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■M M ..-■•semi FALLS CITY NEWS ------- VOL. XIII The English War Lord* need a As the thermometer w as doing Daniel to Interpret the "hand its record breaking Alpine {climb Thursday, a young woman o f huge dimensions mopped fever ishly at her dripping brow, and ’lhe Orgonian elaborated on the glowing with heat and satisfac officers searching the Governor tion panted, ’ It is heavenly 1 and party for booze, on a return am losing pound after pound.” trip from California, but neglect» to state with what success. Conscripting the wealth o f the country and profits on war mate Somehow the title o f ‘ Dictator’ rial will do more towards estab doesn't sound good whether it is lishing peace than all the Popes . ih coni dictator, food dictator or in Christendom Some o f thp eny other kind. It sound» too Senators object to tho tax on the much like Russia and the Czar. ground that it will make the war unpopular. Wealth is more pre It is stated that there is con cious than human life— with such. siderable doubt in the minds of Government officials as to their There are many who believe constitutional ligh t to force draft that for all Japan’s effusive pro ed men to cross the seas to fight. „... _ » testations o f her great love for the United States that she is sore If the big newspapers exag and only awaits opportunity to gerate their war stories in the pounce upon us. We only need ame ratio us they estimate the look back to her attack on Ger damage done by forest fires we many to imagine what she would may well doubt is there really is do to this country if opportunity any fighting being done. offers. writing on the wall.” it is t incerely hoped that I’ res- ident Wilson will be more suc- c ssful with hint food and other dictators than he has with his high (ost investigators. A fter each investigation prices were invariably boosted. The great 1. W. W. strike that wns scheduled for last Monday is reported to have failed. But for the traditional veracity o f the press one might believe that some enterprising newspaper reporter had made an overdraft on his im agination in planning the strike. Too bad that some charge could not have been brought against the 2t> 1. W. W ’s. arrested at Spokane, Wash, last Sunday. To arrest them on general principles without a specific charge only affords them the opportunity of posing as martyrs. "D o your bit.” is a phrase that comes to the United States from England and English criminals. It is a term commonly used by English criminals in referring to punishment metpd out by the governme nt for crime. L e ts use some term that is not so sug gests c ol doing penance. It is unbelievable that any con siderable number o f citizens, either by birth or naturlization would betray their country into the hands o f a foreign enemy. There are great numbers opposed to this war, yet would not want to : ee Germany win, and would rise to a man was there a parti cle o f danger o f an invasion. The Salem papers state that the doctors at the insane .asylum have discovered that a man who has been an inmate eight years is not insane nor has lie been. He was placed in the hospital while drunk and as he made no effort to get away they concluded he was crazy. It appears now that lie only w as a damphool. Recriminations will never set tle a disputejior right a wrong. The Government accuses the I. W. W” s. o f various and sundry violations o f the law. The I. W. W ’s. in turn accuse the Govern ment to permit conditions to exist that cause hardships and suffer ing and bring about strikes. All this does not remedy the one or remove the other. The Govern ment should take a hand and see that no injustice is done to any one and force the employer and employed alike to obey the laws and respect the rights of others. It was claimed by those who favored conscription that its op- peration would be perfectly fair. That the rich man’s son must bump the hard places with the poor; the saloon loafer would be gathered into the big herd. This in a measure was true; but when the "branding” time came it was discovered that a great per cent o f the saloon bums and sons o f the elite had lived such disso lute lives as to render them unfit for military service Thus it stands, as it ever has. that the horny-handed son o f toil must fight that these same loafers can loaL 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Jules Verne, the great French romancer, is doubtless responsible for the invention of the submarine. From his wonderful story, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea came the inspiration o f the submarine that is threatening destruction o f the world’ shipping today. Like his story o f a "T rip to the Moon,” his undersea boat was regarded as the dream o f a dreamer; but, in the face o f the wonderful strides o f science during the