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About The Daily bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1916-1917 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1916)
rAGE 4 TIIK I1KM) lllLl.KTIN, UKNO, OltK., THl HND.W, DKCKMDICH 7, Ittlll F I OM TAILLESS GUIS ENGLISH MERCHANTS' JOKE COSTLY. lYartlcnl .lest of Mr. Wiggins Exiles Him lo Escnpfl Wrlh of Friends Nov 'Aft or (lentral Ore gon lovrstmrntH. An order for 2.000 Manx cats, giv en In a moment of levity after a good luncheon, was the cause of Wilborforce Wiggins, a merchant of Liverpool, having to leave business and his family to cross tho ocean aud seek refuge fn the United States uutil tho storm ho had raised blows over. Mr. Wiggins arrived yesterday morning from Portland, and left soon after for the south, saying he expects to do some duck shooting in Lake county with an acquaintance he met 111 the cast. It is hinted, however, that his real mission re lates to tho development of saline deposits in that terriotroy, and that he actually Is a scout for large fi nancial interests looking over the ground before the building of the Strcliorn roads. Be that as it may, Mr. Wiggins, who is a quiet little man with pale blue eyes, told this story to a Bulle tin reporter: Last August he was invited to lunch at the Adelphia Hotel in Liv erpool by some of his business as sociates, and arrived late. As an ex cuse he explained that his tardi ness was due to the receipt of a cablegram from the Indian govern ment ordering 1,000 Manx cats to be sent out by the next vessel sail ing for Calcutta. The price offered was four pounds, (J25) per cat and each animal was to be delivered in a healthy condition. In view of this clause In the order, Mr. Wiggins told his friends that he would have to send out 2.000 cats so that the required number should reach Cal cutta in proper condition. , The merchants took great interest in the cable and asked him if he knew why the Indian government should demand so many cats without tails. Mr. Wiggins replied that from what he had hear, the Viceroy in tended to present each of the native princes with ten Manx cats and give twenty to the Begum of Bhopal for her contributions to the war relief funds. Some of the most famous fakirs In India bad stated recently that the best way to rid the country of the thousands of poisonous vipers was to hunt them with tailless cats. The ordinary type of cat had been tried, but had proved a failure on account of the vipers nipping their tails, which caused the cats to writhe in anguish and climb the mango trees. They never came down again, it was said, and their ghosts haunted the forests. Mr. Wiggins went on to say that after he had explained the reason why the Manx variety of cat was required, bis friends rose from the table one after the other and said they had friends over in the Isle of Man and might as well pick up a little loose change if the government was going to pay five pounds a bead for cats. When he went out into the hall the head waiter came up and said: "Pardon me, Mr. Wiggins, but would you mind telling me what ship you are going to Bend those 2,000 cats lo Calcutta on, as I have a nephew in Douglas, Isle of Man, who is a bright lad, and I have telegraphed him to buy . up all the Manx cats that he can lay his hands on." The unhappy Joker said he was about to explain the truth of the matter to the head waiter when he looked around and saw that the cashier, head porter, three waiters The First National Bank C. S. HUDSON, President U. C. COE. Vice President K. A. BATHER, Vice President E. M. LARA, Cashier L. G. McREYNOLDS, Assistant Cashier B. A. STOVER, Assistant Cashier A SAFE PLACE MONEY A GOOD PLACE TO Why not rIvo your boy ami girl au opportunity to make their horn Mludil earn and tffiift G i v o them tho same chances to win pro motion and success a." t he lad having tho advantage of WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL Pictinary in his twine. This new creation answers w ith final author ity all kinds of putUiuj questions in history, geography, oioitruphy, spelling, pronunciation, sports, arta, and sciences. 