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HANDS OF THE CLOCK.
Nothing ¡» quite so
petite, i* there?
trying
a* •u»-
KT Smith, who has been away
U na'. would the hatters do without
several months, arrived here last
electior s?
week on We invsday evening,
California would have made up its
expecting to visit until after the mercurial mind more quickly if either
holidays at the home of his si
of the cont stanLr had ln-en a native
ter, Mrs A lums. He went from «on.
here to El Paso. Texas, but for
Mr. Hughes may derive some com
the past few months has bee. i fort from having thought for a number
engaged on rail road bridge I con , of hour» that he Was trie "next pn-»i-
' «lent. ’’
strut tion work in Montana, Hi.
I Tammany nee«i expect no favors of
brother, Ed Jlabberiand who .the white houae, having fmle.1 to *’d«
lives over in the Coos Kay coun
<
liver lhe goods.”
try, also arrived |iere on a visit
< «erman soldiers now wear helmet*
the same evening.
without spike*, but this is not nxtw
sariiy a sign of increasing pacifism.
Whan the tierman Chancellor goc* to
Now is the time for all good men to
talking about "humanity’* k«-« p a sharp come to the aid of the cook by provid
lookout fur «ubmarmea and seppelin»
ing a auitable bird for Chriatmas.
Fully Qualified.
The atorv is told of a mini who
hv some unaccountable blunder by
il.- appointing authority »»• ma-’-
dge of a minor court. Hr --mild
•th« r r«-.t I n -r write, but that <i d
not give hnn any uneasme*«. al-
f ouch it itroti“<-<l some fears in tl>«-
• rv 4 of In* wife.
‘‘U lint lire you going to do win-
¡hero’s any reading or v. riting com
into «.:- *?” «he timidly in<|uired.
"The folks that bring the r«-a<lin'
will r .id it. and t!»e folk- ’hut wan
the writin* will uriti it." calmly r<
• lied I.is honor, “or if they can’t I
•'mil commit ’em. All I’ve got t
attend to. Hitty, i* the ju-! ' -i’, ai: !
I «an do that as <|tii> k a* any bod \
Christmas Goods
( scful (ìitts for Meli and Women,
Bovs and (í iris
Come in and look over our various lines.
We have many
other useful and appropriate articles to select from.
A.
EVERETT
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THE (M\ EES.IL ('.IE
Ihr
tr c r «..>«•« urge you to buy a Ford car Fir»t, bec a ; se
uf il* r»-e.
,,f ..itofiu tory service to more than fifteen hundrrd
tho eand ■ wie rs. Sec-.-«!, beeaux- of the reliai-lllty of the tum
j-ai.. uhwhn sk,-» il, Third. ts-causc of It» large radiator and
,-c
I fa
«tr< «mil»« h«»<>d. rr««wn fenders front «nd rear.
bla<
■ h. t.:< > b I tr:-i mmg-, it i» mot attractive in appear-
■rr. .
1 > the»« n «t be i»d-!»d il» •ondcrful rconomy in ujiera-
ti • «: f
nat e, lik«-wi«e the fart that by reSOun of it«
:,
... ho . t . . »::>• . an opéra!«- and rate fur it.
Nine th . «nd t ord agent« mak» tord service a» universal a» lhe
. ar. ! c
« I «: I •• , Rut.atout LUS. Couprjet fSU5, Town
Car I ?’• F. ¡an J4MS, f. o. b. I ctrolt.
lilt* above prices aro
giiarantcctl against an V
drop before Aug. 1, 1917
bill not against an ad-
vanre in price.
Place your orders now
tor .spring delivery.
()n display and for sale by
FRED. T. BILYEU
SCIO, OREGON
I cat hers'
Examinations
Nolic«- U hereby given that the
County S«i|» ri:it«-> t< nt of Linn County.
Oregon, will hol«l the regular examina
tion i f appli-tc t* for ■ t.
I'«-.- tificat« »
at Albany. Or , as follows;
t <imni« i.eir «- "• ‘ • ■!«)'. I>ec«-nil>er
20, 1916, at t« 00 o'clock a. hi and con
tinuing until Saturday, IVc>-mber 23.
