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main iEfiiiä IE eterna Devoted to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County VOLUM E XX. EA STERN NO. 10. DR. R U C K L E Ï0 TAKE OVER WELHOIT P. T. A. M E E TIN G CLA CKA M A S N E W S, T H U R SD A Y , D EC. CURRINSVILLE 10, $1.50 A Y EA R 1925 LOCAL ITEMS B A N Q U E T AT H O T E L 1 On F rid a y ev en in g a t th e E s ta The n e x t re g u la r P. T. A. m e e t- , H a rry K itching w as in P o rtlan d M erl B u llard w as re p o rte d very cada H otel ab o u t sev en ty guests in g will be held a t th e high school sev eral days la s t w eek. sick S a tu rd a y , th e 5th. g a th ered fo r the A nnual b an q u e t giv au d ito riu m on F rid a y a fte rn o o n , Miss M. S tu rg e o n w as a w eek-end en in h o n o r of th e fo o t ball team Mrs. C. A. L ooney a n d tw o boys D ecem ber 18, a t 3 o ’clock. T he p ro and th e S eniors. The g u e sts in w ere c allin g on Mr. and Mrs. L. H ale \ isito r in P o rtlan d . g ram prom ises t o be an in te re stin g Mrs. H a rry G rabel w as a p assen cluded th e high school fa cu lty , S unday. one, ns som e o f th e p a re n ts will be W. O. E chols and C. A. L ooney g e r on th e tr a in fro m P o rtla n d on school b o ard , m em bers o f th e foot Dr. M. G. M cC orckle o f P o rt m atch ed a g a in s t some o f th e s tu ball team , J u n io rs an d S eniors. land ann o u n ces th a t th e com pany d e n ts of th e g ra d e school, in an old- s ta rte d to ro u n d up th e ir c a ttle on S unday. A m ost delicious d in n e r w as se rv W. S. E ddy, d e p u ty sh e riff of recen tly form ed fo r th e p u rpose fash io n ed spelling m atch. T he high th e ra n g e an d g e t them in th e feed will ta k e over W ih o it S p rin g s F e b school o rc h e s tra will fu rn ish a y a rd fo r th e w in te r M onday, th e 7th. O laram as, w as an E sta c a d a visitor ed a f te r w hich a few speeches w ere given and a n u m b er o f “ E s” w ere Jo h n R ich ard s an d fam ily w ere in W ednesday. ru a ry 1 and ex p ects to a t once couple of n u m b ers an d B u rto n C ahill th e r e a fte r begin im p ro v in g th e will give a re a d in g a p p ro p ria te fo r G resham S unday. Mr. A. D em oy w as hom e fro m his p resen ted to th e boys who hod e a rn Jo h n D ow ty, who was o p e ra ted on w ork a t O regon C ity fo r a visit w ith ed th em in fo o t ball d u rin g th e pa^t place. th e occasion. An in te re stin g fe a season. The com pany w ill be in c o rp o ra te d tu r e o f th e p ro g ra m will be th e talk fo r a p p en d ic itis la s t w eek is re p o r t his fam ily over th e w eek-end. U n d er th e lead e rsh ip o f Miss ed as d o in g nicely an d on th e wDy fo r $400,000, ta k in g e n tire title to b y Miss H om edew , on fu rn ish in g B. J . S to tts, tr a f f ic o ffic e r from Lillian H om edew gam es w ere played th e ex ten siv e p ro p e rty , a n d ex p ects lunches fo r school children. E v ery to ra p id recovery. O regon C ity, w as looking a f te r th e O scar H irsch m an visited his m o th in te re st o f the s h e r iff W ednesday in and proved m ost en jo y ab le and e n to begin a cam paign th a t will popu body invited. te rta in in g , d u rin g th e re m a in d e r of e r in P o rtla n d S unday. larize the sp rin g s w ith th e people E stacada. the evening. W. F. C olem an w as saw ing wood The Old-Tim e C hristians. th ro u g h o u t th is sectio n o f th e Mr. an d Mrs. A lva S m ith o f Stay- O ld-tim ers caught in th e holiday on D ouglas R idge M onday an d T ues to n v isited th e ir son an d w ife, A t co u n try , and even b rin g in g h ere Doing the Shopping, d ay o f th is Week. seekers a f te r h e a lth fro m th e east. ru sh and gazing at th e w onderfully a l to rn ey an d Mrs. Sm ith, se v eral days If hum an n a tu re w ere not w hat it is. H ave you seen th e sam ple o f