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THB POLE COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1915. Published Each Tuesday and Friday.' Office S17-819 Court Street Telephone Main 1 BY LEW A. CATES. Subscription Rates. One Tear l-6 Six Months i 76 Three Months 0 No subscription taken unless paid for In advance. This Is imperative. Entered as second-class matter In the Postofflce at Dallas, Oregon. FOOLING NONE BUT HIMSELF. Mr. Bryan continues to scoff at the idea that this nation needs to be bet ter prepared to defend itself against attack. In the first place he insists there is no danger of attack. There has not been a time since our govern ment was organized, declares Mr. Bry an, when there was less reason to fear an attack by any other nation. 'And if it should be attacked, he con tinues, the "common people" will furnish the soldiers. As for provid ing a larger navy and larger aima melit, he argues that "this nation does not need burglars' tools unless it intends ito make burglary a busi ness. " The kind of preparedness now demanded, he avers, "will provoke war instead of prevent it." Besides, if this country is really in favor of peace, be believes it should adopt the moral code of the christian religion, which is based on the theory that we can "overcome evil with good." This is the line of argument used in the latest issue of The Commoner to convince the people that the pres ent agitation in favor of better pre paredness is an unwise and wrongful movement, based only onthe selfish ness of the manufacturers of and dealers in war supplies and muni tions, who want a new market for their wares when the present Euro pean war is ended, and also on the selfish scheming of high protection republicans, who, he declares are "ready to grab at anything that will give them an excuse for increasing the tariff." And he wants all pacifists among American citizens those who are opposed to war to immediately write to their representatives in con gress, urging them to oppose all plans for increasing the. army and navy, or for otherwise strengthening the na tion's defenses. "No time is to be lost," shouts the ex-secretary. "Ini tnediivte action is necessary. Congress -will soon meet and when it meets this issue will confront it. Write, and Write now." If Mr. Bryan imagines that any considerable portion of the American people agree with him on this matter, he evidently is as badly fooled as he was once before when he cajoled him self into the hallucination that he had converted the American public to the need of free coinage of silver at the get ratio of "sixteen to one." He did nut succeed in fooling the people on that occasion, and no more will he fool the people with respect to the obvious need of bringing this nation to a state of "very adequate pre paredness." Time has proven his great mistake in 'trying to prove free coinage was necessary for the good and welfare of the nation, and com mon sense teaches that he is ho less mistaken in opposing real prepared ness. He is fooling no one but him self. A GOOD SUGGESTION. A timely and sensible suggestion comes from an eastern congressman, who wants the federal government to issue a manual of citizenship for the instruction of foreigners who desire to become naturalized citizens. He cites the frequent complaint of such prospective citizens that they have difficulty in obtaining the informa tion they are required to have in or der o answer correctly questions ask ed when they apply for their natur alization papers. They tell him that there is no such information readily accessible that can be relied upon; that the questions they ask of llieir fellow citizens, even of the native born, are often incorrectly answered, so -that they have much trouble in qualifying themselves for. the examin ation they are expected to pass. It is familiar tradition that this exam ination is none too rigid, but that is no answer to the man who wants to be well prepared for it. It eertainly is within reason io ex pect the government to do all it can to help the foreign-born resident to fully inform himself with regard to the privileges, duties and obligations he is about o assume when he de cides to "take out papers' and be come a eitUen of this nation. It doubtless is true that the information derived from other eitisens is fre quently inaccurate and misleading, and it is also possible that a good many foreign-born residents could not pass the exsmination which the alien applicant for citizenship is, or should be, required to meet. There should, therefore, be a better and more uni form svstem for preparing and initiat ing new citizens, and the government. for its own protection, should pro vide this. An official manual of citi