FALLS CITY NEWS
FALLS CITY. OKBGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918
VOL. XIV
OLD JAIL HORRORS
frulli Miiuiluat, a n d «va n e s s e rla lin va
I mm 'U diH-tlvad nt flrat sigiti.
Spirit,
tou, > au 1/» m udo fro m uawduat.
When
O a n a rt o re D o yo u <»rry K re J 'a |da-
turo to your w riat w a n -li?
M u lin ile - ( Y r la lu l y I do.
• W ell, m y d ra r, Ilia ! ccm aa pretty
r|o»e til »earing y o u r heart on your
tin ve, d o e a ii'l U t" HI laiula l'«#t-
M n p u le h
Pretty Clone.
Impr
npnjfci onnjent For Debt
aw of the Land.
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TWWfl? FO R
,
ITS
VICTIM S.
Poor Wrotchoo Unablo to Pay tho T ri
fle Thoy Owed Wore Flung Into Prlo-
• to Otar VO to Death Unloao Has-
Charity or Thatr Crodltora.
It bcKins to look as though we
would have to abstain from all
wheat foods.
HIGH COST OF
MERCHANDISE
I f the Government would only
tax roguery there would be no
need o f Liberty bonds.
It la Iota palli to li-urn In ruutti thaa
%t tie Ig n o ra n t In ag#.
1 K IC K IN G
T H E C RED U LO U S .
rly paiT or tbo laut eeutury Ì
e< ui t*d an earuoat effort to Lure» at Qeld Brisk Schamaa Per the
Small Inveetere.
or at Ivaat to legniate
t
y h iM I'Ueli
J ii
Will persona with money never learn
the old I'olotiy law of liuiirteonmvut
how to lake caro of It? Will they
for debt. The mover» lu thla u I hj II b I i
never guard thcmeelre» agalnat the
ment felt that no i-lasa of the c o llim i ! horde o f tricksters who make a bual
nlty doeerved rouetdrrutlun more.
n r»» of taking advantage of the Cred
It had lieeu thu luhuuiau ruin that ulous and »»iied ally o f crviluloiia wo
for the kinat’o«: ilalit poaultilu to con meat
tract, though It were hut a coot tu
Hear In jnlnd that uo one will make
value, the tioi.y of th« debtoy, whether money for you when lie can make It
man o f woman, would I mi aelxefi by for himself. I f be offers to give you
the creditor and caut Into J»ll.
the key to wealth, euapect him, for
Kacli year ppur wretebea had I mmhi aueb keys are kept by their |M>»s«eaor»
dragged to prlauu by thousand» on
and are not given a^ay to strangers.
L *b a l were truly culled “ spite actlona.
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The postone# a year or two ago
Once behind t b - V - W w all, hey wer. ,
J ” , o w „ « j. u K W U had been
txmalgued U u fate hunier than Ibal
lost by persona who listened to the
which swatted wore« crlmliiale.
gold brick schemers, but the game still
Munterere and thieve*, forger» and
goes on despite the vigilance of the
couuterfeiur», real criminal» of »II
kind». Wer» fed, clothed mol cared for poetofltee department aud the passage
• t the e ip d b »« of the »late, hut for o f protective measures, known as "blue
Mkuiliappy man whoa« only o f f e n » « sky lawa," by inauy stales
W ill the people never learn to dia
|w 4ilita Inability to pay a trifling aum
of a faw renia uo au. h provlalou waa rouut the alluring literature which
mad« T h « food he ate, the ahreda that these shysters send out aud which U
covered him, theimiedlclue II» took - written for them by some o f the sharp
nay, the very rags he wrapped about est and brlghleat writers o f our day.
hla aor«a wer« provided. If provided who«« services can I>e easily obtained
at all. by hi#friend», by the publie or tut a few dollar»?
I advise my readers who receive
by'aome humane society.
The room hi which he was couflned | the»« templing propositions to aeud
with scores of other offenders waa ut them at ouce to the |Mi»tineater gen
terly without furulturu o f any sort. eral at Washington for Inveatlgatlon.
