*—te-
SQUALID PORTO RICAN TOWN
Tim* to m..ke the annual batch of
good resolutions.
Œbe ÇnM luishrs tin rraìirrs, frirnòa
anù arqinintaiirra a
tDriglit, Jlrnsyrrnus anù
trappy New lîrar.
Beside Superb Scenery, Ponce Would
Seem to Have Little to Attract
the Tourist.
Ponce, a city on the south coast of
Porto Hico, gives the false impression
of helng a larger city than the capital,
loosely strewn as It Is over a dusty,
fiat plain and overflowing In hovels of
decreasing size Into the low foothills
E. G. Stultz, principal of the high
behind. Il Is the most extensive town
sch ol. has been spending the holidays
In Porto Itlco, and. like mutiy of those
with friends in Portland.
around the coast, Iles lan k a few miles
Irene Knight, small daughter of Mr.
from the sen. for tear of pirate« In
the. olden days, with a street eat serv
aidMts. I. W. Knight, has been ill,
ice to Its shipping suburb of Ponce-
Buffering with bronchitis.
the most beaut'ful lake on this planet. I’layn.
Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Heckman of
Airplants festoon Its telephone
Several good picturers of the lake ac
Centra) Point were in Jacksonville
wires, and Its mosquitoes are so ag
company the article.
Tuesday, the Doctor having been call
gressive that to dine In Its principal
The Sunday school will be inaugu
hotel Is to wage u constnnt buttle,
ed piofessiona’ly.
rated tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock.
while to disrobe and enter a bath
Preaching services at 11 o’clock. FAMOUS BELLS OF BOSTON
George and Chester Wendt attended
room Is a perilous undertaking, at»
Mr.
B.
F.
Lindas
will
speak
on
“
The
the dance at Medfoid Christmas right.
cording to Hurry A. Eranek In the
Life of John Wesley.” You are invit Not the Least In the Historic Old i Century.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wells of Klam ed.
City Is the One That Was Cast
Puerto de Tierra, once nothing
ath Falls were calling on local friends I
by Paul Revere.
more tluin the "hind gate" Its name
this week.
Implies, Is almost a city of Itself, a
Rev. J. K Howard has accepted the' I Mis A. M. Putney and two sons,
A bell which was cast hy Paul Re pathetic town of many shack« built of
Maynard and Maurice, were guests of vere still hangs hi the belfry of King’s tin nnd dry goods boxes, spreading
eali to the pulpit cf the Presbyterian
chapel, built when Boston was In its down and across Hie railroad to the
, .Mrs. Tom Fulton, ’’’hursday.
rhuich and will ¡assume his duties
Infancy. This bell was the one hun
O. C. Lee, Salvation Army worker, dred and sfxty-first cast by Revere swampy hay. Naked babies play In
shortly. Mr. Howaid is already well
the mud and mothers with pitifully
known in thie city having preached residing tn Coos county, visited at the Besides being a bell caster Revere al small clips scurry io milk shops In an
home of Mrs. Heler. Johnson this I so was an engraver, a goldsmith and effort to get the pnxtous food tor thelf
hete several times in the past.
Mr and Mrs. Lynn Rumley of Forest week. Mr. Lee was on his way to the a dentist. Rising above the modest infants.
Creek were visitors in town Saturday. Blue LeJge, where he expects to sperd houses Is the old North church, from
which Revere received his signal ESKIMO DANCE WORTH SEEING
a couple of months prospecting.
A larel Chapter, Order of ths East
previous to his famous midnight ride.
Elmer Hoefs arrived in town Thurs Christ church, the second Episcopal
ern Star of Jacksonville, will hold
Ceremony Indulged in by Both Women
their installation Thursday evening, day fr< m a brief visit at his former church of Boston, is situated In the
and Man Is Performed With
north
eml.
and
Is
an
off-shoot
of
King's
January sixth. All members are re home, Butte Falls. He will Visit rel
Rhythmic Grace.
quested to bring ba skets to supply the : atives fur a few days before leaving chapel. Its spire, designed and built
in
1723.
has
served
as
a
landmark
to
for
Monroe,
Oregon.
banquet tabla with the usual good
Eskimos of Alaska perform their
guide ships Into the harbor. In 1804
things.
