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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY, OCTOBER 21st, 1913 FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER ms mi Flour Klihs at. County Fair Fhe high award for two best loaves of bread (home bak- ing; ieu mio me nanas oi a Dallas lady at the folk Coun- I ty t air last month, the bread being maaVfrom Davis Best tiour soia oy bimonton & Scott, sole agents for Dallas. jThis flour costs no more than the green, damp, newly ground flour, and makes better bread. It is made from Big Bend Wheat, acknowledged by millers to be the Jbest grade ol milling wheat grown on the Pacific Coast. Da ps Best is ubleached, uncolored and undoped, but has as line a color as any flour on the market. Sold in Dallas by SIMONTON & SCOTT, Sole Agents for Dallas jWHAT IS THE O j AUHUM J3UKJ1iAL1S - I Warren H. Miller, the naturalist, pries into the mystery in POPU- LAB ELECTRICITY AND THE WORLD'S ADVANCE for Octo- ber. You will enjoy his article and wonder at how little you knew i of this fascinating phenomenon. Among other articles that grip you are: A MARVEL OF THE AGE Ft HUB HICIIOIT Romantic story of an entire Blue Ridge Mountain district revitalized and made over by a monster power development. THE ANCIENT TANKS OF ADEN . A glimpse at those world-old Persian reservoirs, defying time where it never rains, is hotter than Hades and mighty unhealthy for a white man. ILLUMINATED FLYING FISH Unique spectacle of the Pacific Ocean, i it'. Uig things like this thrill you; WIRELESS BETWEEN GERMANY . AND AMERICA. Now a fact, with New York-Berlin commercial service an early probabil ity. Big things lkie this thrill you; so should' I Protecting the Lives of 200,000 Steel Workers ' An immense "Safety First" campaign to reduce death and danger for "the man on the job." And these are only typical of the 200 Fascinating Subjects fairly alive with devouring interest with , 200 Absorbing Illustrations that combine to make one of the most interesting and instructive i popular magazines ever published. Popular Electricity and the World' Advance For October Now on Sale at Your Newsdealer's. i To whet your appetite for it things, note this' brief summary ; of contents : 'Motion Picture Department 16 pages presenting latest photo plays sand anecdotes, and in addition taking you through all the fasci- nating details of motion picture production. World's Picture Gallery history in the making told in 16 pages of , striking photographs from all over the world. Wonderfully inter : esting. ; The Great Electrical Section tells in simple language the fascinat ing story of Electricity ; posts you on all its latest developments ' and shows how to make and do things yourself. 64 pages replete T with antattainmaiit mnA !nchnnnn 1 1 f . : 1 a . ..... aim iiioi'i uv:tiuii iui tin nits xaiuny, J Many Other Live Articles devoted to modern progress in every iiuc. jmges vl vivm, living pictures ana stories oi tne world in action today interesting educational uplifting. This immense entertainment of t 128 Pages 200 Illustrations 200 Subjects awaits you in Popular Electricity and the World's Advance FOR OCTOBER 15 CENTS A COPY Get it Today From Your Newsdealer For Sale by llayter's Book and Stationery Store Popular Electricity Publishing Co., 350 North Clark St., Chicago. 'Great Combination Offer 1 The Observer management has made arrange- I ments with the Portland Evening Telegiam where- S by we can give subscribers the advantage of. a gi- . ; gantic combination offer for a limited period. You Z can get a Metropolitan evening paper with all the 4 latest news from all over the world and all the- - i news of Polk county in The Observer at a remark- ably low price. I The Evening Telegram is the best paper in the state, market reports unexcelled, Saturday edition contains a magazine and comic section in colors.' t The Portland Evening Telegram $5.00 per year The Polk County Observer 1.50 per year Total - 6.50 Both papers through this office, if paid in advance for one year, on or before December 31, '13 A WIRELESS STORY. Call From the Paoifio That Waa Heard In tha Gulf of Mexico. It was "eight bells" on a ship lying at anchor down In the gulf of Mexico. The men had retired for the night to their bunks and hammocks, and the wireless operator, alone in his watch fulness, was "listening in" at the head phones. Suddenly, out of the pitchy darkness of the sea, a message that curdled the blood in his veins leaped down the an tenna and hummed Its fearful contents, "S. O. S.