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LATEST PHOTOGRAPH : OF PRESIDENT WILSON mmmmmm V 1 ' , t f 3 , i 12 -4 -V Remarkable Record Set Forth L in Letter by the President nn Rinmnn Rill. NEW LAWS; NEW OUTLOOK Farm Loan Act. Federal Reserve Sank, Provisions for Warehouse and Mar' keting Facilities Are Part of Pro j gram Executed By Democrats. ' No administration has ever done so much to advance the agriculture In terests of the United States as that of President Wilson. The record is set forth chiefly and effectively in a let tcr written by the President to Con gressman .A. F. Lever, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of representatives, as follows: THE WHITE HOUSE. ; Washington. August 11, 1910. My dear Mr. Lever: . ' ; It has given me much satisfaction to approve toaay me diu iuuiuuk ap propriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1917. and for otlier purposes, because the bill not only makes very generous provision for the improve ment of farm production in the na tion and for Investigations and demon strations in the field of the marketing of farm crops and of the organization of rural life, but also contains three well conceived measures designed to Improve market practices and the stor age and financing of staple crops. As the passage of this bill marks the practical cnmplPtion of an important part of the program for the 'better ment of rural life which was mapped out at the beginning of the aduinlstra,t tlon, I fpe that J cannot let the po cation pass without conveying to you and your associates In both houses my appreciation of the service ren dered to the nation In strengthening Its great agricultural foundations. The record, legislative as well as administrative, Is a remarkable one. It speaks for itself and needs only to be set forth, 1. Appreciation of the Importance of agriculture has been shown through greatly and intelligently Increased ap propriations for Its support. 2. Particular pains have been taken to foster production by every promising means, and careful thought has been given especially to the matter of In creasing the meat supply of the nation. 8. Greatly increased provision has been made, through the enactment of the Co-operative Agricultural Exten sion Act, for conveying agricultural information to farmers and for Induc ing them to apply it. This piece of legislation is one of the most signifi cant and far reaching measures for tho education of adults ever adopted by any government. It provides for co-operation between the- States and the Federal Government, This Is s highly important and significant prin ciple. When the Act is In full opera tion there will be expended annually under its terms, from Federal and State sources alone, a total of over $8, 600,000, in the direct education of tho farmer ; and this amount Is being and will be increasingly supplemented by contributions from local sources. It will permit the placing in each of the 2.S50 rural counties of the nation two farm demonstrators and specialists who will assist the demonstrators In the more difficult problems confront ing them. 4. Systematic provision for the first time has been made fotf the solution of problems in that Important half of agriculture which concerns distribu tion marketing, rural finance, and rural orenpizntion. mmmm fcAM Ik I Good Fall Painting If your buildings need painting now, don't put it off till next spring. Do it now I It will be money saved to protect the lumber against winter weather. Then, too, the fall jt a fine painting season weather conditions right; no heavy rains to soak into the lumber; no gnats and flks to stick to the fresh paint. Our advise is s Paint now and use 'The' Sherwin-Williams Paint $I-WM I ney Last am ifOF This $2.50 Aluminum Cooker The cost of Aluminum has doubled since we ordered these lifetime Cookers. At present prices, this of fer would be impossible. So, in all probability, after our supply is exhausted, it cannot be made again. Next week the grocers of this city will once more feature this Quaker Cooker offer. And for the last time, we believe. ' We have supplied Cookers now to over 1,000,000 homes. We have supplied $2.50 Aluminum Cookers for $1 to Quaker Oats users. But this offer ends with our present supply, and probably forever. Unless Aluminum drops 50 per cent, we cannot again offer a Cooker like this for $1. . But next week only we make the offer below. You can get this Cooker for $1 , by buying two of ou r cereals which should be cooked in it. This offer w made to induce better cooking. To bring you Quaker Oats and Pettijohn's cooked in perfect form, with the flavor kept in tact. Our reward will come in your doubled delight in these foods. But we supply only one to each family. Unless you have the right flakes, right cooking does not help much. But,ifyouuseQuakerOatsandPettijohn's,thiscookerisyoursfor$l.This is for one week only. Get the packages from any grocer named below. One Week OnlyYour Last Chance rViw CiCCv It. TliS. Purchase two packages of Quaker Oats and one package of Pettijohn's or three pack vyUr Vylier IS 1 niS. ageg of either. Get a Sales Slip from your grocer showing the purchase. Send us check or money order for $1 with the Sales Slip and we will mail the cooker by parcel post. We ask the Sales Slip just to show that you use our cereals. Sales Slips must be mailed next week. This offer applies in this vicinity only. Address The Quaker Oats Company, 205 Maynard Building, Seattle, Wash. Pure Aluminum Extra Large and Heavy Cereal Capacity2Qu. A Lifetime Utensil Retail Value $2.50 3 S ft . 1 m mmM Quaker Oats The Extra-Delicious Vim-Food Flaked from Queen Oats Only - A11 the world over, Quaker Oats holds first place among oat foods. Oat lovers of a hundred nations send to us to get it. A billion dishes are consumed each year. Nowhere in the world do connoisseurs find any oat food to compare with it. The reason is this: Quaker Oats is made from queen grains only just the big, plump, luscious oats. No puny, starved grains are included. A bushel of the choicest oats yields only ten pounds of Quaker. The result is a flavor which has won the world a flavor which is match less. Yet these large and luscious flakes cost you no extra price. ' Nature stores in oats a wealth of vitality, which everybody needs. We want you to know this fascinating vim-food, made as we make it and cooked in our way. Pettijohn's Rolled Wheat with 25 Bran Flakes A Modern Bran Dainty Every doctor advises bran, as essential to right living. It is Nature's laxative. Everybody every day Bhould eat it. It means better health, better spirits, sunnier days. Without it, our diet of fine food forces folks to drugs. Pettijohn's id made to meet doctors' requirements. The bran is hidden in flavory