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MORNING ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1913."
ULTIMATUMS FLY
(Continued from page 1
will on Friday morning order the in
stant removal of all Pacific States
Phones from the various offices and
branch of the city government, and
will order them replaced by telephones
of the Home company. .
Council Votes As A Body.
This ultimatum was ordered deliver
ed to the telephone company by unan
imous vote of the city fathers after
a lively debate, in which Councilman
. Long, chairman of the fire committee,
rehearsad the efforts that he has been
making for' the past six months to
make arrangement for the installation
Of two transmitter boxes in connection
with the new automatic alarm sys
tem. :
The Home Telephone company early
1n the proceeding expressed a willing
ness to have one of the boxes placed
in its offices, but the Pacific States
company '.as steadfastly maintained
that it did not want the responsibilty.
Ultimatum Issued.
Being in the mood for issuing ulti
matums', the city fathers also ordered
the fire committee to install the sec
ond trnsmitter box in the office of the
city filtration plant, if t,h3 Pacific
States company did not recede from
its stand.
The board of water commissioners
have steadfastly refused to consent to
this plan, setting forth that the em
ployes at the filtration plant had too
. much to do as it is, without assum
ing the added responsibility of the
fire a'arm system. The council -is
said to have no power to compel the
water commissioners .to do anything,
but can remove them from office.
The transmitter boxes, over which
all the trouble has arisen, are parts
of the Gamewell system, which is to
be installed, and are used to sound
the box numbers over the alarm cir
cuit when calls are rung in by citi
zens. A SARTORIAL NIGHTMARE.
The "College Toga" Sported by Har
vard Students In 1836.
The old time "college toga" worn by
the Harvard students back in 183(1 was
an amusing sartorial creation, or may
be It would more properly be classi
fied as the result of the dressmaker's
art. Of course, uo one now living
remembers it. but the ancient "toga'
is described in the annals of the col
lege, and the present Oxford cap and
gown are very simple and sober things
In comparison.
As described by a writer whose
curiosity had been aroused by stories
concerning the gay festive "college
toga," even the togas worn by the old
Roman senators were negligible quan
tities. In 1S30, when Harvard cele
brated her two hundredth anniversary,
this fanciful summer garment was
much in. vogue, and for at least two
seasons it was In high fashion with the
undergraduates.
It was made of gingham and of a
color and pattern to suit the taste of
the wearer. It was a loose fitting gar
ment reaching to the knees, was gath
ered at the neck and also at the waist,
behind. It had a turned over collar, a
small cape rounded in front and a belt
of the material or tne aress. xne
sleeves were either hooked or buttoned
at the wrist It was trimmed with a ,
long tasseled white fringe. The accom
paniments of this dress were a low
crowned, broad brimmed straw hat,
secured by a broad ribbon under the
chin; trousers and silk or thread gloves
of a color in harmony with that of the
toga, and usually a heavy cane. '
It is not known to whom the distinc
tion belongs of having first conceived
- the "college toga." Like Jupiter, it
,eme Into being complete in its match
less grace and adornments. It was
probably due to the creative genius
and skillful fingers of "Ma'am" Dana,
the college tailoress of that day, who
was probably the sole manufacturer
of the strange garment.
This estimable woman presided over
- a bevy of sewing girls, always care
fully curtained from the public gaze.
In the lower story of a small wooden
building opposite Wadsworth house, at
that time the official residence of Presi
dent Quincy. Exchange.
SATURDAY BATHING.
A Custom the Occident Borrowed From
tht Orint-
MOSt barbarians, judged by modern
standards, were anything but cleanly
In their personal habits In England,
France and Germany bathing was an
almost unknown custom until after
the Crusades. The pilgrims from the
east brought home with them ideas of
the bath as help In the treatment of
disease, and bathrooms were gradually
introduced into the hospitals. From
the hospitals the ideas of bathing
spread generally. People who had
been treated there saw the value of
keeping the body clean in order to re
sist disease. The great plague that
swept over Europe In the early years
of the fourteenth century helped to
teach this lesson. .
By the fifteenth century there was
scarcely a large city that did not pos
sess well patronized public bathing es
tablishments, although it was not until
the seventeenth century that the Turk
ish bath was introduced, and not until
the eighteenth century that sea bath
ing, so common among the American
Indians, was tried experimentally.
