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The College Gyrations and Unfair Sports. O b se r v e r . «■•re Ida Lewis, keeper of Lime rock' light for more than half a century, heroine of numerous thrilling res cues, and frequently referred to as the “ Grace Dprling of America,” died on the 24th. As keeper of Lime rock light she has saved many lives, some of them at great personal risk ; her deeds of daring carried her fame throughout the world and she received many honors, including medals, a life pension, and the thanks of cong ress. -- Her death recalls how close is glory to our dust and the simplici ty of those who are truly great of soul. Thç good folk of Newport upon one merfttfrable occasion wanted'to give her a public recep tion to show her the gratitude felt by her fellow citizens for self-less heroism. She sent back word that she was so busy with her washing and ironing that she could not spare time for social events like tfrat. The world is sweetened by the fragrance of such serene and dutiful lives. When at St. Paul President Taft gave a lot of homely advice to students of the University qf Min nesota. The president suggested that activities of college life might be better devoted to more elevat ing subjects than barbaric yells,, and he also declared that the young man who started in life without means was far better equipped than the son of the rich man with IQ income sufficient to live without working. The president also made a plea for fairness in sport, w’hether it be upon the college gridiron, or on the professional base ball field ; he deplored the action of base ball crowds in attempting to put the visiting team at a disadvantage by insulting remarks, . and catcalls hurled from the grand stands and bleachers; “ I love base .ball,*.* ex claimed the president^ “but I also love a fair deal.”4 J h e president’s remark about college yells was called forth by the greetings he received from the Minnesota students under leader ship of the “cheer leaders,’’ who jumped in front, of Mr. Taft and ■ It is claimed that the same Hines went through various sorts of gy who put Lorimer over, also put rations. The president spoke gent 170-thousand Uncle Ike Stephen- ly of the responsibility of universi- ’ son of Wisconsin over; Badgers and Suckers alike are now putting ty men and warnen. it all over Hines himself. Uncle Sam is already a railroad owner, at the Isthmus, and the In addition to his British allow freight carried over his line last ance of $125,000 a year, the new year increased 23 percent.; traffic governor-general of Canada re headed in that direction has al ceives an annual salary of $50,000 from the dominion ; surely, the ready taken a jump. Canadians have a grand pull wn Johny Bull’s pocket-book. Medford appears to be in a big rush to get George Steel into the I Nations capitol before the 15th, to incorporate a pie for$500,000more ’ BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON in the annual report of Secretary Fisher to congress for Crater lake The Minnesota Society of Oregrtr. park. Don’t bite off more than was formally organized at a meeting held at Portland. you can chaw, sister. F u p e r. (.FFIU At P t r t K o r 8 IIF K N A S MORO. OREGON. Entered a* second claw post office st M oro. Oregon, July 25, 189 J. ’ D. G. I reland , Editor. C. L. I reland . . . 4 . .’.M anager, FR ID A Y __ November 3, 1911 If you do not read The Observer, why not? W e ,*o u ld like to have you take it, and we know it would be profitable to you to become a subscriber. W e send it two years for $2.50; one year $1.50; 1- » eta a month isn’t much. T ry it,.-O rd e r by- postal card, and pay for it when you can. Church ant^Socivty notices F R E E , ex cept when for money making purposes. Such notices at regular rates at the option of the publishers. .