R08EBCRQ KEWS-REVTEW. FftlPAY. APRIL 21, 102:1.
PACK TWO
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW
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STATE PRESS COMMENT
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ItMMUr KVKMNC I'OI.K.S
U IliU Hl-UllK-r coin lllllf iiiikIi
IlillKIT Hill Jut ruin- tit k-I In
our olil ml), lr on I In' nan, and
sIhk.I for I lit- lull liuilH-r.
mm: i.i fixi.ow.
Ve iil. Ini'l llie oorluiiily UxUiy
In j-luike lui.ul nlili Ike i'uttvmnii
just pluiti olil lki niitl He Hunt to
Miy ritlit lit-ro Hint lie noulil innke
a iiii(;iily i;oixl KoM'inor of llii 11
Mule. Ike i one of tliuM) bojn who
tvmilil let a fi-llow put lil iwt either
under or oil toil of lil-t ilesk If lie Ih
"On the third day of last August a man set fire to more than ' roiiiumto enough to take the chief
, , i j a (Ui.i.i ' rtitu.'lte's cliMlr at Sairiu. lie h K"'
a score ol homes. Leery home was entirely. consumed and tneie llio ,,,, b(.a, , miU. for KtA.
fcutured aa cuud.ciaas matter Way 17, 1920, at the pom office at Koa
burit. Oregon, under the Act of March t. 1879.
itowhtaiu;. oittiiov, Arun, m. wzz.
BURNING HOMES.
was no insurance. I lie man went on ins way, it noi rejoicing, at .cooii lenmv
least without visible evidence of regret. He had no fear of punish
ment because the homes he had destroyed were not jet built; they
were still in the tree trunks awaiting the magic wand of industry
to give them habitable form. But economically these homes were
destroyed as surely as though the trees had been made into lum
ber and the lumber into structures. And this is the way it hap
pened :
It was the vacation season and an automobile carrying a
party of tourists stopped on a road that wound through a mag
nificent stand of Douglas fir, in western Washington. The travel
ers sat in rapturous admiration of the quiet forest scene and
rhapsodized over the great trees that columned their majestic irsoiuiion io carry tiu-m out.
beauty as far as the eye could see. One of the men of the party
lit a contemplative cigarette and tossed the match to the side of
the road, and the auto passed on
llnwily, NrlKhlxirN The clumip
optiuiUt Ik Ihe man who govi to
haii(uet beratiM he is hungry.
iont.c;i:.
There is A youii ihuinier named
Klny,
WIid'k not w lifnllt'liliiiily pretty,
llul the ii that hhe ilifva-s,
Kmll neighbor confwHeN,
Proves she's certainly an fully Krilty.
Joe the IMmliler says It matters
lilt lu how many resolution a man
makes unless he already has enouKh
A hen at High Kothers, Essex,
says a .New York pner, has hiid an
UK wcluhliiK xotir mid one-hull
, ,i iiuihth anil lliea.su niiK kh'b uii
"Half an hour later an aeroplane patrol Hying mgn auove me ,me.m,f uKt,v in iircuiuterence.
mountain range saw yellowish smoke ballooning over the tree , itui that seem about the only mu
tt , i ii ii j a. i j,; ti i slide tiling the hen could have done
tops. He moved his control and turned in that direction. Upon wUh J(
the chart in the machine before him he located the fire approxi-j
match', then returned quickly to a forest fire station ten miles i "That's pretty bud ianB1i;iKc you
i ure usiiiK to tliat mule.
awa.V. j "Yi-st, sir," res)ollded the inlllo
After what seemed an interminable wait, the patrol noted i driver, "it seems to bother every
various gangs of men at work. They were combating that most j "" but u1"
terrifying, most ungovernable and dangerous of all rebellious ele-1 An omaiui iKMiiiwr, Riven his
ments-the forest fire. For a day and night and another day the j jh.. -"'
battle waged. Grimy men, black as the charred trunks around !h,ir. He evidently was assured in
them, worn to the last stages of exhaustion, fought on cutting ' hi " mind that he whs choosh.K
.... ? , i a i i- ..t- ti, the leaser.
away umlerorush, dynamiting logs aim trees, otaiing uui iv
blinking fringes of advancing ground fire, shouting one to an
other above the crackling inferno of heat and smoke, panting like
hunted animals around the water barrels where they slaked their
thirst with lukewarm liquid, but gaining, almost imperceptibly at
first, yet gradually with greater certainty as the weary hours
dragged on. And amid the confusion and crash of falling timber
the ranger and his foremen generated the battle.
