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- " ' ...r i ., W. Npr. i.i. iorial Page of The Capital Journal WEDNESDAY EVEXIMi August 7, 191? Mitor aa PttbUafcr i i PUBLISHED EVEKY EVENING EXC EPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. & BARNES, l'roldent CHA8. II. fisher. Vice-President DORA C. ANDRERBN, 8c. and Treat. SUNNYSIDE An exchange wants the Underwood tariff done away with or to use its own expression, "smashed", gecause brushes made in Japan are sold in this country for less wan mucutau wuiimiicii tan mane mem. HiViuenuy uie SIBStRIPTION KATKS Pflirnr IS Tint TPPIinOf EllftlflPTlr xr tho hlfrh met nf llinrm Dally by carrier, per yr 5.U0FrMith 45e I j , j,T ""t 7 . lu"" .? ,r , w , uauy or man. per year s.uo Per Moot h ,.......33c ailU WUU1U IlKe tO See Uie American COnSUmer DaV SIM i nt.vn0'ds ana -Mrs. Kay- ) - .... 11 Will ,1 Ti 1 11 a B.lm llAatDHO. f oil xui cvcijf Hung iic uaco. u usual presem me coun try is in need of every workman, and there is no especial need of fostering the brush and bristle industry by shut ting out foreign products FUIX LEASED W1KB TELEtiRAI'II KEIDKT EASTERN REPRESENT ATI VES D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. H. Htockwell, People'a Uaa Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are inntructed to put the papera 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 manuwer, aa this la the only way we ran determine whether or not the carriers are following Instructions Phone Mnln 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger If the carrier has missed you. TUB DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL la the only newspaper In Salem whose circulation la guaranteed bj the Audit Bureau of Circulations TOO MANY SILLY LECTURES. It is undoubtedly true that many of the big men who are speaking to the American public are doing much good m the way of giving them a better understanding of the war, and awakening patriotism. At the same time it is undeniable that the greater part of those getting them selves before audiences are not doing any real good, and ofttimes much harm. Americans have an abnormal idea of telling the other fellow all about things they are poorly informed about themselves. The result is that in the multitudinous speakings a great amount of misinforma tion is handed out. We do not doubt the patriotism or the good intentions of this army of speakers but suggest that if most of them would engage in some practical work and abandon the lecture platform, the labor shortagfe . would be lessened and the people spared an unnecessary infliction. As an illustration: The Oregonian Tuesday carried a story of talks made by Sergeant Joseph R. Hath away, formerly with the first machine gun company of the Fourth Canadian Battalion and Dr. D. C. Tremame of New York, to the men of the Peninsula Ship Building company, of Portland. .These men, are represented as being in the National Service Section of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and are sent over the country by that organization. One of these speakers, the Oregonian does not say which, among other information handed the workers, said: "We have about 1,500,000 men abroad now, but only 250,000 of them can be placed on the line, as four men are required in the rear to support each man at the front. Back of those in France we need nine men in Am erica for each one there, and they must be of the same spirit and determination of the manhood that makes up our fighting army." A small calculation will show that :f thjs statement is true, it will be impossible for America to put one million men in the actual fighting, and that all hope of superiority in numbers must be abandoned. According to this statement for every million men on the firing line there would be required 44,000,000 others either behind tle lines in France or at home. There are not that many men in the United States, so that the num ber of men we could put on the firing.line would neces sarily be considered less than a million. Such statements are utterly silly, and calculated to do much more harm than good, and the quicker that kind of oratory is dis pensed with in this country the better. Taking the men between 18 and 60 years of age, the United States has per haps from 30,000,000 to 35,000,000, so that our utmost ef forts would enable us to place on the firing line about 700, '000 men. Great Britain has put ten times that many men in the service, and