IONK, OREGON
Friday, Fe-L. 6, 1931
Many Theories About
National Flag Design
There nrt various theories regard
lug thu origin of tlio (tciU'it of our
ft tt 1 1 on n I fin ir. and most hlntorlnns iId
nut consider Iho Hetsy Ho legend u
Iriml worlliy. It la Hun tliut Washing
toiii fit ti1 1 y font of iinii" cotiliiliiiMl
lioih slur mill stripe, lint tlu-M) Iho I
Iiwii used In other Unit lu'fnro 1 77t.
The liruml L'iiIiiii flng, the HrHt to Hunt
over tint nuvy, consisted of 13 stripes,
alternately rod anil white, with n
jnliin bearing the croHxe of St, (ieotgtt
mid St. Anilri'W. signifying tint imillur
country. Koine historian believe Hint
th stripes were taken from the II n;
ii iid t !( stars from th. robmli'l banner
of llhuds Uliitiil. Other mulninln
I lint (lit Idea of Urn rln if came from
I Ik Netherlands, hh Krunlilln nnd
Adiium. who were sent to Hint coun
try to borrow money for nld, told the
lutili Hint Anitrlca hud borrowed
iiiuili from Ihein, Including the Ideas
represented In Hi flag. Aimtlicr clnltn
I Unit the stars were taken from the
incurred ronstellutlon I.yra tmd sig
nified "harmony.
Crtl Nolil's Horn
On Hi blink of lit TwoH, pot fur
Vow Melrose onl (inlnhlfl I Ahlmi
ford, the old hoiiif of Sir Waller ,
cntt. Tin novelist wus tin pntluiliii
:ic coll.Hlor of mldlili'. nnd hU (mine
U 11 k a museum of triini!t objecta
nod relics from all nru of Hi.- world.
After you see Kent I 'a chair, ileU Hlid
library, you will And tho sword of
Montrose, Itob Itoy'i Kim and aword.
Helen Mae(Jrfgr'a brooch. Queen
Miiry'a aeul, Ilotr U I'rlnce Charlie's
drinking rui. Tli.iH.li S. olt has been
l-urlrj neiirly a hundred years, a tMl
to bl house miiUea It nMlMe lo w
the rectir'b mnierlnl which enabled
Mm to muke stn h vivid en pictures
rf thrilling stents In Scutch history.
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ATTENTION!
TWO DAYS
TO MARRY
A 3 Act Comedy
Presented by
WILLOWS GRANGE
At RHEA CREEK HALL
At 8:00 o'clock Friday Evening,
FEBRUARY 13
Everybody Come. Dance Afterward.
Music by Cecil Orchestra.
Admission, 15 & 35ci
' Cairo AncLnl City
The birth of a ronlluulng city on
Hm site now occupied by Cairo prob
i bly took (ilnrs shout 8-5 U. C. when
n town railed Itnbylon wus founded.
lireNiiuitihly by emlgrsnts from lluby
ln In Mesopotamia. Thu Iloinuns add
nl to liubylon ty building fort
them and muklng It ths headquarters
of s legion. Th town nnd fort were
cnitured by ths Mohanimedun Invad
era In 041 A. I. Touching ths old
sit, the vlctorlotii Moslems built a
now capital, HI I'oK'st. AlthoiiKh oth
er iienrhy rltles became In turn ths
Moslem citillals, ICI I'oKlNt probably
continued to exist. A part nf Old
Cairo today occupies In slip, suys a
bulletin of ths National Geographic
society,
Riviere of In Datlit
In the proxlmlt f the .1' of Man
Is the lovely tr:n I which bus rotnt to
be culled the I'. 'tic Ithlcrn. where tho
boxy l.iitvlniii n ' nihloii Hicir ..Mlces for
the or or Hi'- unti beHcli. Hern,
frliik'ed by dutje kl winmIn, ItJvt'V
forests iiiir) pwrk, I ,'i.le t wulet of :i
I hi ii ro growing up on every Hide. Tht
timt klrctch of annd nmket It a pnra
itUo for the children, and It I SNton
tchlnti h"w toon after liuauls lout the
I'oiixtllnc the Ccriinilia, the Ijiyllnlmtnl
lln M ii mil mi I u II people found on It
n home for their summer piny. It Is
the utrnnd of a shore whoe liilxnd
tulle mretch to A-ln and Chlmi nl
the tn.Mitery of It hidden bnrkjjrotiti'l
nhudowt all lit Mtnunce.
