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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
Congress is in the throes of a char
ity spasm, and is figuring on passing
the shipping and Ilritish war debt re
funding bills. If there is anything
left when they get through it should
be donated to Die starving Armenians.
All the nation can do Is hope and
pray all land east of tho Mississippi
Is not ceded and deeded outright to
Russia. ,
KILLS HKilSlCLF IN I.Ofc'G JUMP
(lldllne Salein Statesman), llroke
a record.
The Civic Improvement clubs of
San KranciBCo and vicinity received
$i000 for their services against a bill
before the peoplo of California at the
last election, l!000 of tho aforemen
tioned sum going lo a high mogul and
expert on improvement. The Improve
ment seems to hnve been incomplete,
as they went and told tho legislature
about It. i .
FARMER RORED TO DEATH I1Y
HULL (Hdllno Dubuque, la., Times).
Tho politicians aro at work again.
The community Is figuring on hold
Ing another banquet for tho purpose
of eating an aqueduct under the
esteemed Espce, where Sixth street
meets It.
With all the moonshlnlng, bootleg
fdug. rum smuggling, alloy guzzling,
bribing, and general hcllralslng going
on throughout tho land, In connection
with Prohibition, it looks like the
manufacture of evidence lo catch 'cm
la a sign of laziness.
GO AHEAD! QUIT BAWLING!
YOU'RE AMONG FRIENDS
(Lakevlew News)
MIbh bryan, dolighlfully charm
ing, executed two numbers, and
blublublublu blublub lublii blublti
fruguguguRiigugugugu kukururuk
to a largo gathering of friends
- and kin.
A LADY TALKS
Ills commission Is WOOD a mouth
Just from what ho gets on the side
celling a patent shoo Kllsh, but ho
sllppod out of hero without paying
for Ills pancakes. Elslo says: "The
poor boy, he's got so much on his
mind." Blio s always got an alibi Mi
nor Bwcotlos. She's tho typo that
gets 'cm between the eyes with a
soft-nosed bnllut, when the long lane
starts turning. 1 lo shot off his bazoo
In a fatherly mnnnor to mo all one
morning, und I said when he finished:
"Don't you ever have any rational
momonts?" I never saw a drummer
yet thut wasn't making JW.OUO a year.
I'm roadlng tho Hellhounds of Holly
wood. I'd llko to boo that place. 1
went to a riniico last night, and made
a hit with the Grandpa set.
One of theso days, some citizen
will break Ills neck In tho shell hole
district, nnd six years afterwards the
supreme court will render n decision
that a holo can not bo obliterated with
good Intentions, nnd, that defendant
baa no hole to crawl out of damages
ought by said plaintiff, however palu
dal It may be.
80 NICE OF 'EM
(Chlco Enterprise)
Raw, i. T. will preach his
fliwvafl aermon on Sunday net:
Itnv AltivvT will render nn anthem
(tff hy wj thanksgiving, cspec
inlty' (Vmjrtol for tho occasion.
fit"' rfim f shining brightly In the
virlbit'.- imil' blizzard Is raging In
ih'tplj limt thu metropolis don't be-
TW !vll' riiVMrn made a decided
I, K ,ini .rim putrwns of the Alamo
fftiflft' tW weck- "u""r
M bfliltf rttM to bear them
,Xrftf)'fi'.luir'AIJ' H"1'' hy K- '
M; lMliWy Bpenllng.
Editorial Correspondence
SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 13. Grants
Vans In right- lt'a tho climulo. Hu
lent tonight looks like a hUwe u.t
ting in Way Down Last. Wheeecww
It has been snowing all day anil to
night a gale U driving the fine flakes
right through tho whik(;i of the
Farm Jtloc its they inan.li down to
the (-veiling committee meetings.
The capital atepu uru snow Hllilt-8. and
tho evening train out of Portland In
frfivnn In ftiA tcui-lr iii.fit' tlm oliv
limits and will he an hour late. An
old fashioned hack on runners with
sleigh bells jangling slid up State
street this evening, and a few minutes
later a Limousine dushed by with a
bob sled on the rear, crowded with
boys and girls yelling their heads off. i
At sundown ex-(!overnor Olcott and
his twin sons were observed muffled
nt. lib,, "tin I....M nf II.,. ull,.t ,.),'
returning from a hunt in the hills,
Tho ex-uovcrnor Is liavlnir a fine time
apparently.
