THE ORKUUN SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY . MOliNIfiG, DiCLliULU CO, 1Q17.
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DEMOCRACY HATH WROUGHT
T
HE human mind is staggered by
uie immensity ox passing events
u is a iremenaous time in
which to live. The thin on (it I
tyesterday are cast aside as nothing,
iB awumuuKu cuuciusivos 'ji i
;neariy a century or American rail-
goading were thrown overboard this
week by the stroke of a pen. A
; dynasty of 300 years was recently
fuprootea ana tne royal family ex-la
1 In1 almrtst urMhnnt (hn .flrlrnr nf a 1
- - - . - ... ...0
bnOu I
I These are but two in a series of I
.unprecedented events. A little while
? X . m . I
mo proposal ior governmeni l
control of railways would have made
America from center to clrcumfer-1
fence a seething, surging, quaking I
j Vesuvius. The thunders of the coo-1
ttroversy would have made the eali I
iquiver.
1 Yesterday it was done and today
Ut is forarotten. Nohodv miMtinnwl
g - . - w m i
nobodv doubted: nobodv demurred. I
Its appearance on the first page of
Sthe newsoajlers attracted little more
Icomment than the arrest of a Ger-
man spy. So much of the unpar-
lleled and unprecedented is taking
piace mat cveryining is expeciea anu
"nothing marveled at.
i Tha takin over nf tha American
. . .... ... ... I
rraiirniins is ine mtantiest innnstrmi
fevent that ever hanoened In tha
KvorldV America's unparalleled per-
ormance of sDendinsr nearlv a dozen
hIIUft Hrtllar anil rnnf rartino- fni I
(the expenditure of nearly twenty
billions in the first year of the
war was beyond any previous finan
cial event on this earth. America's
.outright gift of $l00,00000d to the
- Jled Cross from pledges secured in
t ,a week s campaign was a ntribu-
t!on unmatched In history,
f Yet these primal events are scarce
Jy as stupendous as the placing with
3one pen stroke in one hand of all
tha rail lines, the tracks, the. term I
' jn&Is, the trains, the battalions, regi
-ments and divisions of employes,
, the huge financial operations that
yielded a net profit of more than a
billion ' dollars last year, together
-'with all the complex and intricate
problems of operation, maintenance.
. betterments, efficiency - and 'admlnis
traUon.
i Is the human mind under the vi
cissitudes and crises of a gigantic
Yvar- cataclysm - expanding ; by leaps
" and bounds? Is the human brain
pushing its confines outward and
? .Surging more and more toward the
, Infinite ? Over the yawning abyss of
' struggle, is human thought mount
' fills uigucr suu uijucr uiu uuiiiau
turpose delving deeper and deeper
Into" the mysteries and problems of
human existence?
Men havja doubted the power of a
democracy i to control itself and 'to
nat - titlt h rAi'aa ' in : 1 1 rv-t a r9 .- altaoa
r 4 mA ft- AnI 4h A rla v Ke f rtTck V A no
'ha TZJZi 7f thri; h!
in a cry of "wh at wonders hath
democracy wrought r
"J The programmed watch party at
the Portland Auditorium New Year's
eve is a splendid plan. The old
iongs are to be revived and sung. It
will be an evening to revive the mem -
- pries, recall the traditions and warm
on love for the soil of America. We
havA been concerned too little these
last decades in what our country is
and what It means to us.
SAUCE FOR THE GANDER
s
AUCE for the goose should 'also
be Bauce for the . gander r- The
kaiser ought not to complain if
he gets a dose of the medicine he
has been measuring out so liberally
to England. The, British - airplanes
have made their first reprisal trip to
.uo rvu.uuiu auu i ay pears to OO
quite a success ! from the point of
inn jiuuiu.. uo rejwr uu uutiierea terrible shattering when
say how many women and babes were j Charles I of England lost his head.
ntaawwa . m tTaalwawwa r.PMta - J ..a
siam nut a railroad elation was
wrecked and a munition plant blown
up.' These are substantial winnings,
: England has been very patient under
the inflfctlon of the German airplane
raios.v &ne nas ceen f too . pauent, as
many believe. . But probably itwaJjlike any other business, and a king
the lack of airplanes more than gen
nine meekness ' under af flictlon tha
prevented reprisals. It could hardly,
have been wise policy to divert planes
from the front in order to bomb Ger-
man towns. - - '---
More airplanes appear to be avail
able now and - the expedition against
Mannheim is' the first result." Pres
ently we Shalt read Of others. It. is
just as wen for the kaiser's obedient
slaves to learn m their own home
what the war .they have set going
really means. ' "
AS ,THE YEAR ENDS -
ITH the end ' of the " history
making year oC 1917 close at
hand. The Joyrn&r presents
today In its . news columns . a
brief review of industrial and agri
cultural Oregon during ; the twelve
month, and includes certain - facts
relative to the state's service In the
war. ' : -v1;- :
Eight per cent of thestate's adult
male population has volunteered fpr
war service. ..; Since the. declaration
of war more than 20,000 Oregon .men
have. Joined the, colors.
.Oregon citizens have dedicated
more than, 140,000,000 to war work.
Subscriptions to the two Liberty
loans totaled 137,001,450. More than
one million dollars was pledged to
the Red . Gross during the first cam
paign and more than four hundred
thousand do'lars to the Y. M. C A.
war fund. Other appeals for finan
cial help have been responded to in
the same liberal way thai indicates
a general appreciation of the 6pirit
of giving.
