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Mt 9wsmtmt . 1"URTIM', OREtiOX. Entered ot Portland. Oregon. PosloffUe a . sccond-ciass matter. Bub-r!pt!on Kates Invariably In advance , (By Hail.) railv. Sunday Included, one year - - 1-ailV Suniiav m.-Iuded. six months l-nil-. Sun. lav included, three months 1-ail-. Su-dai included, one month . Daili-. without Sunday, one year iafiv, without Sunday, six months . al-ntl-. i-lt'io'-t Miiiilay. three montus $.ou It-'5 .,j w ii '.60 59 l-ni;i. witli.-ut Sunday, one montn aWekly, one year Kundsv. one year -unuay and Weekly, one year (By Carrier.) T-aily. Sunday included, one. yea'r 1.50 'so oo ..?9 any, aunj3 mtiuutu. vuo ..... : lfosr to Remit Send postomce Dn ?-r. pre order or p0"' lre at local bank, stamp?, con; w J , i,,Ti -.. Itr s risk. Give nosloffire address In lull "' II. eluding county anu sive. .. ... . . .t . . l rent a-osiaate nam i- w -" . - --- -- to :!- ;(! S cents: ::4 to S pal-s. cents f,o to So paa.-s. 4 cent"; 02 toi pages . cents: fx to vs rages. 8 cents. Foreign post Jxe. doubto rate. . a.- u.inM Office Veree Conk traroriB!Su".,.U"MSIng: chfco: r..i!.ihic- Vri'nziT hulldtllE:. ian Francisco Office B. J panv, 74a Market street. Bidwell Com- " . . .... j-ORTXAND, TCESDAY. I EBRtARY . I9i BF. SIMPLY AVMCRICANS. The one point on which the policj r President Wilson has the undivia ed support of Americans without re rt unnort of Americans nitnout re- ed support oi . gard to party is his preservation or ,;!,.. jn tue nresent War. Any ncutraiitv in me P"11" ' - I bodv of men which attempts to make 1 . .... .i: .. .1 I nnl tlral uvue Ot IIS alien nu i Boouentlv anti-American sentiments a----- . will find that it haa playea wun a. tno-cJsod sword. Its weapon will recoil upon it and will provoke open enmity to the nation it has sought to serve. This is true not only of German Americans but of those men of Brit ish French or Russian descent who have urged that this country should take up the cause of the anti-Teuton Hies. Such mm speak not as Amer icans but as Britons, Frenchmen or lUissii-ns. and their sympathy with I their native land has blinded them .. ih.i. dun- in their adopted land. These remarks are apropos to the resolutions adopted nt a conference of German-Americans to organise a society for the purpose of promoting what thev term a "genuine neutrality.'' What thev -wish is a plain breach of neutrality. They ask Congress to pro hibit the export of arms and muni tions of war. Such a prohibition mould operate to the decided advan tage of Germany and of her allies and to the serious disadvantage of her enemies. They also "demand a free and open sea for the commerce of the United States and unrestricted traffic In non-contraband goods as defmed bv international law." These de mands simply mean that we should ignore the naval supremacy fairly won bv Britain and her allies in open war and that we should deprive them of the advantage they have thereby gained. The German-Americans make ilicfc demands in the name of what thev call "genuine neutrality." but by granting them our Government would violate neutrality, would favor Ger m.inv at the expense of the allies and 'mil-roil this Nation in the war. Only a G e r m a n who places -Teulscl-hind uber alles" (Germany above all! can ask such a thing. There is no room in this country for a. man who places Germany or Kng Imid or any other country above all. the United States being included In that "all." If he cannot place the United States above all, he cannot be a loyal American and should return whence he came. ; These German-Americans do not Btop at unreasonable demands: they make threats. After having placed German interests above American in terests, they assume them to be American interests and adopt this resolution: We pledge ours-I-e.. individually n.l col-lc-tl-iclv to support only sui-h candidates for public office. Irreepectlve .f party, who will place American Interests .iboc those of any oilier ceuntrv and who will ;d in ellmlnat ina all undue foreign influences from official lire. ' If they were to put these senti ments iiilo practice literally, they would oppose that which they have proposed, would dissolve their league and would aid in eliminating hyphen ated Americanism in "U ils forms. Jiut this resolution must ho read In connection with the olhers to which we have referred. It means that they are pledged to use, in the interest of Germany ami a:;ainst the interest of the United States, the votes which they arc allow cn to cc - Americans. It means tniu a. iorcigii party is to be organized in the United States, which will oppose any Ameri can party which places American in terests tirst. It is t- b- expected that men will pxpress individual sympathy with one oiii. ii-- nariv or the other t the war ii c .-ire all free to do that, whether for-cicn-t-orn or native-born. It is the custom of Americans to discuss and form opinion.-, on events of world-wide j ...i.i iiin- could not avoid form ins opinions on an event of such stupendous magnitude as ine present vr. Men of foreign birth naturally .- .t ...... ... M.ilie witl-i theirialive ici i a. uit -iintrv. If tiicy di-l not. doubt wouur .i-isily arise as to their loyalty to the United Suites, for they would seem to lack the capacity for patriotism. Hut when they enrieavor. by organized effort, to put their .-eutiments in prac tical effect by influencing the poljcy of this Nation in favor of any belliger ent without regard to its own intcr-..-.ts. they have exceeded permissible limits and have become disloyal Americans. In contrast isi w it n tne iiioi --iiii-iii i with the movement il r-t.