TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT DECEMBLD 19, 1918.
the young boys are sold pis-, seconded later by that of Italy,
What the Editors Say 1 whether
tols, or whether they associate with France and America, made it impos-
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boys permitted to carry them. There sible that Germany could win.
is a state statute making it a inisde- ( It was not easy to see the part
meaner for dealers to sell guns to played by seapower, for much of it
minors. A dealer at Salem was re­ was everted behind the curtain or in
cently fined by the justice of the the wings, nor any easier to under­
peace $5 for such an act, when some stand its effect. Yet the fact remains
citizens were laboring under the im- that the navies of England ruled the
I pression there was no such law. seven seas and silently held the Teu­
With eggs bringing nearly 70c. a When a child is killed by careless tonic powers In the unbreakable
dozen al tile stores, and butter above und immature judgment in the use of grip of vice. There probably has
T c. per pound, it Is easy to see who fire arms it is too lute to mend the never been so perfect use of sea­
v. ill soon be our multi-millianaires. damage, and all we can do is to re­ power as the use of the British navy
1. must be the Democratic adminis- gret, .which gets us no where. Let’s during the recent war. It is the one
IV0RY--The Largest and Best Assortment ever Shown iu the City.
guard the young. They are in our arm of service that has done what it
t.alion fosters wealth.—Willamina
charge.
—
Telephone
Register.
was
set
to
do
und
has
done
with
Ti mes.
v / CUT jGUSS-We are Closing Out our Stock of Cut Glass at a Great Reduction. Now
scarcely a slip, setback or instance of
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1 is the Time to Buy Splendid Cut Glass for Christmas Presents.
No
matter
how
it
turns
out,
Presi
­
recklessness.
The
-defeat
of
Craddock
More then ten thousand Americans
dent
Wilson
could'
have
saved
much
off
Chile
is
the
only
instance
of
fail
­
t .diers have married French wives,
FRESH PURE CANDIES, in bulk or package, or in pretty baskets.
1 is said. Whether the boys will wear and tear on the nervous system ure that now conies to mind.
of tne world had he made clear be­
Bismarck knew that neapower had
I .ng the French lassies home with
fore
he
sailed
for
Europe
just
wlrnt
overthrown
the
great
Nepoleon,
and
MANICURE SETS-Leather Roll-Ups in Manicure Sets. Ail prices.
i or the girls will keep the boys
he proposed to do and defined the ex Bismarck look pains to w age wars in
in France, doesn't appear yet. Many
LETTER KNIVES, Clocks in Ivory, Gold Watches, Ivory Picture Frames.
men ure needed in France. Probably act meuning of his peace terms, and w hich seapower could not be used
especially that relating to the free­ against Prussia or Germany. But
most of them will remain there.—
dom of the seas. Utterances of both Emperor William, who is said to
FLASH LIGHTS. Fancy Pipes, Cigars in Christmas Packages, Amber Cigar Holders,
Telephone Register.
English and French statesmen and have told Mahan that he had devour­
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newspapers betray their anxiety as ed his books on seapower, misread
Travelers Sets in Genuine Leather, Purses of All Kinds.
It cost a lot of money to send our
to what the president has in mind them and mistook shadow for sub­
boys to France. It will cost just as
and they are losing no time in mak­ stance. He deluded himself into the
SHAVING SETS, Shaving Mugs and Brushes, Safety Razors, Card Games, Fancy
much to bring them buck. Uncle Sam
ing their own intentions plain. It belief that his navy was a match for
is spending money by the millions on
Playing Cards in Leather Cases.
may be the worry on both sides of England’s and that Germany’s future
the job he undertook. The fight is
over, but the "hall rent” is not all the Atlantic is without cause, but lay on the sea. His delusion caused
B00KS-A11 the Late Books, Large Assortment of Reprints, Leather Covered Poems,
why should have there been cause him to lean on a broken reed and
paid. Another Liberty (or Victory)
for
worry?
The
war
was
won
by
the
brought
him
to
a
Waterloo.
