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ers of the weekly and m onthly m ag
azines of wide circulation, by tra n s
D riving about over th is project one porting th eir ed itio n s for less th an
is impressed w ith th e prophesy in the
cost.
:ood book. "V erily, the desert shall
blossom as the rose." The usually
TUESDAY IS ELECTION .
dry sage brush wactes are b rillian t
w ith colorful flowers, the most | N ext Tuesday. Ju n e 7, is th e day
Oregon will hold a special election
beautiful among them being, the won
for m easures th a t were handed back
derful rore3 of the cactus, th an w hich
io the people by the last legislature.
no coddled garden flowers could be
There are twq measures th a t we
lovelier. In every green oasis th a t
should
all be very much interested
m arks a home, w hether it be the
hum ble dw elling of the new settler in One is the W orld W ar V eterans’
or one of the m any fine country S tate Aid fund. This is a m easure
th a t will afford relief to thousands
homes th 3 t are being built in every
of Oregon’s w ar veteranB. It p er
direction, one glimpses b rig h t roses.
m its th e veterans to borrow money
Roses of every kind and color w ith
from th e sta te on proper security. If
aristo cratic nam es know n to every
a veteran of the w ar owns a lot and
rose cu ltu rist, roses th a t would
w ants to build a house, the sta te will
easily rival the choicest production
perm it him to borrow $3,000 to build
of our world fam ous Rose City. To
the house and take a m ortgage on
one who looks and sees they b ring
a message of courage and faith. Cour the lot and house. There are many
features to the bill, b u t th e above
age to p lan t th e precious seed even
tho’ "h e goeth forth w ith w eeping’’ statem en t tells one of the best a d
and faith th a t "he w ill doubtless vantage.}.
The m easure, if passed, w ill add
come again w ith rejoicing, bearing
thousands of homes to Oregon, and
precious sheaves."
If tim es seem h ard and th e o u t quite a few of them wiii be in
Hermiston. T b 1» bill should be sup
look a little u n certain , learn the
ported by all means. Vote 3<<S— Yes.
message of the roses and th e assur-
A nother bill w hich we w ish to
a«ce of a b rig h t fu tu re for th is pro
your atten tio n is th e hygienic m ar-
ject will b ring Its certain rew ard.
ia;;e ex ar ‘nation and license bill.
Good m others of the W est End,
SUBSIDIZING THE MAGAZINES
,ve w ant to ask you rig h t here: Do
(From th e Philadelphia Record.)
/ou w ant your lovely d au g h ters to
W h at possible reason can be of have to go before a physician and be
xam ined before she can be m arried
fered w hy th e governm ent shtfuk
carry weekly and m onthly magazine: n th e sta te of Oregon? You cer-
from Philadelphia and New York t< ainly do not. It is the w orst piece
f trash ever' p u t up to th e voters of
San Francisco and Seattle and Port
lie state. Kill th is bill so h ard th a t
land a t a good deal less th an cost
I t charges a good deal more th a r tS sponsors will never dare again to
cost to carry le tters; why should i -mt sit.h a th in g ‘ efore th e people
tax th e country to carry weekly an
,f O ' , on. Vote 307— No,
m onthly m agazines across the conti
n en t?
It was called to our a tte n tio n last
lecoration Day th a t several cars th a t
W hen Dean Richmond was a t th
head of the New York C entral, t vent to the cem etery drove off the
boy asked him for a pass to his honn
eg u lar road ih the grounds and
tow n. Richmond could assume i irove over some of th e graves. The
very terrib le aspect; and, looking a
icople who did th is did not know,
aw ful as he could, he roared at tin i h at t{iey were doing, it
was
youngster: ‘ W hy do you w ant ( houghtlessness, b ut we all should be
pass? The boy was so terrifled that areful when o u t to our burying
he forgot the speech he had Ifearnet ¿rounds in cars and see th a t we stay
for th e occasion, and blurted out
>n th e roads. Some of the graves
"B ecause I don’t w ant to pay.” Deal ire not m arked very well and it is
Richmond rem arked, in th e ad ju ra hard to tell them.
tlon of President H arding, “ by the
e te rn a l,” or its equivalent, th a t thi;
H erm iston’s stree ts are looking
was the first tim e any one had eve: Ine. The im provem ents are w onder
told the- tr u th In asking for a pass, ful.
If the city dads would only
and he gave the boy his tree ride.
construct some cross w alks before
The publishers of the weekly ani the bad w eather sets In It would be
m onthly m agazines don’t w ant to pa; g reatly appreciated by the citizens
w hat it actually costs the govern if th e town and our m any visitors.
m ent to carry th e ir publications tt
d istan t points, and many of them art ACT IN DEEP MIKE IS SHOWN
heavy co n trib u to rs to Republicai
IN NEW HARRY CAREY FILM
cam paign funds and expect a returi
from a Republican Congress for thel
H arry Carey and his company
generosity. To oblige them , Mr. Mon
worked a q u a rte r to a th ird of a mile
dell has introduced a bill to reper. underground in film ing m any scenes
the postal zone law on second-clas:
for “W est is W est," th e Eugene Man-
mail.
love Rhodes story th a t comes to the
T his law is ju st, but It Is also gen
Play House next W ednesday, Ju n e
erous. It probably does not mak<
3th. E ig h t days and several nights
the postage of m agazines to distant
were spent below the surface of the
points rem unerative to the govern
earth a t Jerom e, Arizona, by H arry
m ent, b u t it is ju st in th a t it approxi
Carey and I I of his U niversal com
m ates th a t. It makes the postage
pany.
