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PORTI ANn KM i pun, New LocaHon-262Vi A Good Job With Steady Work Paper making offers a good opportunity to strong, intelligent, sober men between the ages of 21 and 50 sure pay and steady work. Meals 35c each. Plenty to eat and excellent cooking. Company hotel. Supply beds 25c, 30c and 40c. Free hot and cold baths tubs and showers. Worthy, faithful employees have good chance for advancement. Positions given free on application you pay no fee for your job. Employment Office at Camas, Washington and 209 Commonwealth Bldg., Port land, Oregon. Crown Willamette Paper Co. "LITE-FOOT" Powdered DANCE FLOOR WAX Gives smooth. Gliding fin ish to bard or soft-wood floors. NO ACID, CREASE OR DUST. Your druggist has it. If not, Bend us stamps, 75c for one-pound packaga CLARKE, WOODWARD DRUG CO. Portland, Oregon. 8ANCE Cascara Bark re one of the largest miyers of Cascara Bark in the world. Portland Hide 4 Wool Co. 108 UNION AVENUE NORTH, P0RTU.D, 0REB0N. branch at Pocatello, Idaho Write for Prices and Shipping Tags. BUY THE BEST HORSE COLLAR MADE AH long- rye straw stuffed. Insist on having the collar with the "Fish" Label. If your dealer does not handle thlsbrand collar, writs to us direct. P. SHARKEY & SON 53 Union Av., Portland, Ore, MOLER BARBER COLLEGE Teaches trade in 8 weeks. Soros pay while learning. Positions secured. Writs for catalogue. 234 Burnslde street, Port land, Oregon. My FREE illustrated beok de scribes the causes, symptoms and Injurious effects of Piles; also thi nsn-surgioal methods utiles enibli me Is fwintei I spssdj sal permsnent curs. DR1 CHAS. J. DEAN 2ND AND MORRISON PORTIAND.OREGON IE NT I ON THIS WPr.H W " r. r. . i . . - iff ' WSgWg TRACE THE HISTORY OF PAPYRUS Ancient Egyptians Used Bark From ! a Tree That Flourished Only in That Country. Papyrus wiis manufactured by the ancient Ejryptlnns by tukliiK a sheet of thin bark from a tree which It seems grew only In Egypt, and laying It flat upon a board, and then laying a cross layer over It, the materials having been prevlorsly moistened with water made slightly glutinous. The sheet thus formed was pressed and dried in the sun, says Hie Detroit News. The placing of two layers of the bark In this manner across each other was intended to strengthen the texture of the sheet, for the fibers, it was fouDd, were very easily separated and torn so long ns they lay wholly In one direction. The sheet when dry was finished by smoothing the surface, and prepared to receive Inscriptions made by means of a pen fashioned from a reed or a quill. The rolls of paper and parchment were only used fur Important writing! Britain Plans to Build London. The Pfitish air ministry experts nre nt work perfecting an air plane engine of 1.B0O horsepower. The new giant of the air will haye six cylinders, each developing 200 horsepower. If the present experiments are suc cessful the, experts will begin work on a 12-cyllnder engine to have more than 3,000 horsepower. Airplanes fitted with three audi engines will carry 120 pas 0FFERS A MARKET Portland, Oregon TAUDETILLB PH0T0-PLAY8 Complete Change Saturday. Adults, Week day Matinee, 20s; ETenlagl, 89c. Continu al 1 to 11 p. m. Cfclidrea 1Q eents ll times. Shipherd's Mineral Springs am S1?' Mw Carton, vVaahlnoton b r.iiLcVISut 5e,,ort- Spocial Wlntar Rate!, .on vL'ft8- 5 .8' Looal ,rom Portland to Car w,'hu 'vBy Au4 10 Cascade Locks via Co- "otl American Plan, Modern Hotel Accommodations. Bathe Hot Mineral Baths: Cur t.,,ki u5.a.tu Llver- Kidney and Stomach i.!fHsf. Hunting and Fishing. ROOT AND HERB REMEDIES TftotUM . , . . ... t , " prevent operations lor oiabetea, Catarrh. Asthma, & J,l,L'',lt,'fMI' Rheumatism. Blood. Stomach and aU Th A Bladd Trouble 1 he t,. Gee Wo Remedies are harmless, a no drum or poison are used, rt Th 1 necholMst medicinal root, herbs, buds and bark, to- " " "t uvui lot away oriental countries. Call or Write lor Information C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Comnanv Alder St., S. W. Cor. Third, Portland, Oregon r.BiaDuBnea za rears in Portland. INFORMATION DEPARTMENT PLEATING SPECIAL Out, seam, hem and machine 85 cento pleat skirts ready for band. Hemstitching, picoting and tucking. fcASl'bBM Muviiiiii aa.ru. vu. 85 H Fifth St. Portland, Or ATTENTION LADIES Sanitary Beauty Parlor, We fix yon up, we make all kinda of Hair Goods of your oombtngs. Join our School of Beauty Oulture, 400 to 414 Dekum Bldg., Phone Bioadwaj 6802, Portland, Oregon. BEAZINO, WELDING ft CUTTING Northweit Welding Supply Co., 68 lit St, OUT FLOWEBS ft FLORAL DESIGNS Clarke Bros,, Florist!, 287 Morrison St. rOOT COEBECTIONIST Featherweight Aroh Supports made ta order. J. E. Trytelaar, 618 Pittock Block, Portland, Ore. Wedding Bouquets and Funeral Pieces Lnbllner Florists, 848 Morrison St. PERSONAL Marry if Lonely; most suoeessful "Homt Maker"; hundreds rich; eonf identfsl ; reli able; years experience; descriptions free, "The Successful Club," Mrs. Nash, Boi (66, Oakland, California. GLASSES WILL SAVE YOUR EYES Expert fitting at lowest prices. Glasses In all styles. Lenses duplicated from broken pieces. Mall In your broken I!' lasses. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Dr. E, Hurwltz, HZ3 First St., Portland. PATENT ATTORNEYMEOHATNAGmEEB Protect that Idea with a United Btatei Patent. Others hare made fortunes out ol Patents. Why not you I Thomas Bllyeu, HOI Steyens Bldg., Portland, Ore. The Little House A Song by Evelene Calbreath, Sung by Kathryn Meisle, contralto, Chicago Opera company. AT ALL PORTLAND MUSIC DEALERS EVAN G. HOUSEMAN Osteopathic Physician. Electronic Method of ABRAMS Phone Main 2963. 393M Yamhill at Tenth, Portland, Ore which it was Intended permanently to preserve. For ordinary occasions tab lets of wax and other similar ma terials were used, upon which the writ er traced the characters with the point of a steel Instrument. The head of this Instrument was smooth and rounded, so that any words which the writer wished to erase might he obliterated by smoothing over again with It the way on which they had been written. The Crow Was Lucky, Too. A cattleman who was "riding range" near Hoebourne, "Australia, says Mr. V. D. Boyce In his book, "Illustrated Australia and New Zealand," picked up a stone to throw at a crow. At least he thought It was a stone, but the unusual weight of It made him stop and look; to his amazement the thing was a nugget of almost pure gold. When he reported his discovery to an official the fellow, who was Incredu lous, merely asked, "And what became of the crowr World's Largest Plane sengers at 100 mllci an hour or better. The aim of British builders for some time past has been to produce an en gine which would cool Itself merely by reason of Its own swirt passage through the air. This would eliminate radiators, water-jackets and other Im pediments In water-cooled engines. Some of the best brains In the tir world have been endeavoring to solve this problem. i at n A i wo-ran Elopement By MARTHA WILLIAMS l&J. 13, by McCiurs newspaper aynaiuaie.; "If It's all the same to you s'posln' we got married," Dennis Bayne said with an engagingly embarrassed grin. Ware Norton, his sweetheart, stared at him as though he were some strange and repulsive object, answering: "Of all things 1 I like your way of putting things! Oh, I do!" "Mighty glad to hear It hope It's as much as I like you," Dennis re turned sheepishly he was unconquer ably shy, withal so naive he had not sensed her undernote of sarcasm. In deed, he took all things at face value being himself almost sinfully given to speaking exact truth. "Tell me Just how did you come to think of It?" Ware queried, amuse ment drowning out her sense of maid en outrage. "Why I reckon It was because you made me always teasln' me and say In' no other girl should have me you know you been at that ever since you put up your hair." Ware. flung up her hands laughing aloud peal after peal until tears ran down her cheeks. At last she gasped : "So my sins are finding me out! Denny I can't be lieve it Can't understand how you could pay attention to my foolishness. Why don't you know if I really cared about you that way I'd have been standoffish and chilly as an Iceberg? But you tempted me always blushing up behind your ears and making me pretend harder than ever. And It pestered other folks so finely " i "You mean Duncan and Jinny?" Denny Interrupted. "I have felt right down sorry for 'em whlle-do you mean to say you got pleasure from makin' those two miserable?" Ware nodded defiantly. "Maybe It was wicked," she countered. But they've no business to be such softies couldn't they understand?" I "No more than I could," Denny an swered dully. He had paled through his healthy tan, his mouth had set and there was a sudden hardening of the whole face. He lifted entreating eyes ,to Ware's face, going on: "Honey say you're Jokin' now. Say you didn't really play with the three of us? It hurts to think you could. Why I I'd e'en a-most rather see you dead, with white rosebuds all over you, than think you could do this act lies Just to make the rest of us suffer." . Ware flushed a deep scarlet, "If you have nothing better to talk about suppose you go home," she said, rising'. "If you or any of you had had common sense you'd have seen it was all a game one I couldn't make you play unless you chose to do It. I liked you that I don't deny. I like you still if liking will satisfy you. But when it comes to marrying you well 1 "My husband, if ever I have one, must be a man. You're Just six foot two of good looks, good temper, good humor with no more will of your own than a baby not as much some babies I've had to