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TANNING 1)1 ER SKIN.
LENTS LOCAL HAPPENINGS
For tanning ami butting <lwr skins for
ghnra, etc For each skin take a buck
et of water and put iutu it one quart of
lime; let the skill or skins lie in thia
from three to four days, then rinse in
clear waler, hair and grain ( remow fat
and tl<wh from grain aide), then soak
them ill cold water to get out the glue.
Now scour or pound in good soapsuds;
after which take white vitriol, alum and
salt, one talde»|>oonful of each to a skin,
these will be dissolved in sulHcent water
to cover the akin; let remain in this tor
twenty-four hours. Wring out as dry as
convenient and spread on with a brush
half a pint of currier’s oil and hang in
the sun about two days; after which you
will scour out tlie oil with soapsuds and
hang out again until perfectly dry ¡then
pull and work them until they are soft;
and if a reasonable time does not m ake
them soft a «our out again in amis until
complete. The oil may lw saved by
pouring or taking it from the top of the
suds, if left standing a short time. The
but! color is given by spreading yellow
ocher evenly over tin- akin, alien finish
ed. rubbing it in well with a brush
Mr Valentine was a visitor on Thur»-; Harry Foster left for California thia
week.
day.
The Dunseth family, formerly resid
C. L. Boaa, of the Moline Plow Co.,
of Portland, was a Herald caller Thurs ing at Gates Crossing, are now occu-
puving the Anderson residence on
day.
Schweitzer 4 Manz, the tailors, have Fourth Aveuue.
Mr. Footer, of Faxon Park, was a
found it necessary to enlarge their
quarters and have secured the rooms pleasant caller Monday.
The Millspaugh family Las moved in
adjoining them, which will be used as a
workshop and the room back of the to the Fauske house on Fifth Avenue.
office as dressing rooms The boys'
A misprint occurred in the last issue
work must be satisfactory, for business in which the Isis theatre was spoken
is growing right along they say.
of. Instead of “Harms" we had it
The Meraki office has just completed "Helms.” Sorry Dick, but mistakes
a ha
e 32 page seed catalog for will happen some time.
Gill
the "Oregon grown seeds"
Mrs. Dura nd and son, of Butte. Mont.,
firm: It is free for the asking, Ad- are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dunseth.
dress Portland, Ore., Route 1.
Dr. J. H McSIoy was a business call
Chas. Summer, of Arleta. attended er this week. Doc. is the original "never
the wrestling match here Monday eve woory.” He leaves a smile after him,
ning.
too
The formal dedication exercise» that
Mrs. Storer died of old age at her
were to be held at the new, Lents home at Woodmere January 9.
Any little wound or abrasion of Hie
school January 12 are postpored until
E. Huddle was successfully operated tiesh occuring iu cold weather that is
January 19. when the same program on at St. Vincents' hospital last week
not properly treated becomes a laid
trill be rendered.
and is expected home this week
sore and is difficult to heal. Apply
Mrs. J. Manz, wife of Manz, the tail
Born—To Mr. and Mrs Sam Bass, a BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT at
or, arrived last week to make her home boy on January 7.
once when such accidents happen. The
here.
Mr. C. C. Settlemire, a prominent wound heals promptly and *x»u does
E W. Aylesworth. one of Gresham's . hop buyer of Salem, and wife were away with the annoyance of a bandage.
leading business men, was in Lents week end guests of Mrs. W. F. Kelly. Price 25c. 50c and *1.00 per bottle. Sold
Thursday.
John Berg, the light heavy weight by Lents Pharmacy.
Nothing of special importance trans wrestling champion of the world, left
pired in the Justice court this week. | for Spokane this week. Before going
MANOE ON PIOS.
says Judge Tobin.
he said that he was going to be here for
Pleaw advise how to cure mange OU
J. Davis writes from San Diego. CaL. ¡the return match between Gustafson pig*—L. T . Greenland, Gresham, Ore
that he likes the California climate first and Smith, even if he had to walk.
If you have many pigs the la-st plan
rate. He fails to say when he is coin-
Miss Nellie Jamison suffered the dis will be to dip them, using one of the
ing home.
location of her knee cap as the result of commercial di|>e containing sulphur, fol
The jeweler has moved to a building slipping on the ice one day this week.
lowing directions on can. Or a 2 |*r
cent
solution of the common coal tar
on the carline, vacating the one on
Robt. White has entered the Post
dip can be used by adding flower of sul
Main street to make room for the tail Office service in Portland as carrier.
phur at the rat«‘ of sixteen ami a half
oring firm of Schweitzer i Manz.
