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Colossal Colonnades of the Greco-Roman Wings to Palace of Fine Arts. Webfoot Miss Nichols of PleasHntdii'e was an afternoon visitor at the J. E. ProHitt home Monday. Mrs. M. Metcalf and daughter Bessie were shopping in the coun ty seat Friday- Miss Marie Wilson spent Sat urday and Sunday with home folks. Steven Pribble had to qu.t school on account of sickness. Lloyd Hanville is absent from school on account of sickness. W. J. Ostrand of Gaston was • a Sunday visitor nt theF- R. Wil son home. Mrs W. L. Gilson entertained the Sunshine Needlecraft club lust Thursday. A dainty lunch eon was served and all reported a pleasant afternoon N. A. Harris has been install ing a water system in his house this week, which is an improve« m *nt to the home. J. Peffer at ended the Stock Sale in Independence Wednesdi y of last week. ¿Pleasantdale SOLD BY Mrs Geo. Foster and Mrs. Jennie Senn were Newberg vlsitois Friday. Miller Mercantile Company Dayton. Miss Mattel Edwards spent Sunday nt 'he home of her sister Mrs. Wess Morgareidge. Oregon R G. Hadley was a Sunday aft*:« noon caller at the home of his father, Chas. Hadley. Geo. Christenson and wife were New- I erg visitors Friday. We are Dayton Agents Geo. Foster transacted business at the county seat Monday. J. A. McFarlane and wife were New berg visitors Saturday afternoon. Mt. Hood Ice Cream The “None Better” Cream—The .'Cream that made Mt. Hood Famous Quantity orders solicited and satisfaction ^guarantetd Our Fountain Service will Please Harris’ H. T. Wilson who has l»een quite sick for Bevel al days with quinsy, in slowly improving. The Pleasuntdale Needlecraft club met last Friday afternoon at the home J of Mrs. David Rubmaon. A delicious luncheon was served by the hostens Ctm-lng 1.1«) feet around tbe follsged whore» of the Flue Art» lagoon. Pan- • and a jolly time reported by all pre - ima-Paelflc International Exposition. these mighty pldar» are reflected. mirror- like. in the limpid water» of the lagoon, affording one of the prettiest views at ent. M< mbers present were Mesdums» McFarlane, Reichstein, York, Morgi • San Francisco's great Exposition. ei Ige, Thompson, Lock wood and Rot- mson, Mones Mae Sheldon, and Jennie ATTRACTIVE BOOK ON THE PANAM* PACIF.C INTERNATIONAL Robinson. EXPOSITION AND PANAMA CANAL MAILED FREE. SURVIVOR TELLS HOW LINER SANK Saw Elbert Hubbard and Wife Searching For Life Preservers. ¡ELLS OF HIS OWN RESCUE Swam For Hours Around Spot Whore Lusitania Disappeared and Waa Finally Picked Up by a Torpedo Boat. Fires on Doomed Liner Made the Water Warm. London.—The fate of Elbert Hub bard and bis wife, who perished when tbe Lusitania was sunk, was first made known by Robert C. Wright, a sur vivor. His version of the destruction ELBKUT HUBBARD AMD HIS LITTLX DAVOH- of the big ship follows: TRB. "I was standing on deck on the star board side reading a novel when I and tbe boat and all those in it bad heard a crash and an upheaval of wa disappeared, and I was alone, swlm- ter. Then an intense vibration shook 1 ming. tbe ship. | "My thoughts at that moment were: "Saying to myself. This isn’t seri This Is fine. 1 loved swimming as-a ous, but it is best to be prepared,’ I boy, and tbe water is warm. I am en started below to get a life belt Then joying myself.’ the thought came to me, ‘This is seri “1 soou changed my mind. I wasn’t ous’ and I became afraid to go. After enjoying myself. The water became that I had a resumption of confidence cold, and I was afraid, but 1 swam to as the stewards went calmly about the an overturned boat that 1 saw at a deck shouting that there was no dan- distance and clung to it for two hours. ger, but when the list continued until [ In the distance was a fishing boat a boat nearby was not more than three 1 She tacked and tacked, but never came feet from tbe water, though still fast- nearer. I knew that this was on ac ened to the davits. count of the wind, but 1 was annoyed. “People already bad crowded the Then a tor[>edo boat picked me up. boat when suddenly tbe ship gave a “There was no panic on the Lusita tremendous lurch, and I was thrown nia, but a woeful lack of efficiency. Into the