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J TTTE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. JULY 1914. t COMMITTEE CHAiBMAN IN CHARGE OF RESTROOM DURING ROSE FESTIVAL, WHO, WILL PARTICIPATE IN ORGANIZATION j I h YOU believe an VANCOUVER'S PARI IN HISTORY IS TOLD OF FEDERATION OF STATE SOCIETIES. I Charles A. Johns Speaks of Lessons to Be Drawn Out of Annals of State. CITIZENSHIP IS PRIVILEGE Prominence of Dollar and Selfish ness Decried and Appeal Made to Support Schools and Places In Which Patriotism Is Taught. I The picturesque history of Vancou ver. Wash., and the duties of Ameri can citizens and particularly the citi zens who live in the Pacific North west in the places founded after gen erations of struggles against over whelming odds by the early pioneers, were told in Impressive way by Charles A. Johns, who was the principal speak er at patriotic Fourth of July exer cises In Vancoucver yesterday. He related the struggles of Lieu tenant "William Broughton, Captain George Vancouver, D. McLoughlin, the stalwarts of the Hudson Bay Company and others and told of the gradual growth of the towns of the Columbia and their Governmental ana eaucauuu al and social systems. "From all this," said Mr. Johns, "it appears that Vancouver Is truly an historical site. Ground Is Historical. "From 1824 to 1846 it was the scene of Dr. McLoughlin's great activities, and he was followed by "Chief Factors Douglas and Ogden, of the Hudson Bay Company. Following them, many men prominent in the affairs of the Ore gon country, and of the Nation it self, lived upon this site; amongst whom were General V. S. Harney, Colo nel George Wright, Major Benjamin Alvord, Lieutenant Phil H. Sheridan. Captain U. S. Grant, Major Rufus In galls. and many others whose achieve ments entitle them to a high place in the annals of history; and it is indeed fitting and proper that on this ground, eo rich in historical events, we should lay aside the cares, duties and troubles of life and pay tribute and respect to the birth of this Nation. "Sometimes I fear that we do not know.-appreciate or have a proper con- ception of the duties and responsibil ities which rest upon us as American citizens. Sometimes I fear there are too many unmindful of the duty which they owe to their country and its flag who are ready and willing to mislead and deceive the people and make an appeal to passion and prejudice; and that there are too many who are ready and willing to hear and receive such an appeal. Such persons are not good citizens. They are not patriots, and are unworthy of that liberty and free dom which are guaranteed to them by the laws of this Nation. CltUenshlp Is Privilege. "To my mind it should mean some thing to become an American citizen, and no person should ever enjoy that privilege unless he knows and compre hends what that privilege means un less he knows and comprehends the duties and responsibilities of that priv ilege. "The great body of our people are loyal to this country and its traditions. Its history and its flag, and always will be so long as we uphold and pro tect and defend our public school sys tem. It is the cornerstone it is the very foundation upon which rest the existence and perpetuity of a Repub lican form of Government; and the demagogue may appeal to passion and prejudice and seek to array one class against another, and sow the seeds of strife and discord, but so long as the children in the public schools of this Nation shall pledge their allegiance to that flag aad the country for which it stands, this American Government will endure and is founded on a rock. "It is in the public schoolroom you have a living example that 'all men are created equal.' The children of the rich and the poor, the high and the low, of the mansiqn and the log cabin, meet on the same level have the same room, sit in the same seats, study the same books, are taught by the same teachers and are measured by the same standard. School Is Cornerstone. "It Is there your children are daily taught of the Declaration of Independ ence, of our form of Government and the history of this Nation what they mean and the principles for which they stand. It is in the schoolroom and on the playground that they are taught the love of country, love of the flag, and the duties and responsibilities of an American citizen, and I have yet to learn that any child so taught, while a resident of this Nation, has ever lowered -its colors: or that any student of an agricultural college or univers ity has ever been untrue or unfaith ful to that flag. "It is for such reasons that it is the duty