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THE GRASSHOPPER FELLOW.
A biff bank prints, in the form of an advertisement, a little
utory about "A Grasshopper Kind of Fellow" that is worthy of
nul.lirntinn than the advertiser contempluted. Here it is
ludtre for yourself :
"In the beirinningr of 1920 he
ever. Saving and production are Old Fogies. This is the Life.'
"In 1921 he is saying, 'The end of the world has come. What's
the use of getting ready for the future? There will never be
any more good days.'
' "Then' there is the wise man.,.. In 1920 he prospered, but he
also dug in. He maintained a balance. He saved.
"In 1921 he says, 'The world of business has its Ups and
Downs. This is a Down; I'm getting ready for the Up that's
euro to' come.'" i' " 1 " : . '
, Just an up-to-date ' version of La Fontaine' famous fable,
"La Cigale," telling of the grasshopper that !spent the whole
summer singing and the ant that took advantage of the harvest
weather to lay up a store for the winter. The present version,
though, goes a step further, in its reminder that another summer
is coming, and y.s advice to get ready for making the most of it.
Even a human grasshopper, you'd think, after such' an exper
ience as he and his kind have been going through, would take the
"hint: As for the human ants, all of them who can really see
farther than the ends of their own busy antennae are already
getting their working tools ready and planning for the harvest.
; CAUSE FOR THANKS.
In the midst of a world of turmoil, with myriad's of trials and
tribulations at home, we yet are a-fortunate people and there, is
much for which we should be thankful.
We have land that is fertile in the essence of life.
' Wc have freedom and liberty,
happiness.
We are rich in the material
to worship as to our conscience
We are enjoying a wonderful
, the old world totters on the brink of ruin.
We are comparatively alone,
We Bhould' give thanks.
THE GOLFING HARDING.
"'Of all the pen pictures of Mr.
Harding, penned by correspondents
who ure doing their best to give the
people of the nation comprehensive
idea of their chief exocutive," says the
Boise Statesman, "the one based upon
' kn interview with a igolf ,cOurnc cad
dy hi, perhups, be'sU . ; '
Vlill' the' golf jihka, at least, men
land ' on common ground. Also, by
their golfing, ye shall know them. Not
by tho game, of course, 'but by thcii
reactions, to its little tests of patience,
temper and conceit.
"Knowing this, a writer for the Chi
' cago Tribune sought out the Ilnrdinp
caddy, found that he hud also cad
died for President Wilson and broughl
back such interesting pits of conver
sation as this:
"'Harding always wants everyone ti
see him when he gets a good drive
Ho slicks out his chest, but you've
never seen a golfer thut didn't do that
He's Just like the rest of them. Anc
he wants his alibi when he dubs them
"'.Harding gets ubout lillO yard
with hia wood clubs. That's the bes
part of his game, lie likes to se
them ride through the air. Hut hi
spoils a good muny shots. He get
too- much of his body into It and don'
let his arms take the club I h rough
At that, he's a good deal better thai
Wilson, for Wilson could only ge
about 75 yunls.
"Wilson's got It on him when i
comes to using the iron club. Wilsm
hits them straight down the coins
with the iron, but Harding don'
linow whether he should hit them tmu
or easy. Sometimes he's far over th
green and sometimes hort of it. H
won't come hack all the way'with th
Irons. He uses a half swing. And h
dubs his shots with his irons.
,. "'Harding is good with the puttei
Ho judges distance nml he's piett
accurate. He has it on WiUon then
for Wilson never seemed to car,
, whether he was driving for the hoi
or not. It always seemed that Wilo
A never cared whether he was impro
ing as a golf player and Harding i
always trying.
. ? 'Harding is a pretty good fellot
to go around wilh. He never i-ussr
but you can see he's thinking shoo
russing. You can see that now an
then he wants to let fly with sm
wear words, but 1 never heard hii
do It. It was easy to cuddy for' Wi'
on, too, because he never cure
, enougft to blufno the caddy for every
thing. He ws always trying to hav.
good time out of it, ami the odd
did, too. . '
When Harding goes out. he play
golf. When they had the Hgc o
nations on, Harding always b'rough
along nomeone to aiguc W'ut theiea
gua with Hitchcock. sl then he play
,rf iron. -
Orafoa, a 8e4 Oata IfaO pWktw
Nam Stand. Forth' :1
Dally, P monttaa Ik $.
