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IS A JUDAS KISS
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Of all the sta rs of heaven, I am
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file other night, y farm er w'ho de­
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speech tow ard Am erica
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again. It will be The P ost’s policy to succor and give his neighbors. He w as m ade to W estern H em isphere.
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor.
J. F. CURRIE, Business M anager support to the contention that the people should rule and touch his lips to every one of the
Of all the W estern H em isphere,
forty-eight stars in the flag, and
me, when I say
what is good for the majority is good for all. In so doing, then w as released. Recovering I believe
am partial to its m iddle strip —
A few days after the first of the year, Ben Olcott will it invites criticism as well as praise and will gladly give his courage, the victim of an en­ the good, old U. S. A.
move up stairs.
forced duty flung a word of de­ L th in k 1 know this U. S. A., I've
space in its columns to any person or persons who desire fiance
a t Ids torm entors, and then
seen its every state;
either to condemn or commend.
was
m
ade
to
go
through
the
ordeal
I've
set my foot upon the soil of all
There is plenty of room on the Republican ticket for a
again.
the forty-eight;
good congressional candidate.
The patriotism of the Illinois I’ve seen its h u ndred cities, flaring
YES, “WE’LL SEE IT THRU”
vigilantes is not questionable; but
"W elcome” a t the gate.
The Post believes that the war should go on until it th eir zeal in good w orks ought to I have seen the ships flock inw ard,
The deuce is to pay. Some fellow at Roseburg pre-
can be terminated with a much better result than a Hun find some o th er form of expression, where A tlantis rears his crest,
sists in calling Ben Olcott a Democrat.
upon the sacred emblem of the re­
seen the ships slip outw ard
peace. If there remains any remnant of Prussian au­ public is com parable to a Judas I have
from the Golden-Gated west.
While a 11 Huns are Hermans, occasionally there comes tocracy like a cancer it will begin to grow and spread and 4ciss. It m eans nothing to the vic­ I’ve seen ten thousand tow ns be­
tim but exasperation, hum iliation,
tween and can ’t tell w hich is best.
a rumor-that all Germans are not Huns.
in a score of years again menace tin* world. While we are outrage
for the spectators it m ay I know the desert dw eller and the
at it, we ought to continue until the “ devine right” and he a ju st chastisem ent of an u n ­ keen eyed m ountaineer,
It is going to cost it lot of money to win this war.
military ulcers are removed, roots -and «11. At the con­ grateful a n d rebellious citizen; and I know all sorts of people, here an d
I t would cost considerable more to lose it.
m ay enjoy th e ir trium ph over
and yonder, far and near;
clusion of this conflict the nations of the world, will be they
him. But it has too m uch the aspect I know th eir class distinctions an d
I t is reported that Italy is short on noodles. If Italian exhausted and burdened with debt. That will be the op­ of lynch law on the one hand, and how soon they disappear,
noodles are the same as our wife makes, Rome will sure portune time for an international agreement to forever defilem ent of the flag on the other I know the city toiler, as he treads
hand, to com m end ' it to m ore
his well-worn track,
howl.
banish the “ devil’s game” and to insure for mankind popular approval.—P o rtland Ore­ I know the farm er in the field, th e
m in er in his shack.
an everlasting peace. To obtain this ideal, all nations gonian.
Occasionally you find a man who should be kept on the
I’ve
m et them red and yellow, sm art
job despite political limitations. Asa B. Robinson is an must throw down their arms and grant to the people the ADVOCATES POLYGAMY IN
and sallow, w hite an d black.
right to judge the merits of grievances between them.
excellent sample.
