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JIXV 84, 1010. crook covmr jocknai, fag I ,,- MKKKY NWIMMINO I'AHTV '; Nln couple of you in people with Mr. mid Mr. Wlllard Wins at chap Iron had fin time at the "old .awlmmln' hole" at tha Stewart dum inat night with awlmmliig party at all to eight with picnic supper b aide big bnnflra on the beacb to cloa tha event, w. a. a. Y OM.ill AM) JAP OKT IS ItlUHT w v . ' Without duetion Omar Wilson la tha moat popular "kid" In town an tar aa tha awlniinlnit fiinilnlly la con cerned. Omar sprang Into promin ence without warning and it all viuie aliout In thla way: These warm, ye hot daya hava taken Diany of tbti young "aproula" (and a few older ahoota) to tha balmy beach at the. "little" dam and Omar, with a heart tha alto of a bushel liii)kt, very ran auunly donated hla portable toot house for tha use of tha ladies aa a 1 bath bound. Jap Ireland wllb a heart bordering on tha aim of Omar'a to gether with "flock" of willing belp ra, transported tha very much ap preciated donation to tha scene of ai tlvltln. Snrlnualy the young bullet ar very much pleated with the gen erous aplrlt ahown by tho who do nated material, aorrlcc etc., n or der that swimming might ba made rul pleasure. -w. i. a. TOMMY MAKES AN APOLOGY ANSWER TO OLD CONUNDRUM At Laat 'la Kxplanatlan Made aa to "Why Dot a Han Crete tha Hoadr Now that a aavant hee given erlon thought to lh behavior and motive of a hen crossing a road, an ancleift conundrum, one of ibe heat known In the world, receive plausible solution. Whoever hat closely observed a ban must have noticed that her eye are to pled that she looka oh both side but doe not look straight ah'ad, Her left eye, for example, awn an tip proai'hlng auloinolille, and her quirk (IwInIoii la to run away from It Hut aha cannot take her rye off the flan gcroua object. Instead fleeing to the right, which would take her off the road, he run to th left, constantly watching the automobile, and an crosses the road directly In front of It. The aavant approaches the conundrum from a point of view different from that of the wag Jo Miller, who la aald to have luvented It, but the conclusion aeeina to be much the aume. The ben wishes to ern the road, although It might be added that ber dealre tie penda very much on tier way of look ing at thing, Christian Science Monitor. "NOTHING DO IN 3" IN COTTON Hit Werk of Art Wat Not Appre- ' elated and He Indtavora te tt Mattera Right The New York Tlinea la reponl tie for the following) . Dear Teacher : My mother anya I biiffto appolloglaa for droren your plckchure on the bored aa If you wit an oiled made with carle and a long wlaaker on your chin witch you could not hellp or me neether. It waa meen thing to doo and I am aorry I dlrid It but I could not belp It hrecaw you tofd thure look lug bo uncherl with the rtirta and the wlssker aud all and Jenny Aiue dared me to doo I) at receae. I doo not blume you for wlpnen Die becawa tt looked to mutch like you you had a purfoek rite to be mud. If 1 waa you I would be mad too. ' My mother any nobody la ao aeon altlve about her look aa a ludy teach er tapeehuty If tile I a let tie oiled but thla waa not to go In the letter, If you only underatood what I In Ide of hoy lieu dn nuiken them be InlHChefuwi you would be aorry for them for It la not exiu-kly their fault. I know you feel worse nlHiut It thiitl I do becawa my wlppln doe not hin t now but a plckchure doe on forcever. TeBcluir have a hnrd erniilT time goodness know without belli abode bow they look with a whonl m-biHil to luff at. Koiiietliiiea If you do not cure I will drore you on the bored looken swete j ml yung and put your niune under ao i everybody will know who It la and o no more for the present fruum your i troo friend and akoller. I Cattle Carrlga-Hoolty. . On the weat count of Ireland atand CHMile bearing the enphonloua name of Carrlga-Hoofcy. Several cenlurlea ago tbl waa the fuvorlte caatle of Ore re O'Mulley, an Irlwh amaxon, who took unto herself the