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II AY, WIIEELEIt COUKTY, OBEOOK, TIIUKSDAY, MAY 27, 1915.
NO. 15.
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that oa these mounds of clay
may Meads sweet flowers spray
Oa each memorial Day.
IN HONOR OF DEAD
Practically Every Country Has
Day Set Apart for Solemn
Observances.
rplIE custom of strewing flowers on
I tbe graves of the soldiers orlg
lnatod In the South. Even before
the Civil war was over tbe women
In the South, where skies are warmer
and temperaments more poetic than
In the practical North, formed tbe
habit of scattering flowers on the
graves of the dead.
Days set apart for festivals in honor
of the doad are found among all na
Hons. The Chinese, Japanese, and
even our aruiaical ancestors had or
have such days.
The Romans commemorated a simi
lar occasion and called It "Parentalla.'
With them it lasted eight days. But the
Romans loved holidays. Tbey Anally
accumulated so many In the course of
tbe year that the law was forced to re
strict tbo number.
Mass of Brilliant Colors.
There Is a strong contrast In the
way this day Is observed in different
countries. In Prance the "Jour des
Morts," Day of the Dead, as it is
called, is a pathetic and beautiful oc
casion. For two or three weeks be
fore the day arrives the shop windows
are laden with wreaths of Immortelles,
some in their natural color and some
dyed blue, pink, or purple. When the
day arrives the people stream to the
cemeteries.
Thousands of people, thousands of
'Wreaths! The cemeteries are one
mass of brilliant color, of moving
throngs, for not even the remotest
WORLD'S DOINGS "
Of CURRENT WEEK
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
part or me potter s Hold is neglected,
In Naplos this day, celebrated there
as All Saints' day. Is regarded as
holiday, and the visit of the families
to ths churchyard becomes pleasure
party. Metal garlands are chiefly
used, and though they are more dur
able, tbey do not possess the charm
of roal flowers.
In some of the villages In southern
Italy the grotesqueness and realism of
the observance Is painful. rtavello, a
mountain village overlooking the sea,
ana one of the most beautiful spots In
tn world, has a unique and revolt
ing custom. A wax figure represent
ing Death, dressed in the court cos
tume of some previous century, with
red stockings and pointed shoes, is
brought Into the church durln the
ervicos. The beauty and peace of Live News Items of All Nafinns and
uavonos wonaorful surroundings do
not And outward expression In their
feeling toward their dead.
Forecast of Coming Deaths.
In Austria It is the faith of the
peasantry that on All Soul's eve at
midnight anyone visiting the cemetery
win see a procession of the dead draw
Ing after them those who are to die
during the coming year.
A gloomy drama founded on this is
acted every year in the People's thea
ter In Vienna. Tbe miller has a beau
tiful daughter, the daughter a lover;
the miller opposes the marriage. After
some years of waiting the desperate
youth goes to the churchyard and sees
the spectral train and, following It, the
miller.
The drama might have closed here
with marriage bells, but It would not
be right to let the Austrian youth
count on the death of a parent, how
ever cruel, so the lover looks again
at the spectral company and behind
the miller he sees himself. In the
course of the year the unfortunate girl
loses both her father and ber lover.
When one observes these customs
It is easy to understand that among
many people the belief still survives
that the dead have some power over
the living, which is often exerted in
evil.
HUMANITY flRST IS PRESIDENT'S
VIEW IN SPEECH AT NEW YORK
New York President Wilson the
man on whom the eyes of the world
are turned because of the International
situation Tnslav r.vlAwwl tha At-
Brief Resume nf General News htk fleet in the Hudson river and at
a luncheon tendered to him on shore by
the City of New York told a distin
guished gathering of navy officers,
army officers and civilians what the
country and its navy stood for. The
great battleships that lay in the river,
he said, were "engines to promote the
interests of humanity."
