EIGHT PAQE8
THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
PAGE 8EVEN
Evidence.
"Do you really helluva, doctor, that
your old medicines really keop any
body alive?" aiiked the skeptic. "Bur
ly," returned the doctor. "My pre
scriptions have kept three druggists
and their families ijllve In this town
(or twenty years." Harper's Weekly,
mtiU OYSTER SHELL-MACADAM ROAD
8quirrels Inctlnctlve Gift.
POULTRY AND GAMK
Can ,,ot you fancy prliio for Wild Ducka
ml ulli.T gun In whou, Writ ui, for
wh o(Tr on ill kind of poultry, pork, ale
Pcaraon-Pugo Co., Portland
Squirrels, It la said, know how to
Judge distances accurately, for the
seldom Jump two distances alike, ye
never fall to land safely when an Inch
too far or too short would mean dis
aster. And dogs run along beside
horses' heels, Judging; accurately th
wife distance, and are seldom, if ever,
Injured.
Willing to Do Anything.
TONS
TONS
TONS
We want
TONS of Dressed Chickens
FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
W riava lit rnnrkla In Fia-tlanH ami lclnllr. and w want toaunply thm with froah hnrna
rniwn poultry. (Nn Knuinrt. aU.rui itin'k for Hmlth.) Mark your atulT: I' HANK L. HMI'I II
MKaT "U., I'urtlanil, Orrrt, J'lnca your nwnfi ami luldnmii on l.h packntrff. Whip ly axprcaa
luarriva hr Homnlwr Hint ur 1Kb I. Your (ttuff will b .wolifhwl Imnwllalvly on arrival. Wa
luaianUnt you tlm lirlilniH ninrkut prl.t, Woilo not diaru commlitnion. VVa will promptly
mall you our rlim k on thn 1'iral National Hank of Portland, llnon. Thla la aurvly III Ut and
aijuarnat di al that any rulluWo firm can oliur you, Wa ant paylnii tudayi
Irmal Fit Vnl up to 130 pound, 13c.
Kmall lllnrk Hoica. l(lo.
I r hit llotfii, 8- and Sc.
l.lva i'tiickvfiM, 12o,
NO COMMISSION
Wild Purka ami firra. mnr kot prti'. Blilp ua
your prudui-a wary day In lha yar.
f RANK L. SMITH
Tlghi log (he Bet-f Trust"
Machinery:-
(Wmvl-JUmi Machin
ery houirht, pold and
Bxrhattifwl: nKiniL
boll-rn. Mwmllli. at. 1 ha J. K. Martin Co.. K3 lat
fcU. I'urtland. tf-mii for block l.lat and prion.
VEAL, HOGS, POULTRY
Veal, fnnr-y, 7fi to II" II. IS to U 12". III.
l urk, fu. , utito no iiw. iui ii.' ii
J
tili'tti'ii", h.maniul iiriiiMK, IU, Vi i t to Be lb.
( i mm. hvai. 11 hi 2f Hi.
i urky livii, 17 Ui I. Mm rtrtW-.l. V) tnKrt lb.
1v Ktmmnii to ut yuu tlm nUvt trUm on nil
tMtinifliiis tltnt itrrlvo on or ImCon !oiiiiir 6, Wi.
Ulp a mm m yu eut lr return mnil,
r. 11. KCIIMAI.Z CO. Paid-up Capital f IOrO00.
141-143 Front Html, Portland, Orison
SAVE MIDDLEMAN'S PROFIT
of $100 or more by buying your
Piano or rinyer Piano direct
from factory store,
IUTSII & LANK PIANO COMPANY
353 Washington St., Portland, Or.
LIME FERTILIZER
Aim Urn! riantr. Lima, Omcnt. Wall Piaa
tor and 8)1 liiuli. W ri la f or pricea.
NOTTINGHAM & CO.
102 Front Btrart. PORTLAND. OK.
BANDMEN: SUE
Sole
for
IIOLTON and KUKSCIIKR
hand Inatrutncnta. Tha moat ciimpWa atork
of MuMical Min-i-hnniliaa In tha Northweat
Wrila for t'aialoiruea.
HKIBKIIMNG-LUCAS MUSIC CO.
