THE HOOD KIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1912
Authors
Today
Write of
Nothing
but
Love
si
r.
V
Why
Don't
They
Try
Another
Theme?
By CARMEN SYLVA, Queen of Rouminli
TIAT ia love I No one can say definitely what love is, but
that this uncertain quantity is made the HUB AND
AXIS OF NINETY-NINE PER CENT OF ALL LIT
ERARY OUTPUT ia certainly very foolish nay, more,
a mistake and grave error.
Tho world's authors aro seeking for the dramatic conflicts of life in
spheres bereft of them, and this practical vacuum they designate
"life's drama."
As a consequence the novels of America, England, France, Ger
many, Roumania, tho whole world, CONCLUDE WIIERE THEY
SHOULD HEGIN TO EXPAND. Tho lovers are mated, a new
generation is about to Bpring up, the tragic conflicts aro to begin, and
tho unthinking author writes "Finis" under his'elaboration.
ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TODAY REALLY INTERESTED
IN NAUGHT BUT IN OTHER PEOPLE'S STRUGGLES AND TROUBLES
TO GET MARRIED? IS IT NOT FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO KNOW
HOW THE MARRIAGE PROBLEM WILL WORK OUT, WHETHER THE
PROCESS DESCRIBED TURNED OUT A SUCCESS OR A FAILURET
SUCCESS OR FAILURE IS THE ONLY THING THAT C0UNT8 YET
WHO CAREST
The novel of today is no book. With a little stretch of the imagi
nntion wo may call it tho beginning of a book, the foreword, bo to
sieak.
A T.OOK TO BE A BOOK MUST PAINT LIFE, ITS KER
NKL, CORE AND NUCLEUS. There must bo marrow and back
bone. The novel, tho story, may rise superior to tho fairy tale if it deals
with real passions and drops love.
CM
Dr. M. A. Jones
DENTIST
I ormerly of Hood kiver, is now
located at 245 1-2 Washing
ton St., I'ortlanp, Ore.
M. S. DIINTAL COMPANY
OPERATIONS AT
THE DAM GIGANTIC
A iniiliir himI In tcifHt Iiik 'rip
riowHiln.vb Ih to (-run the river and
K up tti the wane of npertithiiiM nt
the lil (Jain which Iri lieliiK litltlt tiy
the Northwestern Kleetrle Company
on the White Salmon Klver above
I'nderwood.
The ImihIiicmm center of operation))
at the (lainxlte Ih now the west liauk
Mere the powerful rock ertiHhers.Nfind
makert) and concrete mixer are nt
work for the till of the river lied
From the lied of the river t the top
of the hank Ih a dlstunce of iitiout
.KM) feet. At the top Ih the quarry
from which ttO.lXMK) tons of rock will
he dropped to the crushers thence to
the mixer further down, from wlilch
It Ih lielng poured Into the tforge.
1 1 lull up towards the top of the tmnk
Ih a donkey engine, a little speck, but
which reijulred Home eni;liieertnr to
place up there ho hljrh. There are
matiy Interesting thlni; aliout thin
dam milking, and every Sunday vis
Itorn are attracted, ho much ho that
they have been forbidden descending
down the Mulrwny to the bottom
where they would Interfere with the
work.
Though It appeared too gigantic
an nnderttiklng to accompllHh In n
few moutliH It will not be lung after
the tirnt of the year before the till Ih
completed, the bin pipe line down,
and the power house In, for work on
these three divisions goes on slinul-
taneounly.
Preceded by blasts, the Hteani
nhovel In now - plowing up cl ise to
the diiui, in Its one mile course from
the power houne Hlte. The pipe
which Ih to curry the flow of the
river Ih 1:1 feet lu diameter and Ih
the biggest plpw line of its kind In the
United States. In one hour :5Ti,(HH),Ooo
gallons of water will flow through
thin big plie on ltn way to the two
turbines which will generate the 20
0(H) horne power which the plant Ih
to furiilHh. Just before the now
taken It nheer drop of ItiO feet to the
turbltii-H It dlvldcH Into two nine-foot
plpen one for each turbine.