new A m ong those in te re ste d in th is de luring panoram a of the shop windows la s t w eek. the C hristm as season m ight not be one velopm ent a re F ra n k lin T. G riffith , often fall into a rem in iscen t mood and ca le n d a rs th e C u rrin sv ille sto re will Mrs. C. F. H ow e, M rs. M ary t'o rush and w o rry over w hat to buy, p resid en t o f th e P o rtla n d E le c tric re-live the C hristm ases of the long b egin g iv in g its cu sto m ers M onday A dams and M rs. Rosa N eely w ere and sales forces In sto res would not Pow er C om pany an d fo rm e rly a ago. Who does not fondly re c a ll the th e 14 th. ,-assengers on the tr a in to P o rtla n d be rushed to exhaustion in the two o.- citizen of O regon C ity, and Ju d g e J. magic of C hristm as in his childhood? Mr. J. H. K itch in g has been very "n W ednesday. tliree w eeks before the event. If peo Most of th e p resen ts w ere hom e fe e b le f o r a fe w days. U. C am pbell o f O regon C ity, w hose ple did th e ir shopping when it could decided in te re st in th e S prings made. P e rh a p s grandm a fu rnished F rie n d s o f M rs. Lillie S a rv e r in L e ste r H ale has been selling m ittens, k n itted by oil lam p a fte r you comes from th e fa c t th a t he was th is com m unity w ill be g lad to learn bo done u n d er the least congested con q u ite a b it o f h ay th e p a st w eek. cured th ese a f te r b ein g told th a t his nad been tucked in bed—th ic k warm th a t she is re s tin g q u ite w ell a f te r ditions, it m ight extend over m onths instead of w eeks, and it w ould be not m ittens w ith a long cord th a t extended condition w as p ra c tic a lly hopeless. h e r re c e n t o p e ra tio n a t St. V in c e n t’s A dvertising Cuts P rices. less seasonable. hospital. A lth o u $ i th e fo rm a tio n of th e up through coat sleeves and around However, none but tho exceptional P ersons who have not given the sub com pany is proceeding, w hich m eans the neck to p rev en t loss. A unt Saph Mrs. Jo h n L ovelace, w ho has been person th in k s of doing shopping until ronla gave you a b ask et of C hristm as ject of a d v ertisin g serious thought th a t it is! g e ttin g stock su b sc rip p en d in g som e tim e in P o rtlan d it cannot be put off longer. Then it tio n s, it is fe a re d th a t th e ro ad cookies, shaped like anim als and sta rs may be inclined to believe th a t s ta n w ith h e r son, R aym ond, who is still becomes an o rdeal and is so s tre n u and covered w ith delicious colored dard pro d u cts could be sold cheaper ta n g le b ro u g h t a b o u t by th e su it has confined to th e h ospital, re tu rn e d ous th a t it tends to rob the season of sugar. if th e m a n u fa c tu re rs did n o t spend go been file d to p re v e n t th e 3 mill levy the “cheer and good w ill” th a t attach Uncle Tom gave you a w atch, and m uch m oney in ad v ertisin g them . The hom e S u n d ay evening. fo r the S p an g ler hill c u t-o ff m ay r e Ilia g enerosity appalled you even if it c o n tra ry is th e tru th . The sto rk le f t a fin e an d h a n d to it sen tim en tally . The "good will" su lt in delay. was the old tu rn ip th a t he had d is - , E very concern w hich seeks a gen som e te n pound boy w ith M r. and m ight ac tu a lly pervade the shoppers In th e P o rtla n d a n n o u n cem en t aareftd. You can im agine th e reaction eral m ark et for Its goods finds It nec Mrs. W ard D ouglas th is w eek. Dr. w ere they not overw orked try in g to Dr. M cCorckle says th a t it is p ro . ou would g et if you tried giving a , e ssary to se t aside a c e rta in sum each -Uidford did n o t say w h e th e r the find w hat they w ant and stru g g lin g to posed to co n stru c t a sa n ita riu m th a t get it. Yet it would not be C hristm as 1925 boy a second-hand tim epiece. year for advertising, and this is .