ORB imim.aii oit OK TWBLVK oh pm oovMumnT) Too much lobulation, too niuo.li regulation, too high taxes, constitute Ihe gront evil of too much govern ment. There In n genrrnl Impression thnt, M compared with Germany or Rus ala, or oven Krancp, we are not gov erned very inurh In the t'nltert fltatex, that government with us In only a loose. k;ihi rt of garment, which doeK not touel- us very Intinuitel) Of hind u very uiitch. Hut, if fOI (BIN t lio 1 . t -i t i ii i , 1 1 i it 1 1 f Mm t mi . i . 1 . i . . f I I,., in "i-iiii in. "hit ii ill-- j i i ( i . in 11(1- . United Stales at forty billion dollar. something like "'Ight per rent of It i goes to government, tlmt l. DM dol lar out of iM.-rv twelve which every man make Knes Into n goM-rnment till. OIivIouhIv that i. a nreltv n tenshe interest. To get a line out It, count up the other things that absurd us much ns one dollar out of every twehe of y.iur itiiome i.le from poMnl expenses paid out of in ill revenue, the fed eral coverninout next BOB will proh nblv be spending three dollar for very two that It spent In INI . valrrom lax lex ice In the several Ntate rose from seven hundred ami twenty-five millions In 1902 to thir teen hundred and fifty million Inlj t 9 1 2 the latWt date reported mm by' the census 'nireuu Total POT tM receipts Oj dies BBVtBf thin thous and InhabltuntH and upward rose from un.lor four hundred million In l!0.r to more than nine BBBttfOJo' mil lion In 19ir. Funded dehts of the principal rltle roe from nine huu dred million In 190J to nlnet..eti hundred million In 111 I lire I'erlllllllv B III! for Clllte a bit of government. Kconomv ami effiiiemv in govomment are .pile worth consideration, although ili.-x t0 not tH tiiiirh. OHM Itlltl) T A Tl.MK. Some people start life hy trying to kill two bird with one stone and go down to their grave without hav ing bagged either one. It I a fatal mistake that In often made. The. young man begin hi career and I naturally anxious to get ahead There are two ways that are com monly used to accomplish thl end The one I to do one thing at a time ;iml do It well. The man who docs thl advance steadily, if at time slowly, but In the end he attain the goal he seek Patience nd energy and falthfulnn are rewarded by The other Is Impatient and ...ml. to go forward hy leap and bounds Me wants to kill two hints with one stone Sometime he want to hag i dozen at one iniov. .is a result hi objects nr uilu-ed. his aim I too quick and cnreles. and I more BltOOM than bit. Thl I unsatisfactory to the on ptojrOf and in time uch a man gen erally finds himself looking for an other Job The wise employer Is an excellent Judge of men It Is a part of his business to be such, and 't Is I" Of hi ablllti to kuukc thl ' of hi men thBt lie OMOOOdO In life He want no drones, and the two bird man do.- not oBBBBl to him He wauls rallhfulne, efficiency and BtOOtflnBOB, and that can Ml) 01 lined Of selecting the man who does one thing at a time and loot t well It I a losMon every young man should leurn on the threshold of life Time works wonders In many wy bill not alt of us fall Into step with tho vorklng Wl. inner ou can ee the good polBl of your low u It's a moral Off tiiintx that oilier-, can ee your own Coming to Town Tlnii don't fail to iee my micUummer ihowing of white felt lints ami large white trimmed bata. Colored Hats at Ifss than oost Discount on Hair Good and Flower, 0SB0RN MILLINERY Successor to Orove & Riley Landscape Decorations In Oriental China We iiavc juttt received a Fiiie fUMortmeul of UAii'ipuiuttil Oriental China war.