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All our sen tim e n ta l fe e ling s are a t this tim e lavished upon our soldier bovs and we enn hardly hear to have our . president, even through misplui-eii c o n fid e n c e , put Inuiselt hi u position o f A W eekly N'enitpupttr W ith P le n t y ul Btiikboutj purtiuiiv eouilouiug c on d itio n s that p a r A first cla ss p u b l u a t .u a entered a t C o t ents uud te lu tiv e s ot these Dovs th in k ta g e Grove, Ore., as secuuii t in s * m atte r could have been prev ented by a more e f f i c i e n t u d u uuistiatio u ot the aiuiv E l b e r t B ed e aud E lb e r t ISuiitli P ub lishers uud uuV'V departiuiits. A lb ert b e il e ............................................... E d it o r T t is well that this exposure cam e b u s in e ss O f f i c e .................. 4 1 - h a s t M aiu ea rly iu our p re p aratio n s tor, and p a r ticip a tio n in, the war. It will serve as B U B a U K lP T lO N H A TE S Itotiee to tht1 members o f the c a b in e t tin e year. ___ $ 1 . 7 5 j Three mouths .50c that even in war tim es lu e tficie u e v will b i s mouths___ .VOt b iu g le copies .... 5c One year, when paid in advance, or l>e exposed, and we mav hope that this lesson will iio awav with the ueed o f au w ithin 50 d ays a l t e r e i p ir a U o u h i . 50 other such lesson later on when it would T h is s p e cial applies only on a f u ll be more disastrous than now to our war y e a r s su b scrip tio n Mo sub scription listed for less thau 50c aims. We do not doubt, as many charg e, ADY K K r U l M Q B A T ! 8 that the a c tio n of the O regon s e n a to r Display, - 5 c au in c h ; read in g uotices, he has interru pted our war plans and mav a h u e ; surrounded ads., 50c au lu c h ; c la s s if ie d ails., l c a word, b p e c ia l dis di lav in some measure our p re p aratio n s cuuuts ou c o u t ia c t s . Cards of t h a n k s for war, hut he has not d e l a t e d them aud resulutious, be a line. a f r a c t io n as much as thev have been d elayed by m e f f i e ie s c v and red tape LEG AL HATES he a hu e fo r siugle lu s e rtiu u ; 5c a hue It the ad vice o f the Oregou s en ato r is f o r subseitueut insertio ns up to aud m followed there will lie such a s av in g o f eluding a to ta l o f four lusertio u s; 5c u tim e as will make up inanv fold to r anv h u e f l a t fo r all no tices ru umug f iv e in sertions to teu lusertio u s; 4c a h u e flat d elay Ins aetio u has caused. We hope f o r notices ruuuiug o v er teu lusertious. that S e n a t o r Uliuniborluiu s a c t io n in throwing light ou d in k places will re M ember of suit ia c h an g es that will m ak e it possi M atio u al E d i t o r i a l A ssociation ble f o r republicans, d em o cr a ts and S e n Oregon S t a t e K .iito iiul A ssociation W illa m e t t e Valley E d i t o r i a l Asao< intiou a to r Uhamtierlain to get behind the ad m in is tratio n s tro n ge r thau ever. The i.a u e County 1‘u b h s h e r s ' A ssociation i president must be supported, but uot F R I D A Y . F E B R U A R Y 1, IsMh j blindly. I f his s e c re ta rie s keep things from him, someone else must tell him. T H E F L A Q O F O U R U N IO N . D e m o cratic newspapers are a little (Fije ^ c a t t u r i T h e followiug snug was sung during the C ivil war ami was popular for ye ars afte rw ard s. It is quite appropriate at this time. The S e u tiu e l is indebted to Mrs. J o s . B e s t, o f I ’o rtlaud , fo r the copy: T h e flag o f our I'u ion, the watchword we call Which gav e our republic her s tatio n . United we stand, divided we fall. I t made and preserved us a nation. The union of lakes, the union o f lands. T h e union o f s t a te s none can se v e r; T h e union o f hearts, the union o f hands And the f l a g o f our l u i o n fo re v e r and ever. T h e f l a g o f our Union forever. T h e large m a jo r it y o f fam ilie s nre co o p e ra tin g splendidly, it is true, but those that are not ctiuso d is s a t i s f a c t i o n among those that are and are gradually fo rc in g the governm ent to u compulsory system