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PtBLISHED EVEBT EVEXIXO EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM. ORKOOM. BY
Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc.
L. 8. BABNEa, CHAS.
President.
H. FISHER,
Vice-President.
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WOULD SOLVE FARM LABOR PROBLEM
Universal training might, once it is adopted, open the
way for getting around the trouble over labor on the
farms. This country is facing a serious problem in the
tendency of Americans to turn their backs on the farms.
The high wages and attractive surroundings of work inj
the city have drawn labor steadily from the rural districts:
until farm labor has become
This is the main cause of high
in the near future, if this away-from-the-farm movement
is not checked, for city dwellers to help the farmers for a
short time during the seasons of planting and harvest;
or do the other thing go hungry. It might be worked
out in some way, so that the men while taking their an
nual training, could also put in a portion of their time
on the farms. With an army
gathered from all walks of life,- turned loose in the
harvest fields for a part at least of each day, the scarcity
of labor would be no longer a nightmare for the farmer,
for it couftl always be relied upon. The outing would be
a regular picnic too, for most of the boys. The trouble
with the farmers' labor supply is that it has two short
periods of ''peak load." Ten months of the year he can
get along with a comparatively small amount of help, but
for two months he demands much more labor than he can
get. That is one reason, too why farm labor grows stead
ily scarcer. For eight or ten months there is a scarcity
of work, and for two months a scaicity of labor. Natural
ly the laborer drifts away from a class of work which does
not give him steady employment, and from the very na
ture of the employment there is a tremendous demand
for labor at certain seasons. The training of our young
men in military lines may be worked out to cover this
phase, for it certainly is as patriotic, and as necessary to
keep hunger out of the country ls to repel any other
invader.
In the commission from the allies arriving "some time
last night," are some of the world's great figures. Among
them are Arthur Balfour, Foreign Secretary of Great
Britain, and General Joffre who f-o long commanded the
French armies. These are men well known through the
daily dispatches to all; but the other members of the
commission are all world figures. The importance placed
on the United States coming into the war, and at the
same time becoming an ally of those fighting Prussianism,
is emphasized by their visiting the United States at con
siderable risk to themselves in order to consult with the
leaders of this country as to the steps best to be taken to
accomplish the common object, the destruction of Prus
sian militarism so that it will no longer menace the peace
of the world. The dispatches yesterday first said tHey
would reach New York at 5:0 Monday afternoon, but
later this was denied and the time of their arrival was
left in doubt. It is probable though that today arrange
ments will be made for the meetings which will begin
Wednesday.
Undoubtedly the new war conditions will have consid
erable effect on the vote cast at the special election on the
road bonding measure. The general opinion seems to be
that the bonding will pass, but there are some whose
judgment is generally sound, who seriously doubt this.
While reports from some quarters are to the effect the
grange is not opposed to it,
occasionally a resolution sent the papers trom some
grange recording its opposition to it. Whatever the re
sult it will be found the heaviest vote against it is from
the rural districts.
Argentine has a peculiar
Buenos Aires the peace and
peace fellows lit into the war advocates and everlastingly ine s wise to every human need; her work is smooth, in
whaled them. At first blush an unprejudiced outsider! dee. The WOrld is all serene, rejuvenated, clean, a pleas
would imagine the parties had their wires crossed, and it
was the pacifists who were the real fighters. If not, the
scrap would be well worth seeing if the lovers of peace
once became imbued with warlike ideas, and ran across
nomeone who advocated peace.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 18G8
CAPITAL ........ $500,000.00
Transact a General Banking Business
Safety Deposit Boxes
.SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
AXDBESEN,
bee. and Treat.
..$5.00
. 3.00
Per monih
-45
35c
Per month .
TELEGRAPH REPOKT
scarce and or course, dear.
pricas
It will be necessary'
of a million young men
at the same time there is j
sort of nacifists. Sunday in
war factions mixed, and the I
DORA C.
