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PORTLAND. TUESDAY. SEPT. 10, 1918.
It has been licked, for it involves an
admission of past mendacity which
must be so skillfully concealed as not
to be apparent to the average German
intellect.
MAX POWER OF THE RATION.
Arlontion of the new draft law and
ho firt registration under it have
been the occasion for the United States
to take stock of effective man power
and to classify it with the greatest
rare and impartiality. . When all men
between 18 and 45 have been regis
tered, these men will have to fill and
add to the ranks of the Army, for only
after a long: war and in time of extreme
Deril would the JN'ation go beyond
thosa ages for its defenders.
From figures supplied by the Pro
vost Marshal-General's office to Jud-
soo C. Welliver for the New YorK
Globe, and by the Provost Marshal
General himself to Congress for its
a-nidance in framing the new draft
law, the following tables of registra
tnn. nast and prospective, and Of
effectives procured and to be pro
cured, have been compiled:
R.aistmtlnn.
Jan. 5. 191T .... 5.5JJ
Jun. 5. 191S 744,895
September 12, 1918, estimated. ag.
IS to 21 1,171,671
September 12, 1818, estimated, as
81 to 4S 10,028,978
Total, actual and prospective. . . 23,532.017
Effectives.
TJrafted Into Army or volunteered
Army or Navy to September 1.
lais s.esi.sns
Balance In class 1 on September 1.. 301.897
Estimated effectives, age 31 to 45,
under new draft 801.238
Estimated effectives, age 18 to 21
under new draft 1.797,608
Total, equals 27 per cent of re
tatratloa 8.892,051
AH of these effectives are either
volunteers or draftees in class 1 As
young men reach the age of 21 they
will be added to the number, but they
will not supply enough effectives to
keep the ranks full, and, if an In
crease in the Army should become
necessary. It must draw on class 2 or
must comb out effectives from that
and the other classes. As circum
stances change the status of men, a
certain number are raised to class 1
from time to time, but with 7 J per
cent of all men of military age in the
deferred classes there is a wide field
for a drastic comb-out without taking
any who are indispensable te essential
industry, or the sole support of de
pendents or physically or morally
unfit.
The men so far drafted have all
been taken from class 1 and are such
that no doubt that they would do
better 6erv!ce as fighters than as
workers. They include married men
who have failed to support their fam
ilies, married men supported by their
wives and married men whose families
are supported by an Income inde
pendent of their labor. A large pro
portion of the men between 31 and 45
must come under these heads, but
General Crowder deducts all married
men of those ages, numbering 7,734,
4S2, in arriving at the residue of
601,236. Several million class 1 ef-
fectives may be found among those
married men.
Division A of class 2 comprises mar
ried men with children or fathers of
motherless children who are not
mainly dependent upon their labor
. for support, and division B comprises
married men without children whose
wives are able to support themselves!
There are nearly half a million be
tween 21 and 30 in class 2, and prob
ably half of these are in divisions A
and B, and could easily be spared
without causing distress to their fam
ilies or injury to industry. A much
larger number of men between 31 and
45 will probably be placed in these
divisions, fit material for soldiers, thus
adding to General Crowder's estimate
of effectives. Serious interference
with industry would not bfcgin until
the draft encroached on division C of
class 2, which consists of "necessary
skilled farm laborers in necessary
agricultural enterprise," or division D
of class 2, consisting of "necessary
skilled Industrial laborers in necessary
Industrial enterprise."
The remaining classes cover men
who could not be token without leav
ing families unsupported or without
leaving essential industries or public
offices unfilled or undermanned. But
it is inevitable that in administering
the draft law many local boards will
have been over-lenient and will have
placed regard for individuals above
the necessities of the Nation. As the
war goes on these-boards may fairly
b- expected to rise to a higher sense
at duty and to comb out effectives
even more unsparingly from the de
ferred classes. Married men will be
come widowers, infirm dependents will
die, children .will become self-supporting,
and in each case the man can be
transferred to class 1. The terms of
public officials will expire, and pa
triotism or public opinion may lead
them to give way to older men and
thus to Qualify for service.
From these sources the Army may
easily be able to gather in ten million
men without going below the two first
divisions of class C By comparison
with what the allies have done, this
would be but skimming the cr:am off
the supply of effectives. By so doing
we should doubtless draft marpr men
who are doing good service in indus
try, but we must be prepared more
and more to replace such men with
others over 45 or with women, sources
of energy which we have only begun
to tap. The governing principle should
be that the Nation has a right to all
the energy of all its citizens, whether
their individual circumstances require
them to work or not. By adhering to
that principle we can keep the ranks
of the Army full and keep our indus
tries in operation.
LA TOLXETTK THE LESSER.
Representative La Follette, of the
Fourth Washington Congressional Dis
trict, is not responsible for the fact
that he is a cousin of the -notorious
La Follette who misrepresents Wis
consin in the United States Senate
but he must be held accountable for
his record, which is In singular accord
with the public attitude of his dis
credited relative.