-.l bv representative Bartholin I ,.i hiv followers. The orcsonian com mends the stand taken by Professor Nnno Urancke. head of the German j-tisetim at Harvard, in a letter to Mr. Fiartlioldl declining to attend the conference at which the spurious neu trality propaganda wa launched. lie a u launched. II the righteousness of e- and will express fully believe- the German cause and will "Press publicly l is fervent hope for lrman v:ctr. but. he says: Mv lierman sympathies cannot make me forcet hat seem to me my duties as an Am -rican citia- n. I believe it would be saieKt mv duties as an American cltlaen -f I vere to take part in a propaganda the P irpo?e el- win.-!: will be thoucht to be to r,.n-e our C-i ernn-.etu into a hostile attitude t."rard Ft'gisnd. Professor Krancke points out that nn embargo i-n exports of arms would cisily l-e t-vaded and then says: W hat I do wish to emphasize is that the ei lat-: el' m Ml or uc;i an rmu.iiiu wuum m-e-ila.-lv t-ili- ou liovernmcnt into conflict vM'i T'.nrlsn-i. and inicht drive us Into war i'nd SST,riUi to drain o..c vast historic battle- l;th r.i-.j;'and. As a man or (ifrmin nioou I mlcht welcome the hc!p which would ae-.-cuv to Ofnnniy by sue!- a conflict between ti e United Slates and Knciand. P.ut as an in"riiaii cltisen I cannot possibly support a polh y which would irins the terrors of -ar to our own country, what t feel bound to support, as an American cms. ,.ei cv which hoi. is Itself strictly within the I . . i rtr tuiniltiv altiioueh. I American ciiiscn. :nv -crci. iiiio i-t'4.i., - tne'lteaItes'nildeones figure in the war news of to- I control, 'practically turns out to the ad vantage of Kngiand and to the detriment or Germany. The professor denies that there is any discrimination against citizens of German descent, though he admits the existence of "a strong anti-German feeling at the present moment." He says that "insistence on racial con- trasts and demands would do iatat 10 11 I . 1- AAmmnnlt' flnH I OUT StailUlllg ill 11113 Luiui"""".' urces his compatriots to maive icu ivhnr ! hotr in German life and char- actor." If people of German descent w -m Minu- hi advice, they will real- ize what has always been true that Americans hold in the highest esteem the sterling qualities of the German " character, wnaiever iney may uuii viieiiiuLcL, niimciu. iw of the official acts or liermaoy ana ui her rulers. That esteem will survive lony after the contentions growing out jglor the war have mea out tOK THE BILK OF REASON. TVi otiltnrto nf thf ultra-drvs IS thus frankly expressed by the zealot M r M I n n v il I c TeleDhone-Register, ground on prohibition and -the state must be, or ought to be, one thing or tho oth and that the original Com mittee of One Hundred bill was neither fish, flesh nor good red her- ring I ISlKr II11IIH UIBL lll BBIIUII VI iwcmy-iour nuara oi nei.m.i .-.. month to anyone who will have it shipped ,n im pravUtml prohibition? It looks as if tnat measure win p iu uci - foI0w.up law ,or the prohibitory vote of !as Kai; And no habitual drunkard, if he rIibII Iih declared uch bv the COUrt. Will be . -------- - . . ... Derm .tea any allowance, iim mio ,nc qestlon: What r inst itnres an habitual drunkard? If a man drinks this regular monthly- allowance, can he not be placed in the "habitual class? And suppose that a age. each permitted the same allowance. We now have tnree or tour en ipiueii is m n.a same basement. What will prevent one man from using up his allowance and makine; t : .l.-. r.r un.itliBP- Curlhpr if permitted to use Ifquo). jvhy not permit the breweries to make it? How can one patronize "Oregon-made goods" by suppressing manu facture? "Consistency, thou art a Jewel." T 1 eHrfi.-.ilt tei resist the louie of our arid Me.Minnville friend's argu ment flint if the use of liauor in Ore- n ja tj bc permittcdi why not the manul-acture7 But in truth prohibi tion Is not a creature of logic, and never pretended to be; else the cause would not have advanced an Inch from the eiistoilv of the radicals and ovtremimtvi who oriirinallv had exclu sive charge of the Oregon campaigns. There has been no euori, tor e.am- r.1 ii- th nrohtbltionlsts. wno are opposed to the manufacture of beer in Oregon, to oppose the cultivation oi hops, which go largely into the mak ing of malt liquors. If no beer, why hops? Yet the agitated hopgrowers in Oregon were told during the cam naiirn not to worry, for only 2 per cent of their product is sold and used in Oregon and they would be lett tree to sell to the brewers and other buy ers of other states. But not a pound of hops will after this year bc bought by any Oregon brewer. li t-i u harwh linnlieation tllat tne man who drinks regularly is an habit ual drunkard. Jt is not true, ot course. Two quarts of wine and a of Keei- ftwenlv-four ouarts) no month arc not an excessive supply in many families, thought it certainly would be in others, who-want none at all. But who does not know of munv eltiy.ens tliat ri'irularlv have beer it homo without the slightest suspi cion on the part of the public that they are not perfectly souei- aim even temnernte? Is less than a ouart oi beer a day too milch for people ac customed to its use" Or a gill of wine? Rut The Oreirolliait IS HOt CIISDOSCO to haggle over the quantity anyone inav be allowed. It agrees with its Me.Minnville contemporary that there is an element of gross inconsistency ill permitting foreign-made liquor to be drunk in Oregon and excluding the Oregon product. Hut that is precisely what the people of Oregon, with their eves wide open, voted to do last No vember. They sought to destroy the saloon and in their wisdom they m- tiirli-o tlio hroiverv because of Its in timate partnership with the saloon, it was Hie Darlial or even complete source of the saloon's finan cial strength. i-roi-ticni n ro h i 1 ii I i o n . not theoreti cal prohibition, is the plan of the con stitutional amendment. The Commit tee of One Hundred framed a bill de signed to carry out its purposes. It ought not to ho defeated through the over zeal of the real prohibitionists or the sly schemings of the fake pro hibitionists. The prohibition bill, as it passed the House at Salem, ought to be converted by the Senate Into a rational ami enforcible measure, fol- -" ";-,,., , the ordinal bill. -- PAY IOR HIGHER EDUCATION. Tt is inlerestintr to find the follow ing sharp criticism of tho Kugene School Hoard-In a recent issue of the Knirene Guard: - The statement thflt school hoards in other? itles in Hicueii have collected tuition in ii;h schools offers no defense for the ac-i.