Saturday was chosen as bathing time
and the reason Is not .difficult to im
agine. On Sunday everybody was com-
pelled to go to church, whether he
would or not As the Moslem in the
east bathed before entering the mosque
so did the medieval man before enter
ing his church, only he must take his
bath on Saturday afternoon in order
to be clean the following day. There
" was even a distribution of batn money
to the children whose parents were
. unable to pay for their baths. New
York Post
Mr. Webster said one of the heartiest
compliments ever paid him was by a
Maine farmer for whom when a' young
man he had gone into Maine and tried
a case. As they left the courtroom it
is to be presumed flushed with victory
the client with flat hand struck him
a blow on the back that made the dust
fly, saying, "Dan you're a boss!"
STORE EMPLOYES
ARE INOCULATED
(Continued from page 1)
force took; the treatment and the bill
will be sent to the store owner.
Though the typhoid epidemic seems
to be over and no new cases have bean
reported, the. owner and his employes
believed that it is still wise to take
no chances in the matter and have
taken the treatment as precaution
against a. possible attack of the dis
ease. Several innoculations have been
made by the local physicians in the
last few days Mayor Linn E. Jones
has been one of those who have taken
the precaution though they believe
that the officers of the boards of
health of the city and the state now
have the epidemic thoroughly under
control and that there will be no more
cases reported.
SLEEPING CARS IN AFRICA.
They Are Not Too Clean and the Con
ductor Makes the Beds.
Describing railroad travel in South
Africa. E. W. Howe in his Monthly
says:
"Soon after the train conductor look
ed at our tickets he proceeded to lug
two huge bags of bed clothing into our
compartment and make up two beds.
We paid $1.20 for the use of the bed
clothing two nights; the charge would
have been the same for one night. So
that we will have a large compart
ment to ourselves two nights and a
day and pay only $1.20 above the reg
ular fare. The beds were comfortable,
though somewhat narrow, but we slept
as well, I imagine, as people usually
do on a sleeping car. On our door and
on our window were placards announc
ing that the compartment was reserv
ed, and we were not disturbed during
the journey. When this reservation
placard is not displayed any one has
a right to a seat or bed in a. compart
ment that is not full.
"The South African sjeeping cars are
not at all bad, except that the. train
conductor has so much to do that he
cannot keep them as clean as they
should be. The conductor did not pol
ish my shoes at night, but I knew he
was very busy and overlooked his
neglect.
"1 wish the haughty conductors of
American passenger trains could see
our conductor with his coat off, mak
ing up beds. I wish they could also
see our tickets, which cover nearly
3,000 miles of travel and read from
Durban to Victoria Falls and back to
Beira. I am unable to understand
them, but the conductors have no dif
ficulty. "On one or two trains we have been
on there was a man who helped the
conductor, but on at least two crowded
trains on which we traveled the con
ductor has had no help whatever in
making up the beds; the most curious
thing I have ever noted in- railroad
travel. There Is a guard on the train,
who is what we call a brakeman, but
he does not assist the conductor in the
chamber work. When these conduct
ors are taking the tickets they are as
haughty as are American conductors,
but when tbey begin lugging in sheets
and pillows and mattresses they are
as humble as the most timid traveler
could wish."
KEYS AS THEY TURN.
Most of Them Unlock by . Twisting
Them to the Right.
"You would be amazed." said Pro
fessor Lookabout informingly, as he
started to unlock his desk in prepara
tion for the morning's classwork, "to
know how many persons are unable
to tell offhand which way a key tijms.
Only the other day, in a chat with
one of the best informed men of my
acquaintance, I was astonished to
learn that he believed most keys turn
ed to the left to unlock their locks. He
was trying to open a typewriter desk,
and he struggled with the key several
moments before he made the astound
ing discovery that it unlocked by turn
ing -to the right.
" 'Why,' he said to me, with a sur
prised air. 'this key works the wrong
way.'k .
" 'Just what do you mean by "the
wrong way?" ' was my natural query.
" 'It unlocks to the right' he replied.
