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THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1015. Published Each Tuesday and Friday. Office 617-519 Court Street Telephone Main 19 BY liEW A. CATES. Subscription Rates. One Year. .11.50 Six Months 75 Three Months... 40 No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This is imperative. Entered as second-class matter the Postofflce at Dallas, Oregon. in WARNING TO JAPAN. The United States is not so Indiffer ent to the Chinese situation as some people may have imagined. It now develops that identical notes were sometime ago delivered to China and Japan conveying a solemn warning which, in ordinary times, would be re garded as vastly significant. In these communications the United States government clearly and forcibly set forth its own position with respect to the Chinese situation and impending changes, declaring this government could not assent to or approve any thing that might adversely affect American treaty rights in China, that would tend to endanger China's integ rity as a nation, or that would oper ate to impair or nullify the "open door" policy with respect to China's trade and financial freedom. In this manner a basis has been fur nished for formal protest, if necessary, should it later be discovered that eith er China or Japan, or both together, are planning or contemplating changes which this nation might feel are seri ously prejudicial to its own trade and treaty rights, or calculated to actually threaten the entity and integrity of the Chinese nation. Already the Jap anese government has sought to as sure this government that nothing of this kind is intended. But while the Washington administration is not in clined to question the good faith of the Japs, It is taking nothing for granted and Is determined to avoid the chance of misunderstanding. It there fore is seeking to establish a clear - record of what is expected and in sisted on by this nation, leaving it for the future to determine whether ,the arrangement being pressed on China by Japan Is of a character to warrant the approval and acquiescence of the United States, or one that will call for objection and protest. Of course there Is a chance for serious friction In the development of this situation, but it Is the opinion of good authorities that nothing of the kind will occur. While Japan may be seeking selfish advantage in China, her foremost leaders and rep resentatives Insist that China's integ rity will not be threatened, that Amer ican treaty rights will be scrupulously observed, and that the open door pol icy will not be disturbed. These are the very points insisted on by this nation and if the Japs "play fair" and ; keep their word this nation will not feel obligated to protest or intervene, And It .is believed Japan will take no step to jeopardize the friendly rela tions already existing, but will cept and follow the restrictions set forth in the American note. the army gains much valuable experi ence in actual field practice and train ing. . ., The navy game Is always a time of much delight to the officers and men of the fleets,, for It temporarily breaks up the tedium of routine duties and provides opportunities for service un der conditions as nearly approaching those of actual war as possible in time of peace. Everyone connected with the sea game Is placed upon his mettle, and the realization that the maneuvers are under the closest of ficial scrutiny lends excitement as well as zest to the work in hand. Secretary Daniels has been insisting that our navy is In the pink of condi tion. The present maneuvers will test this theory, and it Is to be hoped that the secretary's estimate will prove correct. The war vessels in the At lantic coast service being divided in to two groups, the one of defense and the other of attack, the "game" will I consist in the invading force gaining certain positions of technical super. ority which, if duplicated in time of war, would have a very important bearing upon the issues. In this connectionit may be observ ed that among the American people there has been a visible change of sentiment and attitude toward the army and navy during recent months. Whereas It was rather popular to criticize and condemn our military es tablishment previous to the European war, it is now comforting to think that although small our naval and military contingents are yet quite formidable. Those who .imagined that the era of universal peace had actually dawned and that there would be little further use for soldiers and seamen for war purposes, now realize how precarious has been the situation of the United States and how very close to war we have come. Therefore the army and the navy have risen In general pub lic estimation and the so-called "navy game" takes on new importance, be cause of the anxiety of the people as to the actual condition of their water and land defenses. solved the puzzle of static Interference, however, the wireless will not entire ly displace the wire systems, as the latter afford a degree of dependabili ty that can not be claimed for the wireless. BETTER THAN MOVIES. Mr. Marconi, inventor of the wire less, has now perfected a device which he claims will enable people to look right through a wall or partition and see what is going on on the other side. And if this device Is reasonably oheap, what a lot of fun is in store for in quisitive people. People everywhere will have to be on their good behavior at all times, for only in the most se cluded retreats would there be assur ance that someone was not peeking. One also can imagine that the mov ies will speedily lose their popularity and much of their patronage, if this new device comes Into general use. I Armed with such a contrivance, a per son would have the facilities for "picking up," at any time, a movie en tertainment from real life, while of course the assortment to pick from would be practically unlimited and would Include anything and every thing that one could imagine. As e consequence, the (Urn movies would seem so commonplace and monoto nous by comparison tnat they probably