The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-08-11


fr WAS REPORTED THAT THREE ANARoH
lists WERE SEEN ON THE HILLS.
ing his cow, but whether by an enc
my Of our administration or q paten
rights man cannot say.
AS l Informed you some time since
l am now the proprietor of the jericho
Weekly Highball, and the editor Il
only my creature. This fact is, o.
course, to be kept secret. The issu,
of this week contains the following
extracts:
"Old Pap Pinkham, our revered post
master, grows upon us every day."
"It is said that not day passes tha
Old Pap Pinkham and the president
do not have long and confidential
talk over the telephone"
1--WE warn the disaffected ones II
Jericho to go slow, Old Pap has SEN
for Calling gun, and If obliged to dC
so he will sweep the streets withou
mercy"
"Old Pap Pinkham, postmaster, wish
es 1t to be known that he will cheer
fully welcome all postmasters whC
may call at the Jericho Office In search
of pointers on how to run a bang-uI
establishment"
1--WE understand that it was by the
advice of Old Pap Pinkham that Pres
ident Taft left the cocktail out Of his
program In the west"
1--WE asked Old Pap Pinkham the
other day If 1t was true that he con
trolled all the appointments In the
New York custom house, and the an
swer he made was to wink. When
Old Pap winks there is always some
thing dsing."
"a wages If 30 cents was made be.
tween two prominent citizens of Jer.
icho yesterday that within another six
months President Taft would drop the
Roosevelt policies for the Pinkham pol
icies."
Pap's Policy For Taft.
William, your western tour has been
almost as much Of a success as
Wright's flying machine, which has
been so improved that 1t now gets out
Of order less than fvur times per day,
and In a paternal way let me advise
you to now settle down in the White
House and make business hum for the
winter. There are heap Of things to
see to, and among them is another
fuss with old Joe Cannon. The people
have begun asking each other who is
the real boss of the country, and you
can count on ruction in the house
this winter Joseph, as we all know,
is a determined man., and there are q
lot Of guns loaded for him, and 1t may
not be all plain sailing for you
There will be the usual charges of
graft in the construction of the Pana-
ma canal. Have your figures ready.
The open door question In Man
churia is certain to bob up again. In
fact 1t has been bobbing up right
along, but the next bob will be q big
one, and Uncle Sam will have to show
his hand. Is he going to continue to
play checkers?
And how about that monetary law,
William? Are we to have expansion
Of the currency or only expansion of
the chest?
And there's Senator Aldrich. Have
xynt1 fatanhnna1 him fn ocIy xtyhnthnv An
IS going to boss the roost again at the
coming session and If the rest Of us
have got to beg his pardon for living?
tntil the country knows what the SEN
ator Is going to do buttermilk is going
to be a slow sale at 3 cents a quart.
The same old trusts are doing busi-
hess at the same old stands, and eggs
5ave gone up to such figure that 1t
now costs 10 cents to even look at an
old hen The people are growing and
asking that something be done. Are
yea going to stir 'em. up or let the
threats Of another panic scare you of
the Foost?
Cause For Kicking.
Those projected western waterways
are all right Give 'em all the water
they want and make every desert and
mountain get up and hump with fer.
tility, but don't forget that when but.
ter In the east reaches 40 cents q
pound there's going to be some high
old kickin'. Right here in Jericho
three days ago there was a street pa.
rade of three men, and at their head
was a banner on which was inscribed:
"Rutter at 20 cents Dound Or