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FANCY VOILES Reduced J U *T THINK O F I T Right in the middle o f the season for summer fabrics, we have a reduced price o f 39c yard on all F A N C Y VO ILES Every Pattern a Desirabe one, every Design a Correct one, 36 inches wide. 39c Yard Sadler & Kraus TH E BEST FOR THE PRICE If you have anything to be hauled. If you have anything to be shipped, If you have anything to be transferred to or from Portland, Call E. M. HURST Aurora Telephone 615 Portland Telephone Broadway 7660 Portland Office: 73 Front Street Baggage at Dock or Depot in Portiand carefully looked after. RATES REASONABLE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED H. G. ZIEGLER DEALER IN Grain, Pototoes, Hay and Feed SEED AND RE-CLEANING OUR SPECIALTY ALL KINDS OF TRUCKING DONE IN CON NECTION W ITH W AREHOUSE. AURORA, - - - OREGON A U R O R A M EAT M ARKET An Up-to-date Sanitary Meat Market that handles every thing b e s t i n m e a t s fresh and cured. Experiments Show How Octopus Secures Prej immense Belt of Air Surrounds the Earth Experiments have been made in a specially devised tank, in order to tesi the truth of many stories told of octopl attacking human beings and dragging them to the sea bottom. In the tank with the octopus experi mented with there was placed a “ dum my” of the same specific gravity as a man, and this was baited with a crab Attracted by this tempting morsel, the octopus made for the figure, seized It in its powerful tentacles, and tried to drag it under water, bui without success. It then went to one side of the tank and, holding onto the edge of the glass with some of its arms, it dragged its prey beneath the surface and crushed the crab shell with its powerful jaws. It is believed that these experi ments afford proof that the octopus can drag its victims far below' the surface of the water only near rocks to which It can attach its “suckers." There is one spot in the Bay of Naples where these creatures attain a large size, and now and then a fisherman is reported missing. It is thought that touch disappearances are due to the [unfortunate man’s being caught by the Beg by a concealed octopus and dragged under water. In the case of ¡such a repulsive and powerful erea- iture as the octopus, it is difficult to 'separate fact from fiction. Man devotes a lot of attention to; the air these days. Now that radio concerts are drifting through the air for twenty-four hours a day and modern Mageilans are circumnavigat ing the globe In flying machines, the air has achieved an Importance never accorded It In the days when it was employed almost exclusively for breathing purposes. And in view of the new fame It has achieved, it is a coincidence that science has dis covered that apparently more air sur rounds the earth than ever before was suspected. A short time ago the Abbe Moreaux, noted French astronomer, announced that scientific tests seemed to indicate that the atmosphere extended about 540 miles beyond the earth’s surface. This is more than five times as far as science previously had estimated the atmosphere’s height. The apparent existence of this un known atmosphere layer was deter mined by ingenious observations of the aurora borealis. Simultaneous exposure of more than six hundred photographs from different points and subsequent mathematical calculation Indicated that the aurora extended its electrical manifestations 540 miles aboVe the earth. It was assumed that these phenomena could not display them selves in empty space, and itrwas con cluded in consequence that there must be some sort of atmosphere 540 miles or more away.—Popular Science Monthly. Victory Achieved in Keeping Soul Young Byron reminds us that “ time writes no wrinkles on the azure brow o f the pcean,” but can we say that there is ¡any other brow anywhere upon vfhich ¡he does not place his tell-tale marks? ,We look into the glass with a Close [scrutiny some day and the face that ¡greets us there shows unmistakable Signs of his passing. I And yet we wonder if It is quite ;right to blame all that we see in the .glass on Time, when we think of the needless worry and fret with which we crowd our lives. But the brow of a man’s soul—is It not possible to keep It free from the furrows and scars and wrinkles that are left elsewhere? Even if we have to allow that the ¡weight of the years and the. years' cares and responsibilities and disap pointments must bend down the frame a little, and take from the step some-, thing of Its elasticity, might we not hope that the soul would be able to keep young and fresh and buoyant through all the years? If we could manage to keep the soul young, why need we care what else may happen? If we could learn the secret of how that could be done would it not be one of the finest les sons we had learned, all our life through?—Exchange. ... HARVEST SEASON Gates Have History A pair of wooden gates which stood in front of the palace of beauty at the British Empire exhibition are copies of the sacred gates of the Te heran mosque and have a most roman tic and tragic history. They were made by a poor Persian wood-carver, who defied the decrees that they were not to be copied. Each day he made a pilgrimage to the mosque, commit ted some detail to memory, and then went home and wrought it in the, wood. But his . visits caused suspi cion to fall upon him, he was watched, his secret discovered, and, on the com pletion of his task, he was found murdered, and his work disappeared. Presently the gates came into the hands of Persian dealers, who sold them at a sacrifice rather than keep them, and at length they were recog nized in a small London curio shop, and became one of Wembley’s multi tude of attractions. W URSTER BROS. Aurora, Oregon SUMMER DAYS remind the house wife that she needs an Ocean Temperature Oil Cook Stove A Florence Automatic will keep her Temper and the Fuel Bill within reason. Hardware G . A . EHLEN IT WMGMSSTOt Implemento The surface water of the ocean varies in temperature with the lati tude. The hottest water, about 80 degrees, Is at the