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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-23
WORK is A BLESSING, NOT
AN EVIL

~ OOOhOA4NN w % uOBC 0ob-
~ ems of Portland, a man
who can afford to buy an
auto should not require his
daughter to work. In the case
the Judge had in mind he may
have been right, but the doct-
rine he espouses is subject to
many limitations. 1t carries
the inference that all work is
drudgery to be Stunned. In
stead of being such an evil
work under proper conditions
lis the greatest blessing in the
world. Those who have to
work too hard are not more un-
fortunate than those who have
never known the joy of useful
effort. AS a matter of fact no
man could ever be so rich that
! lis son or daughter should not
have to work, any more than
they should be exempt from
eating, sleeping or walking.
There was a time in the worlds
history when work was regard
ed with disfavor as something
ladies and gentlemen should
not indulge in. The time is fast
approaching when this situa-
ton will be entirely reversed
and those who do not work will
be considered as lacking in
balance or in true refinement.
~S~sSS~s-e-s-S
The state senate has voted to
abolish the state tax commits
sion; now if we could just do
faway with the necessity of
levying any taxes all will be
lovely.
C. S. Jackson has always
been a staunch friend of Pen
dleton and it was fitting that
he should have been presented
with a gift that will never wear
cut.
~-S-s-~-~O~~S.s-S
The people voted for the
bone dry amendment and from
all indications the legislature
will give them what they want
~-S-S~-~O~~-S-s-~
The munitions makers may
not like the newest peace pro-
posal any better than they did
the former one.
~-s-~s-~O~s-Ss-~
Us and Spokane and st. Pau
and some other big fellows are
going out among 'em.
~s~S~S~S-sS~
This is no sort of time fol
any sheep to get affected with
scab.
Our auto show is going to bt
a real affair.
-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-23

ROSEBURG, ore, Jan 2S.-Three
hundred businessmen from all parts
of Douglas county are expected to be
on had tonight in Roseburg for the
meeting of the Roseburg Merchants
Association. B. F. Knapp, secretary
of the Portland Association of cred
it, is to be the principal speaker The
meeting is for the purpose of getting
together and exchanging ideas.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
MONTH CLOSES
WITH BUSINESS
RUNNING STEADY

Dun's weekly review OF Chicago
trade. published today by r. G. Dun
/ & Co. says:
The month closed with business
generally running steady. discount
a tribe irmer. failures lower. and
payments through the banks show
ing an improved weekly percentage
gain. The price fixing a. Washington
thus far determined has removed
some of the uncertainty, but there is
yet repression in new demands in
the principal manufactures. al
though no apprehension felt that
price control will hinder progress in
! the leading activities The hesitation
promises TO cease soon.
Basic conditions develop no
weakness in prospects OF the indus
tries and. despite shrinkaee i'm iron
and steel contracts from normal
buyers. there is a considera BILE flow
of commitments and many inquiries.
! Operations i'm most branches suffer
no diminution aside from that due
TO scarcity Of materials and with
drawal of labor forces for military
duties.
1T is now fully realized that there
is plenty of work for the avafla bile
capacity in this district, forward
| bookings continuing TO advance far
| Their ahead and in some instances
assuring busy times for various in
terests throughout this and next
/ year. Governmental needs obtain
more Importance in urgent produc-
| ton from their increasing size and
variety. Their priority in outputs is
not altogether possible without i'm
pinging upon shipments or civilian
account; i'm fact. there never was a
! time heretofore which made a close
comparison 10 the existing pressure
or TO the aggregate volume Of crude
and finished supplies shipped from
the local furnaces, rolling mills, and
| factories
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
SCHOOLS AND OUR
FOOD PRODUCTION
Excuses From Attendance are
Called Short-Sighted and
Harmful Patriotism.

