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GERM OF IMMORTAL ADDRESS Proof That Lincoln Long Had In Mind Right Ids of What tha War Mtant Hay rcfurred to nrownlng s ug gstlon that (ha North ahould ub Jugat the South, exterminate the whites, at up a black republic, and protect the negroea "while they ralaed our cotton." "Some of our Nortbernera aeam be wildered and daialed by the exclte nent of the hour," Lincoln replied. "Doollttle seem Inclined to think that tale war la to reault In the entire abolition of alavery. Old Colonel Ham ilton, a venerable and moat resect able gentleman, Impress upon me moit earnestly the propriety of en Hating the slave In our army." (1 told him hla dally mall waa thickly Interiperied with auch auggeatlona.) "For my own part," he aatd, "I con alder the central Idea pervading thla atruggle la the neceiilty that la upon ua of proving that popular government la not an absurdity. We must aettle thla question now, whether In a free govern ment the minority have the right to break up the government whenever they choose. If we fall, we will go far to prove the Incapability of tha people to govern themselves. There may be one consideration used In stay of auch final Judgment, but that la not for us to use In advance: That la that there exlsta in our case an Instance ot a vast and far-reaching disturbing element which the history ot no other free nation will probably ever present That, however, la not for ua to aay at present. Taking the government as we found It, we will see If the ma jority can preserve It Thla statement, spoken offhand to bta secretary, reveals the foundation of Lincoln's Judgment on the Civil war; there waa at stake aomethlng more precious than the preservation of the Union, something more urgent than the abolition of slavery and that waa democracy. Two years and a halt later, in bla addresa at Gettysburg, be put Into one Imperishable aentenoe the thought of which thla waa the germ. From the Diary of John Hay, edited by William Roeooe Thayer for Harper's Magaalne, 1 IN II0N0R0F DEAD Practically Every Country Hal Day Set Apart for Solemn Observances. TUB custom of strewing flower on lb graves of the soldiers orig inated In the South Kven before the Civil war was over the women In the South, where skle are wanner and temperament more po(lc than In tb practical North, for Died the bablt of scattering flowers on the craves of the deal Day aat apart for festivals in honor' Of lb dead are found among all na tions. The Chinese, Japanese, and even our druldlcal ancestor bad or have urh days. Tb fiotnsns commemorated slml lar occasion and railed It "farenlulla." With them It lasted elxht days. Hut tb Romans loved holidays They Anally accumulated so many In th cours of th year that the law forced to re strict (he number. Mss cf Brilliant Color. There I a strong contrast In th way thla day la observed In different countries. In FYsnce the "Jour des Moris," Day of the Dead, as It U called, la a pathetic and beautiful oc casion. For two or three week be fore the day arrives the shop window are laden with wreaths of Immortelles, some In their natural color and om dyed blue, pink, or purple. When the day arrives the people stream to the Cemeteries. Thousands of people, thousanda of wreathe! The cemeterlee are one mass of brilliant color, of moving throng, for not even the remotest part of the potter fletd ta neglected. In Naples this dsy, celebrated there aa Atl Balnte" day, I regarded aa holiday, and the visit of the families to th churchyard becomes a pleasure party. Metal garlands are chiefly used, and though they are more dur able, tbey do not possess the charm of real flowers. In some of th villages In southern Italy the grotesqueness and realism of the observance la painful. Itavello, mountain village overlooking the sea. and one of the most beautiful spots to the world, baa a unique and revolt Ing custom. A wax figure represent Ing Death, dressed In the court coe turn of some previous century, with red stockings and pointed ahoee. Is brought Into the church during the service. Tb beauty and peace of Ravello' wonderful surroundings do not And outward expression In their feeling toward their dead. Forecast of Coming Deaths. In Austria It I th faith of tb peaaantry that on All Soul' eve at midnight anyone visiting the cemetery will see ft procession of the dead draw