Daily, eQMT Sc
Mail
Daily, three amirta fa wane....$l.
Daily. NT maoto, 6
in advMM $1.60
said, 'Easy money 'will last for
and the unrestricted pursuit of
things of life, and tnjoy the right
dictates.' . i j -
ana continued prosperity while
but thrice blessed in our isolation.
...
the United States read about a pres
ident's behavior in his cabinet meet
ing or ut his state dinners we are not
very much impressed. Most of u.i
never took part in a cabinet meeting
nor acted as host at a White House
dinner, and almost anything might
take place, for all we know. But put
Mr. President out in an environment
with which we, or at least a great
many of ui are familiar and then we
insist upon tho details, for we know
something about such things as golf
and "by tjicir golfing ye shall know
them."' ' '
The Book Werm'a Bother.
t Volumes bare been 'written about
the operations of the hook worm and
prizes offered for some suggestion
foe preventing their aetlrltles, hill
the hook worm slid thrives. The
hookN made, of pure rag paper, rag
and wood flher, and clay HHer -each
-ire attractive to a I'snlcular grou
of Insects and the result Is th.it no
volumes aie Immune rrom their at
lacks. Many hlmliua are very at
raettve lo roaches end It sometimes
iHiiens that oi, H't l.i the combined
letlvlties of these ii,.lR Hint a liuok
S reduced, o a Uniss -tf dust.
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Mahogany Pollaher.
Probably It would help some home
keeMrs i know Hist an excellent ma
hogKiii furniture polish can he niniie
from eqiml parts of pure olive oil and
rturm Mack coffee. Just ilsuioen a
lecwclolh nlih .s lullllire and
hs.h I over the surface to he polished.
lien wipe H, n , ,, !,., r tilt,.
tho result will he gratifying. To re-
noe unsightly scratches from ma
tommy furniture , eased l,y plus and
llT sharp iIiIobs. lake a llrnsll or
eiun nut meat ood rob It well on
he Tn h n oil l tvlll disappear.
First Ustrt of Tobacco.
Mtliouah wan effort!, have been
osile p. ,,, niat tiv f lo.
inc.,, an known lo the ancient
lieeks au.1 Vtvptlans. It has not been
s,netii.i,,ir pren. It ta generally
e.epie.1 kat American abort,
lies aie enilrflj responsthle .and
hat folinul.us the first to vJirou
ele Its e.
LauH lo R oioco sllf Col. .
A noted engineer mates that ro'al,
nder J l ii,Sph,r prvre. hrst
sl In between. Mil nd TJO degrees
hrenhelt. an.t mtitst with tndrnfen
. heoomeo boyiid. As.the energf Is
"'!. Increased" he pritiet that In
ho .-.r future it vn r,,,!,,., ,h, ,.
d coat
Pfavl4o t Klntf.
W, ll mat ruinates, hut thTi
wiMst th ether fePnw.. Ioil
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THE OFflCE CAT
By JUNIUS
Not Disconcerted
One evening she said to him:
'I've got something on mv mind. Joe,
that I hardly know how to tell you."
Is that so' sikI Joe, his eyes wid
ening. "I m afraid you won't marry
me if I tell you." "Is that so?" re
peated Joe, his eyes still bigger. "I
am a somnambulist, Joe!" Where
upon Joe, in silence, reflected fur a
space. "That's nil right. If there
ain't no church of that kind here we
get mnrried by a justice of the
peace."
it. J. Cotner says if you get some-
thing for nothing, you'll never cease
paying for it.
Kind o' curious, isn't it about Money?
Ed Myeraick says the less the filthy
stuff is worth, the harder we scram
ble to get it.
The missing link between the sub
lime and the rediculoua is found in
the fellow who tries to get thrills by
building a home-made racing body
for his flivver.
No matter how often records 'arc
broken. says Jim O'NeaJ, they'll
never build a motorcycle fust enough
to catch up with tomorrow.
What's the Idcer?
