OREGON CrTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1917
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FUNDS FOR
An appeal which should strike a responsive chord in the
hearts of every loyal son and daughter of Oregon, is being
made by the Oregon Army and Navy Auxiliary, which is now
seeking to secure sufficient funds for the purchase of one
and perhaps two or three Army ambulances for the Third
Oregon Regiment, which is soon to see service on the battle
fields cf France.
It is a big undertaking, this work of securing funds by pop
ular subscription, but in such a worthy cause the women who
are sponsoring the movement believe that the people of Ore
gon will respond quickly and with a patriotic enthusiasm
which will insure success. - " ,
Pnere are some, perhaps, who can give but a dime, but such
a contribution will be welcome. It may be that a dime given
today will be the means of saving the life of one of Oregon's
sons when this ambulance is pressed into service on the fir
ing line of "No Man's Land."
Thus far approximately $2400 has been raised, of which
$ 1 800 has already been applied on the first ambulance which
has been ordered and is now being shipped to Oregon. Ar
rangements have been made for the acceptance of this and oth
er ambulances by the war department in behalf of the Third
Oregon Regiment. This type of ambulance costs $3075, and
is a regulation army machine, fully equipped for immediate
service at the front.
All Oregon residents who desire to contribute to this wor
thy cause in behalf of the Oregon boys are urgently requested
to mail their contributions at once to Mrs. R. E. Oliver, treas
urer, 507 Corbett building, Portland.
The Third Oregon is soon to leave for a Southern canton
ment camp, from which it will sail for France within two or
thiee monts. This makes it absolutely necessary for the peo
ple of Oregon to complete their contributions for the ambu
lance fund at once.
Every cent collected will be used solely for the purchase
and maintenance of ambulances, as all who are assisting in the
work are donating their time and services, being actuated only
by patriotic motives.
THE REAL
Ultimate defeat for Germany .is apparently inevitable.
Nobody realizes this more than the rulers of Germany. But
the Kaisr and his advisers are under the necessity of making
the best terms possible and they must keep up the fight. Since
they cannot hope for terms on the basis of victors, and would
lose everything in. terms on the basis of vanquished, their
psace talk is designed to lead to negotiations while they still
occupy the position of contestants.
Germany wants peace without victory without the vic
tory which the allies seem certain eventually to win. The best
way to hasten the coming of peace the permanent peace
which we all so much desire is to make the strongest pos
sible demonstration of the certainty of complete victory for
the allies. Germany has been basing her feeble hopes upon
the possibility of a separate peace with Russia, disintegration
in Russia, estrangement between Japan and the other allies, or
some unforeseen stroke of fate or chance that would turn the
impending defeat into victory.
So long as there seems room for even a forlorn hope, Ger
many will not agree to terms satisfactory to that part of the
world which has set itself against militarism and autocracy.
The effective part for America to take, therefore, is to push
her preparations and participation with such vigor as to leave
Germany with no doubt as to the lengths to which we are
ready to go in this war, thus hastening the day when the Kaiser
will see the folly of further fighting. We shall probably put
a few men in the trenches, but the more we are ready to put
there, the fewer we shall probably send across the ocean.
The real pacifist today is the man who most effectively
hastens war preparations.
DEFYING ECONOMIC LAW
The difficulty of price-fixing in any commodity is well il
lustrated by the copper industry. Not all mines are of the
same richness of ore, nor can they all smelt and transport their
product at uniform cost. Yet, if the price of copper is to be
fixed for all producers and how else can it be done? the
low-grade mines will be compelled to shut down if the fixed
price is lower than their cost of production, and if the price is
fixed so as to care for the lower grade producers the high
graJe mines will reap a disproportionate profit. It will be
manifestly impossible to establish costs for each individual
with whom the government will do business in all the various
lines of supply-purchase, yet, there can be no bed of Procrustes
by which to set the standard. The whole idea of price-fixing
is revolutionary in economics. However, the tendency nowa
; days is to set a legislative fiat above the immutable laws of
supply and demand, of production and distribution. It may
be done, we suppose; but the whole experiment is likely to
turn out like that wherein the Irishman taught his horse to
eat sKavings by the expedient of putting green spectacles on
the animal, thus deceiving him into the idea that the shavings
were grass. The horse learned to eat shavings, all right; but
no sooner had he learned than he died I
ENTERPRISE
Postofflce a ieeond-class matter.
Ion Rat:
.$1.50
. .75
, .15
OUR BOYS
PACIFIST.