Krnst Tnnimnn. the international
bnnker, was grently liked by newspa
per men In Wall street, ne spoke as
an authority on all banking questions
In a strong German accent, however.
Shortly before his death a reporter
one of his friends Interviewed him In
regard to European finances.
The next day he met Mr. Thalman in
Broad street and was halted by the
banker, who made a great show of
anger.
"I saw you yesterday," he said. "I
told you noddlngs, and you got that
wrong in your paper." New York Mall.
Our CHEAP FLAT RATES
For Electric Light and Power
Ire Tiill Open to ou Jo
I
Our big and complete system permits
us to supply you with anything: in the
electrical energy line in town or coun
try. If you want light, power or heat
Si Minimum Cost
TALK IT OVER WITH US
Our Rates
Are the Lowest
A contract with us means security and assured service
HOOD RIVER GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY
'Jcmc of SERVICE at LOWEST COST"
PHONE 55 Third and Cascade Ave.
ROUND-UP SECURES
DAREDEVIL RIDERS
Pendleton, Ore. There will be at
leant eight performers at the Koiind-
np, which Into be held in thlH city
from Septemlier 2'i to 'JH Inclunlve,
who have reached that fkill In wild
went specialties that entitles them to
the rank of artist pur exc i ll. -ne e,
eight riders, roiers and steer wren.
tltTH whone during and prolicleucy
enable them to coiutimml exhibition
nalurlcH of which even the most pop
ular of footllght favorites might well
tie euvloiiH. Kach ol thee eight
peerleHH ones has a reputation known
lu every wenteru state, a reputation
he or she must sustain at the Itound
up. Three of the feature performed
will be Indies, undoubtedly the fore
moHt of their sex In their abllitleH an
riders. The names of Tlllle liitldwln
liertha Blancett and Want-he Mc
(i it i nhey are too well known to re
(julre a lengthy dissertation on their
abllitleH. Suffice it to say that, le
Hldes doing trick and fancy riding,
each has- mastered the Hclence of
sticking to the buck of u bucking
broncho, and the competition be
tween them for first honors will lie
one of the tnost exciting and spec
tacular contests of the Hound-up.
Two of these ludy buckaroos have
buckaroo husbands who appear
with them. Johnny Baldwin Is a
trick hippodrome and fancy rider,
the iieer of any in the business, while
Dell lilanchett combines with his
abilities us a rider u mustery of the
nrt of bulldogglug usteeruud will be
entered lu the bulldogglug contest
fur the cbampiouHhip of the world.
Both he and his wife were features of
the l'.tll Kound up.
The directors of the l'eiidleton
show are Jubilant over the annexa
tion of Art Mct'ord to their lint of
exhibition attractions Besides be
ing an expert at steer wrestling,
McCord Is one of the few cowboys
who do the "drunken ride," the
most thrilling uud daring feat
known to the cowboy world.
The other two of the "big eight"
are Tex Mct'loud and Chester livers,
kings of the rope. I'nder their skill
ful hunds the lariat is almost huumu
and is more formidable lu some re
spects thnu a 44 Colts,
CLUB PICNICS AND
EATS WATERMELON
t
The Nuns boikI Club held its regu
lar meeting Wednesday lu rather a u
unusual manner. The Fashion Sta
bles' four-horse wagonette with
Charlie liathbun In charge collected
the ladles and drove out the West
Side to Tuckers, up the river road
Into the Summit section, and lauded
them at the ranch home of one of the
members, Mrs. C. I. Hoyt.
As the meeting was held one day
ahead of schedule, Mrs. Hoyt knew
nothing of the arrangements and
was taken completely by surprise.
Baskets were unloaded and a picnic
dinner was soon ready In a near-by
I rove.