—
Spokes
­
Leather Covered Bibles and Testaments.
loan is coming up soon after the first
of the year. Better start preparing. American people they are entitled to man Review.
a voice in the settlement, and thereis
TINKERTOYS, Building Blocks, Dolls, the kind that will not break, Candies and
We have got to see the whole thing
thus early unmistakable evidence
through. While the fighting is all
Hun Spirit Unchanged.
Holders, Potted Plants, Cut Fiowcrs, Bulbs.
that there will be no settlement
finished, the job is not yet completed
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which they do not approve. The
•—Itemizer.
When the Prussian Guard returned
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, Seals, Tags, Tape, Cord, Crepe Paper, Holly Paper,
president may give his terms, but
' to Berlin last Tuesday, it was ieceiv-
unless
they
are
ratified
by
the
people
Festoons, Very Choke Engraved Christmas and New Year’s Cards, Package
The Irish are to ask the President
eu with distinguished honor. Streets
to work for self-determination of Ire­ they amount to nothing, and this be­ were decorated with evergreens and
ing so it is hard to find a good reas-
Perfumes
land at the peace conference, und it
ou why they should not have been flags, the troops marched under the
it could be made to apply only to
old
national
colors,
and
the
bauds
those Irishmen who had the courage told in advance just what the presi­ played "Deutschland uber Allies,"
dent considers so important that he
to fight for the right in the great
me bame national song whose music
war, and not to those who spent insisted upon laying personally upon and words filled Bering August 1,
the peace table. Such a course might
their time in resisting conscription
have saved possible later complica­ la if, when the Kaiser's invincible
and in philandering with the Hun,
arnij started to make "Germany
Independent.
tions.
we nuve no doubt that Mr. Wilson
over all a hideous reality.
would be glad to act.—Eugene Reg­
According to the head of the new
ister.
Higli Cost of Living and High
German government, the army of 2SHSH3?ja525u5Z5HSE525ZSÏïa5ZSÏ5a5Z525B5ESZ3R5?j2SZE?5cïïH5H52SH5ESÎSZS3.5ES~5c!5H3SEi5E5?5?525BCTSü5S52S?5E5Î !
the Kaiser was not defeated. Premier
Wages.
A Corning, California gill adver­
Ebert, tile chosen leader of a new
tising for a position in-tile Tillamook
Elbert H. Gray, chairman of a spe­ democracy, addressing the soldiers, dices opposing the general trend of
Headlight says: "A strong healthy cial committee of the American Iron niadq this astounding utterance:
public sentiment i un away with
country girl wishes permanent em­ and Steel institute, gives wise coun­
"Your deeds and sacrifices are un­
ployment on a large ranch. Can plow, sel when lie urges employers not to exampled. No enemy overcame you. their judgment. It also teaches that
milk cows und do anything out doors attempt to reduce wage scales at Only when the preponderance of our the judgment of the average «ran on
and wear overalls.' That girl should- present. He sees that while labor is opponents in men and material grew the street is more apt to be sound
not be required to look long for em­ receiving higher compensation than ever heavier did we abandon the tliah that of many a man to whom
we entrust the training of young
ployment when hundreds of bache­ ever before, wages ure no higher struggle.”
men’s minds. In fact, it is a warning
lors who shy at the high heeled girls than are "proper and just” ill view
Germany does not admit defeat,
with a low cut dress are searching 01 the cost of living. He predicts that When the fighting got too heavy, she got to permit our colleges to fall in-
for a wife not afraid to work. Sun. if business will be fair to its employ- ' merely quit. In the same breath, .,to the hands of men who have violent
prejudices or peculiar opinions or
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es, Its customers and its competitors, Premier Ebert tries to convert Ger­
Already a number of people who the next five years “will be the most man atrocities into German honor by who become cranks on any subject.
We want level-headed men as pro­
went from this section to Portland progressive, prosperous and success- saying:
fessors and teachers, and educators
and other places to work in the ship ful in our history.”
"You endured undescribable suf­ should strive to keep their heads
yurds have commenced coining back
On the other hand labor should ad­ ferings, accomplished incomparable
and more will follow shortly. A lot just itself to the fact that continu­ deeds, and gave, year after year level.—Oregonian.
of them won’t be anything ahead for ance of present high wages must proofs of your unshakeable courage.
the move. Wages were high, but so mean a continuance of the present You protected the homeland from in­
Eagles or Dodoes?
