slatti wwn wsEwa
Brief Return« ef Happening
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
of
T h . city of Coquille le gathering a
fund for a new community building
that city.
The municipal tax at Hood RWer
next year will be at leant » per
heaffcr than thia year.
W L. Jackson of Albany wne « F
pointed a member of the state parole
board by Governor Pierce.
The cannery ef the Eugene FruH
Growers’ association Is short of help,
according to J. O. Holt, manager.
Lafayette George Cornwell, said to
be the oldest man In Lane county,
died In Eugene at the aged of »•-
Divorces a t t decreasing In Marlon
ty clerk.
4
More than 17,114.000 feet In lumber
and log cargoes crossed the Coos Bay
bar last week, about half of it des
2 2 S u r v iv o r s o f Great Japan-
tlned for Japan
W. M. Quenell. a logger employed
at the Big Creek Logging company’s
camp near Knappa. was killed when
e s i U s a s le r Arrive on the
la Salem October I 6 . . v
A poetofflce Inspector Is now In
North Bend making tha final survey
for the establishment of a free deliv
ery system In that city.
A fter a lively contest for queen of 1
the 1811 Clackamas county fa ir at
Canby. MIse Ruth Pressey Robinson
of West Linn, was chosen.
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! 1 I i I I I I I I I I I m
I C. Bsseom »lamp, former eongraaa-
Virginia, who was appoint-
; : I «M
secretary to President Coolidge.
; ; JtL1. - f . .
h i i d e p e i i d c n t t o e k « 4 M illing C o < P ODD BELIEFS ABOUT STONES
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c re
s c a o s . c O
on
M c K e __
a h n ifa
, n M a a
n u a r g e W r, a W
o . r e O g regon
H l..
All Sorts of Superstitions Rifs In Cor-
tain Counties of England
and Scotland.
D E A L E R S IN
L im e , P la s te r, C e m e n t, C e d a r Posts,
B u ild e rs S u p p lies, L u m b e r , W o o d ,
Coal and Hay.
M ANUFACTURERS
M IL L
FEED
AND
OF
FLOUR
& CO., Inc.
Blacksmith and Machine Shop
Phone 3 0 3 ,
M oro, Oregon
' W e carry a complete line of
Auto Accessories
W h iz Auto Products
Qoodyear Tires and Tubes
Pyrene Fire Extinguishers and Liquid
Auto Repairing and Storage
Studebaker Cars
W e S e ll
Wood and Iron Lew
HARROW S
N ew InTBOtten N ow
oo Display
T h e widely advertised N e w
O il R>nge with
S U P E R F E X B u r n » that tor
the feat tune combines gaa-
speed with oil asuva
Mxnoa
-----y.baxfapbrhm.
L m m
r ° “ «*” • . *>•«
and ita
H it absolutely reliable
pvvdocta l2 0 |e » c « n t more
than old atyle burner
NEW PERFECT1O
OflRanft
S IF T P H T X P i l m e n
G inn,
TOMLIN
W EEDER
sold by ns, has proven
to be the best all-par-
pose weeder now sold
B arber S hop ::
INORO. OREOÓN
w, •
Oregon.
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: SHOW ER BATHS
!:
■ i l n i w i i 1 1 i » f i u » < i
A . NT. H IC K S
Plumbing and Heating
B elli and installs the
famous M ueller pipe
o r pipeless furnace.
J . W . Donnelly, Register.
D. L IN D Q U IS T
Oev. W . H. MaMaetar ef Bowtb De-
keta. whe reduced tha prise ef Base
line by putting tha state Into tha re
tail ell bualn
D r o e r L ln r
Range , ; J o e T r u i t t , P f O p r i e t
October, 1921.
1
C laim ant
names as
witnesses:
H . M. .Shull. George L. W ing, A . E.
York, Edgar K irk , a ll of Condon,
W asco, O reg o n
JEW ELER
W atch Inspector for the
O z W . R - & N . Co.
Hop picking In tha Harrisburg Tl
clnlty will ba completed thia weak
la some of the fields a third of the
crop la left on tha vine too mouldy
Jewelry and W atch Repair
in g g iv e n sp ecial allen tici»
tor use
The
D a lle s ,
O regon
The Oregon apple crop thia year 1«
aatlmatad by F. L. Kent of tha United
States department of agriculture, ai
<700 oars, against 4 2 « care »hipped
The Dalles, Ore.
< I m
U I 1 I l -l-M -
The hlarney »tone and the Stone of
last year
Scone are not the only stones which
1, The naw atretch of tha Pacific high
had a superstitious value In olden
CRANDALL
days.
