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Oaj oo c. o0 o o o 0 CO O TdFIE SUNDAY MORftlffO 0 B E RV E R n sTTjfavy. 9vsf. 20, ima " - U --- --- foui? o -a. o -o -- o B,DjTaORiA PAGE Co Cftmpfcutive Americao As things ilovoloj), and vcs'iiiist5 all admit, tlit-y fire , developing very tot, tlio tlit?ught r-at'iitJ itiwjl'oi'irml' tniy; America j.s essentially a country or ((iinpctitnai. Jyie inono.'nt we trysto protei-t ("Very Jiii'Sincs and every feature ttf coljynerec, we are trending to ward" g patenaii.sui wlifi-h was not intended furiso great ft nation as this. America has ifahieiHicr and Ponnnei'cial conjiii'tition. tounded many and as a resiilt'canie the desire to h'gislate prevelij ion for such for ins. We were using aJJ our Vtatcsiuaiiship to keep up and firms from becoming more 'wealthy before the war. And when the war came iiii' ns we saw to our amazement, that we had overlooked the fundamental principles of government. In other' words, wC had been Jon-big our public men not into the channels of pure statesmanship, but into messenger boys and pro testors at-the national capital. . Jt is doubtful if, before the great war, all our members of congress knew exactly what the Monroe doctrine meant. Tlicy were e grossed in Hie commercial end of things and were paying little attent ion to 'the problems of govern' jnent tiiat marked 'our forefathers with sui-li foresight anil such intelligence that our state documents in those days were almost looked upon as divinely inspired.' And the whole trend was to remove competition and place the government in charge of some line of business. The war forced much of this to be done, and yet look ht the large number of millionaires made by the war. The whole paternalistic plan is not-fitted to America. This is a free country and every man has a right, or should have that right, to produce an article and put it on ilie market as best lie sees fit. Jf he has the right principles and is fundamentally correct In.- will thrive and pnispc 1. If he is wrong in his final conclusions he will sink by ; In wayside and no further mention of him will occur for some time to come. J5ut even then he will be able to get ehiig. "We have almost reached the point where ew-ry in dustry and every producer feels that government protec tion is not desired, but demanded. What will follow .' What is following J The cost of every commodity i.s gmng, sky high. Cotton producers much ground as formerly because they want to keep down the cotton supply so that prices will remain high. Tobac co producers have formed themselves into an airtight, organization for the same reason. Packers and runners understood each other, as do men conducting almost every other line of business. ' J'i ( n opposition is being . 11 Si vast areas of iigrieultura! land, because it is IVared l() tl)t farm products will be produced in too great a volume and the prices will sink. Handling money is n it the key to wealth nor to happi ness. To take a load of pumpkins to town and bring ba"k a load of money would not be at all satisfactory, and "" sides in such a readjustment there are many lines of bus; ness that would fall by the wayside. The dollar's purchasing power today is low and it will be much lower unless there is soinet lung done to slop t his maddening -procedure to raNe 'everything out of reason and then organize to keep cominodit v prices on these high levels. Plainly as day, Ahio 10111) t it ion, else v w ill 1 1 lit j iv of ho oliorishod Amoi'ioai;. a lil igs In th I'di'llaihl ilratli ul' Frank ( it'oi'aui, Orcein jicrini'ii. Hi' clinsc to iln I special Hi 1I1 n le v,is one who diil i- work ellieieiilly ami cllerlively ety. Mr. Toevs lieloiieil In that i ini'ii w Imsc 1! 