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hi(Ji price (or the privilege of trav
eling as against those who are con
stantly on the go.
If this mileage plan wore adopted,
it would, of course, be necessary to
install mileage recorders which were
proof against tampering, and when
set for the year, to be sealed until
inspected. A minimum mileage
could be decided upon, and all ex
cess mileage paid for above that fig-
ure. a would he provided by law.
rKKSIPKXTt.il. FACTS
CROOK COCXTY JOVRXAL
Gl'Y LAFOLLETTE,
Editor and Publisher
Entered at tht poatofftV at Priiwvilla,
Oregon as econd-claaa matter.
P;-tc $2. (id per year, parable trlctly in ad
wee. In ease of change of adtlrvaa pleaat
a--ttff ut at once, siviotf both old and new
cdrva.
A.lvrtiin Representative
...t.'.iCAN PRLSS ASSOCIATION
V.'e notice that it is expected to
adjust the matter of automobile and
Ford licenses next year according to
the weight of the cars; and, while
this plan might not be a bad way of
fixing it, still we believe that a more
just method would be to charge by
mileage instead of weight. By this
plan the ones using the roads the
most would pay more, while those
making only occasional use of their'
car would not be burdened by the
heavy tax necessary to keep up roads
which were pounded to pieces by the
cars in constant use.
If this plan was adopted, all that
Would be necessary would be for the
state to appoint as deputies in each
town the garage owners, and make
it their duty to set back the speedo
meters of the cars as they presented
themselves and issue to the drivers
an inspection card stamped, and giv
ing the license number, to be retain
ed for the purpose of showing that
they were entitled to travel on the
roads. In order to simplify the work
of the authorities, an inspection card
could be attached to the windshield
that could be readily noticed. At
the end of each season make it the
duty of each car owner to appear
and settle for the mileage recorded
at the rate of a certain price per
thousand miles. Some plan like
this would, in our estimation, be an
absolutely fair way of taking care
of the matter. As it is now, or as it
would be under the weight system,
those who only use their cars occas
ionally are compelled to pay a very
Warren G. Harding, who takes of
fice today as the" 29th president of
the I'nlted States, ia the first presi
dent to be elected to that high office
on his birthday. He was 65 years
old November 2nd. 1920. He is the
first V. S. Senator elected to the
presidency.
President Harding is the seventh
president contributed to the country
by the stnte of Ohio. Only Virginia,
with a total of eight presidents bom
within her borders, outranks Ohio
in this regard. No president has
been born west of Ohio. No presi
dent has resided west of Illinois.
President Harding Is the seventh
president of Scotch-Irish paternal
ancestry. 15 of our presidents, ev
er the period of 133 years, have been
of Knglish descent, three of Scotch,
one of Welch and two of Putch.
The average age of our presidents
at inauguration is 54 years, approxi
mately, while the approximate aver
age at death has been 66 years.
President Harding exemplifies the
rapid rise possible in American life
better than any of his predecessors.
He was not included In the 1914-15
"Whos Who."
Like many of his predecessors al
so his parents were not wealthy and
he has risen to the highest office In
the gift of American people thru fru
gality, Industry and thrift, of which
he is a warm exponent, as evidenced
by his recent approval of the Gov
ernment's Thrift and Savings work,
represented in the sales of Thrift.
Treasury and War Savings Stamps
and Treasury Savings Certificates.
Globe-Democrat.
without making an affidavit, he li s
good man to leave alono.
A good borrower never consldeis
himself broke.
A frying pan becomes a chafing
dish when it gets Into society.
The only place a plug hat amounts
to anything is In a small town.
It is far easlerjo become rich than
to become respectahle.
High finance Is the art of taking
money from other people and calling
it "speculation", Instead of theft.
People who dislike you only see
your bud points; people who love
you see only your good while you
have the real fun of seeing them
both. Mitchell Sentinel.
HOW XKW l.lt KXSK AtT
WI1.I, AFFKITP AITOS
YOU AND ME
Whenever everything is wrong, S5
percent of It Is you.
Where you find much poverty, you
find little soap.
When a man gets to the point
where he has nothing to sell, he is
about through.
It is much easier for a woman to
get into the silk underwear habit
than it is to go back to cotton.
After a man In a small town gets
a little money ahead, they stop call
ing him "Hey there!" and address
hira as "Mister."
If a man canuot behave himself
The tax provided by the new mo
tor license act which goes Into effect
January 1. next, ia based on the net
weight of the car. For ehecklnt:
purposes, automobile makers selling
I their product in Oregon are required
j to furnish the secretary of slate with
the shipping weight of their cars. It
is understood that this w ill be, also,
the basis from which the license fees
will be worked ont'.
