OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915.
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"BUY IT
GRANGE HOLDS MEET
Suffrage und Prohibition Favored at
National Convention
Oregon Building, P. P. I. E., Dec. 1:
C. E. Spence, master of the Oregon
State Grange, came to attend the ses
sions of the National Grange, and is
returning to Oregon enthusiastic over
the work accomplished. While Wo
man Suffrage was defeated by the
National Grange last year by a vote
of 2(i to 24, the women won out this
year by a vote of 30 to 25. Mr.
Spence considers this change of front
remarkable and the endorsement of
Woman's Suffrage as a great step for
ward. Last year, Prohibition was treated
in a rather indefinite way, while htis
year the National Grange was prac
tically a unit in endorsing Natonal
prohibition. The present conservation
policy of the Forestry department
came in for endorsement, and very
progressive ideas on Rural Credits
were adopted as the policy of the Nat
ional Grange.
It was decided to demand that the
Government provide for rural credit
purposes some circulating medium as
in the case of the Regional Banks
The Grange arrayed itself against
bonding f orroad construction, largely
on tho idea that road building is still
m its experimental stage. It also do
dared in favor of building market
roads first. There was practically
unanimous opposition to the proposed
increase of army, navy and armaneut.
The National Grange insists on rais
ing the standard of citizenship rather
than large sums of money for destrue
tive purpose. Strong peoce resolu
tions were adopted.
It was also ngreed that there
should be a uniformity of tax laws as
affecting states, this to prevent the
tux dodging that has become so fla
grant on tho part of wealthy citi
zens owning property m many states.
The National Grange is composed of
the Master and Matron of the State
Granges of the nation, and at this
time fifty-seven were present, repre
senting practically all the states of
the Union. Mr. Spence spent con
siderable time at the Oregon Build
ing and on the Exposition grounds
and expressed the confidence that Ore
gon has made a wonderfully effective
showing here, one from which the
state is certain to derive great bene
fit. B. G. Leedy, of Corvallis, former
ly Master of the State Grange, was
also here, and was equally enthusias
tic over the Oregon showing.
The Courier has a full line of Legal
Blanks for sale. If you are in need
of Legal Blanks you will find that it
will pay you to come to the Courier.
COMFY
FOR.
IN OREGON CITY
STATE WORK PLANNED
Oregon Development League to Widen
Scope of Its Activities
Every indication points to the com
ing of prosperity for the West. All
reports from the East and Middle
West are most encouraging and it is
reasonable to assume that the West
will be permitted to share "in the
"good times coming."
ment and development of the State.
In the past the Oregon Develop
ment League was a factor in building
the State, principally from the fact
that this League was composed of the
progressive men and organizations in
every community. In the merging of
tho commercial bodies of Portland, the
League, to some extent, lost its iden
tity and really ceased to exist. The
time is now ripe for n re-organization
on broader and well defined lines.
In order to effect such a State or
ganization, a convention is hereby
called to meet in Portland on Frulay;
December 31st immediately following
the Mate Irrigation Congress, at
which Congress it is expected fully
five hundred delegates will be present.
Many, if not all of the Irrigation
Congress delegates, would well rep
resent their respective communities
in the League convention. Repre
sentatives of the various Commercial
Organizations, Cities and Towns,
Granges and Farmers' Union, and
kindred organizations are being invit
ed to attend.
"Printing with a punch" at the
Courier.
WEIRD TALE TOLD
County Seat Woman Reports Assault
to Oregon City Police
Mrs. E. B. Nevitt, who lives in the
downtown section of the county sent,
reported to tho Oregon City police
this week that she had been assaulted
and felled to the ground by a myster
ious stranger as she left her house
Monday evening at half past seven.
Mrs. Nevitt says she wa rendered un
conscious by the blow, and that it
was a quarter of an hour before she
recovered.
Patrolman Woodward responded to
her call for aid, but was unable to
discover any clues that would lead to
a solution of the reported attack.
Though the door of the house was un
locked, there was no evidence of rb
bery within, nor were there any foot
prints outside to show in which direc
tion any thug might have escaped.
Mrs. Nevitt says she was struck
from behind, and that she is there
fore unable to give any description of
her assailant. 1
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For Men and
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ALWAYS"
SHERIFF GETS PRISONER
William Wilson Breaks Record and
Makes Perfectly good "Pinch"
William J. Wilson, sheriff of Clack
amas county, Tuesday night arrested
J. M. Christ, who is wanted in Port
land for beating a board bill accord
ing to the report sent out by Port
land authorities with his description.
