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Don't be a' cynlo, and bewail
and bemoan. Omit .the nega-
tive proposition. Don't waste
yourself in rejection, nor: bark,
- against the bad. , but chant
the beauty of the good. Set
down nothing that will help
somebody. Emerson.' -
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TWO FLAGS
OMORROW, at Blaine, Wash
I Ington, on the boundary line
' I between tha United Statea
- . '. and Canada, there is to be 1 a
celebration of 100 years of peace
. between the two - countries. On
flag, staffs side by side, will be
raised the. flags of the two na
tions; exemplifying by symbol the
. kindly relations ' that have so long
existed ' between the peoples on
either side pt the long boundary.
- It Is possible ' In advance to
sense the spirit and the exercises.
The outstanding thought that all
present will acknowledge Is the
tremendous contrast in national
. ideals In Europe and the West
ern Hemisphere.
In continental Europe, the com
manding thought is that great
armies and great navies prevent
. war' and make for peace. There,
every nation, big and little, has
as large a standing army and as
big a navy as it Is possible for the
people to maintain. The only limit
In providing armed men and lm?
.: plements of warfare is the amount
of money the chancellories can
. wrfng out of the , sweat and toll
of the workers. r
Even little Roumania with the
area smaller than Arkansas
has 500,000 men under arms as
a peace measure. And the prod
uct of that theory of preserving
peace among people ,is the most
r awful war in human" history.
' ' In contrast, there Is on the long
4000-mile boundary between the
United- States , and Canada, not a
fort, not an arsenal, not a sol
dier, not a gun. It has been so
for 100 years, and though the
complications have , occasionally
arisen that naturally appear in in
ternationa relations, no gun" has
been fired, not a platoon of eol-
- dlers has been requisitioned, not
. an ' angry word -has been spoken,
not a life has been sacrificed. The
contrast thus evidenced- between
the. European and the American
' plan, ' is ponderous, illuminating
and mighty. It is example of the
true relation between peoples and
proof - that militarism as an essen
tial to peace is a monster myth,
. a falsehood and a fiction. .
As the two flags are raised dur
ing the ceremonies at Blaine to
morrow, their silken folds coquet
ting i with the breezes will flash a
Welcome messaere to mankind. Tt
will be a message to bring tears
.a of, hope to - the eyes of countless
bereaved women and children and
that .will carry a ray of cheer
Into untold houses of mourning
in Jetricken Europe.
' It would be a Godsend to all
mankind if the vision of the two
. flags fluttering side by side as
symbols of . peace . and good will
could be flashed around the world.
OUR BALANCE SHEET
BREDICTIONS from anti-admln-
istration sources that a gov
', ernment lsond Issue " would
become necessary to replenish
the -federal treasury have been
shown to be without warrant. The
-.government closed the fiscal year
1915 with a deficit of $35.-
. 864,381, but with an actual net
cash balance of $82,025,716, and
. with .the prospect that this
amount will be increased by $10,
000,000. in ten days.:
. The figures are proof that, under
extraordinary" conditions, the - na
tion's finances have been handled
exceptionally well. The responsible
officials were working in the dark,
not knowing the full influence of
., Europe's war i on i our national
finances. .-. But , they made fairly
accurate ;. estimates. Customs . re
ceipts were $11,000,000 short of
Secretary McAdoo's prediction, but
that was on a' total of more than
- 200 millions. , - . '
The estimate on Income tax re-
: celpts was more than realized. It
had been placed at approximately
$80,000,000. At the close of busi
ness June 3 0, total receipts from
this source were $79,828,675, and
officials of the treasury department
are confident thatjhy July 10, until
':: which " time payments can. be law
fully made, the .total will be
brought up to $5,000,000 in ex
cess! -of the estimate.
:. ,The " emergency tax law proved
, a better income producer than re
ports - credited ' it with being. But
- - In spite of this fact internal reve
nue receipts were only about $ 27,-
. 000,000 In, excess" of .1914. One
reason ' for this .. small increase Is
the' faet that alcoholic liquors are
not navine - their former - revenues
'by $16,000,OOoNr $20,000,000 a
year. People are not drinking as
much as in former times. -
The postoffice department, usu
ally - self-sustaining, closed the
year with a. deficit due to inter
ruption In business by .he war.
Expenditures for all departments
of government were In excess of
t914'. but in spite of that fact
the year closed i with a substantial
surplus in the treasury.
D3fE POINT OP AGREEMENT
HALF the lands in the railroad
-, grant are, .agricultural!
In any plan of disposition,
. it will be admitted that all
such lands should be speedily made
available for settlement. - - They
should, have . been occupied by
actual settlers f long ago. i They
would have been" occupied but for
the folly of the railroad in taking
them ,off the " market and holding
them for speculative purposes!
The problem now is to place
them within reach of the landless
man who has the grit and the ini
tiative to . become a producer.
: That Is a problem of great im
portance. It takes rugged, courage
and resource to go upon wild land
and put Into It that productivity
necessary to support a family. ; It
is not the mere pastime that street-
corner reformers picture "it. JJor is
It the bonanza: "back-to-the-land"
orators are wont to describe.
