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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914. HIDTMVn JlKFf;ON Iitmd at Portland. Oregon. Poetofflee a Bflcond-c!i matter. - - -- Cnbacrlpilon Bate. invariably In Advance. (By Mail) ..oo DallT Runrlmv lnrluded. on year S" Yi.i i u j i..tI1iiAli ... mnnthl. ... 4.Z5 Dally. Sunday Includad, inree montha. Daily. Sunday includad, oua month. .. Dally, without Sunday, ona year Dally, without Sunday, alx montha.... Datiy. without Sunday, three montha.. Dally, without Sunday, ona month.. Weekly, ona year. ....,...... " Sunday, one year. Sunday and Weekly, one year. 2.25 .75 8.00 S.23 1.75 .ao 1.50 2.60 .50 III -aruti"i 00 Dally. Sunday Included, one year ?s Dally. Sunday Included, one month Bow to Remit Send Poetotflee money Ol der, expreaa order or peraonal check on your local bank. Stampa. coin or currency are aw aender-a risk. Give poatofrice addreaa In iuii. includint county and atata ., Poetaxe Kate. 11 to Id pa.a 1 ' t?. to 2 page.. 2 centa; 34 to 48 pagee, - cent., so to 80 paces, 4 centa; 62 to 78 Pe cent.; 78 to 2 pages. t centa Toreln post age, double rate. nV iaalrrn Bualneae Off Icea Verree 4k Co" lln. New York, Brunswick buUdlna. -m-eego. Stecer building. 6an Francisco Office R. J. BldweU Co. Y4t Market etreet. PORTLAXD, THCRSDAV, AUGUST IS. 1914. WAR'S KWrJUCT OX KEUTBAM. Derangement of international credit facilities, disturbance of prices for staple commodities and almost total stoppage of commerce between tne United States and Europe impresses upon us the fact that the conse quences of -war cannot be confined to the belligerents. The United States has no direct interest in the quarrel and Is separated from the main scene of hostilities by a great ocean; this country is less likely to be drawn Into the struggle than any European na tion, but every person In this country feels the effect already. The bonds of commerce and travel have bound the world so closely together, and communication by modern means is so Instantaneous that the world has become as one family. No two members of this family can quarrel without deeply concerning all others, and when a free-for-all scrimmage takes place among six members, the others must look out for themselves. These facts were brought home to us first by the financial convulsions caused by the war. The money mar ket has no sooner adapted Itself to war conditions than prices of the most Important necessaries of life are vio lently affected. In anticipation of a great demand for wheat, growing out of Europe's preoccupation with war Instead of harvest, the price of that staple rose rapidly, but settled down when it was discovered that many hip-owners would not risk capture of their vessels while carrying wheat to Europe. Meat producers witnnoin supplies i rum m.irci "'-' 1 of a boom, and prlcese begin to soar, j ,.. I supplies from market in anucipauoi England's supply of sugar from Ger manv and Austria being cut off by the war, that country draws on the Araer- r- war, mat country un"o n.i ..... - l"an supply and promptly the price in this country Dounas upwara. jluc European market for our cotton being CUt Oil or snips lur ji uniwyui i in either unobtainable or obtainable ..... . . . ' - . .Voa I only at high ireignis, mo pune m commodity is depressed. Ships are either selaed for war purposes or dare not move from port, and ocean traffic is paralyzed. This country, like those , olmnDt tn- invoiveo in wm, ucw.n amnion. . - u v 1 1 nn n i . i . . . . i. - . tally dependent on its own resources, exorbitant prices reek with criminal War builds around neutral countries ity, and the guilty men should be pur a barrier almost as impassable as that Bued relentlessly through every court. which surrounds tne weniBcmm. r eaerai ur euiir, an awm-n tlons. Our people or our ships pass he reached. By his surrender to the .. . . . i.i. a itirfloiilf v anli- ... nroalilont TCUintt has dis- tnis oarner uuii a. sna... i .,r,a. thronrh a barbwire fence . . , aai . .1 ... w I Without tearing urea ui Not only Individual citizens, Dut tne A. ,J lea a n-y li'l rr'J flffaifi hv I Government itself, is embarrassed by o which la not its affair. It must pour out 11.000.000,000 of new cur rency, hasten organization of the new banking system and provide for re turn of those citizens who have been caught in the war zone. While all these added expenses are imposed upon it, the enormous shrinkage of Imports cuts down its customs reve nue. It must impose new taxes to fill the void the war has caused. The income tax is to be Increased at the expense of the rich and new taxes on leather and coffee, and stamp taxes on business transactions may be im posed at the cost of rich and poor dike. This is not our war, but wo must help to pay for it. the coMMrxrrr srsro. ' A great many people are helping along the "Community Sing." Their names are so numerous and their oc cupations so various that the project ed evening of song will be a genuine community affair. The McDowell Musical Club, the Portland Ad Club, the Shakespeare Study Club and a dozen other organizations are inter ested either directly or indirectly in piomoting the sing. With so many contributing streams of influence it seems as if the effort must result brilliantly. It is something quite new for Portland, but it Is also something quite desirable and it is pleasant to see so many men and women helping to make it go smoothly. The plan is to assemble a great multitude at Multnomah Field on the night of August 18 and inspire them to sing for a couple of hours. They are not to sing in German, French or Italian, but