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GET AT THE CAUSE
T" HERE HAVE been forty-one fires
in Oregon City this year. Out of
this number seven are practically
known to have-been incendiary, seven
are listed as of mysterious or unknown
n-Mr, and the remainder reprecent
either small or negligible losses. Fromj
the fifteen fires, including me uum
ing of the Elks temple, a total loss
'of $367,500 has occurred.
There are some of tie fires where
tT-a. a v-nnrrfltfl evidence that no
i ranso. were resDonsible. In
wtiioli wan auickly put out, kind
ling was found against the side of the
wall In another a partly burned fuse
-Mas found inserted in the gas tank
of an auto. In another a jar of ex
plosive liquid was discovered. In num
erous others there has been evidence
ot kerosene or gasoline. And in many
cases there are reports of men burridly
leaving the buildings just before the
fires break out.
Added to this is the fact that the
majority of the fires have come be-
e - n i a. on ' - 1 rw.lr
tween the hours oi x& a"" .ou " "
No serious fire reported during the
year, with possibly one exception, has
been at any other time.
It is true that whenever there is an
incendiary fire, it gives rise to a pre
disposition to assign such a cause to
every subsequent blaze, nut tne evi
dence in the case of Oregon City be
overwhelming. Ana
yet so far as can be learned nothing
has been accomplished by the local
authorities in unearthing the cause
If there is a fire bug operating in this
district, not one tangible clue to his lo
cation has been round.
The situation is a difficult one. The
local officials are handicapped in var
ious ways. .But if they cannot cope
with the situation it is time to call for
professional aid ir nothing else, a
paid investigator should be put to work
until the affair is solved.
The loss in Oregon City this year
has been; greater than through any
similar series of fires on record. The
value of the paid fire department has
been amply demonstrated. Yet more
equipment is needed. Had a second
call come in early Saturday morning
to firemen would have been, practical
ly helpless.
The mass meeting called for Mon
day afternoon was inspired by the rea
lization that something must be done
to meet the condition. Oregon City
has to long remained inactive. But
the time to make provision for the
emergency is here. The citizen's budg-
agricultural and certain other season
al industries. ' . .
. Representation of the "workers" in
the management of every .industry.
Opposition to the "industrial state.'
Abandonment by the state of all in
dustrial enterprises.
Self-discipline for organized labor.
(Th.'s to combat proletarian dogma).
Italian expansion in the Mediterran:
ean.
Economically it seems to be a rath
er tolerable, compromise with radical
ism. In Its domestic application, how
ever, Americans are not much - con
cerned with it, when once assured that
Italy is not going Bolshevist. The
items of real interest here are those
touching foreign policy. There is
nothing very reassuring about them.
"Italian expansion on the Mediter
ranean" cannot be achieved without
taking territory from somebody else,
and that means trouble in Europe
again. "Opposition to all internation
alism", if it means anything, means
opposition to co-operating with other I
nations for the general good.
Aggressib nationalism may be even
worse than Socialism.
. Borrowed Comment.
What Editors of State and National
Papers Have to Say.
Somebody recommends religion as
a cure for Insomnia. A little obser
vation at the average church leads
one to believe that isn't such a fool
notion) iats It Bounds. EugeneRegis-
ter.
- The Poets' Corner.
Songs and Sonnets From the Pens
of Modern Writers."
A SUMMER NIGHT
An American in Paris has been .ar
rested for attempting to sell a hotel
he did not own. Possibly he thought
his receipted board bill was a trans
fer of title. Passaic Herald.
Ambassador Harvey wants the Ten
Commandments rewritten. The next
best thing to that would be to have
them- re-read occasionally. Washing
ton Post.
A RE-GROUPED CABINET
rrHE PROPOSED plan for reorgan-
ization of the executive depart
ments of the national government is
ready for submission to Congress. Un
der this plan there would still be '10
main departments with 10 cabinet of
ficials." The departments of State,
Commerce, Agriculture, Treasury, In
terior, Justice and Labor would re
main practically as they are now,
with possibly some adjustments to
eliminate duplication of duties. The
departments of War and Navy would
be grouped under a single department
of Defense. The name of the Postof
fice Department would be changed to
Department of - Communications, with
jurisdiction over postal affairs, inv
eluding the mails, telephone and tele
graph systems and radio. A wholly
new department that of Education
and Welfare would be established,
having charge of matters of education,
public health and care of delinquents
and dependents.
