The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 25, 1909, SECTION FIVE, Image 53

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Newspaper Page Textstx SUNDAY OREGOXIAJf, PORTLAND, JULY 25, 1909. Take Your 0 tin TJ1C In Portland Life Is Worth Living but it's Paradise in the Summer on the Upper Clackamas Restful Retreats From the Noise of the City Deep Creek, Eagle Creek, Cazadero, Estacada, and a Score of Other Frequented Spots, Including the Extensively Improved Natural Park on the Banks of the Clackamas Adjacent to the - line on Beautiful Hotel Estacada Open all the year round, and offering to the people of Portland and vicinity a high class, delightful, healthy dining and outing place. ; JPSfyBx jiciS i isjl J?' if" FALLS-AT THE DAM NEAR CAZADERO Trains From and To Portland Every 2 Hours Fare $1.35 Round Trip, 'Good for 30 Days Week-Erid Trips $1 Round Trip Fare on Sunday 75c Round trip good for day only. For further information, reservations, etc., phone Traffic Department, B 2445, or Main 6688. All trains leave East TVater and East Morrison. - -ri - i ; ' - ' - . . " W..':..X:...". ..-. Ov "'- . .-. . j lllfc- jrfcWtfHn-W TTv"r illlilliiHn niliirtiMlMtfcn mi l 4. - MM. twwta fc-yMrtanwwMBAMteoMMi The Place to Entertain Visitors The Place to Bring Your Family and Friends An elegant and well-appointed house. Large, comfortable dining-rooms. Excel lent service and cuisine. A magnificent panorama of nature. The comfort of im mense verandas and large parlors. Accessible by good road to automobiles or car riages. Ample shelter in case of storm, and good accommodations for saddle horses. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DINING-ROOMS Dancing-room for private parties. .Long:distance telephones, etc. Dinners and ban quets given careful attention. Private dining-room for parties of four to sixteen reserved upon request. RATES $2.00 PER DAY $10.00 TO $12.00 PER WEEK. Portland Railway, Lig-ht & Power Company A rvrtmin Rich Mao. br -William All White, fl.50. Th Macmlllan Company. Nw Torlt City. It would seem that this novel of American business life would have (truck the stream of popular approval at flood tide, had It appeared, say, two years ago. when Mr. Roosevelt was shouting- at . malefactors of g-reat wealth and soulless corporations. At the same time the novel has a message for today, and for Its bril liant character drawinR and that ros tpy, desultory style of writing- that stamps William Allen White's literary work, "A Certain Rich Man" will earn a high place in the season"s fiction. 3t Is Rood, clean and provides a vaca tion from the cares of the hour. It resemhles a Chinese play, because it besrins with the hero's boyhood, de scribes his long, busy life and ends with his death. Its tone is often re ligious, never flippant, and one of its best assets Is its.Klowinic descriptions f the calm, serene beauties of nature. Its moral l that a mapnate never did any real Rood with money. Some peo ple In a hurry may with the best of Intentions start to read the story, nd will find the march of the thread of events sometimes broken by needless observations, reminiscences Wit if they read to the end. the pure Rold will Rreet them. 8ome swear words could be omitted. This particular Mr. White is a loveable but never-ln-a-rush sort of person. . "A Certain Rich Man" does not seem to be Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Carnegie. His name is John Barclay, money grab ber: his town Is Sycamore Ridifc. and action starts just before our Civil War. Svcamore Ridse is a little town in the Middle West. and. in the words of the fruldebook : Sveamnr. Kids. ipulRtion c;.34r",. cen 'm.'l'iiM.; lrB water main: main industry. milMnst; Al. mannfariunns ; five wholenale Rous'- fc:it Ward fnivernlty. Ivtoo Mu ijts; Garrison County High School, and a businf col;.' Th Irty-flve churches, two lieu !U'apr!t. it- PriIv Banner and tiie Im!x: im:i' of rtav.rt trel; iarjrv !.t'.t:i-Hrt-h bride in th West, marking .it of battle of .-amor Rldir. a border riiffan i,k:rm'h: horn of Whiw McHurdle. t:noi! a urltor of war lon-t; beat known "bl.