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aIbANYOREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9
POPULATION
The federal census naturally arouses new thoughts of
civic and national greatness. Every city, town and village
is interested in knowing whether it is passing its rivals, and
eagerly awaits the earliest reports. All city-dwellers want to
know the relative rank of big citiees. Every state wants to
known the relative rank of big cities, every state wants to
can wonders what the grand total will show for the country
as a whole, when the big job is finished some months hence.
The pride that Americans have always taken in their
country s numerical growth is joined, in these latter years,
with a feeling of wonder, and almost of iricreduality. A hun
dred years ago the United States had fewer people than the
state of New York has now. Fifty years ago the national
population was less than the present population of five
states New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
which, great as they are, were not dominating enough to
swing the last national election. And how small now seems
the 1910 total of 92,757,000 people! Today, perhaps, we
have 20,000,000 more than that. Which is to say that in one
decade we have added nearly as many people as there were
in the country in 1850. . - --
The population has long been increasing, on an average,
more than 20 per cent every ten years. Compound 1 10,000
000 at 20 per cent for a few decades and see how it mounts
up! In 50 years it will give us about 275,000,000. How
much in 100 years?
So far we may be able to reckon with a fair degree of
probability. But take 1,000 years. Several nations have
lived longer than that. Who, by any triumph of arithme
tic or imagination, can foresee the possibilities of this
country and this continent in the year 2920?
Comment of the
State Press
Snappy Gleaaainfs from tha
Press of the
Valley
Rogue River Rhapsody
(Grants Pass Courier)
And so w might go down the en
tire list. Berry or fruit or vegetable,
it's the climate that makes It Just a
little sweeter, or a little more nectar
like or of a richer quality.
Without a Kick
in It
. DID
NOT survive
Carl Needham to
Raise Shropshire
Sheep for Show
Looks Bad to Uninformed
We make no pretentions to know
all of the facts regarding the dis-
miBnl nf StMA RiitlttirUt Pinl.iV hv
,h. Vi-k .i r., r i..i.. . 1 llorn lur.:ta sheep for some
from our angle of vision, would style 1 ''."V bf inU:nit 10 few S"roP- I
Carl Needham, who resides along
the Calapodia bottom, has purchased
four registered Shropshire ewes from
E. II. Hollowiy, of till Keitilo Ridge
Stock fram, paying SoO a head for
them. Mr. Necdhan has been brood-
i (hirea for show Jultx.se.
it a mistake, says the Canyon City
Eagle. He is the one man on the1 ty m ww t a
commission, "who knows, and It nitn
would have been better to have dis-' BloWIl Uo II U
r v
Dynamite Blast
missed the entire commission "fur:
harmony rather than Mr. Finluy. The
state has lost a valuable officer in ord- J . , .
er to preserve a few insignificant poli-' ' bT- "EL-N!' 8-.Wh" ";
ticians whose knowledge of animal ",K wp" '
life is limited to the donkey, the ele- ?V H"'v" T""U'r . 'noon. A.
.! ho ... o . 1 nimroui. a lurmer, ow years oiu
bas blown 110 feet through the air
... .. j ! " killed. His body wat horridft
$12 Per Head . . ,
Have you joined the 1920 brand of ..Almroth took 20 .tick, of oowder
the-local Chamber of Commerce, the; 'from hi houto the field, and half
an hour later Mrs. Almroth heard a
loud blast. When their 10 year-old
THE LOST YEAR
"Last year," writes Henri Brieux, in the Petit Journal
of Paris, "was a year thrown away. As after the great tor
ment ot lyj, we stopped working; we embraced certain po
litical theories from which we drew idleness under the name
of strikes. . -
. "Without understanding what we were doing, we fol
lowed the non-prcduction of a four-year war with volun
tary laziness. To the destruction of war we added other de
structions. The bank note has become simply a permit to
destroy; for all our luxury, all our useless money-spending
is destruction destruction of work which superfluous lux
ury entails, destruction of value represented by the bank
note which we could use to pay our debts.
"Humanity has just passed through a crisis of folly
which ended when the war-stopped. Then, after this mad
ness had piled up our ruins, after barbarism had killed mil
lions and millions of men, at a time when work and economy
were indispensable, we decided to reduce our labor and
started in on a reign of frolic and prodigality."
He is writing of France. Are his words not almost lit
erally true, also, of America? Let America ioin earnestlv in
the hope he expresses, and in the resolution needed to make
that hope come true :
"The year19I9 was the last year of this business.- The
year now beginning is the first year of a new regime. The
year 1920 must be a return to normal life, bearing fruits of
jaoor joyiousiy performed.:
Rosehunr News asks if a nailra. Thial
is- going to be a big year for Rose
burg and you must be aligned with the
hub of all progressive activities. Get
your name on the list along with
your check for $12. It is sure wortli
the price and then some.
