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moral effect will contribute powerful-'
ly to that end. Morale helped the
French to throw back the. superior
numbers of the enemy at the Marne.
it enabled the British to hold the line
at Ypres and the French to hold Ver-
would expect that they ba taken from ths
very vitals of our war-making; machinery.
And this applies with equal force to the
heavy demand on our man power, already
acutely short, which your proposed enter
prise entails.
Claims of the children to be edu-
dun; and lack of morale ruined Rus- I cated will not be minimized or ignored.
sia. Confidence that the Americans but perhaps some of the "conveni-
were coming- strengthened the will of ences" will need to take the back-
the French and British to withstand ground for a time. There is reason to
ttie German drives of last Spring, and believe, oh the other handA that the
knowledge that the Americans had education will be better appreciated
come, nerved their arms to win the if a definite price has been paid for it.
victories of the last two months. I The price in this instance is no more
Knowledge that their own people I than that which is being paid by all
artillery ranre. It helms and Verdun
could no loni er be shelled and would
again becomV habitable. The allies
would also gain the use of another
railroad which runs eastward from
Those Who Come and Go.
"Laundry business is in a bad way.
Rhelms through Champagne just be- At one time the laundry proprietors
hind the German line. More vital to
the Germans is the road which runs
from Solssons up the Aisne valley, for
it continues to Mezieres. on the Meuse,
and then up that river through Na-
mur and Liege into Germany, and is
one of the German main lines of com.
munication. A 10 mile advance would
were seriously thinking of simply
washing the clothes and sending them
home for finishing," said W. Campbell
I of Sacramento, who is registered at the
Imperial.
Blueing, the German kind, which we
used to buy for J3. BO a pound, is now
$33 a pound If you can find any at all.
Soap cost us about a cent a pound and
bring this road under artillery fire now it Is 15 cents. And starch, wow!
ed the Americans to beat the Germans I than that paid by the soldiers we are
7 mi at Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel. and sending to France. And the restric-
I'-'? lit sours them on In their present ad-I tlon is temporary. The first building
vance. If the loan were to fall short I revival after the war ends will be
ers risk. ;. poe:orrire address in full, in
cluding county and state.. a
I'eMace Katea 13 ts 18 rare. 1 cent: 18
tn 42 pages, i cents: 34 to 41 paires. S cents:
to parra. 4 cents: 6J to 7 pasee, o
e"n:s: 7S to J paces, o cents. Foreo post
age, double rates.
Eastern Basis Office Verre Conk
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Con lei in. Meter buildinr. Chlcaro: Verre at
l-onkiln. Free Press buildlna. Detroit, Mich :
Can Francisco reprntatlve. R. J. Bldwall.
MFMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
'i.is.oo I backed them with thelf billions help- the rest of the people, and far less j and would deprive Germany of its 1 1 went to San Francisco a few days ago
use. 10 Duy a smaii cuii iron, xney usea 10
'A further gain of 10 miles In the be 5- 1 bought an old model, one 1
same direction would leave Laon, in didn't want, but it was the only thing
the elbow of the nresent line in a sa.- 1 could eet and had to pay 280' A
tneeiDow or the present line, in a sa- mane;le that formerly Bold for $2500 is
"C,V. u sca at tlOOO. The Government is
icaaing tnitner rrom juezieres. . it usln& the machinery, as there-is
would probably force the Germans to laundry in every cantonment. Then
abandon Laon and the entire angle, there are the wages. The minimum
More, it would place the allies in the wage for inexperienced girls in Cali-
rear of the Hindenburg line north- fornia is $10 a week. ve are losing
ward to St. Quentin and would form them because they come north. In
a new elbow at that city, as difficult Washington the inexperienced girl has
tn hoM a nther similar .itin. liuve minimum wage of $13 and it is to
low ia nfmi fenor woaioinr. in. ... J I ... . . . . - . i i , ...... . . ... .
or. express or personal check oa your local I 01 rne sunj required, mat iaci wouia bciiooi uuuaing Doom mat win exxena
bank. ump, eom or currency are at .own- I weaken the arms of our soldiers and I from one end of "the country to the
of the allies by inspiring doubt that other.
we were behind them with all our
hearts, and it would raise the falling
hopes of the Germans.
But there must be no such word as
fail. Oregon has undertaken to lead
the Nation by pledging its full quota
before tho day for the fourth liberty
loan campaign to opeear and the state
must maintain its proud record of
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PORTLAND, tRID.1T, SEPT. SI. ISIS.
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PIT OREGON OVJ.R THE TOP.
' Americans on the Pacific Coast
fount themselves fortunate that they
re so far from the actual scene of
war that they cannot be killed or
wounded, their houses cannot be
wrecked and ships on the Pacific
Ocean cannot be torpedoed. But, when
Tiewed in another light, this is a pos
itive disadvantage. It prevents us
us send the, word all over America, to
our boys in France, to our bravely
battling allies, that Oregon has gone
over the top once more by pledging its
full quota before the loan campaign
opens.
Oregon Is 100 per
MOB 13 DEMANDS ON PATIENCE.
The suggestion made by Mr. "West.
who surveyed Portland transporta-
tlon facilities for the Government.
provides a climax for the period of
incidental sacrifice. The theme is
that even in the matter of transporta
tion tlie public will have to bear with
some inconveniences during the war.
