The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-04-04
TO THE FOLKS At HOME

! From THE Spiker," published by
the 18th Railway Engineers, some
where in France.
Samuel ]. Kirkwood, Secretary of
the Interior in the cabinets of Pres
idents Garfield and Arthur, while
War Governor of Iowa, in the year
1881, made speech from the steps
of the old Capitol Building, in which
he said in substance:
These are troublesome times and
there are traitors, and spies in our
midst who would destroy this Union.
If any man in this State is a traior
to the cause or insults the flag, shout
him in the act, or in the uttering of
the word. l am Governor; your par
don awaits you"
What the United States needs at
the present time is forty eight War
! Governors like Samuel J. Kirkwood.
AS people we have too much ego
in our Cosm IS. We do a big thing in
big way but frequently neglect the
details. Just now we are on the big
gest job the world has ever known,
and it is up to us to get down to the
materialistic and utilitarian.
We who are in France and those
who are to follow have no fear for
the months of toll and battle that lie
before us,-but WEI do want to know
that the spies and traiors who are
seeking to block our avenues of sup
plies and munitions shall not sue
ceed.
Alien enemies should be watched
and accounted for. For three nights
the writer was with French Patrol
in one of the largest cities in France,
that made the rounds from 1890 P.
NJ. to 200 A. NJ. Different patrols
started in different directions from
central base and literally fine comb
ed the city. Sleepers in the parks
were routed out. hotels, and lodging
houses were invaded. pedestrians
were held up and each was made, eli
william and soldier alike, to show his
credentials. In the centers of popu-
lation this is the rule in France
France is original and efficient in he1
methods.
For years Germany has permeated
the earth with her spies-both mil
itarv and commercial-who preached
German efficiency, and took observa-
tiOns on the side.
Germany pioneers in nothing but
robbery, murder, rape, arson and
Kultur.
France gave the world a Pastuer
who laid the foundation for modern
medicine, and ever since Germany
has been giving the bugs a merry
chase-and calling it German eff
cheney.
Italy gave the world the wireless
and from the day the first word jar
red the virgin cons of the atmos-
phere, Germany has been setting ur
great wireless stations on Alien
shores for the avowed purpose of de-
stroyig Democracy.
The United States gave the world
an Edison-a wizard with thousand
wonders, a Holland with the frs
submarine (Which Germany refused
to buy but stole outright), the Wrigh
Brothers, the first pioneers of the air
Germany took up the wondrous deeds
of these and other great men, dressed
them in German clothes, and said tt
the world: Behold! we are the eff
cient," and said it so often th
world came to believe it. She hire
our newspapers too to propagate he
Kultur and pave the way for wha
has happened.
And, Folks at Home, keep you
eyes ever and anon on the newspa
pers and men who before the war ia
vored the German cause.
The jingle of the dollar helps th
hurt that honor eels,-"The voic
: was the voice of Jacob but the hand
v were the hands of Esau."
: A mother in Belgium saw Gel
e man approaching her home. She hi
n her children. The German demar
s ded supper, lodging and breakfast
His wants were satisfied. In tn
= morning to the surprise of the goo
woman, he paid her. She said: ''Ho'
|. strange, and | thought all German
were bad. | am pleased to know tina
you are a gentleman. Do you kno'
that when I first saw you | hid m
children?"
"So?" replied the German, II to
have children. Let me see yours
Whereupon the fond mother calle
up the treasures of her heart froI
! the cellar, only to see them both she
{ dead at her feet
In the hiatus of her grief she tol
I her story to her neighbors,-but no.
I she tells it to the bars of her windo'
/ in madhouse.
This number of "The Spiker" wi
I go to many of you, Folks at Home.
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