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"EnteredlaTtbTPoof f matter.
HERBERT C. HOOVER, AMERICAN
j - Mr. Herman Goode, the official go-between for the British Min
stry and the American Food Administration, gave out some illumi
Uting figures in an address lately delivered to the British Rotary
71ubs in London. By voluntary acts of abnegation the American
eople have provided 150,000,000 pounds of bacon, 25,000,000 pounds
f fresh meat andUhousands of tons of frozen meat for the. use -of
has Allies in excess of the original estimate made by Mr. Hoover
,vhen he undertook the arduous duties of Food Controller.
That these supplies have not been immediately available for
She British, Freneh and Italian peoples is due to the tie-up of rail
road traffic and the car congestion for which Mr. Hoover and the
nation behind him are in no way responsible. Mr. Goode finished his
address with the following graceful and by no means overstated
tribute to his countrymen: "It is lucky for us that a man like Mr.
Flobver is at the helm of the Allied food supply and that behind
rim is a people willing to deny themselves so that democracy may live
to fight."
Seeing that Great Britain now relies on America for 65 per
2cnt. of her food that without this food she would be as hopelessly
out of the fight as Belgium or Serbia the dependence of the Allied
cause on Mr. Hoover's miraculous executive ability and the no less
wonderful spirit displayed by the average American civilian be
comes one of the greatest outstanding features in the exhaustive
struggle with the Prussian overlord.
- The way in which the United States has tackled the paramount
problem of food supply speaks equally well for the determination of
this people to make every sacrifice requested in the cause of hu
manity and for the confidence inspired by the man who is asking
of them these sacrifices. , j
f Indeed every detail of Hoover's career, from his birth on an
Iowa farm, from his boyhood's and early school days in Salem,
vhere his brother, "Tad," was employed as a printer on The States
man, and Herbert ("Bert") worked in the office of the Oregon
Land company and at other tasks, through his college days at Stan
ford University, during his wanderings through the wildest parts
of the earth, in the handling of his extensive mining deals, in the
lead he took during-the dark days of the Boxer rebellion in China,
up to the present time when he has established himself as one of the
'greatest leaders in the world, war, demonstrate , the truth of Mr.
jGoode's tribute that it is lucky for the foes of militarism that this
typical American is today directing the food supplies of the Allied
Inationa. ' "V ,' '. . j
J ? For surely if versatility is the hall mark of American genius
jllerbert Hoover is the typical representative American of the twen
tieth century. h '
I Probably no name today is so often on the lips of the whole
i of our people as that of the famous Food Controller. Indeed he has
Gobi desert in. 'a ceaseless conflict with savage nature and no less
jsa'vage humanity has never been adequately told. Yet the telling
would; make a second Iliad. i
? Few people are aware that it was through the efforts of this
same virile American that a great iron industry was developed in
jthe Alps of Switzerland. His travels include such widely-scattered
regions as Australia, China, Peru, Mexico and Burma. At Tien-tain,
in the days of the Boxer rebellion, he marshalled the white people
against the fanatic hordes and by his courage and ability prevented
one of the bloodiest massacres in China. The "giant American"
jis still mentioned with respect and admiration by the inhabitants
of that f ar-off city. i,-
I His executive, ability was recognized in his own circle long be
(fore his handling of the Belgian relief made his name a household
iword in all civilized lands. Said one of his business associates: "He
j works twenty-six hours a day and never turns a hair; he manages
a dozen things at once and yet leaves the impression on the ob
server that he is doing nothing at all." And again: "He handles
: his great Russian iron mines, with their seven thousand employees,
with the little finger of his left hand." ;
. Even moro striking than his capacity for never ceasing labor is
i the strict and undeviating integrity that has marked the smallest no
less than the largest of his multifarious business transactions. After
i he established mining headquarters in London his advice was sought
! by every class of investors and not one man or woman ever lost a
J penny by following his counsel. In fact a mining investment guar
anteed by Herbert C. Hoover was known to be as safe as the Bank of
England. ,":.''. '
All the attributes that go into the making of a leader of men
j are to be found in this typical production of American soil and
; American institutions. Constructive ability, high standards of in
tegrity and honor; broad imagination, keen humor, love of adven
ture, audacity in operation and, above all, a physical and mental
i capacity for hard and unremitting labor. A writer in the Los Angeles
Times says t ?' California has especial reason for taking pride in this
great American champion of the cause of democracy. For if Her
i bert Hoover, was a native son of Iowa, he received his training and
educationand chose, his wife ami started his famous career on the
racific Coast."
