Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1915)
TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1915. roariAD. oucox Zrt4 si rsrttaad. Ongom. Tm M,m4-la stallsr. vMcristtoa Ra:es JararlaHf la (flea advance. iBr Stm:L Trr. 9uB1ay lasdett sr ..... J'aii-. Aiiia; l-it4l. M wxslka .. I'S'7. tml iBCi'd. DlOftlft .... f i.j. u.iut aas sr ...... S SI... l ftuf Ss4j. atfes .. J ai.j. lta.Mt af. lorsa BallM . 1-s.l.r. l:wt Suoaaj. stoat -i t.i . V j sr ............... t4Utjti4al.M)w .... ... 1 ... x ... IBI Carflsr yatrv. urfr ti:el.4. year ...... itailj. Vlc? InvlteA!. n moatfe..... Msw KessH ass Psatotflc ? -. si.rt srrier r sars.aa4 (hK a yose . mum oia or cutiKT "' ,.r. n. oi-e storrica "- 'JZ:rX:'.: w r.V . ..: U 42 ( cnt. i J- ! 4 ;.. V - Vis - r-Rt m'm9. nun Umki InMm offices Vr " - rn. f.r-j..- butlfSiBC. Naw a coasts. si-r pui.iint, I'.wn: eao rtn.lKM rfMtau. 1 J. U4ssl. roitup. TiEof. aroiT ii. mi. wntT i to Mrre? For one hundred and thirty-nine ;-era a great republic, dedicated to freedom and human rights, has surmounted all changes and chances f National fortune and circumstance. Ilia great experiment of a self-controlling democracy has been up to ta timo successful. The Fourth of July. the birth ef Independence on the new continent. -- followed In thirteen years by the rail of the Pa'rle and the spirit of iua"ty and fraternity had taken firm root In the old world. Th extern republic withstood the tread fa I shark of civil war. and re nnixl It raarvh of progress. Th Itfiirh ration came out of Internal revolution and humiliating defeat la war Into a, firmly established re public. Within the century Great Britain . has been republic- In fact If not In ram, and her colonic have been "lf-gvrntn stair. Th people r-av rul'l through their represent Along with the development of the I npertal power In Germany, there has ln a remarkabl palarnal movement f-r education of the people and Im-fr-nrement of their condition. Ther l no surviving autocracy In all th world, eirert P.uia: and the naard rwep of democracy has even rmch'-l that benight- nation, so that I', has a Iiuma. which U at least the lirm of representative government. Kven China, ruled br a single dynasty for a thousand tears. Is now a republic. No nation anywhere sks t- deny ! sub )-! a vulre In government. Tet the great powera of th world stl x-epl the t'nlted States are at .-ar. They have committed their na tional welfare ami their national des tiny a well to the arbitrament of thlral force. If one st-I conquers the other through sheer military proweew. what b. omea of democracy 7 It la worth thinking- shout. TM COM1RK K. m itOI. In the person of ev-Senator Burton Portland welcomes a man who has one service of Inestimable value to th country and th Republican party. XVhlle he 1 a good party man. Mr. Irartnn has not hesitated to exercise Me Independent Judgment on numer-j -us occasions, lie establish! so nigh a. rcpntailon for statesmanship and fr thorough study and rrap of every 1-roMem h was called upon top handle htl a member of the Hou that " upon h! election to th Senate In 10 he Immediately stepped Into the front rank among his party. Mr. Burton" qualities as a state man of high Meal and constructive power were ftrt displayed In a man er ! attract the attention of the Na tion when he became chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of the Houe. II lifted the work of his com mittee out of the rut .Into which It !! sunk and -which had mad river . nd harbor approprtatlnna a National ratinil. lie committed th committee .in 4 rinatlr Congress to the policy of strict Inquiry by engineers Into the nerit of a propoeed Improvement, as far a. possible to rejection of those n which adverse reports were made, and to large appropriations and con tinuing contracts for those which wer recommended for adoption. So tonx this policy was pursued, river and harbor work was continuously and therefor economically prosecuted rw wort Mens protects were taken up and there waa little criticism from those who had previously denounced the rtver and harbor bill as a pork barrel. When the committees of the present Congress returned to the disreputable practice of recommending approprla t.ons f r creeks which could not be raa-le raible and tor ruers which could not develop traffic. Mr. Bur fen, then In the Senate, conducted 'a filibuster, which bs become historic. II rniJ a spee-h extending from war to dav In which h expoaed In detail th Iniquities of the pork bar rel ' itrm as exemplified In th bHL He woa over enough lemocrals to 'rat th meajur and to proc jre th a loption ef a l imp sum appropriation l. b e vp ruled in the diecrettoa of t Ami engineers. T"hen a new bill marred by the same vice was Introduced at th last session, he re newed th attack and caused another lump appropriation to be made. Mataty due to hie effort waa a pop ular uprising against pork barrel mthHis. which promises tJ cause tnnr fm.it abandonment. f:juaUy important servtc was ren dered by Mr. Burton In preventing trie passage of t.'i administration ship purchue bill at th last session of rorcrrM. The long speech by which he frustrated the plans of the Admin tstratlua waa not a mere tlra-con-su hit. g iTiim of worUa. It was an eanausttv discasaloa which formed a tl Serai education on th whole shipping question. It convinced a group ef Ivrmocrata that the bill was fraught with danger, and with their sli he brought about Its handoo m'r.t until th next Congress meets. Irier th Koosevett administration ?fr. Burton waa cheffman of the Na tional Wslerwajs Commission, which conducted an Inquiry Into a'.l phases of the use and conservation of water. This commission mad a report fitted to form the basis ef a broad, well considered National poltcj. He was a member ef the National Monetary Commission, which unanimously re ported; the first Federal reserve bill. That measure, erroneously railed the UirVh bin, formed tha basts of the law now In cperatlon a law which kas been the chief Instrument In en ab'lnc the United States to pas Lbe crisis ca jed by Ut war, ha 'freed credit and mad panic all but Impossible. 