THE SU7TDAY OKEUO:XIA rOKTLAXD, FEBRUARY
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1912.
CAMILLA EIHENSCHUTZ IN WORDLESS
PLAY "SUMURUS" RELIES ON HER ART
Lauretta Taylor Captivates Nwr York With Her Rendering- of the Hulu-Hula Princess Henry of Pless Pro
nounced by Many Most Beautiful Woman Lady Moya Melisends Browne to Wed.
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NFW TOl:iC Feb. !4. (Special.)
The oM-t entertainment which
has ever reached New York Is the
wordless play "Suraumn," which has
been brought over from Germany b
Wlnthrop Ames, formerly the manacer
of the New Theater. It Is said that
' Max r.elnhardt was dlscuaslns; a bit of
action with a member of one of his
companies and urged him to express
certain thought by a characteristic
gesture. The actor said that this
thoujcht was not expressed In the lines.
nd denied that it was possible to ex
press a thought by action alone. The
result of this dlsrusntnn waa "Sunn
run" a play In which no words are
uttered, but whose meaning Is per
fectly clear to every observer. In fact.
Its action grips the attention from the
rise to the fill or the curtain. Tha
story Is one of old Persia. The women
la the cut dress In curious costumes
which leaves broad strips of skin in
view, but make no suggestion of Im
modesty. The acting Is strong and the
. whole entertainment, accompanied as it
Is by exquisite, exotic music. Is fuse-mating
from beginning to end. Camilla
Elbenschuts Is the Sumuron of the pro
duction enl Leopoldlna Kenstantia is
the beautiful slave of fatal enchant
tnent. Lauretta Taylor is playing tha part
, ef Lout, a Hawaiian girl. In "Tba
.Bird of Paradise." which la now being
given in New Tork. Miss Taylor's suc
cess Is tha more remarkable la view
of tee fact that she confesses that she
never heard a word of ths Kanaka
tongue before she Joined the company,
nor a bit of Hawaiian pldgln-Hngllsh,
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PASTOR EMPHASIZES SAVING POWER
OF CHRIST AS SHOWN BY BIBLE
er. W. B, Hinson Points to Many Incidents Throughout Life of Jesus Recorded hy Scriptures Whero Galilean
Is Declared to Have Worked Wonderful Blessings and Miracles.
wats Gael Leai.
Ha saved ethers, himself he cannot
save." Matthew xxvll 43.
THE text Is a cruel taunt that was
flung In the face of the dying
Christ by his enemies. He saved
ethers la a truth. Himself he cannot
save. Is a lie.
Standing by that cross, can wa prove
that he saved othersT And a man lifts
bis hand as though In affirmation as
he says. "That hand was withered. I
had never lifted It to my head. One
day the man on that cross came my
way. He looked at ma strangely, and
then be said, "Stretch forth thy hand."
Before I knew It. and ever since then.
It has keen at the bidding ef my will
as you see It now. He saved me." And
a man picking his words carefully,
as though unfamiliar with publio
speech, says. "I had never spoken a
word. I had listened to melodious
speech falling from the lips of others
and bad wondered why they did not
more appreciate the rare gift In their
possession.
Heart Breathea Prayer.
One day the Christ came down
where I lived. an3 he looked at
me. Fain would I have spoken to him.
but I lacked the power. Tet In my
heart there was the prayer that he
would give roe speech the kind ef
speech that others had and ere I
knew It. I was thanking him because
the moslo In my throat bad been let
loose according to his gracious com
mand. He saved ro." And another
man starting at any unaccustomed
noise, aays: 1 was deaf. I had never
heard tha ripple ef the brook, never
heard the thrill of the bird, never
beard the laughter of childhood, never
heard the song of woman, never heard
the speech of man. Hut I walked In
aa Intolerable stillness. One day be
came my way. .He looked at me. I
prayed to him and he put his fingers
to my ears, and the flrat thing I could
Baar him say. 'Be open.' And ever
since 1 have been able to bear and I
thank him for It."
Another maa says, 'frnved others?
JTe may have done so. I -was
blind. Had never seen the sun.
nor a flower, nor a beloved fare. One
4ar a stranger came up to me. He said,
'Would yea Uke U seer 1 said. 'Xes,
ZeicZy Sfoia. Browne.