¿5 W e w ill not be responsible for the neglect of subscribers to notify as of changes in their address. N or w ill the notification of a Postmaster that the sub scriber has •‘ Removed” settle the bill of a delinquent. Did it ever occur to you that it costs no more to produce printing that is pleasing to the eye than the other kind. 1 he Observer is equipped with all the modern faclities for doing good work at the very minimum of cost. T ry us with an order and if it is not executed to your perfect satisfaction you need not pay for it. Send for advertising rates. Senator LaFollettv s boom starts off like a prairie smudge.. Coffee is still advancing, but as it comes in free the robber tariff is not held responsible. We don’t suppose that whiskey made from bananas could be much worse than the oJd brands. Taxes have gone so high in Ja pan that the little nation may nof teel like whipping anybody for several year&tfo come. Expert w’orkers in steel mills at Hankow receive only $1.25 a week; the ambition to be like Americans can be easily understood. A Kansas ‘reformer’ wants to a- bolish all state legislative assem blies ; that would be more humane than giving them rough on rats. Roosevelt has decided to pursue a policy of general silence ; this ought at least to win-the-hearty commendation of Champ Clark. As very little gets away, from the Goulds it is interesting to read that Frank was deprived of his appendix the other day; so far the news hasn’t affected the stock market. Champ Clark reminds one of that foolish fellow in David Cop perfield, who, being afraid to pop the question for himself sent to the lady that enigmatic message : “ Barkis is w-illin’.’’ „ If the Wrights have really per fected a safety device tor aeroplan- ing which can balance a machine in mid air at any time, wc may make more new conquests of the air without paying too great price in human life for them. The last word about America is not said when the comptroller of the currency reports savings bank deposits in this country to be well over four billions of dollars; to be precise, $4,212,583,598. But its a fairly comfortable nest egg. Another attempt to reduce the cost of certain necessities of life to the ^ultimate consumer is to be made in N.Y.city where a compa ny, incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000, will endeavor to drive the so-called poultry tro't nut of existence. The pat » . .. company is to sell eggs, butter and poultry at auction, thus eliminating the profits now taken by receivers, jobbers and wholesale dealers. Pilot Reck is left without hotel oi eating-house accommodations as th*j An extraordinary step is about result of the most serious fire in he; to be taken by the British govern history. The W ashington County poor farm ment on the occasion of the de is to be under a superintendent at a parture of King George for the In snjftry Instead of tine old contract sys dian durbar. The Crown is to be tem, which has prevailed there for put in the hands of a commission, many years.-1 which shall exercise whatever po - ‘ K w - t W second time in as many litical powers belong to? the sover years the postofflee safe a t Weston was dynamited by yeggmen. The eign under the constitution. cracksmen secured more than $100 In stam ps and money. A shipm ent of 250,000 chlnook sal- Four men have been sentenced man eggs for the Clatskanine River to the~penitentiary for life from hatchery was recelvciTat Astoria. This Cherry county, Nebraska, because makes three consignments of eggs that they lynched a man. 1 his stands have been taken to the plant since it . out rather boldly against the back was started. Following reports that genuine beer ground of experience in such cases Is sold in bottles labeled “near-beer" in other states; it is seldom that In Benton and Lynn counties, which lynchers are brought to a legal ac are “dry," State Chemist Wells has counting at all, much less given begun an investigation which may the limit of the law. Of course, cause serious trouble for brewers of Nebraska happens to be one of those counties. The Oregon Trunk railway in the states in which lynching rarely augurated regular ‘ passenger and occurs and such swift demonstra freight trnin service November 1 over tion as this of speedy justice must tlie line recently completed from Opal have a tendency to make lynch City to Terrebonne, formerly Hillman, ings all the more conspicuous by Redmond. Deschutes, the station for Laidlaw, and Bend. their absence in that state. A. T. Stfahorn, of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Depart I ment of Agriculture, has just complet Tough on The Brokers. ed a soil survey of the Rogue River Evening Telegram