T he governm ent is now con»
tiderin< bids lo r new star route
contracts and it is certain that the
M ORO. OREGON.
compensation asked by b id d e n
F R ID A Y .. .. February 13, 1913 w ill far exceed amounts paid in
the past. It is anticipated that in
an effort at econom y the Depart
Entered « second claaa metter at
pent often et M oro, Oregon, July 25, If
ment w ill either postpone the let
ting o f new contracts o r w ill re
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in some instances expects to dis
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continue service altogether.
If
Saad lo r advertising rate*.
the
department
made
a
mistake
in
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why
aot?
establishing too lo w a rate fo r
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o know it would be profitable to you to
the consequence by re-
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People who have gone out on the
postal card, and pay for it when you can
frontier
to make homes and de
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neglect of subscribers to notify as of velop latent resources o f the
in their address. Nor w ill the
country are entitled to all the en
of a Postmaster that the sub
acribar has “ Removed** settle the bili
bill of a couragement and assistance the
government can give in the mat
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cept when for money making purposes.
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of the publishers.
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At any timewhen requested to do •
of too hasty enlargement o f the
aiscootioued. But i
the paper will
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expect that all arrears wt.t he paid before parcel post service o r any unwise
such request is made. It is easy t o ask us acts of adm inistrative officers of
(or a sute ment, which will be cheerfully
the governm ent in putting the
rendered at say time.
The price of The Observer is $1.50 per service into commission.
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O b s e rv e r.
Food and Population
A century ago Tnomas Robert
M olthus, an English w riter and
-
theorist put forth the prediction
that the population of the modern
w orld was increasing so rapidly
G. LARNED
that the time w ould come when it
would be impossible w ith the
D u rin g th e reigns o f Louis X I I I . ,
products of human labor to feed X IV . and X V . o f Franco dueling was
its people.
so prevalent th a t a t one tim e i t began
N o b od y today is scared at any
such prospect, nevertheless it
seems nearer at hand than is com
m o n ly supposed.
A lready the
U n ite d States, with an area of
three and a half m illio n square
miles o f the richest farm ing land
in the w orld, is confessing to the
difficulties of its food suppiy by
to apyear t b a ^ t i the bravest men* in
France w ould be killed. W h ile Louts
X V . was on the throne a young gradu
ate o f the College o r N e w Jersey w ent
abroad fo r the qprjK»«e o f fin ish in g his
education by tro ro l.
Paris In those days was a fa vo rite
resort fo r the f«w colonists o f N orth
Am erica who V entured to cross the
A tla n tic , and yoniu Matbewson mnde
quite a sojourn ¿¿here. The priorii>uI
reason fo r his d<gng so was M ile. H o r
im p o rtin g beef. corn, potatoes, tens« de Boyer, a dashing g irl, w ho was
eggs and other fo o d products setting th e young 1 ’» " f u,e capita!
Wild. She was^considered the most
fro m - Canada,
Argentina and graceful dancer and the best horsewo
other countries. It is not strange man in Parts and I. I *o fa r practiced
that the European countries are the a rt o f se lf I de! .use as to stand
well as n handler of the foil.
forced to im p o rt food, fo r they
One evening < t e i m ball, at w hich
marked a tte n tio n
are overcrowded w ith population Mathewson had
was address.-d by
Mite, de
and their lands have been cults« a to young
as follow s:
arm y
vated fo r thousands of years. But
of a challenge to
" I am th«
stun Vaudelaia, you
that a vast new country like ours, you from
having
during
evening brushed
that can contain five times its
dance.”
against him In
year, 75 cents for six montos, 50 cents for
present population and should be
w ell th a t the
Mflthewnon
lour month»—but i f naid in »avaoce
t fo r th e chal-
accept $2.50 in full for 2 yean.
