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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Civil Service Pension.

After years Of half-hearted con-
sideration Congress seems about to
pass bill for the retirement and
pensioning of employees in the Fed
eral service. 1t will be applicable
only to those in the classified serv-
ice, about 100000 in all. 1t is
measure of justice and at the same
time a measure of economy, for the
government hasn't been heartless
enough to turn the superannuated
loose. Thousands of them retain
their places, but do little or no work.
The government retires employees
in the military and kindred services.
1t ought to set similar standard
for faithful civil employment. The
retirement age in the army is
sixtyfour, and in thes navy sixty
two. Taking into consideration the
easier conditions of civil employ
ment, the bill which has just passed
the Senate fixes seventy as the civil
retirement limit The allowances
will vary according to length of
service, from thirty years down to
eighteen years. Persons disabled
through disease or injury in the
line of duty may be retired before
reaching seventy.
Another distinction is to be made
between civil and military benefi-
Charles. An annuity assessment of
2l2 per cent will be levied annually
on the salaries Of civil employees un-
til retirement fund is accumulated.
This assessment is expected to pay
about half the cost of the system.
There are now about 5000 super
animated civil servants, most of
them in Washington. They will go
out in a body The retired list will
eventually reach about $4,000. But
with the moderate annuities allowed,
the maximum being S720, the gov
ernment's experiment will cost
little. The efficiency of the work
ing force will be increased. More
work will be done by smaller staff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Magnanimity Toward France

Possibly France, from an oppor-
tunist standpoint, did not decide
wisely in ordering her troops for
ward to insure military evacua-
ton Of Westphalia's neutral zone.
France is still practically alone on
the European continent-her from
tiers are the firing line, and it is
sound policy for her to endure much
70 keep on her side the imponder-
ables Of world public opinion. She
can afford to be more than patient,
Tor her traducers are numerous and
active.
But belief that it would have been
worldly-wise for France to have ig-
nored violation of the Versailles
Treaty until her allies more clearly
saw the impolicy Of permitting Ger
many to convert the treaty into
scrap of paper does not justify any
one in failing to recognize the sub
stantial reasons France has for
separate action.
In the first place, there is nothing
in the Versailles Treaty requiring
or even limiting that France must
wait for concerted action. In the
second place, there is no ground for
doubt that the Ebert government
vas guilty of bad faith. One day
its Paris ambassador promised that
the German troops would not move.
and the next day they moved. In
the third place, France will obvi-
ously lose valuable protective bar
rier if the Ruhr region is perma-
nently garrisoncd by German troops.
Finally, there is basis for a robust
suspicion that the German concen-
tration is a scheme of the German
mllltarists to season and discipline
their troops and to prepare them to
follow their officers if a monarchical
restoration is proclaimed.
In the light of two thousand years
81 attacks from across the Rhine it
IS not strange the French are I'M
willing blindly to trust their north
sSa neig.Sor. Sympathy for Ger
--nny should not lead one to be hard
u heart toward France. France is
suffering more from the war than is
Germany. France did not begin the
var; she has been the chief victim
OF the worlds greatest crime; she
defended all of US, though there was
not moment when she could not
nave bought peace by allowing Ger
many to triumph in the east.
SO the attitude of those now "pick-
ing" at France is unhandsome. The
world, 1t would seem, can afford to
walt on France to say the word for
atearlng up of the Versailles Treaty
and for the readmission of Germany
INTO full fellowship. 1t scarcely lies
m the mouth Of any American to re-
pfoach magnanimous France for
lack OF magnanimity. We still talk
Of league of peace. Let us help to
make it real rather than an imagi-
nary thing by giving confidence to
nose entitled to confidence, at the
same time withholding confidence
from those it is impossible at the
present to trust.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

vocated in this country as a frank
device to compel men to marry. Our
income tax makes the unmarried
man pay tax on a thousand a wear
for the privilege Of remaining So
but the results in marriage statis-
tics remain to be determined. There
is general belief in France that
the tax will at least reduce the num-
Der Of illegitimate unions, and thus
be moral factor in the national
life. This seems to be a plausible in
ference. In that case, of course, the
tax would be more or less unsuccess-
full in fiscal sense. But an increase
in "the felicity of unbounded domes-
ticity' would be of far greater value
to the state than any single source
Of taxation, however much it might
yield.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Old DR.. Barnum's Spring Tonic