Somebody told the sheriff that the
man had just arrived in the city and
gave him a description of the fugi
tive, and the sheriff went out and
made the arrest.
The Courier is glad to hear that
Sheriff Wilson has made an arrest in
which the right man figures, and
trusts that the county press will do
its share in appraising the public of
this matter. Up to this time quite
a numuer or people nave been an-
prehended by the sheriff's office, but
in a large number of cases they have
subsequently developed not to be the
people desired at all.
A man who beats his board bill is
a pretty desperate sort of a cuss, and
tho Courier hopes the sheriff will get
special reward for overhauling and
overpowering such a horrible criminal.
RECEIVER IS NAMED
T. P. Randall Given Hard Job by Cir
cuit Judge Campbell
Thomas Randall has been named re
ceiver of the Northwestern Associa
tion, which for some years past has
been "developing" Redland Orchards
and offering fruit tracts for sale on
the installment plan under the care
ful management of Jesse Hazzel. Mr.
Hazzel recently made application for
bankruptcy, and said his own liabili
ties were $27,000, while the liabilities
of himself and tho Northwestern As
sociation were $88,000. Immediately
following his application to be ad
judged bankrupt, three suits against
his concern were filed, and Judce
Campbell started in untangling the af-
tairs of the outfit by appointing a
receiver.
The orchard tracts offered for sale
comprise an aggregate of 204 acres.
It is said that contracts for the sale
of 50 five-acre tracts have already
been secured by Hazzel, which is do
ing pretty well for a 204-acre parcel
of land.
Annual Bazaar
THE KING'S DAUGHTERS WILL
GIVE THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915.
DOORS WILL BE OPEN 1 P. M. A
CAFETERIA SUPPER WILL BE
SERVED FROM 6:00 TO 7:30
EVERYBODY COME.
A Powerful
Stimulant
By OSCAR COX
"Miss Brown, ef yo' don' mind I like
to have yo' come take kcer o' de chll
len. Ma wife's powerful weak and
can't do nothin' at oil. She's goiu' to
de hosplttle dls arternoon."
Miss Brown, a colored girl twenty
years of age, said she wouldn't mind
obliging Mr. Jones. It occurred to her
that If Mrs. Jones should die she might
be Mrs. Jones herself. Jones wag a
well to do darky ou the shady side of
forty and bad three pickaninnies. Miss
Brown supported herself by washing
and Ironing and 'thought that If she
could permanently change her occupa
tion to taking care of a family it would
be an advantage.
"When do yo' want me to come. Mr.
Jones?" she Inquired.
"Ma wife's gwlue to de hosplttle
about 4 o'clock. Reckon yo' mought
come round about half past 4."
"All right, Mr. Jones; I'll be dar."
Mrs. Joues was removed In the hos
pital ambulance on tline, and half an
hour later Miss Brown, who was com
monly called Sue by her employers,
settled herself down In her place. The
children were playing In the -street,
and Sue did not disturb them. She
was taking an eye Inventory of the
premises and making a mental rear
rangement of the furniture when Mrs.
Joues would be removed from the hos
pital to the cemetery. Mr. Jones, whose
name, stripped of euphony, was simply
Mose, returned from conveying bis
wife with a solemn countenance to
find that Sue had prepured a cup of
tea for him and bad It set out on the
table with n piece of corn pone.
"I thought yo'd come home ueedln'
somepln to brace yo' up, Mr. Jones,"
said the girl.
Her thoughlfulness braced up Mose
as much as the refreshments.
"How did yo' leave yo' po' wife?" she
asked.
"Porely."
"Is she gwlne to pull through?"
"Don' know; she's powerful sick."
Mrs. Jones lost instead of gained.
She was worried about her children,
and Mose found It necessary to tell her
that he had secured the services of
some one to take care of them. He did
not tell her that he had got a young
woman, for he had seen evidences al
ready that she was expecting to step
Into bis wife's shoes, and he knew that
this would worry her.
' Perhaps It would have gone well
with Sue had she curbed her Impa
tience. Though Mrs. Joues was report
ed getting weaker every day, she hung
ou In a very aggravating way. Sue got
tired asking Mose after his visits to
the hospital bow he had found bis wife,
hearing only the repetition, "Porely,
very porely; she's gwlne down hill pow
erful fast." So It occurred to the girl
to go to the hospital and ask questions
on her own account. She bought a five
cent posy and, appearing at the hospi
tal door, was received by on attendunt
"Tell Mrs- Jones," she said, offering
the posy, "dat a frleu' ob de family
brought ber de flowers and hopes she's
gettiu' better."
