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::uiiiii,M;iu!;i!ii!iiii:'!!.i;iiii;ni ..,;:,iii,nl;;.iiKjjj,ii.,H;i:iih:i..; ,&tt, ,xS- CHARLES H. TISUIS Iditor ui PmblUkw Editorial Page of The Capital Journa TUESDAY EVENING September 17, 1913 iijii-iliiili lliili:i!!!!Hi:iiiHliHlljiilg PUBLISHED EVEKY EVEXINGEXC KIT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. Ib & B MINKS. Preeldcnt. CHA8. H. riSIIEK. Vlerrealdnt DOHA CA ANDRESEN, 8ee. ami Titus. r!ly by carrier. pr jcnr luiijr bj mail, per year . . SUBSCRIPTION BATKS 15.00 Per Month S.00 Per Month ..45c ,.H5c KILL LKASED WIltH TELKGHAPll KE1DRT V. D. Ward, New York, EASIKKN ItEl'l Tribune Building. ESEMAT1VES Chicago. W. H. tUockweil, 1'eeple'a (Jaa Building The Capital Journal carrier hoya are Instructed to put Ihe papera on the porch. If the carrier does not do tlila, mlwea you, or neglects netting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation nrannger, aa thia l the only way we can determine whether or nut the carrier are following luatructlona 1'houe Miiln 81 before 7 :30 o'clock and a paper will be aeut you by special neneniter If the carrier has mlaaed you. TUB DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL la the only newspaper In Snlrm whoae circulation la guaranteed br th Audit Uurenn of Circulations THE DAY OF THE FARM TRACTOR. m buggy As the auto has taken the place of the "horse and once the dependency of the farmer for his com munication with his neighbors and the trading centers, so the farm tractor has come to take the place of the farm team in many things. It cannot entirely supersede the horse, for there are many things on the farm that the gasoline driven machine cannot do. At the same time it is certain that the day of the tractor has arrived and that the heavier work of the farms will be done by gasoline driven machinery rather than by animal power. The re cent tractor demonstration at Gresham with its large and intensely interested attendance showed conclusively how the farmers of Oregon are awaking to the fact of the new era. Naturally the first task to which the tractors will be turnd is that of plowing. This is the part of farm ing that drives the farmer the hardest, for it is work that needs to be done sometimes hurriedly and while the ground is in proper condition 'for it. Lack of teams in the plowing season causes decreased crops for the reason the ground cannot all be plowed and made ready for the crops while it is in the best condition. Dry weather on the one hand makes the plowing hard ana leaves the ground in far from an ideal condition for receiving the Beed. On the other hand, too much moisture is equally bad. There is always a rush at the plowing season and always, or nearly so, there is not a satisfactory comple tion of the job. To meet thia under old conditions re quired the keeping of more work horses than were need ed the biilance of the year, and thia meant great expense, for the horses must eat whether at work or not. The farm tractor will do away with this. When not in use it costs nothing more than the interest on the investment. It is noted in this connection that arrangements have 'been made for a tractor demonstration at the state fair, and this we believe is the most important feature of that educational event. It will prove a great drawing card, too, for the farmers are deeply interested especially just now when labor is scarce and its cost almost prohibitive for farm work. The tractor will make it possible to get along with less labor on the farm, ,-nd more than that it will permit the ground being better broken and placed in much better condition for cropping. The tractor is only arriving, but that it is coming to stay, and to fill a long-felt want is as certain as that the auto has "arriv ed." We predict that the tractor demonstration at the state fair will be the center of attraction for the far mers, and that the result will be the placing of many of the horseless plows on the farms of the Willamette val ley. The fair management performed a real service to the entire community in arranging for the tractor demonstration. ALL EYES ON FOCH. The eyes of the civilized world are focused on Foch. It is believed by those who are students of the situation that' with steady and virile aggressiveness, Germany can be! beaten to a standstill inside of three months. Foch has his j opportunity to force the Germans to make a finish fight; ii ' Ll TTi J.l 1 1- l 1 11 ui it rigiii now. ximaenDurg nas a line several nunarea miles long to defend and he has not the troops to defend it. He can be forced to send reserves to the front where the Americans are pounding him, for if the attack is kept up he must do this to prevent