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LX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911.
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PLAYGROUNDS
CHICAGO PROVIDES FOR . POOR
CHILDREN IN SIMMER,
IVstirn Canada Drawn Largfly From
American Settlers.
Chicago, August .(Special) The
city of Chicago hag come to the res
cue of the children and has turned a
etre:t in the crowded Italian colony
on the north side into a playground.
Mayor Harrison closed Gault court
to everything except the necessary
trade after a committee of settlemfnt
workers and playground secretaries
bad called on him. For the remainder
of the summer and through the warm
bright days of the autumn, all auto
trucks, delivery wagons and speeding
automobiles will be barred from Gault
court and the street will be turned ov
r in the children from 8 a. m. to ,8
p.m. every day." In these "hours the
only vehicles that will pass the po
licemen on guard at each end will be
tie delivery wagons with goods des
tined for homes along the street. May
or Harrison was told that there are
2,760 children in the precinct through
whleh Gault court runs, and that late
Jn the afternoon of July 7 there were
192 playing in the Btreet in one block.
Many aocidentg have resulted from the
Joint use of the street by the children
and heavy traffics vehicles. It is the
only place the 'kids" have in which to
Play.
The eyes of the trekking Americans
are still upon western Canada, - J.
Bruce Walker, the Canadian cornmis
Dukhers IVagon
Shop
No , Horse Shoeing
Vagon repairing a specially.
If your Tires need resetting
give us a caii, Second-hand
Buggies, Hacks and Camp
Wagons for sale.
"Red 42. -;'v' vt,''-
NORTH BEACH
(l the pleasure haunt in this part of
the country this summer. Its devotees
rejoice to learn that they can now go
and come on a regular schedule Snde
, indent of tides. The popular "excru
slon steamer, - ' '.
"T. 1. POTTER"
leaves Portland. Ash Street flock.
DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY, 8:30 A. M.
SATURDAYS ONLY, 1:00 P. jr.
Also the steamer IIASSALO" leaving
; Portland dally, except Sunday, at 8:00
p. m. (Saturday at 10:00 p. m.)
REDUCED FARES
PREVAIL "
From All Polots in the Northwest
via the
OREGON-TVASniNGTON RAILROAD
k NAVIGATION CO. c ,
Ideal cottage and camp life, a magnlfl
; ent beach that Is noj surpassed any
where, genial and beneficial climate,
and all the comforts of home without
costing any more than if you remained
at home.
Call on or write to any O.-W. R. & N.
agent for complete information: also
lor copy of our summer hook, "Outingi
: In Oregon.- V ; -i
General Passenger Agent, O.-W. R. ft
WM. McMVRRAY
N. Co. Portland, Ore. '
C.
Prof
The Magnetic Healer
Has located at the Grande Rond Valley house. The healer has had
years of experience and feels competent to treat all diseases with
sncreflft. Do not fall to call on him at onee. .
. Will be here- front Thursday to Sunday of each wek.
sioner of immigration, with headquar
ters in Winnipeg, estlma lng that the
current year will see a to:al of 400,
000 new settlers n his country. Of
these approximately 150.00 will be
from south of the boundary line.
These emigrants take fliio each in
cash and property and this year they
will remove $150,000,000 from Uncle
Sam's domain. While the American
Immigration Into Canada is from all
quarters of the United Staes, the
greatest part is still from the north
western and m'dwestern states. The
records of the Canadian govemmen'
land.agtnt at Omaha show that 25,000
Nebraska and western Iowa farmers
have trekked to Canada in the last tei
years, taking with them property and
cash amounting to more than $21,000,
000. These records give only about
one half the actual migration north
ward from these states, aj only those
were. .listed with the agent wno ap
plied for homesker certificates. One
day last week a carload of 35 farmers
from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
and other midwestern states left for
Alberta on the regular bi-monthly
"settlement" car run by the Canadian
Pacific railway between Chicago and
Calgary. Practically all of them had
sum iiieii jjifeu yjivi.- !n .
tended to invest the proceeds In the
cheaper lands of Alberta. When the
official returns of the recent Canadian
census are announced it will be found
that Americans have contribuated
more than all other races to the quick
upbuilding of ,the western provinces.
The unofficial estimate of the popula
tion of Winnipeg is placed at 200,000.
of whom fully one half are Americans.
How to keep a rooster from crow
ing until you are ready to get up ii
the problem that Chief of Police Mc
Weeny of Chicago has been called up
on to solve, and with the assistance ot
William Luthardt, he has succeeded.
