THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING.. NOVEMBER 26, 1914.
THE JOURNAL
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For peace of soul which
money never buys.
For freedom In a . world
which la not free.
For God's outdoors and over
arching skies
'For all the season's cheng-
lnor mystery.
For life and love . that come
, to me and thee,
, Let us give thank !
, - Berton Braley.
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JTATIOXAL BETIIETL
bow to Vara the craft of mines.
" Announcements', are being made
everywhere that the old stand-pat
crowd is preparing: for the 1916
campaign. Senator Lodg e's "glar
ing: inconsistency" charge is evi
dence of the fact. A man of cul
ture has been led by partisanship
was only a shot across the launch's j large part of the fault. It is said, I wealthy utd prosperous man re
lies with the people tnemseives. f using to giro his loyal children
They have not been Intelligent or the necessities of life..'
active in preventing fires. The secretary says that lives
. It is said that over-Insurance is have been lost and both private
an incentive, to incendiarism. This and public property sacrificed be
is to be removed by, strict super- cause the government ; has not
vision of agents and adjusters. But provided the means with which to
chief Interest centers in recom? adequately survey and chart dan-
Into ' making himself ridiculous, mendations for the teaching of fire Jgerous waters of the Pacific, and ;
ine mew xotk. rosx puts mm in prevention in the pudiic scnooia., i particularly oi tne Aiasgan coasu f
this class: . The commission says the schools He declares it a shameful thing
There are professional . patriots, should be used under direction of to send officers of the nation to sea
and iisht-headod patriot, and en- the fire marshal as the best means in ships 38, 39 and 52 years old.
So tohr.utirrtharnio reducing losses due to careless- as has been done. Continued use
matter where the - resDoneibilitv lav. ness. inattention to electric wiring, I of such ships Is little removed
an insult to the flag-, , whether real s defective flues and accumulated from a policy ' which would refuse
'A FEW SMILES
. It was la a railway car, and the
occupants were several travelers and
a staid, pompous old gentleman. Vart-
Alta anA nntttiArftaaf til
lefforta were made to
draw him Into con
versation. At length one of
them said. "Come,
sir, r know you are
on St.- us. Tell us
or imaginary, must be avenaed in
blood.
But this sort of patriots seldom
offer themselves as the active
agents' of vengeance. If Turkey
had Insulted the flag, there is lit
tle probability that Senator Lodge
would have been found at the
front.
MR. AYER'S GIFT
B
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A
ND Jacob rose up early In the
morning and took the stone that
he had put for his pillow and
set It up for a pillar, and
poured oil upon the top of It.
And he called the name of that place
Bethel.
Life would indeed be dull and
monotonous If on the journey from
Beer-sheba to Haran there came
no vision of the ladder reaching
from earth to heaven on which the
angels are ascending and descend
ing. Life "would Indeed be hope
less if there came through the
clouds no voice saying "I am the
Lord God of' Abraham, thy father,
and the God of Isaac- Behold I
am with thee and wilt keep thee in
all places."
As It is in the life of the indi
vidual so is it in the life of na
tions. A monument is erected on
the spot where these things ap
pear and the place Is called Bethel
' '."hanks are rendered to him who
controls the destinies of nations
and who has promised "I will not
leave thee until I have done that
which I have spoken to 1 thee of."
As Americans we today have
many reasons for gratitude to the
giver of every good and perfect
gift. The harvest has been abun
dant. The Panama canal has been
completed. War with Mexico has
been avoided and we have not been
embroiled in Europe's mortal
straggle. The markets of the
world are being opened to us and
there Is no excuse for the existence
of the pessimist.
On the material side our ad
vantages are many and on the
spiritual side there is a new attl
', tude of charity among ourselves
and towards mankind.
f In the misery and havoc of Eu
rope we learn to appreciate the
blessing of a democratic govern
ment. We also learn that the na
tions of the world are constantly
. gro-lag more dependent one on
the other. There Is a lesson of In
terdependence as well as Indepen
dence. "Righteousness exalteth a nation
vhlle sin1 is a reproach to any peo
ple'.. In our abundance, In our noble
national position. In our freedom
from, the havoc and woes of war,
we almost seem the chosen people.
We should not complain; we should
thank. '
ECAUSE Portland philan
thropy is organized by The
Journal on an effective busi
ness basis, men of affairs
have confidence in contributing' to
the needy. They are assured be
forehand that there will be no
waste of. effort,no duplication of
work, no helter skelter endeavor,
but that there will be organized
and well directed action, which in
turn is assurance that every dollar
contributed . will mean 100 cents'
worth of aid for those who require
succor.
They know too that it will mean
sustained assistance, not the spas
modic splurge today and a return
to hunger and want for the needy
tomorrow. Thus, the contribution
of 500 yesterday by W. B. vAyer is
notice to all Portland that the or
ganized and well directed plan of
The Journal has the confidence of
men of large affairs, and that the
object and the execution are both
worthy and reliable.
