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ID E A L CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OREGON STATE NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers F urther depredations by th e large bands o f elk in the footh ills above Milton has again aroused th e farm ers and stockm en and Its now Intend- | ed to bombard the state gam e com - . m ission w ith letters asking for relief. ' One band consisting of over 100 were recently counted In a fenced -in pas- J ture o f 14» acres, the fence» being broken down. This pasture w as w ith in 10 m iles o f town. ANTHOLOGY of LINCOLN M IN N A IR V IN G Abraham L in coln :: The Great Emancipator :: B E A C O N on the mountain height W here Freedom w aves her ban ner bright, A clear, serene and steady light. A Sherm an W elsgurber, h igh w ay fore man, cam e to Redm ond last week TH E M ARKETS from Cinder butte district w ith a re Portland port that a large group o f ltsard«, A hand that teaches from ths dust W heat— B ig Bend bluestem , hard rolled In a tight ball, had been found. And w rites for us in God to trust. wheat. Me; »oft w hite and western The tep tlles w ere discovered by a And be both merciful and ju s t w hite, 41c; hard w inter, northern crew taking cinders from the butte. spring and western red, 45c. I Some o f them were m oving, som e dor A soul that lives to cheer and bless The student in his loneliness H ay— B uying prices f. o. b. P ort m ant and oth ers dead. And point the pathway to succcsa. land; A lfalfa. Yakim a, 312.60. Fruit grow ers In the H arrisburg dis B utterfat— 14 © 17c. trict report that the straw berry crop A spirit humble, yet divine. Eggs— Ranch, 16 © 17c. will be very ligh t th is year. T he long That poured its essence superfine Cattle— Steer», good, 54.75© 5.25. H ogs— Good to choice, 33.25© 4.OO. drouth last sum m er prevented the de U nstintedly at Freedom ’s shrine. Lam bs — Good to choice, 55.25 © velopm ent of spurs, and th e cold w eather of a few w eek s ago pushed A broad humanity to all, 1.71. plants out o f the ground in m any A love em bracing great and small, • Seattle A sword, • flame, a bugle call. W heat — Soft w hite and western places. white, 4 ! H e; hard winter, western A new variety of w heat being tried A heart of faith inviolate, red and northern spring, 44c; blue- ; out at the P en dleton field station A voice immortal in debate, stem , 52c. gives prom ise of yielding better than A lighthouse to the ship of state. B u tterfat— l i e . Hybrid 111 and at the sam e tim e be E ggs— Ranch. 15©1<C. H ogs— Good to choice, 11.40 6 1 .7 5 . ing m ore resistant o f cold w eather. A name undimmed as years go by, The new w heat Is a cross betw een A glory that will never die, C attle—C hoice steers, 14.15 6 4.75. Hard Federation and W hite Odessa. Sheep— Spring lam bs, 15.00 © 5.25, A star eternal in the sky. Spokane C hlckenpox caused A rdilh Grable H is natal day from sea to tea. Cattle— Steers, good. 54.25© 4.75. of Harrisburg to m iss school recently Lord God. we render thanks to Thee, H ogs— Good to ch oice,55.25 © 5.50. for th e first tim e In seven years. Her For Lincoln and his memory. Lam bs— M edium to good, 54.75© sister. Dorothy, m issed for th e first , —N. Y. Herald. 1.25. tim e In four years. Adding to the fam ily record, the m other took chick - | W hen Andy K eller o f Em pire hid enpox for the first tim e In her life. hla life's savings o f 51400 where thieves would not break in nor m oths corrupt, h s forgot about Australian sheep dog. H e buried his treasure near his dw elling. The dog, ^ h om he left to guard th e prem ises during a tw o-day absence, prom ptly dug up the m oney, abandoning It when he found It tasteless. The treasure lay exposed w hen K eller returned. P roperty In the city o f Hillsboro w ill be m ade availab le for gardens for the unem ployed. George McGee, city m anager, announced. The city has taken over num erous vacant lots. W illiam F. Cyrus, county agent, vol unteered assistance In directing care o f the gardens and recom m endations as to the types o f seeds to be used. W asco county’s Incom e has reach ed the low est point In years and the county w ill be placed on a warrant b asil th is w eek. The warrant basis w ill probably continue until the first h a lf o f the taxes Is due. May 5. The county has not been on a warrant basis for 15 