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August 21, 1917
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"KEEP OFF THE GRASS"
As the Capital Journal predicted several days ago, the
I. W. W. movement proved to be a great blutt, and tneir
strike that was going to paralyze the country was a com
plete fizzle.. They have made themselves a laughing stock
just as did Coxey's celebrated army when at its invasion
of Washington when the nation was trembling lest some
thing dreadful was going to happen, a blue-coated cop set
tled the whole movement with the' warning to "keep off
the grass." Then everybody laughed and the Coxey army
dunk flwav unable to bear the country's ridicule. To the
Aay paiiinrr nil thpir workers from the fields and mines.
nf thp four northwestern states, only about 200 respond- however, who place party above country, and these are in
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JUST IDLE SPECULATION
Someone writes the Oregonian asking what would
have happened had Hughes instead of Wilson been elected
last November. The Oregonian very wisely says the sub
ject is "too vast for speculation," and besides it is at the
best but idle guess work. We know what has happened
.and are confronted with something far more tangible
than speculation as to what would have been the" result
had the premises been different. One thing is quite cer
tain and that is that we should have had war with Ger
many just the same since the evidence is overwhelming
that Germany fully intended to attack the United States
had she conquered the allies. It is also certain she would
have continued her submarine ruthlessness, since that
alone was all that was left her as even a chance for vic
tory. It might have come sooner, or possibly been delayed
longer, but conditions were such that war could not have
been avoided. There is another feature in this connec
tion that might have had some bearing on the situation,
and that is the fact that congress in both branches is
democratic, though the house is about evenly divided. It
is a question as to whether a republican president would
have had as little opposition as has Wilson. Unfortunate
ly politics enters into war measures as everything else,
though it is no time for politics or politicians. The repub
licans have generally backed the president and no doubt
had Hughes been elected the majority of the- democrats
would have stood firmly behind him had war started
These are war times and Americans regardless of politics
should stand firmly behind the administration, .and this
whatever its politics. There are some office holders,
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by Walt Mason
ed. Hardly a corporal's guard compared to wnai tney
had boasted would quit worK at tneir commanu. xi veu
fies the statement that this gang will not work except
with their mouths, and consequently when the call was
made for all affiliated with the modern and dishonorable
order of Weary Willies to quit work, there were none to
ouit. A few of the leaders in Spokane were arrested by
federal troops, and as the mayor had retused to put an
end to street speaking the officer in charge did. All that
is now required is prompt punishment for any overt act
and the I. W. W. calliope cease its screeching. One of the
amusing features in this connection was the virtuous ap
peal of that arch conspirator, William Haywood, who
safely housed in Chicago has been directing his Adullam
ites, and who advising the disobedience to and setting
aside of all laws, suddenly "Voices the affirmation that
the arrest of his misguided followers 'in Spokane was
"unconstitutional." He appeals to the law to protect him
and his followers in breaking the laws. That is about all
the lay his kind has any use for.
Miss Grace Lusk. the school teacher who shot and
killed the wife of Dr. David Roberts because she was in
love with the man and wanted him for herself left some
letters which show some folk's idea of that much dis
cussed thing called "love." She states her position suc
cinctly in closing one of these letters it reading: "Will
you sometime read Ellen Key's book 'love and marriage?'
Then you will understand the modern woman's attitude
on morals. It is far removed from the stand that mar
riages are made in heaven. If some of them are made
there it is because the angel who supplies the common
sense has moved out." This last is rather strongly put,
but it is borne out by the divorce courts, as well as the
wrecked lives that do not take their troubles before the
law.
The Italians began another great offensive yesterday
which before the day ended had extended over a front of
a hundred miles. The reports were meager, but such as
they were showed the Italians had taken 7,500 prisoners
and had captured a great quantity of booty. The latest
dispatch was to the effect that the Italians now hold the
entire Austrian front line from Plava to the sea. At the
same time a terrific battle raged around Verdun, the
French getting much the better of it. This is a bit of
news not calculated to add to the cheerfulness of the
kaiser and his advisers. Let us hope he may hear more
tidings of the same charactersoon and often.
San Francisco is tired of perpetual strikes on her street
railway systems and yesterday made a proposition to the
United Railways company to purchase all its holdings.
The United Railways recently stated the strikers might
break it but that was all they could do. The fact that it
has steadily fought its employes and has lost money by
doing so, does not seem to teach it anything. It refused
to grant a wage commensurate with the increased cost of
living saying it could not afford it, and then imported
several hundred strikebreakers at an expense that would
have met all the demands of the men.
both parties. It is fortunate, though that they are in a
very small minority. LaFollette and Gore; Sherman and
Reed are of this stripe, and the peculiar thing about it is
that they among them represent both old parties.
