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The Rich Man's Opportunity
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Common People's Want of Enthusiasm forSome
Multimillionaires By Doctor Newill 3D wight
Hillis, Pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. d
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(When al other Jonns of enthusiasm wane, the enthusiasm for
the hero Trill -war and grow more and more.
Property is the shield ahove the soul that protects it from the
cruelty of rain and snow and storm.
iWherever the man of unique financial genius has used his ten
talents to serve the thousands of his workmen who have only one
talent; wherever he has been, a shepherd to them, has given them
their just wage, told them no lies, given them brotherhood instead of
exploiting them, and applied the law of truth an& justice, that rich
man today is loved and revered, because of his service.
The common people know their friends. "When the rich man
'gives tp buy a little reputation, when he goes into politics to promote
his own interest, when he puts his name to head a subscription list
in order io call away the attention of the people from some act of
industrial injustice, the people see through the.device. They know
jvhen a man rings true.
The time has come for every patriot who loves his country and
believes ia the republic, in the sanctity of property, to speak out and
condemn anarchy and lawlessness toward man and God,, whether that
lawlessness be found among the ignorant or wise the poor or rich.
Text: "Ho (Christ), being; rich, for our
cakes -made himself poor."
"Woe unto those who lade themselves
down -with -thick clay."
MAN'S earliest and .latest enthusiasm
is his enthusiasm for heroes, and
hero worship. The rude clansman
asks for a noblo chief. Young artist pu
pils long for a great master. Joyfully
the soldiers die for the great General.
Once the true hero stands forth, the
common people rise up with an abandon
of gratitude for 'Kossuth, the patriot, for
Garibaldi, the deliverer of Italy; for -Lincoln,
the emancipator and martyr. Nor
the people forget their benefactors.
The years may come and the years may
go, but each year -wears more deeply the
pathway to the hero's tomb, -while par
ents tafce their little ones to his grave,
that they may kindle their torch from
the sacred flame that burns forever, on
this altar of love and remembrance.
Sometimes this enthusiasm for the rich
man takes on pathetic forms. Tolstoi
is a man of much gold, vast estates,
whose ancestral home was a castle. Tol
stoi has been gold to the common people,
4ndecd, but what is much more important,
he has been wisdom to the people, virtue
to the people, to them an example, a
guide, a shepherd, a, savior. He knew
that the life was more than meat, and
. that the least of his gifts was the gift
-of bread, that the real gift was himself,
'.expressed in terns of love and ecrvice.
e other day, the old man Tolstoi went
with an American guest to another city,
In Russia. When the people in the streets
recognized him, they rushed together, one
vast tumultuous multitude. "Workmen
kissed Tolstoi's hands, mothers lifted
their little children to touch the hem of
"Sis garment, peasants waved hats, shop
copers forgot their goods, and the peo
pletfted the old man in their arms, to
carry""&lm into the town. "What did it
r mean? irneans that for, generations 'to
come, fathers :and mothers 'will rise up
early and sit up late kindle virtue, the
love of truth and the Jilevotloa to duty
in. the minds of their fchjldren by re
hearsing the story of Tols'faiwho was
born to gold, lands, office and honors, a
man who, being rich, made his .gold to
shine for the peasants and the common
people. "When all other forms o'f enthtSv
siasm wane, the enthusiasm for the hero
T.ill wax and grow more and more.
"Why 2yo Enthusiasm for the Ilidi?
Nothing is more cortain than the pop
ularity of our merchants, our bankers,
our manufacturers. In the average town
and city. These have, through industry,
honor and Justice, earned their position
and the esteem, that is given to them.
And we would naturally expect, there
fore, that the men who have achieved
many, many millions would be similarly
honored by the Nation. But, with sorrow
and shame, we must confess that the
t common people of the republic exhibit
no enthusiasm ior the excessively rich,
save in one or two instances. Some ex
plain the fact by emphasizing envy, that
Is the vice of mean souls. It is said that
incompetence and failure are always
jealous of success. Criticism is the pen
alty that greatness and gold must pay.
