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MOSIER, WASCO C O U N T Y , OREGON, F R ID A Y .
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CLUB SOCIAL MONDAY NiGHT
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Anderson Undertaking Co.
he sacrificed for the sake of the
one hundred.
to the party ordering them, at legal rate*, and
F E B R U A R Y 12, 1915
IN V /,
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EUfiöFil 10 SHAT
TERS king Conors
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paid for before affidavits are furnished.
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m osier c le an ing parlors
Don’ t forget that the Cominer-
You see in passing a minimum
LICENSED EMBALMER AND
J. E. N i c h o l s , p r o p .
cial Club will hold its monthly wage law it was never contem-
social meeting in Chown’ s Hall plated that such a law would
Cleaning and Pressing done.
FU NERAL DIRECTOR
next Monday night. The mem- throw anybody out o f work; the
312 Cascade Ave.
Phone 1394
Hood River
All Work Guaranteed, and Prices Right.
hers are expected to bring their idea was that the employer
Orders Taken for Tailor-made Suits.
wives, daughters, mothers, sis- woula be compelled to pay (ligh FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN
SOM INTO THE COFFERS OF
Office in Sturgess Bld g.
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Mosier, Ore.
y w w o o i> w w > e ,'Whi*e«<!:'<Mre-:t*i w w t w w o e o w w » w www<|W ^ ters and sweethearts. Lacking er wages to the same number of
WAR.
these, they must bring some employees. Hut when the mat - 1
friend who would like to become ter was passed up to a lot of em- Nation Rings With Cries of Stricken
Industry.
a member, and who has a lady ployers they could not “ cut the
J E W E L E R O P T IC I U\
i relative or friend whom be mustard,” and in order to cum-
I m w i^ m ie iw m m ie o «w w H ie o e iw »iw w I«fe iw l< M é «e e e ig
By Pet-r Radford
Torturer National Farmers’ Union.
would like to bring. Invite him ply with tin* law they just re-
King Cotton has suffered more from
anyhow. The commercial club duced their forces,
Eyes Tested, Glasses Fitted, Watches, clocks,
the Europv-n wur than any other ag 1.
is open to all citizens who have
Supposing some gink would ricultural product on th-> American i
Drs. Corbin, Cousineau and Moore
Jewelry, Sterling Silverware, Cut Glass
the interest of the community at gel it into bis head to have a law continent The shells of the b lliger-
Twenty years Experience.
heart the community embrac- passed requiring this newspaper ents have bunted over hfs throne,
I grind my own Lenses.
frightening his subjects and shatter
ing the entire Mosier district, to pay one thousand dollars a i ing
hts markets, and. panic-stricken
Phone Blank 711 a The interests o f the country sur- month to the foreman o f the the nation cries out "God save l he
The Dalles, Oregon.
For General Medical arid
king!"
iW)!WIIWII'®0WtHM1WttW0eilWtlW0W<* rounding Mosier are identical office. From one point of view
People from every walk of life have
with the interests of the town, it would be an excellent law; it
Surgical Work.
contributed their mite toward rescue
yet thereare but three or four liv- would apparently raise the wages work Society has danced before the
.!
ing out o f town who are mem- of the workinjrman to acomfort- king; milady has decreed that the
T H E W E D D IN G R IN G
family wardrobe shall contain onlv
Maternity C a ^ s a Specialty.
bers of the commercial club, and able sum; but when one exani-
cotton goods; the press has plead
is the most important article o f jewelry in a woman’ s
there should be three or four ined the effect o f such a law it with the public to “huy n hale"
life, therefore-it should he the very best the bridegroom
dozen. We all want to see the would be found that its only ef- bankers havo been formulating hold
Ambulance meets aK out of
can afford.
district advance, for general feet was to throw the foreman Ing plans; congress and legislative
bodies have deliberated over relief
town Patients.
