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WAR TAXES TO BE PEACE KIND
The protected interests are going to try to make:
capital out of what they call the inadequate Underwood)
tariff law. It is common among me newspapers tun
trolled by these special interests to speak of the "war
taxes," which the administration has had to levy to make
up for deficiencies in the revenues. By war taxes they
mean such sources of taxes as are not or have not here
tofore generally been levied in time of peace. That this
has been done is true, and that more and more of the
revenues of the government will hereafter be collected
from these sources is also true. .
Heretofore, the tariff was depended upon largely to
meet the government expenses. It is the easiest tax col
lected, because it is an invisible tax. The person paying
it is not aware that he is paying a tax, to the government,
when he buys a foreign made article; and what is also
pleasing to the American manufacturer, the consumer is
not aware he is paying a tax to that gentleman when he
buys the .made-in-America article. However he is
awaking to this fact and also to the fact that the tariff
tax is the most unjust tax levied, for the simple reason
that it is a per capita tax, or in a large measure such.
The man with a family when he purchased his sugar
supplies paid a larger portion of the tax on sugar than
did the late Hetty Green with her hundred million dol
lars. It was the same with all the other necessaries of
life. It is a tax that permits the shifting of the cost of
government in a larger proportion than is just upon
those least able to bear it. For that reason it will never
again be used as about the principal source from which
the revenues of the country will be raised.
The Voter suggests that we "should abolish the alpha
bet." By this it means the system of placing names on
the ballots in the order of the initial letters of the candi
dates names be done away with. It points out that names
beginning with the earlier letters get the largest votes,
while those whose names begin with a letter toward the
tail of the alphabet are handicapped. It seems a trifling
matter but the statement is true. The primary ballots
show this in a marked degree. It might be well, as the
Voter suggests, to abolish the alphabet, and it might be
still better to abolish the primary system unless it can be
doctored into more workable shape than it is in at pres
ent. Another thing this brings to the surface is the in
telligence shown by a large fraction of the voters. They
vote the first names they come to on the ticket. This is
about as intelligent an exercise of the franchise as the
electing of an unknown person from Chicago as candidate
for vice president just because he paid the state the sum
of $150 for the privilege of nominating himself for that
position.
A sufficient number of names havng been secured the
bill making it unlawful to import spirituous or malt
liquors into the state will go on the ballot to be voted on
next November. At the same time another bill will, if
the names are secured, which it is claimed is assured, also
be placed on the ballot making it lawful to manufacture
4 per cent beer in the state and sell the same under the
same restrictions as now apply; to the purchase of foreign
beer. The fight will from all indications be a warm one.
There were thousands of votes cast for the constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture of liquors in the
state that will not vote for absolute prohibition. Whether
this element is strong enough to prevent the new proposed
law becoming effective can only be told for a certainty
after election day. It is however extremely doubtful if
the proposed law can carry.
Nearly every day the dispatches mention the fact that
there is a rigid censorship established over the movement
of troops on the Mexican border and in these same dis
patches, telling about it will be a long story about where
the different states' milita are stationed, when they will
arrive, and over what road. If Europe maintained this
kind of censorship we would know more of the details of
the war there.
J. N. Teal charges that the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroads encouraged Spokane and
other inland cities to reopen, the famous Spokane rate
case which resulted in the coast cities getting a hard jolt
at the hands of the interstate commerce commission
recently. The roads named deny this. The matter can
be easily settled and the truth arrived at. If the roads
would be benefitted by backing Spokane and encouraging
her to make the the effort to have the case reopened, it
is a safe bet they did. If that act would not help them
financially, the evidence is pretty conclusive that Mr.
Teal is mistaken. A railroad's conscience begins in its
pocket and ends in its purse. That conscience is what
governs its actions and all of them.
STATE NEWS
Attention is called to the fact that Hetty Green in
creased the fortune of $10,000,000 left her, to $100,000,000.
This is pointed to as a wonderful achievement. Was it?
