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CHALLENGINO PORTLAND
P
.ORTLAND brigadiers or com
mercial, industrial, financial
and clric life are challenged by
an article from the Lakevlew
Examiner, elsewhere on this page.
: It la claimed that they are neg-
V lectins trade territory that la geo
graphically their. own,. '.It I claimed
. that by Inattention, they are driving
' to San Francisco the business" Of A
city that baa a trade are ot a mil
lion fertile acres. .It 4a claimed that
by, lack of alorlneaa they are losing
traffic of seven million ponn" that
Is theirs for the 7 asking.' . It Is
charged that - they have neglected
Lake county In their publicity work.
It Is not the first 'complaint .of
the eortw Iack of alertness has often
' been ' charged ' against , Portland.
Ceogrftphy made us, and we are still
. relying too much on the map.
' W could have seised a rast per
eentage of the Alaska trade, but
were, not wide awake enough to do
lt Seattle had livelier' men; 'and
they saw-the 'significance of the
Alaska trade and grasped it. " It was
'Alaska." nothing else, that made e-
attle, and Seattle, has beaten Port
land In growth. -
, Spokane Is a ttudy In men. It fs
not a creation of geography. -It has
risen tb distinction because from the
beginning tt was a city of live wires.
It Is now disputing successfully for
Ail a irta vao fnr
merly Portland's own, and unless
Portland utilizes her waterways, Is
goingto make further inroads.
We-, have oever done all we ftouM
in Portland. We grew because we
could not nelp but grow. 'A fortui
tous location made It Impossible .for
us not to grow, We are not a crea-
tlon of men. but of, the map. We
ought .". to take home, ' and reflect
f' upon, the complaints . from Lake-
" view.' f."J. ' 1 I
CROOKS, IXSIDR AND OUT
THERE ARB crooks .. outside as
well as Inside the penitentiary.
The fact that a man is at large
. , la not always proof of his vir
tue)' The outsiders probably, equal
In vlclousness those rnslde, and are
: ot the larger number.
In many things, the world has
learned as It grew older that It was
' formerly wrong. It doesn't have
slaves any more. -It was wrong when
it dragged; Garrison through the
streets of Boston and stoned Lovejoy
1 In Illinois. It employed the lnqui
sltlon once, and beheaded men with
out trial by Jry. Even religion ex
acted Its martyrs - but It has laid
. . aside the habit' 11 ,i
May we not have been wrong In
the treatment of criminals? Is it
not possible that a prison-might re
form as well aa punish? May not
some of those who enter it be re
claimed for honorable living? Is
not one life so reclaimed worth the
, effort, even if two escape In the at-
- tempt? 'i '
To reclaim a few men "to virtue
' and to lessen the penitentiary cost
',' Is the serious effort of Governor
." West It la a change of the old
scheme that for more than a century
' ' we have employed' without lessening
, .crime. Is it not possible in this, as
. In many other of our former plans,
that we have been wrong, and that
the governor's policy la" the better?
Is the end to be attained, not vital
' enough to bespeak for the .new plan
a fair-and . impartial trial? Is It
not better, in the effort he is mak
ing, to encourage and cooperate with
Governor West than to read his plan
out of court without a hearing?
' ' ' " On this page, the Salem Statesman
ay the Oregonlan's column-and-a
v half story about fright at Salem is
not true. ..The 'statesman opposed
" the-election-of . Governor West, but
now punctures the bogy story. Like
' all cities, Salem is In more danger
- from crooks outside than from
crooks sent to "the pen."
THE PROBLEM .
v
I
N KANSAS the 'farmers are clam
oring lor zo.oeo iaoorers 10 am
In the harvesting. - ,
, . In Portland, a scene on Front
street almost any evening is a group
of men fishing in the garbage cans
for somotblng,jto eat There .were
cliio of i themr Tueedar ntfornoptt,
and with to era w& ft woma4 They
fished oat spoiled orange and other
decaying fruits and vegetable which
they' ate gTeail7?i'h.t',' '
s With a babe in her arms, a woman
fell fainting from hunger in alrd
avenue car In New Tor.; 'With aerobe way along the "intatoo. tb.
.M n.a rMMw.li and they had ' In those other schools the children
gone threi day. without food.
She was pale and sunken-cheeked.
. .. . .T ... a ,.
ana me nonce iwi ontmnw
war.
from the car she fainted again from
aheer lack ot nourishment, and tne
latest report from the hospital were
that she wa hovering between life
and death.
.At the coronation banquet Tues
day night, eight tons of gold service
adorned the dining tables. In Eu
rope recontly...ha!f a million dollars
was paid for a single painting.
The late Mr. Havemeyer promea
110.000.000 out of nothing, by mere
manipulation of the sugar trust ac
cording to testimony. Dror
house investigating commute, vo-
casloaally, J. Plerpont looks out over
his earth, and queries himself on
how well he has done bis work.
The blEKest problem in the wnoie
world la how to bridge the frightful
chasm between the garbage cans and
the eight tons ot gold plater, and span
the abyss between the starving moth
er and Morgan's office desk.
