8
TOE MORNING. OREGOXIAS, TUESDAY,
JXTLT
18. 191,
PORTLAND. OREGON.
tntered at Portland (Oregon) postofflce ma
-wUUv1-uius man maiur.
Subscription Rates Invariably In advance
pally. Fundaj Included one year S8.O0
taijy. Sunday Included, six month!....
r it cu"uy inciuaea, tnree monim.
iily. Sunday included, one month '
t-ai.y. without (Sunday, one year .00
faiiy. without Sunday, six month!
r;a!;y, without Sunday three month l.5
gaily without Sunday, one month -J
weekly, one year 15
6un3ay. one year . t 2 50
auudaj; and Weekly, one year -
(By Carrier.
a!y. Funday included, one year S5
Jliy, Sunday Included, one month..-..
How to Remit Send poatoffic money
oroer. express order or personal check on
your local bank- Stamps, coin or currency
are at sender's risk. Give postoffice address
In full. Including- county end state.
Postage Rates 12 to 18 pages. 1 cent: 18
in vaa. 4 cents; a to a pages. cbuih
o to tfu Dases. 4 cents: B2 to 76 pages
b cents; 73 to 82 pages, B cents. Foreign
punas, double rates.
Eastern RnvillK, ftlfm V M. PnllV.
,,n Brunjwkk building. Near York; Verree
Conklln. Steger building. Chicago. San
Jancisco representative. . J. Bidwell. 712
.cue. ,i:tBL
POBTlulXD, ICEBDAI, JULY 18, 191.
NOW WHITt
An extraordinary dilemma confront
Portland as a result of the latest or
der of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission denying a rehearing In the
Astoria parity case.
For the purposes of the Astoria rul
trig, Portland is tied up In an arti
ficial rate group -with. Fuget Sound
ports and Astoria and denied the
boueflt of its geographical location.
160 miles in the Interior. In other
words, the Astoria ruling is that for
purposes of rate-making from the In
land Empire, 200 miles and 800 miles
are the same thing. There is no such'
thing as mathematics, or geography,
or distance, or mileage in the Astoria
decision.
In the Spokane case Portland is
held to he an ocean port but not en
titled to the benefits of water compe
tition and must suffer the disadvan
tage of its location at the end of a
transcontinental haul and must ac
' cept a schedule of tariffs based on dis
tance.
Thus, as to Spokane and interior
points, water competition at an ocean
terminal means nothing; and as to
Astoria, the Interior location means
nothing.
Tet both are facts vital facts for
. Portland and its future.
It is up to Portland to say whether
It shall be sewed up in a rate bag
through the fiat of a rate-making
body; or shall make real the claims
for itself as to location and destiny
It has put forth for sixty years.
COUNTRY CHUBCHF.S A.D COIXTRY
UiJB.
Lack of co-operation a m o n.g
churches of the same denomination
and among different denominations of
kindred doctrine is the most natural
explanation of the decay in rural re
ligious life which is revealed by the
survey of Lane County. In one de
nomination vigorous churches can be
provided in the smallest rural com
munities with the aid of larger and
wealthier churches In the cities. In
eomeu-hat larger communities which
are capable of maintaining a single
church in vigorous life, rival churches
of different sects seem doomed to
shrivel and die. If the sects would
take a broader view of the subject and
would magnify their many and more
Important points of agreement while
minimizing their few and less impor
tant points of difference, they could
agree on the maintenance in such a
community of only one church of one
denomination with a prospect of main
taining vigorous life and growth.
It is In, the country that tho churches
commonly classed as evangelical show
the weakness arising from division.
- Most of these divisions arise over ques.
tions of government or organization,
for among such churches there is close
agreement on questions of doctrine
and Christian conduct. Tet for the
sake of non-essentials they fritter
away energy at the sacrifice of
essentials. The result is weak churches
served by preachers who "radiate"
from the city. Not living among their
congregations, they do not become
members of the community and have
no more hold on their people than the
itinerant peddler as distinguished from
the permanent storekeeper. "Were the
various churches to regard themselves
not as separate armies but as divisions
of the same army, striving to keep
alive and propagate substantially the
' same faith by slightly different meth
ods, they would plant a reasonably
paid resident minister of some one
denomination in each village rather
than have two or more sickly congre
gations served by radiators.
The survey corroborates what The
Oregonian has frequently said of the
poor results gained for the churches
by wandering evangelists as compared
with resident pastors. The evangelist
at best can produce only immediate
results, which are usually transitory,
for they can be made permanent oniy
by ".follow-up" work such as none but
the resident pastor can do. In most
cases evangelists have only superficial
success by infusing a species of re
ligious hysteria, which is followed by
relapse of their so-called converts.
Growing popularity of dances may
go far to ex-plain why churches are
dwindling. The people must have rec
reation and, there being little enough
opportunity for it in rural Oregon, if
the churches will not provide recreation
others will. Fiction writers frequently
describe the English country vicar who
is an athlete, a singer, or both, and
who takes the lead in both indoor and
outdoor recreations of his flock. Why
should the country preacher not take
the same place in an Oregon village or
country town? Surely the best way to
turn people's minds from harmful
amusements is to help in providing
.those which are harmless and to share
- in them. AVhy should the church have
become associated in the people's
minds with the idea that pleasure is
.necessarily sinful? That thought cer
tainly has much to do with the fact
that only 13.1 per cent of so typically
American a population as that of Lane
County are members of any church.
