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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
A PROPER PLAN

o. HE plan to give the Round
VI Up proceeds to the Red
Cross is a splendid
thought. People want the show
to be held and are planning to
attend from all directions, as
usual. The Roundup comes at
such a time that it does not in
terfere with harvest nor other
pressing work. 1t no longer
taxes the railroads because
most of Roundup patrons
make the trip by auto. The
Roundup provides wholesome,
outdoor recreation, the sort of
entertainment desired by red
blooded people living in a red
blooded age.
Giving the proceeds to the
Red Cross absolves Pendleton
from any charge of desiring to
same time the fact the big show
never has been used for divi-
dend purposes) and at the
same time the fact thebig show
will be staged this year as a
Red Cross benefit viii appeal
to those who wish to attend yet
who might hesitate to do so
were it not for the announce
ment that the profits will be
used for war purposes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
2s YEARS AGO

(From the Daild East Oregonian
August 1. $500.
T. z. Swearingen and Nels crow are
here from Brewer. small lumber sta
ton on the Columbia, where they have
been engagkd in business
g. W. Hunt has already ordered the
cars and in a short time will he rum
ming vestibule trains through this
country.
Joe Basler's horse was on the ram
page yesterday. Joe got his foot fas-
tened in the wheel and the horse start
ed. Pendleton might have needed
another second hand man had not the
bootheel given away. which released
him. Joe is now nursing few pain
full bruises.
f Gillian has returned from trip
to the Robinsonville mines. He has
been prospecting there and located
a four foot ledge of goldbearing quarts
which promises to be good property.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
HOLLAND DEEPLY IMPRESSED
aA ny VfCr0nT orsrinE xt.LIEs

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 1.-The allied
victory has created deep impression
Holland. The Telegram
says that anything Is possible; that
the capture OF 400 guns will FIN the
Germans with CONSERVATION. Handeis-
.blad says the double F'ranco-Ameriean
success reviYes French courage and
rejoices the Americans, whose young
army has proved it is capable of yig-
orously tackling the Germans.
The greatest importance Of the 1ie-
tory. according to the Neuws van den
Dag. is the scoring of a tactical and
partly even strategical success against
the German commanders. Even II the
Germans recovered their advantage
Gus position. the paper says. the fact
remains that the spell-of the German
army commands us broken. Tyd en-
phasizes the great strategical advan-
tages achieved by Gen. Focht within a
few hours.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Miss Ruth Kaesemeyer OF Baker is
at Hotel Bowman.
/ E. +. Smith, of Rutland, Vermont,
lis business visitor in Pendleton.
Coward Harris of sydney. Australia.
rs Registered at Hotel Pendleton.
DR.. C. n. Chaplin, of Scio. is in PEN
dleton today.
r.. H. oliver of waila walia. is in
the city today.
Miss Fannie NJ. Wright, OF Baker.
Is in Pendleton today.
n. L Ciaycomb of wana walla.
spent yesterday here.
r. r. Paddock of walla walla, was
a business visitor here yesterday.
John j. Kelly, of Heppner, was in
the city yesterday.
Miss Vera Mahoney arrived Hast
night from Heppner TO visit here.
Merrill Percy Of Heppner. was in
Pendleton yesterday.
J. c. Kock was here yesterday from
Waila waila.
Mrs. L. p. Moll was here yesterday
on business from Centralia, Wash.
A. b. Vaughn was in the city yester-
day from Baker.
Mrs. J. y. burgess left today for a
visit in Portland.
Roland Oliver returned today from
n stay in Seattle.
Boone Watson of Gibbon was in
Pendleton yesterday.
Mrs. C. Greares of Irrigon was in
Pendleton yesterday.
Lars Hanson was here from Hold
man yesterday.
G. T. vickers of cayuse spent yes
terday here.
F. f. Bishop of Portland. is regis
tered at Hotel st. George today.
Loren seward of Echo. arrived last
night to spend few days here.
T. P. d. Frcece of Athena. is bus
mess visitor in the city today.
l. ]. Goldman returned today from
Portland. where he has been for some
time on business and pleasure.
Mrs. william Bostwick returned
yesterday to her home in North Fork
after a short visit here.
Mrs. Jack Nelson of Rockland.
Idaho. was in the city yesterday on
her way to Portland.
Mrs. ]. Quinlivan and daughter,
Miss Therese Quinlivan of Athena.
were in Pendleton yesterday.
George Jones and wife OF Lincoln
Mo-. are visiting Mr.. Jones cousins,
S A. and Walter Jones of this city.
Miss Josephine Gray arrived yester-
day from Arlington. Washington, to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
pend q short tlme here.