It means bacon and beans, hard
work, privation and sacrifices. It
means rude beginnings and a
greater or less percentage of fail
ures. - ; ,
But in the aggregate, it Is' the
making of an empire. - It Is. the
creation of a sturdy and honorable
citizenship and the injection of a
new generation of manhood and
womanhood into the citizen body.
Common sense, and a practical
intelligence and experience should
control In fixing the regulations
for settlement of these lands. It
is no field in which to experiment
on fine spun theories. Thousands
of families are ; hungry for oppor
tunity to people these wilds, but
they are not In position to over
come Insuperable obstacles. They
cannot succeed under undue outlay
or under over-exacting regulations.
The terms must be - easy, and they
must be within reach.
It is the business of government,
state and national, to make 'this
meeting of the land and landless
possible and successful. To what
better end can : government de
vote itself. There is something
vastly more in , government , than
maintaining officials In easy chairs
and luxurious surroundings. ,
On this phase of the grant land
Issue, there can hardly be debate.
Only ignorant and foolish theorists
who never saw a log cabin as the
shelter of a family In a. rude clear
ing, will dissent from a view that
Is confirmed and sanctioned by the
history and experiences of. every
frontiersman from Daniel Boone to
Joe Meek.
On this sound ground, then, of
easy terms and every possible en
couragement for actual settlers, all
Intelligent Oregon ; can agree on
what should be done with the agri
cultural part of the grant lands
affected by the recent court de
cision.
The question thaV remains after
that is, shall ye all make a strong
and united attempt to convert the
forest lands in the grant into a
great endowment for the Oregon
public schools? ;
THE RIGHT TO RESIGN
A
NUMBER ; of . army officers
want to resign to accept
more lucrative positions with
private manufacturers of war
munitions. Secretary Garrison has
asked for an opinion from the at
torney general as to an officer's
right to resign in time of peace.
The issue has never before been
raised in this country. :
Secretary Daniels i has taken
the view that ' the government,
which educates its naval officers,
is entitled to their services for
life, except in i unusual circum
stances, and has almost uniformly
refused to accept resignations.
In behalf of the refusal to ac
cept resignations, it Is, argued that
we not only ; educate officers, for
the army and navy, but we en
able them to i enjoy ; . privileges
which are denied to the average
man. They claim that . war is a
science - of the most exacting na
ture and in any scheme of national
defense trained officers are as im
portant as. companies And regi
ments. ,;
The question is a grave one.
Much Is being said about the" "un
preparednesa' ? of our army and
navy, and the issue turns on that
assertion. If ; the most efficient
officers can resign to accept bet
ter paying positions making war
munitions for Europe, they can
quit ' the service for any reason
involving money. The presumption
has been that pay was not the
great objective of our military
men. " i
. BOULEVARD EXTENSION.
NEXT week will mark an epoch
in the development of Port
land's boulevard system. The
new pleasure drives are to
be thrown .open to public use.
They are Fairmount Drive, which
loops Council Crest hill at an ele
vation of 1000 , feet, and Hillside
Drive, whichv skirts the , northwest
ern hills from the head - of Thur
man. street to an intersection with
the Germantown road below Linn
ton at( an elevation- of from 400
to 600 feet "above the" river. - - k
These new . roads afford ': a , com-
mandlng view, of the country sur
rounding Portland .and indicate its
magnitude. - There is an - Infinite
variety of woodland, ; river and
field.- - j ' -
The k most impressive fact of
all is that it is within easy access
and practically all ; within the lim-
, its of the city.' ; It Is but a - step
jrrom tne neat ' ana . glare oi tne
paved street to the cooling shade
of the virgin forest. j - , -t
At no distant day the drives
through the . western hills will be
one of Portland's chief, assets, not
only as & magnet for tourists, but
as a recreation ground for home
Ipeople. . ! . ,
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PORTLAND'S FIRE LOSS .
THE aggressive fire prevention
movement by Fire Marshal
Stevens, - Chief Dowell and
the officers and members of
the fire department is yielding re
turns. The results are such as to
impress Portland ' people with a
spirit of ; cooperation in the plan
for reducing Portland's fire , losses.
The fire . alarms for June Just
ended totaled 62 against' 139- for
June 1914, a decrease of - 56 per
cent. The 62 alarms for June
were ;the. smallest number for any
montb since March, 1910, and the
smallest in any June eince 1908.
In the ;June just ended, there
were eight ; days in which no
alarms occurred. The number of
full 24-hour periods in whichno
alarms were received during the
year 1914 was seven. : For lengtj
of time In which no alarms were
turned in the month just ended
has the best record since 1 9 0 6, a
period of nine years. ; ' :
What the department Is accom
plishing should encourage Port-
landers to have a thought respect
ing . fire prevention, and inspire
them to cooperate In the anti-fire
campaign. ;
It Is worth their while.- Nearly
$2,000,000. worth 6f Portland prop
erty and "16 livesv were destroyed
at fires, in 1914. The insurance
companies cannot - restore the lost
lives. Insurance companies do not
replace the burned wealth. In the
premiums they pay,1 the people who
insure, out of . their earnings, re
place the burned property.