It is not to be assumed that the
Washington La Follette was Inspired
by pride of family that he followed
so closely in the footsteps of his mischief-making
namesake, for there is
nothing about it that even a La Fol
lette might acclaim with pride. It
must be taken for granted that being
a La Follette that kind of a La Fol
lette he thought and acted as a La
Follette. He was born that way.
Representative La Follette will learn
today how the people of his district
appraise his recent hurtful activities
in and out of Congress. The climax
of his obstructive career was reached
when he voted against the declaration
or war (April 5, 1917) and the selec
tive service act. But he was not done
then. On May 12, 1917, the war with
Germany being a fact, and not a mere
prospect, or vague possibility, he wrote
letter to a young constituent who
asked his advice about war service.
"To be honest with you," wrote La
Follette, the Lesser, "I think the best
place for a man of education along
the lines you have chosen would be
just as far away from the war in Eu
rope as possible." He charged also
that the policy of the Government
would be to send untrained and un-
hardened troops to Europe, and de
nounced it as "murder.
Since Congress did not see fit to
impeach for sedition a member who
was plainly In accord with that law.
less group which has sought to im
pede and defeat the operation of con
scription such as Wells and Kaufman
in Seattle, and Emma Goldman and
Alexander Berkman in New York-
is up to the Republicans of the Fourth
District to render a verdict.
One of the most enchanting studies
these days is that of the manner In
which the German staff explain that
TAX THE RICH LOAFERS.
In Imposing a surtax of only 3 per
cent on unearned as compared with
earned Incomes, the House committee
on ways and means has been very
tender with a class of people for which
its chairman, Mr. Kltchln, seems to
have a great aversion. They are the
sons and daughters, grandsons and
granddaughters, of the men who built
great fortunes. There was doubtless
the usual percentage of rascals among
the men who built those fortunes, but,
taken as a class, they built up the
United States and their memory should
be honored.
But ft is different with many of
those who Inherited their wealth.
Some are useful citizens, managing to
the best of their ability the business
which their fathers founded, or serv-
lng the publio in the spirit of "noblesse
oblige," in civil life or in the Army or
Navy. Many others recognize jio ob
ligation to employ themselves usefully
and devote their lives to pleasure,
reaping where their fathers sowed.
Their fortunes Invested in securities
or other property which depend for
their value on the exertions of other
men, they simply gather in the profits
without contributing to production.
They are drones in the hive.
The committee has done well in
making a material increase in the
rates of inheritance tax, but it might
well have gone further in taxing the
annual income from wealth which is
not the result of the owner's effort
and in the a administration of- which
he is not occupied. There is good
cause to tax more heavily the wealth
which a man has inherited than that
which he has produced, and further
discrimination is justified between the
man who himself administers his for.
tune and the one who leaves the work
to others, especially when It consists
of a productive industry.
Such a tax would be directly In line
with the anti-loafer laws which have
been passed in several states. It would
Impose a penalty on the idleness of
the rich, as those laws penalize idle
ness of rich and poor alike. It would
establish a rule that there is no room
in this republic for a leisure class,
which is merely a euphemism for a
loafing class.
IGNOKAXT AND T.NTECTHFTL.
Complaint is made by the Portland
Journal that the country papers abuse
it for initiating the bill to abolish ad
vertisement of tax delinquencies, in
stead of offering-arguments for defeat
of the bill. If the Journal will first
present an honest argument In behalf
of the law . doubtless the country
newspapers will be glad to answer it.
For example, the Journal asserts
that "it is a bill to notify delinquent
taxpayers by postal card at very light
cost instead of notifying them by long
advertisements In newspapers at ex.
travagant cost."
The author of the bill does not
know his own handiwork, let alone
the provisions of existing law.
The official copy of the bill as pre
sented to the voters by the Secretary
of State provides for letter notice, not
postal card notice. Even certain fea
tures of the envelope are prescribed.
The law now provides for mail
notice to every tax delinquent. There
is no notice to delinquents by adver
tisement, but there is notice by adver
tisement to the public of the con
tinued delinquency of those who fail
to respond to the small notices and of
the pending issuance of certificates of
delinquency.
No substitution of anything for any
thing, as represented by the Journal,
is contained in the proposed measure.
It adds nothing to the present law. It
is directed solely at the proper and
essential notice to the public That it
eliminates.
The full text of the present law Is
herewith published:
Be It enacted by the People of the State
of Oregon:
Section 1. That chapter X75, General Laws
of Oregon of lull, as amended by section 1
of chapter 8017, General Laws of Oregon of
1U13. he amended to read as follows:
Section 1. Within ninety days after taxes
become delinquent .ach year, the tax col
lector shall send to each person, firm or
corporation ahown on the tax roll as own
ing real . or personal property therein, on
which the taxes for such year have not been
paid, a notice containing a brief description
of each parcel of such real property, or a
general description of such personal prop
erty; which notice snail also specify the
amount of taxea due and delinquent on said
real or personal property and the rates of
Interest and penalties applicable thereto.
