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4 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY- 15, 1921. AV INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER -C S." JAUKMJN ... Publisher Be edm, be confident, ba cheerful mod do ante rhT ii ?w won Hi bae them do onto yam I "Published ever week dai and Sunday morning it The Journal building, Broadway and Tam- hia street, Portland, Oregon. , Entered at tha postoffiee at Portland,- Oreaw, it. for transmission through tha mails aa second r-s class nwtttrr, TtaEPHONEH Main 1 1 1 8. Automatic 6SO-&1. X AU department reached by these numbers. NATIONAL AOVEKTkSLNO EPBK8ENTA- TrvE Benjamin ajs Kentnor Co.. Brunswick J boildin. 225 Hftb avenue. New Tort ; 00 - wtiiw, winning, t oioto. - .ACIHO COAST repbesentative; W. B- Btnvn' Co., Examiner-building. Ban Ir"ran- cmco: Titla Insurance bnilding. Los Angeles; Past-Intelligencer building, Seattle. I THE OKEKN JOUKNAI reserves tha right to X, reject adTertimng copy which it deems ob- jectionabie. 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Express ; Order or Draft- If your1 postoffiee not a . Money Order office. 1 or 2 cent stamps will be - accepted. Make all remittances payable to Tha -. Journal, PorUand. Orreon. Be not deceived: God ia not mocked; for whatsoever ' man aoweth. that shall he also reap. Galatians, 6:7. A TEACHER AND HIS TRIUMPH FOR "The Man With the Hoe." the poem that at one stroke trans lated Edwin Markham from country school teacher into a national celeb "Tity.ln the literary world, the author Frecefved $25. ' . Its publication ; in the Sah Fran cisco Examiner in January, 1899, -created a country-wide Sensation. The word: Vlcture of a farmer lean- rixig- on his hoe in reverie and with .'a, -blank expression on his face, sum ming up the lot to which 'thousands of years of toll had brought him, . came as a new and painful thought to millions. It was the power of the picture that threw the gates ajar for i Markham s entrance into a literary career that has placed him in the "deanship of American poets and that now gives him rank among the great - literary men of all time. -Markham was 47 years old when the 'poera appeared. For 25 years he had been a teacher in the public schools of California, with the ex- i ception of a short time spent as the editor of a newspaper at SanIose. His life had peculiarly fitted him for propounding, the philosophy re vealed in "The Man With the Hoe. " Bornj In" 1852 in a small onestbry j house on what Is now the main street at Oregon City, his whole ca reer up to the time of writing the poem had ; been one of close touch with those who toil and spin. One -of his earliest recollections is that ie was lifted up by his mother to look on the dead face of John Mc . jLoughlin, already coffined for its f !grave that was about to; receive his -mortal remains. V . ' 5 The family reached Oregon with .the immigration of 1847 and settled '.at Oregon City. The mother was of ; ;literary-turn, ind the files of the "Oregon Spectator in the museum of the Oregon Historical society, carry numerous poems written by the mother and printed in the paper over the initi-als "E. M." Elizabeth Markham. J. D. L,ee of Portland came in the " same train with the Markhams to Oregon, and Mrs. D. P. Thompson of Portland was a friend of the . mother. - When Edwin was 5 yeans bid he . went with his mother to Northern California, and in the then sparsely settled districts of Mendocino county - the boy" grew to manhood. The literary ' taste inherited from his mother ealy began to show Itself. He had a passion for books, and in 'his quest for self -education he carried in his pocket a copy of Bullion's grammar as-- he herded cattle but on the ranges. Twenty dollars that he earned with the fam lly jeam for ploughing 20 acres of ground for a neighbor was hus banded, and spent in the purchase of books by t,he old masters of liter mature. -. . . '. . ' At the dinner in his honor in Port- : land Mr., Markham touched lightly r on ' the story of his contact with Black Bart, the lone highwayman who for many years held up stages and 'made traveling uncomfortable and precarious for, passengers in the Northern Calif ornia mountains. Mark ham was In his teens when. he joined ..-'fk, harvesting crew In c. district remote from his home. . "A tall,' broad-shoul . dered and .athletic man. addressed him one day with proposals for an easier way of making money than at hard toil with, meagre compensation on the farm. By easy stages a com radeship -grew up between them, and at length the ? tall I stranger made known his plans, saying that it waa cumbersome for htm to hold the pas sengers and stage -driver at bay while he relieved them of their -valuables. ""Tou are quick and alert,; he said to young Markham,' 'and you have a steady nerve; you could bold the gun on them while I gather up the money and Jewelry. T The plan had no appeal to the youngster and the pair soon parted company. K : .;'' In the primitive life of the then Mendocino county, the observing mind of the boy contemplated the privations, the Incessant toil and the small rewards of the people. Through bis reading he was : in close touch with the philosophy of life as dis cussed by the ancient masters. His fertile brain matched the possibili ties of haman existence with the actualities of it In ( the scenes of struggle and privation around him, and then and there were ; given ; to him the impressions that later sent out to the world the message of "The Man With the' Hoe", on wings of fire. At 22 he became a- rural school teacher,; and his first school was kept under a spreading live oak tree with improvised seats ; and tables made by the teacher's own hand, all surrounded with a pole fence simi larly constructed, and with nine pu pils in attendance. ! For a quarter