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:TE Kfra Orsgorc RTATmrAff; ite- nrgr yt fr frj?-tiTjrrT3 -m EARL C. Brownleb Sheldon A Sackett EditoirMI Publishers i 1 i 41 II 1 f.1 1 & I 1 m H X w hi Jt is trcll or a man to respect his own vocation what ever it it, and to think himself bound to uphold it, and to claim for it the respect it deserves. Dickens. Fuss and Feathers THE Quaker tastes of Herbert Hoover are simple. He is not given to fuss and feathers. Besides, he has had the engineer's training for directness; for short cuts; for get ting the thing done. . . But he bought himself what the loggers in Coos county used to call a -stovepipe" hat. on a brief , shopping tour m San Frthcisco just before he departed on his ""P This is for formal meetings with the highhats of the Latin American republics, who are nothing unless formal. Also he carries on the Maryland a diplomat; that no red tape ob servance may be overlooked. Also, he carries a doctor, to see that he does not eat shell fish out of season. Of course, the secret service men are with him. That s the rule and the law. They are there in the interest of safety first, last and all the time. The cranks must be kept at a distance. When President Ayora of Ecuador met (Mr. Hoover ne gave him the "abrazo," and Mr. Hoover gave Mr. Ayora the same.; That is the Latin American greeting of everlasting Prpsirlent Roosevelt might have called it the "bunny hug." It is like eating at the table of a Turk, which binds him in rne protection ui juw AH missionaries in that country know this well. It is like mingling the salt with a guest at a Hindu meal. The thing might be extended, in the strange customs of many peoples. Interminably. Mr. Hoover is an apt pupil. He has to do as the Romans do, Quaker or no Quaker. He wants a simple inauguration. He has ordered it. But official Washington goes ahead with preparations for an event comparable to the ceremonies of installing a mikado pn his throne. Call up the shades of William Penn ! Into the Sunset -w-' TTTrcrTvm ai. iVta Viilla nnH vnllpva nf life, as it lum- a l- JTTi 4.1 J trnol loao nrairuu: t hp schooner OI m -a ueicu in me uoj a via uohiw. - - Ezra Meeker has crossed the last hill and has disappeared a . A into the sunset. .... i- tt i, Kx-nA o lrvnfT QnH hnnniiv nicturesaue Hie Hll.lH aTICCIVCI llcu a lung 1- z ' 1 tt 4 1 u-n.tnrn wilrlprnpijQ a mere bov. rie came iiilu me uuiiunwi." u ...v - and he was within a few years of rounding out a century of . - .... . 1 1 j 4. , .-. rmnlnufa tno life. A lile ne aevotea to an earnest cnun m t4." memories and the works of the pioneers. Yet throughout it all, Meeker was the first to accept the r.w and the progressive thing. Not for him to rest on the laurels of a brilliant conquest in which he shared. Not for him to lament the passing of the old and decry the new, but to cherish the memory of the one and to erect upon the solid foundation of the past the new structure of northwestern civilization. . , A Ezra Meeker's life may offer a fine example to others " who are tempted to believe that all the good works have be done all the rich lives have been lived. Meeker lived through the day of the prairie schooner to the era of the airplane and "he made himself equally responsive to both. Our Rights and Their Rights . DOWN in San Jose, California, the motorists have lined up against the pedestrians and the walkers are organizing against the riders A war cloud is gathering in the sky, and there are blotches of blood on the moon. tendinor that life would be much easier for them if the streets were not cluttered up with! women who dart out from unexpected points, ana joy men who do not look and walk right out into the thoroughfares as if they had a right there, and by jaywalkers of both sexes and tots running wild. j On the other hand the walkers say they would have a much better chance to get through this life whole if all "these crazy speed fiends" were shut up in jail. A league for the education of pedestrians is proposed by the drivers, and another league for their own protection is broached by the walkers . And there is no prospect of peace. Here is one field in which the peace makers can do little or nothing. The war will go on as long as motor cars are built. The only possible prospect is that the war jwvill be car motor travel becomes too slow for the ' speeders. Then the walkers and the jaywalkers of some fu fn.Q nonoratinn mv hvp thf exclusive use of the streets and highways ; with only an occasional necessity of dodging gome one who has talien out 01 a ouzz wagon aioit in tne ethereal spaces. : - - The Hypertipic Heckler TTE was bound to come the radio heckler; the man who XI designs to steal "the air" for his own purpose, or to ruin it for some one else who is paying the radio corporation a hicrh Drice for a few minutes And the other day, when Senator Borah was making a speech a man walked right up, and on the pretense, of ask- ing the Idaho toga wearer a question graDDea tne micropnone for himself and made several succinct remancs Deiore attena ants managed to get it away from him. The buttmsky of the air has