THE . OREGON DAILY JOURNAL.1' PORTLAND," . SATURDAY, NOVEMBER M, 1918.
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ANOTHER TENDERFOOT!
T. BRADY IRIS
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Started Because He Wanted
, To 'and Never Finds It a
- Mechanical Task, -
Young School Teacher Hero?-
ine .in New Novel Has
Some Exciting Adventures. :.
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HE WRITES HIS TALES
Hi
THE: WEST
'Cyru TownenJ Brady, from whosa
pn luid under, tha Imprint of Q. P.
Putnam's Hem appear thla fall two
volumea on' fall length novel, en
titled "The, 'More, Excellent- Way,". th
' other e Chrletmae f&nUiy. entitled
. 7 Ana .iu hi canie-w firea n inter
caMnf eketch of hU literary and other
;actl-HUe: ' , ; . '
fc . - i r a
started, to write becauee I want-
j'ed to; because preaching- and writing
ure the two things that I love to 44
bove everything alee. , I can do both
tocauae one relieves , the other. My
reaching is founded on fact, my nov
l are fiction. Neither do I ever mix
the two: yet I nope that my preaching
Is as interesting asmy fiction, and 1
.-: nope that my fiction Is as true to life
. as my preaching. Happy contradlc
. tlona, are they notT My first bo)k
was accepted oh sight - There are at
, .- present ome 80 published volumes io
my credit, eliminating sermons, ad
dresses, assays and sketches which
: bave been published In pamphlet form.
' r 'Appeal. to Publishers.
' ."Most .Of these have ' been accepted
v on. alghti so that I know but little by
experience of the proverbial trials of
: authors. Once in awhile I have had to
eek ardently and persistently for a
publisher for a book, but not often.
happened that the few books whlcn
)ive not found ready acceptance by
the., publishers have been the most suu
" cessful, I think.
"The writing of a atory is never a
tnechanlral taak. If It were. I would
ot or I could not write it, and It
'would not be worth anything after I
' did. I always think the story I am
writing is the very best I ever wrote,
t-ht K Is destined tp be on of the
world's masterpieces, and I keep thlnk
Xny that in the face of 60 arguments
-to the contrary. . I live through all my
tories, and I walk through them, too,
or . I generally dictate them standing
tip. ; When I ' am through with .the
lslly dictation, I am physically, as
well as mentally, tired. Borne one. al
' ways has to get tired.- In the ease ot
1 a ; sermon, either t-he preacher gers
case of a book, either the author gets
tired or tbe reader.
frf- ' Tries AU Xlads.
v' "I write all kinds of books-ad venture-
stories, social studies, problem
.novels, Island, .romances,, historical
'pbVW1ahd jrhaTe a number of 'serious
lilstory and biographical books to tny
jrdtt. besides two Volumes' ftf ser-
luons. -X contribute frequently to mas
( ailnes and newspapers, controversial
Iv and otherwise. And I have lately
, tntered the moving picture world. I
write everything but poetry. " I have
. even tried that, but so 'far no one has
- thought well enough of my efforts to
publish tbe tiniest scrap of verse. ' 1
do not wait for opportune times. 1
work' all the time, every morning A3
, reguiany as a clock, unless x am
called away by more Important and
pressing business. I aay work, but it
Is the greatest pleasure Ao me. The
hours I spend in my big study are my
liapplest ones. When vacation time
comes, I drop everything. . and I do
; nothing, with Just as much energy as
I do sbnietiilng In other parts of the
year.' I do not golf, and, being a
grandfather, I had to put away other
sports of which I was once passion
ately fond, and I may say brllllant'y
adept, such as tennis. I love to travel.
. "I do not care for motoring unless I
, am going somewhere. Just aimless
t riding around does not please me, but
In vacation I am generally going some
,whsre 'Henry Laselle Dies
r At Albany, Aged 81
Albany.-Of. Nov. 11. Henry L. La
elle. a. prominent farmer, for many
'years a resident of Linn county, died
? at bi home late Friday. He was 81
' years of age. ,Born In Vermont he
went from that state to California,
and then to Oregon In 1887. He baa
resided in this county . continuously.
