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The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, January 17, 1930
X.
Grain Charge* Obsolete
Ja a t
C le e e ie g
R a t« «
B a te d
__V
on
Forest Service 21 Year» x
Of Age In December!
O ld
Water Supply Unsafe
N ia g a r a
la
O n ly
S o u rc e
Not
Origin Of Electric Meter
Oregon Farm Income;
v What i» The Total? I t W a s M a d « b y E d is o n O n a W a g e r
REPORT OF CONDITION
OF THE
W i t h V a n d e r b ilt W h o K ic k e d O n
, In the J a n e 6, 1928 issue o f the
M e th o d U a f a i r to G ro w e r»
MORO ST A T E BANK
E le c t r ic B ill
O. S. C. ag ricu ltu ral bulletin data
/
U nited S tates fo re st service has come
M Pl««
a t Moro, O regon, C ounty o f Sherm an, a t close o f business
of age, according to re p o rt of d ia tric tl
F alling w ater as a source of pow- w ere presented showing g re a t vari-
The N ew zYork H erald-T ribune of
forester C. M. G ranger. Tw enty-one e r j3 fjne when it is all right? T h a a i t ation in official and u n o ffical esti-
D ecem ber 31st, 1929
A new method o f determ ining smut years ago, in D ecem ber, 1908, th e I ft cannot alw ays be relied in is jj_ 'm a te s o f the value of ag ricu ltu ral N ovem ber 10, published an am using
RESO U RCES
Thad con story in connection w ith the firs t
dockage on g rain shipped to term inal P ortland head q u arters of the n ational I lu,tr a te d on the P acific coast this productidn in Oregon.
fusion
still
exists
seems
evident
from
electric m dter constructed by Mr.
elevators which will conform to mod forests of the sta te s of O regon and I w inter w here the m unicipal plants a t
Loans and d i s c o u n t s ..................................... ........................... *308942.85
4.82
e rn m ethods of cleaning and be more W ashington had its beginning in w hat I S eattle and T acom a w ere su ffe rin g fig u res recently* published. F o r in *Edison. It seems th a t in the early
O verd rafts
5000.00
eq uitable to the producer, is advocat was then the Beck Building, on Broad-1 from a severe sh o rtag e of pow er stance, one new spaper states, “ O re stages of electric lighting, C ornelius
Bonds, s^purities, etc
4122.78
ed by George R- Hyslop, chief in farm way and Oak stre e ts.
T heodore T hey re fte d too m uch on w a te r supply. gon’s farm yield sets new high re c o rd ; V anderbilt was am ong the firs t to
B anking house none; fu rn itu re and fixtures *4122.78
7648.10
crops a t Oregon S tate College. Pro Roosevelt, a staunch su p p o rter of the
Factories have had to close down or to ta l is *61*.788,000.” The “ G rand have his house w ired. The» service
Real estate owned o th er th an banking house , ..........
24907.41
on sh o rt schedules. S tre e t light- T otal V alue, 1928” was *576,269,360 charged fo r lighting in those days
fessor Hyslop is now in the east ac t forest conservation m ovem ent, was I
Cash, due from banks and cash item s
was based entirely on the num ber of
ing fo r the U nited S tates departm ent then president, and G ifford P inchot, I jng and signs w ere elim inated and according to the same au th o rity .
T otal
................................................................................... *350626.96
A nother paper says, “ O regon fa rm lamps installed and n ot in te rm s of
o f ag ricu ltu re as chairm an of a special 3 m em ber of the fam ous p resid en t s I an appeal made by the a u th o ritie s to
L IA B IL IT IE S
com m ittee investigating present gram “ tennis cabinet” , was chief fo re ste r I ajj custom ers to use as little electric- ers got, o r will get, *180,000,000 fo r the actu al am ount of energy con
th e ir products in 1929. T his is *5,- sumed. Mr. V anderbilt did n o t th in k
at
W
ashington.
I
t
was
Pinchot
who
J
¡ty
as
possible
standards.