. Salera and Oregon have eqtial' claims. The only reason his
wife is not a Salem girl is that Mr. Hoover was too youne to marry
! when he left this city.
! ;The present dope: Japan may go
In and protect her interests, if she
wants to. And she probably wants
to "'
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s It is hard, at this stage of the
great war game, to distinguish the
yellow fromHhe other colors In Rus
sia. Time will sift them out.
The Pacific highway between Sa
lem and Aurora will be hard sur
faced, work to begin within thirty
days. That will be great.
Another scrap of paper that will
furnished a new verb for the English language, let probably, too,
few, know the m$ny big things he achieved before he attained his
present world prominence. The story of how he crossed the great
le thrown into the waste paper bas
ket Is the German "treaty" with Ru
mania. It is an old principle of law and
justice that a paper signed under
duress: is worthless. So will the
world judge the jug-handled "trea
ties" Germany Is now making over
around the east front.
i
When President Polncare over
came his personal pride and asked
Senator Georges Clcmenceau to form
the present cabinet he sent for his
(keenest political critic, the one who
had said the most cutting- things
about him during the past live years,
the man who bad criticised him the
most persistently day in and day
out since the war was declared as
well as before and who opposed his
election with ail his might. All of
wLich shows that President Polncare
is a mighty level-beaded man.
Seattle voted on Tuesday to build
an elevated street railway, the first
in the Pacific northwest.
Seattle has gone Swede. Ole Han
son is to be mayor.
The German press says that the
kaiser has kept the peace for forty
yars. But he will keep It for long
er than that when this cruel war U
over.
It is reported that two young Am
erican soldiers are to be shot for
having been arleep on duty in front
of the trenches. That is the kind
of offenders the sainted Lincoln
ueed to pardon.
Paderewski's statement that there
are now no children under seven
years of age in Poland indicates one
solution to the Polish question. It
is certainly Paderewski's own belief
that the German design is to exter
minate the Polish people.
The wisdom of publishing the prac
tical results of our meatless days 1?
apparent in the encouragement It af
fords the people who have been go
ing without meat. It make us all
feel that we are accomplishing some
thing to be told by Mr. Hoover that
in four months the meatless days In
(be United States have saved 140,
000.000 pounds of beef, which have
been made available for shipment
to the allies. The record Is a very
good one, although It could be bet
tered, in view of the fact that the
raving by the consumer has been
voluntary. One is forcibly reminded
of what might be done to help the
allies by the fact that their people
are living on a meat ration of one
pound a week, or less than 30 per
cent of what Americans on the av
erage are still consuming.
NOT ENOUGH SHITS.
There is much speculation orei
the fact that there are thousands cl
trained soldiers at the various can
tenments, and an Idea is abroad that
they ought to be sent overseas. The
trouble Is the country Is not provid
ed with enough ships to carry them
across the Atlantic. The bulk of
the shipping is utilized to send food
to the soldiers already over there,
Americans as well as the allies.
ANSWERING TIIE CALL.
Had you imagined that deaf people
are only objects of charity? If to.
you are wrong, especially concerning
the deaf women of Los Angeles, who
are more to be praised than pitied.
The Times of that city says these
women now'compose one of the most
efficient Red Cross auxiliaries In
that city, meeting twice a week' in
the Mason building, where they pre
pare surgical dressings for our de
fenders "over there." They are also
taking lessons in lip reading in or
der to teach the young men who, aft
er the war, may be In need of their
Instructions. Verily, there are none
so deaf as they who do not bear
their country's call to service.
KOMKTIf I-NCJ AINHT "RARXKY"
IIAIlUCIf.
President Wilson's appointment of
Bernard Uaruch to succeed Daniel
Wlllard as chairman of the war in
tustrles board has served to call pub
lic attention anew to a man of whom
much has been beard In connection
with the mobilization of American
Industries and the strengthening of
the "second line of defense" since
the war - began. Mr. Uaruch has
rome to be regarded as one of the
notable "finds" of the war. Ilefore
the conflict began his name was vir
tually unknown outside Of the Imme
diate circle in which he moved. To
day he occupies a high place in of
ficial estimation, and Washington
has come to look, upon him as a man
of whom much more Is likely to be
beard before the war is over.
Bernard M. Baruch, or "Barney"
Itaruch, as he is better known to the
public. Is a product of New York
city. When he was old enough to
go to work he found employment in
a brokerage bouse at a wage of $3
a week. He did not exactly polish
i p the handle of the big front door,
but he weighed the mails of the con-
rUTlHB DATE 9
March t. Friday. Intercollegiate
oratorical contest. First Methodist
church.
