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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1911 3 No one thing will give so much pleasure, to so many people, for so long a time, at so little cost, as a Columbia Graphophone And if you will come in and see this "UKT" outfit you'll believe it. A new aluminum tone-arm cylin der machine with flower horn and 6 records, cost ing $37.10. Plays both 2-minute and 4-minute rec ords. Other outfits from $20 up and you can buy them all on easy terms. R. M. DUNHAM Hood River, Ore. SMOKING MEAT THE NEW WAY. Ton don't need a smoke bouse. Apply WRIGHT'S HMOKE a liquid (fir ing two coats, which will Impart the rich aroma and delicata flavor of hickory smoke to the meat, keeping it sound, rweet and insect free indeflnitelj. Bold for 14 years all oyer U. 8. and Can ada. Get the genuine. Fully Guaran teed. Bold only in square quart bottles with metal cap. Ask your druggist for " Wright s Bmoke". Made only by L H. WRIGHT CO., cay. Ma. Sold and Guaranteed by KEIR & CASS 20 Acres OF Fine Red Shot Soil Hood River Apple Land in the Famous Oak Grove District Ten mil( out in the nouthwent part of the Hood Kiver Vtllcy. Hood Kiv-r, Oregon. The tract is partly improved with 5 acres in young com mercial orchard, has fairly good house, barns, etc., and a fine spring well which is capable of Ikm' rip developed sufficiently to irrigate 40 or more acres. This tract is in the best apple section in the valley composed of all red shot soil. The surrounding country is being rapidly de veloped and growing into big money. I RANK 11. K)RSIU:R(i, Owner Hood River, Oregon Simplicity and Durability Is the basis which the WHIM: Sl-W-IMi MACHINf: Inbuilt on. We are unprejudiced In our claim that the W HITI: is the best sewing machine in the WORLD. W e are only too glad to show you that the range of work Is unlimited We make the Vibrator and Rotary machines, the latter being equipped with the Lock and Chain stitch, making two machines in one and possesses other desirable features too numerous to mention. See STLWART HARDWARE A I URNITUVI: CO., local dealer, Hood RlverOre., before, you buy. WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO. Whiteheads tore Timothy Hay Alfalfa Hay Clover Hay Oat Straw Rolled Barley Oats Rolled Oats Middlings Wheat Whole Corn Cracked Corn Corn Meal Scratch Food Beef Scraps Oil Meal Proteni Charcoal Egg Food Grit Oyster Shells Ground Bone Chick Food Rock Salt Coarse Gr'nd Salt Leslie Brick Salt Lice Killer, ESTffi-M Wire Hen's Nests Drink'g Fountain Feed Trays and a lot of other things :at; Whitehead's FEED STORE Phone 54 RAILROAD FOLDER MAP EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY Tin O V. It. & N. Co. mill the Southern Pacific hiive recently Issued miilt-r the direction of Win. McMur ray, general passenger agent for these lines, the liest ami most com prehenslve map of the Oregon conn try ever gotten out. It contains about everything that could be placed on a map In the way of Infor inatlon, and every illstrlct and town in the entire state and part of Wash lngton U repreHetited. The map Ih Issued in the form of a folder, one Hide of which contain eighteen page of Interesting rending matter about the resources and advantaged of Or egoti. Thousands of these folder were distributed at the Chicago I .mid and Irrigation Show, and Its reception Ih Is-st told in the words of Mr. Mi-Murray, who says: "The publication mude Its first np pen ranee at the great Land and Irri gation Imposition recently held In Chicago, and the demand for It wax amazing. I speak of lliU fact not merrly to laud the folder, but to em phuslzo the almost Insatiate hunger everywhere for trustworthy Infor mation about Oregon, and t tie In creasing need for united effort on tlie part of Oregoninn to satisfy that hunger. 'The railroad companies respond hie for this publication iiave luaugu rated a campaign of world wide Hcope to place It In the hand ot every person who Is anxious to know about Oregon, and I feel confl dent that you eau lie relied upon for effective nupport through your col- STOVES TO PROTECT KANSAS ORCHARDS The Kansas foundries and iron workH are working overtime build lug cheap stoves to be used next spring lu the orchard of the Mate. On account of the Idlosyncracle of the Kansas weather, there Ik nothing at all certain about the fruit crop unless the tree lire protected from late and damaging front Many furinerH have thousands of dollars Invested In orchard, and they are making addltlonul invcHtmeutH In stoves or smudge pots to protect their trees. Samuel Young, who own an or chard of sixty acre outh of Atchi son. I the fl rut man to try the Htove. lie has used the Hiuudge pot for year and found them fairly successful, but lat year he made Moine experiment with Htove In a part of hi orchard and these gave him much ls-fter satisfaction than the smudge. In the pots oil or wood Maturated to make a heavy smoke are used. Mr. Young ha ordered ,100 small sheet Iron stoves made. They will cost 40 cent each, ami will be placed at regular Interval through the or chard. It I to prothct the tree from the sudden changes In