of every good citizen to be a loyal supporter of educational institutions. Their value alone, as a patriotic asset, cannot be measured in dollars and cents. Dollar Too Prominent. "We are living in a commercial age in which the standing and position of too many persons are measured by their assets in dollars and cents only. There are many, many things in this world beside money, and above everything is the peaceful home the domestic fire side and circle of sweet, happy, inno cent children, and a high sense of hon or and clear conscience, devoid of of fense before God and man loyalty to country, its traditions and its flag! "There are too many persons in this country who do not know the meaning of the Fourth of July, or why that day is honored and observed by every pa triotic American citizen, or why on that day, above all other days in the history of this Nation it is our duty a3 citi zens to bow our heads in reverence and salute the flag. "To many of us are careless and neg ligent in the discharge of those public duties and private duties which we owe to our friend and neighbor, the commu nity In which w live, the town, city, church, school, county, state and the Nation Itself. Great Chances Ahead. "There Is no country or nation of grander opportunities. The greatest statesmen, the greatest generals, the greatest financiers and the greatest men In every walk or profession of life in this Nation were born and rocked in the cradle of poverty, and knew what it was to toll and have felt the pangs of hunger, and yet. through the oppor tunities which were presented to them and the protection which was afforded to them by the Constitution, laws and the flag of this Nation, on their own personal merits and their own personal resources, they have risen front that " cradle of poverty to high and honorable positions. "Such opportunities exist now and will continue to exist yso long as we FRONT HOW- BERTHA H.I.TB, KAA. ' R Uir&T F. HARRINGTON, INDIAN SOCIETY. . .......... - - - have a' republican form, of Govern men. While, as a growing, prosperous state, you should be modern in your mothnHa onH f m nrn vpmen ts and have and enjoy all the pleasures of life, yet great care should De tanen in me i fairs of Kovernment that you. do not riAHtrov its fundamental principles, which our fathers gave their lives to estaDiisn, upnoia ana ueicuu. Condltionn Have Changed. "Vet tht-v tell us that conditions have changed and that we must change to meet new conditions, and that may be true; but how, when and by whom has the change been made? Any change that has been made has been wrought 1 rtmm,r!n a ft IhmUh A Sel- fish ambition and through the failure ana neglect or American vuucuo v perform the duty which was enjoined Kir i ti rinriaratinn nf In dependence and the Federal onstitu- tlon. We are a granu people ana mis Is a grand Nation, but ir we hope to .nv onH all thA ri-hts And cJJ ."J 1 - ' ' privileges which belong to us as a people and Nation, there are times and occasions when the business man, the , . , Via l.Knrr nnri the Rtudent must lay aside his business cares and amnition for money, ana give nis oesi thoughts and attention to the affairs of Government. "If as citizens of this state and Na tion you wish to be protected in your property rights and have guaranteed to you life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, you have duties to perform to both the state and the Nation in re turn for that guarantee and protection. There is n danger from without, be cause I know there is a patriotism in this country when once aroused that will always defend that flag, M"ore Danger Within. "Whatever danger there may be is from within, because we are living in a commercial age and are growing sel fish in our motives and habits of llfe striving to accumulate wealth, and neg lecting our duties as citizens, and leav ing the affairs of Government to men who, in the brodest sense of the word, are not patriotic. mtI.a umrlra vniiflrnill f?flfln Brett, but what this country needs Is the old pi oneer patriotism, ror iruo auu genu ine liberty and freedom, love of coun try, kind words to neighbor and friend, the peaceful and happy home and the pleasures of life, I honor and .respect the old pipneer and cherish happy memories . of those days when the latch-string was out, the knife was in the scabbard, the rifle in the radi and the powder in the horn, and I trust we shall never forget that it was be cause of the love of liberty and free dom of such men that we are now citizens of the land of the free and the home. of the brave, and that the time will never come when any of us. by any act, word or deed, will spot or stajn, insult or dishonor the Flag of this Nation." ' STASfDISfCr IN FROM, CENTER I v .s--nl . vftt3 I ih Lilt I- I ' T-'""7 ' T MASTER CAR BUILDER; NEXT TO -MK. IS K. M. RINGER, DIRECTOR OF BAIVLI. . tt k. r -tat t a. 1st nhnna nt A Ihins. have organized . - . w the Shriners' band, is the director. eventually form a band for all employes of the O.