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c
HERRY stems are munitions
of war under modern condi
tions. The allies, who are
buying them at The Daljes,
';' will manufacture prusalc or hydro
t cyanic acid from them and this
j product they will utilize to make
; Vj poisonous gaB for trench fighting.
:"? Prusslc acid, which is one of the
1 f most deadly -poisons, is contained
In both the stems and pits of the
f cherry. It Is found also in the
''prune and plum and in all trees
J, and fruits of that family, which Is
large one.
' ' This poison must give the trees
which distil It some advantage in
V the struggle for existence or it
-would not be found in them and
; their fruits. The economy, of na-
ture Is such that healthy living
. ' creatures do not, as a rule, produce
parts or substances for which they
; have no use. The prussic acid iu
ithe cherry stem and seed is no
, doubt a preservative. It may also
.. be a defense against predaceous
inflects, like the thorns on the rose.
."Mr. Jackson of The Journal is
'. quoted In the New York American
.'as saying that the thorns of the
: rose bush are pointed downward to
yj made It difficult for worms to as
'i cend to the flower. But there is
J more to it than this. The thorns
; ; are so arranged on the stem that
the ascending. wym could not read
' lly pass them even if they were
' ! not pointed at all. They form a
i protective hedge to defend the
. f flower, which is nature's final aim
and hVr srfalfKt trlnmnri sr far na
rose bushes are concerned.
: ! Nature's protective arrangements
jare found everywhere and they as
' ! sume many forms. In the cherry,
' at we have mentioned, there is a
poUon, harmless to the tree and
T fruit, but probably fatal to insects
", jthat might injure them. Wheat
lt provided with a tough, mtneral-
bearirfg skin which keeps out air
'Jand moisture and no doubt wards
; Off Insect attacks. This skin is
tto well adapted to its purpose that
?,lf it is not punctured or otherwise
i j destroyed, it preserves the germ of
:tne wheat for thousands of years.
.Vtiatar Varnctla falran fmm murv.
I'mles in Egyptian tombs have
prouted upon planting and pro
y.duced grain, though certainly not
,;leBg than two thousand years old.
Popular belief places a layer of
poisonous matter between the thin
iouter skin of the potato and the
atarchy interior, but this Is proba--bly
a superstition originating in
- Ithe laziness of cooks who like to
cut off thick peelings. But the
; bean has an outer coat which acts
V.as a mild poison to the human
fstomach and so has the peanut.
.Everything that nature produces
, jhas some kind of protective co ver
ging, or contains some protective
. ;'poison, which gives it a better
Xcbance to survive and perpetuate
j jits kind.
; Nature has many devices to ward
j Joff and destroy injurious insects
; 7 t,and almost as many to attract
! ' 'helpful ones. Darwin's book on
I ; (the "Fertilization of t he Orchids"
;Bhows how dependent many of
' .'these beautiful flowers are upon
. ttnsect visitors. Without the help
, ;0f insects some of them could not
'J She fertlllted at all and their Bn-
: -; ;xies would perish. Most fruits are
t benefited by cross fertilization. An
fapple or walnut tree la apt to pro
Iduce a more desirable fruit if the
j fertilizing pollen comes from an
- ' other tree.
f Cross-fertilization is largely car
:: Tied '-on by insects which visit the
.'"blossoms for honey. Incidentally
"they dust themselves with pollen
which they bear away in their
flight to. other flowers.
A . There are insects whose young
Jean only he reared inside the grow,
tint seeds of certain plants. The
. insect pierces the seed capsule and
'lays' her eggs inside the ovules.
..then, iu order to insure growth
. 'of the seeds and a supply of nour-
ishment for her young, she deliber
ately .'takes. 'pollen from the an
ithers and spreads it on the stigma
lft the flower. The insect world is
'full of similar adaptations.- Fabre
recounts scores of-them in his in
comparable books. We can only
speak of the wasp, which stings
spiders to provide its young with
food. The spider is always stung
in a certain spot so that it is
paralyzed, not killed. Thus the
flesh keeps sweet while the young
wasps are devouring it week after
week.
These innumerable adaptations
in nature look like the work of
reason. Paley, who knew compar
atively few of them, nevertheless
found them so convincing that he
likened nature to a watcH and ar
gued that such wonderful harmony
necessarily Implied a watchmaker,
or Creator. But modern science
rejects his conclusion. The inter
relations found in nature have been
produced by' the slow adaptation of
one creature to another by me
chanical selection and survival.
They have not been worked out
by forethought but by a weeding
process.
Whatever would not work Into
the scheme in one way or another
perished. Whatever could find or
make a place for Itself survived.
There is no systematic reason in
nature, nothing but blind adapta
tion. Reason is largely a human
attribute and we probably err when
we try to transplant it wholesale
into the. infrahuman world.
It is to be remembered, however,
that "modern science rejects the
old distinction between mind and
wnatter. it is accepted by tne
r t(A thlnlrAra t riii rlair 14 lr- A
luiiuci iiiiunci o ui uui uaj t tine
Forel, that every ultimate particle
has a psychic as well as a ma
terial aspect. Forel says unmis
takably that in the human body,
for example, nerve matter, brain
action and consciousness are only
different aspects of the same thing.
