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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, JULY 28 1908. SEE AMERICA FIRST, THEN LONDON TLeyre All There, Thacleray'i "Gaunt If quse,l, Alley Wkere Dickens Rejoiced, Jonnaon'f ReatauraY ST - 1 titew I til-It- V .f." ' ''v'tl:?S?Hl!At I B ,:.----in- ; rr. .T-afl tat; I XJJ N Id I'A P-l ! -I f I f:;J feM ilalaiv f( vslflffViH' i;ysi,7: ?; fj5i(i. 1-1 '' i'.l 1,-1 l"i I t -..I til I .liitH V-ar TO 1 tim ljlUlillltl1H ' vc i 1 a i off By J. Mabt-1 Miller. THKRE la probably no oilier city that so stimulates and excites ttjC imagination as London. It Is facetiously said that thous ands of Americans know mora about the world's metropolis be fore they visit It than the cockneys themselves. Particularly 1b this true of oninlverouB readers of Kpgllsh lit erature. There 1 many a small person to whom Dickens. Thackeray or Scott m!r;ht be said to act as a real estate agent through whom that Bmall person taken np his residence In Ioudon, anion personages of hih degree, endowing the furniture, the trees, or the tall Brass, as the case may be. with Hi-In if. human qualities, and attaching to tluni Important Identities , and UiRn sound ing titles. That small person shop In Bond .street, rides In Kotten Kow, drives in Hyde Park, worships ut West minster Or St. Geiitges, and enjoys Ills Imaginary existence Immensely, never, perhaps, at any time oeeupylng any Important position himself In those august assemblages 01 his uwn ereatln.;. but being entirely siiilsfied to merely be In such goodly company. A dreaming childhood, however, can not last forever. In time imagination is superseded by matter of fact, and when that small person finally goes abroad h has probably forgotten, tem porarily at least, the stories of rdeken", Thackeray and Bulwer l.ytton, anil look with a proper degree of senm upon his early fancies. In that ma terialistic frame of mind lw may wan der merrily over the continent and through Britain, but when he finally reaches London and takes a good Ions breatli and looks around, he finds that his childish fancies have merely antici pated realties. They are all there Thackeray's "liaunt House," the all'y into which Dickens turned to hide his tears of joy when his first manuscript was aooepved, Dr. Johnson's restaurant, the row, the park, the railway stations that h knows by heart, and far frmn being a stranger in a strange land lie , .finds that he has .lu?t gotten home. All the way from fiouthnmpton to Waterloo station, the swiftly moving special made lis way through a solid 73 1 4V i t 0 ) PAULhT CATJiEPIMLZ TUB 3 OVAL EXCZfAKGB hank of fog. Great was our surprise, therefore, to find, on emerging from Waterloo, that the fog had partially lifted, and that our cab with luggage piled on top, v as able to proceed at an ordinary pace. Greater was our sur prise and delight to find London dressed up lad in nil her glad rags, preparatory to extending the glad hand to poor, martyred irIos. late king of "Portugal, and Queen Amelia, who were then the guests of King Kdw.ird and Queen Alexandra at Fandrlngham. Reaching the American quarter we stopped In Oxford street for tea, and on entering into the ever-ln itlng at mosphere of F'rascatti's cosmopol l tan retreat, little gasping, clutching sobs arose in our throats, our eyes suf fused with salty drops and our hearts thrilled with, a 'sense of home, fov to our wearied ears came the welcome strains of "Hands Across the Sea" London's greeting! On the following day the freedom of the party was given to the vlsitinp; royalties, who drove through the prin cipal streets, accompanied by trie Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Arthur of Connaught and other notable per sonages. Including the lord mayor Of London and foreign ambassidors. King Caries at close range proved to be exactly like his numerous por traits. Tl;" pictures of Queen Amelia, however, do not do her justice, fir she is a remarkably beautiful woman, of the paje, clear cut t pe. w ith large expr"sive eyes and dark hair. The route along which the proces sion passed was protected on ouch side by a iov af guardsmen, stationed about I b feet apart, and immediately behind them a row- of police, stationed at the same intervals. The guardsmen looked vciy pioturesu.ua in their red Jackets and bearskin headgear, although the latter operated much like a merry widow hat would at a matinee. Later on in the season, on the occa sion of the opening of parliament on tho pith of February, we were again aide to admire the guardsmen