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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1912 9 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Rudolph Vettr went to Central Oregon yentenluy to Hpent a coupl of week. E. E. (iernert turn sold to Fran Menefee of I'orMund 40 wren lit the Mlildla Valley. A. I. Mwou says "Vote for t 1 1I. No. 31'4 and 32rt and nvt good roiida In the right way." If you wautlntiuranee In coiupnnle that ny Iohhch promptly and In full call on A. W. Onthank. William H. Ualvaul of Portland 1'iiiue up yesterday to tie In attend nnce at the Circuit Court. MIsh Hazel Holme of Uuderwood Mpeut the week end an the guewt ol Vlr. AdeleM. Ballard at Uttlebolin Mr. and Mr. John H. l'utuam re turned yesterday from a four day automolille trip to Trout Lake, Glen wood, (ioldeudale and L.vle, Wash Mr. and Mm. 0. N.Clarke bad ai their gueHtii over Saturday aud Sun day Mr. and Mr. Ceorge (Jill, Ml Mildred Saxton and Orover Slim her of Pillar. Lynn Youtig wan taken to Portland hoHpltal Saturday tilght, It having lieeu found necetuiary for him to hiio mt t to another operation. Thin wax performed Monday morntug aud Mr, Young' condition Ih ntlll Hcrlou. Married at the reldence of Mr A. L. Parker, on State Htreet, Harry II. Ileiinelt and MIhh Lucy Kuhr Itoth of Hood Klver, Uev. J. L. Ilerrihiier olllclatiug. Mr. and Mr Hen lie tt will live on their farm lien Lyle, Wash. Dancing Classes Mlri Alice Uuckeumeyerof Portland announce the opening, of dancing claHMe for the HeaHou, commencing Octotier 1C. 11)12, at Hellbroniier Hall Wedueday evening, lieglnnera cla from 8:(K) to 9:.'W; Informal dance fiom :!W to 11:30, Thursday evening. Advanced clan from K:HJ to luforiual dance from U::i0 to ll::w. Children' clunites Vedueday and Ttiurmlay afternoou from 4:00 to 5:00 aud from 5:00 to 6:00. Private claxHe rau Ih made by appointment Tbowe (leHtrlng to Join any of the clutweH telephone No. 27. 41 tf First Christian Church. The Hervlce at the Chrhttlan church will be at the umiil hour and the public have a cordial Invitation to attend. Sunday School at 9:4."), Your presence will Ite welcomed by all. Preaching tit 11, and the theme for the morning will lie "The King ilniii In Proplieny, PromlHc and Kill Ailment." You ought to hear tt. A large chart will le UHed. Come. The eveiilngHervlce will be Htrlctly evangelical and we will he glad to have you prexent, and you will re ceive the glad hand of welcome. Congregational Church Itev. (1. N Kdwanln, piiHtor of the CongrcgntloiiHl church at Oregon City, who Ih attending the State Con fereiice a the guent of Mr. and Mr. W. H. Iawrence. will occupy the pul pit of Itlverolde Church next Sunday morning lu exchange with PiiHtor Hurrlx. It Ih a privilege to hear Mr. Ed wardn. In the evening, the nervlce will le given over to our friend of the Methodlnt cliun-li. Rev. W. It. Young wilt conduct the meeting. Unitarian Church All are cordially Invited to the Sun day er vice at 11 and 7:.'WI o'clock. Special attention I called to the eve ning wr v lie iM'cniiHe of It uiiuhuuI character. Till Ih the third fn the Merle on the Polilicnl Platform. I'nlle llutler will lead on the Prohi bition platform. Tliix I to be an om-ii meeting. to keep Directory of entertainments Through the kind new of Ml Northey, the librarian, a mean ha been eHtabllHhed to prevent duplica tion In our hocIiiI gathering. In the library a record will he kept of the entertainment to be held, o that anyone may coiihuU It to nHHlt In nelectlng n freedate. The different Moclellea In the city are rciicMted to pot the date of any evening enter tainment they are preparing to give. The Hiicce of the plau depend on the co oiwrntlon of all. HOOD RIVER DRUGGIST DESERVES PRAISE Chnrlc N. Clarkn denerve pratne from Hood River people for Intro ducing here the Dimple buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture, known a Adler-I kn. TIiIh xlmple tiermnti remedy II rnt lMcnnie famou by cur ing nppeiidlcltl and It now tin Imiii dlHcovered that a Mingle doH relieve sour stomach, ga on the stomach and constipation at once, Mr. I, Inn McCatin make all kind