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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11. .1919.
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MOTHER'S DAY
nwTILL , the - fading eyes "of your
? " I mother grow bright today
f y 1 whlla her wrinkled hands ar-
r 1 range the flowers you sent?
If her eyes are closed-and her, hands
composed In the last long sleep
J that comes with tired labor done will
f your bosom wear . the blossomed
token of ' loving remembrance.
; Mother's 'day. "What a vista of
memory .It brings before the mind.
The, barefoot days of bumble bees
and1' childish i woes when: her soft
hands soothed, our hurts and wooed
us from our - tears to healing sleep.
The later days wh,en childish . diffi
culties barred our path and instinct
turned us back to find unfailing
comfort and relief. Young manhood's
time 4 when the cruel corners of a
cariless . world first bruised us and
the mothering hands reached out to
steady and guide us forward in -the
way of duty and achievement. Those
i later . ,. and hallowed times when
-wearied, with the load of life . we
crep't back to the old home place
T again to feel her gnarled hands laid
la gentle blessing on our heads, to
see her eyes alight' with the ' same
sweet solicitude of days long dead,
trt hoar- vfl IatuIm tnnftd a
of old, whisperings away the wear!-
ncss and the worry.
Today is Mother's day. So should
every day be. To her every day is
children's day. Since first she cradled
us in distant years her thoughts have
been for us, of us and with us.
When life has called us and we have
gone beyond the . reach of her un
selfish i: ministrations- into far off
places her prayers have bridged' the
space to heip us onward. Others
may ;;' have . - faltered and failed us.
Friends may have dropped away and
left us alone. Fame and prosperity,
.place! and position, -honor even, may
have ,i, been ; stripped, away., to leave
us naked and forsaken, but the
mantle of her motherhood has been
.always . ready to shield and protect
Mother's day is but the symbol of
Mother's year, Ahere the dawn breaks
on the . cradle and twilight ' merges
with eternity.. : ".
If Germany refuses to sign, and if
no agreement: is reached, the armis
tice will end. Including 600.000 Amer
icans, Foch has. In the army of occu-
rpation, ' 2,000,000 men ready, to go
fiorward at the word t of command.
Another 2,000,000 could be in motion
wilhin a few days, and against this
force, Germany could interpose, but
a few hundred thousand. With a
people spent in war ; and - clamorous
.for peace, if the nresnt mvprnmint
doesn't sign, it is almost certain to
f all ? before a German revolution and
,a government be established that will
sign.
A WAR SEQUEL
IT' CAN hardly be expected that
there: should be' unanimity- of
opinion on the various phases of
such a subject as the, effect of
the , var on religious : thought. - It
is noted, though in a collection ' of
addresses by members - of the' faculty
of the Yale Universiiv nehonl nf
relidon that thpr l ronanil ,u..
! t Ouwiu Q4 VC"
ment that in some respects it has
,Deen- benerlclaL- . '.
I While all deplore war it : Is ad
mitted that out of It has come a
ibetter. understanding and ellmina
ition of unessential things. tt has
brought an '. emphasis on ' morality
(rather than upon doctrine. The de-
SnommaUonal nelementv!; has been
weakened In the interest of chnrrh
.unity. . - , f:u '
" The possibility of cooperation " has
been, more fully shown. New light
ha been shed on the significance--of
foreign missions and of social work.
Particularly . has been shown the
need" for religious ; education and im
pressing, the spirit of Christianity on
nternationalrelatlons.
J Another - recenttpamphlet ? is :i9.
; ifioua Education i-andV5 Reconstruc-ionj'-
by Norman E. RIchardson.'-The
sriter deals with the - problenft of
'ie day and.the.bearihg of religious
caching upon them. He awaits the
3 cf- Eolshevlsa la the churches.
ec-
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""sssswawafa-sw. i m.
and hopes to meet it with a religion
whose authority is moral. ' He ap
preciates the new duties of leisure
and wealth,' the dangerjof unspiritual
science, nationality or education. The
crisis, - in nis view, demands the
arousing of the latent ethical ideal
ism of the present and future citizens
of the world- This task. Mr. Hich
ardson believes,'; can be performed by
no diluted form of religion but onlv
by the more robust denominational
churches. r
"Setzen wir Deutschland, . so zu
sagen, in den satteL Reiten avird es
schon konnen." ."Let us set Ger
many.: so, to speak, , in the saddle.
She will so be able to. ride."; said
Bismarck In 1867. f And Germany was
set in the saddle. And Bismarcki
policy, of - blood and - Iron was - ap
plied. . And, Germany rode to a fall.
THE TIDE OF FORTUNE
JU5HUA, at the end' or a long life
of heroic exploits, called the eld
ers and people of Israel together
sou cAuoricu ineni nvt to i urges
God's benefits. The ripened convic
tion of many years spent in notable
service lor his people he expressed
in these words: ! ''
If it seem evil iinto you to serve the
Lord, choon vou thia Ia.v whom va
will serve; whether 'the gods which your
fathers served that were on the 'other
eiaa 01 uie iiooa or tn (oas ci ue
Araorites, In whose land ye dweU; but
as for me and my house we will serve
the Lord.
This Inspiring examoie of loyalty
and of unflinching purpose has a
lesson in the present day for the
people of Portland.
