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ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6
OUIJA HOARDS
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Dealers say that there Is a great'demand now for ouija
boards those mysterious Jittle mechanical writing devices
that bring all sorts of strange messages out of the unknown.
A New York dealer says the demand has increased 500 per
cent within the last few months. His store alone sells hun
dreds a day. . "They are the most popular playthings on the
market." Their sale seems to be accompanied by a wide
spread quickening of interest in occult things. Books on
spiritualism and allied subjects are read more than ever
before. e
All this sort of thing has its useful and excellent side,
no doubt, but also its dangerous side. In the ouija board
there lies more peril than most people suspect. There is
probably no harm in "playing" with the machine, if the play
ers do it cither lightly and incredulously, or else with a full
knowledgc-of the phenomena involved. But the trouble is
that many of the experimenters we at tUe same time too im
pressionable and too ill-informed, and take its messages too
seriously, acting on them to their own hurt, and in extreme
cases even unsettling their minds. '
Psychologists explain that the "messages' obtained by
the use of this-board or any other mechanical writing device
probably come out of the "subconscious mind," like dreams,
and also like dreams, they may be either true or false. There
Is nothing supernatural about them. But because they are
mysterious, and because they InvorVc the use of powerful,
unexplored and slightly understood mental forces, they are
dangerous to deal with unless the experimenter is unusually
level-headed.
Two things, at any rate, should be well understood by
anyone who dabbles in this or any other form of occult ex
perimentation: First, it will not do to take ouija writings
, er "spirit messages" as mistw.artliy guides of belief or ac
tion ; and second, excessive interest in such matters may un-
, balance the mind. . - .
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MAKING SUGAR GO FARTHER .
The fairy talc "of how Ice cream- manufacturers were
able to turn out just as much ice cream as ever in spite of
government rationing of their sugar supply has been told in
an Associated Press dispatch.
The agricultural experiment station of the University
of Illinois is responsible for the discovery of the process
which accomplished this feat. It is said that ice cream
makers who have used this process have been able to save
30 per cent of the amount of sugar formerly used. This has
not decreased the output nor lowered the quality of the ice
cream.
By boiling together 100 pounds of sugar, 44 pounds of
water and 50 grams of powdered tartaric add, from 30 to
35 minutes, 140 pounds of inverted syrup will result. This
syrup resembles strained honey in appearance and taste. It
contains 41.4 per cent sugar, tastes sweeter than plain sugar
and does not crystalize. It is used in making ice cream in
exactly the same proportion as the sugar itself would be.
This saves, it Is estimated, 300,000 pounds out of every mil
lion pounds of sugar formerly used.
All this leaves the uninitiated rather dazed. The ice
cream tastes just as good as ever, is still wholesome, is as
sweet as usual though containing less sugar and costs
considerably more than formerly. But it seems to take away
the possibility of blaming much of the sugar shortage on the
makers of ice cream. '
"v STOP THAT COUGH
7 Before it Becomes Deep-Seated
Nyals Syrup of White Pine With Cod Liver Extract
.Eucalyptus and Menthol Will do it
" It Soothes Irritated SurfacU and Builda up Broken-down Tisanes
Price 23c and 50e
SEE OUR STATIONERY
It Is unexcelled for Quality and Beauty.
. Look over our line of Flash Lights, Pocket Knives,"
; Thermos Bottles and Lunch Kits .
Calavans' Drug Store
2nd & Main Sts.
Comment of the
State Press
Snappy Cleanings from the
press of the
(Jelling Reared
Congressmen during the holiday re
ceas are learning a few things, an
nounces the Tribune of Scio. They
are hobnobbing with their constitu
encee and they have found out that
the pigeonholing of the treaty and
covenant of the league of nations
was moat unwise thing to do. They
find that among the people a vast
majerity wsnt the treaty ratified. Our
republican friends find that all other
legislation pales into Insignificance
when compared with the importance
of a workable covenant and league
among the nations of the world.
Ssys the Editor of the Criterion
to the Editor of the Oregonlan
Brother, come down to earth, and
while you maintain the dignity of
your city in its fullest, acknowledge
that it waa Just as cold in Portland
as it was in. any other part of the Wil
lamette valley. Then, and then only,
will we of the valley "forgive thee of
thine iniquity." ,
Jingoism
Without Hearst the Hearst pap
ers would be truly great, but he him
self Is the drop of bluing in the tub
of water, the Stayton Mail opines. Aa
everybody knows, Mr. Hearst haa
been trying for years to rib up trou
ble between -the United States and
Japan. There ia always lots of so
called and alleged "Yellow Peril" in
Mr. Hearst's papers, when in point
of fact there is no yellow peril, and
never has been any, amTis not likely
to be any, and it would not amount
to a row of pins if there was.
Without a Kick
in It
Since kicks are unlawful and
knockers taboo
By A.
The End of a Perfect Conflab
"Sire," began the fjiibequious Two
Thirdvr. "Might I suggest "
"Yes, yes, son," we urged.
"Modesty demands that I not ap
pear so regularly In your daily spire
of wit, humor, and other stuff.
Couldn't you, during your week end "
We could see that his goat waa
lipping. So we whirled to the type
writer with this, in our best form:
"Sorry, but I haven't any weak
end. I'm strong on both ends."
Bssao Profundo
Rocked in the cradle of a Ford,
He laid him down and loudly snored;
He cut the coat of room and board
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Resolution y
A Three-Ring Show
Olcott'a circus opens at Salem Jan.