Since ( that time.. v
- Mr. . Laselle was prominent in .local
pontics. .He is survived by his widow
' and .three children. Jura. Josephine
Washburn bf Portland, Mrs. Helen "Mc
, Knlgh V of Vals, Or.. and Burton v I.
Laseile of Los Angeles. Cal. - -
Laborer Lost Hbow; : :
'., J Asks $10,000 for It
?: c 'i, i .. v .
"X La Grande, Or., Nov. 11. Tho bebrge
Palmer Lumber company of this-ctty
',1s defendant In a tlO.000 damare sult
V brought by Ely Ml rich, a Servian m
" ployed, 4.8 & laborer in construction of
-tbe Vincent branch logging? railroad.
- He. wra working- on the roadbed pry-
, ing roc wiia a oar . wnen a : rock
-..j from rabove fell and caught his, arm
between th rock and the bar. naeva.
. sltatlng the removal of part of the
' v Poema by Braley.
"Things las .Ther Are, by 'Berton
Braley, is a new volume of virile verse
by the author Of "Songs of tbe Work
aday-World."- .-
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For Conshpatiott
3HcirldcieIndiestion,etc
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Holding the dog at your left l 3Il-g Nancy Palmer, noted boaatr, who posed for Howard Chandler Christy's popular drawing, "The Seven Darlings. The dog'g name la Brassie,
a vegetarian. Brassle's meals' art prepared by a French chef. His (the dog's) favorite dish Is spinach. " . ' ' '. ;
Miss Marie Louise Rodewald, midille, prominent In society and war relief work in New York, Is engaged t wed lieutenant Allen Dyson Perrlns of the. Welsh Gnards, England. '
At the righ a happy scene from Venice, CaL Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn, lead the maids through their paces in rehearsal for a pageant recently staged In the'
' for Venice. .
Portland Man Is
Author of Poems
"Under the Northern I.ichts," by
'Tlatinum Bill" (W. R. Smith) ia a
book of Alaekan verse which will be
off the press In a few days.
Its author is a Portland man and its
production is entirely in the hands of
Portland companies. The printing is
by tbe Columbia Printing company, the
binding by the -Dudley company will
the distribution by the J. K. Gill com
pany. 'The author 'was for many years Jn
the north and bis nickname was given
nlm at the time of. platinum discovery
at Dawson. The book contains 112
pages plus 20 full page half tones and
80 smaller Illustrations; It will ap
pear' in three styles Of hlririin. .r, I.
printedon heavy India tinted antique '
deckle edge paper.
There is about it a' suggestion of the
verse of Robert, W. Service and an ob
vious intimacy with the life of the
camps.
Open Competitive
Tests Announced
traltsd States Civil Berries Examina
tions Will xs Said) Bates aad Sub
jects Are to Be, ZTsmed.
The tTnited States Civil Service
Commission announces open competi
tive examinations as follows;
December 6 Technologist in sugar
beet seed production,' for men only, to
fill a vacancy. In this position In 'ins
bureau, of plant lnduatry. department
of agriculture. Washington. D. - C.
salary .ranging from $2100 ta 12500 a
year. , , . .
Associate ceramic chemist.' mmliftful
In ceramic -Technology, for . men only, J
to mi a, vacancy In this positipn in the
bureau of standards at Pittsburg. Pa.,
"t a salary ranging from J2000 to
$2500 a year. '
December. 6 Assistant in tobacco
Investigations, for men. only. ..to... fill
two vacancies in this position at sal
aries ranging from $840 to $1200 a
year-in the bureau of plant industry,
department of agriculture. The headj
quarters Of one positron will be In
North Carolina, and tbe1 appointee will
carry on this work in that state, and
the other will have headquarters In
Washington, D. C. and will conduct
his experiments in Virginia and the
District of Columbia. - i:
December 6-7 Junior exnloaive en
gineer, for men only, to fill a vacancy
in this. position In the bureau of mines
at Pittsburgh, Pa,, or at other places
in the field, at salaries ranging from
iizoo to iieuo a year. '
Food .and drug inspector, for - men
only, to. fill vacancies in this position
in the bureau of ..chemistry, depart
ment of agriculture for- duty in --Wash
ington. D. C, and in. tbe field, at sal
aries ranging; -from $1400 to $2000 a
year.. As a result of this examination
thres registers ..wiU:r bsr established
from which, certification- will be made
to U) food inspector; 2) dnlginspecT
tor and S food andrjdrugr Inspector.'
