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Testing His Skill.
Dr. Monk (the beauty expert) What
can I do for you. madam''
Mme. Spots (the leopardess) I'd liKe
to have you do something to remove
my freckles. Cuicseo News.
LOCAL BRIEFS
H. C. Cain, of Albany, was in this
city on business Tuesday.
-Jake Jossi, of Clairmont, was among
the Oregon City visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cummins, of
Beaver Creek, were in this city Tues
day. A. A. Price went to Woodburn
Tuesday evening on business.
Mesny & Caufield, surveyors & engin
eers. Masonic Bldg. Maps & estimates.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lee and daugh
ter arrived in this city from the East,
and are registered at the Electric
Hotel. Mr. Lee and his family were
snowbound in the mountains for sev
eral days while coming to Oregon.
The former is here on business.
Charles E. Spence, of Beaver
Creek, was in- this city Tuesday.
Mr. Barley, of Portland, was In this
city Tuesday on his way to Clair
mont, where he visited his brother,
Samuel.
Mr. and -Mrs. E. T. Fields and
daughter, Miss Clara, left Tuesday
evening for California, and the South
ern states, where they go for the bene
fit of the former's health, which has
been poorly for the the past three
months.
See what George Young is celling
this week. He is handling, all the
stock formerly carried by Mellien,
the second hand man.
Miss Clementine Compton, of Port
land, who was for several seasons
trimmer in the Goldsmith millinery
establishment and who is well known
in Oregon City, has gone to Chicago,
where she will take a two years'
course at a conservatory of music.
James Mickelson, formerly a jewel
er, of this city, i"hose home is &t
Gmnd Island, Neb., who returned to
Nebraska some time ago, writes to
friends in this city that he has gone
into business at Grand Island for him
self and that business was flourish
ing. For the best possible buys in curios
and Indian trinkets, see George Young,
Main street. If you have anything to
sell see me. I will make you an
offer. George Young.
Mrs. J. N. Wisner and son. Nel
son, will leave Thursday morning for
Portland, and from that city will go
to New York, where they will be join
ed by Mr. Wisner, who left several
days ago for that city. On Saturday
Mr. Wisner and family will leave New
York for Montevedeo, South America,
where Mr. Wisner has accepted a posi
tion with the Government hatcheries,
he being recently appointed one of the
directors. They will be gone from
this city about three years. Before
leaving for South America Mr. and
Mrs. Wisner and son will visit the
former's mother and si3ter at West
Virginia.
George Howell, a former Oregon
City young man, but now of Lamor,
Wash., who has been in this city
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Howell, of Canemah, has re
turned to hi3 home. Mr. Howell
comes to this city each year to cele
brate his birthday anniversary with
his father, Joseph Howell, their
birthday anniversaries occuring on;
January 5. Joseph Howell, who is
one of Oregon City's prominent pio
neers and old soldiers, having taken
an active part in the Indian wars,
and is enjoying the best .of health,
although he was eighty-three years of
age on January 5.
Mrs. Maxwell. Telford, Jr., and
Earl Lutz were called to Portland
Tuesday on account of the serious
illness of their mother, Mrs. A. John
son. Hotel Arrivals.
The following are registered at the
Electric Hotel:
C. M. Silverman, Portland: W. K.
Merrill, Portland; Win Harding and
wife, R. Helms, G. R." Young, Robert
Bemier, Earl H. Fry, Portland; R.
H. Alexander, E. Rickenbaugh, Port
land; R. Waddle," Portland; S. Win
.ters, Portland; J. P. Brill, C. Flet
craft, E. G. Kiresman, Portland; A.
C. Cain, Albany; Fred Schafer, F.
W. McLaren, Wilhoit; J. B. Cum
mins, city; W. H. Bonney, William
f Bard, L. Ford, city; L. B. McCann,
Nielsen &
Li nd berg
HIGH CLASS
TAILORING
308 Selling Bldg., Portland.
Phone Main 5151.
Erie Head, Portland; A. D. Lee and
wife and daughter, Portland.
El
AT
Miss Nan Cochran entertained the
Patience Poker Club at her home on
Twelfth and Washington streets Mon
day evening, the prize a silver spoon,
was won by Miss Bess Daulton. Re
freshments were served after many
games of Patience Poker had been in
dulged in. The decorations were of
ferns and holly.
