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MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON.
VOL. IV
RELOCATIKG THE STATE FAIR
GRLEK
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913
NO. 44
stratagem .
Tactics That Won Where
Strength Was Lacking.
A ft e r th e decline o f Home th e cen ter
nf the w orld'» m ilitary prcM v.-s w a s
fo r se v en o r e ig h t cen tu rie s tran sfe rre d
to th e G reek em pire, l ’on stan tin o p le
ruled e lem en ts o f a mu It le ss homo-
gen erou s n atu re th an lfoine in liar
prim e had depended upon, 'th e re w a s
less lo y a lty to th e cen tral rule th ere
and fu r less lllierty u n d er It.
T h e d e cisiv e m ilitary fact o f the e ast
w as. h o w ever, th a t B yzan tiu m had to
contend a g a in s t o v e rw h elm in g unm et!
cal su p erio rity in its enem ies. South
An interesting article appeared ' hi. ^ . and where the patronage iii the e n e m y 's cam p, liv surprises, sim
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will adequate y support it. I hat u lated re tre a ts and am bush, th ey Il
in a recent issue ot the bnamko j
. . . . . . .
lu strated the sa y in g o f B aron th a t
means t iat the fair should come stru ta g e n Is n w e a k e r kind o f p olicy
Star which depicts so well the
•to Portland.
used b y th ose w h o m e not stro n g
condition of affairs in the aver
enough to w in by fa ir e r m ethods, -lid-
True
it
is
that
the
Portland
age public school that we repro
w a rd L>. Jones in E n g in eerin g M aga
duce for the benefit of the pat advocacy of such a move may be zine.
vons of our school. We presume charged with selfishness, but it
THE GAME OF GOLF.
to say that our teachers always <1"™ not necessarily follow that
welcome visitors to the school the charge would he tine. I 0 1 1- It Is a V e ry Serious Matter With the
and would he pleased if more land is the metropolis of the
Real Scot Enthusiast.
In F ife and the L o th la n s e v e ry one
parents would get the habit of state-the financial and the trade
calling frequently and finding j center—and incidentally, too, it p la y s g o lf— moil o f leisure, w orkin g-
men mid loafers, tlie last class produc
out for themselves how theii*I one of the principal cities in in g th e finest p layers. M any o f tile
and pro-;
pro-1 the United States. If there is S co tch to w n s h a v e p u b lic cou rses, and
children are behaving
behaving and
| time of leisure to go sight-seeing, even w h e re th ey a re p riv ate th e a r ti
Stressing.
san c lu b s m ay u se them on gen erou s
j within the borders of the state, | term s. B ays S te w a r t P ic k in “ T h e
The writer in the Star says:
rthe average Oregonian would P a g e a n t o f th e F o rth :"
“ To one who looks on and re
" T h e r e is so m eth in g very Sco tch
prefer either to include Portland
About the Scotch go lfe r. II 1 seem s hi
flects on what he sees, it is a
in the itinerary, or more likely, su it th e le isu re ly and con tem p lative
mutter for regret that parents
perhaps, make Portland the ob gam e. 'K e e p y o u r e y e on th e b all,’
of school children take so little j
je c tiv e point. It is this large ‘S lo w b a ck ' and ‘A y e be up' a rc w ilt
ten a ll o v e r him.
A s a n ation one
interest in the actual school'
j and general consideration that w o u ld sa y the S co tch w e re p ro fession
work. They send the “ kids” to |
,
,
,
,
I is the foundation • of the argu- al, th e E n g lish a m ateu r, go lfe rs, for
school, true, but apparently that, roent for movinR the State Fair there sh ou ld he n oth in g d ile ttan te
abou t the g a m e o f go lf.
ends their connection with school
j to this city.
" II o w seriou s a m a tter it is m ay be
affairs. They do not visit the I
Officials of the State Fair As Judged from the old sto r y o f the Scotch
school while in session; they do
m in ister.
E m ergin g a fte r a hot and
sociation say that they would u n h allo w e d s tr ife in th e bu n ker, his
not discuss school happenings
inot like to decide upon the mer- p ro fa n e w o rd s still ech oin g in Ids ears,
with the instructors; they dof.