past score o f years, who shall say that even a trip to the moon may not becofne possible. Twenty Thous and Leagues Under the Sea will be reproduced in the movie Satur day nik,ht, September 22 at the Gem. See it and thus obtain a comprehensive idea of what the submarine if as a fighting boat. Matinee 10 and «?0c. Night IB and 25c. Mtos Jeannette Rankin, Cong resswoman from Montana is in had odor with the mine operators and the press. Miss Rankin has made a fatal error in investiga ting the Rutte trouble and expos A few days ago whi'e cutting ing the "Rustling Card” system fire wood on Chas. Coonrad’s land u.ied by the mine owners. She G. W. Hudson found a cut nail should have reported the miners imbedded in the center o f the tree. to be a lot o f cut-throat assassins There was nothing to indicate and she would have been lauded how the nail got there or how long to the skies and due to soon be it had been there. The wood had c o m e a millionairess. But alas, : grown perfectly smooth around it. and alack! To espouse the cause The tree had forty-five rings indi o f the workingman is political cating a growth o f forty- five suicide. i years. KALLS CITY OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25. 1017 ..... - IS JAPAN LOOKINO FOR TROUBLE? A SHOWER NitS c H twr«»»r In lu ll« • Mrs. Hellwarth and Mrs. erlertain e«* If suspicion o f Japan’ s «mister Gilbert delightfully the Ladies Art ( lub to a n ovelty* motives prevail in the United shower given in honor o f Miss 'dates, it is due to .Japan itself. Bertha Frink. Tuesday, August Suspicion creates suspicion, and 21, at the home of Mrs. H e l l w a r t h . distrust, distrust. The eager- The event which was a surprise, , e98 w *Th which Japan, on the to the bride-elect was planned by slightest pretext, parades with a chip on its shoulder, as if chall- the two hostesses. '1 he color scheme was effective enging Uncle Sam, is responsible ly carried out in pink and white, for the wide spread feeling in sweet peas and roses being used. this country regarding the sincer Dainty refreshments in the fame ity o f its professed friendly feel color were served. The table de- ing for the United States. The orations were cupids and hearts, American government sent a and had as a centerpiece an im note to China expressing ‘*regret mense liowl o f sweet peas, above over the dissensions which were which was suspended an open tearing that country apart.’ ’ It umbrella from which were ribbon was at once cabled back to us hung cupids which upon investi- gation were found to be attached to parcels containing many useful and lieautiful gifts. Table favors were tiny cupid mounted candy baskets. Phonographic selections were rendered also. Music on the piano furnished bv Miss Sybil Wilson was enjoyed'very much. _________________ JaPan resented the alleged failure o f the United States to conBU^ ' l presenting its n°f® an(! ^ °k '° Times semi- officially used this forceful langu- age: “The Fore*tfn Office officials must °b tain from the l n'f e^ T ates an assurance that it will no* repeat its action in interfer- with the domestic affairs in 1 hina, completely ignoring the# existence and position of Japan. ’ *■ VIEWS CROP SITUATION It added that negotiations over Last Sunday ('has. Kerr and the matter had already begun T. D. Hollowell and w ife motored with the United States and that to Independence to visit friends it was a matter o f 'great g ra vity ’ and view the crops. They dined as it concerned the future o f the with Moss Walker at the Walker empire. Hotel and then visited Dove’s Going still farther the Tokio Island. This was at one time the paper warned America that, ‘ ‘in hop growing center o f the Wiliam- order to prevent future misunder- ette Valley; but the hop vines are standings, Japan would seek gone and sugar beets planted in- America’s recognition o f Japan’s stead. The Grants Pass Sugar special position in China. " Other Beet Co., agreed to erect a sugar newspapers o f Tokio resented beet factory at Independence if the American note as " a glaring the farmers would plant an aggre interference with Japan. ” They gate of 1500 acres. But after the ! w arned the Japanese government beets were planted failed to coni- that it was probably “ an epocli- ply with their agreement, but will making precusor o f further ac- ship the beets to (»rants Pass. tivities. ” I f these are the words They then visited Mr. Hollowelts 0f friendship and if they ihdi- old-time friend. Lyman Damon cate a desire to maintain friendly and found him working up to his relations,, then the cable must knees in mud and water irriaga- have curiously garbled them. ting a five acre tract o f beets. Mr Damon said that last year he had The city will probably neglect cleaned up $3500 from hops on the repairing the foot bridge until land but doubted if it would yield someone breaks