BLKAJ. fc.S 1 AKi'KISM
HtU « *«•>
ROADS OC
C F POLI I ICS
bs you tbllk a bey wouldn't think of
his appearance and whether he wore
We can re a d ily believe L . L. old clothes or nice one«.
tivea eapecially, propose to " h i t
rural enterprise
Maybe boya d ool like to dreas aud
tbe governor,” a* ordered by the Swan’ s denial of tbe charge th a t
An Independent—Not neutral— new«-
fuss and all that sort of thing, but
bis
auto
tru
c
k
b
ill
was
prom
pted
b o v e , d u rin g the laat cam paign,
Tommy didn’t like the feeling that he
paper, published eveiy Wedueadsy,
whether a n y th in g else is accom by tbe ra ilro a d com pauy. Tim e» hadn't any better shoe» to wear.
I , W » . H. W H K KLKH
His Sunday shoes were beginning to
plished or not
G overnor Pierce h tv e changed since a ra ilro a d
show a little wear and hls everyday
C A P IT A L A N D
SURPLUS
gave them ao opening by losing company was tbe moat p o w e rfu l
ones were so dreadful.
«kbe. Hp lo.
»115 » y«»r *» »dv««e*
He felt everyone looked at them.
Ad vertisiug, »<c »n inch; no d.scoun bia tem per sud firin g tb e ir p o rt factor in coast p o litic s , ra ilro a d
Commercial and Savings account» Solicited
lor lime or »pace ; no charge lor com com m ission b o d ily . Tbe legisla ommisaion» were its creatures and He felt he looked poor and he felt as
though In some way people pitied
vumtwu or change».
te
countered by an act restoring tools and Jim F is k , in the east,
la -PalC-foi Kara<raph».” U a Una.
him, and though he was only a little
i be commission and c lip p in g the when quizzed about the disposition hoy he hated that.
ei« advartia ng dl»gul*«d a* aawa.
And he felt they thought somehow
governor’ » power. Now
he lr if a large »urn from ‘ the fund» o,
It was hla mother’s fault for getting
paused, regarding her Seughthilb
«as
the
head
could
soap
bi»
f
i
f>'
tr ik in g out at hi» enemies and
H E L P IN G T H K U S E L V E -4
sick und his father's for being out of last after months again of struggle a moment “There'» one thing, Bab—
and—uncertainty—I became convinced
iuey »re snapping at h im and the ^ers a t bis questioners and say: " I work for a while.
"™ r
. s - oe'
The g o ve rn m e n t in vi-atigatori .eople are paying fo r the abow.
He knew It was not. His mother that It would be right to make our
put i t where i t w ould do the n io -l
“When you tell—your mother o
own marriage. Wb~" She touched Her
didn't
enjoy
being
sick
or
taking
hor
nxav h elp tha farm er» enough to
anybody of—thlnga-belng over be
ro o d .”
rid medicine. And his father didn’t finger. ‘T h is waa the only ring he tween ns. don’t mention your mar
off»«t the cost of th e ir iuveetign
O
u
r
railroads
are
a
tte
n
d
in
g
to
had."
. riage! They won't understand, »«a
enjoy not having work.
C H IL D L A B O R
tio o , o r they m ay add to the b u r
Her words went Into silence. A
He looked very miserable sitting
their own buainees, and are aur
It will be rough for you.”
fslnt
relief
replsced
the
look
of
horror
around the house or going out and
den by coating more th a n they are
A correspondent w rites : “ Ev- jr is in g lv efficien .
She threw back her head, with some
In Hugh's face. To an essentia y thing of Alan'» old arrogunce, and
then
coming
back
again
and
saying
to
w o rth . They recommend fre ig h t ry etats uow ba» fu ll power to
M r. Swttu'e l- ill, as announced Tommy's mother:
clean living British sportsman, the Idea
away.
charge change» w hich may am ount nake Its own laws regarding ch ild •ie,ore he le ft A lb a n y fo r Salem,
“No luck this time. It s a hard time of wantonneas between the girl he drew
“I know you mean that kindly,
loved
and
the
man
be
had
trusted
was
to about a drop in a b u cke tfu l. abor. There are good laws and
of the year.”