Marked impetus has . been given
the industrial life rf tha stats and
0f Portland by the phenomenal de-
velopment of the shlo buildinir in-
dustrr. In 1917 22.000.000 worth of
tnnn ,.. hi nM.
gon yards while contracts for 140,-
uuu.uuu worm were" signed, in?
state's shipbuilders have niwired
themselves to turn out between 150
and 160 vessels during 1918, having
an aggregate tonnage of 925.000, with
probability that the total wlxi
. v.. j nnn w
iuuuiii w muic tuau ,uw,uw iuub
Of th nlAdrp1 (nnngce R9!iftnft rer
resents wooden ships and 400,000
steel ships. There ore 23 shipyards
I a a a a a a a
m operavon in me siaie ana two
lift course of establishment . Of
these 25 yards, four are engaged in
building steel ships and the rest
wooden vessels. More than 14,000
men are now employed in the yard3
with a payroll during ian t)i more
tnai $1,000,000 a month. This in
dustrial development is the more
remarkable in that it has been ac-
compUshed in less than two years
Oregon's agricultural output lo-
the year totals 1327,063,000 as com
pared with $325,865,000 in 1916. Th,
annual yield of cereal, fruit and
'w""" "iui"i fiuuuv-w
dairies shows a gain that moe
tnai offsets the decrease in the re-
limn fwift ltvpcfA(lr Thla rirn1iiv.
... . . -
Hon t1 wealth bespeaks
commonweilth of 'Material pros-
PWity.
- This
progress and the common
abundance of material things al1
around us Is basis for raitn in an
important' and swiftly expanding
future.
Rain on the windshield is given as
the reason why M. S. Bishop of
Goldendale was . knocked down and
seriously hurt Thursday night by a
passing auto at Broadway and Hoyt
But why not realize that when there
is rain on the windshield you
are about to seriously injure if not
kill somebody?
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
HEN Louis XVI of Franc and
his queen. Marie Antoinette,
were guillotined the imagina
tion of the 'world was"" pro
foundly stirred by the dread eveut
Mankind felt about it much as they
would had a flaming comet struck
the earth spreading fire and pesti
lence over a whole hemisphere. The
execution of Louis was talked of
by high and low, by the fireside
and in the senate chamber, for three
quarters of a century after it w&
consummated. It became a histori
cal portent, marking the end of an
age and the dawn of a new era.
Nicholas of Russia Is much' the
same sort of a man that Louis XVT
was, easy, amiable and weak. Ho
best of Intentions and drifted into
tyranny- only because he could not
not
Per
Jksm ra"onal,y'
haps, if Nicholas and his queen had
been dramatically- guillotined the
world's imagination wouW hava been
po uj meu- laic,
As things have gone, his deposi-
j " has neen Uken almost as a
1 matter of course. Nobody has been
I greatly excited by IL No tears have
nowea overfnis tragic aownraiu No
I Pe bas hymned his fall. His dfr
j thronement and exile are accepted
as ordinary .incidents In the career
of a modern king. It is the usual
and proper ending of their adven
tures. . .-
LOUlS lost his throne anrl lifa at
the close of the eighteenth centurr.
Nicholas lost his throne, but not his
Ufe. at the beinnln nf tha hn.
Meth.' Somewhat mora than a ..n.
I tunr elansed between tha ttvn aw.nta
and in the meantime the psychology
1 Of the ; World ha Changed. "Tho
I vanity that dotli hedea a tins-" an-
I m . ' . M . r .
By the time Louis and Maria Antol
J nette had beensgulllotined there was
hardly anything left of the sacred
I galmour.
j - As ctor Emanuel of Italy put it.
j reigning - had become : "a j business
I had to live up to his obligations o
lose hii . Jbb. Nicholas did not
live ' up V fila cb ligations. He
was guilty : of precisely - the same
laziness, stupidity and petty rascality
that would have cost a retail gro
cery salesman his place behind the
counter. ; The circumstance"', that
Nicholas' job 1 was on a throne in
in
stead of ..behind "a counter , did not
matter? when : the - day of reckoning
came.' He had shown ; himself , unfit
tot his calling and he had to go.
The . fading of the i supernatural
glamour which, once hedged kings
about and excused their misdeeds is
bewailed . by . some of our weaker-
minded poets and novelists. They
set up a ' shriek whenever an Idol
Is stripped ' of Its ornaments . and
draa-Red . into ; the ' pitiless glare . of
f act. , Romance -of the sentimental
sort may suffer some loss when un
worthy kings are turned out of the'r
obs, but the common, run of man
kind gain by It Immensely.
BEVERIDGE'S MARSH.LL
A LITTLE manual prepared by a
Frenchman corrects the current
Ignorance of his countrymen
about the United States. The
French are deeply. Interested In otu-
domestic affairs since we have be
come ' their allies. The manual is
describes in the New York Evening
Post, which, according to the Frenca
author, is "the principal newspaper
published lu Washington, D. a"
Our ' geography appears to be an
insoluble enigma for ' Europeans of
all brands. If the kaiser and his
hordes are as .misinformed about it
as most other Europeans we need not
worry over then" threatened Invasion.
flf they plan a landing at New York:
they will head for the southern point
of Florida. If they aim to capture
Washington they will set sail for
some port on the Paclflo coast
The manual Is more than usually
Interesting when it describes our gov
ernmental arrangements. It says that
we have "no true parliamentary sys
tem of government, like France and
England, because our cabinet can not
be dismissed when it is out of tune
with the majority In congress." Our
system is. In truth, more like the
autocratlo Prussian government, says
the Frenchman. Providence, or some
other supernatural . power, gives us
a president and cabinet and for the
next four years we must make the
best of them. There Is no way to gel
rid of them until their ceremonial
terms5 expire.
The fixed official term which forms
so conspicuous a feature of our gov
ernmental machinery is a puzzle to
the democratic European mind. To
us it does not seem exactly "auto
cratic," though most of our publicists
admit that it tends to inefficiency.
