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LINCOLN'S NOMI
NATION RECALLED
HAND OF DESTINY IN CONVENTION
roof to announce the result, and the
' masses without took up the prolonged
I hurrahing. When the tumult within
I and without the Wigwam was subsid- j
ing to a certain extent, cannon, placed
there for the purpose, were tired from
the roof of the Tremont hotel.
"Durinp the nandemonium men threw
ther silk hats from the stage into the ' INSECTS ARE AID IN P01.LEN1ZAT10N
excitement crazed mass of the main I
E. L Smith Recalls Memorable Chicago
Gathering Which Placed Great Eman
cipator at the Party's Helm
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Speaking of Clothes
Why don't you buy makes that are known through
out the entire nation? Then you ret real, standard
values.
That "just as pood" expression never did appeal to
us, and far more often do wo hear - have you
Kuppenhoimcr Clothes?
or Arrow Shirts and Collars?
or Gordon Hats ?
or Not-a-Seme Hosiery?
or Walk Over Shoes?
or Cutters' Moccasin Pacs?
or Cooper's Underwear?
YES we answer loud and clear, and with pride look
them square in the face. We know, and most every
one else knows, there's real economy in this variety of
merchandise.
Spring Cordon Hats are
here R.r0 and ijW.OO
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ANNOUNCEMENT
FIVE years ao we wrote and published a series ot
Bank Advertisements from which we derived
some very substantial benefits.
They were in fact as interesting. Instructive and
readable as any part of the paper and were well
enough received that banks in other parts of the
state asked for am) received permission to use
them.
Our Ad man Isn't quite willing for us to announce
a second series equal to the first, but he Is willing
for us to say that nothing will le printed in this
space that Isn't distinctly worth w hile, for If we use
the conventional display Ad it will only require a
passing glance, and If we write at greater length we
will have something to say.
And it will not always be about ourselves or the
banking business; sometimes )ust a good whole
some thought that will make you forget yourself
and realize that we are not thinking entirely of our
selves, sometimes an item of general interest pre
sented from our point of view and sometimes, ol
course, a plain advertisement written expressly to
tell you about our service and how and why we
have held an enviable position In this corn Aiunity
for nearly nineteen years.
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The hand of destiny sometimes
shapes events of momentous conse
quence through an incident of seeming
insignificance.
E. I.. Smith, a personal acquaintance
of the Cireat Emancipator, who from
young manhood until today, the late
eveningtime of his life -fur Mr. Smith
celebrated his 81st birthday September
17, 191 has ever loved the great char
acter as a living ideal, recalls that an
act of an Oregonian was largely re
sponsible for the first nomination of
Abraham Lincoln to Republican candi
dacy for the presidency.
Ihe name or Lincoln will be handed
down, to be revered by coming genera
tions of loyal Amercans. Ihe calm
wisdom of his deliberations and deci
sions of a half century ago, w hen he
preserved the L'nion, have remained a
potent strength to statesman and sol
dier in the world crisis so recently
averted by civilization. The voice
from the heart of justice loving man
kind was speaking through the lips of
Lincoln when he utered his memorable
Gettysburg address. The spirit of Lin
coln must live today at the peace con-J
Terence. inn in contemplation or ms
development, his self-education and
preparation for the stewardship that
the people of whom he was ever one of
the most plain were to tender him, of
his rugged honesty, characteristic hu
manness and of the tragedy that mar
tyred him, it is interesting to talk with
one of the last surviving men of the
Pacific, coast who personally knew Lin
coin and the last living man west of
the Rookies who was present at the
great Chicago convention in May,
18ti0, when the Sangamon county rail
splitter became the standard bearer of
his party. When Mr. Smith talks one
can almost feel the presence of that
great man, and the beneficence and
human kindness of Lincoln are brought
the closer for the inspiration of those
so fortunate as to hear him speak.
"Perhaps it was through a whim of
fate," says Mr. Smith, "thatJLeander
Holmes, named at the Oregon State
Republican convention at Oregon City,
as one of the state's three delegates
to the national convention, sent his
proxy to Horace Greeley, ''whose news
paper, the New York Tribune, was at
that time the political Bible of middle
western Republicans. Holmes was
unable to attend the convention him
self, because of the long journey by
way of Panama and the lack of funds
required.
"Some years prior to the Chicago
convention, Horace Greeley and Wm.
