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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 6, 1820.
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am." Isaiah. .
GOMPERS AND MEXICO
T TNLES3 the Mexican government
,. vJ rewrites its constitution in ac
cord with " the Idea of the American
oil and. mining interests, the govern
ment of the United States Will Inter
vene In Mexico." . : . - .
-.. That this is exactly what is meant
: by the recommendation that Mexico
be policed by America, Is the state
ment of Samuel Gompers. He added:
The report demands that unless the
Mexican constitution Is altered as rec
ommended, . the government Of the
United States "send a police force, con
Isting of the naval and military forces
?of our government, into the republic of
Msxico to rmen and maintain v mh
every line of Communication between
the City of Mexico and everjr seaport
- and border port In "Mexico. t
Mr.- Gompers says this amounts to
policing with American soldiers prac
tically the whole. country. Those who
know Mexico and, f-he Mexican people,
he. says, know this "would mean war
between the two, countries." He con
tinues: ' ' ,
The report of Senator Fall's commit
tee, therefore. Is a report, -which recom
mends a course leading direct to .war
with Mexico". This has long been de
sired by American fRcrests engaged In
the exploitation oftBe national wealth
of Mexico.
. Adoption by the senate of this Report
would constitute the adoption of a for
eign policy completely at variance with
the established 'policy and traditions of
our republic Such a . course as recom
mended by the report of Senator Pall's
committee must - be opposed by every
justice and 'freedom loving American
and will beyond question be unreserv
edly condemned by the working people
of our country and the great masses of
our people generally. . r -. .
-' Sairiuel Gompers nearly always rings
true. His position i9 exactly the po
. sitibn that Abraham Lincoln main
; talned regarding Mexico. There were
worse; disturbances In Mexico in Lin
coln's time than ttfere have ever been
since., p: A, consul was! killed and an
American consulate attacked In Lin
coln's time. But ' Lincoln Insisted
then, as 'Gompers Jnsists how, that
there, should;, be. no American inter
vention, -thai .the. ..Mexicans should be
given a." chance to work out their own:
destinY. f . j . '
The Gompers- thought was- the'
thought of. Mr. Taft in his time. A
bloody revolution occurred in Mex
ico .while :Taft was president of tffe
United , otates 'and a great deal of
. Property held .; b' Mexico Ty Ameri
cans was destroyed. There were then
American exploiters who clamored for
armed intervention,' but ; to ."all their
appeals Mr, Taft turned it deaf ear.:
It is not for the Mexicans but for
American dollar chasers that the po
licing. Of Mexico Ts:' urged. , The gen
eral army staff reported to Taft while
he, was president that to make armed
'intervention irr Mexico effective would
require an American army, of 350X100
men three years and an expenditure
of at lenst $500,000,000. ' '
h ose boys: does Senator . Pall want
to send .to dohhe fighting in Mexico ?
How can an expenditure of $300,000,000
be afforded now, on top of the hiliions
ppent in the war fromvhlch we have
jusf emerged, and to pay" the debt of
which will keep us under war taxes
for a generation? ; -'
- Especially, why spend hundreds of
millions of public money and have
American ' boys fight three years , in
Mexico, merely to make dividends for
Amecfcan pwners of mines and oil in
Mexico? - , -
t: President Wilson's searing 1 pen
strokes have left -congress, about as
much dignity as -a boy caught ateal
ins jajit' and, playlns hooky . from,
school. Having, failed to lower the
cost of living-, quiet industrial unrest.
adjust Irksome tax lawn, make peace
with Europe and -provide necessary
appropriation for rivers and harbors.
what has congress . done that la
worth while, aside, j possibly,', fro pa
passing: the water power bill which
it had been wrangling over for 12
years?. .. t .4.
OPEN THEIR BOOKS
A TTORNEY GENERAL BROWN'S
TTL contention that the managements
of - presidential ; or vice presidential
campaigns are not required, under the
Oregon law, to report their campaign
expenditures to the secretary of state,
as oth er candidates and their agents
are bound, is startling and discour
aging. It may be that the attorney
general ; has - correctly construed'' the
law, for. he' is both able and careful.
But, even so, such a construction is
repugnant to -j the very evident, pur
pose and intent of thej act, and of the
electorate which approved and en
acted It in 1908 ' by a majority of
nearly 23,000 votes. And it is repug
nant to the evident spirit and intent
Of the other , statutes since enacted
both by the legislature and by the
people governing ; elections and elec
tion? expenditures. -; y 5 ?
The corrupt j practices 'act in its
title, the index land statement of its
intent, says it is a law fto limit can
didates' election expenses; to define,
prevent and punish corrupt and illegal
practices in nominations and elections,
to secure and protect the purity of the
ballot." It was framed and enacted
because of the , scandals growing out
of the unrestrained - and unreported
use of money in elections by candi
dates, their friends and their enemies.
In its first seclion it says that vNo
sums of money; shall be paid; and no
expenses authorized Or Incurred, con
trary to the provisions of this act for
or on behalf of any candidate for
nomination." And one serious viola
tion of the act is the failure or : re
fusal of candidates, or their agents, to
report campaign expenses In full and
in detail. . : 1 ; '.,-.'
