Clarence Reynold and Ye
Editor went out Thursday .(af
ternoon for a short stroll after
rabbits and walked about four
mile with nary .a bunny to
how for the trip. Plenty,' of
game in sight but far away.
The .snow is about U inches
deep au over me muaes. u
makes going a little slow but
' that gives the rabbits some
thing to do also.
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MONDAY NIGHT, Jan. 24th
PRICES 26 and 60c.
DANCE AFTER THE SHOW
BUILDINQ UP A HEW TOJVN.
An Authsrftstlve Statement Rensrdlnn
Mth Wsw Qlven Out.
authentic etatement retarding tbt
nla rlren ouL wbit mlirat be retard
ed as tbs Orst authoritative aad ds-
tatlsd statement In regard to Uw town
nUnnlna of Um uw elty to bt inctid
! the Tkdnltx of Roeyth dockyard and
within tb extended borg boundaries
of Dunfermline. Scotland, wii dellver-
dm Bailie James Norral, Dunferm
line, at a recent meeting of the loan
Hcota eoclety.
Deellns with tb roads of the now
town. Bailie .Moral aald Uw main tea-
tore, wool b a triangular myfm.
' The principal thoroughfare, Primrose
u venue, would bo 900 foot wide, ex-
Mttuitn rram Primrose farm to Um
proposed alto for Uw Mir railway eta
tins to Um east of the entrance to Pit
resvls estate, which formod the base
of an equilateral triangle of mam
rueds. Tbo apes of that trtaagla
would bo Uw ontraoco to Uw admiral
ty nmtt ground.
DRT FORK.
The Dry Fork Farmer' Un
ion local No, 62 met at the Dry
Fork halt Saturday evening
with 28 members present. The
following officers were elected
for-the 'coming yearL Johnnie
Freazer, president, C. J. An
derson, vice-president; Leon
ard Anderson, secretary and
treasurer; ft M. Johnson, door
keeper; Oran Brians, ciiaplain.
Mrs, Johnnie Frazer, conduct
or. After the business meeting
adjourned the lady members
served oyster and clam soup,
ohicken, cake and pie to every
body present. .This union is
loing some splendid work this
winter, Better come and join
the farmers and have a good
time. The next meeting will
be held on January 2iHh, 2 p.
m. sharp.
... GOOSEBERRY.
The rabbit hunt ' hen was
brought to a close last Satur
day when the final count was
made and it was found 1165
rabbits had been killed. John
nie Frazer held high number at
116. The loosing side is to give
a free oyster supper on Friday
evening, Jan. 28 A dance will
follow after the supper, Oran
Brians and Newt King, manage"-
'
A car load of coal came in for
the railroad company lost Monday.'"."--.
, " ''" .
Saturday evening more snow.
l is getting to be the custom
for it to snow. ,; .
Walt Puyear was down to
the Johnson ranch Friday with
Ernest Lundell in his oar and
while Ernest was transacting
.. 1 At- 1 J
a nine DUsinesB in mtt uoum
Walt went out and spotted $
ducks and got two of themi
Fine doings.' . '
Joe Knappenberg and D. M.
Ward came - back Friday eve
ning from a two days hunting
trip' near Cecil. Joe had five
fine ducks and reported hosts
of rabbits.-. He and his friend
shot away about 900 rounds of
ammunition at the bunnies,
without seeming to lessen their
numbers any. - V-
AU of the local merchants
have laid, in large stocks of
shells and it will be funny if
the rabbits don t thunder. .
The lone hotel has placed a
I fine new cash register on their
counter and it makes a dandy
showing. .
Glen Ball and wife returned
home from a pleasant honey
moon trip, last 'Saturday and
gave a free dance at the home
of Phill Griffin on JHonday eve
ning which was well attended.
All spent a pleasant evening
leaving in the wee sma' houra
of the morning, wishing tyie
happy couple a long and happy
life.. ; -
Dealing With Uw sousing, Baillo
Norral aald Out M far as possibw,
tbo cottage type of erttaas dwelling
would bo built sxcept on tbo wldo--malm
roads, whoro block! of o differ
ot character woald bo allowed.
