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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10, 1911 ISfffllS WINTER jfmwm Famous the World Over 'I T flf ',' 'in - '!? ',lndi' hostelries, in varl- I I 'fl: V fll JHu it" Hn beaches, hot ' I u. JV43 fnntm and pleasure resorts all f, A these can be reached with mm by v Xr7 Oregon-Washington Railroad & "K' i VV Navigation'Co. rWfc; y ,.smiTMrN PAcinc toMPAwv VVjP X Ku"i of a Thousand Wonders" AMI- S5.00 twlrX' lloi Anodes Ictura LfiKfcwJ, with rorrmpondinirly low fare lyj lf' "V 'rm " -w- N. point", rood K l'"'"Vw5'm ' month, wjth stopovers s-uinaT Jt, V iN. retui-ning.within limit, tland JV 09 sofwly illustrated literature will be "Vlv r - n "Pl'lied upon application to any tS " JI fcj o' our airents, or address GEO. W. DIMMICK Real Estate and Insurance Room J, Smith Block Phone J68-M Hood River, Ore. First Class Livery Phone 5 Transfer and Livery Company Freight and Baggage Transfer GENERAL STORAGE MOOD RIVER, OREGON. Well Drilling DONE WITH A Quick Successful Satisfactory STAR WELL DRILLING OUTFIT FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS APPLE LAND & ORCHARD COMPANY HOOD RIVER, OREGON OMct. No. 9 Oak SIrtet Phontt. 26 r 2002-1 '1 DRAYING EXPRE!S3 ANP BAGGAGE Furniture and Pianos Mo-Vcd All Kinds of Light and Heavy Work Wood Yard and Feed Store in Connection Office Phone 19 Residence 23KK TAFT TRANSFER CO. J. M. SCHMELTZER F. A. BISHOP HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT COMPANY ABSTRACTS Insurance Conveyancing Surety Bonds 'Vlcciracy" is Our Motto Office in New Heilbronncr Building Phone 23 Mood River, Oregon THE DIRECT LINE EAST The trains of The North Bank Road run through to Spokane, Rutte, Helena, Minneapolis, St. Faul and Chicago without change. None is faster or better appointed. Every mod ern feature of equipment is supplied. With only one change of train, and that is the same station, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Denver and other central western points are cached. Tickets and bainratre ar- . c e ranged through to all eastern points. Details will be furnished on request. W. K. COWAN, 0. P. 4 T. A., PortlauJ, Ore. I:. A. GILRERT, Ajjt. S. P. & S., White Salmon, Wn. NOTES BY CMIURNITZ RIVERSIDE VA. o COfcEtS POVDENCI SOLICITED U (These article and Illustration must not ba reprinted without special permis sion. THE ORIGIN OF OUR DOMESTIC TURKEY. While it's rather difficult to tract man to the moukey. our domestic tur key leaves plainer footprints on the sands of time, and we believe should a hunter snare and mate a Northern wild turkey gobbler and a Mexican wild turkey heu the offspring would be la blood and appeurance like the first of the domestic turkey tribe, from which the present varieties come. To prove their clulais discoverers always bear back curious trophies from tin lands they Anil, so we are told that Pedro Niuo (150), among other won derful things from the Dew world Photo by C M. Barnllx THB NORTHERN WILD TCHKII bore back the Mexican wild turkey to 8pain, and the Cnbots or others on re turn to England exhibited the North ern wild turkey. When Cortes (lljlSi conquered the golden land of the Montezuma he found the Mexican wild turkey in large domesticated flocks, but there Is no record that Indians or early set tiers bred the Northern wild turkey. The Mexican turkey was sent from Spain to Kugland in I'd, and the ad vent of this strange bird wus of great Interest to ancient ornithologists, the Mexican so beautiful In Its silvery flip, ' CALLED IN THE DOCTOR. Than Ha and the Patient Found Thay Ware Two of a Kind. In the Metropolitan theater the bouse physician has a seat given Lira for each performance. lie U supposed to be there every evening. Naturally there comes a time when the play be gins to pall on him. One evedng not long ago the stage manager of a local playhouse rushed down tbe aisle to the doctor's seat and whispered: "Come back at once. Tbe leading la dy has bad an attack." In the lady's dressing room all was confusion. "What'll we do, doc?" cried tbe stage manager. "Have you poured water on her neadr "Yes, a whole bucket, oat of the one that says 'Not to be used except In case of Are.'" "Then don't poor any more. I fear you have made a fatal mistake, ituo out to tbe drug store and get this