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TUB LlAILI CAPITA!, JUI UIKAL
la tba acly newspaper In Hnleni whoa rlrrulutloa la goaruDtard by tha
country's army and navy, seven have volunteered from
! Oregon," is staggering. It gives the number volunteering
irom the nation at large as 1,400,000. If Oregon provided
seven wnere the balance of the country furnished only
lour then Uregon must have furnished 2.450,000 volun
teers. With a population of less than a million, this is
sure going some.
Audit Bureau of Circulations
SALEM A CANNING CENTER.
Communities, like men, to be f-uccessful must have
some definite object and devote theij" energies to develop
ing it. Salem, sometime when there is another adminis
tration in the state, next year or four years later, will
find one of her objects waiting, that is flax. It will some
time be her greatest industry. In the meanwhile she
lias another that is rapidly developing and which will ere
long put her in the front rank in 'hat especial line, and
that is the canning business. Salem is already a great
fruit center, greater than most of the citizens realize, but
that industry is only cutting its baby teeth. It will re-J
quire 150 cars this year to handle the shipments of green
prunes alone. What Salem canneiip have done this year
. would make an astonishing story to most of us, and this
t.tory will be told in the near future when the season
closes.
The building up of this industry requires concerted
effort for the success of a cannery depends largely on
the number of months its plant can be kept at work. Every
month of idleness Is so much loss. I o stabilize the indus
try is an urgent necessity. This should be undertaken by
the Commercial Club, the fruit unions or the grange, or
possibly better yet, by all of them acting together. To
lengthen Ihe season requires that berries or vegetables
. of each season should be provided in sufficient quantities
to keep the canneries running to capacity and even to
compel that capacity to be increased. There should be
some-means taken to provide berries from the earliest,
gooseberries and strawberries clear through the season.
There should be an increased acreage of raspberries, and
no on through the list of black and loganberries to the j
it u . o ; i p . 1, ! !
jate lau iruits suuanie ior cunninir. Dome uira in im
mensity of the canning industry here may be gained from
the pear crop just now coming in. The Hunt cannery
alone expects to can two million pounds of pears, more
than half of which will come from the Wallace orchard
across the river. These bring about $18 a ton to the
grower and represent to him $18,000. It will require a
force of MOO workers in the cannery to prepare these for
the market. This illustrates what was said at the be
ginning of this article as to the necessity of keeping the
cannery supplied to capacity throughout the season. In
stead of employing from fifty to onu hundred part of the
reason there should be steady employment for the :U)0
during the whole season. One of the great drawbacks
eo far has Wen the scarcity of pickers. With work for
these from early spring until late in the fall this scarcity
would be overcome. There would be families that would
take up the business as a steady occupation. "The Tick-
lilUUSiry WOUIU oe given a permanem cnuiucicr, unu
besides it would give ideal work ior i amines miring me
entire summer. To the lig families it would appeal es
pecially, for it is an occupation at which the young folks,
too young to earn money at any other occupation, could
;uld materially to the family income and be at the very
healthiest of pursuits while so doing. They would not be
confined, but out in the sunshine ami air developing ro
bust constitutions and laying the foundation for exuber
ant health. Of course the canning industry is in a sense
n side issue to the greater fruit business, for outside mar
kets take care of immense quantities, but the cannery
makes the market certain, and is a safeguard against a
glutted m'arket. In addition to the fruits, such vegetables
us are wanted for canning; string beans, peas and such,
can be grown to fill in the gaps hetwwn the berry and
fruit crops. The Kings Products company has opened
another important branch of the preparing of fruits and
vegetables and its showing since its ."tart has Wn a splen
did one. Salem can be the leading canning city of the
northwest just because she can if hc cans.
