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Bible Thought. Tor Today
FRUITAGE OF SKCRET PRAYER
lEut thou, when thou prayest, enter
into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pruy to thy Father
which is in secret; and thy Father
which sccth in secret shall reward thee
openly. For your Father knoweth
what things yo have need of, before
ye ask him. Mutt. 6:0, 8.
Reckless Expenditures
Official French reports Bhow that '"-' . '''; tho O'fl'hoto lens is
nearly one-lu.lt of France's hiiKol""1' u , dolwr l ; of keen Intorest
I. .hi . !,;. Wn fiiriirrml:"v,!" lu i"o "o nave never
since the armistice was lKed. It0" "' bo1'' f ll;t"'
1s still niountliw 1'lK.lit '"lo'im. And lik cU-rt .ntmosphoror It ,1s said,
France, thouKh perhaps tlio must telrtphotograplis have boon secured
Jnconspli uoiis example of such ipost- at over 60 lnllia, showing eonsider
war expundltiire, is by no iiicuiib lablu detail. AlHihortor range there
nlone. It Is said that Knglniiid isjio prnntlciilly ho Unlit to tho ropro
tho only country of western Kuropo ductlon of very Binnll objects,
which is meeting expenses out of A number of years ago, one ex
current Income. perlmented took "Ji jilcturo of, a
To Americans Biich a situation Is
Jncrodlble. Our current expenses
arc Btlll heavy, but they uro well
within our governmeut's Income;
and at tho Biime time, our war dubt
Is being steadily 'diminished. France
and her neighbors are plainly head
ing toward bankruptcy. Their only
salvation Jlos In economy or- livthe.
tjcrnian 'Jiidciii'nlty, or both.' y
11 will bo granted that compari
son of tlii'lr finances with ours is
jiot altogether fair, becaiiBO our war
CoBt unit peace expenaes nro both
bo much smaller than theirs, com
pared with our resourcos. 11 tit near
ly all of th(i30 Kuropean countries,
and Fi'iinco , (partlcii lariy, ;jlf cor
tainly open to criticism ijoeauso til'
tlio natuio of their present expendi
tures. Thoy uro speniilug too .much
money on nrmlcrt and navies. Franco
could meet her bills if she reduced
her army. And hero she Is planning
to bul'd a great, costly navy.
The Little Church Passes
''The good vrond and nutumobllo
and the spirits of the times which
have accomplished the passing of
the Utile red Bi'hool house llavo also
tlurled the tleclluo of thu little
While country church. Investigation
lu one liiate disclosed C37 abandon
ed rural churches In 50 counties
surveyed. The members were motor
lug in to the larger churches in the
-big towns for Sunday services and
other church life.
There are as good reasons for
fine centrallzivl churches as for fine
centralized schuols, but the central
ized church has n hlg job ahead,
if It Is to servo tile , needs of the
farm comnuiultles as fully ,aud ns
' faithfully as rt;id the little old meet
ing hi.use at tle four corners.
Undoubtedly the larger Institu
tions can uad will be just hs uso
ful, but thu thoughtful wlll glve a
nigh for the little country church.
Within its wall was filtered a. sim
ple but effective! religious life Which
Is Btlll one of the corner-stones up
holding tlti nation, and as a center
fnr'beart-wiinning social and neigh
borly lutercoui.se It outalumo many
a costly and more pretentious o.U
flce. The Lazy Failures
A ttuestioiuiuire sent nut by cer
tain n-llnol authorities In i; , r, 1 1 1 1 stu
dents who (ailed in m, or more
auhjectti during Ihe rlivt Hcbool term
revealed the fait that 77 per cent
of the failures ere due to laziness
on the part ot the student or to
lack ot lutei est In a particular sub
ject. Ten per cent ol Ihe students qui's-
tinned tailed hcratiM. i,( illiu'sa
or
nliKi'llie. Only tv.o per cent claim
ed unfairness on the part ot tlr.
teacher. (f the remaining uniube!
