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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, t915.
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Tlierc is no short cut, no
patent tram road to wisdom.
After all the centuries of in
vention, the soul's path lies '
through the thorny wllderneas
which must still be trodden in
solitude, with bleeding feet,
with sobs for help, as it was
trodden hy them of old time.
- 4-Ueorge Elliot. -
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WHAT NEXT?
D
ID the late Oregon legislature
put over a-job in the case of
the fcult of the United State?
fci forfeiture of the Oregon
' & California land grant?
News from Washington to The
Journal yesterday was that the. de
partment of Justiee is "amajed" at
tae attitude of the state of Oregou
respecting .the suit. A new3 dis
patch S.iF " .
The department of justice was
amazed by the arrival of Attorney
General Brown bearing a joint reso
lution of the Oregon legislature,
which is practically a request to the
eupreme court for defeat of the gov
ernment in the Oregon-California land
case. .'The resolution directs the at
torney general, to appear in court
when the case comes up and repre
sent to the court that Oregon does
not desire a decree which would remove-
land involved from liability
from state taxes. Brown explained
that . he did not know of the legis
lature's adoption (Of the resolution
until a few days ago, when, he met
Senator Our Moser on the street in
Portland. Moser asked why. he was
not . in Washington. "No business
there," "said Brown. Moser told him
about the resolution put through
during the closing hours of the leg
islature. -
Investigation since the receipt
of the news reveals that as orig
inally introduced, a resolution in
the Oregon state Senate put the
state .on record as against the fed
eral government in the suit. Mere
is a section which was found
' - .'.-. t .. A 1 t A
, Dunea m me intricacies 01 me res
olution: Whereas, it is of vital importance
to the development of the entire
. state of Oregon . and the several
V counties in which said granted lands
; are located, that such lands should
7 not be withdrawn from taxation, but
i that they should be disposed of for
settlement and development under the
terms of the original arrant.'
I These words are a practical
stand for the railroad company.
Thpv could . not havi. linen morp to
me iiniiiK oi me ranruaa ii wni-
ten in the office rt the company.
To dispose of these lands "under
- the terms of the riginal grantr"
" would mean that they were to be
..disposed of to actual settlers at
a $2.50 per acre in lots of not to
exceed 160 acres, and be disposed
.nf hi tho raUrnnrl rnmnn v That
. 1 H1t. - . 1L. 11 .. J IB I
I would mean the exact opposite of
i what the federal government is
' contending for in the suit now be-
."''J- A - - tr" T A A - A
, lore ine unuea mates supreme
" court.
. i CI . ICDUUILIU11, lb IS liUW
1 discovered was presented in the
... ........ I . a. . . , . .
senate, mat, it passed mat Doay,
that" it ' was presented to the
House at 1 1 o'clock the last night
of the session, that it was there
defeated. Tout was subsequently
resurrected and passed with
amendments at 3 o'clock Sunday
morning.
' The amazing fact in the case is
that the Oregon Senate should
ever have attempted so monstrous
. a program. That it was not suc
cessfully carried through accord
ing to program is due to the House,
although it is not yet certain to
what extent the action "finally
taken does antagonize the govern
ment suit. The news from Wash
ington is that the "department of
justice is amazed" at the legisla
ture's action.
April 24, 1911, rendering a de
cision on the .railroad company's
: demurrer in the great suit against
the i railroad company for f orfeit-
ure of the lands. Judge Wolverton
5 held - forthe government in every
, particular as to the. law."
, July 1. 1913, "after taking testi
;mony,iJudge -Wolverton rendered
: nls ; well-known decision on the
ilaw and " facts, and again found
-for 'the government.- He found:
" . 1. That . Ithe . railroad had vio
lated,, the Serins J of the grant In
"selling lands to 'other than actual
settlers, in accepting prices greater
than $2. 50 per acre, and in dispos
ing of the lands in lots in excess
of 160 acres.
2. That the ; government was
entitled to a decree of forfeiture
of 2,300,000 acres 6f land.
' The i suit was brought by the
. department of justice as a result
of action by the Congress of the
United ; . States. ,;:' Congress was
moved to ; action by widespread
and aggressive , agitation - by the
people In Oregon In which there
appeared a universal and emphatic
public: sentiment, demanding that
the lands be forfeited as a result
of . - the railroad's clear violation
of the terms of the grant, i
In the suit, the government has
expended enormous " effort at a
heavy cost, and . has been success
ful at every step in the . proceed
ing. That the Oregon Senate took
a. position directly opposed, to that
of the government In Its 'further
prosecution of the suit is evidenced
by the resolution as originally in
troduced. That effort, was made
to get the House to agree to un
warranted action Is shown by the
fact t,hat the lower. branch rejected
the i resolution until changes had
been 'made.! Yet even after these
changes were made, the news from
Washington Is that "the depart
mentjof Justice is amazed" at the
legislature's action.
