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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1912)
«' MORO. F R ID A Y .. November 15,1912 P e rs o n a l T a lk W i t h Yoe. A t aay tim e when requested to do to , the paper w ill be discontinued. But we expect that a ll arrears w ill be paid before each request is made. It is easy to ask us lo r a statement, which w ill be cheerfully rendered at any tim e. COBRA BITE WINS ALL NIGHT FIGHT Thunder and Wizard s Rites Fall to Rouse Victim. OIES Of GENEBILJNTERtST OREGON. AS STORM ABATES. Vlrwa of 8naka Proves Teo Stropfl Far Hum an Incantations and Turm oil of the Element»—W eird Scene In Cay* tones« H u t H it by L ig h tn in g . I I E day had been a naan ally bot and sultry even fo r Ceylon, but there was the prospect o f a change la an approaching storm. T h e w ind steadily Increased In force, and the clouds rone, darkening the region over which they passed There, from base to sum m it, a streak o f light separated fo r an instant the th ick mass, and a moment afte rw ard a d istan t rum bling reached the ear from the troubled heavens. ■ In one o f the n a tiv e dwellings. Just hack fro m tbe road, embowered In palms and a w ealth o f tropical vegeta tion, a young man lay between life and death. Qe bad been bitten by a cobra, and an inclination to aleep was overpowering him. M ure than once be had closed hla eyes and allowed his head to drop and fo r a tim e bad re sisted tbe fra n tic efforts o f hla friends to arouse him. Tbe kapurala bad been sent fo r and bad Just arrived w ith bis company o f dancers, tomtom b e a te n ' and singers, and they were now m ak ing preparations for the ceremony by means o f which they would endeavor to drive out the evti spirits by which the sick man was invested. T The Storm Break». M eanw hile the storm had broken w ith terrific violence over mountain and valley. T be rain descended In tor* rents, saturating tbe parched Jungle and causing th e roads to w elter In floods o f muddy water. T h e villagers bad sought refuge In th eir huts. But one fam ily w ere op and could not rest, for there tbe ka purala and hla strange associates con ducted th eir m idnight orgies over tbe fleeting soul o f the unconscieus native. T h e company had returned to the hut arrayed In th eir w eird apparel. The dancers wore abort cotton skirts, puck ered up into flounces, and around th eir loins were thick leather girdles gaud! |y decorated w ith colored buttons and m etal knobs. Danes Before tha Dying. T h e ceremony was conducted lu tbe lig h t o f a small cocoa not oil lamp, which barely sufficed to show the fea- turea o f the performers, hut the light- nlag, gleam ing almost w ithout In te r mission through tbe open doorway, made up for Its shortcomings. Stand ing by th e head o f the dying man. holding out bis hands and tw isting Events Occurring Throughout the State DuringXhe Past Week. Ra. tread Enjoins County. Hood R iver.— T h e Oregon-W ashing ton Railroad ft N avigation company has filed suit, against Hood R iv e r covnty, to have the county quit w ork oa the railroad rig h t o f w >y around Shell Rock m ountain, w here Governor W est has placed a force of convicts to construct a grade, connecting Hood R iye r w ith M ultnom ah county w ith a wagon road, and w hich was Intended as A lin k In. the proposed Pacific high way from tha w estern section of the state through central Oregon and on to California. M orton Appeal Denied by Departm ent Salem.— W o rd has been received by Governor W eet from the In te rio r de partm ent th at the appeal of J. F- M o r son from the comm issioner o f,th e gen eral land office In th e case of the res ervolr for the Deschutes Land com pany has been denied, and th a t the granting of a site fo r the reservoir mast aw ait the investigation of the government as to the status o f th at company. LEGISLATURE IS REPUBLICAN R e tu rn s Show T h e y E lected 13 of 18 Senator« and M o f 60 fo r House. Portland.