"The inspiring thing about Amer
lea," the President asserted, "is that
she asks nothing for herself except
what she baa a right to ask for human
ity itself We want no nation's prop-
Arfv wa ariflH ti nnoutlnn m h.tiin'.
at New York. ow,on aecl,M honor; we wish to stand selfishly in
the way of the development of no na-
wheat
A black rust scare sends up
prices on the Chicago market.
Roumanians engage in demonstra
tions against the Auatro-Germans.
General Leonard Wood declares that
danger of invasion of America is increasing.
Patriotism is at fever heat in Rome
over the entry of Italy into the Euro
pean war. ,
Ten days' run at the Cornucopia
tion. . . It is not pretension on our
part to say that we are privileged to
stand for what every nation would like
to stand for and speaking for those
things which ail humanity most de
sire." The spirit which brooded over the
river, said the President, was "just a
solemn evidence that the force of
America is the force of moral princi-
mine, in Eastern Oregon, gave an out-1 pie, that there is not anything else she
TELLING THE STORY
In their country's wondrous story
Learned they of the greater glory
Vet to be;
And this fulth, all else transcending,
Bore them onward to the ending
Victory.
Shall this faith And all fruition?
Had these souls a holy mlmlon
To unfold T
Are the people bravely keeping
All their heritage, or sleeping
As of oldT
Appreciated and Honored.
Among the many acts which the
Grand Army of the Republic has com
mitted in its half century of organiza
tion, none have been more purely In
spired by patriotism and high senti
ment than this annual testimonial to
those who served their country in its
time of need. The service of the men
who saved the Union was a stern and
bard one. It cost many thousands of
lives, another myriad of losses of
limbs, and years of severe and patri
otic services. For the half-century
since the war closed the country has
annually testified its appreciation and
honor for the sacrifices of patrlotlo
men In that struggle.
put of 120,000.
The Italian parliament has con
ferred on the cabinet full power to act
in the war question.
A French trawler was torpedoed and
literally blown to pieces by a subma
rine, only her captain escaping.
Great Britain denies that Americans
are suffering any injustice by the de
tention of American ships and cargoes.
Riga, a Russian port on the Baltic.
is reported captured by the Germans
and a big naval battle is said to have
been fought
John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. denies
having had anything to do with direct
ing the Colorado operators movwd
against the coal strikers.
A fruit steamer on the Atlantic
coast reports having sighted the "at
tacking fleet" of the American navy,
which is engaged in practice maneuvers.
Advices from Mitylene confirm the
destruction of the Turkish forts at
Kiiid Bahr, on the Dardanelles,, and
state that the bombardment of other
forts still continues.
A senior student in the mining de
partment of the University of Cali
fornia has invented a process for elim
ination of the poisonous gases given
off in copper smelting.
Food has become so scarce in Mexico
City that the inhabitants are facing
starvation, and General Carranza has
been appealed to by the international
committee there. The American Red
Cross society also Jias been asked to
take steps to relieve the situation.
The crews of the British trawlers
Chrysolite and Crimond, which had
been sunk by Germans, landed in Scot
land. The captain of the latter de
clares the German commander forced
him at the point of a revolver to cut
the waste pipes on his vessel to facili
tate her sinking.
A royal decree issued by King Hum
bert provides that all foreigners resi
dent in Rome must register their
names, addresses, etc., within three
days, on pain of arrest and fine. If it
is discovered that any person has given
false information, he may be punished
by fine, imprisonment, or expulsion
from the kingdom.
A new gold strike is reported from
Nome.
loves and that there is not anything
else for which she will contend."
The President took occasion in his
speech to pay tribute to Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, who sat beside him.
Although the day was damp and
chilly, with occasional downpours of
rain, the weather in no away abated
the enthusiasm with which New York
greeted the head of the nation. In
the forenoon he reviewed a land parade
of 5000 sailors and marines from the
fleet's 16 battleships, and from the
moment he set foot on shore until
after the luncheon he returned to the
Mayflower to review the fleet, his
progress through the streets was a con
tinuous ovation, remarked upon by
those who accompanied him as the
most tnUiUsiastia they- had. witnessed
since the President s inauguration. He
was plainly touched by the welcome
accorded him.