Shorter
A t a mass meeting o f the Farm able to support them, has to im charge was
terrna than on. year 1 2 # cent* per mohth.
hltuself only about
e r’s Unions o f M o rro w county p ort bread and meat fo r its popu lenge and
the Io tie r,
ver, he knew th a t he
A Blue M ark here w ill answer an tn- held last week definite action was lation, seems a sham e/
p t f t o r leave Paris,
must either
, when entered upon our calendar,
followed by
contem pt o f a ll who
towards a reduction in
the date oí the paper aa the date at taken
him by th e ir good w ill.
had
favored
your current •ubacripl
ription expire».
freight rates on wheat from the
Reseeding Old Range
He snapecteLtbat the tru e reason fo r
H eppner branch to P ortland; a
being called out was th a t he had paid
China pheasants liberated last com m ittee was appointed to con
A serious decline in the carry marked attention to M ile, de Boyer.
fall in C ro o k county have w inter fer w ith sim ilar committees from ing capacity o f western grazing He replied I y re fe rrin g the officer to
a frie n d , the 3 w e n t to his apartments.
ed in good co ndition and a start Sherman, G illia m , and C ro o k lands is due largely to the fact The frie n d J lined him soon a fte r, and
has been made in having a game counties to the end that freight that stockmen failed to give range upon cpnsuLation It Was determ ined
b ird of recognized quality native rates from all this te rrito ry be in plants a chance to keep growing to p u t o ff t l • meeting! •<> long aa pos
In orde th a t the Aroertcan m ight
to O regon in the central part o f vestigated at the one tim e by the is the statement made by the de sible
prepare hi nine If by practice, fo r he had
the state.
state railroad commission. It ap partm ent of agriculture in a bulle >no s k ill wh itever w ith any weapon.
pears to be the general impression tin recently issued on range im *Tbe beet, b wever. th a t eoqld be done
was to deter the encounter fo r ten
Reports fro m all parts o f Baker that freight rates on the branch provem ent. Excessive grazing in days. Then Matbewson began to prac
county are that hydrophobia is roads are higher, w ith shorter the spring before the forage crop tice shooting w ith a pistol
The next evening a fte r the ball w h ile
ram pant among cattle, hogs, dogs hauls, than from W alla W alla and matured and grazing continued
Count Vaudelaia wag d ining a t th e cafe
and coyotes. T he coyotes are be- Pendleton. T h e M o rro w county year after year are the main causes where be was used to ta k in g his dinner
lived to have spread the infection farmers are also b u ild in g elcfvators o f range deterioration.
a lady h indsomely dreaned hut w ear
ing a ve 'i th a t she did not raise, entered
to dogs and cattle and the dogs to care fo r their wheat th
year,
The remedy suggested fo r the
place and took a seat near him.
which have been. infected have which is expected to be a f o r in deterioration is deferred grazing. the
No lady was. lu those days ever sees
been biting hogs and infecting the price received this
II fo r U n d e r such a plan an overgrazed to enter a offte unattended by an ee
them.
eort. and the veiled w om an at once ar
their grain.
p o rtio n of the range, sufficiently rested the a ttention o f every one pres
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large.to supply the forage from ent. Presently she six>ke In an in d ig
the tim e of seed m aturity u ntil the nant tone to V iu d e tsb , accusing him
&
end of the grazing' season, is p ro o f sta rin g *at her, th re w a card on his
table bearing the name o f A lb e rt du
tected from stock u n til the seed Plessis and le ft the cafe.
Vaudelaia. asnmiahed. picked up the
crop has matured. U p o n maturity
card, supposing i t t« hoar the natme o f
o f the seed crop the land is grazed the lody’a hn*d>and. Since Its * being
but not to the extent of in ju rin g given him was tantatneunt to a chal
seed plants. T h e same* area is lenge. he w aited fo r a frie n d o f the
gentleman to appear. P resently a man
protected in the same way during entered and said th a t he represented
ic o
other seasons, o r u n til new plants Du Pleeals and made arrangem ents fo r
have been securely established. the duel to take place the n e xt m orning
sunrise.
