Caôtcr JWíUínerp jßoto \i tiie tíme to imp pour iieto C aster ^Bonnet Come early apd select your hat from our stock, in the latest shape and oolors. We have large and small shapes in cello- plane braid ornaments, flowers, ribbon and fruit novelties of all kinds. Onr hats are of the best workmanship, made from the latest materials. Come in and buy your hat, where the style and price is right. ~ - #rtblep ¿Milltnerp &i)op 706 FIRST STREET. (BETWEEN COLLEGE AND EDWARDS STS.) Shiloh Belief Corps, Ho. 28 Meeting» Held 2nd and 4th Thurs day ot each month at S:S0 p. m.. In I. O. O. F. hall, corner of fir s t and Meridian streets. Frances Woodruff, President, Bmma L. Snow, Secretary. PROTESTANT PASTORS IN NEED OF BELIEF Survey By Interchurch World a Newberg Lodge No. ID 4 A. Movement Reveals Pul v y f . 4 A . l l Regular m eeting ; / N r > Second and Fourth Thurs pit’s Poverty. day evening of each month. Visiting brothers always welcome. Wm. Clemmons, W. M. $1242 IS HIGH AVERAGE 8ALARY Frank Knapp, Secretary. WOMEN TAKING TO MONOCLE Single E yeglass R apidly Becoming ' P opular Among th e S m art Set in Englieh Society. Tw o fnshlonnhly d re ssrd women w ere seen Ip Repent stre e t tlie o th er day. each w earing a monocle »crewed Into “th e 'T ig h t eye. m em ber o f* a well-knowp flfm of op- tlc ia n s 'th e w earing of the xlngle eye glass Is becoming popular am ong wom en In society. “We have had several o rd ers for monocles from women recently." he said. “In every ease th e re was genu ine tro u b le w ith one eye only. R ath er than w ear pince-nez fitted w ith one plain glass for th e good eye. they pre ferred m onocles as being the least dis figurem ent. They nil chose those, fit ted w ith gold rim s ns being th e most com fortable and the easiest to keep In th e eye. T h ey ta k e cords also, for It ■»■quires th e confidence bom of tong experience to w ear a monocle w ithout a guard. "A fter all. why should the monocle be a m asculine glass only? It is n m istake for some, people to regard It as only a facial decoration for dudes and politicians. W here only one eye Is defective a superfluous glass Is a nuisance. T he monocle lends distinction to th e right kind of face. It best su its peo ple w ith sharp eu t featu res. It Is about tim e thnt the monocle cam e into Its own.”—London Globe. \ DRAW MILLIONS FROM LAND Im m ense W ealth Accruing to F o rtu nate P roperty O w ners in th s City of London. England. T he m ost elnbornte find th e largest m ap In th e world Is the “v alu atio n " m ap of th e rlty of Ixmdon. which was some tw en ty y ears In the m aking, and which Is more than th irty feet wide and tw enty few: from top to-bottom » T he m ap Is of the m etropolitan dis tric t Of London, em bracing an area of 118 sq u are miles, and every house, shop and piece of pro p erty In th a t area Is shown. N early 40.0QP se p a ra te e sta te s a re listed. Some curious ami Interesting facta about London landlords a re shown hy the g reat map. The w ealthiest e sta te Is th a t of th e duke of W estm inster, 400 acres, with a rent roll of $15,000.- 000 p er year. This Is not by any m eans th e larg est e sta te In London, however, though Its location make« It the m ost valuable. In South London is one es ta te which c o v e flrftm r sq u a re oil I es, and th e re are several exceeding two squ are miles. Lord H ow ard de W al den’s e s ta te brings In re n ts to the am ount of $10,000.000 per annum , and thelS^ c f 'es hftidmnnr ro rwitune wf Bedford ren t for $10,.ri<)0,000 p er year. Lord N ortham pton, th e duke of Nor fo lk ; Lord P ortm an and E arl Cndogan each own around 200 acres of city property, nnd th eir ren ts run from nhent $".000 000 to $8,000.0i>0 p er year each. Not a had Mon to let a city like London grow up nround one’s farm . in s u r e s C r u s o e ’s T he m usket said to have heen given to A lexander Selkirk when he wns put ashore on the Islnnd of Ju a n F ern an dez. 400 miles off the»Chllonn coast, has been going the rounds of B ritish museums. It w as Selkirk’s ad ventures upon which was based De Foe’s fam ous story. “Robinson Crusoe.” T he m usket la Inacrlbed with th e nam e of "A. Sel kirk Largo. 