T'TUPDAY, JAN VARY 17,101 8
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HE GAINED PREMIER'S EAR
NEVVSlE KNEW HIS BUSINESS
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Man Disrobed With Others to Receive
Free Treatment, and Appealed
for Position for Sitter.
Clerwnco.iu, beneath his brusque,
masterful, sarcastic ami oft-cutting
speech, nnd In spite of tho vitriolic
character of his writings, possesses nn
exceedingly tfnd and charitable heart.
He Is not rich, and therefore cannot
afford to give nwnjr much. Hut he has
made n, point, both when In ofllce and
out of It, to devote n couple of hours
each day to free medical udvlce to the
poor, never consenting to take a fee,
writes a Paris correspondent. His spe
cialty Is skin diseases, and his con
sulfation room Is nlways crowded with
poor patients. One day when last lu
ofllce as premier, being In a hurry, he
Instructed his servant to tell the lust
batch of his male patients to strip In
his ante-chauiber, so as to save the
time of the undressing In the consult
ing room. One by one they were rap
Idly prescribed for and sent on their
way, until only the lust remained. He
presented himself in due course In an
extremely decollete condition without
a stitch of clothing, nnd with every ap
pearance of nervousness.
"M. le President," he began, with a
low bow.
"Well, what Is the matter?" asked
the doctor-premier.
The man stammered Inarticulately.
"Come! Come," exclaimed Clemen
eeau with Impatience. "Out with It I
Your skin seems perfectly healthy. I
con see nothing wrong."
"There Is nothing the mntter with
me," said the poor man at last, recov
ering his voice, "but 1 don't know It
Is all strange I only came to ask you,
M. le President, for your powerful In
fluence with the government to procure
for my widowed sister a place as post
mistress at Clermont."
DRIVING CATTLE BY MOTOR
Stock Dealer Introduce Innovation .
Which May Sooner or Later Rele
gate Broncho to Background. j
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A new use for a motorcar has been 1
found by a cattle dealer In one of the
middle western states, whose business .
compels him to drive extensive herds
of meat on the hoof along the roads,
say 8 an exchange. During the hottest
part of last summer this purveyor de
termined to drive his nnlmals by night
in order to spare them the Inevitable
suffering that attended such operations
In the middle of the day. Getting In
his car, he started the herd ahead of
him In the road, and by throwing the i
searchlight before and honklug his
horn he kept the animals moving quick- '
ly in the compact mass. '
There are instances of the use of
the motorcar in round-up work In the
far West, so that the traditional pic- 1
ture of a cowboy astride a bucking
broncho may have to give way to one
of that leather-breeched gentleman
cuddled down Into the wheel of a flex
ible runabout, his lasso presumably
dangling over the windshield.
Height Effects in Alrplalnlng.
Some effects of airplane flights at
very high altitudes are described In a
recent English report. "Height ef
fects" begin to be felt at 10,000 feet
and become marked In most cases from '
37,000 feet up. Tim principal dlfflcul- ,
ties ure cold and lack of oxygen.
Strange to say, no airplane has yet '
been devised on a plan which delib
erately utilizes the heat of the engine
to keep the passengers warm, although i
any tractor model has this effect to '
some extent. The matter of oxygen
is solved by taking a supply In a con
tainer, which the aviator mixes with
air when he feels oppressed. It Is
feared that flying at very high al
titudes, to be made possible In the fu
ture by further development of mod
els, muy produce u trouble uunlagous
to the "bends" experienced by work
ers In compressed air cuissons due to
the extreme pressure changes.
j Climbers Imprisoned Atop Fuji.
The wisdom of erecting huts on Fuji
for refuge In case of sudden storms
of snow and rain was proved recently
when a violent fall of snow and hail
burst upon the crest of the sacred
mountain. During two days more than
10,000 climbed the mountain and sud
den arrival of the storm caught sev
eral hundred of them upon the hilltop.
They sought safety In the numerous
refuges. Vhen the storm burst the
police compelled all excursionists to
wait for betler weather at Gotemba
and Turobo. Itellef parties were sent
out but were unable to get through the
drifts. Anxiety was felt for the food
supply, but the adventurers came
down safely. For two days the peo
ple in the snow were Incommuni
cado, owing to the destruction of the
telephonewlres hese will be burled
before next season.
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f Jerusalem's Great Walls.
After 1244 Jerusulem was under the
ftile of the sultans of Egypt until the
year 1517, when Sellm I conquered
both Pulestlne and Egypt, taking the
title of cullph, and carrying off the
sacred banner of the Moslems to Con
stnntlnople. Hellm's son, Suleiman the
Magnificent, once more built the great
walls ubout Jerusalem. These walls
of Sulelmuu ure the present fortifica
tions of the city. Hut the greut walls
of Sulelmun the Magnificent ure only
the lust of a long series of walls
which, time after time, huve . been
built only to be destroyed. The most
tragical destruction not only of the
walls, but also of the whole city, was
that which was carried out by the Ho
mun armies of Titus, In the year 70
of our era, lu the relgu of the Emperor
Vespuslau. ,
Magazine Vender In Passenger Coach
Commercialized Lord Northclltfe'a
Boosting of HI Book.
