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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-11
SOUTHERN BELL AND
 POSTAL MEET TODAY
Exhibition Double Header to Be Staged in After
 noon at Redwood

The leadership in the northern division of the City league will be determined for a time at least this afternoon when the Postal and Southern Bell teams meet in special exhibition double header at Redwood Field
 The Postal team Is leading the northern division with perfect record, while the telephone boys are close behind, being only one game short. Should the Postal aggregation succeed in annexing both erds of this afternoons bill then they are safe for several weeks to come. An even break will also leave them secure in first place, but double-barreled defeat will send them downward.
 Much friendly rivalry exists between the two teams, and the game promises to be both interesting ana fast
 The first combat will start promptly at 2;15 o'clock.
 The line-ups of the two teams, as an- ncunced by the respective managers, fol- lows:
 Postal-Robb third base; Weaver right field; D. Goldstein shortstop; J. Brand, center field; Hale, center feld Mauk, Brown and Puckett catchers: Poyner. fi'st base; J. Goldstein, left field; Steffln, left field; Conturie, second base; liar rir gton, second base; Fields, L. Brand and Copeland, pitchers.
 Southern Bell-McConnell, right field ; May, second base; Finch, first base; La nier catcher; Click, pitcher; Shere, left field; Olmstead, third base; R. Ganong, srortstop; Ramsey. center field; P. Garong, catcher; rempleton, pitcher; Papot. outfield, and Finney. pitcher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-11
Hester's Weekly Cotton Statement

Comparisons are to actual dates. not to close of corresponding weeks: In sight for week, 32,000; same seven days last year, 27,000; same seven days year before, 25,000; for the month, 43,000; same date last year, 39 GOO; same date year before, 4l,000; for the season, 14,347, 900; same date last year, 13, 637, GOO: same date year before, 15,6l4, 900. Port receipts for season, 10359,000; same date last year 9.s33000 same date year before last, 11,s96,000. Overland to mills and Canada for season, 1,146000; same date last year, 1,07s,000; same date year before, 1,24S.000. Southern mill takings for season, 2,7S2, GOO; same date last year. B. 634. 900; same date year before, 2,42o, 900. Interior stocks in excess of September 1, 60.000; last year. 910O0; year before, 49,0O0. Foreign exports for week, 23,000 same seven days last year, 26,000o; for season, s,762,000; same date last year, s,S6s, 900. Northern spinners' takings and Canada for week, 5000; same seven days last year. 15,000; for season. 2,493,000; to same date last year, 2,532,000
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Eruits and Prodnca

Wine sap apples, box, B; Gano apples box s2.50; Missouri Pfppin apples, box g 75 Lines. per 100. s1@1. .25 Lemons box 36O. $5.50Q6; Florida grapefruit, $3q350 California oranges crate, $3.50. Pineapples crate. s. New Irish potatoes. $35 bushel; tomatoes, $2. 50Q3 crate; cabbage, 2hc lb; celery, crate. $2.60; squash. crate, S2 bananas, per bunch, $I.50Q1. .75 peanuts No. 1, 7c lb.: new crop red and yellow onions, 4c lb.; imported onions. crate, g. 50; watermelons, Florida, S40Q45 hundred cucumbers, per crate, s2; snap beans, s. .o( crate; peaches, $2Q2. 50 per crate; black. berries. crate, s350. Cantaloupes, s3 corn, <O@50c per doz.; okra, six basket crate. $2.50; huckleberries. s2.50Q3.
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Coffee Market