STILL REJECTING TRUTH
. n via . t - . . . . . I
IT IS BELiIHiVABL-Jy Mil Aiiuriirj
' General. Wickersbam may be sin
cere In his hostility to the Initia
tive and referendum. At, first,
mankind refused to believe that the
earth Is. round. The higher-ups ot
his time made. Galileo admit that It,
was flat
Truth has always .been resisted.
Actual human freedom was .rejected :
for more than 000 years.
Mr. Wlckersham Is merely a type.
His denunciation of popular govern
ment at Tale Monday is the same
note we have been hearing for cen
turies. ;Metternlch and the other re
actionaries who erushed growing as
pirations for liberty and perpetuated
bourbon kings talked the same way.
Even when human freedom came,
we got the boss. His Insidious ruler
ship crept In and found plenty ot de
fenders and aupporters. His tyran
ny was helped by those who wanted
the good things that come from the
exercise of power. Boss government
is merely a modern form of the 01a
government by divine right
Before, there were those who be
lieved that government was possible
only under a monarch. Now there are
those who believe that government
Is possible only under a system that
permits Of a boss. It has been the
bent ofman to be so, and It will con
tinue to be hi peculiarity. The
struggle between rule by the few
and rule by the many will go on to
the end of. time.
" The principle of the Initiative and
referendum la to the twentieth cen
tury what a round earth was to the
sixteenth. It has Its opponents, Just
aa Ganileo had his. The fulmlna
tlons of the Wlckershams are a far
cry ftom the reactionary past, still
rejecting truth.
OTJIt SORRY FIGURE
IN OREGON we balked on spending
$340,000 a year for two years on
roads. i.
Pennsylvania Is soon to vote
on a bond Issue of 150,000,000, for
the purpose, and all accounts are
that It will pass. 1
Alabama has voted bonds for $1,
230,000. : ;
Colorado proposes an Issue of
$10,000,000.
; Connecticut, by bonds, taxation
and otherwise is spending $7,000,
000. ; Maryland, with a bond Issue of
$5,000,000 and local revenues, Is to
expend $6,250,000.
Massachusetts, by legislative ap
propriation, licenses and other In
come, IB to spend $3,300,000.
i New Jersey, from appropriations
and otherwise, is expending $3,800,
000. After a bond issue of $50,000,000,
New tork Bpent last year $2,500,000
in state aid and another $2,500,000
from local taxation, and expects thiB
year to appropriate $7,000,000.
Los Angeles county alone in Cali
fornia has issued $10,000,000 in
bonds and the state is literally
spending money by the million on
roads.
This Is only what a few of the
states are doing. Others are equal
ly alert to what civilized highways
mean for civilized men.
In comparison, what a sorry fig
ure is cut by Oregon without a red
cent to spend. What a triumph of
statesmanship It was, when the legis
lature Juggled the roads program
Into a dismal abortion.
YOUNG
HERMISTON
TILLERS
SOIL
IT HAS BEEN left for the voters
of school district No. 112, near
Hermi8ton, in Umatilla county, to
solve one of the many problems
in providing practical education for
their children.
They have voted a special ,levy to
buy a farm, as the training ground
for the classes in the public school.
The land adjoins, the school
grounds, and agriculture is not to be
played at, nor to be Just an oppor
tunity for winning a voluntary con
test in raising vegetables, flowers,
corn, wheat, or even . hogs. It Is to
be a serious study, under an expert
Instructor, and to be .carried into all '
the departmeuts of farm life. , " '
The mysteries of plowing,, plant:
lng. Irrigating. , cultlvating.'i harvest-,
lng are'tol) Unveiled before the
children's eyes, and- their budding
strength ' will be ; employed. Why
not? " ' ' ': "
:We have been reading much late- (
ly In praise of open air schools -but 1
these have gone but ft small part oX 1
TilE ; OREGON DAILY 'wmtt PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVEMHO. JUNE 22. 1911.
j brain, afe to be busy with the tnr
U' and the rest of the too intricate,
varlad. and Daaalnar studies of the
. - . . . .
Drain ana 101 nanoa -wun -the
most ancient of all lore under
the most modem , and Interesting ot
new forms. ,
THE APVENTTSTS AT FOREST
' GROVE " . '
T
HE RECENT annual campmeet-
ing at forest prove or . the
Beventh Day '. Adventlsta , of
Woatora Orecon should not
pass Into torgetfulness without a
final reference to the record that
they made.
To realize, or rather to vtsnanze.
the history of tho ten days' UVIng in
tents of the 600 representatives la
to turn back the roll of the ages,
and to return to the dim days when
the members of the early Christian
church sold their possessions, ano
brought the proceeds to the apostles,
to be expended tor the needs of the
believers and the diffusion or tne
faith. Memory reverts also to the
much earlier days when the Hebrew
women gave their golden ornaments
to be melted for the service of the
Tabernacle. These modern proto
types ot the faithful were not con
tent to bring In rings, brooches,
bracelets, earrings, and the like, to
be melted down, but they translated
the methods ot the' first century Into
those of the twentieth, and laid on
the altar of their faith houses, and
farms, and cattle, and money, and
all that stood for money, until by
gift on gift no less than $24,000
was in nana ana mi wb iu
even "untainted" money of the rich.