of a century teaching was his unambi tious role, and until at 47 he pro duced something that the world was waiting for there was every prospect that the school room with its buzz and its dull routine was to be his life work. . ! ; Jt was in January, 1899, in a chalet in the suburbs of San Fran cisco that Markham read to the edi tor of the Examiner the manuscript of "The Man With the Hoe." With in a few days the poem appeared in the paper and the editor placed a credit of $50 to the account of Mark ham. But the amount seemed over large to the auditor down in the business office, and it was cut to $25 by that unliterary individual, and $25 was all that Markham received. It is the Irony of fate that another author received -$750 froiri a New Tork newspaper for the, so-called "reply," which, so far as the general public was concerned, fell flat and quickly passed out of public notice if not out of public recollection." The publication of "The Man With the Hoe" was followed by storms of criticism on the one hand and a tidal wave of approval on the other. News paper clippings taking the one view or the other began to 'pour in upon the author. Telegrams and letters flooded his"-simple home with re quests and offers for future produc tions. Some of the publishers pro posed a royalty of 20 per cent for books of his poems. -Almost - over night, the teacher leaped into a na tional prominence .that in his quiet modesty and in; his inadequate esti mate of his own talents, he could not understand. Out of all came a grati fication, in which, he" is said to have found as much enjoyment in the ad verse criticisms as in the commenda tions. He found immense amuse ment in the attack of a professor of English in one of the great universi ties,, who declared that he found in the poem a "veiled though vicious attack upon the farmers of the country." f j The insistent demands of Eastern publishers for further contributions from his "pen quickly convinced Markham that he must get nearer the center of things in order to canl- rtalize his new found fame. In a commodious and f comfortable home on Staten Island,; 22 years later, he is, at 69 years young, the president of the Society of American Poets, by general, consent the poet laureate1 of America, and the author of some of the most majestic poems in the language. He is almost as popular in the lecture field as in poetry, partly because of the rich vein of humor that often runs through his platform work.; His poem on Lincoln is accounted by j critics as perhaps the most majestic and nowArfni characterization ever Written of the martyred president and, along with his- "Gates of Paradise," is classi fied as a creation upon which his surest fame will rest ; Nobody can -measure the power that a great poem exerts upon the thought of mankind. Its influence is not transitory,1 but, because of Its sublime sentences, goes on forever. It is read here and read there, today, tomorrow and on down through- the generations, and its philosophy and its conceptions go into the perma nent convictions of mankind, fast ening a leavening - and - uplifting thought upon the ages, j THE CHILDREN'S CONGRESS WITHOUT food there could be no , life. Without the soil the world would starve. Without human force, food would remain in the earth.V -:: : i , ; . ;.. It Is taken from the soil today by tne men of this generation. It will be taken from the soil tomorrow by the men of the next generation or the cnnaren or this generation. And the food must come. .. With the view of stressing the tre mendous importance of food nroduc tlon. of improving methods for pro duction, of encouraging production and of bringing" the productive force of the next ; generation to Oregon, tne uregon Farmer has proposed tnat a Boys' and Girls' International Congress be made a part "of the At lantic-Pacific Highways and Elec trlcal Exposition to be held in Port land In 1925. It is proposed that other states and even foreign coun tries be urged to send representatives to the congress, representatives .who excelled In producing foods of qual ity and quantity; and that other or ganizations such as the Boy Scouts and girls' organizations, also be in vited to send representatives to the international congress. 5 -l ? ; ; v Summing : Up ; the activities 4hat might be 'made a part of the con gress, O. M. Plummer, a strong sup porter of the congress, says: Teere is almost no end to the various ph (f en of farm life which might be brought out by such a-congress. Very likely a modern country school could be carried on by men and women who had proved most successful along these lines, the pupils to be actual farm boys and girls who would be in attendance during the entire six months, really doing post graduate work. Perhaps, also, a modern rural school from the beginning age up showing to what extent rural education might be carried. Maybe a modern rural home of, say, 40 acres or more located at the exposition grounds fully equipped with all the labor-saving devices for the home, as well as with the usual modern machinery and equipments for the farm. This modern farm should also show the best breeds of livestock and exhibit the value of rotation of crops and . other features of better farming. Another ex hibit could be a farm family living in t,his home in a modern, natural American way so that other farm boys and girls, as well as grown ups, may see the pos sibilities of such a home. The plan contemplates display of the possibilities of the soil, instruc tion, encouragement and assistance to those who will .be called upon to work It, and a foundation for i the food structure of the world of to morrow. It is a purpose well worth while. YOUNG MEN AND THE MINISTRY THE board of Methodist bishops sitting in Portland merely gives an old question new force by .asking why more :young men do not enter the ministry. ; !';; ; The pulpits of the country have been seriously short of men for a quarter of a century. Men of very ordinary talents have risen high in ecclesiastical affairs ; because they had so little, competition. Scarcely a denominational gathering has been held without prayers and; pleas for more young men and more - able young men to dedicate their lives to the ministry. ; .; "-;:"; j , Ministers have had it impressed upon them that a vital part of their duty was , to go and find men, as Paul did Timothy, that they might become spiritual leaders of the peo ple., Theological seminaries have had a student enrollment problem which would have been more serious had it not been for the other equally difficult problem ,of . securing ade quate facilities for the training of the few. V'' . . There are very substantial reasons why more young men do not enter the ministry. -. Here . are three of them: . . t - First, save in . exceptional - cases. there is absolutely no incentive for the sons of ministers to follow in their fathers' footsteps. ' Second, though it harmonizes poorly with high ideals of devoted sacrifice, the pay is too small and too uncertain. ; Third, there is so much frivolous- n ess In the life of this commercial generation, so inaccurate a. measure of real values, and so little spiritual Inspiration among the masses most of the people are not going to church -that the call to preach is not heard by young men whose ears are filled with vain noises. , .1 In certain craftsmen's families son follows father from generation to generation. There comes to be a pride of skill, of training and of ac complishment which la deep-rooted, almost, as life itself. 'But the preacher's son gets largely an im pression of the crass, the unwelcome and the near-sordid phases of min isterial life Hesees his father pre occupied I with the problems, not al ways spiritual,, of his congregation and of his own tenancy. He sees his mother wear dowdy clothes with the shamed feeling that women of her husband's congregation are looking superciliously down upon her with out a thought of their own responsi bility. He feels the pinch of poverty an4 privation, painfully concealed, in hisi own home. H witk the grudging contributions and attendant czarlsm of members who themselves enjoy the greatest luxury- His disgust for the petty poll tics of internal church administra tion grows. Sooner or later he be gins to feel that the average congre gation holds the worker unworthy of his hire, however poor the pit tance. Everything that is red blooded In him resents the dull pau perizing process and calls out for in dependence which ; he seeks where talent and hard work are appreci ate. ', ;, y.-- ; f ; t .vs-; :j '.This may seem extreme, but not to those who have been members of thej majority of ministers families. UPLAND LORE TWO pairs of heavy blankets and one pillow case. A bath towel, fishing ! tackle ; and a tooth brush. Stamps; and stockings' and a bathing SUlt ; ; J .. :. :; s : Youths In Oakland, ' CaL, may be seen checking the various f articles over and over on their fingers. On the middle fork of. the Tuolumne river in the Stanislaus National f or est is the place 'where such articles become essential as part of an amateur outdoorsman's equipment What .. makes ; it different : from other mountain resorts is that it is Oakland's municipal camp, and in struction in the enjoyment of the outdoors has become a part of the education of the Oakland girl and boy. - j , - And It appears, as a natural se quence that when the young folks get up above the bay j and other routine things they have' a perfectly ripping time. Nature, they find, has spread entertainment - of so many forms and kinds that if Judge Ross man were in Oakland he would not find the pool halls able to compete for a minute with the superior . at tractions of the mountains. ; , In a good many ways, j Portland is like other cities. It has houses and churches and streets and motion picture shows. But.lt has, far and beyond what ordinary cities have, a great, encircling, attractive out of doors. . , s - j If the Portland park bureau were to accept the Implied suggestion of Oakland's mountain camp, facilities would be found already provided Along the Columbia River highway la a 14,000-acre fairyland of valleys and summits and lakes and streams permanently set aside by the forest service for the enjoyment ot Port land people. A portion of it has already been discovered to their in tense delight by the Boy Scouts. The rest of it is many times worth ex ploring by the youth of the city as a whole; .; . - One hundred men and women were found delving into garbage bar rels along the river, in Wilmington, Delaware. They said- they were out of work, hungry and had to eat gar bage or starve to death. Tales like this from China are not astonish ing, but from free, rch America they are staggering. . Now that the saloons are gone, to what are we to attribute this terrible condition? LA FOLLETTE AND EUROPE SENATOR LA FOLLETTE'S de scription of American Ideals as expressed in his resolution denounc ing the administration j for permit ting envoys of this .nation to sit In the allied councils are Senator La Follette's ideals, not the ideals of .the country. " . His resolution says that "it is con trary to American ideals and tradi tions for the government of the United States to participate in any manner" in the allied councils. American aspirations do not con template a stagnated United States. American thought does . not picture a crippled country. We do not as pire to aK position wherein foreign governments shall control the cable bases of the Pacific to our exclusion. We do not aspire to . a position wherein foreign governments shall parcel out the oil fields of the world and close