The Spray Courier,
Thursday, Jan. 6, 1916
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EDITORIALS
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It appear! from'present indi
cations that, notwithstanding the
efforts of the Administration to
remain at peace and good will tcC
wafd "Waring nations of Eufopf,
yve will have to sacrifice outright
to protect the lives of.'ourcitizens
pn the high seas or fight to main
tain it" We'admire the efforts of
Presideat Wilsontolayoidjnixing
tip in the Conflict, but it seems
impossible tekeep out much lon
ger. Again.this submarine war
fare, conducted without thought
or care for humanityror interna
tional law, victomized American
citizens. We.have patiently
borne these inhuman acts, only
asking the imperial Government
to disavow them and punish tie
Commanding officers, and gasria
tee the safety of Americga lives
on the high seas. We have been
promised this protection by.Ger
many but the'.torpedoing of ves
sels of commerce without warning
goes on. We believe the time is
fiot far distant when we'will
have to fight to maintain, our
rights and the protection of the
Hve3 of Americans.
The failure of Gov. Withycombe
and Treas. Kay -to recognise
State Engineer,,' Lewis as the
legally authorized engineer of
the State Highway Commission,
ha3 caused considerable com
ment and critacjism by the press,
It seems they, ignoredthe opinion
of Attorney General, Brown, in
the matter, and'now the State
Supreme Court, . in a formal de
cision has confirmed, the opinion
of attorney Brown,' and declared
Lewis the legally authorized en
gineer of the" Commission.
No occasion;to fancy.
y Commenting on the" fact that
ihe Federal Resrve Bank has
1een in operation for a year the
New Orleans "Picayune" ex
claims: "Fancy what might
have happened without this new
system in the first week of the
war!"
Fortunately we "do nothave'to
fancy. We know; exactly what
happened then "without'the new
system," for the new system
theri had Hone but a skeleton ex
istence. But there then stood on
jthe statute books'a most excel
lent .Republican enactment,
,known as the Aidrich-Yreelahd
law and providing for an issue
(of a wejl-fortified emergency
jcurreflcy. - A' Democratic admin
istration made use of the: repub
lican law. and issued 'the nec
essary currency which ' saved
the situation "in thelfirst week
of thdtfar."' ' "
i . . Treaf
r The annual rarxirtjof JDenV
.cratid Secretary, of th'eTreas-
ry. wm wear evidence; tQ.vnis,
4i We commend the facts ,to
f ;4"Picayiane" and to otherj
ycuiucrauj wuu are mcuneu lu
T .1. j i; i n
nm riot in exultation.
Notic c For Publication.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office, The Dalles, Ore,
Dec. 28, 1015.
Motice is hereby givcu that Lena
Kaser whose post-oQice address is
Antelope, Oregon, did on the 13th
day of April, 1914, file in this office
sworn statemeut and application No.
012876 to purchase the SEJ Sec
tion 8, Township 11 South, Rauge
19 East, Willamette
Meridian, and the timber thereon,
under the provisions of the act of June
8, 1S78, and acts amendatory, known
as the "Timber and Stone Law," at
uch value as might be fixed by up.
praisemeut, and that pursuant to such
application, the land and timber
thereon have been appraised at 1410
the timber estimated 310,000 board
feet at f 1 per M. and the land (70.00,
hat said applicant will offer final
proof in support of his application and
sworn statemeut on the via day ot
March, 1916 before II. C Rooper.U. S
Commissioner at Antelope, Oregon.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initi
ate a contest at any time before pat
ent issues, by filing a corroborated
affidavit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
H. FRANK WOODCOCK, Register
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NOTICE OF CONTEST.
Department of the Iaterior
United States Land Office. The Dalles,
Oregon. Dec. 8, 1915.
To John H. Mohs of Fossil, Oregon,
Contestee: You are hereby notified
that Edward E. Mathews who gives
Winlockj Oregon, as his post-office
address, did on Nov, 2, 1915, file in
this office his dulyjeorroberated ap
plication to contest and secure the
cancellation of your homestead, Entry
Serial No. OS733, made April 24, 1911,
for SWJSEJ, SE43WJ, Sec. 10, NEJ
NWJ, NW4XEJ, Section 15, .Town-
ship 8 S., Range 23 E., Willamette
Meridian, and as grounds, for his
contest lie alleges that said John M.
