The Mission
Of those corpuscles In your blood
that have been called "Little
Soldiers," Is to fight for you
against the disease germs that
constantly endanger your health.
These corpuscles are mado
healthy and strong by the use of
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
' This medicine is a combination .of
more than 20 different remedial agents
in proportions and by a process known
only to ourselves and it has for thirty
years been constantly proving its worth.
No substitute, none "just-as-good."
Making- It Pleasant for Risk.
"Gentlemen," said the toascniaster at Ifce
banquet, "we have listened to some excel
lent orators this evening and I am aura
we have enjoyed their efforts very much.
I have purposely kept one of our beat
speakers for the last, and after you havt
heard him I know you will be glad to go
home. Gentlemen, I have the honor to
present Mr. Ketchum A. Cummin,, who
will now address you." Chicago Tribune,
About Rlsnt.
A boy was asked to explain the dlf
lerence between animal Instinct anfl
human Intelligence. "If we had in
OREGON STATE NEWS I
Cheese Factories Report.
Tillamook Seven of the co-opera
tive associations have made their an
nual reports for last year. viz. : Fair-
view Dairy association, Red Clover,
South Prairie, East Beaver, Maple
Leaf, Three Rivers and Clover Leaf.
These factories received 14,326,111
Her Objection.
"I wish my dentist wasn't so realistic,"
aid Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego. "lie calls
hi dental parlor his drawing room."
PILES CURED IN S TO 14 DATS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to care any
ease of Itching-, Blind. Bleeding- or Protruding
Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c
stlnct," he said, "we should know pounds of milk and the factory which
everything we needed to know with- received "the largest amount of milk
out learning it ; but we've got reason, was Maple Leaf Creamery association,
and so we have tn shuiv rmr..!. with 2,619,494 pounds. This associa-
'S J
Rural Telephones
Do you realize that rural telephones, more than
anything else, tend to increase the earning power
of every farm and farmer ? Do you realize that
ALL of the material needed to build the very best
rural telephone line exactly the same as the Bell
Company puts up will cost you and your neigh
bors less than half a bale of cotton or twenty bushels
of wheat each?
ill
'most blind, or be a fool.1
1st Leader.
-TJnlversal-
Happy EiigaKenient.
"It's a good thing that man wants
but little here below," remarked the
home-grown philosopher.
"Because why?" queried the youth.
"Because that's all there Is left after
woman gets what she wants, " answered
the philosophy generator.
CITC St. Vital' Danoe ana ' ottous uiimmi perma
Ill3aatly send by Dr. i. .tae'a Qreut Nerve Re.
atorer. Send for FKEB $3.00 trial bottle and treatise.
Or. B. H. Kline. 14.. 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Terminology.
Officious Salesman Wouldn't you like
to look at some of our overcoatings or
suitings?.
Dyspeptic Looking Customer No, but
It you will be kind enough to tell me
where the drug department is I'll take a
look at your pillinps and porous plaster-lugs."-
Chicago Tribune.
A Grown Up Baby.
"You'd like to be in South' America
during a revolution; would you? What
for?"
"O, I'd like to see the wheels go
round."
It baa been stated on British authority
that American immigrants - into Canada
are taking fifty million dollars' worth ol
property Into that country each year.
The following sign is displayed by" a
firm of cycle and motor manufacturers at
Hornsey, England : "To aeronauts : Drop
here for petrol." 1
The golden crested wren is the smallest
of British birds'. It is three and a half
Inches long and seventy-two of them
weigh one pound.
The fact that no death from hydro
phobia has been recorded in England
since 1002 is cited as an illustration of
the preventive treatment of disease.
It is estimated that 113.000 persons in
New York City make their living by
their wits, which means the lack of wit in
others. ,
Shipbuilding in Japan mploys 10,000
men at Nagasaki, 8,000 at Kobe and 4,000
at Osaka. All the Japanese yards are
full of orders. ' '
The Grenoble district In France is
noted in the export trade of that country
for two very different products walnuts
and kid gloves. ,
James Warren, a farm laborer, 82 years
old, died recently at Edworth, England,
after having worked on the same farm
for seventy-five years.
In reply to an advertisement for a
woman typist at a salary of $3.75 a week,
a Ixmuon arm on .uarcu recjiveu uu
fewer than 307 replies.
New York City has more asylums,
homes, hospitals and organizations for
the relief of human suffering than any
other city in world. ,
At Rheims, France, portable bathtubs,
filled with hot water, are delivered to or
der. The folding envelope was first used in
1839.
There are 50,000 vegetarians In Eng
land. There are In London over SIH.UUO per
sons who live in one-room houses, and
over 701.000 in two-room houses.