The; original act of 1908 Is& explicit
tn its definition of terms used in its
text. It says that " 'Candidate' shall
apply to any person Whose name Is
printed on an official ballot for public
office, or whose name Is expected to
be or "has been presented for public
office, with his consent, for, nomlna
tion or electloni It says that " 'Po
litical committee! shall apply to every
combination of two or more ; persons
who shall aid or promote the success
or defeat of a candidate ." It
defines a "political : agent" . as "any
person who, upon : request 'or. under
agreement, - receives or , disburses
money in behalf of a candidate." And
it defines "public ; office" by saying
that ;the term -"shall apply to any
national," state, county; or city off ice
to which a salary attaches and which
is filled "by - the voters, as well as to
the " office of presidential ' elector.
United States senator, -or presiding of
ficer of either branch of the legisla-
ture." i-: . .. -
In 1910 the people, , by Initiative,
amplified and extended the direct 'pri
mary law by furnishing definite place
upon' the ballot, and in the 'election
procedure, for candidates for president
and" vice president ftf the ; primary
nominating elections,' recognizing those
who sought , these .high positions, as
"candidates" within the , meaninr ' of
the Oregon law. , l:
. In 1913 the legislature brought these
offices' and those who sought them
definitely Within the machinery of the
corrupt practices act by giving space
in the official 'voters' " pamphtel" to
"candidates for party nominations for
president and vice president of the
United States, or ; the committee ' or
organization which shall file a peti
tion in behalf of any such t:andldate,"
and specifically exempting such "can-r
didates" from the "' payment required
of other candidates for space in the
pamphlet i '
The original act . of 1908 - provided
that "Every candidate for nomination
or election . to public office, including
candidates for the office of senator
of the United States, shall file within
15 days after the election, at rJwhich
he was , a' candidate," a statement of
his expenditures. - In this statement
it would, seem clearly apparent ;ihat
candidates for president and vice pres
ident were Included. Because .of am
biguity as to where these statements
were to be filed by . legislative "candi
dates seeking nomination ot election
in a Joint district, the legislature of
1913 amended the law. In its amend
ment it enumerated " ail state offices
by name and added "or'. other! .office
to be voted for in the state at large,?
which . statement . would " seem . o j In
clude any and every candidacy: that
might be filed. -
In .1915 the, legislature brought pres
idential and vice presidential candi
dates still more -certainly within the
law by providing that they could be
put on the ; ballot upon j their own
written request ' or upon'v the peti
tion of their supporters, and that
their names should be placed on the
primary ballots, voted upon and the
returns canvassed' and declared jin
the same manner nd under the same
conditions, as far -as the same are ap
plicable, as J the names ;of candidates
for nomination for state and district
" In the face. of, the very evident Ibh
tent of thevlaw, and of successive leg
islatlon, and, still jnore, in view of the
fact that presidentlaV candidates, and
their ; committees; "voluntarily avail
themselves 'of the privileges i of the
law and of its machinery, it eomeg
with ill grace' for them to attempt to
evade its plain intent. ' "
It is unfortunately true that the Jaw
is involved and obtuse in its" language.
it ought to be simplified and clarified.
It ought to be reenacted In terms so
direct and .definite - thai there would
be no need of construction, no chance
for confusion, and no opportunity for
evasion. Tbe coming legislature could
well . afford f to undertake the task.
Should it refuse the people should be
given an opportunity to speak upon
the question.
Tacoma should .know. The Ta
coma- Daily Ledger says: : "When the
heavy train winds its way to the top
of a mountain and then takes the
down grade the airbrakes alone pre
vent it from running away. Left to
speed uncontrolled, it ; would : soon
gain such momentum that a wreck
would 5 be . the . inevitable f result
America today Is economically in a
situation similar to that of a coast
ing train." Perhaps so, but if North
west traffic used the 'water grade
as it should, Tacoma. would lose the
train and the illustration, while this
part of America, at least, would be
better off. : -
AS .THE TIDES OF iTHE SEA
- .- - je . -eeawaiseemB i -
P VANS A. POWELL was a young
ensign m the navy. ; He had made
a good start. f Life was, for the most
part,; before him.
He received a modest salary. His
quarters f were comfortable. ;And he
had recently been married.
Powell and. his wife left San Fran
Cisco hurriedly for Arizona." But the
trip was in vain. After a few days
an officer placed his hand on Powell's
shoulder. He was returned to San
Francisco. '--.-
There he was indicted. The federal
grand jury charged htm with embez
zlement. As disbursing officer of his
ship, the young ensign is said to have
appropriated 16600 of ' government
money to his own use. He heard that
government auditors were to check
his accounts, and he ! fled.
What is the Influence that actuates
a -young man in such circumstances
and with such " an outlook to steal 7
Was his wife a spendthrift? Had he
misrepresented his own financial con
dition . before marriage? Wasn't his
salary commensurate with his tastes?
Did he .gamble? .. i ; , , i , ': r - -:i --.
- Here is a young man ascending the
ladder of life. " He was on the road to
success. He had recently married one
that loved him that wanted to help
him succeed. He was in charge j of
great' sums of money, i -i : -? s j
But he broke. The. temptation was
greater than the will. He took money
once. Then again. Then bigger sums.
Then came word of the impending
audit Then the flight And then--arrest
. -;..
