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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1927
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ROtiEBURG, OREGON,
THE VALUE OF PROPER PERSPECTIVE.
A young mail who is studying1 painting! and drawing
gets many injunctions from his teachers as to the value of
perspective. , '
No work of art can be of any value if the artist does
ol have the proper perspective if he does not see things
in their proper .proportions and relations. 'j ; -
We should like to suggest that perspective is just as
important to the average "man in the street" as it Is to the
artist. ,
; The world just now is full of pessimism. The war has
left many of us in a spiritual and mental slough. Many peo
ple see the disordered welter Of foreign and domestic polit
ical and national affairs and conclude that the great sacri
ifice of the war was in vain that the world is even worse
eff now than it was before 1914.; '
There is where the value of perspective lies.
If you would escape from pessimism, learn to look at
things in their proper proportion, Remember that you are
too near to current events now to gauge them correctly. The
true fruits of the sacrifice of the war are not yet apparent;
but they are ripening, slowly and surely. ' :
Consider for a minute; during the decade after , the
Civil war, it must have seemed to a sensitive observer as if
the' results wore hardly worth the terrible cost. The South
vtas enduring agonies in the reconstruction period; the gov
ernment was honeycombed with graft and intrigue; politics
was bitter, sordid and mercenary; the dawning reign of iii-dusti-ialism'-wasbilngihg
brutality and misery to the lives
.of thqusaflds. , ( t H' , ? ' ' ';'!',', , . ,' i '
W 'Surely one might have, been justified then' in sinking
,into; pessimism, ; But. .today,' viewing, those days, with the
proper perspective, we, can see what people then could not
see; that the. sacrifice were riot in vain, .. that ; something;
much finer 'and better than! the old order was born in. '.the
blood and fury of the Civil war. : '.' ' ' , ;';
It is the same today. Wamay. not be able to. see "'bet
ter times'? ahead; but the eye of (history,, half, a century
hence, will see clearly how the world took one more' step for
ward beginning witli i 1914., ' ',,,'';;; 1 : '
. Try to see the events of today in the Tight perspective.
'1'ou Will-escape despondency arid doubt. '": ,i
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i .-i FREE TEXT BOOKS. - : ' - '.'-'. :,.,' ;
,', The so-called free text book bill passed, by the slate leg
islature last1 Week and which the governor is expected to
eign is , neither compulsory in its design nor as charitable in
its provisions as its title might indicate. - In substance the
measure provides that a district, jf it so desires, may levy
a Bpecial tax for the purpose of buying school books and
. distributing them to' pupils within such district. Tho levy
is to be made at a district election, confined to actual tax
payers, and it is not to exceed $1.50 pev year per child of
school ge. Such" levy may be continuous until the entire
text book equipment required is so provided for. In this
legislation a well-beaten path has been followed. Free
text book (systems in some form or another have been in
. stalled by no less than forty states, and the general satis
faction With their operation is best indicated by the absence
of aTiy demand for their abolishment. The system proposed
for this state appears like a fair one and it will perhaps be
come .permanent if its application is kept within the .scope
of actual necessity. Taxpayers generally need have no fear
of this law since those who do not pay taxes are barred from
voting on proposed levies. And communities need not fear
that any child will bo denied an elementary education for
want of necessary books at least not in this county, where
the generous support of educational service absorbs forty
per cent of the tax moneys. ,
Your Boy and Your Girl
BY ARTHUR
The Parent
Dr. Dunn will answer nil sinned lcttc-rs pertaining to parents'
problems with their hoys and gills. Writers- mimes ere never
pr mod. Only questions or H-nentl Interest answered In tills
column, but ell letters will be answered by mull If written In Ink
and a stamp, elf-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address Arthur
Dean, 111 euro of The News-ltevlew.
Two Glrla ninso of II. To he eighteen, wllh
"My two girls are now Hearing j youth's desire for lUti-ntion and
.sixteen and eighteen; both whole-1 "it'll, and then to bo required to
some, cleati-mlnded girlR, till! of I atanil by and sen n younger sister
llfo mid fun, ami whose obedience I surrounded by what she is J-et too
lliul confidence hits been the joy I young lo accept much or, is not
of my heart. AW have always die-1 J""1'' f'"' HI her Inolht-i- or daughter.
ciiBsed everything Willi perfect "1 ltave endeavored lo make our
frankness. No- subject of (.-Oliver- J home o attractive and free In its
union has ever been taboo be-! atmosphere that these young peo
tween tiy, and the subject of niil t '' would be happy in It without
relations with hoys, ns they
Hliould 'be, sometimes tire end
never ought (o lie. ltns so thorough
ly been sifted through, that whore-evei-
they may may go or into
whatever circumstances they find
thcmselve.v,, tmy possess some
knowledge of human nature mid
nt fneiH thev that should nid them.