The attendant took the flowers and
was turning away when Sue asked;
"Mrs." Joues mighty sick?"
"She's very low."
"Not loug to lib, I reckon?"
"Not long."
" 'Bout bow long she gwlne to las'?"
"The doctor doesn't expect her to live
the week out"
Sue took her departure, greatly com
forted. The attendant took the posy 10
Mrs. Jones with the message. Mrs.
Jones was too 111 to appreciate the kind
attention, but the faculty of curiosity
had not yet deserted her, and she asked
if the friend of the family had left a
name. The nurse said she had not,
whereupon Mrs. Joues asked for a de
scription of her and was told that she
was a trim colored girl about twenty
years old.
That night n hurry cull was sunt for
Mose to come to the hospital to see his
wife before she died. Mose obeyed the
summons und found the Invalid In a
state of collapse. When told that her
husband was there she rallied, and
Mose went to her bedside.
"Mose." sho said, "tak good care ob
do chllleu when I'm daid."
"Snrtln."
"Gib all my frien's my lub, and
thank de eiill'd gal fo' de flowers she
brung me de udder day."
"Whir eull'd gal?"
"Dunno. She said she was a fiien'
of de family."
"I woud'r"
Mose checked himself, but too late.
Urged to tell what he wondered nt, he
admitted that Sue might have left the
flowers, and when asked who Sue was
he admitted that she was the woman
who was taking care of the children.
Perhaps it was Mose's evident desire
to keep something back. At auy rate,
the mother took fright. She raised her
self with marvelous strength consid
ering her condition and between the
nurse and her husband got tho story.
Including some admissions from the
latter as to Sue's kind solicitude In his
behalf
"Yo' Mose." she said, "yo' waltln
fo' me to die to marry dat gall"
"1 hain't no sech thing."
"De gal's waltin' fo' mo to die to
marry yo' Yo' s'pose I gwlne to turn
my ehlllen ober to a gal like dat? No.
sah. l's gwlne to get well. Call de
ambulance. I's gwlne home right oft."
She wns not permitted to carry out
her assertion, but she rallied from
that moment and a week later was
back In her own domicile. Miss Drown
was warned by Mose of her coming
and departed hi time to avoid a scene.
Many Divorces
County Clerk Harrington, feeling
in a statistical frame of mind, this
week discovered that so far this year
224 divorce suits were filed in the cir
cuit court. To balance these but 165
marriages have been held in the coun
ty. Announcement
My reply to Laura P. Kirchem be
ing refused publication by the Courier,
has been sent to her by registered
mail.
JOHN F. STARK.
(Paid Adv.)
WRITTEN BY CHILDREN.
8ome Famous Hymns That Have Out-
lived Their Authors.
Some of the best known hymns in
I the language, have been written by
' children. Everybody knows "My Faith
I Looks Up to Thee," a hymn with a
unique record. It was the first hymn
the author, Dr. Ray Palmer, ever
wrote. It Is by far the most popular
of his hymns. It was written when
be was a mere lad, and he survived
Its publication and popularity sixty
years. It was set to music in the year
of its blrtb and has always been sung
to the same tune.
One of the best known hymns in the
world Is "There Is a Land of Pure De
light." Tet it was written by Isaac
Watts before he reached manhood.- It
Is said that be was staying in the Isle
of Wight and looking across to Hamp
shire when he penned the lines:
Sweet fields beyond the swelling; flood
Stand dressed In living green.
That fine soldierly hymn, "Oft In
Danger, Oft In Woe, Onward, Chris
tian, Onward Go," was actually writ
ten by a boy and girl who never saw
each other. Thejjoy was poor Henry
KIrke White, who died before he
reached manhood, and the girl was
Frances Fuller-Maltland.
The fact is that when the boy poet
died the little girl was not born. Ex
actly when Klrke White wrote his
verses Is not known, for they were
found among his papers after his
death. He had worked some sums in
algebra on the same sheet
Twenty years later the little Frances,
fourteen years old, wrote the verses
beginning respectively, "Let your
drooping hearts be glad," "Let not
sorrow dim your eye," and "Onward,
then, to battle move," which made a
fine hymn of what was really only a
set of verses.