arrived. When a man has something he thinks is worth saying he wants a larger audience than his wife. A HIGH authority proclaims that of course the democratic party must reorganize ; that if it goes into another elec- tion with the slightest suspicion of wet control, it will be "doomed not only to defeat, but worse' That Mr. Raskob, temporarily democrat, and his asso ciates had their day. And such a day! Thq least they can do is to return the party to the control of its three-fourths dry majority That it is a case of dry or die. The votes of 100,000 democrats in Texas who attempted to vote for Hoover were thrown out. They have a straight party ticket there, as some people want in Oregon. .The , democrats were not used to scratching. It was a new thing to them. Hence the wrong marking of 100,000 of them; and : of course the democratic election boards threw them out. But ; Hoover had 23,000 majority, after losing the votes of 100,- i 000 who were for him and did not know how to scratch ac- ; cording to Hoyle. If Texas keeps on, it will get at the head ! of the roc!-ribbed republican column, above Maine. J Congressman Hawley" is Johnny on the spot. The hear ' ings on the new tariff bill will proceed, and there will be an . extra session and farm relief in time for next harvest, and F not after most farmers die of old age and get beyond the : . need of it. , . 1 Also Pity The Poor Male Man! I Bits f OF Breakfast Th Grab' ' . -JJ L Br K. J. H4rfck. h ' Mrs tor YmML VaT Tni llfosti5 That of President Cwlidge. It shows the general state of the country to be in fine shfrpe and governmental affairs in ,as good condition as was claimed, even in the campaign. S m In the domain of farm relief, thei president suggests several things, and points to a number of measures already enacted "- "b "- And he says "a revolving loan fund should be provided for the necessary financing until these agencies (farmer owned and con trolled cooperative concerns) fin,on. tu,in tl,,.J have said more than 40 years generally usefully and profitably spent, for the good of Chose pres ent and the rest of the commun ity. Ask any Rotarian. Klwan ian. Lion, or other service club. S , A Here is one for a much abused class: "His last words, as he speeded for the crossing, were ad dressed to the rear seat, 'Shut up! I know what I'm doing.' " S K. The doctor says sunshine Is more invigorating than alcohol. That leaves the night to moonshine. Bob Ineersoll is reported to regularly constituted credit insti tutions." Financing for what? For ' or derly marketing and in handling surpluses due to weather and sea sonal conditions.'" S How is the revolving loan fund to revolve? Who will put up the money to pay back the "provided" government money? How shall the money be contributed? S V There is only one way, and that is by an equalization fee as sessed upon those who receive the benefits, unless the government itself is to provide the money without getting it back. President Coolidge says his suggested bill "should carry authority for raising the money. by loans or otherwise, necessary to meet the expense." S But no one in his right mind would loan the farmer owned and controlled concerns any monev without a. provision for paying it back. Tne "otherwise" can mean nothing else but the equalization fee, if it means anything at all. ago: "When lexas goes Kepuon oiin hell will go Methodist.' We haven't seen the 1928 returns from down there, but we doubt if Robert was right in his prognosti cation. Exchanee. Whcs Who and Timely Views Air Mail Iosses Declared Not Excessive By W. IBVINO GLOVER Second Assistant Postmaster General (Warren Irving Olover was Voiu at Brooklyn, X. Y Oct. 2, 1879. He was ln rated in' the pnbiic schools of tbat city and aa a youth entered the employ f a commission merchant in e lorK. lie continued as t'.i -itrihutor in the wool en trade until 190b wtien lie organizes a real estate concern. MoTing to New feraey. he was elected a member of the assembly of that state, serving from 1906 to 1921. beine speaker in 1920. He was appointed third assistant postmaster general in 1921 and has been second as sistant since 1925. His home ia in Knlewood. 3. JJ- HAZARD from fire to wnicn air mail is subjected is no greaicrr man iuau ancu- dant upon transportation of mail by railroad and steamship. A number of letters have been received at the postoffice depart ment urging that steps be taken to provide . fire safeguards for mail containing checks, securi ties, or other valuables, and ex pressing the rear tuat unless something is done promptly that insurance rates on air mail will soar to such heights as to make the service too costly for the car rying of valuable mail. The fear, as well as the appar ent propaganda on the subject, can be ascribed to the 'unusual amount of publicity received when Pilot Hopson crashed in Pennsylvania, on October 17, and his plane was destroyed by fire. It so happened that he was car rying a large shipment of dia monds, and considerable pub licity attended the difficulty of recovering these gems from early Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The State, nun Our Fathers Read Dec. 3. 