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8 .THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1915. 4 i. i 4 I i u t X 5- 5 1 I f t' T L. 1 CT ' ' I O I I D M A 1 1 1 n C JJmJ rvlNrVL AN INDEPENDENT NEWRPiPKH t s. J ackon ................... .fobiuhT . i-oMinbed everr echur (mmdi gundui and r Sunday moruln jt Toe Jouraai Build- Sii, Broadway and Yaroblll ata.. Portiand, Or. fcjuercil at tbe poatutr'ce at fortlaod. Or,, fur WttDnulMlou through tha uiaiia a aecuad claw natter. : afcl-fcl-HUst;.- Main 11T8; Hois A-6U51. All departments reached by tfaea oumbvra. Tell tta operator what i-pa.-tmfQt jrua want. lUHfeiUN ADVKHTISINQ UECHUtlSNIATIVB Beujamin St Kentnor Co., Brunswick Bids ZA ntth ve.. Nw Stork. 121S jeopto' KubwrlpticiD ternii br mall or to any ad dtcaa lu b United Mates or Mexico; DAILY Cos year..... ..$5.00 f Ota month $ -M ; SUNDAY Ona year.. .... . 12.60 aOo month. .,..,- -23 DAILY AD 8 ON DAT One year...... .$7.50 I Oh month .$ .68 tt- Let us not concern ourselves about how other . men will do their duties, but concern 'Our selves about Mow we shall do ours. Lyman Abbott. THE VERDICT T HERE is a gratifying verdict la the vote on the road bonds. It is a verdict for progress. It is expressed de&ire by the elec- to rate for the best physical envi ronments. It is a popular mandate for abolishment of the mud tax. : The people of Portland have vision, more vision usually, than have those we are wont to style 5" as leaders. t If given a just cause and a fair statement of the case, 2 tbe people of Portland can almost 5 certainly be relied upon for a wise , verdict. Their outlook is r bigger and broader than that of ft the gentlemen who are usually un willing to trust them. -, One of the big facts in the ver dict on the bonds is that it is a vote of confidence in the men who are to direct the spending of the money, it is a vote of confidence in Mr. Lightiier, Mr. Holman and Mr. Holbrook of the board of I county commissioners, and in Road-i master Yeon, who is to direct the work of construction. It is now up to these officials to be unerringly true to the trust the people have just expressed in them. Not lone dollar of the road money must be wasted. Not one I cent must be allowed to go in j overpayment to paving interests, i For every dollar expended, let 1 there be a dollar's worth of stand- I aid road. Promises have been made in be half of the commissioners and the roudmaster. It was declared for them that every expenditure would .be safeguarded to the end that there would be no graft or chance of graft. These pledges were made bv ; supporters of the bond issue, and ! it is now the duty of those who ! are to expend the money to re deem those, pledges by making the expenditure an example of a.f business and efficiency that will I ; stand out before the state as 11 5 lustration of what can be done in road building.. Then all tbe people will know that at the polls yesterday, they voted wisely. SIER..S' CONFESSION ; the w HAT has become of Sierks confession? Rather of his two con- i fessions tile one in wnlcn ; , ne said he was the villain and the ! I other in which he said he was not the villain? . ; J ; What have become of the micro- scopes and the strands of hair, $ and the investigations and the darkling "surmises with which a waiting, world was to be convinced that Pender is au innocent man? - .Time hangs heavy, 'these un- j ? .eventful days, with nothing but I x- Vnr. 11 .i. , I ueuiouow, me censorea war news j g, and the occasional arrival of a j German raider to heat the wires ! and stir the populace In order to give the public an-i Other thriller, is there not some t way to get a third confession out of Sierks? WAS IT A BLUFF? D URING the closing days Of . congress a law preventing nt. I railroads from limiting their liability on bills of lading j waa passed. immedlatelv the g claim was made that this law 1 would automatically advance freight rates ten per cent. It was 2 said that Congress had negligently 1 allowed this boost in rates, made t. possible by the fact that the In- 1 terstate Commerce Commission sev Z eral years ago had allowed a lim- lted liability for one rate and a ;.; full liability at a ten per cent -j higher rate. - The law goes Into effect June 3, 2 and the railroad representatives said they would study the situa- tion. They have studied it, and jj fiow railroads ln the western terri tory announce that they will not Insist oa the ten per cent increase, .4 but' will endeavor to secure a com- promise. ? O. E. Butterfield, chairman of 5 the committee of traffic officers and lawyers tor railroads north of tbe Ohio and east of tbe Mississippi river, says the roads -do not expect a tea per cent Increase, but that there should be Some advance authorized. R. D. Scott, general attorney for the .Burlington, says he would not ,indrtak tr. itlfw - . thinks the railroads should have some relief. i It looks very much as though somebody was bluff ingj Under the new law the railroad will not be allowed to pay i, shipper less than the tru 1 Talue of hI "shipment should it (.be. lost. If the carriers bad 7 the law behind them is It j probable ; that they would have i surrendered without a fizht. throw- 1 jns themgelvitr nn h murcv f th 1 " I"mlVC On the mercy OI the j interstate uommerco Commission? OXE REASON FOR DIVORCE A 1 neoome. recently, as a bride and her new husband were leaving the justice's of flee: after the wedding cere - mony, a constable stepped up and arrested the groom on a charge of