Senator I. N. Day was the emis
sary who went on the floor of the
House after Representative Hous
ton jiad secured defeat of the Sen
ate resolution and set the wheels
In motion j for a reconsideration.
It -"will 'be interesting as the days
go on to ascertain just what was
the effect of the resolution which
Senator Day finally engineered
through the House at 3 o'clock
on that, last Sunday morning.
Meanwhile,- how can the govern
ment! win the suit without taking
the land from under taxation?
What can a decree allowing the
lands: to remain- under taxation be,
bflt a decree against the govern
ment? ; '. '
A GIGANTIC
MOVEMENT
N
OW there is plan
for
the
Dixie Highway.
It is to be a north and
south trunk line, extending
from ; the southern coast through
Kentucky and Tennessee, by way
of Cincinnati to Chicago, where it
will connect with the northern,
western and eastern road systems.
The issue of road bonds In
Multnomah county is more than
an episode. It is the symbol of a
vast .movement. It is an expres
sion of a superior civilization into
which we are being rapidly trans
lated by the development of the
motor vehicle.
One of the most noteworthy
features of the European war is
the part the motor trucks are play
ing in the vast, convulsive drama.
The ; claoorous demand of the
armies is for motor trucks. For
ests are cut down and laid into
roads over which auto trucks may
passJ Tlie mills of the allies are
busy building auto trucks. The
revelation of the German opera
tions is the wide and effective use
of auto trucks. One of the hand
icaps, of the armed hordes of Rus
sia ip their lack o auto trucks.
TbeMmttering of the allied ships
on the fortresses of the Dardanelles
is partly to make a passage by
which to get auto trucks into Rus
sia. The mills of the United States
are running day and night in the
manufacture of auto trucks for
foreign demand.
The armed forces of the world
are now demonstrating what the
forces of peace will utilize later
on. Here, ror instance, js a motor
driven feuce building machine. It
weaves and puts up wire fencing
at the rate of 250 feet an hour,
and can construct a fence from
nine inches to five feet in height.
It i is sample of the expanding
uses of gasoline driven appliances.
In the strenuous and aggressive
age Into which, we are passing,
nothing but power vehicles can
compete. Nothing but power ve
hicles will be adequate to the
demands of the super-efficiency of
tomorrow in the big enterprises of
either war or peace.
The development of the power
machine is one of the big events
of the century. They who are look
ing upon the automobile as a mere
pleasure vehicle get but a glimpse
of what is beyond. , The pleasure
phase of the gasoline machine is
aimere by-product, a trivial inci
dent In a gigantic scheme of
change of traffic, transportation
and ; transit. It is a scheme that
in the movement of commodities
and i products to the boat landing,
to the wharves, to the railroad
stations and to the warehouses
of the world will mean the unlock
ing of new forces and the applica
tion; of new potentialities to vastly
increase the efficiency and vastly
forward the achievements of man.
The Dixie Highway Is an uncon
scious part of the gradually un
folding movement. The Multno
mah county vote on road bond3
Is a little stone in the edifice:' The
agitation, more and more marked
everywhere, for better roads Is an
unconscious psychological anticipa
tion of what is tocome.
Men's thoughts often anticipate
the .future without knowing it. A
different -kind of road to that
which 'Our part of the world has
been accustomed to, has been or
dained, not by us, but by evolu
tion!. Invention in the uses of
gasoline is driving us ahead in
spite of ourselves.
We stand on the threshold of an
epochal time in road bunding in
thej United ; States, " and we could
nottturn back if we -would and we
shall soon realize that we would
not turn back if we could.
WAR AND MISSIONS
IVB years ago delegates from
practically all the Protestant
missionary, .societies in the
world gathered in Edinburgh.
They met to take counsel . how
they might combine to take full
advantage of unparalleled oppor
tunities t In the mission field.
A writer In the Atlantic .Monthly
refers to that meeting and tells
of the high hopes that came from
It. j A large section of the i Chris
tian world joined hands and hearts
in an effort to push the gospel Into
all Mparts of the world, to promote
the; divine command. "Peace nn
eartn, good
win to men." But
the war has shattered the hopes of
united action inspired by . that
unique assembly. '
. Some of the moat distinguished
member of the conference aro sig
natories to the manifesto of evan
gelical leaders Justifying- the action
of Germany; the . names of others
no less prominent are appended to
the British reply. Today there are
hundreds of members of the student
Christian movement to be found In
the trenches, some In German uni
form, some in British or French.
Methodist local preachers are In arms
against Bible society colporteurs. ; Of
the three secretaries of the Y. M. C.
A. at Geneva, one is fighting under
the German colors, one under the
French and the third has been called
up by the Swiss mobilization , order.
This writer says It is little won
der that Dan Crawford is postpon
ing his return to "the long grass"
until he can explain to tjae African
natives why tbe white men are
killing one another when they do
not intend to eat one another.