Doubtless pro-eminence- Is open to the
attacks of the envious. The man who
climbs to the top of the ladder becomes
a target for those who tried to climb and
could not reach the top. It has been
isaid that even the President "pays dear
ly for his "White House." It would seem
to follow that popularity and enthusiasm
are lost when a man. achieves many,
many millions. But this statement Is as
superficial as it Is unjust History is a
wise teacher, and if history teaches any
thing It tells us that in all generations
if one rich man has been hated by reason
of his cruelty, and so lost leadership,
that the great man of that generation
has nearly always been a rich man who
has been the savior and the Idol of his
people, because of his justice and his
truth and pity for the sheep that looked
to him as shepherd. If any man thinks
that the common people aro always en
vious of the rich man In bis palace, lot
him recall Lord Shaftesbury, whose mon
ument has been erected by the poor in
London. Shaftesbury lived In a magnifi
cent country house, owned wide estates,
had a palace in the most exclusive street
in London, yet when he died 200,00ft peo
ple, of the common people and the- poor,
lined the 'streets. "Whole trades attended
in a body. An organization of working
women carried a banner, "I was anhun
gered, and yo ied me." A thousand boys
stood in one block, representing news-'--"boys,
bootblacks, costermongers. They
lifted on a flag these words, "I was sick
and in prison and ye ministered unto me."
Nothing would be easier than to match
the enthusiasm of the people for Shaftes
bury with a thousand similar names dur
ing the past 500 years. The common peo
ple are not envious of all rich men. The
Croesus who wants the enthusiasm of
the common people can be Idolized and
(almost worshiped by them. Nothing is
risked in the statement that many multi
millionaires in this country are throwing
away the greatest opportunity vouch
safed to any men of their era.
"WJiaX Wealth Can Bo.
The importance of this subject becomes
the more apparenthenwe consider tbejs ten talents, to serve tho thousands
number of rich men we have today, and
the greater number we will have tomor
row. The Republic is now worth approxi
mately one hundred billions. By reason
of the new tools, the new savings of
former wastes, the increase of produc
tion, the doubling of the treasures of
loom and shop and mine and forest and
field and herd and flock, it Is plain that
poor men are to become rich, and rich
men richer. Just now all the people have
the necessities and a few have the lux
uries. It is equally certain that if the
great industrial leaders will play fair
and work hard, and the laboring classes
do justice and work equally hard, that
soon, very soon, ail the people can enjoy
some of tho luxuries, and have leisure
in part But it must come through prop
erty. "Wealth we must have to support
school and college and gallery and home
Property is the shield above the soul that
protects it from the cruelty of rain and
enow and storm. But it seems then that
where we now have a few rich men we
are to have many, and our present little
wealth is to become great wealth. But
tho wealth must be organized. Shafts
bury's wealth was a blessing because he
intellectuallzed it Other men's wealth
ia a curse to the community, because it
has been made selfish. It is said that
tho rain from heaven and the wide river
Howing through the land change the des
ert Into a garden, and fill the land with
wealth and beuuty. Now this is abso
lutely untrue. Whether a river shall be
a blessing or a curse, depends upon what
it does. For one-half of it course tho
River Rhine turns nalllwheele, runs fac
tories, quickens the flight of spindles
relieves the laborer of his drudgery. Just
so long as it is giving and distributing
and serving, it cleanses tho air, enriches
the fields, carries, the ships of trade and
tho crafts of plchsjije. Finally, however,
the Rhino refuels service. It spreads out
over the fields,, and refuses to flow. It
turns the land into a vast swamp, be
cause It Is stagnant Through selfishness
it becomes a kind of Dead Sea. It lives
for itself aloie. From its flow rise clouds
of miasm,, until its breath is pestilence,
and Its Wings are death. So also is it
with property. Whenever a man has pro
duced wealth and used it pouring his
soul througn it and making It serve.
gaining that wealth by truth, Juetice, in
dustry economy.-prudence and t! rift, and
then handing it on, saying to this poor
boy, 'Gq to college and speak for tho
people"; tb this poor artist, "Study and
paint for thc-iople"; to this great au
thor, "Instruct and wrftc for the peo
ple"; to this architect, "Build for tho
people"; to this physician, "Heal the peo
ple and succor the people." "Then wealth
has blessed the stat i. That man shall bo
like "a tree planted by "the rivers of
water; he shall bring forth his fruit in
his season, and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper." Just now, however, this kind
of man is as occasional as a solitary palm
tree waving in a desert But the time is at
hand when rich men shall be like tho tree
of life, growing on the banks of the river
of the water of life, named abundance for
all the people.
Why Unique Commercial Genius?
