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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13

hundred and five million two hun
dred sixty thousand There is already
subscribed seventy seven million SIX
hundred and seventy six. Portland -
the banner city, exceeding its allott-
meme by nearly seven hundred and
fifty thousand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13
Registered Men Posted.

Sheriff Taylor and Clerk Brown
have completed making list of the
men in Umatilla county who regis
tered on War Census Day and copy
of the list has been posted in the cor
rdors of the court house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13

Z. W. johnson of San Francisco.
who has been visiting his cousin.
Walter Rose. since Saturday. expects
to leave this afternoon or tomor-
row in his Ford bug in an ATTEMPT
to cross the Blue mountains to Ia
Grande He H. securing road infor-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13

Moses Taylor has taken out per-
nit to build garage and stable at
221I Railroad street at cost OF
$500. The q w. r. x N has taken
out permit to erect two tent hous-
es on its right of way TO house an
extra section gang.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13

NATION for san Francisco firm and
recently came over the mountains
from John Day. In March he drove
car over the Siskiyous which was
the first car over this year. He be-
lieves he will lbe able to get to Ia
Grande and will write back the con-
ldition of the roads
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13
Red cross Has Not Moved.

The Red Cross headquarters open
ed in the old Specially Grocery stand
is for the campaign committee only
and not for the members of the OF
ganization who are making supplies
The sewing machines will still be
kept i'm the headquarters room in
the federal building
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13
Estate Is Appraised.

L. c. Scharpf, II. G. Casteel and
c. A. Cooper. appraisers of the es-
tate of the late Anna NJ. Cummins.
have filed their report estimating the
property to be worth $974,45.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13
stccI sub-crIl,e- sas. 900 900.

CHICAGO. June 13.-w. \. Heath
chairman OF the Federal Reserve
Pank. announced the United States
Steel corporation has subscribed an
additional twenty five million 20 the
Liberty bonds. making total Of fifC
million.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13

Circuit Judge G. w. Phelps will
leave tomorrow for Portland where
ne is to assist in holding court there
during the next few weeks,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13
L. =. VESSEL RAMS
AND SINKS DIVER

AMERICAN PORT, June IL.
An American liner arriving to-
day reported she sunk a Ger
man submarine by rammlng IL
while en- route TO the United
States from Europe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13
EARTHQUAKE, PROBABLY
IN ALASKA, RECORDED

CLEVELAND. June 13. - There
were earthquakes, possibly in Alaska
this morning. There We're 45 regular
shocks. according to a report from
Father Odenbach in charge Of the
seismograph at st. Ignatius.
After a woman reaches the age Of
40 it is impossible to convince her
that the good all die young.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-13
PENDLEToN FIRST
CITY IN OREGON


Yori district contributions totalec
seven hundred and forty two millicn.
IN increase Of nearly hundred mil
lien since yesterday. Three hundred
and fifty four million must be sub
scrihed by Friday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

we can afford to do it. 1 thought
you'd be glad wasn't lazy any
longer"
I'D rather have you little lazier
and see something of you," the girl
burst forth suddenly. 81 wish we
were back in the old days when you
weren't eternally worhins 1t one of
those things" and she looked scorn-
fully at the shining wooden instru-
ment which Bobby was Frightening
with a coat of varnish.
"Oh, come now, Eve, you don't
mean you'd just as soon leave be
poor If you could see me and talk to
me once in a while?"
Yes, I do mean it, Bobby Evans
Well" said Bobby, eff you'll tell
me that you never meant it when
you told me l was lazy, perhaps we
can fix things. 1 can do my work in
regular office hours and give the
rest of my time to you.
But, gee! Eve, there's nothing
like working at something you like
l wonder why the rest of the men in
the world don't try to make a little
money out of their hobbies"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
ILife'sProblems
! Are Discussed
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW

1 knew a wise old employer once
who, when he took new man into
his establishment did not immediate
ly assign him to a specific task or
department. Instead he would tell
the surprised addition to the payroll
to earn his salary at the start by
doing nothing
Just browse around" he would
say, "and absorb the atmosphere of
the place. When you get that prop
erly into your system, I'll be able to
use YOU"
Whether his plan would work sat-
isfactorily in all cases l cannot say.
/ only know that with his force 1t
created an esprit du corps and a
comprehending intelligence which
made for efficiency.
was reminded of his method the
other day by a letter l received. You
may not see exactly why at first, but
/ will try to explain later. Here is
the letter:
Dear Madam:
L have been much impressed by
the sincerity of your articles; but
often wonder II your efforts and
those of other writer's to enlighten
the public are really worth the pains
you spend upon them.
Your general trend, 1 gather, Is to
preach the gospel of democracy, and
SO much has been written in one way
and another about freedom" that 1t
has come to be an accepted belief
that all of us set more store by that
one thing than anything else in life
But as a matter of fact, does the
average of our population really care
about anything that does not directly
concern it's own comfort? We as
sumo that people come here from
Europe primarily for political rea-
sons, in order to gain the benefits OF
freedom" But if we think at all,
we must realize that it is the econo-
mic questions which sway them, and
that they would come just the same
if We were ruled by a cZar, so long as
property here can be so easily acquir-
ed.
Willing to Fight Only For Property
There are thousands of foreign
born farmers in the West whom we
call Americans and who are includ-
ed in our liberty loving" population
yet who have, shown themselves dis
tinctly against any fight for demo
cracy. All that they would be will
ing to fight for is their property. And
the same is true of the industrial
population of our cities. The only
freedom they cherish is the free
dom to make money.
With the dazzle of our great pros
perity and resources in their eyes
with their minds constantly set or
material things, with our school!
paying but little attention to spiritua
needs, how are We going to educate
our masses to realization of any
thing so intangible, so far removed
from the material as democracy?
Ask any of us who are the great
est living Americans, and the almos
invariable answer if honestly return
ed would be Rockefeller and Carne
gle. We admire, them and try u
follow them. These very men may
tell us that wealth does not max
happiness, but none of us believe
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

last ounce of its resistance. But in
ordinary times it is too busy building
its nest and rearing its young to be
eternally going around with a chip
on its shoulder.
The mistake that foreign nations
have always made in regard to us is
that all our ideals cluster around
the dollar. They don't understand
that making money is our great ma
tional sport. 1t is always open sea-
son" for hunting the dollar, and we
talk of 1t as freely as we do of the
Worlds Championship Series or of
trap-shooting, or of the big contests
on the gridiron. But in some safe
and sacred cabinet of our souls, to-
gether with our hearts loves and
our religion, we keep our national
ideals.
The average Mexican will gush
| more high-flown sentiment in ten
/ minutes than the average American
voices in his entire lifetime. But
when it comes to the actual uphold
ing of ideals I'd rather have Bill
Jones on the job than Pancho Villa.
Bill Jones maybe isn't so pic
turesque.. He's just the ordinary,
hard-working, young American who
wants all the good things of life and
doesn't see why he shouldn't have
| them. He wants a million dollars,
and if things break right for him
he'll get it. He wants motor cars
| and country houses and everything
that anybody else has for himself
and also for Mrs. Bill and the kid
dies. He's not especially demonstra-
| tive or oratorical. He'd no more
think of parading his patriotism
pulling the Fourth of July stuff, u
he'd probably term it-than he
would of kissing his wife on Main
street at MONDAY.
Raise the Flag and then Watch Him
But let American principles be as
sailed, let the flag be hoisted on any
battle line, let the need for men be
shown. and Bill Jones is ready. He
| has proved it in every crisis or emer-
gency which has arisen in our coun-
try. He is proving it to-day as he
starts away, humming a snatch of
rag time, for "over there"
And along with Bill there are
gathering in the camps and canton.
ments thousands of young fellows
who weren't born in this country
but who are as like him as peas in g
pod--those farmers from the West
and the lads from the cities that my
correspondent censures. 1t may have
| been economic reasons that brought
them here, as he says, the desire tc
make a better and an easier living
but they have absorbed so much Of
the Bill Jones atmosphere that it ii
impossible to tell them from him..
My friend, if you had watched, a:
/ did, the most dramatic thing / ever
saw in New York, the recent parade
of twenty thousand Red Cross nurses
down Fifth avenue, and had noted
the reception that a great, careless
frivolous, money-loving" city gave tt
them, you would need no further an.
swer to your doubts and forebodings
oh, there are lot of things to dC
! before we make America safe fol
democracy. But with Bill Jones and
those marching women on the jot
we can be reasonably secure. A little
thing like cleaning up a worlds wal
and setting our house in order at the
same time doesn't bother them bit
And they'll maintain the nationa
ideals while they're doing it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
BY JANE MCLEAN