-h i-. etc. Tie flavor of Kansas pervades all the papos. which amount to 434. John Harclay Is first introduced as a littla boy plavins make-believe Indians in the woods. His father had been killed at Wotport I-amiinR for daring to prcao'i am abolition sermon to rabid Southern sympathizers, and his mother 'was a tall, thin woman, not yet 30, brown and tanned, with a strong, mas .ullne face, and ns she came nearer one could see that she had a square, tirm Jaw. and (treat, kind. Kray eyes, that Ujrhted her countenance from a i.erne son!." line day in tiie Summer of 1SS0 the town was raided by Captain L.ee and 40 of hU "Ked Lees." calling them selves "The Army of the Border." They looked like pirates, and "proceeded to net bawlli:s .irunk. whereupon they In troduced to the town the song which for the moment was the National hymn of Kansas: Am 1 m oldir of ih boss, A follower of Jim l.an. Tnn nhouM I fear to ateal a hna. Or K;h to ride the earn? Ante-bellum days, enlisting time and the war period are briefly but skillfully mir rored. The boy Barclay witnesses one battle: "He saw a troop of Alabamians nunge over a log In a charge, and roll feF"J,' -A -" - - " V r . . -' ' V - T ' , - T e- - - - aT k . ,- ' - - i ii" -Tin i i -i ariin hi i ii- rn. i riiriM . ntn other railroads for his grain products that no competitor could duplicate. And when a competitor began to grow beyond the flma-U-fry clais, Barclay either bought him out or built a mill beside the offender and crushed him out. Experts taught him the value of the chaff from the grain. He had a dozen mills to .which he shipped the refuse from hia flour, and heaven only knows what else, and turned the stuff into various pan cake flours and breakfast foods. He Bpent hundreds of thousands of dollars in adver tising In a day when large appropriations for advertising were unusual. . And the words "Barclay's Best" glared at the trav eler from crags In the Rocky Mountains and from the piers of all the great harbor bridges. He used Niagara to glorify the name of Barclay and "Use Barclay's Best." had to be washed off the statue of the Goddess of Liberty in New Tork harbor. Barclay began to think that any wish he had might De gratified, that he could accomplish the impossible, and that ho was a money god. Then came Roosevelt ism, Indictments, the wrath of the peo ple because of his criminally-earned wealth, and a breaking up. His death, as a hero, is an unlooked-for one but it would' be unfair to the story to say more. Colonel Martin Culpepper, Barclay's wife and daughter. Watts McHurdie, Neal Dow Ward, Judge Bemls. Jacob Dolan, Robert Hendricks. Henry Schnltzler, Molly Culpepper. Nellie Logan and Kliza beth Cady Stanton Ward are well re membered characters, and in leaving them one almost thinks they have lived. r'llliam Allen White, born at Emporia, n.. In 1S6S, is the owner and editor of the Emporia Daily and Weekly Gazette, and was educated at the common schools of EI Dorado, Kan., and at the state university. Lawrence, Kan. He is widely known as the author of "The Real Issue and Other Stories." 1S!9, 'the Court of Boyvllle." 1S99. "Stratagems and Spoils," 1901, and "In Our Town," 190. In an awful, writhing, screaming pile of dying men and horses, and in a heap he saw the terror-stricken face of a youth, who was shrieking for help. John carried that fear-distorted face In his memory for years." In that battle. John was shot in the foot and sustained a wound which caused him to limp all his life. As a boy and youth, Barclay was a natural trader, organizer, and a grabber of his own and others' rights. He be came a lawyer, and was able to sing baritone in a church choir and play a pipe organ. But he heard the call of money-making, and began with grain, or ganized flour-mill concern under a cen tral body, bought and sold railroads, floated the National Provisions Co.. wa tered every stock he ssued. bought Judges, legislatures, senatorn, congress men, made and unmade laws, and even threatened and tried to own the Presi dent of the I'nited States. How many millions, of money Barclay made he didn't know but he was a very rich man. He correspondingly became cruel and relent less: In the sunshine of that era of world-wide prosperity in the .sfts. John Barclay made much hay. He spent little time In Sycamore RidK. and his private car might be found In Minnesota today and at the end of the week in California. As president of the Corn Belt Road and as controlling direct or In the North Lake Line, he got rates on ! The Shadow of the Crescent by Edward Bedinger Mitchell. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York City. If anyone doubts that the sensational novel built on international lines and with Incidents strictly up to date is in evidence, all the doubter has to do is to call for his Jap or his Chinaman as the case may be and ask .for Mr Mitchell's new novel, "The Shadow of the Crescent," which refers in closing to the recent revolution in Turkey. How Is that for enterprise? We may expect very soon to see a novel announced which the plot may Include airships and the Wright brothers. I Unusually cautious are the publishers ; of "The Shadow of the Crescent." They ; make this special announcement: "In ! view of the close connection of parts of 1 this novel with the present revolution In j Turkey, we wish to announce that the1 I American hero, the mysterious heroine. ' and the unusual complications involving j the Envoy of a foreign power, have no 1 counterparts In real life." Is it pos- sible that the publishers contemplate ' visiting Turkey In the near future, or do they fear the displeasure in this coun i try of the Toung Turks? I Mr. Mitchell seems to have annexed the departmental-stone method of novel making. He has grouped quite a collec tion of Incidents, strung them together, and has served them as a, bargain dis play. Scene follows scene in swift suc cession, and the reader's Interest, once awakened, is never allowd to falter. The story is rather entertaining than a work of art. On page one. we make the acquaintance of Ronald Lampton, 37 years old, a young American who has inherited riches and leisure through the recent death of his Uncle Marston. The latter had be queathed to his nephew the care of a ward. Miss Doris Revere, 20 years old, then at a finishing school in Canada. Lampton is residing in Paris, and has occasion to save the life of a distin guished Oriental named Michael Kara, a native of Albania. Turkey, and as Kara is closely pursued by mysterious j enemies, he gives a signet ring for safe l keeping Into the nanas oi nis rescuer. Lampton. Arabian peddlers and others of that ilk begin immediately to look up Lampton and try to rob him of the ring. This so grieves him that he hastens to America and brings Miss Doris to 11 vo with him and his aunt. Enemies multiply around Lampton and wherever he goes there is generally a fight. Once, a woman he doesn't know gives him a cigarette which he begins to smoke, and lie loses unconsciousness. At another time, a strange peddler shows Lampton a rug he wishes to sell, and of course, when Lampton smells, the rug, he faints when he inhales the perfume con cealed in It. The conspirators, headed by the rug-peddler, abduct Miss Doris and the chase takes Lampton and his chum. Rawlins, Into the Syrian-Turkish district of New Tork City. Fights occur in which the hero's fists do damage, and knives thrown Just miss his head. Indeed, so often Is he In war that It is a wonder he doesn't carry a field hospital and surgeons. A hint is dropped that the abductors have taken Miss Doris to Uskub, a mountain resort on the Servian frontier, and hither go Lampton and his bodyguard. Lampton notices that among the Turks he meets that his signet rfng seems to be a talis man of good luck. Suddenly, robbers capture and carry him away to a mighty commander of the faithful of the district and the chief turns out to be our old friend Michael Kara, head of the Kara clan or family, now a leader of the Toung Turks about to declare for a Turkish constitution. Kara reveals a romantic story con nected with the birth of Miss Doris, who Is rescued about this time, and the au thor appears about to plunge into the Turkish Revolution. However, his re ference is of the briefest. It's a great chance missed. t No Refuge but In Truth, by Goldwin Smith a. P. Putnam's Sons, New Tork City, and the J. K. Gill Company, Portland. Ten papers on religious subjects, by one of the foremost thinkers ot tne age. The thoughts now printed in this little book of 93 pages originally appeared in the New Tork Sun newspaper, and one paper, appeared in the North American Reviffw. So much discussion has been caused by the dissemination of the opinions referred to. that Dr. Smith agreed to the publi cation of this small edition. What