'iciu.ilili iaiii'rs of Hi i innil i'v. 1o l"Ve ar.i iiri'riatf J'Ynl 'I'm s iiiilnl. laliol' Iti s a fine thin to have heen in I'ortlaiiil a smile i.hat is know, imp if In iii( discern it . himioI. Tr it.' Hotel Precis c sinile." I Wonder. If had an ult.icl Its o reat to Somehow v i lined' I hiit I'hraM J'akr n'' tin- li,l from tin- in Niu iiiliiiu ii I'nr i 1 1 1 1 t l.f! ' llilit u ill In -1 - si riiij.;Jilcn liin;;s mil tlimi iin iitln r f,,j inula. "11 1 J ; i i i k t m the laluu- riixlrs li,; r s,ii, lilt lil t'i it i lull 'illii.l.. 9 0;Ji1 Wi-sl asks "ifH"Mi ;i a r; lii'.l'i'ii' voinliinhio- the 11. nn,. 1,', i.linn,' : 9 llcil f-.vVrlnjit I'lirtlaiiil. Osiilil ia hai;, Jji.-fu ?4il il'lir wi jt,. IVw 1'i'i'S i.f tiiit si.;r llitn rid tn VtMUmliVil. . t Wtft"H li.ii.ti- T'lgiitJcAM-t ill 1 t,' stalt' trf,,-Wk,iniiii ia(. It 11 il it U' M'fll t !!, ill" ?:&'in gull's Joiiir. , 'glllltii i ban.i 1. a emi is almost ) us 1 Mess Tim J'ortiiin-fs niimssml as- reluse to till only hall a set up against the Lane bill must return to the days of in our early intent, anil lose which are so dear to every F. Thi ns, loses otu eoasl editor of till ,,r lit h..t ii,.Miii mil seek tile limelight liut without elass of If news- ivallv makes the In j'Lice in the sun hy M iy ue all Ii arn more anil more the man vi'h" toils uin-easinulv as 10 1 1 aains't the Hotel (ireeters win in coij t ill i,,n. Kadi .of'them ha luw corns no one wouli t' ail slninai'li ymi coulil u whi'l her vine w ant t 1 1 nn nut iiciu'V'c tin 'I SJIIIll' it i I II. 1 11. put tli.it ( nn ni till' IIIHIH'V This is tin IlirUi:!' aiH I WlttT L.-' l in ihi' siMtr. Mii liny In.th li l,' r .saiil. " lillilil," l'i'' r. ' "liuil.t," an I III' IT t V1ki I tjli- C' 1 0 oe " .uly iai$lli 'x as KiiKfiu1. : . ! r. , , l'l r ii' lan ..ii, H union, or s...m.Tniri; hum ; j ' t l l outh sea Beauties use I . . . i a sA- v t . ',-...' vl - ti..nB. v....t .-i....r. v, hji pL?vN. t A Chalk Completion f ! . V i tZA ' ,, - . , .! .ii,. r i-iio of -..oik ,viiii,i.c..; j ;.'-.. . .v-'7'1 Sf, I . . J : . V, ', :V -.u ,v -"A i t - r?r I i i' .1 ,UV ft ...Uh-rr Lvfa-t ..IK.UI-Ki: an'! ". 5 ' i t'l,iliiil.'l.ii.- 1'aint nli.l.fow V . '!V"'"i' ':'",i''':';'Sf fi .si. -tit vit!i tli- ,.(. ,(. u xr,a ivt.iiv .,! uJft j; ": 'i' ii,.-fa.,. ,.f -o,,.n .,. ' h"j . -t 0 i,'kili;: Nt'iin,; ,,f o.,'a,,.atio., ..uoin-i iMsuniiui..:.'; i ' V V ' U S or!,l , nor" . to ,-. 4,,",..r,1 l.y . s Nlji' ' ' . . ) LI vu!;.,,.-..., T.,,..; Sw!. n . . - cV ' - ' l"'""i- " 'r ''"1' f, fek jfJl 'B '"-f" n., rn.'.n . nn- J . . J ia o .lii.l ll, -meal a-souilion in. lo.uat.'iy i Srf-VV W f . J "li.g T'.vr I..l,l,:,n. w.i ns I . J -s ' . ....'"...' ' 0 0 a-5 - Ju 0 " ' t' Victims e ' . ; et j 1 mMpimtwr 111 Nn Han.' "Rnvs. Nn TTft . I We cmm.it help hut admire the llend : itulletin's insistent desire to move the i slate capital, and failing to do that, that paper puts furth a plan to orga nize a new state east of the Cascades. Fh is is scunethinw that should have been done years ae;i, and it is some thing that many of us have advocated in Jitnes kuic by. liut it's no use. The Willamette valley has the population and never u'.ml.l vole -In l.'t nut thi' hi M'!' 1 Luiviiii' ureji oust of the mountains. A few years j,r when Oswald West was ja;'.;;nie; around as governor of Oregon, m.