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gudrpfudcacc tfutcrprfof. CHARLES EDWARD HICKS Kntered at Independence, Ore., pot office u aond class matter. Subscription, 91.&0 Per Year If it were opportunities thai were needed. Polk county couldn't take care of her guests aid th people of lltl f Uil. lK would have to step out aid the city limit to get their watch out. More live bualues men are need.! here; men who can discover ho ear mark of opportunity; men ho have the nerve to t ake a chance. Polk county I the land of .rvasonahk values, the country of op portunity and the home of twaeeful dweller. MONMOUTH. Cheater Mulkey and wife are pheas ant vlsltora In town, guest at the home of Mr. Mulkey' grandfather. Monroe Mulkey, and other frleud. They are from the Amity country. Two families of the name of Hlng ley have come from Idaho to live h.-re for the winter and may locate n rtnaucutly. C. L. Ilawley and wife of McCoy: ere doing business In town Sutur day. While hire they were guests of the former's parents. Mr. and Mm. J. H. Ilawley. Mr. and Mrs. Simon and Mrs. N-l-non of south Monmouth were trans acting business and visiting Mrs. Si mon sister In Independence Satur day. Ralph Dodson and family were in towu Monday. The revival closed Monday with thirty-four aicessiona to the church. The meetings were conducted by the traveling evangelist of the Christian church and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Springer went to Sa lem Saturday returning Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Hale of New berg are visiting the latter's sister. Mrs. Eva Butler. Dr. J. M. Crowley went to Port land Saturday. Archie McNeil, who has spent two years in profitable school work In j the O. S. N. S., returned to his home in Cove, Union county, and will re- some his work here later. Three gentlemen from Missouri re cently arrived here looking at. this part of the world with a view to lo cating. They are old friends of Mil ton Bosley of Monmouth Heights. The Christmas tree at the Evan gelical church 'promises to be a suc cess. Everyone buying Christmas pres ents, be careful that you don't forget some deserving poorer one than you are. Mr. Bingley, formerly of Boise, Ida ho, has located here. His daughters are attending the O. S. N. S. The owners of the sawmill that was making oak lumber out on the Coolidge land, are moving it from there to Clackamas county. J. A. Grigsby, who used to live ear here, is now located with his .iamily at Grants Pass. Mrs. Martha Addison of Dayton, was visiting In town Sunday. President E. D. Ressler was a passenger to the metropolis Satur day. War Veterans Want Pension. Indian war veterans will have Rep resentative B. F. Jones of Polk and Lincoln introduce a measure in the legislature asking for compensation for the services and loss of horses in the Indian war of 1855 and 1856. How large an appropriation will be ncs3sary to cover the loss of horses -ii.iJ services is not known, but ap proximately $100,000 would pay all the outstanding accounts. The bill will ask to compensate only the sur vivors, whose ranks are rapidly thin ning out. The state of Oregon ag reed to pay $4 a day to the Indian fighters, the latter to provide their own horses, clothing and ammunition. Payment for the horses, many of them being killed in the war, has never been made, although half a century has elapsed since the volun teers went to Eastern Oregon to .suppress the redskins. Dr. Thomas V. B. Emberlee has sent the measure to Representative Jones, and will so licit support from as many members of the legislature as possible. 'Chicago Pupils to Visit Coast. . Fifty school children from Chicago are to be brought to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition next year if plans suggested by Secretary Tom Richardson of the Oregon Develop ment League are carried out. They .will also visit Portland and other .cities in this state and when they return home will write letters telling . ot the trip and what they saw in the Northwest. Exhibits of the woods of this section, with Industrial and scen- ;ic pictures, have been used In the Chicago schools, made up into sets and circulated from one school to another, in the teaching of geography. Patronize pur Advertisers. A Matrimonial Importation. i By JENNIE LUDLUM UC J l.nrrary IT. J Earle Scott arrived at the pier Jut at the slant steamship dHk,d. lie ap peared b looking for no particular xnoi. but, rather, to tvli tbe faces tf Ci crowd about him. "I tnHst hi 111 ou the unit. j "Are you one 'f those horrid men?' j n ruber tired voli-o