Boscovv s Second Annual Clearance Sale Men's Stylish Suits, Reduced Prices All $2T 00 Suits arc now reduced to $19 50 All $22 50 Suits are now reduced to $1$ 00 All $20 00 Suns are now reduced to $1G 00 All $1$ 00 Suits are now reduced to $1 1 00 All $15 00 Suits are now reduced to $12 50 All $13 00 Suits are now reduced to $10 00 Gaberdine Overcoats and Raincoats All $20 00 Gaberdine Overcoats are now reduced to $17 00 All $18 00 Gaberdine Overcoats are now reduced to $l( 00 All $15 (X) Rain Coats are now reduced to $12 50 All $10 00 Rain Coats arc now reduced to $S 00 TEACHERS' I.IEECGAI i: lrl. PMtnuii. ! Monmouth Normal. tWIven titur U. -ill L'. HMD. SATURDAY "Old Curmudgeon' Dt DONALD OtAMOrjUJN "I f'i lMtt,,,,,j ""I I , I, I day's , . '""'"t fl. 'r '"Or J IW. SWIFTSit, I'. OF 0., TMIKI HiaskWy waa aa orphan with a ftMiUM. MfU J All ! W Ik TM ,bM .t.,,, ,t, .h. r.. '" Uw I..rt 1" . era Hcll-c 1 ho rvktilar monthly rtuvtin,r of the Washington County Teacheni Assmriation was held at leaver ton on the 10th insL AUnit for ty teachers assembled tn the school buiUlinirand after roll call, a short time was sjHnt in dis cussing the details of the -ear's ber.if h amai ah. u-ni l was wauled aa ' utauufae lurtu plant Th aiaMtt atatIUh . i " '"f' ""') lr-., ,""-, "win,,. r" k-" - "f '""I IO "'Mb,,,! "S IjmiI . ( In. ul.l. ,i 1 1 h.-i "' ""t . u uvd. lb family luMiuwIoad. could b made valuabt f.r ivrtaU pur pm If ther wsr ni.r of It if the adj4uliif f rvuhl laa milted with It lbr oull lw aiut n-u IVrttaiM butt l'H liJ lo .-r ' ' ""' mhru ibU uuHHM-ii-m r--hi Imht ! ' 11 ' U k.J m.t.lluL Nit rvUJ lit MHUrM lu 1 "I " "-f tk.-. .1 AllM-li ll K- K'" I" r. ".J ' It It Youth's Fine Suits from 14 years up All $14 (X) Youths Suits are now reduced to $11 50 All $12 00 Youths Suits are uow reduced to $10 00 All $11 (X) Youths Suits are now reduced to $i IX) All $10 (X) Youths Suits are now reduced to $$ 00 Sweaters of Superior MaKe and Finish Regular $G 50 Sweaters are uow reduced to $5 (H) Regular $3 50 Sweaters are now reduced to $2 00 Sat. Jan. 10th. Until Sat. Jan. 24th pjH'lltnK' contest which is arou. inir even more inu'rw. the teachers than last year's sue- .1 . ... cessiui corneal. l'rof. Hurtt. of HillsUnv then taujrht a helpful jmictical Iess4n 3C It bad Irtnl l buy lb l4nliyf pci rtu, Lu bat fktUt Artrr bc liiar turn (r Pur nuin bat Nmntm b. w.Hikln't mII. IWK wb b.Mn b.r1(l httaliuiM ImmmI front ht fa n nwntlv iloitil Palmer lb.r. mw lhl b uiamlim a tuU t. .,f Itiw ntnu IVnmansFmM mT ' I with which he has Uvn familiar for a number of years. "'I ' ii'i.-M I,. . . 1 Pruf. Pittman. of Monmouth Normal, followed with an in spirintf address in which he showed the country's need of enthusiastic, trained teachers to T!k unuiilt aftnr brr arrital alwi nil ! the a.i)..lliirf l'U- la "Mt Wltkliiwu," Im rmlUnl. anil Uj In bllil Id im-IL A atu. Wrul U h walk Ih bu fount mau ram ut l t!i avb amt Mux I (b bt hau.ta lu hi kH alrblu Vw "r " !" frr,.