Every man has a hobby in addi-
ton to the work that makes him
slave from morning till night"
laughed good-natured Bobby Evans.
you mean that few of us are en-
ployed doing the work we love?"
Exactly. The only time we have
for it is some time after office hours,
when we have little heart left for
developing it," -
"I wonder why that's true"
Don't know, unless it's because
the unpleasant things are the things
that make the money, and the pleas
ant things are just fun"
But you like your work, old man,
and you'd make laundering good at
it, too, if you'd dig a little bit
| harder"
"Oh, know I'm lazy; you needn't
tell me that, but somehow l don't
care; 1 do just enough work to keep
the wolf away from the door" +
And the remark was true. In
Bobby Evans existence nothing
mattered if he made enough by his
art work to pay for the necessities
| of life. Whenever he had any time
to himself he spent it strumming on
| quaint wild instruments. He had
managed to make uqite a collection
of them, and it was generally known
in the crowd of people who knew
Bobby well that he could play any
stringed instrument going.
"But there's no money in it," he
would say, scornfully, and when he
needed cold cash in order to pay a
| bill that had come due, he would
groan and begin work on another
/, pretty girl head.
Had Real Talent.
Bobby had more than fair. talent.
He could have done even better than
he did, if he had wanted to. That
| is, If he had worked industriously
and had tried faithfully to sell every
| thing he did, he might have made a
| tidy little income. But he was lazy,
! or else he didn't care, which amount
| ed to the same thing.
Women in Bobby's life never mat
tered much until Eve came along,
and then he suddenly cared in every
way of which he was capable. But
he could not care enough to slave
over his pictures in order to make
an income that way. Sometimes he
would swear at himself for ever de-
veloping' his talent and would re-
| solve never to do another picture;
but as soon as he grew hungry, he
capitulated.
i In the evenings, however, with a
| laughing crowd of easy-go1ng young
! people thronging the big shadowy
1 room, that Bobby called home, he
would forget his pot boilers and
twang haunting melodies on his
stringed instruments.
One night. when he was alone, he
began, for the fun of it, to cut out
an instrument and string it accord
ing to his own fancy. He grew sc
interested that he forgot the time
and sat up all night to finish it
When it was finished, it was cred
liable looking thing, and strange
sweet chords could be struck from
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

gradually the drawing boards and
the easels were relegated to the
storeroom. Bobby had adopted a
new profession, and he actually
loved to work
People who had called Bobby lazy,
now bemoaned the fact that they
never saw anything of him. His in
struments had become the vogue.
He never received less than twenty
dollars for one, and for the carved
ones he sometimes received seventy
five. He began to make money fast.
and was famous besides. But the
charming evenings in the big, shad-
owy studio were now few and far
between, and Eve was terribly neg
lected.
Jealous of His Work.
She came to his door one after
noon and listened to Bobby tuning
an instrument with her pink ear
held close to the door panel. Then
she stole softly in. Bobby looked up
and grinned.
Hello. Eve" he said Isoftly
when are we going to get married ?"
Were not going to, Bobby" she
said sadly.
"Oh, but I'm making money now
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