1S4 Swond 8traek Portland, Oraaroa
jyt SHIP TO
4TCARSTENS
49 Front St,, Portland. Oregon
WtII yotir atufT at Top Price. jDrwI Hofira,
Veal, Live and Dn'PirwJ Poultry. W return your
money avery 4H houra.
When In PORTLAND atop at
NEW SCOTT HOTEL
Largo, Hffht rooma: atam ht: big lobby;
clean and ordorly: cloaa to buainBa Biptinn:
bait placa fur family in city. 1UMIM.4 Mc Ul.
Seventh and Ankeny Streets
unvrnient irom All Lwpou or sireaicar.
r
rv m m- .-
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors Bilk, wool and cotton equally
well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Aak dealer, pr wo wlU aend postpaid at 10c a package. Write for free
booklet bow to dye, bleach and mix colors. MONROE DRUG COMPANY, Qulncy, Illinois.
OUT or TOWN
PEOPLE
rnn Trwlv prompt tnutt.
nionfH of Hon-potionoua,
Hftaltli-ball ding rem.dlaa
Irom
C. GEE WO
the Chinos doctor,
Try once moro If yon hnre boen dootorlnn w!t,U
thin one and that one and have not ohtainttd per
manent rolittf. Lot thin trroat nature hauler dinar
none your onne and proHorllio tome rem tidy whe-ee
Action Ih quink, nuro and nafa, Ilia preiorlpttona
are oompoundtid from Kootn, Herb, Budi and
Barkntliat liavn boon gat hered from every quar
ter of th Rlnha, The aorUof theae medlcinea
re not known to the outalde world, but have hraa
andfld down from fathor to aon in tha phyiiolaus'
XaniUiM In China.
CONSULTATION FREE.
If yon live ont of town and oannot call, write for
aymptom blank and oirovilar, enoloaing i oenta in
atampi.
THE C. GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO.
162J First St., Cor. Morrison
Portland, Oregon.
Possibly the Reason.
' "The trouble is that my boss has fa
vorites. You can't deny it" "I won't
deny It But have you noticed that
his favorites do all the, hard work
bout the place?" Louisville Courier
Journal. Beit Ccugh Syrup. Taitet Good. Ua
In tlmi. flnld br Drnreifttt.
P. N. U.
NO. 50-,13
WHEN writing1 to adTertltora, pleas men
tloa thla paiiar. 7
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t'"Taj
LailMa
ft
El
of Dressed Turkeys
of Dressed Geese
of Dressed Ducks
NO COMMISSION
all kinds of flidna, Falla and Tallow,
Wa want
MEAT COMPANY
Portland, Oregon
Bible Was Put Into Rhyme.
Versifications, not only of the
Psalms but of the other books of the
lilble, were numerous in the sixteenth
century. One of the most prolific
versifiers was Wlllam Hunnls, who,
under such fanciful titles as "Seven
Sobs of a Sorrowful 8oul for Bin,"
"A Handful of Honeysuckles," "A
Hlveful of Honey," etc., published a
number of rhyming versions of Gene
sis and Job, which .are now worth
their weight in gold to the biblio
maniac. Ifothara will AnA rH wi--, . ,
Jyrup u m boat mmady to Uao tut lUalr sbiiUnu
9urlm,-iaUathlugjiarloU. "
Musical Family.
Btlgglns "Are there any musicians
In your family?" Wiggins "Ila-ther!
Why, my father is an adept at blowing
bla own horn, and mother Is equally
expert at harping on one string; main-law
has to play second fiddle, and
Aunt Tabltha loads a humdrum ex
istence; grandpa gives a solo on his
uasai organ every night, without the
stops; uncle snenda Mb timn vniiin.
his whlstlo; Harry is fond of hla pipe,
and Oorty Is forever ringing the
changes on her admirers."
Miiild bin a wnilc anlutlnn. Arolrllt It,,.
Obsolete Garment,
A New York firm of petticoat manu
facturers failed with $700,000 of lia
bilities recently, and gives the ex
planation that women's skirts are so
tight they have quit wearing petti
coats. Did you know thatT Kansas
City Star.
No thoaehtful pmnon nca liquid blue. It'a a
ilnrh of blue In a lariro bottle nf wntrr. Ask for
itad Cruaa liall Blue, the blue that'a all blue.
The Danger.