Mois has never established residence
asd the six months period for. est ab.
lisbisg residence has long since passed
Yoa are, therefore, further notified
iiat tie said allegations will be taken
as confessed, asd yoor'said entry will
be canceled wiihout further-right to
be beard, either befcretbiscffice or on
appeal, if you fail to file in this office
within twenty days after the fourth
publication of this noticeas shown
below jour aswer, under oath, spe
cifically responding to rhese allega
tions of contest, together with due
proof thafyou have served a copy of
your answer on -me said contestant
either in person cr by registered mail
You shoukl state in your answer the
name of the post office to which .you
desire future 'notices to be sent to you.
H. Frank Woodcock; Register,
Date of first publication Dec. 23d 19l5.
' second " " -30th' "
' third ' Jan. 6th 1916.
" "fourth " " 13th "
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NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION
ftolete T.ract.
' Department of the. Interior,
U. S. Land Office, The Dalles, Ore.
Dec. i, 1Q15
Notice is hereby given that, as di
rected by the commissioner of the
Goneral Land office, under provisions
of Sec. 3455 R, S., persuant to the
application of Jane U. Donnelly, Se
rial No. 014450, we will offer atpublic
sale, to the highest, bidder tut at not
less than'$l.'25 per acre, at 10-15 o'
clock A. M. on the 8lh dey of Febru
ary, next, at; this office, the following
tract of land; WJSEJ Section 32,
Township 9, South Range 23, East
Willamette Meridian (80 Acres).
'This tract is ordered into Ihe mar
ket on a showing that the greater
portion thereof 'is mountainous or too
rough for cultivation." , i t
' The sale Will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those
present at the hour named have ceased
lidding; The person making this
highest bid will be required to imme
diately pay to the Receiver the a
modnt thereof.'
Any person clalmingiadverstly the
above-described land are advised u
file their claimes, or objections, on
before the time designated for sale
' ' ""l;.' A. Booth, Receiver-
MEN WANTED.
Menvho can furnish their
own tools to work with, are
wanted by Aode'rson & Flor,
to wlrk' dri the Spray-SerVide
creek road. Wages $4.00 per
day ot 8 hours.'Appl'y' to .-.i
Anderson fe Flor contactors
SMITHSON'S FORTUNE,
The Gift Which Founded Great Set
entitle Institution.
The Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington wae created by act of coiitfrwi
tn 1840 to carry out tho condition! ot
the will ot Jamaa Sinlthson, an English
chemist and mmoralofruit, who be
queathed hla fortune to the United
Stated ot America to fouud at Wash
ington under the name ot the Smith
sonian institution an establishment for
"the Increase and diffusion of knowl
edge among men."
The will became operative at ft
death of Its maker, which occurred at
Genoa In 1820, and the Income ot the
state went to . Smlthsou's nephew,
Henry Jamas nungerford. until the
death of the latter on June 5, 183&
The bequest of the property to the Unit
ed States thereupon became operative,
and In September, 1S35, the state de
Dartment received notification thereof.
Oil Dec. 17 Trealdent Jackson inform
ed congress of the bequest, and on July
1, 1S30, the gift wee accepted and tho
president empowered to appoint an
agent to collect the money. Richard
Rash of Pennsylvania "waa intrusted
with this duty, and In November he
brought the necessarily formal suit in
the English court ot chancery, where
the claim remained Car two years.
TJpoa tho final Interpretation of the
Will Rush returned to America, bring
Jug the fund yr 1th him In English gold,
$308,313. . It waa nearly eight years be
fore congress decided on. a plan of car
rying one tne wui or ue testator.
. The total endowment of the instltu
tlon is now nearly $1,000,000, and with
tho support and co-operation of tho
government It, has become one of the
most Important scientific institutions
in the world.
PERSIAN PAINTINGS.
Oriental Art That Embed! the
no of Romance. ,
El.
. No dramatic, no passionate motive
ever so grips and possesses a Persian
artist as to absorb his whole lmaglna
tlon. . Hla sensuous love of beauty can
not resist filling in the accessories of
tie scene with Just as mnch care and
Intention In every detail as he demotes
to the central figures.
. In the great works of Chinese and
Japanese painters, as In masters like
Rembrandt, accessories, ar subdued or
suppressed, the color la limited, and
the figures Which create the motive of
uio uesign are so empnasizea, so aonu
cant In the eye that they seem to tran
scend. tho limits of the framing space,
thy seem alive 'with all the lament en'
ergles of actual men and women.
No Persian painting imposes Itself
thus oh the 'imagination. Everything
remains tvithln the frame, inlaid as In
a lustrous mosaic. The Persian method
has, It Is true, its ewn compensation.
