FALLS e iT Y NEWS
VOL. XI
MONEY MIXUP IF
AMERICA FIGHTS
an enem y alien, would have no access
to th e c o u n try ‘a c o u rts to enforce pay
m ent.
T h e forty eig h t G erm an veaaels In
terned In Ibis country, uppralsed as
w orlh nearly «200,000,000, a re In a pe
culiar sta tu s. lutcrm -d here because
th e I*idled S tate* Is u m u tu al friend,
they would suddenly !>« found to be
In tb e com plete pow er of a new enemy.
It Is explutm sl lluit tb e pecu liar ob
ligation w hich th e United S lates h ss
assum ed to w ard them raises questions
not before broached w h eth er It would
be violating ii very special an d unusual
fa ith to a p p ro p riate tile ships uow If
(bis country and G erm any w ere a t war.
T h e procedure w hich th e au th o rities
believe co rrect w ould Is* to uutlfy th e
F o r t y -s ig h t Q . r m . n Ship* In A m e ric a n vessels Ih u t they m ust leave A m erican
W a ta ra W o u ld H a v a to Flaa o r Bo te rrito ria l w a te rs an d to give them a
fa ir ch an ce to dn so A fter th a t they
S a iia d — T h is C o u n t ry W o u ld P r o b
would I n - liable to seizu re by A m erican
a b ly Q lv a T h a m a C ha n ca to Oat
w ar vessels o r by tho vessels o f A m eri
A w a y and L a n d W h a ro T h a y C o u ld .
ca'a allies.
Or. If th e G erm an s preferred , they
W aahluKtnn.—T h e p iw la e li-gal at»-
could decline to leave, th e U nited
tun of tunny h u n d red s o f mlllloun, | ht State* g o vernm ent could ta k e posses
hap* of blllloua, of pro p erty lu thIn sion o f and form ally conflsc-nte tb e ves
country anil otliera w ould l>e brought sels and let th e w hole bu sin ess bo s e t
Into question If th e I'n ltc d Hlntea were tled a fte r th e w u r’s end.
to become Involved In tb e w ar lu Eu-
Two Billions Owned by Aliens
Here and In Germany.
SITUATION IS COMPLICATED
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FALLS CITY. OREGON, SATURDAY. JUNE 6. 1915
Vnnt properties lu tb e U nited S tates
of E uropean ow nersh ip would be liable
to cun Iteration.
(.re n t properties, though m uch less
lu ag g reg ate value, ow ned by A m eri
cana lu E urop* would be In th e sam e
position.
A tuerirau corporations would not I hi
perm itted, It Is assum ed, to |>ay div i
dends on secu rities held by citizens of
the countries w ith w hich th e U nited
S tate» w as a t w ar.
T he G erm an ships now Interned In
th is country w ould lie u n d er th e neces
sity of leaving A m erican w aters a t tbo
risk of lH-lng c a p tu red on th e high sens
or else tielug confiscated lu th e porta
w here th ey a re now held.
In all th e history o f w a rfa re th ere
has probably n ever been so co m p licat
ed a financial situ atio n lu In te rn a tio n
al relationship as th a t w hich would en-
auo betw een th e U nited S ta te s and
G erm any If the tw o c o u n tries by any
chance should eugnge In hostilities.
G erm aus have long been larg e Invest-
o n In tlM l ulled S tates, p articu larly
In secu rities of railro a d an d Industrial
corporations. I t Is uow p re tty well
know n th a t th ese In v estm en ts w e re to
a considerable degree liquidated In th e
last y ear In-fore th e w a r begun. D ur
lug th a t |H>rlod G erm any w a s sy ste m a t
ically tu rn in g Its In v estm en ts Into
form s m ost av ailab le fo r quick use.
and the conversion w as m ade so sk ill
fully and quietly th n t th e w orld of
business did not fo lly realize w h at w as
afoot u n til th e w u r hud ac tu a lly b ro
ken out.
C onsequently It Is Im possible a t all
accu rately to ap p ra ise G erm an hold
Ings In th is c o u n try today, ft Is be
llcved, how ever, th n t th ey a re largest
In railroad secu rities, th en In In d u stri
als and tlnnlly In real e sta te and m is
cellaneous form s o f p roperty.