years. M anville R obison o f T a f t was awarded a bronze m edal by the Car negie hero fund com m ission for sav ing th e life of Mrs. M yrtle J. Petri. Ju ly 19, 1931, according to word re ceived. It was the second tim e Robi son had risked his life to save anoth er from drowning. Thirty men are now at work on the county's new road cam p on the Slus- law . They are working on a road project being carried on jointly by Lane county and the national forest service. The road la known as the short cut from E ugene to the coast. The health com m ittee o f the Marsh field city council Is considering new licensing ordinance covering tl. dis posal o f garbage, w h ich would call for a yearly license of 545 and no lim itation a s to num ber. The m inim um charge for w eekly call at residences would be 75 cents. P endleton post of the Am erican Le gion has turned Its 12 snare drums, two bass drum s and 12 bugles over to the high school here, and plans are now under w ay to organise tw o or three drum corps am ong the boys and one girls' drum corps. The North P acific N ut Growers' co-operative at D undee has finished th e task o f nut-cracking. Since the latter part of October a crew o f about 130 wom en has been engaged In the task. A larger am ount than last year was handled. The D ouglas county court has re jected a proposal o f the state board o f forestry to Include 2000 acres o f logged -off land In th e Lower Umpqua and Sm ith R iver district in a reforest ation area. About 20,000 acres o f Tillam ook county land will be added to the 60.- 000 already classified In th e sta te ’s reforestation program . It developed ns a result of a m eeting of the forestry board at T illam ook. A check in g o f less than h a lf o f the 549 nam es on petitions ask in g the resignation of D istrict Attorney Cod ding and Com m issioner N ealon show s th a t 199 signers are not on th e roU o f taxpayers of Jackson county. A pproxim ately 150 ton s of The D al les cherries barreled in brine are to be shipped to N ew Jersey. The ch er ries have been sold at a profit to the growers, according to report. Doctors Give Creosote For Dangerous Coughs I I i i , T h is newly discovered portrait stu d , of M ar, Todd Lincoln, w ife of Abra ham Lincoln, Is the work of Daniel Huntington and con stitu tes a distinct contribution to the nation’s Lincoln- lana. Mrs. Lincoln, the daughter of Robert Smith Todd, was born In 1818 at Lexington, K ,.. and died In 1882, seventeen yenrs after tlie assassin a tion of the President. Fort Steven«, W here L incoln S aw B attle In Georgia avenue, near W alter Reed hospital and not m an , m iles from the W hite House, Is a sm all hut neutlv kept cem etery. It Is a grim reminder of the trying period during the t ’ivll war when the Confederates w ere alm ost In sight of the Capitol. 4 “ Lay Not Up Treaaurea" » W H I** « H l » THE M A // WWMB0RM in B WAS born In a one-room cabin In the backwoods of Kentucky, and died In a t i n , bedroom In a boarding house at the nation's Cap ital. w hile President of the United States. H e never had all-told more than a year's school ing In the most elem cntury subjects, yet tie lived Io w rite Impeccable Eng llsh, and to be Judged by learned pro fessors as m uster of purest literary tty la. H e grew up fnr removed from cul tural Influences and the n iceties of po Ute society, yet wooed and won In m arriage a K entucky aristocrat, a sie clety belle, nnd An accom plished lin guist, Miss Mary Todd. H e never had the hpart to kill a n , living thing, looked with disfavor on Are arms, but becam e by virtue o f his high office, the com m ander-in-chief of th e Union forces In a war which re su lted In half a m illion slain H e w as sm ooth shaven for fifty one of his flriv-slx yenrs. anil grew a benrd th e w inter before his Inauguration. In g<M>d-uiitiire<l com pliance with the sag gestlon of a little girl who thought the change might Improve his looks. He w as a voracious render ns a boy and young man, borrowing many a treasured volume, but he never owned a library of ns many ns a hun dred volum es, excluding his law books. H e did not un ite with a church. Ihou-h be w as a frequent a tten d ee; som etim es called a ’’free thinker," he The bonded debt o f m unicipalities In T illam ook county and the Interest due on th e bonds am ounted to a total o f 51,260,089, according to a