advertising is paid gladly, but oc
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• casionally there is one who gives
a stare as though they wondered
C . N. W O OD W A R »
■ditonuil PublUfcer
what a newspaper was for, any
way, but to find things for
I «very n tn ta | a * n > n i
Bulldlnt, n o . «00 Pira* St tool
people. Wa have in mind to
09ee. While tt: Reetdence. Blue «7
some day write a book on experi
tt Newberg, Oragoa, ences in our lost and found de
partment and it ought to rank as
$ 1 J 0 Por Year in Advance one o f the best sellers, seeing
that the range it will cover will
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1916
be so wide that it will appeal to
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the “ masses.”
Further an
Pot it dow n in your note book nouncements later.
that this is the shortest day o f
N ew berjj Q rap h lc
Now that Oregon has gone
“ bone d ry ,” we see no reason
lint has been made at why the Anti-Saloon League
office that fir trees are being
should not pack its trunks and
« a t on private property without
leave fo r more fertile soil.
The
perm ission, for Christmas trees.
revenue to pay its high salaried
A pparently som ebody’s ideas o f
officers has been gathered from
w h at constitutes a free country
the temperance people o f the
a re somewhat warped.
state fo r a “ good cause,” as the
saying is, but now that the
T h e editor o f the Graphic re
“ cause” has gone, why continue
ady received a letter from a
to “ hire” these “ reform ers,”
C hicago man who expressed a
whose sincerity has 'been a mat-
d eeire to fill a date on the lyceutn
t e r o f question?—Monmouth
course in N ewberg. H isnam q
Monitor.
an d address appeared on the
This is an extrem ely narrow
«n velope, made from a rubber
view to take o f this matter, to
atam p impression, and some way
say the least The Anti-Saloon
Ilia appeal did pot carry as much
League was organized by those
w eig h t as some letters and
who believed that if the saloons
circulars do.
were to be put out o f business it
O r. Lowe, the optician, who must be done by a union o f all
been making dates in New the temperance forces, irrespec
b erg for several years, writes the tive o f party politics, and that
Graphic from Long Beach, Cali the reasoning was correct is
forn ia, that he .recently made a evidenced by the results that
have been attained.
Not in a
tea r o f the South and his asse
tion is: “ Say, white man, I ’sho single instance, so far as the
did have a fine tim e,” He says Graphic has information, have
fu rth er that he was in one town the saloons been voted out o f any
th a t paid out in one year for state except by a vote o f the
tob a cco revenue stamps fourteen people o f all political parties,
m illion dolían.
This sounds irrespective o f the voter’s views
pretty big, but when you step on other questions. By such a
o u t on the streets and see the union o f forces have half the
num ber o f fellow s who are con states in the union been carried
sta n tly sending the “ smoke o f against the saloon influences, and
th e ir torm ent” hee ven ward, and it is poor policy to begin throwing
figu re that this is going on all stones at the Anti-Saloon League,
t h e world round, it is easy to see or for that matter at any o f the
th a t le s t money is being wasted organizations that have helped
to win against the big beer and
in tins way.— ~~—i
whisky interests o f the country.
T he Hotel Argonaut on Fourth And further, the battle is not
stre e t near Market in San Fran entirely won in Oregon. There
cis co , which w as built b y the is still plenty o f work to be done.
S ociety o f California Pioneers, No laws are' self-enforcing and
. n e t only believes in advertising, and anybody knows that the
b u t in keeping it up. Four y e a n deatnon rum has his friends who
a g o the w riter had a very pleas are looking out fo r him on all
a n t stay o f a couple o f days at corners. I f the Monitor man has
th is well kept hotel and since the idea that the time has com e
th a t time there has each year to lay down and sleep at the post
com e to this office a very neat he is very much mistaken. Better
d esk rule with calendar for the quit throw ing stores at others
. year on the back, which comes and get down to work yourself.
very convenient several tim es a
THE “OREGON STYLE.”
d ay and serves also to keep the
A rgonaut and the big California
city in mind. Some firms do a
David W. Craig, pioneer news
little sm attering o f advertising paperman o f Oregon, whose
s t tim es bift fail to grasp the idea death is noted on the first page
that to be effective it pays to o f the Graphic this week, was
k eep st it.
active in newspaper work at the
form ative period in the history
T h e Graphic office has long o f the state and it was at this
been a clearing house fo r New time that there was developed
b e rg and surrounding territory what has long been termed the
fo r lost and found articles and Oregon Style” in journalism.
fo r years the shop has never been
Mr. Craig was associated with
entirely cleaned out o f articles W. L. Adams in the publication
that have been brought in. o f the Argus at Oregon City, T.
