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H y H. 1). A L E X A N D E R ,
A N l t W S t ' A r K H , N O T A N ORO A N
T h ir t e k n t h Y h a k .
The Election.
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At the election Monday in H laylou
the largest vote in the history oi the
town wa* polled— 271.
OoV. ( *hs 111 her hi i ii whs chosen I ’ H.
S e n a to r by sh o u t 1000 p lu rality . Con
gressm en Hawley noil Klli* were re
elected, also S uprem e Justice Mean,
R ailroad CnininisM oiiers C am pbell and
Aitchison and Hairy Food Coiiiiui*-
sin n er Hailey, all Itepuhlium is bill
Chnm btti Inin
S T A Y T O N , M A R IO N C O U N T Y . O R E G O N . J U N E
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lng, nnd the artist kept the canvas by
him. Ho alw ays said he would be
wrnppod In It when ho was burled and
even went so fa r as to ask Chan trey If
as his executor ho would fulfill his
wishes on th a t p o in t
"No doubt," answ ered the sculptor,
"I shall bury you rolled up In your pic
ture If It Is one of the conditions of
your will, hut I would take you up
next day and unroll you!"
The M aster’s Title.
Professor Key when head m aster of
The University bill won nod Ar a largo London school was one of the
mory bill, niok I o tax and wo,nun sill- most genial gentlem en th at ever filled
th at position. He was fond of encour
(rage defeated
aging fun In his boys nnd was not un
Changing lime of eleellno to No willing to recount occasionally during
veiiila r has passed.
class time when anything prom pted It
Only tivu counties voting on prohi the m anners and custom s of countries
bition rejected the proposition— Mar he had visited. Ou one occasion he
ion, Washington, Columbia, Coos and was telling his rlass about Hpaln and
said:
Clackamas Counties made dry are
"Ho you know, boys, th a t when a
I long In•, Union, I’olk, Jackson, ITon man nttalus to euduence there be la
tills, Josephine, tirani, (iilliam, Crook, not called ‘s ir / but Is given the title:
Wheeler, Morrow, Mullieur, Y-amhill, of ’don ?*"
One of the boys hero called out:
‘I illamook, l.ane, Lino M allows
"Then. I suppose, sir. they would
The 12 set counties in Oregon are call you Don Key?"
The gravity of the class was com
Haker. Clu< kunns, Claisop, Columbia,
Coo- Harney. Kbimalh, Lake, Marion. pletely upset for the rem ainder of the
afternoon. S trand Magazine.
■M iltnomah, W a s c o sod Washington.
Hood River county hill passe«!
A Daring Escap*.
The next legist.ituie »Id I»’ almo«i j Tho annals of King King are full of
ominimouslv Repnhlicu ii »ith about. daring escapee. A ty p ld l case was
th a t of !*alllster and Itohlf, tw o cun*
60 «Is lenient No I men.
virtod murderer«. Hy frequent appeala
The proposal to increase the iitirn* . (buy find handed off tho day of their
her of supreme judge* »as beaten
axocutlon. nnd at length decided on
(illvtrloii wop* «by
Hnb'ard went j escape at uuy cost even th a t of life
w* t by 7 vole* 41 • I ton fvuuty re I |t elf I-nto one night P alllster called
for a drink of milk, and ns tho official
ipaimal wet by o6-i
on duty opened the cell d<»or to give
The vole in Mi ayio'i precinct w a s a* | It bint ho was seized, dragged In nnd
The desperado then j
follows Chsmls-rlsin 14*t, Cake M>, overpow ered
looked
the
officer
In the cel! and, nfter
Hawley ll fi, Whitney 11 .">, Campbell
securing bis keys, released his com-1
174, Bean *01, Me Nary 20«, Matte- rndo Itohlf, when they In tu rn over
l»-ig 110, Hughes 11«, Libby 150, II. cam e nnd disarm ed the second night
I) Patton 107, Reynolds 113, Kbner watchm an. Thla done, they offered re
11-1, Mott 11«, liuslny Ini, Frager «0. lom-e to threo more prisoners with
whom they had made friends. These
Allen K)ff. Jhager 147. Hoover 71, declined the doubtful l*eucflt, however,
Pimlfk 40, ;M iaire ITS
For jurtice, , whereupon the tw o m urderers climbed
Uiicr lull; Klwood 80 For constable j the skylight, reached the boundary
Henry Smith 145; J K («aidper 75 > wall ami «Iroppwl to liberty by the
ts*oa«l Hudson, which they craaeed In
For [irohitntiun 153; against, loj.
a sm all boat.—New York Tribune.
Odd Uss For Brtad.