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Miss Taylor has big eyes and an ex
pressU . face and a lithe figure, and
she has captivated ;.e Tork with her
rendering of the famous hula-hula. Let
It be said that Miss Tsylor doea an
expurgated and elevated hula-hula, to
which even a missionary could not
raise bis hands In horror. Miss Tay
lor's success in "The IMrd of Paradise"
has been so great that she is to be
starred In a new play next year,
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Men of many notions have pronounced
the PTlncess Henry of Plees the most
beautiful woman they have ever seen.
The Princess is a blonde of medium
height, slender and graceful, wltn gray
yes and perfect complexion. In 1891,
at the age of 17. she married Prince
liana Ilelnrlch. of Pless. She is nick
named "the Princess with tha golden
locks:" Is very fond of yachting, bunt
ing and sport In general.
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Lady Moya Mellsende Browne Is one
of tha beautiful debutantes of the Lon
Lord,' for I had heard about hlra; and
he put clay on my eyelids, and he said,
Now go and wash in the Pool of 1
loam. And I went and aa I washed I
saw the water and have seen ever since.
He saved me." And a man with a
clean skin, so pure and fresh It at
tracted attention, says, "I was a leper,
shunned and cursed. One day I herfrd
the Christ was coming my way, and I
waited near aa I could to the crowd,
and when he drew near I hurried to
wards him and said, "Lord, if thou wilt
thou canst make me clean, and he said.
'I will: be thou clean.' And my leprosy
was all gone."
Maalae Telia Story.
And a muscular, alert man as
serts. "I can believe that, for I
had a devil. I am a Oergeslne. and my
dwelling was among the tombs; In
frerisy I would cut myself with pieces
ef flint; and when In my rage It was
ruinous for the one I loved most to
approach me. One day I aaw Christ
eomlng. Inside me the demons worked,
and I shouted. Why art thou corns to
torment meT Depart from me, thou
Son of God.' But be didn't depart. On
the contrary, he cast the unclean
spirits out of me, and now I am
clothed and In my right mind." And
a young man says, "That la nothing to
what I could tell. I come from Nain;
I have been dead, though now yon hear
me speak. They were carrying me out
to the grave. My mother has told ma
that a stranger stayed the funeral pro
cession, and turning to her. that
stranger said. 'Weep not.' And then
he approached the bier whereon this
body of mine lay stiff and chill In
death, and he said, Toung man. I say
onto thee arise.' And before I knew
It. I was sitting up. rubbing death's
sleep out of my eyes and wondering
what all the strange fuss was about."
An old woman by his side says.
"That Is true, for I am th mother
of this man. I am the one to
whom that blessed Jesus said. 'Weep
not.' " "I believe that." adds a man.
"for I live in Bethany, and on
the hilltop Uvea Lazarus with bis
sisters. I saw him dead. I helped to
take him away to the grave In the
rocks. Day after day paased; thsn
one day I saw a crowd moving along
towards the grave of Lazarus. I Joined
It In wild wonder. The crowd halted '
before the tomb, and that man banging 1
on the cross said. 'Lazarus, come I
forth.' I saw Lazarus come forth. I j
saw him released Xxom the grave J
PrjzcsszienrycfPess
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don season. Her engagement to Allan
W. Campbell, an officer in tha Cold
stream Guards, has just been an
nounced. She Is the daughter of Lord
Altamont. heir to the iarquls of Sllgo.
Fortunately the Campbells are rich, for,
like most Irish families, the Sllgoes are
poor. - Lady Moya Is not only beautiful,
but fearless. Last season at the coun
try home of Anthony Wlngfleld In
Bedfordshire she was "dared" to ride
an ostrich, from his private zoo. Lady
Moya took the saddle and had a lively
run on tha big bird to the great dis
tress of her parents.
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Countess Lutsow, who accompanies
her husband on his tour of the Ameri
can universities, says she Is not a suf
fragette, though she can easily imagine
that if she lived In America she might
be one. In Bohemia not even all land
owners can vote, but any woman can
vote through a male proxy The right
Is not very generally exercised, how
ever. clothes.". "I never did?" he says In
expostulation to some contradictory
voice, "but I tell you I did." And a
calm man by his side says. "Dispute It
not. I am Lesarua who was dead, but
who was raised from the dead by the
Son of Ood, my blessed Savior." "I
ao not .doubt It man." ssys a Roman
soldier In his stern, strong way, "I
am Jalrus. and my daughter was dead.
I went to him. He called the spirit of
my daughter from the other world, and
the girl is alive In my home today."
