TIIE ' SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 27, 1912. 8 JOB' OF KEEPING CALIFORNIA ON MAP EASY FOR "LIVE WIRE" BOOSTERS Enthusiasm and Genuine Faith in Future of Golden State Has Done "Wonders in Eebnilding San Francisco and Securing Panama-Pacific Exposition. ' " t - v w Sw I I fix?''? -ft j I v - U -r t fe v, " X - s- - tBL i ,V.:'i"-:.'v , "V-VU" --"T . 7 ft J ! J U I BT RANDALL R. HOWARD. Article II. A PROFESSIONALi California boost er modestly told the writer that he talked "to about 60,000 persons a year, he estimated." And the man was far from being talked out, at that. In deed, it was just the opposite. He was charged and trained and primed with a. hair-trigger touch. He was sitting at his desk in a conspicuous corner of one of the state's many product ex hibit rooms and he was about as en thusiastic and vibrant a person as one would expect to meet in a week. So approachable was he that one seemed drawn' that way. Information flowed from him in a continous stream after the few well-timed pauses and priming questions had drawn from you such incidentals as the summary of your past, your hoped-for future, your prejudices, your point of view and pos sibly the total of the credit that you had at your home bank. But, no, he was not inquisitive. He was too good a booster for that. He was merely enthusiastic He talked, not especial ly because be liked to talk, but be cause he so thoroughly believed what he was talking about. He talked con. tinously, through long hours, to all vis itors, both sight-seeing and serious, who cared to loan their ears for even a few moments. And between times he talked to crowds at the several free and highly colored stereopticon shows into which he breathed life. This example of the typical profes sional California booster is told in de tail to make a point. For such is the atmosphere, in a lesser or a greater measure, almost everyhere one goes In California, It seems. Sectlou Doat Hitch Always. There is no doubt that California Is being kept on the map. It is true, speaking from the ob server's viewpoint, that . this-drilled-ln or native enthusiasm sometimes neu tralizes itself for In spite of "get-together" conferences constantly being promoted, the three distinct sections of California don't harness together es pecially well. Some of the citizens do not. store up any regrets because of this friendly clashing of interests, but merely call it commendable local pa triotism. This class of citizen if he happens to be from the southern part of the state likes such results as are indicated in the story of the two East erners. One of the Easterners had about decided to take a trip was talk ing about California. "California California " the second Easterner hesitated and questioned. "Oh, yes, California is in Los Angeles, isn't It?" Of course everybody knows that Cali fornia has always been on the map, even neglecting the present mighty flow of booster enthusiasm that one is sat urated with everywhere he goes. But It is not to- the discredit of the boost ers to say that Nature even though staid and unemotional has done some things for California. Neglecting cli mate and soil for the moment, we have been hearing spectacular things about California ever since we can remember, and every one of such events has had or has been made to have a background of pure gold. FMe Favored California. The yellow nugget days of '49, with their mad, wild transcontinental rush. every mile marked with human bones, need not be retold. Only we might remind ourselves that it was the re sulting golden railroad spike that gave the first real Impetus to the early de velopment of California. Even from the first, due to the early settlement of the Spaniards, the great and distant State of California was a land of many won ders. San Francisco became the early port of the Pacific, the back door of the Orient. The Orient in those days rarely ever attracted the eyes of the East, but here again history and na ture conspired together to brand Cali fornia more glaringly on the map of the Nation than millions of silver tongued boosters could have done. Japan began to Btlr and to stir up and to seek population outlets. California had its own ideas about Chinese and Japanese exclusion, Roosevelt to the contrary, notwithstanding. And it is safe to say that this question piqued the curiosity of many an Easterner to know Just what sort of land and peo ple there was in. California. Then came along the Japanese war scare, so faithfully flaunted by certain talkative and ambitious young Con gressmen, which drew the eyes of the East to the Coast. And the Eastern press was not Blow to reprint all the stories of Japanese servant boys