TAOK B.
TIIK IIKN1) m'M.nTIN, 11KNI), OUIJ., AYKON'tiMDAV, MAY 111, till I.
MEXICAN . POTTERY.
Primitive Method of the Skilled
Workmen of Durango.
Practically nil tho lottery used In
the Dunuvgo section-uf Mexico, rrom
tfid tiniest teacup tothi largest flower
pot, lit fashioned hy tm ml from Durnn
ro clay There nro about twenty such
factories In-the elty, employing from
tlvo to Hfty men each. The clay used
in this Industry In obtained from tho
tmso of Durango'M fumouH. Iron Moun
tain, uuo nilto north of tho ctty.
The rrNxeta art ell fashloued by hnntl
nml foot power. The only Instrument
used Is n I urge wooden wheel, through
the axlii of which imssea n pole about
three feet In length, terminating at
the other extremity In n small wooden
wheal set piimtlel to tho bis wheel
The operator hKh ho that he tuny turn
the lar;e wheel met horizontally near
the floor eo that It will move freely!
with hi foot, which In turn causes
the little wheel nbore. on a level With
lila client, to revolve very rapidly. A
convenient nixed lump of tbo clay
dough Ik plaivd upon thl.i little wheel,
ii ud uit the mam rvol-ts by the Ini
pulse of the laborer's foot, he hollows
out and fastilnim the ve?wel.
The skill and dexterity of theso work
men -ia little short of remarkable.
With only the eye to guide, bo fash
tuns with axtuulshlng rapidity vessels
.which du not illfTer one from the other
, In either mIxu or uluii. A single la
borer la able to eomplete about thirty-
' rlx dozen Jars of nearly a quart ca
pacity lu a day. Argonaut.
BULLET ANDB1BLE.
On, Tried to Take a Man' Life, While
the Other Saved It.
To Illustrate the bullet rent-nine pow
ers of papers, a veteran war corre
spondent brought for the Inspection of
come of his journalistic eollouguca a
pockctbook tilled with photograph and
papers and a Miblc. each of which on
cparate occasion had been Instru
mental In saving bis life In the course
of tho ItUMo-TurkUb war.
In one Instance he was k pocked off
his horse by the Impact of a bullet and
became uncouxclous. only to Hud on re
training bis senses that the friendly
wallet bad prevented the bullet enter
ing bis body. On the second occasion.
at Plevna, the ltlble, which be had
placed In a Bide pocket, deflected a
heavy piece of shrapnel that threaten
ed to end bis existence.
lie bad kept tbo wallet Intact as a
memento of his escape, and one of tbo
journalists wbo was examining Its
contents came, by a curious coinci
dence, upon a letter which be himself
bad Indited to tho war correspondent
aomo thirty or forty year ago, tbo
very existence of wblcb he bad en
tirely forgotten.
In the 'letter be bad expressed tbo
hope that his friend would return safe
and sound from the seat of war. Tho
words "safe and sound" bad been al
most cut away by the bullet, wblcb.
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Ranchers
Call at Bend Grocery
for an empty egg case
free. flWe pay 9Q,c
trade for extra . large
spuds. Berry Cane
, Sugar $5.20 per 1 00.
i i Just east of the Depot.
; Mail orders a specialty. ?
but for tho providential Interposition
nf tho tiiiiulli, nf iwin-rn. would nroba-
bty have cuded tho war correspond
ent's life. Nottingham Guardian.
FI11ST FOItKST FIIIK.
Word has como In of tho llrat for
est flro of tho season which burned
over about CO ncres In tho neighbor
hood of Fort Hock early laBt week.
It wna a ground tiro entirety nnd did
but llttlo damage but It Is regarded
by tho forest officials as a strong In
dication of the dryness of tho season
which will mako patrol work neces
sary very soon.
KX-MAYOK MAItniKH.
Tho nmrrlago of H. T. McDonald
and Mlsa Morion K. James, both for
mrlv of Hond. occurrod at Los An-
goles on April 22. Tho brldo waa
formerly Mrs. KranK uuip. inn
rmnni u'ln It TMlldont hoTO fOT 8SV-
orat years, nnd at one time was may
or. Mr. ana Mrs. .ticwonaiu win re
a'do In Los Angeles.
xi:v HOOKS IX LIimAllY.