"It may seem a trifling matter,"
says a writer In the Observer, "but I
think that the man who weara his
gloves seems to be smarter than the
man who carries his gloves in his
hands." Surely It Is no trifling mat
ter. One might meet the Observer
writer any day, and then If one were
carrying one's gloves instead of wear
ing them, Vhat an outsider one would
feel. The Bystander.
If you are afflicted with either Rheumatism or Neuralfpa, send me your name and
address. I will forward by mail FREE a simple Herbal Recipe that will cure you. I
will also mail you a Trial Treatment All absolutely free. Enclose a two-sent stamp
to pay postage. Address W. 11. Sutton, 2600 Orchard Ave., hot Angeles, California.
Philosopher's Tip.
"I was riding in the park with the
great Carlyle one morning when his
wideawake blew off. A working man
very civilly ran and picked it up. In
stead of giving the man a pourbolre,
however meager, Carlyle took the re
turned hat with a bow, and said:
"Thank ye, my man; ye can Just say
ye've picked up the hat of Thomas
Carlyle." "That Fourth. Generation,"
by Janet Ross.
Hard to See Under Water.
There is no scientific instrument of
the "scope" character which enables
one to see down to 50 or 60 feet under
water. When the sun shines vertical
ly over water, a box or bucket with a
glass bottom is often used to look
Into the water. A cloth covering to
exclude light from the box or bucket
Is sometimes employed. , But without
electric or some other light in the wa
ter these devices are not very satis
factory. Peaceful Beginning.
A young .barber was telling one of
his regular customers of hla recent
weddiry?. "You bet we had a good
time at my wedding," he said. "Lots
of young people there, a big crowd,
and we had dancing and singing and
lots of fun, and there wasn't one
Bght." .
Just So.
Cariosity is finding out something
about somebody else that don't con
cern you and which would make you
mighty mad if somebody else found
It out about you when It didn't con
cern somebody els a
A little girl, now a famous artist,
long ago was caught using her crayons
on Sunday. As the forbidden Joys
were taken from her she sobbed out
"Mamma, do Tnt tne have them. I'D
draw a church an' a a graveyard
If vou will!
HFLPSBVV1S0RF
RED tl&XilEYES
Not Saying Much.
A celebrated woman lawyer says
women are Just as honest as some
nan, but perhaps that Isn't saying
ery much. Grand Knplda Press.
What Would Newspapers Do7
If It were not for our mistakes,
life would be pretty monotonous.
Judgo.
SaiBaMhatf
You want
"your rights"
That always means a
KEEN APPETITE
PERFECT DIGESTION
ACTIVE LIVER
BOWEL REGULARITY
There's one way to get them take
Hostetter's
STOMACH BITTERS
at mealtime for a few days. It
does the work. All Druggists
C aawaan iaa i-Wi la mmmmmm nw yiJurytrmm
aHMliiil m iiniiiaw ar' irnli naiii. '"t niiillii.ai mii
He Knew.
"Daughter," called the conventional,
comic-paper father from his regular
position at the top of the stairs, at
the well-known hour of 11:55 p. m
"doesn't that young man know how
to say good night?" "Does he?" echoed
the young lady in the darkened ball.
"well, I should Bay he does."
"DEAD SHOT
If
DR. PEERY'S
VERMIFUGE
FOR WORMS
ROMAN EYE BALSAM
For Inflamed Eyel ids
Prepared by
Wright's Indian Vegetable
PILL CO.
NEW YORK
House Plana Important.
The care in the home and all other
forms of household work are greatly
facilitated by right planning and the
use of suitable materials for the
construction and furnishing of the
home. An adequate and convenient
water supply and other conveniences
are essential, not only for comfort
and for saving labor, but also from
the standpoint of home hygiene.
The Coughs
of Children
They may not cough today,
but what about tomorrow?
Better be prepared for it
when it comes. Ask your
doctor about keeping Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral in the house.
Then when the hard cold or
cough first appears you have
a doctor's medicine at hand.
This cough medicine is
especially good for children.
No anodynes. No alcohol.
Many a child is called dull and stupid
when the whole trouble is due to a lazy
liver. We firmly believe your own doc
tor will tell you that an occasional dose
of Ayer's Pills, sugar-coated, will do such
children a great deal of good. Ask him.
Xaa ay the t. O. AYS CO., Low LI, Xaaa.