On th e o th er h an d . A m erican p ro p er
ty In terests In G erm an y a re la rg e r th an
Is generally understood, because In re
cen t y ears a n u m b e r of A m erican In
d u stria ls have been forced to estab lish
p lan ts In G erm any.
I t w as estim ated th a t «2.000,000,000
w o rth o f v arious alien ow ned In v est
m en ts In both co u n trie s w ould be In-
volved If tbe tw o co u n trie s should go
to w ar. W h at w ould be th e ir s ta n d
in g ?
T h is question Is decidedly Im portant
to peoplo on both sides w ho have such
holdings. U ut It Is ea sie r answ ered
th an th e n ex t one.
W ith th e tw o co u n trie s a t w ar u n
n atu ralized G erm ans In th is co u n try
w ould liecomc, lieforo th e law , “ alien
enem ies." No m n tto r how loyal to th is
cou n try or how d eterm in e d th a t th eir
conduct to w a rd an d in th e ir adopted
co u n try should be exem p lary , th a t
w ould be th e ir legal position.
T h is class of people ow n g re a t a g
greg ates of property In th is country,
and to Involve them In an y general
conflagration m easu res w ould be so
farreach lu g In th e ir effects th a t It Is
recognized ns q u ite Itirnoaslble th a t any
such w ould be u n d erta k e n .
T he d eclaration o f w a r In-tween tw o
countries tins th e effect, u n d e r long e s
tablished In tern atio n a l p ractice, of aus
pending, h u t not w ip in g out, d e b ts of
'a s ta te or Its citizens to th e citizen s o f
an o th er state.
T h e reasons a re m an ifest. In th e
first place, to pny d e b ts to a foreign
s ta te d u rin g w a r w ould be to fu rn ish
th e sinew s of w a r to th e enem y. In
th e second place, If th e d e b to r declined
to pay, th ere w ould be n o ch an ce to
enforejt collection, becau se.IIm d ebtor.
g o v ern m en t puyable by d r a f ts on New
York.
In tb e beg tuning sp ecu lato rs an d
business men Jum ped Into the fe m e,
ta k in g large c o n tra c ts or su b co n tracts.
T b e ruling prices fo r tb e g ra d e s d e
sired w ere «100 a n d «1.5. su b je c t to
Inspection, w hich w as very rigid, and
a large portion o f each sh ip m en t w as
rejected. R a th e r th a n c a r r / th ese back
to th e w est tb e d eale rs acid th em a t
th e p oints uf sh ip m e n t for w h a t they
could g e t
'lliu t th ere are horse tra d e rs la Eu-
n«|M- und d eale rs w ith sh a rp ey eteeth
w as proved by tb e fa c t th a t a num ber
of th ese rejected a n im als w ere ship
ped to Europe, tb e p u rc h a se rs being
go v ern m en t ag en ts, w ho took this
m eans of allow ing A m erican d ealers
som e tric k s In horse buying, p u rc h as
ing In (he guise o f c o n tra c to rs w ho de
sired th e a n im a ls fo r tb e no rth w est.
T he fa c t th a t th e g re a te r p a rt o f tbe
supply In th e w est h as «already been
p u rch ased o r is lu tb e b an d s o f sp ecu
lators, holding fo r th e raise th ey feel
c e rta in will com e w ith a co n tin u ance
of th e w ar, has led to a lettin g dow n
o f th e Inspection bars. H u n d red s of
a n im als th a t fo rm erly w ould have not
received a second look a re now going
FINDS W IFE BY TAPE.
through. T h e sta b le boye say th a t
th e fa t ones a re given th e preference.
W o rc e ste r (M a s s .) S c ie n tist D eclares
W hite au d g ra y horses a re taboo
U n h a p p y M a rria g e s N s s d N o t E s is t.
ttecause they a re sh in in g m ark s on the
Iloatou —Inco m p atib ility In m arriag e battlefield. T b e one th in g tb e bu yers
Is soon to be a th in g o f tb e p ast, ac- a re p a rtic u la r a b o u t la tb e wind. T hey
'eordlng to Ur. Max Huff, th e W orces req u ire sw ift galloping for a block or
te r sc ie n tist an d fo rm er fellow In tw o before th e Inspector decides.
psychology u t C lark u n iv ersity , who
anno u n ces th a t be h as discovered how
HIS NAME NOT NEWLYWED.
to m easu re tem p eram en t.
