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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6. 1914.
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THE; JOURNAL
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frlltbd ever rvnlog teeapt Soadart
r- ever? Saiid? morning M The Journal Bolld
RrMdwtr an Yamhill ate.. P Oft land. Or.
lulereii at tbe poatottlce at Portland, vr.. fur
t ra Dm in I ua IBruagb tb mail . M eecoad
(llH BltlW, '
a.La,t'iJU.a.l Mala HI-: Home. A-eubl. Alt
Oapartnwota feac-faed by tbeee oambere. Tail
" tee efwrator what Aittatt jroo want.
absence of brute force reason bat
always prevailed. ,
Canadians ?. said : the Asbburton
treaty of 8 42 permitted the state
of Maine to encroach 'upon their
territory, and they objected to
boundary lines on : the w Pacific
Coast. - The report of the Alaska
boundary commission was unsat
isfactory to the Canadians, r In
Ilaojauila Kantaor Ce Rronwlc Bid.,
fcsi Mile iTe New- Vork; ill ftapta'a
Wae bide.. Chicago.
DuiwrtiKja terma by asall or to anjr aoV
ir. ta tba Catted Statea Mexieoi
M till H.fW I One , Swath .J0
' SUNDA.Y. : . ' '
'One rear.;.... $7.60 I One moorb....
. i wn HflUlii V
Ana rear.. CM) I On aaoatb.
Toil and be glad; let indus
try inspire
Into your Quickened limbs her
buoyant breath!
Who idoes not act Is dead; as-,
orbed entire
In miry eloth, no pride, no
jjoy he bath.
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MR. BOOTH'S REJOINDER
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mmc the Albany Democrat's sig-
1; nlf leant and now widely fa
miliar question, "Where did
voii eet it?" Mr. Booth has
reioined. He has not replied.
i h several thousand words
of Mr. i Booth's rejoinder, printed
verbatim in The Journal in an ef
fort to be entirely fair to Mr.
' rcnnth. the reader searches In vain
for a single reference to the Jor
dan timber claim. Yet without
an explanation of the Jordan claim,
Mr. Booth's rejoinder to the Dem
ocrat's question Is not even an
attempt to reply.
Mr. Booth says in his speech:
I wish specifically to etate that we
v.. nvr hv any method, wrong
fully acquired title to an acre of
land. No one knowe this, belter than
the. reoresentatlves 01 xne evvru
ment. who investigated u,
The statement is not true. Mr
Booth, to take a charitable view
of it, is mistaken.
On the ninth day of October
ference at Wlnona'tke, Indiana. Michigan resident should not be
Dr. McClurkln said the) world . U misled by reading of the, glories
growing better, and as evidence of Oregon. The Detroit paper says
that he Is in touch with the world that while he is still In Michigan
It may be said that he was. chair- he "believes too often that some
man of the Billy Sunday revival where else the milk Is placed on
meetings' In Pittsburg, , " bis table and he doesn't even have
It is a time for optimism by ad-, to Bpread .the oney."
vacates . of neace. In " America I .;' i Comment by. the Tribune is evi-
there has been marked advance vdently: for the purpose of keeping
CAN THE PAGAN REFRAIN WHEN CHRISTIANS LEAD THE WAY?
IN EARLIER DAYS
1A ft, a nnOM RtatH-wm n-1 in the srlnciDle of human liberty residents of Michigan in that etate.
pected of -designs to invade Can-1 following the Civil war. We nave;If it results In saving to, Michigan
ada, and the unguarded frontier j advanced ; in democracy and In re-' people who expect the milk and
was a factor in securing - a set- auzauon ox tne : principles s ua
tlement of the' Alabama incident, man brotherhood. The same ad-
Both countries had prepared f of ance will be noted in Europe after
nothing but .peace, and that was hot oiooas are cooiea Dy- ine pres-
the principal reason Why peace was n devastating conflict. . ' :
maintained 'during times when in- America has furnished "an ex-
ternationai disputes Invited War. ample of real peace It was large-
Europe will . learn that fortified ly because of twa example tnat
frontiers are no safeguard, r Forts Rev. Mj, McClurkln said the cause
would be impregnable if they did peace is gaining,
not invite the organization of big
armies to storm them. : "
THE SAVAGE IS MAN
CAN THEt SENATE AFFORD IT?
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WAT back in the mists of
the ages it was war," always
war. v. First - it was a . fight
with the animal orld for
AN the United States senate
afford to be a Joke?'