It came from the free will offerings
of those to whom It represented la
bor, and economy throughout the
year.
These Seventh Day Aaveniisw
draw strength for associated action,
not from numbers, for the 600 dele
gates represented only 1628 church
members in western Oregon on tho
rolls, but from an Ingrained princi
ple of giving. The $24,000 was pro
vided. In addition to $30,000 raised
by the self same people in the same
period from the proceeds 01 ineir
titles. . ,
Nor was there some great central
church, absorbing the contributions
of he faithful.
This church only claims 100,331
members on its year-book, and yet
has 1107 missionaries In tho foreign
fields. More than one member In
every hundred heeds a call to for
eign service up and down the world.
Schools, colleges and publishing
bouses, now Issuing books and pam
phlets In' 67 languages these, with
the missionary -work, requir ana ex
nend the funds.
The point of this recital Is not to
glorify this small department of the
Christian church. It Is to show that
the days of antique virtues and self
denial have not utterly passed. That
there are left many who have onie
other God than the almighty dollar,
and are willing to siend and be spent
in the service of their fellow men
not only by heroic effort, but in the
quiet round of uneventful dally lire.
MENAGERIE GOVERNMENT
F
ORTLAND policemen are clrcu
lating a petition asking for the
revocation of F..T. Boysen's
liauor license. Boysen has
been arrested seven times for vlolat
lng liquor ordinances, and in the last
Instance he beat the arresting police
man over the head with the officer's
own handcuffs. A peanut fine of $15
was all the punishment for Boysen's
late offences.
It Is absurd that the police should
have to petition for revocation of
this license. It is absurd that the
same man should be arrested seven
times for violation of the liquor reg
ulations. The case Is illustration of
the inefficiency of our menagerie
government
As soon as a saloonist is arrested
a second time for violation of the
same ordinance, his license should be
then and there revoked. His first
arrest was warning. His second vio
lation la essentially wilful. A sec
ond, a third, or a fourth violation is
overwhelming" proof that he Is not
fit to be In the business. He Is not
onlv at war with society, but he
makes infinite trouble for the bet
ter element among liquor' dealers.
That he should be permitted to go
on until he has been arrested seven
times and then, after beating an of
ficer, be fined but $15 is a sweep
ing Indictment of those administer
ing law in this city. If the council,
after such a record of foolishness,
doesn't revoke Boysen's license, the
body Itself ought.to be revoked. ,
THE PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS
T
HE HEAVY clouds pf Imminent
disorder and cHtft war, that
hung over Portugal until three
weeks ago have passed away.
The promised . elections have been
held, and the result was a success,
almost top complete, for the Braga
revolutionary government
The monarcbial and clerical par
ties certainly exist, and ;, in large
numbers in the more remote and
mountainous districts. Their, fail
ure ,to- secure ; representation 'may
have been due in part to actual in
timidation at the polls. . ProbaMy
also they expected to raise a new
revolution and start fighting, hop
ing for results that would give them
control of any future elections that
might be held.
? The great power, have begun to
recognise the 1 official ' status of the
new government, ' disregarding - the
protests hat eome. rfrom Rome
against the attitude of the RepublK
cans towards the CatholW church.
It is atrange, Indeed, that the hold j
.1.-4 Allvlkna train lift tlon '
as a state church, with tpecial prlv
lieges, has failed la each of the four
Latin nations which have In turn en
tered on eras of constitutional freedom.-
France, Italy, Spain, and now
Portugal, haye broken. the tlea that
bound state and church together.
The historlo Church of-Rome pros
pers best In this twentieth century in
the free nations of the Ango-Saxon
race. . '- .1 (.'UV.': '
(Communlcatlona aant to Tba Journal
tor Dubllcatlon in tan oaparunam
abould not axoead 100 words In length
and must ba accompanied br tha pama
and addrass oX.tba sender,) ,
' Oregon's Great Need. r.
Portland, or.. Juna .11. To tha Editor
of Tha Journal In tha "Small ChansV
of Tha Journal tbls big nugget of
truth appaexa:- 1'
Oraaon'a great naed Is Ua paopie w
ralsa ten, times as much produou as
It now produoes. It baa tba land
everything but tha tlUera."
Tha tlllera will come to Oregon wnen
quit taxing men for producing
wealth, for en rasing- In Induatry. ror
uaina- land aa It should be uaed. This
state, with Ita aotl and climate, needa
booater literature far leas than It needa
a juat. rational system of taxation. We
will not need to megaphone for aettlera
when we abollah all taes on labor and
labor products and ralae alj revenue by
Ingle tax on the. eotnmuniiy-maae
varue of land. When we do 'that, set
tlers will come without being called.
