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MR. HARDING'S LATE MOVE
We lake courage when we see President Harding wiping
Bside all professional diplomacy and openly saying; to Eng.
land, France, Japan and other first class nations that it is time
all should meet in Washington and try to work out with Ameri
ca a plan for disarmament.
That is the proper way to liandle this great question. Why
should such a movement be enshrouded with the mystery of a
Ieague of Nations or any other high toned verbage?
Let the Harding method take shape. It is purely Ameri
can blunt and to the point. The question is shall we disarm and
quit building ships for a period of lime. And Harding is plai
ns: it up to the powers that be just ks the presdent of an
American country literary society would repeat the question to
be debated that evening. That's all there is to the prelimin
aries. No trips to France, no trips to England, no bunk about
this or that or the other just plainly ask the nations what
they want to do.
That's what the president has done. Now it is up to Ameri
ca to hold her own with them in their agreements to disarm, if
such agreements follow. With Secretary of State Hughes in
charge of that feature of the work America need have no fear
as to getting an even break with all foreign countries.
PASSING OF REV. C. E. CLINK
When Dick Clue, a celebrated middle-states politician, years
ago in a speech that "with a Methodist preacher fighting for the
Republican party there is no chance for defeat," he surely had
in mind Rev. C. E. Cline, of Portland, who recently answered
the last summons and has gone to his reward. For Rev. Cline
was the ideal Methodist-Republican minister.
When we first came to Oregon we met Rev. Cline and in
every campaign since we have known him. His religion was
first and then came his politcs. Raised in a Republican home,
having fought in the civil war on the side of Lincoln, he kept
the faith both religious and political, and throughout his long
career he never slighted either his church nor his party, neither
did he almalgamate the two for any purpose.
, , Back in Eastern Kansas, Rev. Cline had a brother whose
name Wias.Perry Cline. And Terry was just as good a Repub
lican as his preacher brother. In fact, the entire Cline fam
ity.Uted that way. v -.. ,
i ipregon will miss the reverend gentleman who has passed
on. The Methodist ;chufch;' will miss him very much ajid the
men of 6regon who Have kept track of things in a public 'Way
forbears" Will miss him.
'ji'i In public affairs this old gentleman was never afraid to be
heard. In the Oregonian his name has appeared to many arti
cles treating issues when ministers would rather, as a rule, not
have taken a stand until mbre was known of the question.
It was the Cline method to be frank; also to be generous;
lsfl;,tbe..ffUi' . - i ' " ""
WILL AVOMEN REPLACE MEN?
Congressman Addison T. Smith, of Twin Falls, Idaho, in
a congressional investigation of the civil service, went to the
heart of things when he questioned women employes about the
future of the race if the government is to make such attrac
tive positions for women.
There should lie some consideration given Congressman
Smith's position. He contends it is wrong to make jobs at
tractive for women, so attractive that they center their thought
and attention on working for money rather than making homos.
Of course, women come back and say if men woukt do
their duty conditions would be different. Quite so, but we have
not reached the millenium. Women will, in notne case, always
suffer from man's inefficiency and inattention, but these are the
horrible examples rather than the rule.
The place for woman is in the home. She is not destined
for business or government positions, and if the department
at Washington continue to prefer women emoloyei we can only
expect desertion of home ties, and the mimU of many able wo
men to change from home centers to the buy offices and
places where she can earn her money nd live indepcwlv .1
of men.
The procedure is unquestionably dangerou.", for, after all,
women may vote, they may sit on juries, they may take man's
place in life, but when they do so they sacrifice that wect
feminine polish the finest thing of civilisation.
Congressman Smith goes to extreme when he says ho
hopes he will never live to see the il8y nlieii a woman will eoino
to work in her car with her luisbeui'l as driver and lieirig the
breadwinner will release the man to loaf at pool hails or attend
afternoon function.
If there is to ln a levisioii which will cause women to l-e-cowe
second choir as employes by tho government there might
viery properly a working card system inaugurated fur men by
the government so that ewry man shall be forted to woifc by
the gowrnment i-egnrdless of his dere. Then there would be
better balance! additions, for the man who wrks rcRtjlar hour.-,
every day is the happy man aivfethe good citizen? He would,
doubtless, of his own a.aj.nd then support hi home and it
Would make life more pleasant for iin hq1 woman and relieve
V.:.u;u tf cuttriiia tht markets i the omtfy ith th'-ir I.-sUt.