spend a short time here.
Mrs Cora Alexander. daughter Of j..
NJ Bentley left today for Spokane
after visit with her parent.
Miss Alma GrInde of Pendleton and
brother-in-law, Walter Fryg OF Great
Falls. Montana, left yesterday for
Portland.
Miss Hazel McBee returned yester-
day from visit to Iiidaway Springs
She expects to go to Buhl. Idaho. in
the near future.
Miss Merle Hampton and Miss We
ra Hampton. daughters Of Mrs. Thom-
as Hampton. left today for Kent.
Washington. to visit their aunt Mrs
l.. d. Eaton.
Mrs. George Trimbie OF walla
Walla, who has been here as the guest
of her mother. Mrs George owens
left today for Portland. Mrs. Trim
ble's husband is in the service.
Mrs. ID. G. sanderson and little
granddaughter. Miss Henrietta SAM
derson. daughter OF S. r. sanderson
were I'm Pendleton yesterday, return
ing In the evening to their home In
FJeewater.
r.. r. Howard. former telegraph
editor of the East Oregonian, is here
with n shipbuilding labor recruiting
party, Mr.. Howard representing the
Astoria Marine & Iron Fitting Works.
Sherman c. Draper, president Of the
Pacific Grain Co, Is in the city today
from Portland, In conference with G.
O. Rfnehart local representative Of
the company. He leaves for Waila
walla this evening.
r. o. Hawkes., deputy county as
SCISSOR. left yesterday for weeks ca
cation at Portland. lie viii vislt-with
his daughters Mrs. Fred Lieuallen
and Mrs. Robert Cronin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
UnInistaI,nbIe.
NrIght Ncakcn the rir1n.l

Two brothers once ran a store in a
small western town. where they had
quite a trade in wool on barter. One
OF the brothers became converted at
a revival and urged the other to fol-
low in his footsteps.
''You ought to join. Jake" said the
converted one. "You don't know
how helpful and comforting it is to be
n member OF the church."
Il know. Bill" admitted Jake.
thoughtfully. IAN I would like TO join.
but ] don't see how ] can"
"Why not?r
well. it's 5es;. This way, BILL de-
clared Jake. There has got to be
somebody in the firm to weigh this
here wool"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
AMERICAN AND GERMAN
FINANCES

NE ESSIMISTIC Americans
III who view with alarm our
NJ increasing national obli-
cations may derive a great
deal of comfort from a COM
parison of the financial condi-
ton of the United States con-
trasted with that of Germany.
The total resources of the
United States are estimated at
about 25O,O00,000,OO0; our
annual earnings are estimated
at about $4,000, 100000. Our
national debt, including the
third liberty loan, may be put
around $12,OOO,OO0,OOO.
Before the war our govern
ment was spending about ST.
600, 100000 a year. When the
war is ended, interest charges,
less the interest collected from
our loans to our allies, govern
ment insurance expenses, and
other necessary expenditures
growing out of the war may
conservatively be estimated at
something like S1,000,000,000.
We are confronted, therefore,
when peace comes, with raising
only a couple of billion a year
revenue, slight task for a Ma
tion of such tremendous wealth
capacity, and resources.
The resources of Germany
before the war were estimated
to be $80,000,0O0,00O. The 4 L
nual expenditures then OF the
Imperial Government were
about S8OO,O0O,OOO. Her debt
now is $3O,O00,0OO,0O0, and
her resources and man power
have been severely impaired.
After the war she is confronted
with additional expenditures
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