Crowded street cars are put on the
same economic plane as the carry-
it-home movement, meatless days,
wheatless meals, sugar limitations.
hnnlrlApa C . . .1 . J T t . 1 . 1
rj-V. . i . . , . iv.i I """ivicaa cuuudja aim till 111 u umer
That Is the way to prove thatl,.... . .,
, ,nn . ,. little dispensations that are patiently
to blight the Kaiser's hopes of making I'-V.."'" .y I.- "J.u e I,eop'a
America pay In another war. In two "! 2 Jj l.tlTJ?
more days let us put Oregon over the , ""JTr T . .
L.!UU(,li 111 uic iiia L
top.
heavy traffic on urban lines indicates
rich profits , for corporation stock
holders. But labor and material
costs have risen and large gross reve
FALL.
Fall Is here, to many the most glor
ious season of the year. The pessi- I nues do not have the significance they
mist may look upon It only as the I once did. If the scales should turn
forerunner of Winter; the optimist the pther way, as the result of fail-
fiooa if oa a mllaf f.nm 4 i lial sif I UFA rtf Rurt'la ffl ha maintfi t n ail at 4Va
from fully realizing that our freedom Summel.t as tne imo ot reaiization of old standards, there is always the con-
nd independence are endangered, as
they would be if the battles were
fought in Oregon and Washington In
stead of in France, Italy and Serbia;
that a battle lost for France is lost for
Oregon and that a battle won for
France Is won for Oregon too.
If the war were brought to our
Iiomes by the bombardment of our
cities, by the murder, mutilation or
the harvest, as an opportunity for un- I solation that excessive profits go in
limited excursions in the open air. I large part into the coffers of the
One may measure the spirit of a man I Government and that fares are sub
by his attitude toward this season, ject to forced reduction if they yield
In Oregon the spirit is most likely to unreasonable returns.
be that of the optimist. Here the Fall
is the most delightful time of year.
Our English cousins sneer at our
use of the word. They themselves
call it Autumn, a practice growing.
THE NEW SOCIAL ERA.
Samuel Untermyer's prophecy that
after the war a new social standard
enslavement of our women and chili perhapSi out of he old notlon that the will be set up, and that usefulness and
flren and by the impoverishment of jtm derivatives which have come to honesty, rather than, wealth, will be
ill our people, we snuum reiuuo aceu- . ),.!, , ri, . niw.. I tne gauges bv which men will ho
ly that It is our war.and we should tnan the jgicsxon. But John Iil- I timated. gives voice to the aspirations
eena our iasx man ana give, our last. ton wa. of a different mind He .aid: of all right-minded Individuals. Prob
srlrkllai rt t-Artaral tha n am v T!iif vn! A I I t . i . .
.r-. ... " . Fall Is better oa Its merit, than A,..,.mn """ever, in comes nearer lO De
our allies enaure an tnese tnings ana , every way. lhort gaxon (uke the ing the present standard than many
reaaiiy give me ana lonuno to pre- other three sesson names): picturesque: It will admit. We have a national habit
serve freedom for their children, we hde.r'"!'0" ? 'ST0??,,??.''"! of self-depreciation which Is partly
live in safety and luxury. Hence It L1-nM i.5 .c.hoi"re,,i5rv ikH9. rT.T: a."J responsible for the notion th.,t J Z
... . . . . - " -1 -
IS tnai a more urgent, appeal must De Americans; but we hare chosen to let the money-mad. We do .not always give
made to us for loans to the Govern- right lapse, and to use the word now la no ourselves and our neighbors tho frit
... ... . n . i nsa r iar tnan inrrainv i D --
ment witn wnicn to iigni Germany for good motives whieh thtr ilcuma
than proves effective France and Fall is peculiarly a season for out- It is 6Knlficant that everv-
Italy. which have -been Invaded, or In ooor exercise, a ract wnicn ougnt to where who deslre to deserve d
Kntrland. where air raids have killed I be Impressed just now upon all men, ., tlci ,, T.i
thousands and reduced many houses and particularly those who have neg- distinction through service, and not
a. ; I lantarl ff -v IrAnn T h ciTD DAltfAd Tihtrcirta MM I - . . '
to ruins. w by piling un wea th. l!vi.n lhn hn
Nevertheless ltls our war as truly fit. The one form of exercise which hav, bee 8UCce9sfll, , n,3llri9,
s it is that of our allies. If we had is free to all is walking, and Fall la way like to be known for what they
mtimuiea w uw utruan ueunnu uui , ... - ... -. do and not for what they have A
we stop commerce with the allies and Mornings and evenings are cool and v.. ,
take our ships off the sea, our pros- crisp and noon- are not too hot distinctlon in being the richest man in
perity would have vanished like a jnist There is Ineffable vigor in the very hnt thA ' . M .
