TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. APRIL 4. 1918,
WITH THE EDITORS
Discuss Questions of
Interest to People.
If that big drive on the western
front keeps ‘hitting her up" until
the May primaries the average candi
date for public office will have to
shoot his platform from one of those
70-iiiile guns in order to reach the
cars of the voters.—Umpqua Valley
News.
William Howard Taft set a good
example a few days ago when lie in
formed the leaders of his party that
he would lend his assistance in the
coming political campaign so long as
it did not interfere in giving his
hearty support to the present admin
istration at Washington in its con
duct of the war.—Newberg Enter
prise.
The editor of the Itemizer has been
in the newspapei business since ’897.
We have been pleasing and displeas
ing the people ever since. We have
been cussed and discussed, talked
about, lied about, lied to, iiung up and
rubbed dow n. The only reason we arc
staying in the business now' is to see
what is ■going to happen next.—Item
izer.
Many persons have a high wage
now. The reason for unprecedental
■wages is because- the government is
driven by war extremities and vicis
situdes to pay high prices for every
thing it gels. It always will be the ef
fect of war. But after the war, what ?
How much wage can you expect then
with the boosting effect of war gone?
Will it not be wise for you now
through purchase of Thrift Stamps to
lay. aside something for the lessor
wage of those leanor days ahead?—
Telephone Register.
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’ The danger of tieing your own
hands is shown in the case of the 6
per cent limitation law, and it is on
ly right to the state that this danger
was pointed out by the Independent
and other newspapers when the law
was under discussion. But the law
was adopted and with Oregon facing
the unavoidable expenses of war and
increased expenses of maintaining
state institutions it is not possible to
increase state taxes more than 6 per
cent above last year. A way out is
now being sought, but even if it is
successful the next step should be re
peal of the limitation law, now that
its danger is clear.—Independent.
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if you will get tile papers of 1864-5
you will see that the same old growl
was raised about Lincoln and the nd-
ministration that is being raised to-
day against war tncasures. There is
always a class of stay at homes, who
know just how things should be run
and know all about conducting a war
—away from the front. The same
stories of profiteering and steals, the
shoddy contracts and poor food were
told then as now, were true. The best
way to get rid of all this is to take the
thieves out and shoot them. They care
not whether the boys in France suffer
or not, if they can make their millions
Every day one reads of dividends de
clared up in the millions made by
swindling the government and these
transactions are as tratorou* as to
blow up a munition plant.—News
Times.
Hopes of peace arc seen in the great
German offensive on the western
front incongruous as it may seem.
The Huns are hurling themselves
against an impenetrable wall, it is felt,
and it can only be a question of a
abort time when their own crazed
impetuosity will be their undoing. If
the allies can hold them in this drive
for a time, no human power can sus
tain the losses which are being in
flicted upon them and survive. A loss
of 400,000 men in a few days, with 110
result except a few square miles of
barren territory, will serve to at least
bring the nation to its senses, if it
does not serve to sober the fame-
crazed emperor and his puppets. It
■cents reasonable to believe, therefore
that peace on the allies ’ terms has
not been so near for many months as
now, even though men arc dying like
flies on the French battlefield. This
appears to be the first, or almost the
first, battle on the western front
which had indications of having tre-
liicndous and permanent results, The
battle of \ erdun could have been w on
or lost without cither side being vital
ly effected, but this battle which is
raging now is of more consequence,
at least to the Huns, because it is a
final test of strength and endurance,
and if they lose, they will almost be
compelled to admit their ultimate de
feat. These art some of the reasons
why peace may be nearer than wc
suspect. Of course, peace will not
come today or tomorrow ; bill if this
battle i won, it will be brought near
er than by any other ten battles
fought so far in the war. -Folk Coun
ty Observer.___________ ___
The Kaiser’s Desperate Gamble.
Viewing the battle broadly, the al-
tied line hold*. The British forces
Itave given some ground, but it was
■onml generalship
to yield terrain
rather than suffer excessive loss of
life. It would be wrong generalship to
hold the line rigidly against an offen-
—c of tin-, magnitude, launched with
■st t<-rriiii artillery lire ever
^USfollowed by infantry as-
* ^^»i^hjnnatiun.
If the line holds against this on
slaught the net result will spell defeat
for the Germans, for they will have
failed of their real objective and will
have paid a dreadful price in loss of
life, in the shattered physical and
uioral strength of their armies, and in
the utlimate disappiontment that will
sink into the minds and hearts of the
German people .
