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I O B. JACKHON ...Penllatier WblUeeU every day. afternoon ad morula j tescent Sonitsy afternoon), at The Journal Bnlleiag. Broadway aad XemhtU at., Fott- . W"l, it. - Er4 at th post office at I'ortlaji. Or., for ' tranamlMlon tiiroegb ti mall aa eeod elae matter. III.KPUONK Msln T17; Horn. A-0U61. ... All departments reached by thee nnmhers. . ' Tall the nptr what department yog want. lHaiKKlUN ADVKHTISIMJ REPBCMENTATI VM !- Benjamin- at Kent nor Co.. Brunawlck Bids.. V 32 rifth A., New Vork. 121S People's rlllf.. til Ira go Sabecriptio tmni by nail or to any address la the totted Stat or Mexico: DAILY -4 MOB NINO OB AFTEBWOOW) On rear $5.00 On month S .80 SUNDAY. On ytar 12.50 I Ona month f .2fl DAILY (MORNINO OR AfTEBNOON) AMD HUNDAT. Om yar $7.60 I Ona month I .03 race America aaks nothing for berelf bur what 'aba bse a right to ask fnr humanity Itself. WOODROW WIUJOK. Million for defenae, bnt not a rent fnr tribute. IURLK8 C. PINCKNEV lf our object be our country, our whole country and nothing but our coun try. And. by the I issuing of llnd, um.T that rrnintry lteeff become a rat ud splendid tuonnment. jot of appreanlon and .terror, but of wlvioin. of peace, and of liberty, upon wbldi the world may gae with admiration forerer. Daniel Webater. SO PIUX'IPITATE ACTIQN By Abraham Lincoln. Y countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Noth ing valuable can be lost by flaking time. If there be an ob ".rt Ject to hurry any of you in hot g baste to a utep which you would never take deliberately, that object 'will be, frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frus trated by It. Such of you as are jj Constitution unimpaired, and, on tt the Bensitive point, the lawg of your Of! framing under It; while the new Administration will have no Immediate power. If ft would, to Vnrrjv aIKah T t 1 1 ......... A 1 . 1 - J 1 H that you who are dissatisfied hold A the right side in the dispute, there y still is no single good reason for ' precipitate action. Intelligence, tl patriotism. Christianity, and a firm U reliance on Him who has never s yet fo ' f 1 Still t rsaken this favored land are competent to adjust in the beet way all our present difficulty. . In your hands, my dissatisfied . -y I Al1nw.pnn n t rvmnn o -n I vmf In 1 nine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will tjj not assail you.. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered In heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one ta "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. e must jnot be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not jbrealc our bonds of affection. The ijmystic chords of memory, Btretch ' Sing from every battlefield and 4 Jpatrlot grave to every living heart 3" and hearthstone all over this v broad land, will yet swell the chorus $ f the Union, when again touched, fag surely they will be, by the bet- Jter angels of our nature. From J Lincoln's first inaugural address, . March 4. 1881. The deed was done. A people aot formed for empire ceased to b imperial; and a people destined gto empire lej;an the political edu cation that will one day give them far more and better than imperial way. James Parton. the bio Igrapher. on the Blgnlng ot the I Declaration of Independence. . fY)SltT no Tifin ar.wnr t?t By Thomaa Jaffaraoa. Vf B HOLD these truths to be I hj self-evident, that all men I If Y are created- equal, that j they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable frights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happl iness. Tn at to secure these rights. $ governments are Instituted among mn, deriving their Just powers Strom the consent of the governed. jThat whenever any form of govern Jtnent becomes destructive of these fends, it is the right of the people I to alter or to abolish it, and to Sinatitute new government, laying lt foundation on such principles . and organiing its powers in such (form, as to them shall seem most uueij 10 errect their safety and (happiness From the Declaration ioi independence, adopted July 4, U776. THIS DAY THESE are extraordinary times. The deluge In Europe has strained civilization to the breaking point. Nearly a bil- Jioa people In the warrin nations art under the stress and agonies of a, horrible conflict. Tb minds of men are changed (by two years of wholesale slaurh- Jter and mutilation of human be ings. Their thoughts are on com bat and massacre. f , EYtn- In a great country of free , -jnuuyona ana peacerui purpose, r men and public prints are clamox- JvU for abandonment of American ideals and the adoption ot Euro- THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA By Woodrow Wilaom. F COURSE, it is our daty of its honor and of its institutions. Why debate any part ol that, except the detail, except the plan itself, which is always debatable? "Of course, it is tbe duty of the government, which It will nerer overlook, to defend the territory and people of this country. But, gentlemen, after you havo said and accepted these obvious things, your program of action is still to be formed. When will you act, and bow will you act? "The easiest thing is to strike. The brutal thing is the impulsive thing. No man has to think before he takes aggressive action; but be fore a nan really conserve the honor by realizing the ideals of the nation, he has to think exactly what he will do, and how he will do it. "Do you think tbe glory of America would be enhanced by a war of conquest of Mexico? Do you think that any act of violence by a powerful nation like this against a weak and destructive neighbor would reflect distinction