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OREGON JUEARN8 A LESSON.
Oregon is having the faot brought
Some to it that, although it has be
come enamored of the non-partisan
Idea of politics, the rest of the coun
try has not. Oregon elects two Demo
crats to the Senate in its lordly con
tempt for party distinctions, but when
they reach Washington they are
called upon to vote as Democrats for
Democratic policies or remain iso
lated units. In order to retain their
standing as good party men, they vote
for a tariff bill -which exposes the
wool, lumber and fish industries of
their state to foreign competition.
They shake off the party yoke only
when it is proposed to subject these
same industries to the competition of
our Canadian neighbors in our do
mestic commerce, by admitting the
Canadians to the use of our canal
In coastwise trade on equal terms
iwith our own ships.'
On the eve of a campaign for re
election Senator Chamberlain displays
a. sudden interest in the affairs of his
constituents, but it is too late. He
has co-operated in forming the habit
among his party associates in Con
gress of heeding -the master's voice.
Now that he asserts his Independence
in sudden solicitude for the interests
of his state and for his place in the
Senate, he finds this habit so strong
that not enough men will break it to
follow him in opposition to the Presi
dent and make those Interests secure.
Let there be no misconception as
to the vital importance to Oregon's
staple industries of exempting coast
wise commerce from canal tolls. By
putting lumber on the free list Con
gress has done much to open our
home market to the competition of
Canadian lumber. Our antique ship
ping laws subject our lumber men to
a. hardship of $1 to $1.50 per thou
sand feet, even if coastwise vessels
passed the canal toll free. Our neigh
bors in British Columbia would, even
then, have had this advantage over
us in shipping to the Atlantic Coast.
Repeal of exemption and collection of
tolls on deckloads, as is now pro
posed, would add about J1.75 per
thousand feet to this advantage. We
may be treated to the pleasant spec
tacle of British Columbia mills in
full operation to supply American
markets "while the mills of Oregon
and Washington are idle or on part
time.
This is the promised fruit of Ore
gon's delusion that party divisions are
of no consequence in politics and have
no bearing on the prosperity of the
tate. Under the delusion of non
partisanship we have sent to the
Senate men who have permitted Ore
gon to be robbed of her fair share
of the reclamation fund, men who
have thrown open our leading indus
tries to foreign competition and men
who, as a consequence of their indo
lence or pliancy on those occasions,
are now powerless to secure for those
Industries the advantage they right
fully expected to derive from Ameri
can construction and ownership of
the Panama Canal. We suffer from
a. condition of industrial and business
depression which causes armies of
unemployed to spring up on all hands.
Oregon should have learrfed its les
on by this time. It should know
by the experience of the last few
years that a non-partisan is but a
Democrat in disguise and that he is
no sooner safely ensconced in his seat
in the Senate than he sheds the dis
guise and comes out in his true col
ors. Oregon should have learned that
the only safeguard for her interests
is the Republican party, which looks
first to the welfare of the American
people, which does not, in devotion to
an abstract economic theory, favor
foreign interests at their expense and
which does not, on the pretense, of
lofty moral principles and with a
show of generosity, sacrifice Ameri
can interests in order to escape from
foreign entanglements. A Republi
can Administration would never have
yielded our markets to the foreigner
without an equivalent. It would never
have surrendered our rights in the
canal until all disputed points had
been tried out by arbitration. Those
achievements were reserved for a
Democratic Administration, which
promises to emancipate us from mon
opoly and the money trust, but de
livers us, under a severe handicap, to
our foreign competitors.
DIVOBXE AND JUDGE PETIT.
Adelor J. Petit, one of the Chicago
Judges, has been indulging in a little
rleasant hysteria over the divorce
"evil," as he calls it. Chicago has a
municipal bureau of divorce and mar
riage statistics whose first report
Judge Petit has analyzed with terri
fying consequences to his own judi
cial soul. To others less liable" to
attacks of panic the. facts he unveils
may not appear quite so frightful.
Since July, 1S99. the Chicago Juvenire
Court records show that 60,358 peti
tions for the care of children have
been filed. Of thee petitions, 33,750,
according to Judge Petit, "were the
direct result of divorce or the neglect
of parents through drunkenness or
desertion that would have constituted
sufficient grounds for dlvoree." He
then goes on to show from these
premises what a dreadful evil divorce
has come to bj.
This is one of the most barefaced
Pieces of special pleading we have
ner been permitted to enjoy seeing.
The good judge charges up against
divorce not only the woes which are
properly attributable to it, but alBO
those arising from drunkenness and
desertion. ' t
We submit that this is unfair. No
doubt divorce has much to answer
for, but it should not be forced to
bear the sins of the demon rum and
wife-desertion, too. Judge Peiit's re
flections on this Interesting subject
would become more lucid and a great
aeai more valuable if he could mus
ter up the intellectual courage to face
the facts squarely.- He knows per
fectly well, or ought to know it. that
"the divorce evil" is not a primary
disease of society. It is secondary
and results from other troubles lying
much nearer the heart of things.
