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O BUILD an automobile road
from tho Missouri river to tho
mouth of the Columbia, follow
ing tho route of tho old Ore
gon Trail, Is the ambitious pro
that has received tho indorse
t of automobile clubs, good roads
ciatlons and men prominent In
3 and national affairs. As yet tho
ect is little more than a dream
It Is of the kind of dreams that
e true.
though the old Oregon Trail start
tt Independence, Mo., and proper
rmlnated at Tho Dalles, Ore., it Is
ned to start its successor (to be
vn as tho Pioneer Way) at St.
s, and to continuo it on to the
h of the Columbia, a total dis
ci of approximately 2,600 miles,
n completed, It will be unsur
ed among the world's highways
s historic associations, and in tho
Jty, beauty and sublimity of tho
ral scenery along the way. It
traverse or enter seven states,
m the roof of tho continent at an
ptlon of 7,450 feet, and finally do
Id to sea level. It will pass through
I wheat and corn fields of Kansas
Nebraska, cross the high plains
Wyoming, traverse tho newly irrl
ml lands of Idaho, and give a
pse of the famous "Inland Em
' of eastern Oregon. I
om St Louis, the Pioneer Way
follow the Missouri to Independ
. Thence It will go up tho Little
river, reaching the Platte at
id Island. For 650 miles it will
w the Platte and Sweetwater, to
h Pass that hardly perceptible
sing of the Rocky mountains, 7,
ieet above the sea. For 100 miles
route lies over an almost level
;au, 7,000 feet and inoro in height,
.his long stretch, with snowy
itains in sight for much of the
I on both tho north and the south,
from centers of population, in a
Im absolutely uninhabited and un
stable, the old Oregon Trail is
the same today as It was 60 years
with the exception that tho thou
s who then traversed It have dls
ared, and that it has relapsed
Its primeval solitude. Mile after
of tho roadbed is as distinctly
Ined as over, worn by tho wheels
Ins of thousands of prairie schoon-
Iind tho hoofs of millions of draft
mis and pack animals to a depth
om two to fifteen feet, and to a
h of anywhere from twelve to one
Ilred feet.
ten Green river is crossed, with
icks and palisades. Farther on is
jford of Bear river, after which
stream is followed for forty miles
oda Springs, 1,170 miles from In-
Indence. Here tho later Callfor-
Trail turned off to tho southwest.
road to Oregon continued on to
iRaft river, where tho old Callfor-
I Trail tho one followed by the
niners diverged to tho south.
It down the Snake river ran tho
fcto Oregon. This will be the
R picturesque and beautiful long
rch of tho Pioneer Way Just as
las the most difficult part of the
Lbn Trail. Past American falls,
W falls, Shoshone falls (called the
Kara of tho west), Upper and Low
almon falls, down Boise river, up
seemingly Impossible face of tho,
mountains, through the pleasant
lea of great pine forests, across a
l-cursed desert, and and at last to
broad Columbia. Where the trail
strikes it, the Columbia Is a mile
but it soon reaches the remark
chasm known as tho Dalles,
ro it is pent between rock walls
Ii 190 to 200 feet wide, and where
ilummet has ever sounded Its
h. Hero Is literally a "river
ed on edge."
Pleads for the Old Trail.
lesent day interest in tho Oregon
11 is attributed solely to the ef-
of Ezra Meeker of Puyallup,
lh., who for five years has devotod
ielf to a unique campaign to se-
the speedy marking and ultimate
evardlng of the old highway. Ho
t to Oregon in 1852, when ho ba
e a prominent figure among tho
ecrs, and made and lost several
mes. On January 28, 1S06, ho
ted on what ho calls his Oregon
II Monument Expedition. As an
ct lesson to the vast majority,
know prairie schooners and "bull
lis" only through the medium of
l;s and pictures, he drives a team
led oxen, hitched to on old-fash
ioned prairie schooner. On 'his first
expedition, he traversed every mile of
tho trail to Independence, then con
tinued on to New Yorlc city, and final
ly to Washington, reachinc tho na
tional capital November 29, 1907. It
was his intention to ask congress at
that time to appropriate funds to
mako of tho Oregon trail a national
highway: but from this he was dls-
suaded by President Roosevelt, who
advised him to content himself with
tho comparatively modest request for
an appropriation sufficient to nlace
monuments and markers along the
route.