the weather that the smudge pots or stoves are being used. The smudge pots give no heat, but a thick pall of smoke covers the tries and keeps the frost from Injur ing the. bud. The stoves not only supply this smoke, but there is sulli clent heat to prevent the frost form ing. BABY BOYS IN LESS DEMAND THAN GIRLS rl babies are worth more than boy liable, according to a statement by K. Y. Maloney, superintendent of the Kansas City "otllee of the Chil dren's lloine-I-'lnding society. The society, say Mr. Maloney, had on hand J:t boys and six girls waiting to lie adopted. "Of every ten applica tions we have for children eight are for girl," Mr. Maloney said. "Many women Is'lleve It easier to train a girl than a boy." The society sends out babies on !H) days' approval. More boys are returned than girls. OREGON HAS ONLY TEN PERSONS TO SQUARE MILE Oregon and Idaho linve fewer than ten persons to the square mile, ac cording to the Census Bureau. Idaho Increased from 1. fltoH.il, Washing ton exceeds her neighbor Oregon wit li seven M'i-sons to t he sipiare mile, by more than ID, having advanced from " S to 17.1 during the past tell years. Rhode Island has "sTt 5 persons to the square mile. Take Mini; at Western Apples dispatch from the Produce News at .Newcastle, Ph., says that fruit grower In that section feel that It Is not necessary to go to the Pacific coast to raise fruit. They use as mi Illustration n farmer named .1. Itruce Johnson, a short distance from that place, whose crop amounted to S.OlH) bushel and was sold for fvOOO. Another farmer living near him had ,".MKI bushels, which sold for $;.imhi. This makes $11. (MX) for the two apple crops. Copy for advertisements MUST be In the office by Monday NOON. The Rivals By ESTHER VANDEVEER Copyright, 1910, by American Press Association. Julia Andrews and Torn Hutching were bosoni friends tilt they both fu ti tled the same girl. Before either of them had met Lucy Houghton they were inseparable. Usually the trouble with girls iu such cases Is that they won't, show a preference. Lucy show ed a preference for both the friends. One day she would be very sweet to Andrews, the next to Hutching. There la nothing like uucertulnty to sharpen love, and nothing will break up a friendship either between two men or two women tbun a rivalry for the af fections of the same person. So John and Tom first begun to show a cool ness, then to scowl ot ench other when they met, and finally they were reiidy to take each other's heart's blood. One evening John went to see Lucy anil remained with her till 11 o'clock When be went away, though he hail not proposed to her, he considered the matter settled between them. He was unable to support a wife, and this was the reason why he had suld nothing about marriage. He intended to see her again soon, confess that he loved ber and ask her if she would wait till he could better his affairs. The very next afternoon he received a shock, walking along a roua, loin and Lucy passed him In a buggy. Tom cowled at him, but Lucy smiled very weetly. What did It mean? Was the girl deceiving him? He brooded over the matter, and instead of going to her for lnfonnnttnn he endeavored to get it from Tom. The next day, meet ing Tom, he said: "Have a pleasant ride yesterday?" "Yes: very." "Anything between you and Lucy?" "What's that to you 7" "A good deal. I'm about to come to n understanding with her." I don't know but I'll come to an un derstanding with her myself. Jack," said Tom, suddenly changing bis tone, let's go Into the wood there where no one will see us and have it out. If you make me try 'nun" I'll leave the field to you. If you make me cry 'nuff' I take a back seat and let you do the driving." "Agreed!' The two young men penetrated a wood nearby, Tom leading the way, till they reac hed an open space, where he stopped, and they took off their coats and squared up against each other. John drew first blood from his chum's nose, ami - Tom drew second blood from his chum's lip. Then they both clinched, and Tom very nearly gouged out John's eye, John at the same time biting off a piece of Tom's ear. They fell, John on top. "Got enough?" he asked. "No." Five minutes later Tom got John off and under. "Got enough?" he asked. "No." They couldn't very well kill each other without any weapons except their fists, but they tired each other out. John succeeded In throwing on Tom, but lie hadn't the strength to fol low up the advantage. Tom lay still be could neither renew the combat nor rise. Ten minutes later Tom sat up. "John," he snid, "I got an idea." John gave n responsive grunt. "I'm thinking the girl had better de cide between us." "And I'm thinking you'd better have thought of that before Instead of pro posing to come here and have it out." "Let's get up and go home. 