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New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
sample, though it scarcely conveys the
scope Of the article:

scope of the article:
"As the birds begin to arrive from the
South in the spring, the birds that have
come down from the North to spend the
winter with us-the cross bills. the pine
grosbeaks the pine linnets, the red breasted
nuthatches. the juncos, and the snow bunt-
lngs-bcgin to withdraw The ebb of one
species follows the flow of another.
Zone winter, in December solitary red
breasted nuthatch took up his abode with
me, attracted by the suet and nuts | had
placed on 4 maple tree trunk in front of
my study window for the downy wood
pecker. the chickadees, and the native
nuthatches. Red Breast evidently said to
himself, Needless to look further
He took lodgings in wren box on
post near by, and at night and during
windy, stormy days was securely housed
there. He tarried till April, and his con-
stancy, his pretty form. and engaging wavs
greatly endeared him to us. The nair If
"hlte-oreasted nuthatches that fed at the
same table looked coarse and common be-
sloe th1s little delicate waif from the far
North' he could not stand to see living
around superabundancc of cracked hick
ory nuts, any more than his larger relatives
could' and would work industriously. carry
ing them away and hiding them in the wood
pie and summer house near by.
Ihe other nuthatches bossed him. as
,hey In turn were bossed by Downy. and as
ne in turn bossed the brown creener and
the chickadees. In early April NV little
Ned Breast disappeared, and I fancied him
turning his face northward. urged bv
stronger impulse than that for food and
shelter merely. He was my tiny guest from
unknown lands, my baby bird, and he left
vacancy that none Of the others could fill.
More of Mr. Burroughs's bird lore an
pears in the May Issue of "Harper's
which carries an article called "The
Singing Birds These are the writer's
concluding paragraphs:
"A duet, or a quartet. or sextet. among
ene BIRDS is not to be thought of. Each
singer wants at least a bit of the listening
world all to himself. He is jealous of all
othef songsters of his kind if they en-
croach upon his domain. Birds that sing
IN concert, like the godhnches, and the
grackles, are the exception. have not
observed that the robins have these song
contests, but the robins scrap so much that i.
they surely find enough other provocations
to arouse their ire.
mat Gagged and minated birds sing in
the season of song shows that the song i'm
Pu'so Is part of the great breeding pas
SION that surges through all animal life fn
tue vernai season. 1t ia one with the
painted flowers, tho drifting perfumes, aud
.ne extra ornaments and appendages that
SO many forms Of life put ON in fulfll;rr
the primal command to increase and mui-
tiply'" '-1'~
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
When the Sailor Lands in Shanghai

at their anchors in the .muddy waters of the
Whangpao. If any one doubts the kinship
of the Americans to the British, let them
turn to the records Of those piping times
Sailors must have shore leave And
when they are on shore leave they-well,
they do not always go for refreshments to
the single soda fountain on the Nanhing
Road. Refreshments bought elsewhere do
not induce to think less highly Of his
own countrys ability to lick all comers, nor
do they dissuade one from proving his con-
viction with barred knuckles on any chance
dctractor.
Therefore | regret to report that there
were frequent and violent naval clashes
ashore. They were mostly between the
British and Americans They tell to-
day Of the time when an American, sailor
became cngrossed in one of these little
affairs that he hurried back TO his ship,
slipped out machine gun, planted it on
the dock and was whstling cheerfully as
he made ready to bcsprinkle his British cou-
sins with a shower Of steel -jacketed bullets
when calmer ones off the cruiser dissuaded
him from his purpose and spoiled his day at
the expense Of four black eyes and forty
three miscellaneous bruises
"All Of which is proof of the kinshp.
1t was the Americans and the British that
did the fighting. For the most part they
fought cleanly, though the rules of the game
did not require that man should move his
foot if he discovered an alien face under
it. In this rivalry there grew up a sort of
afectionate disregard between the men of
the navies that exists even to this day as
the two forces work together plugging depth
charges at the undersea curse
"The German sailors never were in these
miX-ups, Their discipline was always too
disgustngly perfect, and they seemed to
lack the scrap hunger that sweled the
American and British blouses.
"On his first trip the young tar never
wastes any time seeing for himself whether
China comes up to the description of the
MISSIONARIES. When he gets liberty he
could wait and go to land in the ship's
launch. Usually he does not want to. It is
much more fitting to be rowed ashore in
one of the sampans that infest the river.
Thousands Of these gaudy little craft
with the red eyes under their bows. nose
about the harbor searching for fares. The
sampan man furnishes the power by rocking
a single huge scull fastened to the stern
of his boat Because of the notorious gen
erosity of the American sailor there is al
ways swarm Of these sampans about the
TANKS of the ships. l remember one sam
pan magnate who had so warmed his friend
ship under the shower OF 2O-cent pieces
from the sailors that he had painted the
crossed flags of the Chinese and American
republics in the cockpit of his boats and H.
Illuminated them with this ambitious legend:
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
If Germany Should Win I!
The Forum