Energetio activity is not inspired by
the calm feeling that the incumbent
has an Iron grip on his officc-for four
or six. or ten years, without regard
to tha aerrloe. he renders.' . -
The . British and French political
method- is fluid. It flows out and In
according to the currents of feeling
in parliament. When the cabinet
loses the confidence of the people's
representatives it must vacate the of
fices, making place lor a new set of
public servants.
The Jramers of our .government
were actuated by two curiously op
posing fears. ' On one side they feared
the authority of the executive,
On v -the other side they feared
the people. To defend the country
against a usurping executive with his
horde of subordinates they dissipated
the executive' authority, or thought
they did, dividing It into portions so
minute and conflicting that no harm
could ever come of it.
Their example was followed In our
state city and county governments
where fr 4 xecutlve, Authority was
chopped into mincemeat -so fine that
it could accomplish little or nothing
The country experienced a general
paralysis in local government until
we began to revive the executive by
such devices, as the commission plan
Commission government will not bs
limited to cities, when all Is toldL.lt
will be pushed on into the state cap
itals end may even break up the dire
inertia of our county governments.'
But: so far as the national exeoutlve
was concerned , the comminution of
authority effected the precise oppo
site to what the fathers expected and
hoped. Instead of a. feeble president
surrounded by a feeble corps of ad
ministrative phantoms, what we have
really, evolved is a president towering
over .the legislative; and judicial de
partments with almost autocratic au
thority." r't : ': ; i '
The authority of the exeoutlve haj
proved to be the bond of unity which
makes us a nation Instead of a dis
integrating agglomeration .of wran
gling states. Whether the president's
autocratlo preeminence .Is T constitu
tional' or; not Is a delicate subject
upon which we do not . propose to
touch. But Its astounding vigor an1
greatness presents a strange contrast
with the fathers ideals of what the
executive , should be In ' a republlo.
The French writer ot whbm we spoko
says that our, president Is "a die
tator" during his term of office.
The steady climb ot the national
executive from his lowly position as
the obedient foreman of congress and
the , supreme court to the pinnacle
of power bas been supported at every
step by the Judicial decisions of John
Marshall. ' Marshall himself did not
love the president. He was in con
tinual (conflict, witli Jefferson and
hoped that his Interpretations of the
constitution had -forever established
the supremacy of congress and ; the
court. But he buildcd better than he
knew. Or at. least he builded some
thing different from what he ex
pected and wanted. "
, Marshall spoke for lh centrlpetar
tendency in our national life. Jeffer
son spoke for the centrifugal. Both
were ardent friends of liberty, bu;
Marshall believed liberty 'perfectly
consistent with, a strong and energedo
central government while Jefferson
believed, that liberty's only hope -lay
the dissipation Of power among I
the states.
Mars hall's strategic position as chief
lustioe of the nnr-pma mnrt pnahlr.i I
him tn .mhiwlr h nntnlnnm' In Ha. I
. . " , - I
iiaiuua nuuao imiurucv uu. aicauuj i
widened and deepened.
Jefferson ' protested when the de
cisions were made. Jackson was abl;
to defy some of them. 'Nevertheless j
their. work went silently and in.
cessantly until thay not only leavened I
but actually transformed our govern-1
mental scheme. Few students" of our
history will dispute Beveridge's opln-
ion that John Marshall had more, to I
do with makinaT our arovernment what i
(t is In practice than any' other man.
Beveridge's life of Marshall, which
has- now. been in circulation mors
than a year, enables ordinary readers
io siuay agreeaniy uie career oi mat
extraordinary national figure. Most I
people understand that the devouring
corporations have issued from his
Dartmouth college -decision as death
was born of satan and sin, but com
paratively few were familiar with the
Story of his life until Beveridge'3 1
elaborate volumes appeared.
The contest between Jefferson's
ideas and those of Marshall, as Bev
eridge describes It, is like, some titanic
struggle Issuing in the downfall of
one dynasty of demigods and the vlo
lory of another.
It Is Interesting to read that Jeffer
son and Marshall were comparatively
near relations. Jefferson was tho
great-grandson and Marshall the
great-great-grandson of the same an
eestor. Their political ideas were
Hegelian opposltes issuing from tho
same .creative source and destined I tem of warfare. Tha kalser'a cruel aya
to be reconciled, however unlike I tem of warfare la caatlna a atljrm of
they may appear Just now.
Jefferson feared centralized author
ity. Marshall loved it. Between the
fear of the one and the love of the
.w vuD
Othfer there Is no necessary conflict,
It does not matter how
Strong I
tho executive grows as long as we
contrive to hold him strictly respon
sible to the peoDle. When there Is
great work to be done we must
commission strong hands to do it.
but "should the Americah people for-1
get to be master of Its servant
than inAeeA wonM onr a-ovpmmAnt
0 1
Sink down into the autocracy which
our French author mistakenly thinks
It has already become.
The rich eastern owners of the
Portland street car system are un
der contract In every street fran
chise granted them by the city to
carry passengers at not to exceed
a five-cent fare. They come in time
of war with a claim that their
management of; their properties has
pot been profitable IfiOUgli and with
demand that the contract be
Droaen ana tncy o givcu a aia-cent
fare. What would the publlo say
If a poor devil of a teamster -with
a ramiiy or ten maoe sucn a
mand?
de-l;
FAILURES OF KULTUR
N'
ONE of the "sclentlflon inven
tions with which Germany ex-
pected to make the war 'short
and gay" have come up to ex
pectations. The submarines, tha
Zeppelins, liquid fire, poisonous
gases, indiscriminate massacres of
Civilians, have all failed Of their pur-1
pose more, or less completely.
The submarines have been the least
disappointing of the whole series
of horrors but even they have not
fulfilled their early promise. The
sinking of British and neutral ships
Wltn tne wnoiesaie muraer or me
sailors was to Starve England into
snhmlwlon within a few weeks. But
suD mission witnio a icw weeaa. nut
many months have now elapsed andlperhapa It wUl. It Is a shame 'that
the sterlings from British ports are auch things ahould take place. I Iook
more
numerous and cargoes more
abundant .than ever before.
