THE A U R O R A O Ê S E R V E R
HIS SENSIBLE QUESTION.
OUR GREAT TASK
“ Mamma—”
By Herbert Hoover.
“ Now, sonnle, don’t ask me a s ;
If you could stand in the middle of
N. C. WESCOTT
E d ito r an d P u blish er more foolish questions.”
“I just want to ask one little, teeny Europe today and survey the land to
Entered as second class matter March 28, 1911, at the postoffice at Aurora
its borders, you would discover its
question, mamma.”
Oregon, under the A ct o f March 3, 1879.
“ Well, you may ask it if it is a sen whole population of 400,000,000 human
sible one, but 1 am tired of the silly beings short of food. Millions of peo
ple in Poland, Finland, Serbia, Ar
ones you generally ask.”
"Well, mamma, is papa your hus menia and Russia are dying of starva
tion, and other millions are suffering
band?”
1 pledge allegiance to my
“ I don’t call that a sensible ques from too little food. Our Allies and
Hag and the republic for
tion. You ought to know that with the neutrals are living on the barest
margins that will support life and
out asking. Of course he is.”
which it stands,one Nation,
“ Well, mamma, I know, but I just strength.
indivisible, with liberty and
This, the most appalling and dread
wanted to ask a really sensible ques
justice to all.
tion. If papa should die and go to ful thing that has come to humanity
heaven, what relation would you be to since the dawn of civilization, is to
me the outstanding creation of Ger
God?”
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man militarism. The Germans them
selves are not the worst sufferers.
A Phenomenon.
Don’t let the flour in your kitchen shame the flag at I Mr, Braggleday had once been on
They are extorting at the cannon’s,
tour to Egypt and couldn’t forget It, mouth the harvests and cattle of the
your front door.
Everything reminded him of something people they have overrun, leaving
else that took place on that memorable them in desolation. If the war were
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I trip. His friend Johnson was admiring to cease tomorrow, the toll of actual
dead from starvation within the Ger
We can not afford to over-congratulate ourselves up-| a beautiful sunset one evening,
man lines would double or treble the
on the completion of W. S. S. quota. Other and greater j ‘,Ah>” s®Id Braggleday, “you should 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 of men who have
duties are already looming big m the near future. Real} **i should like tor said Johnson. been actually killed by Germany and
"The sun always sets in the west in her allies in arms. The 10,000,000 peo
sacrifices—not pleasant W. S. S. investments—may con this
ple in occupied Belgium and Northern
ordinary old country !
France would have died of starvation
front us shortly. Only the slacker can indulge in self-
had it not been for us and the Allies
satisfied congratulations. It is the future—not the past—
TIRED OF THE GAME
We must build our food resources
to stand ready for any demands upon
that should concern us.
us by the Allies. It is of no purpose
to us to send millions of our best to
France if we fail to maintain the
strength of their men, women and
The Salem-Aurora paving is all off till after the war.
children on our lines of communica
Tne state highway commission has decided to hold all ex
tion. This United States is the last
reservoir of men, the last reservoir of
penditures to a minimum. The commission has on hand
ships, the last reservoir of munitions
and the last reservoir of food -upon
from the sole'of the Bean-Barrent law bonds $388,000'
which the Allied world must depend
which it can use on post roads only in conjunction with the;
if Germany is to be defeated and if
we are to be free men.
Federal government. The commission ought to buy war]
THURSDAY. JULY 4, '.918.
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Washington W a s
Thrifty In Youth
Biographers relate that George Wash*
ington opened a bank account when he was
sixteen years old.
tie had a job with a
a
stamps with these funds at once, even though they stretch!
their authority beyond legal bounds. No loyal citizen
could reasonably criticize such action.
On a little hill in Northern France, where a , bloody
battle was fought in 1914, 67 French soldiers lie buried. ' “ Todd tells me he has moved
A plain wooden cross marks their last resting place, and gasoline tank into his garage.”
“ But that’s awfully dangerous, The
on that cross some one has penciled the words: “ Sixty-j garage
may catch fire at any mo-
seven French soldiers lie buried here; they are dead—but | ment.”
France lives.” This touching epitaph expresses a hope, “ That’s what Todd hopes.”
Birthdays.
faith, belief, that casts aside all doubt. “ He that be-
My wife’s people’s birthdays
Are like life insurance due.
lieveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” i
It seems to me that every month
There’s always one or two.