upon the annals of the United States? "Do you think that it is ou duty to carry self-defense to a point of dictation into the affairs of another people? The ideals of America are written plainly upon every page of American history. "I want you to know how fully I realize whose servant I am. I do not own the government of the United States, even for the time being. I have no rl;ht in the use of it to express my own passions. I have no right to express my own ambitions for the development of America if those ambitions are not coincident with the ambitions of the nation itself. "And I have constantly to remind myself that I am not the servant of those who wish to enhance the value of their Mexican investments; that I am the servant of the rank and file of the people of the United States. "I get a great many letters, my fellow-citizens, from important and Influential men in this country, but I get a great many other letters. I get letters from unknown men, from humble women, from people whose names have never been heard and never will be recorded, and there Is but one rrayer in all of these letters: 'Mr. President, do not allow anybody to persuade you that the people of this country want war with anybody.' "I got off a train yesterday, and as I was bidding goodbye to the engineer he said in an undertone, 'Mr. President, keep out of Mexico,' and if one man has said ttat to me, a thousand have said it to me as I have moved about the country. "If I have opportunity to engage them further in conversation, they say, 'Of course, we knov you cannot govern the circumstances of the case altogether, and it may be necessary, but for God's sake don't do it unless it is necessary. "I am for the time being the spokesman of such people, gentle men. I have not read history without observing that the greatest forces in the world and the on!y permanent forces are the moral forces. We have the evidence of a great component witness namely the first Napoleon who said that, as he looked back in the last days of his life upon so much as he knew of human history, he had to record the Judgment that force haj never accomplished anything that was per manent. "Korce will not accomplish anything that is permanent. I venture to say, in the great struggle which the sea. The permanent things will the opinion of mankind Is brought only thing that will hold the world all-powerful opinion of mankind. 'force can sometimes hold things steady until oDrnion ha time to form, but no force that wag ever opinion was ever a conquering and I think the sentence in American history that I myself am proud est of is that in the introductory sentences of the Declaration of independence, where the writers say that a due respect for the opinion of mankind demands that they state the reasons for what th ora about to do. I venture to say that oi maniuna aemanaea mat those who started the present European war should have stated their reasons, but they did not pay any heed to the opinion of mankind, and the reckoninz will com whp-n th settlement comes. 'So, gentlemen. I am willing, no matter what my personal fortunes may be, to play for the verdict of mankind. Personally, it will be a matter of indifference to me what the verdict on thA Bvnth r November is, provided I feel any Hier jury sits i snail get their judgment in my favor. Not my favor (personally what difference does that make? but in my favor as an (honest and cohscientious spokesman of a great nation." From ex temporaneous address before New York Press club, June 30, 1916 THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION By Ooorga Waahlnrton. CITIZENS by birth or choice ofa common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of America which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always ice jusi priae or patriotism, more than any appellation de rived from local discriminations. With slie-ht ji O " wumuo vi UU1C1CUU9, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. ivu uo, iu b. cuuiuiun cause, rougnt ana triumphed together- the Independence and liberty . ... ... . - " " " jumi wuuscia and Joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings, and successes. viBerve goon iaun ana justice and harmony with all: relizi on and - can it be that good policy does ui a nee, uuguienea, ana, at no distant period, a great nation to give to mankind the marnanimotia and tn nv.i ' people always guided by an exalted v , Vr"", ' , l" cuurB OI "me8 ana tnings, the fruits of such a plan would richly reDav anv tpmnnrarw noo.t ..h.l . . . lost by a steady adherence to it? wuuo" "" vmucai leucuy oi a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which en nobles human nature. Against the insidious wiles of to believe me. fellow-citiaensl th ... , , ' ' w co you pit) ouKai lO" constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that Jealousy to be useful, must be Impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defence US S?f E"eSBlve P""" tor one foreign nation, and excess dislike for another, cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil, and even second, the arts of influence The great rule of conduct, for us. in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relation t ,.,u fv " . ... ' .... , political connection as possible. engagements, let them be fulfiHp let us stop.- Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. Henc .h- m. " - a . 7one' or controversies the rA.,.M ftf Vwa . raoBuuuiy xoreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate our selves, hv artificial U. . v- a .. .. . . implicate our- .v , " wruiuary vicissitudes of her Dolitica or the orrllnarv rnmh nai ... m.i . . . . . 