;
prosperity
means
individual/'»nt of a job. I t ’s a tase'of driv- i measures; statesmen and writers
Our seamless Wedding Rings come in all weights and
prosperity. What better way, '" g a horse to water. You can I ihvc grown eloquent expounding the
sizes. These are hand turned, high carat rings, the
then, can this be accomplished pass any kind o f a law you want, Inalienable rights of “Ills Majesty"
best to be found in the market.
and presenting schemes tor preserv
i
than by uniting our efforts for but the trouble is you can’ t al- ing the financial Integrity of the
Prices, $4.00 to $10.00.
a certain purpose and “ staying ways get the effect that you de- stricken staple, but the sword of Eu
Yours For Service.
Cor. 10th and Union Streets
with-it” till we accomplish that sire— the horse wont drink be- rope has proved mightier than the pea
L A R A YV A Y’S JEWELRY STORE
c.f America In fixing value upon this
purpose? Much more can be cause his esophagus has been product of the sunny south. Prlccn j
H O O l) R IV E R , OREGON
done in this way than by work- plugged and be can’t drink if be have been bayoneted, values riddled
¡'♦'M M W tm ien w w iw w iK iw w iW M ieu w w K ietw tw ieiw w iw ieiiei
ing separately, or not working would. You can pass minimum and markets decimated by the battling
hosts of the eastern hemisphere until
at all. There are always some wage laws, but the results are the American farmer has suffered a
M OSIER M E A T M A R K E T
people, everywhere, who are you work such hardships upon war loss of $100,000,000. ami a bale
ea m a -
k j s i - j & e h
willing to let others do the work the employer that be can’ t stand of cotton brave enough to enter a
European port must pay a rnnsom of
and spend the money to accom- the pressure and is compelled to half Its vnlue or go to prison until the
FRED ULMER. Proprietor
plish a general good, and they retire as an employer or curtail war is over.
will share in the benefit. We his force. There are a h t of Hope of the Future Lies In Co-opera
Fresh and Sm oked M eats, Sausage and Fish
tion.
have them here and they could be working girls in the state of
The Farmers’ Union, through the
I named, but what’s the use? How Washington today whoare wish-
A clean, sanitary place to do your shopping
columns of the press, wants to thank
much better for them to get into ing that the minimum wage I; \v the American people for the friend
j line with the live ones and all had never been passed, as there ship, sympathy and assistance given
! work in harmony for the better- are a lot of employers who have the cotton farmers In the hour, of dis
tress and to direct attentiou to co
ment of Mosier District.
¡ been crippled in their business operative methods necessary to per
manently assist the marketing of all
Now, if there any who have because of the law.
farm products.
not as yet been asked to join the
The present emergency'presents ns
Mosier Commercial Club, and LIVESTOCK PROSPECTS IN OREGON EX grave a situation as ever confronted
the American farmer and from the
who would like to join and
MOSIER, OREGON
CEEDINGLY GOOD
viewpoint of the producer, would Reein
push things along, don’ t sulk
to justify extraordinary relief megs
2 A P IT A L A N D S U R P L U S $ 1 1 .8 5 0 .0 0
because you haven’ t been asked. 1 There never lias been a time ures, even to the point of bending the
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DEPOSIT YOUR SAVINGS IN
but consider yourseli invited
jn the history o f the state when constitution and straining business œmmnmsm —
rules In order to lift a portion of the
A CAREFULLY M A N A G E D
you are wanted and needed ju s t: the farmers have had such an burden off the barks of the farmer,
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BANK.
as much as the other fellow, so opportunity to muke money by for unless Something is done to check
come along and get On the band raising livestock for meat pur- the Invasion of the war forces upnb
L . J . M e r r i l l , Cashier.
J. N . M o s i e r . Pres.
the cotton fields, tlie pathway of the
wagon. 1 here is much that can poses as at present. With an European pestilence on this continent
be accomplished for Mosier and aggregate shortage o f over 3.- will be strewn with mortgaged homes
. surely we all should want to do 000,000 meat animals, approxi- and famine and poverty will stulk over
the southland, filling the highways Of
our .part.
tnately 800,000,000 pounds, in Iftdur.try w ith refugees and the bank
When Eherefis'lt fofrivstrrHrtv: -oi -Sfitov ln;
Remember the social meeting the leading [lacking centers of ruptcy court with prisoners.