Home lailcd to answer, and otaers
laid their iHllures to outside iuter
(;a which crw-wded the period of
home study iih1 d.i-s.ti...w(.el the M-d-w-d
In school.
It Is a coliilucnt on JW.' tcxr ait
fsUares whl' h should be iiili'Nntt' 3
' lrelits and tonckers wa,rhllv. iji
Tljere in a kazf nttat cvii. tknt Jj
w!. niuir.'i cviic pnMBt.ll. ll
il. rvaW jv.(l kMtVl V'h Ht
akva 'u 1U; aM Me h,
. Hllon sil.plh a1 If aw 4 MmKai fMTf,
sell es.
A similar lu etiaa.a'-is ta ennaa .
tl'iliB under any s' .oul " system
si oald be valuate an. siiould opea
t'.e loor for.tiriiely i.id effivtle
co-operation between the school ,l
lin hi In ...l,i.-., ftw, ,r,.i-...,il,S.
failure fj' h Vii'jMii.r j.ol'it, ' j
IN THE OLD
THE
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SUBSC&IPTKV4 FOUTUE WEE.KLV
n dm jrstr. i imv i- yyf t
Photographs Of Everest
Olio of the Bcientlflc olds used liy
the men who are booUIiik to scale I
Ml. Everest is long distunco pho-j
toBraphy. Tolephotouraphy enables
them to take pictures of dutant
mountain peaks which reveal clear
ly many othei wlso Indistinguishable
objects.
The method and lenses used ara
not new to photoKrapiiers, although
aruatnurg have not had much to
do with, then) bocautHi of their cost;.
building a tiuarter of u mile away.
To his eyes at that distance the
windows were Just distinguishable.
In the finished picture a pipe lying
on a tablo near an open wifiddw is
plainly discernible. That ' picture
wns initilo with smaller lens and
less perfect equipment .than the
Everest party use. With un HP-
to-dnto outfit (Ulto marvelous things
hie done. What they menu In dis
covering possible passes over seem
ingly Inaccasslblu mountains, or in
Having time nnd avoiding unnecso-
Bary risks, Is hard to overestimate.
After Joseph Tumulty's bonk
about Woodrovi'.'WIlBonv, tlio. 'jw.prlil
ought to have a similar book from
VV'oodrow ' Wilson about Tumulty.
Then tho world would Jinow, some
thing about Wilson
Having solemnly guaranteed
China's political Independence and
territorial. Integrity, It looks as Jf
the powers, as usual, are going to
let It go nt that.
In this flurry of Ilrltlsh-French
war talk, you'll notlco that It's the
statesmen who are talking war
not tho people that have to do the
fighting when a wnr conies.
Yes, freedom Is always abused.
Look at free , verse. And yet, there
Is always some compensation. While
the poets are" writing - free- 'vrriic;
they're not writing rhymed verso.
It only reniaius .now for Kansas
and Iowa to turn corn Into fuel
alcohol to run their automobiles.
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After reading New York mtmlcj-
psl reports, ono doubts whether
New York would have been a great
deal worse ofr it Cennany had tak
en t ti cily, as tho Kaiser Vlnnnod
and Ipinoscd a billion dollars' in
demnity on it. .
.,,
"Self-defense," what crimes i
"oinmllled In thy name!
I he harp that once through Tat a's
hall. etc.. Is Mtlll twanging n Utile
out of tune.
:.Mti)si.j ri .M:ui,
Uty Assoclatcil tross)
Tllll.ADKI.lMIIA, Jan. V.. The
funeral o( Senator I'etiroso was
held iiuletly here Friday morning,
lteporlers were excluded from the
services.
SHOT IIY HOI.Dl I-.