Willamette Pacific Hurries
Work on Coos Bay Road
Eugene Twenty miles of steel rails
are to be shipped from the Willam
ette Pacific's material yards in Eugene
this week. They will go by woy of
Portland to Coos Bay, and their ar
rival will mark the beginning j of track
laying from Coos Bay to meet the rails
from Eugene. The move is one step
in an effort to rush to completion this
year the road to Loos Bay in compli
ance with the recent orders of Chief
Engineer Hood.
Another 20 days will see the rails
extended from the Eugene end to
Acme, according to H. P. Hoey, assis
tant engineer, in charge, and with the
rails pushing north from Coos Bay to
the Umpqua, this will leave but 20
miles of steel to build upon the com
pletion of the Siuslaw and Umpqua
bridges. It is also probable that steel
will be shipped up the Umpqua and J
pushed north, making the entire road I
ready for the completion of the two
bridges.
These are to be constructed almost
simultaneously. In the past two
weeks a small settlement has sprung
up at the site of the Siuslaw structure
at Acme, where the construction
camps have been built. The erection
of the false work has already com
menced, and with the arrival of rails
from Mapleton, near where they were
long delayed by a right of way diffi
culty, actual bridge construction will
begin.
T. O. Russell, assistant Southern
Pacific engineer, in charge of the con
struction of the Willamette wagon
road, announces that he will place a
force of 40 men and 30 horses at work
this week on the Upper Willamette.
The railroad will spend from $10,000
to (15,000 on this wagon road this
summer.
600 Farmers Attend Semi
annual Picnic at Siluerton
Seven Battles in Week is Bloodiest
of Entire War in Western Europe
London Seven separate and distinct
battles were fought in the week just
closed and there can be little doubt
that the days from Saturday, the 8th,
until Friday, the 14th, will rank
among the most bloody in the history
of Western Europe, says the corre
spondent of the Times. He adds:
"Saturday night saw no lessening in
the intensity of the struggle. On the
Ypres front, although outnumbered
and in danger of being outflanked, our
men again and again hurled back Ger
man attacks.
"During the darkness the Germans,
as though aware that with every pass
ing hour their opportunity was slip
ping away, continued to hurl them
selves against our lines.
"Men who lived through this night
shot until they could no longer hold
their rifles. The fury of the assault
was indescribable.
"Dawn of Sunday showed in the
fields in front of Ypres the dead piled
like cornstalks at harvest time, British
and Germans lying side by side."
freezing Temperature Over Wide Area
GERM OF IMMORTAL ADDRESS
Proof That Lincoln Long Had In Mind
Right Idea of What the War
I Meant.
Hay referred to Browning's sug
gestion that the North should sub
. Jugate the South, exterminate the
whites, set up a black republic, and
protect the negroes "while they raised
our cotton."
"Some of our Northerners seem be
wildered and dazzled by the excite
ment of tbe hour," Lincoln replied.
"Doollttle seems inclined to think that
this war is to result In the entire
abolition of slavery. Old Colonel Ham
ilton, a venerable and most respect
able gentleman, Impress upon me
most earnestly the propriety of en
listing the slaves in our army." (I
told him his dally mall was thickly
interspersed with such suggestions.)
"For my own part," he said, "I con
sider the central idea pervading this
struggle Is the necessity that Is upon
us of proving that popular government
la not an absurdity. We must settle this
Question now, whether In a free govern
ment the minority have the right to
break up the government whenever
they choose. If we fail, we will go
far to prove the incapability of the
people to govern themselves. There
may be one consideration used In stay
of such final Judgment, but that Is not
for us to use In advance: That Is that
there exists In our case an Instance
of a vast and far-reaching disturbing
element which the history of no other
free nation will probably ever present.
