THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN. FRIDAY,: OCTOBER" 2G, 1917.
7
KERENSKY BATTLES
WITH TERRORISTS
Efforts of So-called Dictator
Always Hampered by Liberty-Mad
Mob.
YET PREMIER FIGHTS ON
Radicals, Inspired by Eloquence,
Refuse Obedience Task or Sav
ing Russia Too Great for Any
One Man Xoiv Known.
BY RHETA CHILDE DORR.
fEighteenth of a series of articles telling
the inside story of Russia's revolt. Copy
right. 1!17. by the New York Evening Mall.
Published by arrangement.)
It is unfortunate that nothing has
ever been written about Kerensky ex
cept eulogies. However deserved they
may be, eulogies have the fault of not
being informative. Who is Kerensky?
AVhat kind of a man is he? Why hasn't
he restored order in Russia? If he can
not restore order, discipline the army
and make it fight, why doesn't he step
aside and let somebody else try? These
questions are asked on all sides.
I may not be able to answer con
clusively. But I was In Russia three
months and I watched Kerensky
progress from minister of war to minister-president
of the provisional gov
ernment and virtual president of the
Russian republic. I can tell my own
observations of the man and I can
present the evidence of events, allow
ing the reader to draw his conclusions.
I saw Kerensky frequently, heard
him speak several times, and, like
almost every one else, I went through
a period of extreme enthusiasm for
him. A certain enthusiasm I have re
tained. I still think he has achieved
marvels in keeping a government to
gether and remaining at the head of
that government. In fact, Kerensky,
whatever else is said of him, has at
least kept before the wild-eyed, liberty
mad masses of the Russian people
the certain fact that governments must
be, that the state cannot exist without
a head.
There was apparently no other man
in Russia who could do this thing. The
old theory that great events always
produce great men seems to have failed
in this case. The most stupendous
event in modern history, the Russian
revolution, has as yet produced no
great, or even, when Kerensky is left
out, no near-great men. The first
provisional government contained able
men like Lvoff and Miliukoff. But they
could no more cope witli the situation
created by the fall of autocracy in
Russia than so many children could
operate a railroad system.
These men thought that they had
helped to bring on a political revolu
tion. They little knew their Russia.
There was just one man of ability in
that first ministry who knew the truth,
and he knew only part of it. Alex
ander Kodorovitch Kerensky, the So
cialist who was appointed Minister of
Justice, knew that what the world
was about to witness in Russia was' a
social revolution. But he, too, was blind
to the task before him.
At the very outset of his career as
Minister of Justice Kerensky insisted
on abolishing the death penalty. "I
do not wish that this shall be a bloody
revolution," he declared. In one sen
tence he showed how little he, too,
knew his Russia.
There was some excuse for ignoran'ce
on the part of most of the other min
isters. Prince I.voff, for example, was
a large estate owner, a man who lived
in the country a great deal of the
time, one who had been active in the
affairs of his zemstvo. or county coun
cil, a friend and adviser of peasants,
but always the great gentleman, the
superior man. liliukoff was a pro
fessor, a man of books, an amateur of
music. And so on through the list.
But Kerensky was an obscure lawyer,
one who specialized in cases of men
and women accused of political of
fenses. He defended with fiery zeal
young students whose revolutionary
activities drew on them the tiger claw
of the autocracy. He was the friend
of the poor. He was one of the ex
ecutive council of. the Social lievolu
tionary party, largely made up of
peasants.
Why did he not know and understand
his countrymen? Why could he not
have known that the abolishment of
the death penalty at that hour of
supreme crisis would drench the revolu
tion in blood?
Kerensky is, or was in the begin
ning, an extreme idealist, a preacher,
a. prophet. He has changed a great
leal since February. 1917. But events,
I think, prove him still an extreme
idealist, a dreamer instead of a doer,
fciuch men and women are never really
great as leaders. They can stir up
an enormous enthusiasm, send the
crowd to the highest pitch of inspira
tion, even make it do monumental
things for a time. But the dreamer's
usefulness stops there.