o f war ra tioning Thev are grail uu11v f o r c in g the governm ent to impose punishment for a t t e m p t s to evade the regulations. So f a r the oulv compulsory regulatio ns have been placed against those who sell fo o d s t u f f s and Food Xdlliniistrutor Aver savs that inanv nre m ak in g things m iserab le for the grocers. He s a v s : “ 111 Matured com plain ts mid th r e a t s o f dis con tin ued p atro n ag e are made bv a l i g n housewives, those c o m p la in ts aud t h r e a t s in inanv cases bein g iiaeked up by husbands or b ro th e rs who m ak e ape i ini v is it s to tin* grocer to v o ire their displeasure. T he se u n p a trio tic c itize n s will go to almost m u length to evade tlie re g u latio ns aud to secure more than their allow mice, although assured thut this is the surest wav o f c r e a t i n g a I sh o rtag e and raising prices, whereas, if thev will support liie food ad m iuistra j tiou in its cnrefuUv worked out plans, there will lie plenty tor all at reason | ab le prices, with h surplus fo r the I steady s t r e a m of food s t a p le s that w e ! must keep moving toward the fro n t it I we are to win the w a r . “ it is hard to understand, a f t e r all the { p u b licity giv en to the c o n se rv a tio n plan '• how unv fa m ily can l>e ig n o ran t o f hut is asked, or o f the lived o f coin plving with the requests o f the food ad m in is tratio n , but find ing f a u lt with gro ! vers who a re rom pelled to eoniplv with the food regulatio ns is e i th e r thought ness, iguoraui-e o f the n a t i o n 's needs, or lack o f patrio tism It is for { a d i c itize n to d efin e ins own partu-u lar case. T h e com m ent o f Food A d m in istrato r Aver must lie meant for some other citv tlian C o t t a g e Grove, for ev ery fam ily of this citv signed the food pledge and those who have signed the pledge and then hamper the ad m in istra tio n are uot oulv lack in g iu the spirit o f p atrio tism Inch considers no s a c r i f i c e too g n a t if prudently deemed necessary, lint they touehv about republican newspapers c om m e n tin g so liberally upon the t'h am be rlaiu charges. A nyth in g unv repu b lican newspaper lias said is e xtre m e ly mild and ladv iik e com pared to things said by the d em o cratic newspapers dur iug the Spanish American war. No one at that tim e said it was b e t t e r fo r our boys to live on embalmed b e e f mid iu disease-breedin g camps than to have con ditions exposed aud corrected . R e publicans have been for y e a r s su p p o rt ing the Uhnuibcrlain war views, views winch the ad m in istra tio n has found it necessary to adopt, so t h a t this is no are repu diating their own sig n a tu r es sudden fa n c y . Surelv there are none in C o ttag e We are not willing t h a t the lives of Grove who in te n tio n a lly put them selves our boys shall be needlessly s a c r if ic e d in that class. in order that an ad m in istra tio n mav be saved from deserved c r it i c is m even at M ORE W A ST E E L IM IN A T E D a tim e when such c ritic is m means s e r i W hat God in his wisdom aud mercy de signed And arm ed with his weapons o f th u n ous delay in our war plans. der I f the ch arg es are proven, the Not all the e a r t h ' s despots or f a c ti o n s a d m in istra tio n it s e l f is responsi com bined ble f o r the c riticism and i f the c rit ic is m H av e a power to conquer or sunder. causes a s et-b ac k in the war plans, the T h e union o f lakes, the union o f lands, d elay is the f a u lt o f the ad m in istra tio n T h e union o f s t a te s none can s e v e r ; it s e lf , not o f its c r i t i c i z e » . T h e union o f hearts, the union o f hands W e sin ce re ly trust th a t the c h arg es And the f l a g o f our I'u ion fo re v e r made bv the s en a to r are found un prov and ever en, but i f con ditions a r e only a part as T h e f l a g o f our Union forever. bad as he has painted them , they- needed the light o f pu b licity. I f this exposure OUR GEORGE. was necessary, it was, indeed, f o r t u n a t e “ Our G e o r g e ’ ’ has spilled