That body In the past 18 1 food, then a struggle with ' man
months has rendered this ( for the bones. -; After primitive
country conspicuous service. It man had" battled with beasts, and
substituted a people's tariff , for the Uubdued them, he turned on his
Infamous ; Payne-Aldrich tariff. It j fellows and , fought them "on
joined In the passing of an income mountain and plain" for : nunting
tax law which taxes wealth in- ground and property,
stead of property. f:r, - - : 'i His world l.was a -. narrow r. one
It joined in the passage of a and he had many -rivals who op
currency law which takes control posed f him with bow and spear,
of finances out of Wall street and The struggle ' for existence r was
gives it to the people, and which bard and v only the strongest Bur
ls now acknowledged: to be the vived. .
greatest measure passed . by any "Then man on mere . force was re
congress in tHis country in a gen- a,,11?' . ,,,
f, T. ... I, Ana be was the leader, and cniei.
eraUon. It Joined in the passage who towered - above like 'a giant. -
of the president's anti-trust meas- And masterful thief."
nres which emancipate the business Later there came the vision of
of this country from trust tyranny, riches won through labor and tun
It joined in the enactment of war ning. Man saved for the winter
measures to protect the people and the surplus of what he had gained
commerce of the United States in the summer. He who saved
and to aid the president in keep- first became! great and efficient
lng the nation from becoming in- provided he had the strength to
volved in the appalling conflict in hold that which he accumulated.
Europe. Out of this saving grew castles and
It Joined In passing the Alaska J cities.,
rauroaa Din, to forever prevent Ships were built to carry sur-
monopoiy or transportation in Alas- plus goods over the seas and en-
Ka ana to open the rich treasures large the field, of conquest.
honey to; be placed ; on the table
for : them, Oregon will be the
gainer. , Such people have no prop
er 1 place in a state where-- oppor
tunity for the individual demands
initiative and industry.
- But -discussion of Mr. Swett's
testimony ;- brings the - question
whether Oregon has not been mis
advertised rather than advertised.
The state, with abundant resources,
opportunity for all and land for
many, has - fallen into the " hands
of men anxious, to trade in realty.
i.They . visualize their commissions
rather than the best , interests of
Oregon. They look for quick
turns, which v will be profitable to
themselves. . Oregon's ; reputation
as a land of opportunity is of lit
tle concern to such men.
It is time that Oregon be ad
vertised properly. It is no state
for the shirks and drones of other
states. What Oregon v needs and
what the state should, reach out
for,' is not - the man who wants
milk and honey on His table not
knowing whence they came, , but
the man who will, bring milk and
honey to tables, the man who will
utilize Oregon's unsurpassed ad
vantages of soil and climate for
creating the necessaries of life,
Oregon has the plant and the
raw material. What the state
needs is men who know how' and
who : have the disposition to use
Oregon's resources. ; . Such men
will have milk and honey on the
table1.
1911. Judge Bean, of the federal
iiatr!ft miirt of Orezon. set aside
the Jordan patent on the grounds f that territory to the people of "Modern man from the savage would
of fraud and collusion between the united aiates on.otner man a never , , .
t ,iit,ha, an monopoly basis. L Have risMSn 0n altruist creed.
xjuutu-xvciijr fjum. f"-' - I A . . i . , I For the force of all progress was
Jordan, their employe, ana oraerea reua" "a , ever
restored to the public domain the dutT more patriotically or demon- Pure .rain and its sTeed."
lfiO acrea of land to which the Btrated a greater capacity for con- , Beneath the thin veneer of civi-
Booth-Kelly company held a deed structive legislation. No American Uzation are still the primitive pas-
from Jordan. The matter is fully senate ever, oy its acts and at- slons, thievery, lust and hate,
nt rprrA in thfl archives of the wvuue, , apeaiea more POWeriUliy Thronsrh &i ther Ata trrantAd
federal court In Portland, where to the sober Judgment and to the release. Not yet has the race re
, the facts can be Investigated by approving conscience of the coun- canted the Creed of the tribe. We
anv onn dafiirine the information, try. NO American senate ever ere- hnaat of nnr nrncTa of nnr nn-
These plain facts, and tbe utter fttf .a.eco.rd4; o chievement to QUe8t of the forces of nature, df
absence of reference to them In rv " P our churches and steeples,
1 EPV T n tWAa r AM Aar4 a - a mm Kb a. . I
the 10.000 words of Mr. Booth's r1. " ttu unques- Yet the foroo we are slowest to mas-
Albany speech make his so-called "waeQ restoration or representa
reply not a reply, but an evasion. "J 0vt6ment the return of
an evasion that after six weeks 'ministration and legislation of.