-W. R. & IS. line. Officials oi the railroad, through J. P. O'Brien, general manager, and movement and given It financial support. SOCIETIES TO UNITE Organization Planned to Get Visitors to State in 1915. MEETING SET. FOR MONDAY 0. C. Chapman to Address Gather ing Vrging Members to Write to Friends "Back". Home to "Come the Cool -War." At a meeting to be held Monday even ing in Liberty Hall C. C. Chapman will address an audience representative of many states, urging them to write their "back home" foi- and friends to visit the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915 and to "come the cool way." or in other words, "buy your ticket via Oregon." The object of the meeting is to organ ize a federation of the various state so cieties having headquarters In Port land, and td BUggest ways and means in which these organizations can be mutually helpful in building up. the commonwealth. The benefits of co-operation will be nointed out by - M. Lepper. of the In diana Society. The Nebraska bociety will be represented Dy Eugene crown ings, who will give a brief address, and representatives of other states will voice their sentiments. Mrs. Hendee Makes Suggestion. The idea of a general federation 'of the state societies was originally sug gested by Mrs. Harriet C. Hendee, of the Michigan Society, who will offer H l, ralfltlv. t O o r R fl OI 5UHlt3 DU6Bco,.,v.o ' organization. Mrs. Hendee also plans a Coast federation of Michigan Socie ties, in that way arranging a series of entertainments for the Michigan peo ple all the way up and down the Coast, with people from their home state to greet them wherever and whenever they stop en route. The closing address, by George M. Hyland, will be a synopsis of the plans of the Oregon Commission having in charee the Oregon building and Oregon exhibit af San Francisco, and will show moving pictures of the evolution of the Oregon building from the cutting of the logs in the forest to the erection in EMPLOYES OF O-W. R. & N. COMPANY'S ' ... IF" ;ROLP. IS J. K. I.KABAM, strr.ai:iioo... . Unvn, band D rnnciniona nf man v years experience. It is the intention to take into the S'tV',' JSVSlU TZLX T. lGHES. MICHIGAN SOCIETV A MRS. T. v, - nia,,a onnnri th. building, also the raising of the huge Oregon flag pole at the corner 01 tne uregon bii. System la Planned. nr.. -Da-tha Towlnr Vnnrhorat see retary of the Greater Portland Plans Association, is taking the initiative in connection with the Monday evening -. : aA la nrBnoHii? ft. R P T i H. Ft of HJCQLiII5 "Hi- . --n placards, including a large co.ru iui can state to insure tne ouncning up ui r BnMn4inl, tn their ntate affili- ICilCllh V.- V ations; also small cards of all the colors of the rainbow, no two adjoining states to have the same color. These cards nrlll A i O t h 11 t f t Vl A DlirDOSfi Of securing the names and local addresses of the audience, together with the ad dresses in former home states. The public is coraiany mvnea. at doesn't cost anything to get in, but Mrs. Voorhorst says no one can get out nilthmit having rftfT 1 A t PreiJ . The list Of names so procured will be used to aug ment tne registration nai at. tuo iov room during the Rose Festival, when I . J .. namaa WAA nlnfAri 1 1 l"l O tl the rolls of the various state registers. MAID KNOCKS OUT ACCUSER Hotel Servant Hurls Alarm Clock at Man at 4 A. M. Frankle Wilson, a chambermaid In ct U.Una Wrttot lrnnrkttd nut W. E. Thurman with an alarm clotfk at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, it is chareed. The two were arrested by Patrolman Clement They will be tried in the Municipal Court Monday for dls- turomg tne peace. . ml.. , -. I la ollacrait 0i-11tO(t At 1 CJ H Wilson of stealing $5 from his room. A warm debate ensued. Then Thur man slapped Miss Wilson and the woman reached for the alarm clock. V, r. ... - i , Vi oiifih cnnit hItti that 1 1 IIO ,iu c n nivu buw. uww " v.u Thiirmoti ArnrtnaA in Ills traolrB Whttn Patrolman Clement arrived on the scene the man was still out. 3 YEARS' ABSENCE .VAIN Ed Stone Wanted on Old Charge Is ' Arrested on Kcturn for Fourth. T7M ct.na was sirraRtpri vesterdav on a larceny charge which has been pend ing for three years. In 1911 he was employed in a saloon in this city. It is alleged that he, with an accomplice, robbed the place of $66, a revolver and a quantity of whisky. ' . Immediately after the robbery Stone disappeared. For three years he was not seen in Portland.