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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1919)
' " ' - "' -m i i in RUSSIAN SOVIETS PRINT MILLIONS IN MONEY I Lie Around Like Old Street Car Transfer RATE MADE 200.000 RUBLES DAILY Mnaev So Plestifil aid Food So Sctrce lha! Ruble Depredates 95 Per CetfaVaiK. There Is a temptation to ue baby- talk in contradicting propurandlst of a certain type. Even In word of oni' syllable there la little hope of nnvylng a meaning that will be understood. Self-evident truth that will hardly commend themselves thru the medium of any kind of language to those who have not yet recog nlied their obviousness. Here is one. A dollar la of no value except by virtue of the govern ment's guarantee behind it. Make that guarantee untrustworthy, and the dollar is useless. No one will accept it in exchange for goods. You can't eat a dollar. You can't make a shirt of It. You can't put It into your vlctrola and make It play a tune. Put a sliver dollar between two slices of bread and masticate It. It makes a poor substitute for a ham sandwich coating one-tenth of that um. And yet the soviet goernmer of Russia haa been printing paper money at the rate of 200,000 rublea a day for some comic reason not yet revealed. It advanced 96,000,000 rabies to the I'utiloff works, one of Russia's greatest factories, where S6.000.noo rublea were spent In wages in a period during which the total output waa valued at leaa than quarter of that amount. Paper rubles lie around everywhere like discarded street car transfers but no pies are being baked, no shoes are being made, no talking machine rec ords, no movie films, no chewing gum or candy. Only money. Many a bum in Russia haa plenty of cash, but he is a trifle shy on know. The ruble haa dnreUa 15 per cent of its value In the Inter ior of the country, and a farmer would rather eat his produce or feed K to his livestock than exchange it for turrenry that will not buy anything. Tbey have been at It for a vear ind a half now, and the above con- lltlons, described by the unDrefu- llced Socialist Kautsky who baa noth- ag to gain by exaggeration, are the salt. And yet there are cranks who ant to try it In America. CLEAR THE WAY .. -s - vvv: .? v fMM :3t . -, N lmT V ? ': "tMMm ariUtasBBsWi ' XCZL ,V HIHVJ!iSMawBBBBBBBV sax " ,v uJfuJPtnlkSawflHB mi W' s -J?mmmWm VZhyJmW mr ..,. Jam rAtim--mBam-wmm ju29mbry, m r til; m-JWBa WAWZ m H mmb S-Wm'-' sbTsbbbbV J (ssUI Bass assWaw.fVv.aajaj BHUbIbbbbbbbbV' ..- .-, . 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"" ' "i Bum- -noiaers or nearly everybody. 8o mor drought, and that haa Bulked lnjmufh money haa been invested that some damp cellar through the long! industrial corporations In need of and rigorous winter, and that comes popping out of Its brown overcoat full of wrath and violence. To have traffic with auch bitterness; to con sort on mere nodding terma with auch acrid grouchlnesn la In dubloua taate. and aurh mature cynlca had better be buried to aprout Into a Mora Chrla tlan life. Hut the tender baby onion; with never a harah word In tta entire vo cabulary; all goodnesa and sweetness and tenderness; ah, to eat auch an onion partakea of the aavor of a rellgloua rite. We, personally, like fried liver and onions, but partake thereof with some slight twinges of conscience; 'tla a bit brash dish; but with the green onlona of spring we confer and ron aort, upheld by the loftiest motlvea, without guile; requiring nothing but a touch of aalt here and there, and plenty of oniona. KKKNH IIKI HHKH AND JIKOOMH WRI)S ACCUSTOMED THKMHELVE8 TO WAR A writer In a London magazine Wis us that at firat the birda of panee and Belgium were panlc- rickeri by the war. Six or seven ponths after the war began an un- Isual number of birds were observed England of species which at the wne time became very scarce in france. But after a few months the blrda. Ut as soldiers do. adapted them- ives to the conditions of war. They Mne near to the armies with the peatest confidence. Ground birds Me their nests and reared their Ming in thistle patches in No-Man's Ind The trenches became overrun with Pee hihI rats. anH , ,,i,j. .,,,,..,,, i ,. Us and kestrels(a species of hawk) fcde their appearance and hunted iriessly in the trenches themselves. d the kestrels sometimes made kir nests in the barbed wire entitlements. A lark In one of the severest bom- rdments at Verdun hovered above French troops and sans: eheer- Plv The birds seemed t obeclovfl ply. The birds npaniArl In I...,-, .,.. Fustonmd to the sound of heavy Mery and pay it little attention. fferent birds called to give warn- of the approach of airpUnos. ley evidently heard the sounds of Planes before human ears could ftlngulsh them. Ptorks became Interested In the Manes and would sometlmns - I'" Oil the INi liln.-u that uir. ping down from a flight. 'he birds which ho bravely en- red tha terrors of war will nrob- y be d.