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
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The Great Emancipator
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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,
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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
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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.
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“ Lay Not Up Treaaurea"
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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.
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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
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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’»
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President, only three of the twenty-odd
a kivabtadwiw»i(km. new proand MiaUty
m inisters In Springfield voted for him.
id Nature'» warning:
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, 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
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icaulatra , L «lie
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w inter evenings, crack Jokes, and
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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.
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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.
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.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,
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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
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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.”
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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«
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