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their government is deceiving them.
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that the German war machine is not
unbeatable and that their txmsted
r. u ot'GiiO. annua and mor
U-boats are not starving England.
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When the German people learn
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that a continuance of the war means
Oregon as second class matter.
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I more and heavier reverses on the
■ battle fronts with heavier and more
•vaacairTKiN. in advancb
11-60 aarriflciM at home, they will do tix*
1.76 one thing necessary to make peace
.75 poawible by forcing the abdication
of the kaiser and the retirement ot
his advisers.
ApvrrrmiMG rätst
President Wilson's reply will aid
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Local advertising, par line — bei materially in the enlightenment. lie
15c points out th«* way by which hoatili-
Display advertising, per inch
ties may be brought to a close and
Display advertising. long time,
' it is only a question of how many
manager.
Extended marriage or death notices mor" reverses at the »«attic fronts
|M,r line
|jnt,
| and how much longer th«* German
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Special rates <m l«mu time display
will suiimit to be starved.
before
they will tie willing to submit
advertising.
to the only terms upon which a
permanent peace can be constructed.
Th«* American soldiers and the
PRESIDENT WILSON S REPLY
American people now know «iefini-
tely what goal must be attained be-
Probably th«* gr«*at majority of .'ore th«* much desired world ¡»care
English speaking |-«»pl«*s have now CBn
^tablished
We are called
read President Wilson a reply to 11pon
heavy price to make
Pot* Benedicts peace letter to the .|eroiWBPy „ft. for ,he people«
warring nations. The president's small nr great throughout the world.
reply is r«*gard«**l by America, Eng Yet. while the »rice is great, the
land and Franc,* as. i»crhaps. the world has reached the point when
leading state paper of the war. by either democracy or autocracy must
any statesman of any country. His go down. Nor is there a doubt in
«tomprohcnslve understanding of the the mind of th«* thinking man which
entire subject matter and the vital will lose out and whether civilisation
point upon which a lasting I*** i fo to go forward or backward. Auto
can be c«»nstructed. stamfis him as cracy. once necessary to the world,
the premier statesman of the world. has served its purpose. Men have
His reply will doubtless be the key l«*come too progressive to submit
note in the replies of all the allie<1 to the blighting ignorance which
AT BNt> or YKA«
an months
When he stgtea that a stronger
guarant«*e that a peace pact will be
maintained in th«* future by the
German government than the kaiser
and his advisers can give, he indi
cates that the g«>vrrnment which
violates a treaty with impunity an«l
which say« that a «acre«! treaty la
but a scrap of p«|«*r to lie adhered
to or violate«! as beat suite Its pur-
pom*. he states a concrete fact which
all democratic nations and rverv
lover of democracy t*nd<»raes.
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must maintain in order to sustain
or submit to the domination of
aut«<cracy
SELECT COOD MEN
In a few months Oregon will I m 1
In the throes of another primary
political campaign and it behooves
the people to select men as candi
dates for office who would make
capable, careful and efficient offi
cials.
Particularly, at this time,
when the Federal government is
expending enormous sums of money
and may continue to do so for
months and mavhap years, du we
need men for state and county offi*
cent who will administer them rigid
ly economical. When so many of
>>ur young men will be called to
service under the colors, our state
and counties should undertake no
improvements other
than
what
absolute necessity requires.
Because of the fact that we are
engaged in the world war. the end
of which no one can forsee. a halt
should be called in the hard road
surface plans. It would be wisdom
td sell no more r<«ad bonds than
have already been sold, especially at
a price below par value. This in
addition to the very high price and
scarcity of labor should ao Impress
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limit and we want men in the legis
lature and in the county courts,
who are known economists and
patriots in the largrst sense. (food
roads, tine state, college and county
building« are desirable, but they
should be considered secondary to
the winning of the war.
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DR. A. G. PRII1.
N. M. Newport
12.20 is the price the government
has fixed as the standard price for
the present year. Thia la the tlticago
price for standard wheat and unless
Portland is made a primary point
of purchai«*, the Portland price will
be about SI VO per bushel. That
would mean about SL75 per bushel
here
This is hardly a fair rating for
the Pacific oiast. for wheat can I«*
delivered in the European market
as cheaply from Portland as it can
from Chicago or St. lxtuis. under
normal conditions and. as there are
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a large numlier of ships building
for the government on this coast. I
they should g<> far towards return-1
ing the normal condition of trans*
portating wheat to Europe via the
Panama canal.