All calamities teach Us lersons and
The ait . and the stuck M urc Y (Most.'trrtbfeYilfi 1fi*r
¡next Monday night and come the United States, it is certain
the present crisis serves to Illuminate
itiK windbreak o f the hard: when ‘ the ’Cokjrrift
I with the expectation of spend that, for some years to come the frailties of our marketing meth
the sky foretells that. Old Bo'reos isVominK'tjc
ing a pleasant; evening. Ann there will not only lie an unlim ods and the weakness of our credti
thiiin his owti — then yon realise -the Jieriod
above all -things conic early. ited demand for meat animals, system, and out of the financial an
guish and travail of the cotton farmer
GOOD FU E L is at hand.
which means not later than 7:45, , but it is also certain that prices will come a volume of discussion and
as things will begin to happen at will range high and it is not im a tri.tss of suggestions.and finally a
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P.ot this season brings with It ho anXidty, DC
8 o’clock, and you will not want possible I hat all previous records solution of this, the biggest problem
In the economic life of America, If
fear and unoeVtaihity for the than whoSe lain*'
to miss anything. I f you don’ t may be broken.
Indeed, we have not already laid the
is flooded by the cheerful Warmth of
enjoy yourself, it will be your
It is a fact that nearly all the! foundation for at least temporary re
lief.
fj
own fault.
big cattle ranges o f the state
have been broken up and that in More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture.
'
Farm products have no credit and
WHERE MINIMUM WAGE LAWS HURT only a few locations is it possible) perhaps can never have Oh a perma
“ See Hdrms About it.”
to find pasturage for large herds, nent and satisfactory basis unless we
[Clias. H. O'Neil in Walla Walla Val but it. is also a fact that the av build warehouses, cold storage plants
elevators, etc , fdr Without storage and i
ley Spectator.]
erage farm could be made to credit
facilities, the south is com
The minimum wage law is a produce a larger number o f ani pelled to dump Its crop on the market
“ The New Christmas’7
two-edged sword it cuts both mals than ills now doing. With \ at harvest time. The fa rm e rs ’ Union
In the cotton producing states have
An old fashioned holiday in a " neu fashioned” way
ways. Its practical application the big packers and bankers for the past ten years persistently ad
proves that it is a good tiling for willing, and anxious, to co-oper vocated the construction of storage
You can modernize Christmas in your home and, at
the girl who has a job; that is, ate with reliable farmers in the facilities. W e lia'-p huitt dirrlng litis
the same time, he sure of old-fashioned delight in the
period 2,000 warehouses with a cn
it makes her job possibly more state in stocking farms and parity of approximately 4,000,000 bales
gifts received if you make your gifts electrical.
remunerative, but it cuts down ranches, it would appear that and looking backward the results
the number o f jobs, and il is a any farmer who fails to take ad- would seein encouraging, but looking
G - E Electrical Gifts
mighty bad law for the girl who vantage o f his opportunities in forward, we are r.b!e to house less
than one-third of the crop and ware
■will bring comfort and pleasure into the holiday gather*
is thrown out of work In reason this direction is making a big houses without a crrdlf Bystem lose
ing and prove a lasting benefit throughout the year.
o f its application. Understand mistake. The population o f the 00 per cent of thdr usefulness The
Ts a Rood time to Jjoin
Among the most suitable gifts for the home are the
me, I am strong for the ideal; I entire Northwest is increasing problem Is a gigantic ond‘ too great
M O S I E ft
for the farmer to solve unaided
lie
chafing dish, flatiron, toaster, luminous radiator, per
would like to see every man and at a rapid rate, the people nnnft must have the assistance of the bank
the Loyal Order of
to
colator and “ Uni-Set” — a complete electrical cooking
every woman perfect morally l>e supplied with meat, and if er, the merchant and the government
S»n Francisco R» O O 1 fT
In
production
we
have
reached
the
outfit.
add return
¿ 0 .1 0
and physically. I would like to Oregon ranches cannot meet the
high water mark of perfection In <h.?
