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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04
AN EDGE OF STEEL
AND A LINE OF FIRE

H IN France the men are wrought tc
an edge of steel, and the women are q
line of fire behind them"
An edge Of steel-a line Of fire. The
image Of a nation energizCd for war.
But this Is France. And we, the men
and women of America. are we, too
of steel and fire? Fine as our national
temper has became, it falls far short
I Of this The war is too remote No
cannon thunder at our ports. No hos
tile airplantes hover in our skies.
In trench or two along the battle
front there lie and watch a few to
whom America is home They have
already suffered. They have paid
their first toll in prisoners and in
blood. They are in contact with the
foe Others behind them hear the
roar of distant guns. still more are
on the sea. conscious of the vague
presence of an enemy beneath. At
home busy preparation goes on
among half a million to whom the war
is still far away-a thing heard of.
waited for, not yet seen.
And the rest: The hundred odd
millions of m@ and women in their
homes! in the main, we go on the
even tenor of our way. We eat
enough as yet; we work--a little hard
er than last year. we take many of
our accustomed pleasures; and, save
FOR occasional bad dreams, we sleep
The thought of war comes to us not
above dozen times a day.
The things that will make us steel
and fire draws nearer every hour. In
some few months:. before the leaves
are come and gone upon the trees. |
that half million will be side bv side
with Pershing's handful at the front. /
Long before that time another half
million will have left their work and .
play for the hustle of the camps.
More and more the war comes
nome to us. The battle line, that cut-
ting edge in France is not a remote
and alien thing: it is becoming. it has
become, our flesh and blood. 1t is
closer to us than breathing and
carer than hands and feet" Vibrant
Of sensation and energy pass
rom us to it and form it to US. The
nerves Of our whole being begin to
hrob in it,
More ard more the war comes
lone. II is no longer "the stranger
hat is within our gates" It impera-
lVely demands admittance to our in
most thought.
These are the times that try mems
ouls, wrote Thomas Pain in 1775.
nd the words leap fresh into ont
carts today Where is the man 50
VI that he can not see it? Depar-
lres, ainEings, casualty lists, thrust
rom unexpected quarters. reverses,
iSasters, new noans. new labors, new
lcrifices-we shall know them all.
Ana we shall meet them-as France
as met them? 1t is impossible that
@ should finch. To that high call
b dedicate to the cause of liberty
nd right "our lives and fortunes
'erything that we have ana every
ling that we are" we shall respond.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04
OVERLAND MODEL 80
LEADS IN
PERFORMANCE

The final test of any automo-
bile is its performance.
What it does is more import
ant than what it is,
The way this Overland Model
90 Light Four performs for
more than 10000 owners speaks
more for it than a whole library
of technical explanations.
But this performance in this
Model 80 includes more than
j mechanical excellence.
1t includes big car stylish de-
sign. touring comfort, spacious
interior, wide seats, ample leg
room, deep upholstery, beauti-
ful finish
In short, it includes complete
equipment of all modern con-
veniences.
Price $500: subject to change
without notice.
Let US show you this car.
OVERLAND PENDLETON co.
Dealers Overland and WHY'S
knight Motor Cars.
S12 johnson St. Phone -
Pendleton, ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04
Some War Statistics
That Are Of Interest

The figures in this article are taken
from a pamphlet published by the
Bankers Trust Company, New York.
l. What nations are at war? The
entente allies on the one side and the
Teutonic allies on the other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04
WOULD FORCE MARKING
or COMPOSITION SHOES

ALBANY, March A bill aimed
at manufacturers of compositiun shoes
selling them for leather footwear was
introduced today by senator Lock-
wood and Assemblyman Caulfield.
The bill requires that every shoe made
Of material other than leather shall
be so stamped. Assemblyman CauI-
field said there had been considerable
scandal over the reported sale Of
shoes to the army.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04

The damp, cold weather OF March
seems to be the most favorable for
the pneumonia germ. Now is the
time to be careful. The quicker Il
cold is gotten rid Of the less the dam
ger. AS soon as the first indication
OF cold appears take Chamberlains
Cough Remedy. As to the value of this
preparation. ask anyone who has used
it.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04

~ W @tAh IL llAllto j
could hardly ge t
around to do my
work, and as | had
four in my family
and three boarclers
it made it very hard
for me. Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Comp
was recommended
to me. | took it
and it has restol2d
my health. 1t is
certainly the best
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04
TO the President the further exten-
sion of the regulations"

If tho average citizen attended TO
his own business as sloppily as he
attends to the business of the ciiv on
primary and election days the aver
age citizen would be bankrupt by
habit,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-04
Chamberlaih's Cough Rcntcdy q Ia
NOriif for CnIos

J. J.. Sasley, Macon. ILL.,, in speak
Ing Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
says. During the past fifteen years
it has been my sisters fayorite modi-
cine for colds on the lungs. myself
have taken it a number Of times when
suffering with a cold and it always
relieved me promptIy."-Ady.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-19
PROPOSALS MADE TO
 JAPAN ARE ACCEPTED
INF oRMATlON COMES IN DIS PATCHES FROM LONDON
 AND TOXIC.

