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/#Tlie Salem SamDhr"iamiable’ ,lender-
Foun« f«l*W Who [dry, tailor-shop, bakery, shoe-shop, »- '
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.vas always doing nice little favors'etc. The deputy warden said the
A very exodus of legislators to their j ?or NNl» I Udd her that “slender” | cost of providing for the »07 inmates
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Out-of-Doors Stuff
Will Address West
Coast Lumber Assn
Morgan has in recent years won note
as a lecturer and writer on industrial
production for war in the air.
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homes took place during the past. wa* hardily the word to describe John ' was very low.
week-end. Many of them had left 1 ight now but thut he hadn’t changed - 2. The large number of jobs pro
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things undone in their businesses be- jh*B hablt ul doing nice things for j vided for min and the remarkably J--------------------------------------- -
fore coming to Salem and they wished 1>eople' Beseems to be just built good quality of the goods produced,
So, some of you fellows think
to use the opportunity to place things that way-
,Two 'terns in particular, artificial you’re having it tough, do you? Tough
in shipshape before getting into the1
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i flowers and myrtlewood ware, were because ammunition is shy, because
A course in production, conserva
real grind at Salem. The Governor). Onc thin8 1 neglected to mention extremely well done.
you can’f get your favorite flies, or
tion and processing of food for fam
has asked that every effort be made in my tint
tir,t letter wm
*«» the method of
3. The interest in .current
e
it events
purchase different sorts of footwear,
ily use will begin at seven o’clock
to expedite the session and all leg's- choosing
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- a reeding
’ - clerk in
- the
Z- House, taken by the inmates.
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Tuesday
evening in the agriculture
tutors are making strenuous effort Each cand‘date was brought in sep- tral radios with numbers of loud kickin’ about? How’d you like to be
room at Riverton high school. This
to conform with these wishes. He arat*ly before our caucus in the ’ speakers have been installed to pro deprived of your eyesight—no longer
course is sponsored by the Rural War
was asked to read i vide news and entertainment to the be able to glimpse the hills, the
feels that every person with a bust- Marion Hotel and -
Production Training Program under
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the
names
of
the
Representatives,
better
class
of
inmates.
ness should be at home working on
marshes and old familiar surround
the direction and instruction of Jack
the war effort and la therefore anx- iThU was ln order that hls or *ler
It is something of a lesson to the ings and faces and with the urge still
Kock, local agriculture intructor.
ious that the session not drag out pny' v“k’e might **
ft* its carry- rest of us to learn that these inmates burning in your breast to grasp a
The class will meet each Tuesday
longer than absolutely necessary.
[*"• <luality- One of the candidates earning from 5c to $1.50 per day gun and fare forth into the woods,
and
Thursday evening far five weeks.
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' , w;,s a woman from Portland who was have so far purchased $15,500 worth the, fields or the murshes? So stop
Every person attending no^ less than
An interesting thing about the ses- P‘*8t'saed of very strong physique, of war bonds and stamps by short 'your kickin’ Brother, and list* to this
seven of the ten meetings will receive
sions in both houses -on each morn- EvWent,y she had been coaled to ening their personal rations of smokes little story that I am about to untold
a certificate.
Ing the sessions in both houses is use aH the P°wer at her command and sweets voluntarily each. month. , A true story, a story with a touch
The purpose of the course is to help
opened by prayer by one of the local wben sbe pronounced "the names. I
of pathos and one concerning an old
families become more self-
ining
pastors.
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It is , probably
TJ _ a tradition „I
of wa*
unfortunate
< as to-be sitting
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di- ' Aa the tecond week came to u resident of Curry county, one W. R.
in supplying their food
The
long standing but I find it is not well rett,y in ,ront of her on the front close, nothing of importance has Hurst—a man who has not glimpsbd
1 be on
“Fir.” is flying on all the fighting main portion of the course
known outside of Salem.
row- She ,a*r*y shouted the names come before the House although sev- the beauties of Nature for some
vegetable gardening; insect
t‘ Con
at us and I wish to say that I had eral major measures were introduced thirty years and yet who basks in roots of the United Nations, thanks
o the men of lumber in West Coast trol, fertilizing, etc.