Several days later a wide, barren scar lay upon the moun
tainside, still smouldering in places where the black splinters of
the charred stumps pointed like accusing fingers, and still sent
out masses of yellowish white smoke. The scar covered hundreds
of acres and it would continue to smoulder and smoke for weeks,
while all about in the adjacent woods were fire guards constantly
vigilant to sic that the enemy did not creep out and strike again.
And far away the automobile tourists journeyed care-free
and utterly unconcerned. At a sawmill they stopped for a few
minutes to watch the logs in slow procession from the pond to the
band saws. "What a shame," exclaimed the man with the cigar
ette, in a burst of sentimental revolt, "what a shame to cut down
these beautiful trees!"
lint
A multitude of people are loose on the highway operating
tars and trucks who are not familiar with some fundamental
principles that should govern automobile driving. A lot of these
folks have driven cars for years, and their methods are a menace
to the public. The Cleveland safety council, connected with the
chamber of commerce of that city, has rendered a great public
service by offering the public a course of lectures on automobile
driving and maintenance. This course last year was taken by
I'lOO people. This year a special section has been arranged for
women drivers, in view of the great desire manifested by them
for such instruction. As a result of this instruction many big
business concerns have testified that their employes were driving
truc!;M and cars with increased skill and many big concerns re
ported that their employes had had no accidents. Such courses
are given in many other cities, and it might well be wished that
drivers who have acquired wrong operating habits could have the
advantage of them.
MOTIlKIt HOOCH IIHYMKS.
.lurk Spralt could eat no fat
Without his bottle of wine.
His wile cashed in
I'Vom jMilsou in,
And .link lie paid her fine.
Ohost stories are all the fad
the only (ihost that Interests us is
the ono that walks every Saturday
iiiht. 1
THK LIMIT Or' VA!.OItt
The Swain and his Swaliicsn had
just encountered n liulhio that
looked us if Ills Idle inllil he quite
as had as his hark.
"Why, Percy," she exclaimed u.s
he Marled a strategic retreat, "you
always swore you would lace death
for ine."
"I would,' he filing hack over his
shoulder, "hut that darn do isn't
dead."
"Klevate the Pedes! riiui," head
lines I lie Literary DiKcst. Thai's
vitiat l'oschui'K speeders do.
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"What's all that noise Kvtlne on
ovah atyo' house last ninht?" askisl
mi ,,lil v,iliiieil Momiiii of nnollier.
"sounded like a lot of catamounts
( done broke loose."
I "Hal? Why lat was nothiii' only
de ui'n'iiian fi'oui the furniture slore
cullectiiiK his easy pav meiils."
? '
Percy Noodles says that when he
asked llie capitalist's daughter if she
would ulve him a ki.-.s when the kov
fl'timem gave him his bonus she s::id
no, hill she lliiuht uive him a bonus
uheii the uoveriiment uve him a
kiss.
THI ItK'S MAXY A SLIP, LTC.
"I s:tv you HviiiK a puncture this
liiorninu."
"Yeh! Itan over a bottle."
"Couldn't you nvoid II In lime?"
", the bird had it in Ids hip
pocket."
DIRIXT PitlMAItY KAILS
Even ita former advocates are now
loreed to admit tli.it llie Oregon di
rect primary lkw an a method of
choosing public offkials au.l securing
reaiKHisibltt Koveruiawit Is in ita way
as big a failure as tlie old conven
tion Kystem. ruder the hitler spoils
men ruled and corruption was ram
pant. I'r.der the former, party re
aponvlhllity has evaporated iJoag
with parll-s, and the crook, the de
u:aKjC anil the U'tioranuis foist
tlicmselveg forward lor office with
only presumption aa a qualification.
Tho direct primary law has utterly
destroyed the democratic party in
Oregon and will destroy any minor
ity party In any Flute where such a
law is In force. .Ah ng with tho de
struction of the democratic party
has gone the demoralization and dis
integration of the republican party
and a similar fate awaits every ma
jority party in direct prlmury states.
As a mutter of fatt, all that Is left
of either party In Oregon, as far as
etule organization is concerned, is
the name. Of party, responsibility,
party discipline, party solidarity,
there is none. Personal government
has replaced pany government.
Tho majority, with its personal
and factional fights, draws the In
terest of the voters, particularly the
young voters, who register to aid thei
ri-ndldacy of friends and acquain-l
tances. The primary supplants the
election In public Interest and the
majority party steaillly swells its
membership as tho minority party
dwindles with the result that party
lines come to mean nothing, there
is hut one party and that only a
party In name.
