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ML JINKS WAS DISCOURAGED
Wilrt All Hit Hard Work on "Flivver,"
All Ha Could Do Waa Maka
tho Horn Squawk.
Mr, Jinks has been the proud pos
sossor of a brand-new flivver for nearly
three weeks, and his precious trensure
Is never far from his thoughts. Every
moment he can spare Is devoted to pol
IshltiR Its glossy coat or tinkering with
Its vltnls In tho effort to discover the
cause of Its occasional spells of mulish
bnlklness.
Tho other night about two o'clock
Mrs. Jinks was. awakened by terrlllc
yowls emitted by the family cat. Now
tho cat was a peaceful pussy and not
at all given to nocturnal vocal demon
strations. Imagine Mrs. Jinks' nston
lshmont when she arose and discov
ered her husband sitting on tho edge
of tho bed, vigorously twisting the cat's
tall round and round.
"John," she protested, rescuing her
pet with somo dlfllculty, "what on
earth aro you doing?"
Mr. Jinks was evidently In a som
nambulistic state, for he scratched his
head and responded sleepily :
"Sh' won't go, honey; sh' simply
won't go. I've cranked an' cranked an'
th' horn squawks, on' thash nil. Qucsh
ll have t sen' 'er up for repairs. Some
thin' mush be matter wlzzer magneto.
'Hdarn' shame, ah' ain't paid for yet,
oven I" From Nuggets. "
DOG RECOGNIZED ITS HOME
Evtn at Sea, and at Soma Dlitance,
Animal Knew Destroyer to
Which It Delonoed.
Except for tho serial numbers
painted boldly on tho bow, most per
sons hnvo tho greatest dlfllculty In
recognizing ono of tho 300 destroyers
In the United Slates navy from anoth
er, but there Is a dog aboard the de
stroyer Hehenck No. ICO which seems
In this regard to hnvo far more than
human Intelligence.
This dog of no particular breed
has been aboard tho Schenck for about
two years.
Officers aboard tho Schenck arc tell
In the story of how, not long ago,
when tho vessel went from Pensncoln
to OuHiititnnini), the dog was lost. He
could not be found when the time for
departuro arrived, although tho crew
had been searching tho (own for htm
fur almost. two hours.
It doveloped that tho dog, after the
Hchenck departed, reached another de
stroyer and went to son with them.
During the voyage the two destroy
era passed well out to sea. The dog
was on the bridge and harked so loud
ly that he attracted tho attention of
tho Schenck.
Royalty In a Freloht Yard.
Lieutenant Commander Hugo W.
Kochlcr In tho World's Work says:
Our iicntvst neighbors In n squalid
out-freight yard where we took ufi
quarters In Novorosslsk were the for
mer president of tho Vladikavkaz rail
road, tho best system In Itusshi, who,
with his children and grandchildren,
occupied ono small couch. The Orund
Duchess Mario l'avlovn with members
of her former aulte and their families,
also hiufu single coach, whllo her son,
the Ornnd Duko Audrey, with his son
of oddly Indefinite parentage and said
son's mother, a famous baUerlna In
her day, likewise lived for months In
a tiny railroad coach on the opposite
side of our niudhole. Tho grand
duchess was a charming Imly, nor did
tho terror of her situation and (her
utter rquslor of our surroundings take
one whit from her delightful sense of
humor and her quality of uno grando
'dame.
Famous Qrova Disappearing.
Mexican children gathering firewood
. are slowly; wiping out a clump of Cot
tonwood trees northwest of Juarez,
Mex., ucross tho Itlo Qrundo from Kl
Paso, Tex., which has been known as
"Peace Orovo" because It was there
that den. Francisco I. Madero agrt'ed
to a series of armistices which preced
ed the end of his revolution. Approxl
matoly 2.1 trees marked tho historical
spot In 1011. Today, It Is said, less
than hulf this number survive the raids
of the children sent to search for fuel.
The grove won Its name In 1011 when
Madero led his troops against tho
Juarez federal garrison, which re
mained loyal to President t'orflrto
Diaz. Tho commander of the garrison
and Madero arranged severul armls
tlces under tho trees of the grove.
Oil as Leprosy Cure.
So successful has Dr. I. Hooper
been In the FIJI Islands In the treat
ment of leprosy with chaulinoogra oil,
that he reports to the Journal of Trop
ical Medicine and Hygiene (London)
that In the years 1018 and 1010 23 pa
tients were discharged on parole, of
whom one returned, and he now has
six more apparently cured and ready
for discharge.
