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MEDFOTtD MATTi TKTBUmV frmDFOTm, OttEfiOX, SATtTftDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1021
Medford Mail Tribune
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Ye Smudge Pot
Br Arthur Perrj
This Is tho hlrthflny of Abrnhnm
Lincoln founder of tho Republican
jmrty, now naly tucked awuy In the
hluoocket of Hi'nator IIuIh l'eni-oue of
Pennsylvania.
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"Bpeclul Snlo on Men's Pants All
This Week. They Will Nut l.nst For
ever." ' (Ad Portland Oretfonlun). A
timely tip.
MARRIKD MKN UNlHOUSTANI).
(Sulem I'uplUil Journal)
Mr. and Mm. John 1'unh, Sr.,
havo moved into the iiowers
house at Fai'Ko. Mr. Fugh has
about recovered from the effects
Tho state legislature, plans a tax on
nutos. the bettor the auto the hlgher
tho tax. A better way would be to
tax them according- to the make clut
tering up the highways and byways.
' In the Bergdoll caso, ns usual, when
a scandal arises Involving money Is
alred,ithe names of a couple of lawyer
friends of See. of War Nooty Baker
are mentioned.
THICK GROWS THE MOSS.
(Albany Democrat)
Ithlnlt the teauhers are over
paid how, for tho work they are
doing.
1 spent twelve years ns a teaeh
or in Linn county schools in days
gqno bye, and $40 per month
..watt my avcrugo salary, and I
think tho school work was pro
ductive of better results than
O, L. SUTHERLAND,
The mean hoofslingcrs of tho shin
digs throw a scientific dlshrag at
home somottmes. Thero is no thrill
in waltzing around tho old homo sink.
A pamphlet humed by tho Antl
Fklrtlng association argues that In ob
servations conducted, an overwhelm
ing percentage of flirting was launch
ed by tho men and boys. Thcro Is no
way to stop this, except to put horse
blinders on 'em. However, plenty of
witnesses can bo found who can tes
tify that women and grlls do not
always havo their l-yes under perfect
control. .
Health Kngmarlc Is tho nanio of a
corn doctor of Los Angeles, who has
gono on a hunger strike, because the
Judge gave him 00 days. If Health
keeps It up, iil) will toso his namo.
f A FKOLiC'SOMK AILMENT.
i-.. . .(Vreku Journal)
: Mumps have gotten Into tho
schools of. our city, and 1b play
ing more or less with the nttcu
1 danco at -present.
The Treasury depart mcnt reports a
Hhorlago of gold coins, and some of It
is hanging on local watch chains.
Tho boosting literature of Callfor
nla, In which the general jiubllc. Ih
burled monthly, gives no data on the
number of citizens filled with hot lead
by irate vampires. They flourish In
the Los Angeles district, ntul sell
under tho Never Mist trademark.
Tho financial outlook for tho nronch
ers Ih Betting better. About a dozen
young men are. coiitatnp'atliiK getting
hitched In the early upi-lug. Wig Ash-
pole lias listed as prospective meat
customers, and the mil estate agents
are highly desirous of selling them a
house.
Memory tost: Who was tho Riiy who
ran for vice president on the demoeia
tic ticket at the last election.
It is about time the horticulturists
complained of tho wooly aphis boring
tn on the primary huils, and the cod
ling motus codling up to the new
leaves.
It Can't Clear I'p.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1:'. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday, are:
Northern Itocky mountain and pla
teau regions: CmiMucrnhlc cloiuli-
ncss, occasional ruins or snows, tem
perature near or above normal.
Pacific states: Normal tempera
tures, considerable cloudiness and oc
casional rains except in southern
California.
Alaska has enough grazing land for
leu million reindeer.
T1IK outstanding tiling about Lincoln was this: He combined the
greatness of genius, with the virtues common to mediocrity.
He has been called the typical American, lint he was, unfortunately,
not typical. He was exceptional. He was the ideal American. Amer-
ica will probably produce about as many Lincolns as Grand Canyons
of the Colorado.
But while Lincoln was not a typical American, he can be callcc
typical of America. That is to say, he could have been produced
nowhere but in America. This obscure backwoodsman, without means
education, family, or prestige, would in any other country, have lived
and died in squalor and obscurity. But the free forces of Democ
racy" stimulated by 4 crisis which demanded greatness, placed this
uncouth and unlettered country lawyer in the place of highest emi
nence by penetrating through the surface to the soul and heart and
wisdom that the crisis demanded..
So Lincoln stands as the greatest monument to Democracy, and
its inherent superiority that history has disclosed. But while be
possessed those homely, wholesome virtues, which usually accom
pany only average attainments, he was far from being the indolent,
easy-going, victim ot great circumstances, which some ot his con
temporaries maintained. There is one little known incident which
clearly shows that under his casual exterior, there was a fighting
spirit, iind a true capacity for leadership, whenever force and leader
ship were demanded. '
After his election, but before his inauguration, there was a strong
movement in the Republican party, and particularly aillong the big
financial interests, to avert war, by restoring the Missouri compro
mise, allowing the south to go her way, and the north to go hers. The
filial form was known as the Crittenden Compromise. Edward Ever
ett wrote to Crittenden "I saw with great satisfaction your patriotic
movement, and I wish from the bottom of my heart it might succeed."
