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wber, ,un lry energetic clttien of the
embooric metropolis of Orn by
the Ubr of tnr-ir own sturdy rm
to build a throush
the adjacent hiil. and created
kri f .r t!i prodacu of th 'rt,'
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2 at It ba rot lmtreJ lhat tUa Oral
trtumpa of TorlUnJ i"
vorlsc trtuna or to aJtanUfaou. lo
cation, or to dHcrtmlnatlntt forvra
auch a. srcat railroad corportiooa
ht,h ha powrrfu.y harpad othrr
Citifa lo atabll? thrn.cl a com
m.rctal and mdu-trul c-ntrr bl
Ur pari by Ibru't. by lorc-WM and
by rKr. and b qa.cH
ari.o of opportunity. Of couraa thr
,u iurMall-o of natural p-'attlon.
tramr a rr-a lor TortUoJ. Hut
-ortI4 I .rtllwa inn a rr-A-Van.
eot ratra. It l " n
tr.aa aa .il4rnt. U la lh J
ih. braia ami h-nd of mrn ho had
fai n arj Uin ud praa.-lor.ra and
cii;M anJ ptuk. . .
b It h faablooaMa
Ja .. ana p-x?a of rr"n t dl-.
wit uni'SuUHft hrho.a an.l
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Il4r- t.ia rftn'tua r'Mt and frolir-s
cf r.rtund
T.. aT tfiat I'ortUn l h-. a-u "
..ii. r!f up at tna rtPno of tha
atjlc an 1 r.-t u a torwiunct of tfia
aut-'a rrlmrir prflr and drl
.pmrnt. u t- J aa Injuatlvc to I'ort
UrJ Tha p-.pl of I'ortUnd have
n l.i..n a t- any prowrrrl'?
aratad rr.m t atalr a proapTlty.
Thy ba I wlah or h-r of r-wth
an I i liiiirtmrct r-'l rommoti t all
o' Or-on. Tbr b-tiv In the
t n ct th wonjrrtul lla. tha pr.
.lu. tna Mlia and tha rUli plain, of tha
Hu" Ty ilti.l"tti a duty to
rromt tha wolfura of the atate aa a
vro!. and. whrro t- lua a-n and
nnJrtoa thir bttcatln. thav ha
nut uauuliy fnd to perform Jl.
Tt may b aurpoard thai Tha Orc
IC'.aiao d.'a n.t a;'ek fh wor.1 out
tt a mrr pol.ta ptirpoja ! ttidUot.
I-..rtUn 1 in the ara of It ou paofle
an.i of th? peopla of Orrfuru Nl
l ari. ;ut It ha thouM It to
aar ibnt PortUnJ me thlnitawhtrh
many u: thlnltlrr ptrMM hac iVPl'-'r-mVr
forirttrn and which othcas
hit ci.nvr!rt!y Uru.rfd. Lon
a Portland taw that tha prime r
ntUI to the buil ltn of a tUy ix'h
r. prert alte was to develop ire
gon and ttie ful tmbt I.lvrr bli.
That waa tha reason It u(M to
rr"Je..t rtula Into Ita aJJarer.t terrl
trrt . It wja lr the aama reaaon
tiit fccJa. built with I'ortland labor
un.t mine, tegan to pty uim th
tributary rlvera. Ship aeek'.rc cora
merce with tie world war. dUpat. hed
ovar tha aaa. taden with tha prv!ucl3
ef Orn arrlcultura and other In
dustry. Porta', were built around
th ob-.;m--tlnc caara lea and the
troublesome dalle Ix-al manufao
toriea were f.tered. Kallrouil were
needed anJ a.lvrBturou and publtc
aplrtted men furniehed the money for
their corttru'-t!on op the Willamette
Valley and later up the Columbia
I;ivrt. TbeM ami many other thlrta
were !.' br PortUrd wen anj by
portlaaal mea.-.a; and thry are the
foundation of the tltv. aa they were
and are In ronj-ideraMe part the In
atrum ntat'.tle thromh which the
irrln foreat of the at.'te ware pene
trated and ntillaed and the ti:i-nb!
l.n aettled and m?r!va:ed. Put th'T
were on!y the beelnr.lnr of the rlfy
bi tt atand lday. The whole atory
woul.l far eurpaae the limit cf an
ordinary r.wpapr artwle.
Let e remind our complainlr-g
fri n.li of an achievement or two fair
ly t be redlteJ t Portland In later
J ear, after the earle aid critical era
of ;f-r.et? had perhapa pa.l. A
Tt't. mora than a de.:e ar the CH'
i( pur'land raied a larffe I'mi of
money, and. aupprted by a liberal
ar.J lrtrete.l afate. created and e
to tha world beautttul ejra1t!ort
an evrnt which air oNrvin peraona
rffrte waa of Inral. ulabte ber.e.lt to
tne entire Paetflc Nortftweat. A tittle
later a cral ttiaaater ovrto.k an
other Pa.iric Cl city, throuch
earthsuake and fire, and the rnta
tSetlc rltiaena of Prt!an I rate 1
tui. klr rr.ore than J0.8).. and 'M
to their anfferma- nelhbor. Thee
H J nvr. They ert peroral help In
n ar body of phvatcUn. nura.
end worker. wh ave of their ai.i:i
and liTia whatever waa needed.
Per j ear. the Port cf Portland ha
southt to deepen the rltr channel
to tne a. and it ha at me ev.pen! J
amethlr. like !.. In that
...... i nrr iert. A year or n ao. to
irotect the frprtar.l work at the
entrance rf the Colombia. It appro
priated IS.. t- a project which
talonr t the Federal Government.
