LUCKY STRIKE
CIGARETTE
Until this new "smoke"
was made you could never
have a real Burley tobacco
cigarette. It's the best yet
IT'S TOASTED
The toasting brings out the
delicious flavor of that fine
old Kentucky Burley. You
never tasted
agreeable
roasting does
JUDGE BELTS SPEED
WINS PORTLAND PRAISE
The trial of "Red' Hupert, for the
theft of $5000 in Liberty bonds from
the Northwestern National bank,
befrui Tuesday morning.
It ended Wednesday afternoon.
Rupert was sentenced at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
Such dispatch takes our breath
away. We are not accustomed to
such speed in Portland.
It was not a Portland judge who
tried Rupert, but Circuit Judge Belt
of Dallas. We hope Judge Belt
continues to sit in Portland long
enough to enable our judges, of all
branches of the judiciary, to study
his methods at first hand.
Judge Belt is the master of his
court. lie doesn't let the deputy
di.-wift attorneys or counsel for the
delense run it. He does not sit
patiently while lawyers at the trial
table quibble and squabble and ask
silly questions and in other ways
display their cleverness.
One small example of his meth
ods: 0 Did you on such-and -such a
night visit the home of So und So?
A. No.
0 On that occasion did you show
So-and-So a certain paper?
Judge Belt (interrupting) Wit
ness has already said he did not
visit the home of So and-So. Get
on with the case.
Judge Belt impresses us as a
keen business man who knows law,
and tries to get results in the short-1
est possible time consistent with
efficiency and justice. We like him. !
If all our judges would follow his I
methods, we would get more jus- j
tiice for less money. Portland j
News. i
POLK COUNTY HAS ONE
SELECTIVE SERVICE RECRUIT
Pallas, Or., Robert Thompson
and Charles Plessinger, two Polk
county boys, who went to France I
last summer with the regular army, j
write home that they have already j
had a turn in the trenches under j
German fire. Both are in the in- j
funtry. John Guy, the only man ;
sent from Polk county under the i
selective service act, arrived in ,
France a short time ago. Guy reg- ;
istered in Seattle, on June 5, but
returned to his home in this city a
short time afterward. He was !
drawn in the dealt in that city and
and the Polk County local Itnard !
was asked to conduct his examin- j
ation and induct him into the ser- i
vice. He was sent to Camp Lewis,,
where he was ar-t.gned to an ehgi-
net r regiment anil after a few!
weeks of training was sent overseas.;
Violin, banjo, and guitar strings
at Kr earner's.
4fo
Q) Guaranteed by. f
anything so
think what
for peanuts.
BIG HARVEST PREDICTED
! THIS YEAR IN VALLEY
Albany, Or., Phil Swank, a well
known I.nn coiunty farmer, Tues
day sold lTt sacks or oats and re
ceived a check for $i!)9.1S. Oats
are bringing $1 a bushel in the local
market. Buyers are also seeking
hay, paying from $18 to $20 a ton.
A. T. Clark, a local buyer, states
that prospects for a wonderful crop
of hay and grain were never
blighter. Heavy acreage has been
planted and all of it looks line.
With no mishaps with the weath
er, the Willamette valley will enjoy
the most bountiful harvest this
year that it has ever had.
HOP GROWERS ASSOCIATION
WILL PROBABLY DISBAND
Salem, Or., Prohibition has made
the Oregon Hop Growers' associa
tion a useless organization, and an
announcement was made today
that a meeting will be held here
Friday, March 29, to dissolve the
association. Before that time the
books of the association will bo ex
pected as required by law. The
meeting was called for today, but
a quorum was not present. About
.'Kill members were here.
Msrchant's Wife Advises
Independence Women
"I had stomach trouble bo bad I
could eat nothing but toast, fruit and
hot water. Everything else soured
an' formed gas. Dieting did no good.
1 was miserable until I tried buckthorn
bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in
Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL bene
fitted me INSTANTLY." Because
Adler-i-ka empties BOTH large and
small intestine it relieves ANY CASE
constipation, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis. It has QUICK
EST action of anything we ever sold.
