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Audit Burns of Circulation
A SLAM AT OREGON VOTERS.
NOT A PLAUSIBLE LIAR.
Governor Withycombe, probably due to, his ancestry,
got the idea that the present form of government in Ore
gon needed changing and fixing so as to make the gov
ernor somewhat of an autocrat. Pursuing this idea he
imported from the prairies of llllinois a mountain of
state management information in the person of a gen
tleman who has devoted his life to fixing thing3 political.
The mountain came to Oregon, labored, and brought forth
a whole barrel full of mice for the governor to play with.
Apparently he knew what was expected of him, for he
recommended among other things that the governor
should receive the highest salary of any state official,
not even excepting President Kerr of the Oregon Agri
cultural College whose salary is now $8,400 a year. The
commission led by the gentleman from Illinois recom
mends that all state offices, save those made elective
by the constitution, bo made appointive, and that the gov
ernor be made the appointive officer. The reason the
commission gives for this is not at all flattering to the!
intelligence of the Orgon voter, for it says such appoint
ments would relieve the voter or a burden which he is
not qualified to bear." It justifies t his assertion by say
ing that on a number of offices the voter cannot remem
Iter for whom he voted, that he casts his ballot in a me'
chanical fashion. This is expressed rather delicately,
for stated in plain, everyday English it means the Oregon
voter is not intelligent enough to do his own voting and
that for this reason the governor who is selected by him
and elected by his vote should do his voting for him. It
assumes the concentrated wisdom of all the voters is as
sembled under the governor's hat. It asserts that while
the people are intelligent enough to elect a governor, sec
retary of state and state treasurer, they are not well
enough informed to select other officials. We have not
- had the time to analyze the report to the extent of dis
covering how many, if any, offices have been abolished
and how many new ones created. A cursory examination
however, indicates that while many changes have been
made the number of officers has not been reduced, at least
materially. The duties of this board are transferred to
that one, departments given authority over minor offi
ces that were before under some other head and some
new boards and commissions with salaried officials cre
ated. The superintendent of education is made appoint
ive with a board of nine members to superintend him.
This board would not be under salary, but would have, a
general manager and auditor who would be under salary
and who would have charge of the business affairs of all
the higher educational institutions.
When the full report of tho commission is available
we will undertake to analyze it for Capital hJournal
readers, so it will be shown just vbat reductions have
Wen made, what new offices created, and what there is
to the plan when the camouflage is removed. It will be
ncn though, without any close examination, that the pro
posed plan would make tho governor the supreme IT of
the. state. He would be given the power of appointing all
but two slide officials and also the power to remove them
without cause and at his pleasure. It is also stated "that
it is not necessary to have any of his appointments con
finned by the senate." This would make the governor
the autocrat of the state. We have had an example of
what the present governor would do with such power at
his command, in the removal of Superintendent Crawford
of the prison flax plant, and. the governor's refusal to
keep the promise made Crawford to pay him a bonus
if he made good. The people of Oregon will not be de
lighted to learn the rather contemptuous opinion held of
them by the gentleman from Illinois, for somehow they
have an idea they are of average intelligence and are as
capable of managing the election of their officers as even
the present governor. We have no idea what the legisla
ture will do with the commission's plan, but wo can make
a pretty good guess as to what the voters will do to the
legislators if they indorse the opinion of the commission
as to the intelligence, or lack of it, of the Oregon voters,
and put the changes in effect by making them the law.
"An eminent Swedish journalist" who has just re
turned to Sweden from Germany says Germany is far
from starving. He then tells what he was able to get
on a dining car on his way out of the country, the meal
costing him in the equivalent of our money, 85 cents.
Among the things he mentions is .J abundance of white
bread. It is apparent this "eminent Swedish journalist"
was told befor ehe left Germany what to say along this
line, and was in addition perhaps veil paid for saying it.
