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THE; OREGON DAILY ;JOURNAU PORTI;AND,r MONDAY, ? AUGUST 16, 1915..
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America asks' nothing for her
self but what, slie has a right: to
sic for humanity itself.
WOOPBOVV WILSON.
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The more self Is indulged
the more it demands, and,
therefore, of all men the self
lih are the most discontented,
Franklin.
WHAT THE GAMBLERS DO
J . a 8 a matter of fact, instruments
; II of destruction have played
L vary minor part in the lncrea.ee
aT of our export tales. Not "gun
stuffs but foodstuffs have made
the really big Increases. Our total
sales of "arms and ammunition
would hardly keep the forces of. either
side coins; for a week of active fight
ing. Chicago .Herald,
At the bottom of -the" exaggera--tion
is the gambling In so-called
"war stocks" -in Wall street. To.
boom the price of these stocks re
cently a report was circulated that
- the Crucible Steel company had
' signed a contract for delivery to
-the allies of war supplies to the
amount of $150,000,000.
r Disgusted with the methods em
.. ployed b'y the gamblers, the vice
- president' of the company issued
: ' a public statement announcing that
jthe total war orders received by
"the Crucible Steel corporation does
l not exceed $15,000,000. The 150
' million with which Wall street
operators excited their victims
dwindled, under a statement of
, Jthe facts,, to a comparatively
significant Jt5 million. .
't It Is not doubted that most, of
the . extraordinary, reports of, war
orders are similar - exaggerations
for stock-ticker purposes. Gambling
Is a delirium. Betting, whether" on
a stock exchange or .' at -a race
v track or a poker game is a disease
It has been pursued in' Wall Btreet
r. until its votaries are blind to
everything but the game.
So. the "war stocks" become the
current mania for the; speculators.
They care nothing for the false
: Impression the exaggerations give
itbe people of the country. They
'care- nothing for the -false light
in which their fabrications place
-the country abroad, where there
; are' millions of people who serious
. ly suppose that Wall street reflects
the real spirit of the United States,
We got along without the New
:.. York stock exchange, from the
breaking out of the war until De-
r . cember. " The country would be
better off if certain features of
. I the. exchange were abolished per
manentiy.
HffLP THE FAIR
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FFORT is to be made to 'hatva
Portland ' give long overdue
recognition to the Gre'sharo
fair, which will be held Sep-
t tember 14th to 18th inclusive.
i The fair is a display of Mdlt-
nomah county products, ' It naa
tbeen faithfully maintained by the
. farmers, by Gresham and bf the
; tgranges with' very little support- or
t encouragement in the past . from
Portland people. Portland has al-
ways lost, sight of the fact that
fthe fair was theV product of people
; of Multnomah county, and that it
, was representative and promotive
?9X-AIultnomah county, t
f This year, he managers are try"
; ,lng to jinake the fair worthy of
the greajt county for which" l
6tand8, and, in view of the co
operation and' aid which those . In
terested have always given -Portland,
Portland: people are under
obligation to reciprocate by en
couraging tha fair by -their attend
ance a.nd patronage.
" THAT BRITISH GOLD
j-IFTYrtWO million dollars in
i u BrltUh gold has been sent
I from HaHf ai to New York
- to strengthen English ex
change in the American money
markets, . This large 'shipment,
made at a - time when the bellig.
erents' are hoarding gold, is evi
dence of "America's unprecedented
position, in the vrorjd of finance.
- Europe Is buying of - lis faster
than H can pay in commodities or
American securities. The result is
that, compared with "the American
dollar, " European' currencies , have
fallen? English, over to per cent;
French, over 10 per cent; German,
oyer 14 per c nt Italian," over 33
per cent Austrian,, over 25 - per
cent, 'and Russian even more. In
other words, Europe has to pay a
premium on every dollar's worth
of goods it buys in the United
States. -
In normal times our favorable
trade balances are" offset by , ex
penditares of ; Arrierieans in Europe
and'by interest payments on Amer
ican securities held abroad. But
with,'' Europe ' buying here in in
creasing quantities,, Americans are
not touring Europe, and - Interest
payments are decreasing because
Europe is disposing of large blocks
of American securities.- Unless the
belligerent wish to - pay still
larger premiums for doing business
with us, they must send ' the gold.
England's purpose'; Is to , bolster
up British credit In the United
states. - buca a , condition never
before existed. - The United States
is making a profit on what it sells
and "a further profit for selling it.
MILLIONS 1ST OREGON AUTOS
F
OR new ... automobiles alone.
Oregon has spent so far this
year $4,582,500.
Tpe increased number as
reported by the secretary of state
Is 6110. ' Automobile dealers es
timate that the; average cost is
$750 per car, making a total of
above four and one-half .million
dollars.; I -y:i,r ' ..
J Th -figures " of upkeep, insur
ance gasoline and other outlay In
owning a machine are. very indefi
nite, running In eome Instances as
high as .$800, or $900 a year, not
counting depreciation. It will be
seen that; on new - machines alone.
Oregon is spending this year a sum
somewhere around seven or eight
million dollars, .
The total number of machines
registered in the state Is 21,660.
.There must be a good round meas
ure ' of - prosperity among some of
us, if Oregon is able to jauntily
pay out the great sums reflected
in. the automobile statistics.