Though the Hun were to ravage all France, the French
faith, hope and belief will be unshaken. Likewise Ameri-1
Ever Notice It?
ca has come to BELIEVE. We believe in the righteous-1 "Tiiat's what it is,” said the man
who was evidently thinking aloud.
ness of our cause and the certainty of victory, for the “ What ’tis that is?” queried the party
heart, soul and conscience of America is in this struggle with the rubber habit.
“ It is hard to believe a man is telling
to curb the Hun. God will bring spring and sunshine into the truth about a thing when you know
the hearts of men who believe in things. America be you would lie were you in his place,”
answered he of the audible thoughtr
lieves and knows that it can “ lick the Hun” to a frazzle—
Inspired Respect.
and it will!
“ How did Mrs. Grabcoin succeed in
getting Mr. Grabcoin to attend church
regularly?”
“ She persuaded the new rector te
play Mr. Grabcoin a game of golf. The
rector beat Mr. Grabcoin so badly the
old gentleman said any man who could
play golf like that ought to be able
to preach a smashing sermon, so he
went to church.”
If any American still doubts the- atrocities of the
Huns in France and Belguim, that doubt will fade away
when he hears the facts related at first hand by Dr. Esther
Lovejoy of Portland and Rheta Childe Dorr, just home
from France, where ruined womanhood and blasted child
hood present ghastly evidence of the unspeakable cruelty
Man and Turtle,
of the lecherous Hun. In a thousand invaded and van- m¿ f dtThe%“gümfmoraiiJíe“h^sno
quished towns of France and Belguim, German soldiers s°od-”
violated women and girls, sometimes consumatmg their tic,” rejoiced the dippy demoralizer,
awful crime by cruelly murdering the victims of their lust. I The latter ls n0 sood unta he find«
What has happened to thousands upon thousands of Bel-j !limself ln the consomn>e-—
The Night Hawk.
gujm and French women could just as well happen in!
“ What’s Old Rounder doing now?”
America if the Huns should ever land upon our shores. It! “ Trying to get the gang to stay an
hour while he tells them how
is no flight of the imagination to picture these beasts in other
much he thinks of home.”
human form violating wives, daughters and sweethearts, I
HASTE NOT
while the husband, the father or the lover stands by with!
a Hun bayonet at his throat. This has happened ten!
thousands of times in Europe in the last four years. Do j
you imagine that the fathers, brothers, or lovers of the!
victims of these crimes are willing to accept peace without!
victory? And what shall we think of any American who,
i i the face of indisputable evidence, excusses, condones
and defends such crimes?
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THE FOURTH OF JULY
Today is the greatest Fourth of July since 1776. A
new and greater spirit of Nationalism and Americanism
has drawn the nation together as never before. No long
er isthere room for the 50-50 citizenship of former days. |
V o iJ j J
A new era has dawned in the life of America, While its1
First Doctor- -Did that last case get
citizenship must always carry its strain of English,German well?
Irish, Scotch, Scandinavian, Italian blood, there will never! Second Doctor—Not yet ! He’s well
again be room in America for any divided allegiance. | ^ ;ngndIbelievelnletUnirweUenougl1
Pussy-footing on Americanism will never be popular or
Seldom.
expedient in this countiy again. This Independence Day
I do not like Alexis Delf,
He rather pains and pricks me,
is a most appropriate occasion for the re-dedication and am
For when I underrate myself
He seldom contradicts ms.
plification, individually and nationally, of America to the
Blamed Again.
high purposes which animated the founders of the nation
Guest—Good gracious, waiter 1 Nine
142 years ago today in their determination to make their and nine make eighteen, not nineteen!
country free. As they dedicated their lives and their Walter—Ah, but monsieur must re
member that everything has been aug
fortunes to American liberty, so this day, every loyal mented by the w ar! •
American should made a solemn vow to maintain that
Sweet Advice.
freedom and extend it to the people o f all the world, that “ Words are inadequate to express
our children and our children’s children and all .. posterity, my love!”
“I know they are, Freddy,” said the
may enjoy the blessings of the freedom which pur fore dear girl. “Try candy and violets.”
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fathers won for us,
Youth is the accepted time for opening
bank account. It is never too late,
however.
Now is the time to eat and to pre
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able fruits are coming on the market,
the gardens are making available daily
supplies of food that will take tha
place of the commercial canned ar
ticles that are needed for shipment
abroad. Sugar has been made avail
able for home canning purposes and
the supply is good at the present time
The home garden and the canning of
its products means more this year
than it ever did before because it will
play a very important part in keeping
the fighting forces supplied with the
kind of food they need at the time
they need it most.
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