It finds no warrant In the Christian
religion.
The people of Oregon have secular
motives for desiring the success of the
churches as agencies of religion and
right living, for the churches are fac
tors which may become more power
ful in promoting good citizenship. The
state as a whole has other interests in
1 the subject, for It is intimately asso
ciated with the general subject of de
velopment. All now recognize that
this can best be promoted by denser
rural settlement. Settlers of the kind
we want consider what we have to of
fer, not only in the way of good land,
but good churches, schools, roads and
recreation. Religious folk who value
education win not be attracted by s
community whose churches are de
cadent, where there are many weak,
small schools instead of few strong
union schools, where a child must go
to a distant town for high school edu
cation and where public amusements
are few and can be n InvoH nnW
the cost of a wracking Journey by
roaa. Kurai districts of other states
innve ty making themselves attractive
In all these respects. In short, the
country church is but a part of the
iosa proDiem or country life.
"HE FOCGHT MIT SICKIt
Fj-anz Sigel was a soldier of distinc
tion in. the Service rf th TTnit1 Brato
aunng the war of the rebellion. He
was of German birth and he had im
mense popularity amnns- . all in vol
Americans and particularly anions:
ixiusa numerniijt ratrinMn .iM.An .
- , . -" - 1. L, U .
German birth or ancestrv who
Proud te say that thev had aarved
uutr ms tienAra ah n a V. n ,
"He fousrht mil Riccl" ho-m. - o
miliar byword. Thousands of brave
uwienaers or a nation in peril fought
with Sigel. Some of them were a
little lame in their English, but none
of them were deficient In courage, or
manliness, or efficiency, or duty. If
they proclaimed that th.. "frwn mii
Sigel" it was accepted as a title of
uunor ana praise, end not as a pretext
tor jeers or contempt.
Digei was a student and a
soldier, who was a champion of Ger
man UnitV and RniihHaHom . XT a
came to America in 1850, at the age of
4o. ana tausrnt mathDmntio. or, in.
terested himself in the militia. When
the Civil War broke out he organized
a regiment of infantry and a battery
and performed signal service at Camp
Jackson, Carthage, Wilson's Creek and
Sprinefield. As Rriimrti0rnni
bore a conspicuous part at the battle
oi rea itiage. As Major-General, he
was in command at Harper's Ferry
mu waif men at tne head of the Elev
enth Army Corns - Thninrhnn
remainder of the war he was a reliable
and brilliant commflndor nnH iot n
civil life he had manv Imnnnsnt
Places ana was respected and honored
by a grateful Nation.
Now there
of German blood or birth because
many of thexn are for Mr. Hughes for
President. "He fone-Vif mi tt, ,,,
Is merely a derisive burlesque of the
u"i slogan, "e rought mit Sigel."
There is no contempt for the old sol
diers who roue-tit with clival
the columns of a violently Democratic
x ui Liimu newspaper. There s no ex
cuse for the outrie-ht Insult tn tVioi,-
sons who are held up to undeserved
uiuum Decause, it is said, they "fight
mit Hughes."
THE KEAL ESTATE MEN.
The most obvious feature of the In
terstate Realty Convention, now hold
ing sessions in Portland, is that there
is a very large number of delegates,
and the next most obvious thing is
that they are an earnest, active and
intelligent body of men. If they are
not prosperous, they give a most re
markable semblance of it; and if they
are not optimists as all "realtors"
and Indeed all others should be they
offer a most convincing aoDearance, of
the real thing. Someone has said that
one Is Just as rich as he is happy; and
it is so. We should say that one is
Just as prosperous and as optimistic
as he appears to be.
These realty men are not the mere
survivors of the flush times of former
nays. iney are dealers, owners or
agents of a large and important inter
est who follow the sale or exchange of
real estate or the develonment nf
realty through its cultivation or im
provement as a profession. They can.
not thrive unless the commonwealth
thrives, and the commonwealth can
not prosper unless industry DrOBDers:
so in a direct way your realty man has
a special interest in all the large do
ings or his community. He becomes
a booster, a promoter. Within ap
proved lines he may be and is im
mensely useful; in certain other lines
he may do much harm.
In booming times, the wild-catter
has his day; but he is the first to suc
cumb when the pinch eomes. In
quieter times, the legitimate dealer
reaps his reward, not so much per
haps in fat profits as in the gains
he makes in good will and confidence
from his clients and in the long run
he is far better off than the fly-by-nighter
who seeks to catch the fleeting
dollar on the wing. This is only an
other way of saying that fair dealing
pays, in real estate as in any other
occu patlon.
The realty men have a big job in the
support and pursuit of wise and safe
methods for the marketing of real es
tate. They have an equally laree re
sponsibility in helping te safeguard the
Pudiic rrom such legislative and eco
nomic follies as the single tax. They
are keenly aware of what such things
mean to them and to the oubiic anrl
they are usually on hand to do their
part for good laws and against bad
laws.
