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MARCH
25. I <25
A slush fund for the anti-incomi
tax cause is being raised fo use ii
the Dext campaign. Where? Ip
Portland, where the bulk of tin
f fund was raised before. Portland
invites the rest of the state to work
with her for the common good,
dhe bolds ont a cookie with ont
hand aod says: ‘‘ Come, doggie!
good doggie ! If I get you withii.
reach I ’ll fasten this tax load on
you so that it will not come ofi
easily.”
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Lesson for March 29
THE OLD ANDIRON
CLOSING P E R IO D OF -CHRIST’ S
M IN IS T R Y —R E V IE W
For one hundred rears the old
andiron had never gone out of the
DEVOTIONAL HEADING— Rev. I:»-
house.
IS
F
or
one
hun­
GOLDEN TEXT— "Jesus C hrist th .
WHERE AREJTHKY?
.rr. yesterday. S id today and for-
dred years It had
ever."—Heb. 11:1.
been,
together
PRTMART TOPIC — H ow F rien d .
Where are those liars who sail
with Its partner Cared for Jesus and Paul.
they bad large lumi to invest ii
JUNIOIl TOPIC— H elp in g the M is­
andiron, serving
the flreplaee and sionaries by Our G ifts.
industrial enterprises in Oregoi
INTERM EDIATE AND SENIOR TOP­
remaining
stout
IC— L iving L essons Prom the Quarter
as soon as the iucoine tax ebouli
and strong and
TOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP­
IC—C losing Beenes In C hrist's Life.
be repealed and w ere only awsitiny
beautiful.
that event to establish heavy pay
F o r the andi­
The lessons of the quarter have been
Mr. Sanson’s statements, re­
rons were both
rolls here? Have they gone bank
"o rich and ftaJl that perhaps the best
beautiful.
This
method of review w ill be to summarize
rupt gambling in wheat on thi ported on page J in comments on
special one, some­
the outstanding teachings of the quar­
Chicago grain exchauge? A gooi ¡lax, does not convince us that
how, had always
ter. The following suggestions are of­
«very farmer in this valley can
been considered
many people have.
fered :
more
beautiful.
Those who made similar state- jump in and clear *50 an acre
Lesson I— The so-called triumphal
Perhaps It was
roams truthfully have anothei profit on his farm, but we do be­ “The Man Was because It was entry was the official presentation of
Jesus of Nsxareth to the Jewish nation
the one by which
Very C areful.”
reason for holding off. Thev lieve that with a linen mill at
as their Messiah. H e was the pre­
Grandma bad nl
Vancouver
many
an
acre
here
can
know that there was not a fair ex
ways sat. And anything near Grand­ dicted king coming In the name of the
Lord (Poo. 118:26).
preseion of popular sentiment— he made to yield more dollars’ ma somehow grew nicer.
Leteon I I —-Coming Judgment Is abso­
I f you stayed w ith Grandma any
vorth
of
flax
than
of
grain.
that the 153,(XX) slush fund of thi
The Judgment por­
length o f tim e you felt nicer. The lutely certain.
dodgers brought out a full vote on
dowers that grew under her bedroom trayed in this lesson Is that of the na­
About all the democrats in the window were always the loveliest tions living on the earth when Jesus
their side, while on the other band
eomes. The Judgment pronounced— re­
no money was spent to awaken federal senate could do was to dowers In the garden.
The honeysuckle hush and the ward or doom— w ill be on the ground
interest and many voters stayed embarrass their political foes wheo rosea that she planted were more of the attitude of the nations towards
Jesus as expressed In their treatment
at heme. A full vote in the farm there was a elose vote. Had they fragrant than any others.
of His brethren, the Jews.
So It was w ith the old andiron.
country would sustain the income voted for Warreeo on bis second
Ltseon 111— Before Jesus went to the
T ile andiron had been there before
tax.
nitnination the rage of the repub Grandma.