Christian nations - but not
Christianity will have a , multi
plied task . in the mission field.
The United States Is feeling the
burden now, for this country hs
almost sole responsibility for main
taining foreign mission work. The
expanse Is heavy to. bear," bat that
Is not the serious difficulty. It
is In trying i to explain ' to the
heathen the difference between
Christian doctrine and Christian
practice. . - 5 L. v'-i
THE DIVER'S " PERILS
r
T WAS announced In the news
columns the - other day that
Frank ; Crilley, expert diver of
the United States - navy, stood
on the sunken submarine F-4 out
side Honolulu barbor. He ' went
down 288 feet Into the waters of
tbe Pacific and established a new
record. t
Crilley was under the; sea two
hours..,, It took five minutes for
him to make the descent; he was
on the bottomtwelve minutes, and
it took an hour and 45 minutes
for him to come to the top. His
descent to the new depth was made
without difficulty, and he woro
the customary inflated diver's suit.
Even before Crllley's feat, di
vers of the American navy held
world records. They held them
because the United States navy
dealt with the deep-sea diving
problem thoroughly. Under able
supervision naval divers have long
been perfecting themselves in com
pressed-air work under water in
tanks, at pressures so great that
the actual going down to the sea's
bottom is a treat.
The two big dangers in deep
sea diving are the compression
great depths and the decompres
sion coming up. It had to be
learned that the diver must be
charged like a syphon bottle as
he sank.. Every 33 feet he must
get another atmosphere of oxygen,
a duplicate of what we breathe.
At 66 feet he needs two extra at
mospheres to keep his lungs and
blood fed. When Crilley stood on
the F-4 he was fed with air under
nine atmospheric pressures.
That pressure of about 170
pounds to the square inch was
necessary to fortify Crllley's body
with inward pressure to withstand
the push of the water. Not only
above him, but all around and be
low him, it was squeezing, at
tempting to crush, to annihilate.
The air he breathed got into his
system - through his -lungs, and It
was this air that prevented Crilley
from being squeezed to death.
Why was Crilley an hour and
three-quarters coming to the sur
face? The. air he breathed under
water saturated his system with
nitrogen, which forms 79 per cent
of atmosphere. He assimilated
the oxygen without difficulty, but
the nitrogen filled his blood and
tissues with millions of gas bub
bles. It was necessary that these
escape gradually. This charged
human syphon must not be ex
posed to a sudden change of out
side pressure. And so Crilley was
hauled up slowly, very slowly, the
nitrogen meanwhile making its
gradual exit from his body.
The English diver, Alexander
Lambert, who dived 33 times In
recovering gold from a wreck 162
feet down, was paralyzed for life
because he came up In five min
utes after he had been at the bot
tom three-quarters of an hour. He
was so saturated with nitrogen
bubbles that he "blew up."
THE OIjD FOIiKS
E
LSEWHERE in today's papver
Is a small item concerning
the Self Culture club. Its
members had visited the
Mann home, carrying' a breath of
the outside world, with its hopes
and aspirations, its - cheer and
goodfellowshlp, to the old people,
inmates of the home.
There was a short program;
candy was distributed among, the
people who live In a Home spelled
with a capital H. But read be
tween the lines and you will find
it was the spirit which prompted
the visit that was most appre
ciated. People with real homes.
where friends come often ; to visit,
sometimes need "a change." What,
then, about that other Home
where friends seldom come, where
no woman is its mistress and no
man can call it his own?
Matrons of such institutions in
variably say, when asked what is
most needed, that visitors would
be welcome. When a womap, aged
or crippled or both, has been set
to one side in a place where he?
physical needs are supplied, where
she does not go hungry or become
cold, when all this has been done,
there is yet something more "for
the thoughtful to do. Bread is not
the. only great thing: in life, and
neither is a comfortable bed. - Hu
man beings must have human
companionship if they remain
human and happy.
We are all growing old. Some
of us may never: find refuge in a
Home presided oyer by a matron,
but even in a real home there is
none who would not wither if set
in a corner, there to remain with
out participation fin the joys and
disappointments, the successes and
failures of each day.
; THE ETERNAL. PROBLEM
OURTS of justice have staged
many tragedies, but none
' where the eternal problem of
the sexes was more complex
than At the trial j of . Captain Jean
"Heraif, the French cavalry officer
who killed his -wife. . .
; A ; court-martial . acquitted Cap
tain Herail after ! hearing his tes
timony. His wife, loving and true,
and in turn beloved and honored,
persisted in following him against
military orders. She was a gifted
Parisian belonging to a : distin
guished family. One of her brothers
was the ; winner of a Nobel ? prize
tor physics;;' another is a promi
nent lawyer. Captain Herail Is the
son - of one of the , leading magis
trates of the French republic The
marriage was the climax, of a ro
mantic courtship, during - which
Captain Herail followed the wom
an, of his choice through. 1 Europe.