The czar of Russia of a short time ago is now Nicholas
Romanoff, and mayhap would answer to the name oft
"Nick" if suddenly applied to him. He and his family
are located at Tobelsk; 1,500 miles east of Petroerrad.
This place by the way is the birthplace of the monk
Kasputm, Who had so great an influence over the czar,
and who more than any one person was responsible for
the latter's downfall. While at the palace of the governor
of that city temporarily, Nicholas and his family will soon
be removed to a monastery in the forest 20 miles from the
city which is the same as saying he will be "twenty miles
from no place."
LADD & BUSH. Bankers
Established 186S
CAPITAL ....... $500,000.00
il TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
H SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Hogs were quoted in Chicago yesterday at $19.40 and
in Portland at $18.00. Gambling in wheat has practically
stopped, and will cease entirely Saturday in Chicago. It
is to be hoped that Food Controller Hoover gets a quick
move on and while fixing prices for wheat also sets the
limit on hogs. The gamblers are sky-rocketing the coun
try's pork products and should he brought up with a
round turn. Prices will be high enough if left to the old
regulator, supply and demand without any fictitious
values being added by the speculators.
Austria is willing to discuss peace but insists she must
not be robbed of Triste by the Italians, and that the latter
can never have a foot of her territory. In view of the
fact that she robbed Italy of Trieste her sudden indigna
tion at the idea of the stolen possessions being returned
to their rightful owner is an example of her ideas of
justice, and of wThat constitutes robbery.
The possibility of the government taking over many
utilities has almost put an end to gambling on Wall
Street. There is such an element of uncertainty that the
gamblers on the inside who put up the cards and only play
when they have a sure thing, know not how to make the
deal and so don't make it.
AT A SUMMER RESORT
This is the playground of the lands, where
I have pitched my tent; and tourists throng
on every hand, on wholesome pleasure bent,
They climb the hills and fish the streams
and in the caverns play and I can hear their
whoops and screams throughout the live'
long day. . There lives near me a sad-eyed
seer, who -views the joyous throng, and
wipes away a bitter tear, and sighs both
loud and long. "Have they no hearts?' the
seer exclaims; "what are they laughing for?
nave all those giddy men and dames for
gotten we re at war? They balance on a
mountain's brink, and jeer at those below;
oh, tell me, do they never think of war and all its woe?
They chase the fleeing mountain sheep as though they
iidu no care; on, ten me, do they never weep for war and
us ueepair.'.- "un, gray beard seer," 1 make reply,
inere s ume enough to weep, so let them scale the moun
tains nign, and chase the goats and sheep. There's always
time enough for tears, a place for. those who whine; and
I grow sick of grouchy seers who always call for brine.
Of sobs and sorrow I grow sick, of snivel and of sniff, so
pray excuse me if J kick your person down this cliff."
SLTHAQ1
THE SLACKERS OP THE SOIL.
I used to think that beans and peas and cabbages and such
Sprang joyously from earth to meet the sunbeams' genial touch
I thought they spread their fronds aloft like palms in Mexico
And towered through the garden ai.- because they loved to grow.
I fancied when, the seed was thrust beneath the fertile soil,
The gardener could just sit back and bid good-by to toil,
I envied him his morning walk behind the gleaming plow:
But I have learned a lot since them; I've got a garden now.
I've found that of all slacking thing, upon this earth of ours,
The slackingest are beans and peas and corn and cauliflowers,
The stubborn eggplant will not lay unless one sits all day
Beside itwith a palm-loaf fan to whisk the bugs away.
The pumpkin vine will wilt and droop unless it is beguiled
With alll the paitient, tender care One gives a new born child.
And if you turn your back upon the cabbages, beware!
They 11 pass into a swift decline and perish in despair.
I've sat up nights with lima beans,in Vain I've plied my art
To coax the laggard lettuce to have a little heart.
I've fought for weeks with bugs and slugs who mocked me as they fed
And throve on fresh mixed paris green and arsenate of lead.
I ve plied the spading fork and hoe until the shining beads '
Of persperation flecked my brow, and never nicked the weeds. -
Tho peas would bear no chubby podg, the corn no golden ears,
If farmers merely stood around andealled for volunteersl
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SOMETHING FOB NOTHING.
conventions and its gatherings of all j jobber we pay for them. The chief corn
kinds. And each time the loyal citizens modity the newspapers of Oregon have
of the state are expected to gather at to sell is advertising space. But Port
the metropolis and spend their good land never offers to Dav for it.
money at Portland hotols, Portland eat
ing and drinking emporiums, and all the
other places where one can exchange
money for entertainment. .
