Good for the Bloon
J.M. Simmoni
ttiif-rnp, Orrg. "Dr. I'lcrce's Golden
Mriliciil DUruvcry is the very lt
iiirdirine 1 have ever taken. 1 got to
where I v:u mtifinH In my licil lor six
wrckt. My blml wa bad nod my cir
ciilalmn Ivor, My back hurt and I
tulirrctl with i:iius nml arlict ill over.
1 u,i very wuk and ncrvout, I took
medicine ntid doctored but did not
improve in health until I brpan takinff
Dr. I'incc's tiuMcn Medical Discovery.
Ity the tune I bad taken one bottle I
was alile to be up and around. I kept
on tukiiiR it and was toon welt and
strong. It built up my blood, my nerves
were Urcmi!, tuid all tlie aches and pains
duappcjied Iroin my bark, joint! and
liinln. Now when I necl a tonic or
blood mnlirinr, I take Dr. l'ierce'i
f,olilcii Milir.il I)icovery and It never
laili." J. M. Simmons, B4 N. Jcilcrion
St.
Put tip in both fluid and tablet form.
Send Ilk: to Dr. Tierce, Uuflalj, N. Y,
("( trial package o( tablets.
Wheat Matting Big Success.
V. J. hiilllman. consulting economist
of tint Ih'imitiui'tit ot Agriculture suld
lliul niiiro uud bettor Information u
pri'Hi-nlid ut the Moro economic! con
'rente, February 1113, than In any
oilier gathering In tli United Slate.
OrganUatlnn t tho Kuatitrn Oregon
Whr.it l.'iii!Uii wag one of the accr-in-pllnliminta
of the ronforenee. Btate
limprrtlun official and the federal
supervision service wre given a clean
hill of health by the farmer, after
hnmi-a of Inefficiency had been made.
Kn-ry ili'tull of wheat raining, flnano
Inii. murkt lug. discounts, cleaning,
etc acre taken up.
Motor Cart In Franca.
According to a statement made by
Klniince MiniatiT iNtumer of France,
the number of motor vehicles In uaa
In Prance In 1!24 totaled (72.243. Ot
!! ino.S'iL were lorrlea and th re
maining J71.34S were paaaenger cart
liii ltiilliig IS.bSO tsxlcabs. There were
aluo 2i.CM ryclocars. 17,950 sidecars
ii nil 1 .! 2 motor boat In circulation.
No etui littles for 192S are yet available
but It In catlmatod that the number of
motor conveyances now In uaa In
France In about (tuu.OOO.
Big Grain Crop Forecast.
ProKp.'iH have loldnm been better
nt tin- present time of year for big
yield of wheat and ottter grain crop
In Oregon uud Washington, although
inin h may happen to change condl
lloua bi'taccn now and harveat time.
UliM.it in eastern Oregon la In fine
ciirnlii1i.il ut present, due to plenty of
ruin nml un open, growing winter.
Like Trading Dollar.
Accord I tig to government report! the
exports of butter from tbla country for
the month of December laat totaled
41)5,42.1 pound, while during lb sam
time wo Imported 155,000 pouudi more
than wo exported.
Crowing 8eaaon Vary
Imliunu, Illinois, Ohio, Mlaaourl and
Kaunas have growing season of from
ir,o to mo days. In the Now England
Ntutea tin) season la from' 120 to 160
days long.
Tax on Window
In early day of England there wa
a tax on window and th Influence ot
that restriction how In the fortrea
like tin liltecture ot the ancient Tudor
castles,
Hard to Aecount For
The approximate age ot th earth.
according to a Gorman iclnntlat, I be
tween 1,100.000 and 1.200,000 year.
And wo atlll have growing pain.!
Roman Military Road
It la cstimiitod that there were about
50,000 tulle In the entire Roman road
Hyxtnm of main or military road,
Champion Cookie Cutter
A cook lu cutter that will cut 86 cook
lea a milium ha bnen perfected.
You Want a Good Position
Very wall Take th Accountancy and
Kuelnras Miuiageniartt. Private Sfrur alalia
si, C'alcSlstor, Comstoraator, Btaniwrav
phle, Pannuinahlp, uc Ovnuuarolai Taia
ra' Couim at
Behnke-Walker
The foratnnst Uualnea College at th
Nurthweat whlrh bu wa mere Aeounea
Awa-nla and llolil VIMaJ than anv ethal
rhoal In Amarlca. Hand fee eur tuflmw
catalnc, Fourth Btrt near Mornaua,
PartlauA. Or. taaae M. WaJkar, Vraa.