That, however, Is not for us to say
at present. Taking the government
as we found it, we will see If the ma
jority can preserve it."
This statement, spoken offhand to
his secretary, reveals the foundation
of Lincoln's Judgment on the Civil
war; there was at stake something
more precious than the preservation
of the Union, something more urgent
than the abolition of slavery and that
was democracy. Two years and a half
later, In his address at Gettysburg, he
put into one imperishable sentence
the thought of which this was the
germ. From the Diary of John Hay,
edited by William Roscoe Thayer for
Harper's Magazine.
Heavy rains check battles in Flan
ders and France.
Lord Kitchener asks England for
800,000 more men.
Shocks of a slight earthauake in
East Portland are reported.
Spokane is visited by a S150.000
fire which burned a wholesale grocery
nouse.
At a conference of Western eov-
ernors at Seattle a strong plea is made
lor stronger coast defense.
Resignation of the veteran sailor,
Lord Fisher, has forced a crisis which
will result in the reorganization of the
British cabinet.
An entire German army corps is
moved from France to the frontier of
Russia and that country now looks to
the allies for aid.
Washington hears that German sub
marine warfare in the war zone is to
be abandoned until after Berlin replies
to the American note.
Atlantic fleet, five miles lone, nasses
before President Wilson in the annual
inspection parade in New York. The
fleet goes to sea for maneuvering purposes.
Washington, D. C. Abnormally cold
weather prevailed Tuesday night
throughout the entire country except
in the Gulf states, with tempeatures
20 degrees below the seasonal average
in the Upper Lake region and the Da
kotas. Snow fell in St. Paul and other
parts of Minnesota and West Virginia.
Reports to the weather bureau told of
the disturbance, one accompnied by
heavy frosts in Nebraska, Minnesota
and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin, and
the other attended by rains over the
Northern states east of the Missis
sippi, which were said to be responsi
ble for the unsettled condition and low
temperatures.
The Eastern storm was said to be
passing into the Atlantic and the one
in the West to be moving eastward.
Frost warnings were issued for
many sections.
RiotsJSurprise Germans.
Berlin The Overseas News Agency
Wednesday gave out the following :
"The German press expresses sur
prise at the impotence of the London
police. Mob rule is easily suppressed
where the police are active. Official
reports of parliamentary debate clearly
show that the hatred of the Germans
is the only pretext left for plundering.
That the internment of all hostile for
eigners should be necessary to protect
strangers is a bad sign."
Silverton The farmers' institute
and picnic, held in this city Saturday,
was attended by 600 farmers. The
damp weather of the few days imme
diately preceding it necessitated a
slight change in plans and the ad
dresses of the morning were held in a
theater. The entire day was bright
and clear and by noon the dampness
had so far disappeared from the park
that it was deemed advisable to hold
the remainder of the exercises there.
County Agriculturist Chapin spoke
on "Soil Fertility; How to Maintain
It." Miss Elizabeth Levy, of this
city, played several violin solos. "Di-
Coos and Curry Farmers Will
Compete for Dairy Show Prizes
Marshfield Coos and Curry counties
will hold their dairy show and annual
Fair at Myrtle Point soon. Since the
cow-testing associations have been in
operation the interest in better cows
and closer attention to production has
increased wonderfully and the ranchers
are ready for any contest. The Fair
association has appropriated $200 for
this particular feature of the Fair and
the following exhibits will be made for
prizes :
Dairy cows, showing best records for
production of butter fat for a period of
90 consecutive days in any of the cow
testing associations during 1915, get
three prizes. All ' entries must be
registered cows or from a registered
sire.
Cheese and butter exhibit has three
prizes lor botn commodities. Fro-
fessor O. G. Simpson, of the depart
ment of dairy manufacturing, Oregon
Agricultural college, will score the
points in this showing. Exhibitors
will show five full-weight cheddar
cheeses or 15 rolls of butter.
