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'PHONES:
Patronize One Another for
Nowata is the name of a new
in Oklahoma.
t<
I t is naturally a
town.
•‘ W h o are the three greatest r
way men in the country?” asks a t
respondent.
They
are E. H.
I la
man.
Some judge says of T a ft: “ He
touched nothing he has not strong
ened.”
H ow about that poor ho
he broke down?
It does not seem just rig h t for b<
of
the
leading candidat s
presidency to keep favoring
for i
public
at a tim e when they are jo in in g
cret societies.
Prohibition Candidate Chafin si
if he is elected he will use the arm y
enforce prohibition. W h y this edq
of the navy, which is better equips
for m aking a water tight?
Organized labor is asked to snppt
T a ft because he went to Japan a
pursuaded them not to tight u*. T
laboring men on the Pacific coast a
never thank him for any such ink
vent ion.
Now comes T a ft w ith
a promise
a special session of congress to revi
the tariff. Seems to ns we have hea
before of these ante-election prom if
from the republicans, some of the
righ t here in Oregon, and found o
how little they amounted to.
Frank If. H itch c .ck is re arded
the W ashington newspaper men
the m onum entally silen t man. B
fore the campaign is over Mr. H ite
cock will discover that the newspap
men will t ilk for him unless he loo
ens up-a bit and talks for himself.
It is an every day occurence now I
liear of some man who has decided I
vote for the man for president wl
has always
aligned h im self again»
the trusts and for the |>enples I k »»
interests— W m .J . Bryan. T h ere hav
been no halfway measures a »o u t M
Bryan’s candidacy, he is accepting n
corporation money, nor try in g to k ce
in with both sides of the question.
Rev. H. i\ Morrison, the eva n gelii
and editor of the Pentecostal
Herah
is tending out circulars asking
th
voters to repudiate W illia m II. T a ft a
he repudiates Jesus Christ . H e nay
that the republican nom inee denio
that Jesus Christ was the Son of God
and says tliHt every m inister of tin
gospel and laym en of the faith, am
every m other who loves the Lord, am
every Sabbath school teacher in
tin
nation, ought to rise up and march t<
the jk )IIs on election day, sin gin g,UAI
H a il the Power of Jesus’ Nam e,0 am
give Mr. T a ft a rebuke th at will go
INSURE YOUR HEALTH
m COMFORT
on by stormy
days
wearing a
iff* * :1
ro>jw
S licker
Clean - Light
Durable
Ouarant»«d
Waterproof
*309 EvcrywHers
B. F. JONES
Attoruey-at-Law
INDEPENDENCE, OR.
P ro b a te work aapecialty.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
NOT A MILITARY
HERO WORSHIPER, d
THURSD/
S U B SC R IPTIO N
latter consisted o f dm oduli gowns,
The Worm.
■looking Jackets, slippers and such otb
Teacher (to classi D id you know,
e r paraphernalia.
* 1 ; 1 Vi “ ’ at the beautiful silk dross«*
“ I'm a bachelor," said the young • :m
ladle»» come from little
l
•
+ —•‘a lone, lorn bachelor. 1 ain ol
to
s|>eud
a
great
deal
o
f
time
la
N + + * * X + * * + + * * + + + * +
Bessie (excited ly>—Yes’in Thut’ sou r
room, and I muy as well lie com fort
[O r ig in a l]
papas. — Harper's Weekly.
able.
W
hat
have
you
In
the
line
of
W hen the Spanish-Auicrican war
w earing apparel for such use?”
jarae on Milton Foreater was a lien- I
B u t It W a s n ’ t F ic tio n .
The shopkeeper squared himself and
“ I ’ d lik e to read t o » b ; h . quoth he.
tenant In the national guard. He re | surveyed his customer with calcula
“ S om e w ild ta’id ih riP i-:* tale.
ceived a eupiaincy In the volunteers tion In his eyes. "Y es ; I think they
T o h a v e m y h a ir stand up nn end
and marched aw ay with his regiment | w ill lit you." he said at last. “ T h e very
A n d h ave m y fa c e turn pale.”
amid the plaudits o f the throngs who | th in g — a sill..king Jacket, cap und
His wife thrust quick i.ito Ids hand
fined the streets. There was one face ■Uppers, brand new. beautifully em
(She lived to do Ida » 'ill)
A sheet
11« r':i! ti-d :*
re tim e d
at an upper w indow which abeorl>ed I broidered. I got them In only yesterda
Her lust dressmaking hill
all the young soldier’s attention, the j but I w ill sell the lot te r y cheap." He
— Lrippincoll s Alujfuzlne.
face of hla fiancee, Mary Mills. The | produced the articles. The young mac.
look o f pride in him and love fo r him tried them on. and they fitted him fa ir
Imagination.
that lieamed in her eyes might have ly well.