France with a population of less than two 'fifths of ours has placed more than 5,000,000 in the trenches. day Bed Cross meeting at Sirs. Keyn olds home. The auxiliary had not hud regular meetings during the Loganber ry harvest and so there has been two' It IS finite nnSRlhlP hpfnrp ihp all day meetings. The day was spent war ends many of us will be satisfied to brush our clothes 7e?4e ;HL"Lk: ton9 with the broom. The brushes are not worrying the Amer-Lhe. taaies rrestnt wero Mrs- c- H ican consumer half as much as getting the clothes tojffi,, "SK brush. " wby, Mrs. Raymond Titus, Mrs. Wal- , iter Keynolds, Esther and Ray Heckart '- and Isabclle Taylor, Mrs. D. S. Hilde- It is stated a plot against Lenine and Trotsky hasibranJ ni Mrs- E- J- Heckart were been discovered in Moscow, and both of those brevet Huns! g,M8.' d. s. midebrand amfaaueh- If theV WOUld 1'""' "ladys and Theluia, came from iPnliftvnio . rwl "jT. Tr:.lU A are travelling around under extra guard. be entirely safe they should live : so long as they remain in Russia. It will perhaps not be rs- Eay"oni Titus spent the week K 4-5 wJ t-.n,, V U : :j J a. i. -amornia ana joined Mr. Hildebrand uc ciitiicijf smc uicjr miuuw live lll&iue aa anilUieu UlIlriwho purchased the Gilbert place. dictator will remove both these gentlemen from the scenes of their treachery and the betrayal of their country. long until the same element that disposed of the German m. w Wether Bw.,TE from the Benson Polytechnic school on a iuriougn. Miss Winnifred Reynolds, who has been home for a short time, has gone to Portland There will bo a carnival, with all the accompanying attractions held on the Taylor lawn Friday evening. The proceeds are to be used to buy mater It is claimed the war gardens grown by the children have this year produced crops worth $15,000,000. This is a fine showing and illustrates the value of small things. Besides growing that much foodstuff the little folks haveiaI for the Ked Cro- Everyone is urg also saved the country quite a sum m the way of transpor tation, supplying the local consumer to the extent of their products as the greater part of them were used at home. Some day it will become public that there has been much profiteering in foodstuffs, and not by the retailers either, but by the big firms and corporations. When that time comes it will be a- gloomy day for the profiteers. The profiteering is being done in the substitutes the food ad ministration has asked the people to use, each of which as soon as the price of the thing for which they were to be substituted had been fixed, immediately advanced out of all proportion. As an illustration wheat from 1914 ad vanced in price 214 per cent, but flour only increased by 120 per cent. Corn during the same time advanced 144 per cent but corn meal increased 241 per cent. Apparent ly the big milling concerns are holding flour down, to a reasonable profit simply because they have to, but they are making it up by levying heavy toll on all substitutes, i Lloyd George says: "Hold Fast." He puts it tersely: "To stop short of victory for this cause would be to com promise the future of mankind. We cannot seek to es cape the horrors of war for ourselves by lavine: them up for our children." He has put the whole case in a few words, and the civilized world will indorse his position. The house ways and means committee has decided to place the income surtax on incomes above $5,000,000 a year at 75 per cent instead of 72 per cent. This is a hard blow to most folks, but patriotism will impel us to stand for it without demur. A terrific hot wave is sweeping over the east, and in the corn belt is doing much damage. The weather bureau gives no promise of relief in the near future, but a few days of it will be plenty, and that is as long as it generally lasts. Siberia, it is stated, intends in the near future to de clare war on the soviet government of Russia, which is the same as declaring war on Germany. This will sim plify the aiding of that part of Russia by the allies. Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason THE FLIES. He is a little calculation for the man who shaves himself. He knows that in shaving he scrapes over about half a square foot of cuticle, not counting that he scrapes off. There are in France 1,500,000 Americans practically all of whom shave. There are about 44,000 square feet in an acre so that the shaving of 88,000 men means the go ing over one acre of beard stubble. The figures show that one shave for the entire army would mean the shav ing of a surface containing 18 acres. Some shave. ed to come and a good time is promis' eu to all who come. Rev. Walter Reynolds will hold a quarterly meeting at Philomath Sun day. HAZEL GREEN NOTES (Capital Journal Special Service) Hazel Green, Or., Aug. 7. Peter Zuercher and family of Hillsboro spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. P. Ilazcl bacher. The men were schoolmates in Switzerland and had not seen each other for nearly forty years. Ruth Patton of Silvcrton is visiting at the home of her aunt, M re. W G. Davis. Mrs. Adah Jones roturned from Mon mouth Thursday accompanied by her friend, Miss Clara Moser of Gravel Ford, who remained here till Monday. Miss Huldah Stripling is tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Looney this week. Miss Edna Davis epcut a part of last week with her aunt, Mrs, Rutherford of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. AlDert Eggerman of Pratum ipent Sunday at the Hazel bachcr home. Miss Violet Wilson spent the week end with nor friend, Miss Ruth Cady. Mr. ana Mrs. Henry Anuths of Brownvillo and Mrs V. H, Knuths of Middle Grove were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zcilinski, Sunday. Mrs. Cecil Barnett accompanied her uncle and aunt on their return trip to remain a few days. Jas. Wilson returned from Eagle Creek, a week ago Sunday. Harold Montgomery and some friends autocd up from Portland, Sunday. Mrs. Frank Clark of Dallas spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Ed Duni gan, Jr. Ladies Missionary society will have a picnic meeting Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the U. B. church grove. All of tho ladies of the neighborhood are invited. Which do you want for your 10c ordi nary plug or lasting tobacco satisfaction. Peyton Brand Real Gravely Chewing Plug 10c a pouch and worth it CravelyUutnomachloKgmritcti o more to chew than ordinary plug 1 11 P. B. Gravely Tobacco Company Danville, Virginia, X The Woman Who Changed J By JANE PHELPS MOTHERHOOD. CHAPTER CXLIX. For the next two years my life went on dn about the same way. I contin ually tried to improve myself, to make of myself a woll-rounded woman. It is wonderful what one can accomplish with '"detiJriiityiatUm. I kep!t up my music, ven studied harder than ever had before, as it was one of tho means of keeping Georgo at home. He had not changed in regard to remain ing out. nr rather in ffointr out evmiino-a. . -. ' - . ? . I help Lena, tho nurse who had been with us ever since Kenneth was born, ami once again George and I wero ablo to go about together. A VISIT TO CHICAGO. One afternoon Georgo ame homo very early. I knew something unus ual had brought him, but I waited for him to tell me what it was. "Would you liko to go to Chicago f I must go. Had a wire from Bab eock. Ho said Mrs. Babt-nck wnnte.l you to come along." '.'Oh. I'd love to go but the ba bies. "They were four months old, but I had never been away from them. "They will bo all right. Lena is perfectly capable of taking caro of them and it will do you good. But you must decide at once. I must catch the night train." I think if I had had time to think I should have hesitated much longer; perhaps refused altogether to go, and worried either him or myself about it, had made up my mind I could not change him in that regard. Ho would not havo his liberty curtailed now, goings and comings questioned now, H. any more than when we were first married. But he also never question ed me. Not that it was necessary. I was only too glad to have him listen while I recounted all I had done; where I had been, and with whom. When Kennoth was three years old, my twin boys wore born. Georgo was delighted, and so was I. I fairly gloated over my babies. They were strong, bright little follows, and look ed amazingly like their father even when tiny. . Wo had a nursery fitted up on the third floor, a young girl installed to STAYT0N NEWS The pesky flies, in endless herds; have put me on the blink; I cannot find the proper words to tell just what I think. I wonder if the swat crusade has thinned their ranks at all: I wonder if it really paid to smash them on the wall? For long sad years we've foueht the flies in every way we knew; we've soaked the brutes between the eyes, and poisoned quite a few. We've blown for swatters hard earned mon that should have gone for pies, and