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U nce rtainty . “ I'll give on* of you boy« sixpence to carry my bait to the atatlon." «aid a rroae eyed man. pausing before tbrao r««.;«d I It t In fellow«. Which one, oilaterT” piped the hoya lu chorus. ' You.' aald tha crosseyed man. "You,“ aald the croaaayed man. ' Which ou«T" "You.” There waa a pauae. Finally one little fellow aald "F a ir do, nilater; rim e one eye and look at the kid you want, will you?"--Kachan««. • « n T H E VERY BEST TIM E to taka Doctor Pierce’« Ooldcn Medical Dis covary la now, If you f « « l that your blood la out of order. Don't wait until you hava to cura dlacaaa; It'« eaaler and belter to prevent It. With the flrat blotch»« or eruption, or the dullneas, weartneaa, and de- preaalon that are aoine of tha aymp loins, you need thla medicine. It will rouaa every organ Into healthy action, thorouKhly clean «« and repair your ayatein, and build up needed fieah, h e a lt h , and atrength. U'e the only reliable blond remedy. In tha moat stubborn Bkln or Bcalp affection». In the worat forma of Bcrorula; In «vary dlaaase caA'sed by a torpid liver or “ * W V • A . « « . Ifie itn a . A ll id m l at r n Impure blood—It never fella to benefit On* HulMraatl i or cure. ^ p « r day: $ 2.5 0 to The mach'nery of the body needs to #5.00 p or w te k . ha wall oiled, kept In good condition Courthmiaat. 2 blork* from I’ wi U j ITI c # j Just aa the automobile, steam engine or bicycle. Moet people neglect them selves. T o clean the system take e pleasant laxative, aucb aa Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Fnr sale by drug gtate— 26 cent« a vial.— Adv, % * » H otel t R ow land * White Leghorn Baby Chix Tha Better W .y , "Bom « men take life bard, like A t las with the world on bla shoulder»." "W e ll? " "O th er» remind mo of the debonair performer who stands on a globe and trundles It In any direction he likes." — Louisville Courier-Journal. from ItoMivy la ilo f UtufinlMU »fork. 110.00 t**r 100. W* truarmitiw «afa arrival. S k i l l e d In Both. "That lady la very expert." THE PIONEER HATCHERY "H uh?" 415 Sixth Street. Petaluma. Cal. "Keeps knitting and talking.” -W e ll? " "And never drops a stitch or the thread of her converaatlon."— Chica V e a l, P ork, B eef, go Herald. P o u ltry , Butter, E | | i S H IP end Farm P rodu ce, t,» ih. owl k.ll.t!>>,' Kvenltur horn, with a of 46 rear, of Huuare |w.lin|. and 0. .»u re d of TO P MARKKT PRICE». F. M. CKONKHITE, 4%-47 Fiotti Slroot. P e llw td , O r .a e e Absolutely Nothing Better than Cuticura for Baby’s Tender Skin Snap 25 c. Ì Ointment 25 and SOc. S 1 7 J[JRINE* Granulated / / f Æ * Eyelid», j S om » !•:>«», K y v i In lU m rd by U p Food for Fighters. "Y ou will get a good price for your wheat.” "T h e price Isn't the consideration thla season." rejoined Farmer Corn- tossel. “ What w e ' v e got to think about Is what we're liable to get If we don't have the wheat and plenty o f I t " — Exchange. Cuticura Beauty Doctor For cleansing un<^ beautifying the akin, hands and hair, Cuticura Soap and Ointment afTord the most effective preparations. For free samples ad dress, “Cuticura. Dept. 3ft Boston.” At druggists nml by tnnll. Soap 25, Oint ment 25 and 50.— Adv. ' ‘VJ'» I n « , f>ii#/and Win«/ quit kly 8w »at Innocence. "N erlsse, I see It Is considered ad ^NoScaartiaf, J«t! EyrComUrt visable for the troopa to acreen their positions." Murine Eye Remedy “ W ell, fly time Is a long way off. By* »• »*• . m Ttiba* Sto. F..r u/ (Aa A.*# f t — , A»k M a r i n a I r e K e m e d p C e . . C h l a a c e 4 but I have some screens I can spare." — Louisville Courier-Journal, ^ r r lU T a l h, “ **■- 1 paar y o u E r tm i in Baby's Eyes. re » »nd Hides, Pelts, c S i . r W ool & Mohair ta haa u i 4m m T«m AnUtnak,« 1 e h . rlN i O R T O N C O M P A N Y , nd. Ora., hai* ttla. 1 Wn.. lu-lllncham. Wn ELECTRIC MOTORS llnuihl. Sold, Raotad and Rapaèrod W A L K L it Kl.KCTHlC W ORKS Rumalda, nor. lo t « Portland. Ora. M ON EY FO R Y O U . Thouaantla o f trained young people nondod. Ilnhnt* W’nlknr llunnonn Colima. Portland. pUoM students In po*iiion». Enroll »ny Um«. Km . ion. fit* gat Allen's Foot-Ense. the nnltseplir IMjwder to be shsken Into shoos and « T i n k l e d In Ihn foot-lath, l.lvee instant relief lo Tired A ch ing. Tender Feet. Sample FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted. I-eKoy. New York Well Matched. “ The pretty little bride over the way la like Juno; she's ox-eyed." No Opinlona at Present. "Then she’s got her match In her "W hat are your opinions about the husband, for he's bull-headed.” — Ex wnr?" change. “ My friend,” replied Senator Sorg bum, "you are unking too much. 11 The Great Patience Teeter. never knew a go o d fighter who would "Job had wonderful patience." stop In the middle of a bout to theor "Yea. but Job never had to listen ise on the merits of the case.” — Ex. to a lot camouflaged German pro pagandi)/#'— Exchange. Prospects.