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T h * N cw n stands for • greater and botter Falla City all the time FALLS CITY NEWS FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 24. 1914 VOL. X Council Proceedings The Falls City council held an interesting session, last Monday evening, and enacted some im portant legislation. Officials present w ere: Mayor Hubbard; councilmen Hollowed. Grier, Brown, Teal, Sampson, Meyer; auditor Lee, attorney T ooie, marshall Lewis. Visitors; W. F. Nichols, R. A. Titus, H .G .Strayer. N. A. Lunde, S. Ouderkirk, Z. Hinshaw, O. Aurland. A. L. Raines; also Wm. Himes o f Dallas. Brown for the street committee reported that certain ditches or dered on Montgomery and Parry streets had been completed. Re port accepted and ordered placed on record and filed. Teal for the water board, re ported that line for additional water supply had been surveyed to Glaze creek, a distance o f 4,200 feet from the reservoir. Engineer Raines further e x plained in detail the survey made and stated that the line, if estab lished. would supply 600,000 gal lons daily. A fte r some discussion, t h e mayor ordered that the matter o f increased water supply be more fully investigated by the com m it tee. A rem onstrance from Irving Matthews was read. He enum er ated fifteen reasons why he should not pay for the new sidewalk recently built in front o f his prop erty at city expense, and made a proposition to the council that he would pay half the cost about (171 cents per foot) if said coun cil would give him sufficient time. Council ordered that Mr. Mat thews be invited to attend the regular council m eeting o f Feb. 2 for the purpose o f getting together on the m atter in controverv, Council ordered remonstrance overruled, and closed hearing on matter o f estimated cost o f side walk construction. The final es timate is 35 cents per foot, which amounts to 1 2-3 cents per foot for those citizens who built their own walks. A petition was received from several M ontgom ery-street prop erty owners, asking for a 9-foot macadam im provem ent on the street. Further action on the pe tition postponed until next regu lar council meeting. I f all the property ow ners sign the petition and waivers as to legislation it will be possible to build the street at a cost o f som ething near 25 cents per foot. Council ordered that proceed ings be instituted by which offic ial grades may be established on all those streets included in the 1913 proposed street im prove ment district. Council ordered that $900 be invested in the purchase o f the citiy ’s outstanding street im prove ment bonds as an addition to the water-bond sinking fund. The Evening Telegram ■no T h e Falls City News A re conducting a vigorous circulation campaign in Falls City. These t w o papers will supply you with all the news o f this locality and also with all the news o f the country at large, at a minimum cost. For a short time we will take your subscription to the tw o papers for one year at $3.75— by mail -a saving to you o f $2.25. Pay to The Telegram, Portland, or to the Falls City N ews. Council ordered that the foot bridge be repaired and opened for travel. Mayor Hubbard went home on account o f illness, and T. I). Hol lowed presided during the re mainder o f the session. Council passed ordinance No. 114, calling for a vote on am end ing charter sections 63 and 64, at the April election. A mass m eet ing will be held in March, for discussion o f the proposed amend ments. Mow la Ha p tha Daaf. One of the moat effective help« which we esn reuder those fellow travelers who find the fatigue of their deafness a daily load is gentle speech, well chosen, well modulated, of an even tenor and, above all, ar ticulate. When it is necessary to increase the voice volume, this should be done with due regard to the evenness of tone and the distinctness of articulation; to those who can receive only that which is miniateringly brought to them, to whom the once accustomed vol ume of the sound of life has be come pitiably diminished, let us bring in gentle mien, carefully, pa tiently, the best that we have to offer.— Atlantic. R sslin sd and W rsts. Sir Walter Scott did much of hia best work in a recumbent position. Several of the Waverley novels were dictated in their entirety while Sir Walter lay in bed or on his couch, dictating so rapidly 'as to keep two or more secretaries busy. The weak ness of hia leg was responsible to some extent, no doubt, for this pre dilection, but many other famous authors — including James Thom son, Jules Verne and Mark Twain — have found inspiration flow most easily when lying down. A nd It's S sm s Jebl The color scheme of many a wo man consists of keeping hor age dark and her hair lignt— Philadel- F oor, but H appy. Happiness can exist with poverty. Some very poor people are happy. A very unhappy potentate was told that the way to be happy was to wear a shirt that had !>cen worn bv a happy man. He therefore sent some of his courtier« to And a happy man. After Ion? «earchinc they found a poor ••'.