She bad loved It when cross He Instituted a memorial of His
The people who pulled the wirei Loan leaders would have been she was a child. W hy she picked out broken body and shed blood. Thia
this one particularly she didn't know. should be gratefully and strictly ob­
in that electioa understand the white hot.
Perhaps because It always shone more served by believers until Christ coma
situation and the men of big in­
brightly a fte r a cleaning than the again.
Since the republican party in other.
comes and small taxes are eon-
Lesson IV — Many are the trials
I t liked to look handsome and digni­ through which the believer m utt pass
tributing to a new fund to fight he senate kicked out the insur­
ss he goes through this life. The sure
Ihe income tax with at the next gents it has become so telerant fied and beautiful.
Then Grandma, as she grew older, cure for "heart trouble" le the sasur-
eleotion. “ Money for defence of toward them that it allows them had sat on the side o f the Are where ance that Jeeus has gone to prepare a
our • vested rights ’ but not one to vote for its measures.
this andiron was. Often she had place In H la F ather’s house, and will
hung her mittens over it to warm be­ come again and receive H la disciples
cent for avoidable taxes. Let the
to Himself.
fore she went out.
little fellows carry the load,” it R ite in Postai Rates
Lesson V— Jesus is the true vine and
For one hundred years the old andl
Is their motte.
believers are the branches. Abiding In
April 15 the Ufiited Stats» goes ron hod never left Its post.
F o r one hundred years It had Him will result In fruitfulness, success
Despite the fact that New York, u n d e r a new s system of postal
served the lire fa ith fu lly and well. In prayer, fellowship in the love-life of
most prosperous state, enjoys an o largoi.
But now It had to be mended. Ood, fullness of Joy and love-life like
Postmaster Bramwell gives us a It was going to be taken to the black that of God.
inoome tax ; despite the fact that
Leeeon V I— It Is not the purpose of
Oregon's most presperous reoent «titement of th? new rates and smith shop to have a piece of iron
year was when we had on income r ilcs, from which the following fastened to Its one-hundred-year-old God that Christiana should be taken
out of the world at once when they be­
4 immary is all we find room for : leg.
tax, preparations are already
F irs t
C la s s - P r i v a t e
m a ilin g
Grandma told the man to be very lieve on Christ because the world needs
ireful when he carried It up the
, *“ uenc< “ nd testimony. Christ
under way to send out an army ol ojrds —Sc.
careful
root
p 1 8 I “«d » them as H U representative» and
Second class — N e w s p a p e r s street.
paid calamity howlers to tell us
they need the trials of the world to
“Remember,” she cautioned the
hat if we make the profiteers pay by others than publishers—2c for
strengthen the grace of Ood In their
man, "to carry It w ith great care,
etch
two
ounces
or
fraction
of
two
hearts. Those whom Ood has given to
any share of the cost of tin
o inces up to eight ounces, Over fur the outside world w ill seem very Christ are eternally secure even though
protection our laws alTord them * ght ounces, parcel post rates.
vtrange to the andiron which has spent
they must pass through great trials.
Third class—Printed matter and Its whole life by the fire.
the state will go to the dogs.
Leeeon V II—-The agony of Oethsem-
" It w ill be astonished by the ex­
Let the tax dodgers skulk away. oerchandise up to eight ounces_ citement o f a street. It w ill be a aae was due to the fact that Jesus
was bearing the burden e f the sins of
We cau get along without that 11« for each two ounces or fraolion little nervous. So be very careful. the
world.
p to eight ounces. Over that
The
man
was
very
careful.
The
kind of bugs.
Leeeon V I I I — The heart of thia lea-
•«reel poet rates.
andiron went Into the shop, carried
Tourth class—Pareel post —Old by the man. The blacksmith shop son is that Christians should be obedl
K G YPl’S LONGEVITY
'tea and 2c per parcel excepting and the Are looked natural. In a way ent to civil authority because human
>ti matter mailed on a rural route to the andiron, and It was a relief government has been ordulned of God
Hie more loyal the believer la to Jesus
A recent writer on eugenics, •id plainly marked ” mailed on a fte r the excitement of the street.
