THE NKWBERG GRAPHIC
as these the boose dispensers con
tinue to cry out in their despera
tion that saloons help business,
E . H. W O O D W A R D
K<1!tor aaS Publitber
and plead for votes to help them
to retain their grip on the tax
P u b lish ed every Thursday B o r a le «
: Graphie Building. No 600 P in t Street payers, some of whom fail to see
: ORoe. White S3; Keeidenej. Bine «
the falsity of the claim. Busi
Reteced et the poetoRee st Newberg. Oregon, ness meh, however, who
take
otter.
time to think the proposition
$ 1 5 0 Per Year in Advance oVer lor thfcmselves, have it
figured out that they are paving
THURSDAY. JULY 23, 1914
the taxes that go to keep tho^e
who are made paupers from the
effects o f drink, while the men
who own the saloons, are reap
ing the financial benefits.
The life o f the saloon depends
on how long the tax-payers can
be hoodwinked.
New berg Graphic
PAY FOR CARRYING THE MAILS
Although the railways o f the
United States are under no
obligation to carry the mails,
they realize thatpublicsentiment
compels them to do it. Under
laws established by Congress,
the Post Office Department
Some o f the democratic sheets weighs for a certain period the
a n d also some o f the so-called mails that each road carries, and
-independent papers are amusing takes the average o f the weights
themselves by snapping at the as a basis lor the payment to
heels o f Congressman Hawley. that railway for the next lour
I t furnishes them with a little years. The method is admitted
b i t o f thunder at a season when ly rough-and-ready, and has been
th e sky is clear, and'since they continued more because it is con
» r e not able to raise a breeze no venient than because it gives fair
b o d y is worrying.
treatment to the tw o parties to
the contract. In some cases, in
The warm spell of last week deed, other considerations have
increased the number of bathers, helped to determine the payment
and consequently the streams of
that the railways receive. For
Oregon made many additions to example, since 1875 the govern
the season’s toll o f human beings
ment has required the so-called
w h o went down to watery
“ land-grant railways” in the
¿graves. The deep pools in our
Mississippi valley and farther
Istreams make cold currents,
'west to carry the mails for
which produce cramps, render
eighty per cent of the regular
in g the bather helpless without
rates, as a payment tor the valu
aid. This is probably the reason
able land that the government
that so many drownings occur
granted to them when they built
in this country.
their lines.
The coming o f the parcel post
Wherever R. A. Booth, nominee
fo r United States Senator, has ' n January, 1913, and the in
gon e campaigning he has made a crease, actual and prospective,
very favorable impression, and in the weight o f the parcels that
the friends of Senator Chamber- it carries, have greatly added to
lain, who wants to be elected the work o f all who have con
«gain , realize that “ our George” tracts with the Post. Office for
is up against the hardest proposi- transporting the mails,—whether
tion he has tackled in an election , star-route carriers, rural deliver?
tor a long time. Oregon is a (carriers, trolley lines or rail-
republican state and it is not go- wa79» and have made them
ing to be easy to convince : demand that rates shall be read-
republican voters that they1 justed. A great deal of matter
ought to turn down a republican that formerly went by expAss
o f Mr. Booth’s standing and | now
as mail. a«d the com-
v ote to retain a democrat. As a pensation for carrying it, even
soft soap dispenser George E. is | with
«additional payment
an adept, but he is going to fall , that Congress permitted the
d ow n this time.
* Post Office to make, is proving
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to" be an insufficient return for
„ the work. So serious do the
HOW SALOONS
HELP BUSINESS railways feel the question to be
that they have organized a com
In answer to an inquiry sent mittee op railway mail pay to
o u t by the Anti-Saloon League, present their case to the govern-
w ith headquarters in Portland,1 ment and the public
cam e the following:
j Meanwhile in Washington, the
In reply to your letter o f June Post Office Department, and also
12 , I will say I have kept the a joint committee o f Congress,
countv poor farm for over twen- are at work upon the problem.
years, and I know that nine They, too, realize its seriousness,
o u t of ten of the inmates came for in the West scores ol stair-
faere through drink. Most of the I route carriers are refusing to re-
children who have assistance new their mail contracts'. T o
from the county have the neces the remote districts that these
s ity for assistance caused by men serve, dealers have been
fiquor.
sending heavy goods in such
Very truly,
large quantities that sometimes
Mrs Robert Neece, the star-route carriers have been
Supt. Grant County Poor Farm,
obliged to use auto-trucks and
Canyon City, Oregon.
four-horse teams to deliver them.
I have had 109 inmates in Moreover, a few weeks ago a
thirty-four months. Eighty per Connecticut street railway com
cen t were drunkards. Six young pany that carried mail to half a
■sen, sixteen to twenty-two, hundred post offices withdrew
drink and cards brought them from its contract on the ground
here. No saloon man has ever that under the new conditions
helped anv pf them.
the amount received was in
Yours truly,
adequate.