Somewhere in Russia, in one of the
universities perhaps, or in some farm
house or on some lonely steppe, there
lives a big. two-fisted, strong-brained
ruthless boy who can and will some
day do the kind of 'ruling and guiding
Kerensky talks about and would do
if he could. Perhaps that boy got his
inspiration frewn hearing Kerensky
talk. But the boy is a real leader. He
will stretch out his hand to the mob
and the mob will obey his invincible
will.
Has the mob ever obeyed Kerensky's
will? Take the army situation, for
example. The day I arrived in Petro
grad. May :!$, I had a talk with the
then American consul. Mr. North Win
ship. Ae told me what he had seen of
the revolution and spoke gravely and
apprehensively of the future. The
sedition in many regiments at the front
was to his mind the most sinister
single menace that had yet developed.
"Kerensky, the new War Minister,
has just been sent down to the front,"
he told me. "He will save the situa
tion if any living human being can. His
influence over the Russians is enor
mous. He can sway them like the tides
with his eloquence."
Men Desert Oewplte Kerensky.
Kerensky, who all the world knows
is a sick man, spared himself no whit
during those critical days. He tore
all over the front in motor cars. . He
made scores of speeches, thrilling
speeches. Kvery one reading in the
newspapers of his wonderful speeches
breathed more freely and whispered,
"We are saved." But were they?
One incident. It may have been
cabled to the American newspapers.
On one front where Kerensky was
speaking a soldier, doubtless deputated
by the less brave in the regiment,
stepped forward and said: "It is all
- very well to urge us to fight for
liberty, but if a man is killed fighting
what good is liberty to him?"
Instantly Kerensky's wrath poured
out in eloquence. He denounced the
man for a traitor and a disgrace. The
man who would Uiink about his miser
of. his I
ed was j
mother country was threatened
unfit to live with brave men. Turning
to the Colonel of the regiment, he de
manded that the soldier be degraded
and immediately turned out of the
army, sent home a branded coward.
The Colonel replied that there were
others in the regiment who might with
justice receive the same treatment. But
no, said Kerensky, one man disgraced
was enough. He would be a symbol of
dishonor. The Russian army needed
nothing more.
The unfortunate man is said to have
fallen in a swoon. I wouldn't be sur
prised if this was so. But he was
probably glad" enough after he re
covered that he was sent home. Nor
was the symbol of dishonor enough for
the Russian army. It continued to
desert.
Often after one of Kerensky's
speeches he would call on the troops to
declare whether or not they would
fight. Always they roared out that
they would, to the death. Sometimes
they did. it is true, but sometimes also
they didn't. At present no one can tell
whether any soldier, except the Cos
sacks and the women, is going to go
forward when commanded.
Soviet's! Support Insincere.
The Soviets? They have over and
over, after fierce fighting, voted to
give Kerensky support. Lately they
voted to give him supreme power. But
they were never in earnest about it.
and Kerensky knew it very well. They
have proved that they were insincere,
it seems to me, by their latest action
in refusing to support any ministry
not made up exclusively of Socialists,
and making such a one subject to crit
icism and control. t
"The Germans are at our very gates."
Kerensky told those men. "While you
sit talking here and refusing to listen
to words of reason from your com
mander-in-chief, your revolution is in
danger of destruction. Are there no
words of mine to make you see it.'
Words: words, words! Hurled pas
sionately from a burning heart into a
whirling void. That seems to me to
tvpify Alexander Feedorovitch Keren
sky talking to the Russian revolution-
ry mob.
The French revolution offers no par
allel to this. Each one of the successive
leaders of that mob accomplished some
thing good or bad. Mirabeau led the
mass as far as a constituent assembly.
Marat and Danton got rid of the King.
Robespierre imposed his will on Paris
until the end of the reign of terror.
Robespierre, "the sea-green Incor
ruptible." Is the nearest parallel to
Kerensky the French revolution offers.
He led the mob in the direction It
wanted to go. Kerensky has followed it
in a direction it wanted to go, begging
it with all his strength to turn around
and follow him. The mob applauded
him, adulated him, wove laurels for his
brow, but It would not obey him.
