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MORNING ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1912
41 SETTLERS WILL
LOSE HOME SITES
SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 14. Forty
settlers in Stevens, and Pend d'Oreille
Countie3 filed with the register of the
land office here today for homesteads
near Blue Slide, and will in all prob
ability be granted the land on which
they have lived.
Forty-one other claimants, who filed
at lone, Colville, Newport and other
branch offices today, are likely to lose
their property to the Northern Pacific
as the railway filed claims here for
the odd sections in lieu of grants, and
the filings are ruled to take preced
ence in the order in which they reach
the Spokane land office.
Among those filing here are three
women. The filings in ay cases are
for specific lands, so that general pre
cedence has no effect.
TO
BE GIVEN RECEPTION
A reception will be given in honor
of the Rev. Geo. W. Swope, of Nor
folk, Va., in the Baptist Church par
lors at the close of the praise service
this evening. The program for the
evening is in the hands of Rev. E. A.
Smith, the young people engineering
the event. Mr. Swope was at one
time Bible School Superintendent of
the First Baptist Church, and has
many warm friends in the congrega
tion. He is a brother ofMrs. C. M.
Oglesby of Abernethy Road, and is a
noted preacher and author.
TO GIVE BIG PICNIC
The Catholic Knights will give a
basket picnic at Schnoerr's Park, Wil
lamette August 18, and arrangements
are being made by the committee to
make it one of the most enjoyable af
fairs that have been held at that park
this season. Good music will be pro
vided for those wishing to dance. The
committee in charge of the affair is
composed of M. Clancy, M. Michael, J.
G. Finnucane.'
TELFORD WILL CALL
BULL NOOSE MEETING
Max Telford, delegate to the con
vention of the Progressive party re
cently held in Portland, and alternate
to the convention held in Chicago, has
arranged for a meeting of Roosevelt
supporters in Willamette Hall next
week. Mr. Telford says the object of
the meeting will be the appointment of
a delegate to the convention to be
held in Portland to determine wheth
er a state ticket will be named. The
organization of Clackamas county in
the interest of the new party also will
be discussed. Mr. Telford urges all
Bull Moose men and women to attend
the meeting to be held at Willam
ette Hall.
Toilet Toylet.
In the "New World of Words," 1720,
"toilef'is defined as "a kind of Table
cloth or carpet made of fine Linnen,
Satin, Velvet or Tissue, spread upon a
Table In a Bed Chamber where Per
sons of Quality dress themselves; a
Dressing-cloth." A similar definition
is given in Bailey's dictionary. The
origin of the word is curious, for Cot
grave has: "See 'Toilette,' 'A toylet,
the stuff which drapers lay about tUoir
cloths; also a bag to put nightgowns
In.' " In the "Rape of the Lock," 1.
121, "toilet" seems used for the table
and Its contents:
And now, unveil'd, the toilet stands dis
played. Each silver vase In mystic order laid.
FOR WOMEN
Here's a woman's stock
ingof quality and wear.
You are proud of sBiS
once they grace your feet.
The way they fit and the way
they wear is a revelation.
Their dye is one of their superla
tive features. The brightest, truest,
surest, most lasting black and the
richest shade of tan known to
hosiery making. Dyed with Wun-
cerdye la3t to the last.
Made for all ages and
sizes, for women and
misses. '
Four pairs to the box
$1.00, or a de-luxe grade,
three pairs to the box
$1.00. The
guarantee insures the
toe, beel and sole against
need of darning for four
months.
Adams Dept Store
thrift fr
Good
form
About Wedding Cards.
It Is sometimes said that an Invita
tion for a large and formal wedding
requires no answer. This is not strict
ly true, however. Where the "at home"
form is used it may be inferred that
no reply Is expected. Where the host
"requests the pleasure" an answer
should be sent Indeed, one is often
asked for In the invitation, or a sep
arate card with "Please respond" Is in
closed, says Florence Howe Hall.
For a.bfeakfast where the guests are
to be seated at table or for a small
wedding an answer, should be sent
promptly. One should be careful to
follow the form of the invitation:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Furnlss
accept with pleasure
(or regret their Inability to accept)
the kind Invitation of
Mr. and Mrs. James Wentworth
for Thursday afternoon, June twentieth,
at half after four o'clock. ,
It Is not thought polite to use the
word "decline." The envelope is usual
ly addressed, to the hostess alone.