W hen the ffrea has been thorough a t Vaudelaia
now h a d -tw o duels on his
ly reseed^a it can again be grazed hands on successive raorntoga. T his
did not trouble him. fo r not a year
earhk’rty the season.
passed th a t he fought few er than h a lf a
doaen. But he did not like fig h tin g the
husband o f a iM m a n on a charge
Notice to Pay Income Tax
th a t be had stared at her. and be was
not Hatlafled ns to Hie statu» o f the w o
n ly a few days left in which man herself, since she had been in a
file your income tax statement. public cafe unsttghded. He belonged
T * ’
A pplications to r blanks can be to the co u rt circle aud to fig h t any
one except a gentleman w ould detract
made to any bank o r county treas from his aeelot standing. He endeav
urer o r to M ilto n A . M ille r, col ored to discover who wns M. du Plea
lector internal revenue, P ortland, sis. b u t.fo u u d no one who had ever
heard o f him» However, th in k in g to
Oregon.
suffer less by fightlnu a man o f the
Pcnelty of $20 to $1000 for fail peqple than by declining to fig h t he
ure to file returns on or before concluded, so long as the a ffa ir w onld
not In te rfe re w ith his meeting w ith
M arek 1st
.Mutbeweon. to le t I t proceed.
He was oti the ground the next
Fine not exceeding $2000 or
im prisonm ent not exceeding one m orning w a itin g fo r M. du Pleeaia.
who had not arrived, when a carriage
year o r both at the discretion of drove up and o u t stepped a lady a t
the court fo r making a false or tended by a maid. She drew aside
her veil and revealed the features of
fraudulent return.
Mile de Boyer.
Vaudelaia was th u n
E very person having a net in derstruck.
.
come of $3000 or over fo r calen
“ H ow long. M. la C o u n t” «he said,
dar year, $2500 fo r year 1913, •since you constituted yourself my
must make a return; a single per- guardian, w ith the r ig h t to say who
„
shall and who shell n»t pay me at-
son it allowed an exem ption of tentionT"
“ Hortenae. w h a t do you mean by
$3000 and a married person $4000.
F o r year 1913, M arch 1 to De such words r ’
“ I mean th a t I Have hoard th a t you,
cember 31, the exem ption allowed whose brains are In your limbo, have,
under p re te x t challenged a man
is $2500 o r $3333.33.
W C RU TLED G E, Proi tor.
A ll payments due on yo u r in whose brains are In his head because
be danced w ith me several tim es a t a
— —
come may be rem itted at once o r recent ball. 1 propose th a t you shall
you can have u n til June 30 in fl rut settle w ith me .for accepting his
Nearest Hotel to Business Gfenter, Bank
which to pay. Payment must be ’ in vita tio ns, a fte r w hich yon may Bot
and Depot. Courteous Treatm ent, Clean
tle w ith him fo r g iv in g them .”
made by certified check, money
T h ro w in g off a long cloak, she re
Beds and Table the best ttyfc m a rk e t w ill
order o r draft.
Personal checks vealed a fencing costume. Vaudelaia
afford. '
did a ll in his pow er to a v o id 'fig h tin g
cannot be accepted.
a woman and * ¡ .¿ 1 ailed only by
Partnerships as such are not re pledging h im self to w ith d ra w his
S U N D A Y D IN N I IS 3 5 0 .
quired to make income returns, challenge to M ali wson. a d m ittin g
but the members com prising the the true reason fo r having given it.
firm p ro vid in g their in d ividual w ith an abject a p o lo g y /
M atbewson was lu a shoot lug g a l
incomes reach $2500 fo r 1913 or lery when he received the count’e
w ith d ra w a l.
He endeavored to dis
over are to make returns.
cover
the
reason
fo r its reception, but
I f in doubt regarding any part
Mile, de Boyer had pledged every one
o f the law o r regulations w rite fo r concerned, not to reveal the tru th .
Inform ation to M . A . M ille r, col When Mathewson le ft fo r America he
would have taken Mile, de B ojref w ith
lector, Portland. O regon.
him as his w ife, but she wa» related
D À R N IE L L H ¡BROS.,
F o r year 1913, the law operates to the royal fa m ily, and to m arry a
o n ly from M arch 1 to December commoner and go to , the “ Am erican
31 so the incomes, deductions and wilderness was not to be tho u g h t of
fo r a moment.
P ound’s C oncert B and of
has decided to give oi
of thtóiv~4*Hí~dances
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FEBRUARY 27,491
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I t is new, and its rooms are provided with
ru n n in g w ater and long distance telephones.
European plan. Rates $1 per day and up.
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Tranaicnt Team» G iven Prompt Attention
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W h y They Quarreled.
in creasin g an in v estm en t from w h ich
you are su re to receive good returns. .• •.
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Glass, Paints, and Oils.
. Bone and Alfalfa Meal.
