THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HETTXER.ORE., THmSDAT, DEC. 18, 1919
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LOCAL NEWS iOTES IF
LEXJNGTON AND VIC1HIT
Head Burgoyne'g prices and see
how you can save money.
When you pay cash you get the
benefit it you trade at Burgoyne'l.
Don't overlook our ad on this page.
Mrs. Jack Littel and young son
Dean of Portland hare been visiting
in Lexington the past week with Mm
Litter, sister, Mrs. W. 0. Hill.
Buy at home and do better. See
Burgoyne'l ad In another column.
The Lexington state bank has re
cently installed a new Burroughs
computating machine, which adds
materially to their bookkeeping de
partment. Frank, Billie and Lou will treat
you right. See the price lists In our
ad. Joe Burgoyne, general merchan
dise. Work on Earl Warner's new res
idence is progressing rapidly. The
plasterers are now working on the
inside walls and E. J. Starkey of
Heppner is putting in the electrical
wiring.
L. D. Countryman, new manager
of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., ar.
rived In Lexington the past week and
assumed his new duties. Mr. Coun.
tryman Is recently from western
Kansas, where he had considerable
Xrii'nce In th lumber business. 1
lie, is much inipresHecl with Lexini?-.1
tun and surrounding territory. j
"Doc" Taylor recently returned to
Lexington after spending several
months in the United States navy:
Mr. Taylor traveled a great deal
in the service and talks quite inter,
estingly of his many experiences.
He was formerly associated with his
brother, Guy Taylor in the well drill
ing business.
John Parker, who lives on the Bur
chell ranch north of this city, re
ceived a telegram Friday that hi
grandmother, who lives in Kansas,
was quite ill and not expected to live.
McMillan's Confectionery Is
Addition to Lexington
During the past year there haw
been several improvements in Lex
ington but none of them fill such a
long felt want as the McMillan Con
fectionery on th6 Bouth side of Main
street, adjoining iiM Leach Opera
house. John F. McMillan, a young
retired wheat farmer is the owner.
A modern building was constructed
by Mr. McMillan and he has install
ed a fountain of the latest design
in marble.
Mr. McMillan is contemplating
improvements in his place in the near
future. One of the features of the
confectionery is the ladies' rest room
at the rear which Is arranged for the
special comfort and convenience of
out of town ladies. It Is the only
rest room in Lexington.
THE MORROW CO
If FARM BUREAU
Continued from Page Seven.
the plan to co-operate with the Coun.
ty Court and the County Road-master
in selecting the men in the various
localities to look after the road re
pair and to help work out plan for
handling the road work in each lo
cality with the idea of making a more
systematic and sympathetic arrange
ment or program of work along this
line. In event that another bond is
sue should be considered by the Coun
ty it is the plan that the Farm Bur
eau would have something to say in
regard to where the various money
is expended and which are of vital
importance to the people ot the en
tire county. Each committeeman in
each locality will keep in touch with
the needs of his own community and
will report these conditions at the
various county meetings ot this com
mittee. The Farm Record committee is
headed by Mr. Myles Martin of Lex
ington. It is the plan of this com
mittee to work out a satisfactory re
cord book of the large fanners of
Morrow County and to assist in its
distribution and to explain how that
these records are to be kept, with the
hope that the various tanners over
the county will pay even closer at
tention. Any grocery ttore which
has a capital invested of $3000.00 to
$5000.00 will spend $:,fi0 or ISO'i
every year and that on up in look
ing after the bookkeeping end of
their business while the ordinary far
mer, who has an investment running
from $40,000 to $75,000 hesitates
in spending even an hour or so In
figuring up his profit or losses for
the entire year.
Boys' and Girls' Club Work
Under Boys' and Girls' Club work
which projects are in the hands of C.
C. Paine, it is hoped that something
may be done to stimulate interest
In this very important subject. It
is to be regretted that there is no
money available from the Federal
Government or State to cooperate
with the County this year In putt
ing in elub work on proper basis
and it is very doubtful whether or
not the County itself would be jus
tified in taking this step at the pres.
ent time. It may be possible that in
terest may be created in some local
ities so that some work along this
line can really be put on.
By this method of covering the var
ious projects in each localities you
have a sympathetic touch, one locla
ity with another and every farmer is
interested in the welfare and the
program of work laid out In every
neighborhood of the entire county.