wrestle with, Maybe you can't help It brought up tied to your granny's apron strings, I'll be bound she'd have known better about my fooling and all. If you had Inherited her grit, as you will her money, I'd take you whether or no, But that's out of the question so here we play quits. The man I marry must do all his own courting with no help from me." 1 "I'll be sorry for him when he gets you and sorrier for you," Dennis said, turning from her to walk stately away. Ware listened to his galloping horse with a quick shiver, as if some thing vital, but hitherto unknown had been violently torn from her con sciousness. Orphaned almost from birth, an heiress, and badly spoiled, she had given scant promise In childhood of the beauty that flowered later, an elfin beauty, something eerie, Indeed, draw ing almost unawares. It was like a deadly weapon In hands not criminal but mischievous. Moreover her nature had been warped by pitying comments through out her childhood, open slights when she got beyond very small girlhood. All along she had craved praise, con sequence, flattery. To have gone away to her convent school an ugly duckling and come from thence a creature of Infinite charm, had not been wholesome. She had chafed at her environment She fitted as 111 Indeed among the provincial gentlefolk as a gorgeous tropic bird among larks and linnets. But she did not revolt openly her grim guardian aunt would have no other. But once she was free the world should be her province, all Its ways and wonders she would seize upon and enjoy. Meantime she would practice her woman arts upon such stuff as Fate offered ; this not with cruel Intent but In sheer youthful selfishness. Sometimes when Fate shuffles the cards she stacks them unfairly. As when she threw across Ware's path Lionel Deerlng, English, high-bred, widely versed In all the. ways and wonders of the earth, who being ro mantically encountered, coming to the rescue when Ware's car had Indecent ly gone amiss, captivated her almost Instantly. In a week he had managed to make himself free at her aunt's house: be- for.Q fortnight ended the pair were secretly betrothed. The day after he caul hurriedly distrait, and nervous. begging her to marry him at once he had everything beautifully planned. A cablegram made it imperative for him to go home by the next boat; if she would meet him at the little re mote chapel, a mile off the road to town, they could be married, and away before anybody thought to hinder them. Ware listened, her heart beating wildly. She was unoer spell, fascinat ed as a bird by a serpent. Yet she did not give in all at once; her new lover had to go into high heroics be fore he won her to his will. Money, what was it? He scoffed at the men tion of it. But, if she insisted, she might fetch with her the bonds Miss Ware kept always locked In the home safe. They belonged to her niece, whom she wor shiped as much as she worried. And she had hated Deerlng from the very first, so any appeal for her counte nance was out of the question. Possibly Ware was hypnotized. Cer tainly she was far from happy upon the October noon when she whirled away from home and safety, toward she knew not what Her heart beat riotously now galloping, now almost stopping dead. She was going alone she had told nobody anything. Deer lng had Impressed it upon her that in such secrecy alone lay safety. He had made It appear reasonable but away from him something of doubt and dread awoke. It Impelled her to something impossible a telephone to call to Denny from a roadside shop: "Meet me at the little church at one o'clock sharp." And she knew, as she made it the summons would be answered, albeit she had hardly more than spoken to Denny since the day of explanation, She did not know It, but Denny had but Just answered another call one that made him shudder, then swear between clenched teeth. And after Ware's message he did some inde pendent calling talking low but welprht'ly to several folk, apparently in uuthority. He might be soil but he could put two and two together. So as soon as he had set things properly in motion, he hurled himself Into his swiftest car and set out at reckless speed to keep tryst with his sometime scorner. She was waiting at the church in a fever of Impatience, of sick appre hension. Her straining ears caught the purring of the car half a mile away, but the tense face did not relax until she saw Denny rushing toward her, his face pale and grim. Under breath he was murmuring: "In time I Thank the Lord!" Aloud he said pitifully, as one might speak to a soul in grievous pain: "You need not say anything, dear only listen I Deerlng is going back without you, upon a requisition from Scotland Yard. Never mind how the authorities knew he was here they shall never guess what game he was playing. Sheriff Johns will keep him safe and