THE SOCRCE OF ALL OUR WOK.
Now we see the terrible conse
quences of not having sent Henry M.
Pindell to make a pleasure tour of
Europe with his family and at odd in
tervals to adjust our relations with
Russia. Senator Lewis has warned us.
We dare not intervene in Mexico lest
Japan seize the Philippines and Ha
waii, lest Russia seize Alaska and lest
somebody seize the Panama Canal.
Japanese would then flood the Pacific
Coast and make this region an Ori
ental colony.
Had Mr. Pindell gone to St. Peters
burg, the charms of the Pindell fam
ily would have fascinated the Roman
offs, and the greatest autocracy would
have formed a hard, and fast alliance
with the greatest democracy. Ex
hausted Japan would not have dared
to move against us lest the Russians
swarm along the Siberian Railroad
and take revenge for their recent de
feats. Our armies could have safely
pacified Mexico and then could have
continued their triumphant march
southward to realize Champ Clark's
vision of the American flag floating
from the Pole to Panama.
All these glorious consequences
would have flowed from the Pindell
mission. They could all have been
made 'Secure in the one year which,
Mr. Lewis stipulated, Mr. Pindell was
to spend in Europe. Then, having
closest his brief diplomatic career in
a meteoric blaze of glory, Mr. Pindell
would have returned to his editorial
desk at Peoria, as Clnclnnatus re
turned to his plow, proudly conscious
that he had made the Nation safe
against danger from those matters of
"greater delicacy and nearer conse
quence" whereof President Wilson has
ominously spoken. t
Of course Mr. Lewis did not men
tion Mr. Pindell or what Mr. Pindell
would have done. But one can read
between his glowing lines the sugges
tion of what might have been, had the
President heeded the wise counsels of
the Illinois statesman and stood by
the man of his and Mr. Bryan's and
Mr. Lewis' choice. Instead he ar
ranged a little epistolary comedy
wherein Mr. Pindell rejected the
honor that was already within his
grasp and Mr. Wilson replied with
deep regret and some of those well
turned compliments which he knows
well how to pen.
The country will never know what
it lost In being deprived of the serv
ices of the eminent diplomat whom
Mr. Lewis discovered in Peoria and
who was ready to devote one year
no more to the Nation's weal.
A COURAGEOUS MAYOR.
Much praise is due to the Mayor
of Oregon City for the bold stand he
has taken against profanity. He goes
so far in his valiant attack upon this
hateful viee as to hint that the ordi
nance against it may some time or
other be enforced unless conditions
change for the better. Such talk is
most encouraging. No doubt the
friends of decency in Oregon City will
now take heart again and perhaps get
another ordinance passed. Fifty years
hereafter some other Mayor, if he is as
bold for righteousness as his present
Worship, will suggest that this new
ordinance may be enforced if the bad
young men don't look out.
Threats of enforcement are about
as far as most of our officials often
get with anti-vice ordinances. These
enactments stand upon the books as
a species of scarecrows. They are not
really dangerous, but it is fondly
hoped that wicked people will believe
they are dangerous. If they would
only do so the effect would be all that
one could desire. The trouble is the
same with human beings as with
crows. The wily birds soon find out
how devitalized the scarecrow is with
all his aimless fluttering, and it does
not take a great while, as a usual
thing, for the wicked element to dis
cover the emptiness of an anti-vice
ordinance?
The Mayor of Oregon City has an
other word of wisdom for us. He
says with sapience which seems al
most, if not quite, inspired, that he
thinks the ordinance against profan
ity 13 more important than the one
which forbids the sale of tobacco to
youths. No doubt he is right about
it. Tobacco merely ruins the heart
and destroys the nerves. It blights
the stomach and dwarfs the growth
of the whole body. These things are
trifles compared with the evil con
sequences of a swear word and the
Mayor is to be complimented on. the
discrimination which enables him to
discefn the full horror of blasphemy.
We dare say he Is wise to drop the
tobacco ordinance and throw the full
weight of his administration upon the
one against swearing. Of course it
would be bad manners to enforce
both of them. It is the duty of the
police to enforce only such laws as
the Mayor may select out of the
abundance on the books. It Is pre
posterous to think of enforcing them
all. Who ever heard of such a thing?
A FREXCH CRITIC OF SHAKESPEARE.