"HE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE
REID, G. c. b., formerly Pre-
H. mier Of Australia, and First
High Commissioners. for Aus
tralia in London, now member of the
British Parliament, has an article in
the April Forum under the above
heading. Naturally he concludes that
such an outcome would entail terrible
consequences for vanquished enemies" ("
1t should, he writes, be noted that
"The chief aim Of America, Britain,
France and Italy, in fighting Germany to
death, is to establish a peace that will
make in the future impossible The
German aim is also to establish peace
that will make war in the future impossi-
Bile. These aims seem identical, but they
have vastly different results in view when
expressed in English or in German
AN Allied victory or peace-caIl it what
you wlii-would aim at the establishment
OF law and the placing of human freedom
and the worlds peace on an impregnable
pasls-~Woud aim at the removal of ma
'ionai dlscords and opprcssi ions--the re-
establishment Of national security and hon
esty-and the defeat of a bloodthirsty at
tempt to enslave free nations. That victory
would restore to the world the blessings of
civilization and the benefits of democracy.
1t would prevent the degradation and defeat
OF national and individual ideals. 1t would
mean arbitration instead Of murder, per-
petual peace instead Of everlasting fear,
extravaganza and bloodshed
Ihe German peace would make war i'm
possible, too, but by making freedom inn
possibie---by stripping the free nations OF
any power of offence or defence against
'heif' conquerors for all time, real Ger
man victory means the stripping of Britain
ana america of their fleets and their pow
ers OF resistance, with no reasonable pros
pect OF ever building them up again. It
would mean financial as we'll as every other
s'hd OF national ruin. We would be allowed
70 iive IN order TO work off that stupendous
herman war debt added to our own. Ter
riOie az such calamities would be, thew
~oaid be far more easily borne than thu
presence Of German soldery in our homes
All the pavcments would be free for our
conquerors, all the cutters for the descend
ANS OF British, American, French md
''aiian patriots who bled and died in the
centuries of the past in order thot ths
"or'a might reach freedom at last"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

no! But, as he points out at has be-
come the fashion to start stories with
quotations from Mr.. kipling" And he
further informs his readers that he
follows the fashion, in this case, "only
to correct an error that the gentleman
in question has led us into" Al anv
rate, and narrowing the discussion down
to single point of the compass-to a
single important little dot on the atlas,
rather
There certainly is one Elace where the
East and West meet. Not only that, but the
North and South and most of the inter
mediate points of the compass are pretty
we'll represented in it. That place is
Shanghai
ut is of the East but it is not Eastern
Some twenty thousand foreigners govern it.
and something over a million yellow people
live in it.
Its cosmopolitan flavor. comes from tho
fact that the nations of the earth come here
to bargsin-and sometimes defraud each
othe>for the products of the toiling and
lnexplicable millions that make up China.
And it is ashore IN this strange and
curious city that the bluejackets of the
United States navy get a true and tsney
taste of the things promised them in the
advertisements that held out a chance to
see the world and draw good nav while
seeing it,
They used to have saying in the navv
in regard to the older ships 1t was this:
When they get too old for anything
else, they paint 'em yellow and send EN- out
to the Asatic fleet
ut was in these yellow and honorable vet
erans that the clean limbed and clean
minded young Americans of the navy got
the romance and wonder of strange places
II sually, before coming to Shanghai the
young tar had seen Manila. And Manila is
Manila But it didn't quite measure I'm to
the proper degree Of strangeness because
you could look around in almost any direc-
tion and see billboards extolling the praises
OF Charlie Chaplin, or the desirable feat
ures of Studebaker motor cars Then. too
there was the fact that Manila was Ameri-
can territory.
In Shanghai he found all things-even
the smellsv-bizarre and different to sat.
isfying degree
"Going back to the years when even Eu-
rope at peace the warships of dozen
nations could ordinarily be found tuggine
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
And in conclusions:

Experts estimate that a five-thousand
ton monolithic cargo steamer would require
sixty thousand dollars worth of reinforced
concrete for its hull, while steel freighter
OF like dimensions would cost about five
times as much. Moreover, while existing
conditions make it difficult to estimate the
speed at which any particular piece of work
can be done, it is safe to say that under
anything like normal circumstances a con-
crete hull can be modelled in one-half or
even one-third of the time required for con-
structing one of steel 1t is not surprisinr
therefore, that shipbuidcrs are looking
with growing interest upon the depart-
ure in marine architecture No wonder.
then, that the United States Emergency
Fleet Corporation has turned it's attention
to this new order of units for our merchant
marine"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
Leading Articles in the Current American Magazines

the current number of "The Bookman.' -
"One feature Of this revival is found in
the books and articles that claim to be
communications from the dead. II an
pears that nowadays many ghosts have
itching pens.' AS for that prolific i'm
mortal known as Patience Worth. this
writer suggests that she could undoubt-
edly write great deal faster if she
used a typewriter instead of a ouiia
board though, patience knows, she
writes enough as it s!
Of the curious phenomenon embodied
IN this revival Of interest in things occult
Miss Scarborough further saws:
while it is true that the ghostly has
always been present in mans poetry and
prose, both oral and written, from the oar.
liest recorded time, there are periods when
1t seems to occupy more of his attention
than at others. Man loves the weird. He
IS easily intoxicated with spirits. He LONGS
10 1eel vlcariously the thrills that more
than one world offers. He Graves more tha,
human knowledge, hence he writes and
reads OF magic vision, of second sight, of
wisdom's wizardry. Discontinued with pettv
poverty, ne dreams of a philosophers stone
Kebelllng against the impending prison of
the grave, he loves to read of those who
nave snatched victory from it or who have
escaped 1T, so he broods over the Wander
ing Jew, or the Elixir Of Life CRAVING i'm
mortality, he is comfortcd at reading of
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

~ upon the wearer Of the uniform, upon
the uniform itself and upon the shin or sta
Non to which the wearer is attached.
Don't mistake the man in uniform who
saiutes in slovenly, slurring manner; who
faiis to remove the cigarette pipe or cigar
from his mouth, or who pretends to be too
much occupied with other affairs to saute
nj ALL as real officer sailor. He is not.
lie is only dressed up in clothes that he dis.
graces. lie has no respect for his profcs-
sion. He is ashamed Of himself and is icno
rant OF the very first rudiments of his new
business.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

>Hls paper is published by the Ma
IA val Training Camp at Pelham,
Bay Park. 1t is newcomer in
the populous field of camp publications
A recent issue contained the following
treatise on "The Proper Salute:
The salute has been form of militorv
courtesy since the days Of ancient chivalrv
IT indicates membership In, the profession
OF arms and is ar much sign of Fellowship
among thst1ghting men as a recognition Of
rsnk' smart. snappy salute reflects great
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

mans indestructible self, the all-conquer-
ing Ego that transcends death and lives on
eternally, content to be anything in the
ecstasy OF being ever Hedged in by life's
ironlc circumstance of law and order. fet-
tered in flesh by multiple conventions, he
seeks a magical chance of escape through
the realms Of spirit, and while his sober
feet tread trivial rounds he revels in bac-
chantlc fears, in dissipatons of the intel
lect"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
Concrete Ships
M1t71sey's

\ N ARTICLE on this subject, now
"a of such lively interest and prime
Importance, is contributed by Robert G.
Sherrett to the May number of "Mun
sey's.' He observes;
The stone age in shipbuilding is upon
us! But, curiously, this does not mean
that we have halted progress and turned
the hands of time back many centuries. The
modern stonecraft~ constructed of re-
lnforced concrete-is a monument to enri-
heering resourccfulness and a striking evil
dence OF what necessity may bring into
nelng. Its successful introduction has laid
the foundation Of a new industry, which
may grow to great proportions in the course
of the next few years. Indeed, it may prove
to mark an epoch in ship construction as
revolutionary as the advent Of concrete in
civil architecture generally"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
A Young Nuthatch and
John BurrOuehs