Savins; Power Asserted.
And another voice Is heard saying: "I
am the Byro-Phoenlclan woman. I had
a daughter demon-possessed. He saved
her." "I am Mary Magdalene," aays
another: "seven devils found an abid
ing place In me, but he cast them
out," "And I am Rartlmaeua." assert
ed a man standing near. "I sat at the
gate begging. I waa blind. He gave
me sight. He saved me." "And he saved
me." says Joseph of Arlmathaea. "And
me." says Nlcodemus, "And me," says
John, the evangelist. "And me, and me,
and me." goea up all around Calvary's
cross. And all the centuries have tak
en up that cry. And In the first cen
tury, by the million, believers said:
"He saves." And the same waa true
of century two.
And here In the 20th century a
larger number than ever before ea
sert that "he saves." And here to
night, by the hundred, men and
women would rise np and solemnly de
clare that Jesus saves. Oh. Christianity
is not a theory. It Is not a dogma. It
Is not a doctrine merely: but It Is an
experience, where "One can taste and
see that the Lord Is Ood," and then
be qualified to say, "This poor man
cried, and the Lord heard him, and
saved him out of all his trouble." We
are not talking about something we
have read of. or heard of, or guessed,
or Imagined. But we are alluding to
something that la real and tangible,
and as easily proven aa that we are
alive. He saved others. This much
we know. And that part of the taunt
was true.
"Himself he cannot save."
I question that. I have walked In
fancy up and down that fair land of
Palestine listening to him. and I judge
that any man who could say the words
Ire said, and be K good man. Is able to
aave himself. I heard him one day
say. "No man taAeth my life from me.
I lay It down pt myself. This com
mandment have I received from my
Father." And when they said to him,
"How have you received more than
others from the great Father?" he re
plied. "I and my Father are one." Now
If he be one with God. he can save
himself, if he likes. And I have walked
np and down In that Palestine country
ami aeen the deeds of this Christ.
Even Elements Obey.
Why. don't you know, he could rebuke
the wild wind, and he could control the
heaving waves of the sea. He could
bid darkness depart from the eye; deaf
ness from the ear; dumbness from the
throat; leprosy from the skin; paraly
sis from the limb; death from the
corpse. If he could do all that, he
could save himself If he wanted to.
And have I not read how one day he
passed Into the temple and saw the
money-chanftersr Ana i nuvo u
how be made tne
scourge of small
em out of the tern-
cords and drove th
pie. And
hae I not read how when
hom "e'eke.t ye " They said. "Je-
su. ol Vmmi.' He said. "I am be."
And as he moved forward they moved
backward and fell to the ground. And
have I not heard him say. "One Pr""
to my Father would brlns; me 60.000
antrels to deliver me irom uupiuu'-b
vn r.r,m nl In the land
of
F.gypt smote the first born of all the
country. But one angel passed over
tha army of Sennacherib In the night,
and In tire morning nearly 200 000 lay
dead on the ground. What couldn t the
Son of Ood do with 60.000 of these
angels? And. sirs, he could hav, caused
the earth to open and swallow Jeru
salem, as It swallowed Koran. Dathan
and Ablram in the olden
could have loosened the great floods
of water and swept Palestine clean , as
tha back of a man s hand. Hlmseir
he cannot savel I must refuse to be
1. th.t. Change the word and you
.r. rle:ht. Himself he will not sava.
! He cannot save hlmseir ana save -I
Therefore, rather than lose me he -will
I lose himself: rather than see me go
down: he will go down himself. For
the law said. "The soul that slnneth.
It shall die." Ana 1 wa.
soul. He came and he died, not that
". L"";z ;h. iw to do them.
And I had failed. Then he came and
hung on a cross, and Slnara law said,
Cursed Is every one that hangeth
on a tree.- And he was made a curse
for me. that I might be bd.of"
ever by the heavenly Father. He saved
others! I know It Is true. Himself he
cannot save! I know it is false. Him
self he will not save! I aocept that
as the truth.
So then summing -up all. there are
two great proofs that you can be-saved
tonight. What are theyT He has saved
others. When the doctor puts the
names and addresses of the persons
he has cursed in tne dook. u
some proof providing the names and
that he
addresses are not ncimuu
ran do what he says.
Shall I tell you
why you went to one doctor rather than
to another?' Your neighbor said. I had
a complaint, and that man curea me.