11a alone fought th La, Toilette seamen's bill, foreeeeln Ita disastrous effects on the Nation' ocean commerce. He la a deep stu dent of economic questions and has written a book on the subject, which has enhanced his reputation. Mr. Burton has always been an ad vocat of peace and arbitration, but h la by no mean for peace-at-any-prlce. In 104. when he opposed the build Ins" of four battleships, his course was prompted by the facts that Presiden Kooseelt had aked all civilised na tlons to unite In limiting- armaments and that all except Germany and Ja pan had consented. At this time, when nearly all the world Is at war. he favors dealing with the condition: ne linos mem, putting mi .-no i a position to defend Itself against r enemy, no matter how powcrfu I, na upnoitainff our ncnu ina nunu I n' peaceful mU If possible, by fore If Mr. Burton should become th choice of the Republican parly for President, he would be a strong can dldate. If he should be elected, h would be an able. Independent and patriotic President. Though anothe may prove more acceptable to th party It Is well that among those from whom It has the opportunity to choose there should be a man of Mr. Burton sterling qualities. If all be equal to him. the party will make no mistake In choosing any of them. th avwrriONT ot Hr..T . The auccees of our S mphony Or chestra In former jears encourages music lovers to lay more ambitious plana for the future. The orchestra should become a larger factor In the life of the city than It has ever been. It should receive a more generous support. Music has a double value In a city. It Is for one thing a source of endless enjoyment. It refreshes the spirit and Invigorates the body through the mind. But music la muT than entertainment. It is a great support of the moral nature. When Shakespeare wrote that the n who baa "no music In his sou Is fit for treasons., stratagems and spoils' he waa not Jesting. A pro found psychological truth underlay his line, as he knew perfectly well. Har mony i the highest of all our alms tn every- department of life and effort- KvlU according to some thinkers. Is nothing more than the destruction of harmony. When the notea'of life sound In accord again evil Is eltmtnat. ed. There Is no doubt whatever but that music exerts a potent force to elevate the thoughts and strengthen the character. Of Its conservative energy American communities have made too Utile us. Its growing In fluenc Is on of the encouraging signs of the times. Portland's Symphony Orchestra has held Ita own nobly In adverse circum stance. Slenderly supported and without th encouragement of a per manent endowment. It has firged bravelr ahead, adhering always to high Ideals and giving ua a profusion of excellent music. It has been credit to the city. Adequately sup ported it would, of course, accom plish a great deal more than Ita slen der means have ever permitted In the post. Portland may some day become a real musical center. We have ability enough to make auch an achievement entirely possible. All that Is needed to bring it to pass la concentrated er fort and generous support from cltl- xn. of means. The sympnony ur chestra may well prove to be the be ginning of a brilliant musical develop ment. But It cannot grow without support. Its campaign for adequate funds deserves encouragement, both from musicians and from all friends of the higher civilization. TltK SHORT eTOHr AMD JOt ALU It Is commonly conceded that the short story Is more popular In the I'nlted States than anywhere else In the world. It forms the main con tents of pretty nearly all our maga zines and many of them print nothing else. A few magazines of auperlor quallti. like the Atlantic Monthly and the Yale Hevlew. depend upon more solid attractions, but they are not very widely read except by the more In tellectual classes. People who read for entertainment drop their magazines when they have gone through, the short storte. Our liking for this form of litera ture ha naturally developed a great market for It. and hundred ofwrtt ers are engaged tn hot competition to supply the demand. Where one young person aspire to win fame by writ ing poetry or "solid" prose there are score who alake all upon the short story. Almost every college haa an eager clasa In short story -writing, while the more sober form of litera ture are consigned to back room and dark corners- A popular short story writer rsn sometimes earn two thou sand dollars from half a dozen print ed page produced In a single week or less, while a novel la a long piece of work and may not sell well w hen It is finished. As a -gambling proposition" the short story Is the best thing on the market. It occasionally makes big winnings. It never can entail much loss on the author. The very moderate Intellectual demand which the short story makes of both writer and reader account In large part for Ita popularity tn the L"n!ted States. It Is condensed, efrictert and lively. Tt leave out all those page of reflection and descrip tion whi.h