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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

helping to put down the dissenting mi
nority, might himself on the following
day fall victim to the principle of
majority tyranny which he had helped
to invoke. Majorities are not infal-
1ible; and among the mass of dissent
ing views, no one and no group, how
ever large, among US, is able to
prophesy with unerring certainty
which will prove eph. neral, and
which will be found by a later and
wiser generation to represent a larger
truth than the prevailing opinion of
today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
TAXES.

With the arrival of the time for the
payment of taxes, the most emphasis
seems to be laid on the fact that the
people of Topeka and Shawnee coun-
ty will be compelled to pay in a larger
sum in taxes this year than ever be-
fore. And Excessively high taxes is
a criticism that is to be heard on all
sides. But can they be so character
lied properly? Certainly not if they
are compared with the taxes in other
localities. And that should be a fair
test. The tax rate for Topeka prop
erty for this year, for instance, is
1904 mills, or $19.04 per $1,000 of as
sessed property valuation. This is
$1.59 more than last year, a no in
considerable increase, it is true. But
the taxes in many other cities
throughout the country of the size
of Topeka or larger, and in a couple
of instances in Kansas, are heavier
than they are in Topeka. And in
some of the larger cities of the coun-
try they are twice as great. Then, too,
in some of smaller counties of Kansas
the taxes run up as high as $500 on
the thousand. The real question for
the people of this locality to determine
is as to whether or not they are get
ting value received for their taxes. If
they are they haven't much complaint
to make. If they are not, they are
being seriously imposed upon. Indeed,
any tax that produces funds which
are wasted or misused is an outrage,
no matter how large or how small it
may be. But the assertion is ventured,
without much fear that it can be sue
cessfully combated, that on the whole
the people of this community are get
ting their moneys worth out of their
taxes and considerably more out of
them than are the people in many
other places
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
Journal Entries

No one has to try very hard to be-
come unpopular.
j. j IL
That there is nothing new under the
sun seems to apply especially to jokes.
u II u
Honesty is about the only policy on
which you don't have to pay pre-
miumS.
- = j.
If people were not so much alike
they probably wouldn't find so much
fault with each other.
j. j. j
1t ought to be discouraging to the
man with a high opinion of himself
that it is not shared by others. But
it seldom if ever is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
HERDINa SONG.

HERDING SONG.
travelling moorland travelling townland,
Travelling mossland long and wide
The herding of God the Shepherd guide
you.
The hush of His feet rustic on by thy
side.
The shrining of Cormac and Colum the
dovelike
Shelter thee nightly in meadows sweet,
The soft-palmed milkmaid at morning to
ease you,
Brigid of the hair and the fair white
feet.
Travelling moorland, travelling townland,
travelling mossland long and wide,
The herding of God the shepherd guide
you
To the field of the fountains where
dreams abide.
Edward O'Brien, in Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

many of whose communities are high
ly efficient, and have instructive unity
founded on experience of its utility,
but none of that conscious altruism
which is without perception of future
benefit to self, and works from sheer
recognition of its own beauty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

At first everything seemed very
queer. The grain room, though it was
really small as grain rooms go, seemed
immense after a summer in the tiny
room in the log, and Mrs. Tommy was
sure they would be lost from each
other.
But a good big meal of fine corn.
eaten in a dark corner behind some
loose boards, did much toward COM
forting her. And when finally a bed
was made under the same boards and
she nestled down to sleep, Mrs. Tom
my remarked happily. Hear that
wind, Tommy? This nice warm barn
isn't half as bad as 1 feared il would
be. think we will enjoy the winter
here" Copyright = Clara Ingram
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

Apparently, Germanys submarine
warfare has broken down. Recent re-
ports from London are to the effect
that German aeroplanes are now sail
ing over the seas and attacking steam
ers with bombs and machine guns.
Maybe these are merely auxiliary ac-
tivities to those of the submarine, but
it is a noticeable fact that the Ger
man submarines have not been very
active of late
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

