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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1905)
Troubled Fra CaprrUM. But the greatest lack Is that want of discernment which leads men to (round their pride In their fortune. To begin with, It Is a childish confusion of thought to consider wealth as a person al quality. It would be bard to And a more Ingenuous fashion of deceiving oneself as to the relative value of the container and the thing contained. I have no wish to dwell on this question, tt Is too painful. And vet one oannot resist say hi? td firoso conce"rnedT "Take care; do not confound what you possess with what you are. Go learn to know the underside of worldly splendor, that you may feel its moral misery and Its puerility." The traps pride sets for us are too ridiculous. We should distrust association with a thing that makes us hateful to our neighbors and robs us of clearness of vision. Ho who yields to the pride of riches forgets this other point, the most im portant of all, that possession Is a pub lic trust. Without doubt Individual wealth Is as legitimate as individual existence and liberty. These tilings are inseparable, and It Is a dream pregnant with dangers that offers bat tic to such fundamentals of life. But the Individual touches society at every point, and all he does should be done with the whole In view. Possession, then, Is less a privilege of which to be proud than a charge whose gravity should be felt. As there Is an appren ticeship, often very difficult to serve, for the exercise of every social office, so this profession we call wealth demands an apprenticeship. To know how to be rich is an art, and one of the leant easy of arts to master. Most people, rich and poor alike, Imagine that in opulence one has nothing to do but to take life easy. That Is why so few men know bow to be rich. In the bands of too many wealth, according to the gonial and redoubtable comparison of I.uther, Is like a harp In the hoofs of an ass. Tbey have no Idea of the man ner of Its use. Ho when we encounter a man at once rich and simple that Is to say, who considers bis wealth as a means of ful- filling his mission In the world we should offer blm our homage, for he Is surely mark worthy. He has sur mounted obstacles, borne trials and tri umphed In temptations, both gross and subtle. He does not fall to dlscrlml note between the contents of his pock etbook and the contents of his head or heart, and he does not estimate bis fellow men In figures. Ills exceptional position, Instead of exalting him, makes him humble, for be Is very sen sible of how far he falls short of reach ing the level of his duty. He has re mained a man. That says It all. He Is aceeHslble, helpful and fur from ninklng of bis wealth a barrier to sep arate blm from other men; he makes tt a menus fur coming nearer and nearer to them, Although the profession of riches bus been so dishonored by the selflHh and the proud, such a man as tills always makes his worth felt by every one not devoid of a sense of Jus tice. Each of us who comes In contact with him and sees him live Is forced to look within and ask himself the ques tion, "What would become of me in such a situation should I keep this modesty, tills naturalness, this upright ness which uses Its own as though It belonged to others?" Ho long as there Is a human society in the world, so long as there are bitterly conflicting Inter ests, so long as envy and egoism exist on the enrth, nothing will be worthier of honor than wealth permeated by the aplrlt of simplicity. And It will do more than make Itself forgiven; It wtll make Itself beloved. More dangerous than pride Inspired by wealth Is that Inspired by power, and I mean by the word every preroga tive that one man has over another, be It unlimited or restricted. I see no means of preventing the existence in the world of men of unequal authority. Every organism supposes a hierarchy of powers; we shall never escape from that law. But I fear that If the love of power Is so widespread the spirit of power Is almost Impossible to find. From wrong understanding