H. Seward became estranged. Their
difference grew to bitter enmity, and
when it seemed that Seward would be
sure to win the nomination in Chicago,
Greeley hastened there determined to
defeat him whatever the cost. The
proxy of the Oregon delegate stood him
in good stead, for with it he was ena
bled to go into the very ranks of dele
gates and push his cause with the keen
argument tor which he was noted. 1
heard him as he marched up and down
among them. In front of one lUlega
tion he stopped and 1 heard him cry in
impassioned voice: It you nominate
William II. Sewurd he cannot carry the
state of New York ; without New York
your cause is lost.' "
Mr. Smith hrmly believes that des
tinv guides men in their careers and
shapes the trend of nationB. At the
psychological time the popularity ot
Abraham Lincoln swept over the Wig
warn, as the big auditorium was called,
and votes were shifted for him.
"ThuH," says Mr. Smith, "through
Horace Greeley's dislike for William
H. Seward, America was given the no
blest man the nation has ever had for
president."
Mr. Smith was a student at Ijomhard
University in Galesburg, 111., at the
time of the Republican convention
With four or five other students, all ad
mirers of Lincoln, he secured leave of
absence to attend the convention.
Although the city was overcrowed
we were fortunate in getting aeeom
modations at the Randolph hotel but a
short distance away from the auditor
ium. On the day of our arrival we
hurried to, the doors of the building
long before the hour for the conven
tion to open, in order that we might
be sure of seats. A great multitude
was already there waiting. Promptly
at the proper hour the doors were
thrown open. Never in my life have I
so nearly had the life crushed out of
m as in that jam at the building's
entrance. Being among those nearest
the door, when they were opened, 1
was fortunate in getting a seat near
the front of the great hall, where I
could hear and see everything that was
taking place. In a very ftw moments.
except for a wide aisle left down the
center of the auditorium for the pass
age of the delegations, every seat had
been taken. In the rear of the build
ing a huge stage, for the accommda
tion of all the delegates and secretar
ies, had been erected.
"On the third and last day, the
question of the nomination arose. The
first ballot showed scattering votes,
different delegations expressing their
support of favorite sons. On the sec
ond ballot, the vote drew closer, and
it was apparent that Seward and Lin
coin were leading. Alter the secre
taries had canvassed the ballot it was
announced that it would be legal for
any delegation to transfer their votes.
if thev so desired, before the final
result was proclaimed. You can imag
ine my pleasure when my native state
of Vermont switched its entire 10 votes
from the Seward to the Lincoln col
umn. Delegations from other states
followed. Hundreds of men were
keeping tally, and the entire concourse
knew almost as well as the secretaries
just how matters stood. It was soon
apparent that the contest between Lin
coln and Seward wasgoing to be verv
close. As I remember, Lincoln needed
three and a half votes to be assured of
; a majority of the delegates. It was at
i this juncture that the chairman of the
i Ohio delegation arose and said, 'Ohio
j transfers six votes from Seward to the
i Lincoln column.' A great shout, such
as to shake the very walls of the Wig
: warn, went up. Around on the streets
outside the building were assembled
between 30,0(10 and 40,000 people. Men
with megaphones were stationed on the
auditorium. They never recovered
them. Except for the New York dele
gation, the result was received with
expressions of gratificat:on by all the
delegates. The New York contingent
remained seated and their keen disap
aointment was very evident. Soon,
however, each with two of those from
other states attending him, one on
either side, the members of the New
York contingent were lifted bodily to
their feet. After a moment they broke
into smiles and it was moved that the
nomination be made unanimous, and
the New York delegation joined the
general shouting.
Chicago went wild. It seemed that
every citizen of the state was there tu
shout for 'Old Abe.' No sooner hail
the result been announced than a crowd
of men appeared bearing black walnut
rails from Sangamon county, rails made
by the future president himself.
Shouldering these the Sangamon coun
ty men headed a monster parade. The
citv of Chicago was crowded to the
limit. Trainloads of Seward support
ers had come from New York. Previ
ous to the nomination a parade of these
men, Beveral abreast and three mile
long, had marched through the streets
of Chicago.
When 1 first saw Lincoln I thought
he was the homliest man I hail ever
seen, but after he had begun to talk,
after his eyes lighted with that anima
tion for which he was famed, 1 forgot
his long rugged face and his huge un
gainly figure. Something about him
seemed to draw me to him and inspire
a confidence and love.
Not long ago," Mr. Smith said, "1
was talking w ith a man about Lincoln.