HIGHER TAX ON AUTOS
A little amendment to the revenue bill that may prevent
much confusion in the administration of the law, and save the
government a good many, dollars, has been added at the sug
gestion of Senator Philander G Knox of Pennsylvania. In the
automobile paragraph a tax of $10 is levied against all cars
the retail price of which is betweeh $750 and $ 1 000. On cars
of greater value an additional tax of $5 is to be collected for
each further increase of $500 in the "original retail price."
Senator Knox thought that in the case of imported cars a ques
tion might arise as to whether the retail price abroad or the
much higher price in the United States after the duty is paid
would be taken as the basis for the tax. At his instance the
words "United States" were added, so as to remove all doubt
in the matter. "The car that I want to reach," said Mr. Knox,
"is the expensive, luxurious car which is usually owned by peo
ple who can very well afford to pay the tax." As a further ex
pression of his views Mr. Knox succeeded in having the tax
raised, on cars valued at over $3000, from $5 to $10 for each
$500 increase in price above that amount.
PETTY CENSORSHIP
Senator Hiram V. Johnson of California characterizes as
a "peculiar mental strabismus" the state of mind that leads
the official director of publicity to state that the Japanese mis
sion landed "at a Pacific port," and cause that phrase to be
used in all the papers of the east. He says that four weeks ago.
he received invitations to attend the ceremonies in San Fran?
cisco upon the arrival of the distinguished visitors, and
he has on his desk California papers exploiting the event and
giving every detail of the reception. Mr. Johnson cites the
incident as an example "of the way in which the patriotism of
Americans is being trifled with. "Can you tell me," he ex
claims, "upon what principle that sort of dealing should be in
dulged in with a people intelligent and critical, a people patri
otic, and a people self-sacrificing!"
WAR. NEVERTHELESS
Speaking at Shadow Lawn less than a year ago, President
Wilson predicted that if Mr. Hughes won the election the
"certain prospect" would be that "we shall be drawn, in one
form or another, into the embroilments of the European war."
Mr. Hughes was not elected, but the "certain prospect" was
realized.
There are few men who have no friends at all, but the I.
W. W. leader who called upon farm laborers to strike and "let
the fruit rot on the ground" seems to be in that class. If he has
any friends they are keeping mighty quiet. m .
Fifty Years Ago
Taken From Oregon City Enterprlae,
August 31, 1867.
Oswego Iron The Willamette Iron
works and the Portland foundry are
both using Iron maile at Oswego.
The Beach The beach at Clatsop
has swarmed with pleasure seeking
people this summer.
Will Ask to be Relieved It is inti
mated that General Grant will soon
ask to be relieved from the duties of
the war office.
Yakima Captain William Barlow
and family have returned from a sum
mer visit up the Columbia. They
spent some time at Yakima, and
speak in high terms of praise of that
region.
Won the Match The third game of
baseball, between the second nine of
the Clackamas club, and the Highland
ers of this city, was played last Satur
day, and won by the former by 21
runs. The game was a very exciting
one, and lasted nearly three hours.
The Flag Staff The liberty pole
raised on the bluff in this city on
last Saturday is really a credit to the
place. Men of all nationalities were
free to acknowledge that the stars
and stripes are the only true emblem
of liberty, and would not be willingly
exchanged for any other.
Purchase of the Seminary At the
later session of the M. E. conference,
Rev. I. D. Driver and Rev. Waller were
appointed to act with the school com
mittee of the Oregon City council,
Messrs A. J. Apperson, C. W. Pope
and J. W. Lewis, In disposing of the
block of land and building thereon in
this place, known as the Oregon City
seminary. The property was finally
purchased by the city for the sum of
$2000, and now we own as fine a public
school building as any town of the
importance of this could desire.
YEAR IN A MEDICAL
FROM WAR DRAFT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. Hospital
internes and medical students who
have been more than a year at col
lege may be exempted from military
service under the selective draft bill
by regulations issued today. The
war department is anxious not to In
terfere with the professional educa
tion of these men wnose service as
doctors may be necessary before the
close of the war.
Enlistment in the enlisted reserve
corps of the army Is the way found
by Provost Marshal General Crow
der to accomplish the desired result.
The student will enter the military
service and may later be discharged
to continue his education or practice
as a civilian.
