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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29
oLAssIErCArIoN or WIVES

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-G. N. So
There are. three grades of wives, ac-
cording to Ambrose ]. Rose, ninety
one years old, who was just granted a
divorce from wife No. 8.
The grades are pretty good" "just
medium" and mo good at ALL
Here is the way Rose fit the scale
to his own wives:
'My first was pretty good, the
second just medium and the third no
good at ALL
The fourth, he insisted would be
'impossibIe.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29

General cattle market rasge:
Choice steers ......$ $500 5.T5
Medium to good steers =. 5000 $50
Fair to medium steers =. 4.50@ soc
Common to fair steers ;. $3.50 4.5O
Choice cows and heifers 4,50Q soc
Medium to good cows and
heifers .......... 1000 4.5O
Fair to medium cove and
heifers ........~.. 5000 400
Common cows, heifers ). 2.25Q S.25
Gamers ....a. 1850 2.25
Bulls ........... 2.25@ 3.25
Choice feeders ...., 1000 AIS
Fair to good feeders -, $3.50 4.25
Choice dairy calves ..-... 1O.50@11.Oo
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29
lIo2s Weak With
Aat.ie. Sheep Steady

tFrom The oregon Journal)
logs ruled weak at North Portland
Wednesday cattle were nomlnally
e'"ady while sheep We're about hold
ing their own. Receipts for the day
totalcd five loads.
in the hog alleys there was only
a email run Wednesday but the small
orerators appear to have their immed-
late requirements and appear no long
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29
EXEMPT Firemen

Fire from the tub caught on the
outside of the building, but was put
out before any considerable damage
could be done by the volunteer fire
department. Portland Oregonian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29

When the divorce suit Is filed 1t is
strong circumstantial evidence that the
honeymoon has ended.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29

Two swallows don't make one sum
mer, but three or four swallows make
a man think twice before he speaks
too hastily
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29
Finger Prints

Lives of bank clerks oft remind us
If we flee like common crooks,
We should always leave behind us
Finger prints upon the books.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-09-29

1AiiHe iSHt ualFy caves tU.UU " J0.oV
With small run the Wednesday
sheep and lamb trade at North Port
land was about steady with no further
changes noted in prices. Little stock
is bringing the extreme top in any
class
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25

Mayve has for many years been wrestling with the matter OF
selecting right for legislative and fiscal branches Under
present system selecting represent wards by the people
those wards has been hard get who well quail
fled for service the City Council permit their to be used
election and then give their time and abilities to the affairs
of the city after election
The time for eecng city councmen again nearing and again
this trouble will be experienced Several months the Public
Ledger called the attention the people Maysve to the mpor
this office and urged that the good people of the city look
about them find the best possible for the office
We do to dscredt many who members OF City
Council that body has efficient members but there Others who
could called efficient although they probably earnest
scientious and do the best they
Like any Legislative body which large in membership there
good bad members And thinking the of city council
and the method of eectng its members have wondered Com
mission of three five elected by the citizens at large could
and would be of service to the city than council twelve
from ward elected by the citizens Of that ward only On
commission would not be possible to get the highest efficiency
through tire five outstanding of unquesoned integrity
sound business judgment and outstanding civic prdeY
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
TEACHER DEFENDS COURSE
IN WHIPPING BOY PUPIL,

jacksonville, Ky. Professor Cecil
Neisz, held to the grand jury under
$3.50 bond. on a charge Of cruelty
whipping Owen Earl Morgan, II, and
suspended b ythe school board on the
same charge, has issued a public state
ment. He declares that the Morgan
lad, q new pupil, had been insurbor-
dinate, and refused to spell correctly
words which he knew. When he call
ed him up the fourth time, and he still
misspelled two words in the list, Pro-
lessor .Neisz said that he whipped him.
Farther into the list the boy mis-
spelled another word, and he whip
ped him some more, 1t is said. Two
other words caused as many additions
to the whipping, he said, but he con-
tends that the child knew how to spell
all of the words which he misspelled..
Professor Neisz states that former
teachers had had trouble with some of
the students and that physical force
was necessary.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
GOOD FELLOWSHIP TOUR.