For ten years there was perffect
happiness in their , home, When
the war broke out' Captain Herail
went to the front,; and his wife, fol
lowed, Ignoring military orders
that no .woman should enter, the
army zone. The husband was
warned repeatedly; he t pleaded
with his wife, but she would not
leave, saying lit , was her natural
right to; remain by his side.
V Finally" the husband was ordered
under arrest, deprived of promo
tlon in the Legion' of Honor and
menaced with dismissal from the
army. Even then the wife re
fused to go and her husband
shot her, shot the one person in
this world he loved best.
It seems Impossible. Captain
Herail exnlained bis act by savin e
he was utterly dazed and scarcely
conscious of what happened. But
there was the dead woman, and
there was the smoking revolver
in the husband's hand.
Who was to blame?" Is a wife's
love that will not permit separa
tion from her husband justifiable?,
Undoubtedly this unfortunate
woman was the victim of a domi
nating passion, but it was pure.
Is a man justified in placing his
duties above his wife's claims as
his mate? Does love of one's
country constitute a higher call to
man than the sanctity and honor
of his family? ;
The courtmartlal that tried Cap
tain Herail acquitted him, but, it
did not solve the eternal problem
of the sexes.
NINE YEARS AGO
Y
ESTERDAY j was the ninth
anniversary; of the San Fran
cisco earthquake and fire.
What a contrast between the
scene of today and that of April
18. 1906!
Then" terror was everywhere.
Today all Is festival.
Then flames i were raging
throughout the city, whose Inhabit
ants were seeking refuge and sal
vation of property. Destruction
was on every hand. The city was
practically under martial law.
Armed soldiers patrolled the
streets and the baser elements of
human nature were in the as
cendant. . Today civil law prevails and all
is peace.- The streets are filled
with people in orderly parade - on
pleasure bent. Where the elements
of nature destroyed, the hand of
man has restored. Not only has
the city been rebuilt, but thero
has been constructed one of the
world's greatest exposition.
In ancient times people regarded
earthquakes as visitations . of an
angry deity and governments tried
to insure themselves against the
future by repealing stringent laws
and taxes. Poseidon, of the tri
dent, god of the sea and water,
disputed with other gods the pos
session of the land. One of his
numerous appellations was Enos
ichton, the "Earthshaker."
He was worshipped not only by
people of the sea coast, but by
the inland dwellers, who had suf
fered from his manifestations.
But the day of the angry god
has gone by. No longer do we seek
to appease the wrath of Poseidon.
Instead, we- dedicate the altar of
brotherhood and with an uncon-
auerable spirit go on to greater
achievements, having an unbounded
faith in the future. -
Baseball is a serious business
in the neighborhood of Los An
geles. An enthusiastic fan did not
like the decision of an umpire the
other day and took a shot at him.
The fan only, did what a lot of
others would like to. do some times
when the decision is against the
home team. It j may be necessary
in the near future to search every
attendant at a ball game , for con
cealed weapons.f ' ;
l The "fine work" in r legislation
is now apparent. It will be in
order for Senator Day to explain
to Representative Huston and At
torney General Brown about the
joint resolution relative . to - the
Oregon-California land case that
was "put across" during the clos
ing hours of the last legislature.
As an explainer he is much In
evidence. , , . .. - t
GREAT PEACEWAY
THROUGH DIXIE
. From the New York Times.
mHE conference in Chattanooga,
I ; Tenn., attended by tbegovernors
of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky,
Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee, or their
specially chosen representatives, has'
for its object the building of a high
way from Chicago-to Miami, Fla. This
long road should be a monument to
celebrate the half century of peace
within the Union, for it will surpass
in potential value and fitnesa any work
which might be designed for that
noble purpose by sculptor- or arch!
tect. The Dixie highway will be
veritably at highway of peace uniting
the north and south as they have
never been united before. Extend
ing from Chicago southward through
ienue Indiana and the blue grass
regions of Kentucky over Tennessee's
mountains into Georgia, and thenc
to Miami, on the ocean coast of
southern Florida,, this broad concrete
road will serve as a new bond of
sympathy between the states and
new means of industrial development.
It should be built to endure, like the
old ; Roman roads still traveled In
central Europe, and symbolic of the
united strength of a great nation.