Tho following new tiooks hnvo
just been added to the library:
Ilaruabctto, Helen H. Martin:
Onp'n Dan's Daughter. Jos. C. Lin
coln : 1'enrod. llooth Tarklngton; T.
Tetnbnron, Frances Hodgson Hur
nett; Tho Heart or the Desert, Hon
oro WIIIhIo; Tho Woman's Ijiw, Mnr
nvene Thompson; Tho l'asnlunntu
Friend. Carolyn Wells; Tho Intrig
uers, Harold Kindlons; Thu Fortun
atn Fourth, Win. I.ocke; Tho Treas
ure. Kathleen Xorrls; Mother, Kath
Icon Xorrla; Dlnn of thu Green Yun,
Lcona Dalrymple; World's Hud, Atn
olio Kltvrs: Annyhody but Anne,
Carolyn Wells; Dark Hollow. Anna
K. Green Pidgin Island, Harold Mae
Grath; lllack Is White, Geo. liar Me
Cutcheon; Tho Hoart or tho Night
Wind, Ylrglnlo K. Itoe; Sunshine
Jane, Anne Warner; Overland Itcd.
NOTION TO 01)1) FKM.OWH.
Initiatory degree work will ho hold
nt thu next meeting. All vlsltlntr
hrolliori) nro Invited to nttmut,
COMMISSIONER
IS SUPPORTED
(Continued from pnKo 1.)
community. I shall expect to vial
my "co-oporntorn" regularly nnd nn
nlat thotn nnd all of thu hi r mora nr
tho county lu uvory way poiiHlblo.
this work nlvvnya nulijoit to illrnotlnii
by tho Htntti Leader, Prof. II. T.
French, of tho O, A, l nt Uorvnllla.
PHONIC TO WAItM KI'IUXOH.
Forost Supervisor Morrlt returned
from tho Metollua country Friday.
At Aliens ho conrorrnd with O. L.
Hall, superintendent or the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation, and dv
tails wero arranged for tho Installa
tion of a phono lino to bo a con
tinuation of tho prosont forestry
lino to Alllnghams on tho Motollu
to tho Agoncy.
Mr. Merrltt also arranged with
Superintendent Hall for n co-opera
tive flro patrol during the coming
summer.
Mr, Ilnyloy Is a omullilntu for ro-oloo-11611."
Itcttirn Present Oftlrci-H.
"Thoro Is llttlo doubt hut that thn
prosont count' olllcers, who nru up
for re-olectlon, will bo rotumod to
otllco on tholr records." Sisters llnr
old.
Hednmnd Favors Itayley.
"Wo bullovo him to bo tho mnn for
tho place. Ho U tbo only Itupubllcau
candidate from the weat-aldu. Hu U
a man that cannot ho bluffed. Ho
understands Dm duties of thn office,
without- question la the best road
builder tho county has over had, and
hns had much experience jitong thlv
line. If the west side of tho county
falls to support Mr. lluyloy wa nro
likely to tlnd nurselvo without i
roproHontntlva on tno couiit'-lmnnl.
and It neetus that this would ho a
deplorable eoudltlon of affairs. . Ai
this part of tho county Is developing
very rapidly It desorves nnd needs n
rSproHcntnllvo" Hednmnd Hub.
"I'horo nro "n, nitmhor or ronnons
why Mrj llayloy ehould receive your
HUpport.
First Wo think him to ho tho
man for tho plnco.
"Second- Wo know thnt ho will
give us gootl representation.
"Third He Is n man of his word
and ennnot ho bluffed.
"Fourth Ho Is the only Itepub
Iran candidate fur county- commis
sioner from tho west side of tlu
ccunty, nnd It ho Is defentel wo do
not havo rnprcsautatlou In tho county
court house.
"At tho present tlmo nearly every
olllco holder Is nn east side man, nnd
tr thn west side falls to bo represent
ed It will bo our own fault, so It Is
op to us to volo for Mr. Hnyley,"
Itedmond Commercial Clu'i.
MORE AID FOR
LOCAL FARMERS
(Continued from page 1.)
Ions problems at tho college, and In
formation from the V. S. Department
of Agriculture and somo of tho ro
Hiilts of my own fourteen years of
study and experience In this lino of
work.
