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Put on the Curb It would seem n wise thing, for Congress to pass a measure regulating the price of substi tutes for wheat flour. Accord in to the clipping below, taken from a Portland daily last week, In some places the sky high price of substitutes is forcing j farmers to use wheat in feeding their livestock. The extract fol lows: . I Mr. Clark calls attention to a , letter written to R. F. Mitchell, food administrator for Idaho, , by J. F. Fisher, of Hockland, i Idaho, which, in brief, asserts: "I can buy wheat Hour for $5.45 n hundred and you ask mo to substitute cornmeal which costs mo $9 a hundred, and yet you force me to feed my hogs, chickens and horses wheat by the same system. "It takes 10 tons or feed to run my work stock till harvest. Under the present system my wheat is worth $2.25 a hun dred on the ranch, and if I sub atitutu oats they cost mo $3.!I5 a hundred; if I substitute com it costs mo $'1.25 a hundred. "In December I marketed a car of hogs which fattened on wheat. I noticed tho appeal madn to feed hogs corn and save wheat. 1 tried to buy com to feed them and found that it would cost mo $125, while the wheat only cost me $2.25. I would have lost money on those hogs by substitution. "I notice that wheat in Chi cago Ih worth $2.20 a bushel and corn $1.20 a bushel. This in about tho same ratio of vuluu that corn has always maintained to whont, yot in Rockland wheat' flour is worth $5.45 hundred and corn meal is $9 a hundred. I ask you who makes the profit? Who is being exploited under this system?" Pen Mightier Than Sword President Wilson's pen is doing more for the cause of a just and popular peace than' 20,000,000 swords. Vatican authorities and tho Holy Father himself candidly express this! opinion. The president's per iodical addresses to humanity, and not the years, arc regarded as the mile posts uy which history will measure tho war's length. Like countless other observers, tho pope sees that tho warring peoples need politi cal light and guidance. So Wilson's "democratic sermons j to the world" admittedly find a i sympathetic and applauding i audience in the white robed i figure of the Vatican. Foreign I nuncios all make substantially tho some report to the Holy See i--Proaidont Wilson "in reality, i not only feels the popular pulse, but touches the popular heart." i The pope, although a noble by ! birth, apparently is a "law and order Socialist" in hie own i political philosophy. He is said ! to have under preparation a ser I ies of encyclicals and addresses ion labor and social subjects for publication at tho war's end. His holiness still is hopeful that arms will bo stacked before the Hummer's end. Ho sees peace already approaching.- Portland Journal. Not th labal en your paper. 11 s EAT OUR FRESH BREAKFAST FOODS EVERY DAY. ST A KT Tl III DAY UIOHT AND f Oll'l.l. I! HAPPY AM. DAY. STAHT WITH OUR (SOOD. I'KILSII II K HAH CAST I'OOD.S. TllllY A HI! TAHTY AND IIA.SY TO DIOIUST. YOU WIM. I'lllll. -MKH A TWO YHAK OLD" AND (iO TllltOUOII YOUK DAY'.S WORK HAPPY AND CONTHNTIID. Wll IIAVH MANY KINDS HO THAT YOU CAN CIIANCU Ol'l' AND NOT OUT TIUHD Ol' ANY ONI! KIND. (JIVH US YOUK OKOCISKY OKDItK TODAY. Lavrack's Cash Grocery .116 NORTH .N:RSI:Y ST. Republican 1p for Governor yy. ft t tw. !... yy. yy i iioiisuiiut) ui vurm;i yy. of Coos Hay have z1 Good Man to Work for & yy yl UA is a Good Man to Vote for. 1 iiij; of Oii'ku" 'yy lyy. i cijiicit Hud 1 M.I ml tit t 9 tit If in Sjrs iwuml, tried Jifln tl mi iinlcrtainl v 'vkuii' iicctlt, yy. A united community In dorse tliu principle of his platform ti n il I) ' their uimiiiuiotu kiipport pledge their fnlth in lilt nblllty mid wlllliiKneM to jjlvc Or ci'on nit b.incd on PKIMAKIKS May 17, 1918 l'M net KlmiMiii (ur Ouv l,tKiir 111 miiuu mu I'Jillan 1. 