ClOVERDALE VOL. > 2 . COURIER. CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30, 1916 He Must Have Had Feet Like a Table. The account by Mr. Peaslee of how Link Peters hunted partridges, printed in the Companion of October 7, 1015, reminded a reader of a hunting ‘ 'yarn” that used to be told back in the hills of West Virginia. A young hunter went up into the hills to “ try his luck.” There was one "point” in the hills almost perfectly round, and the soil was so loose and dry that it was easily marked by the feet of a passing animal. The hunter saw turkey tracks the moment he reached the point, and followed them. They circled and recircled the point, and still no turkey appeared. The tracks were fresh, too. There’s only one thing about i t ! That turkey just watches my tracks and "keeps following just in back of me,” thought the young man. Accordingly he took off his shoes, put them on backword, and so went round the point and got the balHed tuakey! sent his limousine to a garage to see if it were in prime condition, which it proved to be. This is the bill rendered : For examination of c a r ........ $7.00 As near as 1 can figure, the difference between the two bills is one of diction. True To Life. Photographer (to young man)—It will make a better picture if you put your hand on on your father’s shoulder. Father—l l ’ in! It would make a more natural picture if he put his hand into my pocket. NO. i BANKING BY Several of our customers are people we do not know by sight though we have done business by mail with them for years. We believe we have given them satisfactory banking service and can give you the same satisfaction. Mail us Your Next Check or Checks It saves you time, and TIME IS MONEY, especially at this season The Best of the Bargain. You get a bargain when you get The of the year. 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A neighbor drove into his yard the other morning and asked him if he thought bis carriage was worth repairing. The old man looked it over critically, and said he guessed the job was "wuth do- in.” When the bill was sent the first item re*d: * Peekin’ and lookin’ ...............07 A few days later a New York man Automobil Accessorie W. A. WILLIAM The Bank Is Safer Than the Stove Abstracts on Short Notic by the The latest to be listed is a swell little , 15-acre ranch with lots of outrange PACIFIC ABSTRACT CO neor the Agency for $950. Good bouse RECEIVING TELLER L. V. EBKRHAKD, Manager. Complete Set of Abstracts of the Record The Cloverdale Mercantile Co. are of Tillamook Countv, Oregon. paving 50 cents per dozen for eggs. TILLAMOOK. - - OREGON and barn. Taylor Beal Estate Agency. FIRE ! FIRE! FIRE! TROUBLES ON YOUR BRAIN s mæsË Li & CARCELY a week goes by that the newspapers don’t print a storv of some foolish housewife who thoughtlessly 4 . 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