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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1928.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1928.
OUR TEN GREATEST MEN
John Haynes Holmes, pastor of New York's famous
Community church, undertook the other night to draw up a
list of the ten greatest Americans. The surest way to start
an argument is to make a list of "the ten greatest" whether
it be a list of men, books, plays or race horses. Mr.
Holmes, limiting himself to men who were born after the
adoption of the Constitution in 1789, and refusing to con
sider any who are now living, selected the following names:
Abraham Lincoln, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David
Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Parker, Robert
K. Lee, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Charles W. Eliot and
Eugene V. Debs. His list is worth studying, even though all
of us probably would like to amend it here and there. The
variety represented on it is rather surprising. There are
two philosophers, one president, one soldier, one poet, one
satirist, one theologian, one educator, two wWI, perhaps
we can lump Debs and Garrison together as "two agita
. tors.'', On what basis ro you suppose this list was selected?
What quality, if any, did these ton riien have in common?
To begin with, each of them lacked the great American in
stinct of conformity. Not one of tiem ever was swayed in
hjs actions by any fear of what people might think or by
any consideration of the effect on his own fortunes. From
Garrison, who was often in danger of lynching, to Lee, who
spurned the highest office Lincoln could offer him, these
men were independent; they thought for themselves and
could be moved from their set courses by no power on earth.
Perhaps we can express the matter best by saying that these
ten men were, above all, brave men. And bravery is a vir
tue worth prizing highly especially in this age, when men
who seek high offioe walk on eggs for fear of offending
some of us, And ft doesn't particularly matter that some
of these men were beaten men. Lee, for instance, fought for
a ost cause and went down tp defeat. IJebs died with every
thing he had ever fought for crushed. Yet that hardly mat
ters. The important fact is that both Lee and Debs lived;
that they built up heroic lives not for us to agree with,
necessarily, but for us to admire. They lost their fights,
but America is a better country because they lived. So is it
with the rest pi' them. Some, like Lincoln, Jeft great, eon
urete achievements. Others, like Thoreau and Whitman,
left nothing but a few books, which remain ignored by the
majority to this day. But each contributed something; each,
dissatisfipd jvith Hip slate of things that 'surrounded him,
lipent his life ill an effort to remedy then). Undoubtedly
you cpuld amend this jist. A great ninny names are left off
that could be put in with perfect justice; Roosevelt and
Bry.!;i will have many supporters, and so will Daniel Web
ster and Jefferson Djivis and John Hay. America has had
many great men." Some day, when you're looking for sonie
tling to read, go tp a library and draw a few books on
these mpn. Get Maurice's. "Lee, the Soldier"; Sandburg's
"Abraham Lincoln"; Carman's "The Heart of Emerson's
Journals'' and Brooks' "The Ordeal of Mark Twain." Add
to then) a few such books as Thoreau's "Walden" and Whit
man's Veaves of Grass." Qr, better yet, buy these books;
they're worth keeping. Then reac) thpm. Study then) close
ly absorb them. You'll find it a most worth-while experi
ence; and you'll understand why Mr. Holmes put these men
on the list.
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The airport idea is still going strong in western Ore
gon. Last week Ashland took a preliminary Uep by ac
quiring a 5)3-acre tract. At Salem six business institutions
contributed a total of $550 toward a fund to equip a land
ing field on a 50-acre site donated by the slate fair board.
Roseburg will have an airport as large as both thosi; cities
combined if the American Legion's jiroj-.ci is roalrxd and
there is no valid reason why it shouldn't be. Aviation is
no longer an uncertain experiment. It bus become :n insep
arable part of our great transportation system, as firmly
established as railroads, automotive vehicles and ocean go
ing craft. Shall we join in the procession of prpgres.-; or
shall wo slay in the background of stillness and watch the
airplanes sail past to the landing fields of neighboring
cities?
PPUME
memws
OUR AMERICAN BIRDS
Popular Home Lessons in Natural History
THE. BIRD OF THE WEEK
(BY LOUIS ALBERT BANKS)
(Cut out this block each week and you will soon hare an Interesting
bird book of your own.)
STC3 & I3A1 COCMBAM P.CTU&5 & ftfiSCK
The impossible
Has happened
A feller dropped
Into our sanctum
Today and reported
That he had been
In an auto accident
If he had said
The other feller
Had the right of way
We'd dropped dead.
Now we have a new weather
prophet. Mister Fletcher arrived
here today and will team up with
the Office Cat in an effort to keep
up the good work established durin'
the past week Mister Sunseri.
Any feller with a name like that
tho must have a drag with the
gods.
Over in Berlin they have a new
dance called the "Llama, llama."
the steps of which are enough to
get anyone's chamois.
Ye ed. just returned from a flath-
jerin' of the editorial brains of the
state It bein' just like any other
convention, most of the caucusin'
bcin' done in hotel rooms.
