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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MHDffORD, OBEGON, ffRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1000. 5 SOCIAL AND PERSONA - 4- 4 It. A. I'lorco of Woutlvillo wan .Jitnoiig llio intoontloil at tlio fruit grown mooting TliurHdiiy. B. H. Hunt ami J, It, I'ittliiKor of jmIiIiiii! attended tlio fruit growera iiioi.'llng TliurHilay, 0. I), Whitney of Hngonnnii, V. T., wim In Mudford TliurHdiiy looking ovor tlio country. It, K. mid J, King ItoHA, tlio fo rot or from HrltlMh Columbia, mid tlio latter directly from Hchotliind, nro In Mudford gathering liiformntiou ro gunlliig the country. Tlio brothers hnvo pretty thniunghly InvoHtlgiitod . tlio uortliwoHt fioiiHt mid oxpramt (lioniHalvoH an bettor pleased with tlio Hoguo river vulloy tliiiu with any olh or portion of (ho country. " IIiihIiwns men'u lunch Borvod dully Jit tlio Ixiuvro cufo from 11:30 to 2 ). in.; .')5c. An olnbornla iiiouu. Hugh O'Mulloy of Oregon City, superintendent of finli hiilohorie, wnH iu Modford TliurHdiiy. Kriduy morning ho left for Trail to innpuut tlio lintohury there, ncooinpauind by II. 1 1. Kelly, .Jr. Mr. ami Mm. II. 1). Heed of floldl Kill attundud tlio performance of tlio AIiihIciiii at tlio .Mudford Tliurdny iilglit. Danco tlio old yimr out mid tlio "Now Your in at tlio Kkiiling pavilion. It. C. R Anthony of Oold Hi! wpont Friday with Med ford friends. l)intricil Attorney Mullioy of Jaolt nonvillo wiih in Mudford Thursday owning. 0. li. Itoniiicn returned Kriday morning from Horkoloy, Calif., whoro ho Hpcnt ChriHtmnH with bin niothc MrH. O. ItcamoH. bam Hodgtw mid li. C. Applcgntu prominent citizens of Oold Hill, woio iu Modford rridny on biiHincflH unit tors. hvurythlng in Portland or Snn rranoiKfo'H mnrkoln nt tho Ixiuvro l"lly. 244 J. M. AInutt of Ashland wiih a Modford btiMimiMH vinjtor Friday. Mr. and MrH. J. II. Fuller of Till out woro lit Mudford Thursday. W. K. Haiiuiiol of Knglo I'oint spent JliurHday in Modford. K. Tribow of FroHtio, Calif., ronro sonling tho Front Proovntion Co., is in the valley domoiiHtrnling tho valuo of his company's system of procunt ing injury from froHt to orchards. Uo linn iutoroKtod Homo of tho prin cipal orchardmen of tho valley iu bin contrivance. Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Cowlos of tho WoMcrwny orchards woro hi Med ford Fridiiv. Watch tho old year out mid riio Jsow ioar in at tho Iouvro, No.v Tour's ove. 24 4 AHHOHSor W. T. Grieve it iu Mod ford on hi no 8k today. Wear Kidd'n hIioch. 211' Tyron Heall of Central Point was n Modford business visitor Friday. Frank Ilrowu, tho Knglo Point mer I'lmtit, wiih a visitor in Modford Thursday. Prif. A. J. Hanloy of Cold Hill, principal of the school hi that town, wnH iu Medford Friday on business. Gibson Cntlctt, tho Portland land- ncapo artlHt, In In tho city trying to nrraiiKo for th onubllcntlou of a lund- Hcnpo drawing that will hIiow all thg flrchanlH and geographical fenturos of tho vnlloy. COMMISSIONER CARSON I INQUIRY AS TO LOCAL ON ROGUE FRUIT GROWING, FRUIT COMES FROM HOLLAND (Ily A. II, Cnmoii, Htnto Horttoullurnl IIOM.AND Head loCotno CofiitnlMHlonnr.) It will lie till t n fuw yearn until Mod I ford will lin tlio liirol h)iI)Iiik point for upplcH and pourn In tho I'nolflo nortliwuHt, If not on (tin I'nolflo count. AmIiIiiikI In nnd will no doubt Im tho Inritrnt lilipln point for onchN, un j Klin nlrimdy Iiiih r UrKo ncr-nKo In pcnclicH, nnd In Httmrily IncrciiHliiK that ncriMiffn yonrly. 