them breaking through. On the other hand if he draws on his forces elsewhere on the front to strengthen this point he will weaken the point drawn on until the line can be broken there. That Foch intends to keep hammering at the retreating Ger mans seems assured If not, it will mean another long winter of suffering in the trenches, with the Germans given just that much longer to strengthen themselves for anotner summer of war. The German leaders and the German soldiers know they are whipped, but so far, this is a bit of knowledge not permitted to be talked about in Germany. Germany's offer of peace to Beleium is sinmlv an of fer to get out of her territory and allow her to rebuild her ruined industries and devastated homes. All she requires ot Belgium in return is her good offices in persuading tne ames to restore Germany her colonies and to observe strict neutrality, so the allies could not approach her through Belgian territory. Germany knows the allies woum not violate Belgian neutrality and so would make Belgium a butter state. With nearly "$G1,(K)0,000 worth of ships to her credit from July 1, 1917 to the same d-te in 1918, Oregon has sure been "going some." For the year previous to that her ship building amounted to $'Url,000. The increase was 1,478 per cent. With 90 ways in operation she has ten more building and twelve in contemplation. If the war keeps up her ship building for the coming year should le around $100,000,000. Add to this her supplies of air ship lumber and it will be seen old Oregon is doing much toward winning the war besides putting up her share of the expense. Almost before we can realize it the fourth Liberty loan will be on. If you want to hit the kaiser hard and help bring the war to a speedy end, dig deep and do it promptly. Don't wait to be asked but show Uncle Samuel that his credit is good and that every dollar in the country is at his service to help the boys "over there" get their job completed as quickly as possible. The same day Austria begins her peace offensive Germany torpedoes a passenger ship without warning and murders many women and children. This shows she is not ready for peace, and that she will not be until she is left without a leg to stand on. The governor is not in half the hurry to restore har mony at tne prison when one of his pets might be fired, as.he was in the case of discharcine Superintendent Craw ford of the prison flax plant, partly in the interest of har mony and principally because he wanted to get the man wnop tne board of control hired cut, and a man or men of his own choice in his place. America's reply to Austria, made by President Wil son, briefly stated is: "We have stated our terms, take them or leave them." t - . Rippling Rhymes I by Walt Mason HELPING THE HUN.' You help the Hun if you are prone to dodge food regulations, if you put up a dismal groan whene'er you view the rations. The loyal fellow does not swerve from rules laid down by Hoover; he blithely follows every curve and bylaw and maneuver. You help the Hun when you repeat dire stories of disaster; you pick up rumors of de feat, and make them travel faster. It is the kaiser's stan dard trick, to keep such rumors brewin', to make our hearts and spirits sick through tales of deah and ruin. You would not wilfully assist this would be Alexander, but thoughtlessly you help, I wist, to f pread his propagan der. You help the Hun when you complain of what the war is costing; the patriot who's safe and sane will find no load exhausting. What if demands on you are big? What if you're always busted? While you've a penny still to dig, you shouldn't be disgusted. You're buying freedom with the cash you shell for bonds and taxes, and Kultur's dome you help to smash, as though with battle axes. It's easy work to help the Hun. bv SRarlinff and repining, by being stingy with your mon, by beefing and by whining. And legions do it every day whose anger would be royal, if we should point with scorn and say they are not truly loyal. ' ah. T HE WIFE By JANE PHELPS ('UAPTKK XXXIV. LADD & BUSH, Bankers jtfU LIBERTY BONDS "ILliii - Will hf fnrcnfD on it mm m sr w J V I i Vr and afterfSaturday, Sept. 28 3 I the rest. I Brian was. however, sordini in his The -next morning, when Briun greetings. He could bo nothing else, ... reached the office, he found a bright ! h thought, is long as ho Was with lillle note) from Ktitli. She had i the house so was to plan doing over, and it was n lovely old place. She would sofi'lj- bo home in time for din ner the following night. "I hope you are not too lonely, eat ing aoue," she had written, " must make it ti) to yon when 1 get home." Brian smiod rather shamefaced-, a tho, there were none to oe, when ho read