Williams Drug Company. '
IF O U C H WERE ALWAYS U
I lis arm he drough,
The rock he through;
His aim was trough
The bead he slough;
Twms nothing nough
For him to dough,
lie sailed the hlough
With his Imld crough,
And went to wotigh
A girl he knouph,
Hut she vowed to sough
When his love was through,
And Iiis point of viougb
.Much larger groiigh.
Now I guess I in dough
To close. Thank you.'h.
-I. M. M.
W hite Salmon, Wash.
Dr 11 E. DtiKanne. dentist,
Nation! Bank Building.
DAY OF NATIVJY UNKNOWN
World Has Only Tradition to Rely
Upon at to Dat of the Birth
of Chiist
The traditional 25th of December as
the date of the birth of the Savior hits
no historical authority beyond the
fourth century, wheu the Clu-istnms
festival was Introduced first In Home
(A. D 300), on the busi-- of several Ro
man festivals (the Saturnalia, SiRil
luria, Juveiialta. Brumnlla, or Dies
natalis InvlctI Soils), which were held
In the lutter part of December, in com
memoration of the golden age of lib
erty and equality, and In honor of the
sun, who in the winter solstice Is, as It
were, born anew, and begins his con
quering march. The only Indication of
the season of Christ's birth Is the fact
that the shepherds were watching
their flocks in the field at the tini
(Luke 11:8), and this fact points to
any other season rather than winter,
and Is, therefore, not favorable to the
traditional date. Besides, the ancient
tradition Is of no account here, as It
! varied down to the fourth century.
Clement of Alexandria relates that
some regarded the 2rth, Pachon (1. e.,
May 20), others the 24th or 25th, I'har
mufhl (April 19 or 20), as the day of
Nativity.
As to modern research, the only
point on which divines generally agree
Is that Christ was not born on Christ
mas day, while numerous learned au
thorities put the birth on almost every
date of the yeur.
HILL PUZZLE TO GEOLOGISTS
Stems Columns on Eminence Near Pa
chuca. In Mexico, Out of Keeping
With Otrter Formations.
A very remarkable geological freak
In Mexico Is a mountain sltuuted near
Paehuca which presents the appear
ance at a distance of being covered
with spikes. The sides of the moun
tain are closely studded with stone col
umns or palisades. These columns are
five to twelve feet long and as large
round as an average man's body, It
Is a remarkable uplift of nature which
has the appearance1, howewr, of being
the handiwork of human beings. One
side of the mountain is almost perpen
dicular and the stone columns pro
trude from the surface ut right angles,
forming an. Impressive picture.
Pnchuca Is one of the most noted
mining districts In Mexico, and 'It Is
said by geologists that this remarka
ble spiked mountain' is out of keeping
with the remainder of the formation
of the mineralized region. The stone
Is os hard as flint and has withstood
the elements of ages. The spikes form
a natural bottlemeut that makes the
mountain appear from a distance like
an ancient fort. The mines of the
Paehuca district are situated not far
from this wonderful freak of nature,
but the formation encountered In their
respective underground workings Is of
an entirely different kind from that of
the palisade.
How Tornado Originates.
The tornado of the Western plains Is
Identical In formation with the sund
whirl. The sun beats fiercely on a lim
ited area say ten square miles of bar
ren prairie and as a result the air next
the earth becomes very hot, perhaps
120 degrees, and tbe mass Is constant
ly Increasing In volume. Ahove the
wnrm air Is a stratum perhaps 20 de
grees colder.
By and by a passageway Is mnde,
the hot air begins to ascend and the
cold upper air, pressing downward,
forces the lighter air through a chan
nel thus formed. It begins to whirl, It
Increases In velocity, a surface cur
rent forces It along, and the tornado
starts on Its destructive Journey.
The terrific cyclone originates In
much the same way, only differing In
extent. The most violent cyclones or
iginate In tropical latitudes, In the At
lantic ocean, to the north and east of
West Indian Islands and In the Pacific,
in the China sea und In. the neighbor
hood of the Philippine islands.
The reason they are so destructive
Is because they are carried such great
distances by extraneous Influences.
Sheep Has Wooden Leg.