-The representative political and
civic organizations of this community
have ' Joined In a suit before the
Interstate" commerce commission to
obtain for Portland a recosmitioirin
its rates to and from the Columbia
river basin of Its natural advantages
of location as compared with Seattle,
Taooma and Astoria.
These three cities are active rivals
with Portland for trade supremacy in
the Columbia river basin. In com
peting with Portland for the business
of that great producing and consum
ing territory they, like Portland, are
aciuaieq oy purely Dusmess motives.
This is their uncruestioned rishL
Doubtless they realize keenly the
natural handicaps of their locations.
which serve, however, not to dis
courage c them . but only to spur
them to greater efforts in theft
commercial rivalrt with Portland.
The handicaps of Seattle and Tacoma
are,, first, the Cascade mountains.
which separate them from the Co
lumbia river basin, and. second, con
siderably longer , average hauls than
to Portland. What it means to a
railroad to operate over a mountain
range as : compared wjjh the, water
grade along the Columbia river can
be ' realised by anvone who ha
ridden irPaTstreetcar to Council Crest
and -back, Then let him take a ride
In a .North and South JPortlanri ear
and h'ewill appreciate the difference
between operating' conditions from
Pendleton to Seattle 'and' Tacoma on
the one hand and io Portland on the
other. 1 . ' "'. - , . . ;
Astoria's handicap is 100 , miles
greater distance? from the Columbia
river basJn Anan- Portland is.- For
example, Pendleton is 2i5 miles from
Portland and 313 miles from Astoria,
It does not need the pronouncement
of a court or a commission' to con
vince any mother in Portland that
6he can not wheel her baby In his
cab for three miles, with precisely the
same effort and the same resultant
fatigue as for two miles, or any
father, that he can take his wife
and children in the family Ford
for a "30 mile ride on gasoline only
enough for 20.:- Everyone knows In
stinctively that ; such things are
against natural law.
Equally against natural law is the
parity of rates between the Columbia
river basin on the one hand and
Portland. : Astoria, Tacoma and Se
attle on the other. The farmer at
Pendleton must pay as much freight
on a car of grain shiDDed down the
Columbia river, on a water grade
railroad to Portland for 215 miles
as to Astoria for. 315 miles, or as to
Seattle for 306 miles over the Cas
cade mountains.' ; The same, equality
or rates applies on an kinds of traffic
both In carloads : and" less than car
loads and In the ; reverse direction- as
well, so that the manufacturers i and
distributors of Portland hav' no
better rates to Pendletqh than - their
competitors in. Astoria,' Tacoma and
Seattle. -
Despite thesfe facts there are a few
persons in Portland who vociferously
proclaim tfcat Columbia river com
merce should be handled at Astoria
and not at ; Portland, and. therefore,
actively oppose the r prosecution of
this suit." There are also a few in
the community who say that Portland
should be satisfied- with the - same
rates that Seattle and Tacoma f enjoy.
rortonately these community
croakers "are 'lastly In the minority,
A great ; many- nersons hav , tMn
apathetic through lack of knowledge
ana not on account ; of indifference.
TWS IS no time for divided lovaltv
in Portland. Every ' man. woman ami
child should, stand, united In support
oi every project for the development
of PorUand into! a. great city. v. i
. Nothing has r a t more tntimoi
tiOn tO a j-CHy'a Drosnp.ritv : ant itm
growth commercially than cis , Mna
portation rates! i Seattle
Aswria, .ny reason of enjoying the
rvc as foruana on business
transacts withttheCtolumbia river
basin,: have their natural handicaps
equalized with Portrand r advantages.
-- w. .. o iuiui o, yrugress is
barred , by this artificial . obstacle
erected by the railroads in the int-
est Tit ill rivals.' These rivals are
all actively opposed- to Portland .in
this .suit, and, they evidence no . lack
or a unanimity or - purpose in so
doing. Rival - communities aJsuredlyJ
will not look after this community's
interests, if Portland neglects them.
In sense t Portland is today- In
the villey of decision. It may com
fortably : relapse 4 into; a Rip Van
Winkle sleep or- can commence an
aggressive fight to obtain and retain
the rights' nature intended it to
have. The choice cannot be avoided.
Who will not choose to be a Joshua
rather than a Judas?
PICTURES FOR PRESS CLUB
t CAPTAIN NEASE tore a pic-
A- ture of William Randolph Hearst
out of its frame at the Portland
Press club. . . . -
. The journal newspaper ; had no
more to do with the incidents that
followed than did the London Times
or the Paris Figaro.; But in a mad
Jealousy, .tho ; Oregonian and the
Portland Evening Timbergram seek
to : connect ; The "Journal" with ' ; the
episode. A, ;t -,''1 I
As to the Oregonian, if its patriot
ism can be satisfied only by the sub
stitution of v some ' other picture y in
the frame from which Hearst's por
trait was removed, let that one lone
war, stamp in the estate of the Ore
gonian's late owner be placed in
the. frame as exampllng that papers'
undying devotion to the country's
financial needs : in war, time. v
And, 'as evidencing. its consecration.
let the Timbergram, in a f frame
alongside the war . 6tamp, post up
conspicuously one of the bogus cer
tificates of application and assign
ment on which Its publisher obtained
school land In the fake Blue mountain
forest reserve.
"Am I my brother's keeper 7? Yes
in the congregation of the First
Methodist church at Eugene. If
members there by rtason of infirm
ity are unable to walk to church,
they are, on making the- facts known.
taken to church service in automo
biles by members of a church com
mittee appointed - for the purpose.