... . . . .1. mt, .1.1.. . J I I ' w au-ajoa,
ana we snouia nave enaurea tne most t. rD u.r uu.i..u- doilar-a-year men all over the coun
disastrous industrial depression In our tr la low. The landscape presents a t and those wh Berving with
history. The allies would have been truly glorious picture. The man makes out compensation at all. the my.
conquered by force or famine for lack a nnsaane wno negiccis me opponun- riada of local nafrinti,. w,t,,
oi American supplies, ana no
time would have elapsed before
German army would have landed on
cur coast and the war would have I season itself greatly shortened bj
been transferred to American soil. We making the most of the weeks be
are fighting to keep the war out of twecn now and Thanksgiving.
proved. If the allies were to advance
evenly along their entire line of attack
for 20 miles, they would take Sedan,
would have Montmedy under fire and
would be at the gates of Mezieres.
be boosted to $15 a week next month.'
Fir is playing a more important
part in airplane production than the
general public realizes," declares A C.
HI... mnnatr-A,. nf 4 ! 'a Pnnfh-Vcllv
They would hold the entire line of the Lumber Company, at Eugene, who is in
meuse irom hi. unmet 10 mezieres ior Portland. "Spruce is good, of course,
a length of some 40 miles, and weuld but the fir is extensively used. In
be within a few miles of the Southern only one particular is spruce superio
border of Belgium. Continuance of to fir and that is the fact that spruce
the drive in this direction and a con- will not splinter when hit by a bullet
certed attack in the vicinity of Al-ras t"is tendancy t splinter has no
on a rntnhni minht iihorat tna rAi yet been overcome in fir. Spruce won'
of occupied France, except the Ir- iPlTJ'm''ed;
raine Iron district. The Americans
the war it will be fir and not spruce
can do irusxea to atiena 10 mat. Imf win h usefl for their construe
'inis may seem an amoiuous under- Uinn we wer seiiinz- fir to the Italian
taking, but an advance to a depth of government for airplanes before the
20 miles on a' 40-mile front is less I United States Government paid any at-
than the allies, have accomplished tention to 'fir. In the practice planes
since they began the attack east of I fir is the wood used so that spruce can
Amiens on August 8. The eastern
part of the area in question is more
rugged and (crested, therefore easier
to defend than the country farther
west, but the allies are much stronger
and the Germans much weaker, both the Btate" school t'or girls at Grand
be conserved for the fighting planes.
Fir Is also used in. the bombing planes,
which are protected as much as pos
sible from rifle fire,"
Miss M. Campbell, superintendent of
long Itr to store up new energy for the the miUions of soldiers are vieing with
' the "I" amaK ,f hlm" S ?L? J ne another to this end.
id on Winter will be lessened and the dark rri,-,- , , .
America and we are sending our Army
to France because the surest way to
prevent the Germans from invading
America is to drive them out of
France and to destroy their military
power. i.very blow struck and every
There must be an honored element
In the nature of things. Men may be
created politically .equal, but they do
not remain Dn the same social plane
The spirit of emulation, of competi
tion, cannot be eliminated from the
NO NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
If further proof were needed that eTame of life without detracting froin.
every other Industry must be subor- its zest, uut alter a man has assured
dinated to our determination to win himseH -against want, there is not
tiia thla vnnM tA fttmlcnjijl htf IDUCh merit in thn flrellmillattnn r f
hot fired for France. Belgium. Brit- tho refusal of Bernard M. Baruch. coin, and this was discovered long
f"" " , " chairman of the War Industries Board, ago by those who were in the best po-
iVL . eriCa- or that reason l.i50,- t(J releaso laDor and materials by sition to know the truth about it. The
me"raB "avo Ion" .lo "rope which th8 New York City Board of vast benefactions of living rich men
io neip win tne war ior tnose coun- Edllpntlnn mi-i,. --mr "t its hnlM. and the princely beauest left hv the
tries, offering all that they suffer and ,n& edule calling for the expend!
oyine, w.m utai i.uerty muy u.c ture of some ,9i000,000, and described
In America as well as in Europe. - b the M of New y k
Our part of the war is to back up tremeIy urent. Tho ureency of the
vui ovino .uii j r situation may be greater or less than
' . T . a . . B "" la other cities; it may be regarded
...:r.ro however, as typical of many American
uUu .iu. commulllte,. Every city which
war is the easiest part, for It requires
ns only to work a little harder and to
deny ourselves some luxuries. By
comparison, almost all the men of
France have gone Into battle, and the
women of all the allied countries nave
gone to work in the factories and on
the farms that their men may fight.
Many of them go barefoot or wear
wooden shoes, they wear old clothes,
they eat just enough of the plainest
food to sustain life, and they shiver
in unheated houses through the Win
ter for lack of fuel. All of these pri
vations they endure for us as well as
for themselves, for the living wall
which bars the way of the Hun is com
is
pressure
upon its classrooms. Indeed, so in
sistent and so invariable is the de
mand for education in every Ameri
can community that school enrollment
figures furnish one of the most re
liable guides to population which we
possess. One thing which we may
take for granted is that the family
with children will hunt a school for
them immediately upon taking up
new residence.'
Mr. Baruch puts the case plainly in
his letter to Mayor Hylan when he
says:
Perhaps few of us realize the close rela
tlonshlp between the brick that la set In
the walla of a bulldinc and the shot that
posed Of the men of the allied coun-lis tired at the crumbling structure of German
world domination. Yet the association Is
direct and Intimate, and it Is our duty to
understand this fact and, understanding, to
act upon it.
Jfr. Baruch's further words make it
plain that other communities will be
tries as well as of Americans, and
it is maintained by the labor of their
people as well as that of Americans.