who were seen to take distant snapshots or buy postal cards of the Golden Gate fortifications all of which was not bad California advertising. - Another Fire Very t'nllkely. And the earthquake! The boosters are particular and hasty to correct that It was not the earthquake, but the resulting fire, that shattered San Fran cisco and that gave to history one of its most striking examples of destruc tion. At any rate, the earthquake came for the same reason that San Fran cisco has one of the finest harbors in the world because the earth crust Juts sharply down Just off shore. Also, such fire destruction is very unlikely to occur again, for San Francisco is forearmed In the matter of fireproof buildings and In the most modern of water systems, divided into district units. The after effects of the earthquake will also go Into history, and this epoch of history is still in the making in California. There is perhaps no where else in the world an example of more whole-souled, money-lavish spontaneity than is shown in the re building of the ruins of old San Fran cisco. Tens of millions of dollars flowed out to clear away' the broken stone and the twisted steel almost be fore it had cooled, and today one must walk far out to the edge of the busi ness circle and turn into the back al leys to see any trace of the world dis aster of so few years ago. So much to the credit of the California spirit of boost and self-belief, whether this spirit be inborn, drilled in or a natural flower of the climate. New Clry Modern and Maaalve. As I said, the earthquake epoch of history is still in the making In Cali fornia. There are those who say that local enthusiasm in the wild fury to KniiH fh nnw San Francisco and to snatch the smoking ruins away from the annual crop or tourists, sugnuy dimmed the eyes of judgment. At any rate, one will go far to see a. business district of a city that is more modern, more massive, and more Imposing than the business district of the new San Francisco. What happened was this: The old ruins were usually and natur ally replaced by larger, higher, more costly structures. Many of the old one story buildings grew into two and four story structures, and the old two or four-story buildings rebounded into eight or 12-story skyscrapers. Thus nature forced in one single bound an evolution that was natural and lnev Itable, but that would normally have been sifted through a period of years: One of the results, then, of the San Francisco 'earthquake is the Panama Pacific International Exposition, sched uled for 1915. as we all know, and as practically every Intelligent person on earth U expected to know before that date files around on the calendar. The San Francisco earthquake is, not the only reason for the Panama' Exposi tion at the Golden Gate in 1913, but It is one of the reasons. San Francisco needed an extra job, and a big job. to keep itself busy until it could catch up with itself In the matter of city evo lution. And all of this to the glory, not the discredit of San Francisco; and all of which the whole intellectual and In dustrial world should be thankful for and profit by. To state the other side, tf all America should be asked to take a vote it undoubtedly would be re corded that San Francisco, as the me tropolis and the shipping center of the Pacific Coast. Is the natural and the logical location for such a world ex position in celebration, of the greatest physical feat accomplished by mankind on earth. San Francisco is hard at work, is bubbling with enthusiasm, and the world exposition is certain to be a wonderful success. The money is now practically all pledged, and the total cost is expected to reach the stupendous sum of $150,000,000. The architects are at work on the plans of the many build ings and the gardens that will house and make ornate what is planned to be the greatest world exposition ever ac complished by man.. Bo It is all an in teresting evolution one of the greatest earthquake and fire disasters; a world record in swift and lavish city rebuild ing; and the earth's most complete ex position to celebrate the world's great est engineering achievement. 