He could not turn the mob. Perhaps
nobody could have done so. Perhaps
what had happened in Russia was in
evitable, the only possible reaction
from three centuries of Romanoff rule.
To have it otherwise Kerensky has
all but laid down his life. He suffers
from some kind of Kidney disease, and
shortly before the February revolution
he underwent an operation wnicn near
ly finished him. His right hand is in
capacitated and is usually worn in a
sling or tucked inside his coat. He is
thin, hollow of chest and walks with a
slight stoop.
A man of 37, Kerensky is about five
feet eight in height. He has thick
brown hair, which bristles in pompa
dour all over his finely shaped head.
His myopic eyes are blue, or gray, ac
cording to his mood. You see those
eyes in Russia, deep, beautiful blue at
times, steel gray at others. Kerensky's
eyes lpok straight at you and give you
confidence In his candor. Sometimes
when he is suffering physically the
eyes seem to sink In his head and lose
all their brightness. When he Is tired
or discouraged they burn like somber
fires.
His face Is pale, and even sometimes
an unhealthy gray, and the face is
deeply lined and scarred with troubled
thought. The nose is big and strong.
the mouth deeply curved and the strong
chin is cleft with a deep line rather
than a dimple.
MANY REPORTS MADE
NOTABLE BAPTISTS ADDRESS THE
DALLES t'O.WESTIOX.
Conauext Gifts" and "World-Wide
Guild" Speeches by Women
Precipitate Discussions.
THE DALLES. Or. Oct. 15. (Spe
cial.) Thursday morning's session of
the Oregon State Baptist conference
was opened with a missionary prayer
meeting led by Rev. C. L Maxfield. of
the Philippine Islands. Bible study
under the theme of "Apostolic Glimpses
of Jesus" was conducted by Rev. G. H
Young. Reports of auditing committee
by C. E. Lewis, of Treasurer J. f . rail
ing and home missions by Rev. W. T.
S. Spriggs were heard and concurred in.
An address by Rev. L. C. Barnes, D.
D.. on "Latin America" was heartily
received. Rev. C. A. Moody. D. D.,
made a short talk on "Baptists and
the War Situation." He was followed
by an address by Rev. W. B. Maxfield
on "Philippine Islands." Rev. W. B.
Hinson, D. D.. closed the morning ses
sion with an inspirational address.
The afternoon session was devoted
to reports from missions and general
business. A song and prayer service
was first held by Rev. R. F. Jamison,
of Astoria. Report of foreign mis
sions by Rev. W. T. Milliken. D. D.,
and a report on the Women's American
Baptist Foreign Mission Society ses
sion were made by Mrs. C. R. Marsh,
Miss Elizabeth McDoll and Mrs. Fred
Olmstead. Women's American Home
Mission Society sessions were reported
on by Miss Helen Crisman. Miss Car
rie Millspaugh and Mrs. O. P. M. Jami
son. Rev. George L White addressed the
convention on "Mobilizing the Press
for Christian Leadership." Rev. W. B.
Hinson. D. D., closed the session with
an address.
The night session was opened by a
burst of song. Reports of state offi
cers were read and election of offi
cers was held. "Conciuest Gifts." by
Miss Carrie Millspaugh. and "World
Wide Guild." by Miss Helen Crisman.
brought about a discussion on those
subjects. Praise service was then con
ducted by Rev. J. W. Stockton, who
was followed by an address by Miss
Helen Chrisman, secretary of the
World-Wide Guild. Dr. L. C. Barnes
closed the session with an address on
our country and the World's Future."
PIONEER KNOWN IN ALBANY
Rev. Isaac X. Van Winkle Lived in
LI n n County 39 Years.
ALBANY, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.)
Rev. Isaac N. van v inkle, who died at
his home in Portland yesterday, was a
resident of Linn County for 39 years.
H settled near Halsey in 1859 and con
tinued to reside in this county until
1S9S. He reared" a large family In Linn
County and was actively identified with
the affairs of this section for many
years. He was prominent as a Methodist
minister tiirougnouc this part of the
state.
