The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, February 14, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextI OUR COUNTY -- Correspohdents BLUB LEDGE ITEM bllae ribaw I la tb copper blt at tar a Walt to rallejr poluta. E. T. Jon, of tb Coppsr Kiog, 1 padiag a fw day la Medford. Prank K. Ueorg Ift Bandar morn lag tor a faw days Tlilt la Mdford. Wrobent I-oul Adams, of Eileen, mad Madford a bualnM visit list wk. Mrs. Hobsoa, who faa beeo on tb lok Hit tb put fpw days I much Improved. Tbt tblft ar now being orkd IB tb mine loaiead of tb two form, arlj worked. Mr. frank Edward, of llattoo, ba roorarad from quit a tanon at- taok of typhoid, O. T. Irwin and family ara amoog na agalo after bavlng flatted in Manbfleld montb. W. O. Olif ar and O. (Jain, old timer, returned rrldey after an ab no of a few waeks. Wm. liege retained from a few days Tlalt to Cirants Pass, Gold Hill and other plaoeo Tuesday. Mia Lena Harrington arrived from Newberg Friday and will apend a few week witb bei titter Mia. Old, J. H. Fitzgerald mad ut a bnai. Beat sail laat week returning to Med ford much pleated with the altuatlon la tbeee parte. Owen Kiddy returned from a few day rltlt In Med ford latt Monday. Ma waa accompanied to Eileen by Mr. PrclTaI Jr, Mining Engineer O. M. Weiscbsel returned Tuesday from an extended business trip to. Nevada, Tax and otbef southern point. T. J. Owene and family returned Wedaeeday baring bean Malting In Northern California and Southern Uregon alno tb bolldai bear banting la tb order of tbe day of late. Many large, fin spec! men bar been located In oarea and getting tbem out la great aport for tbe boye, -Frank Edwards, Hutton'f pott man. ter and gnulal merobant, made the line Ledge a call Wednesday. , Mr. Edwarda reporta bnainea macb bet ter then ever before. L)oo- Hobeon, wbo bte been lo Jacksonville tb patt week on ao count of a alight wound wltb dis potltlon to blood polton, returned Friday eraolng maoh tmprored. Merchant II. P. Piatt and Ed Van- Dyke were oat latt week on bualncaa, and made their friendt In Blue Lodge a call. Both gentlemen aay botlneaa It good In Medford for tbe aeaton of the year. Mra. Florence Dewey , formerly of Glendsle. arrlred Thursday and took cbarge of the raoge in the oum pany boarding boot. Mr. Dewey baa bad yean experience and will doubtloes handle tb work undertake n Mtiefeetory. These of Ut wbo bare Ured lo Med ford watob wltb decpeat Intareat the progreeslveneea of both tbe Rogue Hirer Valley and Ita metropolis. We welcome Tb Mail wblcb giree nt tb mott trustworthy newt and la eTer working for tbe beat inteieitt of 'be mott people. J. D. uubml, formerly proprietor of Hotel Naab and at on time Inter ated wltb Dr. Reddy In mining in terests, baa taken oharge of Hotel Eileen and will be prepared to take oar of tb trareling public in a mott borpltabl and obliging manner. Thut far tbl baa been tbe mildest winter for tbla district for many year. Tbe anow ba tcarcely been two feet In Blue Ledge camp and at this writing there It only two inches. We hare bad no bad atorma and tbe temperature baa been unusually moaerate and regular. Tbe liloe Ledge la progreatlng nicely just uow. Fall crew are be ing woiked both upon the aurfao and underground alttbougb It oaa been reported that there bad been, or would bs a ebur down here. There bat been a good force working at all time and development seems to be highly rettufaotory. Blue Boy. . C. WHEELER N. C. SOKENSON M. L. OETCHI'.LL Medford Realty and Rental Co. LOANS KEAL ESTATE INSURANCE A CAR 9 1.0 THE PUBLIC Wo, the undersigned, having opnned a real estate office litre iu Medford, DESIRE TO SAY, thatthoBe having property to sell or rent would do well to see us at once, us we are ia touch with a large number of hpineseekors. Also, if we can get a large trad of land in one location, we have a colony who will come when we say things are ready. Promising eyervone a square deal, and tho best of attrition to any "busi ness offered us, we are yours to serve. Cor. ;lh and C Sts Pfeuralx lltmi. bj M. v. a. Measles bar