The whole universe is linked to
gether by a common psychic na
ture and no doubt by a common
purpose.
The incongruity of so?ne people's
names is apparent in the case of
Senator James of Kentucky, who
weighs 300 pounds and has heavy
thoughts. What induced them to
name him "Ollle'?
DAVID DU BOSE GAILLIARD
I
N THE Spanish war Colonel
David Du Bose Gailliard was
regimental commander of the
Third United States Volunteer
Engineers. On December 5, 1913,
he died and his regiment at a
meeting in St. Louis in May, 1914,
voted to publish a volume in hl3
memory. We have that volume
before us, a modest book, solemn
ly decorated with the Gailliard
arms, wherein the reader may learn
in soldiers' language of the deeds
of their comrade. To them he was
endeared by many qualities that
marked the man and the hero. To
us he is forever famous as one of
the builders of the Panama canal.
Perhaps Colonel Gailliard was
the greatest of the builders, for it
was he who cut through the hill
at Culebra and solved the seem
ingly hopeless riddle of the slides.
Before he accepted service at Pan
ama Colonel Gailliard had done
great work on the lakes near Du
luth, had helped survey the Alas
kan boundary and run the western
boundary line between the United
States and Mexico. In the Spanish
war his work, says a comrade,
"was of the highest possible or
der." While engaged in river and
harbor service he wrote a book
on wave motion which "is now the
standard technical work on that
intricate subject."
r But his greatest achievement
waB at the Culebra cut, which in
his memory has been renamed the
Gailliard cut. The organization
which he built up to do that mighty
piece of engineering was, says his
West Point Clacs Bulletin, "the
most perfect ever seen where bo
much machinery and so many men
were Involved."
When the great task at Culebra
was done St had to be done all over
again, for the weight of the super
Incumbent mountain forced earth
up like a liquid from the bottom
of the canal. The new excavation
was a heart breaking task. "It is
no wonder," says the Class Bui
letin, "that the lamented Colonel
Gailliard lost his health and his
life" in fighting what seemed to
be an invincible foe. But he
fought gallantly on and finally
won the victory. For the time the
slides were stayed but the man
who had conquered them lay on
his dying bed in a United State
hospital worn out in his country's
Bervice. '
Colonel Gailliard exemplified all
that is most beautiful in a soldier's
career. Simple, manly and brave
he gave his mind and body for his
country. He did not look for any
reward except the consciousness of
duty well done and he found his
richest recompense in the excel
lence of his work. The republic
conferred frugal honors upon him
while he was alive and when he
was dead a little band of comrades
met to. mourn for him.
The people whom he served so
well heard but little of him and
few knew of his genius. But now
that he is in his soldier's grave
his work lives after him a per
petual monument and the grati
tude of the United States will see
to it that his fame grows brighter
with the centuries. Let us bow
to Colonel Gailllard's memory and
tell of his deeds as an example to
America's boys. x
No other conclusion than that
the Deutschland is a merchantman
could have been reached. German
trade is like love, it will always
find a way. Driven from the sur
face of the ocean it dives beneath
the waves and if it runs into a No district should be too remote
net It will take wings and fly , and no child so poor as to be be
through the air. -. jyond the pale of rudimentary ln
: , 1 ' struction. Books should be made
Cities, like individuals, have 'so inexpensive as to be within
their dreams. The dream of Port- reach of every household,
land Is the full use of an open j These are days of preparedness,
river. ' I and what preparedness is more
RESTORING EUROPE
nR. ALFRED H. FRIED is an
Austrian publicist who has a
MM plan for
the restoration of ;
Europe" when the war is
over. He received the Nobel peace
prize in 1911 and has, therefore,
a standing In the world which en
sures respect for his opinions. Dr.
Fried thinks that the immediate
occasion of modern wars is the
machinations of diplomats. He
knows, of course, that the causes
lie deeper but in his view if the
diplomats were compelled to cease
their nefarious intrigues the causes
could be handled peaceably. The
diplomats, conniving and plotting
in darkness, bring on war before
the people concerned have any
chance to express their wishes for
or against it. They also, poison
the minds of the public by artfulty
devised rumors which set one na
tion against another. Dr. Fried's
remedy for all this miserable busi
ness is to abolish secret diplomacy.
He would make all diplomatic
transactions between nations pub
lic, doing away with secret treaties,
underground correspondence, the
iniquitous spy system and all the
rest of the infernal network. In
his opinion all the operations of
every government -should be car
ried on in the full glare of pub
licity.
It is not denied that this might
cause some inconvenience to the
high officials, but no matter about
that if at the same time it oblit
erated the excuseB for war. With
the diplomatists and their black
trade out of the way. Dr. Fried
reads his title clear to a European
alliance which should Include every
country, big and little. His pro-
fessed model ia the Pan-American !
union for which-some of our states-1
men are laboring. But In reality I
he dreams of a close federation
almost like that of the United
States.