through and is over $500 in lieets this vear. Mr. injured. The decking is .. » it,, u u- .. , badly worn and needs re-flooring Hollowell told him that lie was too the entire ,ength. The Street old and grey to be digging around Committee have warned property in the mud on Sunday afternoon, owners to repair their sidewalks He was pumping water from the and it would be a good idea for river with an electric motor but the Street Committee to take a little out of the same "bottle.” his land was not properly prepar ed so as to get water to all parts alike. IT WAS V E R Y G O O D C O A L There is quite an acreage of beans. They examined one 100 That It W ag Spiced With Gunpowder Made It All the Better. acre tract but the prospect for been porridge was not very flat In reviewing his early life In Crui- tering. The potato crop was not etantlnople Sir Edwin I’e.irs tells an amusing story o f a coal contractor who looking good, although good rains w as supplying the British fleet with might work wonders. The grain fuel. A commissariat officer on one oc and hay crops are generally short casion went to him to say that a man- altho some fields gave a fair yield. of-w ar had just arrived In the Bos It is very evident that this country porus and was ordered to proceed to must conserve her food supply to the Crimea with distinguished officers on board, hut it was short o f coal. feed her own people. The Oregon Agricultural College W h .r . Irm n-d »p .r ig lis t» with modern t»b •rein , ire end edoi,u»ti* equipment girt in •tiu .lin n Im d in * to '-«tlrgiftte .iegroee in the fo l l o w i n g i c k o o l l M A O R IC U L T U R F . Willi IS department« COM M FRCE, With 4 departm ent«: E N G IN E E R IN G , with A department«. In eluding Civil, t.I . f trie*1. Highway, Industriel A rt, Irrigation and Mechanical fn gin eerin t: F O R E S T R Y . Including Logging Kngtaeer- lag HO M E ECONOMICS, with 4 major dcpait ments, including tiaining in the Practice llouac: M IN IN G with three depaitmrnta, tnclnd tag Chemical Kngiticci ing , PHARMACY. T H E SCHOOL OF MUSIC, nffera lnutrne- lion in the principal departmrnta o f eoeal and instrumental muaie T H E M I L I T A R Y D E P A R T M E N T , enroll'd 10S.I cadeta in lfl|t|17. and won reeemir.en* dation for O A ( ’ from lha W o te r n Depart ' . ment o f the I* I S W * i Di-partmrnt •• ear nf in in g ,Iinh.rf m .titu tiM M If the fifteen • ' d diallngulnh higher learning A ll cadet« w ill he ftirni»*,-» complete unifnim « by the IT S Government and the jnnior and «entnr cadet« enrolled in the R O T. C . w ill he (to rn commutation for ■nhsiitence. a« welt aa all traa«pnriatloa rod aubai«tence at the ala weeks' Summer camp R E G IS T R A T IO N B EG IN S O C TO B ER S. 1917. Inform ation on requaat. Addreta, Registrar. Oregon Agricultural College. C o iv tlh », Oregon. The contractor answered that one of his small sailing vessels had Just ar rived laden with a cargo of coal and that he would arrange to have it dis charge tho fuel directly on hoard the mnn-of war. A day or two later when the contrac tor saw his manager he asked what had been done with about ninety kegs of gunpowder that had been stowed on the top o f the coni. “Oh, wo found all the kegs empty,” said the manager. “ There w as no pow der to remove." During the next three weeks the contractor lived in constant drend. TTe feared that every ship coming from the Crimea would bring news o f an explosion on the m an-of-war and an order for his arrest. He became HI from anxiety. One day, a fortnight later, he heard with fear and trembling from his Inner office the voice o f the commissariat officer asking to see the merchant who had supplied the ship with coal. He put on a bold fa^e and went out. 1 “ Yes. yon re the man. said the the com mlssnrtat officer tw a loud voice. “ Ton gave 11 s ROrt tons of coal. It's the host we have ever had. Instead o f our having to stop thp ship while w e clear ed the funnels whenever there Is a new firing up tho smoke goes with a puff that clears the funnel Itself. I want 300 tons more; but. mind. It must be | o f the same quality." No. 52 SHOE SALE A L L CUR LOW SHOES ARE NOW M A TER IA LLY C U T IN P R IC E . . . These shoes were bought before the extreme advances in leather and at our Sale Prices are far under present wholesale cost. • THE SHOES ARE PLAC ED OUT ON T A B LE AND ARE P LA IN LY M ARKED................................................... COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER SELIG’S, Cash Price Store, “ Meeting and Beating Competition” . The way to have a Bank Account is to start one. 'Th ere must be a Beginning sometime. De lays are only a waste o f time. One Dollar will start. Every additional dollar will help. This hank invites you. We pay interect on time deposits. BANK OF FALLS CITY. 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