Miss Florence Simonsen, who has
Will Richey, of Sycamore, was a vis been visiting with Mr. and Mr s D. M pounds to tlie one hundred gallons of the
solution It is more effective if used
itor in Lents one day this week
Simensen, left Friday for Hood River
warm. If there are only a few to treat,
An ice plant is now rumored. It is where she will visit before returning to
the mixture can le applied with a spray
said the promoters propose to erect a her home in The Dalles.
pump, ami well rubied in with a coarse
two-story concrete building here for
Twenty-eight counties of the state brush. It prol>ably will l>e necessary to
this purpose.
and eighteen states of the union are repeat the treatment in a week or ten
Lester Richey, of Sycamore, is suf represented in the present registry in «lays. selecting rather warm, sunny days
fering severely with fever. It is feared the collegiate branches at the State for the work. Put the pigs in another
the fever will leave him with defective University of Oregon Of the counties. pen or clean old pen out thoroughly.
eye-sight.
Multnomah leads the list with 170 res Spray tlie interior well with a 5 per
solution of crude carbolic acid,
Robt. Chapman, who has been ill at ident students and Lane, the home
bis home for some time, is now able to county, comes next withl 153.
Then let dry and put in fre-di betiding
be around again. He called at this
Recent census reports show that [ before returning pigs to the pen.
office one day this week.
Multnomah county, the smallest county
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Rev. J. M. Nelson, pastor of the in Oregon, has the densest population,
lame back may come from over-work,
Lents Baptist Church, had the mis- being 501 7 persons to a square mile.
cold settled in the muscles of the back,
fortune of injuring his knee by falling All the central and southeastern coun
In the two former
Wednesday afternoon. He caught his ties, and Curry county, have less than '»t from disease
cases the right remedy is BALLARD’S
rubber on a nail and fell in front of two persons per square mile. Harney
SNOW LINIMENT. It should be rubied
Wiley's store. While it is not severe it county has less than one
in thoroughly over the affected part,
is nevertheless painful, as the same
Retail merchants in the state will < the relief will be prompt and satisfac
knee was injured some time ago.
gather at Medford January 17 and 18 tory, Price 25c, 50c, and 11.00 per bot-
Cashier Rostad. of the local bank, for the sixth annual convention. The . tie. Sold by Lents Pharmacy.
made a business trip to Tacoma this program has been made up and is filled
week. He says business is pretty dull with discussions of subjects of vital
on the Sound.
interest to the merchants. Competent
A Little Something For the Waiter.
“The biggest tip I ever saw given n
Mrs. J. M. Nelson was a caller one speakers have been engaged to deliver
waiter In my life was bestowed by the
i addresses of value to the retailer.
day this week.
late John W Gates In Paris." said a
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man who is accustomed to be generous
Have you taken time to read E. w.
in thnt line himself. "Gntes enter-
Miller's announcement on another page?
‘tained a party of alsiut a dozen of us
It may mean money to you.
at dinner at the Ritz hotel ami had
Work is being pushed on the repair
the little private dining room on the
Dear
Editor
—
of the damage done to the wireless sta
right as you go toward the restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs. Hasinger, of Spirit Before the meal was finished Gates
tion by last Saturday's storm.
Lake, Idaho, are now residing with their caller! for Olivier, the head waiter.
The theatre was closed several days
daughter, Mrs. William Kiekenapp. jo^ne^r did Succeed In getting that
this week as a result of the lack of
Mr. and Mrs Hasinger are well known man's name right.
electric ty.
to your scribe. They are A No. 1.
” •Oliver,’ be said, •here’s n little
School was resumed Thursday after
something for yon.’ and he handed him
"Olie.”
three days of idleness on account of the
Glad to welcome these estimable peo- a 1.000 franc note (92001. I told Gntea
storm. No electricty could be had pletoour midst The Herald’s latch h”
fool^h ""»> th"‘
with which to operate the heating plant string is always out to either them or ing things for the rest of us, but he
guessed he knew what he was doing
and fans.
our friend "Olie ”
—New York Hun.
See the important announcement of
the E. W. Miller Lumber Co. in this is
The Duke’s Advice.
GRAND MASQUERADE
sue.
