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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1920)
4 The Earth Has Grown Old i n HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of N oted People, Governments and Pacific N orthw est, and Other Things W orth Knowing. The volcano Lanin, on the A rgen tine frontier, is reported to be in a sta te of eruption. The volcano is ap proxim ately 9000 feet high. The A sam a Yama volcano, about 90 miles northw est of Tokio, has been in eruption for several days. The ashes are falling over a wide area. Mixed hogs sold a t $9.90 hundred w eight a t th e Cleveland union stock yards Tuesday. This is the lowest the m arket has been since November, 1916. The potato m ark et in San Francisco is a t its record low level of th e year. The kingly tuber, ru ler of produce row several m onths ago, is now nothing but the lowly “spud” begging even slight recognition. £i;e partit baa ijroum nlìt miti; ita bitrònt nf rarr, _ lu t at (ÜJjnatmaB it aiutala ta ijflimo; (TV l;rart nf tl;e ;nud burna Utairmta aitò fair, Aitò ita aiuti full nf tttuair brraka furti; ntt ttir air, ÏOIjrtt tl;r amtij nf ti;r mtgrla ia aiuti;. S E N A T E V O T E S F A R M E R AID Revival of W ar Finance Corporation D irected—Bill Goes to House. W ashington, D. C.—The senate late Monday adopted the agriculture com m ittee resolution directing the revival of the w ar finance corporations as a m easure of affording relief to farm' ers. The second section of the resolution which as introduced would have di rected the extension of liberal credits to farm ers by the federal reserve sys tern was am ended to m ake th e desir ability of such a course only an ex pression of opinion of the congress. The am endm ent m aking th e change of the section of the resolution re la t ing to the federal reserve system was proposed by S enator N orris, repub lican, N ebraska, and was accepted by a vote of 47 to 16. A nother change made In the reso lution on suggestion of S enator Smith, dem ocrat, Georgia, broadened th e du ties of the finance corporation to In clude the financing of exportations of products other than those produced on th e farm. An am endm ent by Sen ato r H arris, dem ocrat, Georgia, to make the rate of discount on loans to farm ers 5 per cent was rejected. A su b stitu te for the resolution, pre sented by S enator Spencer, republican, Missouri, m et a sim ilar result. F ur th er action on the bill was w ithout a record vote. The m easure now goes to the house, w here a num ber of sim ilar farm er relief m easures are pend ing. HOUSE VOTES R EP EA L OF MOST W A R LAWS COHSTANTIHE SACK IN GREECE AS KING Cheering Throngs Greet Re- turned Monarch. MAKES SIM PLE ENTRY B ritish and French Envoys Are Ac cused by N ew spaper o f Being Pro-V cnivelist. A thens.—C onstantine of Greece, re moved from the throne by action of the allied powers in 1917, and called back by th e recen t plebiscite to re sum e his form er statu s, arrived in A thens Sunday. H e cam e into the city by train and was received a t th e Palace de la Concorde. Those who g reeted the retu rn in g m onarch included Queen M other Olga, the regent, and P rincess A nastasia, wife of P rince Christopher. Constantine, how ever, w as greeted station, about 100 y ards from the Place de la Concorde, w ithout ostenta tion and w ith the retu rn in g m onarch like an ordinary traveler. Constantinue, however, was greeted by the cheering of thousands of per sons who had been aw aiting his a r rival. Queen M other Olga and the P rincess A nastacia, dressed in chinchilla furs and w earing p icture hats, w ere stand ing in th e royal group. The m inis te rs also were in the station. In a carriage draw n by six horses with outriders and followed by troops, a procession w ith C onstantine a t its head sta rted for the stadium . The crowd along th e route evinced th e g rea test enthusiasm , frequently breaking o u t of bounds and rushing up and kissing th e h arn ess of the horses draw ing th e royal equipage. Wild cheering w as h eard along the entire line of m arch, the people being alm ost delirious w ith joy. A fter visiting th e cathedral, Con stan tin e w ent to the royal palace where he read a m essage to th e peo ple. The new spaper K athim erini has sug gested th a t th e E arl of G ranville, British m in ister to Greece, and Rob e rt de Billy, F rench m inister, should be recalled on the ground th a t they are pro-Venizelist, b u t th a t possibly they could rem ain as high commis sioners to carry out th e B ritish guar antees w hich could be embodied in a new note. It pointed out th a t high com m issioners have more power and liberty of action than m inisters. A largo passenger airplane leaving London for P aris w ith six passengers Tuesday fouled a tree, b u rst into flames and crashed to th e ground. W ashington, D. C.