JUMPS OVER CLIFF
ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 3. Two men
are dead and two seriously Injured as
the result of an auto accident on the
Pacific highway, Just across on the
California side of the state line. A
party of employes of the highway
grading camp on top of the Sisklyous
was returning from Hilt, California,
where the men had been drinking,
when the two-ton truck In which they
were riding ran off the grade In try
ing to pass another auto late last night.
The truck shot over a steep embank
ment and turned a complete somer
sault, landed right side up and ran
some-distance.
Davis, one of the men In charge of
the state work, was driving and his
wife rode on the front seat with him.
Those In the back of the truck were
the only ones hurt.
Pat Stedman of Central Point was
instantly killed. He bad been, em
ployed on state highway work for a
number of years.
George Robinson, foreman, was tak
en to the Granite City hospital here
with two foreign laborers. Robinson
died soon after his arrival at the hos
pital, while on the operating table. His
home was In Portland.
Dan Irea Saibelo Is badly hurt and
so is another man. Both may be In
jured internally.
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CIVIL WAR KILLED
HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept, 1. C. E.
Huston, of Vancouver, Wash., and A.
J. Johnson, of Prescott, Wash., about
60 years old and a member of the I.
O. O. F. lodge were killed this forenoon
in an auto wreck. The car apparently
had sprung Its front axle on striking
the south approach of the county
bridge crossing the railroad track near
Ruthton. It leaped nearly 40 feet off
the bridge and struck on the railroad
track. Both bodies were pinned be
neath the wrecked auto. A paper on
the body of Huston indicated that he
had been visiting R. P. Reynolds, form
er clerk of Walla Walla, whom he had
not seen before for 52 years and who
was a school mate In Bloomlngton, 111.,
and enlisted on the same day with
Huston in Civil war company 33, Ill
inois. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 1.
Charles E. Huston was father of Mrs.
Lloyd DuBols, 514 West Ninth street,
this city.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 1. The public
service commission will Immediately
investigate the accident at Euthton
near Hood River, in which the two
men were killed.
J The Girls They Left
! Behind Them !
By THEODOSIA GARRISON
of the Vlgllantea '
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We are the girl that they loft behind
them
And this Is the pride that we wear to
day. We had no will to hinder or bind them,
To bid thorn hesitate, wait or stay.
We bade God speed to them on their
way, '
Not with the sadness of. hearts re
signed, But glad of the call they must needs
obey,-
We are the glrla that they loft behind.
We are the girls that they left behind
them,
Not as of old but to weep and pray,
But with ready hands and with wit to
find thorn
Service fit tor the part we play.
And this Is the pride that we wear to
day (We who are one with them heart and
mind)
That they loved and left us and
marched away.
We are the glrla that they left behind.
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SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 5. For the
first time In the northwest, so far as
Is known, since war was declared, gov
ernmental Justice la profoundly pon
dering whether its ends or the nation's
needs comes first; whether a soldier
convicted of burglary of a postotflce
Is to receive the customary heavy sen
tence or whether he Is to get a light
sentence and be returned to his regi
ment. .
And so Cecil Sloan, said to be a mem
ber of the Third, Oregon Infantry, Is
In Jail while Federal Judge Noterer
wrestles with the problem. Sloan will
know Monday whether1 he Is soon to
loin hla regiment or whether he must
languish In Jail until the offense tor
which he stands convicted la fully at
oned. A Jury In Judge Netcrer' court to
day found Sloan guilty of breaking Into
the postofflce at Redmond oa April
IS. He was captured nearly shortly
after the burglary. No lott was ob
tained, as the postofflce safe was emp
ty. How Sloan happened to be In Red
mond Instead of with hla regiment was
not explained at the trial. No evidence
prove that he is a deserter was In
troduced.
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A MOTOR'S PURRING'
Clackamas county's first quota un
der the selective draft law got away
Wednesday morning without any flare
of bugles or rattle of drums, but rather
to the purr of Sheriff Wilson's auto
mobile, which bore the party to Port
land. The ten o'clock train for Seat
tle was taken by the young men, who
were In excellent spirits when last
seen.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 5. The first
soldiers of the conscription army to
be trained at American Lake, arrived
at Camp Lewis today. Preparations
r receiving them had been completed
before their arrival and their coming,
marking the advent of a new princi
ple In the nation's method of gathering
Its armies, was attended by Intense
interest on the part of several thous
and officers, soldiers and ' civilians
gathered around camp headquarters.
