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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1910)
: • LOCAL NEWS ITEMS : • DIFFICULT TO SHOOT. Birds That Test ths Skill ot the Be t Marksmen. We often bear tbe question as to which is the most difficult bird In tbe world to shool The answer is usually given lu favor ot the pbetiMiul de scend I ng with closed wings from a higher level of flight, though n few give the preference to the second bar rel shot at teal scared by tbe disc harge of a first barrel and darting upward and Io any direction but that which 1» expected A bird which we have never seen mentioned and which yet might take a high place In the category Is the »and grouse. It Is not to he rat<»d a» an English bird of sport, but 1» familiar to shooters In the east, where It Is shot as It comes fighting to water holes to drink Its flight Is something like that of a plgeou. with very swift curves and undulations, and In Its case again, as In that of the Virginian mosquito hawk. It Is said that those who have acquired the knack can kill It with a comparative certainty which is the de spair of the novice After all perhaps our phensant aero planing downward must still be given the highest marks for difficulty, for we hear of no one who presumes to say he has discovered any infallible Miss Florence Cleveland is visiting knack by which this most perplexing Mrs. Fans this wee»-. and yet apparently simple shot can be brought off with any great assur Dr. Belt and family are at Seaside. There was a family dinner party, ance.-Country Life. given at the home of W. E. Wood’s LORDLY FORMALITIES. last Sunday in honor of Mrs. Harry Wood who left the same evening for Preparing a New Peer For Hi* Seat In Oklahoma to v sit friends and relatives. House of Lord a. There were eighteen present. Numerous formalities have to be Mrs. L. J. Barnes has gone to Port gone through before any new peer Is land to spend a few days with her entitled to take bls seat in tbe house daughter, Mrs. Widener, and eon of lords. One of the most Important matters Sylvester and their families. 1 Is tbe preparation of tbe patent, a long A special council meeting was held strip of parchment to the end of Tuesday evening to cens der the matter which Is affixed tbe wax seal, tbe color of leasing a small portion of the Fair of which varies, according to the rant: grounds tract on the west to an associa of tbe new member. Another item is tion f>r a race track. Favorable action the robe, made of scarlet cloth with three doublings of ermine, the number was taken. Mrs. Carrie Hansen has returned from of bars varying according to rank. a trip to Long Beach where she has Thus a duke has four bars In front and tbe same number behind, a mar been the guest of Mrs Wm. Bequeaith quis one less, and so on at The Breakers. Then there are preparations In re Rev. Jacob Finger of Idaho Falls. gard to making or changing coats of Idaho, was the guest of Rev. M. B. arms. In connection with which fees to the extent of about 50 guinea« are paid Parounagian on Monday. by tbe recipient of a summons to the Leon Lemon and Miss Mary E. Moore, bouse of lords of Portland, were married a! the par Altogether tbe financial disburse sonage. by Rev. M. B. Parounagian. ments amount tn tbe case ot a new Friday afternoon Aug. 26. earl to between £CO«» and £700, some Mrr. J. W Huff and little daughuer of which finds its way to tbe chancel visited friends in Gresham over Satur lor of tbe exchequer and some to the crown as represented by the college day and Sunday. Miss. Marguerite Holliday and her of arms. A considerable portion of this expenditure is. of course. Incurred friend Margaret Menzies left last Wed In tbe purchase of the coronet.