-tkiue; all sorts of vaudeville pl.ws and attiact ii;; as much attention as a punted chorus e;irl in a church choir, many people would have been irlad to cut I he ties that bind us to Western On-L'on.and proclaim a new state east of the Cascades. Secession was in the hearU' qf JV.ttny, yet 'Fiivt land and the valley "country grunted and after looking over the taxes that accumulate in the state treasury from the "cow" country, settled down to make the movement a joke, and they did it. To the boys at I tend we extend our heartfelt appreciation knowing thai they are 'Maddyine;'' a marvelously w..ul,l urW Hum., to. waste .... .-ft'orl. j liut nn tho uther h;unl to K't in tile ! jrame with tlie rest of the state anil some iliiy, some time, there will he an awakening- At that awakeiiimr the town of Salem will have some lciti-1 mate imlustiies and cease tcaclvni! her children that the only way to subsist is off of the slate capital. At that time the Salem rmjr ol politicians wiiilll(,sl eounlry the sun ever shone on. have heen thinned out and many of 4 them put to h nest to 1, w hile others will have acipillcd enolli;h of tin's ! world's jroods so they need no longer he selfish and whimsical. I A hrik'hter and hotter day is coinini; Hy hard woi k we will cot ' l.,,i ...lad. thrctiurh Minion countv. !lhus permiitinir many of ln-r citizens ito visit other localities where they will find "moss' no lenircr a cultivated lldant. hut I'V almost eveivone shunned as mui n as llie.llin nut-musiai o. i oe ood i-oikIs will rni-r the Salem na ture, alouir w.lh ether thinrs, and w will yd !x' h ippy. . K.lnh Kil l-lit I li.lnu-s. oue of the aide new spajtci w oiiicn of tlii on, has heell lli llliid to .loseph Adams IMI.of the Hill Military Academy in Portland and On' entire newspaper fraternity of slat extend t llii' ni'wly ni.ii rir.l pie I'cst wishes, etc. l'dith Kiii:ht Holmes, while followiiiir her caiVer as a licit slialiel- woniiin. has also heen i, i ., ,1,11111 Ml in .1.1:111' afl.iiis nml in -!V i i:il '.iiui:iUrns wlii'li' st;ilr isUfs of ?l'..IIICll VM-U' tl I'l' it-- till'lt Sill' ll.l- .l.nr ."iVi-ii- w.'k. Ui'iy ml H-it-an. I 'f f ..ul i..l iio! ii ill lit of t-iiklilii.il- . '1.. tln-i l.nly f.n- ln-r un'.ir -nit work in '"''' .tin. I..,i in.... I i i.i,l.; I.oiirl iili-i-li.m rvi'i- ill-' . . , . ... ", ,'...."' !f.p-, ; .iii-.l mh s. ium.i it'.i. ni'is viii.uui inn. ,: k'i "v -1-. . . 7 -- r-v ',v-. t . i - lie will Le H luvnk - '' ?' can ee no ki iiiir that teiich.ft' , ,1,1 ,.l? ......' coin.'? " ' rva-iiin for iiJ: do n.it ordain. on "I ,11, Mill U.i'a LlVllk'.Q , . i . .. , V .... .It... .a.,... O. "a O " 4" I ill fuel perfectly at home lu the marble I and collection tuxes! palace of the Firt National Hank in l";tl". ut somehow we cannot help ,)eiK'v,n ne Wl wn ,or inc ur n,us of Kastern. Oregon. That was a good bluff the weather man pulled la.sL nilit. lint the clouds were" like lots of people's talk they meant nothing. Ilnost the Hunt club, for it is pic turesque and brings back the e;ood old days of association with horses and dojfs. Everybody can fsine; the old, old soiv; "Iluw iJiy .1 Am." And no rain in sik'ht. The alfalfa is now claiming atten tion, says Col. Kckley. Let .c good road work go on. and it, and on. I- J J J J J J J J J Potato Hill Philosophy. Hy Kl. 1IOWR. In Kd. Hone's Ionth1y. I- 'I'. If a Tom cat wore presidi'lit, office hi'hlers under him, anil cilitors anil 'voters of his political faith,, woulil say h. w.-is t.? greatest man in the worlil. v Americans scream ahout slavery, - 1,,,. f oinortunity, etc. In practical I effect, il is an effort to destroy the ! It is stated every few minutes that , Colonel House is averse to puldicity indeed, thi of his puh nis to he the sneeiiiltvi citv in.. .or who is i.ettitu'! more free space than any other pre.