Oregon la Importing from other ana
leaa favored atatea food eturre tnai
ahould be produced here, and that will
be produced here wben we quit taxing
men for producing food and othar.
wealth. 1 have lived in four Atlantic
ooaat atatea, one . Mlaaiaaippi . vauey
atate, one Rocky mountain state ana
two Padflo coaat atatea. and among
bboae eight With which I am acquainted.
W . . i . mi . I n I1.ln
uregon la caaur nru .......
that keep Oregon back la the .Jand
(peculator and tha bkr railroads that
own "granta". are among the land spee-
nlatora. If we would have wjore eel
Mora to DroduM mora wealth we muat
make land speculation unprofitable, and
make production correapondlngly profit
able.
Oregon haa (800 aquare milea, ana
hae 7 persona to the aquare mile; In
diana, which la by no meanp overcrowd
ed and la far less favored by nature,
haa 74 to the aquare mile. When Ore
gon la aa thickly aettled aa Indiana It
will have 7,104.000 population, and evea
then there will be plenty of room ior
ten million more. .
The oeoDle of western Canada are
breaking way from the unjuat system
of taxation to which we cling, and they
are getting American aetUera Let ua
discard the ailly, unjuat ayatem and tax
nothing except the comtnunity-maae
value of land." That will be all the In
vitation needed by any man wno
wishes to earn hta living.
W. O. EGOLESTOH.
The Boys' and Girls' Parade.
Portland, Or., June 19. To the Editor
of The Journal Perhaps It la too late
for-eongratulatlona. however, I wtan to
ay I have traveled all over the United
bkiI rnrta for about 10 years.
and have seen many children's 'parades.
but the parade bere In ydur city a few
dava ago waa the beat I ever witneaaed.
that Is where both glrla and boya took"
part The beat parade of armed ooys i
I have seen was In Winnipeg. My own 1
heart waa touched as I looked Into the
tired blt earnest. Innocent faces of the
litUe lambs as thoy marched gleefully
around the Maypole. The hope of every
country Is In the children, and the nope
of the child Is In the home, and the hope
of the home Is In the mother. The
country Is suffering today for the lack
of good old fashioned mothers at
home. No One bas a better chance to
bring about reform In every line than
the mother at borne. A. J. CLARK.
Minneapolis.
Only Pace Value.
' The Dalle. Or.. June 18. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Is there more than
face value on a 26 cent piece coined In
1820 with 1! stars, three arrows, U. 8.
A.. Liberty, Intact, without "In God We
Trust? B. M.
(The motto "In Ood We Trust" was
not placed on any American coins until
some 40 years after the date named.)
; Fate of the Tower of ; Babel.
' By W. T. Ellis in The Continental.
: The latest and greatest news of the
near east turns the reader back to the
first 11 chapters of the look of Genesis.
It Is nothing less tban the fact that the
new Turkish government !s now employ
ing British engineers to bring fertility,
population and prosperity onceVnore to
the region where lay the Garden of Eden
and the scenes of the beginning of hu
man industry.
) Tha desolation that Is now Mesopo
potamla was once the home of teeming
multitudes of people, for whom a lavish
soil poured forth crops a hundred and
two hundred fold, and who perfected the
first civilisation of which there Is rec
ord. Here, on the rich alluvial delta of
the Tigris and the Euphrates, arose
Babylon, Ur of the Chaldes; Niffur,
with Its records going back nearly 6000
years before the present , era; Tello,
Erecb. Eridu, Kutha, Ctealphon and.
V later, Bagdad. This waa the home of
the biblical patriarchs, until Aorsm
pioneered the way northward- with his
father to Haran, and then westward' to
Canaan. Here Noah built hla ark, and
the people strove to pierce the heavens
with the Tower of Babel. -That
very Tower of Babel bas been
located, and I saw Us bricks . being
ground up Into cement for the new Hln
dia barrage, whloh ls one of tha impor
tant works in the new Irrigation sys
tem. No paradox is too extreme for this
region; and the Tower of Babel In an
American cement mixing machine is not
a fantasy, but a matter-of-fact mechan
ical operation now under way. The
archaeologists identify the Tower of
Babel with the great temple tower of the
god Marduk, within the area of Babylon
Itself. Owing to excavation of the
bricks, the tower Incongruously has now
become practically a hole in the ground,
aa the German archeoioglst, who was
showing me over the ruins of Babylon,
whimsically remarked, y f;-"'
Makes Bawlogs In Twelve Tears.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Western lumbermen who have been
looking -for a tree that would let a
move on -itself and turn out lumber
quickly are adopting the view of -the
tree growers that tne desired variety
bas been found in the Norway poplar,
known la the trade now as "the sudden
aawlog." The Norway " poplar promises
to be to-the north what the eucalyptus
la to the south. Its rapidity of growth
ta remarkablev Two 'year old trees at
the experiment station at Tork, Neb
are 16 feet In height and- three inches
through at the base, while in-Minnesota
and the Dakota, where , they have been
experimented With for years, a 14-year-old
tree will average 69 feet ia height
Letter From "the People
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
1
Whatever happens there will always
be Joj In Ibe next council ' t -
The South' Portland people' will get
It yet that bridge aoroaa the Willam
ette. " ; V; ;
, . . e-, e
The London police muat be otherwtae
very buay theae daye; they haven ar
retted Jack Johnaun yet. ;'
. . . 0 . -r '
' Th4 year ia nearly half gone, and how
much baa been accomplished In the good
roada campaign! Considerable,; no
doubt, but not enough. .. -v
i ,.T.,-.:! ..-, ' r . ,
Once more the vice president bad an
opportunity to eaat a deciding vote In
the eedate, and of couree lie caet It
against the wlah and welfare ' of the
people.-.." - ' '
The good day Is not Very far dlatant
now when the country will haye a pr
cela poet, and the next move along that
line may be government ownership of
the express bualneaa, v .. i.