“ H e Is a mail of great Imagination,
"Y o u say they are n ew ?" he asked isn't
exhilarated another, but Forester was
n peculiarly sensitive man—a man to “ They look shop worn.”
“ I should say so! He h»is been keep
“ Such things are made by tine ladles ing the books o f a mining corpora
dread a possible failure.
He knew
there were certain men whose consti- iu Indigent ( Ircui istances. who usual
tion.” —N ew York Life.
1 tlonal makeups unfitted them to l>e |y spend a great deal o f time on them.
I soldiers, and no man can tel! whether I dare say they were a year or more la
Vain Butterfly.
in* Is one o f these till he comes to face making. That accounts for their a;
H o w d ifferen t is Mudi:** *rom the little ,
hand m irro r
shot and shell. l i e dreaded lest he pearanee."
In w hich sh e's so o ften found peeking.
Hanger bought the things for a song
might prove unworthy.
Should he
F o r Madge a lw a y s speaks w ithou t eve r
falter under the terrible strain o f bat took them home and the same evenln
re flectin g ;
put them on. As he saw' himself In r
T h e m ir ro r reflects w ith ou t speaking.
tle he would never see Mary again.
—P h ila d elp h ia Press.
Forester thought too much o f this. mirror he thought thorn very becotn
It is well fo r one to realize obligations lag and a gient bargain. I.igY.Ing a
G r e a t S ch e m e.
he has taken upon himself, hut he cigar, I k * ant down in his easy chair
Tom m y—Chee! W ’y wasn’t you ter
should not permit himself to brood feelin g very comfortable. But uotwltb
over the matter. Forester worried all standing that he was In tine apparel la school terday?
Johnny—I washed me face, an’ teach
W ho can be happ;
the way to Florida, from Florida to wns miserable.
Cuba and during the campaign until with nothing but walls to talk to* er thought 1 wuz si k an* sent me
home.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
the final fighting, which was the first Thrusting his bands Into the pocket
o f tlie Jacl'.e . he ran one o f flic,
tim e he w as under fire.
L ife ’s Realities.
It was during this contest about San against a bit o f paper. W ithdrawing 1
Oh. h ap py tim e ' A flo a t upon the stream .
tiago that Ills regiment v.-ns ordered he rend:
T h e y d r ift in le a fy coves w h ere lilies
Tlie maker of this Jacket world like to
forward In the face o f a terrible fire.
gle a m
One’s first fight Is the most tryin g o f correspond v Ith the purchaser with a Thu s happy w ou ld th e y float fo rev erm o re,
kiut som e one w a n ts the boat a t h a lf past
view
to
matrimony.
all
It Is then that the soldier for the
four.
‘W ell, now, I like that!” mused San
first time hears the ugly stinging sound
—Judge.
o f bullets, the rattle of machine guns ger. "T h a t woman has a long head.
She
knew
there
w
ere
even
chances
If Y o u ’ re a Good Loser.
and the screech o f shells, to all o f
“ There is n cbi.. i between me and
which there is the background o f In the things would fall Into the hands
o
f
a
bachelor,
that
the
bachelor
would
mciety.
W hat is the best way fo r me
cessant roar o f cannon. Forester looked
wear them In a room ull alone uml
a little pale, but pressed resolutely on.
• cross it V”
“ Bridge.” Baltimore American.
A ll o f a sudden he became conscious want a wife. M y dear. I ’ll go you."
lie wrote a mite and mailed It. It
uf a dizzy, nauseating sensation, his
T ':e Autocrat.
foot struck something—or he thought came back with postmen's notes scrib
T a k e w h a t th<* icem an h rirg s y o u r w a y
It d id —and he pitched forward. The bled all over It: 'ITry here. T ry there
W ill; nit com plain t, e'en though 'tia
regiment pushed on. Another line of T ry everyw here." Sanger, disappoint
sm all.