and mis- uho of It those who keep even a frac tion of authority almost everywhere succeed In compromltilng It Tower exercises a great Influence over him who holds It. A bead must be very well balanced not to be dis turbed by It. The sort of dementia which took possession of the Roman emperors In the time of their world wide rule Ib a universal maludy whose symptoms belong to all times. In ev ery man there sleeps a tyrant, await ing only a favorable occasion for wak ing. Now, the tyrant Is the worst en emy of authority, became he furnishes us its Intolerable caricature, whence come a multitude of soclul complica tions, collisions and hatreds. Every man who says to those depeudeut on blm, "Do this because It la ray will and pleasure," does 111. There is within each one of us something that Invites us to resist personal power, and this something Is very respectablo, for at bottom we ure equal, and there is no one who has tuo right to exact obedi ence from me because he Is he and I am I. If he does so his command de grades me, and I have no right to suf fer myself to bo degraded. One must have lived In schools, In workshops. In the unuy, in government olllces, he must have closely followed the relations between masters and servants, have observed a little every where where the supremacy of man exercises Itself over man, to form auy Idea of the Injury doue by those who use power arrogantly. Of every free ouI they make a slave soul, which Is to say the soul of a rebel. And It ap pears that this result, with Its social disaster. Is most certain when he who commands Is least removed from the station of blm who obeys. The most Implacable tyrant is the tyrant himself under authority. Foremen and over seers put more violence Into their deal ings than superintendents and employ on . TU corporal la generally harsher The Simple Life By CHARLES WAGNER tfc Fnock by Narj UuU Hendea 1801, by Midun, PbiUliM & Co. man tne colonel, in certain ramiues where madam has not much more ed ucation than her maid the relations be tween them are those of the convict and his warder. And woe everywhere to him who falls Into the hands of n subaltern drunk with his authority! We forget that the first duty of him who exercises power Is humility. Haughtiness is not authority. It Is not we who are the law; the law Is out ourTieaosv-nVoniy interpret rr, nut fo make it valid In the eyes of others we must first be subject to It ourselvci. To command and to obey In the society of men are, after all, but two forms of the same virtue voluntary servitude. If you are not obeyed, it is generally because you have not yourself obeyed first. The secret of moral ascendency rests with those who rule with simplicity. They soften by the spirit the harshness of the fact Their authority Is not in Ihoulder straps, titles or dtHclplinary measures. Tbey make use of neither ferule nor threats, yet they achieve ev erything. Why? Because we feel that they are themselves ready for every thing. That which confers upon a man the right to demand of another the sac rifice of his time, his money, his pas sions, even his life, Is not only that be Is resolved upon all these sacrifices himself, but that he has made them in advance. In the command of a mini animated by this spirit of renunciation there Is a mysterious force which com municates Itself to hlni who Is to obey and helps him do his duty. In all the provinces of human activi ty there are chiefs who Inspire, strengthen, magnetize their soldiers; under their direction the troops do prodigies. With them one feels himself capable of any effort, ready to go through fire, as the saying has It, and If he goes It Is with enthusiasm. But the pride of the exalted Is not the only pride; there Is also the pride of the humble this arrogunce of under- lings, fit pendant to that of the great. The root of these two prides Is the same. It Is not alone that lofty and Imperious being, the man who says, "I am the law," that provokes insur rection by his very attitude; It Is also that pigheaded subaltern who will not admit that there Is anything beyond his