"I shall try to obtain at once i or
live "co-oporntora" In each communi
ty who will use from one to flvs
acres of his land nnd undertake to
demonstrate the value of soil prep
aration, seed selection and crop cul
tivation ns w think best with some
crop whleh wo think will pay. Wo
will handle those plats to muku them
yield a maximum crop If possible
nnd study nnd noto tho results with
all thu Interested farmers of tha
POTATO SEEDJELECTION
Atiileultuilst Wishes (i-opei ntora in
livery NelglilHiiliooil,
Ah the first step lu helping thn f ar
mors of Crook county, Agriculturist
Lqvott hnsaitont out tho following
cnntuiitulcntloit rimardlnK seed pota
toes) "Thorn Is ulwnya n sale for tho
good smooth, sound and well shaped
potato. It Is hard to got u Kood
prlco for the potato thnt Is rough and
full of eyes nnd knots. And, the
lot or mixed smooth, rough, hrulsn.l
and diseased potatoes In hard to se'l
ai any price.
"It wo plant only tho smooth, well
shaped potato of sue nnd shnpo thtt
wo wish to raise, our chances for ob
taining that Hiimo kind of potato, as
n crop nro good. If wo plant small
nr largo or rough potatoes, our
chances Mr obtaining a crop of good
marketable potatoes nro poor. lu
order to raise u uniform marketable
crop of potatoes, w. must plant tint
kind of seed mid that kind only. Wo
will obtain some poor nnd unmar
ketable potatoes from tho best seed
and will obtain mmn good, market
able potatoes, front thn poorer seed,
iiiiiybo, but too nmtt who will ear
fully select bin seed will ho limply
lowariloil foe hln trouble.
"I should like very iiiuuh (o obtain
tlio milium of two or tnoio farmers Jm,
each nulghlinrhood lu thlR TpVli'W
Willi will co-operate Willi InlHiriUjnU
onstratliiK thimo Inula to' tliff fcftllsV
faction of tlieniHolves nnd tljulr
iinlKhliiirH. I should llko to ouo(i.
oruto with them lu thn mileetlnii of
tho host seed front Iholr soml iiotalniK.'
Dud the plautliiK of his mind liiitltn.
best pnsnlbln manner uopnmto fronr
tlie renmliulHr or thu crop In ot)Hr'
that we may study and compare the
results: obtained from till different
seed. ,
"Wo will undertake slmllnr work
with other crops which wo grow nnd
I shall visit tnu iiiirornui ueignmir
hooils ni noon ns possible. I mayAl-
npr
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ways ho roachod by addrnsiliig iiiefat
Hudmoiid, and nm nt your servlet
along nny lino whero I may be of
assistance to tho farmers or Crook
county." A. . LOVOTT.
County Agriculturist.
Moil Children's DNrnsra Ntart With
A Cold.
llestlossiHHw-rovrlshiioM nn In
llnmed throat and spasmodlo ooiikIi
Is starling In. (live Foley's llonev
nnd Tar promptly- H lielvs (he ehll
dren so very iiiurli, mid Mrs. Hhlpps,
ltnyiimiidsvfllH, Mo , says: "I got Hue
results riiin It mid It Is n great medl
rlin tjir whooping coiiBh." Patter
son Drug Co
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hunk the balance. The (lillei-enec
between Kortl cost ami heavy car
cost is "velvet" for the prudent
buyer. lie knows tho Ford not
only saves him dollars but serves
him best. It's a better ear sold at a
lower price.
Five hundred dollnr & thi Hlee of tlln lotil
numlxHitt lb tourinjr mr U Ave ttftjrt the Mwn
cur seven Hfty t. o. It. Detroit, eomnlele wUh
tMiiilpment. Get eataloif and iwrtleutaht from
UeoiKtf H. Hoover, lUml.
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FOR BUSINESS LOTS
FOR RESIDENCE LOTS
FOR GARDEN LOTS
For Close-in Acreage
OR. FARM LANDS
Let us show you the property "'J' t;
conservative buyer that BEND REAL ESTATE is a conservative investment ,
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Lath and
Shingles
Pine House and
Irrigation Spout,
Lath, Red Cedar
Shingles
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The Bend Company
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