There is no reason in the na
ture of things why the European
nations should not unite in a fed
eral republic under a modern con
stitution. Before the union could
be consummated they would have !
to jettison their kings and other I
rubbish of that sort but this should
not grfeve them. W hen we recall
what kings have done to make
their peoples miserable it is diffl- that $5000 would set the move
cult to see any reason why they I ment on foot in Portland-. Surely
should be treasured. "jour school directors could spare
The common objection to a
European union is based on racial
hatreds. There is a superstition
that these hatreds are too deeply W'hy not spend some of it on edu-
seated to be eradicated. But to cation?
see how utterly shallow this ob-
jection is we need only look at the ! To tne Republican elephant, the
United States. We have here all : Democratic donkey and the Pro
the races which hate one another J gressive moose, is to be added the
so bitterly in Europe and they are Prohibition camel.
living side by side in peace, com
peting quietly with one another in
business, joining each others' i
churches, learning a common lan-1
guage and marrying their sons and j
daughters back and forth. Racial
hatreds are nothing but one of the
wicked tools with which diplomats
practice their deceitful arts. Give
people a fair chance in the world
n v iii-iav7 t r 1 1 r a Tnoir rriio iivou
and race hatreds vanish.
The world is waiting for some
punster to call Jt "somme" battle.
ST?
TE-MADE BOOKS
T
HE propaganda for the state
manufacture of text books is
gaining ground.
Reports from the states
v t. . , . . . vance the welfae of a community.
show that the prices obtaining are 0ranized for uch alma a is
about half what the big schoolbook "ldltl fL p1h LI
, , ,. i proposed in the Portland meeting,
combine charges. Sometimes the IV , u '
i , i 7v vithe tendency Is to obliterate the
price is less than half while thi unworthy influences
book provided Is as good In every, 80metlme8 prevairy The out.
t n v Tha ziAmhlna nr truer -nrnistn ' r
at present controls the textbook
trade would, therefore, lose a large
sum of money if all the states were ;
to manufacture their own.
Hence the influence of the combine
is exerted powerfully and continu
ally against state-made text books.
It invents all sorts of bugaboos to
. .
ingmen iu peupie nuui ub
Vll At. ,! T
u Ti . e 0"CI:'
abroad all sorts of fictitious argu -
mems. cut we rem wsumeni
against state-made text books is
t.aai iuej wuiu wu.. .utu u fulu
politician comes out strongly
a&ainst the state manufacture of
text books, it is wise to inquire a
little about the strings which may
connect him with the big trust.
.The Washington state grange has
adopted a vigorous resolution fa
voring state-made text books for
tbe public schools. People in gen-,
eral who have looked into the proj
ect disinterestedly favor it.
Of course, every claim in favor
of state-made books is based on the ! hopes to see enacted into law lome
assumption that efficiency, honesty j day. From the nature of ,the, meas
and Intelligence shall govern In the urea we may all Join in hoping
book making. Except on such lines,
failure would result.
California has experimented in
the activity until a well defined,
course of procedure has been
mapped out. The plan has brought
results there, over which there is
no room for debate.
The public schools ought not to
be a source of profit to the mer-
lcenary spirit. They ought to be
above and beyond commercializa
tion. They are a public activity
of the utmost moment to the re
public. The diffusion of the rudiments
of education should be universal.
I Important than that afforded by
the public schools?
The principal interest in oar na
tional conventions of all kinds
seems to be the selection of a
meeting place for next year.
LOST TIME IN SCHOOL
Q
TJITE likely Dr. Berle draws
a long bow when he sayB
that there are from three to
five years of lost time in
the education of ordinary children.
It is pretty well established that
two years are lost for most of our
children. We know this to be
true, for they are at least two
years behind European children of
the same age in their studies. But
it is hardly likely that five entire
years are lost in idleness and tra-
ditlon worship
Dr. Berle, who is lecturing in
the university summer school at
Eugene, is an educator of stand
ing whose opinion should be care
fully weighed. He thinks that
one reason for the time our pupils
lose is to be found in the inexcusa
ble custom of keeping bright chil
dren back in their studies to wait
for the stupid. When this Is done
tb.e stupid, as Dr. Berle justly
says, "set the pace for the class"
and the interest of the bright
pupils perishes. They fall into
that deadly languor which is so
apparent at about the seventh or
eight grade and nothing more can
be done with them intellectually
until something arouses them from
their stupor
A good deal was said at the
Benson hotel the other night in
favor of "boy scooting" as a moral
and intellectual tonic for boys
President , Suzallo of Seattle was
quoted to the effect that scouting
gives boys a complete and most
valuable education. If this is bo,
why do we see nothing of it in
thej public schools? Of course we
do not refer to the military feat
ures of the scout movement, if it
has any. We speak only of its
educational features.
If scouting does, as we are told,
revise and recreate the whole phys-
ical and moral nature of the boy,
why not try it in the schools? Why
leave it to the patronage of Stand
ard Oil magnates and the like?
It was said at the scout dinner
that sum. Men who give thousands
of dollars for a tip in a land pur
chase must have money to burn.
THIS WEEK
T
HROUGH the Realty Board,
Portland villi be host for
three days, beginning tomor
row, to a lnreo number of
j vIgiting real estate" men.
