1
L o c a tio n
of
G a rd e n
of
Eden.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS
NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST
KEEP THE CLOSETS CLEAN
The late General Gordon firmly b *
°olnt of Importance That Is Too Fre
Meve<l the Coco de Mer to be the for
quently Overlooked by the
bidden fruit, and the Seychelles Is
Busy Housewife.
land. to be the site of the Garden of
Eden. This Idea was so firmly fixed
PEARY IS,N O T AT WORK.
ONE-CENT POSTAGE COMING
Usually there are about the house
In h is mind that be caused sounding,
closets so dark that except at the
to be taken of the surrounding sea,
To the thousands of per
for the purpose of tracing the courses Hitchcock Sanguine (in Light o f De- Ten Year’s Leave o f Absence From yearly or seml-yearly housecleaning It
Is Impossible to tell whether or not
of the four rivers, and the result, con
Navy Has Expired.
crease in Postal Deficit.
sons who suffer from ail
they are dirty. They are breeders of
firmed h im In his belief.
Washington— Although ^his absence disease, even In the bestrmanaged
Washington— With the postal deficit
ments of the Stomach, Kid-
for the fiscal year, ended June 30 last, has expired, Captain Robert E. Peary, households, for no maid and few mis
neys, Liver or Bowels, and
the Arctic explorer, did not report for
reduced $1,500,000, Postmaster Gen duty as a civil engineer in the navy. tresses will crawl Into the dark hole
under the stairs or back In the kitch
who therefore feel half,
eral Hitchcock now makes a prophecy Acting Secretary Winthrop said that it
en after perfectly Invisible dusL
sick all the time, we want
o f one-cent letter postage and a self- had not yet been decided to what work
One solution of the problem Is to
sustaining postal service.
The com Captain Peary would be assigned.
paint these closets white, celling, floor
to urge an immediate trial
Captain Peary has been on leave of and walls. It Is easy enough to see
pilation o f the figures showing the re
absence for ten years under an under
of Hostetter’s Stomach Bit-
That have great medicinal power, are duction was completed recently at the standing that he was to devote his dirt then, and the other and more use
raised to their highest efficiency, for
ful contents of the cloBet as well. If
ters. W e know from past
time to A rctic e x p lo r a t io n s .H e has one can keep the hall closet clean and
purifying and enriching the blood, as Postoffice department.
they are combined in Hood’s Sarsa
The deficit o f the previous fiscal not applied for further extension, and find the family overshoe on sight, slm-
experience
that it will be
parilla.
it is assumed by the Navy department piy by painting the closet white, then
40,366 testimonials received by actual year was $17,600,000, so that in one
of great benefit to you and
count in two years. Be sure to take year the deficit was reduced to $6,100,- that he is now ready to return to ac by all means let us hasten to the paint
tive duty. He was recently promoted shop and remove the obsolete and hor
000.
bring about an improve
H o o d ’s S a rs a p a rilla
In commenting upon the saving of to the rank o f captain through the rible wall paper that usually Incum
ment in your health. It it
Postmaster retirement o f a senior officer.
Get it today in usual liquid form or $11,500,000 last year,
bers these germ hotels.
Department officials have unearthed
chocolated tablets called S a rsa ta b s- General Hitchcock said:
for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
If the closet Is still dark after this
“ This tremendous saving was made ( and old history in which the claim is treatment try cleaning with the aid
Constipation
and Malarial
without curtailment o f the postal facil- j made that the North Pole was discov of the electric flash light. There Is
Fever.
Try
it
today.
Cigar Boxes for Pepper.
¡ties in any direction.
On the con- | ered in 1360 by a friar o f Oxford. It
Connecticut Is an enterprising state. trary, there were many important ex- j is called “ A New Naval History, or no danger of fire and corners can be
closely Investigated. All of which Is
Its chief products In the good old days tensions.