Meeker snent the winter of I909.in
campaigning through California, in
tho endeavor to arouse tho interest
ana secure tho co-operation of the
peoplo of that Btate. He has addressed
more than 100,000 school children,
hundreds of public meetings in town
halls, churches, schoolhouses and pub
lic squares, and thousands of street
corner crowds. Furthermore, he has
secured the erection of 22 monuments
to mark tho trail, has inscribed 24
boulders and erected many wooden
posts. He has ascertained that 700
monuments will be necessary to
adequately mark tho entire route,
and that the approximate cost will be
about ?85,p00. Through his efforts
bills were Introduced in both the Six
tieth and Sixty-first congresses, pro
viding for tho appropriation of $50,000
for tho marking of tho trail: but these
bills never came up for action.
Tho Oregon and tho Santa Va
Trails both started at Independence,
wo. or 41 miles they were identical,
but where the town of Gardner now
stands the Santa Fe Trail boro off to
tho southwest, and the newer route
turned to tho northwest. At the point
of separation a sign board indicated
the northern route, with tho simple lo
gend, "Road to Oregon." It followed
tho direction of the Kansas and Littlo
Bluo rivers to the Platte, reaching
that stream near Grand Island. It fol
lowed the Platte and Sweetwater for
a distance of 650 miles, to South Pass
that hardly perceptible crossing of
tho Rockies, 950 miles from the Mis
souri river. Green river was crossed,
and then came Fort Bridgor, 1,070
miles from Independence. Sixty miles
farther on was the ford of Bear river,
which was followed for 40 milM, to
Soda Springs, 1.170 miles from the
starting point. Here the later Califor
nia Trail turned off to the southwest
The road to Oregon continued on to
Fort Hall, 1,288 miles from Independ
ence, at the first crossing of the FJnako
river. Forty-five miles farther west,
at tho Raft river, the old California
Trail diverged to tho south the trail
followed by the "Forty Niners," but
later abandoned in .favor or the bet
ter road that left tho main trail at
Soda Springs. Then down the Snako
valley, across tho Blue mountains,
through the valley of the Umatilln,
treked the pioneers. The distance
from the Missouri river to Fort Van
couver was 2,020 miles, and to tho
mouth of the Columbia 2,134 miles.
In 1849 occurred tho ereat micro.
tlon the historic march of tho "For-ty-NIners"
to the gold fields of Cali
fornia. Crowds began gathering
along the Mlsosurl early in Anril. and
by the last of that month It was esti
mated that 20,000 peoplo were en
camped waiting for tho crass to crow
sufficiently to insure pasturage for
livo stock. The procession started
about tho first of May. and by tho
first of June thews was a straerellnor
caravan a thousand miles long mov
ing westward. Then the cholera epi
demic that had broken out on the At
lantic seaboard reached Tnd
and spread throughout the moving
nost. wot less man 5,000 emigrants
fell victims to tho plague that year
and were burled on tbe plains, be
tween tho Missouri river and Fort
Laramie; but 25,000 reached Califor
nia over tho Oregon and California
Trail in spito of plague, famine and
all tho hardships and perils inpldent
to the passing of so great a, host
through a wild, unproductive and hos.
tile country. Another outbreak of
me piague in 1852 carried oft an equal
number of emigrants that year.
The Oregon and California Trails
constituted tho principal highways bei
tween the east and west until tho
driving of the splko ot sold at ,Pro
montory Point, Utah, In 1809, marked I
the completion of the first Pacific
railroad.