com pil ation by I. E. K eldson. In an effort to low er the recently Increased Insurance rates, citizens o f N yssa have reorganized the volun - The lease o f Robert N. P aris on the 1 , teer fire departm ent to Increase Its Brow nsville w oolen mill expired last efficiency. w eek and he has m oved all h is m a Lon Hayes, farm er of Yachats, w as chinery and supplies and sent them to Stayton, where he Is opening up the killed alm ost Instantly last F riday when a log rolled on him and crushed w oolen m ill at that city. Fort Stevsn s Cemetery. his chest. A com panion leaped to Ha W as a Voracious Reader. The new city council at M ilton has safety. Here rest 40 soldiers who fell In the cu t city em ployees' salaries "to the Several men from SUtcoog have pe hottie of Fort Stevens on that occa was unusually fam iliar with the Bible bone.” "Salaries” now- range from 590 Fort Stevens, which stood not and during his Presidency, on bis own titioned the Lnne county court to sion. a m onth, to the city m anager and far from this cem etery, was one o f the confession w as a praying man. m arshal, as low as 52 a day for com build a road to connect their hom es hastily throw n up chain o f sm all farts e e e with the Oregon Coast highw ay th is m on labor. which encircled the city. It w as the He was often of a melancholy mood, year. only one of the local forts that fig subject to season s of gloom und grief, Several m em bers o f a coasting par The Linn county court has classi ured In a battle during the War of the yet whs ns often buoyant, laughing ty at Hood River were Injured when their bobsled, piloted by Gordon Man- fied as reforestation lands 8C52 acres. Rebellion. It w as here that President heartily over n good Joke and told sw er, got out of control and crashed This Increases the total reforestation Lincoln exposed him self to fire to droll stories inim itably. w atch the engagem ent, l ie exercised Into a parked car on State street , lands In the county to 35.393 acres. H e loved greatly all children, and his prerogative as commander-in-chief w as most Indulgent with Ills own. per last week. Lynch Brothers, who have large o f the a r m , to do so after General m ltting “Ted" to make a play room of The B ow m an -lflck s saw m ill resum i cattle Interests In 'h e Cottonwood d is 1 V, right ordered him to retire from his office In the W hite House. trict, are w intering their cattle on the ed operations at W allow a last week, I danger. H e never could wear gloves with after being sh ut down since N ovem M urphy feed lots near Um apine. e a se ; forninl society functions bored ber. Rural teleph one ow ners of D ouglas him, and nt his first Inauguration he w as puzzled as to the disposal of Ills A road Is now being surveyed by county h u e petitioned for a flat one- LINCO LN'S IDEA ON gold bended rim e nnd high h u t--u tilll w ay of Spoon mill, through Sisters i third reduction In exchange fees for HOLDING PROPERTY Ids great protagonist. Stephen A. to Redm ond to serve three saw m ills. rural telephone lines. Dougins, enm e to Ills relief. roperty is the fruit o f labor. H e wrote a neat hand, devised clear A lien on 958 bronze turkeys has Posrlb'.y It Is not uncom m on for Property is desirable. It i t a nnd nnlnvolved sentences, srold ed hlg Mary’s lam b to follow her to school, been filed In the Linn county court positiva good to the world. That words, never padded Ills speeches, was but when Larry's deer enters the por against R aym ond Bidders and Jes som a should bo rich shows that frequently laconic nnd tmlntedly brief. tals of education, that's anoth er story. se Parish by D. L. Goodwin to se others may becom e rich, and He wns fond of poetry, w rote verses A pet deer, reared at the state fish cure w ages alleged to be due for rar banco is ju st encou ragem en t to of a homely sort nnd liked best poems ing hatchery at Union, follow ed L ar ing for the birds. Goodwin claim s industry end en terp rise. Let not o f a somber or pathetic appeal, ns for ry B onney to his classes at th e Union that there is com ing to him 3188. him who it h ou seless pull down exam ple. “T h e Last L e a f nnd "»» Huron Badger, 14, son o f Mr. and school near La Grande last w eek. thn house of another, but let him Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be There will be no "Trail” pageant at Mrs. David Badger o f Blaine, m et werk d iligen tly and build nn s for Proud 7” E u je n e this year. The com m ittee hav death on a hunting trip last w eek h im self, thus by exam ple assuring l i e observe«/ the faults and foible* ing the m atter In charge has decided when a bullet discharged accidentally that hit own shall ba sa fe from o f Ids friends and associates, hot se l th a t It Is not practicable to prom ote f.o m a gun In th e hands o f his com v iolen ce w hea b u ilt.