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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1915. S Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Rurmeister & A"dresen, Oregon City Jewelers Suspension Bridge Cor. COUNTY AND CITY LOCALS Charles Montgomery, well known in printing circles of this city, was a Portland visitor Saturday. H. A. Block, of Gilmore, Idaho, was visiting recently with E. W. Randolph, of the county seat; and left last week for an extended trip through South ern California and Arizona. I. W. Olds, the son of Ed Olds, of Oak Grove, has been brought home from a Portland hospital so that he may spend the Yuletide with mem bers of his family. Young Mr. Olds was seriously injured early in Sep tember while working on the Sandy river bridge, and has been in the hos pital since then. M. D. Latourette, of the county seat, brought Mr. Olds home in his car. National Dangers and Defense un der topic "Is Our Nation Safe?" Will be considered in short talk at Metho dist Church Sunday night. Most ex cellent music Happy, Congregational Singing All Welcome. John N. Sievers has been elected treasurer of the Clackamas County Bur association, replacing C. D. Lat ourette, the retiring officer. Clyde Hughes, of Bolton, has an nounced himself a candidate for the nomination on the republican ticket for county recorder. Miss Stella Cross has returned to her home in Gladstone from McMinn ville College for the Christmas holi days. Miss Erna Petzold entertained the latter part of last week for Miss Claire Rayley, of Pendleton. Chiropractic removes the cause of rheumatism. Hoeye & Stone, Chiro practors, Caufield Bldg. Joseph Hedge's, Jr., has returned to his home in the county seat, from the University of Oregon for the holidays. Miss Esther Harris, a student of Monmouth normal school, is a guest at the home of her parents in this city for the holidays. Misses Aline Phillips and Roberta Schuebel, students of the University of Oregon, have arrived at their re spective homes in this city for the holidays. ' Live-Happy-Helpfull Sunday night at Methodist Episcopal Church. Franz Kraxberger, of Macksburg, recently disposed of some hops at Salem at 15 cents, which he considers a good figure for this time of the year. Delbert Hart, of Maple Lane, has gone to Pendleton to work in the Pendleton woolen mills. Misses Edith and' Anna Smith, of Gladstone, who are now teaching schools to the north, will be home for tho holidays. Irwin D. Wright, of Estacada, was in the county seat early in the week. Clifford E. Niles has returned to A Christmas Suggestion- What is more useful and will be more appreciated than a well FITTED and MADE pair of Eyeglasses or Spectacles. You can make this a surprise, by giving one of my "Eyeglass Orders." You can buy the order for any amount you wish to pay and the glasses will be fitted whenever the order is presented. Come in and let me explain more fully. Satisfaction Guaranteed Come ih and let me explain more fully Also Readers, Goggles, Eyeglasses Chains, Etc. Wm. A. Schilling Optometrist Optician 719 Main Street Factory on Premises Oregon City, Ore. his home in Gladstone for the holi days, laying off from his service as engineer on one of the Vancouver boats. . Booze-Bombs-Bums and Billion aires. Is Our Country Safe?" Hear short talk on subject at Methodist church Sunday night. Mrs. Mary McCarver and Mrs. C. C. Babcock entertained over the week end for Harry McCarver, of Portland. H. L. Price, of the county seat, has gone to Camas for a short visit. G. F. Nickerson is confined to his home at Gladstone with the grippe. S. Gray, who was operated on at the Oregon City hospital last week, has recovered sufficiently to be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Davis. Blind Pig Exposed in "College Oil Cans" reading by pastor's wife at Methodist Church Sunday Night. Georgo C. Brownell was suffering from the grippe the early part of the week. Notice Annual meeting of the stock hold ers of the Ogle Mountain Mining Com pany will be held at their office, 10th and Main street, Oregon City Ore., Jan. 3, 1916, 1:30 p. m., for the pur pose of electing a board of directors for the ensuing year and the transac tion of such other business as may come before the meeting. OGLE MT. MINING CO. -By J. B. FAIRCLOUGH, President. Cow Earns Real Money "It is claimed for Dairymaid of rinehurst,'! says Farm and