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8 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1911 EXPERT TELLS HOW TO TELLHORSE'S AGE There hiv Tour wn.vt to tell the age of a liitrw, mvordlng to l'rof. K. I rotter, of the Oregon Agricultural 'oilege: l.v hi teeth, l.v hU rib, by t he (Ii-hIi ou IiIm tnll. and hv thei-kln mi IiIh chifkH. In H young home the i-hevk skin la olt ami elantlc, anl Mew hack quick ly w hen rained; in an ohl one It In life l M and goe hack hut nlowly. old linrwn apparently have a wider and more dUtlnet npn.ee le tween their rilm than ymuis one. A inl with iige the flenh on the tall of a home nhrlukii, making the joints in . ire dixtinct than they are on a young home. Induing hy the chnngt-H hi the teeth In a more accurate met hoi. The coming of the temporary teeth tirt and then the ermaiient unen; the ilevelopuient to maturity, the change In the nhape on account of wear; the coming of the cup In the teeth, and their wearing away after ward; and the change In the angle of meeting of the teeth from straight together at five year to a nharp angle at twenty; all of these are nlgii hy which the experienced horse man can read accurately the age of a horne. m "It mut lie rememlHTt'd that the permanent teeth, above and lielow. come in at the same time," nays l'rof. rotter, "hut that the cup ahove do uot twear away until all the clips In-low are gone. It munt alo 1kj reuiemliered that the change hegln at the center and continue at the rate of one pair a year; that a hore at maturity, which 1 at live year, ha every thing that i. all hi permanent teeth and all the cup. If one rememher thl much, he ha the whole tWng In a nut shell," WHITE SaTmON (From the Enterprise) Chris" Hrunner, a young man w ho recently came to White Salmon and went to work fur Wade I win. Is down with typhoid fever at the Gill sanitarium, recently opened hy Mis (illl, a trulnvd nurse from Hood Itiver. J. II. Hanson, of (ilenwood, was In town Saturday. Mr. Hanson I In the employ of the Klickitat Devel opment Co., operating north of (Jlenwood. He says they are going to provide an abundance of water for Irrigating purpose on the upper end of Camas prairie. Over fifty lahorers have found em ployment In White Salmon the past week, most of them on 'the lauds lielng develojied for orchard pur poses. Two or three came from Oklahoma, saying they had W hite Salmon In mind when thev left, a they had read newspaper accounts of thi section. A representative of the Knight of I'ythla lodge was In White Salmon Saturday nlgkt conferring with a few of the citizens of this place who Hre Knlgnt. The result is that a lodge will lie started in White Salm on. Over twenty-two have signed the petition for organization, urn April 1S ha heeu set as I he date for starting the new lodge. Julia Mary, hunt of Timothy Ueorge, died at Hood liiver recently and was brought over here for bur ial in the Indian gr.imid north of town. The old Indian woman ded of consumption. She left a "will," and among those reuiemliered by her was Juke Hunt, Jr.. to w hom she left $10, a Winchester rille and a pony, as pay for doctoring her. F. A. Ie.-in, the ferry man, will soon have a new- boat on the river. It is to have a passenger capacity of im and an engine of 1h.) hore power. It will lie modern In every feature. Other Improvements that need to be made are guide boards Indicating the ferry l indlngs, both on this and the Mo id l:ier side. And, by the way. there Is not a sign at the birmJ dis k to Indicate that it Is the White Salmon dock. Some of the young eople came fiver from Hood Klverbist Saturday night and put on a play entitled "Hicks at College." Thl farce was written by students of the Mlnne. not I'nlverslty and abounds In nlti. Htlon and witticisms of st ial In terest to the collegian. The young is'ople from our neighboring town pulled off the play In good shiis-, Itoger Moe, In the lending part, do Ing unusually wen" fur an amateur. The musical wlections were highly pleasing. Ir. fioliler, of The Halle, sal that the I'aclllc l ower A Light Co. ha plnivd f.'sHl In the bank a part pay ment for hi ten acres mi the W hite Salmon just hack of the Mi Kurcher place. (ioliler bought thl place last slimmer for and sold It for f.l.CKNl. The company I also negoti ating for S. M. Hair U acre. One of the rancher expressly stipulate w lieu he turned over hi dam site to tlieiu thai uulew the company used the site for an electric road wltUIn a certain lime Hie property would re tert to liliu. and this proposition the company promptly accepted. MOSIUK Horn, March .!