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Till: OAZKTTlvTlMKS. 11KITXF.R, OHKGOX, TIUKSRW. MAiJOH X 1021. am; rn; Last Picture of Wilson as President i " - i cannot afford to adopt a policy which will even tend to develop here a peasant class, exploited in the in terests of industrialism. With van ishitig frontier lands, agriculture costs in the I'nited States have risen for the past 25 years. At the same time, until the artificial stimulus of the war intervened, we had be come virtually a net importer of food stuffs. .Many typical American pro ducts are being raised under exten sive agricultural systems in Canada, Australia, Argentina, and Manchuria. ; Admission of these cheap products free of duty would be a temporary benefit to the consumer." CENTER OF U. S. POPULATION ON INDIANA FARM -A-R-D i . 1 K V SMILE AWHILE y - ww , 1 X - Z' T ' " " ' ' ijIPj!IHf: 1 I I I r At a Big Reduction One year acjo lard was selling at 40c. We are now selling pure lard at 25c lb. In 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 pound lots. Every Bucket Guaranteed Central Market McNAMER & SORENSON Blacksmithing In all its branches, including Wagon Work, Horseshoeing and Repair Work ALL WORK GUARANTEED We Give a 5 Percent Discount for Cash J. B. Calmus Formerly the Ashbaugh Shop It Is Time to Think of That New Suit Our Spring woolens are here and they are beauties. And the price, runging from $25.00 to $60.00 Also a fine line of goods ranging from S35.00 to $40.00. LLOYD HUTCHINSON I I ; v It -ft 5 V-'- . .. 3 Im JU, Wv i President Wilson, leaning on a heavy rubber-capped cane, walked into the executive offices at the White House for the last meeting of his cabinet when this picture teas taken, February 15. The president had gained in weight, but showed plainly the suffering through which he had passed. Hluuiulnitlon. Imllnna. luat Ha aallunal honor Hatch It held fur 10 yrara (a Joha Hrrrln, farmrr, rlhl mllra of Ita cily llmlla. Kor on laal apol la lae H-mti r" of the nntlon'a populnlloa aa ftnurrtl out by the I . . Bovrramrat la Ita l30 rri.un. Thr photo of thr llrrrla home ahona th onarr aad kla wife aharlac thr nrir honor. Thr III I II rrnaua plaml thr rratrr oa Im'torjr allr la HlooinliiKtoa. Thr ralahllahlna; of thr polal aaona that tar majority of tar morr than onr huailrrd nilllloa proplr of thla rountrr atlll live In thr rattrra aad aorthraatrra atatra. Need of Farm Tariff Is Great Says Capper Present Free Trade Policy Pro ducing A Competition Which Spells Ruin to Agriculture iffs. England protects its industries with Government funds and taxes and is continuing its war-time price guaranty for home-grown grains with provision for guaranteeing the pro ducer against loss if his Government fostered grain growing is less profit able than some other phase of agri cultural production. "Last year meats, hides, wool and Washington, Feb. 28 Reasons for ; many other products were dumped the protection of the American farm- into this country through our adher er through the emergency tariff bill ence to free trade. The pages of our which the Republican Congress has departmental reports are full of passed and President Wilson has sig- notes of instances of the ruin that nified his determination to dsapprove free trade is bringing to American are summed up by Senator Capper, agriculture. It is of first American of Kansas. importance now that we correct these "This emergency bill is a para- evils. For the sake of common jus mount social and indispensable jus- tice and humanity this emergency Pride Before a Fall. Stormy weather reminds Attorney Peter Breen of years ago when he was county attorney, and he used to travel behind a fast horse named for his office. Then he got the automo bile bug and bought a machine. He was on his way to his ranch when he came up with one of his neighbors wno was driving his old-fashioned Enelish the advantage of accent. Sunday after a long absence, tells team. i.nor.Vanc an.l Ponailinns all sncakl everv visitor in his office about it all An, wny Uon t you get UP to .1:1,. u, : Pnr.lanH .ho rirh hnve.the following week. one accent and the coor another never answered, and the automobile 0nCe, in a London boarding school sPea on- 1 took ud the Question of the cow nan a mue tanner on me roac. Th(, hnv. :n thoir jreadfu accent something went wrong with the ma- tolJ me that the cow-s mje was used chinery and the thing slipped into a for boots and its flcsh for meat. Then ditch. 