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NEED FOR COOPERATION
The president is evidently not enthusiastic, to say the least,
over the proposal to establish a joint congressional committee
on the conduct of the war. Whether his reluctance is due to
his own intellectual processes or to political counsel with
which he is afflicted, is of minor consequence. The result,
as he himself might say, is a great disservice to himself.
The creation of such a committee, with the cordial approval
of the president, would at once establish the necessary rela
tions of mutual confidence and cooperation between the ex
ecutive and legislative branches of the government which are
so desirable and necessary if the national force's are to be ef
ficiently co-ordinated for the prosecution of the war. Such
a committee is constitutional, traditional and helpful. Its
membership would be determined by the party organizations
in either house of congress; it would be representative; exist
ing political conditions show that it would contain a majority
of members from the president's own party; while it would
afford a convenient avenue for bringing the views of the two
branches of the government and of the two parties into sub
stantial accord.
And so would the committee as a whole. The war has not
proceeded even thus far without its scandals. Scandals are
likely to multiply under conditions as they have been. The
joint committee would minimize the opportunity for scandals
because its function would be to submit to trained scrutiny the
most important plans of the war which require congressional
sanction, either by the grant of power, or the appropriation of
money. It is better to be safe than sorry. The president is
not playing safe, however, in disdaining the cooperation of
congress. He should welcome it.
If the president fears that the movers of the resolution
Senator Weeks and Representative Madden took action in
order that they might become members of the proposed com
mittee, he may dismiss his fears. Under the practice of con
gress, they would doubtless be members of the committee if
it is set up. But their high character, their long experience in
Congress and their wide experience in the practical life of the
country in which this administration and the Democratic party
are so deficient, mean that they could, in such position, render
to the nation and the president the very highest service.
servers along the border that one of the chief instrumentalities
in swinging Mexico from a pro-German to a pro-Ally atti
tude was the German propaganda itself, Americans well
know how active German emissaries have been in Mexico.
Some of the diplomats we shipped back to Germany were
caught with their fingers in the Mexican pie. In the last few
months the propagandists, corruptionists and spies have been
especially active. And as usual, they have overplayed their
part. Just as in this country, their insolent methods have
aroused antagonism and defated their purpose.
Prominent Mexicans have declared lately that their govern
ment might declare war against Germany by the end of July.
They say that all the German ships in Mexican ports will be
seized, German property will be confiscated, the great Tam
pico field will be made safe for the Allies and all Germans will
be interned. That would indeed be a bitter blow for the Prus
sian statesmen who but lately hoped to use Mexico as an ally
against the United States.
DRAFT LIST 19 ISSUED
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LOYALTY ON THE FARM.
SQUARE CONSCRIPTION
The young manhood of America registered willingly for the
selective draft, and now awaits the selection with confidence
that it will be, as President Wilson has insisted it must be,
"just, fearless and impartial."
It will be difficult, of course, to select our new armies from
the great number of men registered without making occas
ional mistakes. When only one man is chosen out of 1 5 or 20,
it will be hard to say in every case that the choice was right
and inevitable. There will be men selected who believe they
should not have been, and there will be men rejected who be
lieve they ought to be taken. But of the honest intent that
lies back of the conscription, and the zealous efforts of the
war department and the conscription boards to give every man
a square deal, there will be no question. And there is every
reason to believe that in the application of the just rules laid
down the officers now undertaking to sift 10,000,000 men
for the half -million best fitted for fighting will do their work
with as much efficiency as honesty of purpose.
This is a very different business from the civil war drafts.
Old men still remember with bitterness the injustice and par
tiality of those days. The draft was not applied uniformly.
It was permissible to hire substitutes. Money or influence
gained immunity for great numbers of citizens while their
humbler fellows were forced into the army. Today money,
influence, social or official position, counts for nothing. No
man will be immune unless he is demonstrably unfit for the
1.1 . i . . i i.
army, or can renaer tne nation Detter service where he
Rich and poor, high and low, will march side by side.
At present there is a great effort being made to conserve
our food supply by preventing waste on the part of the con
sumer. Every household is urged to "save in the kitchen."
This is important, but it isn't all. We shouldn't overlook the
loss at the other end of the line. The farmer or gardener
wastes as much as the cook.
Our farmers are efficient producers, but not efficient con
servers. They are generally wasteful of the stuff they raise.
An enormous amount of grain, fruit and vegetables is lost
through careless methods of reaping, storing and shipping.
There must be more attention in this direction.