11 around San Francisco Bay the by-word is '.'1915." Every other part of the state is vitally Interested and is loyally helping to Stage the great Pan ama show. Besides immeasurable vol unteer work each community is shoul dering a good stiff state-sanctioned tax assessment on every dollar's worth of property that It owns. But as has been Intimated, the state of California is so large, and its early growth has been such that the com monwealth might be compared with that thumb-worn riddle found in the first part of our old Latin text book, which translated, is said to read about as follows: "All Gaul is divided Into three parts." Central California is San Francisco, and the densly populated bay counties, parts of which are within the circle drawn by the Greater San Francisco enthusiasts. Northern California re volves about Sacramento, and contains some of the best developed and richest great areas of the state- Southern California, is still another country, whose mecca Is Los Angeles. Until less than ten years ago, Sacra mento, the capital city and the metrop olis of Northern California, was often described as a "third village," in a listless stupor, following the wearing out of the great wheat farms of the Sacramento Valley.. At an early time in the history of California, it will be remembered, Sacramento was the Industrial center of the state, because it was railroad headquarters, and the natural supply point for many of the great mining operations, and for the world-noted wheat ranches. But after a while, gold nuggets became more scarce; and the bonanza . wheat ranch ers began to learn wn ercry mi, j grain-growing commun.j wvuuwj learns: namely, that average land be gins to rapidly wear down after it has returned from 15 to 26 successive crops, without rest or rotation. Wheat yields dropped from 40 to 26, and then to 15, and then to ten bushels per acre. one can sun see ien thousand-acre wheat ranches in the Sacramento, and the San Joaquin val leys, but the big wheat rancnes are nnw t molt curiosities. n nas own demonstrated that the soil Is entirely too rich, the climate too favorame, ror the land to be used so wastefully. And another demonstration has been made over and over the value of irri gation. Naturally. caiuornia is sort of topsy-turvy land rainless Sum mers, when the jana is asieep; uiu comes the Fall .moisture and awaken ing of new life. Ana due to me mua- n .ltmntA nerfumed Spring seems almost to blossom out or rruuiess rau. Anrf mn irrigation is necessary in nearly vAi-v auction of California to utilize the Summer montns, me nest grow me season of tne year. Hence irrigation talk In California; and irrigation ana water problems, some oi wnicn ro stupendous, and some of which are grave. Th life of Sacramento, is tne agri cultural development, tne reclamation nt tho aurroundlnsr empire, une won derfully rapid growth of Sacramento A..,.inr iha n&Rt fiv vears and its h,Minir metroDolitan appearance, tVi&t there Is activity. Some of the largest nurseries In the world are being established in the tribu tary section, orchard ana mtensinea f.rmlns lrrnjurn is growing rapiaiy. s.vri lam Irritation projects, in cluding the Government Orland proj ect, are being developed In the Upper Sacramento vauey. But the big talked-or, nopea ior, o-a nt TApln m p tlon Droiect is yet vision a bold plan to utilize ail oi th flood waters of the Sacramento River for the irrigation of between two nil three million acres of land, which flood control would also reclaim some 2,000,000 acres of over-flow ana swamp tflnHl The control of the Sacramento xuver Is a big problem in uaiuornia. vr instance, one man tola tne writer mm nhnut 30 vears ago he usea to ouj groceries in a store near Sacramento hat la now a suDmergea . ceimr, nf th filllnsT in of the river silt. This problem dates DacK even tn aarlv mining days, wnen wnoie mountains of dirt were washed down from the headwaters or tne stream. This practice is now unlawful, but the rivr hd continues to fill up. and the river banks are today from five to 20 feet higher than the valley lands on either side in many places. This giant Sacramento Valley reclamation proj ect it Is estimated will cost somewhere wiun fortv and eighty millions, of dollars, for the storage reservoirs, the dredging and the irrigation canals. But it has been pronouncea is r.a.ihia for 1olnt Government, state a n KAmmunHv construction. Northern California Is Keeping useii before the world In a boosting way, one of Its chief agencies being tne oacra nantn. Vallev Development Association, which nKROOla tlon nlans to spend at iat 150 000 a year for the next five vears. About $12,000 of this amount comes from voted county assessments. From the neat, bustling office head quarters some 60.000 copies of the Sacramento Valley Monthly are scat tered every month, one-fifth of these copies going to persons who are cred ited with the regular subscription price of 24 cents a year. One of the officers of the association estimates that prob ably one-half of the persons who ac tually come to this part of the state are either honorary or paid subscribers to their 24-page magazine. Tabulated results in tne omce recora the names of 30 persons who were known to have come to this part of the state as