Fireside, "a Guernsey cow owned by W. W. Marsh of Black Hawk, Iowa, that'she is earning $1,000 a year. She is a world's champion and has a record of 17,285 poundsof milk and 910.67 pounds of butterfat a year and the calf she brings each year helps to make up that thousand dollars." Of. course you can play or sing from any old edition of cheap sheet music. But WHY do it when you may have the finest edition on earth at the price of the cheap stuff? Come into our store; ask us to show you the "Century Edition" Finest Sheet Music Only 10 Cents "Century Edition'' is engraved (not type set) and printed on fine plate paper. You'll be proud to Own "Century" music. Come in and look it over. Get the Century Catalog of 2,000 selections FREE. HUNTLEY BROS. CO. Ameriajn STUDY YOUR TONGUE. It It Monitor That Registers Your Physical Condition. Oue of the first things a doctor does when, he is called to a patient is to look into his mouth. That is because It Is the quickest and easiest way to examine on Internal cavity of the body and observe the signs of health or dis ease there displayed. The mouth is lined with mucous membrane, which Is quickly affected by many disorders, and the tongue, which is simply a mass of muscle wrapped up in mucous mem brane, is a veritable horizontal guide post. Since it Is a muscle Its general size and shape and its susceptibility to proper control inform the physician of the muscular condition of the patient, and the state of the mucous membrane that covers It indicates the general systemic condition. A person who suf fers .from fever of any degree will generally show a "furred" tongue. The word graphically describes the condi tion, and It is not necessary to be a ph.vsiclnn in order to recognize it In a long continued fever like ty phoid the fur accumulates until the tongue Is covered with a thick, brown mass that shades off to a lighter tint at the edges. In scarlet fever the tongue Is often covered with a white fur dotted with little red points. That Is called the "strawberry" tongue. When the stomach is badly out of con dition the tongue shows a thick white or brown fur, and those who are suffer ing from tonsilitis or from any other inflammation of the throat may show a layer of thlcU, creamy white fur all over the tongue. Sometimes when the patient is much exhausted the tongue will not be furred, but dry, red and raw. "Thrush'' consists of small white patches raised above the surface and, although not serious in itself, generally shows that the constitution Is weak. One strange thing about the tongue Is that, although it so often betrays the state of the stomach tc the physician, yet In two of the most serious stomach troubles cuncer and gastric ulcer the tongue is generally very clean. ' The tongue In health Is always under the muscular control of Its owner and should be perfectly steady when It Is put out. A tremulous tongue denotes weakness, and t"e tongue that Is coat ed and tremulous in the morning, but that grows steadier through the day, Is generally the result of too much al cohol. Youth's Companion. Armenia's Lost Name. There is no such country as Armenia. Ofliclully the Turks decline to recognize the name, and maps marking "Arme nistnn" have regularly been confiscated. UuoUlelnlly 'ngahi nobody can say ex actly where "Armenia," or Kurdistan, us It Is alternatively called, begins and leaves off. Nor Is there properly such a people os the "Armenians." That is only a name given them by foreigners. They call themselves QaiU and their country Huiasdnn. tracing their de scent from Ilalk. grandson of Juphet, whose dynasty was overthrown by Al exander of Mncedon. Loudon Specta tor. Tha Big Dipper. !n astronomy the Big Dipper, so called, is lu the constellation of Ursa Major, or the Great Bear. The stars forming the tall of the hear also form the handle of the dipper. The first star in the handle Is Betietnnseh, the second Mlzor, the third Alioth. The other four,, which go to form the bowl of the dipper, are Megres, Phad, Merak and Dudhe. The two Inst mimed are called "the pointers" because they point or guide the eye to the pole star, which is distant 29 degrees. The top bowl stars are 10 degrees and the bot tom ones 8 degrees apart. The Serpent's Venom. A physician while talking with a group of friends remarked: "It Is com mon to hear people speak about poi sonous serpents. Serpents are uever poisonous; they