— Incom plete returns from the different senatorial and represen tative districts throughout th e fja te indicate th at tbe 27th biennial session of the Oregon legislature w ill be o v e r w helm ingly republican. T he republi cans have apparently elected 13 of the 15 state senators and 54 of the 60 re presentatives. W ith tw o democratic holdover senators out of 15, the demo crats w ill have four seats and the re publicans 28 at the next session of the state senate and out of a to tal m em bership of 60, there w ill be 10 demo crats and 80 repu b llcana T he measures carried a t Tuesday’s election w ere : W o m an ’s suffrage, am endm ent (306-307) p erm ittin g tax classifications, repeal o f county tax option, am endm ent doubling lia b ility of bank stockholders, state-w ide public u tilitie s act, eight-hour l lw affecting public works, act p erm ittla g em ploy ment of convicts on roads, act perm it- ting em ploym ent of c ijy an d county prisoners on roads, lim ita tio n on state road bond indebtedness, lim ita tion on county, road bond indebted ness, tax exem ption on household ef fects, railroad ra te bill. T he measures defeated w ere: M a Jorlty rule on am endm ents, m ajo rity rule on bills, Cascade county, grange road bonding act, state p rin te r b ill, hotel inspector, harm ony state bond ing act for roads, tax exem ption on moneys and credits, inheritance tax law, southern Oregon road act, abol ishment of state senate, single tax, capital punishm ent abolishm ent mesa ore, tw o university referendums. T he figures now availab le on the state a t large, Including M ultnom ah, give the follow ing totals: F or ’ president— W ilson, 40,058; Roosevelt. 31,864; T a ft. 29,528. , For U nited States senator— Lane, 34,168; Selling, 32,943; Bourne, 29,529; C lark, 9191; Paget, 4168. In the first congressional district W. C. H a w le y Is elected by a p lu ra lity of more th a n 10,000. Sinnott is also fa r ahead of hla opponent b a t the count le too Incom plete to base an estim ate upon. Secretary of State O l cott In the Incom plete returns has a p lu rality of 30.000. Judge Bakin has been re-elected to the supreme bench. In the contest fo r railroad commis sioner In the second district, C. W . A Itch Ison has a lead of nearly 6,000 over his nearest com petitor. M ickle la elected dairy and food commission er. October Lum ber Shipm ents Large nxacora to tbx v a v u ro ro o r tomtoms h lm aelf about, tha kapurala was chanting a strange, incoherent a ir, In w hich th e singers e t first Joined list toasty.. As be proceeded hla fervor In creased u n til his movements became tboee o f a maniac. H a was accompa nied In hla spasmodic gestures and grotesque postures by the other dan cers- Suddenly they won'd become aaoGonlees. w ith hung« inrr-ffrel'h«^. staging to (he oolinliuv.eU (itu u i;...v > o f ’ th e tomtoms, and then moiueu ta rd y they would bend th eir knees almost to a sitting posture and ad vaace by alow and cotivulalve steps, w h ile th e ir trin kets tinkled and their w ild song added fresh terrors to the tem pest shaken nlghL A t length they desisted, and the In mates o f the b at grew more composed T b s storm. too. bad shown signs of abating. T b e fightnlng was less vivid, an d . except now and then for a flash psesu ally d e n tin g . It was passing a w a y to other districts. The thunder w as beard only as a distant rumbling The kapurala was stooping over the p rostrate fo rm o f tbe sick man. All Itly was still, fo r coma had eu despite the extraordinary e f fo rts o f tb s devil dancers to prevent f t T h e flare was set. and tberexwas a tra n q u illity about t t th a t caused tbe be Beider t o pass a t tt earnestly fo r some Then, seeing th at his rites « a v a ilin g , be turned aw ay and. th e offerings o f food and fiow- tbe a lta r ee custom allowed, le ts the re el n ig h t followed The -FflM Astoria.— D uring the m onth of Octo ber, 33 vessels loaded a t the m ills In tbe low er Colum bia riv e r d is tric t and th e ir combined cargoes amounted to 30,476,436 feet of lum ber. B ight v eels carrying 10,404,713 feet of lum ber w ent to foreign porta, w hile 25 vee- sela w ith cargoes aggregating 20.071, 724 feet of lum ber sailed fo r domestic ports, princip ally In C alifornia. Cadet Officers Nam ed a t O. A. C. Corvallis.