a direct result of the associa tion's activities during one or me months Just previous to the writer's visit. And 20 persons came during an other previous month. The 20 persons came from the following states; New Tork. four; Illinois, three; Southern Cal ifornia, three; Washington, two, and one each irom Tennessee, nnonM, Kentucky. Kansas. Ohio, Arkansas, Mississippi and Canada. Tabulated as to origin, the records creon tarrn jour nal ads with five, daily newspaper ads five, correspondence three, not stated three, matrazine ads three and Sacra mento Valley Magazine one. During the month when 30 persons came 11 are credited to farm Journal ads and 14 of the total number came from the states of Nebraska, Illinois and Ohio. Exhibits and lectures form one or me boosting features of Southern Califor nia. In Los Angeles, for instance. there are not many times or tne year or the day when one cannot hear a free iiiimtrateri lecture about some special section tributary to the metropolis of Southern California. And the term ,trlhutarv,,.ls a broad one, for on tne day of the writer's visit one of the 13 distinct lectures that crowded each Kthap tin. from 10 o'clock until 4:30, re lated to a neighboring state, Arizona. These lectures are expertly handled and they are made interesting, enter taining and instructive. lAtm. Ana-elea has also made an ef fective advertising novelty from a 64 page descriptive booklet printed In tho universal language, esperanto.' At the time of the writer's visit one or tne as sistants In the Chamber of Commerce was trying to puzzle out the new batch of addresses on the postal cards and lAttera that the last mall had brougnt from almost every corner of the globe. A good part of the large and distribu tive circulation of this booklet can per haps be charged to the novelty of the idea, but after all the whole of South ern California is a novelty, in that it Is known to be one of the most highly developed, beautiful and interesting portions of the continent that one can find to visit. Evervthlng Is highly capitanzea m Southern California, it is true, includ ing the climate, most of all, but there seems to be something that Interests, then anneals, then fascinates. xne newcomer may feel Just a bit disgust ed and maybe nauseated by the con tinuous boosty-boost talk that he hears at first, but If he doesn't watch out he may catch himself Deginmng to vmrate in unison. It should be noted, too, which statement applies to the whola of California, that some of the most consistent local boosters are among the newest arrivals, who haven't any real estate to -sell either. California's contrary climate is its rreatent asset, considering that this climate returns to the land tiller prac tically every known variety or fruit, grain of vegetable that is grown. The boost booklets on California grant that there are two fruits not grown in Cali fornia the pineapple and the banana but they are hasty to Inform you that these fruits can be naa irom tneir little South Sea neighbor, Hawaii. Sev eral years ago there were a few crops that California had not yet' annexed, but the experts now testify that vast areas in California are adapted to to bacco, rice, cotton and to practically everything else new that you can think of. The chief limitation to land de velonment is water. Water is real gold and because of Its value millions of dol lars have been spent in water litiga tion in California. California Is rapidly filling up wnn people and the land enthusiasts have the vision oi tne ami wnen nearly oai CROWN PRINCE CONST ANTINE WILL LEAD GRECIAN ARMY AGAINST TURKS Generalissimo of Greeks Is 44 Years Old and Is Married to Duchess Sofia. Sister of Kaiser, but Couple Are Now Separated They Have Five Children. ''"&w"- v 1 J fir -j -d-2 -s -j i- r J?7i S, &&eejZiyi ?z72 JZ-zvce. crftfreece IN" EW TORK, Oct. 26. (Special.) Ivan Guechoff, Premier of Bul garia, believes that the trouble between Turkey and the Balkan States can be settled only by war. Mr. Guech off was himself the cause of threats of war about four years ago. He was then Bulgaria's Minister to Turkey. There was an official reception at Con stantinople, and Guechoff was not in vited. His government regarded this as an intentional affront and recalled him. It took a lot of negotiating to re store the diplomatic situation. Governor Colquitt and his staff have agreed to head a parade of 10,000 Thanksgiving turkeys at Cuero, Texas, November 25, and the town is making elaborate preparations for what will be known as "turkey-trot day." Cuero is one of the largest centers In the world for turkeys. The output this season will be 30 per cent larger than ever before. Henry F. Cochems was one of