Let us show you these and other modern electrical gifts
San Diego
S -e poverty, privation and suffer- demand it will certainly he met world's history, but our marketing
and return
ing banished from the world. I by other states, a large amount methods are most primitive. In the
dawn of history wc find agriculture
via
would like to see ideal.social con- of money will Is* sent away and
plowing with a forked stick but wtfh
ditions, where e v e r y man and the meal industry o f the state a system of warehouses under govern
0 REG 0 N-WASHIN 6 T 0 N
“ A L W A Y S AT YOUR SERVICE.”
mental supervision that made the
| woman would l»e awarded his or damaged to just that extent.
RAILROAD
& NAVIGATION IfeftPAllY
Class now forming. Full
Egyptians the marvel of civlllzarlon,
AND CONNECTIONS
her full measure of the good
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for who has not admired the vision of
information can he had
things o f Hfe.
In the display window o f *F,. tosepb and applauded the wisdom of
at the Bulletin Office.
Liberal Stopover l*¡vilcg#
Here s the rub. though: I f we Strauss' store may t»e seen a fine Pharaoh for storing the surplus until
Everybody
demanded by the consumer, but In
For full inP'i-TTvit.in. ticket*, etc., u k
<: pend upon man-made laws collection of ftirs which Geo. Hits age we have too many Josephs
likes it—
through legislative enactments Chamberlain brought out when w;ho dream and not enough Pharaohs
K. A. AR LING TO N,
OVER 68 VCARS’
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EXPERI ENCE
to hr .ig these good tilings to us he returned from bis Alaska trip 'h o build
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«^chocolats
v e will get gloriously left. This 'last year. The animals were all
Send
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land, 1
, Oregon, 5 “ Modern Sweets’* ita.
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minimum wage law is an exam- killed by him and were a silver
from t the enclosure fou.;d in a
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Belisvsd Himself Invisible.
pie i serves part of the people tip l>ear. two black bears, all o f
f p rod u cts, or 10 cents < stamps or « ’ f »’ j •
”, and
The first l.ord Lytton w h s certnWty
full «ample box of Vogtnt C hétûLits w.!' he sent you
and works <a grave injustice to them very large, with thick, dnft One morning while he was en
free.
Tn»DE M ahrs
another part; trial is to say, it glossy fur, and the fourth is a 'tortaIrtrig u large company at his coun
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try seat tile gu<*sts were nsseuibhsl nt
« fire a pvrrhafer perfect tsrisfarr
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, benefit.-», for the sake o f figures, wolverine. They make Is-auti- breakfast In the great linll when their
rtpioce : l « i » at their expeoae.
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flu id ity i«*r*et.’iiu fiiir ofMHii m fro « w b n th er an
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gown,
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100 girls, and absolutely injures iul rugs.
In v e n tio n ta
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coured out a cup of ten and «liaappeuV-
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receive
is g<*ii.g to become o f those 25
The river boats are now male* Arthur Russell expressed Ills Hiirprl#’ «pò usino!ter, without’chi-jc. la the
MOSIER.
OREGON
ri? TI.ey have jurfi as much ing their regular runs between to his next neighlmr. who said
’’Ile lieltev e* Munteli to lie Invisible."
l.nruoat eif.
A h a n ia o m a ly llln*»rn»*d
rht to !►•* ** the -» ri o-ilv. it Portland and The Dalles. A
le tourna). Terms. |3 a
And. sure enough, in a little time tte d ila t io n i . t a n y
year: f»»nr nx tin. $1. BoMbyikh newts*
. will l>- conceded. Yet thelaw good road to ttie Mosier landing ap|*-areri in Ills usual dress und saIUt
«!• his friends ns if lie had not »mm
erbitiaril' *u\s that they must is now in order.
f i t e
tlrem since the prevaaie night.
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