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1 1 ri THE G AZKTTlvTIM KS. IIKITXER, OKKGOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 2S. 1921. ri LA-R-D At a Big Reduction One year ago 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 FLIVER TRAINS NOW HAUL FARM PRODUCTS IN WEST 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 Fliver trains, both passenger and freight, are the newest in transportation developments, They hav been adopted by folks of the West and mid-Western States as a logical way to overcome high operating cost of railroads, and they are serving their purpose. All that is needed is the proverbial "streak of rust, then "lizzie" is equipped with flanged wheels and some trailers hooked oft. behind. Of course, as the photograph show the passenger car is a bit more pretentious, nothing like our modern Pullman cs but.it "gets .there, just the same," say the community folks who rideand haul their farm products thereon. Need Emergency Rates If Fanners Are toExisti ! Young Shows Deadly Effect of Influx Without Duties of Foreign Products "Perhaps You Don't Know" says the Good Judge How long a little of the Peal Tobacco Chew will last, Nor how much gen uine chewing satisfac tion the full, rich real tobacco taste will give. Ask any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew. He will tell you that this class of tobacco will give more satisfac tionand at less cost than the ordinary kind. Put up in two styles W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco ARE YOU A "WISHER?" Many people go through life "wishing" while others start saving and then got the good tilings that the other people "wish" for. In which class are you? Get in the saving class. It's easy. A dollar starts you at this bank. We will pay interest on your savings no matter how small they may he. Before long you '11 have enough to he really proud of. Life is cruel. It hasn't much time for the "wisher." But to the person who is backed by a little capital the world opens the doors of opportunity. Start saving now. That one thing takes you out of the "wishing" class and puts you in the "having" class. FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS NATIONAL BANK- Heppner Oregon Washington, April 25 That the enactment of the emergency agricul tural tariff bill is essential if the prosperity of the farmers of the country is to be restored is evidenced by figures presented by Representa tive George M. Young, of South Da kota, in charge of the bill for the Ways and Means committee in the House. He said: "The annaul consumption of flax in the United States is 25,000,000 bushels. We imported 24,000,000 in 1920. In other words, we import ed all of our needs excepting 1,000, 000 bushels. We raised in this coun try last year about 1 1 ,000,000 bush els. That leaves 10,000,000 bushels of flax to flood this market and de press the price. "I will give you a few figures to just show how this works out to the man who raises flax. The total acre age of the United States was 1,785, 000 acres in 1920. The total produc tion was 10,990,000 bushels, giving an average yield per acre of 6.2 bush els. About one-third of that flax was grown in North Dakota. The aver age there was 5.3 bushels per acre. The last quotations, which reached me last night, in the Grand Forks Herald, gives the price at $1.22 for flax. That would mean $6.47 per acre as the gross return from flax; $6.47 per acre is scandalously below the cost of production. The aver age cost of raising flax in North Da kota was $15.70 per acre, according to the United States Bureau of Mar kets. The cost in Minnesota was $21.40 per acre. ' The situation in respect to live stock is of a highly emergency char acter. During the winter of 1918 and 1919 there was very little snow in the Northwest and in the moun tain states, and in the following sum mer there was a very severe drought which dried up the pastures and mea dows, and during the winter of 1919 20 there was need for buying hay and other feed to winter the stock. It is true that during the war the growers of live stock had been able to do fair ly well and to accumulate something, but during that winter they had to buy hay that used to cost $4 to $6 a ton and pay $20 to $25 a ton. Soj that in the spring of 1920 it was a1 very rare stock raiser of the West I who did not owe more to the bank jthan his stock was worth after the slump came. In other words, after the price of live stock and meat had been deflated, the stock was mort gaged for more than it was worth, and it was impossible for the banks to