Charles Kruuter, living neur liucyrus,
()., hud a lamb get tangled up .In a
fence und Injure its leg. The veterin
ary told him the leg had to come olT.
Krauter did not want to lose the lamb,
so minus the leg he nursed It buck
to hcultb and then fixed up a peg leg
for it.
Now tbe lumb has grown to be a
deep and still stmnps around oa the
wooden leg. Occasionally the wooden
member becomes loose und fails off,
ind the sheep then hobbles over to a
soft spot and waits until some one
comes along to fasten the leg on
again.
The wooden lea; doesn't Interfere
with the sheep growing wool, Mr.
Kruuter eays, and wool is wool now
adays. Proud Record of Marines.
As the first battle of the American
navy was fought and won by the
marines, so, down through the years
of the Revolutionary war, we find the
marines at the forefront when difficult
work was to be done. In fmt there
were but few expeditions In whieh
they did not figure In more or les
strength. Thus IJeutenunt Walling
ford of the marines died at the head
of his men under John Paul Jones In
the batUe between the Hanger and the
Drake; and In th classic fight be
tween the lion Ilonme Kit-hard undr
Paul Jones and the Serapls,
marines lost ii) out of 137 -men.
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CULTURE HERE BEFORE 1492
Did America's Pre-Columbian Civiliza
tion Come From Egypt? la
Now Question,
Prof. Elliot Smith developed In nn
extraordinarily Interesting manner the
thesis' that the pre-Columbian civiliza
tions of America or at least many Im
portant features in those civilizations
were not truly aboriginal, but came
In a cultural wave from Asia across
the Pacific ocean, the original starting
point of the most remarkable charac
teristic being Egypt.
Professor Smith believes, says Sci
ence Progress, that the extremely pe
culiar culture of Egypt was spread
eastward by mariners, mainly Phoeni
cians, for several centuries after B. C.
800. To quote the author's own words,
he thinks that "the essential elements
of the ancient civilizations of India
(the pre-Aryan civilizations), further
Iudia, the Malay archipelago, Oceania
and America were brought In succes
sion to each of these places by mari
ners, whose oriental migrations began
as trading Intercourse between the
eastern Mediterranean and India some
time after 800 B. C, and that the
highly complex and artificial culture
w hich they spread abroad was derived
largely from Kgypt (not eurller than
the twenty-first dynasty), but also In
cluded many Important accretions
from other sources, and that after tra
versing Asia and Oeeuula and becom
ing modified on the way, the stream
finally "continued for muny centuries
to play upon the Pacific littoral of
America, where it was responsible for
planting the germs of the remarkable
pre-Columbian civilization."
WAYS OF KEEPING YOUTHFUL
Man Who la Determined Not to Grow
Old Really Has Only to "Maka
an Effort."
1 see It In my chamtlng: hftlr,
I see It In my growing lielr.
My growing thirst for enrly news,
It la a fact, 1 urn growing old.
And so growing old Is Just a case of
finding w hat one's looking for, observes
the Minneapolis Journal. A man de
cides that the time has come for him to
be old, and so Instead of bracing up,
Ignoring the symptoms and finding
some other explanation for the change
In the color of his hair, he neglects his
dress, walks with a stoop, uses a cane,
stops taking exercise, -eats too much,
Indulges In reminiscences, retires from
business, and In general acquires the
f oidish habit of growing old.
lie should remember that It Is possi
ble to keep a youth 'nl spirit, an active
mind, an Interest In current events and
a purpose to serve his fellows, and that
he who does these things will always
be young.
The fact that women generally de
rllne to contract the old-age hahlt and
that some men have also resisted the
temptation to fall Into It would seem
to Indicate that If those who do yield
to It would oidy take the advice of
Domhey to his wife, and "make an ef
fort," they would learn how foolish
and how unnecessary It Is to grow old.
Henry Clay's Diplomacy.
The following Is on instnnce of
Henry Clay's readiness In getting nut
of a difficult situation. On one occa
sion a vote he had given In congress
offended one of his constituents who
unhrulded him for It and declnred he
would never again support him for
congress.