In all their glory. T!ip pageant associated with the open ing Of parliament is one to stay Ions in the memory of any person who wit nesses as Is also the welcome ac corded by h'ngland's loyal subjects to their loved sovereign. Although sun shine was lacking, the colors of the picture were harmonious: the skies sup plied the gray tints, the people the drabs and blacks, and the military the scarlet and steel. The passing of the soldiery, the muslo of the bands, tho coming and going of the gorgeously appointed ambassadorial eoaei-es served to while away the usu ally monotonous period of waiting for d profession. Veumeri of the Guard, commonly known as Beofeaters, halberd In hand, and wearing their quaint but ever fresh costume with Immense dignity, marched out of St. James' palace as from nome medieval picture, and down the Mall to Buckingham. The smart troopers of the Twenty first LaneerSj abovo whose fine modern uniforms rose lance and fluttering pen non, formed the most. Brilliant feature of the military display. The pennon was particularly effective on the Horse Guards' parade where a double line of the Empress of India's men, with tlelr band, designated the path of royalty. Formidably indicative of Britain's power was the Royal Horse artillery, accompanied by their guns. The Sec ond Life Guards appeared In all their glory of cuirass and sword, and the First Life Guards were In equally splendid array. Tho Irish Guards, preceded by an Im mense wolfhound, provided the guard of honor, their music giving great de light. The "thin red line." which kept the route, was composed entirely . of guardsmen, the First Irish, the First Scots, the First and Second Coldstreams and the First Grenadiers. Tho balconies of the houses overlook ing the Mall were effectively decorated. In many oases British and American flags being draped in juxtaposition. Five state carriages, each drawn by six horses, preceded their majesties' superb .state coach, which was drawn by a splendid team of eight creams, richly caparloned and controlled by post illlons. Although King Edward Is a familiar figure about London In an open carriage or automobile, each neck of this im mense throng was craned for one more view of the kingly presence, and even from a fleeting giance. a most kingly impression Is gained, the principal feat ure which produces It being the ceru lean eye. remarkable on account of size, shape and expression. The arrival of the royal procession at successive stages was Indicated by the music of bands stationed at regular Intervals, until finally the boom of ar tillery In St. James' park announced. amid the screaming of wild fowl, anitl the wheeling flight of pigeons, that King Edward hud entered his palace of West-j minster. The crowd for the. most partf remained standing, patient and re-1 spectful, until the return of their majes-i ties, after the king had read his speech! and complied with the necessary forro-t allflee. The fleetlns impression of Queen' Alexandra Is one of graclotianess andi dignity, and beauty and perennial youth. There Is a great diversity of opinion as to whether or not London may bo' considered "beautiful." The London county council Is certainly not an arbi ter of taste. Some, while railing at tha absence of design In the grand manner, point with pride to the fine mass of New Scotland Yard, the fanciful sil houette of Bentley's tower above the chimney pots of Victoria street, or the suggestion of Rome of the seventeenth century lu the Brompton Oratory, and" other fine buildings scattered about the town. The climate prohibits the open air cafe and the lounging on the boulovaarts that makes Paris so ef fervescentlv attractive. Although Londoners are natural "outers," they are active ones. Whatever the lack of beauty may be in a superficial sense, the Interest la there, unceasing, Inexhaustible, at any hour of the day or night. London Is so vast and so scattered that there may be said to be no center of gravity of life or amusement, though there are many centripetal forces. It Is charac terized by a homogeneity of diffused and uniform heterogeneities.. Unques tionably the most characteristic feature of London Is her river, the Thames, which flows, as it has flowed sine Celt and Phoenician chaffered on its banks, silently out of the silent English country and emerges upon the metropo lis formidably with a great beauty all its own. A new diamond field, the extent of which Is estimated at 10 square miles, has been found at Luderlta bay, German Bouthwest Africa. FROM LAKE COUNTY TO