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.it-. ' , THE OREGON DAILY rJOtJRNAlv PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING. 'AUGUST 2, 1007. ;. . II.'. 4- I I I r I t 1 1 - I I . i ' II II II ' lit II Tflk. f S lij-'ll tills I 1 m . I I 1. . I I - . I I - I r i: Jl3)S)eO 1 v it O IL IliXllL) l.ij -;- 1 li Sidelo LILY. SIZE-' 2 for 25c v ASK TOR IT! 'i - . Allen 6 Lewis, Distributors GO AFTER VOTES III J SMLl BOAT J Alta M. Wilcox and Her Sis- ter Daisy Have Very j Successful Trip. . ': CANVASS P AEMEE8 V ALONG THE COLUMBIA Glta BjerUj U Working Hard for Scholarship hi the Agricnltaral College at Oorvallls He Wante to Be an Engineer. A1U M. Wlloox was qulU Ul last week and ao waa hindered In her con tact work.' Bhe recovered Monday and -3. JO, ' Alta M. WUcox, Cleone contestant, who Is making creditable showing In The Journal educational con- test-Photo br Browning. haa eJnce been able to add many vote to her afore during tha lait Jew day. Alta has pnnvaaaed . her own- 'home town antf r-iliborIng 'towns -. w well that now conquer. The other day Alta and her slater Daisy canvassed the farmers between Waahous-al, Camas and Vancouver, by rowing along the Columbia river in a mall skiff. The girls did weU on this ooat trip. Alta could do better In her canvassing among the farmers if she had a horse and buggy. But she proposes to win a scholarship with the means at her own command. On day in the week she uses her father's rig and on other days she walka along the dusty, hot roads. But Alta la a "plucky" maiden and always la ready to meet every dis advantage with a smiling face. Alta mad a fine record last week, report ing and turning In subscriptions amounting to M0.lt, mostly money collected from new subscribers. Writes XuaUess-xake Settee , The excellent style employed by this contestant in her business correspond ence is worth exhibiting. Here is a sample letter Just arrived "Cleone, Or., Jul 29, 190 The Ore- n Journal, Portland, Or., Gentlemen have been working out in the count n today, and am sending the receipts and votes for the subscriptions I received. Tomorrow l am going to work at the Sandy. - They have several mills there and If no one has preceded me I think I will get a good many subscriptions there. Yours truly. AlTA M. WILCOX. raithful Xa rraetle. Amour the numerous letters indors ing Alta M. Wilcox one is selected to be printed today. Other letters about her Till be published inthelr turn: This is to certify that Alta M. Wil cox has been a pupil In music of mine for two years, regular in attendance, faithful in practice, never losing a lesson except for sickness or some equally good reason, and I cordially recommend her to any teacher as a faithful, diligent pupil. "'MRS. E. A. WHITNBT. "aeons. Or.. July 15. 1907." The Tanner Boy. Olen Bverlev. "the farmer lad." en ters The Journal contest from Alrlie, determined to win a cash purse in or der to pay his way at the Oregon Ag riculture collere. Corvallls. where he wlsbos to take a course in mechanics. Olen was born at Rickreaii, a small town near Dallas, and lived there until he was about eight years old. He At tended the village school of Rickreaii a year or so; then nis parents movea to a farm near Airlle. : Here on the farm Olen lived with his mother, father and The bor would do chores on tne ram mornings and evenings and. during the aay attend the mue school nouse on the hill. But at Alrlie there is no Higher school work than the eighth graue and having completed this he must go away from home to obtain a higher education. He has helped hlm In various ways to attain this end. .rvn 108 P"' winter Olen has been with the International Corre- pcnoo or Be ran ton, pennsyl siuat it1 took th, opportunity to Sn.lJUA0lM ln order-1 to- prepare for college After- flaiahlneV an .lwtriral . w the Corvallis college, Olen "OP" to