Christ, the more loyal he w ill be to
A
fte
r
the
andiron
was
mended
It
apparently impressed by n«wi rural route,’• On suoh the extra was brought hack again. Its partner rightly constituted authority (Th ia i.a-
is not required.
If a parcel is listened to the accouut of the street son has no logical connection w ith the
reports which depict some of the
•narked "Special handling'’ under and of the shop.
others of the quarter and should he
glories of ancient Egypt, drawc the stamp or over the address, and
"You've hud adventures,” said Its omitted where time Is lim ited).
attention to the debased condition - • • extra is paid, it will be for- partner, as the fire crackled.
Lseson IX — Jesus Christ gave clear
of much of the population of that warded from one address to
"You w ill have to tell me all about proof that H e was the Messiah prom­
land today, says It is the result of another, if necessary, the same as It at night when all Is quiet and when ised In the Scriptures, but the wicked
nation rejected Him and chose a mur­
» letter.
we’re here by ourselves."
the mixture of ’patrician blood
Both Pilate and t h .
And the old andiron promised that derer instead.
Registered mail, first c l a s s - 15«
by marriage with that of inferior
nation went down under the guilt of
It would.
f t r
c
Ah, yes, once more It was back In the rejection of C h rist
races and warns Atneriosns that •t • 0 3c extra if return receipt is
Letdbn X — Christ on the cross Is the
Its
place. Once more It was A t home.
marriage with foreigners will lead required.
" I in happy to be home again," the supreme expression o f unoelflsh love,
to racial and national decay.
s revelation of the moral nature of the
andiron said that night after every
one had gone to bed and ashes had world, and «and » a t an exhibition of
We refuse to be frightened at
been put over the Are so that no » cross section o f the world la any
the prospsot this alarmist has
generation.
sparks would fly out.
visioned. Nations have fallen as
Lesson X I— Christ's resurrection la
"Yes, I'm happy to be at home
again.
I'm not one for the outside an absolute certainty. This unquee
surely as they have risen in all
tinned fact certlAee that H e la the
world.
the past of which we have any
Plorai and
divine Son through whom we set
“I t
wna cold
Music Shop
eternal Ufa.
history, and ho would bo a bold
going u p
th e
Alban ►>
Lessen X I I — The various appear­
street, very, very
prophet who would declare ours an
ance. of Jesus Christ a fte r HIs burial
cold.
I like the
exception, but Egypt maintained
demonstrate the reality of H U resur­
w arm th
of my
its greatuess as a nation far lon­
rection. confirm the truthfulness of the
own Are.
Scriptures and reveal Him as not only
“I'm a home­
ger than any other in history and
the supreme and grand center of the
body. I love my
some of its dynatics were the most
Scriptures, but the supreme Interpreter
* illiti.lr o
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own flrestde Just
Laundrv »cut e T Tuesdays
of them.
euduring on record. Moreover,
as
some
people
'gvney H ub Cleaning Works
do.
all available history gives
"T he
outside
Goodness O u tsh ines G enius
A B E S P LA C E
at a uses ol mixed marriages among
world
may
he
Man la crested for virtue. It la his
these long-predominant familits
very fine,
b u t
nipreme endowment coupled with hla
and serfs and foreigners. Fre­
glv» me my own
•apsdty for affiance In God. Kver and
hearth, w ith you,
quently, too, the parents of one
»non a trumpet sounds.
From the
dear partner, and
llddcn battlements of Eternity , um.
of thsse brilliant rulsrs were
the fam ily and
“ I'm Happy to
nonlng him to noble living. I f he re-
br dhsr and sister.
the Are."