The road is the first necessity of
Industrial civilization and - its latest
reliance.' This highway, which is to
extend from the extreme north of the
national domain to the far south, ap
peals powerfully to ' the imagination
Its length will exceed a thousand
miles, and where else . in the whole
world cquld road builders survey a
thousand miles so fertile, so rich, and
varied In natural resources, so famous
cfor scenic charm and historic associa
tionsT. The road will run through
great ities, through, forests, farms,
and orchards of Incalculable value.
through manufacturing districts of
rapidly growing importance, . upon
which the whole world must depend
in the future. In southeastern Ten
nessee it will reach Chattanooga over
the Cumberland tablelands, from the
southern extremity of which, at Sig
nal Point on Walden's ridge, there
now exists the first link In the high-
f way- a Perfect road of eight miles
ouni ay an enterprising citizen or
Chattanooga, C. E. James, the orig
inator and chief promoter of this
Dixie national highway.
as a memorial mis project or a
national highway running north and
south must be first regarded. It has
other claims, of course. It has a
sound, practical significance -apart
from its sentimental and patriotic as
pect. The self moving vehicle has en
larged the public comprehension of
the value of good roads. People travel
now who never traveled under the old
conditions. The popular motor car of
the hour Is cheaper than the horse
and carriage of the last generation.
and It will carry its owner with rail
road speed ..wherever he -Wants to go,
A road from Chicago to southern
Florida will be in .'use all the year.
Not alone for pleasure, but, with the
rapidly developing utility of the self
moving wagon. It will serve as ' a
powerful influence In the advance
ment of interstate commerce. Good
roads beget roads. This national -enterprise
is bound to give an impetus
to roadmaking in every state through
which the highway runs, and it will
create an interest in permanent high
ways in every direction. Along the
whole line roads already existing will
be linked with the new highway,
stimulating industrial and social de
velopment. Still, it Is asf a memorial of endur
ing quality, fitly symbolical of the
accord between brethren which shall
never again be broken, bisecting the
country from north to south, that
this Dixie , highway appeals most
strongly to the national imagination.
In Georgia, for instance, it will run
to Atlanta along the very line of
Sherman's historic march to the sea,
through Chickamauga and Ringgold,
Dalton, Resaca and alongside of Ken
nesaw mountain and where, 50 years
ago, the tramping army, with it fol
lowers and its dread caravan of en
gines of destruction and ambulances,
laid a fair country waste, a new army
of sturdy workers bearing the imple
ments of peace will be employed to
make a reborn country more vigorous
and prosperous and its beauties more
accessible to the world.
In the north" the Dixie highway,
the great peaceway, will cross the
Lincoln highway, which is to extend
across the continent, and we may
hope that in time another southern
highway, running from the eastern
states through Virginia southwest
ward through East Tennessee, one of
the fairest spots on earth, may inter
sect the Dixie highway at Chatta
nooga and run thence through Ala
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, to
Texas. Thus the monumental sig
nificance of this work is easily com
prehended, and upon that aspect of
the .Dixie . road emphasis may justly
be laid by its projectors. The peace
way we have called It, and as a sym
bol of lasting peace In this land It
appeals best to the generous support
of patriotic people of all sections- of
the country. The Dixie peaceway is
a project of national importance.
A Revised Principle.
From Boston Transcript.
"The true secret of success is to
find out what the people want."
"And then give it to them T'
"No; corner It."
: He Knew Differently. -From
the St. Louis post-Dispatch.
Peckhanv My -wife talks, talhs,
talks all the time.
Underthum You're mistaken. She
must : listen part of the time or my
wife wouldn't be with her so much.
AN APRIL DAY
By Caroline
ALL day the low-hung clouds have dropped
" Their garnered fullness down; t
All day that soft gray mist hath wrapped
Hill, valley; grove and town. 1
' :;; ;
There has not been a sound today i
To break the calm of Nature;
Nor motion, 1 might almost say, j
Of life or living creature; j
Of waving bough, or warbling bird, 1
Or cattle faintly lowing;
I could have half believed 1 heard !
The leaves and blossoms growing, j
1 stood to hear I love it- well - j
vThe rain's continuous sound; 1
Small drops, but thick and fast they'fell.
Down straignt into, the ground.
The very earth, the steamy air,
"-is ail with fragrance rite;
And grace and beauty everywhere -j
Are flushing into life. j -
Down, down they come those fruitful stores,
Those earth-rejoicing dropsi
A momentary deluge pours.
Then thins, decreases, stops.
And ere the dimples on the stream
Have circled out of sight,
Lol from the west a parting gleam
Breaks forth, of amber light.
But yet behold! Abrupt and loud
Comes down the glittering rain;
The farewell of a passing cloud,
"The fringes of her train.
THE EVOLUTION
; By Dr. Frank Crane.
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane.
At the beginning .men had only the
consciousness of self. Their sole rec
ognized duty was to defend self, as is
Indicated in the saying, "Self-dei'nse lb
the first law of nature."
Then the man married and begat a
family. He thus became conscious of
a larger unit, a group, consisting of
himself, his wife and his offspring.
As these children married and had
children the group enlarged, and his
consciousness enlarged with it. He
now fought for and cared for not only
his family, but his tribe. He was a
.champion not only of his own rights.
but of the rights of all the Smiths.
In course of time his people became
part of a duch county, or other geo
graphical division.
