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January 31, 1918
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HIGH COST OF FISH
The Washington State Fish Commission is investi
gating the fishing business with a view to discovering
the reason for the high cost of fish. It says the evidence
tends to show the fishermen are receiving the lion's
share of the profits. At Ketchikan, .Alaska, fishermen
were paid 14 cents for Alaska chinooks and transporta
tion added brought the price at Seattle to 17 cents. The
Margaret Garrett's
Husband
By JANE .PHELPS
THE BOOK.
AMERICAN SUBMARINE LOSSES
co-operation of the Canadian government. It gives an
other instance showing the fishermen are the ones cinch
ing the public. It is that of a boat gone eight days from
Prince Rupert which brought in 17,000 pounds of halibut
for which $2,139 was paid. The expenses of the crew of
America has been in the war almost nine months, and
' the second period of unrestricted submarine warfare has
lasted three weeks more than a year. In that time
America has lost 69 vessels with a total tonnage of 171,061
gross tons. Since she entered the war America has seized
former German and Austrian ships totalling 686,494 tons.
This leaves us a total net gain of 515,433 tons. At the
same rate of sinkage the seized vessels would pay the
submarine toll for three years more. In the meantime
the United States has let contracts for 884 ships, a large
number of which are now under construction, and three
of which have been recently launched at Portland. In
addition to the ships available and taken over by the
United States 21 ships on the great lakes have been taken jt
over, which is the same as adding that many vessels to t
the available ships, for previously they were not engaged If
in the trans-Atlantic trade. Besides these 24 steamers
buildine on the. lakes for foreign account were com
mandeered, and as these were well along toward comple
tion they will soon be available lor use on the Atlantic.
From February first to December first, 1917, there
cleared from American ports a gross tonnage of 24,834,
460. From these figures can be gleaned some idea of the
task before the German submarines if they could, as they
boasted, clear the seas of all shipping in a month. It is no
wonder that the thinking Germans regret the ruthless
submarine war which has got them nowhere and has in
stead brought the United States into the conflict against
them. The only thing hoped or expected from this ruth
less sinking of ships in violation of all rules of civilized
warfare, was that "in six months England could and
would be brought to her knees." That hope and expecta
tion has gone glimmering, and the only reason for con
tinuing the submarine attacks is that to stop them would
remove the last hope that is held out to the German people
that they can yet win. This hope gone it may well be
CHAPTER CXXIV.
I purchased Charlotte Keating 's book,
.1 i i -,. i . i ,i auu tsvuh one to Xiisie. xsuu uiu not couiu
commission says this cannot be remedied except by the ji10Uie to dinner that night, someway i
knew lie wouldn't. He would stay in
town and bo with the author. 1 thought
bitterly; not yet having proof that she
Was tne magnet that hem mm; out 'pos
itive in my own mind.
Alter tne children were in bed and
I had eaten niy lonely diuuer, I coin-
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iuur men were $.ivv maiming extra gear, ana tne snare ;ig cleverness she had depicted my nte
oi the vessel was $435. Ihe men received for their eight
days work $348.60 or at the rate of $43.57 a day. The
reason they received this price was because dealers want
ing the fish b competitive offers forced the price up, so
after all the dealers are as much to blame as the fisher
men, at least. In fact the fishermen are not to blame at
all for taking the price offered them, but the dealers in
their anxiety to secure fish forced the price to exorbitant
figures, without regard to the real robbery they were per-
wuu Hob. There was 110 Slightest doubt
iu my mind as to whom sue meaut. fcjho
had neioi.ed Hot), and in doing so had
made him but litile less than a martyr
butause of me. fcihe called the man,
"Gieame," and the woman "Lorraine"
In the condition I was iu it was har
rowing to read the tale. 1 was held up
to the reader as a woman devoid of
feeling, of anything save my phenomen
al selfishness. She had left her heroino
no shred of goodness, she had stripped
her. stark naked of all that the suc-
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THE FATAL BLUNDER
If they would let me go to France, and o'er I
tne hems oi battle prance, tne war would
see its close; the sight of me, in brave ar
ray, all armed and bucklered for the fray,
would paralyze the foes. The world would
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ing by, in my bright shirt of mail, "There is
no use to struggle now; that fat bard with
the bulging brow has surely turned the
scale. The way his dripping saber clanks,
the way he's wading through my ranks, has 1
ohiUpd mv vnirnl fppr- cn lot tho ctnfo onH Jew tho surface and know that I was
. , , J J, , ",i . -unhappy because of Bob's defection,
tumult cease ; let us sit down and talk of
peace, a boon that's truly sweet." Our gov
ernment, alas, seems bored, when'er I clamor for a sword
to prod the Teuton backs; officials, in their bonehead way,
doubted if either the German or the Austrian empires
PYnlnin tn mp that T Trmet etjnr anrl nov imr inonmo to v
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coiua survive me suhhi uiut wuuiu iuuuw uupuicaoucM,
Reckoning by the sinkings of the past three months
America will turn out more ships alone than Germany
can sink, and with the building in England and Japan the
shipping at the end of another year will show an increase
instead of the decrease hoped for and promised her people
by Germany. Taken all together, the shipping outlook is
highly encouraging, but this should not cause any let up
in our activities, but rather encourage us to still greater
efforts. What ever is worth doing is worth doing well
says the proverb, and this applies with double force to
the whipping of the kaiser.