Each notice of deling, uent taxes on or chanced
against real property snail also contain a
statement of the date on or after which a
certificate of delinquency may be Issued, as
provided by law. The tax collector shall
send the notice. In each Instance, by mall
to the last known address of the person,
firm orcorporatlon shown on the tax roll as
owing such delinquent taxea
Four months after the date when taxes
charred against real property are delinquent.
toe tax couecLor sn.au cause to ue puuusuau
Droceedlnrs under the nrovlalons of section
2902 of Lord's Oregon Laws, a notlc. stating
a description of the several parcels ox real
property upon which taxes are delinquent,
the amount of taxes and the name of the
owner. If shown upon the tax roll, and a state
ment that six months after such taxes are de
linquent a tax certificate of delinquency
win issue therein, as provided ov law. bucn
notice shall be published for a price not ex
ceeding the price prescribed by section 2908
of Lord's Oregon Laws. The tax collector
shall forthwith cause to be posted a copy of
the printed notice in four public places in
his county for four weeks, commencing four
months after the date when snch taxes be
come delinquent, and shall file in the office
of the County Clerk of bis county a copy of
such notlce, with a certificate Indorsed
thereon setting forth that such notice had
been posted In four public places In his
county, as hereinbefore provided; provided,
however, that in counties of 100,000 or more
inhabitants, the County Court of said coun
ties, sitting for county bmuness, shall cause
said delinquent tax list to be published in
two daily newspapers of general circulation,
which newspaper shall have a circulation of
more than 10,000 bona fide, sworn and as
certained circulation, which newspaper shall
be published and circulated In said county,
and that each newspaper so published shall
be compensated at the rate of two cents per
column inch nonpariel type for each 1,000
of actual bona fide and ascertained general
circulation, said column to be not lens than
two Inches wide; provided, further, that the
provisions of this act shall not apply where
the amount of taxes so delinquent against
any parcel of real property Is less than $L
Incidents of twenty years ago when
The Oregonian received in the aggre
gate considerable sums of money for
publishing delinquent tax lists when I
the full and necessarily voluminous I
lists were required by law to be pub
lished, are presented by the Journal
as if they were occurrences under the
present limited advertising law and
its bill with similar dishonesty is of
fered as an abolishment of extensive
advertisements not demanded by pres
ent statutes.
The Oregonian, having the largest
circulation of any newspaper in Poi-6-land,
cannot under the present law
hope to be awarded publication of
delinquencies. It has no interest in
the present law other than the in
terest of every sane and honest insti
tution in the prompt and orderly col
lection of taxes. The Journal, as a
single tax advocate, is opposed to tire
prompt and orderly collection of taxes
as now Imposed.
health of bcbal children.
Testimony to the better health of
children of the cities, as compared
with those in the rural districts, Is
given by the Child Welfare League of
the County Council of Defense of
Marion County, Indiana, as reported
in the Indianapolis Star. Study is
made of children less than 6 years old.
and the conclusion is reached that
city children are healthier than the
children of the rural districts Per
haps it is so as to the country at large.
notwithstanding the existence of slums
here and there in cities, but it need
not be so indefinitely. The social drift
is toward Improved conditions In the
country which will go far toward
wiping out the disadvantage of the
country.
The disadvantage of the country
child has been largely due to lack of
opportunity and education of the
parents. Welfare work in behalf of
children has quite naturally flourished
in the centers of population. The
school clinic and the free dispensary,
free advice as to the care of the teeth,
correction of vision, removal of ad
ventitious growths, and the like, are
quite well taken care of in most cities
which make any pretensions to social
development. The importance f early
corrective measures is now generally
admitted by the thoughtful. The draft
is disclosing numerous physical quali
fications, it la said, which could have
been removed by treatment in child
hood. The campaign to make a whole
Nation efficient obviously ought to
take first account of the rising gener
ation, and children of the country dis
tricts are entitled to the same con
sideration as their city cousins.
The telephone, the rural mail line,
the automobile and better roads have
done much to place rural education
on an urban basis. They have opened
the way to dissemination of informa
tion upon vital topics such, for in
stance, as dietetics. It will surprise
some persons to learn that the coun
try child is not better fed than the
city dhild. The fault is vnot in the
quantity of the food, but In lack of
attention to food values. It seems,
too, that we are mistaken In suppos
ing that country folks always have
plenty of "fresh air." Only the more
modern farm houses are scientifically
ventilated.
These factors, and the comparative
inattention of rural dwellers to the
minor maladies of childhood, 'have
contributed to the condition disclosed
by the Indiana board. But there are
reasons for being of good cheer as to
the future.' Time was when the situ
ation would have been regarded as
IrremedlAble, but this is true no longer.