are venomous. A poison cannot be taken Internally with out bad effects; a venom can. Venoms to be effective have to be injected di rectly Into the' circulation, and this is the manner in which the snake kills. Their venom taken internally is in nocuous." An Appreciation. An old sea captain was turning over the leaves of a friend's album when, coming to the photograph of a young lady of whose acquaintance the family was rather proud, he was asked what he thought of her. "Awcel," was the old sea rover's reply, "if I were goin' to make a rare stroke o' business I'd buy that girl for what she was worth .an' sell ber for what she thinks she is worth "-London Mirror. Learning It. The Old Married One-You will learn, my dear, that men are most con trary, creatures. The Young Murrled One Oh, 1 know that already. The Old Married One-IndeedV The Young Married One-Yes; I cook things my husband likes and yet he doesn't like the things i cook. Life. Comparisons. "A telephone Is a great convenience In a suburban home. .My wife often calls me up." "You're lucky. Mine always calls me down." Baltimore American. jentle Hint. He Then you are not Interested In my welfare. She No; but If the two syllables were transposed I'd not only be interested, but enthusiastic. Bos ton Transcript. The sickle rusts in the band that waits for the harvest Persian Pror. erb. Falls on Street H. C. Tozier, of the county seat, was painfully hurt Monday afternoon when he slipped on a -wet stretch of sidewalk on Twelfth street, sustaining a broken leg and fractured collar-bone. He was taken to his home at Ninth and Division streets and given sur gical aid. We take particular pains with the stationery we print for our customers. Bjamojsno jno ioj uid sav iauoi)?)8 Jsq Trjua. guisd jBinaiisd ae 9 fa MOVING PICTURES. Why They Appeal to the Eye as One I Continuous Photograph. Motion pictures depend for their suc cessful operation upon the physiologi cal phenomenon known as "persist ence of vision." If, for Instance, a bright light is moved rapidly in front of the eye lu a dark room It appears not as a spark, but as a line of light A so called shooting star produces the same effect This result is purely physiological and is due to the fact that the retina of the eye may be considered prac tically as a sensitized plate of rela tively slow speed, bo that an image impressed upon it remains, before -being effaced, for a period ranging from one-slx.teentli to one-seventh of a sec ond, according to the idiosyncrasies of the individual and the intensity of the light. So it will be seen that if a number of pictures are successively presented to the eye they wlli appear as a single continuous photograph, provided the periods between them are short enough to prevent one of the photographs be ing effaced before Its successor Is pre sented to the eye. If, for instance, a series of identi cal portraits .were rapidly presented to the eye a single picture would ap parently be viewed, or if we presented to the eye a series of photographs of moving objects, each one representing a minute successive phase of move ment, the movements themselves would nppenr to be taking place. This is the principle of moving pictures. New York Times. SYRIAN SAND STORMS. Experience of a Missionary In Wres tling With a Whirlwind' One of the remarkable features of the climate and atmosphere of Syria is the prevalence of whirlwinds and waterspouts, both on laud and over the sea. They are most prevalent In the deep trough of the Jordan valley and also in Coela-Syrla, where the. Lebanon and untl-Lebnnou form an other trough for the winds. They sometimes do an Immense amount of damage and often at most unexpected seasons. As a touring missionary In northern Syria T often met the whirlwinds. They appear in the shape of a column of dust perhaps two to five feet in diameter, rising straight in the air for several hundred feet, opening like a large funnel at the top. The lower end touches the ground and swings over the surface, picking up dust and peb bles In its path. The chaff and even grain on the thrashing floors are suck ed up and disappear. Small fish are sometimes drawn up when the sway ing column passes over a stream or lake. Many years ago I made the experi ment of riding through the swaying column of a rather innocent looking whirlwind. My horse was terrified, and I had difficulty in keeping my seat In the