The realty men are welcome in Trvrt
land. May their convention be orofit.
able to them and to the whole North
west; and may they reap -richly where
they have sown Judiciously.
TICK tOGASBERRy INDUSTRY.
It is about fifteen years since J. H.
Logan, of Santa Cruz, Cal., accident
ally gave us the loganberry, which is a
cross between the dewberry and rasp
berry: but in those fifteen years the
loganberry has proved a boon to the
berry growers of the West, and more
particularly the Northwest. It has
taken firm hold as one of our best
rruit assets, and as it cannot be suc
cessfully grown except on the Pacific
Slope, it seems more than probable
that it will become a great money
maker. It is but the work of two years to
get a loganberry plot In bearing, and
it is almost entirely free from pests.
Aside from those advantages. It does
not take a scientist to keep the vines
n good condition, as they need but
little pruning. An occasional cutting
of the old stalks will do. The life" of
the plants Is in excess of fifteen years
how much In excess we do not as
yet know: but the oldest plants in this
section are the best bearers and im
prove each year.
The Juice extractors have during the
past year been paying about three
cents a pound for the berries deliv
ered. Instances are cited where more
than, eight tons per acre have been
Harvested. If a yield of four tons can
be secured at that price that would
mean S 2 4 0 an acre. At a cent a pound
tor picking, which is a quarter of a
cent more than the price paid last
year, there would be left $160 per
acre, rrom which only interest on the
land investment, hauling to the can
nery or extractory and the small sum
for cultivation and pruning, probably
not over 120, all told, would be de
ducted. There would be left a net re
turn of 1140 an acre.
But, remember; the loganberry is
not like the apple, pear or plum. We
can place it on the market with little
opposition, and it now seems almost a
certainty that the demand is sure, at
least for several years, to be beyond
the supply, which means higher prices.
Only recently a firm in Seattle booked
an order for (80,000 worth of Juice,
which is to go to New York to be used
for flavoring Summer drinks.
One great advantage of the logan
berry to the growers is the various
uses In case of a slack demand. It is
acceptable for canning, preserving,
drying and for its Juice, either pure
or concentrated in the shape of syrup.
With a little attention and prepara
tion, the loganberry grower can equip
himself so that he can pick, his market.
BEEKrXQ IKE FOTTNTAnC OS" TOCTH.
Elie Meohnikov, who died the other
day, although a scientist of broad at
tainments, will be known to future
generations chiefly for his efforts to
solve the problem of the prolongation
of life. Some years ago he startled
the world by declaring that there was
no reason why, excluding accidents,
the average man should not live a
century and a half. He was then deep
In his theory that manifestations of
age were in truth the effect of certain
"fatigTie poisons," similar to those
which he believed caused desire for
sleep. First, he dreamed of producing
an anti-iatlgue serum; then he came
to believe that if he found, it he would
be close on the discovery of an anti
death serum. Through his writings
on the subject runs evidence that he
regarded the phenomena of sleeD and
of death as intertwined. The idea was
a curious mingling of the poetical, the
religious and the so-called scientific
thought on the all-absorblne tonic
Professor Mechnikov declared that
What he termed "natural death" was
exceedingly rare In human kind. In
current language, illness is called nat
ural, but Mechnikov denied that. Ill
ness, he argued, could be avoided; it
was not necessarily a "fatal result of
properties inherent in our organiza
tion, tie noted that In many of the
Inferior organisms death followed only
upon accident, and that some crea
tures, if properly protected asralnst
violence, do not die. Organisms with
a single cell, such as the infusoria,
were used by him for the purpose of
illustration. They reproduced by di
vision. The mother organism has, as
it were, dissolved into its progeny
without suffering real death, said the
scientist. Continuing his studies of
the lower forms of life, he finally ac
cepted as true the deaths of bacteria
and yeast microbes as the result of
poisoning occasioned by their own
proper products. He never was con
vinced that the death of plants was
due to exhaustion, but asked himself
whether it might not be due to poison.
ing brought about in the course of
their vital functioning. These were
me early steps he took in the search
for the secret of age and for a prophy.
lactic against decrepitude.
W ith his belief, which probablv was
largely inspired by hope, that "nat
ural death" could be, If not prevented.
at least long deferred, he iwas still not
inhospitable to the idea that such
death was an Instinctive longing, and
he sought assiduously for evidence of
an unmistakably natural 'death, find
ing it at last in the case of an aunt
of Brillat-Savarin, who passed away
in full possession of her faculties at
the age of 9 3. Her last words were il
luminating. "Thank you," she said. In
response to an expression of endear
ment by her famous nephew, "but if
you ever reach my age you will find
that death becomes a need. Just like
sleep." Mechnikov mentions this as
a striking point against his own pre
conceived ideas and as one of the few
instances of which he knew of death
not complicated by disease or accident.
Still he continued his researches; he
seemed never to have abandoned hope
that the serum against fatigue might
yet be found. He still did not accept
in his own case the idea that death
was a necessity. Searching for the
cause of senility, he discovered that
birds do not show their age as mam
mals do; he found that the intestinal
flora of the birds is much less rich
in microbes than in the case of mam
mals. From this he was induced to
believe that acute poisoning was oc
casioned by the products of mush
rooms and of microbes introduced into
the alimentary canal of the human.