An oixn rivar through the Inland
P.mplra appearad to be a rommerjlal
nece;t and Portland worked In
)efa;iaMy to that end through many
ear. Ttie advert' and oppcrtu-ilt!-a
or Orefoo m4 Waahl.-ctoa were
.tiot euf.ncUntry known to the world
at larga. and Port'and throuch It
fommerj-al C."ub and Chamber of
Commerce. In co-operation with the
re-jn I,ye!opmer.t Lea-ue. devoted
tara auma and mnrh Intelligent
work througn trained men to the
greater adyci-tUcaicnl o t- Pacific
Northwet. It aet a htch example of
Jl!ifere.!e. aervlce by etrlvlrc to
promote the trteret of Oregon flrt.
and of I'ortland cniy aa an lnclieit
( the gner.il chcroe. Portland
.'ak fur Portland la lrm of
I'regorj. -
Uur.r.g a great part of thi time
the f.rwrd-lklr.g r.-op!o of the
mrtropoll have been confronted by
problem not directly retated to the
tit. but peculiar to llirlr own battle
for aup.-emary. The community ha
?cn. for example, that other clttea
have had th particular favor of great
Interest. It ha been the definite
object of railroad and ateamahlp !!
crimination. It tin been denied the
alvantagea fairly and admittedly per
taining to a alio on a great river, at
the end of a water-grade haul which
avoid the mountain towering be
tween other ptacea) and their trade
field.. It ha not had from oversea
carrier, operating In connection with
ralIroa:. It Just recognition a a
port. fh railroad development of
i .-.itral Oreaon. o auspiciously begun,
haa not been carried forward to any
Urge advantage either t.v city or stale,
all In atrUlnjr contrast to the exten
sive railroad development of our
neighboring eate. Itut a project for
building a railroad tem through the
heart of the atate la now being un
dertaken under I'ortland au-p'cee. it
laeupported with the traditional I'ort
land arirlt and It bid fair to be a
reality before a long time.
It I nerd loss to multiply the record
of Portland'a contribution to the gen
eral weal. Undeniably tt ha been
thought that reeulta would bo benefi
cial to tha city, and undeniably exrec.
tatlnri h.n been reallied. liut I'ort
land' motive i not on that account
to be held Improper or unworthy. The
design of The Oregortlan In offering
three cor.stdcratlona la mainly to
shew. If It can, that I'ortland I en
tttied to a ftlr opportunity to work
out It own deatlny. Kvery other part
of Oregon ha an eual right to do
what It can for Itself; and there 1 a
mutual bltcatlon for one to aid the
other, and all the other. Hut It will
ecarrely be urged that Portland'a duty
to the atale. or to the smaller cIM'-
of the atate. ren'lirea It to aurrendrr
anything It may have honestly
achieved to them, or any cf them. rr
their exclusive benefit, or to Impair
it own Interest for the loeal advan
tage of Bme other, or to divide with
another Iho fruit of effort not
made In common. It cannot reason
ably be a-ked. It w ill not be. Hut It
wholo duty to Oregon Portland will
perform.
Wltr.Ki: liorv -OllTt-MV Hr.MMr
The Ba lhat Portland ha been,
or wilt be. or may b'. droppe.l from
(he i'act.'ic CoJjl baseball k.ik'ue
msy be rejardcl aa nuile startiini;.
(f true liut U la a calamity whKli
i'vrttau.l l I o:-elio endeavor to
survive U c.inrt b? Imagined that
the fra.fu U Ih-t the penn nit too
otten come ror'.h. although tt Is
something like trea.on to t'aiiforni
f'T an ontsi ler to capture any honor
f.r which the Oolden Mate may l.e
.'.riving.
liut l Pcrtlan-'s tatural 4. lance
In the sporting world with i n I ran--ico
and Ia Angeles? r la It with
Ta. etna. Seattle and Spokane? The
reply purhi not to l-e difficult.
If San Inclro and the other
Southern cities manifest a hyirt-con-surr.lng
d-'slre lo quit Portland, why.
It ouclil to be easy for Portland to
quit t:em ant go where geographic
ally It beionga.
MTM ICOM A MI"TAKi
The of.'ense of the loquacious a-l.-t-ant
rostmaMrr of the town of Win
nelka. III., which aroused the patriotic
Ire of h! aupertor. the Mirailrr,
ill that he showed u!re;ect for the
Presl tent of the t'nltcd State In say
ing that a "man should watt at least
a year after Ms-wife died before rc
m.irrl;ig: but a President should
wait longer."
if course PreMJent Wilaon Intend
to wait longir aeveral long month-s.
Indeed but we do not understand
that cither the Indignant Illlnol p.wt
pater or the qtilck-action aasLstant
I'.tmaster-Ueneral who approved the
dunilc.l. rets upon that conclusive
fact for justification. They merely
insist that criticism of the 'resident
by a public 'officer Is disrespect, and
that disrespect warrant eumniary ex
pulsion from the Government service.
It 1 pleawr.g to not.vth.it President
Wilson haa interfered and restored
the po-t.il official. It la not to be
aeaumed. to be sure, that the Presi
dent justlftea the original criticism.
Hut free speech i an Inalienable rtcht.
not to he denied to any citUen. even
when he hold off!i-f. and the love
affair of a president is a reasonably
Ir.terrsttr.g topi.- of conversation. The
President real.&e the Inborn habit of
t-t&Mp a not.g men. and he knowathat-
the sorest way to stimulate It I to
make an effort to nit on the lid.
