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THE RURAL
CHURCH
PTHE FARMERS THE CUSTODIANS
OF THE NATION'S MORALITY.
TAXPAYERS KIND
TO CHAMBERLAIN
His Salary As Office Holder
Exceeds $100,000 Asked
How Was It Spent?"
Cooperation of Church, School and
Press Essential to Community
Building.
By Peter Radford.
J.'iurer Natlriinil Farmers' t'nlon.
Tin' church, llii- prpRB hthI the school
form ;i triple alliance of prOrBM that
guides tip destiny of ever) OOBUBBkV
It.v. stute anil nation. Without them
ci illxalion would wither and die and
through them life may attain Us great
cut Nil's ini. power and knowledge
O'Ih' fanners of this nation are greatly
Indebted to this social triumvirate for
their uplifting Intluonce, and on behalf
Wf thn American plowman I wnnt to
Ithimlt those engaged In this" hlirh
callings for their able and BsMeal
iservlec, and I shall offer to the press
aeries of articles on cooperation
Ibetween these important loflMQOM
ami the farmers In tin' hope of In
Creasing the efficiency of all h mu
tual understanding and organl.ed ef
fort We will tako up llrst the rural
Khurch
rhe Farmers Arc Great Church Build
ers. 'J nn American laiuier Is I lie greatest
Church luiilil r the world has ever
(known. is the custodian of the
Bat Ion n morality; upon his shoulders
rests the "ark of the covenant" and
lie Is nnre responsive to religious In
flucnccH than any other class of elt
i The farmers of this nation have
built 120,000 churches at a cost of
$750,000,000, and the annual inntrlbu
tlon of the nation toward all hurch
Institutions approximates MI000I000
per annum The fnnners ol lie' I 'tilt
ed Htuli'H hullil 22 Imrches per day
There are 211,111111,111111 ntral church c
tnunlcanls oil tin- hum. and 54 ter
cent ol Ho total iiiemliei ship of all
thiirclii'i reside In the country.
The farm Is tin' powerhouse of nil
pragma: and the bit t hilii' oi all that
Is noble The (ianlcii of Ivlcu was
In the country and the man who would
tiet close to God must first get close
to nature.
The Functions of a Rural Church.
If the rural chinches today are go
ing to render a set vice which this age
demands there must he co opeiallon
between the religious, social and eco
nomic life of the community
The church to attain Its fullest mea
sure of success muni enrich the lives
of the people in the community it
serves; It must build character, devel
op thought anil lncie,u.c the elllciency
of human life It must serve the ao
clal, business and Intellectual, as well
aa the spiritual attd morul side of life.
If religion does not make a man more
capable, more useful und more Just,
what good Is It? We want a practical
religion, one we can live by and farm
by. us well as die by.
Fewer and Better Churchea.
hi.'- ..I is that rurul community
which hu hut one place of worship.
While competition Is the life of trade,
It Is deuth to the rural church and
moral Starvation to the community.
l'elty aeciai isiiIsiii is a scourge that
blights the life, and church preju
dice saps the vitullty of many com
munlties. An ovei churched commun
ity is a crime against religion, u seri
ous hundlcup to society and a useless
tux upon agriculture
While denominations are essential
and church pride commendable, the
high teaching of universal Christianity
must prevail if the ruial chinch is to
f nihil Its mission to ugnculture.
We licipicnlly huie three, or four
chut, lies in u coiutnunily which is not
able to adequately support one Small
congregations attend services once a
mouth and uil fail to perform the re
ligious tunctionti ol the community
'J he division of religious forces and
th' hreuklug into frugtuents of morul
rffort is ofttlmee little less than a
(.ilumttv and BBfBBtl 'he very purpose
the) leak to promote
'I In evilb ol too many churches can
be iniuiiiiueii i. no onsratlOM. The
social and economic life of a rural
communlt) are rsapsctlrs units and
cannot be successful!) divided by ds
nomlnatioaaJ Unas ami the cburobsa
an oiih obmbj tins Important laid
by cooperation and co -oidiu.it ion
The . ilicicut country ihuuli will
deSnltalj serve lis communlt) bj lead
Since R. A. Booth, Republican can
dldate for United States Senator, an
swered the question, "Where did you
got It?" Republican papers have raised
the question for George E. Chamber
lain, the Democratic nominee to an
swer, "How did you spend It?" Some
Industrious digger has compiled the
list of public offices Chamberlain has
held since coming to Oregon from
Mississippi mid calculates that Cham
berlain has drawn down more than
$inn,(ioo in money contributed by tax
payers. It is how Ptiamberlaln spent
this money that Republicans are
curious.