mad tbtlr appaarano In our oeglbborbood tod tb family of Jaa. All a bar ba quit aiok with thm. . Mr. tad Mi. J .K Robert i tb guett o( Mr. and Mrs. C. Carsy iMt bond. Mr. ;W. B. Colemao, wlfa ot odi coonty elerk, emc out from Jaektoa fill 10 Tlalt wltn friaad lo Pboeali Satr.rdey aod bund ax Mr. and ;Mr. E, O. Kaaa ar at Phoenix spaoding a fr days with bum folk. Mr, Allto Kobrt, of Phoenix, abo ba bo ooodod tc br bJ 101 several days with Lagrlppe, t um btter at tbl writing. Mia. Bans, who w ono a imI dent of tb Wast aid oslgbbohood, bat now of Wagner eicek, waa a plaaaant ealler In Pboenlx Saturday. Win. JUeardsIoy, on of oar batt ling String Town'gardoor. baa order- ! vral bandred of tb arlaa naw ; lna of berry tinea. 1 Those wbo bad th good fortune j Breeent at tbt aooal gathering glvto laat Thursday (renins by tbe member of Uak (Jlrcle, Cio. 242 W. U, W. war more than pleaaed. All bad a jolly time. kef. Matlock, of tbe Chrlttlan oburoh, who baa beeo holding pro tracted meetloge In Talent baa be gun a aerlee of meeting! in Phoenix at tba Pretiiyterlan oburoh. J. E. Copeland auperintendent of tbe county hospital iofornte nt that they will plant all kind of fruit and berries to be need on tbe table. Thut erery effort will be mad to makl tb farm aelf auatalniug. Jacksonville Items. George Carter waa down frcm Ash land tb ant of tb week. Judge Purdin and Attorney W. I. Vawter were over from Medford Mon day on oonrt business. Hon, Theo. Cameroa and Attorney .' R. Nell, of Jacksonville, war Medford riaitota Tneaday. ' Mayor Emil Brltt and Postmaster iiobo F. Miller, of Jaokaonri lie, were transacting business In Medford tne laat of tbe week. District Attorney A. E. Keamea returusd Wednesday from Portlaud wber be ha been fur aome time. on professional business. Tb Eaatern Star Bail to be given Friday evening Febroaiy 14, 1008 n Jaokaonrille promlaaa to be a mott successful affair. Everybody la In vited. Tlcketa ar 12. Frederlok S. Dunn, I of Eugene, onhy Gland patron of tb order nf the Eaatern Star of Oregou, waa en tertained by AdBrel Chapter No. 3, O. K, S. 01 Jaokaonrille on Monday erenlng. Metdamea' I. O. Roboett, W. C. Leerer 11. Hatfield and W. H. Nor- oroes, of Central Point, were In Jacksonville Monday erenlng to at tend a special meeting of Adoral Chapter 0. E. S. Tbe contest whioh baa been in pro- greea in Jane Maaon MoCully Caiiio of Native Daughter and Son daring, tb winter oloted the fiist of tbla month, and the looalng aid under the leadership of Mite Lelab Prim treated the Cabin to dellolous bulfet tapper oa Wednesday evening. Tne menu oonaiaited of bread and batter eandwitohei, ebloken ralld. anrimp aalid. Ice cream, oak, coooa. coffee and puooo. On of tbeimoat (njoyahl funo tloni of tb aeaaon waa the mnaloal given by tbe Jaokaonrille Glee Club un Thursday evening under the direction of Mr. Lou It Uauhtran, Orer on bandred gueet were pres ent to listen to tbe f jllowing enter taining and well rndered progrnm: 'Uermaa Patrol. " string aextet, Mra, Hauey, Ion Caugbran. Maud New- bary.Lee Norton, Kay Sexton, Leon Hanna; "Murmur," waltz aong by club; "Uerlata" trio, violin, Lon Hanna, viola, lone Caughtran, piano, Maud Newbury; "Calm aa the Night" solo, Merrena Kenney, Miteisr" from 11 Trovatore etilng sextet, "The Minuet" , recitation by Minnie Jaoaacn, "Rote Song," trior, by Mitaes Leona (Jlrlcb, Annl Wcodt, Bertha Prim, "Anvil chorus" Club., "Pilgrim choru," olub. C. Wheeler. N. C. Sorenson, g H. L. Oetchell. g TiM Rock Icmi. By J. CP. E. U. Ultaier bad telebooe pat lo bl boa last week, ooooeotlng wltb tbe, termers' Una. ' Mr, a A. UlaatU waa quite 111 tb last of tb wok. Kr. Kawoutr, o Central Point, waa oalled to pre scribe. Earl May la working a small ore pruning on tb Washburn orobaid, and would pal more men at work If tbey could be bid. x Tb people living oa tb Wast aid ot rtogo rjrer above tb mouth of Little Butt ar working bard for a bridge aoroet tb later atream, wnlob will atfoid tbm an outlet In winter. Peilltloot ar being circulated and obturlptlon aie coming la readily.;- Cba. Pankey, baring