—Lon nesday for North Dakota where they don News. will teacb school. A Left Handed Man. Mrs. Leighty and daughter Mrs. “1 never realized bow unpopular a Riley, and grandson Robbie Riley, of left handeq man can be until I joined Portland, formerly of Newkirk, Okla., a fishing club.” said tbe man who can are visiting at the home of W. E. Wood not do much with bis right band. "So this week. cially 1 was all right, but when we be S. Davidson, of Portland, is building gan to tisb the rest of tbe fellows on his property east of town on the couldn’t get far enough away from Gedamke tract. Mr. Davidson and me There was another left handed family will occupy a tent while their man in the pnrty. and we were shunted upstream, away beyond tbe best tisb house is being built. ing boles I am a good fisherman The Soldiers Reunion held at When alone I can manage rod Hnd line Gresham on Thursday was one of the as skillfully as the next man. but events of the year. Over a dozen of the w. en I go fishing with a lot of right comrades from Portland came out and handed fishermen our lines tangle and took part iu the speaking in the after we get Into a regular muss 1 have noon. The morning hours were giving tried to learn to manage my pole with my right band, but I haven't made over to music and visiting. After a much headway at it: also I have no fine picnic dinner the gathering as ticed that right banded persons who sembled in the pavilion and talked over tried to become ambidextrous could wartime experiences and other matters learn to do everything with their left of mutual interest. Quite a number of band better than to fish."—New York the Gresham comradee, their wives Times. and children were present but not a The Antiquity of the Ballet. full attendance by any means. Mr Strictly defined, tbe ballet Is proper and Mrs. Crow of Sandy were present. ly a theatrical exhibition of tbe art of Members of the Gresham post from dancing In its highest perfection, com Cleone, Troutdale and Corbett came plying generally with tbe rules of the and the day was one long to I«- remem drama as to its composition and form bered for the pleasures it afforded. It was in existence in Italy as far back Fred Fieldhouse and E. G Kardell as A. D. 1500. the court of Turin In returned from a month's outing in that day making especial use of It and Mexico during August. Hardly a good tbe royal family and nobles taking place for an outing as it was a little too part in It. The ballet was first Intro warm. duced in France In tbe reign of Louis Beginning September 1 the library XIII.. and both that monarch and will be open every afternoon and even Louis XIV. occasionally took part in its dances. About the year 1700 wom ing except Sunday and holidays. en made their first appearance In tbe ballet, which up to that time bad been performed exclusively by men. as was The Lead Pencil on th« Farm. Lead pencils may be purchased as tbe case also with plays and operas, low as 1 cent each; yet. notwith but no woman ballet dancer of any standing their cheapness, they are not note appeared until 1790 used by the average farmer nearly so How She Caught Them. much as they should be. remarks the ’■now did you happen to get four Farm Journal. The successful merchant figures times as many letters as I did T saio closely for profits on everything he one washerwoman who had advertised sells. The farmer ought to do likewise for work by the day to another wbo and thus he able to cut out the un had advertised for the same thing. "Wound up my advertisement by profitable productions Tbe average farmer of today buys for home con saying I was on a diet.” said the lucky sumption too many things that the one. "That ’on a diet’ notice goes farm should produce. A little figuring right to the heart of stingy souls who with a lead pencil would soon convince are trying to cut down expenses They him that It would pay to produce such bate to figure on a washerwoman's things for himself instead of buying meals and jump at tbe chance of get ting one who doesn’t eat.