1 1 Use of Gas in Warfare Tho uhu of jtaa In warfare datoH hack to ahoul 10U H. 0. Tho SpartatiH Maturated wood with pitch and Mulphur and burned it under tho wiiIIh of eitioa which thoy wore attack injr. Kor Hovoral centurieH kiih has not been used in warfare, and Tho Mamie convention de finitely ruled amiinHt it. How ever, on April 22 lMfi, the Get. uianH liherated jjrent chimin of Kan ntjaiiiHt Canadiaif troops near Yprcn. Terrihlo dostrtic lion ami (leiiiorali.ation resulted from thin 11 rut wis attack, and within a week England wan making plan for gas warfare against tho (ionnaiiH. Soon after the II rut German kh at tack English and French women Hunt to tho front hundreds of thotiHamlH of homemade kiih makH. For the mot part thoy were merely bandage impreg nated with chemicalH to wrap aroitund the mouth and nose. Those onu'igtMicy maHks saved many live, hut afforded only limited protection. N. A. (lee, profcmior of odd jobs, is now ready to takoyour order for anything in house moving or repairing, roof re pairing a specialty; cement work of all kinds and general contracting. KOI N. Ivanhoe; phono Col. 8(KI. Swift & Company Publicity At a recent hearing of tho Federal Trade Commission there was introduced correspondence taken from the private files of Swift & Company .which showed that the Company had been con sidering for some timo an educational advertising campaign. Tho need for this publicity has been apparent to us for sev eral years. The gross misrepresentation to which we have recently been subjected has convinced us that we should no longer delay in putting before the public the basic facts of our business, relying on tho fair-mindedness of the American people. The feeling against the American packer is based largely on tho beliof that tho income and well-being of the producer and consumer are adversely affected by tho packers' operations, resulting in unreasonably large profits. Swift & Company's net profit is reasonable, and represents an insignificant factor in the cost of living. For the fiscal year 1917 the total sales and net profit of Swift & Company were as follows: Sales $875,000,000. ProfiU $34,650,000. This is equivalent to a $3,465. profit on a business of $87,500. If Swift & Company had made no profit at all, th cattle raiser 1 his would have received only ono-eiehth of a cent nr nmimi mnr for cattle, or the consumer would have saved only onc-quarter of a cent per pound on dressed beef. Swift & Company, U. S. A. NEW HOMES We offer for sale up to MAY 1st three new strictly modern four-room cottages, situated on the corner of Oswego and Hudson streets. These houses can be seen during the course of construction. They are close to the business district and not too distant from any of the industrial plants. We offer them at Twenty-one Hundred Dollars each: Two Hundred Dollars ini tial payment and $20.00 monthly. Inter est on deferred payments at 7 per cent, payable quarterly. This offer will be withdrawn May 1st. BONHAM &, CURRIER Cash and Carry Vu take pleasure hi nmiotiticini; that on and after April 1st we will establish a NEW SYSTEM Of tiicrcliaiulisiiiK which will he a saving and should appeal to every one. The plan has been carefully studied out, hut iw introduction lms been delayed until convinced that the new system would work no hard ship, hut piove of advantage to all. Our prices will be reduced on all merchandise with few exceptions. We expect above all to maintain OUR STANDARD QUALITY Of goods in future as in past and ST1UVK to make our store 100 per cent Jil'IHCIKNT IN SKRVICK. This change will not affect our credit customers, only that they, too, will share in the savings, If, for convenience, you prefer n charge account, we will at the time oi payment, add Five Per Cent to the bill, which