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Editorial Page of The Capital" J outna
CTIABLES H. FTSHEB
Editor and Publisher
SATURDAY EVENING
March 30, 1918
PUBLISHED KVEBI EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BI
Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc.
U B. BARNES,
President
CHAS. H. FISHER.
Vic -ITeeldent.
DOHA C. ANDKESEN,
Bsc. and Treaa.
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THOSE WHEAT "AUTHORITIES"
Halvorsen In Front
Line Trenches and Is
Shelled by Germans
The force of the great German drive on the west front
has apparently about spent itself. While much of the
ground abandoned .by the Germans last year has been
regained, the price paid has been such as to make it an
exceedingly bad bargain. The British have been forced
steadily back from the start, and are still giving back
slowly. At the same time there has never been a sign of
panic, and the retirement has been made deliberately and
in gooa order.
desolate
abandoning it last year. Over this waste the Germans had wori, gss i'i tetter write t ting around, in the important hours and days it
must now keep in touch with their suDDlies and the .myself' What do you 8a-v old d,aP-i t Fains for vou in rush errands or busv seasons. It is
further they advance the more difficult this will become. ' what do you think, i got a letter to-1 1 a profit-payer in the value it maintains as sl piece t
randad Pearce, a real dandy , -f nf rnprrhnndisp TTsp vnnr VpIIp Inner nnrl rrmcf nnflv
W. P. Burns has received the fol
lowing very interestine letter from Geo.
F. Halvorsen, who recounts some exper-! X
lences ne lias nau Binec being in France
engaged, in tho war Y. M. C. A. wirk. I
Paris, France, Feb. 20th. i
Mr. W. P. Burns: j
its quite a wiJe since last I wrote
Business Investment
order. The ground given up by the British is a'you- 80 must try ni do so again to-If
barren waste, made so by the Germans before alette" "m yourbK X is a Profit-payer, in the time it saves you in get- J
letter, telling me rnt 1 n ' 1 4- ui uioiiuusc,
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According to the food administration there are yet
some 175,000,000 bushels of wheat of the 1917 crop un
On t.hf r.ont.mrv trio RriHcVi hava nmir noccon day from Grandad
" . , . . . 'I'.l Ait, V. llUTf I.Clk30t,lt KJCtJ I . , i 1 1 : .
through this desert and are on much better ground for far as he knew and that my folk
making a defense. They are in closer touch with their 3AtlB?.lo!Igi,,icel7- 14 was tl-e f,irst
, i; " . .jii .i i t,i j letter i ve had so you can imagine how
fcuppues uxiu wiui uie oig Doay oi reserves, in tne mean-
4 4
m 1Bfel8fl I
mnrkpt.p.d. A rinse watch is hemr kent on this and unless Li n.- -n ..i i , , , F : u
. , , : : : , ;L a: ine ames wiii maKe a arive at tnese neiore loner, rremil
it is brought out voluntarily by those now hoarding it,
the government will take steps to commandeer it. The
amount of wheat, if available at once, would carry us over
until after harvest with an abundance for all who are
within its reach. It is only a trifle over three months un
til harvest begins and as none of the stock on hand now
can be needed for seed it would furnish nearly 60,000,000
bushels a month, or at the rate for the year of 700,000,000.
According to these figures the proportion of wheat
now on hand equals that of a crop of above 900,000,000
bushels since there is ho draft on 5t for seed. This means
the wheat now oh hand is the same as the proper propor
tion of our bumper wheat crop, that of 1916.
This is in accordance with the dispatches of yesterday.
This morning the food administration is taking an en
tirely different view of the matter concludes there is but.
little wheat, and that what it gave publicity yesterday
was all a mistake. It may be correct, but as it has never
known from day to day, anything as to wheat conditions,
or at least has repeated all kinds of conflicting stories
concerning them, let us take the cheerful view that the
"authorities" were correct Friday and are mistaken to
day. It's just an even guess.