A distinguished Frenchman, Georges
Pellissier, has lately published some
disparaging remarks about Shake
speare. To some of the more devout
worshipers of ' our dramatic' deity
much that M. Pellissier says may even
appear blasphemous. In his opinion,
the plays, as a whole, are badly con
structed. The action does not hold
together. Tho historical references
are usually wrong. The geography Is
Ignorant and, worse than all the rest,
the psychology, which we have heard
praised so often and so loudly, is all
awry. M. Pellissier says it is only
extremely simple characters that
Shakespeare can portray with any ac
curacy. Macbeth is probably well enough
drawn, but then he is nothing more
than a howling savage and who cares
about him? Othello belongs In the
same class. He is- as gullible as an
Infant and as passionate as a wild
Indian. The wiles by which Iago de
ceives him are perfectly transparent.
If Othello had possessed even ordi
nary common sense he would not
have been beguiled to kill his wife
and ruin his own career, Lear, says
M. Pellissier, starts out In the play
as a simpleton and' ends as a mad
man. To cap the climax of his im
pieties the French critic goes on to
tell us that the greater part of Shake
speare's text Is pure b&lderdash.
though it is illumined here and there
by undeniably fine poetry.
It will not do to pooh-pooh Georges
Pelllssier's criticisms. He is a man
of standing in the world of letters
and has famous works to his credit.
Some of the strictures he makes have
been made before by. British writers.
We pass over Bernard Shaw's unfa
vorable comparisons of Shakespeare's
plays with his own. Perhaps they
were meant for nothing more serious
than advertisements.
But Dr. Samuel Johnson ventured
to find fault with such a play as "As
You Like It," for Instance. He said
the plot was brought to a forced and
improbable ending. The conversion
of the wicked Duke looks rather
fishy. It must be admitted, and it Is
hard to see what connection the phil
osophic Jacques -has with the action.
But these matters are trifles. Shake
speare is great because of his great
poetry, the finest, upon the whole,
ever written by mortal man. Until M.
Pellissier can rave this out - of the
plays he may as well hold his peace.
FANDOM.
Again the Pacific Coast Is out en
masse, gathered In clusters or great
throngs about the highways, the by
ways, the public places and the tele
graph offices. There are countries,
they say, where the populace grows
agitated much after this fashion In
the face of great political Issues or
Impending war. It may be. But no
mere war could be responsible for
any such show of agitated interest as
is now in evidence up and down the
length of the Pacific Coast. It takes
the opening of the baseball season to
do the trick.
From now on such minor topics as
free tolls, foreign relations, politics,
trust-busting and the like will have
to take a back seat, at least with that
considerable portion of - the populace
which comes under the classification
of fandom. Discussion henceforward
will center about batteries, averaged,
prize-arm squads and other Intrica
cies of baseball technique. Villa can
take Torreon and Mexico City with
out half the interest that would at
tend the cleaning up of the Senators
and Oaks by the Beavers. In fact the
selling of the Panama Canal to Great
Britain for one dollar ninety-nine
might not strike the devoted fan as
anything bordering on the calamity
of a run of bad luck for the home
team.
Baseball has seized on the -fancy
of the American public as no other
hobby has ever fastened on any peo
ple, modern, ancient or medieval.' Its
real exponents perform other func
tions of earthly existence grudgingly
that they may live to enjoy baseball.
What real fan would pass up the
opening game for the sake of mere
business? Fans have even been known
to postpone their wedding hour when
It Interfered with the time of an
opening game and no' doubt the gen
uine fan would succeed in postponing
the moment of his demise for the
same reason.
While the Interest and enthusiasm
spread over the whole country, these
Pacific Coast states are the fan's
paradise for the reason that the Coast
League gets into action well ahead
of the Eastern aggregations. Balmy
weather and early Spring permit
this. Hence the Coast fans, now that
the play Is on, are happy as so many
children on Christmas morning; while
the fans in less favored climes must
content themselves for a few more
wretched weeks with a fretful policy
of watchful waiting.
REMEDIES FOR V'N EMPLOYMENT.
Remedy for unemployment is mere
ly a matter of co-operation and dis
tribution, Just as Is the remedy for
inability to sell farm produce. Under
normal conditions there is a job for
almost every willing worker and there
Is & willing worker for almost every
job, but the means of bringing the
man and the job together are mis
erably inefficient.
To provide the remedy for this con
dition the North American Civic
League for Immigrants proposes
measures to extend National, state.
municipal and private agencies for
dealing with unemployment and to
bring them Into co-operation. The
Federal Immigration Bureau has
made a small beginning to direct the
immigrant to the place where he can
find work or buy land. It Is pro
posed to expand the division of in
formation Into a bureau of distribu
tion, with branches In all important
cities and co-operating with state and
city employment bureaus. This di
vision would ascertain where men are
wanted or are available and would
bring man and Job together. It would
license all private agencies which
send men from state to state and
would prosecute frauds upon laborers.
