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10 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29. 1911 lo) lAl BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure Makes Home Baking Easy SAVES FLOUR BUTTER EGGS And makes the cake lighter, finer flavored, more sightly, and insures Its freedom from alum. Royal Coot Book 800 Receipts Free. Send Name and Addreu. ROVAl BAKINO POWDER CO., NEW YOWK. GOV. FOLK WILL LECTUREAPRIL 15TH liov. Folk. wIki will appear licre April l.'itli. Is lieiim eimi'Hy sought li.v various towns in t lit count rv to lecture, a tul Hu'hI Kivt-r slmiiM coli ciiler itself verv fortunate to grt him. t - v i - i - . ' 1 ;OV JOshl'll I o). K In neaklti of'; v -IkV 1-lt to l'lttsl.urtf. I'll., The Sun of that ittv says: "Nothing was said ly former Gov ernor Folk, of Missouri, here hint Inlhton the lecture platform, or in the interview with him which The Suu printed yesterday, which could not a well have been Haiti by many another man. What jrave Folk's words their weight wan the achieve ment of the man bt-hiuil them. While many men have Ixt-n hearers ami savers of the word of civic righteousness, here has been a doer I of them. Here Is a man; there are mere sounding brasses a nil tinkling cymbals. "Most people assent that it pays' to be Rood, holiest, tleceut ami up-1 riht. So sure are they of the re-! turu that they are willing to defer milking the Investment until the very last moment. j "They also assent to the fallacy j that a rigidly honest. Impartial, j open, economical administration of public affairs will hurt business. This inconsistency paralyzes reform, 1 is the stronghold of human organ-1 Iztd selrishucss, anil the sure defense, of uraft and corruption. "Want and misery, due to lmper-! fectly discharged functions of gov-! eminent, discomfort, disease and death from wholly preventable causes, are the penalties we ail pay for tolerating expediency as a substi tute fur conscience as we tlo In the j ordering of our affairs. It seems to I require many Folks to call us to re- ; petitarce and, more Important than ' this veil, to m w ways of living." 0-W, R, & N, OPENS TWO TRACK SYSTEM The first train was run over the. double tracks of the O-W. It. & X. lie tween The Pallet and the lVschute river Wednesday. Knglncer Hen Wilkes, on engine number 1!n, and Conductor "Mou " Patrick II. Ma huffey hail the honor of hauling the train, which whs the t'hlcago-l'ort-land Limited. The new track glvta added faclll ties, for the handling of t rattle, put ting Into service a passing track 15 miles hi length, which w ill save con siderable time and trouble In handling trains. Although the running time of the passengers will lie no faster. better time can be made. Active operations are now on In the preparations to continue the double track east of the Peschutes river bridge to lilalock, 4." miles from The Iiallcs. Twohy Brothers, who have the contract for the construc tion work, have established camps at inllepost 114, 11.1 and lis. At these points spurs have lieen cut Into the main line for the use of work trains. Twelve carloads of supplies. Including dump cars and pony en gines, have been unloaded at these camps, trews, numbering ,00 men, are now on thegrouud and this nniii- ber will be Increased to 3(MH) before mauy weeks have passed. The double-tracking will eliminate, to a great degree, the heavy curva tures, and to accomplish this a great deal of heavy cut work In solid rock will le necessitated. Xlnety-pound steel Is being used for the double tracks, all of which will be protected by a double block sy stem that prac tically eliminates all possibility of accidents. New Spring Dress Goods 77T6 have juot received a lot of Dreoo Goods in tbc lateot novettico, otripeo, cbecho and mixed goodo, all of wbicb arc otrictly all wool, from 36 to 52 inebco wide, at 50c to $1.25 are exceptionally good valuco. Call in and look tbcm over. Cde are oure you will like them rf tr Oil r and be surprised at the values offered v) r DALLES-MOSIER ROAD TO BE OPENED SOON According to The Dalles Chronicle, the road from there to Mosler, along the Columbia river, Is fast nearing completion ami Is already attracting automobilsts. A Dalles man who took a ride over It In his machine Sunday says: "We made the trip by automobile over the new road, w hich Is ct 111 pletetl to a point about a mile east of Mosler. We were the first to pass over It In an auto. "The road leads from the end of the old (). K. .fc X. railroad grade anil zlg zags around the hillside until you reach the top of the mountain. From that place the view Is a glori ous one. Mount Hood. Mount Ad ams, the Columbia, I.yle and the sur roundiug couutry are all before your gaze ami It Is certainly worth going a long way to see. "This new road Is certainly an ac quisition for local aiitolsts." It will tie finished Into Mosler ill two or three weeks. I understand that a prominent local farmer Is planning to put up a summer rrsort at the top of the mountain." 