-u o. tl.e Kmrcne school luiard. Rol.hei its ire committed" in other cities. Other cllies ive saloon. These facts do not argue would he a good public policy to Mi here. Kvcn tliouph the action hsve :heii here. reason to doubt, the plan of raising finances in I lie public scnoois iia j.io.icci. -i ..M.-if i.nscrous precedent in that it slrlKes a low at the principle upon which our public I.....I is founded, takihir the con trol over expenditures away from tho tax- -1 and estntg the power III ine uuaru. fee of SI can he charged, a fee of can be charged, end so on iiiuu mo f.-ii.... no tenser a free school hut nn institution here an educational fee will be charged. Wo ml her susnect that the action of the School Board was inspired by . feelinc not confined wnony to inai apicnt body, that the duty of the pub ic to furnish free tuition to an enus the hich school doors. let we w onncr nuoi nn- ci..ii--'. vi ... -. ...l... tllp.nlnrc! r.f tlio mill- lie- schools at Kugene would nave to !iy It ine pom v nil - noil; i.iiu ere to be extended to the state uni versity? TMK VAI.I.KY OF THE MKls-E. A new and valuable work is being National Geographic So- Washington. D. C. It is ..- ,, ,h W,M ,.:lr lit Kuronean war lit . aviditv. verbally ct erature with avidity, verbally chart ing the great battlctield In a way in telligible to the layman and interest- S as well as geographically correct, thus takes upon itself and executes practical work which the people predate and will uphold. in a totiiotin reeentlv- issued by the at society it is pointed out that the valley of the Meuse extends tnrougn r ranee, Belgium and Holland, up and down whose course -000 years of intermit- t..nt warfare has wared. It ma De netu. i aesar pur.-.ueii nn i7o.il! io.v the then unknown and barbaric North. Toward the wealth of Rome the wild Teutonic tribes also swept down along its banks. Christian Eu rope since has been adjusting its dif- .-r - - ferenccs along the valley. - J i rr. How often does the Forest of Ar- day! And yet, how rich it is in the romance of the great Charlemagne. At Dinant, where within the last few months masterful strategy has been staged, Philip the Good, Duke of Bur gundy, once is said to have caused 800 to be drowned. But the River Meuse then merely blushed, as compared with the crimson hue it has worn of late. The River Meuse bears other names, among which are the Maes, Haas and Merwede. The National Geographic Society's bulletins are absorbing aux iliaries to the current war news of the day. THB OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Oregon Historical Society has issued a leaflet to inform the public of its purposes and achievements and perhaps soften the obdurate heart of the legislative economist. The society, which was organized in 189 8, had re ceived from all sources, including the Legislature, but 182,675 up to 1914. This is not a spendthrift record. It is particularly meager compared with that of the Winconsin Historical So ciety, upon which a generous state government has bestowed an $800,000 building and an annual income of $40,000, though part of this munifi cence fell to the lot of the state library as well. But we cannot help reflecting that princely liberality of this sort has provoked a reaction in Wisconsin which just now threatens to pinch all the state educational and cultural institutions. Perhaps it is as well to go a little slowly in these matters. The Oregon Historical Society is prudently enciching its collections year by year. It has lately received two interesting treasures. Tho first is a collection of Indian basketry from Mrs. S. J. Henderson. The other is a case of historical relics from Seth Iaien Pope. The latter benefactor also left the society the sum of $6000, which has been set aside as tho "nucleus of an irreducible fund." It is not extravagant, perhaps, to hope that other wealthy Oregonians about to pass to their accounts will remem ber the historical society with sub stantial favors. KOAKS AND nOADS. George Armstrong, of Corvallis, sends The Oregonian some remarks on the perplexing subject of roads with which he encloses a clipping from the Oregon Farmer. Both will bc found In another column of today's paper. " We wish to make some com ments on Mr. Armstrong's interesting letter and the clipping which accom mnin it hut first it seems well to correct a misapprehension which !rp- pears in both or mem. in tnctr vice. "City newspapermen know only two Is the asnhalt paved streets down town and the execrable dirt streets of the outlying sections. They think that road improvement means paving. Therefore they vould have all the country roads paved." Xow while The Oregonian would in deed have all the country roads paved if that were possible, it knows very clearly that there arc varying degrees of badness in dirt roads and took pains to say so in the article to which these critics refer. We point edly remarked that all Improver ,,,..',,tu iciiotlier in dirt roads or others could be made permanent, and went on to specify how this mignt oe none with grades, drains and fills. This matter disposed of, let us a-1-tlress ourselves to Mr. Armstrong's letters, which presents tho pessimistic, oi- cnrmnnentlv discouraccd. attitude on the road question as ably as one could desire. He begins oy ODjectniK to short lengths of concrete road laid down for moral effect and inspiration because "the little bit of road after the hard surface ends has always to carry