saddle. It is impossible to say hexactly what did happen. It took me some time to find my hat and several days to get the sand and dust from my eyes and ears and clothing, and 1 have never made It again. Christian Herald. "Hang on Tight." When a smoking car with thirty-five nassencers liunned the truck a railroad engineer in the car, off duty, yelled to the passengers to "bang on tight, uuu while the car turned over no one was hurt "Hang ou. tight" is good advice in most upsets. The man who hangs on tight to himself when his temper is upset will get through without hurt ing either himself or others. The man who "hangs on tight" to his earnings ends with a competence. The man who 'hangs on tight" to his place when business upsets come generally holds down his job. The man who "hangs on tight" when discouragement or even disaster upsets others Is a wan to be hopeful about, because he will keep right side up whatever else turns over. Philadelphia Press. The Secret of Harmony. Young Mrs. Mead, whose experience of married life had been brief and happy, had Just engaged two servants, a man and his wife. "I nm so glad you are married," she said to the man with whom she had made terms. "I hope you are very, very happy and that you and your wife never have any difference of opin ion." "Faith, ma'am, Oi couldn't say that," replied the new servant, "for we have n good many, but Oi don't let my wife know of thlm, and so we do be gettln' along well." Misplaced. Sergeant to Tommy (who has fallen out for the fourth time)-What! At it again? You know you ought never to have JolneiMhis 'ere regiment, me lad. You ought to 'nve Joined the flying corps. They only let you fall out once there! London Punch. Charity. Sunday School Teacher-What is the meaning of "charity," Stella? Small Stella It's when you have a cold and somebody lends you a handkerchlef. Chlcago News. Why She Was Sad. The Groom-Why so sad, sweet heart? The Bride 1 was Just think ing how miserable I'd be. .lack, if I had never met you. Judge. He who has the truth In Ills heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue. Ruskin. The Courier $1.00 per year. Much Grazing Done According to the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture, there were grazed last year on the National Forests under pay permits, 1,724,000 cattle and horses and 7,300,000 sheep and goafS. Several hundred thousand head of milch and work animals were grazed free of charge, and more than 3,500,000 head of stock crossed the forests, feeding en route, also free of charge. You Can Do Store Opens 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. The Most in Value ' Pacific Phone Marshall 5080 THE MOST IN Gifts Men Like Most Are Underpriced Here Pay a visit to our popular Men's Section just inside our Third Street Entrance and see how completely we've anticipated your holiday needs. Here you'll find complete assortments of appropriate gift things, such as any man would appreciate Ties, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, Bathrobes, Smoking Jackets, Socks, Shirts and other things All at Reduced Prices! Men's Initial Handkerchiefs, all pure lin Jr en. Three in a Fancy Holiday fQC 15ox, on sale at, box 45c Men's Initial Handkerchiefs, all pure Iin nn en. Six in a Fancy Holiday Box. JJqC On sale at, box 98c Outing Flannel Gowns and Men's Gowns in the Ferguson & McKen rt4 A ney make; styles with but P I UU ton front or loPs- A11 sizes Men's Fine Outing Flannel Pajamas in C1 CO the best styles. All sizes; es r I aUU pwially priced at, suit, $1-50 Men's Gift Umbrellas High-grade Umbrellas with guaranteed waterproof coverings, steel frame with 8 ribs, bulb runner, steel rod and a variety of neat and attractive handles, all prices. $1.00, $125, $150, $190, $2 50, $3 00 $3 50, $4 50 and $5 00 FEDERATION IS PLANNED Farmers' Societies May Unite to Add to Scope of Work An effort will be made to federate the State Grange and Farmers' Union of Oregon at a special convention to be held during Farmers' Week at the State College, Jan. 3 to 8. At its last session the Oregon State Grange passed resolutions favoring in a gen eral wav federation with the Union and more lately the executive com mittee took action favorable to an at temnt to effect a federation during the Rural Life conferences at the Col lege. Leaders of the Farmers' Union are also desirous of considering the miesMnn rlurinir