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rOBTLAND, TUESDAT, JULY. 87, 1915.
A 8CHEIIE GONE WROXO.
There ia a note of exultation in the
report of a committee appointed by
the American Bar Association to op
pose the judicial recall. This report,
just distributed, will be submitted to
the Bar Association August 17, It ap
pears from the document that the
judicial recall has made practically no
progress in the last year or two. In
deed, the committee perceives a
dwindling- interest in the proposition.
It is true that Kansas in 1914 adopted
a recall amendment submitted by the
Legislature of 1913, but a backward,
trend is observed by the committee
in numerous other states. For exam
ple, the Minnesota Legislature in 1913
submitted a recall amendment and an
initiative and referendum amendment,
both of which were defeated at the
polls. In 1915 it renewed the proposi
tion for direct legislation, but de
feated resubmission of the recall
amendment. -
The North Dakota Senate in 191J
defeated the judicial recall by one vote
after it had passed the House by a
large majority. This year the for
merly favorable House killed it. Sev
eral other states are mentioned" in,
which the recall had sbme favorable
standing two years ago which now
seemingly have wholly abandoned the
idea.
But the Bar Association committee
has a confusing way of tying up the
recall of judges with the recall of Judi
cial decisions. The term "Judicial re
call," as the committee uses it, em
braces both. We can discern no real
similarity between the two doctrines,
yet it is quite likely true that the ad
vancement by Mr. Roosevelt of the
fantastic plan of placing a voter's
court of appeal over the Supreme
Court has gone far to bring the recall
of officials from office into undeserved
disrepute. The Roosevelt idea has been
adopted in Colorado, and its operation
there is held up as a horrible exam
ple by the Bar Association committee
and has been cited elsewhere.
Colorado in adopting the recall of
judicial decisions provided in its
amendment that certain cities, by a
majority vote of their citizens, might
overrule a decision by the Supreme
Court which declared unconstitutional
a provision of a. city charter.
The city of Denver enjoys this ad
vanced degree of home rule. The ma
jority sentiment there is opposed to
prohibition, although the state has
voted dry. There i3 a provision in
the Denver city charter under which
the wets are claiming the right to
operate in spite of state-wide pro
hibition, and they have carried their
contention to the Supreme Court.
The court will probably hold that the
prohibition clause of the constitution
prevails over the city charter, where
upon the wets will endeavor to recall
the decision. As the issue will be sub
mitted in Denver alone, there is a
strong reason to expect a failure of
prohibition so far as that city is con
cerned. To such absurd lengths may
the recall of Judicial decisions be ap
plied. Yet in its underlying principle and
in its operation the recall of judicial
decisions differs more from recall of
judges than it does from the referen
dum. In fact, it is based on the as
sumption that the courts are exercis
ing legislative functions, that in cer
tain cases they repeal statutes and
that the people should have the power
' to say whether such statutes should
be, in fact, repealed. The official re
call is personal In its application. In
theory it may be used to place a Judge
on trial for slight transgression of a
popular whim. But in practice it is
not. In the seven years the recall
has been available in Oregon not only
has it never been Invoked against a
judge, but it has been demonstrated
that an attempt to abuse the principle
as it applies to judges fails in its in
cipiency.
Recall of judges and recall of judi
cial decisions have a similarity in
sound, but in no other respect. The
one similarity makes recall of judicial
decisions, with its derogation of con
stitutional government, a handy im
plement with which to attack a prin
ciple that is no more than an enlarge
ment of the authority of the people
to choose the kind of men who shall
lie their servants. If Mr. Roosevelt
had started out to kill the recall he
could not have devised a more subtle
instrument.
NOVELIST JAMES THREAT.
The alarming news comes from Lon
don that Henry James, who for forty
six years has lived in England and
written so-called American and other
novels, is about to follow his physical
expatriation by taking out British nat
uralization papers. He is Incensed be
cause the United States Government
is not doing something against Ger
many for the allies besides selling
the latter war munitions.
Mr. James writes stories which no
body can understand, but which in
,England are thought to be In the
American language and in America
the English language. He was born
in America in 1843 and w-as educated
in France and Switzerland and at
the Harvard law school. He moved
- to London in 1869. It appears that
in the intervening half century or
nearly that he has visited his native
land once or twice. That is the kind
of American he is.
Mr. James appears to think that the
first duty of the United States was
to protest against Germany's invasion
of Belgium as a subversion of human
rights. There are some Americans
not wholly Anglicized who agree with
him; but the great body of Americans
do not. It has been a difficult task
to keep neutral in a war which
the United States did not begin, does
not approve and in which it has a
profound desire to have no part.
If Mr. James should sever the slen
der tie- between him and America,
we should endeavor to survive - the
blow. But what will he have accomplished?