Guests unable to attend a wedding re
ception send cards on the day of the
affair to the bride's parents or to the
persons In whose name the Invitations
are Issued. Additional cards are some
times sent to the bride and groom, but
this is unnecessary. An invitation to a
church wedding requires no answer.
Those who are unable to be present
should certainly acknowledge in some
way the courtesy shown them. If the
persons inviting them belong to their,
circle of visiting acquaintances they
should either send cards or call within
two weeks after the wedding. If they
were unacquainted with the former, as
in the case of the friends of the bride
groom, they would not make a personal
visit, but would send cards instead.
All who are invited to the home, how
ever, whether they are friends or stran
gers, should call soon after the wed
ding. A wedding announcement should be
answered by sending cards to the per
sons making it. One thus shows ap
preciation of the courtesy extended and
informs the senders that their commu
nication has been received. Where it
comes from a distant city and no ad
dress is given it may be impossible or
very difficult to acknowledge It.
All who receive cards for the bride's
at homes" should call. If several days
are mentioned it is best to select an
early one, since everybody should wel
come the young couple to their new
home as soon as possible. If the mar
riage takes place toward the end of
June the cards sometimes say, "At
home after Oct. 1." In this case no
one would make a formal call until
that date.
Those living at a distance send cards
In lieu of making a personal visit. A
lady sends one for the bride; a man
sends two, one being for the benedict.
Needed For Guest Room.
A sewing case for a guest room can
easily be made at home from a five
pointed star shaped straw mat six
inches in diameter.
In the center of the mat put a pin
cushion of satin ribbon an inch in
diameter and an inch high, tightly
stuffed. This is made by cutting a
round of satin for the top and sewing
to it a band of the ribbon five inches
long and two inches deep to allow for
seams and turning in at the bottom.
Make a star from five strips of rib
bon, each two inches long, turned in at
one end to form a point, and arrange
the star from the center of the mat so
the points come between its points. In
the center of this ribbon star sew the
pincushion, taking the stitctes firmly
through the mat, and on one side make
a thimble case of the ribbon to hold a
white bone thimble.
On two of the four points of the
strawmat fasten a spool of white silk
by running inch wide satin ribbon
through it and tying in a small bow on
the outside. On the other two points
fasten spools of colored silk-to. match
the ribbon trimmings.
To the fifth point fasten a pair of
small scissors by a loop of No. 1 rib
bon, ending in a many looped bow. -
Holding the Sunshade.
The sunshade seems to be a rock
upon which many a woman's good
taste hopelessly founders. Not only
does one often see uncomfortable color
mixtures, but quite as often the sun
shade is held so ungracefully that the
whole effect is awkward and clumsy.
There ought to be classes on "how to
hold the sunshade," and nine women
out of ten would benefit from the les
sons, but as yet no enterprising individ
ual has originated the idea. A little
practice before a long mirjir is recom
mended. Also take note of the follow
ing: See that you do not grasp the han-.
die as if It were an implement of war.
Do not hold it too near the center of
the handle nor too near the tip. Both
these faults are very common and give
a most awkward appearance. Don't
Use It as a walking stick nor, if it has
a crook handle, hang it on your arm.
Hold it lightly and easily a little dis
tance from the top of the handle and
at a slightly slanting angle.
Fer the Sick Room.
A delightful deodorizing disinfect
ant for a sickroom is made by putting
ground coffee in a saucer with a small
piece of gum camphor in the middle.
Light the camphor with a match, and
as it burns the coffee will be con
sumed, at the same time throwing off
an agreeable odor.-
Musio Extraordinary.
"Are there any musicians In your
family?" "Rather! Why, my father
Is an adept at blowing his own trum
pet, mother Is equally expert at harp
ing on one string, my mother-in-law
has to play second fiddle, and Aunt
Tabitha leads a humdrum existence,
while grandna gives a solo on his na
sal organ every night without the
stops, uncle spends " his time wetting
his whistle, Harry Is fond of his pipe,
and Gertie Is forever ringing the
changes on her lovers!"