Doctor Hooper believes that all
cases of skin leprosy and some of the
nodular form can be cjired by Intra
muscular Injectjons of cbaulmoogrn
oil, cure or failure depending largely
upon how early the treatment begins.
All He Could 8ee.
A sharp-tongued, red-faced lawyer
was cross-examining a witness as. to
his sobriety. "Vou were seen," he be
gan, "entering the Spread Eagle us
noon as the doors were open or soon
afterward?"
"Yes." replied the witness, "but not
to drink."
"What object had you In view then?"
asked the lawyer.
The only object I had In view, sir,
as I went In was yourself coming out."
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Phone Columbia 933
G. W. FORD
Cen Peel Diggiag, House Railing
sad Remoelelia?, alio Shingling
837 N. Leonard Street
Phone Columbia 81
E. Bcrgland
LAWYER
fjWKWtjWmtf N. Jersey Street
FISH STEW EXCELLENT DISH
Home Demonstration Ajjenta of the
Department of Agriculture Rec
ommend It Highly,
Tho "pine hark fish stew," which Is
being marketed by the canning clubs
In the southern stntes along the At
lantic and gulf coasts, should bo of
Interest to housewives, says the New
York Times. Tho development of
combination foods peculiar to certain
localities has been particularly fos
tered by extension agents of ,the United-
Slates Department of Agricul
ture and the stato agricultural col
leges which carry on boys' and girls'
club work. Almost every country In
tho world and practically every dis
trict In the United States, tins a spe
cial "one-piece" dish mado of the itrod
ucts in that region. The gumbo of
the far South, the New England boiled
dinner, the bouillabaisse of Marseilles
reproduced In New Orleans. Hun
garlan goulash. Clilncso chon suov. In
dlan curry, Irish stew, French ragout,
are instances of this tendency to blend
uavors in one dish.
Pine hnrk flsll stow Is n clinrnrler
Istlc dish In South Carolina. Very
probably It was Introduced by settlers
from the southern part of France and
rrom Italy. Italians Iv Utr In south
em California serve n slmllnr fish
stew, The home demonstration agents,
seeking a popular and somewhat novel
product which would not be In com
petition with commercial canned
goods, decided-to hnv6tho clubs mako
n specialty of canning pine hnrk llsli
siew.
Onion, tomatoes, celery, pimento
nnd llsli are the Ingredients, which ure
cooked slowly In vegetable oil und
poured over "southern style" rice. At
large out-of-doors imtherlnirs nnd rum
inunlty luiuhes this Is served on nieces
of pine hark, giving the dlti Its name.
in norma. (leorgla and nil the gulf
siaies vnrlous local llili aro. adapted
to tho combination,
CAN "ONLY SEE DARK SIDE
Unfortunate Individuate Are Thoie
Who Essay to Make Conversa.
tlon About the Weather.
The wentber Is n singularly unfor
tunnto Institution. When It Is had It
Is freely abused; when It Is good It
becomes an object for profound sus
picion. A wet day Is an abomination ;
a lino ono Is un Incipient drought.
Three flue days In succession nro
enough to bring Into blossom llttto
paragraphs announcing (hut some
body's water supply will shortly hnvo
to ho curtailed, nnd n week of them
sees the farmers of Illnnkshtro elo
quently face to face with approaching
ruin. A Imil summer will not hear
thinking about; a good ono Is proof
that tho climate of Europe Is rapidly
changing, that tho North polo will
soon enjoy tho temperature of tho
equntor, nnd Hint a few more thousand
years will seo mankind tlnnlly frizzled
off tho surface of n thoroughly Inhos
pltablo planet. This grateful and
comforting gamo of looking n gift
horse In tho mouth Is now being np
piled to the only good result of tho
coal stoppage our cleaner atmos
phere. Having survived tho first
shock of Ill-considered gratitude at be
ing ablo to see their own city, many
Londoners, an evening paper an
nounces, nro now discovering that n
feeling of lassitude and nn overpower
ing Inclination to ynwn nro the result
of living In nn unusually puro atmos
phere. Manchester flmirdlnn.
Prompt Delivery,
Oeorgo L. I-oft. Bon of thn candy
magnato and former congressman,
created a sensation on tho stock ex
chango recently, when ho sold n suit
of clothes off his back for $30 and
mndo spot delivery. Tho young bro
ker breezed onto the floor of the ex
change early In the session, wearing
a brand-new Palm Ilench suit. It was
so conspicuous some of his colleagues
roughed him n bit and In thn fracas
the coat was torn slightly. Thereupon
Loft yelled out for n bid for the out
fit. Just ns If ho were selling 100
shares of Loft, Inc. A broker In tho
crowd snapped bnck a bid of $.10 and
demanded Instnntaneousdollvery. Loft
was game. Ho peeled off his coat and
then shed his trousers and departed
for the Luncheon club attired In his
n. V. Ds. He was able to resume busi
ness luter thrr'iKh the discovery of nn
old suit of clothes In a locker. New
York Tribune.
