MRS.
BILGER’S
VICTORY
division Halm agent had visited Mm
liliger with a check made out fur her
first asking price of twenty-three
dollars.
“Have you lost two cows, Mrs. mi
IJour Last
Rame
PORTI
AND
*
OFFERS A MARKET
FOR your produce
Poeti»nd. Oregon
VAUDEVILLI »HOtOPLAT»
"No, 1 hain't," that worthy woman
Compio«» < bang» 8»lsrJ«y.
A<1«H».
Matinee, 2Oe; Ru«nin*K HSr
C<
replied, "only one ; hut I ain't going to
•u« 1 te 11 p m. Children JO erot« «Il
take no twenty-three dollars for It
That cow will cost you Just sixty-two
5*1**:* Re»kiential & Transient
IS IT NOYES?
dollars now.”
By E. JONES and G. TURNER
Vl/ilinrV « .
FMO.nd Orwrea
"But she wasn't worth any sixty-
IVlUllVl ¥ Modern — Fireproof — American Han
Jk RE< LNT authority on surnames
two dollars.” he protested.
tells us that Noye« 1» one of the
_________ RATES MODERATE
Mrs. Bilger was obstinate, nm| the names derived from the Old Testa
AU Cedar Chests
claim agent took back his check, and. ment, and that no less p character
Tennessee Cedar
acting on Mrs. Bilger’s threat to go to than Noah la *|w>n»or of tills name.
row . k -
IT
"uuiiuu »u n«r
cow. ah« du«s Iha culkctjna har
Factory. I*irr*b«e st I
law, sent over the first two paper» on The popular' form of the name was
aan, »nd bar method of pruiadur«
UlLVO way Forti*nd
SEND FOR CATALOG
do«an t conform to any rulaa of
the ca m to the general claims attorney. Noy, from which It Is easy to derive
praatlc« In or uul of th« law hooka.
Intending to see hltu about It nest day. Noyes und Noyce.
Next day he waa called off suddenly
NORTONIA HOTEL
Home member* of the Noye* family,
HE rullroud hnd killed her muley to another part of the road. , While Mb
You WiU F«^ Ri<ht at Home Hara
cow, and the rullroud hud got was gone the second report front the however, Lave a different theory as to
the origin of their name. They trace
to pny fur it—so suld Mra xtatlon agent came along, with a bill
Cat». Spacial Weakly
It to Noyers, n place in France, say
Bilger.
for fifty dollars for Mrs. Bilger's muley ing thut old forms of the name were PLEATING SPECIAL
s,"k'
This muley cow would probably not cow, and. the department claim agent
Cut, seam, ham and machine «I AA------------
' ' ' ___________
0»“‘ AUlrta ready for hand
$1.00 CLEANING AND DYEING
have taken a prize on fancy point* at being away. wa* sent straight to the Nolers, de Noles and de Neuters.
W elt M erited S uccess
Hie first of the name In tbla coun '
«'‘»»‘•'yr and tucking
“
“
.. .
-
« cattle ahow; still she was a patient. claim» attorney. The three bills con
««rvic« ««nd par*«la to
MEG. CO.
A d h t K n I » h r <1 citiz« i« tumood
try were two brothers. Rev. Jame* »«V Fifth Street ’-OVELTY Portland,
Ore
Industrious anhntd, and a good pro fused him.
Noyes, who vias born In England in M?LtR BARBER COLLEGE
politically und pr faulonsily, Dr. It. V. vlder. But at lust, unfortunately, the
•-I
quwt.
In the meantime Mrs. Bilger began to 1002 und hl» brother Nichol"«. They
i
h®® trade In H weeks
Rome pay
riero*. whoMf [ leluni appear* above, extreme scarcity of provision* drove
hi
n< .’■“••’•one secured
Writ I
take the bit In her teeth. She now re- came to this country In BUM In the land? Or£on *** Burnalde Street. Port- Establiahed 1»» ENKZS CITY DYC J WORXH
orUaad. Ore
I Udo a nice«-» few have equalled. II o her to night work, and site wandered
solvad to suspend truffle generally on
|t.r<> herbe! reiiudlo« which have b U b .I onto the railroad track and uninten the road till they paid some attention Mary and John and the next year
?-iUTLrt0WER® 4 floral resigns
the U«i for fifty year» are still among tionally ran ngulnst a freight train In to her. I or thia purpose she secured settled In Newbury, Mas*. Rev. Jarne* Clark« Bros.. Florists, ZSJ Morrl»On St
Noye* was minister there for 20 year*.