Sleeting this constituent on the court
green Mr. Clay said to him: "I em
sorry you will not again support mo
for congress because of a vote I gave
on $ certain measure. When your
rifle ndsses fire do you throw It
BW-Hy?" "No," replied tho constituent,
I do not throw It away." "What do
you do with It?" asked Mr. Clay. "Why,
rick my flint and try It again," re
plied the constituent. "Well," said Mr.
Clay, "are you going to throw ni away
because I have missed fire once? Won't
you let me pick my flint and try again?
Won't you treat me ns you do your rifle
when It misses Ore?"
This ready reply satisfied the con
stituent and completely won him over,
und he was ever after one of Oluy's
most faithful supporters In his email-,
ducy for congress.
Man Has Copied Nature's Work.
Marble, In nature, owes Its crystal
line structure to volcanic beat. liut
Ingenious timn uses heat to counter
feit the volcanic rocks. Hy such means,
with suitable materluls, he makes
bricks nnd crockery, which are arti
ficial stones. The processes employed
In the manufacture of chlnuwure are
merely workshlp Imitations of those
used In the hibiirntory of nature.
VoIciMilc rock granlt", trap or what
not Is the very symbol of Imperisha
bility j but the artificial stones (surll
as brick and chlnuwure) produced by
the fusion of particles under the action
of heat are among the most enduring
of known substances.
For Those Fond of Parrots.
The voyage hy steamship Is very
hard on parrots, which are stored la
the holH, coiniianly In c lose proximity
to the engine room. Consequently they
are apt to rench their filial destination
In a sickly condition. One should be
careful to make sure In buying an Af
rican parrot thut it Is a healthy bird.
There are hundreds of species of pur
rots ami the most beuullful of them
all are die cockatoos, native exclusive
ly of Austrulasla. Tbe giants of the
tribe are the American nineuws.
Neither the macaw nor the cockutooo
I is ordinarily much of a talker, but
occasionally specimens are very clever
at conversation.
WOULD MAKE IT "SOFT"
TOR THE STEEL TRUST
Senator Jimmio Wadsworth of
New York, who is one of those who
want to repeal the constitution of
the Tinted States nnd sot aside the
results of tho last presidential
election by placing the presidential
powers in tho hands of a committee
of "three distinguished citizens"
satisfactory to the steel trust-has
revealed the real purpose of thewar
cabinet bill so that even a child can
understand it.
Wadsworth placed in the I'.on
Ki't'sMtuial llecord a series of
strange and wonderful diagrams to
demonstrate his idea of how the
war department is at present organ
i.ed. The draftsman who designed
these puzzles perpetrated a geomet
rical nightmare intended to denote
hopeless confusion.
Then Senator Jimmio introduced
a diagram to show what he pit)
poses to do about it.
An cMimhiation of the diagram
will show that the "three distin
guished citizens," like the "three
well known gentlemen" who are
the hosts of the Mardi (Iras balls
at New Orleans, are to ho Ihe whole
works. Kverybody elso w ill he their
ollice boys, reporting to them alone.
l'eishing, Daniels, linker. Hoover,
(iarlield and all the others would
have to wait until they pushed the
hell buttons on their mahogany
desks. i
Nothing and nobody could get to
the president except thru these
"three distinguished citizens." They
would ho the whole show in tho
big tent and the president wauld he
oft under 4he canvas curtains or the
side show along with tho freaks.
lie would be immured in the
White House like the late Ualai
l.ama of Thibet or the old "do
nothinn kings" of France, who re
mained in Iheir palaces knitting
with the women folks while the
"mayors of the palace" ran the
country.
The president would lie a mum
my, not a man. Payment of his sal
ary would be entirely uujuslilled, as
I llt Would do nothing to earn it,
It
would he better to tire him alto
gether, send him back to a college
class room, and turn tho whole
thing over to the "three distin
guished citizens." True, the people
did not elect tho distinguished three.
Hut if they suit tho steel trust why
should the people worry? Or ut
least so says Senator Jimmy.
1'oitland News.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, .
Prank J. C'henxy makes oath that h
la innlor partner of the firm of Y. J.