August Belmont, representing the moneyed interests, wrote. "I have
jet to meet the first Union-loving man in or out of polities, who does
not approve your compromise proposition."
Keward and Weed were sympathetic with this effort to avert war
and travelled to Springfield to see Lincoln, and persuade him to ac
cept some such course. Lincoln listened to their proposals, but with
out a moment's hesitation refused point blank. More tlian that, he
put his refusal in writing. , r
This was li real crisis in the country's history. Tho cause was
tit the branching of the ways. The temptation to temporize, to take
the easy road, must havo been tremendous. But it was not with Lin
coln a question of war or peace, but a question of right or wrong, and
when the integrity of the union was concerned, there could be with
him no compromise.
And so tho die was cast, and from that moment Lincoln was the
true leader, and the real master of his country's destiny. He never
played that part. His deference, his patience, his humility, continued
unabated. But in every real crisis, be acted with tho same force and
decision, that ho exhibited at his home in Springfield, combining in
that rare degree the unprctensious, half humorous, self-ef fa cement of
t!ie non-elect, with the firm stroke of prophetic vision and supreme
greatness.
Rippl
Walt Mafon
THE BUSY BARD.
1 PUNCH my lyre to buy a lire or sparkplugs for my flivver;
I sing n lay to purchase hay and gas and beans and liver. The
poet knows but small repose, these days of stress and straining;
ho works the muse for overshoes to wear when it is raining. lie
swats tho harp to buy a carp to feed his aunts and nieces; he
turns out loads of hot stuff odes, on ancient Romes and Creeces.
And grocers say "That rhyming jay takes life so beastly easy,
while we must hump or hit the dump, where go the bankrupts
eheesey." Ami plumbers sigh, as they go by, "That poet's graft's
a daisy; he merely sits and throws his fits, and he is fat and lazy;
and wo poor ginks fix busted sinks and faucets that are leaking,
aiid when we're done and ask our mon, the patron's always shriek
ing." As people walk I hear tlieni talk about tho .snap I'm own
ing; I Ibask at ease and write my wheeze while working men are
groaning. But oh, the times when decent rhymes won't come,
for all my trying, when my old dome won't frame a pome that
men might call undying! The barren days when cheer-up lays it
seems, cannot be written ! The ghastly nights when he who writes
is by the brain-fag smitten ! 6h, then the bard would deal in lard,
or plumb with plumbers, gayly, if he could soak the harp whose
smoke has risen yearly, daily.
What Harding Must Do to
Have a Lincoln Inaugural
CllICAdO, Feb. 12. While Senator
Uiirdlng's Inauguration as president of
United Statos Is designed to follow nr-
rangoniiMitH of Abraham Lincoln's in
augural, tliero are features of IStll
that fortunately will be missing in
1921.
Instead of veterans of North nml
South marching side by tilde ns they
will next month, tho only military
forces In the inaugural parade ot IStll
were tho sappers and miners. The
rest of the II. S. troops in tho capital
wore stationed In different parts of the
city to provide against emergencies.
As the nation hovered on tho brink of
lvI1 war, the great fear of tho author
ities was that effort would be mado to
Interfere with the ceremonies.
If President Harding follows Lin
coln's first Inaugural address in com
pass, ho will do it in less than SOW)
words. In that space Lincoln made Ills
Plea for tho union and declared his
intention to maintain It.
Four years later Lincoln's second in
augural was overshadowed by the
procession of victories. Tho crowds
were smaller than those In '61. Veter
ans lunrched tn the parade and there
was a brilliant array of officers In the
city. A much commented on feature
of the parade was a battalion of col
ored troops and a colored lodge of
Jlusons. t'hlltidelphiu was represented
by Hororal flro companies with engines
and two hose companies.
Lincoln's second Inaugural address
was dono in ii thousand words, but
tho following part of It is still echo
ing in American thought as pertinent
to the world'B affairs of today:
"With malice toward none, with
charity for all, with firmness in the
right, as Hod gives us to see the right,
let us strive to finish tho work we are
in, to hind tip tho nation's wounds,
and enre for him who shall have borne
tho battle, and for his widow and or
phans to do all which may achieve
and cherish a Just and lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations
On this great day the president's
thought, as the thought of the nation,
was with Its generals. Tho groat news
on the day that Lincoln was inauRiirnt-
oi ":o second time was that General
Sherman had captured General Karly
occupied Charlottesville, Va and was
last heard from at Staunton, where
nine years before, a war president to
be, Woodrow Wilson was born.