Farmers' Week and have appointed a special committee to meet with representatives or tne Grange on Monday, Jan. 3, and re main in session as need requires until a workable plan of federation is agreed upon. A more eeneral convention of both organizations has beenc ailed for Fri day following to make final arrange ments for the federation. It is ex pected that among the other advan tages of federation will be that of placing the business resources of both at the disposition of all the members of both associations. The plan has long been considered and prospects are much more promising for success. TWO MEET IN DEATH Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Byers- Not Separat ed Long by Grim Reaper News has been received by Clacka mas county friends of the death of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Byers, of Jen nings Lodge, in I)etver. Mrs. Byers died one evening, following a brief illness; and the husband left to mourn her loss lived but 14 hours after his wife's demise. Then he, too, passed beyond, to join the partner of his earthly joys. Mr. Byers had been a resident of the Jennings Lodge district for many years, during much of which time he was engaged in lumber trading in Portland. Recently he took up farm ing in a small way at Jennings Lodge. Mrs. Byers was in ill health for some time, and in the hopes of bettering her condition the couple went first to California and later to Denver. The remains will be sent to Portland for interment, relatives in that city having made arrangements for the funeral there. ' NEW FORI) STORY County Seat Grocer Has Yarn With out Words in Window F. T. Barlow, aside from being a grocer in Oregon City, is, it appears, a humorist as well. Recently Mr. Barlow erected in his window the model of a ship, sailing over the ocean waves. The ship is a perfectly good looking vessel, and ap pears to be able to weather any gale that may arise in the window under the Enterprise print shop. On the stern of the ship is the boat's name "Oscar II." And now here is where the joke comes: the ship is full of nuts. Do you care to know about the hap penings, etc., in the county? Do you like to read the news of the different towns and suburbs? Then subscribe for the Courier. Better for Less on The VALUE 1 A fl $1.75 TRACED IN FIRE. Glow Pictures Are Spectacular and Easy to Make. To make glow pictures forty parts of saltpeter are added to twenty parts of gum arable, and the whole is dissolved In forty parts of water. An ounce or two of this mixture will be sufllcleut to prepare a good many pictures. A few sheets of white paper should next be secured, and this should be rather thin, similar to that which is used for typewriting. Now take a clean pen and draw the picture on tho paper, using the solu tiou, which should be slightly warmed by standing the bottle in hot wnter. Anything may be dellncnted, the only essentlul point being that nil the Hues must connect Tho tlnul line should be drawn down to the corner of the sheet, and this spot may be indicated with a pencil cross. Unug the sheets up to dry, und when tho process Is complete the lines are practically invisible. To bring up the picture first of. all turn down the borders of tho Bheet of paper in such a wny that it Is raised above the surface which will not be in jured by tho Blight smoldering of the paper. Get n match and light it, plac ing tho glowing end of the point where the pencil cross was made on the sheet. A trail of red fire will ut once. Btiirt to burn out the picture, following tho Hues which have been drawn. No other part of tho design catches on fire savo that which has been treated with tho solution. Finally the picture stands up In strong black lines, and the effect Is very curious.