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CI 3 A THE H00D:KIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1912 No Old Goods on our Shelves We have a Complete Line of Fresh Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. We invite your inspection GCite grocery Store FREE DLLIVLKV: Last 9:3o;.m., 3:30 p. m.; u Went 8 a. m., 10 a. m., 4 p. m. Clvt mlJd STAMPS UPPER VALLEY NOTICE List your places for'special attention with WARD IRELAND CORNELL Upper Valley Real Estate .'. Insurance Improved and Unimproved Orchard! Land Hood River Connection UUY Y. LOWAKDS & CO. Phone U. C. M. Ranch, Parkdale 77-Odell Upper Hood River Valley. Ore. A Choice Lot of NURSERY STOCK In Standard Varieties to offer for the Season 1912-13. Also some Select PEONA BULBS C. D. THOMPSON Phone 3232-M R. R. No. 2 Hood River, Ore. B. B. POWELL Jr. B. SNYDER Hood River Plumbing Company PHono 68X Sanitary Plumbing and Heatinc. Tinning and Sheet Metal Work. Repairing Promptly Attended. ESTIMATES FURNISHED CASCADE AVENUE HAVING purchased the entire interest of E. Brayford in the Rockford Store about three months ago, we are now in a position to serve you with all the highest class Groceries at reasonable prices. We invite your patronage and will serve you to the best of our ability. RIV15 US A TKIAL M E R CER&CO. I'HONIi NO. 5 WAREHOUSE ON FIRST STREET Transfer and Livery company Freight, Express and Baggage Transferred Furniture Moved. Stored or Packed for Shipment MOOD RIVER, OREGON. D RAYING ExpnESS ANP Baggage 1 Office Phone 29 Residence 238K All Ktnds of Light and Heavy Work 2 Wood Yard and Feed Store in Connection n TAFT TRANSFER CO. For Lime, Cement and House Plaster See STRANAH AN & CLARK skimp Is 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 term 3. A. W. ONTMANK, Agt. 109 Oak St. Hood River, Ore. The NEWS For Printing. SAVED THE COLORS. A Hare Who Waa Burlad Wrapped I Mia Flag by tha Enamy. During the Austro-Prusslan war a body of Prussian soldier came upon a ditch half full of wwi'lod and dying Austrian. Among thotta who were badly wounded waa a young officer. They found blm lying on bla back In the wet ditch. Touched with pity for him, some of the Prussian went to hliu and wished to remove him so that he might be attended to by the sur geon. But he besought them to leave him alone, telling tnem that he felt quite comfortable. Boon after this be died. Then when they lifted his body they found why he had begged them to leave blm alone. He had been the standard bearer for his regiment In the terrible battle of the day the flag had been torn Into tatters, and when he was sore wounded so that he soon must die his soldier spirit was still strong within him, and rather than let the "bit of rag" fall Into the enemy's hand he folded it up and placed it beneath blm so that none might see it This was why he would not let himself be moved by the kind ly Prussian soldiers. He would die protecting the precious flag. His foes were so touched by his no ble action that they would not take away the trophy but wrapped It around him that might be buried with him. LANDS OF FIRE. Yat Iceland and Tiarra dal Fuago Are Glacier Bound Ragiona. It is rather singular that both of the "lands of fire" are near the cold extremities of the globe Iceland, far to the uortbward, and Tierra del Fuego, remotely south. Iceland, to the eye, seems at first glance to be better named by the cold appellation. Its glacial fields are not only numerous, but In some cases these and the connected snow stretches are hundreds of square miles in extent Hut only a little travel Into the In terlor, say to the site of the ancient Icelandic parliament atThlngvallavatn, discloses miles upon miles of such deso lation as is possible ouly in a "land of Are." It is a very Island of volcanoes, and, while they have been exceedingly well behaved for a hundred years or so, the great hot springs In the neigh borhood of Reykjavik, the capital. In dlcate that the subterranean heat If passive, is still very much alive. Huge glaciers also mark the "cold land of fire" at the other end of the earth. Thus each of the two parts of the universe Is properly named, wheth er the name be warm or cold. New York Press. How Frostbita Cornea. The first effect of cold on the skin Is to contract the tiny vessels that connect arteries and veins. Arteries are ves sels that take blood from the heart Veins are those that bring blood back to the heart and tho connecting ves sels are called capillaries. While these little vessels are contracting the skin itself becomes tenser. In a few mo ments or mluutes the effects change. The tiny nerves whose stimulation caused contraction of the capillaries are more or less paralyzed, and the ves' sels dilate so the sk n gets red. Soon the veins are dilated, and the skin be comes bluish. Then the nutrient fluid in the skin (the lymph) Is coagulated. and the stretched skin ruptures or "chaps." If the cold Is more severe Its action is deeer, and the blood Itself may be coagulated. This is frostbite. Opprasaive Politeness. M. Ernest Lavisea has turned aside from historical labors to relate a bnnmot by his friend Massenet It was at a time when the musician wag changing apartments and the historian Inquired the motive of -the change. "I was too well known there," Massenet replied. "Everybody was too oppres sively polite. Only tho other day I hapleiied to buy a penny stamp in a tobacconist's shop. 