Thursday, September 12, 1918
EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS
FARM COIN, CROPS
AND FIGHTING SONS
AID WINNING WAR
LIBERTY BONDS GUILD TANKS
By Mra. Hazel Pedlar Faulkner
N ow here ha s appeared a more suc
c in c t re m in d e r of th e enorm ous r e
s o u rc e s of th e A m erican farm and th e
fa r m e r s in sta n t rea d in ess to m e e t
any w a r dem ands th a n a brief dis
p atch from London recently a n n o u n c
ing th e suspension of th e ration limit
on bacon.
Owing to th e accum ulation of stocks
of 97,000,000 pounds of bacon from
A m erica, th e dispatch said, th e r a tio n
ing of bacon would be a b a n doned for
th e tim e.
Since this e n orm ous stock w as for
civilian req u irem e n ts and probably a
m uch g r e a t e r q u a n tity had been sa fe
ly landed for allied a rm y needs it
does not require e x tre m e im agination
to visualize th e long procession of
cargo ships which ha s ste a m ed across
w ith this one ite m of th e food sup
ply.
All th e cargo space of from eight
to tw elve fre ig h te rs of a v e rage size
would be req u iied to tra n s p o rt 97,-
000,000 pounds.
“Twenty-six A m ericans cited for
conspicuous bravery and valor.”
.
Your h e a r t thrilled, too, to th a t
news, which now has been repeated
m any times.
T he little shivers of
pride ran down your spinal columns,
wom en of Oregon, us you rea d of th e
th in g s those boys did over there. And
honestly, dow n in your h e a rt, didn’t ’
you say, for th e th o u sa n d th time, "I
wish 1 could do som ething w orth
while! "
T his is one of th e light t a n k s which played such an im p o rta n t part in
th e rec e n t allied drive on th e Montdidier-Amiens front.
K now n in th e
B ritish arm y as “W h ip p e ts ”, th ey a re also in use by th e French.
No
A m erican com m unique h a s m entioned th eir use as yet.
T h e "w h ip p e t” is said to be a ble to outspeed and o u tm a n e u v e r a man.
T h e ir g r e a te s t use has been in c ru s h in g th e m achine gun posts which the
r e tr e a tin g G e rm a n s left behind to hold off puisuers. T h e e n orm ous bag
of prisoners w as due to th e “ w h ip p e t's ” ability to drive lanes through all
obstacles, evade hostile a rtille ry fire by th e ir speed an d m aneuvering
ability, and even force th e s u rr e n d e r of artilleiy .
A large p a rt of the F o u rth L iberty Loan probably will be needed for the
building of such land “d e s tr o y e rs ” .
WHEAT GROWN
DESPITE SABOTAGE
FARMERS FIRST
IN LIBERTY LOAN
Oregon, a lm o st purely an agricul
tu r a l an d stock-raising sta te , was tn e
first in th e d is tr ic t to a n nounce its
quota exceeded.
T h e farm in g d is tric ts w ere uni
form ly m ore p ro m p t in m eeting
th e ir a ssigned obligation th a n were
th e
m etro p o lita n
d istric ts
where
b a n k s and factories w ere concerned.
W ith th e com ing of th e F ourth
L ib e rty Loan, which will overshadow
any previous financial triu m p h of the
U nited S ta te s by two to one, the
fa r m e r s p a r t should be relatively
e a s ie r since he now has tu rn e d his
m a tu r e d cio p s into cash.