lunulrvd. j Scott turned ami smiled at the Bin tclle blut. Well, t tvrtuluty in) a man." he acknowledged. "ud I gitc I'm about a horrid a most of my ." "Oh. I didn't mciin-d U'g your par Jon." Hammered the girl. "I tuetiut wore you a custom officer? You , 1'iu"- lle aciumcd the girl's face closely. Could ahe 1h up to the old game of mrgctlug? More than one otlieiul bad Wca tricked by a pair of honest eye. ml Scott had Just acknowledged that he was but a mere man. The lilrl cer tainly had a fascination personality. Scott Informed her that be w not a customs oltlclnl, but offered to bo of any assistance to her. "Oh, thank you no nun h." she cs claimed as i'ie hurriedly glanced iibout her. "I want a cab to take me to that address," and she handed him a visit ing card. "No one has met uie, nnd. oh. I mind set away is-fore ho come off tho iMiat." "I iun!.,r'taiid."MHSured Scott, though la reality he did not. "Want to shake some undeslrablo shipboard acquaint ance?" "It's not exactly that-be' a dear, but-oh. if you will Just get me a cab that will solve the whole problem." A cahniiin was found who a creed to take the girl to her destination for a nominal fee. and as Scott closed the door Uiou his mysterious companion she leaned forward through the win dow. "Won't you tell me your name and I'll have my uncle write and thank you?" she inquired. He drew a card from his wallet and presented It to hor. Aloud she read the address iu treuibllns voice. "Mr. Earle Cowdrcy Scott. Harlequin Club." "Won't you write instead?" Ivirle ;te.l. but the disinterested cab man whippd op his "orse ana ner answer was lost. Scott now hurriedly returned to tne ship and boarded her. He had no dif ficulty In flndiug his father, who was alwny among the last to leave a snip. His son. knowing this, had not hasten ed to find him. After the first greet ings the old gentleman slnpped his son affectionately upon the shoulder. "Well, my boy. I ve tirougm you n flno niwwnt this year a rare prize." Then, glnnciug about the ship and the crowd below them, he added. "But I think the little minx has slipped off." That evening as father and son sat chatting over their coffee and cigars the old gentleman annouueea: "Well. Earle, 1 brought a wife borne for you-came over In the ship with me." Earle seemed somewhat startled. "Slay I ask, dad. If you have mar ried again, or is this matrimonial im portation for me to take pnto my self?" "Oh, for you for you." said the old man gleefully. "And we're going around there tonight. Here's where she Is. Her uncle, old John Banks, is a great friend of mine." He passed the card over to Earle. The latter had held the mate to it iu the morning. Smiling to himself, Earle agreed, thinking that the mysterious girl was well worth knowing better. All day long Innumerable pictures of her had flitted through his mind. He would be glad to know the truth. When father and son were announc ed. John Banks and his niece entered the room full of hearty greetings, but the young couple gave no outward sign of recognition. Before long the two elder men found that comfort awaited them In the library in the form of duplicate whist and good ci gars. Earle noted that Edith Hamilton was somewhat ill at ease, but made little headway in solving the problem that evening. When be left the house, how ever, he had to acknowledge to him self that the girl was charming in the extreme. He asked permission to can ( again. Anri hv the way. Miss Hamilton, I don't have to drag father along every time, do I?" he asked in mots, oeier ence. On the way home that evening the father went into something of an ex planation. "There's an old fashioned girl for you, Earle. Like your mother was as a girl. Nothing deceitful about her right in the open everything straight from the shoulder. I talked a lot about vou on the trip over and told her she was Just the type of girl you were looking for that we needed her sort to round out our home. She's been In school for years over in France and now has come to keep house for Banks. How did she strike you?" "As a most deceitful, deep young per son," announced Earle, with great em phasis. Yet In his heart he really felt that the apparent deceit only added to her charms. Earle became a frequent visitor at the Banks household. He bad the name of a heartless bachelor among his club mates. Women In general had made little impression on htm. but he had to acknowledge to himself that he loved this girl with all his powt. ml M pewr was first on. Me uicd twr aud would atone unturned to Iu lr. And the -vmlug ran h-b be lold lirr of hi lor and ked bcr to I hi wife. "OU. I UU )U Ud lot kd loe. Mr. Hiisii. I couMn'1. rily I rvttldnV at her undent pW. "Jnl let's on Mug friends." Tt;r t 'S nun ecui-d to Uir. II vra very titueh In mrnest. but lie took her refusal like lb iuo lie was. A Iw Mit at Id dc.li the McU morn ing Idly drvaniliig of dream eue w r.n III IrlephoiM lU ran. It dull IUmliit.il at ttm other euJ of the wit. Khe asked him in most tiu sternly vol-e to ruie over llt rven I111; thai she bad mil rt of Bit f palliation to m.ike. 8hrpl.r H o'clock Net'tt w In the drawing r'ni. A she entered the room Iter f 'f Wr a s.