Members attending were Mis3
Helen Daulton, Miss Cis Barclay Pratt,
Miss Wynne Hanny, Miss Dilli Pratt,
Miss Nieta Harding, Miss Bess Daul
ton, Miss Katherine Montgomery.
MEMORY LAPSE PLEA
OF ALLEGED FORGER
Edward Gibson, who says his home
is in River Side, Cal., is held in the
county jail on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. It is
alleged that Gibson obtained $10 from
the First National bank the latter
part of October on a draft drawn on
the Sun Insurance Company. W. A.
Schooley, the real estate man, who
had shown him several pieces of
property, stood for the draft. Gibson
disappeared, and when Schooley saw
him on the street he called Chief of
Police Shaw, who made the arrest.
Gibson registered at the Electric Ho
tel under the name of E. R. Davis.
He told the chief that he did not re
member cashing the draft, and said
he suffered from lapse of memory.
EARL A. CLARK WEDS
SOON AFTER DIVORCE
Earl A. Clark, of Portland, whose
former wife, Nina May Clark, divorc
ed him several days ago, and Blanche
Belding, also of Portland, were 'mar
ried by Justice of the Peace Samson
Tuesday. Clark who is a painter, has
done, considerable work in this city.
He painted the suspension bridge af
ter it was repaired last summer. He
and his former wife were married
September 1, 1906. She charged him
with cruelty and remaining away from
home late at nights.
Dr. Guy Mount Back;
Will Practice Here
DR. GUY MOUNT.
Dr. "Guy Mount, who has just re
turned from New York, has become
associated with his brother, Dr. H. S.
Mount, in the practice of medicine
and surgery in this city. The younger
man had a thorough training at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University, New York. He
obtained his hospital experience at
Blackwell's Island. He devoted five
years to- study in New York, after ob
taining his A. B. degree at the Uni
versity of Oregon. Dr. Mount is a
son of A. D. Mount, of Silverton,
father of nine boys, all of whom have
been remarkably successful.
Billiard Bails.
Billiard balls are always cut frfjp
the finest ivory, but usually they ar
not cut from the largest size of tusks.
The moderately small tusk yields the
best results so far as billiard balls are
concerned.
Reatl the Morning Enterprise.
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A VALUABLE
SATCHEL
By EDWIN C SM1THSON
"Put a few things in a band bag at
once," I said to my wife "I have a
letter from a man in B. who says he
will publish my novel and give me 30
per cent of the price of -rfhe book."
"Oh, Henry! Just think of It! From
poverty we will jump right into comfort"-
"H'm! If the book sells."
"Oh, my goodness gracious!"
"What's up now?"
"We have only one bag, and I loaned
that yesterday to Maggie Jones."
"Well, wrap some things In paper.
There's a trunk store on the way to
the station. I'll stop and pick up a
satchel."' -
Ten minutes later I kissed my wife
goodby and started out with a lighi
heart. - I had worked two years on my
novel and had used up all but enough
money to take me to B. I had offered
my story to ten different publishers,
and all had refused it. Here, at last,
was a publisher who had had the in
telligence to discover its value. But
he must be a poor business man or he
would not have offered me 30 per cent
when I would have been glad to get 10.
I stopped In at the trunk store and
found a bargain in a leather bag a
man had ordered, saying that he would
call for it. The bag was marked with
his initials, but he had not called. I
paid half price for it, the vender agree
ing to erase the initials on my return.
I had no time for him to do It then.
Dumping my belongings into it, I hur
ried on to the station.
When I reached B. 1 met with a
shock. The publisher who had made
me the liberal offer had done so for the
reason that he proposed when he gat
me to B. to soak me for $800 with
which to get out a first edition of the
work. His letter was an advertising
dodge to secure a customer for his
printing business. I gavo him a piece
of my -mind, but what did it avail?
Nothing. I started for home to break
the sad news to my wife. ' '
I was sitting in the train waiting for
it to start, with my eyes shut and my
hat drawn down over my eyes, when
some one sat down beside me.
"Fool!" he whispered.
I started up and looked at him, as
tonished. "What do you mean by putting your
initials on you bag?" he added.
"What do I mean?" .
"Yes. Are you crazy?"