.
he m ops Ids heated brow and e x c la im s
take
the
trouble
to
inform
,ts ot the question; and the rea-
not
rly :
son for that diffidence is obvious b itte
“ ‘A h m aun gle It up! A h m aun gi*'
themselve of both sides to any
enough. But why should not It up!'
petty strife that may arise at
the people take up the issue and ' “ ‘ W h a t? ’ c rie s hls p artn er in coti-
school or on the street among
decide
it according to their best 8t?™ltl,0,U' ‘Gi,f up m" Ln
1 .
ublirne
scorn ;
the children, nor do they in any
will and judgment? The people 'gle up th e m e e u ls try '.'
degree exert themselves to as
of every section and of every j “This Is the real old golfin g sp irit
certain the rights of any ques
which still survives round the shores
city and town in the state are
of the Forth.”
tion of discipline or authority
the interested parlies. No one
that may arise between teacher
The Peacock at Homo.
local interest is paramount or;
and pupil, hut blindly espouse
T h e real homo o f peacocks or p ea
should he. The State Fair is not,
the cause of the child as against
fo w ls Is In India. T h e re th ey w e re
a proprietary institution that be- . and a re lim ited, and th eir flesh Is used
-the teacher— taking for granted
Hongs tio any particular commu for food. A s th e bird s live ill tile
'-that Jimmy or SAi can do no
nity. It is for the benefit and sam e region as tb e tiger, pescoek h i n t
wrong and that Miss B. is a
in g is 11 v e ry d a n gero u s sport. 'I he
the pleasure of the people of the long train o f th e p eacock Is not its
mean old hen who has a “ spite” 1
state; and it should he ta ll, n s m an y suppose, but Is com pos
at said Jimmy or Sal, which she f n ' le
.
n.
ed -of fe a th e rs w h ich g ro w o u t jus-t
is showing by being strict with
e
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n' aJO' ' 'V ”
altove the tall and are called the tail
them, while ihat nasty Jack or
j decide it is best to hold coverts
reaCock8 have teen known
it, and the movement in that d l- j for many hundred years. They are
Bess is “ teacher’s pet” and can
rection was Started months ago mentioned in the Bible. Job mentions
■do anything without being cor
them, and they are mentioned, too. in
I by the stock and Allied interests I Kings x. Hundreds of years ago In
rected.
! which realize that if the Fair is Rome many thousand peacocks were
“ Now, these things are wrong,
to attain its maximum of im killed for the great feasts which tlie
emi>erors made.
The brains of the
not only to yourselves as parents
portance it must come here.
peacock we re.considered a great treat,
and citizens, but to the children
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and many hart to lie killed fo ra single
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as gift* to men should be cigars
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Else tlie gift had better not be
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General Ailhttr. They are smokes
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The question of changing the
It is a lamentable fact that
little interest is taken in our location of the State Fair from
public schools hy the fathers and Salem to Portland is being agi
mothers of the children who at tated considerably of late, and
tend them. ‘It s e e m s to be the there are some good points in
prevail!OK- idea that if the pupils favor of the change. It can he
understood, however,
are sent regularly to tlte school readily
how
the
people of Salem and
house, the parents’ responsibil
Marion
county
will view the
ity ceases and the teachers are
held responsible and accountable change and how they will natur-
for the mental, moral and physi-j ally oppose it. It will he consul-
a i . i iir p i.in m p iit o f t heir c h a r u 'e s
ered almost as depriving them of o f it. from th e in d ie s to tin. A tlan tic,
C al development OI meir cnarges, |
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,nd if such development is not their hit tinight. . peaking n i- lll, M ) 0 ( IM n . Ri||:|„. To the east
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as satisfactory as the parents tonally of the matter, the Port w e re th e Seljttk T u rk s , w h ile to the
uorth w e re the B u lg a ria n s a n il the
think it should he, they often land Telegram says:
S lav o n ian and H u nlc tribes.
Manifestly
there
is-occasion
to
accuse the teachers of lax meth-
A g a in st su ch odds it w a s useless slnt-
»ids, forgetting that perhaps a d ¡ e c u SS the relocating of the r^iy to m atch m an fo r mail. T h e mill-
ta ry lead ers o f th e em pire w e re full
part of the blame may possibly | State Fair i l l its true function of
m ilita ry sp irit nnd took keen d e lig h t
he laid at their own door in nrti that institution languishes, and ^ w;ir ns u K;une llllt t i„ ,v ,v e le the
giving t he child the
proper! the need is to hold it where the d escen d an ts o f riy s n e s , nnd th ey m ad«
traininc before its school days demand upon it in the matter of ; of w a r a game of finesse, of cleverness
training oeiore u s i'1 " " « '
- i n short, a w a r o f w its. B r the r spv
begin.
comprehensive exhibits will h e ., ^ -ml ,;r|bw) 1(V stilTinc ill> tl, , ls„.
to the p arty orderinur them, at leiral ratea, and
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for Christmas.