-l 1 .1. , . an. rk "ii.ti- , W --ar nuieken communities which are aiirua iiUi girl . . . . i II . soeiallv and educationally aeaii. One of the aims of the asso ciation tH'inir the iiromotion of a tatter understandinir ltwwn teachers and patrons the mvt imr was resumed after dinner In the Grange Hall in the .r-sence of a considerable numlr 01 irranirers. Pnf. Pittman irave another able address on "The thtwn of a New lhiv in Kducation. and l'r.,f S....N..r of the State t'ni- - h" X ,,'', r,,,m f..l!.,.l iith an Hi!. ' " "'"" umw il IM hi lire taw iin m la Mr UllMiia-U InT ab aaanl N. b la B..I " Vau you Ml n w b I ra a m. blmr II la UOfrrtalaV I ! uf aerrt u jtooT I th lu a, hlut with rr4 l Wllnt hla r.wy lu tb KtivUUir Mn-irti' ria I own b urtl aiul am tiitrrmlnt. Tb ohiimiut will nl bur uiitraa II ran baTa Ub 4u. , I'lIiip In." aaUl b yuuitat Wan, llxl versitv dnss show inir how the difficult subject of the relation of the sexes mav ' trtierlv antl ef ftH'tively aiiroached. I'y cart ful and continueil observation by ntrn-l li-a'lni; . I t'r I ...... " ""I ' "f rif (J, b.a ... . "I I,.-.. t.i will l Itiln it r-vh i f.Mll. t I . T -. ,. .t ..r Td. tii i.i .r Iti .i i' . rllrtl her l dIkId bvr . Ttil ata ilkl ninnrkal.tjr wvll, tbx pmtitf Hun lUI.'iJtitf allriilltpljr. lS.ni(b b arauvd u ! i a rni -l lu iliiilrltn f UlM 1 1 link I.) that ab dutiMad If hr CITY BAK.ERY is the home ot the Baby Anrel Food, and other nice things to eat in the line of Pies. Pastry, etc. We are anxious to have you try Our Bread. Once a customer always a customer. Our kojxIs are clean Main Street, Hillslioro J. Wolferspertrer, Prop. A Case of Blackmail By WILLIAM CHANDLER the pupils, of plants, and of the It,.. U ail ! mu! itur. art lower forms of animal life. (irandold lUilph Wuldo Kmer- son Haiti. 'The infallible index of all true tirok'ress is the time which a man takes." From thin standpoint k'fanirers m well as teachers must have h-en im pressed with the eami'Stness disidaveil by these eilucators re ip-ipitintr tin, imtwirlnnri. nf Ih.i ' school in the nation s life. After these addresses the teachers returned to the school Ml.r. nil tut m Jim Miinibjr. wbora hnililinir 1h. Lmirriim w4 re- I Uo.luM ..ul found to Iw man 9umw hm tiy a J,.iKhtful piano H"1 fof tw bail niilli.-l b iiMUUt U h1'f ai-iil I hi- luallrr Ill "om-r In fa rural. I lU-ht Iluil Ih IuvIIm llrr u liil- l lh I'laif. laaltttf br Uilu ihr Kriv-liliim.' aikl rnwlillim hm tth uiiw lliw Atn.-rkau llrauljf r Wb. ti .h.' il,iMnl bt Mid lhal ..ii a. b- lii'l an)lblng lu fvrt bv ul. I rail Hi-. ii Ui-r Mr Al. iuiwl.-r Ilia I aa bla Mim rall.il In. i ilni. Inl.-r nil aaUl Ibal. blii- hi- li l'l r (.K-wlitml lb Uulllrt aa abr lu.) k'lu-u II lu Mm. tbt "Wiirt rma atlll atiT. u -llln Ml". Illtx k irf ak.-. llio J.xnuf in a u lul rva lhl N i.t Ili-li . I-ii f., k j i r!d '. iMi ' ' ' MI I t!!I IWI ...1 ff, b f .r IS. -i n . fer.J I'- I. Itil t GET READY NOW Get your harnrM repaired ritit now, aoil be rea.lv fur an Iwrly Spring. Special atten tinu to repairing anil iiWxng h,unrs5. t'ine oiliii vat in ntnllf.l. Itrst Htuck of barnesa i4ilile, hip, nils, etc , In the city. H1LLSBORO HARNESS SHOP Skcosu Stukkt, HIU.SKORO, Orkoon If You Have Any Mind of TROUBLE with your Machinery or Automobile, go and see PETE THE BLACKSMITH in Reedville. Turning Lathe in Shop, and we do all kinds of fine MACHINE WORK We can repair any kind of machinery at reason able prices, and if the old machine is no good we can sell you a