-id epiv-lon. vet withal she rndhtitly Isiiutlful to Farle. "I.IMlo glrlT S-ott nltnoft whispered a she came toward him. Hbe seeim-d a saintly Is lnu, far !wund hi reach, i love yon -you know that, don't you?" "Yes, Karle. I believe you do." she uttered n !' sank Into n chair nenr him. "That l why I ent for you. So'i'MlilMB seemed to tell It to me after you left. I want to tell you something. The day I t"et '"'t o the pier I want ed to ei-!ip. your father Is-fore he came on ti re. We had Joked about my marrybis his son. and when the time came when I must a. tunlly faeo yon 1 hurried away to iwk' t'i meet intr." "And I th"t'R!it jou wen running aw ay Trout the custom otlli lals." latitrh'Hl Scott "Well. In part I was. You see. I brought over a lot of real Im-e and muugslis! It In. 1 had sewed yards and yard of It on a cheap petticoat which I had on at the time." For a moment they Is.th laughed heartily, then again the serious expres sion ciime back Into IMIth'n face. "It was all started In a Joke," she continued. "But when I had actually met you and"-here her voice dropped almost to a wblHr "and loved you. I was so afraid that you were asking me Just to please your father." "Do I look like such 11 mollycoddle?" asked Earle as he drew closer to her. "Well, that was why 1 said 'Nor last night. Then I couldn't sleep for the very Joy of thinking that perhapsper haps you really did love uie for myself alone. Io you, Earle?" For answer Earle took her Iu bis arms. -v.iirre a iVccltrul IIMle wretch." he teae 1. "but 1 love you aui! for your self nlone !tMer than life Itself-nnd you must know it." "Oh. dear, I'm so happy." she mur mured as she nestled closer to him. "And. Earle. it's early, and I'nele John bus gone over to play whist w ith your father. Let's run over aud surprise them. I'm sure Uncle John will be so glad to be rid of me-and your father well" "Will l so happy to find that his matrimonial Importation has proved ac ceptable," finished Earle. What Matter Realfy I. Throughout the fc-realer part of space we find simple unmodified ether, elas tic and massive, squirming and quiver Inc with energy, but statlouary us a whole. Here and there, however, we find specks of electroned ether, isolat ed, yet connected together by fields of force and a state of violent locomotion. These "specks" are what In the form of prodigious aggregates we kuow as "matter," and tbe greater number of sensible phenomena, such as viscosity, heat, sound, electric conduction, ab sorption and emission of light, belong to these differentiated or individualized and dissociated or electrified specks, which are either flying alone or are restoring with orbital motion in groups. The "matter" so constituted built up of these well seoarated particles, with Interstices enormous in proportion to : the size of the specks must De an ex : cesslvely porous or gossamer-like struc ture, like a cobweb, a milky way or a comet's tall, and the inertia of matter I that is, the combined inertia of a group of electrified ether particles must be a mere residual fraction of the mass of the main bulk of undiffer entiated continuous fluid occupying the game space, of which fluid the par ticles are hypothetieally composed and in which they freely move. Sir Oliver Lodge In "Modern Views of Electric ity." By Inheritance. When a strange woman came for the soiled clothes, says a writer In the Bal timore News, the mistress of the house came to the conclusion that her own laundress had simply employed a new messenger and made no comment on the circumstance. But when two weeks had gone by and still the old laundress known as Susan did not appear the mistress of the house felt that she would be lacking in her duty If she did not make some inquiry about her. "Where Is Susan?" she asked the tall, bony woman who came for the clothes. "She has gone to Pennsylvania to live, yessum." returned the woman with composure. "She went to Penn sylvania some time ago, an' she lef goodby