"If, said he, "this is really the cause
of senile atrophy, then we must be
lieve that a reduction In the number
of flora will reduce the manifestations
of age."
Observation of the people of Bul
garia, in a region famous for the lon
gevity of its inhabitants, led to the
conclusion that much was due to the
favorable effects of what has now
come to be known as the bacillus bul-
garicus, and it is for this that Pro
fessor Mechniko-yv is most popularly
known, although it was a minor part
of his life's work as a scientist. He
did not stop there, however. He de
clared that merely to sow useful
microbes was not sufficient. It was
necessary also to.prevent introduction
of injurious ones. With this in view,
he formulated several simple rules of
health, which he himself observed.
Avoid uncooked fo.d," was the first
of them. He conteiCed that no mat
ter how carefully fcVd was -washed,
it still was contaminated. Eating only
well-cooked food and using only wa
ter that had been boiled, he declared,
would prevent introduction into the
body of those -wild microbes the in
jurious effects of which could not be
denied. "Wild microbes" was his own
designation of them. Other of his
rules were: Moderation in eating and
all other corporeal pleasures, pure air,
dally exercise, early to bed and early
to rise, sleep limited to six or seven
hours, a bath and brisk rubbing every
day without fail. Regular work and
intellectual occupation, he held, were
indispensable. He placed stress on
the mental attitude of enjoyment of
living, tranquillity of mind, a hopeful
conception of life. His own concep
tion of life was hopefeul to the last de
gree. He said quaintly once that ex
ceedingly old people could alwaj-s be
useful finally, if in no other way, as
study for scientists.
In his investigations of "natural
death" he accepted a definition of it
by a fellow scientist, whom he quoted:
Having reached the extremity of age.
retaining still the last glimmering of
a fading intelligence, the old man feels
debility gaining upon him day by day;
his limbs refuse to obey his failing
will, his skin becomes dry and insen
sible: warmth withdraws from his ex
tremities, his face grows thin, his eyes
hollow and his eyesight dull; speech
dies upon his lips, which remain
agape: life forsakes the old man from
the circumference to the center; his
breathing becomes labored and final
ly his heart ceases to beat. The old
man has thus gone out, appearing for
the last time to fall asleep." This pic
ture was the inspiration, of his to.
deavors not only to prolong human
life but te soften the ravages of -the
years. Perhaps he dreamed of the
time when all would die as did the
aunt of Brillat-Savarin, intellectually
strong, yet yearning for the death that
had become a "need," rather than as
the old man of Menage, forsaken by
life "from the circumference to the
center."
On the desirability of infinite pro
longation of life, there never will be
an end to the difference of opinion.
"Self-preservation is the first law of
Nature" oniy, perhaps, when all the
natural instincts are in their flower.
History abounds with the records of
he going out of aged people, holding
no bitterness toward life, yet welcom
ing rest beyond the grave. Gulliver
pointed out the undesirability of lm
mortality on earth in the tale of his
sojourn among the Luggnaggiana
There were occasional ones among
mem, called stru id-Drugs," who could
not die. "When they came to four
score ... . they had not only all
the follies and Infirmities of other old
age, but many more which arose from
the dreadful prospect of never dvinjr.''
These immortals were an exceedingly
unhappy lot. "'Whenever they see a
funeral, they lament and repine that
others are gone to a harbor of rest
to which they themselves - never can
hope to arrive." Finally, "the least
miserable are they who return to
dotage and entirely lose their memo
ries." Thus did the dean satirize those
who would prolong their stay on earth
beyond its natural time. He saw that
earthly immortality might have its se
rious drawbacks and few if any ad
vantages to offset them. '
Conferring of an honorary college
to say the least. Such action, taken
by President Lowell, of Harvard, re
cently, sets a precedent which derives
aaaitionai importance from the rea
sons assigned. The recipient of the
honor Is Commissioner Arthur Woods,
of New York, the difficulties of whose
position will be understood by all who
have considered the complex police
problems of any city. He was chosen,
said Dr. Lowell, because "he has by
his- simple, straightforward and trans-
pareat cnaracier t.ne-rr thn nnliA
serve the public on a higher plane and
on tneir confidence and that of the
corramunity." These qualities com
monly have not been demanded by the
pedple in the men they set to catch
thieves and enforce the traffic and
other local ordinances, but the fact
that they are recognized and rewarded
gives promise of development of a
new ambition on the part of our pre
servers of the peace.