Il never goes to
That's the reason.
the
state house.
The farm bloc suffered Its. first
real reverse In tho house lain today.
ino Kin to put two uin farmers on
the frame commission was defeated.
Speaking as a dirt farmor himself,
Iteprcac-ntative Cowglll opposed the
chine to total the number of bills
being killed these Inst few days. The
senate embalmed the Kuchn bill to
reform tho Initiative today, in snito
of Gus Moser's strong plea for tho
measure. Senator Joseph led the nt-
tack against it, and enjoyed himself
tremendously. Cius became some
what sarcastic and said It was inspir
ing to see a new champion for tho
Initiative in the Portland senator who
was supposed to be In tho senato to
advance his own Interests and pro
tect the interests of Meier and l-'rank.
Joseph rose to correct tho Multno
man senator. Ho said he was there
not only to represent his constituents
and fight for thu Oregon system, but
was there to keep his eye on Ous.
Cus Newbury arrived today in the
blizzard, ond took his seat with Judge
Dunn in tho senate. The two men
looked rather alike, which of course,
will be considered ,, insult by both
"L "I"!-..1"' '.-r did- They
both stick ii it their heads rather like
very intelligent wild turkeys, when
there is something Interesting said.
And as consolidation was being de
bated there was something Interest
ing most of the time.
m
That S. T. crossing bill Is stilt in
committee and Hen Day of the S. 1'.
apparently wants it to stay there.
Hen Day has n way, wo observe of
getting what he wants. Nevertheless
the Jackson county, delegation is de
termined to get results and the Jack
son county delegation is one of tho
most effective In this legislature.
That sounds flattering. It isn't par-
ticularly. We said "this legislature."
Quill
Home is it Iacc where somebody knows how to make thickened
Ijravy.
fr'nlile: Once there whs ii woman
of her "nerves."
Tho survival of jay walkers
idiot is u hardy perennial.
Alexander was lucky. lie eotiiicred the world and died before
the lime came to collect the indemnilv.
The chief difference between Ihe
modern novel is $1.!'0.
It must be nice to be a conservative leader anil have nothing to do
but be alarmed once in a while.
The man who owns a used ear
small son picks up that kind of language.
A wicked wet comes in handy,
whiskey for a siek wife.
The difference between domestic
a (,'ivl K''ts paid for domcltie .service.
The league isn't botherinK about
until something serious turns up.
ft
RippIingRhuroas
t . I.A -hrt
or won
.
THE FAILURE.
JAMKS ni.Nli'llAT failed in i
luck j ns ivy to n Irec-tnink
ik
opened up three kinds of stores, and always, soon or late, the
sheriff came and closed the doors, and put his seals on straight.
And people said, "This Pincjmt wiiiht is lazy, tired and slow; he
isn't constituted right, or he could make things go. We've
known him since he was n boy, and we have always said he never
would siteeess enjoy, he'd never get ahead. He has no purpose
high or true, he's not with zeal replete; his head is full of liquid
glue, lie reasons with his feet." James Dingbat failed a dozen
times, nml then he bought n lyre, and soon his fame, 'through
many climes, spread like it house afire. The odes he sold, by
pecks and peeks, made all the world grow pale, and money
orders, drafts and cheeks, eiime in by every mail. With fortune's
smiles on him bestowed, he was a happy man, and to the coun
try club he rode in his large blue sedan. And people said, "This
l)ingbiit scout has now lived down the past; ah, well, we never
had a doubt that he would win at last. In him we always recog
nized n man of noble worth, and so we're not at till surprised that
he. astounds the earth." .
rEDFOKD MATIi TRinUXE,
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 12. Honorable
John Carkln presided as speaker of
the bouse tills afternoon. contrast
with the Satanic, .Monlu.-jpliclean
countenance of Kap Kubll, John look
ed like a cherubic emblem of purity
and light. Hut he proved to be no
baby at the business and made a vali
ant effort to do the Impossible, which
means to eliminate needless conversa-
tlon and speed up the transaction of
business.