Rawles Moore of Medfoad spent this spire was blown down by a great dancing feats to the sound of “tom-
A laige crowd fiom all sections of some time in Jacksonville this w-ck on gale, nnd was shortened by 16 feet. toms" with round. Ilat heads nnd short
Tl.e heads of the Instru
the valley^are planning on attending official business, prepatory to assum
The chime of hells, now silent, which bundles.
the big N. w Year’s Ball in Orth Hall. ing the office of prosecuting attorney hangs In the tower, wns made In 1774, ments are of seal hide, which the na
in the foundry of Abel Ruddall, of tives moisten from time to time with
The Majestic Orchestra will be there in next week.
They
Gloucester.
England. Each bell has a sponge to keep tightened,
full force and there will be supprise
Will Hoefs, well kniwn blacksmith engraved upon It an Inscription denot heat on the under side of the drum
features ell evening.
of Summit, Oregon, has been spending ing Its history. The bells, ns wns com head with long, slender willow wands,
County School {Superintendent Sus the week with his father, C. F. Hoeft, mon belief In that time, were supposed ■'Ittle chips brcr.king off the sticks
anne Homes left Tuesday for Port this being his fi st visit to .lacksonville to possess the power to dispel evil all the time nnd living nbout. With
a slow, monotonous chant at first, they
spirits.
land, being one of the county de legates in sixteen years.
gradually work themselves Into a fren
to the State Teacher’s association
zled shout nnd loud, resonant I eating
Bliss
Heine,
orchestra
leader
from
Stage and Movie.
which convenes there. Enroute home
of the drums as the dance goes on.
To me the Joy of the thenter Is In
fiies Holmes will stop at Salem to at* Medford, was in Jacksonville on a
While they dance the min are
business
trip
Wednesday.
the
attention
forced
by
a
skillfully
con
tetd a meeting ot the courtry super
stripped to the waist, but the women
stnicted
play
acted
hy
players
of
con
inlet dents from all sections of the
wear their calico “Mother Hubbards.”
Acco. diig to present plans, a < dance
vlctlon and artistic power. I have of or denim parkas, with a gleaming
state.
will be given in Orb’s hall every t two
ten watched an audience coming from
I
Jihn Flater is spinning some time weeks. The music will be furnished by a moving-picture thenter, and rarely i Iralo of wolverine about the face. The
dancing ceremony begins with a
with Lis parents, Mr an<i Mrs. Daniel the Majestic Orchestra, which is com have 1 seen a look of more elation or
"muscle dance" by a young boy. In
posed of well known musicians. A spirit upon the faces of the crowd
Flater.
which the men Inter Join, after which
good attendance is anticipated.
than would result from the perusal of comes the “wolf dance," with more
The 'eaeheis and pupils of the I. cal ,
h newspaper. Whereas, after an eve
scl.oo's will resume work Nonday rfter' George Wendt attended toe comedy, ning nt an interesting play, the audi energy and loud shouting. The women
then Join In, one by one, with marvel
“
Listen
Lesiei
”
,
orcsenUd
at
Med
a week’s vacation during the holidays.
ence pours forth In animation; and ous rhythmic grace of movement.
ford Monday night.
even though the play may have been
When the dance Is over one of the
Ralph R Matr.ey and Miss Vera
Local Justice of the Peace B g.haw a tragedy, emotions have been stirred musicians takes up a collection In his
O 'en of Applegete were united in mar
and minds stimulated until the reac
riage by Justice Bagshaw, Friday, is hearing Medford cases during the tion shows on every face. So long as “tom-tom." The non-nntlve white guests
usually contribute tea and candy, It
absence
of
Glenn
O.
Taylor,
who
is
at
December 24.
the human relation Is preserved be being wrong for a guest to give mrney.
Lodi, Calif.
tween actor and audience, so long will
Last week the county received a
George Neuber, who is located on a the acted drama retain Its supremacy
ch ck for $20.000 from the National
Nut Butter Is Wholesome.
In any community.—Otis Skinner In
Surety Co., of New York, this amount homestead near Sqjaw Like, has been the North American Review.
Cocon butter, as nut butter Is called
visiting
friends
in
the
valley
this
week.
being the surety bond furnished by
in England, wns not accepted with en
The new county officers will assume
Mrs. Myrtle Blakely, county treas
thusiasm by the British public when
WAS
THE
FIRST
CINDERELLA
urer. This par'ially covers the county’s their official duties on Monday, January
natural butter became scarce during
Ion incurred in the Bank of Jackson 3rd. The changes are Rawles Moore Egyptian Maiden Said to Have Been the wnr, so the food committee of the
who succeeds G. v). Roberts as prose-
Royal society made some elaborate
ville failure.
the Original of the Old and
lests of Its effects on human beings
cjting attorney and A. W. Walker,
Popular Story.