With thfc greater dissemination of in
formation upon this question, condi
tions will be improved. The American
people, in town and country, are in
clined to insist upon the best facilities
obtainable for the rearing of thpir
children. Formerly they moved to
town to enjoy them: now they will
take them with them as they return
to the country.
as expressing surprise "that men so
ill-prepared and ignorant of warfare
had been allowed to take part In an
attack," while an American prisoner
is quoted as saying: "We were com
pelled to enlist and then were forced
to go to the front."
But the Jaimist organ represented
these same "ill-prepared and ignorant"
troops as acting in France "as if they
were in a conquered country," as
sending "the French to the trenches
first," with the prospect that they may
all perish and the Yankees be "left in
possession." In support ef this opinion
it is stated to be "an undoubted fact
that Uncle- Sam's troops, little by
little, are replacing the English and
French armies all along the line."
From L'Eclair, organ of the French
Ul tramontanes, the Spanish paper
quotes complaints of a Frenchman
that "our old friends have 'made up
their minds to civilize us," that "they
are accompanied by special mission
aries to teach us how to live accord
ing to common sense ideas," and that
the first thing we are taught is how
to swat flies." This wail moves the
Spaniard to deplore that it is now too
late for the French "to prevent the
suave subjection of their territory,"
but he predicts that, "when the war
comes to an end and the proud Gallic
spirit awakens, they will wish to shake
off the American yoke."
The absurdity of these attempts to
enlist religious bigotry in the cause
of Germany is apparent from the fact
that all of the European allies except
England and Scotland are Catholic,
while Protestant Prussia is at the
head of the central powers, and that
more than one-third of the American
Army is "Catholic. The recent policy
of the Spanish government shows that
it has not been deceived by these ap
peals to religious bigotry, but recog
nizes that the struggle is between the
forces of humanity and barbarism, the
division between which cuts across the
lines of creed. By indulging in so
vain a hope the German government
betrays to what desperate expedients
it is driven in the effort to turn the
allies aside from their purpose to tear
up Kaiserism. by the roots. Propa
ganda in the name of religion can ap
peal only to the narrowest of men
who are few and have small influence.
It cannot overcome the devotion to
liberty and humanity which has united
men and women of every faith to fight
against Teuton savagery.
The attempt to arouse suspicion of
American intentions among the French
has as little prospect of success, judg
ing by the relations of friendship and
confidence which have been estab
lished. Yet they impose on our sol
diers In France an obligation to be
extremely considerate In their dealings
with the proud and sensitive French,
in order that they may give no open
ing for German intrigue to provoke
animosity.
ROSE CITY PARK IS GRATEFUL
Practical Returns to Be Given to Mult
nomah Guards for Fighting Fires.
PORTLAND. Sept. '9. (To the Edi
tor.) There has been a good deal of
comment by Hose City Park people
regarding the good work done by the
fire fighters at the recent brush fir
and I believe their sentiments could be
well expressed by these few lines in
your paper. Especially would they
wish all honor shown those Multnomah
Guard boyg, who fought fire like de
mons and stood guard all night with
shovel gangs, covering up fire with dirt
and frequently using their hands if
shovels were not available.
Coffee was served by folks living in
the fire district,-which was well taken,
for most of these fellows, at the call
of duty, had left office or shop with
out eating dinner, and many messages
were given by the Guard to telephone
wife or friend that they would stay
with it till finished or until the fire
was in control.
Such patriotism as shown by these
men, who cannot be "over there," but
are willing to protect folks at home,
is worthy of honorable mention, and,
as we see by current advertisements
the Guard are giving a picnic and
dance September 10 at the Oaks to se
cure funds for getting raincoats, eta,
for the band, the event should be given
a hearty patronage by all. They can
rest assured of receiving same from
Rose City Park people.
ROSE CITY PARK RESIDENT.
Those Who Come and Go. J
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The teeth of the American soldier
are being well cared for. The dental
corps has been expanded from fifty
eight to 6810 officers, and it is esti
mated that the number of dentists who
have enlisted is sufficient to care for
an Army of 5,000,000 men. Two hun
dred and fifty thousand operations a
month are being performed in dental
infirmaries of the cantonments. This,
however, does not tell the whole story.
The contribution of services by mem
bers of the Dental Preparedness Leaf rue
is estimated to have been worth 12
000,000 to the beneficiaries, and does
not include a large number of cases
not officially reported- Dental am
bulances are now In service at the
front, and dental surgeons are doing
important work in reconstructing
wounded men who have been dis
figured. Conferring of the cross of
the Legion of Honor upon two Ameri
can dentists in France indicates thi
value which is set upon this work by
the French military authorities.
"Misanthropy," said Schiller, the
German, "is prolonged suicide. Ego
tism is the supremest poverty of
created being." By the estimate of
one of their own philosophers, the
Germans are doomed.
Now that the ninth German war
loan Is to be open to subscription, we
shall see whether the German people
are willing to back a loser, or whether
the Kaiser will simply take their
money.