That is why you went to that parti
cular person. You may be saved. For
you can draw near to the one who has
such' a record of saving, ae rtuy.,.
every record In the world. He has
saved. Therefore are you warranted in
thinking he can save. un, du..
. n.,Ar uttved anybody so bad
as I am." Now two people say that
the one who does not mean it. ana me
one who means It. I had a lady come
... nn-e and she was concerned
, about religion, but she was all the time
saying. "I've gone too far. I'm too
bad." I reasonea wnn ntr ., .
every expostulation was useless. Then
I agreed with her, and got myself Into
t.nnh a initifie tnree aocuim.
-T think vou are no gentle
man. And I want you to know I am
as good as the majority." Now If that
Is the way you sre talking tonight, I
haven't any message for you. But I
remember the time when It seemed as
though the chief sinner In all the world
stood under my hat. As though Ood
vbody else, and yet in
Justice condemn me. Do you feel that
way tonight? inen inenu i """-'
,t,.r i. not a sin vou have committed.
but somebody in heaven committed that
same kind of sin. and yet the Lord
saved them. And did you ever think
it vmi had committed all the
sins in the decalogue, and all the other
sins that are not mentioned therein,
and If yon oould stand up and peni
tently say in the hearing of heaven,
...th and helL "there Is not a
sin possible td mortal but I have com
it " there is still one little sen
tence among thousands of others that
covers your case. "Tne diooc, 01 -eu
Christ cleanseth us from all sin. Oh 1
love with all my heart one statement
of the Apostle Paul, and I always
think he used his hands when he was
dictating to the person who wrote the
Epistle. This was the sentence. "Where
sin abounded, grace doth much more
abound." Now I will tell you how I
think he used his hands. When ha
dictated that I think he said. "Where
sin abounded" and he held his hands
apart as though Judging distance. For
that Is the way I alwaya say It. But
when he came to the last half of the
sentence and said "grace aom roucn
more abound" he stretched his arms
cut to their utmost limit In illustra
tion of the wldeness of God's infinite
mercy. And George Whitfield was right
when be said, "God will save even the
devil's castaways." You may be saved
because he saved others.
And the second reason why you may
be saved Is this, he died or you. I
don't believe I am selfish, but some
times when I look at that cross and
think about that Christ, I say. "He Is
all mine. He died for me as though
there were no other soul in the world."
And when my sin rises up against me
I say "Yes, but Jesus Christ gave him
self for me." And while I would not
minimize my sin for a moment. I will
dare to say that one of the most right
eous things God ever does. Is to for
give a sinner who accepts as his
Saviour the Infinitely holy hero of the
CrOSS. DO yOU may m tumtui j
the fact that the Son of God died for
you: and by the fact of that substitu
tionary death upon the cross having
saved countless millions. And If you
perish, you do not perish because for
you no remedy was provided: but you
do perish, because you are a soul sui
cide. The remedy was offered, the par
don extended, the blood was shed, the
salvation was effected and you would
not accept- For if we are not saved,
it is because we refuse to let Christ
save us. He says, "Come unto me, and
I will give you rest"; and whsn we
hesitate he says again -Whosoever will
come, may come," and to reassure us
be adds "Him that cometh unto me, I
will In no wise cast out."
The Lightning Flash.
Joel Benton, in the Outlook.
That suldn ihoww that hurried by
Curtained the canopy of blue;
Its anzry clouds transformed a sxy
That only genial suMhlne knew. ,
I haard the rutle of a breese
Thst makes the human Instinct sure
warn tne nole anions the trees.
The downfall's certain overture.
The birds withheld their Jocund strains.
The cattle to their eovarti crept.
Am on tha drowning irrass and grains
Tha watery battalions leapt.
The caught pedestrlsn on the street, f .
The vehicle thst made delay.
Each urged a "double-quick" ratrest: .
The faaroefs men left grain and hay.
Tho duat thst lately stifling roae,
And ram In clouds that signal drouth.
Waa tilled; and where a small brook flows.
Sharp lightning came from west and south.
It gllmmared ovar Held snd hill,
It wrote upon tha thirsty sod r
(I Its startling outlines still) '
T&sb lazing "Autograph of Oodl"
he could not help It. out m.i u
l.urposed by his heavenly love to do It.
Sinai thundered. "Cursed Is every one
tin.th not In all things wrlt-
MOSIER A FAVORED REGION FOR
GROWTH OF WONDERFUL APPLES
Story of Prosperous District That Has Attracted Widespread Attention by Its Unusual Location, Fine
Soil, Beautiful Climate and Happy People. Mr. Bennett's Visit.