-S. 0. S. S. 0. S." And a few minutes later, In response to the cus tomary reply, "What Is your position?" the answer flashed back, "125 degrees 27 minutes 37 seconds west 47 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds north. That meant that out on Ae Pacific ocean 140 miles west of Seattle, Wash. 2,850 miles away a vessel was call ins for help. The call of the Pacific! The operator hardly believed It With tremulous Angers he repeated the call to the sta tion nearest to the vessel In distress. But already the wireless watchers along the western coast had caught the message, and relief was on Its way. Clear across the entire North American continent over land and sea and moun tain ranges, the ship's cry had been heard. World's Work. BARREN PALESTINE. Its Foresta Art Gone and the Jordan Is Now a Feeble Stream. One of the most remarkable illustra tions in all history of the ill effects of the disappearance of forests may be observed In Palestine. In the days when Joshua conquered the promised land Palestine was a wonderfully fer tile country, n land flowing with milk and honey. The Lebanon mountains were heavily wooded, and a large pop ulation was supported In comfort. The general devastation of the for ests brought about, however, a grad ual deterioration of the country. The hills of Galilee, which had long served as pasture lands for large herds of cat tle and sheep., are now sterile. The Jordan has become an Insignificant stream, and several smaller rivers are now completely dried up throughout the greater part of the year. Some few valleys In which fertile earth washed down from the hills has been deposited have retained their old fertility. The land today supports only one-sixth the population of the time of Solomon. Christian Herald. . ORATORICAL AND NERVY. An Old Cobbler Who Won a Laugh and Favors From Napoleon. On Napoleon's arrival at Mars-la-Tours the mayor, a farmer, tried in rain to make the speech he had pre pared. Bowing and scraping, he stood fascinated by Bonaparte's scrutinizing black eyes an unhappy squirrel in the gaze of the rattlesnake. Close behind the trembling mayor stood an old shoemaker, in figure a true Don Quixote, clad in his working dress. "Why don't you speak, you fool?" he muttered from time to time to his leader. At last his patience gave way. He pushed the mayor aside, advanced, with his left hand removed his greasy cotton nightcap, with his right lifted the horn spectacles from his nose, made his bow and delivered the oration: "Emperor, you are on your way to thrash the Prussian rogues once tnore. I hope soon to see you re turn crowned with glory, and I have nothing more to say, but that Caesar and Alexander were botches in com parlson with you." The emperor laughed and inquired ol the old man whether he had any sons. "Yes; four are in the army two of these in the p-narda." Their names were taken down, and the honest shoe maker soon saw them raised to the rank of officers and found himself pro vided with a comfortable pension. MONKTON'S SCHEME By F. A. MITCHEL A CORNER IN WHEAT. it Table Manners In the Old Days. Modern table manners compare fa vorably with those of the past. Mrs Hannah Woolley, author of "The Gen. tlewoman's Companion," the standard seventeenth century book on etiquette, found It necessary thus to warn her readers: "Gentlewomen, discover not by any ravenous gesture your angry appetite nor fix your eyes too greedily on the meat before you, as if you would devour more that way than your throat would swallow. In carving avoid clapping your fingers in your mouth and licking tbem after you have burned them. ' Close your lips when you eat and do not smack like a pig. Fill not your mouth so full that your cheeks shall swell like a pair of Scotch bagpipes. It Is very uncomely to drink so large a draft that your breath is almost gone and you are forced -to blow strongly to recover yourself." WE INVITE The man most difficult to fit, to let US make his next suit. No obligation to pay for it unless he is perfectly satisfied. PHIL BEGIN French Cry Cleaning and Pressing. Goods called for and delivered. Phone- 1091 614 Mill St Didn't Take the Usual Court of Deals 'of That Nature. John Wilier of Scarboro township had a good crop of spring wheat one year almost the only good crop for miles round. He thrashed it out during the winter and cleaned It carefully, but did not sell it "Seed wheat will be scarce in the spring," he said to his wife. "I'll keep it tUl then." One day in April a man who lived several miles farther out in the coun try drove up to John Willer's barn and said he wanted to buy a load of seed wheat. The farmer did not answer him at once. "YotJ needn't be afraid, Mr. Wilier," said the would be purchaser. "I've got the money to pa Tor it right here." "Now, that's Just what I wanted to know," said John Wilier, and his face brightened perceptibly; "I'm glad you rtold me. Lots of my neighbors, need seed this spring and haven't the cash to pay for It If they can't get seed on credit they can't get it at all, and I want to help them out. But if you've got the money yon can get seed wheat anywhere. So Just drive on into town. You'll And plenty there,"-Youth's Companion. No Place For Postmen. The new postman was