01 yuuui-a, or 7 . .naiuna ot ner inendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to nur- lovernminrtJ W rema,n 0D6 eol under aS eKicient government, the neriad ! not fan , . - . -vnauij wo may aj any time resolve linon la ha vSSSJS1, ,HhW belliger" "nTrethe trnPossbi! billty of making aenuisitions upon us. will not lightly hazard the ivini us provocation; whea wo may choose neaca or wll interest, raided by lueticav hn Address. pean ideals. Advocates of force and aggression, advocates of com bat and conquest, are submerging the ideals of aloofness- and peace of America under a flaming prop aganda of sword, cannon and cam paigns. ' On this Fourth ot July, this page of The Journal Is given over to thoughts, advice and appeals of Illustrious and beloved leaders ot the American people, past and pres ent In these days ot unprecedent ed crisis and complication it la fit ting for all men and all women to listen to the voices of those who have helped light the way of this nation up the heights of world civilization. In America we ha - jvanced and risen ta moral strength to prepare this nation to take care is going on on the other side of be accomplished afterward, when to bear uDon the issues, and th steady Is this same silent, insistent, exerted except in response to that predominant force. a decent respect for the opinions degree of confidence that when a toward all nations; cultivate peace mnralitv anlnin Vii- .. . j J v.i.jwui iuii wuuuutl, BQU not equally enjoin it? It will be Justice and benevolence Who Can it be that Providence has not foreign influence (I conjure you winn nt Q r- i- v ustQ nuu mem a, a iiLtin So far as we have irMnT tlZ with r,r . w,. ua. were .: "u!?.s,i. n sequent w vv asmngton's Farewell, by adherence to American ideals. At a time when nations, peoples, governments and continents are rocking on their foundations, and when serious men are demanding that we abandon the spirit of America for the spirit of Europe, it la meet that our people study the counsel 6f rreat Americans to the end that we may not ba drawn away from our old-time pursoses and Ideals. It la a fitting thing to do on this returning anniversary of the birth of this nation, which was also the birth of human freedom in this world. I have lived, sir, a Ion Urns; and th longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God gOTerns in the af fairs of men. And if a sparrpw cannot fall to the ground without his notice, ia it probable that an empire can rise withot his aid? We bare been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build tbe house, they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid J we shall succeed In this political I building no better than the build ing or Babel. Benjamin Frank lin, moving for prayers in the Con stitutional Convention, 1787. We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations ex j isting between the United States and those (the European) powers ' to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to ex- tend their syetem to any portion j of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. President James Monroe. Letters From the People Commonlcatlooa aent to Tha Journal for publication In tola dapartmeot abould ba writ tan on only 00a alda of tba paper, abould n-'l tiered SOU worda In length, and must b ac companied by ' tba name and addreta of tae aeoder. If tbe writer doea not dealre to lun tbe name pnbllabed be abould ao alate. "Dlacuaslon la tbe greateet of all refonrera. It ratkraallaea everything It touches. It robs pricciplea of aU faiaa aanetlty and throw a them back on their reaaoaableneaa. If tbey nave 00 reaaonableoeaa. It rutbleaaly croabea them out of exbncnce and aeta up lta own conclusion In tbelr stead." Woodrow Wilson. v A Woman's View. Portland, July 1. To tha Editor of The Journal Your editorial of June 29. entitled, "The Oregon Copperhead," was the finest thing I ever read. Never has there been a president since Lin coln's time who needed the support and loyalty of his people as President Wil son, and I only wish it were possible that every home m Oregon and else where could have your editorial. Such cartoons as the Oregonian has dis played are a blight upon your fair city, where patriotism has stood for so much this past week, with the boys leaving for the border and tbe sacri fices of those left at home. I am just a stranger in Portland and have seen so much to admire in your beautiful city. The wonderful natural parks have been such a Joy. and the pure, cold drinking water-has been a never ceasing wonder. So I shall take with me pleasant memories when homeward bound also your editorial, for I want others to read it. I extend to you my best wishes for The Journal's success. A STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES. Open Letter to "Spare Moments." Portland, July 8. To the Editor of .The Journal Please publish the fol lowing open letter to Spare Moments, a magazine, which someone is sending me without charge: "Editor 'Spare Moments': When your sheet first came to me I Imagined I was getting a etory Pper, whereas I now find that it Is a devote of the modern 'eopnerheadism.' Most maga zines of the class of yours do not pre sume, as you do, to offend, disgust and perhaps alienate 60 per cent of their circulation by printing such ven omous and unwarranted attacks upon the Wilson administration. However much you may be entitled to hoji euch opinions, it seems to me to be without tire function of such a magazine as yours to force them upon your sub scribers. "I certainly do not hare to seed so far a Pennsylvania to obtain the most vicious and abandoned 'oopperheacism.' Whenever I may fail