What could be more Christian-like?
FOR DRUNKEN DRI'ERS
IN a rew aayt now people win
have to make up their minds to
remain sober if : they desire to
own ana operate, automooues. it
they do not shun the cup that cheers
and happen to fall into the hands of
the law a couple of times It will be
possible for them to own their ma
chines but not to operate them.
There seem to be those who are
never happy behind a steering wheel
unless they have had a bracer or
two. They are dangerous citizens
and the police as well as the inno
cent bystanders have been searching
for some way In which to curb their
tendency. The' effort has not been
very successful as the police records
show, ; not even with the supposedly
cooperative -" influence ; of ther bone
dry .law . " ; , ' ' ; ... . i
The last legislature evolved "a new
plan of . regulation, - however, which
will be effective on May 2?, and from
which its sponsors have high hopes.
It provides that any person ; who
may operate or drive - an automobile,
motorcycle ' or other motor - vehicle
while intoxicated, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and subject to , a fine
of not more than $100 or imprison
ment in the county jail. for not Jo
exceed 100 days, orr both. i ;
There is not much new In this
provision but the second seetion of
the act is looked to as a. specific. It
provide that when any person has
been twice convicted of having driven
a motor vehicle while intoxicated it
shall become the duty of the judge
before whom the trial is had to
file a certified copy of the judgment
of the second conviction with the
secretary of state. ;
That official is required in turn
immediately to cancel the license
held for the operation of the vehicle.
This, provision" applies not only to
the owner of., car but to a chauf-
eur, and when a . license is once
cancelled under the operation of the
act, the licensee can. not secure- an
other for a, period of five years from
the date , of the cancellation, f "
From o the text - of the statute It
would seem that the license will be
taken from the machine as well as
from the driver, . so that a car from
which- the license ,has been cancelled
can not be given a new one unless
In the name of a new owner.
OREGON'S COMING I ROADS
wylTH'the letting of contracts this
I P I week - by the" slate . highway
y commission for nearly -48 miles
. , ox pavement,' me amount. : or
paving work contracted thus far this
year . reaches a total of -"nearly 235
miles,, with estimated cost approxi
mating 5,000.000. V - - -
When r the . contracts are finished
the Jackson county unit of the Pa
cific highway will be completely
paved and there' win-, be paved sec
tions in all .i the other ' counties
through which the highway runs. ?
The Columbia River highway will
have its hard surface sections from
Seaside to The Dalles. In Eastern
Oregon there will be almost a con
tinuous - pavement ' from Pendleton
to the Washington boundary, and
there will . be another stretch In
Union 6unty. between x La ' Grande.
Island City 1 and ; Hot Lake. Along
the coast there will be a section from
Marshfleld to ' Coquille - In Coos
county, end also sections in Tilla
mook. : "
It is a big program of work out
lined, and it is probable that it will
be physically, impossible to complete
t this, year owing , to the shortness
of the. " paving-, season and labor
and material conditions.'
In general the. contracts provide
for a pavement 16 - feet in width.
Owing to the possibility that there
will not' be funds enough to ' pave
the Pacific highway Its entire dis
tance. . the contract for paving the
grade over the Siskiyou - mountains
calls for 12 feet only, j This "width
however, has .not been 'definitely de
elded upon. -
It would, be a mistake to try to
effect an economy by a 4 reduction
of width on this ; section, - As the
road is full 'of wirwfinar ind 'aunm
ttfl hazard of ' danger would be in
creased -and the cost of maintenance
augmented.
Another argument Is lhat it Is the
first piece of Oregon road met after
leaving California, and t there ' lsi i
natural pride in being - able to pre
sent a highway standard that will
not suffer In - comparison
If there must be: a departure from
standard r'on account v Of : funds ' the
application should be applied else
where. v;:: ., ' .
Build the roads right or not at all
A PORTLAND ASCENDENT
A'
FEW days ago Victor H. Beck-
man advised the business men of
Seattle, that the way to bring
prosperity, growth and develop
ment to that, or any other, community
was by cooperation. He was talking
particularly, about the construction
Of wooden ships. He said they were
needed In building dp the commerce
the industries and development of the
Northwest. He advised the producers
of things to ship, the shippers j of
things produced and the builders: of
ships to gather together and map
out a systematic plan where All
could work as one, each for the
benefit of all.
Mr. Beckman's advice came as the
result of business experience. 'As
a business man he saw what is
needed at this time to r produce the
maximum of results.
Last Thursday, on this page, Claude
McCoiloch told much the same story
and made much the same suggestion.
He spoke from the viewpoint of One
who has just. returned from a tour
of the principal seaboard market
places of the Pacific and Atlantic
coasts. He has . seen and noted the
vast preparations being made through
out tne country to handle the im
mense export and import business
that is at the nation's doors. He
has measured the Harbor preparations
and talked with those who are back
of them. Out of it all he has gath
ered the necessity of civio optimism
and universal cooperation.
The lesson he- brings is that 1 of
united .workmanship. The coopera
tion of those who produce with those
who consume ; those who shin with
those who have things to be shipped.
Us is not enough for Pdrtland, if'it
wants to be a faetor in the commer
cial vorld. to be , .city of shipping
cieriLS.