The vl8ltors come from near and
! dlgtant points in Oregon, Washing,
j t0Q and Iriaho. The purpose is
I to advance business and ethical
i standards in handling real estate.
An elaborate program for enter
tainment of the delegates has been
prepared.
To give the national touch to the
occasion, the secretary of the Na
tional Association of Real Estate
Exchanges is here.
Few men are in position to do
60 much as real estate men to ad-
terest of city and Btate as a whole
Is taken into consideration.
The national organization has
for years set itself as high a stand
ard of ethics as any of the profes
sional organizations. It gives
every realty dealer an ideal toward
TpVtlfH Via will avAfitiiollv txrrtrtr if
TT AAA V" VUt.1 IJ W . 11. A A
ha . ,T vAfnra v,,
It is a most welcome and most
1 reaBBurIng fact tnat 8aie8men's or-
rimin arrhcI Atl on n of nrfvpr.
ti8,ng men and other repre8entatIve
. actlvltle8 are working toward high-
er ideals and loftier standards.
A common quotation among Pro
gressives is "you can lead a horse
to tbe river but you can't make
him drink."
BETTER 5LARKETS
T
HE Washington state grange
has published a list of 26
progressive measures for
which it stands and which it
that the day will soon be here
There is no space to mention all
of them but we are going to speak
of one.
The state grange goes on record
Unequivocally for "state and fed
eral marketing." The reader will
notice that it does not indorse
state and federal "investigation"
of markets but actual marketing.
The Washington grange sees its
way to demand the erection of
state and federal market houses
with adequate railroad connections,
a full working force to take charge
of receiving, storing, packing and
shipping crops. We gather from
the report that it would include
in this system all the crops of the
state.
The federal government has al
ready done something in the way
of aiding the farmers to find mar
kets. Consular investigations and
reports have been useful, but tbey
are perhaps of more immediate as
sistance to the middlemen than to
the producers who are not in a
situation to seek foreign, markets
as a rule. The federal government
has also done something to pro
mote marketing by' parcel post.
But observers who have watched
the effort, seem, to feel that it
never will be of great consequence
until the government builds .market
houses where producer and con
sumer can meet for that bargaining
which is indispensable in retail
trade.
Letters From the People
ICommanlcatlona aent to The Journal foe
publication In tbla department abonld be writ
tea on only one aide ot tba paper. uUd iwl
exceed fcOO worda In length, and maat be ac
companied by the .name and addreaa of the
aender. If the writer doea not dealra to have
the same publlahed be ahould ao atate.
"Dlacnaaion la tbe createat of all refonrera.
It rationalise, everything It toorbea. It robe
nrlcdplea of aU falae aauctltj and throwa them
back on their reaaonableneaa. If ther bare ao
reaaonableneaa. It rutbleaaly cruahea them out
f existence sad aeta up ita own oooclualona In
their atead." Weodrow Wllaon.
Statement as to Auto Accident.
Portland. Or.. July 15. To the Ed
itor of The Journal. The statement
In your paper of July 14, page 2,
column 4, states that the accident
on the Oregon City-Park Place road
was caused by the auto plunging- down
an embankment of 70 feet. Having
gone to the scene of the accident.
I will state that the machine, after
having passed over th decline from
the Southern Pacific tracks, had
reached the slight curve about 100 feet
from the track and there ran off the
hard surface of the road into the soft
sand which extends about 18 Inches
beyond the pavement. The attempt
to regain the hard surface caused the
rear wheels to begin working out
through the sand to the edge of ,the
bank, which extends about seven feet
down to a barbed wire fence. In turn
ing over, the machine caught against
the fence tearing away the upper
wires, against which Mrs. Myers, my
sister, was caught, and as the ma
chine was bottom up on the bank any
attempt to raise the machine only
caused It to slide farther down onto
Mrs. Myers.
The Band which extends beyond the
hard surface is soft, and it Is possible
it had become worked up over the
pavement, making: it Impossible for
Mrs. Orpin, who was driving the car
to tell Just where the hard surface
extended.
The steering apparatus was found
to be In good condition when the car
was taken out.
Accidents of this character are pos
sible on graded roads where the earth
beyond the pavement is allowed to get
on the pavement, and covers its edge.
CLAUDE H. MILLER.
The Plutocrats and Mexico.
Portland, Or.. July 10. To the Editor
of The Journal I have been pleased
and edified by reading in the columns
of your paper from day to day your
diagnosis of the causes of the Mexican
disease, and am myself convinced that
if we are drawn into war it will be
brought about largely by the exploiters
of Mexican resources and that they
will be the chief beneficiaries as a re
sult of the war. I have sought to em
body my views in verse, as follows, for
which I beg space:
Praise God from whom oil blessings flow.
For our troops are marcbinf to Mexico.
For this Ie prayed; ti.d From the plain
Of the Dakotaa and from Maine.
Come gallant noata and from IlliDola,
From ererywhere In U. 8. A., tbe rallow boy
Who Talnlr thinks he goes to fight
For Uncle Sam and ret things right;
But to myself I aay with glee
The foolish chap miU fight for me.
Patriotism. Ah Ha Ha!