New York, July follower European cables and slightly easier cost and freight offers combined with decline in the rate of Brazilian exchange today encouraged bearish sentiment in the local coffee mar ket, and after opening quiet at decline of points active months sold about to 12 points net lower under liquidation or trade selling. Partial rallies followed on covering, with the close at a net loss of to points. Sales, 1S,000. July, S.33c Au- gust S.41c; September, S.51c; October, S6lc; December, SS0c; January, S.S3c; March, S93c; May, S97c.
 Spot easy: Rio No. z. sac; Santos No. 4 117sc. Mild coffee dull; Cordova, 1214Q 16c nominal.
 Havre. 1sQ14 franc lower; Hamburg un- changed to 1 pfg. lower. Brazilian re- ceipts, 3S,000; Jundiahy, 21000. Today S Santos cables reported As unchanged; Sac Paulo receipts, 21,0O0. Santos futures, 25 to 150 reis higher.
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Adopt Minimum Wage Scale

Olympia, Wash. July 10.-The state minimum wage commission adopted last night a rate of 30 a week as the minimum for telephone girls throughout the state except in small exchanges. This is the four minimum wage adopted by the com mission, the others being sl0 a week for mercantile workers. .ss@ for factory voiFers. and s9 for laundry and dye workers
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

rettcSc M msssc.apts, ssrs H2.eysr sSn.re, \. change: New Orleans Cotton Exchanrs
 New York Produce ExchanEe. Asso. eiate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso- 6eed Otl for. future delivery. 6psciSi attention and liberal terms givon for sonsfgnments of spot cotton for 1Ss
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Hides and TalIow

Green salted hides. 14@16c; partly cured 1Sg14c; green, 1SQ13lkc; damaged and culls one-half price; dry flint, 27Q2Sc dry salted, 1G2ec; dry culls, 121kc; goat skins 25q 40c; kids, one-half price: lamb skins 25Qs5c; sheep skins, 25076c: shearlings 1s Q26c; green salted horse hides, No Is, ;3Q 4; green salted horse hides, No. 2's, S2 giues and ponies, $1@1 .50 No. talIow, 5Q Sc; No. tallow. 4c; beeswax. 2sQsoc; wild ginseng $ogS; cultivated ginseng. S3Q6; l6Q1sc;. slightly burry. 1501sc; clear tub washed wool. so@esc; burry. 1502oc.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, July 10-Spot cotton quiet and unchanged Sales on the spot, 71o bales; to arrive, none. Good ordinary, Il 3-16c: strict good ordinary, Il 11-16c; low mddling, 12 9-16c; strict low mid ding, 13c; middling. 13 5-16c; strict mid ding. 13 11-16c; good middling, IA 1-16c; strict good middling, 14Ac; receipts, 96; stock, 70,009.
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Interior Movement

Houston; Middling, 13 6-16c; receipts 350; shipments, 14sS; rales, 73; stock, 39, 4o5
 Memphis: Middling. 13aic; receipts, 252; shipments. 723: stock, 20,34S.
 Augusta: Middling, 14isc: receipts, g; shipment Il; sales 15; stock, 14,o50
 St. Louis Middling, 13ssc; receipts, GA shipments, s06; stock, 16,746
 Cincinnati: Receipts, all; shipments, 15o; stock 14,011.
 Little Rock: Middling, 13isc; receipts 75s shipments, 926; stock. 12,672.
 Total today Receipts, 1741; shipments 4c99; stock, IT ,232.
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Bonds
Money m Call

New York. July 1o.-Prime mercan- tile paper closed 3% CA sterling cas- der; so days, s4S550; demand, $4.S7.50; commercial paper, $4.s5@4.S5A for bills; bar silver, 55s4 c; Mexican pesos 44c; government bonds steady; rail road bonds easier; money on call steady, 21a @2% per cent; ruling rate 2% per cent; closing bid. 21A @2% per cent; time loans, steady; 50 days, 21a per cent; 90 days. PA per cent; six months, 3s4 @4 per cent.
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Boston Wool Market