WANTIU)
r.inloyvienl i: a lumschrrr,
f'trfnuhly in country. I htive
Dii' ant- one small child.
Mr. Frank Mcnitt,
hint Orison
New Instant-Light
Allil KEROSENE
A Thing of
and a Joy
Lights Entire Room
You can read in any part r f the room with this won
derful kerosene mantle lamp. The beautiful design of
the parchment shade confo:Tns with the design on the
bowl in such a way as to produce a very artistic
effect. It'$ a pleasure to do evening reading, writing
or sewing under the white, soft mellow light of this
new modernized Aladdin Table Lamp.
No Generating; Waiting; Pressure;
Noise; Smoke; Odor; or Trouble
It burns common o'J (Xcrwcnc), absolutely safe, cant explode;
Anyone can nixrutc it. (kwcrnnvnt tests and scientists at leading
t'niversitici s!iow it cives twice t!ie lisht of the best round wick,
open flame lamps and yet turns loss than half the oil. The Aladdin
was awarded Gold Medal at the l'arima-l'acific Ezpositiou.
This Stora Authorised Distributors for tha Aladdin Lam.
A full Una of Supplies for all modal Aladdiajs
always on hand.
LETTER OF THANKS
The Past Noble Grands Club
of the Rebekah Lodge of lone
wish to thank all of the people
who so kindly assisted the I.
0. O.K. and Past Noble Grand
Club members in makingmuch
needed improvmcnts on the
roan to uee lone Cemetery.
This includes citizensof lone
and community, also the Lex
ington people who allowed us
the use of their hall for our
Road Benefit Dance and the
members of the Morrow Coun
ty Court who helped with ad
vice and the loan of tools with
which to do the work.
We feel that the work was
very much worth while ;;nd we
sinccrly tht..k each and every
one who helped us in any way.
Vida Heliker, Pres.
Etta Howell, V. Pres.
LceI!o-.v(H, Fw.I.O. O.F.
Ixcust Chapter, 0. E. S. Social
Club will give a Iiri('i?e Party on
Thursday Evening, Eel . 12. at
eight o'clock, in Masonic Hall.
Admission, 25 cents. Eyerybody
welcome.
Mmuri f the Crkt
"There Mie but lew p'eul men In J
I M-iy." n'd III Ho, the oute of
t l.ihiitowii, "mid ii"iie Hint I recnll )
baa bud the honorable pleitMire of per- j
miiihIIv resll.lng bl own Kreulnefci.'' ;
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MANTLE LAMP
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Forsvsr J
THIRD WEEK FINDS
i LEGISLATURE BUSY
Powtr Program Comet Into Open;
Thumbs to be Down on
Spending Orgy.
Appropriations Will Bs Curtailed'
Emargency Board Critlclied-Wculd
Abolish Many Boards Power Bill j
Introduced League of Cities Has !
10 Bills Would Repeal Road Tax. j
Kalem, Ore. With the second week ;
of the legislative session ended, v Ir- j
tuully all bf the major tneuts, tcvpt,
lt:rhapK, that of finance and taxation,
have bein drawn. And, as was un
tlclptled by friends of Governor
Mulcr, water power and tho utilities
hold the llmnllght.