The raw stuff of the , Orient will
make Portland grow only '-when" It
Is converted here, by Portland fac
tories and Portland . workmen, - into
Portland products for sale elsewhere.
The wheat of the . Inland Empire
would mean more to Portland ; if! it
came here as wheat but left as flour.
The green hides of the Philippines
would add to the development and
wealth of Portland more If they
paused here to be tanned and made
up into various finished products
than if they passed through the port
in bulk to Eastern tanneries' and shoe
factories. -.
No man is engaged. in business who
is not dependent upon his brother
in business. All occupations, and all
ndustry touch hands somewhere
and; sometime. Men can get along
by touching hands and rubbing
shoulders now and then. They would
go faster and farther if they would
join hands and put their shoulders
logeuier oenina tne common, load to
ift in unison. That. kind of team
work would .make Portland ascendent.
GERMANS SET FREE
u:
NDER the peace terms, Germany
can- have an army of only 100,
000. a navy of but sixbattie-
shlps, . six small cruisers,' f 12
torpedo boats and 7 a complement
of 15,000 sailors. Nor can she. have
conscription. r -
These provisions are a blessing to
the German people. For 50 : years
every male child in Germany was
born to be a soldier. He was trained
to be soldier J "He lived for, and
was the property of the state. -
. From childhood the children; were
schooled In terms of war. The drill
sergeant - was their guide and the
goose : step an enforced accomplish
ment. , The whole atmosphere of the
nation was vibrant with cannon and
Krupps- College professorsextolled
war and libraries were filled with
books exatling war. r
Kiel' canal was dug for war. - Hel
goland was bought and fortified for
war. . The borders . of the country
bristled with " war, ' and men's
thoughts . were saturated- with war.
The people were taxed ; and r taxed
and taxed for "war. ' j -
It will take the Germans iOO years
to pay the cost- of the late - war.
They have for half a .cenWy been
slaves to war. 'They have been re
duced to poverty, hunger , and servi
tude by. war.
They are ' delivered from " war by
the edict' of the allies By the peace
decres they 6 emancipated from
the 'worst scourge that ever de
bauched and demoralized: a - people. - 1
And' when the . roll Is called it will
be found that the great mass of the
German ' people are grateful f or " the
riddance-. -: -
t-etters From the People
Comntmfoatkms ' wot to The Jaoraal for
pnblictioo fat f hi department hot) Id be written
oa onijr ono aid of tfaa paper, ahould not exceed
800 -worda in length, and unit be aicned br Ue
wrltor, vboM nail addtcaa la full mut aeeoa.
ptaj tbt eoetnbuUan.1 . . .
A Testimonial From Teachers
' Couch School May To tb Kditor
of Th Journal We. the teachers of
Couch school,, aincerely appreciate the
nearty support and cooperation you have
so- freely given us In the campaisn to
maintain the present standards ot edu
cational efficiency hi our public schools.
We are fully ; convinced f that . these
standards cannot possibly be maintained
wunout better-compensation tar teach
era. Teachers must meet the same in
crease in the coet of living: an other
wi earners who have already been
granted- an adeanate Increase In pay.
, W believe most parents are vitally In
terested and faithfully working with us
m tms common cause and we vrlsh to
extend to you their thanks and ours for
your loyal and valuable cooperation In
our efforts -to get the necessary tax
levy authorised by the taxpayers on
May 10. GRACE BRIDGES,
ISA B. BATTEN,
ESTKT.T.K J. McINTXRE.
ZEL.1A ALBIN,
DOROTHT BINGHAM,"
GRACE BEEVES,
XXXjAH B. KAHRS.
C- KETURAH L.IKELT.
GERTRUDE A. ORTH,
ISABEL CHALMERS,.
I. A. WILEY,
ESTHER M. HAWKINS.
VIOLA ORTSCHILD, ,
CLARA GILL,
' DOROTHY WAUGH,
JOSEPHINE LISHER.
EMILY C ROBERTS,
KATE GRANT LIGHTER,
ANGELA R. SCHROEDER,
FRANCES HARRIS,
HARRIET THAYER,
CLAYTON BURROW..
12. A. NIXON.
Holladay Teachers'- Acknowledgmeot
Portland, May To the Editor, of
The Journal -We, the teachers ot Holla
day school, feel that we are -much In
debted to your paper for the fair and
just treatment our appeal has received.
and take this somewhat inadequate way
of expressing our gratitude and appre
ciation. - '.
We feel that our cause would have suf
fered greatly had not your opportune
and tenacious espousal of the truth
brought the people - of Portland to a
stem sense of their duty ad citizens.
LILLIAN HUGHES.
JOSEPHINE M. ROCHE,
ALTA M, L. FRAZIER,
BESS H. SKOG.
FLORENCE CADY.
tILAH H. ROGERS,
j. agnes dugan.
edna nyquist,
mary ulen.
myrtle reed,
gertrude sharpe.
ada t. beard,
louise 8trout,
bessie m. rawson,
, louise i. kelly,
jessie McGregor,
edith m. olson,
- b. b. hughson.
eugenia morse.
A Grade Teacher's Appreciation ' '
Portland. May t. To the Editor of
The Journal As a teacher in the public
schools of this city I want to thank you
tor your honest expression of facts in
rega.d to our salary question. You have
not misrepresented to the public any
figures or tacts relative to this question.
but have given your hearty and sympa
thetic cooperation, that the teachers ot
the city might obtain adequate increase
of salary to meet the continued high
COSt Ot Uving. - A GRADE TEACHER.