No better illustration of the widely different beliefs
and feelings of people is possible than the views held as to
the Kev. Billy Sunday. He attracts thousands, who are
apparently delighted with his per-fervid style, and his
use oi slang. Un the other hand there are many, especial
ly those of maturer years, who think him out of place in
the pulpit and his language even more so. To express it
as he would he "slings too much hell around promiscuous
ly, to suit them. However, the world is large and those
who do not care to hear and see him do not have to do so
While the gains on the western front are not spec
tacular they have the cheerful trait of beine uninterrunt
ed. The Germans are steadily giving up the ground they
swept over earlier in the year and are losing heavily
while so doing. The allies are pressing ahead along a
sixty mile front, and Hindenburg is headed toward the
ivuinc, ii imt; can oi sam iq oe neaucu one way wnue lac
ing another. The proper expression would be "backine
up."
Some senator who is encaced in delavin? the Dassace
of the man-power bill perhaps, jumped on to the secre
tary of the navy becuase the navy had not captured the
rauier inumpn. as that little nuisance (the Triumph,
not the senator) has suddenly disappeared it is supposed
the sailors on her sunk her and returned to their submar
ine. A United States senator criticising the navy is like
snearing a pig ior wool sheer nonsense.-
The Oregon Voter says it is convinced that some of
l ortland s policemen are in cahoots with the bootleggers
and protect them from arrest. This is the parole system
reduced to a working basis without troubling the higher
ups over small infringements of the law.
Germany is telling her people they must prepare for
another winter of War. This is good advicft? for the sum
mer fpllowing will perhaps see it ended and so will re
quire no preparation on their part.
"Essential or non-essential" so far as occupations go
is a hard matter to decide. One thir.g is certain and that
is tnat lew will be found who will unqualifiedly indorse
the classification made by the authorises in Washington.
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WHERE MARSHAL FOCH LINKS TIGHTER THE SOMME AND AISNE FRONTS
--Marshal Foch has launched a new offensive between the Oise and the Aisne rivers
on a nine-mile front and penetrated the German lines for a maximum depth of two
miles. This advance is part of the welding operations brinrintr the Somme and Aisne
fronts into closer union and effectually seals the two against a German advance
where the armies join. In the vicinity of Lassigny the allied force scontinue to goin,
reaching the outskirts of the village, and also captured Fresnieres, to the north. Brit
ish forces also peneti;:teJ Royc.
The French are a hospitable pople and a forgiving
one. It is well for them though if they desire to keep up
their reputation for charitableness that they cannot hear
their language assassinated in America after the boys
get home.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
ALL TIIE THIRD LIBERTY BONDS ARE NOW
HERE.
k THOSE INTERESTED TLEASE CALL
AT TIIE BANK
Our good, wise president taseeches that we shan't
hang to elms or leeches such gents as may offend: to
show the world we're law abiding, 1 11 forms of frightful
ness deriding, should be our aim and end. We chide the
Huns for being brutal, but protestations seem quite futile,
and we re thrown out of court, if wt take ropes, some vic
tim cinching, and show him that the lawless lynching is
i till our out door sport. We're standing up for all things
moral; we've taken part in Europe's quarrel to set this
planet straight; we need clean hinds, and these we're
lacking if to the elm tree we go packing the hemp for
some poor skate. The time spent oi a lynching function,
where many men, in vain conjunction, throw golden hours
away, might balk the Kaisers Bill and Charley, if it were
spent in reaping banley, or baling clover hay. It is a
waste of men to hang them; far better round them up
and gang them, and send them to the front; there they
may scrap with weapons staple, but dead guys swinging
from a maple can do no useful stunt. This game, to which
we've been addicted should be abolished, or restricted
until the war is done; till this is done the world will sass
us, and view wit hscorn and doubtless class us with Visi
goth and Hun.
THE WIFE
By JANE PHELPS
RUTH CONSIDERS TAKING A PO
SITION 80 SHE CAK HAVB.A
SERVANT.
awful, Eutb."
1 H never dart! proDote it. never!"
she thought whi-n he tulkod like that.