1916, at 4.-00 o'clock p m
W«dn- »lav i orenown.
U. S- Hi t iry. Writing, Penmanship,
Music, Drawing.
W.-in<-. !ay Aftern-ion.
Phystoh-gy, l:rading. Manual Train
ing. C.-r.-ip--iti -n. Domestic -cience,
.Methods in Heading. Cour»«- of Study,
for Drawing. Method» in Arithmetic.
I hursday Forenoon.
Arithmetic, Hivtory of Education,
B») cliulogy, M. th.*!» in Geography.
Mechanic« I «rawing.
Domestic Art.
Cour«» of St . I for Dom< -t.- Art.
Thursday Aftcr.MJon.
Grammer, Geography. Stenography,
American Liter alare, Physic« Tjrpe-
writing, Methods in language, Th»*i«
for 1 rim ary Certificate.
Friday Forenoon.
Theory «nd Practice, Orthography,
Physi-al Orography, FngEsh litera
ture, Chemi .try. Physical Culture.
Friday Afternoon.
'-chool law. Geology, Algebra, Civil
Guv.-rnn «-nt.
Saturday Forenoon.
Geometry, Botany.
Saturday Afternoon.
General History, B<» «kk*’« ping.
W I . J ack «on
County school Supt,
An [i.»<ve Watte Lily.
die water l.lv of the Amazon ha-
very elusive h.i< it-. The bud v|wu
tmerica'e atarxl has been for peace, twice, the I r»t time ju»t u chink n
.A11hough free trade la no longer an
issue the British blockade is doing it« 1 complicated with an extensive manu- the tip in the early sunn-<• hours, a
»<«rt <>f preiiioi.ib rr symptom. <h
I facturc uf arm« and ammunition.
t«’«t to make it one.
lhe following evening it spread« i‘-
four sepal.« with sucii alacrity that
you can see them move. Hut th ■
ii ’ white bud am mg them remain
:n« 'inngcd until I o’clock in th
nmrnmg, when it hurriedly spread-,
its blossom wide Open,
-p.-n, n ma n ng ■
h ;< condition -ml.
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ilv half
an hour.
Within the hour it haa nearly do»
cd, and by another hour and a half
the entire flower has been drawn
under water by the coiling of the
»talk.
Ivory Ware in Novelties, Toilet Articles, Orna-
mental Clocks, etc. Combs, Brushes. Toilet Seta,
Safety Razors, Shaving S ts. Toys. Games, Game
Boards, Books, Children’s Story Books, Jewel
Boxes, Fine Box Stationery, Perfumes. A choice line
of Christmas Post Cards. 1 cent each. 10 cents per
dozen. Candles. Candle Holders, Artificial Snow,
Bells, Garlands, Holly Paper, etc.
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FORD
Why Th«y Sho- J 2« M«r« Con«piu«i-
•U« Th«r T iy Usually >-•.
Clock faerc in r«*iatioti to the
: here this week.
He reports reading of uin<- hav<* ui!'«r.l-.i an
J F Wesely returned Monday everyone in a prosperous condi-1 oi«;c. t «if much « arcful «tudy an«!
evening from a short butiner* tion in the eastern Oregon coun- some curious re»nit» have lx-« ti ob;
tai.'icd. After a mo-t «anful in
trip to Portland.
’ry.
realisation <>f clock face» and fig-
Mrs Clyde Rodgers and Mrs ur- ■ ha.f l»-< n ti .i.le, th«- c-ncluti-.t;
I) W Rumbaugh, county fruit John Calic.an pent Sunday with 4rriv< d al wa» that block» in plats-
of the tvial figure« wou!«l an«w«-r
inspector, was over from Albany Mr- C C Burm« ster.
I .-verv purp i-«- und that feu pcr> «r<*
on business Monday.
C C Burmi-ster was a business w .«lid «’ •«■« ter tin- «fiffcn-me. Th«
¡hour mar.» on th«- gr«*at dial an-
visitor at S«.io Saturday.