' Evans Powell will ', listen no longer
for the bugle's call. The naval career
and gold lace has been abandoned with
prospect . for the gray , walls - and
stripes." He. rose and, fell as the tides
of the sea.. , . . ' . j . . , .
- One ' - way to turn the . gasoline
shortage to good account is to take
the Sunday trip in the garden. Mon
day's - Industry - and -next winter's
cupboard will both benefit.
BRAVERY ON THE BENCH
MTU JUSTICE M'CARDLE, of the
Ehtfllsh divrtrrst r. f'nitri m,,a ' K
a celibate, otherwise he-would not be
so brave no . matter how wen but
tressed by the law and the facts, for
a man, even a Judge, must indeed be
foolhardy to' hold that value may not
be ' placed upon a woman except as
a chattel and then upon the basis of
her work and, labor. : And l a man,
potentate or jurist no matter which,
must be beyond the pale of fear to
fit the maximum of Buch a chattel's
worth at 1750.- It may be done In
Merne England but not in this land
of the free and home, of the brave.
not since equal suffrage I is so close
upon US. ' ji: . ?. : :
Justice McCardle.f so It ; seems, was
called upon to fix: the measure of
damages" to which six mere men were
entitled by -reason of the faults and
frailties of their better f halves from
whom i they sought separation. J He
did so with quickness and dispatch,
holding that three of the complainlna-
spouses were not damaged at all, while
ne aecreed 1375 to a couple and to
the remaining one, $750. j i t 1;:
But the learned Jurist went further
to decide that a woman in her h lieu.
band's chattel In the eyes of the Eng
lish law. and that a . husband ag
grieved may recover only her reason-
able value as a chatteL The value, he
decided, of necessity .varied with the
chattel. One who helped her husband
in the conduct of his business, would
be worth more In recompense for her
loss than one who did nothing but
spend the profits of his establishment
A good housekeeper would, be worth
more in me eyes or tne court than a
slattern or a frump. f--. 'lji
' .And then. - as - If to add insult I to
injury, the Justice found that a' man
was not a chattel and that a wife.
injured though she mlatit be bv the se
ductive wiles of some ! more youthful
charmer" who stole her; meal ticket
away, had no recourse in damages for
such, a robbery.: " f " ' c ". f. '
II may all be good law! in England
Kttt If urlit Ki a ttn irmm KAfnaA avav
American judge, tenured as American
judga are, adepts' its fogio ; as the
precedent upon which to fix the value
of any helpmate. In dispute over here,
no matter wnat sne may nave done, or
failed to do. : ; . , -h:
At last the man-eating shark has
found bis use.. "A shark hid will
produce 10 to 40 square feet of hide
raluable ? for leather ; In i makingf
ejioes. According to the National
Geographic society. The fins yield
gelatin And the liver an oil valued
for leather dressing,' soap making,
fish glue, paints and medicine. Bo
much for the rapacious monster, of
the deep. Who will devise as useful
a disposition of the loan shark?
ARE TOD HELPING?
IN SPITE of the gasoline shortage
and the acts of many in tempo
rarily storing their - cars, numbers still
drive their automobiles down town,
park them for the day and drive them
back home in the evening with possi
ble side excursions about town or out
in the byways.
Some siphon the gasoline from the
tank of their cars, store it up at home
and obtain more at the gas station on
false pretenses". - i - '
. Others offer sundry and divers ex
cuses for increasing their supply of
motor fuel, most of which are not
genuine.
Some permit the motor to run with
the car standing while an errand- is
attended to. - .,...
; It " has been made clear that an
actual shortage of motor fuel exists.
Only a limited amount of gasoline Is
available. If it is consumed hurriedly
and wastef oily there wilt be-a period
of "going without ' Such a situation
would have the effect of demonstrat
ing In startling fashion: the importance
of gasoline to essential Industries and
food production. . y,
The gasoline economy program will
be useless and futile without public
cooperation. All the ill consequences
of an exhausted supply are imminent
unless all; who drive motor vehicles
help tide over the shortage. :
Remember: that you hurt no one
more than, yourself by evading econ
omy. . . . "
Relief "from the gasoline shortage
as well , as religious hope is perhaps
to come from the Holy Land. , The
asphalt spring of Hit which pro
vided Noah with water proofing for
the ark and the "slime" used for
mortar in building' the tower of
Babel may, says World's Work, dis
close great deposits of petroleum and
bitumen. '. ', r-
TROUT AND FISH
T OOD, dieticians tell us, is very
a much a thing of the mind. The
zest of appetite, the comfort of dige
tion and the ease of assimilation are
dominated by mental attitude and the
activity - of the imagination. Thus
temper and intellectual disparity prob-
aoiy nave much to do with the saying
that 'What is . one man's meat may
be another man's poison."
Likewise what may be to one an am
brosial treat may be to another com
mon meat 5
Two Portlanders, for r instance, sat
at a Wednesday ' morning breakfast
table. On a generous - platter before
them ; reposed - half a dozen mighty
trout. 'done to an exquisite, golden
brown, garnished with lettuce and
parsley and., flanked with delicate
slices of lemon. A mutual friend
who had been both locky and thought
ful was responsible forr the contri
bution.