This may not be the last word in farm
organization. It is hoped that we
will continue to advance but It is
firmly believed by a great many men
who bave given agricultural organ
ization development a great deal of
study that this is at the present time
the beat known plan, for this reason
it has been adopted and officially pro
moted by the department ot agriculture.
WIZARD IS AMERICA'S GRAND OLD MAN
FRIENDS
A FEW short months ago we opened up Lexington's first class con
fectionery, installing a modern fountain and other equipment for
service and your convenience. -
We are glad that it meets with your approval and trust we may
merit a continuance of your patronage.
Ladies, here you will find the only up-to-date rest room in our city. Its here for you to use
Soft Drinks Candies Lunch Goods Tobaccos and Cigars
McMillan's Confedionery
Lexington, Oregon
Car owners know where to come with their motor troubles. They have
learned that one job well done is more economical than a dozen
cheap jobs. This is gratifying to the
LEXINGTON GARAGE
There are a number of little things done for you here which is service
to you without charge.
WE!SfSELLZEROLENE
When your car needs that rejuvenation bring it to
FREDERICKSON BROS, at the
LEXINGTON GARAGE
and get it toned up.
W. F. Barnett & Company
Have appreciated your trade during the past and at this
time extends to you Greetings of the Yuletide Season.
May the year 1920 be one of joy and prosperity, filled
with health and happiness is our wish for you.
W. F. Barnett & Company
Lexington's Pioneer Merchandising Firm, Where Trade Values and
Courteous Service Go Hand In Hand. ,
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Thomas A. Edison, one of the greatest Inventor tna world ka
ver produced, and now 71 yean old. Is becoming nearer and dearer
to his fellow countrymen every day This new picture wat taken la
the New England states the other day, as Edison sat m a motor ear
waiting for Henry Ford to get shave and John BtOTMifcj to toad
telegram.
This organization is assisting the
farmers to organize, assisting them to
get on their feet with the idea thai
they will be in a position to discuss
the subjects which interest them in
their locality and assist in planning
for the working out of these various
problems. It is this system that will
develop the individual conscience
ness in each individual, will create
team work among farmers and will
make possible the giving the lie to
that well worn aphorism that the
farmer cannot hang together and the
farmer will never unite. They are do
ing it now ona scale never before re.
alized and will continue it upon a
greater scale in the future. We be
lieve that much good can be done
to Morrow County through a close
application of these men to the pro
ject in hand. The Farm Bureau
will at all times have at heart the ad
vancement of the best interest of the
county and will be to the entire coun
ty what the ordinary commercial j
club is to the small towns. In other
words it is really a county commer
cial club. We invite you to join us.
The members of this organization
are composed, 80 per cent of them
of farmers but 20 per cent may be
composed of anyone, who is inter
ested in the development of Agricul
ture and if you are a business man
in Morrow County and believe in the
advancement of ayriculture we
would be glad to have your name on
our list with the idea that you could
be counted upon to assist the far
mers in the things in which they are
interested. The membership fee has
been decided by the executive com
mittee to be $2.00 per year. This
fund will be used to purchase the
various varieties of wheat which it
is expected to bring in, to. try out
fertilizers it will be used in the fund
in the spring to handle the squirrel
campaign and finally it will be dis.
appated by sending representatives
from here to State and District con
ventions for it is certainly the plans
of the Morrow County Farm Bureau
that in the future that any grain con
ference in the Northwest shall be re
presented by Morrow County farmers.
Is There a
Santa Claus?
IS
Tasting With the Nose.
The sensutton of taste, while of com
mon and constant experience, Is highly
complicated In Its nature. What is
commonly called taste Is not a simple
sensotlon at all, but rather a complex.
In addition to tbe actual functioning
of the apparatus properly pertaining
to the sense of taste, the tongue re
ceives Impressions of various other
sorts, all of which go to make up this
complex. As finally recorded in the
consciousness, the taste of any sub
stance has to do with ir heat or cool
ness, perhaps with a mild amount of
pain, certainly with astringency or
acridity which are in themselves fur
ther complexes of thermic and tactile
sensations and above all with smell.
The reader will probably agree that
Ice cream and coffee are entirely dif
ferent from their true selves when
served at inappropriate temperatures;
and It Is a matter of record that a per
son of the keenest taste may make the
most ludicrous errors If asked, blind
folded and with his nose stopped to
Identify substances placed In his
mouth.
Classic Answer of New
York Journalist Affirming
a Little Girl's Belief .
