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JULY IN OREGON HISTORY
. (Portland Evening Telegram)
Oregon was kept in the Union by a letter written on a July
day jn 1857. v It wag penned by a Democrat, who, had been
warned to keep very still if he did not want to favor slavery.
But (Chief Justice George II. Williams hated slavery; he huw
that jit would be a menace, to Oregon, and so wrote his famous
"Free State Letter," which appeared in the Salem Statesman,
Julyj28, 1857,- - .
Many men have claims to honored niches in Oregon's hal
of fame. No name looms larger, but one other name appears
as large, as that of George II. Williams. He was for years this
commonwealth foremost citizen. Not only in his name forever
linked with the history of this state, but he occupies a prom
inent place in national annals. It is a civic shame that no
county of Oregon bears his name.
It was no small task for Chief Justice Williams to write his
! great letter that July day more than a half -century ago. It was
to mean that he would read himself out of his party. It was
t thought jthat. this territory would soon be admitted into the
Union and the chief justice was a leading candidate for one of
Oregon g first United States senators!) ips. Hut this letter
which kept the territory in the ranks of the anti-slavery section
of the Union, caused his chances for the senate to vanish "like
the pictures of , a morning dream."
.Later the Republicans sent him to the senate. lie became
attorney! general in .Grant's cabinet and one of the foremost
i American statesmen of the 70 s. Yet Oregon has not seen ft
to honor hira in any public way. Perhaps one of the new state
j highways could be named in his memory. '
While Williams' "Free State Letter" is perhaps the most
outstanding event in Oregon's Julys, other historic happenings
I loom large as one reads the summer story of the Beaver com
monwealth. "
S At Champoeg, July 5, 1843, the American inhabitants of the
, Oregon country gathered to hear the reports and to act on
i measures made and proposed by the legislative committee of the
newly formed Oregon republic. The laws of Iowa, amended
so that the New York state fees for jurors and witnesses would
be allowed, were adopted. The territory was divided into four
districts- Twality, Yamhill, Clackamas and Champooick. It is
seen that the early settlers did not' spell certain proper nouns
as they now appear on our maps, v
A military law passed at that July meeting many, many suni
mera ago, sounds quaint m this period of molly-coddling. In the
pioneer days, men not only had to be four-square, but keen eyes
and quick trigger fingers were also necessary. The law of 184:
declared, "It shall be the duty of each male inhabitant over
the age of 16 years and under 60, who wishes to be considered
a citizen, to cause himself to be enrolled by giving his name to
the proper officers of the militia, and serve under the same
except such as are hereafter excepted."
A July battle in the Grande Ronde valley ended in a vie
tory! that saved the entire Northwest from becoming involved
in a! horrible Indian war, ? The tribesmen throughout Oregon
and Washington were becoming restless. An alliance was form
ed by the Cayuses, Umatillas, Tyghs and Deschutes warriors and
i they took the warpath. Had they been able to register a big
victory 'over the whites other tribes would have joined the
fighting chiefs. But on July 17.M856, Colonel B. F. Shaw ad
ministered a telling blow on the allied tribesmen, and the big
war danger disappeared. I
The first wedding of white people west of the rockies was
; celebrated at the Lee mission, in the Oregon territory, July 16,
1837. :Mi8S Susan Downing married Cyrus Shepard. The cere
mony was performed by the Rev. Jason Lee, who, directly after
he had pronounced the happy couple man and wife, was mar
ried to Miss Anna Pitman.