•n who *iiid that he was perfectly I iii - ov . The' aeixed him to take hi* *!iirt. and— found he had none! T r y a Sack of HIGH FLIGHT FIOI U R and watch results All Goods <md Prices Are R light ................. I T . .. © PLAN FOR STATE AID TO FARMERS A P ro p o s a l T o P re p a re S m a ll Thu press and thinking men and women of the country have been giv ing much attention to a solution of the great economic question of Induc ing rural settlement, and perfecting some plan for farm credits. That some method must be devised by which the farming population may be increased and farm life made more attractive and profitable, la univer sally conceded. President Wilson and his three predecessors have appointed commissions to Investigate but, as yet. ao method has been presented. Hon. John Manning, of Portland, In a recent speech before the Arleta So cial Center, presented a plan for In ducing the settlement and cultivation of rural lands from which, as a basis, be hopes to evolve a perfect plan which will result In great good to the people of the State. To promote this he Invite* every man and woman, to ■end him a card or letter approving or disapproving the plan and offering criticism and advice. After enumerating the necessity for some action and the Importance of properly solving this question, Mr. Manning tells of the operation of the English Land Act In Ireland, Govern mental aid to the fanner in Canada, and recites the wondrous success of James J. Hill In Inducing the settle ment of lands along the lines of the Great Northern. He cite« the fact that the head of a family with 11,000 or $1,500 capital cannot undertake tha assumption of such a load aa high farming land prices compel. Their capital doea not hold out If they at tempt to make a farm from the cheap er logged-off or burnt over lands, neither can they prepare to Irrigate the fertile lands of Eastern Oregon. Mr. Manning proposes the passage of such legislation •a will enable the State to put all the tillable State lands Into a condition ready for cultivation and occupancy—the clearing of logged- off or wild lands. Irrigating or drain ing where necessary. The State to dispose of these lands In from 20 to 100 acre tracts to the actual bona fide settler at a price not to exceed the actual coat to the 8tate In addition to a fair valuation for the land, the State to loan such settler enough money to build a suitable house, barn, fences, etc., and to purchase Implements and stock, taking as security therefor a mortgage for 15 or IS years, payable In small yearly payments at the same rate of Interest the State pays for the money, say 4 or 6 per cent Mr. Manning also favors extending the privilege of borrowing this State money, or money from the help fund at this low rate of Interest to all farmers and rural owners with the necessary safeguard that the money would be used for farm development; the State to issue 20-year bjuds to be sold as the work of reclaiming the land progresses and the money la needed. The State by this plan, would get a return of every dollar Invested, with the interest thereon, in 15 or II years and would be able to meet the bonds thus Issued when due, and without the loss of a tingle dollar to the State Mr. Mannlag also has a plan for a simpler method of marketing stock and farm produce. The gentleman cites Instances under the present method of where the actual consumer has paid aa high aa 60* per coot more than waa paid to the farmer or pro ducer. He firmly believes that hia "Back to tha Soil” plan would make Oregon n State which could boast of a people of wealth producers and not alone of wage earners. “ I tell you I am no man’* mauf” ‘"Then I guess you mast be s lady’s man.” — Baltimore American. Forests and Hal'aterma. s TO R E Reversing a j Decision • y ED ITH M ELN O . ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ »♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a T h e C onclusion. Falls C i t y Lumber ( A No. 21 T ra c ts and S e ll T o S e t tle rs a t Actual C ost A prominent forester of Switzer land hea observed that hailstorm* do not occur in wall wooded dis trict*. A* evidence he mentions that a district which waa exempt from such visitation* while the for est* remained unbroken has been visited by very fierce storms since gap* were made in them. On the cleared ground being replanted with fire, the storms ceased. Buy all good« of hoaa merchants and help to make Falls City greater “ She said, 'How can I do itP and then the cried some more,” continued Tommy. "Than these waa something about for father's sake, and mother cam* in and said something about duty tad thaa something about Mr. Bowen, and Jessie cried lots more, and then aho wrote the letter, and sho gave mo a penny for myself and kiaaod me.” For a moment Dorrington sat stunned. Howie had invested heav ily in suburban real estate, and much of his capital waa tied up in land, but Dorrington had not gueoa- ed that Mr. Howie's need waa so great that he had been compelled to go to Bowen. For nearly a year Cyrus Bowes had sought to make Jessie the fourth Mrs. Bowen. Mrs. Howie had favored his suit, for the ma tron was ambitious for her daugh ter, but it must have been dire need that caused blunt Henry Howie to add his influence. Dor rington turned to Tommy. “ Thomas Henderson Howie," ho said quietly, “ I pledge you the word of one man to another that I did not make Jessie cry. Will you mind the office a moment?" He swung the youngster into tho big chair before the roll top desk, supplied him with a pencil and pod and slipped from the room. It was less than a block to the office build ing in which Henry Howie hud hia suit, and shortly Dorrington enter ed the private office of the opera tor. “ You will pardon my abrupt ness," began Tim, “hut I have just had a latter from Jeeaie refusing an offer of marriage. From what Tommy says I imagine that her re fusal is influenced oy the fact that you need Bowen's assistance, and •he is the bonus for the loon. Ant I right?” For a moment Henry Howie’s hands clinched and unclinched themselves nervously. Tho blunt statement of faeta roused him to anger, but the white, tenae face of the man before him restrained him from pitching Tim oat of the of fice as he longed to do. He liked Tim, and it hurt him to give pain to the young fellow. “ You are not entirely correct in your premises,” he said at langth. “ I believe that Jeesie does content- late marriage with Mr. Bowen. owen has promised to come to my aid in an extremity. That Deep- dale tract has been