$10,000,000 placed at interest at 6 per cent, and com
pounded, would have doubled itself in twelve years, that
is it would have been $20,000,000. This in twelve years
more would have been $40,000,000, in 36 years' it would
amount to $80,000,000, in 48 years to $160,000,000, and in
the 55 years she managed her nest egg it placed at inter
est as stated it would have amounted to more than $200,
000,000. As she only succeeded in making it reach half
this amount was she, after all, much of a financier. Given
a start and time, wealth comes in spite of one, if it is only
let alone.
With six hundred acres planted to flax, and the most
favorable growing conditions Oregon's flax experiment
should be pretty well tried out this season. Last year
there were several mistakes made, that will, in the light
of experience gained, be avoided this year. As a result
of this the showing in the way of fiber for the season's
crop should be good, and demonstarte that the Willam
ette valley is to be the flax center of the United States.
It means so much to the whole valley that every phase
of the work will be watched with intense interest by all.
The allies are still making gains on all fronts, but out
side of the Russian drive they are of comparatively small
areas. That now in progress on the : Belgian-French
front, it is claimed, recovered some fifty miles of terri
tory held by the Germans within the 72 hours following
the beginning of the combined assault. It is quite prob
able the advance, if any along this front, will.be much
slower in the future.
At Baker City Sunday while the minister of the
Methodist church, was in the midst of hi& sermon on
"Our Country," a flash of lightning came in at one
window and passed out of an opposite one . Baker City
lightning evidently patterns its church attendance after
that of the old miners of that region.
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If You Suffer from Backache, Lumbago, Kidneys or Rheu
matism Take Hot Water and "ANURIC"
Klamntli Fulls Herald: Klamath 'a
rainbow front sensation gained mater
ially yesterday. Honorable Roy W.
Witner, Marshal Spi-11 and Roy Bui liau
an all of Pendleton, nnd Round-up
boosters, had received ta tip on Four
Mile Lake. , They left Klamath Falsi
with Henry Stout.-yesterday morning
and returned the same day with' the
limit of the finest trout that have ever!
been caught iu a country where fine '
fish are the rule. A number of camera j
men collected at the White Pelican this,
morning to get snap shots at the catch. !
It took three men to hold up the trout
while he pictures were being taken. Kv-j
erv member of the party said he would t
gladly take a pack on his back and walk 1
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iv a uui -uiir mm- 11,1,11 jvitiiuti i 11 aiiii.-,
tor one hour's fishing.
American men and women must guard
constantly against kidney trouble, bar
cause we eat too much and all our food
is rich. Our blond is filled with uric
acid which the kidneys strive to filter
out, they weaken from overwork, be
come sluggish; the elimiuative tissues
clog and the result is kidney trouble,
bladder weakness and a general decline
in health.
When your kidneys feel like lumps of
lead, when-your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment, or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
duriug the night, when you suffer with
sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells,
acid stomach, or you have rheumatism
when the weather is bad, get from your
druggist "Anurie." Because of uric
acid in over-abundance in the B.vs
tjSM, backache, pains here and there,
rheumatism, gout, gravel, neuralgia
aid soiutia result. It was Dr. Pierc
who discovered a new agent, called
"Anuric" which will throw out and
eradicate this uric acid from the sys
tem. Dr. Pierce believes "Anuric" to
be 37 times more potent than lithia,
and consequently you need do longer
fear muscular or articular rheumatism
or gout,or ninny other diseases which
are dependent on an accumulation of
uric acid within the body. Send Dr.
Pierce, Invalids' Ifotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
10c, for trial package or $1.00 for full
treatment ,'Anuric. "
Dr. Pierce's reputation is back of thia
medicine and you know that hil
"Pleasant Pellets" for the liver ani
his "Favorite Prescription" for the ilia
of women have had a splendid reputa
tion for tho past 50 years.