After leaving this county he went to
Salem and 17 years ago removed to
Portland, where he had resided since,
Rev. Mr. Van Winkle was the father
of J. S. Van Winkle, one of Albany's
leading citizens and ex-City Recorder
able skin when . the freedom
ana ex-postmaster.
BANKER IS KILLED
AND BANK LOOTED
Daring Robbery Reported at
Edison, Wash., in Broad
Daylight.
$17,000 IN GOLD IS TAKEN
Pat Halloran, ex-President of In
stitution, Fatally Shot; One Des
perado Killed After Short
Chase; Other Captured.
EELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 25 Two
bandits entered the Farmers & Mer
chants State Bank, at Edison. Skagit
County, at 10 o'clock this morning, and
after shooting and fatally wounding
Pat Halloran, ex-president of the bank,
walked out with $1700 in gold, silver
and currency. A posse was immedi
ately organized and started in pursuit.
One of the robbers was killed outright
and the other was captured. Mr. Hallo
ran died later at a hospital.
The men entered the bank just after
it had opened. Both were dressed in
overalls and wore hobnailed shoes.
Flourishing revolvers, they commanded
the bank officers to hold up their
hands. Halloran started to walk to
ward the rear door and was shot in
the back. The robbers fired a dozen
shots and then calmly picked up two
bags of gold, the only money that was
in sight, and started- down Main street
on the run.
Probably 100 persons had organized
meanwhile and started in pursuit. The
men were overtaken within ten min
utes after they had left the bank.
One started to jump overta fence and
was shot dead. The other made no re
sistance. Halloran was a pioneer of "Western
Washington, where he had been prom
inent in politics for a number of years.
The dead bandit was later identified
as Earl Spurgeon, of South Bellingham
and the other as Ray, his brother. Both
are young men between 20 and 25 years
of age.
KHAKI UNIFORM LURES
SOLDIERS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
DELINQUENCY INCREASE.
Mrs. Lola C Baldwin Raps Hotel and
Lodging-House Operators in He
port for Last Mne Months.
Hotel and lodging-house proprietors
of Portland have been exceedingly lax
in permitting young girls and men to
rent rooms during the past few months.
according to a report submitted yes
terday to Chief of Police Johnson by
Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, of the Women's
Protective Bureau.
The report further asserts that the
excessive number of missing girls re
ported to the bureau diurtng the past
nine months has been due to "many fool
ish young girls who have been attract
ed by the uniform of the soldier.'
The number of delinquent girls is
increasing, the report, which covers the
bureau's work for the last nine months;
states.
In the last 60 days, 110 visits have
been made to homes, hotels and offices
regarding the unusual number of delin
quencies, caused, in a great measure.
the report states, through the attrac
tion of the khaki uniform. There have
been 96 missing or runaway girls re
ported to the bureau, of which a big
majority have been found and returned
to their homes.
The question of employment for girls
was never better than it is at the pres
ent time, Mrs. Baldwin states.
EDUCATOR IS IN DEMAND
Carl G. Honey Will Discuss War Be
fore Koseburg Teachers.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem
Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) President Carl
G. Doney left today for Roseburgr,
where he is to address the teachers'
convention tonight and tomorrow on
war conditions. Dr. Doney is in great
demand as a speaker.
He will leave Sunday for Seattle,
where he is to address the Army Y. M
C. A. Conference on Tuesday. From
there he will go to Walla Walla. Wash.,
where he will be one of the speakers
at the Sunday School Institute on the
following: Thursday and Friday.
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
M. Ford, of Sheridan, is at the Palace.
F. Kirk, of Halsey, Is at the Imperial.
Pauline Sears, of Vale, is at the Ore
gon.
J. E. Backus, of Astoria, is at the
Ritz.
Fred Hobbus, of Ferndale, Is at the
Oregon.
C. A. Stevenson, of Held, is at the
Seward.
F. L. Travis, of Springfield, is at the
Perkins.
L. O. Herroll, of Salem, Is at the
Seward.
Paul Koren, of Decorah, la., is at the
Imperial.
A. E. Harvey, of Clatskanie, is at the
Cornelius.
Oscar Hayter, of Dallas, is at the
Portland.