iorgery. , Shortly before, a bride in San Joaquin county, California, had a similar experience. In December, a Berkeley bride had her honeymoon interrupted by the flight of the groom from a federal warrant charging him with forgery. , What Is there in common be- tweeh foreerv and fascination? Are the purring blandishments of a male person who has no scruple in forging a name to a check so irresistible that the wedding can not be postponed .long enough to make a few simple inquiries about his antecedents and habits? How would it do for mother and daughter to take a little time off announced that the matter was one from admiration of the ring and &jiJLZgK preparation of the trousseau to come before the county court of Co visit the police headquarters and lamhia county. For that reason, and Innfr nvcr thQ i-no-,ia'a odiiori? nil il7 X i T wi, Divorce is on the increase. Why snouian t it be on the increase when courtships are so brief and marriages so hasty that sheriffs, warrants and indictments wait for grooms at the steps of tbe altar? OUR DYE INDUSTRY A DELEGATION called upon " President Wilson the other day and complained that the dyestuff problem had not been solved. It was said that the I textile industry in this country was seriously menaced by inability to get dyes from Germt ny. At about the same time Thomas A. Edison announced that he was making dyestuffs here in the United States not in large quan- titles, but he was making them. A corporation for the production of colors at Stamford. Conn., has oeen organized, ana now the Mia-j vaI C hemical company of ,jt. Louis has begun the establishment of new works at Elizabeth, N. J., where 300 skilled men, under the direction of Dr. At-olph Kierer of Berlin, will manufacture dyes from German formulas. Reports to the department of commerce, show that at least six plants are in course of construction for the manufacture of coal tar derivatives on which colors used ,n tne textile and other Industries are .based. Approximately $6,000,- 000 is to be expended. These facts run counter to the claims of high protectionists that a prohibitive duty is necessary if the dyestuffs industry is to be de veloped in this country. Mr. Edi son does not think so. He says we can make all the colors we need. It is purely a problem of capital. But there should be an ann-aumping law to prevent tor- eigfi manufacturers from selling their products under cost for the express purpose of killing the j American industry. That is Secretary of Commerce - " I "Rftdfiftld'a rnnt.PTitinn. Mft Kflvsi . . representative men in the textile industry do not ask a prohibitive auty to increase tne cost or aye- stuffs. What they ask Is a law to prevent cut-throat competition, not competition based on the cost oi manuracture nere ana aDroaa. OPENING UP ALASKA P RESIDENT WILSON has Se lected the Seward-Fairbanks route for the government rail road in Alaska. It has been announced that work will begin at once ana" "e pushed to early corn- Pieuon. The Alaska Northern railroad. running from Seward to Turnagain Arm, a distance of 71 miles, will be purchased for $1,150,000. This stretch of trnrlr will h. Imn and will r-r,natitf lha ,cf I iw UJUA I ...Ac oi.a6u n 1 Alt 11- J i . I vji. mo i x ixiiio auvuuce to f air- banks. There will be a branch line to the Matanuska coal fields, j which contain rich stores of fine fuel. The estimated cost of the entire system is 126,800,000. Con gress has authorized expenditures not to exceed SSK Oftrt ftnn An.,, .J" nuuuuuucutcui iut iiits govern-1 mont Vino ontnollu v.,. .1 j " 1 I opment of Alaska's transportation facilities has already stimulated private capital. The New York Times says the Morgan-Guggenheim r interests will extend their line into the agricultural districts of Alaska within a few years. George W. Perkins says the Copper River & Northwestern will be de veloped for future business. Millions of dollars will be spent in Aiasna wumn the next few Mihiel. There have been tremend years. It means that a wide ous losses, and now tbe official re- "'ill-u "l wuuiry containing re- port is that the French forces sources yet untouched will be made "have succeeded In coming in con available to industry and capital, tact with the wire entanglements xfc x.u.a.1. Aiassa win soon cume mio ner own, that in a few years what are now waste places will be producing, buying, selling vuo tum- w , " ' - Men seekinsr nm nrmi I M " ' o - ."cv .amuu are warned i .vtun. iime. cut mere nas -u truing against Dusmess inaugurating an aggressive Alaska campaign. ; Seattle, Tacoma and other coast cities see great oppor- kUaUC. uwveiopiug Alaska. There U to bei keen competition I for ' an . increasing business. If for i an - increasing business. If Portland is - to get her share, she must e as aggressive as her neigh bors. ; : 8ELF-I3IPEACHED T HOSE accomodating Oregon state senators who sent tele I grams corroborating Boss Day's, statements about the I committee hearing for disgruntled j contractors at the legislative ses- I sion, have made themselves ridicu I lous Their boss has misled them into giving testimony that does not j square with the facts. In proof. The Journal submits the files of tne Oregonian and Telegram, which Sv6 accounts, of whx.t transpired -at the hearing. By that proof, every senator who indorsed Day's statements is forced to admit that he has been misled into making statements in direct conflict with what actually happened. Here is tne prooi: In his published letter of last Sunday, and In his