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H. ALLEN YOUNG.
In Japan man pownr baa grown
be mors eapenriv. than
the millionaire son of the inventor
of" the rickshaw has gone to man-
factoring baby carriage#.
Henceforth the news from the temh
of Tutankhamen, who was king ol
Egypt three or four thousand yee
ago, is going to sound vory dollarous.
No one is goinff te I»* it without pay­
ing graft to somohody.
Our present lew provides that any
person or corporation operating a
railroad within the state of Oregon,
who kills or injures any horses, « ‘
tbs, hogs, or sheep on an unfeneed
railroad track shall be liable for dai
It is now propoeed to «id to
this statute the words “ other doesee-
tic animals so as to cover goats, dogs,
cats, Urns doer, etc.
The prohibition department warns
the public against the' use ef bip
Masks made ef certain metals, «
plfiniug that the liquor reacts on the
metal and produces poisons. It b
well to know these things, thanks to
tbs prohibition oOciab, so that la
.aae you are poinsonod from a flask,
yow relatives will not kasGly blame
the innocent bootlegger who furnish­
ed the boose.
United Sutes treasury U losing
$»00,000,000 a year of incoa
that all
al Mhoet teachers in Ireland
t three yean obtain a verti­
ef their competency to
the Irish language—the Gaelic hue-
penalty o f forfeiting
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A third ef a century ago the GaeM*
mguage was not only considered
practically deed, and studied
language by Continental
ara, hot waa abe looked ay
dead by the great majority of the
people of Ireland.
this tim« o n 5 a V 2 * e j l
taught in practically evory pa
The XXth amendment to
station of the United SUtes will,
ithout doubt, bo one changing the
date ef the inauguration from Marsh
4 to the third Monday in January -nd
dispensing with ■ further session of
the old eongreas after a new oue
been elected. This pro posed cha
was approved by the senate Toes
end the only question about the fe
following salt b whether It will bo
possible ft> roach it before adjourn­
ment b n weeks hence. After this
m s best» approved by
end ratified by three-fourths
of the states, the congress elected in
Nevember will asset the following
January. '*
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SETTLING A BIG DEBT
The propoeed settlement e f the
British debt an terai
by the administration b the big
before congress today.
Britain U
willing te pay • par cent interest for
the first ten years, three and one-hali
after that, and pay enough on prie
pal sack year to pay off the entire
debt in slxty-twe years.
The argument against the settle
ent b this and thb alone: That the
United 8tales, as present, b paying
around 4 ft per cent on ints debt, so
why should the British taxpayer
only have to fork up S per cent on
the debt owed thb country!
But this b only one side of the
story. Against thb argument, the
following may be said te ha a fair
summary o f why the debt settle
ment b s good thing for the United
States.
L That the United States b
to get anything, instead of quibbling
over a ft or % o f 1 per cent
set rate, even though over e period
of sixty-two years that fraction e f r
per cent would ran into me»]
dreds of million of dollars b
set Fi ance and Italy have shewn no
evidence ef will hi gn see or ability to
pay anything at alL
S. EagUnd, new paying the heav­
iest taxes ef any nation on earth.
has owing It from France and Italy
nearly twice what she ewes the
United States. She probably a
will eolloet thb. Nevertheless
is willing to pat her nemo down to
good bonds to pay thb
take her chances on Europe. If this
country should reject the settlement.
It probably would mean the Britain
would say: “Wall, we can
lag better until France and Italy
start paying us.“
X While R b true the
public debt b averaging 4ft per cent
interest today, yet those
taxable. The » ft par cast
tirely tax exempt, are soiling above
per. The British settlement b far
sixty-two year*. Practically essay
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THE FRINGE OF PEACE:—For
pactad coup. . M he
sympathy for Tamm
that
in no slightest
felt that, pool
roaged by m
,te us • child b h e n : and the »
A t shall be upen k b shoulders:
his nemo shell he called. The Priaee
04 Feaes.— Isaiah l : t
Sunday, F ob 1»
STAY WITH THE LORD:—The
Lori is with you, while ye be with
kirn; and if ye seek Urn, he will be
found of you; but if yo forsake hiss,
he will forsake you.—» Chronicles
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Monday. F eb I»
ALL ARE INVITED :-C om n ya,
_id 1st us go up to the mountain of
the Lord, to the house e f the God of
Jacob; and he will teach ns o f Us
ways, and we will walk In h b paths
—Isaiah t J . .
Tuesday, F eb »•
THE FIRST AND THE LAST
I am the first, and I am the last: s
besides me there b no God. .
Is there a Gad besides see! yea,
them b co God, I know not any.
Isa. 44: d. R
Wednesday. F eb »
WAY TO LIFE:—He hath shewed
isa, O man, what b good; and what
doth the Lord require ef thee, but to
do juatly,>nd to love mercy, end te
walk humbly with thy G od!—Micah
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Thursday, Feb »
CHRISTS
BENEDICTION» nM
Peace I leave with you, my poseo 1
ot ae the world giv
eth, givo I unto you. Let not your
heart he troubled, neither Ut it be
abraid.—John 14:t7.
Friday. Feb 2S
HE REDEEMS AND CROWNS:—
loss the Lord, 0 my tool, end forget
not ell hb benefits: whi
thy life from destruction: who
eth thee With lovingkiadhem and
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A large dividend socially as well as its
- ! steady financial return.
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You can start a Bank Account with a
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J. E. NORTON—President
C. J. PUHBMAM—Vtoe Pi
JNO. K. M M ■
C sehier
J. W. MILLER—Directsr
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Gardner’s Garage
W here you can get all Cm V ! * -, • \
kinds of Machine W ork. 1
Autom obile repairing as well ISgEg,.,
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Phone 46J
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“ Day by day we are selling lots o f hay.
and the demand is getting better and
better,” says P. E. Drane in speaking
o f the Willamette Valley product he is
selling at the old mess room at the
Sitka M ill Phone 17.
THE CHOICE OF FRIENDS AND
HEADING
T ow family U worth the heat yon
can giro K. Yea dee ire for their en­
joyment the beet hoaee, the b a t food,
the beet dothee that yea can afford.
And yod are very careful that they
cultivate the right kind of friend«.
Bat are yea Jaet ae careful about
be eb b te borrow at » per eaat,
least, in tan years, when things be
settled dawn, which will moan thb
country eon refund Its debt at a leer
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marked influence upon character,
peeially the rendine that comm a:
the eyee of the young and imp
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