H ew te T re a t a W ire Cut.
or procured on short notice.
alq » jv '1'« s
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Canton Hows, Superior and .Peoria Drills.
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The (raie Crouiers Conveniences
Sure Sign.
A PRAYER-
Hia bills paid by check are not only a valid receipt, but
also a oonveuierioe in his home transactions where very often
the necessary change for concluding settlement is not at hand
Don’t stop to th in k this over, but start an account now with
G ive us the strength to encounter
that which is to come, that we may
he brave in peril, constant ia tribu
lation, temperate in wrath, and in
all change« of fortune dow n to the
gates o f death loyal and loving oat
to another.— Steveotoo.
M r. Quote«*-Rotomon has said “ tbe
race Is not to the s w ift nor tbe battle
to the strong.”
M r. O u m re p o rt-I enppooe In hte tim e
tbe sporting co m p etitio n was pretty
«rooked. - B rooklyn L ttfc
“ Back te the Land.*
Noah sighted A ra ra t
sued “ *I am ce rta in ly beading th a t tnovo*
m ent" he c rie d .-N e w York Boa.
H is Inferenoe.
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X IV
For all kinds of machinery carried in stock
A man’s fu tu re Is his own. He makes
tt h im se lf every day aa he goes along
through Ufa.
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D B A L R R *
“ Dances used to o rig in a te fro m trib a l
eastoma.”
“ W e ll, doesn’t tt teem ‘ possible th a t
some o f these popular dances tend to
Illu s tra te the movements o f persona
dodging a flock o f motorcars T’—Wash
ington Star.
Juet a S u g g e s t io n .
H e —W h a t!
A nother new drees!
T h a t’s enough to make me ju m p out
o f m y s kin ! She—W hy don’t you to It?
Then I can have a belt and band bag
mnde o f I t —Ulk.
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Popular Priced Restaurant
Hew CeteepHlare Build.
Many clever ca te rp illa rs w h ich dw ell
h a b itu a lly In company b u ild a common
nest fo r th e common b e n e fit O f these
la the famous Am erican te n t ca te rp il
lar. The tents are re a H j nests o f s ilk
spun among leaves and tw igs. In them
tbe ca te rp illa rs d w e ll when young, and
to them they resort fo r shelter In rainy
w eather even when larger grown. A l
lied species w hich pass through tbe
w in te r In th e c a te rp illa r state con
s tru c t w in te r sleeping quarters w hich
tbe bookish fo lk call hibernacnluma.
These are often conspicuous among the
branches d u rin g tbe cold months o f the
year. I f to rn open they reveal a sur
prising thickness o f span s ilk, fo rm in g
a dense nonconductlve w a ll. A t the
center o f th e mass He fro m th ir ty to
fifty tig litly packed c s te rp ttta n w a ttin g
fo r the re tu rn o f the w arm weather,
w hen they w ill resume th e ir feeding.
Never let a w ire cu t on yo u r stock
go unattended. Clean out tbe w ound
w ith soap and w ater, wash w ith perox
ide o f hydrogen and apply a good heal
in g o in tm e n t—R ural Farmer.
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P o s itiv e ly m o s t c e n tra lly
lo c a te d , r I f th ' 8 t. ‘ cars pass
th e d o o rs every few m inute
Enterprise.
Illu strative Danoae.
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A w e ll know n business establish
m ent recently re n t out a c irc u la r to tb s
trade w ith w hich f t has dealings an
nouncing the death o f the bead o f the
Arm. T o th e astonishm ent o f the firm ,
there was received fro m a p rin tin g
house the fo llo w in g reply to the c ir
cu la r:
“ Gentlemen—I t la w ith deep regret
th a t we learn by yo u r c irc u la r o f re
cent date o f tbe great loss sustained
b y your firm , and we resp e ctfu lly beg
to express o u r h e a rtfe lt sym pathy.
•'In thia connection w e observe th a t
yo u r circ u la r la printed by Messrs.
B la n k & Co. W e feel confident th a t
bad yon placed thia order w ith na we
could have quoted you cheaper and
b e tte r term s than any o th e r firm ; con
sequently In tbe deplorable event o f a
fu tu re l>ereaveinent we tru s t th a t you
w ill afford ns an o p p o rtu n ity to make
you an offer In th ia regard."—E x
change.