Just as In the early pictures A Ros-
setti and Millals. everything Is realized
with a dreamlike vision, and this Is al
ways ' a real achievement for the
painter. The freshness and glory thus
brought' to be eye, as 'of a ; world
washed clean, with every object magic-
ally distinct and burning with clear
color, ' make a vivid impression of
strangeness ; Strangeness, Temoteness
from the routine of every, day that la
the essence' of romance, and no art In
the- world is more steeped in'romanoe
than the fainting of Persia. Laurence
Blnyon in Atlantic
, ." FbrotalLd.'' "J'
One day Jones' tas rambling along
the boulevard -when' he was hailed by
his friend Smith. ' While1 talking Jones
noticed that Smith' continually rubbed
thepalm of his hand. ',,
"What In the world Is the matter
with your hand?' lie' finally demand
ed, "iou have ; been , rubbing ,and
scratching, It ever since we stopped
here." ,
"The palm Itches like blazes," an
swered Smith. "They say that It Is a
sure. .sign that .yonarp.abpnr, to .get
soma money". , ' . ,v
"Dml" thonghtfully . returned Jones
as a great light suddenly da wned: npon
him. "Here is. where yoti get wise to
the fact that there Is nothing In signs.
I haven't a dollar to pare." Philadel
phia Telegraph.
Horse Sent.
In "Tod Sloane,'' b bimself. the once
famous jockey says that a horse ex
ceeds even a dog in Intelligence and
that if . a thoroughbred : were email
enough to roa about a house like a dog
and have the same chances Instead of
being so mnch alone surprising results
would follow. "Cussedness" In horses,
he thinks, may be caused by too much
Inbreeding, bringing about an extraor
dinary .temperament. ' The best jockey,
says Sloane. is the boy writb a nervous
temperament "He is quick and alert
to take in a situation and becomes a
human ferret, finding put things for
himself."
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
U. S.Land Office The Dalles, Oregon
December 28, 1915.
, Notice Is hereby gjven t)iat rank
Mtchell of Monuraetjt, Oregon,, who
on Dec; 4th 1909 made Homestead
Entry No, 06513 for, the NV1 Section
8, Township 9 SoUthj.Range 26 East
Willamette Meridian, Mas filed notice
of his intention' to make Final Five
Year proof, td establish claim io the
land above described before David E.
Baxter, U. 8, Commissioner at Spray,
Oregon,, on the.lSth day of February,
1916. ' M . . .
Claimant names ds witnesses;
Emmet CcChtan and Joe M. Simas of
Monument, Orejop .ampMcOinnii
aad ,arl auno:n of Bpray, Oregon.'
H. Frank codcock, Register
1-62-10
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
KXKCUTIVK DlVPAUTMKNT
President, Woodrow Wilaonjof New
Jersey j Vice President, Thonins Mar
shall, of Indiana; Secretary of State,
William Jennings Urjan, of Ncbras
kn; Secretary of Teaasury, William
U. McAdoo, of New York; Secretary
of War, Lindiey M. Garrison, of New
Jersey; Attorney General, Mr.
Gregory, of Tennessee; Poatuiastei
General. Albeit S. Uurlejon.ofTexas;
Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels,
oi North Carolina; Secretary of lute
rior Franklin K. Lane, of California;
Secretary of Agriculture, David A.
Huston, of Missouri: Secretary of
Commerce, William C. Rcdlield, of
New York; Secretary of Labor. Wil
liam B. Wilson of Pennsylvania.
State of Oregon
Senators; Geoige E. Chamberlain
and Harry Lane. Represcntntrves;
N. C. McArthur, W. C.Hawley and N.
J. Sinnott. Supreme Judges; T. A.
McBride, Geo. H. Hurnett, H. J.
Beau, F. A. Moore, Robert Kakin.
L. T. Harris and Henry E. Benson.
Governor ;J.E.Withxombe. Secretary
of State; Ben, W. Alcott. Secre.ary of
Treasury; Thomas. B. Kay. Attorney
General; G M. tfrown. Superin
tendentof Public Instruction; J. A.
Churchill. Printer; R. A. Harris.
Engineer; J. H. Lewis. Labor Com
missioner; O. P. Hoff. Uailroad Road
Coramissionei F. J. Miller. Water
Superintendent; G'. T. Coclirnn. Rep
resentatives; C. C. Clark and James
S. Stewart. Senator: Mr. Ragsd'ale.
Food and Dairy Commissioner; Dr.
J.W.Bailey. Circuit Judge of 11th
Judicial District: D. K. Parker.
Wheelek County
Attorney; Joseph K. Starr. Judge;
Henry D. Ktyes. Commissioners; M.
Dukekand K. E. Wright. Clerk;
Scott Sasser. Treasurer; A. B. Lamb.
School Superintendent ; Henry J . Sim
mons. Sheriff; Oscar Kelsay Asses-
... . r
sor: Peter uartman. ssurveyor: ii.