Mr, Ayer's splendid gift is an
appeal to other men and women of
means to aid in making this a
winter to which all Portland can
point with pride. It Is not thej
first instance in which Mr. Ayer
has made his Influence felt for pub
lic well being.
rubbish. If the legislature adopts to build a modern batuesnip te-
this suggestion Missouri school cause the old Constitution was in
children will have a regular course existence.
of study with textbooks such as are Mr. Redfleld is right in saying
used in Ohlp, Iowa and Nebraska, that, the plan of discovering rocks
Fire losses and insurance rates by running vessels upon - them
rise and fall together. The lower should be abandoned. Yet failure
both are, the better it is for com- of the government to provide the
paties and Insured. Especial Big- force and apparatus for surveys
nlficance attaches to the Missouri and charts has resulted in a corn
commission's report because It mon practice of naming dangerous
peflnts directly, to a big cause of rocks after steamers which hit
fires carelessness.
IN PASSING
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
The more a man knows the less be
thinks ha knows.
: -. ., -, . a . a
Love may be blind, but alimony' Is
an expert oculist. .
. . a . ; .
It Is easier to call a man a liar than
4t Is to prove it. '
Experience teaches that a lot of
wnat you are travel-1 it doesn t teacn anytnmr.
ine in I
x oun man, ' answered the torment-1 . Tn hlg-het ambition of soma
ed one, trlarine- at hia interlocutor. "II thieves is a chicken roost.
am traveling- in objectionable and In-
oulsitlv comnanv. mxxA th. rr l. full I Jl1 mptner believes ner oaoy
at Mmni.. " " i anows exacuy wnat sne says to it
of samples.
The poet wears his hair long- be-
I
them
Congress will be asked for a
sufficient appropriation to permit;
keeping government vessels in op
eration throughout the year, to pro
vide for the early building of new
. General Pau tells of a French M-1 cause there la no short cut to fame.
commisisoned orricer who was being
examined-on the subject of tactics.
-ii vs me an in
stance of strategy
was the question.
' The soldier thought
hard, then replied:
"When In battle
you run out of am
munition and don't
want the enemy to
know it, It is aood
strategy to keep on firing."
N ANY mention of those to
whom credit is due for prog
ress with road building In 8hlps and 0r charting waters the
only dangerous places of which
are as yet known by wrecks of ves-
Multnomah county, it is
possible to omit Samuel Hill.
not i
In season and out of season, in I
prosperity and adversity, in the Thr hAnM 1m ninnlmaiii md.
stress of storms or the glint of the sent tQ Buch a program. Tne gov.
sunshine, Mr. Hill s an abiding. ernment l8 committed to a. policy
aggressive, never-falling friend of of jft,ontJ;enr ln Aiaaka Alaska P Sw, " stream beyond all
j - OI development in Alaska, juassa , reasonable limit, bv cont.tin-
reasonable limits by constructing-, as
approaches, earthen embankments that
:F
t tart."
Really bir men are measured by
wnat tney do, not by what they say
w a
Man? a man's character la formed
before marriage and reformed after.
a
Few of the men who are wllllna? to
give you a recommendation would give
you a joo.
a
And manv a man's dishonestv la dua
I to the ease with which, a fool and his
money are separated.
w
aeon
third husband she begins to think her
attractions are irresistible.
a a
dear." I Many, a man who boasts that he
I was a little I isn't a hypocrite is so disagreeable
afraid once, when 1 1 that hia acquaintances may wish, he
want Intn tVi a ron. I WSa.
"I am not afraid of the dark, mam
ma."
No, of course not.
try to get a tart."
wnat were
afraid of T'
"I was afraid 1
would not find the
In nine cases out of ten you will
rU I r ln j that a man who wears side whis
kers Is either a faker or a philanthro
pist.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
" .
An electric clock system haa been
purchased for the new high school at
Kugene; cost $1200.
a a
Having had a street car accident,"
says the East Oregonlan, "Pendleton
is absolutely in the metropolitan
class." . . .
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A new pipe organ is belna Installed
ln thej Baptist church at Albany, and
will be ready tor an . opening recital
on December 2. . -,
It Is reported that at Gold Beach
an athletic club is to be organized!
and that te sport of wrestling will be
especially promoted.
a
Mavor Palmer of Baker-has recom
mended to tiie city commissioners that
a woman oolicemaa be added to the
force, with special reference to the
restraint of wayward girls.
a .
Hermlston. thanks to its Civic club.
has been provided witja lour garDai
recentacles and the an tl-trash ore
nance, long a dead letter, will hence
forth be rigorously enforced.
Sneaking: of Marion county's excel
lent financial condition the Salem
Statesman remarks in passing that the
county could pay its share in the
construction of the proposed new steel
bride: acroas the Willamette, in casn.
and still have a handsome sum left
in the treasury.
a a
Roseburr Review: Mayor Rica has
rrotivui numerous inauiries for help
from farmers in various sections of the
county. Most of the inauirlea came in
response to an article published in The
Kevlew a snort time ago in wuica mo
farmers were asked to cooperate with
the mayor in handling the unemployed
problem.
THE NEW LIGHT
THOUGH SEVENTY -FIVE
A
roau-masing. rnflrnnda? It a lan. nftAda shin
His gospel is to make the rural rates that will not handicap prog-
nome accessiDie, to mane country ress and needlessly sacrifice life
ine attractive, to give tne noy ana 4 property.
gin on tne iarm tne same oppor-
piness as are given the boys and LSttefS rfOm ine reop
girls ln the city.
