“ bluff." In this gutne you have
the commanding cards or you
hare not. If you have the top
Published every Thursday in hand, you take great pains to
the interests of the Bonneville see that your opponents do not
By B. 8. II1LL
"What do you take for your it ' B
dam area.
discover this fart until you have
snmlula?"
I married a girl with willowy linos.
induced them to wager all that
“ A glaaa of wine at regular It *
For 1 thought that she would save my dimes.
E d itor | they think their hands are worth
tervala."
Mark A. Shields,
at that particular period of the
“ Does that make you sleep?"
She was then a chicken and not a hen.
John H. Travis, Business Manager game. Your every endeavor Is to
"No, but It makua me satisfy
But. “ O, my gosh," she has changed since then.
make it appear that your hand
to slay awake.”
Editorial and Business Office in |s not gy powerful as it appears
Her voice was low and soft and sweet.
Bonneville. Oregon. Mechanical I to you
Mrs. Brown: "1 was very m«o
She stepped about on duinty feet.
Department in Cascade Locks.
Quite on the contrary if you
ashamed
of you, Jack, tit see yM
have a weak hand, but still have
A Fairy shoe would have fit her then.
dust
the
chair
you sal on at Mn
Official publication for American designs on the "pot." although
French's. I saw her little bo<
But. "H oly Cats,” she has changed since then.
Legion post No. $8, Bonneville. trying not to disclose your lack
watching yon."
Oregon.
of strength, you bend our diplo
She tipped the scale* at ninety-eight.
Jack: " I saw him. too. but Ii
matic skill to the bellttlement of
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
And had the height to match her weight
too old a fish to bo caught oa i
your opponents' cards and the
bent pin."
By Carrier
laudation of your own hand. If
And did not pine for lack of men.
One month ................... 20 cents you can “ drive them out” with
But. oh my Lord, she’s changed since then.
Three months .............. 50 cents your false impression of superior-
She was called the town M is.
With my two hands I spanned her waist.
someone waa always ringing b«r
!t you become the winner in that
By Mall
up!
Three months ................... $0.50 particular skirmish.
She dressed to dainty and with such taste.
Poker, however, is a game, and
Six months ......
$1.00
Two yards of silk would havo dresaed the wren.
One year .......................... $2.00 the tactics employed are such that
Officer: "I**l me nee your urli.
are to be used only in the game.
Ing license."
But, oh, my heavens, she’s changed since then.
The average American does not
G irl: "W ell, as a matter of fid
But, never-the-leaa— why get the blues.
OUR PROGRAM
play poker in dealings with his
I don’t happen to have It on l .
fellows. License, with a mutual
It’s a game of chance— to win or lose.
1. Incorporate the town.
but if It will nave you any both«
understanding,
is allowed In the
2. Create a water district.
1 can assure you It's very mar.
Lucky's the. guy that draws and wins—
play of the cards, that is not tol
3. Create a fire district.
like any other old automob!*
1 had no luck— she gave me twins.
4. Re-organize a chamber of com erated in every-day dealings.
license."
Poker tactics are sometimes
merce.
used by men who would take an
5. Install street lights.
"I>o you believe In the sarvtra
unfair advantage in business af
6. Lay down side walks.
of the fittest?"
fairs. but a man who plays at the jJc q{ KaBtern Oregon, Eastern flee and let them catch us a good
" I don’t believe In the surdn.
dg game of life and is g ii ty <> Washington and Southern Idaho, batch of salmon,
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
of
anybody. I am an undertaker*
such practices Is soon marked. and „ wl„ ^ unfortunate for
In recent years there has de and even when he would play
The Dalles.
Culbertson continue« to leadslu
Slow Walter (In Isindon r* *v
veloped a growing demand for fair." he is given no credence.