Although no action on this new di
vision of activities is expected in the
present session of Congress, it would
nevertheless be well for citizens to
study and think over the plan. If it
will really eliminate hampering red
tape, and overlapping departmental
duties and save large sums of money
with increase of efficiency, it should
have warm public approval.
For a number- of years- government
officials tried to put The Call in jail.
Now it is not admitted to the Federal
nenitentiary at Leavenworth. New
York Call."
Thanksgiving was probably insti
tuted by the Pilgrim Fathers for the
benefit of parents whose sons had
survived the football season. Ameri
can Lumberman (Chicago).
It is not yet clear whether Russia
wants to take a hand In Armenia or
just be there when the relief food
from America arrives. Washington
Post.
The way things are tending it will
soon be easier for a woman to get a
seat in any legislative -body in the
country than in a street-car. Roch
ester Post-Express.
How is it possible for women to un
derstand politics when they have to
depend almost entirely on their hus
bands for their political education
Columbia Record.
By George D. Bond
Only the locusts cry in the black mid
. night.
Only the wind stirs in' the longly grass
No light, no other life, no other sound
Only-the vast . blackprairie, and .the
dim, " limitless space where
." the worlds;revolve.
And in the dark the prairie lies awake
and restless.
Impatient of man's , control, hating
his cities and his fences and
. himself; - - - .
Waiting for him to join the mammoth
' and the- laelaps, .
Knowing his time will come, and wait
ing, waiting, waiting.
Biding her time to rise and cover
him up;
Dreaming a dream of cities silent, de
serted, v .
And of prairie grass creeping slow
ly over their ruins;
Dreaming a dream ot a tyrant over
come, and of many, many
bones beneath the thick wild-
flowers ;
Dreaming a dream of many years of
silence, broken only by the
song" of the wind and the cry
of the locust. . Poetry.
The Office Cat.
By Junius.
WHY I TEACH
THE TIGER
pLEMENCEAU HAS nothing new
1 to tell the United States, Dut
that is no reason for discounting the
things he says.
Among other things the Tiger warns
that political and economic affairs in
Europe are approaching a crisis, that
the friendly support of the United
States may avert a crash, and that if
the crash is not averted, then the
United States will be forced to more
active participation than otherwise
would be necessary.
The Tiger asks nothing but "stay
by." He makes no concrete sugges-
t mMtinp mar include in the 1923 fi-1 tion of what we are to do. But he
nancial program anything it desires
There are three things which should
be considered by both the mass meet
ing Monday and the subsequent budg
et session. They are:
Find the fire bug.
Increase the fire fighting equipment.
Remove from the residence and bus
iness section the numerous ', natural
fire hazards.
F
ROADS AfD TAXES
R THE YEAR of 13ZZ Jiacna-
mas county's road fund amounted
to more than half a million dollars.
Of this, more than $120,000 was raised
by the districts throughout this sec
tion. This year the districts are to
expend more than $140,000 if the pre-
liminarv unofficial estimates of the
amount the voted millage will raise
proves correct.
There is no one governmental func
tion which is more expensive than
road building, with the exception of
education. The funds used for schools
"and highway embrace the bulk of the
money for which taxes are being paid.
The process of getting the nation out
of the mud has resulted in increasing
the burdens to a confiscatory size.
Yet there is need for more roads.
The solution seems to be in the
method of raising the taxes." The gov
ernmental theory of the property tax
is that he who derives the major por
tion of the benefits, pays to that ex
tent. Thus should it be with roads.
The levy for highway work is not be
ing based at present upon the good
accruing to the individual who uses
the thoroughfare but on the basis that
government extract where it can, as
much money as possible.
No radical reform can be accomp
lished at once, nor is such a move
ment desirable. Yet the shifting of
noma of the burden upon the automo
biles themselves would help to allevi-j
ate the condition. A fuel tax would
apportion the cost among those who
utilize the roads, and thus relieve the
general tax payer from a portion of
an already heavy load.
The total cost of road building ob
viously cannot be bourne by the auto-
Tnnhilen. but the fact remains that
thev are not paying their just share.
