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Editorial Page of The Capital Journal I M" 1 1 CHAKLE9 n. FISHlSE Editor mid Publisher PUBLISHED EVEKY EVEX1NO EXCEPT SUNDAY, BAI.EU, CItEGO.V, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U 8. BAKNES. r resident. CHA8. n. fisheh. Vice -President. DORA C. ANDRKSEM, Her. and Tress. SOCIALISTIC APPEAL TO THE COURTS Dally by carrier, per year I wily by mall, per year .. BUBSCKIITION KATES $5.00 Per Month 45c it.00 Per Month 85c FULL LEASED WIHB TdLEUKAPH KEPORT EASTEKN IIEPKKHBNTATIVES W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. n. Btockwell, People' flag Building The Capital Journal carrier hoys are Instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier doea not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this la the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following Instruction. I'hone Main 81 before 7 :30 o'clock and paper will be ent you by special messenger If the carrier has mlBged you. THK DAILY CAPITAL JUIIKNAL I the only newspaper In Sulem b(e circulation 1 guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. A VANISHED DREAM Conditions in Russia are illustrative of Pacifism gone to seed. The rich golden harvest is ripe for the sickle and the German legions under Hindenburg are doing the har vesting. It was a pretty dream, that of the Bolsheviki, a dream in which the playful lamb led the hungry tiger through pleasant pastures and taught him to change his diet and fatten on grass. It was a dream too in which the absolute equality of all mankind materialized. No one was to work excep t when he or she felt like it. Every one was to have whatever was most desired, and all furnished by the government which in some mysterious way was to take the place of individual endeavor and sup ply everybody with whatever was needed or wished. It was a dream in which the purse was to be drawn on in-1 definitely without any returns being made to it. The awakening has come. The tiger- refuses to eat hay but instead is helping itself to fresh Russian lamb. At the same time it is learned that that intangible thing called "government" can exist only by the efforts of all the gov erned. Betore it can rub tne lamp wmcn maKes tne Genii appear, the people must supply the oil for the lamp. " The dreamer has found that the curse laid on Cain has never been lifted and that only in the swseat of man's face can he eat bread. What the result will be no man can fore tell for the problem is based on the actions of the Russian peasantry, ignorant, uneducated, and yet imbued v; with the idea that they are qualified to govern themselves. "' They are not in a condition to put up a fight against the kaiser's armies, and yet it is hard to believe the masses will submit to German rule. . They have dethroned a czar ; and it is not likely they will be content, with a kaiser in " his place. They have had a taste of self government, and ; while they have made a bad mess of it, they will not be . content to surrender their new found liberties' poor as they w,ere in results. i Miss Hazel Stewart, dismissed from San Francisco schools, for refusing to salute the flag of this country, will fight the order (or her socialist backers will) on the ground or personal liberty. The case should be thrown out of court as soon as it is filed. This girl will be made the central figure in a case by an element which will contend that disrespect toward the flag and abuse of the government,, are personal rights guaranteed to them under the constitution. But why should -the constitution or any statute be construed by a court to affdrd protection to persons who have no respect for the constitution or the government founded upon it? Why should such people be allowed the benefit of our schools and other free institutions, or be accorded the protection of the laws they revile? These radical socialists are placing every possible obstacle in the way of the nation m a time of grave peril. They are aiding and abetting a powerful enemv who seeks to force the world under the domination of military gov ernment and to destroy the very foundations of demo cratic government. If socialists recognize no "existing form of government they should not have the right to. ap peal to the courts of this or any other organized govern ment to guarantee them the right to advocate the over throw of government and substitution in its stead of their untried and impractical theories The man who "went down from Jerusalem to Jericho" was an Englishman. He fell amongst a pretty tough gang on the way but did not neepl the services of a good Samaritan when the toughs got through with him or he with them. ... The Woman Who. Changed. By JANE PHELPS The copy of "The Woman Who Changed" has been delayed in the mails. The next Chapter will appear as soon as the delayed copy is received. The Love of God The Germans have got what they asked of Russia, after the usual little by-play by Lenine and Trotsky. If these men are not German