letter to each of the? senators, Day, in describing what happened at the hearing, used this language: At the close of the meeting, it was Ior tnat alone, the committee declined to consider the controversy further ln the busjr hours near tg0 end of the session. In response to Mr. Bowlby's request for a further hear ing, he was informed that if he de sired to go on public record, he could submit a written statement to the committee, but that the committee would not devote further time to a matter not within its province. In the above. Mr. Day says the matter was "outside the jurisdic- tion of the legislature." and "not within the Drovince of the com. mittee." What actually hanDened is that, as chairman of the com mittee, Day declared at the meet ing that the matter was within the "jurisdiction of the legislature" and "within the province of the committee." The Oregonian is the friend "and champion of Senator Day. It would not misrepresent him. On page five, February 16. the morn ing after the contractors hearing, the Oregonian, describing the hear Ing, said ln a Salem dispatch: John II. Albert, a Salera banker and friend of Major Bowlby, said the engineer was directly responsible to tne Highway commission, and that the ways and means committee hard ly had jurisdiction In the case. Sena tor Say said it had, for the senate d adopted a resolution that the bib, to departments oe lxivesug'atea by it. And thus the Oregonian convicts Senator Day of falsifying the rec ord. But there- is other testimony from a source friendly to Dav. Describing the contractors' hearing, the Telegram of February 16 says in a Salem dispatch; 'There is no Question of the author. ity of the committee," declared Sen ator Day. We axe acting under sen ate orders, and have been given cower to subpena witnesses and cause pro. duction of documentary data." Senator Day's present statements directly contradict what he said as cnairman at the hearing. That is to say, Senator Day now falsifies the attitude of the committee, and has misled these senators into backing up his false statements. Tie inrlime-l rh w AiAtrv XX X o UC v-s-u-u vvn uv upviwu. nrj BLttllila convicted by the record It ia merciful to believe that they are not likewise convicted, having Daid little attention and put too much trust in Day. The truth about the committee meeting is that R was designed to be a field day for the contractors, and a part of the political scheme of getting Bowlby out so the "con tractors could get more money than Bowlby would allow them. Bowlby was not Invited to the meeting. He was not wanted at the meeting. It was not intended that he should be given a chance to defend himself. Late in the afternoon of the day the meeting was to be held, he I""f " IT " "w "eiu ne nt. messenger to find out the " mccl,u8. au- lue wora Al - A. 1 . , S, We don't lfnonr JVilUW. Asked where it was to be Vil t w."1 -we aon nuuw. rsowtDy waicnea nrocead- ings, followed the crowd, and that is the way he found out the time and place of the hearing. I. N. Day in this whole matter played one of the vilest political games ever carried out in this . til State, and in the renewed demands ?I tr! d in the events that are going to follow at Intervals, the whole dis reputable plan of getting Bowlby out will stand disclosed. BARBED WLRE IN WAR F OR more than a week the French have been making de termined attacks against the famous German wedge at St. of the enemy's defenses." Barbed wire was Invented by a farmer for the useful purpose of preventing cattle from breaking mrougn iences. But experience Voye that it was dangerous, espe- i t, i . . . . . lu ""s. it stoppea, put it mutilated and that is the ronnnn being put to uses he did not con template or probably imagine There ia snmAthfn? cfni-t i. the Trench report. In war barbed wire is used in?Tarious "ways.-but its main object i man-BtoppIng. It Is Interlaced with ground pegs in front of trenches for the purpose of tripping charging troops; it is strung across bridges and roads to prevent the passage of cavalry, and it is used for fencir.g' ln camps to guard against rushing tactics on the part of the; enemy. " Wherever - possible v these en tanglements are ., hidden, in long grass or ii hedges, so that advanc ing troops will be trapped while they are raked with shot and shell. Barbed wire Is particularly deadly where cavalry is concerned, for it causes the horses to fall on the spike-strewn ground. Wire used for war purposes is provided with long, sharp barbs. . They are In tended to wound painfully, rather than to merely scratch the skin, the inventor's method of warning cattle that they must turn back Into peaceful pastures. Military authorities say barbed wire is today as necessary a part of an army's equipment as trench ing tools. Its cruelty makes It prized. THE JOURNAL NATIONAL EDITORIAL JAPAN'S AMBITIONS IN CHINA By ALBERT BU3HXELL. BART Professor of GoTernment, Harvard TJnlTerslty. THE greatest monument that can ever be raised to John Hay, that model secretary of state, is his famous dispatch of Septemer 6, 1899, proposing what at once came to . be called the "open door policy" for China. The very last thins that old China could have v",'-" wished would have S ik" been an "open door." For ages the thirjsr thev knew w how, to keep all the doors ehut on every European nation. Neverthe less the Russians came creeping Frofessor Hart. down from the north; and in 1840 the British smashed their way in on the south. In a few years French and Belgians and