Are you inclined to take yourself
and the universe too seriously? Do
you see red spots before you in the
landscape? Does news of the outlaw
strike derange your alimentary
tract? Can you never succeed in
forgetting your last income tax re-
port and your next rent day?
For all these symptoms of the
familiar springtime debility we pre-
scribe. neither sulphur and molasses
nor their modern equivalent, psyche
analysis. We prescribe, with full
recognition Of our grave responsible
ity, the circus.
There are two ways Of taking the
circus. For the ordinary case of
depression, when the symptoms are
neither deep seated nor chronic, it
rs often sufficient merely to organ
ize a grown-up evening party and
go to the circus as to any theater
for what is merely a particularly
enthralling evening Of entertain
ment. But this is to miss a large
slice of the best effects to be had
and for all serious cases. e chill
dren's party is indicated.
Children are fortunately not diff
ficult to find for this purpose. The
ordinary nephew or niece will do
nicely and the child of a plain friend
is just as efficacious.
OF course your own swans are
better than any one else's ducklings,
but If you have not had the fore
sight to equip yourself with home
grown children, temporary adoption
offers solution almost as satisfac-
tory. Suit yourself as to sex and
sweeten with candy to taste. Pea
nuts are recommended as an anti
dote to formality.
We have seldom seen a case where
one such treatment did not effect a
complete and instant cure. The red
spots fade out, you crunch your land
lord under your heel like a peanut
shell, the universe sits up and banks
happily. Above all, you see COM
pletely how silly it is to worry about
little passing details like strikes and
revolutions, when only few years
hence these same clean and wise
souls that you went to the circus with
and that grown-ups have taught
you to look down upon and call chill
dren. will come along and take
charge of things and make the world
all over again far more intelligently
than we could ever dream of doing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
The Kittiwake
Prom To-do,,

From To-ddnl
MYTH blistered heels and bones that
Marching through pitchy ways and blind,
The miry track Is hard to make:
Yet, ever lowering in my mind.
Above red crags kittiwake
Hangs motionless against the wind
Gray-winged, white breasted and black
eyed,
Above red crags OF porphyry
That pillar from sapphire tide
A turquoise sky. Indiferertly
The raw lad limping at my side
blasphemes his boots, the world, and
me.
Sui keen, unwavering and alert,
Within my aching, empty mind
The bright bird hovers, and the dirt
OF bottomless black ways and blind.
And all the hundred things that hurt
Past healing, seem to drop behind.
WILFRID WILSON GIBSON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Wilderness

CFrom The Atherne1nl,
IN lonely Kinton Green all day
The half-blind, lettering plough
horse grieves.
Dim chimes and crowings far away
Come drifting down the wind like
leaves:
And there the woods a coIored mist.
So close the blackthorns intertwist-
The blackthorns chung with heapen
soes
Blue-veiled to weather coming cold
And ruby-tasseled shepherds rose
Where flock the fnches pluned with
gold,
And swarming brambles laden still
Though boys and wasps have ate their
fill.
Here shining out on lubber boughs
The lantern crabs loiter and light
The smoke that smoldering leaves un-
house
Like stars in frost IS sharp and
bright;
And here the blackbird deigns 10 choose
His bloodred haws by ones and twos
Cob-spider runs his glistening mazs
To murder doddering, hungry flies,
Curt echo mocks the hooking jays,
The partridge in the stubbles cries,
And Hob and Mob ike blind men pass
Down to the Bull for pipe and glass.
EDMUND BLUNDEN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

measure unless it seems that more
voters are against it than for it. A
Congress that will pass the Irish reso-
luton will follow any will-o'-the-wisp
that promises to guide them to votes
But the American Legion-will it risk
the respect 1t now enjoys by asking
the American people for tip, a
gratuity? The morale of our erst-
while army seems to have broken down
The better element in the Legion, we
are told, Is opposed to this business
If this Is so. can they not serve their
country once again by coming out into
the open and voicing their protests au-
dibly7 E. P. U.
Princeton, N. T.. April ). 1920
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