would soon become obsolete, at least as a public attraction. But while many might enjoy this new form of entertainment while playing the part of spectators, people generally would object to assuming the rote of actors for the amusement of their neighbors and even strangers. It therefore is to be feared this new Marconi invention never will be offered for common and general use. and that the people will nave to Keep on just the same as they always have done in the past guessing and Imagining what is going on "on the other side of the wall. WAR CRAZY. With war for breakfast, lunch, din ner, business hours, and leisure per iods with war monopolizing conver sation, and running through every col umn of public print, it is little wonder that people are becoming war crazy. Even men of peace have apparently been carried away with the excite ment. The most notable case is that of Honorable Richard Bartholdt of St. Louis. Bartholdt has long been In congress, and he asked his people, in 1912, to let him retire in order that he might give his attention to the world peace movement. His constit uents insisted that he remain in con gresa another two years, but during that period he never missed an op portunlty to pose as a great peace ad vocate. A year ago, when talk was strongest in favor of the Nobel peace prize being awarded to Secretary Bry an, a country movement was started In favor of Congressman Bartholdt, and a petition was circulated in congress, and about one-half its members asked that the prize be given Barthodlt. Then, came the war, and we find our illustrious peace advocate a bitter par tisan of his native country. Bart holdt fairly bristles In his hostility to the Allies, and he even goes ao far as to charge the country he represent ed for so many years in congress as lacking In good faith tn upholding its policy of neutrality. There have been many cases like that of Bartholdt, which indicate that we have too many hyphenated Americans in the public service. THE TEACHER. Within a few days the school teach ers of Polk county will leave for their annual vacation. It iti noticeable that most of these educators not only re gard this period as one of pleasure, but of recuperation as well. They need the rest, these hard-working teachers of the young idea. It re quires strength, patience, firmness and will power, coupled with a certain amount of love, to educate and dis cipline the young idea. Marvelous, in deed, Is the manner in which these teachers, who hold in their hands, the reins of destiny, so to speak, take into school children of all nationalities, mold the plastic minds and charac ters, teach them to read and write, and a hundred other things. How they do it, the writer does not know, the magical process is gradual, and con tinual from one grade on to the next higher, and it is simply wonderful, for no two children and no two souls are alike In this world, and each child is a separate individual to the wise teacher. The more one sees of the noble work of the teachers, the more one Is impressed with the fact, overlooked by many, to-wlt, that a teacher is a real hero in the truest sense of the word. Promptly each morning in rain or shine, she gathers up her books, and like a true soldier in the battle of life, marches to school, daily to take charge of the training of the nation's future citizens, holding before her al ways, her high ideal of all that a true teacher should be, and of all that is good and beautiful In life. Every day, she faithfully holds her post of trust In her school room, the sacred place where little children's minds and souls and character are developed and trained. She has to work hard, no doubt of that, and has little time to think of herself. Unfortunately others do not always realize the responsibili ty of her position which it merits. NAVY PLAYS WAR GAME. While the navies of half a doien of the great powers of Europe are bus ily engaged in the real thing. It Is a matter of some Interest to note that the United States navy Is now playing mimic war game off the New Eng land coast It is divided Into two fleet, one being the so-called "red" fleet which assumes the role of an enemy and attempt to make a theor etical Invasion of our harbors, and the other being known a the "blue" fleet, to which la assigned the duty of warding off this play attack and protecting the Atlantic coast. And while this I only a game of "play war, it really la a matter of consid er b I e lm porta nee, correspond i n g to the annual army maneuver wherein ! 1 WIRELESS HANDICAPPED. The one big handicap of the wire less system of telegraphy is found in the Interference of static, or atmos pheric, electricity. This has been strik ingly exemplified during the past week or two by the difficulty encountered in working the wireless system be tween Nauen, in Germany, and Say ville, New Jersey. The German gov ernment depends on this system for uncensored communication with this country, as messages otherwise would have to pass through London. The equipment of this system is the most modern and powerful known, and when weather conditions are right the transmission of messages by this route is easy and satisfactory. For a num ber of days, however, the greatest difficulty has been experienced by the operators. The messages have been fragmentary and often unintelligible, and only by repeating them several times has it been possible to "get" them with even near accuracy. Pour or five expert operators are simulta neously employed at each end, and it Is only by piecing together what these several operators are able to catch from the jumble of signals that a con nected message is made up. And the whole trouble, It is explain ed, is due to an unusual disturbance of electrical conditions, caused by "static," the bane of the wireless oper ator. This "static" produces a sizz ling, spluttering and crackling suc cession of sounds that confound and frequently obliterate the regular wire less signals. Electrical storms and the aurora borealls, according to the experts, both hav.e something to do with the unusual activity of "static," and at this season