\\ c are to hold our hearts courage
ous, remembering that the kaiser’s
legions were much nearer Paris three
I and a half years ago, and that French
i heroism held them then against heav
ier odds than the allied forces are fa
cing now.
1 he thoughtful view taken in Lon
don, Paris and Washington, that the
kaiser and his general staff were
driven by desperation to this desper
ate gamble, seems warranted by sur
veys taken from many angles.
As Premier Clemenceau, courage
ously says in his newspaper, “We are
facing an enemy w ho w ishes to end it
as soon as possible. That suits us.'
Sooner or later the issue must be
fought out on the western front, with
dreadful sacrifices, and it is better
that the Germans should hurl their
men to heavy slaughter against our
entrenchments than that we should
bear the heavy losses that would at
tend a forced assault on the enemy's
defenses.—Spokesman Review.
Secret Enemies at Home.
The task of this country in the
present war, would be greatly simpli
fied and greatly reduced in its mag
nitude were all our country’s enemies,
in the German and Austrian armies,
remarked John J. Cornwell, governor
of West \ irginia, the fact that there
are hundreds of thousands, even mil
lions, of enemies scattered all over
the land, either conspiring to poison
our soldiers or to poison public opin
ion that supports them; conspiring to
dynamite industries making munitions
and supplies for our army or to de
moralize public opinion and destroy
the morale of the people upon whom
the men in our army and navy must
rely for support—these facts and
these activities mean not only a prol
ongation of the war and a larger loss
of life, but it means tears otherwise
unshed and sorrow otherwise un-
known.
The forces of evil ,of disorganiza
tion, of disloyalty and of enmity to
America and its institutions are mani
festing themselves
in many ways.
Many good people unconsciously fall
victim to these sinister forces when
they complain of slight inconven
iences resulting from war conditions
when they agitate, rail and criticise
because their business is suspended
for a few days or their profits are
lessened by a few dollars; when they
allow the spirit of selfishness and of
greed to temporarily outweigh and
over-balance the spirit of sacrifice
and of service.
Greed and gain arc not weapons
with which we can win this war.
They are the motives that inspire it,
as manifested and illustrated when
Germany undertakes to talk separate
peace with Russia, wanting to absorb
a large portion of that country and to
dominate tile rest. W e can win the
war only with sacrifices, sacrifices yet
undreamed of; with service, service
greater than we have anticipated,
all, let us keep watch and
Above
guard in order that the enemy may
propaganda, by
not, by insidious
falsehood, innuendos, and agitations,
demoralize the people at home upon
whose soldierly and patriotic co op
eration the men in our army and
navy are depending.—Umpqua Valley
News.
A Spinster Cbeered “Her Boy.”
She was a tall, comely middle aged
woman, capable looking and good na-
tured, the very type to make a splen
did mother for half a dozen boys and
girls, says the Philadelphia Record.
But she and her sister had never mar
ried, consequently the other members
of the Red Cross circle, knowing
there were no young sons or nephews
to serve their country, were surprised
to hear her speak proudly several
times of ‘my boy". Finally one wom
an asked for an explanation.
“To me,” was the reply, "one of the
most touching phases of all this war
is the number of boys now enlisted
who have absolutely no one, not even
a distant relative, to care about their
welfare. No one writing to them, no
one praying for them, no one wailing
with open arms to welcome them
home. So 1 was glad when, on com
pleting an entire knitting set, it was
sent to one of these waits. Attached
was the regulation tag, bearing my
name and address.
“Witlun a week my Icliir arrived.
The writer proved to be a young
Irishman, well educated, as the nns-
sive showed, and it was filled, not
\8th requests for more gifts, but w ith
gratitude and exuberant thanks for
what had already been received, He
addressed me several times as 'my
lad)' and 'my dear lad)’, while at I the
close- he had modestly written the
words, ‘1 like chocolate.’
"Finally, thinking there might be
some misunderstanding on his part
when next I wrote it was to inform
him that I was not the romantic
young girl, but a woman of some age,
and then came the reply: "That
doesn't make any difference. You arc
my lady!”
“So, although I have no sons of my
own. do you wonder that I l.o. to
speak of that warm-hearted mother-
| less jouug Irish lad a- my bo)
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Germans Don't Like Air Raids.
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Germany has no surplus of airships.