Frances Ridley Havergal wrote one
of her best known hymns when she
was a girl of fifteen. In fact, it was
tho first thing of any importance she
ever penned. This Is the pathetic
hymn, "Thy Life Was Given For Me."
It was scribbled on the back of a cir
cular in pencil and first read to an old,
bedridden' woman who liked lt so
much that the little girl repented of
her first intention to burn it, and her
father wrote the well known tune,
Baca, to it London Tlt-Blts.
DANGER IN GASOLINE.
This Substance Is Seven Times More
Powerful Than Dynamite.
Do yot know that gasoline gas is
seven times more powerful than dyna
mate? asks the National Cash Register
News in an article on the use of gaso
line with safety in the home. Gasoline
is a thin, water white liquid which
evaporates rapidly and throws off vast
quantities of vapor very inflammable
and explosive when mixed with air.
Substances like cotton, linen, silk,
especially when unwashed and undyed,
become more or less electrified when
rubbed or moved quickly in a bath of
gasoline, the gasoline becoming nega
tively charged. Gasoline being a bad
conductor, the generated electricity ac
cumulates and reaches such tension
that sparks are possible, igniting the
gasoline and causing flre and explosion.
Weather conditions affect the results
decidedly, the dry air of winter being
more dangerous than moist summer
air. Gasoline explosions In garages are
often brought about by static electric
ity, a fact definitely proved.
In case of fire tight caus are liable to
explode, throwing the burning gasoliue
all over the premises, thereby augment
bag the flre. For this reason gasoline
should be stored outside the bouse,
preferably in safety type cans (cans
with fine wire gauze In neck and
spout).
Gasoline used for cleaning should be
used outdoors, at least fifty feet from
any flre, light or burning substance,
never in an inclosed room. The heavy
vapors travel long distances and are
highly explosive. Never clean gloves
on the hands. The rubbing or agitating
of clothing in gasoline should be ac
complished by means of a dry stick.
Gasoline stoves should never be filled
with a light or flre within fifty feet of
the stove.
Nitrocellulose.
Cotton in the form of nitrocellulose
Is the most Important component of
all military propulsive explosives.
Strictly speaking, the raw material
used Is cotton waste, or the stuff re
jected in the manufacture of cotton
goods. Jute, ramie, kapok fiber, sul
phite pulp, spun cotton and other
forms of cellulose, have all been tried,
but the only trustworthy material is
cotton waste.
Ferocity of Man.
I recoil with horror at the ferocious
ness of man. Are there no means of
coercing Justice more gratifying to our
nature than a waste of the blood of
thousands and of the labor of millions
of our fellow creatures? Thomas Jef
ferson. Easier.
"I'm going to the dentist's to have
this tooth out Just mind the baby
till I come back." Husband (with
alacrity) You mind the baby. Jessie.
I'll go and get a tooth pulled outl
Exchange.
A Breach.
Biuks Young Mr. Fllghhigh is cer
tainly a man of promise. Jinks So I
hear. I understand Miss Butterfly is
suing him for fifty thousand. Judge.
Sidestepped.
Bis Can you lend me $3 for a month,
old boy? Dix What the deuce does a
month old boy want with $5? Boston
Transcript
With heavy snows already in the
mountains, and with me rivers near
ing flood stage, the outlook is for a
lively and newsy spring next year.
The war in Europe is still going
on, even if a Portland murder and pol
itics have driven it from the front
pages of the newspapers.
Somebody unloaded pickled eggs on
Molalla merchants, and Seattle found
it out Now we wonder why Molalla
sends its eggs to Seattle, when other
markets are so much nearer?
DAIRY and
CREAMERY
GARGET Oft
MAMMITIS.
Old
Fashioned Remedy That
Rarely
Fails of Success.
As a graduate of Toronto Veterinary
college and a practitioner of twenty
years' experience, writes a correspond
ent of Hoard's Dairyman, I wish to
give a little of my observation and ex
perience of that ugly condition of a
cow's udder, garget or maminltls,
My practice nnd observation have
led me to believe that true garget is
duo to a condition of the system and
manifests itself locally, just as do
strangles or colt distemper in horses,
which is a septic fever, yet manifests
Itself locally by a tumor in the inter
maxillary space and usually suppu
rates.
