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TRUBSOAT. NOVEMBER 21 ISIS
Jack London, the California
novelist, died Wednesday even
in g at his home at Santa Rosa at
the age o f 41 years. “ The Call
o f the W ild” is one o f his most
read books.
These days when our country
correspondents tell o f neighbors
m aking a “ flying trip” to some
other section it would add inter
e st to the item o f information if
they would name the particular
make o f air craft deed.
Emporer Francis Joseph, o f
Austria, is dead at the age of 86
years, having reigned 68 years.
Had death claimed the grizxled
old warrior a few years earlier,
possibly the
European
war
slaughter now going on would
have been averted.
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the country, and a combination
show o f poultry and corn ought
to g o together w a ll The scope
o f both would thus be enlarged
and the attendance at the show
would naturally be increased.
Another meeting will he held
next Tuesday to give the show
further consideration.
In anticipation o f a long con
tinued drouth in Oregon, due to
begin in the middle o f winter,
which is our wet season here in
the W illamette Valley, the num
ber o f packages that are being
handed out from the Wells Fargo
dispensary across the street are
quite numerous o f late.
Fred H arrison is hom e for a
visit. He has been w orking tor
a lon g time in Eastern Oregon.
A number ot you n g friends
gathered at the hom e ot Bxra
Agee last Friday evening where
they spent the evening very
pleasantly.
On M onday evening the merr
crow d greeted Teddy Johnson at
his home in honor at his birth
day. All indulged in gam es and
and a pleasant tim e is reported.
Tuesday, Novem ber 21, Miss
Agnes Vanderbeck and Albert
Verstecg were united in mar
riage a t the home ot the bride.
Rev! Father Nanghton^ ot Mc
M innville, officiating. The hap
py conple left tor a short trip to
P ortland, after which they will
reside a t the g room 's farm in
West Chehakm .
The Parent-Teacher * Associa
tion will have a ‘ ‘Ye old time”
program and social at the
school house Saturday evening,
December 2.___________
With the presidential campaign
out o f the way and with single
tax in Oregon shelved — until
U ’ Ren can get his forty-second
wind — attention, l o c a l l y , is
turned toward our approaching
municipal election, with prospec
tive candidates fo r the office o f
mayor showing up. This is a
good indication, as it shows a
coriunendable interest in home
governm ent It it when interest
INDEXING BOOKS.
wanes in municipal affairs and
the selection o f candidates is let The Custom le an Old One That De
veloped Rather Slowly.
go by default that things go
The custom o f indexing books flsvsl-
wrong.
opsd gradually. Cicero used the ward
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Hon. Wm. Galloway, who was
defeated for re-election as circuit
ju d g e by Attorney George H.
Bingham, o f Salem, is said to be
ou t with a petition fo r appoint
ment for “ something ju st as
g o o d .” W ell, a member o f the
Galloway family out o f office
would be a freak.
The newspaper account given
In a Portland paper o f the recent
burning o f the club house on the
island in the W illamette at Elk
Rock, stated that the island was
ruined as a pleasure resort as the
trees were killed, which is far
from the truth. A pparently but
fe w o f the trees were injured.
The W o o d b u r n Independent
says Hughes will never be in de-
mand again as a presidential can-
didate. We notice, too, that a
number o f our exchanges are al-
ready fixing up tickets fo r the
republican party fo r the next na
tional cam paign, which no doubt
furnishes some amusement for
the writers, but these forecasts
are about as valuable as straw
votes taken in a campaign. We
notice, too, that most o f these
early bird prognostications are
com ing from those who have lit
tle in common with- the republi
can party. All o f which reminds
us o f once hearing the late Thoa.
JEL Tongue say in answer to a
suggestion relative to a possible
appointment a year from that
time., that tw elve months was a
long tim e,'a n d in that period a
lot o f things m ight take place
that were then unforsçen. He
was rig h t B efore the year was
half gone he was in his grave,
and consequently had nothing to
do with the m atter in question.