GERMANY TO INCREASE RACE I’ve m et some common cusses (as
you'll m eet them everyw here),
While the young manhood of this nation is fighting
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on the whole, upon m y soul,
Our Governor is fearful of an “ invasion”, He forgets for us on land and sea, we must wage battle at home Of the school of G erm an philos But
J’ve found o u r people square,
that before there can be an invasion there must be an against the careless “ I should worry” spirit, aggravated ophers w ho are now w riting books Inclined to look and listen and to
about the next great w ar in w hich
army to do the invading.
by inconvenience and hardship, which seeks to envelop G erm any w ill engage is Carl H er­ try to do w h a t’s fair.
m ann Torges, w ho advocates a pe­ Yes, I ’ve gripped hands w ith Uncle
There is not much encouragement to the suggestion us. But we have enough confidence in the masses of the culiarly
u n attractiv e form of poly­
Sam. I've found him tried and
American
people
to
believe
that
it
is
as
the
poet,
Mon­
that women be used as four minute speakers, Yes, most
gam y as a m eans of increasing the
true,
tague, says:
men can stop in four minutes.
num erical strength of a race of And now, if it so please you, I’ll be
“ W e’ll kick and complain and we’ll murmur and moan; m ighty butchers w hich is to over­ shaking hands w ith you,
come the world.
Senator McNarv presists on staying in Washington
W ith a health to all the fam ily and
At every new shortage we’ll greiviously groan
From a review quoting H err
a h earty “How d ’ye do!”
and doing something for Oregon rather than come home
But even though everything looks mighty blue,
Torges’s book upon the necessity W e’re going th ru some troublous
and whoop it up for re-election.
We know all the while that we’ll see the thing thru.”
for race increase to m eet the de­
lim es, w e’ll see some doleful dates,
P O S T .
Funds are being raised to cure young girls of soldier-
mania. W hat’s the mater with going back to the old
method of persuading with a club?
Paris hotels are not particularly catering to prospec­
tive guests No reservations have been mane for Vonnie
Hindenburg scheduled to arrive April 1.
We are in favor of removing Secretary Baker and put-
ting in his place one of the fellows who write to the Ore­
gonian telling how to run the war department.
A member of the Kentucky legislature has introduced
a bill to prohibit racing, circuses and moving pictures
until the end of the war. It is a good thing for this legis­
lator that Kentucky has gone dry.
The Portland’s Bootblack’s Union contributed $27.7b
to the Salvation Army war fund Thursday and then rais­
ed the price of shines to fifteen cents.—Portland News.
So the, bootblacks are doing it, too.
It is a habit particular to John P. Rockefeller to occa­
sionally give a nickel to a child that he chances to meet at
Sunday Sshool or on the streets. Lost it be the means
of reducing this appropriation to three cents, we hope
that he will never learn that one day last week both gas­
oline cars on the Salem and Falls City railroad were pro­
pelled by steam engines.
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MR. STANFIELD HAS A WEAK CASE
Hon. Mr. Stanfield is now very busy circulating among
the dear people of Oregon and leaving the impression
everywhere that in his opinion Senator McNary should be
left at home and Mr. Stanfield given bis place. If there
is any reason why Senator McNary should be defeated
and Mr. Stanfield elected, tin* latter lias never given it to
the people. In all bis public utterances,as,far as we know
lit* lias never promised to do a tiling but what Senator
McNary has done or will do. But on the other hand, Sen­
ator McNary will do many things that Mr. Stanfield has
never even promised to do and judging from his past
record and the element that is giving him support we
would not expect him to do. In case Air. Stanfield was
elected to tin* U. S. Senate what faction of the Republican
party would he affiliate with? Would he vote with Pen­
rose, Gallinger and Wadsworth or Borah, Johnson and
Kenyon? In case he connived with the first named group
the people of Oregon would not want to be thus misrep­
resented. If he intends to join the Progressive band,
what would be the advantage of sending a convert to
Washington whep we are already ably represented by
one of that faith, whose convictions have been put to the
test? Mr. Stanfield is submitting a very weak case to
the Oregon jury.