400,000 Vorabubrf Twtnt. STMPiox. OmtMO Illustrations. Colored Plate. n Mir iuuir wiu um DtM rt The trpe matter it equivalent to that of a 1&-volume enoyolopedU. Mac Scholarly, Accurate, Conrenlent, aoil AutbortcatlT than any-other La- iitn mcnouary. Dr.fTT ID 3 AND j PAPER 3 EDITIONS. IjJ WRITE for 1 pDecimea rxix4. a llliutr&tiotis. etc 3 FRKK.a lot of Pix-krt I you uiuuo Uua 3 C. MERMAN CO. I etc. SPRINOF SPRINGFIELD, MASS. .:iiRrnniiaiiiiuAnttmiiiattmnun;iiituiniuitus 'and two of the maids were all busy 'writing telegrams to their relatives on the island to ship them as many I cats as they could. It was too much, land he went for a two hours" walk , to think it over. When Mr. Wiggins arrived at his homo he saw a' crowd outside and .feared the worst. His surmise was correct. He saw five telegraph mes sengers going in and six coming out. To his horror, he found that every member of his family had been tele graphing wildly to friends on the Isle of Man for cats. The wives of the merchants, who were at the luncheon, had telephoned to Mrs. Wiggins about the extraordinary or der from the Indian government. Before midnight, thirty messen gers had arrived collect, asking Mrs. Wiggins to send 500 baskets to Doug las by the next day's boat to put the cats in. By that time there were 1200 cats on the Liverpool landing stage, and the pier dues and costs of food had reached the sum of nearly 100 pounds. Mr. Wiggins said. In addi tion, the board of health had taken the matter in hand and were con sidering whether he should be fined two shillings for every cat or be im prisoned for twelve months in the city jail at Bottle. Mr. Wiggins said that he does not know when he will go back to Liver pool. THROW PEPPER. GRAB GOLD (Br United Presi to The Daily Bulletin) LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 7. Two daylight bandits threw red pcr per in the eyes of a Wells-Fargo mes senger at the corner of Six and Los Angeles streets, the city's busiest in tersection, and grabbed the two bags of gold he carried. In the confusion they escaped with their booty, which amounted to $5,000. The robbery was witnessed by many people. STOCK AWARDED PRIZES (By United Pra to The Daily Bulletin! PORTLAND, Or.. Dec. 7. At the Portland stock show here today, G. M. Welsh, of Washington, received first prize on Percheron stallions. Second prize went to James Edson, of Carlton, Oregon. E. F. Anderson, of Albany, purchased Golden Duch ess, a prize cow, from Frank Brown, of Carleton. Mr. Anderson paid $320 for his purchase. KOITHWK K REINSTATED (By United Pre to The Daily Bulletin) SALEM, December 7. Warden Murphy, the newly appointed head of the state penitentiary, has ap pointed Al. Southwick as turnkey, succeeding Sam Iiurkhardt. Warden Minto, who was succeeded by Mur phy, discharged Southwick recently. His reinstatement is looked upon by Ills friends as a complete vindica tion. TO DEPOSIT YOUR BORROW MONEY L MV I C lg.J- .-Laaaa PfPt ti Bantam BE E PEOPLE WILL GET MON EY'S' WORTH. Chairman Meliusm litis Had Wide Experience In Such Work, luid Will Have New Things for llond People. One grand, rollicking time is being planned by the Loyal Order of Moose at their big Carnival to he held be ginning next Monday and continuing until night Saturday, in tho Hippo drome. On Sunday the Hippodrome will havo a fur different aspect than it has today. Pitching a circus tent won't have anything "' the "bucks" who will lend their Ideas for thu ar tistic, as well as their strength, to make the carnival an eye-opener for the big crowd lluitis expected to at tend. The Moose say they are out for the money, and that they are going to get it, hut they are going to give the people of Ucnd and the entire surrounding country their money's worth every night of the carnival. Chairman Scitnsen has had wide experience In putting over such en tertainments as the Moose will give, and all his Ideas for giving people a good time have been put into play. The committee Is showing enterprise in developing Ideas to make the car nival attractive. Program In Complete. A special program for every ev ening has been prepared by the com mittee, and will consist of thu fol lowing numbers: Monday. Instrumental trio llosmer. Bail ey and Bradley. Contralto solo Mrs. R. J. Todd. Soprano solo Mrs. N. F. Reed. Piano solo Mrs. II. M. Horton. TucmIu)'. Violin solo N. G. Schatz. Baritone solo Mr. Kee. Soprano solo Margaret Thomp son. Solo Mr. Kellogg. Piano solo Miss Leila Joseph. Wednesday. Soprano solo Mrs. Bernlce Hal Icy Forrest. Reading Mrs. Guy Mrlleynolds. Contralto solo Mrs. C. V. Sllvls. Vocal solo Mrs. A. C. Froom. Soprano solo Gcnevelve Gerrlsh. Thursday. Piano solo .Miss Wlnnlfred Reba Aldrich. Solo Fred Lucas. Soprano solo Mrs. Franklin Thor daraon. Selection Shi'vliri-Hlxon Quartet, Kellogg, Triplett, Bell. Hosmer. Friday. Banjo solo George Carroll. Tenor solo W. O. Livingston. Soprano solo Marie Brosterhous. Contralto solo Mary I. luster. Minstrel Chorus. .Saturday. Mardi