the door to the United States. We do not favor a Europe which is in continual turmoil over . reparations, over disposition of lands. over governments and I over various other questions, to the immense com mercial, industrial and financial deg radation of this country." We do not aspire to a position wherein there is no protection whatever for American interests and American rights in other lands. ; T" " " This nation is not isolated. We were not isolated from the war. We were forced into it because our af fairs were so closely interwoven with European affairs that we could not protect . ourselves and remain aloof. In peace our affairs are even more closely allied with European affairs and when we are directly Involved in practically every political, economic and social event in the old world it would be folly to permit our Inter ests and rights to be abandoned be hind a false wall of thin air isola tion. !; One of the very great reasons for the lull in business activity in this country now is the unsettled condi tion of Europe. Foreign nations, unsettled, cannot buy from nor pay us. Their markets are closed to us. Our activity is thereby diminished t . . - and the nation suffers. . There is one thing about Senator La Foil ette h is cam paigh slogan is his performance slogan. What he says when he is seeking votes he says after he has received the votes. ; But his Interpretation of our ideals and his views on foreign relations are not so commendable as his political honesty. r - ON A SIDE STREET ... . ... IV II OTHER dropped Sonny's hand this morning where the safe gravelly path of home loses itself in the wide cement sidewalk where on may be found such formidable elements of the big world as over alled worklngmen and shaggy-faced dogs. ..,.:;;.....,:.-;:; . v.i; ;;;, J - He already had a cluster of narcis sus for teacher tight in his little fist but Mother broke a spray from the lilac bush which grows just Inside the scroll-work picket fence.1; . She added the purple to the white flowers of the bouquet Then: "Run along, sonny," she, admonished, "and you be mother's good ; boy, today." 'When he stepped out by himself he was seen to be only a tiny begin ning of a man. - He hadn't even worn the new off his first knee pants. Mother stood looking after the boy with that expression which gives to the lips the smile but to the eyes the deep solicitude of love. " He had gone but a littlej way when ne stopped, turnea. "iou never kissed me good bye," he charged.1 "Oh, but I did, , sonny, when I fixed your hair." i j He trotted back and his memory was refreshed. On his second venture out on that side street, which - was to him ' the wide highway of the world's traffic he got a little farther before he turned. ' ' , , "My apple has a dirty place on It," he complained. '"Come back and" mother will , fix She did. ; And she also erased a little - smudge on his nose, v She patted down again the rebellious part in his hair. This time he didnt stop. But at the ; corner he bravely waved the hand that had the flowers in It : . I "You be mother's good boy to-Jay," came softly floating to him again from the figure standing by the lilac bush. .'.. -. '. ' ' This was on a side street. In Port land. But there are many who can see back on tha side streets of life, mother's form by the lilac bush of memory, hear her - voice softly calling, "You be mother's good boy today." . THE MAN WITH THE HOE By Edward Markham Bowed by the weight of centuriea he leans Upon his hoe and cazea on the f round, t Tba emptiness of uea in his face And on his back the burden of the world. Who made him dead to rapture and despair. A thing that grieves not and that never hopes. Stolid and atnnned. a brother of the oil i Who loosened and let down- his brutal jawr Whose was tha band that alanted bauk thw brow? Whose breath - blew out- tha light within tills . . ,.j . brain T ; Is thia tha Thins tha Lord 3od made and tare To hare dominion over sea and land; To trace tha stars and aeaxcu tha heaTena (or - i Dower: To feel tha passion of Eternity ? r Ia this the .Dream Ha dreamed who shaped tha suns And pillared all the firmament with light T Down all tha stretch of hell to its last gulf There u no shaoo more terrible than this Mora tongued with censure of the world's blind More filled with sins and nortenta for the More ; fraught with menace to tba uniTerae. Wnat golfs between him' and the seraphim t Blares of the wheel of labor, what to him Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades'. What the long reaches of the peaks of song, . Tha rift of dawn, the reddening of the rose? Through this dread shape tha suffering 'ages look; rime a tragedy la in that arming, stoop ; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed. Plundered, profaned, and disinherited. Cries proteRt to the Judges of the world, , A protest that ia alw prophecy. ! O masters, lords; and rulers in aH landsi Is this the handiwork you give to God. 1 This monstrous thing distorted and soui-ouenched T How will you ever straighten np thia ahape; Touch it again with immortality: Give back tha upward looking and tha light; Rebuild in it the musio and the dream; i Make right ! the immemorial infamies. Perfidious wrongs, immedicable woesf O masters, ' lords, and rulers in all lands. How will the future reckon with this man? How answered his brute question in that hoar When whirlwinds of rebellion shake tha world? How win it be with kingdoms and with kings. With those who shaped him to the thing he is When this dumb Terror shall reply to God, After the aiienca of tha Centuries? i Letters From tl?e People Communications sent te Tha Journal for publication in thia department should be written on only one aide of the, paper; shouid not exceed 300 words in length, and mu&t be signed by the writer, whose mail address