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6 OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916. NEW ROAD HINTED If Carver Line Doesn't Build, Connec tion with P. R. L .& P. Likely The first indications of th6 west ward trend of prosperity is being felt in this part of the county in the an nouncement of the proposed exten sion of the Carver Road, officially known as the Portland & Oregon City Railroad, which is now constructed for about 14 miles, from Sellwood to Carver station, at Baker's Bridge and which is now operating daily service between Milwaukie and points east. The extension of this line covering a distance of about ten miles, up the Clear Creek capyon, where its main object of opening up the valuable timber resources will be attained, will occur this year, as the company con templates the issue of $10,000 in bonds per mile.'to cover the cost of the add ed construction. Of possibly more direct benefit to this part of the county, would be the OREGON CITY GARAGE Agency for Reo and Dodge Bros. Car Main and 4th Sts. Sewing Machines I and Supplies 1 Motors for running I Machines HOGG BROS. I Quality Work Home OREGON CITY LAUNDRY Pac.93 ; Home B-93 f Wagon Calls andg Delivers 1 Type Z Farm En-! gine 1 V2 H.P. $35 ! 3 H.P. $G0; 6 H.P.S $110; F.O.B. Fac-f tory I GADKE PLUMB-! ING SHOP I The Modern Store JONES DRUG CO. Tailoring, Cleaning and Pressing REPAIRING 502 Main Street CHAMPION 1 M SMITH & TELFORD H ... . Artistic Work POOL R0CKPRICEST0MIAND BILLIARS HOME TRADE 1 Everything for SHOE SHOP Smokers QUALITY MERCHANDISE!!! and 1 1 Men, Women Children J i AV. B. EDDY B Chiropractors treat 1 the source of trou-B bic; remove the g cause; Lagrippe &J Fever yield readily g Consultation Free Dr. G. F. Anderson 1 HEALTHS KEYBOARD OTTO Wt SCHUMANN Granite and Mar-1 ble Works 1 Portland, Oregon Phone E-743 39 East Third at Pine St. 1 MILLER-PARKER i CO. I Gunsi- , . .. s , L lIlDrellllH m and Locks Electric Utensils Repaired PAINLESS 3 U 1 MIST IN I ) PEACE Special for 30 days! Accordion, Hem n i n a stitching, eide and Regular $20 m sunburst pleating, Alumm m Plate $10 g 8callopingbuttons Modern Painless 1 covered Dentist 209 Pittock Blk. 253 Vi Washington S K. Stephan, Port Portland, Ore. aland. Bwdy. 1099 Oxy-Acetylene Welding New, ton if h, live n Metal replaces do- Q fective parts fj Oregon City m Foundry 1 4th and Water Sts.M Will You Eat Here II We pledge you the i UTMOST in service quality Falls City Restaur ant, Bakery and Confectionery Lenses alone $1 ; in Frame $1 to $5 I Sphero (curved) G. E. Glass Mtg. $5 Kryptok $8 to $151 Win. GARDNER Jeweler Vulcanizing and Repairing Smith & Porter m unKianu, nuuaun Il J IT.. J and Maxwell varag is TO 7th & John Adams365-j; In Portland Phone 392 Phone Bwdy. 512 construction of a logging road, which is being considered by private parties, running from a junction with the P. R. L. & P. Co.'s lines at River Mill, up over the hill, following a similar route as traversed by the South Fork Pipe Line, thenec dropping down into the Clear Creek canyon nearViola, open ing up the timber resources in that section. If one or both of these proposed extensions are made, it cannot help but benefit Eastern Clackamas, not only in furnishing transportation but in giving employment for much local labor, with its attendant payrolls. (East Clackamas News.) And now the Blue Mountain Eagle has risen to remark that if the mov ies are to be censored, the depart-; ment store corset ads ought also to be censored for similar reasons. Thus in a remark in these columns some three months ago endorsed. The Picture Tells TheStoru vertlsers, Box 17, Oregon City, Ore., I SUNDRIES and 1 SUPPLIES Sb Repairing & Over- hauImg OREGON CITY GARAGE Drain Tile, Plaster Lime and Cement LARSEN & CO. 10th & Mai st Phone 70 atgH. W. STREIBIG'S (Sanitary) MARKET 1 r2R Main Street CH0ICE MEATS Phone 131 WE SELL LESS FOR MORGAN'S CUT RATE GROCERY DrugMILK CREAM fj Hazclwood 1 Dairy "Absolute Purity" Phone 145 HABERDASHERS "Head to Foot" Outfitters to Men MILLER & OBST Main and 7th . WOOD SOLD AND SAWED Phone Main 231-R GRANT NASH 7th & J. Q. Adams Sanitary Service SKILLED BARBERS Clean Baths ED. JOHNSON Prop. Phones Main 1101 M-172 Dr - A- McDONALD Veterinary Surg'on OHice Red Front Barn Phones Main 116 Oregon City 111! IMAM . h ,v anv