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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
NORTHERN MARION
SENDS 23 RECRUITS
District No.. z WiI Also Send
twenty-five Mere Men
JuIy 25th

In the presence of large crowd %
.registrants entrained at Woodburn al
10 O'Clock last Friday night for Fort
Mcdowell, California. On the train
was 7. G. Karamenas of Waconda. who
Boarded it at Portland. This made "A
of the 25 called. The 25th man, R. G.
Taylor of Silverton, departed Saturday.
The party was in charge of Captain
Henry S. Dahl, the eorporals being ].
c. Lincoln, G. j. Schnee and w. A.
Lawrence. There was little demonstra-
tion when they boarded the train.
All of the 25 men named in last
week s issue of the Independent left
for Fort Mcdowell but four, one of
whom, q Chinaman named Chin June
of Mt. Angel, could not be found and
was placed on the delinquent list. He
is thought to be in California. The 9TH
er three were for agricultural reasons
given further time by the board, they
having had deferred claims in. They
were +. Rainey of Woodburn, H. J. Leis
of Brooks and A. R. Gilbbens of Wood
burn. Those called to fill the places of
these four were R. G. Bateson of Sill
verton, G. j. Harris Of Silverton, E. A.
Becker of Woodbum and R. c. Taylor
of Silverton. The personnel of the par
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Fort Mcdowell, Cal.

Fort Mcdowell, Cal.
Chas. Canning fell from q stack OF
lumber at the w. A. Martin Lumber
Co, s mill Monday, and broke his right
hip. He will be unable to work for
several months.
G.. A. G. Moore will have charge Of
the post office during the absence OF
Postmaster Brazier G. Small.
Mrs. Il. L. Roberts and Mrs. w. H..
Small of Independence were recent Wis
itors in Turner.
Miss Emma Green OF Salem is spend
ing q few days with her mother, Mrs.
II. Green, west of Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. JAS Rosman of Salem
visited at the home of Mrs. Peck, July
4th
Mrs. Morgan Lee of Los Angeles,
who has been visiting her husband,
Dir. Morgan Lee, at Camp Lewis, spent
July 4th at the home Of Mrs. Peck.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
POSTMASTER SMALL
TO BECOME AVIATOR
Quits Office to Volunteer
Services to Nations
Cause


N~~F-N~N 2 E.-l-s71 ~
Turner, July 1S.-Brazier Small
Turner 5 young post master, has heard
the call of his country and has volun-
teered in the aviation corps, has pass
ed all examinations, seen that the post
office is in good hands and expects to
go within few days. Good for you,
'Brazier, no one can say your heart is
not right-even if you are democrat.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13