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you like to grow up in the interior and ljjggj pUSUlCSS
urn-r uutv un tijiMM uiiiii v ui riiiM mi
a railroad train, or seeing one? ftucli
was the experience of our postmistress,
Miss Mnmie Winters. She left Burns
last Monday and for the first time in
her life saw a real train of cars at Riv
erside. Of course Miss Winters. knew
all about them, ami was as familiar
with their ways as any of us, but had
cess; neither is indepeudvnt of the oth
er; thev must succeed or fail together."
Breaks AH Records
STUDENTS WIN HONORS
Itella Friar and William Beck of the
New York, July 4. Elbert H. Onrj-, Perrydale high school have been suc-
Minirmnn nf the I'nitpil States Stee cessiui 111 wiiuuiik luc gimiuuiiuu
cornoratiou, in a stutemciit issued here
plomus in enmausliip from the A. N.
Palmer company of Cedar Rapids, Io
wa. These students are among the
vesterduv, assarted that the steel busi
mM nt flip I'tiitpH Stnti'g for domestic . f;vuf in lllr nntmtf n win tho pnvptpi
never had the chance to take a big trip jug? and for export is better than ever prize. Among the students to win th
nwav from home. She had planned sev-1 i its history. Production is larger, Improvement certificate in pen man
or nl trips, but something always hap-1 profits are greater and workmen are re- i ship arc Enis Stone. Altheu. Bissell,
pened to keep her nt her work and last j reiving higher wages, Mr. GaryjBert Lee, Kenneth Conner and Albert
Mondny was the first time she had a 'added. Mni-MWIr Dnllns Observer.
chance to leave her duties nnd go away
on a vacation.
Infilled orders of suhsidity compan
ies of the corporation, he said, amount
to nearlv 10.000.000 tons. The cornora-
Silvcr T.ake Leader: Opening of theltion is iirodiuinp- at the rate of 51.000
Klamath Indian reservation is regarded or 52,000 tons a day.
as an important move for the develop-! Discussincr labor conditions. Mr.'Garv
ment of central Oregon. Resolutions of said;
the Pnneville Coinmercml club declare, "There is little, if anv. real trround
Clears Away PI
imples
- There is one remedy that seldom fail
to clear away nil pimples, black heath
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uiiuiiuuiia un- aii, uitiia m jor compiaini on me iwrr oi em p iuv ers ; st j n sott, clear and uealtuy.
oe improveu ana rneir interests con- or em moves. "
served by the sale of a large portion of i "To employers of labor," declared
the land now within said Indian reser- Jfr. C4arv. "i would sav: Treat vour
vation; and that we urge our represeu- men rierht: treat them iustlv and liber-
tatives in congress to secure the pas- ally. To employes I would sav; Loyal.
sage of such legislation as will secure efficient service is sure to be reward
the prompt opening of said reservation d. Do not permit outsiders to infill-
to settlement and development.
La Pine Iuler-Mountain; Work on
the Newberry Crater road via the lhl
man nnd Erb ranches is progressing
rapidly this week, the crew now being
located about 10 miles east of La Pine.
The worst grade on the entire route
will not exceed six per cent, with an
average grade of much less than that.
The route selected is thought a wonder
ful volcanic region as it nenrs the Paul
inas, in one stretch the highway pass
ing over acres and acres of an extraor
dinary lava flow, the surface of which
is hard and smooth and will make an
excellent auto road.
Any druxeist can supply you with zcm.
which generally overcomes all skin dis
eases. Acne, eczema, itch, pimple,
rashes, black bends in most cases rive
way to zemo. Frequently, minor blem
ishes disappear overnight. Itching usu
ally stops instantly. Zemo ia safe, clean.
easy to use nnd dependable. It costs only
ence you to act contrary- to your owniS-V; anntra large bottle, $1.00. U
interests. To both empiover nnd em-1 will not stain, is not greasy or sticky an4
ploye I would emphasize the fact that ' . Positively safe for tender, sensitive
each must rely upon the other for sue- Zemo, Cleveland.
The Cherry Fair is over and the Fourth of July, the
nation's birthday, has been properly celebrated. Now
we can all get back to our usual avocations and begin to
get ready for the vacation which is due, and which comes
about this time of the year whether we need it or not.