Americans and feritlsh and Rus sians and Japanese . were Insisting that the Chinese must sell tea and buy opium, whether they wanted foreign trade or not. That big. Inert mass, that human Rnt hill, the Chi nese empire, swarmed with foreign ers, who quarreled and intrigued for concessions and privileges and op portunities to make money. In 1898 matters came to a head when the Russians took? Manchuria, the Japanese Port Arthur, the Eng lish Wei 'Hal Wei and Kowloon, the Germans Kaio Chao, and the French Hainan. The great powers of Europe seemed on the point of 'subdividing the unwilling Chinese empire into "spheres of Influence," in which each was to have a n.onopoly of the profits of the trade ln a particular region. That policy of greed and ag gression was pulverized by John Hay's "open door" dispatch, which was quickly accepted by the other powers Thus the principle was adopted that the merchants of every nation should have the right to trade in every part of the Chinese empire without discrimination. For this act of friendship and common sense the Chinese nation has ever since been profoundly grateful to tne United States. The principle lasted through even the terrible war of 1904-1905 between the Japanese and Russians in Manchuria, and no European power has seriously questioned It. The Japanese, however, are just now doing their best to close that open door by securing for themselves ad vantages of trade and residence that are flatly contrary to both the in terests and the recognizee rights of otl.er powers. The Chinese have long resented it that these blood brothers, fellow Asiatics, should claim in China the privileges of Europeans. The Japanese even enjoy extraterritorial ity; that is, freedom from Chinese laws and courts, and the privilege to put up buildings which are prac tically little islands of Japan scat tered within the Chinese nation. They are now going farther by demanding the practical annexation of what waa the German colony of Kaio Chao, and southern Manchuria; they assert rights of residence in eastern Mon golia which may lead to annexation; they want a share ln the great Iron mines of Hanyehping. They even de mand Japanese police ln certain Chi nese cities, a Japanese arsenal to furnish war material to the Chinese, and railroads . built on Chinese soil but owned by the Japanese govern ment, j This practically would set up a Japanese "sphere of - influence' la a large part of China. If Chipa grants j these demands now or later, she will i not only part with her sovereign J rights to govern her own territory j but she will grant a discrimination ln favor of the ' Japanese which will in the long run put most of the European and American merchants out of business. In this proceeding the United Statea has a special In terest, because on November 80, 1908, Secretary Root signed a, "note" with Japan in which the two countries agreed to support "by all pacific means at their disposal the inde pendence and Integrity of China." By that .tep Japan Invited the United States to consult with ' her on any measure affecting th.e existence eof China as a nation. The demands made on China would be thought hard terms if exacted at the end of a victorious war; and they are really contrary to tha interests of Japan. Notwithstanding the pres- "t - ' - " - f - v , - - . - - . , en weakness or China. It has - an enormous population of capable peo pie and in natural resources it 1 probably the richest country In the world. If China, and Japan could only act together they would decide the future of eastern Asia. No advantage of territory or of trade can ever.com pensate the Japanese for the . bitter feeling of injury which they are arousing in the hearts of the Chi nese people. In fact, they need no artificial -advantages of trade with China, for they are geographically near, are similar in race, use the same characters as the Chinese for their written language, and possess railroad connections from the south ern point ' of Korea into the heart of China. Such a favored position can not be rivalled by any European power. Yet notwithstanding this -pos session of a back door to China, Japan seems to be trying to shut ou the United States from the front door. The Japanese are too keen and wise a people not to see the force of the obections of the American people, and they are already moderating the: demands. -Copyright. 1915. Kansas. Bv J. W C When they fought the great rebellion way DacK mere ln sixty-one. Didn't they have to call on Kansas For John Brown to start the tun? When the world in fear and trembling istood Derore the. Demon Kum, Who was It but Carrie Nation Hacked the ears off that old bum? Could the world produce a Feffer Of the softly flowing fleece. Or a Sockless Jerry Simpson, Or a Alary Ellen Lease? Nay! And when it Called for foodstuff Jvan.SH". wit her usual mirth. Just produced a quarter billion Wheat, to feed the hungry earth. Likewise when that darksome shadow Fell upon the proud white race And a mighty man was needed To wipe out the foul disgrace By a mighty hand implanted On the Ethiopian jaw Where' d they go? Where could they go .But out to Wichita 7 With her golden sunflower nodding In the fields across the way; And the meadow-lark a-ninging In the sun.shine all the day, And the fields of green alfalfa And the seas of ripening grain. You may call on Bunny Kansas And you'll never call in vain. Portland. April 13. Letters From the People (Communications aont to The Journal for publication ln this oeDartment should be