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TUESDAY ETE5LNO
May 21, 1918
CHARLES H. nSHEB
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WHERE ECONOMY WILL STRIKE
Two years ago just after the election the Capital
Journal called attention to the fact that most of the mem
bers of the legislature had been elected with a slogan of
economy and reform. There were .abundant promises
made by most of the members and they were no doubt
made with the honest intention of keeping them. The
trouble was that the promises were made to constituents
and the business of legislating was done among them
selves. The new members, at least, did not know what
they were up against and the proverb that man proposes
and God disposes can be twisted to read that public needs
dispose. At the time the Journal pointed out the prob
ability of the legislators when they came to passing the
innumerable bills for roads, for militia and countless
others, making a big sum in the aggregate, would find
trouble in making their promises square with the de
mands of the public for this, that and the other thing,
along with the funds for carrying on the state s business.
It was suggested then that when every possible place
where economy could be practiced bad been searched it
would be found there was no chance to save a cent for the
state except by reducing the pay of stenographers, clerks,
janitors and care takers. That the only persons who
could get along with less pay than they had been getting
where those who were being paid the least. The prediction
of the Journal was realized to the full for those were the
only salaries reduced. However, enough was saved by
this reduction to permit the board of regents of the 0. A.
C. to increase the salary of the college president which
was already the highest paid any person in the state em
ploy, by $1,400 a year. The prediction is made again that
that when the session is about to close it will be found that
the demands on the state are so large that with the six
per cent law in the way, the legislators will find there is
euch a shortage of money that the salaries of the stenog
raphers and others receiving less than $100 a month will
have to be shaved to meet the deficit. So far as the legis
lators of this county are concerned the election is over,
as the republican nominees nave no opposition, iney are
all fair minded men, and will no doubt do their duty as
they see it. At the same time the employes of the state
who draw wages instead of salaries, should just make a
note of them and also of where' they begin to practice
economy and on what class of salaries.
Noting the vote in Portland on measures pertaining to
city affairs of which nine were voted on at the primaries,
it appears Portland citizens mad? an unusually sensible
showing. The regulation of jitneys was beaten nearly
two to one, and the tax for a general refund had above
",;00 majority. The preferential Oregon contract meas
ure had nearly six thousand majority and the two platoon
system was very properly beaten. The funding of the
bonded indebtedness measure passed by nearly 8,000 and
the so-called "free" city garbage collection was beaten
by nearly 8,000. The proposed collecting of delinquent
assessments showed a pretty evenly balanced sentiment,
the majority for it being but 91 and it is possible this may
be wiped out. Transferring of the special fund carried
two to one and the bonding of the jitneys was indorsed
end the elimination of bridge tolls denied the former by
7,554, and the latter by 20.808. It h seldom indeed so good
a showing is made in a city election for some measure is
apt to slip through or to be killed that should have had a
different fate.
THE ARMY OF MERCY
The second drive for raising money for the Red Cross
began yesterday, and the intention of those in charge to
have the full quota subscribed, today was realized.
There is no cause that so appeals to all as that of
the Red Cross. Its work is exactly contrary to that of
the armies for their object is to destroy while the Red
Cross devotes all its energies to saving life and caring for
the wounded, sick and suffering everywhere. It is not
only the battle fields of bloodstained Europe that sees
its efforts, but wherever- there is suffering and want
there the flag of the Red Cross floats, and there its gal
lant soldiers serve as bravely and ui. selfishly as the most
heroic soldier under arms. But a short time ago an earth
quake in Gautemala left hundreds homeless, and the wires
had no sooner brought the news to America than money
was sent to relieve as far as possible the pinch of hunger
and following this the Red Cross soldiers were soon on
the field looking after the unfortunates. The famine in
China, the unfortunate Armenians, the Serbians, all have
been recipients of benefits at the hands of the Red Cross.
It is up to us to help this grand little army fight the bat
tles of humanity and to realize the certain truth that we
are our brothers' keeper. No matter what vour beliei
about war you can give to this cause for it is the cause of
peace. Its soldiers have no enemies, but treat all in need
alike whether friend or enemy of America. The Ger
man sympathizer can conscientiously give to this cause,
for it is aiding in caring for wounded Germans, just the
same as any oiner.
The Prussian leaders are said to be waiting for foprrv
weather to make their next drive. They want this brand
of weather because it hides their movements from the
allies, and enables them to strike hard with a greatly con
centrated force. It would seem the best way to meet
that kind of attack is to beat them to it hv mnlono- the
first attack as soon as the fog begins. to form. The ag
gressor nas a big advantage in that he concentrates hi3
forces at one point and can strike hard before forces can
be sent to meet him. That is wher the Germans have had
the better of most of the fitrhtine. and that ia.whv fipn.
eral Byng drove a dozen miles through the Hindenburg
line.