- Yesterday he came back and was immediately placed under arrest by Detectives Hyde and Howell. He will get a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court Monday. SHOPS AT ALBINA ORGANIZE BAND T,,.-rr, nf nnTiVR POWER t BACK LAmTsTEBMECHaViC, IX FROXT. which promises to develop into one E. M. Kinger, cmei QjByavi;u 4. organisation m embers from variou b P. Graham, superintendent of motive : power, have sanctioned the CUPID'S AIDES SHIRK Many Marriage Certificates Mot Yet Returned. KNOT-MAKERS FACE FINES Ministers and Jndges in Multnomah County Who Performed Wedding for 4 7 Couples Since January 1, Fail to Advise Clerk. Aithnnirh there is a penalty pre-t scribed for ministers and judges who do not within 30 days of performing the ceremony return certificates oi marriage to the clerks of counties. In the office of county uiern v-uwc, n ...-- i.aa ti.An made on certificates of marriage Issued to 47 couples since the first of the year. The couples to whom certificates have .n Issued and of whose marriages there ts no record are: Horace H. Rayburn, aso norm xwon ,.. if. nrt and Estella H. Bart- lett, same address, June 16, 191S. Stephen N. Pfeifer. 1034 East Seventh North, and Clara L Wolf, East Eighty second and Wasco, June 18. M. L. Millgard, spoKane, anu net M. Sullivan, 2050 East starK, June . C. C. Barger, 328 Mill street, ana Verna DeWentzy. Whitman avenue, August 15. Joseph Greco, 568 Clinton street, and Grace Gardner, 665 Ellsworth, Septem ber 6. . iA,arA rtitn Semnert. S22 East Thirty-fifth street, and Blanche Eliza beth O'Brien, 648 Elliott avenue, Sep tember 9. Charlie Rlker, Iionia, Mich., and Clara Pursche, 1261 Boston avenue, Septem ber 19. ' Sol Lievrman, 844 Union avenue North, and Eva Brenner, 680 1-2 Fifth street, October 15. t w RnWnsnn 992 East Carruthers, anrt'Nalma Alfreda Soderburt - 4848 T o a TTnrtv.ntTth street. October 18. wniiam M. Ertz. Fulton. Or., and Margaret Pauline Gunderson, Linnton Antonio Siri. Parkwood. Or., and tt m i i i .. pt.nnvl name. October 22. Carlo Bondl, 686 Clinton street, and OF HIM IS T, M. RA1HSDELL, m-.tm rinn WITH CORNET AND BATON, or tne pe mUfc" T nfaVs in - . . t i 1 ..ipnnl.attAn. m .,."j " inl and umtsr uitmiiuw v w - 4 Lst Your Property Now in Time to Get it in the Catalog. For the Real Estate Auction to be held shortly. The big event will be held in the par lors of a leading Portland Hotel. Offers a sure op portunity for you to at last turn your property into cash. Absolutely no ex pense to you for listing or advertis ing your property, in any event. Investigate at once, if you have any property for sale. Our charge for sell ing will be the reg ular Realty Board commission. We have several in quiries for high class business, ho tel and apartment house property. Secure full particu lars at our office. Metzger & Goodkind Auction Realty Co. AOE'TS FOR.MKTZOF.R ACRK TRACT AMI TO W SITU of M ETZtiKH Angelina Ciarlo, 629 Clinton street, Oc tober 25. , t nr rilrt.T.f1 QRfl Tlronklvn HtreeL and Enilly Fife Webster, 114 Graham avenue, )ctober 21. Arthur Joseph Ray, 168 East aeven- ty-slxth street, and Mary Ellen Mo Lain, 298 East Seventy-fifth street, November 8. n.vij Mu.irmiin. 1004 East Eight eenth street, and Ida Frieldman, 658 Third street, November 1J. Walter F. Hogan, 192 East Thirty ninth street, and Elizabeth II. CosHorn, same, November 25. Ivan Pustovoitov, 208 Sheridan street, and Pologla Laikeff, same, November 25. LeRoy Eby, 492 East Twentieth street, and Jessie Lena Hubbard, 495 East Twentieth street. December 19. Raleigh C. Wilson. 970 East Twenty third street, and Sylvia B. Unsted, 300 Freemont, January 2. 1914. Nicholas Kaufmann, 930 Rodney av enue, and Laura Wood, 409 Glenn av enue, January 28. Arthur M. Golden. 1364 1-2 Hawthorne avenue, and Freda Clausen, 794 Glisan, February 5. ,,, . Loren P. Wood, Kalamaioo. Mich., and Lessle Wade, city. February 26. P. H. Phillips. Scio, Or., and Olive Curtis, city. March 2. Frank Weinman. Tigard, and Carrie Shrier, 1080 East Taylor. March 26. Chester C. Hargrove, Salem, and Jes sie C. Rock, 610 Flanders, March 28. Henry Mummasti, 24 Penn street, and Ella Rautlo. 24 Penn street, April 1. Edward Forbes. San Francisco, and Julia M. Walsh, city, April 18. Isom N. Allen. Los Angeles, and Mary Gail Hare, city, April 16. James W. Blaney, 490 Union avenue, and Callie Bell New, Montavllla, April 17 Henry Monflls, 306 Columbia street, and Lucy Nugent. 