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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1906)
A SURE THING. LEXINGTON GROWS VOL. I LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY APRIL 5, 190G NO. 28 t HIS STERLING RECORD This is a (act that the farmers and struggling home-owners of Oregon should reflect upon. During the eigh teen years that Hon. John H. Aitkin has been at the head of two of the largest commercial Instlutlons of Ore gon and hundreds of thousands of dol lars have passed through his hands, he has never yet foreclosed a mortgage. His bank has advanced money to needy settlers, and the company of which he is president has given them liberal credit until they could Improve their little ranches and get solidly on their feet. Many of them have been delinquent in their payments of Inter est and principal, many failed, to meet their bills until long after they were due. But to the lasting credit of Mr. Aitkin It can be said that he never foreclosed a mortgage nor forced a man into bankruptcy, This Is a pretty good record when it becomes a ques tion of voting for such a man for an important state office. Mr. Aitkin Is now a candidate before the Republican primaries for the Important office of Treasurer of Oregon. The struggling farmer should carefully consider if it is not a good plan to trust with high pub lic office one who has always proven so loyal and faithful to his own neigh bors.. Get your stationery at the Wheatfield Printery and your business will never become stationary. Advertise In The Wheatfield. ... v COUNCIL PHOCKKDING8. Council met In regalar session Mon day evening, April 2, present Mayor W. G. Scott, Councilmen W. E. Leach, E. D. McMillan, Recorder E. D. Leach. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. On motion Re corder was instructed to Issue warrant to A. G. Long &. Co. In payment of fire apparatus. On motion Marshall was instructed to order the alley in block 6 opened and obstructions re moved. The following bills were pre sented and allowed: F. H. Gentry - - $ 2 50 J. L. Gibson - 5 CO S. A. Thomas - - 7 50 W, G, Scott - 48 00 N, S, Phelps - - 2 00 E. t). Leach, Recorder. SCHOOL NOTES Following are the names of the pu pils who averaged 90 or above in the recent examinations: Primary Department Miss Hammer, Teacher. Geneva Hickethier Katie Eskelson Cecil Scott Flora Mead Roy Fuller Georgia Fuller Grace Reaney Grace Tyler Willard Graham Ella Cypert Leona Leach Maudie McMillan Park Carmichael Henry Hickethier Iva Thomas Intermediate Miss Scott, Teacher Ennls Thomas Inez Cypert NetUe Davis ' . Frank Burgcyne 1 - Anna Belle Howard, j ' Advanced Room R. B. Wilcox, Teacher Edna Carmichael Joe Thornberg Ruth Brown Grace Cypert Lucy Davi3 Robt. Leach Josie Eskelson Cora McMillan Edna Palmer Frank Tyler Merl Carmlcheal Jas Pointer Mary Graham Alonzo Tyler Cecil Rankin Frank Christenson NOTICE. All persons who had; mares bred by Sir Robert, and have not paid the fees, are requested to deposit the fees with the Bank of Lexington as soon as convenient. 1 25-tf Lexington Horse Co. EDITORS AND, DOCTORS. A SPICY COMPARISON OF THE TWO GREAT PROFESSIONS, In reply to the charge of a dignified, but somewhat narrow-minded pill-peddler, that 'newspapers were run for revenue only," a rural rooster of the newspaper profession comes back with; "What in thunder do ' doctors run for anyway) Do they fun for glory? One good healthy doctor's bill would run this office six months. An editor works a half day for three dollars with an in vestment of $3,000; a doctor looks wise and works ten minutes for $2. with an Investment of three cents for Catnip and a pill bag that cost $ 1 .37. A doc tor goes to college ' for two or three yean, gets a diploma and a string of words thedevll himsel; Cannot pronounce cultivates a look of gravity that he palms off for wisdom, gets a box of pills, a cayuse and a meat saw and sticks out his shingle, a full-fledged doctor. He will then doctor you un til you die at a stipulated price per vis it, and puts them in as thick as your pocketbook will permit. "An editor never gets his education finished; he learns as long as he lives and studies' all his life. He eats bran, mush and liver, he takes' his pay in hay and turnips, and keeps the doctor in town by refraining from printing the truth about him, We would like to live in that doctor's town and run A newspaper six months and see "if the doctor would change his mind about our 'running a newspaper for revenue only.' If we didn't get some glory out of it we would agree to take one dose of his pills, after first saying our pray ers. "If the editor makes a mistake he has to apologize for it, but if the doctor makes a mistake he buries it. If we make one there Is a law suit, tall swear ing and a smell of sulphur, but If the doctor makes one, the is a funeral, cut flowers and a smell of varnish-. The doctor can use word a foal teftg, but if the editor uses it he has to Spell it. If the doctor goes to See another man's wife he will charge the man for. the visit. If the fcditor calls on another man's wife he gets a charge of . buck shot. Any medical college 'can make a doctor. You can't make an editor, He has to be born one.- When a doc tor gets drunk, it Is a cas of overcome by heat, 'and if he dies it fs a heart failure. When an editor gets drunk it is too much booze, and if he dies it is a case of delirium tremens. "The editor works to keep from starving, while the doctor works to ward off the gout. The editor helps men to live better, and the doctor as sists them to die easy. The doctor pulls a sick man's leg, the editor is glad if he can collect his bills at all. Revenue only? We are only living for fun and to spite the doctor." Ex. KUi'UUiatlum Makes Life Miserable; A happy home is the most valuable possession that is within the reach of mankind, but you cannot enjoy its com forts if you are suffering from rheuma tism. You throw aside business cares when you enter home and you can be relieved from those rheumatic pains' also by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One application will give you relief and its continued use for a short time will bring about a permanent cure, For sale by W. P. McMillan The Vhiaifilte has jUat Completed arrangements with the Oregon Journal whereby we are able to furnish the Oregon Daily Journal, Including the Sunday issue, and The Wheatfield, one year $7. The Daily Journal ana Wheatfield one year $5. The Semi Weekly Journal and The Wheatfield one year $1.75. The Wheatfield prints the news. . , HOUSE .SHOES viifft tiyv For wnmeft . Ml ' 1 WE SAVE YOU MONEY We carry the White House Shoes for Men and Women. From $2,25 to $3.50 for Women. $3.00 to $4.50 for Men. Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes for the Girls and Boys. All the latest styles in Gordon Hats will be in this week, at $-3.00. Lyon Hats from $1.00 to $2.25 in any style. New stock just arrived. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR , C L O T H I N G HARDWARE Tinware. Granite Ware. Pots and Kettles Wire and Nails. Stoves and Ranges. . Silver Ware. Bath Tubs and Sewer pipes.' . MMMmwm Ck Bain Wagons. M XXWOmt. y Harrows. . ' fllJEh' U Wheelbarrows. . Mm s3 S5rw?!:ffi''iayJ jfm if aa fiw. DVCL0TmN6ca.1NS rh ; GENT'S FURNISHING'S Shirts. Cuffs and Collars. Ties. Handkerchiefs. Suspenders. Belts. Watches. IMPLEMENTS Dutchman Plows. Syracuse Plows. Hanney Buggies, Anchor Buggies. Mitchell Wagons. HARNESS Saddles. Bridles. Halters. . Collars. Rings.. Snaps, Buckles. Haine Straps. ft Lexington Oregon