D. EQUI
the "btwl sellerà.* Dr. Pierce's Gold I the durk. in the morning Mr*. Bilger “n old red flannel shirt, and hitching He enjoyed quite a reputation for ptrvam. o DR. MARIE
•"<* CMdree
*
discovered
little
more
than
a
fine
Une
I
HI
8ICTAN
»4
Lafayetto
Bldg SURGEON
Medical Discovery Is a blood medicina
It on the end of an ax helve, began to learning, being something of a Greek
of
Hamburg
steak
stretching
towards
RYDER
PRINTING
CO.
I
flag nil the trains going up th« grade scholar, and he wrote a catechism
and stomach nltoratlvo. It eb ani Mie
th*
western
horizon.
It
was
a
particu
industriously.
192
Third
Street
skill, beautifies It, InrroasoH the blood
- ■ K ■
that wa* widely used In bls day*.
larly hard blow to her, because she waa
“You killed my muley cow. and
supply and tho circulation, and pliuph » on the eve of accepting a flattering
BaiiUrZ b««uty parlor; w«’fn yluTp " w\
He Is spoken of In old records as
Mid iriiptlou« vanish quickly. Beauty offer of thirteen dollars for the iinlmul. you've got to pay for her.” she said. “one of the greatest worthies of hl*
1-, “e T.1 K
•I **’: »
When the trains came to a standstill. age.”
The house In which Rev.
D but skin devp sial good bldud is t«“
There was no doubt In Sirs. Bilger *
ruath both. For your blood to b« good, mind from the first that the railroad “I won't take lesg'n sixty-seven dollars James Noyes lived has often been
spoken of ns the oldest house In
your stomach musi ba In condition,your Would have to settle for her cow. Ho for her.”
Prostate Cured Without Operation
The railroad men finally didn't pay Massachusetts.
liver active. This Discovery of Doctor she Informed the station agent the
8p««ial attenti-.a to Stomach, Bowala. Ktoul
Among the descendants of Rev.
I'lerec’* puts you In lino condition, With । very day following the accident, and nny attention to her red flag at all, so
• 4 Female Trestles
fur
as
stopping
went,
but
as
nobody
L B. A. PHILLIPS
Jamea Noyes are a goodly number of groover F I ' g
ell tho organ« active. Ask your Dear* | after protracted negotiations, the latter
________________ PortlamL Ore
< it druggist for I>octor Pierce's Golden agreed to forward a demand for settle knew Just when she might decide to | clergymen and scholars, but it Is for
do
something
serious,
like
piling
up
a
Its
»Lie
bankers
that
the
Noyes
fam
Medical Discovery, In tablet or liquid ment tu headquarter*. Mrs. Bilger
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
form, or send 10 cents for trial package didn't see why he couldn't settle for »tone wall on the track, for Instance, ily 1» chiefly distinguished.
they
watched
that
flag
with
consider
Bev. James Noyes and his brother,
TRUSSES
of tai.lets to Dr. 1'lurcc’s luvuKd» Hotel her martyred cow on the spot, but »lie
A MÜ4 LavaHy«
able curiosity.
Nicholas, were sons of Bev. William
Ahdomfral Supporter« — Arch |
In Buffalo, N. Y.
A System Builder
was willing to make reasonable con
Support«. Send for meaeur- ,
And at last she did decide to do Noyes, rector In Wiltshire, England.
in* blank«.
cessions. Her final price wu* twenty-
something. Filling two buckets from It 1» said that he traced his descent
Assist» Nature to Re
three dollar».
Causes of Fogs.
Laoe-Daris Drug Co.
the half barrel of soft soap she always to Normandy and that his name wa»
gain and Maintain
So. after a while, the »tatlon agent kept on tap, und taking a bucket In
Fogs occur most frequently In au
True«
Expert«
originally Noye.