eomnlete nnnontUiii'h. h. rk rax u ( with being an pi inr a 2?. W2rk ,n ectrtclty by tsk- (a the eh ),;. m aeek other fields tn mr. J5.2weT .company or Nl- T -. . ' Jiirr -iLT.JL" n is aoia no: boy who rli nary pedal Sale of 'Gas I Including Our Latest Pattern of High Oven Range For 30 days we will offer special inducements on ranges at less than factory cost. Regular $45.00 range with elevated oven and broiler, also lower warm ing closet, with 3 single and 1 dou ble top burners, also simmering burner, at special price of $30.00 delivered and connected. Regular $30.00 range with cast body, 18-inch oven, 3 single and 1 double top burners, also simmering burner with separate oven for bak ing and broiling, at special price of . $20.0& delivered and connected. Take Advantage of These Ranges While They Last ALWAYS AT YOUR SLRVICt GAS workman, but he aspires to become a most skillful electrician. . rarman Are WeU Informed- ' Olen Is the older of two chUdren. He Is 17, his brother, Herbert, is IS. Glen's father, Leroy Byerley, Is a respected farmer and hop grower of the Willam ette valley. The elder Byerley la a member of the United Artisans and Olen hope to obtain help ln his contest race - from his father's fellow lodge members who are loyal to their own. Olen, like most other boys on the farm, is a fine horseman and he may be seen on hla nnnr nr nn bicycle speeding over the country roads in quest of contest subscriptions. The district that Glen has to canvass is one of the most fertile and prosperous sec tions of the .Willamette . valley, be farmers in that district are wall In formed and good patrons of dally news paper, rney are aiwaye reaay to neip a young man 1ST hla struggle for an education. It was ln this same dla trict that Mildred ' Clemens v last year won a great many, of - her ' victorious VOteSV ' f t -. .J- The farmers are "very-busy at this time of year but this does not discour age Olen. - He is used to .the? ways of agriculturists and he will ride across the fields and talk contest to the farm ers while "tkajr ' work. --v .--f a--- Olen will - canvass all of the small towns around Alrlie - and he will - anywhire and everwhere he thinks he may find subscriptions.; . - - ; Preferred Vtoek Oaaaed Cloota. : AUsa Lewi ieat rand. New. Mining Incorporation. (Snectal 'Slapatcb to Tha Joamal.) ' Bumpter, Or.. Aug. a. A new com pany haa been formed by John Thomsen bofi sb ram and? lose all Interest when help is within reach. . Herblne will make that liver perform its duties properly. J. B. Vaughn, Elba, Ala.,' writes: "Being 4 constant sufferer from, constipation and a disordered liver, I have found Herblne to be the best medicine, for these trou bles, on the -market. I have1 used It constantly I believe It to be the best medicine of Its kind, and I wish all sufferers 'from- these troubles ' to knbw the rood Herblne haa dona ma. Sold bv of this city, called the Raros Minln company, of which he, E. H. Horner an u. c. ttascne, are tne incorporators. The capital stock is $18,000. It is under stood that this corporation eomes Into existence for the purpose of exploltlne some holdings which Mr. Thomsen re- oy . aoquirea in tne cornucopia dls triot. CathoUcOmrch at Freewater. (Bpeeial Dispatch to She JooraaL) Freewater, Or, Aug. S.ftlght Rev, Bishop O'Reilly will arrive here ' next eunaay rrom uaaer City, and In addi tion to delivering one of his famoua lec tures he will select a Site for th nn Catholic church to be erected here In the fall; There are a number 'of r-ivm. lies la ol ylcinlty, ana aerrloes are, WA Ganges r HI toi COFFEE What is. essential good coffee? . ' Good bean eround fresh. and a -vyoman of comnl sense, - - " " - '.r f-ti-:: r?d;--iJv Tear srecer rttsrnt year asoeey II yea dost Use ScbuUnc't Beat; we pay bias, ' ' now beln held fiundava In the dlff srent homeav -:, . ..; . : . -;; ,-, IK