so low a to pos sess an appetite for treason, I can satisfy it to the uttermost right at home by reading the Oregonian. When I want a home magazine, I want one without a department of 'copperhead ism,' and when I want 'copperheadlsm' I read the Oregonian, which Is entirely devoted to the vlcJoui1 propaganda In which you dabble, and then I am not misled as to what I am getting. "I desire, and hereby request, that you remove my name from your sub scription lists; as I do not wish to con tribute to any 'copperhead' journal even the Infinitesimal financial and moral support which one Ion sub scriber lends to a sheet boaUlng 500,000 subscribers. If you hae th courage of your convictions, I hope you will have the nerv to publish this letter; for I am sure that my example would lead thousands of others to tair th trouble to expre&e their dissatis faction in some way." RKAJBUt- The t's of the Land. Astoria, Or., June JT. To th Ed itor of The Journal Earl H. Fry, land expert, In an address on the scientific, farming of the Willamette valley and what it means to Portland, blames the farmer for the high cost of living and criticises his methods of farming and assarts th trouble Is because th peo ple of the country have not been taught thrift and intensive methods. The single tax advocates will take strong Issue with Mr. Fry and other of hi mode of thought. If the tax ing of land unimproved was th same as on improved land th whole ques tion would be oettled at once. This would fore th owners of land to re duce their holdings of land commensu rate with the highest amount of im provements. Th writer has been on th Pacific coast 27 years and per sonally knows of thousands of acres of the finest kind of agricultural land that ever laid out doors, close In, and extending for many mile around Port land. that has lain thr all these 17 years supporting nothing but chip munk and squirrels. Why Is this? I ask th voter who need a horn. I aak the citizen of Portland who needs the products of these acres, and th busi ness man who needs the business that would come to Portland by settling and improving these lands. GEORGE COLTON. Houlton No More Houlton, Or., June II. To th Edi tor of Th Journal -dL I pen these lines the nam of Houlton. 1 being ob literated from th 8., P. S. depot, and a naw sign. "St Helena," is being tacked on to the end of th depot to remind us that th kaleidoscope of time has turned this change, and that hereafter Houlton will be known no more as a railway station, but) that tbe rami of St, Helens will greet the eye of th railroad tourist as th iron horse bounds past this station drawing his train load of slghUeeca to and from th beach of th graat Paclio. This is th culmination of a lonar and con tention rivalry between th two towns. But now, having consolidated under on corporation, th -railroad changing the nam of lta station, and the rap idly Increasing- developments of com mercial industries. It la to b hoped tbat ail animosity yet existing may he buried, hatchet, handle and all, and that our people will pull together as a unit to make St. Helena th largest, greatest and most Important city be tween Portland and th coast W have everything to make it Umber, mill, stone crushers. Quarries, dairy ranches, farming, fruit and vegetable raising, and mueh lorr4 0ft farm laa ret waiting for -th hand of Industry to tickle it with th plow, when It will respond with bounteous crop. And so In a few year people her. In the en joyment of greater prosperity and a greater EC Helens, will have forgot ten about our local strife and will re joice that thx united in an effort to bring about the change that ha wrought unbounded prosperity. Our Columbia River Canning com pany, which did such a remarkable business last season. Its Initial year, has built a 30x50 foot warehouse; also enlarged the cannery proper by build ing a large addition and rearranging Inside partition. It Is also installing additional rapid sealers, and is placing a very large rotary washer. Th ma terial to be canned is carried through this machine in a revolving motion, first thoroughly washed in cold water, passing through a section of boiling water to destroy any life germs, and then Into canning vats. This company has contract for several hundred acres of vegetables. It will employ more than 100 hands, besides th vast num ber of pickers which will be necessary In the fields. A score of postal telegraph linemen are here setting new poles in place of those which were broken by the "sil ver freeze" last winter. ..Another large new exhibition build ing will be erected at once on the fair ground. The management is prepar ing for the best fair ever held in Co lumbia county, which will open Sep tember 20, lasting three days. Several new and substantial buildings. are now in course of construction. A score or more of new settlers have bought logged off land and settled down west of the city to make new farms. They appear to be a class of men who have the, means and stock to push development right along. HAM KAUTZMAN. Scripture" on Slaughter. Oswego, Or., June 29, To the Edi tor of The Journal On June 26, un der "Town Topics," in The Journal appears the following: ' "Mollycoddle Is Condemned. Rev. A. A. Morrison, in his sermon at Trinity Episcopal church yesterday, condemned the mollycoddle and shirker of his duty to his country. 'God Is a God of prayer as well as love; a God of jus tice as well as mercy,' said Rev. Mor rison. 