Capital stock paid i n ............................................................... *6??0?’00
j n the harb o r was a g re a t w arship 000,000 m ore than the com bined value this was fa ir, and, sending fo r Mr.
In recen t years a washing r roces? issued the order establishing th e N orth
7500.00
S u rp lu s........................................................................................
I with an electric p la n t of 190,000 of the s ta te ’s ag ricu ltu ral products in Edison, he poured fo rth his woes.
of sm ut rem oval has entirety re ?acific d istrict h eadquarters.
8760.81
U
ndivided
p
ro
fits—
net
................
.
.
.
.
.
.
................................
The conversation, according to the
The first land to be set aside in the I horse power. A ppeals w ere m ade by 1928.”
placed the old scouring dry cleaning
Dem and deposits . . ............ ......................................................
122435.40
B ut the “ E stim ated Cash Incom e H erald, was as follow s:
method of form er years, yet the old Pacific northw est fo r fo re st conser- the m unicipalities to have th is w ar-
Time c e rtific ate s
...................< .............................................
82112.04
“ I believe th a t I am being over
procedure of calculating the smut vation purposes was the Pacific F orest ship lend its p la n t in the em ergency F arm P ro d u ctio n ”, in 1928 fo r O re
Bills
payable
and
rediscounts
.........
*
....................
.......
79817.71
gon,
as
published
by
th
e
U
nited
S
tates
charged for the am ount of electricity
dockage by us« of a sample scourer is Reserve in W ashington, created by which appeal has finally been
T otal ........................................ , ................................*.......... *360625.96
d e p a rtm e n t of ag riculture w as *122, th a t I use,” ventured Mr. V anderbilt.
presidential proclam ation in 1 8 9 3 .1 proved.
is still in use.
167,000— quite a d iffe re n t sum th an
“ How so?” asked Mr. Edison.
This scouring process alw ays re This reserve covered 967,680 acres
N iagara, which supplies pow er in
ST A T E OF OREGON, County of Sherm an ss.
“ W hy you charge solely on the
moved enough' of the bran in ad d ’.tto*' md was the nucleus of the north I O ntario, is the only w ater pow er in *576,269,360 or even *175,000,000.
I, R. il. Coppock, cashier of the above nam ed bank, do solemnly
Divided
equally
am
ong
approxim
ately
basis
of
the
num
ber
of
lam
ps
th
a
t
I
to the sm ut to increase the dockcto
acific national fo re st system , which this country th a t can be relied on to
sw
ear
th a t the above sta te m e n t is tru e to the best of my knowledge
80,000 O regon farm ers it would pro had installed and I rarely have more
m aterially, says P rofessor Hyslop.
as te e n expanded to 22 federal for- such an e x te n t th a t steam plants need
and
belief.
R- H. Coppock, Cashier.
vide
a
b
o
u
t
*2000—
n
ot
around
*3000
than half of them tu rn e d on a t any
On tria ls covering 5000 tons of wheai ests covering approxim ately one-fifth not be constructed fo r em ergency use
or
*10,000
each.
one
tim
e.
Besides,
I
don
t
see
how
the sm ut dockage assessed by the of ttye land area of each of the states I t used to be said th a t the hydro
C o rrect — A tte st:
Subscribed and sworn to before me
To some extent perhaps, d ifferen ces you can tell how many hours I have
grain inspection d ep artm en t am ount of Oregon and W ashington.
W. H. Ragsdale
plant owned by th e city of T acom a
this 4th day o f Ja n u a ry , 1930
in
estim
ate*
mdy
be
accounted
fo
r
in
nad any of them b u rn in g .”
P. C. Axtell
ed to 1-62 per cent while the e c tu a ’
I t secured its
The early day “ fo re st reserves” , as | was in th a t class.