WILL TY COBB
ASK FORTUNE?
His Three Year Contract, Caring
For $27,000, Ends Soon.
HE MAY DEMAND $50,000,
It Is Asserted That Detroit Star Wants
This Amount For a New Three Year
Agreement He Is Greatest Drawing
Card In Baseball.
By TOMMY CLARK.
This Is Ty Cobb's last year under the
$27,000 contract which he signed three
years ago with the Detroit club. Be
fore the great ball player dons a uni
form next spring he will have to be
signed to a new agreement, and it is
needless to say that this will call for
decidedly more salary than he is at
present drawing.
There Is considerable speculation
among ball players and baseball men
as to the amount Cobb will demand
Photos by American Press Association.
THBKE VIEWS OF TY COBB.
In his next contract, but that it will
call for a formidable increase Is gen
erally conceded. Cobb Is just as good
a ball player now as he was three
years ago. In fact, he is probably bet
ter, though being with a losing team
handicaps him to a certain extent. But
it Is not his ability which directly de
mands an Increase, but the fact that
Cobb Is today the greatest drawing
card In baseball. There Is no doubt
that Cobb as an individual draws some
thing like $30,000 into the coffers of the
Detroit club during a season.
Cobb is mum on the subject; only to
say that If he plays next year he will
be well paid. While there Is nothing
authentic about It, It Is asserted that
he proposes to demand a three year
contract which calls for $50,000, a fig
ure by no' means exorbitant when his
ability as a player is concerned and
his drawing proclivities are taken into
consideration.
In the last' Tiger-Athletics series in
Philadelphia Cobb did some wonderful
ball playing. In fact, without Ty it
is doubtful if Detroit would have won
a single game.
Cobb In the six games hammered
out two home runs, three triples, three
two baggers and ten singles. He went
to bat twenty-eight times officially,
which means that he batted .642
during the series. Furthermore, he
scored- nine runs and drove in about
that many more He pilfered three
bases, once starting from first on an
expedition of theft which did not end
until he had slid safely Into the home
plate.
Few of the hits credited to Tyrus
Raymond were wasted. It was In the
three games which Detroit won that
he hit most timely. It can truthfully
be said that the Athletics were playing
Cobb.
COBB'S RECORD.
Ab. H. T.B. 2b. 3b. H.R. S.B. R.
First game.. 647300 1 1
Second game 5 3 6 01 0 0 1
Third game. 5611 00 2 0 3
Fourth game 3 2 4 0 1 0 1 2
Fifth same.. 424 01 0 0 1
Sixth game.. 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
28 18 S3 3 3 2 8 9
The Tally Stick.
An old time way of proving one's
right to the payment of money loaned
was by tally sticks. A plain stick was
used, and when a man loaned a sum a
stick was broken, and the creditor and
debtor each took a part. When the
time for payment came the man who
had the stick.- Which fitted exactly to
the stick held by the debtor, received
the money. ,Two sticks never break
in exactly the same shape, so there
was never any dispute about who had
a right to the money.
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AN OLD WO
MAN'S WILL
By M QUAD
Copyright, 1912, by Associated Lit-
erary Press.
Her proper name was Eliza Craig,
but she was always referred to in the
village of Howland as old Mrs. Craig.
She was a widow when she came there,
and she was a widow when she died,
ten years later. -
The arrival of a stranger in a village
of 1,200 Inhabitants, and that stranger
a woman and a widow, is bound to
stir up things. She bought a house of
Deacon Craft for $600, and when ask
ed where she came from her prompt re
ply was: ' .
"None o' your darned business!"
She bought new furniture and moved
in, and that was the beginning of a
rather strange life. Word went around
I the town that the newcomer was
"techy," and It did not prove a mis
take. She carred a grouch on either
shoulder. ' She was judged to be sixty
years old, but she was as spry as a
girl of sixteen. She paid cash for
what she bought, but whether she had
plenty or little could only be guessed
at. Any queries thrown out on this
subject were met by:
"You mind your business and. I'll
mind mine!"