- There is a dally average of one and
one-half deaths in New York City charge
able to injuries inflicted by other persons.
In the last five years, in New York
City, C03.714 tenants have gone into new
flat nouses.
Three-story bedsteads are now made for
rise in apartments, steamers, camps and
wherever floor space is limited.
The secret of the glow-worm and firefly
Is yet unsolved by science. Their light is
entirely unaccompanied by heat.
Three hundred girls are employed in the
harness trade in New York, aud Kentucky
baa a girl jockey.
Manhattan's postoffice receipts amount
to (54,370 daily.
Much of the fuel used in Italy is made
f the refuse of olives from which the
oil has been pressed.
Lord Selborne la the Bret British cab
inet minister who has accepted an ap
pointment in the colonies.
Those who have wintered In Alaska say
that it Is not the cold, but the mosquito,
that Is the hardest thing to endure in the
North. -
Wetness.
' Man with the Bulging
sloppy, lent It?
Man With the Bulbous Nose
half as sloppy for you as it is
My overcoat's in soak.
tion carried the banner for the largest
amount of milk in 1907, but it is re
ported that the Tillamook creamery
will out-distance the Maple Leaf for
Brow Awf j1 1908. The amount of cheese these
seven associations manufactured was
It ain't 1,574,320 pounds and this was sold for
lor me. $194,448.01.
Introducing- Iter Keaolntlon
"Johnny," said Mrs. Lapsling, patting
on her wraps, "I've been in the house all
day and I need the fresh air. If you'll
mind baby a little while I'll go and take
a preamble around the block." .
Curloaltr GratlSed.
Former Customer (after a long
sence) What has become of the pretty
blonde that used to feed the hungry at
this lunch counter?
Dark Skinned Waiter Girl I'm her.
What you goin' to order, sir?
Farmers' Unions Growing.
Athena The farmers' union idea
seems to be growing in Umatilla
county, notwithstanding the disap
pointments that it has encountered in
the past. H. D. G. Cox, who has
been looking after the organizations
aD. in this county, was in the city a few
aays ago arranging lor a meeting in
Pendleton at which all the local unions
are to have delegates. The union here
has called a special meeting to elect
delegates.
Over 4,000,000 Western Electric Telephones
are in use in the United States to-day. We made the first telephones and we have made
the most in fact, we have made more than all other manufacturers combined.
We have brought the rural telephone within the reach of every farmer, and with our Free
Bulletins before him a boy can install and operate the system. Our telephones are guaranteed.
Cut out this advertisement, write your name and address on the margin and mail it to-day so that the
Free Bulletins, which describe the entire plan in detail, may be sent you immediately.
SOUTHERN OFFICES
Atlanta
Cinciunatt
Dallas
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Port f mouth
Saint Louis
Savannah
112
Manufacturers Mid Suppliers
of all Apparatus and Equip
ment used in the Construe
tion, Operation and Mainte
nance of 'telephone- Plants,
NORTHERN AND WESTCRN OFFICES
Poston
Chicago
Denver
l.os An (relet
New Yuri.
Omaha
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Saint Paul
Salt Lake City
Ban Francisco
Seattle
Youthful Philosopher.
A five-year-old boy on hearing grace
asked rot the first time at breakfast
gruvely I cmarked : "I only say my
prayers it night That is the danger
ous time." Lire.
Before Hlpe Wisdom Comes.
There is a dangerous stage In every-
Oregon Leads in Wool.
- Pendleton With an average fleece
of 8 pounds, Oregon sheep last year
sheared more wool to the sheep than
those of any other state in the Union
with the single exception of Washing
ton. Those in the neighboring state
on the north made an average of 83
one's career when his friends - are pounds. ' In no other state was there
afraid to tell hiin a compliment for
fear 'it will make him more conceited.
Boston Globe.
Bloodies. Revolution.
Keporter Bat, Senator, in a govern
ment like ours, don't you believe in the
principle of rotation in office?
Eminent Statesman I certainly do,
young man. That s wuy l nave a revolv
ing cbalr in my office.
Not Worth While.
"Don't you think, Mr. Sply," said the
boss, "you might as well take oS your
hat?"
"What's the nse?" asked the new man.
who was filling a temporary vacancy in
the clerical department. "I'm only going
to hold this job two weeks."
an average of more than 8 pounds,
while the average for the whole United
States was only 7 1-10 pounds.
Cold Eradicates Mange.
Pendleton According to the report
of Dr. H. E. Pinkerton, of the Federal
Bureau of - Animal Industry, mange,
the scourge of horsemen, was almost
eradicated from the reservation by the
snow storm of last month. Between
300 and 400 Indian ponies died as a re
sult of the storm and practically all of
the diseased animals were among this
number. '
For Example.