> Spectacles and purses form the J. Dryer, the founder and editor
balk o f the articles, but occasion o f the Oregonimi, was located at
ally it is clothing or even a log Portland, while Asahel Bush pub
chain—the cattle,
hogs and lished the Statesman at Salem.
horses are always housed else All were forceful writers and
where, as the Graphic has never they did not hesitate át dipping
established a pound for strays. their pens in vitriol when flinging
A few days ago a lady came in enathemas back and forth in dis
and claimed the last grab-bag on cussing the political issues o f
hand and it looked like s sure- the day.
enough clean-up, barring a few'
It was during this period that
spectacle cases, a miscellaneous there was form ed what was
collection o f odd cuff buttons and known as the “ Salem Clique,”
sm all purses, long held in stock a coterie o f Democtatic politicians
and somewhat shelf-worn, but who dominated the politics o f
not so, for soon after her de the state for many years. It
parture the discovery was made was compoqfed o f Asahel Bush,
that in her exuberant jo y over R. P. Boise, LaFayette Grover,
th e finding o f the bag containing Benj. F. Harding and J. W.
a handkerchief and some small Nesmith, the latter being Ihe
change, she had gone away leav grand-father o f Congressman
in g three booklets behind and Pat McArthur. Bush was prob
containing no name for identifica ably the smoothest politician o f
tion. Does it pay to advertise? the bunch and he always looked
W ell, now you would think it out for his own interests. He
d oes if you could see how the was twice elected as state print
people who make connection er, being able to so work the
here with lost keep-sake«, in wires as to be able to hold the
answ er to a liner, go away re office under both the Democratic
joicin g. Usually the small fee and Union a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s .
o f five cents a line for the Here it was that ho laid the
fortune he built up. He was a
hard fighter and consequently
had bitter enemies, even in his
own party. Examples o f the
“ Oregon S tylt” are here given.
Delazon Smith* o f Linn county,
was a candidato fo r the nomina
tion fo r the U. S. senator but by
certain combinations made was
so weakened and discredittd that
he was practically eliminated
from the con test He was then
the publisher o f the Albany
Democrat and this is the way he
expressed him self through its
columns: “ Bush who runs the
Salem smut machine, the club
footed loafer Beggs and N es
mith, the vilest and moat loath
some creature that wears the
human form on the Pacific Coast,
are asserting that we are politic
ally dead! Dead!! N ever!-N ever!!
No, N ever!!! Let these cut
throats,
assassins, murderers
and their bastard vagabond allies
in this eounty, put that ip their
pipes and smoke it !!!!”
The Argus was a strong sup
porter o f the Lincoln administra
tion, and especially the Emanci
pation Proclamation.
Bush op
posed the Proclamation and the
Argus scored him roundly in an
editorial published Decem ber 6,
186% under the heading, “ The
Lion’ s Skin Torn from a Don
k ey.”
W e quote from this
scathing editorial as follow s:
“ Now that it has made all the
money out o f the Union party it
expects to. this sheet has thrown
off its ‘Union’ cloak fa r enough
to show its teeth which are now
gnashing in real Corvallis Union
style, at the President fo r pro
claim ing freedom to the slaves.
He o f the Salem concern de
serves to be thrashed With acor-
piona The President’s blow at
the cause o f the rebellion gave
the secession squirt at Salem a
long coveted opportunity to
plunge hia carcass into the stink
ing pool o f treason, with his
‘Union’ cloak draw s eloeely
round hia breech as a temptation
to real Union men to follow .