BT ADDISON BENNETT.
OSIER. Or, Feb. 24. (Special.)
Hosier Is not a large place, but
just why It does not show on the
census returns of 1912 Is past finding;
out, for lots of places with less Inhab
itants are enumerated thereon. There
are on the published reports more than
a dozen places with less than 100 peo-
j pje one 0f them, Butteville. In Marlon
-nth nnlv 14. And assuredly
j th ,00 J00 innabitant8 In Mo-
-It. and fully 2000 in what we may call
j the Morter district.
I And It may be well to explain what
territory Is comprised in this district,
I Mnsler Is about six miles east of Hood
, Rlver and 14 mlies we8t of The Dalles,
j the town having- a most beautirul ana
attractive site on the Columbia River,
and the O.-W. R. & N. lines pass
through the town, there being a beau
tiful and commodious depot, aa well
as large switches and sidetracks.
Going from the west on the river or
railway . you pass by a range or al
most Impassable hills a mile or so west
of the town, and there Is a similar
range about the same distance to the
east. These hills diverge considerably
as they lesd to the south and finally
connect with the mountains at the foot
of Mount Hood, and the territory be
tween these ranges comprises the Mo
ster district. It is cut off from east
and west by these hills, from the north
by the Columbia and from the south by
Mount Hood.
Town's Location Stratesrle.
The town of Mosier thus occupies a
strategic location, as there Is never
likely to be another town on the river
upen to the territory to the south, for
the further reason that tha outlet to
transportation is down the little Mosier
Creek valley, which Is immediately
west of the townsite.
I did not, however, come here to tell
about Mosier, but about the Mosier
territory. I will, further on. say a few
word about the town. But If It ever
gets to be a place of Importance It will
do so through the settlement and culti
vation of the contiguous and tributary
lands to the south.
Speaking of the district in another
wa', I may say that It lies almost In
the heart of the best fruit lands in the
West, for just across the Columbia lies
the White Salmon district, and H IS not
probable that the people of Hood River,
The Dalles or White Salmon will deny
the fact that their own fruit products
are as fine as can be produced any
where. And in doing this they praise
the territory of Mosier, which they sur
round on three sides.
But Mosier does not wish to shine by
a refracted light; does not base Its
claims on what the neighbors do. but
on the real merits of Its own lands.
The people make their claims, and
give reasons for their faith, on what
they have already demonstrated. They
do not say they can produce as good
apples as any other district, but show
you the apples and tell you that they
are the finest grown In the world.
That is in some respects. In appear
ance, coloring and flavor they seem
fully to bear up this claim. But they
go a step beyond and say that for
keeping qualities the Mosier apples are
the best in the world.
First Trees Still Bearing.
Let us go back a few years, many
years, and start In with the Mosier
country. Go back to 1860, when the
Mosier family settled Just back of the
town and took up land. An orchard
was soon planted, and some of those
trees are still bearing at least One
of the apple and one of the cherry
trees are still doing business with a
good crop almost every year.
One of the sons of this first family,
Jefferson (he Is always called "Jeff."
but I take it for granted his name
really Is Jefferson), Jefferson Mosier
was born there soon after his parents
located, and he has been a resident of
the plaoe ever since. And I want to
say that "Jeff" is a fine specimen of a
native son. 1
Another person has had a great
MAYOR GAYNOR RECEIVES BLAME
FOR NEW YORK'S WAVE OF CRIME
Executive's Policy of Treating "Crooks" Blindly Declared to Be Responsible for Present Conditions Police
Commissioner Waldo Hampered by All Sorts of Restrictions by Superior's Order.
BY LLOYD F. LONEHOAN.
EW YORK. Feb. 34. (SpeciaL)
Many explanations are given for
the crime wave now prevailing.
but a well-known banker advanced a
theory which is most generally ac
cepted. The tremble can be placed directly
at the door of Mayor Gaynor," he said.
For some reason the Mayor believes
in treating crooks kindly, while plac
ing all possible restrictions in tne way
of honest men.
"Until Gaynor took office, every re
putable bank had its own special po
liceman. These men were paid Dy tne
Institution, but were sworn in by the
Commissioner, and had all the powers
of bluecoats. When Gaynor took hold
he promptly abolished all the special
police licenses, although it did not oost
the city a cent. men tne cumvuu
revolver law came along, and our men
have been prohibited from carrying
pistols. It Is possible to get a permit.
but so many restrictions are piacea
about it that hardly any candidate can
pass them. ;
Waldo Is Hindered.