Several ladies called on Mrs. Craig in
a neighborly way. They wanted to let
her know that, although she was a
stranger within their gates, she could
at once begin to lend and borrow tea,
sugar and coffee the same as an old
resident None of them got into the
house: At the front door they were
asked their business and told they were
not wanted.
Elder Hazlett was her neighbor on
the right. He kept chickens the same
as all other residents. Among them
was a Shanghai rooster, who could
crow like a two-year-old bull. His
crowing didn't seem to annoy anybody
but the widow. She jumped on the
elder with a suit for damages, and she
scared him Into paying her $10 and
wringing the rooster's neck with such
a wring that he never crowed again.
The rooster incident was the begin
ning of a dozen lawsuits. The woman
reveled In them. She brought suits
against men and women and the vil
lage. She had the money to pay her
lawyers and the costs. She had the
spunk to appeal when beaten. For five
years she kept the town in a turmoil,
and finally it was decided that she
must be crazy, and an order was pro
cured from the court to have her sanity
inquired Into. Six medical men did
the business that is, they came out of
it with features dragging.
It was shortly after this that Mrs.
Craig was found dead in her bed. She
had said that she had no relatives, and
the courts took charge. A will was
found, and when in due time it. was
opened it knocked the breath out of
many villagers. There were 149 be
quests, and only samples of them can
be given here. One of her first be
quests to the village was:
"I hereby bequeath the sum of $2,000
to the village of Howland for the pur
pose of buying a fire engine and erect
ing a house for the same."
There was a hum of approval as that
paragraph was read, but it died a sud
den death.
"Provided that," it continued, "old
Squar Billings rolls the length of the
mudh'ole on Main street three times a
day for ten successive days.
"To Elder Hazlett, who called me a
crank, the sum of $1,000, provided he
will ride his old spotted cow four
times around the Methodist meeting
house on the . first Sunday of each
month for a year.
"To Mrs. Henry Rayburn the sum of
ri
$1,000 tobuy herself a new nose, r
never Bked the one she has. It has
always poked into other people's af
fairs." Mrs. Rayburn had helped to prepare
the old woman for burial, and at the
reading of the paragraph she was
heard to murmur that she wished the
body had been thrown into, the river.
"To the county of Dwight the sum
of $20,000, to erect a new jail, provid
ed that Mr. James, Mrs. White and
Mrs. Graham are the first three prison
ers in It and serve not less than sixty
days as a cure for their gossipy
tongues."
Dwight county" didn't get the money
and the jail. -
"To the village- of Howland the sum
of $5,000 for the grading and paving of
its main street and putting in sewers,
provided Deacon Darius" Black of the
Methodist church stands on his head
In front of -the. postoffice for five min
utes on five consecutive days."
The deacon was told he would be
considered the meanest man ever If he
beat the town out of that bequest, but
he got mad about it and offered to lick
any man that would step outdoors
with him.
"To Mrs. James French the sum of
$1,000 to spend in soap and towels to
keep her children's faces clean and the
hooks and eyes sewed on her dresses."
(No proviso, but It was not claimed.)
"The sum of $1,000 to Mrs. Caleb
Jackson and Mrs.-Charles Tinker, pro
vided they quit lying about their neigh
bors for the space of oneyear and a
day."
There were numerous other bequests
just as strange, and the windup was
the strangest of all. The sum of $40.
000, which was found in the house in
cash and bonds, was left to a widow
in the village to whom Mrs. Craig had
never spoken. The proviso was that
she should not marry a fat man, if she
took another husband, and she gave
bonds and got her legacy and married
a lean one.
A Young Chesterfield.
"It is so rare an occurrence to meet
a young Chesterfield," says a New
Yorker, "that I wish to go on record
as having encountered in the person of
the ten-year-old son of a friend of mine
the most striking esnmple one could
Imagine.
"As I was taking my leave from the
household this l;id. who was playing in
the hall wit!) his sisters, rose politely
and opened the door tor- me.
" 'I am very much pleased with this
attention.' sriid I. 'I hope I have given
you no trouble.' -
"The lad smiled. -1 lira only sorry,'
rejoined he, -that 1 am not letting you
in.' " Lippiucott's.
An Imposing Perron.