12, announces Editor Humphrey of
Jvf&'rsoh. .The menaayrie'e in prime
condition and many new and surpris
ing stunts will be put on by the star
acrobats. 90 performers count 'em
90, and the largest and most useless
army nf employes ever known. Don't
miss it. Most expensive show in ex
istence. 20 days continuous perform
ance. Positively the last public Ap
pearance of many of the present per-
.formers.
A Silent J'srtncr V) j
.r , (Sciq Tribune) ." . " '
Mins Helen V, Crawford of Leb
anon came over Christmas morning
for a few days' visit with her sister,
The Tribune's better .half.
A Day n The Shop i
(Resumed)
The foreman cocks his green shade
jauntily at about 9 a. m-, gets out his '
deck of cards and shuffles, cuts and ,
deals him a hand in a deep game of,
solitaire. Into the discard go all the,
cards representing ads not scheduled'
for today. Finally be reducer his
hand to about 67.7 cards. He then
hunts up ad, electros, plaici, copy,
and what not for all these. He con
siders the forms for his eight psges.
and sizes up the "hole" he will have
fur ads and news matter.
It is now time of day for Alan
Banks and Thomas Ferguson, repre
senting two large emporiums of our
city, to meet, Mr. Banks coming in
by the front door and Mr. Ferguson by
the back way from his stsnd on First
street. Thomas has a change of copy
for his steady corner on the back page,
announcing something good for quick
sale that he and G. A. Flood have lit
UHn. Mr. Banks brisks around
awhile, holding out for pica type and
big figures on his ad, and insisting pn
"H" border all around, lie goes to
the cut morgue ami loads up on plates
before leaving. Sometime before he
nnd Tommy get gone ; Deo McClain
drags In a half-page ief-Dlaini, 'or
Russel Gott from Sternberg's and half
a dozen others besiege the foreman
with instructions as to their copy. (To
be continued, etc.) " ' ' 1 i
Commerce Mortgage Securities Company .
Portland . . Oregon
We Loan Life Insurance Funds 5
at lowest rates, money on hand to close loans without
delay. See our local representative.
v Barney Hecker
Hotel Albany Building
. , Albany, Oregon
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I HEREBY RESOLVE TO FORESWEAR
EXPERIMENTING AND TO PATRONIZE
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVEN RE
LIABILITY ONE WHERE I KNOW I'LL
GET MY MONEY'S WORTH!
Aditorial--
' Funny "how much
interest has been
evidenced in coal
the past month.
isn't it? And ordinarily, before then, coal was
far from an interesting topic of conversation.
ince it's been given so much publicity lately,
here goes for more and well bet you'll be inter-
.. ested in what we tell you. During the first two
h':r.ured yoars that whites settled this country,
' 3d vP3 burned, while Tngland, populous and
f Vrt t fprasts, used coal. In 1660 the British
consumption of coal was -two-fifths of a ton
i rr capita annually. . Not until after 1850 or
ninety years later did our annual per capita con
sumption equal that In 1820 the Pennsylvania
anthracite region was producting a ton of coal a
day, or a little over 300 tons a year. Now there
is being produced by this same small anthracite
region in Eastern Pennsylvania, around 100,
000,000 tons of coal a year. Quite a little change
in a hundred years, isn't it? Coal made possible
the propelling of locomotives and trains by
steam. These trains led to the spreading of our
population so rapidly that in fifty years the
spread equalled that of the previous two hun
dred years. - , . ,
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Reliable Service
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You will more thoroughly enjoy tho HOLIDAY SEASON if you know
your money and valuables are safe.
Wo depend upon our STRONG VAULTS and not upon mechanical de
vices to protect your money and your valuables.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
Where Valuables Are TSafe
The First National Bank
"Old and Reliable"
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The First Savings Bank
"Where Savings .ire sale"
Four Per Cent Intent on Savings. .
Farm Loans, and Agents for Federal Farm Loans.
HSHininnii.IinTtmsITIIT'ilftf'MlliinniiMJrMT - 'iM.ur "p;i:;T;iff!!!!!niI!in!!iil
Nashua Woplnap BlapKets
. of Pure Cotton
Keeplfeu Warrr)
Whatever the size of the bed, there is a Nashua Wool
nap Blanket which will tucft in well and leave plenty to
pall up around the sleeper's neck. Inexpensive in price,
they give the greatest possible warmth per dollar expended.
They come in the staple designs as well as attractive plaids. -
. Individually wrapped
they reach your home
. fresh and dainty
the blanket you want
and need. ' ' ,
Shrink little if
all. (Washable.) .
Stronger than
many. (Durable.)
Mothproof. .
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Demonstration (WESTERN ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANERS
WIRING DONE BY LICENSED A BONDED WIREMEN -
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327 West First St., Albany
COC'O R Vm'I Alt. C-vwU ...
FALL I NO RtSINO rAtHVQ
rHTin i i '.war
No Mere
Dread
Of Winter
with its chilly, damp days
.and big fuel bills, if you
use the
Pipeless Furnace
RADIO
4 NATURE'S WAY"
It burns wood, coal, or
briquetts, heats up quick
ly and-- ' -Saves
23 to 50 per cent
in fuel
Heats the entire house with
one register and automat
ically ventilates. Call,
phone or write for free lit
erature or see it demonstrated.
v Brown & Leigh
. Plumbers & Tinners
216 West First St With Barker Hdw. Co.
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