Washington, July lS.-Tokio anC practically has accepted the propos als of the United States as to ex tending military aid to l@ussia in Si. beria, have not altered the deter imitation of the government here tC permit no announcements whatever on the subject.
 Further than an official admission that negotiations have been going or for some time with Great Britain Japan and France, looking to the adoption of a common policy, abso lutely nothing was made available for qualification.
 Consequently any more extended statements purporting to represent the attitude of the United Stadas government are wholly unauthorized and in fact contrary to what off cials consider the best interests oi the situation at this time
 Information of the progress of the NtGOtlailpHS are I'll dttOTu III tue main with the announcements print cd today ig London and ToSio. has heen available unoficially here within the last two or three days. but all attempts to secure some official sanction for is publication have been met with the statement that the sit nation had best not be discussed at all
 Dispatches today telling of how the proposals of the United States tc Japan. differing from those of Greal Britain and France, had been pub lished in the Tokio newspapers, and how the Japanese elder statesmen had been in conference on the su5- icet. did not change the policy oI making no announcement in Wash h,gton
 In those circumstances il is no permissible under the voluntary cen. sorship by which the government has asked the American newspapers tC withhold publication of certain infor nation until it has been officially announced to disclose what is known of the governments plans.
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Personals

Pappa Wm tLerz, stationed at the Army and Navy hospital, left yester- day on furlough to visit his people at Long Island, N. Y.
 A k x Charley Beiton, who left si couple of weeks ago to visit his father at Los Angeles, Cali. writes home that he will remain in California and go to school there this winte.
 * x x Corp William Leigh Of the Army and Navy hospital left yesterday on a furlough to visit his people at Long island, New York.
 Maurice Connolly of this city has arrived safely in France. the informa ton reaching relatives here yesterday. Captain and Mrs. C. N Rix leave Sunday for Waukesha to spend several weeks
 Mrs W. F.. Chester and daughter are at Frankfort. Mich,
 k * J.W Corrington, manager of the Ar linston, is taking a brief vacation at Mountain Valley SprinsE.
 < < t. $. Commissioner Judge Leslie spent yesterday in Little Rock
  Judge C. T. Gotham has reurne | from a visit to aAttle Rock
 
 Miss Bancroft chaperoned 5evy oi eiaht young girls 10 the Ouaehita river at Gardners bridge, yesterday The
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day was spent ill swimming, boating and having a good time There were plenty of good eets. The girls hope [, repeat the good time before the sum lner season is over
 x k x Mrs. w. O. Forbes and Misses Dor othy and Mary Hay have returned tl their home on Malvern road.
 x x lDr C. A Hebert and sons have taken apartments at the Forbes place for the summef
 < x x Dr and Mrs. C. F Battles have gone to Little Rock where they will visit awhile, and will then go to San An tonio
 John n. Tellman of the Jefferson ho- tel of St Louis, Is here on visit.
 k x x Mr. and Mrs. Al. A. Reynolds reached Fort Smith on their trip over land to Colorado Springs,
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ATLANTA STREET CARS
 ARE STILL TIED UP
MEN WILL NOT SUBMIT TO AR. BiTRATION UNTIL UNION IS
 RECOGNIZED.

Atlanta, Ga, July 1S.-Settlement of the strike of the street car men here tonight had resolved itself into the question of recognition of Local 132 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Elm ployes.
 The strikers late today voted unanimously not to submit their grievances to the war labor board until the eompany had recognized their union TMis the railway com p8ny has declared it will not do
 The action of the strikers followed
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ali appeal by Major Ebert R. Peck, U. 5. A., representing the war labor board to refer the dispute to the board and abide by it's actior
 Meanwhile Atlanta's car service remains at standstill except lines tc Camp Gordon and Fort McPherson
 Announcement was made today that during the strike mal deliveries to the residence districts will lse eur tailed e one delivery dair
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BENEFIT DANCE.