A T. Lundgren, who has been spend
The New York Medical Journal sum
who will be treasurer, succeeding Mrs.
ing the past two months at hi3 mine in
mnrlr.es the results, which show that
Myrtle Blakely.
About 700 years B. C., there Is snfd slightly less of the fnt of cocoa butter
Copper, Calif., is in Jacksonville for a
C. F. Dunford and Henry Mankins to have lived a maiden, who, though than of tlmt of real butter Is utilized
biief s ’ay.
of Poormaas creek were in Jacksonville not called “Cinderella,” was undoubt- by the body; It causes no digestive
Young people of this corner of the this week
'edly the person represented In the troubles; when consumed In large
popular fairy tale, says the Montreal
valley are anticipating the dance to be
The Missionary Society met at the Herald. It was during the rulings of quantities It Ims a slightly laxative ef
given in Orth’s Hill New Yeais night.
Presbyterian church Thursday after one of the twelve Egyptian kings that fect, mid In general it Is a safe and
wholesome food.
noon wiih -Mrs. Henry Gallup as lead this beautiful eastern girl, Rhodope
The Wonder of Eijga.
by name, came under the notice of the
er.
One cannot find among the multitude
Mrs J. S. Parsuns of Ashland visit then known world. Rhodope had re Of wonders in nature anything more
markably small feet. One day, while
ed Miss Issie McCully Thursday.
is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh.
bathing In a river near her home, an marvelous than the development of
Those subject to frequent “colds In
Rev J K. Howard, the new Presby eagle Is said to have swooped down au egg. writes Elsa G. Allen In the
the head” will find that the use of
terian pastor, will hold his first service and. playing the part of the fairy god American Forestry Magazine. Wheth
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will
mother. snapped up one of her sanduls er It be a butterfly which flourishes for
San lay, January 10.
build up the System, cleanse tlie Blood
which was on the hank. Carrying a day only to die lifter depositing Its
and render them less llnble to colds.
the little shoe off in his beak the bird eggs, or a reptih- which lazily leaves
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh
Is reported to have dropped ft Imme its eggs with only the warm snnd to
may lead to Chronic Catarrh.
IIALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE Is
diately In front of the king, nnd, nat mother them, or a fish, like the salmon,
taken Internally and acts through the
urally, the little sandal soon attracted which, with Incredible strength, jumps
Blood on the Mveons Surfaces of the
royal attention. Struck by Its size so the rapids to spawn In the upper
System, thus reducing the inflamma
small, and the daintiness, too. the king ret.rhe« of rivers, or most np|s*aIing
tion and restoring normal conditions.
In the New Year’s issue of the Sat- vowed he would find out the charming of all. a bird which builds a beautiful
AJ1 druggists. Circulars free.
urdaylEvening Fost, is a most int r- possessor. Messengers were dispatch nest for Its treasures, the egg In every
F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo. Ohio.
estirg article on scienic Oregon, by the ed and the country was scoured for case Is structurally the same, mid the
famous humorist, L vin Cobb
The the foot that the shoe would fit. At lulrnele of life unfolds according to
Highest quality. jewTlryS author enjoyed a hunting trip in Ore length llhodope was discovered nnd the same laws of cell division.
the shoe placed on her tiny foot, Af-
Out of Place.
repairing, diamond set-g gon some time since, whih furnished ter a triumphal conveyance to the
Aunt Hannah came home from
ting, witch repairing,E the material for the story. In describ
agate mounting and jew I ing Crater L ike, Mr. Cobb says, "For king's palace she was made queen to church the other Sunday morning ills
her royal lover, "King Psamtnetlcus tlnctly out of sorts. When asked what
elrv manufacturing.
its size, I consider Crater Li ke the of Memphis."
was wrong she answered tlmt she
Martin J. Reddy
most wonderful thing in the world.”
thought there was not the proper rev
OR St
TH
He also i xpresses his opinion of it as
erence In that church. Pressed to give
Speech Should Be Worth While.
further explanation she finally did so
Ami when you hnve something to I
“I didn't like any of the choir." she
say it's worth saying well. It's not
complained. “They were too fickle
Just that you say words, You must
looking to sing hymns nnd I thought
say them so they attract and convince.
it perfectly sacrilegious when tlmt so
We nil use pretty much the same
prnno got up In those slippers with the
words but they sound so differently
high, thin heels nnd snag, ‘How Firm
from the mouths of different people.
i Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord.”'