more heavy traffic than the rest of tlio road and gets more cut up." H does get more cut up. but not because it has to carry more heavy traffic. It is difficult to understand how one little section of the road could bear more traffic than the rest. Whatever vehicles got upon that piece must have come from somewhere else, one would suppose. The reason why the dirt next to the hard surface wears so badly is because it is seldom prop erly protected and kept in repair. It needs almost constant attention and does not get it. The sume trouble also afflicts other critical points on the roads. it is well known that specimen lengths of concrete road bed have had an immense stimulative ef fect iu Massachusetts and New York. They have inspired local authorities to unexampled efforts in local building, with the best of consequences. A lit tle experience in such a matter is worth a whole volume of theory. The Gazette-Times, in the article from which we quoted, did not advo cate spending all the yearly taxes upon hard-surfaced roads. It simply calculatodwhat such an expenditure would effect and then went on to say that even a fraction of the taxes would accomplish something worth while anil The Oregonian agreed with it. Better tho hundredth part or a loaf than no broad. But we do not wish to concede to Mr. Armstrong that "the cost of paved roads through out the country would be prohibitive." It would of course be too much for this generation of taxpayers to bear, but such expenses can very well be distributed over long periods. There are perfectly feasible methods of do-in-so which are applied every day to the expense of railroads, bridges and public improvements of every' sort. From his position that "there Is not at present population enough or wealth enough in the country por tions of Oregon to stand the price of hard surface roads." we also dissent. The simple fact is in itself evident, but the inference from it that we must defer road building until the country has become densely populated is unwarranted. History contradicts it at every turn. The Northern and Canadian Pacific railroads were built for the most part through an unin habited country. The builders had faith that the road3 would bring pop ulation and create values and every bodv knows that they were right about it. It would be the part of wisdom for Oregon to imitate the ex cellent example of these "empire building" railroad companies and construct highways in order that population might be brought here. Values would then quickly be pro duced to pay off the expenses. This is such a commonplace economic principle that it should require no particular emphasis. Let us now turn to Mr. Arm strong's remarks on the subject of those "utility roads" that are con structed to accommodate isolated farmers. These, as he justly says, must go where they are needed In order that settlers may have an out let. But It is decidedly not true that "they cannot always be conveniently laid out on exact corners and grades like a railroad." This Is precisely what always can be done, and if it were done two Immense advantages would result. The roadbed once built would be built forever and the sav ing to the farmers who use the grades would be very great Mr. Armstrong himself tells us that the haul from the farmer's barn door to the central road is often the most expensive part of the trip to market. What is the reason? Clearly it lies in the impos sible grades he has to surmount and the execrable lack of drainage which these wretched grades entail. The thing could have been done scientifi cally with no more expense and trou ble in the first place and then there 'would have been a foundation for all future improvements to stand on. "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." even if it is the laying out of a utility road. We feel obliged also to dissent from Mr. Armstrong's opinion that "well-graded gravel roads will do all the necessary work for the country for several years." Such roads will not stand the heavy truck traTfic which is becoming more and more a feature of country business. Of course there is the alternative of excluding such traffic from the highways, but that means the blocking of progress and the doom of rural improvement. The heavy gasoline truck is the best friend the farmer ever had, if he only knew it, and in fighting it he squarely opposes his own best interests. It were far wiser for him to mortgage the future up to the limit and con struct roads suitable to stand the wear and tear of the trucks. "Medical Freedom" prints an article to show that inspection and "pre cautionary steps" do not lessen diphtheria. The inference is that filth and offal have no influence on the disease. Let us therefore hasten back to the good old days when every citi zen dumped his garbage in the middle of the street. The current number of the Inde pendent prints a picture of the Kaiser as he looks now. It is a little thin in the face and the famous moustache Is clipped at the ends. William's ap pearance is that of a man who has been much occupied in one way or another and perhaps a little worried. "The committee never favored the measure, but out of a spirit of gal lantry permitted it to come before the Senate with everything in its favor.'