Good Health.
tumn and spring, because at these sea forwnrded her demand to the division each hand. Mrs. Bilger started out Into
173
Third
St..
Portland.
Ore
I
Angel—Tills Is probably one of the
sons the temperature la most variable. superintendent, und after a while the the dark, und wulked half a tulle up numerous surnames derived from a
division ouperlntendent forwarded it to
We Specialize in
•
It Costs So Little to
The fog» which form or descend on
the grade. Then she artistically ap shop sign. In medieval times every
the division claim agent, and after a
IWes,
Peltx
Wool,
Kohair,
Tallow.
Casein,
plied her soft soap to about u quarter •hop hud Its sign by which it nnd its
the earth's surface aro actually clouds,
Give
it a Trial and
while the division da Im agent decided
keeper came to be called. Tl.ua, if Crete« Crape Root Coat Sitas, Horse Har
be convinced of its
and when changes of temperature oc- he would send out u tnun to look up the of a mile of the track.
Writ« for Shipping Tan A latest Prien Liat
true mints.
cur tho vapors aro apt to become sud cnse. *
I ( The next train was a freight When a cobbler named Thomas hung out a
that soft soap she slid . painted sign representing a lamb, he P ortland H ide a W ool C o .
denly condensed.
It took about three wreki In all for I ahead
. she struck
like
ic « ewe» irtwt Man. mtruMtI OMaon
the railroad offlt tala to get around to space; the a comet rollicking through became known as Tom Lamb. Many
Branchat Pocatello. Idaho
At your Drug Store
engine rocked from side to of the signs were taken from • hurch
Mrs.
Bilger
’
s
case,
and
Mrs.
Bilger,
de
The Man of Integrity.
side like a steam launch in a storm.
imagery
and
the
angel
was
one
of
prived of her chief means of sus-
There Is nothing bo delightful as the i
“It's that d—d Bilger woman again I” these.
tenanee, was becoming somewhat dan-
(©. 1924. McClure Newspaper Synd. ate.)
yelled the engineer to the fireman.
Garnet's Power
hearing or the speaking of truth. For geroua.
Weather Prophet Dies.
"What's
she
done
now?"
this reason there Is no conversation so .
------------ o------------
Finally she decided to give the ulti—
The garnet is an emblem of con-1 Hackensack, N. J—Andrew Jackson
'Oh, my God I" said the fireman,
agreeable as that of the man of In I matum.
stancy. Its virtue was to dispel "poi- de Voe, 80, nationally-known amateur
thinking of his family; "how do I
tegrity, who hears without any Inten ' “Here, you.” she said, when the sec- know?"
sonous
and infectious airs.” During the weather prophet, died Sunday at his
The Apple ton Famil
tlon to betray, and speaks without any j tlon hand» cume up one noon for their
I hen they both held onto the sides
dully
supply,
"You
don't
get
no
water
Middle
ages it was considered to pos- home of heart disease, disappointed
intention to deceive.—Plato.
out of my spring till you pay for my of the reeling cab and hoped hard. The
sess
the
same marvelous and medicinal
Mr«.
Lysander
Join
A.ipleton
engineer swore arpeggios to a sort of
because of failure to realize one of
muley cow you killed."
properties as the ruby, though to a
"Ultima Thule.”
running
obligato
on
the
whistle.
The
"What muley cow J We aln,'t killed
his
life's greatest ambitions. For years
Marter Ckanneey Cerere Appleton
less degree. It gave and preserved
“Thule,” which means Norway, was . no muley cow,” said
train went by the station like a de-
the astonished
he had been looking forward to view
monlac
steam
caliope
escaped
from
health,
drove
away
vain
thoughts
and
the moat distant land known to the Section hands; hut It was no use to
■
ing the eclipse of the sun, but when
circus, with a frightened train hand
Roman*. The adjective "ultima" means talk to Mrs. Bilger.
TT OFTEN happens on a morning reconciled differences between friends. the great solar spectacle came Satur
hanging
on
the
brake
of
every
other
The boos, a fat man, who had some car.
utmost." I'nited, the two words ulti
A when there Is extra work at home
day he was too ill to behold it.
