Additional Editorial
The North Pole is still ice
bound, and the discovery squab
ble unsettled. However the av
erage citizen is rot chafing as
Uncle Sam has not yet plotted
and thrown the Pole open to set
tlement Wait for the rush,
please.
Efforts are being made in Cor
vallis under the new charter to
have some unsightly buildings,
which have become a menace to
the town as well as unsightly,
condemned by the city council.
Proceedings of this nature are
sometimes necessary, and it often
works hardships upon holders be
cause of their having to improve
before they are ready to move
out upon new lines, but there are
community interests .that must
be taken care of as well as private
ones and there should be a line
of adjustment some where. Adam
was the only person that had op
portunity to lay claim to the
whole earth, and when Eve ar
rived Adam's claim diminished
and the sub-division has been go
in? on ever since. Sometimes it
is necessary to consider the other
fellow's interests as well as our
own.
"Was Born, Chewed
Gum and Died."
Los Angeles. "Heaven is not
above nor hell below; both lie be
yond the marriage altar," is the
significant warning to young men
offered by Rev. Arthur Phelps,
D. D., of Los Angeles.
Dr. Phelps last evening occu
pied Dr. "Bob" Burdette's pul
pit at the Temple Baptist church.
He announdced as his theme the
trite phrase, "Getting Married."
He said;
"The Bible says;' 'He that
findeth a wife findeth a good
thing.' You notice it says 'find
eth,' not 'chooseth.' There's a
great element of chance in mar
riage like prospecting for gold or
investigating a hornets nest.
"I want to say one thing to
young men: Don't marry a girl
whose epitaph will be written:
'She was born, chewed gum and
died.'"
Found Petrified Jaw.
While Johnny White, a young
man employed on W. A. Turn
ridge's place on the Upper Willa
mina, was working on a hillside
last week he unearthed a petri
fied portion of some extinct ani
mal that very much resembles a
jaw bone. It is something over
15 inches in length, 8 1-2 inches
broad and about 2 inches thick
and has 12 corrugations on the
under side that resembles teeth.
On the upper side near the tip
are two projecting horns like . a
rhinocerous with smaller horn
farther back. In appearance it
might be taken for a jaw bone
but to what kind of an animal it
belongsd no one who saw it is
learned enough to tell Sheri
dan Sun.
Pleasant Hill Times: In a
town about the size of Pleas
ant Hill the M. E. church is
located on one corner and the
Baptist church is diagonally
across the street on the other.
Sunday morning there rang out
from the Baptist church the song.
"Will There Be Any Stars in My
Crown?" The next moment the
echo came from the Methodists,
"No, Not One."
Drought conditions in Pennsyl
vania are reported worse this
year than at any period in the
history of the Schuylkill valley in
fifty years. But one and a half
inches of rain has fallen since
July 1st Many wells and springs
i uv drying up. The many crops
will be a failure.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
On the Sunday School Lesson by
Rev. Dr. Llnscott For the In
ternational Newspaper Bible
Study Club.
September 26th, 1909.
(roryrlih'. l tv Rt T 8 Llu-cott. Tin.)
Temperance Lesson. 1 Cor. x:23-S3.
Golden Text Let every one of us
please his neighbor for his good to
;d!flcation. Rom xv:2.
Verse 23 If a man could lawfully
drink Intoxicating liquor. In modera
tion, would It be a good thing to do.
seeing so many thousands are being
ruined yearly, by drinking, all of
whom commenced to drink in modera
tion? (This question must be an
swered In writing by members of the
club.)
Is a man honest, either in money or
morals who always goes as far as the
law will allow him and no further?
If the eeneral Influence of anything
we do, which may be lawful in itself,
is injurious to ourselves or others,
what is our duty?
What is the general Influence of the
drink traffic?
Verse 24 Why Is not all our dufv
to our neighbor fulfilled when he have
succeeded In doing him no harm?