G ...
W here Ha Got tt.
Teacher—Now, W lUle, where did you
get th a t chew ing gum? 1 w a n t tbe
tru th .
W illie —You don’t w a n t the
tru th , teacher, and I ’d ra th e r not te ll a
lie. Teacher— H ow dare you say I don’t
w a n t the tr u th ! T e ll me a t once w here
you got th a t chew ing gum. W illie -
U nder your desk.—Exchange.
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Esstem Oregon Headquarters.
“ Yes. th e y’re m arried.”
, “ W h y do you th in k so?”
“ D id n ’t yen hear him say when she
asked him to cal! a ta x i th a t he thought
It w ould do them both good to w alk?”
—Chicago Record-Herald/*
accord
A farm band in Kansas
h it em ployer fo r $15,000 because
o f injuries he received to his
atomuch when served a boiled
dinner. The tria l court allowed
him $1,000,which has been carried
to the Kansas supreme court upon
appeal. The suit it based upon a
claim that the d inner Rave him a
Portland, Oregon.
Are not alone confined to Rural Free Derive.y of m ail
and tbe Telephone.
There is another convenience which a ll
farmers should have — and many do have — a checking ac
count with s good bank.
The possessor of such an account
avoids the risk of having his money ob hie perron or about
his home where ft is in danger of fire and thieves.
The Dalles, Oi
exemptions are
ingly.
NEW HOTEL PERKINS
Spiders T h a t H u n t Fish. »'
There are ce rta in large sea spiders
tw o feet fro m toe to toe. called Col lo
se n dels glgas, th a t live In the w a te r
a n ^ feed e n tire ly upon m ollusks and
WOrnUL?
The cnrnlvoroua w o lf spider, an am
phibious In h a b ita n t o f the tropical re
gions o f South Am erica, Is said to pre
fe r a fish d ie t though It la not averse
to eating mice, young birds and even
snakes, resem bling In th ia respect the
therephosldas, or b ird catching spiders,
o f India and Qoeenatand, ooms o f
w hich equal a ra t In slse.
T he colloaendeia la the moat fo rm id a
ble specimen o f the spider fa m ily ,
measuring six inches around the body
and possessing tw elve long, hairy legs,
w ith w hich It grips Its finny prey. U
attacks fish several tim es larger th a n
Its e lf and a fte r b itin g them through
th e back And stin g in g them to death
g lu ts its e lf by socking the Juices fro m
th e bodies o f Its victim s. 1
*1 hear th a t you quarreled w ith
H a rry ,” said one young w om ari to
another. “ la I t so 7”
"Yea' I d id ” replied the other g irt.
“ H e la a h o rrid thing. H e asked me
how old I was, and I to ld him tw e n
ty-one. and be w o u ld n 't believe roe!”
“ Indeed r said tbe first. “ W ell, yon
should have referred him to Bob Yates.
H e could «wear you to ld him tbe very
same th in g fo u r year« ago.“ —D e tro it
Free Press.
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Wfogad Craatorea o f ___
In Borneo winged creatures
countered where one w ould Jeast ex
pect them. F ly in g fish the sfsse o f her
rin g s ore found lu a ll the w aters, and
there Is the flyin g fo x, the w ell know n
fr u it eating bat, w hich the Malays call
“ kruang”
They may be seen almost
any evening w in g in g tb e lr steady
flig h t ofte n n t a great elevation w ell
out o f range o f a shotgun. The fly in g
squirrels as evening tw ilig h t conies
are also seen. They g lid e down fro m
one lo fty tree to the base o f another,
up w hich they scram ble te the level
they started from - W ide expansions
o f skin between the fore and hind
lim bs act lu purachute fashion and
suststu them in th e ir glide. They are
o f some size, b u t are q u its harmless.
The flyin g llraird is seen in the heat o f
th e day lu the Jungle g ild in g dow n
w ith a flash in much the same m anner
as the squirrel. B u t he Is much sm all
er and It requires a quick eye to de
te ct him. The natives k ill h im w ith a
clay ball shot fro m th e ir blowpipes.—
N orth Borneo Herald.
The illasso [||arohoiisc milling (¡o.
Bank, of moi
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