knowledge. There are really many people who find all superiority irritating. For them every piece of advice is an offense, ev ery criticism an Imposition, every order an outrage on their liberty. They would not know how to submit to rule. To respect anything or anybody would seem to them a mental aberration. They say to people after their fashion, "Beyond us there Is nothing." To the family of the proud belong also those dltHcult and supersensitive peo ple who In humble life Qud that their superiors never do them fitting honor, whom the best and most kindly do not succeed In satisfying and who go about their dutlos with the air of a martyr. At bottom these dlsnffected niluds have too much misplaced self respect. Tbey do not know how to fill their place sim ply, but complicate their life and that of others by unreasonable demands and morbid suspicions. When one takes tho trouble to study men at short range he Is surprised to And that pride has so many lurking places among those who are by com mon consent called the humble. So powerful is this vice that It arrives nt forming round those who live In tho most modest circumstances a wall which Isolates them from their neigh bors. There they are, Intrenched, bar ricaded with their ambitions and their contempts, as inaccessible as the pow erful of earth behind their aristocratic prejudices. Obscure or Illustrious, pride wraps Itself In Its dark royalty of enmity to tho human race. It Is the same in misery aud In high places -solitary and Impotent, on guard against everybody, embroiling everything. And the last word about It Is always this: If there Is so much hostility and ha tred between different classes of meu It Is due less to exterior conditions than to an Interior fatality. Conflicting In terests and differences of situation dig ditches between us, It la true, but pride transforms the ditches Into gulfs, and In reality It Is pride alone which cries from brink to brink, "There Is nothing In common between you and us!" We have not finished with pride, but It Is Impossible to picture It under all Its forms. I feel most resentful against It when It meddles with knowledge and appropriates that. We owe our knowl edge to our follows, as we do our riches and power. It is a social force which ought to be of service to everybody, and it can only be so when those who know remain sympathetically near to those who know not. When knowl edge Is turned Into a tool for ambition It destroys Itself. And what shall we say of the pride of good men? For It exists and makes even virtue hateful. The Just who re pent them of the evil others do remain In brotherhood and social rectitude. But the Just who despise others fur their faults and misdeeds cut them selves off from humanity, and their goodness, descended to the rank of an ornament for their vanity, becomes like those riches which kindness does not Inform, like authority uiiteuipeivd by tho spirit of obedience. I.Ike proud Health and arrogant power, super ellious virtue also Is detestable, It fosters In man traits and an attitude provocative of I know not what. The sight of It repels instead of attracting, and those whom It deigns to distin guish with its benefits feel as though they hud been slapied In the face. To resume and conclude, It Is an error to think that our advantages, what ever they are, should be put to the service of our vanity. Each of them constitutes for him who enjoys it an obligation and not a reason for vain glory. Material wealth, power, knowl edge, gifts of the heart and mind. In come so much cause for discord when they serve to nourish pride. They re nain beneficent only so long as they iCrnfe"5onrce'or mouesry m muse wno possess them. Let us be humble if we have great possessions, for that proves that we are great debtors. All that a man has be owes to some one, and are we sure of belna able to pay our debts? i ;o U? coiillmied.) I. u. I Hope Vanished. When leading i 1 1 m i i 1 1 r i h Hit hi that V. M Sniitharl, nt Ti kin, Id., had in curable ciiiiHiimptioii, hi ht,-t hope va nished ; but l)r. Kinu's New Discovery for ( ' 1 1 k 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 . Cough mill Colds, kept I i ii out of bis giave. lie mijh: "'Jills great specific completely cured me, ami wivt d m.y life. Since then I have used it for over ID years, anil cm siilcr it a marvelous tlnnut and lung cure." Strictly scientific pine for Coughs, Sole Tliriuils or ( 'olds; sure preventive of rncumonia, (iiiarantccil, "0 cents and fl.HO bottles at C. N. Clarke's lrii(? store. 