the beans. th a t it was made by a d em ocrat. Had I t is r e g r e t ta b l e t h a t this mess should it been made by a republican, a partisan fig h t would have been p re c ip ita te d that be stirred up at this time. Unless th e re are s u b s t a n t ia l grounds might not hav e ended with the c o r r e c fo r the c harg es which S e n a t o r Chamber- tion o f the m istake s complain ed o f. Re la in has made, his a c t io n may be c o n publicans have shown t h e ir s in c e r it y iu strued a must u n p atrio tic aud re p r e supporting the ad m in istra tio n by l e a v ing these thing s to a member o f the p a r hensible one. I f conditions, however, are as he savs ty in power. t h e y are, he would be an unpatriotic man indeed not to throw upon such c o n d itio ns the pitiless light o f pu b licity. One o f the most r e g r e t ta b l e fe a tu re s in con nectio n with this exposure o f a s tounding c on ditio ns is the presid ent s quick retort t h a t the c h arg es were a b solu tely without fo un datio n and the i n sin uation t h a t “ Our G e o r g e ’ ’ was l in in g up with the pro-Germ ans. T h e re to rt does not harmonize with the g re at s t a t e papers which have issued from the presid ent and, in case th e people come t o see thing s the way C h am b e rlain does, th e e f f e c t will be to w eaken the p re s i dent b e f o re th e people in any fu tu re c o n tro v e r sy o v er the war. I t is almost i n c o n c e iv a b le to us t h a t th e presid ent could have, in tru ly Roose v e ltia n m an ner, applied such unkind words to the Oregon sen ato r, f o r whose Teelection he pleaded four years ago aud who, as c h airm an i f the m i l it a r y a f f a i r s com m itte e , has been a b u lw ark to the ad m in istra tio n in the prosecutio n o f the w ar aud who, when m ak in g his charges c on ce rn in g the fullin g down o f the mil i t a r y program, aud even a f t e r the pres ident had said unkind th in g s o f him, re fra in e d from anv unkind rem ark t o wards the president. T h e presid ent must hav e know n t h a t C h am b erlain , as head o f the m ilita r y a f f a i r s com m itte e , was In a b e t t e r posi tion to know about the m ilit a r y a f f a i r s o f the cou ntry thau even the president. T h e presid ent c e r ta in ly knew t h a t the c o u n try would not excuse the senator i f , as the head o f this com m ittee, he had made these c harg es and was unable to sustain them. S e n a t o r C h am b erlain was studying the m ilit a r y a f f a i r s o f the natio n before Wilson was elected presid ent, and has sin ce then giv e n them contin uous study. Almost ev ery m ilit a r y e xped ien t adopt ed by the ad m in istra tio n was suggested by C h am b erlain and at f irs t ridiculed by the ad m in istra tio n . F o r three years the measures o f preparedness advocated by C h am b e rlain were scorn ed by the ad m in is tra tio n , then f in ally adopted. The ad m in istra tio n has repeated ly adopted t h e C h am b e rlain ideas u t t e r a period of ridicule. C h am b erlain has been right so m any tim es when the ad m inistratio n was wrong t h a t we are surprised that th e president w u s d 't a l it t l e more cau tious about so unceremoniously putting t h e s en ato r in t h e A n n a n ia s class. accustomed during times o f ponce uud One thing S e n a t o r U ham berlaiu has succeeded iu doing in his demand fo r a d irec tin g c a b in e t for th e war a c t iv i t i e s has been to h a v e his new plan p artially adopted ami to draw from S e c r e t a r y B a k e r e x a c t f a c t s c o n ce rn in g our war preparatio ns, in place o f the rosy- worded v e rb a l pictures b e fo re given us. I n his address b e fo re the m ilit a r y c o m m itte e he changed his e n t i r e a ttitu d e and instead o f what has b e f o re a p peared a display o f ego he inv ited c r i t i cism o f any shortcom in gs and sugg es tions f o r t h e ir corre ctio n . Even S en ato r U ham berlain was impressed b y the new attitu d e . T h e s ta te m e n t by the s e c r e t a r y o f