THE HOOD RIVERrNEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1911
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SCOTTISH RITE
REUNION ENDS
With il Imniiuet lit the KeottlHh
Kite Cuthi'drul at I'tii-tUml Tliurtt-
(Iny iilKl't, following tie prfHciitii
tloii of the li'M (it-give on a cIhhm of 40
iiii'IiiIktn, th wmi imiiuimI reunion of
the Scottlnh Hilt" Mhmoik of the Mtate
ended. The ceremony f conferring
the final decree on the cIiihh iiiem-
Ihth wan I'ondiicted by l S. Mal
colm, otllrlal head of Scot tlnli Kite
MitHonry In thin titate, and wan wlt
ncHHed by over .rH) inemlierH of the
Ni-ottlnli r.lte hodleH In Oregon.
Many of the inemlierH of the cIiihh
applied for admittance to the Shrine
and were Initiated along with a
large iiuinlier of otherH at the meet
lng of the Shrine Saturday night.
Klgtit candidates went down from
Hood Klver.
One of the IntcrcHting ami IiiHtruc
tlve featureH of the SeottlMh Kite re
union thlx year wiih the nddrcHH'on
"The 1 1 lliT I'lillonophy of the Scot
tish Kite DegreeH," delivered by I'..
J. .loneH, honorary member of thlM
year'n cIiihh. at a convention of the
NcoUIhIi Kite hodleH. In part, Mr.
loneH Hald:
"Man a free agent only ho far ax
he may he permitted to take advan
tage of the pportnn!ticrt offered him
In the environment of htx own life.
Keyond thin he Im the prey of IiIh
emotions and the plaything of what
ever temperament nature may have
endowed him with. TIicmc forccn of
IiIh life may carry him to the height)
of accoiiipllHhment and power or
they may Head him Into the lowcnt
deptliM of mental nnguiHli and de
fpalr. The normal man emergen
from any condition of life In which he
may llnd lilmnelf, with renewed hope
for ln-lter tlilngn anil higher accom
pllHhmeiitH. "Whether tried openly before a
court of JiiHtlce or Judged nilently liy
the act of IiIh own lite, every man
licforu the time of Iiln final dlHHolu
tlon Ik called upon to pay the heavy
price of IiIh follli'H, IiIh Ignorance or
IiIh w HltillncHH. Society protectH lt
Nclflua lueaHiire ngnliiHt the unclean
and unworthy member by Hoclal oh
tnirlwni, a dictum that carrlen with
It the ftainp of un worthlncHH that Ih
nlwayn followed by the lowcnt
ilepthit of moral and menial degen
eracy." ,
Mr. Joiich referred to the late II. W.
Scott'n remark at a MuHonle function
that the grentcHt tent of any man'n
character, of liU real worth, In found
In IiIh personal mciihc of devotion to
duty which hound lilm to othern.
''Religion, an 1 undi THtand It, Ih
iiiade up of that feeling of reverence
am) devotion that I planted In the
tireiiHt of every inan,4ut thedeptliH
of thtrt Inherent feeling are not Hound
ed by exprcHHlve utterance. OurheHt
and pureHt thoughts are beyond all
power of exprcHHlou."
TO HOLD BIG REVIVAL
MEETING ON HEIGHTS
The Church of Latter I my Salute,
which Im contemplating a big revival
meeting to lie held on the heights In
a large tent will open the Merlex of
meetings with an entertainment Fri
day evening June 2-'!rd. The tent U
located on the block cant of the High
School. The seats, It In stated, will
m free and there will no collections.
Some of the ablest speakers of the
church it Is stated will address the
meeting to which the public Is cord
ially Invited.
The program for the meeting Fri
day evening Is as follows:
Opening Song.
Prayer.
Anthem Portland Choir,
Opening remarks, "The Purpose of
Our Sunday School Work In Oregon."
Solo Zelln Kalding, Portland, Ore.
Kecltatlou Mrs. I,. II. Shlppy, Van
couver, u.
Paper 4. li. Shlppy, Vancouver,
Wn.
Kecltatlou Cecil Stover, Vancou
ver, Wn.
Cornet Solo Prof, tinge, Vancou
ver, Wn.
Solo Lillian Appleman, Portland,
Ore.
Paper, "Conformity to Type"
Mrs. K. Keeler, Portland, Ore.
instrumental Music.
Kecltatlou Kuth Chapman, Hood
Klver, Ore.
Solo Ktta Stover, Vancouver. Wn.
Tableau "What Must I do to be
Saved?"