Komewhat bed: conjecture on tho
part ot uninformed IcxlMlators as to
what was happening to the adminis
tration's two Important meaxurea, the
water conaervatlon bill and the public
service commlcnlon n' anure, was etlll
ei when these two documents dropped
Into the boppcr tho last of th. week,
virtually without change from the lines
suggested by the gavenor in his In
suguro! mesRsge.
Criticism of the actlviilei of th.
state emergency board and the an
nouncement that everything would bo
done to bold down IcgUlatlon appro
priations probubly fatured ths opera
tions of the joint wa)3 and means com
mittee during the fiit two weeks of
t:.s 1931 lrgiKlatlv. scNlon.
Appropriations Curtailed.
At tba f(ri.t meeting of the wsys
Mid means cominilttm the word went
ut that unni'ceixary sppropriatlons
vculd be eliminated, snd that many
;h r budget regu'.'Bts would be cut
ti Die bone. Senators Btrayer and
Voodrvard especially were emphatic
In th 'ir assertions that ths time bad
arrived when the state should curtail
l:s expenditures snd live within its
Income.
Wocdward inarmed his collesgues
that lie already bad decided to oppose
th. budget requests ot the Oregon
Stat. Humane society snd the battle
ship Oregon commission.
In attacking tb. operation! of th.
state emergency board it was point
ed out that during the past two years
this body had auihoiized deficiency ap
propriations segregating mors than
(500.000.
There also Is a possibility that a
number of proposed capital ouilay ap
propriations requested by various
state institutions will go by th.
boards. While it was admitted by
members of the wsys snd means com
hi it We that some cf these capital out
lays r.ppearcd nereascry, they declared
that tile state's fiuauces were la such
condition as to warrant a slowing up
in expenditures. Special mention was
made of the exiting deficit In stat.
funds aggregating between $3,000,000
and 14.000,000.
Emergency Board Criticised.
That th. tight to curtail th. ac
tivities of the state emergency board
will b. carried onto the floor ot both
houses ot the legislature wss Indicated
when two bills were Introduced that
Mould curb materially the operations
of ths board. One of the bills was
introduced by Senator Upton which
would cut ths borrd's sllowcnc. to j
JlOO.OuO. There ia no limit st present, j
Abolition of some 14 boards and !
ri'mmlMsions ot the state and the
grouping of their duties snd functions
timh-r a department of agriculture was
proposed in a measure presented tor
pri-lwninary consideration before a
ji lnt sesHion ot the senate snd house
i jrrlcultural committees.
The meaxure would bring about a
radical rearrangement ot the adminis
trative functions ot th. state ss relat
ing to agriculture. It Ij being urged
as a means of cresting greater effic
iency and giving the farmers snd stock
racers of the state a greater return
for the money expended.
Would Abolish Many Boardi.
Among the boards which would be
done swsy with under the unified plan,
which Is understood to bo similar in
character to those now In effect in 43
ot the 48 states, are:
State board ot horticulture, pur.
seed board, state livestock board, state
veterinarian, state dulry and food com
mission, state chemist, state bacter
iologist, advisory livestock brand ad
justing board, stallion registration
board, state fair board, state market
ageut, state Urn. board and the state
seed board.
The new department also would take
over certain regulatory functions of
the state experiment station and the
Oregon State college relating to seeds,
fertilizers, lime, sprsy and rodent con
trol. Tho entire power program coiiHtbted
of three major measures the public
utilities bill, the hydro-electric com
mission and power conservation bill
and the power district bill.
The public utilities bill, which was
introduced by Representative Arthur
W. Lawrence of Denton county, pro
vides for th. abolition ot the public
j '
S'rrlcft commission snd the suliatllu
tlon of s otia man public utilities com
inlssloner to suporvlae the service,
rates and activities ot public utilities
of the state and to protect the public
Interests In all controversies. The bill
ftlno provides for optional home tule
provllegr;s for cities, with general
upcrvlory authority over any con
tracts or ordinances affecting utlli
i'ea reserved to the commissioner.