Sit I'p and Take Notice
Here is 'a republican newspaper
which evidently thinks Mr. Bryan
good enough to be president. Thy
Medford Mail-Tribune says: "If abso
lute honesty, purity of character, una
true sympathy with the aspiration
of the common people were in them
selves sufficient, William Jennings
Bryan would have an excellent chance
of the democratic nomination. If he
wins the nomination, and it takes a
pretty stupid political obsenfer to
regard the possibility at a Joke, it
will be, not so much because of hi.
eminence, as the flatness of the sur
rounding country."
ton returned from school he went to
watch the blasting and found his fath
er's body. It is believed the acci
dent occured when Almroth was tamp
ing the powder abo-it a stump. Mrs.
Almroth and the on survive.
CHICAGO, Jan. 8. A. P. Arnal
mail terivce between Chicago and Uin
aho was in.iuirerated tod iy when the
'Purkpilot Waller J. Smith, left Grant
Parkcarrying 400 pound, of mail and
a package of meat which it to tie ser
ved at a banquet to General Persh
ing in Om iha tonight.
The G. (). P. Is Proud of Newberry
and .Mann-
Representative James R Mann, of
Chicago, wants to let Victor Berger
sit in congress and came very nearly
being speaker of the present session.
It seems, however, that Mann rep
resents a strongly pro-German dis
trict and was against war with Ger
many to the last, differing from Berg
er only in lack of courage to become
an open enemy of the government
Mann should go, too. Eugene Guard.
Our Leading Optimist
If Governor Olcott expects to se
cure peace and harmony by the course
he has mapped out in the fish and
game controversy, he is certainly our
leading optimist. Capital Journal.
The village of North Stratford, in
northern New Hampshire, will soon
be able to boast of having the largest
barrel-manufacturing plant in the
world.
If You
Keep Money.
in the store or office, it's subject
to loss by fire or theft.
If you keep checks too long
before depositing, they're some
times returned marked "No
Funds."
Thc safe way is to have a
Check Account with this bank,
and deposit daily.
Capital & Surplus $90,000
t
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Farm Loan.i,aand Agents for Federal Farm Loans. .' "' -
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Good Used Cars I
FORD One ton Truck Excellent shape, just overhauled, re
painted. Electric lights, storage batter, a real bargain.
Don't fail to see thisone. Hurry.
CADILLAC Touring ear A real bargain, new paint, tires
almost new, perfect mechanical condition, absolutely
, guaranteed. -
i. BODGE Touring, new top, good tires, Just being overhauled,
' ,' " a bargain for someone.
. 1917 CHEVROLET Touring New tires, excellent mechanical
condition. Car only run 3500 miles. A real buy.
Remember we tell you the truth about our used cars" and
. are very careful to overhaul every one we have. Then we
-- know what we are talking about. Don't forget to sec the ones
listed now.
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W make a specialty of StuJenU and Children's Work. Expert serv
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OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE . . , BUD STOVER, proprietor
STOP THAT COUGH
Before it Becomes Deep-Seated
Nyals Syrup of White Pino With Cod Liver Extract
Eucalyptus and Menthol Will do it
It Soothes Irritated Surfarts and Builds up Broken-down Tissues
Pries $3 and 50c
SEE OUR STATIONERY
It is unexcelled for Quality and Beauty,
Look over our line of Flash Lights, Pocket Knives,
Thermos Bottles and Lunch Kits
Calavans Drug Store
2nd & Main SU.
"RESULTS MORE THAN CLAIMED"
m taaCfff Mr. J. r AmmMOT,
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PE-RU-NA
THE IEMEDY FOI EVEITBAY ILLS
1 havo used To-ru-na (or
yeori in cases of colds and
catarrh. Tlie results have been
good, in (uct, nioro tliua you
claimed Havo also taken
Lacupia and can easily say it
is one of the best blood puri
fiers I have ever used."
Mr. J. F. Areodt
For Catarrh and Catarrhal Condition
The evidence of one rain like Mr. Areadt li mora coavlnclag proof
lo you of the merits ol I'e iti na than sny willico words ol ours. For
(illy years 1'c cu ns hsi been the enodhy of the American Jamlly ft
dm-su't duo lo Catarrhal inllammstion ol tha mucous membrane lining
ho ortiot of the body. Thousands, Ilka Mr. Areadl, hava proved the
effeclivencsa of le-ru-na for coushi. colds, natal eatarih. unouch. hoar!
and llvcrlliordcrtor aoy disease rharaclorlfed by a catarrhal conditio.
If your suffering it Uo mull of a catarrhal ditoidcrliy I e-ru-oa. II
is a trua, tried medicine.
Bold Everywhere
Tablet or Liquid
Masiy-Sevee par seat ef Dm asaali have aaaarrk hi seaae farm
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GRAY LHEVINNE
Thrilling Concert Inspiring
JANUARY 12
The Best Show On
United Presbyterian Church under the
auspices of the Albany Young Peoples
Union.
Admission 75c and 50c '
Plus War Tax
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