ing after tbem those who ar to die during th coming year. A gloomy drama founded on thla la acted every year In the People thea ter In Vienna. Tha miller baa a beau tiful daughter, the daughter ft lover; th miller opposes th marriage. After some year of waiting th desperate youth goea to th churchyard and aeea the spectral train and, following It, the miller. Th drama might have closed bare with marriage ball, but It would not bo light to let the Austrian youth count oa tb death of parent how ever cruel, ao the lover looks again at tb spectral company and behind tb miller he see himself. In th cours of the year th unfortunate gtrl loses both her father and ber lover. When one observes these customs It la easy to understand that among many people th belief still aurvlvea that the dead have aome power over the living, which I often exorted In evlL TELLING THE STORY In thslr country" wondrous story Learned they of th greater glory Tet to be; And thla faith, all else transcending. Bore them onward to th ending Victory. Shall thla faith find all fruition T Had theaa souls a holy mission To unfold? Ar the people bravely keeping All their herltare. or sleeping As of old? Appreciated and Honored. Among the many acta which th Grand Army of the Republlo baa com mitted In It half century of organisa tion, none have been more purely In spired by patriotism and high senti ment than thla annual testimonial to thos who served their country In It time of need The service of the men who aaved tha Union waa atern and hard one. It coat many thousands of lives, another myriad ot losses of limbs, and year of sever and patrt- otlo services. For th half-century lnc th war eloaed th country baa annually testified Its appreciation and honor for tb sacrifice of patriotic am la that atruggl. w Governor Names June 11 Legal "Holiday of Roses' At th request of the committee having in charg th Roe Festival, and of many Interested Portland busi ness men. Governor Withyeomb ha set aald Friday, June 11, the final day of th Festival, a "Oregon' Holiday of Hones" and declared It ft legal holi day. Tha governor's proclamation fol lows ; Whereas, the Annual Rosa Festival held in Portland ha com to b Ore gon' most notabl public celebration, whoa fam ha spread far and wide, and Whereas, all Oregoniaii hav ft di rect Interest in making of this event the fullest possible success, aa it not only furnlshe enjoyment to th tt at large but also offers valuabl adver tlsement of Oregon' attraction In th eye of th world and bring many desirabl visitors here, and Where aa, th Festival In 1916 bid fair to surpaa all previous roe ear nival nd ha especial lgnlflcanc and Importance becau- the great ex position of our lister Ut ar draw Willamette Pacific Hurries Work on Coos Bay Road Fucrena TwentV mile of Steel rail ar to b (hipped from the Willam ette Pacific's material yard in Eugene this week. They will go by way of Portland to Cooa Bay, and their ar rival will mark the beginning of track laying from Cooa Bay to meet the rail from Eugene. The mov ia on tep in an effort to rush to completion this year the road to Cooa Bay in compli ance with the recent orders of Chief Engineer Hood. Another SO day will th raila extended from the Eugen end to Acm. according to H. P. Hoay, assis tant engineer, in charge, end with the rait pushing north from Coo By to th Umpqua, thia will leave but 20 mile of steel to build upon the com pletion of the Slualsw and Umpqua bridge. It ia also probabl that steel will be chipped up the Umpqua and pushed north, making the entire road United States Is Among Poorest Potato Paisers in Whole World Of th potato growing countries of the world, the United State stands third from th bottom in yield per acre, says the newly Issued bulletin of the University of Oregon entitled "Market for Potatoee." It ia in the method of culture rather than from poor soil conditions that the United State falls behind other coun tries. Th average yield in Germany in 1912 for example, was 223 bushels; in the United State it was 113.4 bushels. Longer rotation, more fer tilisation and more cultivation, and more and better aoed, are necessary to enable thia country to compete in quantity and quality with auch potato raisers as th Germans, say the bul letin. Means of bettering the general in dustry in Oregon and elsewhere ar uggested as follows: U of better uaH' ntiitlnn