After a while this territory became
absorbed in a nation, the people of
which spoke the same language, came
from a common stock, and were gov
erned by one ruling dynasty. Then he
became conscious of himself as a Ger
man, an Italian, a Frenchman, an Eng
lishman, and so on.
Each larger consciousness swallowed
up the preceding. At first his own lire
was the main thing, but aiterwara ne
stood ready to sacrifice his life for .his
family, tribe, or nation.
As a member of a natlon he came
into the emotion called patriotism. The
larger the group the more Intense and
ideal and "noble ' was nis passion. 10
be an Englishman, for instance, was
felt to be much grander than being a
Yorkshireman or a Highlander.
But patriotism is not the end. Ellhu
Burrit said: "Above all nations is hu
manity." Nationalism is but a stop
by the way In human progress.
The imperfection or nation insm ana
DAVID HAS JOINED ACHILLES
fFrom the Philadelphia Ledger.)
David is dead, not the Immortal child
whn lives in the pages of Barne s
tie White Bird," but tnis cniiu grown
tn he a man and a soldier. He was a
lieutenant in the British Rifle Brigade,
and was killed In action in Flanders.
His real name was George Llewellyn
Davis, and he was the adopted son of
th novelist. The passing of the man
will bring grief to the heart of the
thousands that loved the boy who will
never die. They will hope that he re
tained to the end that fine faith which
characterize! his childhood, a faith so
fine, aa Barrle wrote, that it maue r.im
think his mother so good that "She
will be able to get him into heaven.
however naughty he is." and so vuai
that "he had ..his first fight with an
other young Christian, who challenged
him to Jump, and then prayed for vic
tors' which David thought was taking
an unfair id vantage.- It may be mat
his early admiration ior Arcmnes, ui
whom he was "so enamored that he
wants to die tt meet him," led him to
enter on a military careei. iiww,
his desire has been granted, and it may
be that the prophecy cf Barrio is ful
filled tha; Da!a would lane acimhb
by th3 hand, call mm ramer um
him away to some Round Pond in the
Kensington Gardens of Elysium.
This boy assisted in the creation of
Peter Pan, the child that never grew
,.n and It may be was really the orig
inal of that wonderful creature of a
fantastic fancy, for, says uarrie, wen
release David's hand, he is imme
diately lost like an arrow from a bow.
No sooner do you cast eyes on mm
than vmi are thinking of birds. It is
difficult to believe that he walks to
the Kensington Gardens; he 'always
seems to have alighted there, and were
I to scatter crumbs I opine he would
come and pick."
r Inclined to the belief tnai
Barrie does not tell all when he says
that m the "story or feter tan.
bald narrative and most of the moral
reflections are mine, though not all.
for this boy can be a t-tern moralist;
but the interesting bits about the ways
and customs of babies in the bird stage
Letters From the People j
(Communications tent to The Jou i
pabllcstioD in this department
ten m only one .id- of the PPf.
Ixieed words In tenstb . t"bc;
companled by tbe name and ddr" tJ-Z
....Ho If the writer does not deire to naTe
the m UobVd. he should so state.)
"Dlsaion Is the greatest of rm
! ratlonallzea eTerjthinir It touches. It roos
lri""le. oHl".!- '&"ri.tES
t "t "exl.bten snd ,P owj, conclusion
in their stesd." W wdrw Alison.
-Appeal for Plsgah Ranch Home.
Lents. Or. April 17. To the Editor
of The Journal Three years ago I
wrote my first article for a newspa
p nUUed. "I. Kssah Home Worth
While"" The Oregonian published it
intact,' giving us a most kindly edi
torial, full of encouragement. It was
followed by an article in The Journal,
entitled. "The Better Way." which also
received the same kind recognition and
encouragement on the editorial page.
I believe It was all In drvine order,
that the time reaulred the movement.
although It was so weak and humble;.
Anne Southed
OF CONSCIOUSNESS
its attendant enthusiasm, patriotism.
Is shown by the present war. To con
tinue the world's business under the
government of independent nations Is
to invite periodical disaster.
The next step; is to be the conscious
ness of the world. This is the necessary-
and final step in the development
of man. I
Jesus never mentioned patriotism,
because, being clear-visloned, he saw
that it was not; final. His ideal was a
world-wide citizenship, a society" in
which all kindred, tribes and tongues
should co-operate. Hence the attempt
to harness Christianity to patriotism
has always been difficult. Christian
ity is naraiy workable except In a
world citizenship..
Patriotism may, therefore, be good or
bad. It is good, compared to feudal
ism or tribalism; it is evil when it In
terferes with humanity of world citi
zenship. The greatest conflicts are not be
tween good and evil; they are between
the good and the better
The only possible hope for a . per
manent settlement of the European
war is to adopt some plan of interna
tional federation wherein the enthusi
asm for humanity er.all submerge the
passion of patriotism. .
