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IN THE SWIM.
There are many Americans whose loyalty lias stood every test,
and who yet feel unable to reconcile themselves to our participation
in the European conflict.
They recognize that assaults have been made upon our prestige.
They feel that the honor of the Republic has suffered insults against
which a merely verbal protest would he only a confession of weak­
n ess. They are spending their utmost effort and resource in this
gigantic encounter, and yet they feel an abiding regret a< they see
us drawing further away from that tranquil isolation in which we
viewed with security of spectators the moves ami countermoves on
Europe's chessboard for over forty years.
“ This aloofness can never come again," is their complaint. They
do not realize that it could not have been preserved tinder any
conditions.
We have not always been rich. The spectacle of latterdav pros­
perity misleads us. We forget that it is the latest thing in modernity.
A few years ago this was the pioneer nation, and pioneers are poor.
So short a time has it taken us to become familiar with surplus
that we overlook its novelty. When we had barely enough for our­
selves we exported nothing, and our intercourse with other nations
remained about zero.
Then came the overflowing cornucopia, and export trade. We
lost our political detachment, and we are unlikely ever to regain it.
Of course, it is possible for us to make export trade illegal after
the war. In a comic opera nation it could he done. With us it
would mean the ratification of a terraneous principle more onerous
than any enactment of pre-revolutionary Russia Such surrender of
our bodies and our goods would mean serfdom.
Since, then, we cannot refuse to rub shoulders with other nations
we may as well make their acquaintance. The founders of the
chureli were commanded to fraternize with the Gentiles, and here
we find a sane precedent. We may like our neighbors better than
we think, and they will not like us the less if we show ourselves able
to protect ourselves from any aggression to which such intercourse
might make us liable.
THE POLLS.
It was Chesterton who said that a mind of very moderate caliber
should be capable of finding something more interesting to do than
work. This may be true of work, but it is certainly true of voting.
It is generally when some real or fancied grievance enrages us
that we want to rush to the polls, and these spasms of wrath usually
seize us when there is no election pending. At other times we ask to
be spared the mental exhaustion entailed by the study of internal
and international polities, of tariff and revenue problems, of indus­
trial and sumptuary legislation.
Yet, whether we like it or not, there is just now a duty incum­
bent on all of us. Not only must we compare one candidate’s plat­
form with another’s, hut we must investigate the record of each, and
make certain that there is no mark upon it which classifies him as a
danger to the nation in these days of crisis. In all camps there are
unworthy aspirants—some of them insidiously disloyal, and the fault
will be ours if through negligence and apathy we allow enemies of
democracy to take part in legislative councils.
Voting may be a dull and tedious function, but it is as much a
patriotic duty as shouldering a rifle.
FEEL CHESTY, HIRAM?
T he F ordaon v ra rto r ia th e rt>«ult
extenalve trial« an d experim ent«
conducted by Mr. H enry F o id . cov-
erln« a period of m any year«. B efore
placing the t r a c to r on tb e m a ik e t,
every detail ha« been th o ro u g h ly
tried out u n d e r ac tu a l f a n n in g con-
dttloua In \a r l o u a part» of thla coun-
try and abroad
Kxperlence ha» pointed to th e
small. light t r a c to r as being th e one
m achine which will fill all v arying
condition« aatiafactorlly.
In developing th e F o rd so n tra c to r ,
th e aim ha» been to produce u sm all
t r a c to r which will be low In first
coat, reliable, an d above a l l— eff*-
Special d i v l r n wore perfected to
keep out dual and dirt. All uiovlnti
p*, ta are e n d o a e d a n d thoroughly
lubricated
T he n u m b e r of lubrlcat
| „ B point» req u irin g a tte n tio n a
veiy few and eaally g o tte n at.
Tit,, m otor, tran sm issio n , and rear
axle a re aaaembled together, form
|n g one rigid unit, which, combined
with th e th ree -point auapenaion, re­
»„ves th e se part« of nil »train.
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T he absence of any fra m e give» ac
cesatblllty to all purta for m a king ad
ju a tm e n ta or repair«, an d allows the
t r a c to r to be tak en a p a r t In a few!
minutes.