Fire and Life In- Huimue if! j I Real Estate Agts. B Money to Loan fon City and Farm S Properties jS New location sea Ei sonable Flowers IIP for all occasions Shop 612 Main St. Phone 271 James Wilkinson Florist Gladstone, Ore. Complete line of Salmon, Trout and kind that gets em C. W. Friedrich Hardware Oregon City Multnomah Furni ture Hospital 354 Third, Portland Phone 4554 Upholstering, Re pairing, Polishing Mattresses made over & to order Babler & Gerber UPHOLSTERINS Truck Co. Auto Service Be- tween Oregon City . Portland In Orpirrtn Citv Phnnp GOOD SCHEME, THIS Estacada Hopes County Seat Will In crease Its Industries Judge Grant B. Dimick of Oregon City, Clackamas County's leading ad vocate of better hog breeding, in a recent address before the Live Wires of that city, urges therh to unite and secure a stock yard with loading fa cilities in that city, for the shipping of hogs and other livestock. While Mr. Dimick did not say it, he means, "let Oregon City follow the example of Eastern Clackamas in their establishment of the Es.tacada Stock Yards, which last year shipped twenty-five carloads of livestock, pay ing on an average of $1,000 per car load to the growers." Judge Dimick quoted Canby as having shipped $80,000 worth last year, but judging from the reports of Buyer Lucke from Canby and from Molalla, double that amount must have been shipped fro meach point, if Estacada did over $25,000 in its first year. Estacada hopes that the county seat will get such facilities and that they will prove as profitable to them, as the local yards have to us. (East Clackamas News.) They Let Him Sleep H. T. Stranyge, Gainesville, Ga., R. R. No. 3., was unable to sleep all night without getting up. "Some times only a few minutes after' going to bed, I would have to get up, and I tried everything I heard of for the trouble. Finally I tried Foley Kidey Pills and after taking one bottle I be lieve I am entirely cured, and I sleep soundly all night." Foley Kidney Pills tone up weak, sluggish kidneys, rid the body of poisons, give appetite, energy and refreshing sleep. Jones Drug Co, MARINES DIDN'T KNOW Falling Off of Merchant Marine Has Effect on Seafaring Vocabulary That the distinctly American sail ing ship has disappeared from the high seas is evidenced in the fact that only fifty per cent of the force of United States Marines on duty at Guantanamo, Cuba, could tell the names of the seven masts, at an examination recently held here. These "soldiers and sailors too," members of the United States Ma rine Corps, keep themselves keenly alive to things nautical, as well as military and that only half of the force could name the seven masts is due entirely to the fact , that there are now no seven-masted schooners flying the American flag. The Thom as W. Lawson was the last of these, Fore, main, mizzen, pusher, driver. jigger, and spanker, are the names in order, running fore-and aft, of a seVen-masted ship. NOT TO BE ENVIED Macksburg Man Has Too Personal an Interest in Great War Henry Goertler of near Macksburg was a business caller in Canby on lhurstlay of this week. Mr. Goert- ler says the warring nations are go ing at it now like they mean business and he believes the war will be ended before another winter. He has 17 relatives bearing arms in the Teuton ic ranks, and is considerably interest ed in the progress of the war. He says the last letter he received from Germany was written about two months ago and up to that time no fatalities had happened to any of his kinsfolk. He was back to Ger many on a visit when the war broke out, and has a unique watch fob made from German, French, Holland and English money which he had left when he got back home. (Canby Herald.) NEWSIES TAKE GAME Newly Organized League Wins First Battle on Diamond Oregon City's newest baseball team, the "Oregon City Newsies," started in its career this week with a victory. Monday afternoon the news boys took on the Junior Moose nine m a practice game, and defeated them 13 to 2. The newsboys are just tickled to death with the result, and beliove that the initial victory will be but the first of many. The Moose put up a hard game, and though composed of older players than the Newsies, failed to make much of an impression. The Moose pitchers were batted out of the box, and in spite of frequent