- The Egg Editor reports that the no sit patriotic member o f hi» flock of I'lytnouth Hocks, Het»y Ross, has undertaken the contract of hatching out 17 eggs. Success in the experiment is looked for, owing to her unusual wheel base.— Detroit News. A Consolation. "M y friend, the photographer, was firm ly refused by the lady ho asked to marry him." "W ell, he had something to console him. A t least, ho secured a good nega tive.”— Exchange. "Money Is tho root o f all evil.” “ Yes, and It seems to grow best by the grafting process."— Exchange. [Dp Your Own Plum bing | By burin* direct from ua at wholamJa prleea and m y b that phimbor'i pmfltn. Writ*» u* to day your flood*. Wo will y iv « you our rock- bottom "diroct-to-ymi” pricoa. I. o. b. rail or boat. W# actually aavo you from 10 to 36 per cant. A ll irood* guaranteed. North went hradiiuprtrra fo» fsenator Water ftyitoma and Fuller 4 Johnaon Koirlnaa. STA R K -D A V IS CO. a i a Third P. N. U. PortUnd Or «m No. 20, 1918 and 70) |>ounds o f butterfat, according to the report o f C. H. Bryant, tester for the association. The Coos Bay Caledonian club, w ith out reference to any other efforts, has decided to celebrate the Fourth o f July in a small way at Simixion Park, North Bend, and w ill have an entertainment o f high grade. The Caledonian Club is an organization o f several years’ growth and is now one o f the leading social bodies o f the district. While stating that indications point to a farm help shortage o f from 15 to 35 per cent, dependent considerably upon location and the isolation o f farms Where the greatest apparent shortage exist», nevertheless State I-abor Commissioner Hoff, in a state ment follow ing an extensive survey, asserts that he is optimistic rather than pessimistic over the situation as a whole and believes that there will be sufficient labor on hand to take care o f the situation. Approximately 9000 square yards o f paving w ill be put down in The Dalles this spring, work to commence as soon as possible. N. Campbell, register o f the Port land United States Land office, was in Toledo this week, as a witness in a land case. Mr. Campbell says there are 14,865 acres o f land in this county a part o f the old Oregon & California Here’s Grandmother’s Recipe to Railroad land grant. Agricultural Darken and Beautify land in this tract probably w ill be re stored to entry within the next 60 Faded Hair. days. This land is all contained in townships 12 and 13 and ranges 8 and That beautiful, even shade of dark, 9 west o f the W illam ette meridian. glosay hair can only be had by brew ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sul The C. A .Smith Lumber & Manufac phur. Your hair Is your charm. It turing company at Marshfield, has just makes or mars the face. When It finished the installation o f a big power fades, turns gray or streaked, Just an plant as a reserve unit o f energy to application or two of Sage and Sul phur enhances its appearance a hun utilize in case o f accident to the main plant, which supplies electricity, first, dredfold. Don't bother to prepare the mix for the Smith industries and electric ture; you can get this famous old re cranes, and, secondly, to the Oregon cipe Improved by the addition of other Power company, which distributes for Ingredients for 60 centa a large bottle, business houses and residences in all ready for use. It is called Wyeth's Marshfield, North Bend, East Side and Sage and Sulphur Compound. This Enlgewood, and power for small man can always be depended upon to bring ufacturing plant». back the natural color and lustre of your heir. The same group o f business men Everybody uses "W yeth 's" Sage and Sulphur Compound now because It that advertised two citizens recently darkens so naturally and evenly that in the now famous “ slacker ad” at La nobody can tell It has been applied. Grande, has adopted resolutions throw You simply dampen a sponge or soft ing the business support o f La Grande brush with It and draw this through behind the local authorities in stamp the hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair has ing out I. W. W. agitators. GRAY, USE SAGE TEA disappeared, and after another appli cation It becomes beautifully dark and appears glossy and lustrous. This ready to use preparation Is a delight ful toilet requisite for those who de sire dark hair and a youthful appear ance. It la not intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease.— Adv. » $500,000 FOR CANAL I .Senator Jones Wires Gavernaient Will -Spend That Hum In Development Work or Wapato Project. Soldiers working under the direction o f the Warren Spruce company are Yakima The government will spend busy slashing right-of-way between 9600,000 in developing canals on the Yuquina und Alsea bays for the new Wapato project within the next year. railroad. A telegram from Senator Jones Friday All Coos county municipalities are said congress had made that sum avail considering ordinances to >Jo away with able to be spent immediately. F. A . W iggins o f Toppenish and idleness, and i f the move is found law ful there w ill be few men without other« in touch with the situation say “ visible means o f support” about this this will mean 20,000 more acres put territory within the next few weeks. in cultivation on the- reservation for Setting up o f the radio station by 1919. Huperintendent L. M. Holt, in charge the government naval observatory party in Baker to study the eclipse o f o f Irrigation development, w ill proceed immodiately to organize crews to the sun June H was completed Wednes- speed up construction, and w ill put on ilay. The plant w ill lie able to ex at once three drag line excavators and change »ignals with the government order another. The main canal w ill be station at Arlington, Va. extended several miles and the main A large cut has now been maiie near lateral o f the new system constructed the I» s t R iver bridge at Bonanza, this summer, as work on these w ill not where the pump for the irrigation o f interfere with the present distributive the 2500 unit below the town w ill be system. One machine working on installed. Farmers in the Bonanza drainage continuing work last fall was district are optimistic over their new discontinued recently because the ap prospects for irrigation. propriation was exhausted. This decision o f congress to expend A. W. Stone, head o f the Hood River Apple Growers' association, w ill go this sum for immediate construction is to Portland soon for a Conference du<» to the fa e fth a t more acreage can with Fe<ieral employment bureau offi be developed for crop production on cials, who will furnish the strawberry th e Yakima reservation for the same growers o f the valley with pickers money than for any other place in the for the approaching strawberry har United State». The plan was approved by Charles Hebherd, food administra vest. tor j The firm o fjjop iin & Giebisch, con tractors, who built a portion o f the Call for Men la Urgent. north jetty at the Umpqua river, and, Olympia Washington's state quota owing to high prices o f labor, provis o f the 60,000 men called under em erg ions and materials, failed and asked for re lie f from the contract, disclaim ency orders from the entire nation is the current report that they are bank 260 men. They are to be selected from cla»» 1 in proportion to the number o f rupt. men held by local boards in that classi The greatest improvement in the fication and are to begin entraining for county roads, apparent for a number Vancouver Barracks by May 20. U rg o f years, has been wrought in different ency o f the call is emphsized by War sections o f the Klamath Falts district department directions for local boards in the past few weeks. The highways to observe the exemption o f farm la are being repaired ami new grades in a bor so far as possible, but to take such number o f instances have been con farmers as can best be spared i f un structed. able to fill their quotas otherwise. Word has been received in Pendleton Traffic Records Broken. o f the death on the battlefront in France o f Hugh A. Taylor, o f Weston, Vancouver, Wash. — Last Sunday who went over with the Walla Walla was a record-breaker for inter-state artillery company, as did a number o f bridge tolls. The receipts on the other young men from the county. He bridge, exclusive o f streetcar revenue, was the son o f Moses Taylor, wealthy which w ill run between $500 and $600, retired farmer o f Weston. were $931.10. Receipts one Sunday l a Creoles Amy, a pure bred 8-year- several weeks ago were $930.30. Re old Jersey owned by J. J. Van Kleek ceipts from