them. Yet we are told that our
people - scrambling greedily for
wealth alone-are living and fighting
for high ideals. Yet, for democracy!
Il was born in Sweden, l have lived
happily as a citizen of the United
States for twenty-five years. l spend
my days with plenty of happy and
good Americans, and l know of no
country where conditions of living
are so good as here. But l cannot
help regretting that our people so
generally set store only by material
things.
"Please do not think me a fault
finder or a pessimist. 1 love the
American people. The fault may
be mine in that I ask too much
of them. But l sometimes almost
wish that there was less plenty and
less prosperity here. Then our peo-
pie might turn their minds to high
er things than just getting jobs and
making money. T.. b.
All this seems like a far cry from
my old friend, the employer who al
ways wanted his young men as a
first step to absorb the tmosphere
of his establishment My correspon-
dent has lived here twenty-five years
but he has never absorbed the atmos-
phere of the country. His vision Is
limited. He sees only one phase of
the American character.
Poverty Is Never a Virtue
He seems to regard democracy as
certain strait-laced sects do religion,
that it consists only in pulling long
face and making a virtue of poverty.
And poverty is never a virtue; it is
the most limiting, hampering, dead
ening devil in all the universe.
Democracy is state of mind. II
was the mind of freedom which
made America the rich and powerful
nation she is. Democracy is some
thing to be exulted in as the bird
| exults in the freedom of the air. Let
that freedom be denied or threat
ened, and the bird will fight to the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

0the: smart models from abroad, deliberately trim
med with fur, at $50 to 500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
ALPS w ell That
~ Ends Well y

its strings Bobby was entranced
with it.
When he fell asleep at dawn he
dreamed that he was making instru-
ments for a living, and when he
awoke the next morning he sprang
from his bed into his clothes whist
ling happily, so eager was he to get
to work at another instrument.
From that time on, Bobby Evans
was changed man. He was busy
thrillingly busy, from morning until
night. His workshop began to take
on professional atmosphere, and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

their help, so it shows that stand it
real well. took the Compound
when my ten-year-old daughter
came and it helped me lot. keep
it in the house all the time and rec
ommend it."-Mrs. Dewitt Since
baugh. West Dandy, N. Y.
Sleeplessness, nervousness, irrita-
bility, backache, headaches, drag
ging sensations, all point to female
arrangements which may be over
come by Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
This famous remedy, the medici-
nal ingredients of which are deriv-
ed from choice roots and herbs, has
for forty years proved to be a most
valuable tonic and invigorator of the
female organism.- m.-Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

Z o o X hSld M
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
for nerves and
for female trou-
BILE s q n d it
Strengthened m e
out in good shape.
L work nearly all
the time. as we
live on a farm
and 1 have four
girls. l do all
my sewing and
other work with
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
A TREATMENT
FOR NERVES
Woman Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her.

West Dandy, N. TT have had
nervous trouble ali my life until 1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
With his

Draw from one. to two and so OF
to the end. sa-', -
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-24

meet with my approval said Gov
ernor Burnquist OF Minnesota. III
added that he was already taking
steps. to conserve his states grain
and food supply.
Governor Philip Of Wisconsin. wa,
non-committal. He believes matter,
have not developed enough for him
TO venture an opinion.
while refusing 10 discuss prohibi'
tlon. Governor Ferguson Of Tcxa,
said he would stand with President
Wilson In any such step taken foI
the national defense.
Governor Lowden. Illinois, believes
the responsibility rests with the pro
per officials In Washington and Il
keeping hands on"
Governor whitman. New York. and
Governor Mccall. Massachusetts,
withheld comment.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-24


PlouvaIn. Boiry. Remy and Hende-
court. on which the fighting is now
proceeding. IL preliminary to the So
called "Wotan line" OF the linden
burg defenses. starting at Drlccourt
and running down through izel. VI
try. Hoblain. EterpIgny. yillers-lc-
GagnIcourt to In front OF Queant.
On the preliminary line. the Ger
mans have changed their defense
tactics. Having seen how the ter
rifle Brltish artillery fire puiyerizeS
carefully constructed trench works.
the enemy IL apparently not attempt
Ing the use OF the elaborate under
ground systems as formerly. Instead
great numbers OF men are scattered
In irregular formation located At ma
tural barriers. In shell holes. all
armed with machine guns.
Meanwhile the German artillery
has all the front accurately ranged
and Is able instantly to set up a cur
tain OF fire against advances.
Capture OF Gavrcile inserted a
wedge In tho oppy line. but because
OF the very nature OF the new defense
scheme OF the German army. such a
penetration OF the German lines is moi
comparable 10 the smashing through
OF permanent defense front.
Dispatches received early today
limited at momentum being under way
for drive at some other point on
the British front than In this Lens
DouaI-Cambrai sector, Lens is now
more than half envclopcd by the Brit
lsh advance. II Haig chooses he can
occupy the coal city with probabl,
a single strong blow.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-24
CAMPAIGN ON FOR
STATE U. STUDENTS