zenship could easily be furnished, which would give the information nat urally sought by prospective citizens and be a guide for elucidating itheir duties and obligations, together with an explanation of the privileges that are gained through citizenship. It is a little thing, yet one of immense im portance. RAILWAYS DISTRESSED. The official figures compiled by the Bureau of Railroad Economics for the decade of 1905 to 1914 inclusive make the reason for the financial disr tress of American railways very clear. They have been paying more for ev erything they 'buy while' compelled to accept lower compensation for ser vices rendered. Take the item of taxes, for example: 'The roads of the United States paid in 1905 only $63, 474,079 in taxes, while in 1914 they paid 8150,371,100. It is true that state and municipal taxes are higher generally, but they have not increas ed 136.9 per cent in a decade, on an average.' The valuation of the rail ways has been largely increased for purposes of taxation. In spite of these and other increas es, rates are lower. Not only are they lower than they formerly were in the United States, but they are much low er than in Europe, where wages and cost of material are much less. This kind of situation cannot continue without bankruptcy of the American railways. Many are now in hands of receivers because they cannot pay their debts. They cannot borrow mon ey, except at exorbitant rates. The country is threatened with paralysis of its transportation system. The railway commissions are duty bound to do justice to the railways as well as to the public. Every thoughtful citizen hopes that they will do their duty. GOOD AND BAD HEALTH. A learned doctor, who spent some months in itlie French hospitals, tells the New York Academy of Medicine that our. emotions are largely respon sible for our physical condition. He declares, says The Spectator, that the mere emotional strain of war induces not only many mental disorders, but as well is the cause of numerous ail ments, such as Bright's and diabetes. Some doctors may disagree with the learned physician who makes this statement, but the mere layman will not dispute it. . Indeed, for a long time it has been the opinion of many merely ordinary persons that their physical condition "was in a very great measure due to other than bodily caus es; that they were well or ill, accord ing to how they thought they felt. The opinion of our friends as to how we look has a good or sinister influence on how we feel. The long-faced, mel ancholic physician who steps into the sick room bearing with him the at mosphere of the undertaking parlor has sent more people to an untimely grave than have nil the nostrums he lias introduced into their systems. The cheery, comfortable doctor who tells this patients, that their pulses are steady, their tongues the very pink of health, and the action of their hearts normal even when these organs are showing indubitable signs of the pa tients' "misery" has introduced n condition that is his best ally in ef fecting a cure. The best safeguard against sickness is cheerfulness. We should avoid the lessimist as carefully as he shuns the sunlight of hope. The man with a "grouch" is as dangerous to'the pub lic health as is the man afflicted with some other form of communicable dis ease. Good and bad health are equal ly contagious; let us keep well by do ing and thinking well. CULTIVATING NEUTRALITY. A rather curious method of pro moting strict neutrality in tlwught and sentiment is being tried out by the learned professors in charge of the university of Zurich, Switzerland. Instead of comparing the faults and failings of the different belligerent inations with which Switzerland is striving to remain on friendly terms, there is a studied effort to make a comparative study of their more com mendable qualities, characteristics and achievements. The professors, in oth er words, are telling the Swiss stut dents all the good things they know about England, France. Russia, Ger many, Austria and all the rest of the fighting nations, and are ignoring the charges and counter-charges of ser ious faults ahd shortcomings. Such a plan seems to be a pretty good way to develop neutrality to a point of benevolence, and it might be adopted in the colleges and universi ties of the United States as a means of complying literally with President Wilson's admonition to American citi zens. It is naturally impossible for the latter to indorse all the easterns, institutions and practices to be found in Europe, for some of those coun tries have characteristics that are re pugnsut to American accepted ideals. Some of them, notably Germany and Great Britain, have given the people of the United States provocation