Witt the days and weeks natsed.
Ruth fjrew dorx-ntto. She had told
Brian of her cheek, a iiresent from
her aunt, she called it; ami had pro
posed they have youiiir eirl come ia
and clean up uioruiux'- But Brian had
coiit'ciNted, to come debts. Clients had
been alow, he had been obliged to bor
row. He wouldn't have told her. if
he bad kept attlt about her vlietk.
Hut it didn't aeem riant not to iav
hea they had the money. So Both,
ho knew nothing of debt save that
3h viewed it with horror, aave htm
er preeioim ehio k. To her surprise, i
he used it nearly all, iviug her bek ,
few dollar, and buying theater tick
ets a a treat.
Did you have to have it ALL "i
he asked, when he came home.
"1 told you 1 had borrowed money. '
les but iinan huw did you ex
pect to ay it f Aunt didn 't give nie
that lehock, altho I allowed you to
hiuk he did. itlie paid me for decor
ating her living room. 1'aid nie the
same as she would hav had to pay
a professional decorator" Then: " We
can't expect any more from her what
will you do if you borrow ajjainf
"Oh. I don't know! the Lord looks
after chiUrcu and fools, vott know
"Don't joke, tell me, Brian. What
are we K""IS t0 about such things!
It seems drcudtul to nie,
"We're paying too much rent, uth,
for one thiiiL'' he blustered, know
ing how mean and small the flat seem
ed to her, yet not quite reuliuif either,
"Von mean "
"Yea. 1 mean that we can't afford
to pay thirty five dollars a mouth rent
on,' T what 1 earn, ana have euouyn
to live on left, in these times when
everything cost so much.
tint vou knew how much you earu
ed when you uaked me to marry you.
Hrutn made no reply.
"Yes 1 suppose I did."
"Then how did vou expect me, us.
to livef Did you iimrrv me thinking
Aunt Laura would"
1 didn't marry you for any reason
on ea,rth but that 1 loved you, ' llnati
btoke iu vxi'itediy. chuiii tluua ill her
tone had cut him. "Hut it is not
strange if 1 thought that a woman as
wealthy as your aunt would do ,ome
thiiiji for you, seeing you are the only
lative she cares tor and that you
made vour hutne with her."
Oh, Hriau! 1 never thought that
you Aunt ijui (lave me a wouderiui
trousseau, never stepped to even ask
the cost of anything, And"
"It would have been more sensible
f she hadn't given you to many fob
le rols, a n.l had given you the money
instead," Driau ajiain interrupted.
1 always supposed s man took care
of his wife after he married her,
Kutti said slowly, "that he did not
ask her to marry hiai until he could
"I can take care of you, all rijfht!
Vou needn't think, just because J nesd
el that check to fy back the money
t borrowed, that I can't, but we II
have to cut our cloth according to
our pattern, punita'1, e II ro house
T huntitiif. We huU fij something
Zthat would do until I get more business,
f tar about tweaty five dollars. That
would give us tea dollar s month for
other tbiOK.
Zi "Voa
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LIFT OFFCORNS!
Doesn't Hurt a Bit! Sore Corns
Lift Right Off With Fin
gers. Magic!
A t
rm
Costs few cents! Drop a little
Freefone on that tuehjr corn, instantly
that corn stops h-.trtintr, then you lift
it riyht out with the finders.
Why waitf Your drucifUt .ells a tiny
iiottlo of 1'reezone for a few cents, suf
ficient to rid your feet of every hard
corn, sort corn, or com between the
toes, and rntlum;s, without soreness or
irritation. Kreewne is the much talked
of discovery of the Cincinnati aeuius.
And now the (lermau soldiers are
otinz their own supplv traius. and
when their officers kick about it they
answer with whatever is German for
WellF" with the lone and risinu
circumflex jut like that.