It Is a pleasure to note that
Horse Broml)y, commdr. of Tne
Medford legion poet, has announced
to the staunch-eyed universe that
his aggregation will wallop Ump.
qua Post in membership this yr.
Horse, who is head camera-man for
the Copco in this district, will hafta
get out of the slow-motion class
then.
O. O. Mclntyre's "New York Day
by Day" column is always refresh
in. Here's one he had today:
I note with anguish as one long
devoted to gumdrops they are no
longer called by that name. In
candy emporiums they present su
preme Jellies, but pull off their
beards and they are just country
gumdrops. My happiest Christmas
on a Mlosouri farm centers about
an orange in a net sack, a red wag
on, known as "Tho Little Daisy':
and a huge poke of gumdrops. j
Something must be done to keep
the gumdrop old fashioned. j
Now that Herb Hoover haB defi-1
nitely decided to run wo can expect,
all of his second, third and fourth
cousins In Oregon to claim rela-1
tionship. 1
As this is Lincoln's Birthday, ye
ed. broke a precedent and .split:
acme kindlin. j
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LAFE PERKINS SEZ
THE PURPLE FINCH
I sometimes would like to shake
dome of the people who named
birds. The purple finch, for ex
ample, is not purple; he is a good
deal nearer rose color. He looks
like a brown sparrow that, has
been dipped in a bath of nupberryi
jul'je and left out in the sun to
fade; It never fades on his head
and neck. He Is a really handsome!
fellow, specially when he ?s ini
love, about mating time. Hej
Hp reads over all the fJnittd Stales,!
to the delight of all who love;
pretty birds. He winters in South-j
em United States. Like the gold-f
rinclien, these purple finches, or
linnets as they are sometimes
culled, wander about in flocks.
They are often Heen in hemlock
and spruce trees, feeding on ttie
ImdH at the tips of the branches;
and along fence rows, working on
weed seeds. He has a Bweet note
Dial has been Interpreted "Dearie,"
which he warbles in must en
trancing tones at mating time. He
has tiie same habit seen in the
woodcock, the yellow-breasted
chut, and the oven-bird, springing
up in eestacy, Hinging as he goes,,
and dropping seemingly almost ex
hausted beside his little lady. love.
She is a modest little thing and
looks like a song sparrow, save lor
her heavier bill and her forked
tall. Her sons do not get their
bath of rose color until two years
old; they look like their mother
until then. They are six and a
quarter Inches long.
They nest in evergreen trees
and have three or four eggs, light
greenish blue with splashes of
brown and fainter markings of
lilac.
The Little Finch Lover '
(By Louis Albert Uanks)
"Dearie, dearie," I hear you sing,
You dainty rosy linnet thing!
I think you are a dandy lover
Wnen 'round about your love you
hover
And up you spring with burst of
song
Just she, for you, can make a
throng.
For though she's modest Jn . her
dress.
You all your love for her confess.
I think myself she is a deurle,
but still I d thipk she would grow
weary
To hear it ringing all the time.
She can but be a clinging vine.
I'm sure she's very proud of you,
The nicest thing within her view;
Bo build your fences high ' and
straight.
You 11 not have very Jong wait.
I like your choice of evergreens,
They lend such handsome back
ground scenes.
I like your taste for fresh green
sprouts
That are so tender hereabouts.
Up there among the hemlock
boughs.
How sweet to take fair Hymen's
vows!
And safe and quiet In her nest
Your little lady'll sink to rest.
Alack! she's led you merry chase
Before you won her by your grace;
She made you sing and made you
dance;
She kept you in a dizzy trance.
But girls are often just like that
They have their trickery 'neath
their hat.
But just like her they're "dearie,
dearie,"
And we of them are never weary.
"Wow, ain't this
dope?"
sunshine the
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NOTICE
All holders of W. C. T. U.
oratorical medals of any sort
pleaso report to Mrs. Edith S.
Aekcrt, 34U or ti!3J, by Feb.
loin.
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Today
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(Continued from paco 1.)
I
man recruits on slight provoca
tion, slapped their faces, called
them pigs, and crowded off tho
Kidtnv.iHt ".'liiiiition HI i'miK" Hint
nald for the armv. !
f
Constantinople sees a moving
picture called, "Abdul Hani id, the
lied Sultan," showing methods and
crimes of the last of their sultans.
It Is much enjoyed by modern
Turks wearing the derby hat in
stead of the fez.
The "Red Sultan's" thirteon
exiled eh thi run made a futile effort
to have the rihn seized by a Paris
court.
Siindino, Nicaragua's energetic
bandit leader, tells Ilrilhsh resi
dents not to be frightened. He is
only "alter the Yankees." Ameri
can murines can't light, says he,
and when he meets them "blood
win now."