It would thus prevent such swindles
as were perpetrated In Wisconsin.
when men were hired from another
state in squads of 200. charged 3
fees, employed three days and then
discharged to make room for another
batch. The contractor and agent each
made $600 a week by this swindle. It
would also prevent a repetition of
what happened in Oklahoma in 1907,
when cotton farmers lost one-fourth
of their crop, or J12.500.0007 for want
of pickers.
A division of this bureau is pro
posed which would register and fur
nish Information regarding land for
settlers and the terms of sale. It
is proposed that the Government
adopt a system of long-time, low-interest
loans to settlers for land Im
provement, as have Australia and
New Zealand. It la hoped by this
means to prevent the frauds by which
green immigrants are induced to buy
lands, sandpits and jungles under the
Impression that they are buying
farms; also to correct the condition
wherein only about 30 per cent of the
foreign-born white males live in the
country, though 40 per cent of the un
skilled aliens admitted in 1913 were
farm laborers. More than 60 per
cent of Italian immigrants come from
rural districts, but only 6.2 per cent
of male Italian population is en
gaged in agriculture.
Swarming of new immigrants into
the cities to obtain casual employment
at occupations which cease in Winter.
subject to the exactions of fraudulent
agents and padrones. is largely re
sponsible for unemployment. It is
promoted by the practice of dumping
Immigrants in the seaboard cities
without direction to the places where
they are wanted. These men have
to live in haphazard fashion through
idle times until they acquire the loaf
ing habit. Then they become tramps
and organize unemployed armies,
which are composed largely, if not
mainly, of aliens.
This will soon be a problem of the
first importance on the Pacific Coast,
for in another year the dumping proc
ess trill begin on this side of the con
tinent. The Government has made no
preparations as yet to receive In
creased immigration on this coast,
though It should begin now. We
! have no desire for renetitton in Port.
Iland of such scenes aa New York has
recently witnessed, but -they will eoon
be enacted unless the Government
Joins the state In establishing a. sys
tem of distribution. '
One of the most romantic episodes
in the history of the Rockefeller dy
nasty .Is the war of William Rocke
feller and old man Lam or a. William
was forming a barony of 69.000 acres
in tne Adirondack. Lamora's little
place lay In the middle of It. William
tried to drive him out by all the arts
of money, power and law, but the old
fellow manfully stood his ground.
A forest, Hampden with dauntless
breast, he withstood the tyrant of his
fields. Now old man Lamora is dead
and his son has sold out to William.
It is a great victory for the baron.
The announcement that some Chi
cago scientific men are arranging to
weigh the moon need not startle us.
The moon has been weighed many a
time and oft. What the savants de
sire is a more accurate determina
tion of our satellite's mass in order to
compute its exact effect on the tides.
The moon outdoes the sun many
times over In raising tides, but there
Is still some uncertainty about the
precise ratio of their respective influ
ences. Talk grows more lively about
changing the British Empire Into a
federal republic. Sir Edward Grey
mentioned the project seriously the
other day In Parliament, and he was
heard respectfully. The only great
change required to bring about fed
eration would be seats and votes for
colonial delegates in the Parliament
at London. The empire in already
federated as far as England, Scotland,
Wales and Ireland are concerned.
The tilled area in Vermont fell oft
by one-fourth In the decade from
1900 to 1910. At the same time Poles
and Italians were demonstrating that
New England land could be farmed
profitably. These Industrious and In
telligent settlers, would soon possess
the whole of the Yankees' historic
patrimony if they had a little more
capital. Genuine rural banks would
soon make New England rich with
varied crops.
The public market project now. In
its latest manifestations, becomes a
private market. Some individual 'of
noble Impulses Is to build It and rent
the stalls and thus, as if by magic,
we shall have a public market without
any expense to the city. Why Is it
that these great conceptions are mo
rare? How we shall crow over Seat
tle with our privately owned public
market.
In this matter of closing grocery
stores on Sunday. It l"well to remem
ber there are Christian men in the
business whose religion Impels them
to keep their establishments closed on
another day. To compel them to close
two days in the week savors of per
secution.
According to a noted Minneapolis
educator, the Monroe Doctrine is too
big for us. He has lost sight of the
fact, doubtless, that we are a great
people and that only the present pol
icy of a mistaken Administration Is
small.
While litigation pends, residents of
Toledo. O., ride free on the trolley
line. Here's one instance, we take it,
where litigation extending over many
weary years would be quite generally
welcomed.
Of course Governor West meant
nothing personal in wiring Secretary
Lane to call off National Committee
man King in the Interest of "less
whisky and more water." This Is
metaphor.
A ilispatch from Alaska records
that a forest ranger was pursued by
a mad bull moose. We thought this
species was now confined to the Jun
gles of South America.
After thirty-seven years a woman
is suing for divorce. She alleges she
supported the family by keeping a
boarding-house. She is long-suffering.
President Wilson, following au at
tack on his tolls stand, laments the
"degeneracy of debate." How about
the degeneracy of Americanism?
