HORSE HAD A TEMPERAMENT
At Leant Animal taamad U Prava
That It Ha« tha Ability ta Think
far Itaalf.
I'rlma domina an<l high strung erriate
aro ti-inpci umvntul, but It la not oftan
that M ill u trait la fuiunti In a borse,
ua wna tha eae* * In au liu’ltlant
which occurred on ona of tha uptown
streets tha othar afternoon, aaya tha
Naw York Time». Tha horae wua at
tached to a delivery wagon. Mr. Iloraa
evidently tlmught that hv liuti dona
•‘Hough work for the day. »o without
further cereuumy ha lay down aero»»
tha track* of ona of tha trolley Hue».
A crowd toon collected, followed by
tha uHiial excitement with a storming
umtnrmnn uml a call for tha polle*. A
woman who auld that alia know aomo-
thlng about borse», «alti the animal
was overcome by hard work, and «he
gave Instruction» to tha driver » » to
what lie »hould do. After a few min
ute» had p«»aed a veterlnury stepped
com of the crowd and tiMik a ItMik at
tha horse. Tha vrtertnury turned to
the cop and the other» und »aid:
’Thera la nothing the matter with
thla horae. Ile I» Urtai and he Just
made up hla mind to taka a real. You
know nhiai u horae gets tired. he la
not |»irt|eulur as to where he »tretchee
his laiiies. My word for It, he will be
all right In a few minute» und be on
hla way."
The woman did not agree with him
ami lti»l»tcd ttint something tie done to
alleviate the animal's »ufTcrlng. Hhe
and the veterinary got Into a heated
argument, when the hor»e without fur
ther ado decided that the street was
not the heat place In the world to
stretch Ms hone» on, ao he got up on
all four» and shook hlmlhdf.
The
driver hitched him to the wugon. and
Mr. Horae started off on his labors as
If nothing had hnp|>ctied. One mnn In
the crowd said that he'd he darned If
he ever knew until then that a horse
could think.
ENTERTAINERS IN HARD LUCK
But to Put It Mildly, Th e y Wars Un-
fortunate In Thslr Selection of
“ ■(•livening” tong.
White writing a book at Northamp
ton. Musa., amt a nclghtior of I’rofes-
sor Whitney, Ilaphuel l'um|H-lly tells
III his reminiscences. Miss Alice Whit
ney told him the following at once
humorous and pathetic «lory:
T h e y had as guests staying with
lhem a missionary and his wife from
the south seas. The woman was
tall and of «tern aspect; the mnn, her
aeeond huslutnd, waa a small and
tlndd creature.
One evening. In an
attempt to Introduce a little llvt-llneoa
Into the aolemidty. Mrs. Whitney
asked tier sons. Just home from col
lege. and her duughtee to alng some
college song«
Ho gathering around
the piano, with their bnrka to the au
dience, the young people began The
King erf the Cannibal Islands.' As
the song progressed the missionary
lady grew more and more erect ami
severe, and when It came to the aerv-
lug up of rouat missionary ahr rose
In ange(, and with her black »Ilk aklrta
rustling ahr walked aolemnly out of
the room, followed timidly by her
shrinking little husband.
'Then Mrs. Whitney hurst out with:
•<>h. children, children, what have you
■lonrt ller first husband was eaten
by cannibal»!*"
l
4
Council Proceeding**
t'onin*11 nii't in regular session, with
ull iiinnbur* present t u r p i Mayor
Walker und Councilman Hweagel. f'oun
i- • I in it ii Veuti-b was elected chairmen
fur (be meeting
The resignation o f B. H Hweagel a»
rtiunrllman hei-ause of removal from
the city was aeccptsil and J. A. Wright
wna electro to fill the ueelpired ti'.’ n.
i'oiiiintjiiiriitiou was read from the
state board uf health regarding vac
einntlon for smallpox,
Cummuulaation from Mrs. Atwater
in referenre to alleged damage* nii »
tamed from defective sidewalk was
rend and laid on table.
The ninrshnl waa instructed to notify
property owners to repair defective
sidewalks at once.
On motion the street commissioner
was instructed to have a loud of gravel
hauled for repair of street st Nelson
garage.
