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T H F SPRING FfW LD N FW R
TH U R SD AY. JU LY 9. 192«
WHO WATCHES YOUR
WATER? ASKS BOARD
To Triangle Lake John A u d e rsuu
Painting House Ita le M uw vr« Is
paini tug his house at K and 6th street. s p o rt the week end at T ria n g le Lake
lorn tel
In the rou’ilry. »’«eh household Iv
r«tpon«ibh> for Its own water supply '
Almost free? home has Its own »all '
pump or «¡ring It is up te the hotwe-i
A Y O V N G t it a n wlk» recently inh erite d a | 1 he closest p trs o ii.il a d viso r o f one o f the
holder to see that the water Is pure: I
mammoth fortune -pcahim; ol w hat his richest men in Am erica recently to ld u that
If it is contaminated. it rarely affects
frie n d s called his "g ix u l fo rtu n e ,'’ said:
his irivnd, w h --e income was over h alf a tu il-
mo w than a few people.
" I t is not a ll the ‘good fo rtu n e ’ it seems to 1 bou dollars a day. needed no counsel in the
Towns and cities supply water to
be. W ith it has f e ii. r a sense o f rcspotisihtl ly
game o f g e ttii.g . but he eagerly sought help
hii 'lrods or thousands of pointe. The
th a t w eighs and w . ■ i - i » v s .
. h i the game ol g iv in g . T o help men w ith o u t
home srhh h g- ts city waterwnpplj
M oreover, 1 no longer hold the place among I h u rtin g them w a- the problem w hich perplexed
Cannot ftself look after the purity of
m
y
fo rm e r friends that 1 used to hold and
him .
the water hut must rely on the city
w a n t to retain. They envy me. and env\ iso­
’ ! }o I live fo r m yself o r fo r others,— am I
to see that nothing harmful conies
lates. 1 cannot associate in the '.»me old way. • illru ’ st c o r eg. tis tie ,—am I merely m y own
with it Dnw of the first duties of
I f I entertain m y friends m oderately I learn keeper o r am I m y brother's keeper F’— these
a c ’ty is to see that the water which
th a t I am accused o f being m iserly. I f I en­ ate the p ro b le m ' w hich money forces you to
it furnishes its citiaen is not danger-
te rta in them lavishly I know they m ust feel lace : and you face them ju s t as stpiarelv w ith
our
th a t I put them beyond the hope o f recipro­ lo u r hundred a m onth as fo u r m illio n s a m onth.
There are three great water borne
ca tin g courtesies. I find my money is p u ttin g
It is giMtd to feed bread to the hungry, hut
diseases,
typhoid, dysentary
and
m y friends to the test quite as much as me
it is better to find out w hy they ate w ith o u t
cholera In past age«, before atten
I am anxious to use my money fo r the good bread, to help them get th e ir ow n bread than
Mon was paid to the importance of
o f others, not alone for m y good.
g ive them yo u r bread.
clean water, recurring epidemics of
"T hose w ho can share that th ou gh , w ith me
I'hc highest p h ila n th ro p y is more than char­
these d iseases decimated cities al
and help me in that desire are few
M v 'good ity . I he curse of the w o rld is p ove rty. T he
I
most everywhere. Long before their
fo rtu n e ’ has b u ilt a w a ll about me.”
great w ar o f the tw e n tie th century is going
Infective nature was recognise»!, it '
Money is the insgnia of labor. I t represents to he the w ar against poverty.
was found that by providing pure w at­
the investm ent o f brawn and brain, l i e who
So long as money represents the product o f
er the epidemic could be stopped, and
wastes it wants. He w ho squanders it upon labor, the getters and givers o f money w ill
that the diseases grew much less or
his ow n pleasures and pastimes is forced to hnd th e ir o p p o rtu n ity fo r happiness" o nly
even disappeared. The lesson was
feel the waste even though his resources be th rough the p rivilege o f e nlarg in g the markets
learned; but even now vigilance is
so inexhaustible th a t he may never feel the of labor, n g h tlv rew arding labor and g iv in g
the price of freedom from disease.
pinch.
ju s t returns to them w ho invest th e ir brawn
Two things must he done by every
M a n ’s w o rth is measured by his earnest and brain fo r the good o f th e ir brothers as
city providing water. The first la to
eagerness to help o the r-
w ell as fo r the good o f themselves.
pick its source so that, as far as pos­
sible. it shall be free from contami­
Mrs. Mattie lost plain brown coat
nation. This means that not only shall must keep its water controlled by- missing the target every t'rne.