UNIONS HAVE A GREAT DAY
OVER 1000 MARCH IN LINE
Oregon City had the results of the
past three months' organizing of labor
unions brought forcefully to its atten
tion Monday morning when over 1000
men and women, representing the sev
en specific trade unions and the rep
resentatives of the Federal Labor Un
ion, marched in a Labor Day parade
the first of its kind in the city.
Forming at the corner of Sixth and
Main streets, headed by Charles Bar
ry, who acted as marshal, and A. 8.
Fuller, color bearer, the parade moved
north along Main street to the corner
of Fourteenth, where the column coun
ter-marched and returned to the Haw
ley mills at the corner of Third and
Main streets. Here the parade dis
banded and cars were taken to Cane
mah park.
Following the marshal and color
bearer came members of the G. A. R.
riding in automobiles, C. B. Spence,
speaker of the day, in an automobile,
then a decorated automobile bearing
Miss Esther Mroslk, Queen of Labor,
with four maids of honor Miss Mabel
Allen, Miss Juanlta Clapp, Miss Mary
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Monday, November 5, la to be Ore
gon City day at the third annual Man
ufacturers and Land Products Show
land, commencing November 3 and
to be bold la the new auditorium, Port
closing November 34, 1917, (Sunday ex
cepted). The primary object of the
exposition la to Introduce more fully
to the people of the northwest the
ultimate consumers the products of
the farms, the orchards and the dairies
of Oregon, and the varied products of
the Industrial plants, shops and fac
tories of the state.
Some of the more Important features
of the show will be: Practical work
In canning and preserving, In charge
of state leaders In the Canning club
movement; experiments In conserva
tion of fuel and of food; manufacture
of woolen goods from the fleece of the
sheep; work in the packing and pre
serving of meat products; experiments
In construction from Iron, wood and
other materials; motion picture exhi
bition and displays of manufacturing
and forestry work; the processes of
manufacture of furniture from Ore
gon woods, a wonderful display of
photographs of Oregon scenery, and
of activity among the people. Road
building and forest conservation, with
something of the lumbering Industry,
will offer a study for the more ser
ious minded. Work for and with the
blind will be Interestingly shown.
ARE HELD ON CHARGE
FETROCIIAD, Set. B.In addition
to the arrest of Grand Duke Michael
Aloxandrovltch, brother of the former
emperor, and his wife, the Countess
Pahlon, and the Grande Duke Paul and
his morganatic wife have also been
taken Into custody.
The reported arrest of Grand Duke
Dmitri Paulovltch Is as yet uncon
firmed. The arrests are the result of
suspected complicity In the counter
revolutionary conspiracy concerning
which the provisional government oh
talnod evidence during the Moscow
conference.
Last night tne assistant commander
of the Tetrograd district, with a de
tachment of picked soldiers, arrived at
Tsarskoe-Selo and read the order for
arrest, who submitted, morely asking
the reason.
The assistant commander stated that
It was by order of Premier Kerensky.
Later the same officer visited Gatch
Ina and arrested Grand Duke Michael
Is and his wife. It appears that sev
eral days ago a smirch was made of
the residence of the Grand Duke In
Finland, which wns occupied by him
during his presence thcro. A Colonel
Dleti was also arrested ut UatcUlna.
The ministry of Justice refuses for
j the present to give out any facts con
cernlng the arrests. According to
j some of the newspapers, howovor, the
headquarters of the monarchist con
piracy Is In Crimea, where other grand
dukes and duchesses and the dowiigor
empress reside under surveillance.
In Crimea, according to the news
papers, there has been recently found
ed a society under the name of "For
ward for the Czar and Holy Russia,"
which was detected organizing and
training "Czarist" propagandists with
the design of sending them to the front
to revive monorchism In the army.
WILSON FAVORS INSURANCE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Action in
the house to decrease from f 10,00 to
$5000 the limit of life Insurance avail
able to officers and men In the national
army under the administration Insur
ance bill Is not approved by President
Wilson,
Crabtreeand Miss Minnie Ott; the tex
tile workers led by "Mother" Gee of
the Garment Workers' Union of Port
land, the Moose band, the painters, car
penters, barbers, papormakers, Feder
al Labor union, Boys' band and the
pulp and sulphide workers.
The carpenters In their while over
alls and white caps made an attractive
appearance in the parade and the
group of women from the textile work
ers received considerable attentlen.
At Canemah Park, the exercises be
gan shortly after the last strains of
the band had died away on the Main
street. C. E. Spence, speaking to the
assembled workers and their families,
told of the importance of co-operating
with the employers and the govern
ment in this hour of national need.
