Rot the l o s t in the World, TH E B EST In Hoik County FALLS 2ITY NEWS L a u g h e W ith Y o u ; W e e p , a n d Y o u W o o p A lo n e IM I-: < JTY OKIiGON, SATURDAY. DKCEMBKR lh, 1ÖL5 VOIi, XII HAPPENINGS OF RATS COSTLY TO $ T A T L THE WEEK Pwnnwy Told by Exchanges, Reporters and Gleaner! From Other Reliable Sources. | o f ruilroud track and I am gritv- 1 ously hungry,” he told Sergeant George S. Fynmorc, lot al r< i liter for Marines. “ Avaunt caitiff,” Kynmore re- | plied, easily drifting into blankest Deadly Package Intended (or South I verse. “ The United State.. Ma ern Pacific Train Found in Time. rine Corjik ri no plan for thee. We would it have Meek rounded Oakland, Cal , Dec. 11. A men thut sleep o’ nights and work packatr<* containing nix »ticks of by dav. Thou appearest to me as dynamite, equipped with caps a glorified stringhean. or yet, a and fuse», waa found today l>y disappointed clothes | mi | c weighing an Italian fish» t man under a j ninety pounds for thy six feet of bridge over Albatnbra creek, a j length. Also thou art Rum's rov short distunce west fri>m Mar I ing rambler and I um aweary o f tinez. which carries the main line your presence. ^Hit ui>on thee. tracks o f the Southern Pacific Get thee gone.” railroad Over this bridge pass The would-be recruit with the trains carrying the output o f the i»oetic “ monacker” refused to Hercules Powder company aiyl leave the recruiting station, insist o f the Standard Oil company to ing that he desired to serve hri the east. country and lie fed, hut. when the alternative o f serving Monroe SWIFT BUYS A COUNT (bunty for thirty days was brought Chicago, III, Dec. 14. Miss Ida to his attention, he concluded “ dis May Swift, daughter of Louis F. cretion the better part o f valor.” Swift, the packer, is to he married and went away. next month to Count James Min- otto, a Venetian nobleman who is THE HURAL CHURCH engaged in banking in New York. Is the rural charch passing? The young couple were engaged Are the days o f good, old fashion- two weeks ago, hut announce c*d rt liRnm a thing u f the past? So ment was not made until hxlav by it would seem from a reading o f Mr. Swift. Miss Swift first met the IBportof i i e3idrlit Kenyon L. the count two vears ago at a wxi Butterfield o f the M assachusetts ety event in New York. Agricultural college to the Com DYNAMITE SET UNDER BRIDGE / lc tfc IVicikt* ou «ÎI»*- o Tight Put. to i:m* are sting K !> inaylvnniH aver 95.- Mt.OOO a year, over halt of which Is hait by fsimeis and fruit gruwera. ac- cording l<> Stale Zoologist it A. Kur- Vic e, who bus launched a campaign of education to get rid of the pests with Hie approval of Secretary of Agricul ture < hailex E. Patton. Dr. Surface snya there are fifteen ways of getting rid of (he rodents him ! reports the "city folks" as much interested as ¿he farm Among the way« lie suggests are eu c<".lraging suakes. owls, huwks am) woMsots, where they do not do too mm h damage In other dire; lions, train ' lit« to lie barn pets Instead of bouse peti use |K.ln as. keep rat terriers uud Anally foim rut killing clubs. HIS GRAVE HIDDEN. Btin.it Plats of Revolutionary Soldier Is Unfrequented. Kiuiiklln. lud. In u secluded spot In the Glen Park cemetery, four miles east of < in-i n « in d, lies the Ixxly Of •li i a Parr. who. ns far us kuotvn, Is • '¡I- only Revolutionary solder burled in Join.«on county. A w bile stone slab, alni'ot covered with weeds aud underbrush, « a s photographed by via it-in at the cemetery, uud the hend- ,-t ne re tea led the following line rip >n : JOHN I.’ARfi, Dled Kepi 7. IK'Y Affari 1*2 y M f A , 2 m o n t h a 23 d a y i. Hi* »«*rv*<1 \ e ir a in thè nrm y o f thè IW va i waa in th « b a tti«* of Muti moti th, Brandywine, eie. Mr. Pan- was a relative of tho Parrà et J'-dinFon cuunty uud Newcastle. Ind. ENHAGED BUCK FIGHTS. s ix Men Throw Animal After a Long FiQht— Aged Keeper Hurt. • 'blppewu Kail», Wla.—Felix I.agard. evenly, one of the animal tenders at he Z"'i In Irvine park, whs strloitBly injured t , nig buck deer which at- ¡| V ' i ',,1 p' ureP* r *'* ° *** *ntert><1 **** Mr. Lagard batUcd for nearly an hour before help came The rescuers, l.ll NaF' U smd Anslrov Paquette, had no « 1 1 0 1 1 and they grappled with the enrn i-«l animat. After it twenty min ute l uttle thiee other wen leached the * r Inelwiure, wealed the fence, and the dve men succeeded in throwing the deer and tying its feet to Its horns. In trying to free Itself the nutuiul lirei.e its neck and died 1 agurd was taken to the hospital. ly It made it dash out of the Vile lien door and over the felice In about five nilrnitex It returned with n newspaper In Ita mouth. Neil In Cow'e Heart. Martins Kerry. O - A valuable GiM-.rn *ey eow owned by N f*. Donner. after an Illness of two years. Is dead. An autopsy showed that a nail caused death. The point of the null was pro truding through the central tap e of the heart, and the tissue around about It showed little Irritation N o . 