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no
idea
of
how
completely
devas-
in
the
Senate.
A
possible
explanation
the sunshine of g<x>d cheer and good
Of interest to Bear Creek readers
The following are enrolled: MV. and
woods and mills, according to Geof
will be the--fact that Edith Bynon fating the MOO part of Moore could of this is that the Senate contains a spirits and makes his way in an un
Mrs. B. Gasner, Mr.1 and Mrs. Hol
frey
F.
Morgan,
manager
of
the
Doug-
be When compelled by a pair of lusty greater percentage of veterans whose canny and unerring manner around his
Lowe, Calendar Clerk of the House,
brook, Mrs. G. Shelton. Mr. and Mrs.
lungs. She fairly blew my hair back views are pretty well known while old home ranch, yet glimpses with un lah Aircraft Company’s speakers bu
wos once a teacher in the Bear Creek
Alpine, Mrs. Hartwell, Mr. und Mrs.
reau,
who
will
address
the
luncheon
school. She tells me that she used on my head when she blasted out at, the House is an unknown quantity seeing eyes the beauties that unfold session of the West Coast Lumber G. Hartwell, Mrs. Straton, Mr." and
_ Creek me' The y°un< man wbo was sue- with so many new faces. Therefore, before him with that marvelous in
to walk from Bandon to Bear
men’s Association, at Tacoma, Friday, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Hat
in the early'days'and in alTkinds'Tf ce“/ul> R,chard Wilson, is possessed sponsors of bills might prefer to try
stinct that God has bestowed upon
field, Mrs. Koch and Mrs. Brough, all
' of a good voice and made an instant them out on familiar ground rather man so afflicted. Now, here’s th>* January 29.. Mr. Morgan’s subject
weather to carry on tlje school. She
of Riverton.
vill
be
“
Air
Power
for
Victory.
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hit because he had committed to j than risk a gamble in the House. story:
mentions further that she was given
Nationally known in education, a
' memory the entire list of Represents- This is only a guess, of course, and
The small, five-year old grandson
a lift quite often by John Devereaux,
Funeral Sprays and Designs at
’ tlves and repeated the same without may be wide of the mark. Yet, the of Mr. Hurst was crazy to hunt and world traveler, and a former member
whom she remembers as being an
Bergen’s. Phone 64.
of the California legislature.
1 looking at the paper during his trial, fact remains that the House has found loudly
he proclaimed just what he
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little to do as yet. Everyone hopes would do-to a big buck deer if he
While I was home over the week- that it means a short, amicable ses- might
glimpse such an animal
!end I was asked by several people as sion. But old heads are afraid that through the sights of any trusty rifle.
to the equipment supplied to state it is the calm before the storm. ’
Day after day he pestered the llurjt
legislators. We have a 10-volume
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household to take him deer, hunting.
FOR THE MARKET!
set of Oregon Laws, commonly called
The tremendous snow storm that Finally, Mr. Hurst and the youngster
,O.C.L.A., stationery with our names hit Salem Wednesday night, Jan. made a deal—framed a deer hunt. The
and committee assignments printed 120th, caused a great deal of discom-
child was to pilot Mr. Hurst to the
thereon a pen and ink desk set, two' fort to legislators and their secre- deer country and tote along the gun,
note-books for the filing of Senate taries.
but Mr. Hurst was to keep the am
and House bRta and resolutions, all
The snow was eight to ton inches munition for the rifle in his own
the essential office equipment for deep on the sidewalks. Until there pocket until the quarry was sighted-
RAISE
myself and secretary, and are able to was tone to get paths shoveled on So with this arrangement the blind
inni
requisition other things as we need the sidewalks, the walking was very man and the small boy started forth,
CALVES at Lowar Caat, wit*
them.
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difficult, particularly in the case of wending their way slowly through
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a gUy wearing low shoes like myself. the woodlands.