It should be understood also thai
additional equipment will have to he
reckoned In such cars us weigh clos,
upon the class maximum weight.
The schedule of weights of U21
models, which vary very little In
most cases from weights of previous
years, follows:
Class 1, 1700 lbs. or under; tax.
$15. Ford.
Class 2, 2100 lbs. or under; tax.
122. Chevrolet. Maxwell, and Ov
erland. Class 3, 2500 lbs. or under; tax.
$2S. Briscoe, Dodge. Dort. Frank
lin, Gardner, Hupmoblle, Oakland.
Scripps-Booth. and Studebaker.
Class 4. 2900 lbs. or under: tax.
$34. Auburn, Chevrolet FB. Cleve
land, Elgin, Essex, Grant, Nash 4,
Oldsmobile 43-A, Saxon, Sheridan 4
and Velie.
Class 5. 3300 lbs. or under; tax.
$40. Buick 5, Buick 7. Chalmei!,,
35-B, Chalmers 35-C, Chandler. Li
berty, Mitchell F-40, Nash 6, Olilj
mobile 46, Packard 6, Reo, Stude
baker Sp. 6, Studebaker Big 6 and
Velie 48.
t lass b, dioo lbs. or under; t ix.
$47. Case, Hudson Super, Roamer
54 and Roamer "5.
Liass , 4100 lbs. or under; tax,
$55. Cadillac, Cole, Sheridan 8.
Stutz, Winton and Elgin.
legitimately '
patron oi iiu'im-
cat i.txii f uorsics j
It Is conceded that the man with
a dollar has a right to spend It for
whatever he wauls. Neither Is hl
right to spend It wherever he choos-i
es denied him. But la It right to
send your dollars out to the cata- j
logue houses and deprive your home j
merchants of what la
(heirs? Did any
house ever receive better value for
their money than the home mer
chants give them? The home deal
ers handle standard goods made by
reliable manufacturers; the cata
logue houses handle manufacturers'
culls, and their patrons pay more
for such goods than I hey w ould for
a first -class article from his home
dealer. Piston saws, for Inslnnce,
are a standardized product and uni
versally known as being llrst-class.
Compare the prices for them (if you
can find them quoted in the citti,
logucH) with the price asked by your
local dealer for the- Identical saw.
and you will li ml little or no differ
once. It is so wilh all lines of stun
daril made goods. The cataloKue
houses pile up colossal fortunes lis
selling inferior goods at high prices
Another phase of the mailer, anil
one that ought to compel any man to
hesitate and think before sendlnn
Ms money out of the community In
which he lives. Is the disloalty that
is shown. Did any patron of a cat
alogue house ever receive credit at
his favorite house? Did any if
these houses put a single dollar into
the const ruction of our handsome
schoolhousu? Are any of them help
lug to finance the building of our
system of highways? Think over
these things, you that patronize the
outside houses. You are loyal citi
zens of this county in all things else,
and a little thought on the evils at
tendant upon sending your money
away will make you loyal in this re
spect, too. Joseph lleruld.
APVAXTAUK IX ( O-OI'KIUTIOX
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Jlgrade for each
ST1ANDARD OIL COMPANY
(CALIFORNIA)
THE FARM LOA.V A(T
The farm loan act, designed to as
sist agricultural development by
providing readily accessible credits
to farmers through federal land
banks, was declared valid by the su
preme court.
In an opinion, which Commission
er Lobdell of the farm loan board
declared removed every shadow of
question as to the legality of the
banks or their bonds, the court held
congress had authority to establish
the land banks and to exempt the
bonds from state taxation.
He announced there would he an
immediate issue of farm loan bonds
to finance the hundreds of millions
of dollars In loans approved by the
board.
Farm loans aggregating more than
$50,000,000 have been held up since
May, 1920, as a result of the suit.
Applications to this amount were
pending when Commissioner Lob
dell announced at a conference of
farm loan officials here that official
approval would be withheld pending
a decision of the court.
Officials placed the total amount
of loans to farmers held in abeyance
by the suit at many times $30,000,
000, however, the receipt of applica
tions having stopped with Commis
sioner Lobdell'g announcement. On
March 1, 1920, the farm loan board
reported that $182,897,000 had
been advanced to 75,384 farmers,
and that applications from 179,734
persons then pending totalled $471,-000,000.