Ono newspaper editor recounts thnt
FARMERS SUFFER THROUGH
POSTMASTER GEN. POLICY
It must he said for Postmaster Gen
eral Hurleson that he Is at leaBt frank
about his Intention to discrlniate
against the tanners In his plan to eco
nomize hy refusing to establish anv
more rurul free delivery routes. His
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Is wrltlnir members of consress: "It Is
apparently advisable to withhold for a
time all tppllCsYttOBI for additional
postal facilities that Involve Increased
expenditures except in case of urgent
It., ami I think ou will agree
with me that much can be accomplish
ed In this line by deferring the M
tobllshmenl Of additional rural route-.
This boldl) announced policy will
be Considered with intense Interest
I by several million farmers entitled to
rural free delivery service who read
Chamberlain has been Attorney-Gen
eral, District Attorney, Oovernor and for days in newspaper distiches Iroin
Inlted States Senator, holding some Washington Of the persistent it but .
of these oft ices more than one term,
and that Chamberlain since entering
public life hns scarcely ever been off
the payroll, us he entered upon a new
Job before the old one was worn out
In his explanation of "where he got
It," Booth told the story of his life.
Democrats say that Month Is an aris
tocrat and does not belong to the plain
people. Booth's own narrative re
counts how he was one of a family
of 12 children; that he lived in a log
cabin, worked on a farm and took
bis pay in chickens; punched cattle,
herded sheep and otherwise helped
support the family until he was 21
years old and psld for his first "store
clothes" by gathering wool from
loi.iuPS and taking the hides from
sheep which died on the range. He
struggled hard for an education and
acquired It. He was a day laborer,
of the democratic congress to pnss a
181,000,000 "pork barrell" rivers and
harbors bill, the most of which wus
for scooping the mud out of the bot
tom of Iik onseiuentul little creeks In
the south.
Scores of small post offices In Ore
gon have been disappointed and the
people have to gr) miles for their tuall.
VOTERS! TAKE NOTICE!
Owing to the fact that the Demo
cratic nomination of Treusiirer of Mai
heur County went to
l. P. Dearborn
and day laborers sre supposed to be . at the Primary election last spring, tin
...in people Hy Industry he gst I UHkcd IB? and not solicited hy clrcula
wnn success ami associate) with otn
is he built up a sawmill Industry
which developed I lie timber resources
of Interior Oregon.
fl sssBgsas
tlon of petitions hut by the writing In
on the ballot ot his name by num. ions
friends, the fuct of his having re sited
that nomination has received very little
publicity.
in.: tumble to make a personal Is
it with friends throughout the couiitr
he takes this means of letting them
I. now that he Is In the race and re
spi'ctrull) asks consideration at the
polls on November :ird.
paid advertisement
R. A BOOTH
Ho.. id's statement Included the dec
laratiou that at times the sawmill he
managed employed not) men and the
payroll exceeded $80,000 u month. The
concern brought into Oregon mora
than 110,000. 000 of outside money and
farmers, merchants, laborers and en
tire communities received the major
part of this sum. directly or indi
rectly. The Republicans point out
that Month's rue from a farm hand
and day laborer la to his credit and
thut hundreds of other Oregon hoys
A FAITHFUL TRAITOR
Theodore is still In evidence. He Is
talking tariff nowudays. Strange, Is
it not, that during the seven years he
was president lie never thought to
mil.' a suggestion on that subject?
lie is exceedingly solicitous about
female silffruge, Queer, is it not, that
duriliit the seven years he was presi
dent lie was never interested, except to
oppose (but vital right due women.
He Is .solicitous about the welfare
of the poor working classes. How lute
In his life it was before he begau to
be anxious ou their account.
He is savage on the Democracy and
their management of public affairs.
What does the good book suy about
a thankless child" being sharper than
a "serpent's tooth?"
Hut Theodore knows that when
Democrats are ou top they never
scratch u ticket und that all he can
draw to himself will he Itepublicaus;
then why should he not denounce the
Democrats'.'
Moreover, he knows that every one
Mite.
I beodore continues to earn u large
reward from the Democratic purty.
are developing the sunie way. They
also point out thut the industry which lllattn ,lVt.s tht rjssjQQHU half u
ii. mm s errorts mint up brought into
the state more money tliau the Gov
eminent ho appropriated for river
and harbor Improvements In Oregon
sluce the state was admitted to the
Union.