T h e F o u rth L ib e rty Loan, calling
for tw ice a s m uch as an y of the
previous w a r funds, all of which were
epochs in th e c o u n try 's history, will
show the U nited S ta te s really buck
ling down to b u s in e s s
4TH LOAN CALLS
FOR FULL EFFORT
IH*spite our p re s e n t tra in in g in
th in k in g in n o th in g less th an Bix
figures, th e F o u r th L iberty Loan is
a huge sum and will require a long,
stro n g pull fro^y every citizen if
! WAR CALL FINDS
WOMEN PREPARED
TOR VITAL WORK
Her.rtstring^ ..... ^regon Homes
Close to French Battlefields—
Fighters’ Hands Upheld
Shiploads of Bacon a Mere Item
in Procession of Food to
Fighters, Civilians
D espite th e b u rn in g of g rain ele
vators, the torpedoing of w heat shi?)s,
a n d sabotage and a rson in th e grain
fields of the country, th e A m erican
f a r m e r has gloriously played his w ar
p a r t by producing sufficiently big
crops to feed th e allied world, as his
sons have brought fear in to th e
h e a r t s of th e enem y a t C antigny and
C h a te au T h ierry an d in th e Rheims-
Soissons battle.
Now we rea d t h a t o th e rs besides
von K u e h lm a n n believe th a t G erm any
c a n n o t win by force of arm s, as
th o se G e rm a n s n o t dupes of the prop
aganda-fed G e rm a n
p ress already
knew th a t E n gland could not be
s ta rv e d by von T irpitz' ru th le ss sub
m arines.
But far from being satisfied with
th is m ajo r p a rt in w inning the war,
th e fa r m e r h a s played a liberal p a rt
in financing th e struggle. L a s t spring,
w ith seed and im p lem e n ts to buy,
and all th e p re-harvest expense of
w ages and m ain te n a n c e , not an agri
c u ltu ra l distric t in th e w est failed to
m e e t o r ov e rsu b sc rib e its quota of
the T h iid Liberty Loan.
Page Five
“ W h a t a re those V erdam pft Y anks
yelling about n ow ?” said Fritz on P a
rade.
“ T he Schweinpigs have just h e a rd
th a t th e F o u r th Liberty Loan was
oversubscribed fifty per c e n t,” th e
S e rg e a n t in Special C harge of Uaby-
Killing said.
I
The Cyclops has no m ore completely
disappeared than would F reedom from
Am erica if the Hun conquered. Do
your p a rt in c ru s h in g the Hun by
buying Liberty Honda today.
P a rry the Allied punches as he will,
th e re will be one b a ttle from- which
th e K a iser will reel back whipped, his
T h e G erm an s e rg e a n t and sixteen power forever crushed. As you would
m en had Just reached safety a fte r a have every ounce of your m uscle a id
gloiious r e t r e a t of 3.7 k ilom eters from ing; such a blow, buy YOUR limit of
the Aisne.
| FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN BONDS.
“ W h a t m ade th a t Yank so m ad
when he cou ld n ’t catch up with u s ! "
It is not th e size of your subscrip-
inquired a corporal when they had r e I tion, hut its proportion to w h a t you
covered th e ir breath.
i can honestly afford, th a t will m ark
“ He was all hopped Up with a r e when the FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
port t h a t th e F o u rth Liberty 'Loan was is past w h ether or not you are 100 per
way oversubscribed,” said th e s e r cent American. And if you a re not
geant, who had been in the U nited 100 per r e n t A m erican you a r e 100
S ta te s and knew how those things per cent Boche.
worked.
Liberty Bond3 or German Bondage.
F e tte r Fritz. Free F ra n ce — Buy Lib
Boy over here to win over th e r e -y
e rty Bonds.
Liberty Bonds.
is to be accom plished in th re e weeks, FRANCE AND BELGIUM
from S e p tem b e r 28 to O ctober 19,
GET AMERICAN SUGAR
allotted.
T h e re is no m ore doubt of th e ful
Ninety-five i>er cent, of «11 refined
fillm ent of th e loan on schedule tim e su g a r sent from th e United S ta te s to
th a n there is t h a t the A m erican a rm y j
will throw von H indenburg and Lud- th e Allied nations went to F ra n ce and
Belgium during the first live m onths
endorff hack ac ro ss the Rhine.
