TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, AUGUST 3 1916. What the Editors Say. Dairymen complain about oiled highways. They say the oiled dust blows into the fields and effects the eys of their cattle. Evidently here is a new problem to be solved.—Polk County Observer. ------ o------ California asks everybody to cat a lemon a day, Oregon wants us to eat an apple a day and Mexico wants us to eat a crow a day. So what is a poor overburdened patriot to do.—Mt. Scott Herald. Here’s one of the Louisville Herald dug up in an exchange: "The dryest story in the world”—an Irishman and a Scotchman wcie standing at the bar and the Irishman had no money.— Astorian. Well, for the love of Mike! And now they propose a geneial tax for the support of Portland’s Rose Fes­ tival, and a little while ago it was a tax to establish a steamship line to Alaska.—Hillsboro Independent. When you read of sailors from the submarine Deutschland cheering the French ambassador as they passed him on the streets of Washington, you get a view of internationalism that you wish certain European rulers would take.—Telegram. It is announced that England will deliver about $400,000,000 ¡n gold to this country within the next six months. And the banks of this coun­ try already hold so much of the yel­ low;'metal they scarcely know what tp do with it.—Polk County Observ- The prohibition party has met in convention and nominated a presi­ dent, which reminds us that, what­ ever individual members may have done, holding conventions and mak­ ing nominations is about all it ever has accomplished as a party.—Hills­ boro Independent. How raw* of us with the barbaric thought to condone capital punish­ ment in these days oi enlightened civilization was the attitude adopted by the “humanitarian” press but re­ cently. That was the press which said we were wallowing in the filth of obsolete barbarism. Yet listen today as they shout "There is no punish­ ment too severe for the fiend of fiends who plotted and executed the bomb throwing in San Francisco.” But we are in sympathy with their conversion.—Sheridan Sun. There’s a joke on the Salem States­ man. It recently said: “If Carranza would only shave off those whiskers we’ll have more faith in him. To the average American, there’s something in whiskers that breeds distrust. And yet—maybe Victoriano is wise. It might be a dead give away to cut ’em off. Many a bristling beard covers a retreating chin.” The Statesman being a standpat republican organ is open to the suspicion that it would not wish to carry its theory as far as the head of the republican ticket.—-Tele­ phone Register. Every town—and ours is no excep­ tion—has two distinct classes of citi­ zens—those who live in the memory of their fellow mtn, and those who are promptly forgotten. The man who is enegetic, perservering and keeps always in mind the welfare of the community in which be lives, will never need a marble slab to keep his memory green. The fellow who kicks and vollifies his own home town, will die unmourned and his neighbors will not even think of him long enough to forget him. Say a good word for your town—and say it again. You would be mighty glad you live in Dallas if you would get out and see some of the other towns in various parts of the country.—Itemizer. ------ o------ The Oregon Voter is launching a proposition to increase automobile licenses fees to $20 and up instead of $3 and up as at pesent. 'They figure that this would produce a fund of ap­ proximately $1,000,000 per year, which would be the basis tor a state I road fund. 1 his million dollars would I pay the interest on an $ 18,000,000 | state bond issue, which would be used I to construct hard surface roads over ( the state without increasing our taxes. ! The argument is that the autoists of ! the state get the most direct benefit from good roads and his additional fee would not be a burden to many of them and would put the state in a po­ sition to get some real results in the way of a system of state highways. The matter will probably be brought before the coming session of the state legislature.—Banks Herald. Eighteen farmers in the vicinity of Boise have been "conned” neatly in sums ranging from $15 to $50 by a stranger, who told them how easy it was to buy goods cheaper from a co­ operative store than from general merchants. The beauty of the whole j affair was that the farmers were not called on for any money. Nothing of the sort. All that he did was to sign for the amount of goods he wanted and when this was paid his stock was paid. Killed two birds with one stone. Besides he was to receive profit on his stock. But things are not always what they seem. In a few days the signers received notice from the bank that their notes were due, come in and pay. Some surprise as none of the signers knew they signed notes. But ihty did, and in due course of time Will be obliged to pay. The best plan s to patronize your home merchants, , ays an exchange.—Forest Grove ’ews-Timcs. ----- o A home without windows was built ir the blind in a certain _ English hnmunity. Scientific heating and Yitilation were provided. But archi- tsts and trustees reasoned that light not necessary in a house of sight­ ly people. Then they discovered th human beings, like plants, dwin- dband die when deprived of the lit* of th: sun. And they had to re- m their charges. 