We notice Valley which embraces about 400 that a Massachusetts broker has square miles of the valley lands and lower slopes of the district. , been poisoned by handling paper Stgte Railroad Commissioner Miller money ; and yet, there are the and W. M. Wells, assistant engineer, laundrymen of the country who of the commission, are In Medford a s cleaned,up over $4,000,000 last certaining the value of railroad prop year, and every one of them in erty embraced In the rights of way good health, so far as heard froqj; and. term ini? grounds in Jackson ______ • i County. The commission Is ascertain ing the physical valuation of the rail roads as a base upon which to figure Going to Try Mexico. rates and taxation. A conference of the Young Men's Hood River News: Mr and Mrs G D Woodworth,and daught Christian Associations of the colleges er Idel, will leave this week for of Oregon opened at Albany Friday for a two days’ session. Fifty-five Mexico, where they w’ill spend delegates representing the Christian the winter, and where Mr W has associations of the University of Ore gon, Oregon Agricultural College, Pa- large landed interests. c’flc University, W illamette Univer sity, McMinnville College, Pacific Cob - EeMoss Correspondence, lege, Albany College, Philomath Col lege and the Eugene Bible University Mrs C BDavfc' death occurred were present. Amity citizens desire the Installa at the home of her daughter, Mrs tion of a city w ater system and the .. in Lane countyyQct. 25th, city council has the m atter under ad aged /2 ycais. Interment in the visement. Near there a lurge well has family lot by the side of her hus been struck, which recently U nder band here,'Sunday, October 29tfb went the test of furnishing 600 gallons J'lie final tfad rites were largely at an hour without any apparent de tended by sympathising friends crease, in the volume-of w ater In the well. The discovery of this flow of and old-timepeighbors. water has roused the citizens to their George Haskell has moved back opportunity to secure a fine w ater s^s,. tern a t a nominal cost of running a to Deqioss. pipe line to the town. “ We have got to do something, else get down and out,’’ declared Horace Davis, of San Francisco, president of the 24th annual con Rev T J dockings is holding a ference of the Unitarian churches a series of meetings here, and those at the late.session of that conven who are attending are certainly re tion in Washington city. Mr. Da ceiving showers of blessings. vit, the Rev. K. G. B:Tierce, pas Ed Larkin is about done seed tor of All Soulschurch, which Mr. Taft attends, and other prominent ing, and has good prospects for a ministers and laymen delivered fine crop next harvest. addresses. MrDavissaid no church Ed Newton has bought the Out could live on its past : that intcretf fit and fallow that Charley Drake in dogma was passing, and ques had, and is going to farm it big tions of social service were taking j-Onçe more here’s success to you, ' '■ / ¡lid . </ - ■ i t f ‘ « * Darina and The Agents She Makes One Mistake By MILDRED STEVENS C opyright by American P ress A sso ciation. 1911. Miss Charity Decker tied a knitted “fascinator” over her scanty hair, bundled herse f Into a long, warm cape and drew on thick woolen m it tens. "D arlnaP’ she called shrilly, .and when a girl’s slender form had ap peared In the kitchen doorway sho continued: “I’m going now. H annibal’s been w aiting for ten minutes, and 1 »xpect th a t old horse’s hoofs ure most froze off. I know It's cruelty to ani mals to keep 'em standing around In the snow like this, but I bad to get ready, aud I couldn’t find my spec tacles, aud thi a I lost my handker chief, and I found it and lost it, aud 1 haven’t foqud it again yet. Why, there it is on ffie altoauac. I was loo« ing to see w hat the w eather Is going to be tomorrow”— Thevgiri laughed softly as she push ed the older woman gently toward the door. “There, Aunt Charity; If you stop and talk much longer the horse’s hoofs will freeze off, and Hannibal is looking so Impatiently at the door. I won’t forget to put the bread lu the oven at 11 o'clock, and I'll w ater the plants and put Toby in the woodshed before I go over to Cousin Surah’s to sl iep. Aud I’ll expect you home on the 3 o’clock