It has been customary, 1 find, for 11 emptied a quart of snow from each
Finally the lad said, in an excited
representatives to present their fel- when I got to the locker room.
whisper, “Grandpa, I see a deer!”
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low members in the House with re-
Most of the legislators, who walked,
“Is it a big one?” questioned his
6 Th»» balanced fc*4 it
»P« i all y bui!» io replaça
membrances from their home dis- brought along a pair of extra shoes cautious grandparent.
1 |iar< of iha milk ir iba
I
trict. On Monday the House ir in and socks Jo wear in the Capitol.
calva»’ dial li Frodano»
’’Yes, yes, a very big one!” whis
•tranf and »tordy calva».
debted to Mr. large of Hood River Some had heavy shoes borrowed pered the boy.
Sava» nulli. waaia. labor
A«k your de alar about il
■ for four Red Delicious apples which from friends. One Wore a pair of
“Has it horns?" questioned
I the pages placed on each desk before hipboota which luckily were.Jn the blind man.
I the session opehed.
trunk of his car. But, unluckily for
"Oh, yea very big ones." exclaimed
Does this not give Coos county him, he forgot to bring the shoes die lad.
MILLING CO
! some ideas? How about small boxes I which his wife thoughtfully wrapped
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Wliereupon, the old man extracted
If YOU* SHOES HT
of cranberries from the cranberry as up in a newspaper. So he had to
singjp cartridge from his pocket and
TOO, Close FOR COMFORT
sociation, or some cheese from the clump around in the boots until
“*ed it'Wthe b»/. And to the
- 4creamerles in the county? I feel our recess.
tlve ears of the blind man
AIONC THE OUTfk EDGE
products are worthy of note and this
dame the sound of the single cart
chance to advertise them should not
Thursday of each week is pay-day ridge being slid into the chamber of
be missed. Bear in mind that much for members of the House and their
the litjle J2 rifle, the closing of the
publicity accrues to, this simple and secretaries. There was quite a pa
block and the faint elick as the gun
Inexpensive way of calling attention rade down stairs to the Treasurer’s
was being cocked. Then came a
ty local products.
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office after adjournment Thursday
afternoon. About two-thirds of the sense the small lad lifting the little
The order of business on Monday members have some member of the
rifle and bringing the sights to bear
afternoon had as its main feature a family as secretary. Many bring their
—eo hoped the blind man—upon the
Don’t take pressure along the outer edge
memorial to the memory of Mr. Jo wives along. The ladies seem to en
target.
of your shoes for granted! Flörsheims
seph F. Singer, deceased Sergeant-at- joy It thoroughly.
Then came the small, spiteful snap
Arms of many former sessions of
with Flarewedge fit are constructed to
I t<x>k pains to observe the be
of
the small gun, followed by the ex
the House. The Honorable F. J. Lon havior of the wives during the voting.
supply extra r^oaa and relief along your
ergan, former speaker of the House, In no case have I yet detected any I cited cry of the young hunter, “I got
little toes. This exclusive feature is a
delivered the eulogy and three other back-seat driving. Maybe the ladies him! I got him!” And, a few min
“must” for the 4 men in 5 who ... doc
utes
later,
as
he
was
led
to
the
spot,
House Speakers under whom Mr. get in their licks at home.
his
trembling
hand
grasped
firmly
tors tell us .. .-have normal outdare feet!
Singer had served, were present to
by the small hand of the boy, the
honor his memory. They were the
A straw -in the wind to indicate blind man verified the lad’s state
Mtn RtfuUr Styla
Honorable John F. Carkin, the Hon
the policy of the House towards the ment. Sensitive hands traced the
orable Robert S. Farrell, Jr., now
holding of public hearings during the outlines of the deer, strayed to the
Secretary of State, and His Excel
session was the almost unanimous re head and counted the points of the
lency, Governor Earl Snell.
jection of a move to hold a public antlers. A four pointer—a whopper!
Rs Mr. Singer was of Polish extraction
hearing on proposed tax legislation.