completed new roeidenoe, gara a boaatwarmlng laat Friday evenlog, wblcb wae vary pleasant affair for those wbo at tended. Hla relatives and friendt teemed to oom from all parti of tbe valley and the capacity of tb house waa taxed. Tb greator part of tb night waa tpent In danoing and i flu lupper waa aerrad at midnight. Tb Misses Nancy and Llllie Du gan ar coutlned to tbeli kedi wltb mease la, while their biotuei Jamil li atill contlued to bia room fiom tbe tame.diteate. On tba adjoining farm Dennfa Dogan, Jr., and bit brother Chailet are both quit ill witb tbem and their alster Mary la ilok at the Urauta Pata hospital. Botb families have the sympathy of many treads. Tbe residence of S. K. Adenis bad a narrow escape from flr Saturday. Only for tb eool management of tbe children, none of whom are orer twelve yeara old, nothing oould bar been saved, aa Mr. and Mra. Adam weie lo Medford at tbe time. W hen tb Ore, wblcb waa in tb root, wae Drat noticed, tbe telephone waa brought Into uee, then tb obildreo formal a buoket brigade and by throwing water kept tb tire partly in beck and pat oat tb falling mem bers, till men came, wbicb waa bat a fe minatea. The damage waa alight, bat it caused quite ripple of excitement and It makea aa glader tbao erer that we bar a tela phone system, for without It tb proi-erty would bar been a total lose. W. R Byrum waa rendered a neat surprise party r Momluy nliiht at R birthday oelabratloo. Unbekuuno to blm Mra. Byrum bad invited tb married gentlemen of tbe neighbor hood in to spend tba evening. By methods known o oly to tbe gentler sex tbe man of tne bouse waa kept blind to tbe feaat tbat waa being prepared, and finally allowed him self to be led away to spend the eve-. nlng at a neigbbora. Everything worked to a neoety for an b our till be waa oalled bom by telephone, then it dawned '.oa him tbat aome thing waa op and when he reached bis own door he waa greeted by many good wlthea etc A general good tim waa bad by all, during wbicb Mra. B. served one of tbe nioett aap- pere It baa beeo our fortuu to enjoy for agee, It waa after tbe mldalgbt hoar before tbe party broke up, with guod wlshea for tb entia house hold and tbat we would bar many mora aacn pleasant ereninga wltb tbem. aOLU HILu ITEMS . (BY SPECTATOR) Or. W. P. Cbisbolm ba parobaaed tbe Hodge resldenoe property of E. 0. Perbom and la baring It refitted and will more Into it tb first of the month. Mr. and Mr, Elbert Kellogg, of Ashland, were ben the first of tbe week risltlng relatlre W. R. Stan sell waa dowa from Jaokionrllle Wed neaday oa business. S, W. McClendon baa told hla sooth side store building to David Noe, the Second band man, wbo ha been oc copying It the past year. Consider ation aim K. A. Pell, tbe Medford laundry man, was here the laat of tbe week in tb Interest of the M. W. A. liert Darling, after an abaeno of several yeara In San Franclao, re turned mat week ior a abort s'ay. Sam Hodges laat week eold one of his cottage on B street to 11. U. Reed, will at once occupy It for a permanent borne. ' There waa a subscription paper cir culated bete tbe first ot tbe week for tbe relief ot Oscar Tibbltta, of Sams Valley, wbo is destitute aod In the laat stagea of an incuiable disease. Mr. and Mra. Chaa. P. Young re turned home lost wvek from an ex tended trip to lower California. Mr. Young Is now oontlnod to his room with ao attaok of arippa . TALENT ITEMS W. O. Holdrldge waa In Medford Saturday. -Mr, Coleman's little daughter le eulTerlng from an attack of pneu monia. Or. Hargrar la In attend alio. Mlaa Grace Lawton, of Medford spent Tuesday and Wednetday in Talent- rialting her elstor, Mra. Forbee. Jeff Bell bat hei quit an k the paat week. Or. st.uw cf .. iH la In attendance. Mlaa Llzatt Nfttberiand caaiw .m ,!edrord .qtnrday and Is ristnng ber in : i, '!, Clemens n r Talent. . ' t f and Ml':n Chap mau, whowi lojebtrs u ho(.aie. ara iptndlug a -eeke raoatloa at bom with tbir mother, air. Chap man. Mra. Netherlands ot MeOfoid, Is rltltlag her daughter, Mr. Clem a. Mr. nd Mr. Ua Uuroee, of Ash