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TUB SUNDAY- OREGONIAN, "PORTLAND. - SEPTEMBER ,: 21, 1Q10. 11 GRAVE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN LONG ISLAND TOWN IS SHRINE FOR NATION More Than 60,000 Persons Visit Resting Place of Former President in Young's Memorial Cemetery; Throne Wear Footpath to Plot; Many. Marvel at Simplicity of Grave. i ci ;r-v r- d ufl 22 i. awr . Krf''-: r.s. ..-wot-. .-v . . . f t If ? ! it I I f til $ If- r i v- - 1 ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE, ONE OF AMERICA'S SHRINE S, WHERE VISITORS DAILY PAY HOMAGE. BY EARLi BALDWIN THOMAS. A MODEST grave on the ridge of a hill in the local cemetery of a small Long Island town has be come a place of pilgrimage for all the world. Upon its unpretentious length ' are heaped each day fresh flowers, daisies from the adjoining fields, roses and formal flowers from the florists; srt pieces from associations all. over America. There is no headstone to mark the spot, not even the conven tional railing that surrounds the; other plots in the ancient burying ground; a lone locust tree, its strong limbs thrusting its sparse foliage against the hot downpour of the summer sun, stands as nature's single sentinel upon the plot itself, sheltering alike the eimple mound and the armed guard who watches over it. . More than 60,000 persons have jour neyed to Oyster Bay to visit the grave of Theodore Roosevelt since the body of the former president was lowered into its resting place in Young's Memo rial cemetery last January. There was no path to the grave then; the brown winter stubble covered the ridge and ran down to the entrance of the grounds jirst as in the foregoing fall and summer the grass formed a green carpet to soften the tread of the occa sional mourner. Since January, how ever, the constant stream of pilgrims to the cemetery, has worn a broad. smooth road from the entrance gates to the plot, the thousands of footprints of the ceaseless chain of visitors ha trampled the stubble into a grassless clay patch, and instinctively one steps Into the trail and follows its length to the mortal grave of "The Great Ameri can" who so recently entered upon his final trail. Like many other such burial places in New. England . and Long Island, the cemetery has a sedate rather than a mournful aspect; its sunken stones. lined with age and seamed with the ravages of generations' storms, are eoftened by the presence of trees and climbing vines and blossoming bushes. A burst of deep red roses from a tower ing bush greets the -isitor as he moves beside the boundary hedge of Norway spruce and step beneath an -overhang ing tree around a bend and thus up a gentle slope to the goal of his travel. East and west, north and south, prac tically all the states of the Union and the countries of the two hemispheres are represented in the addresses signed by visitors in the register established by the grave's guardians. "Alexandria, Egypt," reads one In scription: "Bombay. India," two others of different date; "New Zealand," an other. Havre and Paris. In France; London, England, the South American republics' capitals, are written down by travelers from, those far points. Invariably they come to stand and ponder over the simplicity of the grave and thoughts inspired by memories of Theodore Roosevelt, to register, survey with appreciation the pleasant environ ment of the locality, and to murmur some sentiment of their deep-felt re gard to the guardian on watch. Orioles and song sparrows inhabit the locust woods nearby and perch atop the locust on the plot, chirping and chattering and scolding, or fly into the leafy recesses of the wild cherry trees that are scattered through the ceme tery. A flash of color tells the passage of a scarlet tanager; a nest of little catbirds has a noisy existence in the honeysuckle intertwined among the lilac bushes at the base of the ridge: there is a family of woodpeckers who quit momentarily their life work of tapping holes in a great black oak in the background to pick irp the crumbs of bread which the guard throws to them at evening. John Burroughs, the naturalist, vis ited the spot recently and talked of hi old friend. "There was a man." he said, nodding toward the ground. 'Vho was afraid of nothing. He did not fear the most fero cious tiger, the fiercest lion, the largest elephant or any politician." Men and -women of all races and faiths are included In the long lines of persons traveling to Oyster Bay's cemetery nowadays. It is not unusual to see some devout Catholic woman on one side of the plot making the sign of the cross, while opposite her a woman of a Protestant sect prays silently. Recently a Japanese visitor spent several minutes in grayer before the mound, then gathered from the side of the plot a few pebbles and placed them in his handkerchief to take back with! him to Japan. "In my country," he said, "our people reverence his memory. He was a great man." Baron Goto of Japan, accompanied by members of his staff, paid his respects before the grave. His name an those of his party are inscribed on the regis ter. Six hundred and