'Gavnor's explanation has been that
some of the special police aisgracea
tha force. This may have been the
case with men at dance halls, but there
has never been a complaint against the
bank employes. Besides, it la a matter
of only a moment for the Police Com
missioner to revoke the badge of any
man who misconducts himself.
"Commissioner Waldo has been ham
pered by all sorts of fool regulations,
put Into effect by order of the Mayor.
The net result was that the 'dead line,'
which formerly kept crooks out of tho
Wall street district, has been dropped,
and in the absence of special policemen
unarmed bank employes nave oeen car
rying fortunes around the streets.
Something was bound to happen, and it
did."
Another theory In connection with
the "crime wave," is advanced by cer
tain policemen. They assert that the
Brandt case, which has more or less
besmirched many men In the depart
ment, has discouraged the bluecoats,
and spurred criminals on to believe that
the time Is ripe for them to get very
busy. This deduction, however. Is too
ridiculous to deserve any attention.
Hard times have made many unem
ployed men desperate, and they are tak
ing chances that they would not other
wise do. No crook In comfortable cir
cumstances would think for a moment
of robbing two men in a taxicab in
broad dayllghCand In the business part
of town. And had the bank messengers
haeh armed, as was formerly the' case.
the attejnptr would have been doomed
to failure, all of which brings us right
back .to William J. Gaynor, Mayor of
Greater New York.
One' of the most thrilling of raov-
Iing picture stunts was puweu luo
other day, when a man with a para
deal to do with the Mosier district,
and that personage Is A. P. Bateham,
one of the most widely-known and most
intelligent of the fruit growers of the
state, now occupying the important po
sition of president or the State Horti
cultural Society. His election to this
Important post gives the assurance that
he Is a man of worth and Ideas.
The Mosier Fruitgrowers' Union is
one of the best In the country. They
have some 100 members, virtually every
grower belonging, and their pack Is
recognized as the very best that Is
sent from any district in the country.
I said that the Mosier district has a
population of something like 2000 peo
ple, and almost all of those living out
of the town, as well as many of the
town residents, are in the orchard busi
ness. Many of them, the large majority
of them, have as yet no trees in bear
ing: many of them are Just preparing
their land for setting to trees. So the
output has thus far never exceeded 100
cars of marketable fruit a year. But
so well has their union conducted its
affairs, so skillfully have they packed
their product, that already they have
buyers awaiting to contract their pack
for the coming season. Last Fall the
entire Mosier, pack of Newtowns,
Spltzenbergs and Ortleys was purchased
before the fruit was picked by Stein
hardt & Kelly, of New York, a firm
which caters to the best trade In this
country and Europe.
High Pricea Paid.
And the prices received by the Mo
sier growers were as high as were
paid to any others In the country. To
show how the Mosier union succeeded
in maintaining their reputation last
Fall It may be well to cite some of
the correspondence between the buyers
and the union. On November 2 last,
they telegraphed as follows: "Of course
you know Hood River Is shipping very
heavily now, and we must say the fruit
Is the best we have ever seen. We hope
the same will be the case asvfar as
Mosier Is concerned, as we paid you as
much as we paid Hood River." On
November 18, after the receipt of the
first Mosier car, Steinhardt & Kelly
telegraphed as follows: "Your .first
car of Newtowns and Spltzenbergs was
received and offered by us today. It
was about the finest car of fruit that
has come to us out of the West this
year. We have received no car of
fruit as yet this year of as good quality
or sb well packed as this first car of
yours."
All the other cars were equally good
and received almost equal praise, and
the buyers finally wrote to the union
as follows: "The trade took to your
apples Just as good as they did to the
very best which came out of the North
west; in fact we have managed to es
tablish demand for Mosier second to
none, and we are quite sure that in
years to come, when you will have a
large output,, that you will have abso
lutely no difficulty in disposing of the
same either through us or some other
concern which might handle your fruit.
With our very best regards to all the
members of your board of directors,
and also to all the growers, whom we
desire you to particularly thank in
our behalf."
Other Fruits Well Handled.
