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DAILY EAST OREGOXIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. 1917.
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loss of Lens will be a real blow
to the kaiser.
The upshot of the matter is
that without by any means hav
ing reached their maximum
strength the allies have gotten
into a commanding position,
on land as well as on the sea.
The kaiser on the other hana
having already attained his
maximum strength is on the
down grade. He is slipping,
to use the vernacular, and it is
going to be harder and harder
for him to stand the gaff.
There is significance in the
nlmnst frantic anneals for
peace from the kaiser's camp
and in the determination and
unanimity with which the allies
reply that the war must be fin
ished before peace can come.
The plain answer is that the
leaders on both sides have the
same opinions as to how the
war will end if it continues
long enough.
TO MAKE GERMANY A
SAFE NEIGHBOR
TH: WAIUUOK.
1 Mine be the warrior's blood who.
stricken sore.
Ijea in his quiet chamber till
i he hears
Afar the clash and clang of
armies, and knows
The cause he lived for calls for
him once more
And straight way rises, whole
and void of fears.
And armed, turns him sinKins
to his foes.
- Theodore ilarrison.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY
St!"' HE fighting in Flanders
gives further indication
of allied supremacy. The
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not yet decisive, though the
tries to make their peo
ple believe the reason
the allies will not discuss peace
is that they wish to "crush
Germany." They know and
the German people will in time
learn that the plan is not to
crush Germany but to . break
Teuton autocracy and ruthless
militarism. They want to
make Germany a safe neigh
bor, not one that may grab
some other nation by the throat
at a supposed favorable mo
ment. England from self interest
does not want Germany de
stroyed as a nation. To wipe
Germany off the map as a
European power would mean
to build up other continental
countries, Russia perhaps, to
a point stronger than John Bull
might-desire. Therefore it is
not likely England will wish to
force the war to any .such ex
tremes as Berlin claims. The
same situation in a degree ap
plies to France and Italy. The
United States of course has no
desire to "crush Germany"
and fights merely to vindicate
international decency and to
make the globe a safe place for
a nation governed on democra
tic lines.
A PLACE FOR JUDGMENT
ffN UR draft board is pro
ceeding fearlessly to do
its duty as it sees it, with
out reference to friendship or
influence of any sort. It is the
right spirit: it is better to err
on the side of vigor than by be
ing too weak or flabby.
If justice is done or mistakes
be made let it be hoped the
district board will correct
them. Under the draft law
there should be an abundance
of men for service without
crowding the exemption sub
ject too strongly. It will like
wise be a mistake from the
standpoint of national service,
to take men for the army when
they are of exceptional value
in industry or production.
OUR STALWART YOUTH
'ftf HAT young American of
the 20th century were
physically inferior to
their forefathers, as a result of
the flabbiness of peace, was
asserted pretty generally be
fore the beginning of the pres
ent war. A Washington re
port says that of 72,914 men
who offered for the officers'
reserve 51,836 were found on
preliminary examination bv ci
vilian physicians physically
satisfactory.. A higher per
centage of physical fitness
probably never was shown iy
an equal number of applicants
for military service. A few
centuries ago, when any able
bodied man was considered fit
to bear arms, the entire 72,914
would have been, physically,
acceptable. Less than 51,838
vt ould have been physically
sound. As late as the civil war,
when confederate officers
made the requirements for the
cavalry service 'abilty to ride
a horse and fire a gun" and
the standard of eligibility for
infantry service "ability to
walk and carry a gun" more
than 51,838 of these men
would have been accepted, but
that fve-sevenths of them can
pass up-to-date preliminary ex
aminations shows that the
blood, the bone and the brawn
of the breed have not run
down during a period of peace.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
FROM THE PEOPLE
irHOJS 1UUID HJKATKtt.
Pendleton. Amtnnt Iti.
Editor Kust Orenontan:
Please permit me Hp;ir to protest
aftainst the punishment meted out to ,
the young colored ftir wuo was sub- j
jected to insult by boys, and wh i
took the only means In her power t-t
protect herself. The presM report
that sho was line ! $DU. It seem to
me on the facts printed that i-ho
ought to have befn commended and
the boys publicly spunked. Any ff.rl, J
no matter what her color or station :
in life, has a moral and leRiil ritfht to I
protect herself against injury and In- j
suit and it is a grave shame upon j
our city and country that any law
exists whereby she can be punished, j
if she has spunk enough to exercise
that risht. I hope that the city
council w 1' promptly return the fine
paid by this girl and compliment her
on her Rood work. Hoys ought to be
taught to respect Rirlhond ami o-
manhood, whatever color or condi
tion in life.