If we could only visualize this fact,
we should not hesitate to subscribe to
tut, iiueriy ws.ii to me last aoiiar over treated in the same manner. He says
?6 wl. dollars buy food that "the case of New York is typical
of the whole country. It is a mis
take, however, to suppose that the
War Industries Board, or any other
agency capable of fltterpreting the
sense of the people, expects that chil
and clothing for our soldiers and sail
ors, who fight day and night for us.
They have no eight-hour day. They
build ships to carry our men and their
arms and supplies across the ocean.
They buy machine guns to mow down dren wiU De kept at home beCause of
w, luuiiLit; 'ay any temporary dearth of schoolroom
them one by one. bayonets for man- facilities. What is expected is that
to-man fighting, fcmks to. crush enemy tnere shaU be mutual sacrifice, will-
macnine-gun , posts ana to nae .over n(1rn .tntiv h
their trenches, big.guns to wreck their many privations which we would
Hindenburg lines, airplanes to direct not tolerate in normal times, and. as
u""ro l" vjcriuan rear, Mr Baruch puts it. acquiescence in
doing "without that which is not an
unescapable necessity." The ' depriva
tions which we are called upon to
suffer will aid us to escape heavier
privation. "We must," says Mr. Baruch,
"make need and not desire of our
law.
The burden nere placed upon the
School Boards of .America is a heavy
one. but one which will not be shirked.
and one which can be made fairly
tolerable by co-operation of the people
destroyers and chasers .to hunt down
the U-boat- If we could but picture
in detail the misery which the Ger
mans have brought upon the world,
and our liberty loan subscriptions buy
ing all these weapons for their pun
ishment, we should not grudge the
money, though the war is 7000 mUes
away.
The money is wanted to buy these
weapons not only for our own Army
and Navy but for those of our allies.
for more than a third of the money I wno are 80metjmcs iated as
so far raised by the Government has 1 .. ,,... of the nubile schools. There
been lent to them for these purposes. will he mnch crowdinfy and many re.
They have earned it as a gift, for they adjustments, and it may be that pupils
j.oiu mo nun . "oj uiio " o , nm- instances will he rwinlroH tn
- hesitating and preparing, but they will
repay it. France won the battle of the
Marne for us and for her allies as well
as for her own freedom. The British
navy kept the seas open for our com
merce, as for that of other nations: it
shut the German navy in port and is
the chief instrument for destroying
submarines. Sixty per cent of the
American troops are carried to France
on British ships, spared by the Brit
ish by depriving themselves of many
things they have been accustomed to
import. By fighting Austria. Italy has
prevented the Austrian army from be
ing used to crush the French and Brit
ish with superior power.
The fourth liberty loan should be
not only fully, but over-subscribed,
both because the money is essential to
continued, victory and because the
attend schools outside of the old-established
regional boundary lines.. But it
is, after all, no more than a test of
our adaptability to new conditions and
a draft upon our ingenuity. We need
let our memories run back no more
than a generation to recall the time
when school facilities r were by no
means as complete as they would be
today under the most adverse condi
tions, relatively speaking, and yet they
produced some highly useful men and
women. The passion for education
is, after all, the principal thing. Where
this exists, as it does in America, ways
will be fouad to overcome every diffi
culty. The ban on building is impera
tive because, as Mr. Baruch says:
It la Impossible to release this material be
cause there are no free supplies of this ma
terial, unless and thia unthinkable you
dead have been evidence of desire to
be distinguished for something else
tnan selfish accumulation.
The national, experience with the
war, however, is spreading the gospel
of service. More people than ever be
fore realize that to amount to any.
thine in this world they must have a
record of having done something for
ineir renow men. .
"The true aristocrat," said Mr,
Charles M. Schwab recently, express
ing the same idea, "will be the man of
integrity, having at heart the welfare
of his fellows and possessing a sturdy
character. There will be no sharp dis
tinctions between rich and poor."
Welcome the new aristocracy! It
Is not a mere dream. The signs have
pointed toward it for some time past;
it is one of the compensations of the
war that it is hastening the realiza
tion of the Ideal.
OCT OP FRANCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
The Franco-American attack on the
German lines in Champagne and the
country to the east Js of absorbing in
terest to Americans because it is the
most extensive battle in which our
troops have taken a major part. In
the second Marne battle the main
force was French, and the Americans
formed a small proportion of the
whole, being outnumbered by the
British. The battle of St. Mihiel was
won by Americans .with only slight
aid from the French, but was fought
on a comparatively short front.
though it had great strategic import
ance in relieving pressure on -Verdun,
recovering valuable railroads and
bringing Metz under Yire. But the
new Champagne battle is being fought
on a frbnt of 40 miles in a field where
former efforts of the French have fail
ed, and where allied success would
have decisive influence on the entire
western campaign.
Northwest ot Bheims the German
line turns southeast and passes a few
miles from that city to the vicinity
of Prunay, about five mires southeast
of Rheims. Then it runs almost due
east, with some windings, until it ap
proaches Verdun, where it turns some-
what northward to pass around the
northern defenses of that city south
east to the line which the Americans
gained in their advance from St. Mi
hiel. In the Argonne forest, west of
Verdun, the French made unsuccess
ful efforts to push northward in the
Spring of 1915 and in the Champagne,
farther west, they made a drive in
September, 1915, which gained little
ground, and much of that was lost
subsequently. In the same section
General Gouraud and his French
army, with which some Americans
were brigaded, stopped the German
attack on July 15.