With the increasing demand for high
ways the levies cannot be materially
reduced. Equalization of the assess
ment in this one regard, is a sane meth
od of bettering the. condition.
seems to think that a cause that was
big enough to live in unity for, and
that in some way the nation which
made the war damage should be made
to pay for it.
Clemenceau makes no pretense of
being here in any official capacity.
He is just a private individual speak
ing for a cause near his heart. He
It's hard enough, at best, for legis
lators to keep their mind on their
business. And now a 23-year-old girl
has been elected to the Missouri Leg
islature. Nashvill Tennessean.
The new Congressmen riding the
fence on the prohibition question will
now join in singing "Nobody knows
how dry I am." Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot. '"
Germany is asking for more time;
it is only another proof that the Ger
mans, at least, understand that time
is money. Philadelphia North American.
We believe Mr. Hohenzollern got
married again because he would have
somebody around who would have to
listen to him read from his book.
New York Tribune.
Henry Ford is not satisfied with
this country's financial system. Hen
ry must have found, somewhere, a
few dollars that were nailed down.
Toledo Tilade.
In a burst, of enthusiasm the Kais
er's bride say's she loves him more
than anybody else does. But ' she
couldn't love him as much as he does.
Nashville Southern Lumberman.
A West Virginian negro who was
pardoned from the penitentiary wants
to stay until after Thanksgiving. But
seeks to remind America of facts to ! maybe he'd be back by that time any-
By Louis Burton Woodward
' Because I would be young in soul
and mind .
Though years must, pass and age my
life constrain, .
And I have found no way to lag be
hind
The fleeting years, save by the magic
chain
That binds me, youthful, to the
youth I love,
I teach. ,
Because I would be wise and wis
dom find
From millions ' gone before whose
torch I pass,
. Still burning bright to light the
paths, that wind
So steep and rugged, for each lad and
. lass -; j,
Slow-climbing to the unreveled
above,
I teach.
Because in passing on the living
flame
That ever ' brighter burns the ages
through,
I have done service that is worth
the name
Can I but say, "The flame of knowl
edge grew
A little brighter in the hands I
taught,"
I teach. .. .
Because I know that when life's
end I reach
And thence pass through the gate so
wide and deep ..
To what I do not know, save what
men TEACH, '
That the remembrance of me men
will keep
Is what I've done; and what I have
is naught,
I teach. - N. E. A- Journal.
- Same with -wrve ss - with automo
biles; 'it's not the original cost, but
the upkeep. . "
CAN MAKE IT TALK CENTS
Bix They say- that money talks;
when you make it?
Tix Sure.' I can make every penny
.count.
" DECEIVING
"Don't trust to appearances," said
Uncle Eben. "De toughest chicken
may wear de finest feathers."".
Mandy (dining out) Any freight
trains been stalled around clost hyar
.lately, Susie?
Susan (shaking her head) .Not dat
at knows ob, Mandy, Why? .
Mandy Oh, .nothin'; only dis ar
chicken tastes to me jest' like cold
storage fowl.
You will remember that there was
no talk about Ford needing money un
til he began to run a newspaper.
EVERY DROP NEEDED
Spilled milk of human kindness is
the only kind worth crying over.
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OTHERWISE? SHE'S ALL RIGHT
Simpson had ' been invited to the
wedding' of his friend.Tom. Arriving
at the home, Simpson was formally
introduced to the bride, whom he had
never met. After the ceremony, Simp
son drew his friend aside.
"Tom," he whispered, "What in the
world is the matter with you Why,
that woman's twice as old as you.
Her hair and teeth are false, and she's
ugly as a toad!"
"You needn't whisper, Simpson,
she's also deaf."
Gloof and Pesimism are a combina
tion in .restraint of trade.
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The Book Comer.
By C. E. G.
From The Pulpit
Thanksgiving
!By Rev.
Sermon Delivered
H. G. Edgar. '
The. kiss of a pretty girl is always
highly regarded among men, but as a
ROUGH HEWN: by Dorothy Canfield.
Harcourt, Brace and Company, New
York.