Doubles Shooting Popular,
Doubles shooting Is gaining great
popularity among trapshooters of this
country. Ity doubles shooting Is meant
tho release of two targets at the
same time, ono to the left and the
other to the right, The shooter then
tries to brenk both of them before
they fall to tho ground, tiring ono load
nt each torgel. This Is a real test of
shooting ability, and for this reason It
Is gaining In popularity. No one seeks
a real test of his ability more than a
trapshot. Itecnuse of the Increased
Interest In this phase of the sport It
Is apparent' that the doubles champion
ship tournament at the Grand Ameri
can handicap this year will he a much
better event than In the past. The
shooters have had greater practice at
this style of shooting than ever be
fore. Florida's Entry Into Union.
One hundred years ago the Stars
and Stripes supplanted the flag of
Spain In Florida, which became n part
at the Untied States. The sum natd
Spain, Including the payments to
claimants for damages, was S0.489.7tW
for a territory that Included oa.'.'ua
square miles. Miami Herald.
LORENZEN'S CABINET SHOP
418 North Jersey Street
Furniture Making and Job Work
Snecialtv. Refinishinc and Re
pairing neatly done.
Phone Columbia 977
PENINSULA ELECTRIC CO., Inc.
Electrical Engineers im contractors
WIRING FIXTURES AND SUPPUKS
, . .General Repair Work . .
109 SJ'JereeT Sweet. - PortUnd; Oregon
SEE EXHAUSTION OF RADIUM
Many Authorities Believe There Will
De None Remaining In About
Twenty.Flve Years.
Some authorities predict that, 2.1
years from now, there will be no ra
dium left In the world. By that tlmo,
It Is claimed, all avaltablo ores of this
wonderful mineral will have been used
up.
The so-cnllcd rndlum emanations nrc
BUpiwsed to bo electrified particles
though Just whnt these particles are
nobody knows. They do not seem to
be Identifiable as any kind of mutter,
Hut nfter being given off, they censo
to be electrically charged and assume
tho form of helium.
Here is n case altogether extraor
dinary, In which ono clement Is actual
ly transmuted Into another clement a
phenomenon which has hitherto been
thatight Impossible.
Helium was first discovered in the
sun. It wns Inter found In our own
atmosphere, which contains n minute
percentage of It. Natural gns from
some wells In Texas nnd elsewhere
yields considerable quantities of It
so much In certain Instances that, be
ing nonlnflammahJp, It renders the gas
less useful as fuel.
Is It to be Imagined that all of the
existing helium was originally derived
from nullum? Nobody can answer
that question.
GOSSIP FORM OF INSANITY?
City Authorities Who Have Dealt
With the Problem Are Strongly
of That Opinion,
Men and women who gossip, said
Dr. K. II. Mullock of Chicago, city
health director, cannot bo In their
right mind, nnd should be given the
closest attention to get them hack to
normal. They hnvo been called "as
sassins of character," nnd 10. O. D.
Jenkins, n psychologist and secretary
to the board of police commissioners,
Chicago, says, In tho Detective, Febru
ary, 11121, that tho nclghborhool gossip
nnd the anonymous letter writer have
one of the nnstlesl, lowest and mnut
vicious forms of Insanity known to
medical circles. Their distorted Imag
ination visualizes scenes which they
would have come true, and their In
sane mind Immediately grasps the
story nnd they repeat It as If It were
true.
(Insslp nnd nnnnymnus letters, says
tho New York Medical Journal, nro n
constant pest nt police headquarters,
hut reports registered with police otll
ccrs in nn attempt to Injure character
by these means or false telephonic
reports aro u failure; In fact, tho po
lice taku more pleasure In tracking the
Informer than the ono Informed
about.
Latest In Slang.
Tho next time you nro threatened
with u legacy, don't cross your lingers.
When you have on your best frock,
nnd want to keep tho rain god In u
happy mood, don't carry an umhrullu.
If you tear your Sunday trousers
climbing a barbed wlro fence don't say
"Ishkahlbble."