'i lin old iucntlnn, "ovriiroduollon," lit iihvoyn conilnK up, "WIito can you itmrkpt nil till fruit wlion In l'irlnr' To llioan wlio linv not Htudlcd trnnnpor (ntlon fnollltlrN nnd nmrkct domand of tlio innmcn for Rood fruit, tlio qutlon of ovpr-prodtiollon In t'ortliifnt. From a hyicnla point of view, , tho peoplo nro IrnrnltiK It In chrnprr lo dally eat fruit nnd havn lionlttt ttmn K'Tito on uioatfi nnd tinvn to pay tho doctor. Tim do mand for fruit In conntnntly on tlio In Kukciio, Or., Nov. 22, 1509. Hal 1, Conrad, Hertford, Or.: Doar Hlr -I nin nurprlncd to rccelvn thin mornliiK lotlcr from my fattior, Wllllnm IlnrtoK, firm ofllnrtoK & Van ol, llottordnm, Holland, from wliloli 1 quota an follow: "Ventordny I wan In Tho Hnuo nnd I linpponnd to neo nomo pram In boxct markd Medford, OreKon. Thin liotnK tha ntntn whor you nro now llv'ng, It nt Irnotod my attention, and I noticed that tho oarn wero wrapped In paper, of which I nend ypu ono herewith. JCacu paper wan Imprinted 'Hear Creek Or chard, C. II. Lewis, Modford, Or,' and m lead pencil won written. 'ItoKU ltlvr Valley Cornice.' Thin In nothlntf woi dorful, becausa we nee American fruit hero frequently, but thene Comlco pcrn which come from your neighborhood nr no wonderfully dolleloun that p.oplf hern nro delighted with them. 3cii our Hutch penrn cannot coinparJ with them on line of health, Tho Incrcnno of pop. illation In nlwayn Incrennlnir tha, de mand for the bent. x rmlt Kon rlmlttd. Tho fruit tonen thromtht thn United Ktntrn for certnln typen of npplon, nuah n the Newtown and Hpltzenhonr HIS OWN MEDICINE. Th Dot That Wnt Handed to the ' PeriUtent Agent. Ho wn a newlns machine agent of tho moHt nBKre.ilvo type. l"or twen ty minute the lady of tho liouwo had been nwnltliiK an opportunity to nay that flh'o already poHn'cfMcd ope. At jiint he pnuKi-U, only.loiiK enough, hotr'BVer, , to thrW ,a card Into tlio .lady'n.hnid,,, " anerDit;or panteboard won certainly a uovoltyt "My name In 8ollcrn,H 'It rtnd, "of tho firm of ilhtnk U Co,, eewlnjc ma chine Manufacturers, and 1 Intend to proVo to you that It. la madness to de for purchiintuK ono, of our pnequsled michWcs." ' After a long dencriptlon of tho as chln'o qbhio tlio foll6wlug; "l'oa may pleoI thnt yon aro unnblo to work a machine. 1 will remove that objectlou Iu Uftecn mluUtcs or in threo Icssdns, ,WIII call next Wednesday." Whou. the agent called again a six foot man opened the door and blnndlr WESTERLUND OFF l4 -f44 4 4 TO DENVER MEET, t BUSINESS LOCALS : TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. LOST A Joy rliiK of about a doion keys; wnno Yalo; belonging to tho library bIioIvoh. Finder ploaso loavo at V, O. Ilox 704. Llbrarlnn. 2-tO create an tho mnnwen become educated Tno rut ,j,,Rpr i50t th,;n fr)m KnR'and and got nomo of them at 2C inil 30 cor in nnleco (10 to 1J cent In ATlcn mon. oy.) Tho pearn nro nlmply Hftppfl If. : rmnrj;, piece or paper cou,a V T ' ..VlJI. 1(? fMvlni; t.m..,)ll)0 mau. i "" as to arrive noro in inucn h -,l,ui....(f ,lc,,jtlon. but they arc o d.llolo.. ih.il ', W,'!i ! f, ro .,...., np-.i, or .bo mont dn'U ia kmpi "ch; 1 refilled last weeki nnd"- very limited. Theno two vnrlntlen aro ; cnnol bo compared with ihoin "Vcs. I linow." Interrupted the big inn commercial nppien 01 inn norinweni , ,uan, ..you ,)on't .,ow ,m. ( mippow. Paclfle ntnten. There In no rtrun iF IZ; My name's Itury of Itury & ICn-pem Xr.u ' -no ..arn to Kurope or whether undertaker, and I Intend to prove to Thene nuperb apples do not compete with tui" ,,ono " you that It U madness to defer pur- eaetern grown apph-n, If thoro wan 1 Would you kindly write me an nk Mr. chaflK Olio Of our uueipmh-d toUlnn." competition, why do our eastern apple I.owln to wrlto me, for tliem neemn 10 no, in. ngent tiegiiu to Jgi away. "ii may pn-nd Hint you are searce- luilltlcd for n eoillu." the big man tv -:it on, "I will remove that objection Has Made Exhibit. growers pell a barrel of their bent up- plinn, eimlalnlnK two and n half hush els. In eastern markets for Jesv than th grower gets for n box of our apples of one bushelT Many thousands of boxes