aud marrying the woman who had made
up to liiiu for his mistake in marrying
tiio wrong woman, it was- a fairly sim
ple story, Out its appeal lay iu the pow
er with which it hud been told. 1 fin
ished it before 1 went to bed: then hid
it away in the bureau drawer. I would
X not let Bob know I had read it not
' just yet; although I doubted if he would
appreciate that 1 had understood.
But in some way I must find out if
Charlotte Keating were the woman Bob
cared for that all my efforts to win
him went either unnoticed or unknown.
Perhaps at the party I was going to give
for John and Elinor I should be able
to find out. I would ask Miss Keating
of course. I could not well leave her
out; it would cause comment if I did.
She was invited everywhere by tho
crowd, and was evidently a great fa
vorite.
So when I submitted the list of guests
to Bob her name was very near the
top. Ho approved my selection at once,
only suggesting that I ask Mr. Lansing
and Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin.
"They are friendB of Elinor's and it
would please them to be invited with
the New York crowd," he had said and
I had acquiesced as I did in all that he
said nowadays. I had not included the
Baldwins simply because I was afraid
she, witli her keen eyes, would see be-
The night came and with it every
single one of my guests. Not one dis
appointed me. And had I any doubts
as to Bob's feeling for Charlotte Keat
ing, the .light in his eyes would have
dispelled them.
He greeted her in the same fashion he
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THE FIRING TIE ST.
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The Woman, staring unseoingly at the : Bi.i
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bowed above the table. He strode t
NEXT LIBERTY LOAN
And so the weary war drags on; there Jis no sign of !dntthtehetht:. not
peace s ctawn, no symptoms oi a truce; and all because l
may not go across the sea to swat the foe, and cook the
kaiser's goose. When will our government awake, and
realize its dread mistake, and send me to the front? The
w?rld from blood will then be free; then old Dad Hinden
burg will see how useless is his stunt.
Judge Will R. King
WiU Rrni For Senator
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"Yes, I expect to be a candidate for
the .democratic nomination for the of-
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CANADIAN WHEAT SEIZED
At a conference of the liberty loan central committee
at Portland, Tuesday, the discussion indicated the loan
would be for from $0,000,000,000 to $S,000,000,000 and
that.Oregon's quota would be around $50,000,000. It will
be some job to raise that sum, but so far our good old
state has not fallen short of anything asked of her, and
no matter what the sum may be she can be depended on
to meet the demand. To do so however will require the
honest, earnest efforts of every citizen. It will require
the digging still deeper and by more of us, but it will be
done. Our boys are over in the trenches, and depending
on us to see that they have everything possible to make
their sacrifices not in vain. The news comes that the
second draft may not touch Oregon because her boys
have not waited for the second draft but have volunteered
in such numbers that our quota is about made up. Will
we who remain at home be more chary of our dollars
than our boys are of their lives? The proposition is unthinkable.
NowFinland is adding to the war's horrors by starting
a revolution. Next thing the Esquimax will be fighting
over their ice fields and go onto reduced rations to con
serve the supply of walrus meat and whale blubber.