Of courso you have to say some
thing, when you nro surprised, or
pleased, don't glvo a hang, doubtful,
amazed or vexed. However, Instead
of tho proverbial "go on," "damn,"
"fleinlny," "yo gods" nnd others, thn
Chinese hnvo provided n new word,
which Is being tuken up by tho smart
est buds from coast to coast, and the
beauty of It Is that you can express
huy emotion under tho sun with Just
this ono word, "Moskce."
So "Mosken" U Is now, no matter
what hupjwns, If you wont to bo right
there with tho Inst word In proper
slang. It suits any situation, so don't
feur. Use It whenever and whoruver
you like. It means Just whatever you
want It to mean.
Useful on a Long Walk.
Nntunt's most ardent lovers canno
enjoy n long tramp over hills, Ileitis
and country roods, If a blister on the
foot has tircsented Itself, A simple
remedy, often inarvelously benctlclai,
comes from the old country, merely
the use of a cabbage leaf. Cut a piece
of the cool leaf larger " the painful
urea. Then place II t spot und
tlx down tho borders slump pa
per. If the cubbagj pUicr Is applied
flat ft will not seriously bumper the
putting on of the stocking und shoe. A"
wonderful sense of relief Is experi
enced, und It Is possible to continue
the wulk without pain.' Of courso If a
little rest' can be taken after the cub
bago leaf has been placed on the puln
ful part so much the better.
Where Men Must Marry,
An nntl.liuehelor bill Introduced Into
tho Turkish purltument makes mar
riage compulsory for meu over twenty
five. Defaulters will bo lined u quar-
tor nf their enmities, which Will hu d-
posited In agricultural banks to help
peusants to marry.. No adult civil ser
vant may be a bachelor. Gifts of laud,
loans, and state education for children
are, held out as rewurds for marriage,
with n penalty of uaruriauor ror a con
firmed bachelor.
Rank Ingratitude.
"The professor of political economy
made an Inexcusable blunder In his
classroom this morning."
"What wns It!"
"lie asked Snubbs, our slur halfback,
a question."
"And 8nubbs couldn't answer It, 1
suppose!'.'
"Certainly not. The luea of embar
rassing, the greatest ground gulner
we've hud on the team In ten years 1"
Birmingham Age-Ilerald.
Office-Col. C25 Residence-Col. 477
Dr. E. P. Bsrden
DENTIST
Painless extraction of teeth under nitrous
oxide gas
Peninsula DatiK Bldg.
St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Keep
on
Your
ROGERS
Patronize the home merchant;
Pacific Coast Outlook
Tho outlook Is brighter for nil load
ing Pacific Const Industries although
the agricultural Interests find them
selves In n particularly difficult posi
tion Just nt this time. The grain and
stock growers find their markets so
demoralized that they are being urged
not to ship to tho centers and nt the
snmo tlmo country bankers nnd mer
chants nro finding It necessary to urge
themto pay up. nut tho farmer's dl
lcintn'ajdoes not look ns bad to others
as It does to him nnd It might be a
great .deal worse. After nil the crops
kro largo and hnvo been produced, for
tho most part, nt relatively lower costs.
Whllo they will not bring great profits
to the growers, they will bring In tho
cash which will be used to thaw out
a lot of frozen credits and to mako
nccessnry purchases. The agricultural
districts will not spend lavishly this
fall and winter but the largo crops will
put n great deal of money Into circu
lation. Tho canning Industry on tho Coast
has evidently seen Its worst days. Tho
foreign situation was responsible for
a largo carry-over of ennned goods but
these nro now reported to bo pretty
well elenred off the shelves nnd this
year's pack, which was greatly reduced
In volume, is now moving, Prices on
California canned fruits and vegetables
nro around 40 per cent below thoso of
last year. a -
Stocks or lumber In the retail yards
throughout the eastern and tnlddlo
western centers nro reported to bo
down to nn "Irreducible minimum."
Tho general depression, accorananlcd
by Inbor.troubles In the building trades,
lists Hold off the demand for lumber
longer thnri seemed possible, In view
of tho nccumulntcd needs, so that when
buying does start It would seem that It
must Inevitably be heavy for n long
time. Tho Immedlntu prospects nro not
overly rosy but the long swing outlook
wns never better In tho history of tho
west Const industry.
Tho textile Industries, which were
the first to bo hard hit by prlco de
clines, are likewise among tho first to
como back. It will bo remembered
that tho collapse of tho silk market
marked the beginning of the decline.