Home.”
fusee to obey the summons he sluks
“I'm
than
kfu
l,”
Tha Chinese empire in its
AU work done proinptlyjand reason-
n the scale of being. He .urrsnJers
said the andiron's partner, “th a t you uinnhood to accept animalism
The
grandeur extended away hack into
•b ly.
Phone 26«
feel like this about your own home logree In which a man la striving
i°r 'nd5moi‘y “
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. IS
International
S. S. Lesson
»ray» mated ;.ccordir.g to Individ
ual preference and their prog real,
as a whole, tine« the day of thi
uava man ba» not been downward.
t £ by W t i U r n N ew sp aper U n io n .)
Horizontal.
P o r t io n
D a p p le d
I m p lo r e
S u ffix d e n o t in g m o r b id c o n d it io n
o f a o in e p a r t
14— » o f t d r i n k
15— P e r e o n u l p r o n o n n
17— N o te o f m U lric a 1 • < - • ! •
IS — JMof o n t
1»— L i k e
20— A b a y w in d o w
22— /¿ r e e k l e t t e r
24— M is a n t h r o p e
20— R e c e p t a c le f o r flo w e r s
17— T u t
2 s— o n l y
t o — M la e k le r o n a c k f ld
a t — M e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t io n ( a h b r . )
-P n a t
-llo d y o f w a te r
-N e a r
t o — V llla la o n a
4 0 — Im p e r s o n a l p r o n o n n
4 1 — In s e c t
4 2 — D o m e s tic a t e d os
43— P r i n t e r ’ s m e a s u r e
45— E l e c t r i c a l u n i t o f r e a ta ta a e e
4 7 — S m a ll b o d y e f la n d s u r r o u n d e d
by w a te r
81— C r y o f p a in
8 2 — C lo t h e
88— Im p e d e s
87— F o u n d e d ( a h b r . )
88— B o re d o m
8»— S u m » f o r m i n g a d j e e t lr e n
8 8 — P e r t a i n i n g to
81 — M u s ic a l n o t e
• 2 — C o lle g e d e g r e e
03— F o ld o f e lo t b
84— D o c t r in e
• 8 — I'a lt o f w o rk
8 s— D e p o t
— S k e ll lin e d w i t h m o t h e r > o f - p e a r l
T k e e o l a t io n w i l l
of Hearing ef final Account
Notiae is hertbv given that the final
account of W A Allan . . executor
* " 'l
Lens Reene as
snecutr.x
of
the last w ill and tesu m rnt of Emms C
Allen, deceased, has hern filed in the
County Court of Linn County State of
Oregon and that the «th ,lev ef Apr
a t the hour ef 1« «.-lock a. m 1,
been dnly appointed by said Court for
the hearing of objections to said Anal
“ '»»<■• and the settlement thereof, at
which tim e any person mtsrested in
said estate ntav appear and file objections
in w riting sad contest the tame
* D< fir8‘ Pwhl.shed March 4
W. A. Alien,
,
„
Knecntor Aforesaid,
le e s Reese. Caecutrta Aforesaid
Am er A. 1 nssing
Atty far £ny, and K ara
(S c u t.)
33— D e c a y
34— 4 'o ll e c t lo a e f b o o k s e r I n f o r m a ­
t io n
88— F r e e s e n t l y ( p e e t l e )
88— C h in e s e e a s e s
87— i n q u i r e
38— F o r e v e r
40— S le n d e r m e s a o f te e ( p L )
44— T o s e t a a a n s e d la r y
48— N a t i v e m e t a l
44— P a d
48— C r a f t y
4»— B e h o ld !