There is another form of wastefulness, too, that is more
reprehensible than that caused by carelessness. It is the delib
erat destruction of crops which might easily be gathered and
added to the nation's food store. There may have been in
previous years justification for this policy in many agricultural
sections. Farmers could hardly be blamed for neglecting to
harvest crops or for plowing crops under when transportation
to the market was difficult and expensive, and it was plain the
prices paid would not compensate them for their work. But
his vear. at least, there can ben no excuse for it.
... , . . , , . 1S47 Alexander D. Castles.
we are now engaged m a struggle tor tremendous import! 797
in which every citizen must play his part. Our people and
our allies must be fed. Prices, fortunately for the producer,
will probably be high enough to recompense hirri for all his
investment and labor. But no matter what prices may be, the
producer owes it to his country to make available for human
use every bit of foodstuff of every kind that he can possibly
turn out.
Our farms are battlefields. The farmer is a soldier of pro
duction, performing a service as essential as that of the fight
ing man at the front. If he lets any food go to waste thai
might be saved he is acting disloyally.
1546 Marvin H. llerbmigh.
1563 Hoy John Anthony,
2099 Ferdinand A. Scott.
61 to 60.
1369 Frank Dury.
616 George Smith I tort rand.
373 Chnmpton Washington Chamber
Hit. 167fi Alva ( Hughea.
1266 WHUtvm It. Thompson.
1891 Arnold Kniory Schneider.
775 John Thomua H Initio.
4S6 Jacob Karl Krnft. "
692 Wllwon Kdd Tout.
600 William John Tcevln.
61 to 70.
19S6 Lester Weston llllggct.
810 Herbert Henry Huxley.
1539 Herman William Kuhnke.
2519 Allon Robertson Mitchell.
1683 Barney Johnxon.
507 Clarence I Chandler.
309 Enrico Swerl.
437 Thllllp L, Hammond.
1321 Howard E. Grnwle.
604 Joseph Walch.
71 to 80.
43 Oscar Fraatus Clyde,
21SI Ernest Richard Whltten.
1763 Wnlluce Hurnsldo Caufteld.
1548 Oren Aron C.Igor.
1264 Wlllmm Ray Taylor.
10C0, Arthur N. Fnrr.
924 Mnynnrd Cole.
2155 Aiiolph Frtinzcl.
2501 Elmer Roy Hussolbrluk.
420 Raffaele Tunr.l.
81 to 90.
1011 Anton Ludvlg Olson.
1178 N'oah Franklin N'ewhoiiae.
514 (illbert Henry Hanson.
433 Ralph Rockwell Mutldovlllo.
1329 James Tarrant Jaunc.
2374 Otto Hogg.
10 Clifford Gnynup.
1015 Albert Earl Green.
1031 Ward Barnes.
1705 Lee Volpan Shannon.
91 to 100.
1333 Jacob Jackie.
1685 Earl C. I-atourette.
487 William Elliott Maple.
1282 Abraham Mlchnel A meet e.
1323 Orris Erwln DcDaul.
HOW PEOPLE GET BY.
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MEXICO NEXT?
Now comes the strangest news From Mexico. The coun
try that has given us so much trouble for the past five years,
that hated Americans and everything American, that was sus
paieaj pus AuBuuar) uim. Sutpujsaspun ;sjd38 b jo papad
ap offering a side-door entrance for German invasion of our
territory that country is reported ready to declare war
against Germany and enter the conflict as our ally
It doesn't seem possible. And yet there is no longer any
question that Mexican sentiment has swung in favor of the
allied cause. Many things have contributed to this end.
Our own super-decent treatment of Mexico has at last sunk
into the Mexican consciousness. The action of Cuba, Panama,
Brazil and other Latin countries, sisters of Mexico, in ranging
themselves under our leadership to repel German aggression
has taught a wholesome lesson. The vastness and whole
heartedness of our war preparations, too, has had its effect.
The Mexicans see now that it was strength, not weakness, that
withheld chastisement from them when they were so sorely
plaguing us. The most enlightened Mexican leaders have
come to realize that if they want to remain in good standing as
an American republic they must drop their silly, provincial
prejudices and take a firm stand morally and politically with
the rest of the New World, to uphold Pan-American ideals
and insure the preservation of our common liberties
In these high price times, it is certainly a mystery how
some families manage to get by. When you consider how
prices have risen from 50 to 1 00 per cent, while wages and
salaries have not gone up in that proportion, it is a problem
how some families manage to exist and keep together.