writ ten on oDly one side of the paper, should not fcjtceed 300 words lu length and mast be ae-or-OMauled by the name and address of tbe sender. If the writer does not dexlra to bare the iame published, ba khould ao atate.) "Discussion is the cteatest of, all reformers. It rationalizes everything It touches. It robe principles of all fal.se sanctity and throws them back on -their reasonableneas. , If tbey bae no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crusbea them out of existence and cets up its own cunclusiona in tueir stead. woodrow wusod. Improving for Permanence. Portland, April 13. To the Editor of The Journal I note In a recent issue of your paper a statement to the ef fect that it will cost the county ap proximately $88,000 a year to keep In repair and oil 70 miles of macadam roadway. I also note that the Terwil liger boulevard, macadamised less than a year ago, is in very bad condition Again, and that the county has miles of macadam roadway that are ground to pieces after a short usage. Now, as property owners of East Mount Tabor district, we are fighting against this very same useless expenditure of our money in a proposition to macadamize East Seventy-sixth straet between East Yamhill and East Market streets. Yet, apparently, we have the spectacle of our city council holding in abeyance and considering the advisability of forcing on us this useless Improvement in spite of the fact that we stand as a community at the ratio of about 40 against and 4 for it. Does the sent! ment of the people count at all? We certainly have investigated as to how our money should be spent to the best advantage. Every voter who takes any imcicoi m ueiwi muni ul roaaways knows whether or not it pays to put in a poor improvement. Is is better many times over to spend the cost of one poor Improvement ln fighting such, and in the end gain a lasting pavement, than to let go through a poor one and in a few months have it to do over again. a. E. DAN LEY. Decries Appomattox Commemora tion. Portland. April 12. To the Editor of The Journal. The recent edict of our honorable mayor, in harmony with that of our governor and other mayors and governors of the country, proclaiming a celebration of the anniversary of the surrender of -ej southern armies to General Grant,fcjn my humble opin ion a very seriousNsTjTor of Judgment. We have been teaching our children that this misstep on the part of the southern states with all its train of daughter should be forgotten, and for the past 25 or 30 years our statesmen, both north and south, have been labor ing to cover with a mantle of charity the frailties of those who figured In tbe Civil war. During these years there has emerged a new south. Tbe scars and ravages of war have disappeared. Few are left who personally figured in this conflict, and they are scattered In various states of the Union. This great "celebration" of an event that signifies nothing to the present gen eration must necessarily revive in their minds sad memories of events which they would fain forget, and it seems unnecessary and even cruel to resur rect these buried thoughts. The call to arms in the late Spanish war demonstrated the loyalty of the south to the Union and the flag, Be cause more volunteers came from south of the Mason and Dixon line than from north of it. Is it to be supposed that thp southehn states are going to join in the celebration of an event which, to their ancestors, marked the climax of national sorrows? Is is reasonable to suppose that they are disposed to make a gala day of what to their fath ers and mothers was the saddest day of their lives? We have always been taught, if we cannot speak good of the dead not to peak at all. This is a dead Issue, and X can see no good ln its resuscitation. E. E. PHIPPS. For Relief of Zjaikl Entrymen. Voltage, Or., April 9. To the Ed itor of The Journal. Has there been a law passed lately whereby a person can obtain title to a desert claim with out furnishing water for same, provid ing the water is at an unreasonable depth? And what does the government term an unreasonable depth? : SUBSCRIBER. f A measure has been enacted re cently for the relief of desert land claimants. It would be best for the Inquirer to write to tbe officials of the federal land office of-tha district ln which he resides, stating fully and clearly bis ease, and asking for ln- PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALI CHANGE And many a mushroom is a toad stool in disguise. ' ' - Too many of the things we wait for are not worth the delay. To get a run for your money chase a streetcar. A woman's vttch is usually more ornamental than useful. Philosophers are men who Imagine they are in the foornroof class. The daughter of a poker player Js supposed to inherit her shyness. Many a forgetful man has had a monument erected to his memory. Too often the stork lights on a man's roof when the wolf is at his door. If some people knew how little they know they would probably talk less. Some men are as proud of their an cestors as a eelf-made man is of him self. A young man would rather owe money to his father than to his "uncle." , ' It's easier for some men to get out of debt than it is for most others to get in. After doing the hostess stunt at a reception a woman takes off her smile and rests. A woman considers a hat ecoming if it makes her look only a few days older than she says she Is. Did you ever hear of a girl who had so many offers of marriage that she had to use printed rejection