Why is it that God gives some men
unique financial genius? The true answer
Is based upon tho old division of society
into the six classes of men. God raises
up the soldier to keep the state in lib
erty, the physician to keep the slate in
health, the teacher to keep the state in
knowledge, the pastor to keep the state
in morals, tho jurist to keep the 3tate
in justice, while the manufacturer or mer
chant has been raised up to feed the state
and clothe the state. The soldier, named
Garibaldi or Phocion or Cromwell, dies to
keep tho Btate in liberty. The poet named
Homer or Dante or Emerson, begs bread
and lives ia a simple cottage. His
reward is in the consciousness that he
has Inspired the people. Lincoln is
raised up to emancipate the weak. He
makes no charge for his unique wisdom,
gives his golden sentences freely, pays
tho prico for-tho common people's ador
ation, and dies for the state without com
mercial reward. In times of cholera or
yellow lever, the physicians go South, and
freely risk life to keep the people in
health. Did the discoverer of ether take
v)ut a patent on his anaesthetic"? Mer
chantsurged him to do so; they said that
he could die worth a million dollars.
Their argument was that the merchant,
in tho hour of physical agony, would glvo
his storo or factory in exchange for this
wisdom tha destroys pain for wife or
child. Did he hold tho people up, taking
advantage of the genius God had given
him? What if Paul had refused to give
his genius, manifest in tho Ode to Love
and the argument of Immortality, In the
book of Corinthians, and declined to yield
the fruit of his genius unless the people
paid bim. In a river of gold? Emerson
tolled for the people, of this country on
an income of $1200 a year. And why does
God give to a manufacturer his genius
or to a merchant his talent and strength?
It is that he may feed the state and
clothe the state, laboring as Homer sang,
as Dante dreamed, as Milton wrote, as
Emerson prayed, as nurse or physician
do and die, with the self-abnegation of
Lincoln, and the Belf-sacrifice of Kos
suth and Tolstoi. And wherever the
man of unique financial genius has used
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of his workmen "who have only one talent;
wherever he has been . shepherd to them,
has given themthclr' just wage, told them
no lies, given th'rr brotherhood Instead
of exploiting them, and applied tho law
of truth and -Justice, that rich man today
is loved and revered, because of hie serv
ice. He also, least of all, knows what an.
outburst' of sorrow will go up from lt3
peopl... when he has passed from this
eai tli. How littlo does he suspect the rev
cvence with which parents will mention
his name to their children!
The Exploiting of the People.
But ovor against this man put the man
of financial genius whose motto Is squeeze
the workmen, pinch them, exploit them.
Force the wage down, use hunger and
want and .cold and necessity as scourge.
Tell lies to the people to get gold. Bribe
railway officials, extort secret privileges,
and the devil take the hindormost And
then, having gotten the multi-millions, to
use Ruskin's expressive word, he says:
"Here am I. Come, working people, build
me a palace In the city, enthrone me on
high. Build me pleasure barges and
fashion thrones. Make a crown for my
head, weave rugs for my feet with silken
threads; sing before me, that I may sleep.
Dance beforeme that I may laugh. Speak
before me that I may admire. Burn In
cense that I may breathe Its sweetness.
Mix wine for mo and fill up the cup of
flattery that I may drink and forget." Is
not this the cxaot and literal biography of
men for whom the common people have
no enthusiasm? Be not deceived. The
common people know their friends, When
the rich man gives to buy a little reputa
tion, when he goes Into politics to pro
mote his own Interest, when he
puts his name to head a sub
scription list to call away tho atten
tion of the people from some act of in
dustrial injustice, the people seo through
the device. They know when a man rings
true. You can fool some of the people all
the time, you can fool all of the people
some of the time; you cannot fool all of
the people all of the time. The common
people are not always right, but In terms
of ten years' Judgment the common peo
ple are almost never wrong. Tho peasants
of Ruspla have decided; they have written
the name of Tolstoi in letters of gold on
that monument of remembrance set up In
the heart; low down and bespattered with
mud, In letters of blackness, they have
written the name of the Czar and- the
rich Princes, who might have been held In
everlasting remembrance.
Flesh Nexus Cash Xexus.