-llghted to have their homes kBaca again. HK KStAl'KD INKMKNA. Ust spring I hail a terrible cold grlpii.. an, WM afraid I was Pa" 'o have Influenza." writes A. Ie.ese, nigh Point, Oa. "I took eys Honey and Tar. It waa a M to see the phelgm I coughed up. I"' onvlnced Foley's Honey and "aved me from influenza." Con- no opiatea. Good for children. y HeeI llrnfhor. I RYING CIRCUS TO ADVERTISE VICTORY LOAN Amerimn Aviitnr. - C l;L: I --.. ... JXIlIUIl in at Leant Nine Coast Cities During Campaign A flying circua made an of twont American avlatora. a captured Oar man submarine and 3000 faat of mo tion picture 'fllra showing actual fight ing on the Western front will h ih. or the fraturea uaad to attract atten tion to tha Victory Loan which opeua April 21. Tha aviation feature will exhibit the American blrdmen flying Ameri can, Engllafa and Oerman planes and exhibitions will be made in at least nine of the larger cltlea of the district. rnia will be the moat sensational fea ture Of the campaign and In tha nat of eleven planea which will coma to tbla dlatiict will be two captured Oar- man okkera. two Biittab single seater Spada, two Uritlah combat 8. K. ft'a. and five American Curtlaa bombara. Tha official itinerary haa not been completed, but among tba cltlea which will be visited are San Diego, Los Anaelee, San Franclaco. Sacramento Portland. Seattle. SpoRane. Boise City and salt Lake City. Landing fields in all these cltlea are now being chosen. PERSHING TO TELL HUNS ABOUT LOAN The Victory Liberty Loan la going to be advertised In all German territory occupied by American forcaa, according to announcement mada by tha Treasury Department. Thouaanda of posters, buttons and other campaign materlala have been shipped to General Pershing for distribution in thla territory ao that the Oerman peop will know that America la carrying on the fifth great Liberty Loan. shown STRIKING CHANGES IN LIVE STOCK VAU KM FARMERS COULD PURCHASE ENTIRE U.S. VICTORY LOAN Earnings for 1918 Estimated at $12,000,000,000 by Treasury Department. Heware of small axpanaaa; a small tak will sink a great ahlp. tipanr one penny lets thr.i thy clear tains. o HOUSE PRACTICE BEATS THEORY. Actual experience In scientific methods of work In and about the home la even more profitable than reading about them in the papers, says the home economics department or Oregon Agricultural College which is putting on a thrfee-months course in managing the home, planning and building the bouse, furnishing It, and feeding and clothing the family. Tba farmers of tha United States alone could subscribe tha entire amount of tfi.000.000,000 to be asked for In tha Victory Loan which la to be opened by the government April tl. Flgurea given out by the treaaury department ahow that tha aarnlnu. of American farmers for 1918 totalled more than $12,000,000,000. Ability of the American people to meet the obllgaMona or Ita government la shown through flgurea laauad by the treaaury department abowlng the earn ing power of the nation in 1918 to bare been in exceas or 173,000,000.000. It would have taken leaa than two days' earnings of tbe American oeonle in pay all the Int. rest chargea on all tht Liberty Honda outaUndlne during that year. There Is far more gold back of a United States government bond than that standing behind bonda of any of the nhera of the allied nationa. Americas total wealth la estimated at $250,000,000,000. The part of the world's monetary stock held by thla country la $3,079,000,000. an Increaae of $1,192,000,000 since the beginning of the war. Comparative prlcee received by farmere and range men for lambs and mature aheap from 1913 to 1919 in dicate growing demand for ewaa for breeding purposes, if the average price for ewaa throughout tha United States. January 1, 1913, la placed at 100, the similar price la 312 In 1919. During tha aame period tbe price of lamba Increased from 100 to 28S; of wethers, 280; and of rams, to 260. Theae comments are baaed on prlcea ascertained by the Bureau of Crop Eatlmatee. Calvaa gained In average price dar ing thla period a little more than ma ture cattle did; from 100 calves ad vanced to 188 and mature cattle to 165.6, and perhaps tbe atronger movement for calves reflected a dla- poaition to build up herda. On the other hand, borae prlcea declined In the average for the United States, although In the south th price movement waa upward, on ac count of tha demand for "Southern chunks'" in that region. Thla may have combined with war demand to retard the fall of tbe national aver age price of mature horses below the price of colta. For mature horaea the decline waa from 100 to 89, and for horae colta to 87. The mule la the chief draft animal of the south, and thla fact, joined perhaps try war demand, gave mature mulea a gain In relative price from 100 to 111, while mule colta ended the period where they began, at 100. Oreen leafy planta are brushes and brooms that help keep tha digestive tract clear and swoop the body clean of Impurltleea that bread dlaeaae, aaya M. Winona Crulae, Instructor In household acience at the Oregon Agricultural College. They give the body a regular "houaecleanlng," which It aadly naeda after a win ter's diet lacking In green. Early greena aVa eagerly gathered In aprlng or bought on tba market, "for all tha family needa grena." Mineral aiementa