J. L. Searcy,
tendency not to recognize, or to fo r
J. W. Hoech
“ Q uite so; b u t suppose I install an
N otary Public fo r Oregon
loss of dry m a tte r am ounted to but .he national forests were then called, I w ater from a storage lake fed by the
L. B arnum
get, th a t farm ers use a considerable a p p a ra tu s th a t will tell me how m any
My commission expires March 3, 1930
J. 02 p er cent.
were first adm inistered by the depart- ceaseless snows of Mt. R ainier b u t
D irectors.
A nother reason for a change in m ent of the in terio r, b u t w ere n o t I the two year drouth in the w est prov p a rt of th e ir products on th e farm lamps you have used and how long
fo
r
feed
and
food.
The
official
e
sti
they have been b u rn in g ? ”
m ethod, Professor Hyslop points cut, placed under any form of supervision ed reliance on even this w a te r pow er
m ated gross value of crops fo r O regon
Mr. Van
“ Im possible,” r e t o r t e d ----
-----
is the reduced cost of cleaning under until 1897. In 1905, the “ reserves” unsafe
the washing system as com pared with were tra n sfe rre d from the departm ent I The m unicipal pow er p la n t a t Ta- in 1928 was *96,075,000 com pared to J e “ W ell I ’ll make a w ager w ith m g tt H ll» l H » K H » n » R R » » « H H » » » » » O » H H I » » W i m i lH H m i HHH»H Um:
For
the form er process. In the old days of the in terio r to the d e p a rtm e n t of I coma has steam auxiliary supply equal cash income of *57,608,000.
anim
al
production
the
gross
value
was
you,” persisted Mr. Edison. “ I ’ll bet
when it was necessary to p ut the ag riculture and placed under the im- only to one-eigth of its w a te r pow er
estim
ated
a
t
*74,307,000
and
the
cash
a t the end of n ex t m onth I will be
grain through the cleaning as much m ediate adm inistration of the bureau 1 capacity.
The m unicipal p la n t a t
able to tell you the num ber of lamp
as th re e tim es, the public service of forestry. In o rder to deal on the Seattle has steam plants in reserve 'incom e a t *64,559,000.
Inasm uch as even official estim ates uours of electricity you have used.”
commission established charges th at ground w ith local fo re st problem s, I equal only to o n e-fourth of its w ater
are now out of all proportion to the inspection d istricts w ere organized in power capacity fo r all needs if the are qualified by the sta te m e n t that - The w ager “was made and Mr.
.uison devised the first convenient
actual cost of cleaning by w ashing. the w est by the bureau in 1907. These I w ater does not fail them . It has been for m ost of the m iscellaneous groups
The Moro State Bank on Wednesday of this week
A t p resent a higher charge is made were la te r changed to adm inistrative a p re tty reliable supply hereto fo re adequate data on prodution, sales and electric light m eter, which made use
prices
were
not
available,
the
question
f
the
deposition
of
copper
on
a
plate.
completed
the purchase of the assets, furniture and
fo r badly sm utted w heat, while in units known as national fo re st dis-1 b ut it failed and caused much discom-
The plate was weighed before the test.
,actual practice a single w ashing is tricts, one of which was th e north I f Or t to homes and loss to industry seems a fa ir one: O regon farm in
fixtures of the Citizens Bank of Grass Valley.
The difference in w eight was d e te r
uniform ly used, Hyslop finds. Studies Pacific d istrict, including the fe d e ra l!
C ontrasted w ith this the two com com e; W hat is it?
We wish to assure all patrons of the Citizens Bank
The gross income from farm pro
mined, and, knowing the electro
made by d ep artm en t of agriculture forests in W ashington and Oregon I panies in P o rtland have steam plant
specialists showed th a t charges of and in a small portion of n o rthw estern I reserve equal to the e n tire w ater duction in Oregon in 1928 was esti chemical equivalent of copper, the I: that we will at all times do everything within our
35 cents a ton were made on w heat C alifornia.