a heavy burden to me. Bowen will take it at what I paid and pay cash. This will enable me to save other invest ments. Naturally Jessie is grateful to the friend who has come to my rescue and looks with favor upon his suit. I tell you this thst you may understand. Of course it will go no further.” “ I thank you for your confidence, which will be respected. But I want to ask what you are getting for your Deepdsle holdings.” Howie looked at the younger man in surprise. “ I presume i that you have s reason for asking,” he said. “ The sum is $10,000. That is $200 more than I gave for the land." “ Bowen is generous in the ex treme,” said Dorrington, with 1 n sneer. “ No doubt you ere aware that the Central and Suburban plana a cutoff to the main line that strikes the property? That will be better than the trolley which was not built. I am junior counsel for the road and I know that Bowen has known this for two weeks.” For a moment Howie shrank back, stunned at the treachery of his fancied benefactor. Bowen would make a handsome profit from his supposed charitable ao- tion. “ I suppose this ia the reason you seek Jessie’s hand," sneered the elder man, stung to a retort ae aa outlet to hia feelings. “ Not at all,” mid Dor calmly. “ My reason for now is that they purchased mj homestead for a model town, are to build their shops there, had not thought of your holdings. Do you went a loan f" Twenty minutes later Dorring ton burst into his own office. "Tommy— hoy,” he cried, “ for your great services let ua get sous ed on soda and then buy out a candy store and taka it up to Jes sie. You’ve enabled me to boat Bowen at hia own game end wipa Jessie’s tears away. ‘Soueed’ is a vulgar word, Timmy— boy, but »He expreaaive of my feelings, end to your uncanny powers of observa tion 1 owe the fact that I’ ve re versed the decision.” Thomas Henderson Howie step ped grandly from the elevator, rather resentful of the elevator boy’s patronizing pat on the heed. Men who come downtown on busi ness should not be patted on the head even if their mothers do pos sess foolish ideas that curls are cute. Men on business bent al ways act importantly and should be treated with deference. The pat had the effect of stiffen ing Thomas Henderson Howie’s small backbone to an unusual de gree of ramrod stiffness, and it was a very pompous six-year-old who entered Dorrington’s office. Tim Dorrington looked up from a pile of papers with a genial smile. “ Welcome to our city, Mr. Thom as Henderson Howie,” he cried. “ And what good fortune brings you to the office? Surely you are not about to be sued for breach of promise? I am afraid of that little Houston girl, or perhaps it is the embezzlement of preserves again!” " I t’s a letter," explained Tommy stiffly, as he delivered the square white envelope into Tim’a trem bling hands. “ I will be going now,” he added as be turned away. Tim raised his hand. “ Wait a moment, please,” he ask ed. “ There may be an answer." Tommy climbed into the biggest chair and settled himself with quaint, old fashioned gravity, while Dorrington opened and read the note. T rice the man read it, though the first time the words had seared themselves into his brain. It was a cold, almost curt note in which Jessie Howie acknowledg ed the honor he had done her in offering to make her his wife, an honor she declined, regretting that there had been anything in their friendship to lead him to believe that the friendship might grow to greater intimacy. Dorrington smiled bitterly as he read the last few lines. Surely he had had every reason to hope for a favorable answer to his letter. Jes sie had been tenderness itself. With a sigh he thrust the letter into his pocket and turned to his small visi tor. “ I regret, Thomas Henderson Howie,” he said in the playful ban ter that had been suggested by the child’s quaint dignity—“ 1 regret that my pleasurable anticipations of a wild dissipation in soda water and candy in celebration of an im portant event have been dashed to earth. But man turns to drink both to express his joys and drown his sorrows. Therefore I pray you to descend with nie to the drug store on the ground floor and assist me in the latter ceremony. They have hot chocolate with whipped cream.” “ No, thank you,” said Tommy politely. “ 1 don’t want any soda.” “ Perhaps you prefer the stronger tipplo of beef tea ?” suggested Dor rington. “ It is a cup that cheers without inebriety and can be ren dered quite palatable if you use enough celery salt to disguise the flavor of the beef extract. Shall we go?” “ 1 don’t want to go with you,” said Tommy stolidly. “ I don’t like you any more. You make Jessie cry.” “ That,” said Tim, “ is what they call an inversion of facts. Your sister has made me cry.” “ I ’m glad of it,” said Tommy cruelly. “ You made her cry lots. “ You are sure?” asked Dorring ton quickly. ‘She was crying over my letter?" “ Lots,” declared Tommy with a sweeping gesture that suggested m very flood of tears. “ I went to her room to get her to sew the tail on my dog again. She was crying aw fully, and she was kissing your let ter and saying things.” Dorrington moved closer to the boy. “ You don’t remember what she said, do you f " he pleaded gent ly. “ See if you can’t think, Tom my, boy. Try hard, laddie.” Thomas Henderson Howie knit ted his brows thoughtfully and as sisted the mental process by sol emnly wriggling hia right foot. “ It was something about a mean sacrifice,” he said at last. “ Sacri- fleet," he added informatively, “ is where the Indians kill people and TKa HI«H »tu n . burn ’em up.” “ How did run know that fallow “ The operation is bloodless and the fires are internal nowadays,” was a masher)” MI gueused it from hii toft c n i b •aid Dorrington softly. "What else hat.” —Baltimore American. d iia k o say?” S