The business of Lexington have just returned from Good
Fellowship Tour through the mountains of Eastern Kentucky
ing the people of Lexington better opportunity to become acquant
ed with the people of the mountains As years by there bcom
ing better understanding between the people of the Bluegrass and
the Mountains They people and there distinction
in opportunities furnished the Bluegrass by the coming of railroads
As the railroads penetrate the mountains there coming great
change most noticeable
These GOOD Fellowship Tours of the Lexington business
have of great benefit to the Bluegrass City Last their
tour brought them through Maysv and their visit greatly
oyed by the people Of Maysve well the visiting Lexngonans
and has created different feeling between Myve and Lex
ngton which has resulted much closer relationship between the
two cities
Business Of Maysvile would be follow the lead
Lexington and Good fellowship tours into Southern Ohio well
neghborng counties in Kentucky would uquestonaby bring
closer relationship between the people of Myve and those
tons.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
FRANCE SPEAKS KINDLY.

The Secretary Hughes which sent in identical form
to Britain Italy, France and Japan with few minor atera
tons Japan has been answered by France IN most
kindly and conciaory spirit
While French has admitted that the United
States entitled heard every question concerning aomens
growing the Paris conference and the subsequent meetings Oh
premers France does that the mandates were AWARDED
without due deliberaon without consultation with the United
States
admits that zap given Japan though Pres
dent Wilson Mr. Lansing expressly and categorcay reserved
that question decision LATER and that Maxine OF Japan beng
present raised no objection
France says that while complete reply cannot be made the
United States until after consultation with the other interested row.
es shall policy France strive for adjustment OF the
entire matter which will prove satisfactory to the American govern
ment
There is little doubt that the other European Powers will follow
the example French that Japan will find to her advan
age and reconsider the mandate over zap
There is potent argument the hands Of Great Britain with
which she persuade Japan to this OF the question me
Angoapanee Alliance yet be arranged The old treaty has
expired special understanding existence for year
after that agreement must be negotiated without
the friendship cooperation the British empire Japan would be
isolated completely
The Harding administration knows what American interests
qure goes straight the point and has irresistible power behind
in addition to the moral force of just
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
AN INDEPENDENT DECLARATION

President Harding thoroughly exploded the sophsy of
mo separate plea of the proeague 1t has been asserted
that would be dhonorab for the United States to make
arate peace with Germany That might have been while
certainly true of the which Russia
But the dhonor would have deserving our
socates in the midst Of and leaving them disadvantage
There possibility of America making separate peace
the allies have already arrived both actual technical peace
with Germany They made separate peace far
eeed By adopting resolution declaring that peace exists
United States does injury direct of indirect the Allies We
merely join the nations that peace with Germany though
do not intend to agree all the terms of peace
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
WYOMING RED TAKEN BACK
TO FINISH VIRGINIA TERN,

Covington, Ky. Robert Harris,
alias Wyoming Red, 35, who recent
ly was held in Coving police court for
grand jury action on a charge of rob-
berry, was placed in charge Of f. j.
Hartman. sheriff of Taswell county. Va.
Harris was said to have escapeh from
the Taswell county Jail, where he was
under sentence Of fifteen years for
robbery. Harris admitted to Covington
police that he robbed two residence
here
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH OF
MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMAN.

Mt Sterling, KY, April 20. - Will
liam Sanders, farmer, accidentally
shot and killed his wife near this city
Friday.
Mrs. Sanders called to her husband
to shoot hawks which were after her
chickens. He obtained a shotgun and
started through the door, with the gun
on his shoulder.
His wife followed him. The gun
struck the door and was accidentally
discharged the charge striking the
woman in the side, causing instant
death.
Five young children are left mother
less. The woman was As years of age.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
SALVATION ARMY
UNDERTAKES BIG
THINGS FOR HUMANITY
sixteen Branches Of Work Are Under.
taken BY salvation Army's
Organization.