1771.“ It wan pnrehnsed by R an d o lp h B erens fo r $0 2.*. hut the ow ner h as Insured It for $10,0(1). Selkirk owned a taverp n ear Clap- ham, England, h u t died In 1723 a t sea as a nontenant aboard a naval vessel. Local County C onference in Aprlt-WIII 8 how Necessity, fo r C linics and H om es for Aged and Infirm . A large portion of th e funds to be raised in the U nited Sim ultaneous C am paign of th e P ro te sta n t denom ina tio n s associated w ith th e Interch u rch W orld M ovement will be used for •re lief. It Is g reatty needed, according to lead ers of the fnterch u rch Move m ent, who early in April are to hold th e conference In th is county. As a re su lt of th e cam paign now being m ade by the In terch u rch W orld M ovem ent the ^combined P ro te s ta n t c h u rch es of A m erica w ill provide m any m ore hospitals, clinics and hornet for tbe aged and infirm . An in terestin g featu re of th ese P ro te sta n t ho sp itals Will b e fre e tre a tm e n t fo r m in iste rs a s re c e n t surveys m ade by th e Inter- cb u rch o rganisation have m ade the need for special disp en satio n s very obvious. T he following s ta rtlin g facts were divulged as to the average salaries in the various denom inations. S ta rtin g w ith th e h ig hest, the averag e for E pis copal m in isters is $1,242; the average for P resb y terian (N orth», $1.177; for the U nited P resb y terian s. $1,096; for the Reform ed C hurch (D utch), $1,170; for th e M ethodist Episcopal (N o rth ), $1.176; C ongregational, $1.042, and for the B ap tists (N o rth e rn ), $950. W ith governm ent e x p e rts announc ing th a t $1,500 is tb e low est salary upon which a fam ily can be decently m aintained and su g g estin g budgets for uone lower, m in isters have a discour aging outlook. Such th in g s as hospi tal bills are alm ost im possible to m eet, and yet every norm al fam ily has som e illness In Us m idst every year. Ac cordingly the In terch u rch M ovement, w hile on its way to obtain higher av er ages In salaries, will a ssist by provid ing free care in its in stitu tio n s. T he discovery of A frican diam onds Is a rom ance qf sleeping for years on w ealth beyond the dream s of a v a r ice. In 1867 John O’Reilly w as on his way from th e Interior, and stopped for the night at the house of a Boer named Van Nickerck. H e saw the children playing on the floor with pome pretty pehhles they had picked up, and O’Reilly sa id ; “T hese m ight be dia monds !* He had one of the pebbles In bis hand, and th e Boer said It w as no diamond, th a t th e re w ere lots on th s farm, and he m ight have It and v4el- come. O’Reilly said he wonld ta k e It to Cape Town, and If It proved of value he would give his host h alf tb e profits. On his long Journey he stopped at Ooiesburg a t the hotel, and show ed the men he met his stone, sn d scratched glass with It,-T h e fellow s laughed and scratched glass with th e ir gun flints, and threw the bright pebble out of tbe window. B ut O’Reilly recovered It and got It to an expert, who announced th a t It w as In tru th a diam ond a t 221-4 carats. O’Reilly, like the honest Irishm an bo was, fairly divided th e $500 he sold bis diam ond for with N lckefck when he w ent up-country again, and th e Boer rem em bered th a t he had seen an Immense atone of the sam e kind In the hands of a Kaffir w itch doctor. Ho found th e fetish-m an, gave him 600 sheep, a num ber of horses and nearly all he possessed fo r th e stone, an d sold It th e nex t day for $56,000. T his wns the fam ous S ta r of South A frica. PROUD OF HISTORIC EDIFICE B ritish N ation H as R ight to E x u lt