- T the newsp; aKcnt. pel s ''What.' the papers are asking, "i. the 'meaning of freedom of the seas" It mean-; Knglaiid with the largest fleet in the world, and bound to main tain it. The leaders' of the Old Order are -rr.y impudent, without a doubt. Three of them sat around a table in Paris latidv. and settled world affairs with 11.-, i. il.imi, i it u.itum 11,1 r"-- Utarint mi' I'.uialtv impilili'nt. All iiii.ti's of ntrn si't'in to lu' inipuik-nt. ii'-.i I'Oiicvr in urn pin uii'i ,-iiii wun I, il not -sliippi'.l oi'i-iiiiiiinally. Il.nv rvt'r r nri'.ss is in asst's-miir Is For Deficit. ''. t A -t - i. ids ll'iler Tfi50.1're.:tioii i.ntinut' t em , ,.,.,. , ., ih.. WT..n 1. )..! tl ll!r. Mfetine-i in also ,(,!., ?,i- .v.ni.l u.ih hnvinir U..l .11." "k. - S It, "D ' Ilvti1,' V J"L covered during tlie entire winter. . f (fiivernment , ires. :i iw nuiTntai. ' How closely it watches every corner and sees that no one escapes! Why should it not be equally clever in avoiding waste of public money? Why are congressmen not able to re alize that public extravagance and dis honesty is oppression .of the people? And half the taxes we pay represent unnecessary extortion, hardship and dishonesty. The world is up in arms to secure justice for all and majority rule, yet a small minority habitually imposes on the great majority in the collection and weste of taxes. Our reform talk is stolen from Rus sia, where the people had real griev ances. Wc had not, but we are talk ing the bolshevik language. How impudent the bjlshevists are! They want us to feed them while they spread propoganda that will ruin us. 1 1 sincerely hope Woodrow Wilson will be a candidate for a third term; I would like to see those who are tired . ... J,of his literature get a chance at him. I: RED ORGY OF MURDER City, Freed of Bolshevist Rule, Reveals Terrible Story. Men, Women and Children Killed Without Trial, Many After Horrible Torture. London. rurin, the first city of nny Flze retaken hy Admlnit Kolchak'a All-Uusslnn army from the holshevikl, nITers a (Trent study In "red" atrocities. Perm Is virtually a slaughter house. Hundreds nf horiles nf holshevlkt vic tims already have heen recovered, ami ",or'' nre '""K fll'd very lny. I" Hie Riinlen of a seinlnnry, where bolshevist chieftahis were wont to liold tlielr revels, tlie bodies of two dozen schooluirls nlrondy have been recovered. These cirls, ranging In ace from twelve to sixteen, were lirst at tacked by "red" olllcers, then when the fiends had tired of thetr oryy the vic tims were killed hy being tapped on the head wlih n witcn mallet. Thi seminary garden Is one' con tinuous grave of naked bodies and skeletons. Idcntltlcafion of the vic tims Ij Impossible. A liusslan emmtess and her daughter were tied- to posts In tliU i-,ri ,l,.n ul i l.i,..; nf fr,4, lt- rot llixi- Ml.'Tl ki'i. by a succcs'slen of d.ipm-r prb k- all over their hoifles. A d zen priests were cmcltleil head downward; two others were boiled In . oil. lliliulroilH of tin nppor rlnssos of ' tho city, iniin. wiinion nml rlillilivn. s.Miti'in'oit to dralh w lllioiit trlalv woro j t:;kon to tin oi1i;p of n swamp outslilo tlio city nml Klvon tholr otiolro of 11..--I Inc Into tho svonmp or hrlne sltt doHn wliori? thoy sTooil. yvny ilasln-d Into tin- swanni. only to In- oncillfrO In tlio nuioksaliils. 'J'lu- othot'M wi-ro sIiai ilown nt tin- oil:- of n iliti-h. Into Bhli'li tholr IioiIIom foil, niu Lit uu oovornt dining tlie oiilirt- winter. ile chill-, on i?lrj. He . jt .1 'lull I.s Iliehfl'Oaa.-.'