of New towns are exported to Hurope, and an the keeping and shipping qjjnlltlen of lljeso nppien nro better known thin der main! will Increase yearly. Tho orient Is beginning in Import apples from Hi northwest Pacific, and that demnnd from now on will Increase faster than our ability In produce. Han World for Market. The northwest Pacific hnn the world for such apples an her climate and soil oan grow The secret of her ability to no reason why thin business should rn bo done direct and tho grower gel Uv middleman's extra profit. JOHN H. HAltTOa Salurdiiv. Jnnunrv 8. i Children' .N . 1 I 1 C, .1 'li .....1 way at i no Art omuiu. v u mm .-i.-u about it. 214 CURTIS TELLS THE EAST 1 OF ROGUE RIVER VALLEY i In urn seconds." I'.ut tbeigent simp) tore from the house, Loudon Tlt-lllts WHAT TO DO. Hints on First Aid to Evorybody o a . When a man rushes Into your olllce hurriedly and sny.s: "By Jingo. Dawson,-1 hnto to speak of It. but I need fOOO llko tho vecy old dickens today!" Answer. "What a singular colncl denco, Illnks! I do tool" (Ily William II Curtis In the Chicago Itccord-IIernld.) Itoguo river pears bring the highest prices, Pearn will not keep Ilka apples. nupply and hold tho mnrket In to grow ; however, nnd nre sold by tho box at only tho best, packing It th best. ! auction Immediately upon arrival at Where soil conditions nre right hero j market, to commission mon. A train and a failure occurs In apple nnd pear1'""1 of P" Is.mndo up In Modford growing, dm cause will always I ilally during the season nnd hurried found In tho neglect of the man! his eastward on passonger schedule time. neulit of details, as snrnvlnir at the A car will be dropped off at Omnha; proper time, lark of Intelligent cultlva-' another will bo run down to Kansas Hon, nnd thinning the fruit nnd cnrelesn -'iiy: ouiern io au i.ouis; more uj wh- packlng. ongo nnil llio rest win go on 10 .-eTr Mueeess In frnll crnnlnL- n. In nnv YorK. I'lllinilClliniA ana liosion, uroppuiK line of business. In hnd only whero tho'0" n cnr ftt I'lttslmrg, Clevelnnd nnd grower In willing to nay tha price; n.ufflo by the way. where tho commln- telllgent. hanl working. "'on men nro noiuieu unu wie uueuun "Next year men." 1. o men who are sales take place. i . . . . . . . T 1.1.1m ms... niiAvunil !. llm iff I it a ways going ion ining next ',nr nf ,," ,v."t nnti tlio niial 1 1 v of tli of coursi'' desired to live up to my Im should never go Into the fruit growing.!0 tho market ami tlio quiiiuj or no , ..i.,!...,,,,.,,., .. Tiiv win fnli nears tho o il law of supply ami ,u-, The man who makes a suceenn In tbe'mnnd. Kurly nrrlvuls bnv.. sold un man who does In his orchard the things high as $0 a box In the New York nnd that need to ba done as they como up. Honton markets. Tins year ino liarueiis now. sen at an average oi 3.u per uax. jiio There Is no lino of general farming, carload sold for IJ.70 per box In Boston; will pay the per cent per aero .another sola as low nn :.b0. Tlio olg orcnaru men, wno are aoie io thai that can be obtained nn suitable land by the skilled fruit grower In nppien, pears. peaches or grapes. SUNSET TO MIDNIGHT Many a, salo Is mndo or commenc ed nfter your store Is closed, If you hnvo electric light working ovcrtlmo for you. In your show windows electricity floods your cntlro etoro front with Hticle alluring brilliancy that It beck ons, folks on tho street; they cannot Ignoro It; they nro nnturally drawn to It. u onnnnces tno bonuty of your display; It lends to your display nn Inviting nppenrnnco; It persuades folks. . It pcrsundca them nt tho very tlmo tltoy nro most open to Impressions oven lugs. Tlio peoplo who work dnyttmos form tho great bulk of your trade What othor tlmo, pray, do your win dows get a chnnco to talk to these peoplo, but In tho ovonlngs? noes this sink In? Wo'ro