The experts of the fire depart
ment are convinced ; that Port
land's fire loss could be reduced to
one-tenth the present; proportions.
That saving . would be I sufficient to
hard surface 70 miles of Mult
nomah county roads every, year.
Portland has produced a "woman
whose musical genius, voice and
energetic studentship, have placed
her In the first rank of living
artists. Others have wider celeb
rity; but only a rare few have the
power with the human voice to
sing an audience into enthusiasm
or emotion, or awe as can Miss
Kathleen ' Lawler. ' Without know
ing how or ; why, the listener Is
firmly held by the easy, lute-like
notes and'' matchless technique of
her work, and an evening at her
Portland concert was a season of
delight. ?
A London newspaper allowed its
readers to name a list of 12. Eng
lishmen who could be spared least
at this critical time. When, the
answers were tabulated thoy
showed David Lloyd-George rank
ing first. Lord Kitchener second.
Premier Asquith third and Sir
John French fourth. King George
stood twelfth, even Winston
Churchill, who stood eighth, out
ranking him. This ' vote seems to
bear out England's claim that de
mocracy is a nation's real strength.
An automobile bearing, a pla
card which announced that . its
home was in Spokane, was noticed
on the streets of Portland this
week. While it -was probably not
the first car to make the trip
from the eastern Washington me
tropolis, it is a reminder that
when the Columbia river highway
is opened to .travel Spokane owned
automobiles will; be a common
sight. : ; , '.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
says the housekeeper's idea of Par
adise la j a place where hashed
brown potatoes wiir grow in the
garden; where cherry pies will
grow on cherry trees, and where
the woman at the. "head ? of the
table may. wave a wand and say:
"To the infernal ; regions with the
unwashed . dishes." ? t v -
The London Daily Mail suggests
that the British government secure
the services of Orville Wright,
American : aeroplane inventor, to
direct .the great air fleet Great
Britain Isj mobilizing. . He' is des
ignated the world's best authority
on aeroplanes, which is something
of a distinction, coming from ' the
source it does. ; .
'Easterners who 'read of ' Port
land's hot weather should not make
the mistake of thinking it eastern
weather. Back there' they; swelter
In the daytime - and smother at
night. ; Here, we have occasional
hot ' days, bdt the nights -are al
ways cool and restful.
' A Montenegrin army has occu
pied ' Scutari, - Albania 'and . the
length of its stay may not be de
termined by Austria, as was the
case during tb Balkan war.
These - hot days' are sufficient
test of one's sanity without having
to think about the billions Europe
Is wasting in war and ho-w hard
it is to get a dollar. .J, ,
"What strikes one on coming -to
America is the lack of A foreign
THE . OIIEGON. DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY. JULY 3, 1315.
policy : says - General; Sapojnlkoff,
head of the Russian purchasing
committee in New v York. If the
general has really grasped the
American ideal he might gs back
to Russia and give his home gov
ernment some -valuable information
about one nation's proper attitude
toward another. : t'
":-.:-r i w - t .M- J:H M:
It has ' been suggested that
Huerta's only chance to do a little
dictating . is to employ a' stenog
rapher or get a job- as an apart
ment house Janitor. :
QUARTER-MILLENNIAL
OF NEW YORK CITY 1
- Front tha Kew York Svenlnf Poat. -rj-KE
public-spirited citizens who
1 vhave : been " active in bringing;
J about the adoption of the new
flag of the city of New York, a flag
that Is distinctive . and carries a
specially pleasing saver of history,
must have taken great '. satisfaction
in the .appropriate and dignified ex
ercises which, attended its formal
hoisting upon the city ball on Thurs
day. There was. no attempt to go
beyond ' a quiet - and ceremonial sig
nalizing of ene day, including a recog
nition of that Dutch origin of the
great city which its colors are hence
forward to commemorate. But if. in
stead of ; these formalities, v there had
been a desire ; to , enter upon a ' his
torical or philosophic survey, .however
general, 'of the nature of that quarter-;
thousand years of civic history which
came lo an end yesterday, what an
amazing perspective would have open-
ed before us! ; What a compound of
proud acclamation .and humble con
fession of failure, of solid satlaf ac
tion and vain .regret, what a plature
of accomplished facts trenscendlng
any dream of the wildest visionary
in the year 1665 and of flaws hardly
less surprising, a glance at the story
of this ; extraordinary spot of earth
might conjure up!
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The Impossible and dazzling aspects
of the story speak for themselves.