Complete Review o f the British Ma
an advantage to the housewife who
before the pure food laws were wood
“ The department’ s policy is to ex rine,” and was published by John
Glory In Doing One’s Best
en nutmegs and basswood ham3. tend the service as rapidly as warran Entick in London, 1757. On one o f its does not love dirt and disorder.
The reason so many people are not
But always, when cleaning day
Now she boasts a philanthropist who ted by increasing population, and to musty pages the following paragraph
comes, consider first the closets and, contented and happy In their work
was recently arrested for grinding up accomplish its savings, not by the cur appears:
most Important of all of these Is the Is because they do not do their best
cigar boxes and soiling the result a . tailment o f postal facilities, but by j
“ In the year 1360 it is recorded that
sloping, dark, neglected closet under at It Never be satisfied with second,
pepper. _________________
handling in a more systematic manner a friar o f Oxford, called Nicholas De-
bests.
the
stairs
the constantly expanding volume of Lipna, o f Lynn, being a good astron
Between Neighbor..
omer, went in company with others to
“ That thermometer I bought is a m ail.”
The tables indicate that more than the most northern island o f the world,
fraud. It haln’t brought on no ex
traordinary weather.” "You’ve got the 1,500 new postoffices were established and there, leaving his company to
Great exten gether, he traveled alone and made
wrong idea, Peleg. A thermometer i n the last fiscal year.
sions were made in the rural delivery draughts o f all those northern parts
won’t act like a lightning rod."
system, 515 new routes, with a total with the indrawing seas, which, at his
mileage o f 12,235, being put into oper return, he presented to the king of
Ungrateful Baby.
England. It is added that he went to
When a man brings his baby down ation.
There were appointed from the civil the North Pole by his skill in magic,
town, and does the best he can for It,
It makes him feel funny when the service list over 1,800 postoffice clerks or the black art; but this magic black
baby sets up a yell and says: "I want to enlarge the working forces o f city art may probably have been nothing
postoffices, and more than 1,000 addi more than a knowledge o f the msgnet-
mamma I ” ________________ _
tional letter carriers.
The railway ical needle or compass, found out about
I
Quite So.
IT W I L L CURE
"W hy Is the public always bullish In mail service was strengthened by the 60 years before, though not in common
appointment of about 750 new employ use until many years later.”
G « t a 2 5 -c e n t vial. I f it fails to cure I will re
the market?”
fu n d you r m on ey. M u n y o n ’s, Phila.
“That’s natural enough. It Is hard es.
M U N Y O N ’ S RHEUMATISM CURE
The tables show also that the depart
for the public to grasp the Idea that
FOREST PROTECTION AIM.
ment
made
liberal
increases
in
the
anything Is ever going down In price.”
First make a loop In a piece of
compensation o f old employes. Sal
Do not regard the flea with great aries o f postoffice clerks were advanced Government Departments Will Give strong twine and pass both ends
Matter Unusual Attention.
through at B and A. Place the loop
contempt; it Is about the only crear in the aggregate $1,750,000, while the
ture which gets any work out of a dog. aggregate salaries o f letter carriers
Washington— In view o f the enor over the neck of the bottle and draw
were increased $1,226,000. Railway mous damage done by forest fires dur it snugly at A and tie in a hard knot
mail clerks received increases amount ing the past summer, the protection at B, when there will be a string on
TEA SPICES
O W A R D E. B U R T O N — Atwayer and Chemlat,
H L e a d n lle , Colorado. Specim en price«: Gold, ing to almost $250,000.
of forests will receive unusual atten both sides of the bottle to tie firmly
BAKING POWDER
B ilver. Lead, II. O old, S ilver, 75c; G old. 50c; Zino
over
the
cork,
also
a
handy
loop
to
- EXTRACTS
Mr. Hitchcock explained that all in tion from all government bureaus hav
o r Copper, $1. M ailin g envelope« and fa ll price lint
•ont on application. C ontrol and Um pire work «o* creases
in compensation were based ing to do with their control and man handle the bottle with.