LOOP THE MOUNTAIN
0
UT of good work well done
comes greater accomplish
ment.
We began with a Colum
bia River Highway, Scarcely was
it ' an actuality through the Gorge
of the Columbia until it was found
a 14,'000-acre mountain park along
Its route would be set aside by
the national forest service for pub
lic recreation . merely for the ask
ing. .
Then came the Multnomah Falls
trail to the superb view point af
forded by Lareh Mountain, and but
a -little later the connecting trail
from- Wahkeena Falls.
w And all the while there has been
a . whisper ,tbat by building a road
of .but 20 miles.,,: througfa the .ija-'
tlbnal fbrestl around the east base
of Mount Hood t connection ilcplild
be completed between the Colum
bia River Highway; and the Mount
Hood -road whioh-leads frem Port
land to Government Camp. With
prompt cooperation, the forest serv
ice ordered a detail survey. The
chief of national parks and forest
roads traversed the ' route last
week. He was accompanied by the
business men of Portland and Hood
River, who realize " what an asset
loop road 173 miles long from
Portland around Mount Hood will
be. The Journal sent a represen
tative and he. found it a journey
of surprises. There were new and
intimate views of Mount Hood.
There were unexpected view points
revealing the snow peak communi
ty of the Cascades. There were
green mountain meadows dotting
the forested highlands and streams
that could be followed to the ice
fields. There were' occasional peeps
oyer into the broad plateau coun
try of Eastern Oregon.
And with all the change of view
and variations in altitude it was
obvious that the connecting road
an be constructed on a grade no
where exceeding 5 per cent, and
that there are no serious engineer
ing problems.
When this road Is built, when
the connection between the great
east - and : west twink highways is
complete, we will be able to offer
the touring world its unequaled
scenic boulevard. : girdling the
mountain., staCL traversing the deep
gorge of America's second- largest
river. It is a thing to 'work for.
The estimate -of cost. $75,000, sug
geats spending a penny to receive
a thousand dollars. The appropri
ation must be secured from Con
gress. There should be such power
in appeal that the money will
promptly be appropriated and the
road bujlt, next year.
TWO CENTS
A
RESIDENT of Detroit recently
sent a, two-cent contribution
to the government's conscience-
fund. -The News of
that city ; says from one point of
view a two-cent conscience looks
too trivial for remark, but there
are other angles from which it is
seen, to be important. Here is a
parallel: -
The two-cent , conscience ' has Ita
relative in- the two-cent prudence. In
these times, when profits of ordinary
businesses are hot hlrh. It is the
two-cent transactions that make or
mar success. The 'S1000 transactions
almost look after themselves, A mil
lion dollars . are made in pinsv-aad
last in pins by ha buyers,-.
The -largest aggregate losses in
the world come in penny and
nickel items. Employes who steal
from banks usually: admit' they be
gan, by 'taking small amounts.
which v grew x when ? detection was
avoided for a time, fj They were
not protected by two-cent - con
sciences' :vhich - said that stealing
the
amount. - K !
iThe .two-cent conscience has Jts
relative in the twq-cent prudence.
One protects the rights of others,,
and there is no minimum that can i
protects Its ; possessor. . Two cents
are not to be despised . whether
me ueioug iu
otner. .,
THE OLD STORY
I
N Lincoln county, the Southern ,
Pacific' railroad, la claiming all
the titi! lands along he ocean
beach and around" the bays and
inlets from ; limit to limit, an air
line distance - of 30 miles.
If the company is able to make
good Its claim, tljiose who here
after use the beaches where the
tide ebba and flows will be tres
passers, and will bo allowed to
do so only; on the Ipermission or
sufferance ' of the railroad. , .
It is amazing that the people
snould i be thus shut 'off from the
waters of the ocean . and of bays
and harbors, but that they are so
alienated is the contention of. the
company. , ' ,
It was to prevent the further
giving away of such lands and, to
keep those that remain, forever
open to the people, that a tide
land amendment was on the bal
lot at the latest state election.;
How did. Newport t and Lincoln
county vote on that amendment?
THE "BAD" BOYS
A
LONDON ; dispatch says It Is
estimated that 20,000 of
England's "bad" boys from
reformatories and industrial
reform schools have served at the
front since the war began. Of these
three have won the Victorian Cross
and 56 have been awarded lesser
decor atipna.
I It Is asserted by many that
"bad" bo is a misnomer. Un
doubtedly it is in a great majority
of cases. The term is too often
used to describe a boy who has
not found , his bearings, who has
been misunderstood an4 handled
unwisely, or who Is defective in
mindg or bpfLy.
Real students of the ''bad" boy
problem say all be needs is a
chance under wise and sympathetic
guidance; medical attention if he
is defective;- opportunity to employ
his. energies if he is otherwise
normal. Attaches of juvenile
courts know that often there are
wonderful possibilities In the worst
of bad bpys. ,
It is now claimed that the num
ber of people in the United States
Who have the drug habit is not
greater than 200,000. It is said
the Harrison law, limiting the sale
of drugs is. complling rnost of
these to discontinue": the"" habit,
without filling the. - hospitals and
causing countless suicides, as was
predicted. If these are facts, they
go to show there is some truth
in the assertion that 90 to 95 per
cent of persons habitually using
narcotics do so unnecessarily.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle suggests
that British troops be clothed in
armor. A peculiarity about the
European war is that the belliger
ents are going back to primitive
methods. Many ; French anJ Ger
man soldiers are wearing steel
helmets and breastplates In the
trenches. !