- ami tlso a line of Qerinan China, uaudpaiuted. Our prices are low for tho quality of thetie goods. Come ami liMk tin-in over. The Variety Store ONTARIO ORKtiON SUMMER EXCURSIONS EAST AND WEST Via ORKGON SHORT LINK I'nion I'm-ifii- System lx) rates to Denver, Colorado .Springs, l'ueblo, Omaha, Kuusu City, St. Louis, Memphis, Chicavo, Minneapolis, St Caul and many other points. ni,k turn May IS It, 30, 24, 17, SI; Jane 3, 7. 10, 14. 17, t -. :S; July 5, t, 1. Hj Ausiibt 2, 9. 16. 33, 30; Sepiember 6, 1:1. 1UMIT October 31 IS 16. WKST t l.ow rate excursion tickets on sale daily, May 1st to September 30th, Inclusive to Spokane, Cortlaud, Ta loiiui, Seattle, San Francisco, l.os ABSOaM tMt Ml l'iego 1. 1. Mil October It, 19 1 6 Sen an (i S. L, ugeut for rates and lunlier details 0? wnte D I Spencer, tfeueral passenger agent. Salt Lake City. WHY PRICE OF MEAT BOARS. That between LMioo.000 and 3,ISS),(I10 eattle him- died of illsense and ex posure In the I nlii'd States .eh eiir slme 1000 Is Hie n-sertloii made In an exhaustive report M the meat sltun lion, In the prep irsiilon of vv lib h OM . Inllsts of tin- department of BgrtCBl ture have BOOB BBsBBBl ff evernl ue nib The n port also nsert thai ilinnill lOOOM of sheep In the sixteen jears tnee 1(00 luive been even great er, while the yearly loss of hogs from ilbu-iise and oilier en uses bn varied from gJOMOO In 1004 to TIMmmkmi In 1014, The Investliratlon of w lib h this re port Is the OUtCOBM was undei taken In the elT. rt to del ermine I lie i IBM of the rapidly BttrBacaBfl 0801 of an-it. The sp.. lallOU report It bus I n found the principal MM for eonsianlly ii.lv an ing prtCW f nil kinds of meiit I tfea fa. I that prodii. Hon h:is OM kept paee with ileinanil due to norld lnrreio.es of popolillou mid that linreased prl -s have not affe led the lulled States alone, but hue I i fell In every pari Of the world. 1 his ouiiti .' I hi- repoit ...u .. "OJ MrTk IpOtlUg In a worlcp.. Ide DJOV0 in. i.t, n:id It Is noi cpe. te, the hiIUi t Phi will uiideriro liny radbnl ehauire In the Imme Hate liilnre I in ll 1 1 hand It Is OOUot id there will 01 I ual ,-i-ow tb and expansion In the world -P odihtloii of boofi inuiloii and OOffl w hi h limy or m.i not epuil the rn'e Of lie lease of thr meat ealilitf p ipulitl ion "III Aineibii tills cr.idinil evpuiiolon iiPlHiii to have Is-ifiin ii I read J lie t " . ii IIMI7 and I'.H.'l there was a mark ed ib'i'llne In the iiuiuls-r of entth- In ih iiutry. Inn In the last two lear this till not oil) "lopped, but bus cli eu way to n pprCtPtlbtO lnere:ie The eitim.itisl iiiiiiiImt on fiiriii mid RUfM Jan. 1, lull1., til III 000, Is, howeier. Ntill miieb Is-low- the i-orreHiiidlnk' Ui; tire for 1U07. lljotiMO. Willi the ex Cent loo of temporary CtMOM due !' losses from bou . holera there baa l-en In reieni jear a pemlstent Ineri-u e In Hie prodii. lion of Bivlne Jn I, lop; the iiuiuUt In the eotuilry wn estl in.-. r...i at OaOQOJMO M OOMMPOl "lib .vs."! .imm in April, linn on the other baud, the iiiiiiiIxt of 0MSI dis II I durliii; this poitod from B8.300.0U0 In 1010 to 4OJ0O.O00 In 1010, A the M howei er, I not sum. lent to off set the Increase In eutlle and wlne. It niMV be nii Id Ih it the tola) OfOAMttM Of on it In the I'nlled Stati-. Is Inere i In. but III it this lie POO00 Is not yet JttOfMtt. tlouate to the Krowth in Mipulallan." BUREAU'S 8UCCI88. (iniwrth of the einploi tiient erv I. e N slion ii In Ihe slateiii.nl thai the h i w rt men t In Muy plu. ,s II. 193 persons In employment, as ajolaol T.flnSI the in mi t It before More than IT.SflO applied for work In The elllplol tnenl OM I I' e Inlleail . tor inoiv thuii 7"o II in-, ui fa nixed I i I OUR FOREIGN TRADE. lis for tba ir Jnat ond e I a i! i .