At last, quite fed up w ith the man's tat Hansens Park. July tlh. L e a v e al
the water be pure as a usual thing, regular examinations so that any con­
41. »16.
hut that it must be controlled so that tamination will be shown before it bad firing, the sergeant went across ! Nows office.
to
him
and
told
him
to
go
and
shoot
—.............
has
a
chance
to
do
much
harm.
no f Ith can get into It. A few years
A0ENTS WANTED—Full or part
It 1« most important that city coun­ himself.
ago there was a sharp outbreak of
The
man
disappeared.
A
few
gee-
j
time to sell lUancke Thermostatic
cils
realise
their
responsibilities
in
typhoid fever In a town whose water
w as usually good
The water came this matter. Most water supplies are ends later a repodt was h.ard from I Automatic Carburetor Control for
the spot where Smith had gone |o . J Ford cars and trucks. GUARAN-
from a brook which arose in the h ills not dangerous most of the lime. Whei
The
sergeant hurried to the spot and TEEO to Increase mileage 5g to 100
It was found that during the winter they are suspicious, however, the
per cent Write Immediately for BIG
a family living in the hills had had greatest vigilance 1» necessary On. shouted: "Are yon there. Smith?’
"Yes sergeant." came the reply: PROFIT offer to P. (I. Bog 1*1, Ore.
unexpected
contamination
can
cause
typhoid fever Their wastes had been
“I've missed ugaln "
Igon City. Oregon.
J| 9
frosen on the ground thru the cold an epidemic a fte r ye a rs of safety
w eaiher (thus preserving the germs)
Will Go to H ospital- Mrs. Bud Clark
were washed into the stream with
Visiting From Bum s—W M. Suttpn of Oakridge will enter the Mercy
the first spring rains. The epidemic
i here on a business trip from Burgs. hospital this
afternoon for a major
o f typtoid in town immediately fol­
Mr Sutton has property interest hefe operation.
lowed Here we had a source of water
which was usually good, but could
CALL AND 8 5 * Dr X. W Eraen
SINCE THE WIFE BOOBED HER.
eaally be contaminated, and was not '
°n pH'i'« on piau and other work *f
h a ir V m getting -to t in k e r .
thoroughly watched If th e water
A LOT ON JO B S THAT USED TO
not entirely pure and certain to re­
BE FIXED WITH A HAtRPWW \ .
main so. the city must see that it is
purified by filteration. chlorination, a
, B
combination of the two or some other '
approved methods. Above all, the city
-v-w!
If we’d count the lady aoloists
o f which we’re Iestly proud,
there’d be a lot of people that's
astonished at the crowd.
Of
course we learn statistics that
we didn’t uato know, when they
como in bales and baskets on
the fam ily radio.
My neighbor— right here by
me—-is inclined to make mistak­
es, for he bates the high sopran-
ner like St. Patrick hated snak­
es; He says it cracks his ear­
drums when he listens at ’em
squeal— which in regards Vo
song-birds ain’t the proper way
to feel.
We hear some fiery language
at the female oprv-scores— why,
my neighbor jerked his head­
set off, an' throwed it out of
doors I Sometimes I argy with
him, that a thing which can’t be
cured, like the fierce sopranner
solo, somehow has to be endur­
ed. If anything can make me
grab my sword and want to slay
—it’s to hear a blubberin’ Bas­
so strike “The Road to Manda-
,ay,”
DANCE
F rank and Ernest
I
I thank you.
A modern young man kissed a
, beautiful modern girl.
“I'll be frank with you,“ the young
man said after the mbrace was over.
I “You are not the first girl I’ve kissed
j by a long shot."
She lit a cigarette.
"And I’ll be equally frank with
yau,” she answered. "You've got a
great deal to learn, evn at that"
And the Band Played On.
Chester—"Who on earth os that
homely girl Jacks dancing with?"
Jim—"Why, that's my sister."
Chester—“She sure can dance."
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s A w J
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;
to
íí ' 8
$500 In Ten Minutes
Dick Brew ster hnd a deni on it» M il hit« house A buyer
had sought hint o u t hut there was u hitch In (he teriutt
o f fin a l settlem ent. D ick was a sm art man but a bit inex­
perienced in »uch transactions He thought over the pro­
position fin a lly deciding he w ould have to sacrifice a b it
o f p ro fit to close the deal.
Remembering o u r o ffe r to advise custom ers whenever
|K>sslhle~ Uh It dropped in to ask o u r Judgement o f his
action.
"Y o u matte Just 1500 fo r m e." s«id D ick 10 m inutes later
ns he le ft o u r hank. We had made a very simple sug­
gestion o f A N O TH E R w ay to finance his sale.
It was a sm all detail fo r w hich we charged nothing —
Only a part of the same s e rv ii* we o ffe r you wheu you
bank here.
Commercial State Bank
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Hard Luck
On the range a party of recruits
were firing their first course. The
; seargeant in charge noticed that one
i of them, a fellow named Smith, was
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