the conspicuous figures in the attack which almost cost the life of ex-President Roosevelt at Milwaukee. He was In the automobile with Mr. Roosevelt when the shot was fired at him. But it was Stenographer Martin who sprang on the assailant and disarmed him. Mr. Cochems is an old football player and a great friend of Colonel Roosevelt. He supported him at Chicago. According to the proclamation to be Issued by Count K. Terauchl, Govern or and Commander-in-Chief of the Jap- tints' 4 Count 7&tucj5z ahese forces in Corea, the Japanese government denies the charges that it has ever persecuted Christians, or that members of Christian churches have been molested because they are Chris tians. The Count also denies the charge that cruel and unusual means have been adopted by the administra tion toward the masses of the Corean people for the purpose of driving them out pf he country. His declaration Is to be widely circulated in Corea . Now that Greece has declared, war against Turkey the army will be under the command of Crown Prince Constan tino, who recently took the oath as the Generalissimo of the Greek army. The Crown Prince is 44 years old. His mar riage t the Duchess Sophia, sister of the Kaiser, has not turned out alto gether happy. The couple are now liv ing apart, but there has been no scan dal up to the present time. They have five children. Martin H. Glynn, the nominee of the New Tork State .Democrats for Lieutenant-Governor, is the editor of the Al bany Times Union. He was born Sep tember 27, 1871, at Klnderhook, N. T. He served a term in Congress, and also as State Controller of New Tork State. The Navy has lost the services of , one of Its highly trained and best known ordnance experts by the retirement for age of Rear Admiral Newton E. Mason. Until a short time ago. Admiral Mason served as a member of the Navy's gen eral board. His retirement does not create a va cancy in his rank, to be filled by pro motion, as he was an extra number in the grade, having been promoted for service In the Spanish-American War. He served then as executive officer of the Brooklyn, the flagship of Admiral Schley. Admiral Mason Is a native of Pennsylvania. of the well-located, highly developed land may be worth $1000 an acre. But one of the booster lecturers was insis tent on the point that there was no danger from high prices of land "for 10 or IS vears yet, because tne 3,uuu,uuu acres that are yet in grain are a safety valve." We are getting the best people on earth now," the booster continued, "and they are coming about as fast as we can handle them." The same point was made by one of the officials of the California Develop ment Board, the statewide publicity leasrue. This organization has recent ly been specializing in a study of the possible eliect or tne Manama canai unon California, and a man was sent on an extended trip of investigation to the Old World, to anticipate If possible the number and the class of foreigners that might be expected to immigrate direct to California following the open ing of the big ditch. Advance esti mates are hezardous. but It was thought" that the canal would not oe open very long before a total annual crop of' 50,000 native Europeans would be poured out by the steamship com panies onto the Pacific Coast. And it la a debatable point in Califor nia now whether the state should en courage or discourage direct foreign immigration through tne ranama Canal. In the meantime, prior to tne oamnixtlnn of the Panama Canal, every agency is being organized toward pre paring the way so mat mese epuicu foreigners may be directed back to the soil. California realizes that if this is not done their cities will soon have to face the perplexing slum and sweat shop problem that is now fastened onto the Eastern cities. (The third article in this series of ten articles on "The Westward Move ment of Population" will be: "Arizona, Our Toungest State." Books Added to Library PHILOSOPHY. Zanclg How to tell fortunes by cards. C1913. Bacon An Introduction to the New Tes tament. 1907. HarolU The Sunday school teacher, ciaui. Ludlow All about the primary. 1911. u-iiiinmann Oreat law: a study of re ligious origins and of the unity underlying them. 1899. Hazeltine The law of the air; three lec tures. 1911. . 8tone The timbers of commerce -ana their identification. 1905. 6uiia.l!o The teaching of primary arith metic; a critical study of recent tendenoiea In method. C191S. . , Wbeelock Nestlings of forest and marsh. I02- Woodward History of geology. 1911. SOCIOLOGY. Burstall and Douglas Double schools for girls, a series of papers on their history, alms and schemes of study. 1911. Graves Great educators of three centu ries; their work and Its influence on mod ern education. 