1903 J. K. Berry, the bicycle man. left for Aberdeen, where lie will go into business. The Woodmen of the World have inaugurated a campaign to Increase the membership in the local order. visitors at the scene of the wreck. The recent sinking of the Ves tris, in which 1,097 sacks of mall were lost, can be cited as an amount far larger, than the total of all mail destroyed by fire dur ing the ten years of operation of the air mail service. I might point out that in one fire just outside of New York less than a year ago. a mail car was destroyed in which was being carried a far greater amount of mail than has been lost in a sim ilar manner during the entire op eration of the air mail. There are a number of like incidents. In response to the "suggestion; for providing fireproof compart-1 ments for valuable mail, I have replied that several years ago tho department conducted an exhaus tive research into the subject and that the conclusion was devel oped that no asbestos or chemical ly treated substance was avail able which would withstand the terrific heat of a gasoline and oil fire sufficiently to protect the con tents from destruction. AD MATREM OFT in the after days, when thou and I Have fallen from the scope of human view. When, both together, under the sweet sky, We sleep beneath the daisies and the dew, Men will recall thy gracious pres ence bland. Conning the pictured sweetness of thy- face ; Will pore o'er paintings by the plastic hand, And vaunt thy skill and tell thy - deeds of grace. Oh, may they, theft, who crown thee with true bays, Saying, "What love unto her son she bore!" Make this addition to thy perfect praise, SPECIOUS FEATURE Crosses Funeral Line, Is Arrested H December 5, 192$ t: -4wvMlttja40sM!si "''si? 1 w Who am I? Whose secretary ml? Who will be the next pcr- Frank Ritchie, 1720 South Win-; son to fill my post? street. local delivery What is the section of New York where popular songs are ter car driver was fined $5 in municipal court Tuesday on a charge of cutting in on a fun- i published called? eral procession. Trafic officers report violation of the ordinance which seeks to encourage respect for funeral corteges is more or less common, and they have de cided to convoy these processioos more regularly in the future and arrest all violators. CHAMPS HAVE SO.V STAYTON, Ore.. Dec. 4. (Spe cial) Mr. and Mrs. R. ChaTnp are the parents of a ten and one half , pound son. This is their seventh child. What was the nickname General Henry Lee during Revolutionary war? of the Did former Kaiser Wilbelm abdicate before or after the arm istice was signed? "Vanity of vanities, salth the preacher; all is vanity." Where is this passage found in the Bible? "Long, long ago 'lunch" was something in a box or basket to ?at and not an excuse to kill two hours." says an exchange Mr. and Mrs. George amd daughter. Miss Helen Aniund- son of Portland and Miss Beatrice Amundson of Stayton visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Am undson over Thanksgiving. Miss Doris Hogg of Salem vis ited her parents here over the Thanksgiving holidays. Quite a number of people from this vicinity attended the W. P. Hicks sale on the Abiqua Tues day. Ray Telfer visited friewds at Tagent Thursday. HKXKFIT PARTY rtlVKX STAYTON. Ore., Dec. 4 (Spe cial) The Woman's Community club gave a benefit bridge party at the clubhouse this afternoon. In Sa-iT,he affair was in charge of Mrs. cuara j . Ben. Mrs. c. H. Brew- Krause er and Mrs- c- p- Libert. MISS HI XTLKV ILL STAYTON. Ore.. Dec. 4 (Spe cial) Miss Estella Huntley, who owns and operates Stayton's only beauty shop, has been confined to her home for several davs by illness. JIMMY JAMS tTC ALL ftlitT, r-OPl-t WON'T OCT DlfiTY t'r-V WALKIN1 The Willamette girls basket ball team defeated McMinnville college 2 to 11 at the Willamette gymnasium last night. Kellygiram's- BY -FRED C KELLY 66 E bsulBem mem owe much to hobbles of oar employea, said a nuuivfactsirer wbe has several hundred on his payroll. "It Is possible te get a ugher grade, of service rrom a asaa tr ne has a hobby than If his only iatcrest Is his job. What I meaa is this: Sap pose a r"a Is a failure as a salesmsa or at some other high-salaried liae of work and is compelled to take a routine Job, sach as accouat aat, minor executive work or evea a clerkship. He is too totelUgeat to be pleased with his Job, bat nevertheless does it well and sticks at it year alter year. Sow. this woaldnt be possible for him. if he dldnt eteatniea and satisfaction ot of something else than JUs job. His interest In raising dogs or cWCliens or pntterlag at mairsr aracairi am m mmwvra p.w J " E. W. Fuller, well-known Dal las liveryman. Is in the city on business. E. T. Barnes has purchased from a New York firm a minute piece of the new metal, radium. It is quite probable this is .the only piece of the metal in Oregon. High Pressure Pete 'Nor ever yet was mother , worshiped more!" So shall I live with Thee, and thy dear fame .Shall link my love unto thine honored name. Julian Fane (i27-ltio t . mmmmmmmmmmmmmaMumwmmmmm'nmmMmMmwmWmW SCOTTS MILLS, Ore.. Dec. 4 (Special) Thanksgiving day and the holiday week-end were the occasions for a number of special dinners and social events here. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Elmer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Moser, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hicks and Mike Landwing had Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Landwing. . Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wellman and family of Mt. Angel visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wellman at Mrs. Bert Scott returned home from Portland Friday, where she had been visiting her parents, Mr ind Mrs. S. D. Adkins, who have been ill. Mr. and Mrs. Lem Talbot and daughter and Mrs. Talbot's moth er of Sllverton were dinner guests at the W. A. Saueressig home on Thanksgiving day. Mr. and Mrs. John Saueressig visited Mr. and Mrs. George Gro vhong on Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Lena Bellinger is visiting relatives in Portland before leav ing for Los Angeles, where she ex pects to spend the winter. Mrs. E. R. Lawrence left the first of the week for Oak 'Grove where she will visit her daughter. Mrs. John Kellis of Salem had Thanksgiving dinner with her son, Levi Kellis, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben De Jardin visited relatives in Mt. Angel Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schmaltz and family spent Thanksgiving day at St. Helens with Mrs. Schmaltz's daughter, Mrs. Denny Woodford. Mr. and Mrs. Woddford accompan ied them home for a visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Smith vis ited relatives in Mt. Angel Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Korb and daughter Leona spent Thanksgiv ing with friends In Salem. Mrs. Thressie Davidson of Oak Grove visited her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lawrence, Thanksgiv ing day. Mrs. Ed Green and small daugh ter were in Portland visiting over the Thanksgiving holidays. Mr. and Mrs. J. o. Dixon and family and H. S-. Dixon visited their parents at Battle Ground. Wash., Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Monroe Groshong Is vis iting her brother and family at Molalla. Millers Given Surprise Party STAYTON. Ore., Dec. 4. (Spe cial) Saturday evening about 20 Stayton friends of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller motored to their home near Turner, where they thoroughly surprised them. Bridge was enjoyed and at a late hour a splendid luncheon was served. J. R. GARDNER ILL STAYTON, Ore.. Dec. 4 (Spe. cial) J. R. Gardner has been confined to his bed for several days by illness and his condition is reported as quite serious. Mr. Gardner has had one or two at tacks of heart trouble previous to his present illness. ON fcTltTS j STAYTON, Ore.. Dec. 4 (Spe cial) Mr. and Mrs. Courtney are new residents of Stayton, having come here from Casper, Wyo.. where Mr. Courtney was employed by the Mountain States Power company. He will be salesman for the same company here. The Courtneys will occupy the Mielke house recently vacated by J. I. Siegmund. i) feS SON 123 II Today ia the Past Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, was born on this day, in 1782. Today's Horoscoe Persons born on this day are slow to make friends and cautious in all they do. They are general ly very obliging, but sometimes exacting in their demands. A Daily Thought "He who sings frightens away his ills." Cervantes. Answers to Foregoing Question 1. Everett Sanders; Calvin Coolidge's; George Akerson. sec retary to President-elect Hoover. 2. Tin Pan Alley. "Light Horse Harry." Before. Ecclesiastes, xli, S. 3. 4. 5. Hl'MPHRKYS GUESTS STAYTON, Ore., Dec. 4 Spe ial) Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hum phrey of McMinnville have been guests for the past several, days at the Ilarry Humphrey home here. Members of the La Grande council of parents and teachers have received an award for hav ing' the largest membership in j proportion to the school enroll ment of any council in the state. About 40 head of horses raised in the neighborhood of North Powder were recently sold to the I'nlted States government for ar tillery and cavalry work at prices satisfactory to the owners. OK,CAD ib says here, thab an aefcor on -thisbac talrCcd for Bvchourawthoub5boppn$f Anticipating a business of $1. 000,000 during the coming year a new unit to cost $40,000 is being added to the $100,000 commercial creamery at Baker, the contract having been awarded to Ernest Stoddard. Thieves in Clatsop county are said to be making a regular prac tice of butchering young stock in pastures and selling the meat in Portland. M. Fickle. 70. one of the best known of Roseburg's residents, died last week. He served as manager of the Postal Telegraph company office at Roseburg for 37 years. By Swau OH TCH LOOKlT IT jNOiO ' - UiHTefV nee at last ir sune pot th xnfvs XW. HOW HftPrV WC VOertt fbT2 VOOOUD OCT OOT fNHO "THWtXJ Ik. WWUl I' MOkJ Mftt TH6V &OT !. TrA OLO CflPkOH ' ., c o o0 C O o "C o o s.c 6ccVwoA o o c o s( th y c ' ' ' - C o WW IF I LW hno4 oki wad j m P 4mV ssnnnm... mmm D3 tt. tt. tn Otml Prwa Ammnmtt tmr a -T- a ST