I-
: ll,m3 J Children Cry for Fletcher's
By jane ruJSLa-s ;
SIGHT SEEING AGAIN
Dr. Roberts on the witness stand fell back on that old
excuse, "the woman tempted me" Strange isn't it that
after more than 5,000 years' practice at lying, the male
animal cannot find a new excuse fcr his fall? Adam
sprung that one before he was a week old and it has never
'. been improved on since. ,
By tbe recent arrest of the Sinn Feiners in Ireland it
was discovered the trouble in that little island was made
in Germany. It was German money that financed the
whole scheme, and it was this same money and influence
rhat sent Sir Roger Carson to the gallows.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Second Installment of Twenty Per Cent on Third
Liberty Bonds will be due May 28, 1918.
If you want that two pounds of wool shorn from the
white house sheen vou arp. at libertv tn KM fn if w tha
chances are you will have to bid pretty high if you get it.
For those who have the coin to snare for snrri invesr.
merits, and there are many, it should make a strong ap
peal, u win oe a souvenir, something made" from that
will be worth having in the family in the years to come.
The money goes to the Red Cross.
No man should even attemnt tn rwt. roh nnf nf fViic
JL O v m v v-a. viiiu
war, and if some do bv taking advantage nf war mnrL
tions to indulge in profiteering their money should be
taken from them ater the war, to the last dollar so made,
and applied on the national debt. As a matter of fact
such money will have been filched from the people and
should be applied in some way that would benefit all.
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; Rippling Rhymes
by Walt Mason
HE ALSO SERVES
i
Before the war across the sea our thoughts
were all of boodle; we showed enough of
loyalty by whistling "Yankee Doodle." We
old Nick and Harry, and said the burden
on our backs was much too fierce to carry.
If we were asked to rise and air some pro
ject, for a minute, our winning smile would
he mislaid! wp'rl nsV "WVi-jt io thara in it?"
We'd talk much of the public weal, of I
things that needed doing; but all we'd do
Was rant, nnrl sm'pl anA ohcmr oil l-on-o HrnrtVi 1
I wiwt cu i ?vim
"'""m&f i : t i , ,
Mr mhoiZLi mewing, in smisnness we an were soaKea,
long years of peace had spoiled us; then
Stoker Wilhelm deftly stoked, and raised the fire that
roiled us. We've vowed to put him in the broth who made !
this nation nervous, and we have shak'en off our sloth, :
and our one aim is service. I see the bankers leave their
banks, the pastors leave their churches, to round up chean
disloyal cranks and pull them from their perches. I see
the merchants leave their stores, to help in bond cam
paigning; each man forsakes his private chores, no argu
ing, explaining. We're shaken from the musty ways in
which we need to travel; we want to serve, to help, and
raise a cloud of dust and gravel. OH, it's a great thing for
our souls, it puts new zest in living, this thing of finding
that our rolls are only fit for giving.
CHAPTER LXXXin.
It wis very late when we reached
the hotel, and the next morning both
David and I slept until uearly eleven
o'clock. George had been so quiet, I had
not heard him wlicn he left.
" He does love me a little"; I thought
"if he didn't, ho wouldn't care wheth
er he disturbed me or not." Always, I
tried to comfort myself.
After we had breakfast, David and
I started out again. We took a taxi at
the hotel and just rode from Bowling
Greeu to the Bronx. We wanted to seo
New York. Another time, I might be
more interested about the things IN the
city, but this time it was the city itself
which lured mfi.
We did go through the library, then
had tea at Delmonicos.I wonder if other
youii(r people were as eager to see ihe
places fluoy had read about, as were Da
vid and I. David talked with the head
waiter, and he told us a lot about the
vostaurant It's beginning, way down
town, and how gradually it had moved
up to its present location on 44th street.
"wee, eis! it seems awtul, the way
we are spending money," David said, as
we were once more seated in a taxi. "1
wish that clock in front would stop
turning around. Every time I look at it
We have had ten cents worth of rido."
"As long as George doesn't woiry
about the expense, I guess we needn't"
I replied, a natural pride in being able
to do things before one 's family prompt
ing the speech.
Money Isn't Everything
"It IS nice to spend money and not
feet you are extravagant, but I'd rather
you wouldn't have so much money, tho
and be happy. Money isn't everything"
"But I AM happy, David."
"Somotimes it's your own affair
Sis, but honest, I'd rather you'd mar
ried one of the town bovs than to hav
all the wonderful things you do, unless
you are happy."
I began almost to b.? glad that David
would soon leave u?. He would only
remain in Morelands a dav or two after
our return. He was too keen, too alive
to all that went on, too anxious I should
be happv. I used to wonder if other
girls who had brothers and no sisters
were so tenderly loved as I.
