page ses OYER 1200 PUWHASEIW have seen Laurelhurst and have acknowledged that it is by far the best investment in Portland. OVER 1200 PURCHASERS have visited the prop erty and studied carefully the question of trans portation. They have seen and ridden on the four different car lines that serve Laurelhurst. They know the service is there NOW. OVER 1200 PURCHASERS have seen The tremend ous work that is going on NOW in Laurelh rst. They have BEEN our workmen laying eight-ineh water mains and 10 to 24-inch sewer mains. They have SEEN the shade trees and the nine-foot INTER DEFINED MHPVE3T TO LA Mi MO IN OHIGIJJlL PACM.MiK CAl'ME Portland Jsdgr Hand Bonn Import- aat Decision on Krcltrbt Kat Distinguishing between IntraMate ami Interstate commerce as applied to shipments In the original pa. kage. .Indge Wolverton of the I'nited States district court rendered a decision this morning in a suit of the Oregon Rail- road lc Navigation company against the Oregon railroad commission, says j a Portland pair. J Th suit Involves hree shipments Of mn Icwdls In thf oris .:' k-J age by Allen Lewis of t'u- ' :o merchants at Iji Grande and Pen dleton. H-'i.hisc of the gene! having heen moped In the original package lu whkt If as pacjgtd when re ' hj Allan Leis. the Oregon K. El tad Navigation company con tend. that It was Interstate om merc1 and collected I higher freight harge than that fixed l th state railroad commission. In the dads Ion the COVil laid down the rule tha' rommodltles shipped from another state Into Oregon which here became a part of the common stock in th trail of tbs buy :. could not come under the head of Interstate commerce when reshlpped In the orl gtnal package to another part of the state. 8uh shipments, according to the decision, arp subjett to th freight tariffs promulgated by tho railroad commission. Judgment was given against the Oregon Hallroad & Ntvl gallon company on account of all three shipments Involved. Big new fireproof hotel for Klam all) Kalis is no assured says th" Chronicle. A stock, grain and alfalfa ranch of 2S00 acres npar Mitchell sold for so an acre. I.A UfCANDE The Addition with Character 1200 PLEASED BUYERS OFFICERS AND DIRECTOhS Cbaa. K. Henry. president Ctu. K. Henry Co., Portland; owner Henry Bid,, Frank F. Mead, president Seaboa . V Sec. Co., Seattle. Paul C. Murphy, director Banker! Tros. Co., Tacoma; V. P. Laurelhurst Co., Seattle. it. B. Llnthicum, secretary Williams, "ood ft Limbic urn, Portland. James B. Meikle, former se retarz Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Edw. Cooktngham. ice-president and manager Ladd ft Tilton Bank. L A. Leris. manager Allen ft Lewis, wholesale grocers. Portland. V. R. burke, of the Royal Insurance Co. Chaa. K. Williams, manager Morris Bros., bonds. Henry Fries, of Wakefield. Fries ft Co.. real estate. Robert H. Strong, manager of Corbett Estate. Oecrge J- Deknm. of Cnas. K. Henry Co.. real estate. Redundant. Joseph was an excellent cook, hat he was .not what mi;nt be called an accomiished literary man. At the same time lie cOaKctTed the idea that a cookery book from his pen would fill a long felt want. He set to work: but. feeling that perhaps be bad made some mistakes In composition, be sub mitted the work to a prominent lit erary critic, who promised to go through (be work snd correct It where necessary. After a day or two be bronght it back. Yea." be said, "it's all right so far as I can Ma. but I rather fancy you've been a little superfluous in your recipe for lemon pudding " 'Have I? Hw toatr "Well, fan . you say here. 'Then sit on u hot tove and tir constantly ' Now. I really do not see how any one Is going to nit on a hot stove without stirring constantly, fed I think you can do without that sentence, don't you know." . Bewildsrirg Recompense. Aunt Martha laid down her weekly newspaper i d. assuming a pensive attitude addressed L' t bnsband. Moh." i! I. "j don t see how It is some folks ijl) '.' .oi of money f'r ROl llftlu' i !...;' A an example, this papa tells bow s certalu cele- brattfl fein r was n.iiil a thmiantiil rtol. i.irs Just for tppenrta' at a concert in Chicago:" "I've read ie b, things afore, ami tbey keep me a scrntchin' my head, tool" rejoined Uncle Josh with a sigh. ' Why. only a couple o' weeks ago I ratd where n Well known prizefighter was offered $lo."i simply to meet an other fighter in his own tow til" I.lp olttcott'i HebiO'-' Choice. A well known southern judie re vives a eti i.v about M white man who during reconstruct ion times was ar raigned before a colored iiisii, ,. of the peace for killing a man and stealing IiIk mule. It was in Arkanaaa near the Texas bofdtf, and tbeffe was