At Olamla castle, ancestral
way extending from Capitol atreei
U
N
D E R T A K IN G
horns of the duchess of Tork, !• St. brilliant.
The first tremor came an Instant • in Salam north to what la known at
Orlando's stone, which was reputed to
C
OMPANY
tha
F
air
Ground»
road
waa
dedicatee
before the booming ef the cannon that
have the power of prophesying future
T
H
E
D
A
LLES, O R EG O N
last
weak
events. Girls frequented the spot to marked neou. U waa a perpendicular
Governor
Pierce
has
aent
out
a
cal
shock,
violent
and
destructive-
Then
discover their destiny, and many a
tor all tax supervising commissions 1»
lover went there to plight his troth. came a horlsontal quake and the land
According to tradition, somestones, 1 Scape waa changed la an Instant to the state to meet in Salem Monday
S a m B ris b in e , A g e n t
September >4. the opening day of th<
called “speaklng-etones,” call on» w l" n one ot desolation.
a dead body Is placed upon them, and j
fair.
M o ro . Oregon
raise a sound to contradict anyone
W ith about 60 delegatee and their
guilty of swearing falsely by them.
wives present, the tenth annual con
h ih iih i h h h h i i i
Tba Llecbafar, or speaking-stone at
rentton of tbe Pacific Coaat Aaao
8t. David’s cathedral, served as a
elation ef Fort Authorities waa held
bridge across the River Alyn, and It
nt Astoria
was unlawful to carry a dead body
over It. When such a crime occurred
th e Hpw Ledge mine, 20 miles
GilHam aad Wheeler Ceaatias
Berkeley, Cal.—S I* hundred build southwest of Jacksonville, one of tke
the stone Is declared to have lifted Its
ings
ware
destroyed
aad
damage
of
voice In protest and spilt In two,
largest bodies of copper pyrltee la
STOCK & W HEAT
aghast at the Indignity. There are 110,000,000 done la the conflagration tha world, has been »old by tha Robert
stones that are supposed to travel from which wiped out 86 entire Berkeley
8. Towne estate to the Guggenheim
one place to another without human
blocks.
i <
t'J —
aid. The dancing-stones of Stockpool,
FO R S A L E
The fire, sweeping over the
b Interests.
In Pembrokeshire, are a well-known
The draw of tha bridge over the
east of Berkeley Monday afternoon
uam ple.
On a certain day these
laid waste to the Cragmont and » • - north fork of the Slualaw river, ho
F .T . H U R L B U R T
atones are said to meet and travel to
tween Cushman and Florence, fell
d
id
avenue
districts,
destroying
one
gether to a favorite spot They dance,
Upper Maia Street, opp. Garage
with a crash Saturday night Just as
and after the revel return and resume of the choicest residential sections of I a heavily loaded gravel track had
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Caadaa - - OitfoB
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their usual place». Superstitions con the c ity ./» •»'»..&«? ’
passed
over
It.
Hundreds
of
frensied
resident«
fled
cerning healing-stones were formerly
The Oregon public service commix
very common. In Carmarthen there from the burning area as the flra
are still traces of a white, soft atone swept down the slope of the hlUa. alon in an order has Inatructed the
that was reputed to cure hydrophobia. burned Its way through tha doaely Portland Railway, Light A Power com »■I I I 1 » I 1 I I I 1 H -fr*»“! I 1 I I 1
,
At Iona an upright stone Is said to settled and exclusive district and pany to extend Its electrical system
confer the power of good steering upon eventually died down to a smouldering to provide current for residents on
JA M ES S TEW A R T
any sailor who will stretch his arm
Alder Crest read In Multnomah ooaa
ring of flame ancompaaalng tha an
SHERMAN COUNTY
along It.
tire area which I t had devastated.
IF-
600 BUILDINGS ,
BURNJNBERKELEY
Opposite Black and White
M a i l O r d e r » G iv e n
S p e c ia l A t t e n t io n
' Bank Hotel
^+
ranches
Form erly the Albert
,
The Dalle«’ Newest sod Befit
t1«fiU lry
’ J
C E N T R A L L Y LOCATED
Sherman County H end q uarar*
J. P. M
ATH.
Thw D a d les
-
-
Or««<4»
J»H
Many Other Birds Have Powers ot
Speech, Though of Course Only
to a Limited Extent.
HIS Misinformation
They ware dining at a fu«hi<»<.»hir
restaurant, tha Qiatomera’ Man an
tha Ooestp.
