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EDITORI A L
LLSSOX FARMERS MI ST LEARN
BE LOYAL TO VOL R TOWN.
A number of important changes
have recently been made in
Montavilla and Gresham. Just
what effect these will have upon
the towns and communities men
tioned remains to be seen. One
thing, however, is sure—every
citizen should consider himself
or herself a committee of one to
encourage the merchant or mer
chants who are willing to cast
their lot with us. and to encour
age people as far as possible to
do their trading at home. Be
loyal to your town and its insti
tutions,—help it all you can for
by so doing you are assisting in
the creating of a better trade
center, and incidentally helping
yourself.
A trip through Eastern Oreg
on is sufficient to convince one
of the uncertainty of the wheat
crop. From our knowledge and
actual experience in the raising
of wheat in that country we
think we are safe in saying that
at least three out of every ten
crops are partial failures. The
old settler knows this from ex
perience. A few have profited
by it and as far as possible have
diversified their farming, conse
quently are not suffering to any
great extent from the drouth of
this year. Fully 95 per cent of the
farmers had their eggs in one
basket, as often happens, the bot
tom dropped out and now they
are blaming the country instead
Not very long ago a young
of their lack of business ability lady of five or six summers hap
to meet such an emergency by pened to hear a gentleman who
paying more attention to better was visiting the family say that
farming, instead of joining the it was his birthday. In a very
mad rush for more land and half few minutes she appeared in
till it. Farming will pay in East front of her friend and handed
ern Oregon, but it must be done him a necktie for a birthday
right. All or none is all right present. He rather objected on
when everything else is right, the grounds that it belonged to
but it is a mighty uncertain , her papa and he might object.
principle for a man who wants “Oh that’s all right,’’ said she
to succeed to count on. When “It’s only an old tie of his and
Eastern Oregon farmers put he’ll never wear it any more so
their surplus money from good you must take it.” and of course
crops into good water systems, he did.
hog-tight fences, hogs, cattle,
sheep and better cultivation of
Snow fall in Colorado accom
what land they have they will panied by lightning. Colorado
have taken the most important is bound to give her tourists
step toward the successful solu their money’s worth. Hereafter
tion of the farm problem for summer visitors should demand
that or any other country.
a rebate when they get the snow
without the lightning.
SEEK TO CORRAL RETAIL TRADE
The country merchant who
meets with mail-order competi
tion might do well to tell his
farmer traders that there is a
good mercantile trust forming
of mail-order houses. Some $40-
000,000 is said to have been the
capital decided upon. If there
is anything a farmer dislikes, to
use a mild word, it is a trust.
There is an effort to crush out
the competition of the small
merchants by this mail-order
scheme. It will be an evil day
for the small merchant, and for
the farmer as well, when the
retail business of this country is
controlled by one head. The
consumer should do his part to
prevent it. The fight will be
made, not in the big cities, but
in the country and small towns.
—Selected.
If the attorney general goes
ahead and collects the $147,500-
000 in fines for which Standard
Oil stands liable, won’t that be a
long step toward government
ownership?
Mr. Bryan says that if we can
build the Panama canal we can
build and run railroads. How
ever, Senator Morgan is not cer
tain that we can build the Pana
ma canal.
Proof readers in the govern
ment printing office will have to
learn their jobs over again.
It reflects credit on our Cuban
neighbors, and shows the con
fidence in which the United
States government and its repre
sentatives are held, that the in
surrectionists are willing to cease
hostilities and abide by the re
Stensland’s ways had been sult of the investigation by Sec
dark so long, no wonder he retary Taft and others appoint
gravitated to Africa.
ed by President Roosevelt.
It was noti'.l at th«' time of the re
cent Uro nml <Mrtr.i|uak»> horror» In San
Francliwo that certain English |>aper«
took oceaalou to warn British Inmir-
an«-e coinpanle« agnlnat Inveatment»
In \nierlea. "that Hml of »uddeu co
la initio»."