growing out OF the war total.
ing some $4,0O, 200, 900.
The interest Of her war debt,
even il the debt grows ma
larger, win be about $I, ,50O,-
600, 900. Although she is Mig
gardly in her pensions to pri-
vate soldiers and their families,
ISL, 200, 10000 a year would
hardly suffice to pay even
small pensions to her injured
and, the families of her soldiers
who have been killed. Her
war debt must be paid some
time and a sinking fund of s
per cent would add ST.. .50O,-
100000 to her annual taxation.
Here is a total increase of $4,-
600, 100000 all due to the war.
OF coure both the United
States and Germany may great
ly increase their debts, but the
increases will not change the
relative situations.
The German government has
drained the German people of
their gold, even their Jewels
and heirlooms, and yet the I'M
perial Bank of Germany now
has but little over $500, ,00O,-
900 of gold in its vaults. The
United States has made no
special effort to obtain gold,
has made no call upon the peo-
pie for the precious metal, and
yet today has in its treasury
vaults practically 50, 500, ,00O,-
600 of gold coin and bullion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
coIoRs no LONGER
MADE IN GERMANY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.--America
has given the Knockout to one OF
Germany's pet Industries. Figures
made public today show the United
States has the largest dyestuffs In
dustry in the world.
Three years aso this, country was
utterly dependent on German dyes;
only s.300 tons OF coal tar products
being turned out in n year. Now.
1875 factories are making dyes. and
more than 100000. 900 in capital ia
at work building up Uncle Sans
healthy industry.
Before the war, this country i'm
ported $4,000 tons OF dyestuffs annu-
ally from Germany.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01


. A thin wind shivers in the
8 morning mist
And stirs the poplar standing
dearly by.
: As he with slow-cocked head
and quick bright eve
, Each strut and bolt examines;
, he desists--
; The engine coughs-the crowd
ing wheel he twists
Then mounts in roaring spir-
ais. thigh and high.
To straigten ont and vanish
down the sky.
While some far bugle blows him
. to the list.
The Ace is gonei Beyond the
. boldest dream
; OF an that host of captains; !
gonef before
} To where the death-liglnts OF :
adventure gleam
To where tn eternal hazard
waits; but he
Who takes the air Is Of the
earth no more,
And, daring space, fears not
eternity
CHARLES c. JONES
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Lansdowne's peace talk IL
lustrates that no matter how
brave a nation as a whole may
be there is apt to be some yell
low spots here and there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Fifty thousand liberty mo-
tors for airplanes are on the
way says John d. Ryan; the
airplanes are the boys that will
make the Hun head for the
north.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

RooRie-There's young lady
wants to entertain a soldier from this
camp every Tuesday night. sir. She
says she will serve cake and hot choco-
late and will sing and all that. Shall
I go2
serseant-No. what's her address7
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

She Ito her returned soldier)-
You've been making love 10 those
French girls
He-Why do you think that2
she-Beoause yoH've Improved so.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
A New One

I'm the course Of a single paragraph
this writer has assembled an odd me
nagerle.~
What is it7'
"A sun dog. a moon calf. an ocean
P-"shound. sea puss and an irish
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Icsremony having been performed N
Seattle. ana announced by the brlde's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M
Rice, whose home is in WalIa Walla-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

A glance at most any far
mer there days shows how he
is helping meet the labor
shortage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Mrs. Bruce whitney of walla walla
is a guest at Bingham.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Uncle Sam is now the tele-
phone and telegraph magnate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

The weather forecaster talks
encouragingly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
THE FUNNY BONE
A sn,asI,er.

A Smasher.
How is your new housemaid?"
''She works like lightning.''
That's fine
''No, it isn't. She works l.khtning
because she leaves. ruin and disorder
behind her.
UnmistallabIe.
did you hear about the delicate
hint Mr.. staylate got last night?"
NO.
"Well. Edith found that looking. at
the clock and other familiar devices
were OF no avail. so she ordered some
and her mother sent in
a dish Of breakfast food.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Mrs. A. II. Jenson ands family OF
waHa waIla are at Bingham for a
week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Mrs Earl Dudley and family Of
Helix are at Bingham forEfWo weeks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Announcements have BEEN received
by Pendleton friends OF the marriage
on Sunday. July -. % Miag Vienna
1cslao E.ea 50 E-i ir,s ,,oreoa. the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Mrs seth catlin. anh little son
John. Of Portland. left epday to spend
the remainder OF the sud itpmer In Toke-
land. Mrs. catlin. whqi rs former
Pendleton woman. has been here a.
the guest OF Mrs. ClarI@ Nelson and
Mrs. +. J. Burke
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Mrs. T. L. McFa4Is bd daughter-in-
law. Mrs. s. r. McFa p returned to-
day 70 Hermiston after spending a
day here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01
W. o15Sz1 10 assisfaa0 NOT 70 t6fre1 e1Gzzu0~
-vOtaHe 169E177s

llllWllillllaIlllllMl
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. wheeler plant to
leave tomorrow for Portland en-
route to Cannon Beach to spend the
remainder of the warm Weather In
their summer home by the sea Mr..
and Mrs. wheeler do not plan TO re-
turn to PendIetdhfuntfl the middle OF
September.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