The hasty and unwise subordinate
and partisan of President Wilson
have been saved from a silly blunder.
There I no such thing; a lc.se majeste
in free America.
lt AU ABt: or ltI.TOT.
Pe.vca propagandists and rollitarlst
alike dm upon history to support
their aeveral contentions. Whenever
anyone want to prore anything these
day a he drai histi ry Into the con
Iruvrrsy by tne heeis. Anrleci. medi
eval cr modern history I ma le to
do service, each baervcr selecting h:
Inilder.lji an 1 presenting hla" conclu
sion In tha manner best suited to hi
need.
It I an ancient and futile g'rnc.
We roust agree with the Idea that
there la no better way of gauging the
future than through a .tudy of the
pat. l:-it li are we to study the
past f How ar we to know what
evidence to accept and what to rej.-ct
In applying an.ient occurrence to
moderr. events? History present.
many hro.no, lessor. which have been
analysed and accepted bv reasonable
men. Hut when we make a general
ue of. hlstorl .il even? to measure
the event of tody. we are likely to
trip up. t rouda auge-ated that to be
entirely Just In our eetlmale of other
age I not orly difficult but Impossi
ble. Even whM la passing in our own
jTvser.ce l seen Indistinctly.
There la a tale concerning; Frederick
the Great, who waa fond cf history,
that he would order hia secretary to
bring me my liar" when La wanted
a hUtort.al work. Fir Itobert Walpole
once deciard with great vehemence
that all hl-tory la a He Cotrridse
cot tended lh.-.t pasahm ar. J ' partisan
ship o h'.lrd ua that the fairest ard
sounte.t lesaooa of history ore lot.
;ibon perslated that history 1 t.tlle
more than the register of the crime,
folllea and misfortune of mankind.
Vaeautay observed that In every Incl
c?eet there la a mixture of good and
evil; that a little exaggeration, a little
suiprcsaioo, a Judicious use of cii-
THE MORNING OREflONIAX, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
thet. a watchful and searching; akep
tl' tsm wltU resp.it to llio evidence on
one slJe. a cc.uvcr.lent credulity with
respect to every report or tradition on
the other, may easily make a saint of
Laud or a tyrant of Henry the Fourth.
The Judlclou lire of history la es
sential. Cicero taught ua that not to
know what ha been transacted In
former times I. to be always a child.
If no use I made of the labors of past
g.a the world must remain always In
the In.'nncy of knowledge. But the
abuse of history, the use of Isolated
fa.-t la proving a particular conten
tion or supporting a particular point
of view la assuming proportion In the
practice of the present day wherein
It should bo discouraged. View with
suspicion the man who would prove
too much bv history.
iir.cririNn the hick.
One more the Government has
drawn In Its dragnet and found therein
some fifty of those pernicious traf
ficker In human affliction who dis
perse fraudulently labeled patent
medicine and tirujts. The nuwiber Is
rather atpalling. u"d we need feel no
particular surprise at learning that
the list Include several persistent of
fender. Apparently t'ne business of
deceiving the akk and halt I profit
able, and those conscienceless wretches
who profit In It are willing to write
off the occasional reverses brought
about through fines.- Posatbly a fund
to pay fines 1 aet down a, a regular
part of the operating expense.
Under tho particular enactment
whereby they may be prosecuted, pro
vision ra made that no misrepresenta
tion must bo set down as to the cura
tive or therapeutic properties of a
drug. This 1 designed to prevent
those glaring deceptions which led
person suffering mm sorlou disor
der to place their dependence In
worthIc.es drug. Such deceptions al
ways have been put forth In the most
superlative terms, positive assurance
Is given the mifforer that two or three
bottle of a certain remedy "will cure
anything from nervou prostration to
leprosy. That favorite ncstrums for
tho more common of the serious ail
ment have established many fortunea
In the country" Is easily appreciated In
view of the fact that tho concoctions
ran be put tip for ft few cents and sold
for a dollar or more per liquid ounce.
A pointed out by the Department
of Agriculture, thla I a serious eco
nomic loss. The drug dealers are
getting mrlhlrg- for nothing and
arc on no higher moral plane than
the professional gambler or confl
derco man. Hut there, Is a far more
sertotia side of the deception. Suffer
er who should hnsten to secure com
petent medical attention are Induced
to try the.e fraudulent remedies. Hy
coincidence they may Improve for a
tine. Yet this drlav permit tho mal
ady to gain n sertou or even fitul
f.mthol.l. ty tho time they find that
the remedy Is w-orthl-s. their condi
tion may have reached a stnse where
it will not yield readily to tho most
skilful treatment. If death ensue Is
it too much to iTc-llt the demise
agnlnet tho miscreant who deal In
mislabeled remedies? The possibili
ties of such a traffic arc so. serious
that would It not seem wise to pro
vide a morn stringent penalty than
a maximum fine of 1100? Prison
terms for sennd offender would bet
ter meet the requirement of the
situation.
MI1C 1 OK THE COW.
lTc ciU-patchc tell ua that Mrs.
Ada Nowle. 'noted Wisconsin agricul-tur.iip-ct:i:tt."
h:is known for years
that cwa "have temperament, a con
ception of orderly dwelling and a
faculty of appreciating courteous,
gonial treatment."
One mlKhli naturally think. IT ho
did rot know to the contrary, that
Mis. Nowlo had made a discover;.'.