Nothing like being in style. '
fico of United States senator from
Oregon, but do not expect to make
fe.nnal announcement of my principles
anjt platform until early in March,''
:iid .Incite Will J. King, solicitor for
the T'nited states recla'iiation service,
who was hero from Washington .yes
terday to argue a water case in which
the government is interested.
Judge King was a little chary about
talking politics, declaring he is here,
on official business for the government
and that he docs not wish the idea to
get abroad that he is back putting
rails into his political fences.
"I think with my acquaintanceship
with Oregon affairs and my experience
in national affairs as weli, 1 may be
nble to do somethin-f fr the state if 1
am elected," Judge King continued.
"When 1 enter the race I will expect
to abide by the decision of the people
and if defeated will have no complaint
to make. If I win I will try to make
good. ' '
Judge King was a member ftf the
house of retroscivtntive in the legis
lature from "1SSI2 to and in the.
state senate from 194 to IKS'S. Hej
practiced law t Ontario for several enemy
vears after running for the office of, shelling
governor on the democratic ticket jh
1S!1!, and being defeated by T. T. Goer,
was appointed to the supreme bench by
Governor ChnmJwrlain in 190" and
served there as an associate justice
until Jaunarv. 1911.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 31.
All wheat in elevators thru
out Canada, probably aggre
gating 100,000,000 bushels, was
seized by the government to
day. Lake shippers must can
cel all orders in the United
iStates and transfer them to the
Wheat Kxport company, a gov
ernment corporation, for ex
port overseas.
fertnce. But that look in his eyes as
he bent them upon her, tender, caress
ing, joyous, was not to be mistaken. My
heart almost stopped beating; my blood
went cold, yot I too greeted her cor-
diallv. So much had my training of
the last months done for me. In the
face of a fear 1 never until lately had
acknowledged I did not lose my poise.
While paying all necessary attention
I to my guests, no word or looK or their
! escaped me. I must know. The suspense
was too hard to bear.
In two months my year of grace would
' end. When I thought of how little I
had accomplished I almost groaned
! aloud. In suite of all I had done, all I
I COULD do, we were further apart than
j in tho beginning. I hal started too late.
il realized with a tightening of my
throat that had I been to Bob in the
, first years oi our marriage what I
was now trying to be, a companion and
; sweetheart, I would not have lost him.
For it was each day coming home to
Ime more forcibly that J. HAD lost him
American Batteries
Barrage German Lines
By J. W. Pegler,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
With the American Army In France,
That Elsie was mistaken, and he would
go when the year was up. And that
night as I watched him returning to
Charlotte Keating every few moments;
each time with a wonderful light in
;his eyes, I realized I had absolutely no
chance I had had my chance and lost.
Our guests all voted my party a great
success; but someway I did not seem to
care that Bob heard them praise me as
Jan. Ill American artillerv barrage ; a hostess. hat did it matter. Uuty one
fire probably prevented a recent Get ! thing mattered. 1 hat was the knowledge
man raid according to a certain Amer
ican general today.
Th3 commander said:
'A quick barrage fire probably pre
vented the enemy several days ago
from enrrving out the raid which they
did accomplish Wednesday morning.
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that I had failed. Yet even then hope
whispered, "you are not sure, make
hiin tell you."
Ask him if he loved another. I won
dered if ever I should have the courage,
not to ask, but to listen.
But as the days went by I felt sure
it was the only way. Xow he scarcely
Government Ownership
cf Canadian Roads
but it seems most probable
that they suffered some loss."
Permission was granted today to
state that American batteries have
twice on recent nights barraged the
German lines. One of these was the
occasion spoken of by the general. In
the other it was not definitely estab
lished whether the Germans had left
their own trenches.
1 LADD & BUSK, Bankers
Twelve Deaths In Franc.
Washington. Jan. 31. Twelve deaths
frv-m illness were cabled the war de-
A Government income tax officer will be at tho
Court House from January 2 until January 30, 1918,
and will, to all those who wish it, explain the new
income tax law, and will furnish the necessary in
come tax blanks.
