Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-25
TRAVEL MEANS TRIALS
PASSENGERS MUST PROVIDE
PRIVATE DRINKING CUPS.
OO'i0nal' However, as Public Can
Die of Thirst, If It
Chooses.

J., Beginning next FRIDAY tbe rn,,;.
ulltll'ihg otata cup is taboo in Oregon p"T,c Thc
state board of health has meTn Jn' . .l.I1 Inc
ing ing TO OF that effect, and both tbs rlI ruI-
anSol l ana the cup must 90. Unt;I til
~av pgOIl frsnart, starts, the edict will affect rail-
be %ay or travellers aLa I. almost exclusively, and
he1 ne or f she that would a-iourneyin,g" "l,o go
nn ,n0 t6ei PETER drop into the village store re
om, om 'nelr ne way to the depot and OiUlv brv
one OF those collapsible cupsmotbar
WISE WISE he or she is liable to get O,r9r, rD,v
IGGlrsty before they get to ~ wbers el y
ti 1ousln Ann is waiting for them mon on
the station platform. The % railroad od
company will continue to furnish tLa M
drinking water, in the same cid banJ- o,ie
decorated cooler" which i '''i,o ao
called because it is cooler in winter
man man IL is IN summer, b'gosh! The
cooler will be in the same place in
lhe depots and on the cars. and tbe
same KIND OF a faucet will stick ont
al the bottom as before, but tbe cnn
will not be there, out of respect % tbp %
state board of microbe killers.
Drinking la Mode.
Under the new law the proper mode
OF assuaging thirst, just plain water
Illlfst' Is as follows: Upon the first
symptoms, the passenger en- route will
take pains to ascertain that thew arc
genuine. Having thus assured himself
that he Is really thirsty, he will arise,
take his handbag from the rack and
explore its insides for his travelling
cup After accidentally uncorking
the bottle of witch hazel and upset.
ting everything else, he will probably
remember that the cup is not there at
all. No, he put it in his suitcase; re-
members it very distinctly. Grabbing
the suitcase with great recklessness
and less care he proceeds to spread its
contents on the seat, allowing his fel-
low passenger to note whether he pre-
fers his shirts to open in the front or
in the back. After clawing feverishly
and growing red in the face and for
getting the golden text, he discovers
that the cup is somewhere else. Come
to think of it, it was packed away in
the shoe box with the flowers for
Aunt Lou. Of course.
Perseverance Pays.
All that is necessary to find out is
to unwind 13 lineal feet of twine and
three folds of old newspaper, take off
the bOttOm-because the bottom will |
be where the top ought to be-and |
then to dive into its recesses; its in
nermost recesses. A warm grasp of |
the hand encircling a wad Of wet rags
discloses the sudden presence of IL |
rose thOrns, all point outward. JAM
ming the box back into the flowers,
he sets down to think it over.
The brakeman comes through the
car and cOndescends to announce that |
"Tauhmzwcplamoo ex ash-u-n!' ~
Bright thought! Why not look in his
pocket, and just as he feels it in his
upper left hand coat pocket, the train
comes to stop, and there on the
platform stands Cousin Ann with
such a sweet smile of welcome. And
when he gets out to Aunt LOUIS he
goes out on the back porch and drinks
about gallon right out Of the
bucket.