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GRAPHIC. UltoPM THURSDAY WORMING A happy New Year, and d o n 't neglect t o w rite it 4 9 1 0 . V . The w eather vane is pounting to w a rd the sou th w est and Ore g o n is herself again. E verybody smile. The Rural Spirit g o t o u t a Christm as number th a t reflects grea t credit on the office. It is a number th at stock men will delight t o send t o their friends. I f Dr. C ook o f recent North P ole fame is the im p ostor his closest friends seem forced t o adm it th a t he is, he is n o d ou b t finding it m ore difficult t o get a w a y from him self and his th ou g h ts than it is t o get a w a y from those w h o have k n ow n him. “ Very p retty w eddings” are as com m on as the issuing o f mar riage licenses, but w h o ever heard o f a “ p retty divorce” being gran ted . In a rapidly increas in g number o f instances it is a different newspaper tale th a t is to ld , after the lapse o f a few m on th s o r years. The postoffice departm ent a t W ashington has issued a circular u rgin g p atron s o f rural mail delivery routes t o avoid as far as possible placing loose change in the m ailboxes. It is a great in convenience t o carriers in rough w eather and since they are re quired t o m ake the loss g o o d if change is dropped in the snow and lost, it is a g o o d deal t o ask o f them t o handle change left in boxes. B y look in g ahead and laying in a stock o f stam ps, much inconvenience t o b o th the p atron s o f m ail routes and the carriers could be avoided. The Rural Spirit has been sold b y the W isdom heirs t o the H . C. B row n e P rinting C om pan y, o f P ortland, and the p lan t Will b e m oved t o the new loca tion a t W est Park and Yam hill streets this week. The new proprietors are insisting on N. C. M aris, w h o has held the p osition o f as socia te ed itor fo r several years, tak in g the editorial m anagem ent o f the paper, but he has n ot reached a decision in the m atter a s he has other g o o d offers. * M r. M aris is regarded as one o f the best judges o f beef breeds o f cattle in the N orthw est and as a w riter in connection w ith the fairs and stock show s he has few .equals. I f he leaves the Rpral spirit hi* artk les w ill be missed 3>y t i e readers o f the. paper. \ A VERY RLTH t T s UBJECT. m outh on the Walk, bu t Since the ladies are m aking com plaint against the practice and are expressing the belief th a t men o f this d g s « ou g h t t o hem uxzkd, o r t k a tt m ade t o W ear gourds !>out their necks t o J * used as ioeptaefes fo r th p o v e rflo w , the G raphic is inclined t o pass it up the city caucus fo r consideration. There w e shall expect t o hear the declaration p u t forth th a t pone b u t clean men shall be nom inated. Just h o w d ea n they shall be o f Course remains for the voters there gathered t o say, but d o u b t less if the ladies are given a chance t o define the w o rd , the fellow w h o spits on the side w alk w ill be ta b ooed , since it is n o t likely th a t he w ou ld exert him self very much as a m a y o r o r councilm an t o see th a t the ladies' skirts are given adequate p rotec tion. Yes, pass it up t o the caucus, fo r it is really o f itrore im p ort than m any subjects th a t men often spou t a b ou t w hen they assemble themselves together, and if thedadies w ill be o n hand t o introduce the subject sd much the better. Fatherly A d v ice fo r N ew berg. The Telephone Register is very much pained over a news note from New berg th a t appeared in the Oregonian recently, in w hich it w a s stated th a t the school enum eration of N ew berg exceeded th at o f the M cM innville district b y 166, and in last w eek’s issue the editor im plored N ew berg t o be m ore considerate o f the feel ings of the g o o d people o f the cou n ty seat in m ak ing com pa ri sons. A The T . R . has evidently mis construed the article referred t o since it says: “ The item s adm it they have three sch ool districts em braced in to one and then proceeds t o com pare the enU- um eration w ith ou r single dis trict, in order th a t they m ay enjoy seU 4dicitafion ov er the 1 6 6 excess. N ew berg has fo r several years h ad the centralized school, in w hich pupils from outside dis tricts are gathered togeth er and carted each d a y t o the central school. N aturally, this makes a big enum eration." The T . R. is w h olly w ro n g in its findings for the New berg dis trict is n o t m ade up o f three d is tricts. It is a district b y itself and never has been an yth in g else. T o the w est o f to w n the settle ment built up a few years a g o t o such an extent th a t a new school house m ust be built o r the chil dren conveyed by w a g on s t o New berg, and the latter course w as chosen, bu t Superintendent Wiley inform s the G raphic th a t 35 pupils is the minimum number th a t is tiring hauled t o to w n Double this num ber t o help the T. R. out, m aking 70, and still our neighbor is s b o r tj 96 before tie covers the shortage of 166 when com pared w ith Newberg. C om parisons, are od io u s o f course when t h e / d o n ’ t s h o w up t o th e a d v a n ta g e o f the interested party, a n d s o it e r r w ill be.