secure liquidation." HARMONY IN CONGRESS. Washington, April 25. Complete harmony prevails in the councils of the Republican Congress and in its COAT OF PONGEE IS DOUBLE HEARTED. itween Congress and the White House. Members call on the pres I ident and are warmly greeted, in- : stead of being coldly received in or der to give orders as in the last ad ministration. The president in turn confers with the leaders in Congress upon legislation. Before he sent his message he consulted the members of the Committee on Foreign Rela tions of the Senate. All of this is done with the idea that it is the nat ural thing to do. Hence, the presi dent is making headway and, hence, all Republicans in both Senate and House are on the qui vive to help each other and the president in help ing the country. - (id w The summer coat for the little tot is as essential to her wardrobe as shoes, in this day of motor cars and evening rides. "Sweet enough to eat" is daddy's verdict when this beautiful little miss presented her new coit. It is of natural pongee, dotihle-henrtcd and smocked The ftylish tailored hat, made of black shinky braid, is faced with straw oi another color. Both hat and coal are advanced showings as seen at the liush Terminal Sales Bldg. in Now York relations with President Harding. This is not due merely to the fact that a great party has returned to power and is anxious to find remedy for the burdens of the taxpayers. Nor is it caused by the seven mil- ion majority by which a majority of 170 was swept into power in the House and a majority of 22 gained ascendancy in the Senate. It is considered at the Capitol that its chief cause is the simplicity and mutual esteem in the relationship be- SMILE AWHILE ------4 His Mistake. He longed to find the road to fame, But not a highway bore that name. He thought to glory there must be A level path that he should see; But every road to which he came Possessed a terrifying name. He never thought that fame might lurk Along the dreary path called Work. He never thought to go and see What marked the road called Indus try. Because it seemed too rough and high ' He passed the road to Service by. Yet had he taken either way He might have come to fame, some day. Detroit Free Press. Making It Easy. There was company at dinner, and the son and heir listened to the con versation. During the meal an ani mated discussion arose regarding the feeling which, some one maintained still existed between the North and the South. The minister remarked: "The time is coming, not far off, when there will be no North, South, East or West, and " "Won't that be splendid!" interrupted little Wil lie. ."Why does that interest you?" asked the boy's astonished parent. Because it will be so much easier to learn geography." National Re publican. A Bit of the Tongue. "A flirt, am I?" exclaimed Mary Ann, under notice to go. "Well, I knows them as flirt more than I do, and with less excuse." She shot a spiteful look at her mistress, and added' "I'm better looking than you More 'ansome. 'Ow do I know? Your husband told me so." "That will do," said her mistress frigidly. "But I aint finished yet," retorted Mary Ann.j Want to know 'oo told me that,! ma'am?" "If you mean to suggest my husband " "No, it wasnt your 'usband this time," said Mary Ann. "It was your chauffeur." iVj tional Republican. j Cop Hey, where are you going? Don't you know this is a one-way street? Fess Praises Harding for New American Note Stressing of Domestic Pkoule.ms Will Find Response in Con gress for Solution Washington, April 2 5. High rrflk of Pri;iit('nt Mimlino fnr Abe (in new car)-Vell, I'm on!yistressin the domestic Prohiems ,0 be settled by Congress following up on the passage of the Knox peace going one vay, aint it? Life. "What vas the excitement down Psni11,:n vn;r.A h rh.,m.n c,- the street?" "Oh, a man in a reverie!, neon D fess. of the National Re ran into a woman in a tantrum. Lhii,-an Ominn.i rnmm, "lr .u , i: l - ii.. j ' .s ' edr" -Boson Transcript. Matron A very horrid scar you '1 am especially mindful of the words of our great president," said Dr. Fess, "when he announced that we are out of the clouds, with both have on your face, my wounded fect upon ,he ground ind'fgcing the hero! Veteran Great War Yes, ma'am. That's what I git, ma'am, for tryin' to shave with a safety razor Pelican. front. How refreshing those words are after eight years of meaningless shibboleths, endless appeals to preju dice, doctrinaire pronunciamentos up on unrealities, un-American grants of our rights in the name of human ity linrl milYntir unit