Boston, July 10.-The wool market was hardly as active during the week as it was a week ago. A fair volume of trade has been accomplished but the market has not been snappy. Strength shown at London has given a renewed sense of security to holders of do- mestic wools in this market The trade is chiefly concerned about the pros poets for lightweight goods
 Missouri: Three-eights bloods, 27@ 27hc; quarter bloods, 26@26hc Ken lucky and similar: Half blood un- washed. 6@27c; three-eighths blood unwashed, 27@2Sc.
 Secured basis: Texas flne, 12 months,
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, July 1O.---Clean rice steady; rough nominal. Receipts: Rough none; clean, 440; millers, none. Sales: Rough none; clean Honduras, 5S3 at l ss @ 5 ssc Japan 320 at 2Q31sc. Quotations: Rough, nominal; clean Honduras, Az q6Ac; Japan, 2s4@3ho; rice, Polish, per ton, $26@27; bran, SIS M19.
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Flour and Breadstuff.

Self rising flour, s5.25; Tennessee flour, $4.75; pure wheat shorts, $32; pure wheat bran, $30; c. s. meal, 71a per cent, 80; c. feed meal, per ton, s26; c. s. hulls, SIP ton; No timothy hay, per ton, s24; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass. per ton, $22. c. 8. hulls. 80 lbs., $11.5O ton John- son grass, per ton. s16: mixed feed s34; oats. 56c bu.; corn, Ssc; cornmeal. q 30 per 96 lbs. New crop alfalfa, S22.
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Metal Market

New York, July 10.-Lead dull, $3.S5 QS.95; London, f1s los; spelter quiet. S4.95 o 5.o6; London, f21 los; copper quiet, electrolytic, $13.75@13.S7; lake nominal; castings, $1362; tin steady; spot. $32.25@32.45; September. s32.40@ S2.S0; iron quiet and unchanged; Lon don copper easy; spot. f61 5s; futures, f61 los; tin easy; spot, FLAG 10s; fu- lures, f14S; iron. Cleveland warrants, 51s 41sd.
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Liyerpool Cotton Market

Liverpool. July 10.-Spot cotton easy: godod middling, 7.s5d; :niddling. 7s3d. low middling, esd. Sales, 6000 speculation and export, 5000. Receipts. 17o0C. Flu lures steady. Close; July. 7.O6d; Juy-Au- gust, 7.08d; September October, 6.Gsd De- cember-January. 6.551ad February March, 6.57d; April-May, esd.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
The Iron Market
Local Cotton
Poultry and Eggs

Hens, per pound, 1412c; ,ryers, 1N0 11a lbs. average, 221ac;~ ducks, 15c lb. guineas. BOG: roosters. soc; geese, 4Oc to 45o each; live turkeys. 20c h.; dressed tur- keys, 24c; eggs, fresh country receipts, 17Q1sc; candled, 19c; extra graded can dled, 2oc; canded carton eggs, 24c.
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Selma Market

Selma, July 10.-(Special)- )-Spot cotton was quoted in the Selma market today as follows: Good middling, 13s4c. Strict mid ding. l31ac Middling. 13l4c. Strict low middling, 12%c. Low middling, 12Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-11
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, July 1O.--Cotton seed oil was a shade higher, the result of light offerings and covering of shorts and local buying on the firmness in kin drcd markets. Final prices were to 4 points net higher; sales. $500 barrels Spot cotton seed, $72o@7.3o; closed steady; July, 7.23G7.26c: August, 7.31 @7.32c; September, 7.36@7.37c; Octo- Der. 7.17@7.20c; November, 6.SO@6.S2c; December. 6.72@6.75c: January, 6.70@ 6.74c; February, 6.71Q6.76c; total sales $500
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Fish and Sea Foofls

Red snapper, S@61sc; gray snapper or groupers, 5c; Spanish mackerel. 15c in bbl. lots; fresh water breams, SIC: pompano, 25c; bluefish. Sc; red bass, 6c; mixed fish. 6isc; small trout. 71A@Sc; fresh water cat, dressed SAC; salt water cat, 61ac; speckled trout. 121k@15c. Shrimp, 10c; perch, 7c.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery. July 0.-(Speeial.)-spo, cotton was quoted here today as follows Strict middling. 13 5-16c; middling. 1sc strict low middling. 12hc; low middling,
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Spinners' Takings