In rural sections of the country.
teamwork is the most active and in
veterate enemy of school attend
ance, according 10 the August num-
Der of the child labor bulletin which
is devoted mainly 20 a discussion OF
the effect of teamwork on school
. attendance IN times both of peace
and war
The first study was made in
oklahoma last year and was com
pleted before the United States en-
tered the war. II Is part of the
broad survey of the employment Of
children on farms the National
Child Labor committee is making
and is Representative of conditions
existing in normal times.
1t was found in Oklahoma that
teamwork was responsible for more
absences from school than all other
causes combined-73,121 days OF
absence being attributed to it ana
only 44,14S days 10 illness, the mex
largest group. This shows how
serious factor labor is in the
breaking down of rural school at
tendance SAYS the report. "es-
pecially as the total OF days absent
is much more than a third Of the
total days present"
The result Of absence due 10
teamwork is shown most clearly in
the figures for retardation given in
the report Fifty-ore per cent of
the farmWorkers are behind in
| thei: grades, lille less than - per
cent of those absent because of i'll
ness, distance, and bad weather
were retarded and only 126 Der
cent of these who attended regC-
larry
when in connection with the
fact shat farmworkers progress
most slowly it is remembered that
they lose more school time than all
the other groups combined, we are
confronted by a relation showing a
logical sequence" says the report.
Children can not do good school
/ work unless they attend regularly
and the oftener they are absent the
lower their standing Will be-
strong Law Needed.
To meet tie situation the report
recommends that the compulsory
education law be strengthened 10y
making il apply 10 the entire term
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
MORE PERMITS,
SMALLER TOTAL
Value of Building Started in
Past Month Drops
% Percent.

Although 81 more building per-
mits were issued during August
than during July this year. compar-
stive estimated values for the
months show a decrease Of % per
cent in August In July there were
III permits issued. with estimated
values amounting to S282.163, while
August shows 142 permits. with es-
timated values at S21S,223. In Au-
gust, 1916. there were g6 permits
issued with total values estimated at
&131,997.
The first eight months Of the year
show $50 permits issued. with total
costs placed al S1.71512t. This is a
gain OF 81 percent in number or
permits issued and 125 percent i'm
estimated values over the same
eight months last year.
In the monthly report of the
building department four condemn
ations are shown The one-story
brick building at 1928 w. Division
ST., the rear stairway on the three
story brick building al 124 " Mich
igan ST. the one-story frame shed
AZ 1905 +. Lasalle ay., and the three
s,torv brick structure at SIS s. Cha
pin 81 have been condemned Dis
Dosal Of these condemnations is still
pending
Total fees received by the depart
ment for the month are s362.99. or
this, S259.65 comes from fees for
the 142 building permits issued.
Ten dollars is derived from moving
permits. while 1859 electric permits
brought i'm sS7.24. other fees make
up the balance
Twenty eight building permits
were issued during the last week in
August They are listed in detail
below.
Mrs IT. Phelps. alterations. 219
r.. Ohio ST. S1.4OO.
r. T. Emerson, garage, 1907 +.
Madison ST.. $25.
H. Emmons. furnace, 1142 TIE
cumseh av.. $50.
w. Firestone. chicken coop, SIS
:. Clinton St &25.
II. A. Pershing, garage. $40 Park
av.. $500
Joseph Udvardi. stable 1911
Kendall st SIS
Frank Beckner, garage, 123 Penn
sylvarla av., $50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
Industrial

instead OF 10 only two-thirds Of it,
as in the case at present and that
a larger unit of organization than
ghe local district be adopted as IL is
impossible 20 have the law enforced
where local officials have 20 prose
cute their own neishbors If they
make any attempt 20 enforce il.
The tendency of war 10 aggravate
the conditions found i'm normal times
Is brought out in another article on
Tine Child's Part In Food PrOdUc-
ton" based on an INQUIRY into the
extent 10 which children have been
excused from school TO ensaee i'm
a griculture AS a patriotic service.
Much was said last spring of the ne
cessity for using school children 10
solve the farm labor problem and
many school superintendents acted
at once on the suggestion.
There can be no question Of the
patriotic motives that led the state
superintendents of education 10 ad-
wise local officials to excuse children
from school for teamwork" says the
report, but there is very grave
question whether the action taken
! by those officials was not short
sighted patriotism which will do the
country more harm than good.
No Inquiry Made.
In most OF the states investigated
by the committee it was found that
children were permitted TO leave
without any preliminary inquiry in
TO the need for their services. in
vestigation of the places they were
TO work, provision for keeping track
OF them 10 know how many had left
and where they were. or physical
examination of those who left TO see
that they we're strong enough TO do
teamwork
As a result few superintendent Of
education had any idea how many
children were excused. where they
were, how much they were paid
what conditions they we're living
under, or whether they would ever
return TO school The report points
out that if the school officials are
permitted 10 Join with the farmer
{ in putting crops before school at
tendance without any attempt TO
safeguard the children. conditions
found TO exist in normal times will
be greatly aggravated and at the end
Of the war the younger generation
on whom will fall the burden of
carrying on the work of the country
viii be handicapped by lack of suffi-
cient education and premature labor.
In England it was found that wher-
ever adequate wages were offered
there were enough adults available
to make it unnecessary to use young
| children on the farms.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
PETR0GRAD CONTINUES
TO BE RUSS CAPITAL