Paper, "Kellglous Work In Oregon"
(ieo. Stover, Vancouver, Wn.
Instrumental Music Wand'i Har
vey, ancoiiver, n.
Kecltatlou, "Coming of the Church
Organ" An Old-Timer.
Ta bleat K veiling Prayer.
Instrumental Music.
Ant hem Portland Choir.
l or Sale--A fine' lot of hay in the
Alt. hood district. Near Mt. Hood
Post Office. Phone, Odell 38 or
2002.x.
DANGERS FROM
THEJOUSE FLY
While the fly was considered merely
as an annoyunce we tolerated It, to
n certain extent. Hut now that the
dangers which It brings to health
and life are U-glnnlng to be realized,
it Is time that we not only drove
It from our houses but from our
premises and from the community.
The following verses of Koliert Louis
Stevenson are less humorous than
they seem.
"The fly he light on all around.
He light! on you and me.
Though reared within the atable foul
He's swimming in my tea.
His little legs ther wiggle fast.
All covered with bacilli.
I do not wuh him in my tea.
Nor wiU I drink It, will I V
The lly has already been proven to
lie guilty of transmitting typhoid
fever, summer diarrhoea of children,
Intestinal worms and various other
diseases; and it Is suspected of carry
lug smallpox, measles, scarlet fever
and other contagious diseases. Phy
sicians tell us that Insect borne dis
eases form the chief cause of Infant
mortality lu the United States, and
that It could be decreased at least 50
per cent If the preventable breeding
places of the lly were eradicated. A
New York City bacteriologist esti
mates that the diseases transmitted
by the house-fly cut short the aver
age duration of human life In the
lulled States by at least two years.
Out of all cases of typhoid fever one
physician estimates that !M) per cent
are transmitted by flies. In tne Span
ish wnr, out of a totnl of 21'.7 deaths.
or more than one-half resulted
from typhoid fever communicated by
files.
In the country districts flics occur
In swarms about every group of
farm buildings. They worry the live
stock and the attendants who care
for them. They make journeys to
anil fro between stable and kitchen.
Thev follow the stock to pasture and
annoy them, they carry tilth and dis
ease germs to both animal and hu
man foods.
Yet even those who appreciate the
menace of the house-fly only too
often consider It an evil which can
not be avoided, however, much It is
to be deprecated. Hut this Is not
true. The common house-fly breeds
only In filth. Kllmlnate the exposed
filth and waste matter and the fly
can be brought under control. The
proof of this Is that It has been done.
JUNE SALE OF WHITE continues all this week
The crowded aisles of our dry goods section during the opening days
justifies the assertion that our June White Sale is popular and a suc
cessFor this entire week will continue to sell all w hite goods in our
stock at SPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE PRICE REDUCTIONS.
THIS IS THE TIME THE PLACE AND THE RIGHT GOODS ECONOMICALLY PRICED
New Sun Hats This Week
A large shipment of Men's, Wo
men's, Boys and Girls' Sun Hats in
straw, and the Newest Cloth Hats
in all styles in large assort- i r
mcnt and ranjre in price down to I J"
Full Stock Cow Hide Suit Cases $4.50
Also a large assortment of Suit
Cases and Bags in all styles and
SSinffi S1.25 TO S15.00
OO.VT FAIL TO SLE THEM
CANVAS OXFORDS for Misses Mi 1-3 Off
In blue and white, regularly priced 75c to $1 .50
$3,00,33,50
Women's Ox-
(nrAn a" colors,
lOlUSf all leathers
Broken Lots
$1.95
$1,50 Misses
and Children's
Pumps, Oxfords & Shoes
95c
When you think about Footwear, think about
OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT the department
with the exclusive Shoe Store features with
department store prices
BRAGG MERCANTILE CO.
Reliable Goods, Reasonably Priced
One traveler tells un that, "Speak
lng riiHblr, there are no (lien In Kng.
luwl; at least there are ho few that
the Inhabitant do not think It worth
while to screen their dwelling. The
reason U the nlmplent; the tight little
iHland In kept clean. Fifty yearn ago
tiled were a nulHance In Kngland,
though not the plague they are here,
for no other really civilized country
was ever quite no dirty as the I'nlted
States of America. Thin nuisance In
nearly abated ln-caune In fifty years
England has been swept and gam
lshed and the flies have starved."
Uy attacking the fly problem from
three sides we can conquer It and not
only save ourselves much annoyance
and perhaps serious Ulrica, but force
the fly out of existence or at least to
other regions. The first and most
fundamental of these methods of at
tack Is by the way of prevention of
breeding by elimination of suitable
places; the second Is by preventing
their access to the more Important
sources of Infection; and the third Is
by preventing their access to food
supplies, whether in the home or as
exposed for sale In stores.