Just wnltlng for n word from you to sond our representative. Whon mny ho call? ItOClUB HIVI3R ELECTUIO CO. THREE LEG MAN I fill cars from their own trees, handlo their own business, but the fruit from smaller orchards Is handled by an as sociation, and each contributor receives credit on the books when his fruit Is sold. Tho world's record for prices Is held by tha Itoguo IMver vnlloy. The Bear Creek Orchard Co., near Medford. sold a carload of Comlco pears at auction In Now York City In 1907 for l!2.80. Tho best previous price for a carload of fruit wan obtained by tho Htllcront Or chard company In New York In 1006 for $3460. During January last (1909) a shipment of Comlco pears from tho Hill crest orchard sold In London for $10.08 per box wholesale, which Is about 20 cents a pound. Tho highest price ovc received per box In America was 16.60 nt Montreal In 1908. Tho highest price i When the lovely young maiden nt the seaside to whom you have been paying court nil summer shakes her head violently nnd says: "No. Mr. ltllthers: I cannot Imagine any clrcumstaiices under which 1 could be Induced to mnrry you." Auswor.-'Thuuks. Miss Jones. Tills Is a great relief. I was afraid you had misconstrued my attentions nud When you run face to face with your tailor upon the street nnd he turns a cold, bendy eye upon you nud says: "Excuse me, Mr. Hump, hut what have you to say about my' Utile blllV' Answer.-"! -don't think I have me your little Hill. Mr. Sulppcrton. In deed. I didn't know you hud nny cull dreu nt till." Y hlle he Is recovering from this Jump Into n taxi and proceed to break the speed laws. Curlyle Smith In liar per s Weekly. Relative Strength of Arms. As n result of some very Interesting experiments made nt Washington with a view to determine the relative strength of right nud left limbs It has been ascertained that over 50 per cent of the men examined had the 'right arm stronger tbnn the left. ItUU Mr cent had the. arms, of eounl lemitu . . . . . . i over received in tno unuoa uinics wasinnj strength,. nnd 02,70 per cent had I .60 a box for iiartictt pears, ino tho ,eft nrm 8ronglr , ,p r,sUt Did you ovor hoar nbout tho man who hnd only two logs? Ho said ho didn't know ns ho act ually needed tbreo legs, but if ho hnd another ho folt aur0 ho could got along faster. It'a a good deal tho snmo with nn olootrlo nlgn. An oloctrlo sign Isn't nn actual no coBSlty to your atoro, but It .would holp you to "got along fnBtor." Thoro isn't any doubt nbout It, It's ns euro na tho aim will rlso to morrow morning, It'a as plain rb 2 times a nro 4, ( Doesn't It stand to roaaon thnt nn oloctrlo sign In front ot your atoro would flauh out Its mosBago to your peoplo moro brilliantly, strikingly and linprosBlvoly than any othor form of algn? Isn't It n hnrd fact that no othor nlgn la fit for night work? Can't you boo yoursolf, that nn qloctrlo digit would nttrnct .folkB nil nlong tho atroot nnd lmproaa your iinino and exact location In tholr minds? Don't you ronllzp that nn olcotrlo olgu would offoi- you tho boat night iidvortlHlng you could aoouro? An oloctrlo alga la bottor tbnn n daytlmo algn, for tho almplo nud log ical renBon thnt, Iu tho dny tlmo, ev erything Is vlsiblo, whllo, attor dark, Barttott pears nJou pears , . Ilowoll poars . Iloso pears Jii-0 ' -winter Nolls pears Nowtown apples . only those thlrgs lllumlnnted soon. night, tb0 moro gloriously would your oloctrlo sign stand forth, and tho moro oloquontly would It talk to your people. Tho peoplo you want nro tho poo plo who work dnytlmoa. Evonlng Is th0 only tlmo thoy hnvo to bo out on tho atreot. Evoalng la tholr only tlmo for roo rontlon and sight Booing, Talk to thorn by your olootrlo algn ftt night, whllo thoy aro most opon to Impressions whllo thoy nro for mulating nnd deciding on tholr pur ohnaos, Your old