g reater for th e longer disances. No
T he scenes photographed a t the
one can reasonably question the fair-
1,700-foot level of the United Verde
ness’of th a t. The object of repealing
Copper Mine were th e first ever made
the zoning law is to give the m aga
at th a t depth, according to th e su p
zine publishers an average rate,
erin ten d en t. E. E. V anderhoff, and
though th haul is a g reat deal more
the g eneral m anager, Robert Tally.
th an the average. The average haui
In fact it was th e first tim e th a t any
of all second-class m atter, including
picture had been taken In eith er the
new spapers. Is about 200 miles. But
United Verde or th e Verde ex ten
the average haul on country weekliet
sion, the Daisy, which arc accounted
Is not over 50 miles, and on daily
the larg est a*id richest copper mines
papers of most of the cities i,t is not
in the world. In th e la tte r mine,
over 75 miles, and of the largest of
H arry Carey and his sta ff worked on
the dally new spapers it Is u nder 150
»he 1,000-foot levels, w here they
miles. It Is obvious, therefore, th a t
exposed' 12,000 feet of negative.
I he average haul of th e magazines
The company photographed actual
is several hundred miles. If the zone
m ining in the orc-bearing stoups,
law Is abolished, they can get a great
from one of which alone has been
deal more th an the average haul at
taken more than enough ore to pay
an average rate. T h is would be
the w ar debt of the United States.
w orth m tllons to the periodical pub
lishers. B ut the averaging Involves
0. A. C. Dairy Notes
giving th e periodical publishers a
B u ll R egistration Required
g reat deal more th an they pay for,
The law which required the dairy
and m aking th in g s even by giving
the publishers of newspapers, whose bull reg istratio n board goes into ef
circulation is mostly local, a great fect W ednesday, May 25. The board
has th e blank license forms ready
deal less th an they pay for.
T here Is absolutely no m erit In the for use. These forms, will be sent
proposition to abolish th e zoning law. to th e county ag en ts and to any
Its only effect— and th is Is the breeder w an tin g them . Inform ation
purpose o f the proposed repeal— is to may be bad on application to the
add m illions of profits of the p erio d i dairy bull reg istratio n board. O. A.
cal publishers at th e expense either C. Corvallis. Address dairy d ep a rt
of new spapers or of th e general ta x ment.
payers of the country. It Is as In
B ulls F itted For A uction
defensible as It would be to vote
T he dairy bulls to be sold at auc
money out of th e treasu ry to Jhese
periodical publishers: for It Is m ani tion d u rin g F arm ers week are being
festly the same th in g to the govern fitted up by the college dairy d ep art
ment to keep money from going into m ent. The sale w ill offer 15 high
the treasu ry as to let It go In and (ired bulls, and any farm er w an tin g
to build up his d airy herd may set
then vote It out.
T his bill to repeal the tone law h hia own price and sta n d a good
a bill to pay a heavy subvention to chance to get one of these anim als at
|o n e class of publishers, th e publish- F arm ers week.
THE MESSAGE OF THE ROSES
A H o u s e Is N o t E n o u g h
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Give the little onee the present joy and comfort and happiness of
YIUR OWN HOWE— IT ’S A DUTY.
And the best way to secure th a t home is to Build
It.
P lan it ju st as you w ant it— our A rchitects will help you—
and fit It to your pocketbook— all the rooms ju st as you would like
to have them, w ith the best ideas as to both in terio r and exterior
arrangem ents and suggestions as to vines, foliage and landscape
work.
B U IL D N O W
N othing can be gained by w aiting, as lum ber prices are very
unlikely to go lower, in face may go slightly higher.
Local Building Items
J. L. H arm an is building on hi
property on H u rlb u rt avenue.
R. C. Challis is adding a porch
to his property on Oladis avenue.
Ted H all has rebuilt the house
th a t burned.
J. B. Beebe is building a small
barn on his farm south of town.
As s’pose you know-—lum
ber is 'w ay down — about
half last y ear’s price?
Let all your Homes and
Farm B uildings be Planned
and Materialized bY
TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO.
R. A . B r o w n so n , M gr.
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Ladies S hirt WaistB, Just 5 to close out, priced up to $3.50, jn st a
few of these a t .................................................................................. $1-00
6 Muslin Combination Suits.
Good
muslin a t ...........................$1.00
Ladles Light Percale Bungalow Aprons, w orth $2.00 to $2.50, ju st
1 dozen a t ........................................................................................ $1.50
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3 Middle W aists, form erly prices $2.50 to $4.00, to close out $1.50
T his is all seasonable.m erchandise. No exchanges or retu rn s.
Ladles Fancy Tan Hose w orth 75c w hile they l a s t ........................ 25c
A lot of Fancy Hose w orth 75c a t ...................................................... 25c
We are m aking special prices on Men3 Sailor S traw H ats w orth
from $1.50 to $3.50 ........................................................................... 50c
To close out this is a bargain raver.
No re tu rn s or exchanges.
MenB C lutt S h irts w ith cuffs altached, not new style, b u t good
quality sh irts w orth today $3.00 while they l a s t .................$1.50.
No exchanges or returns.
Mens Monarch S hirts, good p attern s w ith cuffs attached, w orth
$2.60 a t ..................................................................,..........................$1.25
No exchanges.
Mens W ork Shirts, good cham bray, gray and blue, a real bargain
for ....................................................................................................... »1-00
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-HOME-KEEPING HEARTS ARE HAPP1-
EST” —laagfelled.
Most people make negative resolutions at the
first of the ye?r. To give up something th at you
enjoy is difficult. S tart 1921 in a different way.
Decide to give your family and vourself the
greatest source of pleasure in this world —
A
NEW
HOME
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