The Prussian is a generous liar, lemarkably prolific in
subterfuge, but is woefully lacking in realism. He is defi
cient in the artistic temperament necessary to make a
successful and plausible liar. Had the "eminent Swedish
journalist" supposedly neutral, but financially influenced
to pro-Germanism, left out that part of the story about
an abundance of white bread, some might have taken his
story as partly true. He over-lied and gave his yarn
away for the German leaders admit there is scarcity of
bread of any kind. The riots in Austria were caused by
bread shortage, and the failure to have the situation bet
tered as promised after the treaty with Ukraine, and the
taking over of the wheat stocks in Rumania. The abun
dance of white bread was an after-thought of the "emin
ent Swedish journalist", calculated to emphasize the abun
dance of food stuffs in Germany. The story is for allied
consumption and would not be accepted as the truth in
Germany. The story there would go no further than the
white bread Which so impressed the "eminent Swedish
journalist." But why should the Associated Press dis
siminate such German propaganda, through papers like
the Oregonian? Is somebody getting paid for it, and if
so, who I ' . , ,
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THE WIFE
By JANE PHELPS
MBS. CLAYBOB.VE PAYS RUTH
GENEEOTJSLY FOB TTrrg WOBX.
It is all right of course to lool" ahead and provide
for the boys when they return from France, but the idea
that they will have to be taken care of in any great num
bers, is a mistaken one. Most of those who have gone
left some gainful occupation, had some position, or busi
ness, and to these most will return. It is not a helpless
los of broken down old men who will return, but strong
vigorous young men, able, and more, able than ever after
their experiences, to face the world ot business. Of course
there will be some come back whose sphere of usefulness
will have ended through wounds or sickness, but these
will be taken care of generously by the government. Those
not called to the war, will find the boys who come home
will make them hustle to maintain their standing in the
business world, for they will be some hustlers themselves.
Germany tells Spain she will continue to sink Spanish
ships no matter where they may be found, or in whose
service they are. At the same time she hopes Spain will
not take offense at a little thing like that, for the reason
that Germany feels she has a right to do anything she
can to win the war even to starving her friends. She ex
presses the hope that Spain may in time get to liking the
treatment. Probably Spain will, but no other country of
any size would, unless it is Sweden.
( The aggravating thing about the war maps publish
ed in the newspapers is that they never have any of the
towns located on them that are mentioned in the dis
patches. It is impossible to locate the line of battle from
the maps. Another fault is that too much attention is
given to the thousands of places that are not mentioned
and the prolixity of detail prevents anyone finding any
hing any place on them that would throw any light on
the dispatches.
Billy Sunday apparently acquired his wonderful flow
of language ragging the umpire end has utilized it to
good advantage in his campaign against the kaiser and
his co-partner, Satan. ' '
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by Walt Mason
FREEDOM.
CHAPTER XV.
Finally tha room was finished. Bute
had beea South a month. At first
Brian had written chwrfullv. aiaoat
Byv baut keeping bachelor hall, ete.
Hut th last two or three letter had
told of hit lonlineu, and had wonder
ed when he was oming back.
"You haven't left me for Rood, have
V'ai, deart" he asked, pretending to
joka, ' because: if to. have. 1 ahall
sot the police on to rou with ordera
to bring you back, liut really, Kuth,
I don't b!iev yon have any idea of
how lonely I am, or you would pack
up and come by the" nert train. I
can't bear to go home, lately; it grows
more and more lonely without you "
"I really mut go!" he told her
aunt. ,llt waa good in Brinn to l't
me come, and I feel abominably self
ish when I think of him there, all
alone, while I am having a glorious
time here and being waited on like
I used to be. I reikon you all have
most spoiled me aain."
Her aunt did not urge, her to re
main. But she figured up what she
would have paid a decorator for the
work, and insisted that Kuth take a
i;hek for the same amount.
" 'The laborer is worthy of his hire,'
you know," she quoted.
"But 1 LOVED to do it!" Ruth re
turned, "And really would you have
paid a really truly professional man
all that?'' tho check was a large one.
" Yes, perhaps more.v
This second parting was in nmci
resects harder than the first had
been. Ruth had so easily slipped bnck
into the old groove; so readily fallen
into her old habit of luxury, and had
been so loving, as well as beloved,
that they could not bear to see her
go. Mammy Kachel, especially, lament
ed long anil loudly. She had" expected
to return with Ruth from the moment
she knew she was coming South.' Her
disappointment waa very keen, and she
took no paint to hide it.