And a s surely as tens of thousand* of this year.
of th e b rav e st of A m erican youth
France got 72 per cent., or nearly
will lose th e i r lives in th e fierce 83,000,000 pounds, and Belgium receiv
c o m bats in which the H un will be ed nearly 11,000.000 pounds, or 23 per
forced b ackw ard out of F ra n ce , ju s t cent. •
so surely will th e raising of the g re a t
In each country this sugar wns doled
Liberty I.oans not be accom plished e u t by a stric t rationing organization.
The e n tire am ount to the Allies In
without every A m erican m a rsh a llin g
the last dollar of his resources, and these five m onths—23,701 tons, almost
a b a tin g every unnecessary expendi hnlf of which w as shipped in May— Is
only about one-half o f 1 per cent, of
ture.
ou r total annual consumption.
“ Six m o n th s of w ar am ong th e
g re a t
pow ers
will
b an k ru p t
th e
SUGAR EXPORTS SMALL
world,” said econom ists before A u
TO NEUTRAL NATIONS
gust. 1914.
Now, with th e Allied Pow ers pre
Only 797 tons of refiner! sugar wer*
paring to end th e war in its sixth
shipped from America to neutral n a
year, the least of th eir worries is
tions during the first five m onths of
finance.
this year. This am ounted to only 3.2
Make your F o u rth Liberty Loan sub per cent, of the total exports to nil
scription a heavy one— ove rsu b sc rip countries. Mexico received more than
tions will m ake th e A m erican a rm y
half the am ount we exported to neu
th a t m uch s tr o n g e r in morale.
trals.
Som ething w orth while—of course
you can.
You can do som ething im m ensely
w orth while, ju s t now, for those sam e
boys and all th e i r kind.
You can m ak e possible th e contin
uation of th e ir deeds of valor and
heroism . You can help them put an
end to the need for such sacrifice and
h a rd s h ip s a s they have b e e n com
pelled to make.
MAKE DEEDS CF
VALOR FtLSihLE
You a te th e iu s t n u n e n ts chosen for
u g re a t work, and th e tim e for service
is here.
T h e G overnm ent is asking you once
m ore to bring out your hidden treas-
u i e —th e dollars you have been cure-
fally p utting uway for some special
need. T he call for the F ourth Llb-
e .ty Loan has been sounded.
Our
c o u n tr y ’s challenge to our patriotism
has been voiced once more.
Oregon women have a record for
loyal response to all of the previous
Loans. T heirs has been a ge n e to u s
reply to the c ountry’s war need.
T h e daily lists of nam es of Am er
ican boys who liave given theii all for
th e ir country have found O regon’s
Bons a m o n g the num ber.
It is for
such a s those, and for the tilings for
which they fought an d fell, tliut th e
aid of tlie folks at home is sought.
Ours is a lesser part, but it is an e s
sential part.
PATRIOTISM
CHALLENGES
T h e le p o rt of what women a n over
the United States did for ttie T hird
L ib e ity Loan is an inspiring page in
th e h isto ry of united w ar effort. F rom
e a st to west, from C anada to th e Gulf
of Mexico the story is the name. Ev
e ry w h e re tlie women cam e lorw ard,
bringing their dollars for th e Loan.
W h a t they will do in tills F ourth
L iberty Loan will he no less c ie d it
able.
T h e time for questioning is
past. T h e day of speculation is gone.
H ere and now, with one aim and o n e
purpose, you women of Oregon in line
w ith y o u r sisters from all over ti.e
land, will march in the a rm y behind
tlie khaki-clad boys over yonder, fur
nish in g th e funds not alone for th e
successful car.ying on of th e w a r—
t h a t we a re pledged to do,— but for
th e speedy complete d e te n t of tiie
enemy.
Money means power in th is struggle
betw een th e right and wrong. Dollars
spell success in the conflict for rig h t
eousness. Yours is a vital part In th e
struggle, women of Oregon, — th e
"thing worth while” is yours to do
NOW.
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Buy a bond, now don't he slow
Dver t h e r e our brave boys zo.
N’ped they ask you to res» >nd.
Don” he s la e k e ts — Buy a bond