Long ago Carlyle spoke of the cash
nexusbetweenthe employer and his work
men. He mourned over tho chasm that
was being digged between the head of the
factory and his worklngmen. He prophe
sied that if the time ever came when the
employer and manufacturer, with his ge
nius, ceased to be a, shepherd and a father
and friend to those who had less genius
than himself, and bought worklngmen and
sold them, as he bought tools and wool,
his people would organize and turn
against him. And that -when he had ex
ploited them .and driven them down,
using his genius to make the "wage less
and less at the labor end, and the profits
more and more at the capital end,
they would produce less and less, and he.
would, as a man of genius, gain less and
less. Carlyle believed that the law of
Industrial Justice was the law of wealth,
for capital and labor alike. For a gen
eration the employer called his workmen
hands and despised them. Then the work
men met contempt with hate. They or
ganized and held back their hands and
limited the output, working grudgingly,,
and now England has lost' the market of
the world. After three generations of the
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deficient eyes, fiahby les and arms and
shrunken chests. Not ono boy In teq
could pass the military examination.
Meanwhile, capital and tho employers
have suffered by exploiting the people.
"In our country also there are men who
are adopting the same method. I know a
great manufacturer of lnstx'uments, who
runs his factory for ten months In the
year. He shuts the shop always at a time
when the working people are neediest.
By doing this ho breaks up the union of
his worklngmen, gets them to the poind of
hunger and under the scourge of want in
Winter, and then forces them to accept,
not a living, but a starving. He Is said
to be worth' $15,000,000. He has just given
a large sum to educate young men and
women In his own town. God put him in
Irelation with his worklngmen. His nexus
was a nesn arm mooa nexus tnrougn
their hands. Out of his hundreds and
hundreds of worklngmen trie vast ma
jority hate him. In the Winter they
wakon to curse his name; at night they
sleep, praying 'God for vengeance on him.
Meanwhile, knowing that tho nexus be
tween himself and those whom God gave
to him as sheep, to be guided by his
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How Best to Secure Clean Markets
3Icssago From, the Scv Inspector Asking: Co-Operntion of
Every Portland Buyer.
At the request of Tho Orrgonlan,
liilan I Ulan 12. Tingle, director of the
Portland School of Domestic Science,
lias written the following article,
which appeal, or should appeal, to
every housewife In Portland. MLis
Tingle was recently appointed Market
Inspector and has It la her power to
coerce negligent marketmea into'
needed reform, but she does not pro
pose at tho start to jro about with a
club. She wants the aid of every one
who boys perishable food at the mar
Vets. Her theory Js tluvt threatened
loss of business will arouse In careless
merchants the Instinct of self-p reser
vation and thus establish not for a
week or a month, but permanently, a
system of .cleanliness so necessary to
public health.
IF the housekeepers of Portland
really desire clean markets and the
proper treatment of the food ma
terials they provide for their house
holds, It -will be necessary for each and
every one to lend a hand in "tho long
pull and strong pull" wo aro making.
Spasmodic offort is worse than useless.
An inspector alone may talk until
doomsday, may make regulations and
invoke the strong arm of the law
again and again, but nothing perma
nent and satisfactory can be accom
plished until the Individual housewife
realizes her responsibility and under
takes to show her marketman in a
practical way that she really cares
whether sanitary or unsanitary con
ditions exist.
No doubt thero are some women who
do not care, who say when one talks
of danger from dirt Oh, don't add an
other horror to life. If what you say
were true, we should all be dead long
ago." "Well, some of us are dead, and
some of us are sick, and many of us
are dragging along with diminished
vitality from these very causes. Un
fortunately, it, is not always oasy in
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trying to establish a .icXus with students,
because thnt appeals y& his Trrlde, and
gains public approbation. An aqc of jus
tice or kindness to his own worklngmen
would bring no praise; for generosity, be
cause the public know that that would
be simple truth and deserves no praise.
This man Is a real anarchist. He Is de
stroying the confidence of the poor In the
Institutions of the Republic He is will
ing to ruin the people, but he Is very
angry if anybody describes their destruc
tion. The real crime, however, ts his
doing the thing, and not my mentioning it.
The time has come for every patriot, who
loves his country, and believes In the Re
public, In tho sanctity of property, to
speak out and condemn anarchy and law
lessness toward man and God, whether
that lawlessness be found among the
ignorant or wise, the poor or rich. The
only path that leads to peace is the path
of justice and obedience to the laws of the
Republic and the laws of God. On tho
other hand, the path that leads to honor
and love and Immortal remembrance Is
the path of service, justice and brother
hood. The common people know their
enemies and never forget their friends.