On motion the matter of meter rate
for cobl storage pin lit* and creameries
was referred to the water tamimisaiiiiier
for investigation und report at next
meeting.
On motion it was ordered that the
arhool district be required to have
mi ter at high school repaired.
The following bills were read, nud
Ited und ordered paid:
leiuis droves, work on wuter
pipe ........................... ........„...$ 4.00
II. A. Miller, repairs to steam
SAYS PURSE IS TREATED
BEFORE AILMENT
Daughter of Win. II. Foot* Tells of
Alleged Mistreatment of Father
by Kosoburg Hospital.
Th" following portion of u news
story from a recent issue of the Rose
burg News will lie of interest to (.'ot
tnge Orove people I nn - husk o f the fact
that the Win. !l. Foote referred to is
the lule father of Mrs. A, II. Nprinkel,
of this eity. In un interview with The
News, Miss Ituby M. Foote, also a
laughter, is reported as saying:
" M y father, William II. Foote, aged
51* yenrs, was brought to Morey hospi
tnl from his home at Yoncalla, on the
third day o f'la s t December, suffering
intensely from kidney complications,
und tin- physicflin curing for him held
out little hope for ins recovery. Huffi
cleat funds were lit once advanced to
the hospital management for his care
for one week, but shortly after bis ur
rival he became delirioua and in thin
stute o f mind, of courae, was disposed
to make morn ur less noise, but not
more thun any other patient in a like
eendition. Wo were immediately in
formed by the sister in i-hnrge that
my futher must ut once be removed
from the hospital, though he was then
hovering ut death 'a door and his death
expected momentarily. They insisted
so strong in their deinand for his re
movul that our only recourse was to
roller
2.26 i-uil in the attending physician to in
U. II. I'iti-hrr, salary and ex
tercedc in our beiiulf. This was done
penses ................
!25l*«’> und father wua allowed to remain,
II, O. Warner, flushing fnv- by
passing away just -Id hours after his
drunta ................ . ................. 4.00 arrival at the hospital, which is conelu
M. Krbelbeck, work sidewalks 66.11 sive evidence <>f his critical condition
Frank Woodruff, pipe fittings
5.10 when received at that institution.
Hamilton Ventch, work on side
"H u t this is not a ll,’ ’ Mi*« Foote
walks
continued. " M y futher had only been
J. F. Young, siilary and ex
at the institution a little over u day,
penses —.................. - ............. 55.711 when settlement wua usked of the bos
W. *W.
McFarland, cleaning
pitul authorities und the bulunce s the
streets and hauling
20.15 deposit made by futher for the week
Hentiuel, printing and publishing IP.Sti returned to us wo found that besides
w. w. Oglesby, salary
10.00 paying for the room und 'special*
II. Knkin, collecting water rents 1*0.113 ••are given to him we were charg'd
Klectru- company, lights Junoury 2.1.1 83 for a muttn-se they ulh-goj was ru
llodson Fei-naughty Co., sweeper
ined, which sum also included s ‘ laun
broom ........
20.50 dry trill.' None o f the pcriionul gar
Thus Cox, hauling ruck for sts. 63.10 ments taken to the hospital by luiui-r
Vinnl Randall, same.
....
27.30 was ever recovered. No one seemed to
I. A. Kandull, same
40.00 know anything about them They »im
On motion council adjourned to Feb ply disappeared. The treutment accord
ruary 10, 11*211.
ed father and our family was inhuman
J. K. Young. (!ity Recorder.
iu every sense o f the word and whut
sum was left to In- returned to us from
First VicHui o f tbc Flu.
the di-posit for a week's keeping was
Hsvid I . ii 141 ii(- I* the first victim of hardly sufficient to mukc a ‘ rattle.'
the inflitg-nxa ill this section He died
" I t seems to tie (he policy o f the
Wednesday night ut Row River and present hospital tnaiingCmetit to make
leave* a wife and five rhildren, all ot mo toy the first issue ^¡our care and
whom have been afflicted with the ultimate recovery is n secondary mat
iiinlndy. He was .4*1 years of age,
ter, first, Iasi und ull the time.