Speaker' Kubll earlier In the day
pleaded with the members to reduce
tho oratorical tonnage, and confine
thomselves to Important subjects
under discussion, but tho words wore
no aooner uttered than Representa
tive Lewis introduced a resolution
calling for now flags in tho house
chamber and new flags on the state
i ?pou"de to ho '""owed by a request
for unanimous consent that a certain
boo bill be placed on Its final passage.
The thing simply can't be done
, under the accoptcd rules of nroceduro.
There Is the Inalienable right of free
mmprli n,i i. ion,- n ri.i.
IKirtlon of tho membership in every
house suffers from acute vibration of
tho vocal chords, there is no escaping
8,uch ""Sestion and waste of time, as
tno Present session, and all sessions
oof" have suffered. The only thing
1 do of courso from the speakers
standpoint is to do his best and that
is what John did. That is what Kubll
, does. ' That is what speakers have
always done since the days of King
Canute.
I'ut the mention of "bees" was too
much much for Representative Lee of
I ( lackamas. Anything savouring of
humor is always too much for Mr.
Leo, for he considers himself some
tiling of a villago wit- Ho also likes
to hear himself talk. Sly, how he does
like to hear himself talk!
And it is difficult to blame him for
he has the most powerful voice ever
heard outside of a three-ring circus.
Ho could get a life job anvtime with
ninglings. Ho might blow the tent
(low1 but , wold k h, f
ican a The tart
man on the last row would hear him,
oven if it happened to be feeding time
In tho animal enclosure.
A conscious sense of humor com
bined with a conscious sense of vocal
power, thero overyono must admit, Is
a formidable combination. So when
Hon. Calliope Lee aroso there was
nothing for the speaker to do but
press In on his ear muffs and wait
until the storm was over. .
"Speaking of boos!" shouted Mr.
ico, as tho flags by tho speaker's
desk started to flutter, "I know a
littlo about boos. They stung me onco
Points
who wasn't secretly rather proud
would indicate that the blooming
old-fashioned dime novel and the
never has to wonder where his
however, when a dry needs a little
service
and mati'imonv is that
the lJuhr business,
Just wait
rrd)on
sue
tfl HI I . it I
many things, he seemed to have no
uliii;$, disaster to him stuck. Hu
MKDFORD, OREGON'.
to the tn no of about a (1000! And let '
mo say right here and now that Unless
this bill is passed there won't bo a
bee in the Btate of Oregon in fire
years.' Not one!"
There was more of it. Quite a gale
in fact.
But that was the essence, the
humorous essence ns it were.
11 r. Lee sat down, while the echoes
reverberated through the corridors,
folded his short arms upon his ample
waistband, and looked defiaut, he
always looks defiant after he sits
down, as if to say "That is merely a
starter. If anyone forces me I will
blow this entire assenib: across the
Willamette!"
But as" remarked before there is
something contagious about or to be
accurate lot us say vocal violence
It hits a responsive chord in every
legislative breast. Hon. Keeny from
Eugeno is particula-ly susceptible.
Loo can't roar without Keeny talking,
and Keeny can't talk, without Lee
roaring, If there were no rules of
the house we believe these two geutle
men would absolutely solve tho prob
lem of perpetual motion.
Keeny, however, is not as highly-
endowed vocally as Lee. He has a
largo well muscled mouth, but few
teeth. As a result there is a certain
deficiency In articulation. In - fact
when Keeny talks, and he talks at
least two-thirds of the lime, he gives
one tho impression somehow of a
large church bell swinging to and fro,
but from which tho clapper, by some
kind Providence, lias been extracted.
Thero are certain sounds, much ges
ticulation, unquestioned earnestness,
in fact everything Is plain but Just
what Mr. Keeny Is tryln; to say.
4
Speaker Carkln appreciating this
fact asked Hon. Keeny to talk louder
and Keeny responded by opening, bis
mouth wider and putting a little more
pepper in his uppercuts, but aside
from that there was littlo Improve
ment. As lew people knew what Mr.
Keeny was talking about few people
listened, whereupon the Eugeno rep
resentative brought out a paper from
bis pocket and started to read. He i
said everyone had heard it before
which was fortunate for his argument
for no oue beard it then.