'T'm willing." They got up and dragged themselves away. They were aooui to cnmD a fence to cross a field when they saw the object of their quarrel In the cen ter of the inclosure. A bull was be hind her, and she had evidently ar rested his attention. Presently he be gan to trot toward her. "You've ssld you're about to fix It up with her," suld John. "You bet ter run for her before the bull gores her." I thought you were counting on her. I wouldn't stand In your way for the world." Meanwhile the bull was galloping be hind the unconscious girl. Death did not stare her In the face, but in the back. Without Interference the bull would surely kill her. Suddenly a man with a pitchfork Jumped over the fence on the opposite side of the field, ran for the bull and turned him against himself. With a few Jnbs the man put the bull to flight. Lucy had turned, and when the bull left she foil Into the man's arms. Here wns a common enemy to unite the rivals. With one accord they got over the fence and hobbled toward Lucy. They were so Intent upon see ing her in another's arms they for got that they were covered with dirt and blood. IMsabled as they were, It required some time for them to reach their objective point, and when they did Lucy had disengaged herself and when she saw them had so far recov ered from her fright as to burst out laughing. "Howde, boys?" said the man who bad saved her life. "Been fighting?" "Yes:" John admitted sullenly. "Reckon It's been about Lucy. Pre heard almut yon two. Rut you needn't trouble yourselves; she's mine." The rivals looked at Lucy. "Rorry I hadn't told you before," be said. "It would have saved yoor clothe." . , . SAYS JANUARY WILL BE COLDAND FAIR The storm and weather forecast of the Rev. Irl It. Hick, the noted prog nostlcator, for January, 1111. is as follows: A regular storm is-rlod Is Indicated for the second to the seventh. Jan uary will open cold aud fair In west ern and central states, with low barometer and winter storm disap pearing In eastern extremes. IJy the fourth higher temperature, falling barometer and gathering storms will appear to the westward. Puring the fourth to the seventh, rain and snow will vllt most parts of "the country, passing from west to east. Klectrlcai manifestations to the southward will culminate ou and touching the seventh after which, high barometer, at tended IV fair and much colder weather, will prevail generally for three or four days. The first three or four day of Janu ary are embraced In a seismic period, which I central iin DecT-nilier .'ilTi'JlO. A reactionary storm period, will bring change to warmer weather, at tended by falling barometer, cloudi ness, rain and snow, pacing east ward during the tenth, eleventh and twelfth. Kach section western, cen tral and eastern will get these changes first In the order named, and lu the same order, behind the storms, each section will get change to rising barometer and cold, fair weather. Fix this -riodlc order of thing In your mind, arrange your business accordingly and you will is- the winner. BANK OFFERS S200 BUT CLUB DEMURS It was given out all over Oregon, says the Ashland Record, that the Medford Commercial Club had re fused to accept a Jf'uO subscription for the annual publicity fund from the Jackson County bank, of that city. This created ns much of a sen nation as the "tainted money" ob jections hurled at Carnegie. Kocke feller, et al, a few years ago. The following items from the local news paper at Med.'ord. throw some light on the subject : "President U . I. Vnwter. of the Jackson County bank stated that the directors of t lit bank hud appro priated $L'(M as t he bank's share of the publicity fund of the Commercial club, in accordance with an ngrei - meiit of the banks to give that much each. The other Imuks had uot lived up to t lie agreement, but had In- reased their donations to $loo from the First National and $:t(HJ from the Medford National, but the Jackson County bank felt bound by the orig inal agreement and felt ngrleved that the club had refused by resolution to accept It and that Hiich action had been published. President vawter stated that Ids bank had given :kKI a year when other banks had given $l(Ml, hail always lieen a large giver and had the welfare of the club at heart, but stood pat on the original offer of .'im, which the club finally voted to accept." NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL St. Louis Attorney Appointed to "Man Killing" Job. Frederick V. i.eliinann. for many years one of the lending attorneys of St. Louis, has been appointed soli -Itor etieral of the United States to till the vucancy caused by the death of LloyJ V. Rowers, and he will In future ap pear before the supreme court as a representative of the department of J'hoio by J. C. Slrsiiss, St. Louis PKKtlKltn K W. LtHMtNH, justice lii most of the eases lu which the government N Interested The po sition Is known as "u uiuu klllluK" Job, but Mr. I.ehm.-inn has a great ca nclty for hard work and Is expected to bear the strain. Mr. Lchiiinun was horn In Prussia eb. 2. IN.""!, but came to the I'ntted States while a child and was educated In the public school In Ohio, Indiana aud Iowa. After hclns admitted to the Imr he practiced law In Nebraska and Iowa until IS'.ni, when lie moved to St. Louis, where he has since lived 'v'lSftS. - A COMPLETE LINE OF .Honest (Goods At Honest Prices Can always be found at the up to date store of R. J. 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