For bargains in ranches and
|L:..-'..'<i by a character win Ii ap-
S B Cole went to Stay tot. , jx-tr* like a thicken««! capital I
city property see or write R A
Monday when he met Mrs Cole j D: y are »ufTicu-ntly diatmct, an«!
Scott. Scio, Oregon.
Ziti
who returned home with him j no one sppi’arw to notice the depart-
are ffuui ordinary pru-tine, II. r
Co. Surveyor Geddes was over She is spending a few «lays at the inrewtigntiona atopp«*d.
h« r daughter’s Mrs RC Pepper
Tim fault of great clock* is n
from Albany Monday doing somt
ling.
I ba*:c one. The fuc«« i« n«»t what
surveying for private parties.
Carl Smith was the !uchy fel ' enable« ua to r«-a<! the time, but th«-
low in drawing th«* 7-pound box hand*. If the hend* can !*• »«-vn
Arthur Shelton went to Port-
the fac«« ia of i <>m|«arativ«-lv little
of candy at th«* Jordan store.
u««. except for minute sutMliriaion--
land last week on a short busi
Mrs R C Pepperling received <«f time Sin <* it :• toe liaiivla al<m<-
ness and pleasure trip.
the new Saturday of a new girl bv which we ««r<- ab'h* to rea«l the
time, «ml ns the hand» without f-r-
The streets of Albany haw Lorn bi Mr and Mrs Curtis«Cole ir- - (or even without a d al) will
been decorated with evergreen ot Mt Pleasant
ndicate a fa.r time reading, it
Jordan has been quite a busy -hou'.d lie those which should re
for the Poultry Show and th«-
holiday aeason and the High place of late, especially one «lav c<-:ve the greotmt attention an«l
School Band is giving street con- each week, a- there was a tele- thev ohould be a» plain a« possible
n«t- ol of ln-ing (u> th««) u*ua!lv
certs in the interest of tie “Do ph n- m« -ting last Saturday, are) an mcon»picuou« feature of the
your Christmas shopping early" ! the wvek before a road meeting, tinnpiece.
and previou.1 to that was tin
movement.
fiie Swi** wafehtiviki-r* have g-.v
pt«-ndential election. Can’t MV <«n thia «object »onje study, and they
Allwtnv Associate i Charities i-. of what nature the next one will frcijuently put on their watche»
ami» of a • -rt to make the r- a dir
finding many cases that need at- be.
«if time both certain and ««a»y. A*
tention. One l»oy
walK-«I it
Ralph Cole, who ih attending on expcnir.cnt a «'lock with a t»n
through the snow with holes it. high «i lnml in Stayton, apenl mill dial of a deep bltw color •«
his shoes to secure a new pair. the week end at home.
made.
<>at of a »hect of alum.mum a
Clothing is being collected to (I;
Stellmaciier and Shimanek pair «if hand« were cut, aft««r an en
tribute among the poor at.<l ever-,
.started up their .saw mill Monday larged pattern mad«* from the han«!»
effort is being made to ke««p ti
with the intention of operating <«n « Sv»i.«s watch. When these
indigent families supplied witi.
han
wen* «n pla-'e on«* *uw tin-
it all winter.
food.
time at a glance, even :n ’he half
hnac Burton in on the sicl.
«lit of evening. !n«l< «*l, win n t!«
f. e become* hi»t in the dunk t!