Immortal forever that man who, being
rich, for the people's sake makes himself
poor. (Copyright, 1905, by McClure, Phil
lips & Co.)
these matters to trace back from ef
fect to cause and show such peoplo the
definite results of carelessness. Na
ture has a curious system of book,
keeplng: she sends In her bills with
unfailing regularity and they? must
all be paid some day, but she seldom
dates them, and never gives an Item
ized account. We are beginning, how
ever, to understand some of her meth
ods, and it behooves us to live, up to
our knowledge and to try to gain
more.
But the housewife who cares, what
can sho do? First, she must inform
herself as to what precautions ought
to be taken in the handling of food
and how much can be reasonably ex
pected; and then she can use that
strongest of arguments the pocket
argument with her dealer. She
should give her custom only to those
who show themselves willing to com
ply with the demands of modern clean
liness. This point cannot be too
strongly emphasized. She should re
quire at least as much care and neat
ness In the handling of material that
is to be put into and, in part, will be
her body, as she does in the handling
of material which Is to adorn her
body. It will no doubt be sometimes
troublesome and disagreeable to no
tice and to speak about these things,
but it is tho only way in which she
can discharge her duty to her family
and to herself. let her take the trou
ble for the honor of her calling the
greatest In the world.
Now for a few practical details as to
what she should require. Cleanliness is,
after all, a vague word, and very vari
ously interpreted.
Careful housekeeper, what follows is
addressed to you personally:
You must demand:
Personal cleanliness on the part of the
salespeople; clean aprons and overalls
that can be frequently washed, instead of
the woolen clothes, stiff with ancient
grease and dirt, that we so often find in
our investigations. Provision for fre
quent washing, and-the use of such provi
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sion, so that food material may not be
contaminated or deteriorated by hands
that have recently touched anything ob
jectionable. 'An Immense amount of edu
cation is necessary along these lines.
Second Protection of food materials by
glass, wherei'er possible Do not buy any
of the following foods If they have not
been kept under - glass or otherwise se
curely protected from dust: Dried and
salt Ash, cheese, cooked meats, honey,
pickles, olives, sauerkraut, mincemeat,
bread, cakes, biscuits, lard, butter, candy,
dried fruit. In up-to-date markets, these
and some other foods aro always pro
tected In tills way. Is there any reason
why Portland should be behind tho times?
Third Protection of vegetables and
meats from street flies, dogs and rats.
This means that such goods should not
be exposed on the sidewalks, and that
even inside the stores, boxes of vegetable
should be at least two feet above tho
floor, and that screens and mosquito bars
be freely used. Jt Is hardly necessary
nowadays to emphasize tho danger from
flies and rats as carriers of disease germs.
Fourth General cleanliness In tho store
Clean walls, well-scrubbed floors and
I shelves. Ceilings free from cobwebs. Pro
tection of food during sweeping and dust
ing. Good ventilation.
Fifth Food kept free from decaying
matter. In looking over fish, poultry and
vegetables, one too often see3 fresh and
stale plied together. Even though you
have the knowledgo which enables you to
select the best, you must realize how the
best may be deteriorated by contact with
partially decayed matter. Bo critical and
careful In your selection, and do not hesi
tate to blame whero necessary.
Sixth Care of goods In delivery. Bo
sure that things come to you properly
wrapped and In clean delivery wagons,
and that there is no direct handling by
tho drivers.
Insist upon a high standard of care and
cleanliness, and you will find the market
men anxious to meet your wishes. If
they aro not now, they soon will be, if
you show them you aro In earnest, and
that It will make a difference to their
business whether they are on a clean list
or not. With them, naturally, it is
chiefly a business proposition; with you
it is a matter of duty to yourself and to
your neighbor. See to it, also, that your
own kitchen and basement are above re
proach, and that the care and handling
of the food there Is what it ought to be.
We must all co-operate housewives,
market men and Board of Health for
better conditions, and for the good name
and good health of Portland.
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Historical Gavel
Part of the AVood Im From
First Apple Tree Grown in
Ore roh Territory.
THE Oregon Historical Society is
preparing an Interesting souvenir
which it will shortly present to the
Iowa Historical Society. It Ls a gavel
consisting of four pieces of wood, each
piece taken from a historic tree grown in
this state. Moreover, three of the pieces
have a connection in some way with the
State of Iowa.