"To make a long story short," said Un
cle Chinner, "we collected the maple sap,
emptied it into a huge iron kettle, and
put it over a big wood fire to boil It
down "
"To make your long story short, uncle,"
interrupted one of the listeners, "suppose
you boil that down, too.
Mothers will find Mrs. WInslows Son thin?
Byrup the b.'8t remedy to use for their chUUrea
luring ;he teething period.
ffSH - A Flavoring'. It make I
K3S syrup better than Maple.
jk .9 bold by grocers.
New Fishes In the Sea.
In a communication to the Royal So
ciety of Queensland, Dougles Ogllby re
cords the discovery of one new genus
and seven new species of fish. Among
these are slender dog shark, Howe's
needle fish, long-beaked garfish, the
omber leather Jacket and others.
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1 MERCHANTS 1
I I WILL TRADE I
(8)
ij) Well Paper, Mouldings, w
pictures ana otner mm- is
ilar goods, lor Umber '
land, farm land or cash. )
Lowest wholesale
prices. Write me.
E. H. MOOREHOUSE 1
144 Seventh St, Portland, Oregon ft
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Sawmills All Running.
Cottage Grove Every sawmill in
this locality is running at full capacity before each meal and before retiring,
Mix for Rheumatism.
The following is a never failing re
cipe for rheumatism. To one-half pint
of good whiskey, add one ounce syrup
sarsaparilla and one ounce Toris com
pound, which can be procured of any
druggist Take in teaspoonful doses
More Humane.
"They tell me, Mr. Smithers," simpered and many expect to put on night shifts
the fluffy young thing, "that you are quit to supply the urgent demand for lum-
a lady killer." ber. Business in every line is open-
"They do me an Injustice, upon my ing up beyond all expectations. A
word, Miss Giggley," responded the gal- number of new dwellings are planned
lant old beau, laying his hand on nis heart and their construction will start as
and making a profound bow; I catch 'em BB thB ,-fttw ,in nrmi4,
alive.''
Far Apart.
"Miss Easton," said the hostess, "this
is Mr. Weston."
"Delighted to know you, Miss Easton,"
said the young man. "Nominally, how
ever, we seem to be antipodes."
Few Peach Buds Frozen.
Pendleton Umatilla county orchard
iats are counting on full crops of all
kinds of fruit this season, with the
possible exception of peaches. A few
Actually, too, perhaps, Mr. Weston," reports of frozen peach buds have been
Had a Reason.
Editor (of Daily Thunderbolt) Toop-
er, you have fallen down on two or three
assignments lately. You used to have
the best nose for news there was in the
office.
Reporter I think I had but it's been
pulled once or twice lately, and 1 m get
ting cautious about using it. .
she answered, so distantly that he instant
ly felt himself to be 12,500 miles away.
. Abaent-Mlnded Alderman.
A Lynn (Mass.) alderman at a re
cent aldermanic meeting inquired what
had become of an order he had Intro
duced some time before calling for an
arc light on Willow street. The city
clerk, after digging into his files, In
formed him that the order had come
before the board nearly a month pre
vious and that he had voted against It
made, but the concensus of opinion is
that little or no damage was suffered
as the .result of the cold weather last
month.'
First Year Prosperous.
Grants Pass The Rogue River Fruit
exchange has just closed its first year.
The organization has shipped many car
loads of fruit,- all carefully graded,
labeled and neatly packed,
A eood, honest remedy for Rheumatism,
Neuralgia and Sore Throat is Hamlin's
Wizard Oil. Nothing will so quickly
drive out all pain and inflammation.
Making; Bare.
Country Cousin Are you sure I am
in the right train?
Town Relative (who has had about
enough of it) Well, I have asked sev
enteen porters and thirty-two passen
cers. and tucy all say, "les," so i
think you'd better risk it. London Tel
egraph.
Most Be Hard Work.
In Russia there is a cheap reaping
machine which baa a reel, but no au
tomatic rake. A man alts on the plat
form and rakes off the grain with a
pitchfork. The name of this machine
ing all expenses, maintaining its ware
houses and making other improve
ments, there still remains money on
hand.
Onlv Ona "BROMO OU1NINE"
After pay- That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
Nobody
can know every
thing. To becomn expert
ntonnfl to specialists woarftspo
clnllKta In producing Uio bent (lower
and voRotable seeds. Jn 6a yours we
have become expert. Bow Kerry's
Hoeda and ronp me results or our core.
For wile everywhere. Kead our 1C09
catalogue and prollt by our experience.