"What is not clear to me and "in i uor
nnd where 1 need a helpline hand "The one con rue presenting Il
ls in regard to thu personalities of j self s practical is an eastern
of these two dear girls. I school for the elder who finished
"Tho eldest Is a slim lovely girl j bor hlch school tludlcs in Juno,
whom people always like until her j This will separate tho two girls
young sister appears on (ho scene. ; mil glv the one the opportunity
She liag less beauty but more tils- j in stand on her own merits, a thing
Unction and rhunn. Tho boys ! she has never done, for she has
who come to llio house are all do- always been tho adoring applause
voted attondniils. In spile of her to her younger lister's cleverness,
beauty and unquestionable altrac- "There must lie some substitute
tlveiiess. the elder has few liivita- (ar the bey ti!al wMvh vt of
tlous, and euffers Intolerably
by Th Nw-Rvlew Co., I no.
AuoeiaO Frcu, . ,
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TUESDAY, FEB. 15, 1927.
DEAN, SC. D.
Counsellor
i i"g oir nun going elsewhere
for Iheir pleasure. Tills has nrov
ed most successful. Young peo
ple inn In at any hour of day or
evening and always find an open
fire, some music, and n full larder
wailing. Hul too often It is the
younger girl the boys seek out and
give their Invllullons to. What
be-jtm MtMW ia 1
JICKIN'S'
GOOD EVENING FOLKS . ' ... -
So popular was our 'request for. gags
To make our customers giggle that this
(J t Sanctum has been flooded with mall this week
, Bringin to us jokes from far and wide and so we . ,
' Print another batch of 'em today hot off the scissors.
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: ' ' ' TIGHT? . " '
i : My woman wants to dance with a Scotchman. She's been wonder
ing ff they're close dancers. Brown Jug.
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.. Visitor: Are the mosquitoes bad around here? .
. Native: Badl Say, did you ever hear of a mosquito being con
verted? Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
; ; : ' ' . it it-
AY
, Little Miss Lofus worked In an office,
' -. Pity the pure working glrll
' : She broke out in sables and sat at Rltz tables,
Pity the pure working flfrll
She only got twenty-one berries a week.
Yet she flashes a necklace of pearl:
To locate the moral you've not far to seek ' '
Pity the pure'worklng girl! ,
V''iV'- ! . k it ' it
Producer: "The success of a musloal revue depends on the cos'
tumes."'- -.ii !... ......
Critic: "Yes It hangs by a thread. Judge. - ; .
it it
Al: "I didn't care much for Marie her neck was too long." 1 1
Pal: "Can't agree with you there, old man; I enjoyed every minute
Of It." . - , . I :
Stude:. I think you're heavenly.. I adore your dress, your beauti
ful hair, your wonderful eyes. Oh 1 your eyes are ecstatic.
, Ft. S.: Oh now, you're exaggerating.
Stude (persfstent and pointing): Well, anyway, that eye's good.
. . : . ., it it
"Oh, Ruth, what do you think? I saw Muriel the other day."
. "Uh, huh? Has she kept her girlish figure?"
"Kept it? She's doubled it!" Main Maniac.' '
; . it it
Paragraphers have battled for years over the question of whether
a hen "sets" or "sits." We are not prepared, at our youthful age (gray
hair is no sign of age, silly) to settle this question, but we can dis
tinguish the difference between "laying" and "lying," as far as the
poultry family Is concerned: the hens do the former and the chickens
the latter..' ' 1 - : ...