Gras Hall, dancing all ev ening. Something To Smile About These sailors nre not only wreathed in holly and evergreen, but nre wreath, ed In smiles. You. loo, will be wreathed in smiles If you do your Chrlstmns shopping early. So will the shopgirls; so will the children; so will everybody. Shopping early is the best Christmas gift you can give to the clerks, also to yourself. IS MAI PREPARATIONS PHILIP BROOKS VISITS BEND. INSPECTS HOTEL Vancouver Capitalist Pleased Willi ProgrexN tin New Pilot Hullo lull Elaborate Opening Planned, Philip Brooks, of Vancouver, II. C builder of the Pilot llutlo Inn. arrived In llcnd today to spend tho day looking over the work on the new hotel, and is greatly pleased with the advancement that has been made since his lust trip some weeks ago. Mr. Brooks has been busily en gaged for several weeks with the detuils of furnishing the new hotel when it Is completed. Already In many outside towns, both In Ore gon mid Washington, and especially among the prominent hotel men of the state, considerable Interest Is be ing manifested In the opening of the new hotel. Mr. Drunks, as yet, Is not prepared to aniiniiuco the open lug date, hut nays It will not occur until the hotel Is completed iIiioiikIi out. It Ik understood that nuiny people of The Dulles have nuked for rescr- : vatloiis for rooms on the night of the opening, and It Is also understood ' that parties are being planned from ! other Central Oregn.'i towns. Mr. Brooks will return tonight lo I Vancouver. . COM PARKS TOWNS Says llcnd Hon Done Wonder In Five Veal. It Is little wonder Hint the enter prising community of Demi uuutcd to be cut off from Crook county and become a separate county. They evidently waul progress and dislike mossbuckisin. In looking over the official election returns. It will be noticed that the three precincts comprising Prinevllle. the old home stead of the first inoHslinck III East ern Oregon, itefeuted li Pendleton Normal School hill by u vole of three to out. Tho sumo vote carried the tax limitation iimeudmeiit. How different In Dead, where u town has grown to be a city in u year. There progress marks the way to empire, and with a belief that Normal schools produce brains that build cities ami empires, they return u majority for a higher education. However. Demi has done In flvo years what I'rluc ville bus ben attempting to do for forty she bus built, a city and filled illlll l II Central Oregon's Best Daily Newspaper 1 1 11 The News of the World i II By United Press Service ill This Store will talk to you through the columns of this paper on Monday, Wednesday and Fri day of each week. Watch this space! It will tell the story of BETTER VALUES BETTER MERCHANDISE BETTER SERVICE Slart Now! Shop Early! STOP AND SHOr AT ROTE R. OTHERS It with push and energy: llh homes mill mills and stores, nud surround ed them with farms, and the end U not yet. A comparison of tho two towns will tell where the vote would be on any public enterprise. Cres cent News. .NOIII.K TO II W.I.F.M.r: WINNKIt l Hr t'totnl r,ra tu Th tutlir nulrtlftl I.ONHON. I lee. 7. I'nlcs Tommy Noble proves un lit-nnd-oiitcr. b will be the next challenger for the fly weight title following the Xull Kid Jimmy Wilde championship buttle lo be fought here Here 111 her 18. Noble lauded In Hie cmiirr of the spotlight on both feel, modestly yelling "I am here," when he knocked Wild off his pins In a recent bout at Liver pool. The knork-dowii came In (holZIti round. Wilde's bony knees were rattling together as the slip of a boy tottered around the ring. Sud denly Nolile whipped over SV-Jeit -J v u. Subscribe Now For ffi THE DAILY BULLETIN ' wm hook and Hie rhuiiiplon look I lie high .live for tlui count of seven. He rov ereil cleverly and stayed through the round. Noble lost licur! after Hint recovery by Wllilo nutl I he Welsh limp flattened him hi the flfleenlh Noble three ! h previously put up a crude exhibition agiiinsl Young Jon Fo r'o. however, Is a gen. nine tin n I n in and outweighed Noble' considerably. If Zulu can win ug u I n nt Wilde, it In a foregoon conclusion that Jack CalluKhun. promoter of I lie Interim liohul bout, will mulch the American with Noble for a 20-rouud lint tin. WANTS INVESTIGATION" Illy l.'nltnl I'm, lo The- ll.llr Hull. On) WASHINGTON. II. C. Her. 7. Ilepresentallvn William W. HusllngN of Oklnhnmu, Introduced a resolu tion today appropriating the sum of 1 100.000 for use In Investigating Iho election expenses Incurred In the re cent luenldeiitlul and coiiKresslonal flliurlioufe. ... . .... , V ;M J -- - ....