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were living expenses, and, since the high cost of living, for, as Judge vasion, shielded your wives, children
The naval appropriation bill, now-
war ended unexpectedly, the Job Gary says, "labor constitutes the and parents from flames and slaugh­
isn't lasting as long us anticipated. greater cost of production from the ter and preserved the qations work­ under consideration in the House
Those who hud reasonable good jobs raw material down to ine finished shops and lielus Horn devastation. Committee, is furnishing an oppor­
tunity for the Republicans to initiate
here would have been wiser to have product and its use by the consum- Vou can return with heads erect."
their announced program of re­
remained with them. Itemizer.
Many
Americans
believe
that
lios-
er.”
trenchment in war expenditures. The
Take wheat for an example, It iuiiies should not have ceased until
Henry Ford is going to- give up costs the farmer more to produce the German army was destroyed, i he proceeding before the coifimittee
the management of the Ford motor breadstuff and high labor is the over reception of the Prussian Guard and have brought out already some start­
plant and begin the publication of u whelming factor In that increascd the premier's speech will strengthen ling facts. For instance, it appears
national weekly newspaper. Weil, if cost of production, It touches the the oeiief that tile armistice was that of the 112 eagle boats to be
built by Henry Ford only one is in
Fold embarks in the newspaper husl- producer at every angle—in the signed ten days too soon.
commission, and 12 more are about
ness, it is very tortunale for him higher wages he paye directly, in
in quite another way, and right
over to the
that he made his fortune first, He high cost of seed, of farm animals here in Oregon, we have proof that ready to be turned
won't need to die a rich man if he und their feeding, of machinery, of the military autocratic spirit of the Italian Government. The entire con­
sticks to the game long enough. And gasoline, of harvesting and threshing plain German people has not been tract is to cost about $50,000,000,
it muy be thut he is looking ahead, charges, of delivery to the railroad, changed by defeat. Miss Wilhelmina yet the navy department recom- j
for the Bible tells of the difficulty of transportation to the mills and Doerller, teacher of a country school mends that it be proceeded with un- |
-
— '—
til completed. It is suggested that
of a rich man entering the kingdom from the mills to the consumer.
not far from Salem, pasted a picture
while
they
are
no
longer
useful
for
of heaven. Observer.
Beyond all that the farmer must of William Holienzollern alongside war purposes, the eagles can be used I
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pay higher prices for everything that of Woodrow Wilson on the wall
in the Phillipines and along our
If anyone wonders why the politi­ bought for his family's consumption of the school room. It scarcely need coasts. Such arguments are not ap­
cal complexion of the senate was He must have a greater profit to live be added thut Miss Doerfler has re- pealing to the Republicans of the
k.
Changed in the midst of the greatest as well as he und his family lived be­ signed.—Telegram. *
committee, and it is probably that
fore
on
a
smaller
profit
for
his
dol
­
war the world has ever known the
they will insist that the Ford con­
answer is found in the report of the lar lias shrunk in purchasing power
tract be cancelled. The appropria-
Only
Unconsciously
Tools.
National Security League, which, by exactly as the workingman's dollar
| tion for the navy last year amounted
the way, is non-partisan, and which has shrunk.
to $1,800,000,000 but this year the
What is true of wheat Is equally I It would not be fare to assume that
concerned itself with records of votes
estimates call for $2.400,000,000. It
meats,
all
of
the
true
of
men whose names appear is certain that when the bill emerges
and not politics. This record shows
dairy products, vege-
that on what are now considered the tables, fruits, metals, fuel, wool, on the list given by A. Bruce Bielas- from committee the republicans will
main war measures but 16 per cent leather and every other commodity. ki us "actively pro-Germans” before have succeeded in lopping from it
of the Democratic senators voted Increased wages have gone into pro- the United States went into the war some huge slices. Representative T.
right every time while on the same duction at every stage of a commod- 1 knew that thew were working for S. Butler, of Pennsylvania, ranking
| Germany or that they were counted
measures the record shows that 57 ity. '
republican member of the committee
If wages stay ' up the high cost of as helpers of the German cause
per cent of the Republican senators
has signified his intention to insist
voted right every time. With 50 living cannot come
<
down. If the against the allies. Many , of them on the elimination from the bill of
Democratic and 39 Republican Sena­ high cost of living stays up, wages have such distinctly German names all war items that can now be dis­
BELL phone , main 3. MUTUAL PHONE.
tors the proportion voting right was can not fall. Any attempt to ignore that they no doubt intentionally did pensed with.—Umpqua Valley News.