capacity to further their best interests that is con
The nam e “ fo re st re- power capacity. A t S eattle where m ated a t *135,505,000 com pared to am ount of electrical energy con-
th a t cost b u t slightly in excess of serves” was changed to natio n al f o r - l more th an th re e -fo u rth s of all bus- *122,167,000 of cash income. Pro sumed could be accurately calculated.
sistent with the requirements of good banking, and
Mr. V andebilt in structed all of the «
12 cents a ton to wash. The extru ests in 1905.
iness is done by privately owned pow ducts used in the farm hom es are in
that we will fully appreciate their continued good
charge fo r sacked g rain should also
er com panies the steam p la n t reserve eluded in the gross income, b u t not servants in his house to keep a care- £
will and patronage.
in
the
cash
income
estim
ates.
The
f
ul
.check
on
how
long
each
lamp
was
::
be elim inated, believes Hyslop, as all
was more th an equal to the w ater
estim
ated
gross
income
by
comihod
burned.
He
was
quite
shocked
when
grain is now unsacked for shipm ent
Horseshoe Pitching
power capacity. The duplicate invest
All depositors having accounts with the Citizens
he discovered th at both results were
w hether it needs cleaning or not.
m ent was made fo r purposes of safe ities was reported as follow s:
Bank are requested to continue using their old check
P o ultry, dairy products, livestock alm ost identical.
No one these days reveals his ty, ju st such em ergencies as the te rri and bee products, to tal, *72,283,000
books and at their convenience call and secure new
Americanism so much us he does when tory is now facing. R esult: The com
Field
crops,
fru
its
and
vegetables
check books at the Moro State Bank.
Moro School Note»
he takes to horseshoe pitching. It is panies a t P o rtland and the private greenhouse poducts, nursery products
What To Do ?
company
at
S
eattle
have
had
no
dif
the game of the hour. Love of It Is
farm gardens, and fo re st products
Miss Cole’s room , w ith p e rfe c t a t not confined to Virginia, but extends ficulty in m eeting the drouth con total, *63,222,000. T otal value of all
United States Naval ucademy nil-
tendance, was w inner of the banner to all 48 states of the Union. For ditions w ithout disturbance to cus crops and anim al products is *135
Xh
Moro, Oregon
cluls are wondering what the naval
merly It wns the sport of rural folk; toiners.
fo r th e sixteenth week.
505,000.
In
New
E
ngland,
New
York,
Wis
world Is coming to, says the Minne
Scouts Tommy F raser, Melvin Han now, however, men of the city are
consin, and M innesota, w here w ater
apolis Tribune. A certain woman rep-
son, and Donald Davis attended the quite as much given to It ns their
is extensively harnessed fo r pow er
resentctlve In the bouse lia« an
Before the long-predicted satura
C ourt of H onor in The Dalles on J a n brothers In the country, says the Rich
the prolonged drouth has seriously tion point in motor ear production has
nounced that she Is seriously consid
mond
Times
Dispatch.
Take
a
spin
uary 15th and received num erous
curtailed the use of w ater fo r power been reached. Queens Borough, N
ering naming young women ns her
any
clear
evening
after
working
hours
aw ards.
m aking. This has not disturbed homes
appointees to Annapolis. She observes
All of the Moro faculty attended through Richmond, Roanoke or Lynch and industry because of adequate Y„ complains of the saturation point
that women have entered ninny fields
In
abandoned
old
car*
A
thousand
burg
and
you
will
find
dovotees
of
th e local heachers in stitu te a t Wasco
reserve steam plants to fill the gap, a month are run or towed to Its streets
traditionally supposed to be closetf to
horseshoe
pitching
Intent
upon
win
la st S aturday. The n ex t m eeting for
available either directly or through and permanently parked, so far as the
the fair sex. But now that women are
ning
a
community
championship
In
the teach ers of Sherm an county will
successfully entering the factories and
the presence of a wildly enthusiastic interconnections by the transm ission owners are concerned.
be a t Moro in F ebruary.
the professions, she sees no reason
gallery. Golf Is still very popular, as lines.