In Glories T h a t Surround A ncient W estm inster Abbey. W estm inster hail, next to the T ow er and W estm inster abbey, la tho most historic edifice In London. Ad jacen t to the house of commons, tt d a te s back over 800 years, although Richard IT w as responsible fo r its present glories. H e It w as who, in 1307. had the hall rebuilt, and added the grand oak roof which Is rightly de scribed a s “one^of the finest fe a ts of carp en try ex tan t,“ a n d w h ich , with Judicious patching from old ship’s tim ber. in 1820. has lasted to this day. Probably the larg est hall in the world unsupported by pillars, th e his torical association» of W cstm ln ster hall, are full of interest. T ab lets on the s ta irs and In the m iddle of the hall m ark the spots w here C harles I and the earl of S tratfo rd stood th eir trial»; and a n o th e r tab let records the lying In s ta te of King Edw ard. H ere successively the duke of Som e rset and his rival, th e duke of N nrthum lierlam l, and, a little Liter, the duke of Norfolk, w ere ail tried and condemned. T he hall w as also the scene of tho seven y ears’ tria l of W ar ren H astings anil of the proclam a tion of Cromwell ns, lord protector. A few years la te r his head was brought from W estm inster abbey and exposed on the southern gat eg. W estm inster hall also has political nnd l«*g»J assqciations. fo r some of the earliest parliam ents assem bled there, w hile as la te as 1882 th e law courts w ere held w ithin and around. G reat P reacher’s Humor. T he w it of H enry W ard Beecher was n large elem ent of Ids popularity. The Brooklyn postm aster sent him for mal notice th a t a lette r had been returned to him from the dead letter office ami got this re p ly : Colonel Mc- Leer—D ear S ir: Your notice thnt a lette r of mine was dead and subject to my o rd er is before me. We m ust all "lie. And though the prem atu re de- j eense of my poor le tte r should excite a , About the Dead Sea. proper sym pathy (nnd it does), yet I • Swimming In the Deed ses Is re am greatly sustnln«Hl under the af freshing sport, but sw im m ers have to fliction. W hat w as the d ate of Its ! be careful not to get w ater Into th e ir d eath? Of w hat did 11 die? Had it 1 eyes. In a ton of w ater from the Cas- In Its last hours proper attention, and plnn sea th ere are 11 pounds of salt. such consolation as heflts the inelsin- In a ton from the A tlantic ocean there chnlj occasion? Will you kindly see a re 31 pounds, from the M editerranean. to Its fu n e ra l?_ I am strongly inclined 85 pounds; hut In a ton of the Dead to crem ation. May 1 ask if any other sen th ere a re 187 pounds. C ontrary letters o f mine nre sick, dangerously to a prevailing belief, th ere a re plains sick? If any d ep art th is life hereafter, on the shores of the Dead s»'a th a t are don’t notify me until a fte r the funeral. so fertile and well w atereil th a t as Affectionately yours, Henry Ward soon ns one crop Is harvested an o th er Beecher.”—Exchange. can he p la n te d ; b u t as a whole, tbe basin Is n dreary region.—Youth’s T rade Sign* Disappearing. Companion. Many of the fam iliar trad e signs ' fiirf S tudies, t t Be Blacksm ith. used to ad vertise business enterprises A ilr l Junior at the U niversity Of have been displayed.. hy the flushing W ashington Is learning the black electric display. Among the old and sm ith's trade. Jazz Is no lure to her, commonplace signs to he discard«^ In ta r 1)ia.»i>v.H .duinui fills h c r .a a r am t, . t w .n vcp u f advertising prog- she l»K>ks forw nrd to owning and oper ress a re the wooden Indian, which »me- ating a forge and a farm of her own. tim e kept Ita silent, stolid vigil beside T he desire to m aster blaeksm lthlng the door of the tobacconist. The signi arose from her resolve to be a farm er, ficant boot th at once wns suspended nnd ns such to know som ething of ma over th e shop of the rep airer