agents they have done the kaiser's work just as faithfully and effectively &s if they were. If you can't do any other war work help the Red Cross, anyway. That is one thing which all may join in as it gives comfort and assistance to every human being in distress in the war zone, friend or enemy. It is a work for all humanity and God. There is always room for another candidate's name on the primary ballot. t: Judging from the way it plays the political game the "Non-Partisan League" is not quite true to label. ' .Those war supply grafters, who only got away with five million dollars, were pikersnot packers. Judge Bingham has sustained the demurrer interposed by Attorney General Brown in the suit of Mr. Crawford, former superintendent of the state flax plant against Governor Withycombe to compel the governor to pay a if j . ' ii ii i i n i. i i. nr. r s J iT Donus promised Dy tne ooara 01 control to iur. rawioru if he made the prison plant a success. This of course lets Mr. Crawford out though it has nothing to do with the merits' of the co se. Judge Bingham does not pass on the facts, but on the question of law raised, which is that the governor is above the law in some things. Crawford made good, and has the material, or had it and turned it over when he quit the job, to show he had performed his part of the contract. The governor shows by his treat ment of Mr. Crawford that" he is too narrow minded to occupy the governor's position. That job should be held by a man big enough to put his personal techngs aside and do exact justice to each and every citizen of the state. Good idea to buy a thrift stamp now and get the habit. 1 ppiing by Walt Mason hy mes THE HUSBANDMAN Austria by watching closely the course of events in Russia can get a pretty accurate idea of what will hap pen to her should Germany be able to win a "draw" peace. "Peace without annexations or indemnity" which was so loudly urged by the Germans in dealing with the Bolshe viki was another "scrap of paper" so soon as Germany had accomplished her object and got through treachery, the ignorant Russian peasantry at her mercy. Elihu Root's declaration some time ago that Russia is a good example of the effect of peace talk in time of war, was prophetic. The country, torn and distracted, is now being dismembered at the will of the enemy. Had Kerensky's idea of finishing the war before discussing internal matters prevailed, the situation undoubtedly would have been different. The next thing in the war line will probably be fight ing at Vladivostok. Immense quantities of supplies are assembled there and with the Bolsheviki playing into the hands of Germany it is not likely the allies will allow these supplies to be used by the Russians. Japanese battleships at that port now control the situation. LADD & BUSH, Bankers On February 7th we received balance of Liberty Loan Bonds Now prepared to make deliveries (o those buying them. n. I'm glad I am a granger, a farmer wearing bells, remote from death and danger, from swords and bombs and shells. While kaisers and such fakers are marching to defeat; I sow my rolling acres to barley, oats and wheat. And pretty soon the cush'U roll in to swell my store; 1 11 get two bones a bushel, ,J 4-U j? A 1 J?-11 i ? i iuiu mavuK uu ee ur xuur. aiiu ioiks wno see me getting a fancy pi-ice for wheat, will give me lots of petting, and say I can't be beat. "Such men will save the nation !" I hear their fervent cry; "they are the land's .wait MAOtj salvation, witnout.tnem it would die ! They guard our sacred banner- and Germanv . i in i, . .ney 11 beat; each day they help to can her, by bringing in their wheat!" It's pleasant to be saving my country's cherished boons, and still assuage my craving for easy picayunes. I feel my pulses quicken with loyalty, by jing, when I. can sell a chicken for what a calf should bring. I feel said pulses flutter, a glow is in my soul, when for a pound of butter I get a goodly roll. And always while I'm selling my thistles, weeds and chaif, I hear the people yell ing, "The farmer is our staff! He grows ' two rows of onions where but one grew before, he'll ..' squash the kaiser's bunions, and save our threatened shore!" Abstract of sermon preached by Eev, Jacob Btocker, pastor of Kv. Asso-, nth and Uucmekota streets, as per agreement with the Ministerial Umou: Text: John 3, 10. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Sou, that whosoever believeui in him should not perish, but have everlasuug lite lu tho old testament God is knewu under two names, as Jehovah and Father. As Jehovah, he is the holy one of Jsrael,expressing the holiness cf God. The Jews revered this Jehovah, and 'had a dread of Mount Sinai, tho mountain of thunder, smoke and light nina. Jesus Christ, however, revealed God to us as the loving father and thus we are not come unto the moun tain that burned with fire, "but unto Mount Sion, and unto the living God, and to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant." God Loved the World, Because He Created It In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God loves his creation. He created it for a purpose. Not onlyto enjoy himself, not only in order to exercise his omnipotence, but for a purpose. Everything in' God's uni verse to the Christian Theist is full of purpose and design. The mineral king dom is for a purpose, in as much as it grows tho vegetables, which has its foundation in the mineral world. The vegotable sends its roots down into the mineral wiorld, and from that dark and inanimate world takes the substance that vitalize tho vegetable. The miner al exists to grow tho vegetable. Tho vegetable exists to furnish food for the animal." The auimal kingdom de rives its food from the vegetation 01 the earth. Grass and flowers, besides beauty serve the purpose of practical need, lis food for the animal kingdom. The auimal in turn, again furnishes food for man, tho crown of tho crea tion, Thus we may see that all tho kingdoms -of nature serve a plan, -a purpose. Man in turn, exists for an- anrt tliat is, tne kuir- to choose tor mysclt whethor I want to serve God or the world. To day 1 unay choose heaven, or hell. There 'jue tumg that even an omnipotent jod will not do, he does not compel you to become a Christian, you must i.'hoose tor yourself. Why don't you ipropoi'ly oxercise that gudlike talent, iwhy don't you want to bo saved? Tho extent of the love of God may not only bo seen in the wonders of his 'creation but most of all, in the incar nation. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. Only be 'gotten, jiot created, God of very God, light of very li;ht. In this is contain ed the culmination 'of God's love. God ibennino flesh and dwelled among us, ami hallowed humanity, howover, God did not become flush in order to, be honored by that fact. He did not have to come, ho could have let us porish. The incarnation of the son of God, must not be viewed from Bethlehem but from Calvary. The incarnation was not glorious but a humiliation. God 'emptied himself, limited himself to hu man sphere. Human sin required the huge divine sacrifice of the incarna tion. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. What Now is the Eesuit of That Love of God? That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. What does it mean? It signified cteinul death, eternal separation irom God, tho source of all Hie. The man and the woman that does not believe in Christ according to- the saviour's own words will perish. This separation, as I understand it, is eternal suffering, anguish, sorrow, where the worm dies not and where there shall bo wailing and gnashing ot teeth. Others, as our Advent brothers, believe that the wick cd .die, that they are consumed as smoke, are burned up, are dissolved in to nothing, loose their identity, cease to exist. But whether we believe torment, or in Advent interpretation of this particular doctrine ot the fu ture de.ntiny of tho wicked, we agree that the wages of sin is death, eternal death and that the gift of God is eter nal life thru Jesus Christ. Why then my brother do you want to . cuooso J And He Did . ' POOH? WHO "3 flFRflJIJ OFTH .SLIPPERY SIDEiOflLKS?? I ftLl0HYSq0flL0q-R5iF THFTf U)JTRg NT THERE WliTCH Me i r JTT i i'li otner lunguom, a m t..,-, death in preference to life eternal? dem of God. .It is uiconcenable that v a little strength world a his Polk Farmers Form Industrial Council: Dallas, Or., Feb. 25. More than sixtv fanners and farm women mot in this city .Saturday and f mined an agricul tural tuii':il to assist in the eonduct of tho wotk n.idor the Urioorshlp of Coun ty gtici.itiiral Agent J. E. Larsen. P. O. I'owtll of .Monmouth was elected pHsideut of the council; Mrs. K. ('. hluridtio, of Independence, vice presi dent and A!i.n. Hattie Teats, of Hullston secretary nnd treasurer. The work has been divided into three sections, with a committee of three members in charge of each section. The eounty agent divi ion committee consists of V. J. Bar- ner, J. F. Ulrich and William Riddle, Jr. The honid work committee of Mrs. F. 0 I wilier, Mrs. R. IT. Steelouist. and 'Miss aggie Butler; the industrial club envision .'omnuttee of Mrs. C. L. Mawley Mrs. C. v. Johnson and Professor S V, Gilinore. ' HXJBBAED HOSPITAL NOTES. Mrs. Earl Kooher are the an 8 1-2 pound bor. born Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Mr. surf parents of FeNrimr 18. Mrs. Noah Voder and babe went home Monday. Mrs. Franklin of Woodbura return ed home Tuesday fter several days treatment nt tho hospital. Adam Mishler wss operated for ap pendicitis Tuesday morning, and is do ing as well as can b expected at this time. Enterprise. , The seed catalogue is about to come into its own again as the season's best seller. notation. the world. tho desires and the .longings in tne human soul for immortality should ex ist only subjectively, without objective, realization. The universe is full of purpose and of design. We are nware that zoolocy classifies men with the