Files cannot breed In dry places
and do not breed In clean ones
Whatever Is damp and dirty con
tributes to the conditions favorable
to files. By preference they breed In
horse manure, often at the rate of
1,200 or more to a pound of manure
but, falling this, they will breed In
almost any waste or decaying sub
stance. Fly extermination Is thus
seen to be based upon getting rid of
all waste materials in which tiles
may breed. And this Is not only the
only sure method of getting rid of
files, but Is In every way the sanitary
procedure, besides being In many
cases good practice from other view
points. For example, exposed man
ure must not be allowed to accumu
late where flies can get at It If their
breeding Is to be prevented. But not
only are their opportunities for
breeding lessened by hauling off and
spreading manure on the land every
day or at least every week, but bet
ter fertilizing value Is obtained from
the manure. It Is good farm prac
tice, besides removing one of the
chief breeding places of file". Where
the dally removal of manure Is not
possible the manure should be treated
at frequent Intervals with common
lime, chloride of lime, or crude oil, or
the manure pit should le screened.
Hie practice Is being more and
more adopted of throwing the man
ure each morning Into a small
screened room, sprinkling upon It a
small amount of chloride of lime as a
precautionary measure. This room
should of course, have an outside
door from which the manure can be
shoveled when It is to be carted
away and used for manuring pur
poses. Various modifications of this
plan to suit the size of the stable
would certainly be feasible any w here,
as for example, a tightly closed can
or box for the accumulations of a
small table. This would of course
require that the manure be taken
out and carted away every few days
lustead of being allo.wed to accumu
late for weeks and months, as Is
often the case. When spread out on
the field there will be no danger of
the manure forming a breeding place
for flies; for It will dry out and the
development of the larvae be pre
vented. Decaying organic material of any
kind should not be allowed to ac
cumulate on the premises. All waste
material not Intended for fertilizing
uses should be treated with kero
sene and keroseue should be poured
Into drains at Intervals. Kitchen
waste Intended as food for hogs,
should Imj removed and used dally in
stead of being allowed to accumu
late. All garbage not to be used as
food for hog or other stock should
be burned.
F.ven where a family has a covered
can which In emptied frequently
only ton often the cover Is not a
close fit or Is not In place. The gar
bage can of the small family In town
or In the country where the garbage
Is not used for food for stock. Is usu
ally emptied about once a week. So
much of the contents as does not
fall out with a hasty dumping of the
can's contents may be full of half
grown lnrve of the fly a hundred or
more In a cupful of waste. Before
the next emptying of garbage they
may be full grown. It In therefore
best to have two garbage palls and
to thoroughly clean and air the one
while the other Is being used; but In
case only one Is used It should at
least receive a thorough cleaning af
ter each emptying.
But not only does the fly breed In
tilth. It Wing estimated that two out
of every three of the files that preen
themselves on our plates or above
our food have been hatched In a
stable, but It also passes much of Its
time In filth. And then, ns soon as
an entrance to the house Is affected,
the fly goes to any exposed food or
to the warm human body. Its germ
laden feet and mouth parts may
carry such germs as those of typhoid
fever for as long ns three weeks, and
then Infect human food upon which
they light. The Importance of care
ful screening of houses and of keeping
all food protected from lite Is only
PUBLIC DRINKING CUP
TO BE ABOLISHED
In view of the fact that the com
mon drinking cup Is responsible for
the spread of many Infectious and
contagious diseases, particularly
consumption, syphilis, diphtheria
ami others, the State Board of
Health has resolved to prohibit the
use of It In railroad stations, on rail
road trains. In public and private
schools, and lu all the educational
Institutions In Oregon from anil af
ter Sept. 1, 1911. "The Hood Blver
L'ounty Board of Health Is in sympa
thy with this resolution and will see
to It that Its terms are executed In
Hood Klver County," says Dr. M. F.
Shaw, Secretary of the County
board of health.
too unpleasantly obvious.
Where there are no sewers, as in
the country and small towns, the ut
most caution should lie observed in
order that the files may not lecon?
contaminated and carry Infection. A
good earth closet or private sewage
system should lie substituted for the
old fashioned privy, and its contents
cared for regularly in a sanitary
way.
Every precaution should Is? taken
In case of typhoid fever and other
diseases which may be carried by
files, that flies have no access to the
patient or to the excretla of the
patient. Moreover the excretla
should, perhaps it is needless to say,
always be properly disinfected.
