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PHOXE 96
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
A GREAT EXPERIMENT
There's something In my breast mist
aing,
A nightengale all wild of note,
A wondrous something sweet of
throat,
A harp of heavenly tone and string.
Though storm and tempest loud assail,
And fence my way with frowning
rack,
As if to crush me, turn me back
With icy fist and sheeted hail;
Though deserts ashy, drear and dread
Lie in the way my feet must take,
Without a spring my thrist to slake
And burning suns best on my head;
Still must I sing, though mournfully
The pensive numbers come and go.
The wistful measures form and flow,
The echoing, cosmic grief of me.
, . , , . r i j f ' High on my western coast to feel
Hopeless of having the cost of living lowered for them ( Xhe kiM of wind, from octmn blowni
by government action or natural economic processes, the, To match their music tune for tone,
railroad brotherhoods are undertaking to lower it for them-' And bid their longing "round me steal
selves. I
They are certainly deserving of praise for going tj2?
the matter in a positive instead of a negative way with a , .ueams,
constructive policy, and a program intended to increase pro-i And weave them into dancing
duction and economize distribution instead of a strike pro-, dreams
gram that would defeat its Own purpose. They Seek, Wisely, : The dreams so sadly, strangely mine.
not to level pay up with increasing prices, out to level prices
down to their pay. , '
The only criticism they incur concerns the method by
which they aim to do this. Even that criticism is friendly.
It is recognized that, whether they succeed or fail, the re
sults of the experiment will make s useful and valuable
lesson.
There is nothing new in organizing consumers that
is, forming co-operative associations to buy commodities at
a lower price, ft has been done widely in England, and to
some extent in this country. It should work pretty well in
the matter of food, if the railroad men are able to enlist the
co-operation of the organized farmers, as they appear to
be doing. The profits of middlemen and speculators will
be squeezed out ' .
The brotherhoods, however, plan also to do consider
able producing and selling themselves. That is a new busi
ness tor them, and a large undertaking. One branch of their
organization has already got hold of some knitting and un
derwear olants. a elove factory and a tubing concern, and
they propose to extend this sort of enterprise until most of within the Kail of Harps we meet,
the characteristic articles needed by railroad men. can be mingle burning .strain with
produced within their owa organization and sold to them train, ...
at cost, Eventually the promoters want to sell factory pro- ! STpS
aucrs aiso to wie xarmers, in cxtnangc iur lai m pruuucis.
This plan doubtless has great possibilities but can they The very su, the moving breexe,
DUt it Over' I Old ocean changeless, sullen roar,
TIia financial Anrl ff rhA AnrpmricA will Ka farilirareH Kv And waves that strike a lonely
the use of the brotherhoods' reserve fund already many mil- Are in heavenly harmonies
lions. They mean to have their own banks. The plan con
templates the co-operation of the Federation of Labor. Thus, And though like swans which sing
if its early efforts promise success, the unions may soon go die
intn it nn a hio cr-alei Then rhAV mav have a hio success I 1 dy'n ,in" tiu mugt 1 w,ke
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or a big failure which, no one can foretell. Certainly they
should have the good wishes of every fair-minded citizen.
o-
Or lying lone in Dircc's Cove,
Where leaps the god-born crystal
flood,
A living tide of martyr's blood,
To tuna my lyre with each wave.
For there be songs which none have
sung.
And there be loves none ever guess
ed, Great conflagrations of the breast,
Which melt to melody the tongue.
Ye are my mates ye birds that wake,
You are my fellows. Oh, ye winds!
The upleap of the noblest minds
With bold and rightful hand I Uke.
Dark peoples of the burning isles,
I hale with joy each note you fling,
I share in every song you sing,
And waft you rosea for your smiles.
Comment of the
State Press
Snappy Gleanings from the
Press or the
Valley
Pork Barrel Methods
If the government owned the rail
reads, it would provide somrmoney
for extentions as it has provided
money for riven and harbors in the
past by the porkbarrel method.
The stales which could mutter the
molt votes in ConKresi would get the
most pork, although those which have
the fewest votes are in greatest need
of railroad. Oregon, with its three
votes in the house, would Hive small
chance against slates which have
twenty, thirty or fourty votes. Gov
ernment ownership would afford little
prospect that the Natron cut-off or
the Stnihom roads would be built or
that other new roads would open up
the great vacant spaces of eastrn
Oregon. Lebanon Express.