S 41 A-4. a aW Taataaisl A
IS a SPlenalQ program. It IS I nnbUcatkn In thla aeoartmeat aboold ba writ-
an Af fpotivai tut tn remnvA frnm ihtt I tea oa only oaa aide at the paper, aboald net
aa eiiecuve way to remove irom tne 1 eiceed soo word la length and moat ba ae-
COUntry lads and lassies the hunger companled by the name and addresa of the
for the bright lights and the prim- ".BTpubii" bTabouid STiute.)
rose paths of the wicked city. It
is the conservation of youth. It
is the guardianship of mankind.
HIS GIFT TO MEN
I HE educative influence of the
movies Is extending over a
vast ranee of subjects.
r They take you on a trio
around the world ln a single even
ing,' and ln picture give you more
of travel and more knowledge of
nations and peoples tthan you could
acquire In a Journey of weeks.
. ; They cover every phase of geo
graphical knowledge and present
art and drama and science and his
tory ang all . manner of human life
with precision and vividness that
makes an Impress upon the mind
more effective . than that to be
made by the printed page. --1
A local picture house Is soon
to put on the play of Julius Caesar
in a way that carries to the be
holder incidents and facts ln con
temporaneous history not to be ob
tained even by the presentation
of Shakespeare's immortal drama.
, In the final evolution of the mo
tion picture, it Is very likely to
become a part of the national
. school systems.
In this one gift to mankind, Tom
Edison, the one time telegraph op-
operator rose to a greatness beside
which kings, and emperors, and
potentates and even some American
presidents are pigmies.
TURKEY AND MEXICO
-t ENATOR LODGE censured
President Wilson for the
. J "glaring Inconsistency" of his
i policies in regard to Mexico
and' 'Turkey. The Massachusetts
statesman declared that within i
few days of an insult to the Ameri
can flag at Tampico United States
warships . were steaming into Mexi
can waters, but when - a Turkish
fort "fired upon" a launch of the
cruiser Tennessee the president
waited for further information.
It Is fortunate that this, country
is not . in the - hands of such
logicians as Senator Lodge. He
thought he saw an opportunity to
attack the president, and he rushed
to the attack. But since his Don
Quixote sally, word baa been re
ceived that Turkey did not fire
u ron our flag, that - the "insult
NEWS account runs thus:
Mrs. W. T. Jones, 75 years
of age, of 75 Park street, sus
tained serious cuts 'and bruises
about the head when the wheel
of a one-and-a-half ton auto truck
passed., over her at the corner of
First ancf Yamhill streets this morn
ing. Whether she slipped and fell
under the truck or was struck as it
passed has not been determined.
Why wa3 she struck?
Can Chief of Police Clark tell
why?
The Journal can. There Is no
efficient enforcement of law in
this town. There is too much In
visible government in this town.
There is too much government out
side the city charter in this town.
A patrolman was killed at his
post of duty the other day by a
violation of the traffic ordinance.
By a violation of the traffic ordi
nance a few weeks before that,
three persons were killed by a
chauffeur who had no license. A
pistol ordinance was passed, but
the word went around, from some
mysterious authority that It wasn't
to be enforced; and for a year it
has remained a dead letter.
That is invisible government. It
is personal government outside the
city charter. It is the kind of
government that makes the traffic
ordinance an unrespected, diso
beyed and Ineffective scrap of
paper. Jt is the kind of govern
ment that makes drivers careless
and makes life insecure on a street
crossing for a 75-year-old woman
and for other women and for even
the patrolman who lost his life.
Mayor Albee is at the head of
the police department of Portland
Things are going on that show he
is not throwing over the depart
ment that atmosphere of efficiency
that his men would quickly give
It If made to understand that all
laws say what they mean and mean
what they say.
Drinks are being openly sold In
6ome Portland grills after 12 o'clock
Saturday night, and there are boys,
under age who buy drinks at Port
land bars. .
The administration of law Is so
lax that the Automobile club in an
effort to 'secure enforcement of the
traffic ordinance designated com
mittees of Its own members to act
as special policemen.
No such action ought to be
necessary. The chief of police of
Portland ought to know how to
make -city statutes respected. He
ought to know how to protect 75-year-old
women from being run
down by auto trucks.
But it canrfbt be done when
some laws are enforced and some
noli or when this law and that law
are set aside by personal ukase.
Dlacnaatoa la' tha -areataat of an . reform
era. It rattonallaee everything It touches. 11
mha nrinplnlM of all falae aanctltT ' SnO
throw, tham hack on their raasonableneaa. It
Tt ia n nlnn an anionH flinllv flnri I thev hav no raaaanahlnsa. it ruthless.