In English, and the songs are not to be taken from grand operas. They are to be the simple, old Eng lish ditties that everybody ought to love. The "home songs" of the United States are to ring out more vigorously than any others. We do not know what particular songs have been chosen for the even ing, but if "Silver Threads Among the Gold" is omitted there are some who will go home with, an aching void In their souls. "In the Hazel Dell My Nellie's Sleeping" is another of the "Old Songs" which some people can not sing any more because "its charm is so sad and deep. Its melody would waken old sorrows from their sleep." But when a great multitude sings It the sorrows will not be wakened. They Will De lUllea t uccjjci 1 1 ta.iio auu I over their slumber will float Ue se- rene joy ui nupe ic- We wonder lr anytjoay nas tnougnt ... . I tO pUt V.?ill LllCIItl Ull Lilt 1 n I xr Vi bM. .,,na I "Cantilena" on he pro- gramme, auu i cmciiiiof i . u .. , we dare say. "There's not a chord that trembles around my heart to- nlgrlt DUt tnrillS vlin uinuiu gmuinTM I aula eloquent Uriifcii i. v mi J u n innin vaatci, i. . of a better sentiment for a community maid's knee would be nothing to such sing? There is one song that every- a universal genius as this physician body will miss if It is not suag by the must be. His treatments are all sim big crowd. That is "John Brown's pie, though not so Inexpensive as one Body." Think of hearing that noble could desire, for he sends every pa chorus shouted by 10.000 voices. It tient to the hospital. For malaria would make the beams of heaven "go to the Vanderbilt Clinic." For bend, as old Lorenzo Dow used to say. The peace advocates who aver that -kt. -.hii h thn last war have little to base their conclusions upon. When . . 11 j i i . . I I tn war is ueaiij i.-uucu iw cuiuiuw will survive and smoulder, only to break forth, perhaps, in a new gener- j a,tion. The world has a number of adjustments to make yet before war can be dispensed with. The peace Idea Is a beautiful dream but noth ing more at this time, if history teaches us anything. VAI.K, I'ORAKEK. ft mav tw honed that those spuri ous Democratic progressives who have been shedding tneir tears in puui over the melancholy fate of the Re publican party for returning to its re actionary idols will CF-st their lachry mose optics upon Ohio. Ex-Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, the cracked fire-alarm, has been decisively beaten for the Republican Senatorial nomi nation by Warren G. Harding, a safe and sane Republican, without any qualifying prefixes. The Democratic nominee is Timothy S. Hogan. Just what the happy Hogan has done for the political and social uplift is not clear. But Foraker is defeated, and he should have been. The Republican party repudiated him Just as It has repudiated nearly all the old-line leaders who had forfeited its confi dence and the public respect. Only Barnes and Penrose remain. They will not last long. But what has the Democratic party done to get rid of its bosses? What has it done in the way of effective hni.eoi-iaaiiinp Ts there a shadow of showing that the grip of the Big Four on the machine has been weakened? Tom Taggart. Roger Sullivan. Jim Guffey and Charlie Murphy are still in the saddle. XEW HAVEN'S SUBMISSION. Final acceptance by the New Haven road of the terms laid down by the Government for dissolution of the combination by which that road con trols the entire transportation system of New England is another in the series of public victories over the trusts. The series began with the Northern Securities decision, the de cisive battles were won over the oil and tobacco trusts and since then the trusts have been surrendering at dls ,rtioTi almost wherever summoned. with the exception of the hart-ester trust, which has Just met its fate in the lower court, and the steel trust, which continues to hold out. Since the law has given the Inter state Commerce Commission author ity to decide whether railroad control nf anv nflrticular steamship line re strains competition, it is as well that the Attorney-General has leit to mat estion whether the Sound steamship line should remain under New Haven control. On the face of thin crs thorp spems no reason to doubt that the Commission will order uu". - separation. The steamers are natural - - - B.iii.i'i A 0mb traffic competitors of the railroad for traffic between the principal cities or tne nT,-h nintin,. fnoBt Th Commis- nvini mm n .. .... Si0n can be as safely trusted as the courts io aeciue m ntLuiuau the law and the facta. ne auui ucj-uLi-it" . in stipulating that the dissolution of . . . . TT. nAMk(nailnn n01llrl tne new navcu i,ummj" not carry with it immunity from crim- inal prosecution of those who formed the combine. The proceedings by whlch the New Haven was loaded J ,,-i,V, inninfltahla nmnPTtV at tiu 1 1 umtn. i ........... sodaled himself from his guilty pre- j . Jt a m ,l,nr nrta 141s aeceasuia nu num ,. name is a guaranty mat tne roaa "i 1 aaatoaM k.aa Itirall QMri Vi Cl T St 1 V mail- hurpufter be well and honestly man aged, but his good deeds should not procure Immunity for their bad deeds. THE RIGHT TO MAKE WAR. For twenty-six years Emperor Wll helm kept the peace of Europe. He organized a mighty army and he built up a great navy; but there was no war with any power. The purpose of the Emperor, and the German people behind him, was to maintain an Invincible fighting machine to protect the Fatherland. So they said. So doubtless they In tended and believed. But now the forces which the Ger man ruler created and long held in leash are turned