There are books galore that are musty
THIS applies directly to the pay-
The family she wns visiting smiled
with utilise because what they say Is
Imt later admitted to themselves tha'
by-check custom which is now
poorly said. If the thought had been
It wns Indeed Incongruous although
matured Into small compass and told
the practical method for use
not exactly sacrilegious.
In telling diction they shoulJ be popu
Diet and Energy
wherever and whenever money is
72!
lar works. And It's the same with
Tlie Salvation Army acquires new
speech.
Some
men
have
good
Ideas,
paid out, whether in the home,
but they take so long to tell them tlint merit. Just ns we thought nil hnd been
ri.
business or by the individual
people get tired. Sometimes they even -nlil. when we learn that half of a
doughnut will provide lifting power to
get
weary
before
the
man
begins
to
about town.
«peak. The world wants what you entry n innn to the top of the Washing r(2J
know, but It Isn't willing to was.e time ton monument (a climb of 555 feet),
and six walnuts will do the same
The First National Bank ac
listening to mere words.
while three medium-sized olives will
cepts checking deposits by mail as
Va'ue of an Impelling Idea.
see you comfortably half a mile on
A famous French political economist your way. A single caramel, says a
well as by Dersonal call. We do not charge fo.
once said: “What I admire In Chris discouraging article In the American
topher Columbus Is not that he dis Journal of .Medicine, supplies en.-ryi
Check Books. Why not be BUSINESS LIKE
covered America, hut that he went to for a mile's constitutional. Think or
look for it under the Inspiration of the mistaken picnic luncheons that
an Idea.”
have been laboriously carried In the
pa at Reflect that six olives ami six
Size of Humming Bird.
caramels are all you need to supply
When a humming bird is stripped steam for a seven-nile walk, and think
OPLGON
MEDFOPD
of its feathers II is uo larger than a how casually these man be eaten Mt
bumble bee.
ting over a «upper table.
Mrs. Joe Martin and tw*o small
daughters, of Hillcrest, have bten
visiting the former’s mother,
Mary Wendt, thiApast week.
The Pioneer Church.
“Cold in the Head”
Famous Writer Praises
C ater Lake
SAFETY AND ACCURACY
W
PERSONAL SERVIE
IFip wish to extend to our fríen
and patrons Our
Best wishes for a Prosperous a
The Shasta
A New Train
to
California
,1 he Shaeta ’ is all all standard sleepin
car train without extra fare
Leave - Portland at 4:00 P. M
Arrives Nan Francisco at 10:00 P. M. following evening
Improved Sleeping Car Service
to
San Francisco and Los Angeies
All Shasta Route trains h indie through standard sleeping cars
Seattle. 1 acorn i nnd Portland Io Etn Francisco.
Ihrongh standard sleeping car to Los Angeles
Leaves Portland at 8:40 A. M
Arrives Los Angeles 8:15 A. M. second morning
Winter Excursion Tickets
are on sale to
Southern California
California’s bright ahd warm sunshine vi|| help you take on a new
Je.se of life Spend the wintry days beside summery sea-; on sporty
golf courses or well kept tennis courts; motor over splendid high
way«; these and many other outdoor pleasures await you m Suinv
California.
7
FREEon request, “California for the Tourist,” a new illustrate»
booklet, graphically describing the different resorts
Inquire of local agent for fares, routes, sleeping car reservations
and train service, or write
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
JOHN M. SCOTT
General Passenger Agent
Jacksonville daragz
In quarters formerly occupi. k by L'NtON LIVERY 8TAIII.E
An tfTi' i rit mechanic, experienced in
repairing all makes ot cars is at your
service
Washing Out Cr nk Cases
All Kinds Lubricating Oil
Charges: All Repair Work $1.00 per Hour
Cars Stored
f honc 202
/ W. Knight, Prop, and Mechanic
JACKSONVILLE.
OREGON
THE CITY DRUG STORE
We extend our sincere thanks for
your valuable patronage during
the past year and wish you all a
very Ilanpy and Prosperous New
Year.
J. W. Robinson, M.D., Proprietor
Jack un ville
i