The Political Future in Oregon
Heaviness of heart is not over*
come by change of outer skies.
The cause of so much unrest
It is overcome ^only through
M O R O . OREGON.
and
trouble of the present day, in
change of spiritual climate.
business as well as politics, is the
F R ID A Y .......... February 20. 1913
omnipresence of impracticability.
A man lives as he thinks. • He
Each recurring election year ten
By EDWARD L. BARKER
Thought
Ratered a* second class matter at the also thinks as he lives.
thousand
political
prescriptions
poet office at M oro. Oregon, July 25, 1891. and life each in turn are cause arid
effect. Conduct influences thought are offered by men and women Jim Follansble aud I were In Lon­
of the highest character and with don waiting for a remittance that
C. L. I reland .............Manager. and thought shapes conduct.
the purest motives, but with no didn't come. W h at was the matter 1
good sense as to what is obtain­ did not know, but I didn’t get the
Illinois wants common-sense able ultimately and will be work­ money. Jim was strapped and de­
Scad for advertising ratea.
A good able in a complex cosmopolitan pending on me to help him o u t 1 had
If you do not read The Observer, why taught in the schools.
arranged for certain sums to be sent
not?
subject, theoretically. Practically, country such as the United States. me periodically, -and t bey had come all
W e would like to have you take it, and however, where are persons com­
One of the most time consum­ right except thia last one.
we know it would be profitable to you to
Were you ever in a strange land
become a subscriber.
W e send it two petent for teaching it to be had? ing of all proposed measures that
years for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12tf cts a
without money or credit? Well, It ’s a
—Spokane
Spokesman
Review.
generally comes before the voters mighty mean feeling We hired a room,
month ian’t much. T ry it. Order by
postal card, and pay for it when you can.
of Oregon is that affecting the use which we paid for in advance for a
W e will not be responsible for the
It
all
the
candidates
that
are
up
and
distribution of liquor. We week, and thia left us 12 shillings for
neglect of subscribers to notify as of
r hangfa in their address. Nor will the for political offices were as well have had the priviledge in the meals for that period. I expected sure­
notification of a Postmaster that the sub­ known to the public as their wives
past elections of voting upon ly that my draft would come within
scriber has ‘ •Removed” settle the bill of a
know them, what a blessing it county local option, state prohi­ seven days at most, and then 1 should
delinquent.
have all I needed for both of ns. But*
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex­ would be to the masses, as it bition and the adoption of the the mall steamers continued to come
cept when for money making purposes. would insure a short ballot.—Polk
Home Rule measure at the last In one after another and no rem it-,
Such notices at regular rates at the option
tance. 1 put off the peraon who rented
County
Observer.
of the publishers.
election.
uh the room, bat I couldn't Induce any
It was generally considered tha* one to trust me for a meal. Jim and
At any timewhen requested to do so,
the paper will be aiscontinuerj. But we
I both got eo lean iud hungry that our
The colors of the official flag of with the adoption of the Home owu
expect that all arrears wi.i be paid before
mothers wgubta’t have known os.
such request is made. It is easy to ask us the Panama-Pacific International Rule measure that the time had
One evening «r hen we were pretty
for a statement, which will be cheerfully
Exposition are blue, geld and come when this particular subject near starved 1 eaid to JJm, “Jim. I'm
rendered at any time.
to have a bang up good dinner.”
orange. At fly and hoist there is would be eliminated from state going
The
price of The --------
Observer is $1.50 per
‘•I'd like to know where you’re go­
he pne-----------
politics
and
be
relegated
to
the
rear, 75 cents for six months, 50 cents for a blue triangle the apices of each
ing to get It.” raid Jim.
our months—bu» if naid in -dvance we
point where each locality would
‘And I'm goi ig to take you In too.”
centering
in
a
gold
oval
in
the
iccept $2.50 in full *or 2 years.