In .nren.raMon of Mr. Hooth'a re- w "u people.
joinder is not a mere oversight,
but a deliberate and studied avoid
ance of the issue
Yet in the closing weeks of this
historic session of nearly 18
mdnths of continuous public en
ter. .
In "aavake or 'civilised state.
Breeding misery, death and disaster,
Is the force of our primitive hate.
For peoples ' still war upon peoples.
And worship the militant plan.
In spite of our churches and steeples.
There still is the savase In man.'
THE ANTI-TRUST BILL
T
HE Clayton anti-trust bill
passed the senate by a vote
of 46 to 16. ; Seven Repub
lican and one Progressive
CAPITALIZE THE SCENERY
I
.v.. ,. deavor, this remarkable senate Is
o.. ui i I stopped in Its career of construe-
of appeals at San Francisco, passed "JmI,7 8m,up
on Z a. ,fla .n i fha finding of PoUttduw . who are resorting to
as delivered by Judge Gilbert SSJ-1
" I rivers and harbors bill. It is a
tv. t i Dl" prepared with great care and I senators voted for the measure.
in that deri-inn whirh was. lnfInlte toil by able, and honoraWe and It now goes to conference for
unanimous, jVfSUt Tvtslon 'SSST.?.1 lr? fT
in cancelling the Jordan patent Juh a '"f'3
was not only affirmed. bJ four - "err section afU-tru8t meMwes.
other patents by which the Booth- watoamrr2L i r7 .I7 con8laeraton-
Kelly Lumber company had ob- SSSl! " Th6 W" ha8 been
tained title to government timber. J, Amli. of the chief amended by the senatefln a num-
were' likewise canceled on the SLnSl, ee and the ber of particulars, but Its pas
ground of fraud and collusion. SJSS?" J fupport of h ou sage by that body by a substantial
By his evasion Mr Booth has 7 nK,new one the most majority, made up of Democrats,
falfed o meet Tsln tL in! S""" f RubllcaM "d one degressive,
terestlng narrative of Incidents In it is a measure ' !3 ev?f ence hat the admlnistra'Uon
his life is no answer to the Al- Ba" ff W,h0STeT ?a8: has blazed toe way for under"
banv oaner JtS? . 7 Bection of the United standing between business and the
oany paper. states la appeallnB; It a flne law
The great question still Is, where constructiva nrnrr.m . .. ...
did Mr. Booth and his company lag the "cost f t.!' ' ' 1118 bin aennes megai trusts.
thir vt timw kaih., K5 . ? transportation it is supplemental of the Sherman
how did' they geFitT ' F" of law. which under varying decis-
that
UNGUARDED FRONTIERS '
ure
would
E
a meas-
I waM- v-a. iiiv wu,v mow wa r hauA w
stand 1 as &Ln...i,i t t- t
splendid climax to the uninter- t f-
URPE has . yet to prove that L"?!4 J moths of legislation ecution. The bill proposes to
fortified frontiers -have any r;7" T M , 10 i mucU eliminate i the necessity of further
miptary value. Germany is !,0t-! ie-.peo?Le anl for the indirect' legislation by the courts,
invading France and Russia ?"8to,e" "5 tor tne austry of tU aim ia to make difinlte and
has ' entered German territory 7Z Q Btates. r certain the , limits and the Oppor-
and this In spite of elaborate sys- L,e BenaIe afford to permit tunltes of business,
terns of ; defense erected along the i?1 V? 18 or. the Thev senate's decisive action Is
frontiers. Forts' have not kept Sie tW to, k" Promise that the federal govern-
Germans out of France, and forts tf Can mt and business will soon be in
may not prevent Russian Invasion It! "lf r Tff record aCcord. Impending trust ' legisla-
uermany. it is simply a maHM tion has been
ter or matching strength against "r ' ITJT ment . to
strengtn. abandoned aV th , lo , 00 big interests were anxious to take
. Europe will not have peace 00
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I "-' " vuk tucf 1 Can
i arot an (ntrftntlnit a 4 I
. ' w wax. KYI . . . - 1 uciiunu u . Luut I t'nn. 1 1I1H I . Mini
Zt i3 uo"8 racnieve- haTe not been successful in adjust-
held up as a detri-
buslness. Some of the
abe
her
a senatu mol. i . ..av ..v.,
wari evi- - -w u, defined 'by congress., The courts
dence that the people have no " ;7 I " t TCUT r
confidence in their own protesta- DroaChin?Tnd oT7a j?.,iv ing the Shermanilaw to businesi.
