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OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2T, 1011.
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'I LA BE l
THE FIRST SIXGER.
We heard a bluebird singing,
the song was magic
tweet; He swung upon the lilac, the
snow was round his feet;
The wind blew roughly o'er him,
the sky was steely-gray.
But yet he perched there, sing
ing the chilling gloom
away.
Brave traveler from the south
land, perhaps you came
, too soon;
For ice still binds the stream
lets, the sun Is wan at
noon;
The violets are sleeping close in
their earthly bed,
And not a greening blade of
grass has dared to show
its head.
But, oh, we're glad to greet you,
sweet harbinger of
spring;
No sound was e'er so welcome
as your gay caroling;
Courageous little songster upon
the leafless spray,
A-singing and a-singing our
weariness away!
From March Farm Journal.
WHICH WILL THEY FAVOR?
In doing road work Umatilla county
should follow the methods used by
private corporations that engage in
construction work. The working sys
tem should look to efficiency and
economy. It should be the aim of
the county court to get work done
speedily and thoroughly yet at the
least jr- ible cost td the taxpayers.
I'mi'-.'a county will not be follow
ing tfcr bove methods if the com
missioners again adopt the policy of
supervising road work themselves.
This county formerly followed that
policy and those who are familiar
with affairs know that it was a pol
icy that looked to swelling the salar
ies of the members of the court
rather than to getting results for the
county. Under that policy members
of the court would travel about the
county drawing good pay and travel
ing expenses while perhaps devoting
less than 10 minutes of the day to ac
t"oj r,r0! for the county. It was
w rc way of doing business and it
Is not Pfprising that complaints were
beard.
County Judge Maloney has a good
plan for doing road work. He would
employ three roadmasters to take
charge of the work in their respective
sections. He would have men who
know how to work roads themselves
and know how to make other men
under them work. He would have
the roadmasters spend their time up
on the roads, not in passenger coach
es. Judge Maloney suggests that in
the spring when there is much work
to be done each roadmaster collect
a crew of men and keep them to
gether, day and night. He woulJ-
have the men camp by their work at
night instead of returning to town or
to their hom'es and wasting several
hours enroute. It is common know
ledge that during the past few years
men have been paid for working on
roads when as a matter of fact they
have spent a big portion of their time
traveling to and from their work. The
county Judge would overcome this loss
by providing a road crew with a camp
Just as a harvesting crew Is equipped.
It is the intention of the new coun
ty court to do away with the county
roadmaster at the March meeting and
to take up a new system of caring for
the road work. It will be Interesting
to note what sort of a plan the com
missioners favor. Will they take up
with a plan that will bring about ef
ficiency and economy or one that will
promote graft and waste?
KEEPING SOME POWDER DRY.
International peace extremists were
cot sufficiently strong to prevent the
fortification of the Panama canal,
though they tried desperately to do
IS. r tlllon dollars will be ex
ce In preparing the big;
ense. Uncle Sam does
not wane to take chances of losing
piece of work that will cost about I
five hundred millions when complet
ed. From a Pacific coast viewpoint the
fortifying of the canal is particularly
desirable. The government refuses to
maintain a fleet upon the Pacific or
to fortify this coast to any extent de
spite the fact that there Is more dan
ger of war from the orient than from
any other direction. The west has
been frequently told of late years that
with the completion of the Panama
canal so near there is no need of a
Tacific fleet.. With the canal com
pleted the Atlantic fleet may be sent
here on short notice. Trovlded of
course that the canal is not taken by
the enemy and so made impassable
tu American warships. The canal
will be fortified with the view to pre
venting any such contingency as this
from arising.
Peace extremists think that money
spent fortifying the canal is money
wasted. But the fact that the canal
l fortified may some day keep this
ccuntry out of a war and If so then
the money will have been well Invest
ed. The day of universal peace will
arrive some time no doubt. But Just
now there are all sorts of signs that
such a day Is not yet very near? Un
til it draws closer Uncle Sam will
make a mistake If he does not keep
some powder dry.