Kar from it. . Any obmrvant dairy
man lit the rotiiitry old enough could
h-ive. told tho same thing any day
in the last half of a century, while
Mr. Nowio ha known It for only
eight year.
Go down to the asylum farm near
Salem and see how the cow are
irfH,..l th.Te: observe the great cow
palate thnl certain members of
our l.cfrlslature made much fun of.
with It stained glasa. -window and
it nulla i,t nnreelnlti. or near-porce-
laln. Why, ir. Stelner could give
Mr. Nowle card and spades in up-to-date
methods of treating bossle.
It Is true Mrs. Nowle ha outdone
us by providing music a an accom
paniment to milking. She I reported
to have said that with this Innova
tion "the cow a gave more milk ana
rave It more cheerfully." No doubt.
But wait until the next Legislature
convene and Dr. Stelner gets an ap
propriation for iv pipe organ for hi
dairy barn! Real music, not canned
music, ts what hesy wants! If our
legislators do their fluty Oregon will
have on tho asylum farm the nearest
spproarh to a modern dairy barn
there t on eerth!
We should, however, go a step fur
ther. An appropriation should be
made to enable Professor Dryden. the
poultry man par excellence of tho
country, to install a vlctrola. with a
goodly selection of. classical record.
In his poultry quarter. Not a doubt
la the world but. with this Improve
ment. Professor Orydcn would knock
out the whole world with hi O. A. C.
her.. A an educator think what it
would tr.can. Biddy would oon be
gin to croon her lullaby to music,
the raucou voice of the rooster and
the atrider.t tone of biddy would 'on
bo aeftenrd. mellowed, f.armonlzed
and uttered In perfect tune. Not a
doubt cf It In the world. And then
biddy would lay more cgK. hotter
egt and do It "more cheerfully."
So It rest with the member of
the Legislature to come to the recue
of Orecon and put this false prophet
ess of Wisconsin among the discard,
in. "discovered" nothing that
oit Oregon expert have not known
foe vear. while we have "tnung 01
thing'" almost unbelievable.
ON AVOIWINO THE lilt OIK K C Ol BT.
! . in the married. Per
haps no one will pay any iieed. As
-Jlft once Inquired In one of his yer-
ciinlally bitter n.Oo.ia. now u u iu
sible to expect mankind to tnke advice
. i 'i not so much u take
warning? However. a Clevoland
Judge has re-charted the wnole ea ox
matrimony, and he avera that hi
recipe are certain to bring happlncus
to those who follow them. He ha
formulated his conclusion after offi--i
i i?i v not-cuttln-r contest.
In the first place, he warns people
rot to g.-t married at nil until they
have been acjualrted one year. This
is w isdom. True, there hn been ome
disagreement on the point. Shake
siearo said that the hasty marrluEe
seldom prove th writ, while Feechcr
Insisted that deferred marriages are
temptations to wickedness. However,
we feel certain that both .these gen
Ueaicu would ajreo with the time
I
limit fixed by the Judge. A year of
batting would prevent many a hope
less marriage.
lon't nag your husband. I the sec
ond pearl of wiadom to fall from the
Cleveland oracle. Truly hell hath no
fury like a woman, who nag. It
would be interesting to know Just
what percentage of divorces has
been precipitated by nagging on the
part of one or other of the contract
ing parties. It 1 a habit which grows
into a chain of discontent too strong
to bo broken except through the me
dium of legal separation.
Teach your eyes to see fewer faults
and More virtues" Is the next admoni
tion, and this points the way to avoid
ance of the preceding evil. Hew much
unhapplness would be escaped If the
Impatient husband. Instead of noting
tho tiny dust speck, sing! out the
hundred and one evidence or orderli
nna In the household. How brighter
the live were the wife able to see tho
kindly deeds In their true light rather
tlnvn permit them to.be obscured by
somo minor transgression or thought-let-sness.
Don't Interrupt your husband while
he Is reading a paper or enjoying some
hobby. Sound advice. In the first
place, he is entitled to ' the right of
concentration. In the second place.
Interruption in such a moment, may
precipitate harsh words which he
doe not really means and which
should have been avoided. Many a
shipwreck on the sea of matrimony
has been brought about by some care
less word or act.
Kiss your wife goodby Jn the
morning and say "How do you
do?" at night. The first part
of that ariirir-a m av be sub
scribed to, but the second clause
mm rAon ire modification in many in
stances. It all depends on the tender
ness of the husband, one wno nas
been using extravagant terms of en
dearment might cause himself much
unpleasantness by greeting; his wife
with a mere ,,IIow- do you do?"
That all the advice the.trood
Judge ha to offer, but he Insists that
if these simple rules of conduct are
followed, and the law. by the way, ia
adhered to. his work as a divorce
Judge will be greatly lightened. Which
Is an end rlrasant to contemplate. If
our divorco Jurists 'can lessen their
duties by propagating rule. of matri
monial conduct, the country will be
enthusiastically wrllllng to surport
them In Idleno.
If every citizen of the mi ted States
could be induced to apply the lesson
of the war by regulating his diet no
a to conserve his health and ener
gie. what a vuat fund of physical,
mental and moral ower we should
have available for expenditure every
year. If nil opposition to preventive
medicine could be broken down and
If inoculation ncalnsl di-sease could be
mad" universal In thla country, what
a terrible waste of life and energy we
should atop. KxteiKl those health
meabures to all nation., and the re
sults In preserving, prolonging and
Improving human life would bo so
beneficial that tho war, prodigious as
Is It price, would aeern cheap by
comparison.
