MOKNTNG ENTERPRISE. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1913.
SPORT DOPE !
Daily
Christmas Hint
nnsiCKimiED
INITIAL GIRL'S GAME WILL BE
NEXT WEEK
The first game of girl's basketball
: this season will be played Monday
evening when the junior and senior
girl's teams of Oregon City High
school will clash on the floor of the
school gymnasium.
The girls have been hard at work
for several weeks under the direction
of Miss Mabella Hunstock. The girls
of the school have four teams: Soph
more, junior and senior teams and one
representing the entire school. Sev
eral games have been arranged be
tween the various teams within the
school but it is probable that there
will be no contests with outside or
ganizations. CAMP CHOOSEN
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 13. Bea
.vers at Santa Maria.
Colts alternating between Chico
and Santa Rosa.
These are the best bets for Port
land's spring training camps .news of
their practical selection being brought
back last night by Manager Walter
McCredie, of the Beavers, and Mana
ger Nick Wiliams, of the Portland
Colts. Both of the big fellows rolled
in on the Shasta and neither is bulg
ing with food for the fans.
MATCH ARRANGED
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. Leach
Cross and Bud Anderson are matched
today to furnish the New Year's fight
card at McCarey's Vernon arena. The
men will weigh 135 pounds two hours
before the fight. Both will begin
training tomorrow.
CAPTAIN STANLEY TO SPEAK
Willamette, Ore., Dec. 13. (Special)
Captain Stanley, "rapid fire orator"
will speak Monday evening at the
First Methodist church in this city.
Mr. Stanley has appeared before sev
eral Clackamas county audiences, in
cluding Oregon City and Canby.
POSTOFFICE ENLARGED
Molalla, ..Ore., Dec. 13. (Special)
The work of enlarging the Molalla
nnatnffina nhnilt KAO TtPr rpnt has hp.ftTl
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completed. The interior of the build
ing has been completely changed with
the object of making the arrangement
better for the handling of the mail. It
is thought that there will be a greatly
increased amount of mail matter since
the opening of the new road.
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SPORTING BREVITIES S
$ S
There is no much chance of the
Seals getting Jimmy Johnston. Branch
Rickley, St. Louis Brown's manager, is
sweet on the "speed king," and has al
ready made an offer to C. W. Murphy
for the services of the player.
The Athletics were the only team in
the big league that was able to score
more runs in 1913 than in 1912. The
world's champions scored 794 runs
last season. Chicago led the Nation
al League with 721 scores.
It is almost a certainty that "Long
Tom" Hughes, Washington pitcher,
wil be a member of the Angels next
season. According to Hen Berry the
deal is all cut and dried. Berry fur
ther states that he will get two more
twirlers from the Nationals .
Henry Bebby says that he is after
Barker, a young pitcher, and Allan and
Calvo, outfielders from the Washing
ton club. Ellis and Krueger are not
sure of their jobs and either or both
may be looking for other jobs next
season.
For Publio Orators.
Knowing whereof 1 discuss, I beg to
admonish students of public speaking
to avoid as far as possible the use of
the following phrases: 1 rise with dif
fidence. Unaccustomed as I am to
speak. By a happy stroke of fate. It
becomes my painful duty. In the last
analysis. I am encouraged to go on.
I point with pride. On the other hand
(with gesture). I hold. The vox populi.
Be that as it may. May that as it be.
I shall no't detain you. As the hour
Is growing lata Believe me- MabeL
We view with alarm. As I was about
to tell you. Tbe happiest day of my
life. It falls to my lot. I can say no
more. In the fluff and bloom. I can
only hint I can Bay nothing. I can
not find words. The fact Is. To my
mind. I cannot sufficiently do Justice.
I fear. All I can sny Is. I shall not
Inflict a speech on you. Washington
Herald.
Educating Father.
Thejr're educating father
In the way to march the aisle.
They've trained him to look solemn.
And they will not let him smile.
They've taught him how to hold his hands
And told htm what to say.
They're educating father
They nightly hold rehearsals.
The wedding march they hum.