That night we went io the Hippo
drome. George went with us, and after
ward we went to tho ltitz-Carleton for
supper.
"Aow iork people ecrtaiuly are
strong for the icats," David said to me
it if n't tho Aew iork people, Da
vid, as much as it is the floating popula
tion the out of town folk, like us,"
George told him.
"Anyway, the grub is all right."
David sometimes acted as if he tried
to shock George. He used more slang
when he was around than when we
were alone together. It amused me, and
so 1 said nothing to him about it. it
Goorgu couldn't understand his boyish
spirit, I would not explain.
Our Last Day.
Tho next morning we planned Ij
shop.
"Get whatever you like to send year
folks at home," G,eorge said when he
left us. "If you haven't money enough,
havo them sent C. u. D. to the hotel.
I'll leave word at the desk to take
whatever is sent."
"Money don't mean a thing to him"
David said as the door closed behind
George.
"Yes it does, too, in a way, David.
George expects a great deal for his
money, o matter whether it is pleas
ure, or clothes, or business. Ho wants
all he pays for. ILa seems lavish to us
because wo never had much to spend
at home."
What a lark David and I had, shop
ping for the folks at home! We bought
Mother hlack satin lor a uiess; a Ko
dak for Ralph; a tennis racket for Carl;
and a pipe for Father. Thv.'ii I bought
a gift for each of the servants, and some
gay little handkerchiefs: for Evelyn.
That noon wo lunched at a fascinat
ing little tea room in the shopping dis
trict. Afterward we waudereu into tho
public library, then took another drive
through th0 park. We were to leave for
home a little after six, so about three
we went back to tho hotel to pack. We
were to dine on th0 train, and George
was to be up in time to pack his own
things. I!t I was fo afraid he would
be late, that I packed them for him. It
wad lucky that I did, for wo only just
caught our train. Ueorge had been de
tained and had his thiugs not been pack
ed, we could not possibly have gone
that night.
"Tlmnk you, Helen," he said when
I told hi in that evuiything was ready
"It was thoughtful in you."
"Gee! Mum alwavs packs Dad's
duds. lie wouldn't kuow how," David
said in an amused aside.
"George is quite different from dad"
I replied.
(Tomorrow Home Again)
'
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
ia use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made snder his per
IP ,riF-f-ju . sona supervision since its infancy.
&WrcS now n0 one to deceive yon in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Childran Experience agninst Experiment.
What is CASTOR I A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it ha
l)een in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
ENfeE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
JO
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THI C1HTAUH eOMHV. HtWVeBH CITV.
oud drank four chocolate sodas, three
'ootbeers, two einireraU'B. and ftmr
glasses of vichy water.
When he statrirered home, denthlv aieli
his wife was waitincr for him. She
spanked him soundly and then put him
to eu, where, pnl.e anrl trembling and
perfectly miserable inside, he murmur
ed: "Juanitn! Juanita! The lifn nf Hm
great white way is only a hollow sham!
ii i ever recover, Junmta, I promise
never, never again to havo another
rung! "
OTJB DAILY STOST
FUDDLE'S FLING.
I'ai fhingdale Fuddle was a mode,
henpecked husband. He handed hi'
wife his pny envelope, unopened e'ory
Saturday night, and kissed her swoet'.v
when she gave him back two dol'ar1
for carfare and lunch money fcr the
wo,-k. ITc took Fidn, h''s wife's tor
noodle, out for a half hour airing be
fore he went down to th.e office, each
moraine;, and stayed home to mind the
house th evenings his wife wevt to
'V club, "d mn,lf. the hen's nnd dust
"1 every Similar.
But this 8itiirtnv nieM. whn h nr-
i?v,v1 linm 1.;. A.i0r nnA
nofe fwim Lit, xrJ or"!" : -- H
', mnM , t,nmn ! v, .
"I'll V-.. , fi,,
"T, - t ,. .... , . ! . ,
never had my fling. Oh, dear, hur
rah! " )
And for an hour h.9 walked about
royally dropping pennies in chewing
gum slot machines, without even both
ering to pre?s in tho rods and get the
chewing gum. Then he bought two fif
tv rent seats for the theatre, one for
his hat and the oth.er for himself, and
recklessly left fully five minute? before
th ni' "nrtnin. And then he saw
a rpnt flnnhie" electric sign: SODA!
SOD. ! A". YOU CAN DR1XK ruK
TICKET.!
i,-...fl Twiddle felt a delicious
down his hen-pock.-'d
i-lie.
ti-!v.. v wht. "mat's a
i! --'.-.. , Mnk"
., v . j fne gednftively
' "''d over his nickel,
Two Hundred Missing
After Great Explosion
Pittsburgh, Pa., Mav 20. Two hun
dred employes of the Aetna Chemical
Company at Oakdalo, were still un
accounted for at 10 o'clock today.