called before the office superintendent for a repri mand. "You were seen loitering In the neigh borhood of that blir Are down the street." the superintendent said. "I only stopped a minute," the man pleaded, "and I was already eight min utes ahead of schedule time." "It is not a question of time, but safety," the superintendent replied. "The last place on earth a postman can afford to loiter is in the vicinity of a big Ore. On the contrary, he ought to make a detour to avoid it "By neglecting that simple precaution more than one postman has bad his leather bag drenched by a stream from the hose and a lot of ruined letters charged to his conscience If not to his pocketbook." New York Times. -- English Words In German. Like the word "sport" and many oth er English words for which the Ger man language has no adequate terms, the word "strike" has become one of common usage in Germany. ''Start finish, mutiny, trick, snob, smart part ner, detective, picnic, film, handicap and hundreds of other words," says a letter on the subject "are used in their original form, with not a letter changed. Panic bas been made into 'panik' and rbeck into 'seheck,' record as 'rekord' when the German uses the word, and strike, in order to preserve the proper pronunciation, is written strelk.' These words look English enough when you see tbem printed, but when you bear them you involuntarily think of the 'English spoken here' signs." New York Tribune. Camp Candlestioks. A camp candlestick can easily be made with a piece of stick. Choose a straight stick about eight Inches long and one Inch thick. With a good knife sharpen one end as you would a lead pencil or a stake. Then split the other end into four parts, taking care not to allow any to snap, and strengthen the point where they meet by binding with string. The candles can then be placed between the four branches and held in position with string. The pointed end is then stock Into the ground and the candlestick is ready for use. Boston Herald. Tresspass notices, weather proof. for sale at Observer Job office. When you think of Flour or say Flour, say "OREGON'S BEST" Made right here in Dallas of Choice Selected Wheat, and guar antied in every way. Many housewives noted for their fine rep station for Light and Wholesome Bread, owe it to ORLGON'S BEST, Try a sack. SWEENEY BROS., Millers DALLAS, OREGON "WInterhorne," said Mr. Monkton, proprietor and manager of Monkton's Monthly Magazine, "I want a story written on certain lines, and you are Just the man to do the Job. Get away from the city. You can't do such Work in town. Go down to the Mascott House, in Florida, where you won't have anything to think of but your creation. Here's a check for your ex penses going and coming, and I'll write my old friend Charlie Burton, the land lord of the hotel, to send me the bill for your keep." Winterhorne was given the theme he was to work up and charged to find a renl model for his heroine. He was much pleased at tl pri .. . ,.-ct before him and started - ..a a light heart Oh the way down he tried to Jay out a plan, but he found that plans usually came to him after he began to write, not before. The season had not yet opened at the southern resorts, and he found little to distract him at the ho tel where he stayed. He was mak' ing a beginning when one morning after breakfast who should come up the steps from the hotel conveyance but Miss Febiger. "For heaven's sake," exclaimed Win terhorne, "what brought you down here?" "What brought you?" "Monkton sent me down to write a story on a special plan he's taken a desperate fancy to." "He sent me down on the same er rand." They compared notes as to the ch:ir acter of the work each was to do ; d found they had been given dlffe' nt themes and different lines of 1 .t- ment I wonder," said Winterhorne, "what he sent us to the same place for?" "I can't imagine." "He's got some scheme on hand- something for a feature to attract at tentlon to the magazine. And he said nothing about my being here?" No. He proposed this hotel because he wanted to patronize the landlord, who is an old friend of his. He was very busy when I came away, and I think he forgot about your being here." "I have it!" said Winterhorne sud denly. What?" His scheme. Didn't he tell you to find some real model for your hero?" "Yes, he did." "And he told me to find some real woman for my heroine. Ills plan Is to have me take you and you take me for a model . witnout eitner Knowing mat the other is doing so. He'll make an announcement to that effect Just how he'll manage It I don't know then publish the stories one immediately after the other." "What! Give us away?" "He'll probably use the stories under assumed names." "Mr. Monkton is a very bright man." "He'll gain thousands in circulation by this scheme alone." The scribblers found the genial warmth more conducive to lounging than working. If they had