Lastly, the work of destroying the
existing adult flies should be carried
on In the usual way. Of these the
dropping of 20 drops of carbolic acid
on a heated shovel In a room Is said
to be very effective the vapor killing
the flies. A spoonful of formalin or'
formaldehyde In one-half cup of
water exposed In a room Is also
recommended.
Patience and persistence Is needed
to get rid of files but It can be done.
In a thickly settled country It would
be necessary for preventive measures
to be generally adopted In order to
be perfectly effective, but In an Iso
lated farm house the number of files
may be greatly reduced by individual
efforts. If the methods advised are
adopted, house files will have almost
no chance to breed, and their num
bers will be so greatly reduced that
they will hardly lie noticeable. W.
G. Hummel In Fresno Republican.
Oil meal at Whitehead's.
Letter From Mexico
A communication was received
from Chan. K. Thompson, a former J
Hood Klver resident, who Is now lo-1
cated at Guadalajara, Mexico, lu i
which he presents conditions In that
country.
I arrived la (iuadaljara, Mexico,
May 14, lull, after an uneventful trip.
Although when we arrived we found
the American population leaving,
and I had many compliments j
thrown at me, like "You are a fool
to go to Mexico now they will kill I
you and "you are not safe , I find
no one Is molested here unless he has
forfeited his right to live.
"I came here for the money there Is
In It, and I find better Inducements
than can m found anywhere else In
the world. Mexico defies the world
lu cheap land. Grapes shipped lrom
California sell for 4)c per pound, and
tomatoes sell from 1.00 to $.00 per
Mexican pound. Alfalfa pays about
a dollar a day per year, or .ji. per
acre. Corn sells at 2 to 10c per pound
and corn cobs f 10 per ton. Still one
can live at a reasonable figure as this
Is the most unreasonable place you
ever heard of.
"Wake up, a new Kepubltc Is born,
new conditions far superior to the
1'aclfic Northwest, In which every
day Is a spring day, and crops are
planted almost when you like, and
every day Is a growing day. I have
electric power to harness to factor
ies. I have mahogany, ebony, many
hard woods, oak and Mexican cedar,
and slab wood Is worth S.OO per
ton and little tlmlier and stumps are
worth fOc to $2..j0 per sack by the
carload, and your hands do not touch
the work, 1 have towns to build
and four thousand laborers looking
for you brains and money to make a
living on."
ASTORIA FAIR TO GET
COAST TORPEDO FLEET
The torpedo fleet of the Pacific
coast is to be assigned to the As
toria centennial, according to an
announcement made by the bureau
of lleet operations of the navy de
partment Friday morning.
HOOD RIVER MINERAL
SPRINGS COMPANY!
Has opened its subscription books
for stock in the company. A home
company. A rare opportunity. An
assured success. Temporary office
with the Hood River Realty Co.
C. D.MCKELSEN, Sec'y
(Grocery
Bargains
Best Sugar, 17 Pounds $1,00; Sack $5.50
BLUE MOUNTAIN CREAMERY BUTTER, F C p
per roll d Ju
COLUMBINE MILK, PC
per case uOiUJ
COLUMBINE. PIONEER. HOLLY and COUNTRY OCn
CLUB MILK, 3 cans for Z0U
QUAKER CORN FLAKES. OCp
3 packages for Zuu
DAPHNE SEEDLESS RAISINS, Cp
per package Ou
H. & G. SEEDED RAISINS, 1 f n
per package lUu
GOLD DUST, nrin
per package ZUu
CITRUS WASHING POWDER. nnp
per package -.-ZUu
HUGGINS' LEADER SOAP, ftrp
7 bars for ZOu
BOB WHITE SOAP, Qrp
6 bars for -.Z0u
2 1-2 Pounds DEPENDABLE BAKING TOWDER. 7Pp
per can Uu
Our Terms Are Cash to ail
Buy of Us and Lower
Your Cost of Living
L. H. Huggins
OUR
STOCK OF
SHOES
IS
NOW
COMPLETE
We have spared
neither time
nor trouble to get the
shoes best
adapted to this
locality
Ladies' Shoes
in button, tan and
Oxfords; high top for
mountain climbing
Children's Shoes
The kind
that wear
FLORSHEIM
Shoes for
Men
EVERY KIND AND
SHAPE FROM
INFANTS' SLIPPERS
TO WATER PROOF
LOGGERS
Honest Goods
at Honest
Prices
R J
MSAAC
& CO.
PARKDALE, OREGON