Nick Longworth delivered a speech the other day that
the Democrats didn’t like. The best speech that Nick
over delivered was the one he made to Alice Roosevelt
several years ago. It has kept him in “ Who’s Who”
ever since.
ernes-
The women and girls must tend to the gardens. The
men
are too busy discussing tht' war down at the store.
Pantagall and His Princess Live in San Francisco
Say, wouldn’t it be strategetic to scatter dandelion
seeds in the land of the enemy ?
AN FRANCISCO.'—They out rnw input and live In the heart of San Frnn-
S princess,
elsco. Pantagall, a South Sen islander, nml his wife, .a l’lute Indian
are having their llrsi experience with civilization in a tiny shack
crowded artumg apartments and fnc-
tories.
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Their romance is one of the
strangest that ever strayed out of the
il~
jungles. Ten years ago a circus
brought n bronze giant from lh*> Antip­
odes to America as “I’antngall, the
wild cannibal." He devoured great
quantities of raw meat before curious
crowds, and life was one long, sweet
tp
song.
But the circus went broke and
a
M
Pantagall, stranded on the Oregon
plains, had to turn to roots and raw potatoes In place of four-inch tenderloin.
He turned also to the luring eyes of Hlghnnn. a dusky Flute princess, camped
with her tribe nearby.
At once the course of true love began to loop the loop, for Fnp*> Piute
wn-o’ i going to have any raw meat eating son-in-law In his family If he e> <1(1
help i'
be chief tried the old, shop-worn stunt * Imprisoning his heud-
eif'
c r inntlc daughter, but even the Pit. e I. ve god mug'ii.
lorV-
emlihs, and cue flue night Princess Ilighnue iq
• out and * xku s\ , on n
fleet cay use.
I ’nntagull, who had meantime learned the langunge ano »stoma of the (
Piute* and had l>> nine a n ;u!nr Vernon Ct stl - aw ing ‘h* sneitig women
of the tribe, set out In pursuit. ITc found his princess
- i. ny days, stav­
ing off starvation by eating the enyuse she had fled w.
There on the prairie they were m arrbd, acrordlng t<> te rites of the
South Sea Islanders. Panta.Tr’; swore by his own gods
Is tirt-i«' - Mm* j
n.> .ampin- should ever turn him Aside. Then thev finished tht poor enyuse— i
rnw—and proceeded to be happy.
Vicissitudes and a papoose came to make life complex. They dr* ft I'd to I
San Francisco, prantless, hungry, nut of kilter with a world that likes Its
bacon crisp sod Its steaks well done. Charity found for tbss- a day *ha<> j
In the heart of the city.
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It is not very patriotic to keep money in an old sock
when vou can buv Libortv Bonds.
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m ands of the next w ar the follow­ But let’s all keep “U nited" in our
ing parag rap h s are clipped:
loves as well as hates,
"W om en in all classes of society Let’s stick and w ork together and
who have reached a certain age,
defy the furious fates,
in the interests of the F atherland, And w hen w e’re th ru , w e’ll have a
not only authorized but railed up­
new A m algam ated States.
on to enter iido a secondary m a r­
— EDMUND VANCE COOKE
riage, w hich is supported by per­
sonal inclination. Only a m arried
m an m ay he the object of thic. in-' THE GERMAN “INVASION”
OF THE PACIFIC STATES
clinatiou an d he m ust have the con­
sent of his m arried w ife.• Thic con­
C olonel. John Leader predicts
dition is necessary in order to pre­
vent the m ischief w hich otherw ise th a t the people of th e N orthw est
will hear the “boom of G erm an
might surely he expected.
"The offspring of these law ful guns, and the cries of ravaged
secondary m arriages hear the nam e women" before tlie year is out.—
of th eir m other and are handed over News note.
Of absurd prognostications
we
to tlie care of state unless the m oth­
er assum es responsibility for them. have had a sufficiency in the past.