Another feature.
The government desires to stimulate
the growing of wheat in the north- *
west. But the cutting out of Pacific I
roast citMm where wheat for export
centers. fr««m being depots of pri
mary purchase bv the government. :
is not encouraging to the wheat
farmer.
There is no reason for'
penalizing Oregon farmers by the
assumption that their wheat pro
ducts must be transported to the
Atlantic seaboard over the railroads.
But there are several reasons whv
freighting through the canal should
be stimulated and the northwest
farmers encourage«! to grow greater
wheat cropgnfxt year
One and a very excellent reason
that It will greatly reduce the .car
shortage which is sure to lie on
when the moving of the preaent crop
is in full blast Even now it is next
to impossible to get a car for local
freighting and to congest freight
traffic as it was last winter, will
discourage rather than encourage
the wheat grower.
Whether the Pacific roast cities
were purposely overlooked in select
ing cities of primary purchase. The
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Tribune is not Informed. But there
is injustice in making the Oregon
wheat grower sell his product for
50 cents leas than the Illinois farmer
is paid. The government should
administer justice more evenly.
PliyÑdaa and Surgeon
Calle Attended
Dey or Night
«ITT ATTO«M«TI
12.21 WHEAT
The greatest enemy which the
German people has to combat and
whi«*h the work! must combat, is
the present German government.
The kalarr ami his advisers teach
and have taught the German people
for the past twenty-five years or
more, a false and wrong theory of
government. And It has ls*en so
thoroughly ground into the minds
of the German prople. that they
Equaluatioa Notice
actually believed that the autocratic
theory was right
They have been
Th«* County Board of Iquslixsrion
will meet at the court bouse at Albany. I
taught to believe that the kaiser
Oregon. Monday, September 10, 1017
and his advisers were superior to
and remain in sr«aiun one w«rok for the
average humanity and that they
purpose of publicly examining the as
shout«! dominate, not only the Ger
sessment roll «nd to correct errors in
man people, but th** entire world as
ths valuation, descriptions or quality of
land, lota or other property. All persons
well and that such dominance over
Interested are hereby notified to appear
the world would be the confering
st the appoint«»«! lime and pla-e and, if
of a great benefit upon the human-
it »hall appear to said board that lands,
Ity of the world. They were led to th«- State Road commission that a lata or other property be assessed twice
believe that the great German war halt should be called on every line or assessed in the name or names of
any |»er»on or |«'rn>n« not the owner
machine was so perfect, so well connected therewith.
organiM-d, so well trained that it
la*t the automobile tax be devot- thereof, or »»»eased under or beyomi
its value, or any lands, lots or other
would be invincible when thrown <^1. principally, to repairing roads
property not assessed they will make
against the war p«»wer of any other unm th«* war is over, when labor is the proper correction.
nation, or all nations combinr-d for more plentiful and cheaper. Then
E. 1. KISKER. County Assessor.
that matter, and that these other M »tale work would, perhaps, be s
nations could lie forced to hear the |»oon to the returned soldier, A too,
Notice of Final Settlement
entire expense of such war or wars , double the mileage of road can be
through the huge indemnities which built at the sanx* coal.
Notice is hereby given that the un
the victorous German armh* would
With the extreme high coot of dersigned as executor of the last will
demand
Well, the German pe«>ple t living butting up against the people and testament of^lsaac C. Bale«, de-
are rapidly being undeceived. They every possible reduction in taxation ceascsi. has filed in the County Court
| for Linn County. Oregon, tua final
were astound«*»! when their gn*at should be made.
Old buildings account as such executor, and that
war machine was held up and turn* should l>e made to do for a few Monday, the 17th day of September.
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, sd back by the battle on the Marne years lunger snd no new enterprises 1917. at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m.
and their eyes are being opened to of any character, unless they are has been fixed by said Court as the
the fact that G«-rman armies are positively necessary. should be taken I time for hearing of objections to said
(account and the settlement thereof.
not invincible by the constant and 00.
Dated and first publication hereof
succesaful pr«*saure of their enemies
We have a great war to win and August 18th, 1917
on their western and muthern battle it may and doubtless will, require 1C. C. Bryant.
R. Shelton
Ex«*rutor
Attorney.
fronts.
I the entire resources of the nation in
2-5t
Nevertheless all news of military men and money to win it. It. there
and heavy lossss are with- fore. to impsrtiw that ail local ex
penditures be
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