Statement of spinners takings of Amer ican cotton throughout the world This week, 1450o0 same seven days last year, 10000; same seven days year before. 204.- 0O0; total since September 1, 13,376,0OO: same date last year. 13,247, ,0o0O same date year before, A. 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-11
World's VisibIe SunnIv

Statement of worlds visible supply: Total visible this week, 3,69o,00O; last week, S46,000; same date last year, B. 095,000; same date year before. 2,977,0OO
 Of this total American this week. D.
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Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool. July 10.-Weekly statistics of cotton: Imports. 36,000 balcs American, 14OoO; stock, 915,000; American, 6s9, ,Ooo; for warded, 5000: American, 46,0OO; exports,
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London Stocks

London, July 1O-Consos for money 75ss. Bar silver easy. 15sd. Money, l19@ 1s4. Discount rates: Short bills, ?; three months, 2k
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Crea mery Products

Country butter. 20Gp25c; fresh creamery butter, 31c; process butter, 25c; cheese, 161ac; imported Swiss cheese, 2Sc; German brick cheese, 18c; lmburger cheese, 1sc: imported Roqusfort, Ssc: Neufchatsi
 cheese. per dossn. Asc; fimento cheese.
 N.36.
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Dry Goods Market

New York, July 10.-Cotton goods markets were steadier today with gray sales more active. Wool markets were firm and silks were in fair demand for fall
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Savannah, July 10.-Turpentine firm, 46Kc; sales. 605; receipts. no; ship ments, 320; stocks, 22,S56. Rosin firm sales, 244S; receipts, s,5737: shipments, 1921; stocks. 121,S5a. Quote: A, B, $3.75 C. D. Es r, G, H. ss.so; I. $3.s5; K. $40; WIG. $5.8o; wv. $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-11
Meat

Lard, lie; compound. sxc; dry salt short ribs. 14.0216c; bellies. 14c; ham butts, 15.6oc; Boston butts, 15.10c; pork loins. 16c, spare ribs, 16c; breakfast bacon, 25c; regular ham, 1sAc; skinned ham, 2011c.
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ol5,O00; last week, 212S.O00; last year, l. 742, 900; year before, 2,015,000.
 All other kinds this week. 1,675, GOO; last week, 1,71S,00O; last year, 1,353,0 GOO; year before, 962, 900.
 Visible in the United States this week, 491 900; this date last year, 8s2,000 Visible in other countries this week. 3,199,0 ,000; this date last year. 2713,0Oo.
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Naval stores

s0@62c; fine. six to eight months, 55@ 57; fine fall, 4S@50c.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, July 1o-Wheat: No. hard. 76aS2c; No. ? red. 75c. Corn: No. mixed, 6slac; No. white, Tic. Oats: No. ? white, 400401ac; No. mixed, 35dS7c.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, July 10.-wheat: No. ? red 7S@791sc; No. 9 hard, 79a96c. Corn: Nc 2, 7o12c No. ? white, 771sc. Oats: No. Z 3S1sc No. white, 40c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-11
LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for the day 25s. .5OO shareE
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10

with jests. but there was an embar-
RAISING silence. Willie took advantage
of II.
Cook has burned her nose, orful.'
he said
TOO bad" muttered father, still
wrestling with the roast. How did
she do it?"
Trying to pull those skewers out
with her teeth" - Peoples Home
Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10
OPENS UP NOSTR|LS, CLEARS HEAD
ENDS COLDS OR CATARRH AT ONCE

dissolves by the heat of the nostrlls,
penetrates and heals the inflamed,
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat: clears the air
passages; stops nasty discharges and
a feeling OF cleansing, soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils
closed. hawking and blowing; Cata-
rrh or a cold, with its running nose,
foul mucous dropping into the throat
and raw dryness Is distressing but
truly needless
Put your faith-just once-in
"Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold
or catarrh will surely disappear.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10

Charles W Furlong has the proper
spirit. Bring him on.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10
SUBSCRIPTION RATES,
SEPTEMBER.


