State Press Flashes.
I port of our enor.nons export trufl
He Frispec j - V'-hicarv
i I and the activity of our factories as ar
* c'
utner tmngs tsar: n
1 ae
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I taken up her permanent residence ’ n puHlACs. -lUt.
fuyy
.an.Mv- «1.
The Salem Commercial Club has 45 ■ I our midst " They say tha: Europe is
nau e vied
doctors among its members
anc 1 borrowing money from this count— UkutU inrilung oi
should be able to get through th< j as never before and that our rai.raaC Ini
- Cl> nx&iixn LC
winter without any serious illness, e» I yards and docks are congested with : to a MMonoM
pecially with the help ot io druggists I goods for foreign shipment such as mining inc . mt
How many of these professional men was never before seen But they art ' or preparedness,
can the McMinnville club boast o — I very caretul to avoid a suggestion i work: ulx : wnitt
News Reporter.
that all this is only itmoprury an*. ' irom gibing oiiemc t<
wholly dependent upon the European mmacc nation vre snail be able to de-
A man may be rich financially anc war. They fail to mention that when [ fend ourselves agains' al predatory
a hobo by nature, a girl may 1« the war ceases this so-called prosper people*.
homely and be ibe reigning queen <
'.m the subject of the war that the
ity will cease and leave nothing tie
her set both at the same time, a fel hind it and they fail to recognize the Kuiser ha* earned to America, the
low may be a pohsbed and refined tact that the railroads and other President speak* in clear ano unmis ;.eing S — noo.oou more rruir, those
failure in the business world, or net ¿Teat corporate activities art neither takable language, which 1* worth' j the hast Republican Congress wh
and influential with a bad reputation borrowing money or extending their the earnest attention of aii native pro fixate waste qt tnotr^v wn
But a good steady job, high minded operations, by either building new Americans and tbe deep stud' o: t om tni peopie by oppressive taxa
companions after business hours, and lines or improving their present prop- those naruratized dozens who meas t tion" was denounced by the Balti
a * pretty sweetheart who is nevc~
ure their loyahy to this cosnrr* with more pUtionr and by every Demo 5
rtics—Rural Spirit.
f irivolous,
___ , rarely
____ _____
fail to develop the
a hyphen. On this, the President crat or low ot higt. degree th-ough- H-
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•JF
best tn man.—Seaside Signal.
About the cusscdest and crustiest say»
j .’ml the L cited States tn the campaign
?
cuss that the Rev. G. H. Bennett, and
“1 am sorry to say that the grai est • ci 19:2 The estimate ror tpt? exceeds 6
Whatever may be said of Ford’s a good many others ever saw. “»s threats against our national peace : -.hat of any year except
•L
peace party tnp ,n is a„ unparalleled that particular one that preceeded a and safety- have been uttered wr. .1-
Ye statement that the increase "is
venture. Regardless of failure or suc- recent funeral on the road to the our own borders. There arc c- .ms
lost wholly- due to the admimstra- ru
resu'ts °> the expedition cemetery, lherc was more than one of the United States, I hhish to trr.it
on 1 plans for military prepardness"
m nether triumphant, grave or gay will who wished that the man in the light born under other flags but w: . :m
■1 true The net military increase
be watched with keen interest.'This spring buggy ahead was consigned-to under our generous naturalizarioi.
but $26,000.000 and the net naval K
T-
mission of Fords to the battle-torn a hole in tne ground, but that did not laws to the full freedom and appor-
rease but $70.000,000 This con- -r
ru
nations of Europe is the most talked 1 take him from the road to allow the tunity of America, whc> have p •curid
only $06.0003X30 of tbe $170,- LT
“L
of topic among Americans. Publicists, saddened procession to pass. The the poison of disloyalty it
000 increase over the extravagant »r
lie very
statesmen, editors and ministers have trouble was that the man ahead kept arteries of National bit
prop ria tion for 1916. Furthermore,
who have
TMic<;s ie> for the holiday feasts abonnd in our
given their views on Ford's extraor m the center of the road and ambled sought to bring the authority anc
e estimates for some purposes are
jrroeerv
secti n the many things that combine
dinary mission, but have said but lit along at an unusually easy speed. It good name of our gr vemment into
o low. The postal estimated for
tle upon it. Some have said Ford is a is the opinion of those who tried
contempt, to destroy our industries
to make the festal cheer are displayed for you to
i" is $1000,000 less than expendi-
"millionaire fool” others have claimed vain to get the man to allow the fu- however they thought it effective for -¡re: for 1916, as rep orted by
choose fr, in.