"Delicious I Wonderful I Beautiful I"
exclaimed one of the breakfasters.-
"Very nice, but how do they differ
from other ' fish ?" commented the
other. .
The first was silent He saw the
trout from his own past experiences,
triumphant of a quest that had led
high above the habitations of men and
the sources of streams. He saw the
wild shores and the crystal water that
were . their habitat These flavored
thri morning dish for one, but the
other, . knowing" more of crowded
thoroughfares , than wide mountain
spaces, will probably never know the
difference between trout and fish.
Roseburg is offering Portland
roses by the carload for the festival.
Could there be a finer state spirit?
May Portland appreciate it, and in
return be as considerate of Rose
burg. And, by tbe same token, why
not a similar cordiality and mutual
helpfulness between the metropolis
and all up-state cities?.
AFTER THE CONVENTIONS
THE tremendous proportions to
which gasoline .consumption has
grown . In Portland alone was inad
vertently, perhaps, revealed when the
oil companies "laid their cards on the
table" to secure the public's coopera
tion in meeting the acute shortage.
The receipts for June anticipated by
four companies aggregate more than
1300,000 gallons. ; Out of this amount
they hope to save for-the convention
period some 500,000 gallons . by re
stricting ordinary use. - -
After the conventions arc over a
normal supply may be again obtaina
ble.; But wouldn't it be better, if the
general shortage continues, to - con
tinue voluntary Inhibitions " against
waste and . unnecessary use, in order
that Industries and food production
dependent on gasoline' supply shall
not suffer?
Seattle'- street car system haa al
ways been known for- its clang and
bang, but with ex-Mayor Hanson
and Mayor Caldwell of that .hectic
burg squabbling overi who's to
blame for putting a ' few ' millions
into municipal lines that lose money,
the noise is terrific.
WHEN IN PAJ.
AMAS
WE MAY all say that clothes don't
make the man, but the state
ment, it would seem, is open to ques?
tion. Is there; one among . us who
would deny that the French peasant
who met M. Panl Deschanel beating a
retreat down a French railway track
clad In pajamas after a fall from a
train, would have known him : had
he been attired as usual?
Had. the French president , boasted a
cutaway, - white shirt - and collar,
shining shoes and. a-top hat,: would
the peasant have 'directed a series of
jests at the president's unhappy soul?
Would he have asked'; If Deschanel
wasn't the.czar of Russia? Would he
have accompaned his jibes with de
lirious gushes of laughter? ' - j -
Whether the clothes make the man
or not, ; it has been suggested I that
President Deschanel would prefer to
have bis clothes with ' him" the next
time he wishes to establish his
Identity. ' ; , 1
THE GOSPEL IN
ARCHITECTURE
Some Reflections on the Variant Spirit
in Which Christianity's Various
Temples Have Been Appraised !
i ... t- -';.,V From, the San FntDcisco Call--:- rK
' An alien observer in one of our cities
might think, from the beauty of their
architecture, that we worshiped rather
in our banas than in our churches. And
we do seem, to mix religion and money
in a ; queer way. "Congregation buys
half h million dollar lot .at Sixty-eighth
street," says a headline in an exchange.
"To start 98.500.000 building. It was a
natural thing eor the reporter to talk iri
terms of money. . Most of his readers
would not have understood had he told
in circumstantial ; detail what kind: of
building it was to be, what artistic; in
fluences had led to the choice of ' the
design, and so on. ;
" : ....v- - "':r-
:' The common language, into which all
could translate, it, was the language of
money. The success, or that particular
group of worshipers was measured- by
the greatness of their 1 churches. Had
they been obliged to hold their services
in side streets in little,: unsightly build
ings, it would have been felt - that they
were not getting along well. The days
when religious bodies (were proud 1 be
cause men persecuted them and reviled
them are past The deity has become
closely associated with an economic sys
tem.- If . the . parable of the widow's
mite means anything He might prefer
a small edifice built by the pennies of
the poor to the marbles and stained
glass of the' great havers and givers,
but not .for a moment can the followers
of Mammon, who also go to church once
In awhile, admit that. '
e : :: ". ' - i- .
In order to separate! God and Mara
mon It would .not, of course, be neces
sary to restrict ourselves to small and
ugly churches. Money j was not always
a "universal language. It was surely
not the language of those who tolled so
lovingly and so t patiently and so Jong
at the cathedral of Rhedms, or Milan, or
Notre Dame; and the generation which
witnessed the completion of these mar
velous structures did not speak of them
in . terms of cost They , were no mor
appraised in such terms than were the
songs that were sung m the streets, or
the sunrise, or the beauty of children,
But we ask ; what a i church is worth.
meaniner how many automobiles, j dla
monds, dinners, evening dresses, and
Other fine things of. this world it Could
be translated into, and how much power
and influence is benina it- i
, '. !
We measure art, literature, music and
the lives of men m the same way. i We
overdo it. Money isn't everything. In
the end, it isn't even much. j
Letters From; the Peoje
. Communications sent : to The Journal " for
publication in this department should be written
on only on side of the paper, should not exceed
300 words in leng-th and most be aioned by the
writer, whose mail address - in fall must accom
pany uia -contribution. ... f . . j --.