A4d, for men only.' to ffll vacancies
as they may.,occur,Jn,this-,posltIon in
the bureaus of standards.- department
of commerce, for duty in Washington.
D. C, and in the field, at salaries or
$600 ,uiiiU0,a year.v,- ' v'
December 18-1 4 Assistant 'engineer
inspector of weights, and measures, for
men only, to fill , vacancies Jn this
position in the bureau of standards,
department ' of commerce, for' service
In the field, at. salaries ranging from
$100a to. $1600. a year,. r --
' Foi1 further information and applies
tions. blanks, apply to K. Wtgton,
Local Secretary, fbatoff lee Building,
Portland, Oregon. ; j ;
' i CtobttFunnAKainu
"Flbble. K XV by lrvin . S. Cobb.
three funny stories about the namby-
pamby young . rector and hi adven
tures with a boys camp add girls' sem-.
inary.; etc. ,ftJ: : ?
"A Gilded Vanity.- by , Richard De-
nan, autaor t TTha Don Doctor.- a
Man of Iron," : sto. -Jl surprise foe this
authors followers this is a light,
sparkling story, of marriage a -la-mode.
i a, New Bennett Story. -
In The Lion's Share,- Arnold iBen
nett. author - Ct . "Old Wives v Tales.'
'tJlayhanier,;: etcT, returns to -tbe
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY
- The following books have recently
been added to tbe Portland public li
brary: . - , .
Books la rorvlgn XA&g-uag-es.
Corneille Le Cid.
Moll ere l, precieuses Ridicules.
Racine Esther, Tragedle en Trols
Sescriptlon and Travel.
- Frantzius Book of Trutn and Facts.
1$16.
i . rictioa,
, Cleghorn The Spinster; a novel.
Qoncharov -The Precipice.
Kelland Hidden Spring;' a novel.
rine Arts.
r Favillo, ed. Echoes of Naples
(Thirty. Neapolitan songs).
Izor Costume Design and Home
Planning. ISIS"-
Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Saramtli
che . Lieder und Oesange Fur Kine
fciingstimme. -
t Mosart Twelve Klavierstucke.
: Klstory,
Chapman DeutschlanA Ubar Alloa.
or, Germany Speaks, 1914.
Clarke Paris Waits. 1914. 1J16.
..PPwer" Thuigs Men Fight lor.
1916.
JRuhl Antwerp to Gallipoli: a Tear
of War on Many Fronts and Behind
them. 1916.
Thayer German vs. Civilization.
1916. i
literature.
Dimsdale History of Latin Litera
ture. 1916 -
Gosse inter Arma; 'Being Essay s
Written in Time of War. 1918.
Newcomer & Andrews, comp.
Twelve Centuries of English Poetry
and Prose. cl910.
.. Vvy Metamorphoses, with an Eny
llh TranslaUon, by F. J. Miller. 2v
1 91 6., ; - '
Philosophy.
Buxton, ed. Towards a Lasting Set-
otarr Adolescent - Period. Its Fea
tures and management. cl91fi.
w asson Religion and Drink. 1914,
Bellgloa.
Stelner Parable of the rhrri
cl91. -
VivekananOa Vedanta Philosophy.
2v. -1902-07.
."- goleace. ' -s.