Power Bill Introduced.
The hydro-electric commission snd
power conservation bill provides en
entirely new setup by which the
water resources ot the state1 may be
appropriated for the development of
electrical energy. A commission of
three men, appointed by the governor
and serving without salary, Is created
to supervise the granting of all li
censes by which water power sites
may be developed by any but public
liodles.
The bill was Introduced by Senator
Sam Brown ot Marlon county.
In the district power bill, the grange
sponsors hav. outlined th. plan and
provided th. machinery by which the
power district amendment approved at
the November election may be made
effective. It waa introduced In th.
senate by J. O. Bailey, senator from
Multnomah county, and bore th. names
uf Senstors Wheeler and Brown and
Representatives Gill, Tompkins, How
ard, Johnson, McPhUllps, Lawrence
and 8wlft. The measure provides for
the formation of power districts under
the supervision of the hydro-electric
commission and Is In every wsy a cr -
panlon proposal to the bill creatii.4
the commission. Safeguards have
been thrown about the bill which, its
sponsors believe, will protect It from
abuse by promoters snd unwise or
ganizers. League of Cities Has 10 Bills,
Representative Cblnnock ot Jose
phlne presented ten bills tor the
Lcsgue of Oregon cities, including a
measure for a state building code.
The cities also requested an amend
ment to provide for state co-operatioa
In the construction and maintenance
of primary highways within municipal
ities, which now Is restricted to muni
cipalities of not mors than 2000 popu
lation. The bill would extend the co
operation of th. stat. highway com
mission to all cities.
Creation of county boards ot edu
cation is proposed In a bill by Reprs
sfrftrre Marrbrwi of Una onswty.
Tb. county board would bav. fire
members, elected by representative,
ot the local districts within th. coun
ty, and th. board would select and
employ th. county superintendent and
assistants and would supervise th.
county budget
Bearing the names ot nearly one
third ot the members ot th. stat. leg
islature, a measure providing tor th.
futnlsbing of tree textbooks to th.
elementary and high school pupils ef
the state was introduced In the house
of representatives.
The bill would effect the purchass
of th. texts by the school districts and
is mandatory on th. directors. The
language ot the bill reads "authorized,
empowered and directed." First-class
districts are permitted to make their
own purchases, but the state board ot
education would serve ss purchasing
sgent for districts of the second and
third classes.
The I'ortland coast short cut high
way hill, when and if it get to the
legislature, seems certain to develop
cne of tha most strenuous battles of
the 36th session. This became evi
dent from comment on the state high
way department ruling that the so
called "ridge route" was the best of
six routes investigated.
Supporters ot the Wilson river route
are determined that definite action
shall be tuken by the commission or
by the legislature this year.
Another measure likely to produce
lively discussion will make its appear
ance this week. This is to be a bill
by Senator Kiddle to repeal the one
mill market road tax, which will b
offered by Its author as the one r?ul
chance to reduce the tax on real prop
erty. Would Repeal Road Tan.
Repeal would also do away with tho
one-mill levied by the counties to
match the stat. funds, and would wipe
out at one swoop 12,000,000 now levied
against property In the atate.
Senator Kiddle will proposed that
the equivalent of the state tax bo
made up to the counties from the st; to
highway fund. The legislature cannot
accomplish tax relief by slashing a few
dollars her. and there off ot a bud
get, he avers. He argues that the ma
jor highways ot the state are now
completed and that the state highway
fund Is in shape to stand the contri
bution to county road construction. II
any county desires to match the
money with a special levy it may do
so nt the discretion ot Its own court,
but it would not b required uuder
the measure.
With the power bills before the leg
islature, senators expressed the belief
that the wheels would be speeded up
during the next week, and that fu
ture adjournments for tha week end
will not bo taken until lata Friday or
Lexington News
Miss AMABEL STRODTMAN
Preparations for the annual de
clamatory contest Me wet! undtr
way in Lexington schools Six pu
pils have already entered from
High School They are: Oratorical;
Amabel S rodtman, Maurice Kelt-
ry; Dramatic, Kaye Luttreli, Neva
Warner; llumo.ous Erma Lane
and Beulah Eskelson.