Ups? HOWEVER, WE CANT ALL BE RICH" 41 By John M. Oskison. A f airv tale came true the other day a hard working, modest, young girl stenographer whose earnings were the principal support of her motner ana father won a S 10.000 prize for the best solution of. a motion picture serial puzzle. Delaying the announcement of his news, the reporter who played the good fairy asked this 24-year-oia stenogra pher: "What would you do witn tnis 000 if you won It?" She answered: "I think I'd buy a home with It, so that" mother and dad could have a big room and I'd like a garden for mother to potter in. Then I'd put the rest in the bank." But she was dreaming, sne oenevea. for she went on: "Ten thousand dollars! There isn t that much money ln the world. Ever since I was 16 I have saved a little each week, but there have been doc tor's bills and things like that which took the savings. One would have to live to be as old as Methueelah ln formation. The government pub llshes circulars concerning the various classes of land entries, and these are sent free on request.. The Iron Camels Were Welcome George Edmund Holt ln World Outlook. fln mi rnl a and golden twilight I sat upon tha steps of a Moorish pal ace With the Basha of El Arache, and while his fingers counted upon his rosary the ninety and nine virtues of Allah we talked of tne future or Mo rocco. He was a broad minded Basha. a man with vision, and he had been to Europe. "I can see the time coming, my friend," he said, "when all this will be changed." N His swung arm swept in the em pire which ln 40 years had sunk from the Alhambra to the Act of Algeciras. s "It will all b changed. Our mosques will still be standing, for Allah wljl protect them, but all else must go. Your railroads must come, and our 10,000,000 of city men and tribesmen must be tied together by the Iron web. We i are not dependent upon each other now and we must be. Now we plow with a wooden stick, and the metals are kept hidden. That must change- The iron age - the age of Iron plows and Iron camels" he smiled at ; his whimsicality "must come. We use no Iron ' now except for guns, and those are rusty." There is great wealth here. I commented. He nodded his turbaned, hooded head, and ! clicked the last of the 99 wooden beads of his rosary. "There is great wealth, but we have never known how to use it. Your; plows will come, and we can feed Eu rope. Your trains will come, and Bus and Tangier will be brought together. xour macnines win come, ana from the earth you will take in a yer more treasures of Iron and lead and silver and gold than all the sultans have ever possessed. Also you will bring a thing Which no Moor can understand." I thought he meant religion, but he shook his head when I asked him. "No. What I meant was personal safety the right to be at peace In one's own home." , He arose, a magnificent figure of a man in his flowing white garments, and held out his hand. 'You may see It alL friend," he said. "But probably I shall not, for personal safety is yet to come." A year later ne fell victim to the displeasure of the sultan, but his vision will survive. I have seen it as he saw it. perhaps more vividly even, for his dream was based .upon a slight knowledge of slow going Spain, and he did not know the real forces of civilization. , Unconquerable. From the Kansas City Star. The habit of never being whipped of always keeping up tha fight that Is the quality of tha great leader. The man who never admits defeat is the man tha world has to take Into ac count. Time and again the foes be Is fighting ' may think they have him down. But before they know it he is on his feet, sounding the advance. Such a man molds events. He helps create tbe new heavens and the new earth of the prophet's vision. A mighty force, of the universe is the unconquer. able soul! Our Sense of Guilt. From the Atlantic Monthly. X am a plain American citizen, with no direct connection with the war, as Innocent of having anything to do with starting it as the kaiser Is claimed by his upholders to be; yet I feel a sense Of guilt. I am ashamed to look the young in tbe face; It seems to me that, in some way, wa older folk have be-i trayed them in letting humanity come to such a pass: in tampering with the: ways of thought and of belief which have lt this tning be. J Oratorical Effluve. From the ' Richmond r Times-Dispatch. Grubs Every man is the master of his own destiny. He can be what he desires to be..- ' Stubbs Not in every ease. Take, for instance, the inmate of the peniten tiary who desires to ba an aeronaut. OREGON SIDELIGHTS ti.. vtia.nJ rvtmmercial club's mem bership campaign has resulted In 188 accessions, ana is sun m 1, n.iu. nScarv.r' The county Wl nil nnvi,Tuafiv 100 miles of high way during the coming season, accord ing to Judge Teal, who .believes) that road oiling Is not only beneficial ln preserving roads, but a good advertise ment for Polk county as - well. Oil will be spread to a width of 18 feet. . i i The big new bell of the Christian church at Fossil, costing nearly 1200. was paid - for by "sinners " with one exception. - The chief of these, Mayor Ed Stewart, who circulated the sub scription paper, generously admitted, the Journal says, that the church mem bers had enough to do to pay the preacher's salary. ... : e Vl... The Baker Meadows correspondent of the i Baker- Herald writes; "Jhe Jadies of the Merry club have recent ly cast an unanimous vote for Baker Meadows as a more appropriate name for the northern suburbs jjf .Baker than the long used name pi 1'u"', used naiuo y- Flat. This vicinity now inciuo.es .nver came into t,oivin the farms from Powder river, east to and reported the loss of his pack anl the Baldock home or the 8 unnyslope tnals. Ferguson & Co. offered a re road and from the city limits north to ward of j500 for the reoovery of th, Fairview." 