NATIONAL PROHIBITION LOOMS
Bryan is no longer a pacifist, but will take the stump
to stir up enlistments. At the same time he wants na
tional prohibition declared at once. The shortage of;
grain crops is working into
advocates, who point out that the millions of bushels of
gram used in making liquors
! of drink, and that the country may need the food while
u is oeuer on wunout rne drink, i'oor old John barley
corn and his brother Booze have both been jolted hard
by the war, and it is probable the knock out blow is to be
administered soon. Prohibitionists in congress recently
hauled figures showing 44 per cent of the barley, two
per cent of the corn and ten per cent of the rye grown
in this country were used in the making of malt or
spirituous liquors. They further pointed out that these
used as food would supply the nation for a month. If the
figures are correct, it is the strongest argument yet
advanced against the manufacture of liquors. The ques
tion of national prohibition looms large and it will not be
surprising if it becomes
length of tme.
the
It took Carranza four hours to read two hundred
pages of type written message to the Mexican consrress
on its assembling Monday.
has been a congress to read anything to, and since there
was a duly and legally elected president to do the reading,
that the occasion was a memorable one. It is stated he
explained his position toward the United States, but if he
made it no plainer than he has in his dealings with this
country, his hearers know but little concerning said feel-
ings. He asserted Mexico
other countries engaged in war, but did not say what
position she would take as to her own seven sided warfare
at home.
.The talk about the abandoning of the five cent loaf is
hardly over when wheat goes soaring again so far beyond
the price that started the five cent loaf talk, that the price
at that time seems really reasonable. If present prices
keep up the five cent loaf will continue to be made, only
the price will be in the ten cent class. It is suggested by
some of the food experts that corn meal be substituted for
flour and more corn bread be eaten. This sounds all right
but with corn in the same airship i.s wheat, it is a failure
as a financial success in the way of a substitute.
J While the call to plant every available space is loud and
persistent,. it is of no more importance than-that other
call to stop waste. It seems like i small matter to Amer
icans to send to the garbage can all remnants left from
meals, and it is safe to say that at least twenty-five per
cent ot the loodstuns ot America are wasted. To para
phrase an old saying: "A potato saved is a potato grown."
This applies to all other foodstuffs, and what is saved is
the same as that much grown, or '.ndeed more, for of that
grown 25 per cent is wTasted.
Turkey has interned the American guard ship Scorp
ion. That is her privilege, perhaps her duty, but the
name is suggestive of the possibility of her getting stung.
Scorpions are dangerous things to have locked up around
the house.
BE HAPPY
Be happy while you can; that is the better
plan. Oh, chortle all the day, and like the
lambkins play. Full soon the flies will
come, and redhot bees will hum, the nights
will be so hot you'll tumble on your cot and
say you d give
sleep. Mosquitoes will be here to murmur
in your ear the soft and gentle strain that
drives strong men insane. The days will
reek with heat, and you will long for sleet
the while you wield your fan be happy
while you can, oh, melancholy man! For
iTalthasdh now the skies
air; there are
J.u ineir ne.sts- sun shines overhead, but does not
b,ak yl red- Just now Dame Nature tries to show that
ant world to scanbe happy
State News In Brief
Jailor Hen Branch of the Portland
oolice burenu, passed his 73th milestone
Sunday. 11; has been in continuous, ser
vice as patrolman, and jailor for forty
vent's.
Henry Iloblis and Beatrice, his wife,
who were tried at Klniuath Knlls for
the murder of Kdwiu C. Way, were se
nnit ted by the jury Susdav afternoon
ni ter it had been' out for nearly i!4
hours.
Victor T.oiitincn, working for a log
ging company at Oravs Harbor, was
instantly killed Saturday when a brace,
the pile driver he was working on
broke, striking him on the head andjfers
the hands of the bone dry
could be used as food instead
law if the war lasts any
It has been so lone since there
would remain Deutral as to
a heap for seven lines of
are fair and soothing is the
no insect pests to build on
while you can!
rushing his skull.
The Siushiw harbor will be investi
gated as a shipbuilding site, according
to Earl Stanley Smith, of Eugene, who
says he was so informed by Theodore
Brent, vice chairman of the United
States shipping bureau.
Upper Hood River valley was visited
by a snow storm Sunday, just when
everyone was preparing to "make garT
den.''
Two hundred logger! in the Hood
Kiver valley raised a big flag pole Sun
day and then flew a big American flag
from it. They were mostly foreigners.
