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ine act were defeated.
The men of big incomes and no
gta lud.psaAaot—Nut neutral—newe-
| paper, published «veiy Weduetday,
taxes agreed with Tom Kay th at the
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taxes arc not too high. They say
“Turn tbescr«ws;you may be able
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to squeeze a little more fat out of the
Advertising, hx. an inch ; DO dilcoun
hjr lima or spana ; no «barge for oom armers."
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Me a d v e r tis in g
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CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT
Last Week
the
Washington and
Oregon legislatures were reported to
be unfavorable to the ratification of
the child
labor
amendment to the
federal constitution.
And then the
members of those bodies began to
bear from the voters. What voters?
The women, who in theory are one-
half of the constituencies our law­
makers are supposed to represent.
Women’s organizations are speak
Women’s organizations are speak ­
ing in no uncertain terms In favor
of the amendment. legislators take
notice, not merely because they will
want the votes of those women by
and by but also because it is their
duty to voice in their acts the de­
sires of their constituents rather
than their personal predilections
Otherwise ours would not be a rep­
resentative government.
The Port
land Journal aptly remarks:
Tbe annual conrentiou of county
judges and commissioners at Purt-
aod last week by a good majority
lenounced the bill to deprive the
'Utlying farmers of the benefit of
be market road fund and turn tbe
noney over to tbe state b.'gbwsy
tummission. If tbe state board
has bitten off more than it can
ibew it it not the duty of tbe
armers to add tbe surplus to their
already too heavy load.
Tombstone, Arix,, wants some
body to establish a sanitarium
there. As a name for it we Bug.
;eit “ Tombstone Rest.”
Wealth is not happiness, but
happiness is tbe greatest wealth.
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W here the Sharks
Get Sustenance
‘The F anner Feedeth All
and is Between the
Millstones
The factory masters of the East
and South say the child labor
amendment must not pass because
it would prevent children from
working on ’he farm. With what
exceeding
love
the mill-owners
suddenly embrace the farmer. Though
it takes twice as much wheat to buy
a wagon or a plow or a yard of cot
ton or a pair of overalls as former
ly, the hearts of those New England
and Southern mill-owners do so bleed
for the farm er’s children. No child
labor law ever passed Interfered with
farm work. There is a rigid child
labor law In Oregon, but it interferes
with no farm er’s plans. The child
labor law formerly passed by con­
gress bothered no farm er. Nor will
any child labor law congress may
pass meddle in the slightest with
farm life.
Farm ers are constantly
buncoed, but never was there effort
to palm off such bunk on them as
is this latest humbug.
(Portland Journal)
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H ALSEY STA TE B A N K
Halsey, Oregon
M ary G rata
¿ y MARY GRAHAM BCWER
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MELLY’S IDEA
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THE DOLLS’ PARTY
Meily had an idea. She didn't know
whether It was a good Idea or a very
poor idea, but she bad It in any rase
and she thought she would tell all tbe
family about It.
"It was the day before New Tear's
day that she told them. They all Ils
tened most attentively when she told
them she had a fine Idea, a new Idea
she felt sure.
“Let's have It,” they all said.
So Meily began to explain.
She told them that she thought It
would be a One Idea to make some
New Year resolutions.
Every one seemed rather amused
when Meily said this. She had always
said before that New Year resolutions
were not such a good Idea because
they were so easy to break as sooo
as the New Year had begun.
“I suggest,” she said, “that each of
us promise the other not to tell the
same old Jokes over and over again
"Maybe visitors have not heard
them, but the family has had to listen
to tbe same ones so many times that It
would be nice If we could all think up
some new funny things to say and
let the old ones huve a year’s rest.
“I won’t tell my old favorite about
the Ashes and Mother will promise not
to tell her old favorite about Mr.
Shakespeare and Brother will promise
not to tell his favorite about the
two Scotchmen, and Auntie will prom­
ise not to tell her old favorite about
tbe old Irishman, and we’ll all prom­
ise not to tell the old, old ones.
“Every time we have any one for
dinner we all toll the same old stories,
and we have to be polite to each other
and try to laugh.
“But If we didn't tell them for a
whole year, then, next year, they
might Sound quite new and funny to us
again.”
So every one agreed after a time.
At first It seemed so hard to give the
old favorites a year’s rest.