J. W. Page,
As yet, however, the officials
Supt. Jackson County Poor iit Washington have not been
Farm, Talent, Oregon.
able to devise a theory o f com
I t has been proven beyond a pensation that promises to work
d o u b t that 50 per cent o f all in- out fairly. One or tw o plans
»tes can attribute their pres have already been tried and
to drinking of liquor. abandoned.—The Youth’s Com
Liquor drinking people fail to panion.
provide for their families. Chil
dren from drinking families tend
DUNDEE
t o become paupers themselves:
Yours truly,
Mrs. E. C. Alford, o f Salem, is
C. E. Grieser,
visiting at the home o f Rev. J. G.
Linn County Poor Farm,
Alford.
Albany, Oregon.
The Ladies’ Aid Society o f the
I n the/ace of such statements Dundee church held an all-dav
An ’ article appeared in the
Graphic last week under the
head o f “ The Greeks and the
Oregonians” that should have
been credited to the Hood River
Olacier.
quilting at Groth hart on Wed
nesday of last week.
Mrs. A. E. Brown and son.
Grant, who have been visiting
for several months at the home
of Mrs. Brown’s daughter, Mrs
Kennedy, left on Sunday for
their home in Kansas.
Mrs. ,Polingzer, o f San Fran
cisco, is visiting Mrs. Michael
Miller.' v <
If you trade at Baird's you always get the best value for your money.
Mrs. E. U. Marr and son, Nel,
arc visiting relatives in Oke.-ne,
yqu to com pare pur merchandise with others at the same money.
Oklahoma.
Mrs. R. W. Swink and Miss
«
Gertrude Imus were Dundee at*
india j Cinert •
* jCadies- Childrens Jfoslery
tt-ndants at the Chautauqua àt
Gladstone Park.
Compare our 10c India Linen qual- t a .
Tine mercerized thin summer
o e
ity with others at same price.... *
Carl Lehmann, formerly of
hose, special value a t ......... ...... &DC
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Dundee, and Miss Vera McKay,
o f Wilbur, were rccent’y married
Tffessallne Silk
fflibbed Jfose for Children
and have moved to Talent-, Ore
Messaline Silk, all colors. We guarantee ,
gon, where Mr. Lehmann is sta
it to be the best quality * 1 A A
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Fine Ribbed Hose for Children, the same
tion agent. Mrs. Lehmann \4rill
to
be
had
for................
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value that others get 25c for
| £_
act as his assistant in the office.'
our nripp in nor nair
1 9C
Philip, the little Son ol A. B.
Cable linens
Bower, has recovered from a re
cent severe sick spell.
Good quality table linen, cotton
jCadies Sauze Vests
bleached 66 in. wide, per yd..... ¿DC
J. 0 . Spencer, o f Portland,
Ladies gauze vests •*
q r
ve>i- '
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spent the week-end with his sis
good values at*... I v C O t O r Z O C
ter, Mrs. C. J. S. Greer.
77ry Our ¡Partsimna Cortots
At the special school election
W ide J’ancy Stibbons
S f. 0 0 to S 3 .0 0
on Saturday, the proposal to
build an addition to the school
They have the style and the fit Every
Just received 50 pieces wide fancy
house was-voted down.
pair guaranteed.
Ribbon, special value per yd..... ¿DC
An interesting meeting o f the
Neighborhood Club was held at
the home of Mrs. F. S. Hillsinger
on Thursday. An interesting
program on the subject of birds
was participated in by several
members Miss Bernice Keyes',
Pauline Powell and Laurel Al
ford furnished music for the oc
casion. Thè following officers
were elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Elwin S. Greer;
vice-president, Mrs. Bland Her
ring; secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
W. J. Gordon. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
L. J. Eddens on August 6
On Saturday evening a large
number of Dundee young folk as
sembled at Parkbill Home, the
borne o f Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Allan, to honor the birthdays of
Ruby R yan. and Elmo Shanna-
han. The evening was spent in
The Graphic Office is fully equipped for doing all kinds of com
playing games on the-beantiful
mercial printing, including Letterheads, Billheads, Statements,
Booklets, Catalogues, and large posters, promptly. Get prices.
grounds of Parkhill, after which
substantial refreshments were
served to the young people, who
had worked up appreciative ap*
petites in the games.
SIRIUS, THE 00G STAR.
Mrs. Hoover went to Portland If It Were Where Our 8un Is It Would
on Tuesday to visit her daugh
Burn the Barth to a Cindor.
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ter.
Sirius, the dog star, described as
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott and ■ “ celestial furnace,” is many times
larger than the run and is forty
son spent Sunday at the home of
times hotter, with its atmosphere o f
Mrs. Scott’s brother atTtutfatin. growing hydrogen.-
Sirius is one o f the swiftest of
Mrs. A. A. Parrett and daugh
Prices T h a t Should Interest Y ou
ters, Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. C. W. bodies in the great void, for it trav-
Scott and Miss Arfine Scott were ela at the rate o f l.OOO.milee a min
36 inch all wool serge, worth 50c, Special............................4 3 c
ute.
