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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1917)
fotfe Fatei Afews Straight, Truthful, Direct C. E. Thorp Entered as second class" matter Dec. 12, 1912 at the post oilke at Richland Oregon, under act of March 3, 1S79. Membor Oregon Stato SUBSCRIPTION $1.80 six months -- - .50 sample Copy ONE YEAR - -THREE MONTHS RICHLAND, ORE;, THURSDAY. AUG. 16, i917. Vol. 5. No. 40 A WATER SOAKED TOWN. Where Nearly a Foot of Rain Every Week in the Year. Falla , "It is a remarkable fact that In In dia, one of the most arid countries In the world, there is oue spot that has the record rainfall of the- wholo earth," ?Hld Dr. William Roberts, Rrlttsh agri cultural expert in India, to a corre spondent of the Washington Poet "This place is Cherapunji, in Assam. It Is in the path of the monsoon and lu u valley, and thero is almost con stant rainfall. "The averago rainfall is COO inches a year, or fifty feett. which Is nearly a foot a week. This seems almost be yond comprehension when it is consid ered that the rainfall of fie United States, for instance, ranges from six teen to thirty-flve Inches. In some 'places there have b?en as high as alx-ty-flve Inches of water in a year, but this is the exception. "Durintr the rainy season In Chera punji the waterfall is heaviest, but there is rain throughout the year. Not withstanding this terrific moisture, tho inhabitants of the district raise vege tables and grain. They do this by building terraces which carry the wa ter off." Jam Started a Medicine. Jam in its early days seems to have been regarded aa possessing medicinal properties. Gait In "Annals of the Parish" notes "a new luxury that got In among the commonalty about 17CO. Uy our young men that were sailors going to Jamaica and the West Indies heaps of sugar and coffee beans were brought home, whllo many, among the cabbages in their yards, had planted berry hushes, which two things hap pening together the fashions of mak ing Jam and Jelly came to be introduc ed into the village. It was found that Jelly was an excellent medicine for a sore throat and Jam u remedy as good as London candy for a cough or a cold or a shortness of breath." Did it ever occur to you that "Jam" was abbre via tad from Jamaica? London Spec tator. When Hubby Fooled Her. Mrs. Scatterbraln was constantly bo moatilng her lot. Her husband, who was entitled to pluce half the letters of the alphabet after his name, had the most treacherous memory lu tho world. Ho could remember nothing hla wife told him, In spite of bits of string around bis finger and knots in his hand kerchief. Only once did Mr. Scatter brain remember to do his wlfo'g bid ding. Said a friend to Mrs. Scatterbraln: "I think you are getting as bad as your hubby. I got a note from yon yes terday dated a whole week ahead." "Heavens!" gasped Mrs. Scatter braln, trembling with tho shock. "My husband must have posted it the very day I gave it to him 1" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Cold Rloe. Gold rice should never be thrown a. way even tho smallest quantity cml In; used. It can be added to any soup. A good omelet can be made from a mixture of minced meat and rice added to tiie eggs. It can be used in a dessert in tho form of a plain rice pudding or rice custard. Left over meat can be chopped uiid mixed with cold rice, then esUten4 with gravy and put in baking 4iib. Cover with breadcrumb' aad Lake. Vacationists report tho moun lains excessively dry and huckle berries scarce. A Editor Editorial Association .75 FREE State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the Arm of V. 3. Cheney & Co., doing business In the Cltr of Toledo, County and fitate aforesaid, and that trnJd firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDI1KD DOLLAHS for each and every, caso of Catarrh that cannot b cured by the use of IIAI.l.'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn tO' before me nnd subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1SSS. A. W. OI.EASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hull's Catarrh Medicine Is taken In ternally and nets through the Wood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials, free. F. J: CHENEY fc CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by all druggists. "Sc. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. .The Richland Round Up The closing service of the year for the Methodist church will, be a round up after the order of the Pendleton round up. A large number of wild horses and steers have been secured for the occas ion; riders of every nationality will contest for honors. Many noted riders have lost their lives trying to ride these animals', but still there are plenty of riders, both young and old who are ready to say "Let 'er Buck" for the price offered. The show is free but a free-will offering will be taken for the purpose of propo gating a line of domestic animals instead of the wild kind that will be on display next Sunday night. All outside appointments called off until the following Sunday. Special sermon to young people and children next Sunday morn ing. Come and see for yourself. Arthur Thomas, Pastor. Wanted to Buy Second-hand Milwaukee or Deering mower. Ralph Byrne, Richland. ad'10 Everyone present at Parker's Movies last Thursday night prp nounced the program excellent and most all announced their in tention of attending the show to night. "No matter where you are bil lited," writes a Canadian soldier from the trenches in France, "there you will find the Y. M. C. A. the nearest thing to home we boys have. " Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McMickle and baby, who arrived in the Val ley last March, expect to start back to Iowa next Tuesday Mr. McMickle is offering all his house hold effects for sale at a sacrifice so look up his adv on front page. Carl and Harry Mason have leased their father's farm for a number of years and will conduct their business under the firm name of Mason Bros. They ex pect a large production of honey from their apiary this season and have had a lot of neat and at tractive can labels printed at the News office, Private Sale! I wish to dispose of all my property and offer the follow ing at most reasonable prices: 1 team mares, 9 and 11 yrs old, one with colt. 1 2-yr-old colt; 2 beef cows; 2 yearling heifora; 2 calves; 1 hack; 1 spring-tbbth harrow; 1 iron harrow; 1 one-horse cultivator; 1 lister: 1 plow; 1 hay rack; 1 set harness; 1 work bench: Carpenter tools, shovels, forks and other miscellaneous articles. Household Furniture 1 wood or coal heater 1 dining table and G chairs 5 rocking chairs, 5 kitchen chairs 4 stand tables 2 writing desks 1 new washing machine 2 Axminster rugs 1 bedroom suit 2 bedsteads and springs 1 refrigerator GO-gallon hot watci' tank Come look them over at my place above New Bridge. Mrs. T. A. COBB FOR SALE CHEAP 1G0 acres timber land in Sec. 9, Tp. 10. U. 44. Address C. Gossi, Gopperfield, Ore., 'or W. C. Perry, Boise, dalio. The Oregon Agricultural College Whfrc trained tpreUluU with raoilurn lib' rstorifs mil lnquW njuliiturnl fits In slturtmn WsJtnr to fclltlst ili"i In tin following ichooli' AGRICULTURE, with IS drpartratnti i COMMERCE, with t ilr partinrnls . ENGINEERING, with O di4itmf nt. In- luduu Cml. KltMrlral. Illtliwijr. Imluitritl Art. Irrigation, snd Mechanical Kiuin'trlne: FORESTRY, meludlnf Logging Knglntrr lt: HOME ECONOMICS, with 4 major dtpait mrnts, Including training In th I'rsctics House ; MI U WO, with Ihrrc dipartmcata, iucluJ. log Chemical Knglneering; PHARMACY. THE SCHOOL OF' MUSIC, ,cff-r Itiitrue lion In the principal departments of Total and instrumental music . THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT, enrolled 108.' radets in ltMfi 17, anil won remmriwn dation for O. A. C from th Western Drpn-t' ment of the U. 3. War Department as one of the fifteen "distinguished Institutions" of higher learning. All cadets will ba furuUIi d complete uniforms by the U. 8, (of rm at and thu junior and senior caJrtJ. enrolled m the It O T. C . Will be girtfn eommutatlon fir subsidence, as well as all transportation a id subsidence at the sis weeks' Humnlrr can p REGISTRATION BEOINS OCTOBER 8 1017. Information on rojiieit. Address, Keglstrar, Oregon Agricultural Gollija. Corrallli, Oregon. Till? Government needa l''annr uh well its 1'ighterfl. Two mii.'fon three hundred thoiitiand acrcaof Oregon & California Railroad Co. Grant Lands. Titlj reinvented In United StateH To he opwicd or homoHtcadH and Hale. Con talning Bomoof hunt land Jolt In United .StateH. Largo Cupyrl(htcd Map, allow ing land by HcctioiiH und description of soil, climate, rainfall, oluvutionH, torn iieruturo, etc., by counties-. Postpaid Omi Dollar. (Jrunt Lands Locating Co,, liox 010, Portland, Oregon. Thr FMrit i For moot men Hfo Is a modified rclgn of terror. Threo fears gett up with thorn In tho morning nnd kc- to bed with them nt night They do uot confess to one another that they are afraid, hut their wives know, i At night, after tho children liaro been sent to bed, they sit by tho fire, tho nrcrage man und hla wife, and face their throo foam: First. Tho fear of tho loss of tho Job. Socond. Tho fear of bad health. k, Third. The fear, of a. dependent old age. American Magazine. 