Brownie and othrrn Thumlalrv nf
Common Things. ol914.
uauoway Reproduction. cl916
Roebllng. . Firm Wire Manufactur
ers. Trenton Keport, -covering inves
tigations of aviation wires and cables.
ie . - -
Sollas -Anclftnt TTiintr and Th.l,
Modern representatives. 1915.
odology.
ADDerson Social Hlntnrv -nf c
inr. 1916.
Black, ed. Married Women's Work.
3915.,
Brewer Kigbts and .Duties of Neu
trals. j1916. .
Kellor Stralrht Amerirn- a Pali tn
National Service. 191C.
Taft The Presidency. Its Duties,
Its Powers. Its Opportunities and Its
Limitations; three lectures. 1916
, Usher Challenge of the Future; a
Study in American foreign policy. 1916.
: . . , Useful Arts.
Bowers ' and Bovlnsdon Furnltnrn
making. 1915,
Colvin and Stanley, comp. Milling
Machine Kinks. 1908.
Press Tool Kinks. - 1908.
; Repair Kinks. 1908.
-Toolmakers' Kinks. 1908.
Merren thaler" Linotvne. Co. Snpd-
How to Attain It. . Buggeations to
linotype machinists. 1916.
Boda Fountain Dispenser's Formu
lary; or. Bod Water Guide. 1916.
Solano Physical Training (Senior
course). 191$.
uuexer American Road; a non-engineering,
manual forpractical road
buHdrs. 191S. - 4 , - .
unuea states . Steel . Corporation
Methods Of 1h T?nftt Statfta Ktwl
Corporation for the technical sampling
an.i anaJyls of gases. cl911.
niiKinson rn Apple, a practical
treatise. 1916.
- U Xefsraaos.
VBrlnton Official dialogue, Swed
ish art exhibition. 1J1S
r BuHlnch-Qolden Age of Myth and
UCKCI U. AVID.
r Hawaiian Phrase 1 Honk risni:
vMispanic society of America Paint-
19161." Dy racisco Goya,
. t j unge Book-plates. 1916. -
McMinnvillb Men Gfo
To See Fruit' Plant
' McMlnnVllle, OrH Kov. 11, To in
vestigata - tne , cooperative canning
plant at Eugene an excursion of fruit
growers,: farmers and businessmen will
go from McMlnnviUe Tuesday.-' The
object ia to stir interest -in the estab
llshlng-of a canning and processing
plant In this city.- In conjunction with
the loganberry- plant- which will be
conducted by Donald If. II. McGogy
this season, and for which the logan
berry acreage in tnis vicinity: baa ai
ready - been, .contracted., f' a
:' Wbe' writing or railing' fig ; gjvettlseri.
How a Wonderful
SongWasWritten
"The Story of the Battle Hymn of
tbe Republic.- a book by Florence
Howe Hall, is just published by the
Harpers. The daughter of Julia Ward
Howe tells how the song which set a
nation singing, and roused its patriot
ism to white heat, came to be written.
She tells In detail of the Influence of
the "Battle Hymn," how it was sung
at Hbby prison, at Washington, and
how Lincoln listened, "with a strange
glory on his face," and of how through
half a century its popularity has con
tinued. In other chapters Mrs. Hall enumer
ates occasions- when Julia Ward Howe
herself recited the poem, and gives
some of the tributes to it and its au
thor which nave, come from many
famous men.
GIRL OF THE EAST
IN THE WILD WEST
Grace L, Lutz, who takes an old
theme in th story "A Voice in the
Wilderness,'' and dresses it up in new
colors.
The tale has to do with the ex
periences of - a young woman ot the
east in the "wild- west.
November Current History.
Current History Magazine for No
vember is a cyclopedia of the signifi
cant episodes in the European war
during October, being a fascinating
survey by the most illustrious wit
nesses and commentators.
Among eminent names 'represented
by important matter are 11. G. Wells
on The Causa and Effect of the
War"; Morris Maeterlinck "The War's
Legacy of Hatred"; General Kurt W.
von Pfuel, president of the German
Red Cross: Rev. Sidney M. Berry, 'War
and Religion."; Lord Bryce's report
on Armenian atrocities; Dr, W. W.