are usually skipped In novel Ther Is no room in It tor . .. MHnt.u of Aneellne's relet and Augustus" remorse. Every tmr.g must move rapidly to the oal without dt'.atortnes or languor. In a land cf "bustle" like the vnued States these qualities are aimosi enough to account for the popularity I the short story. An Austrian critic. !.wn Keener, puts It a little different ly when he says that our Imaginative geniuses "have been narnesaeu io in car of Journalism" Sine Pegasus must be harnessed to something or go without his dally oats, perhaps Journalism Is not a bad car to choose. Certainly It Is better to receive a weekly check of five hundred or a housand dollars for producing bright short storie than to starve In Grub Street for producing matter that no body want to read. We do not lay this do n as an in flexible law. We admit th.lt there may be exceptional cases, such as that of Mlllod writing Paradise Lost, when the money returns are not an Impor tant consideration, but most authors are not Milton, and those who make hay while the aun ahlnea are the wtst-ef their race. No doubt the Austrian critic I right to y that our ahort story writers are "harnessed to th car of Journalism." Every good short story Is a good piece of Journal Ism in so far a It Is brief- clear, pointed and Interesting. It says enough and then stops- Teoplc w ho lock upon th word "Journalistic" aa a term of reproach will do well to modify the Idea a little. Good Journalism Is good literature, and If It deala with subjects of importance it haa perma nent value. But with all Its potential merit we do not believe that the ahort atory will always hold Its present exclusive popu larlty with American reader. The qualitiea of brevity and directness which make It attractive may Just as well be embodied In essays an historical articles, and If that Is ever accomplished we ahall probably see those literary form appealing more powerfully to th public than they d today. It Is noticeable even now that magazines which publish crisp essay upon topics of vital Interest hav Plenty of readers among the classe who buy other periodical merely for the stories. DEPARTMENT STORE AMD THE FARMER An article In last week'a Country Gentleman calls attentlo" to an Inno vation In the conduct of a dry -foods atore. A large firm In Denver neia what It called a Farmer' Festive Week to Impress upon the people of Denver "our relation to and depend ence upon agriculture In a business way, the value and Importance of get ting together and working with ou farmers In a practical, systematic way." and "to acquaint ourselves with what the farmers of thi particular state, known principally a a mining state, are doing on the farm. To get Denver to help along with th movement a slogan was adopted: "Buy box of apples." During the week the store windows were given over en tlrely to the display of products from the farms, the farmer taking great In tereet In the matter. Almost every thing grown on the farm of Colorado waa shown In large quantities, cyi ten hav. alfalfa, wheat, oata and bar. 'ley In the shock. The atore handled cost, during the display, many carloads of apples and other fruit. Many lm posinr farts er brought to the at tention of the public by placard. For instance: "Four yesr- ago our state had fifteen slloa: today It has over one thousand. A nunareu iona well-kept silage will feed twenty-five dairy cows six months." It would be advantageous if not only- Portland merchants, but those In the smaller cltlea of the state, would take note of what has been done In Den ver and give Oregon a state-wide Farm Festival Week. Such a course would not only redound to the pros perity of the merehanta participating and to the farmers, but to every per son in the state. WHAT U THE MATTER WITH I-CMBERI If the Federal Trade Commission had come to the pacific Nortnwest eeklnr a lumber trust to prosecute. It would have been greatly surpriaea Instead of being In the ha.id of a trust, the lumber Induatry 1 th ub- Ject of competition so fierce that the men engaged In It are devouring; tneir capital In a struggle for what little buslnrsa they can get- The wnoie pa cific Northwest hit been Inquiring what la the matter with the lumber business, and the answer was given In unmistakable term to the Federal Trade Commission. It 1. In brief, overproduction and underconaump- lon combined with financing- Dasea on unrealized expectations of prosper ity which drives mlllmen to rulnou comDctltlon ruinous to the man wnt rets tha business as well a to hi com net i tors. The Government Is responsible for a- lurse proportion of the undercon sumption, and hence for an equal pro portion of the overproduction and of the rulnou competition. If consump- lon were Increased, necessarily pro duction would more nearly balance It and competition would become less keen. The Government could acarce- lv have done more Injury to the lum ber buslneMi If It had set out deliber ately to destroy It, Congress began by putting; lumoer nd shlncle on the free list. Depres sion In the shlncle Industry of Oregon nd Washington and abnormal actlv- Itv In that of British ColumDla nave followed. The same statement la true in a less decree of lumber. Free lum br has taken away a large part of he lumber market of the United States from the Pacific Northwest and handed It over to Canada. In tha foreign and coastwise traae Canada already had the advantage of heaner labor and cheaper shipping, The Panama Canal tolls repeal law rtonrired the United States or ine countervailing advantage of exemption from toll. In