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LEXINGTON, OREGON
S. A. THOMAS,
Editor and Proprietor.
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6, 1905, at the post office at Lexington, Or
egon, under the Act cf Congress of March
3, 1879. ,
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1905.
LEXINGTON'S FUTCKK
cation. As it now stands most of the
country children are compelled to at
tend the country schools.
I fully reaiize what a good school,
lav and order, means In our country
towns
Desiring to give my children a good
education, I have been compelled to
send my family to a distant town for
the past 10 years, at an annual cost of
$1000 yer year, and, above all, I sad
ly miss, during these long and dreary
years, the absence of my beloved wife
and children from our home.
I sadly feel the loss of enjoyment,
contentment, happiness and . pleasures
that only my sacred hearth can render.
To quote John Howard Payne's words,
"Home, Sweet Home, there is no
place like home," but home without
the beloved members of one's family,
is dreary and lonesome. Home undr
such conditions is a mere abode of
existence, without love, cheer, happi
ness and contentment.
I realize the neccessity of a more
perfect code of morals, ethics and law
In our town, and I believe the time has
come and the present is face to face
with the problem .of elevating our town
upon a higher moral plane.
I have seen every town in Eastern
Oregon laid out and built up, except
The Dalles and Prineville. .1 have al
so, reference to every town in the
valley except Portland, and have fol
lowed their-1 evolution, growth and
and prosperity.
, . The time has come, when the con
ditions pertaining to towns, when, the
inexorable laws of their evolution must
be greatly modified in order to obtain
good results. The newcomers in the
county as well as other classes of peo
ple demand a higher code of morals.
"The wild and wooly west" will re
main in the annals of historical records
the Indians have been subdued and
placed on reservations, the cow boy
will soon be compelled to seek other
te Titory or employment. The cattle
an 1 horse rustlers are;, of short dura
tion, as a concentrated effort to sub
due this lawlessness has lately been
emerged in Morrow county. The
OREGON
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Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas
City, Chicago, St-Louis,
New York. ,
. .Ocean Stenmnn for HmiKrHiclm lenvc
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flukta to and from all point of the Unit-
' , '' " ed State and Kurope.
' Trains. Leave Lexington, Dally, ex
; cent Sunday, - 9:25 A. M.
"Wraijw Arrive at Lexington, Dally, ex-
ceptSuhday .. - 5:10 P.M.
ff grains Connect at .J-Ieppner Junction
V v with Main Lini trains for all
) - points East and West.
V". A. L. CRAIG, G:P. A.
stock" mer will soon 'realize a good
profit on their products. '
With those outlined changes in our
county such as, better schools, a high
ethical plane of living, the people will
move, during the fall and winter, to
town to school their children and in
this manner build up small' towns to
large and prosperous towns.
The prosperity of our towns is de
pendent upon the prosperity of the
farmers and stock raisers. . ,
Consequently the business men, me
chanics, the farmers and the newspa
papers of the various towns should
unite in a hearty and co-operative ef
fort to bring forth the desired condi
tions. " ' '
Help the farmer and stockmen to
rid the county of horse thieves Let
everybody do his part in bringing the
outlaws before the bars of justice' so
that adequate puniihment can be met
ed out to them for their, crimes.
Don't sign any pardon after . the time
of conviction of a criminal by the
court and prevtous to the time of said
criminals incarceration..
Dear Editor, kindly Inform us whet
her or not there is any law in regard
to the obnoxious Russian thistles. If
there Is no law to that efiect, kindly
assist us In getting a law passed, a law
when enforced that will stop ' the
spreading of the dreadfull Russian
thistles.
The neglected extermination of
Russian thistles on our lands will soon
greatly diminish the intrinsic value of
the same, about one- half. Therefore,
I ask the assistance of the represent
atives of our county and the co-operation
of the various towns and news
papers of our county.' Are we asking
to much or are we entitled to your
hearty co-operation In our effort to rid
the county of Russian thistles?
Since 1 have grown up, I have never
seen any town that outgrew . its sur
rounding country. Therefore, let us
unite and co operate in our effort to
bring forth the best results. Let us
arry our mental policies Into practi
cal execution; and then, and then only
shall we be triumphant and reap the
just rewards of our honest toil and
labor. Let our motto be:
"Prove all things. Hold fast that
which Is good. ' v
B. F. Swaggart.
We will endeavor to answer the
writer later. Ed.
COUNCIL PKOCKUlING9.
Lexington, Oregon, Nov. 8, 1905.
Adjourned meeting of town council,
present Mayor, W. F.. Barne't, Coun-
cilmen, W. P. McMillan, E. D. Mc
Millan, W. E. Leach, Recorder E. D.
Leach. Absent Councilman, W. R.
Munkers, Treasurer, E. A. Pointer.
Petition of A. J. Lane and A. D.
Inskeep for license to sell liquors in
less quantities than orte gallon was
presented and on motion was granted.
On motion council adjourned' sub
ject to the call of the Mayor.
E. D. Leach, Recorder
Lexington, Oregon, Nov. 13, 1905
Adjourned meeting of town council
present, Mayor, W. F. Barnett, Coun
cllmen, W. E. Leach, E. D. McMill
an, W. P. McMillan, Recorder, E. D.
Leach, absent, Councilman W. R.
Munkers, Treasurer, E. A. Pointer.
C. R. McAHster and 'Rev. T. P. Gra
ham were appointed Clerks and E. R.
Beach, A. D. Bechtel and J. B. De
Long Judges of election for the com
ing town election.
Oath of office administered to S. A.
Thomas as Town Marshal.
On motion council adjourned sub
ject to the call of the Mayor.
E. D. Leach, Recorder
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Notice Is hereby given that bids will be
received until November 15th, 1905, by the
School Board of District No. 18, for the
erection of a School House, according to
plans and specifications to be prepared by
said School Board.
Address all communications and inquir
ies to B. F. Thompson,
School Clerk, .
Strawberry, Oregon.
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Lexington, Oregon.
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