changes in their battery, could not stop the rush of their younger enemies. W. V. S. FOLK TO MEET Stockholders Ballot on Plan to Issue $500,000 New Securities Willamette Valley Southern stock holders met Thursday afternoon to consider an increase of $5000,000 in the capital stock of the company; half of which is to be classed as prefer red, and of which $150,000 is to be used to pay off a deficit in the com pany's affairs. The balance of the new stock, if issued, is to be for cor porate purposes, and holders may ex change their old stock for it in the ratio of two shares of present stock for one of the new. Decision in regard to the new plan was not reached before the Courier went to press. k More About Portland Portland has taken another stride i toward a one million population city. I That city will have a plan that will turn out steel hsips. It will in time have steamship service direct to Alas ka, and a few more really necessary j things, and it may have something I other than a 'rah 'rah Chamber of Comir' rce. ( Woodburn Independent) You like suggestive printing don't you something that has the "punch" to it? Try the Courier Job Department. DAIRY WISDOM. The cow that Is not uuturally a free milker and a large pro ducer of butter fat cannot be Im proved by all the balanced ra tions that one may figure out. lu best indication of the breediii? value of . a bull Is fur nished In the mill; records of bis dam. Sklmmiik fed to calves should be supplemented by oats, bran, commeal and hay or pasture. The skillful breeder does not need to huve it pointed out to him that the bull is half the herd. Build the milk house with no ledges Inside to catch dust and collect wrenches, milk bottles, etc. DRIED BEET PULP FOR DAIRY CATTLE My observation " and investigation show that dried beet pulp has proved Its value ai a feed for cattle, writes C. Willis to the Orange Judd Farmer. Today It is being used more and more for that purpose by dairymen in the Pacific northwest It is of low cost and available in many localities. It has two qualities which no other feed of its class possesses succulence awl bulk. The feeding of dairy cows Is a science. Any man who attempts to con duct a dairy business on nnythlng like a profitable basis recognizes the vital importance of proper feeding of right nutritive elements. A variety of feeds and also succulence of some kind must be provided for health and milk pro duction, and bulk Is necessary in order that the stomach be fully distended. Beet pulp dried contains these el nients. One of the best things about dried beet pulp Is Its economy. The experi ences of many practical dairymen show that It saves on the total food cost The pulp is just as bulky and succulent and much richer in food elements than the best corn sllnge and has a further decided advantage in that it keeps ' definitely. This matter of ready adapt ability and keeping qualities is in itse'f a big thing to be considered by every dairyman. Again, as a cow feed it Is valuable because of Its high digestibil ity and the amount of nutrition con tained in It. While its analysis shows that it contains nearly 20 per cent of Dutch Belted cattle are a com- paratively young breed In tills coun try, but are growing In popular fa vor, both on account of their beau ty and their milk giving qualities. They are very hardy, easy keeping, of good size and docile to a degree. It Is rare to find an ugly bull of this breed. The Dutch Belted bull shown is a fine specimen crude fiber it is Interesting to note that this crude fiber is 48 per cent digest ible, whereas the fiber of wheat bran, which is on the average of 0 per cent of the total, Is only 39 per cent digest ible. There Is actually twice as much indigestible fiber lu wheat bran as there is In dried beet pulp. This fact is one often iguored by many who make comparison of the two feeds. Frequently people will remark that they cannot conceive how dried beet pulp can be worth anything when all the sugar has been taken out of the beet. And this opinion is strengthened when given a piece and they find It has practically no taste and there appears to be little nutriment. But consider for a minute that sugar is not ordina rily used as a portion of a dairy cow's ration. The dairy cow is given bni and cottonseed meal, cormiieal and clover