The large number of marriage of
coup lea . of different r and colora
at Vancouver, Washington doea not en
hance the good name and fame of that
pretty, proa per oua city.. - ,.
-' . . . .- e ' ri . - -.
The city authorities d right to proae
ctite lot pwners who won't clean Op their
grounds. The oonditlon of a city per
aon'a premlaea la Ma neighbors' and the
publio a bualneaa, aa well aa bis own.
',- e - .
One of ' the big higher up grafters
would nave been Individually punished,
ay government offlrala. If their pur
pose had not been balked by hta death.
Iiut la It not very certain that If be
had lived Papa Havemeyer -would have
been In Jail now. ,. .
. ..- e e . . .-
Most of the 'io oreatn and ether
warm weather atuff aold.ln thla.rlty
muat be fairly lnnoruoue, else more dla
aatroua resulta would be apparent from
their uae; yet It would be well for the
health department to keep pretty thor
oughly Informed aa to the Ingredleuts
of these concoct lone. . - . , , .
e e ,
It will be a strange and Inexcusable
oversight if any day during theewa-
raper airing of the Love couple a love
rs s traublea It ahould not be mentioned
that Bumea-Jonee hae amid that Mrs.
Burnea-Love was the. prettiest woman
on earth. ' It la suppoand that Burnea
Jonea has aeen all women and la an
authority from which there Is no ap
peal ....... i -
SEVEN FAMOUS ORDERS
The Knighta
t
The Knlghta of Malta, or as they
were originally known, the Hospitallers
of 8t John ot Jerusalem, owe their be
ginning to the exoltement attendant
upon the Cruaadea, which began In 1118.
They took their origin from eome Chris
tian merchants of Amalfl, In the king
dom of Naples, who traded to Paleatlne,
and being dealrous of rendering serv
ices ' to distressed pilgrims, built two
hospitals, which they dedicated to John
the Baptist, whence they were called
Brethren Hoapltallera. Their flrat
grand master was Gerard de 8L Dldler;
he waa followed by Raymond Dupry,
who waa the flrat that ever led them
out to battle. They did not long reside
in the Holy Land, but went to Rhodes,
which they bravely defended, until
driven thence by Sultan Bolyman, the
Magnificent, in 1S21. On leaving thla
place, they wandered about from city
to city, until Charlea V made them a
present of the Island of Malta, there
they established themselves.
Sultan Bolyman, enraged to see bla
blpa -attll exposed to the attacks of
thoae enemies whom be bad driven
f torn Rhodes, resolved to attack Malta,
and sent an army of 10,000 men to lay
g,ege tj) hB Bma place wMch WM
felUd by only 700 knights and about
g000 foreign soldiers. John de la
valette, the grand master, though- then
71 years of age, valiantly sustained a,
BleB for rour months, and getting some
' reinforcements from Sicily, he defeated
the Turks. It was one of the rules of
. the Knights of Malta, that If - one of
them happened to be In a Christian ship,
at the time she attacked a Turkish one,
be must be the first to board her.
While Malta remained under the do
minion of tho Knights of St John of
Jerusalem, It was, perhaps, the .only
country where duelling was ' permitted
by law. As their whole establishment
was originally founded of the wild afad
romantic principles of. chivalry, they
found It always Inconsistent with these
principles to abolish' duelling; but' they
laid It under such restrictions as greatly
to reduce Its danger. These are curious
enough. Tbe duelists were obliged to
decide their quarrel tn one particular
street of tha city; andf tbey presumed
to fight anywhere else, they were liable
to tbe rigor of tho law. Bat what is not
less singular,., and much., more .Jn their
and 17 inches In diameter. They make
good sawlogs at 11 and 12 years. Tbls
Is due to the -fact that;', unlike many
others, the tree does not waste Its
energy la side limbs. It retains its else
an It mounts upward and thua produces
more lumber material than any other.