With sister leaning on his arm
Downstairs they make him come.
They've taught him nt the altar
The place where he must stay.
They're educating father
How to give the bride away.
The wedding gown Is finished.
The caterer Is hired.
The florist's started on the lob.
And every one is tired.
Now they're at the most important
Task before the wedding day
They're educating father
How to give the bride away.
Detroit Free
The Vernacular.
"Hello! Thatchoo, Kltr
"Sure! Sill, ain't It?"
t "Betcherlife! Whenja gitbackf
"Smorning. Whenjoo?"
"Lllwhilago. JawagoodtimeT"
"TJh-huh." -"Whereja
gokitt"
"'Scosun. WhereJooT
"Misbgun; jewer go 7"
"Javrananyfun7"
"Uh-buh. Lots. Wener yon com
mlnoverr "Safnoon."
"Sritel Well, along."
"Slong." Chicago Tribune
NO DATES ARE BOOKED
INTERCOLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION
CAN'T AGREE
With delegates from Yale and Penn
sylvania State absent the Intercol
legiate Wrestling association was un
able to agree on a schedule for the com
ing championship season at the annual
fall meeting, which was held at Co-1
lumbiu university recently. Several
dual meets were booked, but until they
are finally checked up by the various
faculty committees they will not be
announced. Most of the time was
spent in discussing the. plans for the
intercollegiate tournament, which is to
be held at the University of Pennsyl
vania on March 27 and 28. 1014. The
preliminary rounds are to be held on
the afternoon and evening of the 27th
and the finals on tbe evening of tlu
28th.
Despite the fact that Harvard has
taken up wrestling and was expected
to ask for admission to the league, no
application was received, and the
Crimson will not be entered in the final
tournament. The new system of scor
ing,, which the league found to work
so well last season, will be retained,
but the method of timing the bouts
will be slightly modified. Those pres
ent at the meeting were H. W. Gra
ham, Lehigh; F. H. Phipps, Columbia;
H. D. Painter. Princeton; J. Walter
Levering, Pennsylvania, and R. M.
Johnson, Cornell.
The woiuan who says that love nevet
lasts more than five years must be get
ting ready to write the story of hei
life.
Kissing may be unhealthful, but If
so somebody ought to explain how it
happens there are so many plump
girls.
An English court has decided thai
hissing an actor is just as legal as ap
plauding him. And frequently mor
sincere.
If domestic help gets any scarcer
there is going to be a tremendous
boom in paper dishes, napkins and ta
blecloths. Paderewski's recent attack of grii
cost him $20,000, says an exchange. A
lot of us can suffer just as much foi
less money.
In England the difference between a
house and a manor depends altogethei
upon whether it has been burned dowi
by militants.
The Tylenchus devastatrix Is satd tc
be threatening tbe onion. Sounds
dangerous, but it had better keep tc
tbe windward.
Leaders in New York society whc
have undertaken the uplift of the sav
age Moros will do well to leave theii
dances behind.
A British scientist has all but com
pleted a plan for making gold. Noth
ing doing. This side of the pond has
been worked already.
Ships' hulls and household, furniture
and even church bells are successfullj
made of concrete. But the line should
be drawn at concrete brains.
An Algerian aviator ascended 2,00(
feet and then shot himself. It Is diffl
cult to say why he didn't keep on as
cending and let nature take Its course
If the present generation of girls has
cultivated the physique of an inter
rogation point, what the dickens will
tbe next generation of girls resemblel
The use of finger bowls, it Is said
Is being discontinued in some of the
larger fashionable hotels in Chicago
Are they going back to the old fashion
ed lick?
President Tuftn declines to adopt oc
cidental dress. In one way he is to b
congratulated. Being president, h
would be compelled to wear a stove
pipe bat
The French government is encour
aging the manufacture of sauerkraut
Looks like tbe first move in the long
promised campaign to win back Al
sace-Lorraine.
A husband has no right to open his
wife's letters nor has a wife the right
to open her husband's, says an eastern
exchange, thus further complicating
domestic possibilities.