HE IS lOIXG WELL.
Though Governor West has been in
office less than two months he has
already made a record that further
strengthens him in the estimation of
the people of the state. By his own
personal efforts he drove the legisla
ture to pass a law placing the state
printer upon a flat salary at the con
clusion of the term of the present In
cumbent. It is a reform that has
been demanded for years but no pre
vious governor was able to bring It
about.
The governor has also rendered
good service to the people through
the use of his veto power. In the
view of this paper he vetoed some
bills that should have been left alone.
But by far the greater number of
bills that were vetoed deserved the
axe. By his work he protects the
state treasury to the extent of $600,
000, and he has served to lighten the
charge that the legislature was ultra
liberal in its appropriations.
During the two months he has been
in office Governor West has shown
himself to be a man of good Judg
ment, energy and courage. He Is
making good and will probably con
tinue to do so for he has the habit.
The little city of Stanficld heard a
Sunday school talk Saturday. Much
of the talk we have heard from Stan-
field of late has been by the lawyers
ir. the Furnish-Coe litigation and it
has not been of the Sabbath school
variety.
Local people shivered last night
and thought It very cold. Yet the
thermometer did not go lower than
five above zero. We are becoming
regular Callfornlans.
MAVY SOAP BUBBLES. .
One of the most attractive of the
advertising features at the Brussels
exposition was a soap bubble foun
tain, designed and built by a promi
nent soap manufacturing concern of
Europe. It is the only one In exist
ence. It produces a continual flow
of bubbles, delightfully colored, In
which all the delicate hues of the
rainbow are to be found. When il
luminated at night the effect produc
ed by the multicolored electric lights
completes a sight which appeals
strongly to the artistic mind. The
general appearance gives them tne
illusion of a flowing mass of sparic
ling diamonds. The fountain produces
17,600 bubbles a minute and 25,344,
000 bubbles are obtained from a
pound st soap.
THE LATEST WRINKLE.
In a shop recently a well known
actress, who is noted for her peren
nial youth, asked for a traveling bag
of alligator skin. The shopkeeper,
who hafl none of that particular sort
brought out Instead some of smooth
leather.
"And you tell me this Is alligator
skin!" objected the actress. "Why,
where are all Its wrlngles?"
"Ah, madam," replied the wily
dealer, who knew his customer,
"wrinkles are out of vogue. The cor
rect alligator bag Is made from the
skin of an alligator that has been mar
saged." Tit-Bits.
SENSE IN SENTENCES.
We are still patiently awaiting the
advent of wireless politics.
Formerly the people burned witch
es. Now they roast politicians.
Occasionally the man with en eagle
eye proves to be a human vultur-v.
Some men don't know enough to
get married, and some others know
too much.
Remember, girls, that pinning a $17
hat on a 17-cent head doesn't Increase
the value of the head.
Vice Consul George E. Holt trans
mits a copy of the charges of the
Eastern Telegraph Co., between Tan
gier, Morocco and European points,
which Is filed for public reference
with the bureau of manufactures.
It Is stated that the New Chilean
loan, which returns 5 per cent, was
oversubscribed In London 10 times al
ter being open one hour on January
I.
JUST ABOUT WOMEN.
She's on the Job from morn till night,
she Is a source of rare delight,
She has her fads and follies, but
her virtues are the thing;
She stands for all that's good and
true, and she is noble through
and through,
O, woman, lovely woman, she would
make a fog horn sing.
She rises at the break of day ana
dishes up our breakfast hay,
She scrubs and dresses nil the kids
and packs them off to school;
She Irons out their Sunday clothes,
she bakes a pie and mends our
hose,
Then makes a tempting dish of
Joll and puts it out to coot.
In times of trouble she Is great, she
takes the knocks and bumps
of fate
Without a word of bitterness or
whining or regret;
Her stock of patience Is immense,
she makes man look like thir
ty cents;
In Joy or sorrow woman is the
country's one best bet.
Detroit Free Press.
