U. S. Army Office Moves
Drawback to Affection
Scotland Made Game of
Good Motto for L ife:
to New Location
Inspired by a Horse
Golf National Pastime
“ Bring Out the Best?*
I am not, as I say, sentimental about j The City Recruiting and Victory
Three months before the Pilgrim Fa­
Did you ever stop to think what
kind of a woman your wife would
have been if you had not asked her to
marry you? Or did you ever imagine
what type of man your husband
would have been if you had not an­
swered “ Y,es” ?
Have you ever crushed any ambi­
tion, chased away any talents or driven
inspiration from your household?
What have you done to increase or de­
velop your life partner’s talents?
Whether yoiY.are aware of it or not,
you have either brought out the best
side of this partner’s life or buried all
that was good in him or her.
A good many of us possess two
sides. There are more Doctor Jekylls
and Mr. Hydes in the world than we
realize. How frequently your opinion
of a man and sorhe one else’s do not
tally! You will often say: “ I can’t
see how Brown tolerates Jones; he’s
the meanest man in the world !” And
yet Brown has found the better side
of Jones.
Have you found the better side of
your husband or wife? Dave you
done anything to bring- that better side
to the front?—Chicago Journal.
China Had Great Ruler
in Ch’in Shih Huang
Fifty miles soufh of the Chinese
city of Peking has been discovered
the walls of an ancient city, which
flourished over 2,000 years ago. The
walls embrace greater area than the
walls of Peking and lie burled at an
average depth of four feet. Late In
the Second century B. C., there arose
a king in the then comparatively small
China who compared favorably with
Alexander in conquests and empire
building and whose empire lasted al­
most until the present day. This was
Ch’in Shih Huang, or Shih Huang T1
( “The First Emperor” ), whose rule
ending in 209 B. C., marks the close of
the feudal period and the beginning
of the empire in Chinese history. Shih
Huang Ti subdued the feudal princes,
built the famed great Chinese wdll
and successfully defended the country
against the Tartars from the north,
standardized money, transportation,
writing and other things which aided
centralization, and destroyed as much
of the ancient classics and traditions
as possible, with the idea that the
history of the Chinese empire should
begin with his reign.
Guiana Blow Gun
Perhaps the most elaborate form of
blowgun is that made by the Indians
of the Guianas. It consists of an inner
tube fashioned from a certain palm
which grows very thin and straight.
The pithy center and the knots a re
knocked out with a hardwood stick,
and the bore, about one-half inch In
diameter, is ground to a machine fin­
ish with a rough leaf which cuts like
sandpaper. This barrel is then in­
closed for protection in an outer cas­
ing made of two lengths o f hardwood
grooved down the center, glued to­
gether and bound With ornamental
cane and beadwork, says the Detroit
News.
A lip piece of carved wood is care­
fully fitted, and sights are added—
actual front and rear sights, the latter
open, the lower jaw and canine teeth
o f some small jungle oat—and the
weapon is then a completed zarabalan,
a field picice of some eight to ten or
twelve feet In length, according to the
available length of the original inner
tube.
Joke on Archeologists
Fossils of prehistoric animals which
lived during the great Ice age are
found In certain layers of blue clay in
Tennessee. Man, It has been claimed,
arrived on the scene thousands of
years after these blue clay deposits
were made. Recently, however, geolo­
gists working near the site of an old
Indian earthwork found some of this
same sort of blue clay. Underneath
this clay were human bones. The dis­
covery was exciting—the geological
evidence seemed to place the first
Tennesseeans back with Ice age fos­
sils. Then some kill-joy In the party
discovered that the Indians had evi­
dently transported this clay from some
distance and packed it down into fiat
layers resembling geological strata.