For a great many people it has been solved by the ability
of their children to get work and help support the family.
There is such a demand for work of all kinds, that almost any
young person of the most middling intelligence can find things
to do. It sometimes seems foolish for so many girls to train
for stenographers ; yet the demand for them keeps up. As fast
as one lot gets able to take positions, a previous group of them
have been married.
A young man who can't get work today must be either
incurably indolent or.incredibly stupid. An examination of a
leading metropolitan paper the other day showed about six
columns of advertisements of Help wanted, and only a column
of Situations wanted. Usually the proportion is reversed.
So when one wonders how the man who is getting $2.50
and $3.00 a day can get along, it must be considered that fre
quently he has several children working and turning in money
toward family expenses. The whole family may have re
sources of $2000 a year. The people who have courage to
marry and have children often get the most comfort out of
life.
Of course the young married man with a family of little
ones has a heavy burden. If the wife goes out and helps earn,
the family suffers and the children run wild. The garden and
the chicken house are a wonderful help for such people. They
must be contented with smaller space than their fathers had,
but they need a roomy and well utilized back yard. The out
skirts of any town supply that, and an inexpensive bicycle will
enable the head of the house to get to his work easily.
BUREAUCRACY RUN MAD.
When a Congressman introduced a resolution asking the
Postmaster General to inform the House of Representatives
what publications had been denied the use of the mails, Mr.
Burleson sent word that it would not be compatible with the
public interest to supply the information. In other words, if
the Postmaster General says stop the publication, you stop and
ask no questions. Congress has no right to ask questions. It
is incompatible with the public interests for Congress to know
when or why or to what extent the right of speech and the
press is limited. 1 his is bureaucracy run mad.
This, however, isn't the whole story. It is declared by ob- of the Rio Grande.
There is recognition at last in almost every corner of the
New World that our "continental destinies" are the same, re
gardless of dividing boundaries and differences of race, lang
uage and tradition. Yankees and Latins can now meet on
common ground as democrats and brothers. Its a wondrous
transformation from the attitude of suspicion and hostility
that we used to find, not so long ago, almost everywhere south
German A. Stone.
140 Roy Funk.
2399 Charles A. Llnqulat.
1536 Louis Frederick Klellng.
101 to 11a
1922 Edgar L. McAllister.
1723 Llle Dulley.
1779 Robert Stephen Green.
1236 Edward Charles Rowen.
2247 Edward Hoffman.
2011 Sherman Eugene Carloton
432 Jake Albert Mlts.
IS Taut Krueger.
652 Frank Llnhnrt.
927 Joseph Glean.
111 to 120.