After nn afternoon spent in pursuit
of various kinds of needlework, a
watermelon fenst, "nigger style,"
was indulged In ami the ladles drove
lia-'k to town. Those present were
Mesdames BarttueMH, Blagden, But
ton, Coolldge, Hartley, Hunt, Ire
land, I'erlgo, Stranahan and Sum
ner, the MIhhch Jackson, Luclnda
Lucky and Catherine I'erlgo, Master
Bobby I'erlgo, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Bathbun and Mr. and Mrs, C. I
Hoyt.
MOKB PAVING I OR VANCOUV ER
This Rapidly Growing Washington
City Sees the Value of Hard
Surface Paving
More evidence concerning the value
and real economy to taxpayers In
hardsurfiuiug urban streets comes
faom Vancouver, Washington, where
the city council of t hat city has just
awarded another contract for liltu
lit Mc paving.
Vancouver lias for a number of
years lieen trying out the merits of
hard surface pavement, mostly In
the form of bltullthlc. This provis
ion for more of It to lie laid this year,
and preparations being made to lay
more of It next J cur, Is an endorse
ment from the taxpayers concerning
the value In a general way of hard-
surfaced streets for cities ami of the
value in a specltic way of bltullthlc.
All the new pavements that are
"Just as good," so-called, are always
thoroughly investigated by t tic Van
couver city council liefore making
final choice for bltulltho. So far, as
Is apparent In this latest award,
they have failed to Mud any tiling
that equals bltullthlc, n decision In
w hich the' taxpayers of Vancouver
thoroughly coin nr."
Not Raciprocatad.
"How ninny children have you?"
"Throe. Two grown up daughters
and a son In college."
"How proud you must I of them:"
"I am. lint somehow or other I don't
seem to lie able to act so that they can
bring themselves to feel proud of me."
-Detroit Free J'reM,
MONSTER WHALES.
A Doian Man Might Stand Upright In
tha Blua'a Big Mouth.
Specimens of the blue or sulphur
bottom whale welghliig seventy-five
tons and measuring eighty-seven feet
have been known. The mouth la suffi
ciently large to permit ten or twelve
men to stand upright In It, but the
throat measures only about nine
Inches in diameter.
The "finback," closely related to th
blue whale, has been called the "grey
hound of the sea," for its long, slender
body la built on the lines of a raclag
yacht, and the animal can equal the
speed of the fastest steamship.
The "humpback" is the most Inter
esting of our large whales, because of
the fact that its habits are more easily
atudied than are those of other mem
bers of the family.
But most extraordinary of all is the
square nosed sperm whale. Instead
of having plates of baleen, this whale
carries row of twenty to twenty-five
heavy teeth on each side of the lower
Jaw. These fit Into sockets In the roof
of the mouth and assist in holding the
giant squid and cuttlefish on which
the enormous animal feeds. The squid
seldom gets away from the warm cur
rents; hence the sperm usually re
mains lu the tropica and In the gulf of
Japan streams. London Family Herald.
VALUE OF A PASSPORT.
Tha Odd Exparianca of a Strandad
Touriat In Paris.
"Until you go broke In a foreign
country you never can realize just
what a useful thing a passport Is,"
said the returned traveler. "It not
only enables you to get Into a country;
It also helps you to get out, sometimes
In a most unexpected way. Every
body abroad thinks well of a pass
port, but nobody sets quite so high a
value on it as a pawnbroker.
"Owing to a delayed remittance I
had occasion to visit one of those men
In Paris. The article I offered for se
curity was worth many times the loan
requested, but be refused an advance
on account of unsatisfactory refer
ences. My temporary address in Paris
and my permanent address in Wash
ington were not sufficient guarantee of
my honesty.
"Just as the case assumed a desper
ate complexion the broker suggested
a solution of the difficulty.
" 'Have you a passport?" he asked.
"I had, at the hotel.
"Fetch It,' he said. 'If that looks
all right, I'll let you have the money.'
"Cp to that time my passport had
been a useless piece of luggage; then I
blessed the foresight that had bidden
me secure if Washington Star,
Hit Conquaat.
