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f CMMrjr Tl. of Th. IomI L.rW
ml Llbarty."
United States Against the
World.
Piciiiili nt Wilson Iiiih ilrclnrcd that
"llio United KtnUH will-join no com
bination of powers whii h in not ii com
liiimtitu of all of un."
The Ktalcmont is meant ua a reply
to those foroiirn ntate.'imcn who would
8il(jjitiojgf0 in doubtful whether any
western otate will want any of tins
Sfleinlisttc; owd tm control ofhcir
institutions. s .
Will Bemand Restitution in
Kind. "
It is stiiti d by hitch French autho
rities that Prance will not onlt
mandrcstitution froi. Germany, but'
sh. will demand restitution jfi kimi.
The destruction wrought by the Ger-i
mans in northern France was not sim
ply thif rude vengeance of war, but
formed part of a carefully ulanned
system for buying Franco ecomftiW-
ally helpless for years itfter tlie vejir.
In some cases factorils anil ma
chinery were entirely destroyed: in ' I
others, parts of machines or whole l!!
machines wceo confiscated and. car
ried off into Germany alone with the
other loot. ;
It is Germany's plan to ntilizc these!
stolen French machines in mnliufae
turing goods with which to compete'
with Franco in the markets of the'
world, or even to sell to Franc, her-j
self, since it was the German's crafty '
scheme to reduce Franco to the rank
of consumer where she had been es-i
scntially a producer. The same plan1
was followed to a large extent In Hel-1
gium.
fThcro is absoluto justice In the!
French demand Tor restitution in kind, i
that Germany be made to return the1
stolen machines anil parts, and re
plice from her own stock those de
stroyed. Such a policy will i;o farther '
toward showing Germany the follv nf
her plans than any mere money tax ,
could do.
H would bo manifestly unfair that
Germany should be free and unhiim-l
pered even in her business of debt-1
paying while innocent Franco struir-l
gird toward reconstruction for years
lielore she could compete In the mnr
kota of the world.
Of all the wicked German policies
thorn Is none more deserving of a
punishment which fits the crime thnn
her destruction of tho materials of the
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Shop at our great January Clearance
Sale.
industries of France and Belgium.
Lloyd George Stronger
Than Ever.
like to draw the United States Into u
llniiled alliance Willi one or two or
thrco oilier powers. It is a bold
stroke for a "league of nations" em
bracing all the power..
the allies who, along with ub, now' .The cx'ncc'tc1 h"8 happened in Brit
hold tho destinies of the world in their . h Pol'"ca- 0,ly- no might say
hands, refuse to enter such a world i 11 cxcc-"'l,l expectations. I.Ioyd
federation. Then we are left out i,.'ersre coalition government has
Extraordinary reductions on all the newest
and best styles
Not a sale of broken lines and odds and ends, but radical reduc
. tions in every department.
Buy now for your future requirements as many lines of
merchandise will be higher.
Don't Starve Cattle on Ac
count of High Feed.
Japan with them, against tho United
. States.
It Is Interesting to speculate
what might happen undor such a ays-
tom. Helntlons for a considerable
time, nt least, would bo friendly. Our
present allies would not soon forget
otiv services to them. And wo, pre
sumably, would not forgot their ser
vices to tn, nnd would not provoke
thm. But the world would move on.
Tan-America would prubably become
n reality, the I.ntin-Americnns group
ing themselves with the United States,
rtua.sia, if rehabilitated, might heroine
nt leant a moral ally of ours. Germany
nrd Austria-Hungary are quantities
hard to reckon with. It is easily con
ceivable that some of tho new nations
nrising in central F.uropa would stand
with us in time nf danger. Thero would
almost certainly develop a new "bal
ance of power," with tho United
States as the dominant member of one
group.
All this speculation, however, is of
little more than theoretical interest.
It is not likely that Britain, France
H is short-sighted policy to sturvc
cattle by attomptlng to maintain them
in depleted fall pastures. This prac
tice is common in western range
states. It is unjust because it is in
humane, and it is unwise because it is
unprofitable. 1
Although animals suffer less than
nonetheless suffer. Partial
is agonizing in 1 the ex-
out. There is little partisanship vis-jtronie. Aside from this, it causes the
ihle in what remains. The fusion group stockmen to lose money,
that fought nnd won the war has its When tho cattle come off 'Bummer
numbers and prestigo vastly increased, (pastures they nre usually in good con
It is a great victory for broad pnt-jditlnn. They are then turned into the
rlotinm over narrow partisanship. It (fields to pick lip what could not be
is n gieai vindication or the coniprom-lathered during the harvest. This k
the cold. It would ho, potentinlly, Grcatb"en rcturl,(1 to power by tremendous man, they n
Biitain, France and Italy, and possibly ""Jof'tius. Parties are virtually wiped , starvation i;
it iitWill i
fzn-f-n ILL
with Hini who has promised to be
there.