Illy Aasoclutcd I'rcsat
1'KTROIT, Jan. (. Will M. t ham
bcilin, director of sales of the Max
well Motor Car corporation and prom
inent clubman, was shot and wounde l
i serimi'ly cncsilav night, when a
.audit attempted to hold him up in
s.-cbliliil pint of llv citv
airing
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N-"OY-'-m. J r 71 f VYir. Ill ftS);t3 h"'s I II I t UIIVI1VIIJ17II.ITH 111 " III I
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act
HOME TOWN
m i wammi u -. -i
THE WAY TO PA HIS YEARS
CLARIOM THE HANDLES OH
MOTORING TKIt.MS.
CUT-OUT A device for making n
ord engine sound like a Rolls-Royce.
MUFFLER Al device for deaden
ing the noise of Ihe exhaust. Seldom
Used on modem machines.
ONE-MAN TOP Ho called because
it takes one man eight hours to put
it up.
CARBURETOR An instrument for
mixing air nnd gasolino so that only
:nr can get into the cylinders.
ALL AII0UT HENRY.
Henry's great intorest in tho Muscic
Shoals property may, be due to the
natural affinity between a shoal and a
Ford. Nnshvillc Southern Lumber
man. .... ';;'.t v M ,
Anil crnnking Fords suggests mus
cle. - .
The slork has visited . the homo of
Mr. and Mrs. ,1. Allen Shnver of Ashe
ville, N. C. You say it.
THE (it)';!) OLD DAYS.
An old Scotchman was threatened
with blindness if he did not give up
drinking. "Now, McTavish," said the
doctor, ."It's like this; '.you're cither
to stop the whiskey or lose your eye
sight nnd you must choose." MAy,
wcel, doctor," said McTuvish, "I'm an
auld man, nun, an' I was thinkin, I
ha'e seen aboot everything worth
seein'."
The eld-fashioned girls showed in.
diviiluality, hut the lalter-day gills
show most .everything else..
Only five more months until straw
hat time. Do your shopping early.
The lucky husband is one who catch
es a glimpse of his wife's true com
plexion. A f: '.' i'.l-' PO.MK.
Fwouid f -were an ngleworm,
Away down in the ground,
And, like the worm, make both omf.s
. meet
Xjystniply curling round.
" Snipe people appear U cling to the'r
nitini! in the belief that Heaven i
operated on the pay-as-you-enter plan.
I'll K OLDEST ONE IN THE WOULD
"My wife and I have been married
l'J years and wc still hold hands. It
we let go we'll kill each other.'"
I'OM E.
Maiy had a little jug;
She corked it up too soon;
The stuff inside began to work,
And stalled toward the moon.'
Do you remember when a telephone
wns a convenience ?
A Swell Shlmtigucr You Know
She "What does Jack mean when
ho says I hlide a slippery beol?"
He Tbat's Just his slang; he
a'tnenns
illiiof."
that you shake u wicked
Thouc 393 W,
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I THE OFFICE CAT ' - ' A TVT? T )V Ffc 17 ' ' :
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II a 'X.. Na".".;'1..-'--'' BEST BUYINGr DAYS, OF THEEAR
. ( BBJWaS&r J ... ., . ,? : , - - ARE RIGHT NOW ' - -J ' v.-
mm Viring
1 I mmi m. mm. mm Mt mm WWW
' This store saves money for Its customers without a doubt it '
v iakes Vvcry effort to, cut down the cost of living by reducing prices
. . .01 necessities wherever and whenover (possible. ...... ' I HI ; .
' ' Wc al" now holding ouPj Annunl January Clunranee salo, tho ono ' , j
iisbiiIo of the year that brings peoplo froiu 'iniles around to partlci-
PVftiii the values offered. ' , f ... ' II 'r
AU'our resources have beqrif'called on to .make this an unprecedent- I I
ed event to give offerings ,ithut will be woll worth the tinis you'll
give to their investigation t ,and t imrchase. ... II I '
i linn i . .1 ., . .
EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED J
' (Contract Lines Excepted), , ''
II flv.rmSSSs 111-
REGOMMENDED
OREGON AGRICULTURAL
LIKiE, Corvallls, , Jaiv C. "
COL-
Public
nuisance" is .the! .term
applied by
Henry Ilartniaii, 'associate professor
of horticulture; tri'any home orchard
the owner of which does nothing to
keep out .inscuU.-nmr diseases..