Vester Bones has returned to the
Shaw vicinity until after harvest.
Fred Moore took four little boys ia
Mill City Thursday, with bills, to boost
their sale, that is to be conducted by
Moore Bros.
Mrs. Virgil Read MAY Robertson)
q Turner pioneer, is up from Portland
attending the camp meeting. Mrs
Read is wearing two star service pin
for her boys in France. Both boys have
been wounded, and at fhe same time
Mrs. Henry Osborn is improving.
r ID. Gray was in Lebanon last Sun
day.
Mrs. Prunk is visiting her daughter
Mrs. Lou Kelly
Pearl p. Hassler was seen hurryinl
to catch the M. C. jitney one morning
of a recent date, which proved sal
mistake owing to a ticket that was
bought at a s. P. depot via Albany.
DR.. Massey spent the 4th at Newport
the family having been camped there
several weeks accompanied him home
Miss Alma Baker is enjoying a vaea
tion at home, having just completed 9
long term of school at Warrington.
Mrs. Bernice Small Roberts and son
Il. d., Ja., were visiting with her moth
er, Mrs. |. II. Small, Tuesday.
L. G. Baker was in Turner greeting
his many friends Wednesday of thi;
week.
Turner was well represented at the
Salem band concert last Tuesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Putnam Of Shaw
were guests of his brother, /. E. Put
nam Sunday.
Mrs. Daisy Bushy Wilson and smal
son have been visiting Mrs. A. M. Bus
by.
Mrs. William Mcfarland and daugh
ter, Cleda, were at the home Of Mrs
Chavis Thursday.
Mrs. Mildred Thiessen is working in
Salem but will be home next week.
Herbert and Harold Briggs, the small
sons of Mrs. b. j. Briggs, are doing
their bit in the hay fields.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Watson and
daughters, Wilma and Dorothy, left
Monday morning for the farm home
near Winona, Idaho.
Mrs. John Watson and daughter
Mrs. L. H. Martin, Of Sweet Water
Idaho, spent Thursday with Mrs. War
rem Riches.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Bones were in
Turner Tuesday visiting their sons, J
NJ. and A. l.. Bones.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Besse were uT
from Portland TO spend the 4th with
their daughter, returning home Sunday
Mrs. II. L. Earl and Mrs. Yves Smith
were Salem shoppers yesterday.
Mrs. Matte Morris is guest al
the Webb home this week.
j. M. Sharp, with wife and daughter
also sister-in-law, Mrs. l.. H. Sharp, Of
San Francisco arrived Wednesday af
tern0on at the home Of his cousins, Il
II. Tuner and Mrs. G. A. Davis. Mr.
Sharp is a resident Of Ventura county
California. where he is engaged il
growing oranges, walnuts and Lima
beans. DR.. Grace Sharp, the daughter
Is chauffeur for the party, having
driven from Ventura county to Tur
ner, a distance including side trips
Of some 400 miles. The party PLAN
to go on to Portland, returning home
via Columbia river and klamath lake
They are enthusiastic in praise Of the
summer beauty of Oregon, no part Of
which exeels the attractive regioI
around Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Strobe and son
Howard, from Chico, Cal, called to SCI
their cousin, Mrs. II. Il. Miles.
Mrs. Miles gave supper last Wed
nesday evening in honor of her broth
er, James Wood, who left Friday fol
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13

x San Francisco, July 13.-Fed-
4 eral Judge Dooling sentenced e.
X G. Lindberg soldier, to two
X years on McNeil's Island for
K sending poisoned candy to him
X self by mail. A girl had almost
x been implicated in the crime.
X WMay / say a word9" asked
X Lindberg after sentence had
X been passed.
X "Not to me" replied Judge
u Dooling as he left the bench.
X
X 4 X X X X \ X x X x X X X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Turner Convention

The attendance at camp meeting is
small this year, owing to the conditions
of the country, but each days program
is splendid and each delegate has felt
more than repaid for coming.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Boys Drafted

Every call catches two or three boys
out of Turner, at the call for July %
Athur Kunke and Henry Ahrens were
among the list. A letter from Clyde
Kelly, who left last Friday, says he is
with Leland Riches and Cecil Hunsak
er, who left month ago. All boys are
well and hearty
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
County Assessor in Town

In order that Turner may have fair
deal Ben West, county assessor. was in
town Thursday ON official business, so
now if taxes are not right no deputy
will be to blame.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
w. O. w. Alive

The W. o. w. axes were sharpened in
razor like style last Tuesday evening
at public installation of officers. Ice
cream and cake were served at late
hour.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Water Notes

In reading the. wafer meters this
month several meters are found to be
out of commission, while others are not
failing to register every foot of water
used.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Editorial by Mr.. Wattersen in the Cou-
rier-Journal, April 10,1917)
!. WAR HAS ITS CONVERSATIONS.