F. B. Cluschman, of Sheridan, is at
the Ritz.
B. C. Huntington, of Oakland, is at
the Palace.
W. H. Eccles, of Baker, is at the
Multnomah.
W. H. Gearty, of Seattle, Wash., is at
the Oregon.
Herbert Lake, of Victoria, B. C, is
at the Ritz.
W. L Beers, of Bozeman, Mont., is at
the Seward.
E. G. Norris, of Seattle, is at the
Washington.
D. D. Hall, of Sherwood, is at the
Washington.
J. L. Blalock, of Arlington, is at th
Washington.
J. W. Veatch, of Cottage Grove, is at
the Imperial.
D. J. Farmer, of Seattle, Wash., is at
the Portland.
W. Loyd. of Centralia, Wash., is
the Portland.
F. Hill Hunt, of Klamath Falls, -s at
the Portland.
Frank Fox, of White Salmon, Is at
the Nortonia.
P. A. Ridder. of Wilsonville, is at
the Cornelius.
Edna Clausen, of The Dalles, is at
the Cornelius.
J. M. Dorteman, of Butte, Mont., is
at the Eaton.
, J. D. Logan and Mrs. Logan, of
Waterville, Wash., .are .at the Perkins.
R. H. Frank, of San Diego. Cal., is
t the Seward.
Miss M. L. Fox, of Husum, Wash., is
t the Nortonia.
E. A. Blackmore, of St. Louis, is at
the Multnomah-
L. C. Laursen. of Tacoma, Wash-, is
t the Nortonia.
Esther Campbell, of Jennings Lodge,
is at the Eaton.
C. Ross and Mrs. Ross, of Dufur, are
at the Cornelius.
B. W. Lockwood, of Seattle. . Wash.,
is at the Oregon.
H. Rambo and family, of Sheridan,
are at the Palace.
Bert Mason and Mrs. Mason, of lone.
re at the Imperial.
H. P. Eckhardt, of Toronto, Canada,
is at the Multnomah. .
C. S. Baker and Mrs. Baker, of Butte,
Mont., are at the Eaton.
Mrs. Clyde and daughter, of Cottage
Grove, are at the Eaton.
A. C. Abel and Mrs. Abel, of Prine-
ille, are at the Perkins.
L. C. Griffith and Mrs. Griffith, of
Seattle, are at the Perkins.
A. S. Rosenbaum, of San Francisco,
Cal., is at the Washington.
Duncan Ellis and Mrs. Ellis, of Los
Angeles, are at the Palace.
R. A. Moore and Mrs. Moore, of Gold-
endale. Wash., are at the Ritz.
Henry L. Keeck and Mrs. Keeck, of
The Dalles, are at the Nortonia.
Misses Martha and Helen Bull, of
Medford, are at the Multnomah.
UEL GARS PROMISED
MR. MILLER, IX EAST, SAYS AGITA
TION IS FUTILE.
Washington Authorities Earnext bat
Sensitive Over Unreasonable De
mands, Letter Asserts.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.)
Following an interview with represent
tives of the car service bureaus of the
nterstate Commerce Commission and
the American Railway Association,
Chairman Miller, of the Public Serv
ice Commission, who is now in the Kast,
has written the Commission in a letter
received today that in relation to car
shortage conditions all other needs
must be set aside and await the needs
of the Government.
"Needless agitation on the part of
our people, I feel, will do more harm
than good, he writes. The authori
ies here in Washington, 1 believe, are
arnest and conscientious, and are in
clined to be a little bit sensitive over
demands of certain sections of the
ountry, which seem to them to be un
reasonable, and I fear that unneces
sary persistence on our part will preju
dice the authorities against xis. I
would, therefore, suggest that proper
aution be exercised in what is said
and done regarding transportation
matters.
The American Railway Association,
ar service bureau, assured) me today
that they would make every possible
effort to supply car for fuel shipment
rom Utah, westbound.
He states that after further Invest!
gation he believes that it is not likely
that this year's fruit shipments from
Oregon will be affected by any ter
minal charges which might be applied
or attempted to be applied by the Erie
Railroad.