MR. ANDERSON TO MR. CUTTING
Cherry Grove,. June 1. To the Editor
of The Journal If- my letter of May
"outruns the facts," as claimed by Mr.
Cutting in his letter of May 24. why.
then, does he not practice, what, he
preaches? He says he wants more farm.
ere in congress. . I agree, with him, as
aU classes should have representation.
But the Non-partisan league in North Da
kota elected to congress John M. : Baer,
a young -cartoonist, who did not know, a
bushel of wheat from. a bunch of ba
nanas. Who knows today that Mr. Baer
is really a member of congress, with the
exception of his master, A. C Townley,
president of the league? - No one had
ever heard of him, a kid, unable to make
a public speech, bat 1 sent to congress
to represent the Red River valley, one of
the greatest wheat producing districts in
the United States. All bis qualifica
tions were embodied in the fact that A.
C Townley, bankrupt! Socialist, said he
was ' the man. This I is also the way
men are elected to : the legislature in
North Dakota.. - ... j ; - ,
- Today they have" a state bank in that
state, where, under laws enacted by the
league, an public funds must be depos
ited state, county - and municipal alike.
There is no public official as, examiner
who has the authority to examine those
books. The bank is managed' and oper
ated by men - appointed by ' the; Non
partisan governor and tne league s state
supreme court stands ready, to defend
him in all his actions, . s y . ; f :
Mr." Cutting says he believes our pub
lic officials are violating laws and mak
ing laws, usurping ; the rights of the
people. VIi he naa reference to iiNorui
Dakota-he Is .right. ! . L r
Bt sneaks of the difference in price of
sugar beets and . sugar. While I admit
this is, pure graft and must be remedied
and very Boon, here-is another thing as
radically wrong : Last .fall the farmers
dug their potatoes when the price was
about 82.50 a hundred.'; They are now
selline . them in this community for IS
a hundred and not handled by any mid
dlemen, either. : This is profiteering with
all the . rest, and so we shall find all
classes will have to put on the brakes.
I wish - I could tak every voter in
Oregon into North i Dakota and keep
him ,there , long enough Jo see the true
conditions..' -:-;- ; ' ' v ' -'"-' -; j
Tea, I say, as he does, protect the pro
ducer against the trust but to turn this
state over to .the Reds and L W. W.
would be as bad. H. L. Anderson.
SAFETY ON COUNTRY ROADS
Portland. : June Jw To the. Editor of
The i Journal In the Interest of public
safety it is my conviction" that all pedes
trians using the roadway should keep
to the left -This may seem aH out of ,
reason at first glance, but the fact re
mains -that there have been a number
of pedestrians killed recently near, this
city and -in the. state- from being run
down by automobiles approaching, their
backs. ; If these same pedestrians had
been walking on the left; hand" side of
the highway, facing - the approaching
machine. It is - my . opinion they would
be alive today.
rlt is well known to everyone who
drives that a warning has to be sounded
cm approaching ; pedetriana from the
rear, and who has not noticed the con
tinual looking back of the walkers? By
v..t.in t- ti left tha footman
is facing the 1 approaching Vvehicle
and POtn me anver ana toes yeaesuiau
have the situation before them: all the
time.
"Keep to the right" Is the proper
thing for vehicles, and "keep to the left
is a life-saver for the pedestrian using
the ; country roads for recreation or j
business, y . " Harry Park.
A SUMMER MOOD
By Paul Hamilton Hayne
. AH me for evermore, for
. These human hearts of
wane down the dells and up . the murmurous snore
Nature renews her immortality.
The heavens of June stretch' calm and bland above,
June roses blush with tints of orient skies, . .
But we, by iraves of Joy, desirtf and love,
.Mourn in a world which breathes of Paradise, i
The sunshine mocks the tears -it may not dry, ,
The breezes tricksy couriers of the air
Child-roisterers winged, and lightly fluttering' by
Blow their gay trumpets in the face of care;
And bolder winds, the deep sky's passionate speech,'
Woven into rhythmic raptures of desire,
Or fugues of mystic victory, sadly reach
Our humbled souls, to
The field birds seem to twit
WHh their small blisses,
The cricket triumphs o'er us in the grass
, And the lark, glancing bearalike up the cloud,
i .:' .-. -
Sings us to scorn with his keen rhapsodies: ;
Small things-and great
To edge our cares, while wey the proud and wise.
Envy the insect's Joy, the birdling's wingl
'A -r-'V-;.;:;":. " ",.v; , ;.;; ?
And thus forevermore, till time shall cease,
Man's soul and Nature's each a separate sphere
-Revolves, tMe one in discord, one in peace, '
And who shall make the solemn mystery clear?
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Tqwn
Mayor W. S. Hamilton of ! Roseburg
lev so proud . of the roses for which his
town is named and so fearful that Port
land may- not have- enough to supply
the thousands of visitors during- Shrine
and Rose Festival week . that he came
in Saturday to find out how many car
loads of blooms will be required. At
the Imperial hotel he declared his town
has ' pledged itself to provide any quan
tity, "We are going to have a rose
picking bee and everybody will turn out
to help fill up any deficiency Portland
may have," he said. ; "Roseburg .doesn't
propose to let anybody come to Oregon,
the rose state, and meet the slightest
disappointment. The people are enthu
siastic and the chamber of commerce,
the city council and all other organiza
tions are getting busy. Whether Port
land needs them br not we will send
up a lot to show, that the Rose City is
not the only rose city of Oregon."