war will g r e a tl y c le ar the atmosphere. Those who hav e fe lt t h a t the w ar plans were not going ahead at the speed th a t th e y should will be g r e a tly relieved to know ju s t how bad th e condition is aud still more relieved to find t h a t thing s are not as bad as they feared . A t this d istan c e it seems to us th a t the Oregon sen ato r was ab s o lu te ly s in cere in what he said, t h a t t h e presid ent was sin ce re in his b e li e f t h a t conditions were as good as could lie exp e cte d , th a t S e c r e t a r y B a k e r has done much b e t t e r than m an y hav e e xpected o f him but t h a t m any m is tak e s could have been avoided and m any delays o b v iate d by a more f o rc e fu l and experienced rnan at the bead o f his department. SEL FISH N E SS. TH OUG H TLESSN ESS OR L A C K O F P A T R IO T IS M . W H IC H ? “ T h e g r e a te s t stum bling block in the wav o f the food a d m in istratio n is the s elfish ness and u n p atrio tic in d if f e r e n c e o f the a v e r a g e Oregon f a m i l y . ’ ’ T h is is the s t a te m e n t o f Fe d e ral Food A d m in i s t r a t o r Aver. Think o f it! Oregon ran k s f i r s t fo r v o lu ntary en list merits, for Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. c o n trib u tio n s and for purchase o f l i b e rty bonds, y e t when it comes t o incon- v enciencing our stom achs we rebel. T h in k o f i t ! T h in k o f our boys! S t a n d in g out th e re in muddv trenches, in snow, and rain and wind, fi g h t i n g our b a t t le s ag ain st an enemy th a t lusts fo r blood, th a t knows no m e r ey ; o f f e r ing life t h a t our cou ntry and our d aug h ters may not be ravaged as Belgium and F r a n c e and t h e ir d aug hters have been T h e course the presid ent should have ra v a g e d ; s tan d in g out th e re exposed to followed, and th e one which he, no shot and shell and gas and sic k n es s and doubt, now wishes he had followed, was living on food beside which t h a t which to say t h a t he had no desire to protect we arc asked to live on would to them any member o f his a d m inistratio n from seem wildest luxury. ju s t c ritic is m fo r any shortcom in g and Can we at home, who rio not have to t o put it s t r a ig h t up to the sen ato r to s a c r i f i c e e ith e r lif e or limb, think o f prove what he had said or humbly a p o l our boys out th e re and say we are will ogize. ing to ham per the ad m in istra tio n in the Had the president done th is he would conduct o f the war in ord er that our have stre n gth en e d his hold upon the s tom ach s may b e pampered and have c ou ntry , reg ard le ss o f the outcome. the d elicac ies to which they have been X I prosperity. E lim in a t io n o f waste iu ev ery form is a dutv p articu larly imposed upon us at this time. E v e ry p a t r io t ic citizen has been called upon for coo p eratio n in b ring in g tins th in g about, and vet but lit t le head w ay has been made iu the e lim in atio n o f waste in one o f its most f la g r a n t f o rm s — unnecessary deliveries. Frequent d eliverie s, a source o f t r e mendous exp e n se to m e r ch a n ts, are the result of keen c o m p e titio n on the part o f m e rch an ts to render s e r v ic e to cus toniers. T h e A m erican people hav e been educated on th is f re e d elivery to the point where thev deem it almost a sign o f ill breed in g to o f f e r to c a r r y a p a c k age home. With the need for war tim e t h r i f t it may be possible to reduce the free de liv ery o f goods to a minimum. The eiim ¡n ation o f useless expen ses o f this kind could have a tremendous e f f e c t upon the price paid fo r merchandise. Few , p ro b ab ly, have e v er stopped to think serio usly o f the tremendous e x pense o f the d eliv ery system . In C o tta g e Grove the av e ra g e expense o f a d eliv ery has been found to be 7 cents, i f a m erchan t should add 55 per cen t to th e cost o f his goods, he would just break even on an order o f M) cen ts which was sent out bv delivery I t the ord e r was sm alle r he would ac tu