Record of Lotteries.
mately came to mean “the extreme what of a determined character him
that Daysey Mayme Appleton is over
The
worst
of
It
was,
they didn't come with a desire to Go Forth Into
self, wa* severely sarcastic on their
end.”
The earliest lottery of which an au-
have tne
the least idea
nnve
Idea wbat ailed them,
return.
Three stickup men from Ziegler, HL,
the World, and Do Good, and she
Gimme that pull, I'll show you how because by that time all the soft soap usually yields to this noble impulse by ithoritative record exists was conduct had the surprise of their lives late
Auspicious Occasions.
to get the water.” He waddled off was worn off the wheels. They hadn’t
Saturday night when they attempted
“Bed-letter day” 1» an expression with the pah In a truly ferocious man the time to look around, anyway, be hunting up some one who is afflicted ed in Bruges in 1446. In 1530 a lottery
to
hold up the restaurant of Sam Fl-
with money prizes is recorded in Flor
cause they had to get down on the next
used to convey tho idea of a lucky or ner.
antico, in the northwest part of the
siding
for
the
through
ten
o'clock
pas
ence.
Long
before
this
time
lotteries
Mrs.
Bilger
was
In
the
house
at
the
auspicious day. It Is so called because
senger train.
were held in Rome as a form of amuse city. In the melee two of the robbers,
In tho old liturgical books the greater time. The section boss walked tri
later identified as Richard L. Smith
The
express
wns
extra
heavy
tliat
umphantly
up
to
the
spring
and
ment,
Nero having given such prizes
holy days were always marked with
and
Orval McKissick, both 20, were in
night, and the engineer had a horrible
stooped
down
to
take
up
the
water
In
as houses and slaves.
red letters.
stantly killed and a third who made
bls pall. Just us he was about to ac rate of speed on her when she reached
complish his purpose he suddenly the grade. Nevertheless, when she
his escape and has not been definitely
Proper Care of Palm».
That Rude Awakening.
toppled over head foremost Into the struck it she stopped short In two
.dentifled, was believed to have been
lengths. To the wild dismay of the
Regular watering is essential, but it badly wounded.
We read an account of a man who spring with the graceful, tilting motion
J of a mud turtle falling off a jog. Mrs. engineer, tl.e big drivers of bis engine
slept past tho time for his weddlng.l
is better to keep palms a little dry
Bilger had waylaid him with her Juu whirled around and around like
That's nothing. Lol» of mon don't broom.
Doesn't Ring True.
a top. Finally the engineer stopiied
than to overwater them. Browning of
wake up till after marriage -Los An-
When he finally did get out, splut her, nnd he and the fireman got out to
the tips of the leaves indicates trouble
“De man dat brags continuous 'bout
geles Times.
tering nnd swearing, he found himself Investigate.
at the root, probably overwatering; hisself, said Uncle Eben, “generally
looking Into the muzzle of u double
"By thunder!” exclaimed the fire
possibly worms or lack of plant food. turns out to be like one o’ dese inter-
barraled shotgun like a pair of opera man, stooping down; “it's soft soap.”
Intelligence of the Rat.
A palm which grows three new leaves tainments dat gives de best part of
“Now will you pay me for my muley
A paragraph tell» uh that a couple glasses. He fled precipitately without
a year is doing very well.
de show on de billboards.”—Washing
bls water bucket.
cow?" suld a voice from the darkness,
of carrot» placed In a potato bln will
ton Star.
Mrs. Bilger threw the bucket acorn "If you don't you'll never run your
keep the rats out of it. Our respect fully after him. “1 won't take less'n darned road again."
Masks for the Sleepless.
for the Intelligence of tho rodent is thirty dollar» now, cash down." was all
U was Mrs. Bilger. Her price had
Eskimo Misnamed.
To
induce
sleep for insomnia suf-
appreciating.—Marlon Star.
■lie said.
risen to eighty-seven dollars.