¡fork had o th e r calls to m ake. will accom m odate those to o ill to for a lot of people w ere it otherw ise. Most of th e p resen ts w ere useful, charged a s a p a rt of th e o p erating ex Mr. a n d Mrs. Geo. T ow nsend and otherw ise go to tlTg S prings, and They have become so accustom ed to he old days, including a reefer over- penses, th e sam e a s ren t, fuel or in wo ch ild ren a n d M r. an d Mrs. F red w here su4h patientfe can receiv e ex w aiting and then m aking a hurry-up oat and a new p a ir of shoos. As for surance. The aim of th e adv ertising M arshall and son cam e dow n from p e rt m edical a tte n tio n . job of it th a t they would not feel right boughtsn" p resen ts, they w ere lirnit- m anager Is to buy th e la rg e st possible Jump 8 on M onday ev en in g to a t w ere it done betim es. d to “ The E rie T ra in Boy,” by A lger, circu latio n am ong persons who would tend th e A u x ilia ry d in n e r a t th e I. ACTION BY NATIONAL GRANGE. H um an n a tu re i3 a p ecu liar thing len ty ’s “W ith Clive in India," a New be in terested in his product. 0 . O. F .hall. despite the fact th a t all of us have it 'estam er.t, a sled, a p air of sk ates and Taken at the o9ih Annual Session at Every m an u fap tu rer h as certain Mr. and Mrs. Theo. A h lb erg and i t w ouldn't be hum an n a tu re if It h at m ost w onderful of a ll old-tim e fixed ch arg es w hich m ust be paid out Kneramcaito, CaU, Not. 11-19, 192.». on, J u n io r, w ere g u e sts o f rela- w asn't odd. if we did everything In a ays, a tin m onkey th a t clim bed a of the re c e ip ts from th e business, and The 59th ann u al session of th e N a ives a t d in n e r in P o rtla n d on Sun- reasonable and sane way we would the la rg e r th e volum e of business th at tional G rapge, ju s t held at S acram en -.tring. M r. A h lb erg also called on not be h um an beings. We w ould be At th at, C hristm as of long ago rep- can he c reated th e less p er a rtic le is .lay. to, C alifornia, w as m arked by large esented p ro p o rtio n ately as big an charged for th e paym ent of overhead Raym ond Lovelace a t th e hospital super-hum an and th a t is too m uch tc attendance, con stru ctiv e action and a expect. It is the preorgativc of Hu u tlay as now, com paring e arn in g s in costs. T his volum e of business Is ob ,/hile in the city. fine sp irit of harm ony everyw here p e r he tw o periods. tained only by c re a tin g a dem and for vading th e ran k s of th is g re a t o rg a n i N ew a rriv a ls in th is v icin ity dur- man beings to do as they please and of course m ost of us please to delay But the g ift itself w as secondary to the goods, and it is m ost quickly and zation of th e ru ra l people. On many ng th e p a st w eek a re : A son a t th e he sp irit of th e giver. Somehow every cheaply done by d irect ap p eal through home o f Mr. an d M rs. H o m er S arver, as long an we can the doing of what vital queetions th e N ational Grange- wo cannot avoid. T h ere may be those ,T own-up c a n ’t help believing the the new spaper». spoke clearly for th e farm e rs of the i d a u g h te r a t th e hom e o f M r. and who a re forehanded in C hristm as h ristm as d in n ers of those days w ere The sam e prin cip le w hich obtains in U nited States and th e policies de . Irs. O liver G e rb e r and a son a t th e uperior. The C hristm as eve en ter- the case of th e gen eral ad v ertiser hom e of Mr. and M rs. R ae E rickson. shopping but they a re raro and so clared a t S acram ento a re c e rta in to different from the m ass th a t they are linm eut at th e ch u rch w as as enjoy- could be applied in the business of the have far-reach in g effect in nations! G uests a t Log L a b a rre fo r T h an k s odd, too. blc as th e m odern movie. And the sm allest m erchant. The q u ick er the affairs. • ! giving w ere: M r. and M rs. Louis By the way. we m ust do our shop :de In a c u tte r over th e