The same instinct and innate
love o f doing som ething dirty
that led this black-hearted rillian
and white - livered scoundrel,
among our volunteers in 1866, to
stab the W higs baa now prompt
ed the whining cur to pin his
nose to the seat o f McClelland’s
breeches and raise a yell over his
removal as a persecution o f a
Dem ocrat.”
BAIRD’S
begin
CHRISTMAS
Xmas
Those who are wise
and buy early will
get the best o f se
lections, and th e y
will also avoid
the
v
~
usual holiday rush.
Now is the time to buy
your
GINGHAMS
before S p r i n g goods
come and prices g o up.
GROCERIES
LAMES, MISSES, CHLOREN S
We have a com plete
line o f
• L o o k
Crochet Threads
Fancy Ribbons
Handkerchiefs
Ties, Hosiery
and in fa ct everything
to make useful Christ
m as-gifts-
j
C A SH P A ID
FO R EG G S
ante indolence la,wail explained In a
nm ous ballad written by Po Cbul.
called T b e Arm Broken Old Man.’
This old man was not infirm until be
received la hia youth an order to be
come a soldier and Intentionally broke
bis arm In order to be excused from
sucb duty. Although his arm pained
badly on a cold or rainy day. be was
glad to be thankful for It, for. while
Ms friends bad been killed in tbe bat
tlefield. be alone could enjoy a long
Mfe."
“ What a different sentiment from that
o f os Japanese, whose loyalty to tbe
R EFU S ED TO O B EY .
flag and tbe Imperial bouse la taught
Major Butler Carried Hie Obetinaey to begin wltb the slighting of our own
Ursa."—East and West News.
Right Into Hie Coffin.
An amusing Incident of camp life In
INVISIB L E W RITING. *
Revolutionary days Is related by tbe
aatbor or ’'Romance and Realism of
This Method Is Simple Per Seth Mia
tbe Southern G olf Coast"
Bandar and Receiver.
In 1798 tbe first United States
Invisible writing smacks of bidden
troops that came down tbe Mississippi
were quartered at Fort Adams. Gen treasure and exciting adventures; U
eral Wilkinson by some accident got has a fascination that appeals to al
hia cne burned off.
Angry at tbe most every one. Even If you see no
laegb wbtcb followed bis mishap, be way in which to make use of It you
next day Issued an order forbidding «■Joy experimenting with It
Here Is a way that Is not commonly
any officer to appear with a cue
Obedient to orders, all tbe officers bat known: Soak a sheet of ordinary writ
ing paper in a basin of clean water
Major Butler cut off their cues.
“Tbe vain old prig." said tbe major. an til tt Is thoroughly w et Then get a
“ IH see blm banged before i cut off place o f glasa and. after washing it
my cue to gratify him.1" And be bold clean, place tbe wet sheet o f writing
ly appeared without changing tbe style paper on It smoothing out all wrinkles
and being careful to see that the paper
of bis hairdressing.
Tbe major was put under arrest, but firmly adheres to tbe glass. Now get
be declared obstinately that he would a sheet of dry writing paper and place
spend tbe rest of bis life In prison be tt on tbe wet sheet. If you bav# fol
fore he would comply wltb sucb a silly lowed directions carefully you have a
command. Soon afterward be was tak piece o f clean glass wltb a sheet of
en very UL and. realizing that be was wet writing paper firmly adhering to
at tbe point of death, be gave Instruc it, over wblcb you have spread a dry
tions for his burial, wblcb be knew sheet o f writing paper.
Write on tbe dry paper wltb a wall
would be witnessed by tbe whole com
sharpened lean pencil, using consider
mand.