Pity the poor gold miner. He
gards with envy his brother, the silver
miner, who once was victim of the
crime of '73, but he makes no uproar
about the crime of 18.
Ifs Just glory to an American to
make the 'altitude record of 23,500
feet, but no Huns will be caught up
there. Good bombing height is suffi
cient.
TRYING TO WOBK THE SPANIARDS.
While "Spain boldly takes reprisals
for the sinking of Spanish ships by
seizing interned German ships, prob
ably having been nerved to this action
by German defeats, German propa
ganda in that country goes to ridicu
lous extremes. It is most active among
the Ultramontane Catholics, who are
found mostly among adherents of the
pretender, Don Jaime, and it aims
both to belittle the extent of American
participation in the war and to pre
pare the way for a comjomise peace,
using the Pope as mediator.
The pro-German organ, El Dia, hav
ing urged the Spanish government to
make peace overtures, the German
Catholic Press Association sent a wire
less dispatch to Madrid, thanking
Spanish Catholics for their support of
the re-establishment of harmony be
tween the Christian nations based on
the principles fixed by the Pope." This
called forth a joyful response from
the organ of Don Jaime, urging the
Catholic press "to comply with this
sacred duty." At the same time diplo
matic relations were established be
tween the Vatican and Portugal, China
and Japan. Then came extravagant
praise of Spanish neutrality from
Jasul, the organ of the new, German
controlled government of Roumania
accompanied by the suggestion that
it might not be altogether impossible
for Spain to receive some compensa
tion for her strict neutrality in the
future."
The character of this "strict neu
trality" in the past may be judged by
the fact that Spain has been the refuge
of German submarines, spies and
propagandists, has interned subma
rines only to let them escape and until
lately made only protests against the
sinking of Spanish ships, and by the
ridiculous fables about the American
and allied armies which are printed
by pro-German newspapers. A Ger
man wireless dispatch from Nauen,
eagerly seized by Spanish papers.
once each week for four successive weeks quoted Australian prisoners who had
In the newspaper or newspaper, selected by I ' . f . ,
County Curt t pubitsk County Court I been captured with some Americana
The old saying of "The better the
day the better the deed," applies to the
pouring of 1400 quarts of "booze" in
the sewers Sunday by police officials.
There was no danger that Senator
Lewis would drown. All he needed to
do was to stop his inexhaustible flow
of wind and he would float,
Turkey has a loan from Germany of
45,000,000 pounds," meaning money,
of course, since hot air is weightless.
Soon it will be time to save the
horse chestnuts so the boys "over
there" can ward off rheumatism.
General Brusiloff has been exoner-
ated by the Bolsheviki, but who is to
exonerate the Bolsheviki?
The latest frbm Lenine is that he
is recovering, while the woman who
shot him has been executed.
- Wilson has abandoned the tour to
this Coast, which is too bad. They
need his presence in Idaho.
The rise in sugar does not affect
old stock, but it's a wise buyer who
can tell the difference.
The ninth German war loan will be
dragged out while the fourth liberty
loan hops over the top.
The new classification of the auto
thief is "meddler," and that ought to
get him into jail.
With Haywood landed and Debs on
the way, the American Bolsheviki
stands aghast.
Der Demokrat, at Davenport, la.,
hung on a long time before it dropped.
The -first families of the Oregon
country go to the hopfields in autos.
Go to the Oaks today, and if you do
not know why you will learn there.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis was
not born to be drowned. '
Proper Display of Flag;.
PORTLAND, Sept. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) Accepting an invitation from
civic official, I recently visited one of
the city clubs and in one of the rooms
thereof, saw our flag displayed on
wall with the union toward the right
hand as one enters.' I called the atten
tion of one of the members of the club
to the position of the blue field and
he maintained that it should be so
placed; "but," said he, "I will change
the position if I am convinced that it
is-wrongly placed."
I appealed 'to several officers and
they, with one exception, told me that
the point in mind is a mooted question;
the exception showed me a booklet that
stated that "the union should be
toward the north or east." "
I base my construction upon some
official Instructions that I cannot now
produce that the union on walls, win
dows for outside passers-by, etc., and
others, should always be placed at the
left of the person facing the flag and
I note that in most cases it is so ar
ranged. Am I not right In my conten
tion? ' S. T. AD A1IS.
When the flag is hung vertically, so
it can be viewed from one side only, the
blue field should be at the right, as one
faces it. When hung horizontally, the
field should be at the left, according
to the National committee on patriotic
literature. A statement by the Adjutant-General
of the War Department
says that when hung flat, either on the
inside or the outside of buildings, the
union should be to the north or east,
and that the flag should rarely be dig
played In a flat horizontal position.
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Registration by German.'
' PORTLAND, Sept. . (To the Edi
tor.) I am an unnaturalized German
within draft age. Father died leaving
me without papers. Am loyal Ameri
can (100 per cent) and doing my bit
for Uncle Sam as I go along. Kindly
answer whether I can register for the
selective draft, September 12, being
technically an enemy alien, but mor
ally a true American. When register
ing, must I mention fir.emy alien, or
German alien? Since I am not Prussian
I am no enemy to democracy, but a
staunch supporter of it.