If the allied armies should advance
as much as 10 miles on -this front, they
would leave the Germans before both
Rheims and Verdun in such deep
pockets that flank attacks might
pinch them out, and the enemy might
prefer to withdraw, as he withdrew
from the Marne Calient. The allies
would then recover full use of the
railroad which runs from iSoissons
through Rheims and Verdun to. the,
north of Metz, for it would be beyond'
in material and morale, than they
were two months ago. American
heavy artillery has begun to arrive at
the front and has proved that it can
do great execution. Nor will the Brit
ish be idle farther north while the
French and Americans are busy in
Champagne.
The allies may translate Into fact
a new paraphrase on He"nry Ford's
slogan, namely: "Get the Germans
out of France before Christmas."
Mound, tfash., is registered at the
Seward.
"Walter -M. Pierce, Democratic noml
hee for Governor, arrived in the city
yesterday and registered at the Hotel
Portland
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Thomas, of Med-
ford, are at the Seward
C. St. Bishop, of the Pendleton woolen
mills, was among the Hotel Portland
arrivals yesterday.
W. J. Weaver, of the Umqua Hotel,
demonstration of many commendable f,1 Roseburg, and Arthur Austin, of the
UUIUCUUillCi TV CtSlU., UUICI, 411 u av 1 11 c
Imperial.
During his long residence in Port-1
land Captain William Gadsby gave
qualities. His English birth at no
time diminished his loyalty to this
country. At the outbreak of the Span
ish-American war he left a growing
business to volunteer.. The personal
service he gave then was duplicated in
the present emergency in another but
still a practical way. He responded
wholeheartedly and generously to the
financial calls of war activities.
Square dealing and fair dealing pros
pered him in Portland and enabled
LESSOR 'iX OTHER DAY METHODS
Grandmother's Practical Food Conser
vation Commended to Descendant. ,
PORTLAND. Sept.' 26. (To the Edi
tor.) When grandmother pared apples
for sauce, back on the old farm, ehtf
spread the peelings on a paper on the
stove reservoir to dry, then,, they were
put away to be stewed into jelly when
him to build up from nothing a large needed. Pumpkins which could not be
anbVimportant business establishment.
His own success did not make him
unmindful of the misfortunes of oth
ers. Particularly the comrades of
20 years ago found in him a sympa
thetic and helpful friend. They and
many others found that a somewhat
brusk exterior' concealed a warm and
generous nature. He will be missed
not alone by the business elements.
The American officer who is taken
consumed or canned when ripe were
cut into bits or rings and dried above
the kitchen stove. In fact, grand
mother's kitchen was so filled with
things drying and things stewing that
the men folk could hardly get through.
And if they attempted it they were
likely waylaid, an apron tied about
their necks and set to peeling and
paring in spite of their protests.
This was the state of grandmother's
kitchen as long as there were things
to be harvested In the garden and or
WEAPONS FORGED WITH MONEY
Prayers, Tears, Shonta and Parades
Count for Naught without It.
PORTLAND. BodL 26.-fTe the Ed!
tor.) Portland is favorably situated
and In the heyday of her prosperity.
Everything that God could do to make
a state beautiful and prosperous he has
done for Portland and. the state she
represents. Her shipyards sound with
the hammer blows of not only patrio
tism and loyalty which none can ques
tion, but money-making possibilities
such as tho workingman never experi
enced before.
But what is the fruit of all this? In
this the most crucial hour of the Na
tion's life and safety for the world the
city is recreant to duty. hue spend
ing her thousands in pleasure seeking.
in a prodigal waste of her money
money which belongs to Uncle Sam just
now, she has suddenly become apathetic
when apathy may mean the defeat of
the cause for which we and our allies
are righting. The working men of
Portland have done nobly and their ex
ample is worth emulating by thousands
in our city who live lives of ease, and
whose fortunes are piling uu by the
aany and consecrated efforts of such
men.
This class is not, evidently, giving in
proportion to its prosperity while reap
ing what others are toiling and sacri
ficing for both at home and abroad. It
should be held up to ridicule and scorn
nd an ostracism should be imposed
upon it until it is made to feel its
responsibility and forced, yes, forced.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
From the Oregonian of Sept. 27. 1893.
London. The Times snys several
American sterling loans will soon ma
ture. Although .Kuropean lenders
would ordinarily be glnd to renew
them, it is feared If the United States
Senate persists In its present course
several of these loans will have to be
repaid by shipments of gold to this
side.
Washington Controller .Eckles litis
authorized the Commercial Na
tional Bank of Portland, Or., to resume
business. 1
Washington. Senator Dolph is pre
paring a speech on the tariff which
will be one of the greatest efforts of
his life. He will review the tariff his
tory of the country and Ihe effects of
each successive enactment, showing
that where the protective principle was
applied prosperity followed ia its wake.
Tho number of pupils In attendance
at the close of the first week of school
in September one year ago was 7536
and on Friday of the week Just closed
was 7602, a gain of 6. This does not
include the recently annexed territory
in which there were returned 315 pu
pils, making a total of Izll.