. Instead ,of moving on the United
States, as some alarmists profess
to fear they are planning, the
Japs are stripping their . forts of
guns and sending them to Russia.
The Japanese certainly have a
unique way of preparing for war
against us. " "
. The park bureau says the total
attendance at Portland's play
grounds in June; and July was
234,771, The figures are evidence
jthat Portland's efforts in behalf
of the health gn3; happiness of its
children are appreciated.
Carranza'f paper- representation
of the peso Is quoted at five cents
and that of Villa at one cent in
real money. Perhaps that is why
Carranza thinks himself, so' Im
portant, and perhaps itvy a meas
ure of his importance.
A Vader, Wash., man shot and
killed his wife and then failed to
ixtii miuocii, . w i. wbido Aio t uau
rtao right to murder, but how about
his right to possess that handy In
strument Qf murder, the revolver?
t Reports from London say Great
Britain is going to ad6pt conscrip
tion to 'build up a larger-army.
Voluntary enlistment has not been
a failure, but' th a government did
not think in bi$ enough figures.
The city council has made the
cost ! of cutting weeds on ; private
property a lien against fc the prop
erty Itself. Obviously, the way to
avoid such a lien Is for the owner
to cut the weed3- - -4 " - .
Ruth Githenl, an Estaoada girl,
died - of heart failure while making
an hereto attempt to save a friend
from , drowning. ; And " there "are
many more such heroines ready to.
serve' a friend, 'i r
The Federal leaeue proposes to
offer ten-cent ' baseball. A i lot of
fans euftbi?) way think they are
already getting it. ' -
. The small boy still believes in
soma sort of providence, for Is not
the circus here before school has
begun? ' - '
Is stealing, no matter what
AN INTERNATIONAL
CONSCIENCE
BumghVon Cooler, in Chicago Herald.
HE new statecraft, like efficiency,
kultur, and other , term used - to
I namo ine tuuru oi .inora woo.
have striven to substitute a better
1 order for what has been found : want
ing-, has been treated flippantly by
critics enamored of, the past, but It
would - seem from recent happenings
that the present Is an excellent time
for defenders-of-thIng-s-a-taey-are to
keep very stilt . . '-'' ;
If ever an idea' entertained by man.
kind, has proved utterly wanting from
every point of view, it 4s the old idea
of statecraft. From the dawn of his
tory nationality has .been ' cultivated
to the exclusion of internationality
People - liviar beyond Ah i Imaginary
lino that marked the botrtraary of a
country, even though of . the same
race and religion, have been looked
upon as enemies to be barred out by
forts, Boldiers and warships.
This antagranixm has extended even
to the goods -thejr make, which are
shut out by protective tariffs. Peo
ple raised in such an atmosphere and
cllngihs to the traditions of count
less generations, look , upon this state
of affairs As the' natural order; and
o thorotig-hly imbued are they with
the idea that these arbitrary distinc
tions are right that a sudden shift
ing of boundaries, excluding; some of
their former countrymen and Includ
ing- erstwhile enemies, is accepted
without question.
a
Great hearted and broad minded
men and women have protested
ag-ainst this, but without avail. The
vole of the internationalist has been
as one crying in (he wilderness.
President Wilson Is the first inter
nationalist to hold - great - power; and
the present indications are that be
will leave a profound impress upon
the world-mind. Hlsdeclaratioa at
ijtobile, when Jingo Americans were
urging- the government to go into
Mexico, and the " yellow press was
printing maps that extended the
United States to Panama that this
country would 'not again acquire ter
ritory by force, marked . the turning
point of international thought. And
when he accepted, the mediation of
the A B C powers, the first step
was taken in the creation of an in
ternational conscience. A second step
has been taken by the conference on
Mexican affairs between this country
and - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bo
livia, Uruguay and Guatemala
This conference may fall short of
its ultimate aim-as did " the A B C
mediation but whatever may be the
Immediate result in Mexican affairs,
the effect of the conference itself will
be to stimulate then growth of the
woria-eojieciesoe thafc-wll modify the
arbitrary limitatioris of ' . nationality
by the broader thoughts and iateresta
of InternationaUtyf-
What this new- Internationalism will
mean, to mankind), may be seen when
contrasted with the nationalism of
Europe. Jn spited of civilisation, re
ligion, and the natural kindliness- of
the human heart, European nations
had grown to have such an abnormal
fear of each other that their whole
thought and being was devoted to
protecting themselves.
" Had Europo possessed an interna,
tional conscience, the Balkan states,
struggling fpr individual expression!,
could have been guided toward their
goal with comparatively little dfscord
or confusion. Instead, Austria claimed
the right, as a contiguous 'nation, to
Interfere. She was distrusted by the
unorganized peoples of the Balkans,
and their opposition finally led to her
ultimatum to Serbia, Had the - great
powers of Europe been in accord, had
they been able to appreciate the Ser
bian point of . view, they could easily
hav disposed of Austria's claims In
a way that, would have been accepta
iblfl to the smaller nations.
