‘V "y Sv vi ■ 4¿¿» +%+*** h** s#*--vay* ..'. • * M +**+■' TH K ^ TTOUlCT-AT-UiW CLARENCE LONDON -PEA SOUP." BUT s . WM ■Ute. M O * » t batfi t____, ____ n g M , contracta and the drafting o f all legal papere. Newberg, Oragoa. O m c a -Second Floor Bank o f Newberg j LAWYER /h I DR. C. A. ELDR1EDGE D E N TIS T r ÜtL ÌÌ! L l j E - p DENTIST ! t k T u r n D a y In te N i g h t Clients Fieed a Cooked Gun Whilo Handing Over Their Duet. Mauy years ago gold waa discovered at Hokitika, ou tbe west roam of New Zea laud Thera was a rush to the small Maori village, and within a few weeks seventy vessels, of all rigs and tonnage, were waiting to get over the dangerous harbor bar. Tbe author of “ Antipodean Note«" describes tbe Brat bank established In the little town With the vessels came two agvuta of a local bauk. Their bank furniture consisted of a safe, a pair of scale*, a tent and a couple of revolvers. Tbo two agents set up their tent put the aafe in tbe back part and a plank, laid across two tree stump«. In front Tbe bank "staff** sat down behind the plank; before one man wera tbe scales, a bottle of acid and a note­ book: the other held a cocked revolver. Tbe digger brought his gold to the plank “counter.** where it was weigh­ ed and tested When tbe value was determined the testing clerk unlocked tbe safe, placed tbe gold in I t brought out a bundle o f dirty banknotes and banded them to tbe digger. During this transaction the dark with t^e revolver looked carefully about to see If any suspicious persona wars larking near. , Dr. E. P. Dixon DENTIST PHYSICIANS t Ostcooatliic PliysiciaiftOtetetriciao t Î Winter is Here ¡S S a * S C g a ^ jg g j sn l*«*» .r : M m MMMMMSH SHG G R A P H I C WHERE MONEY IS USELESS. Asoenslen Island Has Nene and Has Ne Need Far I t Tbe Island of Ascension. In tbe At­ lantic. lielouglug to Great Britain, la of volcanic formutiou. eight utiles by sis In else, and has a population of about 4r<0. It was unlnhnhlted until tbe confinement of Napuleun at Bt Helena, when It was occupied hy a small Brit­ ish fores. It Is *J80 ml!«s northwest of ftt Helen« Vast numbers of turtles are found on Its shore«, and It nerves aa a depot and wutaring place for «hips. Ascension la governed by a captain appointed by the British admiralty. There Is no private property In laud, oo rents, no taxes and uo use for mon­ ey. Tbe flocks and herds are public property, and tbe meat is issued aa ra­ tions Bo are tbe vegetable« grown on the farms. When an island fisherman makes a catch be brings It to the guardroom, where It is Issued by the sergeant major. Practically tbe entire population art sailors, and they work at moat of the common trades. Tha muleteer Is a Jack tar: so la tha gar­ dener: so are tha shepherds, tbe stock­ men. the troops, masons carpenters and plumbers. Even the Island trapper whe g«gs rewards for tbo tails of rata I* a sailor. The climate la almost perfect, and anything can be grown.—London Fam­ ily Herald. London end Londoners bare been the butt of many a good Joke bat perbape tbe oldeet subject of tbe bumorlet la tbe Loudon fog The mist which Is common ly. «ailed "pea soup.” dates beck to the seventeenth century. There are records as far back aa that which Indicate that the city Buffered even In those days from mists me Intense as say of those of today. In November. 1090. John Evelyn Practice in all oourts; Probate, Deeds, made a note in bis diary to the effect Mortgages and all legal papers. Ab- that there was "so thick a mist and «tracta fiXAninM. ci «• A v *■ fug that iwopu lost .their way In the » W re.“ I a..l L-kJ--U— À streets. It beiug so* intense that no dgh* of candle er torches yielded any direction jobberies are committed between tbe very lights which are fix­ ed between London and Kensington on bqtb sides and while coaches and pas- aeugera were passing. It began about 4 lu the afternoon and was gone by ! Office over first Nstional iihifatJ At* t tbe Thames they beat Bank drums to direct tbe watermen to make Phone White 1 4 >i] mi; tbeMhoQfil -;‘ M1 Visitors to London In those days ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ M t » » » * * » were ie the habit of making fun of tile fog Just aa tbe visitors o f today, i Ceodeorara. 