'The duty of patriotism and of loyalty to one's country leaves no room for the citizen who would say, I don't want my son to shed blood for any flag.' " To shed blood means, if I am right, to kill. I would be thankful to be informed if A. A, Morrison is a preach er of the gospel of Christ. If he i, it would be advisable for him to read the following verses of the New Testa ment: Matt. 19:16. "One came and aala unto him. What shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And Jesus sail unto him, Keep th commandments. He said unto him. Which? Jesus said. Thou shalt do no murder. . . ." Matt. 5:38: "Jesus said. You have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. But 1 say unto you that you resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the oliur also." Matt. 6:44. "I say unto you. Love your enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you." Matt. 28:61. "One of them with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck a servant of the high priest. Then said Jesus unto him. Put up again thy sword, for al they that take the sword shall peridh with the sword." There are more plaoes I could quote. I should like to know where I)r Morrison found the text of his ser mon. Not in the New Testament. I heard Dr. C. H. Chapman say last winter, "Christianity never has been practiced." I should ilk to add to It, "and never preached." For those that mislead or teach their congregations It would be good to read Matthew 23:13, 24:18. 13 CHARLES SCHMIDT. But Did They Enlist? Portland, July 3. To the Editor of The Journal The Oregonian is pro claiming loudly and continuously its Intense Americanism and Simon-pure patriotism. Of course, th Oregonian must b taken as the mouthpiece of Uj owners, editor and manager. Let us investigate and see whether or not its words" are Justified by "deeds." When the civil war began Presiden' Lincoln called for volunteers. The owners of the Oregonian at that tlmt, were young, strong and robust Just the kind of material, so far aa phy sique was concerned, to make good soldiers. But they did not hear the call. Whether they sent substitutes or not, deponent sayeth not. At anv rate, they did not enter the ranks In person. Time does not stand still, and in the passage of years the country needed soldiers again to go to Cuba and the Philippines. The president issued an other call for volunteer. The owner of the Oregonian were past conscrip tion age and were not expected to hear or answer the call, but there were husky, able-bodied sons that icould have gone to uphold the patriotism of their intense American fathers. But they preferred to stay at home and enjoy the ease and luxury that their lathers' wealth afforded, and let the sons of poor men do the fighting. The fiery writers on the Oregonian of military age are not today on the border, under arms, ready to enter Mexico if it becomes necessary. The Americanism and patriotism of the Oregonian and its owners, editors and managers is plainly of a deep yellow hue. They believ In letting George do It Darn such preachers, such leaders, such Americanism, uch patriotism. In any other country in th world th Oregonian would be suppressed and it owner and editor Imprisoned for life. Portland could well afford to lose both. AN OLD SOLDIER. Birth Control and Morality. Portland, July 2. To th Editor of The Journal In reply to th editorial In the Telegram-of June 29, under the heading "Sordid and Licentious," I would say: Nothing could be more strange, in view of the widespread and far-reaching agitation of birth control than that an editorial writer should be so ignorant of th propaganda h so vigorously attempt to discredit. Had that writer been so wU Informed a on in his position should b, he would not have mad himself th aubjeot of ridicule by saying that the net result of such propaganda will be instruction in abortion and by hinting that the I motive of sordid Commercialism is j back of it Again, had he been poa j sessed of a fair amount of Judgment I he would hav known that public opin ion Is what make a thing moral or Immoral, and that a host ha,v arisen to say it is moral. Do we stand for abortion T w hav shouted from th housetops that our aim I to discourage that evil prac tice of today. Bora eleim that th first pages of Mrs. Sanger's booklet sanction abortion. She simply state what may be don In certain, case of suppression, on th theory, J cuppose, that simple things that physicians do in cases of this kind, and which they have succeeded In monopolising in the past, it will do th average woman no harm to knowi But It la unreasonable to suppose, ven if there wr room for uppoitlon, that a woman will eoffwr the pain and anguish ef abr. PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE Remember th soldier gratefully, but don't forget those he left behind. Nobody can blame th Beavers for leaving home after th weather man's treatment of them. A Portland pastor says man 1 about 60-50 angel and devil the angel part, of course, being his better half. Among those who are not wildly en thusiastic about safe and sane Fourth of July celebrations are th under takers. Congressman Sinnott's new Jackrab blt hat ought to be eminently appro priate for head that Jump at conclu sions. Eugen should reflect that the thief who stole a Bible from the public li brary may be In sore need of some good reading. Judged by that ratification parade and rally, Portland's support of Hughes and Fairbanks must be of the fair weather variety. Mexico may feel that it gave so many concessions to American corpor ations that it has none left for th American government. It must be admitted that California girls showed good taste when they se lected the boys of Oregon's First bat talion for promiscuous kissing. JOURNAL 64-Asceqding a The preparation of this Journey should occupy a quiet hour when noth ing would