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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:
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SUNDAY.
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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 '