quiet We met him Just a mile away; I took the license from him It had been left blank. How about using it to complete the elopement and stop the mouth of gossip?" ' Ware bowed her head. Speech was beyond her. But as" Denny handed her Into his swifter car, she said choking ly: "Denny I know I don't deserve yon but, oh, I'm so glad to get more than my desert." TRACE HISTORY OF PAPYRUS Ancient Egyptians Used Bark From Tret That Flourished Only in That Country. Papyrus was manufactured by ths ancient Egyptians by taking a sheet of thin bark from a tree which It seems grew only In Egypt, and iuying It flat upon a board, and then laying a cross layer over it, the materluls having been previously moistened with water made slightly glutinous. The sheet thus formed was pressed and dried In the sun, says the Detroit News. The placing of two layers of the bark In this manner across each other was intended to strengthen the texture of the sheet, for the fibers, It was found, were very easily separated and torn so long as they lay wholly In one direction. The sheet when dry was finished by smoothing the surface, and prepared to receive Inscriptions made by means of a pen fashioned from a reed or a quill. The rolls of paper and parchment were only used for Important writings which It was Intended permanently to preserve. For ordinary occasions tab lets of wax and other similar ma terials were used, upon which the writ er traced the characters with the point of a steel instrument. The head of this Instrument was smooth and rounded, so that nny words which the writer wished to erase might be ohllterated by smoothing over agnln with It the way on which they had been written. Gladys May. An Indianapolis woman had chicled her colored muld for coming late to work one morning and the maid's ex cuse was that she had to see the new baby that had arrived at her niece's house the day before. "l can t ten you now smart my niece Is," she said. "Why she's so smart, you know, she named that baby Gladys May. So glad to have her and she came In May." He Who Healtatei. "One should always decide which side Is right before he proceeds." ud vised the philosophical friend. "But, bedud," objected Murphy, "the folght might be over by that time." American Legion Weekly. rg. AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAA A A A A A A A 1? V Tf f f f STATE NEWS ! IN BRIEF. Salem. Two prune driers were dam aged to the extent of approximately $12,600 as the result of fires in this vicinity Saturday. Salem. Approximately $115,000 will have been paid the 2000 pickers oper ating in hopyards In the vicinity of Salem, when the work for the season is completed late this week. bhendan. The bridge across the Yamhill river in Sheridan is being pav ed with a three-inch coating of asphalt. The expense is to be borne by the county at an approximate cost of $4 a square yard. Salem. Brown rot has attacked ap proximately 25 per cent of the prunes in a numner oi Marion county or chards and the loss will be serious, according to Earl Pearcy of the Ore gon Growers' Co-operative association. Dallas. Prunes now being harvest ed this section are splitting slightly as a result of the rain that fell Fri day night and all day yesterday. Clear ing skies today gave encouragement to the growers that the damage will not be heavy. Haines. Believing the growing of sugar beets In the territory Immediate ly joining Haines is possible, this com munlty was making an effort to pro cure a new refinery and manufactur ing plant to be located in eastern Oregon during the coming year. Salem. A so-called citizens' com mittee and members of the city coun cil Saturday adopted the municipal budget for 1924, carrying estimated ex penditures aggregating $225,133,48. Next year's budget will exceed that for the present year by approximately $12,600. Tillamook. Silverslde salmon are beginning to run since the late heavy rain, and fall Chinook are also com ing in fair numbers. Bay fishermen are busy, and the Bay City canneries are now canning fish. Good catches have been reported, although the main run has not begun. Salem. Frances Wlllard day will be observed In the schools of Oregon Fri day, October 5, according to announce ment made by J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction. The program to be observed in the schools is now being distributed by the state superintendent. Sheridan. Shipments of fruit In carload lots were begun from here last week. First consignment was a carload of apples to San Francisco by the Oregon Growers. Andrews & Sterling, orchardlsts of the hills north of Sheridan, have contracted with the California Packing corporation to ship two carloads of pears. Salem. County tax conservation commissions from many sections of the state arrived In Salem Sunday to participate in the conference to be held in the