During the period that llooth was
turuing timber into a stream of gold
which was flowiug through interior
Oregon, spreading prosperity to work
ers and merchants, the Kepublicans
declare that Chamberlain was draw
Ing a salary from tax funds as an
officeholder. Having been born in
Oregou und lived here all his life,
Month's supporters contend that he
knows its people and the needs of
the state as well us any man can and,
having made good, whether us a far
Slinuld the welfare of d-lity per
cent of the people be considered or that
of twenty per cent.
Do you prefer the old court house
at Vale Off modern building at Ou-
tari with ample vault room to protect
your records.
iiiit cowboy, sheepherder, bookkecp
lug in uil worthy efforts at . omiiiuii.i tff or sawmill man. he can make good
building, in uniting the people An all
to op. relive endeavors foi tkl
tral welfare ot the community und in
urou lag a real love lor countrv lite
und loyeit) to tin lountry horn, .md
tllCbc Jesuits cm lv b, succc ull.V
accomplish! d b the muted effort of
the piess. the school, the chlllch and
orguuiied fain, cis
"WORKED" A PARDON BOARD.
Paroled Criminal Forged a Letter That
Liberated Hi Cellmate.
Sprlngliclil. Ill Mec.iiise A i JoUOS
UUil itov V Howard "vv ,,i L...I" ilu.
Iloualre has been gained because of state board of pa. dous to amire How
in the Senate
Tiie impression that Month Is a mil
A furm is a business establishment,
Slid should be so operated
A farm ehould be operated tor net,
not for gross results
The net results of good farming
are piotlts. success, a gi owing bust
liess und a good 111 lug
The farnu r should lake all un
ccil.iiuty ,
ply ing tor u loan
the great commercial enterprise which
he caused to ki'ow from almost noth
ing .md because of the large contri
butions he has given to educational
and other betteriueut works Mooth
confesses that he never was a mil
lionaire and that ills holdings in the
business he mauaged was very small,
iu fact, it Is about per cent, or
$65,000.
insistently, some of the Republican
papon declare that it is as important
in judging the fitness of a man for
office to know how he spends his
money as it is to know where he gets
it They point to the large donations
made by Mooth to show where he has
been spending all money for the ben
eftl of 'he commonwealth and they
keep asking rhuiuborl.iiu, "Where did
you bpend it?"
aid's i,!e.ise from prison botb tneii
inn t .serve the limit of the sentences
under which tliev wore sent to tbePOsV
Itetitiary at Chester
Jones und Howard were climates.
Jones came up for parole last mouth
and secured his reiea.se. He vvvut to
Multoon, where he (OTfjad the name of
Joseph Miovvn to a letter offering em
ployment to Howard 1'his was sent
to the prison authorities, and on the
strength of it Howard was paroled to
Joseph Brown "
My way of li inline employ niciit for
his ward the bogus Miovvn planned I
number of robberies rov i brief pe
riod only they were gUCCeOsful Join m
vv.i.s cuuht robbing a In use at Carbon
dale, and Howard was taken iu charge
for steeling tools.
CORN LESSONS FOR
COUNTRY SCHOOLS
For the benefit oi children In rural
schools suggestions for n series of
lessons on corn are about to bo Issued
by the agrlcltural department The
average production p. r acre or corn in
the United States Is sllll below 28
bushels per acre despite the fed that
in almost every section ol il uintr
yields of more thnn 100 bushels have
BM obtained. The difference Indi
cates in u measure the value ol proper
in I i 111 I ion In emu in Clirtl. Tln
tproM of botb1 com einbt nil over tho (
country has also emphasised the need
ol nirii study In rural schools.
The forthcoming bulletin ConUiBtl
outlines of Wessons covering such
iniliiwtnnt points ns the different kinds
of i orn, ways of judginu mm BOOd,
com crop rotation, best Of fertlUBtfi,
proper cultivation, and Ike food value
oi the crop. Suggestions for the prop
er observance of corn day have re
ceived consideration. Rorut-ecbool
teachers, especially in the great corn
iroWlBJ states, will find the bulletin
u valuable aid in the work of stimulat
ing in their chnrges u healthy Interest
In sound ngrlcultiU'c.
The bulletin will be published under
the title of Partners' Mlllletlll No 1.17
"School Lessons on Corn," and copies
will be' sent free as long as the suppl ,
lasts.
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Portland, Ore.. Oct. 20, 19U (Spec
ial) According to figures recently
compiled by Commissioner lloff at
Salem, Oregon's wheat bid as at (l. t
I, this year, was lt!,tiN.'.,ooo bushels
which would require i::,.;m curs of an
average capacity of lj.'.n bushels eu n
to move It. Hguring this yield at 71
cents ier bushel, Its value Is $11, Mn.