Oh, he said, Lincoln is dead
let's discuss some man that is active
and alive today.' I replied:
Abraham Lincoln is not dead. A
number of years ago 1 was coming by
water from Asbury Park, N. J., to
New York city. As we approached the
mouth of the harbor 1 saw where a tall
column had been reared, crowned by a
representation of the Goddess of Liber
ty enlightening the world. And then
and there I conjured up a monument
more lofty than that of the Italian ar
tist, and mine was crowned by the
tall and rugged figure of Abraham
Lincoln, and there he stands a beacon,
as it were, lighting up by his life ser
vice, hy his unswerving fidelity to the
vast trusts Imposed up him, bv his
love of country and of libertv, all of
the nations of the earth now and for
ever.
STEWART KIMBALL
HOLDS CLUBMEN
Those who attended the monthly
meeting of the Commercial club Mon
day night characterize it as one of the
most interesting ever held, and the in
terest came from an informal taitt of
an hour and 10 minutes by Cpl. Stew
art Kimball, who, while fighting in the
Argonne forest, with a machine gun
company of the 91st Division, suffered
a shattered ankle from shrapnel. Ihe
young man sat on the side of a big
table and talking in conversational tone
to the clubmen crowding the rooms
held their absolute attention.
Cpl. Kimball, whose company was
entirely wiped out by Germans, told of
the experiences of a soldier from the
time he left for the training camp until
he reached France and saw his first
Germans and started pursuing them
toward hunland. It was voted that his
talk was the most interesting ever
given here on the war.
Several matters of interest were dis
cussed by the club in business session
The legislative committee reported the
cooperation ot the county court in the
appeal to the legislature to adopt a hill
that will make the Hood River experi
ment station a permanent institution
A phi now petore tne nouse provides
merely that the state will appropriate
$,4000 annually, provided the county
applies $2,000 to the support of the m
stitution. 1 he county proposes to go
further and provide a permanent home
for the station, if it can be placed on a
permanent basis.
Capt. Wilbur and A. W. Stone will
go to halem in an endeavor to secure a
bill that will make the institution a
permanent one.
The road committee reported that its
members, E, W. Birge and Leslie But
ler conferred in Portland with forestry
officials on the Loop road. Mr. Butler,
directly back from Salem, where he
had gone with a strong delegation
which appealed to the body of lawmak
ers and the State Highway Commission
to loan the government sufficient funds
to bring about the immediate opening
of the great scenic Loop highway. Mr
Butler stated that the Loop road was
an assured thing, but that the forestry
department, which will undertake the
utlimate construction of tHe road, will
have to spread its funds out over a
period of four years. Immediate ac
tion is wantad by those who believe the
Loop road should be opened at once.
The club's civic committee reported
that the finance commtitee of the city
council and the club were ready to co
operate in improving an auto camp
west of the city which C. 1. Larlv
proposes to donate.
Great interest was displayed in the
unnpfianhincT tiunmipt to hp tpnrlprprl hv
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the club on the evening of March 5 to
State Highway and forestry official
and good roads boosters. Guests of
honor on this evening will be Highway
Commissioners Booth and Ihompson,
Highway Engineer Nunn, Messrs. Ce
cil. Sherrard and Hughes, of the for
estry department, Frank Branch Riley,
the silver tongued good roads orator,
J. B. Yeon, Amos Benson, Geo. W. Jo
seph, Rufus C. Holman, Sam Hill and
Julius Meier. With the announcement
that reservations at the banquet table
would be limited, many reserved their
places Monday night.
HOOD APPLESILL
GO TO A. E. F. MEN
Overseas soldiers are soon due a treat
of Oregon apples. H. F. Davidson
who is in New York, Monday notified
the Hood River Fruit Co. that he had
sold 15,000 boxes of the concern's extra
fancy and fancy Newtowns to the gov
ernment. The fruit, according to the
wire, will be rushed across for the army
of occupation in France and Germany.
All Orchards Should ht a re Bites
of Honey (iatherm Product
Sells for Hih Trice
Go to your grocer and propose the
purchase of a gallon of honey. When
he announces the price of that product,
$5.00. you are made to realize that thr
busy little bee is very well paid for
his charming task of sipping sweets
from perfumed Mowers.
But those who suggest more l-es for
the Hood River V alley never have a
thought for the profit to te derived
from their labors in gathering honey.