twenty-five persons registered at the guard's shelter-house a rudely built box. large enough to sit In comfortably, and no more on a recent Sunday. As many more came but had not time to wait for others to sign, and so did not record their visit They came in limousines, on motor cycles, in carriages and on foot, and the list of visitors in this Sabbath pil grimage included persons from Cali fornia and Florida, Canada and New England, and parts of Europe. The plot was covered wtih flowers and a small silk American flag pre sented by the commander of Downing post, G. A. R., Glen Cove, L. I., floated before the wooden cross at the head of the grave. A wreath in t1 e center had been placed there by the Southern New York Volunteer Firemen's association: a set piece in the form of an original American nag. with 13 stars, was the gift of Mitchel Post, 559. New York City, G. A. R., and a twisted garland- of dried posies left by a little girl was withering in the sun. That was a week ago. There are fresh flowers and new offerings today, f ,-. , v. : l ; . kite unKiuiiaKo is uutnuinc in its personnel and gifts, and new thousands walk daily up the hill in the cemetery to pray at this new national shrine. The 'national' campaign to provide funds for a monument and fitting memorial to Theodore Roosevelt will continue. The hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who will have visited tha simple grave at Oyster Bay and carried away in memory a lesson concerning the simplicity of the man's character can be counted upon to unreservedly support the movement. The movement should be adequately financed so that work may be begun in November. PIONEERS CELEBRATE BIRTH OF FIRST HOOD RIVER NEWSPAPER Tribute Paid to Late John H. Cradlebaugh, First Editor of the Glacier, Established in 1888. iV A? m V V HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) Hood River valley pioneers at the annual reunion of the county's pioneer association on last Wednesday celebrated "Cradlebaugh and Glacier day" as a tribute to the late John H. Cradlebaugh, first editor of the fruit valley's pioneer newspaper. the Hood River Glacier, which came I into existence on June 8. 1888. A feature of the meeting was a paper read by George T. Prather, now a .rancher of the Summit district, but at the time, merchant and postmaster at Hood River, who founded the paper. Mr. Prather told the story of the Glacier's birth as follows: "The value of advertising came to me through a write up of our valley printed in the West Shore magazine, published by the late A. Samuels of Portland. At that time cordwood was the local medium of exchange. The suc cess of this article, written by E. L. Smith, and its benefits, led me to agi tate the matter among local men. But 1 was discouraged on every hand. Glacier' Start Kept Secret. "But I made a trip to The Dalles to cee J. H. Cradlebaugh. then editor of the old Wasco County Sun. He thought it a little too soon to launch the plan, but declared that the time would soon be ripe. "In the spring of 1888 Hood River took quite a. boom. The old river steamer Wasco was built here. Willia Ladd and-C. E. S. Wood purchased the toll road to Mount Hood, built by Cap tain David Cooper, Captain H. C. Coe and O. L. Stranahan. They were en gaged in. repairing the road and con structing Cloud Cap inn. "Now the secret of how the Glacier came to be started so suddenly and how it received its name has never before been told. At this time Campbell brothers were operating a job printing shop in The Dalles. John Michell was editor of the old Times-Mountaineer. It reached Mr. Cradlebaugh's ear that Campbell brothers and Mr. Michell were going to start a job office and news paper at Hood River, with Mr. Michell as editor. bo. Air. uradleoaugn lost no time in coming down to see me and warning that the paper must be started at once. He told me that he wanted to come to Hood River to live, but could not move until October. But he de clared that he would take the paper off my hands at that time. He agreed to sef500 copies per week for me at J20 per Week, the advertising and local news and what editorials 1 could write being furnished by me. Paper Established in 1S88. "So on the night of June 6, 1888. the Glacier was born. C. R. Bone, pioneer orchardist, then had been in the valley but a short time, but he was then, as now, an enthusiastic booster for his home paper. Mr. Bone and I on that night furnished the local items for the first issue of the Glacier. The question then arose as to what we should name it- Several names were suggested when Mr. Cradlebaugh finally suggested the Hood River Glacier. 'Good,' said Bone, so on the morning of June 8, the first copies of the Hood River Glacier were on my counter for sale. I was ready to take subscriptions for four months at 50 cents each. "No one else beside Mr. Bone and I knew about the paper until it was offered for sale at S cents the copy, but every paper was sold before night and nearly every adult in the valley had subscribed. Most residents took two subscriptions, one for the home and another to be sent to some eastern friend or relative. The late Joseph A. Wilson and S. J. La France each sub scribed for five papers. Not a dollar was ever contributed by any person to ward starting the Glacier. Mr. Cradlebaugh Pact. "On or about October 1. I turned the paper over to Mr. Cradlebaugh with a paid up subscription list of I was out of pocket 170 besides my time. From June 8. 