This international conscience must
be cultivated and made a living force
for the advancement of the ra.ee. The
movement will be hastened ;h- the
failure of the old order In Europe,
and the institutionof the new order
In th western hemisphere, The least
possible result that will come through
the cooperation of the United States
and the South and Central Amerloan
countries will -be vastly better than
what has come to pass in Europe,
We are handicapped in dealing di
rectly with Mexico because of the
Mexicans' hatred and distrust of th
American. The average . Mexican
thinks of the United States as the
one nation that .conquered and hu
miliated his country, and stripped, it
of a vast territory. What could be
more natural than that he sheuld fear
a repetition of that despoilment
should we again enter this (pountryf
We do not ourselves: know Whfit we
should, do at the. end ' of a long and
costly war. Germany, entering Be
gium. . protested full respect for that
country's nationality, but Germany,
resisted, annexes Belgium; "Nor la
the, treatment extended to' the indi-:
vidua) Mexican by the individual
Ameroa likely to breed anything but f Christ, it means to have His spirit.
bittee resentment. - - t - ? 3t means peace, - ; i ..
bUter reseatmen j, When Christ was born in 'a" manger
, J - I ! li' Bethlehem the angels- sang Glory
The .Mexican does not distinguish fJJ God iU the highest, and oh earth
hetween Americans, He has his yei. peace, good will toward men." Peace
low oreas and his lingoes, and th e v fn 1 god wU1 re taePrMe, and
low Pres ap? ms Je. na they uhout the one we can mot have the
see to it that the frothings of. our ether. To have good will toward men,
jingoes and yellow press lose none of to do to others as we would have them
their vicious spirit when reproduced , do, to us, to love our neighbor as qur-t-i,.f
rvoe. xtm i selves, means that we must have per.
In thfeir papers. Hence, an honest af ieet love, which can, only be ours
tempt on the part of thl country iii--tliroUab- having Christ's spirit grafted
dlvtdually to use force in the restora-11"110?' hearts . .
. . . .. I Christ said,- 'Think not that Lam
tIo. of orderan Mexico would arouse. to Mnd pace on earth; I came
the same bigoted . patriotism that Ms jot to-send peace, but a sword."' The
v.v ,itw 1.1 j,":a. great world strife is between - Christ
" r'-r-..--""'"
nut tn Mexican 400ns more -Kindly
upon the - Latin countries to the
outhwam; aad U these Join us .fn a
comataa purpose it WlU do muck to
reassure him. Such action. Instead
of being the dictation of an enemy.
Will be the counsel of friends. v
- N - ---J a , "ifif ,:,-:.i-''--:s-'yt;' "- :
, The council of nations to pass upon
,the affairs ; of Mexico : does not lead
mecessarily to ,tho use- of force. .In
deed, it -leads away from force in the
sense of military action, and subjects
the recalcitrant nation to a . more
compelling power the power of pub
lic . opinion. . lliis same public opin
ion, generated by the cooperation ;.f
the nations; :" of the three Americas,
will have a restraining and at the
same time; a stimulating effect upon
the minor and less developed nation
alities, like Haiti, 'Venezula and sim
ilar countries.
The fondly dreamed of parliament
of man land federation of the world
must begin,; somewhere and some
time. Now' 1 the time, and - here Is
the place. ; Individuality . among na
tions, as well as Individuality among
individuals must not be destroyed.
The small nations, no less than the
large nations, have their contributions
to make to civilization. - Greece - and
Palestine have - influenced the course
of man more than all the empires of
antiquity. Belgium and Setbia, as well
as England; and Germany, must have
their place in the sun;- and -these
rights wilt be recognized and re
spected only with the development of
an international conscience. ' ,
Trance Over
1 BY ytEX LAMPMAN
THE other day the esteemed city
editor said to me "Here's an
idea take jit and see what you can
do with it"
and I said all right I'd try, sir.
J And hei said "Of courseIt isn't
muchof an idea.
"but you can take it and string
It out.
' "like Pat Sullivan when he tell
ing a stoy and has forgotten the
point.
"and is filling in with words.
"until he reuiembera it."
J And I said "Yes I knew what
you mean.'
J "Of course" he went on 1t is
rather an attenuated idea,
"but you can take an attenuation
and attenuate it a till further.
"until it's as slender as Port
land's chances .for the pennant."
and I Bald yes-n-and watted for
him to tell me rwhat the Idea was.
'and just then someone, called up
wanted to knnv. what to do
to keep from getting flea-bitten out
camping. ' ' -
TAnd I said to call lil Choate be-
cause I understood he was writing
a flea and poison oaa insurance this
summer. ' 5 '
TDll of course is worse than
either.
TAnd I went ack to find out what
the Idea was.
and the esteemed city editor said
he told me.
J And maybe he did.
-r-bu$ tJf mind was a, perfect Wank.
TfTVa 'tharwayago6d4eaL
TI think" It's better than to have
it full-of so many things that aren't
so.
But I Wish I knew what the idea
was.
because it may have been an
Idea.
ind ideas are so very scarce
when everyone is talking about the
war.
and I - don't believe anybody-
knows the strategic Importance of
Krovno.
any more than tho strategic im
portance of Scappooee.
tj And Judge McCredie says that's
what's the matter with baseball.
that is the war. ,
fl And I went out to see his team
play Saturday.
and I believe he's, right
Tit may be that his brother Wal
ter
is using the names of Russian
J Anyway the Strategy he used
seemed to be cut on tba Russian con,trary to Ood'i law, and consequent
model, i- ly can never bear the fruits of peace.