of hoots chinery. So she studies the fashion nnd shoes Is now of happy memory. So ing of holts and hara and the pointing are th e b arb er's pole, the anvil hang of plow shares. ing above the en trance to the black sm ith’s shop, th e horses' heads over BMIeved Victims of Indians. the llverym au’s doorway and others. T hree skeletons, believed to he those of early American se ttle rs w ere un “Scum“ W as Valuable. earthed at K ennehunkport. Me., hy One of the biggest oil fields In workmen leveling some land near an old fort erected during the w ar of America wns fo r two generations oc 1812. Tw o apparently w ere victim s of cupied hy the buildings and fields of Inrrlan m assacres o r.w a rs. Embedded an ordinary farm , through which ran In the skull of one of the skeletons a creek which Issued from the ground was an Indian arrow . T he tip of the In a rem ote co m er of th e estate. skull of the second w as chipped off The fa n n e r had alw ays been trou cleanly, as If done hy n tom ahaw k bled with w hat he called the “scum," held In a w ell-trained hand. T he third and had put a plank across the little skeleton wns th at of a man seven feet rivuiet to keep It back. An oil pros tall. It la believed th at th e „bodies pector, a fte r the farm er'a death, found were hurled in an obi cem etery on this th at the scum w as petroleum , or min spot, and th a t th e graves w ere cov eral oil, a a d th a t land becam e valu ered ovef hy earth throw n up when able ns If It had been a rich gold the fo rt eacavatlona w ere being made. field. Supremely Fashionable, Delightfully Comfortable, Modeartely Priced and Satisfaction Guaranteed, Non-Bust- able, Non-Breakable, Makes no Per manent Bend. Appointments made by phone. C0BA E. DIEDEBICKS Phone White 200 Newberg, Ore. »«OHOHOHOAOHOWOHOHOHOAOWO« C H A SE & LIN T O N G R AVEL COM PANY O UR IM PLE M E N T S A R E STRO NG LY BU ILT. Y E T LIG H T RUNNING AND NO T H A R D ON ST O C K . J H IS SA V E S. VALUABLE FEED. C O M E IN AND L E T U S EXPLA IN OUR IM PL E M E N T S T O Y O U . 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Service first in planning the w ork—more service in selecting proper mate rials—speedy service in delivering the goods. You pay for the materials. T h e se rv ic e p a y s fo r its e lf in the larger volume of business i t brings through super-satisfied customers» I t will p a y y o u to be one o f them . 804 East First St. Phone Black 220 Newberg I n s u r a n c e Get the best Fire laiurance (or I c m money. We can (mmnh it Let u» prove it W rite, see or phone J. L t C. J. Hoskins, Newberg, Ore Service Cut the cost C. K. Spaulding Logging Co. of raising your calves The Home of Good Building Materials i Newberg Steam Laundry i i. B la ts M s c ä j Phone White I t2 CALL US CALF MEAL t o Y raisin g y o u r calves on B latchfortl’s C a lf M eal y o u can save b o th m ilk a n d money. Y o u can sav e m ilk because e v e ry p o u n d of B l a t c h f o r t l ’s C a lf M e a l m akes a fu ll gallon o f p u re, rich m ilk-substitute—a m ilk- substitute w hich contains all th e n u tritiv e -and grow th- producing p ro p erties th e calf re q u ire s . Y ou c a n sa v e money b e c a u se a t p re s e n t m ark e t prices a gallon of m ilk sells fo r th re e to fo u r tim e- the re (ail cost of a p o u n d of calf ram i. IV« h a n d le , reco m m en d nnd g u a r a n te e It chehalem valley mills ZTJMWALT’S FEED STORE ITALIAN PRUNE TREES Choice Stock in all Grade* w hich w e a re Offering At Wholesale Prices for a Limited Time Only Also a general variety of other stock on hand, at onr packing shed (7 blocks north of Post Office) including Grafted Walnuts, Filberts, Apples. Pears, Cherries. Peaches, Small Fruits, Giant Rhubarb, etc. Those who delay in buying early will be disappointed as there is a big shortage in all varieties of stock this season. 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