PETROGRAD. Sept. Members
Of the provisional government who
have just returned from Moscow
where they attended the extraordin-
airy national council. declared today
that this city would continue as the
national capital They vigorously
oppose the idea Of transferring the
capital to Moscow unless such "A
move is dictated by the strictest
necessity.
The three big tasks outlined by
Premier Kerensky as the chief fea-
lures Of the reconstruction program
are:
G-The army must he strength
ened:
C2)-The war must continue on
Russia's part until all the allies
agree to peace;
(3)-Immediate steps are neces-
sary to effect a reconciliation be-
tween the different classes and 10
end the inter-party political strife
Don't say you saw II in the
newspaper. Say News-Times.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
Real Estate

W. Naworski. wood shed. Ford
and Ohio SITS. $40
Elbel Bros. interior alterations
los s. Michigan St. $1,000
Clark & Hollowell. furnace. Huey
and Hamilton SITS, 1925.
r Stephens. furnace. 72S Cleve-
land av., Sl75.
o. ". Kuehn. furnace. 1914 Lin
coin way W, &t75.
Ed Knoblock, furnace, 121 50
Paul pl.. S1S5.
J. Linsemier. addition 10 garage
7O1 f. Pennsylvania av.. S35.
Aldina Isackson. frame garage
1911 +. Lasalle av.. $50.
Mrs. Young, addition 70 dwelling
544 Lincoln way F.. $500.
A A. Secrist. printing Office and
garage. 1912 +. Indiana av., S15Q
F. p. Henerson. frame garage
100 Diamond av., SIS
s Hanty Gaity, store addition Il
dwelling. 22G4 Miami St. 1855.
T. n. Ayres, garage, 9O5 Sherman
ay.. 800.
II. NJ Appleman dwelling. 1854
Huey ST.. 1864
f. Ziebarth. frame garage, 60-
Blaine av., $50
G. j. Mumford. dwelling. 174t
Marine St, S25O0.
William Lodgya. alter dwelling
GIG s Carlisle St. $500.
John Horwath dwelling 906 y
College St. S2.125
L TToffer furnace 700 < Eel.
lows ST.. $172.
A y Nimeth furnace. 1915
Fassnacht St. $17I
NJ Shapiro. garage, 1909 s
Franklin St, $50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
Building

creasing the allotments OF the tin
plate producers, thereby resulting in
a diminished production of tin plate.
II is understood that the utiliza-
ton OF fiber and paper cans as sub
stitutes for the ordinary in cans has
been quite successful and that our
European allies are considering
their availa bility TO meet the short
age in those countries
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02

LONDON. Aug. 31.-Commander
Monteiro Of the Portuguese navy
has been sent TO London as the rep
resentative OF the Portuguese gov
eminent TO arrange details connect
ed with the working Of the former
German ships which have been
placed at the disposal of Great Brit
ain for use i'm either merchant or
war traffic
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02

Tor export ..............- J,4UJ,Ot L
Urgent Need For Substitutes.
These figures show the very ur-
gent necessity that substitutes for
tin plate be used to the greatest
possible extent as the governments
demand upon the steel producers is
continually growing heavier and
this nav at any time result i'm de
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02

Production:
1914 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2O,271.6S3
1915 Observation-Disclosures. 22.925.437
1916 Observation-Disclosures. 26.979.994
1917. first half ..........16,038,732
1917. second half (esti-
mated) . 1853, 500
1917. total ............ 32.S9S.597
Contracted for delivery first half
of 1917 and not shipped June so,
1917.
Domestic ............. 2.42f.261
Export Observation-Disclosures. 9S2,9Si
Contracted for delivery second
half of 1917:
Domestic .............. 13.747.73O
Export Observation-Disclosures. l.246,293
Total obligations of mills
for delivery last half OF
1917 Observation-Disclosures. 1S.501.21S
Estimated 1917 production
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
strong Law Needed.

