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HOUSE OF FOES
By JACK LAWTON.
CARRIES
LEAGUE
HI8
OF
HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON:
HERMISTON
BATTLE
NATIONS
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The married life of Beatrice and
Billy had been ideally happy. But
HOME OF HI8 ENEMIES.
when he entered the little flat one day
and gave to Beatrice a letter, Billie’s
manner was constrained.
“It’s from aunt,” he explained terse- I GIVES COST OF GREAT WAR
ly, “wants to come and visit us."
“Not." Beatrice sai, “your Aunt | Informs Them of Lives and Treasure
Drusilla, Billy?”
Poured Out to Save
“Being that Aunt Drusilla is the
Civilization.
only aunt I possess, it is naturally
herself.” His tone was pettish.
Beatrice’s soft eyes filled with tears.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau)
“But Billy,” she protested, “we Just
Aboard
President Wilson’s Special
can't have her. We’ve been so bliss
ful alone. Your father has always train—Carrying his war against those
held up this sister of his as a para who oppose the adoption by the Uni
gon housekeeper. You know how very ted States of the peace treaty and the
particular your mother says she was covenant of the League of Nations in
about—everything. She’s unmarried, to their households. President Wilson
of course, and will criticize me, and last week invaded California.
my lack of system, and oh ! you
And there, where the question on
needn't tell me—” as Billy ventured a which league opponents have ham
remonstrance—“I know that exem mered the hardest, that of Shan Tung—
plary kind of woman. She will be the is of most Interes., the president found
snake In our Eden.”
the same enthusiasm among the peo
Beatrice caught herself up. “How ple for peace and for Insurance
long Is she going to stay, Billy?”
against future wars. The people want
The young husband avoided his the long controversy ended. They
wife’s aggrieved eyes.
want this country to be able to again
"About a month, she says,” he re- turn its undivided attention to social,
plied.
economic and industrial development
Beatrice stiffened defiantly.
Their leaders may not feel this way.
“Well, she won’t stay a month but judging from the expressions
here,” she said.
which met the president on every side.
"Aunt Drusilla writes,” Billy sug The leaders have overstepped the
gested, "that she is longing to meet limits of the peoples patience in their
her new niece. She hasn’t seen me stubborn determination to force a
since I was almost a kid. She was change In the great document.
going to be married then, I remember,
Must Take This League.
but something broke It off."
“Her own exacting disposition prob
“We must take this League of Na-
ably." Beatrice spitefully remarked.
tions,” said the president, "for there
"That's not quite fair of you,” Billy is no way in which another can be
defended. His wife smiled.
obtained without compelling recon
"You see," she said, "she's begin sideration by the powers. And It
ning to make trouble between us al- would sit very ill upon my stomach to
ready."
take It back to Germany for considera
Trouble Indeed seemed to fall to tion."
Billy’s lot. Mentally he blamed the
"All over the world people are look
aunt who insisted upon thrusting her ing to us with confidence our rivals
presence where the presence of two, along with the weaker nations. I pray
was all sufficient. And upon the day God that the gentlemen who are de
of Aunt Drusilla's arrival Beatrice laying this thing may presently see It
fell III.
in a different light"
In vain Billy telephoned various
Germany, I he president declared, is
women helpers.
The helpers were taking new courage from our delay in
busy. As a lust resort, and though ratifying the treaty and her news
his pocketbook could 111 afford It, Billy papers and public men were again be
sought a nurse's agency. No nurse
could be promised within three days coming arrogantly out-spoken.
Deeply impressive were the figures
at least. And though the malady from
of
the cost of the late war, in lives
which Beatrice suffered was not
necessarily serious, the doctor assured and dollars. It was the first time that
him that she must have immediate tho official statistics have been made
public and the tremendous totals
care.
Billy himself prepared his wife's shocked the president’s audiences.
breakfast coffee before he went to
Shows Cost of World War.
meet the Inevitable Aunt Drusilla, and
“The war.” said President Wilson,
Beatrice made a face over the coffee.