animal. Kingdom: Ani malia, class, Bimana, order, Mamaha. But in tho eves cf the creator he is infinitelv higher than, the animal. Wherein does the true digruly of this creature exist! Not in niS uo.iuy strength. A little piece of foreign mat i,tllt the narts of his own bod, i;tti ont of blood on tne dikiu fii. elpctricitv. ami is gone. Why is it tnat in should bow betore nim should the lightning obey his direction and Niagara willingly submit to fet ters? Why is it that the gold stored in tho deep recesses of tho bowels of the earth shall be du:? out and display ed oir the wrist ot tins """V is the intellect and tne s .... -that constitutes his true digm ty. With s determined, the plant is le termincd, n its relation to' air and sunlight and miileral by its roots, and stem, and leaves It cannot move. An animal organism is a higher or der than tho plant. It has organs of locomotion, and thus may change it. relative to ovner ""j"-- - It has organs ot sense, . A tl n..ttlA fit 11 sf CI'Tlll.. BtUU mav smeti, orSm W' . ,inn. hearing that put it in relat.cn to dan een and yet, the animal is determined, limUed? cannot rrfle. t. upon its past experiences. When the animal . needs ari satisfied, it does not think any farther. But what about man! Who can find limitations to his environment. He dios into the innermost recesses of the bowels of. the earth and reveals to us the hidden strata of the rocks Ho harnesses the cataract, so thatj ...... nnrt Hvnamos may se.c the comfort of this "Bimana." He nrr.ip.-t his thoughts to distant China, In.lin vca bevond the most distant at,. f h"-lorv of man is his self de termination. He is greater than Mars, or Jupiter, or Sirius, or the most lo tossal fixed stars. Jupiter is determin ed the planets and stars and millions oi suns are determined. The creator flung them into space and there they whirl around their axis and move in rhiMr minointed orbits mechanically de termined. But man alone is not deter mined, Unhampered he traverses the globe, and where his feet will not car ry him, the genius cf nau invented the railroad and the steamship, and the electric spark is told to use the wings of the ether and to carry the messages of man from ocean to ocean. God loves the world because it fell and he wants to woo it back again. An omnipotent creator could have destroy ed Adam snd Eve and could have cre ated another ra-e that would have been obedient. Instead, he chose to re deem, the world, and thus made it pos sible for you and for me to live. The possibility of committing sin or ab staining from iniquity existed in nis self determination. Man is not a slave, but a free, moral agent- I am capable sjc sfc sjc 5 sjc sfc The Daily Novelette jg jjg g THREE IN A BOAT (This Week 's Mystery) (By author of: "On the High Seas of Caruso's Top Notes;" "The Color ed Races;" "The Washout on the Line or Each Monday;" "Myra's Mistic Mirror;" "Jenkins' Jinx;" "Dasha way Booze or the Temperance Town" "The Bound Calf or in Ten Volumes" "The Dirty Doins' of Dooly Dconer;" "The Poisoned Pepper;" "Cooked in the Ladle of the Soup;" "Kicking Ourselves as Others Fleece Us;" "Ho gan's Hoax;" "Another Man's Shoes or Stolen Boots;" and one other to be finished by August. 1. "Give mo the ring!" she hissed hissivcly. The Earl of Poptucket slowly slid his riht hand into the left hand pock et of his pearl gray trousers. "I cawn't," he said in a low voice. "Why cawn't you?" she mocked, nnd her wonderful yellow eyes flashed as she stood there, in her robe of Eus sian rudlo rimmed round with red ruehing. "My pocket is full of molasses,' he explained with a weak smile. "Prove it," she glinted. Ho turned the pocket inside out, and tho molasses dripped over th thick Ostermoor carpet. She turned pale so suddenly, that ha could hear the . sound. . ' 'That 's Eileen Dempsey 's work,' she sparkled. "Six of one and eighteen thirds of th other' hey-answered coolly,, and took his . hat off tho chandelier and loft. - Hardly had the door clicked behind ' him, when the telephono tinkled. Sho answered it. "I just wanted to give yon tho ring," said tho telephone girl sweet ly. - (The reader first submitting the cor rect solution of "Three in a Boat" will be awarded a nickel plated pea nut sholler. Ed. thv Morning Glory.) CHILD STRAftOKLri.-i CLOT.'IPS. LM BED Dallas, Or., Feb. 25 As n result of a peculiar accident the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. William Bobitsch, who reside on a homestead on Kilchis river, is dead. The child rolled out of bed in. such a manner that it became entangled in the bedclothes and was strangled to death. There's a town in Washington coun ty named vord. One town piobably in which tin crank is popular. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OASTORiA JHE rays from a Gas Room Heater pleasant and comforting. . .: The mere touch of .a match ' ' brings a. cheerful glow, and banishes the chill from the cold- , est room. ' i if Ask for our prices now. The Gas Company 237 N. LIBERTY STREET 1 PHONE 83