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Although the sheer weight of America's millions of troops will be sufficient to crush the Hun hack of the Rhine ami batter down upon the Kaiser’s ears the remnants of the world crown he thought to wear, it has not been numbers, but typical American mobility, which has saved the day for the entente thus far. Wilhelm and the German General Staff, admitting the gigantic resources of the United States, made the error of calculating in years instead of weeks the time necessary for the shaping of those resources for war purposes. The day that we entered the war, scores of our fleet destroyers sped east across the Atlantic. To a ship, they reported upon arrival at Rritish naval bases, “ Ready for action." When continued losses by submarines seemed likely to make good the German threat to starve England. Schwab turned a hundred shipyards loose on a shipbuilding program such as the wildest optimist had not dreamed possible. American railroad men built 2000 miles of track in France; hundreds of huge warehouses were erected; mountains of food, munitions and other supplies were landed. When the German masses, released from all Eastern fronts, began their ominous drive through Picardy, American troops, months in advance even of the hurry-up American program, began to pour through the channel gateways, and the llun was held, then driven back. Thus American ability to concentrate quickly its war efforts on • any given point on the enemy line has foiled every Hun attempt whether by sea or land. A really great demonstration of this American faculty will be given in the Fourth Liberty Loan. Confronted with the necessity of raising a war loan of twice the size of any of its epoch-making pre­ decessors, we are called upon to finish the task in three weeks. Only by the full and united effort of every man. woman and child in the United States can this great task be completed in the time set. It is as certain that it will be completed successfully as %■ that the grim courage of America on French battlefields will continue to batter hack the Hun. lie sure vou do YOUR share. Cravulylatlt $o much la*pur ¡I cotti J e w e le r s a n d O p tic ia n s N. W. Corner Stale & Liberty Sts. nu m o ra to chew (Aun u n ii n a r y Salem. Oregon P . B. G ra v e ly T o b a c c o C o m p an y D a n v i ll e , V i r g i n i a 1 Cook in Cool Comfort A share of the banking business of S tay to n and vicinity is solicited. W e have a large line ot the bust oil cook stoves on the market in all sizes such as Î You are assured of a safe deposi­ tory and courteous treatm ent at | Perfection and Blue Flame Stoves | c ?» | L IL L Y HARDW ARE this bank, by ample capital and long experience in the banking • These makes are too well known to need description, with one of these stoves you will be able to do your cook- in g in a cool kitchen 5 business. J Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stayton, Oregon CO. | Capital $25,000.00 SONOS OF ACTION. “ I like a nice minee pie Becos it ’s nice—nice—nice— ’’ The foregoing was one of the favorite songs at the front in 1915. “ Hello, who’s your lady friend!” was another. Not much abouti the war in them, is there? There wasn’t in “ Tipperary,” either. The boys in France don't sing songs about canning the kaiser, dying for the flag, and so forth. They leave that to us. They are making the extreme effort, the utmost sacrifice, and to chatter about it is. nauseous to them. Continuous abnegation endues them with a dignity and refinement which we who are safe in Stayton have not YET attained. ++* m -++- m - p + + + + + + + : " P : - : - p -:":-+++++-!- m -+ + + + + - h -+ + -5 + + + + A I +■;--«•+++++++++++++++++++•! + « • + + ♦ + + + + + + + + + ^ '■ ++ ++ ++ ++ « ÏÜ5 Star ^T heatre + + + + - M " M - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - M > + + + + + + + + * < M “ ‘‘+ + + + + + -S -+ 15,000,000 acres to be irrigated. 80,000,000 to be drained. 