Rockwell of the Armenian relief-fund,
narrating facts of the Armenian mas
sacres. A few other salient features in the
November number are: Articles oy
eye-witnesses ' on the treatment of
prisoners of war in Germany and Eng
land; story of the personal experiences
of a prisoner of war; paper showing
that Americans-Invented many of the
new .methods and weapons used in the
present war; Dr. von Harnack on the
'Duty ofhe New Germany After the
War,- and 20 pages of ..International
cartoons, .18 full-page rotogravure il
lustrations, numerous charts, maps
ana diagrams.
. ' i r -'
Vest Pocket Edition.
Hinds, Hayden j & . Eld reds e. tne
New TfVrk city, haw published a Vest
pocket . edition of the constitution :of
the United States which eUs for 16
cents. - Included ia the. bandy little
volume, too, is an Index and biblio
graphy. A valuable .ally. , ;
'?-.;"Last Ditch."' .
The tst -Ditch,? by Will Leving
ton Comfort, is said to be a return to
the styl of - -Routledge Rides - Alone
-rm, great adventure Btory, with- two
wonderful women characters and tbe
Lie'". !
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IK , t i d
i, - ; , , .
Grace L. Lutz.
cplorful far cast ft background,
public library notes
As a criterion for determining the
interests and activities of Portland
people a few days' questions in the
circulation room of the Central library
is suggestive. Material was asked for
these topics:.
Territorial acquisition of the United
States, clay modeling, "New Thought"
books, lamp shade designs, one-act
plays, old songs, ghost stories, great
orations, books on fern culture, prun
ing, interior decoration, chivalry, palm
istry, Mr. Benson's "Socialism Made
Plain," bouse plans, recipe-for salt
rising bread, a good detective story, a
late book on 'Russia, "Principles of
Bond Investment,? Criminal law, any
thing of Tagoce's. "Psychology of So
liciting." "How to Know Architecture."
"The Job, the Boss and the Man," the
"Spell of the Yukon," stenographic ex
pert, world geography, business law. ;
"Lives Worth Living," spelling reform,
Chinook jargon, Mary Arftln's "Prom
ised Land," "A Tear in a Coal Mine," '
Sheridan's "School for Scandal," Bel
lamy's "Equality," De Maupasssnt's
works. "The Fifth Wheel." shorthand
systems, children's clothing, rice pol
ishing, "Two Tears in the 'Forbidden
City'," -Leacock's "Moonbeams From
the Larger Lunacy." "Short Stories in
French," "Sising up Uncle 8am." "In
the Days of Handel," Burroughs'
"Summit of the Years," Strindberg's
"Son of a Servant,'-' "America at
Work," peppermint culture, physiolog
ical chemistries, "Seventeen," Inger-'
soil's tribute to Lincoln, Spanish gram-
rrnar and reader, Sheldon's "Art of
Selling." ''Keeping Physically Fit,"
"Mr. BrlUlng Sees It Through." by H.
G. Wells, "Economic Novels." "Sunny
Side of Diplomatic Life." "Kings,
Queens and Pawns," "The Texan Tri
umphant," '.'Diary of a - New England
School Girl," Osborne's "Within Prison
Walls.M "Dawn of. History." English
garden cities.
The Story Hour t tho Central li
brary will be held as usual at 3:15 p
m. for the little folks and at 4 p. m.
fr the older boys and girls on Fri
days.
The boys' Pioneer club will meet
in the Story Hour room, on Tuesday
afternoon, November 14, at 4 o'clock.
John Ruskln: On a visit to the
Northwest" will be Dr. Foster's theme
at the North Portland branch library.
190 East Killlngsworth avenue, Tues
day evening, November 14, at 8 o'clock.
William L. Brewster will discuss
"The Tax Rate" in Room H of the
Central library on Monday evening,
November 13, at 8 o clock.
