The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-06-02

Here Is little excerpt from SaDres
philosophy, at the time he was soreiy
driven: I've got the secret. I've got
the key to the riddle that's been puz-
cling me all my life I've got the new
revelation in terms good enough Tor
me to understand. light, more ight.
Here it is: God is-love. Not this,
that, nor the other that the intelli-
gence revolts at, and puts aside, AMI
goes away, and goes on hunger1nS,
hungering and, unsatisfied; nothing
like that, but just this: plain for n
child, clear as daylight for grown in
telligence: God is-love."
Speaking of conventions: You can
do shocking things, and it can he
known you do shocking things. But
you mustn't be seen doing them.
Do mountain rams alight on their
big horns when they leap from a
height, or on their four feet? How do
beavers migrate? How old are chip
hunks when their mothers leave them
to shift for themselves? and wha:
kind Of food do grizzley cubs like best ?
These and many other questions VI
like interest are answered in Enos
Mills Being Good to Bears" (Hougb-
toni. 1t is a new book in the Riverside
Literature series, little volume of so
odd pages, equally good for graded
school use and for home reading, both
amusing and correct in its natural
history.
Mr. Mills is one of our nature low
ers whom | have never heard accused
OF taking" He is still young man
as compared with Burroughs, Bur.
bank, and Muir. And he is a westerner
born in Kansas City. He is self-edu-
Gated. and has never married. When
he was only IA he made a home for
himself in cabin on Longs peak
Colorado, the scene of the bear and
the chipmunk stories and that OF
Scotty the collie, in this new book Fl
his. He has climbed that peak nearly
800 times, and tramped through the
widest parts Of the Rocky mountains
alone and without gun. The govern.
ment employed him for a number OF
years as state snow observer for Colo.
/ iado. For years, too, through his lee.
lures and magazine articles he has
urged the protection Of the wild life
OF our contnent-birds, flowers, trees
animals.-and the preservation Of the
wonderful beauty of wild scenery by
the establishment of state and nat
iOnal parks and preserves. He has
been known, since 1915, as "The Fatt
er of the Rocky Mountain National
Park because of the prominent part
he took in it's establishment. His pam.
phlets on forestry, mountain climbing
and similar subjects are familiar Il
devotees of the open, and much Of his
experience Is told in his books: "Tht
Spell of the Rockies, wild Life II
the Rockies" THE Story of Estee.
Park. in Beaver World" "The Stor,
of ThOusandYear Pine, Rock,
Mountain Wonderland"
will it not be in days to come tn;
glory of the free English-speakin,
peoples, to whom Providence has Civ
en- the widest influence, and there
with the greatest responsibility. tina
any group of peoples has ever receiv
ed, If they should join in using tina
influence to guide the feet Of all man
kind into the ways of peace" sait
Viscount Bryce in his inaugural ad
dress of the Sir George Watson Chat,
OF American History, Literature ant
institutions in English universities
now Just issued by the Macmillan Co.
as book, entitled THE Study o.
American History" ($15O).
Is it not heartening thing tina
any one man should care so much ,ol
the establishment OF more understand
ing relations between England ant
America as to give 100000 to tina
end, as Sir George Watson did? 1t Il
something uncommon in a lectur,
endowment, too, not being given :,
one man for life, or a period of years
or to one university. Instead, for on
or two years in succession America II
or British scholars or public men,,
The best intellectual resources of tn
TWO countres-will lecture in the var
ious universities of Great Britain.
Viscount Bryce shows the basis .
much OF the Misunderstanding am
misconception in his home land as {,
American life, politics, ideals, and h.
shows also how small is the real III
vergence between the two nations Il
essentials, in spite of the threat t,
| American economic, social and polit
ical life from South European immi
grafton.
They are still unassimilated", h,
says, land have not yet had time tC
affect what may be called the norma
type of the American people. 1t re.
mains to be seen how soon, and f.
what way. they will affect It,"
Some New Books.
Pussyfoot Johnson, by Fred Nc.
KenZie.
Inc Island OF Faith, by Margaret
Sangster.
Three Golden Days, by Walkey.
China. the Mysterious, by Murdoch
Prodical Daughters, by Hooking.
(Above five are Fleming H. Revell
bOoks.)
The Inheritance of Jean Trouve. by
Nevil Henshaw.
A Man of the Ages, by Irving Bach
eller.
Stag. by Donald McGibeny.
Goldie Green. by Samuel Merwin.
Real Life. by Henry Kitchell Web
ster.
The Coming of the King, by Bern.e
Babcock.
1.-THE six above are Bobbs- Merrill
books.)