There woro forty-one acres of opoa
apses fa Um admiralty fronnd, and
utosty-foor acres on Pltrearw ootato
would bo laid oat as a golf conns,
with furtbor twenty-eight acroa on
tbo earns estat ao a public opoa spec.
Lord ElflS bad aiao ooatrtbntsd Is this
respect.
Tbo popoiaUos would bo 10001 B0,
000 wttbla tan years, this figure being
eslvod from Um admiralty.
44-
II MM III
arm km should advm
tise. Bror Unco Uw dajl who tbo
Aaayrlauo carrod Uwlrpabllc bo
ttcoa upon Uw faco of a cliff or
a poo aoow pobllc bolldlnt Uw
bttllottn board haa coo tin owl to
bo oaod for eoatmnnltr adTortto
Ins. ortondnwa many fartaora
bavo boo slow n dtapoalng of
tbotr products to adrantara bo
raoao tboj bar BOgloctod to
dm a Uw proper olocUoai and
Uwa to adTorUoo tbotr oxeol
wb. Tboy bavo faUod to roal
hw that tola aiay bo doow to ad
raoUf both In Uw Weal papora
and dpoa tbo Onw boBorod bolw
tta board. -
Mill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mom o I
' The huBUD akio is shod In noh
aunnte pwoos that it ordinarily
cosmo away .uinotiood. Bat Uw
tia a anafeo ooowo away wbow
! or throo timoo joar and is
draws of inside eat from the hood
backward as Uw eroaturo -eroopt
(hroufb sons booh, to which it to
IrftstUebod. fiaoro it to abod Uw
akin Jaaoa Hs so) or, and the eyaa
bocoow dun, bocauoo their bator
akin is eaot with the reat The
. snoks enwrg fery bhgbtlj ooforod
trw its M akin, and its ntrkiBp
art than mm dtotinet.
A noemlktr maotcoi tnttrnownt la
waod Wf the Moron, It oonatota of s
oaf by strinm a nnmbar of thin
nmaa of author ol-poarj. When
track with a small nod thorn fire
.forth a swoti linkunf. spond; a
oomunnuon of wuea aonnns is oa-
otoewd into a voird, mtmv
fantiwy, tor nlonnnt to I ho
lor a short time.
((Dt Wirt wrvxl In Park
.,.... During 8flft-0Ha7B.
In a If Iter by lltury Uboucherc,
whicti u quilled by Mr. A. L Thor
uld io liia life of the distioguiahed
iournulut. Iw deevribeaC not with
out a charaeterutic touch of bamor
the extremea to which Iho lobabit
anta of l'ari were driven during
tlw aicge of 1U70.
I wool to ace what waa soma on
in i ha bouo of a friend of niiDO in
i be Avenue do I'ltapvratrke, who
haa left 1'uria. Tba aervaot who
waa in charge told me they had not
been able lo obtain bread- for three
ilar a cud that Uw laat time ha had
preoenied hie ticket bo had been
given about half an Inch of chceae.
"I low do vou live, then r I aikod.
After looking mysterioualy roond
to aeo that no one waa watching as,
he took me down into the cellar and
pointed to tome meat in a barrel.
'It ia half a hone." Iw said in the
tone of a man who U ahowing aome
one Uw corpw of hti murdered vto
tim. MA neishborins coachman
killed him, and we salted him down
-ind divided him." Then He opened
a cloaet in which eat a Jiune cat "1
4ta fattening ber up for Cnriatmas.
We mean to servo ber op surround
ed with micelike sausagea.
On Jan. 6 Labouchera notes:
Yaaterdav I bad a slice of Pollui
for dinner. Caator and bis brother
Pollui are two elephants thai have
aeeo killed. The meat was tough,
v-oarse and oily, and I. do not recom
mend Enarliab families to sat ele
phant when Uwy can get beef or
mutton. Many of the restaurants
arm closed for laok of fuel. Tbev
use lamps, but even French nooks
when they are called upon to coos
an olenhant with a snlrit lamn And
Uw thing almost beyond their in
genuity. Castor! and Pollux's
trunks sold for 44 francs a pound;
the other porta of the interesting
twins fetched about iv trance a
nound."