train tomorrow afternoon without fail—there!” Miss Charity was on the porch by this time and waving a mittened hand to Hannibal Joritos, the stage driver. “I’ll be there in a Hannibal. I've gqt to say something more to Da rina”— ) Darina laughed merrily as she waved a farewell to Miss Charity’s gesticulating mittens, and she w’ent back into the house and closed and locked the door. Miss Charity’s de parture for Greenville, the next Vil lage, was an eveut that had beent talked about for a fortnight, ever since her brother’s wife had Invited her over to the Buptlst donation party and to spend one night. She had left a dozen different commands for her grandniece to carry out. and the Inst and the greatest of these was the one concerning agents of au.v description. Charity Decker detested agents. She was scarcely polite when, members of that houorable calling knocked Insinu atingly a t her kitchen door.Xriler strict orders £pr the reception of any th a t- might call during her absence hihl been thoroughly drilled into Darina'« uhdë?- standing and out of the tenderness of her heart th e girl hoped th at the agents would stay away. - “They are not so plentiful In snowy weather,” thought Darina as she rolled out some ginger cookies. “I hope none of them will call, but somehow It does seem ns if Little River harbored more canvassers,, and—(here is one now!” Slip popped p pan of cookies In the oven and pushed back her fair hair w ith a floury hand, leaving a dab of w hite on the rose of her cheek. She opeued the door to find a Syrian rug dealer squatted on the doorstep. Miss Charity’s admonitions still rang in her ears. • “No—no—no!” said Darlnn em phati cally In response to his appealing ges tures as he displayed his wares. She closed the door and watched him shamble down the path. Her heart leaped with fright as she saw him pause a t the gale and niako some sort of murk on the white post w ith a bit of red chalk. Then, w ith a sly look over his shoulder at the bouse, he weut on his way. “How dreadful!” thought Darina ns she returned to her baking. "Perhaps he has marked the house so he cun return tonight and rob us—or perhaps murder.” • < There was another knock at the door, ind Darina took her cookies out of the jveu liefore she tiptoed over to the intrance and peered tbrotIRh the crack In the door curtain. A man with a long handled patent mop Impatiently, waited on the doorstep. Darlnn opened the door. “Good morning,” said the agent courteously. “Are you the lady of the house?” “Yes.” said Darina. “But I do not wish to buy anything today. We have a mop we bought from you last year.’,’ “Very good, ma'am; you cannot need another one now, and you will never unless yours is stolen, for, as I told you last year, when I sold it to you, our mop Is practically Indestructible. Now. let nié show you the best clothes brush you ever saw —there, nia’ntn-» look nt that!” s * ' When Darina had finally added a firmly voiced / ‘No, no!" to his mono logue he gatitered up his wares, dis posed them about his person aud with a bol) of his head was gone. “ 1 hope he doesn’t murk the house,” murmured Darina ns she watched his flurried departure. But the brush man seemed glad to get a way , from such nn unpromising vicinity and paused to look neither to the right Cor left ns he hastened down the road. -Presently Darina saw him open Cousin Sarah’s green gate and enter the yard. She went back to her cookies', and an hour passed rapidly. Juat as she had placed thé "last panful of crisp dalnCes &n the table another knock came—loud A B ankrupt’s Refugs. It Is hnrdly hatf a centurr alneo the aud imperative. This time the «gent was a young first white man penetrated to Uganda lie, as Sir Frederick Treves mentions m an,.tall and good looking, muffled to in his new book on the country, was the ears in n thick warm ulster, while “a sitcclallzed and complex product of n fur enp that rested on his dark head civilization In the form of an untJIs- was whipped off as Darina opened the cbnrgod bankrupt ¡.fleeing 'f^ora his floor. He did not carry a bag nor a creditors“- « Italuch soldier, by name bundle, but Darina did not doubt th at lean bln Hussein. “The Ba gnu da, somewhere concealed about his person being fond of anything new, received was n capo« ioiM pocket that would tills rara a rts with effusion and wad«? much of him. Ro hig h ly .w ere bis Rick headache Is caused by a disordered qualities prized that he IrecAme a per stomach. Take' Chamberlain’s Tablets and son of Influence In their midst and the correct that and the headaches will disap pear. For sals by all daalaca. possessor of .300 wives.” ..