Now the nights are rather cool,
save when they are extra hot,
, And the youngsters go TO school
D Joyfully--or. rather, not.
Comes the oyster from its lair, 4
, Some folks say it's good to 4
D eat:
D Any one can have my share;
D prefer slice Of meat
. Actors talk Of "the legit"
. And Of contracts in New
. York"
. Now they'd like little bit
= OF team play with knife and
. fork.
. Fades the costly panama,
. Vanished is the Palm Beach
. suit,
= Feed the COW your summer
. straw.
. she is such a patient brutei
. BasebalI's drawing to close.
. Furiously now fans the fan,
. With another comes 10 blows,
. Through repeated can't"
. and "canl"
. Yes. September now is here,
. Fall. / think. is coming as
. Heretufore--thiss should be clear
y In the past it always has.
. Chicago News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10
BY THt SCISSORS
TAKING No CHANCES.

why, Henry exclaimed Mrs.
Harlem as she found her husband in
the hall strapping up the family
umbrellas as if he were about to de-
part on a journey, certainly you are
not going TO take all those down
town."
"Iarguerite, he responded firm
IS. have you forgotten that this aft
ernoon you give a o'clock tea?"
But, Henry. My guests would
never steal"-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10

II we cannot raise a breeze with a
those bands here it will be very p,
culiar.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10
Johnny Eyers In Anything but a pes.
slmlstic mood

THE Boston Braves are not of
championship caliber, though I'm
convinced that they'll beat out the Gi-
ants The team / expect 10 capture
the pennant is the Cubs" These are
the sentiments OF Johnny Eyers, cap
tian OF the Boston Nationals. THE
Cubs are not winning as they should y
says Eyers. They have five good
pitchers and a good player at every
station. All the Braves have is thres
good pitchers and lots OF snap ant
dash. This combination cannot b'
expected 10 win the flag" As Il
whether the Braves have cracked
after walking up and looking at frs
place, Evers had no comment 4
make His pessimism is blamed oil
the stomach trouble he has been suf
J fering, by his teammates.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10
Instantly Relieves Swollen, In
famed Nose, Head Throat-You
Breathe. Ereely-Dull Headache
Goes-Nasty Discharge Stops.
Try "Ely's Cream Balm"

Get small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply little in the nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose ani
stopped UP air passages OF the head
will open; you will breathe freely
dullness and headache disappear. BY
morning the catarrh. cold in head or
catarrhal sore thoat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the small
bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
drug store. This sweet fragrant balm
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10
WILLIES TACT.

There was company to dinner and
father was carving his prettiest on a
fine roast. when suddenly the knife
struck a skewer, made a sliding mo-
tion and came out on top. Father
attempted to cover his real feelings
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10