in full must; accom pany the contribution. ) IN REPLY TO MRS. HATS J Recommending Certain Documents on . Political Topics - for Perusal. PorUand. May 13. To the Editor of The Journal Please allow me space to answer Mrs A. I Hays, whose letter appeared in yesterday's Journal, j First I want to say I am registered a Democrat, but in fact I belong to no party, creed or class, for I find right and wrong in all. and must allow my fellow man the Bame privilege. I would ask Mrs. Hays why we have had so many amendments to our constitution if it: is so perfect? And are they not just as much a part of the constitution as the preamble? I advise her to read Doctor Rosa's report on the national ex penses, where he shows 93 cents of every dollar collected by the United j States government - goes for war. Then read Senator Capper's address as to what will be the effect on the white race if this practice is kept up. Read Senator "La Follette's statements on our railroads. Read Representative Clyde H. Taven ners talk on the Navy league: r Read ex-Controller of Currency Williams' let ters to the president of the steel corpora tion in regard ,to the eight hour shift instead of the 12 hour. He Bays records show, this corporation could pay' double the wages, have its legal dividends, and still clear $100,000,000 a year. Read some of our United States senate documents say No., 259 where records show cor porations' net profits reach In the hun dred thousand per cent on capital stock, or the recent number of the Congres sional Record, page 50, and 11 pages more, each containing a list of 170 names of majors and captains and lieutenants who have been appointed. Now read the preamble. Then see if you can find one word Debs, St John or Doctor Equi really said that Is contrary to the prin ciples set forth In the preamble. Or, better yet go to hear them, then read a report of the talk in our average daily paper and see . how the people are blinded by the spleen of the reporters so they cannot see how far ahead all the above named . people are ' in hu manity's work. Mrs. Kate Bonham, . A Welcome Home to Edwin i - Markham ! . By June MacMillan Ordway A Fweet Toice called. "Ooma, come, my child; The world would applaud and greet;- The boy who dreamt through rms. lor g days Among firs and cedars sweet" This sweet voice said, "A pen I'll place In your, youthful, trusting hsn.l. Tbat you may aire the great, wide world Great thoughts that ahall-bleat our land." Then into untried paths you passed 'Mid the world's harsh ways, untold; ton saw with wiser eyes the gin God gare yon. to keep, to hold. Tour pen has lightened tha gloom of years. May It arer faithful be, - I . - And cheer us by the wayside. As we pass to eternity. . To ns yon come , with world-wide fame; 'T our pride; though far you roam. Friend of our friends of tha years long gone, ; Welcome back to your boyhood home! Uncle Jeff Snow Says "Science is a great thing. It dips Into most everything from a prize- fight to squlntin at the fixed stars. But when it comes to listenin" to a scientific dip talk In German about the universe bein' round ' and ever'thtng on the outside bein' unknown,. I don t b lieve I d care to set around onless they had mighty com fortable seats and no flies to bother if a feller took a cat nap. It's like a ser mon Elder Simpkins preached on the forks of the Sandy in Texas 40 year ago on wheae Cain got a wife. It was four hours Hag and I lost track of it after the second hour, 'cause the seat was mighty comfortable, and I hain't never ziggered out the problem sence. . THE BLBSSINGS OF PROHIBITION From tha Chxttian Science Monitor. Right out of New York, where the ob jections to prohibition have been so bit- COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Fine day today if Udoesn't rain, j 4 Youngr men have learned that clothes oon t nana tn man, out tney win tne women every time. . . . -i a ... ' : The brilliant Me. Edison might be ''able to tell ignorant and worried college men what has become of Harry Thaw. The world would have thoufrfat better of Banker StUlman if he had -quit) his divorce case before It was started, a a . Polish parliament overthrown. The Paderewski music that soothed the sav age breast has moved to other dimes. .a a a Artistic neurosis may be a very happy ailment but it doesn't make two blades of grass grow where only one has been. Church cliques and un-Christlan piques, poor pay and ceclain poverty do not enthuse young men of today for the ministry. j a a a " Bersdoll wanted to serve, no doubt just as .his Teutonic mother confesses, but he was too far from a German re cruiting office. , . . j v Waves of-crime prove it is high time moral science were , taught children in the public schools as well as arithmetic and geography. r - - , a a a ; j Senator Lodge celebrates his seventy first birthday. Doubtless received con prratulations from Bill Hohenzollern. There ere two "patriots" who have; gone to -seed and are dead at the top. , i ,;' Tt mirfat Vie hll,r fnw th. .n.; of wartime shirkers and those who have forgotten their debt to our heroes if a wa.r is never io una ior communicaung With the BOUls Of men Who diftd under arms. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Leon Cohen of Pendleton has been a i Portland visitor. He is largely reapon- j sible for the organization -of the Pendle ton Commercial club, which has done so much to put Pendleton on the map! On February 9, 1893, a meeting was held in the city council rooms at Pendleton.! pur suant to a call issued by Jesse Failing and Leon Cohen, to organize a board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce, T. F. Rourke was elected temporary chair man and Mr. Cohen temporary secretary. T. C Taylor, S.. P. Gould and Jesse Fail ing were appointed a committee to form a permanent organization. These Inter ested met again February 16, adopted the name "Pendleton Commercial asso ciation,' and the following men became charter members: Leon .Cohen, Jesse Failing, Colonel EL D. Boyd, J. R. Dick son, C. S. Jackson, T. F. Rourke. R. Alexander, R. B. Beattie, Dr. K. WJ Vin cent H. I Hexter. S. P. Gould, Frank Frazler, Ed Ketsch, R G. Thompson, George Ash, W. P. Lathrop, T. C. i Tay lor. W. II. Carnine, J. H. Robblns, J. V, Tallman, S. Rothchild. R T. Cox, C. H. Carter, J. A. Howard, II. Shulthis, ;R P. Foster. J. F. Johnson, Frank Wamsley, J. A. 