Governor Wlthycombo. designates
for Thanksgiving day the date named
by President Wilaoti. Once upon a
time an Oregon Governor chose a dif
ferent day. Just to be Inharmonious,
for Governor ami President were
member of the same political rarty.
There w a 'little confusion In tho ob
servance, for there waa mlghtly little
for which t give th;inks, except that
things could not be worse.
lint. Ada Nowle. the Wisconsin
woman who milks her cows to music
and who desires to embellish their
stai'.s like boudoirs, should not Btop
there. She should shampoo them
dally with perfumed faoap and should
manicure their hoofs and horns.
Nothing Is too good for a cultured
cow. i
Adherence to neutrality will pre
vent exhibition of the moving; pictures
taken a week ago by the submarine
people of the sinking of a French
steamship, and that is altogether too
bad. Some of tho photographs, how
ever, may leak Into this country.
With Senator Chamberlain oppos
ing cloture lest It endanger National
defense bills and Secretary SIcAdoo
urging it in behalf of his shipping bill,
there Is serious rivalry between the
two leading Administration measures.
A great many people are under the
Impression this is "good weather for
ducks" and say so. but they are
wrong. The duck doe . not enjoy
water thla way any more than the
human being.
It Is perfectly natural for some fac
tions to blame Kitchener. ' Be It re
membered that people blamed Grant,
yet Grant at Appomattox will be re
membered when the objector are
forgotten.
A few years ago farmers said corn
could not be made a commercially
successful crop In Oregon. Now we
have corn showa from Malheur to
Coo County. Anything will grow In
Oregon. '
Obregon. with "000 of his rabble,
miscalled Infantry, artillery and cav
alry'. Is "marching" on Villa, and if
the latter kindly will await his ar
rival there may be something done.
This I the beginning of good old
Winter In Oregon, where you do not
bank up the house, but Just keep the
eaves and trough free and let her
rain.
If life at Guam makes German
sailors Insane, how does tt affect
Americans?
British statesmen would bo better
employed in righting the enemy than
In pacing the buck for past blunders.
j.-av was a German spy and his
evidence a gal nit hi employers must
be taken for what it is worth.
The combined squawk of those
S3. 000 turkeys should almost drown
the din of a bombardment.
British take the air raids with Brit
Ishe phlegm, but the Italian cries
"Vendetta!
Better defer the Peace Congress
until the fighting nations are willing
to attend.
Just now the poor mariner is well
off If he I long way offshore.
Shall we ever know the truth about
how the Ar.cona. was sunk?
Austrian frlghtfulnesa competes
wltii that of Germany.
V
1915.
European War Primer
By National Geographical Society.
Goettlngen. where Is ' situated the
hmuch - described and widely heralded
camp for war prisoners, is a small Ger
man city Intimate In the memories of
many Americans who have spent among
the most pleasant years of their life
as student in Its famed university.
For more than a hundred years there
has been a colony of American resi
dent here, and Benjamin Franklin Is
honored as the founder of American
traditions In Goettingen. Thus, Ameri
cana have taken their part in the uni
versity's history throughout all of-Its
strongest years.
The old university town nestles be
side a low. broken range of hills called
the Hainberg, the newer part of the
town climbing up the evergreen for
ested slopes, the older part spreading
out into the sunny narrow valley of the
Lelne; more Intimate, peaceful and en
chanting setting could not be well im
agined. The town itself, like our
American Washington, is embowered in
groves of trees, while behind it its for
ested hills rise in a solid mass of green,
broken only by a slender gray tower,
a memorial to Prince Bismarck. The
valley land around the town is fresh
green meadow and grain fields through
the Summer, and a wide expanse thin
ly covered with snow In Winter.
Across the valley, to the south, the
framing of the picture is completed by
a aerlea of heavier hills whlcn enmo
higher and higher toward the moun
tainous country around Muenden. Be
tween these bills flows the meek and
muddy Lelne, a river by German cour
tesy, but one of such proportions that
all visiting Americana jump across it
when it wanders over their paths. The
Leine' Is one of the many examples of
European rivers inches deep and feet
across,
In the old days Goettingen was a
strongly defended city, tha great earth
en walls, more than 30 feet thick, still
enclose the older parts of thertown,
now ringed around upon their sides by
massive trees, which complete a shady I
walk around the town. The old wall Is
Goettingen's most popular promenade
and one upon which many an American,
now closely following the war news,
has idled away pleasant afternoons and
evenings. These surroundings, prob
ably, could not be better suited for the
establishment of a healthful camp for
prisoners, for on all sides is the fresh
ness of the country and; quieting- per-,
t-pectlves of the idyllic sr'enery.
Sonaewhat above 38.000 make up the
town of GoettinKen. and most of these
are Interested directly or indirectly in
ita world-renownl university. The
buildings of the university are found
Scattered In all parts of the town, biff
and new along more recent streets, old
and dilsnidated in the twisted streets
I of the ancient city. In Us parks, cafes
and byways. In normal times, almost
every language under the sun could be
heard, for Goettlngen waa a city to
which all countries sent their stu
dents. It was known throughout Ger
many as a "work university." in con
trast to the more fashionable universi
ties at Heidelberg and Bonn. and.
among its graduates, highly trained
Americans. Englishmen. Frenchmen
and -ermans are now playing prom
inent parts In the theater of world
events.
Beside that of Us great university.