of hair good from combing. Phone W7X. :iU42p WOULD SAVE S100 FOR EVERY FAMILY Coder a proper downward revision of the Republican tariff acbedule the people of the United States would save $2,000,000,000 each year, or over 100 per family on manufactured goods lone. President Taft'a vetoes of the wool tariff bill and the steel tariff measure passed by a Democratic bouse COST THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ABOUT $050,000,000 PER ANNUM. The cost of conducting the federal government MORE THAN DOUBLED between the close of President Cleve land' second administration (Demo cratic) and the beginning of President Roosevelt's second administration (Re publican). As the DIRECT RESULT OF HIGH REPUBLICAN TARIFF SCHED ULES the people of the United States pay a tax FROM NINE TO SEVEN TY-EIGHT PER CENT on food and ordinary household articles used In the home by every family, rich and poor. The total cost of running the federal government In 1300 was $55,000,000. The amount appropriated at a single session of the MIxty-flrst .congress for the fiscal year 1911-$1,027.133,443.4 waa more than double the amount $054,400,055.13 appropriated for the fiscal years 1807 and 1808 at both ses sions of the Fifty-fourth congress, the last congress of the second Cleveland administration. Only eight years elapHed between the close of the second administration of President Cleveland and the beginning of the second administration of Presi dent Roosevelt and yet the amount ap propriated during the four years of the latter $3,842,203,577.15 was more than double that appropriated In the four years Mr. Cleveland was at the helm viz, $1,871,500,857.47. For 1010. the last fiscal year provided for In congress uuder President Roose velt, the hlgbwater mark in spproprla Uons-$1,044.401.857.12 was reached. President Taft's estimate to the last session of congress for government support for the fiscal year waa $1,040,' 648,020.55. In other words, governmental ex penses for the FOUR YEARS of Presi dent Cleveland's administration (Dem ocratlc) were only S30,8i 1,55 1.92 more than President Taft'a (Republican) est! mate of the amount Decennary to cover the expenses of ONE YEAR of Presi dent Taft's administration. Congressman John J. Fitzgerald of New York, a Democrat and chairman of the committee on appropriation, In addressing (he house Aug. 20, 1012, on the subject of appropriations said. Thoughtful men have watched with alarm the rapid Increase In the cost of government in the United States." He further Haiti that two causes seem re- KKiiHllile for many present evils: "One. the UNFAIR AND UNJUST SYSTEM OF TAXATION by which an undue share of Income by those whose circumstances In life are not considered more than reasonably com fortable Is taken through our customs laws for the support of our govern ment: the other, the difficulty or inabil ity to readjust our system of taxation and to remove many tuxes from the neeessarles of life, so long as the GOV ERNMENT IS EXTRAVAGANTLY CONDUCTED, or the Instrumentali ties provided for the conduct of the public Hcrvlee are either Inefficient or are not utilized so as to render the most effective and comprehensive re sults." Mr. Fitzgerald then called attention to the fact that the Democratic party pledged itself If Intrusted with power to do two things-REDUCE TARIFF DUTIES AND RETRENCH PUB LIC EXPENDITURES by eliminating waste in administration and the aboli tion of useless. Inexcusable offices. DRYING POTATOES. Within the past few years an Impor tant industry has developed in Germa ny along the line of drying potatoes for use as stock and human food. Ger many grows nearly five times as many potatoes as the United States, and the need waa realized some time ago of de vising a method whereby they could be treated so as to extend the period of their use beyond the few months In which they are usable when kept In their natural state. Two general dry ing processes have been adopted. la one the potatoes are cooked by steam. mashed and dried by being passed be tween rollers heated by steam. By these it is pressed Into a thla sheet, and knives scrape