Being coronated emperor of Japan
is anything but pleasant pursuit, ac-
cording to the Occidental way of
measuring things. Among other
things, it involves he worship of an
cestors for a full sixteen days. On
this side of the globe most folk have
nothing but kicks for their ancestors
because they didn't leave them mil
1iOuaireS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

And the west is as delighted to have
H. U. Nudge back in it's midst again
as president of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, as Mr.. Nudge is
pleased to return to this section. He
served the Rock Island lines faith
fully and efficiently. He put the
property on its feet, from an operating
standpoint. But that has been the
nature of Mr.. Mudge's service wher-
ever he has been placed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY x. MOULTON.

To the Fisherman.
o promise me that some day you will
send
The trout that you have promised
years on end.
I've longed to hear them sizzle in the
pan,
I've kept my faith in you, o fisher
man.
But something seems to tell me I may
wait in vain,
Your oft repeated promises give me
pain.
hope that some day you'll make
good, by gee!
o promise me,
0 promise me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

Won Mackensen's army that is cam
paigning in Serbia is a small one as
armies go in the European war, num-
bering about 10000 men, but it has
the punch in the shape of artillery
that would be about right for an army
of million men. All of which tells
of more German efficiency in the
matter of making war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

A crisis in Greece is now almost an
everyday affair. However, a man who
tried to stand on a fence for a con-
tinued period of months would nat
urally get dizzy and have difficult
time maintaining his balance, and a
nation is undoubtedly the same as a
man in such a respect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

And the Panama-Pacific exposition
at San Francisco VIII also go down
in history as one of the few affairs of
its kind that paid expenses. But the
great show on the coast is going to do
better even than that. 1t has already
made a net profit of close to $780,
600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
A KNOCKERS Club"

"A 1AHOCk0ES SAuO.
We have organized a knockers
Club" each member being requested
to sign the following:
Il believe that nothing is right. I
believe that everything is wrong.
believe that I alone have the right
idea. The town is wrong, the editor
is wrong, the teachers are wrong,
the people are wrong, the things they
are doing are wrong and they are do
ing them in the wrong way anyhow.
1 believe I could fix things if they
would let me. If they don't l will
get a lot of fellows like myself and
we will have a law passed to make
others do things the way WE want
them done.
81 do not believe that the town
ought to grow. 1t is too big now. 1
believe in fighting every public i'm
provement and in spelling everybody's
pleasure. 1 am always to the front
in opposing things and never yet have
1 advanced an idea or supported
movement that would make people
happier or add to the pleasure of
man, woman or child. 1 am opposed
to fun and am happieSt at a funeral.
1 believe in starting reforms that Will
take all the joy out of life. It's
sad world and 1 am glad of it. Amen"
More War.
Come mobilize, We public.
Against the common foe,
And join the deadly warfare
To strike and lay him low;
Prepare your stickum paper,
Take all the force you've got,
And with your trusty weapons,
Swat, swat, swat.
Society at Delhi.
Miss Lucretia Beebe was the host
ess at a social gathering last night
and throughout it all many pleasing
episodes were engendered. 1t was
really a dance, but games were played
also. We do not mean games of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and such were
on the tapis. Art McGill almost start
ed something by trying te kiss Miss
Pansy Peet all the time, when she is
engaged to Whit Whipple, little
piece of news we secured last week
by energetic scouting. Naturally
things were looking rather raw for a
while, but, it being a social affair and
not barroom argument, Art and
Whit just jawed for a few moments
and then the hullabaloo was over. The
cornet band furnished the music and
it was fau1tless, especially in the low
notes. The flute, it seemed, had lost
a key or something. The stroke of IL
was curfew. There was no drunken
ness, much to the credit of the town
boys, who do sometimes booze up if
the truth must be told.--De1hi Bazoo.
Theh Fly
This insect why caInmniate,
He tries to be quite neat So
His face he washes on your plate,
And in your milk his feet.
And though in viIest filth he's born,
Such Clearly ways he hath,
That in your coffee oft at morn,
He'll take a Turkish bath.
The Ronehead Contest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08

How can President Wilson ask for
or expect 'the hearty support of the
country, of the rank and file of Amer
lea, of men of all shades of political
opinion" for his elaborate defense"
plans when a major military establish
ment is so foreign to American ideals,
and so unnecessary as well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
Is PEACE DESIRABLE NOW?