8®—
82—
83—
84—
8«—
8H—
—
«4—
68—
67—
d p e e te e e f h e r e u
K n o t la w eed
P r e p o s it io n
To sm ear
P r e f ix d e n o t i n g h a l f
O re e h sch o o l p h ilo s o p h y
S h o rt la u g h e r e x c le m e t le u
P r e p o s it i o n
P a re n t
P ro c e e d
p p e a r I n n e x t le s n e .
n e t Id e a o f P la y
Halsey, Oregon
C A P IT A L
AN D
SU RPLUS
$ 3 5 ,0 0 0
Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited
Dr. C. FICQ, Dentist
“ PLATES
that
A m e ric a n E a g le
Fire Insurance Co.
you might
I A n , i J X
in
fS«°rage 83
of A "- Th ,
r '* j'"
Lu
pay you 85% of the ca»h v.'h
'o f loss by fire.
h alue ,n case
•wwnea, L L D.
Riddle»
When Is T like a boxer?
When It Is In training.
W bst moves all the time, yet t l
ways remains Is the same plsce? Tour
heart
W hy are loose pest like a house
ruined by gunfire?
Because they have both been shelled
c. P. STAFFORD, Agent
G o d s B e st M essages
God sends His beet
2*e who are faith fu l and busy.-1'res
■•ytertan of tbs South,
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Song o f tho Stora
All the atara of heaven sing th« foirti
>f Bethlehem.— Western Christian A A.
Any Girl in Trouble
recato
Modesty and hum ility are the -V
W hy Is an author more free than a »rlety of the m lodi temperance ong
Mng? Because be can chooee his own
* 0,8
subjects.
f it
i
»»
Growns, bridge work and fillings. It will
Pay you to get my prices on your dental work.
Cusick bank building, Albany
A
ifte r virtue and obedient te the law of
"There In nothing like It," said the
lu ty determines hla reel value "Good-
one hupdred-yearold andiron, and Its
ires."
esys
Emerson,
“outshines
brass face glowed in the dying em
renlun, ee the sun makes the electric
here of the Are.
lght rest n shadow."— »«v k P
• — Mesa d u ty In a r m y ( I n i t i a l s )
10— D e g r a d a t io n
13— C h a n g e e f f o r m e r s u b s ta n c e
18— P e r io d o f t i m e
19— I n d i s p o s i t i o n
21— E i l s t s
22— . \ I « k n a m e o f e a s te r n u n iv e r s it y
23— V i p e r
2fV— W e g a t lv e
2 k — D e p u ty
81— O ne w h o h o ld s a la u d te n a r e
HALSEY STATE BANK
Modern
Barber Shop
Are."
0— -’’Sote o f m a a f e a l a o a le
7— N a r r a t i v e p o e m
H— E u r o p e a n r n b b l t e
Jean Frances has been taught al­
ways to put her to js away. A t grand­
ma's she hud to take them upstairs.
.Cue day during her visit she was
playing with her toys when she called
to grandm a: "Don't you want to play
house with me?"
O f course, grandma agreed.
“W ell, be my little g irl," said Jean
Frances.
Grandma agreed.
"W ell, then, get busy and gather up
those toys and take them upstairs,"
sahl the child.
HALL’S
N O T IC E
4— T h e aam n an (a b a .)
8— T o w a r d
î f I l ] âmbîrïàînît 1
CUT FLOWERS
--SHEET MUSIC
tho ages and many royal consorts
came from humble and obscure
families.
In Hpaita, probably more than
in any other autonomy, the plans
of the modern eugsoists were in
practice.
The Spartans prided
themselves on the superiority of
their race, and to perpetuate that
euperiority ware wont to mate as a
cattle breeder mates stock, with a
view to reproducing e e l intensify
Ing desirable «haracteristlce. Their
descendants are shovelers on
American railroads. I
The mass of mankind has al-
1— R u s s ia n a r n
2— B r it is h e m p ir e f a b b r .)
8— F r a y
Solution of Puzzl« No. 14.
0 >* ,° ; 20
F. M. GRAY.
D R A Y M A N
Vertloal.
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11—
12—
msy communicate with Ensign I ee of
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he wisest girls keep out of trouble