C. Ileidtman.
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FARMERS' AND HOME-MAKERS' WEEK
and RJJRAt, LIFE, CONFERENCES
it, , Jaauary 3 to 6, 1916. u
COnrtat(ont ot Ortfon'i Ortitnt tnduitrira
.Conf eftneea on Oregon ! Moat Vital Problems
LECTUKS-BBMOH8TaATIOI8-'; ' '
. . EHIBITIONB-aNT8RTAmMBlT3
To thouind peopl attended latt year, ft ia a
great place
lo make irtcoaa wn uvc
thlokera aad lire'thoughts, good
workera,-, ana gooa w
V.WINTERt SHORT COURSE
'January 10 to February
A Practical Agricultural Courae In a Kut Shell,
. ADpuea science in aciu, won wi
the Farm and KouKbold.t
Course iq Fruit raisino, farm crops,
POULTRY RAIMNO, QARIXKNINO. CM
INO, SKWING. HOU8KHOLD ARTS, HOMB
NURSINt?, BUSINESS MKTHODS, ROAD
BUILDING., FARM BNGXJKERINO, RURAX
ORGANIZATIONS. MARKETING.
Corrcipondence Counie Without Tuition.
Expert Inatruction in Muaic.
Keduced railroad rate.
For program write to Th College Exchapgeregea
Agricultural louoge. vofvann. ,w-.-. .
AGENTS WANTED
feveiyWhere '
To SeU
Madame
Du Fpus'
Face
Powder i
Which Is prepared
In four colors
Aad Two Slaes.
Jolia Marlow
TTsea and J
Beeommenda
Madame
Da Faur'S
Face)
Powder.
25c & 50c
PER BOX.
' Benfl 2o stamp
for i sample, De
partment, D. . ,
pjDuFourCo.aWah.,D.C
..I..t..;..I..M"H"l"I'l"I"IllIiilH"I"I'
GOOD ROADS
MAY, INCREASE
r
f
A LITTLE
TAXES
But aVsQ Increases the
.. ' r
; PROPERTY
50 PER CENT I
M"l' I M'"I"I"- H"H' I"' 'I ' ' '
Sprat Water Works
Watos
D welling, $f 5 0 per month.
Sm'sation,. $1.50 pormonlh, for 1'2 m
fawcet 2 hours a day.
X.tWi to Iff"- C" Sh'W"' "
btfor iA 20th tftath mtniM.
Jtro Protecton 3&6 to all Patrons.
M. S. Corrigall, President.
J. B. Natter, Vice-President.
T. J. Mahoney, Cashier.
Clyde Brock, Asst. Cftsliicr.
FIRST NATIONA17BANK,
' HEPPNER. OREGON.
Ihvitea ybur bahking buainoss.
If you have' idle fuhda-either a large or u
email amount-we wili be pleased to receive
them and ifisue our Time Certificate of Deposit
for either six months or one year, bearing
four per dente
We have Just installed a ne set of steel
safety deposit boxes in our vault. Persons
having valuable papers to care for can rent
these boxes by th6 year at reasonable rates.
Established in .1887
Capital Stock, $100000.
Surplus ar)d Profits $40,000.
HOTEL CROSS
Tfoiod as Qno of the flesi in Sntorior Oregon,
a SPECfoi ATTEfitliTciVEM TO TRANSIENTS-
'O. A. Stafford, Proprietor
SrRAY, , : . . OREGON.
fitue Print Jownship !Ptats
ifnrVecterl u p lo-da'e showing na'inesof entiyiucn, dates of entry,
yninnt Unrt. rive.rs.mifl creeks, l.l)t rnili A diccount
.,f 2t ,ter cent wil be .ullmveo' u nera
Tor five or more pint.
jCafldSor!! Jyr Sat.
, lit ..IllVtl-St llllllktit ptlPCM. ?
All kinda ol i.nnd u;t t Diirtiiie) atfemli-rt m rtver 111) yrnia rxpciitiict,
JCudton jCahc Comri, tA Ratios, Orifoit.
tJ 0T1GE
WHITE SWAN FLOUR BEST
ON THE MARKET
Oliver T
Sulky-
Mackinaw Goats, Log gers Shirts, Ur cle i vi c if r
ii, i . t'l y ? . " -
Men andKjBoyspipthing r
f v Ladies Jrimmdd Hats
:Praj?ges,: Lemons ,-and Candy
KNIGHTS FRESH BOTTLED GOODS
Farmers' Mercantile Cd,
i . c i .
INCORPORATED.
SPRAY.
wb
"and
i.
Plows.
OREGON.