-. m h i. ti ai.it l!.e luporta were alilel ill making a total foreign ir of in h iii' tuiiioii dollam, hi. ii is i. hi. h I'l.in uiiv DNVlon lotal In the ol Mini I. all .omuieli e TtMW m iv aiinuum od lodoj bj the bureau ..r foreign god don tic com lller e uf tl 'lit of i-omnicivo a lib Ho- i ipiauatl m Ibal lb Hgxiroa Included for lulu- .'He ail I'stilllMte based iw Ibe Dual May statlatlct Ii was In 1ST) that our fafOoni trade .-, , ,, ,i u i.illhui dollars Bj 1 MO II bad 'Tossed ihe I3.000.00U, iN liiuiU. by 1!7 ll had eeeeded three billion mid by l'.l 1 It hud ttOOB IbOTO lour liillion leiualutiig aroiiiul Ibal level until the eiii Just ended, 'ilien the six billion mark was exe.d ed. Imporls Hist e.eedisl a billion dollar In value in 1008 and are M I liitle more than twhe ss much as at that time. Kxnorts first rose above a billion dollar In mine In l1l'' and lire four time u much as In that ear. Thirteen great classes of exported artl.lea yield a total estimated at tsOM million dollars fur 1916. as against l.T.'l million for all other articles. The fol- 'owlnt; table shows the remarkable in--reuses which have occurred lu ex ports of this group during the last two .rears: I KAI1ISU ARTUi.KD OK EXPORT. MUST BE EIGHTEEN TO DANCE. Qlrls If Yaung.r Must Have Guardian's Permission. rievelaud. Olrla who pride them selve on how young they look will hae to take alonK their birth cer tllb ale when they ko claiiHng at mu nlelpal dim' Inu hall. Thoae who ean prove they're more than eighteen may keep on danelng after Ii o.io.k. TMM who not only look youimei- than eluhleen ami really are will have to press Into service a parent or n guardian. No. no ueb lurk. Any Tom. Mel or Harry won't do a a Kuurdhin The powers that 00 wont put up with It. The iMiurdlan ha to be a rt-Kulur Kuardlun. iiiuuu fin lured by a oiirt of Jnsthe City Onnce Hull lupe.tor John, dnne hall ehapenms ami danelng master tot together at a nus'tliiif lu It, , .!! Pnnptlll .....I Iti.,,1 to have the "j mincer set" hnrred from the floors after l o'clock, parents or guardian notw Ithstandlng. "Congreaamen," aays an exchange, I If ItURsIa has the dlctntlng of tho "earn 1625 a month " Not at all. peace term, wo are sorry ior um Congreiuimen get $625 a month ! stenographer The Philadelphia lawyer who Rays With the fish a calling and tho the automobile promoters religion breezes singing low, one feels very probably never had a blowout about friendly and sympathetic with one'a twenty mile from nowhere. Individual hook-worm. GET $8,000 FOR KINDNESS. Boy and Girl Rewarded For Fsvora to Invalid W. mm. IMItsl.tirh Henry Cunl Ml I'enke of thl elty niul hi lfer. Ml l.ol Mr- I'enl.e of Cunonsluiri:. have Just I n nuide aware that It pm lo be kind 0 an "Id In. ill d ladv. In the FOX t tli.it 08f will. Mod for profnte here, pro rtdoa lor the hoy In the um of .".ikio and 18,000 lo hi sister Some leal ai:o when Mrs Anna Silt- to. , Loach, II wealth! resident of l-ltts 001 ,h. w.i iii ii unilarluin at Mnille too tfcOfO n also there us a palletit ui McPooka who is a s f irge C McPookO, Itepilblli-tlli liotlll- lor the li-ulsluiute III Washington ei.uiity. and when l.ol euine to visit her lirother they got a. ipialnled with the Ion, -Ii widow Itelween them thei otitilhiiled to BMka life ii little plea enter for Mr l.eeeh. snd she promised not to forget them. She died recently FOUR BROTHERS, EACH SIX FEET, AT BORDER Tho Ara McDonalds, and Their Com rades Call 'Em "the Big Macks." Savannah, Oa. -"Twenty four feet of nun " That Is what members of (lat tery A, Chathuiii artillery, call the four HcDwiald 1. 1 other -Hill, Hob. Alei and Hernard. '1 hey are known also as "The (Slant guartet, rhe lltg Slacks" and the "I 'gluing Tour." Hut their rather. Ilerunrd I. Nb Doniild of the elty health department, towers over them all, he' sl feet two. Hill I the yoilnget uud llaOftOOl B0 li. ui.t six feet. Hob. next. Is Ihe tallest, exceeding Hill In height by an In Ii and a half Alex, the eldest, and Hernard are Just an be h shorter than Bob. The four are a '(iinrtet In the musical sense also, each being poesacd of a pleasing vulee. Alex baa been "end man" In uiat of the OMBl amateur min strel shows All four weut with their battery to Most Dut Mexico, of course, has forgot ten the lesson learned by Spain. I'llMrl !!. tatS. l'.'H -Million dollars. .1 stool CIS Bl I xploalvoS 473 41 Raa cotton aro its w and llonr 114 4S 14! M i upper manufactures .... i?o hy 141 Mineral oils 1 IS4 151 and manufacturaa. W 1 out parla IB BJ . tc !-" 44 utton manufactures UI 71 61 Itetlaed sugar w : I 1 eith.-i ... W 37 Eatlmated upon h.isl of tie. en months. Range and Alfalfa Land at reasonable prices and on 10 year terms Stockmen should get in while the getting is good. We have sold 98 sections during the last 90 days Oregon Western Colonization Company A. W. TROW, Ajrent ONTARIO, OREGON Insect Destroyers Rose bush spray, vegetable sprays, cut worm food, in sect powder, El Vampiro, sure death to flies, easy to use; Kresco Dip, flyknocker Everhart Drug Store such A T'PSSB ft ' I "i iiioosos sBOltf! lA -.... ,sarT' . 'UtaaB x i --" Caffirlhi III! I f tj ttt oV4ii bit J K.-,....ii JJ, 4v V r'tifitiL T,bMo . u tifOm ML I Oa IK tmwt wkdm 1 OXOX4toV 9& " ol Ihi, lid, ,l li, I HBJBJ n 7u will rS. "Pro Bill BMJ Wfl I BM4aVMUNMMAM0 I V. I .qyayeWo I Fringe Albert I tobacco enjoyment as you never thought could be is yours to conimand quick as jou buy some Prince Albert and fire-up a pipe or a home-made cigarette ! Prince Albert gives you every tobacco sat isfaction your smoke appetite ever hankered for. That's because it's made by a patented process that curs our bite and parch! Prince Albert has always jjmj$Jx;r;f been sold without coupons or premiums. jIHLi'hlieHs We prefer to give quality I the national joy smoke has a flavor as different as it is delightful. You never tasted the like of it i And that isn 't strange, either. Men who think they can't smoke a pipe or roll a ciga rette can smoke and will smoke if they use Prince Albert. And smokers who have not yet given P. A. a try out certainly have a big surprise and a lot of enjoyment coming their way as soon as they invest in a supply. Prince Albert tobacco will tell its own story ! R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO, Wintonleni, N. C Buy Prince Albert mvmry whmrm tobaccQ is moIJ in toppy red b4gt 5c; tidy red tint, 10c; handsome pound and hatf-po mil tin humi' dor andth.it corking fine pound crystal-gta$ Auni dor with ponge-moitener top that keep the tobacco imtuch clever trim always!