hay, and no one for a moment criticises the lack of sugar in these foods. Theu why demand It In dried beet pulp? As a matter of fact, how ever, there is sugar in the pulp, even though the' sugar factories have en deavored to take nil the sugar they could from the beet. One hundred pounds of dried beet pulp are the vege table residue from one ton of beets, and In that hundred pounds of dried beet pulp there nre approximately three pounds of sugar. The Fall Calf. The proper ral j of calves is very Important in connection with building up a good dairy herd, and with careful planning the fall , calf can be better lalsed thuu can the spring calf. The milk can be more easily kept sweet and there Is far less danger from scours. In warm weather the greatest of care Is always necessary to avoid troubles! of this kind. The fall calf will be in good shape to stand the tiles and the hot weather the following summer Cow Tasting Associations. The beneficial effect of cow testlus association work is cumulative. The meetings and discussions of the mem bers, the monthly visits of the tester and the study that Is made of the lu dividual records cannot help increasing the dairy knowledge of the members and create a new and more peruinuenl Interest lu better dairy farming. Ran sas Farmer Down here in the valley we won dered what brought the river up last week, but when we began to hear about two feet of snow in the hills, we saw a light. March must have surely come in like a lion in the high er regions. "Recent silver thaw produces painting like one old song tells of," says a headline in the. Oregonian. And last week the Oregonian editor modestly confessed that his writers had an excellent command of English. Who would have thought it? ' A CHEAP GRAFT Scheme of Dairies to Boost Trade is Resoundingly Rapped The Oregon State Dairy Associa tion has begun a campaign to encour age the use of hot milk as a stimu lant and substitute for whisky, with the old toper. All of which may be a laudable movement, but the Asso ciation has fallen into the error of the ordinary space-grafter, when it sends out resolutions to the news papers boosting the use of hot milk as a stimulant and other milk drinks as beverages. Such stuff is advertis ing pure and simple and the asso ciation has no more right to ask the newspapers of the state to publish it free of charge than they have to ask for a hand out at the back door or to brace the newspnper man for four bits on the street. If the State Dairy Association want publicity they should pay for it. It is surprising that such men as Horace Addis," field editor of the Ru ral Spirit, Ed. Cary, president of the Farmers' Creamery, at Carlton, and R. R. Graves, Prof, of Dairy Husband ry, O. A. C, should countenance this barefaced attempt to secure free pub licity for the association. (Aurora Observer.) THERE IS NO MONEY IN RAIS ING HOGS on our high priced land with high priced feed, unless you have a hog that will produce the maximum amount of pork from the feed. THE BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA will make 200 POUNDS OF PORK IN SIX MONTHS. Stop and think what that means. Buy at home. GEO. W. BUCK, Importer and Breeder, Ore gon City, Rt. 1, Box 101. PAPER GOES UP Shortage of Materials for Finer Grades Sends Prices Skywards Owing to the European war having cut off much of the supply of mater ial that enters into the better grades of paper, all quotations sent out by the wholesale paper houses have been recalled, and prices have been given a startling boost. Particularly have the prices of bond paper and all va rieties of colored stock gone up. This increase in the cost of raw paper must of necessity find its re flection in a very general increase of all commercial printing charges. Pa trons of the "art preservative, there fore, should-not be shocked when they hear that repeat orders on old jobs will cost considerably more than the original work. . Don't blame the printer, it isn't his fault blame the people who are con tinuing the European war. MILLS INCREASE SCOPE Garment Department of Oregon City Woolen Plant Speed Up With the installation this week of new equipment, the Oregon City wool en mills are now in a position to in crease their output of finished gar ments about a third. In the near fu ture more equipment will be put