Reipeefully,
L. G. GARRICK.
The Place Where Everyone Has His Say.
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Kdltnr of Observer:
Dear Hlr: In your paper of val
ine policies that made it possible to dohuhle l.ib in r.l,r in .... M. ! trduy, I noticed an Intoresllnc
throw the full force of the British em- feed which would otherwise be wasted, i"'''13 "'""'t u eoniiii,- of thu en 1 nf I before high heaven cuts such ralitns-
dictatos of their own consciences,
when and where they please, thus
proving the truth of Shakespere's
saying that "Wan, puny, man,
clothed with a little brief authority,
Oregon's Industrial
News.
pire Into the scale nf war. It is nlao
a great personal triumph for the pro
micr.
I tho wui ld, oU'.
High price of feed causes owners to ,, r., ', ,1: , '" "u '
, , , .. , .., .... ,ll! Loinmen lal club was In
delay feeding as long ns possible. 1 his : , ,llle ,,, i,,,,,,,,,,, guppn,.,,,,
also noticed that
ho Hi
nt rtie
commission, fori thins
their dally
Jan. 6. Value of cheese products
In Coos county increased $500,000
in 1918.
Portland shipyards unions still
fighting for fourly-fouhour week
on full six-day pay.
Bubbard State highway 'commis
sion to erect mixing plant here to
pave Pacllic highway from Portland
to Salem.
Prices have already bebun to drop.
The government expects to lose
$500,000,000 on tho guaranteed
wheat price of $2.20 a bushel as
Copper has
Work will start early next spring.
t Reedsport is making plans for a
new school house.
Bradstreets shows food prices
failed to register at advance last
week.
Eugene Lane county's . tax levy
14.6 mills; one-tenth mill more than
in 1918.
Tillamook county dairy herds
have Increased ten-fold in last Ave
years.
tie tricks, as makes tho angels weep (against . market price.
ml the devil laugh."
Now a word to La Grande ChrlB'
Chamberlain's Tablets.
When you are troubled with indi
gestion or constipation, take Cham
berlain's Tablets. They strengthen the
stomach and enable it to" "perform its
functions naturally. Indigestion is
usually accompanied by constipation
and is aggravated by it. Chamber
lain's Tablets cause a gentle move
ment of the bowels, relieving the con
stipated condition. Adv.
tions:
of all sects and denomlna-
"If ye. desire to have the
is iiol wise, uecnuse catiie lose iiesn ii.ei or n,,,-
me long anu snort oi it is that rapidly. i permission ivtrnn
I'livid I.Ioyd Cenl'ire is today stronger Kxnerienced feeders know onlv too business in th-, u-iaal , rdinnrv nmn. Lord, vour Savior, acknowledge von iState tax to be $!)3.Su'
than ever before, lie is the British well thnt it is more difficult to getri?l- l'al-o ro.lcj iliat the said ' as His ill the day of judgment, st and I Roseburg Myrtlpnoint highway
government and can go to the peace ! flesh back on animals then it Is to ''"y ' oinmls , n;iors inii Mirr.wn dow n ! up now and acknowledge Him fear-, '" improved nt cost of $125.000,
neir gaun'I
shown a shorp decline and as bust- The finest candies made, in bulk
ness goes back to normal, wage ad- nd in boxes. You know it is just
Justnients must follow. right if you got it nt l-4-3t
Albany Linn county's shire 1919
FAMILY DRUG STORE
l A .RANOE,OREI3'ON.
onference with a char mandate from keen them in good condition nnd it Is
the uriiish people to write the peace nls0 much more expensive than
terms nccoidlng to his known prin- avoid its loss.