A letter addressed by Secretary.of State Buchanan to British
Minister Pakenhara, July 12, 1845, resulted after much grief
in a' treaty being signed dividing the Oregon country between
the United States and Great Britain. President Polk backed
down so the boundary line did not extend north to 54 degrees
40 minutes. . , "
It is seen that July holds a prominent place in the history
of old Oregon. It is also noted that the citizens of this state
Uav4 been extremely ungrateful in honoring the memory of the
great men who. made this state "a land of the free and a home
of the brave.' i i
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ing of any religious organization. And before yieiuing itm-h
to any religious guidance whatever it will soon be demanding
something more substantial and convincing than mere claims
of divine authority and golden promises oi rewaru m iuc
far distant future. In short, any church or laitn wnicn can
show no evidence of divine power or spiritual accomplishment
in the present time will have harder and harder work to con
vince the men and women of the future and induct- thetu to
enroll themselves under its banner.
And such an attitude is not 'unreasonable- it is sound; it is
right. How can those who show no evidence oi uivine gutuame,
wisdom or power consistently claim to be the mouthpieces oi
the Dejty? "What sign showest thou that we may see ana
believe thee?" is the question that many thinking people are
asking of both old and new faiths. They want some real evid
ence of truth; some tangible proof of reality. Such signs,
evidences and proofs were forthcoming in abundance in early
Christian times, if we are to believe the record of the New
Testament. Why not now? Is dod less powerlul: less inter
ested in the promulgation of His truth than formerly
According to the record the disciples and apostles aepenaeu
unon the SDirit to heal the sick, to speak with new tongues, to
provide themselves food and raiment and to give unction and
power to their words. In this way these unieiiereu men uecame
the greatest evangelists the world has ever seen. Thy spread
the gospel of Christ, not in words alone, but in life and in deeds
of power. They were not sent for years tu some school to study
the intellectual theology formulated of the minds oi men, out
instantjy at the day of Pentecost they were - endued wiin
power from on high." And so far as the .record !;oes they
depended thenceforth upon this power in all things.
What has become of this eyer-phesent, seii-eviuencing
Spirit that, according to the Scriptures,- everywhere con
firmed the words of the early apostles and gae
power and effect to everything they said and did
Is it not promised that "these same signs snail loi-
low them that believe?" Why this failure to realize this prom
ise of spiritual power bv our modern Christianity and its
votaries!
May it not be that we have tried to substitute theology
learned from books for the power of the Spirit that may come
straight to the heart of man? Can it be that we have quenched
this spirit by our worldly intellectuality and our search for
salvation through a mere feeble belief in the words and life of
Jesus, instead of filling ourselves by prayer and self-denial
so that the Spirit may manafiest Himself in and through us
even as in and through the apostles of olden time? Say you
that the day of miracles and these direct manifestations of the
Spirit is past? But does the Scripture say this? Not a word of
this kind can be found anywhere in it.
Quite a large percentage of our children reach the high
school lor university where they are given some education in
science!. They are taught to think and investigate for themselves
and tof apply the inductive method to the subjects under con
sideration, which method accepts nothing as true without ascer
tained basic facts, without real evidence to sustain it. What
wonder, if when they come to maturity and begin to think seri
ously of religious questions tljese children of ours bring this
investigating habit of mind to the analysis of their religion?
If they find that their religious parents manifest no greater
spiritual power or wisdom than their non-religious neighbors;
if theyfsee their parents giving way to exhibitions of temper,
cherishing 'animosities, manifesting only selfishness in their
relations with others, yielding to injurious or sinful habits or
indulgences; see them quarreling, back-biting and uncharitable,
what will they naturally think of the value of the parents' re
ligion?! If these children take the record of the New Testament
that we put into their hands and compare it with our daily
lives, how can they help seeing how far short of its standards,
its realities, we live? May it not he, then, that instead of our
youngsters or the wicked world or Satan being to blame for the
irreligious attitude of the rising generation, we parents are
largely responsible for this attitude?