In greena neutralise tha blood and aid muacular action, ab sorption of dlgaated food and elim ination of waete products. They give bulk or ballast agatnat which tha muaclaa exercise. Their phlef value la tha so-called vltamlne, which la eaaentlal to growth and health. Leafy planta are protective food, preventing dlseaae In' under nouriahed children who subsist most ly on aeeda. tubera, and aaad pro ducta. The lettuce leaf la entitled to new reapeect, for Ita worth la very great. money have ben compelled to iaan bonda in hundred-dollar denomina tions Baby bonds at alx and seven per cent have been offSrSfl by auto mobile and packing concerns ax utilities of varloua kinds. And amall Investors are grabbing all they can. Watch them line up when new Issues go on aale. Tlnkera, tailors and truck-driver are gradually becoming the mortga gees of the big corporations. MM Hon dollar aVafcts are held by million or bricklayers, carpenters and plaster ers. And It Is perfectly safe money. Here Is the strongest bulwark against bolshevlsm. The masses will hardly want to wreck Industrial en terprises of which they are them selves tbe creditors. o MRH. imoWN A WELL . WOMAN ONCE MORR Wan Confined to Her Bed and (liair for Over Two Yearn IWoro Taking; Tanlac. "Some atrange things happen lit this world and the change Tanlac baa brought about In my wife's condition la aa of them," said J. L. Brown, a resident of College Park,. Georgia. "For over two years," he contin ued, "my wife had ao much trouble with her atomach that ahe 001110? hardly take any nourishment at all but a milk diet, and ahe fell off till ahe waa little more than a living; akeleton. She got little reat or sleep at night, and bad no energy at all and waa ao weak and rundown that moat of her time waa apent la bed or In her chair. Her akin wast sallow and unhealthy looking and ahe didn't aeem to take intereat In anything. "In fact ahe waa about aa bad off aa she could be to be alive when ahe atarted taking Tanlac, and Just at few bottles of thla wonderful med icine have made her a well woman once more. She now eats anything: ahe wants, sleeps like a child, has gained twenty pounds and is able to do all her housework aa well as. she ever did." The events of the last four years Tanlac la sold in Burna by Reed have ahaken tbe foundation of social Bros., and In Crane by Vale Trading; LIBERTY LOANS AND CONSERVATISM atructurea. 80 say tbe lecturers. Co. adv. STARVE HIM ssa - -BMlssMi -- I bbbbbbbB kill ' i " - 1 - -mm9m- 'ilavWlMBi i JW igadi-f I rsaajajsaipi t I J uRulJ ' tw""'""Twbmj,j T ' ' - L-.J--.-"' , Iri;- l.,lt. ' CROOKS AND FOOLS The American people, called anend- 1 thrifta by thn reat of the world, were taiiKht the remarkable lesson of thrift In the four Liberty Loan campaigns which were held before the signing of the armistice November 11. Thou sand of persons who had never saved a penny In their Uvea are now holding Liberty Ponds bought on tbe Install ment plan. If you have bought a Liberty Bend, hold it. You have the beat Investment in the world. Every dav neonle who have paid bard earned money for their bonds are trading them for worthless storks of a d07.cn different varieties. These stocks will never pay them a rent of dividend. They are Investing their money in a Mtaaiaaippl Bubble. Don't let youraelf lie led aatray by n nicely engraved yellow-back certifi cate that haa no guarantee of value and la only supported by gilt edged promiaea. Before you rellnqulah your Liberty Bend be certain that you have a better Investment. If you follow this rule you will probably keep your boud. am Beat for the West Estsblished 1885 7 P- Delicious Sweet Corn "Golden Bantam" Exceptionally early and In flavor and tenderness not equalled by any other variety. The ears are short and compact and the kernels plump and creamy, tffhls and a thousand other veg etables best for the West, may be ssjteted from (jagg ratatyl and found ut your dealers. EBB Bm Write jUQ Seattle or Portland for Catalog, Free. AltK ONIONS UOOI) FORM? We see tbey are having quite a discussion In some of the women's mug. nines as to whether It Is nice to cut onions mini the editorial opinion appears to be that It Isn't. Tut, tut, and a couple of tlshes; not nice to eat green onions? If there be anything nicer In the iprlng than to embellish one's -Interior with garlands of green oniona, wo wot not of it. Consider the onion; freHh from the garden. Consider It In Its green mantle; Its pure white rotundity more delicate than the violet. No nicer vegetable grows; no more esthetic, tender, fragrant, utterly to Will SOMETHING Happen to make you rich ? A rich illicit' iiiny die mid leavo you a roll, but few rich uncles have tlii.s li.ibit. If you got rich, the chances are you will first have to save enough money in order to mnku an investment that will pay. There are plenty of investments for the man with a little ready cucdi. But it is up to you to save eusli. The boat pulley is to deposit a portion of your salary. A Hank is better than a hole in your poeket through which your money enn slip away. Make our I wink YOUK Bank. CRANE STATE BANK CIlANi:, OHUIiO.N