Carranza, according to the text of his reply to Secre
tary Lansing's note, published in the Capital Journal to
day, has decided not to drive the American soldiers out
of Mexico. Somebody must have given the old man a
straight tip which he has very sensibly acted upon.
Forty per cent of the water power of the United
States is on the Pacific coast and fully one half of this is
in Oregon. Some day if it is not frittered away it will be
the state's greatest asset. '
Those enthusiasts who ascend Mt. Hood and think
they have had a hard climb should trade notes with the
ball teams who are tail enders.
One feature of the trouble with Mexico is a pleasant
one in army circles, and that is that it caused numerous
promotions.
Rend Bulletin: After more than 14
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cuii I'l lull I niuvirp n in i in in-,, i,.-
ment nnd experimentation by F. L.
Young, of Paisley, the soda ash deposit
nt Alkali lake, now under the control of
the American Soda Products company,
of Snn Francisco, of which John I).
Spreckles is the principal promoter, will
be opened for shipments this summer
to Tortlnnd nnd Snn Francisco markets.
The shipments to Portland will be via
Bend and the shipments to San Fran
cisco will be made via Lnkeview, dis
tributed equally.
Crook County Journal: Over a half
million dollars is represented iu a deal
registered at the court house, which
conveys to the Shevliii-llixon interests
2.",000 acres of timber land south of
Bend, from the Mueller Timber com
pany, of Davenport. Iowa. The govern
ment -stumps on the deed amount to
$540, thus placing the consideration
probably at 6540.000.
ASK YOUR NEIGHBORS
Trust Prices Cut in Half
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' Dentistry
50 Less
ini'KnumQs
THE SUMMER COLD
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 186S
CAPITAL
$300,000.00
Transact a General Banking Business
Safety Deposit Boxes
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
In winter, when you catch a cold, it seems the sane
and proper thing; with hosts of coughers you're enrolled,
and you can dance and smile and sing. The man who
isn't barking then, who doesn't sneeze and
wheeze and yip, can't hope to class with
other men who revel in the joys of grip.
But when you have a summer cold, and
cough a streak the long day through, you
suffer agonies untold, and there's no sym
pathy for you. You sit and suffer in your
flat, and feel like some back number dame,
who wears around a last year's hat, and
therefore can t get in the game. And e en
the druggist who'll dispense his cures, and
collar your doubloon, will hint that there is
little sense in having colds along in June. The doctor,
who in winter days, would soothe you with a kindly smile,
remarks he's tired of healing jays who have diseases out
of style. The man who has a summer cold no comfort
finds beneath the sky; if for a nickel he were sold, he'd
think the price was rather high.
It used to be the custom nnd mny
be now on remote farms for the
housewife to use her own knowledge,
good sense and judgment in dealing
w'th sickness iu the family before
sending for the doctor, unless in -serious
emergencies. After that, when
there wns no imeindiute danger she
would talk with her neighbors, women
who had had experience with sickness.
Any woman who suffers from ail
ments peculiar to her sex will do
well to ask her neighbors. She shouM
easily find one who has used I.ydia E.
Piukhnm's Vegetable Compound. Just
ask her about it!
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THAN ANY TRUST DENTIST IN OREGON
We examine your teeth (not your pocketbook) free of charge.
Part of every dollar you give a Trust Dentist goes to help keep up
the Trust in Oregon. Can you afford to pay $2 for $1 worth of old
style dentistry just to help the dental combine crush competition?
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ONE OF HETTY'S HEIRS
Portland. Or.. July 5 -Miss Mary
Howlnnd. a Portland nurse today
claims to be a beneficiary of the will
of the late Hetty Oreou. Her father
site says, was a cou."n of Hetty
(Ireeu's mother, both being descend
ants flf Oiileon Howland.
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tenia's katpitsbl a
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ful teem for ymu stay
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with friandi In tha tjry lobby
USTrt Cour'wry bonV
on a truly luxurious bad and
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Romm ith prMlaja of bath ft
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