'Pray do not trouble to carry It,' said the tobacconist. 'It will give us the greatest pleasure to send It round to you.' "Westminster Gazette. Evolution of a Play. "They tell me that plays are built np. Is tunc so? "It is," answered , the playwright Here is the method. I cop a Joke. I tell it around, and it goes. Next I make a dialogue of it Then I add a character, and it becomes a vaudeville Bketch. If it still goes good we make three acts of it, and then it's a play." Kansas City Journal. While Ha Waited. Little Girl Mr. Llngerlong, is a quietus something you wear? The Voting Man No. Miss Kitty. hy do you sk that? Mttle Olrl 'Cause A heard sister tell mamma the other day sho was going to put a quietus on you the next time you came. Chicago Tribune. Would Help 8ome. "What good Joes It do a woman for a man to be willing to die for her?" be grumbled. "He might carry a big life Insnr ance. you know," she hinted. Balti more American. 8areaatio. Wife Any fashions in that paper. Jack? Jack (who has Just settled a dressmaker's bill) Yes, but they're n use to you, dear. It's yesterday's pa per. London Opinion. The first Ingredient in conversation i truth, the next good sense, the third iod humor and the fourth wit Blr rilllam Templo. FROZE A SOAP BUBBLE."" Than Broke It In Piece and Floated Them en Liquid Air. A frozen Mup bubble broken In two and floating like an iridescent, trans parent eggshell on the surface of a vessel of liquid air was one of the marvels exhibited by Professor Dewar in a lecture before the Royal institute of Great Britain. The lecture was upon the subject of atmosphere and the curious effects of Intense cold, the liquid air and soap bubble being adjuncts introduced to fa cilitate some explanations. A few spoonfuls of liquid air were poured into a vessel, and the Intense cold caused by evaporation Immediate ly brought on a minature snowstorm In the atmosphere directly above the vessel. A soap bubble was then placed In the freezing stratum. Almost In stantly there was a change In the color of the transparent globe, the bubble becoming much darker; the move ments of the rainbows Dim grew slow er; It contracted somewhat In size, and a little later it froze. A slight but dexterous movement of the rod upon which the bubble was suspended broke the latter Into two pieces, which fell upon the liquid air and there floated for an hour, gradual ly accumulating a tiny snowdrift from the almost Imperceptible precipitation constantly going on in the freezing atmosphere above. STEVENSON'S GRAVE. Its Romantio Site, In Samoa, Atop tha Foreet Clad Vaila. No English novelist rests In a more eccentric siwt than that chosen by Robert Louis Stevenson, who is burled on the summit of the forest clad Valla, In the Island of Simoa, that genial spot in the south Pacific that the gift ed writer loved so well. The day after his death at Vallima, in 1804, his remains were carried to the top of this precipitous and pic turesque peak hjr sixty sturdy 6a- moans, who had loved and now mourn ed their dead chief, Tusltula. A party of forty had previously cut a pathway through the thick, tangled wood with knives and axes, while an other party had prepared the grave. With Infinite care and trouble they bore blm shoulder high over the rough ground to bis last long home, and there, under the starry sky, they left him to sleep forever, with the Pacific at his feet. On either side of bis tombstone Is a bronze "plate. One bears the words "The Tomb of Tusltula," while the other is inscribed with his own re quiem, lcginulng: Under the wide and atarry eky Dig the grave and let me He. The Parrot Fiah. There are water parrots as well as land parrots. The parrot fish come from the tropics, are brilliantly colored and have beaks something like those of the parrot, for use in breaking off the coral shell in order to get at the living polyp. Not all of them, how ever, live ou animal food, some species being herbivorous. One species is found in the Mediterranean sea, where It has been known for thousands of yea s. The Greeks and Romans re garded it for a time as the first of fishes, and Pliny tell us how it was n trod u cod Into the Italian sea in the course of the reign of Claudius. It was known as the "scarus" by the an cients, who told some wonderful sto ries about its love. Its wisdom and Its rumination. Some having a length of sixteen Inches have been captured alive. Doneaeter Race. Doncaster is one of the four places the other three being Chester, Epsom and Lincoln that claim to be the cra dle of the British turf. In May, 1000, the minutes of the corporation record that "Hugh Wyrrall hath caused a stoope," or iost "to be sett on Don caster More at the west end Of the horse-race," which was ordered to be cutt down." A few years later "for the preventlnge of sutes, quarrells, murders and bloodsheds" it was agreed "that the rnce on Doncaster More le discontinued." Eventually the corporation, with the true Yorkshire combined love of "f