Four years is quite a “ sp ell,"a n d
there are so many things that
are liable to take place before
the country must take up the
matter, seriously, o f presiden
tial candidates, that any guess
made at this juncture is o f little
value as a foreca st
That was a big dinner given
today by the ladies o f the W. R.
C . ss the writer can testify from
actual “ co n ta ct”
There were
the usual substantial», such as
meats and vegetables, and then
there w eresalfffe and pies—ap
ple pies, and good old-fashioned
pumpkin pies, and more pies,
and some fourteen kinds o f cake
and—well, it was a dinner in
which the high cost o f living fig
ured not at all in the making.
For further testimonials see the
other slim fellow s, such a» Ira
K. Vantress, Wm. Clemmens or
Dr. J. E. Hall, o f Portland. A s
the Graphic goes to press an in
spection o f the W. R. C. is being
AUTOIN
made by Mrs. Horsman, o f P ort
land—and may she come often. (It ia that soft, delaying hoar.—John
“index." but ta the sense or a tabla of
contents Seneca provided some works
which he sent to a friend with notes of
particular passages “ so that hn who
only aimed at the useful might be
spared the trouble o f exjuntelng them
entire.” This waa at least a partial
“ index” In the m odem sense. Anno
tated. or at least explanatory, tsblos o f
contents seem to have preceded the In
dex proper.
Bach tables follow ed the ovder e f ap
pearance o f the subjects 1» the book It
self. Alphabetical arrangem ent which
waa the beginning o f the real Index,
appears not to bavo been thought o f
until the invention o f printing, and
area than It spread but slowly,
mas was one o f tbe.first to pro Vida his
works with alphabetical indexes The
custom did not Itocome universal until
well Into the sixteenth
The first Index to an KngWah book is
said to be that printed in
Vergil’s “ Angliae H istories” In 164«.
this work
years I
A Clause In Nepal— * W ilt k,
Peter the Great ia said te have Stofla
a w ill ta which bp exhorted his M testn
approach as nearly as possible to Con
stantinople and tow ard India, bat the
authenticity o f this document has bee
disputed, and It Is shrewdly suspected
to have bean forged |pte In tbe eight*
eenth century by August Kotsebue.
O f tbe genuineness, however, of the
last w ill sad testament o f Napoleon 1.
there can be no manner o f doubt One
o f its clauses was as vindictive as tbe
testamentary injunction o f Queen Aas-
trtgllda to her husband to have her two
doctors killed and burled with her.
Tbe exile o f Longwood absolutely be
queathed 10,000 franca to a fellow called
Cantlllon, who had been tried in Paris
for an attempt to murder tbe Duke o f
Wellington. Tbe man was stlU surviv
ing in Brussels when Napoleon III.
came to tbe throne, and Cantlllon wa
dnly paid bis legacy.
Vance Cheney.)
A Clean Record.
November frow ns: Away—away!
A t a m eeting o f the Yamhill
“ W hat makes Jinks so proud of hi
October murmur*: Nay, oh, nay!
County Poultry Association, held
Bright butterflies float on the breeae, ancestors T I never beard any o f that
did anything.”
Tuesday afternoon in the parlors
And red-gold glory docks the trees.
“That’s exactly tbe point So maa
o f the United States National
November sm iles: Begone begone!
persons' ancestors did do things which
Bank, the date for holding the
October sighs—but lingers on;
got them Into trouble with tbe polios’'
In soft blue skies cloud! wander yet, —Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch.
show was announced as Tuesday
To breathe sweet summer’ s fond re
to Friday, December 18 to 22.
Easily Settled.
gret.
The proposition to hold a corn
“ Be easy,” said a rich merchant to •
November
weeps:
D
epart^depart!
show in connection with the poul
fault finding son-in-law, who waa per
try show was discussed and fa Go, while you bear a cheerful heart; petually pestering him with complaints
Then, through the woods and o ’er the o f his wife’s shortcomings “ As hi
vorably considered. There is a
behavior la so intolerable, I will alter
hill,
rapidly increasing interest being
my win and cut ber off with a shilling.”