On Wednesday evening,
November
16, in Library ball. Professor William
Ogburn of Reed college will speak on
"The Life of Primitive Men and Mod
ern Play." This is the seventh lecture
in the course on Boy Scouts and Scout
ing. - -
Professor Jasper J. Stahl will con
tinue . the . discussion of Hebbel's
Maria Magdalena and the Beginnings
of Jthe Social Drama in Europe'' ,. in
noom n oi m , central iiorary on
Thursday evening, November 16, at
o'clock. '
University : of Oregon ' extension
courses in child psychology, philoso
phy, graphic statistics, clay modeling,
architecture, and descriptive geometry
are being- held in the Central library
weekly.
Mrs. Mable Holmes Parsons of the
University of Oregon ; will meet her
Short Story class-in Room H on vat
urday, November 18, at 7:45 p. m. ,
Vote Fraud Evidence
Sought in Indiana
-ii Sim il JWI.- s.
Indianapolis. Ind., Nov.- 11. (I, N
8. sixteen , 'Democratic attorneys
were, dispatched post hasts through
the stats yesterday to gather affidavits
of all alleged vote frauds. Bernard
Koerlby. Democratic state chairman,
declared: '' . -o.
. "We - may show the ' Eepubllcau
what a contest means," . js
HijSit way Bonds Get Big; Vote.
Loa Angeles Notf.ll (P N. 8.)
The-total city and county vote on the
state highway bonds, : announced last
night, gives a .majority of 85.86S for
the bondsi' Thaot stood 125.623
jCastle Book Trail ; -
Being Uonstructed
The summit.of Castle Rock is being
made accessible to the most' fastidious
of mountain climbers. Formerly the
agility of a steeplejack was necessary
to gain tbe top of this Imposing Co
lumbia river monolith, but the new
trail being . constructed up the sides
of the rock will make the going com
paratively easy.. Henry :J. Blddle, own
er and builder Of tbe tralL, and its en
virons, i Wednesday invited John IB.
Yeon, Amos Benson, D, C. Freeman
and W. A. Sch warts, a visiting road
engineer from Washington, on ar In
spection trip over the new trail, which
will be completed next spring. The
party declared the construction splen
did and ot an enduring quality. They
completed the r ascent in spite of the
trail being only partly completed. - A
soenlc park in the vicinity Is also in
contemplation by Mr, , Blddle.
METER EXPERT PASSES
OUT AT HIS RESIDENCE
MmMiMSla
V
wy.W.'!'T.y .ji.uti.ii.uiig jwi 11
A. W. Lembach.
A. W. Lembach who died in this
city Thursday, was 46 years of age and
was. born in Baltimore. He bad been
foreman In -the meter repair shops of
the Portland Gas A Coke company for
the past seven years. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Hattla Lemfescn,
and one son. Arthur W. Leinbach.
Funeral servicos wtll bo held this
afternoon st 2 o'clock; from the
residence at No. 8S27 .Sixty-sixth
street, southeast and . Interment wul
be in ML Scott Park cemetery, ,-. -
Austro-Hungary.to
- SenAmbassador
Washington. Nov. ll.-I. NV 'ft)
Austro-Hungary has- begun negotia
tions with the United States for filling
tbe . ambassadorial vacancy lo this
country that has existed since the late
Ambassador Dumba was . handed his
passports., y . . v
The Austro-Hungarian government.
through Ambassador Penf laid,) In
Vienna, has formally asked this gov
ernment whether Count Ttmow Tar
nowski, Austrian minister to Bulgaria,
would be acceptable as ambassador to
the United States. .
: Secretary of State Ianslng this aft
ernoon announced -. that this govern
ment had ..formally told .Austro-Hungary
that Count Tarnow Tamowski
was persona grata. - Ills appointment
will now: be announced in Vienna, .
: Roldtor -KlllMf rnmnflnlon. "
San Antonio, , Texas, Nov 'tsii, fl.
S.) A sentence of life Imprisonment
at Leavenworth imposed on - Private
Robert Dyer : of ,t tha Sixth cavalry
who Was convicted of killing: Michael
Wanamy by.' shooting him In the back,
was approved today by. General Tun
ston. Th shooting occurred at Espla,
Mexico, May 17 last l The men were
both, of Uoop p. j ' -. . fc.
