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Some farmers-- ar& 'located either . by inheritance 4or
choice, on farms that are naturally, unproductive. Others are
not 'adapted to farm work and even though trained for it by
study or experience, 'will never make a success of farming.
hifkoiVAti! It is usually advantageous to both themselves and to other
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Often it is poor economy for city bred folk to take up
liapaUke eeedited to it ar Mt otberwi credited ia thia paper and Ua the local j farming although' OCCaSsionallv One makes a real SUCCeSS in
ewa publisbad taereia. - , i : I . .7 .... .... . .
agriculture. Ana mere is nuie argument against tne aesir-
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ability of rearing the family in the rural district.
What is needed most on the farms for production of food
in the interest of the country as a whole is trained farmers,
t I j '" ' i mf i i 3 ' rri a
Newt Department-a-ios I aaiiymen, iruu growers ana livesiocK proaucers. ins nanon
-563 j and the world must be fed and clothed and the farmer is the
Entered at the Fo.t Of lit. ia Salem.: Oregon, aa aecond-claaa matter, r. producer Of food and Clothing. Upon the farm everyone IS
dependent V " ; ; ; V -
J Better: farm methods arrived at through scientific agrf-
rli1f Tirol tVaininre in Anllarra na'kw t..,1..
; -POWER OP the WORD:-r-For ; the word of God is quicks end combined is'another necessity in successful farm economics.
powerful, and sharper anan any two-edged sword, piercing-even -to r ; Rpttpr liwfhc1r. httr mnni tA mnr. nf-r5v1v
f Ha HivfHIncr o cn nriap f satiI anI anlHf ; ont rtf t fi a Iralnta onH TVn rrrtw I '
and is a discemer or the. tboaghts and'intents of the heart 'Hebrews I cultivated farms and cooperation in marketing assuring
4:12. . j : "- -I'. i I fair Tirnf its nr tVio tnnet effoctivo ontirlntna frvy form emi
gration. - ' ''
EVERY ROAD THE MOST IMPORTANT
A PUBLIC DUTY
Marion county has done and is doing wonderfully well
m providing pavea marnet mgnways, ana me program, is : j Forthe "guests" at the city and county jails there
planned to"Eea continuous one ; jwith some paving every year, couId be no finr compliment than opportunity to contribute
and with an increased mileage with the passing of the peak to the civic beauty of the local parks and highways. Idleness
load of payment of serial bonds and interests, and the con- AP,raA ihem mpntallv mnmllv nVixroifliiv .Pnr thpm tn
stant increase of the county's share of automobile, licenses, accept free food shelter at the expense of others who toil
and some other direct and indirect sources t r v js an imposition.
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. . All causes for congratulation on tne pan 01 tne peopie plenty of work these law violators can do.
t this favored county, whd had the vision and enterprise to Neither-thecity-nor county owes' them a livings They have
start righta-and to keep on keeping on. - . by their own afcts caused the taxpayers Expense. And in all
J ' Marion stands first among Oregon counties. in this re- fairness to themselves and to the' public tfeey should repay
pect, and first among all the counties of this. coast- ' and this payment should be by-doing for the public some
And "still there are many paved road extensions that real hohest-to-goodness work. " U 1
ought to.be made or to have been made this year, or that , By this procedure with these city and?o'unty wards the
.should be. made next year, in the' opinions of the people authorities will earn the approbation of all' progressive fair
xf,the various districts of , the county i ," r minded citizens.
1 - For every road is-the most important road to some one
or some neighborhood. This is natural. It is laudable. He
who looks not out for his own has denied the faith and is
worse than an infidel. ; , .-
'r But. there is" one road that, -by all means, ought to come
iiow, or next, or. very soon j
... And that is the road along the Lake Labish district
the "Million Dollar Highwayshaving the heaviest haul in
this county: of products of the soil. : ' . '
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In a downpour of rain th body of William Jennings" Bryan, three times candidate for president or the United States and crusader
for Deace and right, waa laid to rest in Arlington cemetery, deroted to America's soldier dead. Thoto shows the body ot the Commoner
being carried to the grave.