P. N. U.
No. 9, 1926
THE
BURGLAR
BRIDEGROOM
By CALLY RYLAND
(A by Short Story fk Ce.)
Wi
ITU hi overcoat thrown
over hla arm and hi hat and
glove In hi hand, "Hobby"
Tunatall atood waiting for
hi bride. Th room In which he ex
relied hi patience wa Dialing with
electric light, which repeated them
elve In myriad reflection In the
gorgeou dlaplay of gold, iltver and
cnt-glaa glfta itrewn about th apart
ment In earelea profualon. Hobby re
volved ilowly and looked about blra.
Whewl" he nld. under hi breaths
"k amull fortune In theraaelvea."
He looked up quickly aa a (tep
ounded In th ball outalde, but It
wa only a maid, bringing In "Mia
Laura'" band bag to wait healde hi
own, and he turned again to hi ur
vey of th coatly wedding compli
ment. A magnificent necklace of pearl
and dlamonda lay In an open caa be
fore him, aud ha picked It np and
tared at It.
"Not leaa than twenty thonaand."
be laid, and alghed.
It wa long lnca be had held the
equivalent of euch a aum In hla hand.
HI mind rapidly reviewed the paat
few month. How dlattnctly he re
membered the firat evening Jack
Tarleton had brought him to thla very
room, to rail upon JJIaa Ttrldge. Row
long ago. It leetned, and yet bow ahort
th time since he bad readied that ha
wa deaperately In love. How alrken
Ing the qualm of eonaclence when ha
discovered that be waa hla old friend'
uccesaful rival ; how elated h bad
been when th adored on promptly
accepted blm.
Bobby ws a generous soul, ( hi
rapidly dwindling funds showed In the
radiant daya that followed, and the
few crisply folded bill which be wa
Bow fingering nervously in hi pocket
were th tola mean for wedding
Journey.
"Not a very brilliant prospect for a
lavlah honeymoon." ha murmured, and
again his eye fell on the glittering
necklace.
Whlcl of the Three Tricky 8lster
udden' extinguished the electric
lights I Only for two seconds, but
when they flashed np again with a
little atiile of renewed energy Bobby
found the diamond necklace In hi
Band bow, be could not telL
A light step on the stair, and the
necklace slipped Into hi pocket snd
It case Into a convenient waatehas
ket, while Bobby turned with a smile
to great bis bride, who stood blushing
In th doorway.
Following a prevalent fad, Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Tunatall refused to dl
vulg to family or friends the plan
for their wedding Journey, and so It
wa not until they were discussing
their first dinner In their cosy little
home one of the wedding presents
that they were made acquainted with
th loea of the necklace.
Bobby turned white, a Laura's sis
ter, Ague, told with dramatic effect
the tragic tale, and I-aura said, giving
hi hind a little surreptitious sqaeeta
ander the table: "I really believe yon
feel th loea mora keenly thin I do,
darling."
1 am sure I do," laid Bobby.
All thit evening the necklace hung
about hla neck like the Ancient Marl
bee's albatross, and at night It waa
securely tucked away Into hi sponge
bag, for, he argued, that would be the
laat place a burglar would ever think
of aearchlng for valuablea.
Although, through skillful msnsge
menf, be bad been able to bring the
necklace home without pledging
pearl for the purpose which had Im
pelled him to purloin It, his heart
tnk at th futile device of hi brain
tor returning It to It rightful owner,
At first h thought of making a Joke
of th whole affair with hi wife, but
when he learned from Ague th enor
mous excitement the nistter hsd cre
ated, and waa told that detectlvee
were at work on the case, he gave np
tkat scheme. A for going to Mr.
Bridge, ha preferred to Imagine
rather than experience a fnther-ln
law' wrath. All night he waa tor
mented by dreadful dream, In which
sponge bag played leading pnrtt, and
a Becklaca of millstone bnng about
hla Beck.
But the newipnper by hi plnle at
break f sat brought him the first easy
moment he had known for week, for
In a prominent place he resd tills ad'
verttieroent :
, t.1,000 REWARD
I Tba above reward will be paid,
and no question asked, for th
: return ot the necklace tnken on
the night of January 10, from the
residence of R. O, Bridges, to that
: address, or to 60 Broadway.