72 East Seventy- ninth street Notrh, April 25. Steve Sabich, Eastmoreland, and An toniete Soljan, same. May 2. John F. ZiellnsKI, Chemawa, Or., and Nastaxya Stycsnska, 931 Maryland av enue. May .6. George L. Cherry, 584 East Twenty third, and Minnie V. Bell, Hartford apartments. May 12. Harve Leap, 426 Williams avenue, and Cora May Shirley. Rowland Hotel, M jf L. Stacer, city, and Margaret Ket. Beaver Apartments, May 20. Logan P. Stone, Seattle, and Kath erlne M. Moon, city. May 22. Joseph A. Lukowski. 224 11-2 Holla day street, and Pauline GaUka, 8Z7 Mississippi street. May 22. Walter J. Smith. Altonla Apartments and Edna C. Murphy, 764 Roosevelt 8t JTo'hn Robert Smith, 63 First, and Molly Perkel, 267 Grant street. May 25. D E. Shearer. Forks. Wash., and Kathryn F. Panley, 396 North Twenty fifth stieet. May 26. ' ,, Albert E. Bartell. 4242 Forty-eighth avenue Southeast, and Agnes M. Odeen, 1095 Holgate street. May 26. Walter C. Stafford, 600 Nehalem . T.iu Helen Starrett. 4905 Bliori, Seventy-first street. May 27. J S Subotnick. 665 First street, and Rose Brenner. 647 First street. May 1. Phillips Beck, 427 1-2 Stark street, and Wllhelmina K. Hofmann, 888 Weld- ler street. May 29. Lewis , Edwara ivresor, Minn., and Lydia Sarah Erb, 341 Four teenth street. May 29. , Rav E. Streckler, 1037 East Six teenth street North, and Esta Virginia Wells, 6514 Thirty-seventh avenue, May 29. MYERS W. SMIJH IS DEAD Oregon City Civil War Veteran Suc cumbs at 71. T5 rnnw pitv Or. Julv 4. (Spe cial.) Myers W. Smith, a veteran of the 1 V 1 1 war iiiiu iDBiuwii, v. Willamette valley for many years, died ... i .. v.m in tfci ittv At fi:20 A. M. ai ii i o i'"'"u -j --- today following a stroke of paralysis une 21. t i hv his wife and two children, Howard and Iva. both living ,t home Tne iunerai wui do nem i j active real estate market is a good tiling for Portland, you must agree that it is a good thing to have es tablished in Portland A PERMANENT AUCTION REAL ESTATE MARKET An excess of sellers is one of the things that causes depression in realty conditions. One of the basic principles which we claim for our new enterprise is thar, selling real estate at auction will eliminate the weak holder through getting his frequently offered proporty disposed of, and out of the way, to permanent investors. . The enerpics of this con cern will bo devoted exclu sively to the handling of real estate at auction, ami it is not merely an "auction department," where your interests would be handled between various principal or departments. Date of first sale, complete list, terms of, and condi tions of sale, will be pub lished in due time, when you will be invited to ex amine the properties and consult any dealer as to their values: Inquiries in vited. METZGER &'J00DKIND AUCTION REALTY CO. 89 Fourth Street Marshall 4C8 401-402 Title & Trust Bldff. Portland, Oregon (Note The senior member of this firm is Mr. Herman Metzger, who has resided in Portland for the past f0 years. Mr. (Joodkind is also well known in the Northwest, where he has successfully operated in real estate for a number of years.) 3:'30 P. M. tomorrow from the rhpl th llnlmin L'mlertaklng Company and the body will be taken to Corvallls Monday for Interment. Mr. Smith was born December 7, 1843, In Pennsylvania, rrune Orchard rrogrew. MONMOUTH. Or.. July 4. (Special.) Young prune orchards In Ilia country about Monmouth are making a rapid growth, surpassing apple, pear and cherry trees In many places. The hill lands, west of here, were found lo be well suited for the raising of prunes, and several years ago many new orch ards were set out. which have made a steady, uniform growth. Some tre-s will come Into bearing this season. In addition to this acreage, new trees were planted in several districts ot Polk County this Spring. A large hill between Monmouth and Dallas, known as "Mount Plsga." too barren to ralso grain successfully, Is now capped with a growing prune orchard. Vancouver llooolpts Icorcae. VANCOUVER. Wash., July 4. (Spe clal.) Less money by nearly $70ti0 Is now In tho postal savings bank of this city than this time last year, the end of the nscal year. On deposit now there Is $45,762. while last year there was 152.533. Since the bank was opened three years ago there hava been 10 accounts opened. i;: .... .ill ,, in. 1 1 i ? By the Public " r Held in High ; pi Esteem, Dignified by all I Approval, Sparkling.Wiolesorae i i and Supreme i te iK Miiiii life Mineral Springs Co. IOO SROADWAT, n.V. I ' 1 ' L " ' II . I I I 1 ' ' ' Ml 1 I I t Mint:;: '!! llil'.::!;""'"' l I 1 4 mm