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The circus Is coming . : '
Ringling's circus will be in Sa
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Linseed oil meal is being ad
vertised in this section as a dairy
feed. The bolls are a good dairy
It i.i Tintriintr mnri than 1 iiistirp that th i rnad shnnlH I and stock feed, too. . The flax in-
L '1.. T4. : i .1 u..: rnu'- duptry. as well as the beet sugar
is vast possible development there yet; and nothing will en
tourage it like a paved highway. . : .
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BETTER1IMAIIGRANTS
indnstrv. will hrln dairvne here.
and the live stock industries gen--K "What did the Morons stick
erauy. i i
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The growers of mint will sure
ly "be careful to save all their pep
permint oil. selling at' 111.05 a
pound. That seems high for pep-
Afir n vpnr's tpst. of thft new, immicration law. Commis- permint for candies, j gums, etc
But a mighty little of It goes an
awfully long way, 'j
'Ford rules the roada andpro
poaes to rule the air and the water.
And 25 years ago he was worse
cipal rules, regulations and laws
should be waived to accommodate
some secret society while out .on
a lark has never been quite clear
to us," remarks an exchange.
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A friend -was driving his car in
Salem for the first time when
fellow in the back seat exclaim
ed: "Jim, your engine is knock
ing badly." "That's not the en
gine." replied Jim. ' "that's my
knees you heaV."
on
their windshields before bathing
girls were invented?" asks a State
street barber,
' "gioner Curraivwho stands jpuarrl at : Ellis. Island, New York
iarbbr,; the gatewaythrough ;jwhich most of our immigrants
'toter.' aVihis" operations : ,
"As an affirmative performance, the immigration act
ff 1924 has already done great good to our-country, and it! than broke
" j r j u n mv. i Man in Salem dentist's chair
.us now are fewer and better.. They are cleaner nowadays. asked how it waSt after his tooth
,-They possess better health, better intelligence, better prom- was. pulled, that the place where
4se of industry that produces, than did their predecessors; the tooth had been seemed so large
. . 1 . . , . , . . , when he stuck his tongue into it.
In the mainthey are outdoor ,folk, pink-cheeked, long of limb Dentist said he did not know, on
'.and muscular. They will labor rather than barter, work in less it was on' account of the
-the open ratherthan buy and sell in the alleys. They are nalural the tongue to
-sen-containeay comiaeni. Ana tney. are young, ix is me
"Just why all state and muni-
BILLY'S UNCLE
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youth of EuroDe that is cominsr through the island these The horse drawn vehicles hav-
i . ,, . u . 5 ,; lng been banished from the down
?.aays. , - ; - , " , . town 8treets, some one wants to
4 . The annual quota to be admitted until June 30, 1927, is gt: rid of the jackass-driven ve-
!C2 npr Cpnt nf thA tinmher rf fnroitrrt Vmrn nf ooVi not ir.-noi;f v I hlcies. f
president in ' this country in'l$90.
. - The hew law has automatically reduced the total number
fof immigrants to about 1000 a day, or one-third of the prewar
s-numbers. By caref uV examinatiort through our consular
''agents abroad, undesirable immigrants are weeded out before
embarking rather than at New York, as was the former prac-
I The words of Mr. Curran have an encouraging sound-
-But there are still many leaks over the international
borders along the Canadian and Mexican lines, and at many
Tpdrts of the Atlantic and Pacific. The only way to have even
handed justice, or an approach. to it, in this field is to have
regular registrations in our country.
j i'l jr.;- Some one has suggested. that our policy should be in the I
itline of long time investments in family stocks rather than!
U short! time investments in productive labor, in dealing with
i our immigration problems. '.