« As t o the p op u lation o f New berg, when com pared t o th a t o f M cM innville it !s n o t necessary t o quarrel ov er th a t poin t, for it is only A few sh ort m on th s until the census „will be taken And when the results are gi£en, doubtless it w ill be found th a t the estim ates made by m any l|ave been t o o large in b oth instailces. We feel sure th a t this w ill be the case here in Newtierg for we have heard figures g iv es in a s off-hand w a y th a t the cou n t wiU n ot verify. In speaking of the m agn an i m ou s spirit M cM ion v ilk is s h o w ing to w a rd other parts o f the cou n ty the T . R : closes the attiefc as follow s: “ It w ould be refresh ing w ith the beginning o f the new year h o w approaching, if New berg w ou ld turn over a new and m ore liberal k a f in this respect» This reminds us th at in tkp earlier history o f M cM hiaville the seat of governm ent o f Yamhill w a s a* -LaPnyette, and A ladv stepped in to the G raphic office W ednesday and requested t h a t som ething m ight be said "-about the filthy practice o f ex p ectora tin g in public halls, on ¡stairw ays and o n the sidewalks, a n d we were reminded a t once o f the sayin g th at “ he w h o ex pectorates on the floor need n ot exp ect t o rate as a gentlem en.” T h e G raphic has n ot been jO e n t o n this subject in the post, nor o n m any others o f a like char acter, and while sometimes we Are inclined t o th a t tired feeling, w hen we see the public so slow t o heed, we remember that since m an began t o walk upon the earth it h a s required “ lins upon line and precept upon precept” to keep him actin g half w a y decent, and so it seems there is no place -alon g the w a y tor a family news paper t o slacken the traces and call a halt. A w riter in ye olden »time evidently grew w eary o f g iv in g ou t adm onitions t o the unthinking, for in his desperation b e w rote, “ He th at is filthy let him be filthy s t i l l ” and s o m igh t make acclaim regarding later on M cM innyUkçavcted the th e man w > o unloads a filthy plum add maulé a fight for it and to o k it á w k y from LaFay. Just h ow “ libsral" and consul ate M cM innville w as a t thii time the old files o f the “ T< p h on e" w ould tellinnouncertai language. The tune w aspitcl in a different key hi those d ays, as m any well remember. But let it pass. New berg can afford t o be g o o d , bv the T. R. STOCK TRADER’ S CANE. A Stick or a W hip Always Carried I n tha Csttls Y ard* To s live stock trader s cans or s whip is as essential as a uniform is to a soldier. One or the other' always is carried by regular traders in the stockyards. A prospective cattle buyer usually buys a cane be fore he enters the pens. A trader would no more think of going to work without his cane than he would without his hat. In many cases the whips and canes are of great service. When the cattle are turned into an alley to he Borted and some obstreperous animal takes a header for the gate keeper the means of turning the an imal is a blow across the head, usually intended to catch him just above the nostrils. Sometimes a heavy blow from a cane brings him to his knees, but in many cases it takes -enly the 6ting of a lash to turn him. Some-of the most stub born steers run a regular gantlet of canes, clubs and whips and are not stopped until some one “ gets a gate on him,” the yard way ol_ex- pressing the closing o f a gate across the alley down which the animal is headed. The regulation trader’s cane ia made of hickory, with a large curved handle, and weighs about twenty-four ounces. The surface is smooth and unvarnished. Some of thecanes have been in use constantly for ten year* llackberry, dogwood, elm, oak, maple and ash are the other kinds of wood used to ipake this class of canes. They cost from 25 to 50 cents each. Whips of all kinds are seen. A few weeks ago a four plait hickory bark