for thinking unfriendly thoughts since the outbreak of the present conflict. But to entertain such thoughts exclusively does not conduce toward "benevolent neutrality." Whatever of evil may be found in the various countries of Europe, itheir respective contributions to the progress of civilization invite admiration. From the lectures by the Zurich professors one may select a sufficient number of praiseworthy achievements to make it seem strange that the Eur opean nations should be divided into two opposing camps. One, Professor Vetter, for instance, has called atten tion anew to England's contributions to literature, .'science and industry, and has emphasized her part in se curing free institutions, establishing individual rights and extending the privilege of public discussion. As he suggests, it eannot be a mere accident that "so many tendencies which have brought blessing to mankind originat ed in England." From the lecture of another Zurich professor, one J. Matthieu, one may conclude that France is to be thank ed chiefly for her "exquisite develop ment" of the social side of man. Frenchmen have a sympathetic ap preciation of the achievements of oth ers which is in harmony with their own aspirations. To civilization they have contributed a love of the aes thetic. 1 As yet no transcript of the Zurich professors' lectures on Germany has been received here, but hat they have said of the chief achievements of the fatherland may be easily imag ined. Germany is primarily a land of science and philosophy, and what it lias accomplished in science has been turned to profitable social account. Even before the beginning of the war Germany had begun to teach the world the value of conservation. Now it is demonstrating what can be clone in a great crisis by mobilizing a na tion's' productive resources for con structive purposes. Of course if any of the present bel ligerents should attack Switzerland, the students of the. university of Zur ich might forget some of the good tilings the professors have told them about their neighbors. But as the war spirit has not flamed forth in the "land of cheese," it is doubtful that a more effective way to prevent a conflagration could be devised than that which the Zurich students have adopted. It is indeed gratifying to note, af ter that publication had scoffed at The Observer's news story concern ing the extension of the logging road from Falls City into the Siletz basin and the resumption of operations at the sawmill at that place, that The News has finally " discovered " the real facts in the case and given the enterprise the . publicity that it de serves. A fortnight since The Ob server stated that within ten days a corps of surveyors would begin work on the extension of the .railroad, a distance of approximately eight miles, and that force is now" in the field planning a logging line into the timber of the Cobb & Mitchell interests. The sawmill will be started within a short time, and then, as predicted in ttie story, there will be cause for rejoic ing among the people of Falls City, including the pessimistic editor of The News. Even the price of dreadnoughts, so we are told, is advancing. It now costs $18,000,000 to build a dread nought that could have been con structed for $15,000,000 a year or two ago. An eastern woman was fined for contempt of court, because she threw a kiss at the judge. Which no doubt aroused the real thing in the shape of contempt Italy has formally declared war on Bulgaria, thus tying one more knot in the tangled skein of European poli tics. Just a year from now we will be in the last stages of a national cam paign. OTHERS' OPINIONS Dallas. Oregon. October 25, 1915 To the Editor: In your issue of Oc tober 22, you printed a report of the last regular meeting of the Dallas Commercial club. Among other things it is related that W. L. Soehren call ed to the attention of the members present the alleged fact that the Dal las Brick & Tile company was heavily in debt, and he proposed that the club interest some capable person in the purchase of the plant I feel that this action on the part of Mr. Soehren, a competitor of mine, is hardly fair, and I further feel that this is a matter not properly within the scope of the work of the Dallas Commercial club. As I understand it. the Commercial club is organized for the purpose of boosting home industries, and in se curing new industries for this commu nity. I have been here several years and have operated this brick and tile plant, but thus far the Commercial FQ' WIN -THEN THE M. -J9 HAVie TO MAKE (MMEXTKA DRY N(?THIW? 15 G0?TAN I (H BASEBALL EXCEPT THe( ik sarmSA ADMISSION 3 vC5 club has failed to extend any assist ance to me, but on' the other hand, has