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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
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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.
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Residence 238K
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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
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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