- - . fi lial I.s lliohflo8ao,' a , o Thompson Was Janitor Since W. L- TIupsoii? or Ft elidll- toti, hascJx en suite letFihy t h F'rs: .National Hank of Joitlaitd for Its vice liirtMiiUtint, souti of his Cl early life has come to tho fiont and it bci'ira such splendid Isons for the boys of Joday he Observer gladly re prints a. portion of it as learn. d by the Fort land Oiegoniuh: From beInK Janitor of a small-town bank to vice-pfjaident of the First National, one of the Largest finwn cual inatit iillons In tno l'acinc no:ti,J went, is the record of Mr. Thompson. ft had b(H-n Ills ambition to be a nhy- I sic Urn, and ve hud studied several yoails for that profession when his careor was changed for a job pay ing $15 a month. His duties then consisted of swapping out the. bank and helping on the bookj. Born in tho village of Clayton, Wis., June 15. 1S78, M.r. Thompson started hia banking carver In 1S'J7 at New Klch tuond, Wis. Wise in West Hapld Vrom $15 a month he worked up to $50, and th-n in 1891" he dooidied to come w.-.-it and Banded at Lewis ton, Idaho, where lue beca.me assfs I ant cashier, serving In tluit capac ity until 1004, when he moved to Pendleton. Kor tike pa.d 15 yeaia Mr. Thomp son Was been active, in the busincis world of eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and wrt of Idaho. Ar riving in Pendleton, ho organized the Commercial National bank, with a capital c.S $50,000. In ll0!t. -with his associates, he bought control of Itha American National, in that city and in llUO ho was elected pi est dent, a portion which he continues to hold. Mr. Thompson had built up the dopasfts of the Coiniuei-e.Jal National to $250,000 when the American Na tional waa puie.hased, making com bim4 deposits $1,000,000. Today tlie American Nationo! baa $:i,250, 000 depoMla'and instil ution hand leu a larger volume of business than any oilier. Lack of system in the old mer cantile world disgusted Mr. Thomp son with business as a boy, but lie Immediately Weed banking when he discovered that every n-Ight a bank knows to a nickel where it stands. New Methods Installed In Pendleton he- begun insisting on modern business t-ysteju with his customers. The old count: y bank idw.1 of lending m:)ney to farnie;s and the annual settlement was dis carded. Under the old styl nei;her the bank no! the farnn-r knew how much was owned until the farmer received pay for his c; op and went to the bank for an accounting. Mr. Thompson evolved a different- meth od, by which the rarnmr and the bank ahmys knew what was dee. He also attacked th.' overdraft p ob Iimu and showed business men how the overdraft was poov business. These were innovttions when M:. Thompson undv''took tjie reforms, and at fitst H was believed his Ideas on these, subjects would' drive ciu tome:s away. Hundliii? -th wheat, cattle and .dieep business matte Mr. Thompson an important factor In the financial world of inland empire, lie has been piesident of the Oregon State Bank ers' association and Is n member of the exorutivo council of the Ameri ca h Hank association, neprtwenting Oregon. Mr. Thompson was a mem ber of the Oregon commission for the Pa nfct ma-Pacific exposition in San Francisco, the first commission which eve: filed a detailed audit ac count of its expenditures. I'lotniiiciil in Loan Work He was ehiirman of all vho liberty loan campaigns and the Victory loan drive in rmatilla county and solved us chairman of the I'matilta county chapter of tiie Aimnlcnn Red Cross during the wa:. As a member of th state highway commi.-sion Mr. Thompson has be come generally known oittsidn of the inland empire ami. ns he said when in l-o.'tlaml Monday, the duties of commissioner consume one-til id of his time. The office caries no com- pensaMntl. AUTHORITY ON RAILROAD PROBLEMS -7! Lmif ,r't TT f .M '1 11 S nit." P l .li - o:. r.