THAT "GJSVEROCS COJaMtSSIOSf,
An extraordinary effort is made) by
a Portland journal, avowing a devoted
and faithful support of President Wil
son, but practicing a bogus and hypo
critial Americanism, to show that the
latest note to Germany is a "generous
concession? to the imperial govern
ment. The "generous concession" con
sists in an explicit declaration hy the
President that Germany can obey In
ternational law, but deliberately re
fuses. It is recalled that the American
note of May 13, . following the L-usl-tania
tragedy, asserted that submarine
warfare could not Justly be waged
against any merchantman, because it
"is practically impossible for them
the submarines) to make a prize of
her, and if they cannot put a prize
crew aboard of her, they cannot sink
her without leaving all on board of
her to the mercy of the sea in small
boats."
"These facts," declares the Presi
dent (May 13)., "the imperial Ger
man government frankly admits."
Evidently the President, was merely
restating Germany's case.
But now President Wilson insists
that "the events of the past two
months have clearly indicated that it
is possible and practicable to conduct
such submarine operations as have
characterized the activities of the im
perial German navy within the so
called war zone in substantial accord
with the accepted practices of regu-J
lated warfare.
In other words, it is practicable for
Germany, in her submarine policy, to
obey the public law. But Germany
does not. That Is the kernel of the
American protest. It is a circumstance
of trifling moment that in the begin
ning the President thought a breach
of international usage and neutral
rights Inevitable to submarine attacks
on merchantmen. Kow be discovers
that it is not.
Tet a vigorous and firm insistence
by President Wilson that Germany
obey the law, and a clear showing
that violations of the law which it
is practicable to obey, are on that ac
count all the more inexcusable, is
hailed as a "generous concession" to
Germany.
There are some sad cowards among
President Wilson's own political fol
lowers. TOO .Ml'C'II PCBHC 6HRV1CE.
Without a doubt the same justifica
tion that the secretary to the Mayor
presents for the increase in number of
employes in his department could be
presented with equal force as to al
most every other addition to- the city's
pay roll. Similar extenuation could
be offered by every individual who is
living beyond his means. There is
hardly a family in Portland which
does not know of some household
equipment or service that would pro
mote comfort, health, security or hap
piness, but which must be foregone
because of expense entailed.
The city of Portland has extended
a supervision over private and public
affairs that is conducive to health and
morality. But it is not impossible to
reach the point where worry and ef
fort in the quest for money with
which to pay for additional inspection
may cause a loss in morals and health
greater than that gained.
A time when practically every busi
ness organization is retrenching ought
to be an opportune time for a munici
pal government at least to hold ex
penditures down to the old level. But
there has been no organized, system
atic effort at the City Hall to obtain
economy. Rather the purpose has
seemed to be to install ways of tick
ling the public fancy never before
heard of in Portland.
The cost of municipal government
in Portland has gone beyond reason
able bounds. At the present rate the
efficiency and economy" of commis
sion government are costing the tax
payers about 3450,000 more a year
than did the discredited councilmanic
government that Just preceded it.
Retrenchment to the extent that
conditions require cannot be prac
ticed without sacrifice of service and
activities that are nice to have. But
municipal service and activities cannot
be maintained in their present scope
without entailing a greater sacrifice.
Money is not easily made in times like
these. The state has found a way to
save. The county is retrenching ex
cept in the vital matter of roadbuild
lng. It is high timg the city followed
suit.
ROOM AT THE TOP.
There has always been an impera
tive demand in the world of business
for men of urjusual ability and very
likely there always will be. Today,
as in the past, there is an oversupply
of "common material" and a dearth of
"preferred stock." This truth is more
politely expressed by saying, in the
words of the old maxim, that "there
is always room at the top" while the
foot of the ladder is surrounded by a
hungry and clamorous throng. Theo
dore Xewton Vail, president of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company, says he wants "half a dozen
ten-thousand-dollar men," while he
can fill his "thousand-dollar jobs a
dozen times over."
The big Job hunts the man and
often fails to find him, while the little
man hunts the job and sometimes
does not catch.it. The positions in
the industrial world which pay large
salaries usually require executive
ability and experience. When a man
has demonstrated capacity in these
departments there is hardly any limit
to the salary he can command. The
celebrities who draw 350,000 or
3100,000 a year are executive officials.
They earn their money by their power
of combination, of imposing efficient
methods upon armies of workmen.
and of adapting processes to condi
tions upon a large scale. Their work
demands Intelligence, wide knowledge
in their particular field and the inborn
gift of "handling men." This gift can
be improved by cultivation, but, like
poetry, it must be inborn or it never
will reach its full growth.