Whether we think of the vest popula
tion, larger -than that df all England
when the first English, may or. held
sway on Manhattan, and greatly out
distancing every city In the world
today except the British capital; or
the stupendous": aggregation of wealth,
at this moment playing a part of dra
matic importance In the world's af
fairs; or the Babel-like buildings, a
new thing under the sun. In which
whole jsity-fuls of busy lawyers and
merchants and bankers are housed
under a single roof; or ; the means of
transportation, representing, in engi
neering enterprise and In Investment
of capital, - such ventures as even a
comparatively short time ago would
have seemed visionary- In any, and
all of these things, .New York- has
realized what 250 years ago would
have seemed, to the modest burghers
of New Amsterdam and to the most
far-sighted ' statesmen ! of the Old
World ' alike, the most Impossible of
fantasies. ,
But alongside this amazing develop
ment there has been a; story of po
litical Imperfection and worse, strange
ly out of keeping with all that gran
diose accomplishment, j Is It not a
curious fact that, out of all" the en
ergy that has been continuously kept
in action, and to which everything
around us testifies, there has not been
found enough in the field of desln
terested political effort to prevent
our city from having become, and re
mained for several decades, a by
word for mlsgovernment and politi
cal corruption? Fortunately, this
question, which would have been un
qualifiedly mortifying a half century
ago, or even a quarter century ago. Is
on which today we, can ask with a
certain complacency. Yes, we may
say, we certainly were long so ab
sorbed In our material development
that we allowed . that stigma to be
placed upon us; but we have risen
far above that condition. And Indeed
we may not unreasonably take pride
In the fact that, while ' the enormous
growth of wealth and public expendi
ture might have given more oppor
tunity, than ever for the exploitation
of corrupt politics, the sound citizen
ship of New York has , been assert
ing itself to such good effect that
the old bad ways have become, so far
as any one can now Judge, perma
nently a thing of the past
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Nor is it only in the matter of poll
tics that the last half century has
furnished such vindication of the true
merit of New York, and of American
democracy. ' Five Points, and the tene
ment region of New York generally,
were an awful blot -upon -'.'.the., city.
We' are far from perfect in, those
matters now; but when' it la recalled
that New York half a century ago
wls merely a moderate sized city, - one
may Justly , feel keen satisfaction In'
the fact , that the tremendous massing
of population that has since taken
place has- been accompanied not by
a deterioration, but by a very marked
betterment. In the condition -of the
most densely crowded 'part' of the
population. - And this suggests a phe
nomenon- of New York's history on
the human side which, though far less
obtrusive,' Is perhaps even more as-,
tonishlng than its material develop
ment The material evolution which
New York has shown, when account
Is taken" of its relation to the ex
pansion of a mighty nation, 1st after
all, in many ways no more surpris
ing than- that ef other cities say
Buenos Aires or Berlin; but t&e way
in which, It has stood the onset - of
successive floods of the most hetero
geneous Immigration is quite without
parallel. " It has .'become the home,
not only of Irish: and Germans,- but
of . Italians. of . Russian Jewswv t
Greeks and Armenians and what not,
in numbers running- well up into the
millions; and that, this should have
come "about not only without a low- !
ering- either of. our political life : or
of the "standard of living among the
poor, but with a decided rise In' both.
Is surely quite as impressive- a proof
of vitality and power In the commu
nity ' as are the " skyscrapers , or the
subways or the great financial houses.
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If one allows himself to think of.
the might-have-been in New York, it
is quite - possible to make one's self
unhappy. It is altogether Idle, of
course. to think of what might have
been If Manhattan had not happened
to be a - narrow Island; and yet, that
is the most pressing thought of 'all.
For it. Is entirely possible that," had
It not been for this factor, the great,
American city would have been as
much of an-example of what' tnight
be done In the Way ot sweetness and
charm In the residential quarters of
a great city" as It is now . an example
of the opposite. . Even with this "Sis
advantage, however, it might have
been vastly better than It Is, had the
earlier generations, when the. Value
Of land ; was - Insignificant, i given
thought to the Immense benefit that
could be derived from setting apart
large numbers of open - spaces for
permanent preservation for the pub
lic; and' also had - jthere been a bet
ter planning of the streets - than that
actually adopted. For Central Park
and Riverside Park, and other great
reservations of later days we have
reason to be profoundly grateful; but.
with a virgin continent" before them.
our forefathers ' might with fore
sight have planned much better than
they did.
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It is curious, on the other hand, to
reflect how very recent has been the
recognition of this kind of ""considera
tion indeed, how much of a back
sliding took place two or three- gen-,
eratlons ' ago. It happens that- both
of our two greatest Atlantic ,' coast
cities exemplify this Philadelphia,
with Its gigantic, - ugly - municipal
building blotting out the whole of
what had long been a , great public
square, and New York, with. its post
office monstrosity fatally marring
its City Hall park. We all know" bet
terfenow; and few things are of better-
augury than the -strength that
has been shown, In recent .years, In
all parts of our country,1 by , the
movements looking to the future
beauty and enjoyableness- of - bur
cities. " . r
Teonce Over
THK other night-
Just before dark-
out at Oak Grove Henry - Piette
brought over his big White Wyan
dotte rooster and , asked us if he
could leave him in our chicken yard.
and we said yes and he went to
roost as though he belonged to the
family. -
and Henry explained ha had an
other rooster a White Leghorr and
the two fought and that was why he
brought the Wyandotte to. live with
us. ... '-"' I
L and the next day I heard a noise
nd looked over and in the barber's
chicken yard right next to ours -Were
two white roosters.
and they were bloody and groggy
and kept walloping ' each other as
though they thought it was neces
sary. and maybe it la for roosters the
same as nations. .
and I knew the barber his name
is Feighner but he's neutral had two
white roosters and X ran and told
him his roosters were fighting.
and he finished a shave? for BUI
Stokes the grocer.
and Bill went home and did some
retouching with his safety.
and the barber said his roosters1
never fought and we went out.
and they were lying down peck
ing at each other.
and the barber said "Gee, mine's
got a little the best of it"
V and then I knew the other rooster
was Henry's.
and we decided the only thing to
do-1 to keep him from visiting the
barber's chicken yard was to clip one
of his wings,
and we did.
-and Henry sold his White Leghorn
that day or something.
Anyway he came after the'
White Wyandotte that night.
and I heard him In the back yard.
and after X heard what he was
saying he called out and wanted to
know who clipped his rooster's wing.
" and I answered- from in the' house
and said I did.
so that Henry wouldn't quit
speaking to the barber.
and Henry said ."Didn't I tell you
I wanted to" enter this rooster at
the Oregon City chicken chow this
fall. -' .. ''-
and I said no. "
and Henry. said he did too;
and went home with the rooster
and the' wing won't grow out for
a year and -. '
LISTEN I'm in favor of peace
treaties for all roosters..
Letters From , the People
- (Comnmnfeatitma aent to TJaa Journal for
pnblieatlon Id thla department aboald be writ
ten on only one aide ut the paper, aboald not
exceed 300 worda la eBgtb and maat be ac
companied by the name and address of tbe
aender. it the writer doea not dealra to have
tlie name published, lie ibocld ao atate.) v
"Diaeuarion la the greatest of aU rtfortnera.
It rationalises everything it toocbea. It roba
principle of all falao mnetltt and throws tbera
back on their reaaonaaleneaa. If tbey bave no
reaaonablenaas. It ruthlessly crushes them out
of existence and sets np Ks owa conclusions
la their atead.V Woodrow Wtlaoa,
A South American's Protest. " -Portland,
July L To the Editor of
The Journal My nativity In South
America obliges ma to express the as
tonishment with which we people of
South America are contemplating the
American people more and more every
day, on account ef the lack of respect
and friendship your country appears to
have for all our republics. .
A picture is being shown during this
week at a Portland - theatre whose
characteristic Is nothing but a stupid,
senseless story In which your people
ridicule and disparage South American
countries., ; The fact that a foreigner
(adventurer) goes to that small re
public of your play and becomes dic
tator Indicate to your people that
those countries of .the south are-hihab-ited
only by hordes of savages or tribes
of Indians,; and the Interference of
your navy, led by a girl sweetheart,
demonstrates; that your people think
that South America, the Philippine
Islands and. Hawaii are of tbe same
class. ' - ' -
- Now that show would not . be so bad
if your people, especially young men,
had enough education, but in tbe state
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Los Angeles Times: With" the ar
rival of the berry - season - the - sugar
trust is perking up ja. bit. ;
Omaha World Herald: -" The ' United
States- has at last recognized Huerta
long enough to arrest hinv ' -
Oklahomanf "Leave it tp Woodrow,'
is growing in volume ; aAd intensity.
It's a safe and sane slogan.
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Seattle Times: China Is entirely
willing to be warned by the United
Statea respectlngthe open door.
New York American: Fortune for
Indianan who hasn't been heard' from
for years." Must be Cbarlea AY. Fair
banks. '
Chlcago' News: You cannot" always
tell about retreats. Retreating was
almost the best thing in General Wash
ington's celebrated bag of tricks.
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New Orleans State: ; So strongly
opposed is Secretary Daniels to stimu
lating beverages that he will deprive
the old Ship Hous tonic of Its . tonic.
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Los Angeles Express: The London
Times solemnly announces that Amer
icans, are as human as the English,
and for the life of us we can't decide
whether It is a knock or a boost.-
Chicago Herald: S Hudson Maxim is
reported, to have invented a valuable
submarine device, .bu-t it is doubtful
whether It will be half as valuable as
President Wilson's justly famous sub
marine advice.
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San Francisco1 Call: i At a religious
gathering in Los Angeles a "sunriise
prayer meeting" will be held at 6:15
a..m. As the sun now rises before
5 o clock, we are afraid the ministers
have given their affair a false name
and it is awful, to fib. . - .
NATIONAL
By Oakes.- ' . .
. Philadelphia is being talked of as
the convention city for 191$, among
the Tory, element of the Republican
party, although men who are political
ly wise state that Chicago Is .the
logical place. Reactionaries want the
convention 1 held In the . east In the
belief that it will be free from the
more ' progressive Influences of the
west Conversely opposition Is ex
pected to the Quaker City from west
erners on the ground that the con
vention would be too near the
"bosses' t. (such as ; Penrose and
Barnes and progressive thought
would be stifled in the conservative
atmosphere of Pennsylvania. It waa
a Philadelphia convention that nomi
nated McKlnley and Roosevelt Mc
kinley to be assassinated and Roose
velt later to raise hob with the G.
O. P.- .
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During the legislative : sessions of
the present year direct prohibition
laws were passed in; Florida and Ala
bama and it was voted to submit the
question to the people in- the states
of Idaho, Iowa, Montana, South Caro
lina, South Dakota, Utah and Ver
mont and in Alaska. , The Alabama
law became effective July 1; the
Florida law goes In force October 1.
Several ' states strengthened their
prohibition laws and the proposal for
a "dry" state met defeat in Connec
i ticut. Indiana, Michigan, New Mexl
' co, New York and Wyoming.
Congressman Mann, of Illinois, fre
quently mentioned as a. possible nomi
nee for president In 1916, will be
placed between two fires if he Is so
fortunate as to get a chance to run,
according to Chicago gossip. In that
he will . be l opposed by both '"wets'
and ""drys. - Mr. Mann's stand on
the liquor -question is said to have
angered both elements. The prohibi
tionists are said to be Indignant be
cause he refused to accept the Hob
son prohibition amendment ' and so
amended it that it called for the pro
hibition of use of liquor; the liquor
men want to scalp him for the same
reason. Mr. Mann stated in an inter
view the other day, however, that he
waa not a candidate, realizing full
well, no doubt, that the convention
is some months away.
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After months . of litigation in an
effot t to oust him from off lc-v Oli
ver - P. Newman, president of the
of darkness and Ignorance In which
ydu Americans exist all that is not
money making is terrible and censur
able. Through Impressions given
through such shows you demoralize
your people as to the consideration and
respect we must haye from you, Ls
well as we have it lor the United
States. - '
' France, England, Germany, Italy,
Austria, Belgium and Switzerland are
all European countries and civilized
nations which never insult us, neither
hurt oUr feelings with such silly non
sense as that with which you enter
tain your public That is why we like
to trade with them and they with us.
That is why our friendship Is sincere,
and not a hypocrite's smile to get the
dollar. Why do not you take Japath
as an object of fun? Because Japan lj
a strong nation; otherwise you would
make the same fun of her. -
" Send your people to school and teach
them not only bookkeeping and busi
ness courses, or how , to f make big
money, but also geography and his
torv. and teach it well 1 enough that
when- your so-called board of censors
allows a film to be exposed (like this
one I refer to) the spectators will
know that it Is a ridiculous picture.
Today they thinly it a reality.
-My poor English does not help me -in
expressing myself, therefore I beg you,
Mr. Editor, to excuse It, and to insert
this In the columns of your paper; for
the sake of your and our . countries'
TViAi-irluhin. . A R.
The Lands of rjirry County.
- Denmark, Or June 27. To the Edi
tor of The Journal As some newcom
ers are seeking land, and also aome of
our Oregonians talk of Canada as a
good place to go,-It seems it is not out
of place to ask. Why not look- over
Oregon first? It is only a few months
since a1 large amount of- land was
thrown open for sttlementfc. -Many
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
t Philadelphia, June 25. Im
provement of the Industrial situa
tion here reached appoint this
week that brought employment up
to the largest total since the Eu
ropean war began. Admittedly the
foreign orders have been a ; big
f stimulating factor, - but benefits
began this eek to accrue in, lines i
wholly aepenaent - on aomestio
business., i Inquiries broadened no
tably, for instance, from the agri
cultural sections. This has braced
manufacturing and jobbing Inter
ests that had been held back, ow
ing to t gent rally - unsettled trade
conditions.
' - The volume Of business done in
the last fortnight will, ; in some
instances, exceed that Of the same
period in 1914. -
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Pro-Chautauqua testimony given by
the La Grande Observer: "The echoes
of Chautauqua continue to fill the air.
Almost every ? day - someone -quotes
from a lecture that was delivered."
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Delightful prospect ' suggested by
the Hood River Newer "Hood River
housewives now find canning season
upon them and storeroom - shelves are
being . stocked - with dainties for the
coming winter." . . , , '
Medford Sun: The supreme court
reversed itself on the first decision
in the cae of Dlggs and Camlnettl.
There is no record of the supreme
court reversing Itself on the decision
of a -man who stole a ham.
v The preliminary eteps in ' changing
the Klamath Falls Chamber of Com
merce, to a commercial club have been
taken. ; At a mass meeting to be held
in the -near future, -amalgamation of
existing . bodies . will be consummated.
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Thrpugh the district attorney's of
fice a campaign has been launched
to eradicate the Canada thistle in Linn
county. On a great many farm along
the South Kantian river east of Al
bany the work of destroying the this
tles is reported under way, j t;
"The increased patronage given the
Chautauqua this year," says the Pen
dleton EastOregonian. "Justifies the
belief that the entertainments will
grow in popularity to such sin extent
it will be easy to make the affair an
annual event for Pendleton.",
' Gresham Outlook: - Portland Is" lust
closing its last yeafe 4 schools today.
Those unhappy kids will all be voters
in a few years and will surely vote
to close their schools at the j same
time Gresham does; but they will have
to annex their old town to this one
with its more progressive laeas. .