it off the rollers. In thla form the dried potato ia called "flocken," or flakes, and la in the form of a potato meal. In the second meth od the potatoes are shredded while raw and subjected to very high tem peratures, being carried through long chambers in which the temperature gradually decreases. The finished prod uct Is known aa "schnitzel." The growth In the industry Is shown in the fact that there were but 118 factories In operation In 1007, while last year there were 408. Both these forma of the dried potato are used chiefly aa a substitute for corn In feeding boga. As result of breeding experiments the starch content of aome varieties has been Increased from 12 to 25 per cent. but often at the expense of site un4 yield. CULL APPLES Hood Klver Apple Vinegar Co. will pay $8 per ton for this grade In sacks delivered to factory. Sept. 25, 1912. SLEDS OF THE YUKON. They Are Built to Stand the Hardest Kind of Hard Wear. The Yukon sled, while not a thing of beauty, la built to staud all kind of bard wear, or, a the Irishman said. "It will lust forever and after that can be used for firewood." The ated is about eight feet long, is made of any kind of bard wood. Ilea close to the ground, costs from $10 to $14 and makes a trail alxteen lnchea la width. Another pattern is known as the bas ket sleigh and la to the Yukon sleigh what a three masted schooner la to a coal barge. In length It la from eight to fifteen feet, la made of birch, oak or hickory, cuts a trail twenty-two Inches In width, costs from $40 to $200, Is raised s foot or more from the runners and In the best examples is lashed to gether with rawhide. The basket sleigh, as Its nam im plies, Is fitted with a basket. Into which the load la placed, and from the back of the basket a pair of bandies project, to be used In guiding the sled on the trail. It often happens that a Yukon sled will be fitted with a home made basket In Imitation of its mors aristocratic brother. In very cold weather wooden run ners are best but In ordinary clrctim stances steel or brass runners are used. Wide World Magazine. JUMPING BEANS. Secret of This Curious Product of the Vegetable World. The "Jumping bean," which is si' ways sure to excite the wonder of those who have not before aeen this specimen of the vegetable kingdom, Is the product of a small bush which grows In the northern part of Mexico. Within . each blossom are two fer tile seeds and a third, which Is the home of a small, exceedingly active worm, whose performances are re sponsible for the queer conduct of the bean. When thla worm emerges from its prison It becomes a beautifully colored moth. The seed of the Jump ing bean blossom in the month of May. Then the female moth deposits one egg on the pollen of the flower. As the flower develops It forms a triangular shaped shell on two sides, with a convex ahape on the other. Within this the chrysalis develops Into a grayish brown worm about one tenth of an Inch In diameter and about one-balf an inch in length. This worm Uvea Inside Its cell for a period of six month's, or until the mid die of November. Then, climatic con dltlons being favorable, it bores a hole through the end of Its shell and flies away as a moth. New York World. , Prussia Aoid In Plant. The remarkable fact that consider able quantities of free prusslc acid are accumulated In the living tissues of certain plants was observed by the late Dr. M. Treub, and there appears to be little doubt that thla poisonous acid Is actually utilized as food material by these plants. Some interesting de tails concerning the occurrence and function of prusslc acid In the cherry laurel are given by Teche, who con- eludes from his observations that the prusslc acid found In the leaves and other organs is produced as a direct result of carbon assimilation In the green leaf cells when exposed to light and that It Is not merely a product of the hydrolysis of glucosldes. Peche found evidence that while part of the prusslc add enters Into the building up of glucosldes some of It is trans ported in a labile form, probably In loose combination with a tannin, and la stored up In various