1 ; “We believe the people are fair and when once the situation is cijjrectly understood capital will be perfectly safe in Oregon and permitted to earn I a proper return on the investment. j | "There never will be an improve­ ment until the agitator is squelched and the corporations openly appeal to the public for fair play which is due I Keep Cows Well F«d. (By Prof. C. H. Eckles.) During the hot weather of July and August the milk flow of the average herd drops down nearly half. The How Oregon Has Been Looted. heat .and the condition of the pas- Oregon people are now asked to en­ tues common at that time of the year 1 gage in a letter-writing campaign to arft (he main causes of this drop. The save the remnants of their land grant flies, generally blamed, are of much less importance than other conditions. from confiscation. In other words, the citizens are to The real cause is the failure of the protect themselves against further animals to eat sufficient feed. Poor spoliation authorized by their repre­ pastures, heat, and flies may all con­ tribute to this result. It will be ob- I sentatives in Congress. 'The Sinnott bill asks that the forty served during the hot weather the ’ per cent proceeds of sale of the O. & cows will graze but little and come to C. land grant be expended in Oregon the barn at night evidently hungry. To produce three gallons of milk a on Oregon projects. From sale of Oregon public lands, day a cow has to gather at least 100 $10,717,000 has already gone into or 125 its of grass. If the pastures the U. S. reclamation funds, and only are short and the weather hot, gener­ ally this much grass will not be gath­ $3,671,000 of it spent in Oregon. In Oregon, 32 reclamation projects ered and soon the milk flow goes are mapped out that would require down. The influence of these summer con- $54,644,000 to complete them and not one project has been completed. ditions cannot be removed, but may _ _... r_______ The main thing is to improved. Two Oregon Senators and one Con­ be gressman back the government con­ see that the cow does not lack food. servation policies, while two Con­ They should be in the pasture at night and during the earliest part of gressmen fight for state control. It will largely be added to the two- i the day. If the pasture is short, feed thirds of the area of the state already silage or green crops. It is well known to all experienced with dairy cattle in forest reserve and untaxed lands. This has all been accomplished by that when the milk flow goes down politicians who appeal to the preju­ once for lack of feed, it is impossible dices of the voter who is ever ready to bring it back to wchre it was be­ fore by better feeding later. To get a to swat the railroads. high production of milk during the year the cow must be kept at a high The Eighteen Initiative Measures. level of production all the time. For this reason do not neglect the cows (Lebanon Criterian.) during the hot weather and expect July 6 closed the period in which them to come back strong again when measures can be placed upon the bal­ conditions become better in the fall. lot by the initiative. There will be Keep them going all the time. several of these measures again this year and it can safely be said that better results could be secured for the U. S. is Leading all Nations in Build­ ing of Trade Vessels. people if all the propositions were ■o----------- kept off the ballot and taken before the legislature where they could be For the first time in more than half thoroughly' analyzed before any _ . .a century the United States ship- serious attempt is made to enact them j building yards are more active than 4 into laws. I those ot any other country, according So little heed is given to the prep­ to a statement issued today by the aration of initiative measures that Department of Commerce, and the they are more often than not simply American output of the present year the idea of one man, or at best a probably will exceed that of the rest group of men interested, in enacting of the world. into law some paticular theory that I Building in Japan is so active for­ would result in their benefit financial­ eign contracts have been rejected in ly, and under the guise of being leg­ order to provide for the domestic de­ islation by the people secure some­ mand for vessels. Since the outbreak thing that is of real detriment to the of the European war, Germany has state at large, and, which, if it had not issued statistics of construction been presented to the legislature for of merchant vessels, and it is believed consideration could have never pass­ her shipyards are primarily employed ed the first committee without the on the construction of submarines "nigger in the wood pile” exposing and on other naval work. himself. ________________ I Norway’s output of 85 000 tons in ! 1915 was the largest recorded and Public Service Corporations. ' probably will be exceeded this year. The most complete records of the Bruce Dennis, editor of the La world's shipbuilding for a period of Grande Observer, one of the ablest years, the department bulletin says, newspaper men in the west, a Pro­ are those published by Lloyds Regis­ gressive leader and always a cham­ ter, showing merchant vessels over pion of the people’s reforms and 100 gross tons launched each calen­ grange and labor propositions, re­ dar year, not including vessels built views the situation of Public Service for rivers, barges and other unrigged corporations and the conditions of craft. the past. I For this reason Lloyds' figures are He admits that time has worked somewhat less than the government wonderful changes, from the old returns for the United States, the days when “the public be d—d” was Netherlands, Germany and other the rule with unwise managers, and countries with considerable river and cities and state legislatures with cor- canal navigation. porations as public enemies and says: j The world’s output of merchant "Who is to blame for this condi- - shipped during the calendar year tion? , , I 1913 was the largest recorded, and "No, not the public—not the con- ■ under normal conditions probably sumer?. ., , , . would not have been fully maintained Not the honest corporation, nor for two or three y(;ars following. mo n whn nirnctc tnp hnn* ' . ii e the knnncf honest man who directs the hon ­ --------- ------- - --------- | , 1 r,i he returns below for 1914 closed 1 est corporation. • I with the end of July, so far as Ger- •