The rising generation is demanding a religion that does $ot
spend itself in words or professions, but gives tangible evidence
of its reality, something that can be seen and felt in this present
life. Unless the promises of the New Testament are a hollow
mockery, this demand can be met. Will we meet it? This is
the question that every religious parent and every religious
leader ind organization should be asking, and should be striving
to answer in the affirmative.
lit kal activities are to be extended
In fact, he demands a greater
recognition of the church in the
decisions of the government. He
adds: "From now on we are
going to lick Satan and all bis
satellites in whatever form we
find them. Hit bard at our ene
mies. When the theater ridicules
the ordained ministers of Jesus
Christ with, cartoon or giie I say
it is time the moving picture
theaters were closed."
The cartoonist or the word
painter may deftly illuminate the
frailties of a president and no
questions asked,, but when the
movie.? indicate weakness on the
lart of the cloth, the filru indus
try must he squelched. Must the
preacher be shown with a halo or
the films cease?
The reverend reformer goes
further. He is thus quoted:
"When a newspaper in any way
casts ridicule upon the eighteenth
amendment which is the great
est event since the coming of
Christ I say It Is time to deny
the right of the mails to that
newspaper.
If aU the papers who have
spoken. in jest of our beloved pro
hibition amendment were denied
circulation there would be hardly
a publication left in America save
the church organ with which Or
Landrith has been identified. Pos
sibly the reformer thinks it trea
son for a newspaper to dispute
bis contention that the eighteenth
amendment is the greatest thing
that has come to the world since
the dawn of the Christian era.
Out of a world population of 2,
000,000.000 souls one nation has
banished the saloon! This is de
clared by Dr. Landrith to be the
greatest event known in the world
since the coming of Christ. Will
the theologians themselves agree?
According to Dr. Landrith the
personality of the preacher and
iue .yronioiuon amendment are
sacred: He wants to fight, but
would begin by taking the other
fellow's weapons away. We may
not blame him, but it is unsports
manlike. It is a bit difficult to associ
ate this, attitude with that of the
Lord and Master. He endured
ridicule without even rebuke.
In his every utterance Dr. Lan
drith talks like a man who wants
a fight. It is almost certain that
he will have his wish. He will
be in luck' if he doesn't have to
put on the gloves with some of
his own crowd. There are a lot
of old-fashioned Christians who
prefer that their pastor keep out
of politics and preach the gospel
of peace.
front the knees down, has been
openly arrived at. It marks gen
uine progress in feminine liberty
of action as distinct an advance
in conventional reform as the
dropping of the face veils by
Turkish women, cr the unbound
feet ot the Chinvse. We hope
American women will never go
hack to the clogging long swlrts.
Chicago Journal of Commerce
A YXSEQl"KXt'K OF BOLSHEVISM.
The report that there are S.
000.000 typhus cases in Russia
reveals startlingly the intolerable
conditions of life under Itolshe-'
vit rule. Typhus Is a disease
due primarily to filth. It can
never prevail where th laws of
sanitation are properly observed.
That it should be sweeping whole
sale over Russia is an unanswer
able Indictment of the " re pi me
which has undone at a stroke the
work of centuries of progress.
Russia, was never as advanced,
in sanitation as most of the other
nations of Europe. Rut in the
general breakdown of law and
order, regulations designed to
protect the health of the com
munity were naturally the first
thing to go. Indeed, when b3
environment of the individual b
comes anarchistic it is practically
impossible to enforce them.
Only the enthusiasts incapable
of sober reflection ever believed
that the Bolshevist theory could
lead to anything less than a re
lapse into barbarism. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
The Cherrians say the Uerrtans
are the right kind of huckleber
ries, i
Ice cream with a "kick" is the
latest invention ot a chemist This
ought to add to the hilarity of
the church socials.