Hugh; but It’» Impossible! It would
.ad ones, and live at tea w ith no proposes a tu x th a t w ould maae
unbearable. That hasty Judgment was
Yes. there were a number ot rea
They recommend fa ir tie u tin e n i
contradicted by her word». He could seem as If I were ashamed. It would
estriotione at a ll. A ll c h ild re n fre ig h t tru c k » pay for the wear sons why Tommy wanted shoes.
be Implying that our conviction» were
for the farm er, in com parison w ith i ised
iee,j p
te ctio
c ti o n n , , b
u t t the
h ild
ild re i
p ro
ro te
bu
the o
ch
Then he could wear his Sunday one« not. as she surmised, clearly compre
bey in flic t on highway», and pay
hend tbe magnitude of the forces to be wrong."
the m a n u fa ctu re r, in im p o rt dn- n tb o l# g ve «tate» need it worat ol
for
every
day
and
his
new
ones
for
uore on paved road» than on
“People are not overcharitahle about
Sunday. And If. on the muddy spring contended with upon the island, any
tin i, w hich m ay be a» near a» tbe „U ,
here, as you knew.” he urged. "Tou
itber»
th
a
t
cost
less.
more
than
a
man
learning
swimming
days, he should
'T h o u » » m l» o f c h ild re n lis t
n x ille o n iu in .
strokes In still water can realize the may both have acted according to your
wear the very old
than ten year» old are a t work.
difficulties to be encountered, by the convictions, and they may have been
They recommend fin a n c ia l aid, ’ C h ild re n lee» than »ix year» o ld ,
pair
It
wouldn’t
T h a t tbe developm ent of Ore
same movements, out in the open sen right; but all tbe same It was—unor
matter then, for
ahiuh in rare Instance» may he a working a ll day loog, arc di»c< v gon’ » resources is in its in fa n cy i
But the simplicity of her explanation thodox. and— They wUl »Imply throw
he could say. “I
help, hut w hic often lead» o n ly j r red from tim e to tim e by inveeti
offering no excuses, brought with It mud at you and—especially him!
tr ik in g ly evidenced by the fact Just thought I’d
deeper and deeper in to the m ire
.»tors of the n a tio n a l c h ild luboi
the force of truth. Evidently, how Bub,” he came back to her, speaking
wear this old pair
bat more than h a lf of the enor
ever incomprehensibly, each had acted with unusual Insistence, "I can’t bear
so I could have
In the last few year» th e ie baa o m in itie *
fre ig h t businers some fun." They
In accordance with deeply weighed to thluk of you facing that 1 For my
“ W h ile more th a n a m illio n nous ra ilro a d
been a considerable am ount of th ia , b ild re n are w o rkin g , fa r more ■ rig iu a tin g lo the state is forest would know he
sake, as well na your own— and—bis,
convictions.
This was Hugh’» first plunge into don’t tell them."
kind of “ h elp ” extended Io fa rm ban a m illio n men and wornei
hnd a better pair
iroducts.
She remained silent. The truth of
such complications: he was utterly
and It would be
re unem ployed. S ettin g Hie c b ii
er». When the federal reserve
bis words, as applied to Alan, struck
lost, adrift from every mooring.
all right.
ren
free
w
ill
give
w
ork
to
iaei
l
bs
county
is
goiog
to
run
rook
bank» began to fu n c tio n m oney!
Barbara, watching him, half held out her forcibly. The contemplation of hls
It was Christ
ud women who are now id le
rushers now on m a te ria l to be mas mo min g and
was advanced to farm ers, on »lx
name suffering calumny had already,
her hand.
'You must not think hardly of Alan,
that morning, proved unbearable.
The c h ild labor am endm ent w il used in m a rke t road extension T o m ro y awoke
m o n th s’ tun«, w ill) w hich to raise
she appealed wistfully. “If he had not
"It would be an awful trouble to
robably not be ra tifie d th is year ■vbeu it can be hauled. Some of with a start. He
a crop
At
harvest, w ith the
heard his father There Were Can behaved honorably, I should not have your mother and ray old people," he
price a t tbe bottom . »» i t always
m other year», i f the question th a t rock is needed on road» th a t s h o u t i n g
-lo v e d him—as I did. Surely you added, with hls usual thoughtfulness.
out
dy Bags and
j , then, farm ers wanted to renew ,, made au issue in elections, it vere in good co n d itio n last fa ll.
Christmas greet
believe that, Hugh?"
“They will be upset, as It la. And—
Oranges.
Mechanically he took her hand. “Oh,\ they couldn’t understand.”
ings to everyone
tb e ir notes and hold th e ir crop» ,,iay be.
ami all tbe family were wide awake lord!" he ejaculated. "What a me«»
She suddenly turned and caught hla
fo r tbe better prices of the next
products o f u n d e rp a id c h ild
H a rris b u rg is wisely considering and Joyful.
It all la!"
shoulder».
spr.ng.