But there are certain kinds of su
preme ability for which there never
has been any insistent demand In the
world. Jpbody cares , particularly
whether a young poet develops his
faculty or not. Usually if he under
takes to do so he must pusH his way
against obstacles and look for but lit
tle reward. Our greatest poet, Walt
Whitman, had neither wealth nor
honor while he was living. Poverty
hunted Poe to the grave and slander
pursued his memory for half a cen
tury. There are many writers of our
day who have accumulated comfort
able fortunes, but they have not done
it by their literary power so much as
by their executive, or business, ability
Not ,long ago one of the magazines
printed a series of portraits of what
it was pleased to call "Captains of
Industry." The series Included such
authors as George Ade, Roy McCar
dell and Ruper Hughes, who have
made money by exploiting their writ
ings to the last penny. Our real men
of letters, like Howells, make no more
than a comfortable livelihood by their
pens. We recur to these matters in
order to give point to the reminder
that it U only certain kinds of ability
that can look for heavy financial re
wards. Poets may possibly get rich
by courting the Muse, but the chances
are against them. They will be lucky
if their genius is recognized a century
after they are dead and a monument
set up over their moldering skeletons.
THE EASTLAND MYSTERY.
The Eastland disaster has thrown
the authorities into such bewilder
ment that they are unable to think
clearly about it. One proposes one
theory to account for this inexcusable
calamity; another proposes another
theory. And all their theories miss
the main point, which is that the pas
sengers -on a heavily-loaded boat were
permitted- to crowd together at one
side. Any boat will list when this is
done. All careful authorities avoid it.
The Eastland not only listed, but sank,
which indicates that she was not sea
worthy to begin with. If this is so
the local inspectors should have
known it. Perhaps if they had been
as busy with their duties before the
catastrophe as they now are in ex
plaining, it would not have happened.
The Eastland had taken 2500 pas
sengers on board. This means that
it had on deck a shifting weight of
some 125 tons, enough to disturb the
equilibrium of any vessel unless it is
well distributed. On the Eastland no
effort was made to distribute It, The
vessel sat high out of the water, so
that at beet it was unstable. When
the passengers crowded to one side
they created an enormous moment of
momentum, as mathematicians call it,
about the center of gravity. The ef
fect was to overturn the tottering
craft like a top-heavy toy.
This miserable catastrophe teaches
again the old, old lesson which it
seems as if we never should learn, "It
is better to be Eafe than sorry." Tears
following such calamities are Inevi
table, but they do not make matters
better. Rigorous inspection, faithful
and impartial attention to duty by the
authorities, adequate policing of the
crowd on board the vessel, are pre
requisite to safety. Above all It is
essential that vessels to which human
life is entrusted should be sound and
seaworthy. The practice of turning
into excursion boats craft which are
too badly out of repair to use for
goods must be broken up in some -way.
Finally let us try to be honest about
these matters. When we have mur
dered a thousand human beings by
greed and carelessness let us not try
to cover our guilt by senseless specu
lations about the cause, as if It were
some deep mystery.
PLANNING NATIONAL DEFKNSE.
Perturbance Is felt by the Chicago
Tribune at the attitude of Chairman
Hay, of the military committee -of the
House, who Is inclined to be reticent
as to whether he will support the
Administration's military programme
after it has been devised in .the
War Department. Mr. Hay is on
record as saying he will advocate the
programme if it appeals to him as
reasonable after being presented. He
Intimates that a poorly balanced
scheme of military development
might be presented, and suggests that
in such an event he might not see
fit to advocate the War Department
plans.
Mr. Hay's attitude on this question
is worthy of emulation. Mr. Hay In
dicates a profound knowledge of
War Department temperament. More
Regular Army, more rank for more
Army officers, appear to be about the
limit of the War Department s capac
ity to formulate an adequate mili
tary policy. Mr. Hay is an avowed
advocate of the militia pay bill, which
measure he regards, in common with
many others, as the final step in
the development of the citizen soldiery
of the country into an effective
auxiliary force.
The evolution in the organized
militia of the country has been
marked since the Spanish-American
War, and while It still falls short of
being an effective force, that same
thing can be said of the Army, which
is little more than a National police
force, with no larger organization or
mobility. The thing needed to bring
the Army up to standard is concen
tration and enlargement along liberal
lines. The thing needed to bring the
organized militia up to standard is
Federal pay, which may be made the
basis of larger ' Federal control and
increased efficiency.
The War Department officers will
And that they have made a serious
mistake if they attempt to launch a
system of military defense which fails
to take into full consideration our
citizen soldiery. Doubtless they will
attempt nothing of the sort, but until
their plan Is on Tecord Mr. Hay and
others In Congress do well to with
hold Judgment on the War Depart
ment's forthcoming programme.