If a San Francisco girl with a
broken lieck can dance the tansro.
there Is a ray of hope for the man
with surplus weight amidships.
It would seem that not only the files
and the breeding places, but some of
the knockers . of the anti-fly cam
paign need swatting.
There was an awful waste of water
when Hazard, K. wasi flooded, but
what else can Kentucky do with
water?
That tattooed bandit should have
had "sure death" instead of "true
love" lettered on his murderous right
hand.
As soon as we are rid of the Pan
ama Canal it would be the logical
thing to discard the Monroe Doctrine.
Scientists are engaged in weighing
the moon. It is now up to some pro
moter to stake it off in town lots.
If Villa wants to arouse any fur
ther Interest he will have to organize
a Northern Mexico ball league.
The author of "God Save Ireland"
is dead at the age of 87 with his
prayer remaining unanswered.
Sir Edward Grey's proposal for a
Federal Government of Britain does
not contain enough strychnine.
There, Is little use In passing the
harmony bottle among Oregon Dem
ocrats. It must be empty.
Doc Wiley says his eugenic boy of
23 months speaks some Latin. They
usually do at that age.
California claims a record of one
baby every twelve minutes. Speed
up. Oregon.
A Kentucky town is flooded by
water. The irony of fate.
How would it suit Dr. Calvin White
to pickle the dead flies?
The Beavers are swatting the flies in
shipshape fashion.
They're loading up the anti-trust
musket again.
Same old Beavers and same old
game.
LIFE SHOULD LAST 10O YEARS
The Beat Work la Done After -to. Say
Lfarsrd Authority.
- London Cor. New York Sun.
"Don't atop Work at 70. do more of
It." remarked Sir Gilbert Parker a few
days ago. and Sir James Crlchton
Browne, an acknowledged authority on
longevity, agrees with Sir Gilbert
thoroughly.
"If you want a feeble and miserable
old age, give up working." lud Sir
James, who, although born as long ago
as 1840. Is one of the busiest men In
the kingdom today. "The most vigor
ous period of human life In Its entirety
Is obviously between 25 and 40 years
of age." he added." but to say that
men above the latter age ar com
paratively useless la to fly In the face
of the biographical dictionary. Much
of the best work of the world has been
done by men over 40. and we should
by no means stand where we are. but
be back In the twilight ages It bereft
of what these men accomplished.
"Musical expression, like speech,
reaches Its acme In late middle life. But
higher la the cerebral hierarchy than
speech or music centers are others con
cerned In the manifestation of purely
Intellectual powers, euctj as reason and.
Judgment, which come to perfection
late, and may long preserve their In
tegrity. A preponderance of the work
Involving calm and powerful reason
Is done by men from 65 to 70 years of
age. Our Judicial system In this coun
try has been built up mainly by Judges
from 65 to 85 years of age, and in al
most all countries the most momentous
affairs of state have been reserved for
the decision of men at this time of Ufa
"And even memory, bo often treach
erous in old age. may be preserved in
tact. Dr. Dollinger. when 70 years old
and cursed by Insomnia, learned by
heart three books and the "Odyssey' In
order that he might be able to repeat
them to himself In the silent watches
of the night. Henry DanUolo, Gibbon
tells us, waa elected Doge of Venice
when 84. and lived till 97. shining In
his last yeare as one of the most il
lustrious men of hla time.
"The way to make old age peevish
and repulsive is to rob it of the hopes
by which It is sustained and tran-
nuiiuiou. Depend on It. the beat an
tiseptic against senile decay ia an ac
tive interest in human affairs, and
those keep young longest who love
most. It is a cogent argument
against celibacy and the limitation of
families that they deprive old age of
thoae vernal Influences In which par
ents renew their youth.
"We ar Justified In holding that,
given favorable conditions and barring
accidents, loo years la the normal du
ration of man'a Ufa the goal which
we should hold In view and at which,
if we guide our footsteps aright, an
ever Increasing number of men and
women should arrive."
"Sir Jamea added that very often old
age waa mado feeble and decrepit be
cause of the maladies of early life. All
these maladies leave their footprints
behind them and In aged men were
often found the tracka of measles or
the marks of whooping cough.
MODERN GARDEN OF EDE.V. Gt'RELT
Olathe. Kaau. Ilaa Dispelled the Last
Trace of the Serprst's Trail.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The perfect community has been
found at last, and It la located, of all
places In the world. In Kansas. it
exists under the picturesque designa
tion .of Olathe, and one of Its most
eminent citizens la ex-Governor John P.
St. John, the man "who dried up Kan
sas" in 18S0 and who will be more
generally recalled aa a one-time Pro
hibition party candidate for President
of the United States.