There is a strong analocrv between
the adventure of Captain Koenlg, of
ine suDmarine Deutschland, and that
of Vasca Da Gam a. the ex-Dlorer who
430 years ago rounded the Cape of
woo nope ana returned safely to Por
tugal with a cargo of spices from India
Do Gam a made what was the longest
voyage ever accomplished up to that
time, mis is not true of Captain Koe
nig's submarine achievement, because
his 3800 miles has been overmatched
by the 4000 miles said tc; have been
traveled by the German submarines
which made the detour from the home
port to the Dardanelles last year, but
the similarity lies in the fact that both
opened a new trade route and both
carried cargoes that caused great re
joicing to the people. The rubber and
nickel that Kqenig takes home will
be at least as acceptable to the Ger
mans as were the spices of Da Gama
four centuries before to the Portu
guese. There is no real difference between
the - construction programme of the
Senate naval committee and the rec
ommendations of Admiral Knight in
case eight capital ships should be au
thorized. The Admiral proposes that
four battleships and four battle cruis
ers be built and the committee pro
poses that the same number be built
as soon as practicable, but that six
additional battleships be authorized.
Having no battle cruisers and no scout
cruisers, the United States should
hasten to make good these deficiencies,
but while doing so would not act wise
ly in entirely suspending battleship
construction.
Troubles accumulate for King Con-
stantlne. His kingdom occupied by
foreign armies, his government driven
from office by threats ,to starve his
people, he is now driven from his pal
ace by fire. Who would be a King in
these flays 7
Having started as a Democrat. Will
iam Sulzer became a Progressive and
Is now a Prohibitionist. He may yet
make the round of all parties that
will take hirrj as a candidate, except
the Republicans, who would not ac
cept him.
Those fellows who run the War De
partment for Mr. Wilson say the ra
tion is good enough for the Guards
men, mho are forbidden to ask for
anything better. This is comforting
to the boys "somewhere near Mexico."
There is an ordinance that renuirea
ashes to bekeDt in sl metal rprpnt-1o
but it is violated. Likebreaklng the
sprinkling rule, all depends on- being
caugnt.
Ths Armv nppfi, r-nnl-o Kne tlioi.
must be ennd duph. Tr mair nit o-&n
erally be understood that the cnoir is
the chief patriot of the troop or com-
The new bride-A at Mom.nViia in.i
opened, is the largest on th Missis
sippi, but is not as long as-the Inter
state oriage Duiiaing at Vancouver.
A large part of the t30.000.000
Great Britain is spending daily Is used
at home, for labor and material, so
the amount is not wholly lost.
While the sea does of the allies are
watching for the Deutschland at the
Virginia capes, the Bremen is liable
to slip into New York.
The Scribes and Pharisees set up
their pretensions early in the Christian
era and many of their descendants
continue the yawp.
If the allies should catch the sub
marine Deutschland, they might con
ceal the fact in order to keep Ger
many in suspense.
Thar W3k r.nl nr-An m I r 1a I
fire" at La Grande a few days ago in
which three tons of watermelons were
destroyed.
Nothing should bn ailrtwert In Inter.
fere with success of the Pendleton
Roundup. That Is an Oregon Institu
tion. A California apple on sale in Hood
River Is illustration of practical sar
casm.
Gleams Through the MUt
By Deia Cslllaa.
BALLADE OP VACATION.
Across the pond, somewhere In France.
The cannon boom and weapons clang;
Someone has made ten yards' advance
While high explosives go; "Bang!
Bang!"
The British Lion bares his fang,
The German Eagle snaps his beak.
But I say; ,"Let them all go hang '
For my vacation's on this week."
Lo, the spell-binder from his trance
Awakes and starts his harp to twang.
The campaign warhorse starts to
prance.
And patriot bosoms feel the pang
That gives their speech the proper
tang
Of lofty purpose, which they seek;
But I can let them all go hang
For my vacation's on this week.
Mars prods the border with his lance.
And loud alarms go dang-a-lang.
And mustering hosts tbelr pennants
dance
Where once the Texts rifles rang.
Where Alamo's avengers sprang;
The Army autos puff and creak.
But let them one and all go hang
For my . vacation's on this week.
L'Envei.
Old World, blow up with one big bang.
Or sprout new bay'nets on your
cheek;
"Not In." upon my door I'll hang .
For my vacation's on this week.
"Oh sire," exclaimed the Office Boy.
"vacation time is here. So let me join
you in your Joy when you elope from
here.
"We'll have," I said, "a bully time
and go and peek at some new clime"'
"Aye, aye." said he, "and we may
seek to go and climb at some pew
peak."
"And by the purling brook," said I.
"we cast our hooks and catch the fry."
"And if we hook a goodly batch,"
said he, "perhaps we'll fry the catch."
"And," I continued. "I declare per
haps we 11 hunt and tree the bear."
"And when we've done so." chortled
he, "right back to camp we'll bear the
tree."
"We'll fear." said I, "no trail so
rough, but boldly we will mount the
bluff."
"Each climb a trifle will we count,"
he yelled. "That's how we'll bluff the
mount."
"Waist deep up mountain streams
we'll forge and bait the hook to fish
the gorge."
"What more," said he, "could wild
trout wish? They'll hook our bait and
gorge the fish."
"We'll cast our nets within the lake
and draw thern out and count the take."
"And when we've figured the
amount," cried he. "our hopes will take
the count."
"We'll hie the rural waya along and
pay our way In coin of song.''
"And then the constables may Join to
make us hear their song of coin."
And then in chorus yodeled we:
"How happy will we be; Oh see, how
gaily to the woods go we, the poet and
the C. O. B.!"
Call o' the biue Jay from the stump.