Neither the direct primary, nor
other popular legislation, was con
templated by the trainers of either
federal or state constitution In the
admirable system of checks and bal
ances devised in those instruments
for representative or delegated In
stead of popular government. Tho
latter necessitates a higher type of
citizenship and a higher average lev
el of education that exists. It is be
coming apparent that until the mass
of people takes more Interest In gov
ernment, and better education pre
vails, direct primaries will not ac
complish the ends sought.
What the remedy is. we do not
pretend to say, probably some com
promise between representative and
popular government embodying fea
tures of each, hut some reform to re
store responsibility in government,
seems imperative. Salem Capital
Journal.
ed with bootlegging affiliations.
Every now uud then some cour
ageous citizen arises to suggest
rv:ice vr at least a short period of
armed neutrality. It is pointed out
that open w. tfare. while stimulating
to the sporting instincts, pays no
grocery lulls. l:ut the prot.st is
soon lnt in the uproar of another
civic riot.
Of course, tb:s spoilt Is modern,
in few portions of the world today is
peace ta.-liinnalile. Hut some day
the worm will turn. When it does,
ve suggest that the court house pio
cedent be followed. Instead of hav
ing one city of Klamath Kails, why
not have two? fine might bo chris
tened Kb. math City, and the other
Kalis City althotmh the titles ure
immaterial. Hut have two distinct
civic corporations, put all of one fac
tion in one unit, -ami all the others
in the other, and then erect a t'lil-
re?e sound-proof wall between them
Then there might be some chance
of a normal and peaceful life, pro
vided of course, stringnnt and un
compromising Immigration laws were
established at every hole In the wall
.Medford Mail-Tribune.
Quality
A SI f.O'KSTlOY To
KLAMATH FALLS
There Is this much to he said for
Klamath Kalls there Is no excuse
for anyone living there being bored
to death.
If the population is not fighting
about one thing. .It is fighting about
something else. .Nfo municipality west
of Dublin can boast of such a con
sistent record.
First there was a court house war,
resultinn in the construction of two
court houses, then there was a news
paper war, with editors behind bar
ricades shooting out copy via the
Colt automatic, now after a, few
week's diversion with a lumber mill
s.trike. sagging interest is revived by
a recall again:' Mayor Wiley, cht rir-
' IHIO.MKII
Why worry any lotmer about high
laxes or vanished farm profits or
depressed business in Oregon.
Isn't all going to lie corrected?
Take a look id the swarm of candi
dates tall, short, fat. lean, and all
inrln' to go. Read their platforms.
You may have to take a week off to
re' d them all. but road, (ltd out the
tax receipts over which you have so
often mourned, and then read a plat
form, any platform, for every plat
form is a humdinger against taxes.
There never was such a rising of
noble men. girded and accoutred to
drive out the tax demon. Old Demon
Hum never had so many Christian
soldiers hot on his trail.
When all this gallant armv of can
didates gets through with hltn. Old
Hlirh Tax will wish he had never
been born. Figuratively speaking,
they are going to tlose him with
I villa Pinkham's Pink IMHs, Tanlac.
t'Ot,. foot ease and divers other cures.
They are going to dynamite him,
skin him alive, beat hltn up. poison
hint ard hang him to a we, ping wil
low tree. If there is anything not
yet programmed for his undoing,
mention it to some candidate and it
will be promptly put on the bill.
We could all feci so happy in what
these great, good men are going to
do for us but for the harrowing reir
ollej lon that tsoKted cases have
been known in which the candidate
foreot his platform after election.
Portland Journal. j
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that's the RoRfln
tor the ever
Popukrny Cf A,b4
Hap jack Flour
Order a Package
Your Crocer
Albers quality
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Tiller School
Reaches Standard
TODAY'S JI.VUKKTS.
rOKTLAXD, Anril si n 1
County School Superintendent O.
P ttirti-.n an.l Ci i..,.1,., l r if
Cross left this morning for Days 1 i,,.'
v ruea, cauyonvuie ana Tiller, w nere
they will inspect schools. Mr. Brown
will nietxwlth the board of the Days
Creek consolidated district to discuss
matters relative to the selection of
a site for the consolidated school.