CENTRAL WASHINGTON A Close Study of the Prevailing Conditions oy One WKo Recently Made tne Trip in a Wagon Some Good and Indifferent CountryBetter Roads Are Very Muck Needed By O. L. Thompson. riXCV. WASH., July 2". The sprirg having been very backward in Lake county, Oregon. I decided to make a long contemplated trip northward Into central Washing ton, going bv wagon In the good oil pioneer fashion, tklrg notes of crop and business conditions as I progressed. Leaving northern Lake about May SO while the weather was yet quite un settled, and winter still lingered la numerous localities, we gained the prom ising fishing grounds of the upper rschuteR river where we remained un til after the election, endeavoring to ("trap the shining beauties of those waters In vain, since weather conditions continued ui favorable. New Sawmill. Near Posland we found a new sawmill tiller construction and nearlng com pletion, an Industry which has long been needed in that locality. Their mpply of snw Umber will be obtained from the Fremont forest reserre. This locality had but a short time before abolished its single saloon. Crops here corslst mainly of hay. both wild grasses snd grains which at this time was making slow growth, needing warmer weather for best development. These conditions were found to he gen eial over the entire country covered by us The Irrigated lands of the Prs-hutes rtld not pr sent as favorable sight ss couW have been wished, hard times and harder conditions being plainly appar nt notwithstanding th optimism of Its population, who plainly must hv Improved transportation if they are to sacered on land so burdene"1 with" high irises and expenses In reducing from Ms tnw stat to a tamed and profitable i .r,n!t ion. Some Fine Fields. Thr. alfalfa and grain fields of the crooked river valley proved a Olightful criing" from the hljher and miVr lands sni showed promise of flr harvests Tee Agency Plains snd Havntaek sec tions while havlrg had some grain frot-3 and blomn out bv the cold dry minds cf April, appended to have re covered, and the replanted ground ws showine up In a pron!ir.g manner As the Jon but sr.d Columbia r!rr valleys were sppriKfhel dsrr&ae tn mora and mor apparert ifalfa crot wer hu" about half normul sni here -very hot j jntklv made rv In the hnt where in every dtre tin i were to b sen btl srot. In wm Including: whole f elds, b at wMch td fort'instelf been t ), kd bv rr)r walhr. "This rordltiotv prevailed on r-o'h !des of the CoWmbia river tir'uhV'Jt the wheat fce1 The AtDcy Plaice ra edit re rere very busv hauling last vear's whear crop to market, while the ranchers of the lower country were- preparing for haying nnd harvest, the former having alrealy be gun along the John lay river. Two Lively Towns. The towns of Fossil and Condon were full of business nnd presented a thriv ing a.rd prosperous appearance, with all branches of business well repre- rented. Just here let me add that In the "ictnity of these towns were found the bst built and smoothest roads of any portion of our trip, which leads us to the reflection that Oregon should possess die finest roaiis of any state of the l'aior i,,K the funds and lands paid f ;r this Tuirjnse been honestly ate plied hM v 1 1 1 If iea ( am of the spoilers of our roa.l funds becomes a habit as the s.ah rock and stump roads, wl'h washouts and rock filled grades ami cuts, products of greed nnd neglect. ;ie traverse 1 bv ihe plodding freight teams or lighter loaded equipages. A good roads movement is needle.! all over this northwest, not alone to provide for the future hut to Irvestlgate the piLSt and obtain If posslbl- some adequate return for 'tic thousands of acres of load land giants lu the state of Oregon latw la id hv anvthlnu hut Innocent nar tlrs who should be condemned to a p.rpefial use of the rosds built by thrm fo- the people, than which no worse punishment rotjid be devised Having traversed Alkali ranvo" (right.v named in Ftorm of (lust and sand, we crossed the Columbia at Arlington on a ell ferryboat, the steam ferry being out of use while the eheape motive power couid be depended upon. Arlington teemed like an ivasls In the desert aftrr having traversed the mora arid uplanls devote; to wtvat, and particularly the wsterl'ss land, bare bleak snd brown ndjaeent to the town where shfcp possess the land, v ea. even Into tne very outskirts of the town The green ' t rees, nwni and blooming; shrubs so refreshing to the traveller through Its scorching s irroundlngs ere dje In large measure to a gravity water svstem long