Notice of School Meeting
Medal Office, U. S. Army, that has
NOTICE IS H EREBY GIVEN to the legal voters of Union
thers left Deftshaven James VI ap­ horses; I have never yet seen a man a I
been located at 201 New Post Office High School District No. 1, of Clackamas County, State of Oregon, that
horse
liked
as
well
as
a
nice
bundle
of
proved the contract for the first mu­
nicipal golf links at St. Andrews, Scot­ hay, writes Guy Struthers Burt in the Building, Portland, during the last few a school meeting of said district will be held at Barlow, on the 30th day
land. Golf may have started In Hol­ Saturday Evening Post. But on the j years, has recently moved to Room No.
of August, 1924, at 8 o ’clock in the Afternoon for the purpose of dis­
land, where a game called “kolf,” a other hand, if you have ridden one j 324 Railway Exchange Building, Third
horse
a
lot
and
know
all
his
little
ways
cussing the budget hereinafter set out with the levying board, and to
and
Stark
streets.
In
addition
to
mak­
cross between golf, hockey and bowl­
ing, was played on the ice, within cov­ and he knows all yours, and if you ing enlistments for Alaska, China, vote on the proposition of levying a special district tax.
ered courts and even in churchyards. have ridden many lonely and some­ Hawaii, Panama and the United
The total amount of money needed by the said school district dur­
If the Scotch did import the sport they times dark miles with him, after a j States and issuing Victory medals a®d
while
you
begin
to
cherish
an
affection
I
ing
the
fiscal year beginning on June 16, 1924, and ending June 30th,
changed it greatly. “ Links” for exam­
Duttons to those eligible to receive
ple is the Scotch term referring to for him against your better sense.
1925,
is
estimated in the following budget and includes the amounts to
There’s .a sweet, warm, companion- | them, this office is now giving out ap­
rolling close-cropped shore fields which
be
received
from the county scnool fund, I state school fund, elementary
plication
blanks
for
the
bonus
or
ad­
have become^ the model for all golf able feeling to the rippling muscles of j
justed compensation and can assist a school fund, special district tax, and all other moneys of the district:
his
neck
when
you
put
your
bare
hand
courses. “Bunkers” are really cut
banks such as are found along a against them on a pitch-black deserted limited number of veterans each day in
BU D G ET
graded country road. Such banks with trail, almost, although not quite so filling'them out properly.
sand pits are natural to the Scotch much company as you get out of a dog
ESTIM ATED EXPEN DITU RES
shore. St. Andrew’s cut banks are now in camp. And as for Joe, if you miss
the
trail
in
the
dark
and
try
to
turn
Coming Events
artificially created on golf links wher­
ever golf Is played. For many years off it he will do his best to buck with
Aug. 18-23. Buyers, week at Port­ Personal Service
the original Scotch course consisted of I you.
land.
f
No.
Salary per year
Total
11 holes, a match being two rounds, or | There’s one thing about being with
Aug. 21-28, Lutheran Chautauqua at"
such
short-lived
things
as
horses
and
22 holes, but in 1764 it was decided to
________ 1 ............. ..$50.00_____ $50.00
eliminate two holes, so today the dogs that isn’t pleasant. You under­ Gladstone.
Total___ ; ____________ ____ ________ $50.00
Sept. 18-19-20. Pendleton Round Up.
standard course is in multiples of nine. stand what age Is too soon. Here is
Joe getting old—and he’s sixteen. You
—National Geographic Society.
“ Y ” Camp for boys, Trask River Material and Supplies
get too much an impression of the
flight of time. A wise man should July 29 to August 13.
Postage and stationery________________ $10.00
Early Navigators Dared
keep an elephant and always feel
Aug. 14-16, Homecoming Pioneers’
young.
Reunion. Port Orford.