"Well, on New Year's day a number
of callers came and they all talked
Para had been given a beautiful doll
for Christmas. Two of her little
friends had been given dolls, too. And
Pam bad been given a wonderful trunk
for her doll's clothes. Her father bad
made tbe trunk.
It was what people celled a ward­
robe trunk because all of the doll's
clothes could be hung up or put Into
drawers Just as though In a wardrolie.
It was a splendid trunk.
And she had also been given a love­
ly set of pink dishes by Santa Claus.
On New Year’s day her mother had
told her she could have a party. Her
mother had made her new doll a pret­
ty new party dress to wear.
It was really uud truly a party dress
with ribbons and lace and lots of trim­
ming.
Pam invited her two beat friends to
come and bring their dolls.
At three o'clock they arrived.
They dressed and undressed their
dolls, and the dolls dldu't seem to
mind In the least.
They played shopping and house­
keeping and golng-away-on-a-vlalt, and
all sorts of lovely games.
Then the dolls were dressed once
again in their best party clothes, and
Pam brought out the little plok dishes
upon which were little buttons and
empty spools, and the dolls had a very
delicious make-believe tea.
They all sat up by tbe pink dtshee.
and they all behaved beautifully and
were a great credit to their mothers.
There are still plenty of people to
be fed. They demand food, and some­
body has to produce it. The farm er’s
trouble is not merely th a t some of
his m arkets have been taken from
him. One of the very great difficul­
ties is th at he does not get a suffici­
ent profit from what he produces, be-
lause far too much of th a t profit goes
to the distributors.
The report of the department of
agriculture for 1922 shows that the
(arm value of standard crops produc­
A Great Credit to Their Mothers.
ed in the United States, exclusive of
livestock, products of unimals, cotton
For their mothers had only had them
and tobacco, was $7,500,000,000. It
a very short time and hadn't had much
time to train them.
has been estimated th at the consum-
But they behaved so well that each
t is paid for that p art of the crop con-
mother was proud of her doll child.
sumed in America $22,500,000,000.
Each mother sat back of her doll,
Where then, the farmers got $7,500,-
and when Pam would sa y :
000,000 for their crops, the American
"Miss Doll, will you have some more
people paid $22,500,000,000 for part
dilcken salad?” the doll’s mother
FARMERS AND TAXES
of it and the difference went to the
would bend the doll forwurd to as to
to st of distribution.
make a little bow, and the doll's moth­
er would say In a squeaky little voice,
There are approximately 34,000,-
Governor Pierce in his message
äh» Thought It Would Bo a Fins Idea which of course was the make-believe
000
people
on
farms.
There
are
19,-
says: Income tax returns reveal that
voice of the doll:
during 1923 a net income of $160,- 000,000 men distributing their prod- about tbe weather, and many of the
T h a n k you, very much, Miss Pam,
cts. In short, every two farm ers older ones Bald that calling on New I would greatly enjoy a little more
000,000 was made by individuals and
Year's day was really dying out, and chicken salad.’’
must
support
another
man
who
is
on
corporations in Oregon. After all ex­
that It was a great pity.
So the doll was given two more
emptions were deducted, there re­ the distributing end of the game and
Meily wished ahe had been ablo to
who
is
getting
the
major
portion
of
mained more than $70,000,000 upon
persuade others to make promises such buttons upon her little pink plate.
the profits.
"And will you have some more
as they all had made, but still It would
which incomes taxes were assessed for
Can there be a better argum ent for he a great rest to escape the family cocoa?” Pam asked the other doll
1923. The records further disclose
guest, and the other doll gueat's moth­
th a t 25,000 income taxpayers in Ore­ cooperative m arketing? Can the fa r­ Jokes for a year.
er bent her forwurd and answered for
And
then
there
began
to
be
silences
mer
ever
expect
to
get
a
fair
price
her;
gon enjoyed in 1923 a net income of
and
they
all
seemed
to
feel
uneasy
In
T h a n k you so much. It la really
$67,000,000. They paid in property for his product so long as he has their chairs. Yet they wanted to en
tax $327,035. The property tax was nothing to say about the price and tertaln their callers, bnt they Just delicious.”