66 per cent of the Democrats and 11 or disregard that economic fact will all they could for the Fatherland.
per cent of the Republicans. Which be mischievous and demoralizing.— but many other names are as distinc-
i tly non-Gernian, and. with rare ex-
goes to show that the voters had a Spokesman Review.
: ceptions, other motives for their con­
very correct line on the situation
duct must be sought.
after all. Hillsboro Independent.
A Bloodless Trafalgar and Its Mean
With the great majority of this
■o
ing.
last class the moving impuls must
Why not settle the war of words
have either been devotion to the pa­
over the issue of cigarettes by sol­
The British navy and the German
diers by leaving lt to the soldiers navy met on the high seas at last, cifist cult or a prejudice against any
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48.
cause which was supported by men
themselves? The literature of the but it wus after the
war and without of wealth, or a mixture of both. Col­
war appears to be practically unan­ fighting, and the Briton and the
umbia University seems to have been
imous in showing that most sol­ American together could have said:
a stronghold of this type of man, for
diers smoke slgarettes. und the con­ We have met the enemy and they
no less than three of its professors
sumption seems to be only limited by are ours”! The meeting of the two
are on the list of the Kaiser's’ friends
the available supply. So why not let armadas, although it was not a ra­
while Princeton has two. Dr. David
it go at that? It is of course proba­ ging tragedy of the ocean, neverthe­
Starr Jordan would not knowingly
ble that the American hubit of de­ less had grandeur and struck the
heip the cause of such an urch-crim-
ciding u question to suit ourselves note of grand drama. The surrender
inal as William II. but he let his
and then attempting to force others of the German fleets marked the
hatred of war ran away with his
to do as we think best will prevail, downfall of Germany as a naval pow­
judgment as to when war was not
but when a man gives up about er. put the American navy into the
everything else add goes across th second place, next to Great Britain, only justifiable but neces.-ary. Pro-
fessor John W. Burgess was probably
seas to fight our battles it would and illustrated the indespensableness
Infected with kulture while serving
seem thut he might decide for him­ of seapower in war as it had seldom,
as exchange professor at Berlin, in
self whether he desires to add what if ever, been demonstrated before.
fact the Kuiser seems to have pro­
opponents of the cigarette declare Is
There has never been a greater moted the
exchange system tor
a danger to health to other unheal­ triumph on the ocean than that
thy things he must encounter. It which was symbolized by the aur- the purpose of injecting pro-German-
might be added parenthetically that render of the German navy. It sur- ism into American colleges. Robert
the writer does not smoke cigarettes. passed those victories off the NUe I. Ford is so fervent a hater of Eng­
land that his ruling passton could
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re
and off Trafalgar which destroyed easily be played upon, while Frofes
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French seapower more than a cen­ sor A. B. Hart, of Harvard, is always
Too many young boys of tender age tury ago and helped immeasurable to
glad of a chance to
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FROM CLOUGF’S
muckrake the
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In McMinnville are permitted to car­ ■ring about the full of Napoleon. It
corporations, whom i the pro-Germans
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ry revolvers. This fact was noticeable hould make us understand clearly
for this occasion called munition
on Nov 11. when everybody was Ju­ ■Hat seapower won the war for Eng­
The Store that gives you more goods foHew Money Tin
bilating over the military victory. land and it* allies. From the first manufacturers.
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The
revelation
is
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a
lesson
to
men
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- riLLAMOOK,ORE.
Parents In thia town are concerned day of the war British sea power.
not to let st long opinions and preJu- '»
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Here's hoping the new year will see
a paved highway from McMinnville
to Portland and from here to the
c: a. Certain portloqs of this high-
v._ should be completed the coming
year anyway.—News Reporter.
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