Not all the strange foods eetea
durinff the aiane were aa unallurinff.
On Uw subject of donkey Labou-
cnem says: "Donkey to infinitely
better cation, than beef or mutton.
Indeed. I do not know any moat
that to better. Lot any one who
donbta the eicellene of cold don
key slay one of these weak minded
animus, coos mm ana one mm.
Pood AduKeretw.
Pood adulteraUoo to practically
as old aa 4iuman selBshness and
greed. Por tbo cut toot of adulteral
ing foodatuffa the moderns art by
uo moans rosponaible. It to impoe
dblo to say when the vile pracUoe
did not exist The annals of Oreece,
Rome and RfOpt, Chaldea and As
syria nil reveal the fact that away
back In tbooa oo'rlv timoa ann wr
addietod to the proctko of adaltera-
cAaL"aupaaviioii-;
Tbt Anwrlcan people are leo ;
log 9fi0.000.000 annually because
of eareleee au per Won of Uw
2,300,000 mllaa of public roads la
tbla country.
Oar annual, expenditure for
roada b t2UO0u,O00. and It la
estimated by. experts that one
quarter of It W loot annually be
cause of - careless auparr Woo
So roa wall of protection nuet be
rebuilt acalnat pollUeat mod
dlera. -
The moat effective nwaeare of
aareguardlng Uw sUte bbjbway
deoaruneot from Uw deatruylns
Influence of politics la to place
It under Uw general control of
commlaaloo. I'ble coeamhiion '
abould be nonpaitlaan. boo pale,
constituted parUy by appoint
msnt and partly ex offlclo, .on
which would be represented tbo
educational and acWntlflc Jnatl
luUooa of tbo elate. Uw appola '
tlve -members alone being laj
meu. Tbeae men could be trust
ed to select Uw cblef technical
officiate wltboot prejudice and
with doe record for their qnallS-
4 catlona.-Lo8ao Waller Page.
For Sale or traded 10 acres in
fruit. 1-2 acre in strawberries,
good buildings, perpetual wat
er' right, near. Kennewick,
Wash., will trade for property
near lone. T. W. Sears, Box
162 lone, Oregon
KINQ SPLIT LOQ DRAG.. ;
liMtrwetkMie for the Uee of the
ehiiw Imbodfed In Klevon Pluleew
How fo get Uw beat uw out of tbo
Klng split log drag Is epibodwd In Uw
following Instructions:
Drive Uw team at a slow walk. k
-aide tbo drag and learn to man
age It by changing your poaltlon-oo It
Begin on rtgbt band wheel track and
return on other track.. ;
Drag after every rata or wet spelt
when Uw surface w motsL but not
atlckj. Just drying. The earth must
not etkk to the drag.
If Uw road la dry and bard the wort
will ot be satisfactory. -
Tbo length of the cbala helps to regw
ttte Uw beM the drag takes '-os ths
earth. v
LengUwnlnt the ebala Is equivalent
to putting a weight on Uw drag. Bat
lion. To come to Knjltih hutorjJ dear Uw drag
we Snefthat aa far back aa ths mini
oi John (103) there wort proclanw
Uooa regnlatiof Uw qoality of
broad, oakee, etOn and contempo
rary law ot other Earopean eoaw
tries deal with the adultoraUon of
wines, balms' foods tod other ar
ticles of food and drink. Mew
York Aowocoa.
m : '
A,
m ii a iibs i eniaaaMBMi MmsisSi
aoes noan
if Uw ebani a too abort Uw drag wiu
not work emootbly. but will jump.
Iw mov dirt or eat assail weeds
lengthen tbo eJwks, Uwa bttcb Uw
doable trees elear over etoss to Uw
dicco ewd of drag and stand so on Uw
ditch sad ef tves etas, right over Uw
cutting edge.
