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.