deep snow tu rn o v er w hich a dealer is able to A c la s s of 816 cand id ates Tcceived rlo rn b ra n d t, M r. an d Mrs. H a rry ping p retty soon. eat the au to trip of 1925. m ake the sooner his profit is obtained the Seventh D egree of th e O rder anc C hristm as is alw ays chan g in g and and th e cash Is p u t In the till for new O. P alm er, Mr. an d Mrs. C larence the voting delegates rep resen ted 25 A m raer, Mr. a n d Mrs. T. H ow ard to ad u lts) never for the b etter. p urchases. A dvertising of th e pract! different states, reaching in a com EAGLE CREEK ¿vuhlman, Mr. an d Mrs. S teve M. cal kind w ill help to m ake quicker plete chain acro ss th e country, from \; ran so n , all fro m P o rtla n d . Mr. C olem an w as over th is way sales and m ore freq u en t profits. The Maine to C alifornia, and from Wiscon GEORGE ITEMS R ecen t g u e sts a t Log L a b a rre j the firs t o f th e week saw ing wood re su lt is th a t th e re ta ile r, w ith the aid sin and W ashington to W est Virginia T he dance given in th e club house of the gen eral ad v ertise r, Is able to w ere: R ay M oultan and F ra n c is D. fo r som e o f the fa n n e rs . and O klahoma. S p eak ers of p rom i Saturday n ig h t w as well a tte n d e d . Mrs. Cobb w as the g u e st o f Mrs. m ain tain sta n d a rd prices and quality M oultan o f O n ta rio , C an ad a; E. J. nence addressed the m eetings and b> S ck ler J r ., of N om e, A lask a; Belle Wm. A sp la s t T h u rsd ay . Mr. and M rs. D. S. C h an ey visited h i the w idely advertised articles. a unanim ous vote th e 1926 session ot S ickler, o f V ancouver, W ash., and ,ith Mr. an d Mrs. C lay C h an ey and Lois Shaw accom panied h< r the N ational G range w as fixed fo, h e lv a B eebe, o f E stacad a. Miss te a c h e r, Miss E d y th e P eters, home am ily on S unday. A TRIBU TE. P o rtian d , Maine, w ith th e likolihooi. B eebe is a m em ber o t the high school last F rid ay , sp en d in g the w eek end Mr. an d M rs. W . H eld a tte n d e d th a t the Seventh D egree class a t thh he C atholic ch u rch in E sla c a d a on To (lie High C h a ra c te r and Ih r Dis facu lty . w ith her. session w ill exceed th e record class ct tinuulshed Public S e n lc e of the unday. T he U nited A rtisa n s held th e ir Mr. and M rs. R. B. G ibson, H. S. 9838 at the Boston session of 1920. Late Ju d g e A lfred S. B ennett. Mr. an d Mrs. Ju liu s P au lsen and m onthly card p a rty on W ednesday Gibson and Sam W ilson w ere the A significant fe a tu re of the Sacra The D alles, Nov. 28.—To th e Editor svening and re p o r t a good a tte n d Je o rg c W illin g called on M r. and d in n e r gue:,ts o f Mr. and Mrs. 1L F. m ento session w as th e fact th a t every of The Jo u rn a l.— In the p assing of ance. T hey a re p lan n in g th e ir a n Irs. Ochs S u n d ay a fte rn o o n . G ibson o f B arto n , S unday. one of the 14 officers who have servei The C h ristian EndeavoT m e t a t Judge A lfred 9. B ennett, w hich oc nual d in n e r and c h ild re n ’s tr e a t fo r Mr. an d M rs. R oy D ouglass and the N ational G range the p a st tw, he hom e o f Mr. an d Mrs. W . Held cu rred a t his residence a t 9:45 a. m. C h ristm as a t p re se n t and all mem- children m otored to O regon C ity years w as re-elected and in every in today at The D alles, this sta te has lost b rs a re looking fo rw a rd to th is w ith s t F rid a y evening. stance on the first ballot. T his fact i S unday, b eing th e g u e sts o f M r. and one of its ab lest ju rists and one of ite .u c h in terest. am ple evidence of ti)e p revailing sp iri Mrs. V irgil M ay w hile th ere. best citizens, one w hose life w as de of uuity and good w ill existing In the Mr. and Mrs. R. B. G ibson w ere D IS A P P E A R E D Mr. an d Mrs. C. A. D ykom an, Mr. voted to th e b e tterm en t of his state grange. Ih eo . A hlberg and Mr. B ak er of the calling on Mr. a n d Mrs. R ay W oodle T he local Odd Fellow s lodge ha* and the w hole nation. His high ideal.