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* I » ■PUk * * w r h s » i 4aw AND NOW FOR A FRESH STA R T YOU are opening a new Ledger in Life at this time. cannot look khead with any degree of certainty. Yon Bat, yon may be tare of this— that desire and design are arbiter» o f destiny. % * So be certain that yoar plan it right— and then go ahead. The good services o f the U. S. National w ill help smooth oat the rats and bumps along the way. UNITED STA TE S ÎAL had two sermons since my a r r iv a l- two sessions of the Sunday school. The following letter from Prof, There are no lodges or other organ and Mrs. Anderson will be of se isations for men. so they are at much Interest to their many friends There In Dundee that it seems advisable home of evenings mostly. are no mills, or other industriee us We pass It around via the Graphic, ae that it will reach all the hongs ing steam and man power In any a t once: of the processes of production, Irrigon, Oregon, Nov. IS. 1919 hence the sound of the steam Mr. and Mia. B. C. Greer, w h i s t l e is reduced to its use on the Dnadoe. Oregon. railroad locomotives. However, of Hear Friend»—This is a good the latter we are not without evi (time to redeem a promise 1 made dence. The O. W. R. A N Railroad myself when I left Dundee to coroe m as through Irrigon,. and the Were. I trust you are all well and North Bank is within hearing and that you had a satisfactory prune in plain view from our front win crop and harvest. dow. The long trains of these Mrs.* Anderson arrived just after through lines are interesting to one the Tint of the month, and is get who has for a tlmp lived on a ting a much needed reet. During branch line for n number o f years. th e summer she took charge at as From four to six long freight trains old lady through her decline to pass dally on each road. These . within a few days of her death, and trains usually contain -from CO to thew helped her own son-in-law 80 cars. The passenger trains are take care of. his fruit crop, then nearly all through trains, and con came here. tain from 10 to 14 or 16 cars. Our rooms are adequate for our My school hers is not so large wse under light house keeping con ditions The front window looks as the Dundee school but the spirit The school books are out directly upon the Columbia is good. bought wholesale by the school dis Mirer, which is only a few rods trict. This has entailed *a new from the property front. We are kind of school-service, that of mak but about Jwo blocks from the store ing up the' orders for the needed wad poet office, three from the little church, and five or six from the supplies,. and this work is particu larly heavy this year on account of school house. We have coal tor fuel, slab wood the change in texts. And by the" -e f pine for kindlings, fairly good way, the new texts, ao far as I have ■water and kind neighbors. The peo been able to examine them, are de ple are of a good class and are opti lightful, especially the new texts The mistic concerning the future of the in English and in history. spellers and the readers are calcu country here. The chief crop Is alfalfa, of which lated to provoke Interest, particu m considerable quantity is being larly the spellers. I regret that a raised and more in course of plant better geography could not have ing. Then as s corollary dairying been offered for the use of the Is being more and more developed. grades. Our school Is closed temporarily Same of the people have recently on account of scarlet fever, three purchased dairy cows of chartered paullty, chiefly of the Jersey strain. cases of which were discovered al The next In Importance among most simultaneously. While 1 re the crops is fruits of various kinds: gret this on account of'th e need for peaches, apricots, apples, cherries the whole time for the children in • and berries taking the lead. Melons school, it will give me a good op •of all kinds do well and several portunity to become familiar with ifarmers are devoting considerable the new elements in the revised • areas to their cultivation tor market, course of study .and with the new porpoees. I had the pleasure of texts, so that when school can go eating some, both of water melons on again, I shall be able to promote wad musk melons, and found them the work of the school with better Melicious They made me think of results, thus compensating in part the grapes we had from your vines, for the lose of time. Horsemanship is the chief recre and I now wish we could have some mere of them. Grapes, I am teld, ation of both boys and girls. The • do well here and there are a num Round-up is the highest, most fin ber o f plantings that will soon fur- ished exhibition of skill in horse abM considerable quantities of the manship, and the throngs of people that cheer the many remarkable fruit. All kinds of garden vegetables do feats of horsemanship la enough to well here but require attention of make other young people strive for tbs right kind at the right time. the same plaudits. I attended the The whole country la a desert ex- Roundup this year and must say •capt far artificial application of wa that it is a most remarkable exhi ter. An Irrigation project was be bition. The thing that surprised gun here something like 12 or 16 me most was the exhibition of pears ago, and after a start suffered man’s power over the beasts o f the from a failure of the promoting field, as shown in the Bull-dogging sp.to supply the wstsr assdsd - fssis Ta ass m men ride hU horse to r the rapid development, and peo right along-slde a great steer, lean, ple had to suspend operations on over it. put his arm over its shoul their tracts. Recently the Federal der, and then leave his saddle, and government has taken over the swing himself to the neck of the management o f the water supply, steer, thus Impeding Its speed and and the people are taking advantage in a few minutea