MANY persons believe that the
work OF the Salvation Army Is limited
to street corner evangelical meetings"
says Brigadier Herbert Roberts, Of
Cincinnati, Divisional Commander of
the Army for Western Ohio and Ken
lucky. "They are all wrong. This Is
/ but one OF the sixteen major activities
OF the organization. The sixteen
branches of our wark are:
~. Relief Of the poor, where prac-
tical assistance is etended to those
who drift into poverty. 2. Rescue
Homes and Maternity Hospitals - To
shield and care for the girl whose in
nocence has been betrayed, give her
fresh start on the right road, and
keep her and her baby together. 8.
Young Womens Boarding Homes in
which girls Of small incomes may OBJ
tain good food and clean, attractive
quarters of American plan price with
In their reach. L. Industrial Homes
Where men who have become derelicts
are restored to the wage-earning class.
5. Working Mems Hotels--where
poor man may find clean bed at nom
inal price amid surroundings that
make for his moral and spiritual re-
generation. 6. Fresh Air Camps -
which give outings to poor mothers
and children Of the crowded cities. 7.
Christmas Dinners provided for
poor families and needy individuals. 8.
Free Employment Bureaus - to OBJ
tain jobs for the "schronically" I'M
employed. Q. Prison Work caring
for the families of prisoners and re-
storing the former convict to respect
able society. 10. Juvenile Industrial
and Agricultural Schools - where de-
linquent boys and girls are developed
into physically and morally sound cit
liens and where orphans are reared
and educated. II. Boys Friend Blu
reau - to care for the lad without
funds or friend who would be thrown,
otherwise, upon his own resources in
a strange community. IL. Missing
Friends Bureau bureau which
specializes in search for persons. -
sons, daughters, wives, and other rela
tives, in any part of the civilized
world. 10. Anti-Sucide Bureaus -
which have met with marked success
in preventing self-destruction. Il.
Work Among Service Men - Contin-
uance of the well-known war record
Of the Salvation Army among those
men still in uniform. Is. Field and
Work preaching the
Gospel in language suited to the
simplest of men, with its practical ap- !
a recruiting and reclaiminT
agency for all churches. IS. Elmer
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
KEY CAUSED MYSTERIAUS
LEAK AT SERVICE STATION

Mayfield, Ky.-7Warrants have been
issued for several young men who are
charged with baking taken gasoline
from the firm of MILFORD and Motif
at Sedalia. For several months this
firm had been confronted with the
mystery of smaller receipts than ex-
penditures from gasoline, and with no
leak in the tank. A watch was set and
some youths were seen to drive up,
unlock the tank, and will their ma
chimes. 1t is charged that duplicate
keys were held by other autoists Of
the county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
BOAST FOLLOWED BY BLOW
AND BULLET IN MADISON

Richmond, Ky. A boast that he
could whip any man present in Ruck-
er's store, near Bobtown, is said tc
have cause the killing of Finis Lovett
After making the statement, witnesses
say that Lovett knocked down Claud
Spurlock. Spurlock then drew his re-
volver and killed Lovett instantly, II
is charged. Spurlock mounted mule
and is said to have ridden toward Clay
county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25

gency Department rlief branch
available for immediate service in the
eve Of disaster.
1.-THE Salvation Army through its
1921 Home Service Program is now
planning to extend its service from the
cities to the rural districts. Advisory
boards are being formed in every COM
munity to accompls hthis end"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
30 On Savings
STATE NATIONAL BANK
We sell First Mortgage Bonds taken
on Conservative Values.
The STATE TRUST COMPANY
ONLY HALF MILLION CAN
BE LOANED IN DAyIESS

Owensboro, Ky. = F. X. Mosley,
secretary of the Daviess county Farm
Loain Association, returned from
Louisville where he had been in an
effort to get additional application
blanks from the federal farm loan
bank for Daviess county. Only fif-
teen blanks, totaling $4,000, were
sent to Daviess county, and they were
taken Monday. Mr.. Mosley sad, $780,
900 could be placed in this county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25
GUARD PLACED AROUND
LETCHER COUNTY JAIL.

Whltesburg, Ky. believing the
Letcher county Jail is unsafe Judge
Roscoe Hanover ordered that strong
guard be placed around 1t. Several
escapes have been mada the last year,
one few days ago.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-25