Phone Moro 201
Plans for a stu d e n t body carnival
why they should he discriminated
la baseball; there has been evident
There are three classes of chewing
are in the making. A com m ittee of
against In the navy. The midship
during the last few months a remark
Insects, says Nature Magazine, namely
stu d en ts w ith Mr. T ucker in charge
men are said to be grinning over the
Ice Business Changes
able croquet revival; for widespread
those
that
fe e d upon foliage In the
is m anaging th e affair.
W atch, the
Idea.
They have no objections at all
renewal of Interest, however, the an
open, those that roll the foliage, and
p ap er fo r la te r announcem ents.
to
a
little
feminine company. In fact,
dent and honorable game of horse
those
that
feed
on
t
i
e
Inside
of
the
The electrically operated re f r ig
The Moro O ptim ist, our local high shoe pitching must be awarded the erating machines have p u t the n a t stems. In addition, of course, there
the first maid who enters the academy
is said to be assured of a royal wel
school paper, received honorable men prize.
ural ice business out of commission. are cliiggcra.
come.
But the officials themselves are
tio n in th e sta te contest sponsored by
T hirty years ago filling ice houses was
Dealers In
confronted with the problem of dis
th e U niversity of Oregon. The Day
There seems to be only one sure an im portant business a t this tim e of
peeni
to
be
fairly
well
I’re\ e:n i
ville paper won the cup fo r first prize way of Increasing the safety of the year. The ice h arv est in the northern
»i one kind of war. tracting the congresswoman from turn
organized
in the m im eograph section. Accord submarine, and that Is to abolish It states was a g re a t deal like the fruit
n e . i o warned that If ing Annapolis Into a boys’ and girls’
Chinese :*<
school. And this particular problem.
ing to the judges, this division, in altogether. Even ns an Instrument of harvest with the seasons reversed.
'
; • m other of those
they c
which the O ptim ist registered, was un war, It Is one of which the unre Thousands of men were employed for
• "tm^lively will be de- It appears, has never been dealt With
tong w.
In any treatises written on naval
usually large this year.
strained use Is generally condemned, a season th a t lasted from fo u r to ported :
< ¡.»>.1 to do their wnr-
strategy. We have no special solu
G rass Valley came out of the stru g says the Philadelphia Ledger. It Is a eight weeks. The ice houses around Xing In
' . r »untry.
tion for them, but must confess to
gle a little b e tte r than Moro la st F ri weapon which Is directed In the main the inland lakes were colossal affairs.
—/jr
some
amusement over their distress.
day night, when th e ir boys defeated against non-combatants and of which Help from the surrounding country
.< of having no crime
o u r team 23 to 5, and the girls tied on the effect Is felt not by naval or mili was used as fa r as possible b ut it was
• number of European
*• In Germany the popular American
a 11 to 11 score.
tary forces but by civil populations. always insufficient. Carloads of the
<1 u rim ns promising
The lineup fo r the girls w as: Peetz The history of the World war shows unemployed in the large cities were
iiuin ’heir own lands "easy-payment” plan is called “stut
and A. Powell, cen ters; B ryant and P. that the submarine, while It can sink gathered up and sent to the ice fields.
i e \ ’»anrt the record In tering.” The exact German word for tt n » n n n m iin iin n t n K t t « K n n n t t : : t K t r n : m : n : : t « : K t t « : t n n t t« ttttn ttK t ttt:ttn » t:T
It Is “stottern.” which has given rise
Pow ell, fo rw ard s; Amidon and Jo h n an occasional troopship, is virtually They were known as “ hoboes” and
to good usuge and Is now to be given
son, g u ard s; Ruggles, substitute.
powerless against an armored battle were accom m odated in large company
recognition in the dieiionnry ns mean
The boys lineup was Amidon, cen ship. . . . In the long run. It would boarding houses.
• i e ¡reek tout, the stock
te r ; K. McDonald and McKinney, fo r seem, lesser naval powers as well as
They were unreliable help, dodg
causes fds public to ing both “to Stutter” and to buy on
Instalments.