. . . . . . , . . I rniuiH LiirilJ VUI UU '
psycnoiogicaiiy correct tnat mere own conclusion la their ataad." Woodrow
Is In it no room for debate. . Make I wiiaon.
tne road3 what they ought to be, The Real Estate Situation.
and you will render an almost in- Portland. Nov. 25. To the Editor
comparable service to human so- cf The Journal That was a capable
clety. You will people the country article which appeared in your paper
to its capacity; you will strip the 841 evening or two ago, superscribed
city of Its lure for the best blood "F- L-. which set forth In plain, sin-
. . . . ... . cere and comprehensive terms the
of the country; you will economic- deaiing ln real estate at Warrenton-
auy give to tne tana tnrougn per-1 Fiavel, so-caUed. such an article as
fected accessibility. Its greatest tnat makes a direct appeal to aU men
power to serve civilization. lJff.KSSL l
Ana tne nignesi conservation oniy on grounds of publlo confidence
in all this scheme or forwarding I and private honesty,
civilization it Is only the finished The author mada an allusion to the
j tt , 1 i -itti condition here in Portland that was
road that Is economical. When you .,ieiPM,M kv that on h described.
eyeua a uuuax on an unpermaneni 1 Let us look a little mora closely, and
road, all you will have out of the I understand why it is that the realty
transaction is the dollar, which, brokers of this city have been com-
. . . , , ' ' plaining during the past year or two
of course, remains ln the com- oWhe dull 4 market, and sea whether,
munlty. The road itself, being tin- instead of the administration in office
permanent Is ultimately nothing t Washington, or the foreign wars,
k i or the superstition of periodic depres-
out 11 mMtau, juu uuuu a per- 1 mediate cause.
manent road, the dollar you put! There are about 60 square miles la
From Collier's Weekly.
As a matter of fact, perhaps
the
act simply as dams ln times of flood, chief, thing for which we should be
The same greed, or. perhaps, . false thankful ln this day Is the urge all
economy. Is shown by building fae- through the nation toward the effort to
resldenffCUS,?tan5,eVen medr tha remediable thing, which
residences out to the limit of ordinary , . . . .
low stage and thus formtag tCmost JV Iti V.T "5
effective barriers to tha free flow of Thanksgiving with more of the good
the stream, when In flood. This gTeeS ,of lifJ make. tbe
is heavily punished by the first dtaa rwV 'Iblch S
trous flood. Plates XXI and XXII. Zi1 iTl
a. snow tne destruction of a railroad I " " . , -T.
live; but if, as we believe, it has been
the dawn of tha best spirituality any
nation ever possessed a spirituality
based on a sanely limited materialism
It is an era to be proud of.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
bridge at Hamilton. Thl. 1. .Imply
typical of many other bridge., munici
pal as well as railroad. All stream
channel, should be cleared of obstruc
tions and made ample as carrier, of
flood waters, and rigid law, strictly
enforced, should prohibit any further
encroachment on waterways. A note-
sons whose bottled-up animadversions
on -the government and public affair.
had to be kept for Thanksgiving ser
mons because they were scarcely ap
propriate for the Lords day. would
promptly condemn this generation as
irreligious but they would be mis
taken. This is not an irreligious gen
eration. It is somewhat lukewarm to-
.f6!.0? ,n C1neC"n. wlt.h ward some of the old usages of re
into It is still ln the community.
In addition you have a dollar's
the city of Portland. Nearly all this
area is platted, now. There are about
200,000 Individual parcels or real es
substance becomes appalling.
J
JAPAN IN THE PACIFIC
APAN has notified Great Brit
ain that the mikado's govern-
worth of road, and thirdly, you tati in this city, or one parcel for
have the economic dollar added to I every adult Inhabitant, an average ob-
tha lan1 nlna I ViOUSlV tOO high.
tt. .y, I 11 ait tna parcels neceswrj, ii-rm
For the Investment in a per- Ueooie to the Darcel used, were am-
manent road, you have three dol I ployed to house the inhabitants of
lars of value for every dollar Portland. 50,000 parcel, would be
RTwmt- for an nnnormanont mart I enough. Thi. is notwithstanding the
spent, ror an unpermanent road, fact that ft fieaYjr perc!nta8B of tn
j-uu uayo uui i. auu mus, waeu population in these growing western
there Is true analysis Of the lit-cities is more or less transient, and
eral millions of money spent on I llve ,n the r oomlng hoteL This give.
Oregon roads during the past 40 -'tntVuu
years, me proyoriious 01 tne in jus- 1 buildings and factories, which are ner
tlce to taxpayers and the waste of I Ugible factors ln an equation of such
proportions. Tnat is to say, tnree
quarters of this city is bare or usexui
improvements.
Now. what is the history of this
condition? - Most of thla unimproved
area ha. been sold under a speculative
market, and tha man who hold. It now.
ment Is ready to transfer pos- ablft epeCulative price. Now. this is
session of the islands in the an Installment-country, and original
Pacific recently won from the Ger-1 plattlngs have been sold at a high
mans 1 Principal, iuw lusuxiuueuia kiiu i
T7i-.1nj v i.i, . . 1 0 lnierea vi a vvtiv wu luiyuu
the Japanese offer and has an- That i. not all. The publlo lmprove-
nounced that a special Australian I ment interest, have supplied paving.
otMI v 1 sewer ana water, ana somcumes iianw,
1U,M' fn "V I a v h that unimproved and uninhabited
occupation until the end of the area, which; improvements are bonded
war, wnen ine matter 01 ultimate 1 for ten years, out carry a rate 01 m
dianonal of h inlands will terest of 6 per cent, nevertheless. It
question for consideration by the VpIIVo
allied powers. I is the Improved area that pays for
When Japan entered the general these Installation, on the unimproved.
conflict, and especially when she Further mora, the oanK. nave come
roh.u to lon no money on unimproved lots,
took the Marshall archipelago, Md wherever money has been obtained
there was alarm over the
nect of a Jaoanese nlan to domi
oa .. rarM rvi -1 How Can a man on a wage attempt
. , .v r i. j . I to pay a speculative price lor real es
expressed ln the United States, hat bears no Income, en long in-
notwithstanding assurances from I stallments, and pay three rate, of in
Toklo that the Islands would be f terest besides? When doe. he expect
occupied only so long as the mill-1 "rlb! oT ris.'to his 0.
tary ana navai requirements 01 tne 1 mai disbursement?