The handle of the jgavel is made of the
wood of a service berry shrub which grew
upon the donation claim of Morton M.
McCarver about two miles above Oregon
City. Mr. Carver came from Iowa to
this state in 12543, the first year of em
igration. He was, a pioneer of restless
and intrepid character, and Is credited
with being the founder of Burlington, la.;
Linton, Or., and Tacoma. Wash.
McCarver's donation claim above Ore
gon City has been, since 1S63. tho prop
erty of Mr.. Warner. The service berry.
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bush, now become historic, grew to un
usual size. Its berries, when dried were
used in makingpemmican. combined with
kause, camas and sunflower roots and
vpnfeon.
The service berry wood, though of lig' t
weight, has a fine grain and taka an
excellent polish. It is the color of vlr.;
maple.
The head of the gavel Is composed ol
tnree pieces ox wood, apple, cherry art
uregon' grape. Tho apple wood grew
the orchard of Dr. John McLoughlin. at
Vancouver. Tho tree was planted bv
James Bruce, the old Scotch gardner, and,
was among the first lot of seedllnar an-5
V hitman is authority for the statement'
tnat these seeds were brought from Lon
don in 1825. A number of young men who
were coming out to the Western "World
a3 employes of the Hudson's Bay Com
pany were given a farewell dinner before
sailing. The seeds of apples eaten at the
dinner were thrust into the pockets, of
tne young men by some of the girls wh 3
were present Later, after their arrival
at Fort Vancouver, the seeds were dis
covered and given, to Bruce. Elolse Mc
Loughlin must have played under the
apple trco when It was pink and white
with blossoms. Mrs. Whitman and Mrs.
Spaulding ate of its fruit, and In her
diary entry for September 12. 1S38. the
former makes mention of this. Jason
Lee must have walked under the shado
of the tree, and old Dr. John hunself and
the madame had many associations with
it. Indeed, if one gives way to imagina
tion and pictures the sights which the ap
ple tree must have shared, the whole
history of tho old fort at Vancouver H
its early days comes peering forth- from
the shadows of the days of long ago.
When this tree was cut down George H.
Hlmes secured a piece of It for the His
torical Society.
The cherry wood in the gavel is from a
Royal Ann tree, tho scion of which was
brought across tho plains from Iowa in
1S47. So it is going back to the land of
Its nativity. One Henderson Luelllng. a
North Carolinian "by birth, who had set
tled In Iowa, became much interested in
the Oregon country through reading tha
journals of Lewis and Clark. In 1S15 ha
began preparations to remove to tha
Coast Having learned the nurseryman's
craft, he conceived the idea of bringing
out a number of fruit trees of different
kinds. Ho grafted the best kinds of
fruit on to seedling stocks and in 1S47
had from S00 to 1000 scions. Theso h
planted In two long boxes in earth about
a foot deep. They were shielded from
hungry cattle by frames built up around
the sides. Then Luelling set off across
the plains with his traveling nursery,
drawn by stout horses. Most of tho sci
ons lived, and when he arrived at a spot
in the present town of Milwaukie he halt
ed and transplanted them into the soil
of Oregon. Thus caine the first nursery
here.
One of ,the most notable trees from
these scions is one now growing on the
David Chambers estate near Olympla.
Chambers came all the way from Puget
Sound to buy a fruit tree of Lewclling.
He secured a large cherry tree, which
he carried down the Columbia In a boat.
At the mouth of the Cowlitz he loaded the
tree on horseback and rode homewards
over the trail. He was rewarded tha
second year by a small crop of cherries.
Every year since, without fall the tree
has given of its delicious fruit, and even
now-, in venerable age, grown to the
great girth of nine feet and six Incites.
It bears each year its snowy blossoms and
ripens its harvest of luscious cherries.
The cherry wood in the gavel being made
is, however, from a tree that grew to
old age on Lewellyn's place, where It was
first set out
The gavel will bo finished in about two
weeks and will then be forwarded to
Iowa City, Ia., where the State Histori
cal Society has its headquarters.
3fodern Wives.
Truth.
"Algy, dear," a well-known- woman
asked across tho table at a recent din
ner, "have we any children? I forget
Anotherjsilonced her husbandf at luncheon
,by saying: "Husbands"are made to ba
seen, not to bo heard."
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