«■> a .
“Baa that man ovar th e r e r »aid tha
latter.
Have You Seen
This N ew
Super Stove?
M A IN S T R t t T
8». N *N E|,
1» Eaat, W illam ette Meridian, baa
filed netice of intention to make three
year proof, to establish claim to tha
'land above described, before J . D.
Weed, United S tile « Commissioner
at Condon, Oregon, on the 6th day of
iV
penniless.
Fifteen days after the greatest dla
aster la resent history, the men and
worn«© who lived It and suffered M
and watched tha great cities of Japan
rased by earthquake, typhoon * “ '
firs, ware unable to give any compra-
banslve picture e f the destruction.
It waa too sudden, too violent, too
terrible.
The doatructloo of the Japaneee
cities, the survivor» related, waa pre
ceded by electrical disturbance» that
lighted tha sky b rillian tly at n ig h t -
hot. humid days and aa atmosphere
almost stifling
On tha morning of
September 2 the aun roaa hot sad
PARROTS NOT ONLY TALKERS
Agents for
W*W*. Sac
Section 82, Township 1 South,
If "
Seattle. Wash.— America opened her
doors la quiet ptty to the first o< the
victims ef the Japaneee earthquake
when 121 pinch-faced survivors, carry
ing all their worldly poaaeaalona la
little bundles dona up in hnndker
chief», towels and btta of paper, dla
embarked from the mercy ahlp Presi
dent Jefferson at Smith’» Cove here
Bunday. '
O f the 112 who landed, alx wdre
seriously injured or suffering from
exposure and shock, 88 others were
caring for minor hurts sad bruises
and at loaat IB were destitute and
..
a tree fell on him.
The Washington county school fair
will be held at Banks. September lb
to 10. in connection with the MfiBk«
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NEJSWL
President Jefferson.
Hog and Dairy show.
Oregon’s official part in the open
log of the Pacific highway through
to Vancouver. B. C.. w ill take place
a- n
U . 8. Land Office at The Dalles.
Oregon. August 20, 1928.
Notice la hereby given that Ralph
Fouta, of Condon, Oregon, who, on
June 21. 1920 made H. E . 021804 .and
ou January 11. 1922, made additional
H . E . No. 021806, for E |, 8 E $ N W t,
port prepared by Grant Boyer,
There are many who Imagine that
“Yea."
"WaU, ha |fi Jama«
®®lth frow
parrots are the only talking bird»; yet
there are almost, If not quite, a doaen Peería. HL"
-Indeed 1"
birds that can ba taught to speak, sa>s
"Yea, he’s Just made 8200,000 In <b*
Science 81 ft Inga.
Among the talker» of tha parrot
dear boy," aaW
tribe the African gray parrot, the
Man. ’’you'rs wrong toar ways.
white-fronted Amasen, and tba doable,
-In d s e d r
J-
yellow-beaded Amason parrots are.
"Yea—hla name la Howard R
perhaps, tbe beat ta lk e r* With the
cockatoo», tha allver-creeted cockatoos Jones."
and the red-created cockatoos are prob
"And ha la fr o « Springfield. Maas."
ably the choice birds for talking pur
poses.
•And the amount waa not 8200.000.
Next to th« parrots, macaw« and
•N o r
■
________ _ tha bird» moat easily
cockatoos,
" It was S20.000."
taught to talk are the brown or com
“ A m / he lost U."—*®°dton Globa.
mon mynahs, from India. Rome of
thaae birds. It la »aid. are capital talk
era. They ato the greateat scamps la
T b * Trirtl
the world, and «sough to wreck the
“Women." nbwervefi the man
morals of any bird family. Ona or
just failed to better • Pd*T
■ "**
two of them have been taught to say
"are fnnny aaUBfilB.*__
•'hello," quite distinctly, and once In
" T a a h r ahaandly replied the fellow
a while they take It Into their headr
who waa nnrrfag
^Veah.
to laugh a little.
Among
tha specimen«
specimen« of
of other
ether bird«
mm« | "Teah—no. Tm
Among tha
«hat can be taught te talk, the piping If y o u jr.n t te
b.
■ " " .o 'I » £ , * ■ £ £
I » M - » "«»J
thaae birds will readily plek up a few
words of a aeataoce, and they are
admirable whistlers, their tones being
clear and flutelike.
Net a Silver Lining.
Jnat before the children, Mattle,
Rarile, Ram and Lint, were to go away
to school, their unde, who waa pay
ing their tuition, called them to him.