The lord chancellorship is one of the
most stately and magnificent offices of
the civilized world, and the occupant
is dressed on all public occasions in
keeping with its grandeur. When per
forming his ordinary duties in the
house of lords the chancellor wears a
black silk gown, with a train, over a
black cloth court suit, and a full bot
tomed wig. His state robe is of black
damask, ponderously weighted with
gold lace. He can hardly move about at
all without assistance. When he speaks
in the .house of lords he steps a few
feet away from the woolsack, and the
spectators have him In a merciless full
length view. London Answers.
txcuses.
"Dear, I'm very sorry you found your
razor dulled, but the truth is"
"Oh, I know what the truth is. Only
don't try to make me believe the baby
took it to cut his tooth with." Balti
more American.
Loose Lcsi,jf
Systems and Devices for
every kind of business
and profession. A 'phone
call will bring us, or, bet
ter still, come in and
view our modren plant.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
CAME TO
E, SAYS ODELL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Testify
ing before the senate today, Former
Governor B. B. Odell, Jr., of New York
who was Republican state campaign
manager in 1904, declar
ed to the senate campaign contribu
tion investigating committee that the
records of that campaign were destroy
ed. He said that the campaign com
mittee collected $200,000 besides the
$50,000 which the national committee
had assigned for work in New York
state. When asked regarding a letter
purported to have been written by E.
H. Harriman saying Colonel Roose
velthad requested him to go to Wash
ington in 1904, Odell said":
"In October 1904, Harriman Invited
me to lunch and showed me a iptter
from Roosevelt asking him to come to
Washington. I told Harriman that it
was my belief that the president want-
ea to ass aDout political conditions in
New York and also to consult him re
garding the financial situation. Harri
man saw Roosevelt. A few days later
I took breakfast' with Mr. Harriman
and learned that th PreairioTit waa
uneasy regarding the state ticket in
iNew iorK.
Odell testified also that the nation
al committee was unable to raise mon
ey for a state campaign, and Harri
man raised $240,000 transferring it to
Treasurer Corn el in a Misa f thn
national committee who then gave the
siate committee $200,000.
Odell further stated that he under
stood that Harriman r.nntrihntort Kn -
000 to the fund, but asserted no trust's
or corporations contributed.
The Bengal Canal.
The longest artificial water course in
the world Is the Bengal canal, 900
miles in length.
Sorry Not to
rt ECEIVED vou
J am mighty sorry
the restive occasion. Unfortunately, I shall
be out of town on business, but will be with
you in spirit. Awfully obliged to you for the
invitation.
The Bell Telephone enables you to ac
knowledge an invitation promptly and in an in
timate, personal way that is always appreciated.
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Every Bell Telephone is a Long Distance Station
MXREDIE'S MEN ARE
STILL ON TOBOGGAN
PORTLAND, Aug. 14, (Special.)
Three runs in the second won the
game for the Angels today. Portland
got one in the sixth and that was all.
A peculiar feature of the game was
that Higginbotham allowed only 5 hits
and Halla allowed 10. Portland made
5 errors.
The results Wednesday follow:
Pacific Coast League Standings
W. L. P.C.
Vernon 76 50 .603
Los Angeles 73 52 .584
Oakland 70 56 .556
Portland 49 66 .426
San Francisco 53 73 .421
Sacramento 48 72 .400
At Portland Los Angeles 3, Port?
land 1. , .
At Los Angeles Vernon 3, Oakland
1.
At San Francisco San Francisco 8,
Sacramento 2.
National League
Pittsburg 3-2, Philadelphia 2-L
American League
Chicago 6, Washington 0.
Philadelphia 8-2, Cleveland 3-0.
New York 3-3, Detroit 6-1.
Boston- 8-8, St. Louis 2-0.
MAMMOTH TURNIP IS
ATTRACTING ATTENTION
W. E. Good, who lives on Division
street, has taken to the office of the
publicity department of the Oregon
City Commercial Club, probably one
of the largest turnips that have been
grown this year. The turnip is of the
Purple Strap variety, and weighs 12
DOunds. Tt is 271 inrhos in iirnmfoi-.
ence.
Be With You
invitation, o n man. anH
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