'Spanish ambassador In [ Queen Elisabeth's time, aald to a friend M. DAVIS «tbo was re turni log to Spain. “ My corn- i t *)• I»límente1 tù the I son. whom I bar# not seen since I came to England.'* T ! S T GOOD ADVERTISING PAYS. I t i Ettas bath's time the burning of r .r ,w . . O r . . l MN V prohibited while parliament o: '- 'i . T T o O Rae ih M H M » So <>«»• the Before Yeu Can Reep a Harveet You ELEPHANT SERVANTS. Must First Sew the Seed. P H O N E B L A C K 37 toga during tbe years of 1813 and 1814 The ordinary newspaper or periodical that wheo the prince regent tried to An Easy Solution of the Nursemaid make bla way to Hatfield, the borne of reader doesn’t dream of the potency of Problem In Bengal. lArd Sails t i n . be could not find bis good advertising One of the largest in "Tlgerland” tha author relates an V4y sod was compelled to forego the general 'advertisers In tbe Onlted trip ana return to Carlton House, State«, tf not qolte tbe largest is a extraordinary comedy witnessed by a which bo reached after a succession of manufacturer in tbe Philadelphia met­ friend who waa sitting In the veranda of hla tent In Bengal watching his ele­ ropolitan district York Son. There Is a never ending race at that phants, which wars picketed under plant lietween tbe advertising depart­ some trees a abort distance off.. — -- He saw the wife o f one o f the A WIZARD IN MEMORY. ment and tbe builder». Tbe advertisers bring In so much business that the mahouts emerge from her tentlike Office over IL S. Natl. Bank Soett Could Retain In Hie Mind Any- bnllders are kept bnsy enlarging the ■belter with an Infant - In her arms. P h o n e jB la c k 171 She took It close up to a huge "tusker, thing He Heard Onoe. factory to whom she made a low salaam: then o hta rare good fellowship and his Something like $1.000.000 a year Is endurance Scott added one spent in advertising this company’s , pot the sleeping child down before It tg. witbout which bis vigor­ output which is a luxury In ovary j and salaamed again. Next abe spread ous search for literary material might sense At tbe present moment orders 1 a blanket on the ground and placed tbe have been of little nee—namely, a most for new biiHlness are so far ahead o f i bafiy In tbe center of I t well wlthiu extraordinary memory, which enabled the rapacity of the plant that It would , ranch o f tbo tusker’s proboscis. Then m to retain what be beard and use It seem a bcpeloHs Job ever to catch up. salaaming again, more ostentatiously, went off to the bazaar. iy ymuWi afterward. James Hogg. But the »dvertlsen* never relax. Presently the child awoke and soon eccefftHc Ettrtck Shepherd, gives a The bead of tha» great concern now l fine instance o f this power. One night knows almost lietter than nnytsidy else began to crawl toward tbe edge o f the Phones I Scott, with hi* friends Hogg and j that before yon can reap a harvest you blanket. But wben It bad gone a foot Office, White 22; Res. Black 90 Skene, was out on a fishing expedition. must first sow tbe seed. The advertis­ or two tbe elephant stretching ont hi« “ While we three aat down on the ers are tbe chs|w that are doing that- — trunk, gently palled It beck to Its orig­ a* t r briut of a river." says Hogg. "Scott Philadelphia Ledger. | inal position. Again and again tbe naby attempted similar excursions to desired me to sing them my ballad of regions beyond tbe blanket's edge, but ,*G 11 man's Clough.' Now be it remem­ Where Red Heir Is Disliked. always with tbe same result. Explore bered that this ballad bad never been In Cornwall, particularly tbe Land’s printed. 1 bad merely composed It by End district. It la not advisable to dub lion under elephantine supervision rote and on finishing it three years be- a person **a red hatred Dana.” though finally proved too dull, and ao the child fore had saUg it Over ones to Sir Wal­ In moot parts of England, especially •'ay qnlet for awhile, gazing op at Its ter. -J. began U * i his request, but at Inland, tbe expression would aa likely huge nurse, then dropped off peace-, the eighth of ninth atanxa i stuck In It as not provoke no comment at all or be fully to sleep again. and could out get on with another regarded aa simply frivolous. 