The manufacturers wore, in general,
trying to help, he said, and it was up
to the employes to aid In whatever way
they could. He dwelt also upon the
relations between the grange, of which
he Is state master, and the unions, and
told how they could be mutually help
ful. Especially Is this true in matters
A Wild Food Reminder
By RAYMOND S. ItARB
of the Vlgllantea
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Don't forget, In the lean days, the
wild fruits and the many thing which
nature spread so lavishly on all aides
for those who will take the trouble to
pick or gather,
, Consider the wild berries, There are
the strawberries that Walton loved,
the ranpberry, blackberry, blueberry,
buffiUoberry, Jewberry, wlntorgrncii.
berry, wild cranberry, and I do not
know how many wild fruit which
grow along the fences of old fields and
all the way buck to the shores of the
wild, remote ponds of the deep wilder
ness. Countless tons of wild frulta go to
wasttt la back pastures, especially
blackberries In old logging chopplngs,
which the city owner of automobile
could easily find by Inquiry anywhere
from Washington to far down Into
Southern California. Consider the
ease with which tn or twenty quart
of wild berries can be picked by a
wpinun and her family on a plcnlo
day berries that otlurwle would go
to waste! There are even wild orch
ards of apple, peaches and other fruit
of the kind Thorrait loved, which the
drivers of car unafraid of country
roads could eusUy find In sight of tho
base over great clt.
Then," too, there are countless quin
tals of nuts which commonly go U
feed squirrels or to ttrow useless num
ber of seedling tree. The old fnmll.
lar butternut hides ulong stream and
coves; walnut may still be found;
haselnut offer day of rare picking.
The elusive beechnut, pecan, und
hickory nut offer such sport and rich
food as every ohe who ha bceu young
In tho woodlot must remember.
Remember, In the lean days other
food now waster good, wholesome
meat. I've enten imtskrnt and found
them good to eat-perhap you have
eaten swamp rabbits or marsh squir
rels, young skunks, young rw,
woodrhuck,. 'possums, "coons HnI the
like. Millions of imislmiU are wasted
annually literally thousand of tons
of good, savory, small vnnslon,
In lean days, remember the -wild
foods.
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A RAILROAD HAS
IED H. C. L
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Complete
returns for June of the operations of
all railroads of the country having an
annual Income of more than $1,000,
000, made public todny by the Inter
state commerce commission, show
earnings greater than had been fore
cast and place Juno far ahead as the
railroads' banner month.
Revenues totaled $319,739,636, as
compared with $300,019,080 a year ago,
and expenses aggregated $235,890,773,
leaving net operating revenue of $114,.
148,863, an Increase of 110.350,000 over
June, 1916. Operating Income, with
taxes deductod and uncolloctoblo bills,
totals $97,856,914, as compared with
$90,009,681, In June, 1916.
For tho six months ending with June
the railroads had total revenue of
$1,898,210,536, an Increase of more than
$200,000,000 over tho first half of 1916,
Expenses, however, Increased approxi
mately $6,000,000 more than revenues.
This loaves not revenue of $543,914,600,
as compared with $549,957,460 In the
first hal fof 1916, the poor showing be
lng due to"thrce months of car short
ago and congestion during the winter.
WHALE BUT NO HOT CAKES
BERKELEY, Cal.. Sept. 3,-Whale
meat, fish twice a week and no hot
cakes for brcukfuBt that Is the Hoc
verlzed menu which Berkoley frater
nity housas adopted today.
House managers say they can sorve
a whale steak smothered In onions
and the boys enn't toll It from porter
house of state legislation, said Mr. Spence,
In which the closest relations have al
ways existed. ;
The baseball team representing the
Hawley Pulp and Papor company de
feated a team representing the Crown
Willamette Pulp and Paper company
In a spirited baseball contest,
Scores of prizes were given away for
the various contests of athletic skill
and many women were soon carrying
large boxes of chocolatea about the
athletic field, as evldenco of their
ability. . ,
Dancing began at 2 o'clock and con
tinued until 6 o'clock, and was re
sumed after an hour's intermission,
continuing until 11 o'clock.
The attendance at Monday's cele
bration was drawn from Portland as
well aa Oregon City and the surround
ing towns, and a large number ofrep
resentatlves of the unions In Portland
were present with tholr families. Ex
cellent order was maintained through
out the day celebration, londlng an
air of dignity to the program,