As -for the terrible Zeppelins, their
record Is one of disaster from be
ginning to end. " They are so big
and cumbersome that they present
an 'easy mark to guns planted on the
.nvl ..'nall V In 'III. irlla aln-
aVUilU ana ww waa - snew w niw a0v wa.
planes.; Usually when; these pom
pous. monsters sally forth they are
quickly brought to earth in wreck
and ruin. A battle. between a Zep
pelin and an airplane resembles one
between a. swordfisb and a whale.
The'swordfish . circles actively round
nis Drey, stauuiua uiui uoio auu
there until . the. moment comes for
the fatal blow. Then goodby, Mr.
Whale. ' -
The liquid fire and so .forth wit!
which kultur has enriched modern
warfare add .to its horrors but do
not make at tack, essentially more efr
fective or defense v more dlfflculu
Fortified positions were taken and
lost under the old methods about
the same as now.
In former times war was ths
business of ' a comparatively small,
strictly specialized group. - Today It
Is the absorbing occupation of whole
peoples.;
Our military men tell us , that
every other interest ana diversion
must either be laid aside or greatly
modified ; if we propose to win the
war, and .the. course of events bringi
more convincing demonstration every
day that they, are right about it.-
In, San Francisco :, monlclpally
lLlr)l ITJ
:7 , VI , ,.w , " N. R. Powley and M. la. Stannard of
tem Is. In turmoil. with its employes Saa Franclaco are gueata at the Port
while its franchise expires In seven land hotel. . Both are offidaia of the
m tmm Tt la rvnt a:t -.1 Padfic Telephone company aad are la
to see how the city by the Golden
r:.. a4ti ,ot - ... .
vv u.., m.. lta U-1D-
tion problem.
I
-Letters From the People
i
aaaf la Tha J aal
faalloUoa ta tfeta 4artaMt aa id k writ-
aa aa aaty aa aloa a ta mm. aaaaMI
asaa4 auu varaa la. kta-ta a4 aaaat
alaa Vr taa mm aa4 aadraaa af. ta
a.t f 9 iU - mm a a la aaa
taa aaata aabllaata h whxmM aa MaW )
Aa Appeal to Gersaaa-Anierieaas
CoIdn. Or, Dae- IV To tha Editor f
Ttia Journal After a caraful atody of
ln r mujiary WJWiwm ni irom
tnformaUon coralnc from tha most ralU-
tl aouroea, T bar coma to tna oondo-
aloa that kalaariam. with lta aatocratle
j at em of rovarnmant. moat ba aboltahad
fcr tha rood of futura caaaraUoaa.
J appeal to roa Uarmaa-AmerKana I
and all paopla ot Oarmaa daacant to aa
i at your ralativaa, frlanda aad tha pao-
pi of Oarmanjr la aranarai to aboltah
lhm wu ad hta autocratic military
cvarnmant and to aaaiat thara In. aa-
rtaoiiahinc damocratio form or ror
rth. Tajd a trSSaTt
that wlU foravcr aboUah mllltariam. -
From a humanitarian atand point I
had hopaa that tha United StaAee would
keap oat of tha European war, but whan
a systam of mtlltartara bacomaa ao cruel
and ruthlaaa that It sparaa neither tha
lrvea of defenaelesa woman and. chU-l
dran and aanarataa famillaa tar aanarta.
tion, it La time that auch a m unary are-
trrtK.be brought 0 a nalt and daatroyad.
Aa German-Americana. I feal that we
can do much in andtng tha war by ald-
tna; tha German . paopla la tha , ovar
throw of kalaertam and la aidlna thara I
to aatabllah a reaponalhla democratale
rovernmant. a rovarnmant capable of
negotlatm- traatiaa of peace on a aafe
and permanent baais with any nation.
Aa Uerman-Americana, X feci it la our
duty to help and tha war aa aooa
pcaaibla. I believe that wa can ba tha
meana of aavinc tha Uvea of thouaands
of our brava young- man who ara now
on their way to Franca, Aa a Ger
man-American, it la my opinion that
there can ba no peace until kaiaerlam la
crushed by tha entente ail lea, or tha
German paopla thamaalva cruah kalaar
iam and form a new rovarnmant.
Aa Garman-Amaricana let as cherish
for tha homeleas paopla of Balgfum and
France, whoaa horaea bava , boan da
troyed and land laid waste, a kind and
humane feellnc. for they ara not to
blame for tha condition thay find them
selves in. but ara tha innocent victims
nf thai V a t uv. mii.1 mwJk wKa, I
cruelty and Inhumanity on tha German
people that thay do not deserve, but that
wUl not ba wiped out In a generation.
Aa German-American, la? u. dTur
share in bringing- tha world back to raa-
son and sanity, and let ua aow tha aaada
of liberty and democracy In every Land
wi-era autocracy rulaa.
A. W. ZOEXLXSR.
In avirVar Days .
Portland, Dec 14. -To tha Editor of
Tha Journal Thinking that your read-
'Zou'1 b 11tre'td ln.f,nt thm
the civil war, I aend you a few items. I
TJellfr wrltUn by co.un
" viauouuvu u.ruu ui. nail di
KIa .Ta . ;r"V K
auu., anu oeanng aata June IX. lit.. I
and tha wrltta- la a. plain aa It waa
iae nay 11 was written. 1 Waa an
f"w "'""rinaniaM.n wounoea at
. . ui ua aionn-1
. r onomy ,- haa tn I
r ... .1 ao, t tnat time
,WM 1 oapltal at Memphis. Tana,
After congratuJatlng ma oa my Ira-
proved condition, aba says: 1 sup-
poea that you know that tha rebels
bava Invaded our state. Tha man ara
nocking- from ail parts of tha state
to defend Indianapolis. I think that
tha rebels will soon ba driven back.'