Talk of peace parleys will not down.
Rather definite news comes from
Rome of a conference of the belliger-
ent nations at Berne in the near fu-
ture. And suppose the peace parley
should be held and peace should fol-
low? Europe would undoubtedly con-
tinue as the armed camp that she was
before the war began. but only on a
larger scale. Horrible and cruel
though the war is in all of its details,
it would probably be far better for
the future of Europe and the rest of
the world shat it be fought to some
sort of a definite conclusion. But per-
haps the warning powers have de-
cided that such a thing is impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
AutomobiIe at a Bargain.

John Duncan of Portage, Ind, rode
over to Ramey, in Clearfield county,
in his automobile the other day, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-08
The Bonehead Contest.

My entry for the bonehead cham
pionship is the boob who goes to
ball game on a pass and knocks the
home team.-Louis.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

The infant daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs, Thoraon waa severely sralded
Sunday about the chest and arms Nv
upnrttinR n plate of hot soup. Whie
the little ones injuries are very pain
tui, Il II not thought that they VIII re-
suit in serious consequences.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Local Lodge Directory

STEVENS LODGE No, 10, K. or =.
N.eta syery "Wednesday evening
]. X. Englsah. &. &. Clark Wood
X. Of X. a =.
WESTON LODGE NO. ~. A. Y: y a.
AZ. Meets every second and fourth
SATURDAY. In each month. Richard
Morrison, W. NJ. l.. u. Davis, Sec.
WESTON LODGE NO. o., ]. o. o. +
Meets every Thursday evening. "
A. Ashworth, NJ. q. A. A. KEGS
I.ee. Sec; L. o. DcMoss, Fin. Sec
WESTON CAMP NO. ~, w. o. w
Meets the sirxt and third Saturday.
uf each month. Monroe Turner, "
&, J. i. Beeler. Clerk.
EUREKA ASSEMBLY NO. ~, UN
lted Artisans. Meets the first ant
,hlrd Mondays In each month. Mel
lie Maybee, NJ. A. Frances o. Wood
Secretary.
sTEpHANfE TEMpLE NO. u, Ply
Than Sisters. Meets the second ane
fo,rth Mopdays In each month. Ann,
o'Hsrra, N. Il. {. Alice Y. Price, NJ
of Il. & G.
UYAWATHA REBEKAH LODGE
Ma, Al. Meets the second and fourth
Tuesdays OF each month. Eliza Nor
rlaon, N, q. Zella Gould, SEQ, Lot
tle Brandt, Fin. Sec.
CRESCENT CHAPTER NO. q, 9
E. 8. Meets the second and fourtl
Fridays Of each month. Mary Z
Barnes, w. NJ. Alice T. Price, Sec
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

We have shipment OF dead-cut
yellow hr CASCADE WooD which we
will sell while it lasts at q special price
for cash. Weston Brickyard.
The first basket ball game of the
hirh school series in the local court
will be played here this evening be-
tween Ferndale and Weston.
Walla Walla growers are now re-
fusinp Sl.25 net for club wheat, al
though most of those who still have u
were holding for this figure.
The macadam highway link between
Adams and Athena has now been COM
pleted at a cost OF but little more than
s2ll0 per mile.
Messrs. Hanger and Thompson, lead
| ing Walla Walla merchants, were bus
iness visitors Wednesday to this me-
tropolis.
Mrs. Victor Shick of Walla Walls
Is the guest OF her sister, Mrs. JOSEPH
| Hodgson, at Meadowbrook Farm.
New Quarters are being fitted up II
the Gould building on Main street fo'
the Barnett Economy store.
Mrs. Eta Downer arrived yesterda,
from Portland for visit with hel
brother, 6. DeGraw.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
WHO KNOWS OF A CRIPPLED
CHILD?

