The ..Spray - Courier.
Thursday.Oct 21 1915.
Published livery Thursday by
R. D. Prick Editor and. Publisher
Subscription, $1.00 per year, in
- advance.
Editor Courier:' I am jrlad to
see some of the papers iu this
part of Oregon v aking up in the
good roads movement. Many a
man, while whittling on a stick,
will tell you of various thinfes
that ail the country," and cords of
wood are daily destroyed in this
way, nltho we are paying vast
sums of money kto preserve our
forests. "
An inspection of any prosper-
The Thinking :
V Power
By WILLIAM DLAKEMAN
fc....rM ......, A,.r.. us communjty wij show & thmk.
uuilrr llio ( et uf tuuriw of Jurh "l 1T
' ADVKRT1S1N.0 RATES
, frofessioiDi I Cards 74 cts. per month
Display ads One square 0.75 " .
" One-lourlh column 2.50 "
" One half column 4.W "
-'' One column 8 00 ' ' ,
Business locals ier line first insertion'
10 cents, subsequent 5 cents.
Special rates for longer time.
Payable in advance in each case.
OOOOOCHJODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
EDITORIALS
000000000000000000KOIK)000
We are ' trying to fill this col
umn without mentioning a 4rd
ing man that it has one thing
that we have not, good roads.
Why is it that good roads have
doubled the value of property
wherever they have been built?
Some guy, handy with what we
call modern English, has said
that it is because you can "get to
it." And this 13 just whats the
matter with this country. You
Something iiver u Int mired year u;.o.
when I'mvpe was iiiiiUiik 0110 of tuom
Advuiu-es In now lines of thought
which have marked different HttitrA' of
InU'lliH'tiial development, when a eroi
if rvnt rreiu-U thinkers Voltaire and
other were iittrm-tlin; iittentlou, n
wealthy 1'nrlslsiii lady eoneetved In
s.tne derive those fflens intended for
the nuielloratlou of women that are In
vogue dui'liiK tli present day.
Muu. Iirlvaux did not follow ' tlio
Hues of the present movement, where
In women contend for oiimitily with
men. Uer Idea wan that women wore
capable of higher Intellectual develop
ment than men from the fact that they
j are made of tlner texture. Her plan
1 was to tttillxe the brute force of men
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
1XKU'TIV IJKI'AHTMRMT
Ptesident, Wood row. Wilson ; of New
leiscy; Vice President, Thomas Mar
shall, of Indiana; Secretary of Slate,
William Jennings Hi) an, of Nelnas
ka; Secretary of Ttu.iMiry, Willintu
(I. McAdiK), of New York; Secretary
of War. I.tmlley M. (.larrison.of New
Jersey; Attorney (ieneral,' Mr.
tiugory, of Tennessee; Posimtt.utei"
GeneiuL Albeit S. Uurleson, of Texas;
Secretary of Navy,' Josephim Daniels,
ol North Carolina; Secretary of Inte
rior Franklin K. Lane, of California;
Secretary of Agriculture, David A.
Huston, of Missouri: "Secretary of
Commerce, William C. Kedfield, of
New Yorls; Hecretary of Labor, Wil.
Ham II. Wilson, of Pennsylvania.
Spray Water orcs
PatCS
Dwelling, $, 50 per month,
irrigation, $J.50 pormonth, for 12 in
fawcot 2 hours a day
SPoml payable to 9rS. S.jC. Cross or jfvery SAowi, on or
' before the 20th of tack month. .
Jire Protection &P& to alt Patrons.
Can t get to It, or if you do, j by making It Kulwervient to the supe
You have discussed good roads
and you have cussed the bad
ones now in use. You have ad
mitted that the proposed highway
is of all importance.to us. Now
what are you going to do about
it? Are you going to wish forjtj
cr work for it? '
The question has been asked
you are disgusted before you get
there with bad roads.
Having had some experience
with the soils of this country, I
believe it is one of the best under
the sun for mixed farming and
stock. But with poor roads, we
are shut off from market, and
how can a farmer sell what he
raises withouta market?
With a down-hill shoot to an
open river, there is no reason
why we can't have an outlet
All that is needed is for the
people to get together and put
their shoulders to the wheel and
w-e will have a highway. When
rior Intellectual faculties of women.
SI me. Drlv.nis, who possessiMl nil
enormous fortune, purchased an Island
lu the Mediterranean sea. upon which
she proved to curry out her Idea. She
bad no rtiiliculty In founding her col
ony. Some of her colonists were of
noble birth; others were commoner.
but all were Intellectual. She called
for men volunteers who must Join with
a full understanding that the women
were to do the thinking, the men to
serve as protectors.