Tonight promptly at 8 o'clock Llbe-
rati will raise the baton for the "Mecca
Temple" march and thus usher in the
to contribute generously to the war fifth annual exhibition of the Portland
luiiii i mo nation, secretary iucAaoo s
speech in New York City the other
evening refered to this class in most
scathing terms.
If every one of us does his and her
duty, making the necessary sacrifices,
sacrifices which our boys at the front
demand of us and who by their Buf
ferings and death are paying the price
of the liberties we enjoy and the hap
piness and peace of our homes, the pro
tection of our firesides, before next
Saturday night the full amount and
then some more will be raised. If we
fail our failure will help to feed Hun
cruelty, Hun courage, Hun lust and
bloodshed and will do much towards
bringing defeat to our gallant boys
"over the seas.'
The weapons with which they are
fighting "over there" are forged over
here by our money, not by our prayers,
tears, shouts and parades. The clothing
they need, the food they need, the
medicines and bandages they need are
to be supplied by the money you and
I are now giving. Can' you measure
what it means to them, to us and to
the world if we fail to buy all ths
bonds we can, to give until we feel it,
to sacrifice until we know something
of the price paid on Calvary for the
world's redemption. Freely we have
received and as freely we should give.
J. L. HILL.
Industrial Exposition. The opening
ceremonies will be brief but impressive.
B. B. Beekman, a native son and a
gifted and eloquent speaker, will de
liver a brief address appropriate to the
the occasion.
The main force of men and teams on
the big sewer is concentrated qn East
Alder and East Seventh to Morrison
streets. Nearly all tho dirt oiled in
East Alder east of Grand Avenue has
been poured into tho trench between
Grand and Union avenues, where the
trench was excavated .10 feet deep.
There Is quite a crowd constantly
watching operations.
MORAL. INSTRUCTION IS NEEDED
Resident Complains of Dcprcdntlons ef
School Boys and Young Girls.
PORTLAND, Sept. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Are the public schools of Port
land teaching the children anything
outside the prescribed text-books? Is
there anything said about "golden
rule," or about a decent respect for the
property rights of others? ly reason
for asking the question is that there
has been considerable petty thieving in
this part of the city such as the taking
of peaches, grapes, etc., by boys and
girls, both night and day. Some boys
and girls came to my peach tree In
broad daylight .and began helping
hemsslves. I happened to see them
and spoke to them and they ran away
but I saw them eating the fruit which
they had gathered.
Again when my grapes were ripe
some person or persons came by night
and gathered them. I have heard of
others being served in the same man
ner. Is there not a lack of moral
training and teaching in home, school
pvisoner by the Germans is doubly chard and when they were all put away and Sunday school? Our citizens
- . I anil WintAT noma rlnivn. PTa nrlmnl npr I fnmnrrnur ay a tho rir.v nnH trirls
of
and Winter came down, grandmother I tomorrow are the boys and girls to
did not care a whit about traffic con- today, and if a decent respect for the
ditlons. If her house had been snowed property rights of others Is not in
under she would have fed her family stilled into the minds of the youth
for weeks without outside help. I what may we expect of them when
Just now Uncle Sam is askingus to grown to manhood and womanhood?
faction to him to know that the scale keen off his trains and help in the I appeal to parents and teachers to
Is evened by payment to seme German I kitchen, leaving traffic ways free so I instill into the mln'dB of the youth of
officer of his rank of a salary accord- they mayi be used as nearly as possiDie our country a ngni conception or mm
Inir to thfl.Amerloan rate. Thn Inins. entirely for transporting war muni- property rights of ethers, and of the
tinna a i-n rnnn Tnf finr 1 1 11 Liiiif man. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 111 niiin .1 j - - -
It has required the stern measures to them, ana mat u is wrong to swipe
of necessity," says Uncle Sam, "to re- even peacnes ana grapes.
mind us that the unused surplus of ARTHUR H. NICHOLS.
our gardens and orchards has a food 105 East Eightieth street.
value, pound for pound, as great as
Ihst nnrtlnn which we are able to con
tinued In the service. Senator Borah sume immediately. We now nave oe-i
did a service recently in calling atten- fore us the task of learning methods of I tor.) Please tell me if there is a night
linn, tn thin annmilr. and thera Is lit. conservihg vegetables ana iruus wnicn school in Portland where I can study
tie doubt that his resolution to initiate have lonS been familiar to most of the anatomy, physiology or chemistry. Also
legislation for the care of the depend- worm ana are new on .y to is there a place wnere a woman can
.m. f niiv.ffi wiiikf,vn,J by "us" Uncle Sam means our learn to run and repair automobiles
...... w .... ..... I .. m I .-. n- nnniilatlnn as a Whole. Tne I tt t. 1 ihn.a thrA nr four hnlira In
term is a little too broad, in many the evenings.
farm kitchens granclmotner s spirit
still dwells and the last apple peel Is
used and the last vegetable is saved
from the garden.
But this year everyone is asKea to
save to heap food shelves just a little
higher with products grown at home,
particularly fruits and vegetables, ury-
unfortunate. He is not only out of
the fighting, but under the provisions
of international law is reduced to the
pay of a German officer of corres-1
ponding rank. It is a dubious satis-
tice to our men would seem to be I
quite apparent, even If their wives and
families were not taken into account.