MissMyra Wells oflltppneris
visiting at theEuri Warner home.
Lexingion High School basket
ball teams won two victories last
week by defeating H ppnea ar.d
Irrigon. Heppner was defeated, tUe
girls, 18 5. while the boys won
by a ii -16 score. At nrigon the
boys won an easy 25-15 victory
and tiie girs by a score of 20 b.
E. T Burchell returned on Sun
day from Corvallis,Oitgon, wheie
he has been visiting with relatives.
A benefit dance will be given on
Saturday, Feb. 11, in Leach Me
morial halL The proceeds to the
Student Body of the Lexington
High School
Miss Marie Breshears arrived at
at a two weeks stay in the William
jtergal home in Spray.
At a special meeting ollthe l
i. A., on Wednesday evening last
a delightful program was given by
the members of the high school
English classes. A play: "The
Trial of Cood English" was pres
ented wkh the leading parts tak
en by Sam McMillan, lawyer for
the defendent; Dale Lane, lawyer
for the plaintiff; Winfseld Duvrli,
judge; Merritt Cray, clerk: Garland
Thompson, "Bad English"; Helen
Doherty, Miss Vocabulary; Flor
ence Mayer, Miss Culture; Faye
Luttreli. Mother Tongue; Vetter
Thornburg. Dr. Speech; Edith
Tucker, Cood t English; Emma
Lane, - Miss C. Writing; Grace
Burchell. Mrs. John He; Ttllie Nel
son, Miss Spelling.
A dedate. "Resolved There
Should Be a Union High School
in Heppner" was also given. A
onsiness meeting followed the
program.
R. H. Lane has returned from
Portland where he has been re
ceiving medical tteatment for an
abscess on the shoulder.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Howell attended the Legion
banquet at Arlington, Monday
evening.
A number of Lexington people
attended the Willows Grange
dance at Cecil Saturday night.
Louise, small daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elm r Hunt, issuff lir g
from a severe attack cf tonsilitis.
Mrs Chas. Inderbitzin of Port
land, U visiting at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. E. T. Ingles.
D. Clarke cf the Clarke Opti
cal Company, Partlrnd, EYE
SIGHT SPECIALISTS will be in
lone, at the Harris Apartments,
all day and evening, Tuc -Jay, Feb.
10. SEE HIM ABOUT YOUR
EYES.
Sometimes Fold in s; Bed
Surprised Its Occupant
One of the earliest manifestations of
a congested population lu New York
was the folding bed, writes Henry Col
lins Hrnwu iu Valentine's "Manual.
This ingenious piece of furniture was
designed to camouflage its real purpose
by assuming during the daytime vari
ous alien shapes, such as that of a
wardrobe. dek or chiffonier. But the
only oue who dwelt In a stat. of Illu
sion whs Its owner. Everybody else
knew It wus a folding bed, but the
etiquette of the times forbade discus
sion of the subjoct. .
It was perfectly obvious that the
bookcHse In the library of an over
crowded apartment that had the ca
pacity of Doctor Eliot's five-foot book
shelf was a folding bed. Likewise
that the large cheval glass In front ot
an apparent cupboard concealed an- i
other of the geuus, but these Innocent i
fictions were taken ss a matter of
course.
There wus one type of folding bed,
however, constructed with weights, 1
that had a disconcerting habit when
It. equilibrium was disturbed ef fold
ing up like a jackknife, to the intense
amszement of th. occupant For a :
stout gentleman to And himself sud
denly awukened aud standing on his
head In bed waa only a small Incon
venience compared with th. Imminent
danger of asphyxiation that th. slluii-1
tion afforded.