In the large number of cases to
which I have been called I always find
symptoms of more or less indigestion
(when seemingly there was no cause),
a partially dry muzzle, an Increase In
pulse rate, some temperature and a
Up to date dairyman long ago
learned the futility of using scrub
bull:). Scrub bulls cost as much to
keep, and their progeny Is ot no
valuo except for veal. A pure bred
bull of any of the dairy breeds,
when crossed on common cows,
will produce almost Invariably a
better cow than Its dam. The bull
shown is a pure bred Holsteln.
large decrease of milk flow. For all
such cases I prescribe the following old
fashioned remedy, which has proved
almost a specific for this disease: One
pound of sulphate of soda or glauber
salts, a heaping tablespoonful of pul
verized ginger und two of common
salt. This Is dissolved tn two quarts
of hot water and given carefully and
slowly 'as a drench. After forty-eight
hours give n half pound of the suits
In the same manner.
Should the case seem obstinate give
another half dose after another forty-
eight hours. This salt is one of the
best liver tonics for cattle and is al
most a specific for garget. Very often
we are called to cases where we find a
badly swollen udder, a partial or en
tire suppression of milk flow and other
conditions that would lend us to say
the case was garget. A few questions
revealed the fact that some of the
teats were obstructed and a straw,
knitting needle or some other instru
ment had been used to open up' the
teat, with the result of a case of acute
mammltis. Such cases are not garget
and seldom recover. The injured and
diseased quarters become indurated
and never produce milk again.
WASHING THE BUTTER.
Temperature of Water Should
About Fifty Degrees.
Be
No harm whatever is done to butter
by washing In water colder than the
contents of tho churn provided it is
not akin to. ice water, which last has
the effect of chilling the butter grains
somewhat, and in working over It tends
to hold an excess of moisture, as the
butter cannot be, made sufficiently com
pact, to express -the surplus moisture
below the governmental limit of about
15 per cent. Water at about GO de
grees is sutllclently cold, floats out the
butter from the fluid mass, and the
second washing leaves the butter
ready for either the worker or, what Is
better, working it in the churn, incor
porating the salt at the same time.
No attempt should be made to work
tho butter Into lumps before lncorpo
rn ting the salt. Every 100 pounds of fin
ished butter has in Its makeup fifteen
pounds of water and six pounds of
suit, so wet butter cannot be oversulted
unl ess so much is added that this fif
teen pounds of water cannot dissolve
It nnd the butter Is filled with undis
solved salt. Add as many ounces of
salt to this wet butter as you had
pounds the previous churning, and you
will not go very far from a correct
salting of the butter. Rural New1
Yorker.
The Heavy, Milker.
The heavy winter milker Is usually
the best und most persistent cow; give
her on opportunity to make greatest
profits. Prepare, the cows and heifers
for spring calving. A good rest of from
one to two mouths and good feeding
while dry Insure greatest production
and profits in the next lactation pe
riod. It Is a well established fact that
a long first lactation period for heifers
Induces greatest persistency In milk
ing and that a thorough preparation
for the first and succeeding lactation
periods induces greater capacity for
milk production by thorough udder dis
tention. Alfalfa and Milk Production.
Utah farmers have maintained that
the second crop of alfalfa Is less valua
ble for milk production than either the
first or third cutting. Experiments
conducted by the Utah experiment sta
tion indicate that the second crop is
equal to either the first or third as a
milk producer and Is fed with greater
economv.
Beating a Ford
I saw a large auto in town Thurs
day that held a trump over the Ford
as a climber. . The owner had a long
ladder strapped on the side so he
could climb a hill when he came to
it. (Columbia Herald.)
Fellow forged a check recently and
ran away in a Ford car, which he dis
guised by removing the body. Fool
ish man if he'd left the Ford alone
it would have been hard to pick him
in a crowd. But he monkeyed with
it, and got caught
SPEED OF THE SPARK.
A Fly Ball In New York and a Flash to
the Pacifio Coast.
Speed! Speed! That Is the cry of the
wire today, says Mr. Robert Wells
Ritchie in an article lu Harper's Maga
zine, In which he makes vivid, the
swiftness and concentration with
which the telegraph and the men who
serve it must workwhen the clamor of
the news hungry makes a delay of sec
onds Intolerable.
Once a year in this country comes a
test that cracks the nerves of men who
groom the wire. This Is when the
baseball madness udvances Into the
dog days of the so called world's series,
when the police have to cleave a lane
through the pack watching bulletin
boards. Tens of thousands witness the
games with their own eyes; many mil
lions demand to be spectators by proxy.