-Taxpayers and Taxpayers '
Portland., May, 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Today Americans in Port
land cast their votes to raise or not to
raise the teachers' salaries; If to raise
said salaries, to raise taxes, of , course.
Now ' the question Is, Who are the
Americans of Portland? According to
the present plan, they only are Amer
icans who can show a tax receipt on
land. But who pay? the taxes? And
who Is most vitally interested in schools?
Example: Suppose I own three houses
and rent them out. Each bouse con
tains school children. The renters pay
me the amount of my taxes plus'a. profit.
Now if my taxes are raised S a year I
win raise the rent S3 a month. i am
not interested in schools. But these
three families must abide by . my de
cision. Where Is that old saw about
the people,-by the people, for the people?
Who are the peopie? It looks to me like
the I s are the people. What -say you,
American fathers and mothers?
MACK HANNEN.f
Workmen's Compensation
Stayton, May 8. To the Editor of The
Journal If a man hires out to a com
pany to do a certain kind of work, and
later on Is' put to do work he has never
done before and meets with an accident
while doing tt which lays him up for
several weeks, can he sue the company?
Said company is running its plant under
the worktngman a compensation act.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The inquirer should writ to "Claims De
partment, indnatrua Accident Commieuon, Sa
lem. jr. , aga state ua caaa in oeiau. tia
will bo rally advised as to , his rlchu, by this
dspartaintj. ; ' 4
AL an Employment Office
Portland, May S. To the Editor of
The Journal On the boards of a pri
vate employment office on Second street
near Bumside was tne rouowmg sign
this morning ; r"01d i man wanted to
carry a Banner; si tor eignt nours."
After doing a little deep thinking I
began to study the laboring msn in the
crowd around the boards. They . were
all hard working men and I heard a
number of remarks in favor of the Bol
shevik! and if a person tried to speak
against the ' Reds they would point to
the sign, it you were tn om man, bat
it you were a young fellow they would
point to another sign-a xew ooors away
that called for "husky men for trucking,
wages S3.44 a day." X also noted that
an organiser of the L W. W. was hav
ing very fair success In gaining recruits.
We laboring- men have on one side the
high cost ef living, which is going up
every day, while on the. other we have
cutthroat employers who are trying to
cut our wages .to pre-war standards. ;
How can any sincere, unprejudiced.
palrlotio American " criticise us for
grumbling? We have 'a right to grumble
and -we're going to keep on grumbling
regardless of the fact that -some people
Insist on calling us pro-German, unde
sirables'. I-Won't-Works, dynamiters and
bomb .throwers. ' .
There are generally two sides to every
story. Thtnk it over, ! BLUE JEANS.
Oregon Hospitality . r
Portland. May -To theEditor jot
The Journal I am a newcomer in Port
land.' having arrived here only two
weeks ago from Calgary,-Alberta. I am
a Canadian woman and have heard in
Canada much, ridicule of Americans and
American, ways. Eepectally do we hear
much severe and bitter criticism from
a certain class of old -country people In
Canada. s of the American enthusiasm.
the cheering-of the American flag, the
bubbling patriotism ef the American and
of the loyalty with which' people who
have once lived in the United States
always speak ef this country. - -. ;
I have Just had a lesson in American
oedjUIv v Oreron hospitality .which
THE MOTHER
"By Katherine .Tynan
T AM the pillars of the house; , ; v
A -' The keystone of the arch - am" I. y ' -Take
me away, and roof and -wall
.. s -Would fall to ruin utterly.- '. c '
I am the fire upon the hearth, - i - - ' " -.
, l am the light of the food sun. " :
1 am. the heat that warms. the earth,
, t Which else were colder, than, a v50"6
At me the children warm their hands;
I am their, light of love alive.
Without me cold the hearthstone' stands,
Nor could the precious children , thrive
I am the twist that holds together
The children in Its sacred rinf, 5
Their knot of love, from whose ciosetether
Ng Jost child toes a-wandcrjnj. , j ,
I am the house from floor to roof. '
1 deck the walls, the board I -spread;
I spin the curtains, warp and woo,-
- And shake the down to be their bed.
I am their wall against all danger.
Their . door against the wind -and snow.
Thou Whom a woman laid' in manger,,
Take me not till the children grow!
MEN AND INSTITUTIONS OF, JHE
. OREGON COUNTRY, v
By Fred
Fortunes ef that MiUer family from wtaieb
nrui JaaaniB aiillaT are traced today by Mr.
Votkiaf. who presents the story as told by Georia
afelTia aliller. brotbsr ot Uis Poet of tbs
ajerraaji g . . ".-
' George Melvln Miller of Eugene is a
brother of Joaquin Miller, the Poet of
the Sierras. .