March Saturday. Meetinar of
Marion county fruit irrowers called to
du laor iU"tlon.
March IS. Wedneaday. Present sit
uation in Iluaaia lecture by Dr. J. O.
Hall, auditorium ef Public Library.
March. IS. Friday. Mllltarr tourna
ment by Company A. hlgjh school
cadeta. at armor jr.
March 17. IS and If. Lymen't Mia
slnarv convention. Balem.
March 2. Friday Oreg-on Hnpgrow
ers association meets for dissolution.
March SO. Saturday. Freshman glee
t Willamette university.
April . Saturday. Third Liberty
loan drive bea-ina.
April, fourth week. Marlon County
Christian Endeavor convention. Salem.
May. date not t set -State Grange
convention. Salem.!
Mar 17. Friday.- -Crlmary nominat
ing election.
cern that employed him so carefully
that his compensation was soon rais
ed to $f.. Tfc-n he got a job In a
email baik at a' small salary. La
te r, be !,etn. in a small way. with
a big bonf and stock concern. At
the end of six years he was able to
withdraw from a partnership in that
house with $1,000,000 in bin own
name. Thereupon he started in bus
iness for himself, attended sedu
lously to his own affairs, read the
newspapers carefully, and one dty
discovered a "but" in a speech by
Mr. Lloyd George, which enabled
him to go into the New York stock
exchange and "clean up" an Immense
profit.
The world might never have
known anything about this transac
tion if he had not been named, in
the course of a sensational episode,
as one of those who had been ap
praised in advance .of the forthcom
ing of the famous "peace note" dis
patched to all the powers by Presi
dent Wilson, some time before the.
latter decided that the United State
could not, in honor, keep out of the.
war.
Before a committee of congress.
"Barney" Uaruch testified that he
had no advance knowledge whatever
with regard to the peace not, but
he made no attempt to conceal the
fact that, from his own judgment of
existing conditions, based partly up
on a passage in an Interview with
Mr. Lloyd George, published in Lon
don about the same time, and tele
graphed to New York, he made his
trades on the probability that some
thing would be said or done that
might be taken to Indicate, on the
side of the allies, a willingness to
negotiate with the enemy. Although
Mr. Lloyd ; George was misunder
stood or misquoted, the Interview
contained a passage which seemed
to Indicate that, while the peacs
overtures made by the imperial Ger
man chancellor could only be reject
ed without qualification, the door
would not be closed against a pos
sible understanding.
Mr. Baruch, it will be recalled.
came through the congressional in
vestigation with a cleaa bill. How
pleasing this circumstance was to
President Wilson very few knew at
the time, but, as a matter of fact,
cny other outcome would have been
extremely disagreeable to the execu
tive. The reason is not hard to give.
As Mr. Baruch increased in wealth
he was Invited to accept various
honorary positions in his home city.
Thus he was given a seat on the
board of trustees of the College of
the City of New York. Here one of
his closest associates was William
1'. McCombs, who was later to man
age the campaign for the nomina
tion and election of Woodrow Wil
son in 1912. Through Mr. McComb3
Mr. Baruch met the then governor of
New Jersey, and something in the
nature of a personal and political
filendship sprang up between the
two. Mr. Baruch first became inter
j'sted in Mj. Wilson because his
friend, McCombs, was interested In
him, and, as time went on, he be
came interested In Woodrow Wilson
for his own sake.
During the first years of his ad
ministration Mr. Wilson did not glva
Mr. Baruch a thought, perhaps, as
a possible officeholder, nor, it may
be presumed, did Mr. Baruch ever
give a thought to filling a public of
fice. But when war was declared
Mr. Wilson thought be raw where a
man of "Barney" Baruch's talents
might be made very useful to the
country. When the council of na
tional defense was created Mr. Bar
uch was one of the first appointees.
Ills record In that capacity evidently
has been so satisfactory that the
president decided be was the man to
fill the Important post of chairman
of the war industries board.
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST
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Fair and fine.
"e V
Early spring gardening In oHer.
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The German big offensive appeirs
aboti ready: and the big defensive
ready for it.
S
The Imnendinr battle may be the
greatest of the whole war.
S m
Moscow Is to be the capital of
Russia, and the war is to go on.
That is the latest. But the news from
that quick-change country may
chanre any day, and then keep on
changing.