Interpreting the canal law the Government directed another blow at the lumber business by charg ing tolls on deck loads, although the law In Plain language pases ions ou the net registered tonnage, not on the cargo. Only after a vigorous protest was this unlawful discrimination stopped. When the ship registry bin waa un der discussion a year ago Represent ative of the Pacific Northwest al ternated to Insert a provision that tor- elcn-bullt American-owned ships be ..imitie.l to Intercoastal trade that la. trad between Atlantic and Pa cific port through the canal. Con gress showed greater solicitude for the Interests of the hlpbullder. who has since been swamped witn oruers o European nations, than for the lum ber manufacturer, whose foreign trade as been almost killed by proniouive freight ralea. American lumoermen av thus been prevented iron ob taining- vessels, while they view the pleasant spectacle of British ships owned bv Americana carrying many cargoes or lanuuiau iu.... ' door to American maraci Atlantic Coast. congress men pssscu i - law. which drives the poor remainucr of the Amerlcan-bullt American mer chant marine from foreign trade, dis courages further additions to our foreign-built merchant marine and places a new burden on the lumberman by Increasing the cost of operating ahlpi In coastwise trade. Since British Co lumbia, on the same coast, can ship to the aame markets In competition with Oregon and Washington, this law further Increase the advantage en Joyed by Canada. While the opportunities for private timber-owner to sell their manufac tured product have been thu restrict, ed. the Forest Service ha aggravated competition by putting on the market tract of Government timber which Invited men of small capital to do hand-to-mouth buslne. The lumbermen are ccused ol bringing their own troubles upon themaelve by high finance. Thelt mistake was In basins; their financial arrangements on the assumption that the Government would be friendly to their Industry. Their trouble are due to the fact that almost every act of the Government affecting their In dustry b done H an Injury: In fact, could not bate done more Injury if it had been prompted by a deliberate purpose to destroy it. The lumber men had a rig-tit to assume that the Government of their own country would be friendly to them. They had a right to assume that the opening of the Panama Canal would broaden thei market by admitting them to the At lantic Coast and Europe. They could no more anticipate that war would suddenly burst upon - th world and demoralize ocean traffic than could men in any other Industry or than could their critics. Had their reasonable expectations been fulfilled, they would have been able to meet their financial obligations. They have been no more guilty of practicing high finance than have other industries, not excepting some bankers! They have been the worst sufferers from unfriendly legislation and administration and from clrcum stances which they could neither an tlcipate nor control. The lumber industry presents the paradox of extreme depression at time when the agricultural Industry i abnormally prosperous and when manufacturing Is rapidly approachin the maximum of prosperity. It Is en titled to the sympathetic considers tlon of the Federal Trade Commission with a view to removal of the handi caps under which it labors, that it may share in the general prosperity which Is fast spreading over th country. At this late day we begin to learn how the Standard Oil millionaires grew rich. Say those who nave in vestigated Standard methods at Bay onne: Tt fives w r- not srlth relation to th ee. minis of tha coniDanv. but by laklne into ronslderatloa wases paid by oiner compauivs In sams locality, and men nTins in sail as low as or lower than the prevatliu wail In that locality. The feeding of the Belgians waa a good deed, and probably Bayonne workmen do not grudge them a penny that John D. Rockefeller gave them but did not the old gentleman really take from the Bayonne people part of their Just due. give it to the Bel clans and then appropriate to himself the credit for a good deed? Secretary Lansing's reply to Austria leaves nothing more to be said, though doubtless the pretended advocates o neutrality will continue to talk and write. The atrongeat point he makes In that the Cnlted States could not yield to Austiia'a demand wlthou abandoning Its own right to buy mu nltlona abroad when necessity arose and without definitely taking sldea with one belligerent against the other. Convict Kuckel. who made himself an expert in aolt analysis during his term at San Quentln, is now compe tent to "pursue a. useful and honor able career. It la more Important to society that prisoners should prepare themselves to he useful citizens than thst they should earn a large sum In their confinement An education la n Investment for both state and Indi vldual, no matter where It Is acquired At San Francisco today there la attending the Benson day exercises a modest man eT advanced middle age as an unassuming citizen of Oregon doing honor to an honored man. Up here ho-is known as Governor James Wtthycombe, but down there he has kicked off the shackles of official life to frolic In the bloom of youth. and several hundred thousand . Ore- gonlans are with him in spirit. In the race between an automobile and biplane flying machine at Elma, Wash., each vehicle covered rive miles at the rate of a little less than a mile i minute. The biplane was a trine he faster, but each showed remark able apeed and staying power. The permanent