! Just so. Tho committee now learns to its discomfited surprise that gal lantry and public business do not al ways jibe exactly. Woman is to have a waist again this Spring, after a long period of going without any. It is agreeaule to learn that, besides this boon, fashion will confer upon her "harmony of idea and artistic taste." Quite a change from what we have been seeing. "A man's home is his castle," and therefore within its sacred walls he ha.s the proud right to live as nastily as he likes and generate filth diseases to pass on to his neighbors. Such is the conception of "freedom" which ha.s lodged in some brains. "Go West" was the advice of Horace Greeley to poor lads more than a half century ago. Xow tho same advice is being given to tho richest men of the land, as witness the offering of great blocks of Kastcrn money to .Western men nowadays. The ruling by Attorney-General Brown that the cierk of a school dis trict is not a member of the board will have the effect of settling many a question of action in rural com munities. The usual anti-vaccination bill has appeared in the Legislature at Salem. It should be entitled "A bill to fill graveyurds," but it disports itself un der a more innocent appearing head. Democrats in Congress are deeply concerned over tho National delicit. Republicans no doubt are concerned too. Thoy see nn evil heritage they will have to correct in time. Since there cannot be a parade of tho National Guard on Washington's birthday, the most proper observance will be by planting roses. Order your bushes early. Shells in millions rushed for allies iu Schwab's plant, says a news dis patch. What about those in tho Kai ser's plants? Are they not for the allies, too? British casualties number over 100, 000, although Belgians and French are doing tho heavy work. Six months later there will bc a different story. Humor is tho saving grace of great characters truly enough. Cardinal Mcrcier is amused at the dilemma in which he has placed the Germans. The security of Will H. Parry's ap pointment to the Federal Trade Com mission is in doubt. Some parry-ing being indulged in! When twenty-nine Senators "jump" one poor, lonesome woman Senator, all she can do Is feel of her back hair and sit tight Another postoftice clerk has gone wrong, which merely serves to empha size the integrity of a large body of good men. If every vacant city lot were de veloped into a garden this woiild be tho healthiest community in the Nation. Working girls overdress, thinks a New York garment manufacturer. Get your gasps ready for the new fashions. -: !)';- the captain of the Lusi tania has the little streak of yellow, a rare tiling In a British commander. Without overhead charges and with free right of way, the jitney man should sell seven rides for a quarter. Oregon's -w oman Senator is the cen ter of a legislative turmoil. Changed her mind, w ithout a doubt. This is a good year for appreciative commemoration of Honest Abe Lin coln's name. Will it take a steam roller to smooth out the highway paving bill blockade? Is the State Legislature getting in toxicated w-ith the dry act possibilities? Half a Century Ago Prom The OreBonian, February S, 1865. The eminent English writer, Goldwin Smith, who was lately on a visit to this country, has written a summary of the war situation in United States for the London Daily News. "General" Tom Thumb. Mrs. Thumb and the baby were received by the Prince and Princess of Wales recently. Many notable members of royalty were present. "General" Thumb, who has attained high Masonic honors, will be invited to attend a grand lodge, tinder the presidency of the grand master, the Earl of Zetland. The stace on the route between Walla Walla and Celilo was upset and the driver, Henry Brown, was severely injured. The Willamette Theater will be closed this evening in order to give time for arranging tho production of the Brand National drama, "The Spy on the Potomac." The new steam brewery of John Ma son & Co. has been opened. Ale and porter are the principal products to be manufactured. The steam sawmill of Estes & Stimp son, which has been closed for repairs. Is now in complete trim and will begin operations today. The repairs were under, the direction of O. It. Rodgers. Sylvanus H. Maxon and Miss Amanda M lrby were married January -'o by Rev. John Clark at the home of the bride's parents, eight miles north of Vancouver. Michael Hayes, imprisoned in Alca traz for conspiracy to fit out a pirate, has been released. HISTORICAL SOCIBTY GIVKS FACT Pamphlet Show Work Done and Ahead, With Need of Fnnd Set Forth. The Oregon Historical Society has issued a purposeful pamphlet. It is a resume of the society's purpose and an outline of the work done by the society in collecting and preserving the histori cal lore of Oregon and its needs in con tinuing this work. The society, which was organized December 17, 1838, now occupies 6000 square feet of exhibit space in the Tournv building, 2U5-7 Second street, near Taylor street. In this room, the pmnphlet points out. Is collected and displayed more valuable records than lias been gathered by any similar state society in the 16 years of its existence, and at far less cost. Frederick V. Holiran is president of the society and Leslie M. Scott is vice president. F. G. Young is secretary and George II. Ilirnes is assistant secretary and curator. These ortleers have com piled In the pamphlet data intended to convince the public tiiat its request for an $18,000 appropriation from the state this biennlum is just and. worthy, and far less than has been asked for and received by many other states. Fol lowing are extracts from the pamphlet: A summary of accessions up to No vember 3U, 1911, is here given: DocuMentary material, pieces Diaries, account books, etc jl Maps, charts, etc XeWHiiapeis. bound volumes -i Newspapers, unbound (ail in order for bmdiitc;! , . !cr Books, principally for i-elerclice 1-'i tellers of all kinds '"'"ii t.i.n; ic- I i.-u li Uei,.s relatinir to pioneer life and enrlv davs of .rec.on In.i-an relies, chiefly of stone ....... . Indian baskets, mats, beadfi. bend wi.rt;, etc. (the Mrs. S. .1. Jlen deraon b quest i Pamphlets, ineliidhor magazines ami hismrical publication received in exchange for tho Quarterly oi the soeiet y . . . '. society l.-.,or,S 14.0.