ally lose money. As a m a t t e r o f f a c t the per c elita g e added to th e price of goods would a v e r a g e less than 35 per cen t, so t h a t a sale would hav e to lie g r e a te r thau 30 c e n ts to permit the m erchant t o break ev en . T h e person who as k s a m e rchan t to deliv er a 5 cent or 10 c en t purchase can e asily fig u r e what a burden he is imposing upon the nier c h a n t, a burden which the m erchant must pass along to someone else who m ak es a b ig g e r purchase. The latter may be the s am e person who had the 5 c en t or 10 cent pac k ag e d elivered, but t h a t does not a l t e r the f a c t t h a t goods could e v e n tu a lly be g r e a tl y reduced in price by the e lim in a tio n o f useless de liv eries. T h e plan is to be tried in C o t t a g e Grove a f t e r F e b r u a r y 1, when the d e liv e rie s will be reduced to one a day. T hose who a re c o o p er a tin g with the governm ent in th e e lim in a tio n o f w aste will re g u late t h e ir purchases in such a manner t h a t n e ith e r th e y nor the m e r c h a n t s will be g r e a tl y inconvenie nced. DC DC D d ll 3C X X X Just Arrived: 12 Styles in New Cotton Blouses for Spring W IN D O W D IS P LA Y < f \s b >7»* À í'U f v r A Vi e--* l ' i i sli (‘rolli olle o l t Iu* l a r g e s t e a s t e r n s t v i e s e e i i t e r s i l l ese m-VV Wllisls a l e l i t t l j i e t l l l g e mi s i . l e i I Ile Wllisls lire Meli trillili. 41 ( ‘o l i m i volle alile al l ei l i imi T h e m a t e r i a l s a r e s h e e r a m i «lit 111 1 \ Mai ni e i n b r o i i b r \ , Ine. a m i l u u n l i n g «b» l l ni t a m i s h e e r b a t i s t e f o r e t e l l vv a r i m i ila.v s l o e m i t e V islt l o p a r t I in v a r« I l i e a u t l i v i n g t h e v a r i o u s m o i l e l s l i villi bivi- l o sei- I Ile liew t l l l l l gs III o u r b l o u s e s e e l im i w i l l b e uinpl.v l e w a i i l e i l in I li •se Tirsi s p r i n t 1 d i s p l ay s $1 f>0, $ 1 tir», $1 85, $1 95, $2 26, Priced, each A * $2 50, $2.75 (f New Shipment of White Goods and Lace t h a t vvlnte s h a l l |iretlumiiiiile lui Mill lo u s i l i in a I >n in la l ire un i l i . s s ' ‘ w h i l e s e a s o n ' ' voli s h a l l see wh e n l l n n i f l-'ashiiiii liai iliclntctl limi slvli-s In- m i i i |>I. ( he r u mi n i ; sprint; a mi Minutili M-asun <>i r i m i s e alili Mu n s e Muli Meli tliis stille Ima II 1 11 tripli tei| a voli niiikc uni vvasli guoil s srrtioii a visi) LACE W H ITE large variety o i .laiiitv in w l a r e s a r e on display liere in edges ai d insertion to match. -Inst the pa tt erns yon want for use with dainty sheer wash mater tals. A Priced, yd 5c, 6c, 7c, 8c, 9c 10c, 12c up I n imi GOODS Mas t i r i o u ls se et iol i v un l i m i > v e i \ I nsh i mi e o i t ul i I a l i n e III “ M i l i t e “ II. UH i l o s h e e l e s l ul g a l i d i e l o IlelIVA s U l l l l l " e l l l t l l I i n a i l e , h a t i s l e , lavili, I m e n e , Volle, g l l h a i d l l i e . l o, ' i r l i i l . i t li. I nd i a l i H e a d , fluxoii, midi, smiss , i i mi i y lievi l a u r i P r i r e i l 12* r t u 7 5 c |■« 11 >I ■ 11 a n d M. a v r s , 'J7 tu l s i n r l n s Midi A Big Shirt Sale for Men H OBT This Werk and Next, to Saturday, February 9 Choice $1.19 Sizes 14»... 16, 15» 16. 16* 17 T h i s shirt siih' inclin ' e s a l l lie vv p a l te i h III “ I I .d I III II I k ami brands T i n duplicati ui i he> “ Me put terns Ills and loth m r us t y o u f I fill p e l s h i l l ii- nioi e l ai < I III l i e r M'Jl.Mili » 4 I bene shu Is a r e a last c o l o r I o make hill 1111 « I II g easy all s hi r ts have been s e p a l at i d , • a r i l III! o f o l i r si/r I'lek out Voids iium THE QUALITY a n im o sity , but t h e re arc, nevertheless, many in A m erica who would p re fe r to do without the music o f the old German m asters d uring the war. T h i s feeling is hardly the result of ill fe e lin g ag ain s t the uld German m asters them selves. It is the result o f the feeling so sponta lieously developed in A m erica to do awuy with e v e r y t h i n