ELLA P- LOWELL
Mra. Lowell has evidenely b-en 1
poorly informed as to the facts. Afttv ',
beinff found guilty, sentence on the i
girl was suspended until the follow
ing day. She was fined $10 and not
$20.
N"o one will uphold the behavior of
tho boys :iiul ni one will blame the i
girl for resenting- an insult However.
it is difficult to conceive of any one
commending the beating of a four
year old boy with a stick, no matter ,
what the- provocation. Had the girl j
administered the punishment to the j
older boys from whom the little fel- j
low took his cue. the case would j
probably never have come in court.
But a child of four is hardly o'd
enough to be held responsible and j
the means employed by the colored
girl to punish him will hardly be con- j
strued by the council as "good worn.
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BY EDlTOfi
P.VK1S
America n Senator's Rfforts Said (A Tie
1a.iL Attempt of PaWflst to Save
Crushed Germany.
PARIS. Aug. 17. Flgnm 'n nn at
tack on Senator I a Foltt iem.md
in the I'nited States sena'e that thn
American government outline Is ob
jects of war :tnerprets tlif- arnntnr's
action as "the last raisin? "p of i he
arms of the pacifists in , rndeavor
to save beaten Germany.''
Tht paper adds: 'A Ot-rnrmy's
condition grows more Trirnis, Sena
tor f.a Follette. whom we tr.i-jh; call
a militant p-jcifist. crows b.ud r and
demands ttvit the T'nited Srntnv state
its ohie'Us of war
"N'nw that victorv , assured t th
allies he would wrest the smdls iron,
th conquerors, leavinir t'crmanv iin
crushed and in a position to raise her
head again.'
on tan a LaiMis
Hill County
The first belief that the live stock in Mon
tana would be greatly lessoned by the conver
sion of arable lands into farms, has not proven
true, for a time there was a decrease of the
stock on the range lands, but this is rapidly be
ing overcome by increasing smaller herds raised
by the farmers within the enclosure of their
lands Careful breeding is also improving the
grade and quality. Thirty-six breeders of pure
bred cattle and horses are listed in Hill County
alone. It is estimated that there are more cat
tle owned in the Hingham district than there
ever were under the range Conditions, strange as it may
seem to the distant reader, a majority of the livestock
ranges in the open and unsheltered.
WK NKKD MOltK PRACTICAL PARMKKM AVI) IIOMK IllllJKRS
to litlp bring into cultivation and production our Larfro an'- of ferttlo
aod drain growing land still untouched by tfw plow.
We bt-Ui-vp jon can make more money hen and live brtu-r In propor
tion to the lnvtmrnt required than anywhere eiHe in the NortlnaeMt. In
educational rai-llltlrs you will find Montana ranking with many of the older
state, and the people of Montanu yield to none In pride and tntcn-Ht In their
(durational Institution. Forty two ehurelieN In Hill county alone, and of
ml.iHloiiH now active, and u number of rellKiou KorletieN. amonc them bring
the different I.utliern. Methodist. Presbyterian. Ilaptlst. Kpisropul. Itoman
atliol!e, SelentLst and Salatlou Army.
Central Montana Ranches Company
I hone 'ill
BEN F. DUPUIS, Sales Agent.
224 East Court St.
Am
These Products are the Result of Pendleton Industry
and Enterprise
PENDLETON enterprises must stand
Pendleton's share ot the war cost.
Boost and use Pendleton's Products and you will
lighten your own war burden.
Buy and use Pendleton's Prodwets and you will
get more and better quality.
Pendleton Meat Go's. "Pemeco" products must satisfy to sell. We are growing.
Help us grow and you help your home town and yourself.
ORDER "PEMECO" PRODUCTS FROM THE FOLLOWING MARKETS.
Empire Meat Market
607 Main Street
Charles Greulich, Pres.
Telephone 18
P. De Young. Sec.-Treaa.
The Central Market
108 East Alta Street
Ross K. Carney. Pres.
Telephone 44S.
J. H. Loeding, Sec.-Treaa.
Pendleton Cash Market
303 East Court Street
Telephone 101
L. B. Ramsdell. Pres. II. P. Whitman. Mgr.
Harvey McPherson. V-Pres., Mrs. Nellie Horton, S.-Ti-ea..
Hams, Bacon, Lard, Steaks, Chops. Cutlets, Sausage, Hamburger, Fish, Poultry, Etc.
.Clival