The different Linn County list this week with the grippe,
tow ns are being closely scant.«
Ge«» Rodgers was called t< hour and minute couid l«c ob*erv<sl
by the position of the hand», The
since the R»-v G H Young pastt Browiixvilie l ist week by the ill- hour hand i» short and broad,
SO
of the Baptist church of Albi iv neM of hit« fati r. He returned broad at the wid<*«t point a» t<>
announced that he had bm n call We<|n« -¿a. ai.d Hiatts that hits tnak<* the distinction between thè
tw <» excee«lingly plain, The mmut<
ed over long distai.ee from a fat I • r a
- • better.
hand, taper.ng more gradanllv, i»
m ar by town and requested to
M
l.tm-s Piatt is on the sick long, but ha« »uflh icnt w««lth t >
secure a wife fora lonely bache li.tt with a .severe cold and I m ui.ik-- it r nddv viable,
With «tuli
lor. ?\ number of tt. -ories hav. grippe.
hand« und a plain face «howmg on.v
been advanced but no d« finite
J.its for the hour» i’ would be p<»*-
(TlATtEK Box
*iblo tn r<*a<! the time, in most ca*«-»
conclusion has been reached.
to the minute, without any <htr>
In the mean time Dr Young is
Elect i ic Sparks
cultr.— S. lentifi- Am« rn an
religiously attemptir.g to, carry
out the Bachelors request
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Mack Vaughn of Pendleton is
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friends and relatives
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: Possibly About You
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Headiest Butterfl.ee.
To the butt, rtiy, unlike most
crest ires, the head «ceiaa t<> be not
indispensable. Reporting »eine ex
p< -rum-tit« to the French Academy
of S ienc< s Profe*sor Vtanney o:’
the Lyons university Mated that a
nuinlx-r of in- t larvae were care
fnllv liehea<le<l nml that in spite of
this they went through the usual
stages of metamorphosis. Caterpi!
lars of the genua bom by x became
mature butterflies, with line color
ed, streaked u.ng« They w< re lit
tie troubled by their li«-adl<-s.« con
d.lion and lived for a considerabl
time.
Travel on
Low Hound Trip
Holiday
Fares
< to home for \ mas.
Stay for New Years
day. < >nr low round
trip Holiday tickets
allow you plenty of
tune. ./// Points in
< Hi EGON
CALIFORNIA
WASHING 11 >N
and IDAHO
Sale Oates
Between
Oregon point«
Hee. 22 to 26 inc.; Doc. .10
to Jan. I inc. Return limit
Jan. 3, '.917.
To Cahforhia point* Dec
21 to 23 inc; l'ec 26 to 2*
inc. Return limit 15 dsy-
from date of «aie.
Boy's Essay on Editors
A country «ch<*ilt»oy w *• t«« ti to
i writ» an «»*ay on editor«, »ay« an ax-
change, an«i thi» 1» th» reeult:
"l*vn*t know how n»w»paiM*r« cam»
to be in th» world. I don’t think the
good I .ord dura, for he amt got nuthirg
. to »ay about an editor in the bible. I
i think H m - editor i« one uf the muuilng
i link« you read about anti »tayed in th»
t bu»he» until after the flood and then
cam«- uut and wrote the thing up and
haa l-««-n th-re ever since
«ince
1 don’t
i think he ever died. ! never seen a
drad one and never heard of one get-
ting licked.
"If a do-tor make« a mistake he
I burie« it. and the people da»«, nt «ay
• nothing "
"When an e«iitor make« a mi»take
there 1« big «wearing and a big fu*»,
but if a doctor make« a mi»take there
i» a funeral, cut tlower» and perfect
t »ilencr.
"A doctor can use a word a yard
long without anybody knowing what it
1«, but if an editor u«e« one he has to '
•pell it.
"If a doctor go«» to aee another
man » wife he charges for it, but if an
editor gw» « he get« a charge of buck-
•hot-
Any o.d c
g.t can make a doctor
i but an
be ™_
bum. ”
“ e«iit«>r haa to L,
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To Pacific Northwest point«
tn Washington and 1 laho
Dec. 22 to 25 inc
Return
limit Jan. 3, 1917.
Ask local Agent for
time of trama
fare«, etc
John M Scott. G. P. A
Portland, Oregon
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
LINES
FOOTBALL
Oregon vs. Pennsylvania
Pasadena. Cal., Jan. 1st
Nervou- Women
When the nerv.mane«« ia C«u»ed by
constipation, «• 1« often the case, you
will get quick relief by taking Chamtwr-
Iain's Tablets. These tablets also im-
prove the digestion. Obtainable every-
where.