g o r ig in a t in g in Germany. No p a trio tic citiz e n would today buy a n y th in g bearing the made in G erm any tra d e m a rk , even though it had been made years b e fo re the war T h e same feeling holds a g a in s t made m Germany music. T h e re is no reason why wc c a n ’t be independent o f G erm any in all things. We, for one, would p re fe r to do without music o r ig in a t in g in G erm any for the reason th a t we would like to show thut we a rc in no way dependent for our music upon the natio n whose m ilita r is ts teach f r i g h t fu l n e s s to its soldiers and whose overlords hav e fo r a gen eratio n planned f o r the wholesale murder o f th e troops and c itiz e n s o f o th e r conn T h e people o f Boland a r c e a t in g bread trie s for t h e ir own agg rand izem ent. made from ground b a rk s and pussy wil Wc p refer to have nothing to do with low pods. Is any A m erican going to an y th in g o r ig in a t in g with an enemy of com plain b ecau se Hoover w ants us to our country . mix tw e n t y per c en t o f o th e r grain T h is f e e li n g does not lav ag ain s t luu flours with our w h e a t f sic produced by those o f G e rm an b irth who arc now p a t r io t ic citize n s o f Amer A very r e g r e t ta b l e thing in c o n n e c ica. tion with th e C h am b e rlain exposure, (State and g o v e rnm e nt employes arc from a repu b lican s tan d p o in t, is that e xem pt from the war tax on t h e ir sal Oregon, which has given more volu n arics, but th e re is nothing t o prevent te e rs in proportion to population than them from d e m o n s tra tin g t h e ir p atrio t a n y o th e r s t a t e in the union, is ra llying ism by v o lu n tarily payin g th e tax. around the C h a m b e rlain s tandard, and the best re p u b lic an in the s ta te could W c w o u ld n ’t be surprised to wake not get within ye llin g d is ta n c e o f “ Our up most any m orning and meet an eat G e o r g e ” were he to come up fo r re- election to day . E v e n those d em o crats less meal. • • • who think C h a m b e rlain has made a m is It duenn’t n e c e ss arily follow t h a t a t a k e w o u ld n ’t let thnt I n t e r f e r e with woman physician has more p a tie n ts v otin g f o r him. than a man physician . • * • G E R M A N M U SIC In a new novel the lover drops kisses from an ae ro plane to li is s w e eth ea r t on J a c o b s ’ O r c h e s t r a M onthly t a k e * issue board an ocean liner. T h e obi style with those who desire the e lim in atio n where you hidd her tig h t to you and feel o f German music during the period o f her heart th ro b ev ery time the lips the war. In a way this m a g a z i n e ’s po meet, is good enough for us. Under such aition may be c o r r e c t . T h e g re at m u si circ u m s ta n ce s it is easy enough to be lieve that you are t r a v e lin g on air. cia n s o f G e r m a n y , at least those who • • * lived and died years b e fo re th e war T h e goody goody rnan q u ite f r e q u e n t s t a rte d , c e r t a i n l y had no q u a r re l with ly makes o th e rs cuss. In o th e r words us and hail no ill-feeling to w ard s us. his method of pre se rv in g his own morals has ft tend ency to disrupt the morals of T ow ard s these wc have no f e e li n g o f others. G raa sto r e - coop ser v ic e H INGS W E TH INK Thing* O t h e r * D fiK and Wh.it We Think of the Thing* Other* Think A lt e r a girl lias In- • a murrii-.l a roupie years. she begins to I in a k of w lint she (night have aiiiounti .1 to. A h bolli-ut man cali get thiiigs t li il t would bruii; and ubasi- upon thè known • • • Delirious Invi* »mi i n f o i in li st he some w hat alikc. * • • awav witli vituperai itili h i p o c r it e ir ut i ng lov«* M»*n un<! vvoini*ti un* perversi* ami in «‘ousisteut anyw av. A man vvouMn't walk on flit* S t r e e t with a vv ornali vv ho limi a cigur stmrk in her inettith or vvho was *<|ijiitiug tnliacro pii«'«* info th«' g u tte r, ami a woiiian vvouMn’t walk down tii»* str«*et with a man vvhosr out i sui** ciotti ing ailowrtl ina nmh'rclotlira to HÌIOW t h l O I J