—New York them Tbe farmer should keep a pocket Sun. memorandum and a lead pencil with Often the Cate. him at all times, which, like the mer "You can pretty safely bet.” began chant’s daybook, would show all busi ness transactions If a little time was the man who thought he knew, "that any woman who doesn’t gush over s given to the matter of bookkeeping. pretty baby is a confirmed old maid .” “Not always." replied tbe real wise acre. "She may be a mother who has Hsr Jewels. a baby she thinks Is prettier.“—Cath Mrs. Subbubs (to neighbor»— Willie olic Standard and Times. and Bobble aren’t home from school yet. and here it is 6 o’clock Did you Truthful. see anything of my precious jewels as Angry Father Ito son)—Yon never you came along. Mr. Nexdore? Nex- saw me getting into a scrape like that dore—Your precious jewels are In when I was a boy Flippant Son—No. soak, madam. I just saw them swim dad. I never did.-Exchange. ming I d tbe river —Boston Transcript. J. D Kegner ba* returned from San Franciaco, where he had been visiting hi» daughter. He says he is glad to get back to Oregon again. Walter Burch and I'. C Ross after attending a week with their families here have returned to Southern Oregon to look after their mining intresta. Mr. Pugh has gone to Southern Ore gon with a [»artv of friends from Port land. The Gresham Giants won last Sunday in an unusually dose game with the Greenfields of Portland, score 1 to 0. It was a five inning game on account of the hard rain but was well won by a home-run hit made by Kelt. Next Sunday the Giants will play at Salem with the Tri-City league of that city. The Salem team are the winners of the Honeyman Hardware of the Tri-City league. Miss Lula Parmely has returned after spending her vacation traveling through the eastern states and visiting her mother in Iowa. THE PARSON’S CHECKS. They Were Politely Drawn, but Bank Threw Thom Out. RAINING CATS AND DOGS. the Various Eaplanetione of the Origin of Thio Expression. According to George Cary Egglestou. Vlrglulana of aule G'lluin day» »bowed great Indlffereu«e In iuouey mailers. Money lu the form ot coin »a» rurefy seen. The planter* were ill tile habit ot writing checks on a slip of foolscap. Instructing the bank to "please' pay tbe amount »|>eciti<*d Kgglestou says: "Thia custom of pay lug l>> check »o strongly commended itself to a certain unworldly parson of uiy time that lie resorted to It on one occasion In en tire ignorance and lumsenee of the necessity of having a bank deposit as a preliminary to the drawing of cheek*. He went to Richmond and bought a year's supplies for Ills little place- It was loo small to be culled a plantation—and for each purchase he drew a particularly |>ollie check "When tbe banks threw these out on tbe ground that their author had no account tbe poor old parson found the situation a difficult one to understand He hail thought that the very purpose of a bank’s being was to cash checks for persons wbo happened to be short of money. 'Why. If I'd had tbe motley In tbe bank.' be explained. 'I shouldn't have written the cheeks at all: I should have got the money and paid tbe bills.’ "Fortunately tbe matter came to the knowledge of a well to do aud gen- erous planter who knew Parson J and wbo happened to be In Richmond at tbe time His indorsement made the checks good and saved the unworldly old parson a deal of trouble "—Chicago News. Many explanations tune been given of the origin of the expression "raining cats mill dogs " One 1« that It 1» a per- version of the French “catadoU|»e." a waterfall “It is milling a ciitndoupea.’’ or cataracts Anolhet explanation 1» that the mule blo««oins of the willow tree, which are used on I'aliu Sumlay to represent the iirimclies of paltu. were calltwl "cats anil dogs” ill some pari» of England, where they Increase rapidly after a few warm April show era. mid the belief prevailed that tbe rain brought them Others trace the saying to northern mythology, lu which tbe cat Is said to have great Influence on the weather, and sailors still have a saying. "The cat has a gale of wind In her tall.” when she Is unusually frisky. Witches that nsle upon the storms were said to assume tbe form of cats, and the stormy northwest wind Is called “the cat's nose" lu the Han mountains even at the present day Then the dog Is a symbol of wind, which in old Ger man pictures Is figured as the head of a dog or wolf from which blasts issue The cut therefore symbolizes a down pour of rain: the dog, strong gusts of wind, which accom|<any It. and so a rain "of cats and dogs" Is a heavy rain with wind DEEP SEA WATER. Bottles With Which Samp.es Taken From Ocean Depths Are The water bottle for getting water for analysis from selected depths In tbe ocean Is a cylinder of brass. Ger man silver or other metal which re sists tbe corrosion of sea water, gen erally about two Inches tn diameter and twelve or fourteen Inches long, with upward opening valve at tbe top and bottom, connected together on a central stem. Lugs are cast on rhe side of the cylinder for conveniently securing It at any point along tbe length of the line by which It Is to be lowered into the sea During the lowering of the line tbe valves of the bottle are kept unsealed by the pas sage of the water through the cylln der during Its descent, but when the motion is reversed tbe valves seat themselves and are locked by tbe de scent of a small propeller In the framework above tbe upper valve, wblcb rides Idly on a sleeve during tbe lowering of the bottle, but descends along a screw thread to press tbe valves upon tbelr seats when the line commences to be hauled up. A sped- men of tbe water at the depth to which the water bottle has descended Is thus brought to the surface confined with in tbe bottle, and a series of specl mens from different depths may be obtained at one haul by securing a series of water bottles at tbe required intervals along tbe sounding line.— Scientific American. A NIGERIAN LEGEND. It Tells of the Origin of Man’s Sub jection to Women. There is a qualtit old Nigerian legend that relates the origin of man’s sub jection to women At tbe beginning of things, the le gend runs, the world was people«! by women only One day the earth god. Awbassl Nal. happened by accident to kill n woman On hearing this the rest gnthere«! together and prayed that. If he meant to sluy them, he would bring destruction on all together rather than kill them one by one. Awbassl was sorry for the grief he bad caused aud offered ns compeusn tlon to give them anything they should choose out of all his possessions They begged him to mention what he had to give and said that they would all cry "Yes” when he imniixi the thing they Wished to have Awbassl mentioned one by one all bls fruits, fowls and beasts, but at each they shout««! "No." At length th«> list was nearly endu'd-only on«' thing remained to offer "Will you. then, take man?" ask«<d Awbassl nt last "Yes!” they roared In a great «hout. and. cntchlng hold of one another, dance«! for Joy nt th«' thought of the gift Awbassl was send ing Thus men became tbe servants of women and have to work for them to this day. Ths Sens# of Humor. Notice of Administratrix Sale In the county court of the state »f Oregon for the county of Clackamas, In the matter of the estate of l.ydia Carnahan, Deceased. Nolice is hereby given that in pur PASTURE I lursee or C«iw s pasturisl suance of an order of tile County Court I (or summer Webb Farm, Phoiiv of tli«* County of Clacakamaa and tlm Stale of Oregon, made on the 24th day WANTED Rutter, Eggs and Farm Produce al Wostell’» store, tiiesham. Ill ol Aug. 1910, in the matter ul the estate of l.vdia Carnahan, Deceased, the un Fresh Cow« want«*d T. R Howitt. dersigned Admlni-ti .it' lx of said estate, 1.1' M HER At our new mill 11« miles will sell at private «ale in one parcel, eoullieast ot Kelso. We deliver lumber lu the highest bidder, il|>on terms and | Jmisrud Bros. (• conditions hereinafter set out ami suit- FOR HALE A bay and a brown pair 1 j«H't to the confl rtnation ot said County ot horses, 3 and 4 years of age, on«' Court on or after the 24th day of Sept I bmken weight about 12U0 vucli R. 1* ember, 1910, all tbe right, title, Ínteres Rasmussen, Corbett. ti and estate of the aaid l.ydia Carnahan, W Will) Highest price paid tori dervasml, at the tune of her death, fr«*sh cows, state price ami |>wrtlcu ars. which waa a fee simple interest in the V R Beaton, 96 E 90th »' . Portland. I following descrllxHl par. el of land, to- wil:— AH of Lot No. I Bha-k 12. in UN Mt. Tabor Villa, in the County <>( Mul LOST ' »' old brown Bwiaa boll. tnomah and State of Oregon horn- sawe I off 2 inches from head Terms of sale 20 |a*r cent of purchase re >ard for return J. F Wing, Boring, price to ' e paid at Hine of sale, balance | (ire , RoOtO 3 'I to lie paid on confirmation ol sal. by th«» alsive enlitle«l Court. l>«H«d ami FARM LANDS FOR SAI.E-E A abstract at expeuse of purchaser. All Dolan, Boring, Ore., phone 416. tl bide or offers must l«< in writing end left at the office of J. F. Clark, at Ore WANTED—All kinds <>( milch cows gon City, Oregon, attorney lor the said Cash i>aid. W. Ellison. Cleone, phone Administratrix, or drlixsre.1 to said lHxl. t! Administratrix iu person, at any time before the making of said sale. WANTED Some one »Im wants a Dated Septemlirr 2nd Ifild bargain in real estate at Fairview. In ELLA HOW ELI quire al First Stat«' Bank, Gresham tf Administratrix ot the Es'ate of Lydia Cañaban, Deceasv<l. FOR MALE I twine binder, almost J. F. C'ark new. Cheap. C Cleveland. tf 1 Attorney lor Administratrix Bartsch Bros, l’lamug Mill Mil«' south ot Pleasant Home. All kinds ' of Dteaeed l.umlwr lor building pur-1 |Hiser, nt n-asonablt* prices Deiivere.l it desired Phone tf i FOR SALE— Eighty acres ot tine, well laying land, 21, miles (rmn Mandy. 15 acres in gis«i timla*r; g«««l waler, eight acres in cultivation. *32lM>. In quire of C. W Cassidy, Sandy, Ore tf FoR SAI.I gissl sha|a*. . Handy, Ore. \ 7x9 ilonkey engine, in Ikirnstislt A Ruegg, tf Lots (or sale in Cedarville, on easy terms. II W Snashall. 1'1 rasa nt View Avenue, Gresham, Route 3 FOR SALE—3ft Here». 20 in cultiva tion ; 2 acres In bearing orchard, all new but dings. 3 miles E. ul Gresham |2t»i 1 st acre h.asv terms, ««•«• owner. Frank Michels, 1 mile south of Hogan. Phone MB. ti Fi>R SALE. G. hs I a«,ven-r<M>m house, lot l'«>xl'«i, abundance of fruit, well. giH»l frame barn. 1<X* leet from center ol Gresham, four blocks from high scliool. House win'd for «•lectricily Terms on price, fJiOo. J. II. Cnalk r, Ariel*, Ore. II | FOR -Al.E—G«s»l farm li .rse, I'.si 1 pounds, cheap. T. It. Howitt. tf LOST—August S), a pair of halters. Iietwrvn Gresham ami Luste«i«. Finder leave at Herald office. 3<i MAXWIII MIIMIIIfK PHOTO STODIO CABINETS GROUPS LANDSCAPES High-grade Work Artistic Finish Improved Facilities M W <IAI.I I RY Powell Street Gresham B <) <) K S HYLAND BROS. BOOK SELLERS School Books New and Seco <| Hand Itol'GHT. HOLD, EXCHANGED I6K I iflh Street and ¿11 2nd Street A man lias a sense of humor or be F‘OR HALF. — I span of mares, 21*0 has not If ho has not tie cannot ac weight, goi«l sha|s'. 1 team 2300 weight PORTLAND, - OREGON quire It; If be has It by birthright he boas hor ex. B. Fujli, near Powell caunot lose It wltb the passlug of Valley store, Gresham, route 2. 36 years. The only chafige as life goes on In one wbo has thia Inborn sense Is that different things appeal to It from those that excited amusement In youth, but I d this It is like other Ths Gentle Game of Golf. On one occasion an old lady was In mental faculties. As Judgment mel the same railway compartment as a lows and ripens, so the power of dis party of golfers "I found fearful covering those things that excite trouble this morning." said one. "At smiles become* more discriminating the first 1 fell right Into tbe middle of Humor Is not u physical attribute to a prickly gorse bush, and at tbe sec fade as the body loses Its youthful ond I was stuck up on the top of a elasticity, but purely mental. .Men tree 1 pitched out of bounds Into the who possess It In goodly measure have farmyard at the third, got caught by been known to smile on tbelr death- the wire at the fourth I «tuck fast beds over the very com«rdy of life.