That is perhaps enough to say along
those lines, enough to prove that the
claims of the Mosier people as to their
apples are well founded. But the Mo
sier of the future Is not going to de
pend on the apple alone. The output of
other fruits is large. This year it is
estimated there will be shipped from
that place the following: 100 car
loads of apples, 25 of prunes, 10 of cher
ries, five of peaches and 10 of pears,
apricots and strawberries.1
In all there are some 12,000 acres
of prime fruit land contiguous to Mo
s.er, and perhaps three times as much
rough land. All the uncleared land is
covered with scrub oak brush and is
easily cleared. Innumerable springs
are scattered all along the hillsides.
The rainfall, rather the entire precipi
tation of the country. Is about 32 Inches
per annum, or about the normal amount
r.ecessary for the production of crops.
chute jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge.
He landed In the water unhurt and
later was compelled for another "scene"
to swim in the icy East River.
The statement Is made that the dar
ing "hero" received 1500 for his task,
which was completed within a few
minutes. The "bridge" scene of the
photo play in which he appeared will
last less than one minute when thrown
on the screen, and the expense thereof
Is listed as follows:
"Hero," salary, $500: hire of two taxis
and an auto. $45; stage policemen oil
bridge, salary, J30; tugboat In river to
pick man up. 25. Total $600.
This does not include tne salary or
the director, the two camera men, or
other regulars who were on the spot.
The "hero" was F. R. Law. noted as
a daring steeplejack, and his tempor
ary employers are the "Imp," one of the
big lndependant firms.
Woman Lawyer Withdrawn.
One by one the "added attractions"
of the Women's Night Court are pass
ing away. The latest retirement was
the "lady counsel." sent there by the
Women's Prison Association.
When the court was first opened this
o-ganizatlon announced that "a cele
brated woman lawyer would be on hand
nlchtly to see that unfortunates too
poor to pay for legal aid were not up
provided for." Now they announced
the withdrawal of their representative.
Miss Helen McKeen.
Miss McKeen has been at the court
r ;htly for six weeks. In her swan
song she says:
"I felt a certain diffidence about of
fering my services to women brought
before the bar. Nine cases out 01 ten.
so far as I could see, had no defense;
most of them are convicted on insuffi
cient evidence; convictions are too sum
mary, too arbitrary."
In other words, the prisoners In the
women's night court are convicted on
Insufficient evidence. The fact that
they have no defense is not necessary,
legally, if the former condition prevails.
It also develops that the lawyer sent to
protect helpless, unfortunates of her
own sex made no effort to do so, be
cause she was "dlifldent."
All of which. It would seem, should
furnish a topic for rational discussion
by the Women's Federation of Clubs,
which Is constantly in a turmoil.
Discouraged Clerk Is Suicide.
Is there any hope for a clerk, past 40.
who loses his position? Can he land
somewhere else, or Is he doomed to be
an idler for the rest of his days?
These questions have been brought to
the front again because of the suicide
of Charles Johnson, 42 years old, of 143
Randolph avenue. Jersey City.
Johnson, according to investigations
that have been made, was a patient
plodder. He worked for nearly 20
years for one firm as a bookkeeper, his
salary never being higher than $18 a
week. Around New Year's his employer
, So no Irrigation is practiced or neces
sary
There is no better land anywhere
for general farming, the growing of
vegetables and grains. The lamls tire
lieid at low prices, the rough lamls par
ticularly, and there are innumnrable
opportunities for persons with small
means to get hold of small tricts at
merely nominal cost and carve out
splendid homes. There is a ready mar
ket for anything one can raise and the
prices are good. The most of the new
comers are people of means who are go
ing Into the orchard business. Many of
these are building fine homes and will
have ideal places. So there is a con
stant demand for Intelligent and in
dustrious men at good wages.
Climatic Conditions Finest.
,The climatic conditions of the Mosier
district, coupled with the splendid scen
ery, are certainly of the very finest.
There could be ne finer locations for
lovely homes than on the lands to the
south. The view of the snow-covored
mountains and the grand Columbia Riv
er Valley are not surpassed by any
other location. As many people of
large wealth have already located there
and made or begun to make their Im
provements, It Is assured that within
a few years there will be on tha many
beauty spots to the south of the town
one of the finest neighborhoods in the
state.
If I were asked to picture the Mosier
country 10 or 20 years hence I wou.d
say that the beautiful residences and
orchards would have a background of
hundreds of small 20 and 40-acre places
where general farming and the produc
tion of small fruits and vegetables and
of milk and butter, poultry and eggs
would, be the main industries. And
such a combination would mean a very
wealthy and prosperous section. And
I wish to repeat that much of thl9
rough land, as well as the finest or
chard land. Is now offered at very low
prices.