loose In a tremendous struggle with three great European powers. The world for the most part appears to believe that the German Emperor is responsible primarily for the cataclysm of blood and destruc tion now Imminent. Whether it be "to reap the harvest of perpetual peace by this one bloody trial of war," or whether It be because Wilhelm's ambition, like Caesar's, "swelled so much that It did almost stretch the sides o' the world," it is true that he Is the central figure both of the world's passionate praise and bitter obloquy. The moving causes that carried the German Empire, through Wllhelm, into this terrible war we do not know, and cannot, until history gives Its Judgment We will not at all at tempt to anticipate the verdict; and it will be Just and wise for the Ameri can people to watch and wait. Let them remember that the German people are friends, and that the Amer ican citizens of German ancestry are among the pillars of the republic. But it Is not premature to say that no single man whether Emperor, Czar or King ought alonelo have the power to precipitate the nations Into deadly conflict; and we think the re sult of the present tremendous war will be that organized society will de cree that making war Is not a royal right. HOW TO KXP WEI.I. A physician to whom we wish mil lions of patients conducts a depart ment in one of our revered contem poraries In which he briefly tells how 'to cure all diseases. In the precious Issue w,hlch has by a happy accident fallen under our admiring and envious . Via Jiannaan of malarlfl. rhpuma fttw.1T lie u . n . i - tism, blood disorders, enlarged Joints, an elongated palate. Iritis, uterine dis- ..-.- . m placement, umisrsuuu " . ., . TXT. V. nf tVi.- i:lc ankle. We suppose the rest of the -ills .11. ji. n. ' i 0wt.A.ww ...v t . V. ...r.T-1 ,1 ara Omitted ITltTf'I V bC' u i mi. ........ cause nobody happened to want them cured when the department was be- tug wiakt-cii ivi fc.mu. blood diseases "go to a medical man Tvhr. fcnnws how to handle them." and so on down the list. We said this doctor was a genius. No doubt the reader thinks so too by this time. A j i,..... .i i-, . Vi t u wit PTiniich to send uuvii " " r even- patient to somebody else and at the same time make a living by his profession deserves universal ap plause. The department we are speaking of is headed "How to keep well." Not as physicians but as confidential ad visers we are moved to offer a word on the same subject. The one essen tial rule for keeping well Is to eat little, drlnkless and breathe plenty of fresh air. "Drink" In this connection signifies spirituous beverages. Water is indispensable to good health. With in reason the more a person drinks of it the better for his earthly taber nacle. All dietary rules might well be summed up in the precept, "Be mod erate." An ancient sage of our ac quaintance teaches his boys to "get up from the table hungry" at every meal. They do not obey the lesson, but that does not matter. Nobody ever does obey any lesson as he ought but still we keep on driving them in. OUTRIGHT RUIN. The Oregonian again invites the at tention of every citizen of the state to the astounding socialist proposal to throw the eight-hour iron hammer Into the wheels of Oregon progress. The wide sweep of the measure, of fered under the Initiative for the November election, can best be under stood by reading Its provisions in de tail. , Article XV. Section 0. of the Constitution of the State of Oregon, shall be and the same hereby Is amended to read as follows: Re it Enacted bv the People of the btate of Oregon: That it snail constitute a criminal nawn punishable by fine or Imprisonment, or both, 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 I'ri'ru. ail in, i ' i Hon. or his, her, or their foreman, overseer, superintendent, manager or any other agent, to employ. In the State of Oregon, any man. woman, boy or KtrL for more than eight . . . , , .. .1 .. n.i.m t h H 11 nours in any one cmwuutii ua, . ........ 48 hours In any one calendar week. By this law. employment lut aS"i . calendar day shall be confined to nine con--utlvB hours, allowing one hour for eatmg and rest. The period of nine consecutive hours with eight hours tor wora uwrau and one hour for eating and rest, shall, by the provisions of this law. be Identical for ..v. ,iv- anii .v.rv calandar dav. ox each. any and every calendar week. .'. . . . . . . . v. . i ; . ,- Ihn.anf shall mis law, ana 111c piviBiwno umti".! i . . . . u an aanh nnv and every person, man, woman, boy or girl, em ployed for pay, remuneration, profit or com pensation of any kind whatsoever; in, on, around or about each, any and every cafe, club, hotel, restaurant, farm, laundry, hos pital, canning or packing plant, factory, lumber yard, logging camp, sawmill, oil. steam or eleotrlo railway, railroad, station, . . ii tk. ai.ai.Ua anBtriPa. depot, rOUllUIlOUSC Wl mi a .. , a . cars or other equipment of an oil, steam or electric railway or railroad, to express, team ing and drayiug concerns, to telegraph, tele phone, engineering, mechanical, mercantile, mining, foundry. Iron and machine work, to laborers, domestics, artisans, mechanics and tradesmen In the bulding trades, to office, store, barber shop, garage, workshop, snip, wharf warehouse and waterfront work, any where and everywhere within the State of Oregon. By this law neither manual labor, trades nor the professions shall be exempted, but every form of labor, skilled or unskilled, as well as every trade and profession, and persons working therein or thereat, shall be included In, by and under this law, within the