"It is nu uyekuro to go Uirough
the illainctj.i
a ..valley, and see ,the
fls'." said ' Profussor
honiii ' nrcliar
Flarlmaii "llft.tii'tfrmt nciv find tVO !
or three acres' 'prorlurlhit: nfithlniiit
all. All farm 'and .home cuclulrds
in the stale are Jii a had way and
uijiny of theni in the valley are a
ifieuace to the commercial orcharil
Ists." -r.i.v
Most homo orchards are too large,
thinks I'rofc-'si ," ILtrtman. An or
chard of a Bloiien trees well taken
care of Is better than several acresjiuau. shot his wife
of trees given no attention. Treesiday. according to
In a homo orchard may be sprayed!
and trees kept clean at an average;
cost of 50 cents n tree each year !
A definite spraying program shonl. I '
Clean-up Sale of
Furnitilre
We have many wontMiul Bargains
In practically ill lines
Cash in on UicnVNOW
W. H. BOHNENKAMP-GO.
La Graude's Pioneer'Hoiue Furnishers
TT
be followed and a thorough job
done, Professor. Hartman nadvised.
Just one spot as big as a (j)iu, juii'
bo tho means of Infecting the home
orchard to Sail Jose scale.
Professor Hartman recommended
arsenate of lead as a spi ny for all I
biting insects like the codling moth,!
limp-sulfur in a proportion of "one
i to nine" for San Jobo nnd orchard
shell scalo and nicotine sulfate "1
'to 1000" for uphills.
MINIMIS ST.UiVINU
(ly AHSoclalC'-l press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. G. ' West
Virginia coal ".miners declare in a
,nrerl appeal to President Harding
Hint ramllies are , starving. Tho
,,,ii.,,.u. launch cnnl railict the Ktate-
ment ot Governor . morgan of WestiJ
Virginia that there is no slinationj J
among the miners. it
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a u r, .i.ii cii.i.r
PORTLAND. Jan. C. William J. l
i Johnson,
street car barn work- S
anl himself to- I
tlio police who J
said Jealousy ,was thu cause. Ilotb i
were taken to the hospital in the t
same ambulance. Johnston Is un-'J
conscious nnd his wife is hysterical.
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bo followed and a thorough jb SOITH DISSATISKUCD Arthur Benson, bank messenger, were
(Ttv Associated Press) '.
. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Charges
were made in the senate by Senator
Trammel of Floirda that interstate
Commerce Commissioner Aitchlson
used his good -offices to obtain n
decrease of 16 por cent in lumber
rates from
a reduction
tho south."
tho west and opposed
of the lumber rates in
BANK LOOTED.
IRv Aaaociatad Prass)
CHICAGO, Jan. 0. John Hoffel,
president ef the Maywood state bank,
was shot and killed and Louis Sween
ey, chief of police of the suburb, and
Bargains
SOAP
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Swifts AVhifp ,Si;ii, J;
Luna AVliitjp
P. and (!. Xai
l'ls Xai.tha,
A. M. Xaotlia,
Civstal White,
Suiidv Mondav.
5ap, laWe bar : -.
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AVliiu- Uophx Xaptlia, -1 liars
Jen 1 1 11 1 4 liars
.Fine assortment of Toilet Soaps.
Full lino k if fresh fruits and vegetables.
Joel':
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Arthur Benson, bank messenger, wcre
wounded today when five bandits
robbed them of the $12,000 pnyroll fo!
the Maywood plant of the American) -Can
conipany.
MORE I.OAXS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 6.
Approval of 107 advances for agri
cultural nnd livestock purposes, ag
gregating 2,G7i,O00, was announc
ed today by the war finance corpor
ation. .
Tho advance Includcl: California,
J21.000; Idaho, $112,000, and Mon
tanu, 1141,000. .. ; ,
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