"It's horrid.” she said, ungracious cost Great Britain and and her Do
ly, "and you must insist upon taking mains $38,000,000,000; France $26,000,
your aunt to a hotel. She can't stay 000,000; the United States $22,000,-
here now. You see that—" The 000,000; Russia $18,000,000,000; Italy
voice ended In an Invalid's wall. $13,000,000,000 and a total. Including
the expenditures of Japan, Belgium
Billy hurriedly beat a retreat.
Billy considered his problems as he and other small countries, of $123,000,-
hurried his little car toward the sta- C00.000.
“It cost the Central Powers as fol
Hon. and when he saw his waiting and
half-forgotten aunt, his perplexity lows: Germany $39,000,000,000; Aus-
rla-Hungary, $21,000,000,000; Turkey
grew.
Here was not n quiet old body to be and Bulgaria $3,000,000,000.
“The United States," the president
lightly disposed of, but a smiling and
assured person In pleasing attire, her aid, “spent one million dollars an
shrewd eyes twinkling at his from be- hour night and day for two years In
Its struggle to save civilization. All
neath waving hair.
“My dear boy!" she cried, putting this, however, fades into insigni
tho
deaths by
forth her gloved hand In greeting. ficance when
Then, after his very brief response, battle are considered,” declared
president, Russia gave 1,-
an awful thing happened to Billy. the
Stooping In hurried embarrassment to 700,000 men; Germany 1,600,000;
start the car's engine, .the handle France 1,380,000; Great Britain 900,-
wrenched Itself suddenly free from >00; Italy 364,000; the United States
his grasp to deal him a terrible blo 50,300. In all, almost 7,500.000 men
Billy, white with pain, knew what perished in the great struggle, or
afterward proved to be true—that his 1,500,000 more men than died in all of
arm was broken.
the wars of the previous 100 years.
It was Aunt Drusilla who gently
Should Remember Recent Horrors.
forced him Into the ear, and her tom-
"These are terrible facts, and we
petent self at the wheel, took him
where prompt aid could be found. ought nover to forget them. We went
When the doctor had bandaged Billy into this war to do a thing that was
Into relief, Aunt Drusilla continued to fundamental for the world and what I
drive the ear home.
have come out on this Journey for is
White lipped and weak. Billy man- to determine whether the country has
aged to tell his aunt of his young forgotten or not I have found out.
wife's illness and of their now help- The country has not forgotten and it
less plight. Apologetically he sug will never permit any who stands
gested a hotel as her own temporary in the way of the fulfillment of our
refuge.
great pledges, ever to forget the sor
Aunt Drusilla good humoredly waved rowful day he made the attempt"
his suggestion aside.
Arbitration and discussion, the pres
“t wondered." she said laughingly, ident pointed out must replace force
"why It was borne forcibly upon me of arms in the settlement of world
that 1 must spend a month with you; controversies. Constantly he dwells
now I know !"
upon the fact that all the nations in
Beatrice's first Intimation of her un- the League agree to do one of two
welcome guest was when a sweet- things, first to submit their differences
faced woman bent sympathetically to arbitration, in which case they
over her bed, proffering, as she intro agree to abide by the decision ren
duced herself, an invitingly arranged dered, or. if unwilling to arbitrate, to
luncheon tray.
have their case discussed by the Coun
"Billy has had an injury to his arm." cil of the League, in which case six
the new aunt Informed her, "and I months is granted for discussion.
have made him comfortable upon the Three months must elapse following
couch.
the result of this last step in arbitra
"Now. sit up dearie, and let us get tion before the nation concerned can
acquainted while you sample my cook- declare war.
Ing. I am so glad that I happened to
Holds Out Hope for Ireland.
come where I’m needed." The blue
eyes twinkled through their glasses
The president took advantage of |
"I'm going to have such a lovely time,” , questions propounded by the San Fran-
Aunt Drusilla said, "fixing you and cisco Labor Council to give the infer
Billy up."
ence that he believes Ireland can bring
“Oh ! we must not impose—" began
her case before the League of Nations
Beatrice. But the little aunt silenced
for settlement when the League is
her with a smile.
"My dear!” she exclaimed, “this lit actually in existence.
Shan Tang, he declared, will bo re
tle service will be my pleasure. I am
turned to China. Japan, he said, had
so glad that t came."
Impulsively Beatrice held out her given her solemn pledge to that effect
And with the League of Nations tn
arms.