These will receive far less than the
husbands and fathers would have been
able to allow them if they had con-
Mr D II OTHER.
My brother's gone away to war.
I never thought him brave before;
He never used to quarrel much
Or scrap or play football or such.
Hut he came walking in one day
And said in just my brother's way .
Well, folks, I guess I'll go. You see
It looks like it was up to me
To sign up with tho other boys."
And left without a hit of noise.
My brother did.
My mother's got a lot of grit.
She only cried a little bit
When he said that he must be gone.
And for us not to worry none.
That he'd be back, so not to mind;
Tho cause was just and God was kind.
And told me not to dare to cry,
And kissed us both a long good-bye.
And went out to the gate and then
Kissed both his hands and waved sgnln.
My brother did.
We watched them nil the livelong day.
The soldier boys that went away.
A-trnmpin' down the dusty street.
All khaki-clad from head to feet.
Their smiles o brave, their heads si
high.
A-marrhin" by, n-marchin by.
And there were flags we had one. too.
With Just one single star of liin.
I waved mine hard and hollered loud.
He looked the best la all the crowd.
My brother did.
Our service star ain't Mm no more.
The way It used to be before;
They've put a gold one in its place.
Sometimes I think my mother's face
Is getting thin and that her eyes
Are tired like, and awful wise,
Like she knows something she won't
tell
To no one even me oh, well!
I ain't a-goln' to worry none..
Like she has since my brother's gone.
He said for us to never mind,
The cause was just and Clod was kind.
And he'll be comin' back, I know.
Because, you see, he told us so
My brother did!
GERTRUDE ROBISON.
Dallas, Or.
Studies In Night School.
PORTLAND, Sept. 26. (To the Edl-
ably received.
Officers i of the Army, Navy an
Marine Corps have good cause to ask
that their pay be exempt from in
come tax, for their pay is the same as
1908 while its purchasing power
has been halved. It an officer
killed, his widow gets only a small
monthly sum, though formerly she
had half his yearly salary in a lump.
Congress should relieve officers of
worry about their families, for a wor
ried man cannot fight well.
Von Wrisburg says "we will settle
with them," meaning American sol
diers. Sure thing, under an apple
tree, if there be one left in Prussia.
A man was fined a dollar a mill
40 for passing an auto containing
policeman. Query: How fast was
the officer going?
The skin of a skunk sold for $9 in
New Tork the other day, yet every
body knows one whose hide is not
worth half.
Do you want our boys in the Third
Oregon to read over there that Port
land did what they would never
slacked ?
v
Seattle's ambition Is boundless, but
to hope to become the model city mor
ally by ordinance is the final gasp of
despair.
Possibly the Crown Prince of Ron
mania has a good father-in-law,
something better than a shaky throne.
It Is so easy for the grouch to talk
sedition the wonder Is more of the
poor fools are not under arrest.
It would hearten the Hun to know
Portland fell down. Damn tho Hun
by putting her over.
Friday is bargain day in Portland
and liberty bonds are the. best bar
gain ever given.
Sounds like the old days, only dif
ferent: "Gi'me another!"
"The spinster" never has slacked,
Watch her today.
Don't wait for trading stamps to be
given with bonds.
Save those pits.
will save a soldier.
Tour contribution
YouH never go. hungry while: you
own a.liberty bond, i
(1) Chemistry Is offered both at the
T. M. C. A night school and at the
Jefferson High night school. We know
of no night school giving either ana
tomy or physiologY-
Symptoms of Spnnlfth Influenza
OSTRANDER, Wash., Sept. 25. (To
the Editor.) For the benefit of people
living In Isolated districts, kindly pub
lish the symptoms of Spanish influenza.
so it will be easily recognized; also. If
possible, such treatment as could he
classed as first aid until medical as
sistance could be procured.
B. C. WOOD.
PORTLAND. Sept. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you kindly publish through
your Inquiry columns a preventive or
medicine one should take in case they
are suddenly eelzed with Spani.sh in
fluenza, or just how the patient should
nurse it. AVhat are the symptoms?
A SUBSCRIBER.
The following statement Is by Sur-
(2) None of the automobile schools geon-General Blue:
ing reduces the weight and bulk and take women students regularly, though
dried material may be stored Indetl
nitely without deterioatlon and without
the use of expensive containers.
Among the vegetables which can be
successfully kept in a dried state are
Irish DOtatoes. turnips, beets, parsnips,
carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, sweet
notatnes. numnkins. squashes, toma
toes,
and enin&ch.
The thing accomplished by drying Is
the removal of so much moisture con
tent from the raw product that organ
isms of decar cannot grow in it. If
climatic conditions permit, this can be
done by the sun's heat.
FRANCES MUKluUAD nAn V . X.
the Y. M. C- A. school now is offering
special course for women enlisted
for Red Cross work in France.
A PLEA TO AMERICANS.
Tell me not in mournful numbers.
There is nothing I can do
. . I T v.l. ... ' n tuA f inrr-ncf RtrncplA
sweet corn Deans, peas, ceiery ' , "
Iflat our lttLlun ever n.nc w .
There is something;
Always something.
That the least can find to do,
Be it but a cheerful letter
Sent the boys across the blue.
True, we can't all be bond-buyers.