In It were neither beds, nor tables, nor That la the btlalueag of th« iMMitofflce
chairs, nor so much us a bench or department, aud It will be only too
Stool He sat oil th« floor, ale off lha bappy to take up such uiattera.
floor and at ulgtit lay to sleep on It
Mtuall Inventor» are |>artlcuUrly the
like a dog, and thla misery he eudured victims of these bunko schemes, for
uutll be died or hla debt waa paid or the fulae notion prevails that a man
hla creditor released him
or woman with a small ainouut o f
Agaluat this at length bumaulty re
money cannot buy high claaa tnvest-
▼olted, aud lu t"U4 a change for the meni securities such as aiircesaful In-
better waa ordered. It waa stipulateti ventura prefer This Is erroneous. An
that the luepectur should provide fuel Investment can now tie made hi the
and blankets for such debtors aa. by best o f paying necurlttea with aa aiuall
reason o f thetr dire property, could an ainouut as 410 through the partial
not get them and should make au al payment plan, which la readily under-
lovvance o f 7 cents e day for food aud atood, though the term may sound
charge this agaluat lit« credttora. If formidable. - I.evlle'a Weekly.
any creditor refuaod to pay after teu
days' net Ice hla debtor waa to be die
A L I T T L E P IE C E O F L E A D .
charged
For twenty-two yeara the communi
ty ouetund to have thought that thla Th» Cestitasi Thing This World ef
Ours Has Ever Known.
mild concession waa all that humanity
required, for no further change waa
Just think o f one amali piece of lead,
Then was passisi probably weighing less tbuu au ouuce.
made until 1814
the “breed act.” under which each pris that c.sit the world some I lOJ.OUl.UUO,-
oner whose debt did not exceed $ th ooo In money, prolwbly |lon.ia*l.ooo,000
was entitled to a discharge after an In property, more tliau U.ltOO.OOO Uvea
Imprlaoiimeiit o f thirty days.
and Individual suffering aud loaa lui-
From document« presented to the posslt.le uf computallnu - a bit of lead
senate o f New York In 1817 It appears that embroiled In war Oeriuany, Aus
that the keeper o f the debtor»' Jail In tria-Hungary, Britain, France, Belgi
New York city certified that during um, tbe l'lilted Mtatea, Turkey, Hlberla,
INK! 1,884 debtors were eoufined aud Italy, Moutcuegru, Houtnanla, Bulga
that upward of iWO were always lu the ria, Albania, Kgypt, Canada, Australia,
w prison. The sheriff of the county cer- China, Japau, South Africa. India aud
tlfled that 1.120 were Imprisoned for Husala and brought «very other uatlou
debt under $30, that o f these 720 owed to the brink o f Internal trouble or out
leas than |2.'> and that every one of ward disaster, the consequences o f
them would have starved to death hut which are being felt by every human
for th« assistance o f the Humane so being, civilized or uncivilized, white,
ciety.
hlack, yellow or brown!
One man remained, It waa noted. In
That aiuall piece uf lead was fired
the New Y'ork Jail for three year«, who from a pistol In the hunda o f a crack
was only Indebted to the extent of fflO, brained youth of Servian nativity Into
heforo death coaled hla misery aud tbe Isnly o f the heir to tbe Austrian
during the entire time was fed by the throne. The troubles arising from this
Humane society. Another unfortuuate mad act and Its punishment set tire to
hud I mmmi Imprisoned alx years and the laivvder trains lu Europe aud led
was supported hy charity. In the face to hostile a d after hostile act and final
ö f stich H trtkhig evidence tbe Icglala
ly aud suddenly to open war lu 11)14.