Oet Many Bobcats
J. A. 1‘owell and C. C. diihnm. resi
dents on the Const f/irk, were in Hu
gene a few days ago with the pelts of
10 bolirat», upon whirh they rollerted
the bounty o f 42 each.
Put on Oood Show.
title of the best show troupes that
have ever appeared here were the
Howard Foster players, who put on
" liiib y M in e " at the Arcade Tuesday
night. The play i* a rip muring com
edy (hut could lie made disgusting by
Miss Alta Thonins, who was visiting a hunch of barnstormer» but the Fos
here, was culled to Portland yesterday ter people huittll'd It in a '-lean way
by the illness of her sister Margaret.
and in a mnuner only poaaihle to good
urtora. The company probably will stop
- ♦ hereouitsreturufrouiiiiioutherti^ip.
Household Hints
PERFECT CONFIDENCE
drove People Have Oood Bea
In cooking tough meat or an old Cottage
con for Complete Reliance.
fowl add a pinch uf aodu to the wuter
to make tender.
Do you know how—
s s s
To find relief from backache;
To correct distressing urinary ffila;
To park u bottle o f liquid for trnvol
To aeaist weak kidneyat
ing roll it in corrugated paper that
Your neighbors know the way—
comes around ‘ ' breakables ’ 1 from the
Have used Doan'a Kidney Pills;
store.
llave proved their worth in many
s s s
teaU.X-
,
In the kitchen, hanging up, keep a
Here's Cottage drove testimony:
pair of scissors to rut up raisrua. cit
Mrs. F. C. Ralston
447 B. Third
run, suet, etc. They are easier to clean 8t., aaya:
"I
have tried differ
than the chopper and very kuudy for • nt kidney medicinet, but they have
lots o f things.
never done me a bit o f good. Doan’e
• • •
Kidney Pilla ia the only medicine that
Take one package uf slate dye und keep* my kidneys in good order. Any-
diaaulve in a pint of soft bailing water oue troubled with backache or other
It will make a pint of excellent jet symptom* o f kidney complaint should
black ink at the small cost uf 1(1 ccnti^
try Doan'a, for 1 know they are reli
(lilt frames may be revived by rare a b le."
Price 60c, at all dealers.
Don't
fully dusting them, ntiil then washing
Ihi-ui with one ounce o f sodu beaten up •imply ask for a kidney remedy— get
with the whites of eggs. Cn»ti1e simp Doan ’■ Kidney Pills— the eame that
and wuter, with proper care, may be Mr». Ralston had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
used to clcun oil paintings. Other Mfrs., Huffiilii, N. Y ................... fO 13
methods could not be employed without
some skill.
Arabian Night».
The Arabian tali«, like the romances
of chivalry, convey ua Into the fulry-
realma. hut the human personages
which they Introduce are very dlsalin-
liar.
Theae tnlea had their birth after the
Arabians, yielding the empire of the
aworri to the Tartar», the Turk», and
the IVralnna, had devoted thcmselvou
to commerce, literature, and the arta.
We recognise In them the atyle of a
mercantile people, aa we do that of
a warlike nation In the romances of
•.•rivalry. Rlchea and artificial Inj
ur i es dispute the palm with the aplcn-
dld gifts of the fairies. The heroes
unceasingly traverse distant realms,
and the Interests of merchandise excite
their active curiosity, as much aa the
Nut Patties Heat one egg. without
love of renown awakened the aplrlt
separating, until light; add gradually
of the ancient knight«.— Anonymous. one cupful of powdered sugir and bent
until very light; add five tahleupo.u-
fuls of flour, one eupful of finely
Colors That Harmonise.
chopped nut meats and stir until th>*r
“You've got a blue dresa on and oughly and smoothly mixed; drop by
a brown hair rlhhon,” remarked one the tnbh-apoonful on greased tins and
girl to another aa they were riding bake for 15 minutes, or until they are
on a street car In.the eaatern district, a light brown, in it quick oven.
s s s
says the Children'! Museum Newa
(Brooklyn). "You should not wear a*
Apple Apricot Halnd— Apples and up
ricois, mayuniiHise or cooked dreasing,
many colora In your ctothea."