They heard a noise, they saw the
bell swinging, but . no intelligible
words camo forth. Speaker Carkin
suggested that Mr. Keeny keep to the
subject at hand nnd... Mr. Keeny smil
ingly, ho is a most affable and good
natured gcntlemnn,--rcplied that he
would, and perhaps ho did. He talked
for fifteen minutes longer at any rate.
Whether on or off tho subject it is
tho Messrs. Lee andiKoeny and others
similarly afflicted who aro responsible
for tho fact that qick action in the
house is impossible.,, In jtlic senate it
Is different. The senators seem morn
mature, they seem 'to know how to
talk and also how to" keep still. As a
result tho senate adjourns frequently
with tho calendar cjlcared and waits
for tho house to entail up. '.
it inoro were no ruies, no supersti
tion regarding the inalienable right
of every legislator who wants 0 talk.
talking, 'forty days would .always be
enough to transact the necessary busi
ness. Hut until parliamentary proce
dure allows the speaker to use a club
or a muzzle on tho Lees and Keenys,
these last minute rushes particularly
in tho lower houso, will continue. It
can't under the circumstances be
otherwise.
Heforo ascending the throne Hon
Carkin presented his measure . for
passage recommended by the gover
nor to put highway commissioners on
a salary. As author of the bill John
supiKirted it, of courso, nnd he was
backed up loyally by Cowglll, but the
mensuro was beaten by a small ma
jority ns, in our opinion it should be
Why on a program of economy pay f ir
a commission when the best men in
tho stuto can be secured for nothing!
Tom Kay as usual made the best
spcoch for killing the bill, ho is the
Wiso Man of the Houso und 0110 of
the most capable men in the leglsla
ture. Tho plea that whatever the gov
ernor wants should bo given him,
that tho legislature should be merely
a rubber stamp failed as It should
Tho governor, ns before remarked,
should be given the essential tools
consolidation, an income tax, etc., etc.,
but putting the highway commis
sioners on t'MidO per year salaries can
not bo regarded ns essential tools.
LITTLE PHIL SAYS
HE SLEW SLEUTH
LOS ANCil-I.lCS. Feb. 14. Felipe
("Littlo Phil") Alguln, recently de
IHirtod from , Mexico, confessed ti
Uuils I). Oaks, chler of police, that In
killed Detective Sergeant John J.
Fitzgerald hero a year and a half ago,
the U)s Angeles Times stnted.
Tho confession was said to have
been made yesterday while tho train
on which they wero returning to Los
Angeles from Texas was crossing Ari
zona. With Mi-rtford trnrt i I Medford made.
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
IS-XGiWji 6 Bellans
- j" j on re KeiieT
ELL-ANS
85 and 75 Packijea Cvvrywh.r,
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY
FREDERICK, Md., Feb. lL (lly
Associated Press). Policemen in this
city and Daltlmore were searching
today for a man and woman, who are
believed to have kidnaped I. .'.Sister
Cecilia, a music teacher at the Notre
Dame academy here yesterday after
noon and to have taken her to Jfulti
more, where she escaped from i
house there, after being held captive
for several hours, and returned to the
institution in a dazed condition.
Stewart Cathcart, a taxi driver of
Haltlmore who brought Sister Cecilia
to Frederick in his car last night, was
locked up in jail at the request of
Father Kane. While not believing
Cathcart to be implicated in the kid
naping the priest stated that Cathcart
gave evasive answers to many of his
questions.
According to Sister Cecilia's story
as recited to Father William J. Kane,
overseer of the Notre Dame convent,
she was struck over the head with a
blunt instrument by tho man, and
drugged. She was still in bed today
suffering from fright as a result of
her adventure.
Sister Cecilia, whose ago on the
convent records is given as 31 years,
was formerly Miss Mario Whalen of
Verona, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburg.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 13. Robert L.
Osborne, the policeman whom Sistor
Cecilia of Frederick, queried as to
train A taxi service to that place,
said today he did not notice anything
strange when the nun approached
him.
Osborne said Sister Cecilia told him
of a "sick friend" in Frederick who
needed her and asked him if he
couldn't find some means of getting
her there. The patrolman said he
asked several taxicab drivers to ac
cept her as a passenger but when told
that she did not have the required
amount of money they refused.