Bent free on request. Address
D. M. FERRY & CO.. DETROIT. MlCH,
Polk County Farm is Sold.
Monmouth Another sale of 800
acres of farmland was made last week,
1 "lobogrelka," and since "lobo" means being the Cockle place, to .the Southern
"brow." and "grelka" is "a heater,"
the whole can be translated "brow-sweater."
Untimely Interrnptloat.
"- Orlando Spoonamore bent over the fair
hand and respectfully kissed it
"Young man," screeched the parrot in
the cage overhead. "Is there anything the
matter with my lips?" '
Oregon capitalists who are buying
large tracts in Polk county. These
tracts will be subdivided into small
farms and orchards, and much of the
planting will be done this spring.
Quarantine is Raised.
Salem Quarantine ' at the Oregon
State Insane asylum, which has been
in force for some time on account of
for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used tho
world over to Cure a Cold In One Dav. 26c.
The long feathers of a bird's wing are
fastened to the bone. It is this which
gives the wing the strength and surface
Therewith to heat the air.
Its Claim to Immortality.
"I don't see anything remarkable In
your poem," said the editor, handing il
back.
"You don't?" howled the would-be con
tributor, pointing with a quivering finger
at the word "loathes" at the end of the
fourth stanza. "Did you ever see a poem
before that had a perfect rhyme for
'clothes'?" Chicago Tribune.
The cleanest.
linhtocr anrl
most comfortable
SLICKER
fit the same time
cheapest In the
end Decause it
wears longest
3QP Everywhere
Every garment quar.
anreea warerproor
Catalog free
I J TOWf CO BOSTON U ft , .
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'. Some of the saloons in Liverpool dis- several cases of diphtheria, haa been
play the sign : "Ladies can not be served raised.
without their hats on."
Lost in the Australian bush, near Port
Darwin, for five days, engineer-commander
E. S. Silk was found alive and well by
black tracker
The average rent paid for New Tort
City tenements and . apartment house
built within five years amounts to $Ufl
annually for each person living In them.
The municipa ty ol Copenhagen haa
pened war on rats, and will pay 1H
;ents for every tail. The breeding of
rats for their tails is a criminal offense.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
EocxSewva
Wheat Bluestem, $1,10M4 ; club,
98CS$1.01; red Russian, 95c98c;
Turkey red, 98c$l; valley, $1.
Barley Feed, $27.60(?28 per ton.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette valley, owYlxe, .QWeS. CVCaWSCS
fl315; Eastern Oregon, 1618; ce vv
clover, $12(i?13; alfalfa, 1415; Q SVSvGTCl 6CCvUaV i
grain hay, $13rt?14; cheat, 13.60 . . JJ
14.50; vetch, $i3.5o??14.bo. QSSVSlS CWQYaCVCTCQWVMj
Apple8-75c(2.75box. UWA cYmm
me nostmen ot Spain are nname to i roiatoes si.zoiwi.ou per nunarea: IMUVVUVU vwuoticwMW"
read and write as a rule, and It is a com- sweets, 2&C pound. vsnvmrvrtr
mon saying that who treats the postman Onions Oregon, 1.752 per hun- - V www
k . th mnat latter. I A 1 I T - V
uni go UI CVI.
A youth of seventeen, who hanged him. Vegetables - Turnips, $1.26 sack ;
self at Bristol. England, painted himself Pa5?n'P8 1-50j bt8' ? 1'60.;,h5,r8e;
with green from bead to foot just before raaisn, lucpounu; nrwunusea, nu.i.u
the act.
ii" ... "-
CURE THE CHILDREN'S COUGH
before the constant hacking tears the delicate membrane of throat anil
hirgi, expoung them to UM ravages of deadly oWe. Puos Cum
ri straight to the teat of Um trouble, stops the cough, tfrentfbou
lungs, and quickly relieves Unhealthy eoocuuoiu. Because of its
pleasant taste and (recdoca from cUnaerous ingredients a is the ideal
rcmerJr for children. Al the femt symptoms ol a cowgh or cold
the tulle one you will save sorrow and suaenng a yosj
GIVE THEM PISO'S CURE
dozen; cabbage, 23c pound; cau
liflower, 12 crate; celery, $4.50 crate;
parsley, 30c dozen; peas, 15c pound;
spinach, 2c pound; sprouts, 10c pound;
squash, 2c pound; tomatoes, $1.75
2.25.
Butter City creamery, extras, 34c;
fancy outside creamery, 3234c;
store, $1820e. Butter fat prices
average 1 )4 cents per pound under reg
ular butter prices,
To )gxvcJcc
rUNOFACTUBSD B TMl
CALIFORNIA
Fig Syrup Co.
SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS 5QAWm
The 2
60 CIS.
alb.
NlOfJ SEED
Per Salzer's catalog page 129.
Largest crowers of onion and vegetable
seeds In the world. Uitf catalog tree: or,
send I60 In stamps and receive catalog and
1000 kernels each ot oninns, carrots, celery,
radishes, 1500 each lettuce, rutabaga, tur
nips, 100 parsley, ino tomatoes, too melons,
1200 charming flmver seeds, in all 10,000
i kernels, easily worth $1.00 ot any man's
money, ur, send zuo sua we wut aau one
pkg. ot Earliest Peep O'Duy Sweet Corn.
SALZER SEED CO., Box PC La Crosse, Wis.
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WE
WANT
rarms
We want utock, wheat, dairy and fruit
farms. Having a larn:e Kastern corre
spondence we are In a position to make
quick sales. Drop us a card If you have
anything or know of any lurma xor sale.
I ATLAS LAND CO.,
420 Lumber Exchange
PORTLAND, OREGON
"Ha! Ha! It didn't hurt a bit!
Now for my Alveolar Teeth."
"FLYERS"
are the
O. R. & N.
fast through trains
between
PORTLAND and
SPOKANE
WM. McMURRAY, G. P. A.
Portland
In cases tike the above, all dentists throw up
their hands and say there is no hop. ..v. a
plate or false set of teelh. but the Alveolar sys
tern solved the problem and now plates arc not
necessary unless all the tee'h nr. gone.
We do dental work In all its brunches, from the
simple piece of Hllinir to the complicated and cl
entillo Alveolar work. lt no one fool you into
paying fnney pricift. Consult us. The prices be
low are fur the highest cltuui of dental work.
Per Tooth
Alveolar Teeth $3.50 up
Regular Gold Crown, 22k $3.50
Regular Porcelain Crown $3.30
Regular Gold or Enamel fills $1.00
Regular Inlay fillings, Painless and Per
fect , $2-50
Regular Espert Plate Work, per set.... $3.50 up
Painless Extracting (free with work) 50c
We make a careful examination of the mouth
fiM If vou would know more of thia Alveolar
work, aend fur our book, "Alveolar Dentintry," a
trertiite on the teeth In srenerul and the new
method In particular, The book l free. Out-of-
town patients treated in tne anoruwt poasiDie
t,m' DentisU of 5 to 20 years'
active practice in the city.
The ALVEOLAR Painless Dentists
Fourth and Washington Streets
PORTLAND, OREGON.
ENTRANCE HOVi FOURTH STREET
Lady Attendant
OFFICE HOURS-8 a.
a. m. to 12 m.
m: to 8 p. m.; Sunday, t
l'HONE Aim.
Tor
DISTEMPER
Pink Eye, Tpizootic,
Shipping Fever
and Catarrhal Fever
Sure euro and positive preventive, no matter how horses at any asr.
ar. Infected or "exposed." Liquid, given on the tong-ue: acta on the
Mood and Glands, expels the puitonowt germs from the body. Cures Dis
temper In Dogs and Sheep and Cholera In Poultry. Largext selling live
Stock remedy. Cures Ijt tirlppe among human beings and la a An. Kid
ney remedy, 60c and tl a bottle: S5and llOadozc-n. Cut this out. Keep
It. Bhowtoyourdtwglst. who will get It for you. Free Booklet, Dis.
t.mnr. 7aii. and Ctirea." ftneclal surenta wanted.
SPOKN MEDICAL CO.,
FNU
No. 9-09
Eggs Oregon rsnch, 2730c dozen. I UH
1 JI5- .
mm
1?
Poultry Hens, 15f(i;15,c: broilers,
22 Kc: fryers, 18020c; roosters, old.
llai2c: young, umbc; ducks, 20
22c; geese, 10c; turkeys, 18g20c.
Veal Extra, lOftJllc; ordinary, 703
8c; heavy, 6c
Pork Fancy, 910c; large, 89c.
KM writing: to advertisers pleua
snenllost this paper.
fRESCENT fe-phohat.
BAKING FUWULK
WILL DO all
THAT AM
HKiHrWZD
rowDot nru.
Cwaiw
DO'.ricTTfl
A FULL POUND 25c
Get it from
your Grocer
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Oolor more roods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c packs re colors silk, wool and cotton equally well
nd la euaranteed to lv. perfect r.sulU. Aslc dealer, or we will send PoetpalJ at lOc a PJf Wrlte I or . bookOet
ow to dye, bleachtmd r"' colors. MONROE DRUQ) CO MP ANT , Qulncy, kUnola.