Tt'a all right to wear different aol- outs. Honk apricots over night after
ora If they hnrtnonlxe," was the re they have been washed thoroughly.
Peel and rut the apples up in small
joinder.
pieces or thin slices, and combine with
“What do you know about harmonis
the apricots that have been dried -and
ing?” continued the critic.
cut into bits. Nerve with mayonnaise
“Well. I've Just come from the Chil or cooked dressing.
dren's museum," answered the de
fendant. “where I sow the birds sad
A mnn hntes to walk down the street
wearing clothes so obviously new that
thgy aren't nil the same color."
they attract attention, but a woman is
not so finicky in that respect.
s s s
Cenfuelue on Women.
The logger n mnn is the smaller he
Raid Confucius: "O f all people, girls
and servants are the moat difficult to feels when come up with.
s s s
behave to. If you are familiar with
Men
'fo
lk
lose
their tempers about
them, they lose their humility. If you
mighty smnll things sometimes— take
maintain reserve toward them, they
the collar button for example.
are discontented." Chinese servants
SSS
must have greatly Improved alnce the
The school of experience has not yet
Confuclnn peiiml; at lenst modern awarded any diplomas.
css
times cannot parallel their excellence.
Tha happy homes are making the
Aa to Chinese girls, It la not safe to
country.
commit oneself concerning the girls good citixens of the
• • •
of any nation, hut they look discreet
A person’s disposition is mostly in
and slim and fair as (lowers tinder
his stomach.
their fringes of black hair, and gay
S S S
ns flowers, too. In their little pink and
Have your money— so ns to nlwuys
blue and violet coats buttoned straight have enough on hand to pay your sub
up to, their chine.—The New Republic. scription promptly.
The Henry & Cobb Auto Co.
EU G ENE, OREGON
Salesroom at Seventh anfi Willamette Garage at Paghth and IVarl
Headquarters for High
A u tom obiles
( Carrying
T H E PE E R LE S S E IG H T
T H E C H A LM E R S S IX
T H E COLE A E R O E IG H T
T H E H U P M O B IL E FO U R
T H E H A Y N E S S IX
T H E A L L E N FO U R
T H E V E L IE S IX
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YVt; defy anyone to name a superior line o f ears carried hv any
company anywhere. Nor a tractor that will surpass the Case in any
kind o f performance, that is more easily operated or that is more
durable in any event, or that is cheaper in thfHong run.
We are willing at any and all times to go anywhere within I^ane
county to demonstrate any o f our goods. Be sure and come to see ns
before buying that new auto or tractor.
JUST ONE D00 GONE
l to give away I am accused, discussed,
THING AFTER ANOTHER boycotted, talked to, talked about, lied
The following letter was quoted at a
recent convent ioii of the Iowa Mtatr
Retail Merchant»’ ssaociation by Ben
ator George M. Peterson, who i» sec
retary of the Minneaotu tfSsociatio», uh
ono be received from u member of bis
association in excusing his inability to
pay hi» association dues:
Dear Heuator: For the following rea-
roiis I am unable to send you the check
asked /or:
1 have been held up, held down,
sand Imggt-d, walked »on, sat on, flat
tened out, und squeezed.
First by the i'll ¡ted Htate» govern
ment for federal war tux, the exet-as
profit law, the l.iberty bond loans,
thrift stamp», capital stock, merchant«’
license, auto tax, and every society and
'organismion that the inventive mind
if uian ran construct to extract what
1 may or may not have in my posses
sion.
From the Society o f Ht. John the
Haptist, the Grand Army of the Repub
lic. the Woman’» Relief, the Navy
I.eagtic, the Red Cross, the Hluck Cross,
the Purple Crow, the Double Crow,
tho Children'» home, the Dorcas soci
ety, the Young Women’s Cbristiun
awociutiou, the Young Men’s Christian
association, the Hoy ex-outs, the Jewish
Relief, the Belgian Relief, and every
hospital in town.