SIDEWALK IS NOVEL GIFT
Freshman Class, of Willamette t'nl
verslty, Set Precedent.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem
Or.. Oct. 25. (Special.) The freshman
class set a new precedent at Willamette
University when they presented the
university with a new concrete side
walk between Eaton and Waller halls
ll of the work on the walk was
done by the boys of the class.
Larren Basler, president of the class.
made the presentation speech during
fhe chapel hour. President Carl r .
Dcney and Dr. B. L. Steeves. president
of the Board of Trustees, accepted the
gift.
Harry Bowers, president of the stu
dent body, expressed the thanks of the
student body to the new class.
"Read The Oreponlan classified ads.
Is Your H
Germ Ridden?
No matter how "spick and span"
your home may be, your family is
constantly menaced by disease un
less the danger spots are kept germ
proof by disinfection.
The germ-breeding places are dark, sun
less corners, floor cracks, garbage cans,
unwashed milk bottles, sinks, all kinds
of drain pipes, and old worn plumbing.
Used by boards of health to prevent th
spread of epidemics, by all hospitals as a re
liable disinfectant, and in hundreds of thou
sands of homes as a disease preventative.
No germ no matter how virulent can
live in its presence. Get a bottle of Lysol
today, use it unceasingly you will then
make a better fight against disease than
it can make against you. A 50c bottle
makes five gallons of dependable disin
fectant a 25c bottle, 2 gallons. Lysol is
also invaluable for Personal Hygiene. It
comes in 25c, 50c and $1.00 bottles.
Lysol Toilet Soap
Contains Lysol, and therefore
protects the skin from germ in
fection. It is refreshingly sooth
ing and healing and helpful for
improving the skin. Ask your
dealer. If he hasn't got it, ask
him to order it for you.
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1 - OUR SIGN IS
fcopyricht Hart SchiTfoer Mux
BEND STRIKE NEAR END
LVMBK.lt WORKERS EXPECTED TO
RETIRS TO WOUK. TODAY.
It. Hartnis:. President of State Fed
eration of Labor, Succeeds In
Getting factions Together,
BEND, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.)
Bend's mill strike seemed on the eve
of settlement today as the result of
an agreement between a committee of
the strikers and representatives of the
sawmill companies. O. R. Hartwic, of
Portland, president of the Oregon State
Federation of Labor, assisted in the
negotiations leading up to the agree
ment. The agreement was reported
back to the strikers, who are expected
to ratify it as a preliminary to return
ing to work tomorrow.
Both sides made concessions, the em -ployers
agreeing to take back all dis
charged men and not to discriminate
against union employes, while the em
ployes agree not to agitate the es
tablishment of a shorter working day
during the war. They also agree not
to ask any change in pay unless it
can be shown that their wages are
lower than those paid in the average
white pine mills.
A grievance committee to care for
possible future difficulties is also ar
ranged for.
The strike began last Monday when
four men were discharged by the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company. It
was claimed that they were discharged
because of their union sympathies.
Clair Covert, of Portland, organizer
Disinfectant
i
Lysol Shaving Cream
Contains Lysol, and kills germs
on razor and shaving-brush,
(where germs abound), guards
the tiny cuts from infection, and
gives the antiseptic shave. If
your dealer hasn't got it, ask him
to order a supply for you.
OUR BOND
J
Just a
Reminder
It's overcoat time and ours is the
overcoat store we say that because
our friends tell us we're leading in
styles, value and service.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
overcoats are helping us do it. You
can see the style in the picture ; come
in and we'll show you the all-wool
fabrics, high quality and fit.
$20 to
To top the new coat you'll find the best of styles
in our Fall Hats. The new Shirts, the new
Neckwear, everything for the better dressed
man, make this store your store.
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
The Men's Store for
Quality and Service
for the American Federation of Labor,
assisted Mr. Hartwig . and the local
committee.
Charles Ponton Burled.
The funeral of Charles Ponton was
held yesterday at the chapel of .T. P.