Tomorrow they will go to Tiller
where they are to standardize the
school there. The Tiller residents
are making quite an event of this
achievement of their shoola.
io give an all day programs,
basket dinner at nnon ai in
I ican program In the evmiii
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ni.FORE throwing your Mm.
tires away, consult CI1EE.V K
TIKE MAN, lb can sure vmW,,
DO-XOTHIXG 1IAWI-KY' I
State Senator A. VV. Xorblad. of !
Astoria, has announced himself as aj
candidate for the republican notnina-
Hon for congress In this district. It
Is almost too much to hope that hej
may defeat Do-Nothing Ilawley. i
Polk County Itemizer.
Household Utilities
R0NCHITIS
liunily lalsir savei-s for llio home, at new Kiiriim j
IRONING BOARDS CLOTHES RXCS
from 90c to $3.00
$1.75
At bedtime nib tho throat nd
chest thoroughly wittj
V Vapo Rub
Ooa l7M,lion Jan Uud Yearly
HOUSEHOLD LADDERSTOOL
$1.75
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Many other tuieftil articles for the hotiseviife on display.
This is :t jri'ixl linn to warn ownors of automobiles of the in
crease of :;utomolilo thefts. About 70,(HI0 tars were stolen last !
year. Aecordiii)' to the poliee, this thievery is largely promoted l
by the carelessness of owners who leave their ears unlocked. !
Every car needs a si roup; lock, and it should be fastened when the :
owner leaves it. The favorite time to steal cars is in the evenine;, !
when people leave them for two or three hours while they attend '
entertainments. This tillers a lino chance for thieves to yiot a limn i
start. Many people take little care of their cars on account of
their 1 inyc insured aeainst theft. Hut their carelessness raises
the rate of theft insurant c, and they have to pay for other owiu i s'
heedlessness. '
For summer wear, new corsets
bloomers, union suits, vests, cami
soles, and combinations, at the Hell;
.inuia' 'ry.
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MICKIE SAYS
JERRN, SOMETIMES V13hT
C0OV.0 6CK lOO ONTO TM6
FEl-LErtS VJHO COME IN, WHEN
Jt'RS JEST (KBOOT R6fSN
1 OO TO 5R.e9&, I1-Tm
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RUMS OS A.V.L e.MSCiS.0
ensioes
r.useliniy; was I'auircd today with a brief visit from Senator !
Ike Patterson, reptibhean candidate for ";oeruiir. Mr. Patterson
is a ery hkily candidate and nlitical proKnostieators of the j
; (ale ha e the r.-n e down to thr.'e men at this time, Olcoit. Patter- i
m and Hall. It is believed th" contest will center ali'ttud these i
three men, v. itn the other (our citndidalcs in tho field. Mr. Pat
tor.Min i - tiuiki:ir a very lavorable itnpressiou wilh the voters, has
every r 1 1 , i ; t m-i e-.-.try ( hani'.le tl'.e allairs of the s',,te exeeu
t i e'.s i ii n o. ;,nd vx i.a'd make a nood jrovcrmir. His army el' close
liiei iN are b 'inl n vr all possible support to his candidacy and are
itopins; for bis surtess at the primary election.
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n.cui'i.r: that every man i
is not properly appro iatci
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ai t
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the be.st i his business but ,
that every voiiiik' woman i
wonderful taste m tires.-; that evciy mother's
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fhc pftlh. of love leads slraiKi io ike stxiai
fourviftlrt.
Friends &n.d, KcaHK, betvt nny Combirttctlorv
you can. nairte.
.v-vy--
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f.evdy vvitk. your !
Si' v tl K'&n.tii is more
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" TKlt '5ar 'te iiile,'th l.iLr'dcr it is to
liv cp to. .x.
H EX KECK AYJ:o.Ug 1 $
U wkfki's left afier H. P-Yl
the doctors firtisk witk- J' 'L " r-'
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Our treat come and set some
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good things to eat
A good housr.-.lfe vven't t.&t ar-y-bedy's
word e! out rn article a. im
portant as an.oi! co-'.: :tov?.
She wants to sec f-r hcnclfh"'
works and what scrt of results it g.
We don't blcrne her.
She is right.
That is whyweoT--5"3
the Florence C:l Cj- Stove '.-t
window.
An 7tvrf mri'nT 13 ClH
cooking right before yu;:r cy-S
serving everything sh: c-1 tJ
can judge the rc-.ul's. .,..
Every good hausc'tcrp-T ' c-"';
terested and ihojia ri'.J--- u f
to see this dcmaasti2'-il-r"
All this n eck.
sir'.s 0'
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ihi'ah'cn are the brii;htest.