1 oci.B,i- 'Ami thqt iln we use the I . MOnVM . !! " - Along came the rancher and hi? horns for?- or hornaments, sir, tca.1l. It Was SnOWing nOW and th' Ca,l a hm, nrnmntlv ' Things steaks. that can't be done rare IT MIGHT BE WORSE tice," he said. "The American far mer stands alone today of all the croducers in the world. Other Gov- tariff is too little for the farmer to ask of his Government. "Our farmers, as a whole, need prospects of a night out in the ditch looked favorable. Say, pull me out and haul me to my place,' said Breen. "Fifty dollars, said the rancher. Pete nearly collapsed. It began snowing harder. Peter, paid the fifty. Anaconda Standard. Got Their Money Back The baby started crying at the the- Nothing to Mend. In an ancient mansion which re cently changed hands on account of the ups and downs of war-time for tunes there dwells and works a par lor maid of very expensive and ra ther cultured and superior type. Her mistress does not mind the expense, but is often much bothered by the culture, this being on too high a ater and an usher warned its parents Plane ,or ner unaerstanuing, that if thev couldn't stoo it thev must "Ma am, said the maid, meeting thp.v ni haMr on,i ipa Th her mistress in the hall, "there is a bahy was silenced, but towards the mendicant at the door. end ot the act the., mother began to ernments, notably those ot ureat neip immediately ana oauiy. n m Britain, France, Germany, Italy and tie help at once will be of far greater Japan, are helping their farmers, value than a great deal at a later pmrerrinp and sucDortins them but date. In the meantime, we should our farmers must so it alone in com- take stock of the situation and con petition with all the world, ine siaer our rurure poncy. mi piesem must sell their grain in markets the need for Government help is dominated by the most powerful greatest west of the Missouri river, government commissions. Practic- Stockmen, in particular, need assist ally all of Europe today is buying its' ance. It was inevitable that there grain through government commis-; should be a carry over of production sions, that are working together and, into the period of readjustment. It that have all the resources, all the ' is the duty of Government to assist ingenuity, and all the brain power in such crises as this and we are the possible to hammer down prices and, only country which is not enaeavor buy cheaply. That their prices arejing to aid our producers in this try at times below American prices in no ling period. wise lessens the importance of this) "There are those in the United point. These European nations have States who, I am sorry to say, seem subsidized bread and they have sub-1 to be willing to sacrifice our agricul sidized home production of grain. ' ture for the benefit of our industrial England is pointed to by free-trade 1 and commercial interests. It would exponents as the great example of be a short-sighted policy, indeed, the benefits of free trade, but Eng-, which did not recognize the national land is no more a free-trade country necessity of a well-rounded econom be bored. "Don't think much of this play after all," she said. "Wish we'd gone somewhere else "All right, Maria," whispered her husband. "Pinch the kid." Boston Transcript. Then tell him," said the mistress of the mansion, "we have nothing to mend." Poor Way to Wealth. bhn D. Rockefeller once said to A National Fault. "Extravagance," said a senator at a dinner, "is at the root of most of our ills. We Americans are the most extravagant people on earth." The serlator smiled. a New York reporter 'The poorest way to wealth is the mean way. In Kichtord, where l was born, we had a mean man, a very mean man; yet the fortune he left was small vou micht say a mean one At a church supper one night thi How manv of us." he went on. mean man cut tne corner ot nis up .... ...:u u: t,:r am hrtv are like the young new-weds at wl1" 1IIS " -" nean?" pocKetDOOKS, nut nonouy nau any Ym.no Mr anH Mrs iw.wp,i court plaster. v hat was to be done i are in a dreadtu predicament.' a ",c -ul chao said at a club. "Finally, the parson produced ' . ...j . 'i. Yes? How so?' sa d another two-cent stamp ana saiu. cnap rut tnis on tne cut, squire. 11 Why, you see, they paid so much wl" SI0P tre ncmurrnagc, 1 oeucye. . . . . n . .. . .. 