DEBTS
Indebtedness lias ruined many
men and made money. To go In
debt for transient pleasure, to grati
fy vanity, or for things one cannot
afford, is the height of folly. But
the man who saves a few hundred
dollars and uses them as a margin
on the purchase of a home or a little
farm, or a small business, is likely
to profit by his indebtedness in the
long run. Many a comfortable
home hag been paid for in 10 to 12
years with money that otherwise
would have gone for rent.
The right kind of Indebtedness
stimulates effort, promotes economy
and not infrequently, when the debt
hangs over the home of a young
family, is exactly the right training
in self-denial and saving. In safa
guarding the home or the farm
many a family has established the
habits of thrift that have insured fi
nancial success later in life.- Kx.
Practically all the county agents
In Eastern Oregou have adopted
work along tho following lines: ( 1 1
adoption of Grimm alfalfa, (2) ap
plication of sulphur to alfalfa, (3)
silos, (41 pest control, (5) better
livestock.
Many other plans were adopted In
different counties. These are com
mon, however, to most counties and
are of fundamental importance from
an economic standpoint.
For instance, there are more than
50,000 acres of altulfa land, the pro
duction of which may be increased
from 20 to 60 percent by the use of
Grimm alfalfa.
There are 100,000 acres of alfal
fa which will return a ton per acre
for every dollar expended for sul
phur or land plaster.
The cost of beef, wool and dairy.
production can be reduced from 20
to 50 percent by feeding ensilage
figuring the cost of ensilage produc
tion and feeding value in compari
son with hay crops.
In some districts in certain coun
ties, pests, chiefly rabbits and squir
rels, are destroying more range and
crops than the livestock. The Klam
ath county f.uiu bureau handled ten
and one-hull tons of poison last year
for its members at a great reduc
tion in cost. In some counties farm
bureau members Instead of purchas
I n g livestock Indiscriminately at
public sales and from speculators,
pool their orders and have members
of the organization select stock de
sired.
With difficult financial situations,
facing the farmers these efficient y
factors become more important than
ever.
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Don't forget that
the Crook County
Journal is only
awaiting the re
ceipt of your $2
to appear at your
home
times. It saves
you the trouble of
always borrow
ing it from your
neighbor.
around their cut-over lands west of
llend, Oregon, and south of Tumalo
Creek, In Deschutes County, Oregon.
All bids to be filed with Oregon &
Western Colonization Company, Pi
oneer Bldg., St. Paul, Minn., on or
before March 25, 1921, anil a copy
filed with B. F. Johnson, Prinevlllo,
Oregon, on same date, and all en
velopes containing bids should be
marked "Bid on Fence", and bid
will be opened at one o'clock P. M.,
March 25, 1921, and the Company
reserves the right, to rejoct any or
all bids.
25c
Dangerous Maladies.
There are more death from include"
and whooping eouiih than from scar
let fever. Greater efforts In school
hygiene would seem to be the only
way In which this problem can be
coped with siiccessfillly, combined
Willi (tie education of parents In the
necessity fin the observation of quar
antine nd Isolation procedures even
for these simple diseases.
BIDS WANTED
Oregon & Western Colonization
Company, will consider bids for the
construction of eighteen miles of
four (barbed) wire fence, posts sev
en feet long, top diameter not less
than four inches, and placed two
feet in the ground, and sixteen feet
apart with a limit of twenty foet
where not possible to place sixteen
feet. Four gates in fence, twelve
feet wide, and six feet high, made of
1 1-2 x 8-lnch lumber, and placed In
position with gate posts four feet In
the ground, and twelve feet above
the ground with top diameter not
less than six inches, and a tie 2x8
over top.
If bid accepted construction to be
gin by April 6, 1921, and be com
pleted by May 20, 1921.
All bids specify kind of material
posts are made from.
Company to furnish all (barbed I
wire and staples F. O. B. Bend, Ore
gon, and fence to be constructed
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Pain!
Paint Creates Prosperity
Have the Surface autl You Save All.
The "run down" house (there Ig one near you) Is fast going to
ruin merely because the owner unwlBely neglects to keep It pro
tected with paint.
It costs more not to paint than to paint. Paint saves the sur
face and protects the building from sun, rain, frost and varying
weather conditions that bring destruction.
UTY
HOI HE PAIXT
gives lasting protection and beauty.
It costs less because it takes less and lasls longer.
call at our store and let us show you color samples and assist
you In selecting the proper color combinations that will make the
house appear to the best advantage
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"WHERE IT PAYS TO TRADE."