Hire o f New Y'ork state relented and
That little piece of lead should be
lu 1817 forbade the Imprisonment of preaerved aa a memorial lo all future
debtors for sums leas than $211. Thla geueratloua aud us the costliest thing
'od the way, aud »late after state fol mankind has ever known. It would
lowed.
become the greatest silent teacher tbe
When the new stdoa lu the west world baa ever »ecu. It would teach
framed thetr constitutions they order
icatralut for thu weak tuluded and vio
ed that no one should be Imprisoned lent; It would teach the Importance of
for debt. The old atntule was Anally minor a d s aud things, It would teach
strichen from the laws of the eastern peace aa no coatly monument, no book
states until today none of our slate« o f horrors, no paluttng of tragedy could
has a law requiring that a debt Is ever teach U.—Detroit Free P
punishable by Imprisonment, unless It
has been contra, ted under some fraud
0 » Bona».
* uleut misrepresentation. — Philadelphia
Ox bones have a considerable valu#.
Press.
The four feet o f au ordinary ox will
make a pint o f ueat'a foot oil. The
When Death Cosla Hla Sting.
There la a curions superstition In (high boue la the moat valuable, being
Jamalcu that If h death occur» In the useful for cutting luto toothbrush han
house ull the water In It ts |H>lsoncd at dies. The fore leg lames are made Into
one# and must bo thrown away, the collar buttoiia and parasol handles
reason given lielug that Death cools The water In which the lames are boil
his “ sting" after destroying life In the ed Is reduc'd to glue, while the dust
first water he finds, ami as no one can which comes from sawing the bones
tell death being Invisible—what Jar he la turned Into food for cattle and poul
may choose It Is safest to throw It all try.—Exchange
away. Careful people to save trouble
even carry all wuter out of the house
Fine Canal Looks.
Immediately before a death Is expected
Some o f the locks In the New York
barge canal are the finest in the world,
the live at Waterford lielng the great
Imitation Marbla.
I f by any chance you should happen est series o f ldgh lift kicks lu existence.
lo be admiring some very flue carved They have a combined lift o f ltto feet,
marble It would nut strike you that the one '•sit less Ilian tho total lift o f «very
no called marble might easily be saw lock In the Panama canal. Tbe upper
dust. Wonderful Imltatlona of valua gates weigh forty Iona and th# lower
ble woods and marbles have been made about 100 tons.
Led us to buying what is known as
Bribery changes some men
from their faith just att easy as a
tadpole turns into a frog.
“ MILL ENDS.”
These are short
lengths, in fact too short f t place
in bolt yardage and therefore said
to the trade at considerable less.
s K P
I f Home men’ s bodies wore as
crooked as their minda, they
would be crooked enough to ride
on their own backs.
FLOYD D. MOORE
It will require more than the
saluting o f the (lag or an oath of
allegiance to make a good citizen
o f the disloyal I. W. W ’s.
«
OF MONMOUTH
Candidate for
Republican Nomination
I f your bull has gored my ox,
a great wrong has been done; if,
however, my bull ha« gored your
ox.it is a totally different thing.
T A B LE LIN EN , TICKING, 6 A LE T E A CLOTH,
W HITE C R EP E, D R A P ER Y , CURTAIN
SCRIM, LAWNS, ETC .
VISIT OUR STORE
COUNTY CLERK
Floyd D. Moore o f Monmouth
has just announced his candidacy
for republican nomination for the
office o f county clerk. Mr. Moore
for the past two years has been
serving as the supervisor o f rurai
3<*hools o f Polk County.
In that
capacity he has met personally,
practically all the people o f the
county and he feels that this
acquaintance will render him
valuable service in his candidacy.
As he will be serving as super
visor until after the primaries he
must rely upon his friends to do
his talking for him as he will not
neglect his duties to campaign.
He bases his claim upon the o f
fice o f county clerk on his record
A reader aska: “ In these days
when help is so scarce and the
women work in the (ielda, mills
and railroads, why don’ t the
proprietors o f pool halls, shoot
ing galleries, etc. go to work and
produce something worth while?’
Federal Food Administrator W
the P“ 1 two year9 and say&
B. Ayer terms as “ thoughtless he is willing for the people to
complaints. “ objections raised by JudKe whether or not he has
the people over the {inexcusable merited their confidence and sup-
trator certainly is the proper one
to hear such complaints, and are
neither thoughtless or idle ones.