Darwin P. Klngsley, of the New York
Life Insurance! company, has Issued a
cogent pamphlet calling attention to
world citizenship as the only hope for
the cure of militarism. In which ho
uses the words:
"This European horror can' be ended,
and so ended that it will never be re
peated, only by a definite declaration
of world citizenship. This mist be
done, or this existing- horror will spread
and we shall be its next victims. Noth
ing is more certain than that."
are usually reminiscences of David's,
recalled by pressing his hands te his
temples and thinking hard."
And so, when we read that David h
dead w cannot believe that it is the
boy of the book. He cannot die. The
man was some other creature grown
up in a mysterious way, leaving His
childhood Intact and vital behind him
The ever-living David does a thousand
and one thingsnhat every parent recog
nizes as the acts of his own child. Yet
as one thinks of the man who lies dead
on the field cf Flanders one cannot
help thinking also of the little boy
who lay for the night In a strangs
place and woke with a wall. When
told that he was not" frightened, he
answered, as his biographer says:
'"Am I not?; And I knew his hand
was groping in the darkness, so I put
out mine and he held on tightly to one
finger.
" '! am. not frightened now,' he whis
pered. ;
"'And there is nothing else you
want?' ;
'"Is there not?' he strain asked, po
litely. "Are yOu sure there's not? he
added. 1
"'What ran It be, David?'
'"I don't take up very much room,'
the faraway voice said.
" Why, David.' said I, sitting up. 'do
you want to come Into my bed?"
" Mother said l wasn t to. want it
unless you wanted v Jt first?' he
squaked. J
" 'It is what I have been wanting all
the time,' said I, and then, without
more ado, the little white figure rose
and flung Itself at me. For the. rest of
the night ho lay on me and across me,
and sometimes his feet were at the
bottom of the i bed, and sometimes on
the pillow, but he always retained pos
session of my lingers."
'.-
He went back to Ids mother In the
morning, but there is no awaking from
the sleep that has now overtaken him,
and the nun must He forever in Flan
ders, his spirit; roaming the skies with
Achilles, whilej his immortal childhood
makes glad the hearts of all who meet
" 1 1 ' - - a
yet it had the! seed of divine purpose
in the uplifting of humanity, as Its
basis. From time to time srnce then
the. papers have carried us along, Tho
Journal caring! for us throughout one
year, and the 'people responding until
this work has grown Into an organiza
tion, or rather an association, of the
stronger with the weaker ones, to
form a colony ranch place for the
homing of all the drifting, homeless
men, women and children of every
age, creed, orj nationality that shall
come tq pur doors, ft has ever been a
principle, in oui- lives never to turn one
away without rendering some assist
ance, believing that even a cup of
cold water in the Master's name Is
most effectual; in the moral and spir
itual uplift; that Is the material needs
must first be satisfied before the splr
ltual needs can be. '
Since that - j time ' I recognize the
great difference In the spirit of the
men .who. come troxn our jails. . They
hold no spirit of malice aginst the au
thorities who handled them. .There Is
in all a growing tendency of compro
mise. The Jailer, who has served for
20 years, an aged man, Is tendered the
loving name of "Dad," looked upon by
. i - .-,,-''..:.
1 ZAU.T DATS"
By rrs tsckley. lpclJ staff Writs sf
'''." JouraaL .
K. N. Morgan, of Portland, came to
Oregon in 182. "I was born four miles
west of Springfield. Illinois, on August
n neM -
, oi, saiq Air. Morgan. "When I
was 8 years old we moved to a 'farm
r xjuriington, Iowa. I the fall or
iai my parents decided to go to Ore
gon where they cocld have 640 acres
wi o w tiw taking. Just as we
T.'r readjr to 8tar. If the spring of
-v- 4y iiiomer, .nzu Hayre Morgan.'
took the pneumonia and tiled after a
'I oas, Hine8S. There were 13 chil
dren in our family. Eight of us chll-
.'. companUd m father -on the
"rra. wa, a ratal year to the
emigrants. Un the INatto river the
....k.i.iib or preceding years had du
shallow wells. We drank from these
"ciianu iook the cholera; My broth-
wne iook sick in the illuming and
uieu nie n ti.t, afternoon of the same
day. Her husband, my brother, took
sick that night and died about day
light. We burled then, both in tif
same graze. James Cook and Horatio
t-ooK. who were traveling with us, rut
meir wagon down to u cart.und eav
uo me siacDOarda of the wagon to make
cofriim of. We laid my brother and lua
wife Kldu by side on a blanket in a
srianow arave and put the boards over
them, so the wolves would not dig up
their bodieo. Horatio Cook later be.
came one of Portland s pioneer under
takers. Father and the rest of us be
came sick with cholera. Father liveJ
tnree days. We Nuried him-by the side
of the road near -Pawnee Swamp. At
the next camp we had good drlnkliiK
water, and the rest of- u mit ivn
"We put our wagons on tafts at The
Dalles and the cattlo we drove-down to
Dog river, where we swam them across
me Columbia and drove them to Van-
vuuver on me Washington side. As
toon ai .we got to lha Willamette val
ley our family scattered at once. I
went out to Yamhill county, where I
boi worn with .Martin Vaughn. Charle
rj iud later bought this farm, and
tne uen btewart farm that joined it.
e toon tnis 1200 acre place 'and made
It into a beautiful stock farm, called
iue uaK Jim stock Farm.