The great Duke of Wellington had an
unfortunate experience at Oxford He
Mr. and Mrs. Hanway, former Lents
residents, have returned from Kansas,
A grand Masquerade ball will be giv pronounced Jacobus with the second
saying that after all, Oregon is the en in the new hall at Gates, Saturday syllable "short" and was duly ad
monished. Shortly after the word
best and good enough for them.
evening, Jan. 20. Good music. Admi - Carolus came In his «i>eeeh. anil, profit
E. M. Hogue has gone to The Dalles sion 56 cents. Ladies free. No ob Ing. as be thought, by ex|>erien<e. he
to work at his trade.
jectionable people allowed. Postponed inude the second syllable long, only to
be pulled up again. Possibly lie re
A birthday surprise party was given from Jan. 6.
flected that there are worse terrors
to Mrs. Ole Cook, of Saginaw Heights.
than those of the battlefield. This, nt
Wednesday evening. About twenty-
least, was Ills advice to an aspiring
VENERABLE
DfMOCRAI
VISITS
four of the neighbors and friends came
orator: "Say what you have to say.
in to spend the evening. Music and
HAINES AE EHE CAPIEOL lou t quote faitin and sit down.”—Pall
supper and sociability were the features.
i Mall Gazette.
Several nice presents were receieved
Recently Congress paused in its digni
by Mrs. Cook.
Practical Advice.
fied deliberations to pay tribute to one
"Hjs-nklng of etiquette, did you send
Mr. C. E. Gill and Miss Patten, of ihe oldest ex-members of the House of
the dollar for those advertised instruc
Saginaw Heights, were married at the Representatives. Hydenham E. Ancona, 1 tions on 'What to do at table?’ ”
bride's home New Years. They have of Reading. Pa , who was elected to the , "Yes.”
a new home beside Mrs. Gill's parents Thirty-seventh Congress and served
"And what did you get?”
ani have occupied it since the wedding. through the Thirty-eighth and Thirty "A slip with one word printed on it.
E. W. Miller has an important an ninth Congresses, and was an associate •Eat!”’-Boston Transcript.
nouncement in thia issue. Find it— of James G. Blaine, Thaddeus Stevens
Worth Visiting.
and General “Bob" Schenck, entered
read it.
thechamberof the House at a time “I understand they have some fine
Ernest D. Stout and Miss Mary E. when that body was busy. It quickly /ilns In Egypt.”
Deming were married Wednesday night became known that Mr. Ancona, who "Yes. mid they keep them in very
at 8 o’clock at the home of the bride's ha<l preceded all the members sitting as good repair.’*—Washington Herald.
mother.The Demings formerly resided a member of Congress so many years
A Hero In A Lighthouse.
in Lents, running the green house near was in their midst, and Speaker Clark
For years J. 8. Donahue, Bo. Haven
Lents Junction.
ordered a recess. Mr. Ancona held an Mich., a civil war captain, as a light'
A bee tree with considerable honey informal reception while the younger house keeps-, averted awfnl wrecks, but
fell during the recent storm on Foster statesmen shook hie hand. Mr. Ancona a queer fact is, he might have been a
wreck, himself, if Electric Bitters bad
road east of Lents. The residents near is in his ninetieth year.
He raid: “J am a Democrat. I al not prevented. “They cured me of kidney
by are doubtless relishing real honey
ways have been a democrat. I think trouble and chills,’ he writes, “after I
these days.
the next president of the United States had taken other so called cures for years,
Wm. Rose, who has been quite ill the
will be a democrat, and if the people of without benefit and they also improved
past three weeks, is now reported on
the United Stater will read the utter my eight. Now, at seventy, I am feeling
the road to recovery.
ances of Speaker Champ Clark for love, fine.” For dys;>*psia, Indigestion, all
Supt. W. C. Bryant, of Sherman Co., humanity, and the Christmartide. they stomach, liver and kidney troubles,
is spending a few days with his sister, will elect him President by the greatest they’re without equal. Try them. Only
Mrs. Hogue.
plurality ever given a candidate.”
50cts. at all dealers.
CHURCH HELPING
EHE WORTHY POOR
By C ol . E. H ofer , Salem.
Establishes Loe al Relief
Hans out the banner "Made in Oregon.”
Board Assist Many Peo-
What can I m * done to encourage the manufacturing establish*
pie in Want During the menta we now have in the state?
Week.
Do they not need our boat encouragement?
The Oregon mrnufacturer and the Oregon jobber and the Ore
The Evangelical Church on 8. Main
gon
insurance companiea?