County Superintendent !. +. Young
has received an appeal from the Orc
gon Federation OF Women's Clubs
asking him to tell their hospital COM
mittee about any crippled children IN
this county who could be added oy
statewide organization to furnish free
medical treatment OF the most modern
scientific kind in all cases where the
family income Is not sufficient for cS'
pensive consultation with specialists
The Federation. which includes 9
hundred women's clubs In all parts oi
the state, asks anyone who knows OF
little victim of an accident, OF spinal
meningitis, of infantile paralysis. oi
tuberculosis In the bones OF joints, ol
any other Gripping cause, to write
the details OF tho case to Mrs, Milli'
r.. Trumbull, Secretary Child Welfare
Commission. s50m Third Street. Port
land. Oregon.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

J. II. ciodiuR returned Monday
from u pleasant holiday visit to his
brothers home near waitsburs. MI
ciediun continues to Improve IN
health. and regards Il as by no means
a misfortune that he Is unable to III
his clothes with as much piumpncss
M heretofore.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
PERIL OF SCALDED FEET
DETERS HOT LAKE SKATERS

Hot Lake. Orc. Jan. Ito the
Editor:)--A cold weather story. aoso-
lutcly untrue. has been published In
nearly all the leading papers OF the
Northwest. including The Leader. to
the effect that Hot Lake has frozen
over and the guests are skating on u:
| wonder the romancer did not add
that a skater broke through the Ice
and scaIdcd his feet. There is not q
word Of truth in the article.
There Is a small pond near Hot
Lake which freezes over every winter.
but Hot Lake itself has never yet
been affected by the weather. and on
the coldest day this season the steam
from the surface OF the Lake could pe
seen for miles.
VIII you kindly aid me In nuliify-
ing the effect OF such a libel on this
old natural wonder OF the Northwest
@. w. TAPE, Manager.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
LAW DRAFTED FOR
A "DRY" OREGON

,.. a. In, Ao,,,,,.
Headers OF Ihs Na. ~, ~ 90.
less Dc interss'so IN tns ss,,,n. aw
ures OF the oIeson ',,,.,,..,
drafted py me ,es's'h,,.s n.',a 4,
or ono huhurco ~ nv 49,
the forthcoming stss'oh ~ W ~,
lntnre' Ihs o0 IoIess .y"'."n .'. ..-s
" the legislature chankss .ne ne"su..
IN any particular nh ss.",.s -. -
not Dc Euaranteeo' n'e Nv
posed IN" IN hp"ns'
Definition " broad enough 70 m
ciude not only familiar varieties OF
Intoxicating liquors. but Deer po"aerH'
etc.
Anything containing more thhn ono
half of one per cent OF alcohol Intend
ed as a beverage u csfaed as lntos'
icating liquor"
Homo manufacture OF wines ciner
or vinegar permitted--pnt " chnho'
be sold.
Sale OF hacramental "'ne pe'"'''e"
on order Of clergyman.
Drug stores cannot sell whlskey-
even on prescription OF phyrlcian' Ii
censed physicians may administer but
not prescribe.
Taking OF orders forDioaen.
Giving away liquor. when intended
as law evasion. forbidden
Club lockcr-rooms forbidden.
Carrying Intoxicating hpuor ="
dance hall forbidden.
Only original eonsignee may
ceiye liquor from without the state.
No habitual drunkard may import
liquor from without the state
Quantity mat may DC Iees"su =.
any one time from without the state
within four weeks limited TO I'VE gal-
Ions spurious or yinous liquors ana 20
gallons OF malt liquors.
Places where liquors are manufac-
tured. sold. or given away become
common nuisances This section COW
ers motorboats and automobiles when
they are not common carriers.
A search and seizure system s pro-
vided upon a warrant which may De
obtained by any citlzen from proper
authorities.
All intoxicating liquors found IN Vio-
lation OF law declared forfeited.
Appointment Of Assistant Attorney
General to assist the local bistrlct Al
torney at a salary OF not over sSVV
month is provided. but Legislature
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
ODD BITS OF NEWS.
.%<%+++$%<%%%+<4+4+%+$*<+s