THE OFFICE CAT
ay JCJwca
Proud Boy!
Adam's Advantage
Whatever troubles Adam missed
This must have made him sore,
When he and Mother Eve (ell out
He couldn't slam the door.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Whatever troubles Adam had,
And he had some, 1 'spose,
He never sat behind a hat
At moving picture uhouB.
-HouGton P03I.
Whatever troubles Adam had
He always had a chanco,
For sure ho never had to fear
That Eve would wear the pants.
New Orleans Item.
Whatever troubles Adam had;
(I do nut know the facts)
He never had to nil out blankB
And pay an Income tax.
The Houghton Line.
Whatever (roubles Adam had
He never Had to Blew
O'er buyers strikes or labor claims
Or when the bills came due.
Eenle Muenle.
Whatever troubles Adam had,
He had a few, poor man,
He didn't have lo squabble
With a cranky make-up man.
Strange bow some men hero in l.a
Grando spend their monoy. We sco
a lot of them buying expensive curs
when they don't have a quart of
wliiwkoy In tho house.
Time: Before tho (.rout Thirst
The night was cold and tho wine
wan hot, and tho clubman wan tod
dling homeward after doing himself
e xtraordlnaiily well at the reunion
dlnnor.
"llundsh nearly frozen," ho ut
tered. Suddenly along the almost de
ported street ruuhed an old-type tiro
engine, with anioke pouring from Ub
funnel and the old gentleman at
once gave chaao to It.
"A' right, keep your bloiinlng
baken potatlcs, then! Don't waot
'cm anyhow."
We are sorry for city edltoru. The
only time they ever break In print
Is when they marry, get sick or die.
These wild western movies would
be more convincing If the hero wore
a few weeks' growth of whiskers and
got his hair mussed up once In a
while, Instead of freezing the vll
llan with a dirty look.
Another nso For 'Em
(From "a classified 'Ad. column)
Wanted Whiteman 'to;nllk .anil
run, a Ford enr; one mile- south of
Fifteenth on Lewis. Devlin.
A fllVvcr In Kankakee, 111., bfoko
the amis of four persons, who at
tempted to crank It, In less than a
week. That's what comes of cross
ing a bicycle with a mule. Utlca
Tribune. -
So far as the female citizens go.
this Ib the sweet land of lingerie
and stenographers are now hired
for their short skirts tustead of their
short-hand.
The conductor and a hrukeman
on a Montana railroad differ an lo
the proper pronunciation of the
Hauls Kiirella. Passengers aro of
ten startled upon arrival at this sta
tion to he:u' tho conductor yell:
"You're a liar! You're a liar!"
Then from the hralictmui at the oth
er end ninir'.i (he ery: ''You really
are! "You relly arc! " Boston
triton-ripi.
A r"ciit convention of plumbers
its delayed while the chairman
fnt ha! lo tho shop for a gavel.
iuitelis
Often lic':- " girl doesn't sa
''mi" Mt "Kono."
A elms never strikes for les
hours.
It's a smart luediial student who
who i.in ilistintulsh St. Vitus' dance
front Htn shimmy.
With present fminln iiyles a
fellow an't even hid behind a o
irtun'e skirts.
In putting vonr best foot forward
ifviti't forget to have your shoe pol
Manv a adeeviat) is lionie-l
at a fremasa club J'lrtfce
Mb Be Thankful
Mnh alav ap little Tommv
up to tbe Bcrat'tt In t" uittr of
ara before meals, and see wale
nn rtiftenei a she lite fciro to
t whii her one 4fipiBmn at a iev
tuiftnt. o
She s.ild to ToniWv after othe
waitress had tved the tea
"Now say grace ple. ToiJ.'0
' But. maniiua," objected her;
en yeai-olv little son. ' Wg're ij.iy
tng f tuls, artS't we?" Los An
geles Trro.es
I Herbert Younir, mascot of th
Washington American League club,
cama away from the While House
wtht a souvenir that is calculated to
make "the gang" pop eyed. It's a
baseball that not only carries th
autographs of all prominent Ameri
can ICARUe officials and players, but
the name of the president of the
United yiatcs, wrltUn by his own
hand.
BROAD-MINDEDNESS
The most remarkable thing about
the Dcmpsey-Carpcntier fight was
that the bulk of American sentiment
was plainly with the Frenchman. It
was the first time in the history of
pugilism in America, and probably
in any country, that the native pop
ulation wanted the foreigner to win.
tA great deal of this sentiment was
doubtless due to well known differ
ences in the reputations of the two
men. Dempsey lost much popularity
that would have been his naturally
if he had gone to war. Carpenticr was
recognized as a veritable war hero, as
well as a game boxer and an agree
able gentleman. But there was some
thing more than that.