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Portland is the most beautiful city in
the country, according to George C
Walker, wealthy sugar man from Java,
and as a result of its beauty the city
will claim Walker and his wife as resi
dents during the summer,. Walker re
cently epent two months at the Multno
mah. Since that time he has sold , his
sugar holdings in Java, ' The Walker
will take -up their summer residence in
a "private home soon. , Mr. and Mrs.
Walker arrived Friday from San Fran
cisco." .: , , ' : - '
. E. P. Dodd of Hermlston once ran a
newspaper, but there was no money in
it ; so he entered politics. He has now
quit the political game to grow alfalfa,
six to eight, tons to the acre; at J2S a
ton. Dodd's ranch lies in the big Uma
tilla irrigation project, " which is mak
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MA1S(
By Fred
- Here ia told the story- of, Billy Sunday's
coo Tension and of his entrance upon retigiooa
work, first as incidental to his occupation as
bic league ball player, later aa T. M. O. A..
secretary, and finally aa eane;elist as a definite
life work.) -" -. - . 1 ,. .v
Last summer C. S. Jackson. Henry
Reed and I went in Mr. Jackson's car for
a trip over the Columbia river highway.
Reaching Hood River, we were directed
to one of the show place of the Hood
River ' valley, the Billy Sunday apple
orchard. We at dinner with Billy and
"Ma" Sunday and their family. After
Ma" Sunday had shown me. over their
place we eat on the porch of their sum
mer cottage and as - we watched the
lengthening shadows creep over the val
ley below us she- told me how her -husband
took up the work of an evangelist.
"One Sunday afternoon in the summer
of 188," said Ma Sunday, , "Billy, Ed
Williamson. Mike Kelly and Silver Flint
were sitting on the curb in Chicago. As
they sat talking, a gospel wagon drove
up and held a service. After the singing
and preaching- services, the speaker In
vited the crowd to come to Pacific Gar
den mission. - Billy said ' to his team
mates, 'Come on, fellows : let s follow the
band wagoa and -hear what more they
have, to; say. The other chaps laughed
and refused, and one of them said. 'Look
out. Billy ; you better not take a chance ;
they might get -hold of you and spoil a
good ball player.' .BUly said, "Well. I
will take a chance. I haven't anything
else on hand. - I am going to go and
hear what they have to say.' He
diopped into the mission a night or two
later to pass the time away and was
so much Impressed with the evident sin
cerity of the speakers that he went back
on another , night. Mrs. Clark, wife of
Colonel Clark, founder of the mission.
walked dowrr the aisle and, stopping in
front of Billy, : said, "Young man. the
Lord loves you. : He wants you to love
Hira and serve Him. ; Wilt you do it?
Billy aaid, Tea,' and walked forward
and knelt at the altar rail.
Tn the spring of 1S88, after we were
engaged. Billy was offered $1800 to go to
the Pittsburg team. . He was getting
11400 with the"- White Stockings. We
spent a good many evenings in very ear
neat discussion as to whether Billy had
better go and' get the extra $400 and
hether the $400 waa worth being apart
all summer, as we would have to be. W
decided that we needed the $400 extra
money to start housekeeping; and so Billy
went , to Pittsburg. I saw Billy only
three or four times between the spring
pf 18S8 and September 6, the day we
were married. Billy cam to Chicago.
We were married next day, and the earn
day we went to Pittsburg for our w ed
ging trip, and next day Billy was in his
uniform, playing , ban aa usuaL - He
played with the Pittsburg , team three
years, and was then traded to the Phila
delphia Athletics. -He signed a three
year contract at $300 a year. That year
the Brotherhood-broke away from the
league. ; The Brotherhood lasted but one
season, the year of 1891. When it broke
up tbe - market was flooded with ' ball
player. Billy -had taken a special coarse
in Bible training under Secretary Messer
of the Chicago Y. M. C. A. He had put
lr- two winters in the Chicago Y. M. C
A., working , for nothing. .., Billy got to
feeling that be was more interested in
making- money than in being a Christian.
I thought he could be just aa useful be
ing a good Christian ball player, as he
could at being a rather poor preacher.
It was a case of B0-&0 in his mind where
he could be the most useful. He said
tc me : 1 am going' to ask for my re- i
lease from- my contract to play with the
Phillies: then I will feel that I have!
done my duty. If it is granted, I will;
take up religious work.' His release waa'
evermore
ours must yearn and sigh
rack, not raise them higher.
us as they pass
piped so clear and loud;
unconscious .tauntings bring
ing the sagebrush land blossom with
crop. Dodd haa been a member of the
state legislature for the last two ses
sions. At Hermlston he has held the
presidency of the Commercial club for
the last seven years and is mixed up
in a number: of civic offices, including
the city, council and the library board.