Shorter
That's verj good of you. Only I
erms than on«, year 12% cents per month. middle of the flag, upon which a legislate upon the question as the
don't wsnt any Barmecide feasts just
battleship is silhouetted. majority of each section would now. I'm houkering after the reel
A Blue Mark here will answer an in- blue
Mery, when entered upon our calendar, Above and below the central prefer.
thing.”
giving the data Of the paper as the date at
The Observer four years ago “Shut up and listen.” '
figure are fields of orange.
ahich your current subscription expires.
supported the Home Rule mea­ I developed my plan to him. I re­
served for myself the leading role, and
sure, as being the best obtainable Jim didn’t Ute playing a low down
method of regulating the sale of part, but he was hungry enough to
liquor in Oregon. It always has steal a baby’s bottle. So he consented.
About 7 o’clock 1 went Into a nice
held to that opinion and does yet little
restau ran t on a side street where
today. We consider that if the "bobbles” weren't very frequent and.
6tate at large should by any pos­ banging up my overcoat, sat down to
a table and ordered pretty nearly ev­
sibility vote the state of Oregon erything on the bill. 1 ordered tur­
dry, this year or any other year, tle bo up, fried Hole, a cut of South-
mutton English mutton’s Jim
it would only open the way for a down
dandy, you know—and 1 Just told the
few politicians, sfleh as only a wnlter to bring me all the entrees—
Tammany organization could there were six of ’em—and a quart bot­
of ale. You see, 1 was so hollow
create, to wax wealthy off the tle
that 1 needed all these dishes to fill
blackmail levied upon those who me up.
would engage in the business of That was a dinner I've never forgot
teu. Every time I get aw fully hungry
supplying liquor to those who had 1 eat It over ugain—in Imagination.
the price to pay for the satisfy­ When I'd got through with the sub-
stantialH 1 toppt-d off with an English
ing of their appetites.
plum pudding, washed down with
The Observer is strongly of the some reel p o rt-th e reel stuff that the
opinion that no where is there a nobility drinks-and ordered a cup of
'
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strictly legally dry community; coffee
Having satisfied a hunger that bad
even Sherman county cannot pro­ been accumulating for a week, 1 stroll­
duce such a place; while some of ed up to the cnahier's desk, where the
proprietor himself sat behind a cigar
the component parts of the county counter.
I had picked out a shilling
has been dry tor years. If within a cigar and was cutting off the end pre­
community that has been and is paratory to lighting It when 1 heard a
close beside me ssy:
dry by legal agreement amongst voice
"Mr. M arston, this is the tackiest
themselves there is a disregard of m eeting for me In the world.”
aw upon this subject how can 1 turned and thefe was Jim beam­
ing on me ns happy and as innocent
such a law be enforced where the looking as a eix-ycar-old boy.
"You have the advantage of me,
public opinion is utterly opposed
sir.”
to such a measure?
"You haven’t the advantage of me.
We hear a great deal about I know you for Edwin Marston, head
high taxes; a tarmer friend of ours of the firm of M arston, Plunkett A
bankers. Wall street. New York.
just before voting at the last elec­ Co.,
1 once kept an account at your bouse.
AND WE EXPECT YOU TO BE THERE
tion 6aid he was opposed to any My name's Follansbee"— that wag the
measure that would increase his only truth In tbe whole ta le — “and 1
re|>eat Pm lucky to meet you, for I've
taxes. Bt it will certainly eat tax spent all my money and am waiting
money to try and enforce laws for a remittance. You must help me
of this nature among people of a out.”
" I don’t remember you, sir,” I re­
community that do not desire plied, ‘‘but I ’ll not see a fellow coun­
such Iaw6 and resent their enact­ tryman In a strange land In need of
friends. How much do you want?”
W. C. RUTLEDGE, Proprietor;
ment.
"Oh. £50 w ill do. But, 1 say. I
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But there is another side to this bnven't dined and 1 need a sovereign
question; a side that to the man­ for a dinner right off ”
N ea rest H otel to B u sin ess C enter, B ank
"Go right over there to that table and
agement of the Observer looms order
w h at you like."
and Depot. C ourteous T r e a tm e n t, Clean
possibly the larger of any other Jim sat down at n table, and I don’t
B eds and T able th e b est th e m a rk et w ill
one item that could be cited in a think he left anything on the menu
discussion of this subject; that is unordered. Jt be did It wasn't any­
afford.
-
thing more succulent than a herring.
the education and training for dis­ 1 stood by the landlord puffing my ci­
SUNDAY DINNERS 3 5C .
regard of law and the evasion o gar.