land, ar risltlng Mia., dura oiothir, Mra. Chapman. Born To Mr. and Mra. F, bl. Oil 'r, February 11th, ion. TARPON TACTICS. Wenderful Peata, Flighta and Leap f the Silver King. In tb big pass tarpon can beat be caught from near the bottom of tb chanuel and abould be tithed Bar with fifty feet of Hue and a heavy tinker. In (hallow water tb tarpon leapt high ui air the luatant be feel tbe hook, but lo tb paaa be often flgtiU for a minute or two before coming to (h surface. Mora than one whet) 1 bad com to fear tbat my tarpon waa abark be bai inddenly abet above the turf ace like a bullet from a (on and in the Drat wild abalte of bar bead thrown book and bait Ofty foet in the air, and on even sent a four ounce leadeo sinker dying over my bead from nearly twice that dlataoce. Other tar pon when struck came straight up from the bottom, one grazing our gun wale aa he rose and another leaping over tbe atern of the canoe. Aa soon aa a tarpon waa tired enough to let ua pull the cunoe beside him we removed the hook from hla moutb and let blm swlui home to hla family. It bupiwucd ouco that a turpou was less tired thuu we bad assumed. On that occasion we swam home, and be hud a good man atory to tvl! hla friends. It bad becu counted a poor year for tarpon, yet In fifteen consecutive days of fishlug we were fast to forty-four tarpon, each of which bad jumped for us from one to twelve tunes. ThU high water mark of twelve Jumps was made by a tarpon which was stimu lated to bis later efforts by tbe pres ence of a pursuing shark, and the twelfth Jump waa a double number. There waa commotion In the crimsoned water, new .vi;or at tbe other end of my Hue, and it was an hour later when I Anally landed on a sand bar a ahark wltb an aldermanic stomach A knife drawn across tbla distended organ dis closed the tarpon in lections, with the hook still fast In bis jaw, and enabled the camera man to photograph to gether tbe aubjecta be bad recently photographed separately. . Although this 8hark was only one-fiftb tbe size of our big hammerhead, yet he made but two bites of bis victim. Our work at Boca Grande ended wltb the red letter day of the season of all seasons. I waa hKhlng In tbe pass with tifty feet of Hue and the bait was dl rei-tty tinder the canoe when a tariwn .truck fiercely, quickly carried a-.voy n nundred more feet of line and then awatn to twlftly toward us that I fear ed from the loosened line that be bad escaped. Then, fifty feet from the ca noe, there ahot luto tbe air a giant tar pon. mon8urlng. as we learned after ward, an even seven feet Up, up. up. he rose until the camera seemed to be pointed at tbe zenith, and before the rattled camera man could get hla aim the silver ktqg had turned gracefiilly ln tbe air and waa plunging downward. The captain aweors that he saw. swing ing clear of the water, the ribbon which marked twenty-five feet on tbe line as It bung plumb down from the tarpon. Once I gave my own estimate of the bclsht of the Jump to a group of friends and after a glance at their grieved expressions appealed to the one of most experience on the const and with the tnrpon. After n slnsle mo ment of hesitation lie remnrked firmly: "We fishermen must stand tncother I believe the stor" A. V. Dlmock In Appleton'8. . j When "Drarr.rtior' Co n Ersy. At the Plnrers cluh tit New York one evenlns there was a ni;-st from out of towu. a plsywrlshr v.eil known for hla exirnordlnury fa-!lit.v l:t tnru lng out the allcjd "druunnvrs" tha' do tbe 'h'n-twcnt.v-thlit" circuits, it Is no uncommon tlii:i3 fo.