-.S Old coins, el e " ' Hricf bloitriiphical sketches of pioneers l.i.. Scrap book :. Pioneer, Indian and scenic pictuits of different kinds "'!",u Bodies, buttons, medals, etc.. of Ilia- torical interest "j In addition the society has published over 6000 printed pages of historical matter in its qusrtorl.v. This publica tion is sent to tlio principal historical societies of the United Stoles, as well as to the largest public libraries, and iti every cas-j forms a part of the per manent reference library material. The starting point of American his tory on the Pacific Coast began in Ore gon with the discovery of the Columbia Kiver by Captain Kobert Gray on May 11 17U2 No student of Pacillc Coast historv, particularly of that relating to the Pacific Northwest, can find on this Coast or elsewhere in the world so many sources of information relnling to e'verv phase of human activity in the "Oregon country" as may bo found in the Historical Society's priceless col lodion a collection that no sum of nionev. however large, or personal ef fort, however grout, could restore, if by some grave misfortune it should be destroyed. The total receipts of the society from date of organization to November 30, liill. were: Kroin membership dues and sale of piioiieniioiis Appropriations from the elate. at.uoO.OU Tutu! 2,ail.lll Of tho J6I.00U appropriated by tho Stnte Legislature, 18.no0 was given in February, 13U. And 18.000 is what the society respcetrully asks for to enable its work to be carried on for tho bl ennium ending December St, 11. This Is a smell sum compared with what many of the states do for their historical societies. Wisconsin ererted a building for its Historical Society and State Library costing $xiiii.iioil. a few years ago. and have made additions to it since. And for maintenance, annually it appropriates Mrt.ni-n. Kansaa has re cently erected a building for its His torical Society at a cost of $:TiO,000. and appropriates $20,000 annually for main tenance. Nebraska Is spending ahout the same amount for a home in which to house its Historical Society, with a like amount for maintenance. Minne sota, Iowa, Illinois. Michigan. Missouri and other states are following closely behind these. On the Pacific Coast, British Columbia is ahead of any of the American states in caring for its archives, both public and private. More th.-m lUSO.nuO has been spent in the last two years for a permanent historical building, and for maintenance annually more than $20,000 lias been appropriated. Akc of Ananina Club. MTIlTLli CltEEK". Or., Feb. 6. (To the Editor.) Mr. Roosevelt I' entirely too young to have hud anything to do with the organization or naming of the Ananius Club. The club was organized A. D. o3, or earlier, and has flourished ever since, but my personal knowledge of its membership dattis back to the 40s. when Invisible Green. Canted A. Biglie (can tell a big lie). Stttt Lone good and others of like reputations were flourishing. Since that time such men as Petroleum V. Nasby and various others have occupied the stage and quite recently the Colonel has made his appearance and Dr. Cook and others, but the name was old 70 years ago. JAS. HARM AN'. French Pronunciation. POHTLAXD, Feb. S (To the Kdi- tor.) Please furnish m with the cor rect pronunciation of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables." Also one of the characters, Charles Francois-Bienvenu Myricl. - SUBSCRIBER. Century Cyclopedia of Dates give pronunciation of Victor Hugo s famous novel as "La Me-za-rabl"; by some It is acceptably pronounced "Lay mez rabl," rab pronounced as rob. Charlz Fran-swa rTyeJ-v'n-J Mir-c-l. Of course, thorn 1s 'always to be con sidered a finesse in speaking Franch names. An adroit shirring of the syl lables counts for r.-.uch. ROAD PROBLEM AXALY.F.D AGAIN George AnuatroBK lllseussee Hlny Building From Farmers Vie re. CORVALLIS. Or.. Feb. . (.To the Editor.) In answer to your editorial rAlntiiio- in rimk In Kenton CoulltV 1 inclose you the following cutting from the Oregon Farmer of February I: Good Koade and Good sense. The increasing interest in farming among people of the citlea has distracted the atten tion of dally newspapers from murders and politics and" sciiidsl to rural development, and nearly every issue of the tftty papers brings more or less advice on niattera ler taining to the farming business. Thle advice may bo offerod. in good fullh. and It may sound all right, but it la for tho moat part of little practical value to the farmer. Just at tho present time the dally press Is greatly Impressed with the need of better roads. The city newspaper man knows two klnda of roads, the asphalt paved streets downtown and the excreable dirt atrccta of the outlylnic sections. He thinks that road Improvement means paving. Therefore he would have all the coui.trv roada paved. Paved roads tltrouchout tho country would be very fine, but the cost la prohibitive. Moreover. It is possibio to build gravel roads that will answer every puipose, and at a cost that will improve every mile of toad til the stato for tho same amount that ts now being apont on poor paving for a few miles of road outside the larger cities. This idea, recently advanced by a Tarn hill County farmer, Mr. Hurnrr. sua rid iculed by a city paper. Mr. Ilurner also ex pressed some other opinions on the road question which may or may not be correct, but his position regarding gravel roads is right. Ho haa facts back of him. Good gravel roads throughout the entlro state would be vastly better than a few milea of pavement leading to dirt roads that ara next to impassable. This Is to my mind one of the moat practical and sensible letters written on Oregon roads. The Gazette-Times editors are tlee same as you city editors you slip off the fine hard-suiiaced street on to the mud of the near-city i .,rf thoM condemn all the roads i otiia aiiu - - in the county, which ia unjust as the first little bit ot roaa aner um ..