50 Pieces NEW GINGHAMS 20 Pieces NEW PERCALES Lot of NEW EMBROIDERIES that are exceptionally pretty patterns NEW CURTAIN GOODS in plain and patterns. Of Ettines, Swiss, Deneens and Cretons NEW THINGS IN SHOES BLACK BUTTON SUEDE ..Ladies' TAN BUTTON CALF Ladies' SILK BUTTON VELOUR ..Men's TAN WELTS.... Men's BUTTON AND LACE WELTS.. Boys' SPECIAL BARGAINS 100 Pairs Ladies', Misses, Boys' and Children's Shoes, worth up to $2.50 Your choice SliDO SEE WINDOW Nice Lot of LADIES' NECKWEAR SHIRT WAISTS and HOSIERY TABLE DAMASK LINONS and NAPKINS TOWELS and CRASH CORSETS Try the American Beauty and you will get satisfactory wear and comfort. Price $1.25 to $2.50 BRAGG MERCANTILE COMPANY CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT OF BRAGG MERCANTILE CO. A change in tint management of the 15ragg Mercantile Company oc curred last week by which It. 15. Bragg, ulthnugh retaining his (Mer est In the business, will spend most of his time on his fruit farm In the' valley. The various departments In the store will Ik placed under sep arate managers. A. .). (iraliam will have charge of the grocery eutl of the business, C. O. Hewlett w ill have the dry goods anil i. A. Moultou w ill conduct the shoe department. Messrs. Hewlett nnd Moultou have just come here from Heppner, where they have been en gaged in the mercantile business, and are accompanied by their families. Teachers' Meeting April 8th A lecal teachers' meeting will tie held Saturday April Mh at the high school to which all teachers are In vited. An Interesting program will be prepared. The meeting will b in charge of County School Superinten dent C. I). Thompson. State Super intendent I. It. Alderman will lie present and make an address. It Is announced that more minute details of the program w 111 be given later. FIRST TRAIN RUN ON PORTAGE ROAD The first train made the trip over the new portage row) from The Dulles. Wednesday, live carloads of I freight being carried on its initial journey up t he river, part going to the government canal ami the re mainder to up-river points on the line of the Open Klver Transportation Company. ; The delay in completing the work on the portage load has been due to I crossing theO.-W. It. & X. tracks. I It I estimated that the number of 'men employed, this summer, on the ' Celilo canal w III reach ."HM. and It is expected that the new road will mean much to The Dalles, as, with regular passenger schedule, It will carry the workmen to and from that city. There has been no regular schedule nrranged as yet, but one will lie com pleted by April 1. The portage has, as rolling stock, two engines, three passenger coaches and Is box cars. Automobile Insurance written by Hood Klvcr Abstract Co. Sdc arc now tafung orders for Strawberry Crates Having only a limited supply, would advise ordering at once. StanCey-Sttiitfi Hum&ev Co. )(cc River, Creqcn Pren 134 Insure your automobile against Sec new up to tlate ownership map accident. See Hood Klver Abstract of Hood Klvcr vallev for sal'.' bv Co. Hood Klver Abstract Co." lotiies Benjamin Clothe; Another lot iust received. The.win dow is the Ixst story we know of J. G. VOGT Nine Thousand Feet of Garden Hose was our sales last season; not one foot carried over. Every length of hose you buy of us is new. Our prices are rock bottom. 50-foot lengths, coupled up and ready for use. COTTON RUBBER $4.50 $6.00 $3.75 $5.75 $5.50 $6.50 $4.50 $7.25 Garden Hoes 25c to 65c Garden Rakes 35c to 75c Garden Trowels 5c to 50c Garden Sets, 3 Piece 15c to 40c Shovels 60c to $1.40 1 ij J !l n ? r A jlf sharpening mower. A Ball Seas-Ins L.A WW WO WTP Th famoo.V'GREAT AMERICAN" BD Bearing mower has ball bearings adjusted with ALL of the absoluts accuracy of the finest bicycle ever made. In fact, the balls are MORE expensive than those used In bicycles - dust proof cups, too. Remarkable adjustment and number of SPECIAL FEATURES. . COMC IN AND LCT.US SHOW THEM TO YOU., y .' A .3 " -- x We Cleaned Up on Lawn Mowers last season Quality and price told the storv. New stock; nil sip and prices. $3.75 $10.25 3.95 11.50 4.15 12.75 5.25 11.00 G.25 15.00 E. 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