When a woman marries a man to re
form him she falls to take into con
sideratlon that by tho time Bho has
got it done there will be nothing left
but reform tho man will bo entirely
rotted away.
James was a delightful man with
only one bad habit. It was the habit
which most women .call "bad habits,
Ho was a real estate man, was James,
and his bad habits were very actlvo
right after he had cinched a deal. Ho
cinched a deal rather so often per
haps
Genevieve met James at a club
party, according to tho commonplace
wont of things, and ho was very nice
to her. She was a nice little thing,
and he got into the habit of driving
out rather often to her father's home
on the very edge of tho town. It s
not too much to say that Genevieve
fell in love with him. James fell in
love with her, too. Then ho went
driving out to seo Genevieve very
often and was allowed to stay to sup
per, and ho and Genevieve had a love
ly timo on the veranda in the moon
light.
Then, as cool weather came on, ho
was rather busy and fell from grace
as usual, when he cinched a deal. And
at last, at a party, Genevieve saw him
when he had fallen from grace. He
was a bit above himself, and, besides
sho danced with him and noticed
something about his breath.
Next morning big brother said, "Jim
had a lovely souse on last night, didn't
he? But ho certainly had a nervo to
dance with you. You should have
turned him down."
Genevieve gasped a bit. Then she
said, "He was nothing of tho kind
and I don't thank you." And then sho
ran to her, big, pretty, pink and white
room and got down upon her knees
nnd cried and cried. Then, when she
could get her breath, she remembered
his; and then she prayed for Jim very
sincerely and very girlishly, and felt
better.
She entirely failed to pray for her
self, because she had not yet found out
"Nothlngwrong, Hatetastestuff."
that sho was tho person who really
needed that attention.
James came out In a few dnvs
sober and In his right mind. He knew
how bad ho had been, and he riitv.
posed she did, too, so he told her ho
was not fit to sneak to her. but he w.ih
going to boa man now, and would
sne lorgivo mm 7 And Genevieve said
he must ha a man for hep snlre nnd
sho would forgive him, because sho
was sure ho was repentant and would
never fall again.
When James went hnrlr tn the nlnW
the next night he lifted a restraining
paim to his friends and said: "Never
acaln! I'm on the water w.itrnn for
keeps." And his friends laughed, bo-
cause mey nan climbed on the water
wagon themselves at the biddlntr nf a
nice girl.
About Christmas Genevieve nnd n
shock. James was dnlncr crpnt hunt.
ness and. besides. It was the hiessed
holiday season. He was to dine with
them on Christmas, and when he ar
rived, rather late in the afternnnn h
had been warding off the cold of tho
drive.
Genevlevo cried her even nut fnnt
night, down on the floor beside her
bed; and James 'went back to the club
and gathered together a monumental
er well, he was a Htle above him
self again. Because ho was extremely
ashamed.
By tho time this worn off. lie trim
truly renentant. and hated the very
smell of the stuff. So he drove out to
seo Genevieve and told her so. Gene
vlevo had the theory,) held by every
well brought up girl, ibout a man re
forming by tho grace-4well, by prayer
and such things. She tad prayed sin
cerely and James now declared tha,t
ho hated tho very smell of tho stuff.
These two things stood' to Genevieve
In tho relation of cause and effeet.
And this was the exact moment chos
en py James in which to ask her to
marry him.
When James and Genevieve came
back from their honeymoon, the happy
Bridegroom was warmly concratulated
by his many friends. When ho wont
home to Genevieve tho first evening
ho said, "M darling' assure you noth
lngwrong hatetastestuff."
All the years that James wnn enm,
Ing home to Genevieve perfectly sober
er mat is, sober at least three
evenings out of the week. Genevieve
was thinking with some prldo that if
ho would only straighten up, he
would show those friends of his who
had so far outdistanced him in the
race because, really, said Genevieve
to herself, James was far tho ablest of
mem an. it was nothing but his dls
astrous habits that stood In his wnv.