“ When he has had his dinner,” I said,
law seen every day by the grow
"just make one bill of It all.” Then 1
ing generation w*hen a community went on to tell him that our firm did
is forced to do certain things, by such a large business tbgt I couldn’t
statute, to which they are opposed. remember everybody who dealt with
up or who knew me
1 sometimes got
Under our American system o swindled. 1 admitted, by people who
government it is supposed that said they knew me and whom I didn’t
the most popular man gets the know, but I'd rather get stuck for £100
now and then than refuse one of ’em.
office lor which a contest is main
Tbe landlord bad dabbled a little In
tained; that being so, any effort “Americans" and asked me about sev­
to force upon the majority of vot­ eral railway companies In which be
D A R N IE L L E B R O S., Proprietors
bad Rharee. I didn t happen to know
ers of a section the enforcement about any of thorn, but I told him so
of, to them, obnoxious laws an much about each one that Jim bad
The Dalles, Oregon
office holder would certainly plenty of tim e to eat his dinner. 1
was leaning ovfer tbe ’ counter with
loose a certain amount of popu­ my
back to my friend, tbe landlord fac­
Headquarters for our Sherm an County
larity. That being the case such ing him. Suddenly tbe landlord cried
friends; prices reasonable; first class
an officer would certainly try to out to me:
fellow's going out!"
please all factions and fail by "That
restaurant with the hotel.
1 was bound to finish what I was
pleasing none.
aaylng. There was JJm near tbe door.
"H e’s stealing year overcoat!” cried
The
O b se r v e r .
H e Needed
Credit
Big Doings
Pound’s Concert Band of W asco
has decided to give one
of their big dances
FEBRUARY 27, 1914
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Transient Teams Given Prompt Attention
George Ellard, proprietor
A U T O M O B IL E
FOB
H IR E
A farmer near Eugene was ar­
rested last week for the crime of
converting his prune crop into
prune brandy. He is said to have
been manufacturing prune brandy
for several years, but the sheriff
has never been able to secure
evidence enough to convict.
A model of the Panama Canal,
500 feet in length, will be among
the exhibits by the United States
government at the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition. O f the
$500,000 appropriated by congress
for federal exhibits, $60,000 has
been turned over to the Isthmian
Canal Commission for the con­
struction of the model. The model
complete in all working details,
will allow the passage of toy boats.
It will be built to scale.
tbe landlord as Jim unbooked the cost.
With an Imprecation 1 ran to save
my coat and down.the street after tbe
thief.
We met later In oar room much re­
freshed. But we didn’t have any more
deprivation, for the next morning I re­
ceived my remittance I went a round
to the restaurant and |*»id for the two
dinners. All 1 had wanted was a lit
tie credit. 1 am aware that to get It I
practiced a« trick worthy of a Jailbird
Rut was there any harm eo long as )
was good for the amount?
A Rather Navel Complaint.
An English traveler once met a
pa ulou sitting in h state of the
woeful despair and apparently
the last agonies by the aide o f one of
the mountain lakes of Switzerland. Ho
inquired the cause of his sufferings.
"Oh,” said the latter, “I was very
hot end thirsty and took a large d raft
of tbe clear water of tbe lake and then
m t down on thia atone to consult my
guidebook. To my astonishment, I
found that the water of thia lake la
very poisonous! Ob, 1 am a gone man!
I feel It running all over me. I have
only a faw minutes to live. Remem­
ber me to” — --------------£---------- —------ —
"Let me see the guidebook,” said his
friend
Turning to the passage, he
found. "L ’eau du lac eat bien poiason-
eusa" (The w ater of this lake abounds
in fish).
; v J
“ Is that tbe meaning of it?"
“Certainly.”
The dying man looked op with a ra­
diant countenance.
“W hat would have become of yon,”
m id his friend. “I f I had not met you?”
“I should have died of Imperfect
knowledge of the French language.”