tissues as a re serve food. Nature. The Early Trusts. Trusts were sometimes dealt with summarily in old England. For In stance, the records of the Brewers' company show that "on Monday, July 30, 1422. Robert Chleaele, the mayor of London, sent for the masters and twelve of the most worthy of our com pany to appear at the guildhall for selling dear ale. After much dispute about the price and quantity of malt wherein Whltyngtone, the late mayor, declared that the brewers had ridden into the country and forestalled the malt, to raise Its price, they were con victed In the penalty of f.20, which objecting to the masters were ordered to be kept In prison In the chomber Inln's custody nntll they should pay It or find security for the payment there of." A Quaint Inn 8ign. At Boxted, in Essex. England, there la beer house with the atrange sign of the Whig and Fidget. Inquiry elicited the fact that the house was built many years ago by a man who was a Whig In his political opinions. Ills neighbors also regarded him aa a fidgety" man; hence when the house was oened the people of the parish. having regard to Its owner's peculiar ities, named it the Whig and Fidget otherwise the Fidgety Whig. Corrected. Wife (during the tiff) I have suffer ed every calamity that can befall a woman. Husband (calmly) Oh, no, you haven't, my dear. You have never been a widow. Wife You evidently don't understand me. I said "calam ity." Ne Nssd For a Leader. The society reporters slwsv nrwak of a titido belntr "led to the sltsr." tnst as though a bride couldn't find tier own way there blindfolded. Philadelphia Record. Luck follow the hopeful; III luck, the tearful. German Troverb. HE PAID THE PRICE. '. Ismail Pasha's Whim Was a Costly and Short Lived On. Ismail Pasha, former viceroy and khe dlve of Egypt In spite of his European education and association, maintained throughout bis life an oriental love of lavlahness and display. While traveling In France he was entertained at Belleau, the country es tate of his friend Bravals. The host bad made bla entire fortune from Egyptian concessions and consequent ly exerted himself to his utmost to make his noble visitor's stay a pleas ant one. Bravals succeeded a little better than he liked, for the kbedlve, after admiring the estate, offered to buy It The proposition came as a shock to Bravals, who did not wish to offend his patron and yet had no idea of parting with bis beloved estate. "But "lr." he said. "Belleau Is not for sale." "Yet I wish to buy It," replied Ismail, unperturbed. "How much'" Bravals, believing to put an end to an embarrassing situation by naming an impossible price, said Jokingly, "Ah, If your highness were to offer me 2,000,000 francs' They are yours," Interrupted the viceroy, "and Belleau Is mine." Ismail Pasha extended his visit and during the next week contlnned to ex press his admiration of the place, al though be did not allude to the previ ous conversation. Bravals began to hope that he had forgotten It On the day of his departure Ismail was about to step Into his carriage when he turned to bis host "My dear Bravals," he said, "I never break my word. Here Is a check for two millions. As for Belleau, I give It to you. "-Arthur Meyer In "What I Can Tell." MALETS DARING PLOT. Its 8ucosa Might Hsvs Made Him Master of Pans. A bold scheme was that engineered by Malet a Frenchman. Malet had been a republican general, was ruined by the rise of Napoleon, betook himself to plotting, waa arrested and finally executed. During the emperor's absence in Rus sia in 1812 Malet escaped one night from his prison, obtained a general's uniform and with an accomplice dressed as an eld-de-camp made his way to the prison of La Force, where the unsuspecting governor released on hla command two other ex-republicans. Generals Laborle and Guldal, pris oners on a like charge to hla own. Together they proceeded to a neigh' boring barracks, announced to the commandant that Napoleon was dead and that they were acting by the de cree of the senate, ordered the troops to be paraded and dispatched bodies of men upon various duties. Some ar rested Savery, the