Our Readers Debate The Tribune's Editorial
Defending the Equitu of Grants to Soldiers

after the bond was taken the COM
mander of the hospital refused to sign
my discharge. l managed to borrow
the money for the deposit, and after
month ard eighteen days, during
which time I had lost q good position
that had been offered me, my discharge
was signed.
They have both the bond and the
5000. After my discharge I discov-
cred that 800 on an allotment had
never been paid by the government.
In fling a claim for the money my
discharge paper was sent to the Treas
ury Department. Now they have my
bond for 5000, 5000 in cash, owe me
500 on an allotment and also have my
discharge certificate.
I volunteered for service. I served
to the best of my ability. This was
proved by the hardships that left me
broken in health-the effects of which
still feel. l refused to claim dis
ability pension. When at the hospital
started the first class for illiterate
patients-a class which resulted in an
educational department with staff
of fifty men. I did this cheerfully.
And now l am In favor of soldiers
bonus, for thereby I may be able to
offset what is owed to me for my service
and be able to pay some of the debts
that accrued because of this same
service.
Yes, Mr.. Editor, 1t Is justice we
want, and not beggar's gift
ONE OF THE MANY.
Trenton, N. j., April s, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Walking in Spring

From The Poetry Revic1o. London
WALKING in spring, earth's joys 90
with me, all
The pride of hills, trees, how'rs and /
fields newborn;
And little streams come singing up the
To run while beside me. Blue skies
Ahead, but here keep pace with mo- And
small
White focks Of clouds go with me, too.
And shorn
OF IT'S name the wind. Only tho road,
in scorn,
Darts on before, hearing my slow foot
fall.
Who lacks companionshlp on such a day
Lacks the sweet surge Of life within
his veins!
Goes friendless In a world Of friends
ignores
Beauty's wide nod and feels no an
swering rayl
Oh, have found more friendship III
spring lanes
Than ever came two-footed to my doors.
CYRIL GORDON TAYLOR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Choking Our Plane Industry

Inc situation which confronts the
eountry's commercial aircraft in
uestry is suggested by the terms Of
me recent sale of British surplus
aircraft and aircraft supplies. This
vast concentration of flying appar-
aus originally cost the British Air
Ministry upward a. 100000. 1t
Is sod ito syndicate for $1,000, 900.
II comprises 10000 airplanes in
%fvIceahle condition, $4,000 aircraft
sHs'nes and huge quantity Of
are parts. At first glance it looks
y though The material had been
itegal'y given away, but an examin-
'''en OF the sale contracts reveals
q most interesting condition. The
gncAasing ayndicata agrees TO pay
> the British government SO per
sR1 of any profit made over the
original sale price.
America is the only country where
sefid at the present time where
eese machines can be absorbed in
"himercial work. This is chiefly be-
sase of The sasi aistances within its
leme, ..,. -. r..;,.,,a i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Taxing French Bachelors