The government has so governed my
business that I don't know who owns
it. 1 um inspected, susjiected, exam
ined and reexamined, informed, re
quired und commu tided, so I don’t
know who I um, where I am, or why
1 am here. All 1 know is that I am
supposed to be an inexhaustible supply
of money for every known need, de
sire, or hupe of the human race, and
because 1 w ill not sell all I have aud
go out and beg, borrow or steal money
to, lied about, held up, hung up, robbed
and nearly ruined, und the only reason
that I um clinging to life is to see
what is coming next.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere ap
preciation o f the many kindnesses
shown us in our recent bereavement,
for the mini]' words of sympathy and
for the beautiful floral offerings.
MBS L. J. DOYLE,
m r s w. w. M c F a r l a n d .
f«p
GLEN HMITH
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere ap-
our friends and neighbors, also to the
I. O. O. F. lodge o f Cottage Grove, for
their kindness and help during our re
cent bereavement.
MKH. W. NICHOLS,
O. A. NICHOLS,
flip
A N N A M. NICHOLS.
Mother of Mrs. Oglesby* Dies in Call
forma.
Bakersfield Californian: A beloved
pioneer woman has gone to her great
reward in the death of Mrs. I’ erniecy
A. Morrison, who passed sway at her
home near Oiennville Sunday morning,
January Dt, 1920. at the advanced age
of 85 years, 8 months.
Hers hud been one of the sweetest
and most beautiful of characters und
many, many friends deeply mourn her
loss. She was a pillar o f the ehorch
practically all her life, attending its
services to the very last, and one of
her greatest joys was in hospitality to
its servants.
Perniecy A. Hale was born May 11,
1834, in Kay county, Mo. Hhe was
converted and joined the Cumberland
Presbyterian church at an early age.
She was married May 20, 1849, to Rev.
know
how
much toasting im
proves bread. M ak es
it taste good. O f course
— more flavor.
Same with’ tobacco
Chase the chillo out o f the
bathroom with a Perfec
tion O il H eater.
I t*
cheery warmth w ill be ap-
preciated by the whole
family.
Easily earned
about. U ted in 3, 000,000
homes.
Buy your Perfection now.
Com e in, at your conva»*
fenca, and too them.
—especially Kentucky
Burley.
•
' Buy yourself a pack
age of Lucky Strike
cigarettes. N otice the
toasted flavor. G r e a t!
Nothing like it.
The
real Burley cigarette.
Knowles & Graber
C /)
PERFECTION
Joseph P. Morrison, a Cumberland
Presbyterian minister o f the same
place. They removed to Iowa in the
fall of 1861, where their sixth child
wits born in the spring of 1862. Soon
after they started across the plains by
ox tenm to Oregon, where they re
mained until 1 h 69, when they removed
to California, finally locating on her
present home- in Linns Valley in De
cember, 1872, where she has since re
sided.
O f the six children— Sarah Jane,
Isaac Newton, Thomas Chalmers, Nan
cy Matilda, Rachel Ann, and William
Henry— three survive:
Mr». Nancy
Oglesby, o f Cottage Grove, Ore.; Isaac
Newton Morrison, of Yoba county,
Calif., and William Henry Morrison, o f
Linns Valley. Other relatives are Mrs.
T C. Morrison, o f Los Angeles; C. 8.
Morrison, of Oildale; Mrs. George W il
liamson. of Porterville, and Mrs. Grace
Maddux, o f Glendale.
Sutcliffe Place Sold.
Willard Mark and sun Ferris, who
recently arrived here from the east,
have bought the beautiful Sutcliffe j
home and fruit orchard on the heights *
east of the eity. Dr. Sutcliffe’» pb>
sieinns have ordered him to take a
complete rest from work and grorry,
and for this reason the place was dis
posed of.
Drain Wins Again.
Cottage Grove was again defeated
by Drain in a husketball game Friday,
this time on the local floor in the old
high school. The game was spirited
throughout and the visitors barely
managed to keep a score or two ahead,
winning the game by their greater
success in throwing baskets.
Andrew Pierce returned to Roseburg
Tuesday, after a visit with his nephew,
Thus. Miller.
it’s toasted
OU
N O CHILLS HERB!
T H E CASE T R A C T O R
Guaranteed by
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