1888. up to the present time the Glacier has never missed an issue and today it is considered one of. if not the best, weekly newspapers In the state of Oregon, out side of Port Mr. Cradlebaugh. after he had firrolv established the Glacier, sold it to S. F. Blythe, a pioneer printer of Portland. wnose son. is. N. Blythe, ts a Portland newspaperman. Mr. Blythe could not attend the meeting Wednesdav. havlno journeyed with comrades to Columbus, Ohio, to attend the annual national Grand Army encampment. Mr. Blythe. in 1904. sold the Glacier to A. D. Moe, who has published the pioneer newspaper since that date. Mr. Cradlebaugh. who for nnmk.. of years before his death last winter, was on the staff of the Salem Capital Journal, was a poet of ability. His poems dealing with the Hood River vauey ana tnat entitled "The Land Where Dreams Come True." dedloaroH to Oregon pioneers. were recited Wednesday by young women of pioneer families. The annual sioneer irldrmii v.. .a- llvered by Rev. Trov Shellav. ninn... minister of Odell. The pioneer families gathered at Oddfellows' hall at noon for a. sumptuous basket dinner. NEW STUDENTS WELCOMED President Lindley of University of Idaho Delivers Address. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. Moscow. Sept. 20. Stressing the opportunities presented by a college education and urging alert, sincere and purposeful study. President Ernest H. Lindley welcomed the University of Idaho's new students in an address delivered at the first assembly of the college year. "You are entering a. door which opens npon the best civilization A as achieved." said Dr. Lindley. "We are onering you courses that are the crystallisation of the experience of splendid men of genius throughout the ages, courses which are in themselves the organized wisdom of the race. Re member that state universities repre sent America at its best in respect to opportunity." Howard T. Lewis, professor of eco nomics, spoke briefly on the constitu tion, declaring it the "greatest single political fact in world history" and praising It for what he asserted was a flexibility sufficient to permit the United States to save the world for democracy in the great war. . O. P. Cockerill, recently appointed nean or me law scnooi, and Col. E. R. Chrisman. university commandant, were introduced by President Lindley. London Painters Busy. LONDON, Aug. 25. London office and mercantile buildings are blossom ing out in colors, now that the war is ended and the house painter has re turned to his task. London is far less smoky this year than in former years because of the decreased use of coal and the increase in the use of gas and electricity. This prompts tha use of 1 1 c h f mln r hv th nalnlAri The Paraffine Companies Hie helped develop the oil and asphalt industry of California The tremendous growth of the oil and asphalt industry of California was Sue in a measure to The Paraffin c Companies, Inc. How?. Black Paraffine" A pparently Worthless In the early days, oil experts from the Pennsylvania fields, thought thai the black viscous residue left after the lighter oils had been distilled from California petroleum was "black paraffine." But it was not like the paraffine they knew, and they considered it worthless. For a long time the oil industry was handicapped by the large quantity of this black residue. Its Great Value Discovered Then came Beardsley, an Eastern oil ex pert, and Pierce, a chemist, who resolved to find a use for it. They experimented cease lessly without result, until one day by acci dent they discovered that this "black paraf fuie' would dissolve readily in that evil smelling liquid known as carbon bisulphide. Their search was at an end. They had made a paint which dried quickly and withstood the action of acids and alkalis. As a result of this discovery The Paraffine Paint Company was formed to manufacture the now famous "P & B" paints and a small plant was established in Oakland in 1884. Oil Was Distilled to Get the Asphalt During the early life ' of The Paraffine Paint Com pany there was difficulty in securing enough "black par affine," or what was. later discovered to be asphalt. The oil companies had trouble in supplying it, be cause it forced them to dis till a large quantity of the lighter oils in order to get the residue. And, they stated, there was little or no market for the distilled products! Thus, for a time, asphalt was the main product and the lighter oils the by-prod- fMWLM PABCO PRODUCTsZ Roofings Felts . Building Papers Waterproofing Materials Wall-Board Floor Covering Industrial Paints Box Board Paper Boxes Fibre Containers nets. A curious situation in tha light el present-day conditions. Growth of The Paraffine Paint Company Through the Company's success in mak ing paint, other uses for asphalt