some rivalry between the state, but the colored justice tried always to pro serve an Impartial frame of mind. We've got two kinds Ob law In dis yer co't." he said "Texas law an' Arkansas !rw. Which will you liabV' The prisoner thvught a minute and then guessed that he would take the Arkansas law iHn I discharge you fo" stealin' de mole an' hang you fo' killin de man." "Hold en a minute. Jodge." said the prisoner. "Better make that Texa law." "All right T'nder de law of Texas I fin' you fo' klllln' de mau an' bang vou fo' stealln" de mule." EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY. JULY 12, 1910. parking strips. They have SEEN the boulevards and have SEEN the asphalt plant, with tons of as phalt, all ready to be placed in the 28 to 48-foot streets. They have SEEN the men laying the ce ment walks so thev KNOW that everything claimed for Laurelhurst will be done this vear OVER 1200 PURCHASERS have studied distance from town as compared to other tracts, and they KNOW Laurelhurst is dosl in. Thev have sfeeii what Nature has done and they have seen what improvement work is doing, and they have ack nowledged the justice of our claims that Laurel The Scrap Book A Business Brand of Boots. Tn the old bonanza days a raw ten derfoot entered a mining camp saloon and ordered whisky. W falsity In those days and In those parts was a very weird drink. Queer effects were sure to fol low it. The ten derfoot kuew he must expect some thing out of the common, but for all that he wax taken aback when the bartender handed him a a in a 1 1 w b I s k broom along with the bottle and stood tiif.iu: and glass. neOKTRO. Teudcrfoot llk. he didn't c are to expose his Ignorance by asking what the whisk broom was for. o he just stood there and fidgeted. He didn't drink. He waited hopa that In the s'une- ,w",y woul 0"" in and show him what was What. Well, In a fen minute n 1 I g chap in a red shirt entered. He. too. ordered wins ky. and he. too. got a broom. The laaderfoQt watched blni closely. He poured himself a gener- ous drink, tossed CABroi.uv cik.wi: I It off and. taking iiii riooii. up his wnlak broom, went over into a corner and carefully cleaned on the floor a space about seven feet by three. There he lay down and had a fit. Star and Soul. A star circled on Its sphere t'naeen. for the sun waa on high. And .nen looked up. ana they said, There It not a star tn the sky." Hut darknesa cum, (tinging ita curtain afar. And behold In the hraeni a luniinoua star: A beautiful aoul upon earth Waa dulled by the shine of tta Joys. Obscured by the radiance of tnlrtb And hid by vise world and Its toys. Hut sorrow came, mneang ita blacknees afar. And the beautiful soul shone out like a atar Anoi. Mg SPURGEON'S MISTAKE. I A Cheerful Correction When the Preacher Learned the Truth. One day tbe mayor of Cambridge, who bad tried to curb Mr. Spurgeon's tendencies to sensationalism. Inquired of him if be bad really told bis congre gation tbat if a thief got into heaven he would begin picking tbe angels' pockets. "Yes. sir." tbe young preacher re plied. "I told them tbat if It were possible for an ungodly man to go to heaven without baring bis - nature changed be would be none tbe better for being there, and then, by way of illustration. I said that were a tbief to get tn among tbe glorified he would remain a tbief sill! and be would go around the place picking tbe angels' pockets. "But. ray dear young friend." asked the mayor seriously, "don't you know that the argels haven't any pockets?" "No. sir." replied young Spurgeou with equal gravity, "l did not know that, but 1 am glad to be assured of the fact front a gentleman who does know I Will take care to put It all right the first opportunity I get." The next Monday morning Spurgeon walked Into the mayor's place of busi ness and sai l ; blm cheerfully, "1 set that matter right yesterday, sir." "What matter .'" be inquired. "Why. about the angels' pockets." "What did you say?" "Oh. sir. 1 just told the people 1 was sorry to say that 1 had made n mis take the last time I preached to tbem. but that I had met a gentleman, the mayor of Cambridge, wbo had assured me that the angels bad no pockets, so I must correct what I had said, as I did uot want anybody to go a way with a false notion about heaven. I would therefore say that If a thief got among tbe angels without having bis nature changed he would try to steal the feathers out of the.r wings!" Standing Room Only. A manager met an actor cud noticed that he was wearing a mourninc band on his arm. "It's for my father." the actor ex plained "I've just couie from his funeral." The manager expressed his sym pathy. The actor's grief was obvi ously very real and great. - attended to all the funeral arrangements." he said. "He had everything Just as fa ther would have liked It." "Were there many there?" asked the manager. "Many there:" cried the actor with pride. "Why. my boy. we turned 'em flway!"