Goettingen has a secondary fame an
excellent brand of sausage, manufac
tured primarily for the students, but
respected throughout Germany. Also,
there were made within Its confines
various scientific instruments noted
for their delicate accuracy. The sausage
and the Instrument manufacture, how
ever, were too intimately linked with
the being of the university to detract
from its fame. The American colony
at Goettingen wns another feature of
the little city" life. Due to the gen
erosity of a German who felt the de
sirability 'of student friendships be
tween Americans. Germans and Ens
llshment. there was completed for the
colony a beautiful clubhouse beside the
railway station. In the clubhouse were
located rooms of the American col
ony. Including a large colony library
In English and a number of classrooms
In which subjects were taught and dis
cussed best adapted to bring about a
derper understanding of the German
speech, customs, ideals and aspirations.
Tho membership of the colony which
moved Into these rooms in 1908 num
bered more than 100. whereas the col
ony, from year to year, fluctuated in
membership approximately between 50
to 150. Some members of the colony
came to Goettingen many years ago
and. captivated by the charm of the
little city, have never found heart to
leave It.
KALAMA SEVER IX THE RCXXIXG
Town Xot Early Competitor With Port
laad for Metropolitan Cup.
"PORTLAND, Nov. 13. (To the Edi
tor.) In his "special correspondence"
to'The Oregonlan November 9. Addison
Bennett, writing of happenings at
Kalania about the time of the begin
ning of the construction, of the North
ern, Pacific Railroad at that place, says:
Put Ions befr.ro that. av.ay back In the
early perhaps In tile late '4ii.. Ka ama
was a city of. treat promise. Indeed, IP
the earlv days of I'ortlnn.l there were two
owns on tfie ureal Columbia tnat were
running Portland a cln rate for what
miirht he culled the m-tropollian cup: tuat
is as to which should he the metropolis
of the future. These two town, were j,t.
Helms, on the Oreeon hore, and Ka.ama.
on tha Washlnetoa slde.
Thls your correspondent- says, he
wrote '"on information and belief." I
have a somewhat intimate knowledge
of. and personal acquaintance with,
the country about Kalama. extending
- nn KAfnrA tha time
back i or -v
when the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company commenced operations u i.
Columbia River.
In the '40s no white man was set
, ... t,nr. Kilnnift was
Ilea on oi " " . . . . . .
since built. The only inhabitant that
I aw there at that time was an oia
Indian who had been the chief and was
the last of hi tribe. He said his peo
ple were all rffimaloos (dead). Wo the
whites called him "Old Mimaloos."
- In the early '50 James Rockey, M. G.
Hensel and a Mr. Pray settled along
the Lover -""' -
Davenport was holding down, aa a do
nation claim, the land on which was
Inter built the present town of Kalama.
The railroad company bought it In the
early '70s and. up to that time, nobody
ever even thought of a town to be in
mac regiuo.
It 1 a fact, however, that in, the
early 50 St. iieiens was luoumh. j
some to be the coming city. The Pa
cific Steamship Company from f-an
Francisco refused to brln? its ships
above that place, built a wharf and
. . -a ana urClonrien Its
warcnouse incio. ---
freight and passengers. It got Itself
l mrh disliked by Portland people
for a time. But then, Portland scored
by purchasing the steamer Goldhunter
and putting her on that run.
Then there was a treaty, and the
original company brought its fright
and passengers to Portland right over
those shoal and sandbars that had
been claimed by the company to be
impossible. Then St. Helens dropped
out of the race. 1it the idea that
Kalama was ever even a slow third In
the "metropolitan cup race" is a pipe
dream. ED RO?3.
Paymeat of Back Pension.
PORTLAND. Nov. 15. (To the Edi
tor ) Kindly state whether a soldier
of the Civil War can get a back pen
sion from the time he gets his honor
able discharge up to the time he made
his application for pension, and If so,
would bame a-pply to soldier's widow?
A. ELS WORTH.
The Tension, in both cases dates from
the time of filing the application,
in.
OXE WEAK SPOT IX MOVEMENT.
Portland Falla to PatronUe Resident
Commercial Travelers, Snya Writer.
PORTLAND, Or.. Nov. 15. (To the
Editor.) As a commercial man every
time I come within the field of the
Portland newspapers I am imbued with
the spirit of the inade-in-Oregon movement-
as advocated by the press and
by the stores generally throughout
Portland.
Your educational movement of giving
preference to Oregon products. Ore
gon enterprises and Oregon people is
in the right spirit and in the right
direction. But seemingly a large class
of men who make their homes in
Portland, are not getting an even
break from those who are loudest in
their advocacy of this movement.
It is fair to suppose that there are
at least 3j0 to 5J0 commercial men
who make their homes in Portland,
possibly twice that number many
who maintain permanent sample-rooms
and have families, buy their eatables
and wearing aDDarel of Portland
houses. patronize their houses of
pleasure and amusement, pay taxes,
help keep up the forms of city gov
ernment. But in many cases they are
turned down when presenting their
merchandise for orders in favor of out
siders who come semi-annually, pay a
hotel for two days or so, contribute
nothing to the upbuilding of the city
or its enterprises.
It is not carer-estimating when we
say these resident commercial men put
from $750,000 to $1,000,000 Into circu
lation in Portland. If this "patronize
Oregon" - movement is right, what is.
the matter with your resident com
mercial men, whose homes are with
you, getting their share of the busi
ness? The general information I
gather on the road is that Portland is
less loyal to Its resident commercial
men than any other city on the Coast.