Mmc. Drlvanx's Idea it separating
her colonists from the rest of the world
was that she might make an absolutely
fresh start, mi trammeled by existing
institutions, laws, customs. P.ut a per
fect whnkiug off of the present In order
to Inaugurate a new future Is very dif
ficult. A weak sot In the fouuder's
puriose was that iimonir the hundred
State of Oiegon
: u-.-ii. iL i women sne iook wmi nor mere wero
,a uu,-- lne roaa money can ! three each of whom was loved by a
be used each year to.build roads j ""' These men, unwilling to imrt
J? 1 1 , . . . . I H-1 1. t. .1..... I t . I I . 1 .,..
I irom tn m Sin hlOrhUTav anrlina'""" iurj i, rurwiuu mn-
"Who should lie. interested in a j , ' , selves nmouK the masculine force who
nn iu Tb 1W Rivr ffW We W,H have ads all WCre to do tlm llKhth,B ,.d lalx.rers.
" J J tnru tiie COUntrv. Under mir Thus at the very outset did the canker.
Well, the man who wants work
should be interested; the man who
raises anything that has to be
hauled or driven to market should
be interested; and the man who
buys anything that is hauled over
our poor roads at a nigu ireigui
rate should be interested. Does
this include YOU? ,
our
present system, if you can call
it a system, we will never have
good roads. Farmer No. 2.
What Do i You Think.
The Courier.has been favored
during the past twd weeks with
several interesting articles on
good roads,1 which we were glad
to print. The Courier is in favor
of good roads; good schools or
any other improvement that will
develop Oregon, - and is always
pleased to receive contributions
along thisjine. - The press is ex
pected to advocate the advance
ment of the country, and it is in
deed an inspiration to know that
our readers are taking such an
interest .in the good roads move
ment. ' . ' ,
Senat es; George K. Chamberlain
and Harry Lane. Representatives;
N. C. itfeArthur, W. C.Hawley and N.
J. Sinnott. Supreme Judges ; T. A.
McDride. Geo. II. HimMt, II. J.
Bean, F. A. Moore, Robert ICakin.
L. T. Harris and Henry K. Deimon.
Governor ;J.K. With) com lie. Secretary
of State; Ben. W." Alcott. Secretary of
Treasury; Thomas. P. Kay. Attorney
General; G. M. Brown. Superin
tendent of Public Instruction: J. A.
Churchill. Printer: k. A. JIarris.
Engineer; J. II. Lewis. Labor Coin-
mitssioner; O. P. Hoft. Itailroad Koad i
Commissione; F. J. Milltr. Water-
Superintendent: (. T. Cochran. Rep-'
reseu t at ives; C. C. Clark and James J
S. Stewart. Senator: Mr. Raizsdale. I
Food and Daiiy Commissioner; Dr.!
J. W. Bailey. Circuit Judge of llth
Judicial District: I). K. Parker.
Occasionally we see a man
who is perfectly satisfied with
our roads asthey are. He is the fel
low 'who sighs for "them happy
day3" of long ago when the ox
team was a fast freight, and
When alten year old child
plays on a pile of ties on a rail
road right of way and the ties
fall and hurt him, one is natur
ally sorry for the boy, but how
does the accident give the guar
dian a right to sue" the comrja-
ny, for $20,000 when the child
was hurt while traspassing.
If a suit like this can be main
tained and collected as is now be
ing attempted against the Great
Northern railroad in Washington,
why could it not also be done if
a child came into your back yard.
climed on your woodpile and
caused the woodto fall on him?
It will be interesting to watch
the results in this case, ;! ;.' V
worm set Into the roots of the tree that
Mmc. Dilvaux bad planted with so
much thouuht, trouble and exiH'nse.
Mine. Drlvauv hndenllstcd every
man colonist .herself, taking en ro that
lie was not oppiraed to her scheme or
nnwIMimajlo accept the direction of the
women, looking to hln muscles rather
than his bralu Tor his share of the
work. Put these three "misbegotten
knaves." who had Joined for the pur
pose of getting possession of, the worn-
i they loved, deceived her by being j NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
the loudest In their advocacy of her i -
Department of the Interior,
U, S. Land Office at The Dalles,
Wiii-ki-rk County
Attorney; Joseph K. Starr. Judge;
Henry D. Ktyes. Commissioners; M.
Dukek and K. K. Wrieht. Clerk;!
Scott Sasser. Treasurer; A. B. Lamb.