16. 1 ■ ,$£2 CO-ED’S HUBBY WAS tf8 Followed Every Rule Laid Down by Her. DECATUR (GA.) WOMAN GOO'J POSTMISTRESS 'Æ YO U Sudden W ILL FIN D O U R S T O R E R E A S O R A B L Y S U P P LIE D W ITH Eva list un, III. .Mrs. Howard Osborn, college bride of Northwestern univer sity, always said If «he married at ill she'd marry a model man. Hav ing no* respect for what modern civ ilization Is producing In the way of manly perfection, «ho proceeded to model a man after her ow n liking Result: She's now the bride of a handsome young collegian, first tn ath- letlca. first In scholarship, first in the hearts of his fellow students at North western. The college bride's plan has Mrs. K II. Harrlmnn’s million dollar scheme for perfecting the human race beaten by a «hole generation. Mrs. Hand : man’s perfect man will not arrive until L'SO; Mrs. Osborn's Is a 1915 model, lud he owes hi* model character not to science, but to romance. When Osborn came from Coldwater, 'li- h.. to Northwestern university to ‘‘work bis way through college" the first co ed he became Interested In was Mildred I.amke. Mildred didn't knit him a rose colored tie. noc did she embroider college pennants for him. but she did take a great Interest in bis diet. In bLs manner of living and bis plan of study. The very first present she gave him — three days after their first meeting— wss this set of rules: Rise at 0 in the morning. Cold shower bath and exercise every morning. Breakfast ou dry toast aud coffee. Pay close attention to co-eds. No smoking, no drinking, no loafing no overeating. Sleep eight hours out of twenty-four Prnctbe dally In athletic field. Howard followed every rule faith fully for four years. When he was graduated last June he had a gold medal for athletics, a gold medal for scholarship, several medals for minor achievements—and the most popular girl In collt ge for his promised bride. Succeeded Her Husband In Cleveland's Hays. cut and fitted to the shelves. CHRISTMAS TIM E NEARLY HERE "MADE TO ORDER" ■ Gift Goods n- Moderately Priced, m residence. PLAN YOUR SHOPPING NOW, AND PLAN TO DO IT AT li 1 x\V ■ S mission on Church and Country Ufe. Butterfield declares that A teachers institute was held ♦ he rural church must become a at Independence Saturday. Dec. community institution and through its preacher and lay members 11, with a good attendance. A splendid musical program w;is promote the courses of good roads, presented by the people o f Inde better farming, agricultural col lege extension courses, temper pendence. The following program was ance, public health, community carried out; beautification and planning, pro Prof. H. C. Ustine o f the Oregon motion o f co-operation among Normal School gave an excellent farmers for buying, selling and Kept a Minute Record. address on the subject o f “ Wasted recreation centers. Such radical Minneapolis, Minn. — When Elmer Time in Arithmetic” . This ad change from a house where God Norton w h s arrested for begging a dress contained many points which is supposed to be worshipped to charge of vagrancy was pluccd against one where purely secular matters him by Detective T. J. Kelly. The the teachers need detective searched the one legged man • Miss Ina B. Graham, Primary are discussed is bound to cause a and found a little book bound In red ’ Supervisor of the Falls City School widespread opposition among the Sawtunah. Gn.—By efficiency which leather In Norton's pocket, which gave an address on the subject o f religious. Many students o f re neither Republican n.'r democratic ad «bowed that he not only kept a minute "P lay Gaines for Primary Teach ligion claim that the decline of the ministrations ' u donlt. Mrs. Kate W. re*. - rd of every mile traveled, every cent spent for transportation and ev ers” , which was very interesting country church began when pul Kirkpatrick, postmlstrtss at Decatur, ery person who donated to him. but has held office longer than any other 1 and helpful to the primary teach pits were thrown oiien to imlitie- postnftlco head III the country. When | that he also kept other records the ians— when the local minister at- - lie «n s vcentlj reappointed on Con meaning of w hich the police can only ers. , hazard a guess. Miss Katherine Arbuthnot, Cri teinoted to dictate political elec gressman William Schley Howard's recommendation she had held office for tic Teacher of the Oregon Normal tions when the church became a twenty one years. GRANDPA OF WOLVES. sët Through all that time she has seen School gave a class exercise on political forum. There is a sound that Decatur and all the country round Men go to dramatization in .‘»th grade work, basis for this claim Caught by a W i s c o n s i n S h e r i f f at Twin about get li-»dally mall without trou Lakes Weighed 119 Pounds. m church to he told o f God and spir bio or delay and has kept the needs of which was well received by all. Rhinelander, Wia.