over has naturally provoked in
France a discussion of that lucidity
which Matthew Arnold wished his
countrymen might initiate. Thus the
spokesman for the French bachelors
attack the theory stated by the lover
in "Locksley Hail." that woman is
the lesser man, and is in need of spe-
cial protection.
Now, the majority Of the French
writer's on the subject of the taxa
ton of bachelors believe that the re-
sponsibility for a single life is mis-
placed and assert women are so
much more independent than men
that they can get along without
marriage much better than men can.
1t is the unwedded man, not the I'M
welded woman, they say, who is
bearing the harder penalty. Then
why tax him, and not her? Granted
the premise, the conclusion is logi-
cal. Should the premise be grant
ed? Without adopting it altogether,
it will be conceded that the tradi-
tional woman who marries for a
home is rapidly becoming a figure
of legend The choice between
father and husband as a means of
support has become less compulsive.
Moreover, women with whom there
is no compulsion Of earning liv-
ing are ceasing to be exclusively
domestic.
There always has been certain
economic, if not political, equality
between men and women in France
by reason of the French attitude
toward marriage. When the wife
brings the husband a dot she is adj
mitted as a domestic partner. She
acquires the right to an intelligent
interest in, and knowledge of, her
husbands business affairs. The idea
Of a wife as some one merely to
spend money upon is quite foreign
to French people. She is the house
keeper in the true sense, the undis-
puted manager of her department in
the domestic business. and among
the small bostr9eoisie she takes an
active hand in the conduct of the
commercial business. That she gets
less money than Z man would get
when she is employed by others IS
one of the anomalies from which
even the exemplars of lucidity can
not be wholly free.
What effect the bachelor tax will
.l'm'>r CT .naryia ges
,,,,,. p, liz. saco It has been adj
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

thor1ty Of Major F. Fl. La Guardia, the
president Of the Board Of Aldermen.
He made them recently at supper of
the Washington Heights Post of the
American Legion.
In such circumstances, opposition to
the bonus is an insult. It involves the
idea that the men who did their serv-
ice in uniform for dollar day are
not only unworthy of any considera-
ton, but are plain, everyday suckers
to boot. B. RENARD.
New York, April s, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
A Week of Verse

prom The Bookmam)

Prom The Bookmam)
"a, have felt ships deck
Heave under me and 50
know what gods and poets
And sailormen must know:
Why shiftless folk go seeking
What thrifty folk despise:
How broken men and cruel
Have beauty in their eyes,
Since I have seen new planets
Pricked IN deeper blue,
know what Drake and Frobisher
And old Magellan knew.
And no SNUG folk in harbor
Need ever question me
Why men who hate her thraldor
Go back again to sea.
ELIZABETH HANLY.
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lfxnBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
rhs Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the
~ ,x republication of ali dispatches credited
a n or not otherwise credited IN this paper. and
,,so tie local news u spontaneous origin published
ae-ein.
sxe.a also ARE reseTs>e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Old Stuff
r,ro.. rh. Cl1relnnd pL,;n Dsnlsr

From The Cleveland Plcin Dealer
The statement comes from France
that Germany is evading all the peace
terms it can; but it is difficult to see
vav .his Is puc under the head OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

y.u ssn Irehsse merchandise advertised ia The
YstgukE WIKI absolute safety--for II dissntisfas-
ia results 10 ..ny case The TRIBUNE guarantees
!, say your rsney lack upon request. No rod tape.
40 arsbins No make COCO promptly II the
sf,s-ti.eg does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
A Concrete Instance

From The San Antonio Eepress)
In serving as material for making
French roads those Hun war helmets
Will symbolic the story Of "Deutsch-
land unter Allies" for many wears to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
! Saw the World Go By

tF-or, Poeery)
I SAW the world go by,
With crimson banners flying
And loud bugles crying,
The young world went by.
saw Che world go byt
Footsore and weary,
Banners torn and dreary,
The old world went by.
saw tho world go by
And laughed to see II going,
And cried to see 1t going,
And while watched it going,
The world went byl
ALICE CoRBIN.
A Shower
from Tho Century,
THAT sputter of rain, dipping th.
hedgerows
And making the highways hiss.
How l love it!
And the touch OF you upon my arr
AS you press against NE TIA. NV s~
brella
May cover you.
Tinkle Of drops on stretched silk.
Wet murmur through green branch.,
AMY LOWrII
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s,ts,sd u hs Pos,otfcs c. New York as Second
Cas- Nah Mcttor
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torialx-Advertisem
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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-08-12
HAVERSTICK

Little Earl Francis Haverstick, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Haverstick, liv-
ing near Heppner, Oregon, was born
August 1st 1917, and departed this
life August 5th, 1920. The little
career was a brief one. and the going
was sudden, but the loving memoir
les of the little jewel will ever re-
main vivid and sweet to those that
knew him. Like the flower that
blooms for a day and goes, he has
left us, but behind is left sweet men,
ories of his beauty, and the fragrance
Of childhood innocence and lovliness.
Those left behind, mourn, heart
stricken, but comforted with the
hope that reaches beyond the grave.
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Allan McFerrin Dies.