nprcicrtnt rlie. Jimmy's mother was giving h;wvCTies of the millcnial dawn. Our a sound scolding about his unwash- presijent has S0UJlded a'note of com. ed neck. mon snse and we have turned to iou Know you naven i wasneo. . earm Needless Exertion. your neck," said his mother, "Gee whiz!" said Jimmy, a note of desperation creeping into his THEY HAVE DISCOVERED A POISON 50 POWERFUL THAT THREE DROPS WILL KILL A MAN A3 QUICK AS THE' BOOSE THEY NOW SELL. 5 voice, "ain't Igoin' to wear a collar?' New York Sun. Small Portions. James S. Sweeney, the Knights of Columbus delegate to France during the World war, was discussing, at his Brooklyn home, his trip abroad. The restaurant prices in Paris, he said, "are incredible. A simple dinner at a fashionable place costs twenty dollars, and even then it is difficult to get enough to eat. The portions Mr. Sweeney laughed. "the portions remind me of the Scottish farmhand's porridge. Jock, said this fellow s employer, there's a fly in your pairritch.' That disnae matter,' replied Jock gloomily; 'it'll no droon.' The farmer glared at him. 'What do ye mean?' he angrily asked. ' That's as much as sayin' ye haven't enough mulk.' , Oh, replied Jock, still more gloomily, 'there's mair than enough for a' the pairritch I have.' "Detroit Free Press. Hot Stuff. Some of the corn liquor being made down South nowadays has a potency all its own. They tell this story in illustration. In the North Carolina mountains two darkies opened a jug and in do ing so spilled a little. One drop fell "As a matter of fact," the doctor continued, "the problems of recon struction are real and their solution must be equally pacticahlc. Our war debts cannot be liquidated by theory. They must be paid. There is no relief from war burdens save in the homely remedy of thrift and I economy. There is no relief from war burdens save through the reduc tion of the cost of the government. So long as it costs six times the pre war cost to mann the government there is no chance of relief from tax ation burdens. "Economy is President Harding's watchword, as it is that of the Repub lican Congress, and the command has already gone to all the depart ment heads to cut to the bone the cost of executive administration. War taxation, uneconomic and un scientific, must not be tolerated when war is over. Hence, the deadening and paralyzing excess profits tax must go, in order that enterprise may again risk investment in continuance and expansion of industry. These as it must be an inspiration to ev ery citizen to know the president is for. And so, too," emergency tariff legislation should be enacted on be half of agriculture, the cost of com modities of which has responded to the demands of deflation while the cost of the things the farmer buys has not so responded. Thus, it may be necessary to make investigation to ascertain the cause of the inequity toward the consumer. Profiteering is a temptation which no longer should be tolerated at the expense of the public." on a tumble bug, who immediately dropped his ball, clicked his heels to gether, threw back his shoulders and, backing up to a bale of cotton the two Negroes had been carrying, snorted: "All right, big boy. Let's go!" American Legion Weekly. Unique Distinction. "Don't you ever think of giving up your farm and moving to town?" No, said Mr. Cobbles, "I don't. If people keep on going to the cities to live, the way they are doing now, the man who stays in the country will some day become a sort of celebrity." tiirmtngham Age-Herald. Qualified. Employer: "You say you have held an important executive position?" Applicant: Yes, sir. "What was it?" "I was hangman at the state pris on." American Legion Weekly. Deserts Chaplin for Ruth as Ball Season Opens HOME SWEET HOME JACK WILSON WHLRE VOO GOlM AVrUT YOU 60' TO DO, POP? I I'M SOiN' To PUNT tf A GARDEN 'J7i hfv Pop ARE YOU KjOIN' to wi I am GCCTC Ytf?-SoM uvt 6EE.T5, 8UT NO 0EAD-8ECTS i v iwHuaTMia HEY Pop, vWfee ya SOifV' TO PUNT TH' , Gff ? I MAVtNTT 'PECl'OEO YT- But they OUGHT TO BE IH SQMEft: OAMP j puce ; Orl I KNOW JUST THE PLACE - VER UNDER VEEPN& VvlLlOW 0 & -v ma I! When young America saw tittle Jack Cooghan take a leading Dart the "kid" in a recent CharHe Chaplin movre, every mother1! son oj thtm thought him a mighty "lucky" boy to get to play with tht tunny CharUftl But this new picture taken when the baseball season opened confirm their hunch that little Jack Is the "luckiest" kid in the world for thert h (l perched right up on "Babe" Ruth's knee, while the king oi iwat tetti hlmj all about hitting out borne rum.a