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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23,. 1015.
"T II 7 t j r) k i At- ' Mserenta,. ere spending money ; In some central ; body instead of In
i r1 C- . JvJ vJ iSIN'aL-' ke proportion, and M., Sembat local boards as at present.
r.
.' ('KMifl ...
asks: . There has been some agitation
pumuw How wilt it be possible Jo pay . the ' to have v thev state convention re-
vu ,.,P. 7 df , contrcted r . th Merest on 8t0red by constitutional mandate
. ettrr nir morning at Th Jmiroai Build the loans ana at the same time kep as a vfth if 1ft fnr nartv nominations.
up tostty Armies ' and fleets as 1 in
Li.iuieij t tt.w KMt')ffH' (i Fortland, Ot. tw the past without renouncing expendi
iranxntMiun tbrwjgh . mail imI turet for ccial reforms ehtch.lm-
-i.t.. ucftr. -..-.-. ..".. - it,. , , ,; . . ... ....
iwnc uiriimwTt's t loony - upon : au cv
' While nearly all the leaders ' be
rlieve that the, convention Is to .be
preferred as-a nominating medium
; it ,.- is not likely that the suffrage
ll.i.t.VHoyv.Aiina n3: ;u.uie a-mu ah , nized peoples?
?jrXZS ZZrZZt. ; -The answer Is' that it will not committee will recommend any
fotitio.t jviKna:N uKi'HEsfwrATivB be possible, . Europe Is mortgaging drastic change.1 .
Jtiimojiu a K'otoor a.. ni)ifUk Biu..ithe future with a - debt' that no ' 'An educational test for voters
?& miff;, AV,c'w Y,f; Vul' " 1 method or financing . can unload -will likely Jie ' defeated. , Capital
Sutmrrii.tlou trtt, bf KU wr t. uj no- OL"J mil ClYHlzauon to progress. ...t'twoaamcni, tih lcl,a.iiv.
it nas been pointed out that theT
in favor of such action,, for they
see in it their- only probable
chance of defeating prohibition la
the Ions run, ; '.'
The . Chicago situation is sig-i
- i. v . ft ft. , v- .a . .
WHY THE CLOCK OF -THE
ARTS HAS STOPPED
,THB MAJESTIC-WOMAN
dreK lit tint UuitfU Stale or Urxlea
scxnT - ! plus wealth to carry out plans fori
,....'2.s ontb....;..t., ?." social, hygiene, for scientific re-j
"JVkMrl :.. VfoarclVand bringing happiness
into ine lives or human beings. v- (
- The loss of life In this' cause-'
lesa war - fs staggering. - The mort
gaging of the :. future of every
parent and child in every belliger
Cj ?tar.
f'. njf ttat.
IiOV-I'RICEl) TEXT BCM)ICS-
T
HE state 'of Calffornia prints
its own - text books for, the
schools. In round nnmbers.
last . year -n the saving ?over
what would, have been paid at pub
lishers' prices was $257,000. i, .Such
is the statement of John P. Neylan,
ent 'country and, the dooming of chairman of the state board of con-.
that future to a life of toil' to pay
trol.
war debts 13 appalling.
California has been printing text
IX, UNION
4t
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.'books "since 1886. and has been
..supplying them. free to pupils since
America asks nothing for- her
sMf but what she has alright to
ask for humanity itself. '
. WOODROVV WIL.SON. , '
9
1913..:, Originally the: teachers in
HY does not , the Colum- California" public schools : wrote the
bia river ; get its full text - and the state printing office
share of commerce?" produced the" books. Thia method
i Inquiry is to be made. : waa so unsatisfactory hnt u wan
IL will be a formal and searching abardoned in 1903. when lhe aUor
investigation or the question. ? Iney general ruled thatK although
. ;For the first time in : history, .' text ?jooks must be - printed at the
Astoria and Portland, the two most state nrintina. office, the subiect
t Important cities:pn the , Columbia, ! matter may be secured outside the
win join in a proue -to rind -out state. '
about things deeply vital to both. : in order to select from the best
The Chambers of Commerce of the text books on the market, the state
two . cities will lead the Inquiry: , board of education obtained from
Each-has appointed a committee to various publishing houses the use
take part in the Investigation. andot piates on a royalty, basis.Mriig
In Joint meeting : of these commit- ; arrangement proved much -more
ve iu luyuiry wm ue .rosecuiea. eatlsfact6ry, and resulted In a great
It Is a splendid move. The Jour-Jy reducsd cost of books, due parti
nal hfts Jong contended that there !y to competition among publishing
is no divided interest in the Co- houses. The selection of; books
lumbia river, that- every city and , waa made by expert8 employed by
all the cities along the river have a tne 8tate board of education; and
common rnMrn. ; anrl that liv . n 1 . .... . . .
nf nnsitlnn hv; WaititnvMn in : : 7 ' : Bmio uosrQ oi ancnuon. gave
?LlZ&J?lJll,'t cooperation, the benefit, of ifinal approva,. Contracts with
nZu.fa,:: Ca.n F?'-ye. 'Publishers usually required dupll-
further objection to submarine;, JOUf'.a8 voicea tni. aoc- categ together with such changes of
i""," :l,"tJi J trine' and in the .movement for co.;texts were recommended. " ;
" Ood "hH made no one abso
lute. The rk-h depend on the
; poor, as well as the' poor, on
the rllu The world is but a'
magnificent : building-; . all the
stonea are frradually cemented
toffethpr. : No . one Bubvlsts by
himself : alone. Feltba in. ,
T
THE 'AMERICAN NOTE
HERE Is a 'generous' change
S
from tbe Botm Globe.
GERMAN- composer, once wrote
music 'drama tn the strain :- of
northern . mythology to thow peo-
THREE FRIENDS
By Samuel T. Coleridge."
HALL a wife" be. paid a salarylple how the old order chartgeth," and
" for her services in the home? how the great , heroes' and demigods
The question is answered in . who once ( Inspired men's ' deeds and
.- a ; leading article in the August ; kindled their imaginations are sooner
Mother's magazine by Darra More, or later overwhelmed ; by new events.
whose career as a writer began ca
The: Journal. ' ,The reply is an ' em
phatic negative. The woman who
does her, work in" life because she
loves to do her work .has no Inter
est in 'compensations - To. demand
salary is to admit that the wife is
not ; on . an 'economic footing with
new heroes, a-rising- generation. ""Got
terdsmmerung." "Night Falls on . th
Gods,", h called the plece.j, It is now
playing, Europe Its stage. Nations its
persona of the drama, .and artillery Its
Orchestra. ' - ' u '
, Meanwhile, another night has fallen
on the god- the gods of the arts and
OW seldom, Friendt- a good great man inherits ,
Honor or wealth, with all his worth and pains.
It sounds like stories from the land of spirits. -
If any man obtain that which he merits
Or any merit that .which he obtains. -
H
For shame, dear Friend! renounce this canting strains .
.What would'st thou have a good great man obtain?
. Place -titles salary 4; gilded chain - v
Or throne of corses which his sword hath slain? ,, ;
; Greatness and goodness are-not means, but ends!
Hath he not always treasures, always friends,
The good, great man! These treasureslove and light,
And caMm thoughts regular as infants breath,' - -'
And three firnvfriends, more sure than day and night
Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death. ( ,
nerj ; husband.. . The woman wno '. sciences, it - is , a curious ; spectacle
asks for ; a salary 't or doing her Jhy s present; Eminent actors, inter-
work in. the home cheapens herself erupted midway In a classic drama by
THE LORD'S. PRAYER'S PLURAL PRONOUNS
warfare provided that warfare beinnn... ; t j a
r.nnrttitor aiinrHr int,.. ! .. .. . t Mate text DOOK3 are sold to-deal
r. . w, . on ine t commanamg l8Sue or . why faM tho na o
" IS 8, near COnceS- i hX. PnlnmhiA' X Mmmorro hoa Tint :
, .ft, - " " -..i...WW ,
conducted
tional usage.
sion in:that the note of Mav isth1.i. - ; - . a P"ce oasea on .tne royalty paid
declared that "It Is practically im- 't 2mon of even "reater and th-e exPense ot manufacture.
. possible for the officers of a sub-' moments d Thighe successes tJ aDd ere to be sld to the children
marine to visit a merchantman at meTn the future .at COst' ' oweyer.-.the law, as is
sea and examine her papers and t Th- rnlnmMa ; aa Wa loften tne case' was fl,agrantly yto
cargo" and that "It is nracticallv L . e;C?lnmbIa ;riVer and Its p" lated. This, together with methoda
It-lbtaSolV bl!fnrsOUST:r:cVteirvy'in USe at thS Etat6 Minting. office,
prize of her. and ir they cannot i gff- tLJn nir i w placed an UDjuSt burden on the
put a prize crew on board of her, ! llf' C? G,adr ISfin 'chIIdren- In spIte of the alnises'
they cannot sink her without leav SSl JjS Th'the prIce of b0ks was StiU Under
lag her crew and . all on board of : Ta ast uSuS ro every cUy tthe PublIsherS f!ure8
her to the mercy of the sea in her I n he'"ver and every city on he An aCt f tbe 1911 ,leSl8latare
, small, boats.". In a more emphatic i veV he creation of a state
expression, ahe same nota.sald: i lyAli ca , " vl. '? ''b cn"nud i board of control of three members.
.Manifestly submarines cannot ha f r"n ZTZ :' act by the tie W .board was
UB. v -v .., , ... . V .-,:.:-. fta I with : Inef a llatinn'- nf tha tlon.
The changes re-
. . aaralnst . merchantmen, as the
last;.' few ; wppks have hnrn, With
out an Inevitable : violation of many
sacred : principles of justice and hu
menlt.Vft , ,. - -;.
Tbe new note recedes from this
position, and says;
, The events of the past two months
have clearly Indicated that it is po
AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE '
ham cost system.
E
doced ; the average . cost ot text
EXTREME conserVaf ism 'tpnd. books 42 per cent. "
ing .towards the reactionary f At tne general election In 181J
seems to be" the ""dominant tne constitution of the, state was
nnt.A in tho nrnnaaAintr - f ' amended to reorganize the I. state
hlbfe and practicable to. conduct such hA .nvnttrri' fm,.iir.n ; board' of control and to establish a
SS'irSierlt: constitution for the stateof New fem ol 'free - text books,. The
rfHai;-Oermai navy within'' the so- York.- - Of; such? doctrines as the "ree text books system became op
calied war stone in substantial ac- initiative an rcfprpnrium un. tha erative - January 15. 1 9 13.' ?. During
otq win uxt accepted practice or recan therp la K(.aprpiT n plhn -the following six months 359,634
tesrulatt-d warfare. .The-whole world Tecau 18 arceiy, an echo. hooka and 1 1 R 2 ennv
has- iookl with interest and in- says a review of the work already oouna dooks ana r ii,J! copy
creased sutisfartion' at the demon- done. ' " - v ?t-.: ; books were distributed, ? the latter
uratlon of that .possibility by ,or-,. Preeminent in . the Dreliminarv i at a distribution cost of one half
man naval -commanders. It In maul- " , ' p " 1 rpnt aCh ' ; ' '
ieKly. possible, .therefore, to lift the deliberations have been the q-ues-p ' t y, VfMi r ion
whole practice of submarine attack tloas ,of court reform, reorganiza- f, """" tne.f,.Jt.1',
tt..uvr uie triunsm which 11 nas nn f ik n.fn .;,, t.io uiomuuvcu "u i u ,-
....ft.. ' a 0w . .ft.ft,, X ftv IF1 ..... ,n1J J-to f
.' A V CI C DV1U iv- ucaiio. il 1 CLV.
aroused, and ; remove ; the chief causes
i fir m a in y n o iiiiri tot oni riena rvc.
x o.inse. . . -- "r- h"" r 7,a -' schools and others. , The actual
.The new utterance is a frank m.''by cost is now a,' trifle
and open concession to Berlin.' The municipalities . . .
, : The distribution ; is governed by
requisitions, specifications .; and
.utterance in the first note was the
result of Berlin's own claims that
. submarine tomnxanders could . not
f Visit and fiarch' - inpi-chiintmoTi anr
i ii w turiuer- result or tne practice r,
of'&iich fnttimsnrfcr. in nfiicni m ' The opposition
. . ... ..ftftW.UK,
Woman suffrage ha3 ceased to
be . an issue -since both parties
have narepft' ithnt .' thla niiach'nn
shall be-submitted separately by necessary statistics supplied by city
v, - - - and county , superintendents. In
California there is strong approval
and her, position;" and such a worn
an has neither .influence nor stand
ing. .-The wife without-influence ill
the . home is a - mere, servant, - a
drudge. ' ' '
. A ; true wife is , not dependent
upon her husband. , She does as
much toward the malting .of the
joint Income as he does, and she
rejeeives a fair division from, the
profits of the partnership. The ar
tle continues: - - .
' jwomen who" turn their ,: homes' Into
beautiful places,, where harassed. . and
wirnout husbands may? find peace and
Inspiration; v- women .who keep .their
hi)tbanda! up to . tfi mark mentally
and- physically.;'..- women who, "when
failure or disappointment -comes help
men - to ' accept. . It as an -. Incentive ' to
greater - achievement- talk . not; of sal
artoa. rlKhts. nor drudgery. - . i. -
jThey are women, who are . doing big
work, a -noble -work.j; work ' that can
orjiy ; be' scheduled as that of a- part
ner - or director In- the business of
life. . -
: I In 'such homes the wife' does not
tUlnk of pay, for working overtime
a murderous brawl in their audience,
at which they ., are compelled to look
Charles Ktelzle in ; Philadelphia North
American. -
Today, i in . thousands of churches
on. helpless and stultified; some leap- throughout " Und; millions of, men.
i i t'. - -w . jwomen and children will repeat the
ing in to fight, some yellowing par- lj0rQ. Praye The nave Den doing
tlsan fury, some chattering and scold- 'it ; for many years. So familiar have
Ing, some silent In pity, or horror, or ; the words become that they , scorn to
mockery, -or cold- disgust.' '.-.A:v:- i- read. It. -from the prayer book orUht
i.j- i . . - order of . service: They prefer to- look
toward the altar or the pulpit and re
A distinguished European physicist ipeat It-from memory. No( passage of
man' of international repute, who scripture, no responsive 'reading, no
can subdivide atoms and explore the form f ,Pu'lc worship- has so .lm
. ... .. . j pressed itself- upon the minds of the
Infinite has written to an American ipeople a this prayer. Even the ehil
scjentlst In effect as -follows:; t- ; yidren In the public schools may repeat
'"My laboratory v la paralysed. My" .It. without objection, because Protest
assistants are In the trenches, dying 'n J?10"?, and Jw alike can un'la
. . . . . . i.in this petition..., , .- .
or dead. My colleagues are dispersed.'). . . ... v:.-; -j
dead in battle, or unable to fix-their j But what Is the real significance of
minds on work. .' The toll of my whole , this prayer? How and when, should U
life Is frustrated; my project. her
come to nothing. Nothing Is Jeft for m trouble and when caamity overtakes
me but to offer myself, and let- a 'silly
millet end it.'
End what? ' - End . the activity ; of a
marvelous brain mechanism which It
took 49 year of the- hardest, mental
labor to build one of those priceless
Tiere is no demahd for an fight-! scientific - brains the brain of a Wilbur
nour day ana advance of wages, vvnsrnr, a iouis -asieur, m i nomas
The home is a partnership, the ef-' Edison a pure flame of sovereign tn
rorts of both husband and wife are ! tellect. Snuff It out with "a silly
a boonerative society with eaual dl- bullet,"
vi$ion of profits for the 'stockhold
ers or member units.
iTkn ai.lt cava .'T'h.
bi . an; o( aa. iuc anci age.
And the living? Where . 'are - noSr
those paintings, . statues, books, plays.
bride would start out with the idea operas ; and symphonies . which," at
thjat she is the working wife of a Jtheirf irst ,; appearance' on two eon tl
working man, rather than a superior ' nents, . had - become "world events?
bCjing ,of unusual beauty and ultra- J Dead I silence. , Where are . new . plays
rejflnement, .who , should be waited 'from Sundermann,. Hauptmann, Wlde
upon and showered with money orklnd? Wliere Is, that overdue opera
itij equivalent) her attitude would 'from ' the pen of Richard Strauss?
gO a long way "toward Bolving the ( Anatole France", a government clerk!
mpney " problem ani lessening the! Has Bodin the heart these, days to
n timber of, 'divorces. It adds: 'ply- his -cnisel?; Where -are our. new
The momentous question -seems to sympTionies from Vincent - d'Indy or
beL not have you a good husband, but,1 Claude Debussy,-or fromVthat great
hqw much money, has he? How much ' Flnn, Jean SlbeUus?2 Henri Bergson.
does - he llw you for spending - J1,, ... ... ...
money? What are you getting ut of the .PWoplier. wrestling with the
him? . ' ; ' .-. .; -.-.jangreJ tn a desperate effort to wring
, .When woman comes to realize that ora philosophy out of war; Eugene
Jfth ar0n,5i,h.er i-'BrteUx. instead of -writing new plays,
bands business office, and thati-njje Is , , . . .
a help or hjedrairee to that, businessr ,lcturlng aboyt his old ones. Poor
as! she Is either a competent or lneom-t Romaln -Holland, he - that wrote, 'a
patent wife; wha girls are taiieht to-maim
distinguish between essentials and , . .
non-essentials v- whfn women- takt v lty'",""w""' "w "
for granted that they bave something mans, that , their destinies were union, ;
toi give, rather than something to sell; even as their rivers meet in the same
when the ilogan In : raatrimonv
when brid;rbegm ;to glve"-to"imar: neicr the enemy." and steadfastly f nV ot
riage, far more than they ask of It 1 "seeking, beneath the ruins those rare ,,,, i ki, 1,1 ww b
then "dollars for arudgery''. will be as hearts remainliTg ; faithful to the an- far. in arithmetic as the guzzintas-
them. Let's look at a few of its peti
tions: , , v ' "
- Our Father who , art In heaven,
' -'Hallowed be thy name. ,
Thy kingdom come;
- Thy wlll. be done on earth as it is in
heaven. t
Give us this day our daily bread; '
Forgive us our trespasses; ,t " ,
Lead us not Into temptation. :-.:-:.y:
- Do you notice -that - there Isn't- a
single' 'I" or, -my" in the entire pray
er? It is "our Father" to whom-we
pray,- and the petitions are all in be
half of "us.'- Not- 'glve me this' day
my daily bread,"- but "give us this day
our daily' bread.".; Not ; 'forgive . me
my trespasses'- but "forgive ub our
trespasses.)' - Not' "lead - me not into
temptation,' but '"lead no not into
temptation." -r You cannot prav , this
prayer for yourself alone; you must
come ' bearing the . burdens of your
brother, presenting them to your com
mon Father, as well as your own. "I
will not see thy, face, except thy broth
er be with thee," may be IKerally ap
plied to you when - you come into the
presence of Ood, and pray the Lord's
Prayer. ' Furthermore, bo far as we
know, , this is . the only . prayer that
Jesus ever taught his disciples..
.They had observed that it was after
he had spent time in . prayer to God
that his power seemed greatest. They,
too. wanted" this, power, and so they
came to him with the request - "Lord,
teach us to pray." ' And so he taught
them this wonderful petition. , "After
:- "la xastT ukrr
Trj tlif. SpocimJ tx.'t VTrXlmr !
Hohn Y. Todd lives at RoaeburK. A
-yh..r "so we at on a bench to
gether where we could see the rounded
fhA t?aTk??UB "" town au.l
the flash, of the sunlight on the rif-
l, ?,ny VmW nd he told
or his boyhood duvs. "Ves I am a
.outherner." he aid. "You could tell
VLlr. 7 ?-y nam- My rather wa
born in Kentucky and was eeconl
cousin to the Miss Todd who becama
the wife of Abraham , Lincoln. Mv
mother was born In Tennessee ' I am
f.3.?.? 'd: tn'1". 1 w"l be on the
thirtieth of next October. Jn 17
when I was 17 years old, 1 was a
civilian employe of the itrmr. 1
teamster under Sterling Price. Tha
iiiexitan war was beinjr fought. Prie
was with his regtme't in New Mexico
itie quartermaster at. Fort Lfavcn
worth sent ne and the other team
sters .with supplies to Colonel Price.
We met him on. the way. Wu left the
supplies at Bante Ke and I was sent
down near the Mexican border to Ret
some work-cattle. Later I ' reported
at Port LeHVenworth and was paid off.
sterling I'rlce became a Keneral in the
Confederate army. . The . Prices wer
neighbors of ours In Missouri. There
were three of the brothers 1 knew wll
feterllng Price.-Pugh Price and John
P. Price.
"When I was 18 1 went to work for
a firm In MUouri that manufactui e l
fanning mills to clean Kraln. I worker!
for them till the eprlng of 1S50 when,
with three other young fellows. 1
started with a six mule team for Cal
ifornia. Kli McRae, M. Cobuttt and
Crockett Hamlin were the three young
fellows with me.
-."In the summer of. 1851 I came to
Oregon. I came to. Astoria on the Co
lumbia and from Astoria to Portland
I came on the 'Lot Whitman,' I went
out to Yamhill county and went 'In
work at 1125 n month for Odel and
Orton. They ' made fanning mills at
Rogers' Landing as Newherg w
called in those days. After a year
me plant was moved to Lafayette and
a branch factory was started at Starr'
f-Vhitll- i riftftf ..nlla,l &1An.-. K-.. .
i nr i V-'"""-. t'yr '-Mn me spring of 1853. 1 came down to
inclination Jo cooperate with others in (Umpqua county and helped Ktart a
removing these and , other evil may i branch plant at Camas Swale, now
be responsible for their presence. "No j called Sutheiiln. I sold the rirnt fan
man liveth unto himself." Th evils ( ning' mill to be lined in Umpnua
in question- may , not seem to affect ' county. I sold It to Old Man Coodell on
you,. but they do. They may . not af-j Pass Creek in the foothills of the Cal
fect you in just the -way that " they aiooya mountains. I Rot $125 for it.
affect others who come into more im- ( "The Rogue river war In 18D5 broke
mediate contact with them. But some ' UP our ' fanning mill plaht. I wuh
day, when your own heart la at the s employed to purchaae horten, tnulc-w.
breaking point when you feel the need ! foraxe . and supplies for the st.-ite
of comfort because of great affliction troops. I'paid for them in scrip. I.uter
--and you appear before the giver of j you could buy up this kci Ip at ftoni 30
all comfort, your prayer will have to to 50 tents on the dollar. I drove 'up
be. first of all for forgiveness be-3 oni stock to Walla Walla ami while
cause of. your neglect of -others when ' there I etilltited in Captain A. J. Hetn-
thls manner pray ye," he began. It
may not; be necessary always to utse
the same words that Jesus taught his
disciples. But whatever the form of
the words; the manner, the spirit, murt
be always the same.
In countless ways tbe Bible teaches
men their -social responsibility. .''No
manllveth unto himself,' is another
familiar scripture verse. No matter
how much you may seek to evade your
social obligations, you nevertheless in
fluence those about you if not for
go.od, then for ill. Every employer of
labor, every, working man and woman,
every clerk, 'every, bookkeeper; every
body It dpesn't matter who you may
be, nor. what you work at. nor where
you work everybody Is exerting some
kind of an influence, which Is either
marring the life of somebody else or
making- It better.
- And this refers not merely to those
influences which affect the moral
character. - You i are responsible. In a
way, -according to the extent of your
influence, for the way your neighbors
live and work as well as worship.
Your voice and your vote may help de
termine wnetner bad social and vile
they- needed you.
bree's company.
I 'was In cTnpnearby when Can-
And when ' you pray this Lord's ta,n IleTTllree waa killed and scalped
Prayer you ask God to forgive you "a 1 t,' '"olans on the ninth of April,
we forgive those who trespass against i 18ii6' Wa brought his body into camp
us." That is. in - the same manner and wpre going to. bury htm there In
And Jesus made this solitary comment tl" Yakima country. Colonel "oi
after he had taught this prayer "For melius said to me "Uon't you suppose
if you forgive not men their trespasses, f 3f,u co1,lld Jak? llt i o(,y J?om to,
how can your Father forgive. you your folkf, in Vamhiir countyr -, I said t
treKnasspov" . t- - I would try. We fixed up a litter of
would try. We fixed
fa and i
on two mules, tandem fashion.
Therefore, when, todav. von rrt )OI,, and S"ny sacks ana n??ed it
. It might be well i "'
Tonce Over
' BIT TUE.X LAflFriVM
cry from -the Middle Ages. .
IT SIGNIFIES IUCH
i - -
F
clent- Ideal of human " brotherhood."
He, at least,-has "kept his soul clear
from hate,, ' Maeterlinck. - the Belgian
of Republican: . . , - ... J .-.u
1 - .""-- Jl.-ft ' ,V 1 ...I - Ul UIB OJOICUI Vll OLIUUUI ,.UIC
at cord . honftrnhatsnt tKaa , ,,.,,! delegates from the rural sections L.. ....
,will probably defeat the short bai- iloV eOSt. M
oorationS fnr lot 'proposition for political reasons." "arr"y Vt ,lu"n5 r
opt rations , Tor 1 . ,hmii, ' ."'. otherwise,-there is room in Oregon
hs hvA- chown 11 is .likeij, though, that' a -shorter ..j.., ,v: a
... . " :- . ."HlolUI-'.llinMa rftftT , . iUl U U tl ,UU Ul IUC WCl Ul-ieil
at trie navai commanders can ob-, a.u aU.suo.b fe
rve the usages : Of warfare, and be PTldcd for. Under the .t b
'recoenition.rtf th p.rm9n "short ballot, as the term Is gener-!
ROM a commercial standpoint dramatist, is a man r without a coun-
Skamania county,- washing- ( try. a playwright without a stage,
ton, "Is tributary to Portland. . and. without the; heart ; to write for
. and for that reason 'there one if he had it. Gorkyhas appar
considerable .' local Interest ientlyi gone home to Russia to die.
i0 the fact" that the county -has Henry James' writes letters about am-
recently voted to - issue - bonds in . milance funds. , In England John 'Qals
tlfe sum Of $210,000 for the,' pur- worthy, Arnold; Bennett, Jerome K.
pose Of " constructing - a highway Jerome, Gilbert Chesterton, 1 H. G.
along the' Columbia' river, connect- rWel Is. Sir James Barrie, Gilbert Mur
ing with the road-'systems of ; its ray. Bernard Shaw are all pamphlet-
! . . j. a. . a . J ." ...
Jieignnors, tjiarne on tne- auu , eering or silent. Asked if Mr. Shaw j r "But said the. little girl "I dcrn't
Kllickitat -on the east. " 'j had been squelched by the war of- need to tell her, ""-
When the road is completed a flee, a friend reported: '"No. - Only too
large territory will be brought "in- disgusted to speak..: Stephen Phillips
to closer connection "with 'Portland .essayed a war play, by reports a
Whether by public printing or ! oer ' the. interstate bridge.. The dismal affair. r
road will also oe a link in an. 1 pi- f 4 t .,"
nkvttn vf V cr uro v r-n tY ir AX 4 onin rr ; wvt- i. iui - . . a. -
pJi tarn, " j , v" .nAv . v.u.aUe . -a j iifry - ivfety savjiig iua.i WW tli C . IW i - - - . . , "
ten side of the -river paralleling near the-events for the W of art ant L Z . Zl
o.r Columbia River ; highway.. s and literature to secure focus. They "and
It will bridge tne . present , gap said It - of Mr. Phillips'. . uninspiring one heard."-'
many little stories have come to me
about little boys and girls. -;
f For instance there was the little
girl who had. a dream a very, vivid
dream in which she and her .Aunt
Nellie were- the principal actors. .
- and In the morning she told her
grandma all about it. ...
- and,' her' grandma - said "Well-1
think you'd better run right over
and tell Aunt Nellie." ; - , v '.
And the little girl said-"AVhat .do
I want to tell Aunt Nellie for?"
and her ? grandma Baid so f- that
Aunt Nellie would know about , the
dream. 1
and steps snouid he;taken
bring It abovt.
G
f. TfVShe was In It.; ,
, H And there's 1 Bobble Grim who
lives out at : Oak Grove and plays
with Buddy- and lean. - ,
and he went to Stokes' store with
his mother to get some sliced ham.
CHICAGO ASH L1QVOR.
ROWTH of the , temperance
sentiment is " illustrated by
the -fact that 'next April Chi
cago .will vote on the liquor
plan , from which so much was hoped.
- We have been n.ccustnmd -for man v
between Prindle and White Sal-, war play; they said it of certain f wMamma that" ham's got a knot ?Tar8 ,eon Pa" of the Mos
non and Will . open 'up , a. fertile young French painters who tried their In it! - - . - ' ;. i aTansc?ep?a7ceff adTom hrUtia";
teciiuu LiiiiL uuw ;,4tns ucteioir urusfiesai me iron, anu zouna noin- . una ins- mammi . wugu, ) - 'nations in rnaterial things accornpan
rent for Jack or , better transpor- ,ing to paint but foul ditches. and dead ,
r protection
But submarine
the past: twti, month
that
serve
in recounitlon, of th German ri. sno" ianoi.as tne term is gener
sire, it Is made dear by Washing-"al,y lultlerst?0(1 ,OTV tQe governors-
ton "that submarined warfare on4 v ana. "tenant governor are elec
basis that will iiorinva.de the riht- :-"v-Some.-adyocates. would also?
of- neutrals wtlj not be obif ctiori-' &dd - 1 attorney general and the
able. ; .'State controller, J
mw.' ..-'....(.. ! tn Mfftrmlni' IHs etflto'e flntinnial
4. ue luuieaaiuu win nave a nnw- i , - - ."uuvii ,
erful enect in Germany. The- one Sl"841 'the advocates - of reform, 1 question. ' There "is actually Ho be
thiHg- that . Beriin can -point to on las in the case fof the short bal- a ' test between the wets and .dry
the sea as proor of xlerman achiev6-1 ,ot' will. . have ..vigorous, .opposition..-, in , the -country's : second -ctty,-5 which
mejit is. her submarine activity. itifr,m tne standpat .element among bad a population of, 2,185,283 in
is achievement, whateverIts va!ue) tne Republicans.; The political , 1910.;
in effective results, that is precious boss ls .naturally; anxious that the . The test of sentiment will -be
to the German people-as compensa-1 rawmaking body: should not be dls- especially interesting because Chi
tion for ' the fact that" the German ' turbed 'In ita present control of the 'cago is one of the world's great
battleships, and .cruisers are con-1 hndget-making and- that: log-roll-; cosmopolitan cities. la 1910 only
fir.ed to the Baltic and the Kiel ing; remain possible. v . - ' J20.5 per .cent of the, people were
canal. ; aud the German merchant I If the advocates of reform, sue-. native born: 41.8 Der cent were of
'.ki. v, ift . . . . ... feed , In rettlnjr thir .nlan thrnnvh., - J j. . .. - .
cuijo uaic . ..uccur uikcii iruui mo o . r ..u.wunu fiujeigu-i vr -iiiiiva pareuiuge; -:ai.-frl
seven seas."1...." Because of "this' lt will .mean that the budget will -per cent were foraicrn bcrn. and withe
changed attitude at Washington, be initialed byt the governor and per jcent were negroes.V These fig-- tri of automobile tourists
g human issue In this war. ' Buskitk because
ybody 'overanxious to find fl LISTEN HERE NOWT-
mended by the governor. - - - ta -.,, rn , m .., ii)P,tPr ' . tWIW" crum or-comiort. ir such, - ":
t Tne strcnirth of the nolltiHan U ,i t-. . l n " 1 I x., iv.- . .i on inere naa Dn' now Quickly it
to Ask t.nAif Vh'aa. ".r.. " picked out a couplo of men to go with
In- t apifiQhiv r r.,-i iJ T ' me and we struck out. -George Olds
whethr VnC!T Hen7 Hbert,tthe ollet
forgiveness forour brother, t J iZ&r&r
.'..'.,-'. j eat "on the way out and for a wfek or
upon , the t earths .' irmissible i by more we lived on a diet of strnlsiit
crowned heads, that means., . ..,,'v . Jiorse JueaU. .Jtlsn'i had if . you haven't
oucn growin or tne ideal or liberty ' ROt anytning cibc,
as exists 'in the world; today is- due
to our national . existence as the ex
emplar of liberty. Forward looking
souls have always ' kindled : tha-ir
VWe -..had. to l;iy on, the Washlnc-
ton side of the river across from' The
Dalles all - day- sit the water was too
rouph to risk Mending a canoe acrosw
torches . at our fires. Traces of ruir ; for us Wo crossed that "night and re
freedom are seen in Persia, in Russia i ported to Major Mailer in command rf ;
in Turkey, In China brought 'thither i the troops at The Dalles. Us had'al
by those who have sojourned with- us ! large wooden coffin made and out ;
awhile and have tasted our liberty"-CaDta,n "embree s body in and -filled
and have not been content1 until thev""u 'olt(, wltb Ue BS to kp u U,UI
broua-hf some - s-itmn.. it ' we could , get to Yamhill county. We
ineir brethren in bondage .
America is not pro-thlsv nor pro-that,
but always and -everywhere and only
pro-treeaom
took the -'body aboard the little
steamer Mary and-went as far mm Ujc
upper Cascades. We waited two thfn
t,L rot miland. Finally we crossed by. canoe 'to
portaged . t he
ion! ICm Dly4and gratefully, as guards iu board Captain , KIHbtirn's sallln,-
ii'iwiiin wiucn snail vet ., i n,i ,.,. t,i it.. ,.,,.. ....
steamer Fashion ut the Ixjwer Cas
cades. General Scott, of Mexican war
lame, -was aboard, . He had come, tip
from the Pretldlo at tSan Francisco on
a tour of Inspection and had Ju.t.
inspected the block nouse at the Css-
cades. We accompanied the body to!
Portland and there I secured a hu k
and drove out to Captain Ilembree's
farm near Lafayette. He had the larg
est -funeral 1 had ever seen up to that
time. There must have been nearly a
thousand people in the funeral ro
cession." -"'-."-..-
nesmsPZVPind 'seVXY ri"' the"" Oregonslde .Z"
?h!f "I'l "ail.V,?.nLw.:r.ell'Ody t.o and one-hlf
ians
prove to be the healing of the national
irom 'all their self. Inflicted wounds;
'. Failure of the Jihad Call. .. .
Rev. George F. Herrigk, In Review of
': ...''..-Reviews.:; . c ' ;
The. men in the government saddle
at Constantinople last November issued
A call -to Moslems everywhere to' rally
in revolt against their alien ru'.-rs.
The tall -was, lwt in .the air.. It met
WHi response nowhere. The frantio
effort failed utterly, it is important
for us. - if it be possible, to find " the
jKai meaning oi mis outcome of a
ttion facilities. . l, bodies, -which they rejected, aiid gave! 11 And then there s Keith Greenwood
The proposed road means much up la disgust- -They said It; but the ZJSSt t
t Portland, which will derive a truth lay elsewhere. Peep down in and Keith has a little sister---substantial
benefit - from" it. .Not their hearts : these men of ; first-rate J Kathertne who can walk. ; ; '
only does It bring Skamania county , minds know that' the motives under- I ." .an Bert has a little dog with a
I ftt, A ft. l.i.i. tt ftVftjvftn.'M . w n . I a . al- a . . . , ,:....-...... . ' . . . '
usjci uuv i. uticua iue , lying : ima struggle, are,, material, n . nervous tail. ' - ; -v ,
They know this", ' or , they f f And Keith'a father Was trying to
rich Klickitat -valley,
OCR NEW SUBURB
A
FORERUNNER- of what, the
Columbia , r River highway
means is already being rec
ognized i at,: Hood River, -says
Hood River New
! not sordid.
j smother' uneasy suspicion of it under keep cool with the lawn, mower. ?
excess or partisan" clamor.-t It lurks ; i ana ne neara inem laiKtng.- (. . ;
i below, a guilty secret. .' ".Civilization" and - Keltiv. said "My kid sister
"kulture," "future of humanity." "na-i -. h can; walk pretty good now.- :
tional existence' If none of ; these ' and ert ld "Go on my dog
.. ,- . . , . . . . , can .wal twice as good--as your kid
vague slogans entirely satisfy the be-. SK,Tr,f K
therft eh on id nnrl dnnhtlrsa vlll h SUOmittC.a lO tne legislature. Which-; itrpe. r- col.nMa. ' n .'v.Ai,flor,:ft !p?.:in!? everv rlflv. m
----- . " - - ,v, . . - -..... ... . . . .... w- .t. wuyvvviuji a.---- . i -- . fty. ,ftMbft7,( inaini-in
in snita nf Iho lilroft crnj nn,lt Will UaVe . 1Q WCT tO- red 11 eft hut not mill. n'.ll.r, ...j; v.il.a hntal traanan ; '"'f '
able tone ofthe note, a reasona-:to raKe an of, the items recom- , that orohibiiicn" of linuor or- vn i alizing that "business - is ' Cpttine '
s Tye'num- mUddled 'trenCh fightr" hW ' Uld -"and he's rfnljr half, as old."
ourists is in- :they ,mP?e n m" of keeR lntel,ec end Keith said-':Well-he ought
nrf moV.nVft, ' Say what we will, there Is no sin- to walk twice . as good Bert .Van
ita by .a. firm attHude ef fidelity to
. meir, ancestral, faith, and with a re
vulsion from pur religion. '-
Very few -even of the most t Intelli
gent, among, them have been able in
.he past -to understand Christian teach
ing or to appreciate the constituent
element of truly Christian character.
,'fhe events now taking place in Eu
rope have intensified Moslem revulsion
from European Christianity and deep
ened their conviction 'of: the supreme
excellence of their own religion.- ;
Why. then," have Moslems who' are
subjects of Christian - governments
turned a deaf ear to tho call of . the
Calif and remained loyal to the gov
ernments under which theyIive? .
T' - . - - .....
v b 4 limy . juierjjrei - me loyally 'to
"He's . got
bly - friendly acceptance of Wash
, ington's latest utterance in - Ger
many.' - -
in ; its- nrmnssa, Washington is auopt an appointive luaiciary such matters. , ' ; j injured, man was brought from inEtead .dull bew idermeni ' or
contending for the same freedom elective oner The latter; But. contrary , to that belief. a Bonneville in .an automobile, tor teTaDa
of the seas for. which Berlin has way be eubmitted to the people as recent survey of the situation ia ! treatment. .. -. ,"-t af ' 'r,l! , f ,
....tij-j, .. j i. .... , .. . n : UOTntlv?-r.rr,nA.itin ; ia: : i.. au -,a.. a-. i. , . . . ! 1 ' ? : - fact of commercial, rlialry barln
-'.W6-.r r.viivcjUftuv.iiu.iu -any wruau - '""!M,' w ... city iu.uit;xiea no G;visjon .aion ; 'i bere is also an increased de- skeleton '.-.,
view, - the. note, because of ,its voted . on contemporaneously with nativity lines. . The, foreign-born maud for fruit from travelers and ! closet. . It is
ic'.Kcuess ana justice, snouta leaa . vnouiuuu.
;. Pro-Freedom.
From the ' Detroit News, s
bit- J ne-airierence oeiwten Aineni-a anq
fundamental the larger part-of, the world -Is that
t:t " larger part of the world nas never
. . . r n.B.B.1 . ,n. I Til I V If I IIM 1 . Lf, KV M .X llVrm.
in in . the international - . " ,
ment; ana cy seii-governmeni is meant
to a, oeiter. reiicicn iieiween the' K,U,,M couvenuon -wets are franhlv alarmed -nnt thiirhyr
that crin .'which chill
are divided cn ths queStloa'and theldti exfreriseJ desire to spe th. or. and raralvs th brains or rti,. not merely the right. to choose one's
two." nations and' perform- a,"trreat: seems to be against giving cities 1 Chlcarn' will . bo ;.av ht tii -!,
service for the neutral nations of omplete home rule. ' While allow- drys will "make a strong showing
the? wcrld.- - V - ing them to initiate all legislation at the polls. If they accomplUh
.arrecung tnem.j the veto power is this, it is conceded that eventually
jta be held by the legislature. - : jand perhaps in few years, the sa
1." In the matter; of taxation- the - loons must' cor.: ' - ,. i
It is i sisnificant that the city
WHO WILTy PAY?
TT ft ARCEL
I I "'istft
ifi'lav8"
ARCcL SEMBAT, - French,! proposal to do away with" the ex-!
ister of public works. 1 em?tton on certain
... , V- : ' - a---fft" u.v.. ft-vuft,!! uuulUlal'U ait 41iftUIFf
the war .is- costing I by churches-and bv instltn tinn nf intn iha'-'maiii n
France ,; $10,000. a minute, fan educational. ; charitable or nhii rtr.aiii ntvtot
'ru - ft, la. 0 1 a - a ft i ft n 1 .1 r..ft,.. m: k..u.,VftfUft.uii xo-
, i tiai .. .a jtjinoD.vuu : a aay
5. ,256. 000.000 a year. Premier
Asnutlh recently -said the cost to
f.,cat Britain was 15,000,000 , a
t!ar. . and that the - expenditures
-re Jncreaaing. 1ht oibcf- bel
and anthropic "nature ; ha3: been 'defi-.pects of the flse or intoxicating li
laaca ,uh:ij niiicu.: i. im; views oi tne.quor in me a. city, rne . purpose
committee on taxation prevail, theof this investigation is to deter
iegislatuxe .wili;be. enabled to enact mine the b?t method of 'llcenping
laws, lodging, the ultimate powers land reizulatinz the saloons- Friends
in connection -; with -taxation in of -the liquor business are "Iranklv
where it. grows..
.i.-A. more, substantial development
isi the ; prospective, , sale of ' small
tracts for summer - homes fori, Port
land people. '- 'When the highway
la completed Hood River 'valley
will practically, become a- Portland
qabarb- and Mount. Hood will , vir they begin t wear the pinch of sta
scientists and : thinkers. -cause
sings itself . into
-AKlt..-t . ,.fl.t1 1.,,, '..',11, ft.! a.
A righteous' wujvittio,. u ine ,us"i .iv
' , ..' govern one's own career according, to
the soul , of . . . ..... . , ,
, . ... . . one s auiiiiies or coimciencc.
a people Wei . we have a "Hymn of Th!s dUferenbe eotg0 deep ag to
Hate and Tippcrory. . -. ilm.,ude eVer:thinr which makes- life
. ' - " , ' for .us Nworth ; living. . ,. But the ; great-
t is a. dry crust for the. Valhalla ' est diffioulty anyone can encounter is
feast of these demigod Intellects." And mak the American realize, that his
national taeas oi me are not cunceaeu
BiHMW,i.rv. r'ij.viiiftr aiiiiiv avi 1 1 wri v ft.
tjus-lly be made into a city park.'-. vatlon. From them,, no song. But hJs years, the American thinks the
:, ' . " , J wl.en it is over - there will . come " a whole world en joys liberty, but it doe
Th Boston ' Globe ' t?ays: '4 VThe .Sohg" of Songs. It will come whence not- And thinking our liberty common
anti-suffragists keep Insisting that come all , true songs out of . the grief s ?f PDrai t as a commor,
a woman.can't be a voter and. re- and Joys of commot, folk. It,' that yearfrace ll7. "llbv J. Sin
Europe's Record on Contraband.
- "Girard," In Philadelphia Ledger.
The most notable example of -one
nation selling fontraliand of wai1 tfJ
another Is furnished by Germany it
self. .When America was fightlnK ' for
freedom the Germans, as Wayne Mac
Veagh nays, nold to King' Georgt- not
only guns and uniforms, but ' S'J.O'mi
soldiers. To this day Hessian is ft
term of reproach- and hatred.
England sold to the confederacy any- ;
thing It could ship there.
France violated the Monroe doctrine
more viciously than any other country !
when It sent a blfc army Of Invasion j
into Mexico while the United State'
was In it great struggle to save the;
union. j
And It was the Austrian prince. Max- !
I ml llian, brother of the present em
peror of Austria, who placed himself
upon the throne in Mexico City.
So it seems to me that the United
States is ynder no very lasting or im
mediate obligations to these present
av.ot- ...i... i,i. ul'.-a)' t flav Dclllgerents. , l ne worst any
...ft.. . ft b, .ft,, a ft, a . wt. iiib unuct lilts UIJ - - - . .
minion of England. France and Rus-! American exporter has done durln;.-
sta as meaning that they know that tnl8 r. U mild In comparison witn
listening to Turkey's appeal would lm-I " thing. France Lngiand. Oernwny
perU their material interests.- Yew, i and Austria tried to do to w.
but Is this a sufficient explanation? 1 ;.: ... Z . . 7Z
It fs very far from sufficient. - - . They Take Their Choice.
Men of 4 be east have from time Im- From the Philadelphia North -American
memorial been accustomed . to a gov-1 The "city manager" system is gnn
rnmental administration-and to Ju- ing in America, but omt cities scon
Jlcial procedure that made more. -of to be content with having a cty 1:.'.,.
personal c!aim and money Induce
ments than, of. the demands of right i .
and Justice, where, therefore, the rich
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
a - f aft
naTheeVrlchen Tnd meof" ffit in 1 INDEX OF ADVANCING
- i : riMw ju-a ih iiM v9 vj, -: isx i c 1 yearn
often been - dazc-Vt. at fintiiry ihut
neither rank nor wealth could move I
ii
i
mam -a goo a moiner. - wnica re
minds us that -the battingaverage
Of men voters who are good fath
ers. Isn't exactly: Ty Cobbish."
aay, . mere, is once more singing, it-the subject of w!iole libraries of
must be not from the' brains of an in-' books, attacking It across the water,
tellectuaj '-caste.".' ft must be from the u"- - mode.' of life - is . not - ac-
l.rt af a '-r.oa.r.1. - ' " ' ' ' "!. VI WUT
a Judge a hair's breadth from What
. ...... - . ...... -.a... , .. .
me law unu , riuuy ... ucmaDaeo. 1 nis ( A
has rot made them love their western'!
rulers, but it has made Uiem respect I
and, trust .them. Their. axnar1na I
under just government has now for
two generations profoundly penetrated
their thought and life.
From the Chicago Herald.-..
- General business in the L'tiitel
States keeps on. gainl-ij. . Led by
the steel. Iron, copper, ' lumber
national history as being permissible siaw it.
But She Was Hijht, at That.
FroKi the Toledo Blade.
A little igirl: once told .us that she
never saw a banner half as sweet and
beautiful as 'the United States f.ag.
She did- not realize that she looked
with, her soul as well as with her eyes,
and hat the thrill made the flag beau-
t'lul- : Jaet.ua all try t sea it as she
t and cotton Industries, the whole
' J structure of trade giyes weekly
evidence of furtner expansWjn,
if Plants running on war orders
are , working double shifts, con
struction work 1 belrj? Increased,
and there In freer distribution of
(seasonable merchandise, the - lat
ter t.nK reflet-tod in railro.i-l
traffic. Crops bold forth -t-xc-l-lent
promise, au 1 the. absfnee f,f
any In JlcatioiT of a mont-y rtr:r i
this year are the prlnf ip.-j, f,-rt. .
i-ontributkig to platr actlvi!
at -.-....a.. . .