That scientists, of lofty brow,
Will ever chat with Mars we doubt
What is their object, anyhow? -
What do they wish to talk about 7
They say that a wife can make or
break a home. So can the other end
of the team. Are you a husband or
merely a married man ?
We often wonder if aesthetic danc
ing would be still popular if the
dansuese wore a mackintosh and urt-
ics.
Years ago film entertainments
comprised one reel of nbout a thou
sand feet. There is more than thut
much footage nowadays in kisses. .
Hard m Blouses'.
The lady of the house had occasion
to object to the number of blouses
her maid servant ent to the wash.
"Why, Mary," she said. "My own
daughter doesn't send six blouses a
week to the laundry."
'Perhaps she don t, replied the
servant with great indignutien, "And
perhaps she don't go walking with
coal man.
Cynical
(The Stanford Advocate.)
j "His friends could give no. reason
why he should have comhiltted ui-
clde, He was single.
t
fondly l)id He Hope. Fervently Did
He Pray.
1 Ijike County, Intl. News.)
You may have heard it, but a Green
tJine passenger with n bulging hip
pocket lost his balnnce and sat down
hard when the car hit one t'( the
bumps on Ilolman street lust night.
As he recovered himself n look of
horror spread over his face. Some
thing wet was trickling down his leg.
As he feverishly started nn examina
tion ho murmured prayerfully. "My
tiod, 1 hope that's blood."
C. .1. Hl-.u'k says that after n man
has helped raise a half dozen of them
he realizes that the. best way to train
children is to let your wifo do it for
you.
Money still talks, but has lost its
reputation us a good mixer.
Culture Is gotten from books
ually from check books.
ltluck f u-e comedians now get' their
burnt Cork from Ireland.
Fa.sh.ion Notes.
By Uncle Jarve ,
An Artist, In a' nennby town, is ad
vertising for a mulc! to set in an old
time wedding scene. He has traveled
front coast to coast searching for a
besutiful yoong lady who can hhish.
He must have the real thing, without
paint or powder, but has about given
ttp thut Mushing belongs to the lost
urts.
. Ma tried to' put on one of Sister
Sal'a new hoholcd skirts the other
day. Ma weighs about pounds
and is built accordingly and when she
put one of her boughs through' where
huts twigs fit so nicely, she got stal
led and had to buck up.
ROSE CITY" SPEEDWAY
MOTORCYCLE HACKS.
MAY MKCKIYK ENTRIES
. PORTLAND. Mar. . Entries
from MeirVord, Eugene. Cranta Pass.
Albany. Oregon City. Vancouver, Ta-1
coma and Cnliftniaacit have been
received for he annual motorcycle
races lluhelH in rfh. HA ".
I fl. M Jl ,.,
& T-.,i.,f J e-u.l
The ra--es are 'viir the auspices of
. . PASSES 1
JOHN Ul'RKOltGHS DIES ON WAY
HOME r'HOM CALIFORNIA.
Noted Writer iateaded ta Spead Eigh-ty-Keurta
Birthday on April 3,
At eiie OM Heme in N. Y.
NEW YORK, Mar. 29. John Bur
roughs, famous naturalist! died early
today on the New York Central train
at Kingsville, Ohio, while enrbute from
Pasadena, Cal., where he had spent the
winter, to his home at Westpark, N.
Y., where he had planned to spend hts
eighty-fourth birthday on April 3.
John Burroughs was the venerable
dean of nature-writers In the U I ed
States. Through a score of books' he
shared with countless readers his life
long intimacy with birds, bees, flow
ers and the whole out-of:dobrs. His
highly developed powers of observa
tion and the charm of his Interpreta
tions were the marvel of his critics.
His flowing white beard, his kindly
mein, his whole habit of life, and his
literary style were rather reminiscent
of thut famous New England school
of essayists a generation or two be
fore him. His early writing on "Ex
Ipression.' was at one time widely mis-
taken for the work of Emerson, a close
I reader of whom Burroughs had been
Irom youth. Hit later worns on nnure
suggested something of Thorcau, but
as critics said, IPurroughs was the
more sociublc writer.