Schools to Conduct Programmes Today in Memory of Pro
hibition Pioneer Worker and Exponent of Cremation
Sr77r&& JET-
Tedlcated to the memory of I- RAXCKS
WILLAKU Is a Bronx- Tablet at the en
trance to the Portland Crematorium. It
reads:
-I HAVE THE PURPOSE to help forward,
progressive movement, even in my last
hours, and hence hereby decree that the
earthy mantle which I shall drop ere long,
when my real self passes onward in the
world unseen, shall be swiftly enfolded in
flames and rendered powerless, harmfully to
affect the health of the living. Let no
friend of mine say aught to prevent the
Cremation of my cast-off body. The fact
that the popular mind has not come to this
decision renders it all the more my duty.
who have seen the liicht. to stand for It
death, as I have sincerely meant in life to
stand by the great cause of poor, oppressed
humanity." ,
.Miss Willard. in honor of whose
memory the school children of Port
land will hold special programmes to
day, was cremated at Graceland Ceme
tery, Chicago. April 9, 1898.
A visit to the Portland Crematorium
will fclve you a better understanding
of why so many thinking: people favor
of the dead. Its more humane, more
make its appeal when it is better under
PORTLAND CREMATORIUM
JL
Painless Parker Outlaw
His Confessions
CHAPTER LXVII
Imagine the t
tUHfnem of the
forty-niner who
-with pick and
shovel, tramped In
the early day
over "low grade"
ore. larnorlne It
c o n t e mptnoualy
and aeeklnar only
nuarareta and "high
grade" pocketau
He waa used to
nluice boxes and
roc kern and knew
nothing about
anything ao mod
ern ai eyanldlng
and concentrating and the wonderful
thlnga that a Mama mill could do for
him. All he could think of waa the
-color." that showed In hla pan after
an ordinary waahlng.
Today mining, particularly In Call
fornln and Nevada, la being done on
"low grade ore that la, the kind
that doea not pay unleaa It la worked
In a modern and scientific manner.
This so-called "learned profession
of dentistry has been aeeklng nug
gets. It has gone' after only those
velna of rich gold that eould be mined
without modern methods. L.lke the
early pioneer. It haa acoffed at any
thing that put the trade on a scien
tific plane. Nothing was of Interest
unleaa the gold waa sticking out of
the ground. The big bodies of ordl
nary ore were passed by without try
ing to work them. It was. ao to
speak a lasy man's way of going
after the precious metal.
$50
Southeast Corner
Fifth and Alder
Finley & Son. Rev. William A. Magett
officiated, assisted by Rev. Daniel Drew.
The pallbearers were W. D. Allen, E.
W. Rutherford. J. C. Logan, V. Keene,
G. N. White and J. Cage. Interment
was in Mount Scott Park Cemetery.
Mr. Ponton is survived by his widow.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
this more beautiful form of disposition
comfortable atmosphere cannot but
stood.
14TH AND BYBEE
Sellwood Car to Crematorium
The dentists of today, jnst as the
dentists of yesterday and daya before
that, are still in the forty-niner class.
They have worked solely on the
"pocket-mining- theory quick re
turns and not too much labor.. Not
only that like so mnny owners of
claims In the mining district they
have Insisted on the perpetuation of
their own method of mining, and. un
less some fellow can oust them from
their holdings, they propose to atlck
tight and resist. Just like the dog In
the manger.
I have learned that 00 per cent of
the good people about us are In need
of dentistry, and I have learned that
they are not going to get dentistry
until we dentists change our tactics
and bring -the work up to them
through accepted methods of business,
such ns educational advertising, lec
turing nnd other recognised trade
stimulators.
Here la what the miner would call
"low grade ore that which will not
-pay high prlcea for Its dentistry. It
can be renched. it has been reached.
I have gone after the patronage of
the wage-earner the kind that the
aristocratic dentist refuses to touch
because there are no high fees in
that kind of work. The result is that
I have built up the greatest dental
business In Amerten.
The nugget chasers can have their
field. But f warn them that they are.
purely as a business proposition. Ig
noring the vast body of people need
ing dentistry, merely because they
won't seek It In a straight business
way and won't treat It Is an equally
sound business manner. Ad v.
(To be continued.)
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