advantage of the aeroplane la that It is independent or roaas, good and bad. Its weakness is its sus- cptlblllty to wind shocks. The harvest of death begins prompt- y this hunting season with the ahoot nc of young Fred Layton. of Albany. Tho "accidental discharge" of his own gun ended Layton's life. The next hunting victim will probably be "mis taken for a deer." Hunters, more than the rest of us, stand In need of caution and common sense, for their mistakes are more dangerous. The professor of biology of the University of Pittsburg says college women fail as mothers, but the coun try need not worry. Millions of girls who cannot get a college education will save the Nation. Perhaps the col lege women can become excellent step mothers. When that twenty-mile link eaat of Mount Hood 1 forged we shall have a road 175 miles long around a won derful mountain, rich In scenic mar vela all the way. It will be a posses sion with which no other city In the world has anything that can quite compare. It 1 devoutly to be hoped the Council will not pass an ordinance for bidding piling of wood on the curbs. the absence of alleys ui euro is the only place for it. This is an ar bitrary fact that cannot be overlooked. Nashville takes a harsh means in re- uclng municipal salaries 25 per cent That ahould not be necessary any where. The proper way is to speed o and get more work out of the em ployes that are needed and discharge those that are not. Mrs. "Wade's plan of punching the masher's head is approved. But all oung women are not "handy with their mitts" and those deficient In the manly art must depend on calling n officer or use a hatpin. The war bulletins from the Eastern front may be summarized thus: The Germans say. "w e are still pushing the Russians eastward." and the Rua- lans reply. "We make them push ard before we move. The latest local burglar robbed for the fun of It Up at Salem there are people who will make him work Just to be humorous. The "wires or the wireless are busy between Athcn and Nish, now that he Greek and Serbian Parliament are in session. If Portland had a million and a half people It would not lose the thrill of clrcna day. The Bear Is developing into a great sprinter with Mackensen for pacer. Brother Brownell is seeing things a hot weather failing. Grants Pat cm to need a Hooper proof Jail. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Orecon!ao,of Ausust IT. 1890. London No political event is attend ed by so much interest as the visit of the German Emporor to Russia. The Emperor will probably spend three daya with the Czar at PeterhofT and it is upon these three days that the map of Europe a few .years hence may de pend. There is confidence in English circles that ought to be well informed that neither Russian blandishments nor covert menaces can win the Kaiser from England. Despite the fact that Portland's claims for supremacy In the Northwest have been somewhat discredited by the botch of a census taken here, the wholesale houses of the city continue to increase in number and the old established firms show the old-time spirit in extending their business and are making additions and improve ments to their already complete estab lishments that facilitate the handling of their immense trade. v Wallace, the mining town of the Coeur d'Alene district so recently burned out. suffered the loss of its Jail Friday night the same being fired by a vagrant incarcerated therein. The water supply of the town is not yet available and the citizens, being in no mood to be trifled with, intend to force every man who has no occupation to leave the place. The party of Omaha Councilmen who are visiting this section yesterday made a trip up the East. Side road to AiDany. crossed over to Corvallls and came back to this city. They were delighted with whst they saw of the great Wil lamette Valley and they nave mamea down yesterday as the red-letter day of their trip. Baksr Citv is being visited by crowd of very tough characters. The gang consists of about eight persons. four of whom, the Democrat says, are languishing behind the bars or the city bastile. Wsshlngton One of the continental projects which has taken possession of Secretary Blaine s Drimani imasina tlon is that of a continuous line of rail way connecting North and boutu Amer ica. HALF CENTURY'S GREAT CHANGES Mr. Hlawes Carraats Tw Oreaon Jour neya 4S 1'eara Apart- KIRTUXD. Ausr. IS. (To the Edi tor.) Forty-eight years ago. July 29. at 2 P. M, John S. Newell, mpiain William S. Powell. Edward F. Cornell. standford G. Benson and the writer left Mount Tabor bound on a ten days' outinz- in the vicinity of Mount Hood. All but Mr. Newell walked ine greater portion of the way. he having a team to haul the neeaea provenaer unu mint equipment The ascent of the moun tain was made on August 2 by Newell, Powell and your correspondent It was difficult task, as there were no al penstocks or life lines in use. After passing the crevasse near the crater steps had to be cut in the Ice the re mainder of the way to the summit. Traveling time going. 35 hours: re turning. 3J hours. After leaving Pow ell Valley only five log cabins were in sla-ht and the locality known as Government Camp was only a tradi tion. Almost the entire route ine Barlow Road of that day a toll roaa lay through "continuous woods. li teen native grouse were killed on the round trip as they flew up along the way. Conditions have changed since, as will be seen. On Julv 31 last Harold G. Rice, Har old H. Rice. Jr.. Eugene F. Rice. John B. Wlnstanley and the writer left at 3:15 P. M. in a Michisan auto handled by the first Mr. Rice for a trip through the Cascade range. The route was the Section Line road to Gresham. Powell Valley. Sandy, Cherryville. Brightwood. Rhododendron. Government Camp and on to Frog Lake, where we camped. The mosquitoes were vicious. We were rendered immune by an oily prep aration secured several years ago from scientific investigator sent out by the Field Museum. Chicago, applied to exposed parts. On Aua-ust 1. 