he says will doubtless shock the orthodox, for Dr. Smith doubts the belief that man has an immortal soul Inserted into a mor- tal body; does not believe in ghosts; won't accept the story of creation as told In Genesis, and questions the statements of the Gospel. Still, the message of such a distinguished scholar who believes that "there will be mercy for those who love mercy and seek truth." will be read with uncommon interest, mingled with curios ity. New Century Reference Library, edited by Charles Leonard-Stuart, B. A. Eight vol- umes. Illustrated. Syndicate Publishing Co., New York City. Persons possessing only moderate in comes yet anxious after knowledge, will find in these eight well-bound, well-printed volumes what they have been looking for, something that ap peals to their actual requirements and yet within reach of their pocketbooks. Mr. Leonard Stuart, the editor, says that the books are "complete, thorough, practical," and the discriminating read er will agree with his sense of pro portion n making this fair estimate. The editor has had the distinguished assistance of these notable contribu tors: Grover Cleveland. George B. Courtelyou. William Jennings Bryan, Major C. E. Dutton, of the.C S. Geo logical Survey. Professor A- P. Brown, University of Pennsylvania, Alexander Wine-hell. University of Michigan. Pro fessor A. C. Coolldge. Harvard Uni versity, Simon Newcomb, director U. 8. Naval Observatory. G. T. Purves, D. D D.. Priceton University, Profes sor H. S. Williams, Cornell University, Dr. Cyrus Edson, United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, J. AcKerman coles, M. D., Professor S. H. Douglas, unl versity of Michigan, former president Charles W. Eliot, Harvard University, Edward Everett Hale, dean, United States Senate, Professor Cleveland-Abbe, U. S. Signal Service, William H. Welch, M. D., Johns Hopkins University, W. R. Merriam, Director U. S. Census, and James Hervey Hyslop, Columbia Uni versity. The old-fashioned, cumbersome ency. clopaedla-ldea has been departed from in the preparation of these easuy-nan died, attractive-looking volumes, and the American plan of lucidity and brev lty has Instead been followed. An in centive to the "reference habit" beck ons the thoughtful reader, and the in formation is fairly up to date. Over 150.000 separate titles will be found in the various sections of the series, and the special features embrace a bio graphical dictionary, maps, a gazetteer, a pronouncing dictionary of the English language, a topical Index of all sub jects in classified groups, a question section, etc. The information given Is as correct as Ingenuity can devise. Automobile Law for Motorist, by Judge Twvman O. Abbott. 1.50, cloth. The Rellly & Britton Qo., Chicago, 111. Owners of autos, dealers and all and sundry interested In that business will welcome this little book filled with legal advice as to the law of the road and-, the principles of the law of neg ligence, with a compilation of tire mo tor-vehicle statutes enacted by tne var ious states, including that of Oregon. So many auto tours are undertaken be tween different states, that autoists will be glad to know their rights and how far they can go without breaking the law. The information imparted is conveniently divided into paragraphs conveniently reached and easily found under black letter headlines and by an index. The Abbott "rules'- number in. Practical Agitation, by John Jay Chapman ' $1.25. Moffat, Yard & Co., New York City. Seven lectures or esays on political and literary subjects, deliverances which are not brought down to date because they refer to public events which hapened I several years ago and are described from a New Tork standpoint. Therefore, the essays have no National significance, but win aouot less be received-with favor by the se feet New York coterie who first doubt less srave them inspiration. 'Mr. Chap man should learn to know what he Is talking about when he discusses the motives of newspapers, rlis statement, as to the newspaper trade, on page94, line eight, ought to be corrected. How to Cook Vegetables, by Olive Green. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City, and ' the J. K. Gill Company, Portland. The authoress is of the opinion that in spite of the great variety of vege tables grown in America, the average cook falls her worst in cooking them. She also thinks that a cabbage has temperament, personality and influ ence which reaches far and wide. A practical cook to whom I have shown this book says that It has given her many ideas and comfort, and that sev eral recipes, advocated have been known to her for some little time, but that she didn't have the courage until now to put them into effect. Now yum. yum! The little book is a junior cooking school in print. The Age of Gold, by Luther Eugene Camp bell. 1.2.. WhltSKer & Ray-Wlggin com pany. San Francisco. Mr. Campbell Ocnows the Far North. for he was one of the many thousands who sought Alaska's gold fields, follow ing the discovery, of placer ' deposits In the Upper Yukon, in 1896-97. He is a natural poet, and his poems breathe lyric beauty and have the Impress of a man i who has really Uvea tne me ne writes about. His verse reads well, and It printed on Bangalore deckle-edge paper, in clear, old-style type, with a half-tone portrait of the poet. The book is an A-Y-P Exposition souvenir edition. Tbe Power of Self-Suggestion, by Rev. Samuel McComb, D. D. Moffat, Yard A Co., New York City. Forty-two printed pages of advice so wise as to securing mental good health, that it Is golden, and the pity is that the, message couldn't be engraved, wllltngljr or unwillingly, on all our memories. Dr. McComb is the well-known associate di rector of the Emmanuel movement, Bos ton, Mass.. and is recognized as an ex pert on the subject. JOSEPH M. QUENTIN. NEW BOOKS RECEIVED. The Infamous John Friend, by Mrs. R. 3, Garnett, $1.50 (Holt & Co.) Causes and Consequences, by John Jaj; Chapman. $1.25 (Moffat-Yard). Note These books were received for re view through the courtesy of The J. K. GUI Co.: "Songs for the Chapel." "By Right of Conquest." "American History," by James and Sanford; "The Woman and the Sword." and "Belles, Beaux and Brains of the 60s.' CZAR TO LIVE AT CAPITAL: For First Time in Five Years Royal Family Will Be in St. Petersburg. BERLIN, July 24. (Special.) Arrange ments are in progress for the reoccupa tion of the Winter Palace In St. Peters burg by the imperial family after the . Autumn sojourn in Talta Palace, In ths Crimea, which will follow the Czar's of ficial visits to foreign governments. It Is five years since the court has been In residence In the capital. In that period the ceremonial life of St. Petersburg so ciety has been practically in abeyance. It Is quite likely that the new Sultan of Turkey will he the Czar's first visitor in, the coming season, for the Russian state visits this year are expected to include one to Constantinople, where Emperor Nicholas will pay his respects to the new regime. Fuller information regarding the Bjorko meeting confirms the earlier Impression that Russian international politics will continue absolutely on the lines previous ly adopted. The German Emperor deliv ered a lengthy monologue to M. Stolypin on the science and art of government in great empires, which have to maintain unity while embracing nationalities of dif ferent traditions to the predominant pow er within them. M. Stolypin. who is him- self a rather silent practitioner of govern ment, thanked him for an interesting discourse. The space given in the public press to the reception of the Duma Deputies in Engjand, and the enthusiastic good will with which the proceedings are watched here are in striking contrast to the silence with which last week's interlude was al lowed to pass. Tracing the Origin of Satellites. London Globe. Two views have been set forth as to the origin of a planet's satellites. The first of these Is that the attendant body is a part of the planet Itself thrown off in the early stage of its history. In conformity with this view it Is thought by some that the depression whtch marks the site of the Pacific Ocean was caused by the throwing off of the moon. The other view Is that tne atiiira is cap tured. Thus, for example, a comet visit ing the solar systems approaches too near the planet Jupiter, it is orawn out ot its course and constrained by the attrac tion of the giant planet to move In an elliptic course around .it. The comet thus becomes a satellite or moon, pro fessor See now announces that he has proved that all satellites are "captured."