Lore of country: "Rah
Rah! 'Rah!
Whoop it np, brsTe boyo. while yon go
Through the sun-burned waHea of Mexico.
Your fathers aul mothers accl alaters at home
Ar Droiid of you. boys, for I clearly aee
They regard joh aa Ueroea In war for your
own country.
And that for this ranse you forsook aweet-
bearta and wires.
And pledged all your future. een yonr Uvea.
But the guffaw's In my throat, aa I ctoka
with glee:
You pof-r llttie boobs, you'U be bleeding for
.me.
Tttutee of God I am, and1 I will surely rule
Auother big alice of bis loTelr footatool.
With that gentle force which 1 apply la my
Eldorado.
'Mong the Rockies !n ye loyal atate Oolorado.
In free U. 8. A. with the aid of tba aoldler
boy
And aatute buslnesa man and preacher decoy,
I choose my own subject ana alare;
There la no one to dispute me, no one so
bra re;
For when the men of Uncle Sam decline to
lUe
I pon the sumptuous fare which I to them
glTe,
I summon men from China, from Greece and
from Rome,
Some of whom, I am told, lire on rats when
at home
'Crora tbe sea. These are my alarer. and
again
I must eblllnte wlth-a about of pore glee;
Chlneae. Greeks and Romana are laing for
me.
To my friends tn peace and war who. In ser
ried ranks
Aa soldiers enforced my will, I glre oleagl-
noua thanks
For what tbey have so derotedly done not
only for me
But alao for mwy dearest pale. Schwab and
J. P.,
And Others who reign along other lines
In beef, in leather. In tugar and mines.
In powder and guns, before tbey are abot.
In railroads and banks where money la got.
In power electric, gas, heat and Ught
For us, the goTernment lnrtalble and clear oat
of sight.
For what the soldiers did for tbeee, my thanks
no aurceaae
Shall know, if only in rich Mexico
Tfceee aoldler bore will make war, not peace.
Till aucb time as will please my benevolent
will
And until I proclaim and ejaculate: "Peace
be i till."
My feellnga are now beyond my control as I
alng with glee
These soldiers will thirst, go hungry and dla
tor. me.
Thla talk is not for publication, and by wiy
of explanation.
That It may not leak cut. I cautiously aay:
That we are friends connnblatlng at 26
Broadway,
In my cosy little den. where the fa tea of men
Are decided to their best Interest, now and
tben.
In secret conclave, each other to congratulate
In the large expansion of our atate.
Soon to be Just ao when we gobble Mexico.
Much to our great weal but to others' woe.
Now to do exact Justice to our pais first.
Let ua give martial pralae to Otla and Ilea rat.
Who In their papera with redhot flowing lingo
Set the mind of the greaser aflame galnat
the gringo
And who with rage atlr np old Carrar.ra
And make fools In IT. 6. A. bear the Japanese
"Banaal!"
Aad In their imagination, tbe Germans In
Mexico about:
"Btrafe the American and from your land kick
him oat."
And Otis and Hearst yell from the hilltops
To busy men In mart aad abops
All O'er thla amlling peaceful land:
"To your armories, khaki and brass band!
To arms, young men. bear your eoatatry'a call:
Fill tm your knapsack with powder and ball.
Aad the spirit of Mara from Hearst's Ameri
can. Examiner end Journal
Breathing forth threats 'gainst tba Mexican,
deep and Infernal.
Join with Otis Los Angeles Times
In out-bellowing the bulls on their Mexican
ranches, in proas and la rhymes.
Tben with, a wink which they wink at ma
(Tbey whaVper in calm aweat tones to me):
"We're got them going t war -for as and
you, J. D." Sewton McOoy.
THE LEAVEN OF MAN'S LIFE
By James Russell Lowell
BUT stay! no age was e'er degenerate,
Unless men held it at too cheap a rate.
For in our likeness still we shape our fate.
Ah, there is something here
Unfathomed by the cynic's sneer
Something that gives our feeble light
A high immunity from the Night,
Something that leaps life's narrow bars
To claim its birthright with the host of heaven;
A seed of sunshine that can leaven
Our earthly dullness with the beams of stars,
And glorifyvjur clay
With light from fountains elder than the Day;
A conscience more divine than we,
A gladness fed with secret tears,
A vexing, forward-reaching sense
Of some more noble permanence;
A light across the sea.
Which haunts the soul and will not let it be.
Still beckoning from the heights of undegenerate years.
JOURNAL
76 Marion Lake
Louis A. ("Tarn") McArthur gives
today the second of the three Journeys
which he recommends as the "best In
Oregon." He says:
"Marlon lake Is in the heart of the
Cascade range, about midway between
Mount Jefferson and Three-Fingered
Jack. It is at an elevation of approx
imately 4500 feet, and Is one of the
most attractive of Oregon's mountain
lakes. It was named by a road locat
ing party from 6alem. headed by John
Mlnto. who were working on an easy
pass into central Oregon in 1874. The
rugged peaks now known as Three-Fingered
Jack were christened Mount
Marlon, and the lake received its name
because it gathered most of the drain
age from the north slopes of the moun
tain. The mountain was named for
Marion county.