OREGON'S LOAN QUOTA
Oregon's portion of the new liberty yoan, the part she
must raist to furnish her quota is $18,495,000. This is in
round numbers about. $21 for each and every person in
the state. It will be- seen from this that the sum is not
as large as though the amount had been pro-rated on a
per capita basis. That would have made our quota about
$:J5 each. The valuation of all property within the state
for taxation purposes is about one billion dollars, lacking
but fifty million of that in 1916, which is the latest figures
at the moment available. Estimated from this standpoint
it is the same as a tax of one and eight tenths per cent
on all the property in the state. This total valuation of
property would allow as the portion of each were it
equally divided, the sum of $1,176. This taxed at one and
eight-tenths per cent would give practically the sum
named as the per capita portion, or $21.16. Valuing the
entire country on this basis would fix the total value at
$180,000,000,000.
There has been a persistent rumor that the allies had
something in the way of a surprise up their sleeves for
Von Hindenburg, and yesterday Gcreral Pershing hinted
at the same thing. Reading between the lines the sur
prise will be a great body of reserves from French,
British and American forces, that is being held in leash
for the psychological moment when the German vulner
ability is at its greatest, and then to strike. If this is
correct, and is not a bit of camouflage used to hide a bad
situation, it will be heartening indeed when it material
izes, and the bunch is allowed to mix it on even terms
with the Hun. We fancy the much exploited super man,
the German, will find on that occasion not only his match
but his master.
Clemenceau declares that within 48 hours the allies will
be masters of the situation. He does not mean by this
that the Germans will have been beaten back, but that
their force will have been expended and their success
made hopeless. General Maurice takes the same view,
and the slowing up of the German advance and the weak
ening of his blows are pretty good indications that these
leaders have the situation sized up right.
General Pershing yesterday marie a personal request
of the French officials that he and his command be al
lowed to take part in the great battle now racing on the
western front. He asked it in his own name and that of
the country. It will be noted too, that in making this re
quest he said "Infantry, artillery and aviation, all we
possess are at your disposal." This would indicate that
the Americans had some artillery and some flying ma
chines despite the assertions of some politicians in con
gress to the contrary.
Sir Douglas Haig, after a great career of delay and
disaster, is now serving under General Foch, who is
supreme commander of the allied forces. The worst
trouble is that the English never get rid of their incom
petents long enough, and in making changes generallv go
from bad to worse.
r""-4- 4-4-f-$t 4 44-4
glad I was to get it. Ho wrote the 29th
of January and I just eot it. so vou
caii figure out how long it takes.
How are you all anyway, you old
bunch of onion tops? My, I'd like to see
you all and give you a good punch in
tho slats. It seems 'about two years
since I last saw good old Salem town
and you all, but you ought to see how
I've got the old pictures up and how
we talk to them once in a while. It
gets pretty lonesome over here at times
among all these French and all these
busy fellows, but we are till alike here
and all have our lonely times. I am
too busy to think of myself much
though for it keeps us busy keeping up
with the army. I -got promoted today
and am not assistant any more but
head of the supply and maintenance de
partment of motor supplies for France.
Have an office all my own and some
bookkeepers. So you know what that
will mean. I just got it hard all day
and have to keep awake nights plan
ning what to buy the next day and when
to send these trucks and who to send
with them, and if we ought to have an
other new service station or just a move
able shop, or wheel, or how to get an1
other truck or camunette (that's a
Ford) out to the front whore one has
been blown to pieces. If some of these
Use your Velie long and constantly J
and its re-sale value will stili be so high that you f
make a big proht considering what the car has done
for you. Proved in the exceptionally high prices
used Velie cars bring when they can be bought
at all.
This is Due to the Famous Velie Values
The powerful Velie-Continental
motor Timken axles front and
rear multiple dry disc clutch
automatic ignition push button
staitor are simply indications of
the kind of specifications used in
the Velie all through. And the)
deep-plaitea, genuine leather up
holstery and long underslung
springs there is comfort!