ciples ami policies. ikcep cattle
to!,,
llallentcit 1 1 Sin to n; riinir milv si-c-
fttul nlii,. t.i flavlttix., ii... ri
It iH not profitable to " ' "
fat. Itut tbcv should bo rvm. i,,i,...r,... ...tit 1.., t.. i
iiitNi,,, Him un- nniisn juiikl-vs uof, strong nnd vigorous. rlnss plmuo hIiowk, bowling u-
nrc biutcn. IJnyd (Jt'or in tlcmo- Wonk nnimala (lit- nt spring calving. Ip.vh, pnnl tnbb's. nnd- Kaniblinrf
crat of (li'inoc'rnls. Unlosw bo is gi out-: Whi-n cows dip, thoir i-n!vos, too, eitb- dttw; ami lo I failed to noiioo in
ly cbangi-il, In 'will certainly not ninko r tiio or clso nre saved with oxtremo your ltpt'r tiny tn-Mitton or u
an imprrinlistic, autoorntic poacc, for'iHrfu'itUy. Feed that tbo rtnnd ani- rll,'il prot'-sling itKiiinst tliiK
tiiLiiiuiu oi uirj rny conimissHi'icrfl.
to, Uh1 .MmlL'hty and b-ssly buforo a darkened and unbe-j
and mills bnvo caton is Inst. Had tbps'
to
the benefit of only the wealthy
powerful. ,llo will not to'enite obi
, fardiioiu-il, nre ret, crooked diplomacy, nnd the hav fed
and Italy will leave the United State 'Ho wi" 11,1 his level hvM to make the'thettc others would have been in hotter
is a position of real or possible antag- win Id, and every part of it, s:ife for condition. Deseret, Salt Lake. New?.
onifti. Those powers know that our drmocrnry, ami clinch the victory byl
present wealth and wnr resources are giving the allied nations what they Of course, now that everybody has
already ns great a all their own put have been fighting for. enough coal and the railroads are get
.together. They know that they need
our help for their immediate recovery
from war's ravage, and our moral
PUppmt for any p'"T " ' ' '
animals been sold or killed in the fall ... , . ... ... . . '
, i - until, i a, m.; i ini-j bllllll I1U
other animals, lmu,pl. nr.-lnp (Jod ae-onlim: lo the
Moving world."
Ktir Heveral Sundays in succes
sion 1 have come home in hopos of
enjoying the privilege of uniting
with others in worshiping (Jod in
ilts church. I!ut I lir.ve mot with
dis ippointmontH until the (uestion
arises and like B:uiguo's ghost, it
won't down the question have
wv any faUh in a living Cod or not?
If the answer is yes, tlien prove it.
by going as usual to our places of
worship n Sunday and meet Ins
for the recoiihtruotiniV ur.q'illid
the safety of the world.
President Wilson has taken tho bull
by tho horns. It may seem. a rash act.
1; may he only a daring one. The
het few weeks ..will determine. Tho
present outlook is that tho hull will
yield, And the t'r.itcd State will be
come' the most influential member of
a cnnibinat 'n of powers aide to con
trol the world in a universal pence of
jUftiCi!.
Unloading on North
Dakota.
A dispateh from Hisnmrek. N. lUik.,
1oM-- t'f the plans of the NonpnrtUun
"lenders to have the Mate of North Da
kota take over the Kqtiily Co-operative
parking plant at Kargo. This Sh
to ,Je done when it is determined
frvhether or not the league can uphold
the canvassing board's verdict on the
puhli-; ownership and tuiliihited tn
debti dues? amendments.
Only a short, time ago the Kmfty
Coo putative aneuaed itsdctermina-
$in to icre:ie the cnpital stock of the
l;ip.irking concern from $ I.OOO.OTO to
t":.ooo,hHX t
-s'f the N'onparUan league itnt of;
iffii -hlfi expect to unload th s plant onW
the siate, now is wrtnly the time to
increase the irftal stock. Hut why
Mop nt thice millions? Jy im fivpj
fr as high t ten ndiliiTm, iWd thi
th" stnte to hwf,) the common
stock nf -the rfern at par?1 r
With this nation-wide
we must bid good-bye to the old-fash-
j'iied winter for how will the mer
ury dare to take a' drop?
Oiig straightened out, it's bound to be
jn ohibition, : phenomenally mild winter.
Tho receipts from the sale of war
savings stamps hit year was enough
tc pay all our feileral expenses in nor
mal years. Keep it up.
The coal situation will hnve to hurry!
if it is going to make any trouble thisj
winter. I
U begins to look a little ns if de
mobilization of wheat would be tho
next step.
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Unhappy is the condition of a man or woman
who has no desire to rise.
Sti)l, their case is not altogether hopeless. If
.they will just take on a little more nerve.'a little
more spunk, they can lift themselves out of the
rut, of earning and squandering. .
The banking habit, when true, to its mission, as
sists men and women iu their efforts to rise.
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