sign dloa with tho 8ottlng pun. Thoro'a nobody thnt can aoo It night tlmca, Don't you Biipposo it 'would pay you to know 8omothlng moro about oloctrlo' algiiB? Wo nro rondy with full Informn- I In.. 1 1 - mm nun iigures tor you, our ropro sentatlvo vlll call at moat nny hour of tho day or night to talk "oloctrlo algn." Stop to tho phono right now our munbor la 1G81 nnd ninko an appointment, hlgbes nvorago on record stands In fa vor of tho Anjou pear, which sold for SI a box during nn entire season. Tho highest record for nny orchard In cred Itod to P. II. Hopkins, formerly of Chi cago, who sold $19,000 worth of fruit from 16 H acres In 1907 to Rao & Hat, field. It Is asserted thnt tho averngo pro. fits on Medford poars during tho last flvo yearn have been $700 an aero, Tho Fruit Orowors' Association fur nishes mo tho following statement show ing the maximum nnd minimum prices recolved for fruit by tho orchardmen In tho vicinity of Medford during tho year I90S. It Is too early to furnish a state- mont for 1009: Per Box Comlco pears $4.56-6.60 3.00-2.76 1.60.2.70 2.00-2.95 2.60-2.80 1.75-2.90 2.50-3.00 2,00-3.00 Jonuthun apples 2.00-2.50 Now land costs from $150 to $350 an aero. It costs an average of $25 nn noro to put tho soli In order and sot out tho trees, and an average of $10 an noro for flvo years to carry It to tho bearing stage. Then tho cost of pro ducing tho orop daponds upon tho abil ity to obtain pickers when tho fruit Is rlpo. Plckors nre scarce, and they de mand $1.75 a. day, boarding themselves, or $1.35 a day when they nro boarded. John D. Olwoll, ono of tho most ex porlencod apple and pear growers, tells ma that tho cost of production will av era go 60 conts a box; tho frleght on ap ples to Now York City Is 50 cents :i box, or $1 a hundred pounds; on po.irs It Is $1.40 per hundred pounds; o i- urs It Is $1.40 por hundred, with com spending rates to Pittsburg, Chicago Ht. Louis and Missouri river points Kept Dodflln.. Thoro was u chlckon to be killed for Sunday dinner at the Cranes'. Mr. Crane did not I lite to wring Its neck; likewise ho shrank from using uu nx. "I hnvo It," he tlnally decided. "I'll shoot It." So, armed with his trusty gun, ho took the chicken to the wood shed. Little ltobeit. anxious to bo in nt the death, followed. Ily and by Robert's mother, hearing no sound, stopped to the back porch and called, "Itobert, hasn't your father killed that chlckeu yet'" "No," Itobert called back. "It won't got lu tho wuy,"-Evory body's. Of womeu 4tl.00 per cent had the right arm Btrouger tbnn the left, and 21.50 per cent hud the left stronger than the right, lu order to arrive at the aver age length of IIuiIih tifty skeletons were measured, twenty-live of each sex. Of these twenty-three had the right nrm and left leg longer, six the left nrm and right leg, while lu seven teen cases nil the members were more or less eimal In length. Exchange, Disadvantages of Poverty. -wore goin io move nain m a moutb or two," said the utile girl on tho back porch. "Wo uiovo luto a new bouse every year." "Wo don't," said the little girl lu the ndjolulug yard. "My papa owns this house." "And you don't never move Into any other oue?;' "No." "My, my! U must bo awful to bo ns poor us tuatr-Clilcago Tribune. A Reliable Man. "Whenever 1 don't like a mon very. well," remarked the cyulcnl person. "I give htm u tip ou the metis. I don't enro how' much It loses for blm." "Hut suppose It wins." "Then he's unhappy because he didn't bet more." "And If he, doesn't bet nt all?" "I keep on giving tips until one does win, ttid, Alien lux feels as If he hnd missed tln chaucu.of tils life." Wash. Ingtou Star, A Rlalto View. ' "Do you think n llttlo Sbnkespcam would go as a vaudeville act?" In quired. Unnilett Fntt. "Why- not?" responded Vorlek Ilnmm. "Everybody feels, that ho