of the year the lat ter is especially bad. It send out electrical waves which tangle up the wireless waves in a most exasperating manner, and no matter how the wire less operator may "tune" their in struments they find It almost Impos sible to overcome the handicap of static." The so-called wireless Is a wonder ful system and In some respect It has Immense advantage over the wire and cable aystema of electrical communi cation. Until human Ingenuity has TRICKY AMERICANS. Not all Americans are tricky in bus iness, but there are some who are not above taking an unfair advantage of customers for the' sake of gain, even though by so doing they run the risk of injuring the business reputation of the nation as a whole. The latest Il lustration of this Is found in a report that comes from abroad, to the effect that certain goods purchased in this country for the use of soldiers In Europe have proved to be "shoddy. This assertion has been made with particular energy regarding the stock ings that have been sent abroad. The contract called for stockings contain ing a certain percentage of wool and a certain amount of cotton. The makers of some of these stockings, ac cording to the statements that have been made in Great Britain and France, directly reversed the percen tages of cotton and wool, thereby committing a fraud on the govern ments that purchased them. There happens to be no law by which army contractors who furnish dishonest goods to European purchas ers can be punished in this country, but all decent people will wish there was. There seems to be an especial baseness in furnishing a soldier with defective equipment or shoddy cloth ing. He is at the front, in danger of his life, and he cannot pick and choose what he will have. He Is compelled to take what is sent to him and make the best of it. A defective rifle, a cartridge that will not explode, a bay onet that will bend may cost him his life. Improper clothing may equally prove his death, and the man who furnished him with the defective ma terial is a potential murderer, no mat ter what country he disgraces by his citizenship. During the Amerloan civil war there were many examples of this peculiar variety of smartness on the part of American contractors. Shoes that should have been made of honest leather were made of brown paper that wore out In a march of two mile, feu apart In the first rain. All other equipment suffered in the same way. There was flagrant dishonesty in handling supplies In both the north em ana soutnern armies, and every man who was guilty of it should have been hanged for treason. There are few degrees in treason, but if there Is a variety that is particularly vile it is that of a man who remains at home and furnishes to a man who Is fighting for him and for his, defective tools with which to make the fight. Scoundrelism can go no lower than that There is probably nothing that the United States can do to the dishonest contractor who defrauds a foreign government, but for the good name of the American people there should be. The man who deliberately will seek to defraud a foreign government would be just as ready to practice the same trick on his own government. If he got the chance. Every nation has certain proportion of "cheats" among it businessmen, but the Amer ican people a a whole have no desire to cultivate a reputation of this kind. J?VDLPff o oo - O .niiiiiii.iiiiiiiniiMiiniii IflKVflllllllll 111 lilt II11V .in-f INCREASED BUSIHE2S MA-f FORCe DAVY TONES TCP (HSTALL A HEW LOCKER. SYSTEM DECAPITATION WOULD NT RUIN StfMt- BALL PLANS' ( left a favorite means of conversion being to exchange Italian securities for American securities. Some of the Ger mans may feel edgeways toward the American government, but this does not prevent them from appreciating the safety of investments in this country. No wonder the farmers of Kansas are worried over the chance of dam age to their growing crops. If ex tensive damage should occur, some of these . farmers would have to worry along with their last year's automobiles. ' And now they tell us that President Wilson wrote his celebrated message to Germany on his own typewriter. The pen may be mLghtier than the sword, but It takes a typewriter to stop the modern torpedo. Kansas will this year try the exper iment of free admission to the state fair. There will be no charge at the gate for visitors, but everyone will be welcomed and placed on an equal footing. Concessions, grandstand charge and entry fee will furnish the only direct revenue of the fair, and If there remain a debit balance the state will foot the bill. OTHERS' OPINIONS The Nimble Dollar. It is not often that we use the edi torial columns for comment on a mo vie flim, either commendatory or de rogatory, but there was a film pro duced at the little Golden theater last night that would not be a bad Invest ment for a city to purchase and ex hibit free. It was a representation of the "Nimble Dollar" and the effect on any community when the dollar was pursued by enemies under the leadership of Pessimism or friends un der Optimism. The dollar was repre sented as an agile strong young man who made love to confidence in the V?arb of a beautiful young woman. It showed how business activity took on new life when these two appeared in any place together, and It also showed how depression took the place of business life when Pessimism came in view and forced Confidence and Nimble Dollar apart, and confined Dollar in the prison of Money Vaults. When Optimism again appeared be fore the great Iron doors and revived both Confidence and Nimble Dollar with some of the "Elixer of Business," and they emerged In the streets. It was wonderful to see the transforma tion, the wheels of trade began to turn. Panic retreated, business resum ed its functions and the desert began to bloom. If that film should ever come this way again, it will pay the commercial and business organizations of this city to not only visit it in body, but see that every man or wo man with a grain of pessimism In them sees it also. Roseburg News. 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