EH
SON-IN-LAW WAS RESENTFUL
Mighty 8ore Whenever He Remem
bered How Old Man Asked Him
if He Could 8upport Girl.
"I see that your wife's father and
mother are living with you now." .
"Yes."
"The old gentleman has permanent
ly retired from business, has he?"
"Retired? That's hardly the name
for It He has been kicked out."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Didn't he
have anything saved up to keep him
and hla wife In their old age?"
"Not a cent. I'll have to support
them the rest of their lives." .
"Well, It's lucky that you are able
to do so."
"It may be lucky enough, but there's
one thing that makes me mighty aore
whenever I think of It."
"What's that?"
"The lofty way in which the old
man asked me, when I told him
wanted to marry his daughter, if
thought I would be able to support
her In the style to which she had
been accustomed."
Couldn't Be Done.
"So you will agree that women have
greater powers of cersuaajon than
men."
"Yes, Henrietta," replied Mr. Meek
ton. "No man could go out and buy
five or six hundred dollars' worth of
eilk hats and suits of clothes and sat
isfy his wife with the explanation that
he wanted to make himself more at
tractive in her eyes."
Not Competent.
District Attorney Is the lady on
your left, Just selected as a Juror, re
lated to you, Mr. Jones?
"Yes, air, she's my wife."
"Would she be apt to Influence your
opinion in deciding on the merits of
this case?"
Judge That Is a foolish question.
Mr. Jones, you are excused. Life.
In the Alps.
At the Alpine Resort: "We're back
again, count; we've had a splendid
day; we've been up the mountain, you
know."
"Ah, you English mothers, you are
a-ways as young as your daughters."
"You flatter me, count, it was only
my girls who climbed. I went up in
the vernacular." Punch.
Safe Reading.
"My husband got so excited reading
about the world's series that it af
fected his heart. The doctor says he
niusn't read anything exciting for a
long time."
"I see. madam. Well, here Is a nice
book entitled 'Elsie's School Days.' I
don't think that will excite your hus
band too much."
HE KNEW BETTER.
Mrs,
Henpeck All the
world's a
stage.
Mr. Henpeck (sadly) And
some
think
men are foolish enough to
they're stage managers.
Occupational Ailments.
First Doctor Had a couple of odd
patients this morning.
Second Doctor Indeed! Who were
they?
First Doctor One was a beekeeper
with the hives and the other a grass
widow with the hay fever.
Not Her Fault.
Mr. Newlywed Doesn't this omelet
seem er rather tough, my dear?
Mrs. Newlywed I don't Bee why it
should, darling. I'm sure I ordered
the very best egg-coal the dealer had
to cook it with. Judge. '
The Meaning.
"What does the hero mean when he
tells the heroine: 'Through darkness
and cold and storm and despair myldeadly toll against the producer and
love shall always remain the same?'
Means he'll love her even after
they are married-"
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The Illustration 8how a Modern Oyster 8hell-Macadam Road Between
East Newmarket and ML Holly In the 8tate of Maryland.
LITTLE ROAD WORK IN FALL
Only Aim Should Be to Keep Them
Hard and Well Drained Cut Out
All Weeds and Grass.
'To those who are about to work up
the highways, as is often done In
some counties of the state in the fall,
we would say, "Don't!"
Autumn is a beautiful season, but
when we see a force of men "work
ing" a new section of road and plow
Ing up the old road-bed late In the
fall. It makes us think that the melan
choly days have come, the saddest of
the year. There Is an element of this
sort that lingers all winter over such
a section of road. It is bound to be
cut full of deep ruts In mild weather,
and rougher than the rocky road to
Dublin when the ground is frozen.
The only aim in working roads at
this time of the year should be to
keep them hard and well drained,
says the Wisconsin Agriculturist No
loose dirt, clods or vegetable matter
such as weeds and grass sods should
be left on the road-bed. Sod and
weeds make humus, and however
much we desire a supply a humus in
cultivated soils, It Is a mighty poor
road building material.
Clay roads should be packed and
smoothed with the road drag, and not
loosened up at any time of the year,
much less Just before winter sets in,
Muddy and sandy tracts may be grav
eled or macadamized. Tile drains
and culverts are seen to be in good
condition for draining away the ditch
water. But places can well be hard
surfaced or cut to proper levels or
slopes. But to plow and scrape loose
soft material up on to the roadway is
not good highway engineering for
November. It is better to leave fair
ly firm road surfaces as they are
than to fill in with unpacked material
at this season of the year.