cause memory's moving picture to flicker. The writer honestly believes that no other trip from Port land can offer the same amount of Joy in a combined ride and hike. But perhaps the explanation is due that th trip was an event that took place in my early experience with the highlands in the vicinity of Mount Hood, and first impressions were in order. Enough of Introduction. Two of us left Portland and went to Bull Run postoffice. on the suburban line of the P. R., L. & P. company. Here we shouldered our pucks and hiked. By the reservoir we passed and along what is called the Devil's Backbone road. When mid-afternoon had come we turned down the road to "Camp Five," a deserted construction camp, and rested overnight by the side of the Sandy. Trout from the stream, freshly fried with bacon and eaten brown and smoking hot were the chief Item of our meals at this first stopping place, as at others. The next day we pushed on, crossing th Sandy and following the main Mount Hood highway to the mouth of the irklmon river. Few others would do It, but we followed the course of the Salmon, more frequently without a trail than with one. and often fleck ing a fly across the surface of an in viting pool. a a When evening came we were in the vicinity of Welches. There are three well known resort hotels In this vi cinity Welches' and Arrnh Wanna, all reached by daily stage. Rhododendron A NATION BORN IN A DAY By John Quincy Adams. The Declaration of Independence ! The Interest which in that paper has survived the occasion on which it was issued, the interest which Is of every age and every clime, the interest which quickens with the lapse of years, spreads s it grows old, and brightens as it recedes. Is in the prin ciples which it proclaim. It was th first solemn declaration, by a nation, of the only legitimate foundation of civil government. it was the cornerstone of a new fabric, destined to coVer th surface of the globe. It demolishes a& a stroke the lawfulness of all governments founded upon conquest. It swept away all the rubbish of accumulated centuries of servitude. It announced In practical form to he world the transcendent truth of the inallenabl sovereignty of the people. It proved that th social compact was no figment of th imagi nation, but a real, solid and sacred bond of the social union. From the day of this declaration tlon and all its attendant evils, when she Is possessed of the knowledge to prevent conception. Listen! "It is a fact that the things taught and methods recommended in this birth control business tend to strip th marriage relation of all its sanctity and subordinate it to sensual pleasure rather than the maintenance of a race." Ther may be people depraved, lascivious and inhuman enough to do this very thing, but then that Is not th element of socletv that should produce offspring. Had Margaret Sanger or any of her disciples Intended exploiting birth control as a money making proposition, by the sale of supplies, a the writer hints, she or they would most certainly have con fined her preventives to a few, obtain able only at pharmacies at fancy prices, instead of recommending 12, three of which may be bought of any grocer, and are to be found in every kitchen. W will leave the decision to those people of Portland who have been fair enough to investigate. I am deeply concerned with th morality of future generations, but cannot bring myself to believe, that on who Is not compe tent to decide which method a woman would choose to use. abortion or pre vention, provided she chose to us either is competent to reason out abstractly a safe moral criterion fof posterity. R. A. BOHLCKE. On Nature's Laws, and Man's. Jennings Lodge. Or., June 28. T th Editor of The Journal Tbe crea tion of every individual life, animal or vegetable (except the unicellular microsooplo forms), takes place In ex actly the same way. Individual life begin whan th spermatosoan coa lesces .with th ovum into a single mlcroscopio cell, and th number of ehromosome contained in th nucleus of the original cell fixes th apecle of th Individual. Ther Is no defect in nature's per fect work during the period of gesta tion, Th human embryo passes through every evolutionary change of all Its forbears back to Its remotest ancestor, until it opens Its eyes, at birth, into a selfish social and po litical environment, when degenera tion begin. Th universal social and political environment of lflaanM make normal development of any in dividual impossible; and no perfect type of manhood ha vr lived and th best man living or dead presents a sorry spectacle in contrast with ideal perfection expressed In th beati tudes. Th lower .animal develop every normal individual Into a per fect, type of its species, because they are not ruled by governments creating special privileges, and every indi vidual enjoys equal opportunity to th superabundant bounty of nature. Th mor familiar th details of erganie uafeldlng becom from ebi vatlon and experience, th deeper la the mystery ef life, and the mor ab AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Judging by the way the rain hang on, the k.ugene Register is led to be lieve that the cherries must be un usually obstinate about bursting this year. a "Ther is more green on th hills," says the Baker Herald, "than at this time of the year in 20 year, say old timers. That means better crop con ditions the last of June than for 20 years, even If w did hav frosts and scorching heat some time ago. "Carlton starts things humming with a lively and successful stock show end makes It known to the world that Yam hill county ha some of the finest stpek In th world, and then," says the