None of the dolls fell over on their
less than one-half of 1 per cent of as long as the distributor takes the couldn’t think of anything to say with
big profit?
the Jokes all put aside for a whole plates, as sometimes badly-behaved
their net income, and 8,190 taxpayers,
dolls do.
rear.
with incomes a little less than $11,-
And none of them spoke out of turn
.Another
pause
came
In
the
converse
000,000 net, paid $6,380,000 In prop
You tire now beginning tlon. Once more the weather was or forgot to say “Thank you.’’ or “I’m
erty tax, or almost 60 per cent of
much obliged.“ or, "This Is so good.
to think of 1925. It’salso talked about.
their income.
The next pause that came was long Won’t you tell me how you make such
to think of your er than the flrst, and another followed nice cake?"
Practically one-half of the real time
It was such a benutlful party for the
property in Oregon today will not eves.
Perhaps they need that was longer still.
Then Molly's mother spoke up In a New Year. Everything was so new_
rent for more than enough to pay the
glasses to brighten up the very firm voice:
In addition to tbe year being a new
taxes levies! against it
“I wonder," she said, but she didn't one.
Slowly but surely, the unequal dis­
NEW YEAR
The china was new. The dolls were
look at any of the members of the
tribution of the government is con­
family, "if any of you ever heard of new. Tlie party dresses were new.
fiscating the property of many people
And the manners were so perfect
the Joke about Mr. Shakespeare?“
In this state. Re-adjustment must
All the callers said they hadn’t. And they seemed new, too.
After the dolls had finished eating,
be made.
ihe told her Joke.
The family Joined In tbe laughter, tbe three mothers had a delicious sup­
If some of the people who enjoy
and when there seemed to be anothei per which Pam’s mother made.
And as a great surprise Para's moth­
pause, up spoke Melly’s brother suv
the big incomes were governor, we
er gave the children some dishes she
ng:
slwuld not hear th at kind of talk in
T h a t story Mother Just told re had been given when she was a little
the governor's message. A man who
minds me of one about two Scotch girt and which she had saved all these
yean.
men.’’
paid the tax on one of those big in­
They were so pretty and old fash
And be told his story.
comes and then contributed to the
loned. and they were really quite good-
Before long Melly's Auntie snld:
"I've had many a good langh about died.
$40,006 fund that defeated the income
They all thought they were really
the
old Irishman," and she told her
ta x would be thinking of those out­
heautlfuL
story.
"Next didn’t Melly’s father tell the I After a time the dolls were dressed
lays instead of considering the bur­
Optometrists Jewelers
story which had always bean hit fa­ In their coats and hats to be taken
dens of i he farm ers. And some of
and manufacturing opticians
home, and each doll shook lianda very
vorite about the city man and the far®
those incomes were taken from the
ALBANY
er, and before Meily knew what was politely with Pam and Pam’s mother
farm er for tranafering his $1 worth
happening she was telling her Joke and Pam’s doll.
Of course they had to be helped a
about
the ttahee.
of produce to the consumer at $3. It
Well, they all laughed, and the call- i little, but none of them put their
happens that a farm er is governor of
era stayed a long time as though they hands behind their backs, saying:
”No. I don’t want to.”
Oregon.
enjoyed themselves very much, though
They said nothing like that. They
there had been a time. Just a little
Laundry sent Tues, la y»
The legislature is In session. The
while before, when they had begun to •poke In polite, squeaky little voices
.Agency Hub Cleaning Works
members know why they are In Salem
murmur about going home soon and about tbe nice time they had had and
how mneh they thanked Pam.
other calls they must make.
One thing Is to “hit the governor."
A B E 'S P L A C E
They asked Pam to come and see
When all had left each member of
T hat was a slogan of the campaign
the family looked at each e th e e - them soon and bring her dolt, too. and
In which they were elected
and they ail laughed.
Pam and Pam’s doll said they would
"We’re «orry. Meily." they all eeld be very happy to do so.
W hat right has a farm er to be
•But I told mine, too,” Meily admit­
It was s beautiful party. Dolls, aft­
governor, anyway, when there are
ted
er all when they tried, conld behave
enough lawyers to go around T
7 gue»." she ended, "we'd better as nicely at grownup« any day—p er
make different resolutions for the New haps, most particularly, on New Tear's
These legislators were elected when
All work done prem ptly>aj reason-
day.
Veer the old Jokee ere too useful."
the income tax and the oleomargar-
•bly,
Phone 2k9
Mrs. C B. Evans returned Friday
Meade & Albro,
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Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited
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CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 6
“THE HUMDINGER”
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No. 20 Vertical Id the only real stumper, though, because It’s only In the
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possible for even the Inexperienced.
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