Distinctly more than, a hint of the
divine power that moves the universe
is embodied in the" strongly written
novel, "Rough Hewn" by Dorothy Can
field. -Miss canfield has successfully
accomplished the difficult in " this
"Bless The Lord O My Soul"
Thanksgiving Day, whica we have
just celebrated, was born of acknowl
edgement of and thanksgiving to God.
It is a day of religious observance.
Religion is its dominant note A sec
ular encyclopedia says "A religious
feeling pervades the day." True to,
the spirit of. the day our President
- - , tJJ.0 Opil . JK. HA-S VIJ v-m
story, by spending the greater Part makes goiemn appeal to the ihhabit-
of the time in tearing down, finally to
build a beautiful' structure out of the
ruins..
We first meet Neale as the proud
possessor of a brand new, bright yel
low "shinny stick," and when this
stick runs true to color and isn't much
good, the author has led out the first
trump and the game is on. Straight
through "prep" school and on into col
lege Neale plays games, eventually
putting a sort of fervent passion into
football. Then "for a time he is left
apparently playing football while the
tale goes across the sea to France, to
be explicit, to Basque that half
French, haip Spanish city. Here
dwells the heroine! However contrary
to the usual literary method pages
the author cleverly conceals the fact
that the book ia a love story!
The girl Marise, transplanted as a
child from American into French soil,
does not thrive, but is hemmed in on
all sides by the furtive, sullied
thoughts and acts of . those about her.
Just the -manner in which the shy,
sensitive child is changed into a
frightened, melancholy girl, would be
enough to recommend the book to all
students of human nature. The author
very properly raps the home environ
ment which makes this change possi
ble. There is nothing hurried about the
book all the results seem the natural
sequence of events. Even when Neale
has crossed the ocean and met Mar-
ants of this favored land to look up
to God in thankful acknowledgement
of His Divine guidance and His gen
erous dealings with us."
It would seem that there are sev
eral angles to the appeal that comes
to us to preserve the essential re
ligious aspect of the day. First, the
appeal of an ancienjt and honored
custom conceived in the spirit of re
ligion and made the subject of presi
dential proclamations since the days
of the devout Abraham Lincoln; sec
ond, the appeal of the specific proc
lamation of our present Christian
Chief Executive, issued under the seal
ot qur Government, and, third, the
appeal of our own better selves to
welcome this opportunity to join with
our fellow citizens in thankful ack
nowledgement of blessings that have -accrued
because of a Power hot our
own.
And why should we not come to
gether "to render thanks and pay our
vows" rather as God-worshipping and
God-acknowledgeing citizens than as
denominationalists and sectarians?
Who in this enlightened land of ours
does not believe in a Supreme Being
who is infinitely powerful, wise and
good? Who in all- the rush and tur
moil, the sin and profaneness, .the
exultations ad depressions of his
life does not in some moment, per
haps shocked into an instant's con
scious consideration, believe that
there is a God in the universe to
two young lovers have time enough to
find themselves, and to accept that
which has to them been given.
rule aftec a man passes 50 he .would ' , 1 t P ,T , J
. moJT. r i ends. rough-hew them how we will."
ise, and they have settled the affair ; whom he owes a mead of homage?
of the yellow canary, even then the-. What- is there that, makes it inher
ently impossible for creatures of a
common dust to get together under
the urge of the ap-peads noted above
for one hour of one day in the year
rather have a mess of turnip greens.
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quotes Dorothy Canfield.
PeoDle soon crew tired of eussine inrougnout. tne dook
If we didn't have a fire occasionally
how would we know whether the hy
drants were out of order
Our education "factories recently
resumed operations with a new supply
of rah-rah materials.
on the
OLD MAN JOBLING
which she was very much alive four
years ago, but to which she seems to
have become a little dulled. No harm
should come from his speaking. In a
country dedicated to free speech he
should he accorded a courteous hear
ing. If he advances the settlement of
world problems by one sentence, he
will have accomplished something
worth while.
A few years ago the people of the
city' entered into considerable discus
sion over the question of a paid fire
department Today, wth the excellent
record made by Chief Priebe's men,
there is a unanimous opinion that the
bond issue for the establishment of
the department was a good invests
ment. When other matters of public
progress are considered, citizens who
are inclined to be knockers should re
flect upon . the change in sentiment
after the benefits become apparent.
way. Eugene Register.