FIRE INSURANCE REFORM
1'
ISSOURI'S insurance commis
sion has reported to Gover
nor Major and its recom
mendations vill be drafted
into bills for submission to the leg
islature. It is proposed to seek
laws creatirrg the office of state
fire marshal, starting an educa
tional campaign for fire prevention,
establishing strict supervision of
insurance .agents and the licensing
of adjusters. , - ;
. The cost of . fire Insurance has
become '' a heavy burden in Missouri,-
but the commission - finds
that owing to heavy losses the com
panies" har earned little in that
state . in - Ue : past five years. - s A
-
the reduction of damage by floods ad
vocates the removal of place, of bus!
ness or residence from area, subject
to repeated inundation, .o as to restore
to the river channel that which belongs
to it. " The actual losses will
greatly exceed $200,000,000."
ligion too much so, no doubt; but this
Is largely because It is preoccupied
with a new and glorious conception of
religion. It is beginning to glow with
a faith that the religion of Jesus is
in truth and ln fact a gospel of good
tidings to the poor to those whose
By the imposing- UDOn tha Oeoole of I tahlu ira nntmtlv mn tndav. This
the state of some $12,000 to $20,000 religion of collective duty toward the
worth of falsehoods concerning the I extirpation of poverty was no part of
purpose ana errect or the waterfront the problem of Massachusetts, vir
amendments they were defeated at the ginia, or New Amsterdam for things
polls, and the road is left free for fills were simpler then; but It was in the
and other obstructive Improvements I religion of Jesus and St. Paul
aown to the low water and beyond.
My insistence on relocation of pier I It is the new light which millions
head lines to avoid damage by floods I now follow, whom Cotton Mather
is ridiculed by the Philistine, of Port- I would have denounced as sans of Be
land, just as Noah was ridiculed by j HaL The new light is- the religion
the Philistine, of his day. I of democracy, the motto of which is
I now arise and call upon the read- I "Render unto the individual the things
era of The Journal to take note thai I which are the individual's, unto the
the limiting of tha physical channel I collectivity the thing, which are are
Of a river to the apace between low I collectivity's; and unto God the thingn
water lines is a .Illy absurdity a fool- 1 which are God's." Caesar Is left out
Ish abasement of a sovereign stata be- I of it. being merged into the collectivity.
fore the crazy demands of wanton self. I The American nation tends more and
seekers, whose motto is. "After us tha 1 more powerfully to serve this ideal.
deluge." I not only with mint, anise, and cumin.
Every honest student of the subject, but with a broken and contrite heart
either as to Its legal, physical or too- for If fver a nation was under con-
nomlc aspect, know, that the publlo vlctlon of sin, we have been for some
right to control all the channel of years now, and still are. That Is why
stream, should be maintained. A. to It ba. been rather an uncomfortable,
the low water line a. a boundary line, albeit a glorious, time ln which to
there is no such thing as a low water
line. There are ordinary and extreme
low water stages of the river, but a
line is never established.
The first rlso above the low stage Is
likely to shift it. It 1. constantly be-
Those who established this great
American anniversary looked eastward
over the Atlantic whltecaps and
yearned toward Europe. It, was home.
The ocean wa. a stern and inexorable
creature which had to be accepted as
their chief est affliction. And for . a
long time the ocean was a thing un
favorable to America. It cut us off
from the world's thought. It made us
insular, provincial, vain, conceited, and
rather little minded qualities which
we have by no means outlived. We
are now engaged ln outliving them,
however, we hooe-: for which we ought
to be thankful. How strange a devel
opment of world conditions it is which
has brouaht us to a time like this,
when of all worldly blessings the
greatest are the Atlantic and the Pa
cific! Once Britain was a world y
Itself alter orbis cut off from Eu
rope by the narrow seas, and permitted
to wax great ln peace, because no in
vader could cross those waters and
successfully land. Once Japan was th
Britain of the Pacific, developing her
wonderful civilization ln the east as
did Britain hers In the west. But the
narrow seas no longer protect Britain
and Japan. It takes more water than
the Straits of Dover or Korea to give
assurance of safety ln the lnconcelv
able wars of 1914.
One of the oldest, If not the oldest --
woman In Oregon, ia Mrs, France.
Ellen Hare, who lives at Astoria. "She ?
will be 101 years old on &ie 6th : of "
next February. Grand mar Todd. of.
Eugene, who Is also 103 moved to
Walla Walla some month. I go. O. W.