whip, the kind that has to be left in the dew overnight to keep it pliable, stung the backs o f some frightened cattle as they ran along the viaduct. Many high priced bug gy whips are used, but the bulk of them coat only from 75 cents to $1. . A few regular heavy cattle whijb are seen, though they are not liked by cattlemen, at a heavy blow leaves a largo welt. Rope and one lash leather whips are common. In tome cases a short strap nailed to a long stick is used. The best sheep and bog whip is a piece of canvas hose, meshed to a fiat surface and attached to a piece of wood abont fourteen inches long. When this strikes an animal it makes plenty of noise, but leaves no bruise. Many times cattle are uselessly beaten by 6ome one who is in a hur ry. The. rule, however, is not to leave any kind of mark or bruise, as buyers look closely for such spots. When whips or canes are broken they generally are thrown to the ground, and the yard company gath- era them up with the other refuse. About thirty whips and twenty, canes are abandoned each day at the yards.— Kansas City Star. Givs Goldfish Shad*. Jolt« For Mr. Graytop. “ I feel young,” 6aid Mr. Graytop, “ and fondly I fancy that I look young, but every now and then I get a jolt. “ As when sometimes a young man in a car gets up and offers me his seat. “ Or when some well meaning young truck driver holds up for me on a crossing and looks down and swings his head and says, ‘Go ahead, old man!’ “ But the worst came today when, in my own street, a young Italian as I was passing looked down upon me from the lofty summit o f tr load of waste paper he was stacking on a wagon standing by the curb and said: “ ‘What time, papa?* “ I told him, and he thanked me politely—but really!**— New Y a k Sun. Haw H* I «rn»d It. The pompous judge glared stern ly over his spectacles at the tatter ed prisoner who had been dragged before the bar of justice on a charge* of vagrancy. “ Have you ever earn ed a dollar in your life?** he asked in fine acorn. “ Yes, your honor,” waa the re sponse. “ I voted for yon at the last election.” ••eese»—e»»ee»»eeese»ese tjiat have made Oregon famous can’t be grown on unkept trees. You must spray them. An old leaky pump won’t do a good job. Let us fihow you the new patterns in both the Meyers and Bean Lines New up-to-date goods. These pumps are made for the needs o f western* fruit growers and will please you. W e also have the Rex Spray Solution and will have in a few days a shipment o f the Stoltz Spray, made in Salem. H l ¡mu MOT Send me your .-v;-v.' J. J. test :* i& T =sT '.— REPAIRING | My Motto: Prompt "Work and Reasonable Prices : Chas. A. Morris A friend was showing me her col lection of goldfish the other day Opposite Postoffice with p ea t pride. The tiny fish were darting about here and there e e H H U f H H M f » m » m in the clear water, and, then resting for awhile, they found life veryi pleasant Agents for Some people do. not seem to re-, w v w s ^ w v w v s alize that it is positive cruelty to. < keep these fish in an open' vessel 1 Yamhill Fruit Land Co. without any shade. Have 500 acres, the beat in the Fish have no lids to shield their comity, 4 miles from Newberg, •JM, as we have, aad so cannot en selling from $176 to $878 per acre. dure s bright Ughti They suffer 6 years time.4 WiU plant to ap greatly if entirely exposed, as ia ples or walnuts and care for it evident from the way in which they for four years if desired. Let us dash around and around, sometime# show you the land. until they are fairly worn out. Shade can easily be provided by orriSS1* J- P* DODGE placing growing plants, dense ssssssse enough to shelter the fish, near the globe ia which they sre kept or by placing a grotto of rocks in the aquarium itself.— Philadelphia In quirer. ______ Groceries On ths Upward Asad. Miss Houghton was a very philan thropic and gracious old lady, who was bound to seem encouraged whenever there was a chance. In reality she was a pessimist, but ranch trouble was “bringing her around,” as she said. One evening, after a lecture on South Africa, she remarked to a friend: “ There’s one thing, my dear, which is surely a step upward, and that ia that those horrible canni bals he told abo«t are eating pig boiled instead of raw. How much that meanal” —Youth’s Companion. TH E BIG APPLES No E m p eror-eith er o f a People or o f Finance—can buy better food vthan we sell you, at prices youusu- ally pay for good things. J. L. VâüBlaricom Soda, Ice Cream, Candies, Cigars and Tobacco. 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