:' : : ; : it it' -i'' v :
Maybe the popularity of the Black Shirts In Italy Is partly due to
the fact that they do no,t hawe to go to the laundry very often. '
.!, . it it it 1 1 '
Pardon us folks, we've -gotta go home now and wash our heck
'cause we're goln' over to Oakland with the legion fellers tonight
LAFE PERKINS SEZ
. "Most of the fellers who a,re so dern anxious' to find fault with their
feller men pughta itake an .Inventory -of their own stock at least once
a year." ; . ( . , .,,11..'. . i . . . . i ,
and the other lacks so' lai-goly.
what;it is? She has an' excellent
mind and some 'day it will 'bu her
Joy but' now she wants what every
other of eighteen 'years' dreams of,
and she is filled 'with' fear that it
may not come to lier, . ,
"Your column, with', 'its 'clear
common sense and broiuliies9 of vi
sion,1 Is a 'real: blessing 'to many,
and t slntiei-ely1 thank you flit tlio
help it Is to ine:"
' ' ' ' Moll.el-
MMidiiovoivposBlble- r- would svnil
a Puclflo Ooast- girl io Vas'siu-,
Smith,- Wollosley, or soiftal other
Kaatoni college,i JuBt bbi I should
send an-Hast ei n girl to tho Tnoific
Coast. i My reason Is "orientation."
Anyone who does not bollnv in
tho Mendelllan law of renroduc--
Hon had better read the above let-.
tor.. ,.!;;?.-,. .
Without being alilo to tell von
why, Mother, I am more drawn to
tho older girl. I know of many,
innny cases where the elder one
you - described has been married
trainer , mill married "bettor," as
the expression is, than the other
type. - Some May she will surprise
you ns well as herself.
My Man and a Career .
Mother insists 1 go to work and
wait for "my man" to come along
and marry me. I want to go to
college and study law. Mother
says there aro no successful wo
men lawyers. r
. 1 want to go to work nnd go to
college nt night. All I ask of my
pnrents are the entrance fees. I
don't want to lie a home girlI
want a career..
' Troubled..
ANSWER Your iuother nnd I
differ there are successful wo
men lawyers. If you were
m? i
7, , .. . V. , 1 ,ri'n,,n cnIB B sequence ot tins
would do all 1 could do to give it sl01.y ot tho American Army of Oc-
to you. If you decided you wanted
11 pearl necklace you might not
get It, but if you asked for a enroer
I would give it to you it I could.
Of course you must remomber,
my girl, that some day you wlli
drop Hie legal career for anoth'or
very wonderful enroer. .
(let from tho "public library
Catherine l-'llene's, "Cnieersi for
Women." Rend it nnd talk with
your parents about other careers,
They may not then have the same
objections!.
Th Elite drug utora announces
th nrrivftl of nothor birj consio
meht o' 8-yar-ole bay rum. Next
V worryin about th' home life o
English parroYt th' stMieat waste
o' time coneorrHn ourslves
with th' tome&tio a ft a i ft o' movie
people.
(X'Jpl!it Jckil ptl.s Co.)
By BERT G. BATES
. MAJESTIC THEATRE
1 I.ovci'B' of 1 horses and the '"sport
of kings" will he Interested in Jte
for Metro-doldwyn-Mayer, "The
glnnWr Barker's ilatost - production
Dlxlo Handicap," which shows for
the Hast time today at the Majestic.
Theatre. Tho .picture,; which n
adiipteil from (Jerald Beaumont's
story,, ."Dixie,'.; tells an engrossing
tala, with, the. background . of. the
turf o provide, .color.; , .
, Alt'. , llqrkar, In order to make
his , racing scenes authentic, took
a company- and equipment all the
way from Los Angeles to Latonia
to film the International race be
tween i Kplnnrd, tho French champion,-
ami 1 the pick of American
horses. .j : , ; ' '. -
, Frank Keenan, Claire AViudsor
and Lloyd Hughes have the chief
roles.' ,r .
LIBERTY THEATRE
1 f yon haven't a yen for old
rnshlonpd sauerkraut, It is one of
Ihe 'Uiost difficult, things,, in. the
world to eat. ' -1
And Cnnrnd Naircl hasn't. ,
Therefore the aolor presented !a
pretty picture, inhaling: yard after
yard of Die delicacy during the
making of "Tin Hats," MetroGold-wyn-.Mayor
picture playing nt the
Liberty Theatre for the last time.
Nagel'B fnca looked quite nor
mal while tho enmera was turning,
hut Hie moment director Edward
Sedgwick said "cut," the expres
sion changed to that of a drowning
man. The sauerkraut was nart of
tho "utllios nllere" used in a fler-
cupalioii.