NE of tie finest things ever
written about Christmas was
the editorial printed 20 years
ago by the New York Sun in
answer to the earnest appeal of a little
New York girl to be told whether
Santa Claus really exists. Its author,
Frank P. Church, w as an accomplished
Journalist and wrote much on many
subjects, but his fame will rest chiefly
on this beautiful setting forth of an
eternal truth. With Dr. Clement Clarke
Moore's "A Visit From St Nicholas,"
It Is one of the great classics of the
Christmas season.
The answer to the eternal question
as printed in the Sun follows:
"We take pleasure In answering' at
once, and thus prominently, the com
munication below, expressing at the
same time our great gratification that
Its faithful author is numbered among
the friends of the Sun:
' 'Dear Editor I am eight years old.
Some ot my little friends say there Is
no Santa Claus. Papa says: If you
see it in the Sun it's so. Please tell
in the truth: is there a Santa ClauiT
" "VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
" US West Ninety-first Street'
"Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism of a skeptical age. They
do not believe except they see. They
think that nothing can be which Is not
comprehensible by their little minds.
All minds. Prglnia, whether they be
men's or children's, are little. In this
great universe of ours man Is a mere
insect, an ant, in his intellect, as com
pared with the boundless world about
him, as measured by the Intelligence
capable of grasping the whole truth
and knowledge.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist, and
yon know that they abound and give
to your life its highest beauty and joy.
Alas! How dreary would be the world
If there were no Santa Claus I It would
be as dreary as If there were no Vir
ginias. There would be no childlike
faith then, no poetry, no romance, to
make tolerable this existence. We
should have no enjoyment except in
sense and sight. The eternal light with
which childhood fills the world would
be extinguished.
"Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe In fairies!
You mlcht get your papa to hire men
to watch in all the chimneys on Christ
mas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even
if they did uot see Santa Claus com
ing down, what would that prove? No
body sees Santa Claus, but that is no
sign that there is no Santa Claus, The
most real things In the world are those
that neither children nor men can see.
Did you ever see fairies dancing on the
lawn? Of course not; but that's no
proof that they are not there. Nobody
can conceive or imagine all the won
ders that are unseen and unseeable In
the world.
"You may tear apart the baby's rat
tle and see what makes the noise In
side, but there Is a veil covering the
unseen world which not the strongest
man, nor even the united strength of
all the strongest men that ever lived,
could tear apart. Only faith, fancy,
poetry, love, romance, can push aside
that curtain and view and picture the
supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is
It all real? Ah, Virginia, In all this
world there is nothing else real and
abiding.
"No Santa Claus! Thank God, he
lives and lie lives forever. A thousand
years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times
10.000 years from now, he wilt con
tinue to h.ake glad the heart of child
hood." All That Affected Her.
That the Empress Eugenie Is not
prone to brood sentimentally over the
past Is evidenced by an Incident that
occurred some years ago. She visited
Windsor castle, a palace In which In
the golden days of the empire she was
received as an honored guest. Those
who accompanied her on this second
rislt hovered near her, fearing that
she would be overcome with the con
trast between the past and the present,
especially when she viewed the apart
ments fitted up for her use and which
had not been changed. But It was
merely her artistic sense that was of
fended. The hangings of the hug
bed were of Imperial purple with the
green of Napoleon, and the ex-empress
remarked disgustedly, "Toujours cm
affroux rldeaux!" "Always those
frightful curtains."
A ChrtstmaB (Tnast
THERE'S gladness to
11 every one open
your hearts to it
all year round dm't
keep them closed until
you are shamed into pry
ing them open with a
jimmy on Christmas
make every day a Christ
mas Day get rid of
your grouch throw it
overboard and don't
throw out a lifeline if it
cries to be saved let it
drown it will do the
poor thing good.
Coquelin's Memory.
"How many parts do you know well
enough to play tonight if nwl he?"
somebody asked Coquelln. He took a
sheet of paper and wrote down the
names of 53 plays of his repertoire.
His friends laughed.
"You are boasting surely, mon (fair"
said the Viscomte de Lovenjoul.
"Too have every one of these plajn
In your library," said Coquelln quietly.
"Get them all out and put them on the
table." The viscomte did so. "Now,"
said Coquelln, "let anybody select a
cue from any one of these piays at hap
hazard and give it to me."
They tried him with 16 plays out of
the 53 and he never missed a single cue
or made one mistake. Fortnightly Review.
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