1 mules. A friond nf mln. v. - s There has been much discussion in hmuu newspapers regarding Victor iur- docks scheme for an ,otiveiess se- .Wb.tebV,'-!f rift RrSE ism T is Tto tell' the facts. If tne women of Wichita and their social affairs can be! described without adjectives very well. In Fenaiewm in charming" matrons and maids that the AtiirHnu nlan would not meet tne re- rt truth- l quu 1 - - v " these times of high prices to have that t VJ2f -viwTit krv I much from a a mall salary. j However, I suppose we cant au oe riis ought to be good testimony as to the view of the small salary wqrier. To lay Tin as .'much as $10,000 out of wages or salary must seem an all but Wi!.--ti?. X I hnnrfpm task. It will seem so to the worker of 24. But what are! the actual chances? A verv sober and experienced writer thr dav that the average American worker who gets good wages or j. moaeraift saiary oukhi. i.u enoneh go that nropcrly and constantly it would result in a capital of 120.000 iat the age of 60. A worker, who at 80 Is earning as much as $3000 a year ought to have S60.000 at the age of 60. Methnselahj lived .rar neyona u 0- ., r: J"":. i,i .1.11,, hrt me-needed tTwVlM00.V !' from very modest savings. A llttls accurate figuring la a fine antidote for the pessimism of youth and a small salary, j. - A FEW SMILES "Yes,! John received his trunk thjs morning. It's, been somewhere j o v e r there in Europe for 11 weeks." ' "Where Is John?". "Why, he's out In the garage ; shoot ing .bullets through the trunk. I H thinks they'll make It look :o much more Interesting, don't you know.' A well dressedportly man stood for several moments watching a brawny porter, ! who was laboriously tugging at a large, neavy box which seemed almost as wide as the doorway through which he was trying to moVe It- Presently the kindly disposed on- looker approached the perspiring poi- ter and said with a patronizing air: Like to have. a lift?1 . Bet yer lifeV the other replied, and for the next two minutes the two nWn on opposite pides of the box lifted, puffed and wheezed, but it did not move an inch. Finally the wetl dressed one straightened up and saiJ Deiween ills puffs: j- "I don't believe We can aret It in there," ' j I "Get l it in?" shouted the other, "Why, you idiot. I'm trying to get it out!" -j Friend You are waiting your time t painting pictures. old chap. j Artiat But I sen my pictures, i Friend T h a t proves what I said. It shows lhajt you could s e 1 1 a n y- . thing; ho why hot take up something with nroney in It? Jhe Ragtime Muse Assorted Atrocities. Good nien abhor The thought. of war; its horrors grieve and pain and auoca, ( But also yes, . 1 must confess Does getting up at o'clock. ! I . . It is not right For men to fieht. vZ0,kS? u.Pn Wngshlpa and all that aiv P"yiiiU UICV tUU And till the soil To make a blooming plutocrat! I i . It-does: not pay , To wound and Slav. To shoot and' cut one's fellow man And, ln plain; prose, -To grind bis nose. By law, also' a cruel plan, f ! ' - Oh, war Is sad; It drives men mad. w- V'VM thflr woes and pangs Increase, That sometimes It Has very little edge on peace. The "Howl Calamity"; Order. From th4 Coos Bay Harbor.' Republicans of the G. O. P. stripe are already organising to unseat Presii dent-Wilson. rHowl calamity" i. the order sent out, big business interest seemingly being at the bottom. I Whether President Wilson has acted wisely history! alone can tftlL but when one reads of ths lmmensl fortun aT hi? " w .I !f"V;JjU "! . b: , - y- " umeq i hunting country, and trouble resulted. Statea n times of peace here and war J They met and killed some of the In in the east, one unhesitatingly replies I dlans and he then secured bis goods that we have the best man In th I united jHtateaJ as prsslderu. This pa per does not prof eas to belond to the urinm rtmc cany, out wntii a geod I man isi at its head wa will give him I quo credit. -, ir tug business interest I to Walla Walla. He was So reBOurce sre suffering it it i more than likely I ful and courageous that he was elected from the results of their own follies I ana not rrom the acts of the president; I 1 ne tneory mat a epuwcan .president I Is. a better president for tbe country I than s Democrat president, both men I Being equally i Quaunea, is a ughear I ana a theory mat saouia os exploded.! m SAS.lT SATS' T ea Leakier. SpeaUl Staff Writs ef ' . The Jeansi. ' " - "T1 krsoMn. A. - . . .J ... . -- uui oi me wivii wnr Stimulated western emigration," said W. P. Wlnans, pioneer resident of Walla Walla. "By the end of June. 1862, four steamers from St. Louis had arrived at Fort Benton with more than 350 new settlers. From Fort Benton they drifted westward into the Deer Lodge, Bitter Root and Walla Walla valleys. The boats took about 32 days to make the ,trip from fc-t. Louis to Fort Benton and it took 40 dayS to come from Fort Benton to the Walla Walla valley by the recently completed Mullen military wagon road. "Among the newcomers were a good many tough characters, .who. added to the ones we already had, made times rather strenuous. "On May 26,, 1$63. Ferguson & Co.. which did our packing from Wallula to oiviiie, lost nine pf their pack mules while camped on the upper Pa I, - - - Wolff, tootc the contract to recover ". u mounver or wo pot mini ne started In pursuit of the thieve, Xha mule8 went acr0BS tne Coiumbltl " .i?JJ? !M.P ,1s llJ"ll'u ,,le cannula Wolff went up Kettle, river, th an II n.'