AV. H. Paulhamus of the Puvallnn,
Washington, Fruit Growers' essooia-
tion has been entraffed tooTn and nnnr
'ate the Monroe i-unnerv imnt mt ..i--!
to contract over 1000 acres of
MIS COMPANIES
10 MAKE
Utility Commission To Aid
Water Companies la Help
ing Children
In reply to (iovernor Withyroiuho 's
request that the public service cow
mission, allow a reduction in the rate
fixed by the commission for the use
of water secured from the water com
panies by the school children for the
cultivation of vacant lots, the public
service commission yesterday after
noon sent a letter to" the water utili
ties of the state permitting the filing
of a reduced rate for that purpose. The
commission slates that it has no con
trol over municipally owned or oper
ated plants and cannot make any rec
ommendation to thvui. The letter of
the commission in this regard follows:
"In view of the war conditions
now developing and iu an effort to
restrict, as tar as possible, further in
creases in the cost of living, a national
campaign, as you know, lias been
launched looking toward a complete
mobilization or our lirniluft iv resourc
es. As ii part of tliis campaign, the cul l
tivation of vacant city lots by school
children is being strongly urged, and
iu communities whvre irrigation is
necessary, the quest ion ot water rates
is of vitul importance.
'We believe the utilities generally
throughout tho state recognize the eco
nomic advSntnye of a greater food
production, and that they would gladly
join in this campaign and add to the
impetus Of this movement by the pub
lication of especially attractive rates
if they felt they would not be guilty
of unjust discrimination mid. that tho
rates voluntarily established would
not bo used against them in future
rate investigations,
"While the commission is not fully
satisfied that an emergency exists at
this time, justifying it in taking the
action contemplated in Section 71, of
chapter 279 of the (ieneral Lews of
1911 it does feel that from patriotic
motives and to aid in relieving a con
dition which may become very serious,
the utilities would he fully justified
in making these concessions to Bchool
children. To facilitate such action, the
commission will permit the filing upon
request in les s'han statutory time, it
request in less than statutory time, if
tariffs for this purpose.
"The commission takes this occa
sion to assure the utilities that nny
such rates voluntarily filed for this
very commendable purpose will be
treated as emergency rates and shall
nut be used to their prejudice in nny
future rate investigations which may
come before us. If the utilities are con- j
fronted with tariff or operating prob-1
lems in attempting to meet this situa-j
tion, the commission will gladly lend j
even
solve assistance
the same.'
withts its power to j
!
ALIEN ENEMIES MUST
:
s
Those Not Doing So Within
24 Hours After Notice
Liable to Arrest
Chief of Police Cooper has received
the following instructions from T. W.
urraur , i imt'u oiiiu's miurnev lien-;
eral, regarding the possession of Wj
arms or
components thereof by alien
enemies:
berries of different kinds.
1J. L. Fuller was kicked to death tiv
a horse at his farm near Creswell Sun-j
dity.
"
BUSINESS
CHAPTKR XX
The dinner which Helen and I
had I
prepared was a great success. Hoth
gentlemen complimented Helen tin her
superior cooking and her choice of vi
ands. "A lone bachelor like myself ap
preciates such a dinner," ilr. Clan
dell said by wav of apoloev as he
passed his plate for a second heloiuii
, c . i i i in
of fried chicken.
v -
"One doesn't have to be a bachelor dinner, and smiled knowingly when she long ti
to appreciate this dinner!" Mr. Homo said 1 had helped. ' were vt
added, "my wife will be quite jealous! "I thought I recognized your fried iness w
when I praise your cooking .Mrs.
luu,a,vl,i c intii.in.-o. ; u i lasr at noiue-
I was afraid that Helen might sayi "Do tell me about the business?" 1
that I had helped with the dinner, but! cried, never mind the chicken
she smilingly acepted their compli-j "Oh it is rather complicated as vet1
ments without so much as a look in nothing decided."
my direction. " Uut what was it? What kind of
After dinner the men adjourned to 1 business, 1 nieaiif I insisted.
Walter's den, and Helen and 1 helped j "Sow Sue, please don't worrv me
clear away- We could hear the men's about it. Mere than likely it won't
voices, sometimes loud in argnmnt; at 'mean a thing to me: altho it was
omr rimes in a steady monotone.