4:20 A. M., the party moved, following the wagon road down the eastern side of the range through timber so thick 'that frequently there was barely space between the trees to permit the passage of the machine. Curve after curve followed In quicn succession, keeping the helmsman on the alert every moment At length the treeless section of Eastern Oregon was reached. Waplnltla passed and the route turned north. The atmosphere waa unusually clear, as well as brae Ing. and the party reveled in the beauty and srrandeur of - Adams. St Helena. Hood and Jefferson, In the dls tance; and In the foreground every where appeared nnmistakable evl dences of an unlimited supply of food stuffs. Leaving the tree-embowered town of Tygh, through which the creek of that name flows at the bottom of a deep canyon or gorge, the road lay through fields of grain. In many In stances with the threshers in use. Then we sped over the divide to Dufur and on to The JJalles, juosier ana noon River. Here we drove to the hospitable home of Samuel F. Blythe, where we rested for several hours and lunched. Here our larder was reinforced by an ample supply of a fine table corn and string beans. About 3 P. M. the drive was resumed, Mitchells rotnt passed, the Columbia River Highway reached nd followed back to Portland, where the party arrived at 5 P. M. Time ab- ent. 2s Vi hours: traveling time, is hours: distance, 224 miles. From considerable knowledge of the Pacific Coast gained during a resi dence of (2 years. It Is believed that o trip of the same length can be se lected that will present more features of attractiveness. It abounds in fer tile fields, snow-capped mountains, rushing mountain streams, extensive plains, great forests, and the climax la th Columbia River Highway, now nder construction. Aside from a few heavy grades, none particularly difficult to negotiate by- careful driver, the road was In good condition, no mud or dust appearing worth mentioning. GEORGE H. HIMES. Death After1 Divorce. PORTLAND, Or.. Aug. 16. (To the Editor.) -Do I understand correctly that a divorced woman Is entitled to 11 the rights of a wife in case of death or otherwise of the husband prior to the expiration of the six months as provided by lawT (z) Or oes the law only and specifically apply subsequent marriage within that me? I ask you tnis ror tne reason that reputable attorneys differ as to the meaning of the law. I contend hat it is In effect an interlocutory decree and effective as a divorce only fter being entered at the expiration of six months subsequent to the decree. E. C. M. (1) - No. The divorce Is absolute from the time the decree is signed. The woman Is not entitled to the rights of wife. If the husband ahould die during that period his property would to their children or to his own eirs at law. (2) The law specifies six months In which the divorced party may appeal to the Supreme Court Marriage within this period is not per mitted because the other party might appeal and secure a reversal of the lower court's action. No interlocutory decree exists In Oregon, nor Is the status of the parties during the first six months after the grsnting of a divorce the eame as In the case of an Interlocutory decree. WAR BY SEA TO UE IMPOSSIBLE Such Is Lesson Mr. Marker Reada la Submarine Development. LA GRANDE, Or.. Aug. 15. (To the Editor.) What has become of the Eng lish navy? With the German fleet rest ing on an even keel, as it were, and German submarines destroying English commerce In the very shadows of Al bion, this question recurs with increas ing wonder. Since 158S Great Britain has held do minion of the seas. For every battle ship which rival nations have launched. Great Britain has launched two. '"Brl tannla rules the waves" has been her boast for 300 years. - - Now she is at a death grapple with a nation which at the beginning of the struggle was .rated as a second-class naval power. Why is It that she has not sought out the fleet of this power and destroyed it, even as she destroyed the "invincible armada" of Spain, or as she engaged and annihilated the naval power of France at Trafalgar in 1S05? This modern Achilles of the sea. It seems, is not quite Invulnerable. The sacred waters did not lave the heel by which Thetis held him. Germany has discovered this fatal spot Greaf Brit ain today is a hamstrung giant. Out of the birth throes of this w-ar has come a sinister thing an am phibious monster with one eye whose advent means the negation of sea power. It is the submarine. The submarine has put the nought in dreadnought. It has taken the cruise out of cruiser. It has rendered obsolete a whole syttem of naval armament. It has revolutionized naval warfare and potentially, at least has consigned the war fleets of the world to the nmoo of innocuous desuetude. The subma rine is the modern triumph of David over Goliath. It is the latest victory of mind over matter. Had Germany possessed, at the be (Tinning of this war, a thousand sub marines as swift and powerful as those she is now constructing, theie is Uttl doubt that she would now be dictat ing terms of peace to the allied na