—The largest tim Mr. Frank K. Welles, Ass’t itual matters. They want to pray*, her community so persistently before ber wolf ever seen In the county was m State Superintendent, handled the to put their house in order, to the postoffice drpaitment that Decatur trapped by Deputy Sheriff Andrew- An m never falls to get Its share of new car 'M subject o f “ School Management" hesitate in the mad rush for the riers and equipment, although, of derson near Twin Lakes. The deputy brought the animal's îh necessities and luxuries o f life to course, it needs liny number of things, in his pleasing way. body to Gagcn, where he had It on s The teachers o f the county or think o f the future life. When .as all postofflees do. display for several days. Mr. Ander Mrs. Kirkpatrick's husband was ap ganized a high school department this is denied them, and, in its pointed postmaster at Decatur by Gro son. who has trapped for forty years place, a minister delivers a ?>o!iti- ver Cleveland, but be died soon after and has captured more wild animals with E. L. Keezel as president. than almost any man in the state, de The following teachers from cal ta'k, urging them to vote for taking office Mrs. Kirkpatrick was clares that he has never before seen a m ÖW5 • this candidate or for that cause in then commissioned to succeed biin. wolf anywhere near as large. Falls Q ty were present; since which time «tie lias continued to Weighing 119 pounds, the body meas Mr. E. M. Haley, Miss Evelyn the name o f religion, the religious do the woik he was forced to Iny down. ured six feet from the end of the nose Fatland, Miss Pearl E. Snedcker, man rightfully resents the assum In a way It has been a work of love—a ! to the tip of the tail. The animal u-ork tbit her husband began and she Miss Ina B. Graham, Miss Edith ed leadership o f the preacher and, Is completing. But at all times It has was three feet in height and had been m Montgomery, Miss Leone Chapin. as a result, stays at home to com been un ambitious effort to make the caught In n trap before, the right fore b>J) foot having been clipped‘off. m Miss Edith Johnson. Miss Bessie mune with his God. It is a fact Decatur postoffico second to none In m efficiency. iss that two-thirds o f the rural Kennard, Mrs. Jessie Moyer. Though without political Influence,1 BLIND COUPLE MARRIED. churches have ceased to grow and never once tms she been opposed for , Sä» that 83 per cent have a member office. With simply her record for good Both Born Sightlsss, Tlisy Are Happy e s NOTNINQ IN A NAME Now— Attracted by Her Voice. ship of less than 100. To change work for recommendstton. she was re Lafayette, Ind. —Without even hav I Rochester, N. Y., D ec.- Wil the country church to a commun appointed. once by McKinley, twice by Roosevelt, once by Taft and now by ing seen each other, love came to Ella I 'fiWS liam Shakespeare, aged 39 years, ity house may result in much tem Wilson. Beeves of Lafayette and Frank J. m no home, discovered there was poral benefit to the communities Wagner of Terre Haute, and still without ever looking Into each other's HAS "THE MARE SENSE.” nothing in a name when he ap in which the house may he located, eyes they were quietly married here plied for enlistment at the local but what o f the church? The St. Paul Dog Anticipates the Wiahas of recently by Thomas Bridges. Justice of 11 the peace. recruiting office o f the United anti-religious could find no better Its Master. Both are blind and have been so St. Paul.— A dog that, anticipates the States Marine Corps. way to hasten the complete dis from birth. Wagner Is a piano tuner. w ishes of Its master is boasted of by “ Prithee, kind sir, I beg a little ruption o f the church. He came here on a visit, met Miss A. M. Faulson, lOld Marshall avenue. nourishment at the indulgent The latest a' hlevement of the animal Reeves and fell In love with her voice. He mode the trip here for his marriage hands o f Uncle Sam. e ’en though Postmaster General Burleson « a s brought about when Mrs. Paul without assistance, and the blind hus son was recovering the pantry shelves I must enlist. For three long and charges the postal deficit o f $11,- band and wife, after a short stay here, with newspapers. weary days have I trod yon stretch 333,308.97 to the Eueopean war. The dog watt bed while pa|>ers were will Journey alone to Terre Haute for POLK COUNTY % L a u g h , a n d th e W o r ld SELIG’S, Falls City’ s Largest Store. Support Home Trade CV m Your dollars stay at home if you do your Christmas shopping in the home town. $ $ $ Vf«, ST' Keep your money in this m , town. m Your interests are here. You want to see this place prosper. $ $ $ There’ s no better way to make this town prosperous than to spend your money with the local mer chants. $ $ $ Therefore don’t take your money out of town. Keep it here. You’ ll find that the local merchant can fill any of your wants.