"Ho question naked P The phraie
bone from the page rosy with th
light of hope. Laura wn amazed at
th chang In her husband' appear
ance when b cams tripping down to
breakfast.
There, dearest I" she :clalmed.
knew that tonic wa Just what you
needed, You look even better than
you did before our marriage."
"I have certainly found a wonderful
relief," sulil Bobby, solemnly.
Mr. Bridge sot In hi private office,
Immersed In a pile of correspondence,
when th glased door opened sudden
ly and hi son-in-law walked In with
a breniy "Good morning, father.
"Have you heard about the neck
lacer wa almost the first question
ssksd of th young man after tba pre
liminary greetings.
Agnes ha told na," was the an
swer.- "But you ire offering too targe
rewarlfl,2r0 will bring It"
Mr. Bridge swung around In hi
wlvel chair In amusement
"What do you know about Itr h
said. "What do you tneanr
"Just what I ay," Tunstall coolly
replied. "It's a little aecret-but It
all In th family. Writ ma a check
to barer for $1,250, and I guarantee
that th necklace ahull be produced
and lava yon $1,7501"
Still wondering, the broker com
piled, but with such an expression of
Inquiry that, when Bobby hsd pock
eted the check, he proceeded. In a
graver manner than hi futher-ln-law
ever had known him to assume, to
make the mutely demanded explana
tion, having assured himself that the
door wai lecurely closed.
"Though poasesaed of in ample In
come." he lam. I nave always sneni
a It came and not Infrequently
before It came. It wa during inch a
tut of temporary lurk of fundi that
I wai Introduced to your houaehold. 1
assure you most sincerely that I had
no Idea at that time of Tarleton'
feeling toward iJitira, and certainly
had no Intention of becoming his rival,
and It was therefore without compunc
tion that I accepted from him a loan
sufficient to enable me to maintain a
proper appearance In the eodal elrcl
In which yoo mov."
A soft whistle wa th father-in-
law' only comment
Well," continued Tunstall, "when
Jack found that Laura preferred me
he turned rusty, dunned me for the
debt which now aggregate $1.2TiO,
snd even at my bachelor dinner hint
ed that I might be served with a legal
process on my honeymoon. That wa
on reason for concealing our where
abouts, and It wa that threat hang
ing over me together with an oppor
tunity that fate Itself must hav
cheated that Induced me to take tem
porary charge of one of my wife' or
namenU, which I now feel much pleas
ure In transferring to yoo. I need
hardly aay that, for the auk of the
reputation of the family and the feel
Ing of your daughter, It would be
well not to tell how yoo have recov
ered It especially to my wife."
"What I that about your wifer In
quired Laura, entering tba office un
announced.
"I wa merely (eying that yon
would be delighted to know that your
father ba recovered your necklace."
Id Bobby, with great presence of
mind.
"Oh I bow lovely I" exclaimed Laura,
aa her husband held It up. "Yoo know
I scarcely got a good look at It on our
wedding day. But don t go. Bobby,"
ah added, as he turned to leave. 1
came In to aak papa to turn the man
agement of my affair over to yoo
Just welt while , ha ha th paper
made out"
"Too might charge that $1,250 to
th dowry," whispered Bobby to bis
father-in-law.
lona Fitly Known at
"hlani of Ghottf
lona, th green and grassy Island of
the Inner Hebrides, Is n Isle of
ghosts. It I holy ground. Fifty-three
king are burled there kings of Scot
land, Norway, France and Ireland.
waa on this Inns atrip of moor and
beach, lying at the foot of the Roea of
Mull, that 8t Columba landed In 563
and founded the monastery, the ruin
of which bear hi name to this day,
aay Pierre Van Paassen, In the At
lanta Constitution. That monastery
waa destined to become the heart and
center of Celtic Chrlitlanlty and
place of pllgrlmsga to which people
cam by long and painful way from
all over Europe coming that they
might dl on It holy ground. Their
bone are everywhere. Kings and
prince, chieftain ot great Highland
clan, couthern baron, and merchant
of wealth they all cam to thl lone
Island of the Western sea to die.
la their ghoat who haunt lona today,
their ghoat and th wraith of th
monk who were slain when the Norse
sea-rover tailed Into th Bound
lona, and lacked the boty places. That
I why no man of Ion wilt, even to
day, walk of night by th Relllg Dl
ran. But why are the spirit restless!