maintained by Its rl'liens. and whth the business of the plsoe is small ss rompsred with Its more prospermia days, vet there seems a euff Wrrr for those row there, with a hope of a brighter future as more settled conditions obtain yon, where the storm waters can be retained for use on Ihe sand and grav el flats west of Kooseelt. If the cost and limited area served do not prove pi oil i Id 1 1 ve ibis should certainly prove a success and a garden spot result. The roads of the Hiekieton country are ery good, considerini; the new ly settled condition of the country. The ground rises from tho Columbia at the average grade of 100 fuf't per mile, which is quite evenly maintained tho entire distance, the crest of the divide) having an altitude of about 3,000 feet. North and west of the town rise ttie slopes of the Klmcoe rang.e. From this eminence- there Is to be had a blrdseye vdew of the Columbia basin checked with squares of green and gold, front the blue distances away to the south ward, where the W'ooded slopes of the Blue mountains give way to these evi dences of settlement which cover the entire Intervening country, except where the deep gorge of the Columbia. divides it up to this crest of the Ptmcne divldu. The attention Is directed lo a spot of while down in the shadows of the river gorge, some .10 miles distant, which seems to be In motion and which upon closer scrutiny is seen to be a long freight train on the R. . A S. railway west bound and silently gliding onward to its destination. A Pretty Scene. The shimmering with heat waves spirals chase one fields. Clouds of the wtnd is the great blue haze vibrates and vagrant Rand another across the sand denote where booming real estate along river, and altogether the hemite of the view Is something to be remembered but not described This thriving burg of Biekletnn shows pros perltv scarcely checked by the dullness In the outside business world, but which now is threatened by crop injury. From tliis point we descended into tha famed Yakima valley, reaching the Northern Pacific railway at Mabton on the eastern edge of the Yakima reser vation, where business conditions a.re quiescent, awaiting the extension of the Punnvsiiie irrigation canal' to the lands about the town, which Is confidently anticipated tills summer. Here we rest ed oyer Sunday and witnessed some horse raeiiy between Indian and Cau-easian-o wued slock, scrub races and baseball games preceded the main races, whh h resulted adversely to the Indian owners, who, however, remained In town ovur night anil secured a supply rf liquid ref roshhionts sufficient to cause forgelf illness of the sorrows of the viinoulshed for a limited time at least. The following evening as we were making camp in a grassy nook on the reservation a lone "Klutchman" rode up and asked In a thick voice for a drink WONDERFUL ARE POSSIBILITIES OF HUMAN SOUL-By Camille Fl ammanon of water. Her finery was in disorder, her utterance maudiin, eye wavering and a general dilapidation apparent. Her thirst was so great that she drank In quick succession three pint cups of water, cool and clear from the stream, which In a measure clarified her in tellect and permitted her to give clear ly Instructions as to the road to be followed by us on the morrow. Much Needed Rest. Retiring early we soon were enltrylng: a needed rest when the sound of wheels and splash of horses in the ford aroused us. Time about midnight. We had pulled our outfit clear of the road but a few feet and were watching to see that our white wagon cover did not frighten the oncoming team, which came ahreast, then stopped and a hall from the vehicle followed a subdued colloquy. "White man! White man lnu sleep' A minute s wait and a repetition, whl brought me to inquire what rep.y. replied r New Community. The town rf Roosevelt Just across tbe river on the ronh bank road suc- e,1s to the tr" of that auction whh h - e Wirt to Arltrurton. and ee-ema full of promise for aen a new place Her" tl e w'-est of the Htck.!on plateau finds an outlet d"n a gra'e some five rr.hu long each farmer lakirrg with him four horses to draw hark the empt-r wagoi sH'h on il doenward trip with ra Pr!r led needs J'ttle power t rwn irrkt, but forvme the ettra pomer n the ret irn trip. An Irrigation -(-er- Is offereS her th damanioa: or mom fiucB. a seep and abrupt T IS very certain that some of the strings of our terrestrial harp am missing and probably an Inhabitant of tho Sirius system would lauah at our pretensions The smallest piece of magnetised Iron Is stronger in find ing the magnetic pole than either New ton or L'ibultr. find the swallow knows the variations of the latitude better than did Christopher Columbus or Ma eel lan Appearances sre If.