
Heroes again a of old w shall breed.
Under the Stars and Stripes.
Broad to th winds w our banner unfurled.
Straight In Spain' face let defiance b
hurled!
Ood on our lde w will battle the world
Under th Stars and Stripes.
IN THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
TOMORROW
BEATING HOME IN A
SMASHING BREEZE
Full-page picture in colors of
a yachting scene on the Willam
ette River, made from a photo
graph. "BILL" CHANCE,
INDIAN FIGHTER
Sketch of a man who killed
treacherous Oregon redskins
early in the '40s, and hates
them like rattlesnakes. He gives
the facts - surrounding the Ben
Wright massacre.
ONE Or PORTLAND'S
ATTRACTIVE HOMES
Exterior and interior views of
the attractive resideace of Dr.
Henry Waldo Coe, at the head
of Lovejoy street.
WANTON SLAUGHTER
OF TURTLE DOVES
Another of Homer Daven
port's biting Cartoons and a lit
tle lay sermon to go with it.
WILD BIRDS OF
SOUTHERN OREGON
W. L. Finley, the well-known
ornithologist, tells of the great
est rookeries on the Paciflo
Coast and discloses how fash
ion, not law, stopped the slaugh
ter of grebe.
GARFIELD'S SUBSTITUTE
A FAMED ATHLETE
Sketch of George W. Wood
ruff, Acting Secretary of the In
terior, who was once the most
famous football coach in the
country.
CONSCIENCE IN
THE FIELD OF ART
O. Henry, the most popular
humorist of the day, tells how
Andy deceived a Pittsburg mil
lionaire who was taking on cul
ture. BILLIONS IN WORLD'S
NEW IMPROVEMENTS
Dexter Marshall writes about
colossal enterprises, now under
way, which involve greater sums
than were ever expended at one
time.
QUEER POPULATION
OF TRIPOLI
Frank G. Carpenter's topic
for the current letter is the
capital of Barbary, a desert
City of 60,000 inhabitants.
dr! FURNIVALL,
PHYSICIAN-DETECTIVE
"The Lodging-House Mys
tery" is the title of his latest
narrative, most startling in the
denouement.
ORDER FROM YOUR NEWS
DEALER TODAY
MODEB9 PARABLE Ofc" TWO BOYS
Moral t Better to Think of Tour Duties
Thau of Your "RUht."
Columbus (O.) State Journal.
A hoy went Into a shop to work for a
man. He was a lad of considerable intel
ligence and knew It himself. Besides, he
had large ideas of his personality, and
had thought a great deal over what were
his rights. He knew exactly what he was
entitled to, and what the other fellow was
entitled to, and between the two there
was a deep, definite division. He ob
served this line very closely, and did not
cross it for an Instant. If engaged on a
piece of work,- and quitting time came,
he quit right then, even if he could have
finished it in three minutes. In doing so.
he never thought-for a moment of having
talked with BUI Jones full 20 minutes,
that .very afternoon, about a baseball
game, that came off the day before. He
was simply looking to his rights, and no
one else's.
This was his way. Of course, he didn't
stay long. There was no particular quar
rel. He Just "petered out." He hadn't
apprehension enough of his duty or a suf
ficient regard for his service to put him
in sympathy with his work. He was a
misfit. He did as little as he could for
his employer. He stood on his rights,
and more.too. That was some years ago.
Now he Is driving a team up In Cleveland
for 11.60 a- day.
When he left the shop another boy went
In. He knew his rights, but he didn't
Insist on them as much as he might, for
he believed in doing things. If time was
up and he could finish a thing with a few
minutes over work, he would do It every
time. He made himself worth something.
Pretty soon, that employer saw he
couldn't get along without him. He kept
advancing his wages, and then Anally
took him Into partnership, and now the
business is a great one, and that boy has
a grand home, a big salary and a lovely
family, all. because he was a boy of get
up, of gumption, and thought more of
his duties than he did of his rights.
Our Battleships As Pollcemem.
Washington (D. C.) Post.
The administration seems to have
concluded that a good look at some of
our battleships will cure that restless- .
nebs of Japan's.