After telling about her work la tha
schoolroom aha says: "I like this place
J"' "TT' u ST
soma persona ara determined to waa
tha butternut and others ara detar-
minea mat tney snail not Da worn. I
- T" -STIw"" Z1 I
- v " ; - I
Today wa came near having a battle
at church. A party of ladles, all
wearing but am-nut. came into church
and took scats on a bench together. I
It waa well known that thay had said
!f. Wf? WV l 5?- rtakM
their lives.
uu uiai anuuicr Dairr, i
who were present, had declared they
would take them off or die. Tha but
ternuts looked defiance and tha ant!
butternuts could scarcely contain them
selves In their rage. During tha serv
ices ona of them pulled off a silk
Jacket aha wore, aa thoueh aha waa
going to pounce upon them at onea.
Another lert tha church and returned
In a few minutes carrying a pistol la
her belt. Aa soon aa tha benediction
waa pronounced I aaw another young
lacy, ona or tha anti-butternuts.
brandishing a dlrlf. but aha did not
.(t.AV K. av,. ..... a.- . i.
much tha larger party and all armed,
so there was no fighting-, although
tbera ware many hard words aald and
many fce Tery p1 w,th 1
. .. - ,v. .... -m v...
DU"ernu ww contampt. but
aaa uiu vaou aa aaaaa. vawa.. ifvui jsifUH
were to blame.
Miss Busing and her father, were
both scnooi taacbera and also a
brother who waa kUlad at Atlanta on
tha day of her wadding, whan aha waa
I married to a Christian minister by tha
1 name or Busing-.
I - ARTHUR
H. mCHOLS.
Guilt
My finceia fraasa ta cwaatock Biy hair ts eakad
with mad:
I aa wadlac tarooaa loblolly black water, las
Tm canine Chrfetma graiHlii that
oil ta. hat
right
baa af thorn killed O'CoaaaD; aaathar aaatad wy
I And aaea it's toa hat to' stay
nair
The cortala-ef-nra la aaoviaa. aad praaautly rn
race
Arroaa that aula of abaa-bolas to aa for a Boeha
or two;
I Shan
rip hist ao tha SaOr and atawar huw
tareaaa aaa uutmsn.
Bat It's an
a foonaa
as rsttea aad
bum! and bDod
Thai seeds man raaUiig backward a thaw
ran behind.
tf they had tt to do ever theee rays with tha
atataasMB a a Ha
Mtkaned coat ef achaaalitg twonld chaace
tha tana la that aearta.
They played for ataaa ad ran Ufa. thay Had. col
luded aad t ruined
CaHl nf nalghborlna aatioest Twas thay, aot
wet aania. wm mmmta.
What anew na or taatr panning ar I. aa bf
mae I aoaai
Badder thaa ataat wt stabbing the staia that
thate aareajSMmt drwdl
Aad, God I ft waa all aa. rtmph) taa way that
A aanaeat for thoaa who wara aakad; far taoaa
ClaadiaB Taayea
Berkeley. CaL
; PERSONAL MENTION
Port An grlrs Lumberman In City
'' Michael Earla. owner of the Earls i
Lumber company of Port Angelaa.
nru'hire:
. Telephone Official in Tew.
Waah.. la registered at tha Multnomah. ;
.T !L.V .
I . Baker Exeeeds Bed Croee Quota
- , .
Printm. inar af Baktr. who if m.
THE DEATH OF
By Alfred
FULL knee-deep Be the winter snow,
' And the winter winds are wearily si thin ft
. Toll ye the church bell sad and slow,
-And tread softly and speak low,
r -For the old year. lies a-dyinc. . i
Old year, you mast not die j
You came to us so readily.
You lived with as so steadily,
. . Old year, yoa shall not die.
, He wit full of Joke and Jest,
But all his merry quips are o'er.
To see him die across the waste
' His son and heir doth ride post-haste.
Bat he'll be dead before.
Every one for his own.
The night Is starry and cold, my friend.
And the New-Year blithe and bold, my friend
' Comes np to take bis own.
How hard he breathes! over the snow
1 heard Just now the crowing cock.
. The shadows flicker to and fro: "
The cricket chirps: the light burns, low:
'TIS nearly twelve o'clock.
Shake hands before yoa die.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for you:
What is it we can do for you I
Speak oat before yoa die.
His face Is growing sharp and thin.
Alack! oar friend is gone, . .
Close p his eyes: tie up his chin:'
Step from the corpse, and let him in
That standeth there alone.
And waiteth at the doon
There's a new foot on the floor, my friend,
And a new fsce at the door, my friend,
A new face at the door. '
THE SPADE IN
Albert X. Carmaa ta the Flululatohie
What would ba tha degree of Interest
throughout Christendom if a naw Bible
ware discovered?
Or to chooaa a cloaer parallel what
if a whole library of ancient manu
scripts, con tempo ran eoua with and com
menting on tha various books of tha
Bible, bad bean unearthed ta soma east
ern monastery T
Christendom would ba all axoa- to
'"flL .! r Z .
I??'"irr Vn.U
I"tfoTad vividly Interesting aa they
learn their contents. Tha secret traatiaa
oououeaa-wiu prova o o- wuiu mir
produc ia th rallgioua world
when compared with tha affect of tha
disco vary of a naw maas of authentic
Bible literature.
a a
Tat that la precisely what will happen
If tha British or tha allies retain posses
sion of Jerusalem. Jeruealem la an un-
opened mine of biblical archeology. Tha
r...L- V. -... . . . . i.