Does Paul mean that we are to de
vote more time arid thought to adding
to our neighbor's wealth, than we do
to our ow'n. and if not. what does he
mean?
To how much of our respect is a man
entitled, who cares nothing for the
success of others, but is devoted whol
ly to his own?
Verse 25 In those days meat was
offered to 'dols and afterward sold in
the market for food, and some con
scientious people objected to eating it
for that reason. What did Paul ad
vise 1n the circumstances, and why
did he advise It?
Should we always pay the price de
manded without question, or should
we endeavor to buy for the lowest
possible pHce?
Verse 2fi If the earth is the Lord's
why should not all real estate be pub
lic property?
How much of our property should we
consider we own in our own right?
Verse 27 Is it right for a Christian
to be intimate with worldly people, to
attend their parties and to conform to
their usaces, when such usages are
not actually sinful.?
If wine is used at any party which
a Christian attends, would It be right
or wrong for him to drink it, and
why?
Is it a Christian's right to do as he
is "disposed" in any matter, or has
God gov a specific plan for him for all
matters great and small?
Verses 28-30 Was the meat In It
self any Jes pood for having been
ofTered to an idol?
Why does Paul here advise not to
eat meat that had been offered to' an
idol, if any person calls attention to
It who thought it wrong to do so?
Is it necessarily hypocrisy to do a
thing behind a person's back, that you
would not do before his face?
If no person ever got drunk, and if
drinking was doing no harm, would It
be right or wise for us to drink intoxi
cating liquor as a beverage?
. Verse 31 Are all our actions taken
by God as worship if they are done to
his glory?
How is it possible for a Christian to
do literally, everything he does, to the
glory of God?
Verses 32-83 What should be our
supreme desire in all our dealing with
our fellow men?
Lesson for Sunday, October, 3, 1909.
Paul a Prisoner The Arrest. Acts
xxi:t7 to xxii:29.
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Hops Are Soaring
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kinds while they are cheap.
We carry the choicest of
everything in our line.
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The question "What is whis
ky?" disturbs legal minds in
Great Britain, as well as in the
United States. A royal commis
sion thus summarizes its decision:
"We are unable to recommend
that the use of the word 'whis
ky' should be restricted to spir
it manufactured by the pot still
process. Our general conclusion
is that 'whisky' is a spirit ob
tained by distillation from a mash
of cerial grains saccharified by
the distaste of malt, that such
whisky is whisky as above de
fined, distilled in Scotland and
that Irish whisky is whisky, as
above defined, distilled in Ireland.
A $50,000 hat, made entirely
of $1,000 bills, is the most prized
curiosity owned by Joseph L.
Lamp, of Portsmouth, N. H. The
hat was made many years ago
by a government official out of
redeemed bills originally belong
ing to a sailor.
Notice of Meeting of Board of
Equalization.
Notice is hereby given, that on Mon
day, the 18th day of October, 1909, the
Board of Equalization will meet at the
County Courthouse at the city of Dal
las, in the county of Polk, state of Ore
gon, to examine and correct all assess
ment rolls, to correct all errors in val
uations, descriptions or qualities of
land, lots, or other property, or incor
rectly assessed as to description or
quantity; or where assessed in the name
of a person or persons not the owner
thereof or assessed under or beyond
the actual cash value thereof and to
assess all lands, lots and other property
appearing to have been omitted or that
was not assessed.
Petitions or applications for the re
duction of a particular assessment shall
be made in writing, verified by the oath
of the applicant or his attorney and be
filed with the board during the first
week it is by law required to be in ses
sion, and any petition or application not
so made, verified and filed shall not be
considered or acted upon by the board.
Dated 24th September A. D. 1909.
C. S. GRAVES,
Assesser of Polk County, Ore.
4t.
J. O. Matthis, M. D.
Physician, & Surgeon
Office Phone 61, Res. Phone, 63
Office in Postoffice Building
Calls answered day or night
Grove A. Peterson
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