« h gh school fa c u lty , drove o u t to the S a tu rd a y evening. Five significant,votes passed a t Sac and native judgm »nt In m a tte rs p er ram ento especially com m and a tte n been re q u e ste d to locate, if possible, Mr. an d Mrs. V irgil D ouglass F red H o rn er hom e on M onday leorgc (B u d ) Crow, age 15; 5 fe e t taining to th e w elfare of th e sta te and tion as o utstan d in g d ecla ratio n s ot vening, w here th e y en jo y ed an ev w ere callin g on M r. and Mrs. Will the com m unity w hich he served so inches ta ll; w eight 115; f a ir com- G range policy: : e n in g o f m usic. T hey a re p re p a rin g D ouglass S u n d ay evening. long and faith fu lly in both his public ,-lexidtv, d a rk brow n h a ir, sm all sev eral n um bers fo r th e C horal So Mr. and Mrs. C laude S ersan o u s O utstandiug G range D eclarations. and his p riv ate life, will long be r e mall bunch or sc a r u n d e r le f t jaw cie ty ’s p ro g ram on F rid a y ev en in g of m otored o u t to E arl C re st farm " X The N ational G range dem ands at m em bered, and his place w ill be hard n e a r e a r; v ery fa in t scar a cro ss neck Sunday. th is w eek. equalization of ra ilro a d freig h t rate« to fill. The whole sta te w ill m ourn Ed. D ouglass had his m ill re b u ilt Dev. A rth u r A. H a rrim a n o f P o rt so th at the A m erican farm er shall noi lit fro n t. his passing. I t w as my privilege to He d isap p eared from his hom e in and com m enced saw ing this w eek. longer c a rry an itn jn st load a s com land, m in ister in th e C hristian know A lfred B. B ennett for m ore than pared w ith oth er In d u stries; opposes . ooding, Id ah o , on A u g u st 18th, 35 y ears and his going m eans a per church, will be in E sta c a d a and Get Your Antu License. any horizontal in d tease In freight and is believed to be in th is vicin- sonal loss to me. when I recall the speak fo r the m em bers o f th e church Mrs. C row is p ro s tra te d and T hat an n u al, easily forg ettab le need, rates u n til such equaliwRlon sh a ll be :ty . many ac ts of k indness bestow ed on S unday, D ecem ber 13, a t 11 o ’clock. an y in fo rm a tio n w ould be a p p re c ia t me in both my public and my private made. It is e a rn e stly dr-sired th a t all mom- I next year's au to license, Is upon the m otorists of Oregon. For w eeks of i. The N ational G range favors such ed. I f B ud sees th is he should life. His im m ediate fam ily and re la h*rs o f th e ch u rch and th e ir frien d s ficials have been calling public atten - consolidation of railw ay s as shall w rite home im m ed iately a n d relieve tives have my sin cere sym pathy in h i p re s e n t to h e a r th is g en tlem an . his m o th e r's an x ie ty . I tlon to th is im p o rtan t m atter. W hile elim inate the evils of com petition, re this th eir sad ho u r of bereavem ent. A m e etin g of th e ch u rch m em bership there has been som e response, thou- duce the overhead co sts and remove R. E. WILLIAMS. w 11 be held follow ing th e services.. I sands of m o to rists a re ap p aren tly go- the necessity for ra isin g carrying N O TIC E j ing to delay u n til the last day and It Jfnke* ,111 Thing« New. ra te s; w ith the public in te re sts fairly A shing for an Even R rrnk. T hose who prom ised to can fr u it I when th e ir licenses cannot be issued W hile it seem s im possible to say represented on a ll u tilitie s and con At an a g ric u ltu ra l conference re fo r th e D om estic Science d e p a rt anything new on th e su b ject of | 'w hile yon w a it” w ill s ta rt to cuss. tro l boards. cently held at Sioux Falls, 9. D„ six O bviously the th in g to do is for the 3. T he N ational G range in sists th a t m en t o f th e E sta c a d a high school, C hristm as celeb ratio n , the