Beauty is revealed in every line
and in the Velie 's lasting, mirror
finish.
There is not another car in the
Velie 's price class that shows
such a combination. No better csr
is built at any price. Nine body
styles Touring Cars, 8pot Mod
el, Sedan, Four-Passengsr Road
ster, Coupe, etc.
Investigate Our Guarantee Service Policy.
Salem Velie Company
Phone 44
With Great Western Garage, Salem, Oregon.
stay right here for we want business
men and sometimes I wish I didn 't
preacners count drive as good as they j know anything, but then that's what I
Wnand, enm,f ' w.e ove'r for, to help where I was mot
Sf tl? n e!geu b7,' gasneeded, so that's injob and I'll stie
m the tank they don't call it gasL if I,.,.-, ,j ., ,
PPI
ing itnymes f
by Walt Mason
TtTTTTTTttTtI
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' "Gus" Moser, president of the senate at the last ses
sion and just now a candidate for the republican nom
. ination for governor, was in the city yesterday. He was
wearing a smile that apparently was there to stay, and
if all those who greeted him, and went out of their way
to do so, also cast their votes for him, he will be a con
testant at least for first money.
It has taken more than six months for a United States
senator to work his courage up to the point of suggesting
that LaFollette should be fired out of the senate. From
present indications if that solemnly absurd body should
go to house cleaning, LaFollette would not go into retire
ment alone. Lodge might make h:m appropriate com
pany and our own George go along as a sort of "Man
Friday." . j
THE BLITHE SPIRIT
Oh, Monday may be wheatless. and Tuesdav
may be meatless, but I'll be happy still; if I
can swat the foeman by skimping my abdo
men, I'll do it with a will. The luscious ham
and bacon by me will be forsaken, if that's
the proper move; I'll cut out red meat
dishes, and feed on bony fishes, and chortle
while I hoove. That cent is not a winner
who kicks because his dinner is shy of pork
or oeei, who eats his wheatless ration, and
grumbles of privation, and airs a lot of
glief. Some Hav nntli.'jnc we'll cnfrVv nnv
- 1 diet may be tougher than we have ever
known; before the war is ended we may
think shavings splendid, and gnaw old Towser's bone. We
may all get together to eat a side of leather, before we end
me war; our persons lank and hollow, we may-be glad to
swallow some boiled excelsior. Let's not pretend we're
martyrs until we chew our garters and eat our Sunday
shoes; let's eat the scheduled vittRs, and show no jots or
times ui groucnes, uumps or blues. My health has been
improving since I first started hoovin.g, and eating simple
fare; I have a better figure, and 1 am full of vigor, my
wuihKers mil oi nair.
it- i
nere they call it essence. The measures
are beidors and a lot of other stuff that
I can't hardly even remember, ha! ha!
Oh, yes, we have a few troubles too,
old boy, and war is sure hell with
capital "H". Some of these guys come
over here to run the army and the Y,
M. C. A. and if you don't feed them
with a silver 'spoon thoy want to go
mime to tneir mothers. It's too bad
some of them don' go sooner for lion
estly it's a shame to waste good money
on car fare for a lot of these high
minded ginks. But let me say right here
that I never saw such a melting pot for
ii'ii as this is. We sure know how to
get the stuff out of a guy if there is
any in him. Some of these big preachers
are handling freight in large doses and
it's good for them too, you bet. I told
them a while back that I wanted to be
a truck diiver for it would be easier you
know, but nothing doing. They said you
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By JANE PHELPS
aiwuK XUKTTI S vnMI HOUK. OH, w-.nderfully! " . forgetting in
J1A1 1 hR --Xl-V j my enthusiasm that I had felt a grouch
The remombrauce of tho unpleasant-"! toward hei; that I wa poeved. "lit
uoss of the night before, still lingered ', saili would excel if I desired. He was
when went down to breakfast, en- j fun.y- 1 lvo music, of course I desire
tirt'lv nhlitj.rimr tha iil.taunttA T f.."lt
in the ia lier part of the day. We! nj
talked liltle at the table, and when . 'you
wv rose .urs. sexton said:
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
The Third Liberty Bond Sale Will Begin April 6th.