Total____ l l ...................... ................. $10.00
Perils of Every Sort
Clerk
It Is a little more than 400 years ago
since man made his first-known trip
around the globe. The first voyage
took three years, and they were years
of great privation and discomfort. The
early successful navigator was J. S.
del Cano, a Spaniard. He returned to
port on September 6, 1522. The expe­
dition numbered five vessels, and of
the 280 pioneers who set sail only 81
returned—ragged and broken. One of
the objects of the adventure was to
test the theory that the earth was
round, and the ships took a westward
course to discover a passage to the In­
dies. Ferdinando Magellan, a Portu­
guese, after whom the straits are
named, was a leading spirit in the ex­
pedition. When the task was almost
accomplished he and 40 others were
killed by natives In the Philippine Is­
lands. Only one ship, the Vlttorla,
under del Cano, completed the journey.
Modest Maiden
“ John, I want to say, something to
you !’’
“ Say on, my dear,” replied John, as
he looked fondly at the golden head
that was pillowed on his manly bosom.
“This is the year when proposing is
done by the women."
“ Yes.”
“ I hope you don’t expect me to pro­
pose to you?”
“ Well, Mary, I have never given the
matter a thought. To tell the truth,
I’ve only know you for—that is to
say—”
“ I am glad you don’t expect me to
propose. I’m not that kind, I hope.
No, John, I couldn’t be so immodest. I
am going to let you do the proposing
yourself in the old-fashioned way. The
old-fashioned way Is good enough for
me.”
The girl gave her lover a beaming
smile, and the youth rejoiced that he
had found such a treasure of modesty.
Poisonous Flower Bulbs
Daffodil bulbs, which superficially
resemble onions, have sometimes been
eaten for them by mistake and have
caused serious poisoning. A case was
reported not long ago in Edinburgh,
where a cook took a daffodil bulb for
an onion and used it to flavor a stew
subsequently eaten by five persons.
All were made acutely sick before the
end of the meal. All recovered in a
few hours and apparently suffered no
after effects of the dose. The poison­
ing Is supposed to be due to a prin­
ciple known as “narcisslne,” found In
the bulbs of daffodils and jonquils.
Persons keeping daffodil bulbs in the
house should take care that they are
not confused with onions.
Beginnings of Music
The beginnings of music-making, as
it is practiced by uncivilized people,
offer curious reading. Among savage
tribes, It is said, the earliest acquired
musical phrase is derived quite dis­
tinctly from a simple howl, the notes
gliding down or up a scale by semi­
tones. And savages repeat over and
over again one phrase, their satisfac­
tion In having mastered which is child­
like, As the people rise in the scale
of Intelligence, their favorite musical
phrases grow larger and become more
Valuable Black Walnut
A number of native black-walnut elaborate until a systematized making
trees have been discovered whose nuts of music can be clearly discerned.
possess superior cracking qualities.
By means of scions or buds from the
Famous London House
original trees, these are being propa­
Carlton house was a famous man­
gated in greater numbers each year, sion in London, which formerly stood
since the value of the nut crop is In Waterloo place, near Pall Mall. It
thereby greatly enhanced and the tim­ was erected in 1709 by Lord Carlton,
ber is ofi the same high quality as that and was afterward the residence suc­
of other walnut trees. Stocks of these cessively of Frederick, prince of Wales
selected trees are available in limited (father of George IH) and o f George
numbers from the owners and make IY when prince of Wales. The build­
possible the growing of valuable nut ing was removed In 1826. Carlton club,
trees about the home or In nut the famous Conservative club, was
orchards, says the American Forestry founded by the duke of Wellington, in
association.
1831. It occupies a position near the
site of Carlton house, whence the
name.
Forced to Beg Off
An Indefatigable traveler, arriving
In New York, did not go to the palatial
All That Survives One
caravansary he usually patronized but
To be rich to be famous? Do these
put up in an obscure hotel on a side profit a year hence, when other names
street. But the very next day he seem louder than yours, when you lie
bumped into the manager of the down- hidden away under ground along with
to-the-minute hostelry where he bad the Idle titles engraven on your coffin?
always stopped and where he was But only true-love lives after you, fol­
known so well.
lows your memory with secret bless­
“ Why, Mr. Blank,” was the shocked ings or defends you and intercedes
greeting, “In New York and not stop­ for you. Non omnis moriar, if dying,
ping with us?"