- tiilt-. pro ducer to grind out five or six of bi playa annually. Some one Innocently r.sfced the piny wrlght If it wna ruther di.Hcutt to flm new ldeaa for his pluya. "Really I don't know," was tbe frank answer of the man who hns made thousands of dollars from bis "drum mers." "I have never tried If New York Tribune. Wooden Almanaea. An antiquary In Chicago took a curi ously engraved block of wood from a case. "Here Is an original nlmauac, a Sax on one," be said. "The engraved fig urea on it all concern tbe moon. They forecast the new moons and fall moons and lunar changes for the year; bence. being devoted to lunar mattcra, the Saxon block waa culled au 'ul-tnon-heed,' or 'observation of all the moona.' "From nUmoD-Uced our word alma nac comes.' Usual Rtsult. "Well." asked the motorman. "did you manage to collect your little btr from thnt conductor?" "No," answered the disgusted pas aengcr. ' "I gut tired trying to collect It at his bouse, aud tbe other day 1 caught him on hla car." "What did he dor "The aame thing aa usual put mc tff." Graveyard ef Asiatics.' The northern territory Is the grave yard of Innumerable Asiatics, wbo en ter by way of the gulf of Carpentaria In quest of gold. Death from thirst and atarratlon account for tboua!,'. Tho few who survive rernru to Cu to spread the fame of Australia's i leutlesa roiltnde and hunger track -Chambers' Journal. Advle. "What would you da" asked the ex rlie.l p,v ai "If a paper should call yoa n liar u id a"1l IT' "Well." said tho lawyer. "If 1 were yoa I'd tot-s up e cent to see - .-r' -ier Kd reform or lick the editor." lev. Leader. Navar Totichsd Him. "Dooan't begging mak you asham ed r re. If Vaw how a tin try boom UvD were Tot twiri'd Tv aabamed ef being boom -Philadelphia Ledger, Was It a Dream? H I I l-I H I I 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 lOrlalnal.) This story present oue of those psychological pruxle that some people sneer at aa fraudulent, some tukc great Interest hi, and to wblcb most people are Indifferent Michael Keenan, oue of tbe most desperate of burglars, havl-g- Just been discharged from state prisou after serving a ten ywaaa' term, waa prowl ing at midnight on tha outskirts of a town looking for au opportunity to re plenish bis exebaqoar. lie surveyed sev-ern.1 bouses Xrom 2Slr back yaida to ttiukoV aeiec-tloa Tor burglary when be espied I figure walking In rear of a bouse tbat fronted on another street. 5cenan laid low and watched. Waa the person bent on tb earn purpose as himself! Be soon discovered that tbe ngur was a man and waa walking to and fro, keepioc an eye on an upper rear win dew of tbe boon be was be hind. Keenan fowad a loos fence picket and wltb It stealthily approached tho figure. There was a thud, a mur dered man, rifted pocket and a body thrown lu an open bunker of the bouse tbe figure bad been watching. Then Keenan went off with a gold watch and chain aud a bandred dol lar In money. Not long after the murder Keenan. wbo waa in a distant city, saw It stated In a newspaper that Hugh Gregory. tho owner of tbe bouse la the bunk er of whleh the body bad been found, had been arrested for murder. The article also stated, that Gregory was past fifty, tbe murdered man under twenty.flve. Tbe young man was Ev- eret Sturgls and a visitor at Gregorys I bouse. Tbe chain of evidence connect ing Gregory witb the niurder waa not given. Those sly fellows the police were too smart to give anything away before the proper time. It waa this matter of the police tbat I Interested Keenan. Tbey bad once I proved him gullry of a crime be bad : not committed, aud he wua curious to know how their Ingenuity would work : In proving a man guilty of a crime that be (Keenan) had committed. So he laid low, living on tbe proceeds of , the murder and raklug no great risk 1 to get more. lie waa absorbed In ; what was called the Bturges murder 1 case. Some of the paper aueorcd at j the police, accusing tbem of endeavor ing to find in Gregory a victim In whom to hide their stupidity. When j Keenan read thla he chuckled. He be-' Ueved that was then object Then came reporta of the trial, which i the real murderer read eagerly. So convincing were tbe anrumentB of the prosecuting attorney that Keenan Bl- ! most beliaved himself lnnoee-it of the j murder uud Gregory the guilt;.