J U S T RIGHT
lioiW d. Reference: Carbonate N ational Bank.
upon a system o f efficiency ratings agement, and congress itself iB likely
CLOS SET & DEYEXS
adopted by the department a little to take a hand. In a letter he recently
Frozen Tomatoes.
SCHUMACHER EUR CO.
PORtUNO, 0»~|
more than a year ago. He says the wrote to Governor Hay, o f Washing
Cut Into dice enough tomatoes to
M a n u fa c tu r e r s o f F u r s.
R aw F u rs b o u g h t and
has had a highly beneficial ton, Secretary Ballinger made this ob
sold. F u rs rem odeled a sp ecialty.
2 0 9 M a d iso n system
make a quart, add a chopped onion,
S t ., b e t. f ir s t and f r o n t S ts , P o r tla n d , O r e g o n effect on this service.
servation :
salt and pepper, a dash of paprika, a
“ This hearty co-operation,” he said,
“ A subject o f very great importance pinch of sugar, a little grated nut
COPYRIQHTS A NO TRAOE MARKS
secu re d .
Book o f accu rate “ I expect to be continued through this is the prevention and control o f forest
meg and a little grated lemon peel.
PATENTS
______________i in fo rm ation fr e e on requ est. and future years, with the result that fires, both as relates to the public do
When the Juice has been extracted
i. K M
OCK, 719 Board of Trade Bldg . Portland. Or.
we shall have a self-sustaining postal main and to state lands; also to the from the pulp strain twice, the second
(Late of U. 8 . Patent Office. VVn8hin«ton, D. C.)
service and one-cent letter postage.”
protection o f private interests.
My time through a fine strainer, and
observation has been that a large per freeze until firm, either In a mold or
B E A V E R E N G R A V IN G CO:
centage o f forest fires is the result of In ’the usual freezer. Serve on a bed
CENSUS INCREASE SHRINKS.
QUALITY CUTS S . .
fires started by railroad locomotives of lettuce leaves with mayonnanise
r u s t a n d A n k e n v 'S t s . ' P ortlan d , O
passing over the Cascade mountains. dressing.
Cumulative Reports Show Gain o f
In my travels this summer through
14,9 Per Cent n Decade.
California, I was impressed with the
To Clean a Black Skirt.
Washington— The census recapitula fact that railroads using oil for fuel in
an
To clean a black skirt, lay the skirt
tion bulletin issued Thursday gives the their locomotives are free from criti
HOOD RIVER ORCHARD LAND
as flatly as possible on a clean table.
for sale by owner; choice ten acres 9$ names o f states and cities for which cism in this respect.
P ortland . O rb »
Remove
all grease spots with brown 183 M adison S t .
the
census
returns
have
been
published
“
I
do
not
believe
that
the
installa
miles from city, elevation about 1,600
paper
and
a
hot
Iron,
then
with
a
up
to
October
20.
tion
o
f
spark-arresters
will
accomplish
feet, almost level, red shot soil, two
The states are Rhode Island, Michi any beneficial result, but the railroads sponge dipped in strong coffee rub
acres six-year-old trees; balance raw
state. Price $1,700, easy terms. To gan, Missouri, New Mexico, Dela should be required to clean up their over the whole of the dress, paying
reliable party will give work clearing ware, Vermont and Massachusetts. rights o f way so as to prevent the re special attention to the front and
and caring for adjoining ten acres, Their aggregate population was 10,- currence o f fires from this source, and edge of the skirt. When the whole
REASONABLE RATH
amount to apply on purchase price. Ad 898,272, an increase o f 14.9 per cent
until so prepared, should be compelled of the skirt has been sponged and Is
tin smn«* •*..*«
dress P. O. Box 131, Portland, or phone
still
damp.
Iron
on
the
wrong
side
un-
as against an increase o f 18.1 per cent to maintain a sufficient patrol to ex
A 6374.
Bridge-wort « Tee*
during the decade previous.
w h ile .