—Repeal of m ost The pilot, a m echanic and two pas sengers are reported killed and other of the war-time laws w as voted Mon passengers injured. day by the house w hich adopted the A 20 p er cen t reduction in retail Volstead resolution for th a t purpose price of lum ber w ent into effect W ed after two hours debate. nesday in Spokane according to an The vote was unanim ous, 323 votes nouncem ent by Spokane lum ber deal being c a st in favor of it and none ers, nearly all of whom will join In opposed. The house before taking the general cut. An appropriation of $400,000 for the final vote accepted an am endm ent startin g w ork on the D eschutes irri providing for inclusion of the Lever gation project in Jefferson, Crook and food control act am ong the laws which D eschutes counties, Oregon, has been the resolution would repeal. recommended by John B arton Payne, T he am endm ent w hich covers all secretary of the in terio r in a le tte r profisions of th e food control act sen t to P resid en t W ilson for approval. with the exception of th e section re A nnouncem ents were made Tuesday lating to ren ts in the D istrict of Colum of the sh u ttin g down or cu rtailin g of bia w as offered by R epresentative large Industrial plan ts in Elizabeth, N. Bland (rep.) Indiana. It was carried J. The m ain plant of th e Singer Sew 179 to 137. T he resolution, which now goes to ing Machine company, em ploying 8000 announced it would close from Decem the senate, exem pts from repeal only ber 22 to Ja n u ary 5, because of lack the trading w ith the enem y act, the ______________ — Phillips Brooks of w ar finance corporation a c t and its orders. T he sta te of N ebraska has filed a am endm ents and m easures dealing So, this Is Just w hat they did. that this wns the very best gift of all brief w ith the in te rsta te commerce w ith the issuance of liberty and vic Charlie had the first bump. Then, Just as they were going to gt commission, objecting to the proposal tory bonds. When he picked up his package he downstairs, there came a rap a t th< The resolution declared “any act of of the Chicago, B urlington & Quincy found th at he had a round hole with door. congress th a t by its term s is in force railroad th a t it be perm itted to dis n square peg lu It. “Come In,” they shouted. only during the existence of a state Hundreds Killed in Violent There was a bit of paper tied to the W hat do you suppose? It was Santa trib u te $140,000,000 of its surplus In of w ar and a lim ited tim e th ereafter By Christopher Grant Hazard stock dividends and In bonds as a peg, nnd on It was w ritte n : Southern Earthquakes Claus. He marched In with stockings shall be construed and adm inistered =o "Oct Into the right place.” for them that cash dividend. Buenos Aires.—E arth q uake shocks as if the p resen t w ar term inated on ,011 k (logs have names. H arry's bump brought down a were all bulging Tho R eichstag w ent on rations of which on F riday afternoon destroyed There was Caspar, the square hole with a round peg In It. and bursting with black bread w ithout b u tte r and coffee the d ate when this resolution becomes several tow ns along th e A rgentine effective.” pup. lie luul n name, hut Its paper said : good things. w ithout su g ar or m ilk T uesday when he w as too young to know The m easure, as adopted, w as prac slope of the Andes m ountains, w ere W hat fun they “Don’t get into the wrong place.” the m anagers and employes of the It. had with him and tically identical with th a t passed by the m ost severe experienced in th is Then Frank gave a bump th at was There was old dog Bar a regular butt, and he held up a with all the R eichstag re sta u ra n t refused to serve congress ju st before the adjournm ent country since 1869, w hen half the city ker. things he had the forbidden foods, “in view of the of th e la st session and vetoed by of Mendoza was laid in ruins. R eports square hole with a square peg In It. governm ent’s ap p aren t intention to My father used to make These words were with th e m : brought. from the are a w here the shock w as P resident Wilson. Barker sit up nnd listen. They had such continue raiding hotels to compel them “A plncq for everybody, apd every Republican leaders of the house as heaviest indicate g reat loss of life and F ath er would say to me. "No orderly body lu Ids place.” a good time that to obey the rationing regulations.” se rt th a t adoption of the resolution property, upw ards of 150 bodies hav hoy would leave