State of Oregon. nnai tho, Oree-on housewife think she has no Interest or concern in poll- tics? Or the restaurant Keeper; ur the hospital board? Or the farmer? Or any employer or employe or citi zen whatsoever? The proposal ought to have been entitled, "A bill to stop the clock, limit daylight, demoralize service, de stroy employment and ruin the em ployer." t 8IGNIFICAN'rv QUESTIONS. It Is wondercful how little the fin ished product of our educational ma chine really needs to know. If ho manages himself deftly while the mill is at work grinding him out he can emerge with a head far more empty than It was when he was tossed into the hopper. The educational process ran form a hraln vacuum as easily as a brain plenum and it would appear from current phenomena tnat tne first feat is much the more common of the two. Witness the questions which educated people puzzle over. The other day there was terrible dis tress In some quarters because teach ers had been asked to find the diag onal of a. puhe. aa if that performance required prorouna eruaiuun. No doubt it does require eruaiuon vastly deeper than some college grad iintPR nnsseSS. but a fairly trained schoolboy ought not to stagger before the problem. Here Is another upon which learned brains are now breaking- A man on the rear end of a train going a mile a minute shoots at an other on the front end. If the bullet goes as fast as the train will it hit the mark ? Imagine anybody who pretends to be educated stumbling over such a question. The first lesson we learn in physics teaches what "relative ve locity" means. A bullet shot from a gun obeys every force acting upon it exactly as if there were no other force in the world. Leaving all resistances out of consideration, it will fly along the moving train Just as It would If th. train vara at rest. Having the full velocity of the train as well as the velocity acquired from the gun, it win hit the mark, and it will do so In the same time as if everything were mo tionless except Itself. We recite these elementary truths not to instruct anj body, for everybody is supposed to know them, but to point a moral. If education concerned itself less with the Sirens and the color of Medusa's hair and more with the vital facts of life we should not see so many people unable to answer the simplest ques tions In practical science. HARVESTER TRUST CONDEMNED. Tka Hpplslon of the United States court ordering dissolution of the har vester trust is different from many previous decisions against the trusts in one essential point. Tnat is, tnat the company is declared illegal almost ani.iv on thp trronnd that It restrains competition and is therefore contrary to the public policy laid aown in tne Sherman law. Except tn two minor particulars, the conduct of the com pany since its organization is neia tu have been blameless. Its condemna tion la not due to anv such acts of oppression and unfair competition as were committed by tne on ana 10 haafm trusts and as called down the censure of the Supreme Court on those combinations. It is conaemnea simply because it is a monopoly in of trade and competition. and because, as such, It has the power to oppress. Thp oWiton Is in accord with pub lic policy and with public sentiment. The existence of a combination con trolling; 85 per cent of the business in any line is repugnant to the spirit of institutions. No matter whether or not the combination exercises its power to drive out competitors and to charge exorbitant prices, the law Is ha camp: the possession of such power is unlawful. This is sound pol icy, for the existence of such power In the hands of the group or men composing the directors of a trust renders the freedom of others to com pete and of consumers to buy at fair prices dependent on the forbearance of -that group and on its continuance i,ontvoi This freedom should be rendered safe by the law, not be at the mercy of any set or men. uirec tors of a trust may change their pol- icy or may give place to others of less forbearance, hence the freedom de scribed would be Insecure so long as a corporation possessed this power. This Is the first time any court has passed upon the question whether a manufacturing trust is illegal In Itself, without regard to its overt acts. The same principle was involved in the Northern Securities case, which relat ed to railroad combinations, but as to other trusts numerous collateral is sues have been raised, such as over capitalization, extermination of rivals by unfair competition, and extortion. Here it was the simple question: Does the combination of these several cor porations in one restrain trade and restrict competition? The answer Is In the affirmative. If the Supreme Court should affirm the decision, no trust, however harmless In Its meth ods, can stand. Attorney-General McReynolds may object to that part of the decree or dering the separation of the harvester trust into at least three separate parts, although the conditions laid down are more stringent than those which marked the oil and tobacco de cisions. He criticised the terms of dissolution in the latter cases, because the stockholders of the several parts remained the same as those of the whole. The court meets this objection In the harvester case by requiring that the trust be dissolved "into at least three substantially equal, separate, distinct and independent corporations with . wholly separate owners and stockholders." Mr. McReynolds, how ever, advocated dissolution of the to bacco trust into a larger number of units and he may ask the Supreme Court to modify the decree by requir ing that the harvester trust