I made my home in Portland for two
years. My family bought their needs
from Portland merchants, our little
mite was spent in tie different little
avenues one spends money in his every
day life. Still, in that time, I was
never favored with an order. Not that
my merchandise was not right, be
cause it appeals to equally as proficient
buyers in Seattle, Tacoma and topo
kane, but because we were not given
a chance.
I am not saying this in a manner. or
criticism, but with a view of enlisting
the promoters of this "helping Oregon
spirit' to consider the commercial men
who make Portland their home, spend
their money with you and are inter
ested in the welfare of your city.
NON-RES IDEXT SALESMAN.
CITY DECLARED WORSE OFFENDER
Town Accused of Locking: Boy In Jail
Maintained In Violation of Own Law.
SILVERTO. Or., Nov. 11. (To the
Editor.) October 31 was "open town"
in Silverton, as well as in every live
town in the United States of America.
Our good citizens and our boys and
girls, as a rule, do not believe in doing
wrong, in aestroying propi-iiv o. ...
injuring anybody. But this Halloween
night is a great time for young and
old. Littlo girls and boys, accompanied
bv their mothers, carried jack-o'-lanterns
and other weird things about to
frighten each other into ecstacies of
joy. Some were wrapped in sheets and
were as much frightened as those who
saw them, but it was all In the game,
all for fun; each one played his or her
part well.
But it is sad to say that some boys
who have not learned the limit of a
good time did foolishly destroy part of
a hunch of bananas and a jar of
pickles. These boys did not under
stand that they were thus becoming
criminals or they probably would never
have committed the crime of destroy
ing property. But they did do it, and
they thus aroused the watchful offi
cers of our littlo city, who. as is often
done in times of great excitement, ar
rested the first bunch of "suspects'
they could get the long hooks of the
law fastened into. Six young men
young men who had not eaten a banana
or sucked a pickle were "run in."
They had technically violated one of
the city's wise ordinances with noisy
laughter on the street, to be sure, and
hov nil olonded cuilty to the accusa
tion of disorderly.conduct. '
1 . 1 nl.,.'D nqrl (if IhtS
Then comes in i-ov 1 -
unhallowed holiday. These boys were
cast into a dungeon, a filthy, foul, 10
by 12 hole.
The city requires others, living On
the same street where its dungeon Is
situated, to connect with the sewer, and
yet it will deposit its own filth under
its building, endangering not only the
health of those imprisoned, but the
very lives of all its law-abiding citi
zens. Technically these young men vio
lated ordinance No. 67, and. like hon
est bovs, they pleaded guilty, but will
the city, which has violated a higher
law. now rlead guilty? Will it now
build a sanitary building for Us wards
and connect tt with the eewer?
ONE WHO KNOWS.
THE FIXXERAX-O'KLAHERTY ROW.
Some Difference Seen Between '-C'olo-nel-a
Lady and Judy O'Grady.
PORTLAND. Nov. 15. (To the Edi
tor ) The account of the beginning of
the Finneran-O'Flaherty dispute in last
Saturday's Oregonian was very bright
but Just why didn't Mr. Rolfe finish
the story? Why didn't he tell how.
when the fight was over, they were
better friends than ever? How Mis
O'Flahei ty went and sat up all night
when the Finneran baby was sick and
how. when poverty came to the
OFlaherties. -Mrs. Finneran divided
her, bit of meal and tho few potatoes
she had. share and share alike with
thOf course. Madame Culture and Lady
Snip were too refined to fight but they
never forgot their quarrel, and neither
let pass an opportunity of slandering
the other-as long as they lived
And that is the difference between
the Colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady.
"who are Just alias unaer weii
SARAH HINDS WILDER.
1S95 Thorburn avenue.
Xew York Now Largeat City.
PERRYDALK. Or.. Nov. 14. (To the
Kditor.) Tho Oregonlan recently
' . .i...- Arctr York is the larcrest
sulieii i- .... .. ... -
city in ttu world. There is considera
ble contention here that it is an error.!
Will you kindly say which is the
largest city, also what the population
of New York City and London was at
the' latest census. Thanking you in ad
vance. A READER.
The World Almanac gives the popu
lation of New York as 5,535.537; Lon
don, 4,522.964. The latter figures are for
registration London. Including metro
politan and pcllce districts London's
population is placed at 7.252.363; a
somewhat parallel inclusion of sub
urbs as to New York would give that
city approximately 7.500.000 Inhabi
tants. The London figures are from
the 1911 census; New York figures ac
cording to census and health bulletins
of 191.1. The war has probably af
fected London's population. Official
figures for Paris, for example, show
369,451 fewer families within the city
wails in 1914 than in 1911.
Two Winston Churchill.
WILLOWS. Or.. Nov. 15. (To the
Editor.) (1) Kindly explain what is
meant by a "war of attrition." (2) Is
Winston Spencer Churchill, the Eng
lish Lord, the same Winston Churchill
who is author of The Crossing" and
"The Crisis"? A READER.
(1) ' The word" attrition means the
act of wearing down. A war of attri
tion is one devoted to a process of
exhausting the strength of the en
emy gradually. 2) They are not the
same. Winston Churchill, the author,
was born in St. Louis and resides in
New Hampshire.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From Tho Oreeonlan of November 16,.ls:o.
Washington, Nov. 15 The President
has gone to the reception this after
noon to the Indians of Buffalo . Bill's
Wild West Show.
New York, Nov. 15. Assignee Crom
well, of Decker, Howell & Co., received
a cablegram from Henry Villard today,
stating the latter will sail for New
York on the 2()th. Cromwell says Vil
lard has not lost faith in the enter
prise with which he is connected.