Recently the Chicago Tribune publish
ed an article that told of the chief's
success 1'J suppressing a crowing cock
that disturbed his early morning slum
bers. Since then he has received so
many requests for his recipe that
Secretary Luthardt has printed a lit
tle folder for distribution. This fold
er says: "It is natural for a rooster
to crow, but in order to do so he must
raise his head. A simple device to
stop the bird from crowing is to nail
a board 12 inches above the perch in
the chicken, coop. Thls will prevent
'he rooster from raising- its head to
the proper angle for crowing, thereby
suppressing the clarion notes." Sec
retary Luthardt has decided not to
apply for a patent, as he wishes all
citizens to have the full benefit of his
Idea, wi hout cost to them.
The National Soil Fertility leagua
has been incorporated at Springfield,
111., for the purpose of educating the
American farmers to take advantage
of the Information gathered by the de
par.ment of agriculture at a co6t of
$150,000,000. ' Many big men are in
terested in the league, including Presi.
Ident Taft, Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh, Speaker Champ Clark, W.
J. Bryan, President James and Prof.
Hopkins of the University of Illinois.
Cyrus H. McCormlck,' Alvan Sanders
of the tariff board, A. rV Grout of the
farmers' Institutes, the presidents and
high officials of many railroads and
banks, and many congressmen and
business men. The president of the
league, Howard H. Gross, explains its
purpose as follows: "The government
has to date spent about $150,000,000
in its agricultural department to learn
certain fundamental facts. We now
propose to give this knowledge the
widest currency and spread its fruits
into every township in the country.
The problem Is a big one and must be
handled In a big way. It means noth
ing less than to induce 10.000.000 far
mers, scattered over 'a continental
area, to adopt a new method of con
duct and businses. The league will
establish experimental tracts to dem
onstrate soil chemistry and the re.
suits of scientific Intensive methods.
H
Jones
(DO! MI!
M11IST
"NUDGES" PRESIDENT AND PUNS
ABOUT IT. :
News From National Capital of Inter
etst to Western Readers.
Waahlngon,' August 2. Senator
Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, who is a
solon Incidentally, and a farmer by
profession, hag a brand of quiet hu
mor in his makeup that Is unique in
officialdom. The Minnesota Viking wa
a member of the party that recently
accompanied President Taft on his
memorable automobile trip to Manas
sas. '
When rescued from Senator Bran
degee's car, which was stalled in the
middki of a ford, swollen by the after
noon rains, Senator Nelson was taken
into President Taft'a car. The sena
tor, known for his determled opposi
tion to reciprocity, must come along,
said the president, as ma voi w
needed. ' . '..
The senator came, and sat silent
while the president and members of
his party joked him about his rescue
by the administration he was oppos
ing. Senator Martin spoke of John
Hays Hammond, special ambassador to
the coronation of George" V, and re
told the story or how he had nudged
the king, to the dismay of the English
courtiers. ' , . ' ' ,
Senator Nelson made no comment.
Just then the car lurched as it went
over the rough road, and Senator Nel
son was thrown ; against President
Taft.' '
Without a vestige of a smile, Stna
tor" Nelson remarked dryly: "I sup
pose now they will say of me out in
Minnesota that I have been nudging
the president."
Washington, August 2. "Every lit
tle love wave has a meaning all its
own." This is the latest version of ft
popular song as advocated by Judge
William DeLacy, of the local juvenile
court, who also has charge of trying
o make recalcitrant husbands; go
back to thslr wives and help support
them as they should. .
. Washing on, August 2. "This' Is a
pretty nice town, but I'm never going
to come back until Jim Sherman csag
es to be vice president.'
This is the private opinion of Wil
liam P. Chambers, of Corwlth, Iowa,
publicly expressed after a day of
nerve racking experiences in the
course of which h was mistaken for
"Sunny Jim" by about two out of three
persons who spoke to him. '
Chambers arrived in Washlng'on af
ter a motor trip from his home town
and started in to see the sights. Leav
lng his hotel he strolled down Penn
sylvania avenue about noon and a!
most immediately met a tall Individ
ual in a frock coat and silk hat who
inquired:
"Ah, Mr. Vice President, aren't you
a little late for the session today?"
Mr.i Chambers thought it a little
strange' that anyone in Washington
should know that he was vice presi
dent of the Farmers' and Merchants'
bank at Britt. Iowa, but he did not
protest. : -
A little later he wandered up to
th capltol to see the two senators
from his native atate, but, after spend
ing a atrenuouB half hour, answering
questions addressed to him by persons
who mistook htm for the presiding of-
It will undertake a broad fend practi
cal educational propaganda.