TAnd I don't know why but Dr. A.
8. -Vehr says she always says she
won't read this stuff again.
and then reads it-Just as she wlU
.1,1 .... .
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JOf course ideas are tssential-fo
human progress,
and the jitney was only an idea
a few months ago.
and I hope Dr. Vehr does read'
this bcausr .
TLISTEN-I want her to ;e-my
idea of what can b done without
one.
Letters From the People
publication in tbi 4prtmaot abooiti be writ-
ten oa only one aide of tie caper, should not
ucwri MlKi words ia lenvtb and mult ha me, !
euniDaaled by
tbe name and sddraaa f tbe
aenduB. If the writer 'doea not d antra to
AT
tha aaiae puUUabd, oa bouid atate.)
Diaansalea ia tba sraataat of all aafernera.
It mtioualiaa eventbiae it tanobaa. It robs
priaciplaa of all false aanetitir n4 Uipowa thtaj
back on their resaopablerie, If tbey bae ae
reasosablaBaas, It- rutkteaaly crushes 'them ent
of extatanca aad sets up t owe eoaoiusint
la, tbsic t8aa,''-!-WQPdrw WUsoa.
'Peace on Earth."
3Porttand, Aug. 9. To the Edttsr of
Jhe Journal 43cayse - nations
have !
made some advances toward civilisa
tion thy have applied, falsely, the
terra "Christian nations,1 But to be
able to use the term "Christian" .in the
fullest sense of the word, means much.
It means aii we could wish for even
though earth were restored to perf ee-
tioiv. It means we must put Into prac
tical use the principles and teachings
endeatan, or right and wrong, and
till sword of the tspirit,! which IS the
j word of God, is indeed a rich legacy
roan l rightly understood and
j Today the great European nations
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN-BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
- Springfield Republican: -When shall
we have to begin spelling the polish
capital - Warschau? ..-..
Los Angeles Timest he 'Haitian
rebels are telling their troubles to the
marines in. Port au Prince, v
' -Seattle Times; Uncle Sam seems
Inclined to put a call in the shingle
with which he is disciplining Haiti.
Southern Lumberman: - When it
comes to. being captured -Mexico City
is - three or four laps ahead of the
Arras cemetery; ' -
Philadelphia ledger: Extra tickets
for the murder party on the Eastland
yielded $375, or 31 cents for each
person.
So much for human avarice.
. V-
Chicago Post: - Queen Wllhelmlna of
Holland is -an expert with' sculls. Bq
are the other European- monarchs, if
you don't mind how you spell skull's.
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Louisville Courier .Journal: Would
it be Incorrect to call the Idaho man
who married three times, and each
time -chose "Mary." a veteran Mary-
landar? . - - ,
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Boston Globs: Even the man who
has been successful as the architect
of his own fortune would be likely to
fall down if he should undertake to be
the architect of his own house. .
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Ix)s" Angeles Express; Having
chosen a ' young". American business
man for ber mate, the whole country
unites in wishing the "world's richest
girl" her full allotment of happiness.
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San Praflclseo Chronicler Having
banished the drinking cup, the purists
are now complaining of the Impurity
of the bubbling fountain. Meanwhile
the bartender la busy wiping glasses.
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Hetroit . Kews: UecaUso of the
Change to eastern time the school's are
going to open a half hour later in the
auturnil. Still a small boy will have
to get up just as early probably, dog
gone the luck.
COMMENT OF THE OREGON PRESS
lUBBHniLD KBOOXni It is
lonar time off and then agaln It is
not, but already plana hould be
started and urged forward looking
toward a proper celebration of ; the
bridge completion. No matter if the
event is scheduled to 'take place In
North Bend, we should all take up the
habit of telling people when, it is to
be held and what it is to be? Speak
a good wird for the celebration and
keep on saying what you think will
make it a complete success. , ori-"
Bend has always acted very nicely
when we have had a holiday. It is
ou'r' turn now. i , - ----
sTOSStXi yotnUTAXti In one way
or another, practically all the settlers
along upper Butte creek, ( including
Van Horn. Herndon, Hartsetf, Schmidt.
! Campbell. Stephens. Zacbary, Keeney,
j Have . improved their ranches wonder-
J roily during tne past xew years, so
Bioneer ion dead and gone were to
h.li M llf. an nza unnn tha
scene, he would rub his ;eyes and
move on, convinced that he was mis
taken and that: this was net the old
home range he used to roam.
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MZlDrOBS Stnrj Booster talk of
the ojd fashioned type has about
worn itself out, ' It v belongs to an
.era that Is passing.. To the average
eastern visitor it has become a pain
ful bore. Everywhere they stop they
hear the sanift -story theY have long
ago ceased to consider It- The en
lightened way , to secure 'more settlers
is to promote the welfare of those
already here.- When our local prob
lems are solved the dlf Acuity will
not be so much in securing new set
tlers as in keeping undesirable set
tiers away. 0
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AXBAirr SZMOCBATl, The pass
ing of ther Corvallis - Eastern re
calls the many names the road has
had. now merged into the Southern
Pacific, a part of perhaps the great
est railroad system ; in .1 the world..