POLITICS
board of commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, was assured that
he was : legally entitled to his place,
in a. recent - decision of the supreme
court Mr. Newman, a Tormer news
paper correspondent; : was appointed
to the place by President Wilson In
June, 1913. Objections were made
to his appointment on the . ground
that he was not a bona fide resident
of the district and efforts were Im
mediately . made by the" so-called
"home rulers ot the nation's capital
to have him removed. . The suit was
decided In the supreme court on the
technicality that the man who brought
it 'was not x"an interested person" in
the light of the law. Three justices
dissented from the opinion, which
was rendered by Associate Justice
Lamar. It is believed, however, that
the Incident is now closed and that
Mr. Newman will be permitted to fill
out his term. Newman first went to
Washington in 1910, but: was called
Out of the city on newspaper worlf in
191 for the presidential campaign.
Throughout the case he... contended
that this absence did not mean that
he had given up his residence in
the District of Columbia.
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O. E. Weller, former business part
ner of Senator Weeks of Massachu
setts, has .announced his candidacy
for the Republican gubernatorial nom
ination in Maryland. Mr. Weller will
probably be opposed by Phillips Lee
Goldsborough, the present governor.
Who was a recent Portland Visitor.
Mr. Weller and Senator- Weeks, who
is a "receptive candidate" for s presi
dent, were classmates at Annapolis
and later business associates!
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- Representative . A P. Gardner, of
Massachusetts, who Is the outstand
ing champion in congress of national
preparedness," has - challenged William
Jennings Bryan to a series - of joint
debates oh the subject of increasing
the national armament f 5
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v At the fourth annual ' congress of
Philadelphia's adult Bible classes,
held recently, plans were laid fpr the
organization of a religious-political
party with local option and commu
nity . betterment as its alms. : The or
ganlzation's slogan has .been an
nounced as "Knife the candidate or
politician, -without regard for; party
affiliations, who does not stand com
mitted unequivocally, for local op
tion." ... . ':..'. ? -:''!-.' ,
thousands of acres of it are located in
Curry county. I do not claim that all
of It is good farm land. Much of it is
back from settlements, - where there
are no roads, but much of it will be
farmed, and most of the balance will
be used for grazing. This is primarily
a dairy country, where the grass, is
green all' the year. Cheese, butter and
lumber are the' chief exports. The
lack of transportation has held this
county, back, so that it is muh;ilke
the Willamette valley was 60: years
ago. Deeded land can be purchased
from $10 to $16 per acre. MucbJ of
this ,land was taken as - homesteads
many years ago. The land alongside
the ocean. is level. Tnat, or a tue
farther back, is level in parts, and
there is broken or uneven land, covered
with alder and salmonberry brush. It
requires labor to clear It, but Is very
rich soli when brought into cultiva
tion, ' -",
To those Who wish, and do not ask
out of idle curiosity, I will give the
name's of parties who have more land
than they care to handle. Those who
desire to find out all about lands sub
ject to entry can do so by writing t
the Roseburg land office. ' i
I have lived in Oregon for more than
60 years, and I think I know, the coun
try pretty, well. I do not believe there
is a better place for a person of mod
erate means to locate. We have every
reason to believe that we will have a
railroad in the near future, and when
it does come, that moment land wlil
enhance in value several hundred per
cent. HENRY HEDGES. .
Why the Stigma? . . - "
Portland, July To the Editor of
The Journal There is. so much good
to be- done in this wide world,-1 can
not . see why the editorial in this
mnVi..' orni.n . -nut' . Th. !
Clark Wedding, should be couched
in such a strain. . All fair minded
people will present ': such V epithets.
However, CBiamp Clark and his God
fearing neighbors are- at peace, with
tbe world, which the Oregonlgn can
not say, and speak the truth. : Would
tp God the- Oregonlan could send a
reliable reporter to : Bowling ; Green,
Pike county,, Missouri. He 1 would
come back . reporting a different
-status of that country. He would
say.': "I I never - had better time ; In my j
lif ej All under the sun . to eat Peo
ple .industrious, open-hearted and hon-,
est attending ' to their own business, I
have no time to ; dwell on bow the.
people acted or conducted themselves
a, hundred years ago,"
The description of Bowling Green
Is partly borrowed, simply from vari
ous authors anything to belittle a
good class of people. I- appeal , to the
Missouri society of Portland i to re
sent such lnsulta
. .GEO. R. MOKEL
" Improved n Xatore.
"Professor.: you seem to be IntereMteA
in my Jelly cake?" - r ,
"Yes,", said the eminent geologist;
'roil .. seldom - Sea : surh rea-nla.i mtA
sharply defined strata." i - , -
"in gaaxx bats-
T Tt4 fcaotUy. SpaoiaJ StxI Writaa
v Th faaraal. '
. N. 'Am Fuller la a pioneer of Alaska
having gone to Alaska before it waa
known that there waa gold in Alaska.
He went there when Alaska was still
derisively called "Uncle Sam's Icebox."
He grubstaked Dick Harris and Joe
Juneau who discovered Tich quartz and
placer ground at what Is now Juneau.
He went to the Klondike diggings be
fore the general public woke up to
their richness. Recently we spent a
morning together on the porch of the
hotel at McKenzle Bridge talking over
old Alaska days and he told me of
some ot Alaska's historic gold rushes
or stampedes as the miners term thorn.