m iracle of governors, rep resen tin g m iddle west m otorists of the state to m ake th eir county ag ric u ltu ra l a g e p ts sh a ll ex a re re q u e ste d to please b rin g the ¿be season is th a t th e custom of near- states, reported to S ecretary Jard ln e | application now. T here is no indica- tend th e ir activ ities td Include aiding fru it to th e high school a t a n y tim e, y 2,900 y e a rs m akes p ra c tic a lly all th at a g ric u ltu re m ust have an even 1 lion th a t any resp ects will be granted the- farm er in his m ark etin g as w ell as o r n o tify Mrs. C ary an d som e one things new. The aged become young break w ith Industry end labor in the delinquent m o to rists a fter Ja n u a ry 1. 'g a in thro u g h th e ir rejoicing in the production prcb!eihs^.;m aki:ig these will call f o r it. way of tariff protection If th e tarlfT None should be. Ample notice has Jelig h ts of the g ran d ch ild ren with the MRS. W. F. CARY, governm ent agencies aid in balancing fj-stem Is to continue, and they asked P re sid e n t P. T. A. things th a t once m ade th e ir own eyes th a t legislation to th is end be reborn been given. The auto division has production w ith d istrib u tio n , on a open wide in w onder—m em ories of tr. nded by the secretary . F rom many been ready for a long tim e to lsr.ue thp sound business basis. (heir own childhood a lio com e hack to o th er a g ric u ltu ra l sources have com - Pc« uses. If p a rt of the public chooses 1. The N ational G range advocates 11 nib« for H oliday Gift'«. to ignore the opportunity, they will establishing an A g ricu ltu ra l Day in A ssortm ent of a dozen or m ore them. the veiled th re a t th a t unless tho farm it Is not sim ply a je st th a t papa also Ir.g Industry be given Its Ju«t p ro p o r feet no sym pathy if a fter the first of Gc obei ot each y ear, w hen by p ro c la choice gladioli bulbs, packed lu a p m ation ot th e p resid en t and through p ro p riate box. w ith gift card. Place likes to p lay —even though he may say tion of protection th a t ag ric u ltu re the year they a re arre ste d for c a rry observance in schools, o r t r th e radio, your o rd ers early. Phone Mrs. F. O. it is Just to te s t th em —-w ith the toys would use all Its influence to have the ing an tiq u ated license plates. and by e th e r m eans o t public recogni Robley. 36-111 he buys fo r. th e youngsters. Thus, protection b ars on in d u strial products T A M A L E SU PPE R while the holiday Is p a rtic u la rly a fes- low ered to the farm level. tion. th e fundam ental im portance of A tam ale su p p e r will be. given a t a! for th e ch ild ren , em phasizing the the farm er's in d u stry and its relation conference of th e executive comm t- A p reach er in th e city ask s "W hy is T u n n ell's H all a t C u rrin sv ille, on the to the general w elfare sh all be tees of a ll dues-paying farm o rg a r.sa - sto ry of rhe babe in th e m anger. It 15th, tions In th e U nited S tates to in itiate a a to has for the elders Its pleasures football m ore popular than re lig io n V ev ening o f T uesday, Dec. ttrecse d t o n n atio n a l extent. 5. The N ational G range decides to the co n stru ctiv e nation-w ide a g ric u ltu ra l end th e w ider significance of that W e'll tr y to an sw er, anyw ay. Maybe from 6 to 8 o’clock, by th e C u rrin s- viU« L adies' A id Society. because It has m ore kick In It. w o rld-inspiring event in Bethlehem. the lead in cafttpg. a t bn «xffiy date, • pro g ram of definite farm leadership LEGION DINNER On M onday ev ening the W om en’s A uxiliary to the A m erican Legion e n te rta in e d a t d in n e r the m em bers o f th e A uxiliary an d th e ir fam ilies and the A m erican L egion an d th e ir fam ilies. T h ere w ere ab o u t fifty p resen t a t this tr e a t who v oted the hostesses m ost ex c e lle n t cooks, and needless to say, en jo y ed