They are to he regarded in every The ridiculousness of the prediction
respect as fully equal m em bers of would n atu rally preclude any cre­
society. The m others w ear a n a r­ dence being placed therein were the
row w edding ring as a sign of th eir source from w hence it em inates oth­
patriotism . The secondary m a rria ­ er th an the head ofthe d epartm en t
ges can be dissolved as soon its its of m ilitary science of the U niversity
of Oregon. But two iiypotheses are
object has been attained.
"The difficulties consist solely in presented as explanations for the
in ethical scruples, w hich, notw ith­ dissem ination of the foolish prop­
standing th e issue of the proper’ hecy—e ith e r the prom ulgator is
regulations by the state, will con­ em ploying the alarm ist forecast as
tinue to operate u n til conscience a bogey to fu rth er the form ation of
has disposed of them . Thus this additional home defense u n its or
question becomes a religious ques­ has descended to the use of cheap
tion w hich can he solved only with clap trap as a m eans to bask in the
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the help of the clergy.
It rests lim elight.
Colonel Leader is an efficient and
therefore, w ith the women and
clergy, assisted by the state, to de­ heroic officer of the arm y of one of
term ine w hether G erm any shall he o u r allies, engaged in the laudable
able not only to m a in tain herself undertaking of ineulcatiug the fun­
on h er present pinnacle of m orality dam entals of m odern w arefare a t
hut her ow n strength to stand up the state institution of learning. lie
in the future as in the present to is said to he em inently fitted for the
the pressure of the enem ies w h o 1 position of instructor of m ilitary sci­
ence and in th is field is achieving
are increasing num erically."
According to the w riters who hqye gratifying results.
No need exists for the colonel to
been in G erm any recently a cer­
tain am ount of headw ay in the d i­ utilize tiie taw dry artifices of jingo-
rection of rem oving the ethical im to secure publicity. Full credit
scruples w hich H err Torges depores at all tim es will he given him for
alrea'dy is being m ade in Germany his succeses and public coinm enda-
through propaganda which encour­ dation is assured if m erited, w ith ­
ages girls to become m others, a s­ out recourse to un w arran ted sensa­
suring them th a t the circum stance of tional utterances.
It is to be hoped th at we have
th eir not being m arried is not >o he
set ag ain st the patriotism of m oth­ heard the last of this type of a larm ­
erhood. -Louisville Courier-Journal. ist reports, inherently fictional and
serving no useful purpose. Port­
land Telegram .
“PATRIOTIC” RENTERS IN
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(From th»' Congressional Record)
Mr. B arkley. 1 w ant to call the
gentlem an’s attention to one in ­
stance w here an employee of the
W ar D epartm ent a few days ago
w as brought to W ashington, and
he heard of two rooms and a bath
th at were for rent. ITe w ent out to
tiie private home and asked w h at
they w anted for them, and the lady
told him she did not have to rent
them , th at site did not need the
money, but she w anted to help the
Governm ent out; th at she u n d er­
stood th at the G overnm ent w as in a
tig h t place for rooms, and ih e w as
w illing to take $275 a m onth for
these two rooms and bath.
Mr. Gordon. A m onth?
Mr. B arkley. Yes; a m onth.
Mr. Gordon. She w as “doing her
bit." [Laughter.]
“WHEN IT W ILL
ANSWERED BY SOLDIER
- "I’ll tell them w hen it will end—
it will end w hen th-' m en who
France, w'ho m urdered people like
cattle, who ruined the U nit trees
an d burned the homes—it, will end
w hen those men ieei tne grip
the world ni
;r th ro a t 3 . I ‘ w. 1
end w hen the ciow d w ho starteu
this w ar of lust and loot e ■ in full
retreat, w hen W illie d tw.
t Ver­
dun is shouting to p
a i Berlin:
‘Come, for God’s sake!
nd p ap a
up a t Berlin >s sc ream i
o ’Willie
a t Verdun, ‘Run, for t.o u ’s sake!’
It will end w ith the siege of the
Rhine!" — E arl D err Riggers in
Collier's Weekly.
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