Sandlno's baud of 150 ought to
he persuaded, as kindly as possible,
that their plans to wipe out by vio
lence a treaty between Nicaragua's
government and tho I'nited Slates,
wilt not be successful.
construction can easily he built by
volunteer labor. In this way liose
burg will be obtaining the maxi
mum results for the money ex
pended. Umnqua Post of the . American
Legion has adopted this project as
its major activity in community
service for the year, and it has al
ready saved the city n huge sum
of money, ir tho project is odoptod,
by doing all tiie preliminary work
and securing the options on tio
property for n price far below the
cost that would have resulted had
the city gone into the market for
this property.
I he general interest now heliiE
shown Indicates thct Hie bond is
sue will he approved by a substan
tial majority and that Uoseburg
win line up with Ihe other cities
of the state that have been, pro
curing aviation fields necessary to
keep in lino with tho industry's
progress.
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i CHANGE AT LOCAL
uiraTnrn fjT.Tinni
tnr-niHr-H mnniiiii
KWL.fi ILIUIflllUH
Edgar H. Fletcher, meteorolo
gist with the U. S. Weather llur
euu, arrived In Eosebum today to
take over the post at the local ob
serving station. Mr. Fletcher has
been with the government .weather
"service for 16 years and for the
past nine years has been locatetl
at Yollowstono park. This Is his
first official visit to tile coast anil
ho is already delighted, he suld,
with Roseburg. Air. Fletcher suc
ceeds Arthur W. Pugh, who was re
cently transferred to Texas. Mr.
Fletcher was accompanied to Hose
burg by his wife. Nino . Sunseri, of
the Portland station, who has
been temporarily in charge of tho
work here, is returning to Portland
today.
Wee Clowny said, "I sadly fear
we'll have to leave our wagon I
here. Our friends the woodsman!
took his dog and we are left alone.!
That means ve'lle mhis a lot of!
fun. Twas great to make that
brave hound run. I only wish we
had a dog that was our vfiry. own."
Then Coppy promptly said,
"Oh, my, there Is no use to fret
and sigh. Let's make the best of
what wc have and be a cheerful
lot. If we just travel on with ease
and find our way out of these
trees, eventually -we'll find an
other thrill, as like as not."
"I' suess you're right," some
body cried. "There's nothing
gained if nothing's tried." Then
Scouty said, "I'll tell you what.
I'll pull you for a while. Jump in
our wagon mighty quick. I'll see
if I can (urn the trick. We'll all
take turns at doing this and
change 'bout every mile." ,
Into the wagou Jumped' the
bunch, uud Scouty tried to work
his hunch. He tugged away, but
had no luck. The task was much
too tough. The Tinies watched him
for a spell, and then they heard
poor Scouty yell, "It is no use. 11
can't be done. I am not strong
enough."
So, out they Jumped, and Carpy
cried. "Oh. well, we'll walk, in
stead of ride." And down a path
they started, Just as huppy us
could be.. "I guess we'd better
realize that what we need is exer
cise." And then he pointed up, and
said, "Dp you see what I see?"
The others gazed up In the sky,
and there were shouts of "Gee!"
and "My!" "I told you," shouted
Coppy. "we'd find something new
real soon. Perhaps this is our
lucky day. Just look, it's coming
down this way." And what the
READ THE STORY, THEN COLOR THE PICTURE
Tinies looked at was a funny, big
balloon.
(The balloon carries the Tiny-
mltes away In the next story.)
(Copyright, 102S, NEA Service,
Inc.)
last week, the proceeds being put '
aside in a fund to be used tor the
purchase of a piano for the school ,
building. The entertainment was in
the form pf a basket social, a lit
erary and musical program being
presented beforo the baskets 'were I
auctioned off. The entertainment
resulted in the raising of about $50
for the piano fund.
SIDE GLANCES By George Clark
REEDSPORT MAN
TO START FOX
FARM ON I?f AND!
SCHOOL ENTERTAINS
A very enjoyable entertainment
was held at the Rice Creek school
PETITIONS FOR
ELECTION ON
AIRPORT OUT
(Omtlnur-l from pane 1.)
DISEASED DUCKS
AND RABBITS ARE
I l"ulans hail .Utile diffli lllty in
j count In-i.
I Wllhiim-tlc will nhiv tin' ('nlli'iiv
SOUGHT BY POLICE1 "1 Idaho at Cul.lv...l' tonluht and
ul WMtut in. uii'on. l ui-sday nkhl.
When Your Skin
Begins to Age
IWltlS. Keh. AM the foier-s
the prefect urn f police could
spare were Hcuurlni; i'livls today
for 1- rabbits and (hire ducks
stolen from u garden on the boutc-
" ' ' I Hi' I II IS ll.'W WiHUI. .11111 ('nuns.