Oregon Hopgrowers Claim to
Have Formed Strong Organization
Salem Seventy-five per cent of the
capital stock of the Oregon HopgroW'
ers' association is said to have been
subscribed, and it is believed that by
July 1 the greater portion of the $150,
000 capital stock of the association
will be paid up. The association is
said to have already tied up 50,000
bales of hops with contracts. Word
has been received that the California
association has incorporated with
capital of $500,000. The recent rains,
it is said, have proved very beneficial
to the hop crop.
New Stage Line to Start.
Klamath Falls An automobile stage
service is to be inaugurated by George
Hoyt, of Fort Klamath, and will oper
ate between Chiloquin, which is the
point at which passengers on the
Southern Pacific for the North leave
the train, and Bend. Two machines
will be used, so the stages may leave
Bend and Chiloquin at the same time,
meeting at Crescent. Trips will be
made on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays.
The route will permit of stops at
Harp, La Pine, Crescent, Lonroth,
Skeen Ranch and other places. Pas
sengers, freight and baggage will be
transported, and arrangements have
also been made for private mail de
livery for farmers living along the
route who are some distance from
postoffices.
Salem to See Liberty Bell.
Salem Salem folk will have an op
portunity to see the Liberty Bell with
out leaving home, according to an offi
cial announcement from Washington.
The special train bearing the historic
relic will arrive here at 2 o'clock the
afternoon of July 15 and will remain
here 30 minutes. Plans are being made
for simple services upon the arrival of
the bell.
versified Farming" was the subject of
Professor French, of Oregon Agricul
tural college. Representative Hawley
spoke on "Farm Credits." Free
luncheon was served by the business
men of Silverton at noon.
Mr. Chapin is preparing to hold a
corn show here this fall and arrange
ments are well under way for it. Plans
are being made for cash prizes in lib
eral amounts. Saturday's meeting
surpassed in interest and attendance
the expectations of even the most
hopeful, and it is believed because of
the interest now awakened that this
event will be made a semi-annual occurrence.
United States Is Among Poorest
Potato Paisers in Whole World
Of the potato growing countries of
the world, the United States stands
third from the bottom in yield per
acre, says the newly issued bulletin of
the University of , Oregon entitled
"Markets for Potatoes." "
It is in the method of culture rather
tlran from poor soil conditions that the
United States falls behind other coun
tries. The average yield in Germany
in 1912 for example, was 223 bushels;
in the United States it was 113.4
bushels. Longer rotation, more fer
tilization and more cultivation, and
more and better seed, are necessary to
enable this country to compete in
quantity and quality with such potato
raisers as the Germans, says the bul
letin.
Means of bettering the general in
dustry in Oregon and elsewhere are
suggested as follows : Use of better
seed; rotation of crops; 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 falling below were Italy with
79 bushels per acre, and Australasia
with 104.
Klamath Shipping Cattle.
Klamath Falls Three carloads of
cattle have been shipped to the Port
land markets. These are - the first
Klamath Falls cattle to go to the Port
land Union Stockyards for some time,
and the grading and prices they re
ceive is being awaited with interest
by Klamath Falls shippers. It is
thought by some shippers that the
Portland market, while it offers in
some instances more attractive prices
for stock, cut the profits from ship
ments there by too strict grading.
If the prices and gradings at Port
land are what Klamath Falls men be
lieve they should be, there is reason
to expect that some of the several car
loads of stock that are sent away from
Klamath Falls every Thursday will be
delivered to Portland instead of going
to Sacramento.
Notices Sent Officials.
Salem The State Tax commission
has sent circular letters to county offi
cials calling attention to an act passed
by the recent legislature, which makes
sheriffs, instead of county treasurers,
tax collectors. The letter says in part :
'This act does not specify any partic
ular method to be followed in making
transfer of the tax roll from the treas
urer to the sheriff. It is evident, how
ever, that the treasurer must make a
return to the County court, verified by
proper certificate, as required by law,
showing clearly the state of the tax
roll on the conclusion of his duties aa
tax collector."