11
hound of the wolf, famllT and
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southland) Happy, happy days
' .
Tells Boys How; to.
Be Circus Players
Irnitim rtnma.TJfs. Hr Ernest Batch. The
UacMlIlaa Cowpaoy, New Xerk City. 1.60
nt. - ;
This is a book for boys. Around tbe
r circus'' idea the author builds up a
very, interesting and practical system
of physical training, a system which
will greatly benefit the growing lad,
which will appoal to his lovs of "show,"
and which at the same time calls for
no extensive outlay for equipment. Mr.
Batch has chapters on tumbling, an
exercise which is tho basis of bis en
tire scheme of training, on giving a
circus, on the minstrels, orf the train
ing of animals, on clown work and on
a great many other topics abou which
every boy, as long as there have been
boys, bas wanted to know;
There are also one or two articles
for the instructor or parent, which
n.ake clear how, underlying all of the
subjects, there- are certr-in fundamen
tal precepts and rules, drawn from
years of experience with boys, which
critnot help but be of great value In
building up strong. bodies.
Most Engaiging Tale
Of Colonial Days
Slltae MoBrid. By BeuUh Msrle Dlx. aatoor
or "MerrjrujMi. 1H uicmuiu voibiim..
. KewX6rk. t,2g tiet.
A. story of . adventures of a young
girl in the early colonial days. Of her
voyage across seas to this country, of
her courage in savins a little girl, from
falling overboard, of Jier Ingenuity In
protecting teraolf and - the babe of
whom she has charge, from the Indians
and of the ultimata roward that is met
ed out to nor for aer bravery, the au
thor has made a most engaging tale
end one which recreates to good pur
pose the colorful days of the seven
teenth century.
Boy Under Arrest
: Gave Another Name
" Tha "Dwlght Ferguson" arrested
Thursday on a- theft charge by the
police i in reality Harold -Love.
Dwlght Ferguson, a student at Jef
ferson High school, living at ltS
Dwlght street," was believed to be the
boy by many persona who read of the
arrest. '
. To Mrs. Ferguson, who Investigated
tbe similarity In names, Lovs stated
that her son's name was the first that
came into his mind when he was ar
rested. Tha two boys had worked for
the sama firm during tha past sum
mer.
Posthumous Birth
Of Girl Announced
;- - .- - . t
A baby girl baa arrived at the home
of Mra David MItchelson, 1142 East
Madison. Mrs, MUchelson Is the widow
of David MUchelson, who was killed
last May on the Bas Ltne road In a
tragical manner. Upon Jumping off
of the rear of a milk truck, prepara
tory ro openlnr gate for the .truck
to go through, be ran into the path of
a machine coming from the opposite
direction, and tha injuries he sustained
resulted in his death. Mother and baby.
according. to their attendants, are do-
ing..rineiy.:-, t ,;. ' ,, t
Women Bun Down:
f One Seriously Hurt
Mrs., Emma Prior, if 2 4 Grand -ava-nue
Is" at the Good Samaritan hospital
with . a - double , compound fracture . of
the left leg. the result of being struck
by;: an , auto truck at the. corner of
Grand avenue and Stark street. Mrs.
Prior, with a friend, -was crossing the
street, when the ; truck ' rounded ' the
corner, knocking both woman down.