— Abraham dom com m ented upon their ahortenm- a celebration on the basis of the do panion. W ayne K ostlg, 17, struck him Lincoln. lugs and never relinked them either in th e back. nating of all m aterial and services. P For many years our best doctors have prescribed creosote in some form for coughs, colds sad bronchitis, knowing bow dangerous it is Io lei ihem hang on. Creomulsion with creosote and aix other highly Important medicinal elo- ntenta, quickly and ellectively atopa all cougha and colda that otherwise might lead to aerioua trouble. tleom ulsion is powerful In the treat- went of all cohla and cougha no mailer how long atanding. yet It la absolutely lur nilesa and la pleats nt and eaay to take. Your own druggist guarantee. Creo- mulsion by refunding your money If you are not relieved after taking ( reomul- sion aa dlreeted. Beware the rough or cold that hangs on. Always keep Creo- mulsion oo hand (or in»t»nt uae. (auv.) He who eititte» his gold more Ihnn his God Is accursed.—Jam es K iila u ti. H enry Dittm er, know n as th e m ay or of Oak Creek, Linn county. Is be com ing concerned over th e failu re of the legislature to balance th e budget. He su ggests that the num ber of g o phers and m oles on the average farm be estim ated and th at they be as sessed a s livestock. The men who have been cutting down th e large shade trees In front On petition o f E lizabeth Annabelle o f the city hall at Milton have com Butler, daughter of the late C ongress pleted their job and the wood has man Butler. Miss Celia Gavin of The been piled back of the hall, at the dis- i D alles has been appointed adm inistra posal o f the relief com m ittee, which trix o f the estate, w hich is valued at Is doling It out to the needy. 37000. T hirty-five K lam ath F alls business hou ses w ill operate on a new tim e schedule, beginning M onday. They w ill open at 9 a. m. and close at 5:50 p. m. except on Saturday, w hen the closing hour w ill be 8 p. m. T his will cut down overhead expense. Mary T od d L incoln, W ife o f E m ancipator » The C hristian Institute In Castro, { Pam ina. Ilrusll. Is a type of school I which Is econom ical, elllclent, thor- I oughly Christian. Teachers and pu pils live, work and study together ns an» fam ily. The schools are locate© on farm s o f from dial Io I l.lMWt acre», and all the work la done by the st«i- denta. T h e , are not •’educated »way" from rural condition«, hut are trained to Christiania« all the rela- tloushlpa of life. A number of for mer pupils are now directing school« In the Interior, helping Io rcdiica the sallm ated 75 per cent Illiteracy. In public or private; for a notable In U P ttT tu s fi« * stan ce— William 11. Herndon and lilt lniem iierate h ab its He revered George W ashington, ad 1 mired Thom as Jefferson. at uue time j Idolized Henry Clay, read with avidity the speeches of Daniel Webster. He numbered among his friends an unusually large company of minister» of the Gospel, yet when he ran for Itu-le h r f frei e ro a. head achy. halt-all va. -c No Mfiy, nati au’» - e «h» -— President, only three of the twenty-odd a kivabtadwiw»i(km. new proand MiaUty m inisters In Springfield voted for him. id Nature'» warning: *ÀÌ*»wrla invar I- » • a , result InpowonottB waauamvwtni ,.1’rn tlx* ilunt ( I cause <4 h r # l* is . colds. < * *n |4 ri ton IrwU4ea. N A T U R * S H e loved to sit with the "boys” M R D Y — ths rntLL •tt-v a rria b ia laaativw— about the stove In the village store on I ly y •tim ths w ««dir« e lim in a tila t r a c t - ■ - »tim ulatea uiaies tns e r cnroiiMsuww . n s ____________ . *- l-'W - - a ’ - l - BaM rues am* n _ s a llw icaulatra , L «lie h » SI ruuma!. w inter evenings, crack Jokes, and iz.U lu n rtlu n - '— “ llsteu to the gossip of the neighbor- « . « a JJc t»ia hood, delighted In m instrel allows, was • V at your I ■alata. tickled by the an tics o f clow ns and cvun-diaie. thought a traveling circus wns great fun. l i e hud one o f the best "forgetter- \ les" o f all our public men, thus he W s a kn s as S o m s w h a rs “ forgot" the shabby trentuient he re- ( You are not "templed'' unless there celved at the hands of Edwin M. Stan ton In Cincinnati. 