boat A woman In the water The boats were not lowered properly. cried, ‘Help mef I reached out my Some snapped the ropes and fell, over hands to help her, and It suddenly turned. seemed as if tile end of the world had “I know that Elbert Hubbard was come. There was a crash, followed by drowned. He was a conspicuous per an upheaval. My ears rang with the son on account of his long hair. I saw concussion. Then, after a seeming him and his wife start below, appar eternity, the boiling waters calmed. ently for life belts, and never saw them again. HANDSOME. book of dxty png«* profusely illustrated in color» and giving dv- tailed description« of the Punama-Pacific International Exposition to b« held In San Franciaco from Feb 3» to Dec 4. IRU» and of the Panama canal and canal región, wilt be mailed by the Exposition fres of charge to all Inquirers The booklet la Intended tor prospective visitor* and will also contain Information concern ing the great engineering feat which tbe Exposition Is to celebrate Writ® to the Manager. Bureau of Publication, Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Exposi tion Bolldins. San Francisco, for booklet A Opening Day at Panama-Paci'ic Expo sition Broke All Exposition Attendance Records LL attendance records for expo . Mittons were broken at the open ing of the I'niiiiina i'aelfie Inter national Exposition in San Francisco on Feb 20 Vast crowds thronged tbe grounds when President Wilson press ed tbe button In Washington, and each day since the attendance has been enor mous The huge building» and beau tiful thoroughfares hummed with ac tivity »nd have continued to do so The Exposition has already demon •truted at this early date that It will -e a great success In every way. from Left ro Right Are Shown the Palace of Education, Palace oi Liberal Arta and Tower of Jewels. Vegetable Leather. The Japanese grow a plant which furnishes a sort of vegetable leather. It is a pretty shrub called the “mlt- surnata," and its inner bark, after go ing through certain processes, is con verted into a substance as tough as French kid, so translucent that one can almost see through it and as plia ble and soft as calfskin. Polit®n«sa of Tokyo Tradaamsn. It In nice to know In these days of lost reputation» that oriental hos pitality, at any nite, shows no sign of decadence. A correspondent has come acrons the following announcement in a tailor’s shop In Tokyo: “Itespectable ladles and gentlemen may come here to have fits.”—London Spectator. Lloyu Goodrich and family were Sui • day visitors at the Geo. Dorsey home. Mias Ona Duzan visited rslatives in Dayton Saturday and Sunday. Misses Flora and Veda Senn were shopping in McMinnville last Tuesday. Mrs. Fred Reichstein and baby visit ed relatives in McMinnville Tuesday. Miss Elda Donalson of McMinnville viaited a few days this week at the home of her uncle Walter York. Mrs. Wm. Reichstein is on the sick list this week. THIN CIGARS ARE SAFEST, Chicago Doctor’s Advice to Smokore and Motorists. Chicago.—if you must smoke clgnrs smoke pnrietelns in preference to the clubhouse shni>e, and smoke them fast, »nd If you own an auto walk enough to ward off "chronic arterial spasms.** These bits of advice were given out at the Chicago Medical society meet ing by Dr. Joseph Miller and W. P. Woley. "Slow smoking allows more nicotine to pass In with the smoke.” snld Dr. Miller. "Combustion is greater in cig- • arettes than In cigars, therefore less nicotine passes in with the smoke. It Is greater with a thin cigar than a tat . one.” Pigeons Come Book. Johns, Ala.—John Granger of North Johns hnd quite a unique experience with some Belgian pigeons that were given him by n friend In Chicago some time ago. He had them in his pigeon yard at North Johns, and tn some way two of tliem escaped. In a few days he was notified by his friend In Chica go that his two pigeons were there. Mr. Granger ordered them sent back by express, and the pigeons have ar rived safely. Squ.lohed, Old Spnrklelgh (trying to make an impression)—So, Miss Bright, you have taken up kindergarten work. Deeply interested in childhood, I supposa. Miss Bright—Not in second childhood, Mr. Sparkleigh.—Chicago Tribune.