Oakland, Nov. 15. Capt. J. C. Ains
wrth has let the contract for rebuild
ing his country residence at Roselawn,
recently destroyed by fire. The new
house will cost about ,15,000 for car
penter work.
The next attraction in the Star course
of entertainment will be the Swedish
quartet and Hiss Lura Barden, the dra
matic reader, from Detroit.
The meeting of the Transcontinental
Railroad Association convenes tomor
row at Chicago. Portland is represent
ed by B. Campbell, hia name having
been substituted for that of James B.
Woodworth.
A meeting of the Indian War Vet
erans was held in tho County Court
room at 1:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon. About 30 of the gray-haired,
weather-beaten survivors of the days
that tried men's souls were in attend
ance, and the usual routine work of"
the association was disposed of.
There aeems to bo a dearth of fund"
in, the county treasury, as most of tho.
warrants issued on the treasury are
Indorsed and made payable at one of
the city banks. The cause of the de
pleted condition of the treasury is a
mystery to some, but there is no cause
for alarm, as the county ts able to pay
any and all debts.
A record of building in the past year
at Eugene, as compiled by the Register,
shows $157,291 have been expended.
Half Century Ago.
From The Oregonlan of November H' 3S,V..
New York, Nov. 13. A great indigna
tion is felt in Government and diplo
matic circles at the wanton attack o:
Spain on Chili. The Spanish squadron
for the blockade consists of seven frig
ates. It is represented that great
unanimity prevails among the Chiletio?.
x
I lfl 1 e i g h . N. C, Jonathan Worth, se
cessionist, is certainly elected Gover
nor over William Holilt-n, Union, br
from five to ten thousand majority.
tVashington.Thc body of Captain
Wirtz, it has boVn decided by the Pres
ident, Is to be interred in the peniten
tiary grounds, where l'ayne and other;
are buried. 4
The Walla Walla Statesman, of tlv
10th Inst., contains the salutatory oi
its new proprietor, W. It. Newell.
New York. General John E. Logan
has been tendered the mission to Japan,
and it is understood he accepts.
The chief engineer of the fire depart
ment of the city gratefully acknowl
edges the receipt of a deed from C. Ear
rell and wife for a tract of land, ion
feet, square in the Mount Crawford
Cemetery, for the use of tho depart
ment. The trust is accepted and tho,
grounds will be properly cared for and
made suitable for the purpose for
which it was designed.
OREtiOX FOR VERSATILE fITKKNS
Mr. Camming Ready to Uphold State'
Fame In Auy Difficult tndcaior.
HEPPNER, Or., Nov. 14. (To tho
Editor.) I read in Tho Oregonlan that
a gentleman was walking 13, "no miles:
that when he will have finished, he Is
going to walk Un0 miles in 1'iflo hours,
walking one mile each consecutive
hour. That would not be any stunt' for
a thoroughbred Oregonlan. Many Ore
gonians believe Oregon climate and
Oregon environment produce hardier
and stronger men than are produced
elsewhere. I believe so myself, and- I
would like to see it tried out.
I am 53 years of age. I was born
in Oregon and I have lived in Oregon
all of my life. I will walk infio miles
in 500 consecutive hours, walking two
miles each hour for a purse of ?100.
or I will walk 1000 milts in 4'i con
secutive hours for a purse of $150, and
by heck. I will walk 1000-miles in 3r.O
consecutive hours for a purse of $250.
with the stipulation that 1 am not to
receive anything if I fail.
I believe it more advisable to walk
over the same ground mapped out by
the other gentleman for his 1000-niilo
walk. Oregonians need have no qualm
in placing Oregon's reputation on my
legs, for they are Oregon legs, and have
never been weakened with booze.
I am one of Oregon's happy fellows
who can do nearly anything. I can
cut cord wood (for the City of Port
land). I can quickly put life in any
gasoline engine. I can rival the orig
inal Arkansas Traveler on the fiddle,
and. by heck. I can write dogerel, sub
jects. "Oregon," Streetcars'' and "What
Put Us on the Bum."
LET VS GIVE TIIAXKS.
"Let us give thanks." the old man said.
"Give thanks to him for daily bread.
Give thanks that those we hold most
dear,
Are still permitted to be here.
Give thanks that we are not at war,
As. o'er the seas, the nations are.
That we are not in daily fear.
Of news something like this to hear,
It is our painful duty to
Write from the front and say to you,
Your son John like a hero fell,
Today, midst rain of shot and shell.
Your grief and anguish we, too, share.
Such men as he we ill can spare.'
Let us give thanks that we are still
At peace, and pray the Father's will
May be that our great, glorious land
Shall give a friendly, helping hand
To those distressed, across the sea,
In sorrow bowed; and may it be.
That, ere Thanksgiving comes once
more,
They shall be freed from cruel war.
HORACE WILLIAM MACNEAL.
546 East Ninth street North.
Wine Per Month.
SCOTTS MILLS, Or., Nov. 14. -(To
the Editor. Please inform me how
much wine per month (Riesling or
claret) a person may order.
No more than two quarts within a
period of four consecutive weeks after
January 1. 116-
"All Members of This
Club"
Newspaper readers are like mem
bers of a club.
The newspaper d3 run in accord
ance to their wishes, and they do
not hesitate to protest when it is
not.
Each part of each issue renders
some particular service.
The advertising is like the club
bulletin board.
It keeps the members-rthe great
armv of newspaper readers in
formed as to what's what and who s
who.
Newspaper readers consult this
advertising Just as they would their
old family lawyer.