1484 Robert Ralph Peterson
739 William Michael Dale.
1751 Hugh Tarry.
601 Joseph Francis Teevln.
1322 Isaac F. Davidson.
1146 Russel C. Scramlln.
1103 John William McCubbin.
2319 Frank Thurmun Hunter.
1393 Walter Arthur Ilock.
2479 Conrad C. Cockerlln.
121 to 130
606 William Walch
182 Wendel Hobert Crowley
1771 Stanford Joe Cox
513 Giuseppe Garbarlno
46 Jesse John Burtis
1020 Chauncey Lee Kroff
1651 Jack Rudolph Mllnted
1099 Robert King
1955 Albert William Frederick
2441 Fred Schaber
131 to 140
1636 Ralph Waldron Barber
223 Gust Rudolph Hallman
2066 Peter Waznls
1441 Charles Lester Fuge
117 William Odell
2330 Robert Rosennu ,
602 Vincent Vidolln
390 Leslie Clark Tibbets
2233 Fred Adam Wentzel
75 Max Adolph Hollmann
141 to 150
1818 James Johnson Parberry
772 Clarence Ogden Dallas
1456 Walter Sydney Smith
721 James Lee McKenzie
1419 Ardulus Stefan!
786 Carl Baxter Mumpower
1549 Gordy Emanuel Frederickaon
1476 George Kelly
280 William Ernest Freeman
2322 Charles August Kasewater
151 to 160
1292 Wesley Reld Grasle
972 George Walter Card
983 Lorraine A. Ostrom
757 Henry Crawford Reld
906 Louis Napoleon Vallen
868 Charles Riley Moulton
2230 Gottfried Stuckl
2456 Anton Ulsky
332 Clyde M. Jaggar
2090 Frank Lee Selby
161 to 170
379 Herbert William Holmes
1560 Charley William Cooper
542 George A. Odell
2107 Alfred Eugene Thomas
. 194 Palmer Julseth
874 Garland Earl Hollowell
552 August Bledensteln
2595 John Alvin Ream
1300 Harry Massey
2124 Thomas Gilbert Haines
171 to 180
1673 Ray Leigh Francisco
1887 Louis Rudolph Noble
298 Carl Everett Morris
2438 ifdward Albert Pamperin
675 Harry Pluss Cahlll
'2132 Clyde Maxwell Churchill
1769 Edward Nevllla Coffey
1294 Corwln S. Harvey
1148 Raymond Atwell Stevens
1647 Orrille Clinton Johnson
181 to 190
2558 John P. Sullivan
1354 Rolf Lawrence Sandstrom
1906 Franklyn Inraan Ritenour
2017 Valla Allyn
2397 Otto Fleken
348 Verner Carl Uranium!
2008 John Valentino Gawllsta
2414 Louts Ilruck
1613 Walter Harrison Viglos
2100 Rnnson Puralfull
191 to 200
983 Delbnrt Austin Norton
2467 Joseph Graham Jr.
726 Noel Snrver
15 Percy Aldon Jones
905 Thomas Roy Peters
933 Ilert Noll
233 1 Wallace Washington Sutter
1531 Dewey Samuel Miller
2209 Robert A. Delk
1288 George Sherwood Curtis
201 to 210
453 George 11. Dondtihndlor
355 Carl Frltaof Larson
1843 John Christ Dusch
530 Albert Ross Roadnrmel
809 Victor Carl Doinn
2579 Robert Lee Wyrlck
1114 Peder O. Holland
3607 Alma Beamloin
2473 Hoscoe, Page
1470 Paul Hopp
211 to 220
645 Guy Schafer
2135 James Vernon Centers
2622 Herman Trotchler
218 David Elmer Foaberg
620 Herman Herald Chlndgren
1334 Percy Samuel Lord
660 Lloyd L. Corey
1611 Gordon Victor Skoog
574 Casper Helmnnn
31 John Garret Pierce
221 to 230
1433 Oscar Lee Kaylor
lt27 Sol F.lven Cox
2047 William John Nichols
981 Ralph Bryant Madison
184S Umls Booth Conklln
1570 Rudolph ltlgge
1817 Karl Pradaruttl
770 Icwle Hiram Cameron
882 Axel Carlson
2078 Paul II. Fuxton
231 to 240
677 Roy Douglas
2119 Clarence Leslie Haines
2360 Newton Ernest Moak
749 Frank John Llngelbach
2269 Robert Sands Smith
2592 Arthur Ernest Schwerln
1868 Ben Baxter
1509 Benjamin R. Wolfor
1211 Otto Fred Lucht
525 Rayvel Thomas Landea
241 to 250
1417 Robert Leslie Reed
1574 Russet Leonard China
2034 Joseph Walker Garner
2434 Emtl Nordurft
760 Frank Ernest Trachae!
183 HJalmer J. Erickson
56 Henry Luchs
1276 August J. Zimmerman
1791 Constantlnos Vasellu
792 John W. E. PattlBon
251 to 260
2128 Pete Jamos Emott
6 George Walter Brown
350 Olaf Flodberg
1580 Crist Gelger
54 James Stuart Hopper
2365 Carl Rudolph Lamp
2615 Ernest Jooso
870 Wilbur Burton Merrlam
1714 Cecil V. Redden
549 John Sutton Greenwood
261 to 270
1132 Rufus II. A. Kraxberger
440 Theodore Hagen
1485 Edgar Guy Roth
t674 Roland E. Forsberg
741 Roscoo Chamberlain Demlng
1054 Henry Wllhelm
2336 Lewis Spady
1275 George Edward Wlnzenrled
2316 George Wayne Gordon
2225 John Harold Mitchell
271 to 280
711 Adolf Haldlen
1022 Annan Hostotler
841 Hennlng Carl Johnson
638 Dudley Rexford Helvey
2454 John Zimmerman
1032 Chauncey Lloyd Bloeser
623 Chester Allen Dickey
269 William Severln
685 Guy Eugene Manger
1141 Harley Manning
281 to 290
1314 Sadataro Yoshltom!
1016 Alfred Marlon Livingston
1688 Jack P. Watts
335 Ear! Herbert Shepherd
1430 Clyde Raymond Walker
2005 Walter Kuzman
493 Mike Joseph Perlnger
2448 Merle Brink TIedoman
2108 Anton Joseph Schlelss
1358 John Robert Townsley
291 to 300
2503 Reve Jason Hoffman
923 Seth Addison Cook
1305 Robert J. Paulson