Eskimo signifies
Eater of raw
ferers, a Norwegian has invented a ■ meat,'
After that It wns vnln for n railroad
It so happened that a very Important
but these people eat uncooked
man to attempt to use flint spring She I person was on thia train, the president with poverty and sickness. Sometimes metal mask to be worn snugly over meat only when the absence
Tribute to Meekness.
of fuel
watched It moat of her spare time her- of the road. He was In a burry, too, she takes a tract, and other times she the face in order to keep out all light,
Meekness is the grace which, from aelf.
prohibits cooking, or as a side dish.
nnd when sfie didn't she hnd her and he came out of his special car to
goes empty -handed to cheer the af while the warm breath of the wearer
beneath God's footstool, lifts up a boy out. Whenever a railroad man
candid and confiding eye, accepting came In sight the child's little piping see what was going on. Just as Mrs. flicted with her optimism. She recent brings a soothing effect.
Odd Ocean Cenizen.
Bilger arrived.
ly visited a woman who hud suffered
God's smile of fatherly affection, and voice sounded the guard mount, nnd
"Well, what’s the matter here?” said the misfortune to fall nnd break both
“
John
Dories,
” perhaps the ugliest
London's Big Playground.
adopting those perfections which It can hl» mother came on duty with her gun. the president.
her arms. Daysey Mayme gazed at
fish
known,
grow
to a length of two
A great ninny railroad men who had
not comprehend. James Hamilton.
"Soft soap, sir," said the excited en the poor creature with both arms in
In Epping forest thpre are 114
thought they wanted n drink before gineer; “this woman's been daubing up
feet,
and
are
so
thin
that they dan al-
splints, and the tears came to her eyes. cricket pitches, 244 football grounds
they saw her, found that they were the track with soft soap so we can’t
most
hide
behind
a
blade
of seaweed.
Virtue In Benevolence.
But
there
is
no
situation
too
dark
for
and 139 tennis courts for the use of
mistaken nnd turned awny.
run the train, because she had her Daysey Mayme to cheer. “You have the public. Epping forest is main A curious mark on their sides is, ac
Benevolence Is a duty. Ho who fre
By and by, however, the section boss
quently practices it, and sees 1^ be got tired of thia sort of thing. There darned cow killed and they won’t pay much to be thankful for." she said to tained by the city of London—London cording to legend, the imprint of St.
the woman. "You have two good,
Peter's thumb, when he took a piece
nevolent intentions realized, at length was a good deal of work that year, for it.”
Answers.
Tes,
will,' ” said Mrs. Bilger; strong legs left to run to fires.”
les, they will,
of money from the fish's mouth.
comes really to love him to whom he raising the tracks on that grade, nnd
cost 'em eighty-seven dollars
has done good.
there wasn't another spring for two | _ and
not It a ’ll cent
Prepare Things at Night.
When Mrs. Lysander John Appleton
miles. Finally lie decided to negotiate
M
....
f .' .
Getting the children off to school is
with Mrs. Bilger
* rs'
felt she was In a _ r posi-
__ I cleans house, she does the work so
Curl Papera for Dog.
“That's right,” said Mrs BHxer
‘a“d'he‘’^P08^ t0
to do thoroughly that articles are lost which easier on the whole family if their Made From Old Carpets “Wear Like
”
In order that her longhaired dog "you killed my cow and you've got to
a1^* T*1 prvsltk‘nt
are not found in three months. She things are in order the night before, Deal Direct with the Iron.
Manufacturer. Absolute
may have curls over its forehead an pay-for her. She's wuth Jest forty
claims the proud record of once hav says a woman household writer.
U" °n’
t>atisfact>on Guaranteed. Send in Your Ma-
tenal or Write for Prices.
Well, my good woman,” said he. ing cleaned the parlor so thoroughly
English woman puts her pet's locks in dollars.”
WESTERN FLUFF RUG COMPANY.
So the section boss sought out the ' d”n * ,ou
you'd compromise for that a glass case of stuffed birds was
cu ' papers every night.
Hot and Cold.
M-56 Union Avenue Nor.
Portland. Oregon
road muster and told him about the U llt,le le“~“J «eventy-fiveF
not found In ten years.
Some books are very funny, says
affair,
und
the
road
master
told
the
"'
vho
are
youF
said
Mrs.