W ith n othing m ore th a n a tap e However, Hs W ouldn't Fir« a t B urglar
m easure, he says. It Is i>oss!ble to hud
Lest Baby Ba W aked.
one's ulllulty and be positively su re
S cen d ale . I'a .—R a th e r th a n w aken
th a t one Is m arry tu g th e rig h t m an or
the baby by tiring his revolver. P ra n k
woman.
W eiss, a tailor, s a t on a sta irw a y In hla
I»r. Ilaff h as had u n d e r observation
hom e and w atch ed a b u rg la r ra n sack
M assach u setts' tiest know n bachelor.
tb e din in g room. T b e In tru d e r’s m ove
G overnor I>avld I. W alsh. H e recently
m ents w ere plain ly visible th ro u g h a
announced th e kind of a w ife th e gov
transom .
e rn o r should flud lu o rd er to be aaaur-
W hen th e b u rg la r found a pocket-
<sl of p erfect happiness. H e re a re th e
specifications, th e re su lt of scientific book lu n d ra w e r and tra n sfe rre d Its
c o n te n ts to his pockets W eiss' grip on
observance:
She m ust l>e from five fe e t th re e (he revolver tig h ten ed , b u t hla w ife
tugged a t his sleeve an d w hisp ered to
Inches to live fe e t six Inches tall.
She m u st w eigh from 141 to 140 him not to shook
Mrs. W eiss, a f te r fo u r h o u rs' ordeal
pounds.
w ith a fre tfu l baby, had succeeded In
She m ust be tactfu l.
She m ust be ch ee rfu l a t all tim es, g e ttin g It to sleep w hen th e b u rg la r
cam e
especially before b reak fa st.
She m ust be sy m p ath etic.
She m u st be am bitious.
SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 57,
She m u st he able to sing.
It Is e ssen tial th a t sh e have a mezzo-
POLK COUNTY, OREGON
soprano voice.
FAVORS STUDENT CAMPS.
S e c re ta ry G a rris o n W ill A s k C o n g rsss
F o r A p p ro p ria tio n s .
W ash in g to n .—S e c re ta ry o f W a r G ar
rison h as not abandoned plan s fo r the
e sta b lish m e n t o f < am p s fo r th e m ili
ta ry In stru ctio n o f college a n d u n iv e r
sity stu d en ts.
C om ptroller of th e T re a su ry D ow ney
h as ruled th a t th e re w as no w a rra n t
fo r th e ex p e n d itu re o f g o v ern m en t
fu n d s for re g u la r officers an d troop»
nt such cam ps. A reco n sid eratio n has
been ask ed by S e c retary G arriso n , and
If th is Is u n fa v o ra b le th o se c re ta ry
will urge legislation by congress a u
th o rizin g app ro p riatio n s.
GERMANS CONTINUE TO
BUY AMERICAN HORSES
How They Send Them Home Is
a Deep Mystery to Dealers.
Lincoln, Neb.— R ep re se n ta tiv e s o f all
Of th e principal n a tio n s a t w a r In E u
rope a re com bing th e w est for horses
for th e arm ies. (Several o f th e horse
b u y ers b e a r title s; tb e m ajo rity of
them aro m en w ho have Itecn a t tb e
head of g re a t e stab lish m en t? In B el
gium a n d F rance, w hich form erly su p
plied A m erica w ith d r a f t horse s ta l
lions. One w ho w ns recently In L in
coln w as paid «2 n d ay an d ex p en ses
fo r his work. B efore th e w a r he d re w
«10.000 a y e a r ns m a n a g e r o f a g re a t
breeding sta b le in N orm andy.
n o w th e few G erm an b u y e rs g e t
tb e lr p u rch ases th ro u g h ts a m y stery ,
nnd they refu se to elu cid ate. T hey
m ake It plain th a t th a t is th e ir ow n
business, nnd they keep on buying.