Akers of Roseburg is somewhat older, '
being 104 '-years . old. - Si; - siSkT
While in Astoria a few Hays aro. I .
visited Mrs. Hare at the hme of her 4.
uauKuino, luia, uuiuumiynii airs..
lloagland. l ' j
"Yes, IH soon be 104.year old." said
Mrs. Hare, in answer tomir question,
"and I am thankful that ifiy mind is
clear and my memory good. 1 wa. 'j
born at Winchester, Va., and I'm proud
of it. My father didn't believe in hold
ing slaves. All of the rest Sof- his f am- '
lly did. He moved to Ohio: 'but you
know. Virginians ars very hospitable, -and
though we owned nof Slaves, our
kitchen was always full fef niggers, ;
Niggers seem to know tha folk, born
in Virginia are their natural friends.? r
Mrs. Hare's maiden nam W&
Frances Ellen Davenport. SJie was born
on t eoruary 5, 1811, in Winchester, -yy-s
Her father. Judge Davenport, served8
Virginia on the supreme bench, and i
served three terms in con-ea Like
many other prominent 'Virginians,
Judge Davenport was ppoaed to
slavery. In 1818, when Mrr-. Hare was
7 years old. he moved to Ohio.
Mrs. Hare met and married her bus
hand, John Hare, ln Minnesota. Bhe
had eight children, seven of whom are
still alive. Mrs. Hare, Who for many
years ha. been i resident! of Aatoria.l
was born "before John Jacob Astor 4
started his expedition ' westward to -found
a trading post at the mouth of
the Columbia. - Abraham Lincoln wa.
a tiny toddler when she- was born. ;
Henry Clay was speaker "At congress "
and James Madison was president of
the United States at the time of her;
birth. There were but IT, states in .
the union and In place of .oyer tO.000,-r,
000 there were only 7,000.000 people.
Mrs, Hare was a baby whenjthe British
were burning the capltol at washing- -
ton in the war of 1812. She was a',
middle aged woman during the day. of -the
Mexican war. She waft considered
an old woman during the 8ays- of the
Clvil War; and yet this was more thsn -
60 vears aao. She has 23 grandchil
dren and 20 great grandchildren.
But we are still an alter orbla Tho
world has gone mad. No soil is so
sacred a. not to need defense. We
in America breathe the air of security
for no reason other than that the great
defenders of our shores are General At
lantlc and General Pacific. Not even
the Satanic efficiency of this cata-
clysmal epoch can scare us from our
Thanksgiving calm as we feel the pulse
of the long rollers of the universal
ocean beating on our eastern and west
ern shores. For all these things, and
the other Innumerable blessing, which
we already possess and are about to re
celve. may the Lord make us truly
thankful!
The Original Tranksginjr Day.
From the Boston Transcript.
The first Thanksgiving ' held on
American soil was by the PH grim fa
thers ln the year 1621,-stfortly; after ,
they landed at Plymouth Rock. -It Was
not very much of a Thanksgiving, for
they did not feel that they had very
much to be thankful . fo, but was .
rather a revival or the JSnish har
vest home. Matters were about the !
same in 162?, 'and with muh- the same ?
result in giving thanks. Irt 1623, how
ever, an expected ship failed to arrive
with provisions when they were like
ly to be most wanted, and -the pros
pects of famine were soi bright that
jGovernor Bradford, acting? in the un-
doubted exercise of his prerogative,
ordered a day to be set apjrt for fast
ing, humiliation and prayeJt
But before tha day appointed had
come provisions turned up alt right, ;
and the day was turned ; into one or
thanksgiving. Mr. Wfnslew, one of
the pilgrims, in a letter gives an in
teresting account of this ; memorable '
day in American history. The celebra-
tion was held with "glory honor and i
praise, with all thankful peas to our,
good God, which deals so. graciously
with us." Ninety Indiana! headed by
King Massasolt, arrived at the settle-";
ment ln the nick of time land shared '.
in the feast. This celeVj-atlon was ?
somewhat, previous, for not long after I
th Til trt- rr m mrttrm Atwn Urn rtlaln 1 ri I
sters without bread, and spring water
"which." said Governor Bradford,
"somewhat impaired the freshness of
our complexions," as well It might. 5,
OUR INTEREST IN THE OTHER AMERICAS
The -Ragtime fuse
By John M. Oskison.
On nf dermanv's economic reasons
lng swept about by the river's cur- f0r going to war was that her trade
rents. The dredge, of the gravel truat, wjtn south America (where colonlxa
shift and obliterate it. tion was not possible on account of
No such a line as a low water line. Monro doctrine was not orofit-
capable of constituting a boundary to able enough to justify the burden of fi
propcrty, ever existed except upon a nancina the South American enter-
constructed seawall.
All attempts to establish such
boundary are pure legal fictions, at-
prises she had to carry in order to get
the trade.
It amounted to this: South America
tempting to supplant public control of I Bald to Germany, and to England as
navigable waters by private control.
The true boundaries of a river chan-
well a. the other wooers of her trade:
"Sure, we'll buv your products. But
nel are Its physical banks, whloh I first, won't you lend us the money we
should be defined by law, and at ter- I must have to build railroads and trol-
mlnal points, where the natural banks ! lev lines and electric power and ligbt-
are subject to constant Interference, by I lng plants and packing houses, to pave
surveyed ana monumentea narrjor 1 our streets ana put in moaern water
lines. J. B. ZEIGLER. works? ' We'll pay you when our crops
of coffee and rubber, of grain and car
The Club Over the Worker. I tie are gathered. We'll pay you in ni-
PorUand. Nov. 25. To the Editor of trate of soda, in copper ore, ln guano
Tha Journal In the Spectator of No- when these products or our mountains
vember 27. I noticed an article headed are mined and prepared. Trust us un-
Opportunity for Enlightenment," ln til we can get mess tnings ux
stating that the corporation, are un- "Meanwhile, please- sena us mawnw
justly laying off employea The with which to build and make oar per-
edltor or tba Bneetalop falla Into I man on I improvements, oenu urn juur
and chemicals, your motor cars, dia
monds and salt fish. We'll pay when
we can."
