FASHION STABLES BRT ^ . YDEN Commercial Trade Solicited AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM AFAR (Continued from last week) driven over the threshing floor until the grain is threshed. When this is done men drive the bullocks. Women sow and reap and tend the crops, but they never plough or harrow. I sup­ pose that they are not holy enough to work with the bul­ locks, which are sacred animals. After the grain is threshed it is separated from the chaff by be­ ing thrown up into the wind. Little water mills for grinding flour were seen in most pictur­ esque locations along the moun­ tain streams. How the poor farmer’s back must ache before he gets his load to mill and back! Commercial 1 have said that we could not get dandi-coolies. We also failed Horse* Bought, Sold and Exchanged to get bojh coolies for our bag­ gage on the day of our arrival W744.FK.33 and we had to stay in Kathgo- dam over night. Next morning Ih we were up early to start on our are in a better position than ever to first march. Enough bojh cool­ ies had been gotten together to do all kinds of Fine Commercial Print­ carry our baggage. As we ing on short notice, having just recently couldn’t get dandi coolies, we got two ponies for the first installed new machinery and a com­ Central Livery Barns march. At the end of the first (To be continued) plete line of the latest styles of type facet march Ina was so tired of riding Me Namer & Wirtz, Proprietors that we decided to walk the rest Fine Turkish Rocker to be General Livery of the way, which we according­ given away with each 25c pur­ ly did. and Tillamook Stage Lines. chase. Miller’s Drug Store. Some of the things we saw BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS, along our way will interest you. A New Pastoral LEGAL BLANKS, POSTERS, BRIEFS, ENVEL­ Three or four things reminded us that we were in a heathen In the valley of Willamette, OPES, CALLING CARDS, ETC. Up-to-date work country. In several places we (Pronounce it so it rhymes with t) on short notice. saw bits of bright colored cloth A city D— man once took to farming. M o tio n P h o to E x h ib itio n s hanging from bushes. These Thinking such a life was charm­ SATISFACTION G U A R A N T E E D had been tied there by coolies as in g . Service—7:45 to 9;00 an offering to the gods to induce Apple orchard looked so fine, Three Shows Every Saturday—7:30, 8:40, 9:50 them to grant a favorable jour­ Likewise prune and ditto vine. he bought a farm, the best Matinee—2:30 p. m. Saturday ney. The rude booths of “ holy So Paid some down and owed the rest. were seen in a number of Daily change with best films procurable men” XXX places. Their booths were usual­ ly made out of the branches of Codlin moth and then the blight Clean and Up-to-Date ! the apples day and night. THE QUALITY SHOP trees. The men—one in each Spoiled Still he sprayed and sprayed and place—lay in dirt and ashes, with sprayed, little clothing and witn long hair. Sprayed again and more he spray­ The ed. Their idea is to gain peace by NOTICE OF GUARDIAN’S SALE. living in such a miserable fash­ Arsenate it was no good Moths hatched out another brood. Notice is hereby given that by order ion. Some are in earnest and Mildew spoiled the grapes galore, of the County Court of the State of of some are merely lazy. Hindus Though he sulphured more and Oregon for the County of Multnomah, , the undersigned, Edward Jasper, the think that it is their duty to sup­ more. Forest Grove, Oregon duly appointed guardian of Augusta port the “ holy men’’ and in con­ The gophers ate his corn and kale, Jena, an insane person, will sell at pri­ vate sale, on and after the 6th day of Writes the Most Conservative Line of Commercial and sequence several millions of His turnip crop was sure to fail. January, A. D. 1912, for cash in hand, He planted it in dark of moon, Dwelling Insurance of Any Mutual Company in the these beggars live on this It was too late or else too soon. subject to confirmation by said County State. It will Pay You to Protect Your Prop­ Court, the interest of said Augusta wretchedly poor country. One Bugs and moles ate up the seeds, Jena, said interest being an undivided erty with One of Our Policies day in Almora I saw three of The only thing that grew was ! twenty-three hundred and ninety-eight fifty-seven thousand and two hun- weeds. them togehter going from house | dredths [2398-57200] of all of lot one Grain he planted never grew, to house with their beggars’ [1] and the south half of the northwest Though he did the best he knew. N o o n e t h i n g w i l l g iv e quarter and the north half of the south­ bowls in which they receive gifts The only thing that kept on grow- west quarter of section one [1] in town- s o m u c h p le a s u r e , t o of money or food. Dharmshalas ing ship three [3] south of range one [1] s o m a n y p e o p le , f o r so west, situate in the County of Wash­ INSURANCE PACIFIC were quite numerous. A dharm- Was interest