Good Jersey Roads.
The New Jersey ' legislature and
state officials, aroused to their re
sponsibility as producers of the best
interests of their commonwealth, have
voted millions of dollars to be used
in constructing an ocean boulevard, to
run the entire length of the coast In
a state already famous for its roads
this will undoubtedly be the finest
driveway In America and will be
superb addition to the already wonder
ful attractions of the Jersey coast.
With the assistance of the United
States government the state has also
appropriated money for the dredging
of an Inland water way through the
maze of bays, creeks and inlets from
Bay Head to Cape Mayf which will
make it possible for pleasure craft to
ply between the resorts with absolute
safety at all times. National Maga
zine. Mud Hole Is Costly.
The ravages of the boll weevil In
Texas are estimated at millions of dol
lars annually, but the mud hole has
been a more costly foe to millions of
dollars in trying to find a way of erad
icating the boll weevil but we do not
have to spend money to learn how
to eradicate bad roads build good
ones.
The boll weevil In destroying cotton
decreases production and consequent
ly increases the price of the remain
ing products, but bad roads levy their
destroy the value of the remaining
roads.
CUT OUT ROAD CONTRACTOR
Nothing More Than Figureheads a4
County Pays Them Big Profit,
for Their Bare Signatures.
(By ISAAC U TOTTEN. In the Farm aaA
Fireside.)
In this state (Indiana) we have
what is termed "the three-mile gravel
road" law. Under the provisions of
this law fifty freeholders of a town
ship may petition the county commis
sioner to establish and construct three
miles of gravel road at any plaoe
within the bounds of that township,
providing the road is to connect wit,
a township-Hue road or another gravel
road at either of its terminals; and
the road may be established and built
if the township is not already ovei
bonded, and if the bonds for the new
road can be sold.
This is a very elastic law and per
mits of the dissipating of a very large
amount of county money, because of
the fact that the work is let to con
tractors. Of course the construction work of
the roads Is let to the lowest bidders;
but there are so many hooks and
crooks mostly crooks In connection,
with the work, when placed in thav
hands of a contractor that the cost of'
constructing the roads is greatly in ex
cess of the benefits.
After the county commissioners'
have established the road for which
the fifty freeholders of the township
have petitioned, they appoint a super
intendent whose duty is to see that
the proper grade is made for the road,
and also to see that the right kind of
gravel is used and applied according
to specifications.
The one who usually gets the Job
of being superintendent is some one
to whom the commissioners owe politi
cal obligations, and in many instances,
he Is not in the least competent to sur
pervlse the work.
I had an opportunity recently to ob
serve how some of the road work was
handled. I was one of the gravel haul
ers employed. The gravel or what
was supposed to be gravel was
hauled from cars, a distance of about
a mile during the time I was working.
This alleged gravel was obtained from
the gravel pits belonging to the con
tractors. The superintendent who
was employed by the county to see
that the contractors carried out the
work according to specifications, engi
neered all of the work, with the excep
tion of managing the teams and keep
ing the time. He did the contractors'
work while the contractors loafed
around the saloons in town making
themselves good fellows with whoever
they thought would play into their
hands.
Although the superintendent was
employed and paid by the county, he
asked the contractors for compensa
tion for the work . he did of setting
grade boards and helping level tha
gravel.
The contractors were nothing more
than figureheads. The county was
paying them a good, round profit
merely for their signature on the con
tract; the county was doing the work
for them, and not the contractors do
ing the work for the county. A pret
ty way to work it!
Why cannot this kind of work be
handled direct - by the county, state
or national government and so elimi
nate the contractors? It would save
millions of dollars.
One contractor told of how the "bid
game" was worKea wnen oias were
placed on a certain piece of work. He
said that the contractors usually got
together and arranged their bids, and
the one who wanted the) Job would
give the others a bonus . and have
them put their bids in higher than hla.
Of course they were high enough to
give him a chance to so place his bid
as to bring hi a sum large enough
to pay the bonus and besides that
handsome profit for himself.
The King Drag.
One might write a poorer eleventh
commandment than this: "Remem
ber the King drag to keep it handy"