J.'iO. The average y Icld per acre for
the entire state was 19. G bushels.
The retort shows the hop crop for
this year to have been ':.', I. V.tjiou
pounds and Its value ft.". .; I I, , The
acreage of hops Is estimated nt L':i,i;t.'.
Apples Trees iu bearing, MtMOOj
yield. tJtnjHt bushels; average furm
price, 81 cents; value, $2,667,731'.
Corn Number of acres, 22,6oy,
average yield, 26.14 bushels; yield,
OU l.ooo bushels; average price, 70
cents, total value, $4 14,800. only two
per cent or Orogou-growu com Is ship
ped out of the country In which It Is
produced.
Oats Acres In cultivation, 40!) Out:
average yield ier acre. 31.67 bushels;
total yield, 12,!i;,000 bushels; avc.tge
price, 38 cents totul value, I4.907.7UO.
I'otutoes Acreuge, 50.732; average
yield. '.i7 bushe's per acre; total yield,
4 , 9: 1, ono bushel;, average price.
cents; totul valae, 13,49,490.
The Dental Trust, with all its powerful political
organization, is moving heaven and earth to de
feat the dental reform bill.
In every town and city members of the Trust
are out working against the bill.
The Medical Trust is helping the Dental Trust
by forcing nurses and druggists, under threat of
boycott, to work against dental reform.
All kinds of campaign lies are being circulated
to deceive the voters. Don't let the Trust scare
you.
The Trust made the present dental law. Under
this law it controls the State Board of Dental
Examiners every member of the board is a
member of the Trust.
In this way competent dentists are kept out of
Oregon, and the Trust prevents competition and
keeps up prices.
Vote YES X 340 and Bust
the Dental Trust
PAINLESS PARKER
Dentist
6th and Washington Sis. PORTLAND, ORE.
STATE BANKS ARE LIBERAL
Superintendent's Figures Show Re
serve Reductions General
Salem. Reports received from 162
Slate banks snd (rust companies out
or 176 to September 12 hy Stute Su
perintendent or Hunks Sargent show
that they ure not hoarding money. Tbe
report shows that 86 stale banks have
decreased their reserve percentages
and 71 Increaaed Ibem alnce June 20.
"Judging from the figures In my
possession." ssld Mr. Sargent, "It does
FOR PANAMA CANAL
General Csrrsma Heeigns.
Mexico City - tieneral Currunta ten
dered his resignudon as first chief of not Pl"r ,hlt the charges made by
the constitutionalists to the confer-1 Secretary McAdoo against national
erne of Mouihern leaders which was D"k ,u certain districts apply to tbe
called to meet here, and was rejected roKon ,at banka to any eitent. Out
by an nlmot unummous vote atter a , ' 16i Institutions 13. In spite of tbe
heated debute I unfavorable conditions prevailing,
I have extended their lines of credits;
54 8hlps Are Registered. j nave bMn obliged to reduce their
WaMiington. -KUtyrour ships ug- ,oanB on act'0UlU of shrinkage In de-
greKatinK Marly a quarter of a million po"lt8, and ooly 2ft have f" to in-
ton ami worth approximately $15. crea"e thelr with a correspond-
I o have been sdded to the Amerl- tng lncreB" ' deposits, a majority of
can merchant marine since the new whlch haT fully met the legitimate
ahip registry law veal Into effect. do""ds of their cuslomere."
Quarters Commemorating Pawl
Urgd In Senate till
v ii-ihiiicii.u. Th,. senate
and currency committee bid I
the bill Introduced by Senstofl
of t'olorudo. providing for thn
of ijuurter (lollurs to coi
completion r the I'm ti.t tua
the hundredth iinnltemsry " I
between KlIgllNll HpellWiUg
feature of the hill wus the
a provision which would fli tkl
of gold and sliver at -"-' to 1. TM
ure also would provide tlmti
ter must weigh 137.3 h-rslo. I
iiny persmi offering 10 1-''
pure silver, plus '. Iu lavrfnli
could receie from tbe tr
quarters, or $lfX).
Ac -.iiii puny lug the bill will 1 1
in. nt urging thut the uictuun
estubllsh a fixed pur eicbup'
forty -five cnuntrles win. Ii uMt
Uh sovereign us a unit of
and tin approximate parity s
t i ne couutrlee wlil.li n-etbel
franc us the exchunge uuit
The bill wus offered "by
but Senator TIlolllUH did D0t
the ideutitv of H- Hiithnr.
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chool Supplies
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