title of queen, and ruled over eeveral countlea In a fnhlon not at alt In accordance with alxteenth century Ideula of femininity. Home rule In Ireland waa demanded veti In Ibime daya. When Queen Eliza beth offered to iiinke the Irish mitld a ronnteaa, history reports that ahe an awered proudly, "I conrdiler myaelf a great a queen a your majesty." On ber voyage from the English court to her mountain domain, Queen Urace atopped at Huwtb caatle, and being but coldly received by the lord, ahe proceeded to teach him hospitality by abducting hla eon and heir, return lug the child only on the promiae that the gatea ofllmvth caatle were to awing open alway nt the dlnlbg hour. Kitchen Malda ef Sultan ef Mereec Entitled te Ntther Oarmtnt .. of Exptntive Stuff. The aultan of Morocco waa alwaya an abaoiule monarch, and In that cu lm city the reveniiea of the country were hla. There had never been any dlatlnctlon between public fund and private fundi all belonged to tha aul tan. It waa therefore no eaiy taak J to arrive at an agreement aa to which were atnte and which private debt, ao Inextricably mixed had they been In the pant. There wo, for limtunce, hill for aome hundred of yarda of very expenNlve and very flue crlinaon cloth. Naturally the protectorate au thorised acheduled thi among the pri vate debt. The miltairprotexted. The cloth, he mild, had been purchaxed for governmental purpoe lu fact (for the troucr-of the Imperial kitchen maid; for there are aeveral hundred alave-women employed In preparing the palace food. The protectorate govern ment refuaed to be reaponalbla for thla debt. The ei-eultan drew np historical treatlae to prove that Im perial kitchen maid were part and parcel of the ttate, and panned, like the polace Itaelf, from aultan to aul tan. -The principle waa accepted, but the debt waa dlxallowed on the ground that the good ladlea did not require auch expenalve Bluff for their nether garment. A cottou malerlal'they ar gued, woold have equally well served the purpowe. The ultan'a reply, wa unatiNwerable and cniKhlng. "In Eu rope," he ahld, "It may be the cuatom for the Imperial kitchen maid to wear cotton trouaer, but In Morocco we have more appreciation of the dignity of their position." There waa nothing nore to be said. The debt wa paid by the protectorate government' From "The Liquidation of a Sultanote," by W. B. Harrl. In "Ala" magaxlne. "D'y Kn John Peeir , "Soine Kong are Itniiiortnl, und 'D'ye Ken John I'eetT' la one of them. The llltlni; tune of It wa Infectlou on the field of Kriince. and ninny a lii'ltlsb aoldler learned the word, too, for the first time. The history of the Bong, about which there huve been many ex cited argument, can now be definitely aettli-il, for at Soth.'liy'a, recently, the original iiiniiUHCiiita of John Wood cwk Cinive' word,.Biid if William Metcalfe, the Carlisle cathedral alng er'a musk, were offered for tale," )' the London Telegraph. "'I decline that J never thoiilit my aelf more than a hedgerow rhymer till I was culled out as the author of "John I'eel," Grave ciild. A BIG SNAP 1300 Acre Stock Ranch, and Cattle for Sale With Full Ranch Equipment 210 Acre In Cultivation. 140 Acre Irrigated mostly In Alfalfa. Half mile to Shipping Point. $46,000 Cash Down will handle. EASY TERMS ON BALANCE. Address Owner C. J. PR1NEV1LLE, JOIINSQN (Crook Co.) OREGON FOLLOWED PATHS OF PEACE Aborlginea ef Ttxaa Unlike the Fierce Trlbet of Other Section of , . the Country. 