TUESDAY, 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.
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'Motion Picture Department 16 pages presenting latest photo plays
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World's Picture Gallery history in the making told in 16 pages of
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; The Great Electrical Section tells in simple language the fascinat
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200 Subjects
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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.
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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
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Photo copyright 1913, by American Press Association.
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,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.