MRS. william NJ iihe and Mrs. C. F.
Howard have arriYdh home from ka-'
lmela where they fnve enjoyed cam.
ing since Sunday
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-01

MrsNL c. LivSrmore of Pendleton.
who is spending 1.-THE summer in this
city, and Mrs. FFed Brown OF Pendle-
ton. who lisa gusst at the e. p. Elliott
home, visited friends in Vancouver.
Wash, Monday Mr.. Brown has arr
rived in Oregon City and will, in COM
pany with his wife. visit the beach
before returning to their homc.--Ore-
gon City Enterprise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
feelings OF HUMANITY"

BURIAN, Austrian for
X eign minister, expresses the be-
- lief that the war might be
ended the moment the Allies again
manifest feelings of humanity"
Feelings of humanity" forsooth!
What feelings of humanity did the
-Hapsburg twin devils
exhibit when together they conspir-
ed to the rape of Serbia and Bel
GUM? What feelings of humanity"
did they display toward the women
and babies of the Lusitania, or for
Edith Cavell, or for the innocent
maidens and wives of Belgium. or
for the soldiers they tortured to
death by gas and flame, or for the
helpless inmates of Red Cross hos
pitals and homes of noncombatauts
they have bombed?
Feelings of humanity?" So far
as the Hohenzollerns and the Hap.s-
burgs are concerned we have none.
And as for the end of the war, that
will come when these two rivals of
Satan and their imps are safely
Gagged in the hot little hells. now be-
ing prepared for them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
BurleSon As Wire Chief
IN. A. Reviews War Weekly

IN. A. Reviews War Weekly
There has been no definite COM
plant by the government as to either
the promptness or the secrecy of the
wire service. Secretary Daniels. to
be sure, did talk in his testimony be-
fore the Commerce Committee of
the desirability of insuring privacy
of wire COMMUNICATIONS, especially
during the presence of submarines
on our coast. But he made no spe-
ciflc charge of news leakage, still
less of any inefIiciency of wire SER
vice. Secretary Baker informed
the committee and the country that
ut goes without saying that the
president ought to have authority to
take over these lines" But even
the exuberaDt and unrestrained
imaginative powers of the Secretary
of War did not enable him to get
beyond this generality. He had no
complaints to make. He specified
no instance of work in the War De-
partment having been hampered by
defective wire service or of War De-
partment secrets having been re-
Nealeu Dy IeleSFdpnlc OF lelepHOHlC
carelessness that the companies
could have guarded against. Mr..
Burleson injected a little humor into
the discussion by expressing a desire
to put the telegraph and telephone
service in the same class of efficiency
with the mail service under his ad-
ministration of the Post Office De-
partment. From which may the
Lord in his infinite mercy deliver us!
Our present telephone service is ad-
mittedly the best in the world. Our
mail service under Mr.. Burleson has
become the worst mail service the
country has ever known in all it's
history Perhaps some jungle coun-
tries. in proportion to their popula-
ton and intercomfnunication equip
ment, may have a viler mail service
than that with which Burleson
sagacity has saddled these United
States. But If there is such a coun-
try we have never heard of 1t or
read of II, and we have not the re-
motest belief that 1t exists. AS the
Director General of Telegraphs and
Telephones. naturally Mr.. Burleson
would be ambitious to reduce the
wire service to the same level of in
efficiency as the mail service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
"Belgian Gadfy" Stings Germans