It outgrows tho eottonwood and the
Carolina and Astatic poplars, and ia a
succession of dry years will survive
them all because It .has a root system
about' twice as large,
A vigorous tree must : have a great
deal of leaf" surface The Norway pop
lar. Instead of a multitude af small
leaves, has finmense ones, pn t a
healthy tree they will be found nearly a
foot long from the end of tbe stem to
the apex, and nine inches broad. . They
wave like fans in the breeae. The trees
until a few years ago have .been rare,
but the experiments have resulted so
satisfactorily .that In . tbe .west and
northwest tbey have been planted by
thousands. They , grow rapidly from
cuttings, and this makes It possible to
multiply the supply rapidly. -fJ s
The Norway poplar never saw, Nor
way." It gets Its name from the fact
that It was found growing successfully
among the Norwegian settlements of
Minnesota. " Investigation ahows,; that
about 20 years ago a Minnesota man
brought over a lot of poplar from Rus
sia and Siberia. Most of them proved
worthless, but -one et them brought
from Siberia proved to-be a , very., rapid
grower.--Cuttings from it were sent to
various parts , of the west, among them
the Norwegian settlements. 1
It was not until five .years ago that
the tree growers of Minnesota discov
ered that it was the timber, making;
tree tbey bad been looking for. From
cuttings the sisa of a lead pencil trees
nine feet tall have been raised the same
year thejr were planted and fence posts
have been out from 4-year-old trees that
measured I inches In circumference
three feet, from tha -ground.;;, ''f.V
Commission Government In Portland
. From tbe Beaverton Reporter.
A movement waa renewed to establish
a commission ' form of government for
Portland with Simon himself aa chief
advocate 1 'Now that Blmon has been
eradicated -' it remains ? to be seen
whether tbe sentiment Is suff lclenUy
atable to carry a sew charter to victory
at tho proposed January election, It
bas not been many months since a most
excellent charter was defeated.
- : ' h " :
Men and, interests that have recently
come to dislike Governor Wilson very
m,rK r dntnsr.more to effect his
nomination for president than all "bis
.frlenda. ,rV., . ,;k..,v..
NEWS IN BRIEF
, . OREGON SIPEUGIT. J i
Albany will have a foetal .savings
bank on and after July 11. . -e
.
C J, Oaborne, the ftrat Baker farmer
to regiater a farm name, haa christened
bla plaoe drand View Farm.
.. .. e e
gecretary of Btate Oloott lies bad 'a
new coat of paint- placed on the cannon
which grace the atate house lawn.
Conereaaman Henry T. Ralney will
deliver the oration on the closing day of
the Iloavburg Chautauqua, July 4. ... .
- . e ,:' .' ':v
The Beaverfon Orange Dramatlo club
la preparing for a pUy. "The Chimney
Corner," which will be put on the stage
this month. . ,. .. .w ", ' . -; ". . .;
An Innovation in the Oreaham achoola
la the department of domestic, ectenre.
Ulaa Belle B. Kdwards of Corvallla, has
bean elected Ueacber In that department
.. ..- p- -..--
Baker Herald: Juat now members of
the bar are discussing whether or not
a farm can be legally -tranef erred with
no other deacrlptlort but that of the re
corded name. - '' ,
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'Inaamuch a the membership of the
ttmatllla County Floneera' aeHOclatlon la
rapidly diminishing, an auxiliary organ
isation Is talked of. embracing, the na
tive aone and daughters of Umatilla
countys .,',.. 'V-1
. . . ."a . I t ' . ;
. The annual school election1 at Cor
vallla waa forgot tcn-by .the voters and
not a single vote was cast. Aa a reault,
fir. J.'K, N. Bell will continue aa a di
rector until his successor la elected and
qualified. . r .; .. -
. Corvallle Oasette' Tlmea: -Aa lllinole
man of maana here looklnf for a loca
tion, waa Immensely pleaeed and may re
turn te Corvallla ana put In a oommla
elon house. He thlpka there Is aa ex
cellent opportunity. -. .
The Albanr Commercial lob has 109
members. The cretary'a annual re
port ahowa IKSIt.lS expended for , the
vear and 141.71 In the treasury. W. A.
Ksstbum la now the club a president
aad C H. Stewart aecreUry.
s s
Rev. A. M. Williams, ps""' ' h
Presbyterian church at McMlnnvllle,
haa given notice of bis purpoae to retire
from the pestorate In McMlnnvllle to
accept the office of aperlntendent of
religious education of the Presbyterian
church on tne racino pwi,
of Malta.
favor, they; were obliged under the
moat severe penalties, to put up their
words when ordered to so do, by a
woman, a priest, or a knight"
Under theae limitations. In the midst
ot a great city, one would imagine that
It must have been, almost Impossible
that a duel could ever end in blood;
however, thla waa not the case. A cross
was always painted on tha wall opposite
to the 'spot where a knight had been
killed, In commemoration of bis fall.
Evasion of the conflict was. Indeed,
aa we may gather from the following
Instance, one of the greatest stains
which could attach to a knight's char
acter. Two knlghta had a dispute at a
billiard table. One of them, after, giv
ing a great deal of abusive language,
added a blow; but, to the astonishment
of all Malta (In those annals there Is
not a similar instance), after so great a
provocation, he absolutely refused to
fight his antagonist The challenge was
repeated and he bad time to reflect on
the conaequencea; but stlU be refused to
enter the lists. He waa condemned. to
make "amende honorable" In the great
church of St John for 45 days Succes
sively: then tq be confined In a dun
geon without light for five years? after
which he waa to remain a prisoner lu
tbe castle for life. , .'
