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VN. INDEPKNUEN I JtK AslMl'i F. B. Boyd. Publisher r Frlylitfnlnpsa Is nil riEht "lion tPI- i iifi "'I the game dnV ' "' UNITED OLD AND NEW WORLD WW F!SH IN INLAND WATERS Subscription Rutes. One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, six months $1.00 One copy, three months .75 o4THENA.OREGON, JAN. 31 i9l he Walla Walla Bulletin observes that the board of missions of the Methodist bpiscopal church anpropria- tedon November 7, tE.OOO.OOOfor the purpose of establishment of 2.000 col lege scholarships for BtudentB called in to $he army and soon to be discharged Jhlj is the first practical step taken byTany "denomination, so far as we knpw to provide for the. younR men who gave up their education to serve the cause of human liberty, ' and we congratulate the Methodist church up on its foresight, patriotism and gen erosity. Every boy who dropped out of college to join the army or navy every boy in the S. A. T. C. ought to be given the chance to go on with his education, and a grateful nation ought to help him in hi3 efforts to develop himself for the public good. The Bui letln offers the suggestion to Whitman College and to the people of the Walla Walla valley: "Two hundred such scholarships, bearing honired names, would be not only an imperishable monument to the givers but would be an endless source of good to the young er generations. The strengthening of education is one of the serious prob lems of reconstruction. The Meth odists have shown the way." HI The Oregon State Board of Health is asking the Legislature for a modest appropriation to tide its work over the next two years. That the degree of prevention of infectious diseases is costing the state of Oregon at the present tirqe less than 1 1-2 cents per person, based on an approximate pop ulation of 860,000 is astonishing, when the amount of health purohased by other states iB taken into consider ation; the degree of prevention can be measured In money, since pui lie health is purchasable. Oregon at present al lows her State Board of Health the agnificent sum of SI 3, 500 per annum. Think of itl The Board's modeBt re quest Is that the Legislature permit it to use $47,618.60 per year foi the next two years, which would allow it a little more than 5 1-2 cents per per son, to work with, costing on a per capita basis, to the average family of four persons.'about 21 cents per year. si'ciiis to be ixwe i'V' 1 1 (iiu-pl in cuius that have siivi companies. i ;.rre i cur It is hoped tin t hereafter. In war. submarines will be as useless as iron clad monitors. Atlantic Cable, After Three Disheart ening Failures, Was Successfully Laid in July-August, 1858. Sixty years ago our broad Yankee land awoke and learned that the old country and the new had been united by a magical tie the Atlantic cable. Through the courage and persistence of three Americans there were oth- ''bn:aNr:es Ha :h Sailors From Their . lion in the north Sea. sooner or Inter. The wise married woman never con fides dangerous secrets to another married woman. The morose ex-I.nlscr spends his time writing. More scraps of paper for the wastebasket. Those murrled soldiers who return will find the same commanding officer that they left belli nd. "American troous have entered Prus sia," as everybody knew tliey wuuld I . "t the three were the actual cable sponsors vjjtus w. 1'ieui, nis orotner, David Dudley Field, and that fine old philanthropist, Peter CoonerMhe great project was carried over. The total cost was $1,834,500, the cable alone taking $1,250,250, and the line crossed from Trinity bay, Newfoundland, to Valentin, Ireland, the cable being very close to 2,500 miles long Three times the attempt to lay the cable had. failed, chiefly owing to de fects In Its material. The fourth at tempt was successful. The Niagara Ihpn the largest ship in the United States navy, and the Agamemnon, a Ilritlsh warship, met in mldocenn on July 20, 1858, each carrying a section of (he cable. The ends were carefully spliced and then the two ships turned homeward, moving slowly as they paid out the cable. On August 4 the Nla gnra reached Trinity bay; the Agn memnon reached Valentla on the 5th On August 10 the cable was pro oounced In working order, and here is Hie first official message that across: "Europe and America are united by telegraphy. Glory to God In the high est ; on earth peace, good will toward men, The fellow who allows himself to he scared to dflltn might as .veil have iliiit Spanish inMucuzn. Poland is ordering German troops ut of Polish territory. How Poland must be enjoying herself I if (here are uny sympathetic fellows around they might buy bonds to assist In paying the German war debt. Thus far about the only theory not advanced by medical men to explain Influenza is that It Is hereditary. The decision not to raise the