There
Is
a
vast
awakening,
up
his
150-rubber match
with
P. taurant): " I ’onr coffee, sir; Hi
publicly owned hospitals where
We Americans have our rule«. and down the r|Ter Towna on
Hal Simses. That will be fasrlnat- special from Mouth America. <tr *
people in poor health and poor many of which are unwritten, for ^
Columbla w„ , deV(slop and
Diner <sarcastically) : "Oh. a
circumstances may receive treat guidance in the sober search for Krow; lndu8tr|t, w,„ deTelop to Ing news to the fellow who does
ment without the stigma of ac our daily bread as well a* for our ut|,|xe cheap poWer from Honne- not know where his next meal Is that is where you’ve been."
coming from.
cepting charity being attached to minutes of relaxation. The rules
"A ll we need now.” roared tb
vllle dam and other dams.
political speaker, "Is a worsts!
them.
do not seem to be consistent, but
Government
agencies
and practice shows that
A bill passed by the lower m ajority."
they
are
LEARNING TO TH IN K
others are coming to realize that practical.
house In Congress would prohibit
“ You’re wrong." yelled s »«ary
an amazing number of people are
At a critical stage in the af soldiers drafted for service from listener. "W hat we need Is i u
incapable of supporting them
fairs w»
of u
a certain
Institution « one
-
.Mt.i,
M>.ii lun.i.u.iuu
mw fighting abroad. W© are glad we Jorlty working."
R !\ K R TOWNS AW
-.
Qf tbe more intelligent employes own no stock In a cognac distil-
selves, due to their physical con
From The Dalles to Lewiston broUKht Bmi|^ of der,a|on from lery.
dition. It is coming to be an ac
An Ohio girl of five already!
and
far up the Co um ..i own gome
jesa intelligent fe llo w s _________________________________
cepted fact, too. that mental Ill
a
vocabulary o f
*,#*0
*urà
and communities are looking for- ...... ” * "
.c o
ness is often directly traceable ward to the day when steamboats * remarking earnestly:
What a pain ahe la going to be t»
"Wt
to the physical condition of a will return to an open river and ,
her husband when ahe grow« ay
** Iiave somebody who could
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS
patient. So, all in all. health of
grain can be dropped downstream s 1 dJ)* n and
and think and
the masses beomes an important
to market at a low freight rate.
1 “ **
~ ___________
” 1« your daughter happily mar
factor in dealing with economic
The people of Portland and the
To
unthinking It seemed a
ried. Saphlra?”
conditions, locally and national Willamette valley do not apprecl- t,m® for aol,on— "ome action.
1,111 Wald, former Seattle base,
"V an u m i ahe’a got a husbaM
ly.
ate what an open river Is going aajr acUon Just
so it was action. Jail r«»b catcher, works In the dat's akeered to death of her.”
Throughout the country a to mean to Eastern Oregon and
had no P,an t(> Propose, no kitchen of the Community Cen-
younger school of doctors is urg Eastern Washington, for they
r,f*
action to recommend. The t,,r cafe under Hy Frager.
She
'Why
ao thoughtfol
ing public ownership of hospitals have never had to wrestle with 1 »king man realized, as they
• • •
dear?"
In this they are running counter the problem of getting wheat and ' d not- l ^at to malta a definite
Kenneth Piper, Locks resident
He: " I have one dollar ov«
to wishes of older physicians, wool and fruit to ship’s side at a vaDCe there must be some goal, spent many years in South Amerl-
this week and can’t rem era be
who have established a practice a transportation cost which will some marks by which to set a ca.
which Installment I
forgot U
and do not care to be disturbed permit growers to enjoy a reas-
by which to direct eager-
• • *
par."
in their life’s work.
onable return from their labors.
.[° ,* “ *
| Chare« Bombrldge, manager of
Hospitals are beginning to I Not all communities sense the
11 *" Interesting to note ln this the Bonneville Mercantile
I^ady Customer: " I
see thk
sense the growing demand for
?aning of a deep channel up the ^
ect,OD |rend
of thought waa in Alaska at the time o, the
medicine
Is
advertised
as
good f «
universal health, because theyj
- ................
a” counties of famous ( „l,i rash
and as a result
they are ° f man,r
man and beast."
realize that there is at least some Columbia
negligent about organizing and he H,ate who are taklg advant-
ikrugglst: "Y e a ."
justice in the demand of the fel borrowlng federal funds with • a
course* of study of-
M. A. Bousha. General-Shea
Customer; 'NJlmme a botti». I
low who wants an operation for| whlch to build docks and ware- ® ®d
th,) *tate through the
,
believe
It’s the right combinati«
his chid or for his wife or for houses.