Electricity has supplanted steam in
another place, and has banished the
smoky, dirty, noisy steam hoist from
use in erecting skyscrapers in the big
cities. Electrical hoists are being used
on nearly every one of the 12 big
buildings now being erected in ths
heart of Chicago. On the new Insur
ance Exchange building, which will
be the second largest office structure
in the world,' there are five 50-horse
power hoists doing the -work noise
lessly that steam hoists would have
done noisily If the building had been
started a few years ago. "Electricity
saves money," said A. G. Moulton,
superintendent of construction at this
building, 'it avoids the' diffltculty of
delivery of fuel to the engines and
carrying away the smoke and steam
from the interior. Fewer men are
required." Ten thousand tons of steel
will be used in this one building.
i fleer of the senate, he left in disgust.
The likeness between "Sunny Jim"
and the man from Iowa caused a large
amount of comment at the capltol and
grae f;ars were expressed lest the
bromlos Bhould get mixed up and no
one would be sure which was which.
According to Chambers' statement he
was Invited to lunch nine times by
members of the house who had known
the vice president when he was in that
branch of he legislature and he says
that the clerks at the hotels in New
York and this city were so' sure that
he was the second executive officer o!
the nation tha' they almost Insisted
that be sign his "rwil" name on the
register.
Finally Mr. Chambers got so peeved
that he climbed into his buzz wagon
and Washington will see him no more
until after a change in the present ad
ministration, for he does not consider
it a joke to be a Living Lkeness. Just
as the Iowan's machine was passing
out of the city the last mistake took
place. One of the traffic squad, who
had an idea that the automobile was
exceeding the speed limit, rode up to
the machine and started to inform the1
occupant that he would have to go
with him to the station house. When
Chambers lifted his goggles, , how
ever, the policeman g an pea, oowcu uii
ejaculated: .
"Excuse me, Mr. Sherman, I didn't
know it wag you."
Whereupon Chambers smiled grimly
and resumed his 1,500 mile journey
homeward. .' ,
Washington, August 2. Is your dog
covered with fleas? Does the family
cat sit around all day making futile
and ineffectual stab with lta hind
legs at inaccessible placta on its anat
omy in an effort to catch elusive toes?
Do the four legged animals that be
long to the family zoo also give evi
dence of b lng inhabited by the bl.lng
parasites. Then use a vacuum clean
er! . ' ' ; ':- ,' '
All the dot soan and eat boed on the
market ia worthless when comnared
to the common or garden variety of
vacuum cleaner, according to a state
ment of C. Barnwell Robinson, dean;
of the United States college of veterl-!
nary surgery of this city. The doctor
haa been experimenting tor years In a
vain effort to rid "Pediculus," the sur
gery's pet cat, of the numerous fleas
which bothered her. '
Thia othtsr day, while a vacuum
cleaned was being used to withdraw
the surplus dirt from the ffoor of the
animal hospital, one ot the attendants
playfully ran the nozzle over the cat's
back. At first the feline resented the
attack but, upon Becond thought, she
Btayed and the operation was renew
ed. It was found that a large number
of fleas that had found a resting place
in "Pedlculua fur had been l killed
by the application of the cleaner. From
that time on, Dr, Robinson veraciously
asserts that the, cat voluntarily backs
up to the cleaner to receive her dally
dry bath. . ' ( y ' .
Dr. Robinson has found -that the
vacuum apparatus is a great success
as a flea exterminator and he intends
to spread the newa broadcast ao that
all other animal owners as well as
the animals thenselves may. profit by
the accidental discovery. . ..
Washington, August 2. American
-rade in Abyssinia la being revived,
according to dispatches received at the
state department from Consul Guy R.
Love, at Adls Ababa. The consul re
ports the closing of contracts for the
ale of , cotton sheetings to the value
of $750,000 by the representatives of
an American firm. The goods will be
sent in shipments extending over a
period of three years.
Another American firm recently op
ened agencies at Dire Dawa, Harrar,
and Adig Ababa, Consuls Love re
ports. The company will buy Abys
sinian sklna and hides and sell Amer
ican cotton sheetings.
The United States once possessed a
large share of the Abyssinian' trad.
In recent years, however, it has been
declining In favor of European ex
porters, who have sought the business
with more energy than American ex
porters. 1 '
. Washington, August 2. Efforts now'i
nuder way to make the national capi
tal a "noiseless .city" have been given
an impetus by the Interstate commerce
commission through an order signed
recentlyi requiring two electric rail
roads to take from service all cars
that make "screeching noises."