Tho Azotes were the first people to
prepare cocoa as a bevcrago and to
make chocolate from cocoa beans.
F.xport iearl divers In tho South Pa
clflc will remain under water for us
much as three minutes.
Prune Facts
Lincoln
The prune interests of Oregon are
solidly behind the movement to make
a success of Prune Week. The solidity
of Interest is shown in the fact that
no special brands are being mentioned
with them, as it should be, it is Just
"Eat Oregon Prunes."
The papers of the state are loyally
following the suggestion made in Gov
ernor Olcott's proclamation, that they
get behind the movement to force the
sale of Oregon prunes through the ob
servance of Prune Week, February
14th to 19th.
The Oregon press Is always solid for
Oregon and the prune industry being
among one of the state's most impor
tant ones, they are naturally strong
for supporting it.
It Is suggested that on the opening
day of Prune Week, the most appro
priate Valentine to be sent to a friend
would be a box of Oregon prunes. Let
us have a sane St. Valentine's day this
year and incidentally eat Oregon
prunes.
To Seneca Fouts, Portland attorney,
goes the honor of being the first per
son to order Oregon prunes for local
consumption since the movement for
Prune Week started, and to William
J. Plcpenbrlnk, Portland, for first or
dering a shipment made outside of the
state. Tho last mentioned order goes
to Milwaukee, Wis.
The Oregon Prune campaign com
mittee, composed of some of the lead
ing men In the state, has opened head
quarters at 732 Morgan building, Port'
land, where orders will be received for
Oregon prunes at 10c per lb.. In quan
tities of 100 lbs., and up, delivered,
freight prepaid, to any railroad station
In tho Btate; or at 11c per lb., In
quantities of 25, 60 and 7S lbs., and up,
delivered, prepaid by parcel post.
TheBe are first class, average orchard
run Oregon Italian prunes, packed only
in 25 and 50 lb boxes. This movement
Is non-profit making and is solely to
aid an Oregon industry.
Llnculli, our great martyr chief.
With justice toward all and malice
toward none.
Whose heart was loaded with the
greatest grief,
Till the great cause was won.
Hurrah! ' The cause Is won.
Shouted the returned soldier, father
and son,
Laying up their saber and gun:
Kut many homes were without this
fun.
The union Is saved and the cause is
lost
Mumbled the confederate soldier,
Yes! They muttered, lost, lost, lost.
Yes! We've paid the cost!
But Lincoln soothed the hearts of the
south,
And closed many an angry mouth.
They all loved our great leader,
As much as father or mother,
The crisis had come,
Lincoln was shot.
The nation was dumb.
And all hearts cried out.
They laid him there In the Illinois soil
With honors great as any king, as
loyal.
All hearts went out In sympathy' for
his toll
For the nation's good and spoil.
He will never bo forgotten
In all times of war and peace;
He shall forever hold his place In tho
hearts of men.
WINIFRED BORDEN,
Washington School.
His Trouble Is All Gone
"I wa9 affected with pains all over
my back and kidneys," writes Charles
McAllister, 1 Clark Ave., Kearney, N.
J. "After three or four doses of Foley
Kidney Pills I became all right ad my
pain Is all gone." Foley Kidney Pills
relieve backache, urinary irregular
ities, rheumatic pains, stiff Joints,
swollen muscles and other symptoms
of kidney trouble. It Is a splendid
medicine, prompt In action, and always
helps. Contains no habit forming
drugs. Sold everywhere. Adv.
DON'T WORRY
About Orchard Pests
LET THE BUGS WORRY
Buy
CORONA DRY Arsenate of Lead
REX LIME SULPHUR Oil Solutions
EARL FRUIT COMPANY
Of the Northwest
Always at Your Service
rAWordAboutWiUarfl m
There are no stacked cards wf
around here. It's a square If
There are no stacked cards
around here. It's a square
deal for everybody, every time
and all the time. We're here
to do the thing . that will
make you a dyed-in-the-wool
Willard booster.
Willard Batteries with
Threaded Rubber Insulation
have been selected by 13
manufacturers of cars and
trucks.
ik Electric Shop A
I f& 8th and Bartlett . .
Jm i Phono 22-J I 13l
GRANTS PASS MEDFORD
INTERURBAN AUTOCAR CO.
A bank book with MONEY to their credit is the best Val
entine a man can give to his wife, daughter and son.
The banking habit, like any other habit, will grow; the dif
ference is this : The banking habit is a GOOD HABIT.
, In this age of extravagance it is the duty of all parents to
teach their children to bank their money and to set their chil
dren a good example, by regularly banking money themselves
We invite YOUR Banking Business.
Jackson County Bank
Established 1888
Member Federal Reserve
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heightened by the economy iise. V ael' fi1
and tires for which this autom1"2 ak 13 nted- .
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Free Tubes
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carries a FREE TUBE offer with
each casing during the month of
February. .
The Best Tire at the Right
Price Plus the Free Tube
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