Oregon Pacific was perhaps the best
known. Willamette Valley & Coast
railroad wlH not bet forgotten. Those
who have been here some time have
a feeling that; Instead of stepping
at Hoover the road should ww be
running into Boise. Idaho. They
know very well that enough money
was raised to take it there.
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rl rn lalfiahnfis nrldt. CQVV &nd
rulair.klll anlrit. These nrinAoles are
God has destroyed individuals, cities
and nations for ignoring HU law, r
word, and He . will continue to do so
YZJiri!i
IU llf .VH tHVHV f -
,nrA h h nvii -Mrt i stanoard.
when every , nation .Is Christianized,
then and then only, will each be able
to offer peace and a perfect syf ten? of.
government-
Justaa long s nations prepare for
war. just so long will war exist,' What
is needed is not mere war apparatus,
hit'armiM r.f brave, noble-hearted, de
terjnined men and women isearing the
banner of the Prince of Peace, ana
armed with , the sword of the Spirit,
willing to go forth to martyrdpm if
need be," teaching and expounding yoaf-
truths have sunk deeo- lntO: mens
hearts a new day will dawn and uni-
.,.,t Will reta-n
. . . S
leace WUl reign.
MRS. A. M. SWEARINGEN.
Geraan Bora, Bnt American.
Portland. Aug. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Permit mfe as a German
(that is, I am German in thesense
that I was born across the water) to
comment on your editorial of last Sat
urday . entitled. "Assailing j the PresJ
dent." I think It foolish for Germans
who have become American citizens
and really low. this country and its
institutions, to say mey are uerrnsu-
American. ; ; Our quarrel witn wermany
on the freedom of. -the seas has ar
rived at the point where it behooves
American citizens of German extrac
tion to take a definite stand. -The, neu
tral position of oerroan-America, is no
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
New York. Demands of coun
try banksu for rop-rnovlng funds
from city banks, while just be
ginning as the harvest gets tinder
way in - the Spokane 7 (Wash.) .
country, r 50 per cent greater
than at the same time last year,
according to R.' L. Rutter, vice
president of , the Spokane and
Eastern Trust company; of Spo-.
kane. The heaviest drain on Spo
kane banks in years is antici
pated. "Last year Spokane banks
advanced Approximately $2,000,000
4o country banks to move the
crops, and it will run dose to $3,
300,000 . this year," - said - Air..
Rutter. - 1 . , ,
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Th Irrigoti correspondent of the
lone Journal writes: "A good amount
of interest is made manifest in the
coming county fair. Last year Irrlgon
brought home something over 100 rib
bons and t we hope- to land a few this
yar" . a a .
The - Sutborlin. Sun's fifth anniver
sary issue contains an excellent review
of he growth and general progress of
the town of Sutherlin, which is only
on year older than the Sun, and ha
grown tn the period reviewed, from 20
to 800 in population. -
"Marion ounty," says tb Salem
Statesman, "Is spending a lot of money
on roads, and getting aome good re
sults. But I nothing to compare with
the little stretches of paved : roads.
That is the kind of highway that U
bound to be adopted exclus' . v, in the
course 'of time, on- all , trunk
roads." - f. I - "
The third annual bartK' of tn
Union liod and Gun club of-Uw SJft on City
a-nd John Day win be g ivenV jthe Blue
mountains on Canyon creek morrow.
Truffled grouse will ' be- lred - for
trimmings to the mule tail dler Steak w.
the invitations read. Also thare wilt
be refreshments, in the reek. - - t.,
Marshfield"Rec6rd "vVilUira Vaughn
was telling of a fin record his loggeru
made one day-lwt week. When they
landed 277,980 feet of logs in 10 hours
with one yatrder. Mr, Vaughn said this
beats anything ever done in the coun
ty. The logs were cut from 46 to'6fl
feet and they averaged over 3000 feet
to the log. I The logs were fir. .
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Impressionism in - metropolitan news
paper reporting, as reflected from the
La Grande Observer: "The osteopaths
are now demanding federal recognition.
When they can hold a convention with
as much notorietv as the one held in
Portland the recognition will not b
long In comitng, ror orrice noiaers wm
begin to think from the newspaper re
ports of thai Portland meeting that half
the country; has begun to practice os
teopathy." I - '',' -..' '
BAIXW gTATESMJLHi Where are
the flies in S&lem, this year? Have
you seen any? One lone fly appeared
the other evening at the office of the
Statesman, and the-pest was promptly
swatted. Not one of his cousins or
other relatives ' has appeared, since.
Perhaps that is the reason. Perhaps
you also swatted your fly. if ha cam,
promptly and successfully, it is a
great blessing to be rid of the fly
pest, as seems to be the esse in Salem.
And It is worth while' to continue
swatting and other measures to keep
in this condition. 1
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COOS BAT: KABBOBl The first
mile of hard surfaced roads in Coos
county, will! be.. Jbutlt within the -next
30 days. The -contract was let today
and the work will start at once. This
will give the people an idea of what
real good roads are' like. It will, we
hope, be the nucleus out from which
roads will be built until every main
traveled highway 'in (he county may
bo improve.