'Bcie, H. E. Bickers and Judge G. A. Hartmanc a e a ' John W. Cochran signed the book at the Imperial Saturday. He reports hat the office of secretary of state, in which he is chief deputy, Is doing some business. - j C Cecil, who went to- what is now Harney county .in 1878, Is preparing to return to his ranch on Silver creek. ' W. Jj. Slater of La Portland on business. Grande is in OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE jJOURNAL MAN . By Fred Lockley ( Hera la in brief the life story of a man of God who baa labored long and fruitfully, at first aa a pioneer circuit rider, undergoing all tha rigors of that serrice, later being called to tba highrnt honors bis church can bestow. -Nicholas Castle is bishop" emeritus of the church of the United Brethren. He lives at Philomath, Oregon. j ' "I was born," said Bishop Castle, "at Klkhart, Ind, in 1837. My father, Wil liam H. Castle, was born in 1796. My mother, whose maiden name was Har riet Van Brunt, was born in 1804. In those days Elkhart county was a pio neer country. Our log Cabin was situ ated on an 80 acre homestead. At night we could hear the wolves howling in the nearby timber. These wolves went away but there was one wolf ! whose gaunt form menaced us constantly, and that was the wolf of poverty. My father died when I was Jess than twp years old. When I was 11 years old my mother died. I found myself homeless and thrown on my own resources. I can remember, - when my mother died and our home was broken up, wandering away from our cabin not knowing where I would eat or Bleep. I found a place on a nearby farm where I worked for my board. , School held three jmonths each year. We went to. an old log school house .with puncheon floor and home-made benches. Readin', 'ritin" and 'rithmetic was as far as the teacher was able to go.- a a "a "When I was 21 years old I became a circuit rider. I had to cover a good por tion of three counties. ' I had 24 appoint ments and I tried to be at each) one at least every month. After eigh years service as circuit rider I became; a pre siding elder. - ' j l "In May. 18T7, I was elected ( to the office of bishop and was assigned to the Pacific coast district which em braced the states of California and Ore gon and the territories of Washington and Idaho. X came to Oregon and made Philomath my headquarters. In the '70s, when I came here, there were no transcontinental railroads. Most of the travel was done by stage coach or by boat "As I look back to those days in Philo math, more than two score years ago, I can remember what a sterling group of pioneers I worked with. Among those I remember best were the Henkles. Wyatts, Aliens, Crows. Browns, Ben nets, Rosses, Masons, Edwardses, Wheel dons, Bronsons, Gellatlya and others who had come across the plains and who had helped make Benton county and Oregon what they are. Most of these friends of my young manhood are now gone, but their children and their grand children are still here. The first spring I spent on the Pacific coast I traveled 1500 miles on 'horseback through West ern and Southern Oregon. Presiding Elder 3i B. Mosher was, with me and to gether we went by mountain trail or on muddy roads all over the highways and byways of Southwestern Oregon.' Some times we would ride all day long through ter and continuous, comes ths most con vincing testimony that has lately been published, showing the undeniably good effects of the dry regime. First admis sion at state hospitals of persons suffer ing from nervous and mental ! diseases decreased from 67 in the 1000,1 in 1917, to C3.S last year. Alcoholic first admis sions dropped from 10.8 in the 1000 in 1909, to only 1.9 last year, despite the fact that the prohibition amendment was In effect only half that fiscal period, of persons admitted for treatment who were not suffering from alcoholic effects, the number making regular use of the stim NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS Enough money has been thrown away on roads in this old country of ours to have surfaced them with silver dollars. Cottage Grove Sentinel. . a. e The English paper which declares tha world is overpopulated is wrong; it is merely overhoboed, overpoliticianed, overvamped and underp lowed. Hood River News. The corrupt practices act having been declared unconstitutional, the . "free handed candidate may run.-for an of fice without running from an officer.