A BLIND BOATBCILDER,
John B. Herreshoff. the boat
builder, is dead. He is everywhere
mentioned with respect because, al
though he was blind, he built some
of the best and fastest boats in the
world. The firm of which he was a
member consisted of John and his
brother Nathaniel, but the former. In
spite of hia blindness, made the de
signs upon which the race-winning
boats sent out by the firm were built.
His plan was to let a tentative model
slip smoothly through his hands. If
It glided with very little resistance he
knew that it would do .the same
through the water. In thi3 way he
made his muscular sense serve the
purpose of sight and it gave him bet
ter results than most men get from
the use of their eyes.
Herreshoff came of a boatbuilding
and shlpowning ancestry. His original
forbears were Prussian, but they set
tled in New England before the Revo
lution, so that John was as good an
American as any child of the Pil
grims. The two Herreshoff brothers
carried on their work of boatbuilding
In unbroken harmony and attained
brilliant success. Several cup-winning
yachts were constructed by them.
John Herreshoffs interesting ca
reer contains a lesson for our schools
If the muscular senses can be made
to replace eyes for the blind it seems
as if It might be educated to increase
the efficiency of those who can see
It has been the custom in our schools
to educate the ear and eye. in certain
particulars, though not up to their
possibilities by any means, and let the
other senses deteriorate. So far has
this process of neglect been pursued
that the human hand, so useful to
primitive man, has become almost an
aborted member in the modern world
among what are called "the educated
classes.
They are not really educated, for
they lack a great many desirable hu
man capacities. They would be hap
pier and more useful if all their fac
ulties had been developed at school.
The main reason why our legal proc
esses have run so badly to seed in
technicalities is the hopelessly ab
stract education we give our lawyers.
That half of their brains which must
be reached through the hand is al
ways left untitled, so that many of
them seem to think with only half
their minds, and of course their think
ing is sadly awry.
Our public schools received their
first directive Impulse and formed
their vital traditions under primitive
conditions when grinding toil was the
common lot and the intellectual voca
tions offered the only road to leisure,
honor and wealth. They were there
fore naturally overrated and the stud-
es which led to them pushed every
thing else out of the curriculum. Why
study the art of manual exertion, when
it had nothing to offer but unrelaxing
and badly rewarded toil?
But conditions are now radically al
tered. The callings which depend upon
manual skill return rich rewards in
honor and comfort. It is found, too.
that an exclusively "cultural" educa
tion defeats Jts own purpose by pro
ducing a sterile type of mind Incapa
ble of dealing with practical problems.
The kind of mental training which
enabled blind John Herreshoff te
build the best boats In the world
should give an ordinary youth the
power to hold his own In the. field of
ndustry.
The trouble with such hand educa
lon as we have is .that it does not
begin soon enough or last long
enough. Worse still, it is not corre
lated with (he culture studies In such
a way as to make education a con
nected and fruitful whole. What we
want In the schools Is, not less cul
ture, but a great deal more tying up
of culture with muscular skill - and
activity. And this educational im
provement is no more needed by the
'laboring classes" than by the (wealthy
and leisured.
In his "School and Society" article
on "Athletics by Proxy," president
Foster tells of a football coach who
protested against students using the
college athletic field "merely for
fun." That Is what might be ex
pected of a coach who makes a busi
ness of athletics. As sane observers
see it. the athletic field should be used
for fun and nothing else the whole
some fun that promotes health and
study.
We have become so hardened by
war news that such a report as "Ten
thousand slain in half an hour" bare
ly stirs our sluggish Interest. Are the
American people. In common with the
rest of the world, becoming used to
such things? Apparently so. And
this being true, the peace propa
gandists have even less basis for their
hope that perpetual and universal
peace will follow the present war.
Chicago is Issuing "baby bonds" for
sums varying from 325 to $125 and
offering them directly to the people.
As might have been expected, they
are eagerly bought. This plan of sell
ing bonds has long been practiced In
France for government as well as
municipal Issues. It gives the people
a safe investment for their savings
and binds their hearts to their coun
try by the strongest of ties.
The recent walnut growers' meet
ing at McMinnvllle signalizes the
rapid development of a promising
Oregon industry. They will meet again
November 6 to perfect an organization.
to which Washington growers may
possibly be admitted. This has been
a favorable season for walnut groves
The trees have made a heavy growth
and the crop of nuts is said to be
large.
Bryan's latest bit of logic proves too
much. Ho argues that Teddy must
not use the big stick because "it was
not mentioned by Christ." But free
silver was not mentioned by him
either, nor government ownership of
railroads. So if the Colonel is obliged
to give up his favorite weapon we do
not see how Mr. Bryan can keep his
favorite hobbles.