Americans have ao long Ixs'n wont
to l<x>k on themselves 11» a choaen |>eo-
pie ami their land as one of ap»clnl
p oailso that this foreign point of view
seems to them almost sacrllegloua.
Certainly, however, the records would
».son t<> show a depressing array of fig
ure* through earthquake, tin', flood. ac-
ehlents on railroad», on bridge». In
mines, in tunnels. In factories, apart
ment bouses and all manner of lofty
ami weighty structures.
During the past live years the annual
tire loss In the t’nlted States has tieen
$2.10 per capita as compared with .33
per capita In the larger European coiin
trie* During the last ten years the
total tin* losses In the t’nlted States
amounted to $1.25»M1I«O.<MM> The In
surance companies paid out during this
period ysiiT.iniO.oOO. and It Is reasons
ble to assume that the premiums paid
by the |»'ople of the country «luring
the same length of time for protection
against tire ex«'i*eil«'*l tbeee figures.
Th«> old proverb about th«' relative val
ue of an ounce of prevention and a
pound of etire would »«'em to have
walk application to th«' situation.
Kixvntly experiments have been
made In building resldeno's with con
crete blocks, a substitute for brick and
stone. Partition walls as well as outer
walls are of concrete. an«i In some
cast's th«' stairs ar«- of concrete. In a
concrete house then' Is llttl«> that can
feed th«' flames except th • flooring,
trimming am! furniture. Grout care Is
taken to sntire strength nt all points
of strain and provent collapse even un
der extraordinary »bock.
Temper»n<*e For Railway Men.
United Artisans
tirosham Assembly, No.
l'à, meet, in liegnvr’»
Hall 1st and .'hl Fndiiy <>i«eli monili.
Henry Douthit, M. A
C. A. Nutluy,
8w'v. All Artisans Welcome.
GRESHAM RtlHAH LOOOt X. >. ti I. I.
<* O. F.. nicvtsoii ili« »wml and (oiirtli
W«sln<‘*«lav «>( «‘nell niontli. Tiii'otlicrrs
aro \>>ia I hin «'ll, N '«.', Mrs. Joseph,\
<«,; Mrs. II. E. Davis, »««'rotary ; l'alla
Kenin'v, treasurer ; Mrs. liiitli Rola-rts.
D. I*.
WOW l'l,iv«'r Camp No. 3111, ti reali-
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am, meets iu Kegner's Hall on
'.’«I »nd 4th Mondin* at 8 p. in. D. F.
Talboi « • . i i H mm p. Clack« \ to
iting Wisslinen Wideonie.
6resham lodge No. 125,1. 0. 0. F.
NL h ’I. m o \» t > S.itunluv night
Tel
tow«* Hall.
IL Miller, N.G.; I mil
VntnHpiiM. V. (•. ; Ralph E. .l•»hllM<m,
Secretary; <». W. Kenney, Treasurer.
»All vi«iting t»rother« coniially invited to
attend.
r. A. «HOMI, M. l>.
j. m . Hiionr, m . D.
Drs. Short & Short
Pin »kianw-SurgconA.
Gresham,
Oregon
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Homivopathic rhyskian and Sutgcuu
Judge Barker *iy* thero are bio many
laws. That limy Is-tru<> but there is
some coiixdat ion in knowing tlmt mo»t
<ii them «ro urn'oiistitutioiml il pu«h«'<l
to the highest court by a smart lawyer,
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When trading with im'ielmiits adv«'«-
tisiug in this pu|»>r tell him you r«-««l
his nd. in th«' lleaii'r Stat«1 llenild.
Genius i» the ability Io profit by th«'
other felluw'a work.
Call* Attended co Day or Sight
OWre Phutit* Mein ’•!.
1U». Phuiit*. Malli 5A
Imhoff & Minar,
orne»
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Marble and Granite Monuments
Het as, W 12 a. tn., 1-5 p in.