will help cover the expeuw of bookkeeping. Our deliveries will be FKKli, ns they always have, with the excep tion that on orders less than $1.00 a charge of live cents will be made. We arc sure this plan will meet with approval by our patrons to whote loyalty and good will of the past we acknowledge and ask their co-ocratiou in this change which we believe will result in good to all. Last, hut not least, wc take pride in kecpiug our store 100 per cent SANITARY, and we will at any and nil times welcome any suggestions from our customers that will assist us in further improvements so that you may be proud to call our store YOUR STORK. Yours for Service, C. S. 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L'M llltrk Si;k ll.l.l Fel. 1h (rucrwtrf,nikI.U. qui In iar cr II sill julrklr. cui r and Ixtm rl4.lant turlf. It lta mi The Central TIIOS. GI.OVKK, l-rop. Philadelphia Street, St. Johns. Soft Drinks as usual Coldest and Coolest Drinks in town. Sandwiches, etc. All lead ing Summer Drinks. TRY OUR MILK PUNCH c-O o e0 n0 (O 0 0 Phone Columbia 52S 202 South Jeisey Street. Go Farther and Fare Worse Is an old time saying, but true as ever today. In buying Groceries do not carry farther and pay more. It is a waste of euergv and cash, Peo pie living in the Northwest section of St, Johns can have their grocery wants supplied right at home for less money and goods fully guaranteed us to ipi.ility and weight. Compare these prices with those asked by stores at a greater distance and then buy where you can do the best: Pineapple, 3 sizes, per cun 12c, 19c ami 23c 15 oz. can Peats, Peaches or Apricots 13c Celebrated King's Dried Fruits, reg. price 25c; our price, 20c Cocoa, half pound can. 20c Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour, package 14c Aider's Flapjack Flour, package 17c Cereo Coffee substitute, package 20c Mrs. Stewart's Ulueing, best on the market, bottle 12c Mazola Oil, quart cati 65c Deviled Meat, can, .,, 6c Chile Con Carue, can .' 10c Holsiiiu or Royal Bread others ask 10c our price 9c Pickled Pig's Peet, lb 15c Karo Sjrup, light or dark, can , 17c Coal Oil, per gallon 13c Hest Rolled Oats, 2 lbs 15c Chick Food, per pound 5c Choice Petite Dried Prunes, per pound 8c Remember we still sell white Toilet or Laundry Soap, and best Matches at 5c Fresh stock Garden Seeds. The most complete stock of Coufecttouery of any grocery iu St. Johns. J. M. SHAW Groceries and Provisions John Poff J. II Harvey fBillie' NiCllOlS I; P. & H. Transfer Co. 0 OrPTAIIDAMT Pi Phono Columbia 308 I 111 2 2 r N. JERSEY STREET Open Evenings GIVE US A CALL CMCNCMCoCMCMCNCM 802 North Ivanhoe Street. St. Johns, Oregon Milk and Cream Direct From the Cows Muscaday Dairy J. ii, WINDLE, Prop. I Phone Col. 320 Delivered Daily 1 I buy or sell St. Johns Property A. W. DAVIS Real Estate Fire insurance and Notary Public List your property with me if you desire to sell quickly 202 N. Jersey St. St. Johns Cards of thanks notices are charged for at -the rate of fifty cents each. Persons desiring to have such notices published should make a note of this. 206 N. Jersey St. Johns, Ore. J. R. YVCIMER Transfer and Storage W daliver your good to and from all parta of Portland, Vancourar. Linn ton, Portland and suburban Ezprat Co., city dock and all point accanibl agr way on. Man n4 Ittmlturu mn$ The Past Time Billiard HaL N I. willTK rioprittor The Place Where They All Go A Choice Line of Cigars, Tobac co and Soft Drinks WHERE THE CAR STOPS Portsmouth Gospel Hall Meeting 3 p. M for Christians. Gospel meeting in eveuing 7:30. One door west of drug store. Electrical Contracting Wiring, Fixtures and Repairing C. L. Dearlove 1673 Haven St. Columbia 374 Eor Sale Strictly modern bungalow, 100x100, five room, full tize basement. Call owner, A. J. Guler, E. Rich mond. isti