'J'riul bottle fn . Donald Mckclsen's Birthday. Donald Nickelsen's birthday Inft Fri day was the oi elision of n picas mt party of young folks at the home of Mr. and Mr. J. I! .VclccK'n, on Oak btrcet. Among tlioso pri si nl, won-: (iarnet llayncs, Floyd (rib' s, Muri-.n Sloat, loe Npant'lor, Wallace Shay, Nina Shay, A Mine liartmess, Forrest .Moe, Angus .McDonald, l.tbel .McDonild, Madge llallowell, Oscar Jones, I.cm Noble, Willie .McDonald, Dick Yates, Kva Yates, Aubrey Mowers, Kavmond Karly, Helen Orr, Lucy Stuart, l.uruli .Miller, lrvili .Morns, liutli Hallna, Ulirt Inyne, Vera Mavcs, lay Orr, lilanclie Howe. Chiiinbcrla it's Hi nieily Most I'opiilar. "Mothers l.uy it for cr-uipy children, railroad men buy it for severe coughs lid elilci Iv peipie linv lor It grippe. sav Moore I'.'om., f Kldon. Iowa. "We II moie of ( :ii!iiiib"rlain's Cough Kimcdy than any other kinds. II seems to have taken the lead over several other gum! lir nils " There is no iicstinii bill wh it tills medicine Istliehesl Hint cun lie si-cured lorcouglis and colds whether it be u child or an uluH that is alllicted. II always cures and cure quickly. Sold by Williams riiarmaev. Watts Marble Vorks Itoi-luriiiinii D.iy Im c iminn anil you will wiint tn have yntir lot fixed up ! fore Unit time. We luivc u larmi Htnck on hum! ami are pn imreil to lill oiiIith promptly anil tfive laiisl'action. Work ilone i;ooil anil at Ilit; lowenl price. A poHtnl eanl Hint to ns will lirinj; you the sanipleN. Try it. WATTS MARBLE WORKS, Tho DalleH, Cre. BERT G. BOARDMAN, lias opened a General Store AT ODELL and will keep on hand a first class stork of Groceries, Flour and Feed The public is invited tocall and inspect; the stock. A square deal for all. MILWAUKEE NURSERIES We liHVt .Vi,t im Yrllow Ni-wtmi I'lpptn and Hpli ri'h hrrn A i pic I it'CH, hIkh a genu ml va riety oi I-1 utl i u t'fl lor hk' for llm Coining M'HMiti, tunl tut' tiothg tu well them at rCHNi'llHldf pi itv. Our Tuvk ii rr htst dun and Trim tn Name, (irnf't'il wlii'lo louts, with M'loiia tare hilly M'hvli'il irmn wine nt the beat htar liiK tiiri ahI In Hood KherValluy. Hemi lor prlivs tn MILWAUKEE NURSERIES Milwaukee, Oregon r. JS. WHAM) IrfU'Hl Ak'i'llt N. B. HARVEY, I'roprlelof Some Bargains. Our li-l i-n ii I u i us all.. at 10 different trai ls . I mm an. I uenerul hit n i lands in Musiei ; uloul ,'nHI neves in 1 mlevwouil, iliviileil into Inn-Is of from 10 to :t'J0 lines e.ielr, also al.ont I S" different true)-! lann property in II. mil Kiver villlov, an. I M.nie vrr tlesirillilt resi-deni-i s i.i II ...I Uiver an. I Mosii.r ;t:i. l ai-n s '.j mile out; homes ami .irehaul. A beautiful loeation. Will lie solil a! a I' ll : . tin. tij. :(.", li ii-s one-h:ilf mile from Mt, lliinil I', (i I 1 iieles in elover, I in hay I1, in st r.-. inn ii-s. I share liter, L' hoii-.'s, ail l'.-r if! 100. L'l I".' aero- amilis out , lti acres in nrchar.l, 10 ful! I. .nine;. I irM-elass im piovemriiN A In .till i tit 1 lioine. L'S. Ml a-i . s, ' ,i.-: i s 7- i -u -i.lil apple trees, l.al.iine in elover an. I general (aimine. V'Vt t room lion-e. -o , i, -ie- ill the nint heaotil'ul pnr- tion ol tin' x.ilii'V. I eeres in oiehanl eiie no if ohl, ;!' aen s in lu rries, i aeres J ill all ilia, halanee Ken. i ll I'.iriiiini;. til. 10 liens I miies i. nt; splemliil j soil; 1 tiere apples, lust vanities; one; year planleil. I.i aeres in straw herrii-s, j L' aeres in potatoes. aeres in elovrr. 