Complaints have been made by citi
zens throughout the city to the police
department that unnecessary noises
disturb their sleep. A geaeral cam
paign for the doing away with all the
slumber disturbances has been launch- board. It is estimated that, the offi
ed The polie have been ordered to cerB assigned to this board will con
maintain quiet throughout the night, sume the greater part of one day in
Midnight revelers are no longer per- performing this duty. Two captains
mitted to sing, whistle or make any at $2,400 a year, and a lieutenant colo-d-:monStratIon
whatsoever. 'nel at $3,000 a year make a total 0
' ' $8,300 a year In salaries represented
Washington, August 2. " Through
the American Bed Cross,, the United .'
States is preparing to tnable China
to prevent a recurrence of floods in
the Hwal river valley, which were
responsible for the terrible famine of
last winter. In which hundreds ot
thousands of people died of starvation
and disease. " . :
. For this purpose the Red Cro's has
offered 'to the Chin'se government the'
services of an engineer, who will draw
up plans for building, canals and dykes
which shall prevent further inanda-
Hons. This offer has been accepted
witn tnanKs Dy wma. more han a year anil are now practlv
The man engaged by ths Red Cross caljy completed. The carnival festlv
lg Charles D. Jameson, who has had itle8 wjji extend over an entire month
18 years of experience as engineer in and wm embrace a wide variety of
China, having been engaged on work attractIonB. The management 1b In
for the American legation, the Chi- reCeipt of advices Indicating the at
n.ese foreign office and a British sy.ndl- tendance 0f thousands of visitors from
cate. He is a graduate of Bowdoln; an of tne paciflC states and from Can
has been a professor in the Massachu- ada and the ea,V aB weiL
settg institute of technology, and th:i The ciebraticm is w commemorater
,r''.Vnlneerin department of
Iowa university-." He is particularly
familiar with the country in the, re-
gion of the Hwai.
During the famine the United States
through the Red Cress and the Chris
tian Herald, has sent more than $250.-
000 to relieve the tuffering of the fa-
mine victims.
Washington, August 2 See the gov
ernment! '
, It Is the government of the United
Statesof America a grear nation.
Is It a wise government?
Well, that depends upon the point
of view. This is what the government
does. ' ,
It is announced In official orders
that a hnorrt of armv officers, consist
! jnr nt tvn mntBine and lipntonnnr
colonel, shall meet in Washington and
examine a horse and appraise its val-
ue. , Someone wants to sell a horse to
the government, and before Unjcle
Sam can purchase It,, its merits must
be solemnly passed upon by an army
SPEND YOUR
OCEAN
Three and1 a. Half
Salt air, sea breezes,, cool breezes, ' cool dayi and
refreshing nights. First class hotels open all year at
Gearhart and Seaside. Delight trip from Portland ,
to mouth of Columbia river through historic Astoria. !
$15.10 round trip tickets sold by agent of O.-W. R. &
N. R. R. Return limit October Slst. Illustrated
folder and hotel 'directory will be sent on' request.
W. E. COMAN, ,
Gen'l Freight and Passenger Agent, S.
P. & S. Ry., Portland. Oregon, y '
SLICED BOILED HAM
Sliced Chipped Beef and
" ' ' "
every
Our Green Corn is extry fine
City Gfocery
J THE HOME OP GOOD THINGS
by this board.
t In other words, it is to cost the
United States government the services,
of these three officers for one day, or
more than $27, in order to decide what
price shall be paid for said horse, with
the possibility of saving Uncle Sam '
ten or fifteen dollars on the purchase ;
price. , '.' ...: ,. . , -
Oregon to Celebrate.
Aa'oria. Ore..-Aunust 2. One week
hence ther(J W,H be inaugurated t!
Astorla Centennial Carnival, for ;
h nreDaratlon8 on an elaborate'
scale have been going forward for
th. 1ftntn anniversary, of the arrival
on the paciflc c6ast of the expedition
sent from New york by John Jacobi
Astor. The expedition resulted in :hu
settlement of Astoria, which gave the
United States its strongest claim , to
the Oregon country, and also marked
a chapter of American heroism and
suffering that has-first place In the :
daring annals of exploration. - The lit- '
tie group of huts erected by -the fur
traderg and explorers was named As-;
torla in honor of the promotor of 'the
expedition and formed the first perma
nent Settlement in this part of the
country, 'inougnt tne unusn tooic
possesion of Astoria fort in the nar
of 1S12 and renamed the place Fort
George, the place was restored to
America after the treaty of peace
with American claims of settlement
. unimpaired
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; - Luisa Te.trazzlnl will1 sing at the
Metropolitan opera house next season '
and Guiseppe Sturani will be one of
the conductors.
YACATION AT THE
SEA SBOBE
hours from Portland
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etables
and Baliefy
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