it was a gigantic advertising scheme ' neral procession to pass that he was their vindictive purpose tc strike at
reasury Department. But then the
—News Reporter.
somewhat jealous of the automobiles them, and to debase our policies to
ostmaster gen-, ral estimate is
Our drv goods and noth n departments arc
------ c- —
that made the mourners' carnages the uses of foreign, in igue. Their
ays several millions below rhe ap
replete
w ith vuiu ■*• for the Xmas chopper. lour
Here is a trio of statements by Rab Honking of horns and personal pleas 1 number is not grea it as compared with
ropriation and there is usually art
inter«-ts
will be well taken care of in this, Tilla-
I
tbe
whole
number
were
of
no
avail,
the
road
hog
refused
bi Wise made in a recent speech in
dditional
deficiency
to —
be cart d tor.
of those sturdy
..
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j-islat
Portland, which shows that the Qua to budge ar.d the entire procession fi hosts by which oi ur nation has been
he legislative
estimate is but lirtlt
mot
k's
only
complete dc|iartment store.
kers and Jews are about of one mind nally had to pas£ round his -spring enriched in rerent generations out of 01 .-r half that for last year. The few- nJ
"The way to insure for war is to pre wagon. The woman behind him must virile foreign stock
but it is great • increases are more than balanced hv
A FEW S UGG ES TIONS
pare for it—and we will have it. If have thought a deal of her compan enoi h to have brought deep disgrace
'
'■ here else The Six’y-
President Wilson had made his war ion for his actions. If there isn't a law upon us and to have made it neces- .'oufh will beyond question be known
SLIPPERS :
speech two years ago he would have against hogging the road there should I sary that we should promptly make as the most expensive Congress in
been declared crazy. We have one be, say those who suffered from one 1 use of processes of law by which we the history of the government.
For Men and Women. “Comfy” and
hundred years of peace with Canada person's obstinacy, and there should ! may bt purged of their corrupt dis-
“ Siesta. ”
because we have had no war vessels also be a law against met with so lit 1 tempers America never witnessed
Conquered Distances.
on the Great Lakes, no fortifications, tie principle as to hold up a funeral | anything like this before It never
HANDKERCHIEFS
:
no thoughts of war. We have no war procession.—Polk County Observer. dreamed it possible that men sworn
CaHornia is justly proud of the ex- i
into
its
own
citizenship,
men
_____
drz
wn
with the Latin-American countries
pOSKJMll Uul
J uh HS CUUJSl I
An ideal Gift Article. Reasonably Priced
out of great free slocks such as sup- 1 ihruugn
and will never have another so long
aiiusi. mi itie year, and i
A Duchess Who is Queen
Here.
plied some of the best and strongest nou pusses into msiory as uut oi
as we do not arrange for it."—Tele
j
o------
elements of that little, but how heroic notaoit successes oi its kind, it was
phone Register.
Duchess Skylark Ormsby is only a nation that in high day of old staked 1
LACES AND RIBBONS
protiiauie 111 many way*, tut bux vi- j
cow, but amongst cows she
queen ‘
If you feel grouchy and out of sorts because she is the best burter-produc- ■ its very life to free itself from every 1 tice tesi included. A lew of the 49<rs
We have a good assortment for the Holi
and the world seems warped and 1 er in the world. In a test recently ■ entanglement that had darkened the . are sun auve, contemporaries 01 sunn
day Trade.
twisted from all viewpoints, look it. concluded at Minnesota Agricultural fortunes of the older nations and set hunure-us ot surviving soldiers ot the
the glass. Your own reflection will College, Duchess Sky lark Ormsby : uj new standard here—that men of war witn Mexico. 1 rn.se venerable
LADIES^
GOODS
set you thinking and wondering if produced 27,761.07 pounds of milk ir. . such origins and such free choices of citizens remember the rush to Cali
perhaps it is not you instead of the 365 consecutive days. This was nearly [ allegiance would ever turn it malign fornia toliowing the discovery oi gold
Boudoir Caps, Apronsand Painty Linger
world that is warped. W hen some fourteen tons, or twenty-three times reaction against the Government and 1 in lbqh, and the difficulties in reach
ies and Undergarments.
people
who
had
welcomed
and
nur
ing the alluring lanu 01 treasure m
thing goes wrong and you feel iik< her own weight. The butter fat con
cussing or kicking the cat there is tained in the milk weighed 1205.01, j tured themand seek to make this those days. A journey by ship around
MEN'S
SUPPLIES
:
proud country once more a hotbed of Cape Horn took six mouths, one
nothing quite so efficacious as look pounds, average percentage of 4.32.