Atlantic Monthly and Ha7pey's
IT is poignantly refreshing, in the
grim midst of such masses of war
literature of endless variety, to turn, now
and again, to such an article as John
Burroughs has written in the April
Atlantic" 1t is all about birds, and
done in his most affectionately, most SEN
sitively eloquent manner. Here is a
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

money expand when it is changed into the
coin of the natives. Shanghai uses the
famous and tickle Mexican dollar
This bit of international finance could
be consummated at any of the ten thousand
tobacco-change shops in the city The sailor
would go there first anyhow to get his
shore supply of Virginia cigarettes.
"ln the eyes of the average Chinese coolie
the American sailor ranks higher than an
admiral in the highly political navy of the
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

nothing about it. The devious ways of the
Oriental mind have been often mentioned
but seldom ovarstated. The fact that the
sailor gives him dollar is proof in the
boys mind that his fare is a 'griffin-a new
man to the East
at must not be supposed that the sailors
are left to wander about in search of their
own amusement. That is fraught with too
many dangers. The streets of the town
harbor thousands of hand-painted beauties
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

EAST is East. and
West is West, and
never the twain shalt
meet.
T. S. Tisdale, for
merly of "The China
Press" thus begins an
article in "Sea Power" :"
Not that he agrees
with Mr.. Kipling. Oh,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
Grasping a Million

Can you imagine million dollars
YES" answered the cautious citizen.
think | can. All you have to do Is z
picture figure with Il long string g
c.iphers after it. A mental grasp Of
billion doesn't cause me near the dip
Guilty of a hand-to-hand struggle for ~
dollars and half.--Washington Efrsss
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
Spooks
The Forum
THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE
REID, G. c. B., formerly Pre-
mier Of Australia. and First
The R00ka,,na,

ftE I1UOHYNWII
rW II ARE in the midst of a revival
of the supernatural In litera.
'u'e' declares Dorothy Scarborough in
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28

'The first delightful thrill that the sailor
gets in the city is as he sees the American
New-York tribune., 1918-04-28
The Kaiser's
Napoleoniic
System

4 WRITER in "The Spectator
"A Nondon), pursuing the trail
of an old theme, phrases freshly
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-01

mated next time, Among them are the
following: Addition to the receiving
hospital at the Oregon state hospital
100000; Chaihpoeg memorial building
$4,000; tourist advertising, $4,000;
hospital for the Oregon Soldiers Home
$2s,950; dormitory for the state in
smtution for the feeble minded, $l0,.
900; fish hatchcries, $4,000; state flax
Si0,5O0; Oregon national guard, $l79,i
900; Oregon naval miEtial $4,000
making a total of $372,350
As a summary, the next legislature
will have approximately the following
sums bo meet the deficiency appropri-
ations and the added cost of maintain.
ing the state institutions, assuming
that the war needs will be taken care
of by means of the millage tax:
Appropriations not necessary again
$3T2,350; increase under six per cent
limitation SS50.0O0. increase in inher.
itance tax aud fees S350,OO0; total 81,
I072. $50.
With the above sum in sight per-
sons who are intimately familiar with
state affairs point out that the next
legislature will not be embarrassed for
lack Of funds to meet the necessary
requirements Of the state government.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-01
DISTRIBUTING CENTER
is MADE OF SALEM
Lee |. Gilbert Viii Distribute
Franklin, Elgn Six and
Harroun from Here