America prides Itself
w ards; Pluem ke and H astings, guards; greater would benefit by the abolition ing work and quarrelin g am ong them
Ids Inside Information
upon
facility
for
coining words and
B. Miller, D. B urnet, C. B oardm an, of the submarine. But the lesser pow selyes. Each ice season had its ac
i ..lib d him to amass a for-
phrases. Is not slang a synonym of
C. Adams, su b stitutes.
era, at least for the present, continue com panim ent of m urder, suicide, th e ft
iehi for a retirement from
the apt and happy speech which rolls
to block all progress In this direction. and small pox cases. The w ork con
! I burly fi.rly.
so
easily off the American tongue?
tinued into the sum m er also. Each
UNITED GROCERS
Well,
It appears that nation has a
Farm Pointer»
ice
house
had
its
gang
of
men
and
G.v:t canal projects nre In contem
When we hear a lot of old fellows
OF OREGON. INC.
rival,
says
the
St.
Paul
Pioneer
Press.
we have known a good many years contributed laden cars to the tra in plation. Any picturesque hopes, how
Here
Is
Germany
fashioning
a
pecu
The Pacific coast states lead the criticizing the youpg people of today load th a t w ent to the city each sum ever, of (he revival of the old mule and
A Link in The United Chain of Grocers
liarly per, and spicy term
Money
e n tire country in average num ber of and how fast they live, we have only mer day. But now, not even the hotels the lowpatli nre denied even to the
talks.
Americans
>pny.
The
Germnns
Dealing in “Merchandise of Merit”
to remember a few years back and along the lakes put up th e ir own ice. most ardent sentimentalist who drenius
eggs produced per hen.
are still more expressive. They say
They have joined the vast arm y who pf the “dear old dnyi.”
recall
how
the
people
of
those
days
T here are nearly 300,000 boys and
It stutters when paid out on the In
Comprising Mens’ Clothing and Shoes
do it electrically.
400,000 girls enrolled in some kind conducted themselves It Is quite true
stalment
plan.
School Books and School Supplies
o f 4-H club work in the United they do things now that they did not
discovered that-.iloPs are near-sighted
do then, but It should not be forgot
States.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
If people do not like the crowded —says that famjllarlty Is most dis
Governments representing “97 per
ten that they did things then that are
tusteful to the average python,
Supplies of good seed are usually
conditions
In
federal
prisons,
It
la
cent of the land surface. 98 per cent
Fresh Vegetables, Bakery, and Lunch Goods
not done now, says the Newcastle
scarce, and the wise grow er makes
easy to keep out of them.
ip*»
-
------- -
of the total population nn<[ npproxl j
Times. The majority of people who
, Things were ntuch^slnipler hack In nmtely 99 per cent of the total, agri- J
bis selections and purchase before
Special Offer, Citrus House-
have reached middle age or a little
Probably If the full truth were the medieval days, and then the cultural production of the world " have i
they are are all gone, says the Oregon
hold Soap, 6 bars for........25c
older have no room to criticize the known, there Is a vltamlne G or <1 Book-of-the-Month selection wn« prob
E xperim ent station.
agreed
to
co-operate
In
the
"world
;
HOUSEHOLD
younger generation. They convenient
ably the only one published.
In fried chicken and gravy.
Watch our Hand Bills for Friday,
Decem ber is the month during ly forget the faults and remember only
ngrlculturnl census ,«• he taken next
which m odem
get o” t the the virtues of a generation ago.
year."
The
statement
comes
from
,
Saturday and Monday Specials.