Sheridan Sun, "along comes the latent announcement that another pure strain etock farm Is to be surted, thin time near Sheridan, and having tlu, 000 Improvements in buildings aa a beginner." The Pendleton East Oregonlan's Echo correspondent writes that Alex ander CoMett, government trapper, who has been working in th upper Butter creek district sine th fint of th year, has killed and trapped lit) coyotes, 156 skunks, two bobcats and 65 porcupines. Some were shot, but many were caught in th 14 mil line of traps which stretches from upper Butter creek to Vey Buttes. JOURNEYS Trail less Trout Stream and Government Camp are resort hotels farther along toward Mount Hood on the main Barlow road. But we had foresworn shelters. We made a resting place in a leafy hollow, and next morning bright and early were on our way up the Salmon river trail. It is said to be 10 miles by that trail to the falls of the Salmon rfver. It seemed much farther, but It was a way one would never grow yeary of. The gorge narrowed and seemed to grow deeper. The stream flowed -deep but noisily between reefs. The stream escaped from between rock falls a short distance above us and beyond a curve we could hear the noise of the greater falls, which we were to see in the early morning. That night w slept on a shelf of rock with boulders ranged along the streamside to keep us from rolling In. The next day we worked a way over the slope ta where the falls were In view, and that scene the pool of flashing waters girt wlfTi whitened sands; the waterfall agleam in the sun, the lonely pinnacles of rock and the pattern of purple, brown, red and green worked by the cliffs and the foliage cannot always be recalled, in all Its beauty, but It was a day of happiness, when it Is fully remembered. a Tou must understand, of courna, that it is not necessary to hike from Bull Run postoffice or sleep on the ground more than a night, or two. You may travel by automobile to th boundary of the forest reserve on the Salmon river, and secure good accommodations at any. one of tbe several places men tioned. It is a trip best timed, ordi narily, or July or August. the people of North America were no longer the fragment of a distant em pire, Imploring. Justice and mercy from an Inexorable master In another hemisphere. They were no longer children, appealing in vain to the sympathies of a heartless mother; no longer subjects leaning upon th chat tered columns of royal promises, and Invoking th faith of parchment to secure their rights. They wer a nation, asserting as of right, and maintaining by war, its own exUtence, A nation was bom in a day. "How many afaa henre Shall tola, their lofty acenn. be art d o'er in states suborn, and aceenta yet unknown?" a e It will be acted o'er but it can never be repeated. It stands and must for ever 6tand alone: a beacon on the summit of the mountain to which all th Inhabitants of the earth may turn for genial, serving light. Till time shall be lost In eternity. It stands for ever, as a light of admonition to the rulers of men, as a light of salvation and redemption to the oppressed. ... Ti,,.-t . . , , horrnt ar political and social laws ana custom that are the sole cause oi ait poverty, crime and degeneration in th world. All evil 1 disobedience of th laws of the universe; with knowledge of th truth and obedience thereto na ture wlll. cure every evil. Money power is the most gigantic evil in the wona tn root of all evil. But an act of congress can destroy money power and make credit and prosperity ! dwk of tbe Sunday eillior. ona on tlie dek of perpetual. If congress will demone- ! 'h "inaglng editor, filed ,mn and on eothe tize wnA anri mAn. .,"in ri ... r,1 ,tlrk 1'1''" "' Oreifonlane. TbS tize gold and adopt scientific money , ook Urtmo r.nin Journals and ao lre- and the perfect financial system or. : jonian, placed one Jowrnsl in tho Pacific New der Will come out Of chaos. When the Krlce nfrira. the oregonian in the new adl standard of value is made fixed and 1 ,or'" of flee, and ihe let Journal 1 er Ja tbe nnahsnraalila all mn will j.,,.inr. RMnacer of tb l ulled I'ma, In Ms office. I . . , " l ?V8lop I went lo tba uuvgiia aftr this duty was into perfect type of human beings as ceompiisheu'. Ttiere 7 found a large bum of positively a th little butterfly, and mall whMi rha night office boy had got some all other animals who obey the laws j hours before. Thar we also a number ef of th universe. E. L M'CLURE ' ntTlrM ple"'ae lylns about on my bench. 1 As 1 tew them my thoughts were not at all Th. Unl.a.lu.i svim.. complimentary to the opacity of tli Bight The Melancholy Cortege. L,aff putting (Mug iia.n m their pioe Portland. July 3. To th Editor of I eotsed the mail Into two piles, on tee Th Journal Last Saturday evening I - , , " eaw a funeral procession going up vtasmngion street, mere was a ton ing bell in the procession and ' ome of th automobile carried Hughes and Fairbanks banners. This is such an unusual thing tif.t I mention It, not, nowever, wun any desire to criticise or pain th mourner. In other re spect th funeral was quiet and orderly. S. D. ROBINSON. "Weasel Words.' From th Detroit News. Mr. Roosevelt U Justly noted a a phrase col ner tan d slogan Inventor. But there are others. William Jennings Bry&n, for ex. ample, has three widely quoted cries to hi credit: On 1 "tb eros of gold." Another Is "paramount Is. And th third u Ouessl . "Weasel words!" -No," says someone, "that" n of Teddy'." Wrong; it Is Mr. Bryan'. H used it to describe certain promises in th Republican platform drawn by th con- vention that first elected Mr. Tart Other men may be clever, but Teddy ha the megaphone, and