"Jt alio ly am wicked, she ain't
nothin' but a baby, and her all 'lone
up No'th."
Only Mrs. f'layborne said nothing.
She fairly ached to keep her niece
with her; to feel that once ajjain she
belonged to her, and was happy- She
noted the softness of her hands, the
gloss on her hair, the look of per
fect grooming which had alwavs been
associated with Ruth, and which had
been absent when ghe came.
How duea she endure it?" she mut
tered. "She must love him
much."
Ruth did. As she drew near New
York, she could seareelv wait to see
Brian, to bo clasped in Jiis arms. It
wemed to her that something must
be the matter, the train went so slow
ly. It fairly appeared to erawl. But
finaHy they were in the a-tation, the
train stopped, and she saw Brian, tall,
handsome, distinguished-looking, wait
ing for her.
Hasped in his arms, regardless of
who saw them, she -told him how glad
sho was to be back, how she didn't
believe ahe could ever leave him a-
gain, and many things that emotional
people say at such times. And Brian!
lie told her how he had missed her.
how the dayt and- niuht were, each,
forty-eijiht hours long. That he had
onsideied committing suicide if she
remained longer; and all the foolish
things a man very much iu love with
his wife is apt to sny.
lhey hail dinner at a nice little
restaurant. And as Mrs. Murphy had
scrubbed and cleaned the little flat un
til it was spotlem Ruth 's home mill
ing was really quite a gay and festive
very
I affair. But the next morning, just
as she was aannilv dreaming of tome
old castle which she was to re-decorate,
Bra an woke her:
!'You"U have to hurry if I aaj to
have any breakfast," he told her.
For a moment Ruth lay trying to
realir.6 where she was- It was only
half past six. She had been sleeping
until eight; then her coffee and bath.
But this wasn't Aunt Laura's. This
was home, her home and Brian's. So
she sprung out of bed, threw on a
kiniaoa and hurried into the kitchen
to the once more unaccustomed and
unwelcome tajik of getting breakfast.
All .lay, Ruth's thoughts were very
busv.
"I reckon, the first thing, we all
will be hearing you have gone into
business. 1 hear it is quite a fad up
Xo'tb."
Peggy Sutton had all unconscious
ly set her thoughts in motion. Now
they wandered on and on of their
own volition. Try as she would. Ruth
ould not divert them into another
channel.
She went to the drawer where she
had laid it, and took out the check
her aunt had given her.
'be said it was no more not as
much, perhaps as she would have giv
en a professional. Mie savs mv work
is equal to theirs. And it is twice
as much as Biuan earns, even la his
best months."
All thru the day she wonjered-
Then:
"Why not?" she said to herself,
'Others do such things because it is
a tad with them. Whv not do it be
au so it is necessary and beiause vou
love it had rather do it than this!"
looking around the kitchen, and. be
cause, of her straving thoughts burn
ing her arms as she lifted the potatoes
from the stove.
"J believe I will! " a frightened look
in .Her face. "1 won t sav anvthing
to Brian until I see if anyone will
havo me. Then I ean hire this sort
of work done. Ugh how I loathe it! "
as, once again, she burned herself on
the hot dish.
Doubles the strength ot weak, delicate.
nerroos people in twe wrekx' time in
iiudt instaiKM. it la tne tgemicauv
Don (oral of Dboaututi LaturaUr
fusatl in brain ai-d nerve eel is. New
supplied bj tlrackfiit tn tablets under
ffusraotee of nmiiev back If sot satis-
fleil. Get BITRO-Phosphate. There
ra other '-phosphates nnt Dot in
brain SBd serve eella. BITRO-Phos-piuit
ta the tree, vital material which
Increases Strength
Tomorrow Ruth Considers Taking
a Position So She Can Have a Servant.
Wounded Woodbam
Boy Writes Mother
The Independent prints the following
letter from one of the boys in France.