amuse ment tax will cause more Joy to some people than the ending of the war. AT END OF GLACIAL PERIOD It's much easier to make a German made cuckoo clock say "bob white" (h,aa to bring regret from the lips of a Hun. The Aero Club of America Is seri ously pondering on the freedom of the ulr for the future, Well, there's a lot of It. The Germans huve one great ad vantage over the ulllcs. They know I hey can depeud on the lutter's sense f lienor. "Buying" an automobile while seat ed in one's steaiu-lieated apartment is inich easier than producing the money next spring. The government has nsked the vlc- Ims of submarine warfare to file full statements of their losses with the late department. The day of retrl- nit Ion for the Hun Is coming. Having knocked off that extra half ent a mile charged for riding in sleep ing and parlor cars, maybe tho rail way administration would not now nlnd telling why It was ever Imposed. Prance and England have a bill of f 100,000,000,000 against Germany. If this Is not enough to keep the Boche ut worli for the rest of his life, u dozen other ullles will put in their Ut ile claims. In Cologne, many ex-German sol diers have resumed their former oc cupation of waiters. A post of satis faction, of course, since It will give then opportunity of practicing tyr anny over their conquerors. Sunday, February 0, will be observed by the nation as Roosevelt Memorial day. To auote the tribute of an ad mirer: "The honoring of Theodore osevelt is a matter that transcends party belief and personal prejudice. HKAmericans of his time should hold tbmaelves in bis debt and should turn aside on that day to honor his passing j irom tne national stage. CITY NO LONGER PEST HOLE t Oerninny Is expected to busy Itself J. turning (auks Into farm tractors. A fellow will raise an angry roar over a cent Increase In the cost ot augur, but never complains about tho wur tux on the movies. Conditions may he chaotic in Ger many, but It may be noticed that law and order ure conspicuous uloug the Anient an line of inurch. ' Another International mystery Is whero tho bolshevlkl of ull lands ob tain the funds with which they upiuur to be continually well supplied. i Oaeyjruedlcal authority attributes bnldueM to the use of tobacco, thus suggesting the Interesting theory thul the prophet KlUhu smoked u pipe. Some sort of work-or-flght order should be Issued for the fellow who iltislats'on nguring up the per cent of Increase on everything In Hie last year. The Red Cross may have to be per manent, If the red Hag keeps working overtime. This living, breathing world Is cblefy made up of cuuses uud el- teile, ljf these glorious duys of un unlim ited supply of ciphers almost 'anybody can talk In terms of billions without being accused of entertaining delu elods of gruudeur. In spite of the surrender of the U-boats It will he u long time before the UuJf'shlp Is sunk by buinplug Into one of those mines the eueujy bus scut tered about tire ucmq, m British Authorities Have Worked Wonders In Cleaning Up Ancient Capital of the Caliphs. Paved streets, electric street lights, municipal sprinkling carts, u modern lire department these nre all In old Bagdad, now, snys Cleveland Plain dealer. Or, rather, they are In new Bagdnd, for the slumberous city on the Tigris has assumed a new aspect since the British drove out the Turks six teen months ngo. Nothing now remains of the filth and squalor of the Turkish regime. The phiee Is still orlentul, but the oriental atmosphere Is less odoriferous. Dcud cats are not left to decompose In tho middle of narrow streets. Great Brit ain has a wonderful way of leaving orlpntullsm unspoiled while ranking It reasonably clean. The British sol dier cannot abide filth. His sanitary squads penetrate the remotest mews Geological Authority Makes Deduc tions From Shrinking of Great Ice Cap at the South Pole. Dr. Marsden Mnnson of San Fran cisco, an eminent authority on geology. points to the fact established by re cent Antarctic explorers that the great Ice cap Is shrinking. From this he draws the conclusion that the gradual subsidence of the Age of Ice of which the polar Ice caps nre the existing remnants, Is still going on and that we live, so to speak, nt the tail end of the glacial period. He expresses the conviction that the same succession of geological climates has prevailed In Antarctic as In other latitudes, and snys that the evidence collected In re cent Antarctic explorations Is corrobo rated by the comparatively recent un covering of temperate land areas and the progressive retreat of the snow line to higher elevations In temperate and tropical latitudes and toward the poles at sea level. He comes to the conclusion that the disappearance of the Ice Age Is an active present process and must be accounted for by activi ties and energies now at work. He considers It as proved that the