— T o fill vacancies In the eo m m an dln gstaff of the Oregon A g ri cultural ColMff» cadet regim ent. Com rvirtdant W . C. M ille r has issued a general order announcing a dum ber of new appointm ents and promotions which w ere approved by tha college adm inistration. > Tan Horses Burn in Roseburg Fire Roseburg.— T h e whole north end of Roseburg was endangered by fire when the Banks ft W e lk e r liv ery sta ble caught fire and burned to the ground during a 20-mlle gale. T he loss w ill he 326,000. Tan head of horses perished. Michigan Convicts In Plot to Burn D e tro it— DetecUve W illia m J. Buras stated th a t he had obtained.eight sep arate confessions from aa many Jack- son prison convicts, now held In sep arate police stations here, that a plot existed amoag them to burn every thing In the prison th a t could be h u n t ed. Sick _ ie censed b y a i Take Chamberlain’» Tablate and will that and the FMk KrrebkyaU Nancy Riddle K incaid, m o th er of eg* S eoretary of S tate K incaid, died at Eugene, aged 97 yeabs. S tartin g W ednesday th e S tate -Fed eration of W om an’s Clubs held Its 12th annual convention a t Portland. I t la probable tbe women of Salem w ill have first opportunity to vote In Oregon as the c ity election comes December 2. \ T h e body of C aptain Jacobsen, one o f the victim s of the “Osprey.’*-w as found on the coast east o f M arshfield, and taken to San Francisco fo r burial. W illia m Campbell, SO years old, was run oyer and killed n ear T illa m o o k by a tra in on the P acific R a ilw ay ft N avigation company’s line. Both legs w ere cut off. B aker voted down an a tte m p t to re tu rn to the councUmanic governm ent by a 3 to 2 vate, find upheld the com mission form , which has been in vogue there fo r the past tw o years. Thousands of sm all m a n ila envel opes containing samples of w heat and oats grown in Oregon w ill be d istribu ted to visitors a t the M inneapolis Land Show, N ovejnber 12-23. T he annual m eeting of the Oregon State Teachers association, western division, w ill be held In Po rtlan d. At the Lincoln high school, on the three days follow ing Christm as, December 26, 27 and 28. According to the repo rt o f P o rt landss m unicipal free em ploym ent bu reau, a to tal of 2458 persons w ere fu r nished w ith em ploym ent during the month of October. Of this number 214 were women. President K e rr and Dean Cord ley, of the schoof of ag riculture, le ft Cor vallls W ednesday fo r A tlan ta, Oa., to attend th e annual convention of the Am erican Association of A g ric u ltu ra l Colleges and Exp erim en t Stations. As a result of the election Oregon w ill have tw o county Judges who are brothers. D. B. M cK nlg ht, of Albany, was elected Judge of L in n county and his brother, George M c K n lg h t,'o f Vale, wah elected Judge of M alh eu r county. L . A lv a Lew is and Stanley G. Jew ett, qf the United 8ta tes Biological Survey, are In K lam ath F alla fo r the purpose of m arking tbe boundaries of the bird preserve on the Low er K lam ath lake and of th at at C lear lake in C alifornia. W . K . N ew ell, of Gaston, was a p pointed by Governor W est as a men ber of the board o tre g e n ts of th e 'U n i versity of Oregon to succeed J. 8. Ainsw orth, whose resignation was ten dered some tim e ago, and which has Just been accepted. C laim ing th a t the recent local op tlon elections held at S utherlin and Gleri'dale, Douglas county, w ere not conducted in accordance w ith tbs state electloQ laws, D is tric t Attorney Brown yras asked to Intercede and set aside the verdict of the voters. Papers have been signed whereby the F alls C ity M illin g company con tra d e d Jo put 1n a saw m ill a t In d e pendence that w ill cut not less than 100,000 feet of lum ber in a day o f 10 hours. It is understood the company w ill open up the Slletx tim b er belt. The Northw est Sm elting ft Refining company filed a com plaint w ith the state railroad commission against the Sum pter Valley and Q.