$3.5* a 6 *
tinguish fires set by locomotives, and perfectly dry.
Red Rghber Plrie.e*! .P *
Forty-three cities o f more than also should be required to burn the
bond Rubber Plate.
100,000 population and 159 cities of slashings at seasonable periods under
Whin Canning Peaches.
far’d or Porcelain Crew.
between 25,000 and 100,000 are g iv state supervision. The lumbering in
....................$3.50 » 6 *
When canning peaches, save part
en.
terests in our state ought to be keenly
W H EN W E M AKE
Ibid or Pareti.» Filhp.il •
of
the
stones
and
extract
the
kernels.
Commenting upon the facts present interested in progressive legislation
Sihe Filling* ank
50U.8
Into a Baucepan put one large cupful
Puaieu [itr.cbea «di
*
ed, the bulletin says:
along this line.”
of
sugar
and
two-thirds
of
a
cupful
of
FREI »bei hale, ut «***
“ With the data for both groups of
and fo r the insiyrmfi cant
water. When the syrup bolls, drop
su m o f $2.25, w ith T he
cities approaching completeness, it is
Heart Disease Toll Big.
O ur W ork G uaranteed perfect
O regon Com presh-e- A r
In the peach kernels, of which there
notable
that
the
smaller
cities
as
a
Special attention to out-of-town l>*t**L-
Washington— Heart disease ranked
C loth es W a s h e r .
Th >
Drop
us a pontnl tor appointment. ()ut-or-io
little m achine, w inch
group seemed to have maintained dur second only to tuberculosis o f the lungs should be one cupful. Let them boll
work coniplened in a day. No better wot* Mr
w o rk s in an ordinary
gently
for
ten
minutes
and
then
seal
where.
M odern equipm ent. Every opera«»
ing the decade o f 1900 to 1910 a rate as the principal cause o f death in 1909
w ash tu b w ith p re -M -
opecialist. Lady attendant.
cally no effort, la c h d
of growth considerably above that among the gainfully employed male up. They make a delicious addition
can w ork It' e’e; n a
T H E NEW YORK DENTISTS
maintained by the larger cities, the persons in the United States death to fruit-alad. for they give It a real
a tu b o f c lo th es in three
D*. H A STURPEVAST Mar
m in u tes. I t ’s th e cir
rate for the aggregate population o f registration area, according to figures peach flavor.
Rears: 8 a. B. to 8 |.
Sunday., 9 A a. a 1» •
culation o f h ot w ater,
the
smaller
cities
being
39.3
per
cent
N. F_ Car Fear* .ad I n i » .
ParfuAWF
soap and a ir t h a t does
issued by the cesnus officres.
D
eliciou
s
B
rea
k
fa
st
Muffins.
th e w ork.
and that for the larger 30.1.
The percentage o f deaths caused by
P R IC E S :
One-third
teaspoon
salt
and
one-hall
“ In the decade o f 1890 to 1900 the heart disease was 11.9, being highest
Tin M ach in e
« 25
G alvanixed I r o n ... 2.75
increase o f the smaller cities in the among men employed in domestic and teaspoonful of soda dissolve In one-half
Self-Help.
C o p p e r .................... 3.50
aggregate was 33.2 per cent and the personal service, during age periods cup of hot water, one tablespoon of
It is not well, my friend, to rn
E x p r e ss p rep aid .
molasses,
one
tablespoon
of
melted
larger 82.1 per cent.
the craftsman, whatever may
N e v e r soki in storee. S em i fo r o n e today.
from 25 to 54, but between the latter
A g e n t s w an te d e v e r y w h e r e .
“ The returns for all of the cities age and 64 greater among men en butter, one well beaten egg, one cup nor In every matter to need ^not
of
milk,
one
cup
of
bran
meal
and
one
COLUMBIA MfG. CO.
which in 1900 were in the 100,000 and gaged in agricultural pursuits than in
aid. nay, fashion a pipe ihyFolf.