"My father's name was Hulinrs Mll
Ier. said Mr. Miller. "My mother's
maiden name was Margaret Witt. They
were married in Indiana. Father and
mother, with their tour children, came
to Oregon in 1152. John D. was my
eldest brother. Clnclnnatus Hiner. bet
ter known by his pen name of Joaoura,
was my next eldest brother. .' . James
Henry Blair Miller was the third
brother. My sister's name was Ella. X
was born May 17, IS5J. on father's dona
tion land claim near Coburg. When my
people first came to the Willamette val
ley they settled en a place near Santlam
City. In those days Santlam, City was
.well known. Today few people could tell
you where this city was located. it
was not far from the , present city of
Jefferson.
o o : '.;
"In .the spring of I85J . our family
moved to Coburg. My father was
raised by a Quaker family.' They early
Instilled In him a hatred of warfare
and firearms. Though deer and elk
were plentiful when my people came to
Oregon, my father never tired a gun
In his life. Whenever we had game
on the table. it was furnished by some
one else. My father was a school
teacher, though he never taught school
In Oregon. Father was a very silent
man. Although reared in a Quaker fam
ily, he was a strict MetbodUt, and was
very religious. We never ate a meal
without bis asking the Divine fclesslng
upon it.': - If farm work interfered with
family -worship, the farm work had to
take second place. He was a man of
very even temper. I dottbt If ; lie ever
swore In his life. He didn't know one
card. from another. ' He never drank nor
smoked. My brother Joaquin did net
follow very closely Mr father's footseese:
Father said Joaqutn had plenty of -re4
erence. but very little piety.-.. '''a-
"We' lived : plainly but always 4id
blehty of wholesome food. Motner made
wheat hominy and served it with honey;
She often boiled whole wheat, which we
ate - for - oreaarasi. servea wtw ricn
cream. Matcnes in tnos days were -an
expenslye luxury, so we kept the fire
going all night by covering the coals
with ashes. , One time I forgot to rake
ashes over the coals and -the fire went
out. Next morning I had to go half
a mile to. the nearest neighbor and bor
row some live coals.
"My eldest brother went to Baltimore
In 1859 to attend a dental college. He
graduated just as the Civil war' broke
out. He enlisted , and took part In 21
battles.- His health was broken in the
war and he never was able to do much
In his profession. He died In 1I7L ' My
sister Ella, who married John. Luckey,
also died In 187L - My - brother John
Henry Blair Miller, took up a place near
Creswell. where he has farmed all his
life.
"When . I was 1 years old ?X. taught
schooL While teaching school I studied
law. I was admitted to the bar In 1880.
My brother Joaquin was 12 years older
than I. He was born in 1841. When
he was IS he and a neighboring boy
named Bill Willoughby were up on the
bluffs at West Point near Coburg one
afternoon and began rolling rocks over
the face of the bluff to see 'them jump.
Just, as one of the larger, rocks they
had dislodged went over the ' edge a
neighbor's cow, startled by the racket
made by the previous rock, stepped out
of the brush and started across the hill
side. The- cow saw the rock coming,
and Instead of getting out of the way
looked up stupidly to see : what was
going to happen. It happened all right,
and the oow went down with a broken
leg. Joaquin and Bill Willoughby didn't
want, to face their parents nor tne owner
of the cow, so they went to Southern
Oregon. - Joaquin got a job cooking tot
some miners at a placer camp. From
there he drifted to Northern California,
He turned his hand to whatever job
was handiest.' ' '
' . - o e - e -"Finally,
believing that the Indigna
makes me" know why outsiders, after
having once lived ' here, are always jen-
tbusiasuc over American ways.
Being a straoser In your city, and not
knowing my way around, I have walked
and ridden on street cars many miles
In search of a temporary home. While
stand on the , corner in a " promi
nent residential section only this week,
waiting for a street car, a lady passed
in a magnificent automobile, and see
ing myself and little daughter waitlag,
she pulled over to the curb and asked :
"Are you going' far?" X told her where
we were trying to go. If we could get
the right street ear, whereupon she in
vited us to get Into her auto and drove
us some 80 blocks to where we were
coin jr. and talked pleasantly and sensl-
jbly the: entire Journey telling us about
all the prominent places - in Portland
which we should visit. - ,
She was not a- paid worker for the
Red Cross, xV.W.'.G-A. or any other
organization, but was the wife of a
Plata - cKlsen. going down town to do
her shopping, v and her- act was one of
the purest spontaneous hospitality.
When she bade roe goodbye, .alter this
kindness, I knew why it was that
Americans simply win - the hearts of
those who live among them. , " -
X am wondering bow long a woman
and -child would stand on a corner in
Elbow Park or Glenco Road. Calgary,
waiting' for some of the so-called society
women - to . voluntarily ask them - to getr
Into their autos and ride to their des
tination. Hospitality and broadminded-
ness are Americans winning cards.
... . - MRS. L.- J. P... i
Lockiey
tion of the owner of the Injured cow
has subsided by that time, he came back
to the farm. A little later he went to
Eugene and attended Columbia college.
He was the valedictorian for the last
class that graduated from that Institu
tion. He was about 19 ' at that time.
After graduating he decided to go back
to the mines near Jacksonville. He was
there tor a little while, and from there
went to the Scott's Bar country and
the placer, districts near Shasta. He
cooked, mined and herded cattle, and for
a wh0 lived with, the Indiana, X re
member when , he came home he was
dressed in a beautiful suit of tanned
buckskin. He didn't stay home long.
There was a lot ot talk about the rich
ness of the mines la Idaho territory, so
he went up there. He went into the
express business. He and a man named
Mossman were partners in a pony ex
press line which operated under the title
of Mossman and Miller's express. They
took out gold dust and brought in letters
and papers. ' He .made good money.