That is all right. Portland is the
nearest to a real city the state can
boast, and we are all willing to go down
there and be jolleyed and have as good
time as possible.
hat riles . the country cress is the
ovident expectation on the part of the
Portland folks that we are all anxious
to advertise their "come to Portland
and spend your cash" doings. Especially
because we everlastingly are asked to
advertise them free. Yes F BEE!
When we buy goods from the Port
land manufacturer and the Portland
Avalanches of free publicity are shot
forth to the country papers about these
Portland gatherings. We are asked to
print it. Most of us do run some of
it. But never a cent comes to the coun
try paper for advertising these pro
jects, which mean profit to Portland
and profit to the establishments we all
help to support with our purchases. .
Tho railroads and hotels, almost alone
of nil the people who directly benefit
from the pilgrimages to the Boss City,
practice reciprocation. .
Worst of all, the Portland jobbers and
Portland manufacturers, taken as a
whole, are the poorest regular advertis
ers in the Northwestern field, propor
Toland Fuilge, superintendent of the
Sidoseuback , paper mills, wrinkled his
bald spot anxiously,
"Things look bad," he admitted to
Paddles Perriwinkle, president of the
Sidesonback corporation. "In fact, sir,
f we don 't manage to get in a great
big supply of paper stock within four or
five days the mills will have to clpso
own."
"Dont say close down say close
ud. it's a mora eleeant expression," re
proved President Perriwinkle, who had
gone all the way tnrougn . grammar
school without being left down once.
But he, toe, was anxious.. The Sidesen
back mills must not close up. Still with
the price of bid paper up to forty .cents
i. square foot,: what could they dof
Suddenly the face of Paddles Perri
winkle lighted up from the inside with
a great idea.
"Something for nothing makes the
world go- 'round! " he crid happily but
enigmatically. The next day five hund
red newspapers all- ver - the- country
publishd this small advertisement:
' ' Something for nothing. . The man,
woman or child who writes the longest
letter -on any subjet to Paddles Perri
winkle, Oshbash, Maiue, within a week,
will be awarded a solid German silver
sandwich holder."
The next day the letters began pouring
in, some of them four hundred pages,
and by the end of the wetk the Sidesen
back mills had enough stock on hand to
keep them going for nine years.
the legitimate opportunity for adver
tising' they face. Today there Is more
foreign advertising in many Oregon pa
pers, from California, than from our
own state.
And our friends in Portland everlast
ingly cry, "Patronize Home Indus
tries." Sure we will. And won't you re
ciprocate t
Construction of the roller mill of the
Farmers' Milling company at Baker is
under way. It will be built with refer
ence to 50-barrel capacity, and it is ex
nected it will be ready to handle the
tionately to the business they do and 1917 crop.
So far as heard from the only countries willing to ac
cept the pope's peace proposition even' to the extent of
considering it, are Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey. This is quite natural as they are the only coun
tries willing to accept a peace '"made in Germany."
Plain Talk to Portland
Jobbers and Manufacturers
(Bend, Ore., Daily Bulletin) (and in turn au efficient advertiser of
The jobbers and the manufacturers of that community.
Portland are entertaining the merchants j Another newspaper man will say a
of the state fhis week. They call it Buy-j few words to the jobbers and the maim
ers' week. facturers of Portlaud. He imagine they
The idea is a good one. It is always will be rather brisk words. They ought
a good idea to gather and thresh out to be. And we happen to know that
mutual problems It's worth while for'some jobbers didn't want any such
country merchants to get in personal things said at all, especially right out
touch, 100, witn trie jobbers wno have, in meeting where their good customers,
Ihoir patronage and the manufacturers j the country merchants, could hear it all.
whose products they retail. Summed up briefly, this gentleman
Thig year, we understand, and per-1 will ask the Portland jobbers and manu
haps for the first time, the newspaper facturers whythey don't patronize the
men .of the state are going to have a .newspapers of Oregon. Probably he will
word to say to the assumbled merchants! tell them that it would pay them to do
and jobbers and manufacturers. That so, in many ways. And perhaps he may
By Jaiue Pfelpa
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VACATION DAYS
CHAPTER CXXVIII.
after day Tom owned that he enjoyed it.
He had nnlv twn wAfltn vaootinn Kf
Vivian had spoken truly, Carol Black-H,. t,,. a, . ., ' . , .
lllft Other TWO nn OamO lin Trrirloir nlnht
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av ,. aovaa.oiau6 ji , una remained until .Monday morning,
way I was becoming uncomfortable When Tom was with us Carol was
when with hiin. As time passed his man-' just his old careless self. He filled the
ner became more loverlike, less that of ! yacht with guests, and we had a merry
s friend. It puzzled and frightened mo-time. Often taking the children and
just a bit. I was sure I had given him ! Norah along. But after Tom left I
no cause to think h meant more than j found myself the only guest several
just wnai ne aiwavs naa Deen to me, ; times, ana once i heard some people eos
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a generous, good friend.
