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MOIiHOW t Ol MY OFFICIAL PAPER
(;i:ttim; acqvainted
M!:ul' rf A"irv:?r,':s are so can
tered in France as tue actual iiem ui
battle tli at they arc apt to overlook
tV.e t '1 w.x.xy thousands of onr
troops do not gs direct to that coun
try, but' land iirst at English or
Scotch ports, undergo training for a
oousidoraUie period in BrllMi camps
and finally w to France by the Chan
nel rente vl-.h-h is used by the IMush
army. It is reported that American
troops are billeted at no less than SO
places in Great Britain.
This 'arrangement has brought
about relations which may have last
ing effect on the future intercourse
of the two Nations and on their at
titude toward each other. It has
brought together a large number of
average 'representatives of the Am
erican people and the great mass of
the British people under circum
stances which predispose them to
friendship and mutual understand
ing. The Englishman we have known
in America has been the aristocratic
or plutocratic tourist, the immigrant
-worktngman or the remittance man
iu person, or the brainless fool of a
ilord, or the cockney who drops his
;"h's" and "blasts your bloody heyes"
Ion the stage. We have formed little
acquaintance with the great body of
'representative Britons, who are the
middle class. Our, soldiers are now
getting to know them and to like
them. They are also learning the
Isterling good Qualities of the aristoc
jracy in general at one extremejaud
jof the working people in'general at
(the other extreme of the social scale,
Send that the stage lord and stage
workingman ; are freaks or- carica- pered. !
itures. We enjoy greater opportunities
i American soldiers, on the other,; and achieved greater happiness arfd
Stand are opening the eyes-of ;the j piade more progress to . the squaie
Britons" to the true character of the! inch per individual than any nation,
average, jAntertcafa.. Haviftg been! . Paternalist and stjcialism read
tonVinced j thai i the - AtnericW does"! tvelf afid' talk well, but "the" A'mertcajn
Jiot worship Mammon alone but 13 ' system that which they attack, has
o devoted to a high ideal as to leave always 'worked well. j .
ill and fight for it, the Briton begins- ' Bolsheviklsm viewed through "r.:e
to find other good qualities. -He di- tortoise-shell rimmed glasses of some
covers that the American is not a. soft-handed and soft-headed theorist
brasrjrart know-lt-a!l. but Is read:- to
learn humbly from those ft ho jhave
been playing the irTudly game ol war
for four years. The. American hi has
seeu has been generally .the purse
proud, ill-bred millionaire ostenta
tiously spending his millions in; Eu
rope or the adventurer and swarthier,
or he has been the cowboy, mlnjr or
bad wan of Bret Harte. the nifvies
and. the best seller novels. JCof the
Britca gets acqualngd with the freal,
average American, who talks J Oth
century slang and does not say: "I
guess" and "calc'late," who has been
to college though he may be only a
private, whose English and manners
are as correct as those of any well
bred Englishman. The boosting of
his town is found to be the natural
loyalty of a man to the place which
he has chosen for his home and
which he helps to build up, an at
titude which cannut be expected of
an Englishman who lives in a plae
.-imply because his father and grand
father lived there and because he
has had no particular reason to
move.
The two Nations, are really get
tins acquainted under circumstances
w hich - tend to mutual liking. Old
eauses'of quarrel cannot endure after
an Amercan .hears an Englishman
ascribe the revoluton to the fact that
King George III was a pig-headed
German, fool, and the old political
game of "twisting the British .lion's
tail" is never likely to' be revived.
The American will realize th!at lie
has been deceived by Insidious Ger
man propaganda, deliberately 'plan
ned to promote ill-will between two
nations which Germany desired to
keep p.part until she got ready to de- j
stroy them in succession. Both na
tions will hold that by provoking
America to war in alliances with
Great Britain, the Kaiser bias unr
intentionally brought them together
in so complete an understanding that
a quarrel will forever after be im
posssiblo. Sunday Oregonian.
PRISSIAXISM OR AMERICANISM?
That is the soft issue in the tide of
socialism sweeping over our country
which shall it be, prussianizatidn
or stay American?
. With all the alleged mistakes,
blunders and imperfections of the
American political system, for fifty
years a hundred million people pro$-
is a nostrum. . j
It is a name for the highest flower-'
ing of rampant socialism that
opened the door for kaiser kultur
and is not making the people bap
pier. ; i
Prussianism is despotism by the
all-highest. Bolsheviklsm is des
potism by the all-lowest. American
democracy means opportunity for all.
Democracy is the only system on I
trial today that is Intelligently plan
ned and fitted to the needs of the
world." The Manufacturer.
COXCKRXIXO HEALTH
The report made by county health
officer N. E. Winnard of the cases of
small pox in the Eight Mile country
is burdened with more than usual
significance at this time. A small
pox epedemic at any time is a bad
thing, but now, when the Govern-1
ment is making every effort to safe-!
guard the health not only of the
soldiers, but of the prospective sol
diers as well, it would be much
worse. The fact that there were
cases of small pox, that the imme-
; diate family knew it was small pox
and that the neighbors knew it was
i small pox, and yet none reported it
! to the proper authorities, does not
' reflect very much credit upon the
community. Failure to report cases
j of contagious diseases to the health
officers is a punishable offense, and
' such failures should be prosecuted.
That the quarantining of a family
on a ranch at this particular time
would interfere with the harvestins
of the crops on the ranch, if true,
does not mean much when the failure
to quarantine would incapacitate a
whole neighborhood, with the pos
sibility that the infection might be
carried to the training camps by
some draftee from that neighbor
hood. This is indeed no time to be
negligent or careless about such
matters and stern measures should
be employed.
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WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?
The city' Of Oakland, California
recently witnessed the disgraceful
spectacle of 3500 union boiler ma
kers and iron shipbuilders, striking
and tying up construction work on
some 26 ships for two days.
The matter was over a technecality
in regard to some back wages due
under a, government award in Feb
ruary, at which time the men agreed
not to strike during the war but
submit their troubles to arbitration.
The word of the government was
behind the whole proposition but the
men struck anyway -and have further
notified the government and ship
yards that they will strike again
August 7, unless matters are settled
to suit them.
Regardless of the merits of their
demands, which will be fully con
sidered by the proper authorities,
there was no'' excuse whatever for
such behavior.
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The action of these men was a dis
grace from any angle it" can to con
sidered. They broke-their "word in
regard to striking and thej placed
their petty grievances anead of the
lives of our boys in F.anco ,
These men have sott j jbs at home
at big pay and the time has arrived
to call a spade a spade.
Action such as theirs, in the army,
would be called desertion and the
offenders would have been severely
dealt with. An individual who would
delay construction on 26 ships for
two days to the great aid of the
kaiser, would be called .a traitor.
As an American citizen you can
classify the action of strikers in a
case like this to suit yourself.
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Grain Company, successors to M. H. Houser,
and am prepared to buy your grain outright or
on consignment, as you prefer. Can also furnish
grain bags at the lowest price.
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HE FAIR this year will be "war
fair" and those things tending to
assist in the winning of the war will
be featured more prominently than
heretofore.
Food Conservation Will Be The Keynote
The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture will
have an exhibit and will have repre
sentatives here to give instruction.
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NDUSTRIAL Glubeihibits will
be larger and better than ever and
canning contests will be held daily.
There will be Eo!
amusement, and
ulslieirfey a live-w
of good, clean
sue will be fur
orchestra. .. ,
The Secretary of Agriculture; has asked that
fairs iwhich instruct and amuse be held this year;
believing them a strong " wiri-the-war" agency.
SO BEGIN NOW TO PLAN TO ATTEND
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