If the Germans have captured 131,-
250 Rusians In the last ten days, they
would better head them east and give
them a running start toward home
That number of hungry Moujiks will
eat a lot of food.
Canada lowers the height of re
cruits to five feet two inches and dis
pels the charm, for one naturally ex
pects a Canadian warrior to be a six-
footer of the pattern of the fighting
Scot-
According to a dispatch the Panama
Canal is paying expenses. It is weT
that we get some of our money back
during the time we are allowed to re
tain the Canal.
American tourists are missed this
year at the British resorts; but once
the war is over they will flock all
over Europe to see the delightful lot
of new ruins.
Why do we never see a fat "fair
swimmer" posing for a dive? Is this
form of athletics to be monopolized
by the slim creations?
Good idea to withdraw American
Red Cross people from Europe by
October. First aids are needed here
and in Mexico.
Another American ship Is sunk, and
Washington Is "shocked." Washing
ton ought to be accustomed to jars by
this time.
It evervbodv knew, as it seems h
did. the Eastland was unsafe. Federal
action ia necessary to punish some
people. '
German submarines have got the
range on the route to Archangel. It
might be called Summer target prac
tice.
Italy purposes to buy meat and
grain here to last a year, and we have
It for stUe for spot cash f. o. b.
Have the elements the nerve to
turn a shower loose just now at the
regular time for the dry spell? v
Better lay in supplies today. The
grocer would not open shop tomor
row "for a million dollars."
Becker is near the chair, but
Bourke Cockran's eloquence may
push him away.
European War Primer
By National Geographical Society.
Deep In the heart of European Rus
sia, more than TOO miles from the
German frontier, guarded over the In
tervening space by lake country.
marsncs and Innumerable rlverways,
always certain of reinforcement by
the bleakest of Winter weather, with
its heavy, blinding drift of snow, is
Moscow, the old capital of Russia, the
-city against whose walls the craft of
.poleon smashed. Moscow seem
more secure from war horrors and de
vastation than any other metropolis
witnin me connnes of the fighting na
tions. Moscow belongs alike to the Orient
and the Occident, more, however, to
no -mt man to the West. It ia fur
ther east than Jerusalem, and behind
It extends a vast, sparsely settled, half-
clvlllzed. limitless, little-known region.
weeping trie Arctic b'en to our went
and China. Moscow ia the pulse of this
vast and undeveloped region, and
through It have flowed endless streams
of pioneers in peace times, on the mis
sion of civilization to the bleak north
ern plains and their Asiatlo natives.
To the Russian. Moscow Is a sacred
city; to the stranger It is a city of sur
passing beauty; to both it is the heart
and soul of Russia.
e
Irregularly built, the intricate and
uncommonly Involved plan of this
mighty city adds to its charm upon
acquaintance. Ita streets are one of
its most trying experiences to the
foreigner, mostly badly paved and filled
with "raisins." as the cabdrlvers call
the sharp, projecting stones over which
tliclr ancient droshkiea lurch. Then,
too. the magnificent and the sordid are
oddly mingled in the city's architecture.
ana beside the wonderful cathedral and
the impressive government structure
one area the mean buildings of pov
erty. Tho peasant, the gentleman and
the millionaire are Inextricably mixed
up in external Moscow.
Moscow Is a city of churches. Their
brilliantly colored tower domes, strik
ing bulbous affairs, llko upturned beets
or onions, or often mottled like a Hol
land cheese, give a delightful piquancy
to the city's panoramas. First of the
Moscow sanctuaries Is the renowned
Church of the Savior, one of the most
luxurious temples In the world, a tem
ple proving the warmth of Imagination
and the love of splendor of the North.
Built In the form of a Greek cross,
perfectly proportioned. Its cream-col
ored marble base and bright domes are
a feast of beauty, while Its Interior la
an awe-lnsplrlng medley of precious
atones, metals and marbles.
The Kremlin, the heart of Russia's
heart, the anrlertt fortress of the cisy.
Moscow's Acropolis, la the point of
greatest Interest to the visitor. The
Kremlin Is the Inner circle of Moscow,
wherein are situated the treasury, the
araenal. the Imperial palace, sacred
temples, and around which are drawn
heavy battlements of masonry. Within
the confines of the Kremlin, the first
city on the alte of Moscow grew; the
modern town extends In an outer ring
around It. Most of the Kremlin es
caped unharmed from Napoleon's vis
itation, though Ita towers were scarred
by the fires to which the retreating
Russians endeavored to sacrifice their
cltr.