When he -came home from Eastern Ore
gon and Idaho be had over 210,000 In
gold dust,
'""LKv;,:::r, "I "' :i'S ''-.".. f -i
' "Joaquin was always quite a hand to
write. While at the mines he wrote
s nicies for the Golden Era of San Fran
cisco. In almost every, number of this
publication poems appeared signed 'Min
nie Myrtle,' Joaquin was always fond
of poetry, so be began corresponding
with the author of these verses. 'Mlnnis
Myrtle' turned out to be the pen name
ot Theresa Dyer. She lived at Port
Orford, the town founded by Captain
Tichenor on the shores of the Pacific
in- Curry county. This correspondence
led to - their - being engaged. J oaquin
was always . more - or less impetuous.
He wrote her he would be over on a
certain day, and for her to be ready to
marry him. They had never seen each
other, but the romance of the thing ap
pealed; to her. When Joaquin got there
ha ' was readv for the ceremony. - They
bwere at once, married, and the-next day
Started .away on horseback on their
wedding Journey X was very fond of
Joaquin's wife. : She was not only, men-
-tally alert and vivacious, but exceed
ingly handsome. She was really a very
fine-Woman. They had three children
a daughter, Maud, and two sons, George
B. and Harry. The two boys died when
they were children. Maud marrlecf a
theatrical man named McCormack. - She
died when she was 28, leaving one child,
who, X believe, is living at Ban Jose.
i '" ' e; ' o ,- .-.
"I always .called Joaquin lliner.' In
fact.- most of his friends did. ' A few
ot them called him Clnclnnatus, which
was his first name, but mother always
called him Nat. After his marriage he
became editor of the Eugene City Re
view, now the Eugene Daily Guard. ' He
and Tony Noltner ran the paper. Tony
was on old-line Democrat. - During- the
Civil war the - paper took : the side of
the South and was suppressed by the
government authorities for sedition.
asked Joaquin . why he wanted to side
with the rebels. .He said he always be
lleved In. helping the under dog,
o o o
"After the government nad suppressed
their paper Joaquin moved to Canyon
City. It you will look up the old Canyon
City Journal, which was Issued In the
fall of 1868, you will find many of
Joaquin's poems. This paper was called
The City Journal, a paper for tho miner.
farmer, mechanic and professional man.'
In the issue for July zs, JBts, you win
find a poem entitled, 'From BenonI,' by
C H. Miller. In those days my. brother
signed his poetry C. H. Miller. Instead
of Joaquin Miller, ? In that same Issue
you will Ind the following advertise
ment; "u. H. Miner, Attorney, etc will
practice In all courts except the County
Court. Office in old court House, Can
yon- City.' fv'-r ;
V "I was married In June, 1885. My
wife's name was Lissie Cogswell. She
and X grew up together at Coburg. Her
father's farm was on the Mohawk, Our
place was below the Mackenzie, our
farms being about three miles apart.
My wife's father and mother i were
pioneers. ' Her father, John Cogswell.
came to Orejron In 1843 from .Michigan.
My wire was one or the rounders ot the
Pacific Monthly of Portland, her pen
name oeing juicnen Miuer,
Curious Bits of Information
. . For the Curious
Glassed Froos' Csrioos , Plsess
A Turkish testator left to hits eldest
on one half of his 17 horses, to his sec
ond son one third, to , his third son one
ninth of his horses. The executor did not
know. what to do, as -17 will neither di
vide by two, nor by three, nor by nine.
A man came up on horseback and the
executor consulted him. The man said,
"Take my horse, and add him to the
others." Then there were It horse. The
executor then gave to the eldest son one
half, nine ; to the second son one third,
six ; to the third son : one i hi nth, ; two ;
total, 17. The horseman then said. "Tou
don't want my horse now; I will take
him back again." ,,. :
Mothers' ,Day
By " June , McMillan Or d way
Oh. Beo ef this great, free satioa, ' -
Poa this laalsata tnrtsy - -.
Wear s par white carnation ; .
Twill fleam throuch fair blooms of Hay,
- jj, A oebt all owe dear Bother.
For ' lore, - the secret's sow caeaved. :
' Today wear a wbits esmstioa
t'poa sack trus, loyal breaat. '
' ' ' '. A Natural Query
- ' Proas the Syraeueo Post-Staadard. :
- The new peace treaty will have .75,000
words. How "many senators will read It
before' they debate it 7
Ragtag nd Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
Antelope in the Auto's Track
WHILE on their way to Prlnevllle
. one nlsht this vwlc. n .T t(nr,nn
and A. J. Moore of Bend, the Press
says, came upon a herd of antelope of
approximately 15 or 20 head, slowly
trotting down the highway to meet
them. As the light fell full upon the
animals the leader of the herd stopped.,
and for a few moments stood motion
less, apparently enjoying the glare of
the spqtllght,- then gave a few snorts
and, followed by his band, sped Into the
darkness This is the first report of
the seeing f any of this rsre species In
this section for several years.
The Wonders of Nature
Kind aarare tars tbs rsbra tripos. '
As rcrybody know.,
: ,For purposes of eamouflaf
Aainst tbs aebra's foe.
Ami to the fleet draffs ehs lara,
: To sao from beasu of prey,
A periaeopo to see the saaas
- And oaks its getaway.
!"'"-;;.: Bostoa TraasarisV
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
A whole lot of these here special privi
leges Is mighty feared that old Vox
Populy of Oregon'U take down the
'nlahatlve gun from behind the door and
go to blasln away at the bear In the
pigpen. -
The News in Paragraphs)
World Happenings Briefed for Beneeflt
of Journal Readers
GENERAL "
Gubernatorial election campaigns have
opened in eight Mexican states.