One of our Tellers will be stationed in our Lobby to
explain to those wishing information and to receive
Liberty Bond Subscriptions.
asked if
afternoon.
I had any plans for
ply stated that she would take it I
Vhat need for an answer. j
as
An .Explanation,
think I know what he meant,
ire yerv temperamental. He
i fnom II Jt. ,1 ...
' v.n. -.:n f M,ni . o I'ini ihi wwhiu uuow otner
TW,iV in.; """" . ,k''" thinsisyour moods to interfere."
lor rem is coming. I will take the; "That is sillv "
car and do some neeessnrv shoiipina. "! if, .... v.i'- ..i . i
T .,,.!., ...v sii.- i .i n- nan iiniKiiru tunc neon airs.
.i..,.- .iv 1.1.1,, ..ne iiau mil usr.t-tl S!AvfAn
: e . . l. i i . . ' ...
n Mie niiyiii uavo uie car; nor even
t j... t lue
v ...i......v. v uar ji. km- iiitu Mm- MV,-. T .... : 1 . s
"Suppose, then, we" start planning
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Kut I f..r.r.,r .11 . lit.l., ...um-r. i m'. none UMJ wen, HIT-
nee. w hen Signer TorVettt cam," We ' ui A rVTrM L T
j i- ,--. 11. 11 norar p.rd make up tne utouu, or do-
spent a debgh.tul hour He was en-:iile the actions. "
ths,as.,c over my playing, my tech-j T 'shoul(1 loto ,, then j noticeJ
Ty- " 'i?1""?-.. ,. , , n.t she lookod rather white-grav,
Moo w.ll excel." he sa.J gravely, , rat!leran(, haJ h; ,iroies muh
'iih ?T. . . ! . fc ,'e-T08- "That is, if yo Wei
'Hh, I love music! It is not hard aildoi5
for me to practice!" j .,ohi fatly so. Altho. if
"No That is good." do.ot I alight lie on the
Uhen Mm. Nxton came m to;,.0!leh wfciu, we !rii t had nthn
luncheon, she at once asked how I got;trvjnl, ruorninu "
with the b.gnor. I ..,Not fct aU j wiU trfng you ,
alou"
pillV f'-'om iny room,' and paying no
attention to her objections, i ran up
stairs and brought down a pillow and
a blanket to throw over her. I didn 1
want to do anything for her, but some
thins f could not nnalyze impelled me.
"Thank you," she said as she sank
gratefully on to the pillow and drew
the soft blanket up over herself.
"Now got a pencil and paper, and we'll
start that momentous dinner going."
Once mi re I forgot how disagree
able she was, as, for an hour or longer,
we discussed good . things to eat, and
table decorations.
"We must remember 3-Our guests
are all jcing. Simplicity must be tho
keynote of the dinner- Simple ele
gance," see said, as we talked of one
idea aft?r another.
"Morton Gray is coming."
"Really! he is quite a lion you
know."
You Like Him?
'Yes, so they say. But he was at
Evelyn's party and he said he would
come whenever 1 asked him,
".Ton like Mr. Gray!"
un, yes: immensely, lie is so
nice. One would never mistrust he
wasn't just like any of the boys i
know. He's like my brothers."
"I rather imagine you know a dif
ferent Merton Gray from the one tho
rest of us know:"
"What do you meant" I asked,
puzzled by her manner as well as by
her speech-
"He must be a sort of Jekyl and
Hyde individual. Whenever I have
been at any run(son where he was a
guest, he has acted intolerably bored
and blase! "
"Oh, that's because vou were all
older ! oh, pardon me, but he wasnt
a b-.t like that at Evelyn's. He was
-as jolly as could be. It was a poverty
party, tou know, and oceans of fun."