Because in Germany" and England
and other countries of Europe a. great
deal of capital was owned which could
not find profitable employment at
home South America's conditions' were
met.
Now Germany and England can't
meet those conditions. They will lose
much South American trade. We are
told that it 1. the chance of the
United States to get the trade. Shall
We be able to get It?
Can we take South America's prod
uctsthe nitrate of soda, copper and
guano from Chile and Peru, the rub
ber and coffee from Brazil; the wheat,
corn and cattle from Argentina? Can
we. then, extend long credits to the
merchants down there who buy our
machinery and other manufactured
products? Can we spare the capital to
enable the clt.'es and the enterprising
builder, of South American cities to
go on with their building and extension
program.?
These are question, that you will
find of vital Interest If you are con-
error in this article.
When I worked for -the Southern
Pacific in Los Angeles they laid off
large numbers of men and worked
short-handed, with a shoo full of car.
manufactured goods, dyestuffs, drug, sideling the Investment of capital.
measure against the possible (If not
probable) loss ln. such investments.
It may very well be tnat tne prvper-
pros- It has been smaU in amount, secured !lB ties advertised are all that the promo-
irr,i bv alL and usually bearinc 8 ter cent. evn when tter WM a horUge ter. claim them to be. but it is quite
present war made It necessary.
Australia was even more con
cerned over the matter than was
the United States. The Australians Etor
are looking aneaa, ana tney aid
JOSEPH BURKE.
Channel and Low Water Line.
Portland. Or Nov, 25. To the
of The Journal I wish
to eommend to the supreme court
not welcome aggressive Japs in J of Oregon, the Port of Portland boarfi
tLe drift oi islands lying east or l " .
- ,. I oppose and ridicule my attempts and
Wv rnilippmes. I ,.--.,.. th- .tter at retaining tha
It may be that Japan. made her I foreshore In publlo control. Instead
offer to evacuate ln favor ' of the I of filling in to satisfy the desire of
Australians ttolalv as a concession I upland proprietors, the following,
to her ally. But the fact remains
Which 1. an extract from United States
raolnclrnl nirvn nanar 94 -Tha Ohia
that the Japanese government is I valley Flood of March-April, lm":
proving Its good faltn and Its ae-l "Agricultural and municipal devel
sire not to complicate the situation. I opment. have come in for a large .har.
Before attacking Klao Chan Jap-1 ZL?l""ZI ..
an said It vjas her Intention to ul- legitimate have come to tay, and It IS
tim a t el y restore that city 'and its idia to be concerned with their effect,
bay to China. Today there Is no except to provide means of taking' care
reason to doubt that this strong- Jr
hold On the Pacific Will. be given 1 naaAm tm i-oribad. and hr la undonbt.
back to the Chinese. 1 edly one of tha most fruitful sources
of danger. For thla - condition the
A PI,KA UfJR ATjASKA I greed of man Ja largeiy to bl
" I This Is evidenced by tha procedure
ECRETARY REDFIELD of the I i?!11-!!! JltSt?!
department of commerce, in j at tha ieast possible cost of construc-
hls annual report, will ask I tion and maintenance,' to this end the
I-..-... nrninMHv inVSStOrfl
The editor of the Spectator could I v."" 1.m ,n of tha material
not be charged with belnx so Ignorant fMt wore deciding to Invest, and
a. not to know the cause of our pees- not Ukely to learn such facts
ent hard times, as every on. of ordi- c;pt by the publication of article.
aa i 4 aa e- al 1 1 aw 1 us IV1 A a e 4 e 4 a mw " w a .
nary intelligence know, that It 1.
fight between, capital and labor, cap
ital trying to force labor by starva
tion into votinar the Republican ticket
at the next presidential election, and
I am sorry to think that many of my
fellow workmen will vote the Repub-
nrh ii tha one referred to.
JOHN A. t.AtUk
About Military Matters.
Portland, Nov. 24. To the Editor of
Tha Journal A German become, a
llcan ticket; but I. for one. will not. I naturalized citizen of the United
even though starvation .tare, me in I States. He returns to Germany -and
the race. J ,tn arms in defense of that conn
I wish to thank The Journal for Its hi. return to the United
juav nuiuu iu mv au uuirorwi gtw will It be necessary tor mm vo
ia nnmaiuw. - v. o. l tk nut hia Daoers again T
. rnjt n.n,ri Futiston ever hold
An Appreciation. i commission in any, other army than
Portland. Nov. 24. To the Editor of that f tha United States? GEO. C.
The Journal Permit me to express my I rt. Ho would not lose hi. citizenship,
appreciation of the article in Monday's 12. General Funston had the honor.
Journal, November 23. with reference I such as it was. to be nrst a captain,
to the apparent Inflation for sale of lot I then a major and later a lieutenant
values at Flavei. or. The article I colonel in the Cuban insurgent army.
ahow. every Indication of careful I serving IS months In 189-7.j
and thorough . preparation, and 1
very, timely one. In view of the ad.ver- j Fire or Water.