Survivors of German Boat
t i Crew in Boer War; Mee
.. BERLIN". A reunion of survlv
Ing. officers and crew, of the for
mer German gunboat Iltis the
first war vessel' to run the gaunt
j let of the Taku forts during the
Boxer uprising 25 years ago, was
held here recently, i Former Com
mander von Lans, now a retired
admiral, welcomed former ofli
cers and men.
The only war correspondent
I aboard the vessel during the Taku
forts engagement was an Ameri
can, Joseph Herrings, who' was the
first man an board to be wound
ed, an exploding shell fracturing
two of his ribs.
Tell your eastern friends about
the 'progressive spirit of the city
ot Salem. We want more people
here, not only to share the city
with ns. but to help ns build it.
Adele Garrlaon's Ses. Phase of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
ooyrght by Newspaper Feature
Service
cleaning, she went wn crlspttf
"We'll do the wing rooms flrst-t-Dickys
and your fathers and thie
extra room. Then you and Mr$.
Bickett can take those rooms while
we get yours ready for Edwin and
CHATTER 79
THE ERRAND ON WHICH
KATHERLNE AND MADGE '
EMBARKED ,
While the trala was waiting on
a side track down in Georgia, one
Harriet. We coeld get two room's! of the passengers walked over to
done today if only Celia were I a cabin near the track. Jn front of
available. WelU-Margaret, youlll jTaQ
have to get dinner, for I'll have tol X . TNV
hav all of Katte'ft time!" i I .17 V f t. JSV-
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"I'd love to." I Tesponded..try.
ing to make my voice ecthusia&tfar,
but finding it a hard task, because
og the resentment I was feeling kt
the high-handed ways of my moth
er-in-law.
As my mother-inlaw concluded
her triumphant refital of her pre
cautions against entertaining the
escaped bootleggers unaware, I
had a sudden laughable vision of
stolid faithful Jim locking and un
locking every door on the place
when he should have occasion to
go- through it.
But I repressed my merriment
sternly for she was still talking.
It behooved me to pay strict atten
tion if I wished again to avoid
falling Into her bad books. This,
indeed, was a most fervent desire
of mine. I was to be home but a
home , but a short time, Mrs.
Durkee's . operation ' and the
Braithwaite's coming loomed in
front ot me to say nothing
of other problems and I
coveted tranquility at any price.
I meant to humor my cantanker
ous mother-in-law to the extreme
limit, if by that means I could
lfLeep her in good spirits until my
departure. I
"So that's all provided for."
Mother Graham concluded energet
ically, and I noted that she ap
peared a younger woman by ten
years than when she went out of
the room. Excitement, especially
when there is a touch of the mys
terious or melodramatic in ft, al
ways marvellously rejuvenates
her.
"Now, we'll get started on the
Mrs. Ticer's Suggestion.
Besides. I was nervously fa
tigued after my journey and ray
experience with Mrs. Durkee's
household, and I did not especial
ly relish the task of getting din
ner with the sure prospect ot Mo
ther Gram's caustic criticism of
my culinary effort. j
"The girl in that new family
across the road is splendid help,
although she's young," Mrs. Ticer
volunteered meekly. "Celia was
working with her the other day
down to the Brirgs' place, and she
says she's a whirlwind and awful
neat." ' i
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which sat a cracker dog. howling
The passenger asked a native why
the dog was nowiing.
. "Hookworm," said the native.
"He's lary."
"But." said the stranger, MI was
not aware that the hookworm is
painful."
"'Taint." responded the garru
lous native.
"Why, then. the stranger quer
ied, "should the dog howl!"
"Lazy."
"But why does lazinesr make
him howl?" "V
"Wal." said the Georgian, "that
blame fool dawg is siltin on a
sand-bur, an he's too tarnation
lazy to get off. to he Jes seta thar
an' howls 'cause it hurts."