equator, and the cold est- at the poles. At a depth of 700 feet, however, the ocean, even in the tropics, Is extremely cold. This icy water has drifted down from the poles, spreading its chilling effect over the entire sea. In the lowest depths the temperature is very close to .the freez ing point. There is no danger t'mt the ocean will ever freeze, because the water is in perpetual motion through waves, tides and currents, and also be cause the warm water at the equator keeps the general temperature from dropping too low. **Curfew” in America BOTTLE FEEDING w ill be Bticeessful If Detwoa. the milk modi; fler, la used. Editors endorse Dennos. At Sample on request. Ask for Oregon Products drugs is ta. OREGON M AKES IT DENNOS FOOD CO. Portland. Ore. Oregon Industries Deserve Oregon Patronage Everytime you buy an article made in Oregon, you are helping to employ Oregon people in the manufacturing o f Oregon goods. You are keeping Oregon money in Oregon. A campaign is on in the interest o f “ Oregon Made Goods,” and “ Oregon Industries.” It is more than worthy— an idea that means money to you. Look at the label So far as known, cowbirds never build nests. They do not even pair. A general system of concubinage pre vails among tjjem. The female cowbird secretly deposit^ her eggs in the nests of other birds, generally of smaller species such as vlreos and field spar rows. In this respect the cowbird re sembles the European cuckoo. The young cowbird is reared in the nest of a strange bird. Just as soon as it can fly it leaves the nest of its nurse and seeks the company of other cowbirds which have come into the world in the same disgraceful manner. There are many cases where the young cow- bird, which Is much the larger bird, crowds the young vlreos or sparrows entirely out of the nest. The other birds never detect the deception and go on feeding the young cowbird until it can fly. The cowbird, which is found in the United States, Canada and Mexico, is black in color with a coffee-brown head. It is so called be cause it Is fond of the company of cows. Whole flocks of cowbirds may be "seen following the grazing cattle about the pasture. Cot “ Peeping Tom” Coulter’s pine, one of the largest trees that grows In California, emu lates the military airplane in its method of distributing seed. This giant fir produces enormous cones, In which are attached the seeds. The seeds are held securely as long as the fruit is not checked in its flight through the air. Should the fruit, as very often happens, be blown against an obstacle, such as a tree-branch, the device which holds the seed unclasps, and Its burden falls to the earth. The whole idea closely resembles one of the worst features of aerial war, al though instead of a devastating bomb, the flying fruit drops a seed that may grow up into a useful tree. Oregon for Oregon Cowbird Shirks Duty of Raising Its Young Something exceedingly antique and rare in the legal line was presented in Rochdale, England, when a young man was arraigned in the magistrate’s court on the charge of “ unlawfully lis tening by night under walls, windows and eaves of Rochdale infirmary, to; hearken after the discourse, and there from to frame slanders and mischiev ous tales.” He resisted captain when caught up a spout looking through the nurses’ sitting-room window and was struck on the head with a hammer by an infirmary official, says the Cincin nati Enquirer. The charge was pre ferred under an old common law re specting “ night walkers and eavesdrop pers.” “ Bombs” From Trees OPEN EVENINGS DURING People to Get Acquainted With Jesus’ Mother Tongue The mother tongue of Jesus was probably the Syriac dialect of the Ara maic language which was generally spoken in Palestine, Syria and Meso potamia. The people of Galilee, where Jesus was brought up, generally spoke the provincial language with a pe culiar accent, which distinguished them from the people of Jerusalem and other parts of Palestine (Mark 14:70 and Matthew'26:78). There appears to be no evidence that Jesus ever spoke any foreign tongue such as Greek or Latin. Neither is it likely that He could read the Hebrew in the original, although the Syriac language which He spoke contained many He brew words in Its vocabulary.—Path finder Magazine. Patronize Yonr Home Company LOUIS W EBERT N O T A R Y PUBLIC FIRE INSURANCE REPRESENTING Pacific States Fire Insurance Company Springfield F. & M. Insur ance Company Fire Association of Phila. A U R O R A , OREGON FIRE & AUTO INSURANCE Assets ovei $1,000,000 Pacific States Fire Insurance Company - of Portland, Oregon O. D. EBY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ALL KINDS OF TRUCKING at Reasonable Rates THEODORE RESCH; Aurora, Ore, Phone 1115 Will pay highest market price for Hogs. 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There are no states In the Union where the curfew as it was known In Overshadowing Genius the early days is enforced. Formerly, “ We have persuaded one of the most the curfew was sounded as a signal for all fires and lights to be put out. eloquent of our prominent citizens to This was because heat was obtained introduce you as the speaker of the from open fireplaces, and the measure evening.’-’ “I appreciate the compliment," an was regarded as necessary for the safety of the community In order, to swered Senator Sorghum. “ Only the prevent fires. According to Bouvler’s trouble about an eloquent introduction dictionary, some states have enacted is that your audience is liable to get legislation in regard to the curfew, but enthusiastic and regard the invited It is used generally as a convenient ; speaker as interrupting what might method of letting the inhabitants know have been a pleasant occasion.”— i Washington Star. what time o f night it is. W e Can Grind or Crack Your W heat, Oats, Barley or Corn G IV E US A TRIAL SPECIAL PRICE on the following Cereals this week: Farina Self-Rising Flour, Rolled Oats, Yellow Corn Meal, W hole W heat Flour, Graham We pay Cash for Poultry* Eggs, Country Produce Store Phone 9 AURORA, OREGON Residence Phone 26 : ♦