The hoarders of wheat flour In the
state of Washington have been or
dered to divvy with the general ub
lic. There Is plenty for all. if, all
are made to clay fair.
.
The American forces are now
holding eight m'les of trencVies, and
the line Is beinr extended and con
solidated fast. We are now in the
thick of the great war.
The people of the United State
are a?ain told, by the latest arrival
from England to assist in conserving
British interests over here, that but
for this country the Enelish yeople
would be ranch j nearer .the starving
point than they now are, and strict
rationing is being practiced there,
with every one, both rich and poor.
Jood experts are experimenting
with whale meat. The possibllties
of whale culture do not seem to com
pare with what can be done with a
supply of common hen eggs and an
Incubator. Washington Star.
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SellingWayBelowPresentpoIesatePrices
On Most Of Our Merchandise at the
BIG CLOSING OUT SALE
GINGHAMS
14c Yd.
Sold Elsewhere
at 25c.
SILKS
Values to $1.65 now
Values
98c
YARD
Good
Women's Shoes
From Our Regular Stock
Values to $5.00,
NOW $2.95
A large bargain table of
shoes on the Main Floor and
also one in Economy Base
ment IN A SOCIAL
WAYCZZ
By Fterestee Elisabeth lflela
Accompanied by her brother, Hans
Black. "lrs. R. S. Wallace went to
Portland Tuesday, whtye she attend
ed a social function.
Mrs. Emily Cornell of Portland Is
the guest of Mrs. J. II. LAUterman.
Mrs. Cornell arrived Tuesday and
her stay will be Indefinite.
Sir. and Mrs. W. J. Haaedorn have
returned from Vancouver, where
they have been visiting with former
Salera residents.
. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Tarpley and
their daughter, Mrs. Henry Lee, re
cently entertained as their guests
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hepdun of Al
berta, Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards of
Stoughton, Wis., have been visiting
with their cone In, Miss Frances Gel
latly of the office of the state board
of control. Mr. and Mrs. Richards
were at Long Beach. Cal., for a part
of the winter. They left yesterday
afternoon for Portland and Seattle,
and In a few days will leave the
coast for Wisconsin.
An informal gathering was held at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. George H.
Alden Monday night when they were
hosts for the members of a club. Bo
sides the club member those bidden
as additional (participants In the
merry making were Mr. and Mrs.
H. II. Vandervort, Mrs. Carl Gregg
Doney and Mrs. Katherine Upmeyer.
Hr. and Mrs. B. L Steeves will en
tertain this club at its next meeting.
The ICiimalong klub, composed of
the boys of the Crusaders and State
Bible classes of Jason Lee Sunday
school, aave a basket social at the
church Tuesday evening of this week
which was a big success. The baa
ket sold at from 60 cents to $1.50.
netting something over $21 to the
club's treasury. The affair was held
in the church basement where ih?
decorations, principally of fir houghs
and paper streamers, were arranged
so abundantly and well that there
was unfeigned surprise and delight
ff Goes Further
J Delicious Flavor
Vacuum Packed Jj
Guaranteed J
Percales
121-2C
and 15c
Wholesale Price
21c and up
Closing
Out Prices
I ON MEN'S
I CLOTHING
BROWN
COTTON
SUITING
Extra Special
19c
YARD
LACES
IclSO now
35c
for Camisoles
on the part of all who attended. Tha
decorations also included the inscrip
tion "Kumalong Klub" In large gilt
letters on the outer wall of the club
room. All in all. it was readily con
ceded that the boys had outclassed,
in their decorative preparations, any
event ever held In the church base
ment. An improvised but entirely
adequate stage served for the prcs-.
entatlon of the several unique fea
tures of the program. J. F. Dunlap
acted sis auctioneer In the sale of
the baskets and made a real repu
tation in his adept methods of ac
cumulating bids. Miss OdI Hie Per
sons won the rrixe for the, best ap
pearing basket. Roscoe Dickey is
the leader and teacher of the boys
class.
Mrs. A. B. Manley of Portland
attended the Methodist conference at
the Y. W. C. A. yesterday. White
here Mrs. Manley was a guest of Mi.
and Mrs. Charles W. Ntemeyer. Mr.
Manley Is president of the Pacific
Title & Trust company of Portland.
Alkali In Soap
Bad For the Hair
Soap should be used very carefully.