I'tThnps Hu; moat novel use to whlcly
bread Is put may he seen In one of our
great wuicl) factories, » bpro more than
forty loaves of fresh bread aro required
each day. An official of the watch fac
tnry Is quoted ns saying
•T h ere Is no secret regarding the u«j
of bread In this factory, and I am will
ing to tell ull I can concerning It. From
th e earliest times In the history of
w atchm aking It has been the custom of
w atchm akers to reduce fresh bread to
jhe form of dough. This Is done by
steam ing nnd kneading They then use
this dough for rem oving oil and chips
Hint naturally adhere lu course of
m anufacture to pieces ns small ns a
part of n watch. Thero are many
p arts of a watch, by the way, th at are
so Mina 11 ns to la.1 barely vlslldo to tho
naked eye. Tho oil Is absorbed by this
dough mid the chips stick to It, nnd
there U no other known suhstnnee
which can la* used as a w iper w ithout
leaving some of Its particles attached
to the thing wiped. This accounts for
the continued use of bread dough In
the w atchm aking Industry."—American
Food Jon noil.
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S u b B c r / p t / o n , S I. 2 6 P L R A N N LAI
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A Big Orasshoppsr.
A g«-ogrnphlenl exi*edltlon which set
out for A ustralsl ou an exploring and
innpm nking tour had engaged a negro
c<*>k. who took great Interest In every
thing ho snw. While the party was en
route a kangaroo broke out of the grass
and made for the horizon with pro
digious leaps, an event th at Interested
the color«*«! gentlem an exceedingly.
"You all have pretty wide meadows
hereabouts, I reckon," be said to the
native who was guiding the party.
“ Not any larger than those of other
countries," retu rn ed the guide most po
litely.
"W ell, there m ust !>e mighty power
ful high grass roundabouts, hch?” he
Instated.
"Not th a t I know of,” replied the
guide. "W hy do you ask such odd
«tuestlons?"
"W hy. I’ll tell you, boss. I was think- I
In' of the m ighty uncommon m agnitude
of them grasshoppers."—K ansas City
Independen t
H is A pprenticesh ip.
"Yes.” said Mr. Pater, w ith 111 con -
cealed pride, “my youngest boy m akes
some sm art rem arks a t times. Only re
cently be asked m s w hat It m eant to
be an apprentice. I told him th a t It
m eant the binding of one person to a n
other by agreem ent and th a t one per
son so bound had to teach the other all
be could of bis trad e or profession,
while the o ther had to w atch and learn
bow things were done and had to make
him self useful In every way possible."
“W hat did he say to that?*' asked one
of the audience.
“ Why. a fte r a few m inutes the young
rascal looked up nt me and said. 'Then
I suppose you’re apprenticed to mother,
are n ’t you. dad?*" — I-oudon Answers.
H erbert Spencer and the Puddles.
On uo one occasion was H erbert
Kpencer known to rlda when going to
a dinner, yet so carefully did he guard
him self ng.ilust th e chance of soiling
his dress Hhoes th at he habitually car
ried a bundle of old new spapers under
bis arm. These w ere for the purpose
of beln£ dropped, one by one. Into each
mud puddle he m ight encounter ou
crossing the street. By the time, he
reached his d e s t’uat'nn the store o« pa
pen« wan exhaust ml. Muddy shoes on
tho return walk did not m atter to him
In the le a s t—Loudon C aterer.
Up Two Stumps.
For Emergencies.
Little Johnny was lu the habit of
A banking reserv«* Is for use, not
w anting more victuals put upon hla
plato than he could eat. Ills papa de- merely for show. It Is for use in times
clded to break him of the h a b it One of em ergency. Yet some tiankers look
day ns Johnny Insisted upon being □pon their reserves1 very much as the
served until hla plate was well filled superintendent of a hospital regarded
Ids papa said, “Johnny. If I give you i Its emergency l*ed. A patient all hang-
this you will have to eat every bR of i t*<| up tu an accident was brought to
It or I will punish yqq." Johnny prom-j the hospital otic night and was told
lscil j|[at lu* would, and bravely d i d ! th at there was no room for him. “Why
the little fellow try to do so, but In not put him In the emergency l<cd?” It
vain. It was too much for hint. He was au«rge»t~b " if we put him In the
would try again nnd aga(n and theu «miorg n .y L hm I.'’ it was replied, “then
look sorrow fully at his papa. Finally, wc* v.ould have no em ergency bed.“—
Wall S treet Journal.
laying down hla fork, he said:
" I’npn. If you was me which would
Held Down the 8peaker.
you ra th e r do, get a licking or bust?"