"That's Mr. Craudell talking," Het-i
en said, "he always talks very quietly.
rte s tne one who nas the money, but
I like Mr. Homo tho best."
Just then the men appeared and
Walter asked me to plav.
"Do, Mrs. Randall' Mr. Home add
oil, "after our dry business talk it will!
oe very welcome." "Don t be facetious Tom; I meant
I looked toward Mr. Crandell as Twhat do you know about himf"
moved toward the piano but he said! "Nothing, onlv- that he is supposed
nothing. I had hoped he would also say (to be a very rich man," he replied
something anetit my playing
How Publicity Helped
Mrs. Thomas to Health
T sl " '
Traxo from the drug store, and says:
"By the time 1 had taken a month's treatment I -felt like a new woman; the
first dose of Kruitola brought a large number of gall stones and I am certain
Fruitola and Traxo saved my life."
Fruit ola and Traxo are compounded frem the original Kdsall formulas at
the Pimm laboratories in Monticello. 111., and can be purchased in Salem at
Daniel .T. Fry's Drug Store, 2hll North Commercial St.; a doctor's piescrip
tion is not necessary. Fruitola is a pure fruit oil that acts as an intestinal
lubricant and disintegrates the hardened particles that cause so much suf
fering, usually sufficient to indicate its efficacy. Traxo is a tonic alternative
that is most effective to rebuild and restore the weakened, rundown system.
A booklet of special interest to those who suffer from stomach trouble caa
be obtained by writing to the I'inus Laboratories, Monticello, Illinois.
Paper Manufacturers
AUJPlead Not Guilty
New York, April 17 A plea of not
guilty was entered by the seven indict
ed members ot the Print Paper Man
ufacturers' association executive com
mittee when arraigned before Judjc
Ciishman in federal court here today.
Kaeh fnrnished $:i,00 bail. They
were given thirteen days to file de
murrers to the indictments, which were
returned under the Sherman anti-trust
law and charge a conspiracy to influ
ence print paper prices and restrain
trade.
The men indicted are Phillips T.
Dodge, (icorge H. Mead, fieorge Chn
hoon, Jr., tlordias II. P. Gould, Edward
W. Backus, Alexander Smith and tlrant
.T. Seusenbreniier. These men ave heads
of the biggest news print companies
in tho United States and Canada.
i
MYSTERIOUS AIR PLANE
Boston, Mass., April 17 That
another airplane has been
sighted flying over the Ports
mouth, N. H-, navy yard by
National Guardsmen, was re
ported in Boston today. It was
rumored that some sort of an
airphine base is located iu the
New Hampshire woods.
" "Squaring the Circle" has been post-
" Under the proclamation of the presi-1 poned. No definite time ha been set
dent, dated April 6, 1917, it is unlaw-! for this number of the faculty lecture
ful for alien enemies to havo in their , course.
possession the following artistes: J
"Any firearm, weapon, or implement' Tonight in the chapel, the College of
of war, or component part thereof, am-! Music will begin a series of musical
munition, maxim or other silencer, bomb programs, that will continue the remain
or explosive, or material used in the'ler tof tlle year- Tllc concert tonight
manufacture of explosives; any aircraft I wi!1 ,,e participated in by the advance
or wireless apparatus, or any 'form of : "'"'I'" in all the departments. An
signaling device, or any form of cipher i invitation is extended to the public No
code, or any paper, document., or book I admission will he charged.
written or printed in cipher or in which i , " ' . t. , ,
TilPre mar hi) invi n v.tiiur
"Your co-operation in enforcing this'aftcr public notice given by you, will
proclamation is earnestly desired, and
,,.. nwa j - ... . .
VXrwL LXan'aH
....... "' j"". .uui,v lo oriiig to .
jn.i..,- iii-tijtuii ins auo siurenner any
and alt articles which it is unlawful to
have in their possession. A detailed re
ceipt should le given for all articles so
surrendered, and at the close of the war
such articles should be returned
"A.ny alien enemy who fails to sur
h a a
LVfiUSDaiiaana
By Jaiue Plielps
COMBINED WITH PLEASURE
" F will play
Helen '
accompam
T told them.
ments if she will sin:
and really while 1 had studied music
I played very little, and was entirely
out of practice.