Allan H. McFerrin, for long years
resident Of Heppner and Morrow
county, died at the home of his bro
ther-in-law, John Gaunt, in this city
on last Wednesday morning, aged
SO years. The immediate cause OF
death was cancer Of the stomach
for which ailment he had recently
undergone an operation, but too late
to do him any permanent good.
Allan McFerrin was born in Mis-
souri, and came to Oregon when but
a boy. He located at Heppner when
Is years of age. He was married to
Miss Alice Hayes in 1888 and is sur
vived by the widow and s children,
These are Mrs. B. w. Gaunt, William
Guy and Glenn McFerrin and Miss
Angie McFerrin, of Heppner, Mrs
w. G. Neal of Oakland, Oregon, and
Mrs. c. l.. Woodard and Mrs. William
Tracy of Shoshone, Wyoming. Bro
theirs and sisters surviving are Will
lam and Jefferson McFerrin of Hepp-
ner, Mrs. ]. H. Ridgeway Of Prairie
City, Mrs. Ida Cave of Portland, Mrs
Eugene Matteson, Mrs. John Gaunt
and Mrs. Matt Hughes Of Heppner.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Christian church on Friday,
Rev. w. o. Livingstone preahcing
the sermon, and burial was in Ma
sonic cemetery.
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Ball.COx Nuptials.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
H. Cox in this city was the scene of
a very quiet wedding at $3.50 on Tu-
esday evening, August the tenth,
when their daughter, Anna Vivian
was united in marriage to Mr.. Will
lam Y. Ball, Rev. w. o. Livingstone,
pastor Of the First Christian church
performing the ceremony, in the pre-
sence of the near reatives of the con-
tracing parties. Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony a wedding din
Her was served, after which the young
couple departed for Lehman Springs
to spend their honeymoon. The
young people will be at home to their
friends in Heppner after September
1st, 1920.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ball are we'll known
and highly respected young people of
this city, and upon their return home
they will receive the hearty we'll
wishes and congratulations of their
host of friends here.
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Continued on Page S.)
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Heavy Stock Shipments from North.
west,

While returning from the East last
week, the editor Of this paper noted
that there we're very heavy shipments
Of stock going to Omaha and Kansas
City markets. The larger portion of
these shipments consisted of sheep,
principally lambs, and in consequence
the markets we're inclined downward,
though present quotations would in
dicate that prices are keeping up
pretty we'll.
A number of shipments have gone
out from the local yards during the
week, principally to the Portland
market, and Of these we note the fol-
lowing: Ellis Minor, cars of sheep,
car of cattle; Minor & Matlock, 4
cars sheep; Roy Robinson, 2 cars
cattle; c. N. Wilson, E. j. Merrill,
j. NJ. Downing, o. G. Breeding, c.
A Simpson, B NJ Gates, car each of
cattle R. A. Farrens, L. F. Resing, 2
cars each of cattle. On Monday
Wright Bros. of Hardman shipped
s cars of sheep consigned to Oma-
ha.
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Gets Wife in Ireland.

John McHugh, formerly prosper
Gus, sheep man of this section, and
who later owned some valuable prop
erty at Boardman, which he disposed
of to Alex Wilson, was married to a
young lady of the Emerald Isle ON
July 25th. He contemplates return
ing to this part of the United States
at an early date and again engaging
in the sheep industry. Mr.. McHugh
was very successful in this business
here and no doubt is thoroughly con-
vinced that Morrow county is the best
place in the world for an energetic
young man to succeed.