flakes of wheat. The food is a morning dainty which everybody likes. Yet it contains 25 per cent tender bran. The bran is in flake form, which makes it doubly efficient. Ground bran will not do. Try Pettijohn's one week. Note its delightful effects. Never again will you go back to a branless diet. Then try Pettijohn's Flour. It is 75 per cent fine patent flour mixed with 25 per cent bran flakes. Use it like Graham flour in any recipe. These Grocers Will Feature the Cooker Offer Next Week M0SGR0VE MERCANTILE COMPANY, Athena Oregon FIX & RADTKE, Athena Oregon it. 3 . . COVERS MOST, WEARS LONGEST, LOOKS BEST, HOST ECONOMICAL. WARE'S PHARMACY ! o. wrviswa was made promptly for the creation ot an Office of Mar kets and Rural Organization and the ! appropriations for this Office, Includ ing those for enforcing new laws de signed to promote better marketing, have been Increased to $1,200,000. The more difficult problems of marketing are being Investigated and plans are In operation for furnishing assistance to producers of perishables through a market news service. A similar ser vice for live stock Interests will be Inaugurated during the year. 6. The problems of securing the uniform grading of staple crops, of regulating dealings and traffic In them, of developing a better system of ware houses, end of providing more avail able collateral for farm loans has been successfully dealt with. 7. Under the Cotton Futures Act standards for cotton have been estab lished, the operations of the futures exchanges have been put under super vision, and the sale of cotton has been placed on a firmer basis. 8. The United States Grain Stand ards Act will secure uniformity In the grading of grain, enable the farmer to obtain fairer prices for his product, and afford him an Incentive to raise better grades of grain. 0, The United States Warehouse Act will enable the Department of Agriculture to license bonded ware houses In the various states. It will lead to the development j)f better stor age facilities for staple crops and will make possible the Issuance of reliable wurehouse receipts which will be wide ly and easily negotiable, 10. Of no less Importance for agrl culture and for the national develop ment Is the Federal Aid Road Act This measure will conduce to the es tablishment of more effective highway machinery in each state, strongly in fluence the development of good road building along right lines, stimulate larger production and better market ing, promote a fuller and more attrac tive rural life, add greatly to the con venience and economic welfare of all the people and strengthen the national foundations. The Act embodies sound principles of road legislation and will safeguard the expenditure of the funds arising under the Act not only, but will also result in the more efficient use of the large additional sums made available by States and localities. U, The. Federal .Reserve Act bene fits tlie'tarmer, as It does all the ntn people of the nation, by guaniuii i ii' better banking, safeguarding the n c It structure of the country, and im: venting panics. It takes partlenlni. note of the special needs of the farmer by making larger provlslon' for loans through national banks on farm mort gages and by giving farm paper a ma turlty period of sir months. 12. It was essential, however, that i banking machinery be devised which J Vvould reach Intimately into the rural districts, that It should operate on terms suited to the farmer's needs. : and should be under sympathetic maii ogemcnt The need was for machinery , which would Introduce business meth-, bds Into farm finance, bring order out i of chaos, reduce the cost of handling i farm loans, place upon the market mortgages which would be a safe In vestment for private funds, attract in to agricultural operations a fair share 'of the capital of the nation, and lead to a reduction of Interest, These needs and these ideals have been met by the enactment of the Federal Form Loan Act. I am glad to have had an opportunity to take part In the execution of this large program, which, I believe, will result In making agriculture more pro fitable and country life more confront able, and attractive, and, therefore, In-, sure the retention In rural districts or en efficient and contented population. Faithfully yours, WOODROW WILSON. Hon. A. F, Lever, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, : House of Representatives. There U no occasion (or the legis latures making a position for surplus employes of Industry. Let them come "back to the soil" and share with us the prosperity of the farm. When honesty is merely a policy It Is a poor virtue. - good Lazy farmers are Just as useless as dead ones and take up more room. When the soul' communes with the spirit ot nature the back to the farm movement prevails. . There are two kinds of farmers. One tries to take all the advice he hears and the other won't take any tali I WILSON A PROGRESSIVE BEFORE PARTY WAS BORN Eighteen months before tho birth of the Progressive Party, AVoodrow Wilson, then Gover nor of New Jersey, gave this definition of a Progressive and so classified himself in an ad dress before the Kansas Soclvly of New York, January 20, 1011 "By 'Radical' I understand one who goes too far; by 'Conservative' one who does not go far enough ; by 'Re actionary' one who won't go at all. I suppose I mu;t be a Progressive, which I take to be one who Insists on recognizing new facts, adjusting policies to facts . and circumstances as they arise' Under Democratic Influences during the six-year period since standpatlsm was overthrown in the House of Representatives in 1010, ninety per cent of the pro gram of reform advocated by the Progressive Party has been enacted Into law. "Invisible government," which Is now mak ing desperate efforts to "come back," has been driven from power under President Wilson's administration and will have no place in Washington so long as he Is In the White House. M F to the ening Game of Basket at FOR SERVICE8 RENDERED NOT PROMISES BROKEN it "I do not doubt that the people J of the United States will wish 4. the Democratic party to con J tlnue In control of the govern- ment. They are not in the habit of rejecting those who have ac j tually served them for those who J are making doubtful and conjec J tural promises of service. Least i of all are they likely to tubstl. tute those who promised to J render them particular eervlcts and1 proved false to that promise 4- for those who have actually ren- dered those very services." From President Wilcon's Speech J of Acceptance. School Gymnasium Saturday, November 4 8 o'clock p m Double leader Local Girls and, Boys first and second Teams in the first Game of the season-27 players! 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