-W . R. ft N railroads, stating th a t no Joint route« or rates exist between those roads and demanding th at such be establish ed. T he H aw ley Pulp ft PapOr company of Oregon City, has planned extensive Improvements of its plant, which w ill give It the greatest capacity of any plant oa the coast fo r the manufuc ture of fru it, tissue anil wrapping pa MOSLEM LEADER ADMITS DEFEAT i FONDLING BABIES, I t Is Bed For T h e ir Nerves and jurieua to Health. ■ • - * '•Too much love Mills m any Imblee" la the opinion of Mrs. M ary Bines, fo r years m atron of the Sunnyside day Powers Seek to Avoid Conflict nursery In Boston. “T h e is Is too much kissing, fondling and caressing,’* con and Work for Acceptable tinued the matron. “Babies are not any happier when coddled by mothers Terms of Settlement or neighbors. In fact, I t makes m any a f them miserable. I have known a London.— H la throne tottering, th e number to pine aw ay and die from too sultan abandoned a ll hope of Interven much physical affection. T ake your tion by the powers to save T u rk e y self fo r an exam ple. W hen not feeling from the B alkan Allies w rath add ap well would you ra th e r lie by yourself pealed d irec tly to the allies /th e m on n couckwor be close up against some one? W ell, th a t la the baby’s feeling selves fo r term s of pegee. T u rk e y ’s admission of defeat was exnctly unlees bis constant handling regarded here as only rendering more has made him p refer I t “ Kissing Is bad fo r children, because Im m in en t the danger of a general E u ropean w a r w hich, tf it w ere to come, tt m ight give them serious disease, If m ight a lte r practically every map and it certainly does no good. mothers would consider th a t a baby throughout tb e e n tire world. T h e aul- has rights the same as a grown per ta n ’s surrender, It was pointed ouL son there w ould be few er sick babies promisee a scram ble for his European apd much o f thio h a rm fu l'a ffe c tio n territo rie s, w hich th reaten s a struggle would be abandoned. z • involving six o l th e m ightiest nations “T b e love o f m any mothers seems to on earth. be wholly, to g ra tify tbe w him s o f the T itle to the A driatic sea fro n t la the child, which Is not a eane love. I t is issue over w hich tbe great conflict Is really tru e in my experience th at threatened. B ervia has wanted it fo r w here th e re is a large fa m ily o f chil years, and l a entering lnto th e oant' dren the in d ivid u al child is stronger palgn against Turkey, risked Its na and healthier.’’ “ Is th a t because only tbe fittest snr* tion al existence |g get IL H a vin g won it, tbe Servians h^ve been w a rn viva?” waa asked. . * N o t a t all,” replied- the matron, “ f t ed th at A u stria krafita tbe A d ria tic Is simply because each child does not opening fo r itself, end mean» to have get so much attention an0 therefore It even i f I t must take it by force. la not weakened by an excess o f affec N effs th a t the Ottom an ru le r had tion. I t learns to stand up fo r itself.” sued for peace came from several In —Exchange. de pendent sources, a ll reliable, and was accepted unquestionably here as H asrt Failure. absolutely authentic. A desperate “T u rrib le thing happened to BUI In b attle had been in progress fo r many^ the poker game las' night.” “W h a t was l t T ’ hours along tbe last lin e of C onstanti “H e a rt failu re.” nople’s defenses. It was p ersistently ”Tou don’t mean IL ” rumored th a t tbe Bulgarian attackin g “Teo; be held four tiparta and drew fo re * wee capturing Sprt a fte r fo rt one card: got a apade.”—-Brooklyn Ea- and these rumors seemed fu lly borne _________________ o u t by final announcement th a t the sultan had begged fo r terms. T h e re are indlcatloag th a t B ulgaria m ay forego a trium phal en try into Constantinople. According to »emo reports Bulgaria w ill be content w ith finding suitable w in ter quarters fo r h er arm y, w hile peace” negotiations are going on. . T h e question of m ediation has made another step forw ard In the announce m ent from Paris th at the A u strian governm ent has agreed to Join w ith the other powers in txi& stnfttin g T u r key's request for mediation t o rth e o l lies and in Inquiring on w hat term s the allies are de posed'to accept m edi ation. T h e revelation of tbe danger to European peace lying In the antagon istic Interests of A uatria and Serv.la appears to have qulOhened th e sense of the powers, and probably of the Balkan states also, to the Im p era tive