in place, and then the production of the local plant will be still greater. "The increase in business and growing demand for our output has made this extension necessary," says Superintendent Tschirgi. "Orders are coming from markets which the com pany has not heretofore supplied with our products. We ship now as far east as New York. Wherever we sell once, we always get return orders, be cause of the quality and standard of our goods." FATHER SUES CHILDREN Man Accuses Daughter and Son with Abusing Him in Old Age . A suit that had its pathetic side was filed in circuit court this week by John McMaugh, of Oswego, who asks the court to compel Ida and Ethan McMaugh to return to him his property, and to refrain further from interfering in his affairs. In his complaint McMaugh says that the two children he names have not lived up to an agreement they made to care for him in his old age, and to safe guard the interests of an invalid daughter. He also charges that they have treated him in an abusive and cruel manner. The McMaugh family is one of the oldest in Oswego, and- many friends of the aged man are anxiously watch ing progress of the suit. MARINES ARE FAITHFUL Few Desertions Reported from Ranks of Soldiers of the Sea An almost negligible percentage of men have deserted from the United States Marine Corps during the past three months, and all records in this respect have been broken, according to a statement just issued from the headquarters of the Corps in this city. Only high grade men take up the Marine Corps service, the officers state by way of explanation, and the Marine who looks lightly upon his oath of obligation these days is a rar ity. Desertion has not been a Marine Corps problem for several years, and during the last year has dropped into insignificance. He Tried, Anyway Factory inspectors in Chicago found an employer violating the law, which requires a certain amount of air space for each employee. The inspec tors were puzzled to note that every one of these was supplied with a bottle of bromo-seltzer, furnished free by the proprietor. Inquiry de veloped the fact that bad air, due to overcrowding, caused a prevalence of headaches, to relieve which the em ployer had kindly furnished the bromo-seltzer. When brought into court he vigorously contended that his gift of the drug showed his kind ly interest in his employees, and he became indignant when told that that did not condone his crowding them in to badly ventilated quarters. (Amer ican Economic League report.) MINSTRELS OF TRIPOLI. Mysterious MusioiansWho Flit From Place to Place at All Hours. The strange music and mysterious musicians heard and seen In Tripoli are described by Mrs. Mabel L. Todd In her book, "Tripoli the Mysterious:" '"The children are possessed of won derful mental quickness. They ac quire languages without effort, and the street urchins use easily French, Ital ian and all the languages that are cur rent In their "uarrow ' streets. The strange music of the city, too the weird chants, the cymbals, flageolets and queer stringed Instruments deep ly Impresses the American visitor. "Sometimes at dawn, when roofs and minarets were dazzlingly white against tho sapphire sky, while yet the laby rinthine streets at tho bottoms of stuc co canyons lay In ttflllght gray, strange men from the desert would stalk by, making uncanny music. "One of them, very tall and blacker than most, was dressed In a low neck-, cd, short sleeved garment, greatly abbreviated as to skirts, playing melo dies In a minor mode unknown to the west, and bis stride was full of a dig ulty well nigh appalling. "The Instrument slightly resembled a Scotch bagpipe decorated with bar baric strings of shells und beads, an Inflated skin with a primitive mouth piece and at the opposite end two pointed projections like horns, His companion beat upon a curious little tomtom and now and then sang a bloodcurdling chant "Black boys followed, jumped, shout ed, danced like wild creatures, excited beyond all bounds by this oddly com pelling music as the rhythm penetrated and seized their Imagination. Although these men of mystery generally passed about sunrise, they sometimes went by lu the night. Once or twice the weird performance took place about 2 o'clock In the morning. The minstrels always walked with peculiar swift