And we oan't all fight in France;
Then to these, a word of warning.
Don't forget to buy thrift stamps.
Lives of heroes all remind us
There is much that we can do;
Then come on, lets buy the thrift
stamps
Show the Kaiser we're true blue!
R. H. C.
OCR BIT O' TIME.
In the great unknown unknowable, be
fore the world oegan.
As the Architect was busy on the so-
far erreatest Dlan.
When he counted up the time he had
that mortal men should share,
He figured it pro rata, for each one, to
make it square:
And he must have put a ticket on each
soul to match the rate.
For there seems no chance to.nang
around beyond our given date:
It appears to me it should not take a
very complex brain
To realize that passing hours will not
return airain.
And that avery fleeting minute that we
BDend in useless ways
Is cutting down our bit o' time and
sooilincr precious days;
And that every moment's worry and
U tt riBT7. corporal or cook with nerve un-
Giver never meant. I . -
r-Y a r'TTT v. Hill. i incao uia iuo ii"ii"io "o.i.
Th dlseasfl (Spanish influenza) is charac
terized by tjurlden onset. lnpie are stricken
on the streets, while at work in fneiori-B.
shipyards, otf ices or elsewhere. First ther
is a chill, then rover, with temperature irmn
101 to 10.1. headache, backache, reddening
and runuinff of the eye.i, i;ilns and aches
all over tiie body and Kneral prostration.
Persona so attacked should K to their
homes at once, kq to bed wfthout delay, and
immediately call a physician.
TreaLment under the dircciion or the pny-
slcian Is simple, but important, cunsintinr
orinci oallv of rest In bed. fresh air. abun
dant foed, with Dover's powder for the re
lief of pain. & very case with lever fhoum
be regarded as serious, and kept in bed at
east until temperaturo becomes nrrmnL Con
valescence) require careful management to
avoid serious complications, such an bron
chial pneumonia, which not Infrequently may
have fatal termination. During tho present
out break in foreign countries, th salts of
quinine and aspirin have been mont k'ti
erally uspd during the actito ati ack. t h
aspirin apparently with much success In ths
relief of symptoms.
THE HORRORS OP AVAR.
It Isn't the fear of death we dread.
Nor the horror of life in a trench.
It isn't the dread of shot or shell.
Nor the stink, nor the eltme, nor the
stench.
It isn't tho sadness of leaving- home,
Nor the months we spena in tne
camps.
And it isn't th infirmary doctors.
Nor the pills they give us for cramps.
But salutes we must pive second lieuts.
Who used to sell ribbons before;
T it a ,ro,00f ..w.r it. hJ Wn Man Wauls to Serve.
wrtrM. It is the onlv Drtnciole that Anwoi.D, hwh., oepu -.-uVi. g
U laf.iri.fl.Tfl- it also snfl.-vks Editor.) II a married man witn cnu
a lunguaseeculiarly its own. one that dren wanted to be drafted would the
every living creature understands. Government hav to take him if he re-
Everyone responds to its can. -rne i ueu, iu yt. . -...v.
fiercest animal is tamed and eubdued "Wife and children are not dependent
bv love - I n his salary ana are wuiinsr inai no
Rosa Bonne or, tne great painter ana snouia b
er of a menaeerio a lion which he de- probably would take hnn. But If
clared untamable. The artist, however, he wants to serve he need not be ln-
believed that love would accomplish the direct about it He can be inducted
mpossible. "In order to secure the af
fections of wild animals you must love
them," ehe said, and in a comparatively
short time her love nan errectea what
the lion tamer had given up as hopeless.
She used to play with and fondle the
huffa animals as if he were a kitten.
into service by waiving classification
claims and order of liability.
Woman's Ajse- suestlonrd.
Life.
Mifs Yellowleaf A woman s age
When old and blind he died with his doesn't really matter. Miss Caustique
great paws clinging; affectionately to) No; the thin? that counts l how
the mistress wnose love Had tamed mm. i ion? sue naa oeeu ui
Wealthy Askrd to Buy Jlorf.
PORTLAND. Sept. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) Is it true that the Government
will not lot the wealthy people buy all
the liberty bonds they want even If
they have the money in the banks and
are willing to do so?
I heard an argument of this kind re
peated in a discussion as to why the
common people should be urRed to buy
liberty bonds. AVas tle speaker mis
informed? As tins fs a time when
there should be no wronqr impressions
floating- around. I will very much ap
preciate your Kivinn us the facts in
this important matter.
A BONO HUVKIi OV EVERT ISSUE.
Persons of wealth are urged by the
Government to subscribe in greater
proportion to their means than heretofore.
When Time Changes.
WOODBURN, Or.. Sept 25. (To the
Editor.) There are, in this town. s
many as three dates on which people
expoct to cbange their timepieces.
The dates are, the last .Sunday in Sep
tember, October 1 and the. lust Sunday
in October. I have heard arguments
oh each one of them.
Please publish the correct Informa
tion a3 some confusion will certainly
develop if somo of us are not posted.
J. A. AUSTIN.
Time changes on tho last Sunday in
October.
F.xplratlon of Moratorium.
JIORO, Or., Sept. 25. (To tho Editor.)
How. long after the war does the
moratorium for men in tne Fervtre hold
good? SUBSCRIBER.
Six months. --