'THE IESELIGIOUS RISING GENERATION
i (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury)
At the Northern liaptist convention, which has recently been
in session at Des Moines, Iowa, some time was given to discus
sion of the irreligious attitude of the young. Dr. B. C. Clausen,
pastor of the First Baptist church of Syracuse, New York,
leclared that if the new generation be irreligious, "it is futile
to spend time blaming the youngsters. The only thing to do
is to find what they want in their religion and, if possible,
upplyit" "The thing that the new generation wants most,'
ie Baid; "is fearlessness.- It demands a religious faith which
prescribes no books, prohibits no courses of study, bans no coh-
act with the ever-widening horizon of the world's knowledge,
reets no walls about itself, but frankly and fearlessly answers
very fair question. The nagging, 'don't' of outworn pedagogy
not the religion for 21. It insists that religion treat of life
atherthan of death. x It demands a faith which is willing to
e judged by the way it prepares men for life." "When religion
i able, to meet these essential requirements of youth, Dr
nausea declared, "the new, generation will embrace .it." '1-
These are strong, fearless and notable utterances and indicate
he trend of much modern religious thought. Not only the young
it many intelligent men and women of all ages everywhere
re demanding something more real and convincing than those
s-covered creeds, dogmatic catechisms and theological prb
ncements as a basis for their faith. The day is rapidly pass
; when intelligence will unquestioningly arid unhesitatingly
t its conscience and its convictions completely, into the keep-
Jack Johnson is out of jail.
Now for that little seance with
Dempsey which the American
Legion boys have been talking
ahout. j
Miss j Aubrey Ienion is the
queen -of the Newberg berry fete.
The Cbierrians who were there
declare ' that she is no lemon,
either. !
dominant part in the political af
fairs of the community and of
the nation. At the state Chris
tian Endeavor convention in (lien
dale one of the major addresses
came from the lips of Rev. Ira
Landrith, who is quoted as say
ing: "Let me emphasize this: I
I know that the church of to
morrow is going to be the most
militant organization in the
world."
According to past performances
this means that Dr. Landrith's po-
SHORT SKIRTS FOR SERVICE.
vve believe the short skirt is
here to stay. The emancipation
of women's legs from an interfer
ing and trou.biesome garment is
almost if not quite complete. Any
man who has bad to wear an
ulster for several weeks walking.
and then with warm weather has
thrown it off for a light overcoat
that does not fall below his knees
will understand why.
snort ssirta give feminine un
derpinning a distinct experience
of freedom almost equal to that
of the trousers of their brothers
They like it. The 3ense of ex
posure which at first embarras
sed them has disappeared. An
kles are no longer sinful. Open
opportunity for open walking
Another sex tragedy is record
ed. The Wisconsin legislature '
has passed a law making it im-1
possible for a girl to be a bell- '
boy. It required a full assembly
to perform this miracle.
Salerti is the most beautiful city
in the world in the making. The
City Beautiful is the Salem slo
gan subject for a week from
Thursday. The slogan editor ex
pects the help of every single
Salemlte who thinks our city
ought to live up to its opportuni
ties In this respect.
The call to the ministry seems
to be getting weaker and weaker.
Thirty-five thousand churches in
the United States are said to be
without: pastors and only 14!0
ministers are being graduated
from theological schcols to fill
these places. Doubtless many
feel that they lack that deep and
abiding! faith they must have to
live on some of the salaries offered.
A MILITANT CHURCH.
(Los Angeles Times.)
Many religious people now hold
the Idea that a militant church
means the taking of a bold and!
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LINCOLN'S COMPROMISE
A story of Lincoln's early po
litical life is told in John Wesley
Hill's new book, "Abraham Lin
coln, Man of God" (Putnam.) It
seems that in 1846, during a can
vass for congress, Lincoln attend
ed a preaching service of Peter
Cartwright's. Cartwright called
on all desiring to go to heaven
to stand up. AU arose but Lin
coln. Then he asked all to rise
who did not want to go to hell.
Lincoln remained still seated. 'I
am surprised," said Cartwright,
'to see Abe Lincoln sitting back
there unmoved by these appeals.
If Mr. Lincoln does not want to
go to heaven and does not want
to escape hell, perhape he will
tell us where he does want to
go?"
Lincoln slowly arose and re
plied: "I am going to congress."
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