Grape Juice Is the strongest beverage
that is dispensed in Olathe; the town
drunkard died many, many years ago.
and the town Jail baa been rented out
as a garage, because no one breaks the
law In Olathe, and for that reason there
are no prisoners to put under lock and
key. Boys are not allowed to amoke
cigarettes, the curfew rings promptly
at 9 o'clock, and on Sunday everything
Is closed except the 16 churches. It Is
said that even these are not needed
by the citizens, but are used to convert
sinners from neighboring towns.
There may be some other unknown
paradise located In some other part of
the country that will compare with
Olathe. but we doubt It.
FERRVJI.VJ1 IS OX Dl'TVi 12 HOI RS.
Hence He Questions Opinion Handed
Down by Mr. Crawford.
HAF.RISBCRG. Or March 30. (To
the Editor.) I eee in The Oreionlan
Sunday that Attorney-General Craw
ford has ruled that ferrymen employed
by the counties of this state do not
come under the provisions of the eight
hour law enacted by the Legislature
and approved by the voters for the rea
aon that such men do not work more
than eight hours a day.
I would like very much to know how
Mr. Crawford obtained his information
that they do not work more than eight
hours. I have been county ferryman
here for five years and can say that in
my case the reason given for aald de
cision Is absolutely false, aa I work 12
hours a day and no laborer works
steadier than I. I am not making any
complalnt against the County Court
that employs me, us they are aware of
the facts stated. But I wish to say
that if Mr. Crawford can thus overrule
the plain Intent of the State Legisla
ture, the Governor and the voters of
the state, we might aa well abolish the
Legislature, the Governor and the rest
and let him govern the state.
R. L INGRAM.
Send Back the Sparrema.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There Is something that will strike a
great many people like sentimental
tommyrot in the suggestion that the
celebration of the 100 years of peace
between the United States and England
be marked by returning to Great
Britain the battle flags and other
trophies captured from Invaders dur
Ing the Revolution and the War of
1S12. The English cannot restore the
American relics which their ancestor!
destroyed when they burned the Can
ltol at Washington. The spoils of war
which Jackson captured at New Orleans
have more significance on this side of
the Atlantic an attestations of Ameri
can valor than they could' possibly
possess If sent abroad. To part with
them in that way would represent an
extinction of values- It It la desired
to make a pretty present to the British,
why not send back the Engliah spar
rows, which would be worth as much
to them aa they are to us 7
Origin, of Oo to-Ctaurr a Sunday.
PORTLAND. March 31. (To the. "Edi
tor.) Go-to-church Sunday Is now a
popular thought. Everybody Is to go
to son.e church Sunday, April 19. A
great many people are asklngr What
started It? Who la back of the move
ment? Why, everybody Is back of It; but
who started it? As the other great
movements, this Go-to-church Sunday
waa started by the Christian Endeavor
organization. With ita 1.000.000 socie
ties and 5,000. 000 members, led by Dr.
Frances E. Clark, president of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
and the C. E. World's Union, this or
ganisation la doing a mighty work and
is leading in many world movements.
It- suggested, pushed, advertised and
developed the Go-to-church Idea, and
Kndeavorera are largely responsible
for the success of the plans used.
G- EVERT BAKER.
wn.iov3 rtrp-rtop ox tolls I
Ambassador's Speech at Londoa Really !
Reflected Prealdent'a V terra.
SALEM. Or, March 30 (To the Edi
tor.) President Wilson haa sustained
Ambassador Page In hla famous after
dinner apeech delivered at the English
banquet In London a short time since,
where he went Into the details of the
Monroe Doctrine and the Hay-Paunce-fote
treaty In a way that was delight
ful to the ears of hla audience.
It waa thought by tome who saw the
speech In cold print that our Ambassa
dor had slopped over in the exuberance
of the occasion, and his diplomatic
mind, encouraged by a gastronomical
satisfaction which is experienced after
having been wined and dined at an in
formal (unction of that sort, took on
a benevolent attitude toward all with
whom he came In contact.
But we learn now that he said Just
the right thing, and if -our President
had been there he would have sail
the same thing, perhaps. When we
read the speech ef Ambassador Page
we thought . of the plank In Mr. Wil
son's platform that atood for exemp
tion of tolls for all American coast
wise vessels that ahould use the canal,
and wondered what the mighty Wood
row would do to punish our erstwhile
Ambassador.
President Wilson la a very hard man
to argue with. When asked why it
waa that be had changed his mind alnc
the campaign days of 191J. he very
aptly explains that he was wrong, and
asks: "What are you going to do about
it?" All great men change their mlnda
because it is necessary as the exigency
arises.
During the Presidential campaign he
had to say something about Tammany.