" 'So do most keys,' I told him,
whereupon he glanced at me skepti
cally. It took me several minutes to
convince him that as usual, I was
right. " The fact is that whereas door
keys unlock to the left perhaps as of
ten as to the right depending on which
side of the door you face, the key to
almdst anything except a door is pretty
sure to turn to the right to unfasten
the lid or drawer or roller apron which
it secures. A little observation is all
one requires to prove the truth of
this. It's one of the little things which
once in a while may be well worth
knowing."
And the professor absentmindedly
tfTed to unlock his desk by turning the
key to the left New York Times.
Simplified Spelling.
Lovers of simplified spelling should
make a pilgrimage to Nevendon, in Es
sex, where the church wardens' ac-
counts in the eighteenth century were
quite delightfully phonetic. Under the
date 1742 occurs the entry: "Gave
Geekup Kollins for his gall too sbelins
and six pens. Also his close for the in
sewing yere." The mysterious word
"gall" seems to signify the girl or
daughter of "Geekup Kollins." And
some of us who have drunk the cup of
feminine militancy to the dregs may
accept gall as the right spelling. Lon
don Mail.
Poetry and Pay. .
Poetry, it is declared. Is about the
worst paid form of writing. That may
be true, regarded from the standpoint
of dollars and cents, but the man who
can get a poem out of his system
should feel that lie is pretty well paid
for his effort Toledo Blade.
jOne Use For It.
"I suppose classical music is all right
in its place," said Maud.
"I'm sure it is." replied Mamie. "I
don't care to listen to it myself, but
sometimes you have to play it In or
ter to get a man to. go home." Wash
ington Star.
FOR YOUNG FOLKS
Crown Prince of Italy and Ons
of His Playmates.
A PERFECTLY DOCILE STEED.
Mounted on a Donkey Without Saddle
or Bridle, Prince Humbert 'Exhibits
His Skill as a Rider A New Way of
Playing an Old Game. -
Mounted on bis diminutive donkey
Prince Humbert of Italy is a bold and
skillful horseman. He shows no signs
of fear in fact, appears to be enjoying
himself to the utmost. The steed is a
very small affair even for a donkey.
As the prince sits on its back his feet
nearly touch the ground, so that should
he fall off no harm would come to him.
by American Press Association.
PBINCB HUMBERT OF ITALY.
But there is no fear of that The little
animal is perfectly gentle and for a
long time has been one of the prince's
fV.vorite playmates.
I'iince Humbert isthe only son of
Kin;; Victor Emmanuel, and is there
fore heir apparent to the Italian
thro:ie. He "is named for his grand
father, . and as he is only nine years
old thinks very little about his high
title and future prospects. He has
three sisters, two of whom are older
and one younger than himself. "Some
day, perhaps, be may be king of Italy
Button and Ghost.
This is a new way of playing an old
game. The players sit around the
room in "a circle or hollow square. , One,
who is the leader, takes a buttonand,
holding it between his hands, which
are pressed palms together so as to
conceal it, goes around the circle.
Each player holds his or her hands
together in the same way. and as the
leader goes around he presses his
hands between those of the other play
ers in turn, saying to each, "Hold fast
what I give you," and being careful
not to show into whose hands he drops
the button.
When he has been around the circle
the leader goes to the first player and
says, "Button, button, who hasn't got
the button?" and this person must an
swer by naming some one whom he
supposes hasn't it So it- goes on
around the ring until all have answer
ed this question according to their be
lief, when the leader calls out "But
ton, button arise." and the button
holder stands up. Then if there is any
one who guessed that the person who
really held the button did not have it
he becomes a "ghost" and goes out of
the circle. The player who. held fie
button becomes leader, and the game
goes on. If no one is caught the game
proceeds with only the first leader and
the one who held the button changing
places.
" The "ghost" can only become mortal
and again join the circle when they
can get some player in thercle to
speak to them, and then that mortal
must take the ghost's place. Philadel
phia Record.
Stork Legends,
There are many beautiful "legends
about the stork. In all countries it is
considered to be a bird of good omen.
In Holland the natives believe that
they will have good fortune all the
year if a stork alights upon the roof
of their cottage In passing.
If storks happen to build near the
house the neighbors consider them
very fortunate people.