now that all the toil is done, have we thinned out the flies?. We've caught them in a patent cage, we've crushed them in their tracks, and often, in a seething rage, we've slain them with an ax. We've slugged them on the cellar stairs and on the pantry shelves; we've punished them with clubs and chairs until we sprained ourselves. We have beset the paths they trod with pitfall and with gin, and spread our tanglefoot abroad to rope the blamed things in. And was our labor thrown awav. our anguish all in vain? The flies seem just as thick today, as hopelessly insane.!,'" (Capital Journal Special Servico) Stayton, Or. Aug. 7. Mrs. Phoebe Boyd, who has U?cn visiting at A. Hill 's has gone to Warrenton to visit rela tives. Martin Berg returned to his work in morning for several days camping at Cascadia Gicbler Bros, who are threshing on Fern, Ridge, had an accident to their separator Tuesday morning. They were erossingr a field, when one of the wheels of the machiiw ran into a ditch, and it turned over on its side. Little damage was done, but work was delayed until 1 (pairs could bo made. Miss Horace Lilly motored to Corval- lis Monday, accompanied by her sistir Miss Gladys Kicc, Mrs. E. my tell him at once. I called Lena in and asked her if she felt ablo to caro for the boys. "Yes ma'am. You go right along. With Katie to help I shall get along all right. . Then Annie too is so nico with Kenneth." "Yes, I'll tell her to help you all she can. You will have your hands full with Ted and Bob." Wo had named tho twins Edward and Robert. Oooigo had insisted that his boys havo gooa stiDstantial names. "It is too much of a handicap to a boy when he has to go thru life as an Algernon, or a Claude," he had said when I rather objected to Edward and Robert as being common sort of names, and suggested Paul and one or two others. ' "All right, dear. When I have a girl don't you dare interfere I had replied laughingly, and ho had prom ised that he wouldn't. "No, should any girls come our way you can name them whatever you please. But my bovs must be man ly fellows and it's hard to bo manly nuu a giriisn or silly name." HELEN WORRIES OVER THE CHILDREN. I was so rushed getting off that I scarcely had timo to worry. But no than I U. and Mar- sooner were we on the train yan Alexander and Mrs. F. F. Foster, commenced. Mrs. Foster stopped in Albany for a vis- "You think they will be all right, it with friends, the others going on to .George?" he was reading the evenin" the collego'town. . Portland ship yards. DON'T LET SOAP Miss Minnie Kerber canie up fronr srviu YOUB-HAIB Portland Saturday and spent a' few, days visitiiii; relatives in Stayton. I Herbert Staub and Clarcmco English1 When you wash your hair, be care ure two boys next to leave from thisjful wll"t J'ou use- llost S0I,! and pre town to join the army. They will both ' J"11'013 sl'ampoo contain too much al qualifiy in mechanical work. jkall whi,'h is vcry injurious, as it dries Nicholas Geymer and family left Mon-1 tn'sca,ll) "'"'"lakes the hnir brittle day for Milwaukic, Ore., where Mr. Gev-1 bfst to ,use is 3mt Plai" uwr lias purchased a small ranch and ,, ,;' , ' , '. paper and I had interrupted bin "Yes." T waited a minute, then: "Suppose they should get sick. I never suuuui iorgive myself for com ing away." ."They won't no more apt to than if you were at home." "Really you feel that way?" "I'm." I. waited perhaps ten minutes. Then ence more 1 spoke. 4 "I hope if they are sick Lena will Jo as I told her and teleuranh us. T o never should torsive nivself" t . where they will make their home. "" V 8 very ciicap peat eu wnen ueorge interrupted: Miss Marie Hekle came down from'" "'""J PM P r L J fv 'orgive you if you Redne Sunday for a visit with her nio-l . f!st al to 1 ie,,9' ou HJo" 1 k''? 