A WOMOERFUL STREAM.
W A N T E D — EX PE R IE N C E D S A L E SH E N , A P P L Y AT ONCE
T h « Mleeleaippl River, IU Magnitude
and Uta A raa II O n l a a
The Mississippi rlvur, lying wholly
wltliln tha temperate auna. la la this
reaped tnora fortunately situated than
tho tuura farllla valleyed Amazon, alnca
Ihu cUuiata here, varied a im I sometime*
luhoapllsbl* aa It la, offers*condition*
of human development thara denied.
Tha (until atraam la 2,000 in Ilea In
length Unit la, about tau times that
of the Heine. Aa Mark Twain haa said.
It la "tha crookodeet river" la tha
world. trnrelliiK 1JO0 mllaa to corar
the anuiv ground that a crow would
By over lu (170 . fo r aeverul hundred
ui II pn It la a mile In width.
Hack In
IH.H" It was aaventy mllaa wide whan
the Hood waa highest.
The volume of water dlarharged by
It Into the aen la aecoud only to tha
Amusou and la greater than that of
all European rlvera combined (omitting
the Volga). The amount la eatluiated
at lilt) cubic nillea annually—that la, It
would 1111 nnnually a tank 130 mllaa
long, l.'l'i mllca wide and 130 mllaa
high. With Ha trlbutarlea It provDlea
aomewlntt more than ttl.000 mllea of
uavIgnMe water, more than any other
ayatam on the globe except tha Ana-
«on and more than enough to reach
from I.ahe Superior to Parts by way
of K am hatka and Alaska. about
three fun, i ha o f the way around tha
globe. The aeillment <1ejK>atted ta 400,.
000.000 Inna, enough to require dally
for Ita removal BOO train* af flfty care,
each carrying flfty tona, and to make
eae:i year two aqnare mtlea of new
earth over a hundred feet deep.
The nren which It drain« la roughly
l^flO.Oi*) aqiinre mllea, or two-flftha of
the United State*. That ta, (lermnny,
Austria nungary, Franco and Italy
could la* act down within thla area
and there would still tie some room to
apace.
It haa the atrength, for the moat part
pnt to no nae whatever, of 00,000,000
horaea The difference between high
water and low water la In some placea
fifty feet, irbtrh gtvee amno Itnpreaalon
of the range of Ita moodlneaa.—John
Finley In Scrttmsr’s Mngnr.tne.
B I WILL
G CONDUCT
B E A N
Could You Do BattarT
“ 1 was one of a party of four tnklng
an early dinner at an open air restau­
rant In Cologne on tho Fourth of July
several years ago,” anya a New York
Tribune render. "Wo sent a polite re
quest lo the orcheatrn lender to play
T he Star Sj,angled RnnneC and were
told that tho composition was ‘un­
known IVe were surprised and vexed
and talked a lot about the aong. ltd
origin. Its beauty, and dually dtocov-
rred that had the bandmaster played It
w e-all four of ua—could have aung
only ‘la-la’ to tho second verso and all
after I t ” _____________
Maine’* Naadl* Rook.
In nine Hill bay. Me., there la a
plnnncle rock only six feet In diameter
at Its lop which projects to within
seven feet of tho surface of the water
and rises nenrly perpendicularly out
of n depth of seventy-eight feet The
existence of this rock Is an evidence
of the difficulty, even In well known
wafers, of demonstrating that no Iso­
lated rock« are lying In wait for heed
less vlrtlma. — Harper’s.
The Good He Did.
“ Do you renlly believe, doctor, that
your old medicines renlly keep any­
body alive?" naked the skeptic.
"Surely,’' returned the doctor. "My
prescriptions have kept three druggists
and their families nllve In this town
for twenty yenrs.”—Harper's Weekly.
Pretty Long Run.
Put, h t'omednin -I played Hamlet
once Chorus- )ld you have a long
run? Dutch Comedian—About three
miles— Judge
Not the body but the soul, strikes the
blow III which lives victory.-Mngn.
i
n With HI# Has*« Mid lid a d M
Hia Tamkatana.
Tom McNeal of Topak« waa talking
to Abo i ’otera about luck, so Tom re­
ports. Tom tliought thore waa no such
-.hlng aa luck, but Aba protested.
‘T a k e tha caaa of Ezra Boll,” said
Abo. ‘T o begin with, think of hla
nama. A name Ilka that la hard
enough luck to prove my contention,
but Ezra lived up to i t When ho
waa a baby be fell Into the borae
Tough and waa nlmoet drowned. Then
be got hold of a can of concentrated
lye ard It took them four weeks to
»ring him round. He fell out o f an
apple tree when he waa alx and broke
both arms and a leg. and Just aa be
waa hobbling round again he went on
a watermelon stealing expedition with
alx other boya. The others got away,
lint the dog caught Ezra and chewed
him up until the farmer came along
and he put on Unix hlng touche* with a
harness trace. He fell In love when
he wan seventeen, spent all he had for
buggy rides and caady for the red
cheeked abject of hla adoration—and
she shook him and married another.
a mule kicked him and broke six ribs.