1 Reasonable Prices ON Seasonable Goods 0 SELF-SEALING MASON FRUIT Quarts - - Half gallons ; BINDING TWINE STOCK SALT . - U BARBED WIRE, GASOLINE - - Our price on FLOUR is Right SAUNDERS BRO'S. THE RICHLAND HOTEL Now under the management of .... MRS. W. E. BARBER .... who huff 1)001) commoted with this Hiituo hot"l Hovorul tiini'H nnd who fully luidorntniiilfl tho ni'etlri of tlm iriivclling public. This hotel is famed throughout the country for its Genuine Home Cooking and Good Service METHODIST CHURCH Sunday School nt 10:0(1 a. m., E. E. Holman, superintendent. Preach in it at 11 a. m. and 7 :!i0 p. m. Epworth League at 0:30. Prayer meeting every Wednes day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Choir practice at7:30Thurnday livening. Tho Woman's Missionary So ciety meets tho third Thursday afternoon of each month. The Board of Stewards holds its regular meotiifg Tuesday eve ning after tho first Sunday of each month. Everyhody cordially invited to attend all of the services of the church. A. Thomas, Pastor CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Our services uritil later notice will be aa follows! Sunday 1 Bibio School at i0:00 af mi Communion and preaching, 11:00. Christian Endeavor, 7:00 p. m. Preaching at 8:00 p4 m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 8:00. Ladies Aid Friday afternoon. You are cordia.Uy invited. William E. Dean, Friends of the News Who have occasion, to publish legal adver tisements iri settlement of estates or other probate matters or in cases in the district court will do this paper a favor by directing their attorney or the county of ficial having such matters in charge to have such publication made in The Eagle Valley News. $1.00 per dozen $1.20 per dozen - 21c per pound 50c for 50-lb sack 95c for 100-lb sack 80 - Rod Spool, ,$5.00 30c per gallon cash NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. I'tihlinhorJ Department of tho Interior. 1J. S. IjiikI Oflli'D at Iji (iriuulc, Ortt gon, .May iwtli, 1017. NOTICK I hereby mvtm that Victor 0. WUhou, wIioho M)rit-olllco addnm. Ip Itli'lil.tnd, Ori-Kon, dl.l, on the L'llhduy of .May, lull), lllti In thin (illicit Sworn Stutotnent nnd Application, No. OIMIX'I, to piirclKwe tho HWU SHtj und K! SVi,, rU-c. 15, und N'K& NW.tf.s.-HWii, 21, Totwitthlp It) Smith, ilnngo 1 1 Hnnt, Wllluiiictiii Meridian, and the timber thereon, under thu proviHloiiH of tho net )(.!nnc:i, IS7H, ami untri amendatory, known ait tho "Timber and Ktuiio Law," at Hiich viilini uh inlk'lit bo llxed by up priileinent, and that, purmiant to Mich application, the land and timber thereon havo been appraised, nt ..M'KUR) the tim ber estimated at J0O,(X)Q board feel at r.Oc per M, and the land (K0 00;thatnaid applicant will offer lliial proof In Hup port of hirt application and Htvorn Htatti ment on the .'lOth day of Ain?tiHt, Itll", before CharhiH .1. Khelton. U. S. Com inlHHioiier, nt Ills ollicu at Halfway, Ore Kon, Any portum Ih at liberty to protent this pnrcliasii before entry, or initiate a corn tent at anV time before patent InHium, by llllni: a corroborated allidavil in tlim ollicu, alleging fitctH which would defeat tho entry. C. 8. DUNN, ItegiHter. FirHt ptildlcation Juno L'l, 11)17. hiirtt publication Augtlitt 'Jli, 11117. NOTICE FOR PUdLICATION. (I'UHMHHKIl.) Dlif'AU'ljMKNT 01' Till? itfTEMOK. U. S. Land Ollico at La Orantle, Oru' gon, July 7th, 11)17. Notice Ih lierobi' given that William 1, I'atterHoh, of iMchland, llaker Countjv Oregon, who, on AugiiHt Itli, 11)111, niado Dem'rt Land ICntry, No. Ol'JL'lW, for HJU HWJ-4, Hcc. L!-', aild NUj NV4', Section '27, Towimlllp 10 Mouth, Uango -15 Hast) Wlllatnotto Merldlail, lias II led notice o jntunttou to iiiako final thrcu-ycUr proof thereon aa In ImiueHtend canon tiniler'.'nd paragraph of Act of March 4. 11)10. to oHtablltih claim to tho land above de Hcribnd, beforo A. H. Coifibn, ..Jr., C'lerlt of COlintV Court of linker Con1 tv. at hi: bllico at llUlcer, Woii, on thu 10th day ol Heptouiuer, 11117. Claimant nitmuH an wltneBHcn : Htephoit V. Lubiii. William Doward, John Kviww. and William L, Chaso, all of ltich'and, , . O. H. DUNN, KeglHtbr. Flmt nubllcatlon .Inlv ill. .1(117. Last publication August 10, 1U17j