Call o' the sq-uirrel from the haze
clumn
Call o' the screech owl 'neath the moon.
risnin can o- the striped raccoon.
Call o' the lark in the first dawn's
break.
Call in the dark that the night-hawks
make.
Call o' the grumbling waterfall.
Calls o' the woods, I know them ill.
Light o' sun through the hemlock
trees.
Light o' the stars when the daylight
flees.
Light o' the white moon overhead.
Light o' the campfire, dwindling red.
rhosphor light o' the glowworm's
spark.
Light o" the beasts' eyes In the dark.
Light o' the far dawn, faint anil m.n
Lights o" the woods. I know them alL
Song o the locust rattling far.
Song o' the bees where the blossoms
are.
Song o' the frog in the marshes damp.
Song o' the cricket within the camp, .
Evensong o' the katydid.
Song o' the brook In the tall brake hid.
Song o' the wind In the fir trees tall.
Songs o' the woods I know them alL
When Adam was thrust from th.
garden
His gaze turned In yearning behind.
But the pitiless sword of the Warden
Fashed white in the pitiless wind.
Flashed white as the lightning to sever
The hope in his bosom that ran
And the gates of the Garden forever
Were closed to the father ef man.
But oft when his labor was sorest.
To deaden the sting of his pain.
He would leave it and steal through the
forest
To the hills o'er the Garden again.
And through the sweet cedars, tall-
shafted.
He would gaze on it, loving and long.
And breathe in the perfume it wafted.
And return to hie toll, and be strong.
The pitiless sword of the Warden"
Still shines with its pitiless fire;
Yet we love to look back at the
Garden .
For we are the sons of our sire.'
'Tis a hunger aa old as creation
As old as the races of men;
And that's why we yearn for vacation.
To steal to the Garden again.
Ethics la Employment.
PORTLAND. July 17. (To the Edi
tor.) The following advertisement
appeared in The Oregonian today:
TWENTY advertising- managers answered
my ad for a position last meek: nineteen
aid "I can deliver the good, give me an
Interview." So far I have one man to pick
from. ! there only one man In Portland
who can ahow by hla application that be
knowa aomethli about advertlilns?
This suggests the query: "Does effi
ciency win?" Here is a similitude:
Twenty students compete In an ex
amination. Out of the to only one
demonstrates hla efficiency. ja It fair
to the one efficient student that the
examiner should immediately prompt
the other 19, and coach them to the
detriment of the one who demonstrated
he could deliver the goods?
J. AITCH JAY.
Daaeea en Snaday.
PORTLAND, July 17. (To the Edi
tor.) Pleaae inform me if there is a
state law In regard to Sunday dancing
and. if so. please state the law gov
erning , same. A. li. HEMWAY.
There is no specific law on the sub
ject, but it is. unlawful to keep open
a "place of amusement" on Sunday.
This would apply to public dances con
ducted for profit.
GOOD CACSB FOR WORRY EXISTS
Aeaelaaaaatlaat . mt Retnfclleaa Party
Make DcMtnti "Fraatlr."
PORTLAND. July IT. (To the Edi
tor.) There Is a widespread panic in
the Democrat lo party, for the reaeon
the Progressives are going to support
Hughea We see It every day in the
Oregon Journal, but why should the
Progressives not support tha Repub
lican ticket? The pUtform'ls the Pro
gressive platform. There never wa
anything in a Progressive platform
that was not Republican doctrine. The
Progressives were always in favor of
Republican protection, except a few pf
tne Southern members, who thought
they were pouring m ater on the Demo
cratic wheel by encouraging the revolt
in tne Republican party by their sup
port. Even now. long after the Pro
gressivea have returned to the party
they always knew would pull our coun
try out of that Democratic mire which
we Bnd ourselves in after three years
of Democratic failure, the Democratic
press is perfectly frantic, realizing the
Inevitable defeat awaiting Democrats
next Fail by the complete amalgama
tion of the two opposing parties.
The Oregon Journal is so frantlo
that when these truths are called
to Its attention It begins to call
names "copperhead, villain, traitor."
The reason it does eo Is It cannot
truthfully answer these plain state
ments of simple fact. That is the very
reason for its conduct. It well knows
the failures of the Wilson Administra
tion its failure to keep promises made
the people, the failure to reduce the
high cost of living, the imposition of
burdens on the people with what they
term a "war revenue tax" in an en
deavor to raise sufficient revenue to
maintain the Government Instead of
the usual Democratic method of issu
ing bonds.
The Journal's hypocritical carp re
garding "Abraham Linkurn" will not
deceive the voters. They know which
party the copperheads supported dur
ing the trying times of our internecine
warfare of 1SS1-S. and they have Just
begun to hear criticism of the Wilson
Administration. An avalanche of pub
lio sentiment will overwhelm all
objection before the campaign is over,
for the Republicans will see to it that
the people will not be deceived into
believing Democratic misstatements.
OBSERVER.
TRAVELERS' AID COMMENDED
Y. W. O. A. Fills Need Efficiently at
Main Railway Depots.
PORTLAND, July 17. (To the Edi
tor.) Among the various clubs and or
ganizations carried on in this city for
tho benefit of women, none deserves a
higher place than the Young Women's
Christian Association.