Mcrei clty tha spade of tha
Tha varioua archeoiogical or
excavator.
organizations
hva aant their expeditions freely to tha
aM at xinavah and Babvlon and dua?
J0f tSr Wrydoaneap. tta hhi
,orv . rtrlllaatlon. Their a nana
Uave won from Kgypt her deepaat aacrata
Ji HT( oi,t of tha Sphinx ; have un
covered ancient Greoce on tha Aero polls.
at CorlnUl Delphi, and hava brought
to ua tha bounds of balaaaruerad
Tri But whan they hava sought to
, iJn, Mii f tha oi of
Zlon tha Turk has stolidly xoroiaaen ao
much aa a aoadafuL
Tha British ara displaying great care
not to disturb tha religious sensibilities
f tha Atoalezna. Thay will undoubtedly
continue tola policy ; and It may ba that
this will seriously nmlt tha work or ex
eavatora. area U tha wholesale prohibl
tion of tha Turk la repealed. At Luxor,
In Egypt, for example, thara la ona sec
tion of tha great tarn pi a which remains
v-.,- . UAh.mml.n
mo,u. reats upon tna mouno or o.on.
that hldea It- xna autnonuea wu not
aow My dlaturbanca of tha moaqua.
"...rL wm doubtleea ba ahown
Mo.,em buUdinga and faallnga la tha
" i.- r
Jater sollcltuds U to ba expected.
But thara la plenty of tha area of Jeru-
..... H.k.lw th. Una mi tin Hat
thrown tha mantle or ua xnoaqua ana
his tombe.
Tha first Question for which an an
swer wUl -probably ba sought wUl ba
tha exact site of biblical Jerusalem.
I That has bean by no means settled aa
I yet and chiefly because tha Turks
would not permit even ammg wwui"
to locate tha ancient walla. Thla
dcubt chiefly affects such controvar-
stai queetlons aa tha location ot tha
I true Calvary ana tna poasiouiiy m u
I present alte of tha Holy Sepulchra ba-
1 .v. .. 1 . Pilrirv vu tin-
doubtedly outalda the wall which e-
lated at tha time of dinar, ret in-s
traditional Calvary la waU Inside tha
Pt medieval wall. Many assert
.v.. w.n a.n . tha time of
j the crucifixion, must hava run outslda
1 of tha alta now accepted by tha four
B""f- "t
I J TriJTrfl ITITl bawmaM uaa a a, - a-
I Christian church ea ara not aa mini
ba Imagined In Philadelphia the Epla-
1 copal lan. tha atetnoaiax. ua nwwr
I tarlaa and tha Roman Catholic, but
I the Greek, tha Latin, tha Coptic ana
I tha Armenian. Only tha excavatov
ran answer tnis aueattoa m u iu
aalL Whan ba digs Into tha soil that
covers ancient Jerusalem to tha nonn
weat of tha Church of tha Holy Sep
ulchre. wlU ba find tha wall of tha
first century? II ba aoea, tna tivary
under that church la obvtoualy not tha
I rght ona. Tha Protestants or. rataer.
I should aay, soma rrowanu
put forward a rival Calvary which
they call "Gordon's Calvary," that la
Just outalda tna existing walL But It
Is supported by no eWlenca whatever,
rot even tha virtually wort hi aaa opln-
Inn
ot Ganeral Oordon : lor au na
tld waa. whan wanting aooui u
wall ona day: "If Calvary waa ou
side tha present waXl In thla direction,
that la a likely bill."
tatered at tha Corrtellua. aays Baker haa
moat auoteaaful Rad Crows onva. l na
campaign commlttaa roada a giorvoua
flniah Friday night. Returns snow uai
tha city far exceeded lta quota.
Ur and Mra. W. T. Carter and chil
dren of Victoria, B. C ara gueeta at tha
Multnomah. - .
mm W. J. Weaver, owner of tha
1 rrnntia - hotal ef Roewbnrr and Mrs.
w.r. ara srneata at the Portland."
I Mr. and Mra. W. 8. Woodhouaa of SO
varton are raaistared at tna i-araina.
8. B. Wagner of Alpine. Or, la a gueet
at tha Oregon. -"
Mr. and Mra. T. . Browning oi xm-
coma ara in i-oruano on a nwuun uiw
and ara at the Multaoman.
w r. Whlttea and Mrs. Edith L
Whlttea of trafur are gueata at the Cor
nelius. . - '
Mr. and Mra. i. w. Moore ot ixewporx
are raaiaterwd at tha Waabingtoa.
. -r. w. Btratford and R. A. Stratford.
bualneaa man of. Vancouver, B. C, ara
gueata la the city at the Portland hotel.
Mr. and Mra. J. n. aiartw irwn m.w
bany are m Portland ior tna .wee a rna
and are at the ore-on.
T. W. Robinaon from Olney la staying
at the Perklna.
K. C Allen ef Bherwood U ameag tha
I . mt lha Park In a.
I Mr.- ud Mr.- B. McDonald from St
THE OLD YEAR
Tennyson
s
OLD JERUSALEM
Another phase of thla problem la tha
real site of Mount Zlon. For a long
time It had bean located on tha bill over
looking tha valley of Hlnnom. but mora
reoent authoritlea put It just below tha
temple area oa tha eminence hitherto
known aa OpheL Kxcavatlon la expected
to uncover a great deal of Interest In
this section of tha city. Hera runs tha
southern wail of tha tarn pi a area: and I
aa lta structures rise from a varv much i
lowrar nart of th Kin ana i. ..t. I
uncoverad airaady without excavation I
. I . . i .a ... , . . I
esung nut tantalising problems. There I
remnants bare of three distinct I
gatea all obvloualy entrancaa to tha I
temple: aad tha Question la. To which I
r. Wa. ari-n...! .V I
a t. u...wi I
auw uvuui im prwy weu
Manunad With "tha Huldah portal" Of
tha Talmud and waa probably uaad fra-l
ouantlv bv Christ. It ta tha natural I
entrance from tha pool of SUoam. Com-
litmim iuaiuicaiiun is oopwa ior iron I
ruiier excavation. Tha pool ot BUoam
ItaelT, Just below this, also Calls for In-1
vaatigatioo. Accident, while dig Xing' in I
connection with some sketchy' water-1
works for tha city, revealed tha under-1
grouna cnanneis by which thla pool waa
ioo. ana tney uuwir tucuy to ua an-
cien t oeacripuona in thla region la I
round aa wau tha only intermittent
a .........
