The Port Orford tribune., November 17, 1915, Image 1

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A QHOST THAT PAH. |
BLACK -
DRAUGHT
Shooting the
STOCK
POULTRY
MEDICINE
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suit about tha'W ill, which kept K « >
occupied. I t stood tor two or three o»
yeai*. s tripp ed-of tw furniture and «■
Without ear*,
ltar the ault
S T X u ^ M A w
w h o u a -« -« ^ *
l a * caretaker. Ha only •*•»«»
fe
UifeM. tor at 1 « ’clock la tha « « ■ “* ! wt
' b e was terrified to hear a
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j heing dragged along tha U H and, £
I stairways. Others followed him, and
one area stayed a weak, ba* • groan»,
tag sound rig ht In hto bedroom sunt M
h im flying In only halt hla
to
to tha naaraat cottage ha eould Sad. j
’ I t was then „ the advertisement ap- or
peered that draw say attention. I t ra
60c
26c
25c
36c
GUM BOOTS at Low Prices.
Bather than carry over Rub-
her Goods we are offering the
rest of our Gum Boots at sale
prices,
roaii:
“ T h e owner ot Rutland Grange « ■ . 5,
tha Ralston road w ill give a Seward,
of »200 to anyone who w ill wnldo to ,
that house and solve tha mystery « M
•1 went to the house and did not
Snd much trouble In eolvlng the rid­
dle. The place had once been well
Mocked w ith gatae, and now the de­
serted ground» were running over w ith
game of a ll kinds. I t had u » p » d
trespassers •vM e n tly . until lately, hut
investigation »bowed that number» of
fresh snares l t d U ap* had been s e t
‘Poacher«* evidently wee the meaning
— ‘ he mystery. | got two men ano
ji
Men’s Blue Denim Bib
Overalls
Men’s Bltte ChamDfey
Work Shirt*
60c President style Sus­
penders-
Extra strong Polio* and
Engineer Suspenders
It CAT record o. c u n a , -.n»
■ I.ed lu lucoirai b is to ir, pro w l
Sure »perii a »H.»se»i.e» m crU -in
to auy other M ED IC I V Y
the Fidi Nome
ao A hìbìrs
Always
plants grown upon 10® nere« of rich
rallcy lend the dll is dIM illed, and thia
husbandman bear» the unique
,
-»e rtp ro -
dtotlectlon of being the
dueer aad of having tha most « ita s iv ®
wormwood work« in the United States,
U a a th d n s M lI
The farm Me» betw M B th» Sfcefto s i 1
Crystal U k ts a d th« meta traveled «end
extending fro m Lodi U P re irly -i ®'Se®- I
The residence and dtotlUrry are hlddetf I
away behind a h ju ffllk * hill, aad a t the
end o t a long, winding road, guarded
by a massive farm er’s gate.
80 se­
cluded to the place, and ao unexpected­
ly does the w a y fa rer come In rig h t of
it, th a t one might »oppose he was ap­
proaching a »pot Where Kentucky
"W en , I eat oa m y man aad Mow a
moonshine to m e d . beyond the pale o f whistle, when up owns my aaatouata,
the wandering r« T » M t iollector. ;
w ith another whom they had taken
The wormwood plant» are g lo w » on
the farm in » bo utthe same nwnmorna
sata Snd o th er eereale.
The pair had Just started la to mnke a gooo
^
grow friitn tw o to three feet thing put of the pice», and bad mid
high. They a re light Ineolor, and have in a perfect store ot chains, white
the appearance o f being covered w ith sheets phosphorus, aad other things,
dew. As soon as. the unattractive pur­ a t tha top of the how»«, w ith which
ple blossom« appear the cutting and they had been frightened away the
distilling begin. By mean» of an ordi­ successive caretakers.
nary mowing machine w ith a dropper
•T h a t Jon brought me not only the
attnehment the plant» ere cut down
»100, but » freak oommimloa. Thto
and left 1» torg* bundle» to w rit to the
time a summer hotel that was left
hot surom ereua..
With a email force during the wiatet
A» eooa as they become w ilted aad ,
flaccid they are loaded on wagon» aad months was haunt»«. The servants
hauled to the dtotlllery, where a M g were being terribly frightened by my»
iron fo rk cornea down into the load. terious kno cking V hat wore heard sow.