- Weston Leader. . a a a Oregon Is discredited with mors di vorcestwo to every five marriages than any other state In the Union ex cept Nevada ; and its grass widows aren't even edible. Athena Press. If everybody could escape punishment by the excuse of being drunk when the crime was committed, what an easy thing crime would be, and what a lot of fellows would be free. Amity Stand ard. ' :. ,.; a . a a v-anyon ctty has Just completed sJ rine new road to the cemetifry. This ia cheerful news to those who have a dread of the evil consequences that are to follow the collision of the earth with a comet in June. Blue Mountain Kagle. - a a a C. K. Tngalls, editor of the Corvallls Gazette-Times, upon his return from a trip to Portland told his readers that hb was so shocked at the short skirts worn by Portland ladles that he cut his visit short and hastened home. No wonder the public' gets the. impression that all newspaper men are liars 1 Astoria Budget 'Civil ene-inin or Lyman Griswold. "From this I reason tuai oeuer times are in sight, especial ly in the construction line," be adda "You will always notice that th an. gineer Is the first man employed when new worn is started, and he first one discharged when retrenchment becomes necessary." . a a a In a few 'days' it will be known at Mosier whether or not there is to be a big fruit crop this year, according l" jiarn a. mayer or Aiayervllle. . In dicationa now nra fnr a Hfimw Mr. Mayer is not very enthusiastic over tne prospects ot tne Wasco county road Dona issue carrying, in everything ex cept collecting taxes it is forgotten that Mosier la In the county. a a a A compromise has been reached be tween the county court of Polk county and, the state highway commission whereby the work on the Salem-Dallas road will be resumed this summer, Roy Donahue of Dallas in visiting in Port land. - , 1 r a a a The salmon run in the Columbia river is light says Frank Seufert the can neryroan, who was In Portland for tfie week-end.. By some the decrease Is at tributed to the intensive purse seining and trolling oft the mouth of the river four years, ago. a a a F. J. Glaze of Eugene was seen -on the streets of Portland Saturday. P. A. Hantz of Baker Is among those from out of town. a a - a Lloyd Harris of Lewlston, Idaho, is visiting the niotropolia dense forests of pine and fir, where the solitude was unbroken. Oftentimes we would travel for hours without seeing any sign of settlement Our lunch and our horse feed we carried in our saddle bags. In those days many of the streams were unbridged. i , "There were many bright spots in the life of a circuit rider but I can still re member how cold some of the swollen mountain streams : in winter or early spring were, when my horse, in fording the stream, would lose his footing and horse and rider would be submerged, to scramble out on the bank some distance below. I could tell you strange tales of . some of the places we stopped over night. Traveling in Coos and Curry counties in those days of little settle ment was always a problem. In crossing the mountain trails, my. sympathy for my horse would get the best of me, -so I would let him go ahead on the trail while I hung onto his tall, to make my way up the precipitious winding paths. In some of the remote districts of the coast we found " primitive and pioneer conditions. In one section we found there was but one white woman living in the district. Most of the white men were living with Indian women and rais ing half-breed families. "I had not been long here when ex posure and III health made it -necessary to cease, for a' while, my ministerial work. Medicine not seeming to prove effective, I got -a double-bitted axe and went Into-the woods. Bfore I came out of the woods I could chop and stack a cord and a half of wood in half a day, so I decided that with muscles like iron and an appetite like a wolf, I could resume my evangelistic work. a ,; a . a v "The first year of my pastorate I re ceived a salary of $60 a year. That year I was married and set up house keeping. I married Ellen Llvengood. Being a married man, my salary -was raised to $160 a year. I remember what affluence I thought was mine when I received a salary of $300 ' a year. In those days a minister was' looked upon as a follower of Him who had not where to lay His head, and It was considered a disgrace for a minister to possess property, for tt was thought its posses sion would distract his attention from following the lowly Nazarene. Our minds were set on things above. t "I have never cared to acquire wealth or honors and I feel that I have been greatly blessed in having- been a minis ter for 65 years. 44 years, of which I have been a bishop. My wealth consists o.f my three children, my five grand children and my four great-grandchil-drenj To my mind, the great need of the world today is to realize our de pendence on God, and the brotherhood of man. I believe we need more real piety and less jazz. We need to do more praying and less playing, to make this a better world for our having lived and. wrought in It" c ulant decreased from tl.l in 1917, to 12.2 in ,1920. 'Apparently the statistician, Horatio M. Pollock, speaks truly when he says that "the great reduction In the rate of admission since the prohibi tion amendment went into effect indi cates that excessive drinking has been lessened, if not entirely stopped." Straws show how the wind is blowing. What the prohibition policy in ths United States is doing, tn the direction of re storing and maintaining mental health amidst the people of the country, is only just beginning to be understood. In time it will doubtless be fecognlzed as ths great outstanding benefit of this policy.. - ' . . . , 1 - The Oregon Country Northwest Bappeninga in -Brief Form fog tha Busy. Keadar OREGON NOTES ' Methodists of Lakrvlew -will erect a. new church edifice this summer to cost Three hundred, new lock boxes have been added to the eaulpment of tha Astoria postoffiee. Mohair recently sold at Toledo In small lots brought S3 cents. -Several clips of wool have been sold at 13 cents. School directors of Astoria have let a contract for the new annex to tha high school building, the cost of which will be $67,017. W. JL. Elkins of Eugene has Just re ceived . a medal in recosmttlon of his . services as chaplain with the Coast artillery during the war. The leper Mltrou. recently shipped back to Marsh fie Id from Portland, will be. cared for in a special home built for him at the county farm near TJbqutiW. The money raised In Lane county for the relief of tha starving Chinese will be used to buy Lang county Hour, which will ba turned over to the relief com mittee. " The