'The best way to reach Marlon lake
is by means of the Southern Pacific to
Detroit, and by pack train to the lake
itself. The pack train trip will con
sume about a day or maybe a' little
longer. The first part of the way is
along the North Santiam river over the
grade of the old Oregon Pacific line
that was to have been pushed across
the Cascade range. But little is left
east of Detroit but the grade and a few
rotting ties. This grade extends 10 or
12 miles, to the mouth of Whitewater
creek, a tributary of the North Santiam
from the slopes of Mount Jefferson to
the east. The Whitewater carries an
unusual amount of glacial silt, so much
so that fish do not live in it.
"At the mouth of the Whitewater,
there is a sharp bend in the North,
Santiam. and from there on the course
of the traveler is over a reasonably
good trail in a southeasterly direction.
Soon Independence prairie is passed, at
which point Marion creek comes In
THE PROMISED LAND
rrom the Philadelphia North Amerlcan. July .
And It shall be on the day when ye ahall
pr over Jordan unto the land which tho Lord
thy (iod giveth thee, that tbou vhalt et thee
ut- great atonea, and platater tbem with pluU
ttr: And thou shalt write upon them all the
virde of thla law. when thou art peaaed over,
that thou mayeet go In unto tbe land which
the Lord tby God glveth thee, a land that
floweth with milk and honey; aa the Lord
God of tby fatbera ath promleed thee.
And thwe tlialt thou bnlld an altar onto tbe
Iord thy (iod. an altar of atonea.
And thou ahalt write upon the atones all the
work of this law very plainly. Deuteronomy,
xivll:2 3-5-8.
In early days of the current week
there met in this city a notable gathering-
of men and women. It repre
sented the ineffable tradition of an
ancient faith and the undying spirit
of an indomitible race. It included
persons from the common walks of
life, humble artisans. Industrious
traders, hard-fisted farmers. It coin
prised men and women whose genius
is acknowledged across the earth,
scholars, economists, authors, Jurists
leaders and makers of thought. Elo
quent speeches stirred the audiences,
and were reported in the daily press
for the edification of an unnumbere.l
public. Careful and precise thought
was put into papers for the elucida
tion of the Zionist movement, that all
men might know its exact meaning.
But after one has read all these re
ports, after one has eard the inspir
ing eloquence that called the Jewish
mind and heart back to the Holy Land,
or.e turns to the twenty-seventh
chapter of Deuteronomy to find the
soul of the movement expressed in a
hundred worst. Minds among the
keenest of our age with painstaking
diction have defined the Zionist move
ment. But the best definition Is 3703
years old, and Its history is nearly
1000 years older than that. It began
when Abraham went forth from Ur of
the ChaJdees to go into the land of
Canaan. And the dream of the Prom
ised Land went with him. He became
the founder of the most illustrious
line in all human history. And that
line carried with it the tradition of
the Promised Land through countless
generations. It went with the sons
of Abraham to Egypt. It abided with
them In prosperity and poverty.
Riches and power did not efface It
Slavery only made it the stronger.
The armies of Rameses melted before
it. It conjured the Red Sea to divide
its waters, and the children of Israel,
dryshod, carried the dream with them
back to their native Asia. For 40
years they wandered.
And It came to pass that they pos
sessed the land. A pastoral people In
time was transmuted Into a conquer
ing empire. The glories of the tem
ple dazzled all Asia. The dream
seemed a realization. But Babylon and
Assyria in turn scattered the chil
dren of Israel. They trickled back
to their ancient home, but again the
relentless Roman nd again the Sar
acen and the .Turk stripped them of
their patrimony and sent them naked
into the world.
'The history of the Jews Is not
merely the history of a people's ex
ile. It is the exile of a civilization.
There has never been a time since the
Babylonian captivity when the Jews,
if they could, would have gone back
to Palestine in the mass They have
been citizens of th world, the uni
versal dwellers. But there has never
been a time when the Jewish heart has
not yearned for the Promises. Land.
The hope has not been to transplant
to that favored spot the Jews of all
nations. It has been to regain pos
session of soil made sacred by the
most hallowed traditions, and to pre
serve It forever as a center of Jewish
civilization. The hope has been ths
there Jewish thought, Jewish learn
ing, Jewish culture would be free to
preserve and develop the Imperishable
principle whtch It had carried through
o many vicissitudes for more than
4000 years.
And that is the Identical meaning
of the Zionist movement of today. No
one proposes to transplant to a little
tract In Syria a Jewish world popula
tion of nearly 15,000,000. No one
suggests that the Jews of America,
for instance, shall give up their treas
ured citizenship her and become units
JOURNEYS
from the southeast. The trail forks,
and those who desire may travel up the
west branch toward the Big Meadows,
the headwaters of the North Santiam.
The name of Independence prairie Is
another legacy of the Marlon county
road locators, who camped there on the
Fourth of July.
"The trail up Marion creek gradu
ally becomes steeper, passing many
beautiful rivulets coming in frm the
Bteep slopes on the east. Some of
these streams are very cold, notably
Puzzle creek. Gatch falls, on Marion
creek, are very beautiful, and naarer
the lake is another high fall. Marion
lake is a fine, large body of water,
shallow on the northwestern edge,
with good camping places. The trail
leads around the lake and over the
summit Into contral Oregon.