-eiiful and we must see Invisible for e through mat ter Matter is not what it seems to be and po man Informed about the progress of the positive sciences could now pretend to be a materialist There Is t o doubt that the soul exists, ss farce does We can admit that I: fcnd the cerebral atom are nre am that It thus s.irvlves the dissolution of the body, we can Imagine. The greater number of souls never erer suep-rt their own exlstrr.ee. out of tha fourteen hundred millions nf human beings who inhabit the earth, nretj-nlne (ne-hundreths do rot th'nk What would thev do with immortality As the molecule of Iron flouts In t 'ie Hood. tfirvbbtpg m I.martine's or Hugos temrVe. or fixed for n time in titjra I sword, as the moieeuie of hv drogr sh'r.es in 'he lobby of a ihcitrr, or merges Itself into the drop of water awsl'owed r.v a f'h ir the dark d. rtl of the sea so I'v ing atoms sleep which have never limn1' Thinking p e Is are rh Inheritance of Intellectual life They presetT hu ftiar.it v's falTttr'v IM Irer-ase it for the fjtnr Wlt-.nt this rmmortalltr ef hurnen sou! which are mne-ious of thetr Mltne nd live thro'ierh the mind, ail the HtorT of the earth would rid In rto'Mng and the who! e rr- t n. tba rf the most suVi'me weilda a weU that of ear litCe planet, would be a deceptive absurdity, more miserable and pitiable than the cast of an earthworm. That has a right to be. but the universe would not have l)o you Imagine that the thousand millions of worlds attain the splendors of life ami thought, to succeed Pie-'l other without end in the sidereal ut J ecrse, only to give birth to constantrv deceived hopes and grandeurs which are perpetually deettroyed It Is useless for a to humble ourselves, we cannot ad mit that nothing Is the supreme object of perpetual progress, proved by all the history of nature. Souls are tha ods of planetary humanities. Nothing Is so difficult to understand as that of which one Is Ignorant: noth ing more simple than what one knows. Who Is surprised now to see that tho telegraph instantly sends human thought across continents and seas? vVho ie; surprised to see lunar attraction rslse the water of the ocean and pro dure fides" Who is surprised to see light transmit Itself from one star to another at the rate of .too iniu kilometer, per second Besides. thinkers alone would appreciate the grandeur of the marvels the vulgar are aurprised at nothing. If some new dlacoyerr tomorrow si ould erable as to make eirna s to .th 1' habitants of Mars and receive rurll-s from them, t hree-fourths of mirkind wo-.: Id think r.othing of It the dsv - f t r The animating forces can transport themselves from on world to t : ethar. not everywhere no' aiwavs t be sure, ard not all of them The- are laws and conditions Mv will s'tii the help of my mu v s. e;n ra'se rr v arm or throw' a ton. If I tKc a weight of Jo kilos. It can still rais- mv arm. but if I want to raia a Height of l.of-o kiios. it can no longer do it Some mlnda are incapable of any activltr. others have acutre-1 trans onrteM feraltlea Moiart at six sir fried ail, bis hear re by tL power of his musical genius, and at etarht pub lished his first two sonalos, while the greatest dramatic author who ever ex isted, Shakespeare, had written nothing worthv of his name until after he was 30 years old. It Is not necessary to believe that soul should belong to aome super ral world. Everything Is In nature. Ir m hardly mote than a hundred thou sand years since terrestrial humanlty eVolved Itself from the animal chrysalis. For millions of years during the long historic series of the primary, secondary and tertiary periods, there was not a single eye on earth to see these grand rdghtR. a single human mind to con template them. Progress has alowlv raised the Inferior souls of plants and animals man Is quite recent on this planet Nature is In ceaseless progress, the universe Is a perpetual growth, as cent is the supreme law. and the me ." I about that In th You pay me. I 50 cent." Getting was repeated and of "white man" the taxgatherer t ha "or The lU-tort Courteous. From the Home Herald The Veracloua Verger In the far corner lies William the Conquero-; be hind the organ, where vou can t see em, are the tooms o' (Viy Fawkea Kobln 'o-el and Cardinal Wooieev Now does that guide book, as I see yon ''" In votir and. tell you who :a lyin ere, air he Skeptical To iriat No, but I can guess. 