’ »attic eatne up and was pressing for ed, threw It on Ills dressing case. But
F o r i f you m ake him c r ss tod ay
T o m o rr o w lie w o n 't co m e ill all.
ward when Forester was awakened. the next evening on returning fro:
— Boston Post.
The maid
; it were. l>y the sound o f a voice, business it was missing.
nthnn Burge, an old and tried friend, told him that the postman had asked
Ad m ilted to the second climi* oí m a il matter.
A S e rio u s Lo~s.
ha 1 seen hfm. recognized him and for It, having found a party to whom
“ I hoar y o u M r s . Ila s ty ’s temper
it might belong. A few days later a
topped to succor him.
“ Nate.” said Forester. “ I ’ ve fallen note written on tine paper atul bearing broke up her home."
“ Yes. and t :ost o f the crockery.” —
T H U R S D A Y , AUG. 27 , 1908.
out o f the ranks. I hadn't the physical a crest was laid on a table iu bis room.
Baltimore A merienn.
ability to go on. W rite to M ary Mills He opened It and road:
Since placing the note in the article you
and tell her that I ’ll never see her
As the W orld Goes.
describe prosperity baa coma lo me.
again. She has loved a coward!”
V . P . F IS K E .
Nevertheless 1 shall he delighted to find a
T o show the w orld how it .should go
Ill, you. there! Move on!” cried an man who has In him the elements of a
T a k e s som e rm;n but u day,
officer who was marching In rear to good husband.
B u t the a v e r a g e m an’ s life is too short
T o m a ke it g o his w a y
drive on stragglers. W ithout a word
There was no mention o f the w rit
—Houston Post.
f Item izer, one year in advance ............................... ......... $1 50 Burge hurried forw ard, leaving his er's age. When Sanger replied, which
S U B S C R IP T IO N •! W ith W eekly Oregonian or Semi-weekly Journ al............. ‘2 00 friend to his own regrots.
ho did at once, be said that his age
At tha Bridge Club.
( W ith Oregon W oodm an ....................................................... 1 75
When the fight was over Burge was twenty-six. B efore going any fu r
“ They say Mrs. Gulpln is at death’s
ought Forester, but. not finding him
ther in the matter he would like to
supposed that he had hidden his know the lady's age. There was no door.”
“ Oh. oh! And she Is such a beauti
shame
by
desertion.
lie
waited
for
a
reply to this, and, fearing that she ful player!” —Smart Set.
b k . , . | Residence, 113
A L ^ Residence, 1401
time, thinking that the coward might m ight be sensitive about her age. he
turn up. hut he did not. Burge’s regi wrote again, givin g the old quotation
Johnny’s Definition.
ment was orlered to the coast at the “ with loving hearts age makes no d if
Said teacher. “ W h a t's a skeleton ?”
Patronize One A nother for the U pbu ild in o o f Ton'll and County.
close o f the w ar and was one o f the ference.”
“ i kn ow .“ said John ny G o ff;
“ I t 's a rruan that has his insides out
first to embark for home. When he
Then came an epistle stating that the
A n d has his outsides o ff.''
reached Montauk Point the first per age oi i lie muy who uafl lanced in *
-L ip p in c o tt’ s M agazin e.
son he met was Mary Mills. She had paper in the smoking jacket w as forty-
come as a nurse. She inquired eagerly two. Sanger was much disappointed
Condemned by Age.
and forthwith committed the note lo
for her lover.
•*You didn’t .ntigh at my story.
Burge prevaricated. H e could not the wastebasket, l ie was i.ot in need
Wasn’t It a good one?"
bear to deliver the message with which of marrying a fortune and did not pro
“ No. The good die young.” —Phila
lie had been charged. But Mary, with pose on any account to marry a won
delphia Ledger.
i woman’s quick eye where love Is .«I si ;tcen .veai* bis senior.
Meanwhile a lady acquaintance to.
concerned, saw that he was concealing
Continuous.
something and assumed that her aim ant she wished to introduce bin.
T h e w e a ry model ge ts no rest;
fiance had been killed. Burge would to a young friend o f tiers. Hanger con-
H e r life o 'erru n w ith w oes is.
She poses all (h e dny w ith zest
much rather have broken such news ■ rated and met an attractive girl of
A n d all the night repuses.
ro her than that he had turned out a eighteen, with whom he proceeded
—Judge.
coward. A t last he told her the truth. straightway to fall in love. Ills pas
Mary Mills went home bowed down sion being reciprocated, an engagement
Enough S aid .
ensued. When he was feeling the hap
with grief.
“ Are you a member o f ihe Sunshine
The next morning she heard one o f piest a note came from Ills correspond
club?"
her sisters reading from newspaper ent slatlug that she laid looked up Ids
“ No, sir. 1 Sell umbrellas.” —Illustrat
dispatches from Santiago.. She was record, was satisfied with It uiul was
ed Bits.
about to leave the room, dreading lest ready to make Ills acquaintance. San
* should hear that her lover had ger paid no attention to the note, l ’ res-
Mostly Talk.
. ordered before a court martial to ■ ally lie rci- lvcd another, stating that
A b a rk in g dog. so w e a re told,
Is
seldom
known to b ite;
ried for cowardice, when his name ,f he thought he could trlde In that
L ik e w is e a man w h o ta lk s a lot
u mentioned, but In a different way
,av with unprotected women he was
W ill run b efore he'll tight.
il: taken. The courts would do her
, rom what she had expected:
—Chicago News.
M ilto n F o re ster, wounded In the stom
justice.
ach. O perated upon and ex p ected to re
Sanger was troubled.
It appeared
W ell?
cover. P rom oted to be captain, v ic e John
“ Did the new laundry do your shirts
that he had lieen drawn Into a trail
rxellogg. killed.
bv a woman for blackmail. She had up well?”
Forester after being left by Burge
bis letters, though there was no offer
“ Yep; did ’em up brown.” —Cleveland
tried to rise. Ills object was to push
of marriage in them, so ho might as leader.
forward with a view to getting himself
well write one or tw o more, tryin g to
killed. But he found himself too weak
Telltale.
ft\ the matter up. The replies he got
to rise. A t that moment a surgeon
L it t le drops < f w a ter.
puzzled him. They seemed to have
with an ambulance corps caine hurry-
L it t le gra in s o f sand.
i *en written rather by a young girl
Show w hen b.tys g o s w im m in g
big on, making hasty examinations of
t'.ian a middle aged woman. Indeed,
H eed less o f com m and.
the wounded lying on the field. Com
there was something very unsophisti
ing to Forester, lie saw blood on his
cated In them. lle t nullv determined
clothing, tore open his coat and said:
to meet her and And out just what
“ A bad wound.”
kind ot nn enemy he was fencing with.
“ I? Wounded?”
H e made an appointment to meet at
“Y e s; In the stomach.’*
a certain spot In the park. As he was
'T h an k C.od!”
about to keep It along came a letter
The surgeon looked at him with a
from his fiancee asking him to come to
puzzled expression, but there was no
Greatest Exhibit at any Coast Fair
her at that very hour. This was unfor
time for words, and after ordering a
tunate. blit lie resolved t i ignore the
N ew Buildings all Completed
rescue party to take him to a hospital
request. He went !o the park.
pushed on.
Walks and Grounds the Finest
As he approached the rendezvous
When the boys of V»1 were shot In whom should lie see but Ills fiancee her
Free Camping for Thousands
(ho stomach there was nothing left for
self. H e baited, but. having l*een seen
them but to pass the dark po: tal. Not
Agricultural College to hold meetings
by her. lie approached. She stood
ro In the Cuban v,-;:r
By that tlmi
laughing at him. When she had driven
Races six days; commencing Monday
such progress had been made in sur
him to the verge o f anger she e x
gory that Forester’s stomach was laid
Free evening entertainments
plained.
| WILL BE MADE T H IS 8EAHON BY THE
bare, the wound se e d up, the stom
T w en ty years a : > le her mother i
ach put hack in place, and In time the
McFlroy’s Band and Orchestra
w rote the note he had found In his \
patient was as well as ever. As soon
dressing go .vn. His reply hail fin on
Prominent men will speak
ns it was safe he was put on a trans
Into her hands, and she had l«*on his
port mul sent nor‘ h When as a con
Fancy stock shown daily
M>m**pond#::t.
She had secured the ;
valescent he walked slowly down the
introduction and had since l«*en minis- 1
gangway to the dock 1:1 f ■ .i Burge
(LINES IN OREGON)
ng herself by continuing the corre-
and Ids fiancee. M an Mi la, were there
ipondence.
R O S A I.IE b H1TI>'G.
to meet him.
“ W hat did you mean.” said the for-
Am ong the llotten iots (Hottentoteu
i i:;er. “ by putting up a Job on iue like hi Herman! ihe kangirou* (Beutelrattei \
A » F U.OW *
Both u ays
Oneway
are found In great numliers. Many of
I th a t? ”
thronuh
v i*
TO
Portbm d
California
“ W ell. I’ll tell you. Nate. I ouce ask them wanner over the country free
ed ray father, w ho » * nr.landed a bnt- | and unmolested; o th er , less fortunate
| tery In the civil war. how* lie felt on are taken by hunters and put luto
| going Into a tight
He said it made cm so (K otten provided with covers
CHILDREN
K? E* him lick I t h li It
1 i . t • ,.-k iLatten gltteri to keep out the rain.
CHILDREN ¡T
r " F*
These cages arc calle*. In Herman la t-
i and I didn’ t know I ’d l>een struck.”
Sain:
c
1
xy,
i9
■
Monday, 14
Mrs. M iry Mills I
ster. now a ma tengltterwetterkottcr. and the kanga Ornaba
tron of thirty-two. says she believe» roo after his Imprisonment takes the
76.90
Jlcre Is a gix* I «leal • ’ humbug «ln>ut | name of Lattengltterwetterkotterheu-
**the fearless heroi < o f war.”
telratte. One day an assassin (Atten-
TICKET« WILL BE ON SALE
M E R K IU K A F G K B .
tatert was arrested who had killed a
1 Hottentot woman. Hottentotmutter.
^ ♦ + + + + » + + + + + + + : * + + + » + * » 4 | the mother o f tw o stupid aud atutter-
ing children In Straettertrottel. This
woman tn the Herman language Is en
titled
Hottentotenstraeltertrottc'.mut-
ter. and her assassin takes the name
return in ’.H)day* w ith «to p o ver priv
!•* * < • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * Hottentoteustraettermnttertaeter. The Hood for leires
at pleasure w ithin limits.
murderer was confined in a kangaroo's
(O rig in a l.)
Beutelrattenla ttengltterwetter-
In th.* nlilni tluiiK ivbrn thing* won cage
not all rtmil.v ina.U- by nilllnng. .Inm-| h to tte r—when a fe w days later he es
Tor any further informAtion call on
8angt*r stepm*,! Into u St" IV w lie.v a v a caped. hut fortunately he was recap
I. N WOOD? L ocal A oznt .
Or write to
tured by a Hottontot. who presented
riety o f things wvre kept on sale
Thar* ware embroidered article* for himself at tho m ajor's office with
W M . M cM U R R A Y,
women, fancy article* for household bunmlo« face.
Oener*! PM senftr Agent,
i ta d louugiug arttclM for a>tn T h «
PORTLAND- OREGON
THE PJi:i COUNTY HETZER.
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iliu iy ti
AND SPECIAL RATES TO
EXP
SALEM , ORE.
SEPT. S4--I9
Preaching hours at 11 and 8.
\i. K. CHURCH
Preaching ^iimi.-.y morning and evcn-
ng Snuda) school ut D ;fi. Kpworth
t-uguc a* f l.JO. Prayer meeting I'lmrs
lay evening — M. P. Dixon, pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Preaching Sunday morning and even
ing. Sunday school at 10. 1*. Y . P. U.
at 0:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening.— F. II. Haughton, pastor.
PRKSHVTKRIAN CHURCH.
Preaching Sunday morning and ev
ening. Sunday school at 10. Christian
Endeavor at 0:50. Prayer
meeting
Thursday evening.— 1). J. Becker, pas to r
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Preaching Sunday morning and even
ing. Bible
school at
10.
Senia-
, Christian Endeavor at 0:50. Bible class
.iiid prayer meeting Thursday evening.
A. C. Corbin, pastor.
KVAN<ìKI.JCAL CHURCH.
Preaching . umlay morning and even-
ng. Sunday « , i i . h Ï1 at 10. CltriHtia a
iiiv u tin g
Endeavor it rifilo. T r a w l
Thursuuy evening — H r v . M<>c*k, paa-
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May 4, 18
June 5, 6, 19, 20
July 6, 7. 22, 23
August 6, 7, 21, 22
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i His Correspondent. J
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