Claire Windsor is featured with
Nngel in "Tin Hats," and George
Cooper, nert Iloach and Tom
O'ltrien aro in tlio cast. The story
Is an original by the director, and
was adapted by Donald Lee. ;
ANTLERS THEATRE
"The Ili-nutlful City." a First Nn
tlonul plclure, - starring litehurd
ltnrtholmes&,I which ends a 3 day
run at the Antlers Theatre today,
Is a diHUinlic gem of the first
water.
Too often we have seen pictures
which were mete "puffs," the
stories hollow and uninteresting
anil lacking the spectator keyed
up to a lilgii pitch of interest.
Hut "The Beautiful City" has
seldom been equnlled for drama
tic strength nnd power. There
are no millionaires' mansions,- o
huge cabaret sets, no gay revels.
Hut there Is real life portrayed on
Hie silver sheet: real human be
ings are portrayed by the cast,
and their actions are logical and
gripping.
Bnrtlielmess has never done a
finer piece ot acting than his por
trayal of the young Italian flow
er peddler who, despite the drab
environment of the ghetto, man
aces to hold tost to his Ideals. He
envisions New York as a "beauti
ful city." To him It means big
opportunities. Its beauties out
weigh its- dangers and cruelty. And
there Is a little Irish girl for whom
he must make a home. Thcu
happiness without end.
. DR. NERBAS
DENTIST
Painless Extraction
Gas When Desired
Pyorrhea Treated
Phono 4SS Masoolo Bide.
BY BILLY EVANS"
nelson
1 j" f-C
mini
ss&ms& .T 17 TIMES IN TO, -tn
' - all the harder." - - .- . - . - ' '
During his memorable career, which fairly teemed with color, one
bout stands out, as the toughest battle he ever bad. . For weathering
the storm he received $15 and also lost the decision. I once heard
Nelson relate the details of that battle. ,
"As long as I live," said Nelson, "I will never forget tho name of
Joe Hedmark. He gave me the worst beating I .ever experienced in
my ring career. ' ,
"Up to meeting him, early in my career, I had never lost a decision,-
The. bout hadn't been on a. minute In tho 'first round when
he floored me. That was a new experience also, for I had pover been
on the canvas before. ,
"However, that was merely tho beginning. . It seemed as if I had
springs on my feet that evening.- During the, course of the six rounds
I ps knocked down 17 times. I surely, was a horizontal fighter that
evening. ' :' '. 1 ,
"I did a little punching myself when not reclining on the floor
and knocked Hedmark down five times, making 22 knockdowns In' Bix
rounds, - i v i . ; . "
:. "There was no'stalllng in those days, the boys really fought, and
for being on tho receiving end of those 17 knockdowns I received. 16
bucks. , I have forgotten the tietalls of most of my other fights, but that
one, never;" " , ; ': , '..,-. r ;;' ' 11 ;'.':-' ! '
'VARIABLE. -, ; - . . - ., :
I walk with J. Tamarack "Tanner, and' mark all his
contacts with ' guys, and view all his changes of manner
with something like awe and surprise! He talks with the,
w guage is harsh
clout on the pate if he bellowed such words in my ear. Now
here comes a man who is thinking of buying an acre of
land; and Tanner is smiling and winking, and pawing him
'down with his hand. J. Tamarack Tanner is showing af
fection too high to endure ; he murmurs, "Now let us be go
ing, to look at my lots on the moor. Just climb in my bus,
it's a winner, a wonderful, marvelous car, and I will put up
for a dinner, and eke an imported cigar." "Oh, he is the
'generous mortal," you'd think', as he chatters : along, all
beaming with gurgle and chortle, and springing his dance
and his song. Bet here comes a man who is passing the hat
for a praise-worthy work; he's earnestly bent on amassing
the price of a spire for the kirk. J. Tamarack Tanner, he
freezes, his face is as bleak as the snow that is fanno'1' by
the Spitsbergen breezes, blown fresh from the desolate floe.
J. Tamarack's bullish or bearish, as profits may swell or
decrease; he isn't a man I would cherish, or wed to my fav
orite niece. 1
AUTO FLYING U. S.
FLAG FIRED ON IN
NICARAGUAN ROW
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Feb. la
Awaiting reinforcements, liberal
am! conservative 'armiea were en
camped today near Matagalpa, in
tent on battle for possession of the
city, second in importance only to
the eapitol, Managua.
