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FRIDAY. JAN. 10, 1918
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Meditations
In the presence of death we for
get the petty imperfections which
it appears are inevitably linked
with human frailty and remember
only those rock ribbed virtues on
which the character of the deceased
rested. A relieving feature of the
gloom into which the death of The
odore Roosevelt plunged the thous
ands of admirers of the living man,
is the tribute paid to his heroic
qualities by people who differed
radically in matters of public policy
from him during his career.
Influenza restrictions are burden
some and onerous but not nearly as
distressing as an epidemic of influ
enza would be.
The numerous sales of real estate
in this vicinity lately, indicate that
prospective buyers have money and
also they believe local farm land is
a good thing to invest in.
It is reported that the young
prince of the British royal family
may seek a wife in this country
There is surely quite an assortment
to pick from. If our president and
e'x-president fail to have eligible
daughters there surely is available
timber.among the families of the
dignitaries and public servants in
Washington, although it is likely
that the Rockefellers and Morgans
will prove more attractive.
While we may not have as dry a
season for some time to come as
the one we have had recently, still
the question of an emergency water
supply is one that will loom larger
with each year passed. It is quite
likely that we will have to go to
the mountains for a gravity system
in order to do a thorough job.
With the simplicity of American
officialdom for comparison, Britain
may conclude to dispense with
some of the gold braid and ceremo
ny of its official oxistance, which
leads a sarcastic fellow editor to
remark that in this event we still
have the potentates of our fraternal
societies with us.
The truck to Portland on a regu
lar schedule may prove premature
as yet but it is the forerunner of a
new era in the development of the
country. The time of the short haul
on railroads is past and the motor
truck is about to demonstrate its
usefulness. With its adaptability
to handle a tratlic not convenient
to a railed roadbed, it adds a per
sonal service that the railroad could
never do and it will develop the
rural district in varied and start
ling ways.
While perhaps the theory is ov-
erdone'that crime is a disease, and
will yield to the right sort of treat
ment, it is a fact that can not be
got around. In the same way it is
a fact that anarchistic and I. W.
W. outbreaks are usually due to a
social condition which breeds that
sort of thing. Sometimes this comes
to us from conditions in Europe,
and it is to be regretted that some
of it is caused by conditions at
home.
Occasionally we hear the farmer
wail for that free land which our
fathers used to have. He wants to
go somewhere and take up a home
stead that is worth the taking. It
is a truth, however, that free land
is a detriment to the prosperity of
the farmer and now that competi
tion from this sort of thing is grow
ing more remote, the farmer is
coming into his own. Farmers are
also inclined to look with disappro
val on themanner in which people
flock to the centers of population,
but it is this sort of thing that
makes a market for agricultural
products. The more people there
are in the cities and towns the bet
ter theetnarket for the products
which the farmer has to sell. The
best thing that could happen to
the farmers of the northwest is a
manufacturing boom that would
attract people to the centers of
population, and make them prosper
ous, for there is no market like a
home market.
The Oregon Voter finds that out
of thirty members of the state sen
ate fifteen of them are lawyers, ten
are farmers, two bankers, two
physicians and one printer. Out
of the sixty representatives, fifteen
are lawyers, fifteen are farmers,
four are bankers, three physicians,
one dentist, two drugigsts, two
printers, one shoe merchant, one
salmon packer, one electrical work
er, two contractors, one wooden
box manufacturer, one insurance
man, one abstractor, two steamboat
line owners. Ten are or have been
newspaper men, five were formerly
school teachers. Thirty seven of
the lot were born or brought up on
farms.
In the stress of war our lack of
preparedness in organizing the war
which lead to many deaths in the
various ' concentration camps
throughout the country for lack of
care, did not command a great deal
of attention. It was war and the
attention of the public was concen
trated on winning. But the same
conditions now find the people in a
different mood. It will be hard
work to excuse conditions which
cause ncedWss hardships and loss of
life.
The rime on the branches of
trees, on the weeds and grass, on
wires and roofs gave an illustra
tion of the handiwork of nature in
making unkempt things beautiful.
There is material for a sermon in
this rime but we will let the regu
larly ordained ministers preach it
There are certain days in every
one's life that as Lowell says are
like rocks that jut through obliv
ion's sea and that are remembered
when lesser things are forgotten
Such a day to the meditator was
one that occurred in the latter part
of July in 1912. It wss in Chicago.