And at last the day dawned when
James came to. He saw what he real
ly looked like and decided that the
time had como when he must straight
en up and leave behind his boyish
ways. So he straightened un. Imme.
diately? Yes. immediately. Was it nn
awful struggle? No, it wa3 not an
uwiui struggle.
He was sick a week or sn and felt
depressed and down for months, but
mat was about all. Because the truth
is that It is not such an awful strug
gle, as a rule. The truth Is that
James and John and William and
Charles aro not often in earnest when
they say they want to stav nn the wn.
ter wagon, so they cheerfully fall off
again.
Their wives think they are? Yes,
but their wives only see them when
they are depressed and down in tho
mouth. Tho mtnuto James and tho
rest of them get outdoors, they are
different men.
You don't believe it? Well, you ask
your brother about it, Genevieve, my
dear, and watch what ho says.
Well, when James' really made up
his mind to quit he Just quit. And
tho saddest point of tho story Is right
nere ne never did astonish tho world.
He never set- the rrver on fire, he
never did a thine excent tn enntlnno
to make rather a shabby living for
Genevieve.
She had reformed him, but tho re
form was about all there was left. As
Genevlevo sometimes said to herself;
It seems as if he were only a ghost
oniy a guost."
As he was a perfectly enmmnnnlnpo
ghost at that, perhaps Genevieve did
not navo mucn or a run for her monoy
after all.
(Copyright, by Associated Literary Press.)
The City Policeman.
"Tho man in uniform." snvn mm
trate House of Now York. "Is a target
ior street loafers."
"It's a funny thing," mused Offlcer
Flndley some months ago, "but every
body is against a con. If ho rets the
worst or it in a scrap, everybody is
satisfied, and if a enn wns tn wnlt ita
beat with a blacked eye every citizen
wuum inugn nisself to death in the
matter. 'Kill the con!' that's
shout. And yet what is he doing? Ho
is uoing nis duty. Take a fireman; he
does his duty, ton hut he'a p hn
Why? His work isn't any more dan-'
bciuuo mau u. cop s, remaps you think
it's a cinch to arrest
character who is waving a gun or a
Knue or a razor. Well, it isn't, and a
cop never knows when he
the morning whether his wife will bo
a widow by night. And say! Imagine
this town without any cons fnr innt
one week! What?"
Baby Was Mother's First Thought.
A story of a mother's sacrifice fni.
lowed by her death Comes frnm f!nir.
entry. Mr. Walter Clifford of Coven
try took his wife, their child and a
friend out for a motor drive, ami
when about a mile from Stonebrldge,
where there is a narrow stone bridge,
the car got into difficulties. It was ev
ident that a collision with tho bridgo
was imminent. Mrs. Clifford, seeing
the danger, took up from her lap tho
child, who is two and a half years or
age, and in a moment threw It nvor
the sldo of tho car on to tho crass.
Tho car Immediately afterwards over
turned and Its occupants were thrown
out. Mrs. Clifford sustained a bad
concussion and died a few hours nf
terwards. Her husband and friend ns.
caped with mere scratches. Tho child
was uninjured.
Choice Engravings,
"America Is not deficient In tintriot.
Ism nor in lovo of art," said the cheery
citizen.
"No," replied Miss Cayenne. "But.
Just tho same, tho general eagerness
to posess twenty-dollar bills is not duo
entirely to the fact that George Wash
ington's picture la on them."
Appropriate Space,
"HOW much snacn Bhnll I clvn thl
account of tho pillars of society?"
"Oh, give 'em & column."
Photo, Copyright, by Underwood A Underwood, N. T.
NO up-to-date costume is consider
ed complete without the inev
itable hand-bag, which must har
monize -with, if not match, tho
costume. This bag is suspended from
the shoulder either side and made of
embroidered moire three Persian
palm leaves bordered with pearls being
tho chief decoration. The fringe ami
fringe is the mode at present is
made of pearl and wood beads, in
brown to match the cloth suit.