Oiled." When they bad run out the lady opened ber eyes. "Doc," she gasped, "you're a good fellow, ain't you? I know you know there's nothing tbe matter with me. 1 want a day off, and 1 don't want to go on In this act Can you fix It?" "1 sure can." he answered, wringing ber band sympathetically. "1 ain't a doctor. I came in on bis ticket Well fix lf'-Cleveland Plalo Dealer. ARMLESS PAINTERS. Sarah Blffen, For Instance, Who Made Remarkable Miniatures. Miss Sarah Blffen was a conspicu ous example of tbe skill which arm less people sometimes acquire In spite of their affliction. She was miniature painter to Queen Victoria, and her work was widely known for Its beau ty and delicacy. Bbe was born without arms, but as a girl, baring a great wish to become an artist she worked earnestly for years until she could paint by holding the brush in ber teeth. In 18'Jl. ac cording to the Raja Ifoga Messenger, tbe judges, without any knowledge of tbe means she was compelled to use. awarded ber tbe gold medal of tbe Society of Arts, a prize sought by hundreds of others. M. de Mentbolon and Bertram Fllles were other artists who were deprived of tbe use of their arms. Tbe former bad only one foot which be used to paint with. Mr. lilies lost both bis arms In an accident being ran over by a street car when be was only eight years old and when be was Just beginning to ac quire skill In drawing, lie spent two years In patient toll learning to draw holding tbe pencil In bis teeth, at the end of which time be won a first class certificate from a local art school. Ki'gul.ir Sunday i xruivluri to park dale. I '!- Mil n r trl(i f,,r jourwlf and friend.4 Kent & Garrabranl Confectionery, Cigars Fishing Tackle Spaulding'sSportingJjoods All Kindsjif Soft.Orinks Oak Str.t. o,,.,ite Smith Iil.jck. H'jod Kiver. wf FURNISH FRUIT PICKERS AND PACKERS And All Kinds of limployees... N1GUMA & CO. Phone 160 14 Last Oak Street Hood River, Or. The W. G. Aldred Co. CONTRACTORS EXCAVATING AND GRADING Crushed Rock and Gravel HOOD RIVER, OREGON A Basket of Goodness An Antidote Handy. Tbe woman was tbe author of a cook book that bad been puhi'shed at ber request with wide margins and occa sional blank pages for notes and ad ditional recipes. Often she bad ex pressed a wish to see an old copy of the book and find out to what use tbe blank spaces had been put. One day In a secondhand booksf ire ber hus band unearthed an old volume. No ticing that it bad been annotated free ly, be bought It After a day or two be said: How about the notes In that cook book? Were tbey Interesting?" "No." she said curtly: "they didn't mount to anything." When be got a chance he looked through the book himself. Every note the book contained was a remedy for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. New York Times. I - - V Well X . Photo by C. M. Barnltz THE MKXICAN WILD TCRICT white niurkiugs and black and the Northern magnificent In Its chestnut brown, bronze and black. Some Knglisb genius then mated a Northern gobbler and Mexican hen, and, their good qualities thus coalesced in their offspring, the resulting stock was tbe beginning of the present domestic turkey tribe. Kngllsh settlers brought birds of the new blood back to America, the land of their nativity, to be further Im proved by American skill, and of the seven splendid varieties resulting the Mammoth American Itronze. the uenr est to the original. Is conceded by both continents to be the ne plus ultra of them all DO NTS. Don't be cruel to dumb animals. Ood placed them In your core, so beware. Don't pose as a poultry perfecto. Polks quickly dispose of the fellows that pose. Don't abuse the broody hens. Tut them In an all slat crate, and their l-ver will abate. I)on't feed goose much groin In sum mer. Soft grass, water and weeds supply their summer needs. Don't neglect breeders after, hatch ing season C.et the surplus off before molt puts them out of condition. Don't feed much cabbage to layers A cabbage leaf worn In the heat will keep your bold head cool and sweet Don't waste feed ou crippled duck lings and chicks They are expensive nuisances and should be killed on sight Don't let your hens scratch In your neighbor's garden They may find something there to pick and also get bit by a brick. A Rtgular Sherlock Holmes. Under the caption "A Triumph of Sense" "Jtigend" tells this story: "In he lower court of a small town in Saxony William had served faithfully and well as attendant to the presiding Judge for many years without ever having received any reward nslde from bis legal stipend. On the day of ad journment for tbe seosou. when vis itors hod retired, tbe Judge, who was also about to leave, osked. "William, do you smoke?" Seeing a t. ,nare box under tbe Judge's arm, he answered respectfully, 'Yes', your honor.' 