The following Is a story related by
Lard Northcllffe In a London paper,
concerning his book "At the Wur":
"In the United States and Canada
tho newsboys walk through tho trains
selling the latest publications, nud re
cently one of them offered his lord
ship, who was on his way from New
York to Chicago, a copy of his own
book, 'At the War.'
"I've read it," quietly replied the au
thor, shaking his head.
"Oh, you havel" exclaimed tho boy;
iddlng, with true Yankee Inquisitive
ness, "And how did you like It?"
"Pretty well," said Lord Northcllffe.
Then, thinking of the tedious hours
spent lu revisions nnd proofreading, he
added lmisvsslvely, "I reud it flvo
times."
"Gee I five times 1" exclaimed the
boy, nnd two passengers who had over
heard the conversation promptly
bought copies, while the enterprising
newsvendor moved on' down the car.
saying:
"'At the War' new book Just out;
one man read It five times. Ouly a
few copies left." Stray Stories.
MUSIC FOR THE WAR TANK
Graphaphone Records Are Gift of
Woman; French Officer Requests
Bowling Equipment for His Men.
For the amusement of soldiers prob
ably no more unique donation has been
made than that of $50 from a woman
for graphaphone records to equip a
tank. There Is something grotesqque
about music emanating from this weird
Iron caterpillar, states a trench corre
spondent. Other donations have not lacked an
element of the picturesque, as, for In
stance, the supplying of a hospital In
Paris which was filled with African
troopers, with 700 fans. They were so
appreciated during the summer that
the hospital appealed for more. An
accordion was sent to fill a specific
demand.
One French ofllcer requested games
for his men. What sort? In one regi
ment in which most of the soldiers
were fathers of families the prefer
ence, for some reason or other, was
for bowling. The trench, it must seem,
does not make n bad alley If a few
balls and pins will liven a dull period.
Possibly a change of noise is agree
able! Kitchen Soldiers.
Kitchen soldiers arc the latest ex
periment In practical patriotism. Good
Housekeeping, in co-operation with the
United States food administration, Is
conducting the enlistment. In the
magazine appears this pledge, which
women are urged to sign:
"I, the member of the household In
trusted with the handling of food, do j
Hereby enlist as a Kitchen soldier lor ,
home service and pledge myself to .
waste no food and to use wisely ull
roou purchased lor tins household,
knowing that by so doing I can help
conserve the foods that must be
shipped to our soldiers and our al
lies." This Is a movement for the woman
who Is actually dealing In the fond of
American homes. Employers nnd em
ployees are urged to Join the forces.
A soldier may be one who fights just
with her brain or one who fights by
doing with her hands the work of
women in tills crisis. She may be
one whose ancestors huve lived here
for generations or she may be one
whose parents have seen war's hor
rors pnss their very door abroad,
whose brothers hear the arms of Eng
land, or France, oMtaly, or Russia, or
any other allied country. Once you
huve enlisted as u kitchen soldier, your
kitchen is your battlefield.
.Overcoming Camouflage.
An Anierlejin physicist believes that
the advantages of camouflage or ut
least certain kinds of camouflage can
be overcome by an opposing army by
providing colored glasses Or screens
of coutrustlng colors to use with field
glasses. When the colors of these
screens are properly selected, uniforms
and other objects may be made to ap
pear In contrast. Instead of In har
mony with their surroundings, he
claims. Camouflage as practiced In
many cases is accomplished largely
by the use of paint, objects being
given shades that blend with the land
scape. In spite of certain difficulties
that would arise, It Is believed that
such efforts at concealment could be
rendered quite Ineffectual by the
means stated.
One of the Meanest Men.
A lady who went to Join her hus
band in his new western home was
surprised to find that among the young
ladles of the place he had the reputa
tion of being "the, meanest man ever
was." Wishing to know the reason,
she uskert o bevy of damselB one day,
when one of them spitefully replied:
"Because he came out here looking
spruce and young, and went on till all
the girls got Interested In him, nnd
then he up and sent for you. And
that was the first we knew that he wns
sarrlcdl Mean? I guess sol"
Knew His Bible.
On hoard a steamer "somewhere on
the Atlantic" a seasick soldier boy was
having n session at the rull when an
ofllcer came along.
"Hello! Whut's flint you're doing?"
said tho ofllcer mockingly.
"I'm rendering unto the sen, sir, tiro
thing that 'are the sen's, sir." gasped
'he Mi'ilier us toon us he could peuk.
man school notes
Hi- WANNA McKINNHY
Prof, It. L. Kirk wants to know
how Harrlsburg entertained our Una
kotball team last Friday night. Ho
pointed n commtttoo at assembly Mon
day morning, composed of Maudo Gor
rlo, Audrey Porklns, and Edna Duryeo
to Investigate matters and report to
tho school. At noon tho commltloo
presented tho following:
Tho committee appointed by Mr.
