: : ! :: i-a-s-s UTELLUM Editor or, '24 Asst.Editor '24 Joke Editor T'OSIELE SOLUTION OF TIIE WORLD'S PROBLEM OP TODAY En'tt v" hail a Vali tine 4Kvitt,;i!u,v Wednesday. M( tvfryw!ii aiad us of 'he malls t( A dandy wy to peopls what y think aiwut ttirn. February is the month of birth d:os and is often called the Poets' month. Feb. 2d. Ground Hog day; the 11th Edison's birthday; the 12th Lincoln's birthday, the 14th Valen tine day and Oregon was admitted into th. Union on this same day. 1859. The fifteenth the .ship Maine was sunk, the 22d Washington and Lincoln's birthdays, and tlv twenty-seventh Longfellow's birthday. On the twenty-second a general as sembly will be held to celebrate all of the important dales of this month. Seventh and Eighth tirade. -Monday, being the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the Language classes of the seventh and eighth Kiades spent their study and recitation periods writing the story of his life. The picture studied by the seventh grade this week was the "Song of the Lark" by Jules Breton and the eighth grado chose "Evange line" by Faed. Hector VVleklander spent his manual training period for two days doing repair work on our black boards. They are very much im proved as a result of his labors. ThH arithmetic classes this week are giving special stress to the mak ing of statements telling how the problem! should he solved. Tin' eighth grade are reviewing measure ment! while the seven! Ii grade are it tidying interest. Thi' third grade has taken up a new book, "Keep Well Storiei." They say lts's very hard to keep well in such cold weather, but will do their best Both third and fourth grades liaip finished process work in arithmetic, d are now solving clothod prob lems. For language they are learn ing the Twenty-third I'salm. First ami Second Grades, The primary room now has several beauty spins on the border above i he blackboards. They have falling snow, the flakes being cut from White paper and no two alike. A typical winter scene, with a hillside, showing children coasting and making snow men. On a sand table the little tots have i scene representing the arctic re gions This shows the eskitnos, their i loos, sledges, dogs, polar bears, and icebergs. Nor is this all. There are hearts, arrows, CUpids to add to the decora tions and Valentine day was fitting ly observed with a postofflce. Post mistress Mildred Allen, Assistant, Selma Ayers; postmen. Ellis Cahoon, Paul Mead. Jokes. Mr. Mulkey in Civics i law What Is meant by "cannonlsm?" Chat: C's when they mount cannons or. the walls of a city. A notice on the blackboard Mon day staled that Student Body Fleas were due the tenth. A charge of 3 Fleas a day, will be asked if you don't pay on that date. The ejc.it banker lav on Lis death bed .Many friends had gathered around him. The attending physi cian whispered- "I fear lie is near Ing the great divide. Pell them not to divide until I gtt there," Whispered the dying man IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS Flunk Hathaway ami his son-lit' law, Mr BVHitt. hnve bought null tional acreage since the write-up of last week. They have taken up a rhotee tract of railroad land near (he Otto place and will arrange In work it this summer besides the Olio plait ''""I Merrill Doble acre age south of Irrlgon. The car of choice s I potatoes arrived Tuesday and Is being de livered this week. A number of Mnardin:n people get potatoes from this car; also farmers mi the Wash ington side. It BRtta through in good shape in fast of the cold weather. There are a few extra sacks over and above orders and those who want seed potatoes as long as they last, should call on N. Seaman. J. E. McCoy returned from Port land Wednesday morning and re ports Mrs. McCoy doing nicely and expected home in a few days. Mrs. W. ',. Alexander's brother from California,, with others in the parly, are snipping at the Alexan der'l Ibis week for a few days They intended going on after a day's vis it bul decided best to wail unfll the weather warmed up a little. C. H. Steward and son. Wayne, have helped J. Bullard dig a well this week. The government trappers report this is no weather for them. The traps freeze up anil accomplish noth ing. A number of teams and trucks are expected to arrive in the next few days to Start work on the highway. A pit has been located near C. W. Benefiel'l ranch. Expressed in a few words would be Each of us build a home and let the rest of the world go by. Much easier said than done. Nearly all of the strife and unrest of today is caused by one person (or group of persons) having what some Other person (or group of persons) want. It makes no difference whether it Is between individuals or between nations, the result is the same. Be tween Individuals it causes fights and lawsuits; between different groups of people It causes strikes, lockouts and feuds. Between nations it causes war. Germany had a monopoly on cer tain manufactured goods that England wanted; France had a re publican form of government that the military' )ader of Germany wished to crush. Germany wanted an outlet to the Mediteranean so that she could have a share In the trade of southern Europe, northern Africa, Asia and the Indies. Germany also wanted a freer (easier) access to the granary of Europe (Russia). Uesult The European war, which is far from being settled to day, and may not be settled for years. A nation of home builders and home lovers is not a warring nation. Switzerland, a home loving nation, is seldom mixed up in war, while England (The British Isles) a nation of factories and world rovers, Is usually a member in all wars of any consequence. A home builder is for the better ment of himself and those around him. A manufacturer is for the dollar, which he gets by outguessing, or heating, the other fellow, much after the fashion of a person that tries to live by the use of his