As tn result of an important business
transaction eonsummated last week by
Lee L. Gilbert, one of the most promi-
nent automobile men of this eit.j Sa-
lem is to be the distributing center for
the Willamette valley OF the Franklin,
Elgin Six and Harroun motor ears, as
well as the Federal Commercial Vehicles
and Trucks.
For some time M& Gilbert who came
to Salem after a broad and successful
experience with number of the largest
automobile establishments in Portland
has been breaking records in selling
Elgin and Harroun cars in this field.
Pleased with Salem, and encouaged
with the business outlook in this field
Mr.. Gilbert, last week concluded a deal
with j. C. Braly, Franklin distributor
for the state of OE-gon, whereby Mr..
Gilbert takes over the selling privileges
on that favorite high class ear in Salem
and contingent territory and he also
convinced the officials of the Pacific
| KisselKar branch at Portland, that he
was the right man to dispense the de-
pendable Federal truck in this same
place.
With contracts covering the Elgin
Franklin, Harroun and Federal lines
tucked away in his pocket Mr.. Gilbert
is now able to offer the discriminating
motor car fanciers and buyers of this
district broad line to choose from and
he has ears of recognized worth and re-
putation.
Because of its many exclusive fea-
tures, its economy of operation and
known excellence of construction and
performance the Franklin machine has
long been a distinct favorite among the
veteran motorists of Oregon.
The economy and endurance tests
conducted by Franklin owners during
the past few years have startled the
entire motor car industry and have re-
suited in the rush of so many urgent
orders from all points of the country
that the Franklin officials have been
obliged to increase greatly the volume
of output at the big factories in Syra-
cuse, New York.
The Franklin prices in vogue this year
range from $4,000 for the roadster.
through to $4,000 for the magnificently
appointed enclosed jobs.
The standard touring ears is now quo
ted at $2250, same price as in 1914.
No business man who has ever investi-
gated the commercial car market needs
any introduction to the Federal motor
trucks, for no make of machine oeeu-
pics more enviable reputation among
the users of Oregon. Ample evidence of
the unqualified success Of the Federal
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-01
WICK BROS.
260 North High Street

at work is furnished in the number O
"repeat orders" which are noticed o
every hand.
Mr.. Gilbert is privileged to quote fig
ures on a Federal for any size of busi-
ness, the specifications ranging from
one to five ton capacities, with sup
Elementary line of Federal heavy and
light duty tractors which are gaining
rapidly as the tractor trade is develop
ing. Mr.. Gilbert is armed with com
parative statistics to prove the Federal
will do the work better and more eco
nomically than the proyerbial "Old
Dobbin" who is seen less and less fire.
quently on the streets of Salem.
The number Of Elgins placed in the
local community recently tend to fortify
Mr.. Gilbert's advertised prediction that
the popular Chicago made machine i;
"the car of the hour. 81 have not
the slightest hesitance in expressing con
fidence that the Elgin Six will continue
to appeal increasingly to the local mo
toring public" said Mr.. Gilbert at hi:
new sales and service headquarters al
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-01
SIX PER CENT LIMITATION
Continued from page one)


estates being settled up, among them
the jack Rogers estate win run the
increase IN the inheritance tax eollec.
tions up to approximately $S5O0O0. ac.
cording to the state treasurer's esti.
mates.
Adding this increase Of fees to the
additional amount that may be raised
under the six per cent limitation gives
a total Of 100000, which the next leg,
islature win have for appropriation III
excess Of tho amount available to the
1917 session.
The next legislature will have a
number of deficiency appropriations
No take care Of, as the emergency
board already has authorized deficien'
cies Of approximately 5000 900 and the
state penitentiary IS preparing to ask
for over $4,000, while the Oregon
state hospital IS expected to run short
Of funds before the end of the year
and need relief from the emergency
board.
However, df the $4,000 already ap
propriated by the emergency board.
$250,000 Is for the state lGilitary 20.
lice, and If the enc mill tax Cor The
emergency war fund is approved il is
expected that this $25n,o00 will be
paid from that tax.
Regardless Of whether that Is done,
II Is pointed out that the last legisla
lure made a number Of appropriations
which undoubtedly san be easily elm
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-01
Phone 1895

1856 South Commercial sreet, near the
corner of State street yesterday, where
he has established one of the finest
automobile show rooms in the state
outside of Portland. By reason of it's
style and beauty the Elgin Six satisfies
even the most critical eye and its road
ability, sturdiness, and instant respon
sivoness to the drivers touch does the
rest of the work. The Elgin is not only
different but it is better and the pub
lie is certain to appreciate its superior
qualities more and more as time runs
along.
Those who have been lucky enough to
ride in the latest samples of the famous
Harroun line to reach this field testify
enthusiastically that this creation of
that notable racing driver is "Bear
Cat" in fact and action as well as by
name. The Harroun motor is equipped
with 43 horse power distributed between
four cylinders of the overhead valve
type and the sensation created during