hit upon the editor's scheme their having done so foiled it. They sat together under the exuberant tropical foliage listen' ing to the birds sing or on the sands. lulled by the music of the splashing waves. Now and again both of them. conscious of taking money for work that they were, not doing, made spas modlc efforts to get something done. They ngreed to humor their employer by taking each other for a model. The season came and went before they brought their work to a finish. When they returned they submitted the manuscripts to the editor, -who took them home with him to read. One day when they were both in the office he called them Into bis private room together and said: "What have you two been doing down there in Florldd? I sent you down for a purpose, but I don't see that anything bas come of it" "Indeed, Mr. Monkton." said Miss Febiger, "we divined your purpose and did the best we could." "Divined my purpose, eh? .What was it?" Why, you had a scheme to get two stories wherein the authors should take each other for a model." Oh, I did, did I?" "I don't see what other purpose you could have had." said Winterhorne. "Do you suppose I would have tried to rope you in with so thin a scheme ss that? If I did I got most awfully sold. You've made Winterhorne out to be a prig, and he's made you talk like an idiot" Both authors flushed at this. "I didn't send you off for that pur pose at all. I had a different one In view. You, Miss Febiger. have been trying to earn a living at scribbling. which you are not fitted for. and were breaking down. You needed a husb'tnd to support you. I concluded that Win terhorne would fill the bill snd sent you to Florida to make a match. I'm pleased with the success of my scheme. Winterhorne. permit me to congratu late you. Miss Febiger, I wish you happiness." "For heaven's sake," exclaimed the former, "how did you get on to It?" "How? Why. I sent a third sutbor. woman, to write yoj both up. She's got a story that will place Monkton's Magazine in the first rank of period icals." After a little squeal of surprise from Miss Febltrer they all broke iuto a hearty lnub. First Boat Goes Through Great Gatun Locks In Panama Canal vTv , ... :V- .... Photo copyright 1913, by American Press Association. T ,EE greatest locks on the Panama canal are the Gatun lifts, connecting the Atlantic ocean entrance with Gatun lake. The locks are now in working order and are giving entire satisfaction, according to early reports. The first boat to pass through them was the tug Gatun, used In Panama canal work. The top picture shows the tug in the first lock, bnving entered from Colon harbor. through Llmon bay. The tug made the ascent through the three locks to the lake in two hours, but the triple lift could have been accomplished in an hour and a half If an attempt to make time had been made. Crowds of officials, tourists and workmen lined the top of the lock walls and cheered as the tug went from lock to lock, each of which is 1,000 feet long. The total raise from the Atlantic sea level to Gatun lake, which is the highest point in the Panama canal, is eighty-five feet The bot tom picture shows two of the emergency gates open. These gates can be used in the case of short ships, thus dividing the 1,000 foot chamber into smaller sections so that so much water need not be used. They can also be used la case of accident RUINED THE PAINTING. Curious Fate of Bume-Jones' Favorite Water Color. A very curious history is that of Bume-Jones' favorite picture, "Love Among the Buins." The original pic ture was in water color and was sent to Paris by a firm of art publishers for reproduction and in that city forward ed to their photographic studios in the suburbs. The picture unhappily pre ceded the letter of instructions regard ing it warning the photographer of the medium in which it was painted, so that immediately on its arrival it was brushed over with white of egg to bring out the colors for photographing an excellent procedure in the case of oil pictures, harmless and very effica- clous. But, as to the Bume-Jones picture, Love was very soon among his own ruins, for every swish of the brush brought off the final touches and left a mere smeared ground. Sir Edward Burne-Jones was heartbroken at the loss of a work on which his reputation, be considered, would in great measure rest and on which be had spent many months of patient toll and the very perfection ofbls execution in the reali sation of one of the most poetic con ceptions that had sprung from his fan- tiful Imagination. Love Among the Ruins" was paint ed during the years 1870-3. In October, 1803, it was destroyed, and by the fol lowing year the oil version was fin ished, but was scarcely a consolation to the artist for the loss of his first and more spontaneous work. part T particularly love, the" "MarclTof the Davidsbundler.' If I could only hear you play Just that