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VOL. i 2. CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. OCTOBER 26, 1916 FROM OUR EXCHANGES Housekeeping and Homemaking—The C om panion. Good Housekeeping and hom em aking, says this most readable journal, ought to m ean th e sam e th in g . U nfortu n ately too often they do not. Good housekeeping of course goes a long way tow ard com fort. I t helps im m ensely in th e ease and joy and re fresh m en t of family life to have meals well cooked an d well served, to know t h a t th e things you like will be set be fore you as you like th em . The surprise of a novel, d ain ty dish soothes tired nerves an d m akes little causes of pos sible friction eeem insignificant and far away. Also, a careful housewife’s eense of regularity and order is invaluable. W hen you have tra in s to catch and bus iness a p p o in tm e n ts to m eet, you are glad to have breakfast ready for vou and to know t h a t d in n e r will be on th e table as the clock strikes. And tidiness is i n finitely restful to th e spirit. You keep your office clean, or see t h a t is kept clean; you would be a s h a m e d to have it otherw ise. I t is a trial som etim es to go hom e and find things trailin g where they ou g h t not to be, d u s t in corners, sym ptom s of cobwebs, th e c h ild re n ’s frocks b uttonless and th e ir hair d is orderly. The ceafteless, watchful th o u g h t t h a t avoids these little d ra w backs is an acceptable contribution to th e serenity of life. B ut good housekeeping, like oth er good qualities, has its corresponding dangers. Well-cooked food m u s t be eaten a t th e right m o m e n t to be a p preciated. A p unctual cook who takes pride in her work desires a punctual family, d em a n d s it, is likely to insist upon it. To a busy m an, whose eq» gagem ents ca n n o t always he m ade to accord with th e clock, t h a t precise order of meals gets to have som e terrors, especially if neglect of it brings cold looks a n d s h a r p speeches. O rder in general is a splendid t h in g ; b u t order too rigidly enforced m ay grow to be a burden. J o h n n y som etim es sighs for a place w here he can throw’ his h a t in to any old corner w ith o u t being reproached for it. And Bessie wonders w h e th e r in heaven it m ay not be possible for a girl to leave things about until she feels just like picking th e m up again. A well-kept house is n o t alw ays a charm ing hom e. S u n sh in e and smiles m ake h o m e; a m erry h e a r t and a ready welcome, no m a t t e r th o u g h m eals are cold and shoes dusty an d h an d s not so w hite as they should be. A m oth er who is a little to le ra n t of d ir t a n d a little careless in cooking, bu t w ho enters w ith her whole soul in th e lives of her husband a n d child re n , is m ore loved and cherished th a n one w ho serves meals neatly an d regularly b u t who is cold at hea rt. The ideal undoubtedly is to m ake a well-kept house a perfect h o m e ; b u t let th e hom e come first and bring th e o th e r after, if you can. IVill fu i W aste Brings Woeful W ant. NO. 16 Several of our customers are people we do not know by sight though we have done business by mail with them for yean. We believe we have given them satisfactory banking service and can give you the same satisfaction. Mail us Your Next Check or Checks It saves you time, and TIME IS MONEY, especially at this season of the year. No need to come to the bank in person. SECURITY AND SERVICE Our Motto A SUCCESS, Y E T A FAILURE W ith a g unny Hack a b o u t 1»is waist vnd a big knife in his h a n d Paladini, millionaire fish king of San Francisco, plies hia tra d e each day ju s t exactly as does any of his employes. Paladini, except for his millions hears ►■mail resem blance to th e generally ac cepted idea of a t r u s t m agnate. C utting fish is messy business. Fine traiuien has no p a rt in it. B ut P aladini cares not a w hit w h a t people th in k of his clothes. H e has am assed a million slicing fish and selling it shrewdly. And he is going to continue doing it. A lexander P aladini was born in A n cona. Italy, in th e early forties. Left as th e su p p o rt of a widowed m o th e r and four sisters a t th e age of eight, th e fu tu re fish king went to sea. After working ab o u t th e A driatic he late r visited ports th ro u g h o u t th e world. He landed a t New Y ork in 18(if>. His wages were w ith h eld because he left th e sh ip on A m erican soil. Paladini was aix m o n th s on th e trip aro u n d Gape H orn. H e landed in San Francisco with a few dollars. I.ater lie bought a sm all fish s ta n d an d prospered, T he big fire ! wiped out ev e ry th in g he owned except FIRE ! his real es ta te and fishing boats. P ersistence is one of th e P alad in i c h a r acteristics anti reverses do not worry him —or stop him pilling up great riches. E d i t o r ’s Note— Few m en know when to q u it th e game. H ere is p o rtra y e d a c h a r acter t h a t should have long ago left tho slicing of fish to some one less fortunate, th a t he, too, m ig h t a c c u m u la te some of th e world’s goods. Ttiis m a n from Italy bus accum u lated a fo rtune and lost the m eans of know ing how to e n joy it. He is no more nor less t h a n a m achine—an yone can be a m achine. Thu successful m an is th e one who ac cum ulates a respectable com petence w ithout Htarting a growth of bristles on his hack. How few they are. On every hand we find th e m iserable rich, frayed to a fta/./le, because w ith th e a c c u m u la tion of a little w ealth th ey have lost th e ir h e a d . . They knew not when to q uit and give th e otfier fellow a chance. It frequently occurs t h a t t h e o th e r fel low persists in taking t h e chance, w hether or not he is given an opp o r tunity. The re sult has in v a ria b ly been th a t lie has m ade th e m iserable rich hustle to re ta in w hat he hud a l ready accum ulated and in m a n y i n stances ho goes the way from w hich no traveler re turns, a dism al failure, fin an cially and otherw ise. FIRE ! FIRE ! TROUBLES ON YOUR BRAIN can he speedily done away with if you will but take th^ precau tion to protect yourself against catastrophes. 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