:. WAR HAS ITS CONVERSATIONS. :.
The man who is for peace at any price
who will fight on no provocatiOn-fOr
no cause-is apt to be either what men
coll ''a poor creature'' or an imposter
SET on by ulterior considerations. He
may have an unworthy motive, or a
selfish interest, or he may be a victim
of the coward Is fear of battle, or be
obsessed by the doctrinarie S theory Of
universal brotherhood. But, craven or
crank, or scheming rogue, he dishonors
the noble heritage of manhood which,
being common to us all, is only priced
and extolled in conspicuous cases. Of
sacrifice, or prowess.
Paficism, as it has shown itself in
these times of emergency, has been
compounded Of each of these ingre-
dicnts. But it would not have shown
itself so strong if it had not been
definitely organized, nor definitely or
ganized if it had not been sufficiently
rinanced. The Hague Arbitration move
ment, backed in this country by the
Carnegie Foundation-aetually started
by the dethroned Gar of Russia pro
posed benefaction to humankind which
few if any were disposed to question. 1t
built itself upon a generally accepted
truth. The gospel of "peaee on earth,
goodwill to men, was preached as new
er before. Professional warriors arrayed
themselves in its behalf. Civilized ma
tions flocked to the new religion and
raised the benign standard. Many
treaties embodying its aims were nego
tiated. One, and one alone, Of the great
Powers held out. That was Germany.
Why, we now see clearly what we then
did not see at all.
"A Propaganda to Divide Our People. ;"
How much, if any, of the Carnegie
Foundation money has been applied to
, the recent agitations against war with
Germany, we know not. The activities
of Mr.. Bryan and of Dr. Jordan would
lead to the conclusion that it has not
been idle, or grudging, since neither Of
them works for nothing. But it is
quite certain that it has been cunning
, ly supplemented and enormously in
creased by money sent from Berlin to
maintain a propaganda to divide our
people and paralyze our Government.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Principal Hired

Professor John Blough has been elect
ed as principal of the high school, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation Of Prof. Teetz.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Moore Bros. Selling

George and Fred Moore are beeom
ing tired of store life and are to quit
their business on the 18th of August.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13

Like bolt out Of the blHe flashed the
war signal from the very heart of Eu-
rope. Across the Atlantic its reverbera
tons rolled to find us divided, neutral
and unprepared. For fifteen years a
body Of German reservists disguised as
citizens have been marching and coun-
ter-marehing. They grew at Length
bold enough to rally to the support of
panGcrman scheme of conquest and
a pro-German propaganda of "kultur," :"
basing its effrontery in the German
American vote, which began its agita-
tion by threatening us with civil war if
we dared to go to war with Germany
There followed the assassin sea mon
stors and the airship campaign of mur-
der.
All the while we looked on with either
simpering idiocy, OF. dazed apathy. Ser
via, 1t was no affair of ours. Belgium9
Why should we worry. Foodstuffs
soaring-war stuffs roaring-everybody
making money-the mercernar, the poor
Of heart, the mean Of spirit, the bleak
and barren of soul, could still plead the
Hypocrisy of Uplift aud chortle: ri
did not raise my boy to be a soldier"
Even the "Lusitania did not awaken
us to a sense of danger and arouse us
from the stupifieation of ignorant and
ignoble self eomplacency.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
PORTLAND MARKET


Portland, Or, July 13.-Butter, city
creamery Ace
Eggs, selected local OK. 43c
Hens 26@27c
Broilers 30@3lc
Geese 22c
Cheese triplets 27c
Daily Livestock Market
Cattle
Receipts 144
Tone Of market steady, unchanged
Prime steers $12@l3
Choice to good steers $1l@12
Medium TO good steers $9@10
Fair to medium steers $SM9
Common TO fair steers $50S
Choice cows and heifers $4,000
Medium to good cows and heifers
$6@750
Fair to medium cows and heifsrs
$4.50@5.50
Gamers $3@4.50
Bulls $6@8
Calves $8.5O@1l.50
Stockers and feeders $7@9
Hogs
Receipts 48O
Tone of market steady, unchanged
Prime mixed $1735@H.65
Medium mixed $l7.l50H.5O
Rough heavies $l6.35@l665
Pigs $l6.l5@17
Bulk ....1715
Sheep
Receipts "a
Tone of market steady, unchanged
East OF mountain lambs $l3.50@A
Valley lambs $l3@l3.50
Yearlings 5000
Wethers $500
Ewes $5.50@s
~-e-Ss--
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13