Up to now I have been minute in tell
ing of my extravagances, beeause if
my story was to be at all helpful to
foolish young women who do not stop
to think but waste their husband's love,
and either ruin one or both of their
lives it seemd necessary.
When it commenced to get warm I
reminded Tom of what he had said the
Spring before that we would all go
away somewhere for a month at least.
Father was better, tho still an invalid
siping about it. I told Carol and he be
came angry.
"It's none of their business!" he
exclaimed. "I suppose they think I
should ask them alog to chaperon us.
So long as Tom doesn't kick at our in
timacy we'll pay no attention to any
one else."
No, I thought, Tom hasn't said any
thing against my being with Carol, yet
somehow I didn 't like the sound of that
word 'intimacy.' It seemed to imply
more than I felt or eared to feel for
also is a good idea.
add that if they don't show a better
One newspaper man, representing ; disposition in this direction than they
those who publish papers in the towns have in. the past, the newspapers of
outside of Portland, will tell the mer-jthe state intend .to reciprocate in kind
chants something of the mutual bene- as opportunity offers,
fits of advertising in his home papei- The point is that, generally speaking
the benefits to his own business, to the 'the jobbers and manufacturers of Tort
jobber who soils him and to the com-j land fail to understand the meaning of
muuity, because only if the local paper the word reciprocation.
has advertising patronage can it pros- Portland has its Hose Shows, its Buy
per and be a credit to its community jers' Weeks, its Irrigation Congress, Its
and he uriT-ed me to o-o home. But I had ! Caml Ttlarltlnrlr.
no such intention. So finally he rather j Several imes during the last two
wearily gave into my wishes and we J weeks I had to reprove Carol. Not so
went to New London for the month of ; much for whut he actually did, as for
August. Carol Blacklock kept his yacht ; the things he said. He kept me uneasy
p there and decided that he too would ', I now see by constantly letting me see
spend August near the water. I was ; what a man of his wealth could do for
surprised because a short time before j a woman. He loaded me with favors,
he had told me that he was going upland spent his money recklessly to pleas
in Maine for the summer. Of course, rre me.
when I found he was to be in New Lon-1 Just before Tom came up to take us
aon. i Knew ne woum expect us to saii.jiome l said to him:
with him frequently, so. I added a stun
ning yachting suit to my wardrobe.
unpJeasant comment.
I hope soon to be able to pay my
obligation to you," my face flushing.
"Has Tom found a gold mine!" he
For some reason Tom did not seem par-(asked with s short laush,
tioularly pleased when I told him Carol j "Xo, but he expects an increase
was to be near us on pur vacation. Of .soon." I replied, as nsual taking it for
course he stayed at a more expensive ' granted. Tom had said nothing more
hotel when h wasn 't on his yacht j anent the subject, but I was sure he
than we eould afford. But after we got i would have it.
tip there and Carol took us out day) "Dont think of it until it is per
fectly easy for you to return it," Carol
told me. "You will need a lot of new
fall duds won't you? all women do.
Make yourself lovely and forget all
about that bit of money."
A Change In Tom.
I did exactly as he told me. I bought
what I wanted to make invself attract
ive and forgot that I owed him. That
year we gave a big Christmas party. It
was the most elaborate affair I ever had
attempted. While Tom had not en
couraged me to do it, he had not ob
jected. Tom had changed, and not for
the better save as he let me do as I
wished without quarreling with mo so
often. But while he never showed it to
and extent. I wa nnro a .
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than was good for him. He worked early
uuu mie ana instead of being full of
fun he became mnrnA m, aa,.A
the children he talkd very littl unless
we had company.
When-1 asked fnr
lowanee he would either give it to me
ts twine remai-K about my extrava
eanee. nr rfuoA it an -i t
O ' FT MVi A
planned my Christmas party I was sor-
PAAB. mai no maue no oojecnons. "He
mUSt hftVR madA Oll.rl .1 A-ti.n V
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has not told me of," I said to myself
as I went about my preparations.
I had invited about twenty. I was
to have a tree and gifts for" all, just
things to make fun. But I found when
I shopped for them that they cost me
quite as much as something useful
would have done. My supper was to be
an old fashioned one, and we wre to
dance. Then at twelve o 'clock we would
distribute the things from the tree
then have more dancing. Norah and I
workd like Trojans for days before but
when the time arrived the apartment
looked lovely, and I was sure my party
would be a success.