The fact that taking bichloride ol
mercury is one of the most terrible
methods of suicide does not prevent II
from becoming In some mysterious
way the most popular.
Wireless apparatus on shipboard and
steel railroad cars are adding to the
accumulations of the life insurance
companies and interfering with the
profits of the mausoleum builders.
Baseball may be no faster than It
was twenty-five years ago, but It has
shown great Improvement in other re
spects. There was a time when the
greatest shortstop In the country wore
side whiskers.
It is estimated that John D. Rocke
feller's Income rolls in at the rate of
$10.20 a minute, and the beauty of it
from Rockefeller's standpoint as com
pared with that of the average stage
star, is that he gets It
Foreign yachts may come In free of
duty If they are big enough to saSI
-across the. Atlantic, but if they come
In as ship's cargo they must pay doty
as manufactured articles. Now, we
shall see how small a Teasel men will
dare to sail across the ocean.
Suitable Jewelry Gift
For Mother
. Jewelry that is useful and at the
same time handsome is always an ac
ceptable gift for -motber.' In these
days, when antique and French jewelry
is much in vogue, there are charming
ornaments to be bought at reasonable
prices which greatly delight the older
SCARAB COIN PUBSE.
woman and add to the finish of her
toilet
The purse Illustrated Is a very up to
date addition to a woman's jewelry
case. The design is an Egyptian scarab
carried out in antique silver.
Inside there are two compartments
for nickels and dimes, and the beetle
is attached to the finger with a chain
ring.
USE OF SLAG IN
ROAD BUILDING
Better Than Stone For the
Macadam Highway.
SPARE ROLLER, SPOIL ROAD
Plenty of Water Absolutely Necessary
In Manufacture of Slag Roads Slag
Is Cheaper, Lasts Better Under All
Conditions and Is Easier to Get
To construct a highway correctly
proper excavation should first -be made
and tbe subbase thoroughly well rolled
with a roller of at least ten tons in
weight. This should be done no mat
ter what kind of-base material Is used.
However, in the construction of a slag
road, in order to obtain the very best
results, it is necessary that the loose
slag be spread on the subbase to a
proper depth and then thoroughly
rolled from time to time as tbe work
progresses.
During sue procedure it is recom
mended that the road be kept well wet
with water, if water is available, and
in finishing it is only necessary to put
on top of the slag base about two Inch
es of slag screenings, which contain
dust and slag particles as large as one
fourth of an inch, which, like all ce
ment is inert in the dry state.
.- This likewise should be thoroughly
wet and well rolled. In fact the top
should never be put on except with
plenty of water and thoroughly rolled.
This is necessary because of the natu
ral cementing qualities of slag, and in
order to get it properly bound this ma
terial must be rolled to eliminate as
many voids as possible.
A slag road .built under these specifi
cations, instead of deteriorating, as is
too often the case with most other road
metals, will gradually improve until
the entire roadbed becomes a solid
mass, thereby giving.practically a con
crete road.
It Is sad Indeed to watch read forces
at work, not only along country high
ways, but more especially in the cities.
CUTTOia SI.a FOB ROAD WOBK.
where there are macadamized roads,
for the waste of time and material is
something appalling.
Streets are repaired merely by throw
ing loose slag or some other material
into the ruts and. instead of finishing
the job by rolling and compacting the
material, making it more or less per
manent tbe loose material is allowed
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CONTAINS
Two Paring Knives with
steel blades and
One hiah arade Can
If you send in a year's subscription to the OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. It makes no dif
ference whether it is yours or your neighbor's, or whether it is new or old. Send in the sub
scription and we will send you the set by return mail. We have only a limited number of
these and the offer will close December 31 unless we run short before that time
to remain, and vehicles passing over
it. instead of compacting the filling,
will cause the particles to grind into
dust, which will be carried off either
by the wind or by rapidly moving au
tomobiles, leaving the street in as bad
condition as before it was repaired."