] | ihor are free to come to Oresot
“Mother
feels
better
than
she
haa
"It's hell for me!" she exclaimed, a
a yin g its pavemsuta from c u rb to
"Hughle! do you?" she aaked earn
" O h , no,” th e y were to ld , ‘ th a t t i beat down th e price of home c u rb arid paving along tbe P acific for weeks," Tommy heard his father hitter agony In her voice that startled estly. "All! you must 1 I can't lose—
telling his older brother and sister, him. Hd looked at her strangely,
w ould be speculating, We dou’t products. Congre»» passed an act highw ay from its 16-foot s trip to "and last night Mr. Brown told me he amazed. This tragic-eyed woman who your faith, too."
Then he acted In a manner that aa-
had suffered bo much, learning to love
had a Job for inel”
len d you money to Speculate i i prevent th ia , b u t the c o u rt de- both curbs.
with
such
fierce
Intensity,
was
far
re
Oh. how happy Tommy felt, but
| c a re d it u n c o n s titu tio n a l. C ou
(Continued on page 6)
w ith .”
even greater than all the family re moved from hls old girlish companion.
res» trie d again, b u t the supreme ¿Personal quarrels among th e
" Then w hy do you lend money
joicing, It seemed to him at that mo He felt In a turm oil: full of pity for
to the brokers who buy o u r g raiu c u r t , w ith a m in o rity dissenting, ” h ig lie r-u p s ” at Salem are b u rn ment, wits the fact that Santa Claus her, though still half Incredulous, The Right Frame
hud called the night before, even chaotically uncertain of hls feelings
axain ruled i t o u t. lie n e e th
ing up the ta xp a ye r» ’ money.
aud hold i t fo r the sp rin g rise? ”
I t is of v ita l im portano» th a t
though he had had to do so much towurd Croft. Dropping her hand, lie
s
ibmiswion
of
tb
e
am
enduH
ut.
the
fiu m e of yo u r glutee» set p ro p
‘ T h a t is his regular business."
picked
up
the
photograph
once
more
already. And there were candy bag»
The farm er'» business waa to W» are p a y iu g taxas to educate
Then the full realization of hls own e rly on yo u r uose. We bave the
and oranges and mltteua and a beau
O x fo rd ,
P rineetou,
Shur-On,
tiful, shiny, splendid pair of new shoes IOSS—to be faced for the second tlm
soy c h ild re n w h o were ta rd ily
raise g ra iu ; the b ro k e r’c to make
I'w in te x and
num erous
o th e r
surged
up
In
hl»
heart,
as
he
looked
at
with
a
piece
of
paper
sticking
out
of
etcued fro m d ru d g iry [b y m oving
a p ro fit.
the pictured face. He put It down hur styles. Y o u may make the selec
one, upon which was written.
"Tommy's new shoes, from Santa." riedly, and passed hls hand across hls tio n , h u t let u» do the a d ju s tin g .
Since then the farm er baa been i.ere fio m o h ild -la b o r states. W ith
m u le d m inds and bodies they are
forehead.
given s lig h tly belter treatm ent in
It'S a—d—d world now for us borti,
Sinners in Heaven
tru g g lin g througe the lower grades
the m a tte r o f loans, but loan»
Bub! I—Td better go—it has rather
(Continued from page S)
w ill to t cure the fa rm e r’ s ill» . He -«hen they ought Io be in high
bowled me over—” He turned away,
/V - rVAHY ■ GRAHAM • B O N N E R
stumbling a little. "It—will be such
t
j
• vatWN «nuua'.H-«
——
needs t i gel out of debt, n o t ill school. We do u o t begrudge the
he repeated, bewildered. "I thought a blow to the old people." he muttered
Ktst
o
f
suah
education
as
those
deeper.
you disliked him.”
huskily.
T O M M Y ’S N E W SHOES
’¿ S f i in
e 5 1910. w
ith - the
k in d of lufo rtu n a te e are capable of aesim-
The girl watched him, helplessly,
l l c 1-<
•••»•■
— —
Blie looked silently Into hls agitated
face. It wu8 evident that the truth with aching heart. As he reached the
h e lp ” th a t ha» been afforded, d a tin g , hut we begrudge th e ir late
Tommy was not very old. Nor wss was still far from bis grasp.
door, she caught the suspicious glint
skmaaters the funds w ro n g fron
ill« m ortgage debt on farm s in this
he so very, very young. That Is to
“Hughle," sh» said very quietly, "It of misery In hls eyes which seemed to
say, he was not a waa impossible to write. We were break down all barriers. Her defensive
country hsa trebled in amount, heir l it t l e bodies and uow devoted
baby. Not by any not married during the trip—not until attitude melted Into sympathy, as Ice
being now $4,000,(MX),000 a little io propaganda against tbe aiuend-
manner of means we had tieen on the Island for—over u melts at the touch of hot coals. In her
.ueut
m a tte r of 1820,000.(00 a je a i
He went out to year."