, . CONSTANT READER.
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You are required to register and will
be required to state of what country you
are a subject. The term "enemy alien'
is not used In the question form. Al
though required to register, 'you will
not be accepted in the draft if you are
a subject of Germany.
Divorce In California.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Sept. 8. (To the
Editor.) (1) If a person gets married
in California two months after getting
a divorce in Oregon, will it be a legal
marriage as long as they reside in
California?
(2) To get a marriage license in Call
fornla must there be a person present
as witness?
(3) Does the California law require
six months' waiting after divorce?
SUBSCRIBER.
1) No. "
(2) Yes.
(3) If divorce Is obtained in Call
fornla marriage cannot be legally con
tracted until expiration of at least one
year and until formal issuance of final
decree.
Marriage After Divorce.
PORTLAND. Sept, 9. (To the Edi
tor.) In 1907 could a person divorced
in Oregon go to Vancouver, Wash., and
remarry without waiting the six
months limit? Would the marriage be
legal? In case It was not legal would
parties have to get a divorce or have
the marriage annulled? M. J. S.
Marriages, otherwise regular, which
were contracted within six months
after divorce in Oregon, were validated
by a law adopted in 1913 if they oc
curred prior to .June, 1913. -
Army School of Nursing.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept 9. (To the
Editor.) Kindly advise me where I
can get the necessary information in
regard to the entrance or admission
into the Army training school lor
nurses.
I have tried at all of the places I
thought could give this Information,
but have been unable to "be set right."
LORENE E. EVEREST.
Apply to Army school of nursing,
office of Sergeon-General of the Army,
Washington, D. C. ,
Consuls to Argentine.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 8. (To the
Editor.) Kindly advise the name and
address of the United States Consul to
Argentine.. WM. R, WARNER.
At Buenos Aires, William H. Robert
son, Consul-General; at Rosarlo, Wil
bert C Bonney, Consul. Business let- I
tera, however, should be addressed to
the office, rather than the individual,
to prevent delay in the event that the
official is temporarily absent from his
post.
Naturalization of Father.
ABERDEEN, Sept, 8. (To the Edi
tor.) I came to this country when I
was 9 years of age and my father is a
naturalized citizen. Is it necessary for
me to get out citizenship papers to
vote and have the same rights as any
one else Dora cere: l am a a years oi
age now. ' READER.
If your father obtained his final
naturalization papers before you were
21 and you were dwelling in the United
States at the time you attained that
age, you are a citizen.
How a wink and smile cemented two
young hearts and sent Thomas Marsh,
ot Denver, on his way to fight the
Huns in France, is told by Miss Rena
Denning, pretty 19-year-old Minnesota
girl, who arrived in Portland Sunday
for an indefinite stay.
"Our meeting was so sudden," gald
Miss Denning, "and it all came about
when the young man entered the' coach
of -the train on which I was traveling
and gave me an Innocent wink. I smiled.
and it was but a short time until we
were engaged in conversation. Now,
Thomas is a brave young man, but he
had an idea that actual warfare was
not to his liking and he had decided
to apply for employment in a spruce
camp or some other peaceful line of
endeavor In the United States.
"I have two brothers in France, and
I appealed to him to lay aside his
fighting prejudices, shoulder a rifle
and join the fighting forces. While
eating dinner on the train that even
lng we arived at an agreement which
may eventually lead to our marriage.
Although we had known each other
but a few hours Thomas proposed our
wedding, and I made it plain Xhat
would become a party to the contract
under one condition. And that wa
that Thomas join the American fight
ing forces and serve under Old Glory
until the close of tne war.
"He readily agreed to' my plan and
yesterday went to Vancouver, where he
made application to loin tne iniantry.
This branch of the service being closed
he will leave Friday for Canada, where
he will make an effort to enter the
fishtlTisr forces of that country.
guess it was a case of love at first
sight, but I intend to keep my part of
the agreement, and am looking ahead
with more or less anxiety to the close
of the war. If the girls of tne Lnitea
States would shun the slackers as they
do in France and England they would
he dointr something worth while, ana
would aid materially in increasing the
fiarhtine- forces of the United states
Miss Denning was accompanied to
Portland bv her motner. wno appar
eritly does not object to her daughter's
late venture.
Unless the district exemption boards
of Eastern Oregon take some action
in the near future to protect the in
terest of the wool growers of that sec
tion. this industry will soon be a thing
of the past in this state, according to
Thomas Boylin, one of the best known
sheen raisers in the Pendleton vicinity.