The largest bell In the world Is pre
served here In Moscow, with almost
enough metal In It to make a modern
battleship. There are many hundreds
of relics of Napoleon's visit here-
abandoned cannon and cannon balls of
the French and their allies. Tho fa
mous palace In the Kremlin la one of
the richest buildings In the world.
builded and decorated and filled with a
luxury that is oppressive to tnose un
accustomed to association In environ
ments of boundless wealth. The treas
ury of the Kremlin is a marvelous col
lection of priceless historic relics and
souvenirs of the past.
THE LOW BROW.
The low brow has not been a thing de-
snlsed.
Though in the scheme assigned a
minor place
Creation's plan his variously devised
The one his thoughts, the others
humbler face.
The low brow toils. Is honest or Is not
While knowledge feels the burning
tears of woe.
And miming thus upon the others' lot
Would often change his learning for
the low.
The low brow looks above, a flowless
ski-
Beholds the sun. the moon, the solemn
stars:
The high brow decks to know the ret
son why.
The song of life thus ringing In his
ears.
The high brow too oft dies a manly
death.
Reveala a soul enaircled with human
love.
And reckons not. but freely yields his
breath
Ton tragic scenes upon old ocean
prove. 4
The low brow has as aurely proved hia
worth
In moments fraught with misery and
woe.
And Justly claims his right, a manly
birth.
Although his lot he cast among the
low. ,
And granting that he be a patriot.
The word itself Is pliable and nenc
When "freedom" droops you will as like
as not
Find him aligned on cither aide of the
fence.
From this we find the world la but a
stage.
The high, the low. Important In the
nlav.
And as each soul pursues his pilgrim-
asre
May leave a light for others on the
way.
Oh, man, arouse thee from thy sleep
awake!
The kv of love and hope Is over all:
Come, grasp the hand of brotherhood
and shaka:
A common mother speaks; obey the
call.
GEORGE H. SANDS.
The Lead et Opportunity.
From Leslie's.
Opportunity! Those pessimists who
assert that the day of great oppor
tunity In this country has passed away
should consider the career of the welt
known captain of Industry whose com
pany haa Just Increased Its capital
Block from 12.000,000 to $100,000,000 and
declared a atock dividend of $48,000.
000. In 1S91 there was a mechanic In
Detroit with apparently no better
prospects of advancement than any of
his fellows In that calling. But he
sought for opportunity and found It.
He-devlsed a gasoline engine, and1 later
completed his first automobile, making
nearly every part or It with nia own
hands. Now he and his partners are
millionaires several times over, with
the best of chances of Increasing their
riches Indefinitely. There Is no better
proof thai this incident affords of the
fact that opportunity exists' today In
this country even more abundantly
than in tho past for every one who
will seize It. For such the bread line
and bundle day and pensions for the
unemployed have no allurement.
Confirmation ef Ills Rights.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"I have Just been reading the Consti
tution of the United States." "TTeUT
"And I was surprised to find out how
many rights a fellow really has."
N. Nitts on Extremes
By Dm Collins.
Nesciua Nitts, sage of Puakindorf Sta
tion. Paw three gnats disporting In light
recreation;
Three nicotine Jets caused their ex
termination; Then Nesclus roused from hia deep
meditation
And made on extremes a profound
dissertation.
"I notes by the papers that Bryan and
Teddy
Is both lalkin' loud and persistent and
ateady.
And both. In this talkln persistent,
abides.
Concern In' the question, on opposite
sides;
Which same gives a contrast that's
truly excltln'
As each of them two round the country
goes ltltin'.
"Fer Bryan Is yearnin' on earth to re
lease. By sweet non-resistance, an era of
peace: -
While Teddy hops in with a blood
thirsty roar,
A-pawin' the turf and demandin of
gore:
And thua they continues, without any
truce
As soon as one pauses, the other busts
loose.
"Around through the country they
dashes and spiels.
Almost both a-treadin" on each other's
heels.
And Brynn no sooner has laid down the
dust
Along life's rough highway, till It geta
II muased
And kicked up In war-clouds obscurln"
the view
When Teddy comes lustily trumpetln
through.
The popular fancy Is harried and
drove
From alternate visions of eagle and
elove.
And Teddy says anyone's chances la
slim
Who 'Iowa they are goln' to Chinafy
mm;
And says that a nation don't cut any
ice
Tbat's yalpln for peace at Jest any
old price.
Around the whole circuit these two
fellera seems
To Jest be a-hlttin extremest extremes
As Bryan around through the country is
chased
By Teddy a-lookln' fer things to lam
baste;
And It 'peara like to me. after tliua I
have seen 'am.
The real truth must be lyin some
where between em.
OIR BOY JIM.
At the school examination when wa
sot back In the crowd
Watchin of the hull proceedin's we was
goshamlrhty proud.
An I noticed that hia mother had a
teardrop In her eye.
An my own old gray-fringed blinkers
wa n t uncomfortably dry.