--surface ends has always to carry more heavy traffice than the rest of tne road and gets more cut up. Of course, as this article says, 'paved roads throughout tho country would bc fine, but the cost Is prohibitive." Tliat'i the rub. Where is the money going to come from? I have no figures at hand to give you, but I also lake the Gazette-Times' figures. $123,112 in 11 years and you say 40 miles of con crete highway at $10,000 a milo could be built with it. First, the $12;:, HI . rnn -li i sna vear. Ulld If W U1U nut mn on in j . took one-eleventh of It and built four miles each year, what would happen to all the poor follows living on thu rest of the roads in Benton iu........ with no work or no money expended on their portions? What would they do? Could you expect them cheerfully to pay their taxes to build tlio four miles tor the lucky fellows who arc living on them or if they are not go- .. ... 14 ue.i lllckV felloW'g tO pay $10,000 a mile for tho roads that run adjacent to their property : n , they won t think themselves lucky tcl- 1UW.1 ItU m.. The straight fact is. there is not at present population enough or ivcan-i enough in the country portions of Ore gon to stand the price of liard-siinace .t th.. iii-r majority of farm ers know it. A few wealthy farmers and city people stand up and talk at these road meetings to aaii " t but thev don't repre sent tho wishes of the majority of i rip.,,.1,11 formers. That doea not mean that farmers do not realize ii, vi.lne of irood roads. aro au c ..rt.l .n:uln. We aflS PO Mll-llll, paying. 1 think. 5 mills road tax and ,a'nv districts UrO VOtitlg 2 tO 5 IllillS extra on that. -in... i '., i..'I" imos makes a bliT nils take in saying 123.1 12 has been wasted on roads in the past 11 years, i iiic.-n or 20 years ago most or tho roads in the neighborhood were more or loss mud all Winter. Now wliilu 1 cannot give exact mileage. I should say there ..i !.... .111 miles of well-graded gravel roads in Benton County. These roads aro now. in winter, in in .uu ditlon lor nmchino or team and will . inurii ull Summer. They DC 111 BL-llilJfi - all have bocn paid for out of this monev and neither tne county i-- -e '. r.i. ..mil in debt for them. lallin-ia ciii. j v What Tho oregonian says relating to grading and drainaao is enini-iy i-nu,l- uli. ii Id he laid OUl by con cci. iwx- - - competent enginoers and Hiipcrvisoia should work witn ana uiiuci mm. ." ever, it must bo remembered that ulil i... I 1 in fui-minir communities have to go w'heie they aro needed, to suit the wants ot tne country, nnia always he conveniently laid out on exact curves and grades, like a rail road. A point that the good roads apostles always ignoro is that the i i: e it... l.ci.l of c-rain or woinl iiauiinii o i.. or other farm produce I coin the field to the existing roaa is tne n.-m n-.-. part of the haul. Hard-surface roads cannot be laid up to every threshing stand and woodpile. tviin our my Summer season siwil, well-graded gravel roads will do all the necessary work for the country for several years. When population gets denser hard- r - iu ii.m come where they su run c i -.ouf- are needed. At present they lire more less of a luxury a most desirable , i. ..i B. i,i lnt-irclv to the com fort and ..rppHichk nd well-bHiiff or the country, l uni.v unnui, -.... , ,.nHfir i-vlatttiicr rnliditlotiN. luxury nitii. """v' " . . ' . . am not 1utifl0l tO incumber heavily their prorrty to pay . .! a lilluTI'OVll for, tilUil'Jii fliiiMeiiiv.J, Helen! or Idlery. CAMAS. Wash.. Feb. 6. (To the Kdi- tor ) If there is n height of idiocy which could be properly called the very pinnacle of thai dereet. our Chief Executive, iu vetoing the literacy test bill has surely attained that .altitude. This bill did not aim at the Immi grant who would become a useful fac r ... .... t. .ii. It.ii r.f a runimnn. tor in me "- - - . - wealth, but was especially designed to kceo out the class oi ivn-.m n - .. .... A.-m-e mil would con- saio i"'- i-'1 .' ., . i. tinue through life to be "Like dumb driven cattle, wnne it is mittm y u------i- ful if the other one would ever "Jic a hero in the strife." Heretofore tin-re has been some spec ulation as to what figure Mr. Wilson would cut in the next fresl-lentliil campaign. ut this speculation tins been . . i- i..n.-tiinrulili otian- mitiimiieu i-i ' " --: tily. He has eliminated himself to save opposition the irounie. i nc i-u..n. . ui.ii,. irf m 1-reaident who is capable of realizing that Ibis country has reaenea a siaue. - no longer advisable lo act as a kinder garten for hopeless foreign incompe tents the better it will be r--r us. UBO. WILLIAMS. Sunday Obaervanee. SALKM, Or., Feb. 3. (To the lidl . - i in a inii mo whom 1 can cet t-jr.t c-ar-u .. .. - some reliable work on why we keep the first day or the ween, mi-i-a-i oi the seventh? OLD SLBriCKIULK. At your local or tho Portland Pub lie Library, reference department; ex amine these books: Page If", volume , -r-v-cionerliB, of Biblical. Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature." by Ilev. .lohn Mc!intock, D. D., and James fctrong. S. T. D., and published in 1S94 by Har per Ai Brothers. New Tork City; and page 145. volume 11. "The New Sehoff Heraog En-yelopedia of Religion. Knowledge,'- edited by Samuel Mn. au lnv Jackson, D. D.. and published by Funk & Wagnals Co., Now York City. ClerK.v-a Kxrnaptlon Opposed. ALBANY. Feb. 6. (To the Editor.) I notice in the prohibition bill a clause exempting ministers, priests and rec t r.s from signing for winea, liquor, etc. when received. It Is class legisla tion and I protest against It. Put every man on the same footing. I believe the ministers of th stats would oppose imv such an exemption. REV, I. G. KNOTTS. Twenty-five Year Ago From The Oreio-man. Ket. P. lWi. ll.uhln(rl,.n Uefdrn tllU ItoUS COm- mlttee on marine and fisheries, James B. Montgomery, of Tortland. Or., yes terday read a document in favor of ub sidies to American vessul. l.i.ticn rhelsn died at 1:30 A. M. February S, of consumption. o-i. - XV--1 Kl.rirA anoeared Vestcrdav ....... ... ..i..i.tnBL..i ni.nl..tiiint full of picture of the great flood In Tortlan-I and vicinity. It i std no other illus trated paper in the t'nlted Mate ever published on saturaay i-u-n '"-i" i. . - e .....vinca of event o - curring on Wednesday of th same week. .in j..l.r...l Knnerintenilolit Well- 7.el has established a new- school dis trict. No. which incomes n ...... stock. Krultvale and other tract bm the Wavcrly-Wooilstock motor line. Chief l'arrish and Captain t:ril macher have returned from th ineet inirs of Chief of Police and City Mal- shula held at Tacoma Iht erk. Th- meet inn was for the purpose or or ganizing the Mutual Protective Police Association of Oregon and Wishing -ton. ium..a Mclv'sv. who returned from .... i... ii.wi v..si.tHnv rinorla the death of A. Olllihan. due to pneumonia contracted irom exposure uuiiiia !