Parents do not have to worry about
(
1
truvSoJpC|ia|P,>
f"
A thing not generally understood
farm account book and fig a ie up Jie
the children’s setting up exercises In about life In prehistoric times Is what Mr. L. M. Estabrook. director of the i
p ro fit or loss for the year in pre
the morning. It's the getting up.
the peevish cave-dweller slammed on census for the Internationa, Institute
I have been reading In * Sunday
p aratio n fo r a new sta rt Ja n u ary 1st,
of Agriculture, who returned to Wash
the
way out. In lieu of a door.
newspaper how a witch doctor In
If the sleeping car porters feel In
says the Oregon Experim ent station.
ington last month from a Latin-Amer
The North Pacific district of the
R e q u ir in g
S te a m
P la n t
Notice to the Patrons of
The Citizens Bank of Grass Valley
Moro State Bank
Kerr Gifford & Co., Inc.
E C. Cluster, Manager
Grain, Grain Bags and Twine
Mill Feed - Rolled Feed - Poultry Feed
Life, Fire and Grain Insuranee
Walter A. May & Son
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South Africa administered the powder
of a ground-up gramophone record to
A lake vacationer reports tossing make a patient talk, the medicine be
•crap* of fish to n gull, which the ing mixed with water from a railway
bird caught before they hit the water. ' engine In order that the patient might
Thia is what Is known as refueling In be set going again, says the London
flight
Morning Post The treatment, which,
by the way, wns quite successful,
The first one the Information ed seems comic enough; yet It la really
itor sliced open the other morning In
quired as follows: "What nre the no more absurd than those In vogue
Twin Cities?” Well, how about Walla among'the medical profession In this
country a few generations ago. or ln-
Walla?
i deed thnn many rustic cures even now
When the office skeptic’s calcula lh use.
tion.^ of his end-of-the-montli balance
agreed exBctly with the bank's, the
"Somebody udvoea’es as a good
other day, be went over It again, more policy not to argue with a fool. But
carefully.
how orc we to know that he Is a fool
until
we have argued with him and he
Western scientist Is experimenting
disagrees
with us?’’—Toledo Blade.
with skirts for trolley cars as noise
We
gi\e
It
up, unless the proof Is the
preventers. He should he able to get
plenty of equipment from the coun fact that person number two argues
with person number cne.
try’s attics.
suited when offered tips at least they
pocket their Insults very gracefully.
Do we understand that the under-
slung pipe Is to be considered the sign
and seal of the new type of diplomat?
Frequently an expert la a man who
charges one hundred dollars for doing
what anybody else would do for ten.
After all the philanthropic efforts
to make penitentiaries pleasant, a pris
on mutiny appears downright ungrate
fu l/
The office cynic says he wouldn’t be
surprised If the world came to an end
j shortly, no one having prophesied It of
late.
Transatlantic ships have become so
fast nowadays you have only four days
and o few hours In which to mislay
tbs passport.
After reading some of the up-to-date
rules of table etiquette, we prefer to
continue eating In the good old fash
loned. If somewhat plebeian, way.
Whatever place was the
the race, whether It was
Central Asia. It 1« a great
some of the babies got out
cradle of
Africa or
pity that
of IL
“This child seejns rather lafge for
four years,” said the conductor to.the
lady with a single ticket, "and , the
railroad doesn't allow stowaways.”
Severn, schoolhouses hove burned ,n
Saskatchewan, and we also see that,
owing to the drought In Belgium, chil
dren are advised not to wash so often
ican Journey, during which he en
listed -the co-operation of 13 countries
In Central and Sonlh America. The
undertaking. ,f successful, should add
Immensely to the sum of accurate and
dependable
Information
regarding
world agriculture.
Benefits nre to be arranged for musi
cians who have been left out of work
(It would be a cruel Jibe to any "left
out of play”) by the sound synchroniz
ing pictures. - One of the most de
lightful of accomplishments Is re
garded as a trade, and the performer
who gives new beauty to the tone of
strings or horn cannot, like the me
chanical Inventor, appeal to the patent
office to protect his talent.
A Parisian dramatist told an Inter
viewer he wrote his new play nt odd
times In cafes. While waiting for Business Men say: “ A dvertising Pays’
three-minute eggs, we have no doubt.
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Independent Warehouse
& Milling Co.
R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon
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