conducted itself in a manner well in keeping with the last attack made by Soehren. It is quite true that the Dallas Brick & Tile company is in debt, but it is equally true that this is not any matter for discussion before tilie Dallas Commercial club, nor is it a matter that requires publicity. It is a matter of purely private concern, and Mr. Soehren does not have, nor do any of his associates have any business to inject themselves into a situation that does not concern them. Had they boosted as they should, and got behind me in my efforts to make a first class plant out of the one I am operating, perhaps there would be no debts now. Many times have I gone before the club for its moral support at least, and just as many times have I talked to deaf ears. I venture to say, however, that the Dallas Brick & Tile company is not the only Dallas business firm that is in debt at this time; perhaps some of them so much in debt that it is a matter of serious concern to them; but that is a matter that concerns no one except themselves, and is a matter for them to work out to their own satisfaction. It certainly is not a matter for publicity through the Commercial club. I can readily un derstand how Mr. Soehren could de liberately injure my business and m.Vj credit, but at the same time, I deem , it contemptible competition. O. M. PARTRIDGE, I Manager Dallas .Brick & Tile Co.! DALLAS DRUGGIST PLEASES CUSTOMERS Conrad Stafrin neports customers greatly pleased with the QUICK ac tion of simple buckthorn bark, gly cerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-kaJ This simple remedy drains the old foul matter from the bowels so THOR OUGH that ONE SPOONFUL relieves almost ANY CASE of constipation, sour or gassy stomach. It is so pow erful that it is used successfully in appendicitis. Adler-i-ka never giipei and the INSTANT action is surpris ing. 3-Tues. Professional Cards JJENTISl' M. KAYTER Dallas National Bank Buiulding Dallas Oregon S. B. TAYLOR Civil Engineer and Surveyor Office, City Hall Phone 791 or 542, Dallas, Oregon BROWN-SIBLEY ABSTRACT CO. 610 Mill street, Dallas. Only up-to-date set of abstracts o' Polk county. Posted every morning from county records. Olive Smith-Bicknell Teacher of PIANO and ORGAN Studio 401 Court St. DALLAS OREGON DENTIST B. F. BUTLER Office over Fuller Pharmacy, once hours from I to It a. m.; I to I p. m. Dallas Oreco. DR. A. McNICOL OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Booms S and VfUm Balldln DALLAS. OREGON SIBLEY Sl EAKEff Attorneys and Abstractors. The only reliable set of Abstracts IB Polk County. Offlce on Court street Dallas, ... Oregoa ATTORNEY AT LAW OSCAR BLATTER DaQae City Bank Building. DaJlaa Oren A.TTORNEY AT LAW WALTER L. TOOZE, JR. Dallas National Bank Building Dallas Oregaa GUARDIANS NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed Guardian of the estate of Henry M. Barry, an incompetent person, by the Hon. County Court of Polk County, Oregon. All persons holding claims against said estate should present the same to the undersigned for adjust ment, and all persona owing said es tate are hereby notified to settle same with said guardian. J. D. SMITH, Guardian of the estate of Henry M. Berry. SIBLEY & EAKIN, THE OF RICHARD HUD17 A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF America's Most Famous PERFUMES AND TOILET ARTICLES Just Received RARE AND DELICATE PER FUMES FROM THE FRENCH PERFUMERY OF AMERICA CREAMS, LOTIONS, TOILET WATERS AND POWDERS. EVERYTHING FOR MILADY'S DRESSING TABLE AT THE FULLER PHARMACY MAIN STREET, CORNER MILL V SOME GROCERIES FLUCTU ATE IN PRICE WITH THE MAR KET; BUT, NO MATTER WHAT THE MARKET, OUR PRICE IS THE LOWEST. SHREWD BUYING AND A BIG TRADE THE ANSWER. YOUR PATRONAGE ON TRIAL IS SOLICITED. PUT US TO THE PROOF. . SIMONTON & SCOn Phone It. C2S Court street. Observer want ada. do the bla. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned as executors of the estate of John H. Ground, deceased, hve filed their final account in the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Polk County, and that Saturday, the 20th day of November, 1915. at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon of said day. at the court room of the said county court, in the city of Dallas. Oregon, has been appointed by said Court as the time and place for bearing of objections to the said final account, and the settlement thereof. ROBERT F. GROrXD WILLIAM H. GROUND JOHNNIE M. GROUND Executors of the estate of John H. Ground, deceased. L. D. BROWS J. R. SIBLEY, j 37-5t. Attorneys for theta e. TOILET PREPARATIONS WE CAN PROVE IT 2 World-Famous Brands Each ihm but of U elm 9 tplmndid grain tit 3 difftrmnt pricn. 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