1 Stone Implement found In ancient workshop In Texas, antedating French, Spanish or American settlers, prove thut the orlgluul eettler of this state were not like the fierce tribe encountered In modern time by the white aettler. Little la known about the altorlglnal population of Texas, which lie be tween the 1'uehlo anil mound builders' area, but Dr. J. Walter Fewke. chief of the American bureau of ethnology, aided by Professor I'ence of the Uni versity of Texas, huve located aome long-forgotten village sltea. Their in vestigations lend to the belief thut the original people of the middle purt of the state were hunters, while those of the eastern part luur the timber belt were followers of agricultural pur suit aud were skilled In the manufac ture of pottery. They resembled Un wound builders. The western purt of the atnte wa a more elevated and less arid plutetiu. Here the people re embled the I'ueldos of New Mexico. Some of the tribes are reported to have been cannibals. In the opening of the eighteenth century Apaches, ComnncheN and other savage tribes roamed over Texas, following the buf falo, or raiding across It Into Mexico. There seeiug to have been constant hostility with these Indians, in which many auiuller tribes were exterminated. Franklin' Discovery." On June 15, 1732, Kenjamlu Frank lin "discovered" electricity by deraon atratlng hla theory that lightning and electricity wc Identical. Choosing a sultry day, when menacing clouds showed that a thunder storm was Im minent, Franklin sent up a kite of silk on a framework of Iron wire. The cord was of hemp with a piece of silk at the hand end, and above the si'k waa attached an Iron key. When the storm broke the string stiffened and sparks darted from the key. Agut'i and again Franklin drew the spark from the iron, and thus demonstra ted his theory. I-U.'S. H arness We still have a few set of these harness left which we are selling at the same prices i ' BREECHING HARNESS, $63.00 LEAD HARNESS, $54;00 We have sold over fifty set of these harness in Crook County this Spring, and if you want a set, you had better buy soon, as they are going fast, R. S. DIXON R. L. SCHEE WHY SOCKS HAVE "CLOCKS" Thty Wtrt Originally Mad, It I Aa j erted, to Hold the Etam j In Hsalery. 1 1 Tt I surprising how much of the pnt till remains, more esMclally In regard , to the clothe w wear. On the bark of most gloves will be found three thin atrip. These mark corr.sHind 1 to the fourchette piece between the finger. In earlier time gloves were not mnde ao rteatly aa they are today, and the atltching of the flngera wa carried down part of the way on to the buck of the glove, braid being used to conceal the Beam. To a practically similar reason doe the clock on a sock owe It origin, y lmdon Answer. In the dv when locking were mude of cloth the seam occurred where the clock are . now displayed, the decoration being utilized to hide the eam. The little bow which will Invarisbl ' be found In the leather band inside ' a man hat la survival of the time ' when a hat wa made hv mklnir ' piece of leather, boring two hole mrougn it ana arawtug it together with piece of string. Handkerchief were not alway square. At one time they were shaped to the user'a fancy. It chanced that i this Irregularity displeased Queen Ma- ! rle Antoinette, who suggested one win ter evening at Veraalllea that a uni form shape would be an Indication of j good taste. The result wa a decree j by Louta XVI, Issued In the early daya of 178.1. enacting that all pocket hand kerchief should have right-angled edge henceforward. IN HEART OF MOORISH CITIES if Houtta te Which Few Visitor Pene trate Are Frequently Luxuriout . In Their Appointment. Through the Burrow lane of Moon. Ish cities the water girder, who ba filled hla goat-skina at the nearest fountain, piles hi trade from bouse to house. The town of Morocco doe not extend open, smiling arm to the stran ger. The house present cold, forbid ding front. The winding, Irregular streets twist and turn In a bewildering fushion, and the low arches, often link ing house with house, convert the streets Into a series of high-walled, semlopen courtyards, still more con futing to the uninitiated. But If one 1 privileged to enter through the mas sive gate formidably re-enforced with heavy Iron bands und heavily bolted, one may step Into courtyards Inlaid with mosaics and ornamented with laced arabesques, surrounded with arched pussageways, richly carved and covered with luxuriant bunging; Into a melancholy garden (lugged with an cient white atone, where a