I yet live in a tender heart or two;
“It’s this way, old fellow,” explained nor am lost and hopeless, living, if a
Blank contritely. “ I’m too tired this sainted departed soul still loves and
trip to live up to the unparalleled prays for me.—Thackeray.
service you give.”
Sept. 22-27, Oregon State Fair.
Timidity Has No Place
Among Arabs of Desert
Bravery is the great outstanding
characteristic of the Arab. His judg­
ment of what constitutes cowardice is
relentless and terrible. As soon as a
man is proved a coward the tribal
poet laureate makes a song about him
magnifying his fault and ridiculing
him. If the victifii is unmarried no
(voman will consider him, as the song
of his cowardice endures forever in
the tribe. If he is already married his
wife or wives are permitted by tribal
law (not by Mohammedanism) to re­
turn to their fathers. The men, too,
cease to associate with the coward
and he becomes an outcast and a
pariah. To no other tribe can he turn
for shelter, and almost invariably sui­
cide is his lot.
Above everything the Arab must
prove bravery in the eyes of his wom­
en folk. An Arab man’s arms are in­
variably covered with circular scars.
These are relics of his childhood and
are the result of his proving his worthi­
ness to some childhood sweetheart, his
method being to stand in front of the
object of his adoration and smile, the
while he allows pieces of red-hot char­
coal to burn him.
Tuition
Sept. 17-20, Clackamas County Fair.
!
I____ ______________ ____ _________ $5,400.00 I
Total I.............................................$5,400.00
DANCE
The Homing Instinct
Do you know those distressing peo­
ple who, as soon as they start on a
holiday, begin to worry about coming
home?
I met one in the train the other day.
She was being “ seen bff” by a friend,
and this was the burden of her con­
versation.
“I suppose I can’t reserve my seat
for coming home? What a bother!
But I shall send my luggage in ad­
vance.
“ I shall wear my blue serge costume
for coming home in. I hope it will be
a fine day; I hate coming home in the
rain.
“ I mustn’t lose the return half of
my ticket; and I’ll ask.about the time
of the train for coming back as soon
as I arrive, to make sure.”
“ Well, goodby for the present, dear.
I’m quite looking forward to coming
back.”—Windsor Magazine.
Total estimated amount of money for all purposes during the year__ $5,460.00
RECAPITULATION
Total estimated expenses for the year______________ $5,460.00
Balance, amount to be raised by district t a x __________________ $5.460.00
A T -
Dated this 28th day of July, 1924.
Attest:
New Era
CARL JOEHNK.
District Clerk.
J ACOB F. YOST.
Board o f Directors.
Saturday Evening,
Aug. 9, 1924
Hardwood Floor
Music
by
Novelty
Orchestra
To Portland
SALE AND WANT ADS.
Cash for Evergreens. See or write
S /G .; Hostetler, Aurora; J, J. Hostet­
ler, Hubbard; or G. C. Giesy, Aurora
receiving staiion.
3t-p
Solid oak sqUare dining room table,
4x4 feet, three extension boards, $6.00.
Deer head with horns, well mounted,
$5.00. Phone Main 5861, Portland,
before 6:00 p. m.
FOR SALE
First class fresh cow five years" old.
Saved by Mother's Spirit
Fred Yohann.
near Fisher
Saw
One evening, a short time after my Mill.
30tf
mother died, I was walking along a
Dr. Osmar K, Wolf, Woodburn, Ore.
lonely road near our home when a
young man approached and asked the is fully equipped to fit your eyes with
way to a certain street. As we were proper glasses.
tf
both going the same way we walked
along together until we came to the
crossroads. I stopped to give him D A N G E R — Lurks in all wires
further directions. Suddenly he seized You never can tell when they
me and tried to force me into the tall
bushes which bordered the road. I are hot, telephone or Elect­
struggled frantically, but he pulled me ric.