- wopsiinu' Droirzsni; vt i Two
men are Incarcerated In Portland
waiting to answer the charge of manu
facturing Illicit whiskey. The still
was found iby internal revenue offi
cers i the j wild region of the upper
McKensie river. The. "moonshine"
stuff is rated aef a? pretty good article,
but! this incident - gives a-n intimation
that no spot in Oregon will be safe
from -y; the --peering - eyes of .Internal
revenue officers after January 1 next
It will.be as safe V be a ''bootlegger"
ai to run a still; and then, it would be
foolish to run so much risk when the
stuff 'can beveo easily obtained from
California. -
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OasbT hbsals 1 Many a man
runs away from the farm when he ia
young in. years and many a man, too,
is glad to get back to the farm late
in life, arter he has spent years
working, ait a sala'ry for somebody
else or tasted the bitters Incident to
conducting a business -for himself.
And many a man creeps back to the
sojl; broken In health and spirits,
after years spent in the trades or
professions. I And the business or
professional man in his idle moments
dreams of the time when1 he can. re
tr and get back away from Jit all
to enjoy the pleasures and comforts
of a suburban or country horns.
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longer permissible. "They are either
German, or they are American. In
deed, if we take "Tho Fatherland" and
the German press in the United States
as a criteriottthe mass of German
sympathy in Ame'tlca js not for us, but
lor Uermany,
The other day a number of German
Americana with German flags pinned
to them attempted to enter the French
building at the Panama exposition and
were stopped, and rightly so. - The
building, in a technical sense, was as
much French territory as a French
warship, They said they bore a neu
tral attitude.! but I fail ta sea it. . If
they I had, why did they not wear, the
American flag, a neutral nas, and
whose citizenship they claimed.- It was
not only discourteous but it was ' a
cold blooded attempt to flaunt the flag
ox Germany into the . races of' their
enemies, while they sought exemption
and excused j their act from the fact
that the French; .building was en nu
tral sojl,. . : ; . - . . .
'I have heard it said again and again
that Bryan and Roosevelt represent the
two extremes of American sentiment
on the questions of peace and war and
on the question of an adequate army
and navy. The opinion has been, fur
ther expressed. that drawing a line of
demark&tion between - tne views or
these two men the .nation will be on a
safe basis. II think if there Is any one
Man ;,a to arslklne that Una that
man is President Wilson. : ;
X am for peace: we are all for peace;
but if Germans in this country want
to ojandition peace on our surrendering
our rights as a free and Independent
countrylit Is ijio longer peace. Person
ally. "I beiiev4 we have not been firm
enough with Germany, but 1 am trust
ing Mr. Wilsoh as a firm guide. , How
ever, if German sentiment wants to
force an issue, in this country over
the Lusitanla - affair; Republican
though I am. il am American and win
be for Mr. Wilson in-1 as X have
been in 1812. 4 German-Americana tried
it in Chicago in-a. mayoralty campaign.
The citizen rallied to the support of
the American j candidate regardless of
party. ; y- : v-r,-:
Americana are very tolerant. - For
eigners , come I here. ' gain their- living,
educate their children and to some ex
tent themselves; but that does not give
them license to assail the government.
Germans have, been flagrant violators
of this privilege, and yet would not tol
erate such conduct in Germany.
Though born in Germany. X am an
American to the last ditch.
rAVID A. GLAgaOOf.
Oh, Just! Any Old Number. ,
From the Louisville Courier-Journal,
"That telephone girl was very polite.
I must say." i
"How sdr
"Couldn't giv, ma -the - number ' I
wanted, but offered me my choice of
several other nice numbers.-.
'XJI CAatT SATS'
y Tt4 LoeAlty, SpaalaJ Staff ' Writer !
J
OSEPH HOB15RG lives at McMlni: !
vllle. When I dropped In to net
him a day or so into I found hln
and his daughters and his grand
daughter wre all hard at work clean
ing house. "What is . the occasion oH
uie aomestio j upheaval?" I inquired.
"w are getting the bouse in order tr
properly celebrate father's and moth
er's sixty-fourth wedding anniversary
and then you never can tell. It might
put 'Tweet' or 'Birdie' m the notion 01
having a similar celebration of theii
own,T:Aaid one of the young women, an
eno spiasnea paint in a most reckless
way on the baseboard. Mr. Hobei-c
paused, putty knife In hand, and look-i
ng at ;me over his "far seeing" erlasflflsJ
said: "Tou must overlook my daugh-l
tors nonsen-e. All of the girls, grand
uaugnier ana 11, are full-of- the OU
Alck.' I They take after'thelr mother.'
An hour later, Mrs. Iloberg drew md
a sine na aald: lou mustn't pay any
attention to the girls. They are on
rampage today. They got their devil-1
ment jrom thir father. He . always!
was ruu or mischief and a great joke
in spite Of having been a Meibodlsq
preacner ror tne past 60 years."