The Scientific American offers A.
Conan Doyle $2500 if he will produce
a ghost.- A smaller sum than that has
sometimes been sufficient to make
the ghost walk. Eugene Guard.
If you don't believe there are any
bone-dry -spots in America, just buy
some stock in certain oil companies.
Washington Post. . .
Permits have been issued to 30,000
New Yorkers during the past year to
carry fire arms. The proportion of
husbands murdered is small in com
parison to the number of weapons af
tr all.
The Minneapolis attorney who se
cured a judgment against the tele
phone company for loss of time due
to bad service probably has a warm
spot in his heart for the familiar
phrase "Line's busy."
Now they think that Tiernan is prob
ably Insane. If he isn't Insane, ser
tainly Jib's crazy. )
One of the natural wonders of pol
itics is that when an officeholder's
goose is cooked he becomes a lame
duck. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
When the great American public
isn't sure what it wants, it votes for
something different from what it has.
Toledo Blade.
Lenin may be recovering, but he's
not what he used to be. The poor
man's latest speech was only an hour
long. Dallas News.
The mark has fallen again. The!
only consolation is that it soon will
have no place to go but up. St. Paul
iPoneer-Press.
Milk is not so much adulterated as
it was. The bootleggers are crowd
ing the milkmen away from the pump.
New York Tribune.
When it comes to making an in
comeftax return, money talks with
an impediment in its speech. Colum
bia Record.
lin cabinet
Journal.
indefinitely. Oregon
FASCISTI PRINCIPLES
MOST AMERICANS reaMze that
the new Italian government,
headed by Mussolini, represents a
middle-class revolution and the defeat
of Socialism. Few, however, have
much idea of what Fascism really
stands for. Here are its principles.
as stated by an Italian-American: f ..
Opposition to all internationalism. ' A little later retail merchants might
Legal establishment of the eight- j frame up a Pay Your Christmas Bills
hour day, with due reservations for ( week. Oregon Journal.
A new Peoples Party is being form
ed. More atrocities in the name of
Democracy.
There is one Turkey the recent holi
day had no effect on.
About .time to
shopping early."
'do your Christmas
By Wilfrid Gibson
Old man, old man, whither are you
hobbling?
Old man Jobling, whither are you
going
Battered hat and tattered coat and
clogs in want of cobbling
And the snell wind lowing and the
mirk lift snowing -
Young man Catchieside, and if I go
a-fairing.
Who's declaring I'm too old for go
ing
Dressed in Sunday-best and all; and
why should I be caring
For the .snell wind lowing and the
mirk -life snowing?
Ay, but what will come - of you as
drifts get deep and deeper
Steep roads steeper, and your
shanks too numb for going?
Happen I shall nap I was ever a
good sleeper
With the snell wind lowing and the
mirk lift snowing.
Deep will be your sleep It's truth
you are declaring
After fairing, whichever way we're
' . going.
Deep will be the sleep of all; so why
should we be caring
For the ell wind blowing and the
- mirk, lift snowing?
London Spectator.
delightful
Hollywood. There was too much gen- sketches of unusual and every day
eral condemnation and not enough characters are painted, perfect little
horrible details. ' .miniatures of someone you have
' op ! known or would like to know. The
"Dear - can you remember to bring j scenes of the plot are laid in this
some rat biscuits home this evening?" , country and in Europe with the baf-
"Rat biscuits? That's the limit; j flinS intricacy of a spider web now
No! If the rats can't eat what we have ' here now there, always weaving back
in the house, let them leave." t and forth. .
Honesty and virtue and the chance
to grow toward beauty are given the
stellar roles in this play of life. And
of these three the last named is the
I greatest, for.it embraces all of t life.
HOMESPUN: Poems by Grace B.
Hall. Dodd, Mead and Company,
New -York.
Grace E. Hall needs no introduction
to the state of Oregon. A frequent
contributor to the Portland Oregon
ian, she already enjoys a wide field
of readers and admirers. Homespun
is an apt title for the collection of
her poems just published, for it deals
with homey, familiar themes and bits
of sentiment of no uncommon ances
try. The charm of Mrs. Hall's poetry
lies in the fact that she plays upon
threw
that
any-
Fisherman found $10,000
banks of the Potomac.