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Consul <¡ener.il Ilow«' rojiorts from
Antwerp that th«' use of whisky and
W. C. BELT. M. D.
other alcoholic beverage» by govern
ment or municipal employ«'«'* during
P hysician and S urgeon
hours of servic«' Is prai'tlcally prohlb-
ited In B-'I'-lutn, with th«' result that
C ails P romptly answered
«irunkenness is rarely met with In any
branch of the pti'dlc service and never
among railway employe«. In fact. It
T routdale ,
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may lie sal J that while certain quali
ties of chttap gin are available to the
poorest ela*s>'s of laborers, drunken-
n«'s* among them is the exception and
not the rule, rhe prev.flen«'«' of mild, PHYSICIAN
SI RGEOJ
cheap, wholesome brews of barley l>eer
Call* Promptly «(tended to.
and light wines at moderate prices di
Otlice at Saudy Hotel.
verts the taste from alcoholic beverages
which are more costly.
VANITY. : : : : OKK<YON
The iui|wrtance of prohibiting the
use of all forms of Intoxicating liquors
by railway employe-s is not only real
ized In Belgium, but also in the empire
of Germany, where the director gen
eral of the railways In Alsace-I.orralue
has forbidden their use by those en-
gaged on the railways during their
hours of service. This rule applies to
all grades iu the service and to all
hours of the «lay. A first offense Is
punishable by loss of grade and the
second by dismissal from the service.
The measure was taken In «'onsoquence
of the accidents which have grown to
be rather frequent both on the rail
way and In the workshops.
It may lw add 'd that some of the
railway companies of the I’nlted
States, notably the Pennsylvania, have
adopted similar strict regulations
against liquor drinking by their em
ployees.
Oregon
J. G. McElroy,
THE ILLINOIS
CENTRAL
Franc«' sets an excellent example tc
those nations among which extrava
gance is br>- 'ling all sorts of unhealthy
condition* and men seem to live only
to attain the luxuries which lead to
degeneracy.
Germany exp«'<'te«l to
crush France In 1871 by Imposing a
heavy Indemnity at the close of the
Franco-Prussian war. but the stock
Ings of the plain |H*ople were so fat
that tlie debt w.i« wipeil out in three
years. Franc«.' always lias money to
lend ami Is pre-eminently a croditor na
tion. .She lends on none but gilt edged
securities, however.
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See Nature's Wondrous Handiwork
Through Utah
and Colorado,
Tli<* m L ov «* I» the u*ual ventici of the
trnkrlvr u«hitC the
Miueuri Pacific Riilwij between the
Pacific Coast end the Eaxt,
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Would Suppress Polson Ivy.
Writing in the ITicifie Medical Jour
nal of a personal experience with poi
son Ivy. Dr. E. 8. McKee suggests that
the plant lie put out of bmdiiess by the
most radical means. Says the doctor:
legal moaeures for th<- prevention nf
this trouble by th*- eradication of the
plants should Is* taken. < specially In
thickly settled communith-s.
Immune
persons, of whom there are many, should
be employed to complete this destruction.
1 This can be don- mechanically by up
rooting, or, better, by the application of
sulphuric acid, 2 c.
to th- st-rns every
two weeks till the plants are killed The
brush should not be left on the ground
nor th- wowl u*-«l as fuel, for tip* poison
Is found In the wood long after d-a«l anti
even In the smoke. Indeed, there are per
sons who cannot pass to th- wind ward of
these bushes without suffering from their
venom. Others can handle th-m with Im
punity and -ven Inject the poison under
the skin without suffering any Inconven
ience. It Is possible, though not probable,
to transfer th«- poison by the clothes or
towels of pel .«mis affected or handling
the plants. Immune* when handling the
plants should wash with alcohol to avoid
carrying It to others
Tlie remedy which Dr. McKee found
most efficacious consisted of n saturat
ed solution of acetate of lead dissolved
in 53 per cent of alcohol mid 47 per
cent of dlstllhsl water. He miggests
that victims of poison Ivy wash the
parts touched by the plant with «llluted
alcohol as toxin ns |x>H*lble after con
tact with the plant. This should dis
solve and remove the poison.
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