It Is almost Impossible to secure hock
tenders at the present time ana men
engaged in this line of endeavor are
now receiving as mucn as siuw a moniu
and board. Umatilla County has been
hard hit bv the war and our forces
have been depleted to such an extent
that we have been compeiiea to turn
off our sheen lone: In advance or pre
vious seasons. While it is true that
we need fighting men on the front, it
l a inn ImnortantL that we snouia pro
due. sufficient food to supply the de
mands of our forces and those of our
allies." Mr. Boylin is at the imperial
Hotel.
o. P. Hoff is one Oregon man who
has not suffered materially as a result
ft the, nresent hich cost Of living.
When I first entered the employ oi
thn state I made a resolution that my
expense account would not exceed $-50
a dav." said Mr. Hoft, "and I have
found it possible to live well wltnin
that allotment. When I ODserve con
ditlons as they exist in Oregon today
T sometimes think that It is nign uv
ing rather than the high cost of living
that Is HeDrsssinsr our people." During
his stay Id Portland Sunday Mr. Hoff
annroved che appointment oi v.. -n
Horner as Deputy Labor Commissioner
of Eastern Oregon. Mr. Horner has
had much experience in the milling
business and will succeed M. H. Allen,
who resigned recently to accept other
employment. Mr. Horner will make his
headquarters at Baker.
"Southern Oregon will this year pro
duce more prunes than ever before,"
according to John T. Long, prominent
attorney of Roseburg, who is at the
Imperial Hotel. "The weather has
been ideal this seaeon," said Mr. Long,
"and the Government price of 10 cents
a pound is very satisfactory to the
growers. Picking of the fruit is now
In progress and hundreds of driers will
be iri operation within the next few
days. It is estimated that Douglas
County alone will produce 2,000,000
pounds of prunes, which Is above the
normal crop of past seasons."
"I want to add my bit in advertising
the Columbia River Highway," said
Charles H. Doty. Pasadena, Cal., mer
chant, who is making an automobile
tour of the Pacific Northwest. I nave
traveled auite extensively over the
United States, spent several months in
Europe, but nowhere have 1 round a
highway to compare with the Columbia
drive. The scenic beauty of the road
is wonderful and should prove a val
uable asset to Oregon." Mr. Doty is
accomDanled on the trip by Mrs. Doty
and two daughters. Misses Elaine and
Harriet. They are visiting with friends
during their stay In Portland.
In Other Days.
Two murder mysteries in one day is
going strong for Seattle, - x
AJTe Limit, in Draft,
CORVALLIS, Or., Sept. 8. (To the
Editor.) Kindly tell me whether the
new draft is just to 45 or includes 45.
L D.
It includes 45. In application of the
draft law a man is 45 until he attains
his 44 th birthday.
Peonle of Grays Harbor district are
proud .of the showing made In spruce
production during the past few weeks,
according to M. M. Sheller, who arrived
in Portland Sunday after an inspection
of that field. "During the week end
ed August 24, 5,000,000 feet were cut.
makinar a new record for tne proauc
tion of spruce logs for airplanes,"' said
Mr. Sheller. - The Coos Bay and Siletz
districts o'f Oregon were second during
the week with an output or 4,ouu,uuu
feet, he declared.
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Dr. H. L, Studley, of Eugene, accom
panied by Mrs. Studley and Miss Jessie
Powell, motored here csunoay ana are
staying at the Seward HoteL "Lane
County has contributed lioeraliy ot ner
men . and money for war purposes,'
said Dr. Studley. "and it is our inten
tion to go over the top in the fourth
liberty loan drive. Practically every
mill In Lane County Is operating at
full capacity, and the farmers have en
joyed a prosperous season. The same
can be said of our canneries, which are
at preeent employing hundreds of pa
triotic womeh bent on doing their bit
to crush the Germans."
"The women of Oregon have accom
plished wonders In the berry fields this
season," said J. R. Meuth, of Marion
County, who is registered at the Sew
ard Hotel. "Marion County, produced
large crop of raspberries this year
aid growers were considerably alarmed
early in the season because of the
threatened shortage of labor. The
women came to our assistance, how
ever, and tne entire crop was saved.
There is no doubt but that the womeu
of Oregon are teeming with patriotism
and will not be found wanting in the
war."
"Although handicapped by several
months of dry weather, the farmers of
Benton County will this season make a
good showing along the line of crop
production," says J. C. Bently, who ar
rived here Monday from Corvallis.
"Our fruits were never more promis
ing than at the present time, while the
grain crop will be about normal." Mr.
Bentley says considerable difficulty
has been met in securing efficient
labor, but that this obstacle has been
overcome to some extent by Govern
ment aid.
Firry Years Ago.
From The Morninar Orerontan. Sept. 10. 1868.
Captain McGregor, who has just re
turned from Fort Klamath, says that
the Indians are played out and show no
signs of fight.
The law offtoe of J. L. Collins, at
Dallas, has been burglarised.
The Oregon Patriot, a new weekly
paper In the German language, has
appeared In Portland.
A dynamometer, a machine used to
determine the force 'to be used in driv
ing any given machine or part la re
ported as a. recent invention by the
Scientific American.