October loiters—singing still.
taken in corn grow ing all over —Emma N. Carle ton, New Albany, Ind. Tbe old man beard no more o f Us
daughter’s fallings.
Stationery Sale
A
C le a ra n ce S a le
to m a k e ro o m fo r
Xm as Stock
See Our Windows
The P. 0 . is next door to Us
Newberg D rug Store
,
Rise a Little Higher.
Those who live on tbe mountains
have a longer day than those who ltva
' hi tbe valleys. Sometimes an we need
'to brighten our day Is to rise a llttla
higher.
■ A man ought never to quarrel with
a woman. He should bear her narafl
non In sllaaca.—Napoleon.
Cross
8be— Too don't seem to and«
that when I criticise I do It solely for
your good. He—and yon don't
to understand that when 1 am required
to listen It la Impossible for me to
think o f anything that is good.—Rich
mond Times-Dispatch
Man’s Way and W»man's.
When a wife dies a husband aaya.
~I would be a better husband If I
N to do over again.'' Rat when a hus
band dies his wife aaya “ Well. 1 dM
my duty by hUn.” —Topeka Capital.
Called Down.
“ 1 would like to ana the
place that could get my nerve."
“ Did you ever try a dentist's cfcalrt*
-B ali
Now is the tim e to begin to prepare for
CHRISTM AS
teas
Those who are wise
and buy early will
get the best o f se
lections, and th e y
w ill also avoid the
usual holiday rush.
Now is the time to buy
your
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before S p r i n g goods
come and prices g o up.
GROCERIES
LABIES, M M B , CHLDREN’S
We have a com plete
line o f
Linens
Crochet Threads
MUfliftbons
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and in fa ct everything
to make useful Christ
mas gifts
COATS
I f you wish clean fresh
groceries, c o u r t e o u s
treatment and honest
prices you should buy
them at Baird's.
REDUCED
In order to clean up our
Coats fo r Ladies, Misses and
Children, we are offering
liberal reductions. NOW is
the time to buy your coats.
Shoes are advancing
almost every day. It
will pay you to buy
-them now while w e
still hade some left at
old prices.
C A SH P A ID
FO R EG G S
CONRDBITMtXMftS
INFORMATION!
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Your are dunking about Chnitmas—you know you are.
You are beginning to wonder what shall I get for Tom,
Ill
Dick, Harry, dad, mother and Sue and tbe rest o f the re
lations. Litton to us; w e'll help you solve some o f dies#
problems, and not toko all die money you’r e got either; but don't tell anybody
—just com e in and see for yourself.
A S E T OF DISHES
A TO Y HORSE
would not make much o f a hit with the boy,
but orive him a Wagner Coaster wagon or
a Spalding football or a D aisy air gun and
just watch tip smile that won’ t come off.
is nice for the kiddies, but the grown-up
sister or sweetheart would much rather.
have a pair o f embroidery sissors or a neat
little manicure outfit Our goods in this
line are quality made.
ATOP
A RAG DOLL
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m ight make “ dad” grin a little, but he’d -
much rather have a nice Stiletto pocket wouldn’ t please mother very well, but a
knife or a good Durham Duplex ra^or or nice Wear-Ever cooking utensil or Pyrex
a Strop.
baking dish will make her happy.
fiSE are ju st mere suggestions o f things that you will find at “ The Big Hardware
Store. W e have in our stook good practical presents fo r every member o f the
household. For economical Christmas shopping you can’ t beat a good up-to-date
clean hardware stock, because every g ift represents real value fo r the money you
spend, and the fellow who gets the present has got something that can ba put to real urn.
W e don’ t make any great Christmas spread e f useless articles for gifta, but we will be
glad to have you call in and see just how far we can make your money reach jo getting
som ething for your friends and relatives that will please them. We can’ t tell you all about
what we have in stock to show you, but it will pay you to find out before you let go your
Chrismas money.
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Early shoppers,'avoid the rush that ia always on a week before Christmas and get
better service from our sales fbree. We suggest Christmas shopping at your leasure,
making it a real pleasure by having plenty o f time to make your selection o f presents.
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