has got to stand for It If It comes along. No iimn Is going to uditilt that Shake speare Is over his head." Washington Herald. His Little Joke. Percy I a w - w rest I cd fob an hour I vrltb mo scurf this morning. Algernon Which won the victory, dead boy, you or tho acarf? l'ercy-.Neltlier. Cawn't you see tho mntch wesulted lu t Uo? Haw, hawl-Chlcago News; Just arrived from factory, n now lino of Sterling silver. Toilet, mnni- Wlll Aid C. E. Whlsler In Protesting f.urir ft"? mnt.ar fts. , Thoy nro " tho lntest in design. At Van Do Car Against the La Fean Applo Bill : & Jnsmann's. Phippa Iildir. Saturday, Jnniinry 8, is Childrcn'n Day at Tho Art Studio. Call nnd sco nbout it. 244 . . , ... ' Nicely furnished rooms with all J. A. Wostorlund of this city leave. dorn at tho . this ovcnlng for Denver, Col., whoro) ho will aid C. L. Whlsler In protesting ' Danco tho old year out and tho on behalf of Roguo Itlver fruit men Now Year in at tho skating pavilion, against tho La F.can applo bill. I 245 Mr. Weatorlund hai also entered Mro al tno I'alms, now tnck building, at tho applo ahow In thnt city hla)nw' furnlturi, strictly nicdern, cor plato of Nowtowna which won second ner Or&pn and Main atreots. prlzo ovor 42 competitors at Spokane. Saturday jantmry 8 ig fjhildrcn'a Day at Tho Art Studio. Call and seo Saturday, January 8, is Children's nbout it. 244 Day at Tho Art Studio. CnJI and see' HnrpltW orchestra nt tho Tyn- n"tt 244 'vro Xew Year's eve. 244 dTdtioi MCfMcT" " ,e?lvn(1 Friday night at tho Nash BIRDS NECKS. m grill; open speeinlly for those who ... .i. k, , , . wish to see the New Year in. 2ii It'a the Number of Bones In Them That Makes Them Flexible. I The llnmlngoes were making their aftcruoou toilets In the big Dying cage at the llroux zoo the other afternoon, says n writer lu a New i'ork paper, i A crowd of children and grown people were looking on mid exclaiming with . admiring wonder at the way these birds were twisting their long necks nbout into all sorts of corkscrews and . curves when one or the ornithological , exports came nlong and stopped to watch the performance. Ilnir cutting will ho 36d nt all har bor shops nftor Jnnnnry 1, 1010. 211 AT THE CHURCHES Barg'air.s For Sale er Exchsns 40 acres heavy timber land bovor miles from Medford; tho wood will moro than pay for tho land. Now 5-room house, wired for oloc trlo llghtn; cholco location; West sldo. Terms, $1600. For salo Now 5-room modern; tenna; 12000; plumbing and wiring comploto; plenty of boarlitg fruit trees; East Side. Now houso, 4 roomn and bath, near park; cholco location; terms; $1500. Qrocory atoro and stock goods; terms; $2500; good trado establish ed. See Towsend 134 MAIN' ST. AT CUSICIC & MEYERS. Vntch night service Friday night nt the Methodi-st church beginning at DA0 ). m, and continuing till 12 o'clock. Dr. Dyer will preach tho sermon. AH nre cordially invited to nfnnrl Rnnflnv enrvinna na uutint bird's ueek, not the length, that make I)renf'u"B ',y the pastor morning nnd It so flexible." he r.v.iii.ked. "There j evening. Comer Bartlett and Fourth nro twenty-three I1.11..1 in the neck of Sis. a swnu, for uxiimp'. . . nd n few more ' In thnt of the Uamli.-. It seenis that 1 Christian Church. the smaller the animal organism the At tho Christian church Kiindnv. larger the number of npek Ikmvh. The Jnnunrv 2, n great rally day service ! rJZ in l i T"lu"' "UB ")" Z ' wi ho ueld- EveO- member is earn boues In his long neck, which has a I , i . , . . reach of nearly twenty feet from the cs y JC8ted to be present at tho ground. That little white throated ' raly ro11 ca,L . At 10 a- m blbl sparrow over there Is only three Inch-1 school; 11 u. m. The Lord's Sapper cs high, but he bus fourteen bones In nnd the annual sermon; 12 m. bask bis neck and can nlmost scratch the Let dinner in tho