These people have sprung from the
over-commefeialism Of fifty years Of a
kind of uncanny prosperity. Their ex-
ample has affected inJuriously the ma
tion s reputation and has trenched per-
ilously upon the character and habits
of the people. 1t needs to be checked.
They need lesson. Nothing short of
the dire exigeneies which have come
upon us would reach mass so dense
and stole, SO paltry and sordid, 50 un-
worthy of the blessings which the hero
ism OF the fathers has secured them.
That check and lesson they are about to
receive. War is not wholly without it's
compensations.
The woman who is for peace at any
priee-whose imagination is filled with
the horror of war-who, true to her ma
ture, shrinks from bloodshed-is not as
the man who skulks from the line and
lowers like the flag of his country and
his manhood. All mol Peace is the
glory of woman. Not upon the soul.
stirring field of battle--the rather in
the dread field hospital after the battle
are her trophies to be found.
Well may she stand out against the
strife of nations--yet equally with
brave men she has her place in the orbit
of duty and valor-and, when there is
no peace, when war has come, the wo-
man who whines, 81 did not raise my
boy to be soldier" forfeits her right
and claim to be considered only little
lower than the angels, dishonors the
genius of Womanhood, ond removes her.
self from the company and category Of
the heroic mothers Of the world.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
"To the Flag and the Fray"

First Of all on bended knee we should
pray God to forgive US. Then erect as
men, Christian men, seldierly men, to
the flag and the fray-wherever they
lead us - over the ocean - through
France to Flanders-aeross the Low
Countries to Koln, Bonn, aud Koblens-
tumbling the fortress Of Ehrenbreitstein
into tic Rhine as we pass and damming
the mouth of the Mozelle with the debris
of the ruin we make Of it--then on, on
to Berlin, the Black Horse Cavalry
sweeping the Wilhelmstrasse like lava
down the mountain side, the Jupnker
and the sabre rattler flying before us,
the tunes being "Dixie" and "Yankee
Doodle" the cry being "Hail the
French Republic-Hail the Republic of
Russia welcome the Commonwealth Of
the Voterland-no peace with the kai-
ser-no parley with Autocracy, Absolute
ism, and the divine right of Kings-to
He'll with the Hapsburg and the Hohen.
zollernl"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13

There Is a possibility Tat in Place
of a few Of the above who may be con-
tinued there will be taken some Of
those reclassified and put in class l
and some of the new registrants.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
Called for July %

On July % the largest number OF
registrants yet leaving Woodburn will
entrain here for Camp Lewis. There
are As called for from this district and
they probably will be the following
although the board may make few
changes at the last moment on ac.
count of delinquencies, sickness or reas-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
They Win Not Stop Until They Land
in JAIL"

Those who are most in danger and
only in danger are the honest simple
tons who stick to it that war is crime
that we have no case against Germany
but, if we have, that it will keep; who
go around mouthing socialist and inf
delistie platitudes about a paradisaie
drcamland which exists nowhere out.
side their muddled brains. They can
not see that We have pursued peace to
the limit and that peace longer pursued
will prove more costly than war. Per-
verse and egotistieal, prompted by the
half truths of defective education, unin-
spircd by ideals having any relation to
the state Of the country, or the spir-
itual needs of existence, they will not
stop their vain chatter until, obstruct-
ing enlistments or menacing public
works, they land in Jail.
1t is grievous that this should be so.
Yet it We're not occasion for serious
comment except that there it q middle
class of nondeseripts who are more
numerous than an earnest and luminous
patriotism would have them; men, who
were born without enthusiasm and have
lived to make money; men, with whom
"business is business" men who are
indifferent to what happens so it does
not happen to them; in short, men who
recall the citation from "The Cricket
on the HEARTH put into the mouth of
Caleb Plummer:
"TheE2 was jolly miller and he liv-
ed upon the Dee.
He sang to himself, Il care for no.
body and nobody cares for me-"
"a most equiyocal jolHty," as Dickens
does not fail to remark.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13