The long corridors of the "An
nex" hotel were thronged with peo
ple, mostly men, . although there
were occasional women to be met
A constant stream of people went
in and out of . the various rooms
that were headquarters of the rep
resentatives of the different states,
with the mixture of business and
social intercourse which precedes a
political convention. Certain com
mittees were in session, a platform
was being drafted, argumentative
gentlemen with planks which they
wanted included in the platform
were pulling wires and fingering
the buttonholes of influence. Pre'
liminary caucuses of would-be boss'
es with scheme doped out to get in
to the van of the successful, tome
inveterate yarn spinner perhaps,
would be seeking to inveigle some
one into listening to his latest, but
was finding it hard work. Eor ser
ious faces were the rule and there
was every indication that the par
ticipants were exceedingly in earn
est. The scene shifts to the Coli'
seum. There has been the inevita
ble parade with all the hurrah of
banners and badges and rival brass
bands. Minutes seem hours as the
throngs of people crowd into the
amphitheater and find seats. We
wander around on the floor and find
a point of vantage on a convenient
balcony. The monotonous details
of organisation are taken up. Fi
nally in the course of events a de
termined looking gentleman was al
lowed the floor and was awarded an
ovation that rocked the building.
Sturdy in build with iron gray hair
and bristling mustache, wearing
glasses, he read his address from
manuscript. "Oh, he has an atro-
cious voice fur oratory" our neigh
bor says and chuckles over it as
though it were a recommendation.
The speaker was Theodore Roose
velt, the speech his more or less
famous "Confession of Faith" in
Inch he referred to the occasion
as Armageddon; an occasion, how
ever, known to the facetious as the
Bull Moose convention." . Mr.
Roosevelt died during the past
week and of him Vice President
Marshall said "I have ascertained
since coming to Washington that he
had more personal friends than any
public man who was ever in this
city."
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The Rag Doll
Many progressive farmers are
now sortingHiver their seed corn
and testing its germination strength
by means of the little rag dull,
which tells the story of each ear in
a way highly satisfactory to the
owner. How the doll is made and
used is thus told by B. F. Sheehan,
instructor in farm crops at 0. A
C: The doll is made of a strip of
muslin 12 inches wide and four or
five feet long. One side is marked
into squares by cross lines every 2J
inches, and each square numbered.
Ears of corn are given correspond
ing numbers and from each ear six
kernels are token and placed germ
side up in the proper square. The
cloth is then rolled up, tied loosely,
and placed in a bucket of luke
warm water for several hours.
The doll is taken out to drain,
but is always kept moist and at
moderate temperature; In five to
seven days it is unrolled and the
germination read for each square.
The numbers are checked up with
the number of the ears, and a rec
ord kept of each ear tested. Only
the ears that show good growing
power are retained for seed.
These farmers make their tests
of corn in the winter. , They , send
their small seed to the free seed'
testing laboratory of the agrieultur
al college at Corvallis.
Hello, Maiden of the Depot,
You, to whom I give my mail,
Here is a crazy bit of jingle
From a dough-boy soon to sail.
You, dear Maiden of the Depot,
Your glad hand and happy smile
Greets us at most every station
As we pass them mile by mile.
Bid us "God Speed" on our journey
From the forts on Columbia's
stream
'Til we reach that other "Some
where" There in France; of you we'll
dream. ,. ,:
Feel again your happy handshake
While the gas clouds choke and
swirl, -
'Tis for you that we'll be fighting
Or some other dearer girl.
Now I've spoiled this litt le jingle,
So you'll think until you know,
Far out in the farthest west-land
SHE cried when I had to go. .
By Cannon-Fodder Clark,
From Oregon, 27th., Artillery,
o.a.c. ; ',
The above was written upon a
paper plate thrown from a passing
troop train at Huntington, West
Virginia. Inside the plate was a
drawing entitled "Pictures in the
Sky" portraying the American flag
under which is a Red Cross Nurse
holding a lighted torch,
In-order that this little jingle
may be appreciated it must be un
derstood that fhe Red Cross main
tains a canteen at the Chesapeake
& Ohio depot in Huntington from
which all soldiers and sailors pass
ing through, are served with lunch
es, and which looks after their mail.
About a dozen ladies attend all
trains. This jingle was written on
a paper plate from which the sold
ier had eaten his lunch and evident
ly must have been a spontaneous
effort and written in about five
minutes. .
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Roof to Cellar
Oregon Fir and-Hemlock Lumber
Douglas Fir Silos
.The Gold Mine of the Farm
Lath, Mouldings, Fruit and Butter Box
es, Cedar Posts, Green and Dry Slab
wood, Cement, Wall Plaster, Lime,
Brick, Shingles, Rooting, Windows, etc.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon
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Lard compound 28c
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five year policies, we take notes payable in
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Bonds of all sorts sold.
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GEO. W. CHESEBRO
Hank pinned
the bee on Ed
for fair
Ed never could see any
chew but a big hunk of
oversweet tobacco. "You
take this plug of Real
Graveiy,"saysHank."Take
asmall chew two orthree
squares. See how long it
holds its pure, rich taste.
If you don't admit that
Gravely gives you tobacco
satisfaction without extra
cost, I'll buy your plug for
a month." Hanged it Ed
didn't walk in next day,
grab off a plug of Gravely
and throwdown his money
just like a little man!
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