1855, and appointed la a weak spot In you. him secretary of war In Ills cabinet. H e w as Indifferent ns to his per sonal attire, yet w as distinctive In Ills choice o f n high topped hat, long tailed ront, and a hlark bow tie, worn around a low turned-down collar. He w as In life m ercilessly criticized, treacherously m isrepresented, cruelly m aligned, and basely slandered, and In death be was all but deified. l ie wns scrupulously honest, long suffering, and patient beyond most T o open the n o strils and m ortals, m agnanim ous nnd Just, for prom ote clear breathing giving. nnd a stranger to hnle. use M entholatum y\ night and morning. V\ He wns not a demigod, but r e r , hu m a n ; he made m istakes and profited by them ; he w as a lover of his kind and m ade generous allow ance for the Im perfections of humanity, anil be- j H ighest o f All Card» cau se of these nil too rare virtues ! A cle/ir ci»n»elenct I» th® trum, "Now he belongs to the a g e s" —D o ■ enrd In the icntne of life. trolt News. 4 onstipation Drove ipc er Wild 1 Cdb STOPPED-UP * .NOSTRILS« MENTHOLATUM A braham L incoln Alway« O f, By and For the P eop le ••Rn I a h f »» t h * r e 1» a m an w i lli n g to w o r k , b u t u n n b la io find e m p lo y - m a u l. th e h o u r» o i la b o r a re too lo n g .” T he word« quoted above are not * « de of a inotlern tluy ecoiiom lit; they enme from the mind and lip» of one who long ago had hi» finger on I the |>uls® of American affair*. He j cum® from the people und ro®e to high • w h ite and euteem by mere force of I character and Indomitable wIlL He ; w as more »elf«educated than teem ed. I l ie held no degree from u great uni ! v e rslly ; he discovered no new p lan ets; I he flew no oceans; he a mussed no collnmil fortune. Yet he did. «1 a tim e when It require«! a degree of courage rare in history, stand firm for his "on vtctiona. «'lass meant little to him beyond n division set aside for self- centered etuis. He w as of. by und for the people. l ie had vlslona. yet w as not vision ary. H is Judgment may not have been Infallible, yet It w as based on logic and foresight. Ills work w in arilu- oas. yet he never turned aside. Hard | Inhor w as his portion In early life, his I Choice Inter. Of lowly origin, he rose to heights never dreamed of. Out wardly uncouth, perhaps, hut polished as the finest steel beneath. Rough nt tim es, perhaps, yet tender ns a woman to those In distress, he who spoke the , words quoted saw fnr Into the future | anil the thought enme from the h e a r t • He w as the workers' friend. l ie is so still. As long as the world exists, down through the ages will re- j verherate Ahraham Lincoln's forceful words o f consolation and encourage ment to all wh«» earn a livelihood by the sw eat o f the brow. The world may never see Ills like ngaln, but his memory will never (wrlsli. Stand w ith anybody «hat .la n d . rlfh«. t«nd w ith him w h ll, h . la r lf h t and port w ith him w h « , h . (o ra w ron».— Llncoha. e 'a e e a F r e e d J a n u a r y 1 , 1 8B3 T he proclam ation of enmnclpntlon, » I lord all the negro slaves, was proclaim ed by Lincoln. Reptemlier 22, 1' :. and bccuiue e i.cc liv e Januury 1, 1803. BEARING PAINS. . . NERVOUS, WEAK Yakima, Waah. — "At one time I was completely exhausted, weak anil dizzy. I had many headaches, nerves were bad and I suffered from bearing pains," said Mrs. Roy Wisner o f _ _ 209 N. 3rd A ve., "but three bottlea of Dr. Pierce’« Fa vorite Prescription corrected all these disagreeable symptoms and restored my lost strength and health. I shall never forget the benefits I received from that marvelous tonic.” « W rila D r. F l « r , , ', CIJ b I , . Hugslo, N. Y , Have to Get Up a t N ig h t ? Deal Promptly with Bladder Irregularities Are you bothered w ith blad der irregularities; burning, scanty or too frequent passage and getting up at night? Heed E.1 r o m p tly th ese symptom«, T 'hey may warn of some dis ordered kidney or bladder con dition. Usera everywhere rely on Doan’s Pilfj. Recommended 50 years. Sold everywhere. .Doan’s Ills A Diuretic for the Kidney« ♦