General Moncada, leader of the
Liberal forces, iw anxious to gain
Matagalpa and then fight hs way
to Managua, stronphold of the Con
servative president, Adolph Diaz.
As the conservatives desire to pre
vent tills at any cost, fighting more
severe than, any yet seen in the
warfare between ihe two factious
It expected.
Believing the Liberals outminr
bored them, the Conservative gar
rison at Matagalpa evacuated the
city yesterday, to encamp to the
west and await the arrival of Ad
ditional forces from Managua.
As soon as the Conservatives
had left "Llhornl adherents in Ma
tagalpa Staged a dcmonstiation, in
which rifles and revolvers were
much in evidence. For a traie there
v3 wild disorder, in th toursts
You'd Be
SURPRISED!
' tti'S
SCORED KMOCK-
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I jiV ' bat had tub;
II hi will to win will overcome unsurmountable ob
stacles in ail sports. Battling Nelson, .'former light
weight champion, had it, as well as many other
leading ringmen.
Tho will to win is a combination of ability, de
termination and courago, with the last named asset
predominating in a great many cases. One of Nel
- son's choice lines was:
"Never give up until you're licked. Then fight
-owner or money, removing his. hat irom
his dome ; his 'language is sweeter than
honey,' yea, . honey direct from the . comb.
He seems to be hinting, confessing, to
Pluteman, the monarch of dimes, "I'd
think it an honor, a blessing, if you would
but kick me three times." I hear him ad
dressing O'Daughty, vthe toiler who works
with a spadeand he is so proud and so
haughty it's painful to stand in his shade.
He talks like a king to a caitiff, his lan-.
and severe; I'd hand him a
of which an automobile flying the
American flag and with tho Ameri
can charge. Lawnmco Dennis, and
three newspaper correspondents
as passengers', was fired on.
One shot lodged in the uphol
stery but no one was wounded.
o
EUGENE CHIEF OF
POLICE IS DEMOTED
KUGEXE, Ore., Feb.. lr Ap
pointment of Sergeant 'Janes
Strait as chief of police In Kugene,
to take the place of William G.
Jndkins, was confirmed last even
ing at the meeting of the city
council. Jr.dkins was relegated to
rank of captain.
OREGON SWIMMERS BREAK "
EVEN ON TRIP SOUTH
Kl'GENE, Ore., Feb. In. The
University of Oregon swimming
team has returned from a trip in
to California, where the Webtoot
mermen defeated the University of
California in a dual meet, 31 to
28. and lost to Stanford 61 to, 6.
While in California the swim
mers met George Youns, Catalina
channel swimmer, and sppeared
on a theatre stage with kiln. .
(AoHatI lres l.ead Wilf.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 Un
der intermittently weeping skies,
the mountain and coast district of
southern and centj-al California
dried itself somewhat today after
having been deluged since Satur
day with torrential rains.
While reports of damage In the
storm area , vied with expressions
of satisfaction from the fruit belt,
an almost unprecedented situation
was. reported from Hoegee's camp,
in big Sauta Ana Canyon of nou th
em California. The camp was
abandoned after 7:49 Inches ot
rain had fallen. ,
A similar cloudburst was report
ed from Valley Forge, on the Sau
Gabriel river, which had 6.56
inches , of precipitation in' 24
hours. Mount Wilson registered
5.40 inehes. , '
One death was Indirectly attri
buted to' the storm when J. A.
Hampton slipped and fell ou a wet
sidewalk in Los AngeleB, dying
lated of a fractured skull.
Business in a small district of
western Los Angelesi was suspend
ed because' of lug water which
swept the streets. In another
place a warehouse roof fell from
the weight of water. The Los An
geles gauge showed-2.46 inches. - -
Lightning struck twice in the
San Francisco bay region, wreck
ing a school flag pole,, putting four
trolley cars out of- commission. A
miniature tornado moved a house
20 feet at Watsonville, reducing
the structure to splinters.
There has- been a generous suow
fait in the mountain regions.. :
OBITUARY
KING -Charles Randall King
was born at Whitefield, Maine, No
vember 0, 1845. ' He enlisted in his
country's service, December M,
1108, in Company F, of me 30th
Maine Infantry,- and served until
tuo close of tflo war. Ho was dis
charged a(. jWashiugton, D. C, May
11, iSb'5.