g l l . Tin* polity or petulunt expression « not improve a g i r l 's looks, hut m* th«*l»*ss it li a m a stran ge a t t r a c t io n the young man in love with h«*r. Wh«*n a young man g«*fs to nibbling at a g i r l 's I'M* the «harnea arc that I k * ia g«ung t*i lut«*. .lust becaus«* a person lina been aol«i it ia no sign that in* can lie bought. VV«* notice a news item about a man fifiditig u can ot oh! coins while iligging f«*r fiab worms. T h a t was good fortune hut a bad precedent. * * • T h e mail who aim lea while paying his ta x e s and suys they are too low, may be an optimist, but we'd call Inm an oliot I f people acted in real life lik • they «lo in novels we w«m!d have to rr\ise the penal code. I'robablv a m a jo r ity o f people in this old world dread death, y«*t they are eon tiriiially wishing for the time to pass that brings them nearer to som«* o b je ct o f the heart ami ills«» eloner to that which they dread. I f you pose as an exam ple V * hi must expect to be worked. LU C K Y DOUGLAS COUNTY I . • 1 1 1 * » r i n 1 ni I . * i g • • ii » • ftcgisti-i I he colili I v court of Douglas ifiuntv r «'• cut I v appoint* .| M It Gelinomi as • ■•»nut v rom lina-ter, ami i»f't«*r tending a «! if« merit of I um polirò**« p u n te d in a Hone but new papj a n - « i ii 11 •• s u ra the Douglas county tu 11 h e rs a c te d w ise I v. Mr. ( i n iiioio I *s idc as on ro a d b u ild tug ought t «• le* scatt«*i ed fa r a lid w i. lc , tor they con tain much u is .lo iu a n d i - oiii moil sense IL- say at * • I ’roh ihlv one of tin* most import ant pollen** that I niteml to follow will be to build new roa«ls «»lily w her«* they will have a permanent location lle fo re ri'comuiemling anv «*xp«*mo* for ctinsfruc ti«»n, I will cmhuivor to satisfy myself that w)i«*u tin* w o i k ha* b«*«*n «lone tfn*re Will he little likelihood of t h e i r ever be ing a demand lor a « hang«* o f location. Good sound doctrine It our roads had been laid out in the first piaia* with this idea in mimi, Oregon would hav«* l*«*«*n saved igillions o f d o lla is and w (* should liow have tar less o f a puddelli to fa«*«* in the wav of new const ruction. Dui Mr. Gelinomi has other id« as as well Here is one «d t hem : * ' l n «»nr road const rii«*! ion program as nearly as possible wc intend t « » «on I s f n u t and improve tin* roads from tlo* farm s to tlo* produce marki'ts, so as t«» n a Id«* thus«* who grow fo o d s tu f f s to g«*t their products • « » market « 1111 « k I v. i n dcr present world d«,nian«ls i f our roa«l systems f ail t « » «lo this they an* lackin g in tin* r«*« 111 ir«*in• *nts o f th«* film s. ’ ’ A«le«|iiai*' market highways is th«* problem that Oregon must s«dv«» in tin* near future it her «lev I'lopmeiit is I«» proceed ns it should, for vve nre le a r n ing that it is « » I httli* vain«* to inereuHi* production on the filini i f vve provi«!«* in* way t«» get the products o f the farm to mark'd at all seasons « » t the v«*nr. Hut let us h«*ar more ot Mi. G e l i n o m i 's pin ns : ••When we g« t a romlway built oil a pern iam*nt location vve «lo not intend t<* "it still and let if become worn out, but interni to keep it in shape at all times by doing the repairing at th«* right tini«* ami thus not only save ou the cost of* tlo* work, but at tin* sam e time hav«* a g«M»«l road ii II t In* t ime. ’ ' I f Douglas county will spi'ciali/«* on this om* thought, it will soon solvt* the undesirable reputation o f having th«* poorest roads in Or«*gon. It mak es lit tie different*«» how much money is spent on a rond iu the first place , or liovv ^oo«l th«* roa«l may be when it is first 1 1 ni h Ii4*«I ; the r«*al t«*st of value is how long it rem ains in good condition ami no road will «'ontinne good without proper mainfeatiuce. Douglas «oiintv lias \ote«| a h a l f m il lion «loilnr bond isso«* for roa«l improve m«*nt, mid if these th re e c a rd in a l pria «•ipl«*s of permanent location, iiilc<|iint«> m aintenan ce and m arket routes nr«* kept in mind hi spending the mon«‘y the tax p a y e rs will have little cause for complaint. * * »