One of their departments especially
in mind, at this season particularly, is
the Travelers' Aid Society.
Having had occasion to spend an
hour at the North Bank depot this
morning, an onlooker could not fail to
be impressed by the kindly, efficient
work done by the representative of
the association there. Miss Amelia
Forshay.
Aa the various trains were nearing
departure she was up and doing in
the waiting-room, apprising oblivious,
elderly couples who had sat waiting
in some Instances for an hour or two
that this was now the train by which
they were to travel.
With Intelligence and alacrity she
assisted them to the train, helping to
carry their numerous bundles.
The association keeps a woman sta
tioned at the North Bank, Union and
Oregon Electric depots, eand hopes to
place one at the Alder-street depot
also. A friendly eye is kept besides
on the steamers at the dates of sailing;.
Although donations for- this most
necessary work are given by some of
the churches and others, the Young
Women's Christian Association pay
their salaries.
This practical course is worthy of
an the help that can be given.
TRAVELER.
MORE BEAUTY IX OLDER DESIGN
New Gold Pieces Ceat Doubt en Beauty
of Krw Silver Coinage.
WILSON, Or., July 15 (To the Edi
tor.) In regard to the new silver coins
it Is to be hoped that the designs will
be more beautiful than those of the
hideous gold coins. Compare the beau,
tlful plain American gold coins of the
preceding coinage with the last ones
and let any normal, every day person.
Judge them and see what he aays. Out
side of a few artists and their would
be followers the coins are noted for
their uglinesa
I have before me a new quarter as
I write. It is a lovely coin so plain,
but charming in its clearness of mean
ing. On one side Liberty's head with
one stately motto, "in God We Trust,"
with stars on each side. On the re
verse side is the eagle carrying "E
Pluribus Unum." bearing a shield is
one talon, the emblem of peace, in the
other that of war. Every one can un
derstand these symbols, and the stats
above. Let us always have stars. We
need them to remind us In this toil
some work-a-day world, once In a
while to look up at the stars.
We hope the day may come again
When our plain American ideas in coins
will prevail, as the return to colonial
ideas has come in architect use. Com
pare the modern fussy, decorated bun
galow with the beautiful, plain co
lonial American -home. Who would not
prefer the latter?
MRS. JEXXIE A. REEHER.
Illumination or Hlabway.
BEND, Or., July Id. (To the Editor s
Pe5.mit me to say a few words about
tne uoiumoia itiver Highway. I have
taken particular interest In the scenic
views from the Columbia River Highway,-
as well as the trreat enftineerlns-
feat of same. To make a long story
short, is there any way that we people
of Oregon can illuminate the Great
Columbia River Highway? To Illumi
nate this National highway down the
Columbia River into the city of Port
land would be one of the biggest draw
ing cards that any state of the Union
or any country could boast of. Stop
and think what the illumination of all
public highways means.
Let the good old state of Oregon be
the first one to accomplish this feat.
Really, wouldn't It be a grand sight at
a very nominal cost? It Is essential
that we do this from a thousand stand
points. Let's hear from the different
people of the state on this subject.
JESSE W. DAY.
Wea Title Is Questioned.
SALEM, Or., July 16. (To the Edi
tor.) A certain widow Is the owner of
real estate In Saiem, for which she
has a warranty deed. She has been In
possession 18 years. No claim has ever
been made by any person or persons for
or to any right to said estate. But a
lawyer (for some reason) has picked
flaws in her title and causing her much
trouble, and she has been forced for
four months to try to find someone who
will contest her title. What Is she to
do In such case? D. J. GOODE.
Get an abstract of title. If no flaws
are disclosed do nothing further. If
title Is shown to be defective, consult
a lawyer.
Wheat Katiaas Deelareel War.
PORTLAND. June IT. (To the Ed
itor.) Which country declared war on
Germany first, France or EnaMand?
Also when? SUBSCRIBER.
Germany took the initiative In the
matter of formally declaring war on
France. This was Auguvt 3. 1314.
France having previously mobilized
without declaring war. England de
clared, war on Germany, August 4.
In Other Day.
Twesjty-flre Years Ago.
From The Oresontaa July is,
Walla Walla, July IT. This wee the
second day of the court-martial of
Colonel C. E. Compton. of the Fourth
Cavalry, for neglect of duty.
London. Nothing recently has ex
cited the Inner Conservative circle so
much as Lord Salisbury's declaration
that female suffrage ought to form a
part of the coming electoral reforms.
Mrs. Abe Tlchenor and dsughter will
leave tonight for a six weeks' resi
dence at Long Beach.
John Curran. the popular veteran
hat drummer, has returned from a trip
to New York city, where he has been
assisting his house In selecting Its pur
chases for the Summer.
Miss Ella C SabinT who for the last
three years has acceptably filled the
position of superintendent of schools of
this city, leaves today for Wisconsin,
where she is to be president of Don.
ner College at Fox Lake, near Mil
waukee. The Multnomah Amateur Athletla
Club Is negotiating for permanent
grounds for a baseball diamond race
track and tennis court.