On a soft spot stand on rear stab, st
ates aa for from Uw ditch end of drag
aa seastole.
To sllmiosts wav strssehsm, or Inrfs
sssa, try chonghui the asgW at the
dragv ot sacs) seglsei ..la ostreass
bUd a bMaw Ore,
Ts wrep d sjMttty of earth at see
aa ssscsty ao ps
saw to ether esd
FURY OF THE CULBIN SANDS.
Tragis "at of a Once Fruitful Spot es
the Seettion Ceaat.
Beneath the drifted semi on the
west side of Findhora bay, Sicol
land, lie w hat were once six teen
fruitful farms, orchards and a lutm
let There also is buried the man
sion house of an ancient family.
Now all this is a wild waste, known
as the Cnlbtn sonde.
The estate was overwhelmed in
the year 100-i an in a singlr
night, according to all accounts
From the west a great wind, spraug
up. It lifted "the sand along the
coast, gathering force as it tlrov
iiawr. -ita wcreatftntr moment unt
sweeping great maues of loose nnd
alnns- with it. This horror, acarcch
imaginable,- swept with Irresistible'
force down toward the mouth ot
tha Pindhorn. It covered tlte beldi
and overwhelmed the eetste, burr
ing swiftly, beyond hope of respij,
the manswn oouae, larma shu
lage.
A smiling, happy countryside ti
transformed as by. black mngic into
a wUderneas oi Sana, anu iouaj,
standing on one of the greai
mounds, the eye rests on s succes
sion of huge billows of gleaming
sand, literally a desert seme four
miles long by two miles broad, bare
aa the pulm of one's hand of vege
tation, the very picture of loneli
ness and desolation. Tlw-limnic
strength the suddenneaa of the
strange disofter, ttie pigmy impo
tence of man before it. seize Uw
Imagination. So awift fell the
tragedy that, Lo save his life, a mnn
ran from hi plow in (ho furrow
and never saw it again. It was
found, years afterward and is now
tn s 'north country museum, says
PhB-nherw JnurnaL
I Some of tHe bewildered folk man
aged to get into their -houses from
the oast side next day and rescued
a few household goods, but tlw de
mon of the atorm rose, again, and
next morning not a vestige of man's
handiwork was visible. An ocean
of sand, dashing like spray i? the
gale, covered tlw land like a stormy
spring tide, and when the gale and
the sand drift died down a mocking
waste had taken the place of the
barony of Culbin. And there the
miniature desert can be seen today.
Alexander Kinnaird, tlw luckless
owner, was ruined. . The poor man
petitioned the Scots parliament in
July, 1693, for s relief from the
cess or land tax on a statement that
"the Km! two narta of lite entate ol
Culbin, by an unavoidable fatality,
waa quite ruined and destroyed, oc
casioned by great and vast heaps ol
sand whko had overblown the
aamo), so that there was not s ves
tige to bo aeon of his manor place
of Cnlbtn, yards, orchard and
mains thereof, and which within
tnoot twenty years were a consider
able as many within the county of
Uoaj."
Whst He Cells Her.
Now, Wiliw," said the teacher
of tlw primary claaa, "let na see
whether too can tell us the name of
Urn meefol looking animal with
tbo big pronged horns P Hunters
go np into tbo woods every fall to
shoot this beautiful ereotor. It is
eery cruel of them to do so, is H
not? Oaat row. tell ss wlwt the
animal is called T Com, now, think.
ana sore yow know what h
What does yoar fsthov ceil ymrr
mother when he cornea home at
sight r - '
"He calle her Betsy 'cams? u
stagoes her.-r---Chiesgo Herald. "
-tint ssso of few words."
"absfesl I'm i
VTsSySB, IMs vVBwtflsat
rf a mas isjirlis sai sseastsjan
Read the ads this week.
Nettie and Mabel Mason
were in' Thursday evening to.
attend, the social dance given
by. the Young Ladies Club.
They reported lots of snow, in
the country near the Mason
ranch. ' . . j r ' . .
Masquerade BalL
January 21st. ...
Friday eve.
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