Th natives lay It ti because of the
dark work done In the day of the
Reformation, when 800 of the lacred
crosses of lona were torn off the
grave of th dead and caat Into the
aea.
Why Thty To.
Rer. Calvin C Menry of New York
who recently gave a quart of hi blood
to a sinking parishioner, Is opposed to
sensationalism In religion,
"Deliver me," h said at a Bronx
luncheon, "from the new creeds that
spring up nowsday like mushrooms.
I wa Dldrtlng a mend lion voyage
on the Cunard pier the other after
noon, and I aald to blm by way
a Joka:
"'Mnybe you'll bring a new creed
back with yoo, but be careful If you
do yoo know how hard It la to get
thlnga through the custom bouse
nowaday.'
Oh,' laid my friend, 'there'd
be
no difficulty about that These new
creed never hava any duties at
tached to them.' " .
How It Wai
"Our moving picture how, the Ori
ental Grotto, ha an orchestra of 41
man," aald the landlord of the tavern,
"I It poistbleT" returned the young
traveling talesman.
"Yep I Tti same on work alon
very night for forty night, and on
th forty-first another man 1 added
for ooe Bight Kaniai City Star.
tt"rtATV j
GAINS ARE MADE
IN ROAD BUILDING
Forty-eight itatei, lu conjunction
with the bureau of public roads, De
partment of Agriculture, are rounding
out their first decade of modern road
building with gratifying results, ac
cording to a statement hsued by the
American Association of Htite High
way Official.
The Interstate system, however, on
which state and federal governments
have been working Jointly, 1 not
more than balf complete, and sugges
tions of curtailment of the general
program for the purpose of economy
have served to arouse public Interest
to pushing on toward completion of
the remaining half.
In some quarter the question of
constitutionality of the present federal-aid
road program ha again been
raised, which highway officials hold Is
Irrelevant In view of the exhaustive
stuilles that were made before the
program was put Into effect
In response to point raised, high
way official In their itatement call
public attention to the fuct that "there
were those In the beginning of our
national life who bad visions of Inter
state highway a nation developera,
for a early a 1803 the Cumberland
pike wa planned by congress. Jef
ferson, Hamilton, Madison, Clay, Cal
houn and Webster all maintained a
constitutional authority, as well ss the
national need, for federal actlvltle In
highway Improvements.
'But a short time after the con
traction of th Cumberland pike It
wa turned over to the atatvs, which
likewise became weary and In turn
passed It on to toll companies. And
then for balf a century the much
vaunted local control waa given
most excellent tryout The result of
all ot wblcb was that th only free
public highways for year were those
which were Impassable during the un
seasonable weather.
'It was not until 1S91 that the
state began a real program of road
construction, and New Jersey haa th
honor of being tbe first state to cre
ate a state highway department Two
years afterward the federal govern
ment appropriated $10,000 to establish
the office of road Inquiry, and for eight
years It kept on Inquiring. At tbe end
of that time the name of this office
was changed to the office of public
roads. The constant growth of state
highway departments naturally gave
a larger vision of the highway depart
ments and In 1912 the congress cre
ated a commission to Investigate the
problem as to whether th federal gov
ernment bad a real duty In tue mat
ter.
"For three years this committee
made a thorough Investigation and
finally gave a favorable report In
1910 the congress made Its first real
appropriation for highways. Recent
discussions on the floor of congress
as well as certain public addresses
and Dubllshsd articles would lead
tome to believe that the congress had
not made a thorough Investigation ot
this subject Tbe personnel of the
ronaress has changed greatly since
the reoort of the 1915 committee.
There are now but four ot this com
mitteetwo senators snd two mem
ber of th bouse In government
service, who were member of that
committee of ten. And en. It 1 neces
sary to recall some things which
wa supposed had been thoroughly
established In tbe public mind."
Trees Along Highways
Will Not Injure Paving
The planting of tree by Mate high
way department anil by local govern
ment subdivisions Is attracting much
nd favorable attention. Experts de
clare that If the trees sre set back
far enough their roots will not Injur
road pavementa.
It was contended at on time that
tree roots and the shade caused by
the branches were detrimental to mod
ern paving, but experience In many
raaes now where highways have been
built along beautiful tree-lined roads
has completely exploded this Idea.