what hs says "gets aero." But, a Mr. Bryan would remark, it Isn't th first tin th formerly dis carded thundsr ef BryaalsU democ racy has bn grabbed off to eei-v a ammunition for th PTOgrl-Repub-llcan alii. Knew Perfectly WelL Brom Judge. Th small daughter was Industri ously Ironing her doll clothe when her mother entered. "It's wrong to work on Sunday, Have you forgotten th Lord sees your "This isn't work and If tbe Lord doe se me, h knows perfectly wU this Iron Is 14L TKpnce Qer "CARI-Y TWILIGHT in the South la Parkway and the lamps' soft glow -thro hi; h leafy low branches. at And Percy Campbell and "his band quietly- arranging their music and tue people expectantly gath ering. picking their ncsIs for th first municipal band concert of the season. I J Ahead of me hurriedly an old muni a seek a Meat sn an t ha radv for the first number. J The A man grity-halred energet icdecisive his cigar at a. positive tilt sees a place. IT He points to It -imperiously turning to where his wife xliuuld be- at his side. ! lJHe sees her lour rows back ' turning about' like u hen getting j ready to sit down. ' ej He holds his pose pointing and j catches her cj e. " his finger making dotted line , to the place he hus picked. J She glances at him point ; straight down to a seat at her side. and sits suddenly. looking meanwhile at Percy Campbell preening lila plumage about to open the concert. jThe liusiiaiid i ln power gon from his pose looks at her. ' J Ills arm fulls tc his side. J His cluar droops, i If He walks hack years older j and sits down by hia wife. who holds back her skirt s for him to pass. without looking at him. . ej And Tercy Campbell steps up on his box and ruises his arms half , above his head. tj And everyone is quiet except two boys to the right -who wear their ahlrt-collars turned up. and talk ami IsubIi -as though they were at a hall game or in a I pool room. A moment Percy poses poised and then-- a slash - a sth - a crash of sound and the concert Is on. 51 And afler ewlitle they play "Annie ;".ootioy" with variation. jj And the dear old aentleman who sits beside me - - whispers that It takes It 1 in hack 2i ycatH J And there Is a nrl--sweet and low where I n hear a swarm of golden bees buzzing about to settle high in the locust dec. J But they never II Rht - because the boys lanjth like two hyenas and frighten them away. ejAnd another time when It seems to ' m sliver moths are bumping Hgalngt the l.tmp globes. and making them ring -faintly like bells muffled by woodlandin a far-off valley- a man lights his pipe -Just west of m. and it is a ationg ripe hard puffed. and the sweet west wind carries the smoke Into my ltt e. and i sneeze. ' and get glared at hy a high brow lady with plnce-nrz glasses. J And Just when I'm wbsorbed again lm"st hh rteeplv ss Percy Campbell himself sum com.' sits down behind me. and sticks their toe In the back of my seat. and late-coming automobile squeaks loudly as it is parked. and those boys never quit. aj And I don't know much about music. but I like it. aj And 1 haven't g"t an arllstlo temperament. - and don't wnnt one but f LIHTKN If 1 go to any more band concerts nd things happen -like they did Inst night 1 II have the worst one 1 guess in the whole world. Fifteen Minute Itest. By Hex Stewart. The Journal s Office Boy. ((in tin ued Irora Yesterdsj.) I went upMiirs an. I fmini tbe ymin nB already at wrirk. whli-h vu something unusual. "1 wish you'd set rtnen here al a i)ilrter to eeven, as )"i say .vou ." h asl'l to ma good naiyrea jr aa I en isreri uie ii room. j K.niie ma. i.ut u,i. is the firt moo In, i Iist not heen on the ji at thai time elnre 1 j took a rail, while I coining nwn tba bin. and ayt inrself all muddy." I rloriJ In the seme strain, laying I lira Orc-foalsua oo a loo lal'ke. I went over lo the assistant Hty editor's est at tha lonf tM and took on a roll of morning- editions t the Oregon Journal. I tore tte wrapper, laid one at the city editor's i u. .i,r,-,, ..i.i,h i. J. ,h. : loeni room to tlie conip'wlujr room, on o tbe ' 0"! .'J'1 r'V:!'1' hil other LUe editorial tnsll I took Out first pi las donuiire .Ull uu i, . d.. .i uie bust- na office: then f went ort-r to tb office, nn locked a large bz with a kay I ha obtained from a drawer in the newt editor' desk, sad brought for' a sow more latter. wiu cb I sorted as I iisn mo in tne morgue. I Bark at the office. I distributed ail th mall that 1 haS for the editorial romna, a f tar-war taking three past pota, washing them, gattia a bucket of paate. and refilling them. (CONTINUET TOMORROW.) The Terfect Alibi. A recent Austrian bulletin announced the evacuation of two more towns b for the Russian a Ivan' a. "unin fluenced by the enemy." Stories g Used the Silver Spoon. - WJ. H CLARK, a local Pythian, . Is mor of a "Mr. Flxif than an angler. But he has made good at that and preserved the reputntlon of the Col urn- i w rlvr Chinook salmon In the fat of broken faith and a misplaced trust. Some weeks ari fled B. Whealon, upremo keeper of records and seal for th Knights of Pythias, was at Astoria, H admired the salmon and ioim , a yet not positively identified, prom ised to send him th best of th spring run when tbat run should Hmi late tb river. Th unidentified man failed te make good. Mr. Wheaton live in Minneap olis, and has been waiting vr sine for th salmon. Clark heard of th delay and disap pointment and resolved to mk god. So he went fao the fish market and picked out the finest salmon h could find. He packed It In lc and expressed it to tb euprsm keeper, sending: tai tIgrsm: "Just returned from a uessfvS fishing trip, and am shipping yvi tb choicest aMOmoevl caught '