-Sur-cess Magazine. hurst is the most highly improved and highly re stricted residence property in Portland. OYER 1200 PURCHASERS have compared Laurel hurst prices with prices of other lots, and they IriiAw Hurt tliA nrieee in 1 anrelhiirBt are WT cent too low, as compared to what others are ask ing for lots not nearly so well improved, located. Or restricted. OYER 1200 PURCHASERS have backed their judgment with investment, for they realize that values will double oyer present priees in Laurel hurst in a short time. LAURELHURST CO., 522 Corbett Bldg Portland, Oregon. Kindly send me by return mail the above described literature on Laurelhurst. Name Address Town An Urgent Call. In a Scottish village a small boy once raised a hubbub in tbe parish church. His mother bad bought a sheep's bead and left it to cook, tell ing blm to watch it while she went to church. The minister bad reached bis "0Uh ly" when the boy thrust his bead In at the door and whispered. "Mither!" Tbe good woman recognized her son Instantly and made signs to bim to go away. "Mither:" again came tbe whisper. The mother shook her finger at the boy and ber head too. But the boy was in earnest. Ratting his voice, he shouted. "Mither, ye needna wink an' blink at mc. but ye'd better come awa' hame at once, for tbe sheep's head's buttin" a' the dumplina oot o' the kail pat!" Caught the Fever. An Irish policeman .who was also something Of sportsman had been posted on a mad tiear Dublin to catch the scorching motorist. Presently one came along at tweuty miles an hour, and the policeman saw it pass without a aign. Ne.ct came a large motor traveling at forty miles an hour, and the eyes of the guardian of the public brightened. And then one passed at tbe rate of a mile a minute. "Begor ra." said Pat. skipping his thigh, "that's the best of the lot."' Didn't Inspire Him. When Lafayette visited Virginia be was entertained with other eminent guests by President Monroe at Oak Hill. Leesburg. too. the historic town nine miles from Monroe' s'country seat, accorded him honors or that occasion, and at a dinner at that town John Qulncy Adams delivered a famous toast to the surviving patriots of the Revolution, who. he said, were like the sibylline leaves tbe fewer they be came the more precious they were. On the rturu to Oak Hill another of Monroe's guests said to Mr. Adams: "Excuse the impertinence, but would you not tell me what inspired the beautiful sentiment of your toast to day ?" "Why." replied Mr. Adams. "It was suggested this morning by the picture of the sibyl that hangs in the hall of the Oak Hill mansion." "How Strang!" remarked the less brilliant guest. "I have looked at that picture many times during the past years, and that thought never occurred to me." Quick Witted. A number of years ago. when the then Chicago Itccord was placing its foreign correspondents. George Ade was sent abroad by Victor F. Lawson for the purpose of selecting the best men be could find. Ade did all right until be got into Servia. There he found all the newspaper men in jail for political offenses. He was in a quandary, so he cabled to Mr. Lawson: "Newspaper men all In Jail. Press censor very strict." Lawson promptly cabled back: "Make press censor correspondent." And Ade did It. He Got the Crowd. In a crowded section of an eastern city there were three little clothing stores in a row. Tbe proprietors of these shops were bitter enemies and CALLED CP SOME ONE OVER THE TELE PHONE. business rivals, and each taxed his brain to the bursting point to outwit the others in attracting customers. Tbe proprietor of tbe store in the middle one day found himself momen tarily beaten ou getting downtown one morning, wheu he discovered that the owner of the store on bis right had placarded his shop with sensational announcements of a "greut fire sale.' while the man on his left had covered his store w ith huge banners proclaim ing a "receiver's sale." His face drop Id. Then his features foIstmI In a gradually expanding smile. He rushed to tne hack or his store and called up some one over the telephone. One hour later the crowd tbat had been attracted tu the scene by the "fire sale" and "receivers sale" nroclama tious flocked into the store between the two. The nronriptor h.irl emised to be stretched across the top of his entrance a sheet on which were paint ed in letters two feet high the words "Main Eut ranee."