"Aren't you old enough to take it "
utue easier house-cleaning tliue?'-
"aia to Mr. Hoberg. "Me old?" asked
ir. rioberg. , Well I ain't so awful
01a, at least not so you would notkv
it I am still m " the harness.. J
preached a funeral sermon s div 01
two sgo and I still join people for bet i
,or "r ior worse and preach an occa
sional i sermon.. 1 will be as on m
next birthduy and if 1 don't feel anv
worse jon my hundredth birthday than
I do now 1 will have no cause to com-
ptain. 1 ' '
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"I was born in Westplilen, Prussia,
on April 9. 182. My people came U
-aroenca m iHJ, We settled at Oa
trott, Mlch My parents were davout
.ainoucs ana 1 was raised a Catholic
on November 18. 1861, I married Marv
J. Sproqle. My wla was born on July
v, in s-iiuaaeipnia, within three
uiucua or inaependence halL . Wi loet
our first baby. My wife was a Meth
odist, j so she sent for the Methodist
minister -to preach the funeral sermon.
Alter our taty death I began read
.es mis nioie. ixon I joined th
Methodist church. 1 wrote my father
and mother about It. Kathr wrote fo.
nie never to write to them again,--as
he wouldn't take my letters Out of tHo
postoffice, and that from now on I
was worse than dead. Thjsy never for
gave me for becoming a Methodist.
You see they were very devout Catho
lics and according to their light-they
Bam- acung as wieir conscltncjeiL dlc-
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"In 1 SB 6 I helped build the Leslie
M. K, church in Srfuth tfalem. We hJ
come to Oregon by way of the isth
mus. 1 was superintendent of the Sun
day school in the brick church near
Wilson avenue, or the First Methodist
church, to give ft Us proper title. 1
was also superintendent of the Sunday
school in the Leslie church. . I taught
at one in the morning and at the other
in the afternoon. Pr. J. n, Wyeth,
president of Willamette . university,
wss pastor of the First church at that
time. . ' .
"In lifl I was appointed to ride cir
cuit aa Methodist minister." My dr
cult extended from the Clackamas rlvar
to the Sandy river on the east side of
the Willamette, Today there, are Z '
Methodist ministers supplying my prf
field. My appointments were at Lea
chapel, st, Johns, love's school house,
mount ianor, wtnteaKer ecrooi house,
Marehfleld, now called Clackamas,
Orient, Fairview, Powtli's Valley, now
Gresham, Milwaukie, Columbia chapai
on Columbia slough, Damascus, and
High. Heaven on Deep craek.
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-For 60 years.! havs kept a dally
diary. sea, on this shelf is every
journal fortbe past SO years. Jn my
daily Journal.! have jotted down the
marriages, christenings, funerals, with
the texts I preached from and where
I preached as well a sundry and vari
ous observations.' . 5
Taking one at random from the shelf
he turned. over a f aw leaves and said:
"Here is an entry from Greytown
on the Isthmus of Panama." Picking
ing out another- leather coSered vol
ume at random he said, This Js for
the year. 1173." lie handed It to me.
"Here is the list of my church mem
bers at Mount Tabor." he said. As
he read the list he told me little in
timate details about the various ones
whose names he read. -
Here is the list of the Mount Tabor'
Methodist church for 1176:
C W. Gay N. l. Gilliam,-Henry
Prettyraan, John 8, Newell, C. Q. llos
ford, JL H. Crosier, b'amufj Nelson
Isaac RenneHon, James Lewis, Richard
Glenn and William Trengrove.
- "You see 1 hiive only eat down , the
heads of . the xamliias. xns wives, ana
children were on ths regular fhqrth
register,""' .-
At Columbia slough for, tne same
year the members were John Exan,
George Long, John Powell, Andrew
Pullen, ; J. -1. Carter, Alonso Mcln
tire, Daniel. Mill, MUton Molltiran and
Isaac Whitaker, ' .:.;.,'
I was never late fo a church sp-
polntment but once In my life and
that was eauaed by driving five miles.
out in the country to perrorm a wea-
ding before church. - The bride shilly
shallied around hair an nour getting
primped up and though I made my
team of mults run the whole five
miles back to church, I was 10 min
utes late. - . . "
"S. C, Adams, a Christian' minister,
used to be county clerk and he usually
landed the job of marrying the couple
when as issuea tnem the wedding
license. Onoe he asked a young couple
if he could marry them. They ,-said ;
yea. He hired a team, drove out 10 or
It miles In the country and marrledv
theni, - Th young - man said, "How
much do I -owe you?" , Adams said.
Pay me whatever you think the girl
Is werth." .The young-man handed him
six tts and said, 'Jm not very flush
now. Here is 7 centa ir ana mm.
out to be as good as I think-she is
t i .. mama MAt,A . , . hi m rv,Rt ' J
She must have proved a lemon in the
garden of love tor he neve paia-any.
more, - . " - -: , - '
"One time a couple drove. up In n.
rig and wanted to be married at once.
was painting the running gear ana
the wheels of a wagon. I was In my
overalls and my hands were ,all ovr
red paint. I slipped on a duster ana
pair of buckskin gloves and mar
ried them in the rig. Another time X '
got a hurry-up call and went in my
olA clothes. The man told m he had
been living with his wife for 20 yean '
and had always put off marrying her
but relatives from the east had come
and thought, they ought not to put it
off Jonger. . 4 married them by the
MrhtXnf nlsrht iisht. I could hardly
see thVir faces and I would not know H
tbem if I saw them by daylight.
X llvd for 21 yars at Lafayette. I
have 12 children, ia grandchildren and
one greatgrandson. I'll be glad to have
you coma to our sixty-fifth wedding
gnnlver4ry celebration If -we are ail
here, at that time." .. " m ' '