Impulsive way she ran to him and
ploy with others
i f interest, coats aud oonimiasions
He gazed at her, speechless, his be seized the lapels of hls tweed coat
V A N IS H IN G FO R E S TS
and with an older wilderment gradually chuuglng to dis
'Hughle!” she cried, tears raining
Werage 8 per cent, fo r the crop»
Optometrists. Jewel er«
brother and sla may and dawning horror.
unheeded down her cheeks. "Forgive
to pay, in a d d itio n to cost of pro
and m a n u fa c tu rin g opticians
ter. too.
Oregon oontain» ta ore tim b e r
me!
I
couldn't
help
It.
It—It
breaks
"On the lslaniW For a year?" he
That was one echoed. "But—how on earth could my heart to hurt you like this.”
d u c tio n , I «fore the fa n n e r has ih a n any other stale.
ALBANY
ot the rensons you get married—” Suddenly the
Hls
hands
closed
upon
her
arms,
but
a n y th in g t. ward fa m ily expense»
J
l(u
l,cl
T im b e r i» O regon’» great»»!
Tommy did not blood rushed to hls temples und the he could not speak.
HALSEY
or for the nae ol the unm ortgaged . ,.Mt| j |y a vailable asset
feel ao vary old. horror grew and deepened. He caught
'I—couldn't bear to—betray your
He waa the young her arm, gripping it fiercely. “You
p o rtio n of his land. T re b lin g hi»
-
. . tim
. b e r su p p ly is being
tru st” »be sobbed.
“Believe me.
Oregon's
eat In the family
my God! Barbara! you don't mean Hughle, I tried not to—I tried to keep
iut«re»t-heariug debt is not an ■turned away eo fast th a t it c o n s ti
His slater and hla that you—you. of all people—and loyal to you—’’
Cash’paid’for
advance toward» pro sp e rity.
b ro th e r
were
tute» more than h a lf the ra ilro a d
“O h!” he Interrupted vehemently,
Croft—”
o l d e r (ban he
A nother recom m endation is co h e ig h t leaving the state,
Abruptly he swung her ann free, hls
’don't moke It harder. D'you suppowe 1 Cream, Poultry, Eggs, Veal
« as, and of course face blazing as she had never seen It.
operative
m
g . W« recently
should have wanted you to marry me
1 IIV
he ■
dav
Oregon’s
■s, a ww « • - —
- - a — rk
- — e tin •■
a
■ «a • is s. com
w ■« 1 ing
ga when
*
Hs Was Ashamed * °
hls d“ dd> "Tbe swine! the—the rotten swlnt
M . H- S H O O K
from—duty? out oil loyalty?'
H e & Hides.
Dinted to the difference between ,t)rest, w ill be gone, aa are those of
of Them.
“ nd »» WR* hU he choked, at a loss for words. “I
union
- i, c o u n try , where
labor , „ b - r , la l„ olloe fa in o u , fo r th e ir
mother.
tTUsted him. He gave me hls word
Christmas time was coming soon and
o-operatea against the fa rm e r, in-
"And he kept It," she cried quickly.
imber.
all (he boys and girls were talking
He faced her, something nearer to a
reusing the cost ol whatever i t
W here tbe lum berm an b a t taken about IL
sneer than she had ever seen curling
irodwees for his use, and Bug-
“Whut are you going to ask Santa hls good nutured Ups. "In whnt way?
ilie tim b e r, in oiost cases, there
anud, where lauor has co-oper- riiu a iiia o n ly a blackened, stu iu p - fori" they would ask Tommy. Tommy By betraying the greatest trust one
didn't know.
G row n», b rid g e w ork a n d 'fillin g s . It w h
man can put In another? By dragging
tied to reduce the coet o f house-
ci vered waste.
Ills mother hnd been sick during the you down—”
pay you lo get m y prices on vour de n ta l w ork
iold supplies and consequently o f
I f au iuccine ta x , or a severance fall and hls father hnd been out of
"Be quiet. H ugh!”
C usick bank b u ild in g , A lb a n y
work
for
several
weeks
and
Tommy
i t own product». S ta te M arket ta x , o r a n y th in g else le g itim a te ,
The anger In her voice silenced him.