I was on to something; that was evi
dent What I didn't know. I must
dissemble.
"How did you know me?" I asked.
;Why, by the bag, of course 'R. L.
B.' Besides, you were described to me
as a sawed off man with a bad eye,
mutton chop whiskers and a hook
nose."
This was not pleasant My wife al
ways told me that I was considered
more than ordinarily handsome.
"Well, now you've got on to me, tell
me what you want," I said.
"Half."
"When and where shall I turn it
over?" '
"You're going to A., aren't you?"
I wasn't, but I said I was.
"Where do you put up?".
"At the S."
"Suppose I see you at 8 o'clock to
night." Now, it was as plain as the nose on
your face that there hal been some
sort of getaway with property by a
man whose initials were R. L. B.
It occurred to me that. I might have
changed bags with him, but that
couldn't be. I had bought the bag
empty, and it now contained my be
longings. I was sure of that, because
ten minutes before I had opened it.
I am a writer of detective stories and
always looking for material. I was a
trifle discouraged by my late expe
rience", but once a man gets the liter
ary fever be can't get it out of his
system. I must follow the thing up.
To meet the man that evening would
be rather quick work. But what mat
ter? I could have a police force In an
adjoining room to listen and If the
plan ripened could arrest my man. So
I told him I would be ready for him.
The police came pretty near spoiling
the next detective story I wrote by
arresting me as I left the station. One
of them, who was keeping a close
watch, saw the letters on my bag and
took me. Fortunately "my pal" had
given them the slip by crawling un
der a. train and getting out another
way. I was taken to the station,
where my bag was examined and a
nightshirt, comb and brush and. tooth
brush found, whereas they were look
ing for $200,000 In negotiable securi
ties. The reward offered was 10 per
cent of the amount recovered I offer
ed to divide tfll over $10,000, and the
offer was at last accepted, since I
threatened to keep mum on an other
terms.
Well, at 8 o'clock my man appeared.
And by a lot of talk that I had been
coached In by the police I got him to
give away enough for them to get on
to the right man. I didn't go home
till 1 had followed the matter up. It
was a quick job, and when I did go
home I had $17,500 In my pocket
"Oh, my, dear," exclaimed my wife,
I thought you were never coming!
Did you make a good contract?"
"First rate." I said.
The next morning it was in the
newspapers that a detective story
writer had snared a- big haul, and I
received twenty-four offers from pub
lishers for the book I had gone to B.
to sell.
Leander's Feat
, Stories of the ancients who pei
formed prodigious feats pale into in
significance' compared with moderu
accomplishments for example, the sto
ry of Leandsr. who swam the Helles
pont with the praiseworthy object cf
passing an hour in the presence of his
sweetheart Now, the body of water
known in ancient times as the Helles
pont is in these days called the strait
of Dardanelles, and the distance across
is rather less than a mile. Compared
with such a swim as that of Captain
Webb, who first swam across the
strait of Dover, a distance of twenty
one miles, Leander's performanc e
seems not only credible, bnt msigmf'
cant. - '
MANY BASEBALL
VETS LET OUT
Old Timers Who Will Slide Into
Minors Next Season..
ELEERFELD LATEST TO GO.
Scrappy Washington Player Was
Among Most Popular Number of
Players Passing Out Is Smaller Than
In Previous Year.
It's rather tough on the veterans, the
men who have performed nobly, but
who have passed the zenith of their ca
reers, to hear the ueyer ceasiug cry for
young balk players."
Each year marks the passing of an
other coterie of aged ones who have
passed their prime and who are regis
tered as has beens.
The roll of big league favorites for
whom taps have sounded since the
completion of the 1911 season is rather
small as compared to that of a year
ago. Foremost among those who will
be seen no more upon the American
league diamonds is Norman (Kid) El-
berfeld, one of the most aggressive
and best known ball players identified
with the game in several years, the
Washington club having let him out to
the Chattanooga team of the Southern
league. .
Fans used to rail and rave at Elber
feld. Yet they admired him. All the
world loves a fighter, a man who is al
ways out to win. .Elberfeld knew
nothing else. He was a ball player
who thought only of victory. Never In
his long career could it be said of him
that he did not fight to win, no matter
Photo by American Press Association.