nf i-ntu' improvement of pack; establishing a system of co operative marketing. The Belgium average yield per acre in 1912 was 313 bushels, that of Hol land 286, that of Germany, 223, of the United Kingdom 177, of Canada 175, of Sweden 173, of Japan 148, of Ar gentine 138. Other countries surpass ing the United States were France, Chile. Switzerland. European Russia, Austria-Hungary and Spain. The only countries railing below were itaiy witn 79 bushela per acre, and Australasia with 104. Oregon Hopgrowers Claim to Have Formed Strong Organization Salem Seventy-five per cent of the capital stock of the Oregon Hopgrow ers' association ia aaid to have been subscribed, and it is believed that by July 1 the greater portion or the l&u, 000 capital stock of the association will be Daid ud. Th association is aaid to have already tied up 60,000 bale or hops with contracts, vvora has been received that the California association haa incorporated with a capital of $500,000. The recent rains, it ia said, have proved very oenenciaj to the hop crop. Allen Lunatlca Remain. Salem Th sinking of the LusiUnia frustrated ft plan of Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, superintendent of th State Insane asylum, to sav money to the state. He bad arranged to deport three British lunatics, who were to sail on the Lusltania the voyage fol lowing the fatal one. After the aink irnr of the vessel the department no tified Dr. Steiner that he could not de port any more men on British vessels until after the war. Dr. Steiner has deported 20 lunatics this spring. Monroe Geta Co-operative Store. Monroe At meeting of the mem bers of the proposed co-operative asso ciation it was decided to transfer the membership to the Benton County Co operative association and that associ ation will open general ator in thia city. Th business of this associa tion, which ia organised under the- Rochdale system, is rspidly increasing and will reach $100,000 by tha close of its first year of existence, next month. Th first annual meeting occur ia Jus. ing so many guU to th bcepltabl Weal, whom uregon aiao anouiu swa to Impress, and Whereas, It i most desirable that every encouragement be given this event. Now, therefor, I do hereby pronounce Fridav. June Eleventh. Nineteen Hun dred nd Fifteen, aa Oregon' Holiday of Rosea, proclaiming that day a legal holiday throughout th Stat of Ore gon, by virtue of the authority vested in me aa governor; and 1 further nrge all loyal Oregonlan to participate, so far aa they ar abl, In enjoyment of th Rom Feetival on that day, and if they cannot attend th Festival to de vote themsalv in some way to th encouragement and development of thing beautiful in Oregon, and espe cially eutllvatlon of that emblem of our state's productivity and charm, th Oregon kom. ready for th completion of thej two bridge. The ar to be constructed almost ImulUneously. In th past two week small settlement baa sprung up t th slU of th Siuslaw tructur at Acme, where the construction camp hav been built i De erection of th raise work naa aireaay com menced, and with the arrival of rail from Mspleton, near where they were long delayed by right of way diffi culty, actual bridge construction will begin. T. O. Russell, assistant Southern Pacific engineer, In charg of th con struction of the Willamette wagon road, announce that he will place ft fore of 40 men and 30 horse at work (his week on th Upper Willamette. The railroad will pnd from $10,000 to $16,000 on thia wagon road thia summer. Oregon Leads United States in Official Tested Cow Herds Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vallis "It was necessary few years airo to so back East for foundation dairv stock, but now we can get the best at home," says E. R. Stockwell, instructor of dairying ftt the Agricul tural College. "Oregon has more Jer sey herds under official test than any ntkar mtmtm In th United StStCS. ftnd that has resulted In aiding breeders to select the best producer for breeding stock. "It is a well known fact thst the longer animals are pure bred along one line, the more likely they are to trans nit ilil, nhr-tra tn their offsDrinsr. Testing also encourage breeders to put forth their best efforts, since it in creases the numDer oi saiea uiej able to make and the prices they re ceive for their stock sold. HnUtain hreeders in Oreeon have been slow to take up official testing n,b Hnwnvw. Home of the breeders have conducted the seven-day official teat, among them W. K. Newell, Seg hers; Ernest Werner, Aurora; Dr. J. R. Wetherbee, Langlois; Walter Zets- man, Cornelius, and JacoD luacner, Portland. 