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4 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1910 The man who leaves his country, even for a few months, having made no provision for his family I s CRIMINAL III A Nai The man who leaves THIS WORLD NEVER TO RETURN having made no provision for his loved ones is o INSURE INOW WITH P TIT O A insurance ml u. a. a FOUNDED 1 868 For rates or information apply to Geo. D. Culbertson & Co., Hood River J. n. Schmeltzer, Hood River A. B. COflBS, Manager for Oregon, 41 7 Marquam Building, Portland DM Life II REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS FOR WEEK JUST ENDING Furnished Ly the Hood River Ab Htract Company. Susannah Mayes to Walter E Dab ney, west half of lot 4 and lot 9 block 2 Idlewllde $000 Jennie D Stow to G F Hutchinson 10 acres southwest of Belmont church E B Clark to Mellsa Coons lot 7 block 2 Clark's uddltlon E B Clark to Letha Coons, lot 8 block 2 Clark's addition A W Rabies to Marlon MatHae 17 acres west of Tucker bridge $1000 M Sue Armstrong to Melville Foley and Robert Vaughan.lot 11 of Adams Paradise acreage 14.74 acres f 10,000 Herbert K Entrlcan to Fannie L Coe, lot IS and south half of 1" block A Barrett Slpina addition Thomas H Larwood to J B Dog get and C J Pope r0 acres nt Mount Hood $20,000 Joseph E Hall to Milton Graven about 40 acres I'pper Valley, east of river The College of Philomath to H L Barkley north 50 feet square of lots 7 & 8 block 5 Wlnnan's addition $100 Ada M Schmeltzer to Albert S Hall lota 1 and 2 block 30 Hood River proper $.". Henry H Tornllnson to J Royal Lemon about 40 acres Mount Hood east of railroad J E Hall, Jr. to A W Moller loo acres Upper Valley Martin H Maher to E O Blanchar trustee for Frank J Bauham, minor, 10 acres northwest of Christian church, $11, 000 Geo T Prather to A J Derby ?, acres west of Tucker bridge A J Derby to Geo T Pratber west half of north 123 feet of lot 1 block 1 south Waucoma. Shall Coated Treee. Whole forests limy be seen coated with shelly substances In New Hol land. These Itjcruxtatloos are sup posed to arise from decomposition! of sbellflsb, wblch. transported by tbe winds, are deposited In tbe form of dust od trees aod plants. Teething children have more or less diarrhoea, which can 1m; con trolled by giving ( hamlx rlaln's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that Is tiecesaury Is to give the pre scribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to ih-unn the system. It Is safe and sure. Sold by all dealers. PRINCETON'S BENEFACTOR. Career of I. C. Wyman, Who Willed Millions to Its Graduate School. Isaac C. Wyman of Salem. Mass., who died there recently at tbe age of eighty-two. bequeathed the hulk of bis estate, wblcb Is estimated at between $2,000,000 and $10,000,000. to the grad uate school of Princeton university as a memorial of Mr. Wy man's "lasting affection," as tbe will phrases it, for his alma mater. Mr. Wyman was born in Marble bead, Mass.. on Jan. 31, 1828. He was left an orphan at tbe age of seven years with a fortune of $80,000, In which bis only brother. William, did not share. While a student at Prince ton be borrowed money from bis guardian and put through a success ful speculative deal. After being grad uated from Princeton In 1848 be went to Harvard Law school, from which he was graduated in 1800. For eleven years he practiced law and then gave It up to enter tbe real estate business exclusively. He operated on a large scale and purchased many thousand acres of wooded western lands both In tbe United States and Canada. He never married. Collecting antiques was his sole diver sion, although be said he occasionally dissipated to the extent of reading a novel. He found money so easy to get that be frequently said that there must be something tbe matter with the poor. Living on tbe southern border of Marblebead, Mr. Wyman used to lay that he could walk to tbe northern border of tbe town without leaving bis own land. lie owned nearly two thirds of tbe entire place. It is said that be owned property In every state In tbe Union. Once be added to a friend's statement to that effect: "Yes, and I pay taxes to Spain and England as well." Within ten years Mr. Wyman bought tax title to more than 20,000 acres of land In Maine. His favorite procedure In tbe west was to buy wooded land, sell the timber, usually for more tban tbe price of tbe land, and keep tbe land. He frequently spoke of a coal mine, a silver mine and a railroad of which he was owner. He continued bis studies throughout life and was a Latin and Greek schol ar as well as being versed In econom ics. He possessed a remarkable mem ory and could quote offband the corpo ration or laud laws of every state. of tbe Playground Association of America. Nearly 3.000 Invitations have been sect out, and more tban 1,000 delegates, representing every state la the Union, will be present At the headquarters of the Play ground association In New Fork It was said tbe other day: "Every aspect of tbe play question Is to be discussed at tbe congress, not merely tbe matter of school play grounds. The recreation of the Amer ican people In general will be consid ered from every viewpoint The mov lng picture problem will have an Im portant place In tbe session, and John Collier of tbe People's institute and head of the moving picture board of censors In New York city will address tbe congress. Likewise Mrs. Charles II, Israels, chairman of the committee on amusements and vacation resources of working girls, will discuss the pub lic dance ball. Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes will talk on 'The Possibility of Relieving the Monotony of Factory Work. Ernest Thompson Seton, the author, will give us an address on 'The Message of the Indian and tbe Outdoor Life,' and Charles F. Camp bell, one of tbe greatest authorities on tbe education of tbe blind in America, will show motion pictures of blind children actually playing football. A special session will he given to tbe subject of story telling to children." Plenty of pleasant social diversion will Le provided for the delegates. On June 11, the last day of tbe con vention, tbe delegates themselves are to "play" together go boating, swim ming, tramping or whatever tbey wish. In the afternoon 10,000 children take part in a play festival to be held In tbe Genesee Valley park, and in tbe evening there will be a water carnival, with fireworks and other Illuminations. BIG PLAY CONGRESS. Plans For Playground Association's Convention In Rochester, N. Y. What Is expected to le the biggest play con gnus ever held In the world will be lu session at Rochester, N. Y.. from June 7 to 11 under the auspices Device to Displace Rubber Tiret. George Westinghouso of Pittsburg has Invented a device called the air spring to supersede tbe pneumatic tire. The air spring Is a series of plungers working on air cushions placed under the corners of the frame of a vehicle. Each spring for an automobile is a cylinder about three Inches In diame ter and ten Inches long. It Is said by Mr. Westingbouse that an automobile fitted with solid steel tires and with tbe air springs rides more easily than does the rublcr tired automobile of to day. New Tree Peet. In a lecture delivered at tbe Basse? Institute, In Boston, tbe other day Pro fessor C. T. limes of Harvard an nounced the discovery of tbe "shot gun beetle." "The beetle has already destroyed many trees," said tbe professor, "and might be called tbe shotgun beetle from the round holes which the larvae pierce In the bark of elms after dig ging a perfect mass of tunnels under (he bark, often completely girdling the trees." ML Make the Home Bright Worn, shabby floors, marred, scratched woodwork, dingy, scuffed furniture can all be refmished and made to look like new. You can do it yourself at a trilling cost. ACME QUALITY AwMJn f D .(); U 1 - ' 1 - - - VARNO-LAC stains and varnishes at one operation, impart ing to all kinds of surfaces the elegant effect and durable, lustrous surface of beautifully finished oak, mahogany, walnut, or other expensive woods. If It's a surface to be painted, enameled, stained, varnished, or finished in any way there's an Acme Quality Kind to fit the purpose. Franz Hardware Co. Phone 14 Hood River, Oregon A