New Machine cheaper than anyone else in the county. Do not forget "Pete the Blacksmith" Reedville DfC tt TO rFB 11 Oregon The hliiKu on tlmt nrt of my iIHk which wht-o IowitwI funiifd Urn nr face on which to wrltii Mtm broken. I put on another. While at work on the Job I accidentally "truck the point of the "crvwdriver on a certain part of the dVk w hich I hud auppowil wib olid, and out flew a little drawer. I hud owned thnt dek ten yenw or! more without In-lnit awnre of thin ae cret drawer. Naturnlly I wna n-tun lhbed. There were aevernl pnpera In It which I removed and inunilinil. 1 fauclil thnt they nil nlnted to the aume Huhjwt, thoiitrh thin waa mieHH work. One waa pluln enoiiKh to lie understood by any one. It wns a de mand for IIO.OOIJ or "the caae lie fore the district attorney." It w-aii In an envelope aiVlrewied to Hatimel T. Ilenilernon and waa HlRiicd with the Initials "J. M." ThrouKh a friend In the real estate IiUMlnesa I learned the following fuct: The houne at which I had bought the disk hnd lielonKinl to Kniuiiel T. Hen demon, to whom the note waa ad d refuted. ! HenderHon bad died In a Hnnltnrlnin shortly before the anlu of the Iiouhc, ' and proiierty amounting to aeverul hundred thounand dollura which he was Buppoaed to have poH weaned wan nowhere to be found. IIIh Iioiihd und furniture were Bold by hla widow nnd daughter, their only child. Tin mother waa dead, but the daughter waa llvinn on the meager Income pro duced from the amount realized from the aale. One morning I called on MIhh lien deraon and ankMl her If ahe knew any one who had had any dealing with her father whoae lnltlalx were J. M Rhe thought for wnne time, but could rei'Bll no audi periion. I aHknl her if ahe had any of her fnther'a patient, and ahe en Id ahe had a hnndful of them that had tx-en removiMl from hla dmk In-fore It waa mdd. I nnked her to examine them nnd let me know If nhe found a name on nny of them that would fit the Initials. Hhe looked oil rtoiiH, and I told her thai the matter waa one of biiHlnima which ahe would not undemtand. One evening when I called ahe told me that the hnd found an old check book that had Mongi-d to her father and In It a Inrge number of stuba of check paid to J. M. 1 knew then thnt I could get what I wanted, for the check m"nt have been written with the full name. Minn Ilenderaon gave me the name of the bank on which they were drawn, and, though all the check had been returned to Mr. Ilen deraon, one of the bookkeeper remem bered the name on tbune checks from the fact that there was a dispute about one of them that hnd nearly cont him hla position. The person to whom they were druwn waa James Murphy. 1 began a atlll bunt for Jamee Mur phy and, after weeding the persons of that name In the directory, threw r living In excellent style. I wrvt bltn a note "tiitlnic that I had com Into poKsiwilon of a note of hla to the lata Samuel Ilfnilcnuin. If b ditdreil to nee me alwut It 1 would be pleawwl to call on him. I received a reply atat log thnt lie did not understand what I meant, but he would be at bumt the I these meeting are cordially next day at a certain hour. Vlteil. I found Mr. Murphy to be a roaXM, llllternte man with a very disagree able expression on