Algeria, Frances most important
colony, has a greater area than the
mother country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22

the easy flow Of his tor her) verse.
sends us good lm'ricky dialogue be-
tween himself (though we suspect It's
q hcrself) and the lim'ri editor.
THE NUT
MY lines are erratic, know.
And not always quite apropos.
Hut then, don't you sec,
They seem funny to me
I think they are Hawless-just so."
THE EDITOR
Your lines are erratic and--gec!
Their point is SO darned hard to see !!
Their grammar's go wild,
To be truthful, my child,
They seem lawless, not fawless, to
Inc.
THE NUT
'Ob Eddy, don't be 30 unkind.
With distress you are filling my mind !!
When my Pegasus flies
Through the metrical skies
by mere grammar he can't be con-
fined
THE EDITOR
II think It's high time, you'll conccde,
You restrained your pranciferous
stecd
With n bride, quito neat,
And good shoes for his feet
And n check rein in case there is
need"
THE NUT
please, Eddy, don't mention such
: things
As checking the flight of his wings!
It pains me. for the
Only check can see
Is a rain check which JOY never
brings
From l.. II. P.--''As you are ven =
cradle baldhead and I am toothless
and also baldheaded. l feel perfectly
all right to say that you are won
derful for placing one of my last line.
before the jury. We were almost. but
as though I had been awarded ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS. l have beer
sending in dozen-sometimes more
lines every night since two days be.
fore Christmas, and this was the first
one approved by you. Very naturall,
I am encouraged TO try harder thar
ever now. I surely am enjoying my
evenings with these last lines. ] an
sorry though that you must be tor.
turcd with the results Of my evening
work. However, ! have a nice little
switch which | will donate to you q,
part payment II you could use it tc
have n toupee made for your pool
head. ! very sincerely thank you fol-
the compliment you paid me by sub
mitting my last line TO the jury"
I'VE appreciate your appreciation
but We must decline the switch you ~
generously offer. The bald spot ha
grown beyond the limits of mcr,
toupee. Did you see the wig that Bea,
Nash wore in Monsieur Beaucaire"'
Nothing less than that would be ever
! deccntly modest for u.s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22
NEW YORK CONQUERED
SNOW BY MACHINERY
New Apparatus Did Quick Work
Aualnst Blockade

New York, Feb. 22.-Ouick work was
the order in the lifting of the snow
blockade in this city. Long before
nightfall yesterday all important streets
were opened to traffic and all transit
lines were in operation except a few
surface lines in Brooklyn.
Even Staten Island. which suffers
most heavily of all the boroughs in
storms, had pipped its shell of snow and
travel had been resumed generally on
steam and surface lines.
Apparatus costing more than 80. d.
100000 has been used for the first time
on this snow" John y. Leo, street
cleaning commissioner said. 'and in
my opinion, 1t has paid for itself al.
ready. If this had not been used the
private waste and loss to the business Of
New York due to obstructcd streets,
would have amounted to $40. .00O. .OOO.
Snow. is going. to be rought largely by
machinery in the future
The city had 10000 employees attack.
ing the snow banks during the day.
There were 1871 vehicles at work, both
cutting the snow from the streets and
carting 1t to dumps into the rivers and
into sewer manholes.
One hundred and eighty six big mo-
tor driven plows. the "St. Bcrnards." "
played a big part in digging out the
city. More than 300 snowcutting blades
were attached to trucks and other mo.
tor driven vehicles.
Another big snow fighting engine
which received a tryout was a snow
harvester motor driven monster.
that swallowed up snowbanks near the
Municipal Building. This machinl
bites into the snow with steel jaws six
feet wide. The snow backs into belt
conyeyor which carries 1t far to the rear
and drops 1t on auto trucks. 1t cuts
throug h six foot snow heaps and loads
truck every two minutes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22
NUT NOT TB|GAMISI.,
SAYSACCUSEDMANj
Also Denies Breaking Law, as
Bogus Parson Performed
Marriage to Wife No. ?
IS HELD UNDER BAIL

littjo r,i,n =.
dresses ;s rasnu,, ~ forwarding ad-
orro.t ~ w,se wo,,sn n To-Day for the
ne = h,oa,r;ss mcNeiil, OF Boston,
,irs Ca athar;,. NM,
morning heforn >tacili >tNeili testified this
Centrni statinn thnt s,s.rate ,s larson in
Ceh'tsi a .s o,sluon Wis mat she IN Wife No. 9
su sa tun. "ne NO. lives In Dorches.
''r Massi .si.,
~ Wouiu appear McNeill and Mrs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22
AGREE
ON IMMIGRATION
House and Senate Decide to
Limit Influx OF Aliens for
Eighteen Months
GROWING TAX DENOUNCED
by the Associated Press