Over the entire stretch of wire from
the Polo grounds in New York to Sun
Francisco the circuit la made "blind;"'
It cannot be broken by human agency.
All is ready. From Harlem to the
Golden Gate the strain is at maximum;
men are tensed to action; the wire Is
alive.
"Cobb flies to Murphy," dictates the
baseball reporter lb the press stand,
Judging the trajectory of the batted
ball almost with the crack of the bat.
"Cobb flies to Murphy," calls the as
sistant sporting editor of the San Frun
clsco evening paper, and his voice is
megapifoned to the crowd that blocks
Kearny street Before the high fly bat
ted by Cobb on the Polo grounds has
smacked the glove of Murphy In the
outfield the traffic policeman standing
by Lottu's fountain in the Pacific coust
city knows the pluy is made. "And Is
caught out." the reporter In the press
stand supplements.
"Murphy new . misses 'em." com
ments the San Francisco policeman be
fore the outfielder has returned the hull
to the pitcher's box.
LUXURY IN THE BASTILLE.
The Famous French Prison During the
Reign of Louis XIII.
It was during the reign of Louis
XIII. that the Bastille, became recog
nized as a prison, especially for uotu-
ble persons suspected of treachery
against the French government Riche
lieu used It for the secure lodgment of
troublesome opponents, and during his
time the celebrated fortress became
the luxurious prison of a powerful aris
tocracy.
Apart from thenecessury restrictions.
a stay In the famous prison or runs
was little more thnn an agreeable di
version. It seemed indeed us though
the king was determined to show his
kindness. He expressed great anxiety
for the comfort of his prisoners.
Money could buy in the Bastille ull
the luxury that could be obtained out
side, aud should a poor man stray
within the Impenetrable walls the king
was so eager to prove his hospitality
that be at once allowed him u reason
able pension. The rooms In which the
prlsouers were confined were lofty und
well aired; the furniture was arranged
according to the taste of the occupant..
Mine, de Stael. for instance, hung
her wnlls with rich tapestries, and
many a distinguished culpr(j curried
with him to the Faubourg St. Antolne
his family portraits or u valuable
library.
Nor Is it in the least significant ihnt
the prison bnrbpr visited his patrons
every morning with a silver basin, per
fumed soap and embroidered towels.
The best viands, well cooked, were
furnished to the better class of prison
ers, and at the close of the meals the?
exchanged visits, played cards and
made the walls of the gloomy looking
prison ring with their merriment
One of f alb's Predictions.
In 1874 Professor Rudolph Falb pre
dicted an eruption of Etna on Aug. 27.
He offered a Vienna editor to write an
account of it If the editor would send
him to Sicily. Falb was commissioned.
When he reached Etna there wus noC
the slightest sign of disturbance. As
the 27th approached Fulb wus tortured
with unxiety and spent sleepless nights
watching the volcano Nothing hap
pened on the 27th und 28th. The fol
lowing morning the servant rushed Into
the professor's room shouting. "An
eruption, a terrible eruption!" Fnlb
saw the spectacle and sent off bis dis
patch. "One" as a Pronoun.
I have never been smitten with the
use of the word "one" as n pronoun, it
takes a word Juggler to attempt It and
get awaj with It. Culess one feels
that one has wou one's spurs In this
respect and can extricate oneself from
the mesa one gets oneself and one's
readers into one should avoid the use
of the word one In referring to oneself
as one would a plague. Westminster
Gazette.
Just So.
What brought you to housebreak
ing, my man?"
Lost my Job as a baseball pitcher,
Judge."
Well, you are foolish to go Into
burglary if you are poor at locating
the plate." Indianapolis News.
And So Forth.
"Willie," said the teacher of the
Juvenile class, "what Is the term 'etc.
used for?"
It is used to make people believe
that we know a lot more than we real
ly do," replied the bright youngster
Chicago News.
All He Wanted and More.
Ragged Rogers Did yon ever have
all yer wanted of anything? Tired
Thomas Yes. two things -advice and
water. Boston Transcript
Speaking of home industries, we
note from the state insurance com
missioner's report that two bier east
ern life insurance companies each do
more annual business in Oreeon than
all the Oregon companies put together
ana iour eastern companies each do
more business than the largest home
company. What's the matter?
The Oregonian tells us that a man
has led a six-legged bull across the
continent to Portland. Hasn't Port
land enough bulls of its. own T