A SURE THING.
LEXINGTON GROWS
VOL. I
LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY APRIL 5, 190G
NO. 28
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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
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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
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Tinware.
Granite Ware.
Pots and Kettles
Wire and Nails.
Stoves and Ranges.
. Silver Ware.
Bath Tubs and Sewer
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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.
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