— In a deep hole at the fifth, found my Indianapolis Star self buried in mud til the sixth I was lying In a heap of rough flints at the Ths Flax Plant. Linen Is obtained from the flax plant, seventh, got lost at the eighth and finished up at the bottom of that dirty a small, delicate annual with a tiny blue flower Tbe plant Is pulled by ditch at tbe last bole.” "Gracious me." cried tbe horrified band In the summer, the se*ds. known old lady from ber corner of tbe car in commerce a.« Ilns«'«*d. being reniursl riage. “and they told me that golf was and the straw subjected to various an old man's game! I’ll never let my processes to separate the fibrous part which constitutes the linen First It Is Edwin play again T—London Globe steeped In water and then passed through a drying and heating pronn« Acquiring a Reputation. Archbishop Howley, who lived In the on revolving wheels until all foreign eighteenth century, most unjustly got matter is removed. It Is then ready tbe reputation of swearing like a for manufacture. trooper. Tbe explanation Is that the Not a Question of Etiquette. Duke of Cumberland, wbo fought the All Dental Work Done by Electric Power Mrs. Hendricks (the landlady)—Can battle of Culloden and wbo was un I help you to some more soup. Mr speakably profaue. jnce went in quest Powell Valley Road '« mile Telephone—Tabor 2519 of the primate to get bls assistance Dumley ? East of Kelly « Butte LENTS, ORI’., R. I). I Mr. Dumley—No. thanks. about a certain bill which he disliked. Mrs. Hendrlrks (engagingly—Don’t He returned to tbe house of lords, say ing: “It’s all right, my lords. I’ve seen refuse. Mr. Dumley. because It Isn’t the archbishop, and he says he'll see considered good form to be hel ped tbe promoters to ---- before he’ll vote twice to aoup. We're not particular F. A. FlurniiiK s. S. Thompson for the ---- bill!” As a matter of fact, people here. Mr. Dumley—Oh. etiquette tiaa noth all the profanity had been supplied quite in tbe ordinary run of conversa tng to do with It, madam; It’s tbe tion by tbe duke.—London Tatler. soup. DOG KENNELS AND HOSPITAL IN CONNECTION TRANSFER' AND LIVERY BARN 8ome Pay More. She Laarna, Too. The man was looking over tbe family bills as his wife glanced through the paper. "Ob. John." she said. "It tells here of a young fellow wbo war fined $•>HO for flirting.” "That’s cheaper than I got off." re plied the man. his eye still on the bills.—Philadelphia Ledger. There bad beeD a family row "Well," remarked tbe allege«! hea<) of tbe house, "a man learns a few things when he gets married Yea. sir. a man Ilves and learns.” “That may be.” retorte«! the feminine half of the sketch, "but the school of experience dwsn’t bar co-eds."—Wash ington Herald. Msan Thing I Overcharged. Liver), Boarding and Sales Stables BULL RUN STAGE LINE Ix-aves our barn daily at 9 a. m. Arrives Bull Run at noon, leaves Boll Run at 1:30 p m , arrives Gresham 4:31* p. in. New Line of Rigs. Good Horses. Satisfaction Guaranteed Your Patronage Solicited Phone, Farmers 516 Gresham, Ore. Bell—Did I understand you to say Edith—I told Clara, under promise of absolute secrecy, of our engage that the deutlet overcharged you? ment. Fred—And she has spoken of Nell—Yes; he gnve me enough gas to It everywhere? Edith—No: the spite Inflate a balloon.—Kansas City Jour ful thing never mentioned It—Illus nal. trated Bits. Not to Blame. How Careless! She (sweetly as they sip their tea to gether)—Isn't this delicious?. He (ab sentmindedly*—Yes. I love to take tee wltb a little lemon.-Columbia Jester The Elderly Lady-They say Ills wife has money Tbe Younger—Well, that Isn’t his fault. They've only been married a short time. Obedience Is not truly performed by When a fool gets angry, he opens bis the body of him whose heart Is dis satisfied.— Saadi. mouth and shuts bis eyes. 4