'I knew It by the smell of your cost' said tbe Judge as be walked out" First Title of "Vanity Fir." Brighton. England, holds memories of Thackeray. It was while staying at the Old Ship that be commenced a novel which was to be called "Pencil Sketches of English Society." One night as he was lying In bed a better title suddenly occurred to him. "1 Jumped out of bed." be told Miss Perry afterword, "and ran tii-ee times round my room, uttering as 1 went Vanity Fair.' 'Vanity Fair.' 'Vanity Fair.' " Protection. "1 understand that you .1 t speak to your neighbors." "Not any more than necessary," re plied Mr (Jroucher. "Of course they are fine neighbors, but we also have a One cook, and we don't core to have them get acquainted with her "-Wash ington Star. is a basket of our Fine Groceries. We paiarantee the perfect purity of every article we sell, and pride ourselves upon the rep utation we have made for fair and honest - dealing. We keep only the freshest and finest of Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Gutter, Y.ggs, Flour, etc., and challenge comparison of qualities at equal prices. If you are not already) dealing here, you are robbing yourself of many sources of sat isfaction. Free delivery J. M. Wood C F.SUMNER !: s s s s r s 0iiusltB.thfi Past Office Homo Phone 20 Spray and Garden Hose Plumbing s s s N N N S Recompense. Miss rassay You hove snved my life, young man. How can I repay you? How can I show my gratitude? Are you married? Young Man-Yea; rome and be a cook for us.-Wotnan's Home Companion. any Chilly. Icebergs on your way "Meet across?" "No, bnf several of n trted to flirt with a Huston girl who was on bonril" Louisville t'onrler-Journal. 8 :fw) A-u:.. Central jOregon Red m ond and Bend Reached via the Deschutes Branch Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. Through Car Service Between Portland and Bend Lv. Portland I.v. The Dalle ... I.v. Iesrhut-S Jc. Ar. Maijriij . Ar. Mwi.lmii Ar i'l'nl City . Ar. K-lnionJ Ar. Herd Daily Train Schedule . 7:50- 10:00 A M. 12: W KM. 1:30 P.M. 5:4a P.M. 6:! P.M. -: P.M. 7:4.'. P.M. 8:40 P.M. Lv. Benrl Lt. Kedmond Lv. Ot, City Lv. Metohua Lv. Mad ran Ar. iMnchutes Jc. Ar. The Ihiilt. Ar. Portland ... ) A M. . 71 A.M. ... :i) A.M. ... i 4:1 A.M. ... u A.M. ... 1-15 P M. ... 1:66 P.M. ... 5:45 P.M. The Direct, Quick and Natural Route to Central Oregon. Auto and roirular fitaire connectioni to La Pine. Fort Rock. Silver Lake, i'rineville. Burn., Klamath rails and other inland point.. Call on any O.-W. R. & S. Agent for any information desired, or address WM. McMURRAY GKNERAL PASSENGER AGENT PORTLAND. OREGON For Lime, Cement and House Plaster See STRANAHAN & CLARK -r-t I' -.: :-.;M. I If i-M J" r-w-; .-i .v J ft . NEW MODEL OLIVER The old reliable visible type writer with new printype and other improvements. The ma-' chine that writes print that is print and is always ready for business. For sale or rent on easy terms. A. W. ONTHANK, Agt. 109 Oak St. Hood River, Ore. 4th & State St. Phone 24 8K 0. P. DABNEY & SONS FURNITURE, FURNITURE, FURNITURE, STOVES AND RANGES We buy, 5ell and exchange everything in House Furnishings, Campers Supplies, etc. Don't forget the placc-Cor. 4th & State Mm EvenYourBoy Could Put II Up so complete and easily under stood is the private telephone outfit we supply. Same way with our electric bell outtits. Same way too with many of our electric supplies. Want to please pour wife with some thing she'll appreciate? Get her one of our sewing machine motors. Thev are dandies. 'Bailey rSl Colby Electrical Contractors Bartmess Building Phone 60-X Bring Your Horse Here to be shod as he should be. We will shoe him with shoes that fit, that w ill correct many a fault in his gait. SHIVELY & DRISGOLL Phono bV-X SCIc arc now taking ordcro for 1 Hpplc Boxc Stanfeij-Stnitfi .umfttr Co.