Fifty years the country has enjoyed
surprising prosperity. This has over
e0mmereialized the character and habits
Of the people. Twenty-Five years the
gospel of passivism, with Cuisines is
business" for its text, has not only been
preaehed-indiseriminately- oraeularly
without let or hindranee, but has been
richly financed and potentially organ
lied. 1t has established party. 1t has
made cult, justifying itself in a fad it
has called Humanity-in many ways a
most spurious humanity-and has set
this above and against patriotic ineHna-
tion and duty.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
''War Throws New Light Upon Life

War, horrible as war is" Hell, r" as a
great warrior said it was--is not with
OUT its compensations. No man, has
more than one time to die. In bringing
the realization Of death nearer to. US,
war throws new light upon life. The
soldier is a picked man. Whether he be
soldier in arms or a soldier of the
cross, his courage, his loyalty, his love
and faith challenge the confidence of
men and alteration Of women. If he
falls he has paid his mortal debt with
honor. If he survives, though crippled,
he is not disabled. His cruteh tells its
own story and carries its mute appeal,
and there is eloquence, though silent,
resistless, in an empty sleeve.
Christendom stands face to face with
the dispersion of some of its cherished
ideals. Although this will arouse the
theologians, they viii have to meet it.
"Has Come TO Cleanse the Earth"
Where this present cataclysm will
leave us, no man can forsee. Our world
is, and will remain, world of sin, dis
ease, and death. This no man can deny.
Science is minimizing disease. Death
being certain, can ereeds or statutes ex-
tirpate sin? Can they change the ma
ture of man?
Before all else they must chasten it..
For two thousand years theologic con
troversy has not only kept the world at
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13

The prosecution of this now become,
treason and the paeifiSt who adhars tt
it is a traitor.
The eonspirator who, claiming TO bt
paeifist, engaged in the nefariou'
business viii be at no loss to save hi;
skin. If he be a German emissary sent
over for the purpose he has only to sliI
away. If he be a Kaiser reservist mas
querading as an American citizen, he
can shift his foot and change his coat
If he be selfish politician of the Stone
La Toilette variety, with an eye on the
Hyphenated vote, he can wink his 9th.
er eye, hoist the flag, and sing "The
Stan-Spangled Banenr" as Justify as
the rest.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
THE MARKET

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-13
SOLDIER SENTENCED.

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-05-30
MEN FROM IS TO IS NAY
Be UNDER NEW ORDER

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stores
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am1ssmenu. excepting aetzal per-
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eras or theatrical perfomaneea
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falls within the regulations, and re-
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ONE OF PERSHING'S
MEN HERE MAY 80

Corporal Gearzs Barnes. who viii
fusas m Msz.en Iader he auspices Of
~ fah7la County Council Of De-
mse Euus May ~ 1913 AZ TO
~ m aBrf ~ ahs G4mrs Hgz8s. Is a
asm6rr " Sc s-anf EarIneer1.
auss a4f E-a1@afnmru-y Fnsnss nzKs
Tnes 4gsu smrgf aapaf ssTez
uHaiaa sa m tine lrainIng camps
sla tbe tEenches ~ the American
front.
Corporal Barnes is ms If fifty men
selected BY General pershing at the
direction Of President Wilson to re-
turn to America to give the American
people a first hand narration of the
story over There" On May Il, 1917,
Corporal Barnes was a private citizen
employed with a public service cor
poration in Joliet, Ill.
After his final training in France,
he was moved up to the zone Of adj
vance where he has been for more
than six months. This service entities
him to year a gold stripe on his
sleeve. He has tasted gas for break
fast and gone to sleep at night with
the roar of the big shells in his ears.
He carries with him his complete
trench outfit, including rifle, helmet,
gas mask, etc. His tour Under the di-
r%ection of the Missouri Council of De-
tense is aimed to stimulate interest in
the Red Cross, Food Conservation and
other war activities.