brass" and sport took the horse racing under its pa triarchal care and turned the meeting into a source of profit London Standard. Blacksmithing and Wagon Work Farm Implements and Logging tools repaired. Plow work a specialty. Howell Bros. ,Tvvo doors east of Fashion Stables Hood River, Ore. Phone 227-X ! I CP. SUMNER Opposite- the Post Oftlct Home Phone' 20 Spray and Garden nose Plumbing The French. The French were first mentioned as the Pranks, a tribe of warlike Ger mans in the northwestern part of the region now kuown as Prussia. They came into notice about 240 A. D. and with other German tribes Invaded the Roman empire In the fifth century and settled in the country now kuown as France. The word Frank, or Frank- man, means freeman. After theit conquest of Gaul they named the coun try Frankenrick. or Frank's kingdom. Getting Him Inured. "What makes Bllggtun compel his boy to practice standing bareheaded in Inclement weather?" "He has an Idea the boy will be president of the United States some ay and wants to have him well re hearsed for inauguration." Washing ton Star. She Agreed. Mr. Gnaggs I want you to under stand, Mrs. Gnntrg". that I am no fool. Mrs. Gnaggi For once I agree with you. A fool and his money are soon parted, and 1 have never been able to get a dollar out of you. Philadelphia Record. He censure God who quarrels witl the imperfection of men. -Burke. Notice of Dissolution Notice is hereby given that the part nership heretofore existing between T. J. Kinnaird and Fred Y. Larwood un der the firm name and style of Kin naird & Larwood, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent, T. J. Kinnaird continuing the business, pay ing all bills and collecting all accounts due the firm, and assuming its liabili ties. Dated this 10th day of December, 1912. T. J. KINNAIRD, FRED Y. LARWOOD 50-52c NOTICE OF ELECTION Hood River Irrigation District Notice is hereby given that an elec tion will be held in the Hood River Irrigation District at Mercer's Store therein on the 2nd Tuesday in January 1913,, to-wit: the 14th day of said month, for the purpose of electing the following officers for said District for the ensuing tw6 years, to-wit: Aboard of five directors, an asses sor, a collector and a treasurer. Said officers to be elected at large for said district by the qualified electors there of. And notice is further given that the Board of Directors of said district by order, dated the 9th day of November, 1912, has appointed the aforesaid place as the place for holding said election; and further by said order has appoint ed Frank Fenwick, Jack Hicks, and A. O. Anderson judges of said election. The polls will be opened at one hour after sunrise on the morning of said day and will -be kept open until sunset when the same will be closed. Dated and first posted this 19th day of December, 1912. R. W. KELLY, 62 54 Secretary. We wish a. Merry Christmas to all ourcustomers T.J. KINNAIRD Cor. 2nd and Oak Sts. Phone 78 Kerry Cliristmas 3o aee I We thank our customers for the patronage of the I last year. Our aim for the next year is to merit even a greater trust and confidence placed in us than f in the past. Keir & Cass Pet table TrtififUlj SMITH BLOCK HOOD RIVER i f We are Prepared for Winter With a Complete Stock of NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Hood River County. In the matter of the estate of Hum phrey Pugh, Deceased. The undersigned having been duly appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Hood River Coun ty, Executor of the estate of Hum phrey Pugh, deceased, and having qualified, notice is hereby given to the creditors of, and all persons hav ing claims against said deceased, to present them, verified as required by law, within six months after the date of this notice, which said date will be the date of the first publication of the same, to said Executor at the office of L. A. & A. P. Reed, his attorneys, at No. 190 Second Street In the City of Hood River, Hood River County, Ore gon. TRUMAN BUTLER, as Executor of the estate of Hum phrey Pugh, Deceased. Dated December 11th, 1912. 50 54 X Hand Sleds Snow Shoes Norwegian Skiis and Skates I Call on us when in need of anything in the Hardware line. It will pay you as well as us i Blowers Hardware Co. The Firm that "Makes Good" Dr. M. A. Jones DENTIST Formerly of Hood River, Is now located at 245 1-2 Washing ton St., Portlanp, Ore. M. S. DENTAL COMPANY Avaunt with worry! Today's Christ mas. HOOD RIVLR POULTRY YARDS J. I. NIMELSLN, rroprletor Brttdtr t S. C. W. leghorns. W. P. Rock! and t. C. Anode lilind Rtdt. Indian Rvnnor Duck! BrwHT end youn tivk for Or dm hnokrd now. Poultry yenla 1', milve wnt of city at Krankton. I'hon SOMEBODY IS EXPECTING YOU ON CHRISTMAS or NEW YEAR They are waiting for you to come THE HOMING INSTINCT TELLS YOU TO GO THE DESIRE FOR COMFORT SUGGESTS THE LINE OF BLOCK SIGNALS To Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Kansas City and All Points East THE EASY WAY" THROUGH TRAINS. HIGH CLASS EQUIPMENT A PLEASURE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS Write and tell them you are coming. Then let u tell you how little it will cost P. I). SMIIH, Agent, O. W. K.A V, Hood klver, Oregon