for yuh, but s' long yuh didn't seem tuh notice I didn't say nufflnV "But why didn't she come and tell me and allow me to make some ar rangements about my laundry?" "Well, she lef yo' clothes tuh meh. She made a will an' lef dem clothe tuh meh. We'se alius been good frlen's, an' so w'en she lef she say I may wash yo' clothes long es I wush tub, an' dere was no use ' worryln jruh T)out hit, now was dere?" To this moderate and sensible ques tion tbe mistress of tbe hoose found no ready response. ROMANCE TESTED. "I I rr nN run Vhim U! unl.i," Ttft mM rnMUiil ertod. "And. ihntiKH 'lwr bUak, Ha iimr I it awk If you mm tr r AII-41I I tl lta. KuT wuuttl I rlv Whipvtr rm 10 " "AH. lov." cti4 . "WvulJ ou t-r m eVn your looking glf A hait of l..ut ttrr y alMut vltird siul.l. n !) . Mil iiiumiurvii i "V, Juat that. I suraa. I'd rvally haa to tft. liut nl irink- l.( tUr-jtial lUinkl My aral v.ulj 11. . r (Is" ttii imus.hI -"Oh. no; I CIMlltlll t WUhuut my iti-r ra'" -Kansas I'uy Tt-iia Tbe Truth, of It. ft- Tom Miss Wisslley tells me ber grandfather was a real estate convey, anevr. 'less -The Idea! Tom-Why? Isn't that true? Tchw Oh, yes; I see what she menus: The cart her grandfather drove was a conveyance for transporting real estate.- Philadelphia Press. Th Outcast. You ask me why I weep and moan, like some lost spirit in despair, and why 1 wander off alone and paw the ground and tear my hair. You ask me why I pack this gun. all loaded up. prepared to shoot. Alas, my trouble have Is'gnn-the women folk are can ning fruit. The v Is no plac for me to eat unless I e.:t upon t'.te tloor. end peelings B"t beneath my feet and make me fall u block or more. The odors from '.w boiling Jam all day as sail uiy weary snoot. You find me, then, the wreck I am the women folk are canning fruit: Oh. they have peaches on the chairs and inoldly u ples on the floor and wormy plums upon the stairs and piles of pears out side the door, and they are liolllng pulp and Juice, and you may bear them yell and hoot. A man's existence Is the deuee-tho women folk are canning fruit: Emporia (Kau.l (Jazettc. Only On Reason. "Papa, George wants to break our engagement." "What reason does he advance?" "He says he has a lot of reasous, but he mentions only one. "And what's that?' "Ho says he has seen somebody he loves much better than he loves me." "And that's the only reason he gives?" "Yes." "Don't bother blm about the others. Cleveland Plalu Dealer. No? "Learning to ploy the violin." mut tered the persistent amateur, bending over his sheet music and making an other stab at the Instrument "is no naP-" ... 1 This being tbe exact psychological moment the E string snapped.-Chl- cago Tribune. To th Point. "Well." said Nurltch, showing Kan dor through his new house, "what do you think of tbe furnishln's?" "They show a great deal of taste." replied Kandor. "Ah! Think so?" "Yes. but it's all bad."-PhlludelphIa Press. Can't Los It. "Of course." said the optimist, "if a man gets Into tbe habit of bunting trouble he's sure to find it." "Yes," replied the pessimist "and if he's so lazy that he always tries to avoid it It will And him. So what'a the difference?" -Catholic Standard and Times. Personal Knowledge. "What do you think, Maud? Cholly Softy has been reading up lately, and he says be agrees with the scientific man who says that plants can think." "Well, Cholly ought to know. Isn't he a cabbage head?"-Baltlmore Amer ican. ' Where Meal Redd. Forlorn Freddie (the hobo)-Just think, little girl. I don't know where my next meal is comin frum. The Little Girl (sympathetically) Dear me! Ain't there a pantry In your house, poor man? Puck. A Bit Fihy, Thl. Porpoise What is the whale blowing about? Dogfish Oh, he got so many notices for his feat in swallowing Jonah he'a been blowing ever slnce.-Boston Tran script Authorizing. " "What do you want with the auto mobile catalogue?" ' ' t propose to write soma dialogue for it, and then It will be a motor MT .Washington Herald. DETECTING A DETECTIVE. ((Vrrrtin, tJt, lr J O M4 Detective gulrtt of police UMnlquar ra a good una. With out.i.l.