rates and lines of retreat are and huve been determined by exposure to solar en ergy and the temperature established thereby and by the difference In the specific heat of the land and water hemispheres. The Unexpected. An nmnzlng Instance of the unex pected happening nt the front ended In n French and a German pilot landing together. The French man and the German were circling and dipping for battle position. Suddenly, the French pilot, think ing he hnd the advantage, charged his enemy from the rear. But the German did not swerve sufficiently and the left wing of the French machine struck the rlght-hnnd struts of the German. The collision caused tho French airplane to spin around violently until its tall whizzed between the wings of the German and stuck. Apparently being too busy or perhaps too astonished to shoot at each other, the opponents splrnled side by side in a close embrace, ulti mately crashing Into the boughs of Some trees. Neither pilot was hurt, so they clambered out, looking nt each other and the German was reminded that he was a prisoner. Forestry After the War. Nobody except those of us who have seen something of life nt the front during the last four years can realize what an enormous quantity of timber has been taken from this country for wnr purposes and what nn enormous and the most deeply hidden cesspools, I amount of planting and tending of and the mews und the cesspools cease to offend. Tin natives soon discover that cleanliness Is not a horror. The Arub Is not naturally vile, but he has fallen Into the ways of his Turkish masters. Bagdad Is ns Inter esting as ever, and ever so much Bnfer. After the war ninny British tourists will visit the ancient Abbnslde capital, where ruled the mighty caliphs, and will nole with Interest the British benefits hostowodn the city that Wll helm und Oott once picked us the fur goalpost of Mltteleuropa. Admiral Saved Engineer. A striking feature of the naval side of the war Is the number of relired British admirals who have returned to the navy, bringing with them full vigor and the quick determination of the service. On June 10 of tho present year, when nn explosion took place on a motor launch, Adiulrnl Jnmes Startin, who held the rank of ndnilral, retired. Immediately proceeded alongside and, learning that the engineer was below In the fiercely burning engine room, climbed down the hatch without the slightest hesitation, uud unaided, re covered the engineer's body. For this brave deed King George has approved tho award of the Albert medal to Ad miral Startin,. trees will be necessary to replace It. Unfortunately foresters who really un derstand all that afforestation means nre not numerous In England, and though the necessity of educating youngsters for the work has received much more serious attention In the Inst few years then It ever did before, when our methods as In many other thlngB were haphazard, the facilities aro still hardly sufficient to give us enough foresters to cope with the de mand. Westminster Gazette. Where Courage Is Common. The Kansas soldier who, after tak ing part In a battle on the Western front, wrote to his mother, "Say, moth er dear, I never knew courage was so common," has expressed the sentiment of the nation. We never knew that there was so much latent heroism among the young fellows In the offices, the factories and on the farms of America. Thank God that to our young Americans "courage is common!" Lawson Constitution. A Great Loss. "Ah, what a loss I have suffered In the denth of my mother-in-law !" "She meant a great deul to your" "Yes ; she was a vegetarian and gave us her meat curd," Le Pele-Mele. from the Antipodes consists merely or athletic trunks, u khaki tunic and a hat that sits on thrpp hnfrs. It also Driven y,nn ho montlnn.. t tl-.iv tvnw reg ulation Scotch stoc . I ngs. But It was the dimples in their nether extremities that stopped traffic. One of the warm In this day of the lurking submarine climate soldiers wandered down In the the waters of the North sea are a financial district yesterday during uuiriteu iinnger zone lor tne tlsnerman lunch hour, and it is estimated that of the Netherlands, and consequently more than 2,000 stenographers went the rivers and inner seas of Holland j without their usual luncheon of angel are thronged with brown-sailed fishing j cake and nut sundae. The girls gath smacks, all eagerly pursuing the elu- ered In groups, always nt u distance, ,-ivc herring, salmon, pike and carp, and talked about the latest fighting re Until the boat's tanks or barrels are gallo. They all voted it a success, filled tho determined fisherman sticks but nt the same time wondered what at his Job. If a good haul is soon would happen if any of New Zealand made lie may steer the craft up some ers, If by chance, wandered in the land canal to nn Inland town to market of the voracious