Fur the one that graduated at'the head
of all the school
Wasn't any goldfish swimmln' in the
rlstocratlc pool-
No. there wasn't any sky-blue blooded
pedigree in him.
Fur the boy that tuk tho honor cake
was our boy Jim.
An' up yonder In the Courthouse when
he pleaded his fust case
An' the Jury give a verdtck without
risin" from their place.
An' the lawyers crowded "round him an'
the judae come off his seat
Fur to compliment his talent. I could
scarco control mv feet.
Couldn't hardly keep from dancin. an'
I wanted fur to whoop
At the way he soused tha lawyer fur
the plaintiff in the soup.
But. although he swum in honor an'
they made a heap of him.
In the heart of his old daddy he was
our boy Jim.
Then when me an' his old mother want
to hear a famous case
An' we saw him there a-aettin' on tha
bench with solemn face.
An' tho lawyers was a-callln' him "your
honor" and "the court,"
How we felt our bosoms swcllin' an
our happy hearts cavort!
There he set Jest like a statue, full
o' dignity an" law.
Jest the very grandest picture of a
man we ever saw.
An' while our old hearts was awellln"
full o' pride clear to the brim
I kep whisperin' to mother It waa our
boy Jim.
But the golden fire o' glory was sot
blaxin' In our souls
T'other night when I come singin'
Yankee Doodle from the polls
An' Jest hollered out to mother they'd
elected of our ron
Fur to go an' set In Congress 'way
back there In Washington.
Ort to seen us hug each other an'
a-kissin' Jeat like kida.
An' the tears a-overf lowln' o' the dam
beneath their lids.
An a-ragrtn' an' a-waltxin' till our
heads begun to swim.
An' a-tellirV of each other It was our
boy Jim.
JAMES BARTON ADAMS.
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TO sKCIRK .vation.il DF.rE-.src.
Let (ietermaaeet Eiekisge f.4 neat toe al
Advantages for Military Service.
PORTLAND, July (To the Edi
tor.) May I offer tho following sug
gestion as a possible means to over
come the lack of National defense.
Why not a National military univer
sity? I mean by this a system of uni
versities maintained by the Govern
ment of the United States, having sta
tions distributed throughout the coun
try, the qualifications for or.taln.lng a
station being based upon the popula
tion of a district.
These universities, or this system of
universities, would furnish a complete
courso in any trade or profession any
student thereof abould choose, and
furnish this course free, and the stu
dent In turn obligate himself to devote
four to six years of his life or what
ever time is necessary to finish his
education In conjunction with his mili
tary training, and further obligate
himself to be in readlnesa aa a reserve
citizen soldier to take up arms in de
fense of bis country should it be neces
sary at any time thereafter.
The expense would not be as etc at
as that of maintaining a large stand
ing army, and would have a very evi
dent advantage over the present system
In view of the fact that after the
student had completed his course he
would be better fitted to make a live
lihood than the average man. The pres
ent system seems to have a tendency
to unfit a man to make a livelihood
after he has served his time In the
Army.
All commissioned offices would be
filled from the ranks by the merit
system, and none receive pay except
those furnished by the United States
Government as Instructors.
I could go Into details and enlarge
on thia to considerable extent, but have
said enough to give a general idea of
the plan suggested, and believe It will
bear Investigation.
C. VERNON1 MACK.
I. ens Ranee Cannen.
ABKI1DEEN, Wash.. July 13. (To the
Editor.) Haa the I nited Statra built
or la It building at present a cannon
that will shoot oO miles? KKADCM
No,
Twenty.Five Years Ago
Frem the Ore;ontn of July :7. lttO.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show is
prospering. Mr. Heibctt, French am
bassador. Dr. Phelps. American min
ister, and a number of other diplomats
and Americans were present at a recent
performance. The health commissioner
Insisted upon a general inspection be
fore he would sanction the opening ef
the exhibition.
An Immense bed of gypsum has been
discovered in the viclnitr of Grants
rass. Tho Courier calls for experts to
como and examine It.
John Troy has discovered what he
thinka to be an extended bed of asbes
tos on the banks of the Rogue River.
ome distance below the mouth of the
Illinois River.
During the fiscal year endintr June
10. Seattle expended nearly a half
million dollars on street work.
rrofessor L. Lincoln will- deliver a
lecture on "Memory" Wednesday even-
inc. July 30. at Masonic Hall at S
o'clock. You are invited to come and
learn how you may acquire the habit
of "never forgetting."
The cooling apparatus in Corrlray's
theater is working now like a charm.
The air Is changed every six minutes.
Pure, fresh air is pumped into the
theater hy a Urge exhaut-t fan revolv
ing rapidly, making too revolutions per
minute. At the matinee Saturday It
waa I'ka stepping cut of a refrigera
tor. This Improvement In ventilating
la new on the coast and la Mshly
appreciated by the lai;i audiences that
continually vUu this popular theater.