need of w orking In am icable co-oper ation to procure a settlem ent of tbe Balkan problems acceptable to alL A n o ther factor m aking fo r tbe speedy cessation of tbe w a r la the ap proach of severe w in ter w eather, which would give to the cam paign an exceedingly arduous character. T h e danger of massacre and looting In Constantinople appears to have abated. None o f th»- correspondents of Ix>ndon^?apera mention IL I t Is possible that the epidemic of cholera la now causing fffe a trr fears, although If the arm y is driven into the capital no one can foresee what the dlsorgan Ized soldiers m ay attem pt. per, and w ill result In the employment of about 150 additional men. Election returns Indicate that foui of the six harmony road bills submit ted at the recent election by the har mony com m ittee appointed by Gover nor W est may carry, and also one of the grange bills, leaving tw o harmony bills, one grange b ill and tbe bill sub m ltted by good roads advocates of Jaokson county defeated. F o r the purpose of securing funds to cooperate w ith the governm ent in dredging a 30 foot channel over the Coos Bay bar And deepening the pres ent 13 foot inside channel to 25 feet, the commissioners of th e port are ad vertisin g the sale of 5 per cent gold bonds o f the P o rt of Coos Bay, which aggregate 3300,000 In principal. W ith th e fa ilu re to abolish cap ital punishm ent In Oregon th ere are five men to hang at tbe s ta te p en itentiary on F rid ay, Decem ber 13, who have been reprieved by the governor u n til th a t date. T h e y a r e M ik e M organ. F ra n k G a rrlfb n , Noble Fsulder, John W . T a y lo r and Jack Roberts. In ad dition to these John and George H u m phreys are a t the prison pending an appeal. In carrying out Its scheme for tbe electrification of tb e W illa m e tte val ley and the establishm ent of a suburb an service of the utm ost im portance to P ortland business Interests, the P ortland. Eugene f t E astern ra ilw a y company purchased fro m the Portland R ailw ay, L ig h t ft Pow er company tbe ntoe m ile stretch of ra ilw a y tra c k known as the W illa m e tte F alls R a il way, and in p art w ill utilise tbe old road as a portion of the new m ain line f r q p Portland to Salem. ........... - <«y Correetlon. Miss ITrortx Since d ietin g she has some appearance. M r. H a rle m —*! OU mean aome disappearance.—Judge. howb S b B I f f i o rn c r o f 7 th « * - A Genius. “Yonr mother In-law never pays yon a long visit." sakl one man to another. H o w Is I h i ' t ? " •Rhe did once, but. I got my mother to come on s visit at tbe same dm e.” to th e 1 >■! 1I1>♦<<»»» N E W H O T E L P E R K IN S H P o rtla n d , O regon. Jr • *• - Positively most centrally located- Fifth 8t. cars pa«« the doors every few minutes. ^ P o p u la r Priced RcstawrMt ; • BuropMn PUui. Rate» $1.00 ea4 ep • L. <5. SWETLASD, Sgr. ? : : t i i i i i t m i h i m n m h i 11 > i - i - i - H otel m -n i i m m n i i HH i T albert ' D A R N I E L L E B R O S ., Proprietors The Dalles, Oregon. -tfjr ‘ •• a - A w H e a d q u a r te r s for o u r S h e r m a n C o u n ty frie n d s ; p ric e s re a s o n a b le ; first c la s s r e s ta u r a n t w ith th e h o te l. T w o B lo c k s F r o m N e w D e p o t. F R E E A U T O B U S T O A N D F R O M A L L T R A IN S Independent |||nrehonse { m illing R. H. M c K e a n , M a n a g e r , W a a c o , O r e g o n DEALERS IN L im e , P la s te r, C e m e n t, B u ild ers . Supplies, L u m b e r, W o o d , Coal, C e d a r Posts, and H ay . . M A N U F A C T U R E R S OF M IL L F E E D A N D FLOUR. H p p iio t t t o u o ( f c j u r a r d i ' Bhsrp, Serial N «. 