have the animal o f this new condition to restore lying helpless on the ground, with their places to productivity. Msst his lasso or a rope fastened about at the land available for cultivation , the animal’s feet so that it could at present has been taken, and new j not get up— Is s feat scarcely to be people are arriving every now and ; thought of by one not accustomed then to make homes for themselves. to the ways of the plains. Inasmuch as only a few acres can ! Among the most interesting fea be managed by one person, the tures of the exhibition, was the promise of a thickly settled com trick riding of the boys and girls, munity seems probable. and the wonderful spectacular pa You will be interested in a rs- rade, embracing the cowboys and t l e v of some things ws do not have, girls, and the Indians. The per r n sure. There are no electric formances of the boys and girls cars, « o electric lights, but one tel were equal in many respects to the ephone. and tbs service is so poor best afforded by a good circus, and that moot people avoid It as they the parade wes a most magnificent would the fumes of sulphur. W> thing. The Indiana were In their have a small town plat, hut nothing best “ get-up.” consisting of fine that we <pa call streets. There u * h erase, fine saddles, fine dress and mo street lights of any kind, modern fine feathers and paint. There «or ancient. There is no Ladles* Aid. w en bodices worn by women, gor mn Woman’ s Club, no organised Med geous with bright colored silk end satin needle work, bending, and em Only occasional preaching— have blazoned with elks’ teeth, estimated DUNDEE ing whether you nro getting an a dr equate return for the attention I may be engrossing you with. You arc so thoroughly appreciative of any effort on the part of another to please, however, that I may hops to escape excoriation. Btit I must give you a rent. It you like this effort, I may have the opportunity to meet you in this way again. Wife joins me in sending greet ing to both yourselves and the elder Greers. Also to any friends and neighbors who may still be inter ested In us. Yours truly. The H. C. L. here will be no lees B. H. Anderson. than it Is there, and so fa f as I can ---------- 0--------- r figure now, not much higher. If any. We are compelled to send German Cripples Employed. According to the American Journal away for some things and are thus driven to use the mail order houses for Cripples, published in this city, as sources of supply. Instead of bay Germany issued a peremptory order in ing of local retail stores. It is pos January requiring the employment of her disabled soldiers. All public and sible that there will be some saving private industries, offices and adminis •in this method o f buying, because trations are directed to employ at least the mail order houses buy in very one disabled soldier for evpry 100 per large quantities, ao that the over eons on the working staff, making no head expenses can be kept lower and distinction of sex, it is stated. * In agricultural work the proportion goods sold cheaper. must be one disabled soldier to every When I, visit you In person, • you BO employees, end In all eases the being the entertainer, have the ad disabled cannot be discharged except vantage in the way of displaying with the consent of the workmen's your thought, and I enjoyed my committee and after receiving 14 days’ visits most thoroughly, I assure you. notice. Private employers who disre Now I have the advantage which gard the order are liable to a One of you then enjoyed and I am wonder not more than 10.000 marks. In some instances to be worth sev eral hundred dollars. The spectacle must be seen to be appreciated. One man who aeemed to have some real knowledge of equipages .told me that he did not doubt that it would east a million dollars to reproduce it. Sotne year* ago I saw a spectacular carnival worked out on the basis of the cus toms of the native Indian peoples of Asia. It waa gcand, magnifi cent, but not more so than the spec tacular parade of the Pendleton Round-up. * W e Carry a Full Line o f • . . . / Post Cards oomio— of local oolbr— of general interest. They are meet suitable fo r carrying brief bat trite and apt ¿m i lages. Whatever year needs or desires in this line ’tw ill pay yen to look over oar display, which includes all o f the latest novelties. J 1 ‘AffI.OI! PHARMACY T HF L E A D I N G DRUGGIST Nl'lVBERG. G REG G W e thank y ou for you r patronage in the past years and ask for a share the com ing year. A lw a y s give fair and square deal. a E U L & C ARUE EVANS CHEVROLET The Lowest Priced Electrically Equipped Automobile in the World F. O. B. New berg Liberal Terms if Désired 1 ■«. _. ANDERSON MOTOR CO. NEWBERG, OREGON W ork more — Produce more — Save more — you r ba it But we can’t continue increasing our production unless we continue increasing our railroad facilities. The farms, mines and factories cannot increase their output beyond the capacity o f the railroads to haul their products. in for your regular inspection; make sure your bqttery is right fully charged—and forget zero weather. * Railroads are now near the peak o f their carrying capacity. W ithout railroad expansion—more en gines, more cars, more tracks, more ter minals— there can be little increase in production. — But this cou n try-of our» is going -to - keep right on growing— and the railroads must grow with it. T o command in the investment markets the flow o f new capital to expand railroad facilities— and so increase production — there must be public confidence in the future earning power o f railroads. The nation’ s business can grow only as fast as the railroads grow. Tim* i**trinf information tancominy tk* railroad «4te- atjam M g okatn I iterator* If writiny to it* dmotio Urn tf Radway BxocoHm, «I Broadway, ft*» York. Wells-Simpson Tint St Phone Black USE BATTERY , SERVICE i STATION