School Superintendent ; Henry J. Sim- j
nions. Sheriff; Oscar Kelsay Asses- j
sor: Peter Har'.man. Surveyor: II, I', i.
C. Heidtinan. I
M. S. Corrignll, President.
J. B. Nattrr, Vice-President. .
. T. J. Mahoney, Cashier.
Clyde Drotk, Asst. Cashier.
FIRST N ATI O N A L B A N K ,
HEPPNER. OREGON;
Invites your banking buoiness.
If you have idle funda either a large or a
small amount we will be pleased to reoeive
them and issue our Time Certificate of Deposit
for either six months or one year, bearing
four per cent. ,
We have just installed a new set of steel
safety deposit boxes in our vault Persons
I having valuable papers to care for can rent
these boxes by the year at reasonable rates.
Established in 1887
Caoital Stock, $100,000.
Surplus and Profits $40,000.
HOTEL CROSS
9otod as One of the S3 est in interior Oregon.
CL SPECIAL ATTENTI0f7CIYEM TO TRANSIENTS.
O. A, Stafford, Proprietor
j SPRAY, - - OREGON.
Duringlthe quarter endinpr Jul.
31, 1915. the State Engineer is
sued 152 permits for the appro
priation af water under which it
is proposed irrigate 23,143 acres,
develop 352 horsepower and con
struct 15 reservoirs. These per
mits will require the construction
of 210 milpi irf ffinalt! orA
. . ... ' . ... I wt VMttl- UJIU U1UC
wue.. uc i i.Cu ni ! lines at the estimated expenditure
on a mule with a stone in one end 1 0f gg-42, 00
of the poke to ballanceXthe: .foUowin permits were is
load. Such a man is living in nj iV,oni,. r-..
J. T. Olsen of Mitchell, for the
the wrong age. The present gen
eration is too fast for him. Un-
A wording to a recent com
ilaiioii of thu DopiirtiiKMit
f Agriculture, approxiinale-
1,000,000,000 seres repre
sents Hie total tand aiva of
tin Uhiti-d .States. Of. this
area about 878,000,000 acres
or 4fi per cent or hie total, is
in farmes. Only a little
over half of this farm land is
i in prove I.
Of
irricntinn nf R ncraa lixmnfinn.
fortunately, cur government does j water from TayJor Creck n gc
not provide an institution where j 15; T 12 gf R 20 R A. Carson
he could be kept in safety from of Mitchel(, for the irriation of
trucks, hearses and average citi-'S7 acrcS) divertilip. water from
zens afoot. - Mill Creek in Sec. 24 T 12 S, R
' . . 121. E. S. C: Blake of Mitchell,
In an advertisment of a certain for the irrigrtion of 70 acres, di
Automobile Co. we read, that J verting vater from Slide ahd
their car had made a record trip Kaii Creeke in Sec 27, T12S, R
through the John Day Riverj20 E. Mr. Blake also has a res
gorges, etc' Adding that the jervoir permit to store 8 acre feet
route was the hardest possible (of Slide Creek for the irrigation
and especially chosen as a I of the above land.
test of endurance. While not ad
mitting that our Joh i Day River
gorges are "the hardest possi
ble;" we grant they fall long
tihort of perfection in the pres- J
j - l -.l (. ... J '
enc unworneq conaiuon 01 our
roada. This is the more lament
able because it is, possible to
make them the '"best ever," and
at no , great cost. Nature did
much towards the construction
of the Highway in the bejining.
Here is a pass through the Blue
Mountains, a short . route and a
gentle grade. Here are all mate
rials for road building. .While
on cither hand are miles of plow
land and grass U'n J, waiting de
velopupnt, '
plan iinil their promises to be oleIpiit
Mini patJiMit l.iixTcrs nml mitdiera. '. C
I Jlarria.w wiih not forl:JcliK-u' In tht
colony, hut every man wlm murrUtl
was oltllKod tu iro:nls4 that he would
uWy his wife. Moreover, lie was
oldlKoil to ni-ee to be a howir of wood
mid a drawer of water, looking to his
wife for CTitfanre like an obedient hiis
baud. Now. the three marplots who had
Joined the colony were much put out nt
having to leave Pari for n cousWer
able time in order to save for tliem
uelves the women they loved. Even
on the voyatce they put their liendH to
gether to deviwe a plan for being re
rensred on the eolonbit.s for the Raerl
flee they were obliged to make. Nat
urally it was easy for them to get con
trol of the other men colonists, fur the
latter being content to let the women
do their thinking were not diHjioRed
to think for themselves; couKeqiiently,
associating with men who were din
posed to lead them, they naturally fol
lowed. , ' . -
Xo it so happened that soon after
the colony was established u ship stop
ped at the Island loaded with a fierce
band of Aralm from the African coast,!
beut on plunder. "Mine. Drlvaux called
upon the men to attack the Invaders
and drive them away. Jules Chanipi
nofs, one of the tbree men who had
been plotting against the success of
the colonial scheme, said:
"We are ready lo drive these men
away, but we would lie pleased If you
would give us a plan of attack. It is
our port to do the lighting, but your
part lo tell an how. Shall we take the
offensive or act upon the defensive?