Twenty-Five Years Are.
From The Morning Oregonian, Sept. 10, 1W3.
A daughter was born to President
and Mrs. Grover Cleveland 'yesterday
at noon. This is the first time in the
history of the republic that the wall
of a new-born infant has been heard
within the walls of the White House.
James Drlscoll was elected president
of the Stevedores, Longshoremen and
Riggers Union last evening.
An elaborate reception was given"
Thursday for Mrs. Abigail Scott Duni
way at her home honoring h.r return
from the Columbia Exposition,
Mrs. H. D. Greene has returned from
an 18 months' tour of Europe.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will
play at the Marquam next week in
"Nance Oldfleld," "The Bells" and
"Merchant of Venice."
POOL HALLS JfO RIGHT TO LIVE
Writer Charges They Are Congregation!
Places of Idlers.
ASTORIA. Or., Sept 8. (To the Edi
tor.) Recently the writer read with
interest an able editorial entitled "Non
essentials." I notice the ommlsslon of
the pool hall, and may I take up a mo
ment to ask why the pool hall?
The pool hall Is a gambling device
and is a menace to the morals and
health of the patrons. Citizens are not
permitted to gamble at cards or dice.
Why are they permitted to play pool?
The loser pays for the game. As a
rule the language used in the ordinary
pool hall Is disgusting, bets are verr
frequently made and the atmoflnhere i.4
putrid In most places.
l will not permit anv n mv thr
boys to patronize pool halls, neither it
I do any gambling or attend the game
myself, and, be it understood. I am not
a minister's son.
From careful observation lnr h
reading of The Oregonian's editorial In .
reference to non-essentials, it atriltea
me that the pool hall should he hni-
lshed permanently either in peace time
or war time. There is no room on
earth at the present time for Idlers.
and the greater majority of the patrons
of the pool halls in general are eimply
aon-proaucers ana loafers.
H. R HOEFLER
NOT ALL RrSSIANS SLACKERS
Draft Official Cites Instances of Marked
Patriotism Among; Them.
PORTLAND, Sept 9. (To'the Ed
itor.) In connection with the current
exposure of disloyalty on the part of
certain Russians, I believe it is timely
to call attention to other Russians of
an entirely different sort, whose loy
alty and good fellowship are very
gratifying.
In the last registration, two of the
young men who brought their question
naires to me were born in Norka,
Russia, and the parents of a third
came from the same place. One had
taken out his first naturalisation pa
pers very recently for the evident pur
pose of rendering himself subject to
military duty. All worked in shipyards
and at least had a reasonable ground
for a claim of dependency. All of the
three waived every claim of deferred
classification, and did it promptly and
eag-erly.
From my observation, most of the
young men of 21 of iRusslan ancestry
may be counted upon to follow the
same course, and the Incident is men
tioned only to do Justice to our loyal
people of Russian blood.
MEMBER LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD.
Declarant After T Yeans.
PORTLAND, Sept 9. (To the Edi
tor.) If a foreigner has obtained the
first citizenship papers and failed to
3lalm the final citizenship papers in
the specified time limit of seven years,
can such a person be taken as a decla
rant? A READER
There Is no time limit of seven years.
He is still a declarant,
History of Tuberculosis.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept- 8. (To tfba
Editor.) Please state whether a man
36 rears of age, who had pulmonary
tuberculosis for seven or eight years
previous to the present time, but who
s now an arrested case and compara
tively healthy and free of the disease.
could pass the physical examination
required of men for enlistment in the
Army or Navy, or whether the fact of
such a previous ailment would debar
him from serving?
Would this fact be sufficient grounds
for claiming exemption in the future
drafts for the Army?
INTERESTED PATRIOT.
A history of tuberculosis Is taken
into consideration but It is not given,
undue weight unless supported by pres
ent physical signs. Therefore only the
examining physician can pass on your
case.
Location of Marine
PORTLAND, Sept. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) I would like to know where I
could write to find my son. The last
I heard from him he was in Newport
News, Va. He was going to sail In a
day or two. He is in the Marines.
A MOTHER OF TWO SOLDIERS.
Write to Adjutant and Inspector's
Department, Marine Corps, Navy build
ing, Washington, D. C.
WOMEJVI
You will want to have home
comforts that you can make with
littfe trouble or expense.
FREE Home Efficiency Book
to every reader of The Oregonian.
Have you envied the owner of
a serving wagon? Have you
wished that they were just a lit
tle cheaper to buy.
WISH NO MORE MAKE ONE
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also tells how, at small cost, you
can make a fireless cooker, an
iceless freezer and ever so many
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Let your kitchen be the MODEL
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all the magazines with the add
ed pleasure of knowing that the
expense to make every Item in it
has been trifling.
The men members of your fam
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small amount of carpentry neces
saryor you can do it yourself.
Uncle Sam needs your help.
You roust therefore make time to
do some work for others besides
your household.
This book will help you to save f
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