Bilger
Hymn Instead of Applause.
division superintendent. It hnd been ,muKh,*Iy"
There is a bond of sympathy be- the office boy. Although the heroine's
Audiences at a mystery piny at Rich
so long since the division superln-
“Well, I'm the president of this tween Lysander John nnd his son, eyes flash fire, she can also freeze
W. L. Chirks from selected
mond, England, are requested to sing a tendent bad heard from the station ro«<V ««Id the great official.
local bena A double pvdiRrt*?
Chauncey Devere, born of a desire to you with a glance.
bins. State accredited. Also
hymn from a leaflet instead of ap master about Mrs. Bilger's cow that he
“Well, then, I want eighty-seven dol- satisfy the women folks, and the fail
choice Reds A Rocks. l owest
plauding with their hands.
prices. 100% live delivery
hnd forgotten all about it. Besides, It ,urs for “X muley cow," said Mrs. BU- ure to do so, which they hardly know
Odd Form of Marriage.
guaranteed. Catalog free.
didn't sound like the same cow, any- ker. "and you don't get her for any exists. They have never in so many
Marriage is celebrated in a strange
way, the valuation being so different. I
Sand In the Eye.
words found fault with the women fashion in parts of India. The wom
So
the
division
superintendent
tiled
an-
This amused the president consid folks, being timid In their presence,
Using sand to disperse clouds Isn't
an puts a pot of water in her prospec
new. The go-getters have been doing other report with the claim department. erably. He took out his fat pocketbook nnd loyal In their absence. But Mrs.
Mrs. Bilger, not hearing anything and counted out a big roll <4 bills. Appleton and Daysey Mayme don’t tive husband’s house, and on his lift
that for centuries.—Duluth Herald.
from her appeal for Justice, frequented “There you are,' said he, “I'll pay it know of this loyalty. "What,” they ing it up the marriage is ratified.
the station nt Grafton a great deal, myself.” Then he got Mrs. Bilger's will ask when they see son and father
You Want a Good Position coming In about train time and talking mark on a receipt before witnesses. In together, “are
WITH GUARANTEED
Mail Trains Have Crash.
SECTIONAL INCU-
they conspiring now?”
—Take ihn Aomuntancy and Rnalnaae violently to the station agent. Finally,
fer*
BATOR. Made I d two
front
of
the
headlight;
and
the
muley
Manafwnant»
HariXarial, Cal en lato r
riiea,110and<20eiateert-
Libby, Mont.
Oomtometor, Stenofraphia Panmanahl*
The westbound
the station agent agreed to write again cow was settled for Just five months
iona. Add aaectionany
OomiMreial Taachara* Com» at
*
Daysey Mayme Appleton was re
time. Eech section a
to tlie division superintendent. By this after Its death.
cently bragging that she Is an experi second section of the Great Northern
complete Incubator,
time Mrs. Bilger's price was fifty two
lento capacity email
"That muley cow was a good paying enced traveler, though the neighbors railway's fast mail train crashed into
dollars.
»pace automatic ragulat-
property,” mused the railroad presi
It so happened at this time that the dent, as he seated himself in his site* say she was never In a sleeping car the first section near Libby, Mont.,
Barin«« O«ll«e* of tho Ni
division superintendent was off on a clal car. "If she'd given a barrel of but once In her life. “1 am so used to late Saturday night, demolishing the
1. »IS KOO
Aihlrw« me at one« for
short vacation, and his substitute, In an milk a day, and had a calf every two travel,” said Daysey Mayme, “that I rear car of the first section and de
INCUBA TOR
free catalogue. No treat
er Incubator «alue obtainable. Free trial prove«
excess of seal, filed the third cow re months since the time of her demise, can go into a pullman dressing room railing the front trucks of the second
snd hold possession of it with nine
ported with the claim department.
section locomotive. No one was in
she wouldn’t have yielded such large teen women pounding on the door.”
P. N. U
No. 9, 1925
ST. HELENS INCUBATOR CO.
.Before It reached there, however, the returns.”
jured.
T
INFORMATION
. DEPARTMENT
Sk&S-jEabi
It Is Fine to Regain »
Health; Still Better,
to Keep Good Health
at All Times.
BARK-ROOT
TONIC
New Fluff Rugs
TWO HATCHES f RH
m
Behnke-Walker