Slag is the one material that not only
is cheaper as a rule than all other road
bases, but it is available in large quan
tities and at all times, regardless of the
weather. The rainy season has no ef
fect on the shipment of slag, as is the
case in the rock quarries and gravel
pits, and by reason of the fact that it
is usually loaded at points where a
number of railroads center cars are
available when such is not tbe case at
quarries and gravel pits located exclu
sively on one line. "
The advantages to be derived from
the use of slag in building highways
may be analyzed as follows:
It is a natural cement rock.
It will cement together if properly
compressed by wetting and rolling.
It is. as a rule, vastly cheaper than
any other road material.
It is available in large quantities and
at all times, regardless of weather con
ditions. It is an impervious material.
It is considerably lighter in weight
than stone or gravel, consequently a
great saving in freight is effected
where distances are equal.
A New Road Material.
A new road material designed to
stand hard usage from automobiles Is
being tried by a Swiss engineer, W.
Erlich. and is said to consist of a mix
ture of broken stone about the size of e
hazelnut but not limestone, with a
binding material whose composition is
not divulged by the inventor. In the
present process the stone is heated at
first from 100 to'; 150 degrees C. and
mixed at this temperature with the
melted composition. When In use the
mass Is remelted in order to put it on
the rond. A road rollpr heated to a
rather high point is passed over tbe
surface, the roller weighing about six
tons. Peports state that a very good
road surface can be obtained In this
wav.
Humanizing Houses.
Houses are curious things. We take
a morsel of Illimitable space and wall
it in and roof it over. Suddenly It
ceases to be part of God's out of doors
and becomes an entity with an atmos
phere of its own. We warm it with
our .fires, we animate it with our af
fections, we furnish it with such things
as seem good in . onr eyes. We do
this to get shelter for our bodies, but
we acquire as well an instrument for
our spirits that reacts on us In its
turn. .
In other words, as we live our way
Into a bouse, adapting it to our need,
tbe bricks and mortar, the paint and
plaster, cease to be Inert matter and
become alive. Superficial sociologists
have taunted women with being "more
anabolic or plantlike" than man, but I
count it her second glory. The plant
is an organism that "slowly turns life
less Into living matter," and this is the
thing that woman, has done from the
beginning with her shelter. In our
houses we achieve almost an organic
extension of our very selves. Cornelia
A. P. Comer in Atlantic.
Ortolans as Food.
The ortolan, a bird smaller than our
quail, an inhabitant of southern Eu
rope in summer and of Africa in win
ter, is highly prized, especially among
French epicures, for the delicate flavor
of its flesh. The ortolan is netted
alive, kept in a dark place and fed on
millet oats and other seeds until It
becomes enormously fat when It is
killed for the table. This artificial fat
tening of the ortolan dates back to an
cient days of Rome. A Parisian paper
tells of a financier who invited four
friends to a dinner at his country
place and sent to Paris to a famous
restaurateur to provide a feast for six
persons. When the account was pre
sented It footed up 1,200 francs that
Is, $240. "Outrageous!" said the finan
cier. "Monsieur," said the restaura
teur, "you have had twenty ortolans at
25 francs each. That alone Is 500
francs." This would be much like
paying $5 each for well fattened Eng
lish sparrows.
The Gates of Paradise.
Once in a year and at one place in
the world there is a crush that sur
passes anything else of Its kind In the
world. It is the great fair of Bawa
Farid, which is annually held in the
town of Pak Pattan. in British India.
It is held in honor of the famous St
Farid nd Din. surnamed Shakar Ganj,
or sugar store, from the fact that his
body had become so pure by continual
fasting that whatever was put into his
mouth, even earth and stones, was In
stantly changed Into snsar. . The prin
2
waterproof handles
Onn. tAinMif mUbi I '
cipal ceremony consists of passing
through an opening made in a wall ad
joining the shrine measuring 5 by 2
feet and always fervently called "the
gates of paradise." Whoever between
noon and night Is able to pass through
this opening is assured of paradise,
and when there are 50,000 striving to
pass through at the same time the
crush is something terrific. Women
faint, bones are broken, and the heat
is stifling. .
No Team Work In France.