Cheney A Co. riding buxlrinai In the
City of Toll do. County hiuI Hliito afore
said, and thut nnltl Htm will pav the
urn of ON10 HUNl'KKl) DoM.AKH for
ai-h and every rune of Catarrh thut
eunnot be cutim! hy the u of IIAt.lH
CATAIUtH Cl'UK. KUANK J. CIIKNKY
Sworn to before me anil milurrllmd
In my prcipme, this 6th day of tlprrm
ber, A. I). 186. A. W. (il.RAHON,
Hwi! Notary Public.
Mall's Catarrh Cure la taken Intern
nlly and sets throtixh tho Wood on the
Miiroiia Hurfai-HH of the Syatum. Send
for testimonials, free.
V. J. CIIKNKY A CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all liniKKlats, 7Ei
Hall's Family Tills for constipation
BARB WIRE AND THIS NAME
OUGHT TO STOP HUNS
('! e ncral Bonchbrunycvllrb is
commanding tho Ilussian army ac
cording to tho dispatches today.
Thai name reinforced with Home
barbed wire entanglements ought
to stop General llindoiiburg's lo-
KiniiH. Salem t.apital Journal.
BLACK ROCK STILL PATRIOTIC
GIRL JOINS RED CROSS
Patriotism still prevails at lllack
Hock. Another member lias been
added to the Had Cross; Miss Ilob
erts of the Hay household. Illnrk
Hoik News in Falls City News.
Earning
The world today is demand
ing of every man the maximum
of his earning power.
Are you keeping: your earn-
I in power up to
ard? There's only one way to do
this
H Eat Pure, Foil
We have a reputation for handling nothing
but the BEST GROCERIES obtainable. The best
is none to good for our customers, and we spare
neither expense nor trouble to proenre it.
Calbreath
WAR REQUIRES STRENGTH
AND NOT DEPRIVATION
It is the nature of Jack-in-otnce
to lord it and there are divers
Jacks-in-ollice rattling round now
in Washington. They seek char
acteristically to magnify their own
importance. Thus we have nil
sorts of admonitions to he frugal
and to that end many restrictive
regulations upon our productive in
dustries. The cant of the hour dwells upon
the alleged virtue of sacrifice. One
might fancy that we are u nation
of slackers. Again ho might fancy
that we are in u slate of seige. We
are pouring out billions of dollars.
We are organizing to send millions
of men, having sent not a few al
ready. The real need is expedition.
It is easy to talk about sacritlee.
Hut there has been no lack of it.
Have the mothers at home made
no siacritices- brave tho not tearless
- in seeing their sons oil to the
front? They at least should not he
further depressed by the eternal
chatter "this is war." None of us,
they least of all, are going to for
get. Nor should we punish ourselves
by voluntary privations. Ours is n
ejvnt and fruitful laud. It still
Hows with wine, milk and honey.
To he strong wo must subsist well
surely as well as we ran. The
hmne. should not lie made a house
of want as well ns a house of woe,
when the awful lists of tho killed
and wounded begin to come from
over the sea. In short, we should
lead, as far as possible our normal
lives. Work should go on as usual
ami likewise play. Jack-in-olllco,
as we have seen, would kill the
goose that lays tho golden egg by
putting business in a straight
jacket. He should bo called down
w herever ho appears, but especially
in the national capital, when1 he
wanders ut largo nnd ut will, exploit
ing himself and offending his bet
ters. Henry Wattersou ' in Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
SONNIE KNOWS MA IS THERE
If you bend down real close you'll
SCO
There just as plain us pluin can
be
A little birdie's tracks. Three toes!
And how they got there, goodness
knows;
We've played and played here
every day
And never left our tracks that
way.
My father says tho walk wa'n't
set
lie means by that 'twas new and
wet-
When that young bird flew down
one day
And 'most got stuck. Then dewed
uwayl
And my ma says that I can see
I low awful careful I must be
When 1 am playing out around
To put my feet on solid ground
Or I'll get stuck 'most, any day
And never, never got awuy.
Hut I ain't scared; becuuse, you
see
She's always looking out for me.
Claudius Thayer.
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