To meet tie situation the report
recommends that the compulsory
education law be strengthened oy
making il apply TO the entire term
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02


following: material 80
purchased February dead
those who the benefit of the increased prices
u. Milwaukee
decided decrease building material for Reconstruction that comes
building IS decreasing If contemplate
yourself waiting another with the don of lower prices which
practical
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES STRIKE

BILLERICA, Mass, Sept Il
Twenty-Five hundred employees OF
the big Boston and Maine railroad
workshops here went on strike this
afternoon for eight cents an hour in
crease in wages.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
TIN PLATE SCARCE
IN UNITED STATES
Governments Demand Upon
Producers InCreaSing-Sub-
StituteS Should be Used.

A census OF tin plate production
as compared with mill obligations,
just completed by the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce, brings
out some very interesting facts in
connection with the shortage OF TN
plate throughout the world at the
present time.
Returns received from 10 of the
leading tin plate producers of the
country indicate an increase of APP
proximately % percent in the do
nestle production of tin plate this
year over last year. the returns for
this year being actual for the first
half and estimated for the second
half. The amount Of this years pro-
duction for export is about one
tenth Of the total production. Prac-
tically all Of the plate that can be
produced this year and the first
couple of months Of 1918 has already
been contracted for TO be delivered
during this year The actual figures
in terms of base boxes are as fol-
lows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12
1.-THE TAMARlND OF LONG AGOE

ranean and then later into the lands OF
central and northern Europe
The early English, Irish, Scotch ana
French immigrants TO the United
States brought with them a knowledge
of tamarinds. and the pod played its
part in the household economy of the
families of the new world until it was
driven into the background by the
lime. lemon and orange.
The shell of the tamarind pod is hard.
but inside is juicy. pulp containing
several other properties. one of which
is potash. The pulp of the pods was
made into very palatable drink, which
was something like lemonade. The
seeds within the pod had a strong
astringent quality and out of the
leaves of the tree. which often grows
to a height of eighty feet. two dyes
were obtained. BY one process yell
low dye could be made and by another
process a red dye could be turned out.
The foliage of the tree is pinnate. or
which are purple and orange, grow in
that form of cluster which botanists
call "raceme"
1t is curious that some very modern
persons confuse the tamarind tree. the
scientific name of which is ''temarindus
indica," with an entirely different kind
of tree called the tamarisk. which is
of the genus tamarfx. number of
specimens of the tamarisk are growing
in the grounds of the Department of
Agriculture and in the Capitol grounds.
This tree also has its place in medicine.
Some species produce gals that ara
very high in tannin and the bark Is
also Of value because of its astringent
properties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

shut properly and big stoves. Now.
now, you need not embrace Charles
again. we shall see him within half an
hour" and fraulein, with firm fingers,
swathed Mrs. SanderSon'S motor wells
once more about her face and pulled
down the brown gauze monstrostty
which hid her own features Then the
two women went slowly down the pas
sage and Charles turned to Fritz ~ on
had better be getting your things fin
ished" he advised, and then do your
bit of work. 1t doesn't matter how we
hurry the thing on now.
Again the slow smile beamed out over
Fritz face.
''Peeg sticking" he murmured. bliss
fully. Il go peeg sticking" and he, too.
went. after one last affectionate glance
at the little box upon the table
Left alone, Charles glanced once
more at his watch, then, switching out
the light. drew back the window cur
tains. and taking his binoculars from
a drawer. stood for moment looking
out. All was quite quiet. The night
was very dark. but not entirely SO, as
the moon was in it's first quarter. just
diffusing a faint grayness behind any
densely black object.
Charles opened the window and stood
listening. Not d sound broke the stiffness
except the very faint. far-off rustling of
the sea. He stepped back into the room
and listened there. 1t seemed to him that
he heard soft. very soft, step coming
along the corridor. Quickly he pulled the
window to. and. crossing the room. hid
himself behind the bookcase. from which
he could command view of the room
His finely trained had not deceived
him: the next moment the door was
gently opened and Christopher Brent, in
pa jamas and dressing gown, came into
the room. holding a pocket electric torch
in his hand He flashed the light round.
its rays sweeping over the carpet just by
Sanderson's feet. but the wing OF the
shadow thrown by the bookcase protected
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