Washington. Feb. 22.--Scnate and
House conferees agreed today on the
Senate bill limiting immigration Of
aliens during the next fifteen months to
3 per cent Of the number IN the United
States at the time the 1910 census was
taken.
The drift toward Capitalization Of
government with the steadily growing
tax on the people was denounced In the
House today by Representative Camp
bell, Republican, Kansas, who was
designated to deliver the Washington
Birthday address. =
The Kansas representative declared
1t would be difficult to cnumeratc all
Of the departments, bureaus and COM
time TO exercise bureaucratic authority
and patcrnai guardianship over the
people" ,
There Is no activity, business social
or domestic condition that IL not the
object of their supervision, their solici-
tude or their authority he said. Over
SOC, 900 civilian employees make up the
army that oversees and directs the
affairs of the people and assumes
guardianship over them. Government
agents and inspectors go merrily on.
Government control Is the remedy for
every III. and government regulation the
source Of every good.
''The people pay all the expenses Of
this complicated machinery Of govern
ment that has it's agents looking over
the shoulders Of every business man and
directing the affairs Of every citizen.
'.T'hta usn pf ypyprumppt ig not vith
out deplorable precedent. The disap-
pointmcnt and despair of the people of
France growing out of the delay in the
Inauguration Of the millennium BY the
activities OF the government at Paris
led to the French revolution"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22
CALM IN THEATRE FIRE
Patron Informs Usher Of Blaze and
Thror . Quietly Leaves

Providence, X. l., Feb. 22,--Citi-
zens of Westerly are see king the
identity o. person whose cool
hcadednesN undoubtedly prevented losa
Of life among the 400 patrons of the
Lyric theatre in that town during
fire which cpused damage to the extent
of $50, ,NO last night.
A motion picture show was In pro
gress in the theatre OH tho second floor
Of the building when the unidentified
patron saw u tongue Of fame appear
through the floor between his feet. He
quietly arose and made his way TO the
head usher, whoN he informed. The
usher then turned on all the lights and
told the audience il was necessary to
vacate the theatre quietly and at once.
One of the two exits wns n narrow
fire escape which ovcrhrng the Pow
catuck river and down this many
passed In safety. Hardly had the last
patron left when the flames broke
through the floor In several places.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22
WILLIAM F. M'COMBS
DIES OF HEART DISEASE
Lawyer and Politician Who Gained
Prominence In Wilson's First

New York, Feb. 22.-(By A. P(-
William +. McCombs, former chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittce, died at Greenwich. Conn, at
: 10 o'clock today of heart disease. it
was ANNOUNCED here today by Frederick
X. Ryan, his business partner.
Known as a brilliant lawyer and sue
cessful politician In New York city.
William i. McCombs received his first
experience in national politics when he
became campaign manager for Woodrow
Wilson In 1912. Later he became chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittcc and declined the post Of ambas-
sndor to France offered him by President
Wilson after his election.
Born Of southern parentage at Ham
burg. Ark. December 20. 1870. he he
ceived an elementary education at Webb
School in Tennessee, and later was
graduated from Princeton University.
lie studied law at Harvard University
and entered the profession In 1901.
While still q clerk in New York law
Office he handled suit involving SO
OOO, 900 in railroad securities and re-
ceivcd recognition which forecast his
highly successful career.
Prior to his appointment as cam
raign manager to WOODROW W lIsOn III
10l1 he served on the tariff revision
committee of the National Democratic
Club. He was appointed a trustee of
the City College Of New York by the
late Mayor William J. Gaynor and
acted az counsel for William ii. Ed
wards during the time he served as COM
missioner of the street cleaning depart
ment in New York city. lie successfully
prosecuted number of snow removal
fraud cases.
In 1912 he was elected chairman OF
the Democratic National Committee
following the nomination OF Wilson at
Baltimore.
lie was n member of the American
and New York State Bar Associations,
the Association of the Bar Of the City
OF New York. the Southern Society and
numerous clubs in New York and Wash
ington.
In 1919 he married Dorothy Viii
liams, daughter Of Colonel John Il.
Williams. Of the United States army
in London. They were divorced In 1916
For many years he made his home at the
Vanderbilt Hotel In New York city.