341 Albert Dave Baurer
2517 Julius Richard Wienort
2376 Orey Erban Howell
1007 Joseph Lester Stanton
1764 James Edgar Coovert
391 George Wesley Theissen
1366 Ora Elwood Coover
I
BACKED CONVERSATION
By LKlfl WILSON DOM)
ot the Vigilantes
P (Playwright and author of 'The
Return of Eve," "Ills Majesty,
Bunker Bean," "The Middle
Miles," etc.) 4
Said lllnderburg to Kaiser 1)111
"Most Exulted, hero am I
To tell you plainly wo must kill
All men save Germans, or we die.
"Let us be thorough. The High God
Has destined ua to rule the world;
And he would think it rather mid
If you were from your Empire hurled.
"It might upset his mighty plana
For generatlona .did we yield
To these Insane republicans
Who dare to brave ua on the field.
"But they are stubborn, Sire; they
- fight
I Aa If they really meant to win.
Drag down this sainted Realm of
Light
And damn themselves with mortal sin!
"They fight for freedom! that's
enough
To prove their wickedness! So we
Must do God's will and simply snuff
Them out, and with them - Liberty !"
"Well barked!" yelped Kaiser Bill to
Hln
denberg, "Go to It! Slay them all!
God loses if I do not win,
And If I falter Heaven may tall!
"Sink every ship upon the sea,
Burn every city on the laud
(Except of course In Germany).
That I might sit on God's right hand!
"And aa for you. my faithful Hun,
He'll place you on hla left, no doubt.
In armor shining like the aun;
And all the hosts of Heaven will shout
"Hull Hlndenberg, who saved us all
In Heaven's divine Autocracy
By shooting down against a wall
The last man who loved Liberty!"
BUCK 10 COUNCIL IN
PARK SITE PROPOSAL
Upon the shoulders of the city coun
cil again rests the responsibility of
choosing whether or not the city Is
to have a park, formed from the 13
acres of land now held by the city
water board at the south end of High
street.
About a month ago at a meeting of
the council, following tho demands of
citizens that somo action bo taken In
the matter, a committee was appointed
composed of Councilmen I. C. Bridges,
A. B. Buckles and Roy B. Cox to con
sider the proposaland report back to
the council.
This committee has done Its work,
has carefu'ly considered the proposal
from all sides and, each of the mem
bers have visited the park site and
viewod the Improvements that would
be required to bring the grounds Into
serviceable condition.
But the report of the committee,
although it has been filed with City
Recorder John W. Lodor, has not been
read to the council yet. Lack of a
quorum, failure to meet and divers
reasons have conspired to keep the
committee's report In darkness.
Through the chairman, Councilman
A. B. Buckles, it has been lonrned that
no recommendations were made by the
committee and that the report simply
turns back to the council for re-con
sldoratlon of the park proposal.
The next meeting of the council
has been set for August 1, Wednes
day of next week. At this time the
report will probably be read and from
the requests for Information that have
come from citizens, it Is expectod that
a large number will be present to dem
onstrate their support of the measure.
It is known that several members of
the council have reversed their opin
ions on the question of the park and
will vote In Its favor on the next bal
lot although they were against it be
fore. These men explain their change of
heart by pointing out that in the face
ot the wide popular demand for a park
they could only take this attitude after
the true feeling ot the poople had been
shown.
20 ANNUAL
HELD NEAR
Mr. William Ladd, of Portland, own
er of several herds of prize cattle In
various sections of the state, was one
ot the principal speakers at the second
annual cow-testers' picnic hold near
Logan Saturday. Other speakers were
0. G. Simpson, ot the Oregon Dairy Ex
change, O. W. Finch, Clackamas coun
ty cow-tester, Mra. A. I. Hughes, Prof.
E. L. Westover, O. A. C, and Prof.
Hyalop, of 0. A. G.
In the stock Judging contests Roy
Smith won first place, Albert Coop,
second, and Walter Funk, third place.
82D STREET IS
The 8 2d street road from Oregon
City to Portland la now open for auto
travel, says County Roadmaster T. A.
Roota, who has been In charge ot the
work on the road for the past several
weeks. This la the only big piece
of improvement that will be made be
tween the Multnomah and Clackamas
county suburbs this year, says County
Judge H. S. Anderson. The greatest
activity la to be centered upon the
roada to the south, especially the New
Era hill which 1b dangerous.