3 Reside Social Calle In China. Terse, on wfilch be began it again and At a police court caae heard In 1887 It le difficult for a Chinaman to mas­ •»♦O S O S O e O l O I O I O l d t O t O M M recited It every word from beginning. at Penzance town ball It came ont In ter the English pronunciation, and this to end evidence that the defendant bad called •"ft being a very long ballad, consist­ the complainant **a red haired Dane." accounts In great measure tor the prev­ alence of pidgin English. The letter ing of eighty-eight stanzas. I testified this led to an aaaault Tbe strong r la almost always sounded like I. ao L ittle fie ld & R o m ig - 1 Ay ,a«tnnhihnu«u. knowing that be had and repugnance of Cornish men to be dub­ never beard It but once and even then bed hy this strange appellation is as we have kl-lln or kleen for green and lain for rain. “Too ranches lain Just did not appear to be paying particular strong an ever now” la often beard. “ Jnat now” being attention. He suld be had been out The Celtic nations bated tbe Dane* a favorite expression to denote tbe Im­ and SURGEONS j j.frfih f pleasure party aa far aa the :ind were always fighting them. And mediate present In calling opon a Office in First N a t’ l Bank Bldg. ; - opening o f tbe Firth of Forth and to not only In Cornwall, but also all along lady one says to the boy t 4 a g k > t g e f «Infants They are Apparently so busl- to Missouri in June. 1820. and painted A very young enthusiast at the Cen­ tt in tbe residence o f Flanders Calla­ tral telegraph office, aaya the Manches­ W H ; * t w 4 H « » « ; £ *• way. Boone’« «on-ln-law. where Boone ter Guardian, really wanted to know H o u rs: e t c , 2 A . M . 2 t o 5 P . M . t -> 5' M ^ f t i went Into my usuul "booksellers and wns then living, near the rlllnge of Others by Appointment about thing», and. being nnabie to gain * new» agent’s" with a uaual demand Marthnavllle. In Warren county The certain technical Information from hla * Jpr. F , H . W ils o n £ , | and the extra one. for I bad mislaid Rev. Jame* E Welch, one of tbe old­ colleagues, he decided to unscrew one I my copy of the "Apocrypha.” a volume est Baptist preachers In the state and of tbe elaborate Instruments from tbe I always bard to obtain. "And have you father of Alknmn Welch, attorney gen­ and take It borne to examine it * Phon««: orftM Blank 111, ft««. Sin« SO j the 'Apocrypha.' please?" The cour- eral of Missouri during (loveruor (Jam- desk and find out for blinself how It work­ Edwards Bldg. Newberg, Ore. I teous young lady thought, glanced ble’s administration, sat In Boone's bed ed. Some weeks later a box of pieces S S * * » ■»»« *% *-**% % ♦*# *4 h ***S S * ! round “ I.et me see.'' she said. "Is tt behind Boone for him lo lean against was returned to the engineer In chief a weekly or a monthly London while Harding painted the picture, the with the following note; “ I am not Chroukle. pioneer being too feeble to sit alone. quite certain how to put the Inclosed Harding’s portrait of Boone now hangs Instrument together, so have inclosed In the state capitol at Frankfort. Ky.— 3a for tbe mechanic's time Precept and Practice. It took Tbe Key S, E Keble tells a good Kansas CKy Star. me four hours to unscrew It ” I f you need an Overcoat let •precept mid priirtlce" »tory. The suc­ cessor to tbe living of (.'buries Klugs- Quiet Elections. Where George Eliot Went to School. M U E L L E R the T A IL O R ley told him that» although Kingsley Even when political feeling ram at Tbe ancient cottage at Griff. War­ make it fo r you. went ftlf over the conntrj' preaching Its highest, polling In tbe commune of wickshire. in which nearly o century tuuiUtion. bin owu rectory was found Blanchefontalne. In eastern France, t* ngo wns held the first school attended 6 » I--.