Tbe Knights of Malta were divided
Into three classes of members. First,
the knights who should bear arms and
form a body for military service in the
field against the enemlca of Christ in
general and of the kingdom of Jeru
salem in particular. Second, the clergy
or chaplains. Thirdly, the serving
brethren, who were not required, to be
men of rank, and who acted as'esquires
to the-knights and assisted In -the care
of Jthe hospitals. . Tbe aarly. habit was
a black robe with-' a cowl . having a
cross of white-Hnen of eight point upon
the left breast This was at first won)
by all the knights, but Pope Alexander
IV afterwards ordered that the knights
should . be distinguished by a white
cross upon a red ground. .
Tbe Knights of Malta In America,
which is a fraternal and beneficial as
soclation, took Its name from this illus
trious ancestor. This order. was In
corporated, In America in 1181. ,
Tomorrow The Order of the Bath.
Tanglefoot
By Miles ,
Overholt
QUOTH THE RAVIN NEVERMORE.
One hot day X sat a-thinklng.; ' i
With my eyes more slowly blinking, '
And too soon they stopped a-winking, 's
And I started In to snore.
There I sat upon tho bleahersv ?
Hearing -not -tho nearest screecbers,
Just as if they had been preachers .
I was sleepy-fnothtng more. ' ;
- v s- . .r!.- . .."'('''i.-,', v.:-.-.
Then I dreamed I saw af batter S-S-t f'i
Take his place without a clatter - l4
From the bleachers, and the chatter j
' From the grandstand, too, was stilled.
No one spoke In fierce derision, ' ;,
No one knocked the ump's decision j;
It was such a strange provision :
.That my blood was almost chilled. '.;
No one shouted! ; "Sic ?em, Rdver,V , v
No one yelled .to-"stick er over,"
No one hollered, "Cut tho clover,1 '
- ETen- the players showed no rage. ' '
None were fined for pale-blue swearing,
There was heard no ripping,, tearing, . .
And it seemed that none waa caring -
-To Indulge in porsiflage.. . , , . . ,
Sure," tt waa' a- strange, sensation .
I was ruiea ovun xauationy ,.1 r ;
But it was of short duration, " :
-For there came an awful roar. .
It resounded down the river, - . .. ;,.
Setting people all a-qulver, v
Causing fat men, tooi.to shUrer ;! 3
-As they'd never' done before. H ? ?! . "
- - -.V::r: :t-
Eor .the news cams rushing faster, ' .,
lko that of a grave disaster,
And I nearly broke my plasteiv '' ' i t
: For my back, you seev i sore.. ' '."
This Is, then, the knock-defying ' ,
News that came, poor men's souls try-
-..'- ing, , i- i ' . ... r
For the newsboys came1 a-crylng : ?
, That the Roadsters won a gamel r
ft 'f.s-L Ldckr WneV
A prisoner waa being tried for mur
der. .Tbe Judge asked, "Prisoner,: have
you any counsel for. your defensor! -
"No, My'Lora. '"r y: :
i "Havo you atjy .friend in 'court j
o. Mr Lord, but I' 'have several
XtlmaoM on, the Jury." ftZX'V'SH
Portlapcl anJ the Interior
'.From tb LaUvuv Ilarald "
-Many men of prominence In the bual
neaa affairs of Interior .Oregon have
lately been aerlously asking themselves
the question, as to Why our own com
mercial metropolis la so determined to
hove Lake county across the California,
line commercially, which .will in the
natural course ot things have a tea-1
denoy to decrease tle proper Interest
In Oregon conditions politically. . j
Lake county Is as well known through
out eastern sections aa any other por
tion of undeveloped Oregon, That tbls
section bas untold riches la the way of
promised and sure development, la a
conceded fact The people bere are of,
a class that command success in tbelr,
undertakings. The business conditions
within the county are of a "first olaas
order and Increasing annually at ths
rate of to per cent . A few merohants
In the city of Lakevlew alone handle a
trade of over 1,000,000 annually and
Import approximately T,V0O,00u pounds,
of freight during the year. !, ' '
, Portland, - commercially has never
made an effort to aeclre a portion of'
the business that owing to their lack of
Interest must be thrown to San Fran-,
clsco. Time after time overtures have
beea made to tbe business Interests of
Our metropolis asking them to. compete,
with the California Jobbers In ths sup
plies of this country, and tn every in
stance there have been many promises
with no attending resulta Lakevlew,
geographically, la ao situated thai with
little effort on Portland's part an equal-1
lsatlon of freight rates could be effected
that would give them an equal footing,
with the. chief California ity. Tbeae
facts are walk known la the business
circles of Portland and have been for
some time. ' They not only have done
nothing but they have not ahowa' this -section
of; Oregon what they Intended
to do..'- . . ... ' '"- ' i
That they have been sleeping en their
Interests each bouse will admit, but the
admission Is not attended by any energy
on their part to ovaroomo the unsat
isfactory conditions that their aeglig-.
once haa eaused. Portland from every
business standpoint bas nearly crimin
ally neglected. this territory and If ahe
expects to hold her own In the commer
cial markets Of central and southern.