He is enthusiastic over j the recent cele
bration at Boardman in the interest of
the John Day Irrigation! project "There
were over 2000 people' there," said Dodd,
"and they . had at the barbecue two
beeves and 6000 sandwiches. One cake
alone was worth. $125, It was a big
fruit cake, but in spite of its size it was
baked perfectly." Dodd) waa at the Im
perial Saturday meeting with the. legis
lative committee - on the salaries for
county employes. Attending the meet?
ing- also were Senatorf W. B. Bell of
Eugene. Senator W. Hi Strayer of Ba
ker and H. C. Wheeler of Eugene, and
E. W. Haines of Hillsboro of the house.
. ' '
There may be a scarcity of labor, but
J. - Thompson of Dufur was besieged
with applicants for fruit picking Jobs
at the Oregon Saturday. .Thompson
came to Portland to get 'help ' He ad
vertised and was swamped with callers.
"They have been coming tn here all
day," sighed the clerk as he gave
Thompson's room number to still an
other applicant. Thompson owns a big
fruit ranch at Dufur, on which the
strawberries are beginning to ripen.
.
George Saunders, who at Grants Pass
relinquished his sugarj refinery project
about four years ago, arrived at the
Imperial Saturday oni his way to the
City that boasts of its climate, to see
what is left of the plant that he built.
SaunderS lives in Salt jLake City. -
Lockley
' t
refused, however, and they told him they
would have to hold him to his' three
year contract. .. : .
i. - . . .
"Several months went by and there
waa apparently no prospect of his secur
ing his release. He was getting ready
to Join . his team, when the - manager
,v irou aim on arcni ii, saying, z on
can -have your release if you want it.
He at once -wired, asking to be released.
and the very next day he went to work
I ior tne i,nicago x. ai.i t. a. at. a salary
emnA tt. i ..
83000 - a year :. for! seven months'
work ' with the Phillies, while .in
the Y. M. , C. A; ! he ; received only
$1000 for working - $65 days a year,
to say nothing of four nights each
week. Mr. Messer created the position
of religious secretary! for him. I think
Billy was the first religious secretary in
the x. M. C A. That sounds as if
none of the others 'were very religious,
but what I mean is j he was the first
secretary of the religious department
He stayed with the Chicago Y. M. C vA.
three years.. The first year he got $1000,
the next year $120Q and the third year
$1500.
"Peter "Bifhorn waa a gospel smger
for J. Wilbur Chapman, the evangelist.
Bllhorn lived In Chicago, and naturally
he and Billy were thrown together a
great deal' in religious work. One day
J. Wilbur Chapman f asked Bllhorn to
recommend a good reliable advance agent
for him. In Billy's baseball work he had
acted aa advance, agent, and knew every
railroad In the country. You could wake
mm up in the middle of the mgnt ana
He could gtv you the; connections or any
road in the Eastern or Middle Western
states. Dr. Chapman offered Billy $40
a . week to be . his I advance man. He
worked at that, two .and. a half years.
During the Christmas holidays Billy was
given two weeks' leave to spend with
the children and me Jn Chicago. While
he waa home he received a telegram
from Dr. Chapman saying he had ac
cepted a call as! pastor of Bethany
church, in Philadelphia. This meant that
dad was out of a Job.; It didn't look like,
a- very cheerful Christmas to us. Three
days later a preacher at Garner. Iowa.
wrote Billy asking him if he could come
there and spend 10 days in a revival
service. Until our first baby cam I had
traveled with Billy right along when he
waa playing ball., wherever we spent
Sunday he would usually talk, either
In some Y. M. C A. ior at some church.
While i he had been advance man for J.
Wilbur Chapman, fh had often filled
smaller engagements, for Dr. Chapman.
Before Billy and I were married we used
to go together frequently to hear Dwlght
X Moody - and Ira 1 D. Sankey. Billy
wasted : no time when he received the
Invitation to conduct the revival service
at - Garner, Iowa.. - He took the next
train, and before the 10 days waa up he
had received an invitation to go else
where. ; That was i nearly 25 years ago.
and, he has' kept : steadily at it ever
since. . v.) . -. ' '
"You would" be surprised to learn that
my husband la very sensitive and bash
ful. Sometimes people, who learn this
wonder bow he can be so aggressive In
the pulpit. He feel that he is doing the
Lord's work, and he often - says,' 'Worn
unto me if I preach not the gospel. I
am .doing the Lord's work and He will
give "roe courage. He . shrinks from
meeting people. It 1s a very fortunate
thing that I love this work as much
as my husband, for If I didn't I wouldn't
hava much home ' life.- He often says.
1 can't help it. Mother. ItAnay seem to
be neglecting you, but God's cause la
first with me and always mast be." .
The Oregon Country
Northwest Bappenlna la Brief. Vorm for the
Boay Header.
. ' ' OREGON NOTES
. Owing to the expenses La Grande will
hold no Fourth of July celebration this
year.
The 23 tie votes cast in Linn county at
the primary election have been decided
by lot- . , .
The attendance at the Union stock
enow on the second day was over J000
people.
P. A. Anderson, postmaster at Elgaroa,
Douglas county, has died suddenly from
heart dleease.
' Residents in-the Powell Butte district
have petitioned for a change in mail
route from Redmond.
An 'unusual spectacle In the boAlnes
renter -of Eugene was a awarro of honey
bees on a store awning.
Forrest Holmes is being held for pros
ecution at Hood River on the charge of
stealing forest range supplies.