spring m tna wnoia aistncx tnat is.
vi.k k. , n
-t.. 7 rT. v , J VT1-
wm4. vu., mm v j wiu, biuuvu Mrkivu.
i nis ona iiowa iiva umea a oay in tna
rainy aeaaona. Possibly It has some con-
aactlon w ith tha mlrafnlatu nool of
Rthaada. whara tha anral troubiad'
Ik. vl.H K..llna nknn.lv
there la very much, of lnteraat hare for
tha Intelligent, excavator. With any
turn of his aoada ha mar find conf lrma-1
tion for and explanation of tha moat
nnviiai .,.,....
a e a
. - -
In many sections of Jerusalem tha
bris la vary daap. Tha Damascus gate,
for examDle. ta obvloualT built rUrbt on
tha top of another gate, tha upper angle I
va -a uvwo auwiiwaj af " a'a - a.- rww.,
a 9 awk-u a aula war at aw altar al r-l aa Kawa
IT! rlTr ViT irT-
. A "7. . : :SVi "'r:'.
is I rum iv u au leu ownamui u j-mmi
surf aca. tnxgtng thara may reveal any
thing, for tha debris of an ancient
city. Ilka tha sand of Egypt, la a great
preeerver of olden atructurea. But It
la impossible to tabulate all tha question
marks with which tha religious archae-
oloarlst turns toward thla museum ity
of biblical tlraaa Tha Judgment hall
of Pilate la Just up tha hill from thla
valley perhaps? Digging thara will dis
turb nothing but a Turkish barracks
and' that la hardly a structure that tha
allies wUl hold sacred. But here wa
ara on un wage oi me rnowi uunwAiRi
place of all the Temple area. Thla ts
ona or tne very xew aoaoiuteiy auvurmic
and undisputed aultea In Jeruaalem. Its
pavements cover many coveted aacrata.
Tha anveetlgator had rather ba let loose
bera with his pick and apada than any
where alaa In Jeruaalem or even In Pal
estine. But will he? Two moaquaa ara In
thla area, ona of them tha moat sacred
Moslem edifice outalda of Mecca. Thla,
unfortunately, la tha Moaqua of Omar,
which la buUt ovar tha Holy Rock. Thla
rock la a part of tha top of Mount
Moriah. and waa undoubtedly in thai
Temple enclosure. It aaw not only thai
Tem Die of Christ (of Herod), but tha
Temple buUt by tha Jewa after their I
exile, and tha glorious Temple or nolo-1
moo. under it la a cava vary aacreo. to i
tha Mohammadana, and In tha floor 'of I
that cava la aa opening Into something
beneath, which no Christian haa ever I
bean permitted to sea. All aorta of tra
ditions excite our keen curiosity. It is
aald that here ara hidden tha sacred
vaaaals from tha Temple of Solomon. Ig
norina history, ethers aay that here ara
tha aaran-branchad eandleatick and sim
ilar priceless treasuree stolen by Titus
and now believed to ba at tha bottom of
tha Tiber. How eagerly would tha ex
cavator datva Into thla cava of mystery
and promlsa ! But It la to ba feared that
even a permanent British poeaeaaion of
Jerusalem cannot gain for him that priv
ilege. Moelem oppoaitioa wul be too
strong:
Helena are la tha dty for ewer 8unday
aad are registered at the Multaomah.
Mr. and Mra. C Ia. Powell aad fam
ily of More are registered at the Wash
ington for an extended visit.
J. K. Ford, a bualneaa man -of Cor-
vallla. la at the Oregon.
C Sterling of Lebanon to Staying at
the PerkSha.
N. O. Moe from Dayton. Wash, la' reg
istered at the CorneUua.
M. M. Stewart of Aberdeen ia a guest
at the Washington for the weak end.
John O. Cartwall of Eugene U reg-
C A. Stockton of Oak Polat U reg.
iaterwd at the Portland.
Mr. and ' Mrs. B. 8. Roes from Saa
Franclaco, ara gueata. at .the CorneUua.
E. A. Lawton of Hammond to at the
Perklna,
O. C. Lelter of La Grande to regla
tared at the Oregon.
' Chatiee Chapel, a bualneaa sua X
Boise. Idaho, ta a guest at the Waah-
Ington.
Mrs. O. U Baker of KcMlnnvHla Is
at the Portland. .
D. C Smith, from Albany, to a guact
at the Oregon.
Mr. K. La Home of Moaner to at the
Multnomah for aa extended ' trip ta
thla city. . -
. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Boas ef Hood
River ar gueata at the Portland.
Ragtag and Bobtail
" Stortaa IVom Evrrbra
tTa tut
Childrra Write Food Sloe ana . .
ACOMPtTITXON waa racenUy bald
I am a mAn. tuxi... vui . .
taa federal food- admlnUtrator of that
ta. prtaea being orferad for food eon-.
aervatkm poet arm. Tnouaanda of chll-
raa -participated wua . poatar daaigna
and food-eavlng slogans, and tha fol- -lcwlng
aoocinat phraaea ara given M
avampiaa of tha children's work : Ba
canny with food. Peal thin and wia.