Following his discharge lie mov
ed to. the then pioneer statu . o
Iowa. Here he lived, tor nearly 2U
years, farming and working at his
trade of blacic3.'.uiih. Several years
ot tnis period, was spent in the em
ploy pi the agricultural - implement
concerns iliat. aie,.iiow parts, of the.
ln.lernalluh.ul Harvester company.
Again luo pioneering, fever took
possession .ujf.ioqi.nnd.ln.lSM, with
ills' oiltiie luitiilyi no iii6ved' 10.
northern l jl(uo' 10J ploiiee'i-'.aew in
tile, :thii , nety ', Nprthwost. Here
for-tmany years lie took an active
part in building up the now.rcgioji!.
As old age - gradually, crept an
there were some wanderings to,
othor parts, of .the United . States,
but .the Northwest always .consti
tuted Ills real home. ,1 . ,
His life ; was above all that of
the pioneer. His early homo in
-Maine was that of tho. . pioneer.
Again he pioneered in Iowa, end
last in the' Northwest. His virtues
were those of the pioneer, active,
courageous, resourceful, hurdy,
and enduring both . In . body and
spirit. ... . ,
Such was his life. He passed
nway February 10, 1927, at tho
hospital of the Oregon Soldiers'
Homo.
He was united in marriage to
Annie L. Sinn, August 23, 1871.
Four children survive this union,
Ben Randall King, Othello, Wash.;
Strs. Leola It. King, Moscow Ida
ho; Mrs. Geo. Leitii, Kendrick, Ida
ho,, and Mrs. fcarl Pierce, Lapwal,
Idaho. ' . XX.
i State Prewt Comment J
Nancy Jane McPherson.
The past was brought back in
the passing Friday of Mrs. W. A.
MePherson, S6. Her lato husband
was an editor in pioneer times in
Oregon.
Editing and publishing papers in
Southern Oregon, in Roseburg, in
Mc.Minnville and, during (he Civil
war, in Albany and Salem he
worked at the game when it was
young, -with nearly all publications
as weekly issues. When the war
controversies and passions were at
their height he founded and pub
lished the Unionist, at Salem, and
through ils columns fulminated for
an invisible country.
Newspaperdom got little for its
hire in those days. There were
privations and struggles through
which the craft passed, and by the
side of this pioneer editor was
Nancy Jnne McPherson, wife, com
forter, counselor and confidante.
It was a noble civilization then,
made up of wholesome, Christian
people. Portland Journal.
Not a Tax, But a Loan
It has been pointed out recently
that the O. & C. refund is not a
tax but a loan advanced to the
counties in which the O. & C. lands
are situated, the loan to be satis
fied by deducting the amount ot
the advances from the share of
money which accrues to each
county when the lands are Bold,
as provided in the Chamberlain
act of 1915. which restored the
lands to the national e-nvomM.awf
I This being the case, the point is
1 made that the state cannot share
jin the distribution.
I The point seems to be well
taken. The O. & C. counties do
j not receive tax payments from the
government. simply money ad
vances which they will repay" later.
In the meantime the O. & C. re
fund act seems to be stirring the
government to action. It is nl
, ready placing the O. & C. lands in
I some sections on Ihe market. Fac
i ed by the necessity of apportion
ing some eight millions of dollars
I among the Oregon counties. it
1 finds it advisable to convert them
into cash. T
, Thus the Stanfield O. & C. law
will have a healthful Influence on
Oregon. It will put to an end the .
government's indefinite withhold
of tho lands from, private owner
ship and from production. Albany
Herald.
CHI CHAE CHINESE
WflME FOR DODGE
IS.
t Among the lutest purchasers of
a Hodge Brothers motor car is (ho
governor of Kausu, a province - of
China. Kansu's greatest claim to
fame aVpears to be the fact that
it is just about as far from civiliz
ation as anyone can get. It is loljflf
miles fro nithe nearest railroad
and situated in the extreme norm
westerly section of China. Accord
ing to llulph C. Scovilie, Christian
worker, who has recently returned
from China, Dodge Brothers motor
cars and Graham Brothers truck's
aro. gradualiy. replacing-, the "muto.
sedan" und the great mule drawn
caravans of commerce.
