Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-08-23
SILETZ

A banquet was given Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross at the Government
School building Wednesday
evening 18th being the eighth
anniversary CT their married life.
Fifty plates were spread and a
good jolly crowd was present to
enjoy the feast as well as the oc-
cassiCG, of friends. In the fine
supper represented the love and
friendship of the DONORS. Mr.
and Mrs. Ross must have felt
thcy had won the good will and
and affection of the people for
whom th,y had worked for the
past year. A nice purse of mon
ey was given them as a slight
token of love and friendship for
the good they done while living
among us. Several congratu-
latory 81 eches were made wish
ing MIR. anG Mrs. Ross many
more anniversaries.
A representative of the United
Stats Dictrict Attorneys Office
came over Friday to look up the
evidence of the killing of the
little Bensell boy by his br other.
When this evidence is submitted
the District Attorney will pass
Oh the case.
We have had three or four
days Of rain and the ground is
thoroughly soaked. This will
benefit the late sown grain, grass
and gardens. The hay was
nearly all put in the barns. The
potato crop will be fine. The
Siletz will have at least 10000
bushelsof potatoes. Mr.. William
Porter must have in 35 acres
of potatoes. His daughters,
Maud and her little sister, are
cultivating the crop. These girls
have two brothers who are now
in the army and at the front in
France. These patriotic young
ladies are taking the place OF
their brothers on the farm.
Thu women here cn the Silet2
are working in the fields helping
to save the crops the same as
men. In this great world wal
waged for the perputation of au.
tocracy, the Am erican peopl.
are a unit and stand four square
back of the President in putting
down oncs for all the idea that
the German race is a superior
people and German Kulturs i!
the true standard of living
What does the world think o.
the German treatment of tn,
Belgian people? We have sew.
eral dark pages written in the
worlds history. The massacre
OF st. Bartholoml W is considered
to be the darkest crime in hu.
man history, but now another
chapter is written in human
blood that far exceeds that mas
sacre, and that is the treatmen
of the Belgian people by IN,
Prussian military system ell
dorsed by the Ka!s n. These at
atrocities were committed by tn,
permission of the war boards fo
the purpose of intimidating tn.
world but it failed of it's object
No braver and more heroic peo
pie ever lived than the Belgians
Had 1t not been for them ant
brave France the Huns woult
have taken Europe, becaus
this war for forty years, all tn
time pretending to be friendl
and only ambitious to excel L
the arts, sciences, education, an
commerce. but this was all don
to throw the world off its guard
What a masterpiece of treachery
But German brutality and au
trocracy will fail. The Germat
military system will be distroye
and her nation will yet becom
Republic and be a free people
The Germans, instead of bein
led like dumb cattle by thei
rulers, will think for them
selves and will throug'
education and freedom b
a factor in establishing
a free government. Educatio
Is the boy that raises people ou
Europe was unprepared for sue
a war. It came like a clap @
thunder in a clear sky. The Ger
mans had been preparing 70
of ignorance and superstition
and this the rank and file of tn
German people don't have. Un
Gle Sam Is just getting starte
and when he gets there wit
both feet. something will non.