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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1919.
OREGON WXATHKR 4
4 Tonight and Wednesday, fair.
-4-' eentle north to easterly winds.
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REDUCING THE WASTE
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(By Harry Gale Nye In Implement
Record)
About the only way some women
think of reducing the waste la to
tighten up on the at rings ot their
corset.
And yet, with all this talk about
the high cost ot high living, one real
good way to reduce the high cost
would be to reduce the high waste.
"U. S." not only means "United'
States," but it also means "Useless
Spenders.' We not only blow about
our money, but we also blow it
about '
We kick about every price and pay
any price. And we waste more than
we use. More goes Into our gar
bage cans than goes, into our stom
achs; we spend more on the theatre
than we do on the church, and are
always trying to put up a front,
whether we have anything back of it
or not.
We lore to put on the dog, forget
ting thai a dog of that kind is a dog
gone expensive animal. We try to
live as well as the neighbors do, and
the neighbors try to live as well as
they think we do.
We haven't as much money as
people think we have, and often we
don't have us much money as we
spend. A man said to me one time,
when a' plumber refused bim credit:
"I don't know what is .the matter
with the people around here: I make
$175 a month, and I spend $250 of
it right here In this town."
We ought to reduce some of the
waste, and I have thought ot a few
ways we could. Take clothes, for
example:-3nstead of having one good
suit for Sunday and funerals' and an
ordinary suit for week-day's, we most
of us don't have even the one good
suit.
Instead we have about 50 suits
that look as though they ought to
De taken out of circulation. We
Tear them "turn around" until it
isn't safe for us to turn around."
It may be that many an honest
heart beats under a patched pair of
pants, but 4f we had one good suit
without the patch probably no one
would doubt our honesty. That is
one good thing about having money:
A man doesn't have to be honest, be
cause people think he is anyway
Most of the men In the world who
are good are good principally be
cause they are under suspicion. Mar
riage doesn't make a man good, but
It often keeps him good.
If we would run to the tailor with
a suit wnen it 'begins to go as
promptly as we a o to the garage
with a car when it doesn't. It
wouldn't cost us so much for our
clothes. And shoes we cast them
into the burning fire when all they
need is now soles.
And smoking what a lot of
money we fellows do waste on smok
ing. You can operate a pipe for a
nickel a day, but the overhead of a
humidor Is something fearful.
. If our wives blew as much money
on chocolates as we do on cigars
(and they wood it they had it) we
would talk to them about extrava
gance and Indigestion and ask them
what is the matter with their com
plexion. After all H Is the little things that
count, as the old maid said when her
small brother told 'her age. It is
the dime we save here' and there
that makes the dollars we have here,
I wouldn't want any man to be
parsimonious, and I try to treat my
self pretty well, and often; but there
are a lot ot things that we could get
along without, and be just as happy
without, besides the singing ot the
girl next door.
But, If the little, things count, the
big things are not to be despised.
We (Americans are just as good was
ters at wholesale as we are at re
tail. Take strikes, for example.
I am just as eager as anybody
that every man gets everything that
is coming to him. But a' strike, at
that, is a somewhat expensive amuse
ment. It is like a doctor; it ought
to be called In only .when it Is ne
cessary, tor the doctor's bill is likely
to be large.
It might be a grand idea it we
would all agree to go back to work
for a month and see how it would
work out Tou remember about the
old lady who couldn't get home be
cause the stick wouldn't beat the
dog, and the fire wouldn't burn the
stick, and the water wouldn't quench
the fire, etc.? But when they did
begin to do their duty and to beat
and to burn and to quench, etc., the
old lady got home in a jiffy; or may
be it was a jitney. Anyway she got
home. t
There is a lot of unrest in the
country,- and it isn't all due to the
cooties. That is, that Is what peo
ple say. But the trouble with the
country isnt too - much unrest as
much as it is too much resting. Let
us reduce the waste of resting, and
that will take care of the rest.
14.000,000 XEW VOTES
A recent conference of the demo
cratic national committee is said to
have spent most of its time discus
sing methods of reaching the women
voters. It is safe to say that the re
publican national committee is deep
ly interested in the same problem,
and that if the much advertised
"third party" is formed, it will like
wise devote its beet efforts to win
ning the women.
There is good practical reason for
all this political courtship. It is es
timated that if the suffrage amend
ment is ratified in time for the next
presidential election, as it Is likely to
e, mere wm oe I4,uuu,vuu new
feminine ballots. Added to the wom
en already possessing the franchise
these millions might easily decide
the approaching national election.
There Is no expectation that the
women will stick together very con
spicuously. Most of them will prob
ibly vote as their male relatives and
friends do. But there is no telling.
Women, may be Just as uncertain a
factor In poltlcs as they are in other
matters. And Inasmuch as there Is
generally no very wide margin of
strength between the two big par
ties, it is (possible that a million or
two of women sticking together for
any definite purpose might wield the
balance of ipower.
The women, .t any any rate, need
have no fear of being treated dis
respectfully in their first 'big voting
experience'. The male politicians have
such a wholesome fear of their vot
ing power that they will be treated
with the utmost respect and consld
eration.
KKW KINDS OK 11KKP
Musk ox, says Stefansson, the fa
mous Arctic explorer, is destined to
be the most common form ot meat
served on American tables within 40
years. This meat is not only very
good and palatable, but It is so much
like the familiar beet that consumers
can only tell the two varieties apart
by the mark stamped upon them.