European
passion
across the plains was more hazardous
ing in a glass.You see yourself as yot
Shoes, Hats. Caps and Raincoats,
Good butter, which is about 85 pet I
are and not as perhaps you think you cent butter fat, is worth, say, 35 cents ' A little while ago such a thing and might be longer. A route was
Suspenders and Holiday Neckwear
are. All of your hard lines and your a pound Duchess Skylark Ormsby would have seemed incredible. Be opened through a jungle road at the
ill humor are reflected by the faith then produced about $500 worth in a cause it was incredible we made no Panama isthmus, and at length a
FOR THE BOY OR GIRL :
ful glass and the moment a fleeting year Besides this she gave her ow-n- prcperation for it We would have stage line was organized that made a
been
almost
ashamed
to
prepare
for
hundred
miles
a
day
.
A
pony
express
smile begins to creep over your face er a calf, gallons and gallons of skim
A splendid Line of Toys anti Presents
the glass will magnify it and glorify milk, buttermilk and other by-prod it. as if we were suspicious of our helped with the mails, but 11 was not
and Infants’ Goods.
selves,
our
own
comrades
and
neigh
until
the
first
overland
lailroail
was
it until in time you will be smiling ucts the value of which must have
bors'
But
the
ugly
and
incredible
I
completed,
in
1869,
that
the
journey
!
from the pure joy of living—Look in been considerable. W hat a boon such
thing has actually come about, and we was cut down to the modern length. '
the glass.—Ione Journal.
a cow to any of the many widows arc w-irbout adequate Federal law« to
! A Msitor to the lair who could per-
------ o------
who live in the house down the lane:
deal with it. I urge you te- enact such si.n^liy recall the early days niaivel-
Window cards in Hillsboro this
The retiring butter queer, was Fin
Remember that our grocery shelves arc laden
week announce that a Roseburg gen derne Pride Johanne Rue. whose but laws at the earliest possible moment, I ec in..at tne annihilation ot dis-
with good things for the table. Plan your menus
tleman will address taxpayers of the ter record was less by 28.62 pound* and feel that ir doing so I atr urging ■ lance* during the last tony years.
it require^, national couiage to
cause of high taxation, "Extrava than that of the Duchess, but whose 1 y-ou to do nothing less than ear- the
from our sttx'k
gance, Waste, Graft.” Now, The In milk production was 642 pounds | honor and self-respect of the Nation acquire me vast area covered by the
Special size Young American Cheese for the
—ouisiann Purchase, and later, to add
dependent respectfully submits that more. The Duchess gave a little less I Such creatures of passion. dt«ir>ya)--
and
anarchy
must
be
crushed
out
|
Lain
orma
to
our
domain,
making
it
when a gentleman living some hun milk, but it was richer, ar*d as a re
Holiday Trade. Send one to your friend
ocean 1
in the most expansive
dreds of miles away and who only- sult she gave more butter. That is the Thev are not many, but they are it in or oceanic
finitely
malignant,
and
the
hand
of
sense
ot
the
word.
Vi
he
re
the
gold
visits the county once a year when standard by which cows are estimated
our power should hover over them a: I hunter r oi me yos crossed the isthmus
his profession demands, by inference by good dairymen.
declared that the county is in the I The record is interesting because rt once They have formed plots tn des on a mule, dreading the deadly fever*
hands of grafters, he is to say the represents an effort of science to con troy property, they have entered inn I 01 the region before he could span the I
Masonic Bld.
Both Phones.