minister of police; others the police prefect Another bat talion seized the Hotel de Vllle. Everybody obeyed Malet Implicitly, even the prefect of the Seine, and he would undoubtedly have gained pos session of Paris bad he not been rec ognized by Laborde, chief of the mili tary police, as an escaped prisoner. He was arrested after a scuffle, the plot was unraveled, and In due course Malet with twenty-three of hla abet tors, was shot A Potato Collection. Potatoes are used for other than feeding purposes. A writer in Notes and Queries recently recorded the case of a man who has filled a cabinet "with a series of small wrinkled ob jects which look and feel like large pebbles." They are not pebbles, how ever, but potatoes, which have become petrified by being carried a long time In the pocket Each potato Is marked with a small label bearing an Inscrip tion such as "Carried from Nov. 12, 1888, to May 18, 1800. Very efficacious." The collector claims that the potato carried In the trousers pocket has proved to be the best of the many remedies he has tried for rheumatism. He carries a potato until the return of the twinges seems to testify to the decline of Its curative proerties. Then he takes a new potato and locks the old one up in his cabinet London Chronicle. Unfortunate Omission. One of the most singular Instances of punishment for an oversight was that shown by the commitment of an alma nac maker to the Bastille In 1717. It was made out by order of the Duke of Orleans, regent during the minority of Louis V. of France, and read as fol lows: "Laurence d'Henry, for disre spect to King George I. In not mentlon- ng him in his almanac as king of Great Britain." How long this un lucky almanac maker remained in pris on is unknown. The register of the Bastille, examined at the time of the revolution, failed to throw any light on the subject He Oiod Anyhow. This waa the way a native physician in India filled out a death certificate: T am of a mind that he died (or lost his life) for want of foodlngs or on ac count of starvation. Maybe also for other things or comfortables, and moat probably he died by drowning." His Bid. First Buyer What did he want for that stuff? Second Ditto-Thirty shil lings. First Buyer What did you bid him T Second Ditto Oood mornlng.- London Answers. Nothing to Brag About . I never hear you bragging about your ancestors." "No They nit had to work for a living too."-Detrolt Free Press. r fa Press Trimmings Laces, Fringes, Braids, Buttons The new Trimmings just received combine utility with beauty they add the finishing touch that is necessary to the costume without diminishing the necessary qualities, and the price adds very little to the total cost. We take pleasure in showing Ratine Bands, Real Irish Crochet Lace (hand-made), Real Cluny Lac es, Silk Shadow Laces, Point DeVenice, Vandyke Points, Plauen Galoons, Edges and Allovers, Ball Fringes, New Valen ciennes, Edges and Insertions, new Torchons, Dainty Edgings in Maltese, Baby Irish and Crochet, new Allovers, Shadow, Heavy Thread and Metallic Effects, New Pasmentrie Trim mings, New Silk Fringes, New Galloon Bands, New Silk Orna ments and Frogs, Buttons of all kinds the Crystal Button is the latest, New Veilings, plain and fancy, black and colors. Our stock of Dress Goods, Silks, Cloakings, Linings and all Dress Accessories, is crowded with some of the best of the good new ideas in the lines that are shown in any of the large cities, and our prices are quite a bit less than city prices. This fact is well known. ragg CLASSIFIED ADS. EVERYBODY READS THE EMPLOYMENT COLUMN Farm Help and Berry Pickers The Hood River Apple Growers Union and the Davidson Fruit Company have arranged with the Y. M. C. A. Industrial bmploy ment Agency of Portland, to fur nish all classes of farm help, in cluding berry pickers, for the farmers and fruit growers of the Hood River District during the coming season. W hen you need help either phone or write the Union or the Davidson Fruit Co. and the calls will be promptly forwarded to us and filled. No charge to employers. 