campaign for salmon In the lower Columbia river district is on In full force following the adjustment of tha. strike, but results are said to be dis appointing. The county court has authorized tha Hood River county fair board to expend all moneys available, a total of $10o), in the purchase of a permanent fatr grounde site. ' S. Wood. SO years old, a pioneer resident of Umatilla county and father of Clark Wood, editor of the Weston Leader. Is dead at Westou after a lingering illness. A depth of 2010 feet has been reached by the drill at the Lower Columbia Oil & Gas company's well and the runh of gas and flow of oil la arrowing heavier as a greater depth is reached. At a meeting of sheep and. frost raisers of Douglas county, SO per rent of the growers present signed up their product tor tne state pool, which Is now being formed to obtain better prices for wool and mohair. John R. Humphry, cashier of ths Ore gon City Bank of Commerce, who last year mads an offer to finance the Boys' and Girls' Calf club in tha purchase, of calves for a period of three years, has repeated the offer this year. . WASHINGTON . Inheritance tax receipts totaled $1. 469.09 for the month of April while in March the receipts were $159,OoO. Henry Van Hise, 42, who his ben under treatment at Davenport for men tal trouble, has been mts&ing since May i. Prospects for a bumper wheat crop In the Big Bend section are said to ba bet ter than in any spring for the last seven years. -A federal farm loan association has been organized at Pullman. Twelve of the members are seeking loans aggregat ing $60,000. Cyrus F. Morrow has been appointed by President Harding as postmaster of Walla Walla to succeed George B. Day, who recently resigned. Taklma county's new $150,000 bride;, the lower Moxee structure, is nearlng completion and will bo thrown open to traffic In about 10 days. Three hundred Milwaukee raOroad shopmen returned to a full time schedule, In Tacoma this week after working throe days a week for several months. Plans are being drawn at the present time for the erection of four large resi dences in Walfa Walla which will cost between $10,000 and $15,000 each. Apple growers . of the Pacific North- wesL, ai a meeuna; in luuna j nurw day. decided to organize a corporation to handle all fruit shipped abroad. J. D. Melkle has been named secretary of the Spokane Merchants association to succeed J. B. Campbell, recently ap pointed to the interstate commerce com mission. " Sea Beach Canning company made a pack at its Copalis plant last Saturday of 1031 canes, the largest in its history. All canneries on the harbor ars working overtime. . The state of Washington has received aa the inheritance tax on the Jeor;e Wohlwend estate a check for $21!9.a:i. Mr. Wohlwend waa a farmer in Colum bia county for many years. Claiming that In Ignorance of the dam age wrought by the Olympic peninsul storro on January 29. they mirchaHpd timber land valued at $3,000,000 from the Clallam Lumber company, the Larson Lumber company has filed suit at JSeal Ue to get their money hack. IDAHO Caught between two heavy trucks loaded with crushed rorltf, Uo Htone, aged 19, was Instantly killed at Mom. ow. A melon growers' assoHatlon ban been organized at Kmmett. The crop wil' he pooled and sold through a board of di rectors. The Boise schools have been cloned for a few days on account of the npreail ing of scarlet fever and diphtheria epi demics. - As railroad rates are almost prohibi tive, fruit growers of Idaho are '(IIsc-.ubh-ing the feasibility of shipping by water to eastern and European points. Water storage In the Jackson Hole reservoir Is now the hlprheHt In year, there being 350,570 acre t'-rt as against 178.820 at this time last year. Franklin K. Smith. 81, a veteran of the Civil war, was found dead in bis room at Boise a few mornings ago. He retired the night before in bis usual health. John W. Tearlan, aged 60, was in stantly killed recently by a eaveln in a mine tunnel near Leadore, He waa a pioneer of 40 years' residence In I -em hi county. John Van Alsfe of Ooldendale. Wash., was probably fatally Injured Thursday when his biplane, equipped with pon toons, plunged 50 feet into Lake 1'eiid Oreklle. about a mile from Kandpolnt I6NOW YOUR. PORTLAND A few days ago Portland's new municipally owned bunkers at Ter minal No. 4 were, successfully oper ated for the first time. The bunker bins have a capacity for 18,000 tons of phosphate rock or 8000 tons of coal. Used for the han dling of several hundred tons of coal as a beginning, the bunkers were found to operate exceptionally well. Pier No. S of Terminal No. 4 cop tains the facilities for the storage of phomphate rock, sulphur, coal and ore, with more than four acres of storage space for lumber, steel and like com modities. All materials handled In bunkers are moved on 30-Inch belt conveyors Impelled by direct connected motor drives. Auxiliary equipment Includes drives, traveling hoppers, trippers, chutes, automatic scales and travel ing towers. One of the conveniences employed In connection with the conveyor belt is a portable spout. Move 1( to the point where it is desired that It pick up the load of the belt, and It docs mo. throwing the commodity to the point, car or hold where it Is desired to bs placed. Two traveling towers ' operated along the face of ths pier transfer material from the belt conveyor to the vessel: these towers act as auxil iaries of the portable spout so that material can bs delivered at any de sired height or level of water for trimming cargoes In the hold. Theru-J towers are also used for unloading. Approximately 250 tons of phos phate rock or 100 tons of coal per hour can be handled through double hoppere'd pit for unloading bottom dump cars with "Duplex" fhake feed ers which discharge the material on the conveyor belt