- one. ; But when tbe prlsouer'a counsel took j up the case bo 0ud roe uo possible I chance of the prisoucr's couvtctlou. i One thing puzzled him all thj reports , stated that Gregory looked and acted tike a guilty man. Tbe next statement Keenan read fill ed him witb wonder. Gregory bad been convicted, and soon after hla cou- rtctton he bad confessed. Sturges hnd been a suitor for bis daughter's band. Gregory bad bitterly opposed bin. Ou the ulgbt of tbe murder Gregory had gone to bed, to awake at midnight with an uncxplainnble conviction that Sturges was prowling near the house for the pnrnose of eloping witb tbe girl Gregory for some time thought be hod dreamed thut he saw Sturges walking without but so atrong waa tbe conviction tbat this was really so thnt ho got op, dressed, went down stairs, took a stout cane from tbe ball, went o"t, found Sturges and struck him a blow, from which be Bank down. I7c bad no remembrance of putting tbc body in tho bunker and supposed Stur ges must have dragged himself there and died. When Keenan read this . confession be gave a long low whistle of astonish ment Then he began to wonder if he had not been dreaoi.ng himself and Gregory had not after all, killed Stur ges. However, he still bed Sturges watch, which bo bad not dared to sell or pawn, and It was convincing proof that be was the murderer. He puz sled for weoka what he bad better do. He bad no idea ot giving himself up to sore an Innocent man, but be bated tbe police and burned to show up what he considered their Inefficiency. On night Keenan cracked a crib and made a fine haul of ready cash. Then he laid a plan. He bought a second class ticket on a steamer bound for Chile. Just before tbe steamer allied be expressed a small package to tbe Judge before whom Gregory waa tried and at tbe same time mailed the Judge a letter. In half an hour after doing tbla he was out on the Atlantic ocean. Thla la tbe latter be wrote the Judge: Dere Juge. The bouco fa a lot o' blokea. 1 got out from behind the bars wan day. and that nlta was lookln' fur a crib to cradle X apottad a man watchln. I killed blm and took the swag and dragged him Into the ounksr. la sinn you by x- ?resa the watch of the man 1 killed, ha man convicted must a been dreainin. I'm oft for furin' parte- Tures. MIKE KEENAN. The watch was identified as having belonged to Sturges, and Keenan, In name, was traced to the prison from which he bad been discharged. Gregory was finally set at liberty, and bis fam ily anlted la trying to convince blm he had dreamed that he killed Sturges. This b will not admit, though he con cedes thnt some mental process akin to dreams may have mad him think that be bad committed murder. WhUo during the trial Gregory' an tagonism to hie daughter's wooer came out It did not come out till after the receipt of Kecnaii'a communication v'.nt an arraut-emant had been mad l-!-.ween tho lo-era to elepe on the i. tb; of the uwnler. The girl conceal- 1 tl-o fact to sUicId ber father. SVLMVAN KING O..T Al.. "That artist is a real genius," re-! marked tie admirer. "No," answered allna Cayenne; "he can't he a real genius, or people wouldn't he saying so tnanv compli mentary things About him before b la '-n--,,ington Btr, ' cparatitiotis Golfers. The two chief golfing superstitions tre tbat two up and Ore to play nerer roo a "V'fch a- 1 'hat it la unlucky to win tlic 6:-' It I hard to say which la t . . the two. London Man. 2 SMILE " BUY IY0UR Eden ) Valley Nurssery AND BE HAPPY No Truat String On Bennett 100,000 TREES forticos.spo iter A Oeneral Line of Nursery Stock 30,000 Tokay drapei'for 1908 HOME GROWN TKEE3 WHOLE KOOT TREES Klght Prlcesland Square Pea! lor Everybody. N. S, OREGON'S OPPORTUNITY Colonist Rate from all parts of the United States and Canada to all paris ot Oregon and the Northwest will be again put into effect by The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. and Southern Pacific Co (Lines in Oregon) March 1, 1908, tfi,T..SSi March and April. From the principal cities ot the Middle Weft the rate? will be as follow: FROM riHCAdO ST. Loina ' KANSAS CITY . ..mm . M6.00 Corresponding rates from all other Eastern Points. Stopovers at pleasure at all points in Oregon. The Colonist Rate is tlia greatest of all boraebuilders. 