11 was wanted. in y lun : vou pav t we would talk lornlng. but "No' :s my Ian' Glf in no reply the proposal the resulting silence seeinel to dUconcert A subdue, paw-wow whs again held, the mi(K urging, tne 'Klutchman'' explaining After a few minutes thus It was con. luded that "he no pay." and their journey was re sumed This, however, was not the or.lv "holdup " we experienced on our Journey, for white men and their methods are not so easiiv escaped Horses bel our motive power, horse feed was course necessary, and in one months travel not three camps were made where horses could find subsistence sufficient to enable them to do the next dav a work, sheep snd other rntire stock hav ing cleaned and polished all the open country whh h was not occupied with ranches. Thus a corner on feed was maintained easily by the dealers, who purchase from the grower and retail to the consumer at a profit of from 100 to 2o0 per cent, and the stranger In !e1r n.ldst Is 'he logical victim Alfalfa cutting on the Irrigated landa of this valley wai In full swing at that tima 'Jane 2 a . although the army of -inemp'oyed rerr.aired practic al! v ' undlm In! '-ed All klnda of wages were offered ar.d a-oepted. lumbia Is often exasperating and at best racist expensive; It la always at tended by the uncertainty of getting across, particularly during1 high water in June, when the landing places are subject to constant change, and the possibility of being; carried away by the flood Into dangerous raplda l In creased by the use of gasoline power, which sometimes fails at critical mo ments. The work of bridging the Columbia river at Beverly, a new construction town above Priest rapids, by tha Mli yaukee & St. Paul railway Is going forward steadily, and this great struc ture Is slated for completion some time next February. The cost Is estimated at $1,000,000. The rock worlt on the river is costly, as the Incessant boom ing of the blasts are resounding through tiie hills for from 15 to 20 miles on either side of the river, and such is tha force of the detonations that they ere heard easily HO miles away. Another 12 months will probably see this line In active operation to the coast. Next year too Is confidently depended upon for a bumper wheat crop In this country, where now a farmer considers 15 bushels a good yield for this season. Altogether the prospects are that n improved condition all along the "line will follow this lean year. Labor must become more provident and reliable, em ployee will become leas exacting and avartoiou. and with the anticipated change in public service Individuals and corporations, prosperity may ones more retui n to cheer us. Oregon, with all her faults, is to be desired above this rugged sister state, and I shall soon return to my first love. Her eyes, like seas of shadowy first Hr hair, a sunset gold; Her manner sweet, enchanting lira. Her lips hold love untold Fhe owns a heart, eo strong, so Mid, she owns mv heart, 'tis true: But ah' fair htld, the Fates withhold Our lives apart, we two. God speed the day when lovs shall win, And shadows of present cea se, Ar.d love, so pure- exempt from aim. Reign o'er our lives, la peeves, Thia ode, my love, 1 give) t you. For this heart you now control. And now my love, mv Ufa, my all. Sweet aadneas enchants my snuL J. C R. Kurat Idea. From an Kvhange . "Fo vour boy Hram went up to Chl e go to get a Job v- streetcar con ductor Interrogated M- Hardapple as she came over to brr- w pome eaaa. "Tea. Indeed," .replied M-a Crawfoiot from over the churn, hat be wrla that they pot him to mo-k in e barn ' 'In the be rn x G racio ' What doing milking cows Need Good Roads, The mo mtal-.ous condition of western Wasn.r.fcn and tie Columbia river country empt mm the need of good roada, cf which there are too few. In deed, for the good of the comrnunlttee. Llht veh! la can make very good time on the present roeds, but the tribula tions of the man having trot tws berses and a nes or even owe tea are Veyeaad ' " ' 1 th ken ef thoe- saipg avch read snd durtlU le geld tlvat If ir en-ploTing double tne sower whlcbtbs irrefal ran be fS fe g'.4 a sb"nd be required for their areeds. . that ill ees. irv.s (e eert.i ai l T fee ferry service -st tavs spser d- Sataator. Miff R From tbs Philadelphia Prs. Toor old Vncle Richley, said tta favorite sephew, lie's a rery sic rues " "Tea," said Ir. Kwsek, et I the im In band Srftd there Is It ope " Tee," said tbe eibe aba t-m.r !- t . "but some af ynair petieet bate .s sows ts get veil ret epfte ef o " .