MORDKCAI BBOWN, CUBS' STAB PITCHIB,
WHO SATS HE HAS QUIT.
how great the odds were against his
team. When all is said and done the
highest type of athlete Is the one who
fights for victory when the odds are
greatest against him.
Next to Elberfeld comes William
(Wid) Couroy, a man who can play any
position in the infield or outfield and
play It as well as the regular whom
he may be called upon to replace for
one or twenty games. He was a fix
ture with the Yankees until two years
ago, when he was sold to Washington
for $5,000. Now he goes to Rochester.
Here comes, or, rather, here goes.
Frederick Tully (Topsy) Hartsel, the
tow haired little chap who put Welling
ton, O., on the baseball map. Hartsel
is a veteran in years as well as ex
perience. He was a big leaguer prior
to the birth of the American league.
Connie Mack coaxing him to Philadel
phia from the Chicago Nationals. He
will manage Toledo next season.
Then there is Charley Hemphill, who
brought 'Credit to himself as a mem
ber of the Cleveland, Boston. St. Louis
and New York Americans. Although
an American leaguer for ten years, he
Is still young in years and Is good for
several seasons with the Atlanta club,
which he has been engaged to manage.
Dolly Gray and Jack Lelivelt, who
are sentenced to Rochester by Wash
ington, can scarcely be called veterans.
but still they have been big leaguers
for n few years. Gray Is a veteran in
point of years, while Lelivelt never at
tained sufficient speed to stick.
Others to follow those mentioned
are Davy Jones of the Tigers and Doc
Gessler of Washington, while Harry
Davis is slated to retire from the
game as an active player. Little Am
brose McDonnell of the White Sox
goes to Montreal because of an Im
paired arm.
Mordecal Brown, the Chicago Cubs
great pitcher, says he Is through with
the "game and will open a roadhouse
In Chicago. According to his friends.
Brown figures his arm is not what it
used to be, and, seeing an opportunity
to get a good business site, he jumped
at it. Brown, if he sticks to his de
termination to quit, will be sadly miss
ed by the Cubs. - . -
Why Grass Grow Hollow.
The stems of grass and oats are usu
ally hollow, and the knots of nodes
which occur at Intervals and which
have a peculiar degree of firmness, de
rived from the interlacing of fibers,
give them a firmness and strength
which they would otherwise lack. If
the material of wheat straw were in a
solid form It "would make but n tiiii.
wiry stem: which wor.it) simp vii!
great ease, but i:i th hir'.luw r i
xitli the in : r.ivciii'iu kii. '.:;. tb t
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Patronize our advertisers.
. OSCAR MINOR
DELIGHTFUL HOSTESS
Mr. and Mrs. . Oscar Minor enter
tained about twenty-five friends in a
charming manner at their home on
Seventh street Saturday evening. The
evening was devoted to vocal and In
strumental music and games, followed
by the serving, of fruit and candies.
The rooms were very attractively dec
orated with Oregon grape, ferns and
holly.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Card, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Florey, Miss May
Walker, Mis3 " Elva Blanchard, Miss
Ada Quivy, Miss May Reilly, Miss Ida
Morley, Miss Nina Morley, Miss
Maude Reilly, Miss Edith Reilly, Miss
Janie Lacey; Messrs. Herman Ayers,
J. Theodore, John Smith, Lester
Smith, Floyd Smith, John Quivy, Jack
Ripp, Edward Inman.
Always a Chance.
There is something in every season
of the year for the average fool. In
the summer he can rock the boat in
the fall go gunning, in the winter skate
on thin ice and in the spring fall in
love. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Cutting Herbs.
The active' principle of all plants Is
strongest just when the flowering proc
ess is going on. but before seeds are
actually formed, and this is, therefore,
the best time for cutting and drying
herbs. ;
FISH EXPERT GOES TO SOUTH AMERICA
: (Continued from page 1)
hanna River and Chesapeake Bay,
Maryland, Little White Salmon " Sta
tion, Wash., and at Clackamas Sta
tion, Or. This work was - done un
der the supervision of Captain J. W.
Collins, of Massachusetts, Alexander
Jones, of Maryland, W. F. Hubbard,
of Oregon and S. A. Downing, of
Michigan. Mr. Wisner passed the
United States Civil Service examina
tion and his first permanent appoint
ment was issued January 17, 1899. He
worked at Clackamas Station with
steelheads at the falls in Oregon
City and in connection with Baker
Lake Station, Wash.