't. . L. ...
me cisnop cott acudemy se-
eurea 100 acies of the old Vaughn
farm, and they have erected their
school buildings where the old Vaughn
uouse was located In 1852.
"In 1855 I enlisted with t'antain A.
J. Hembree, of Yamhill countyto serve
in me xaxima Indian war. The In
dians killed and scalped Captain Hem.
Dree-, up near Walla Walla. I s. rvtd
six months, and was discharged at The
Dalles. While we were i-ainucd si-iohh
from The Dalles the Indians ran off
about 00 of our horses and mules.
ihe companies from Yamhill and.
Washington counties were lucky, and
didn't lo-so their stoik.
"I went back to Yamhill county and
worked for Laughlln. 1 pnly got 20 a
month, but so many emigrants had
come Into the country who would work
for little or nothing' that wags were
way down. Just about this time we
began widening out the deer trails and
Indian trails into roads. I worked on
the roads a good bit.
"The road from Lafayette to Port
land, now called the Canyon road, was
a terror in those days. It was huh
deep with mud all winter. A farmer
would start for Portland arid mire
uowii, ue would wait until some
neighbor came along to double teams
with him and pull him out. A little I
farther along he would stall on the I
hill, and again have to wait to be
P'Aled out. Coming to Portland In
winter time was a pretty serious mat
ter 60 years or so ago.
"In 18H5 I rode on horseback from La
Grande to Omaha. I enme back In
about 1870. I came by the 1-nion I'ncirio
train to. their western terminus near
Ogden. I then went 'to the eastern
terminus of the Central : Pacific nd
took that train for San Francisco.
"My children have Inherited my wan-
derlust. One of my boys was 1n Alaska
for 10 years, another spent five yearn
there. One of iny children Is in New
York City. They have scattered J'it
as our family did when we reached
Oregon In 1802."
many as a friend In their need, bind
ing up their wounded heads., relieving
their burning thirst and always con
siderate of their comfort. The courts.
In dealing out justice, mingle with it
the spirit of compassion and helpful
ness, directing their minds to the bet
ter way anl being merciful in their
penalties when dealing with these
weak and crushed down souls. In
these three years ! recognize so muen
of the love of humanity In-men's souli
In Portland. When did ever .a city
throw out such a mantln of love and
charity as did Portland this last win
ter? I think a word here of conserv
atism is well put in. 1 recognize it in I
my own work, and I suggest that love.
mercy and charity should be tinctured
with good Judgment, to help theo
weak ones to grow strong and not al
ways be helpless, but become self-re
liant.
I think the Associated Charities are
making a big stride In. that direction.
I learn here and there of a family get
ting a couple of lots leased); a little
shack goes up, or a tent, snd tiiey soon
have a garden growing, and enjoy
pure, fresh air in the suburbs. These
are stepping stones to -greater things.
One happy, wife and mother told me.
YVe are going to have a home of our
own;': these I know the Charities are
helping. That is the proper system-
to sget them encouraged, to have some
ambition to help themselves. Such is
our system on. Plsgah Heights to
gather them in and encourage them
to build homes and become producers.
Instead of wanderers. No matter how
limited a man may, be In his capa
cities, there is always a. place where
he can exercise and develop his tal
ents for his own and the general good
In our ranch colony; and we ask your
co-operation in the furthering of this
undertaking; and if you, cannot give
your time, you can assist us with your
Influence and your means until we can 1
reach a place of self-maintenance.
We cannot go on without money.
We are now un incorporated body.
with directors and of f leers, a corps of
efficient workers, wbo.give ' their time
wholly to their work without price.
taking for their livlnt; jut such as
comes in to the work for the rest, glad
for the opportunity to devote their
lives thus. ,
The work has now grown in such a
measure as to necessitate the expendi
ture of a much larger amount or
money than any previous year. The
equipping developing and improving
of the ranch home entails a large-expense,
and -e are eager for the time
to come when we can "have poultry
and stock, "which arc now prohibited
because of tbe lack -of foodstuffs to
feed them.
We Invite you to Join with us and
have a part in this and see the beauty
in the building of this .proposition,
which we hope to develop into a per
manent home for all who need one.
Our telephone is Tabor 2492.
. MRS. HATT1B B. LAWRENCE.
("Fiegah Mother.")