W arn your children.
to the ground and was dragging me
Molalla Electric Co. tf.
backward. Suddenly I felt my moth­
er’s presence beside me, although 1 1
saw nothing. Just then my assailant I j A BARGAIN: If you want a farm
looked up. Without a word he dropped j with irrigation privileges in exchange
me and ran down the road and out of for your vacant city lot or improved
sight as fast as he could go.—Chicago city property, let us tell you about a
Journal.
40 acre tract we have near town and
school in the grand young state of
Right and Left Hands
Washington.
It is a fact not generally known that
the fingers of the right hand move
For Sale—6 room house with bath,
much more quickly than those of the 2J lots; three chicken houses; some
left. They are also much more ac­ fruit; opposite Lutheran Church. Louis
curate, says London ‘ Tit-Bits.
Siebert,
45tc
Recent experiments have also proved
that the ring finger of the left hand
We have plenty of money to loan on
can work more quickly if it is moving
in conjunction with the right-hand farms at 6 per cent. No commission.
forefinger. Any two fingers working Reliable Abstracts. Oregon City Ab­
44-tfc
together, indeed, move considerably stract Company.
faster than one finger working by it­
self.
For Sale—Am extracting honey now.
The more a person uses his or her Bring your own jars. Peter Jager,
fingers, the more adept they become. A
Rt. 1, Hubbard, Ore.
3tp
pianist or typist will find that, in time,
the left hand becomes almost as skill­
For Sale.— Work horses, 10-18 Case
ful as the right.
tractor, baled cheat hay. Lorin Giesy,
Rt, 5. Aurora,
31-2tc
Low round trip fares
i /-v/-v to Portland and return. Sold on Fridays,
**U U Saturdays and Sundays. Return limit the
following Tuesday.
r\r\ to Pordand and return. Sold any day.
♦ v U Return limit 15 days. Stopovers any­
where.
Its comfort, convenience and safety make
Southern Pacific service worth more to
you than any other form o f transportation.
For full information communicate with
$00
Southern Pacific
GEORGE M ILLER, Local Agent.
YOU!
Have you kept your promise? Have you not promised
your wife every.year that you would build her a new house, or
repair the old one? Have you not promised a lot of inside finish­
ing, such as ceiling with plaster board, varnishing, staining, kal-
somining, etc ? Have you not promised a better poultry house?
If yoi^ have and she gfets the rolling pin after you for not keeping
said'promises, H U RRY TO—
J. W . COPELAND YARDS
H U B B A R D , O R E G O N -F O R A ID
L. B. MCLENDON, Mgr.
.
JU S T O NE PURPOSE
To supply the Men ana Young Men of the Willamette Valley with
the best o f Clothes and Furnishings at Reasonable Prices.
R iQ H H P ’ Q
D ljn u r J
136 N. Commercial Street
CLOTHING & WOOLEN
MILLS STORE
Salem, Oregon
Use of Canvas Modern
It was not until 1520 that artists be­
gan to use canvas. The masters pre­
vious to that time worked in ceramics
or painted on wood and -walls, then on
canvas stretched to a frame.
Many of the great painters ground
the pigments and mixed their own col­
ors, says the Detroit News.
American supplies of art and indus­
trial paint are dependent on a large va­
riety of foreign raw materials. We im­
port Windsor and Newton, and still in
the opinion of artists do not make
colors that give the appearance of age.
Peaches
U. G. SHIPLEY COMPANY
outfitters to
1 will have a fine crop of peaches
again this season. Early Crawfords I
ripe about August 15th,.
Hollyheim
Orchards, Chas. Eilers, Propr., Route
3, Aurora, Ore. Phone 807.
, 31-2tc
Found: 1 pair nose glasses at Hub­
bard cemetery. Call at Observer office.1 la
W om en, Misses and Children
145-147 North Liberty Street, Salem, Oregon
Originators of the Pay as You Go.Plan
Quality Merchandise
Popular Prices