The town itself now has good stores,
a strong bank, a lumber yard which la
doing a'fine business, a fairly good ho
tel, good churches, a capacious lodge
hall, one of tha best packing houses .
owned by any fruit union, a drug store, J
a good newspaper, physicians, a dentist,
lawyer, real estate agents, restaurant
and barber shop. But In addition to
these non-essentials, as some might say,
they have one of the best publio schools
to be found anywhere. The course of
study runs up to the tenth grade, and
all the i.igh school grades win soon ds
taught.
Class of Citizens Good.
Taking It all in all Mosier is a mighty
nice place to live In. No town has a
better class of citizens. There are in
the town and Immediate vicinity more
than 40 university graduates. Intelli
gence Is the rule and not the excep
tion; and this is more nearly true with
relation to the women than to the men.
And when It comes to housewives, then
the Mosier women shine supreme. Some
four years ago they gave a banquet
which I had the pleasure of attending
and It was one of the most unique and
enjoyable occasions I can recall until
last night when they tried to outdo
themselves by furnishing a "feed" that
was more elaborate and substantial and
Just as delicious. But last night the
ladles withdrew as soon as the 41
guests were seated, as it was called a
smoker. I thought 1 would give a list
of the speakers and mention their
names, but I have not sufficient space,
as everybody took a hand in the ora
tory. But we sure had a splendid time.
And all that I have said about the
intelligence of the people was borne out
on this occasion and all I have said
about their unity of action. I never
Baw a community where the whole lot
of them acted in unison as the Mosier
people do. That is perhaps largely due
to Intelligent leadership. In which they
have been very fortunate.
At some future day I expect to go
back and see what is being done. If
this trip is made soon I perhaps will
not note many changes; if it is put off
a couple of years I know I will find
wonderful Improvements and one of the
finest little cities on the Columbia
River.
failed, and Johnson, through no fault of
his own, was thrown out of employ
ment. The bookkeeper did not drink, and
had no other bad habits, but with a
wife and two children, there never was
much margin between his income and
his expenses. He sought diligently for
work, but everywhere was told that he
was "too old." The family struggled
along as best it could, until Johnson
lost his courage and solved the problem
for himself by means of a revolver.
The city Is full of men who are In the
same fix. Tliey are scraping along on
meager salaries, constantly afraid of
losing their Jobs, and knowing full well
that If they do so there is no chance in
the world that they will get employ
ment again.
Blngham-Gaynor Case Ends.
The Bingham - Gaynor controversy,
which at one time promised to be a
court sensation, has been settled and
all proceedings dropped, much to tho
disappointment of many perBons who
had engaged seats in advance.
When Bingham was Police Commis
sioner, Gaynor, then a Justice of the
Supreme Court, wrote to Mayor McClel
lan. attacking the police force in gen
eral and General Bingham in particu
lar. The result was that Bingham lost
his Job as Commissioner and began a
suit for $100,000 damages against the
man who accused him.
liver since action was started, more
than two years ago, Gaynor has fought
to have the trial delayed, and gained
time on one pretext or another. It was
linelly set peremptorily for hearing, and
on the eve of trial Gaynor wrote an
apology which Bingham accepted, and
peace was restored.
Gaynor's friends have been busy all
through his administration trying to
bring about harmony. Borough Presi
dent McAneny. while he and the Mayor
were on Intimate terms, "gave Bingham
a $6000 pos'tion in his department. It
is a curious fact that as soon as Mc
Aneny and Gaynor came to the parting
of the ways, Bingham lost that place.
Immediately, lie was taken care of by
Bridge Commissioner Arthur O'ICeefe.
who appointed him a consulting engi
neer at $7500 a year, the same salary as
he received while Police Commissioner.
As O'Keefe can be removed by the
Mayor at any time it is safe to say that
he did not name Bingham without con
sulting his overlord. In fact, they both
admit It.
Bingham, while accepting positions
for which he was fully qualified, stur
dily refused to withdraw his damage
suit until the Mayor made a public
apology, and this the executive at last
grudgingly did.
It miKht he aaaea that tnere nave
been other occasions, but this Is the
very first time that Gaynor has apolo
gized for anything he did since he
moved Into the City Hall, over two
years ago-
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