Kirk wish to glvo tho tolowlng report
on tho conduct of tho Daskotball team
at Harrlsburg Friday night, January
11:
As a wholo tho conduct was rather
poor.
"Poto." Lowis mashod threo toes
and two corns on ono poor girl's foot
whllo trying to "hop."
Jorry Van caught a red hoadod datno
and has received tho name of "Kod"
as the consequonco.
Halllo Bryan got n case on a hash
sllngor in a Joint In that burg. Wo
think ha writes her about three times
a day.
John Dlmm has not boon squealed
on yet but all tho girls trust htm.
lltll Hill has a few dreams evory
day about some' fair "Jane." All wo
kr.inv of her la that she Is a blonds
Walter Gosslor and Clarence Kestor
behaved well "considering."
Of course wo aro pleased with Mr.
Kirk's chaperoning abilities but Kay
Alexander, otherwise known as the
chicken thief" has disappointed us
very much. Ho caught a girl and it
had a bad effect on his head ns ho
hnv beon looking pale over since com
ing home.
Ben Davidson chose dark hair to
go with his bright auburn and Is
proudly telling tho girls about his dark
complexioned girl ho got at Harris
burg. We girls are going to show tho oth
er sex our ability about next time they
want us to show our faces with them
They will probably find the "ditch
department."
THE COMMITTEE
Friday afternoon tho periods were
shortened and a meeting of tho Nekah
nnlan Lltorary society was held. Tho
minutes of tho last meeting were read
and an election held to elect officers
for the coming term. They were Lynn
Grandy, president; Ray Alexander,
vice-president; Audrey Perkins, secretary-treasurer;
Miss LIndsey, critic;
Walter Gossler, Fern Travis and Can
dace Dlllard social committee; Frank
De Pue, Ben Davidson, and Claud Nys-
tron, srgeant-at-arms.
The following program was given:
song, school; reading, Alice McBeo;
original story, Hazel Dean; Song, H.
S. quartet; Instrumental duet, Avis
Thompson and Dorthy HolbrOok; a
selection from tho constitution of the
society was read by the president,
Lynn Grandy.
A shore session of the student body
was held Monday morning and plans
were made for. an entertainmont to
be given in the near future. It is to
be In tho form of a circus or frolic
and will be given In tho high school
building. A general admission of S
cents will be charged and there will
also be an admission feo for the sldo
shows.
Each class will put on a stunt, for
which the class presidents aro respon
sible. Their - chairman Ib oernlce
Cagley, senior cIbbb president.
Other committees are: Side shows,
Wanna McKinney, Audrey Perkins,
Walter Gossler, Jean Fischer. Adver
tising, Ray Alexandor, chairman, Fern
Travis, aided by English classes. Par
ado, Mary Harding, chariman, Ben
Davidson,, Bee Holbrook. Decorating,
Lynn Gran'dy, chairman, Duttee Fisch
er, Verdon Moy.
Miss Lena Tllton is visiting her sis
ter at Oakrldge. She plans to stay
two weseks. ,
New subjects which will be offered
next semester are: Algebra 1; English
1; History 1; Ecconomics, Commer
cial Geography and Penmanship and
Spelling.
Attend Council Meeting
On Monday, evening the Eighth
grade Civics classes from the Lincoln
school attended the meeting' of tho
city council with their teacher, Miss
Lacy Copenhaver. The pupils showed
much Interest in the meeting and
asked many questions which wero
answered either by Mayor Morrison
or some member of tho council, The
classes appreciate very much tho prlv
olege of having been allowed to at
tend the meeting.
Ronl .
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Dance at Goshen
Friday, Jan. 18. Music by two orch-
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body wolcomo, spectators freu. Hear
tho latest popular music.
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D. W. ROOF
JEWELER
SPRINUFIELD, . OREGON
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This sale hai been food for
thought for the entire buying
public of Springfield and sur
rounding country. Hundreds
of people have reaped the ben
efits and not one dissatisfied
customer.
Saturday Night, Jan. 19th
I close this sale and wish to take
this opportunity of thanking my
many friends for the liberal
patronage they have given me
and just to show my apprecia
tion I am going to include for
The Last Day of My Sale
a shipment of
New Shoes
that were in transit when I be
gan my sale, so if I was unable
to fit you come again. I may
have just what you want and it
will be a bargain.
W. A. HALL
LOOK AT THE 0RIN ON
HIM! BUT I'LL STAY
ON THIS SIDE OF THE
WALL WHILE YOU READ
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CAREFUL. CONSCIENTIOUS
DENTISTRY
I DR. J. E. RICHMOND
PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 116-J
Over Commercial Bank.
Springfield. Oregon.
W. F. WALKER
UNDERTAKER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Otrico Phone C2; Residence 07-J
West Main St.
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