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Of all modem languages Eugllsb If undoubtedly the most difficult to ac quire. In addition to the ordluor; pltfnlls of forms and idioms that en tr:ip tliu fuu-isuer stniKMiig for ni.iv tery of a atome tuiiKiie. there la ou ao peculiar to ours tiiat nothing eve remotely almliur presents Itself in an. otuer Jaiig-.i.-:-e, whether ancient 01 modern. This Is tbe imisdnxtcnl word, th word which ha two meanings diamet rleally oi jium-iI to cuh other, it I. cot euiug.-u Hint, with nil the wenltl of words borrowed fiom half a acor. of other h:nir;.-iea, v.e must Inipoee : double n ml of; en a n.ultlplo burden o:: some pour Utile monosyllabic wop like' "get," for Instnuee, wbo?e mcue Insa aro le.rion. Our language mus needs confound the student nt tb. Kntos wltb the paradox. To give tew exaupic3: T!n v. ord "let" means to "allow' or "iwruiit" and likewise to "pre vent." "hinder" or "refuse." mejnli: dlumetiv ull.v opposite. "I will let yn do If In the former aense ia hard!; more eouiuiou In ue tliun the phram "wlthv-n let or hindrance," an Shakespeare baa It. "Hy heaven, r: muke a g'.'.ost of him that lets (pr vcnti?i mei" "Ciea'.e" uiei'.ns to spilt ..sunder i well as to "adhere" or "bind" closely Scott make s'nrmion threaten tr "cleave .ilie Dongiaa' be;id," whll. holy writ rnjolns'iipnu the husband tr "cftvivc ir.rtn. hla wife." Auuili.v .,iii.r.pie is "inrld," which nuauM '.ch "111111 red" aud also 11 "pile tie. n" hue. tlnta that are exact y opposed In tie m ale of color. Whllf the former Is the riore common mean ing, the latter la aore scholarly cor rect the word Is derived throng:! tbt Latin from tbe Greek adjective meaning "greenish bued." SSI BTSiaSBBU li 1 - j - - - T JiiganAiitOi lo nril Class coninuon Is ex- j citing nouh lor mott people. When vou tleiuot to ruo on ! when It needs repairing yea are courting acoidsnt anil de lay. Send your auto ber and tare us out it into nrst claai shall. Then you can get tit I most pleasure out or running It. Our work is guaranteed against breakdowns. Hudson Autu Co. "JJS ! jOaoocsaoaacsaat BOOST AT THE TREES Save Money by Placing your Or. dcr aow for Fall 1908 and have Tree Grlftcd to Dennett, . okeuun Order FROM COUNCIL BLUFFt . - OMAHA ST. 'AO. , tvt.no f-W.OO twin Rich in heart Interest Resplendent in Rare Comedo aright in Dialogue Terrific in Climaxes Original in Sensational X&ain, we bare "faat" A hone that I "fast" may b In rapid motion or standing tied stock atiih In either aense, whether of motion or Immobili ty, tbe word emphasise tbe Idea. Examples of this bewildering pit fall of our tongue might be multiplied Indefinitely. It may be said of the English speaking world aa It waa tald of the old Romans that their suprem acy la doe to tbe fact that tbey do cot have to learn their own language. Chicago Record-Herald. Whan Pocksf.ll.r Waa Poor. J. C. Foster, a retired business mart, of Buffalo, who la spending the winter nt the New Deneehnud. waa a hotel man years ago In Oil City. Pa. That was In the days of the Pennsylvania oil boom, and prospectora from all over the country were guests m the City hi 'el. many of whom bare since risen to the front rank of finance, for among Mr. Foster's guests In those dnys were such men as Rockefeller. Satterfield. Taylor. VandergrlB, For man and Pan O'D.iy. And It was no uncommon thing for these oil mag natea to aleep two in a bed, for ac commodations weren't plentiful, and even plastered honses were rare. New Orleans ricayune. A 8evou Tailsd Comet. The new comet, generally caHed Daniels', which passed perihelion In AugUBt, offered the remark-bio anec- racie or aeven tails, displayed slmnl. tancoosly. In this respect It recall the famnns comet of 1744, which. It la aald, alio bad seven tall. But the comet of 174 was a brilliant one. whereas Dan iels' conii-t wie. not conspicuous lo the naked eye. Accordlug to Brt-iichln' theory, a nmltlplielty of talis, of differ ent curveturm. Indicates that the com et consists of substance of varying vale weight Tho lightest particles, tlrg driven off wltb great velocity, f -.o. straight tall.