Shall we use guns or shall we rely on
our bayonets?" ?
Mine. DrJvmix looked scornfully on
M. Champinols, lamiied her foot mid
j told him to drive' the rascals away
muiuui iisKing any mnucr question.
The women .who were aliout their
chief were much frightened.
"This colony Is organized." continued
the men s spokesman, "on the plan t hat
yil women do the tMnkliig and we
men the work and the lighting. Our
portion of the good things wo have Is
for doing these alone. It Is not Just
that we should lie called upon to thluk
and fight. If we must do )oth we can't,
sec wherein you are superior to us, and;
we -aII iiHn you to surrender the lead
ership in our favor."
The Aralis were stealing np on these '
io:ir wome:i while the men were stand- j
lug Idle. j
"We shall be murdered!" "Cowards!
Do your duty!"
These expressions on the further ap
proach of the enemy gave place to "For
heaven's sake save us and you 'may
have everything!" ,
"Resign the thinking ower or por-li-ii!"
cried C'hanipiiiois.
"We resign V replied a hundred voices.
otice is hereby given that I:rfgar , j
Knyait, of rpray Oregon, who Vj
Oregon, September 4th 1915.
Notice
B. K
on August 31st 1908, made Jlumc-jjj
stead Entry No. 0484 and on August
2(5th 191.1, made additional Home-
stead Entry No.015348, for lots 1-2 3-:
4, NKjswJ. & srJswJ, Htc. .'U, T. 9 S
K, 25 K. & "lot 6. Section fi, Township-'
10 South, Range5 Fast, Willamette,
Meridian, has filed notice of intention j
to make Final five year Proof to estab-";
Hsu claim to the land above describe I,
before David JJ. Baxter U- 8. Coiumis-;
sioner, at ' bpray Ojegon, on the 21st
day of October, 1915.
Claimant names an witnesses:
Kd Templeton, Clarence Tern pleton,
Eugene tfpray. Robert E. Wright, all
of Spray Oregon. ;
H. Frank Woodcock, Register.
910 1021
Zfttuo Print Jownship Plats
Corrected up-to-date showing names of eutryinen, dales of entry,
vacant land, rivers and creeks, 1.00 each A cHscoimt
of 25 per cent will be allowed on order
for five or more plats.
jCand iScrpt jfor Sate.
at lowest inntket prices.
All kinds ol Land office Business attended to. over J0 year experience.?
Jfuttson jCand Company, ZtAo 'Dalles, Oregon.
a
"H4-W"WH-H-:--H--!-W-r-r-K-:-
GOOD ROADS
MAY INCREASE
TAXES
a Little
But als5 Increases the
Value of
PROPERTY
50 PER CENT I
The Deerrag Binder A Helpful Friend
TO reasonable man ever turns down an old friend.
Also, when a friend has proved himself particu
larly helpful and dependable, you have no hesitation in
recommending him to other people in need of a friend.
The Peering binder has proved itself a good friend to so large a
number of farmers in thia neighborhood, and has proved its helpful
ness through so many years of successful service, that it has a good
claim fb consideration from any farmer who has any idea of buying a,
binder this year. Because of its reputation and years of service, wo
recommend the Deering binder to every grain-growing fanner.
Don't buy a binder until you have seen the Peering, until you know)
its record, and until we bave had a chance to present all iU good!
points to you personally. Come in and see ui. '
per
' -'; "Follow me!" and. tnnilnir. he led
tllO total 1:111(1 area of Or- 11,0 n,on ."lnst the e-iemy. who ran to
Kii)n,i i ineir snips ami sailed. awav.
uii, ui,jf,uuir .Hires. r.) Tin.
cent oil J.G.So.000 .htps rlle f-OI,"'y broke np and returned to
is in fa.ini','.
Fraii'-c.
Men and Boys Clothing
, Ladies Trimmed Hats
Oranges, Lemons andCandy
KNIGHT'S FRESH BOTTLED GOODS
Farmers' Mercantile Co.
Incorporated. r ;
J ' SPRAY. OREGON.