If you want to keep your hair look
ing its best. Most soaps and pre
pared shampoos contain too much al
kali. This dries the scalp, make
the hair brittle, and ruins it.
f The be;t thing for steady use la
Jtift ordinary mulnlrled cocoanut oil
(which is pure and greaseleas ) , end
is better than the most expensive
soap or anything else you can nse.
One or two teaspoonfuls " will
cleanse the hair and scalu thorough
ly. Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it In. It makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
which rinses out easliv, removing
every particle of dust, dirt, dandr.iff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and it leaves the
scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and
easy to manage.
You can get mulslfled cocoannt oil
at any pharmacy, it's veiy cheap,
and a few ounces will suppiy every
member of the family for months.
MEAT RULING
LESS STRINGENT
Tuesday Is Porkless, But
Bars Are Down Remain
der of Week
Restriction on the use of meat
under the rulings of the food admin
istration are less stringent by the
.latest order to come down from
Washington through W. K. Newell,
assistant federal food administrator
for Oregon. The new ruling fol
lows: "Meatles Days The preeent re
strictions have been a porkless meal
ench day", a porkless Tuesday and a
Vorkless Saturday, but the order
just received, retarding meatless
days will modify these rules for tho
state of Oregon as follows:
"Tuesday will be Btrlctly pork
less day and for the preeent there
will be no other restrictions on the
use of meat of any ktnd whatever.
"Flour Accompanying our in
struction regarding the removal of
restrictions on meat nrodncts. cornea
a more urgent appeal to save wheat.
One of the principal reasons for re
moving the meat restrictions is in
order to enable people to save wheat
to a srreater etent than they hava
been doing.
"Reports come to us from com
0Wm
BOYS' LONG
PANTS SUITS
Great
Bargains
Big
Reductions
On
MUSLIN UNDER
WEAR PRICES
mercial "Travelers that many eating
places throughout the state are act
ing in total disregard of the wreat
lesg and meatless day programs With
the one day restriction on pork thii
matter should be very simple, but
this one day shcMibi be jnt aa strlct
Jy observed as before.
"Many eating houses do not t'ovm
yet to understand that they must
have a license. If any of your eat
ing places using more than three
barrels of flour per month have not
yet secured a license tell them ofice
more this must be done at once, or
they will be subject to heavy fine.
If youru conditions warrant, yo;i
might call a meeting of as many ef
the eating house proprietors as you
can get together and ssk the!r.co
operatlon in the matter. The m.m.
bers under license should be abl
to help you bring into line any of
those who are not required to have a
license, but who may be evading the
rules. Licensed eating houses should
print their license numbers on their
menu cards.
"The state food arid dairy commis
sioner has placed um uipoml
C. A. Jewell, his chief deputy, who
Is covering tbo state checking up the
bakeries, hotels and restaurants who
must have licenses and he will call
upon you when he reaches your cotin
ty and will be able to give you a
great deal of help In lining up thca
people. -r
"We have been asked by the de-
partment at Washington to -TjiHjuent
all county administrators to fend all
their communications through tho
office of the. state administrator
rather than directly to them.
Oregon Electric Train
Kills Man Near Portland
Oregon Eletric railroad officials
reported to the public service com
mission yesteiday that train No. 22
killed Charles Phillips, said to have
been a trespasser, about one nil!"
west of the Portland city limits. Thl
report stated that Phillips apparently
stepped from an east bound track
on which a freight train was ap
proaching to the west bound track
and in front ftf thc passenger train.
A broken whinky bottle was found
beside the body.
SAGE TEA DANDY
TO DARKEN HAIR
It's Grandmother' Raelpe to
Bring Back Color and
Lustre to Hair
You can - turn gray, faded hair
beautifully dark and lustrou al nut t
over night If youMJ et a bottle of -Wyeth"s
Sage arfQ Sulphur Com
pound" at any drug store. Milli.tiS'
of bottles of this old famotia Sa?'
Tea Recipe. Improved by the addi
tion of other ingredient, arc sold
annually, says a well known diu
glst here, because it' darken the
hair so naturally and evenlv that no
one can tell it has been .applied.
Those whose hair is. 'turning gray
or becoming faded have a surprise
awaiting them, because after ni or
two applications the gray hair van
ishes' and your locks become luxuri
antly dark and-beautiful.
This is the age of youth. Cray
haired, rnattractive folk aren't
wanted around,' so get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound tonight and you'll be uelizht
ed with your dark, handsomo hair
and your vouthful appearauf with
in a few days. (
This preparation I a toilet requi
site and Is not intended for thv cure,
mitigation or prevention of diseafce.
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