"That little tiling who looks as
if a breath ot wind would blow her
away?" my mother-in-law demand
ed sharply. " i
. '.Ye8. .1 know she's small, but
she's wiry she hasn't a load ,'of
flesh to carry around," Mrs. Ticer
returned, with a lugubrious glance
downward at her own ample,
tightly-corseted figure. "My mo
ther used to say that to set a fat
eprson and a thin one side by side
at a task was like putting two a
people of the same weight at it,
and then tying a sack of flour
around one man's neck. She raid
it took most of fat folks' strength
to carry their extra weight." jj :
"Did You See That?" i!
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My mother-in-law greeted this
Ingenious theory with surprising
tolerance. j
"Yes, I've often thought that,"
she. said, "but wlth astonishing
graciousness - "you've always
seemed able to keep up your end
with anybody." 1
Mrs. Ticer actually flushed at
the tribute, but her quiet "thank
you." was the only answer she
vouchsafed, and Mother Graham
remained silent for a full half
minute, evidently weighing, the
pros and cons of employing the
girl across the road.
We'll get her.1 she decided fi
nally. "Margaret, you go over
there at once, and see about it.
Have her come right away.' and
then with her and Katie and Mrs.
Ticer all working, we ought to be
able to get two rooms pretty well
out of the way by dark." ,
"If -we work by lamplight, it
won't hurt us." Mrs. Ticer return
ed Cheerily, and as I put on my
hat and coat I felt a Mt ashamed
ot my own listless fatigue.
"I'll go with you." Katherlne
volunteered.
"Don't go into the yard until
you've called one ot the children
out into the yard." cautioned Mrs
Ticer. "They've got a dog there,
which won't come out into the road
but I guess would bile anybody
going in whom it didn't know."
"Sweet prospect, not so?" Kath
erlne drawled as we walked down
the path to the road which lay be
tween the farm and the "place
across the road." of dreaded mem
ory to be, and then she clutched
my arm.
"Did you see that?" she whis
pered, with her eyes fixed upon
the capse of evergreens surround
ing th "house across the road."
(To be continued) .
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'How's times?" inquired a
tourist. "
"Oh. pretty tolerable." respojd-
ed the old native who was sitting
on a stump. "I had some trees
to cut down, but a cyclone come
along and saved me the trouble."
"Fine."
"Yes, and then the lightning
set fire to the brunh pile and saved
me the trouble of burnln' it."
"Remarkable. But what are you
going to do now?'.
"Oh. nothin much. Jest waltln
for an earthquake to come along
and shake the potatoes out of. the
ground."
Persons you do not like arc bet
ter than you think.
Your Fuel Bill
Too High?
Why Not Use
Gasco Briquets
They make no ashes
Phone 1833
Hillman Fuel Co.
9 1.OO Le Per Tos If You
Onlcr Now
FOR THE CITY BOUND
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The movement of farm population to the cities has-two
sides as an economic question. Gradually, the migration to
; the city fs growing less 'as the social condition of the farm
! ' : . -and tract improves. . 11 :rJi t' '1 . - i , " :'
I j Among these farm improvements are the extension of
u ' electric, lines so that the housewife enjoys more generally
i than heretofore the use of ; this utility to reduce the burdens
1' t fnnnr otitjsiHi th ritips. IVTillf and rronrnprvlroiitpa relieve
the same housewife 'of skimming' milk and making butter
while the gasoline engine pumps the water and pipes carry It
into-the kitchen of many farm dwellings. At comparatively
small expense hot and cold water systems and bath may be
established in the rural home. And from this home the auto
can transport the occupants to the city where they may enjoy
all the 'privileges granted local residents.
: The work on the modern farm is less than in former
vears owing to the employment of machinery and thcovmer
enjoys many 01 tne, social, economic privileges vhj
cousins. -v, :. :n ; V:;-:::: - ; if.-;.";r ' ;
- But migration of farm residents to the cities will con
tinue. The various allurements of the latter and the hard
ships of the former wIU continue to stimulate change from
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