By mean« o f a rope and pulleys the aad then at n ig h t Ootng to the hotel,
fork w ith it» burden to hauled upward 1 went to bed on the ground floor, bet
to a U tile car on m ils, where en «»to ­ bad to wait two or three nights be­
me tie attachm ent 1»quickly made. In fore the mysterious sound» were heard.
“One night, after we had been hav­
no time the car roll» to the opening ’
over the large vet, whan there to a Jerk ing heavy rain» all day. tha knocking
to the t r ip rope» and the bunch of began rig ht underneath my room.
wormwood shrubbery 1» dropped into
"W aiting until daybreak, w lth h e lp
the vnt. Thia to repeated u ntil the vat 1 took up the flooring aad found Wht a
1« «lied to the top with the aromotto small boy, long forgotten, but once
naed for storing boats, ran back under
p la n k .
In the engine room adjoining there the house. In thto wae floating an
to a boiler. By tw isting a valve the empty mineral water crate. There
■team to turned Into the vat ao th a t was a lock to the river below the ho-
every »tern and loaf of the hoary
plan t la Immersed In the »team and
must yield the essential oU. Prom
the v a t the (team p»«««e into the
eondenring pipes, laden w ith oil fro m
the herb. Thu plpee ere «ubmergnd
In cold w ater b a s in » made out of
cement, end there the oil collects,
drop by drop, to And Ito way through
a »mail opening to a voesel prepared I won't take ell m y cases of ‘gfcaet
to receive i t
laying.’ but w ill pick out on« or two.
The oil. being of lee» »peclflc grav­ There was a country place that for a
ity then w ater, collects a t the top long time was avoided because It got
o f the vessel provided fo r the pnr- the reputation of haring a spectre
pose. Thto can In to which tho drops W ith in a weak 1 » » It tw im , gliding
Of oil end w ater fa ll to provided w ith about the grounds, bpt It wan too aim
a »pout which almost reaches the Me tor me to egtel|. Then | put oa a
to p o f the veeael. making It appear w hite cloak myself and tjied haunting
like a gardener’s w ater pot. Out of
the 0 o » L
Thto rime »uoeeedpd la
thto »pot flow» the floating oil. There
frightening the apparition, as. when
comae a tim e In the process when the
we met face to face one night. It was
receiving vessel w ill hold no more of
the other ghost that fled. Who the
fellow was 1 should have nevpr heard,
probably, as he was so float' that I
eould not overtake hliq. only that to
hto flight somewhere be fell aad hurt
hla lac. aad whea he consulted the
doctor the whole sfo>7 <*“>• out. t(e
urns a neighboring farm er who wanted
As eooa ao a ll o f the oil has keen
•«cured fro m the plants In the vnt to get hold of the adjoining property.
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S W iS ^X S A rS
Sin««'
A n t i- FU»
the Iron fo rk to sent down Into It and
brings fo rth tho steaming sterna and
leaves. M any people cannot w ork
w ith the plant beeau»» o f the odor.
T hera a»« about B00 wormwood farm s
in the United States. tw o o f which
are owned by M r. D r e w T h e demand
for^lhe oU in much greater than the
supply. Mueh o f H to imported from
Europe. G reet tra c ts o f land In Eu­
rope are devoted t o It« production,
and the discovery o f absinthe by tw e
old Swim women has stim ulated tba
trade o f the “green-eyed beauty”
fro m th» distilled Juiee o f the pleeA.
In the pe«1 «0 year« the price o f
o il o f wormwood has advanced fro m
one to six dollars a pound. On ne-
alathe U to not anticipated th a t the
price w ill »Ter touch the dollar m ark
again. T h * oil to naed In making lini­
m en t* and o th er remedies. I t baa a
p en etratin g property possessed by ae
o th er oil. and when applied “goes
A-
Tim e
Minute
SHOOTING
MATCH
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100 F at Turkeys; Beef, Ducks, Gee
Three D ays
Port Orford
November
S hooting
3 0 ,2 4 and 26
Meet me at Hort Orford”
A B ig F at T urkey w ill he given to the
lady m aking the best score.
E M T E R T A IN M E N T -W c d re p d a y night by 8cticpl Children
r td iin c
playing upon the Imagteatloi
Brother and the night that I
T h i.r« H « v . N o v. 2 6 . bv Port Orford Harbor Band