(', to Mr. and Mr, liny Patterson, a daughter. W. K. Choun was a hiieiuc visi tor to the Hose City during the week. 1M Heeves and sister, Mary, left Friday nfternoou for 1'ortland, to spend ft few day. Hoy I. Thoma came up from 1'ortland Sunday and I working on the road In district No. it. Mr. Koy Thoma arrived Sunday on the delated train, from 1'ortland, and Is a guest at the home of Fruest F.vau. ( has, Itfiiuctt sold his team of horse to I. 1'. Harvey, and Charle went to 1'ortland and purchased a fine team of mule. Ir. F.sheleninn, of 1'ortland, came up Friday aud went out to look over some Improvement he i having made at his ranch south of town. Mr. J. X. Mosler went to The Halle Frfday and spent the time be tween train with her. daughter, Alice, who I at St. Mary's Academy. Mis IniKi Phillips left for 1'ortland Saturday morning to Ik- present at the weeding of her sister, Annie, to Mr. Cha. lUirk, which took place Sunday. April '2. At a meeting of the Fruit lirowers" Association held Saturday, the fol lowing directors were elected; A. 1'. Hateham, Amos Knot. Kd Howe, C. A. McCarger and Fred Kvans. (J. K. Wood is making prepara tion to erect another d welling house on hi lot, liesldes the one he Is living Id. Material I on the ground for the foundation, (iuy W'ilrfon has the contract for the building. The timber for the new bridge is oil the ground and S; I). Fisher is hard at work getting it ready to put In place. A soon a the bridge is finished, several miles of the new road will he open for travel. Bids Invited Sealed bids will be received until noon April 5, It'll, at my otlice at Hood Iliver, Ore., for the construc tion of three (ill miles or more of Macadam liond in Hood Itiver coun ty. Specification can be seen and particular learned after Monday, March 20 lull, at my otlice. Right reserved to rejeefnny aud all bids. ( i KOKl, K I). Cfl.HKHTSOX, tf County J Udge. BROUGHT FIFTEEN PEOPLETO DALLES "With the otliclal endorsement of the Medford commercial club and the local realty association Kd M. An drew, a local real estate man, left tonight for Portland, where he will open otlices and endeavor to interest more of the arriving colonist In the Kogue Itiver valley, "said a telegraph dispatch from Medford published In the Oregonian March L's, Working on this suggestfon a local business man decided that he would see Jut how many people he could "head off" and tiring to thl city, and he put In two days on the ferry, the North Hunk railroad and at the junction of the Ieschute aud Ore gon Trunk railroad and "headed" i l."i people Into The Halle who other wise would not have visited thl city at all. Thi business man has suggested that It would he well for the proper jieople to , organize a con vanning force, or at least to send one man out to put before the people who nre coming to Oregon every day, the merit of the country surrounding thlscitv. Familie are coming here :ind bin lug farms, hut this, the busi ness man claims, should not In Id lo cal people from going nut after more people. Ho fay the opportunity I here aud It U up to certain people to get out and hutle The Halle Chronicle. To Oct Their Day of Rest Letter carrier lu this city are to have their Sunday off, aud every reasonable person I glad of It. The entire force that ha been accus tomed to work Sunday, will uot lx relieved, les than a doen lielug re tained for Sunday collection from the street boxes and the like. Hut thl arrangement provides the op portunity for every man on the fore to get hi one day' ret out of seven. The public will find that It huslues will lie conducted quite as prolitahly and It comfort And .'onvenlence served quite a well a before. It I a concession to men who need It that I based ou good sense Portland Telegra in. College Infants Want Green Caps (ireeu cap for wear by the fresh men the ret of the college year thl is what the llrst year student have voted for themselves ut (. A. C, and are only waiting the sanction of the upper cbissiuen to don the verdant badge. Inmost institutions the up per classes have to force the cap on the youngsters; at O. A. C. it seems, they take care of themselves. Horse for sale. Phone Odell 74 or write Box 4-1 Parkdale, ( ire. THE Middle Valley Mill Is now open and ready to furnish Lumber and Building Mateaial Located 3 1-2 Miles South of Odell ' MT. HOOD MILLING CO. Phone 641 I THE 5; 10, 15 Cent STORE Hcilbronner Bid's Saturday Special We will offer a choice assortment of eaufiful Venetian to ON Fire Boys Notice Hrgular meeting followed by Dutch lunch Monday, April Id, at lb h inter Club. He there with the "g Is" or stand a tine. Secy. Real Estate And Insurance GEO, W. DIMICK & GO. Next to Mt. 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