Should these communl- * ” a' d •/ ^ »c a tio n . Americanism. gra^
e ■“ *
for
my
huaband."
himself and does not possess the| ties fail to awaken to their op- Political
economy.
government J u ite |*B Portllnd
h / HWn*d *
money with which to pay for it. portunitles they will realize too are
that appeal to theae „ J V t h e S
was over-
A certain little girl was <!»*•
Here and there hospitals are en-1 late that their trade has been
of
mature years. It H J o ogranh«, , „
WaF
"""
covered
by her mother engaged 1*
deavoring to head off the move taken away by some more oner- » J o * » a disposition on the part
In o S m a n v #D armjr new'-
a spirited encounter with a »null
ment by performing, or providing getlc and enterprising neighbor, i ° ar* e body of the people to be
friend who had got considerably
facilities for the forming of oper- | At The Dalles the people are " 1 “ * ^ aBI,u,ne their share of
'
* *
ations among the impoverished
-- — .
the duties that have been shirk-
“ ■ Halub, General-Shea con worsted In the quarrel.
families of their district. Best ex preparing to vote on a proposed ed or treated with complete in-
foren>an. 1» a University of
"Don’t you know, dear,"
ample is the action of a Fall Riv band issue for terminals which difference. It Is a definite step ^ ' ^Kan graduate and once u «n - the mother, "that It Is very wick
er, Mass., hospital, where surge would accommodate ocean-going forward on the way to a solution ed a big construction ornpany In ed to behave so? It wns Sat»»
ons righted the stomach of 13- vessels. The Dalles will become of our great national problems. Akron, Ohio.
that put It Into your head to poll
• • •
Elsie’s hair."
year-old "Jimmy” Neilson. This an Inland seaport, almost 250
miles from the ocean. Into It will
hospital has announced that any
Lieutenant
Bonny
Whltsett,
"W ell, perhaps It was.” tk
flow barges, carrying the pro
child needing an operation may
second In command of the gov child admitted; "but kicking b«f
THIS AND THAT
receive treatment. Irrespective of duce of a vast empire; and from
ernment police force, who was shins was entirely my own Ides"
it
will
depart
barges
carrying
its parents’ economic position.
overseas In the Infantry during
gasoline and other necessities of
Julius Meier, home from a trip the World war, until he was bad
HE HHOr TKK WORKS
life to the people ln a far flung
cast,
t»Us
newspaper
reporters
ly
gassed
and
sent
home,
spent
The Arm and Navy Journal
BUBBLING IS OUT
hinterland.
It Is reported that
.
that h ®«nots nothing about poli- seven years In the Portland police tells the story o f an office*
Poker has been called the The Dalles people may defeat tne Uc# at aalt,m The pubjfc d0es department.
aboard ship who sent a deck hand
not be||eve he knows anything
great American game. It has also hnnit is«ue. Should this occur
• • •
below with Instructions to break
been called by the name of will be unfortunate for the pub- about statesmanship, either.
"Chick” Johnson, government up a crap game. The sailor dl*
•
•
•
mimeograph artist, has preached appeared for the better part ol
W ill Rogers says It takes two the Evangelistic Faith from a cor an hour. Upon his return his *•*
minutes for the large busses to ner In Hyde Park, London, on pnrlor officer demanded:
pass a given point. He must be the same platform with George
"Did you succeed In breakln*
speaking of California, where the Bernard Shaw.
up that gam e?"
stages are limited to 60 miles an
"Y e «, »ir/ replied the gob.
hour.
"W ell, what In thunder
H P W lA Ii DELIVERY
• • •
First Veteran: Things look had you so long?"
Relief Administrator Hopkins over In Europe. What are you go
"W ell, sir,’ explained the sslto*’
pounds his desk and angrily In ing to do If we have another war? I had only two blta to st*rt
sists that "white collar people
Second Veteran: I think I’ll w ith!”
have got to do something." We Just stay borne and let ’em send
x
wish he would send one to our of- mn my medals by parcel post.
A want ad will get results.
THE DAM CHRONICLE
“It is the little things that
separate us from success—
not the big ones.”
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