The French nation Is a mass of indi
vidual particles, scintillating, assertive
strangers to all the ethics of cohe
sion. They are incapable of team work,
writes Samuel P. Orth in the Atlantic.
You never read of French football or
baseball or organized sports. They are
a nation of individualists, brilliant in
dividualists. Their philosophy, poetry,
art music, science, literature, all bear
the imprint of a superindividuallsm
that has filled the world with its ra
diance. They defy every known-law
of human gravitation and fly off In a
million fragments, careless of results.
In truth, they never think of results.
They have the child's love for the do
ing and the child's scorn for the thing
done. They begin more procecsses, In
ventions, contrivances, experiments,
and end fewer than all the rest of Eu
rope put together. The French pro
pose; the Germans and the English dis
pose. Heavy and Light
"I see that a French scientist la
using electricity to' make .men fat"
said the Old Fogy.
"Huh," commented the Wise Guy, "1
thought electricity was used to make
things lighter." Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ashland will be more on the Oregon
map than ever after next year, even
if it is close to the edge of the state.
Christmas Suggestions for Her
Aa
Electee
All these and many other Electrical
Appliances ate on display at our Main St
Store Help lighten he work by giving
he one of the many labor saving electrical
devices that we carry
Portland Railway, Light & Power Company
THE ELECTRIC STORE
Beaver Building, Main Street
Tel. Home, A228 Pacific, Mam 115
99
3at is a good idea, for the city to
do more public improvement work in
the winter season, when many men
need employment
OPTIMISTIC TONE
HEARD IN MARKETS
Receipts for the week at Portland
stock yards have been: Cattle 165G,
calves 29, hogs 7402, sheep 3903.
An exceptionally good class of cat
tle were handled alj week, the feature
of the latter part of the week being a
very large number of grass cattle from
central Oregon. To steers went to 8
cents.
One of the largest days for receipts
was Monday, when nearly 4000 head
of hogs were unloaded. Notwith
standing, liquidation was prompt and
tops, 1400 of them, went at 8 cents,
which price remained standard for the
week. Outlook steady.
Sheep continue strong, both as to
numbers and price. Sales have been
brisk. Outlook continues firm. The
lamb market is very steady with an
extreme price at $6.25 for tops.
Livestock, Meats
BEEF (Live weight) steers 7c;
urnriSG
Christmas Wines and Liquors
AT HALF PRICE
All Wines .65c Per Gal.
All Mustangs $2.50 Per. Gal.
KENTUCKY LIQUOR CO.
Cor. 5th and- Main Streets
WARMER .
TOASTER
FLAT IRON
TABLE LAMP
PERCOLATER
CHAFING DISH
CURLING IRON
TABLE COOKER
KITCHEN
SET
(3 Pieces)
cows 6c; bulls 4 to 6c.
MUTTON Sheen 3 to 4c: lamha.
5 to 5c
POULTRY (buying) Hens 12c;
old roosters 9c; broilers 11c.
SAUSAGE 15c lb.
PORK 9c to 10 3-8c.
VEAL -Calves 12 to 13c dressed,
according to grade.
DUCKS (Live) 13c; geese, 12c;
APPLES 50c and $1.
DRIED FRUITS (Buying) Prunes
on basis 4 for 35 to 40c.
ONIONS $2.15 per sack.
POTATOES 60 and 75c.
BUTTER (Buying) Ordinary
country iutter 23c to 25c.
OATS (buying) $23.50 and $24.60
wheat 79c and 80c; oil meal selling
$38; Shady Brook feed $1.30.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 35c.
Prevailing Oregon City prices are
as follows:
HIDES buying Green salted, 10c.
CORN Whole corn $36; cracked
$37.
SHEEP PELTS 75c to $1.50 eaca.
FLOUR $4.30 to $5.
HAY (buying) Clover at $8 and
$9; timothy $13 and $14; oat hay best
$10 and $11; mixed $9 to $12; Idaho
and eastern Oregon timothy selling
4u; r aiiey umoiny is 10 fie.
, FEED (selling) Shorts $25.00;
bran $23.50; feed barley $30 to $31.