June 5, 1899, he was ordered to take
examination for superintendancy and
passed. June 20, 1899, he was appoint
ed "field superintendent" at compen
sation of $1,800 a year and July 1,
1899 he took charge of the bureatfs
work in Oregon, relieving W. F. Hub
bard, transferred East, and pending
the arrival of S. A. Downing, who
had been appointed "superintendent
Clackamas station."
In December, 1899, Mr. Wisner was
ordered to Washington and detailed
to Wytheville, Va., for special train
ing in .Pond Fish work. March 6,
1900, he was placed in charge of Bur
eau's operations on the Susquehanna
River and head of Chesapeake Bay,
in Maryland. The season's work took
stand as second highest record ever
made.
In July, 1900, Mr. Wisner took ac
tive charge of operations on the Co
lumbia again and November, 1900,
was ordered to Washington, D. C,
and placed in charge of Fish Lake
Station. Early In the spring he was
again sent to Maryland to work.
In July, 1901, he was directed to
take up active work on the Columbia,
for which field he was held responsi
ble even while operating in the East.
That winter all work in Oregon was
given to him, , in addition to the Co
lumbia River and- southern Washing-
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y
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any other illtiminant.
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We are certainly selling Shoes cheap. Ladies,'. Gents,' Boys' and'
Girls' Shoes for less money than- you can buy them for elsewhere.
Save Your
Come to our store and get our prices on all lines of Shoes. We are
giving some great bargains. "
Merrill
Ninth and Main streets.
$735
The Car That Has
Astonished The . Auto
World
JUST SAY FORD TO ELLIOTT AND HE
WILL DO THE REST
C. A. ELLIOTT Garage
Main, near Fourth.
ton work. He continued in active
charge of all this work until April,
1903. In June, 1903, he was appoint
ed member of the special Alaska Sal
mon Commission as representative of
the division of Fish Culture.
While in Alaska nearly every salmon-bearing
stream of southeast Alas
ka was visited by him, while all hatch
eries' then in existence were given
careful study as were the laws and
all questions having a bearing on the
perpetuation of the species. The two
sites recommended for Federal hatch
eries were taken up by the govern
ment and the hatcheries erected.
Upon his return from Alaska the
necessary reports 'were written and
then the Commissioner ordered the
work to be taken up for the Division
of Scientific . Inquiry. The first un
dertaking was an investigation of Am
erican Lake and waters of that im
mediate vicinity.
The next work was the securing of
data from the Lower Columbia which
was a study of the Cold Storage plants
of the Columbia.
Late In June, 1904, Mr. Wisner was
directed to confer with Wallich and
Van Dusen; to visit the uppper Co
lumbia Station, - determine the ad
visability of taking it over from the
state and then to report to Wash
in tgon.
Upon reporting to Washington he
was detailed to assist the assistant in
charge of the division of fi3h-culture,
who, while rapidly building up his
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Pocketbooks
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Oregon City,
$785
Main 119, and A 72.
division, was traveling considerably,
and was incapacitated by illness.
During such periods Mr. Wisner was
"acting assistant in charge of Division
of Fish Culture," which means that
active charge was had of all the fish
cultural work of the Bureau through
out the United States.
After about a year's work at head
quarters a detail to the "field" was
requested. In the winter of 1905 he
was given charge of perch work on
the head of Shesapeake Bay.
Upon opening up of shad and simi
lar work he was directed to take
charge of such operations on the Sus
quehanna and Chesapeake and in ad
dition was ordered to take over all
work on the Delaware River and Bay.
In June, 1905, he again took over
all work in Oregon and southern
Washington and the Bureau's exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark fair, continu
ing in active charge of all work until
1907, when he resigned.
Mr. Wisner was the first to advo
cate improvements in the manner of
distributing fry and secured outside
financial aid toward that end. He was
the first to see the possibilities offer
ed and to establish fish-cultural opera
tions on the Big White Salmon, Eagle
and Tanner Creeks. The Big White
Salmon has proved one of our most
prolific egg bearers, while Tanner
Creek has been chosen as the site
of Oregon's big "Central Plant."
Work on Lower Rogue River was al
so advocated by him and established