OF TIE junket trips proposed for To-
cal pc pie the most timely in the view
Of this newspaper is
A Brother and the intended visit TO
A Neighbor. Heppner and points
along the line in
Unatilla and Morrow counties.
Morrow county IS a brother and a
reighbor all the time Roundup or
nc Roundup Before the Roundup
was started those people came to at
tend our district fair. They were
loyal TO the fair for many years. Many
former Morrow county people live in
this city now and there are former
Pendletonians in Heppner The two
counties are linked together by po-
litical ties and by similarity of indus
trial and business conditions
Pendleton people should keep close
TO Morrow county and the Junket trip
viii help the cause along.
~~~~s~~~~
President Wilson acceded to the re-
quest Of those who want some action
taken to end the
The Day OF Prayer. war by setting
Oct. as a day
for prayer that the war be brought
to a speedy end.
II IS noticeable that the date set by
the president is somewhat distant. in
fact nearly month away. There viii
be some who viii complain that an
immediate date was not named by the
president They will argue that many
men can be killed within a month.
But perhaps the president realizes
the futility Of trying TO stop a war by
prayer unless the war is ready to stop.
Maybe he places responsibility for this
war upon the kings Of Europe-not
upon God. II so the blame is properly
placed. il is a war Of rulers and the
rulers must take the consequences
But there are no indications they viii
bring the war 70 close merely q
please humanity. II they had felt con.
cerned for civilization they woult
have refrained from war The nationi
OF Europe placed their faith not 81
God but in the sword They rely OF
the rule Of force and no doubt the
will play out the bitter game until on
eide or the other is victorious
Az the present time the prospect
are not bright for an early termina
ton OF the war and SO there seem
ample time for prayer
-~s~s~~~>
Many people are planning TO yoi
for Dr. smith for governor becau'
they believe he has n
The Road proper attitude TOW
To Economy. ard the legislator
His conception Of a
matter IS that the governor should n
be TOO harmonious" toward the LEI
islatare, particularly when appropr
alton measures are under consider
ton. on the other hand he beliey
the governor should keep somewh
aioos 40 a. TO be free and ready TO u
the veto axe with vigor when nece
sary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10

''Steal,. Who said they would? No.
but they would recognize the initials
on the handles"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-10

such was the policy Of Pennoyer
when governor. II was the policy of
Chamberlain and Of West. Il is a
policy that has saved Oregon hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars. At one
time following the close OF legis-
lative session Governor West vetoed
bills aggregating ssoe,O0o. His action
saved the taxpayers just that much
money and the public service was not
crippled either.
oregon needs governor who will
keep his eye on the legislature; not
governor whose chief ambition win
be to keep on friendly terms with
legislators. Too much harmony at
Salem could be made very expensive
to oregon.
This country's escape from active
military Intervention in Mexico during
the past year and
Our Lucky a half is now seen
Escape in Mexico. to have been an
ex ira rdinary
piece Of good fortune For interven-
| tion would have meant the military
conquest Of the neighboring country.
the tying up in foreign land of
large American army. and an enor-
mour war expenditure-all at time
when the European conflagration re-
! Quired Of us the outstanding of all
our resources.
No one could have foreseen what
has happened. and no one. in the light
Of events. may claim the possession
OF extraordinary prescience, but cir
! cumstances as they are do justify an
expression OF thankfulness that Pres
ident Wilson was able to execute his
Mexican policy without involving the
United States in an adventure whose
dead weight by this time would have
appalled, his countrymen. So long as
the European war lasts. it now ap-
pears. it would be extreme folly for
} the United States to undertake to ex-
ercise more than its moral influence
in the Mexican situation. In the
, present shaping of affairs, Mexicans
} must work out their own fate.-The
Springfield Republican.
~a
But who cares for the cost of gaso-
, line when wheat is around the dollar
mark.
~%~~oSSS&
} III we cannot raise a breeze with all
those bands here it will be very pc
culiar.
Charles W. Furlong has the proper
spirit Bring him on.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-06

papers for year, the space to be
filed with cards of the different mer-
chants. In effect this would be a
business directory and would at least
inform the readers of the papers,
many of whom, it must not be for
gotten, are newcomers, what lines of
business are represented in Hillsboro.
This business man figured that
there are more than 100 different
concerns in the city, only small
proportion Of which invite trade or
let the people know they are in bus
mess through the columns of the
papers.
The Independent has believed mer-
chants have not availed themselves
Of this method of meeting outside
competition to the extent they might.
The business directory plan cannot
but accomplish good and emphatically
advertise the business resources of the
city, but we believe in addition
strong effort to attract business
should be made by detailed descrip-
tion of weekly offerings and if pos
sible the prices which are asked.
OF course there is the merchant
who says advertising does not pay,
but he has his answer in the state
ment of the catalogue house man.
ager. Used intelEgently as the cata-
logue house uses it, it returns a big
per cent on the investment, but it
should always be considered an in
vestment and not an expense.