mosquito. New York his catch, no gets out the sign, Herald. "Fish for Sale," and fastens It to the mast, draws the boat up to the canal's edge, and Is soon besieged by house wives anxious to inspect his wares. The fish, ns If conscious of their pend ing fate, swim uneasily about In the How They Took Machine Guns. The average civilian Is unable to un derstand how it is possible to capture, single-handed, a machine gun, not to mention in many instances the gun tank, while thrifty Dutch matrons i crew besides. However, many such In- follow certain ones excitedly with a forefinger, and the seller endeavors to locate the desired fish In the swarm ing tub. On n summer evening when n fleet of the good ships has made port after a hard day's work, a fishing village Is one of the most picturesque sights in Holland. Sails patched or torn and flapping rise and fall In the harbor with the motion of the waves. The brawny Dutch fisherman, revived by supper and the evening pipe, Is curing fish and exchanging stories with neigh bors on the dock, while his wife sits before her cottage mending nets, or perhaps adorning a torn sail with a vivid red patch. There is little rest for these hard working seamen and their wives. Fish have long been to Holland what rice is to Chlnn or the potato to America. With Its food supply ebbing danger ously low, Holland looks more than ever to her fisher folk to feed the people. stances are being brought to light through the fighting around Bois de la Brigade de Marine. When the ma rines were advancing in wuves upon the German lines the enemy machine guns hnd to be taken or the waves would be held up. The woods were crowded with them. There was only one way to take them and that was by a fearless dash. Sergt. James A. Ducey and Private Raymond B. Van Sickle, both marines, the latter only twenty years of age, took the German machine guns one by one and killed all of the officers and men who did not nbundon their posi tions. By the dashing act of these two marines their line was enabled to advance. Sergeant Ducey's mother. Mrs. Ellen Ducey, lives ut 141 John street, Washington Courthouse, O. TURNING RATS TO ACCOUNT Japanese Authorities Anticipate Sub stantial Revenue From Leather Made From Hides of Pests. In the neighborhood of Aomori, Ja pan, the hides of squirrels nre tunned and used as carpets, neckcloths and for other purposes. This has sug gested to Doctor Hasegawa Klyonarl, head of the Hasegawa hospital at Osa&a. who is a member of the Osaka winter of the quality of some of tie ,Ht the hides of tne numerous rats bought by the mu nicipal authorities, in view of the great advance In the price of hides onu leather. Doctor Hasegawa up Fix the Furnace Now. The prudent man will have his fur nace put in thorough order nt the pres ent lime. Letting it go till fall would be rash nt a time when labor Is so scarce as now nnd when there are sure to be so many other people anxious to have their furnaces put in order. There was considerable complaint last coal,' which was explained by the sto ries received from the mining regions of the working over of heaps at the pit heads, some of which represented uie ittciiiiiiiiiiiiiiii til iuuiiv ifars. iujs r.-v.n ftlt ,i, ... ... winter the coal may contain fewer tl with the pro impurities, but necessity for getting rt'S,?, relTed' the greatest possible return in service 2J7 R ,a,Dtne? for every pound burned will be obvi- Tfl "T Lplnion of ous In view of the role that consumers nre allowed to purchase only a per centage of the totnl amount they used for heating their houses a year apo. A furnace that Is out of order will ut-airrs as to wnat the leather would sell for. The dealers estimated that the skin of one rat was worth 20 sen in its raw condition. The public health authorities are now devising special waste a great deal of coal. No one f difinfns " tunning rat can afford to have that sort of thing going on at the present time, It is estimated that a great sum could have been obtained hv tannin- the hides of one-third of the rats Dimplss Stop Traffic bought by the Osaka municipal au- The "ladies from hell." meaning the ttioritles during the last twenfv venrq kilties, had the town by the ears when" they were her? ; their kilties being tie cynosure for all feminine eyes. But for creating a furore and stopping traffic the palm goes to th&fsmn Zea lunders who arrived here jm the wings of the warm wave. Tfbe reason is this: The flght-costgfl of the boys Inconsistent. Doctor Well, now remember what I said. Just take your wife and start "n a vacation. Patient But, doctor, you spoke of rest. Boston Transcript r . STEPHENS . SALIENT SIX A perfected overhead-valve six cylinder engine, emb )dymg the most efficient system of gas handling yet devised. An abundance of power with economy of fuel consumption. 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