ness, intent upon the serious business In hand." LAYING A SPECTER. A Filmy Blue Light and Soma Daring Japanese Police. In the village of Hase, near Kanzakl; at the end of the Rokosan range, says the Kobe Yusuln. rumors were set afloat not long ago that In the small hours of the morning a phantom could be seen at the MIyama pass, where some time ago a murder was commit ted by robbers. The ghost, whenever he caught sight of a lonely traveler, would attempt to stop him, as if he bad something Important to say. Peo ple reported having seen a filmy blue light hovering In their path, in the whole village no one dared thereafter to walk that way after dark. The rumor was laughed at by the skeptical police, but late one night a number of officers were instructed to patrol the haunted puss iu the hope of bringing relief to the tortured mluds of the timid by proving that there was no ghost or, should he be met, putting him under arrest Every half hour aft er midnight a different pollcemau was to traverse the pass. Up to half past 2 nothing happened. Theu one of Ihem sw the blue light In front of him. He blew his whistle and ran back to the police station. The others also ran In the same direction. When mornli g came the whole coun tryslde Joined the police In making search for the ghost. Whut they found near the scene of the blue light wag a buuinu skeleton tn a long disused lime kiln. The local scientist .declared that the light was a phosphorescence from the poor neglected bones, which were thereupon Interred with full Buddhist ceremony at Kase. aud the people as far as Kanznkl breathe easier. Chinese Typewriters. A Chinese typewriter Is a wouderful contrivance. It has 4.200 characters. It has only three keys. It can make 50,000 letters or characters by combi nations of the basic 4,200. To write a letter you turn a cylinder upon which are the 4,200 characters until the right one comes opposite the keyboard of the guide on another cylinder. After striking the printing key. Just as on an American machine, you begin a still hunt for the next character which yon are to print, and so on while reason lasts. Christian Elerald. Pleasing Superiority. "Why are there so many old Jokes on the stage?" "Oh, they go good. That Is due to the feeling of superiority produced by the fact that you know the answer, while the actor gluk who Is being told the Joke apparently does not." Louis ville Courier-Journal. Strategy. Hub I told Bohraum that we might drop lu ou them tonight Wife Oh, fudge! You know I don't want to visit those people, and I can't see why you do. Hub I don't I told him that so that we can stay at home tonight with out fear of having them drop In on us -Bostou Transcript Fully Covered. As be crawled out of the wreck of his auto a solicitous friend asked, "Are you covered?" "Yes," be said sadly, "with mud, blood, chagrin aud Insurance. Is that enough?"- Detroit Free Press. His Profession. She (pointing to a noted blood specialist)-Who is that distinguished look ing man? lie Oh, that's ouly a cjrcu lation manager Cornell Widow. Mirth, joy and happiness are great mental physicians. You can get the Courier for one year for $1.00 if you pay in advance. Three Sweet Words The three sweetest words that can be coined from the dictionary, avers the Rev. Billiam Sunday, are "faith, hope and charity." May be, Billiam, may be. But we'll bet a nickel that the three sweetest words that tickle your soul most are "Check l.trcwii enclosed." (Portland Labor Press.) Tell it to the printer at the Courier job department he does the rest IT ALL DEPENDS Webster and the S. P. Haven't Got All the Say about This ' The Southern Pacific has published a notice that the term "depot" as ap plied to a building for the occomo dation of passengers is incorrect, and. that 'station' is the correct word. Webster's International dictionary, however, defines "depot" as "railroad station;" a building for the accomo dation of passengers or freihgt," the Southern Pacific, Geo. Miller, et al, to the contrary, notwithstanding. By the way, it is perfectly proper and correct to pronounce the word ."de pot" as dee-po with the accent on the first syllable. Da-po is also correct, but dep-po is used only in England. (Aurora Observer.) The Courier would like to enter an amendment to the above. With due respect