200,000,- 0 0 0 to be cleared. T his is th e modest plan th a t Sec­ r e t a r y Lane has presented to the p r e s id e n t and congress. T he figures con v e y the scope of an u n d e rta k in g by which homes are to be provided f o r retu rn ed soldiers. Of the men supplied by Stayton for the national arm y th e r e are m a n y who do not come off the farm. B u t most of them a re in closer to u c h with farm life th a n th e con­ t in g e n ts provided by th e big cities, a r d a r e in a b e tte r position to esti­ m a t e w hat it means. W e can think m o r e in telligently of its d etails and g a u g e m ore ac cu rately th e m u ltitu d e o f problem s which it presents. But, while recognising th e gravitj o f th e se problem s, we should hail t h e p r o je c t with th e sam e e n th u dasm a s th o se who a$e unable th ro u g h the li m i t a t i o n s of th e ir en v iro n m e n t to a p p r e c i a t e all t h a t it com prehends. As a n econom ic m e a su re its signif­ ic an c e is tr e m e n d o u s, but it should h a v e m o re th a n an economic inte rest f o r all A m eric an s. T h e h is to rie s of g r e a t n a tio n - are In o n e p a r t i c u l a r Identical. Times of a c u te crisis, boldly faced and over- c ,uie, have been followed by periods of en o rm o u s in te rn a l developm ent, both economic and intellectual. It cam e to A th en s a f te r th e Persian W ar. It c a m e to Rome a f te r the defe at of C a rth ag e . It cam e to E n g ­ land a f te r th e Napoleonic campaigns. But to us it came In a degree u n p a r ­ alleled in th e w o rld ’s history a f f e r tli« reconciliation which ended the Civil War. Any b itt e r s tru g g le b rings to light the la ten t q ualities needed to e n d u r e it. W hen it has passed, those q u a l ­ ities rem ain, and dem and a field for th e ir »xercise. Those who have seen at close range the d a r in g of the Yank in F ra n ce have asked in w on­ d e r how so much courage could ron- trive to lie hidden in these drafted clerks, ta ilors and dairym en. But, in w hatever way It is dis­ played today, th e wise proposal of S ecretary L ane will open up new fields for th e em ploym ent of all th" initiative, valor and resource which th e p rese nt conflict en g e n d e rs In these young men. T he tim e for prep­ a ra tio n is a lre ad y upon us; for th ro u g h the sm oke th a t o verha ngs the E uropean co n tinent we see in ever cle a re r outlin e the signals th a t m ark th e beginning of the end. ff tt ++ + + <• ❖ * ■> •> ■> * •> ❖ * •> O ■> v v Sunday's Program will present o o ++ 0 o ' o o o + + o o ++ O 1 1 O DOROTHY DALTON H -IN "Jules of the Strong H eart'' O O THEATRE | v v v v v v v v v O v v OO ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ o o W e carry a large line of dry goods, shoes, notions, gents’ furnishings, hats, caps and rubber goods, etc. ♦ ♦ o ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT o o ❖ IN * ♦♦ 44 ❖ * ❖ + * ++++++++■■++++++++ ♦ o o o « o o + m + t4 + -H 4*m + + + + + + + + + + + + *m + + + + + + + + + + + «+ + |S |í o ++++++++-î--p-P-î--4-++++++-î--!-++"h++++++-î-++++++++++++++®ÇÇp <■ A A LOVE LETTERS ■> *> •> •> O i v v A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE || ++++++++■!•!•++•*■+++♦ STAR <• <* v v ‘1* O O ' O O Georqe Beban TOO MUCH WAR. H EREA FTER. | Saturdays Program will portray Old Bill Shakespeare, who classified the seven ages of man. would have enjoyed himself oti September 12th. H e’d have found most of them at the registration stations. The newspaper reader sometimes asks himself, and he sometimes asks the newspaper editor—only less politely—if it isn’t possible to print something that isn’t all about the war. The war is to blame; not the editor. In “ Alice in Wonderland” runs the verse: “ The time has come,” the Walrus said “ To talk of many things; Of shoes, and ships, and sealing-wax. And cabbages and kings.” This was written a generation or two before the war. and col­ lected subjects were intended to be miscellaneous, and non-eontro- yersial. Try to pick one of them that isn’t a war-topic now. Shoes and ships remind us sadly of war prices; sealing wax recalls a certain Hague treaty—now a scrap of paper; while cabbages and kings have dug themselves in on the front page. Don’t blame the poor editor. The mailed fist hits you no harder than it hits him. ] p iu K ♦ ♦ ♦ 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. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ f « ♦ GEHLEN’S STORE A -v « A • A A A A * « * AA A *. A A A A A A A A A .> A A 4 o a a ♦ ♦ o ♦ THE STAYTON BAKERY : DITTER, BELL & CO. :• Are Making Big Reductions in Men's Hats € Nice line of Granite Ware at the old priee 4 We bought our fruit jars early before the ^ CX? 1A 11V 1 1 tUiUVv M a iw CÁrir U1W LflU y tl raise and can give you prices that will Save You Money OUR R IG HT GOODS IGHT PRICES IG HT SERVIC E IG H T S E T T L E M E N T H O M E M ADE BREAD, C A K E S A N D C O O K IE S NO ORDER TOO LARGE C. E. K R A M E R , Proprietor STA YTO N OREGON ^(XX>OOOOOOOOOOOO 0 0 OOOOOO(>OOOOOC>OOOOOOO 0 i r i L e s l e y Hot el MRS. FRANK LESLEY, PROP. oooooooooooo We cater to the traveling public MOTTO C L E A N R O O M S G O O D B ED S oooooooooooo M ake this your home w hen in Stayton DITTER, BELL & CO. SUBLIMITY, ORE. STAYTO N OREGON ' AAOOAAOAOOAA