T he m otor la of aubatantlal de-
sign and Is capable of d e livering t«s
Being «mall, lig h t and economical, f u u pow er continuously. It em bodies
th e F o rdson t r a c to r Is adapted for j fe a tu re s which have been used with
use on smull farm s, as well as on the succoss In o th e r fields for many
la rg e st. It will pull all farm Imple- year9.
inents an d do th e work generally | T he F ordson t r a c to r Is on display
done by horses on th e farm . In add- * nit for sate at th e Valley Motor Co .
ltlon. by Its belt pulley the t r a c to r s t a t e and F ro n t stree ts, Salem, where
will drive farm m achinery such aa “ It can be seen uny time.
th r e s h e r , ensilage c u tte r, sawm ill,
etc., m a k in g the F o rd so n a truly u n i­
W hen th e » a r la over G e rm a n y Is
versal tra c to r.
very likely to discover th a t she has
In design an d constru c tio n the no special use for a W a r Lord.
F ordson ta k e s a long step In a p ­
Belwceu the destrn to satisfy th e
proaching th e Ideal tra c to r. T he sim ­ war d e p a r tm e n t and th e d esire not
plicity of its o p e ra tio n and c o n s tru c ­ to incom m ode th e public too serl.
tion will at once appeal to th e ously, longres» Is s k a tin g on pretty
farm er.
I thin ice uowada.vs.
I t ’s th e la s tin g q u a lity and rich
tobacco t a s t e th a t m ak es R e a l
G r a v e ly C h e w in g P lu g c o s t
y o u n o m ore to c h e w th a n
ord in ary plugi
Peyton Brand
Real Gravely
Chewing Plug
10c • pouch —mnJ worth it
f. B. Gravaljr Tobacco C
DoavUlo, Virginio
A share of the banking business
of Stayton and vicinity
is solicited.
Cook in Cool Comfort
You are assured of a safe deposi­
tory and courteous treatment at
this bank, by ample capital and
long experience in the banking
We have a large line of the
best oil cook stoves on the
market in all sizes such as
business.
Perfection and Blue Flame Stoves
These makes are too well
known to need description,
with one of these stoves you
will be able to do your cook­
ing in a cool kitchen
Farmers & Merchants
Bank of Stayton, Oregon
C apital $25,000.00
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We carry a large line of
dry goods, shoes, notions,
gents’ furnishings, hats,
caps and rubber goods, etc.
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has a large line of fancy and
staple groceries, canned goods,
smoked meats. In fact ev-
erything you will find in a
first-class Merchandise store
is to be found here at prices
that are right.
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And now Mr. Hoover announces that the L’. S. can feed itself and
the allies all through the winter.
The food situation in Germany is reported to he had. Report
«bout Germany’s internal affairs are rarely dependable, but there is
no doubt about Hoover.
Our old friend Foch may feel some pride at the chain of recent
victories which have wiped out half of Germany’s 1918 gains on the
« n tire' western front. But Hiram Hayseed (Heaven help the city
folks who invented that name!) has handed the Kaiser a heavier
.wallop than Foch.
In Indiana an agent of the bureau of crop-estimates lately saw
a farmer driving six horses hitched to a disk plow and leading three
drawing a harrow. He was doing work that would have employed a
gang of men a short time ago.
At big city theatres they like to bring down the final curtain
ton a patriotic spectacle—Columbia Triumphant—or some other sym­
bolical conception. They would strike a truer note if thev gave a
Spotlighted portrayal of that lone farmer with his team of nine.
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JAM.
Certain diseases are the peculiar privilege of armies. They
¡attack the digestive organs. Civilians are less vulnerable because
it is easy for them to get fresh vegetables. They depend less on
banned foodstuffs.
The antidote is jam.
^ ou might as well deprive a soldier of his rifle as cut out his
preserves. Read a doughboy's daily ration, and listed with his one
and a half ounce of this and his two ounces of that you will find his
gteady standby—jam.
You girls get plenty of fun in winter making fudge. You will
get just as much this fall preserving blackberries. And vou might as
Well start the tun right now by picking the blackberries.
. The community jam-kitchen is already an institution in some
neighborhoods. Don't all speak at once.
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission announces that
two thousand stenographers an
needed in the Government ser
vice at Washington, D. C. Ex­
aminations for the Departmental
service are conducted each Tues­
day throughout the Eleventh
Civil Service District at stenog­
rapher and typewriter examina-
ion points, but at any time and
'ace where a sufficient number
f applicants may he brought to­
gether for examination. Appli­
cation blanks and full informa­
tion may he secured from the
Local Secretary, Eleventh Civil
service District, Poatoffice Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash.
HOM E M ADE BREAD,
C A K E S A N D C O O K IES
DITTER, BELL & CO.
STORES
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Groceries, Dry Goods, Drugs,
Hardware, Lubricating Oils
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