THE POLK COUN
Turkey Test
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Itemixcr.one year in adv
Weekly Oregonian
With Oregon Woodman
Was Great, but It
Drove One M a n to
Drink.
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’PHONES:
Patronize One Another for the Upb
Secretary Luke W right says Mr
Bryau is not a democrat. I t is pretty
anfe to ray that he isn’t the kind that
Wright ia.________________
Postal savings banks would guaran
tee their deposits, but it would be
perfectly ridiculous for other banks to
do the same thing.
If Senator Foraker has done wrong
it would seem proper to send him to
prison “ after the election" to keep
the beef trust company.
It isn’t likely that Mr. Archbold
was in the business of recommending
judges when Mr. Taft was first ap
pointed to the federal bench.
The secretary of the interior has
vast importance to
miuiug men. I t is held that where a
tract of land is once held to be miner
al in character it cannot be taken un
der homestead, timber or desert en
try, unless it was shown that the rul
ing scoured was through fraud and
misrepresentation. Hereafter the reg
ister and receiver will mark on their
plats that such lands have been with
drawn from entry except for mineral
purposes. This ruling, however, al
lows that it can be Shown the ruling
was through fraud or misrepresenta
tion, the land can be otherwise enter
made a ruling of
T H E POLK COUNTY ITEM IZER.
THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1908.
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very erroneous one. All the various
fire-proof materials going into the
approved construction of the more
substantial buildings arc used in
greater quantities now
than the
world dreamed of a few years ago, y il
the heavy demand for lumber con
tinues.
Congress will meet in a few days.
We look for some stirring times this
winter. The democratic
members
will be quiet until a chance word, or
maybe a taunt, awakens them. It is
quite possible that something in the
president's
message
may
arouse
them, for the president is impulsive;
any strong emotion is enough to set
him going, and it will be just like
him to forget that under a quiet ex
terior the democrats will have a
savage feeling this winter. They ex
pected a victory up to the very last
week of the campaign, and they have
waited a good while. We do not e x
pect much legislation of value this
winter. It will require a good deal of
work to pass the needed appropriation
bills. The Panama canal will come
in for a raking; the new battleship*
will be held up as failures on the
strength of criticisms already publish
ed; the growing deficit will bo magni
fied; gross extravagance will lie charg
ed, and new legislation will tie fought.
The 90 days before the 4111 of March
will be mostly frittered away, for
there will be more bad tomper dis
played than has been seen for 12
years past. The congress that will
convene on tho 4th of March will
have a summer’s work before it, for
with the unfinished business and tho
tariff to revise there will be work for
months on hand.—-Goodwin's Week
ly-
PHONES:
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Residence, 113
M l’ TFAT I Office,
Resilience, 1401
Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
PRKSBYTKUIAN CHURCH.
W IL L IA M S '
People who want tho earth would no
doubt have a harrowing time of it If
A child that insists upon being al
their desire wore fulfilled.
ways dressed up In its best clothes
would be the bettor for an occasional
L e t Him O u t .
dressing down.
Unto tho youth who importuned
turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner.
Now, I never bought a turkey In my
life, and I don't want to make a mis
take lu It. I have full instructions
Tho lady answered, "Yes,
from my wife, hut still It requires
A boy who isn’t ju t too mean to live
I f first, my sweet and lovely mash.
great care to carry them out.”
You’ll show the color o f your cash.”
has something the mutter with him
“ Oh, If that's nil," said the poultry
But lie was colorless.
and isn’t likely to live long.
mnu, reassured, “ I will help you out.”
“ You will?" asked the man eagerly.
Scorning H is Job.
A short answer
From what information I gather,
“ With pleasure. What’s the matter
too often has a
Tho king has a bit o f a snap,
with this one?” And he took down a
l i e touches a silver tipped button,
long range and a
And straightway things fa ll in his lap— turkey and held It up to view.
wide scope.
"Does his breast move In or out un
Most truly a fortunate chap—
But, though all Is flBh In his net,
der pressure?” asked the purchaser
I wouldn’t trade places with Edward;
The best way to
doubtfully.
I haven’ t been asked to as yet.
discredit a story
“T ry It for yourself.”
that you want to
On him lords and dukes dance attend
“ It seems flexible,” said the man,
ance.
down Is to send j
gingerly pressing his fingers upon the
Respect fo r his title to show
a known liar out
part mentioned. “ You know, my wife
Each day lie lights up a fter dinner
to refute it.
Cigars at a dollar a throw.