that passage; then thought, flush ing a litilo at tho hint of disloyalty in his mind, that it was lucky she wasn't coming back that day. lie had Mollio King on his handg for dinner. Ho met Mn Hie at the usual time a'ml, once more, they dined in the old corner. Hut that night they wore not alone, as they were the night be fore, and in a way Jinan was an no ul I Several of the old bunch were there i tlio " Hoheniians." a they styled ! themselves whom be had known before ihe married Ruth, even before he had met her. After he became acquainted l with Rulb. these others had seemed I somehow common, almost vulgar in fhpir parade of their poverty and un conventionality all but Mollie; she had always been a little different from Mollie, "Couldn't keep awav, could rou. Haekeft!" Claude Wetherill, a writer who had not yet arrived, asked, slap ping him familiarly on the back. Hel lo. Mollie! aren't you afraid of get ing your hair pnllodf Mrs. Brian may hear of this," and, thinking he had been clever, left them to tell others that Brian Hackett was back with Mollie King again, that he couldn't keep away from her nor from tho villiage. "I wish we had gone somewhere else." Brian said when he and Mollie were alone for a moment. One after another had come over to welcome Brian back, to get a cigarette, or something to quench their thirst. "It 18 a bore, isn't it ' Mollie re plied, "And yet, Brian, they are real ly glad to see yon. You were rather popular in tho village, you know." "Yea. but now it seems someway different nil but you. They seem cheaper I suppose I should be asham ed to say it, but they do." "I understand. You "have been with a woman to Whom nothing in the village would appeal A woman who is conventional. They are the best hiud to marry, Brian. Altho a man misses a lot of fun," she added naive- BY COL. JOHN F. McCRAE, DIED AT BOULOGNE, JANUARY 28, 1918. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly, Scarce heard amidst the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe, To you from falling hands we throw The torch --be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep tho poppies grow In Flanders fields. BUY Fourth Liberty Bonds Any Bank Will Help You THIS aYDYnrcsXJCEirT COHWBITTXD TKBOVOK IS PATJUOTIO CO-OrEXATIOV 0 Smith & Shields Max Gehlhar "I kuow I have missed you, Mollie. But the rest " he left tlio sentence unfinished.. "Come on over to tho studio. All of yieni rushing over to see yon, has upset you- Don't let them annoy you. Tell her first, then they will have nothing to gossip about," she aid, reading his mind correetlv. "Oh, Kuth is all right." She said she liked you." Xow, Mollie did not object to a wo man doing anything slie could do, or thought she could do if she wanted to. But, like many women, sho said nothing of her own feelings, but agreed with the man. Men like women who do not contradict them. And Mollio want ed Brian to like her. Then, too, why should a convention ally brought up woman like Ruth want to be in business if she loved her husbandf Brian had said veTv emnhat Yes but Brian, liking me when ieaUy that he could support 'her, and, "ivi-ia me nun uiners, ana iiKing (judging ty his ctravngance in ordering me when she knows 1 dino with her tho two dinners she had. helped dis husband when aha is away, are twoipose of, he had not misstated the case different kinds of liking." I "His law business must have im- 1 p in the studio thev smoked and talked. 'Brian told of the Teason for Ruth's absence, and Mollie agreed with him that it was not his lutv to eat alose. even if Mrs. Brian were awav on business: especially as he objected to her being in business. ive proved wonderfully," she said to her solf. thinking of the size of the checks he had paid, and also of the difference in his appaarance. She remembered that he used to be a bit careless; now he was perfectly groomed. She liked him this way, even better than she had before. When the clock struck twelve, they neither started, as they had the night before, and for another hour they ria ited. Without meaning to, Brian ha conveyed to Mollie the idea that h was rather a neglected gort of person; that ho was disappointed in Euth. Ha would have been shocked ould ha have realized the impression she ha gained from his chatter. .Feeling that he was perhaps unhappy, diiillusione Mollie had been even more sympathetic more friendly than she would other wise have been. Their tomradesh p took on a deeper meaning to her. She must try to make np to dear old Briaa for what he tad lost by marrying someone who didn't understand him-' A dangerous conclusion for any wa man to arrive at; and one apt t make trouble. Tomorrow Brian Tells Butb. About His Dinners With Molly.