0997?. w« w ill o«er st pnblte Sei«, Io the btirfieat bidder, l>n» st not lens tb iu «1 25 per SOre. st 9:20 o’oloek s. m .. o u th e lO th d a y of N >vember, 1912, nt th's offiee. ’ h * fo tln w irg traot of |and: d; £ M H E X and 8ec. 18, T. 1 8 R 16 oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOf H O T E L To Madge Beker, tbe ebove-ntuu«d de feo d ea t, . - fti tb« n e m e o f the 8tste of Oregon. You ate hereby required to appear and answer the oom plaint Men against yoa in t b e above entitled suit, on or before the last day o — f tbe tiise praeofibed in tbe order «. k of pnb and aDCwer-vlsiatiff w ill spply to tbs ooart for tbe re lie f demanded in the complaint filed herein *g» to *t jo « , to-w it, for a deei dissolving the bendk of m atrim ony now ex isting between tbe p la in tiff and yoarsrif on tbe^groands o f w iif e l desertion, and for »ooh Other and further relief as to the eoart may ereui cqoltable and last. This «nmmons is eeiv. o upon von by pab liostion thereof for a period of six saccess- ive week» in the Hhermsu County Observer,s weeklv newspaper of general'S irealation, published In baermnn ooaatv Oregon, in pnraasnoe to an order of tbe Hon Wm Hen- riebs. Judge of tbe County oonrt of 8h«ruian oounty, Oregon, duly made on tbe 23d day of Oetnle r, 1912. nod tbe date of tbe first publiestton thereof t« tbe 2*th day of Ootoi er, 1912. , * , TYSON K IN 8B L L. 7t,«25d6.187] ..■■■■■ i.i i. ■■■■■■ i S U N D A Y D IN N E R S 3 5 C . Opposite Posfoffice Moro Oregon. iOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO1 |M oros B arber S P o r c e la in hop | B a th T u b s . Everytliiog first Class aad lip to date. A g en t for th e Be9t S team L a u n d ry S h o p in B rick B u ild in g n e x t O b serv er Office , J L E W iS , P r o p r ie t o r . - « U M M O R tL In I he Circuit Court of the Ijtats of Oregon for Hbermsn Connty. N anaw ske» Sheep, and L «n d Company, a corporation, P la in tiff, * "t ■Lxe'i., N e a re st H o te l to Business C en ter, B a n k and Depot. C ourteous T r e a tm e n t, Clean Beds and T a b le th e best th e m a r k e t w ill affo rd . C p “ >- <■ " Attorney for P la in tiff ............ M O R O W -‘C. R U T L E D G E , Proprietor. Honry b. Beker, P lu in tiff, J vs. > Madee Beker, Defendant. J MORO - - OREGON. '■ VI. Charles M cAlister, Defendant To Chart»» M cAlister, the above named Defendant. * In tbe name of the state of Oregon, Yon a e hereby required «0 appear and aoedar tbe oomplaint of p la in tiff tiled against yon in tbe above entitled court and Caos , on or before six weeks from tbe date of first pub lication of tbia Summona, nnd yoa are here ___ that if you fa ll to eo appear or by notified answer, p la in tiff w ill take judgm ent «gainst you for tbg sum of ten hendr»'d and th irty - three dollars, with InU rest thereon at the rate of en?ht per rent per annum from t ie 22d day of tJep’ember. 1911 j for*the fu n h e r auna of filOOOO attorney* fee, and for the ooat» end dlsbureementa of tbia aetioni that p lain tiff w ill fe n her take an order o f the court for the sale of tha real property a t tached in this eanae, to w i t : Lota 4 end f of section 6 Tp. 1 I L B. 19, « . W . M „ a lab lots 9 and 10 iti block 1, lota L. 2. and H. in block A, also lot» 4. 5 and 6, tt> block 9, in t h e e itv o f W h » o < h »11 said property being io Sherman o w n if . state of O te««n, and that the prorerds from tbe sale of snob pr perty be applied to tbe satisfaction o f tho Jnjgroent «for.»aid. Thia »USB u r n a is published by ord >r of Hon. D. R. P ark*r, judge of the above en tided eonrt, matle on tbe 5th day of'O oto her, 1912, directing u n i » to be publffhedr W hetr you Jheve a bad cold you wknt the one» a week tor six roiiseeaiive week» in I f you have young children you have per obuinaMeeOas — to cute - it with The O»seVver, a weekly newepepe» pub hap» noticed that dwnrders o f the »tomach beat medicine ohulnabl* lished at M ore, bitevm *u ooowty, Oreetnu. are their meat eommou ailment To correct aeHule delays» pomible. giet'e onmioe: ‘T haveaold Chamberlain1» end the date of the firai publication hereof A 7 t o l la M lU l ' Eastern Oregon Headquarters. O re g o n , tor H h rrin a n count» Burlad In Amber, Am ber la is suppose*I s u p p o n i to be tbe harden ed gum of fossil triM*H. Lum ps o f It found la th« natum l *tnte nlrnost al w ay* contain foreign substsnees In sects, berries, leaves, bits o f bark and even cobwebs w ith drops of dew upoo them are among the curious captlv caught io am ber and preserved there ror . . . How. O o . o f <h, pU c«. of am ber ever found contains a acor pion, which most have fallen Into the sticky mass la ' a dead condition, for tbe creature made no struggle. O ften in the piece« cootnlnlng Insects it easy to Bee by the distorbanee o f the substance th a t the Insects must have fought hard fo r ttyUr live«. 