He bad a lot of bogs and they died of
cholera en the Identical day when hogs
reached 9 cents a pound, live weight.
He bad a big crop of wheat and a hail­
storm came along and ruined It one
hour after hla ball Insurance policy
bad lapsed. Ele got $500 to make a
payment on hit: land, put in the bank
and t Re bank busted.
"A cyclone wrecked his house and
hern and crippled all hla family ex­
cept bis mother-in-law, who escaped
unhurt. lie bonght four gold bricks
and took some counterfeit money In
pay for two good horses.
‘Then he died. When they were tak­
ing him to the cemetery the team pull­
ing the hearse ran away going down
bill and scattred the remains of Exra
along the side of the road.
"In the course of time his family
marked his grave by an appropriate
atone on which the stonecutter got the
date of his birth wrong and misspelled
his name In two places.
“ And still you say there Is no snch
i thing as luck."’—Saturday Evening
; Post
PUBLIC SALE
A L L ABO U T
Big Ben
You’ ve been wondering why
we call this a Big Ben Bale. Sure*
ly, you know Big Ben, the alarm
clock that wakes y o u every
morning or that you see adver­
tised in all the magazines. Well
he’s the fellow thnt’B running
this sale, and this is how he does
it: Every day of this sale the
Big Ben Alarm goes off at 10 and
10:30 a. m. and between these
two alarms you or anyone else
can buy some one line of goods
at a price even below regular
wholesale cost.
See the big
square below for full particulars.
OF THE
LANCEFIELD
SHOE STORE
Stayton, Oregon
$5,000 Stock of Hen’s and Boys
Shoes
n
Furnishings
Commencing at 9 A. M.
Sat., February 22
Your Railroad
Fare Paid
I f you come within
30 miles and trade
$15.00 or more.
No one who lives near
enough to make the
trip in one day can
afford to miss this
money sa ving chance.
S H E WAS QOINQ T O D IE.
Then Something Happened That Made
the Slek Old Well.
An At< lilaon young Indy had been
111 for tome time and flnaffy becama
much deprenaed. She (old a married
•later, arho waa aaaiattng In caring fir
her. that she knew ahe waa going to
Ik , and that alto might aa well distrib­
ute her pnaaeaadona “ TO giro you my
roral hernia," atie eatd to the married
slater, "but Mary la to have my dia­
mond ring because yon have had aev-
iral diamond* given to you by your
huslmud."
The sick girl eapocted the married sla­
ter to fall on her neck and weep, not
only at the eadnean of her linpeudlug
and unllinely death, but liecauae of her
generosity In the matter of her corals
So It was no wonder that every nerve
In the Invnlld'e body wae jarred by the
married sister's answer: "Well, of all
the nerve: (ilvlug me your little string
of rhenp ,-oralal Why, they coat only
120. while your diamond ting la worth
every till o f $ 2 TiO. It niakee me tired,"
the mnriled elater continued In excited
tnnea. "Hie way you Indulge Mary.
Why, ahe* at a party thla very min-
ole, and I'm slaving here with you.
Aa for my diamonds, didn't I help my
hUHlinnd scrimp and saveT’
Hut rlK'it here the sick young wo­
man. Iiuoyod up by righteous Indigna­
tion. her blood pumping through her
veins with nngar, sat tip. put her feet
flnnly on the floor, got up nud dreesed.
"You can tnko the next train for
home," she said to the astonished mar­
ried sister
“ I'll Just wear my dia­
mond ring and com la myself a little
while longer." This Is a true story,
and. although the Incident occurred Six
months ago, the Atchison young lady
hnsn't l>ccn sick a minute since.—
Atchison Olobo.
EZRA’S M R S LUCK.
At Least $2,000 Worth of Goods Must Be
9 a. m. Saturday,
Store Closed Sold in 15 Days At February
22 we will
An Day
Fri i.yri
Fi ph 7 1
ri
to enable a large force
of clerks to mark the
goods dowr l to Big Ben
bargain prices and re-
arrange the stock so
that: the
•
Crowd! Can Be
Promptly and Care-
fully Served.
The time is short, hence the prices extremely low
You have the word o f Lancefield that this is some­
thing more than an ordinary sale. The reason is the
necessity o f reducing the stock a great deal quicker in
order that we can carry out some contemplated changes
in our business without delay. The time is short—quick
action is what we want and must have—Hence prices
will be extremely low -probably the lowest you have
known in years. Don’ t doubt; investigate the truth
of this statement— Don’t hesitate come quick and
find out that this is the
Greatest Money-Saving Opportunity of the Times
The store will be closed all day Friday February 21
to enable us to get the goods all marked down to Big
Ben Bargain prices and rearrange the stock. When the
sale opens at 9 a. m. Saturday February 22 everything
that could be done to make the prompt and satisfactory
handling of the crowds possible will have been done.