All single persons having an income of $1,000 or
over, and all married persons having an income of
?2,000 or over, will be required to make a report
Ottawa. Ont . Jan. SI. Car.sda's
. .- .11 l-kl.
u '"'; m I'"'""'"; I rartment todav bv General Tershing,
Iwill be solved bv partial government ;,,.
ownership. '
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i:'-d..tion to the cabinet." prevailing sen-1 CWorge W. Manning, McMinnville,
. including:
Corporal Hsrry G.
ion to the cabinet, prevailing sen-)
t.inient is that the Canadiaa railroads
will be- grouped into two great sys
tems. One will be owued and operated
bv the government, while the other
..-.II I.a .... raK,.l in i, o i iiln tvitll
H'the government Mvtcm during the war
pa ani the immediate reconstruction per
3 iod.
The eovemment system, it is belieT
ed. will comprise the Transcontinental
Canadian Northern, Grand Trunk and
Fairlamb, Br-mdy-
Cal.
would ask for his daddy. Once I told
him that the boy was fretting for him.
For days atterward he got up half an
hour earlier each morning aud played
with him. But he came home no earlier
at night.
i "He won't rob her of his society," I
thought, "even for his boy." And if
ihe wouldn't for Donald whom he al
most worshipped why should I expect
him to for met
So matters stood when one Sunday
afternoon I sought him in the library;
a question on which my whole future
happiness depended on my lips.
(Tomorrow The Question)
PERFECT WOMANHOOD
Perfect womanhood depends on per
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('O.smon lhhu laiusn ucu tv jeiui ouu
suffering. A-rent menace tn a woman!
Kt. ; happiness in life is the suffering that
comes frem seme functional derange
ment which soon develops headaches,
baekavhe. nervousness an.l "the
bluesf For) such mitiVrim;. women
Grand Trunk Pacific. Meanwhile, the. find help in that f anion- old root and
Canadian Pacifie. will refuai as it is, 'herb reincdv. Lvdia E. Pinkham's
Oregon.
Thurman Gates, fcsslina, Vtah.
ISeiuer Cumniings, Vauderburg,
James Glcnu, t-tarr, Idaho.
Luther Adair, Indianola, Mini,
Otto F. tchoeneman, Beatrice, Cal.
, table, clenched her jeweled hands and
lifted her white shoulders in a shudder
which shook her entire frame. He had
failed her! How could she go on living
with the strong light of disillusion beat
ing mercilessly on her unhappy life T
"Marmaduke," she breathed, "how
could you 'I I trusted you so, dear. All
my young girlhood I was sure of you,
and as I grew to womanhood you never
failed me. Our married life has been
ideal. But now "
She sobbed convulsively and bowed
her head crowned with a large ideal
hair set upon the double damask. Across
the table, Marmaduke Montmorency
stirred uneasily in his chair. He felt
like a brute. Her beautiful trust and
confidence in him were gone, he feared
forever. Never agaiu would she luy her
glorious cranium on his shirt front,
twine playful and loving arms about his
neck and breathe out her devoted affec
tion. Never again
But the thought was too painful. It
should not be. He would show her that
even though he had given her reason
to think otherwise he had yet tho rudi
ments of manhood. Rising from his seat
he strode from the room. The door slam
med behind him.
Chapter II.
He was in the kitchen. Before him
stood a large and muscular woman,
gripping a rolling pin in a burly hand.
It was tho cook and none other.
"Now, looky here," she snarled, "I
ain't a-goin' t ' stay here another night bottle- It will convince anyone. Yo
Seef I don't like this place, an' I don't 'will also receive a booklet of valuable
like you, an' I'm leavin' as soon as information, telling abou.. lae kidneys
you gimme my roll. Get that!" 'and bladder. When writing, bo sure
Chapter III. iand mention the Salem Daily Capital
Marmaduke re-entered the dining Journal. Medium and large size bot
room. His wife still sat with her head ties for sale at all drug stores.
"Marietta," he said, "arise! TM
woman will annoy you no longer. I have
paid her off and she is leaving the house
Hear her trunk bumping on the back
stars?"
Slowly, unbelievingly she rose to all
her clinging height, then flung herself
into his receptive arms.
"My hero!" she cried.
Marmaduke winked to himself over
her shoulder.
THE END?
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