~ - f I aold innumerable samples ^ s o m e th in g salable—probably subscription books. “G6od morning,” he auld pleusantly and in a very businesslike munner. ’Is Miss Charity Decker a t home?” "No,” she said coldly. “Ab,” he ia id In a disappointed tone. Then, unbuttoning his coot, be thrust a gloved baud into an inner pocket “I wouder if you”— he was beginning when Darina interrupted him coolly. “ We don’t wish to buy u dictionary, thank you.” His hand dropped to his side, and he flushed redly. “I beg your pa)rdon”— he was beginning when D arina’s voice, a little shurtier this time, brought fire to his brown eyes. , “Or a history of the world or rem iniscences of anybody,” said Darlnn heartlessly. “I’m not canvassing for books,” he said grimly. "Nor a patent mousetrap or a carpet beater or fancy note paper,” continued Darlnn recklessly. “We’ve got a fold ing sewing "table th a t turns into a chair”— „ “Do I look ns if 1 had a folding sewing table concealed aboflt me?” he demauded scornfully, yet w ith a smile buojt of the glitter In his eyes. “We’ve got a breud mixer und a pat ent w asher and a freezer”— “Fray spare me the Inventory of your household goods,” he said cut tingly. ”1 may as well tell you as rupldly as I can th a t"— “And we don’t w ant to purchase any fruit trees or shrubs this year!” ended Darina breathlessly and rather frightened a t her own luck of cour tesy. 4 ‘‘All of which is very interesting, madam ; but, as a m atter of fact, Mr. Joseph Decker of Greenville usked me to stop here for his sister. Miss Charity, aud drive her over to •ills place. There! T hat’s why I’m here!” he ejaculated, In u relieved tone. Diirinu’a floury little hands flew up to her reddening cheeks. “Oh, I am so sorry! W hat have 1 said?” she fal tered. “My aunt weut to Greenville by Arain. She left about an hour ago in the station s^age.” “Then I may as well drive along,” he said, r e p l a c i n g cnP and turning away, his glance lingering In a tro u bled way on D arina’s sweet, tearful face. “You m ustn't disturb-yourself over that. You see. 1 was so slow abou^ explaining who I wua th at no wonder you thought 1 was a canvass er of some sort. I suppose you’re both ered to deuth with them.” “ We are,” said Darina fe rre u tly ,a n d in a few Words she told him of Aunt- C harity’s hrst admonition and also of her experience that morning. "I think the brush man scattered my last atom of patience,” she explained. “I don’t wouder,” he consoled her. "I believe th e same fellow called at the parsonage the other day and’’— “The parsonage!” echoed Darina. “Then you must be Mr. Flebk, the new m inister a t Greenville." ” 1 am,” be smiled, baripg his head again. "I believe There Is some sort of donation party going on for me toulght, and my sister, who keeps house for me, advised me to keep out of 8be way. T hat Is how 1 happened to ealhfor Miss Decker.” •It was very kind of you, ludecd, nnd I mu ashamed -of the reception I gave you.” said Darina. Ju st us he was passing through the gate to enter the little cutter th at aw aited him Darina remembered ttic red mark on the gate post. Perhaps Mr. Fleck could reas sure her as to Its meaning.. She recol lect»^ lien ring Miss Charity say that he hail been a missionary. Instantly she was In the gateway explaining her fears. The minister looked nt the rude character closely, thought for a moment, nnd then a smiie broke over his face. “I w’as connected with a mission In Syria for a year, and I learned something of the language. This merely says it Is the house of avarice' and '’merchants will do well to puss It by. It Is too bad th a f it Is not w ritten in plain English so all your obnoxious agents might be discouraged.” Darina watched him drive away over the. sparkling crust of snow, con scious th at her heart had thrilled strangely a t the clear, compelling glnncevof hlsr brown eyes. She went back