It-wnsnt Ihe InlrlMslo value nf iw ,,, ..omuli.iiia (,. n,.
Ihe rahlills which caused suihii t,.,.. !,.,.,, n,.. Kliln linn and
flurry among the authorities hnt 1 plump v. hlle It m.'lts Itun the pnnw
Ihe fact tlial the CTiilen Has tinil t ami lakes mil all the grime and
of Dr. Chnrtc.i Itlrhct. eminent ,. t. t i, s ,tir,. , i,t irm utiv
pathologist. 1 tie rahliH.s anil ilnrKs aillu r ctcim. M ill not gimv hair
hail been infected with grave ills- keep comiilexinu vntinu. Ask
tin
eases as an experiment a few days
ago.
It was feared Hint Ine thieves
would try to market Ihe ilaiigeious
animals and fowl as incut.
fur Ml-M.l.O-iil.O Cleansing Cl
It s iiiarvelous. Nullum Fuller
ton.
WILLAMETTE VICTORS
KELSO EDITOR DIES
(AtwxiiiliHl 1'rfM l.rjscil Win)
I.iiukiIcw. Wash.. Keh. 13
t.lu.vuin irtn i.c,ii nni-j ; Frank M . Dallam. Sr., V. editor
I.A (il(ANI)i:. Ore.. Fi b. 1.1. of Ihe Kelsnniau Tribune.' Kel-.
Wlllanietto tlnlversily ilefeali d , ash . prominent in Hale Ki piiVII
Ihe La (Irande first ward M. 1. A. ;emi clreli-s tin- manv veins, dft-il
basketball team here Saturday 'suddenly at his home last 'night,
night Gti to 25 In an exhlhlllon eon-jnr heail failure. iv came (o
test. At half lime (lie score w as 25 Vnshinutun In ! ss;:. establlslilui:
to H. A M. I. A. rally In Ihe sec-jllio Spokane Falls Kevlew. wlibh
ond iimrter scored 111 points to'uas later consolidated with ''u
the llenreats' three, hut during ! Spokesman, forming the speke.i
tbe remainder of the tilt, the col- man Review.
ranging upward from that price to
Hi'V-'ial hundred dollats per
ai re, so II may easily he teen that
this Held ly being pioturtd at a
remarkably low cost.
Th'j pinjici calls for $ I l.ll'Jil to
be used tor Improvements, and it
Is the plan of the American l.e- .
ginn pest to obtain large results
il!h tliis amount of money. Ar
rang.'iiieiits have already l:e":i
, made, la the event the bon I Issti"
jls approved, lo used Ihe improe
,ineul iiinr.ey almost exclusively for
lllatei :.i;s.
j To Donate Labor
: Thv members ot the post have '
nciecd that the bill!; of die Inbo,-;
;n'ci'i-:.niy tor Improving the field '
jwlll lie donated. It Is planned !o i
:i'.i!l a general holiday at which
time Hie men of the city, armed i
llll shovels, rakes, etc.. will an
on; lo Hie field and put In a day ,
digcing the dialiuige ditches, bull.!- '
lnc Inilira'.'s mid grading the lilll
ways. "1 he county's road ninehi:i
eiy can be procured, and Willi oth
er available nia-hinerv it Is expect- ;
ed ilial the task of building ihe
:im;nas will be easily completed 1
in a t'rw hours .especially with sec- :
jeral hundred men engaged ill Hie
iiisk of niaUin: ihe IniprovemeiKs
I lly donating the labor it will be
'possible to tint the improvemenl
I money eveluslvely nt,i drainage
jtile. gravel, mil material lor the
jhiuisau, which being ot simple .
BBSS
$24.75
Every garment a record breaker for value.
These Suils formerly sold from $32.50 to $40.
L.on: wearing worsteds and cassmcres arc in
cluded in these broken lines.
The styles are net two button and double
breasted models, which will please the most
exacting person.
Sizes running from 35 to 44.
What may prove to ho the be
ginning of n larse industry on the
lower Umpqna river is beins start
ed by Walter Uoak, well-known
resident of this section. He it) lo
start a fur farm on Heed's island
on the lower Ummiua river, plac
ing mink and mtisknit as tho base
stock, says the Port Umpqua
Courier.
Fur buyers have often declared
that the lower Umpqua region'
produces the finest of furs and 1
trappers from this section get
highest prices for their catches.
For this reason, Mr. lioak is of the
opinion that fur farming will pro
duce the best results. He has
found that the present market is
short of mink and it is difficult toj
obtain the stock. Consequently, a
portion of the timo will be spent
in getting the pens and lots ready
for occupancy.
Mr. Hoak has thoroughly inves
tigated the proposition and .with)
his previous experience plans to
demonstrate that the lower Unip
qua region ran produce excellent
domestic mink.
DR.
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and it ain't as nice as this!
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