Buy Presents That Are Instructive and Interesting.
S. E. FRANCISCO,
Proprietor “ TH E O A K S .’ ,
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feast.
The Mystery of Sleep.
It Is Impossible to give any precise
explanation of the phenomenon of
sleep. Yet many theories have been
advanced.
Legendre has shown by
fairly conclusive arguments that It Is
1 due Deitlier to “ braiu pallor.” nor to
intoxication by carbonic add, nor to
the presence of narcotic substance« in
tlie blood, theories that have been in
turn advanced.
Legendre intimates
his preference for the view that sleep
Is not the result of fatigue, but is an
inherited Instinct designed to protect
the organism against the III effects of
fatigue.—Harper's.
titled to he taught the great
LIG SCHOOLS
.principle of ‘equal justice-toall,’ j
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and, more than all else owing to
A t the repuest of State Game
the teacher who is striving to d o ( Warden Finley. Professor John
for every child in school as much F. Bovard, of the department of
as you should be striving to do zoology at the university at Eu-
for your one or two at home. |£ene, will give illustrated lec-
She is handicapped by a dozen ! tures on birds and bird studies
or forty different natures all l»efore the public schools of Ore-
piled up together by a system of Ron. In this manner an effort
education that is not the best j will be made to interest the
for young pupils, yet which she children in birds so that they
is compelled to use because the ( will be able to distinguish be-
T h e A le u t ia n lelande.
State Board of Education and tween harmful and beneficial
Until the time of Peter the Orent
our omniscient (?) legislature so birds. The lectures will be giv- the Aleutian island* were unknown.
-orders.
cn both in the country and city The famous Russian monarch, con
Consult an Eye Specialist
It is not so long ago that people were content to
choose glasses in much the same way that they
would buy boots at a "bargain counter” or some
“ cure all” from a touring quack. But eyesight
is to precious to experiment with and today
most people realize it. If you have any eye
troubles we will give your expert examination
and precisely the help you need.
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W .F . L A R A W A Y
5 0 years
FIRST N ATIO N A L B AN K BUILDING
Hood River
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SOMEBODY
f
IS EXPECTINGY0U
ON
CHRISTMAS or NEW YEAR
About that
Xmas
sumed with curiosity ns to the dis
tance between Asia and America,
started. In 17J3. the first of the expe
dittoes that at last repealed tho«e
haunts o f the bear, the tleaver, the er
mine and the seal. But Captain Cook
told more about the Island* than did
all the Rnsslnn explorer* liefore him.
“ Therefore, help the teacher, schools of the state.
Visit the school and take an in-,
^ course in bird study and ir.
terest in school affairs. If you a *tud>’ of the more common in-
can’ t visit the school, talk to the 9ects for the oIder Persons inter-
teacher as a human being— not esfcd ' n nature study has been
as a machine, and let her know P rep a red by Professor Bovard as
you are helping at home by in- part
extension, or corre-
opportunity,
eulcating in the mind of 3immy sP°ndf nC3 study, department of
“ Opportunity really knocks nt many
•or Sal the principles of obedience the university- This is conduct- * ^oor."
to authority and a desire to ed by mail, and is open to a n y ' fle(! ^ n, why don more 0
*,K,'P
really learn.
But above all resident of Oregon.— Telegram.
-The trouble i* that Opportunity
when things go wrong, don’ t let
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to « ^ k ." - « i t s i .u ^
the youngsters hnow. If they
AH hail to 1 9 1 3 ! May the
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•tell how mean the teacher is. New Year he full of joy and
Anticipation.
don t fly off and swear ven- prosperity, peace and plenty to
' ,T^ •1"**’™'- •Inst think of It. dotr-
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...enty-tlve vear* from day
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one: Twen
geance to child and neighbors. every one, including ourselves, «»for* yesterday trill t*> our «liver an-
but talk it over with teacher. May all unpleasant things o f the nivemsry:”—Judge,
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Nine times out of ten the child t ear that is dead lie forgotten.
is ‘miffed’ and it is human na and the good things be multi- • n e d t - D o c ^ r Idte wt snery If
ture to tell your own view of pll6<i 51 thousand fold. May the KiK IP interrupt«»«! while talking? *
8hoti.d i know?» i u m 'M i
anything in the best light. So best you got last year \>e the
- our 'lrauiKr,Pt-
don’t get cross until you are worst you get this
mis year, J
is
, New Year’ s wish.
sure. Help the teacher.”
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TMb UESIRE FOR
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