“I am glad, too.” she said, her eyes force, said the president, we ran. if
occasion arises, stand forth and say.
met the older woman’s honestly.
“This shall be done.”
(Copyright, tsi*. Western Rewspaner Union)
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of the West Ex
tension Irrigation District in Mor
row and Umatilla Counties did on
the first Tuesday in September,
1919, at a meeting of said Board,
held at the offices of The United
Stated Reclamation Service in Her
miston, Oregon, made a computa
tion of the whole amount of money
necessary to be raised by said Dis
trict for the ensuing year for any
and all purposes whatsoever in car
rying out the provisions of the irri
gation district law of the State of
Oregon; which computation inclu
des the following items, to-wit:
Operation and Maintenance. $15,000
Construction, $12,000.
Organization and Maintenance of
District, $2,825.
Which amounts shall be and con
stitute an asse.wment upon all the
land included in said District as
provided for in said irrigation dis
trict law.
Notice is further given that said
Board of Directors acting as a Board
of Equalization will meet for the
purpose of reviewing and correct
ing the assessments and apportion
ment of taxes as in said law pro
vided on the first Tuesday in Octo
ber, 1919, at the U. S. Reclamation
office in Hermiston, Oregon, at the
hour of ten o’clock a. m.. and con
tinue in session from day to day as
long as may be necessary to hear
and determine any objections by any
interested persons to the assessments
and apportionment thereof and any
other matters connected therewith
that may come before them, and the
Board shall change its assessment
and the apportionment thereof and
the list and the record of the same
as to irrigable acreage, description,
etc., in any respect and in such man
ner as may be necessary to make the
same Just and in accordance with
the facts. A duplicate list or record
of said assessments and apportion
ments giving the description of the
ownerships or holdings of each per-
ion. firm or corporation therein as
sessed or apportrioned has been pre
pared. one of which is a permanent
ecord in the office of said Board at
Hermiston, Oregon, and may be seen
upon inquiry of the Project Mana
ger of the Umatilla Project at said
office.
Done and dated at Hermiston,
Oregon, by order of the Board of DU
lectors of said District this Second
lay of September, 1919.
13-20-27
J. G. CAMP, Secretry.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior, U. S
Land Office at La Grande, Ore
gon, Sept. 17, 1919,
Notice is hereby given that Henry
M. Hubbard, of Echo, Oregon, who,
n May 3rd. 1916, made Homestead
Intry, No. 015830, for E1 Section
20. Township 3 N, Range 27 E.
Willamette Meridian, has filed no-
tice of intention to make three-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
bove desribed before W. J. Warner,
U. S. Land Commissioner, at Her-
■liston, Oregon, on the 3rd day of
November, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
eorge Pullar, John Prillar, Sher-
man Nelson, S. C. Cummings, all of
cho, Oregon.
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C. S. DUNN, Register.
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There have been found in the Phil
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mangosteen, but the exquisitely fla
vored liquid It contains has not yet
been successfully preserved for ship-
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REASON FOR INCREASED TELEPHONE RATES
1
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power in the labor and material market than has a dollar in the hands of
the individual.
2
Increases in wages and prices of materials cannot be paid without money
and the telephone company is no more capable of paying out money it
hasn t got than is the individual.
The telephone company must be provided with means to meet the demands
made upon it for increased wages and increased cost of materials. As
these increased costs are obviously reflected in the cost of rendering tele
phone service, the telephone company must ask the telephone using public
to pay for the service it receives.
Higher wages can be paid, increased costs of materials met, and satisfac
tory and improved service can be furnished, only when the rates are suffic
ient to meet the costs of rendering the service with a sufficient margin for
a reasonable return upon the investment.
A large territory served by a utility with many patrons may produce large
necessarily huge profits*. The State of Oregon is a
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and has large gross receipts but smail profits. Under present rates and
less than 3 per cent on the value of its property in
the state. The idea that a large corporation doing a large business must
necessarily be accumulating great wealth is a prevalent fallacy which the
public must get away from.
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Telephone rates in the State of Oregon have remained practically the same
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necessity which made it imperative.
ke your own comparison of - your
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sistent in comparison?
various classes to
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