V
MY PLEDGE
I, ritU e n of the United Htatea.
willingly subscribe to the T hird
Liberty I-nun In order that:
My Country may never be
nehained of MIC:
I may he a tru e Kentle m an—
Kent la woman:
I may work earnaetly a t w hat
ever It la my privilege to under
take:
I may honorably accom plish MY
pert to uphold our 1-lberty, our
Manhood, our W omanhood — the
heat life offers:
I may KAHN my rig ht to Na
tional L iberty; that I may honestly
defend In ALL ways at all tlm ea
my heritage of Freedom that It la
our privilege to Fight for, Live
for. Defend at any aacrlflce.
I shall NKVKit fall my good
friend. MY COUNTRY. T hat has
given me home, education, pro
tect Ion:
My children shall be able to
sla te with pride, "MY father and
MY m other are A mericana and
PatrM al*
I shall ever honestly respect my
God given rights to "L iberty, Life
and P ursuit of happiness"; that
I may support my Country with
my life, my fortune, my sacred
honor; that I may give—give l-ove,
l- oyal t y and Obedleuce:
I will to “the beet of my ability
preserve, protect and defend the
C onstitution of the United States,"
fully realising the m agnitude of
my trust and the value of N ational
i NIOM for collective and Individ
ual happiness, life. Utterly, PKACK'
I may live "w ith malice tow ard
none, with C harity—L ove--for a ll!”
I subscribe to "A O overnm ent of
the jample, by the people and for
the people," obedient to the ONK
ItU .K It, M ; to the LAW of Ood
fur "Liberty la th e fulfilling of
the U w ."
E v e ry dollar that Is apent to arm
a soldier or a sailor, to feed or cloth«
one; every dollar that la spent It,
munitions or cannon, for coal to drive
our warships and transport supplies
muet come from the T re a s u ry , and
the T r e a s u r y haa n . eource from which
obtain money except the people ot
the United States.
to
B U Y L I B E R T Y B O N O S and furnish
the means to arm and faed our aol
dlera and make th «m victorious.
AMERICAN BLOOD
W H Y W E ARE
WETS TRENCHES A T W A R W ITH
Have YOU Proved Loyalty
By Buying Liberty Bonds
BY J O H N L E I 8 H T A I T
T here are some trem endous lessons
to he learned from the present atatua
of tha world strife.
One of tha moat mom entous of them
all Is a lesson to America and Atner
Icuna—a lesson to you and me— a
personal lesson which we shall do
well to accept In Its fullest, personal
application. It Is the lesson of IN
DIVIDUAL IN TER K 8T In Ifils war.
The blood of A m erican soldiers la
wet upon tha trenrhea, and the base
hospitals are m lnleterlng to Amerl
an wounded. The shndow of the
Death Angel, "m ade In G erm any.”
Inis fallen acrosa your threshold and
nine. It la no longer a thing de-
iirhed and ap art from ua. We are
In I t The blood of o u r aacrlflce
reeka upon the altar. It Is now a per
«onal affair.
We you and I—m ust back o u r boys
n the trenches, or forever cease to
lalm rank and title as Americana.
The tim e has come when there are
:»«t two classes In th is country—
Americans, who are for the w ar In
which our boys are pouring out th eir
blood, and traito rs, who are eith er
against the w ar or Indifferent tow ard
tt. And Indifference la now. If any
thing. m ore despicable than antago
nism.
T here Is one thing, at least, that
most of us can do to prove our aw are
,iesa of the situation and our loyalty
to thoae who are fighting OI K battles
over there; moat of ua can subscribe,
in aome degree, to the T hird Liberty
l-oan.
It la totally beside the lasue to
.»olnt out that these bonds are a good
nvrstm ent. The Investm ent feat u n
is not the th in g In question. It may
require some aacrlflce to convert pres
ent holdings into bolding of Liberty
i-oan Hoods Itut as far as we can
tonnage It. you and I, If we accept the
real lesson of the hour and tak e out
:>art In the baptism of A m erican blood
* blch Is for (be t leansing of the na
tions and the rehabilitation of the
world, wo m ust "come across"—and
coma quickly and w ith thankfulness
that It la given to ua to do even eo
little.
Industry, saving and landing to the
•'.•overnment are national nteda and
national
debts.
BU Y
LIB E R TY
BONOS.
CONDENSED NEWS NOTES
County Endeavorers
case, at A. G. Hoffman &
Elected Officers Co. Suit Just
received a large stock.
—
The Washington County Chris Mrs. Em* lie T. Adler attended
church services at Blooming, Sun
tian Endeavor convention came day.
to a close Sunday evening, after a
Alba LaMont and small
three-day session. The allend* son Mrs.
were
a nee was good, the speakers en Monday. shopping in the Grove
thusiastic and able to communi*
cate their enthusiasm to their Mrs. D C. Zener has returned
hearers, who enjoyed the sessions from a winter’s visit in Southern
very much. The officers for the California.
coming year are:
A son was born to E. T Tuck
Mis» An n a Taylor, Forest er and wife Sunday, Apr. 21st.