Colonel Keen and staff went yes
terday on horseback to Hlllahoro to
Inspect Company B, First liegiment.
". N. G. l-at Saturday they went to
Oregon City to attend tho inspection
and muster of Company F. and next
Saturdny they go to Astoria to Inspect
Company H.
Now Is the time to announce the
sise of large fruits. A peach plum
waa picked from the orchard In the
yard of Mr. V. D. Carter. In the
southern part f the city, which meas
ured seven and a ven-elRhtha Inches
In circumference.
Half a Century Ago
1 Krom The Oreaniii of July VT. 1Y
A stroll of an hour any day when
buolnrhs is In progress aNout tbe me-cl-snical
anj laiormir purls of tlie city
:il do lit rnot inactive p rit among
us good and him in con Incins the
dull-hearted that if life la but a span,
some may be found in tlia city mho
know how to drlxe it. Tle Maxe and
keg factory of Burns V lane is well
orth some notice. It is a new enter
prise ana ts now fully under way.
The New Path, a monthly art Jour
nal published in New York City. In
commenting upon the collection of new
painllnars at the Mural Art Associa
tion's gallery, speaks with a great deal
of fu!lnr on Mr. Kierstailte "Mount
Hood." The same Journsl refera to
Gignoux's pictures of Mount Jefferson
and Mount Adams, late-lv exhibited at
Goupll's. and says ef them that they
are about as much like the place as
they are like the ewita Alps.
In company with Mr. Mera we yes
terday paid tlie building In wl ich ha
sells the patent turbine water-wheel
and patent Jacks for raisins buildinits.
etc.. s vim. He now has on hand In
this city some -o of these marvelously
powerful water-wheels, ranging In ca
pacity from 10 to -io-horsepow er.
It is reported that Captain Len
White haa recently returned to t'olvllle.
from the tapper Columbia, bringing
nes confirming former reports in re
gard to the gold dlorovenes there. A
town has been laid off at Little Dalles.
20 miles above Fort Colville. which is
to be the landing point of Captain
White's new boat
One of the ship carpenters, son of
Captain Clinton, at work in repairing
the barkenline J. A. Falkenhurg, waa
yesterday badly cut In the hip by an
adx in the hand of a fellow workman.
The wound was dressed at rnilh &.
Davis' drugstore.
Dr. Ralph Wilcox has been appointed
clerk of the Circuit and District Court
of the United States, in the place of
Hamilton Uoyd, who resigned.
John Mullen, of Cow Creek, lias writ
ten a letter to Governor A. C Gibbs.
rehearsing die indan troubles in South
eastern Oregon.
PORTLAND. July Is. (To the Edi
tor.) llavimr occasion with others to
visit Laurelhurst I'ark Sunday after
noon, we found on arrival there the
sprinkling system In full operation,
some IS or IS double sprinklers scat
tered over the beautiful rart of the
park and Just on the Ideal spots here
visitors usually congregate, .mi rounu
tlie bandstand on every side was in a
sodsy, wet condition with standing
water pools. Kven the scats were being
treated to a Sunday bath. This opera
tion continued until i I. M.
As Sunday Is the only day of leisure
for the majority of people to enjoy
the parks. what sense is there in
having them in such condition? tuae
ly sufficient sprinkling can be done
throualt the week and If they are ao
anxious to sptlnkle on Sunday let
them do so on the outlying parts and
newly-seeded grass. C1T1ZUN.
Baring tor Iter llnbhy.
Philadelphia ledger.
"I want a pair of panta for my sick
husband." exclaimed the young bride.
What sixeT" asked the clerk. "I don't
know, hut I think he wears a 111 col
lar." IteU C'reea and Danrlnc.
Tuck.
Madxc Po you feel better sir.ee you
gave up dancing and devoted yourself
to Red Cross work? Marjorie Indeed
I do. dear. I've had my name in the
paper nine times.
flood Bye te a Soldier.
Ixiidon Punch.
Old Lady lo nephew on leave from
the front) Goodbye, my dear boy. and
try and rind time to send a poatcard to
let ma know you are safely back in the
trenches.
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A manufacturer of tea: "Results
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within my personal knowledge that
the largest corset business in the
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A manufacturer of chewing gum:
"Newspaper advertising hits the
spot we want to reach . .. . car
ries our story to the. consumer with
his dally news ... does effective
team work with the local dealer."
An advertising agent: "My motto
is, newspapers first."
Abk the others who have won
success In the dailies and you. too.
will say:
"X A T T O N A L ADVERTISERS
Nr.KD N K WS r A r F. R.S."
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