Free Dehyerres.
least, going some. Discussion of tribute to the world’s peace and plen conspiracies against the neutralitv of fifty miles, is now the Panama Canal,
whether or not there is waste or ex- I ty. The butter queen was not an ac the government, thev have sought to I for which the people ot the L niteu
travagance is ligitimate, even if the cident. She is an achievement, and it nry into every confidential transac Mates have paid $350,000,000, with
speaker is not in a position to know is difficult to estimate the increasing tion of the Government in order to ' nobody to grumble at or regret the
serve interest« alien to our own It 1« 1 cost. 1 he tar-sighted genius of the
whereof he speaks, but when a man efficiency of cows as they shall be re
possible to deal with these thine« 1 American people ordained the canal. '
even hints at graft he should be in a produced from her kind. Because but
not snrerst ’ It is their way to reluct distance and seen thereon at the present time It is This campaign will attempt to show
position to badc up his statement ter is so universally a commodity, so very effcctuaTIv I need
In rural
the term« in which they mav be dealt ; save time- in transit wherever it can planned to have this not a spasmodic that this is not necessary
with
conclusive
facts.—Hillsboro common that it is conspicuous only
communities where ice cannot be ob
with."—The Spectator.
be done. In the heyday of its placer aftair and a follow-up campaign will tained, with a very little expenditure
Independent.
when it is lacking from the table, we
mines California produced $65.000,000 Hiiimdiately ensue.
I are apt that behind the vast produc
The popular belief that infant mor of money, an abundant supply of
gold in one year. Now mining is a
good water can, and this can be u»cd
Coos County can do no better thing tion yearly there is a story of en
The Open D°or.
side feature in the state, but the coun tality is greater in our cities than in in cooling a storeroom or a refriger
for the people at this time than to deavor which has run through the
try docs not suffer for fresh gold, of the mral communities is not true, ator almost a* satisfactorily as ice.
select a competent road builder to ages.
1
We say it again, and with emphasis which our share now is $100.000,000 rather it is just the opposite Save for
th< crowded homes of a very few 1 he roads can be oiled to keep don n
Duchess Skylark Ormsby is a Hol- the doors of America are open to annually.
take charge of road maintenance and
large cities, the city baby has a better the storms of dust, lawns can be kept
construction. There should be no stein-Friesian, owned by John B. Ir foreign commerce, and when the war
chance of living than does the rural fresh and green just as well as m the
question about the ability of appli win, of Minneapolis. Dairymen may is over and the wheels of industry in
Child W eltare
one. The reasons are very manifest. city and the removal of refuse and the
cants and in the choosing, personal observe with profit that she was not Europe are again turning to their full
building of the house a sufficient dis
preference should never be entertain freshened until she was past fiye capacity of production, there will be
The United States Department of First and probably most important is tance from the barn w-ill in like man
ed. All applicants being equal, we years old. She had ordinary foods, nothing to prevent the United States Labor through its Children's Bureau, the cheapness and ease with which ice ner preclude fhes These are but a
urge the appointment of an out-of but she had them regularly. Unlike from becoming the dumping ground is going to attempt throughout the can be procured, our improved street few of the lesson» baby week will at
Coos County man, for we believe bet Mrs. Howie’s soulful kine, she prob for tbe goods of the great nations at United States tlx celebration of preclude storm of dust, and a better tempt to teach. No movement has
milk supply can be obtained, while in
ter results will be had from an appli ably did not have lace curtains and war, unless the vicious tariff system "Baby Week" and set aside March 4
the rural communities ice is more dif ever been launched has been filled
now
in
force
is
repealed
and
protec
music
to
benefit
her
temperament,
but
cant who comes to the county free
to March it to be known a* ’ Baby ficult to procure, dust is everywhere, with greater possibilities and the
handed and with no preferences re Alex Hansen, who cared for her dur tion restored. It is not necessary to Week" says the Oregon State Board bathing facilities are usually lacking boards of health of every city and
an
open
door
that
all
imports
be
put
garding the improvement of any par ing the test, probably did not try to
of Health. This is not to be a baby and diarrhoea and ententes, the mur state in the Union should lend their
ticular locality. There are many good break her back with a hickory stool upon the free list. The present admin- show where babies are brought to derers of children, have greater way. earnest co-operation
istratioi
has
gone
far
in
that
respect
men in the state who can be had and as many a modern farm boy has done
some cold storage room '
if the commissioners are satisfied to some generous milk giver in a mo and doubtless would go further were naked and viewed by
it
not
for
the
requirements
of
revenue
consisting of old maid*« i
that a really competent man cannot ment of impatience.—Oregonian.
but there still remains a respectable divorcees, but a sane, se
be hired for $i,8oo a year, then we
number of products upon which du
will be made to instruct
say they will be fully justified in pay Loyalty Measured With a Hyphen
ties are payable. The moment, how people as to the possibilities of prop
ing as much more as the applicant de
ever, that the tariff rates are lowered er child hygiene Beginning Sunday.