on the money owing. ington and the State of Oregon. Said lo n g a t im e , a t s o l i t t l e Cows all dried up, one horse died. shala is a stone house with a sale will be continued until made. COM PANY HOME c o s t, a s a number of absolutely unfur­ Although every cure he tried. EDWARD JASPER, Guardian. the stock all sorts of feed; 28 d _____________ MUTUAL FIRE nished, cell-like rooms. It is Fed Didn’t hit on what they’d need. built by some pious Hindu to When he tried to feed the calf, Graphephone TO THE LIND OWNERS OF DRAINA6E DISTRICT serve as a free lodging for the Twould almost make a dead man PRINCIPAL OFFICE, FOREST GROVE, OREGON And if you will come in NO. G, TOWNSHIP!, NORTH OF RAN6ES laugh. hosts of pilgrims who go to and sec this ‘ ‘BKT” outfit 3 UNO 4 WEST OF THE W ILLAMETTE It pinched his fingers, bit his Keaarnath, Badranath, and oth­ you’ll believe it. A new thumb, MERIDIAN, IN WASHINGTON CO., aluminum tone-arm cylin­ er famous Hindu shrines. As Win Save You More Than 25 Per Cent And then it butted him, by gum? OREGON der machine with flower these houses have no windows Till he landed gainst the wall horn and 6 records, cost- You are hereby notified that the first and only low doors, the rooms On other side of calf’.e’s stall. annual meeting of the land owners and dug $37.10. Plays both members of the above named drainage are dark and some of them are In fact things never would come 2-minute and 4-r.iinute rec­ district, for the purpose of organization right, great breeders of disease. These ords. Other outfits from and transaction of business that may he strove with all his $20 up—and you can buy three things—bits of cloth on Although come before the said meeting, will be might. held at the office of Hollis & Graham them all on easy terms. trees, “ holy men,” and pilgrims’ at Forest Grove, Oregon, on Saturday, X X X lodgings—were decidedly heath­ the 6th day of January, A. D. 1912, a t the hour of ten o’clock a. m. of said en. Another thing closely re­ In the valley of Willamette, day. Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Complete sembled a Christian act, but was Pronounce it so it rhymes with Your attention is called to the fact D---t) that the by-laws of this organization Line Furniture, Groceries, Buggies distinguished from such an act A fine fruit farm is now for sale. will be presented for adoption at the by pioceeding from an entirely This is all of my sad tale. meeting and to the further fact that Wagons, Hardware, Etc. this is a very important meeting of the selfish motive. At a high place —The Seer of David’s Hill. members of said district. You are on the road where it would oth­ C o r n e l iu s . O r eg o n earnestly requested to be present and participate in the business of the meet erwise have been difficult to get Dr. Semones. Oculist mg. a n d Homeopathic water, a Hindu furnished water Dated at Forest Grove, Oregon, this i Physician, 217 First 20th day of December, A. D. 1911. free to all travelers. A Hindu | F. T hatcher , does such a thing merely to gain St.. Ind. Phone 311, Forest Grove. C. J. B ikdsell , I ra D, B rown , credit for himself with the gods. POWER OF HABIT ______ Directors. Glimpses of the life of the peo­ Lawson- What did the conven­ ple came to us from time to time. Mountain sides were covered tion of barbers say when you ad­ with terraces, like stair steps. dressed them? Dawson- Why, do you know, Sometimes there were several FOREST GROVE PHARMACY I hadn’t been talking three min­ hundreds of these terraces on Doctor Hines’ Drug Store THE UP-TO-DATE DRUGGISTS one mountain side. They were utes before they all began shout­ ing “ Next!” quite irregular in size and shape. Most of them were only a few !•- A QUESTION OF LOCALITY feet in width. In some cases the j : ESTABLISHED 1885 “ Here, take this riflle!” cried rock wall at the lower side of the terrace was higher than the ter­ the excited showman, “ the leop­ Portland Marble Works ™ race was wide, it is here that ard has escaped! If you find ALL KINDS OF the mountain peasants do their him, shoot him on the spot.” Is famous the world over “ Which spot, sir?” gasped the farming. The chief crops were Monumental W ork wheat and rice, although we saw green circus hand. For its splendid hostelries, its varitnl attractions, its fine beaches, hot springs and pleasure resorts—All these can be patches of potatoes, orchards Estimates given on First- reached with ease by the Call at Miller’s Drugstore and 'V ¿ Class Work and Stock Only with fruit trees like those in the m Excursion Tickets Costing United States, and some good see Fine Turkish Rocker given 261-66 Fourth St. Opposite City Hall ^ BEST all-round Family cabbage. Harvesting was in away. PORTLAND, OREGON Sewing Machine that can be pro- progress. That is the reason it READS THE DAILIES M *,n * * * A m s duced. Made in both ROTARY was so hard for us to get coolies, Teacher- Eddie, what’s the ^ =r--- 1 0 # S U N S E T 1 -- - - - - - - j an