"Flease break vourself of savine
"you know." .1 did not know, and
you probably knew that I didn't. But
tell me all about it. I am interested,
in spite of my criticism, she had
read my resentment in my face.
I explained the party to her m do-
tail. She was quiet for a moment, then
said:
Perhaps we might think up gome
quaint idta for your dinner. A period
dinner ot some kind, and all dress a
costume."
"Oh, could youf That would be
wonderful"
"Yes, I think I could," she smiled.
"Now will you excuse me if 1 leave
you asiin to-night f As I told you,
I had a trying day. But I shan 't for
get to think about your dinner."
She had scarcely reached her room
before Js.ii.es announced Merton Gray.
1 couldn 't help but be glad she was
not there to receive him.
Tonioirow A Happy Evening.
to it until we lick the old iluus to
death.
Was out for ten days to look over all
tho camps in one division some 24.
Took me ten days and I surely had some
interesting times. Got to within 800
Pyanls of the German liue and right up
!
Oar Daily Story
TUOR BE PARADISE
On his thirty fifth birthday Dianell
Swallow was presented with his first
mgn nai. ay tne time he had wor
in our own line to where we have a 'icB otuih.i ue naa aeveiopca a
camp located in a dug out under au old 1 leui outlook on lif e, and on the
blown up building, where they get shell- fourth Sunday he oegaa to- save niou-.
od every night. Was on the front line ey to kcP hn in his old age.
3 days aud nights," just to show tho 1X V0J denied himself ev-
drivers that I eould go out there as well J.uiu,T sioppea putting pen
ning pennies out austead. He even
un terest, principally interest, he ran in-
ave to t Tutwell Wandix, his one time crony,
lights, "iin,ncll Swillow, well! Well, Wa
ng and nell Swillow!" exclaimed Wandix.
He
as to expect them to so. And talk about lu w"ua JUC". " luPs De8aa
noise, one night they turned tho gas M
on and we had to unload our stuff w.th hl.w t hu7 (' ut Z
, i i ii Dwwiest blow ot ail, for he was ac-
our gas masks n and shells going over eU9tomed t eighteCB 'ci a
in both directions, aud machine guns go- i,,i th . i..6.,,' . ,J'
ing and all enough to make a fellow'. eigar.
hair stand on end. And one night we .., j... . Vl. ,. ,,:
had to turn around aud beat it tor the sin.Ki,ta iini,.Uor.i .,..j ...ib
shells were tearing up tho road so bad worn, thinking of' principal and ia-
v.e couiun t get oy. .in .nc roou jnu terest. principally interest. h ran in-
stun inai inese camps iieeu hbvu
be taken out alter dark and no ii j
aud with a lot of artillery moving
ammunition wagons going out it -makes "What do you think I've been doine.
it very interesting. Tell Bob 4w ought Ihnn I've been buying some of thos
to ride with me here. He would push wonderful dollar and a half Flor de
the whole engine out with hiB feet. It I'aiadisJ cigars you used to be so fond
sure does make a fellow sit up and of. Here, have one." And he handed
take notice. JSever was very mu-.h tear- one to Swillow and hurried away, for
ed in my life but if a fellow has got his old friend's prematurely aged faca
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anv scare in nun it snows up au ujm, .' mm, uu ue naiea oeing an-
You have a sort of chill up and down noyea.
your back, ha! ha- ' '-tior .ae Paradise! " breathed
Well, how are all my out ennuis, any lt, nypncnizea.
way! Bob, old sport and Lauraf I wish "The perfect smoke! Once again I am
I had you all right out here, it would e0" to sanoke a Flor do Paradise! But
save me a lot oi worry, ior i u nave - j ..i...wuS ik Uu
some one to help me do things, you au empty stomach. First I must go to
bet. Wonder if Chet is baek on the a portect .restaurant and eat a perfect
iob. I hope so. And how is Oruey Wat- ""'"r; u"", ru"S sxuitriuges as
,,-,! moke n -roo 1 1UD ui i can i go tnera
target for some of these Huns, and A. fl ul' old, drTeM ". or even a
C. farter-woiider if he was drafted. ,!,red dr.f , 8,llt- 1 by a "
Don't come to France A. C. for thevo 01 f . ,,. . . .