And last, but not least, there is great
faith among children in the old legend
that the stork brings tiny children
from the cloqdland. away up there be
yond the sunset, down into the garden
at home, and when no one is looking
lays them softly down within the cra
dle, fast asleep. Philadelphia Record.
Jumbled Fruit.
This is fruit season. ,
Here are some fruits. They are
slightly mixed. See whether yon can
straighten them out. After you have
done this select the choicest piece and
eat it: .
CAHEP CALBKRTBRE
REPA NTOCACUO
PELAPPENI DEAT
GIF NRAEOG
PR AGE RECHYR
NELMO AAABNN
PMUL WRSBYRTARE
TARCURN
Answers. Peach, pear, pineapple, fig,
grape, lemon, plum, currant, black
berry, cocoanut. date, orange, cherry,
banana, strawberry.
Summer Play.
' In winter time I love to look
. All morning at my picture book,
v - 0
; IJiut when the summer comes to stay
( like to play a different way.
I play that grandma's garden wall :
Is a tower strong and tall.
And then I climb the cherry tree
And feel so big for little me!
Philadelphia Reisord
SEE THINGS RIGHTLY.
Thft mass of mankind will never
have any ardent zeal (or seeing
things as they are. .Very inadequate
ideas will always satisfy them. On
these inadequate ideas reposes and
must repose the general practice of
the world. That is as much as
saying that whoever sets himself to ,
see things as they are will find him
self one of a very small circle, but
it is only by this small circle reso
lutely doing its own work that
adequate ideas will ever get current .
at all Matthew Arnold.
Wife of New Ambassador to
Austria Very Rich and Clever
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RS. FREDERIC C. PENFIELD,
bassador to Austria, Is one of the cleverest linguists among smart
American women. She is also one of the richest women in this coun
try, having been left $70,000,000 by her father, the late William
Weightman of Philadelphia, noted chemist of the Quaker City. Mrs. Penfield
is possessed of unusual social qualities and is musical critic of someTiote.
Her music-ales are brilliant events of the New York social season. She is also
very charitable, and for her benefactions to the American college at Rome she
was created a marchioness by the pope.
IN OLD JAPAN.
There, in the dim blue death of
day.
Where white tea roses grow.
Petals and scents are strewn
ii-itnv.v
Till night be sweet enow;
The hiiers wander, whispering
low.
As loveis only can.
Where nwv paper lanterns glow,
Tlir.us;h streets of old Japan.
-Alfred Noyes.
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wife of the recently appointed am
a aapppr young shoe clerk fitted a
number nine over a farmer's yarn
sock. "When you get these on," he
smilingly remarked, "you can sing
'How Firm a Foundation.' The farm
er answered not a word until the num
ber nines were on his fiet and his old
srfiies in a neatly wrapped package
niidr his arm. As he reached the
door he sinilinffly said. "And you can
sinir A charge to keep I have.' "Phil
adelphia Iedffer.
Not Very Clean.
"And now I mean to handle your wit
nesses without gloves," said a counsel
whose witnesses had met with rather
severe treatment from the other side.
"Indeed! That's more than I should
like to do with yours." smilingly re
torted his learned friend. London An
swers Bank of England Notes.
Bank of England notes are number
ed backwards that is from 1 to 10,000.
Hence the figures 00,001.
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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
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Loose Leaf Systems
BETTER ROADS IN MIDWEST.
Michigan Takes Forward Steps South
Yet Far Behind.
States of the east, middle west and
far west are doing the most toward
building good roads, according to the
records of the good roads committee
of the American Automobile associa
tion. The prairie and Rocky mountain
states and the south are waking np,
but have not accomplished much in
their present legislative sessions. New
Yoik leads all the states with hef new
$50,000,000 bond issue. Pennsylvania
comes next, with Massachusetts, New
Jersey and Connecticut following.
Michigan is the leader among the
stales of the middle west. Wayne
county, in which is Detroit plans to
bj:.il(l soon more of the concrete roads
wliSsh have been the wonder of the
automobile world in recent years.
Indiana has ni;ule the greatest, ad
vance of any state in rescinding a law
which made the building of -the very
best roads impossible. The old law
limited the kinds of roads that could
be built to two. macadam and give.