Mr. DeLashmutt will start gtemwln
der In the race matinee for the 400"
this afternoon at Riverside Park.
Half a Century Ago.
Frsm The Oreronlan, July IS. 1S6.
Washington Senator Sherman, on
July 14. made the bitterest antl-Johnson
speech yet heard on the floor.
He said the Republicans must stand
together and not hope for support from
the President.
Advices from Europe say the Prus
sians have gained a decided victory In
Bohemia, both the grand armies being
engaged. Austria offers to cede Ve
netta to Napoleon and the latter pro
poses an armistice.
From the recent action in Congress It
would seem Oregon is hot to have the
branch mint it has asked for. It would
also seem that no more branch mints
are to be established.
William Church has advertised for
10 good seamstresses. They should ap
ply at 14-4 Front street.
Among the many scientific gentle
men who are to be present at the State
Educational Association at Oregon City
July 31 will be: Professor Wood. Rev.
Drs. Wythe, Atkinson, Benon. Marsh,
Scott and Spencer and Drs. Wilson and
Watkina
William Burnett. Esq.. U. S. Supervis
ing Inspector of Steamboats of all the
waters on the Pacific Coast and west
of the Rocky Mountains, has just re
turned from an official tour of the Wil
lamette and Columbia Rivers.
RHYME. SOT PARAPHRASE. VSED
One Who Heard Cenfcllng Nominate
Grant Disputes Late Story.
'STEVENSON. Wash., July IS (To
the Editor.) In The Oregonian is a re
print ef an article from the St. Louts
Globe-Democrat In regard to the ac
tual language employed by Conkling
in beginning his address nominating
Grant for the Presidency. The writer of
the article concludes that the speaker
Intended to use the jingle written by
Miles O'Reilly, but for some reason not
explained substituted the following
words: "When asked whence comes our
condidate, we say from Appomattox."
This Is Incorrect. As an eye wit
ness who had bis attention riveted on
Conkling from the first to the last of
that" speech, I am prepared to state
without hesitation that the author of
the article referred to has assumed and
presumed too much. This is what
happened: After the applause which
his appearance created bad subsided,
he recited in the tense silence that pre
vailed this rhyme:
"When asked what state he halls from.
Our sole reply shall be.
He cornea from Appomattox
And Its famous apple tree."
It was some minutes, probably five
or ten. before he could proceed. The
applause was deafening, frenzied, ir
rational. During It all Conkling
stood with the complaisant expression
on his face of a gunner who has
scored a hit and Is measuring Its suc
cess. Once he relaxed for a moment
and looked down at the group of re
porters who were seated around the
table on which he stood. With a deft
flirt of his foot he sent a pile of "copv"
flying In every direction and resumed
his pose until quiet had returnel. when
he began his wonderful speech.
It was delivered without notes and
published, as I believe, without re
vision, and yet it Is equal in compre
hensive thought, felicitous diction and
oratorical excellence to the best pro
ductions of the greatest public speak
ers the country has ever produced.
Evidently It had been carefully pre
pared for stampeding purposes. It wss
timed to fit the psychological moment
and its explosive climaxes enraptured
his friends and appalled his enemies.
Under such conditions it is inconceiv
able that Conkling should have omit
ted the catchy lines of the rhymster
and substituted the tame and unsatis
factory words attributed to him. If
such a skim milk paraphrase can suit
the biographer, it will be -forever re
pudiated by one of the memorable
"306." ALBERT R. GREENE.
Tax on Brokers.
PORTLAND, July 17. (To the Ed
itor.) Some days ago the writer no
ticed an answer to an inquiry to The
Oregonian in regard to special tax be
ing collected by the Government. The
Inquirer asked If a private individual
investor was subject to any special tax
and The Oregonian answered that he
was not.
Now I am a private individual In
vestor, not in business and only in
vesting my own funds for my own
profit and not for resale and I have
been compelled to pay a broker's tax
and secure a broker's license and in
addition was charged a penalty for not
complying with a law I have never
heard of.
I estimate that if I should be right
fully subject to this tax then ther.ar
at least 600 in Portland and 1500 in
Oregon who are so liiable. but only
about 37 have paid this tax and all of
these with possibly three exceptions
are brokers in every sense of the word,
as they buy and resell. INVESTOR.
The Inquiry answered In The Orego
nian concerned a Federal tax. Proba
bly the tax "Investor" Is paying Is that
levied in the state "blue sky" law.
War and Election.
PORTLAND, Or.. July IT. (To the
Editor.) (1) I have been told and
heard it discussed by many among the
laboring men that if we should happen
to be at war with Mexico, or any other
foreign power at the time of election
there would be no election: that Presi
dent Wilson would hold over. If this
is not a fact it should be made pub
licly known as it seems to be the be
lief among many of the working peo
ple. Where it started I don't know.
(2) Also would like to know if a man's
wages can be attached or garniaheed
for back rent if he has family to sup
port. GEORGE BRIDGES.
(1) A condition of war would not
prevent holding the election.
(2) Yes. except that upon proper
showing to the court $37.60 of the
wages trlifn needed to support depend
ents may be exempted from attach
ment for d;bts for family expenses.
The exemption as to other than family
expenses is 7s.