Dr. David Btarr Jordan Is in favor
of admitting Germany to the Leagus of
Nations. .
British military authorities have taken
possession of Mansion House, official
residence of the lord mayor of Dublin.
Thomas Nelson Page, American em
bassador to Italy, has made known his
intention to resign after the conclusion
of peace.
A Berlin dispatch says that informa
tion has been received that the former
Russian czar Nicholas and his family
are alive.
Bavarian soldiers broke Into the pris
on at Munich Thursday night and mas
sacred 21 of the prisoners, believing
them to be Sparticldes.
The damage to property by last
Wednesday's tornado in Texas is esti
mated at nearly $1,000,000. The death
list Is reduced to It.
Serious concern Is felt In efflelsl cir
cles at Washington over the agitation
in Pekln and Toklo in opposition to rati
fication by China of the peace treaty.
Total casualties among the British
troops In Egypt for the last two months
are iii killed and 81 wounded. Casualties
among the rioters are estimated at 1000.
The state-department announces that
passports to Europe will be refused to
all persons whose purpose In sacking
to go abroad is purely that of pleasure
or curiosity.
According to a decision by Superior
Judge Hunt of Ban Francisco, hotel
proprietors are responsible to guests for
personal property stolen from rooms
during the absence of guests.
Mrs." Spencer Penrose of Colorado
Springs has received the decoration of
the Medallle de la Llsabeth from the
king and queen of Belgium in recogni
tion of her services for Belgium during
the war. r-
NORTHWEST NOTES
Twelve Red Cross nurses left Seattle
Friday for Vladivostok for work in Si
beria. A local chapter of the Klwanls club
was organised at Astoria Friday with
49 members. . -
Lewis county, Washington, went over
the top In-the Victory loan drive with
J3O.O0O to spare. ;
Fifteen vessels have been assigned by
the shipping board to carry flour over
seas from Tacoma.
The Conewago, the sixth Ferris type
boat to go Into the water at Olympla,
will be launched Monday. .....
The Cottage Grove Commercial club
has indorsed a half mill tax for the
Improvement of the city park.
One boy was killed and two girls pos
sibly fatally Injured as the result of an
automobile collision in Tacoma Friday
night
The old ferry at Tldewster. over the
Alsea river, which charged passengers
60 cents, has been replaced y a free
bridge.
. The Elks at Oregon City will stand
sponsor for the Salvation Army home
service campaign to be held from June
22 t 80.
A police raid on an alleged morphine
den at Meatue fssiuraay ronuii.ru m inw
arrest of two Chinese and seizure of
8200 worth of drugs.
During the enforced influenza vacs
tion of two weeks, the Normal school
grounds at Monmouth are being greatly
Improved and beautified.
The government has ordered new work
done on the two Hough type vessels st
Marshfleld which were laid aside several
months ago as finished. ,
The wood steamship Bonneterre. built
at Belllngham, has been assigned by the
shipping board to carry ties to Phila
delphia and Atlantic ports.
At Olympla, Wash.. Friday, Judge
Kenneth Macintosh of the supreme court
was fined 25 for exceeding the speed
limit and his automobile confiscated.
Several attempts to wreck passenger
trains near Hood River by placing ob
structions on the track have been traced
to Tommy Van Horn, a 18-year-old boy.
r Tha Kruse ft Banks Shipbuilding com
pany at Nortn Bend has completed sr
rangeroents with the shipping board for
the purchase of 1,200,000 feet of ship
material.
The Gilliam county court has. ordered
placing on the ballot at the coming
special election a measure providing tor
the sale of road bonds to the amount
Of 8260,000.
On a charge of violating th city
criminal syndicalism ordinance, Michael
Fltzwilliams, an L W. W. organizer
at Spokane, was sentenced to 80 days In
Jail and fined $100.
The Seattle, police department is car
rying -out a crusade against illicit liquor
traffic. On Friday three men and one
woman were arrested and a large quan
tity of liquor seized.
The teamsters' and chauffeurs' strike
at Spokane threatens to result in cs.il--ing
out the drivers of milk wagons: The
men are demanding recognition of their
union and an Increase in wages.
Paclfkt college st Newberg has raised
$200 for Juarez institute, a school for
boys in Victoria, Mexico. The money
was raised at an "eatless" banquet in
honor of Emmett W. Gulley, a teacher
in the school.;3
'Learning to Wait Is Necessary
Learning to Save
f StoTfee of achievement la tho seetmnta
tlrtn of War i. Savings gtsmpt, sent to Ths
; "Journal and accepted for. publication. Mil
be swarded a . ThrUt Sump. J 1
Can you wait?
J If so, you have mastered one of
the hardest things about Intelligent
saving. ' - -
.For intelligent - saving Is merely
postponed enjoyment saving now to
spend later 'for things more worth
while to you ; ,
You have the fun of anticipation
and planning, while you are saving,
and then you have the joy of ful
fillment when small sums saved have
given you real buying power.
, You teach your dimes, quarters,
dollars to wait for worth-while op
portunities. Interest Is added to the
active fun of saving.
" Thrift Stamps and 19 IS War rav
ings .Stamps now on sale at usual
sgenciea. ;