. ence to O-soo-yoos lake and. crottslng the bor- I "rr "tr ruck the camp of the thieves near Nichols lake Wolff lay in hidtng end watched the camp. The party consisted ol Page, an Englishman; 'Nigger Louie' Williams and , 'Dutch John' Waggoner That night Wolff and the driver r.- J0.1 mules and headed for Col- v,1,e. They reached tlwre sufely after havin beer. m I v - 1 ,sr,uaer nAr hJ". Irnei I. . " w ' "V.nic hru tneni hv th InHlsna TnA la... 1, 1 1 1 . I Lewlston. Dctch John ner held up a wagon train an- hfs nrtnr wa" kUled, while he WM t-aught and bung. Nigger lule took up with the Indians and 1 think eventually died nmong them.. ,..Wfif' and , became cronies end I "cu sreauy respect mm. Jle did not seeiu to know what fear wa. lie was born In Pennsylvania in 1833 and enlisted In the army when be was 1 years old, in 1849. He-(served unOtr Colonel Bonneville. fu 1852 he wmh stationed at , The Dalles. The follow ing year he was sent with a miiih.I1 party to Fort Benton to serve as escort for (.General I. I. titavons. They eiieort- I Ueneral ..Stevens uh far as the Bit Vh..r-n-S?'';'; 'rT cort was then transferred to Captain Mullen's command. He aorved with Mullen 15 months, being stationed et Fort fcitevens. They were engaged iu looking up a pass over thj mountain. "In December, 1RS3, while out in tlio mountains with Captain Mullen th?y were snowed in and, becoming abort of rations. iLte nil tlmlr r-a rirl !. whlfh were made of buffalo tallow.' Nm month, January, "r4, this party .went to Fort Benton, where" Captain Mullen purchased a wagon from the American Fur company. They brought thin wagon to Fort Stevens... This wan tha first wagon over the trail no much traveled a few years later. In many places they had to take the wagon to pieces and let it down over the litis with ropes. "On this trip they ran out of flour and salt and lived on Jerked b'jl'fulo meat. When thev tinted in rnniA In a particularly bud place Captain Mullen j would ' ay. 'It's a little rough' unw, boys, but some day we will bo rltlln ovrr this dhkh in a nalace cat.' 1 "Next vear Wolff r-atne out bv way 0f the Lo-lo trail to The Dalles, 'whrr received his honorable- discharge from the Hervice. He went into tiHrt- nershin with 11. P. Isaacs ln a Mor. I in the fall of 1855 Wolff started iiu with a stock of uoods to Lake 1 rnnd Dri(-n m kp.1i to th miner. While in Umatilla county he met a partv of 'miners returning from that I district Thev advised him not to no I th.re. as the Indians wer on the war- path and the miners were leaving, "The four men employed by Wolff slipped away that niKht, taking torn of ht axdillu horsea and heading for The Dalles. Next day tlio Umatilla Indians came to Wolffs cump and he I carried on a brisk trade. That nlsht I he turned the 30 Indian horsea he had gotten in trade Into his corral. Dur- Ing the night the Indians let down the I t-orral bars so he was out his trade goods and also bis horses, lie started out on the trail of his stolen horse. He was unable to locate them, and when he returned Ms wgon and oxen und goods were mlrndng. "Wolf f went to Wlnnurn Hntite, .thw chief of the tTniu t II In k, nd the chief went with him from cai'iip to camp arid made the Indians return the stolen goods. Nathan Olney, the Indian agent, told him Governor Curry had or dered, all settlers lo leave -the country at once, no he had to abandon hit K"d and go to The Dalles. At The Dalles be Joined Captain Orlando Humason's company of the First regiment of Oregon mounted vol unteers, of which J. VV. Neamith wa colonel and James K. Kelly was lieu tenant colonel. They marched up to where Wolff had lost his goods and built a fort which Major Chinn named Fort Henrietta after the wife of Major lialler. U Is now called Lcho. Woirr was In the three days' flsht near Whit man station and his home wan tshot under him. He was mustered out with the rest of his company at The Dalles In the spring of 68. "He bought a stock of goods and with Vic Trevltt for bis partner start ed for the Colville mines. They win tered near the present town of Col ville and ln the spring of '67 be moved his goods to tbs John Wynn ranch and built the first store building on the present sits of Colville, if you do not Include the. old Hudson Bay trading post of early days. Jn the Spring of 68 he grubstaked a party or is min ers and. with a stock of goods, went with them to the Eraser river mines. In July. 1858. be Joined the party under Dave McLoughlrn, a son of Dr. John McLoughlin, and went from Walla Walla up into British Columbia. The Indians stole hi goods no he went to Yale to get more. ' while 7k"! i-arned that the Indian. . rl on the rampage and Joined a party of volunteers to go out and clean the In- dlans up.' The party he was with found In one place where the Indiana d k,Iled 16 mlner- Indiana. rs- sented th white men coming into their and went ' back to ths Frauer river mines. "He wintered In Ean, Francisco dur- Ing the winter or 1K5. in the spring of 15 he rode express from Colvilla sheriff of fitevens county and for tha two term he served, he was a terror , to evildoers. He lived ln Colvjlle for CO years and served as justice of the peace, sheriff and deputy United States collector. lie died on June 14, 1902 1 . . 1 ,