be dis solved into its original constituent parts. One by one the trusts are going, leaf by leaf the roses fall. The last one to pass In Its checks Is the la mented Harvester Trust, which goes to Join the angel band where Stand ard Oil and Tobacco have gone be fore. Peace to Its ashes. No doubt it will prove to be .quite as good a Phoenix as Its predecessors. "Resur gam" is their common motto. One of the early fruits of the war, as might have been expected, is chol era. It comes by way of Servia and Russia, where it is endemic, and it will be carried by the troops as they advance like Milton's Sin and Death "spreading their bane." Of course war prevents any proper methods to check the disease. Fifty reservists, German and French, are aboard the same boat headed for Europe. Why don't they fight it out here and save the expense nP n Inna IniimaV Tt WOllld bp 1USt as sensible as what they are doing and there d oe more leit ior auivivme relatives. The women of Liege, who poured boiling water on the German invaders, will go down in history with the wom en of Saragossa, who fought the French invaders to the death in tho Peninsular War. The captain of the Algerlne knows his limitations and does not want to fight a heavier opponent; yet If he has to fight he and his crew will go down with the colors flying. That is the British spirit. Hungarlans in Connecticut com plain that they thave been swindled by a, man who sold them tickets by airship back to Europe. A fool and his money are soon parted. It was ever thus. The Mexican federals may peace fully evacuate Mexico City and start a revolution of their own. The power in .-in thoritv is at a irreat disadvantage In Mexico, it would appear. "War In the Air," the horrors of which have been described by theo retical writers, appears to be about as harrowing as plngpong under real war conditions. War may do more to help the silver miners than all Mr. Bryan's cam paigning. New demand for the metal for coinage is already enhancing its price. The Birmingham's gunner who sank the submarine earned unlimited shore leave after the war; provided, of course, he ever gets ashore. That alleged bootlegger at Eugene who had 00 quart bottles of beer "for family use" was certainly a good provider. If Emperor William had any feel ing for his sympathizers abroad he would let a little news ooze through. While Carranza prepares to enter Mexico City, a new storm-cloud hov ers In the north, where Villa sulks. The combatants will soon have the North Sea so thickly sown with mines that no ships will dare navigate it. However, departure of thousands of reservists for Europe should make the labor situation easier this Winter. The crew of that vessel which car ries both French and German reserv ists should have a lively voyage. We are having to pay dearly for the exciting thrills from Europe. Even a war tax Is in prospect. OH seems to be dropping as sugar advances, thus preserving the balance of high cost of living. With sugar going up steadily a sweet tooth will soon require ex tracting. The censors cannot get a grip, on the afternoon war news at Sixth and Alder. The Goeben and Breslau might be called aquatic fleas. Let all become vegetarians and sell the meats to the fighters. However, we are growing accus tomed to this war idea. The Finnish fort at Sveaborg Is ready for the finish. What has become of Prince Wil liam of Wied? Now they're harvesting the harves ter trust. China may get lost In the shuffle. Foraker failed to come back. Stop th$ food grafters. ntOLICS AT RECREATION CAMP. Boys Have . Glorlons Time Climbing Ullla and Swimming. PORTLAND, Aug. 12. (To the Edi tor.) If the business man who has grown up without friendships formed in the 'open" would take a Sunday off and visit the Boys' Recreation Camp at Cascade, on the Cblumbia he would realize that he has lacked in his make up something worth while. This ap plies a fortiori to the man whom cir cumstances forbid even the meager pleasures the city has to offer in the Summer. The location is remarkable. Agroup of fir trees in a broad plateau a hundred feet above the river rorms the community center of the camp. The boys sleep in regular army conical tents on springs that were made for rest. The clean beach makes an ideal place to bathe, and back toward the hills, only ten minutes' walk is Eagle Lake, warm and pleasant for swimming and Just the place for black bass. On all sides loom up the red and green of the moun tains, topped by Table Mountain the end of the Bridge of the Gods. The boys at camp do not look at the moun tains as most of us do from a car win dow or on a hurried trip, but they ab sorb the lifting influence of the hills by quietly drinking in the scene and they climb the rugged trails with the feeling of one who visits a friend. A number of Reed College stalwarts act as leaders for the boys and long tramps are taken for those who wish to go. Even the kitchen is presided over by college girls an extra inducement to visitors and there is a rumor that fu ture menus are to be worded according to the rules of simplified spelling. That prime necessity of camp life spring water is on hand in abundance. What more could any camper want? Each night provides its campflre and until taps is sounded one has his choice of popping corn or singing around the fire, or playing games or reading books of which there is a good collection. And then to sleep with nothing to disturb one but the quiet flow of the great river, ana to aream 01 anutuci u restful healthful pleasure. The camp has a capacity of 25 boys and Is only one-third full. But two or three weeks remain before it closes. A boy can go up by boat any morning except Friday or by train any morning and his only expense if he comes by boat Is J2.50 per week board. It seems strange that with the number of boys in town to whom a week In the hills amid helpful Influences would mean so much in prep aration for the Winter more par ents have not availed themselves of the opportunity and that more "big brothers" have not come forward and given a "newsy" a chance to view life els it was meant to be. The camp is ...ii.. .... ....