mands. But remember, the people are
Among the habits which the older below the point of protection they
going to demand results and that is generation has broken itself of and cease to be a barrier on a check to March 4, they will ask that sermons
the only side which will be aired which the new has not contracted is importation*, and become, to the con dealing especially with the topic be
whether he meets with failure or suc that of reading the President’s mes trary an invitation to the outlander delivered in all the churches
cess.—Coos Bay Harbor.
sage. Successive years of national re- to come in and welcome That is the United States Far too f
I pose agitated by nothing more serious effect and tbe purpose of the Under biblical text “Suffer litt
o
Certain politicians, for personal and than our quadrennial conflicts at the wood tariff act, and the fact that we I come unto mr for of
party ends, are preaching that the polls, have giving to the message a are now reaping all the evil conse 1 kingdom of heaven" is
period of financial depression is past dignified dullness that the public has quences of that measure is due to the ■ the funeral of the child
and that prosperity, with a big P, is ' warmly praised and sedulously avoid temporarv suppression of the manu i was needlessly sacrif
' tary conditions, and with
facturing industries of Europe.
already with us. They point to the re- ed.
When the war is over and the ac knowledge of the cause c
cidental protection from foreurn man tality. we now know th
ufacturers that the conflict has given has too often been sm
u* ceases to exist, the competition for man’s carelessness
for American trade will be active and ' ings will lie attempted
ruthless. The purchasing power of i cities, addresses, paper*,
gism
FORTIFY YOURSELF
the markets of Europe will be great 'slides, exhibitions,
ly decreased. America bulging with I mation not only
against disaster by taking out a fire gold, will be the world’s oyster, not j untimely death*
insurance policy with us. Then the to br opened with a Pistohan sword, I more imp«
«
proverbial bag of gold is yours if for it is already open The salesmen Ì tiona! fiKitcnal for Rttkintwc
lives Th< most
.
your house is food for flames Do you of Germany and France, and of ever Ì «mi!
other one of the countries that hay 1 factor in r do cal ion at th* prcxrst ’
realize that the PREMIUMS PAY goods to avli w ill cross the seas 1 ; lime, lhe f* fCSS. WlH >M
IO f'.’tUl |
ABLE ON FIRE INSURANCE numbers, and the present tariff will matcrfal erv mi'tHc r oocriit to kwow I
:
POLICIES APE SO LOW THAT not keep them from making price, 1 Rea ein ng » um wapen do. in
ITS ALMOST A JOKE? One can that American producers cannot meet Iwnframgr i »rxctHXlh every home in
States, nc other
Ovaler« la
without loss. This will not come j the
insure his household furniture for immediately after the war end»,
I« the 1
i f>ctof can
several years for afew dollar*—about it wdl take some time to restore
hr
j larger etti s, the WUhmrd»
Ur<e
will
I raTlrd into •*e
enough to buy a pair of shoes h's a dustrial activities ra Enrobe, het
will come, unless tbe people of Amer te tvrviih«d that ndl he, t<* Mr th« 1
crime then not to be insured.
|*S OF FLOUR
ica take steps to prevent the attach 1 W*»t. am» ettvr and
and ,
ypoa our trade and cwai n.hcs —-Globe I will awki ibe cHtKtMn <d
l mil» lUnd.” ’’On b *n Flower.
1
■ iKr O'MWAM fOh'wtv that ha» tw Itw
DmemL ____
I » B. _ _
wk »Lu
al
the —
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ss
Make This > our
CHRISTMAS and
veil YEAR'S
Shopping Mecca
" >0
Supply_Your Wants for_ Table
or Tree from our Varied Stock
NEW
MERCHANDISE.
Jo
Christmas Candies & Nuts
H. MASON & CO
RbEX. McNAIR & CO
GENERAL HARDUJARE
Kitchen Ranges and
Heating Stoves.
FIRE ! FIRE I ! FIRE ! I !
THE BEST STOCK OF HARDWARE IN
the ; county .
See Vs for Prices Before Ordering Elsewhere
YAMHILL MILLING COMPANY
Flour. Grain and Feed
ROLLLE W. WATSON,
“ The Insurance Man
PHONE (78
CALL ON VS.
J"
kk
1
E. T. VLLMANN, Manager
Coouitcrcial Building
Tillamook
WRITE I
TODD HOTEL BUILDING, TILLAMOOK. ORE
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