- tions against strife. Europe should tVbe mfd J ? Hberan8 Tnat one Reason why legislation
adODt tho ArWfiriran oii.ir f . : Deaae a joke, a .JesLr Jarce wam .,noW
"T. "; -:;:' " "r a handf ul of senatorial obtr T 7-" . . .
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guarded frontiers, a policy which MrV
. ,ivu u icci y , a, century
marked by several disputes that
might have resulted in war had
PEACE IS GAINING
thus come to the aid of both bus!
ness and the; people. The Clayton
law should prove a flag of truce
In 1817 arrangements wereon-
eluded for maintaining 3000 miles
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w .9- ;i tvh n Wn t.ia v- ia I ness. uiz or small, to rors-A an a Ad
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of the Andes as a pledge of wlinoui " molestation. .
neace between ' frhil mil
of . unguarded frontier dividing the Argentine.
uwieu oiHw ana vanaaa. i wavai It is orononftrl tbat tt,
forces on the Great . Lakes were Queen Victoria be-placed by the
limited , to a few small craft r. to British In Washington, D C. and
guard against: smuggling opera- that a statue of George Washlng-
tlons. Antequated brick forts ton w riari nn RHHi)i .nil V...
N ANTICIPATION of a largely
Increased tourist travel this
winter and next year San Ber
nardino county, in Southern
California, has about completed a
scenic highway in , the San Ber
nardino mountains. The road is
ninety-two miles in ' length and
winds through J the range in the
form of a loop. In thus capital
izing its mountains the county has
expended approximately one mil
lion dollars but It is estimated
that the road will more than pay
its cost in one season.
In allowing its mountains and
lakes to remain inaccessible and
undiscovered. Portland is neglect
ing a. great opportunity and mani
festing an example of conspicu
ous indifference ' and apathy,
strongly in contrast with the spirit
shown by San Bernardino county.
whose mountain attractions are in
significant in comparison.
: We have mountains that are un
surpassed in the world and there
could be no more propitious time
to capitalize them. ; The European
upheaval will at least temporarily
force the American itinerant to
give" his interest and attention to
the insufficiently appreciated won
ders or his own country.
In a short while Che Columbia
River Highway will ; be completed
and the next step should be to
link up Mount Hood with it,
By taking the Barlow road as
a base, a: highway can be con
structed to Government Camp and;
thence to the snow line at a com
paratively small cost. Not only
can a great summer resort be m'ade
here but it can be converted into
a winter resort that will attract
thousands who want to indulge in
tobogganning, skiing and other win
ter sports. Ultimately the road
can be extended around the moun
tain to Dufur and The Dalles,
connecting with 1 the Columbia
River Highway, forming a loop on
which the scenery would be of in
finite -variety.
While on the subject of moun
tains It might also be suggested that
it Is entirely feasible to connect
Mount Adams and Mount St. Hel
ens with Portland by a highway.
To Reach Mount Adams two
routes are possible. One would
leave the Columbia River Highway
at Hood, River and cross over to
White Salmon. The other would
leave the highway at Biggs and go
in by way of Goldendale. Making
the loop around Mount Adams and
coming to the headwaters of the
Lewis river the road, would turn in
the direction of St. Helens, which
in turn ' would be looped. Pro
ceeding down the Lewis . River
valley the road would connect with
the Pacific Highway at Woodland,
between Vancouver and ' Kelso.
Those familiar with the country
say that, it offers' no great .ob
stacles to a roadway,
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i By Dr. Frank Crane.;
By -Fred Lockley.
tCopyright, 1914,,, by Frank Crane.)
When most people, even professed
Christiana, hear the saying- of Jesus,
"the meek shall inherit the ! earth,"
they consider it one of those extreme,
Utopian, and Idealistic sayings that
sound well but are utterly impracti
cable. Some tint ago a masasine made
merry over the idea that the meek
would ever"' get anythlnr In this
world, and' even offered a prise for
any record of a meek person; achiev
ing- euoceaa.
But Jesus . had mere ' sens than
those worldly wis men who worship
Him on Sunday and condemn Hit
wisdom on weekdays.
Tbe meek do. and win inherit the
earth.
For instance, Europe today Is a
wrangle of violence.
Over on this side of the Atlantto
folks are rather meek, comparatively
speaking-. Tbe Jingoes couldn't arouse
war furor against Mexico. No two
of tbe United States would think of
getting into a fight. There will be
no war here, because the people are
not getting ready for war, don't want
war, and don't consider It among the
possibilities.
The United States, the dominant
American nation, is permanently com
mitted to peace.
What's the result?