Compositions Were Bugbears
He learned to love nature when he
drove cows at his birth-place farm.
Roxbury, among the Catskills, in
New York Stntc, but anything like
a literary composition was a bug
benr to him as a youth. The story is
told of how when he was fourteen
in common with the rhembers of hi'
cluss at school, he was required to
write twelve lines of original compo
sition. He copied something out of
u comic almanac. His theft was de
tected. Again In desperation upon
his second trial he paid Jay Gould,
his class mute, sixty cents for a
twelve-line verae which he handed in
as his own.
He was born In 18.17.. In 18,(3 he
went to Washington with something
of nn inclination to enlist in the Un
ion Army, but he decided to seek a
government office. It is reluted that
with only a few of his poems cre
dentials he walked into the treasury
department and asked for a job, It
was agreed that his vernal verses
really smelt of the woods, and smack
cd of sincerity. He would be a safe
man to - watch the treasury vaults
He agreed to take the place. At a
little deck, facing the huge iron vault
where he kept tab on those who wont
to handle the $50,000,000 stored there
he ocean' writing of the birds, to re
lieve his homesickness. The result
was his first book, "Wake-Robin.
Always a Lover of Nature
Some years luter, after work as a
trcanury clerk and a national bank
examiner had netted him some sav
ings, he bought a few acres at West
Park on the Hudson, where among
tho loaded trellises of a vinyard he
found "more pleasure' with nature
than in the closets of greenbacks.'
There he renewed his emotional in
tercourse with nature, building a real
house overlooking the liver just
above Poughkpopsio, Whin rural civ-
illation prosc1 a fltle'tlose about
him, "he built his "slabsitles" cabin n
mile or two back in the woods.
He did not go at his itudics with
the set determination of an hcrbnlist
but took life easily; and wrote
breezily "wttwthe'" Spiifl" HiovciT him
of the secrets of n ituic. Ho never
made much of tho discovery of new
species, and nothing of cataloguing
them, but delighted in finding for
himself and revealing to others the
charms of close contact with the birds
bees and flowers. The essence of his
philosophy win always bright, in
agreement with Browning, that "All's
well with the world.'' t
Defendtd Roosevelt
iThe titles of his books included
"Winter Sunshine," "Locust and Wild
Honey," Fresh Field," "Indoor Stud
ies," '"Birds and Poets," "Signs and
Seasons,' "The Light of Iay Keiig-
...... niumufiiin, , run, in. si innuii il
of the Nuturalist," "Literary Values",
and "Wav of Nature.'' He was a
friend of ' Walt Whitman and one of
ii in
No Matter How Low
A Price We Name
You enn depend upon
t ou enn depend uponi ii
because of 53 stlre buyjns
MEN S WORK SOX, two pair for
MEN S WORK SHIRT
MEN'S WORK SILOES
MEN'S WORK rANTS- :
MEN'S LACE 'KNKE KHAKI PANTS
MEN'S CORPUnOYJ'ANTS ..."
THE
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hia books was an appreciaAjn of him.
lie was also a boon companion of
Theodore Roosevelt in nature atudiyi.
During Co. 'Roosevelt's occasional
clashes -'ith "nature fakers" and,!
those who charged rum with brutal in
stincts in his hunting trips, the ven
erable Burroughs always came to the
Colonel's defense. With John Mulr,
the naturalist of the West, Burroughs
once tou-ed the canyons and collabor
ated with Muir in a "btuay oi uu.
National Parks.
!'Riverby' and "Slab-sides,"' Bur
roughs' retreats on the Hudson, be
came shrines for his many admirers,
and those who made pilgrimages there
were invariably received in the most
dcmocTHtic fashion by the celebrated
naturalist.
On his 75th birthday he said "Grow
ing old is a kind of letting go. The
morning has it.i delight and its entice
ments, the noon has its triumphs and
satisfactions, but there are a charm
and tranquility and a spiritual life
about the close of the day that belong
to neither.
GOVETEAGHER
IS
COVE, Mar. 29. (Special) La.il
Friday ufternoon the ipuplla of the
seventh and eighth grades had a
plcasaut surprise party for their
teacher. Miss Ethel Hansen. The
ffalr was given In honor of her
birthday. She was presented with a
beautiful blrthduy cake, decorated
with blue and white candles. Ice
cream and cake were the refresh
ments. The additional guests were
the other teachers In the building.
Mrs. R. H. Daniel went to , La
Grande Tuesday on a shopping trip.
The Ladles' Aid of the M. E.
hurch ' met Willi Mrs. Thos. Towlo
on Wednesday.
J. M. Gnssett wa.s a business visi
tor to La Grande Wednesday.
J. A. Hooper and wifo moved to
Union the forepart of the week.
Krnest Organ, of I Cambridge. Id.i-
ho, waa In this vicinity this week on
business.
With the passing of A. L. Conklln,
Cove Jias lo.U one of its most in
I'ltientittl citizens. Mr. Conklln leaves
has wife, three sons and one daugh
ter.
Mrs. Nip Conley is 111 iand Mrs
Gnne' is taking care of her.
C. M. Stackland made a business
trip lo La Grando Saturday.
Ray Baker W still conrined to his
bed.' Dr. McCown Is In attendance.
Waldo Richardson Is Buffering
with typhoid fever at tho homo of
his uncle, Holland Richardson.
MIhb Alice Kaufman, teacher at
Imbler, Is at home this week.'
Pomona Grange was postponed on
account of the storms and. bad roads
of this section. Tho meeting will
bo held later.
CORVALLIS IS TO
ENTERTAIN NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN 192
CORVALLIS, Mar. 29.-Thc Na
tional Home . Economics convention
for the year 1022 will b held ih Cor-
vullis and already plans are , under
wny for the proper reception and en
tertainment of delegates to this af
fair, which is likely to bring scores
of leading educators . from all sections
of the United Statest " -r.
The recont state meeting held here
was highly interesting and profitable
to the Home Economics people. The
president, Manila Dunning presided.
.- Election of officers for the com'ng
year was the first business in order.
Edna Groves, of Portland was made
president; Ruth Kitincdy. of Corvil
lis, vice-president; Bertha Davis, of
O. A. C, treasurer mid Florence
Berchtold, secretary. .
Plans for the formation of a branch
of Associated Collegiate Alumnae at
Corvallis were adopted.
COPS AS MOURNERS
GRAB (.AMBLERS IN.
LIMOUSINE INTERIOR
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Mar. 29.
The Chinatown squad of the San Fran-
buttle of
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guile with Chinese recently stole a
chapter front Bi'et Harte s 'Heathen!
Chinee." whose principal characters-!
Receiving Good Quality,
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THE HOME OF '. .
Hart Schaffner &
Marx Clothes
If you're not entirely satisfied with clothes
bought here, come right in we'll mnke it
righV
You'll like
wool fabrics
You'll .like
wholesale cos
We're showing
on a very small I
at thenew models.
$30.00 to
tho Hew styl
ihe spendid
rue new pi
f.Q llnrT X V(
the spv'i
naNnn 6X
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&Marx
Clothes
rt",;:ljM.iii.i.i;iLj.i..i
tics were "ways that are dnrk and
tricks that are vain'' ind emerged
victorious.
The police had information that
Chinese, fearing to gamble -in -their-;
homes because of the squad s activit
ies, had shifted to the insides of clos
ed limou.sincs parked ulung the curb.
Efforts to trap them ware blocked by
lookouts.
Two police detectives disguised
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les, the new patterns, in all
tailoring.
ices, too, based on lowered
;ry small margin of profit,
ng styles now; selling them
profit. Come in and look
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themselves as 'jnouitlers in a Chinese
funeral, procession. Scattering "devil
papers" in their paths, they mourned
until they drew alongside of a luxur
ious limousine. Kight-Chincsc were
found gambling behind drawn cur- -tains.
They were arrested.
Put down your eggs now for next
winter. Get them fresh dally from
O. C. Kleshman, Farmers 45. ?l-2:ttf
BOYS GROW ST RON U
on plenty' of good plain food
of the right ort, among
which the most Important It
bread.. Give your boy plen
ty of our bread and he will
surely benefit' from Its
wholcsoineness and nutri
tiousness. Our bread Is a
great bone and body builder
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