Have You Been
Enumerated?
If not or if you know of any
person who has been missed
call
L. G. LEWELLING,
Phone 26. City Recorder
Oregoa Cannerii
McMinnville is to have a canning
plant owned and operated by the A.
Rupert Company, Inc., a concern en
gaged principally in the packing and
distributing of Pacific Coast canned
and dried friils and vegeiablea and
canned salmon and cardincs. News-Register.
WHY TEMPT THE BURGLAR?
The chief of police of the little city was making his an
nual report to the mayor. Among other things he said: "I
wish, I might draw the attention of citizens to the necessity
of finding a more secure place than out-of-the-way places for
leaving liberty bonds and other valuables when they are
absent from home. We had one burglary job alone where
there were $3,600 worth of liberty bonds stolen this year."
There is no use trying to deceive the burglar by putting
the bonds under the mattress or in the piano. He knows
all about the cracked teapot and the old trunk and the sewing-basket
and the corner of the library rug. That is his job.
He knows more "cut-of-the-way places" than any honest
citizen does.
Moreover, at the nice little stone bank, fireproof and
burglar-proof and supported with the strong stockholders'
liability laws, the family who lost $3,600 by theft could have
kept the liberty bonds and insurance papers and everything
else safe for about $Z a year.
My measures ' else my heart would
break
And bid the untaught numbers fly.
Blindness is very common among
the Moors. At forty-five their eye
sight begins to fail. It is said that
this affliction is due to the excessive
use of coffee.
Pneumonia
often follows
Neglected Cold
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Methodist Church
TONIGHT 7:30
"South America the Land of
Need and Opportunity."
Illustrated'
C. F. HARTZELL
Warning Sounded
A bill has been Introduced, in the
legislature providing that all goods
made in Oregon shall bear an Oregon
lable .If it passes, the bootlegger will
please take ilotice and govern himself
accordingly, warns the Register.
No Longer A Guess
It means something whrn fifty
farmers assemble to listen to the
simple plea of development. There
was a time not so many years ago
when the plea to plant fruit as a
means of developing the country
woild not have had much Influence
wih the land owners aroind Harris.
burg. There is no more striking in
dication of the change in sentiment
than that shown by the list of names
of those who signed up at last Sat
urday's berry meeting. Harrisburg
Bulletin.
F. G. WILL
JEWELER
High class Jewelry, Silver, Cut
Glass and Hand Painted China
Our Sale Continues
There baa been a ready response to the announcement of our
Clearance Sale of Bulla, Coats and Drews. We atill have a
fine assortment of Coats and Dreaaea which we are selling at a
Great Reduction
Yoa Can't Afford to Miss This Great
MONEY SAVING EVENT
SUITS
COATS and
DRESSES
Every garment la ourStore la sacrificed to make room for
our coming spring stock.
J. H. Bikman
ISM West First St
SUNBEAM Ilamps
SUNS ONLY COMPETITOR
EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL
Weatern Electric OUTFITS INSTALLED AND IN OPERATION
Kerm Light SATISFIED CUSTOMERS JOHN WINK LEY.
And Power W. W. POLAND. O. B. KEEHI.KR. I. II. COPE-
Outflta LAND, JOHN WILLS, J. S. LUCKEY.
WIRING DONE BY LICENSED A BONDED WIRBMEN
Phone 20
THE ELECTRIC STORE, INC
327 West First St.. Albany
(Dptometrist.
ALBANY. Offt.
Before
and
After
you play or work in sun
or wind, give a thought
to your face.
If you want a fair
complezion treat it fairly
and treat it often.
Don't spoil your fun
by forgetting that your
cheeks and lips need
' COLD CREAM
FACE POWDER
ROUGE, ETC.
Burkhart & Lee
The "Store of Fair Treatment"
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WOMEN OF ALBAtfY
Study this picture and realize what it means to ceok by wire In
these H. C. L. times.
You can not only conserve on meats but everything elso cooked
with Electricity.
Then consider the labor, dirt, and worry eliminated by this un-to-date
way of cooking. "
Remember our stock is getting lowor every day and when wa
buy our next supply the prices will surely be higher.
3rd Lyon St. Phone 15
Mountain States.Power
Company
3rd & Lyon St Thone 15 f
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CHARLES A. BOWEN,
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