seIinsgrove, PA hog owned BY
Mason Hoover became enraged be-
cause a COW ate some OF It's food ana
killed the COW.
HYDE Park, okIa.-wiiliam Rupert
caught a magpie in cimarron. n NJ.
aud made a pet OF 1t. He moved mere.
bringing the bird with him. The oirn
escaped from his cage and new BACK
TO his old home. more than 1000 miles.
II made the trip in less than tnree
days.
Logan. Utah-"oueen Utana" is
claimed by the Utah Agricultural coli
liege TO be the champion long-distance
layer among the hen tribe. During
five years ending November /. 1919
queen Utana" had laid SIS eggs. av-
eraging 81 ounces each. queen
weighs az pounds and during the five
years has produced lo7 pounds OF eggs
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

Mr.. 6oodapcca corpe and Miss
Frances Pearson were united In mar
ringc New Years day at Ei Monte.
california. Tho bridegroom Ia son
Of Or and Mrs. s. l.. corpc and spent
part OF his boyhood at Weston, He Is
now engaged In the automobile susi-
neaa at Ei Monte.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

Representative Weston citizens who
attended the meeting OF the taxpayers
league Monday at pcndleion wcr'
william Mackenzie. J. NJ. BanAter. q
pcGraw. Frank Greer. Joe HodgSor
and X. II. King,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Isolated Tract.
prrpITf. LAND SALE.

Department OF the Interior.
L. S. Land office at La Grande. ore''
November 21st. 1914.
Notice is hereby given that. as di-
rectcd by the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office. Under provisions
OF Act OF Congress approved June q
1906 (Ss Stats. STD. pursuant to the
application OF Herbert Hopkins. OF
weston. Oregon. Serial No. 0leOss. we
will offer at public sale. to the hign-
est bidder, but at not less than sz.oV
per acre, at 10 o'clock a. m, on the
i4th day OF January. 1915. at this Of
flee. the following tract OF land:
NEh NwA. Sec. 22. TIP. n. \,
se East. willamette Meridian. Serial
No. 0110SS.
ANY persons claiming adversely tne
above described land are advised 'e
file their claims. or objections. on oi
before the time designated for sale.
f. C .BRAMwELL. Register.
NOLAN SKIFF. Receiver.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

The annual meeting OF stockholders
of The Farmers Bank of Weston VIII
be held at its. office in the City OF
weston, County of Umatiila. State OF
oregon. on Tuesday. the l2th day OF
January, 1915. at 1889 o'clock In the
afternoon. for the election Of directors
for the ensuing year. and for the trans
action OF such other business as may
nronerly come before the meeting.
Weston. Or, December IL. 1914.
Z. NJ. SMITH. Cashier.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

Panama City, FLA printer found
chunk of ambergris in the bay here
the other day. 1t weighed pounds
ounces and sold for $1,000,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Are You fIesitating7

aa tn whoro you should place that or.
der for grain and feed for your live
atoekY Hesitate no longer. We can
giyc YOU iadubitablr evidence that "
will he ia your great advantage 10
Indrr il with us. the kind of proof that
inaRea Its way h court facts Tor our
i.,st CUSTOMERS will tell you OF the
t,unli,y ef onf goods. Rolled barley,
tIatr a,.d Wheat. Flour. Millatnifs and
Chicken Fecd. Phoii1 No. Zsi'
ID K. WOOD the Feed Man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-16

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