1 " ' I HnnLr- irmt cdtil thn criilifA or their eoine-awav outtits mat tnev ",v "M""- can't go away.' " Washington Star. The Right Answer. Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador, said at a dinner: "1 am a Canadian and you as Americans than other countries with high tar-: ic development in this country. We have a great advantage over the gratefully, and, taking out his wal let, he placed the two-cent stamp in it, extracting at the same time a one-cent stamp of his own, which he proceeded to stick on the cut. 1 'Thank you doctor,' he repeated. A penny saved is a penny earned.' " It's an awful world we live in, to be sure, With its turmoil which but few worlds could endure; Long engaged in bloody battle, People, like dumb driven cattle, Stop and wonder at the prattle Of some propaganding prophet quite obscure. There's the man who for the nation sees the doom Of submission to blue statutes, and the gloom Who sees government abolished When the suffragists have polished Up their weapon and demolished Unrestricted hours of labor with the broom. There's a doctor friend of mine wh says that germs Will destroy all life on earth except ing worms, Since we've got this prohibition Which, by his own frank admission Makes it hard to get ambition Now except upon high monetaiy terms. Then a scientist in Paris has de clared, Having specimens of human folks compared, That two thousand years from nod (Though he doesn't tell us how) Men to monkey rule will bow; Which is stronger talk than Darwin ever dared. But regardless of this scientific curse Plus our present woes, our troubles might be worse; For, dear friends, the Fates are tricky: When, next June, a bolshcviki Comet known at Pons-Winnicke Hits her, Mother Earth will need 1 nurse (or hearse). Albert H. Laidlaw. AMERICAN STOCKMEN GIVE DAIRY COWS TO GERMANY Your Home Bank Keep your money on deposit in ' ' Your Home Bank. ' ' The funds in this Bank are used in helping the business interests of your commun ty. The prosperity of this Bank is tied up with the prosperity of the neighborhood. We offer you a service equal in security and accomodation to that of any other Bank, no matter where. If you are carrying an account away from your nearest bank, isn't this a good time to change? See us about it today. I FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS I NATIONAL BANK' Heppner Oregon QMlllllllie P jtttr s At w ' J -yjl . The Bachelor Tax. Dr. William S. Sadler, a specialist of Chicago, said at a recent meeting of the Federation of Women s Clubs "To live to be a hundred the first requisite is to marry young. I he married always live longer than the single. "That is the chief reason why I fa vor a bachelor tax. Another reason - is that bachelors, coddled as they are, become very conceited. A pretty girl at a dance was waltz ing with a bachelor. "'There will be many sad hearts 1 when I marry,' said the bachelor. Goodness, how many are you going to marry? said the girl. A girl knows she is going to be married and live happily ever after ward; a man thinks he may be mar- Amrlcnn Curmrra nnil alockmrn hrnrcl thr cry from rrnlral r'.urnpr of di plelcd Itrrrria and ilrapnlr of dairy men. I.lkr the American corn Kronrri who (tnve freely to the atnrvlnir nHtlonM, ao the entllemen and tlnlrymen of Kan nan. Arkanaaa. Oklahoma and Texan have itlven and today In the illxtrlrt around alxmt llremen, (iermanr, craae a thoua- nod Amrrlenn eowa and ealvea, their (tlft to the unfortunate dairymen there. Thirty Amrrlran farmera' aona eared for ried and he hopes for the best. thr rowa en route, nhlch were ahlpped from (.nliculon ahout all weeka ami. The plrture la of a part the herd heforr ahlpplna;. STOP LOOK ANO USSEN! NO BUZZ WA6ON EVER KNOCKED N 6 OFT THE TRACK YET. The man who goes to church some I V I CANT ONDEffSTAMD WHY THiS BREAD I . OOESM T RAISE - TU WARM IT HEPE BY ( f? 7 THE STOVE.! k ( home (C. ( fkf - 1- r r-V ELm, I00MALU OOMALO!, NOW VOoo(?ADLETTlNCr COMWG (H-1 SXXt LTtM 7 Vl t I -VlITHAT COUO (fV WAS C0IN& You Save Money" says the Good Judge And get more genuine chew ing satisfaction, when you use this class of tobacco. This is because the full, rich, real tobacco taste lasts so long, you don't need a fresh chew nearly as often. And a small chew gives more real satisfaction than a big chew of the ordinary kind ever did. Any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put up in two styles W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco