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"I'ATUIOTIC I'OTATOKS."
There is in Uii.s country an organization of literary men
and others who designate themselves as "The Vigilantes." Kach
one is earnestly endeavoring to "do his bit" toward u successful
termination of the present world war. Among them is Kllis Par
ker Uutler, the widely known author, editor and magazine owner.
Crasping the universal food problem topic, here is his tribute to
the humble spud or as he dubs them, "patriotic potatoes:"
"There is an apple called the Northern Spy, I don't know
why. 1 wish we could rename the biggest, meatiest, most prolific
potato the "Kaiser's Defeat." Kvcry potato that grows in Ameri
can soil this year is a steel-nosed bullet aimed point blank at the
heart of autocracy. Dig guns and little guns, bullets, shells and
shrapnel are doing their share on the battle front, but what
America must do is to send lood, loort and still more loon, r.very
extra potato grown in America this year releases food that can be
sent to our fellow fighters in Kurope.
"America does not ask you to give the extra potatoes you
grow, or the extra beets or turnips or beans. It is a patriotic ser
vice if you will just grow them and eat them yourself. Hie po
tato you grow and eat lets some other potato, that you woirkl have
eaten, climb aboardship and go to help a warring democracy win
against a child-murdering autocracy. It is a good thing to throw
n trench bomb at the Kaiser, but you can hull him worse by hit
ting him in the eye with a home-grown potato. Kvery American
potato eaten by the allies is poison in the stomach of tyranny. Our
navy is on the job; awaken the war-winning navy bean!
"Our comrades in Kurope need food. This year you can serve
America as well by killing potato bugs as by killing Prussians.
'Dread and Doals' food to feed the allies and ships to carry it to
them is America's war cry at the moment. Men we will send by
millions when the need comes, il it doj'S, but potatoes by I he ton
we must send. The hundreds of thousands of "rookies" will soon
be drilling all over this broad land, and at night they will crawl
into their shelters and touch gi nlly Die hhsiers on their heels,
saying, 'Dlistered for America, for right, and lor humanity, by
gosh!' Heaven bless the blistered heels of the embryo fighting
men of our nation, but don't forget the blistered palms of the man
with white hands who goes out to hoe the potatoes! lie, too, when
he looks at his blisters, can say, 'Dlistered for America! Dong may
she stand for the right!' The blistered heel and the blistered palm
will win the war; let them be recorded in the I look of Valiant
Wounds.
"Corn and potatoes, wheat and beans! Speed up old Mother
Karth and poke her in the ribs until she yields victory! Who
knows? Our enemies may crumple in a week or a month and
shriek for peace, and get it paying the penalty of aggression.
Dut still we need the potato, the potato you can grow. The light
is democracy against autocracy. The world is being put to the
lest. Shall men govern themselves or shall autocrats make us
slaves? The world crops are short this year. If the war ends to
morrow it will be too late for the peasants to grow food until an
other year, even if they are released from armed duty at once.
Hungry nations are always the easiest prey of autocrats. When
men hunger, and see their women and children starve, no one
knows what they will do, and it is then the wily autocrat gives a
handful of corn and wrests away the liberties won by centuries of
el fori. If tile war ends tomorrow, America must still send food,
to prevent riots and to prevent starvation and to allow democracy
to hold its own calmly and sanely until the waste of war is ad
justed. "On second thought, I'd call the biggest, meatiest, most pro
lific potato, not the 'Kaiser's Defeat," but the 'Hope of Civiliza
tion.' Today the hoe is mightier than the sword and the beanpole
more valiant than the spear. The empty belly must not win!"
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Wll.I. ASK COVKUNMKNT TO Dl'll.D UICIIWAY.
Samuel Hill, the sage of Maryhill, Wash., more widely known
as a gooil roads bulkier, is now on his way lo Washington, D. ('.,
with the avowed purpose of endeavoring to enlist the National
(iovernmeiit in building a permanent highway along the Pacific
Coast from Dritish Columbia to the Mexican border. Such a Na
tional highway has li ng hem a matter of con jecture and ultimate
probability. Now he seeks to make it an accomplished fact, upon
the basis of a military necessity.
"President W ilson was recently voted by Congress a large
sum of money for the National defense." said Mr. Hill. "He can
expend this money at hi-, own discretion. I propose to lay before
him the advisability of devoting a portion of it to the defense of
our coast. A coast highway would not only provide a line of de
fence but it would be a great factor in our commercial develop
ment. If the President will pve me the moiiev. I will guarantee
to build the highway. There is no ol. 1 would like better.
"I do not believe that the people of this coast and the Nation
yet senses what such a highway means, not only from a purely
military standpoint, but troni a commercial point of view. It
would le the last link m a great highwav s stem which embraces
the Pacific Highway, extending along the western slope of the
Cascade mountains and forming a second line of deiense, the cen
tral Oregon and Washington highway cast of the mountains, pass
ing through the food producing country, and the Columbia Diver
Highway, which reaches into that territory in. I constitutes an all
year around connection between the coast and the interniouiitain
country.
"If I were called upon to construct the coast highway I would
employ the I'cdcral prisoners. It is also possible that prisoners
of war may be sent to this country to be cared for. We could put
them at no more profitable labor than building our loads."
On arriving at Washington. Mr. Hill will thst endeavor to
line up the Pacific Coast Congressmen and Senators, and pi. ;enl
a solid front in the advocacy of the coast military highway.
"A former Coos Day man, H. ('. Kit h, now located in I'oM'.md,
has invented a submarine trap and mine, for the prote.ii,.!! of
rivers and harbors against the entrance of l'-boats He ins al
ready placed the details of his device, and plans for it- m imiiac
ture, before the (loveriimelit authorities at Washington lie a-ks
no royalty or other compensation for his invention. I . mg p.,st
the age for military service he makes this oiler as his ontril,u
tion on behalf of liis country. While secrecy is a vital factor in
regard to the construction of any dev ice of this nature, in gener.il,
the trap and mine is of a flexible type and w ill lit into any chan
nel or inlet, according to Mr. Kith, regardless of the depth and
weather conditions, and will absolutely guard- the locality from
submarine operation; also, it. will save a large corps of patrols as
a single patrol can serve a large area. An electrical cable, con
necting to the trap area and laid to a central point on shore or an
anchored patrol, gives instant alarm when any section of the trap
or mine springs into operation, thus enabling a patrol outfit to be
on the spot and take care of the hostile craft caught by the trap.
The mine is electrically operated and, when a submarine comes in
contact with the trap, it closes' an electric circuit that causes
about 1000 pounds of high explosive to be discharged on the sub
marine, which, unconscious of any danger, comes in contact w ith
the set trap without jar or any indication of meeting; an obstruct
lion, and the results that follow prevent any knowledge of what
caused the loss of the submarine.
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Employment of lrt county agricultural agents and 3!J assist
ants in the various counties of Oregon, is the plan evolved by
President W. J. Kerr, of the 0. A. C. He is at the lieal of the
Oregon food preparedness campaign, and is now enroute home
from Washington, D. C, v."Were his plan was endorsed by the Fed
eral authorities. Oivcondition that the necessary appropriation is
made by Congress, $50,000 will be set apart to pay the salaries of
these agricultural airents in Oregon for the coming year. It is
realized that a greatly increased food production is just as essen
tial at this time as an increased production of arms, ammunition
and ships.
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Over 80 carloads of broccoli were shipped from tlii.s county
this .season and wtiich will probably bring to the growers between
$.".0,000 and $1)0,000. Wouldn't it'be a line thing if this could be
followed during the next month with 10 or 50 carloads of straw
berries, worth approximately S2000 per car? It is probable that
with a more favorable season next winter the broccoli out put next
spring will be double that of the present year. Why not add the
strawberries also?
DEER ARE MNTIFUL
SAYS GAME OFFICER WHO
MADE INSPECIION TRIP
That doer in lmiil;is County iue
by no in' hmh in need fit exlm profec
lion and are nut in danger of extinc
tion In spilt- of the prcat number
killed in tb past lew yrnrH, in the
report or I'epuly Came Warden Orel.
Thompson, who returned Monday ut
ter im extensive trip (broiif-li the
mountain regions of the county for
ilie purpose of learning the Hitiiatiou.
According to Mr. Thompson, he
traveled lor several days in the dis
trict east of Tiller and saw hundred-t
ot' lliest ii ii i ih a Is. He even went into
tin1 alt it tides where the snow was
, two and three feet deep and found
'hut one carcass, while (Treat ha-tidt"
I were seetr, one. of which had as many
' us 2a.
As a resun of the trip, which con
sumed the greater part of two weeks,
Mr. Thompson declares the deer are
in pood condition and are to he found
-Hsily. He was greatly surprised in
learning the true facts and asserts
positively that. all reports to the con
trary are iinfounded. Mr. Thompson
heard several wolve.s, but was unable
to approach or kill any. He believes,
however, that these animals are mil
yet h menace to the uther inhabitants
of the woods.
( Krom the Gardiner Courier).