Is a great judge of these things, and
F or answer he never gets " N o ."
she told me all about It. Now about
But, though my resources are few,
A game man
tile color of the legs. They should he
I tell you I wouldn’ t swap places;
never starts any
N o one has Invited me to.
purply blue, with just a tinge of gray.”
thing t h a t he
“ Well, there they are. You couldn't
The pay on the Job Is sufficient.
isn’t willing to
get anythlug nearer the description
I wouldn’t complain about that.
see the finish of
Ho gets forty dollars a minute
unless we painted them for you.”
Or something as i*obuat and fat.
—or, a n y w a y ,
“ No. no. I don't want ’em painted.
His
pocketbook
never
is
flat.
nearly willing.
She said the color should he natural.
But still to remark I am free—
I wouldn’ t exchange, and I ’ m certain
Now nbout the llesli. I want to pinch
H e wouldn’t trade places with me.
There must be some to pack around
that and see that It Is elastic.”
cold, dripping wet blankets or the
“ Well, pinch,” said the dealer.
I do not pretend I ’m contented
hot headed ono would become extinct
Or tickled to death with my lot.
Tlv» purchaser pinched and pinched
The settings. I feel, are too modest.
from spontaneous combustion.
until the." vas not an Inch of the bird
The pay doesn’ t quite touch tho spot.
not fairly covered
Then he gave n
I wish I could cook up a plot,
A deaf and dumb man Is a valuable
sigh of.satisfaction.
A plan either new or antique.
To spring It on Edward, old boy,
companion, full o f words of good cheer,
“ That seems all right. But there’s
And make him trade jobs for a week.
in comparison with the man with a
one thing more—the wings. You don’t
h&bitua! grouch.
mind my twisting them according to
my wife's Instructions? She calls
that the crowning test of tenderness."
And he delicately turned them around
as ho would the kuob of a door. This
done, he opened the beak and looked
Into the mouth, devoting considerable
time to a minute examination of the
tip of the tongue. Finally b* announc
ed his satisfaction, paid for tli* t-jrkey
and started off with It
Ho reached the door, then suddenly
turned.
“ Great heavens! J forgot to exam
ine the flexibility of the spur, and
without being bucked by that all other
tests are useless.”
But the poultryman had vanished
Into a nearby saloon and at that mo
COME IN AND LOOK OVER OUR STOCK
ment was engaged In toning up his
nerves for the next customer.—New
AND YOU W ILL BE CONVINCED
York Herald.
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month. You can probably get some kind of artificial light for less
money than electric light, hut does it save you anything when it
limits opportunities for work and recreation, ruins your eyesight,
smokes your walls, mars decorations and increases household work.
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E hail beeu gazing long and ear
nestly at the rows of turkeys
hanging from the hooks of a
stand in Washington market
and the poultry man began to eye him
suspiciously. lie did not look like a
thief, the mild look in his eye denoting
anything but the gleam of acquisition.
| Still, his actions were uot calculated
1 to inspire confidence.
Ever}- now uud then he would walk
up to the rack and feel a gobbler’s
| breastbone, then stand off and take
| a side look at the fowl, moving around
| presenty and gazing nt It from the oth-
| or side. In this way he would admire
It from all points of view and seemed
to derive Immense satisfaction from
the observation.
The poultrymnu was fast becomiug
nervous over these strange proceed
ings, and to put an end to his anxiety
as to the man’s intentions he approach
ed him and asked:
“ Well, sir, what can I do for you?"
The man started and for a moment
appeared to be disconcerted; but, recov
ering himself somewhat, he blushlngly
stammered:
“ Why, you see, I don’t quite know
yet.”
“ Well, it’s about time you did,” gruff
ly replied the poultrymnn.
“ Ye-yes—I suppose so, but I don’t
I wont to get a turkey, but I want to
be quite sure of my ground before I
proceed.”
The poultryman looked at him still
more suspiciously.
“ I dare say you will think me a lit
tle peculiar,” continued the stranger,
“ but the fact Is my w ife is not very
well, and she has sent me to buy the
Adm itted to the second class of m ail matter.
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Great as the advance in fire-proof
construction has been during the last
ten years there has been no let-up in
the use of lumber, and both architects
and builders find themselves so do'
pendent upon wood today that they
are compelled to admit that the for
ests of the country are likely to bo’ the
chief source of building material for
many years to come. “ The use of
cement, terracotta, brick and stone,
with a framework of Bteel, w ill make
it possible soon to do away with wood
entirely,” is a remark often heard;
and, indeed, when one stands on low
er Broadway and looks up at the
towering skyscrapers, the statement
seems to contain mhch truth. As a
matter of fact, however, the popular
idea that fire-proof materials will do
away with the need of using lumber
in a comparatively few years is a
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