V«a1ona of a bountiful allowance
danced before the eyes of the young
•choi are, especially the boys.
They walked the hot and dnaty mile,
up hllU to their uncle’» house. Dutl-
fullv they listened to a lecture of
“do’s" and "don’t * ” ’ Finally unde
reached Into hla "money" pocket.
He pulled out some ataaape.
To
each child he gave enough stamps t©
Inst all term.
The boys looked
chagrined. The girls giggled «1 the
boys.
All thanked him and trudged
Take U haa« I«
tteUtfa.
law a ^aekat la
STOCK AND BRAND
Oegdittona In Oregon during the
week were favorable for harvest and
IN S P E C T O R
threshing, aaya the weekly crop sum
Moro - - 0ro,oo
mary of the weather bureau. A very
small actoagc of small grain remain«
to be harvested, and threahlng la wall I D E P U TIE S : L . Ssbedewlta, Kcaf.
Ivancea.
i ‘ L Ov«goo; Dr. Joe. Saunders, Mdm.
advanced.
M . » . . . w r f-c t o « «
•» ! :
° ”
¡
w t m i m 11
tha too. »00 * nd 1000 yard alow-flre
ia
ranges. Sergeant W . H Hayas ol
Portland. Oregon national guard, won
the Leech cup fit the national rifle -s=
association
tournament
at
Caifir
i » i' M
11 atea i T
Perry. O.
T H E M A RK ETS
Portland
i BB B BBI
>
Wheat -** Hard white, 11.66: »oft
white and western white. 81.04; hard
winter, northern aprtng.il.fit; western
red. Sl.fiL
H ay— Alfalfa. 11« ton; cheat. IIS ©
14; valley timothy. |18© 18; eastern
Oregon timothy. |20©>2.
Bntterfnt— 48c.
Cggs—Ranch. S2©S7c.
Cheese— Prices to Jobbers, f. o. b
TiUamook; T rip le t* 28c; longhorns,
tfic; loaf. 86c per lb.
Cattle — Choice s te e r* |7.16©7.76;
medium te good s te e r* tfi.76Q7.26
; H e w — Prime light. 18.76© 10 06;
waa going te play pdker toni<ht «nd •mooth heavy. «.2fi© 8.66.
■he prafty near tanghed her naan
mountain lam b*
_ Sheep- e j K*«t
She 'mowa blame well I*V« r w *
valley
lam b*
|10©10.76;
choice
a lecture at thu T . M. a A. I ’m »uch
|lfi© 1 0 .M .
•
darn
11«
Weekly.
Eaattla.
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Wheat — Hard, soft and weatern
white 61-68; hard and soft rad wlatar,
«eater« red. H -O t; northern spring.
61.64; Big Bend hlneatem. |1.07.
— Reach 82067c.
Butterfat—47 ©48c.
C attle- Prim« light » te a r* 87J 8 ©
7J6; medlam to good. 16.6607. „ 4
Big C a lifo r n ia -------- J
San Francine©.— A total of 11».000
acres In the CallforfiM national for
seta, of which Bfifit aorea were tlmbe.
was on fir©, aooorfitug t © a r w
port Issued here
District Foreste»
Paul O Readington.
if
Hogs
Prime light 810©10.4»
smooth heavlaa, 68.76 ©8.7® •
Ford Fstltlon Filad h
Llaooln. Nah.—Th© petition aakln*
ChnM» — Washington cream brick.
t2© 22fi| Washington tr ip le t* 8|o.
S
leattal caadMMfi
.1.« —rr«-»—T of state
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NEW HOTEL PERKINS
F IF T H A N D W A S H IN G T O N STS.
P ortland ; O regon
Y o u C an C o o k in
C o m fo r t in a
W ired H om e
How glad you will be thifi
tur.imer if your house ha« been
wived for elcctricityl
An electric range heats the
fx x l and not the cook and an
elect vie fan give« cooling hrc«xc«
to offset the heat of nature. ©
, Cut that is not all— it is only
m a wired home th a t your
housework «an be lightened by
the
numerous
motor-driven
labor-savers novf in such com
mon use.
Our estimates will »how you
how really inexpensive the many
advantages o f electric service
are.
Sherman Electric Co.
S P E C IA L
RATES
with prtvltofi. ol teth. .Ingl«-
81.00 ap; doaW« 81.50 up
Room with privata baffi, dagl« 81-M
up; doubla 8 U 0 ap.
Auto Mdata Tsalw. Street can tram
Union Depot paw our door«.
Tranci e» at 5th and Glbaa •*
North Bank Depot.