marble fountain play softly and great or ange trees are outlined voluptuously against the 'white walla and the un clouded sky". Who knows how many wistful burem ladles have languished there, what fantastic tragedies have been spun on curiously fatalistic silken threads? From "Through the Gatea of the Moghreb," by Elsie F. Well. In Asia Magazine. Firestone Tires , FIRESTONE baa produced a new ; Standard Over-HIze Cord Tire. Thla new Over-Size Cord Tire glvea remar : kable added value over former Cord Tire construction. It has thicker tread. It baa a new tread dealgn which pre sents a greater area of road contact and glvea greater protection against akldding. It baa' a greater number of cord, and the increased volume of rubber ar ound these cords glvea greater resil iency and emphasize these feature. Its flexible action glvea greater pro tection to car mechanism, prolongs life and cut down repair. . , Don't fail to see the new 30x34 Cord, it baa been giving wonderful result. Lakin Hardware "WHERE IT PATS TO THADV Sport In Haiti. "Boosters that crow night and day and have no sense of proportion at all," la the way William Almon Wolff de scribes Haiti's only fowVof any Im portance, In an article in Colliers. In addition be accuses them of not being educated, "like the mass of the popu lation," and of being Ignorant of the fact "that a cock's business is to let an unobservant world which wouldn't notice the phenomenon Itself, know that the sun ha risen". "When It Cornea to cock fighting In Haiti," Mr. Wolff writes, "the rooster play a very Important role. Sunday afternoon la the great time for that," he says, "and all day Sunday you may see sporting Haitians going about with a gamecock or two under their arms. There are two rings In Port au Prince; thousands of men gather there every Sunday af ternoon and bet on their favorites. Haitian cockflghtlng Is not a very bru tal affair; the birds aren't spurred. It Is the custom for the owner of the los ing rooster to cry quits before much damage Is done." Human Frailties. Our structure, both externnl and In j ternul. Is full of Imperfection; yet I there Is nothing In nature but what Is i of use, not even Inutility Itself. ! There Is nothing In this universe which has not some proper place It It, Our being Is cemented with certain mean qualities; ambition. Jealousy, envy, revenge, superstition, despair, have ao natural a lodgment In us that the Image of them Is discerned In the I brute beasts ; nay cruelty Itself, a vice j so much out of nature ; for even In I the midst of compassion we feel within us an unaccountuble bitter-sweet tltll lation of Ill-natured pleasure In seeing another puffer ; and even children are sensible of It. -Montaigne, A REAL 1 PROBLEM To show good Shoes that look neat arid wear well at a big price is not i: difficult. ' The REAL' PROBLEM is to sell j high grade shoes at moderate prices. We Jiave solved this problem for you. ; ; All Leather Shoes in all styles for men i: women and children.' '' J. E STEWART ii & COMPANY i New Books A fine selection of popular copyrights and reprints by noted authors. Included In the list are: "Dangerous Days" M. R. RinehartH "The Young Diana" Marie CorelU. "Venus in the East" Wallace Irwin. "The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land" Ralph Conor "The Valley of the Giants" Peter B. Kyne. Splendid Books for Vacation Reading . Did More Than Come Back. Jrine's mamma left Jane home alone for a few moments while she ran around to the store. Before going she told Jane that she positively must not let the cat in before she returned. Jane assured her mother that she would do as she was told and not let him In. Ten minutes later June's mamma re turned and Jane sat where she left ber, petting the cat "Jane," snld mamma, "I think I told yon not to let kitty In until I cum back." "You did, mamma," replied Jane, "'n' I didn't let him In. He opened the door hlssuif and walked in." D. P. ADAMSON & COMPANY DRUGGISTS A Classified Ad Brings Quick Results