The meek are Inheriting tbe earth
' The best blood of Kurope its work'
ing blood comes in a constant stream
to tbe new world. '
Every day America grows stronger.
Every day Europe, grows weaker.
The program of military arrogance
devastates fields, - transforms the
wheat land into "the melon patch,'
where the melons are bleached, vulture-plucked
skulls. The program of
meekness Is raising- a bumper crop of
corn and cattle.
There Is more gold in New York to
day than in any capital of Europe.
Europe Is borrowing g-old of us by
shiploads.
At the present rate tbe United
States will be. richer than combined
Europe before long. i
So perhaps after all Jesus was not
such a visionary dreamer.
' Above the thunder of artillery, the
roar of war drums, the cry of battle
mad hordes comes the word from, tbe
calm lips of destiny. ' -
"Blessed are tbe meek, for they
shall -inherit the earth."
From the New Tork Evening Post.
From of old, satirists have found a
theme, and poets and'prophets a text.
In tbe powerlessness of religion to pre
vent the barbarism of war. It is a
melancholy subject. Nominally. Chris
tian nations most often pray and take
the name of God upon their lips at the
time when they are trampling upon
Christian principles In waging war.
Either side Is ready with its Te
Deum" - in tbe moment of triumph,
which means slaughter and -misery.
Both sides, on their own admission,
cannot have tbe Lord with them, yet
both insist that they have. It is a
spectacle of mortal inconsistency and
weakness at which, one might well be
lieve in tbe bold Hebrew Imagery, "He
that sltteth In the heavens shall laugh.'
On this whole mystery, or. as some
would say. mockery of the coexistence
of war and religion, of men created In
tbe linage of Ood killing- each other In
tbe name of Qod, no one has written
with a greater wrestling of spirit, yet
withal In themost long-suffering- char
ity, than Abraham Lincoln. It Is well
to cite again today tbe often-cited
words of his Immortal Second Inau
gural;
'Both read the same Bible and pray
to the same Ood; and each invokes His
aid against the other. It may seem
strange that any men should dare to
ask a just God's assistance in wringing
their bread- from the sweat of other
mens' faces; but let us judge not, that
we may not be judged. The prayers of
both could not be answened. '
"Boat Encampment 1 or rather was, . ;
a fur depot and trading station on the :
headwaters of the Columbia, S3 miles
from the Jasper House on the Anatn-
abases," said James BeUeu For a short
time I was acting factor, There were
nearly 100 Indian and halfbreed trap
pers who brought their furs to -us. Te
all employes we Issued a ration of eight
pounds of raw 'meat a day. We bad
no flour so we lived largely on meat
and hard work. When fresh meat was 1
scarce we issued jerked meat. This
was moistened, pounded op and soup or
stew was made from it., Going oown -r
one stream with a . load of furs was
fun, but lining the bateaux up stream
through the swift water was no joke. .
In Ml I was In Portland for. a
short time. I saw It first In 1144 when
there was no Portland and , now in
less than 10 years it had become culte
a village. In tho fall of IMS I went
back to Southern Oregon. We made
our headquarters at the mouth of Look
ing Glass . creek. Douglas county
though organised had no county seat.
One party wanted the county seat lo
cated on Round prairie and the other
party wanted It located In Green val
ley.
The :few settlers on Doer creek
wanted tbe county seat to be on Deer
creek as that was the most central
point." Our party moved from Look
ing Glass creek to Deer creek and that
gave Deer Crek more votes . than
either of the other localities. Neither
Round Prairie nor Greea Valley would
give in. but both were willing to. ac
cept Deer Creek as a compromise, so
it was decided to have tho county seat
near tbe mouth of Deer Creek. A fine
old man named Aaron Rose was .
camped in a tent there. We all pitched
In and split out some planks and
squared up some logs and put up . a
cabin for him. It was finished that
evening and to celebrate. the event we
moved their things front their tent to
tne -nouse and saran Rose, Aaron's
wife, cooked us a fine supper and
served It in their new log cabin
Travelers began stopping at their
home and soon It was called Roseburg.
"In '66 the Yakima Indian war made
tho Rogue River Indians restless, so
they went on the warpath. " I enlisted
for 90 days in Sam Gordon's company.
At the end of three months we elected
Ed Sheffield captain and I served un
der him till the Indians bad settled
down. No, sir, I never wounded an
Indian. I never shot at one unless I
was in close quarters and had to, and
then I didn't shoot to wound them I
shot to kill. I knew I would be killed
if I didn't shoot first. Tes, I have
bad to shoot first a time or two.
"After the Indian war I got married.