bin fnce. He un dertisik to blutT me by feigning nur prise nt my note and demanded gnillly what I mennt by writing It I repeat ed to hi in the contents of the dmand I hnd found, how I came by It, and aald: Mr. Murphy, It tn evident that you and wife, niiir I-iiiri'l Were levying blackmail uihmi Mr. lien- I . I. m m t . uuei. rroi. n. t.. i tt-ne men iH-cupii'd the brief remaining time ly a discussion of '"Hit Relative Imimrtance of Arthme- tic in the t urnculum. School tiatrons who can attend in- Arirus and Oreoniun $2.25 Uichard Green, of near Mourn- invr. w;us a county seat visitor luesilay. Mrs. Ghas. S. l'arker is visit- rw herhrother, Freese Lilliuard, demon. I have Income Interested In the matter. Mr. Henderson la dead. and no secret you held over hi in ran Injure him. It In cpilte likely thnt your threats were the cause of hi death. You have no right to the amounts be paid you, and the time baa come for you to return them. A check book has I -en found hcnrlng a stub for every check paid you. rhooae between returning the money and bclmr proa- edited for blackmail ami nt the Route time standing suit for the funds ptild you without a legal consideration." Mr. Murphy lost some of the redness of his face and stared at me for awhile, not knowing what reply to make. Fi nally he said: "I had a partner who was a great rascal nnd Is renixitinlble for all thin. SUMMONS In thi Circuit Court of Ilia Hint i.f or.-Kon f. r Din County of Whii.Kl..n Clyde t. Taylor. I'lainUII, l Harah 11 Taylor. Iliifenilant. 1 To Harsh it Taylur, Hi sti ivn nanml lieloiiilaiil : In Km Name of tlm Histii nf Oregon ion arc iinrni.y iiotihril ami miulrnl u appear In tlie als.va rnliliMl miirl and iish er tlm coinplalnt lllnl aKalul you In llin alHivc (intlllwl raimn, on or l-f. ,rc Matiinlay, tba'Mb ilar of Knlinniry, pill aal.l ilatu l.rng after tlis riniratliiii of an enka from llin ilalu of llm iiri i.uMiia lion of this numinous m llm 1 1 1 1 llM,r Argua, the ilsla of the tint publication i........ 'ri iu .1... ..... i - . '""B i iKiimuT, inn iiii.'i oav 111 jniiuary lull, an, I ih ilntn of Un-Ul mil, I ii-iitiiii. ;i e me a little time ana I will try to thereof twin I hurwlsy, tin j,ih ,Ur uf lind n way out of the matter. feiiniary, lli4; ami you will plnav taka I told him that he might haw till L' ..IL". ."7.. "J. "J 7 ,,,'!,r noon the next day, but meanwhile he would be shadowed by a detective to Hit' that he did not get away. I took no stock In his partner story. lie eventually paid Miss Henilcraon in.'i.'ioo. which wnn all, no fnr an could be proved, of the nmounta her father had pnld him. Thin wnn facilitated tiy the fact that he hnd mnde a great den of money out of the fund while he held them. He refused to tell trie the aorret he held over Mr. Henderson, but admitted that there wnn nothing Id It that would have served with a man of different tcmiernment. When I told Mlsn Henderson thnt I llm plaliitlft will apply to tlm court for llm mlliif prayml for In hla complaint, towil: For a ilncrim forrvnr illMilvliig " "mrnK,. inn marriage contract, now anil imniioiiira, minting lietwrnui Iha planum sun ilntiinilant, upon llm groumli oi cruel anil lolmiiinu tivalinvtil rrmliirlng Ills I Iff luir,lninu,i,,F iiils