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B ED E A TYRRELL, Publishers and Proprietors
E LB E R T BEDE, Managing Editor
W . H. TYRRELL, Local Editor
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M EM BER N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L ASSO CIATIO N
M EM BER W IL L A M E T T E V A L L E Y E D IT O R IA L ASSOCIATION
The Judge Says—
Short’s Grocery
18 II», sugar fo r.........
$
20 Dm. brown beans.......... $
Large pail compound
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3 gallons fine eatsup.
Ii lb. 20c grade coffee
$
M EM BER OREGON STATE E D IT O R IA L ASSOCIATION
Ma Can't Vote
the leading uiaguxiues. Why should u
H a ’» a graduate o f college, and she'» country new»|iuper refuse real money f
The Seutinel is curious to know just
read mo»t everything;
She can talk in French aud Oerman, she how its renders feel on this subject.
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can paint and she can sing,
Put a package of these real corn flakes— these
New
i w k K USE this example to refute the
\ | / statement that money can get
anything into a newspaper. No one has
ever tempted The Sentinel by offering
to pay to keep something out o f the
paper, but The Sentinel adheres strict
ly to its belief that a newspaper has
certain responsibilities— certain duties
to perform— against which finnneial
When my pa is writing letters, mu
considerations should have no weight.
must always linger near
Money is important but there are other
To assist him in his spelling and to
things that The Seutinel values mure
make his meaning clear.
highly. That is the reason it refused
I f he needs advice, her judgment, he
the whisky advertising.
admits, is always best;
Every day she gives him pointers,
S T IC K TO ONE BUSINESS
mostly at his own request.
She keeps track o f legislation, and is
OW MUCH do you know about one
taxed on bonds and stocks.
business f
But she never gets a look-in at the
Or
do
you know something about a
sacred ballot box.
dozen lines o f businessf
Ma is wiser than our coachman, for
The sooner you stick to one business
he '■ not a graduate,
through thick and thin, and learn
And I doubt i f he could tell you who everything there is to know about it,
is governing the state.
the sooner you will reach the top.
He has never studied grammar, and
Don't be one o f the hundreds of
I ’ll bet he doesn't know
young men who work at a new job eaeh
Whether Caesar lived a thousand or month or so, and change their minds
two thousands years ago.
about their work many times a year.
He could never tell us how to keep the
Never be tempted to seek another
ship o f state afloat,
job just because you can make a little
For he doesn't know there’s such a more money at it. This is the poorest
thing— but ma can't vote.
possible policy. The most money will
Once when Mr. Jones was calling they come to you after you have worked
got up a short debate
hard to master your business, not be
That was on the ta r iff question; he fore. It is better to work four years
supposed he bad it straight
fo r aix dollars a week and know all
But before they'd finished talking he about your business, than to work four
threw up his hands and said
years at twelve dollars a week and be
That h e ’d not read much about it, nor master o f nothing.
remembered what he'd read.
l.ook yourself squarely in the face—
H e ’s too badly rushed to study how to are you working to understand the
better human lives,
business or to draw your payt The
» t i l l he looms up like a giant when money you earn while learning a busi
election time arrives.
ness is a trifle compared with the train
ing.
Training will earn dividends for
Mrs. Oooskins does our washing, for she
you many years after your weekly pay
has to help along
Taking care o f her six children, though is spent.
You can’t dig a well by ranking a
her husband’s big and strong.
lot
o f three foot holes in a dozen places.
When he gets a job, he only holds it
You
'v e got to keep on digging down,
till he draws his pay,
Then he spends his cash for whiskey or down, at one place until you strike wa
ter, and then the well is made forever.
else gambles it away.
Concentrate your energy on one busi
I suppose his brain's no bigger than the
ness. D o n ’t tire o f it— there is no busi
brain of any goat,
ness on earth which hasn’t a lot of
And h e ’d trade his ballot fo r a drink—
drudgery in it. Stick to one business;
but ma can’ t vote!
and y o u ’ll win.— Spare Moments.
— Chicago Record-Herald.
Beautifulf S he’» like a picture When
she talks she makes you think
O f the sweetest kind of music, and she
doesn't smoke or drink.
Oh, 1 enu’t begin to tell you all the
poems she can quote;
She knows more than half the lawyers
do; but ma can ’t vote.
Post Toasties
on trail beside a package of any other corn flakes on
the market. The jury will bring in a verdict of “guilty”
— guilty of being the finest com flakes ever made.
The N e w Post Toasties are crisp and appetizing,
with a true corn flavor; and they don’t mush down
when milk or cream is added.
Notice the little “puffs” on each flake— a distin
guishing characteristic—resulting from the new meth
od of cooking and toasting, which also brings out and
enhances the wonderful, true corn flavour.
Y o u r Grocer has the N e w Post Toasties.
them and bring in your verdict—
Try
“Delicious”
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Men’s and ladies’ sweaters, $3.50 values
Men’s dress caps, values at $1.50
s hats
Boys’ sweaters, 2 fo r ..................
Men’s flannel shirts...................