Luilcmlorff i some humorist after
all. Take this, from a news dispatch:
"Oenernl Ludendorff maintained that
the tanks of the allies would be useless
if the Gentian. Infantry did not let
them overtake them." Tuh gotta hand
it to the German sense of humor once
in a while.
SHELLED Ai SUNK
BY SHIPTAUSSIG
Mistaken In Dark For German
Diver, Fifteen Of Crew
Washington, Aug. 27. Mistaken is
the dark at 3:13 a. m. this morning, lor
a submarine, the U. S. ehaser 20 was
shelled and sunk by the merchantman
Felix Taussig. The commander, execu
tive officer and fifteen men are missing
from tho chaser while nine have beca
landed eighf " Xew York and one at
Lewes. Del., aeeording to navy depart
ment information this afternoon.
Tho navv department issued the
lowing statement:
"The navy department is informej
that submarine ehaser number 209 was
shelled and sunk by the steamship .Fe
lix Taussig at 3:13 this morning, soutk
of Long Island. Ia the darkness the arm
ed guard of the steamship mistook th
submarine chaser for an- enemy subma
rine and opened fire. The commando
and the executive officer am! firtw
members of the crew of the subuiiiaa
chaser are reported missing.
"Nine of the survivors have bcea
landed, eight at New York and one.
A. ( orcoran at Lewos, Del.
'Fuur of those lauded were wound
ed:
. "Thomns Harrsn. chief boaswtwaia;
Claude Wilde, machinist's mate; Clar
ence 8. Evans, machinist '9 mate and K.
A. Corcoran, quartermaster.
"Five of those landed were uninjur
ed: "Elmer E. Gleason, machinist's mate;
timer 8. Kirby, electrician;' Clajd KU
mey, quartermaster; Charles M. Thomas
seaman, and George B. Weigaud, gua
ner's mate.
"Vessels ar searching the vicinity
for other possible survivors."
idoyj list the Taussig as an Ameri
can steamer.
Those devocalized army mules of tha
allies ought to feel be'tter when the
get to lira v.
eiiAmai xvi.
it dav Ruth went round In a sort
f dream. rvh eouliauailv thought of
her irih-t; yet lacked determination
U carry it out to put it, herself, to
the teat. Her briUj;iug up had some
thing to do with her attitude. Her
sunt ihoutfht it all rM for Kuth to
cereie her t!vl at hme, with her;
bl he would hav te-a inrxpresa.Vy
sho keJ had she kuoau a uiece vt hen
i "U.r. .,.,1. T T 1 '
coi.leiplatrd aaXhtag so ,tr,g miuj- TU. m.,Ma.r .'. i , V' t
ever ttKl it that Ions month, tom
jing home to find yo away. It was
reallr mesa that we mast Kv
a stilt poorer place thsa this "
... a k.f rfi f f .-ran. .. .1.. it
Urian noticed her roeetiptioa an.1 ,,,,1,? You haves 'I snv women
ragged her shout it. friend to be trotting is ad out; aud
"Not planning to leave a; assin, we will be together jut the same,
are youf Going !v.oth for goodf j I'm sorry I'm ot a millionaire. I
"You know I am not going South be. ww Jay rhsp not a mil
gain," Ruth replied, not letliug him, i lioaair; but a fUw ho ts bright
however, that he was "gating warn!" s always gets aloog."
as she used to say when ftsyt" iiM Rl', "ul B "rv. 'hat mht.
Stt.gock as a ebild. jaea onan aiejn, r uvujnu iw
"You Wtter not! Ill divwe voah"1 P.""-1'!1 ,!",,t M
t r... .l. ihav savwi,ea ana surpr.sea fciui.
"You ilon't ,lre! sh laughed. kta
ing him. "You'd i'; of gnef i a
weak." j
IBM a right.
T narrow Ri
Hnau's T'.aa
ijuBTters.
Rebels
NfkiBg
Against
Cheaper
ed, o KHMitttiattly, as gxig to woik fer
others, or is luaa far herself.
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