-.-flood. Fifteen cow belonging to Ialr? -man Frake were drowned. William Pumphrry. n old pioneer who was the original settler on what I now the town of Alcqua. on I In Northern Pacific line, was In TortUnil yesterday. Warren M. Pooiman rrlved front .n Francisco on Ihe last ocean steimer. lienor! ' Manager Mellon, of th Northern Pacific. Is accompanied tier bv Superintendent Klmberly; assistant to the. president X. .'. Thrall. Attorney L. C. Long and Kmiineer Huron. Mis lllancbe Wink left by sl-amer vestcrdav for San Francisco, where sh- will irjl friends. Fannie Louise Thrrkelsen. daughter ot L. W. Thcrkclsen. and liavld 1.. Will iam were nirrlcd Tuesday evrmt-g t Trinity Church. iMonnV.cT imps aiu i..ii:Ti:n. Hill lo Itrqulre lirorillc Ilonrd'a Approval Held mh( Men. POr.TI.AND, Feb. 7. (To the LdllOf. i 1 aee that a Hepresetitativo hu Intro duced a bill at Salem to require Hint maps Issued by the slate be approved by the Oregon lleos raph le Hoard. I do not know anything about the leo graplilc Board, but the proposition is certainly a long step in tho ris lit di rection. This state is flooded with maps, public and private, that arc full of errors, and i-mno st-p should be ma do to correct them. The stale tries to slop corporation! from issuing inn lead ing statement, ami our cities lcgis lato HgHinst moving picture that aie calculated to create wrong impressions, but we let private concern and even tho atuto wlflciula themselves is.-uo nuipa that cause loss of tune and money, when a little examination by competent authorities would check tho mistakes and inlikc- tlio limpa of luoi o value. The w riter has been trying for sc -cral years lo set a mnli.tlml Mould sliotv tlie boundary li" l-elwien Curry tiu-l Josephine Coiiiitlv enirectly. a'l unlit tho Mat" map of on-imi Just Is sued by the l iiited Stnte Oroloaicnl Survey 'w as placed on sale, not a ma.ln map could be scoured thai was i orre. I. and vet the bouiid.-uy law was pnsse-1 In the SOs. Kvoiy (.rri-'liil inul private limp published simply cart led on tho old mistake, until the geo logical ofrichil hunted down tlic error and corrected It. Wo ought to be iialur.ncd lo let a bureau at Washington find our mistake. 'l t what can we expect when the stale lleolf issne-a mipa that are wriing? If the Oregon Ueorgrupbic Hoaid Is competent, here I a fine chance to lake a constructive step. 1 would ku a step further and require that every private map Issued fur public sale should l-e stanip-d with an approval aliutip. show ing dial It was correct as far as known. People buv maps, l-cli-vliig th-m ( bo correct and thin so out Into (lie Woods and find that the maps urn H wrong, which sometime chum finan cial los ii nd even .lnua-l. Iirl i put R stop to limp w lldeatl tug. 'iikmiy u i:nw.r:rs. hanalnat male Be.ndarle.. COIIVALI.IS. or. Feb. T. I To the I'dilnr) Iu the editorial Lincoln a Stall-." appearing ill The oregonian Sundav. the assertion Is mad- that tin .'..... nt V irirlnla lia had It boun dary materially changed. During Ine cany cn....i ..-..e writer Dakota appeared on the man un divided. At present two atatei occur tho same area. Oklahoma ha appeared on tho map since that lime. - From whence came ihese LnWAKU ALDKX. What The oregonian hl wa this There haie l-een many project, for ne dales, hut It Is the rule llisl slsles are, or hate I..-.1 made fiom le.ru.-rle. and not from oilier sii.-.. l-A-rpt Vlmlnl. th l.ou.,.la:l-s of none of Ihe ri .-rlsle.l colonies haie l.een chanced siol "est -l zltilil was cul off from I n-l Hon.lnlon as , ,,r nies.-nc. So far as Tile l..ecol.n can re. all. no siat-s except Utiinli lis--ever l.een materially all-red. A to Dakota. It wna territory as such and not a slate. The territory divided Into North Dakota and Souin Dakota, when tlio atnlchood igllatii i. culminated In 1S!". Tho mo hold true oT Oklahoma, which. a state, was created out -f Oklahoma Territory and Indian Terri tory. wlin, In June. Dion, Conres u Ihorlied the admission of Oklahoma, to gether wlih lndin Territory. one state. Oklahoma Territory was created out of part of Indian Territory In 1S90. The Oregonlaii rellerito it dor not recall an Instance w hero the boutidarlri of a state, a audi, have heon Interlal1y altered, or the creation of a Mate within a stale, except In the caa of Virginia and West VirelnPv The Retailer's Road to Profit Fiieeessful retuiling I a highly developed form of service giving the public w hat It want, at tho time It want it. (iood of quality, standard goods, good that movo quickly from th shelf, are tho kind that make store keeping profitable. It la for this reason that tie up-to-date retailer finds it pais him lo keep posted on the advertising I" his favorite newspaper. When a tatidar.i National article I advertised in the newspaper be knowa that demand will be stim ulated. lie knows trad will he started his way. Ho know that it l good mer chandising lo show Ihese B'-ods in hi window and push their sale. It Increases his sale when be eo operate with the mnnulaclurei newspaper advertising.