Not that wa lov food laaa but wa lova ,
wvny more, apraaa nutter thin halo
the Bammaea cat Berlin. Ba a mna.
native bee. Broad and buna will beat
tha Hana. Kill all cans but gar bare
cana. Can untU you can t. Kvarv apud
is a, bullae Save bacon until Barlla ia
eh- Sava'nary beana 'twill alnk .
the submarines. Wise wlvea won't
waata. Kill .kalaariam In tha klt-ha
Every Uooeier help Hoover. Eat fiah
a good war dish. Tha nation beau that
aaea eats. Pickle aad can for t?.i,"
Sam. Tha kitchen la your fort. Throw '
aaay your trying pan bake, broil, and
loll all you can.
If
Tf I knaw yoa aad rm kaav h.
If each of as eeald plataiy aaa.
Aa4 wtth aa Outer alsfat dlvtee '
The atasaiM ot rear Iwart aad atae.
I sore that aaaaid atffar baa.
Aad daap our aaada la rtaadliaea;
Oar tboachta woald plaaaaaUy um, "
If 1 kav yoa aad yoa knew ma."
The " Wrong Line
He Each hour I spend with you la '
like a pearl to ma.
She Aw, quit stringing me.
The Flag
IO. tha brlaht.
Starry light.
I Mt&atad rad aod blue aad whits.
Ot ear flaa that Moato ia raptara troea taa
atecpla'a discy baihtl
It fly.
I To ao lush.
Till It aarmua Um vaary era.
Aa It rolia iu bright watat apward till tkry
ia uta lay.
foe
Strikat a blow
I At tha fla wa'ra leiac aa.
Aad aa oa trie ad Da Una spriags ta ar
wUh
Khaki-clad
nna deep aad low.
Mea o wmA.
Sfttrtaa Btothara. Karavlr clad.
J" "
vrnv
Mothar wild.
staashtarad child.
awaui4 threahakia. ataida dafuad.
tirw. reta with raakug tiaaan.
oaa (IlM.
raoxiaa prayn
iaM ta ma.
lb thara no God aaywharer
Shall thla rUe of dark aaaa sink an Earope ta
aaopeirr
Kaeklaai. srsad.
Uaatarpiaca ot im riaht haad.
Aad thay're atactnd "Tankaa OoodU.
-Hall
uomM, Happy Lead.
u1
T 12..
w. . ,,; ,-r... al
I we ro anllhmt auoaa."
I wm unt
I lrlaa aa wawkK
aiir" r'T ... . .. ,
IThry rash bradlong ta the fight.
Aad taa hot. nd ateod toa xxliii thraach
i uw artanaa ta tbair xliaku
I Ria glad,
I Kaawr atd.
I " mbiat that aa awr had.
Taakaa ttakad with mnk sad BrNaa, aaU
I i"v 11 " mmw
yiac ot aUna.
f rw ot Una.
MUUobs wwrahl at thr abrtaa.
I nT sapai ara cawtaraa wa taaa. stnpas
I awn aad aura that ahioa,
IWVW - M tea
I rt t tta
da-lpiaia. imobke yoa sad t.
I Lat w ap thorn colon roaad as aa a waaaort
I throwsh tha aky. IMrk raq.
I at a . mm a at-
1 ' fl r 14 jpil MOW .Mil V
Mart NWiffer U afeard to Jlna any
fiaurnal order, fer ha Iowa ha would
. ...i i ... . v..
wife to plaen him; and Ma told him ha
aaa Jest right, aa ha certainly waa
aw fvaa vaa-a tvauKa'vw aaa aw v si wa aaaaa
worthleaa to hla family alive, tha way
ha dodged work and left hla wife to
support tha children, and t500 in hand
with him aura dead would ba a tempta
tion to any but a Christian woman Ilka
Mrs. Nldiffer Is. That's why Mart
don't coma over here to our house no
mora.
THROUGH
- V. rrx. r t x f s.
fllC W.IN L-( W zrteicj.
I'm Just a little Thrift Stamp
ft
With goo on my back
' a A
But I'm a sticker.
I may
myself.
not amount to much by
But neither does a drop of water,.'
or a
tola toa
Grain of aand. or a
toa toa
Speck of powder on milady's noaa.
But a lot of them together
toa toa
Ofttimea changw tha destinies of
men.
toi toa
That's me. t
toa- toa
Tha mora of my kind that's licked,
tha
tot to
Sooner wall lick tna kaiser,
toa toa
rm Just a Itttla Thrift Stamp
toa tot
With goo oa my back.
toa toa
But I'm a sticker.
Dr. Rupert Blue',- -Commends
'Book - -
How to Live Receives Cora
mendAt&yn of Sorieod General of -United
State. .... ...
He hwlfh bwaaaaatliail ever t.
tha aa-attanaa af the wediial sraaaaia
as "Um ta Li."
. Tha buaa ta Ma tha raaka ef tha spa,
aaaa la taa liei lai haakh bwak la Us. Mm-
ha ls aarataa. Waaaasatae. IX. U., wwa.
aaya as aart. " Haw as A4e a a eras
avary ef snmaail ayewaa, taaa aa a paua.
suaarirtaarwara
wth aha
af mt taa Ufa
ay lavuMa yiauxH.
at aaliriaal aeawawar. Xahi
aad mAASmmm LiiiaJt flaa,
The JawrwaJ aaBawe Caa
ba b aawry in. The i
l.a. Tbraart th munUn ad taa
Jeavme a caa aa a lar aa at taa
j. a. cut Ca aaw a rtsah Oa, Okta,
rulaaia al radw af .Taa Jai
ttaay, la eraa ar aa aim iiiiim rTm mm
etsaiaa eamtlnaa. taa ear aaaiaa. Caa
trlaaa af man ail an ill aria aa ta .
at taa W immaaLI ,
awaaaa. .