111. Two lilo-aere t'liets ahotit nine I miles mil ; one on eat siile, utlier west j shle. t'liolee I'-U' fllOO. A imml'or of a. 10, L'O an. I -10 aeiv trai ls of iiiiiiiipr-.'V,-. lainl that will Ixair investigation Also a luimlier of i Inrte traets fn'in Hid toa'O aeres in Ore- j on anil Washington j S.one f'-vv ivsi.iriiei 'ill. I lots ill every portion of the eil v. : W.J. BAKER & CO. ! Real Estate Agents Hood River, Oregon. I Hood River We are now turning out first-class Family Flour. See that .your Hour hears one of the Hood River brands and help build up your home community. We ask the public to come and inspect one of the most up-to-date milling plants in the state. BRANDS : Cupid, Hood River and Silver Dust Also Graham and Whole Wheat Flour. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS Hood River Milling Co. C. T. RAWBON. HOOD RIVER NURSERY. Stock Grown on Full Roots. We desire to let our friends and patrons know that for the fall planting we will have and can sup ply in any number Cherry, Pea r,Apricot,Peach& Plum Trees, GRAPES, CURRANTS, BERRY PLANTS, Shade and Ornamental Trees. Also, all the standard varieties of apple trees. Can supply the trade with plenty of Newtown, Spftzen berg and Jonathan apple trees. RAWSON & STANTON, Hood River, Or. JACKSON & JACKSON, Dealer in General Merchandise and Lumbermen's Supplies, Railroad Ties, Cordwood, Telephone No. til. SNOW & For All Grubbing Supplies, Wood Choppers and A full line of stock alwnys i n h;i':d. Does your horse interfere? I'.riii"' him i i. No cure no pay Livery, Feed STKANAHANS & C. I- GILBERT, Proprietor. Mt. Hood Hotel HOOD RIVER, OREGON. Headquarters for Tourists Regular Rate, 91.25 to $2.50 per day. Shecial Rates by Week or Month. Stone leave dally for Cloud Cap Inn during July, August and September. J. B. FLETCHER & CO. DKALKUS IN Groceries, Flour and Feed, Notions, Glassware, Crockery, etc. HOOD R1VKR llKKiHTS. A COMPLim: STOCK OF FURNITURE and Building Material PAINTS AND OILS. FURNITURE REPAIRED. l i -riianintml. Cull anil look tlirnujili tin- Stock, (iliiil ti show von m-oiiiiil. MOT" fill 0 urn Undertaker v our - F. H. 8T ANTON Lumber and Cedar Posts HOOD RIVER, OR. UPSON Kinds of Lowers Tools and Draying. Horses bought, solil or exchanged. Pleasure purtieH can secure IlrBt-olass rigs. 8pe- ciul nttentlon given to moving Furoltur and l'iunoH. W do everything horses cn do. HOOD 1UVKR, OREGON. C. F. GILBERT, Manager. & Commercial Travelers and Embalmer ! LESLIE BUTLER TRUMAN BUTLER BUTLER & CO., BANKERS. Transact a General Banking Business. In these days a bank account is no longer a luxury, but a necessity". It takes but a small amount to start it here, and it adds to youi standing with business men and others, besides helping the formation of good business habits. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. A. J. FLOOD, GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOB ALL KINDS OF Ceme Estimates given Building Work Phone 991. DAVIDSON nt FRUIT DEALERS and Manufacturers of all kinds of Friar Highest Prices Paid -DEALER IX- Staple and js? Fancy Groceries AND HARDWARE. SOLE AGENTS FOR Majestic & Mesaba Ranges and Stiletto Cutlery. HOOD RIVER HEIGHTS, - - OREGON. HOTEL WAUCOMA P. F. FOUTS, Prop. RATES, $2.00 to $2 53 PER DAY. Steam heat. Large jiieasant rooms. Everything nnv, Sample room for commercial travelers. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. CENTRAL MARKET SIAYE3 BROS., Proprietors. DKALKUS IX AU, KIXDS OF Fresh & Cured Meats VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. ILe First National Bank OF HOOD RIVER WE PAY INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS The habit of thrift acquired by the saving of money must prove of greater value than the money itself. You are sure to gain by depositing, and thus saving your money. A bank account tends to give you a substantial standing in the community. Drafts and Bank Money Orders Sold on All Parts of the World. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER TRANSFER & LIVERY CO. TICLET OFFICE FOR THE REGULATOR LINE OF STEAMERS. Hauling, Draying, Baggage Transferred, First Class Livery Turnouts Always Ready. Phone VH. KSTAHUISIIKI) 1WW. Residents of Wasco Co. for 23 Years Work on short notice. a specialty. Hood River, Oregon. FRUIT CO for High Grade Fruit. LL