-r hat ntvaui that be was boneat and 'althful and would not twtray hi trust (Vita his chief It meant that he did lot have to watch blm quite so rloaely ts be did tb others of bl at iff. Mr. Juirk had never read the lories by latsirlau. le Ilotj;obey or VUbx q. Ho iiauc bad nothing to do with hi tk tig up detective work. He was not (own on crime aud criminal aud hunt ing bad men luto prison from any fil. tig of duty toward the law. Mr. Quirk realised that a a detective le bad a good thing In hi eraap. There wa a field open to blui that I jNn to no other man outside the pro fession. It wa for blm to work that 1e!d. Detective have sold theiiielv-a ut for a few hundred or a few thou miid dollars, lit Mr. Quirk' opinion neli men w ere ase and had inlstakeu Ihelr vocation. He sighed to be rich, tint he didn't proe to blunder alsnit t. lie must first get a standing with lis ru;erlors nn.l the public, lie work Mi for five year to accomplish this. A lor.eii traps were set for blm. hut be Mciipcd them all l y Is-lng Incorruptl Ole. lie worked u case for all It wa north, nnd he never let up or com promised. If lie caught a broker In a ambling bouse he had no more mercy hi blm than the thief he caught steal ing lead pipe. The burglar who offered it 1 tn $1.)ini to look the other way for a tuotuetit fared as did the politician w ho offered him a like sum to "let up" bi joiirt. HI fellow detective pocketed ihelr "divvies" and called him a fool. ml bis chief hsiked over hi report ud almott Ix'lleviHl that lie had found k subordinate deserving of a medal. The day come when Mr. Quirk real ised that be had established hi repu tation nnd that hi could pull off hi icheuie with safety. He had It In view for a year. Ho had several times been railed lu by tbe president of tbe National bank to straighten out crook wl things and hail thus tecome well icnualnted with the bank messenger, jl.l Folsom. Folsorn was sixty year aid. l!e walked with a hobble. He had rheumatism, nnd old age had weaken ed blm. Yet the bank kept him. and necmlngly by some net of Providence he had never been attacked by tho fins always bsiklng for a good thing. In making bis round he sometimes i-nrrled f'lOO.tNXt Iu checks. In return ing to the bank he sometime brought K).0M) In cash w ith him. Mr. Quirk fully realized what nu easy thing It was. but he uttered no word of want ing. He was waiting to establish hi reputation. After calling at the last bank on his route old Folsom always took a short cut through nu alley to reacn ins own Institution. It wasn't an alley so much is it was a passageway. It was only tlx feet In width and used by pedestri ans only. At any moment from 10 o'clock In the morning till 3 In the afternoon you could look up or down the alley and count at least twenty pedestrians coming or going. There were doors opening Into the rear of Dfllee buildings, and there wns one floor opening Into an empty building that had formerly !oen a rag shop. One afternoon Folsotn failed to return in tho bnnk at his usual hour. When half an hour had passed, an alunn was jlven. Men were found who had seen lilm In the alley, but an alarm of Are was on at the time, and there were much excitement and confusion. At 10 o'clock that night Folsom was found In tbe old rag shop. He had received a ever blow on the head and was tied and gagged. Something like $130,000 In cash had been taken from his satch el. It was Mr. Quirk who was given the case, and It was Mr. Quirk who found the old man after a long hunt. It was four day before Folsom re gained consciousness and told his sto ry. There was very little to tell. He bad backed up against tbe door to atand for a moment and look for tbe Arc, and the door had been opened, he bad been drawn In, and then followed the blow on the head and darkness. He had not even seen his asshllant He was very grateful to Mr. Qulik, and he felt the fullest confidence in him, and yet there was a clew that he suppressed. Why he did be could not have told himself. As he fe'.l he must have grasped the man's coat and torn off a button, for there was the button clinched tightly In his hand. They took it from him at the hospital and, Itrangely enough, said nothing about it until two weeks later when he was dis charged. Then It was among his things. Folsom could not make it out at first. It had the name of a tailor on It, and he bad never patronized the man. He believed he had seen but tons like that on a business suit, and It came to him after that the suit be longed to Mr. Quirk. The tailor cor roborated him. Mr. Folsom was old, but he did not lack wit and acumen. He set himself to work, and inside of a fortnight he found men who had noticed the detec tive in the alley on the day he was assaulted. In the dust on the floor he found tracks and measured them. He had been bound with new rope. He discovered who had purchased it and where. As a matter of fact, he work ed np a good case against Mr. Quirk and had him arrested, and ten hours later the missing money was found nn ler the floor of the latter's room. He would not