The sanctity of the spcak«*r Is an tr.
vtolable law of parliam entary England
Glory Everywhere.
yet «»in-** the necessities of the nation
A Methodist m inister was much an
were so great th at nil assault and b a t
noyed by one of his hearers frequently
tery bail to be made upon Ills sacred
shouting out during the preaching,
person. It w as In the third parliam ent
“d o r y ! " “ Praise the Lord!” and the
of t'h a rle s I that the angry commons
Ilk«* Though often n*prov«*d. the hni>-
fr«nm*(l I heir petition of rights. This
py memlM'r perslst«*d In exprcaalng
cut nt the very root of the king's pre
himself.
rngntlve, nn«l among those In the bous*
One day the m inister Invited hint who o; p --'c.l It was Mr. Speaker. L’tioti
to tea and. to take Ills wind from Kir John Elliott moving Its acceptance
thoughts of praise, handed hint a sci
tlie speaker essayed to leave the chair
entific book, full of dry facta and fig
which would, of course, have prove!
ures, to pass the tim e before tea.
fatal to the bill. Rut they were ready
Presently tho m inister was startled for him, sml Ilollls nnd Valentine seiz
by a sudden outburst of “d o r y ! " ed him. «me on each side, nnd literally
“H alleluiah!" nnd “ Praia«* the Lord!”
held him In the ch air uutil the for
“ W hat is the m atter, m an?" asked mality of the reading was over. So
the m inister.
vital was the petition considered th at
“Why. this book says the sea Is flv«
Cromwell said In the lobby afterw ard.
miles deep?”
"H ad we lx*en defeated I should have
"Well, w hat of that?"
left England tonight."-elxm don Chroni
“ Why. the Bible says wy sins have
cle.
been cast Into tho depths of the sea,
nnd If It Is th at deep I need not be
afraid of their ever coming up again.
Glory!"
The m inister gave up hopes of re
form ing hint.
A Quaint Compliment.
On Mark T w ain's seventy-second
birthday a H artford clergym an said of
him:
“ No w onder lie tlmls happiness lu old
age. All the aged would l*e Itnppy if
they were ns sym pathetic nnd ns kind
as he. He Is continually going out of
Ills way ' • please others, and the result
Is th at lie U eontlmxtlly pleasing him
self. Listen, for Instance, to the quaint
com pliment he paid me the Inst lime
he canto to hear me preach, lie waited
for me n t the church door nt the s«rv
lee's cud ntid. slinking me by the hmd.
said gravely:
" ’I m ean no offense, but I feel okllg-
ed to tell you th at the preaching Ihls
m orning hns l»eon of n kind th a t I ran
W here the 8 hoe Pinched.
spnre. 1 go to church, sir. to puHue
It w as eusy f«>r Mr. Iiamiall to liear
nty own train of thought, but todsv I
couldn't do It. You Interfered »Ith with Ills w lfs'r rem arkable decision of
nte. You forced me to attend tek’ott ch aracter nt nil times, but her obsti
and lost me n full half hour, lilio« nacy ho found most difficult to endure.
"I ca n ’t (pilte com prehend her," he
th a t this tnny not occur a g a in .'”
coufid«*«! to his brother a fte r one try
ing experience. “ Many years as we
An Unburied Picture.
Ross«*ttl secured permission In
» have Itecn married, she etill surprises
to r«*opett ttie coffln of Ills wife In < ! ■ me. W hy, all In the sam e day, some
to secure the m anuscripts of i >i .* tim es lu the sam e hour, she will settle
pooins which he had hurled wltlSh.T a d isturbance In the kitchen, p u t the
children Just w here they belong, a d ju st
•even years before
aonte m atter In the church ami then,
Home such Incident might lia>
curred In connection with .1 >. '<• when her Judgm ent ought ko be a t Its
best, display the m ost astounding ob
T urner If Ills desire to l.e h i v I t
stinacy
In attem pting to regulate my
I ted up In h is own i m I i i . K " " f t
golugs
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t or comings In. I t’s—lt*s in-
thugu" hud Ijocu curried out.
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¡Notice for Publication.
Pcpsrtin cnt of the In terior.
|Tntt«*d States band Office,
Portland, Oregon, > pril
190*
Nolice is hereby given that Otis U. p ik e,
Gates, Oregon, hns Oiled notice of his intenlii
lo mnk>' lin sl Ove year proof |-r support of t
claim vi*: Itiniii-stead eutrv No 14751, m s
Felt. IS, im». for tin* M l , S K L . N ' . M t L«i
S\Vl 4 NW -.t of Per- 1 ion ;•« Tow n sh ip !• stmt
Kano-
t li*l til I sMi.I prim! *.t. I t.r- n«H
tiefore the lie risler amt Receiver si I’ortlsn
, O re g o n .o n June w. mo*.
He nam es the follow in g w itnesses t«> pro
Ills c on tin u ou s residence *■ on nnd ciiltivsti*
of the land, vis:
K. W !!
. I. lirn.len .si
M Kellie. *11 of Gates, (»-.
nd K K.«'i
iner, of Albany. Oregon.
AU*«-»Nn> 8. D hiss kf , Regirter
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