. .-That's the dollar George
across, with interest.
Mrs. -Smith: 'I don't think
music teacher can ever make
thing out of Katherine voice. -
Mr. Smith: "You're mistaken. Ma.
He's made more than a hundred dol
lars out of it, already!
There will come a time, as the nov
elist say, when President Harding
will look back to that day when he : emotions which are not beyond the
pied the front pages of the Marion
Ohio, Star at press time and wish by
all that's high and holy that all he
had to do was to remake it in time
to actch the first mail.
Some birds cannot even, eat a small
average reach. She finds a wealth
of subjects in the ordinary, prosaic
things that-' surround a rather mun
dane world. v
There is, however, something " ot
strength lacking in the lines she pens,
probably because they show neither
a r. . . i . . ..
owet Aopme never was a very dominant philosophy nor mastery of
ft lSDg' bnleven at Its helSht style, in occasional verses, such as
DrvTAm " tire8(m th "HH -Misunderstanding," and "I Never
" Knew, she descends to something of
j the melodramatic. Not that the idea
I lacks force, but that the rhyme leaves
i little to the imagination.
Voluminous production in itself is
And when all is said and. done
When we cast up at the end
Of life's glories, there is one
Never dimming that's a friend.
and mingle their praise and prayer
of thanksgiving for common bless
ings from a Common Source ;Is
there not in all the infinite reach of
God's truth and worship at least a
narrow strip upon which we can all
stand without crowding for citizenly
consecration? Is there not some
where, somehow that I can meet my
fellow citizen in the atmosphere of
his devotion or mine? Must our meet
ings, our Intercourse, be confined to
the spheres of trade and barter, oi
politics, or reason, or such like? Can
I never meet him on the ground of
a common creaturehood of a common.
Creator whom we both acknowledge
and to whom we pay our various hom
age? I meet my Jewish friend and
my Catholic friend and my Greek
friend in a common humanitarian en
terprise, we unite our efforts in a"
common patriotic pursuit, perhaps
going-over the top,". , and we mix
again in a common educational en
deavor, but is there no avenue by
which we can approach a common
God upon the appeal of our common
President and as citizens of a com
mon republic offer up a common sup
plication, thanksgiving and devotion.
The commingling of our people in
industry, trade and" politics has a'
fighty amalgamating effect upon our
national life. In fact, we could not
become a unified people were it not
for these weaving threads, (Note the
condition of China where these com
mon pursuits are lacking). We do not
have uniformity nor do we want it.
In industry there is cariety; In trade
there is diversity, and in politics
there are parties. In each of these
spheres there is loyalty and adher
ence to the rules that govern. But
permeating it all there is that thing
that makes all American.
But there is yet that other sphere
in which there must be more of com
munication before there is that sym-
t pathy, understanding and fellowship
A real optimist is the man who al
ways remits more to his gas company
than his monthly bill calls for, so as
to accumulate a reserve for a rainy
day.
'we STICK TO THIS STORY
Jim's wife needed a tin can, so she
far from an indictment. Yet it some-j neCessary to a complete National
i times seems that to, write much has jty. Tnat i9 the sphere by which
ja detrimental effect in the substitu-1 our citizens by diverse paths approach
! tion of a hurried atmosphere where J a common Creator. This is the
; spontaneity is sought. realm of relieion Surelv there is
Perhaps one of the best in Home-1 somewhere a point in human seeking
spun Is "Silent Places." I after the Divine where the Protestant
with unswerving loyalty to his Book,
God, keep some silent places for us
still.
j the Catholic with uncomprimising de-
commandeered the one Jim keeps his' Annrt frmn tJlOM wherft ,orever! :otlon ... nI!. confessional and i
oil in. It contents she noured into a : I J witn unaiminisnea confidence in
i iroes i . .
cellar. ' - I m ropnet, can assemiDie at me call
some altars lit y sunset cn tne nui, of their National Chief . to render
Or alcoves in the canyon wall, where thanks to their bountiful Provider for
blessings poured upon them as a peo
ple. There is no surer preventative
PORTALS OF THE DAWN
Striving to get into the upper crust J
of society has cost many a man his
bottom dollar.- Eugene Guard.
The ships we'd like to see Europe
scrap are receiverships. Washington
Post.