1912. Munroe New demands in education. 1912. Roseberry The reform of the House of Lords; three speeches. 1910. Smith The home-made kindergarten. 1912. USEFUL ARTS. Bruce Scientific mental healing. 1911. Lakes Prospecting for gold and silver. 1899. Pottti Chemistry of the rubber industry. 1912. Ravenel Ravenel's road primer for school children. 1912. Roi Steam turbines; a short treatise en theory, design and Held of operation. 191L Telford Standard paper-bag cookery. c.1912. Terry The A B C of strawberry culture, for farmers, village people and small grow ers, a book for beginners. Ed. 2, rev. and enl. 1902. Thomas Shipping clerks', correspondent"? and travelers' handbook of Spanish Invoic ing, insurance, bookkeeping, legal and tech nical terms, with Spanish powers of attor ney, cable inquiry code, tables of the Eng. Hah and the metric systems of weights and measures, short cuts and metric calculations, coinage, conversation, etc. 1911. BOOKS ADDED, REFERENCE DEPT. Agricultural society of Japan Useful plants of Japan described and illustrated. 5 v. 1895-1902. Hardy Colonial families of the southern states of America, a history and genealogy of colonial families who settled In the colo nies prior to the revolution. 1911. Hill Hill's reference guide for landseek ers, travelers, schools, tourists, emigrants and general readers, including description and outline maps, with new method of quick flnding location, in each state of any city or village of 200 population and more. 1912. Lowery The Lowery collection. A de scriptive list of maps of the Spanish pos sessions within the present limits of the United States. 1502-1820-1912. Montana historical society Contributions . . . with its transactions, officers and members, v. 4, 6. 1903. 190T. Rand, McNally tc Co. Commercial atlas of America. Ed. 2. 1912. cHelnlen Stein len and his art: 24 ear toons, with a critical Introduction and de scriptive notes.' 1911. U. 8. Library of Congress Law Library Guide to the law and legal literature of Germany, by E. M. Borohard, law librarian. 1912. BOOKS ADDED TO CHILDREN'S DEPT. Barnes Little lady at the tall of Quebec Barrle Marsaret Ogllvy. ' of Dawson Road to Avalon. Dutton Little stories of' England. Genn Rome. Goodwin White aprons; a romance Bacon's rebellion. Virginia. 1878. Hare A graduate coach. Hinkson Golden lily. Hofer Children's singing games, old and new, for vacation, schools, playgrounds, schoolyards, kindergartens and primary grades. Howe India. ; Mltton Sootland. Moosmuller Erik the Red, Lelf the Lucky and other pre-Columbian discoveries of America. Round Child Marian abroad. Slepen Berlin. Van Mllllngen Turkey. Wiggin Penelope's progress. "LIFE" WILL BE PUBLISHED Work on Late King Edward's Biog raphy to Be Authorized. LONDON, Oct. 26. (Special.) A usu ally well-informed Journalist announces that, as a result of certain recently Issued publications dealing with the life and character of the late King Ed ward, it is probable that Queen Alex andra will revise her original Intention and allow an "authorized" life of his majesty to be published much sooner than was intended. The late King left all his private papers to Queen Alexan dra to destroy or retain for publica tion as seemed fit to her, and these her majesty has since gone through very carefully with the assistance of the King and the Princess Royal. If all goes well Prince Albert, second son of the Klntr and Queen, la to be created a Knight of the Garter In the early part of June next. This ceremony will take place in the historic home of the order In St. George's chapel at Windsor, and the "supporters" of his royal highness will be the Prince of Wales and Prince Arthur of Con- naught. 0 m H H -To Women- Seeking Health and Strength For those ills peculiar to women Dr. Pierce recommends his "Favorite Prescription' as gj no in "THE ONE REMEDY" A medicine prepared by regular jrraduated physician of unus ual experience in treating woman's diseases carefully adapted to work in harmony with the most delicate feminine constitution. . All medicine dealers have sold it with satisfaction to cus tomers for the past 40 years. It is now obtainable in liquid or . sugar-coated tablet form at the drug store or send 60 one-cent stamps for a trial box, to Buffalo. Every woman may write fully and confidentially to Dr. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y-, and may be sure that her case will receive careful, conscientious, confidential consideration, and that experienced medical advice will be given to her absolutely free. Dr. Pierce's Pleaemt Pellets regulate and invigorate etomach, ln erandbowele. Sugar coated, tiny granules easy to take ae candy.