The fact that aircraft must be needed
for military purposes are being di
verted for use in raiding English
and French cities shows plainly that
the government is trying to platate
the civil population at home by in
flicting as much,damage as possible
on the enemy. Air raids were highly
popular in Germany in the early days
of the war when the raiding was all
done by Germans. Since English and
French airmen began energetically
bombing industrial and military cen
ters in Germany, a condition almost
of panic has been created in many
German towns. Practicing frightful-
ness is popular in Germany only so
long as it is not visited on the heads
of Germans themselves.
Feeding 1,000,000 Soldiers.
To maintain the American army in
France, too pounds of gross tonnage
a day must be landed in French ports
for each man, according to Captain
Earl J. Zimmerman, executive officer
in the depot quartermaster’s
nient in Chicago.
“The American people have no con-
ceptiun of the quantity of supplics
needed for the men 'over there,' said
Capain Zimmerman, “nor of the dif
ficulty of getting it to them. For ex
ample, it takes 23,000,000 pounds of
frozen beef each month to feed a mil
lion soldiers.”
In explaining the food supply of the
American soldiers abroad and the
manner in which it must be sent, Cap-
lain Zimmerman gave a general pic
ture of the difficulties of the quarter
masters’ corps in constantly maintain
ing a sufficient quantity of food.
According to his statement, the men
in France are on a “garrison ration’’-^
the same as soldiers at cantonments
in this country. This ration is five
pounds a man each day. This weight,
however, includes eating utensils and
container. For a million men, 150,000-
000 pounds of ration a month are re
quired, amounting to 4000 car loads.
A list of the food required for a mil
lion men for 30 days would include
the following.
Twenty-three million pounds of
frozen beef.
Thirty-seven million five hundred
thousand pounds of flour.
Six million pounds of bacon.
Two million cans of beef.
One million cans of corned beef.
One million cans of corned beef
hash.
Three million pounds of sugar.
Two million four hundred thousand
pounds of coffee.
Nine hundred and seventy-three
thousand pounds of butter.
At all times, Captain Zimmerman
said, a 30-day supply is maintained in
France.
The British Bull Dog Will Win.
whelm which demands a terrible toll
of men and munitions. But it does not
know the present mood of the Eng
lish army, for knowledge of the psy
chology or moral disposition of an
opponant has always been wanting to
the German. The British in Flanders
and France have had a long rest from
last year’s terrific warfare and have
awaited this onslaught with the surest
and most eager confidence that they
will shatter it eventually. Such an as
surance makes every soldier of Eng
land equal to at least two men in
fighting power.
There is not the slightest reason
for anxiety as to the final outcome of
this battle-. Tile- Germans were moral
ly defeated before they came on.
Again the British Bulldog will win.
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How a Thousand Dollars Was Lost
MAN who received a legacy kept the money in
his home until his death. At that time the ad
ministrator of his estate discovered that the
money would have earned over a thousand doL
if it ha 1 been deposited in an interest bearing
iccount at the bank. This comfortable sum was lost
is a result of the money being idle during its owners
life. The money was also constantly subject to loss by
tire or burglary as well as being idle. Do not allow
money to remain idle at home; but deposit it with this
bank for safety and interest earnings.
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Convenient Location and Fine Quarters.
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Grant Mills, kindly call, at the City
Recorder’s office and settle same,
with Kathleen Mills.
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SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT
%
OF THE
Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company
of Springfield, in the state of Massachusetts,
on the. 31st day of December, 1917, made to
the insurance Commissioner of the state of
Oregon, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of capital stock paid
up ..................................................... Purely mutual
Income.
Total premium Income.............. $ 14.619,930.86
Interest, dividends and rents
received during the year. . .
Income from other sources re
ceived during the year.........
Total Income ................................ $ 20.235.2C2 83
IMsburseinente.
Paid for losses, endowments,
annuities and surrender val
ues .................................................... $
Dividends paid to policyhold
ers during the year...................
Commissions and salaries paid
during the year..........................
Taxes, licenses and fees paid
during the year............................
Amount of all other expendi
tures .................................................
CLOUGH’S CARBOLIC
COMPOUND
For disenfecting zvhere Contagious or
infectious diseases are prevailing.
CARBOLIC COMPOUND is a power
ful Germicidal mixture and by its use
will improve general stable conditions.
C. I. CLOUGH CO
Total expenditures ,4U...........$
Aneta.