5 four-in-hand ties, value 50c each
2 pairs of ladies’ shoes, values $3.50
Ladies’ cashmere wool union suits.
2 boys’ caps fo r............................
Any man’s suit on the rack, value $14.00
2 boys’ knickerbockers..................... p.
Men’s dress shirts, values $1.00 to $1.25, now 2 for
$ 1.00
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14 cans Yellow Han milk . $
36 5c boxes matches. . . . . . $
3(H) lbs land plaster......... $
200 lbs. stock or poultry
powder ................... . . . . $
2(H) lbs (8 packages) wash-
ing powder................ ... $
30 bars brown soap. .
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you hear a man say niee
you when you are aching
say something that will
excuse for punching his
BE8T WISHES
F N O T the most important news
item o f the past week, at least
the moat interesting was the announce
ment o f the engagement o f President
Wilson. The news came as a complete
REFUSINO MONEY
surprise to the country at large. Few
^ ^ ^ H E R E A R E a large number of thought that the little god of love had
V, J people who believe the newspaper been able to get the attention o f the
President while the god o f war wns so
Business is one in which no business
boisterously demanding all of the chief
man with good judgment will embrak.
executive’s time.
There are others who think a news
Recognizing that it is not good for
paper will do anything for money— that
man to live alone, that since the death
money will open its columns to any
o f the former Mrs. Wilaon in August
thing or close them to undesirable
o f 1914 the President’s life has been
news.
a lonely one and thnt his present choice
Perhaps the first group of people are
is evidently a wise and suitable one,
right. Perhaps the newspaper business
all join in wishing the “ happy young
is one o f which real business men are
couple’ ’ a long life o f wedded bliss.
chary. A t any rate it seems that few
business men get into the newspaper
Yo u th ’s Companion: Already we be
business.
gin to get a glimpse o f what the con
As an example of what poor busi
ditions will be in Europe after the war.
ness men newspapermen are, The Sen
Vorwarts o f Berlin figures that the en
tinel during the past week refused a
tire income o f Oermany before the war
contract for 450 worth o f advertising.
will be only a little more than enough
This is not the first time it has aeted
to pay pensions and the interest on the
thusly. Every year several hundreds of
national debt. A ll the ordinary costs
dollars’ worth o f advertising is refused.
o f government— and they will be great
N o other business in Cottage Orove
ly increased, o f course— will have to be
would refuse to sell its goods to the
raised by new taxation.
same people to which The Hentinel has
refused to sell. Any other business in
Making Buttonholes
Cottage Orove would be glad to ex
To make buttonholes on thin ma
change its wares for the money which
terial, before cutting the buttonholes,
The Sentinel has refused.
baste a piece o f India linen or muslin
Even after we tell that the adver
underneath where the buttonholes are
tising was for a well known brand of
to be. Cut the buttonholes through
whisky, we venture to say that a large
both and work. When finished cut
number o f our readers will say that we
away the piece o f goods underneath,
were foolish not to take the advertis
close to the work. The result is a good
ing.
firm buttonhole.
It will be earied by the Portland
dailies. I t will be printed in many o f
D o n ’t miss the want ads on lest page.
$
With each purchase of $5(Hi
1 sack of Johnson's Best
Flour f o r ..........................$
Short’s Grocery
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But here’s the real test.
Take a handful, fresh
from the package, and eat them w ithout cream or milk.
Mighty good, aren’t they?
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OFFERED AT
Z E L L E R ’S
Book and Stationery Store
50c fiction hook», each.........................................................45c
5c pencil tablets, 3 fo r.........................................................10c
5c pencils, 3 fo r.................................................................... 10c
Waterproof school bags, each.............................................. 20c
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(lame counters, per 100 ...................................................... 60c
All checker boards 25 per cent off.
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clu b b in g o ffer on m agazine
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K in g’s New Life Pills, 25c 5 hojtes fo r.......................... $1.00 «►
Chamberlain’s Liver Pills, 25c- 5 boxes for....... ............ $1.00 v
Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills, 25c 5 boxes fo r............................$1.00
Dr. Gunn’a Cough Syrup, 25c 8 bottles fo r.....................$1.00 j •
Dandrex Hair Tonic, $1.00— 2 bottles fo r...........................$1.50
Phospho Celery Nervine, $1.00 2 bottles fo r................... $1.60
Puimatone Cough Sedative, 50c -3 bottles for................. $1.00
Podolax Liver Stimulator, 50c 3 bottles fo r................... $1.00
B ell’s Pine Tar Honey, 50c —3 bottles fo r........................ $1.00
Foley’s Honey and Tar, 25e 5 bottles for.......................$1.00
N y a l’s Cod Liver Comp., $1.00—2 bottles fo r................. $1.60
N y a l’s Hypophosphites, $1.00—2 bottles fo r....................... $1.50
N y a l’s Beef, Iron and Wine, $1.00 2 bottles fo r............ $1.50
American Mineral Oil, quart............................................ $1.00
Sulphus, 25 pounds............................................................ $1.00
California Olive Oil, quart................................................ $1.00
These are a few of our specials; wc have many more.
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