page or two!" This roused her. "Page or two, In deed!" she cried. "Wenn man de 'Car naval' splolt, splelt man ihn ganz." (When one plays the "Carnaval," one must play it all.) And she played the whole. ANIMALS IN OPERA. Patronize A Home Industry And .Trade At THE PEDEE STORE PEDEE, OREGON We try to jrive 100 cents rs?ue for a dollar. Do mail order bouses always do that T Do they or the "home" store "hold joa over" when cash is hort between seasons t We can g?t things we don't have in a mach tborter time than you can snd away and get tbem from a mail order boose. We appreciate your trade too. PUEE FOOD LAW REQUIRES PRINTED WRAPPERS ON BUTTER. Under the Pure Food Law all butter made for market must be Some of Them Raised Up Their Voices With Weird Effect - Few persons realize how many ani mals appear In opera. By this I do not moon such animals as the tenor who played the part of Lohengrin and was told by Von Bulow that he was the knight of the swine rather than of the swan, but real bona fide animals. They extend all the way from Monte verde to Wagner. About A. D. 1000 It was not unusual to have lions or elephants upon the op eratic stage. One can never tell what these anltnnls may Improvise In their parts. I know of a case where an ele phant caused a most hasty exit of the orchestra in London long ago, when the father of B. E. Woolf, the Boston crit ic, was conducting. The donkey In Leoncavallo's "Pag- llaccl" bas not a speaking part yet once that I know of he lifted up his voice and made Canlo's great solo an unexpected duet Balaam himself was not more astonished than was the tenor on that occasion. In spite of the saying, "Thou shalt not yoke the ox and the ass together." Pierne caucd, thene two to sing a duet In "The Children of Bethlehem." On this occasion the ass wss a tenor, but I do not believe that Pieme meant any reflectloa upon the high voiced frater nity. Louis C Eluon In Musical Ob server. properly stamped with name of iDg. jfrae- maker, givin? also weight of the p) it a rolls. The Observer is prepared jjj D to furnish these wrappers on WM denut T 8bort " . reasonable ,b ,mllDed to plsyr pnee and neatly printed. For -rirt;cniarl7 lDCllD foil information call upon or i A.n.r Couldn't Be Divided, In Felix Moscheles "Fragments of an Autobiography" occurs the foliow- rne. Schumann was wsnted to little musical reunion, but she did not re pond. . Mr. Moscheles was deputed to approach her. "Waa ad-Ires, Tha Observer. Dallas. Ore. wss tha discouraging response. The envoy tried again and mention ed ber husband's "CarrlraL" "Ons Feyther and the Passon. After a Saturday afternoon tramp In Cheshire, writes a correspondent in the ' Manchester Guardian, I stopped at a little whitewashed inn, where I heard the following rustic story. On a bench outside half a dozen farm workers, -with faces and bared arms richly sun burned, were relating reminiscences of bygone times. "Did Ah iver tell yo' about ma poor owd feyther and the passon?" asked a white whiskered sturdy veteran. "No? Well, passon meets feyther one day, an' ses 'e, 'John, Ah could find yo' a bit o' a Job blowln' t' organ up at t' church o' Sundays If yo' doan't mind.' Ayo, thankee, sir,' ses feyther. 'Ah'd be very glad, but Ah doubt Ah bevna wind enough.' " "Sustenance Space." When we estimate that the average Inhabitant of New York may have but a few score square feet for bis own. use, we are apt to forget that be can only exist on tbem because somewhere In the country there are acres of ground producing for blin, as really and definitely for him as If be owned them and hired the labor on them, what Professor Peuek bns called his "sustenance space." Mark Jefferson In Atlantic. Appreciation. "You never carry that beautiful um brella I gave you," she said reproach fully. "I can't afford to." be replied. "I feel as If I would bare to take a taxi- cab to keep from getting it wet" Washington Star. Political Economy. Gabe What Is 'polltlcnl economy t Steve Getting the largest number of votes for the least money. I guess. Cincinnati Enquirer. Catching Cold. Wet feet or clothes "give us cold" because the evaporation absorbs the heat so rapidly from the surface of tlio body that Its temperature Is lowered boneatb the normal, thereby straining the organs of the body and resulting In what we call a cold. Water Safety. In Massachusetts all streams of wa ter unsnlted for drinking niu.t le marked so that the fact cannot t overlooked. His Status. Mrs. Honk Colonel Hook is a con gressman at large, ixn't be? Hock Yes. Tbey haven't arrested him jet- Puck. All that thou giveot thoo wilt carry away with thee Turkish I'roTerb. Shut Your Mouth. "Ona should alwaya bres'he throcgh the nose when asleep." says a physi cian. If you awake and CdJ yocr mouth open, get op idJ shot It Ex change. Fortune bas often bwi blamed for ber bl!ndnes. bot fortune Is P"t SO blind as meo sre. Samoei fiiU-a.