'nnwnuv hrMvIera are comimT to th front We mre now supervising the testa of the herds of A. I. and J. Hughes, Oregon City; Chase Brothers, ni A. L. Gilem. Chi- ,lr tVahinrtnn It i ft fact that the Guernsey breeder of the United States have conducted more official yearly tests than any other breeders. t i. i..io thmnirh the advanced reg istry system that the) breed has become Mr. Stockwell has list of S3 Jer au hnwutara rinintr official testing. The state having the next largest number of herds on official test is New York, which state, however, haa more ani mals under the test. He gives the fol lowinsr summary : Oregon has S3 herds, 248 cows on l..t 1 a hainr Tftn-nniinri cows. New York has 21 herds, 336 cows, 25 700- pound cows. UhlOhas zo neras, wo has 13 herds, 117 cows, 15 700-pound cows. Massachusetts nas iu nerua, ,iaih Q7 ?nn-nonnri raw. tw have been about 150 700- pound cows in the United States, and Ammui k a nroHucfid her share. And yet testing was not begun in this atate until 1904, ana nas Decora g' only in ft very recent period. School Fslr Big Success. Prineville Superintendent C. H Poole, of the city schools, held the ...Irwnl tmir km last Week, I11IUM - iTU-h f tin vnnma waa decorated With the work of the schools for the past year. A abort literary program waa given. The exhibit of manual train ing waa by far the best the school yet ...mlnatiAn tm fin aa mil TUtAAed. mftk' VAUllllin4VU Wfcaw wr tr ini7 th beat record the school has : k 1.of flu. vMM At thA I1IW1S IU aavw j - .nmi.l miintv field meet th Prineville I school won three goia meatus. Mr. Wlthveombe to Visit Klamath. Klamath Falls It has just been an iii,uuut that Governor Withveombe, of Oregon, will Wait Klamath county th latter part or jun to view sne ag ricultural district and observ th operation of the Klamath project. J- mi.t jgayg jjaji , ueMin 1 1 1, mi! 1 1 1 piiit.wwMJ 1 u 'in 'IJWI..-1 lutmsummmjiijiri-: Jul. ilp. . in 1 1 1 i i "i --J-:aB ivr 5 ft . y I i .. . v. . .k. r..n.iia. h. ttta are maklnc us of have'UnnT the Turk from their temporary earth Ing over broadside at the Turkisn Men of th BrIOsh engineer corp. se in crossing the Yser and the canals FARM WORK hl V X j! isPlfA rr.. I Within the sound of the big guns many French peasants are leading an Hmost normal life, for farming must go on or there would be no food for the fighters. The photograph shows farm horses startled by ft bursting ahell. It was taken recently near Aue J".,,,.,,,,, fJIJUU ,-, nr.-,,-. GUN TO CUT WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS 9 aW . tts.S v . . i . . i. h. . . . . ,w. r. hnrhu ld9t ; of th wire, and cable that U with. It th wlr. . BOMBARDING THE DARDANELLES -a defenses, ine piciun. aao. u v. oeienses on we anur. STEEL PONTOONS FOR THE YSER REGION i M f ;V c- loading on railway csra the specially ot mat regiuu. AMIDST SHELLS v 1 t - o, -a V tiia Ynrh tn cut barbed wire entangle- Tkm ran throws the hook Into tn attached to It U then reeled In. bring- awiaawwM'J..il t FORTS ! t all available vessels. Merchantmen 'l " constructed steel pontoon, designed for ONE OF WAR'S TRAGEDIES . A German scout finding an outpost' who bad been mortally wounded, and with hla last strength bad crawled to ft stream to que, his thirst. Season of Aspiration. O springtime, the season ot aspira tion! with what delight In life thou fillest the heart! On one side, th spiritual world I attracting u, and w feel assured that only In it closest bond of union can our trna happlnee be found. On the other hand. Natur with her thousandfold wlUherle call back our hearts and our sense to her own eternal life. It Is bard that neither the internal nor th external can fully satisfy our desires, and that tha souls In which the two ar united are so few. A lire purely spiritual cannot satisfy us; tber 1 something In us thst ha longing for reality. A. th thought ot th artist can find no rest until h haa embodied then In n external representation, so th ob ject of all our aspiration is to Hod U th perfect material, th oAir?&jrt and reflection of th perfect splrital. 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