In order to secure the political aid of
that powerful organization, and It wl'.l
be remembered that he Issued a con
gratulation to the society upon its an
niversary, and spoke of It as being one
of the institutions cherished by "all
lovers of America"; he also said that
"It is upon the hearths of this kind
that the fires of liberty are kept burn
ing." tjineo tne scandalous exposure In
New York the President haa had to
take sides against Tammany. it Is
Just possible that he Is wrong in his
tariff plank, or his currency plank, and
some of the others that he so warmly
advocated In hla campaign days. No
doubt he will see the impracticability
of free tariff or a gradual reduction
before 1916.
RALPH W. FARRIS.
HOW XOT TO BE LOXELY IS TOLD.
Advice Given Those Who Complain ef
Village Inhoapitalltr.
LEBANON, Or, March 28 (To the
Editor.) The Oregonian baa published
two letters from women living In the
Valley towns who complain of loneli
ness, one lack of cordiality on the part
of their neighbors. I am a. native
daughter of Oregon, have never been
out of my state and have lived in a
small town all of my life. I am firm In
the belief that if the city woman who
goes to the small town to live will
only be willing to meet her neighbors
half way she will not be long in
finding true and lasting friends. Too
often she carries with her an air of
superiority, which forbids advances,
forgetting that the population of the
city is made up largely of people born
and reared In the country and that
human nature Is much the same every
where. If the city woman is fitted to
enjoy club work she has only to prove
her worth and In due time she will be
elected to membership and will find
that the club of the email town does
creditable work. If she cares for civic
work, nearly every town In the Vallev
haa well-organized civic improvement
ciuos. that will be glad to bar, her
services. If she Is a temperance worker
the doors of the W. C. T. U. are always
open to newcomers. If she Is a Chris
tian she will not have to go far to Join
a church, and her attendance and work
In the church societies will be appre
ciated. If she Is a mother, the Parent
Teacher Circle is a fine place to get
acquainted. There are also a few card
playing cluba in the email towna. but
bridge whist haa not yet Invaded these
precincts. If all of these attractions
fall to satisfy, there is the great world
of nature waiting to be explored. There
the will find "books In the running
brooks, sermons in atones, and good In
everything."
There is a very old book called the
Bible, In which will be found some
very up-to-date advice on this subject,
in a passage which reads: "He that
hath friends must show himself friend
ly." If the writers of these letters will
"go Into the silence" and consider these
words, and then go forth to cheer and
encourage some one less fortunate than
themselves, they will no longer have
time to complain of loneliness. Life
will take on a new meaning. ,
WILMA WAGGONER.
BIRDS OP THE CANAL IOE
Single Settlement Contains Greater
Vnriety Than Any One State.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It Is estimated that there are about
900 varieties of birds In the Canal Zona
a larger number of species than is to
be found In any one state in the United
States.
In a recent number of the Canal Rec
ord there Is published a list of 230 dif
ferent species of birds found in the Im
mediate vicinity of Gatun Lake. From
this list It appeara that many of the
birds known tn this section of the coun
try are to be found In the Canal Zone,
along with others which are strangers
to this part of the United States.
According to the Canal Record, Lion
Hill, one of the settlements on the old
line of the Panama Railroad, is said to
have furnished "more type species of
birds than any one locality in the
Americas." A representative of the
biological survey at Washington, In
the course of two short collecting trips
to the zone, procured some 300 differ
ent speclmena There never has been
any published work of the ornithology
of the isthmus, but such publications
doubtless will be forthcoming at an
early data '
A number of the birds In Panama are
mere Winter visitors from the United
Statea These Include auch familiar
varieties aa sparrows, tanagera orioles,
flycatchera. swallows, thrushes, warb
lera and catbirds.
The bird resources of the Canal Zone
evidently are of much Importance. Pos
sibly If they are properly conserved
they will become one of the valuable
assets of the United States. Having
permitted so much reckless bird slaugh
ter In this country that insect pesta are
increasing at an alarming rate, it
would be well to take care of the birds
that have been added to our National
possessions by reason of the acquisition
of a section of Panama
April Fool-ish?
"We hope
The first
writh Spring and many problems of dress, home furnishing, and
what not.
If you are not already an active beneficiary of newspaper
advertising begin today. Turn All Fool's Day insido out. Put
the joke onto the other fellow who hasn't the enterprise to take
advantage of all the good advice and suggestions fonnd every
day in The Oregonian 's advertising columns.
Better still, invite the whola family to become acquainted
with all the good things advertised.
Result: Economy, convenience, satisfaction.
Twcnty.fi ve Years Ago
From The Oregonian of April 1. 18S9.
Chicago; March SI The fight be
tween the feather-welghta Ike Weir
and Frank Murphy, of England, took
place at Koutts. Ind.. this morninjr.
and after the soth the referee de
clared it off for the day. bUv .onounrM
that It would have to be finished bef.e
Tuesday. The fight will probably be
declared draw.
San Franelseo. March SI An agree
ment was nied yesterday by the South
ern Paclnc Company for a lease to it
of the Central racific Railroad.