table. Charles poured the wine out still
in that silence then motioned to Fritz to
bring fourth glass for himself. The man
obeyed. and then all four standing with
their faces toward the east-toward Prus-
sia. and not the place of the resurrection
they drank the solemn toast. There
something in their silence. IN the
simplicity of the act. III the significance
which the drinking of wine has had from
the earliest ages. that for the moment I'M
parted to them hint of some thing not
altogether unSublime.
The act over Charles became business
like again. He looked at his watch Now
it's time YOU went and left me to my
share of the work. II all goes well. and
there is no reason why 1t should not. l
shall be with you in about half an hour
Mrs. Sanderson went up to him ana.
drawing his head down, kissed him with
quiet fervor upon the forehead. Auf
wiedersehen my son." she murmured. 81
go. but the good God be with YOU
She looked round the room which
had been familiar to her for so many
years. with its white paint, its innocu-
ous-Iooking pictures. its harmless or
naments and its pretty, restiui colof
scheme. She looked. too, at the CRATE.
which had held such secret potency.
However impersonal the focus of a
woman's life may be. as is so often the
case nowadays, she is bound 10 ehtWlne
certain strong personal fberS ABOUT II.
and Notwithstanding the fact that
Wave Crest had been to Mrs. Sander
son chiefly the strategic point from
which she and her son worked for the
cause. yet it had meant home to her.
too Unlike fraulein, VINO had all her
twenty years looked on herself as a
stranger and an exile. Mrs. Sanderson
had grown gradually more accustomed
TO her surroundings. probably because
the house was her own, whereas frau
Iein had merely lived about in other
peoples families.
Therefore. now. happy as she was at
the thought of getting back to Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

~ NE of the harmless tipples used
III II in summerby great-greatgr grand
" parents of present Washingto-
mans was "tamarind water or
"tamarind tea" 1t is so rarely heard
Of now that people of this generation
know nothing about it unless they have
come across references to il in some
of the old recipe books. Now and
then a medical practitioner may pre-
scribe some tamarind tea for suf-
fered from fever. but so many things
have come into the field of knowledge
and into general use that tarnarind tea
has passed into the discard in this part
of the world.
Before the days of speedy and fire.
ouent ships and other engine-drlNen
vehicles of traffic fresh tropical fruits
cities a person could not find lemons,
oranges or lines on sale IN every
grocery store, as now. Such thihss
were luxuries and their price put them
generally out of the reach OF the
poor In the country. stores were far
apart and their stocks were com
posed of the staple foods OF the period
and fresh tropical fruits were not
among them. Things have changed SO
that oranges from California ana
Florida lemons from California ana
Sicily and bananas and pineapples
from the West Indies and central
America can be bought in the little
stores that now stand at most OF the
crossroads in the country
The tamarind furnished a mildly acio
drink and the fruit could be bought
in its dried form at apothecary shops
and in the grocery stores The country
doctor carried stock of tamarinds IN
his medical supplies.
The tamarind is the pod OF a
leguminous tree which grows in the
East and the West Indies and more or
less throughout all the tropical parts
Of the world. 1t is believed to be a
native of the eastern region of tropical
Africa from Abyssinia south to the
Zambesi At remote period in the
history of the world the tamarind tree
seems to have been introduced into
India. and tamarind pods are indicated
in some of the earliest chronicles
treating of commerce between the
orient and the west. the dried pods. to
which were given the misleading name
of Indian dates,' being transported
over the ancient caravan routes from
India to the countries of the Mediter-