6t,,l ani1 lc 1116 d this rher near Kingston - re' ana.a . I m. 1 nave reai1' or tripd to 0110 tor lu.ao um nuiuiu, ua kiim-nuii, a'ciii months Sunday with hz-r parents near town. ! .simp'ly moisten the hair with water Miss Bessie Bodnie of hugena was m nn,i n,h it in ..hn.ii t.,onfi ;.. town the first of the week in the in-'oil that is required. It makes an A 1 ii i it i . , uresis oi i lie wiry s summer college, abundance of r eh ereninv lather Around me countless legions rise, and buzz and scoot and: ejected with the Bible school at kA, tu,rlj anrhZ out ily. The hnir dries quickly and evcnlv. Bartlett and wife, of Chadron, and is soft, fresh looking, bright- fltif- ern in town several davs this fv. wavv and ensv to hnmllp 1?,i,lt.j comes a irost. r or sale: A brand new swattine stick, atiWOl,k' Mr-BartIcn n uuile of Mrs. it lmss and take out every panic: lPSS than half tt? mst Paul Blakcly. j of dust, dirt and dandruff. r - - " --- - - - - - v- - . i. a -. v. , KfXAtJCi UilU k3VWW UM -' ntllU.l hum ; I counted nineteen million flies, and still new legions 'J1,0- L . come. And I suppose they'll still be thick until there Neb'., we LADD & BUSH, Bankers ALL THE THIRD LIBERTY BONDS ARE NOW HERE. THOSE INTERESTED PLEASE CALL AT THE BANK Cattle Market Strong For Close Of Week North Portlaud, Aug. 7. The receipts of cattle at the North Portland market for the week to dato is approximately 1200 head. The cattle market for the week opened strong for all grades, the ty entertained the little girls who belong hnn&ar rimtroril .to the kiuttuio class of the Red Cross. 4""'""'1 umuiwiu tune. M muuy night the postoffice at Red- better (trades however were in demand 1 13.50. yearlings 9.oo io.50; wethers nil.) .nmn Maa, shnimil r. n.l,.n.... ........ . " ' 19 to 19.13 per hundred. The receipts Excellent refreshments wore served and at. the .North Portland Stock Yards to 'the little folks had a very nj date are 1400 head, notations: Prune mixed 18.8d 19.15; medium mixed 18.0S-lS.8o; rough heavies 17.;5-17.6o pigs 18.j017; bulk $18.85-19. With a nominal run in the sheep di vision today tho market is steady at following quotations: East of the moun tain lambs 113-14; valley lambs 12.50' and some cases showed an advance over previous prices. TUe eattlo market is steady at following quotations: Prime steers $11.7312.75; good to choice steers 10.73-11.75; medium to good steers 8.50-9.50; ewes 6-8. FOUR ATJTOISTS yTT.T.p.Tt Rneine, Wis., Aug. 7. $9 50-10.75; fair to iwdium steers 8.50- kiod lmost . , 9.50; common to fair steers o.50-8; .,, u; ... choifto cows and heifers 8-t; medium he" Hjor,B ,M w" Pour were late Tuesday as struck by a to good eows and heifers 0-7.50: fair to 1 n"'"' " "d -North Shore eleetnc train niedium cows and heifers $5-6; runners 0,1 a crosxing near here. The antomo-3-5; bulls 5.50-7.50 calves 8.50-11.50; Hie was splintered. Mrs. Hiorth. thcir stockers and feeders 0-8 daughter. Johanna, aged 11. and Pri- Tho hog market broke all previous vate Christian Hjorth of Camp Gordon, records yesterday, prices were shot up Atlanta, (ia., were instantly killed. 40 to 30 cents, top hogs sold strong at The driver died shortly afterward. At Newport Beach Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 7. The Pope article at least five tunes and don't Know yet what it is about, thanks to you. ' ' This time I kept still for a longer petioil. But the babies were so on uiy mind that when I had looked out of the window a bit, then around Wo car I again said: ''I hope Annie will rciiieivVr to send for Doctor Marvin if ttey should get eroupy or anything, , f told her to, but servants are so fegWtful." "For Heaven's sakV Helen! do keep still! I'll go i"'t!ie smoker where I can read iu pca.e," and without giving me n opportunity to reply ho left me. TomorrowIn Chicago. lie, a small station oil the C.& E. rail-1' "'l'1""""" coryorimou, recently or-; r.ud iv-ar Detroit, was broken into amliP"11 j"re' tody announced the pur- chase of a 30-acre site for its ship- store in connection in,l the Dostof f ice ! var at Newport Beach. A contract for robbed, but little loot was secured. The are conducted bv Mis, Marie Henkle. jdrei,8in channel at the site has been Mr. and Mrs. Dan Doll left Tuesday ! !'n,.cred ."l,0,.and comPany proposes morning for Portland, wher.e Mrs. Doll0 "!:e8l,na'1 num(m aollar 111 build already has employment and Mr. Doll j" 8 nu lias a position in sight. j Tho bcio milk condensery has install ed an ico plant, and expects to furnish ice to that town and surrounding terri ty. The dance given Friday night by the Or.gn Guard for the purpose of rais ing money to buy a flag, resulted in their clearing very nearly $100. Th boyg are well pleased with their success ana exp.ect to give another dance later, to purchase other necessaries. Mrs. J. A Hendershott is visiting rela tives near Salem Geo A Smith and family left Tuesday fHE WIFE - Br Jane Phelps Begins Friday ASS FOR The Original Dtseatihl No Cooking ForInfants,InvalidseooGrovrpg Children. Rich Milk, Malted Grain Extract in PomUt Tht Original Food-Drink for AU Age I OTHERS an IMTTATinwa