Any fisherman who wishes to be Im
mortalised can attain his desire by
Cty'pa"7 eal r th pon1 ln tbe
Colonel Mendell. of the United Suites
Engineers. Colonel Cralghlll and Ma
jor Post will sail for Europe April 10
to get information relating to the ob
structions to the Columbia River at
The Dalles.
The main building of the Convent of
the Holy Names haa bean removed to
the block west of where it stood.
Mrs. Annie Jennes Miller, of Bos
ton, the advocate of divided skirts, will
shortly arrive ln this city.
The O. n. N. Co.'a steel bridge
across the Snake River at Ripariawlll
be completed about April 10.
There is scarcely an unoccupied
house ln Portland. Eaat Portland and
Aiolna. and agents say that if 1000 or
even J000 houxea were built, they could
rent them In no time.
While driving a buggy hired from
Magoon Bros, along the White House
f". y't'rttr. Philip Blumaej.r col
lided with Jamea Cannon', carriage.
One of the shafts ran into the nigh
horse's neck of the Magoon team and
broke off. The tern continued their
mad flight and narrowly missed ve
hicles occupied by c. A. Malarkey and
faml jr and B. L ttono and emlly.
Finally the wounded horse dronned
,4 ... .4 - " -
Half a Century Ag&
From The Oregonian of April 1. 1884.
W. S. Ladd has received a dispatch
from his correspondents In New York
etating that the project for establish
ment of a mint for Oregon was defeat
ed in Congress.
Charles Llshan. an old resident of
Clark County, while in attendance at
court In Vancouver, last week as a
Juror, lost his dwelling, barn and all
their contents by fire. Even clothing
was not saved. He is utterly destitute.
The name of Bannock City. Boise
County. Idaho, has been changed to
Idaho City.
Washington. March 28. Lieutenant
General Grant was In consultation with
the President. Stanton and Halleck last
night. He returned to the front today
and has established his headquarter at
Culpepper.
Chicago, March 29. A correspondent
gives an account of the rebel attack
on Paducah. An army of 6500 entered
Paducah on the 25th, when the 900
Union troops retreated to the fort. Tho
rebels made a gallant charge of the
fort, but were repulsed with great
slaughter. They sacked the town,
burned nine buildings and left on the
I6th ln the direction of Columbus.
London. March 16. La France says
England and Rutsia are inducing Den
mark to accept an armistice.
Salem. March 31. The Marion County
Democratic convention today nominat
ed for Sheriff. Samuel Clark; for treas
urer. G. M. Stroud; for Assessor. James
Cooper; for Legislature, Joseph Tehe,
jacoo oodslde, Jackson and -Picar.l.
Albany. March 31. The Union State
Convention nominated for Presidential
electors, George L. Woods, of Wasco:
H. N. George, of Linn and J. T. Gasley.
of Douglas. For district officers: Sec
ond Judicial district, R. E. Stratton.
Judge, and J. F. Watson. District At
torney; third district, R. P. Boise,
Judge, and K. Mallory, Pietrict Attor
ney; fifth district. J. G. Watson. Judge,
and C. K Meigs, District Attorney.
A cougar or panther measuring nine
feet from the tip of the nose to the tip
of the tall was killed near Lewis River
a few days since and brought to this
city by Mr. GltchelL S. S. Douglas, tax
idermist, purchased the carcaes and the
akin will be preserved for a New Tork
museum.
While workmen were tearing up tho
sidewalk on the corner of First and
Washington streets yesterday, some 19
or a doxen rata were laid out in rapid
succession.
Testerday afternoon sia a young man
was riding- on Front street near thn
store of Mr. Law. his horse stepped
into a hole and broke his leg. The ani
mal waa shot.. He belonged .to Amos
Eaton.
A very select audience was In at
tendance at the Courthoune last evening
to listen to the lecture of Mrs. Salllo B.
Thayer.
The April Fool'
By Dean Collins.
Prince of Boobs, Is my title plain.
I am the merrymakers" tool;
Never have I been safe and sane
. Upon the day of the April FooL
I quaff sharp vinegar, served as beer,
I bite soap candiea with childish cheer.
And practical Jokers grin with glee
At the practical Jokes they play on me.
They hall me all. as the April Fool.
And I am the butt of all their Jests,
A graduate of the bonehead school.
Bound unto Momus' mad behests:
I kick the brick 'neath the derby hat.
I club the India rubber rat.
And yet I wonder. If truth were known.
If I am an April Fool alone.
For there Is the guy who. on this day
Puts Winter fiannela upon tbe shelf.
And there la the chap who tries to say
Which team will win. and who bets
his pelf.
And there Is the ever-hopeful gink
Who fishes te-dav at the river's brink.
"La-la!" say I, "I may be. 'tis true.
An April fool there are others, too!"
not.
of April brings you face to face
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