A. Larson, a 1 1 -a el in; man
well known in this locality, was up
from Coos Hay the last of the week
interview ini t tie merchants of 4 his
town and I'ecdspiirt.
NAMES Of. PROSPECTIVE
MEMBERS Of OREGON
LIME BOARD PREPARED
Acting upon an invitation
received from (lovernor J a men -
Withycuinbe, Hubert L. Smith,
secretary of the. Orejtou Slate j
Tax payers' league, thin mora- ft
itiK beut the nuiiieti of UentoQ J
Jiojrerh, or Ashland; . H
Uaugherty, of Portland; B. L.
hddy, of HoHebiirg, and Sum
Moore, of CorvalliH, aa notnl
neh'B tor unuointment as mem
berH ot the State Lime Board.
The members of this board
will probably be announced by
Governor Withy coin be late la
the present month and will be
selected from names submitted
by the State Taxpayers'
League, the Oregon State
('range and the Farmers'
I nlon. The bill providing for
n uaui;u miiri ui iv iui iciliu-
Ing purposes In Oregon was
advocated by Sam Moore, of
4 Corvallis, and the bill was In-
f trod need In the Legislature by
A Senator fcddy, of this city.
t'nder the provisions of the
4 measure the farmers of Oregon
J will receive crushed Umerock -j.
I at actual cost, plus the freight
which must be paid by the per- -f
sons receiving -the consign
J nit nt.
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MANY BUSINESS MEN 10
FORM LEAGUE FOR MORAL
WitFARf; ORGANIZE SOON
I'rTl
A league of business men designed
to further the moral weliare of the
city and encourage all civic- and in
tellectual Improvements, was form
last evening at the Baptist Chin
when about " men resolved to un
dertake such an organization. A
committee of five was appointed to
outline the plan and the league is ex
pected to take concrete shae imme
diately after the carnival.
According to several who were In
attendance, the object of the new
league is to include men taken chief
ly from the various Sunday schools
of the city and make t he project
mainly a Sunday school undertaking.
It was held that some of the most
capable residents of the city are reg
ular supporters of the Sunday
schools but t hat for the most part
(hey are content merely to attend
and have given little thought to more
aggressive enterprises and to the ac-
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Mu nu fa el urine V'x
jMrt d I he A merit ail
J tihdrt o Cimpan and
a lament nutieirin mi
the iimn u t art u i of
curvting llwi.'t:t.
Expert srliM'ting
-af fur
lYuu's Thick
Chewing Tohacco
"They're proud to make the
best chew for American men"
says Charlie Penn
''Workers in our factory at licils illc, North Caro
lina, arc all experts in llu-ir line.
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Is Your Money Supporting
the Government?
At this critical period in our history our manu
facturers are offering their mills, and our young men
are offering their services to the United States Gov
ernment. Would you like o do your share and help by put
ting your money where it will support the new Federal
Reserve Banking System, which the Government has
established to stand back of our commerce, industry
and agriculture?
You can do this by oening an account with us, as
part of every dollar so deposited goes directly into the
new system, where it will always be ready for you
when wanted.
- The Douglas National Bank
Member Federal Reserve System.
Capita! and Surplus $130,000.00
lual good that may be done for the
city and the body of people generally
whom the Sunday schools never see.
Men will be enlisted from all the
Sunday schools and an effort will be
made to handle some of the prohlemf
havjug to do with better care of the
children and especially to affording
some place other than the streets
where they ntay meet faiid be enter
tained. On the committee in charge
of the organization are Attorney C.
V. Hopkins, chairman; Hev. K. K.
.lope, Kev. J. C. Spencer, A. J. Ged
des and A. L. Kitchin.
VAhh VOW SCHOOL WAIUMNTS.
Notice Js hereby given that all
school warrants of District No. 4,
Douglas County, Oregon, to and in
cluding No. 1751, endorsed Jan. 9,
1917, not paid for want of funds,
and prior thereto, are this day called
for payment by the undersigned, and
all interest thereon will cease from
the date of this notice.
Dated this 7th day of Mav, 1917.
ROSCOK N. GREEN,
Clerk of School District No. 4, Doug
las County, Oregon.
I.eiivo For SMkane
S. A. Sanford. tho Edenhower
rancher, who was yesterday appoint
ed one of the iippraisers for the Fed
eral land bunk, will leave Tuesday,
for Spokane, Wash., to ar.su me his'
now duties. .Mr. Sanford has had j
much experience In this line and will (
no doubt make the Government n ;
very valuable num. 1
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lights and electric starter, top and speedometer.
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Show" Koom K. Oak Street, near Armory.
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