"Pack outfits may be obtained at De
troit. Husky persons can walk in to
the lake, carrying their own packs,
but this is not recommended. It is far
pleasanter to have a patient pack an
imal do the rough work. The trail is
easy for walking, all the way. and
some parts of it afford fine views.
P rom the ridge north of Marion lake a
fine sight of Mount Jefferson la to be
had.
"The train gets into Detroit about
noon, and those who so desire may
start for Marion lake In the afternoon,
making the second day's traveling a
little easier. There are plenty of ex
cellent camping placea on the way.
Good maps of this district do not exist,
but the map of the Santiam national
forest is fair, and the maps Issued in
the geological survey's "Water Supply
Paper 349' are very nseful. The lat
ter publication may be secured at the
geological survey office in the Couch
building."
of a new nation. Zionism Is not
movement to restore the Jews to
Palestine, it Is rather a militant hope
and a vivid faith that Palestine may
be restored to the Jews.
The existing Zionist organization Is
but an expression of the new drift
which began in the middle of the last
century. In 1800 the Jewish popula
tion of Palestine was given as 3000.
All during the early decades of that
century there was a drift of Jews
back to their old home. In 1880 there
began what is termed the new settle
ment. Since that time 75,000 Jews
have gone back to Palestine from all
parts of the globe. The Jewish pop
ulation of the Holy Land now num
bers 150,000. The earlier immigrant
were herded In the cities and became
dwellers in new ghettos. B"t gradual
ly the call of the land was heeded.
The agricultural reclamation of Pales
tine was begun. Soil long thought to
be worn out was made productive. A
ciesert was made to bloom. What the
Jewish farmer is doing for Palestine
is illustrated in a single export.
Twenty years ago the Jewish colonies
first set out orange trees. The yearly
export of Palestine is now 1,500.000
boxes of oranges, of which more than
a third are produced by the new colo
nists. How suggestive is this of the
ancient tradition "flowing with milk
and honey"!
But Palestine's contribution to the
world has been something more Im
portant than any material product
that the llttie tract could bear. Pal
estine's great gift to mankind has
been thought. Jewish thought, Jewish
civilization, Jewish culture. And the
central principle of that culture has
been the soul of all western civiliza
tion for 2000 years. Scholars recog
ntge that to re-establish this culture
in Palestine amid the babel of
tongues brought by Jews from many
lands, It is necessary to revive the an
cient Hebrew language. The Idea
took definite form with Ben Jehudah,
a rich Paris Jew, who SO years ago
announced that he would not marry
any woman who could not speak the
ancient Hebrew fluently. He found
such a one imbued with his own high
ideals of tbe mission of Judaism.
With her he inaugurated In Palestine
the revival of the ancient tongue of
his people. Today Hebrew is the
common language of the most poly
glot community in the world. Two
daily Palestine newspapers are pub
lished in it. The Hebrew library in
Jerusalem has 18,000 volumes. Hebrew
Is taught in the schools from the
kindergartens up.
The rehAb'illtatlon of a Jewish Pal
estine is well on Its way. It Is net
to be a rush of immigrants to found
new homes on material prosperity. It
Is to be the establishing of a center of
Jewish culture, recognized as such an 1
protected by the nations of the worlJ.
Tbe ancient raith and philosophy are
to have a home in the land where they
were !rat planted 3700 years ago.
There its pure flame of Idealism may
burn unmolested. From that center
it will radiate Inspiration to every Jew
throughout the world to keep to the
high tradition of the sons of Israe!.
It will fulfill the dictum of the great
Law Olver:
"That thou mayest go Into the land
that the Lord .thy God glveth thea
a land that floweth with
milk and honey; as the Lord Ood of
thy fathers hath promised thee.
And there shalt thou build an
altar And thou shalt writ
upon the stones all the words of this
I law very plainly."
A Trial of Faith.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
A" pastor In western Pennsylvania,
who until recently was a believer in
the literal answer to prayer, now is,
with some trepidation, taking stock In
his faith. Not long ago a visiting fel
low clergyman prayed fervently In
his pulpit to this effect:
"May the brother who ministers to
this flock be filled full of fresh veal
and new zlgor."
The startled pastor says that he
doesn't object to fresh veal In modera
tion, but does object tos having one
of these new breakfast foods forced
upon him.
TKQnce Ger
FtF-.V" T.AMPMANl
NOW when th year Is at her
highest noon end leaves are at
their deepest green the rambler
comes and publishes her beauty.
J Arid pome there are who love
the earlier roses host,
-the roses that mme in Junetlme.
and make their magic in our
dooryards.
and line our roalwn.v(, wiyi their
loveliness.
bending upon their oicms as
though In sadness.
that they so' soon must perish.
that they should bloom and be
no more.
almost before they have become
acquainted with the sun.
or with the winds thai 1 ve them.
the winds of June thnt strew
their petals on the lawn's new green.