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Newberg visitors on Tuesday.
Luckily fpr us this hot and hasty
38 inch all wool sergé, worth 65c, Special.....
.....4 7 c
Miss Bertha Reed, Miss S. E. speeder is swinging on an orbit so
52 inch all wool serge, worth $1.25» Special...............§ 5 c
Beck and Miss Frances Rockev, far from this world that its rays re
Good line Ratina and Rippelet, Special... 1 5 c I® 6 5 c
all from the Red Hills, spent the quire eight and a half y ea n to-
reach us, notwithstanding the fact
Full size good muslin sheets, Special..:.................. . . . 4 5 c
fore part of the week in Port that light travels at the rate of
Pillow Cases, Special................................... . . ... ..1 2 l " 2 c
land—
186,000 miles a second.
If you
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have
the
time
and
the
mathematical
Many persons from Dundee
talept
figure
that
out,
and
the
very
and the Red Hills engaged in the
Men's Half hose, bought for 15c 2 fpr 25c h o s e ..¿ ..1 0 c
berrv harvest in various parts of bigness o f the task will further im
Big line men's dress shirt», $1.25 values, special . . . 9 5 c
press you with the gratifying re
the country. T w o young ladies moteness o f swift Sirius.
Big line men’ s work shirts, full cut, special 3 9 c . 4 5 c
and their brother from Dundee
Scriven Bolton, fellow o f the Roy
earned $90 picking berries at al Astronomical society, whose dem
Springbrook, and report having onstrations of the wonders o f the
had a pleasant outing mean heavens have been appearing in the
We want to close out the balance o f our men’s clothing
Illustrated London News, while
while.
and are going to cut our price in half on the balance o f
taking an aesthetic pleasure in the
stock on hand (except blue serges).
'
On Wednesday last while Mr. contemplation of the brightest of
fixed
stars,
at
the
same
time
shud
and Mrs. J. Watson Baker were
; i o . o o Suits now .............. ............................. $ 5 . 0 0
returning from prayer meeting ders at the contemplation o f a
¡ 1 5 . 0 0 Suits now................. ...........................
7 .5 0
nearer acquaintance with the lumi
at Newberg, their auto “ shied” nary. If it were to approach the
( 2 0 . 0 0 Suit» now...............
1 0 .0 0
at some planks at the south end earth at the present distance of the
of the bridge and ran into the sun it would spell goodby to all cre
railing. One o f the front wheels ated things and the burning o f the
was torn from the auto, thereby earth to a cinder.
20 pounds Good Jap Rice f o r .............
........ - $ 1 . 0 0
“ The chauge that would over
preventing what might have
25 pounds Best Cream Rolled Oats ... .
......... $ 1 . 0 0
come the land and sky would tran
l>een a drop o f thirty feet over scend everything hitherto dreamed
20 pounds large white beans...............
......... $ 1 . 0 0
the embankment.
o f,” declares the astronomer. “ In
20 pounds Sugar, Best Cane...........
$ 1 .0 0
tbe heavens would be poised a bril
liant globe twenty-five times larger
The Meeking Bird.
21-2 pound tins Preferred Stock Pineapple............. 2 0 c
O f song birds the mocking bird than the sun appears to us, emit
2 pound tins Preferred Stock Pineapple....................1 5 c
is easily king.
The skylark sod ting for millions o f miles into space
2 1-2 pounds Standard Pineapple............................ . . . 1 5 c ‘
nightingale deserve all o f the praise gigantic fire rays and coronal
that the poets have given them. streamers. Bombarded by terrible
1 can 25c Salmon, Best Columbia River... ............ 2 0 c
They are sweet songsters indeed, heat, the earth would become red
3 pound cans*Pink Salmon.............. ............................ 2 5 c
but when it comes to a contest h ot; its atmosphere dissipated; Us
vegetal
covering
erased;
its
ocean
1 dozen cans.............................
95c
with the mocking bird tbeir famed
laurels wither away. ..In its variety, baains turned barren wastes, while
3 cans Best Standard Corn or Tomatoes.
............ 2 5 c
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Our Grocery Department
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range, volume and sweetness the
song o f the mocking bird has no
equal in the feathered kingdom. To
hear the “ falling song” o f the mock
ing bird o n ‘ a moonlight night in
Jane is to hear that which never
yet came from throat o f skylark or
nightingale.— New York American.
iron would flow like water.”
Her« it is shown how a man of
oold, scientific training and not giv
en to imagimitive flights like the
surely literary man, may vitidly
and profoundly draw a great, over
mastering picture in a faw simple
words.
C ash P aid f o r P r o d u c e
J. C. PORTER & CO.