* rim «irret Ptione Black 32 to I n - In an uninhabitable condition, anre to be conducted wlthont any dan­ by George Kllot. la situated two mile« SOSOSOSOSOSCSOSOSOSOreOSOSO owing to tbe churchyard draining be­ ger of riot, as for some years pnst only from Nuneaton, exactly opposite tbe neath the drawing room Tbe succeed­ one citizen has figured on Its roll of entrance gntes of (»riff House, which ing rector bad therefore to build a new electors At election times, according for twenty years was the residence of rectory and lost faith In social reform- to French law. each commune Is en­ George Eilat's fnther. Robert Evans, titled to demand a separate (»oiling the original Adam Bede, and subse­ DR.. G . E . S T U A R T | e r a - I ‘all Mall Onaette. station, although It la a freipient prac­ quently tenanted by Isaac Evans, the Physician and Surgeon tice to make ooe serve for several Tom Tulllver of "The Mill on the Ever Faithful. "Henry. ( believe yon are like all tbe neighboring communes. The Blanche- Floss Loudon Time« Chrcroi- dneaies a specialty. Calk men When I give yon letters to mall fontalne elector Insists on his fall answered promptly day or night. you think It's a good joke to carry rights and whenever called upon to Im postor and M alefactor. Office; Rooms I and 2, Gregory Building them for days and days In your pock­ vote has a polling station erected for Carlyle used to tell o f an old Scotch­ Residence, 107 Main St Phobe Rod % g et " hla special benefit woman whfi, «peaking to her family, X “ Abigail. I give yon my word I mall l * fte e «e e «e e e e * e »e e * * e # s s s e ; «aid- "There's fwn sons, balth doin’ erery one of them -eventually.” —Chi­ Switching It Off- weel In Glnsgle T'Bne's an Impostor, cago i Tribune -nr» ».nmnrrn.j^ t -ir.i.nr | Mies Elderlelgb-Bo yon remarked to and Cither's a malefactor" It waa A . E. W I L S O N - Katherine that I looked as old as tbe found that «he meant "upholsterer* Whan Clouds Were Dark. bills? Now. don't deny It I heard and “ manufacturer.” O p tic ia n Bill—Oh. yes. I know old Jackson • yon. Jack Rpott—Oh— er— hot yon mis­ Eyes examined and glasses mad« He was « good sort He did a very , understand. I waa merely compering Where the Coat Comae. kind aftfoa rdvAlj) Thlok That They STRENUOUS BANKING. r- C. a r a s a i: . NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Plan to Revise National Bank­ ing Laws to Meet New Currency System. Washington.— With the administra­ tion currency bill to be reported to the senate this week after long delay, a plan to revise the national banking EXAMINE O U R LUMBER laws to meet the new currency system has made its appearance in legislative closely and you will understand circles. It will include important why we can truthfully claim questions originally contemplated aa superiority for it. The smooth a part of the currency bill, but set straight grain, the absence o f ■aide until the next session of con­ large knots, the thorough seas­ gress, when a general revision of oning all show the experienced hanking lnwa haa bean promised hy the economy o f using our stuff. the administration. Follow their example and profit In connection with this proposed re­ as they do by being customers vision congress will taka up tha far- o f ours. reaching question of rural credits. On* M . H , P IN N E Y of the provisions which probably will 300 N. Male B*. NswSef«, Ora. be Inserted In the new law will for­ bid interlocking directorates la nation­ al banka. An effort has boon mad* to put this prohibition In the pending currency bill, but the administration CHASE & LINTON haa maintained that It should go Into G RAVEL COMPANY the new banking law. The senate hanking and currency administration supporters have de­ All kinds o f gravel for con­ clined to consider a scheme for guar­ crete work, cement blocks, anteeing national bank deposits, with or wood work furnished on the understanding that that question would be taken up next session. short notice. Advocates of the bank law revision plan are seeking to place their pro­ Telephone White 86 jects ahead of the proposed anti trust legislation In tbe administration pro­ gram. Commission Idea Rules Irrigation OYER SB YEARS* The United States Reclamation Ser­ vice now is operating under what Sec­ retary Lane terms the “ commission form of government," and if this plan proves a success, the new directorate will continue Indefinitely. When sift­ ing the complaints that have been made for years against the reclama­ tion Service, Secretary Lane arrived at the conclusion that there should be a greater division of authority than