the streetcars w ill bring & Son, o f Beaverton, made the high the total up to more than $1500, it ig record for the Washington County thought. The fine weather was largely Cow Testing association for April, resjKjnsible for the unusually heavy with a showing o f 1335 pounds o f milk traffic across the Columbia river. Loss estimated at $15,000 resulted when the Fisher steam laundry in Eu The Teat. gene burned Tuesday morning. The It’s easy enough to be pleasant when fire is believed to have resulted from life goes along gay and pert, Hut the guy who’s worth while la the defective wiring and occurred just one who can smile when he's’ after J. S. Grieve, an employe, turned on the light switch in the office while wearing a flannel shirt. — Exchange. on his way to the boiler room. Grieve built a fire under a boiler and return A L U M 'S FOOT-BABE D o t » IT. ing to the other part o f the building When your ihoan pinch or your Coma and Bun found it in flames. CMaisesu. Too Willing. Dora— I wonder why Harry broke bis engagement with Miss 1'eckem? Jack— According to my information, her father offered to lend him money 1 enough to got marrlod on.— Mlnnea ; polls Tribune. STATE NEW S IN Official notice was issued Friday by Colonel Ellis, commanding the defen ses at the mouth o f the Columbia, that artillery target practice with the big guns w ill commence at the forts at 8:45 next Monday morning, and con tinue during the daylight hours until completed. " H e a v y , heavy bangs over your head.** " O , I know what It Is. daddy 1 Y o u held It too close and I smell l t - i t ’ s W R I C L E Y * S r Women Study Tractor Driving. Yakima Twenty-two women, rang ing from high school girls to mothers o f families, enrolled in Yakim a's first class in truck and tractor driving, as sembled at the at the Y . W. C. A. Thursday, donned overalls and proceed ed with the first lesson. The class was organized by the Y . M. C. A. and You con-pestered men and women Y . , W. C. A. as a war emergency measure, and is part o f the associa need suffer no longer. W ear the shoes that nearly killed you before, says tion’s “ win-the-war” campaign. thla Cincinnati authority, because a few drops of freexone applied directly on a tender, aching corn or callous stops soreness at once and soon the corn or hardened callous loosens so It can be lifted out, root and all. with W heat— Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: out pain. A small bottle of freexone costs Hard white, $2.05. S oft white, $2.03. very little at any drug store, but will White club, $2.01. Red Walla, $1.98. positively take o ff every hard or soft No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c corn or callous. This should be tried less. Other grades handled by sample. as It Is Inexpensive and Is said not Flour — Patents, $10 per barrel; to Irritate the surrounding skin. whole wheat, $9.60; graham, $9.20; I f your druggist hasn't any freexone barley flour, $14.50(al5.00; rye flour, tell him to get a small bottle for you $10.76(«i 12.75; corn meal, white, $6.60; from his wholesale drug house. It is fine stuff and acts like a charm every yellow, $6.25 per barrel. M illfeed— N et mill prices, car lots: time.— Adv. Bran, $30.00 per ton; shorts, $32; Ominous. middlings, $39; mixed cars and less “ Here's another threat about the than earloads, 50c more; rolled barley, high cost of living through the war." $75fo 76; rolled oats, $73. "W h at is it?” Corn— Whole, $77 per ton; cracked, "T h e paper says they've got a won $78. derful gun which can shoot 80 miles Hay — Buying prices, delivered; aad kill chickens. Of course that's go Eastern Oregon timothy, $29fa30 per ing to make eggs go up.*"— Exchange. ton; valley timothy, $25(<T.26; alfalfa, Friendly Advice. $240124.50; valley grain hay, $22; clover, $190t 20.00; straw, $9.00^10. “ Modern ladies don’t seem to care Butter— Cubes, extras, 3 7 )c; prime for my book on etiquette. The chap firsts, 37c; prints, extras, 42c; car ter on how to enter a drawing room tons, lc extra; butterfat. No. 1, 41c used to sell it.” "B ring It down to date. Add a chap delivered. ter on how to smoke a cigaret.”— Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 34c Louisville Courier-Journal. candied, 35c; selects, 36c per dozen. Poultry — Hens, 27c; broilers, 40c; Sounded Like That. ducks, 32c; geese, 20c; turkeys, live, The nurse in a well-to-do family 260i 27c; dressed, 87c per pound. overheard the little son of the house V eal— Fancy, 18)(<J 19c. telling his sister how he had hid be Pork-—Fancy, 2301.23)c per pound. Sack Vegetables— Carrots, $1.15 per hind the portiere and spied on big sister and her beau. sack; turnips, $1.50; parsnips, $1.25; “ Oh. tell me what they d id !” cried beets, $2. little sister. Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 75cOS " It was such fun,” chuckled the boy. $1 per hundred; new California, 10c "T h e big chump flopped down on his per pound; sweet potatoes, 10c per knees and then he said: ‘Answer me, Clara; I can bear this expense no pound. Onions ^Jobbing prices, l @ l ) c per longer.' ”— Boston Transcript YES! MAGICALLY! CORNS U R OUT WITH FINGERS NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT pound. Cattle— May 16. 1918. Prime steers.................... ¿14.500il5.CO Good to choice s te e rs .. . . 13.500114.50 Medium to good steers.. Il.5 00il2.50 Fair to medium steers .. 9.00(<t 10.00 Common to fa ir steers . . 8.000t 9.00 Choice cows and heifers. 12.00(<i.l8.00 Com. to good cows and h f 7.500t 9.50 Canners........................... 3.50@ 5.50 Bulls................................. 6.500i 8.50 Calves.............................. 8 . 600 i 13.00 Stockers ami feed ers.. . . 8.00@10.00 Hogs— Prime m ixed.................... $17.40(817.60 Medium m ixed............... 17.16@17.S6 Rough h e a v ie s ................ 16.15(<j 16.35 P ig s.................................. 16.000il6.00 Bulk.................................. 17.35 Sheep— Prime spring lambs........$17.00@18.00 Heavy lambs.................... 16.000®18.00 Yearlings......................... 13.600il4.00 W ethers........................... 12.000il3.00 Ewe................................... 10.000cl0.50 Hia Way. " I never pay old debts; I simply forget them.” “ And your new ones?” “ Oh, I let them get old.”— Exchange. Depends on the O f course chicken priced, but it is still grain store than at a Dallas News. Chicken. feed Is high- cheaper at a table d'hote.— Paris Wants to Know. Doesn’t von Hindenburg know that it is bad etiquette to be late for a din ner engagement?— Charleston News and Courier. Small Fry. "Is Bllgglns & profiteer?” "No. He doesn't get Into the big figures far enough to be in the three- syllable class. He's only a grafter.” — Washington Star. Earned His Respect " I have great respect for that wo man's judgm ent” “ W hy so, Flubdub?” "She refused to marry me once.”— Kansas City Journal. A Little Mixed. "Your husband is always chaffing, isn’t he, Mrs. Comeup?” "Oh, dear me, yes. I tell him he is quite a chauffeur.”— Exchange. The Language. “ Isn't it a pity that firm Is going under.” "Yes, I heard it was going up.” — Ex change. WOMAN'S NERVES MADE STRONG By Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Winona, Minn. — “ I suffered form ore than a year from nervousness, and was so bad 1 could not nigh would lie awake and g e t so nervous I would have to get up and walk around and in the morning would be all tired out. I read about Good Reason. Lydia E. l inkham’s "W h y,” asked the city boarder on V e g e t a b l e Com the farm to the farmer as he scattered pound and thought grains In the barnyard, "don’t you I would try i t My husband all that corn?" nervousness s o o n " I can't," replied the farmer; "it Is le ft me. I sleep henpecked.”— Exchange. j well and feel fine in the morning and ork. I gladly recom- j able to do my work Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best fo r liver, mend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable bowel» and stomach. One little Pellet Compound to make weak nerve* strong.” — Mrs. A lbert S lltze , 603 for s laxative—three for a cathartic. Olmstead S t , Winona, Minn. Another Kitchen Invention. How often do we hear the expression " I am afraid this high cost o f living amongwomen, “ I am so nervous, I can Is going to Introduce another Innova not steep,” or “ it seems as though I should fly. ” Such women should profit tion in the average kitchen." by Mrs. Sultze’s experience and give "What is that?” "T h e foodless cooker.”— Baltimore this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com American. pound, a trial. For forty years it has been overcom Dangerous. ing such serious conditions as displace “ The Iceman’s young man has such ments, inflammation, ulceration, irreg melting eyes, the cook says." ularities, periodic pains, backache, dis- "Then ask the Iceman please to ziness, and nervous prostration o f change him for one o f freezing man women, and is now considered the stan n e rs "— Baltimore American. dard remedy for such ailments.