Prance, Base Hospital 34, C 2, July
1, 1918 Iear Mother: Well, mother,
here I am in base hospital Xo. 34 with
a shrapnel wound in my back. I got
wounded on the 23th of June at 2:30
p. m. on the Chat-can Thierry front antt
on he 26th, at the same time, I waa
operated on and awoke at 5.30 p. m. I
and ate a good, big supper, and never
was sii-k at all. and the next day I was
sitting up ia bed and today 1 am walk
ing amund and feeling fine. Expect
to be out of here in a couple of weeks,
and then I do not know where I will
go, I don't think I will go to the front
again very soon as I am working for
a transfer to where Julian is. 1 wrote
to him yesterday and he is working on
it for mc. If 1 cannot' make it I will
probably go back to Co. 1. I was in
Co. M, 23 Inf., 2d Div. They were
regulars. They are now called th
saviours of France. General Pershing
claims he has a surprise for them ant
they are all anxious to know what it
is.
The shrapnel that got me waa noth
ing more than a ball bearing, like in a
wheel, only it was four or five time
the size 'of that in an "auto. It went
ia just to the left of my spjne and
kept on going to the left, and have a
eut there from six to eight inchea
long and only six stitches. The nurse
has taken them out for me, about fiva
minutes ago, and I am up and writing
already.
One 'of these shells that they sen4
over has 2S4 shrapnel in it, besides
the shell itself. The shell that got
me only landed about ten or fifteen
feet away and I wa ly'ng down flat
oa my stouiaci as I heard it coming
and knew it had my address on it
They say all you have to do is te
give them your name and address ani
they will find you, and I sure do be
lieve it. But one thing about it ia
that the Americans give them at
least twice as much as we get, aa yoa
ean tell all the shells that go and come
and you get so yon can duck then
pretty good. I thought 1 had duckei
mine but a stray one got me.
The Americans sure stopped that
drive on Paris and drove them further
than from where they started from.
They cannot face an American in the
open. They run back or aay "kara
erad. ''
When you folks write to me ad
dress the letters to Company I, 1624
Inf., A. P. O. 727, the same old ad
dress. I have not been sick yet since I
got hurt and so I am eating like a
horse, and believe me, they sure feci
ydu here. This is the easiest life I
have had since I have been in France.
I will w(ite agan at the end of tha
week, so will close with lots of love .
and regards to all.
From vour lovng son,
JOE.
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OTHERS are IMITATIONS
Corporal Frank Zinn, who is now
stationed at Xevers, France, submits the
following:
Guard duty is getting to be the nuts,
We do it day after day.
But somehow we've got to do our b"t,
And we're over here to stay.
I thot when I left home last spring,
'Twould be the greatest fun,
To take a Lewis shooting iron,
And bump 0ff two million huns.
Or fly aloft in an aeroplane,
And 1.8 . in the sky I'd spell,
Then drop some twenty tons of bombs,
And blow tho huns to bell.
I could see myself witn medals on,
Ai limping aroun.l with a cane,
While papers at Lome my valor praised,
For tw0 regiments of boche I'd slai
Bt'T. here I am so peaceful like.
In the ScrvUe of the Bear,
And Kaiser Bill with his deeds of belt
Has no need nf me to fear.
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Here we are free to come and 1:0, and do all kinds of
knitting:, and while we lay no statutes low, our course is
right and-fitting. I pack my grip r.nd journey forth, on
impulse or suggestion; and if 1 journey south or north,
no guy has right to question. And every- time I tour the
earth, where'er I may determine, I thank the gods who
ruled my birth, that I am not a German. I'd hate to have
my course laid down by some tinhorn official, to tremble
i't a kaiser's frown, rebuking and judicial. I'd hate to
have to sign my name to forty kinds of papers, before
allowed to play my game and cut r.v useful capers. I'd
i hate to come when princes call, and go w hen they demand
lit, mat sort ot thing would stir my gall-methinks I
I couldn't stand it. Here we are free to live our lives with
no avenger nearing; we run up bill and beat our wives,
i nd no one's interfering. No cheap policeman comes along
: and puts me in the cooler, because U some immortal song
I ridiculed a rider. My little home my castle is. where
jihythmic storms are brewing; no punk inspector thrusts
; his phiz inside to see what's doing. But if the kaiser
j comes to reign, from o'er the Prussian border, I will not
I dare to chant a strain, without a written order. J
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