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large help in th* adjustment of our
finance* at that time
Ev«m with
thia help our nation i* likely p> have
■ bond««! debt of t2.'>.000,<M>0.il0O
Wh«n the Civil war duaed our
««ntire l»>od«-d debt tor four Year*
of war wm slightly over two bdlion
dollars. But then we had but 30,«
(MiO.UOO of peoole and not more
than one-twentieth of the wealth we
n»w have. The entire Civil war
<iebl could have bren paid in twenty
year» and without di»tr«-*»ing the
peotdc, had it then liecn thought
advisable.
With thi* Minrmotu debt against
the nation. <»nc woul«l think that the
l*<>plc will lie burdened with a
tremendous national d««bt with roo-
sequent high taxation for genera
tion* to come
But auch need not
lie the case. With our tremendous
resource*, the entire debt could be
wipe«! out in twenty to thirty year« I
world, and this ia the reeult Ger
many certainly did not draire
The
T. L. IMtGGKA. UHTn* ANU P«Of
United Slate* u> now arnding her
armies and munition» over to France
Entere«! at the ixwtnfliee at Scio, d«-*pite tiw> ««ffort* of the U-L>ata to
Oregon a* aecond ciaaa matter.
prevent. Not a troop ship hM is*«n
sunk and we all know that Germany
MJW IUrnoN, IN ALlVAMX
St. 60 would nave them aunk««n if It were
AT «NP or YKAK
1.76 powttble. By the time next winter
.76 is over, the United State* will have
•IM MONTWM
a large and well trained army in
France and. in conjunction with the
AllVKKTlSINU HATCH
armies of France. England and Italy,
Ixx-al advertising. per line
6c the march on Berlin will lie liegun.
Display advertising, per inch
15c
If France and England could hold
Di «pl ay advertising, long time, ace up and drive liack the Gorman
armie*. surely with the help of the
manager.
Ext««mied marriage or d«'ath notice* United State* armies, the drive for
oer line
3c Berlin can lie made faster and more
And if th«- G«-rman
Special rate* on lone time display furiously.
troop* cannot hold their enemi««s
advertising.
tiack when protected by the l«e*t
powaible fortification«, they surely without grieviously burdening the
IS THE KAISER DOOMED
will I n - in a more helpl««s« condition people.
Germany aurely did not realize i
when driven into the open.
Therefore the doom of the pr««acnl what enormous rcsoutces she was
Seeing that the kaiser ha* failed
to accomulioh th« thing* he net out German government seems a cer arraying against herself when »hr
to do at the Iwgmning of the war. tainty now. though terrific l«attie» forced the United State« to join the
In food
and that hi* enemies arc growing arc yet to I m - fought and millions of I f«irtun«-s of her «-ncmu-«
and
stronger and more numeroua. hr men are vet to lie slaughtered. The supplies, munition* of war
money,
th«-
United
State*
ia
far
price,
awful
to
consider
m
it
ia.
should now. at lea*!, Iwgin to read
richer
than
anv
other
nation
More
mu*t
be
paid
to
make
democracy
"the handwriting on the wall” and
over
when
her
young
men
arc
prop
«afe
in
the
world
and
to,
let
u*
hope,
prepare for the doom which time
seem» certain to ha.«- in Store for bring to an etui all war* between erly trained, they make aa good or
I letter soldier» than thoae of any
him
Autocracy iM-em* bound to go human kind.
The kaiM«r would now be delight- other nation
down under th«- nasaulta of demo
i-d to make |>eacc and bring to an
And when the war ia ended, the
cracy.
When Germany for«v«l condition* «md a war he know* he cannot win. United Stales will be in a much
in 1914 which Involved th«- world in But, to him. a treaty is but a scrap better financial condition than anv
war. the kaiw-r *t out to accomplish of paper, to I* broken at will, so other nation. She will lie the tinan-
the first l««g of hi» purt«om< to domi hia word written or «pok«'n. canmil rial center of the world, aa ahe is
Th« German people now.
nate th«- world. Ilia large army, lie trust««d.
which had Itcen in preparation for must create some governmental
A Soldiers Letter
year*, hi» immcma- atock of muni power, which will feel in honor
bound
to
live
Up
to
the
pledged
tion* and alnioHt inexhaustible war
cheat. an«l the million* of men in work Germany must make, Iwfnru
(C«.ntinue<l from jiagv 1)
the German state*. Austria, and the war can cm! and by the break
Italy, scemcil sufficient tn guarantee ing down of the militarism of auto •eemed a long tim«« before we atop-
lied. Then came the heart and lung
auccea* in hi« find Purpose the cracy.
test.