Grove, president; Ka n t Duns- This is the second chi d, the little
more, Orenco, first vice president; daughter being a 100 per cent
Miss Bessie Kitkwood, Reedville, baby, as examined by a Eugenics
second v i c e president; Miss club in Pottland.
Gladys Morback, Sherwood, third R. C. Hill Monday secured a
vice president; W B. Bergen, , two weeks’ layoff from his work
Hillsboro, treasurer; Miss June in a Portland l>ox factory, having
Walker, Forest Grove, secretary. absorbed a touch of malaria, epi-
Chairmen of committees are as zootic or some other affliction.
follows: Missionary, Mrs Cone, Prof. R F. Clark, acting presi
Furmington; Junior, Bessie Kirk dent of Pacific University, left
wood, Reedville; Lookout, Rant yesterdav for Tacoma to attend a
Dunsmore, Orenco; Prayer Meet l meeting of the Northwest College
ing, Mrs. Kennard Dixon, Forest i Presidents’ association. He ex
Grove; War Service, Emil Tipp, pects to return Saturday or Sun
Sherwood; Expert, Miss Thelma day.
Pegg. Beaverton; Press and Good J. W. Goodin, republican can
Literature, Gladys Morback,Sher didate
for county judge, was in
wood.
the city yesterday, visiting rela
Having received no invitations tives and friends. He was county
for the 1919 meeting, no selection judge from July 1, 1906, to Jan.
was made by the convention.
1, 1911, and is running on the
record he made during that period.
Watch for Swindlers
Mrs. Anna Hogue, who has
Parents of soldiers in camps are spent
the pastsix months at Mon
warned by the War Department rovia and
other California points,
of a swindle which has been suc arrived Monday
the sum
cessfully operated i n various mer in this city. to spend
Shortly before
camps.
she left California she visited her
A telegram is sent informing son,
Mark, who \s now attending
that the soldier has a furlough, a training
at SanDiego, hav
and requesting funds by wire to ing finished camp
his
course
aviation
come home, waiving identifica at Berkley. She says in when
tion. The rest is a mere matter saw her boy sailing through she
the
of detail.
air
like
an
enlarged
sparrow,
she
Parents and friends should be
that she was born so
warned of this game and of the 'regretted
long
ago,
for
would like to
similer one where the telegraphic learn the flying she
game
herself. Her
request is to mail money to the other son, Harry, is now
in Eng
soldier, care general delivery.
land, with the 162d infantry, hav
been transferred from France
Public sale bills printed at the ing
to
England.
Express office.
GERMANY
E P H R A IM DOUGLASS ADAM S
Executive Haad, History Depart
ment
The Right Kind of a Man
FOR SENATOR
Lsland Stanford Junior U niversity
“ T h e object of thle w a r le to deliver
the free peoples of the world from the
menace end the actual power of s vast
m il ita r y establishment controlled by an
Irresponsible g overn m ent, whic h, havin g
eecretly planned to dominate the world,
proceeded to c a r r y out the plan w i t h o u t
regard s lt h er to tha saersd obligations
of t ra a ty or tha long-aatabllahad p r a c
ticas and lo ng-ch ari*r ad principias of I n
te rnatio nal action a rd honor; . . , T h i s
p ow er la not the G erm an people.
It It
the ruthless master of the G e rm a n peo
ple. . . . It le eur business to aaa to
It th at tha his to ry of the rest of the
world la no longer left to Its h a ndlin g .“
— P re sid ent W ils on, A u g u s t 27, 1»17.
TH K NATION AND MORAL DUTIES
The ru lers of Germ any believe that
they have the right to prevail over all
o th er nations. They also believe that
the p o tte r of the state la the only ob
ject for which Its rulera should strut;
Rle. Still further, they believe that
m oral principles arid Ideas have no
place In determ ining the actions of
the state, since the sole duty of the
elate Is to get power. T his la Oer
man political philosophy. American
political philosophy, from the very be
Binning of our Institutions, has op
posed th is theory, and now In th is war
Is fighting against It. For the G er
m an theory neceenarlly carries with It
u tte r denial of the claim s of m oral
feeling, of Internal lonal right, of hu
m an decency and chivalry.
The G erm an historian, Treltachke.
at whose feet prim e» and rulera eat,
eagerly absorbing his teachings, de
voted hla life to app-adlng thi» gospel
of P o tter. It Is true, he »aid sneer-
Ingly, th a t "a atock of inherited con
ceptlons of Integrity and m orality Is
a necessity for governm ent," (useful,
th at subjects of the s u te be obedient),
but "the end all and be all of a
state la Pow er.” "The state la the
sole Judge of the m orality of lta own
actions It la. In fact, above m orality,
or. In o th er words, whatever la nec
essary Is m oral ”
From th is It follows. In International
relations, th a t there la no rule or
guide to conduct except »elf Interest
In th is present w ar a follower of
T reltachke, one of the leading com
mon-school educators of G erm any,
K Irse henat t-iner of Munich, drive«
home the theory. "T he great lesson
w hich the G erm an people has had to
learn la to thin k In term s of power.