suiiuiioiis Is aervral iihiii you hy piihllrntlun thsreof, tiiirsuniit to onlnr of the llomirslila I) A Heaaonnr. County Juiige or Wnliiiigi,,ii Cnuniy, tin k, I "J ina.lii, riiuilerpil and ilaLnil on On, inn. .UJ in.. Ml.r ,,f i , " i ... m nil, in, j, mi , Hagley , ilara. Attorney fur Plaintiff Notice of Final Settlement hnd a fortune for her she received the news with great surprise. Hhe could Notice Is ,rtiy Ktvr tmi lim n,r. not understand how nny man could signed has 11, ml bis final awonnt an have iHissessisl a Mis-ret Incriminating ""''"'n'ntrnUir In llieomirauf tba cmuly her father, whom she ts-lleved to have ,rr.k."i,l',r,HU.t" of .Oregon for tl.a Clln. . , " """mngion n t in nmllrr ur tn very go.l man. .sUteof THIU Jobnaon. That b, ,"Z fliisi in iioi i win iii iiiiie repiiiii iii i " niuri um .Hau nny or Januarv ...... ... . IIIU l ,,'..l,u.L a u ..." for wnnt i nan none ror tier tiy tn-- coming my wife. . , . Ulll O I'IIM.S A 1 lir sail I Ull III II... V . .. l,ll"iiurt boiianln .ii. if. i h Mini. I tun, h ..r , -.. ,. and was told lhal no is-aann whatnr bad U--I1 iKM'bMifel Ho aiiapm-tnl that the uwiii-r wtshixl to build on the pns,rt) blmwlf, r Mlbty Ihi nilgbl tin hi-W"tltliig with other partU llrlle waa Very in mil dlMpailntMl I Hbr told Hie gelitleiiiau that but few rutMvrtw had the im-oiui pin-hji large a pM.rty and If the opportunity Were not tnkrli adratitagv of tatfh plncra wuiiM reiiialu aa thaqr wtare. pnsluctng tin liii.,iiw and my1n talM that Vuukl gm.hmlty eat Ibnin Up The young mini anU that tv wotlkl gain cunfi-r with the owner ami mi di-avor o tmpreaa bltu with thla VU-w of tht rna In a few daya Mr. Alexander railed agnln to r.rt thnt be bad fatted In tuiprvMi tin. owner of the prupxTty with the reoaotia Mtsm lllurklny tunl brought forth and feand that be nnd other Vli.wa f, the lirolwrty. Th matter drngged along. Tlie would puniuiwr were known to lie looking at otlM-r slti, and MIm lllmkley vrwa dlM-otiragisI 'The only way I know fur you to move the old curmudgeon," aald Mr. Alexander one day In I VI le, "la to hinrry blm. When ymi have done that you can make him ibi what you like." ltelle aiiiiitisl the Idea. Indissl, she had tnkeii iiiilte a fancy to thla Mr. Alexnnder, but anyway ahe wouldu't marry an old lumi, eaHs-nlly a tuh Isiru one Hut Hbe thought of the matter and roiicluited that ahe would asik the old chap over. Alexander agreed o nrrnnge a tiieetlnK. but when he admit lis) that be nut Id not do no except as the Ix-glimlng of a tnntrtmoiilnl negotiation llelle lialktsl again; but, receiving nu advance on the offer fur her proierty conditional on the purchase of the adjoining estate, nhe consented. It waa arranged Unit Nile go the next day lo uiaku the call, Mr. Wilkinson having an attack of gout which kept him off bla feet. Mian Hinckley waa received at Um dm by a servant ami uoheivd Into where nhe saw Mr. Alex audcr sitting In an euay chair with a U-g stretched out on a foot ret. Hut be rose without dirflculty and aald "I am Uie owner of thla protwrty having tsmght It tl- day Mm your Brat call here. If you wlnh uw to Join you 111 effis'ttntf R anle to theon WC trie men you will buve flrat to prom lae to tnarry me. I have gut another bid for both idiM-ea nnd run make thme iHtrtbm to whom you vrlitn to ell pay double the amount they hare offered, for they must have the alte." Minn Hinckley wan oulte ready to make the promise, nnd Isitb den la, thn CheW.