It wm in thia test that •«■
But even republic* engaged in
capture of Paris mid the subjection
many
flunked on. Then the flat
war, m in the case of the Civil war.
of France
footed
one*
were »orted out and the
But hi* calculation* were liaoed wdl not give up until driven to the
sound
men
that
were left marched
on falne premise*
Italy refuand to I m I ditch, an autocracy m repraaant-
along
a
table
and
our t.ng« r prin.s
becorn«- involve«! with friendly pow rd by Kaiaer Wilhelm will hardly be
er, just to gratify the lu*t for power willing to abdicate until the German were taken. Next vim«- the oath
of th«« German war lonl and Bel jieople are practically annihilated. and then we liecan <• really ami truly
gium'* little army atubliornly re- The world tu-ver knew such determi rookiea. After a good nights rv»t
•lated the invaaion of her territory nation in the heart* of democratic I awok«« to tl fact that I wm no
a* a highway for the German armies ueople* to end a war and end it longer free to com«« and go m I
In their march on Pari*. Italy declar right, m i* now the caw« with the pleased but muat do ■» someone
ing neutrality, releaxed the French nation* warring on autocracy. Only higher up »aid So with that thought (
armv on her Ixirder. so that the the people in any and all nation* in my mind. I started m> first day»
two or thr«-c week* check to the should choo«»e the man or men wh«i work for mv rounlry. By special
German* enabled France to mobilize »hall rule over them and the Ger authority- I left the depot and wm
her armie* on her northern frontier. man people will be made to know Mign«««l Io the luind. which wm to
After being fore««! Iiack to the river and recognize thia fact. The people be my h««me till the end of the war
Marne, the final ch«-ck to th«« Ger of any nation can be truated, but <* I >»*d atouprd a few ounce* of
man march on Pari* wm made and king» nor emperor* never. Even steal at least. I wm given a camp
thia wm the nearest approach th«- the English people do not trust their cot. a at raw tick, two blanket* and■
kaiser'« troops were able to make king liecause they limit hi* power* wm told bi make myself at home/
IftHl’Kb KVKKY TH UM IM Y UY
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toward* the French capital, Since
that battle the German* have ls-«-n
■lowly but gradually forced hack
toward* their own territory.
Italy not only refused to become
an ally of Germany in her mad pur-
poar. but soon liccnme an active
enemy by declaring war on Austria.
Thu* giving the Austrian armie*
plenty of occut«ati<»n and preventing
them from aiding Germany in her
assault on France
England, while keeping the Ger
man navy bottled uu in home har
bor*. now l>egan »endmg her armie*
into Belgium and northern France,
•■tiling for all time Germany '* pur
pose to capture Pari* in the nega
tive. Germany wm then forced to
conclude that her land campaign
wm a failure.
Her navy did not
dare attempt the open sea and aome
other method of attack must be
evolved. The ruthless U-boat cam
paign resulted. A meaaura of *uc-
roa rewarded thia new »nd mon
•trou» method of warfare,
for
thousands of merchant veaarla, both
of hoetile and neutral nation*, were
destroyed. But the success hM not
been what Germany hoped for and
expected. The effort to bring Eng-
to her knere by starvation
a fiat fail
of courae I wm welcome and they
hope! I'd stay a long time with ’em.'
I aaw th«« joke all right and so with
a good laugh around I wm made
welcome. We have plenty to eat.
our breakfMt menu differa in detail
but the uaual bill of fare ia <*at
$20,000.000,000 CONGRESS
meal much or corn flake*, meat,
Congress adjourned last Saturday. potatoes, gravy, egg*, bread and
If any evidence ia required to »how coffee. Fruit, auch m prune*, near*,
that that body wm fully and com j jam. cantalopea or grata«* are aerved
pletely in earneat in the proaeeution each day. From 8 to 9 a. m. the
of the war. the auin total of the band march«* and from 9:30 to 10:30
rehersal is on. At 11:10 the band I
appropriation* made and the mean*
provided for raiaing of the money, play* for guard m«iunt and at 11:30
ia sufficient answer. 120.000.000.- the call* to arm*. I mean the call to |
000 mean* the expenditure or 1200 eala. is blown.
An interesting event happened the
for every man. woman and child, of
the United State*
And thia vaat other day wh«m we were hiked out
aum does not include the billion* to the rifle range, a distance of four
expended at the laat regular session mile*. We were »topped quite often
of congreaa. nor the billion* which to rest and it ao haoperwd that
prune orchard* were plentiful and—
will be appropriated at future
Oh well, Napoleon aaid that soldier*
•ion*.
Pronabl* two-third* of thia •urn travel««! on hi* stomach. *o why
i* provided for by taxation and the change the system.
to a much lew extent than we. a
republic, give our preaident. So
kaiaerism ia now doom«-d to extinc
tion and the democratic people* of
the world are writing the document.
rest will lie borrowed from the
people through the aale of Liberty
bond*. It should. also. be remem
bered that very large »unit are be
ing loaned bv our government to
our allies over in Europe which, of
courae we expect them to repay Boon
after tike war cieem and will ba a
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the moat powerful nation in the
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If anyone wmhe* any special in
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it if possible My arid re** is printed
here and all letter* will be promptly
an* w«-r«*«i
,
Allan L. Robbma
44th laft. Rand
G. F. Korinek, B. V. S.
N. M. Newport
Veterinarian
Hath
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