to her baking quite cured of her ill humor nnd humming softly under her breath. The next day when Miss Charity re turned home and had evolved from her .voluminous wrappings into a very small thin old lady she related with much animation the events of the evening .before. “It'w a s the nh^st donation party I evor '/went to, Darina, nnd I like that young minister. *Why, the first thing I’d got there be singled me out and told me about coming hpre nnd asked all sorts of questions about us. He’s .coining to call, nnd 1 say It’s very kind and attentive, because Little River Is out of his parish. They’re going to have n sociable nt the church next week, and your Uncle Jo a 'sa y s he w ants us both to come over for- it. Doh’t you wunt to go?” Miss Charity (»earned proudly nt-her pretty niece. “Yes, indeed,’* said Dnripn demurely, with a happy light In her blue eyes. Miss Charity shot n keen glance at the girl. “Of course, ^ u ’ll wear your rosc'WTored cashmere." she said care lessly. “Of course.” agreed Darina, blushing The Salt In tha,8ea. The Pythagorean« held that the ana was salt by reason of th e tears shed by Kronoa, fattier of Zeus. According to the old Hebraic tradition, the ocenn was originally a great body of fresh water, but which was made salt by the abundant tears of the fatten angels. One sect of Buddhists believe tliaJt Lot’s wife—.that Isjo say, the "p tllafo f salt” which was once the wife o^'the humble gentleman nnmed atiove^lles nt the bottom of the t^pean In a certain narrow strait and that once each year the waters of all oceans flow through that narrow channel. The Talmudic writers say that It was never salt until Moses wept reiHjntuuce after breaking the tables of stone. When you have a bad cold you want the best medicine obtainable eoasto cure it with aa little delay as possible. Here ie a drill gist’s opinion: ‘‘I here sold Chamberlsln’t Gough Remedy for fifteen years,” says Enoe Lollar of Saratoga, Ind., “and oonslder U the beet on tha market.” Bold by all daalera. “ ! T h a i rain growers Conveniences ■ Are not alyne confined to Rural Free Delivery of mail and the Telephone. There is unother convenience which all farmers should h a v e — many do f ia v j— a checking ac count with* a good hank. The possessor oi such an account avoids the risk of having his money on his person or about his home where it is in danger of fire and thieves. His bills paid by ^slieck ure not only a valid receipt, but also a convenience in bis home transactions «here very often the necessary change for concluding settlem ent is not at hand Don’t stop to th in k tlu s over, hut start an account now with The Iflasco ¡Warehouse ¡Hilling (o. i Bank, of |i|oro. u i.z Z ,Z Z-ZZZ Z / Z Z Z Z.Z / 7 . / Z Z 7 u 7 Z / . Z / . / __ r— w Wasco Hardware and Implement Company / • . - • DEALERS * IN . r O N LY I w TH E BEST t The Reversible Disc Harrow Kentucky Interchangeable Drill John Deere all steel Plow Harrows of all sorts E X TR A S A N D O ILS OF ALL K IN D S ^ U \2 3 E B E a i Take Trains at Kloan OREGON TRUNK / RY. For W hite Salmon, “N orth B ank” points, Portland, Spokane and East; Madras and other C entral Oregon points ' - . S p e n d Y o u r V a c a t io n a t C la ts o p B e a c h on the Pacific. First class hotels at Seaside and G earhart. Trains pass Kloan for P o rt land and Madras at 2:30 p. m. »Schedules and other d etails on request. W . E. C O M A N , G e n e r a l F r e i g h t a n d P a s s . T tg t. r / v . i r . t t :' . ' r g B r i r T ” ' I ' P o r tla n d , O re . / * < -7 -» LOUIS HEYDT M a n u fa c tu re r and D ealer in Harness and Saddlery Collars Whips Blankets, etc, A F U L L L IN E - ir:-:- NOW ON H A N D ------ ---------------: R epairing Prom ptly and Neatly Done. I .. • ► • ■ M o r o , O re g o n . 1 at The Observer Store MORO PHARMACY E x p e r t, E x p e rie n c e d , R e g is te re d P h a r m a c is ts H e d ic in e s C a r e f u lly C o m p o u n d e d , Complete ^33orlm ent of S ilverw are and Jewelry FORMALDEHYDE. RUBBER GOODS.. PERFUMERY, ; brushes ; combs , sponges , cicars . •, A n y a n d all K in d s o f A P a te n t M e d ic in e A lw a y s M oros B arber S in S to c k hop P o r c e la in B a th T u b a . 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