“ Bore a bole.” said be. "through tbe able pressure. After you have finish
bottom o f ray coffin, right under my ed remove tbe top sheet of paper and
you will find an exact copy o f yonr
bead, and let my <*ne come through it.
that tbe old general may nee that even writing on tbe wet paper. Place this
when dead I refuse to obey bla order." wet sheet la ■ cool place to dry. Ton
And these directions were Hterally will be surprised to find that the writ
ing has entirely disappeared after tbe
carried ou t
sheet baa been exposed to tbe air a
few minute«. You can be sure that
C H IN ES E S O LD IER S .
no one. unless be knows tbe secret
can read what you have written. To
They Are Regarded With Aversten by make tbe writing visible soak tb# pa
Their Own Countryman.
per for a few momenta In a basin of
The well known olden dislike of. clean water.—Youth's Companion.
even contempt for, soldiers common to
tb# Industrious masses of China, In
F A L LIN G M ETEO R S .
town as In country, la based on tbelr
experience that tbe soldier la a loafer Their Changing Colors ae They Rase
most of tbe time and a terror to his
Through the Atmosphere.
country when war is In tbe air. They
Tbe
earth's
atmosphere la now be-
have not glorified valor or quite
grasped tbe beauty, not to say tbe llaved to have three fairly distinct
duty, of dying for one’s country, al strata, tb# first extending up to about
though when they do fight tbey faco forty-five miles, having nitrogen ae tbe
leading constituent tbe second, wltb
death with a great Indifference.
Discussing tbls phase off tbe Chinese its upper limit at about 12S miles, be
character, Mr. Tone Noguchi, the Jap ing chiefly hydrogen, end tbe third,
anese writer, ‘says lo the course o f a at • etin greater height consisting of
a vary thin gaa. which baa bean named
recent article:
“Tbe Chinese hatred of soldiery busi- “geocoronlum."
Dr. Alfred Wegener baa attempted
aeoa or the encouragement of
(»ATS
R ED U C ED
In order to clean up our
Coats fo r Ladies, Misses and
Children, we are offering
liberal reductions. NOW is
the time to buy your coats,
I f you wish clean fresh
groceries, c o u r t e o u s
treatment and honest
prices you should buy
them at Baird’s.
>
SHOES
Shoes are advancing
almost every day. It
will pay you to buy
them .now while w e
still have some le ft at
old prices.
E. C. BAIRD
Making It Ivan .
to explain the striking differences of
Sandy, tbe plumber, was working an
color In meteors or "shooting stars"
and says that meteors coming from a town Job wltb an apprentice.
outer space are not sufficiently bested
in tbe course of the forenoon the
la tbe exceedingly light gaa to become boss vtsRed the Job und, falling to find
8andy anywhere about tbe premises,
luminous.
Tbelr fall through tbe hydrogen lay decided to wait bis return.
“ Where have you been?*’ demanded
er causes them to become Incandescent,
and before tbey reach tbe lowest tbe b»ss when Sandy pat In an appear
stratum most o f them are completely ance.
“ Cettin' oia hair cut." anawsred
dissipated. A few o f tbe largest, how
ever. penetrate tbe ultrogeu atmos Sandy, quite coolly
“ And bow dare you get your hair cut
phere. a very small number reaching
In my time?"
tbe earth's surface.
“ Weel. dlsna It grow tn your time?"
It la found that tbe deep falling me
teors pass through three stages of — Loudon Mall.
color—yellow-white, green and deep
Odious Comparison.
rad—and It la concluded that tbe green
Drill Sergeant—I say. Smith. bav<
la doe to Incandescence of tbe hydro
gen and the red to that of tbe nltro- you any Idea bow alow and stupU
yon are?
Private Smith—I don’t
Only tbe first stage la «ecu in the know. Drill Sergeant—O f course yo*
quickly dissipated meteors, tbe white, don’t, but let me tell yon that fin Kgyp
yellow or sometimes reddfchness being U»n mummy Is frisky compared wttt
evidently tbe glow of the meteor sub- you.—London Tit-Bits.
London Family Herald
He Knows.
Im m une.
It may be bard to convince a healthy
“ Blacksmiths seem to bare a reputa- man that bealtb Is more important
for honesty”
than wealth, but a sick man nndar-
“ Deservedly so. but due (tartly per stands It.—Atchison Globe.
haps to tbe nature of tbe business. No
body encumbers a blacksmith with
C o rre ct.
trust funds. There Is nothing to adul
He— A man who gives in when be’a
terate la his line. Compared with some wrong Is a wise man. but be who
of us, a blacksmith has few tempta give* in when be* right la - fibe-
tions to resist."-Kansas-City Journal
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