wits without producing anything. The manufacturer produces, but he must beat the other fellow to market. The farm is the natural and only home colonization. Remove men from the farm and civilization dies. Remove man from! the farm; and i In fifth generation! is unknown, and even the third generation is very rare (scarce). Dut, the farmer of today, under the present method Is but little bet-: ter than a slave. Why? Because when he buys anything he must pay j whatever the manufacturer asks, 1 when he sells anything he must take whatever the middle man, or jobber. many farmers are in the habit of do ing). Because: By raising a variety of products he Is nearly always sure to have a reaay market for some of them, and the other will make feed for his livestock. Have a variety of products and sell the ones that fit the market best. (Keeping a few of the best, that you may produce still better, In place of selling the best and finally having scrub stock to produce from). In proportioning a 40-acre tract I would suggest at least 15 acre3 of timber, two and a half acres of orchard, two and a half acres for buildings, runways, pens, lawn and berries. The balance of the place I would divide into eight equal fields, on which I would practice crop rota tion, beginning with corn, followed by truck (consisting of potatoes, sweet corn, cabbage, tomatoes, and other vegetables), then wheat which would in turn be followed by oats or rye, and seeded to grass, this would furnish hay the follow ing two seasons, then it would be turned to pasture for cows and horses, and the following season it would be pastured by sheep and hogs, Then back to corn. I would have the planting of the fields so ar ranged that no two of the fields would be In the same stage of ro tation the same year. The timber (wood lot) would go a long way toward solving the post, lumber and fuel problem of the na tion. Our forest resources are fast becoming (exhausted and without lumber civilization dies. With the large forests disappearing, we must look to the farm wood-lot for our futur,, lumber supply, much after the fashion of France, Belgium or Germany. They plant a new tree each year for each one cut down. W hat we need is not more laws to curb the existing trust! and cor Delations, but a system under which they will become unnecessary. Then, and then only, will '.he producers be free of the strangle-hold which the financiers have upon them. GRATTON L. HOFFMAN, Boardman, Oregon ymtsmw iimjmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihmiimhm K. N. sututtnld. Prealdeat Ralph A. Holte, Ossfaler rn.nk Sloan, 1st Vice-President M. it Ling, Shad Vlce-Presldeat Rank of Stan-field Capital Stock and Surplus $37,500.00 Four Per Cent Interest Paid on Time Certificates of Deposit. 'ill. Mi .'.ii, . . ,IM ItiMUllwW .aK.i;(l,!:!t ijlillilfllllllll ARLINGTON Is ATIONAL BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $73,000.00 OFFICERS A. Wheelhouse, Pres. E. J. Clough, Vice Pres. H. M. Cox, Cashier Chas. T. Story, Assistant Cashier x ARLINGTON - - - OREGON NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Is willing to pay. By each farmer growing one pro duct mostly, be it corn, wheat, hay, iilivestock, or any of the other agri cultural products, he has but the one chance to make good, and even at thai, when lie does produce a crop that has a market, he must turn around and pay out all he made for what he must buy. I claim that the general farmer has a very much better chance to make a decent living (without work ing the extremely long hours that Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Ore gon, Jan. 31, 1923 Notice is hereby given that Charles H. Weech of Boardman, Ore gon, who, on Oct. 31, 1919, made Homestead Entry No. 021089, for iNW SWy4, being Unit "E" Uma tilla Project, Section 14, Township 4 North, Range 25 East, Willamette j Meridian, has filed notice of inten tion to make three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before C. G. Blayden, United States Commissioner, at Boardman, Oregon, on the 14th day of March, 1923. Claimant names as witnesses: Ray L. Brown, Thomas Miller, Leo Kuizner, W. H. Gilbreth, all of Boardman, Oregon. 1-5 J. W. DONNELY, Register. BOYS' KNICKERBOCKERS 50 Per Cent Off All sizes in Corduroys and Suit Goods. A Big Stick of Candy with Each Pound of Royal Club Coffee. Standard Seeds "Seeds that will grow." Our new Garden and Flower Seeds are now arriving. WORLDS I IRQ EST CHAIN DKPARTMRNT STOKE ORG IONIZATION TfPi 371 DEPARTMENT STORES PENDLETON, OREGON BUYING FOR OUR 371 STORES ASSURES LOWEST TRICKS Schemes to Collect Good Dollars (ind Distribute Least Desirable Goods, Are Forbidden In J. C. Penney Co. Stores! Noah Webster define, the word '.ale" a. "the exchange of a commodity (merchan- due) for money of EQUIVALENT VALUE" Note those words, "EQUIVALENT VALUE!" Shakespeare say. of "Sak.work" - "work or thing, made for SALE; hence, work carelessly done." When an article, value or intrinsic worth is EQUIVALENT or equal to its REGULAR puce, that price cannot be reduced for a .o-called ".ale" without los. to the merchant -and merchant, are not in business to lose money! When the price U high, it is not an "equivalent value." The merchandue i. not worth the price. Hence, when high prices are reduced it is merely re-arranging them to where tf ty should have been in the beginning. Thus, it is seen, that the public is not being give the same fair, just and honorable treatment every day in the year. The J. C. Penney Company never hold ".ale." Price, at our Store, are fixed at t . bottom-notch in the beginning. BOARDMAN TRADING CO. Boardman, Oregon f--:-KK-m teeeeeeee'eeeteeeNi m Cement Wood Coal Builders Hardware Building Material a W. A. MURCHIE Boardman, Oregon. KMillllKW If Highway Inn O. H WARNER, Proprietor Boardman, Oregon Wholesome Home Cooking Best place to eat between The Dalles and Pendleton