his hat on the floor some of it spread When Dick humped, lie go a round The A ssociated Oil com pany of Cali was one of th e first steps taken by the ing already been tak en from th e like flint. Barker wouldn't do It, If hole and a robnd peg. away around the he were a boy.” corner to a house fornia announces the receipt of advices republican m ajority to fulfill the cam w recks of buildings. "Wlmt does this mean?” he shouted. At T resportenas more than 100 per Then Barker would hark. once. that Santa Claus from W ashington th a t it had conclud paign pledge to put the country on a “The same thing," answered Frank. ed a lease w ith the governm ent, under peace-time basis. ished and a t Costa de A raujo 81 w ere Then my father would nsk Barker had not visited “Sure," said Chnuneey. the oil land leasing act, covering 1400 yet If he was a good dog. ami Barker Disposition of th e Volstead resolu killed and 80 seriously Injured. It Chnuncey was the littlest. He was would hark twice. So, every hod» to 1500 acres of land in the Midway tion cleared the way for consideration was feared th a t m ore victim s were so little thnt he used to take his doll Some dogs have no names. had something. fields and th a t a ten d er of $1,400,000, of the resolution offered by Represen still buried u n d er the ruins in each to bed with him and talk over with This Is what production from the property, had been T he little hlnek nnd white dog It, before he went to sleep, the things town. God meant the accepted by the governm ent as a roy tative Reavis, N ebraska, which would across the street Is Just a dog, but they hud done th at day. And he had At T resportenas, L a Valle and La provide for a congressional survey of Christm as tree he will coine when you whistle. alty. Just learned th a t word "sure." He C entral not a house w as left stand th e governm ent's adm inistrative de for. There Is a dog near here who knows was so proud of It th a t he used to ing, and those not destroyed in othpr D iplom atic relations betw een Hol partm ents. After their visit the butcher cart when he sees It com say It to Ills fath er Instead of “yetli tow ns w ere left in a badly dam aged to the poor chil land and Jugo-Slavia have been broken ing. He drives all the hens out of sir." Chnuncey would soon learn thnt condition. No estim ate of th e total the yard, so he can pick up the scraps “sure” was not as nice as "yeth sir.” dren, they all went home laughing off, it w as stated a t T he H ague Mon Red Armies in Caucasus. and happy enough to wait a whole num ber of persons injured has y et of m eat thnt fall from the cart while Then the girls anld It was their year for a new crop of Christm as day. Holland has recalled h er m inister Constantinople.—The 9th, 10th, and been made. of meat that fall turn nnd they began to bump. from Belgrade and has dism issed the cheer—Just ns the dog I’eter, has to from the onrt 11th bolshevik arm ies already have Ituth got an alphabet, so as to learn wait until another seasou for a new Serbian charge d'affairs a t T he Hague. while the butcher Inaugural Ball Assured. T he action w as taken as the resu lt arrived in the Caucasus, and the bol- crop of mulberries. Is getting the not to say “hikjlmnop.” of w hat the Dutch foreign office term s shevikl began entrenching Baku pen Sarah had "a headache In her (13. m o. W e s te r n N e w e p a p e r U n io n .) W ashington, D. C.—Revival of the meat ready. a long series of insults to th e Dutch insula, according to a statem en t made historical inaugural ball as a featu re This dog hasn’t knee,” so Mary bumped for her. governm ent.” Down came a pair of rubbers and nny name. He Is by a traveler, who returned Monday of tfhe inauguration of P resident-elect so selfish ttiat he Mary put them on “inside outw urds,” A landlord and a property owner from th a t region. The bolshevikl were H arding has been definitely decided Isn't worth nam Just to try them. w ere sentenced in a police court in fortifying the neck of the peninsula upon by th e W ashington com m it Then they oil bumped the tree for I ing. Los Angeles T uesday to serve 40 days with all sorts of defense works, in ap tee arran g in g for th e festivities Chnuncey, who w asn't big enough to Once there was each in the city Jail for having dis prehension of a general uprising of Marcfh 4. n tree, nnd It had hump hard enough to make atiythtog ! turbed the peace of a te n an t by forci the Mohammedans, he added. The inaugural ball w as one of th e a name. It was fall. bly evicting him. Sam Borelli brought c h ie f events in th e inauguration Such a lot of things tumbled off. a mulberry tree. First course—Gladness. action ag ain st A. J. Edmondson, the There was a baseball glove—Kuth The man that program m e of the first inauguration Britain D rafts Oil Note. Entrees — Love garnished with landlord, and E. W. Graves, ow ner of owned the tree tried it on nnd her hand looked like Smiles. of P resid en t W ilson, who requested London.