J But as for me 1 love the ram
blers. perhaps hereuse this Is their
time.
! and with their wonder I forget
'their last-month sisters.
1 J And 1 know a fence a carelecs
country fence thnt is like a snow
drift. with white ramhlem overgrown.
J And there Is n lattice in ,the
town where the red ones clamber.
J And someone 1 don't know who
a writer in the New York Mall last
summer wrote about the crimson
rambler.
saying, that In her blossoms is
the best blood of the summer.-
JAnd he praised her hanlihood.
telling how she never falls
when the sun Is high and hot to re
peat her pledge of life renewed for
ever. aj And the rllmhlng white roee and
the red are so beautiful there Is
no word to tell It.
JBut there Is another rambler
that I love heat of all.
JAnd she Is pink as nothlnr elae
may be.
JAnd she flut ters along t he hedge
like a scarf flung by n dancer.
a silken scarf stolen from the
streaklngs of the dawn.
JAnd her name Is Irrothy Perkins.
JAnd some there are who see the
roses going and nre snd.
aeelne; therein the way of all
that lives.
the end of nil hemity.
the death of nil thnt hopes and
aspires and looks up In gladness to
the light.
JAnd since ever men chose words-
to make mirslr wltli their sound
and beauty with their meaning it
has been so.
JAnd poets have mourned her
transience.
''and have made sweet songs to
tell their sorrow when she goes.
J And so perhaps I should be ssd
when roses fade.
J And the earlier roses almost per
suade me.
JBut I never quite give In.
and when the ramblers come
they prevail against It.
JAnd I think they shout to me to
be of good cheer.
that nothing is ever lot.
that no hhiomlng however unre
garded Is In vain.
JAnd we're living In a rented house
Just now.
and we can't do as we like
with it.
hut we expect to have a home of
our own some time and
J LISTEN When we d" I'm go
ing to plant Dorothy Perkins all
around the place.
Women.
By J House In Capper' Weekly.
A man has his' choice. He can either
devote his time, to allaying his .vlfe'a
suspicions or to the conduct of his bus
iness. But there never 1s sufficient
time in which to do both.
Leila Conr.tance Feat herlngliarr. say
when she buys a gown fche hns her
selection on the theory that a brass
band makes more noiec than a vio'et.
A man has his choice. He can retain
his self respect, or he can he what Is
known as a "good mixer."
Tears provide a woman with an ade
quate defense. But a man neds a lot
of wltnesf.es and the bent legal talent
available.
They ray Eddie Featherlngham, who
bought his wife a year ago with a trip
abroad, an automobile, two hired girls
and unlimited credit st the stores, is
already delinquent In some of his pay
ments. Every man Is on trial before a Jury
composed cf the women of his neigh
borhood. -.
Before hec marriage to him a woman
is Interested In what a man sayr. After
marriage she Is interested In what he
1 docs.
A man greatly enjoys the -liberty
which his wife's absence from home
gives him for a couple of weeks t-efore
she goes away.
When a woman asks a man of whst
he is thinking, she wants him to aay
he Is thinking of her.
Digital Disasters.
Dud Beardaley la nursing a sore finger, tne
glrla at the telephone office have furnlahed
him wllh a ciiahlon to alt on ami are doing
everything for his comfort. H liver Lake
Leader.
as
Jamea Brandon, bockamo foreman at tha
leland Ranch, bad the mlafnrtiine to have the
first Joint of hl right thumb torn off )at
Hatnrday by g'ttlng If canaht in a rope while
retching a calf. Mr Rrandnn la one of the old
time cow men of tht auction. In fact baa
followed riding all lila life and la an tinerl
enced man throwing a rope, hut be got caught,
Burns Tlmea Hrald
W. L. Lowe. loniiea1er of the Sliver
country, had two ff hi tni cut off lo a
motorcycle accident Vrttiei1ay afternoon. We
did not learn the nri!i-ulri hut ba seemed
to have tlpfd over with tli machine and got
his font caught In aurti a manner that the big
too and the one adjoining wre cut. He was
brought ln that night t.y W. P.. Johnson and
pr. standard took care of Hie wouuda, finding
It necaarv to remove the two toea entirely,
Iturna Tlmea-Heral'l.
An accident that threatened very serious
resnlta occurred Monday at Thomas to Mre.
Km ma Ollkey, whn a cow she il leading
ran and dragged l,r aevrat rods. The rope.
In xuiif manner caught around Mrs. Gllker's
J w rlet and she was thrown to the ground, after
I which the rone got aronnd her neck. Tha cow
ran for aotne dlatance until atopned by the
bruab. and in holding the rone away from hr
neck to aava her life her finger ws burned
so naaiy mat u nan to d amputaiea. Albany
Democrat.
Evidence,
rrom rveryborfy'e. r .
"Not guilty, eir," replied the prison
er. "Where did you find the prisoner,
constable?" asked the magistrate.
"In Trafalgar Square, sir," w.ig tha
reply.
"And what made you think he was
Intoxicated V
"Well, air, he was throwlnr his walk
ing stick into the basin of one or the
fountains and trying to entice one of
them stone lion to go and fetch It out
again.- , ,. . .