. . . Let no one here say th at
sm all states, too. can have a national
life of th e ir own. T rue, so long as
the great s u te a around them allow
them to exist. But any day may see
th# end of th eir existence, in spite
of all treaties to the contrary. . . .
\ e ilh e r alliance» nor treatir* provid e
th e lea»t secu rity. . . . T here are
no eth ica l frien d sh ip » betw een »la te»
our dap
. . . T here a re onlp
frien d th ip » o f co n v en ien ce
And friend
ships of convenience last Just as long
as the convenience Itself." . . .
Professor Kulenberg of Leipzig sum s
It up. "All ethical considerations are
completely alien to the state and the
state must therefore resolutely keep
them at arm 's length "
Can we wonder th a t the Germ an
Foreign Secretary spoke of the broken
tr ^ f y with Belgium as a "scrap of
paper?” or th a t th e school children
of G erm any celebrated the sinking of
the L u sita n ia f or th a t -German agents
In America. Rmoothly friendly In ap
pearance. secretly plotted, before we
were In the war, to destroy our In
dustries. o u r railw ays, even our lives?
Is there no such thin g any m ore
as a common h u m an ity —no "decent
respect to the opinion of m ankind."
as Thom as Jefferson stated It In the
D eclaration of Independence? Is our
Ideal of righteousness, yes. even of
unselfishness. Im possible In Interna
tional politics? Thi» war. if G erm any
it d efeated , map d ecid e
tiona, hut if G erm any
g le has but fu st begun.
th e ie guei-
the itrug-
tcin*.
T his A m erican democracy of our
denies, and has alw ays denied, the
G erm an theory; It asserts th at the
laws which form ulate the dutiee of
men tow ard each o th er are binding
upon nations equally w ith Individuals.
For centuries civilisation has been
slowly advancing from Ignorance,
prejudice, and selfishness tow ard sym
pathy. understanding, and a d etire to
te e fu itie e d one , w hether between In
dividuals or nations. T he ‘be all and
end all” of a state la not Pow er—It
Is Justice.
And the Germ an governm ent has
left us In no doubt as to the results
of her theory. In application. T hat
governm ent has broken a solemn
treaty w ith Belgium, ordered the m ur
der of Innocent hostages, bombarded
unfortified towns, torpedoed unarm ed
passenger ships, destroyed w orks of
a rt w here they could not be carried
to G erm any, plotted secret w ar against
neutral nations—all of them actions
she once pledged herself to forego—
ROBERT N. STANFIELD
Farmer,
Stock Raiser and Producer
The State is entitled to the active services of a man
who knows how to work. Work for the State generally and
work for the people of the State, both individually and col
lectively.
Oregon does not need any orators, for orators are a drug
on the market, and, like constitutional lawyers, they do not
get anything.
The Federal Government needs all the assistance Oregon
can give, but is not receiving it because it has not been put
up to the department on a business basis.
Today business men are having more to do with the gov
ernment affairs than ever before. We are spending twenty-
four million dollars a day and the people who will pay this
money are the people who actually create wealth—the farm
er, the producer and the toiler.
Our prosperity depends upon our continued industrial
activities and every one of these should be maintained at
maximum capacity.
The prosperity of the small farmer, the small producer
and the small manufacturer is as essential to the State and
the Nation as the prosperity of the big man. Every one of
our occupations should be given equal consideration, regard
less of the amount produced.
Every encouragement must be given to increase produc
tion and this can be obtained only through assurance that
the small farmers, as well as the big man, is going to receive
his proportionate share of the war expenditures, and that
there will be a market for his products and a profit to him
for his work, based proportionately upon his cost of pro
duction.
There must be equality in all phases of our State and
National industry, and the small fellow must not be for
gotten, overlooked or crowded out through the rush for big
things and big orders and big accomplishments.
If the people of the State want a business man, a work
er, a man who knows, one who is thoroughly acquainted
with every phase of the industrial situation in Oregon, a
man who is capable, honest and fearless, a man who has by
his own labor and through his otvn advancement aided in
the progress and development of Oregon, they want Robert
N. Stanfield.
Paid Adv., By Stanfield Senatorial league, 203 Northwestern Bank
Building.
naq tost, in nuuii, an seuse, ap p ar
Dr Hugh Pedley of the First
ently, that she Is dragging the form er Congregational church, Portland,
good nam e of the Germ an people
through a m ire of dishonor, the stain will speak in the College Chapel,
of w hich will not be removed for Thursday morning, May 2, at 10
generations. A gainst th is mad phi
losophy and mad governm ent the w ar o’clock, on the subject “Lincoln
m ust be waged, until they are de and Lloyd George.” All are inT
feated. o r there la no safety for men , vited. Dr. Pedley was for many
or n atto n a
years pastor of a large church in
T his Is the third of a aeries of ten
articles by Professor A dam a
Principal Bates of Pacific Uni
versity leaves today for Salem to
attend the annual meeting of the
Oregon Sunday School association
Montreal and has lost a son in
the present war.
Frank Rice of Portland, who
some years ago operated a harness
shop at old Centerville, visited
his old crony, Sam Walker, Tues
day.