Market value of real estate
owned............................................... $
Market value of stocks and
bonds owned ..............................
Loans on mortgages and col
lateral, etc.......................................
Premium notes and
policy
loans .................................................
Cash in banks and on hand...
Net uncollected and deferred
premiums .......................................
Other assets (net)..........................
RELIABLE
DRUGGISTS.
Total assets ................................ >100,768,579.83
Total assets admitted in Ore
gon
................................................ $100,768,579.83
Liabilities.
Net reserve ............................
$ 87.950.633 00
Total policy claims unpaid
288,906.49
All other ■ liabilities.......................
0.704.885.06
All other liabilities........................
5.844.155 28
Total liabilities,
_________ , exclusive
_________
of capital stock of (purely
mutual)
.$100,788,579.83
Business in Oregon for the Year.
Total insurance written dur-
ing thr year ............................... $
747,320.00
Gross premiums received dur-
year ....................................
................................
Ing the
___........
204.381 60
Premiums returned during the
year...................................................
*4.519.78
Looses paid during the year. .
53.849.00
Losses incurred during the
year .................................................
64.849 00
Total amount of insurance out
standing in Oregon Decem
ber 31, 1917 .................................
C,082.523. OO
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSUR
ANCE COMPANY.
By WHEELER H. 1LALL. Secretary.
Statutory resident general agent and at
torney for service, H. G. Col too, Portland,
(J r eeon.
The reason ft>r the delay of Ger
many in dealing the gigantic blow at
England can only be surmised, but it
is not improbable that it was partly
if not entirely owing to the high com
mand’s doubt of the morale of the
German army. Much of it is weak, it
had been proved before last Thurs
day that the Teutonic troops engaged
in raids were war weary and disinclin
ed to tight. It was probable that the
main body of the German armies in
tile west would prove unequal to the
moral strain of a prolonged offensive.
Emperor William, Hindenburg and
Lundendorf must know, as military
men, that the spirit of their troops
will keep
and their quality in attack can not be
the same in 1918 that they were in
you dry as
fish brand
1915. They should know, if acquainted
nothing
with history, that the sole wars Eng
else will
^Unlhe(
land has lost in nearly seven centur
ies are the war with Scotland in the
- DEALERS EVERYWHERE
14 century, the war with France in the
A. J TOW^R CO — — BOSTON.
15th century and the war with Ameri
ca in the 18th century. With the ex-
ception of the defeats inflicted by
Joan of Arc, the only failures of the
English in war have been caused by
men who themselves were of English
blood. By-and-large, the British are
unbeatable.
Turning to more immediate consid
erations and practical proofs, w hat do
A medicine which has
we find? This; Not since the second
given satisfaction to its
battle of Yprcs have the Germans un
users for over 40 years,
til now attempted a big battle against
as Cardui has, must be a
the British. For their
offensives
good medicine. If you
against France they have nothing to
suffer from female
show but costly failure at the Marne
troubles, and need a reli
and at Verdun. W hen all odds were in’
able, strengthening tonic,
favor of Germany in the west it failed
of real medicinal value,
to win. For a year past it has had to
as proven by the experi
use storming troops, picked soldiers
ence of thousands of
of exceptional courage and training,
women users,
to make counter-attacks against the
British. In a great offensive, however,
TAKE
Germany’s chance of victory depends,
not upon special bodies trained for
assault, blit upon ordinary divisional
troops. Many of these are the wreck
age of shattered divisions, first sent
to Russia for rest and then drained of
their best for renewed service in
France or Belgium. The residue can
not be first cless soldiers. Now, a
Mr*. C. S. Budd, of
chain is no stronger than its weaken
Covina, Calif., in writing
ed link, it follows that in an offensive
of her experience with
on a great scale the strong divisions
Cardui, says: "1 took a
bottle at 13 years old, and
are handicapped by the tired or en
it cured my headaches.
feebled divisions participating in mas
I have taken it since mar
sed attacks.
riage, and received much
On the opposite side exists another
help from it. Cardui is
factor which is sure in the end to
the best medicine 1 ever
took ... it was the only
stop the German assault. This is the
temper of the entente armies and the V1 medicine ... that helped
my barit...” Try Cardui.
repeatedly proven power of the Eng
lish defense. The German command
All Druggists
has learned much about this power,
EBU
and knows that the British have enor-
inously strong defensive systems.
reaching a depth of 20 mile*, tq over
Let er Rain
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