0« the Hue* of light are broken and made pria malic for a «bort distune* all around them But this scorpion met hla death iKiforc be waa embalmed to tbe sub •Ntuoce. for the amber Is a« clear an win«. In polishing tbe piece, however, a part o f the scorpion’s bead suffered, and this reteals the fact that a ll th at remains o f him hs» I ’scome llme^ lie was o f tbe sm all yellow variety and not p articu larly formftlable.—New York Prees ' ______ V .? ,» « C H A S . W R I G H T , F re s ld e n t M C - D IC K IN S O N , M a n a g e r. ■H-H+MH*1 1- 1W H iI I I « I H N O T IC « FO R PDM LIOATIO N (Poblitber) iH tra u » n l S tre e t, f WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Here b a woman who speaks from pep' sonal knowledge and long experience, vis. Mrs. P. H . Brogan,of Wileon, Pa., whosaye, “I know from experience that Chamberlain’» Gough Remedy is far superior to any oilier. Fpr croup there ie nothing that excels iL” r sale by all dealers. ? Ib 'O L A 'IE D T R A G T — Pvsxo L amd B axb . U . 8 . L an d Office st Tbe Dalles. Oreg->n Ootober 2, 1912. Notice ig berwby gtveu tbat, ss direoted bv tbe CommissioDer of tbe General L an d Offioe, ander provleton-« of aot of OoagreeA Sppr« v»-d Jane 27tb, 1906 (34 state., 517), an d S ta rk I t is new , a n d its ro o m s are p ro v id e d w ith r u n n in g w a te r a n d lo n g d is ta n c e telephone«. E u ro p e a n p la n . K ate« $1 p e r d a y a n d u p . E , W. M When you have a had cold you want the »n elnim lnu adversely tha above id are best medicine obtainable so as to cure it with nr* »d'iaed to fite th e u «»Lj, otionx, oti <»r betör* tbe tune u little delay as possible- H ere la a drug y Kist’s opinion: *1 have sold Chamberlain s deim^mted lo r s s b . ' O. W. M O ORE. Register (Tough Remedy tor fifteen veam,” eayrEnoe Stolbelft-lMl Lolhtr of Saratoga, Jnd “arid consider ittb c — l n tbe CirvT4»t C o u rt ot -.he H ü « best on the m arket” For sale by ail dealers. û ÇLMMOA» ' of Picture Stories. “W h a t do you ask tor this sketch? said S ir Joshua Reynolds to a picture dealer whose portfolio he was exnnv lnlug. “T w e n ty gulnHis, Sir Joshua.” “T w e n ty pence, 1 suppose you mean.” “No, air; I would have taken 20 pence to r It this morning, but i f yon th in k tha draw ing worth looking a t nil the w orld w ill th in k it worth b u y in g .". ',A London dealer who bad made a fe w triflin g purchases At a second hand fu rn itu re shop In the country was leaving tt when be caught bis foot In the .string o f a plcinre and fell. H sv tog picked him self up. be examined tbe picture to see I f It hsd t»cen damaged I t bad escaped Inju ry, and he fowhtL to bis surprise, tb at In this tripping he had—lite ra lly —stumbled nryv.n a prjut o f the Duchess o f llu tlaitd .'tiric t KAyn olds, by Valentine Green, tn if» state. T be denier titwigwi ¡¡¡i* tp ~ - b»r I D^ia* Clothlnq. <i‘ •! f ' London has a' large factory devoted £4 and afte rw ard £1JXX> - From Jerntogham's " I- .¿‘’.H»; exclusively to the m anufacture of dolls* ___________ - _ clothjng. I , ’ Book.’ ’ this yon will find Chamberlain's Tablets ex cellent. They are easy and pleasant to take, and mlM and gentle la effect. For sale by r WHEN ¡ IN PORTLAND STOP Poar Business. “T h e m illiner, as usual, la six weeks »wdrfuff With my h a t ” »rves yoe rig h t.” f o w l e d her bos L iu d . th e em inent magnate. “Yon Vfer ‘ p w ill deliberately place a big repstru tlon order w ithout a sign o f a »ally G it» ..* ”—Washington H erald. A >ad C s m . W h a t’s Mie n .lt le r w ith the mao w ho ’s ta lk in '/ to M.e policem an7“ W h y . th a t« Brown, the professor of mnemonics. H a s forgotten tbe num ber o f k i t atreeL” —Cleveland Plain n ^ i « . ______________ Sw < WatoUff, b _ _ ------------------- VIN TO N HOTEL Grass Valley, Oregon. . E n tire ly new, c o n v e n ie n t to business. . C lean beds, a n d ta b le th e b e st th e m a rk e t w ill afford. P rices re a so n a b le . C om m e rc ia l trg d e solicited. CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES. W« €wrdl««Uy Bwllctt lwaar Pata