tions of Europe. With a thousand sub marines she could have closed the doors of English commerce rs tight as the doors of a bank vault And without her commerce England would be as helpless as Napoleon on the rock at St Helena. She could have prevented the landing of English troops on the Con tinent and frustrated the English and French expedition against the Darda nelles. Potentially, the submarine :mans the negation of all orsea aggressions oy naval nowers. Developed to its highest point of efficiency (as it undoubtedly will be), the submarine will prevent all oversea transportation of troops, make defense against foreign Invasion prac ticable, and in the end render war dj sea impossible. We In America are safe against the proudest armada that ever sailed the seas, once our submarine forces are fully developed. The submarine "quiets Htle" to our protectorate over the South American republics. The submarine is the Monroe Doctrine dressed up in iron clothes. A submarine can destroy the proudest Queen Elizabeth afloat But It can not transport troops. It cannot take the place of that which It destroys. It Is a weapon of defense, and not of ag gression. The submarine has come fortn from the underworld to free the seas of the Incubus of naval tyranny. Henceforth the seas will be the common property of all. the monopoly of none. Kipling was more of a prophet than he knew when he wrote in his Reces sional "Far-flung our navies melt away, fin dune and headland sinks the fire; And all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Ninevah and Tyre. ANDREW R. MARKER. HOW TO MAKE JAXGLING COUNTRY tet All Foreign Sympathisers Try fo Im press Their Ideals on America. PORTLAND. Aug. IS. (To the Ed itor.) An occurrence has happened re cently of which 1 have seen no edito rial notice. Possibly the matter has not struck your mind at quite the an gle it did for some of the rest of us; possibly you consider that in the pres ent state of public opinion silence is wisdom. I state the matter by a supposition and a question: SiLDnose the American citizens in mis countrv who were born British subjects and "their immediate descendants should organize a National association with the avowed purpose or maintain ing in this country English weais, po litical and social. English customs and modes of thought. English as opposed to American literature, English art and philosophy. Suppose a Prime Minister of Great Britain. In a signed article, should speak of this association as a power ful factor to secure" the supremacy of English Ideals in the social and intel lectual life of the American people. Suppose this association, with such purpose and indorsement, should meet in convention in San Francisco and make the rafters ring while they sang "Rule Britannia." Suppose then the members pinned miniature British flags to the lapels of their coats and started out to view the exposition. My question is. What do the Amer ican citizens of German birth and line age say? . If they say that such suppositious procedure is proper, then it ought to be successful; and. further, if proper to the British, it is proper to the uermans. Scandinavians. Italians. Slavs, etc. Now if all these different racial and National groups succeed in the purpose of main taining and perpetuating themselves, plainly the old vision of the Republi,, constituted by a united and amalga mated people, developing along its own lines and with its own ideals, is gone. The vision of the future sees the Re public composed of Jarring. Jangling elements, each looking to. Europe for moral, social and Intellectual suste nance. If the answer to my question is "No, then the German-Americans stand con demned by themselves. Substituting German for British or English. Chancellor von Buelow for the Prime Minister and "Deutschland Ueber Aller" for "Rule Britannia." the suppo sition becomes actual fact The recent meeting at San Francisco of the Na tional German-American Association fits the case exactly. Do not these men see that, win or fail, they are losers? If they win they have destroyed the Republic, to their own and their children's loss. If they fail, they have added, bitterness to the present and delayed the inevitable of the future. J. M. JOHNSON, 161 North Twenty-third street Objects In Deep Water. LONO BEACH. Wash., Aug". 15. (To the Editor.) Did the Titanic sink to the bottom or is she drifting around? If a piece of lead weighing one ton were dropped in the deepest part of the ocean would It sink to the bottom or would it drift around at a certain depth? Is there any such thing ss a hoop snake? A READER. (1) The Titanic is resting on the bottom of the sea. (2) It would go to the bottom. (3) Hoop snake is a name given the horn snake. It is a mistaken notion, however, that it takes its tall in its mouth and rolls. Wore I Praaonaced. PORTLAND. Aug. 16. (To the Edi tor.) To settle a diffe.ence of opinion on pronunciation of a word, will you kinCly tell me how to pronounce "thyme?" A SUBSCRIBER. Fronounce it as it it were spelled time- Half a Century Ago From The Orezonlan of Aucust 17, 1865. For fully three months communica tion with the East by way of the plains has been wholly cut off except in cases where parties who sought to cross have been provided with an escort. The Indians have collected for battle and so far remain masters of the sit uation. The telegraph line for a long distance is In their possession, the mail route is menaced by them so that the mails either do not come through at all or are compelled to submit to the delay of being accompanied by an