Her -companion -was uninjured. Th
truck was driven by -Herman Meyer,
4026 East Sixty-third street southeast.
Mrs. Prior is an, employe of tho Troy
A Toloe hi the WUserseo. By Or Llvta
stoo 11. Lats. Uai-per a Brothers. Ktw Vera,
Price l-8o net. . , . C ;
This story recounts tho . experience f :
of an eastern cirl who comes west,.te r
Arlsbna this time to teach school, t : '
Margaret Earle, thinking that ho
train bas reached its destination, dls- :
mounts in the nlcht. only to dlscov- ?
r -too late that she has been left
behind at a lonely water tank in the
desert. She is rescued' from this sit V
uatlon through the kindly efforts Of a
young ranchman, who comes to platf a , t
leading part in .he further develop- ;
hient ot the story. Installed f In S a v
boarding house. Margaret sets to work
to adjust herself to her rude but nove ; 5
environment Tho Immediate rivals foi .; '
Iter sttention are the landlady's son. ;
Lud. and u younj New York minister, ,
who is sojournlna In Arlsona for his t
health. The latter is a weak, self cen-
tored man, priding himself on his het-
crodoa opinions in mattero of religion.
His sdvancee made to Margaret ere j
most annoying, but Margaret's ranch- ,
men friends take him in .hand, and by j
basing him they speedily make him re-
cant his advanced Ideas and fores bltd f
tc leave the country. '' "
One of Margaret's olier girt pupils, ;
Rosa Rogers, proves recalcitrant d at ,
length openly hostile, for. the city bred r
young man named Forsythe, living at a j
r.tlghborlng ranch, undertakes to cul- ,
tlvats a clandestlno acquaintance with j '
F.oiwi a courtship, which Margaret en j,
Ueavors to thwart. The girl's wilful- '
ness and enmity eventually bring about ;:
a serious oltuatlon and an exciting l- t
nale. Rosa, bont on elopement wttb
r-rsythe, employes a wandering Indian
and his squaw to decoy Margaret awsy
by means of a forged letter, '
This ruse is successful, and Marga
ret, unsuspoctlnc. la rinally abandoned
by the Indians in the dosort Her res
cue is brought about through the man
ful efforts of her boy friend BUd ana
C.rdley, the young ranchman who '.
found her by tho railroad water tahk
on the night of her arrival. The story i
ends with Gardley and Margaret to Jive
happily ever after.
Greater Portland ,
Day for Charities
Charities of Portland are to bene t
from plans which were discussed y
members of the Qrester Portland as
sociation at their regular weekly lunch
eon at the Multnomah hotel. Tuesday,!
November Z8. was designated : as a
Greater Portland Association day. .
which Is expected to be the biggest I
event of its kind ever held in Portland.
It was announced at the luncheon that,
retail . stores members of the associa
tion had agreed to give away 1600 io
the three Portland charities, receiving
the largest number of votes on that'
day, the votes to bo secured by pur
chases from stores that are members
of the association. Sums, of 1250. 8160
and 8100 will be paid to the charities
as they win. A competitive window
dressing display will be held between.
the stores. F. N. Clarke; presldeut,
presided st the meeting. George H. ,
Hardy made the -principal talk, .speak
ing of the shipbuilding Industry being
built up in Portland.' The association
announced that it would be represented
with a booth at the Pure Food show.' 4
Election Beta Held Vp. J
Los. Angeles, Nov. 1L(P..N. S.)
Several thousand dollars in bets were
held up here by down town stakehold
ers, who declared they would net pay
bets until after an official count of '
the -Republican national - committee
bad conceded tbe. election to Wilson.
After an eaperience of 23
yesfs, during which . time 0
million Americana bave used
Kondon's Catarrhal Jelly, tha
manrtfacturer of this remedy
feel to sura that it will relieva
catarrh that they offer to pay.
for a chance to prove its benefit
to any catarrhal sufferer. Ther
- announce that any resident of
this community can go to almost
any drug store and get a com
plimentary trial can ' at ' ths
expense, of the rnanuiacturera.
If the dniggist has no gratuitous
packages, the person tnajr buy a
25 cent tube with the unqualified
, Wideratanding that if that first
tube doe not do that person
more than a dollar's worth of
good, be or she can get their
quarter back from either - the
druggist, or the Kondon Com
pany at Minneapolis. Ottr
' 35,000 druggist know Kondon's
Catarrhal &T effective,
' harmless, dean and pleasant to
v apply and they know- tbe
Kondon people will gladly live
-tip to this offer "quarter back
if not worth a dollar." Addreaa
to Meal