I got acquainted with the girl that
worked at the house where I boarded
while wintering a band of horses near
Corvallis. Her name was Myrtella Tay
lor and we were married on June S.
1867. at Starr's Point, on the old Emi
grant road, about 20 miles from Eu-
war. But, saying nothing ex pracxicai i sno. rv a mocu w pwv uc wb
difficultles, this Is to overlook one ; burg. I freighted till 1160, when I
teaching of the church, which is obe-lwent' to Eastern Oregon, and from
dlence to the powers tnat oe. -in , " ivw ta
duty of allegiance, and of submission j Columbia. That winter I got work
to tho constituted civil euthorites, may with the government freighting for a
be terribly abused by unscrupulous surveying party. I guarded their sup-
rulers, but it Is a duty, and a religious "uy "? rJ .
duty, nevertheless. Religion Is. after, mouth of the Methow river. I worked
alLwlthin the state. If tbe state were 'or Lieutenant Mullen till 1861.
would oav o iu on wuan 1 1 - ... . .
hail taken ref- ' SOOUtmg. TD year use xouna me
"mM to the Volcano.dlstrict in
make some sort of civil society pos
sible again, so that the practices of re
ligion could be restored. All this must
be borne in mind, and sbouia operate
as a stay of condemnation upon sol
Idaho. W were camped at Hot
Springs. A bunch of Bannock Indians
ran across us and decided they needed
our scalps. I wanted to -work, east
while the rest of the party wanted to
get back to Boise. I knew we couldn't
i1!r.WA050vUvfl. WIn make it. Finally they said. 'Ton do a.
We cannot all be as great-souled as
Lincoln, but we can at least - strive
after something of his philosophic and
considerate attitude on this question of
war and religion. One point can be
made witb confidence. Churches and
Christians have no direct power to pre
vent a war. Some grieving people ap
pear to think that the Pope or the
bishops or the authorities of the great
Christian denominations should have
somehow laid an Interdict upon the
monarcha and diplomats and parlia
ments, and forbidden them to go to
we cannot help thinking It. calling
upon God for help. They may be con
scious only of doing their clvle and pa
triotio duty. The real place for repro
bation to strike is higher than the ar
mies unon tbe rulers who needlessly.
and, therefore, , wickedly, launch tbe;
armies upon their work or oestrucuon
and inhumanity.
Thus It Is that It seems to us hasty
to pronounce this awful and desolating
war the collapse of Christianity.
Clergymen In our columns and else
where have, In their first feeling of
profound dejection and discouragement,
so spoken of it. With their general
position that such a war appears to
make Christian civilization look far
cical, few can fall to sympathise; but
we must discriminate. Christianity
has not utterly broken down. Religion
has not ceased to be a poweriui motive
in the hearts of men. But a horrible
situation has brought millions of men
and women into a state of confusion
and perplexity, as regards their rela
tion to their country ana tneir uoa;
you please. We are going to stick to
gether and work back to Boise, .Three
of the party were old time miners and
Indian fighters. The other three were
tenderfeet, new to the eountry. 1
worked east and in spite of all my care
I ran into an Indian camp. One of
the Indians saw me, so I did the only
thing I could do to get out alive. I
hollered for all I 'was worth and rode
into their horses yelling and shooting.
I stampeded the herd and ran them a
mile or two and got away. I beard
afterwards tbe Indians had ambushed
my fellow miners, killing them all.
"I worked, east to Fort Kearney,
where I met Lieutenant Hayes, whom
X had known while working for Lieu
tenant Mullen. X told him X wanted to
sign on with the borse soldiers, so I
joined the U. 8. cavalry."
The Ragtime Muse
Hands. -How'
wonderful are hand si Be soft.
and out of this has arisen the seeming. go eioqant The fenii of the will.
Tne sure executors oi Hie a emprise.
willingness to drag Providence Jnto the
carnage, which has cnocxea many a
tender conscience. It is for religious
men to bide God's good time, assured
that, in the end, we shall see that the
judgments of tbe Lord are tru and
righteous altogether.