them selves to the utm ost. T his d a te h appened to fa ll on L e ste r T ow nsend's b irth d a y an d he was duly p re se n te d w*th a m ost b e a u tifu l b irth d a y cake a d o rn ed w ith n n u m b er of candles. L e ste r, who is a p o p u lar m em ber o f th e P o st here, w as, indeed, su rp rised , b u t proved him self eq u al to th e occa sion and c u t the cake so th a t e v e ry one p re s e n t received a share. A fte r the d in n e r th e A u x iliary and L egion held th e ir re g u la r m eetings an d elected o ffic e is fo r the en su in g term . A uxiliary o ffic e rs a re : P re sid e n t, E rn a K iggins; vice p resid en t, E velyn L a u re n c e ; s e c re ta ry -tre a s u r er, Rose W ilcox. L egion o ffic e rs a r e : C om m ander, l'hos. M orton; vice com m ander, R alph D eS h azer; a d ju ta n t, L aw rence W ebber; fin an ce o fficer, E lm er A n d erso n ; s e rg e a n t a t arm s, E rn e s t A m acher. D IN N E R PA RTY A v ery p le a sa n t evening was sp en t a t th e G ohring hom e on F r i day ev ening w hen the E shelm ans, i>. Wilcox» and A hlbergs g a th e re d a t a “ com m unity su rp rise d in n e r” in nor.or o f Mrs. W ilcox’s b irth d ay . A fte r d in n e r th e g uests en jo y ed card s and a m ost e n te rta in in g radio p rogram being b ro a d c a st on th a t evening by hto O reg o n ian in cele b ratio n o f its 75th a n n iv e rsa ry , a l so th e Iloot-O w l p ro g ram . All had a m ost en jo y ab le tim e. A W IF E ’S COM M AN DM EN TS T hese a re th e new com m andm ents ten , W hich w ives now m ake fo r m arrie d m en: 1. R em em ber th a t I am th y w ife, T h a t thou m ust ch erish all th y life. 2. T hou sh a ll n o t sla y o u t la te a t night. 3. T hou sh a lt not sm oke indoors or out, N or chew tobacco ro u n d ab o u t. 4. T hou s h a lt w ith praise recicve my pies N or p a stry m ade by me despise. a. My m o th er thou sh alt striv e to please And le t h er live w ith us in ease. J. R em em ber th is th y d u ty c le a r To dress me well th ro u g h o u t the y ear, 7. Thou s h a lt in m a n n e r m ild a n d m eek . . < • • • •. 1 ;! Give me th y w ages e v ery w eek. 8. Thou s h a lt n o t be a d rin k in g mgn B ut live on p ro h ib itio n 's plan. J. T hou s h a lt n o t f lirt h u t m u st allow T hy w ife such freedom anyhow , 10. T hou sh a lt g e t up w hen baby cries • •• A nd try th e ehild to trn n q u ilize. riie sc r.iy com m andinents from day to dav Im plicitly thou »halt obey. < a n a da W o u l d . ( l e a n Wheal . Canada Is as m uch in terested III rselu g its g rain s from weed seeds as i the United S tates. The A lberta Iie- lartm en t of A g ricu itu re has perfected i m achine w hich g rain men declare is he g re a te st step forw ard yet tak en in he control of weeds on farm s and the < duetion of dockage. The m achine Is ittaehed to the top of the se p a ra to r lid cleans the grain or weed seeds ■nd sm all g rain before it goes to th e In or wagon. In a recen t dem onstra- m i the m achine reduced the w heat lockage to less than one per cent from :-a usual run of from five to eight per at. T his m eans the saving in dock- gc alone o t from six to 14 c en ts per mallei, according to grade. In addl- .on to th is is the hlg saving on freight I barges on the dockage, the value of | veqd S' 'is as feed <>n the farm anil j the prevention of weed spreading. The ' ,gi lculhir.il d ep artm en t will direct the u aik etln g of the m achine and m ake It m y for th re sh e rs to purchase. ( o o p e ia li.e 1st» M auds. In nearly every state w here co-op erativ es have made a success of m a r keting th ere have been court actions brought in tb s bop* of break in g down tin* law s, y* I with scar« «ly an excep tion the higher co u rts of the states have upheld tho law s s a d declared th at farm ers have a c o n stitu tio n al rig h t to com bine tor m utual benefit-