state capltol building here. The conference was called by Gover nor Pierce, who was instrumental in having the commissions created through an act of the last legislature. Salem. The Southern Pacific com pany Saturday requested the public sorvlce commission to extend for an indefinite period excursion rates now In effect between Portland and Salem, Marshflcld, Roseburg, Ashland and other pointB. Special mention is made in the application relative to maintain ing the rate of $2 for round-trip tickets between Salem and Portland. Hood River. Apple and pear ship ments have begun here. Mors than 75 cars had been routed by all ship ping concerns. The bulk of shipments were reported by the Apple Growers association, which had forwarded the following fruit: 43 cars of Bartlett pears, one of Flemish Beauty and one of d'Anjou. The association has roll ed 16 cars .of Gravenstein apples. Cottage Grove. One Cottage Grove contractor has solved the problem of securing brick masons at a price he can afford to pay. When S. L. Cod ard, who has the contract for the Earl Hill block, found that he would be unable to get skilled workmen at what he deemed a reasonable price, he started a school of instruction, taking five of his common laborers as pupils Medford. The proposal to liiBue $160,000 In bondB to build and equip a new high school was defeated at a Bpecial meeting of the taxpayers of tho Medford school district Saturday by a vote of 412 to 304. It was one of the warmest school elections evor held In the city, and each faction had challengers at the polls. Many citi zens were challenged as not being legal voters. A total of 716 votes were cast. By No Means. Mon of strong character make msny enemies, but that doesn't necessarily Imply that mon who have many ene mies possess strong characters. After Every Meal Have a packet in your I pocket for ever-ready ; refreshment. Aids digestion. 4! Allays thirst. Soothes the throat. $1 For Quality, Flavor and ai the Sealed Package, Can Join Mica. A process for joining ruica hni liwn patented by a Calcutta man. It con sists in bringing the parts into con tact, applying a mica solution, and subjecting the whole to heat und to slight pressure. With borax used as a flux mica may thus be joined to metal. The First Tomb. The Emperor Constantino, who died in 337, is supposed to have been the first person who ordered his tomb to be erected in a church. This was done in tho Church of the Apostles at Con stantinople, of which he was then founder. Belief .Worth Holding. I believe that every hour of the day we receive a just reward for all we do. I believe in the present and its opportunities, in the future and its promises, and in the divine joy of living. Grover. Last of Human "Fur Coats." Hairs of the human body are the dwindling vestiges of the warm fur , coat of hair which animals developed to meet the conditions of the Ice age, Blessed Mirthfulnesa. Blessedness be mirthfulnesa! It is one of the renovators of the world. Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh. Boecher. When Life Passes Quickly. The years between the ages o! twenty-five and forty seem to pass more quickly than any other period of life. Be Thorough. It is better to say, "This one thing I do," than to say, "These forty things I dabble In." Washington Gladden. L. D. Porter If You Have A Cough Take this Advice Salem, Oreg. "Some years ago I was a farmer in Kansas. Thru exposure, serving as a soldier during the Civil War my health had become impaired. I was bothered with a chronic cough and catarrhal con dition; I felt like an old man, al though I was only forty. I heard of Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Dis covery. It helped me so much that 1 continued taking it (I think about six bottles in all) and felt new pure blood coursing thru my body. T lie 'Golden Medical Discovery drove out the catarrh and also the cause of my cough. There are somethings we can forget, but when a person, has received as much help as I did, it is impossible to forget it. I feel younger and more vigorous at 78 than I did at 40." L. D. Porter, 451 South 15th St. As soon as you commence to take! this "Discovery" you begin to feci its bracing, appetizing etlect. Buy it of your druggist, in tablets or liquid. Write Dr. Pierce, President Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo. N. Y., if you desire free medical advice. Is the finest product of its kind In the world. Every women who hss used it knows this statement to ba true. E A k get rv 0W iSStPrlB Uitmma'&ir. s iiliaansanttsTJnaii I 1 1 .J 111 I I Are You Satisfied? WSS'tSa Is the blgKest, moat perfectly nipped Business 1'ralnlng Hchool In the North west. Kit yourself fur a hlirher position with more money. Permanent positions assured our OrHduates. Write for catalog f ourlu auu lamlii. Porllnnd. P. N. U. No. 39, 1923