Helen readily acquiesed and we
snent a very enjoyable half hour, when
Mr. Home said he must go.
Tom and I lingered a few minutes!
after they left. Tom uraised Helen 'si
chicken. Sue," he said when we were
Imightv decent of Thurston in think
of me at all," Tom said, and by the!
way he said it 1 knew that whatever j
Tiie ousiness was ne was inclined in
its favor.
" Who is that
next queried.
Mr
Crandell!"
of course! '
Why Mr. Crandell,
Tom returned, laughing.
'rather impatiently.
Doctor Had Decreed Oper
ation When She Read of
Mrs. Dunlap's
Experience
Seme time age Mrs. R. I'. Ixialup of
DeKnlb, Ma., wrote to the St. Joseph,
Mr. News-Press telling how, after years
of suffering with atoiuack troublu, she
had been relieved of a quantify ef gall
stones and restored to health through
using Kruitola and Traxo. Thi letter
was published and read by Mrs- tleorge
Coe Thomas of Lancaster, Mr., who had
been told by her doctor, after months
of treatment for similar trouble, that
nothing but an operation would save
her. Mrs. Thomas obtained Fmitsla and
University Notes
Under the leadership of Esther Tay
lor and lrma Botsford the May pole
dancers have been selected and prac
tice will begin immediately. The dan
cers are: Udell Savage, Helen Wood,
Mildred Wiggins, Beatrice Walton,
Kthel McOilchrist, Dora Gray, Ruth
Greene, Ailene Dunbar, Nellie Beaver,
Velma Baker, Mary Putnam, Marian
Barnes, Vida Brown, Edith Stoval, Hor
tense Ingalls, Ethel Fogg, Bernadine
Uobbs, Mildred Johnson, Matfie Walk
er aud Leila. Johnson. The dancers for
the other events will be selected iu a
few davs.
With the date for its distribution
less than three weeks away work ou
the 1918 Wallulah is assuming a com
pleted appearance. All of the engrav
ing has been received with the ex
ception of about ten pages. Type for
the first 80 pages has been set up.
and most of it has received its filial
correction.
The binding will be of artistically
embossed cloth. Since Harry Bowers
was called home by the death of his
!
sister, (ills Anderson and narien liooth
!irf. HTi.t'nfuntr in nit mil huv i ill fill! ml
itho publication.
i
j Reports from Company M, stationed
(at La Grande, state that Max Kail is
j confined to the hospital. The exact nu
itnrc of his illness is not known.
!
ii .?y
By a clever poster in the mum cor
lor of F.aton hall, Professor James T.
Matthews announced that his lecture
iuiiuci nutu kilxiic-o wnum iwura
be subject to summary arrest if such
.
T
feited to th
use of the United States."
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL
Classified Ads
Prompt Servtc
-a
"Do look him up tomorrow and be
sure!" I returned, then fearing I had
shown too much interest P added,
' ' You ought to know about him if
you expect to have business dealings
with him."
All right: suppose we co to bed
now and let other things go until to-1
morrow."
Tom fell asleep almost immediately,
but T lav b ni Miner fiir r-notUvo t'nv
time. Suppose this Mr. Oandelt
pry ruh and Tom went into bus-
irU). u: ia. i.i t
thought in my ignorance of business
that Tom would be rich too; perhaps-
very soon.
1 was very proud of the fact that
my husband was a college man, and
supposed that fact made him invalu
able in a business way; not knowing
that a man is worth just as much a
he produces, regardless of education.
So 1 figured that Tom would be as
much of an asset to any business as
an older man. a man of experience
would be-
I wondered why Tom wouldn't ans-
wer mv noestinnai T Kn,,...i 1,. -no -t
going to .keep things from me. The
very article in the Sunday paoer from
which 1 had quoted to Mr. Horne had
said that "a husband should talk hia
business over with is wife." My last
waking tought was that I should tell
Tom that it was only right to discuss
his business affairs with me.
(Tomorrow Tom remains out to
dinner)