T
ii . Detroit Tribune; takes a
side-swing at . Oregon, using
the testimony, of Isaac Swett,
executive secretary of the
along the boundary (were allowed way and Sweden hav i ureson -wivic League, oerore the
. - ? ' "r- - I foil own; i. - -
states ? enterea upon such an ar-1 gaining ground in Christendom
r rangement . when the burning of The world 'is growing better and
Washington :by the' I British was with progress must - come stricter
still rankling In the public ' mind, regard for tne rights of men. a
But a fortified, f rontier. would not better conception of the great idea
have restored the original capital of men's brotherhood preached by
city, and the early statesmen -were the foremost of men. '.;. .' 4'
wise enoughs to know it. There : It is an inspiring sermon by Rev.
have been a number of grave ques- J. N. McClurkln, of Pittsburg, de
tions between the two . countries Uvered at the clos'ing session of
tince 1817, j but ' because of the (the interdenominatloar Bible con-
THE SIEGE OF PARIS
The following is translated from the
diary of a French officer who was sta
tioned at Paris at the time of the
siege of 1870-715 h
"Toward the middle of October we
had to make up our minds to sacrifice
the animals of the ecological garden.
The elephants and many other beasts
were bought by iL Debos. the owner
of the English meat shop in Rue
Friendland. The meat ofhe elephant
was sold from $10 to $12 a kilogram
(two pounds), the trunk commanded
tho highest price, fit a kilogram. The
trunk and feet were both declared de
licious by all gourmets. . In the same
shoo a nair of young wolves were sold
pouna. lie mea was
for S2.60
7T-' .i. ,V soft and without taste. The biggest
- wiMJu ,.hi..:,wiu.- 'price was paid for a young lamb that
the native can make side trips to Deen purloined ,by a f ranctireux'
thPM mountains, to the Willamette i from the enemy. One hundred dollars
vane nl tft the i seashore. : Port- was paid
in file in the butcher and baker shops
to wait for their turns. Each house
hold was furnished with a card from
the municipality authorizing the bearer
to buy a certain amount of meat and
bread. The cook, the housewife the
little girls (men never go shopping In
France), were posted for hours before
the shops in rain and snow, with wet
feet, shivering with cold. The unfor
tunate ones endured without murmur
these hardships. Women throughout
the time of siege were setting an ex
ample of courage and self-abnegation.
"It was a sad and touching spectacle,
these long files of women, nearly all
dressed in black, grouped before the
doors of the dealers, watched by the
national - guard with . whom they at
first were laughing and chatting till
tbe sufferings from the cold had sl-
1 lanced the laugh and sometimes
brouerbt forth tears.
"But In spite or ail precautions tne
stores, one by one, were exhausted, the
provisions put in too late before tbe
siege were Used up, and while the ba
bies, deprived .of milk, died in great
numbers, or fed on sweet wine and
bread, pined slowly away, the big peo
ple tried to find new resources to pro
long their lives."
- People .come out here, lured : by
these ' advertisements, thinking' - they
are tretting- into the land of milk
and, honey. They believe they can
get along here easier than they can
some place 'else. "
- Then they find on their arrival
they must do their own milking, and
their is no ' honey, suggested . Com
misioner Garretson. " , -
That's about- it, replied Mr. .-Swett.
The Tribune uses this excerpt of
testimony ' as . evidence that the
valley and to the i seashore. Port
land . will be the ' summer - capital
of the world's western playground.
A splendid public spirit has been
manifested by Marcus Mayer, k Wot
satisfied with building a mile of
macadam roadway from his place
at Mayerdale towards . Mosier, he
invited the county court of Wasco
eounty ' and a number" of citixens
Of Mosier, The Dalles and Port
land, and State Highway Engineer
Bowlby to a formal dedication of
the road Friday- -The road will
form a link in the Columbia River
Highway. In the days of trying
to get something for nothing; it is
refreshing -to. -find a man who
wants to do" a publlo service.
enemy,
taid for It.
"Hera Is an exact price list of some
victuals toward the end of the siege:
Two pounds "of horseflesh .;..$ f .00
4"h nun - . . 16.00
A whole cat ..........., 1.00
A rabbiV . . . '10.00
One turkey .................: S0.00
One i-egg ,:
A -pigeon ..... .00
One pound of butter f.00
A pound of beans ... 1.60
A peck of carrotAv .... ! 2.00
A.. Ashhajra , head . .S00
One stick of 'celery ? .-60
Wood to burn (100 poradi) .... l.0
"Evan the rich had . to live on the
meagerest diet and ' to take into their
menu things that till then ; ; only the
trapper in the virgin forest -was sup
posed to eat X leave it to you to Im
agine what kind of meals were served
la the small restaurants and boarding
bouses.' -.'
"Moreover, everybody had to submit
to the strictest orders. People stood
women from voting against the funda
mental principle of self government.
in defense or wmcn ne once lmpenuea
bis life.
A sensible and honest form of local
option, applicable alike to the buyer
and seller of Intoxicants, will one day
take the place of tbe present one-sided
form of local option, and will penalize
alike all participants In a mutual
transgression. As I do not know how
much tbe liquor dealers would give for
such a law I am unable to answer tbe
gentleman's question.