Ten years ago, or five years ago,
such individual differences as these
would hardly have sufficed to swing
Amcrigan support to any alien, in a
contest of any kind. There is some
thing new in the public mind- some
thing verging on that suposcdly per
ilous thing which is sometimes celled
"internationalism," but which is sim
ply broad-mindedness.
The change is not at all one to be
deplored. It is rather one for self
congratulation on the part of the Am
erican public. It shows that the era
of narrow, suspicious and prejudiced
insularityvii pasU'and America is now
thinking in world terms.
Nationalism is :to a country what
personality is to an indivldmil. Prop
erly developed personality makes for
charm and success. 'A national spirit
cherished and kept within bounds,
seo'es to develop the peculiar, genius
of, a nation. .Carried too far, it brings
retion', loss.Shate' ahldang'er: ( v:-'
VThe I fulfr:-deve1pevl ,,natf6n-iik(!
the fully developed j individual,; js ahle
to appreciate'. . tlie-appiaudea merit
wherever It appears, and gains in .Sta
ture by- so idoihg. Thl's is Sign of
bigness. It 1b anly the' little than or
the little hation that can tee nothing
elsewhere. . . .
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THE AMERICAN TIN CAN.
CAMPS AND PARENTS
It was the first day of camp. Little
girls between the ages of 10 and 13
were arriving in small groups, happy
and enthusiastic. Parents were there,
too, delivering suitcases and giving
farewell . instructions to Jane and
Mary and Katherine to obey rules and
to write home often.
One little daughter, accustomed to
being waited on constantly-at home,
was very much watched over by an
adoring grandmother and an indul
gent mother. These two well-meaning
ladies explored the tents and grounds,
then began making denands on Cora's
behalf. They selected for her par
ticular use the tent which contained
the chiffonier and book case, only lo
learn later that that was the director's
tent and that the liiYin-innu rii,.,,it.in
contained campjfsuppjies, the first aid
kit and the circulating library.- Sev
eral iurtner attempts ..were made to
'secure snecial nl-ivileires1 hii aflvan.
tages for Cora.-,. Then tather inter-
venea. .
"All these telitR are nlilfn ThnvV.
all clean and properly equipped. Cora's
got to take what s assigned to her
just like the rest of the kids." Then
The great American tin can i3 one
of the problems of the people. Lying
in piles, unsightly and ill-smelling,
these outcast containers too fcften
disfigure the landscape, domestic and
public, a blot upon the escutcheon of
a clean people.
Now comes the Scientific American
a"d announces that this unsightliness
can he avoided, since tin cans may
be burned in the furnace. That rs
all righl when furnaces arc going and
the cans may be consigned to the slow
process of oxidHtlon, but it helps lit
tle in the glad summer time.
The best advice for summer is lo
wash every can before it is thrown
out, and then bury il or store it away
in some inconspicuous place for col
leclion by the city rubbish department
or until winter fires mukc burning
practicable.
Nothing can make the Ihabit of
throwing out unwashed cans cither
decent or sanitary. Nothing can ex
cuse the camper, picnicker or house
holder who leaves these unornamental
objects where they can offend either
the eyes or the noses of his fcllowmen
And, above all else, nothing can
excuse the lnzy and indifferent citizen
who makes of the public and scenic
highway a tin can dump. There are
a plenty of these self-styled citizens
right in our own midst.
Want to bnv n wooden ship for s
houseboat or anything? The govern
ment s scling em cheap, and from all
accounts there's plenty of ventilation
in 'cm ovtwcn the planks.
Now when it
T. vV e i . It
I l I s ! the l'ini-in.
Xn pictura taking and making ta
finish is a- important a. the files and
the tamta. Some aeopta can do torir
own !avloQng. printing sad enlure;
ing -liut ni amateur can ie it tetter
t n. t racaevt tens axerF
! fete to gie .if'tr the ewtena
-el- lt a- on l year r'
fimshicf oik, ajid ft tMfl wtofft
at !ill possible.
raMiLT oneo
PHOENIX
HOSIERY
"IOTjI
i ' ( : Brown -j; j'
"LA FRANCE"
Silk Hose
All Sizes ' ..
$2.50
The Finest of Percales!