Eugene. April 24.-So many men
attending the University OF Oregon
have enlisted. a statewide campaign
is being organized today TO recruit
students. so that a large part OF the
university plant will not be idle. Gov
ernor withycombe heads the cam
palgn. May II has been designated
as university day" throughout the
state. and committee OF one named
in each community to awaken inter-
est In the big state school.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-24
NEWS writer SEES
GUEMAPPE TAKEN
by william Philip simms


With the British Armies In France,
April 24.--Yesterday stood where
British soldiers sprayed death on ad-
yancIng hordes. The sole civilian
present. saw what Is one Of the
rarest sights OF this Armageddon----
troops on both sides maneuyering In
the open.
While now and then the battle
field was hidden under the smoke
and gases from explosives, saw
Gnemappe taken and the ridge south
OF the cojeul river cleared Of the
enemy.
saw the Germans In massed for.
nation connter-attack before Mon
chy. fighting like fiends, only to be
hurled back In broken. bleedins
remnants.
II was a perfect day for fighting.
There was scarcely a cloud In the
sky. II was the Hrst real spring
day Of the year.
II was at dawn on such day that
the British attacked. They spread
over O wide front to the north and
the south OF the Scarpe.
, About two In the afternoon. the
Germans began terrific lombard
ment Of Monchy. For hours the
British positions were buried under
clouds OF white. yellow and black
smoke.
Shortly after four. saw thou
sands OF Germans pour from behind
Vert wood. massed for attack. While
they paused briefly. the British got
their artillery on them. Then the
Germans charged. The terrific Brit
lsh fire tore great rents In their
ranks. But they stuck to II and
struck obllquely at the British
lines.
For half an hour longer the CON-
batants were hidden under a vast
cloud OF smoke. The Germans plant.
cd q barrage fire to the west oi
Monchy In an endeavor TO cut of re.
serves for the forces they we're at.
tacking. Meanwhile the air swarm.
ed with aeroplanes.
Then OF sudden the British took
advantage Of the fighting and by
tremendous battling stormed Guem.
appe. II was a sudden. brillian,
stroke.
| Farther to the southwest OF Mon.
chy, the Tommles cleared the ridge
south of Cojeul. Within thirty min
ntes pfter they went over" the par
apet along this line. ! raw them re
turn With hundreds ct prisoners
b,.h captives and captors comlnl
rack through u tralk.acaling Ger
man barrage fire.
Heavy fighting took place alonl
the line all day. Night saw the Brit
ish with a net gain of ground ant
prisoners, which would estimat,
at two thousand. These two thousant
were being slowly taken to the real
through sunset orange haze o.
smoke.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-24
; GOVERNORS ENDORSE
WAR PROHIBITION

New York. April Governors Of
many OF the country's 81 wet states
are heartily In favor OF war prohibi-
ton for conservation OF food mater
iais. Others are non-committal.
holding back and awaiting develop
ments. a canvass by the United Press
showed today.
II favor war prohibition to con-
serve the grain supply. as well as for
other considerations" said Governor
Brumbaugh OF Pennsylvania.
Il think Il would be better to use
grain for food instead OF for maxi
Ing whiskey." declared Governor Hol-
comb. OF Connecticut.
Governor Lindsay OF New Mexico
asserted no believed In national pro-
hibitlon now. and for all time. In
his opinion. congress certainly should
prohibit the use OF grains In making
liquors now and during the war per-
iod
One of the strongest advocates Of
war prohibition Ia Governor Boyle, OF
Nevada.
II heartily approve of the plan to
invoke national prohibition at this
time and have so wired the presi-
dent" Boyle said. "our foodstufrs
should all be applied to beneficial
and not Injurious uses. The nation
has plenty OF useful work for those
now engaged In the manufacture and
sale OF liquors"
Whatever action the federd gov
ernment takes In the matter OF war
time prohibition TO save grain. will
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-24
Doubt. and pon.'s.

AS long as you refrain from saying
anything you keep the other fellow
guessing.