According to tha A. A. A., however,
Judgment should be used to the plant
ing of trees so thst they will not act
as wind breakers, particularly In th
northern states In th mow belt
Build Roads for Trucks
According to Mexican representa
tives the motor truck has awakened
th necessity of Improving road In
th vicinity of Slunla, which Is con
Idered one of the richest mining cen
ter In th land of tha Astec. Som
tlm ago a road was completed be
tweon Dlmas and Blnola. Th con
struction of this road created unlim
ited enthusiasm and tha outlook for
the truck as a real factor In road
building I "iy evident
Good Roads Facts
It need small effort to persuade
the salesman who travels th rural
districts In in automobile that an Im
provement In the highways hs trav
erses would result In greater earnings
for himself. More calls per day, les
sened repair bills, greater demand
du to easier trips by the farmer to
th store, alt these would swell his
sales. . . -
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It
MMD
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Adults, Week day matinee, 20c; Evenings, 35c. Continuous 1 to 11 p. am.
Children 10 cents all Times.
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If yoo perfume a (lave and a free
man, the difference ot their birth pro
duce none In the smell; and tbe acent
I perceived aa toon In th on aa the
other, but the odor ot honorable toll.
a It I acquired with great pain and
application, la ever tweet and worthy
ot a brave man. Xenophon (Greek
historian. Fourth century B. C.)
All Thl Worry I Baselesa.
Talk about overcrowding th world
I nonsense. On a conservative esti
mate there are enough unsold building
lots laid out In the United States at
thla writing to accommodate (00,000
people, with plenty ot purchasable
acreage for allotments Just beyond.
Miami Tribune.
Toksn of Betrothsl
It was during tbe Second century
B. C. that women began to flash a
ring on the fourth finger ef the left
hand a a symbol ot betrothal It wa
displayed on that particular finger In
the belief that a vein ran from It to the
heart
Must Bear Own Burdens
It's all right to "cast thy burden on
th Lord," but It's all wrong to bold
Him responsible for the most of them.
Man is largely the architect ot bl own
fortune and misfortunes, too. The
sooner ba realises the tact tha better
tor him. Grit
Few Will Dissent
There are twice as many telephones
In tha United States as there are In all
tha rest ot the world. And there are
more automobile In thl country than
there ar telephones. It is a wonder
ful country. It anybody should ask you.
Exchange,
It Escapes "Nature Lover
After all, maybe the luckiest wild
flower was the one that wa born to
blush unseen. Detroit New.
Civilization Defied
Samoa, whore the native ar en
couraged to retain their natural mode
ot life, 1 tba only spot In the Pacific
Island where the natlva population Is
not dying out. Everywhere else civili
sation seems to have brought disease,
Bometlm Wlss to Dstour
It Is not enough that you form, and
even follow the most excellent rules
tor conducting yourself In tha world;
you must, also, know when to deviate
from them, and where lie th excep
tion. Grovillo.
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Sand aa yaar ahlpraaata. Ws anU yea akask
tha saaaa day wa laaalis aads.
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Curious English Clock
One of th world' most novel clocks
la shown tbe numbers that Indicate
London. It take th form of tba bust
of a negress who "wink" tha tlm
from her sparkling eye. In on eye
1 shown th number that Indldat
the hours, and In tha other th min
utes. It was made by on Leplna, and
la IJVi Inches in height and fashioned
from ormolu.
Trial of the Pyx
A "pyx" I a box In which coin ot
tbe English mint ar deposited. Toes
coins ar tested annually by a Jury of
goldsmith to see It tbey sr of th
requisite weight and fineness. This Is
known aa th "trial ot tha pyx."
Recruiting Cost '
It cost 20 time a much to recruit
the 2,400.000 men who fought on th
Union side during tha Civil war as It
did to recruit th 4.800.000 raised by
the United State In th World War.
Substitute
Sailor (proposing) I know I alnt
exactly 'andsome, but I'm tattooed all
over, and think ot th money you'd
save not going to the pictures! Lon
don Opinion.
Growing Desert
Geographer say th great desert
belt across Africa and Asia Is growing
larger and drier. The Syrian desert.
which Is now an otter waste, was
crowded with cities only two or thre
thousand years ago.
Csnnsd Tomato Valuable ,
In the old coal-burning ships of th
navy, where the men ar forced to
work daily In temperature ot from
150 to 17S degree, canoed tomatoe
have been found a cooling and Dour
Ishlng food.
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