are too many I airy iladaniocells Iicre
some good lookers too, but mv it's a
job to know what they are saying. I
don't know if they are calling me
names or are just feeling good don t
make much difterence, I guess. When
these old Frenchmen get to going too
fast. I iust say eo to it, old toji3, I
don't give a darn anyway. They can't tai pamphlet,
nurt my reelings any ai. inai.
I got lost here the first day had
a ear out. These streets all run to
gether and they all start out again in
a regular dutch mess and I happened
to get one of these. Just drove ana
drove and finally gave a boy 2 fr&kcs to
show me where I wanted to go. You Parents and friends of some of oat
see he couldn't talk a bit of American soldier boys have received letters frooa
so I just made motions and got my o.&p them this week and they are all get
out aud showed him as best I could ting on quite well. Ch&ster Hannegaa
And ho bought an eiehtv dollar
dress suit and was soon sitting in it
behind a fourteen dollar dinner at the
King Leon. An hour later, with the
diuner insido him and a magic maze
of Flor de Paradise smoke completely
hiding him from view, he felt like a
man again.
mat nignt ne dasnert off his lmmor-
Spend While You're
Young," which brought him in two
million dollars a year, and after that
he never saved another cent till the
day he died at the green old age of 106
FROM OUE SOLDIEE " BOYS
where I had intended going. So in the
course of human events we finally got
lined up once more and found our gar
age. He thought I was crazy and I
thought he was a darn fool, but we lot
it go at that and I found myself and
was happy even if it cost me 40 cents.
These cars over here are all Tight hand
drive and gas throttle on the left of
wrote his mother he was still improv
ing but would not be able to be oat
of the hospital for a month or two. Ju
lian DeJardin wrote Joe Keppinger
from France and sent a photograph ot
kimself, brother Joe, Mike Fersch
weiler and Francis C'onnard which
shows them several pounds heavier
than when they left and fiiey look a
the quadrant so it makes it nice when " 11 l"ev ?a'1 "g io werry arx,al-
1 ... .Iiia KMiruiKriv ft.li Iiw..ivdH Ijktrer
you want to stop to pull down the gas
and run over a fellow with a cart
or an old woman or something. I've
had a lot of fun doing that, but never
got arrested yet. How is our old friend
Harry King. Tell him I haven't locat
ed his friend yet but perhaps will some
of these- days aud the Browning boys.
from boa nephew, U. A. Keppinger, of
Co. C lt2d infantry, who is also is
France, saying he had everything cim
fortable; and from By ilalo aud
Ward and Tot .Maiming who are i
Boston, Mass., and expect to go to se
soiin.
Keubea DeJardin wrote from Clatsop
ay i just smoKea one ot tnose cigars 8,,ruee mills that he was O. K. al
mighty good over her! American to- weighed ISO pounds. GervaU Star,
bacco is very scarce and everybody af-
ter it. Say Pear, if I've forgotten any heart is n-pr with von rlt-
t T T n A nnra ill av T.i r l inrim mil n l l A tot vii . - i-.
" j"-" .-v ..w .riease write me onen lor l am aax-me-
ious to know how vou are making eot
Tell the boys at the bank that I am Lots of love to vou" all and best regard
getting along all o. k. and will write &Ct wishes to vou all. Al. yoor
them some of these times also any of families. Be sure' to remember me t
our good eustomers like C. C. BusseU them all. Must close for this time for
aud others. I miss their good faces soft's late now.
much and all of you for you are very i Yours ven- trnlr,
much in my mind at all times, and my I GEO. HALYOBSEiT.