Reindeer meat, too, ia to be used
generally In this country. The meat
is considered by many people to be
about as' palatable as beef. The
price ot both these meats ought to
be considerably less than current
prices for beef. The animals can
be raised very cheaply Indeed, and
require little care.
The hides of the musk 'ox and
reindeer are also valuable. Reindeer
skin makes excellent glove and shoe
leather. And the musk ox has been
called by the explorer a "cow with
a coat ot wool." It has a woolly
coat concealed beneath its long,
hairy outer coat, which has manu
facturing possibilities.
At present Mr. Stefansson la In
Canada working for the government
with the purpose of Introducing these
meats in that country. He antici
pates early success. There is no rea
son why he should not succeed in
Canada or why the use of such meat
should not spread to this country.
People who shrink from the use ot
locusts in their normal diet will
surely find no objection to venison
and a new variety of beej that Is
just as good as our American beef
and much, cheaper.
The -police of Youngstown, Ohio,
found a whiskey still in an automo
bile which was wrecked the other
night. That whiskey smash was an
unavoidable accident, if one ever
was.
Life is full of contradictions. Ac
cording to the latest congressional
decision, you may keep whiskey in
your home still, but you may not
keep a whiskey still in your home.
DAY OF THE "FLAPPER"
IS El
'London, Oct. 14. 'Flippant girls
are to be barred from the office of
the new ministry of- transport be
cause Sir Eric Geddes, the new min
ister of that department objects to
low-necked blpuses, flashy dresses,
gossip in the corridors and organized
tea parties.
A woman secretary told a repor
ter: "Sir Eric does not like to see
crowds of these young people about.
I am told that he dislikes very much
the 'loud' apparel and particularly
low necks' and he has no time for
their childish laughter and chatter
ing. He has expressed a' wish that
the women members of the staff
shall 'be staid and wear" 'quietlsh'
clothes. The days c-f the flapper are
over, at least as far as this depart
ment is concerned."
Building and engineering con
tracts In the United States for the
first six months of 1919 show an in
crease; of $80,000,000 over all last
year ' . 1 ' ' '
0. A. C. TO TEACH VALUE
OF
Oregon Agriculture College, Cor-
vallls. Oct. IS. A short course on
using the home newspaper to sell
surplus farm produce will be offered
farmers attending farmers week at
the college. December 29 to January
S, by C. J. .Mcintosh, former, farm
writer and ex-newspaper man.
"I have known farmers to pay a
local commission man $30 to tell
100 tons ot alfalfa; at $20 a ton.
when the could have told Jt
by paying the editor a dollar," said
Mr. Mcintosh In announcing the
course. 'They then could have kept
the extra $49, credited It to the buy
er or split it with him. I asked
why not advertise and sell direct,
and they said, 'Why, I never thought
of it.'
"Not only the advantage but the
method of using the home paper will
be considered. The success ot the
advertisement depends on the facts
selected for announcement, the form
In which they are stated, and the re
putation of the advertiser. All of
these except the last will be ex
plained and so fur as possible dem
onstrated."
Specimen advertisements that
have been business-gutters with re
sults are wanted for this course.
Using the home press is not only
profitable business but sound public
policy as well, Mr. Mcintosh asserts.
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CUT INTO RICE CROPS
Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 13. Wild
ducks are raising havoc with a' con
siderable portion of the Sacramento
valley rice crop. J. H. Stephens says
his loss this year due to wild ducks
will amount to $12,000. Stephens
declares he was refused protection
by government representatives until
the damage had been done.
Martin kuuter, one of the pioneer
rice growers here will sell his crop
this year for more than $700,000.
Kuster has 3200 acres In the Wheat
land district which will yield 128,
000 sacks of rice. Kuster Is now
planning to set out a large acrenxe
in tobacco. '
FARMERS 10 FAILED
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Helena. -Mont., Oct. 14. Much
stock, according to press indications,
will be held on the ranges ot the
state during the-' coming winter.
While thousands of head have been
shipped, good sized herds, remain
and range feed for these Is reported
to be In sight. ' Reports indicate
that stockmen are not discouraged
but will reship back to Montana next
spring, ' when normal conditions are
hoped for, all the cattle and home.
sent out of the state as a result ot
the partial drouth of last summer.
Dry land farmers who had not
been on their farms long enough to
diversify their crops were the chief
sufferers from the drought this year,
according to a statement Issued by
Charles D.'Ofeenfield, commissioner
ot agriculture and publicity,
"In the irrigated sections good
crops of hay, grain and other pro
ducts were rained and with the high
prices farmers 'of this class have
had a good season," the statement
said.
"In the dry land farming section
the reason the drouth has been so
severely felt la because as a rule
these farmers were what may be
termed v 'one crop producers.' In a
majority of cases with the failure of
their jjraln crop they bad nothing
else on which to rely."
li.Oiro BONIS FOR PAT .MOHAN
Cincinnati, Oct. 14. The Cincin
nati baseball club today presented
Manager Pat Moran with a check for
$$,000 as a bonus for winning the
National league pennant. The club
also gave money to 'Inflelder "Tank"
Schrelber and Outfielder Charlie
See, in addition to the small amounts
they received in the distribution of
the Reds' eha're of the world series
receipts.
The size of the pound was derived
in England from the weight or 7,680
grains of wheat, all taken from the
r and well dried.
Genuine Libbey Cut Glass
Shipment just arrived Name on every piece
BARNES. The Jeweler
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It Is scarcely possible to enjoy a motor trip that is Interrupted
by all sorts of breakdowns.
In order to have the car right and the trip a success let ut put
It In shape before you atart ,
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