The higher prices charged mav
be o f small notice to the wealthy
or those drawing down a hand-
some salary with little exertion,
but to the man who toils, and by
whose toil and sacrifices the win-
ning o f the war depends, it is o f
great concern 10 hirn.
Without
going into the whys and where
fores, but is a fact nevertheless,
the working man is not in the
millionaire class in so far as dol-
lars go, and is usually “ loaded to
the guards” with liabilities and
his strong arm his only asset.
High as wages may seem, they
have not always kept pace with
prices o f the necessities o f the
toiler.
Have Just recently received t shipment ef Mill
Ends consisting of
FOR
We should be pleased to pub
lish the many good things advo
cated by the many candidates for
State offices, but we are obliged
to “ Hooverize” along these lines
as well as observing the ’eatless’
periods.
high prices charged for flour sub-
stitutes, saying that such condi
tions are unavoidable. May-be-
so? I f the price o f flour can be
regulated by a W’ar Measure,
why not the substitute?
The
people generally do not object
seriously to conserving the wheat
supply, in fact are doing it gladly
but they do object to unscrupu-
lous profiteers taking advantage
o f their necessity in the manner
they do. The Food Adminis-
No. 30.
P°r^-
Mr. Moore has the distinction
of having initiated the zone sys
tem o f rural supervision which
is now being copied by other
counties throughout the State.
j
dedn*^e and systematic way
*n which he has done his work
“ supervisor is the best index as
t0 ho* ’ he W li do his work if.
elected county clerk,
Mr. Moore is well qualified to
Perform the duties o f the office
for which he aspires since his
experience has been broad and
since his education has been effi -
cient and varied. He solicits the
support o f the republican party
Where you can get the pick of these
short lengths at considerable less.
SELIG’S, Cash Price Store,
Meeting and Beating Competition
Airship Methods
Your grandfather walked to see his best girl, and prob
ably carried his tight boots in his hand until he reached the
house. Your father probably rode horseback. You were no
doubt satisfied with a top buggy. But your boy wants a six-
cylinder car in which to go courting. And his boy will want
an airship. We are moving along all right, in banking as
well as courting. Don’ t handle your finances in the way
your grandfather did. Be modern and keep an account at a
good bank like ours.
B A N K O F F A L L S CITY.
HOW ABOUT TH AT
NEW SPRING SUIT
of Clothes?
Ed. V. Price & Co’s
’n
approaching primaries,
His platform
is: “ Prompt
service, business economy with
justice and courtesy to all.
(Pd. Adver.)
Are Guaranteed
FOR
S A L E
BY
WAR STAMP DRIVE
Watkly Report For Polk County
Total am’t to be raised $321,160.0J
Stamps sold to date
34,138.14
Airlie
-
-
$188.10
Dallas
-
-
- 1,018.62
Falls City
-
-
248.09
Independence
-
200.00
McCoy
-
-
48.76
Rickreal!
-
-
1,188.43
FALLS c m LUMBER 4 LOGGING CO.
FALLS CITY HOSPITAL
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EQUIPPED AND PREPARED TO HANDLE
H o w ’s T h is ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot he cured by Hall'a Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY * CO. Toledo. O.
Wa, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Chaney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transaction* and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by hla Arm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
rout »urfacca of the system. Testimonial»
sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Bind
by all Druggists.
Tako Uall's Family Fills (or ooasUpaUoa.
SOLDIERS MAIL
The postoffices department urge
the necessity of using more care
in addressing mail to soldiers in
France. They are asked to write
with ink, clear and legible, and
to use “ Private” or rank title in
stead of “ Mister.” writing name
in full, as James Franklin Smith,
instead of J. F. Smith. By ob
serving such details, much trouble
and delay in delivery will be
avoided.
General Surgery, Sickness, Accidents,
INCLUDING THOSE THAT COME UNDER
.
State Industrial Accident Commissien
Rooms |2 to 13.50 per day, including
general nursing and board.
Mrs. R. M. Massie, Matron
Dr. G. E . Prime, Mgr.