basement; 2 p. in. back of his head with bis bill. The I song service; 2d5 p. m. roll call nnd swan has twenty-thrcc neck bones report of (ho various departments of T , I, ., ,u auou .r even the church; 3 p. m. tho annual elec greater 'freedom than a snake." .. e er 3- tion ot officers; 4. p. m. adjourn- . mcnt; G:30 p. ro. Christian Endeavor; Luro of the Heroic 7:30 p. m. song sen-ice nnd tho New Why Is baseball the game of tho: Year sermon, subject: "Where Are THREE STEPS in the progress of Domestic Science summer instead of croquet, and foot ball the game of the autumn Instead of tlddledewlnks? it Is the element of coutllct. of struggle, that gives to the diamond apd the gridiron their emplro over the Imagination. The whole roan goes Into baseball Wc and What Time is It." Watch tho old year out and tho New Year in nt the Nash grill Pri dny nieht. Music. 244 i t . in i et-i Christian Science. Services are held Sunday mornings nt 11 o clock. Subject of lesson-ser- whereas cronuet 1 mon, "God." All are welcome. Sun- cannot .contain the entire personality ' dny schol at 10 o'clock. No. 128 of any except a very weak dilution of North Grape street, north Sherman, masculinity, rue normal man uses a Clnv & Co ' mns c house. Kuuio iuui inia (uu (iiayers mow anu sinew, eye and brain, heart and courage. The fact of the matter Is that noth ing is mora attractive to mon thnn difficulty, hardship, danger. The call point Is that of a man who left ono position for another a few months , ago, lie turned bis back on friends and a sure success to grapplo with , difficulties of a most unusual kind. , His employers offered him everything J they could give him to Induce blm to ; remain. But one thine thev could not duplicate the opportunity for a strug- j fW WMVM MO U4VU a DUUIS) AUUfc was more to blm than the material reward. St. Louis Republic. We arc devoting our attention to the latest improve ments in Cooking without fire Heal without flame Cballng Dishes, Cereal Cookers, Ovens We would like to answer questions about them today Rogue River Electric Co. A Tip to the Wayfarer. "Well." demanded the stern faced woman as she leaned over the red handled broom, "what do you want?" I "Lady," said the wayfarer with the ' long beard and matted chin. "I'm an 1 actor by profession nnd In bard luck." : "well, what have I to do with that?" "Why er I was thinking If you could spare me a quarter to get a shave and a hair cut I could get a Job In the rolo of Vlrglnlu3." Sbo eyed blm disdainfully. "Oh. thnt's a poor excuse," sho said. with a curl of her thin Hp. "Go up to tho town without a shave and a hair cut and get a job in the rolo of Rip Van Winkle." And before he could say another word she started to unchain tho dog. Chicago News. Leaky. 'My child, your head Is all perspira tion!" "Yes, ma; my roof leaks." For the Best In harness, saddles, whips, obes, tents, blankets, wag on sheets, axle grease and gall cure, as well as all kinds of custom work, see J. C. Smith 314 E. Main. WE D0NT BELIEVE YOU CAN BEAT THIS: Thirty-two acres in this tract, fine fruit land, about two miles from a shipping point. The buildings consist of a five-rqom box house, good-sized barn, etc. Thero are 12 acres of 5 and G-year-old ap ples, mostly Newtowns, with com ojorcinl peaches planted betweei' ns Tillers. Also threo acres of young pear trees and somo family orchard. Four aores in alfalfa. Six or eight acres of timber, most ry oak and laurel. Thero is a pnmping plant on tho place which inrppliea water for the .garden and arfalfa, equippod with gasolina earHio. About 40 rods from a pood school: Has rural mail de livery and telephone. Price $18,500. Terms. W. T. YORK & CO. DRIVERS i that know the country RIGS that cover the country QUICKLY AND WITH COM' MH? 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