URGENT NEED FOR A NAME I DRESSES FOR EVENING WEAR
if the Bisected Skirt Is to Be Gen
erally Worn Let It Have Femi
nine Appellation.
It is thought by some in Germany
that tho name "harem skirt" or more
horrible still "trouser skirt" Is the
only thing that prevents the spread
and general use of this much, talked of
artlclo of wearing apparel. So these
same people have offered a prize for
tho best names and have hit up "Ama
ron" and "cavalier" skirt as a result,
and hope by keeping these more allur.
Ing titles before the feminine public to
popularize the garment. Not that it
needs so much to be popularized, they
say. The leading German shops ad
vertise it in bewildering variety, and
privately claim that orders are pour
ing in to a degree which shows that,
like other extreme modes gone be
fore, the trousers er, that is, the
cavalier skirt Is sure to conquer in
the end. But if the more timid fol
lower of fashion buys one, and keeps
it hanging in her closet tq gaze upon
with awe and admiration, yet Is afraid
to wear a "trouser" skirt upon the
street, by all means let us christen It
with something softer and more feminine.
CHILD'S SIMPLE FROCK
Mw-i
This pretty frock is otsHfay bluo
cashmere embroidered in tho same
shade. Tho waist is finished across the
front with a band of maderja embroid
ery on linen, of which the shoulder
collar is also made.
This last is placod over a .collar
of black satin, bands of which finish
the silk cord matching the gown forms
the girdle.
Sllght Change In Styles Will Be Noted
In the Coming Season's
Garments. .
An unusually decolleto neck finish,
extremely short sleeves and an Irregular-shaped
train inclined to shortness
are features having a bearing on the
new evening gowns for fall and win
ter. Laco plays a largo part, both as
a foundation material and for trim
ming purposes, every variety being
used, no matter what the toxturo or
pattern. Allover designs or robo
gowns aro used as an underbody, in
which case tho filmy draperies par
also used for draping over soft fln
tlally conceal tho pattern. They are
ished silks, crepes and satins, and in
these Instances usually are cut in one
with tho waist. Some of tho newest
models show the allover laco exten
sion below tho waist line In cutaway
coat effect, Cltoyenne frill or peplum.
In some instances tho pointed effect
is made In the front, with tapering
lines cutting off to tho waist In the
back. Dry Goods Economist
Detachable Flower.
It must have been the girl of small
allowance who invented tho detach
able flower for her hat. Trlmmlncr
the winter's chapeaux is so simple
mat it is an easy matter to whisk
off one flower and put on another to
match tho next costume worn.
Velvet polnsettias are a favorite
flower on winter hats for thnsn whn
can stand tho vivid red so close to the
face.
Another popular flower is huee vel
vet roses in rich dull tones. A new
idea is to outline the edges of these
roses wim tiny beads to correspond
to tho color of the costume worn.
Instead of sewlnir on the detneh.
ablo roses each time, th ev are nrn.
vided with tiny safety pins on tho
under side, which are quickly adjusted
to the trimming.
Making a Pillow Cover Fit.
Tho cover of a sofa nlllnw
mado to fit well by tho following littlo
trick: After sowing up three sides
but before turning the cover right sldo
out, tack the two finished corners of
tho case securely to two corners ot
the pillow. Turn tho caso over tho
pillow. Sow up the fourth side for an
inch or two at each end, Tack these
two corners to the corresponding cor
ners of the cushion. Finish as usual.
This keens the nlllow from null inl
and sagging away from tho cover.
Houskeeper.
Large Revers Popular.
The use of tho larco collar in t
doubt responsible for tho nonulnrltv
of tho large revers. Some aro long
and narrow, coming down below tho
waist line. Others aro sauaro nnd a.
few round.
In a certain number of cases th
coats aro mado with a slnglo rover
on one sldo and double rovers rre
seen in some instances. Tho long
shawl collars aro again, meeting with
favor.