"AGATHA"
Sold Exclusively at this Store
25c yard
Many customers tel us this Is the best percale on the- mar
ket, and In buying will have no other. "
Up until the present time, shipments have been curtailed,
and quantities limited, but roccnt shipments have replenished oup
entire stock with At! ATHA. 36 Inches wide, uf hoavy durable
quality, warranted fast colors. Price l!5c jd. -
Other percales at l'Jo yd all 36 inches wide.
GUIMP
BRAIDS
for finishing Drapes
Tapestry guimp braid, a fln
Ishlng braid or edging for
draperies. These are in col
ors to match or harmonize
with any drape. By the yard,
6c, 8c and 10.
JUST IN
ORGANDY
Hhlfo ami Navy Blue
Two new pieces 4 4 inch Or
gandy of the very best quali
ty, transparent permanent
finish retains its transparen
cy and crispness after washing
One piece in white, the oth
er navy blue. Price $1,23 yd.
SPECIAL
LACES
5c yd.
Several hunder yards of fine
laces varying from 1-2 Inch to
1 1-4 Inches wide. Specially
priced now at Cc yd. Fifty or
more different kinds.
Sale of Entire Stock of W'liite Canvas
"KEDS"
' For Misses ami Children
39
c pair
This stock Includes all rubber soled footwear of tho season Lack of proper storage pre
vents our carrying It over until next year.
There aro all sizes for children and sizes up to 3 1-2 for misses. All aro while rubber
soles and Instep straps, regular J1.00 and $1.5(1 values. Yourr unrestricted cliofcelmiw at lc
the pair while any remain. No exchanges or refunds. 1'liono orders and C, O. U's at own risk.
lo the smiling director lie added, "I
hope to goodness you'll teach that
youngster to do something for herself.
She's never made i bed nor wiped a
dish nor hung up her own clothes."
There were other little Coras in
camp, somewhat increasing the labors
of the directors. Two weeks is a
short time for Cora to become wholly
self-reliant and dependable, but she
made an excellent start the first day.
The tragedy of her case lies in the
fact that when she goes home again
it will be to tho same attitude of
over-care which mother and grand
mother have always shown in the
past.
There ought to be an occasional
training camp for parents, too, where
those who are inclined to stunt the
growth of character in their lit He
ones through misdirected affection
may learn .wisdom before it is too late.
July 13, 1787. Famous "Ordinance
of 1787" passed by congress for gov
ernment of Northwest Territory.
July 'HI, 1862. Battle of Murfrccs
boro, Tcnn.
July 13, 1863. Capture of Yazoo
City, Miss., by Federals.
July 13, 1863, Anti-Draft Jliot in
New York City.
July 13, 1863. Battle of La
Fourchc, La. .
July 13, 1866. The Great Eastern
started to lay the third Atlantic cable.
All Wleom.
Sunday School rrenche r Chlldwn,
do you know the home that , open
to all to the poor, the rich,' the
the hnpp.r, to man and to woman,
to young and to old no rou know
the house I mean?" Smsll Boy "Jt,
, me Biittinniioilse,
1
About the Rleh. '
There sre Just two cJnsses of rtch
men those irhn claim they earned er.
ery dollar they pnse.s, anfl the eth
ers who admit thai whlia'they may
not hare earned all they hare they
deserve It, none the less.
. One-Sided. . '
One ef the difficulties lo settling I,
bor dlpute Is thnt so ronny people
are willing to compromise,' provided
they can arrange the terms in their
own way. Boston Transcript
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T'lnet A'hrrt It
afrf in ppy
bag, tidy rrf tint,
h.nfi.mf pttnni
mnd halt pound ti
fiamidara and in tht
rwnd crystal tlatu
am id nr urith
Bpongt moitttnar
tap.
Buy a pipe
and some P.A.
Get the joy that's due you!
We print it right here that if you don't know th
"feel" and the friendship of a joy'us jimmy pipe
GO GET ONE! And get some Prince Albert and
bang a howdy-do on the big smoke-gong!
For, Prince Albert's quality flavor coolness
fragrance is in a class of its own! Yon never tasted
such tobacco! Why figure out what It alone means
to your tongue and temper when we tell you that
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patented process 6 lies that!
Prince Albeit is a 1 evela tion in a makio's cigarette!
Mj, but how that delightful flavor makes a dent!
And, bow it does answer that hankering! Prince
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t at A o d , sa y v h, go on and get the pa pers or a pipe !
Do it right now I
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