All newspaper headline writes are
hoping that Cuno will head the Ber-
About the only thing the" war set
tled is a mrotgage on the civilized
world. Columbia Record. -
Fire destroyed a furniture plant at
Bethlehem, Pa., and all we hope is
it burned some folding beds. Baker
Herald,
' The question is whether the Turk
ish Government will terminate or ex
terminate. Manila Bulletin.
We'll Just pay that subsidy out of
funds that we haven't got for the
bonus. Dallas News.
Germany's heaviest clouds appear
to be dun colored. Washington Post.
Russia may be tree, but is obvious
ly not easy. Columbia Record.
By Robert Haven Schauffler
Earth yields to man no more delicious
Joy ' ,
Than for a vivid moment to recap
ture The magic world, he wdelt in as a
boy;
To know the tang of grapes again
. the rapture
Of forest brooks, the scent of whit
tled ash.
The glamour of the pirate beacon's
glow.
And spirit casements opening for a
flash
On sunrise heavens of the long ago.
Earth yields to man nomore insidious
pain
Than when his dulling senses yearn
to be
Tasting the old sweet sting of love
again.
The old sharpkelpy fragrance of the
sea;
Only to find how far his feet
have gone
Forth from the dewy portals of
the dawn. "
Harpers Magazine.
jug and placed . same in the
Comes Jim Into the story.
"Where, tito- 11?
"Tn tia pollai- In o Inp- T naeriori h glow 8
Jim finds the jug on the preserve rern, ..
shelf and loads. his oil tank. A few "u" tt"10UL lrs Denu y
blocks down the street hfc motorcycle! above,
stops dead and refuses to respond toi For souls of men must sometimes
all kinks we are toU to use hv the deeply yearn
of Inquisitions, Programs and Masked
Assaults.
What better exercise in American
ism than for a great and free people
to respond punctilious''' tr awy,
instruction books. Jim pushes her -For silence such as tnis to sense Thy proclamation, issued under " the seal
love.
back home and removes the cylinders.
Nice taffy. At the same time Jim's
wife Is snoiline nice cake mixture God. 11161,0 fo" Ui still, lest ve
by pouring oil Into. That's no place ! forget i
to put oil in molasses jug. These altars built eternities ago;
Distance lands enchantment to the Thy handwork oh, let it, not be so!
debt. he fret of all his petty sen s seen
of their Government, by their Chief
Executive?
-If newcomers to our shores are to
have before them the example of our
people picking and choosing among
the provisions of our Constitution
! and the stipulations of a Presidential
1 In masonry of towers and walls and; proclamation, like shoppers mulling
Health hint to all flivver drivers: ! " piers.
Don't expect a 5-ton truck to get out But peace is in Thy murmuring for-
of your way. - ests green.
Thy peace, that snail abide througn-
A shipment of monkeys has been j
out the years.
sent to Harvard for scientific purpos-; -
es. Monkeys are great imitators, and The clash and clang and roar of what
before lone we expect to hear of one he makes
of them, marrying a chorus girl.
Strikes to the nerves 'til man himself
rebels;
BUSY AGAIN ' But all Thy woodland minstrelsy
A busy guy is Henry Hurls i awakes . -
He's always picking up the girls, j Our better thoughts, and worship true
But don't think he's a sporting gink; compels;
He Just works at the skating rink. J Oh! may the towers pf tall pines on
oo the crest
TERRIBLE RIVALRY" ! Be temple signals, pointing out the
Concordia, Kan., has a man whose way,
proudest accomplishment is that of And in Thy silent places let us rest
beating his business competitor to the A little while, sometimes, yea, rest
postoffice every morning. , and pray.
over remnants on a bargain counter
how long will it take them to adopt.
the "American way"? When other
wise respectable Americans are in the
market for booze in violation of our
constitution the untutored foreigner,
the names of bootleggers and moon
shiner give abundant evidence, is only
too ready to do the dirty work that
will supply the market. When ac
cording to time-honored custom our
President recommends by proclama
tion that our citizens gather at their
family altars and in their houses of
worship to render thanks to God for
the bounties they have enjoyed and
to petition' that these may be contin
ued in the year before them, wat
spectacle is that which is presented
(Continued on pag6 five.)