Winning the V ictoria Ci
Thia la the story of the act of gal­
lantry for which Lieutenant Roberta
won the V. O. at Khodagunje. A fter
a pursuit which had continued for
nearly five miles a body of mutineer«
had been overtaken, who faced about
and fired into the squadron at cloee
quarters. Roberts saw Younghueband
fall, bat oould not go to his assistance,
as at that moment one o f his sowars
was In dire peril from a sepoy who
was attacking him with a fixed bay­
onet, and bad be not ^helped tbe man
and disposed of his opponent he must
have been killed. Roberts then de­
scried a sepoy making off w ith a stand­
ard and rode after the rebels and over­
took them, and while wrenching the
staff out of tbe hands of one of them,
whom he cut down, was nearly killed
by another man who put his musket
cloee to his body, but tbe weapon for­
tunately missed Ore, and he carried off
the standard.—CornhiU Magazine.
W ater From the Yangtze.
There Is a saying In China that to
make a perfect cup of tea you must
take leaves from Mlngshan and wa­
ter from tbg. Yangtze. No one suppos­
ed the actual turbid river water to be
mean^ but no one could explain tbe
proverb until De Roethorn, who wrote
an Interesting treatise on Chinese tea.
aolved the problem or thought be did.
De Roethorn was once crossing the
Yangtse near Its mouth, at Chenklang,
when be saw some men In a boat dip­
ping water Into buckets. He Inquired
why they did that and was told that at
the bottom of the bey there was a
spring, remembered since the time
when the present river bed was dry
land, and that this spring water was
highly esteemed In cookery. Here,
then, be concluded, be had found that
special water of the Yangtze which,
with Mlngshan leaves, made the best
cup of tea In tbe world.
Berne Ball Game.
The set eral members of the family
had t»een telling what they would do
If they owned the world.
Mother
would abolish poverty. Father would
provide absolute Justice for a IL Sister
Bn rah would give every woman the
vote. Finally the views of ten-year-
old Johnny were sought
"W hat *nd I do If I owned the
world?” said he, looking up from a
geography be had been studying.
“Well, I ’ll tell you what I'd da First
I ’d get old Atlas to sign up two base­
ball teams among his brothers and
cousins; then I ’d lay out a diamond on
the desert of Sahara, put the Rocky
mountains around It for a fence, give
tbe players tbe moon for a ball and the
north pole for a b e t and, say. maybe
I wouldn’t alt on top of Pikes peak
and see some ball game!”—Judge.
Knew He W as H o n est
A man who kept a small shop was
waiting on a single customer early one
morning. His little boy and he were
alone at the time, and the shopkeeper
was obliged to go upstairs for some
change. Before doing so he whispered
to tbe little chap to watch the custom
er to see that be didn’t steal anything.
Very soon the proprietor returned
with the necessary change, and the
boy sang out, “H e didn’t steal any­
thing, pa; I watched him!”
AVARICE.
Withee« Balm.
W illy—Pa, what’s a hogs l eae
case?
Pa-Twelve smptian. - UwtaeoWa
Are not alone confined to Barai Free D elivery of mall
and thè Telephone.
There la another oonvenlenoe which all
farmers should have — and many do have — a checking ac­
count with a good bank.
The poeeeseor of such an aoooant
avoids the risk of having his money on his person or about
his borne where it is in danger of fire and thievoa.
His bills paid by check are net only a valid reoeipt, but
also a convenience in his home transactions where very often
the necessary change for concluding settlement is not at hand
Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now wit h ,
Consulting His C o m fo rt
“You encourage your boy to use
slang?”
“W ell, I don’t exactly encourage him.
But I must admit that be causes me
lees personal annoyance than my
daughter, who is constantly criticising
my grammar."—Washington 8tar.
Well Named.
“In some parts of Brasil there are
birds with bills a yard long,” said the
tall man.
“W hat do they call them?” asked tbe
short man.
—
“Plumber birds.” replied the tall man.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
The man who saves when he has lit­
tle Is called stingy- H e that saves
when he has much Is said to he Ju4M-
rioua.
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"There are some bodies o f w ater
they call bights, are there not?”
“Yee.”
"Then I should think the bights were
the most appropriate places for the
barks.”—Baltimore American.
Cnferood Applause.
“M y husband doesn’t ears for grand
"But I notice that be applauds vigor­
ously,"
“H e dose that to keep awake«"—
Washington Hsftlg.
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Rato.
In America It la estimated that the
number of rats la nearly equal to the
population, but they are not nearly as
dangerous or destructive as tbe rats
found In many of tbe foreign countries
and are more easily exterminated. I t
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