The forts of Liege are smashed,
but La Libre Belgique, the Belgian
gadfly," remains.
Material resistance, barriers of
steel ond concrete, the German in
vader could crush and pass. But the
spiritual, impalable, opposition
which flowers so perfectly in the lit
tie secret newspaper which the Bel
gians love and cherish, the German
mind is not constituted to overcome.
And ESQ long as La Libre Belgique
continues to appear Belgium can
never be wholly conquered state.
Again and again the German au-
thorities have announced the sup
preston of the paper and the con-
fiscation of the plant. Fines and i'm
prisonment invariably follow these
announcements. And invariably La
Libre Belgique appears once more
perhaps with new editors and an
other staff, undoubtedly from a
freshly hidden plant tucked away
in some indomitable patriots clam
my cellar or dust-heaped garrett
1t is still appearing, to-day it is
the most popular newspaper in Bel
GUM.
With charming audacity the man
ayers see that the privileges of their
journal are extended TO the governor
general. Whenever a new number is
printed he, always finds two copies,
fresh from press, upon his desk. No
one knows how they get there-at
least no one with whom the secret
is not safe. And 10 one in the Ger
man organization has yet found a
way to prevent them getting there.
A general who is exposed to such
irritations long enough would rather
lose an army corps.
One famous number, smuggled as
usual to the official desk, displayed
a halftone portrait of his excellency,
the Baron Won Bissing, holding his
''favorite paper" The caption ex-
planned that "the dear Governor
General, weary of reading false
hoods in the censored press. was
seeking the truth in La Libre Bel
gique."
All journals from outside the
country which might carry matter
detrimental to German interests
were banned absolutely Neverthe-
less these managed to circulate
through secret channels. sometimes
even copied out on typewritten
sheets. By and by the Allies learned
to drop pamphlets from airplanes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
Shall 1t Be Booze" or Coal?
philadelphia Public LEDGER

Philadelphia Public Ledger
1t is now up to Congress to make
clear-cut choice between booze for
the mining communities and coal
for the war and the public.-Na-
tional Coal Association.
There will be no disposition on the
part of thoughtful patriots to min
imize the significance of the delib-
crate declaration of the National
Coal Association that nationwide
prohibition of the liquor traffic is the
sole condition under which the coun-
try can hope for the necessary coal
production for next winter. These
men, after a careful survey of the
subject, have arrived at the con-
clusion that 1.-The country cannot
have both booze and sufficient coal"
If their conclusion Is correct there
ought to be no hesitation about the
choice that must be made. And
the issue ought to be presented to
Congress by the President and the
fuel administration in such a form
that there will be no excuse for the
covert friends of booze" to hide be-
hind technicalities of legislative pro-
cedure. The country as a whole will
not hesitate for n moment about the
sacrifice of that personal liberty
which ngureS so largely In the pro-
hibition discussion, once it is con-
vinced that the necessity is gen.
uine, and that the alternative pointed
out by the coal operators is newt
able. There can be only one answer
to the question, Shall it be booze
or coal?"
Prohibition as war measure
stands on a different footing from
prohibition as a permanent social
and political policy or the nation.
Perhaps the experience of the war
may be a determining influence in
the final decision of one of the grav-
est questions confronting humanity,
but the discussion of the one ought
not to be permitted to divert atten-
ton from the other. If it is now q
question of booze" or coal. the
choice of the nation will be decisive
ly for coali
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
At the Bend of the Mdrne

From the New York Tribune1
Heavy business at the bend of the
Marne. "In their counterattacks"
quoting from the unadorned news
arrative-"the Americans took be-
tween one thousand and fifteen hun
dred German prisoners, including
one complete brigade staff"
We grimly salute one complete
brigade staff. We tuck it in our
belt, and leave it to digest it's ex-
perence. 1t is nothing. We are
thrilled not by the achievement, but
by the sense of participation. We
know with what stuff we are turn
ing the balance of man power
against the enemies of democracy.
We know with what shy and valor-
Gus unconcern it will acquit itself.
We know also that from q time
immemorial it has been intended
that in this critical hour of the
struggle between two mutually an
tagonistic forces on earth we should
have strength and youth to give on
the side of right; and we give it in
an unlimited spirit. People are
never surprised by their own des-
tiny. That Americans should be
counterattacks on the Marne is in
credible news. If you stop to reflect
upon it. Yet, how inevitable the
reality seems.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
DREAMER OF DREAMS

If 1 would I could move mighty
mountains and hills,
Uproot them and build me keep
in the air;
I could turn teeming river and black,
turbid hills
To make me lake plaisance, pla-
cidly fair,
If 1 would!
But to lie here and list to the wild
churning seas
Sweeter seems;
And 1 sail yellow leaves down the
swift autumn breeze
Dreaming dreams!
If would could grasp in my hand
half the earth,
Make them mirthful or sad as I
laughed, as l cried;
could guess at the where of the
world before birth,
At the infinite whence, and the
whittier beside
If I would!
But l wonder and watch as the
small, busy world
Past me streams;
And 1 shepherd my woolly white
clouds. wind unfurled, dream
ing dreams!
Basil Stephenson of the British
Army, in Contemporary Verse.