-stuV Uf;lw Y, come mi m : tf-PIST; FINDS ITS, USE Yields Valuable Oil for Paints and 0 Varnishes' andu Adaptable for Food.'j Out of the cockle bnrr, which stlcf to the clothe ot the passer-by and h ' generally been considered a pest,, la now belm: made -a new and valuable nn ..ini.i. for nca In rtnlnts and vJ. nsa.a and adaptable for food. The details were explained by L. B. lthodes, oil chemist ot the North Caro lina department of agriculture. In an address delivered In ItnlelRh, N. C, be fore the North Carolina section of the American Chemical society. i'TIie cockle burr," said Mr. Rhodes, "familiarly known as the clot burr. Is a coarse plant, with rough leaves and jirlckly head. It Is widely distributed through the United States, so that It Is more or less of a nuisance In most localities and Is very abundant through out the South. If the burrs could be obtained systematically In sufficiently larse quantities they could be easily milled. "Those which I have gathered," con tinued Mr. Rhodes, "were either dry or In a half dry condition. They were first cut In half by a trimming board and the kernels mashed. The ground kernels were then wrapped In cheese cloth and pressed between cold steel plates. "The oil thus obtained was allowed to settle for three or four days and then filtered. It is of a liRht yellow shade, has a clour sparkling appear ance and a pleasant odor and an agree nbte nutty taste. It keeps well with out becoming rancid. On account of this quality it should eventunlly lie used as a substitute in the dletury for other vegetable oils. "The press cake left after express In the oil should be of value as a food fur callle and certainly it can be rend lly used us a fertilizer." The yield from the kernel Is about 30 per cent and the kernels constitute about the same proper! Inn of the bulk of the crude burrs. The press cake coniains about J0.34 per cent of protein. SOLDIER NOT KILLED Comes Back Home After Being Mourned as Dead for Three Years. Five years up. Kdw:ird T. Devltt stepped ncmss the threshold of Ids father's house to enlist In the t'nnn dinn tinny. Nearly four yenrs airo his father and sister read an official letter that the bey had been killed. Thnt was nil no wurd en mo, no word was expected. Devltt stepped back over the threshold the oilier day. He appeared as a war-scarred vet eran. The !nmie is at JWXJ Ko; rest ave nue, St. Paul. He 'enlisted August, 1014. with tho Kdnumfnu FuMers and went ' to France with the lirst cmithment. One day q comrade brought news back to the States thnt Devltt was dead. While otlicially "dead," the soldier was only, wounded at Ypre.t, .Tune, l!il(t, and had n turn at "hlijihty" In England. He returned to the front In January. 1017, and served until the annl-stlee was signed. . BACK TO THE FARMS Government Hurries Demobilization of Horses and Mules. Demobilization of the army mule and horse. Is ptrinu forward rapidly Record In i; to the war department When hostilities ended there were about 5iW.0OO head of horses audmule; In the t'nited States army. Because of the big demand for these nnimals on farms In the central West the government has been hurrying dis tribution, and when auctions now ad vertised are completed 150.1HK) ani mals will have been disposed of sine Jununry 1. I Oslly Thought The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort In not fl( to be deemed a scholar. Confucius. Tf, - wl Airman .ff tle or,- be rnvially Vmine-Snt this - 9 lAt commute. .;7.6a, 1 i-'""-' e ......in VI A WA AD will n. I s iutter.twn. .'.M 0 - "' ' (5