Using campaign that na been carried ; Thomas, Or..' Nov. 24. To the
LJirTJ?. to know the answer to thi. question:
such aa this will go a great way tow- J Which U themoat desUucttve, jflre or
ard protecting the saving, of this com. I watJ., usui 7 ,m ' JV ZlJr
MMaatew- aa.l ViaU iWimtnnMl 4-1 aat aaH I '7- 1 AULB VUIUVU Vlit a,tea. - aVT
lnc thTAoeh land snaculatlon. I answered either way. but It can never
A number of friends of nfn have at5 if..?
different time, asked my advice with I wl . ; ;
awal . imai aa '- 4t Wrhaevt T Vm vraa
urged the necessity of first seelna thai The World's Rich Uncle.
property before considering the propo-1 ; From the Indianapolis News.
for
guard ships on tho Alaskan coast. I mlm'1,n- Tnt rfu.lt8iia putting abut-inave apparenUy been tempted by tho lean people will fall to do their duty
Ha rtiriB tLTti ttltndolrant farther Jld trthr out lot rather .InviUng bait, and I am very by the sufferer. In the old world. For
e cnaractenzes tne past, aiuiuaei stream.. placing numeroua plr. Ia the dad to sea rour eaotr taka notm itsalf I th aia hands at the work. .When
Of the United States as that. Of a 1 channel iUelf and reducing the total j the duty of protecUng the publio in ala great disaster happens anywhere the present crisis.
world looks to the people of the Unit
ed States to lead in the campaign of
relief. Whether it be an earthquake
ln4 Martinique a famine ln China, an
eruption of Vesuvius, American money
Is always poured out to help the vic
tims. The precedent has been firmly
established.
It will not be departed from In this
emergency. All over the country Red
Cross agent, and helper, are at work.
They are active In Indianapolis, and
most efficient. In short, there 1. no
cry from the stricken people of Eu
rope that will not bring a response
from this country. We should be
proud that it is so. And yet the, re
sponsibility Is one that we could hardly
shirk. For our great wealth and vast
resources Impose on us a heavy obli
gation. So, though it is to our credit
that we meet It. It would be very much
to our discredit if we did not.
We have been sneered at as a nation
of "dollar hunters." But we are also a
nation of dollar spenders, and the
world should rejoice that so much of
Its wealth Is In the hands of a liberal
people, a people of keen sympathies.
In no way are we more generous than
through the Red Cross society. In the
present case again true to precedent
Americans hava voluntarily and gladly
assumed a considerable portion of the
cost of the war. Much of the cost
that caused by diminished production.
Interrupted trade, and destruction of
capital we cannot escape from. But In
addition to this we are going te make
a free will Offering of enormous pro
portion.. We are to tend tha wound
ed and nurse the sick, feed the hun
gry, clothe the naked, and relieve tha
suffering. While othera are killing.
the "American people are going to try
to save life, and mitigate' suffering.
It Is a noble mission, and will be nobly
performed. ' : We have correctly an
swered the old question. "Who 1. my
neighbor?"! - American dollar, and
American sympathies are going... to do
great and beneficent work in the
November's Charms,
Despite Tom Hood's qua) tit Unas en
"No."
I can't dislike November.:
Though cqKI rain, fall and, cold winds
blow. . . '
For always I remember H
The cakes and pies that mother makes
ln weather bleak and murky.
While on Thanksgiving day she bakes
The giant turkey.- ; e
-tvf .
Then let the furious winda ge howl
Or start an icy drixtle; i ,
I think upon that noble fdwl
That In the pan doth siziie.
'Tls something then to be near by
Mother or aunt or somstkin, - i
To tate the bird and home-made Pis
of mince and pumpkin. , '
I care hot for the sky of lead.
For dun fields cold ana soecien.
For months those fields I shall not
tread, i
But. oh.: the nath's well troddsa
That leads us to the kitchen door ,
In a procession steady.
To aak as we've just asked before.
"Is dinner ready r , .-
i -rr ' - '
A Thanksgiving Favorite.
By Lydla Maria - ChUd.
Over the river and through the wood ;
To arandfather s nouiwe go. -The
horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh K
Through the white anc, drifted snow,
Over the river and throughjthe wood
Oh, how the wind does blow:--
it sungs me iocs i
And bites the nose
A. over the ground we .
Over the river and throagrf the
To have a nrst rate piay; , , , ,
Hesr the bells rin. r . T r
Tlng-a-lin din!" M : .
Hurrah , for Thanksgivlnr dayi
! if-
Orer the river and through the wood '
Trot fast, my aappia array:
Spring over the ground
Like a hunting hound.
For this is Thanksgiving deyt
Over the tlver and throuah ftite wood -
And straignt tnrouaa '
gate. - v".
We seem to ro . - . r
Extremely slow ,
X. 1. so hard to wait.
Over the river and tbrou'gh'the wood
Now grandmother's cap . spy! .,
nurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding donef
Hurrah for the pumpkin Pis4
j Woe! . Woe! '
: From Judge, ?k
"Orowcber 1. a coof lrtned pessi
mist, isn't he?"
"Tea ;Just aew be 7 twoirlng
about wbe will bury the tt man on
earth." . ; f
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