OUTDID THEM.
George Vanderbilt was captain of
company L, Tenth Now York cavalry,
In the civil wsy. He was a very ec
centric fellow, and fond of a practi
cal joke, and a fine, brave officer,
who was often In command of his
regiment in the absence of his supe
rior officers. On one of those occa
sions, when stationed near Wnren
ton, Va., one Sunday morning he re
ceived a note from the commander
of the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
sent by an orderly, stating that the
chaplain of the regiment had been
holding revival meetings In his regi
ment and several members had been
converted. Twenty-five soldiers were
to be baptized in the river at 2 o'clock
p. m., and he invited the Tenth New
York cavalry to be present. After
reading the note, he summoned the
chaplain of his regiment to his pres
ence and issued the following verbal
order: "Chaplain, I have just been
informed that the chaplain of the
Sixteenth Pennsylvania is to baptize
twenty-five men today at 2 o'clock
p. m. Now I want you to understand
that no blamed Pennsylvania regi
ment can outdo the Tenth New York.
I will 'make a detail of thirty men,
and at 1 o'clock you march down to
the river with them and baptize
them!"
DISAPPOINTED IN HER.
"And so your father refuses to
consent to our union "
"He does, Rodolphus."
The, sad youth swallowed a sob.'
"Is there nothing left for us, then,
but aji elopement " said he.
"Nothing."
The girl was fond but firm.
"Do you think, Clementine, that
youcould abandon this luxurious
home, forget all the enjoyments ot
great wealth, banish yourself forever
from your devoted parents' hearts
and go west with a poor young man
to enter a life of poverty and self
denial "
"I could, Rodolphus."
The sad youth rose wearily and
reached for his hat.
"Then," said he, "you are far from
being the practical girl I have all
along taken you to be."
And with one last look around on
the sumptuousness that some day he
had hoped to share, he sobbed and
said farewell. Browning's Magazine.
MEN AND CIGARS.
"Certainly, I will make a few w.
marks," said the cigar salesman who.
because of his solemn garb, had been
mistaken for a man of cloth. As
cending the platform, he said: "Men
are like cigars. Ctften you can not
tell by the wrapper what the filler Is.
Sometimes a good old stogie Is me
popular than an imported celebrity.
Some men are all right In the show
case, on display, but are great dls
appointents when you get them
home. No matter how fine a man Is,
eventually he meets his match. A
two-for often puts on as many airs
as a BO-center. Some men never get
to the front at all except during cam
paigns. Some are very fancy out
Side and are selected for presents.
Others have a rought exterior, but
spread cheer and comfort about them
because of what is inside. But all
men, as all cigars, good or bad, two
fers, stogies, rich or poor, come to
ashes at last" The Standard.
WRONG VIEWPOINT.
Zach McGee, who traveled all over
this country while the last political
campaign was on and wrote powerful
pieces about the voters, was on a
train one morning running into St.
Paul. He had never been to that
city, and was anxious to know how
long It would take him to go from
St. Paul to Minneapolis.
Sitting beside him was a man in
terested in the sporting sheet of a
newspaper. McGhee leaned toward
him and plucked him by the sleeve.
"How far is it." he asked, "between
St. Paul and Minneapolis?"
"One hundred and four points," re
plied the stranger, "and they play
this afternoon."
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by ourselves and the neighbors.
YOU will never reirret tiiklng
tho Hitters when tho appetite
lngH, when the digestion Is poor
or when you suffer from CoIiIh,
(irlpive or Malarial DlnonlerM.
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The woman who Is worthy of your wedding ring should be entitl
ed to more than your name.
GIVE HER A HOME
If there is one thins ' the world that will make a woman content
ed, industrious, ambitious and happy it Is to Iinve her own little
home; It need not be an expensive mansion so long as It Is all her
own.
And wise, indeed, is the man who provides a homo for his help
mate; he is repaid In happiness a thousand fold.
You don't havo to have cash on hand. Whatever yon can spare
from your monthly salary will be sufficient.
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