Finally, he said, Stewart Cathcart.
who is being held by the Frederick
, authorities for questioning, consented
to drive her. to that place,
Sistqr Cecilia told . Cathcart, Os
borne said, to drive carefully and to
pick out tiia smoother roads, asi she
did not feel any too well.
TIERS
LONDON', Feb. 14. Six women and
a man named Fordo arrested yester
day at Limerick, are reported to have
attempted to obtain the release of
thirty prisoners from the jail there.
They bribed the sentry to allow the
prisoners to escape over tho wall.
This he agreed to do but soldiers in
disguise came over Instead and cap
tured the waiting plotters.
A document signed by Deputy Mo
loney of Liam Deasy's staff, asserting
that the morale of the Irregulars is
broken, is said to have been found on
Forde.
ORDERS TO PAY
DUESSRLDORF, Feb. 14. (By As
sociated Press). Ono hundred million
marks, representing tho fine levied on
Oelsenkirchen as a result of tho clash
between German police and French
troops on Monday, are due from the
town today, whilo the French retain
In custody several officers arrested in
connection with the Incident.
One roiort from German sources de-
Aspirin Gargle
in Tonsilitis
Cut This Out and Save if
Subject to Sore Throat
-J
A liarinlow and ctleettve garble in to
di:iiolve hvo Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in
four tablc!Miniiils of water, ajid gargle
threat thoroughly. Repeat in two hours
if necessary.
He Mire you ne only the grnuinc Rayrr
Tablets of Aspirin, marked with the
Payor Cross, which ran be had in tin
boxes of twelvo tablets for few cents.
DON'T
FORGET
Picture Framing
at
Swem's Studio .
UbQ H'd'we
Co.
14.
The Answer
to your automobile problems
AND
THE PRIZE
, Motor Car of the Day will be found
.'. at "". "
' 123 South Front Street
Visiting hours 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Courteous, treatment accorded all.
KODAKS
Useful Every Day in the Year
Agents for the Eastman Kodak Company.
clares that the men arrested, includ
ing the burgomaster and the chief of
police were subjected to a beating.
The expulsion of the German func
tionaries for refusing to carry out the
orders of tho French has extended to
Vohwinkel. -The burgomaster and- the I
chief of police have been forced to I
leave town. ,
. MERLIN, Feb. 14.i-(I3y Associated
Press),- . The municipality of Uelsen
kirchen, according tp advices received
here has declined to pay the fine of
100,000,000 warks demanded by the
French as penalty for the clash there
between polico and French gendarnes
on Monday.
IE
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CHILD'S BOILS
"California Fig Syrup" is
Child's Best Laxative
Hurry Mother! A toaspnonful of
"California Fiff Svnip" now will thor
oughly clean the littlo bowels and in a
few hours you hav a well, playful child
aain. KvVn if crow, fevcrinh, bilious,
constipated or full of cold, children love
its "fruity" taste, and mothers can rest
easy becnuee; it never fails to work all
tho" sourin food and nasty bile right
out of the stonmch and bowels without
griping or upsetting the child.
Tell your drujreist you want only the
genuine "California Fig Pyrup" which
has directions for babies and children
of all ages printed' on bottle. -Mother,
you must say "California." Refuse any
imitation.
Safety First
Don't Take Chances
A GOOD HORN
will save you from
many an accident.
The Auto
Supply Co.
Just Around the Comer
PhOne 62 Doc Wright
MACHINE WORK
Repairing
Babbitting and Welding .
Crater Lalie Automotive Co.
'
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erwce
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Jihf!?J" A? eeTi,tr oim cuun of
Medford. Oij., has eurtd mo nt noltr
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Thlft In In a..plirv (Ku. t ...1 .. ....
timed. hn. rv M..t-,A mn . v.,.
nj h1 brrn hnlhrrett for Bovrrnl yearn
nd 1mm Atigiiat wan n.it pup.-elKl to
i "'!'' hearing of Oim rtiung fwhoM
Ijerh more l at JM Koulh Front nt.-eet,
tomach trouble, and I atartrd to foellnn
twltor as Hin aa 1 uwd th-ni and tortar
m a vri li man and can heartily rom
mend anyone affllctrd aa I was to
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