This included workers nf the niulit
shift, many of whom lived in cabins
near tue plant winch were destroyod
by Saturday's first big blast of T. N. T.
uriimis today today admitted that
addition to the death roll may be ex
pected. There were 464 men in both shifts
listed Monday. Of these 40 quit dur
ing tho week. Of the 424 on the roll
on Saturday, 264 have been accounted
for as known dead, injured and missing
or as survivors.
Searchers in the ruins today de
clared that many bodies must still be
in tho messes of twisted steel and
wrecked machinery.
Parts of 25 corpse were found in
one small area by the searchers early
today.
WAESANT FOB O'LBABT
New York, May 21. A bench war
rant will be issued for Jovcmiiah, O'
Leary, it wa stated yesterday by
Judge Foster in the United States dis
trict court, when O'Leary, Irish agita
tor, faileil to appeiir when his ease
was called. O'Learv was recently oner-
ated upon for appendicitis. He lis ao-
cuboci or important improper state
ments in Bull, of which he was edit
or, when it was debarred from the
mails.
YOUR HEALTH
By ANDREW F. CURRIER, M. D.
Medicine for Rheumatism.
1 Rheumatism, as I have stated be
fore, is one of the commonest ot
diseases.
In addition to others whom I
have mentioned, the soldiors In tho
trenches and on the battle-field
suffer terribly from it, and thou
sands of those who escape bullets
will be permanently maimed and
their lives shortened by rheumat
ism, by which I mean painful ali
ments of the joints and muscles,
often accompanied with stiffness
and swelling.
There are many doctors who treat
nothing but rheumatism, or say
they do..
Some are quacks and sharpers,
and some are very intelligent and
skillful, as they naturally would
be by specializing in one disease.
This is particularly tha ca30 at
the springs, and at healtS resorts
where rheumatic sufferers flock for
relief.
Rheumatism is benefitted by heat
and the resulting perspiration
which carries off poisons which
h;;ve been circulating in the blood.
That it is so often relieved by
salicylic acid, a powerful antiseptic,
b a strong argument for its infec
tious origin.
There are numerous hot sprlngi
ln this country containing iron, sul
J hur and other minerals, and suf
ferers from rheumatism are often
cured by bathing In, and drinking
these waters.
Jhe3e waters, taken in abun
dance, stimulate tha intestines, kid
neys and skin (all of which elinv
inate waste and poisonoui mate
rials); also, the simple diet, reg
ular habits, sunlight ' and sleep,
which are enforced at sanitariums
give nature a good chance for re
cuperating action.
At some institutions rheumatism
Is treated with dry heat. X-ray
light, and electricity.
These are powerful agents, but
It must be remembered that they
are often In the hard3 of tha isaor
ant and incompetent, as woH as
In those of the intelligent and skil
ful. A. clover, scher.ins. though ignor
ant, doctor will often impress hi
patients with his great ability and
power over disease, especially when
his office is filled with machinery
that sparks and sputters and buzzes
and flames. "
Many patent medicines for rheu
matism are offered for sale, some
of which are of no value at all,
and others may have a slight value
as vegetable tonics.
Most of the latter class are con
coctions of sarsaparilla, dandelion,
burdock, gentian and other herbs
which are harmless, but which sel
dom, if ever, get at the cause of tha
disease and destroy it.
At least two groups of medicines
are used effectively In rheumatism
one based on salicylic acid, and
the other on the coal-tar products;
both are useful, particularly be
cause they are antiseptics.
Salicylic acid Is obtained from
salicin, which is a product of ths
bark of willow and poplar trees.
Oil of wintergreen is methyl sali
cylate; salicylous acid Is obtained
from meadow-sweet, and still other
salicylates have been obtained . by
means of synthetic chemistry.
Salicylic acid may be used for
rheumatism externally or internal
ly. Externally, it may be combined
with olive oil, vaseline, lanolin, or
other fatty materials, and rubbed .
on the painful joint or muscle.
For internal use, It Is most fre
quently used in the form of salicy
late of Boda, which can be tolerated
by many stomachs.
It may be necessary to take It
continuously a week or longer. 'It
la often combined with wintergreen
to modify Its irritant action on the
rtomach.
The coal-tar products, aspirin,
mesotan, salophen, and others are
useful in the early part of an at
tack of rheumatism, but they are
heart depressants and not without
danger, particularly Bines the heart
i3 cften seriously implicated in Uila
disease. .
They are or were made, for the
most part, in Germany. In chronic
rheumatism which has lasted for
years, there are few, if any, medi
cines which are of any real valued