(.n.l v.,- Prifaeanv anil careiuuy buijchidcu " j a Mrs. Arthur E. Wood, of Reed College, and Judging from experience a hearty welcome awaits the Portland visitor who wants to be shown. loe inurn- . i .v. ,.i lAnal on thp North lrig Saw. mo oiuuiuo tu Pank Road stop at Cascade, beside the camp, and if one wishes the luxury of a night outdoors ne can ieavj mo camv in the morning at 7:20 and be at his desk at half past nine. It is the wish .a- . 1. .v. Vi a .ti-ri that hV SundSV every tent will be filled with happy, throbbing Doy me. J. H. HENDRICKSON. BLAME FOR SMALLPOX IS DENIED. Antl-Vacclnatlon Propaaiandlst Saya She la Not to Blame. aw-nm-r ivn Iwa 1A Tn thp T7!HI. IU:i L ll.l.ll'i 11 " ft xv. w w.ia tor.) Having been closely confined at home for tne past tnree weeas. i reau with astonishment in vThe Oregonian Saturday, that Dr. Marcellus holds me 'Ml.anllv .aannnaiMa for thp KTTiallDOX scare in the Mount Scott district." I suppose T should congratulate myself that he does not cnarge mo aa bu.il- ing tho war in Europe, but 1 nave naa as much to do with the one as the other. If he has found a good deal of anti vaccination sentiment in this part of tho city, it would be more respectful ... . 1 II ,. .Tlnn, tVinvn a lit to tnose noiunig it m an" Z tie responsibility for their own opin ions. The people out this way do not need anybody to make up their minds for them. In agreeing with Dr. White that I am "causing more suffering and disease than any other person In Oregon," Dr. Marcellus again Insults the alleged suf ferers. Unlike himself, I have never sought to force conformity to my per sonal opinions on other people. I am more than willing that everyone should act according to his conscience and the best light he can obtain in the matter of vaccination. Hence, so far as I am concerned people act, as freeborn men and women have a right to do, on their own responsibility. On the other hand, Drs. Marcellus and White, In attempting to compel pcu ... . . a. . .. . ...1 haanma riirpetl PI LO UO laLnuaiia, - responsible for tho evil results that often if not always iouu lh.l tion. They are engaged in propagating disease, and so far as the law allows In propagating it by force. I believe in progagating health and in maintain ing immunity through cultivating health. - , ,, Further. 1 am constrained to believe if anything I have said has influenced action regarding vaccination, that it is due to the fact that the popular com mon sense recognizes argument and truth in my statements. LORA C. LITTLE. CITY LOT nEDUCES LIVING COST. Portlander Ralaea Bl Supply of Food on Small Strip. PORTLAND, Aug. 11. (To the Edi tor.) Pardon me for seeming to come to your assistance on the city lot gar den, for your answer to the skeptic from Sherwood shows you need no help, but as an enthusiastic believer in Ore gon climate and possibilities, I want to back you up by a few actual facts, which, no doubt, are exceeded by oth ers in all parts of the city, demonstrat ing your statement is not an idle fancy. On a city lot 45x187 feet, 45x80 feet of same being used for fruit, garden and chicken park, were produced last year .11 ih. onnlPB cherries. Dlums, prunes, Dears grapes, loganberries and rasp- r . . . . ..i A -v aVip v-. a r berries tnat were iii" . l..- j Two examples will serve to show the production In the vegetable garden. Nine tomato plants produced an abund ance for Summer use and 26 Jars for Winter. Twenty-four feet of Japanese clumbing cucumbers produced a fine Summer supply and five gallons of pickles. Besides these were raised rad ishes, lettuce, peas, beans, beets, on ions, potatoes, turnips arid celery, all in quantities sufficient to save buy ing at the store. The amount of fruit gathered and es timated for this year totals eight boxes of Waxen apples, three bushels of Ital ian prunes, two boxes Bartlett pears. 75 pounds of peach plums. 100 pounds of cherries. 70 quarts of berries. Twenty bred-to-lay white Leghorn hens averaged better than $3 each, above the cost of feed for the year. The yield herewith shown may be small for a large family, but I know of . . ..fan workine rjeoDle. who a iamnj' n i v..- - - - claim they cannot make a good living on a 200-acre Wliiameue "w An examination of the soil clearly shows Dame Nature is not the one at fault. PAUL. A. MCt-ttcrtou.i. Lucky Marriasse Dates. v The Club Fellow. wiggDo jCou believe it is unlucky to get married on Friday? AVa&&Certainly; but why make Friday the exception? Enconnter With a Barber. London Standard. Barber Your hair's very thin on the top, sir. Customer Ah, I'm glad of that; I hate fat hair. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of August II. 1164. We are glad to learn from Hon. A. R. Burbank, postmaster at Montlcello, that since the 3d the time of the new schedule has been observed and that there has been no detention of the mall. The new Presbyterian Church, re cently erected at Stellacoom. W. T., under ths auspices of Rsv. G. W. Sloan, is to be dedicated on Sunday next. Washington, Aug. 10. Reports from Shenandoah Valley, represent that Sheridan is pursuing the retreating forces of Early and there is strong probability that he will overtake them. Denver. Aug. 10. Although the In diana have been very troublesome lately In attacking unarmed trains and mur dering emigrants who are unable to defend themselves, there has as yet been no attack by Indians on the mall coaches. Washington, Aug. 11. Deserters from Mobile report the capture of the city. Sherman reports all well. He Is knock ing Atlanta to pieces with four and one-half Inch shells. No movement be fore Petersburg with our forces. Recently the second vessel of the first fleet of Iron men-of-war. built for the United States' Navy, was launched at Jersey City. She la called the Monongo and Is a facsimile of seven ships recently ordered by the Navy Department. We notice a disposition on the part of our citizens to improve the streets in front of their premises. The O. S. N. Company's steamer Julia, Captain Strang, was employed for some time on Wednesday last in an attempt to remove the snags that are lodged in the channel of the Willamette River near its confluence with the Columbia. There are three full-grown trees in tha locality mentioned at whloh the steamer tugged and after parting sev eral cables and hawser ropes she was obliged to leave them.. The stockholders of the Grand Sul tana Gold & Silver Mining Company yesterday elected J W. P. Huntington. A. D. Fitch. J. C. Hawthorne. A. J. Chapman and J. B. Stephens directors. Squire W. P. Watson and Mr. Patton. while across the river, went out be fore breakfast yesterday morning and killed two deer and grouse. A gentleman desiring to send a sam ple of Oregon fruit to friends in the East filled a quart Jar with plums from a tree In the garden of Dr. Glenn. Ha succeeded in getting Just three into the Jar and it was full. Thay' each measured 7 7-8x6 7-8 Inches. The steamer Union was launched at Canemah yesterday after having re ceived a thorough repairing. She will soon be ready to resume her old place In the Yamhill trade. BOUNTIES FROM A CITY HARDEN. Array of Tempting Edibles Grown by Amateur Gardener In Yard. PORTLAND, Aug. 11. (To the Edi tor.) Just a few lines In corrobora tion of your article In The Oregonian today anent S. M. Kelso's Inquiry about that back yard garden plot. It seems almost Incredible that he does not know what can be done. Allow ma to say to him that I do raise everything my fam ily needs. When I was 70 years old I purchased a quarter block on Wood stock Crescent near, Reed College. The ground had to be filled in. I laid off a spacious lawn and studded it with shrubberv. I planted two apple trees, two peach trees, wo English walnut trees and one cherry trae, so arranged that very little Interference with the sunlight affects my garden plot. This plot Is only 50 by 45 feat. In It I have usually planted 160 hills of potatoes, yielding from four to eight sacks of tubers; 50 feet of Kentucky wonder beans, which supply us with 52 pint bottles of preserved beanB, besides what we use during the growing season, two strings 45 feet long of edible peas, an . ,i a m .1... lattiir. Porn and Cab- baee. with a few carrots and egg plant. . .., a , i i , , i, . ,, complete tne setting ui mo .iwia. garden. Besides this I have about 200 feet of rows of sweet peas from which I gather about 20 bushels of seed and from which I could realize easily 50 a i j a a 1. ,1 n an Mv neach treps 11 1 U A i ii i ' aia . a 1 have been bearing for two years. This year I shall gatner irom tne two ura about three baskets of as fine Craw r , ... aawova it.,-,-,1 tha table of any man. Besides this I have one lone apple on a Spltzenberg tree, but then I consider this a triumph four years after planting a young tree. may see ing is believing and feeling is the naked truth, but tasting is still better. Mr. Kelso is welcome to see for himself and taste the peaches and sample the potatoes if he likes. GEORGE POTKE. Causes of European War. GEARHART. Or., Aug. 7. (To tha Editor.) Will you kindly publish In The Oregonian a brief statement of the cause of the present European war other than the assassination of the Crown Prince and Princess of Austria. The accounts heretofore have been so broad and scattered. I am sure there are others beside myself who would wish the same thing. I have inquired of many and all their answers were as vague as my own would ba. A FAITHFUL READER. The causes of the war have been fully explained in Tho Oregonian in the following articles: July 27, "Eu rope's Great War-cloud;" July 29, "War for National Existence;" August 2, "How European Alliances Grew;" August 3, "War for Their Existence;" August 4, "England's Causa for War." Rosea Raised for Festival. PORTLAND, Aug. 3 I have a friend who lived for several years In a rented house .with a good-atsed lot (not acreage, but a lot right here In the city limits of Portland). There were quite a lot of rose bushes of several good varieties on the place. She began taking care of these, cutting and pruning and setting out all the de sirable healthy young allps for which she could find room. Soon sift had a lovely rose garden and sold slips and young bushes to friends, who told others. She also ran an occasional ad In the paper. She found ooA sale for the roses themselves during Rose Fes tival week. This netted her from $15 to 125 each season. When she moved she took the choicest with her for transplanting. P. r. Sewing Done for Frlenda. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 1 A very fine way for women to make money and stay at home Is to do hemstitching. She could take orders from her friends for tablecloths, napkins, handkerchiefs and pillowslips. There are many so ciety women who have not time for this kind of work and will gladly hire it done. She can also make button holes, receiving 1 cent each and for the larger ones from 6 to 20 cents. ELMA. Descendant of a Great Family. Cincinnati Enquirer. Gabe He claims he- is a descendant of a great family. Steve Yes, and he Is still descend ing. Only Personally Peevlah. (Washington Star.) Sometimes a man thinks he ts a re former with a message to the groping public, when he is only personally peevish. Little Editorials on Business Mistaken Again. The speculative element is found in nearly every human heart. Some cnil it "the framblins; in stinct." Every day scois lof people take a long: chance in buying- somethinr that is represented to be 50 to 100 per cant more than the pre asked for it. They soon realise their mistake. In most eaaes the purchasers of these so-called bargains prin and bear it, but they patronize an other store. No concern ever built up a per manent and constantly increasing business by misrepresentation in its advertising. All the advertis ing in the world will not make a continuous repeater of an inferior piece of merchandise. The continuous advertising of a trade-marked line is the strongest evidence in the world that this line is better than unknown merchan dise of the same claaa. Advertis ing standardizes both the value and the quality of the goods. It is rarely necessary to offer the standardized trade - marked lines at cut prices. Their value has been established. You know you got your money's worth. One of the moat hopeful signs of the times is the growing tendency to apply the Golden Rule to busi ness. Honest advertising laws have been passed by many states and municipalities. They will protect honest merchants and manufactur ers nnd force frnudnlent advertis ers either to come clean or go out of business. The Oreg-oninn is u manufacturer in as tnie a sense as is the man ufacturer of shoes, brooms or clothing. We are manufacturing a newspaper. Our customers are our advertis ers, and our readers are the con sumers. When we sell space to advertisers we offer honest values backed up by good sen-ice in helping our eua tomers sell goods at a profit. The small advertiser in The Oregonian receives the same cour teous treatment accorded the great department stores who use pages of space. Twenty-Five Yean Ago From Ths Oratonlan of Aufutt 11 ISM Colfax, W. T.. Aug. 12. Th frlands of C. B. Hopkins, Mayor of Colfax, are urging him to try for tha lowar house of Congreas. Astoria. Aug. 12. Charles H. Htork ton was elected chief engineer. Frank H. Surpranant first assistant and Ed ward Hallbck second assistant anglnaer of tha flra department. Han Kranclaoo, Ana. 12. Commenr Ing August 11. tha Union Pacific will run Pullman dining-room cars batween Omaha, Ogden and Portland. Truckee. Cel., Aug. If. A disastrous fire occurred this afternoon, burning all east of Brldte straat and north nf tha railroad to tho roundhouas. Olympla, W. T Aug. It. Tha con stitutional convention today rejected a woman suffrage clause for tha con stitution. The work of cutting out aamplaa has ommencad at tha boot and shoe fa. - tory at Hunnyslde. iUr.il wiiann who haa been con. nected with the East Portland WatT Company, has accepted a position a manager of the Astoria ilea Company. Dr. George M Walls returned yes terday from Baker City. A. B. Steinbacb was tn New York August 6. Mrs. Richard Clinton and mother, of East Portland, start East August 15. F. E. Beach, of Baach, Armstrong a Co., has Just returned from Spokane Falls. Liverpool. Aug. 12. Monday. August 2. has been fixed aa tho day for tha execution of Mrs. Maybrlck. Hon. Sol Hirach. the recently ap pointed United States Minister to Tur key, returned from his European trip yesterday. W. C. Cllne, proprietor of the barrel stave factory In Stephens' Addition, had been adjusting a Dana un a puncj terday when he stepped backward against a burs saw whloh was In mo tion. The saw did not cut him, but tt played havoc with his trouaera. Tha Oregon Pacific ateamar Three Slaters ran Into tha free bathhouse yes terday and did damage to the extant of $400. Clerk John W Duff, of the State Cir cuit Court, and wife and County Clark X. C. Powell and wife will leave this morning for a hunting and fishing trip on Salmon River. Margaret Mather will commence an engagement next Monday at the New Park Theater. The Board of Trade yesterday adopted a reaolutlon Indorsing the pa tltlon of tha Council for prompt action in providing a flraboat. A GARDE! OF riUIBNDMIP. A Garden of Friendship I planted And fragrant tha flowera of It ware. It grew In my heart all sweet-ecenteu With Affectlon'a ambroalal myrrh. A smooth-flowing river ran near It The watara of Sympathy'e tears. Like those which fall on a friend', hand When Care comes, or harrowing fears. The aoft winds of Faith ever fanned It. Hope's rosy daw klaaad each bud. (I can sea them now In my fancy. Fair lilies and rosat of blood!) Aye. that was a sacred cloister a ...... fr.m tha world's crtiel leers. Where you and I loved to wander In the Long Ago t near niaa .. It stood through the blasts of Wlntera. And the aherp acid test of Time. Resplendent with good deed, glowing. Its beauty attained the sublime. Death came with hla gleaming cycle And left not a flower I had sown Yet through my grief steala the per fume Of sweet blossoms withered and blown! Jo Hartman. Santa Monica, Cel. SoleSBB Thought. Before this cruel war ts o'er. I'd Ilka to make a little bet That Kipling will cot looee once mora. Lest we fcarget, leat we forgot. r