He was a slmon pure, edition de
luxe lady killer. The girl in the seat
opposite him was easy to look at.
Further, she looked demure and shy
and Impressionable. It wasn't long
before he had things going right-he
thought He had raised the window
for her and readjusted the blind; he
had fished her bag from under the
seat, where the porter had shoved It;
he had placed her pillow in a better
position for her; he had handed her a
magazine; he had looked after her
comfort In every way he possibly
could, and she hnd been very sweet
about It besides. lie thought he was
coming along splendidly. "She started
to get off the train liefore he expected
her to leave, but he carried her lug
gage to the platform for her. Then
he turned and handed him a nickel
with a sweet smile and the remark,
"I think It is so nice of the railway
company to furnish an assistant por
ter." Argonaut
How tho Katydid Singa.
Everybody is familiar with the rasp
ing notes known as the katydid's
"song." It Is the male only that Is ca
pable of emitting the well known
sounds, and he does it In a most pe
culiar manner. His "vocal organs" are
at the base of his wings and consist of
two flat excrescences of thin, dry mem
brane. It is the rubbing of these two
membranous plates together which pro
duces the "song." If your shoulder
blades were so loosely put together
that one could be slipped under the
other and the underside of one and
the upper side of the other were so
rough that the operation of slipping
them past each other would cause a
rasping sound you could imitate the
katydid's musical efforts very nicely.
Batting Har Right.
A newly married woman made a pie
for dinner. "I ara afraid." the bride
aid, "that I left something out and
that It's not very good."
The husband tried it and said:
'There is nothing you could leave out
that would make a pie taste like that.
It's something you've put In." Argo
naut Matthew Arnold.
"Matthew Arnold had n curious way
of telling little stories against him
self writes Sir H. W. I.ucy in the
Cornhlll.
"Talking about Mrs. Arnold, he said:
"Ah, you should know my wife! i
Sho has nil my charm of manner and
none of my conceit.' " j
I
Badly Smittan.
"I wish there were ten days in the
week." sighed Gladys.
"Why?" asked Grace.
"Jnck could call oftencr then."-London
Answers.
A Complete
Groceries
At Honest Prices
Can always be found at this Up-to-date Store
Kinnaird & Larwood
Cor. 2nd and Oak Sts.
Phone 78
Team of Bay Mares, Five
Years OJd These horses are
splendid workers and are
well matched. I am selling
bausej J52l nee wo
teams, Inspection invited.
J R PUTNAM
MOUNT HOOD, ORE. TEL. 264 ODELL
Qnnouticement
XWISH to announce to the pub
lic and all my old patrons that I
have bought a complete line of new
GROCERIES
and have opened my store in the Bell
Building. Everybody is cordially in
vited to call and inspect my goods.
Sfite grocery Store
J. R. KINSEY - Phone 231
Positively Retiring
From Business
A 1 1 a
HARNESS GOODS, GLOVES, Etc.
At Cost
For Cash
NO FAKE SALE
SEE WINDOWS
Only a Few Weeks More, So Hurry
V. E. P0SBERG
MOOD RIVUR
OREGON
When our hatred Is too bitter it
places us below those whom w hntav
La Hoehi'foucsiild.
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
oirVr fr'RKF, with the execution of ciwt of j" on ipri nl cwt of th IfniYrrity K
tension Hullftin. to 1'ITIZKNS OK ORKCON. f..rfy I NIVKHSITY mi KSKS hy MAIL.
Ability to tmttit by the cnur lectin! in the onlv retiuiremrnt f-r enrollment i th i';rrm
aiMtntlfmt? IVimrtnient. four are onVrel in the ili'imrtnifnta if ltitny, IMrinir. Knpm
u, KMuvfttion, K.lwtrtrity. Knirlih I.itvrat ure, K ntr ImH I'oniiwwit urn, II mtory, MjtthrnatMai,
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for information ami ra(alttriu.
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