Some o f th e la rg e st d e a le rs lu tk ls
section h av e been ask ed to bid on a
20,000 head sh ip m en t for th e .G e rm a n
No. 40
W EAR
OUR
GOOD
V0U WILL BE PLEASED WITH STYLE AND
QUALITY. AS WELL AS PRICE. OUR DRESS
STRAWS ARE THE WELL KNOWN CORDON.
YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH STYLE AND
QUALITY— ALSO PRICE.
N. S E L IG ’S
FALLS C IT Y D EP A R TM E N T STORE
budget made up for 1915 and
1916 as submitted to me by the
BUDOET FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1915-16. above School Board.
J. C. T albott ,
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Amount to be
For whal purpose
Clerk District No. 57.
raised
to be raised
$7,405.00
Teachers’ salaries
237.00
Fuel and lights
600.00
Janitur
300 00
Chemistry
100.00
Encyclopedia
Supplies for Domestic
Science and Manual
100.00
Training
400.00
Interest
100.00
Water
Other miscellaneous
500.00
expenses
1,500.00
Notes to be retired
$11,242.00
Total to be raised
Less Credits as follows:
From State and High School
Funds estimated at $4,079.12.
Balance to be raised by tax 67,-
162.88.
Total valuation as shown by
assessment roll, $895,360.
Unpaid warrants and bills to be
paid for year 1914-1915, estima
ted at $2,650, which will be cover
ed by uncollected 1914 tax.
The above budget adopted at
the regular meeting of the Board
of Directors of School District
No. 57, held at the J. C- Talbott
Furniture Store, Wednesday May
26th, at 8:15 P. M.
J. J. Sammons,
N. A. Lunde,
ORDINANCE NO. 130
An Ordinance for the preserva
tion of trees, shrubs, vines,
bushes, flowers and other plants
set out and planted for ornamen
tal purposes, and providing a
penalty for a violation of the pro
visions hereof.
Falls City does ordain as fol
lows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, company,or
corporation to in any manner cut,
pick, break, or otherwise mutil
ate, injure, or destroy any orna
mental tree, shrub, vine, bush,
flower, or other plant, or any part
thereof, growing in any public
park, square, opening, street, al
ley. avenue, park strip, thorough
fare or way within the corporate
limits of the city of Falls City,
without first having obtained the
permission therefor from the
Street Committee of said City.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, company,
or corporation to in any manner
cut, pick, break, or otherwise
mutilate, injure, or destroy any
ornamental tree, shrub, vine,
bush, flower, or other plant, or
any
part thereof, growing upon
N. Selig.
private
ground or property with
A ttest :
in
the
corporate limits of said
J. C. Talbott, Clerk.
I. J. C. Talbott, Clerk of Dis City of Falls City, without the
trict No. 57, hereby certify that permission of the owner thereof.
the above is a true copy of the
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Section 3. If any person, firm,
company, or corporation shall
violate the pro\ isions of this Or
dinance. or any thereof, then
such person, firm, or company,
and in case it be a corporation,
then the manager, clerk, or other
officer or employee of such com
pany engaged in the work or act
wherein said Ordinance, or any
of its provisions, is violated, shall,
upon conviction thereof in the
Police Court of Falls City, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished by a fine
of not less than $5, nor more
than 625, or by imprisonment in
the city jail not to exceed ten
days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of
the Court.
Read the 1st time June 1,1915.
Read the 2d time June 1, 1915.
Passed by the Council, June 1,
1915.
Approved by the Mayor, June
1. 1915,
H. J. G riffin . Mayor.
A ttest :
C. E. M c P herren ,
Auditor and Police Judge.
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the
Annual School Meeting of Dist.
No. 57 will be held at the school
house of said district at the hour
7:30 o’clock on the 20th day of
June 1915 for the purpose of elec
ting 1 director for 3 years; 1 clerk
for 1 year and to levy tax for
1915 and 1916.
Done by ordqr of the Board
this 26th day of May 1915.
J. J. Sammons, Chairman,
Attest: J. C. Talbott.