' A test made In the Cascade national
forest shews that trees are growing aU
the rate of 1200 board feet per acre p
annum.
Baker sent a delegation of over 100
people to the livestock show at Union
In which were a number of Baker
county exhibits. ,
i The Radiators of Eugene are being
canvassed to ascertain the sentiment
regarding- a trip to Portland during
Rose Festival week.
Seven school districts in the western
part of Lane county will vote In earn
district June 21 on the question of
establishing a union high school at
Florence.
Sheriff Qulne of Dotielae countv has
offered a reward of SH50 for Informa
tion leading to the arrest and conviction
of the man who assaulted Mrs. Gibson
Hamilton of Reuben.
The state .fish and game commission
will pay a reward of $200 for Informa
tion leading to the arrest of persons
reported to be engaged in dynamiting
fish on the Santiam river.
j WASHINGTON
The Seattle city council has Increased
to $10,000 an appropriation for probing
into the purchase of streetcar lines by
the city. I -
Births arid deaths were balanced at
Aberdeen during May. In each case the
number was 21. Since January 1 the
number of births recorded is 111.
Owing to the lateness of the season
fruit crop . prospects are uncertain, ac
cording to a special report of the Spo
kane, Portland.- Seattle railroad.
When he returned from a fishing trip
Emery Mahan of Prosser found that his
supply of gasoline, S20 gallons, stored
in anticipation of the shortage, had been
stolen.
Over 100 coal dealers of the state, in
cluding 60 from Western Washington, are
in attendance at the annual 'convention
of the Washington Fuel Dealers' associ
ation at Spokane. . j
The federal prohibition officers who
shot and killed Krneet C. Kmley of Spo
kane near Keller last month may be
prosecuted for murder in the United
States district court.
Plans for the dedication of the' new
bridge across the Cowlitz at Toledo
July .6 are moving along nicely. Both
Governor Hart andi Congressman John
son are expected to be among those
present. .
It is estimated that fully 10.000 sal
mon. some of them over four feet in
'length, are In the Yakima river between
Richland and Pressor dams trying to
get i up the river to their spawning
grounds.
! IDAHO ,
State Commissioner of Public Works
Hall says that highway construction may
be delayed by the railroad car shortage!
John B. Collins, a resident of the
Pierce section, was killed by being
thrown from his horse against a tree
while driving cattle.
The department of publlo works will
receive bids for the construction of one
steel bridge and about 160 miles of high
way within the next month.
Owing to the Unusually long stretch of
cool weather this spring Wood river, at
Hailey is gradually falling and probably
will not reach a high stage this season.
Farmers living along the McK'cIl
branch of the Caldwell traction lines
have appointed a committee with full
power to act relative to the purchase of
the McNeil branch, which is valued
at $65,000. ,
The public utilities commission has
decided to-permit the Idaho Power com
pany to Increase its rates on all lis
service except new irrigation pumping
power 10 per cent. The rate on new
pumping power will be Increased from
20 to 26 per cent.
The Torchbearer
By Tirzah Lamond
Stsndina alone 'midst the wreckage,
' Jnardin the sacred flame.
Keeping Its light nnsullied,
i SilrnUy bearing the blame
Of those who would dim its brightness,
Denying eeery false claim
Brarely he" cells our attention
Back to tbe promises mane
freedom for all tna people
That the debt to our dead be Daid.
Was that only a scrap of paper.
Or i it a Unit betrayed;
A lay of light tn the darkness.
A clarion call, lond and clear.
To boldly marchr -with the nation.
Uphold all our father held dear
Or barter our birthright for pottage
And ailently fall to the rear I
Wolf Creek, Or.. May 80.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
With capital punishment restored.
there' d orter be some way of applyin'
some mild form of It to these here can
didate fer the big conventions that
goes back on the instructions of the
rank and fue afore they git their cer
tificates of lection.
Portland-Made Crosscut Saw
That Does ltf Men's Work
in Producing Firewood
Some people who had a summer
home on an island of Puget Hound
not far. from Tacoma remarked the
number of big logs that the tide
had brought in and left high on the
beach. They spoke regretfully , of
the price of firewood, and wondered
why some practicable means could
not be devised to reduce the big
sticks Into fuel. .
Then one day : a man appeared
with .a sort of super-crosscut eaw.
He trundled It along . on a wheel
like a wheelbarrow. He attached it
at right -angles to one of the logs
and in surprisingly short time sawed
clear through the fallen tree. A
visitor f xamined the saw. He no
ticed upon it the brand of a Port
land manufacturer. Being a Port
lander, he was quite proud to think
the industry of his home town was
so useful to Puget Sound,
Later he discovered that five firms
In Portland manufacture 10,000 ef
the ... power propelled dragsaws a
year,' or nine-tenth of the whole
world's supply. The original' Inven
tion Is credited to a Portland man.
The retail value of the output is
from $1,600,000 to $2,000,000. The
industry as -a -whole gives employ
ment to some 250 workers.
The saws are sold not only In
every state but in practically every
country. They . are tremendously
valuable in land clearing and in
cord wood production. - One saw
does the work of 10 men. If in
general use that would mean the
Portland Industry had speeded tip
the clearing of raw lands in the
Northwest and elsewhere by Just 10
times. .
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