San Francisco bankers now report the
opening of credits In the Japanese silk
trndc,
In tho wool trndc Hues wcro owned
for the spring season of 1022 about tho
middle of August with quite satisfac
tory results. Hales mado by tho big
companies will nlmorh thnlr available
capacity up to about December 1C,
Prices nro about the sumo as last fairs
quotations This Is encouraging' for It
is evidence tnnl liquidation has about
run Its courso In this Industry. Con
sumption of, wool during June was tur
gor than any-previous month this year.
Prices on raw maierlals aro steady and
mills nro now In the market generally,
buying ruw mttterlal to cover salts re
cently made.
Our local mill reports about 85 per
cent capacity operation with the ex-
pectntlou thnt It will opcrnto to full
capacity within four wcoks. Present
consumption of wool Is tho largest In
the history of tho company on account
of tho class of merchaudlsa they nro
now mnuuincturiiig being mado entire
ly from flecco wool, Tho present rnto
of consumption will amount to ovor
threo nnd n half million pounds n year.
Peninsula Hank Monthly NuwH-I.et-
ter ror Hopioninor.
Twelve Sites Proposed
Twelve proposed silts for tho expos
Itlou have been submitted to Hrlo V.
Ilnuser, chairman of tho committee
nn tho location of tho fair. Advocates
of these sites have applied far ones
tlonnalres ami nro busy with their on-
Kluccnt compiling tho required data.
i no competitors listen nro:
Ilenverton lb-low Council Crest To
It. II. HoimH. secretary lleaverton Com
morclnl club.
Guilds .nke District II. II. Ward.
is or. wncox building.
Hnyden Island Kast Side Iluslness
Men's club. U. M. I.oppor. secretary.
nnu A. it. uimm, engineer, Lewis
building.
Oreshnm ilreHhnni Iluslness Men's
association, John Drown, secretary.
Ilocky Butte W. W. Amhurn, con
sulting engineer, 28G Kast Eighty-sixth
street.
ItoHH Island nnd Kelhvood Sellwood
Hoard of Trade and Community club,
Kenneth Drown, secrutury. lCtU Kust
Thirteenth sin i t.
Sun Dial RhiicIi Troutdale, Or.
PonliiHuln-St. Johns St. Johns Com
munity club, Thomna Autzon, chair
man. .Mllwnukle-Hcott Farm J. C. Hun-
gnrford, Stevens building.
Mock Ilottom -J. II. Knlrbrook, Port
land News.
Oswego Oregon Iron & Hteel com
pany, A. 8. Patullo, secretary, Concord
building.
Unannounced Location A. M. Hum
phreys, 173 Kant Hevonty-flfth street
north.
It Is expected that threo or four oth
er bIIph will IK- t utored by their advo
cates during the week. Two of these
sites aro located on tho west side and
ono on tho oast sblo of (ho Willamette,
according to Huuser, who said agents
aro in tho field Interviewing property
owners to ascertain If thoy would per
mit their holdings to ho used for expo
sition purposes. Journal.
Why the futur- looks good for Port
land, Oregon and tho Northwest:
KyeH of tho world aro focused upon
Portland as the city with sufficient
optimism to launch a $5,000,000 exposi
tion fur l'J-5 at a tlmo when business
conditions were "black."
i Lumber business revives, unlo of 27,
000 acres nt J7.OUO.000 to ono of world's
lurgost operators having fine effect.
Ponlusula Lumber company's new
U'50,000 plant progressing.
Multnomah Lumber & Hox company
doubles capital stock, Increasing to
13,000,000, with i nlargemcntH nn pro
gramme, will employ COO more men.
Northwestern Klectrlc compuny will
expend fl.000.ooo on extensions In four
years.
Five great transcontinental rail sys
tems will construct million-dollar
freight terminal on (iulld's lake, begin
ning soon; all property now bought
therefor. Ce
Willamette Iron & Steel Works Is
constructing modern steel and concrete
plant costing 1150,000.
Portland Vegetable Oil Mills com
pany Is building 1500,000 plant.
Extensive port Improvements are be
ing added to the modern equipment al
ready provided by expenditure of many
millions of dollars, including present
construction of lC.OOO-ton floating dry
dock. Port commission is engaged on ex
tensive channel work.
Port will enjoy 10 per cent differen
tial ovor Puget sound on all freight
originating In Columbia River basin
south of Snake river.
Crop prospects ure excellent, with
largest wheat yield on record bound
to-relieve financial situation. Ore
gonlanj v
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MADE AT HOME
GUARAN
Sold iiAhe World's Markets. Why
more in St. Johns?
ROSE CITY FLOUR MILLS
ST. JOHNS, PORTLAND, OREGON
YOUR GROCER HAS IT
Phone Columbia 341
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