There will be q benefit dance given go, in honor of the boys who go to Camp Pike July 2i There will he q prlze waltz of $500 in gold to be eiven away. also as a special added feature. Alexander and Hutchinson will introduce their latest success, "rhe Aeroplane spin
 Professor Mac Kelly's orchestra will furnish music and there will be q good time for all Dancing will begin promptly at $ n Everybody invited.
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AMERICAN STEAMER
 MISSIONER TORPEDOEO

Washington, July l8.-The Ameri- can steamer Westoyer, an army sup ply ship, manned by navy men, was tofpedoed and sunk in the war zone July Ii while bound to Europe, the navy department was advised today by. Vice Admiral Sims. Ten officers and men of her crew of no are miss ing. No details were given in the department announcement.
 The Nestover was of 4,270 net ton mage.
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naee
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can contingents. Who however, will occupy only Vladiyostok to permit the Czecho- Slovaks to operate inland.
 The correspondent adds that he understands the aggregate allied force will not exceed one divisior
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REV. HIcKoKS FORD
 STOLEN LAST NIGHT

Someone last night about l2 o'clock stole the Ford car of Rev. C. E. Hickok from in front of his resi- Gence on Magnolia street The li- cense number on the car was 3l6G3 Eev. ilickok heard the ear being cranked, but by the time had got out of the house the parties had left with the car
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LITTLE ROCK COUPLE
 MARRIED HERE

Mir Eugene L. Wolverton and Miss Mildred Lueile Moore of Little Rock were married in the parlors of the Majestic hotel yesterday afternoon by Rev. w. s. Kendrick of the First Baptist church. The attendants to the bridal couple were Mrs J II, Fulldore, IF, Of Shreveport, and MT, h s, i4ockett ST. of this city Alr. Molverton is manager of the Boyle building iI Little Rock
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ALLIED FORCES TO
 OCCUPY VLADlVOSTok

Shanghai, July tS.-A dispatch to the Daily News from Picking says the allies have decided upon Joint inter- stntion in SFeria in the landing of British, French. Japenese and Ameri-
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MRS. NETTLEroN, PHONE 1908.

Formerly of Buckstaff Beauty Shop wishes to announce that she will se found a. her shop in the Thompson Bldg, the tntire summer and pleased to serve new as well as old patrons. First class work. sanitary methods only. 72-tf
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WAssERMANN BLOOD TEST. $500
 All chemical and analytical work at reasonable price. Wassermann Laboratory, 716h Central Avenue. Dr. Walter McLain. director.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-19

Yon Hooverize. when you ordel what you like, and like what you or der Good things to eat at Frisby's
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Sentinsl-Record classified sdvertif inn brings resulta
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18
PROPER PEAR TREE PRUNING
AS in Case of Apple Low Head Is
Most Oesirable-Retain Three
or Four Branches.

From the United States Department of
Agriculture)
Since pears are grown both as
standards and dwarfs in commercial
orchards, consideration of the prun-
ing of both classes is necessary. A
lOw-headed pear tree is quite as de-
sirable as a lOw-headed apple tree.
In forming the head of the pear, how
ever, more branches may be left than
in the case of the apple. While three
Is given as the ideal number for the
apple, rs many as four or five may be
retained by a well-grown pear tree.
These should be distributed about the
body so as to give practically an equal
space between them, and, if possible,
they should stand ut different heights
upon the main stem. The number of
branches to be left upon any partic-
ular tree must, however. be deter
mined by the condition of the root.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18
REALLY SEEMED ONLY WAY
Smiths Idea Was Bright Enough if tho
Horse Would Only Do His
Part in the Game.

John Smith bought a horse, The
first Sunday after the purchase he and
his bosom pal harnesSed the horse 10
a trap and went into the country On
q fishing trip. At the shore of the lake
they Embarrassed the horse and let
1t loose while they fiShed.
Presently the sun began to 20 down,
and Smith and pal decided 10 get ready
for the return journey. They caught
the horse, ana Smith began 10 harness
it. But here they met "a difficulty
The horse wouldn't open lis mouth for
the bit.
They tried every means they could
think of, but still the Stubborn animal
stood with closed mouth pacdy
watching them.
At last Smith sat on the ground and
began to tell jokes-houibIt. moth
eaten jokes, that Adam would hays
thought chestnuis.
what on earth are you do.nsr
asked Smiths pal.
Trying TO get the beast to yaWn'
said Smith.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18
KEEPING HENS TO
AID FOOD SUPPLY
Poultry Constitutes Military Re-
source Not to Be Ignored
in War Times.
MORE CHICKENS ARE NEEDED
What 100 Fowls on Every Farm In
United States Would Mean to Ma
tion's Food Stock-War
Emergency Program.