Street, has established a relief board to
Why send millions out of the state for foreign products?
carry on its benevolent work among the
Thia ia a practical question that is far more im|s>rtant thtui
needy of the district.
The pastor, Rev. |*. Conklin, started j who shall be president of the United States.
the work some time ago on a small
One home industry means more than bushels of politics.
scale and has found the people of the
Thihk of the energies that will be applied to electing a preai
church and town very responsive in dent and solving woman suffrage and capital punishment.
suppying him with provisions and
Kull dinner pails and good payrolls mean far more.
clothes needed by the poor.
Half
the time and money and Iruins put into the simple pr<>i>-
The liasement of the church has been
turned into a supply room where the osition of building up Oregon industrially would make this the
poor are taken ami fitted out in clothes, most prosperous state in the nation.
given provisions, etc.
Concrete pavements enrich California by millions.
M any cases that are almost pitiable
If the factories we now have, the jobbers and organizations
have come to the notice of the paslor.
He says he |>erwonally investigate,! most of capital now in legitimate business are successful, others will be
cases, sometimes members of ttiechurcti established.
do themselves, and that in most in
Protection to home industries ia a sound doctrine.
stances he finds them worthy, grateful
The way to get more industries ia to see to it that the manu
and big hearted.
This week !>> or more families have facturer we now have is patronized and appreciated.
been fitted out. An amusing, yet sor
Oregon needs more payrolls and less politics.
rowful little fellow came up to Mr
The
way to make Oregon count and to show what L. Samuels
Conklin one day this week and said :
“Are you the feller what gives things calls real gumption is to stand up for all Oregon products.
Anything made in Oregon is better than the imisirted.
away?" "I am,“ he replied, “what
can 1 do for you?" “I would likeacoat."
If every family .would call for Oregon brands of flour, baking
the little tot said, glaring down at his powder, canned goods, coffees and spices this state would be hum
torn and tattered rag. He was given
ming with prosperity.
not only one but two and then he looked
More home industries more home advertising.
up all smiles and says: “I got a brother
You don’t have tJ smoke or drink, if you do use home products.
ho ■ e,—little bit of a feller—he’s awful
ly bright." This amused the pastor and
There is a great deal of talk about the Oregon system, but is
he laid his hand on the boy's h ad and there any system equal to protection of home industries?
said: ‘‘What have you in there” 'pat
Wear clothes made of Oregon wool and woven in Oregon mills.
ting Ins head gmtlr. The buy threw
E’olitics and the Oregon system have cost a great deal of mon-
his chest out and almost shouted:
“B hvixs !” Other incidents are recalled O’. anti bad politics in state and nation affect our prosperity.
by him that would not only fill your
You will sleep sounder under an Oregon-made blanket.
heart with sorrow, but wonder, that in
Is there any substitute for getting right down and upholding
the land of plenty, such misery coul 1
your
neighbor in his business, and your neighbor is every man who
exist.
is
engaged
in business or employing labor in Oregon.
The pa tor wishes to thank the many
Is there a better foundation than to stand in Oregon shoes?
kind friends who have contributed the
supplies and says that they are espec
Will you not assist in putting on a home campaign ami enroll
ially in need of underwear, ami child yourself under the banner of "Made in Oregon?”
ren's clothing and shoes. Of course,
We have talked about this matter a great deal, but now the
vegetables and groceries are always
time
has come for action, and all the people must be educated to
nestled.
act
together,
to act effectively and continuously.
In “that great day" Jesus will say:
We believe this is the most important matter before the peo
“Come, for I was hungry and ye fed
me, 1 was naked and ye clothed me."
ple of Oregon to make our state prosperous.
TheE.W.MillerLumberGo
OEMEMBER thiit we are starting the
New Year with a larger stock of
Lumber and Building Materials than ev
er before and that we are increasing the
stock all the time.
Also remember that you can not buy
Lumber as cheaply in 60 days from now
as you can now.
So, if the building bee is humming in
your sky-piece, get busy and put up that
New House or that New Barn RIGHT
NOW.
All kinds of Inside Finish and Moul
ding, Builders’ Hardware, Roofing Paper
and Building Paper.
1x3 Flooring and Rustic in all pat
terns.
Thanking you for reading this ad, we
are,
Yours for business,
E. W. Miller Lumber Co
Opposite Bright Realty Co.
FOSTER ROAD
LENTS, ORE
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