"Kansu," - staled Mr. - Scovilie, -"which
is one of the 18 provinces
ot China,' Is also known as the ter-.
minus of the great wall. Here, in
this isolated region, which takes
three weeks of tedious, - constaiyi
traveling to reach after leaving the
railroad, I have lived and worked
for over seven years. Dodge Hi-others
motor rars were the pnlv auto
mobiles I ever saw there. X am
told this is because these cars
seem to be the only make that can
survive In this land of Indescrib
ably bad roads. The road, in real
ity a widened trail, runs from
Lanchow on the Yellow river to the
heart of Asia, where -it . meets
similar, roads from the Indian
ocean and the Casptiari sea ar
others. ... 4 .
"Over these trails an' occasional
Bodge Brothers motor car plows
through, driven generally! ) (Sy Rus
sians, for the ; Chinese "are riotprl
ously bad rohaaCfeurs.The paetlpu
lar Dodge Brothers motor car that
I am ;ret'erriag to iwas -jmrohased
by the' Boveroor -or the prodnc of
Kansii. $o lived iniYanchu. Tiie ap
pearance ot the" governor's cm- up
on the streets would cause cries of
,"chi chae', the llferal" meaning of
'which is steam car or power ca,rt.
The car is .' a . great ' curiosity and
excites much comment among tho
raw heathen as to wlmt makes it
go, the general belief being that
it Is tile Invention of some foreign
devil." . . . ... ,
. , -
AMONG THE SICK -
AT MERCY HOSPITAL ;
, : , I : ' .- I
Mrs. J. M. Cabot of Portland .who
(ills been ill . for several: weeks, lias
recovered sufficiently to be,, rt?
moved to the home .of a, friend iii
this city.' ' ; , , . . - '
.Mrs. W.' H.' Thomas of .Oakland :
was' taken to Her. home at Oakland
today after receiving medical treat
ment for several days. ',
Mrs. J:' H. 'Claire of Dillard who
has been 111 for a short time wont
home today.
Mrs. L. V. Gates, who was In
jured recently in an automobile
accident is improving quite satis
factoriiyj f"
S. J. Jones, who suffered the
amputation of a portion of his
loot, following an accident, when
he was run over by a freight car,
is recovering. ,
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 15. Kgg
values finally tumbled In the io
al market after holding above oth
er coast markets for more than a
week. Heavy receipts together with
a narrower outlet brought abo-U.
tho break. '
Today board quotations are 1 to
2c lower; with the uudergrades
taking tbe heaviest loss. Extras
and firsts eased off one cent and
are now posted at 29 and 2S cents
respectively. Modiums and receipt
slock declined 2 cents to 21 and
20 cents respectively.
The butter market continues
steady and generally unchanged;
on the board yesterday standards
were posted a half lower at 45J
cents and firsts a half higher at
441 cents. There is a good call for
undergrade butter with very Utile
offering. . '
Live poultry is still dragging.
Receipts were heavier ; along tne
Btreet today and current levels
are not expected to hold much
longer. Dealers were quoting light
hens at Is to 19 cents and heavy
hens at 24 to 25 cents. Dressed
turkeys are sluggish. There is Ut
ile consumptive' demand at present
and prices are too hish to freeze
stock.
Country dressed meats slow and
weak at the 17-cent top on calvjM
and hogs; Arrivals were liberal Jp
day and supplies are more than
sufficient for the demand along
the street." -.
Milk steady. Best churning cream
4Sc.in valley, 49c net shippers'
track In zone 1. Cream delivered
Portland 50ff-52c per pound. Raw
milk (4 per cent) ?2.6tl cwt., f. o. b.
Portland.
Spuds, onions easy. Onions local
?2.753.00; potatoes S1.251.M
sack.
Nuts nominal; walunts 27T36c;
filberts 19i 20c; almonds 22fi2jc;
Brazil nuts 14)-16c; Oregon chest
nuts liie'Oc; peanuts 11&14C
Cnscara bark nominally steady,
Sc lb.; Oregon grape root nominal.
Hope quiet; 1626 fuggles 25c;
clusters 2122c! one-year con
tracts 20c; two-year contracts 10c
rORTLANn. Ore Feb. 15.
'ilnnt I.:.;- 111tn h.nl u-hito
U.814; liaVd white, biucstem, baart
i,.-v.ei.nnni, soil Willie, -.y-;--.
crn white $1.32; .hard white $931':
northern spring $1.33; western red
u.:a.