(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
There should be 100 hens on every
farm in the United States. We should
obtain 100 eggs from every hen. With
approximately 100000 farms that
would mean 600,000.000 hens and co.
O0O,O00O00 eggs per year. That num-
Der of eggs constitutes u military re-
source not to be ignored.
One hundred hens on every farm is
not particularly big contract. There
is hardly a farm in the United States
but could support that number of hens
practically on its waste materials and
without materially added cost. One
hundred hens to farm is considerably
less than the average number of hens
to a farm in many of the better pOul-
reproducing sections of the country.
1t is an average that could as easily be
maintained in the sections of the
country where the average per farm is
now lower than 100 hens. One hum
dred eggs from every hen, while far
below what could be obtained with
proper encouragement of fowls, is
considerably more than the average
egg production the country over.
These two items are the basis of the
war emergency poultry program for
1913. The carrying out Of that pro-
gram is an important part of the war
against barbaric domination.
Two causes combine to bring the ne
cessity for a special effort to secure
the raising Of more poultry this year.
One is that the war needs of the nation
make larger average stocks of produc-
tive poultry important. The other is
that the number of fowls on farms has,
from a multiplicity Of causes, been re-
duced during the past year
A succession of sharp advances in
prices of poultry feeds in 1917 and
uncertainties in supplies of feeds, be-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18
BARBERRY PLANT is
A MENACE TO WHEAT
Spreader of Stem Rust Should Be
Cut and Destroyed.
Principal Factor in Reducing Yield Of
Wheat Alone in North and South
Dakota and Montana by Mil
lions of Bushels.

(From the United States Department OF
Agricultural
The common barberry is a direct
spreader of black stem rust, terri
bic scOurge of wheat, oats, barley and
rye in the spring-wheat districts. Com
mon barberry on lawns and in hedges
in cities and suburbs, as well as on
farms, throughout these districts is
a fearful thorn in the side of the
wheat raiser. The presence of this
shrub in your yard may mean that
your county or district produces less
bread to feed the nation and the al
lies. While the farmers are being
urged to take every cultural and pro-
tective measure to prevent rusting of
their fields, owners Of city yards and
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18
BEAF00D PRODUCER

prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.)
Are you going to raise food
for your family this year?
Or are you going to buy what
someone else has raised?
Are you going to the trouble
of handling a garden-it will I'M
dorhtedly mean some additional
work?
Some say: 'Tet the other fell
low have the garden. I'll spend
my time making money to buy
what he raises"
That's not the problem-the
nation needs more food to win
the war.
You can help by having a gar
den filed with vegetables to be
substituted on the home table
for food that can be shipped to
feed your boy, or some other
boy, who is fighting in the
trenches.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18

well and feel fine in the mornjng sI ses
able to do my work. | gladly rsoo Guy
mend Lydia E. Pinkham' s Veget sJI,
Compound to make weak ns s-o,o
strong. - Mrs. ALBERT Suite an fes
Olmstead St, Winona, MINI. w
How often do we hear the expreoe;c,
emong women, 81 am so nervous I I con
not Sleep" or sit seems as tbong ga' !
should fly" Such women should n Su
by Mrs. Suites experience and givs
TINS famous root and herb remedy
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CON-
pound, a trial.
For forty years it has been overeom,
ing such serious conditions as dispIacs.
ments, inflammation, liberation, ir~sS.
ularities, periodic pains, backacbe d..
illness, and nervous prostration II
women, and is now considered the stan.
dard remedy for such ailments.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18

estates are called upon to help by
digging out and destroying this spread
err of stem rust.
How serious the black rust is to the
bread supply of the nation may be
judged from the fact that this disease
was the principal factor in reducing
the yield of wheat alone in North Da-
kOta, South Dakota, Montana ard Min
nesota by nearly 2O0,O0O000 bushels in
1916.
The common barberry bush Ger
beris vuIgaris), including the purple
Ieaved variety, nurses the black stem
rust through one of it's stages, helps
it develop. and enables it to spread
to the graing in the spring and early
summer. The most direct method Of
attacking this rust is to keep common
barberry bushes out of wheat growing
regions.
The effect of a single barberry bush
may extend for miles. They should
be dug and destroyed throughout the
upper Mississippi valley. especially in
the following states: Montana, Wyo-
ming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa. Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Less is known about the Importance
of barberry elsewhere. The question
will be investigated in all grain-grow-
ing regions this season.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-18
Keeping Chickens Does Not Tax Farm
Labor Problem-Any Member of the
Family Can Do Most of the Work
Required by the Flock.

cause of congested transportation,
caused many poultry keepers to cur
tail production or reduce stocks on
hand. AS was inevitable under the
circumstances, the sections of the East
where poultry keeping was most high
iy specialized were most affected
Shortage of feed in drought-stricken
areas in the West and Southwest also
led to reduction of poultry stocks on
general farms in those areas.
Elsewhere hocks appear to have
been maintained at about normal num-
bers, and In some places slightly in
creased. Reports of heavy selling in
sections where feed is sufficient have
in many cases failed to take into ac-
count the disposition of the stock sold
1t has usually been assumed that all
stock sold went to slaughter. Some
renortS. however, state that many hens
and puIlets sold by poultry keepers
who We're short of feed or of capital
passed to others who were in a posi-
ton to hold them. The volume of re-
ceipts of eggs at certain markets
seems TO bear out this statement.