131 Tenth St., Portland. Ore.
over class have been received, except any other o f the official five classes of and one-half cups of graham meal to thee the task is easy.—Bion. tM»
Hake In gem pans 25 minutes.
This
form Los Angeles, San Francisco, Min occupations.
latlon of Andrew
will make nine.
neapolis and
Memphis.
Seattle,
W’ ash., which will go into the 100,000
Fight Made tor Values.
Knowledge of Trade a Benefit.
Rnd over claas. had not reached that
Washington — Secretary MacVeagh
Money cannot be better spent than
figure ten years ago.
had a conference with Assistant Secre
in encouraging in every possible way “ For months I had great tronble
W ith th oM TO« h « T . b e « « l a «!>• h »h U o f « I I *
tary Curtiss and Chairman Emery and
«ee th at we offer you a «uiw tsntU I *ev-
C l i ô I a M a l w l ill
the teaching of trades.— Exchange.
work en.» you cannot t « t »»etter i»*tul«ae
¡Rate Rehearing Refused.
stomach and used all kinds of mea*»*
J «mes D. Reynolds, o f the tariff board.
where, no m atter how m uch you pay.
My tongue has been actually M
Washington— A rehearing o f the Frederick Achenbach, the Treasury de
tTs finish p late and
bn>l«e work for out-
grass, my breath having a bad ' * * * _
Ant Remedy.
Missouri river rste cases was refused partment’s confidential agent at Ber
o f -to w a patrons In
one day f f desired,
Here la a sure remedy for the re weeks ago a friend recom m en d ed C m ® ■,
by the Supreme court o f the United lin, also was present
The general
la in .x w oxtraction
fn»*» when plat*»« o r
moval
of the little ant pest: Remove and after using them I can willing»!. „
States.
As
a
result
the
order
o
f
the
subject o f undervaluations was dis
I'ri.l«*» work 1« or l«r-
cheerfully say that they have **®®j
paper
from shelves, then wash them cured me. I therefore let you know
Interstate Commerce commission re cussed. Mr. MscVeagh expects the
*d. ContuHtlion 1rs«.
ducing the class rates between Missis tariff board to be his principal weapon with hot water. Prepare some strong shall recommend them to any on*
Molar Cm »« $ 5 . 0 0
alum water and take a small paint ing from such troubles.
23k Bridg. Te«tb4. 0 0
sippi river crossings and Missouri riv in the fight for full valuations.
Chaa. »
brush and cover the shelves, cracks pern. 114 B. 7th St., New York, *• ’
Gold F illio ,,
1.01
er points on freight originating at A t
( iuim I Flllinft 1.0
and comers a few times, and you wlU
lantic seaboard points, will g o -in to
C o lo re d M e r fo r Fe deral Jo b s .
Pleasant. Peiatabis. Potent.
Silver Fîlîinft
Do Good. Merer Sicken. Weaken
effect.
Washington— President Taft has de soon be free from them.
BETTER HEALTH
WILL RESULT
Roots
Barks Herbs
CORK IN BOTTLE
RHEUMATISM
„ COFFEÉn
EARN
ORCHARD
F I N K E BROS.
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i fully
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Patalees Dentista
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Forest Fire Rewards Out.
Washington — Rewards have been
offered by the secretary o f agriculture
for information leading to tbe arrest
and conviction o f persona who through
malice or rareleaarcaa set fires within
the boundaries o f national forests.
termined to appoint William H. Lewis,
Uee Paraffin Twice.
a negro, to be assistant attorney gen
Paraffin can be used the second time
eral o f Hawaii, and Charles H. Cot-
teril, also colored, to be collector of to cover Jelly and Jam If It is wash
customs at Honolulu, according to in ed clean and boiled before being turned
formation at the White House.
Cot- over the fruit again.
teril is now assistant district attorney
at Boston.
10e.Zie.i0e. Never no id In tmlk.
obM tablet «tamped C C C. Gm tm "*
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