During the rush of 1897 two trails
were used one by way of Skagway, the
Other by way of Dyea.
The Dyea trail was most uaed and
thousands of adventurers packed up
the trail fordlna theDvea river, rtaes-.
lng the famous Flnlgan's Point and
pressing jpn through the canyon to
Sheep campi whence they made the
wearisome climb to the summit of
Chllkoot Pass. From there they went
to Crator Lake, Long Lake, Deep Lake,
Iake Llnderman and on to Lake Ben
nett where they came under the juris
diction of Canada as administered by
the northwest mounted police.
"I had lost one fortune made in
Alaska," said Mr. Fuller, "and I went
to-Dawson when there was only a
handful of log cabins to see If I could
make a new stake. ,1 went to work
with a pick and shovel J On Bonanza
Creek a $1.50 an hour until I got a
few dollars ahead. I had nof been
there long before I ran across Captain
John J. Healy. We had known each
other In Juneau and Sitka. Be asked
me what X was doing. I told htm I
was broke and ; was working with a
pick and shovel at $150 an hour. I
could hardly convince him that I was
telllpg him the truth. He said You
have no business to be handling a pick
and shovel, I want you to go to work
for me. . I am backed by the Cudahys
and I want you to buy claims for me.
I can trustto your Judgment. I wilt
give you half of all we make above
the price you pay for the claim.
"But suppose the claim turns out a
frost" I said. "I have lost your mon
ey. It is too big a risk for you to
take." '.;.'' '"- '
"Finally he said, You are making
$15 a day, I will pay you $26,000 a year
to represent me and buy mines subject
to my approval.'- I said. ' 'No, I won't
do that, but if you will pay me 10 per.
cent on all claims I buy for you I
will see what I can do." He said,
All right, but I think you are crazy
to turn down an offer of $28,000 a
year and go back to $16 a day with
the pick and shovel.'
"I. worked on a lot ot different
claims on Bonanza as a common labor
er to' size the claim up. I finally picked
out claim 27, 28 and 29 as. paYticularly
good buys. Captain Healy told me not
to pay over $460,000 for them. I paid
1825,000 cash for them " He paid me
my commission of $$2,500. Within five
months of the time he had offered me
$25,000 a year he had paid me $87,000
as commissions and I was my own
boss. He' made big money on the
claims I boueht for him.
"I took lots of chances and whenever
Z hftrd of a new strike 1 mushed out
witft my dog team to size It up and if
It was rich to try to buy the bt
claims. I put my commissions into the
purchase of claims. It almost seemed
as lf I couldn't go wrong in buying
claims. I bought one group of claims
for myself and they turned out very
rich. I sold them for $400,000. Cap
tain Healy said You couldn't lose,
money if you bought yellow dogs.' As
a matter of fact he was right in that
statement for threa months from the
time he made the remark the price cf
dotrs had more than doubled
"I spent 20 years at Dawson and
when. I made my cleanup and came
away I had enough money saved so I
could take a-little' time off and go
fishing, and take it easy. I happened
to be in the Dawson hotel when it waa
burned. I was in a room in the third
story. It burned- like an oilsoaked
matchbox. I was trapped so I had to
Jump 38 feet to the frozen ground. I
broke my knee and -my ankle. When
I came out of the hospital my leg was
as stiff as a broom handle. The doctor
said it would always be stiff. I didn't
like the idea of a stiff leg at all so
I went to San Francisco and. hunting
up the best surgeon in the city I had
him break my knee over and for four
months I had my knee bent every day.
It was a painful process, but at last
the injured member was as limber as
my"other- knee. .
"This idea that Dawson was a law
less place is all wrong. If a man
tended to his own business he need
never have any trouble. Of course. If
you drank and caroused with a tot of
other: drunken, men you "were apt to
get in trouble. I never had any trou
ble to amount to anything all the time
I was up there. The nearest I ever
came to it was one time when I was
getting my washing at the laundry. A
drunken man who had some Imaginary
grievance against me stabbed me in
the shoulder.- I caught him by the
throat and bent him over the counter
and beat him till he had a plenty.
Later he apologized for stabbing me
and thereafter was always a - good
friend."
A Clash of Wits.
From the Boston Transcript.
He I love you. i ,
SheBut I haven't a icent in the
world.. . i
He Excuse ; me. you didn't allow
. . . A 1.1.1. T !a. K
-She Sot " I only wanted to try
,you. I have a fortune of $50,000.
He-Yes, but you - interrupted me
again. I love you not for your
money's aake.
8 ho Well, I'm so glad. , for that
was only a Joke about the $50,000.
i " Fixing tlie Blame.
I IIe found his own front porch with
wonderful accuracy, navigated the
steps wth ' precision, and discovered
the keyhole by instinct. Once In ti
dimly lighted hall, there was an omin
ous silence followed by a tremendous
crash. ! '.''.':'- " M .
' "Whyswhat has happened, Henry?"
came at voice from- above;
"It's I all right, Mary, but I'll I'll
learn those gold fish to snap at me!"
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