prevailed in the service aa first or­ ganised and created what la now known as the Reclamation Commis­ sion, consisting of five men. Tbla new commission, whose organisation has been perfected only recently, consists of F. H. Newell, director; A. P. Da­ vis, chief engineer; W. R. King, chief oounsel; W. A. Ryan, controller, and L D. O’Donnell, irrigation manager. The commission meets once n week In conference with Secretary Lane and at the weekly meetings all ques­ tions of policy are settled, all plans for construction work are approved and all contracts let. EXPERIENCE P atents ComtieHTs Ac. Invention le probebljr I S The Newberg Transfer Co. is prepared to transfer your goods anywhere, any place any time. Message Will Be Short President Wilson has announced he would read In person bis first annual message to congress. Tbe president thus far has read three brief adreseee—on the tariff, the currency and the Mexican affairs— but it was not definitely known whether his first communication to tfie regular session of congress would be In accordance with the century-old precedent which he revived last March. Mr. Wilson indicated that no such long and voluminous messages as have heretofore been sent by presi­ dents to congress will be prepared by him. Sale of Cruiser Boston Fought Tbe department of justice has filed In the supreme court its brief in be­ half of Secretary of the Navy Daniels in the case of A* Goldberg, of Vancou­ ver, B. C., who is seeking to compel the navy department to deliver to him the United 8tates cruiser Boston put up for sale to the higest biddher In 1910. The lower courts here decided against Goldberg, although he showed he had deposited a certified check for $20,000 with the department which the secretary would not accept. The navy department declared the secretary had discretion In such mat­ ters and had withdrawn the vessel from sale to lend it to the Oregon State naval militia. Goldberg con­ tended the secretary had no authority to take such action. National Capital Brevities Dudley Field Malone, third assistant secretary of state, may be selected by President Wilson as collector of the Port of New York to succeed John P. Mitchell. Cold storage Is responsible for high prices of eggs, nays the department of agriculture. The supply of eggs Is said to have Increased steadily tn the past 14. years. About 100 delegates, representing every state tn the Union and even’ shade of opinion were present at the fifth National Conservation Congress, which opened here Tuesday morning with an address by Secretary of Agri­ culture Houston. Colonel Alexander O. Brodle, bosom friend of Theodore Roosevelt, was placed on the retired list of the army oa account of age. Colonel Brodle helped Colonel Roosevelt as a Rough Rider, and served as major and lieu­ tenant colonel. On July, IMS, he wae made governor of i Prices Reasonable Office phone Black 100, or residence ( Black 123 Red 79 ) ( Red 80 K»9Ca&8ttW»0KDV8CeM UNDER NEW M A N A G E M E N T Wood of all kinds. Wood sawings specialty Prompt service. Leave orders at yard or at Dawson house, 10», West Hancock SL E. PHONE RED 174 P. H A M IL T O N , Prop. t E N O S ♦ B L L / S !! General Contracting Sewer & Tile Work and Deep Wells R. F. D. 3 Newberg, Ore J ORGEON AGRICULTURE COLLEGE F A R M E R ’S WEEK December 8 to 13, 1913 This will be a notable event in the ‘educational history o f Oregon. Farmers’ Oo-operation will be the leading topic o f a stimulating series o f lectures. The week will be crowded with discussions, and demonstrations in everything that makes fo r the welfare o f the farmer and home-maker. W IN T E R S H O R T C O U R S E January 5 to 30, 1914 The College has spared no effort to make this the most complete short Husbandry, Dairying, Poultry Keeping, Mechanic Arts, Domestic Science and A rt, Commerce, Forestry and Music. Numerous lectures and Discussions on F A R M E R S’ CO-OPERATION, at home and abroad, w ill be a leading feature. Make this a pleasant and profitable winter outing. No tuition. Accommo­ dations reasonable. Reduced rates on all railroads. For information address H. M. TEN N AT, Register, Corvallis, Oregon. Farmers’ Business Courses by Cor­ respondence without tuition.