- There is absolutely no danger from lire in this little experi mentCleveland Plain Dealer. INTENSIVE WHEAT GROWING. Startling Results Claimed For a Rus sian's Methods. Some years ngo, snys an English pub lication, a Russian farmer discovered a method of Increasing the yield of wheat in so startling a manner that no one believed ho was telling tho truth. Tho Russian declared that It was pos sible to get seventy pounds of grain from one seed and to make an acre carry forty-live tons. That does Bound like a miracle, and we do not vouch for it, but here Is the method, and If any farmer bus .tho pa tience to try it ho will certainly be sur prised at the result Each gralu Is planted separately In a sunken bed about fifteen Inches deep and three and a half feet in width. As soon us the grain sprouts the little blade is covered with a thin layer of earth about on inch, and a half in depth. The result is that you get three stalks lusteud of one. At the end f three weeks the hoe comes Into use again, and tho three stalks being cov ered with earth, turn Into nine stalks. This process cu being repeated a third time results In twenty-seven stalks, and the Russian In question repeated It ten times In all, so that at last each grain produced 59,01!) stalks. If the seed Is first sown in the ordinary fash Ion and then transplanted to the pit be fore mentioned you get an even strong er growth, so that after only eight cov erings more than 105.000 biuIUs have been produced from a single grain. Youth's Companion. When Women Will Rule. A German statistician says that 8,000 years hence there will be one man to every 2JO women. "Printing with a punch" at the Courier. Third Street" Best in Quality Store Closes 5 :30 P. M. Saturdays a 6 P, M. Home Phone A 2112 THE BEST IN QUALITY Men's Initial Handkerchiefs,' all pure lin J Q en. Three in a Fancy Holiday tjC Box, on sale at, box 49- Men's Initialed Handkerchiefs, all pure unen - Six in a Fancy Iloli- day Box, on sale at bx. $1.40 Pajamas Men's Outing Flannel Pajamas in the best C1 OC st'les witu hjops. AH desir P ed patterns, sizes. At, $125 Men's 1'eat Quality Outing Flannel Pa jamas in neat styles with loop front. Price, suit, $1.75 Men's Holiday Neckwear An endless variety jof styles, patterns and colrings, unniatchable offerings at 25c, 39c, 45c, 50c $100 BERRY BUCKNER PASSES Beaver Creek Man Dies at Home of His Son, Aged 72 Berry Buckner, 72 years of age, died at the home of his son, Alvin Buckner, at Beaver Creek following a stroke of paralysis. Ur. Buckner came to Oregon many years ago from Missouri, and at the outbreak of the Civil War joined an Oregon volunteer regiment and served his country throughout the long conflict. He was a member of tho Grand Army of the Republic, and was well known in Clackamas county. Two sons survive him, Alvin and Louis. Before his death Mr. Buckner was at the state' hospital at Salem, but when his condition became such that no further hope of life could be held out, he was brought home; as he had always expressed a wish to pass his last days in the country to which he had migrated from tle East many years ago. MEADE POST ELECTS A. F. Stokes Chosen Commander for Veterans During 1916 Members of Meade Post G. A. R., held their annual election Saturday, selecting the following: A. F. Stokes, commander; E. B. Grant, senior vice commander; J. Sewell, junior vice commander; Frank Moore, adjutant; George A. Harding, quartermaster; J. L. Mattocks, surgeon; II. S. Clyde, chaplain; A. J. Hobble, officer of the day; II. S. Clyde, patriotic instructor; J. S. F. Brown, officer of the guard; J. A. Roman, sergeant major; John Ackley, quartermaster Bergeant. Delegates chosen to attend the grand encampment next June at Eu gene are J. Gorbett, Washington Raw lings, C. A. Van Hoy, J. L. Mattocks and J. T. Graves. On January 1 the Relief Corps and Grund Army will hold joint installa tion of officers at Willamette hall. TEACHERS EXAMS TAKEN Seventeen Seek Certificates Under the New Legal Requirements Only seventeen applicants for teachers' certificates appeared before County Superintendent Calnvan last Saturday to take examinations. The reduction in the number is due to the new law, which provides that every person desiring to teach must have had at least two years training in a standard highschool, and six months in normal school. Those taking the examination were: John R. Bowland, of Oregon City; Mary Harvey, of Sandy; Otto V. Purcell, of Parkplace; Elizubcth K. Matthews, of Oak Grove; Ralph Harvey, of Molalla; Edna Guard of Oregon City; Georgia Cross, of Gladstone; Laura R. Mack, of Boring; Mary Sunderland, of Oregon City; Bessie Mulkey, of Oregon City; Nor ma Muender, of Parkplace; Howard H. Eccles, of Canby; Elva Watts, of Oregon City; Lulu Miller, of Oregon City; Colton Meek, of Miiwaukie; Ed na A. Woodward, of Molalla; John L. Askton, of Oregon City route No. 8. Mass Meeting Called A mass meeting to discuss proposed Sunday closing laws was held at Shively's opera house Wednesday evening. There was a small crowd on hand.