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
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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
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