-l I t .ll tat frU n ', ! .1 I t tttra 1 1 tb i t 4 ! yl h oi r 'l k fnd lr-li hrr eijml arm ami .lr-w at MHil ,t r i'i ' I,.- m at J he n, . .,.'..1 In frWH I d ..r m .1 ' .1 It ." -f... !-....., MI 11 1 III.-I.I I ' ' 'V Iwrf. .r. T' i IU '-Ml near the lrrVV hiasf nniiitts" Tfa KtWll itfTf In th Nninlrf!9 w!i, h tVr l,1 tstrasll In one f IV tuba s ft ah-eii-. a In wl tel Inir ii I .ml-.' . A. t!a a.mp p!i i "'M"f i4 f illrt i. a Isitw WI liluCuhn t'li' nno k',i saw lh.it he h"i M Ilia n ii .Mfi i iiffi rmliiit I1 "p '"" to1 Th. tu t 11 tliclr Iniiita "h" ff t,, tr . Mli-a Ihniwii .'1" r,',, rl.-t In "ne uf lta and stii.tl . r Wi g.-d tin-in l"t" lh were plnol ll mK"' bad N-. li "'.'I wrrla-' When the i.m.-rtla ri'l" wna "- liUta wti.i hn,lN-raw,.o, rtende ni'd ''" M li b..ua.-i near by k all, In Ih-i, r..lli-1'd iff the center "f theeiMMW" order t mnr.-h. 1 1 ii I r an h-r HMI-" If lu n nrd ""0)" aM wall. The l'rl,w" . .1 a. all tV aland agiii"t "" toll Then na nnvwnp ",.ld up year .;verv bund ' . it. line. UIK 1 1 ' ' II "Why doe thin hen reftine to anwo clate with tho other hen?" "Oh. that hen la descended from nn. of the orlglnul Plymouth Rocka."- J",;nHbin,dwaseil Kansas City Journal. Ingbin.HtHln of (ireiron. hau l.... n.i'i wiL'!!!.1'.1,'.'".!1'''1 ''I",' r'.,r ,"'rl"K olf ninrruige nnd tho rwil eatate, went .y t' Md llnnl ammunl and tl..,....,i. aeiiiiiiginnaama. " Oliver Jolinalun Mr"' Alexander facetiously rail bet niiiniiiuirnuir or tne Htate ol esute of Tllllel hnnband "Old ('nniiiidgion.H Thero Ii a man In our town. Ilia nature la real iwwit, Yet ha will cuss the janitor And holler for morn hunt. -Cincinnati Knqulrer. I)ate of II rat publication, January 1st, i,'i.,..ui ii i.i.. . .... I iviiviiiiiiia r lilfii . Wi allN Hailing burning, IV,rtla,,,r (irngom aLtorneva for .iu,u ' '""S"i WasblngU.n Hotel, Monday. We.lnes.lay ami rrlilay Rhe-iinfnro we wero married you solemnly declnrod thnt yon nover could be hnppy without me. He-True. Hut marriage haa mnde another man of me.-Ilonton Tn. Olllee hours. I n.4 ... n i - r ..iiiiiii nuns, Dr. Gertrude Phillips Oslsopalhio Physician. acrlpt to 12 R. Ill, Saved by Clean Hands By F. A. MITQIEL There wnn a time toward the clone of the attempt of tho commune lo govern Parte when tho communtaU wort ttgbt- .t . i ,1. w em rlela I W II""!' . h hem to nlan.1 i..- tsll iiteiii-.-.' - - i i man r.1... 1""' ""J! b,.r hand-. wef When nil tl M,.n scli-i-l 0f,be1nc.-ar,.n,ll wer. ivKu! I'"'' 7 In-td.. the Hnfortiin"!'- Ihm.m slmt b ",l,,h- ( away she km-w tWj fr hi", -he waul r1 th.me who hading aawher ... Her MJ her mother In n The man who " nioullem The Krrni'h lj 'lownfall t "ifiS Thin mny help K" .. ....... na'a"11 " ty, so .'. -rrn. Tll nrlllah Pankhurst n.lftjt J .pond her t(lfbcrim ab can lunko Hooti we Hlutll "J BUy kind ..r n-'i"' entlmt tn lor bn 'llH,,,,v,"I sickness, which " alderlnK h ,n'nT the (llsense., It s mllnffltrf I W thnt for tl."l"';,, KngllHh l-K""f J f, HIS nt. ver.n- ny "' ,..MllHo, iu; a levant! p.1.14,