We will have plenty of good competent trustworthy
clerks who will take pains to see that you are satisfac­
torily served. Everything will bear a ticket with the
sale price marked in plain figures, and this will be the
lowest price ever quoted on an article of equal worth.
$2000.00 worth o f goods must be sold in fifteen days.
We know there is only one way to do it—make the
prices so ridiculously low that people will come far and
near and supply not only their immediate needs,but fu­
ture needs for many months to come as well.
GIVE CASH
AW A Y
$1.00 cash will be paid
to the first ten persons
above the age of 18 who
enter our store when
the doors are opened at
9 a. m. All we ask is
that you spend the $1
here before you leave.
You actually receive $1.00
#
worth of anything in the store
Paint of Our Forefathers.
SAVINGS
OF VITAL INTEREST TO YOU
Sat., Feb.
. 2
19 pair Misses Patent Button
Shoes. Sixes 8 to 1. Regular
$2.25
hour price
4
Mon., Feb. 24
Tucs, Feb. 25
Wed., Feb. 26
R u b b e r B o o t s H i p , R e g u l a r $6.25
M en s
O v e r a lls
a n d
R e g u la r
B lo u s e s .
8 5c.
50c W o r k
S h ir t s .
4 h o u r p r ic e
1 h o u r p r ic e
4 h o u r p r ic e
$1.25
55c
¡10 to 10:30 a. m. only
10 to 10:30 a. m. only
Read()
25c
10 to 10:30 a. m. only
Captain Meeker's Unique Idea In the
Building Line.
What Is known aa the “ liviiig tow­
er," says a writer In the Wide World
Magazine, stands on the very summit
of a hill more than 200 feet high at
Camp Meeker, a summer resort In 80-
noma cqunty, Cal. It was Captain
Meeker, an old pioneer, who first con­
ceived the Idea of building a tower 011
the very summit of a high hill near his
notel, and while looking around one
day for a suitable site he found four
young redwood trees standing about
twelve feet apart, representing a per­
fect square. The trees were each
aliont 150 feet high. Fifty feet of each
top was lopped off. and the work of
building six stories was then com­
menced. From top to bottom the liv­
ing tower was a hundred feet high.
Each floor is abont 12 by 12 feet aud
rests on strong timbers, the ends of
which are securely attached to the four
tree« by means of steel cables and
bolts. So strongly was every part
braced that the whole structure does
not move as much as one would natu­
rally suppose, even when rocked by
heavy winds. In the building great
care was takeu by the workmen to cut
only the branches growing on the in­
side of the square, and the trees were
not chopped, mutilated or weakened
any more than could be avoided.
Leading up from each story are
broad stairways, so that one may as­
cend nnd descend with ease and per­
fect safety, while around the edge of
each floor are strong railings to pre­
vent accidents. Since this tower was
completed the trees have grown and
flourished Just as well as before. This
living tower is claimed to he the only
one of Us kind in the world.
for nothing.
T H E S E BIG BEN BARG AIN SP E C IA LS OFFER
AMAZING
A LIVIN G T O W ER .
$5.00
R u b b e r B o o t s S h o r t , r e g u l a r $ 4 .5 0
4 h o u r p r ic e
$3-75
10 to 10:30 a. m. only
A white lead nud oil paint, the finish
| of our forefathers, is easily and eco­
nomically mixed from the raw mate­
rials as It Is needed for use. With each
100 i>ounds of white lead mix five gal­
lons linseed oil, one pint turpentine and
one pint drier. An allowance of 50
cents for the labor of mixing gives
eight gallons of white paint for about
$13.15, or $1.64 a gallon. Two coats of
this, or better three, after coating knots
and pitchy, sappy places with orange
shellac, provide a good finish either
outdoors or in.—Country Life In Amer­
ica.
Conkling’a Invective.
Roscoe Conkllng, like John J. Ingalls,
was a master of Invective. Conkllng,
It is said, once upon a time in summing
up to a Jury thus attempted to belittle
the testimony of a rummy faced, knob­
by nosed witness for the opposition:
"Methinks, gentlemen, I can see that
witness now, his mouth stretching
across the wide desolation of his face,
a sepulcher of rum and a fountain of
falsehood!”
Contradictory.
Randall—I’ve written an Hrtlcle on
"Why Men Do Not Marry” and illus­
trated It with photographs of dreadful
looking, strong minded women. Rog­
ers—Where did you get the pictures?
IImdnll—They’re wives of the men I
know.—I.lfe.
She Knew Bast.
Visitor-Toll me now, professor, are
you suffering much from your head­
ache? Professor (to his wife)—Say,
Amelin, do I suffer much from my
headache?— Fliegeude Hlntter.