were sought and found, and it gradually extended its business. New products were brought out from time to time, such as "P & B" roofings the original ready rooming building papers, specialty paints and wall board, and later, floor coverings. The Paraffine Companies, Inc. Organized Built upon a solid foundation and a policy of high quality always, the Company grew and expanded until in November, 191 7, The Paraffine Paint Company with other com panies was merged into The Paraffine Com panies, Incorporated. Today this organisa tion is one of the largest industrial concerns in the West and the products of its fourteen great plants are distributed throughout vari ous parts of the world. Everybody en the Pacific Coast who has ever had anything to do with building cop struction knows the names of the P B" products. Malthoid and Ru-ber-oid Roofings, as the standards of ready roofing. THE PARAFFINE COMPANIES, INC San Francisco M ALTH0I D md RU-BER-08 READY ROOFINGS Portland Woman's Club Has Attractive Calendar. Mrs. Harry Cklpssaa and Committee Amite Muf Attractions. MRS. HARRT CHIP MAN and her committee have prepared a calen dar of excellent attractions for the Portland Woman's club this fall. The first meeting will be next Friday, when presidents' day will be obserred. The meetings will be in the ballroom of the Multnomah hotel. For Friday Mrs. Herbert Garr tteea iu .,- . ...dinar. Mrs. Reed is do ing clever work this season after spe cial study in California in the sprtng and summer. Mrs. Robert Clark will sing. A reception will follow the busi ness meeting and programme. The club is the old-established woman's or ...i.itin. nf Portland and its officers have decided that the programme this season shall be or the mgnest stanaara and full of entertaining and helpful Mrs. Chipman has shown her interest in the campaign ior iunus ior a new ha. imvlt.ri Mlm 1 M Tift P.nd,. gast to speak briefly at the Woman's club meeting ana ai me onmnian chapter. Order of Eastern Star, Tues- 1 I Ma.nnli, t.mrtl. KTr, Lena. Mendenhall will be honor guest &l tnis taller niiiui m li u - U6n will be given for her. Among the women who have been working for the cause of the pew nur sery for nameless, homeless and aban doned babies are Mrs. R. E. Bondurant 1 and all her board members. Mrs. Bon durant is hoping that a large force will be out selling tags next Saturday. Among those interested and who are assisting in the Be-a-Brick cam paign are: Mrs. Helen Kkln Starrett, Mrs. Julia Mar. Quam, Mm. W. D. McWatera, Mrs, Sam J.gger, Mrs. H. F. Bturdevant, Mr, A. M. Urllley. Mra. M. J Clohesay. Mra K. F. Mul lay, M". W. H. Bathsate. Mra TV. H. Bux ton. Mra. J. Fred 8 1 aver, Mra. F. O. Nash. Mra. C I.. Fhear.r. Mlsa Ruth Peck. Mln Pauline Bondurant. Mra Fred W. Webber. Mra. Q. F. Wright. Mra. D. M. Williams. Mra. J W Willia. Mlsa Frances Nealor. Mra R. M. Irvine, Mra. William Sills. Mra F. C. Northrup, Mra Charlea Rube, Mra J B. Marlette, Mra Carl Johnson, Mra. Addle McClure. Miaa Alice Baumsarten. Mlaa Edna Marquits. Mra Judge. Mra. Hawlay, Mlas nij n neriiwo, jirs. r. i.. Armur, Alias Miss Klten Engliah. Mra. Harry Hutierfieiii, Mlsa Flynn, Mlsa Katherlne Wilcox. Mra Louise Palmer Webber, Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Mrs. CI II ford Lorn Ire. Mrs. C. H. Baty, Mra. M Kldden. Mra R. Marshall. Mra Alice Mc- NauKht. Mra Mildred Newell, Mrs. Dudley Clarke, Mra N. 8. Utille, Mra. Georse En aminser, Mra Mudarin. Mra Bessie Rich ards. Mra. William Mai-kieinan. Miss An nette La Blue, Miss Myrtle Rmlthson. Mra Nellie Prentiss. Mra. W. A. Kins. Dr. Core -ralbott. Mra Emilia p. Duke. Mrs. R. NT Robinson. Mrs. H. B. Brown, Mra Hansel Miller, Mra W. C. Joss. Mra L A- Bass. Mra Theodore Ray, Mra E. E Alsers. Mrs l.. a. ariey. airs. w. . Kaley. Mrs. R. J Thomas, Mra. K. M. Patterson. Mra. Delia Whltlna;. Miss K. Calvin. Mrs A. D. Austin. Mra onerman i ay ior, Mra n. LJi Johnson. Mra R. E Blodsett, Mrs Harry Coleman. Mra li. v. ReineklnK. Mra J. A. Rogera, Mra. Locklcy Griffin. Mrs. D. B. Kelley, Mra C. V. Ketchum, Mra. J. H. Gallasher. Mra J. u. walKer. "U" GRADUATE COMES BACK Mrs. Editb Pattce to Be Instructor In School of Education. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Sept. !0. (Special.) Mra. Edith Pattee, 1911 graduate of the university, will be instructor in the school of education when classes begin next week. Mrs. Pattee received the degree of master of arts in 191 S. Since that time she has taught at the Weleer (Idaho). and Hood River (Or.), high schools. Last year she was principal of the high school at Florence. The Cuticcra Trio Is M Yon Need For Your Skm Bathe with Cuticara Soap to deanoe and purify the pores. If aians of pimple, redness or roughness are present smear gently with Cuucura Ointment before bathing to soothe and heaL Finally duat on a fear grains of the exquisitely perfamod Concurs Talcum, it takes the place of other pea fumes for the skin. They are alt yon need for ail touet purposes. The Soap. Oantmeot and Talcum jSc ear-fa everywhere-. For sample of each free ad- She Took Adler-i-ka! 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