ABIGAIL SCOTT, DUNIWAT.
tetters From the People
tOMaMsfcatfcMS atet te 'Tbe oersal
pabUctfJaa this eapartsatet sbaeM M writ.
only aaw aioe ot ua papar. awaiai mmm
tOO wards la least aaa . ttaat fee
cMtpeajaa ay tat aataa aaa aeoteaa n oa
aDOar. W taa writer Soae ao oaalra ta
have the aene seBUabad. he sbaald ee sttte.)
tea oa only
exeeaa
ta tli rmtnt rt an raforov
erav It ratioaaUaM everything tt taacbea. It
rob sriadples e all talaa , aaactity aed
thrawa tbasi back their raaeooablaaaaa. If
. v... mm nuoaiblML - It rathies!
taaaa aa as wmi.n aw mwvm
ua uev wta,- aiw
a'ilaoa.
Predicts Local Option Regime,
s Portland, Sept;; t. Te the Editor of
Tbe Journal I am sorry to see my
octogenarian friend. Mr. Taskee.. who
says be carried a musket, in tbe days
of his youth. In opposition to the pro?
hlbltlon of - human liberty, working
himself Into a frenzy In his declining
years because he Is unable to prohibit
The Use of Irtixurles. :
McMlnnville, Or. Sept 4To the
Editor of Tbe Journal In tbe affirma
tive argument of 4 the - An ti -Saloon
league In the official pamphlet they
say that money spent for liquor is
waste and a luxury and should be done
away with for that reason. It would
be Interesting to know just what con
dition we would find our country In if
we did away with all luxuries, as these
agitators would have up do. - Luxury
eliminated would certainly put the na
tion back hundreds ef. years: Candy.
1200.000,000; jewelry close to a billion:
chewing gum, $26,000,000; soft drinks,
tl60.000.000; theatres close to a billion;
tobacco a billion and a half; fancy
millinery sioo.000,000; coffee half
billion. Shall we prohibit luxuries and
settle down to conditions of the early
cave men in order te prevent tempta
tion t. or snail we bring up our boys
and girls to be self respecting young
men . and women who will, be strong
enougu to withstand temptation of ,
their own free will, accomplished - by
education and not by compulsory legislation-
At the same time let -them)
enjoy all tbe luxuries they can afford
without bringing them in contact with
tbe terrible drug habits - which follow
in wake - of ! prohibition. In southern
states - the ' use . of cocaine has. spread
alarmingly among the - negro popula
tion, and is fast becoming familiar to
the whites, wherever prohibition is
rigidly: enforced.!: Drug fiends are as
numerous as drunkards, among the
poorer classes, who cannot afford to
have their intoxicating drugs sent by
express, or to take them in a fashion
able club house W. 3, BISHOP.
In action great till death has made
them still.
Jeweled and dainty white. . soft hands
of queens
Have woven nation's destinies; hands
Brown, -masterful, - behind' the palace
. scenes, ,
Have grimly wrought te right .an
ancient wrong!
Hands red and coarse and scarred with
Basest ton
Have closed the eyes ef death with
lovinc care. .
And blue veined bands that would not
touch tne soil, .
' Xn blood Imbrued have slain and
would not spare I -
Hands of - the yeoman gripped about
tne piougn. ' ' t
Knotted and gnarled, - have blocked
f.ml..1. Mth .....
Cold hands have blessed the sufferer's "
fevered, brow; . ,
Brave bands nave saved, tbe weak fress
deeds ox wratn.
Hands of the seaman, the sleek gam-
Diers nanasj . . -
Hands of the beggar, plain br un-
-- - rnn f Aimed
All hands so skilfully meet life's de-
-r manna -r
That it were difficult te name the
.. best. , .
But well I know most beautiful are
, tnose - .
' That regularly In one task engage
And on the pay day. that each swift
. week knowsv
Extend to me my longed for weekly .
; ; wagel. . - -,; . . e -s. '
Causa and Effect, .
From Judge. ' '.
"I see the Hungarian parliament .
opened with a free fight, whleh nearly
wrecked tbe chambers and left police
Interference futile." ;
"Well. I suppose some radical legis
lation will follow, r , - - t
The Woman's Pago
The Journal each evening pre-
- sents a; number of striking
features. Many of them are)'
of exclusive Interest to wom
en; other are of general
appeal. . J - '
; They all are worth while. Cut
tivate this daily feature"
page; yon will. find It profit
able. -