Agent Spence'a le tte r, on pace 2, can keep a d d itio n a l e xp lo ite r» out hud heard It hinted that Santa Cluns He turned away, dazed. Sinking upon
bad helped with the medicine.
tbe couch, he covered hls face with his
ells ol some recent common-sense ol onr forests let us have it in the
"Perhaps," thought Tommy to him
hands.
r-ojierative
m a rke tin g in the in te re st of th a t p o s te rity who w ill »•elf. "Santa has spent all he cun af
The girl was trembling with Indlg-
; ailed States
I f these dem on- b a re some o l o u r present state ford on our faintly, for he has lo divide nation. Her back to the room, she
up I'hriatnius between all the faml
struggled with the hot anger seething
(ra tio n s could be
successfully »■lids to redeatu.
lies."
within until her woman's understand
And when he asked hls older
Ktpled tb ro u g b s u l the co u n try tb->
—
■ —■ • «► '■ ■ 11
ing won the victory. Then she turned
brother
and
hls
older
sister
If
thia
■ irnict's receipts m ig h t be doubled
W hen wheat jig g le s around tba were true, they said that he was right. round.
"It waa my doing.'' she said.
in d h it fin a n c ia l troubles better
>2 m a rk i t is a good tim e to sell, They asked Santa to give them a
"Tour—doing?” He sprang to hls
ban halved and some aleek m id-
little of their Christmas In medicines.
if the speoulators ha ve n ’ t
gol
feet and walked nbnnt agitatedly
Not
because
they
wanted
medlctiies
llem en w ould be o u t of job».
vour g ra in — and your goat— before but because medicines had to be "What d'you mean? You were not the
Itought and money hadn't been coming sort of girl to encoursge— For God's
! Ilian.
sake, explain everything!"
In— hardly at all.
T h e squabble at Malein resembles
i A merit tn E.iirlc Fire In su ran ce co m p an /J
"He kept hla word to yon." she re
For one thing Tommy wanted a bag
Mi . A nderson th in k s C lear bike of candy, lie also wanted one of peated “He saved my life at the risk
num erous pack of hound» w ot
will
value
n o g * big bear. T b s* d o m in a n t o» n give ua cheaper lig h t aod Santa's oranges. They ware so much of hls own. In every possible way he
better than the ones at the store looked after my safety and comfort:
nd P o rtla n d 's represent»- power.
H ere’ s hoping.
• tt y .
Better than any other oranges could nobody could have done more. Al
though he—cared—all the time. I
possibly he.
Tommy also thought he would like never even guessed It! H e—he thought
She’ll Accept Your Gift
n Uttle tin boat—Just s tiny one to I belonged to you.” She paused, shad
Gladly
ing her eyes.
float tn the bathtub.
“Then—"
Blit more than anything else Tommy
i f I t ’ s a box o f onr delicious
“Months went by. and no rescue
wanted a pair of new shoes.
ra n d v
It is »» wbo'eaome as it is
Perhaps that may seem a strange came Then -I—oh. Hugbie. I couldn't
help It—1 realized -I loved him. and— I ••« •***M » » e it« « *te » » « H e « M e M M e e e
present for Tommy to have wanted
d elicious, and a fte r ta s tin g i t
I
and be—knew It. too . .
We
He
had
hla
good
shoes
and
hls
old
T o n 'll
w ant
more
E veryone
But
slioes. Only hla good shoes were not meant to wait—and tell yon
dotes upon o u r choice coofeceiona
so very good any longer and hls old months passed ngaln. and—the position .
T l ev ara always pure, fresh and shoes were so old that he was ashamed became Impossible. Tou can't under
may cmnmumraite with En»igo Lee of the Salvation Army at the
stand here. But there we had to face )
of them.
delicious.
Maybe It seems to some as though facta—quite differently from ordinary
White Shield Hom.*, SA5 Mavfalr avenue. Portland. Oregon.
a little boy wouldn't be apt to be standpoints—to make onr own laws.
astiauicd of an ojd ^alg q( jhces. May He l«ft the de^gioa W It«- < • . At J
HALSEY STATE BANK
Halsey, Oregon
$35,000
Meade & Albro,
Cream and Produce Station
Dr. C. FICQ, Dentist
“ PLATES
THAT
F IT ”
A m e ric a n E a g le
Fire Insurance Co.
Hay is wo rth just as much in storage as
yon might get for it iu case of fire. Th?
I
pay you 85% of the cash
of loss by fire.
in case|
C. P. STAFFORD, Agent(
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