Their minds turn to that annual dream
season of the year, when the valley,
apearing, from the vantage jxiint of
some enunei.ee on the edge, like m
great bowl, its bottom tinted bv the
new green of apple foliage and the
delicate white and pink of myriads of
blossoms. Thev think of the need of
ees to scatter the pollen from bloom
to bloom. For the tiee is not merely
an agent in the aK hemy of nature for
taking from each flower its miniature
drop of sweet liouid and turning it into
grape sugar, to U- preserved as a food
and ''onfcctiori for man. but he fills a
licle in the scheme of things in that
he aids the plants and the trees in that
greatest ot all tasks of Nature - that
f reproduction. In a final analysis.
this spreading of fertilization and the
prevention id' barrenness may be the
real work of the bee, while that of
honey-gathering is jost a side line.
the sweet has been placed in the
(lower iust to lure him in the true
work that the Great Mother has meant
for him to pursue.
lhuu orchardists who realize the
value of the bee to their industry
would go so far as to pension their
hives, making an appropriation for
buying sugar during the winter
months. Even though thev were never
'ermitted to rob a hive of a single
juart of honey, thev w ill tell vmi that.
the bees are a need to till apple boxes
at the time of the fall harvest. There
fore, they will argue, every orchard
tract, if its owner would harvest a
large crop from evenly loaded trees.
should have its allotment of bee hives.
For the past several years 11. F.
Davidson, owner of large orchard
tracts in the Valley, has arrived here
annually from New York at just about
blossom time. And every year, after
his first visits over the orchard dis
tricts, he has made the suggestion that
the valley neded more bees.
rrom time to time the representa
tives of the Hood River Experiment
Station have made suggestions for in
creased apiaries. However, it is true
that some have advanced the argument
that bees might prove more destruc
tive than helpful, in that they not only
spread life-giving pollen but that they
carry the infection of blight ami other
diseases as well. Hut the ve; , sir
that all mortals breathe carries death-
dealing germs. This argument against
bees is only one tor the complete erad
ication ot all the diseases that menace
the growth of healthy apple trees.
but getting back to the first para
graph above. Those figures honey
selling for $5.00 per gallon seem to
offer possibilities to the enterprising
rancher and orchardist. Cut the price
by a huge percentage and even then
the apiarist, bee-farming on a com
mercial basis, it seems, might realize
no mean profits from his time and
labor.
Horticulture is as interesting, al
most, as any pursuit one can follow.
Hut raising bees is more alluring, once
the bee man gets started on his way.
Merely becoming acqrainteu with the
habits of the queon of the hive, the
drones and the working flocks offers
an opportunity in study. It is a study
in thrift and rouiaiwe at the same
time. Even though you do not exited
to start an apiary, get some of the
bulletins of the Oregon Agricultural
College or the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and read some
thing about the bee. Before you have
finished you will find that he is a kind
of wizard and almost indispensable to
successful horticulture.
And to those who might have an
inclination for commercial honey pro
duction, let it be said that the broad
ranges on either hand of the Hood
River Valley, the great expanses of
burnt-over forest and logged off land
not only offer fattening grass for sheep
and cattle but there too, thrive blos
soming plants, which are rich in nec
tarines. The fireweed, w hich springs
up over the burnt-over areas is one of
the richest honey producing plants
known. The wild pea vines, fat-producing
for animals, also bear flowers
of sweetness. V hen the (lowering
plants of the lower altitudes begin to
fail, these nectar-bearing flowers of
the forest start their luxuriant growth.
Because of the graduated altitude, a
series of honey pastures are offered
from Junetime until the storms of the
equinoctial period lay up the first snow
storm on the mountains. Thus a bee
fancier might begin the season in the
Lower Valley with hut a single section
on his hive and end it in September
with that hive grown, with added
supers, to skyscraper proportions.
FIREMEN TO BANQUET
An after-the-war celebration will be
held Friday night at the Mount Hood
hotel by the Volunteer fire department.
Honor guests at the banquet will bo
returned solders and some nf (he pio
neer members for the fire fighting or
ganization. The fire department sent
15 men to war, a number of them still
in France.
William Ganger, who now resides at
Bull Run, an early chief of the fire de
partment, will be here for the banquet,
and will deliver an address. Prepara
tions for the banquet are in charge of
a committee composed of Hubbard
Taylor, Joe C. Hayward and Wm. J.
Fifz.
The fire fighters will assemble at 7. HO
o'clock. Following the feed an elec
tion of officers will be held.
Mrs. Chas. N. Clarke, accompanied
her sister, Mrs. Geo. Gill, who with
her daughter is visiting here from
Dufur, were Portland visitors last
week to attend the grand opera.