confess, but the Jury found him guilty, and he got sentence of twelve years and died after serving half of it. He had planned for years only to be caught by a man from whom he thought he had nothing whatever to far. M. QUAIX. TIMELY TOPICS FROM 0, S, N, S. It I plainly holiday wwlt at Ih0 Normal. A arly as Friday, Dec. 1 1, student from a distance began to leave for Ihelr home The M ! Hathaway. Cioyne and Tlnneratet b ft on that dy by private convryanc for Ti'laiuook tiy. With sou'wester and olbloth 'slicker" they felt amo ly equipped to bravw the terror of the Inter mountain ride, Th early train on Saturday hor many holiday passengers with the In. i-vltabl buliih of mlatletoe, which caused not a little merriment along the way. Mlsae Esther Uraon and 1.11110 Anderson will spend the holiday at their home In Astoria. Mia Mary Whitney will spend a week at her homo at t'r. ssw. I' Mr ad Vis. I'. M. Stroud will visit the former'" -tlvo homo mar Kukoiw. Mle Ma bel I'obliia.in and Iva llln will visit at their hmea In Waaio county. MUs ll sMo Woatou will spend the holidays ut her I i In Amity. Mist (Iran' Whllehoiiso of he IihIiiIik do. pirtnieiit will 1 the guest of Mr and Mrs. W, W. Wiley of NcwIm-m for several day. Mis Kuby Shear, r will to to b.r homo in Fast Portland; and Mlf Itouin (i. Stafford will vllt with her parents at Oregon City. Mis Catherine Campbell, June 'OS, closed a very tnincsnful term of 1 ... i...i.rai. .... li..onihf.r INtb. j HI IM Ml 111 Vl illHH ' " Miss Campbell does not InH-lul 10 teach more during the present winter but will prepare to finish her tut examinations in February. David H. Campbell, who I a stu dent at tho Conservatory of Music, Whitman College. Walla Walia, Wash Ingtotl, Is expected homo for the holidays. Tho many friends of Miss iu.y ker will regret to learn that she ha been obliged to return to lo-r homo on account of sickness. We hope tha Mis Baker will be able t . re sume her studies after tho holidays. Mrs. May llowd. u llabblti a..u ...is Florence Howdcn spent Saturuuy In Port hind. Supt. W. W. Wiley of Newberg spent part of Sunday In Monmouth, having accompanied tho basket ball team hero on Saturday night. Mins Mary Murdock, who Is teach ing at Seaside, Oregon, Is hour.' for the holliluys. So also is Miss Mur dock, who Is teaching in Kasti rn Ore gon. The three literary societies met early on last Friday evening In order to have' tho usual program and still allow the members to attend (he stu dent ball. Tho proKrams cut h had Christmas as their main theme. The Freshmen proved themselves worthy hosts at tho last student ball for 1908. It was given In the Normal "gym" on Friday evening, Doc 18th. An orchestra of six pieces and the smooth floor proved irreslstablo and about ft hundred guests whirled away the merry hours from eight until el even. Delicious lemonade was served during the evening. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Traver, accompanied by little Miss Trayer, , were chaperonos. The stu dents were pleased to have Mr. and Mrs. J. B. V. Butlor among the guests. The small hoy of the T. D. yelk4 to his heart's content on last Satur day night when the Normal Boys' basket ball team won over Newberg High School 40 to 8. The contest was one sided from the flrct but was none the less interesting to the large crowd of spectators. A feature of the game was the superb turow ing of baskets by E. Sacre of the Normals. The Normal line-up was: B. Springer, center; L. Lindsay and R. Chute, forwards; E. Sacre and A. Sacre, guards; D. Stump, substitute. Would Vanish Like the Mists. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi of the Free Synagogue of New York City, retains an ardent affection for the Pacific Northwest, his residence for several years. In commontlng on the prize apples recently sent to Euro pean rulers and exhibited in New York, he writes: "Why is this fruit sent to such indifferent Oregonians as Edward, Wilhelra, Nicholas and Mr, Fallleres? If you really want Oregon apples to count, don't waste them .on European monarchs, but cet them into the systems of Oregon ians who love and treasure every tiling Oregonlan from little Mount Hood to big Hood River apples. But the apples wouldn't be kept long on exhibition in our homes here they would vanish as the mist hovering over the summit of Mount Hood be fore tne moraiug sua." The Wonderland Theatre has op ened under new management. We have extra fine set of pictures and songs. 29tf Wood for sale Second growth at 13.50, old growth $4.00 a cord de livered. S. Cox, Independence. Phone m. tf-2