to the Observer and to Noah Webster, we would humbly like to say that the things the railroaH has given Oregon City, Canby and Aurora ought not even to be called "stations" it dignifies them too much. As for call ing them depots Heaven forbid. We usually refer to the one in the county seat as "as the place where the Shasta heaves off the mail." HONEYMOONERS GREETED Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hawley, Jr:, Met at Train by Enthusiastic Friends Mr. and Mrs. Willard P. Hawley, Jr., who were married in Portland last Saturday, and who left for a honeymoon in Colifornia Saturday evening, received the good wishes of their Oregon' City friends when their train passed through the county seat. A large crowd of acquaintances, and a big-sized delegation from the mill lined the tracks as the train pulled through town, and good wishes, flow ers and old shoes, with a sprinkling of rice, were hurled at the happy couple. Just before the young couple left on their wedding trip, Willard P. Hawley, Sr., head of the Hawley Pulp & Paper company, gave his son a checque for $2,000, so that he wouldn't be bothered by any short age of funds while on his journeyings with his bride. Mrs. Hawley was formerly Miss Marjorie Fraker, a popular Oregon City girl; and her husband is a son of the local paper manufacturer. "WILD MAN" TAKEN Wanderer in Woods near Boring Brought in by Officers Daniel Clifford, whose home is be lieved to be in Massachusetts, but who far the past two months has been living in a tumble-down cabin between Boring and Kelso, was last week taken into custody by members of the sheriff's force and held for in vestigation as to his sanity. Efforts of people in the Boring neighborhood to persuade the stranger to seek bet ter shelter failed, and owing to his lack of food the man rapidly grew weak. When officers arrived at his hut last week he was found emaciated and al most unable to move. He was given warm clothing and food, and an ef- fort was made at the county jail to "feed him up" so that he could give a better story of his plight and the circumstances that caused him to flee to the timber. STAATS REPORT IN Experting of County Books Completed and Report Made to Court " J. O. Staats, who has been expert ing the county books since the first of the year, Wednesday afternoon turned in his report to the county court. The report covers the sheriff's office, the tax collecting bureau, the recorder's and assessor's offices. Owing to the importance of many of the facts brought out in this re port, the Courier believes that the taxpayers of the county . should be come thoroughly familiar with it; and next week it will be taken up in de tail and discussed. The report was filed so late this week that opportun ity for a review of it could not be found. Something to Grin At A "general knowledge examina tion" that is, one in which the ques tions concern things not taught in schools is always the terror of pu pils but the delight of teachers and other unfeeling persons, says the Youth's Companion. Such an exam ination, held recently in Baltimore, produced several gems quite worthy to adorn the bright diadem of youth. Of the two pupils, one of whom der fined the Sublime Porte as "good wine," and the other as "Heaven," one, at least, seems somewhat to have missed the truth. "Adam's ale" was variously defined as a "drink invented in the garden of Eden" and as "the lump in a man's neck." "Conscrip tion," as "that which is written on the tombstone," is one of those un canny flashes in which Tragedy leers into the eyes of Humor. That Alaska ' is "to the southwest of the north pole" seems at least plausible enough to gain a hearing and much more plaus ible is the reply to "How many per sons were saved on the ark?" "All of us were." But best of all we like the boy who was asked to name the father of Zebedee's children, and an swered, "Mr. Zebedee." He will be a captain of industry or a great cor poration lawyer. Portland's "Chamber of Commerce News" may be discontinued in the interests of economy, it is said. It might also be discontinued in Ithe interests of efficiency and better boosting. R. L. Holman and T. P. Randall. Leading Undertakers, Fifth and Main St.; Telephones: Pacific 415-J; Home You can get the Courier for one year for $1.00 if you pay in advance.