Oregon she -must do something besides
wonder whether tbe territory is worth
entering or not . , . '
- In no-section of tho state will yon
find more loyal Oregontans than la Lake
county, Our people would like te see
Portland our commercial aa well as po
litical metropolis and there Is no preced
ent in commercial history in which a
territory haa reached Ita hatgbth of de
velopment with conflicting commercial
and political points In . twe different
atatea. .
Every Isolated section of the state
must depend greatly on Portland . for
asalstanoe In the settlement movement
and we must say that In every, point
Lake, county bas been given a black
eyj by our metropolis. The newspapers
refuse a great proportion of the develop
ment news that Is forwarded from here.
The Commercial club and Chamber of
Commerce of that city does little la the
way of advertising tho magnificent poe
albllltiee that Lake county has to offer
to the poor man. In fact In many In
stances tbey have given out to Inquirers
that they knew little of .thla territory
but that other sections presented mani
fold opportunities for the homeeeeker
and Investor. Portland advertises as a
standard slogan "A greater , Oregon"
and we cannot help but ask. If it . Is
hardly fair-to -an Isolated section of
this state to bave to overcome the handi
cap of isolation. without asslstanoe and,
also to overcome the perhaps uninten
tlonal, suggestions, that tend to deorease
an. Interest in the Immigrant that took
time and money to create. '
Portland will not be asked again and
if she wishes to give greater assistance
she has a. good chance to win back a
territory that sends millions of dollars
to San Francisco annually, and whose
trade territory covers close Xo a 1.000,
000 acres of agricultural lands.
It' Is a fact that brooks no denial that
Portland baa been asleep in the past and
the question of great moment to south
central Oregon now Is what she s go
ing to do in the future.
The Bogy Story AJbont Salem's Fright
'From the Salem Statesman.
It took a column and a half for the
Salem correspondent of the Oregonlan
yesterday morning to tell about the
"feeling of alarm" that Is broadcast
among the farmers with regard to Gov
ernoa West's plan of farming out con
victs who prove to be model prisoner
at the various state Institutions,' The
"many reports that have been received
In this city from the outlying districts"
tn hi hn rialtvjired naraonallv
to the aforesaid correapondent, for the.
police uuw ;vj -
reports nor has the sheriffs office,
The two men who have escaped from
the penitentiary are the first since last
spring, when the governor put his plan
into erfect These men were supposed
to be model prisoners and .the governor
decided to give them a chance.
Baseball Cruelty. ,
From the American Magaslne.
n...h.n mwita arA thonrhlesslr
cruel. The spectacle afforded last sea
son of the FlttsDurg crowo turning upon
Fred Clerk was a sad One. The fans
who had watched him play for years,
cheering his desperate efforts to win,
turned upon him .and hissed- and. jeered
him from the field, crying for a young
er man. Tha ingratitude of the crowd
and its fickleness are proverbial, t No
matter what a player haa done the
Crowd is against b Ira the . moment -he
weakens. There are rare exceptions.
Last fall, at the close of ' thew world's
championship - series, r a Chicago crowd
gave a beautiful demonstration. Brown,
for f years the mainstay of ' tha Club,
failed wretchedly and the Cpba suffered
the Athletics to wrest their honors from
them. - AS Brown, broken -by two de
feats, left the field the immense crowd
stood and applauded him and a swarm
of sympathizers followed, striving to lift
him on their- shoulders. 4 H:
. r. A TYlA JfMlFTial h Walt MflBAta
the famous Kansas poet His prose-poems ars tX!
IT 1.. futiiM of thla eolumn In Tha DM.
Journal). . . s
' Oh, hasten., my, daughter, and bring
ma my swatter, the flies they are prano-
In? all over mj nui,ium uuazmg
and
O he
id soaring ana uiumub ana
how I wish that all insects were dead
Before
the hot weather naa run me to
-and molted my innards and ,
gather,
brought
brought forth the flies, Idid some tail :
talking:
lng; I saio XI was snwKing o mur
ik inaecta. Aad blither their eveai
der
I
m
said it was silly to hirwlth a billy
mti flv that should camo on ''
your
r brow; dui men uu w iwauiuunr
foolish and maudlin; the Cies didn't
.. , Lilt. K nW. t . r. -
and
blte!
' then v as - too? ww" .-"' )n
k mr'nr swatter" . ray beautiful
Ming
dauf
dolii
don'l
ightor, Matilda Louisa Jane tiwen-
dolln t Rose; be speeay, aog-gono jt
t Walt lor.your oonno f 11 j mia -
minute
ite Is chewing my noi j.va easy,
dealing in moral when feeling no
this
stings
sain:
s from tne miecu, no ncmnj; or
but when tbey get busy i n sure
knock
'em dlszy, ws-tuo Jtauisa uwen- !
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