armed force, while the Indians are ap parently further than ever from any intention to retire from the field or to cease their savage warfare. Mrs. Lincoln has been Invited by Queen Victoria to visit England, and the Navy Department has placed a steamer at her disposition should she determine to cross the ocean. ' The Walla Walla Statesman says the work of rebuilding upon the ground burnt over by the late fire is going on with great rapidity. The town, says the Statesman, will wear a decidedly better appearance than before. Main street is being widened and some good buildings are going up. Nine are now in progress of erection. Letters have arrived at the Portland Postoffice during the past week that were mailed in New York in November, 1864. They, were by the overland route. The steamer Sierra Nevada brings cable for connecting tha telegraph line across the river at this place. The present arrangement infringes upon the right of individual property and a cable, it Is thought, will be best for the company. Captain Williams, of the bark A. A. Eldridge, from this port, subscribed $50 toward the celebration of the Fourth of July at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. Jack son vi : 1 - Several of our citi zens returned last week from a visit to the great sunken lakes, situated in the Cascade Mountains, about 75 miles northeast of Jacksonville. This lake rivals the famous valley of Slnbad the Sailor. It is thought to average 2001 feet down to the edge of the water all round. The walls are almost perpen dicular, running down Into the water and leaving no beach. No living man has. and probably never will be able to reach the water's edge. PORTLAND CIVIC PRIDE TELLS New York Town Advised to Copy Spirit Demonstrated in Rose City. Elmira (N. Y.) Star-Gazette. The majority of travelers who stop off in Portland. Or., take a sight-see-in.- trin about the city In an automobile bus that carries about 20 persons. At least one of these buses twice a oay j: i,n n m modest nrivato residence 111 1 i n 1' a- ... a . u wnmaTC ,hn lives there brines. out a, basketful of beautiful roses, so that each of tne strangers nui nn. one. She cuts the roses herself and gives them to the visitors in town without, of course, any compensation or thought of It She does it merely for Port land's sake. Portland is Known as tne i T. .nH rle-hflv so. for 80IT1C of the i ....c anociYne.ns are devel oped there. And this generous woman takes pride in giving to strangers a sample of the flowers that she grows. That Just illustrates the civic pride that prevails throughout the West. How many have we in Elmira or in any other Eastern town who would go . . i ,M,,ki. f ,.nttine roses for to in" Ll u.. . .J J c strangers who come to town, perhaps never to be seen again or never tu u. known? Why, most people who grow r, r. in stina-v to let a neigh bor have a blossom, to say nothing of giving one to a siraiitser. Every person who receives a rose e-nm hi- woman in Portland is deeply touched with the sentiment. It makes an impression that one can t torgei. And It makes you remember Portland favorably. . . On the automobile bus wnicn saw this impressive illustration of civic ; - ,rariara nf wealth and im portance in the business world. Some of them might .have been looking for a location for some-great Industry or i..ititiln. nc ttf a home. And who can tell but that the giving of a rose to a stranger mignt nave oeen iur uc ciding factor in favor of Portland. It is such little things as xnis mat counts in life. And it is such little things as this that help a city. Who could fail to like a city where - : 1 . ab-A nlicl. n in Idrptt In its welfare and do so much to make it pleasant ror strangers.' i that tic Hsn In -pTlmira more of the spirit that prompted the giving of those roses! Descent of Property. PORTLAND. Aug. 16. (To the Edi tor.) A piece of property was deeded to Mr. B. and wife Jointly and the .wife dead. Mr. B. has married again. What would become of this property in case of his death? What is a widow's dower? SUBSCRIBER. If there were no children It would go to the second wife; if there wers children the second wife would get her dower of a life Interest in the in come from one-half the property. Exemptions. PORTLAND, Aug. 16. (To the Edi tor.) Please state what exemption a married man is entitled to In Oregon, including household goods, if any. READER. Household furniture Is exempt from taxation. There is a whole chapter of the code devoted to exemptions from execution sale. Consult chapter 2, vol. 1 Lord's Oregon Laws, at the Public Library. Introducing Wife's Relatives. ROSEBURO, Or., Aug. 15. (To the Editor.) Please tell me how to Intro duce an "In-law." I hate the expression mother-in-law, sister-in-law, etc., and should like to know Just what to say. SUBSCRIBER. Introduce her by name, adding her relationship to your wife. Yes. PORTLAND, Aug. 16. (To the Edi tor.) Is it necessary to be identified in order to get a marriage license in Seattle? - OLGA. Women-Made Fashions Paris fashions this year will be women-made the men modistes are busy making war. And the prediction Is that they will be more daring than ever be fore. "They may charge the excesses of war to us. but this year women must bear the responsibility of the excesses of fashion." says one great designer, speaking from the trenches. And. of course, the hint is suffi cient to arouse curiosity to see the new styles. And that will redouble the inter est of all women In the advertising columns of. The Oregonian, where the first news is likely to appear.