The law passed at the 1913 sessjooy
the Hoosier legislature removes tMs
limitation and permits the building of
any kind of roads the people may
choose. The uuit of option is the
county, as in Michigan.
Illinois and Ohio also have adopted
progressive good roads legislation this
spring. Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa are moving forward, though not
so rapidly as the central states. On
the Pacific coast California has done
wonders, many of the counties voting
the good roads bonds authorized by
theIegislature. Washington and Ore
gon, though in a much more primitive
condition, are beginning to follow Cal
ifornia's lead. 'Che south is most
backward of all. Most of the south
ern states have taken only the rudi
mentary steps toward road improve
ment LOVE'S DANCE.
LOVE came dancing through the
wodd.
"And my heart was glad.
Love she cajne and danced with me
When the world was sad
Danced and kissed me on the lips
Till my blood ran mad
AND forgotten was the world.
Gold and ruby's shine;
Folly came and to our lips
Pressed her ruby wine.
And 1 laughed, and danced we on;
Youth and Love were mine.
nSE ones sought to lure me back
" Wise ones gray and old
Showed me Wisdom and Renown
And the glint of gold.
But they could not hear the tale
Love to me had told
VT7HAT cares Ijove for great renown,
Gold or rubies tine?
Beggars they who cling to these,
Leaving Love for mine;
Holding to theit breasts but dross
While 1 drink, love's wine!
-Willi Usenbee.
IDLENESS.
Know ihy work and do it, and
work at it like Hercules. One
monster there is in the world an
idle man. Thomas Carlyle.
Hollister's Rocky -Mountain Tea
banishes "that tired feeling." Puts
new life and energy into the weakened
body. If your back and limbs get
tired, brain be-fogged, thoughts come
slowly, and you're subject to dizzy
spells, get a package of this wonderful
medicine today. Jones Drug company.
EGG PRICES SHOW
Through the day, the egg market
has shown a firm tone aniPthe prices
for the product remained as they wera
with the demand good.'
Pickling onions of the variety that
make fhe best preserves are, now on
the market and the demand has been
strong from the start. The peach
market showed well through the day
and ttie condition was good.
Pears are a glut on the mark at. and
the price shows a general tendency
to slump. In spite of the predictions
that there would not be an abundance
of the fruit, the supply has been com
ing in'wsll. - -
. Livestock, Meats.
BEEF (Live weienu steers 7 and
,6c; cows 6 ana 7c. bulls 4 to Sc
MUTTON Sheep 5 to 6, lambs
6 to 6"c.
Poultry (buying) Hens 11 to 12c;
stags slow at 10c; old roosters 8c ;
broilers 20 to 21c. .
WEINIES 15c lb; sauage. 15c lb.
PORK 9 and 10c.
VEAL- '"alves 12c t, loo dressed,
according to grade.
Fruits.
APPLES 50c and 51.
DRIED FRUITS (buying) Prunes
on basis 4 fir 35 to 40c
ONIONS $1.00 per saofc.
P6TATOES Nothing doing.
BUTTRR (buying) Ordinar
country butter 23 to 25c.
EGGS Oregon ranch, case count
26c: Oregon ranch candled 27c.
Prevailing Oregon City prices art
as follows:
HIDES (buying) Green saled, 9a
MOHAIR 28c.
CORN Whole c0rn, $32. .
to 10c; sheep pelts 75c to $1.50 each.
WOOL 15 to 16c.
FEED (Selling) Shorts $28; barn
$26; process barley, $30.50 o $31.o0
per ton.
FLOUR $4.50 to $5.
HAY (buying) Clover at $8 and
dairy feed $1.30 per hundred pounds.
OATS (buying) $28 ; wheat 93c;
oil meal selling $38; Shay Brook
$9; 0at kay best $11 and $12; mired
$9 to $11; Idaho and Eastern Oregnn
timothy selling $20.50 to $23; valley
timothy, $12 to $15.
Surest Way to
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Go to Huntley Bros, and say:
want a HYOMEI outfit." Take it
home pour a few drops ef HYOMEI
from the bottle into the little hard rub
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utes and note the refreshing relief
breathe it four or five times a day
for a few days and Catarrh and all its
symptoms will gradually disappear.
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you can't fail. Just breathe it no
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