—The British governm ent is had a dog. too. a hassock; a breastpin—Sarah pinned Gentleness, with sweet-wine sauce the property Borelli occupied, for hav d raftin g a reply to the m ost recent th a t it be dispensed with. His name was It on her sleeve, “where she could see of Laughter. ing nailed up the doors and windows I'eter, and no lit I t;” two doll dress p attern s; a new of th e bouse before 30 days had ex note of the American governm ent con Im m igrant Tide Rises. Second course—Hospitality. tle dog was ever doll’s hut—a small h a t ; a set of dish cerning the exploitation of the Mesopo New York.—The C hristm as rush of In some house Hospitality Is brought pired a fte r serving th e ten an t with tam ian oil fields, in which the United more fond of es. a doll's high ch n lr; and a tooth im m igrants and other passengers on surrounded wltlu Relatives. In otb notice of re n t increase. meat than I’eter pick. S tates sets forth its rig h t to be con anxious to spend the holidays on Amer Rum ored intentions of G reat Bri was of mulber Chnuncey wns like the old woman ers It Is dished up with Dignitaries. sulted. This reply, afte r subm ission ries. ican soil reached its height Sunday who lived In the shoe. He didn’t know In n third, best of all. It Is served in tain and Ja p an to seek a trip a rtite He would hunt whut to do with oil his things; but simple shapes, but with a great variety agreem ent w ith the U nited S tates for to the cabinet, will be forw arded to when eight trans-A tlantic liners a r arouud In the grass, under the mul he was careful to use the toothpick of U nfortunate Persons—such as lone- lim itation of w arship building pro the American sta te departm ent, prob- rived. They carried more th an 12,- berry tree, until he had found every every time he took a drink of milk. ly people from lodging houses, poor gram s cam e up T uesday in congress. ibly w ithin a few days. 000 passengers. m ulberry th at bad fallen down. Theu There wns still one package left. people of all grades, widows and In the sen ate a resolution w a^ of childless In their affliction. This Is he would run against the tree and It was lu the top of the tree. Soviet Troops Gather. fered by S enator Borah, requesting the Japan Has 77 Million. hum p down a lot more. One little girl, her name was Lucy, the kind most preferred; In fact, neve»- p resid en t to seek an agreem ent with London.—Concentrations of th e so- Tokio.—Jap an 's population, as re Some children heard about I’eter had not had anything. So the chil abandoned by those who have tried those pow ers for a five-year n a v a l! et troops are occurring in the direc- vealed by th e census recently com and the m ulberry tree and It made dren let her pull the top of the tree It. them think of something. n of Vilna, consequent on th e ar- pleted, is m ore th an a m illion under building truce, with construction pro j For dessert—Mirth. down to get this package. It m ade them think of living up a 1 of allied and n eutral troops in the estim ate. The total num ber of And there wns the dearest doll that G ratitude and Faith beaten togeth gram s cu t to half during th a t period. C hristm as tree, with many little pack ever came off of a Cl r 1st mas tree. er and run In the molds of solid T rust It would, ho said, develop th at G reat ina. This was related In a dispatch persons in the em pire is 77,005,000, of ages upon It—like mulberries—and It had blue eyes thnt would open and and Patience. B ritain and Jap an are sincere in the received Monday from the Lithuanian which 55,960.000 are in Jap an and 17,- then humping the things oft for shut and tha cunaiagest frock. Bonbons of Good Cheer and Kind talk of reducing arm am ents. egatlon here. 2S4.000 in Corea. C hristm as gifts. Lucy, now the doll's mother, thought lluesa. Jlt ia rnmittg, nlù parti;, it ia rmnttiç imttgiji! ODtt ti;p attniufiakpa tl;at muri* tl;ij anìt <El;r fppt nf ti;p (Ci;riat-01i;tlìì fall çptttlp aitò tnbiir. Aitò ti;p untrp nf ti;p GUjnat-GIljitò tplla nitt miti; bpliijl;t cEi;at utaukiitò arp ti;p rl;itòmt nf (Sitò. 5 li Œl;p fppt nf tl;p I;umblpat mai; malk iit tl;p ftriù Ì01;prp ti;p fppt nf thp I;niipat I;aup tritò. âl;ta, tl;ia ia ti;p marupl tu mnrtala rpupalpb Hll;ptUÌ;p ailupri; triuitppta nf (Ei;riatmaa l;anp pralrò. <Tl;at titaukiuìt arp tl;p ri;tlùrptt nf (Sub. Peter and the Mulberry Tree *€ *€ «