Sometime later, seemingly guided
and had an intense love for his adopt
DEPARTMENT-STORK
The two reasons most often given by instinct, the blind man, fairly
Sinoe 1887
ed land. His kind deeds and homely
for this strong rejection were that dragging his small charge by the
philosophy have had their mark on
Southwestern
Oregon
’s Oldest Store with ths
they did little more than afford an hand, came puffing through the ranch
a great many legislators throughout
Newest Style Creations
opportunity for amateur House ora gate to impart the story of the kill
the state. It is upon Americans
tors to parade their wares and that to his son, George. He could scarce
this that safety and security of
under war conditions only resident ly mouth the words; he was trembling
country stands.
lobbyists would attend. .
in every limb. His small grandson,
It was felt that careful intensive hero of the hunt, still clutching the
Until one learns the ropes, the study and assembling of facts by
rifle in his 'small hand, gazed in si
task of being a legislator is apt to be , the committees would be much more
lent wonderment at the blind man—
nerve-wracking.
Sitting f
through | in ^e public interest.
for Grandpa Hurst had developed an
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hours of debate and argument and
acute attack of “buck ague.”
keeping close watch on proceedings
I takes a lot of nervous energy.
I liave been lost in the mists of forget-
This physiological fact is often
I fulness had not William Cullen Bry
taken advantage of by experienced
ant, tl>e youthful poet, rescued it
lobbyists with controversial bills to
Now that the Old Oregon Trail I from oblivion in his ^mortal Than-
pass. They deliberately wait until
I toward the end of the session when Centennial Year: has been ushered atopsis, written in 1812 and published
legislators are worn out before press in and the name Oregon Is on every in 1817, in which he refers to the
one’s lips, the question will often be j mysterious River of the West in the
ing for passage of their measures.
Where did Oregon get its i well-known and oft-quoted line:
The defense against thia sort of asked:
thing lies in tire philosophy of the old name? That is a question which his line: “Where rolls the Oregon ahd
colored lady who when asked the torians have been trying to answer hears no sound save his own dash
ing».”
secret of her serene good humor, re for years, but without success.
The name Oregon will be forever
In 1785, Majrfl- Robert Rogers used
plied: "When Ah sits. Ah sits loose.”
shrouded
in mystery, but it stands
the name “Ouragon” in describing
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The House rejected several bills the district west of the Great Lakes. ’alone, inscrutable, colorful and allur
ing. It breathes of romance, courage
, having to do with public morals. In 1772, he used it again, spelling it
v Sponsored by public-spirited citizens “Ourlgon.” The present spelling was and adventure, an inspiration to the
wishing to deal summarily with the first used in print in 1778 by Jona j writer, the poet and tlie artist. There
• ever-present social evil, the bills than Carver in his book, “Travels : is no other Oregon.
Food Classes To
Start At Riverton
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triangle
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TRIANGLE
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FLÖRSHEIMS
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To Help You
"Where Rolls
The Oregon“
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Speed Warden
were voted down, never the less, be- 'through the interior parts of North
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lajorlty felt that „morality .America.” He said thpt he.first heard
short, it was felt that the words of I on the headwaters cd the Mississippi.
Townsend Club, No. I, met with
the Master, when he declared: "Ye and connected it with the Great River w w Tilghman presiding Tuesday
Must Be Born Again," pointed the of the West which flowed into the evening. Short business session was
way to the cure of this vicious evil. Pacific Ocean. He throws no further held. Will Roth received the door
light on its derivation.
prize.
John E. Rees claims that it ori-
One of the interesting events of my
Thirty memirers enjoyed the s<>-
second week was a visit to the State | ginated in the Shoshoni language was
cial hour by playing bingo and Chin
passed on to the Sioux tribe and
Penitentiary.
ese checkers and late in the evening
Three things remained noteworthy emerged, through various Indian. .
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French and Spanish interpretations,
salad,
to me after the trip: :
next meeting assorted salads will be
1. The degree to which the Peni into its present spelli ng and pronoun - |
' | f served, so come out and have a good
tentiary is self-sustaining with its elation.
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fams, machine-shop, cannery, laun- | The word “Oregon” might well, time.—Press Cor.
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