20tfc Upper Valley Orchardists I am prepared to do a limited amount of spraying with power sprayer. A. B. Coulter, Phone Odell 273. 37-44c Wanted To take contracts this fall, to work apple orchards next year. West Side orchards preferred. My prices cheaper than what it will cost you to do the work yourself. W. T. Forry, Phone 323-K 30-42p BUSINESS ADVERTISING Oakdale Greenhouses Geran iums, salvia, verbena and other bedding plants. See the roses in bloom this summer and have stock reserved for Fall or next Spring. Plants and cut flowers at Franz's. Fletcher & Fletcher, Hood River. 19-tfc Great opportunity Sunnyslope Fruit Farm, one mile south of Hood River Heights has for sale leading varieties of standard ap ple trees. I have good Jersey milk I can deliver on Hood River Heights; also ripe peaches. I can mow your hay, raise or move your house. For prices phone 218K. J. T. Nealeigh. 35tfc. For sale Seasoned wood, fir or oak, delivered. J. J. Knapp, phone 3232-X. 35tfc Iteml the New. It tt Hk It nil. lerca Everything to Eat and Wear NEWS "WANT" ADS. REAL ESTATE SECTION For Sale At a sacrifice. 20 acres orchard land in Willow Flat district. For particulars see E. Kline at Hood River Gas and Electric Co. office. 24tfc For Sale 230 acres of land, from $50.00 per acre up. Will sell 20-acre tract with part in trees. C. J. Calkins. Phone 50-K. tfc For Sale-20 acres East Side, 1 mile from Summit station, red shot soil; 8 acres in 2-year-old trees. Price $200 an acre. For terms see owner or phone 1X5 Odell. 38141p A Snap Five acres on Neal creek. Fine spring on place; fair house. $1,600 $200 down, balance long time 7 per cent. C. L. Clark, Hood River, R. F. D. No. 1. 41c LOST AND FOUND ADS Lost Heavy gold ring with one diamond. Finder please return to F. Morrison, 1106 State street, and receive reward. 37-38c Lost Fox terrier puppy, about two-thirds grown, wearing a collar. Brown and black face. Body mostly white. Finder will please phone 201X. Reward. Lost One moss agate stick pin, Tuesday evening, in Heilbron ner hall or between hall and street. Valuable as an old keep sake. Reward for return to the News office. 40-41 p Lost Pair of eye-glasses some place in Hood River; name on case, "J. W. Prettie, Denver, Colo." Reasonable reward for return to this office. J.H.Swift. Lost Between top of east side grade and town, a pair of eye glasses in case. Finder please phone Mrs. L. E. Ireland, 1U7X. Lost Small pigskin handbag with name engraved on silver mounting. Return to Better rruit. Suitable reward. 42p Co iiie FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE "or rent Dowden Potato Digger Has record of 260 bushels per lour. Can hand work beat that? For terms call Scott ; 'phone 111. 32tfc F ;or Rent Piano to reliable par ties, rhone 298M. 41d "or Sale Furniture and house hold goods. Address W. O. Clasasen, care of J. L. Carter, R. D. No. 1, Hood River.- 41-42p For Rent Three housekeeping rooms furnished. Phone 234M. 4Jl-42c Fine 7-room cottage on Cascade Ave., west of 7th street, for sale cheap. 3 chambers and a sleeping porch, bath, pantry, at tic and basement. Inquire at office of A. W. Onthank. 36tfc For Sale Cheap Five-passenger Knox automobile. Would sell on terms. Phone Odell 188 or address J. M, Clark, Parkdale. 40-43c For Sale Cheap Four room house with bath, located on Pine St. Lot 65x150. -Phone 113-X 40-43p For Sale Cheap Second hand Mitchell wagon, three inch broad gauge. Just overhauled and in good condition. Dicker son & Peck, phone 205K. 40-41-c For Sale Dry Onions are ready; order early. Sprague 19T.2K. For Sale Cheap Good 2-inch wagon, 2 horse, suitable for apple hauling. Phone 277-M. 34 tfc For Sale Light open buggv and harness, $40.00. A. F. Howe. 221 Prospect A v. 40-4 lp For Sale -Oak pole wood, $i..r0 per load delivered in Hood River. Phone LIWl-K. 3S-4lc UVE STOCK AND FOWLS For Sale White Leghorn pullet. Telephone 264-Odell. 4'tfc For Sale - Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island Red cockerel for reeding purposes. Bred from na nroducing stock. Price $l.f0 apiece. Call early for best selec tion. F. E. Matt, Jericho Lane. 40-43-p Copy for sdvertiment MUM b In the oftks by Monday NtXJN.