,. ( wist LEXINGTON GROWS WITHOUT WATCHING ( PI VOL. II LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY JANUARY 24, 1907 NO. 18 SCHOOL NEWS Examinations have come again. The directors were visiting school Friday. Debating it the order of the day in the Principal's room at present. The net receipts from the holiday entertainments were as follows: X'mas programme - $18 50 , New Year programme 5 25 Total - - . 23 75 This money Is to be used in buying books for the library, This with the 10c per pupil tax will give the district about $40 Worth of books. , The last meeting of the Social club was held at the home of Miss Cora McMillan Although the weather was very disagreable most of the members were present and a very pleasant even ing was spent. The Club expects to give the "Deestrlct Skule of 50 years ago. The boys basket ball team has so clearly outclassed the Heppner and lone school teams that they cannot get liny more games with them. They are going to try their luck with the Heppner men's team, which is proba bly the best team In the county, that Is, If the boys don't defeat them a week from Friday night we will let them claim the title. Thft'-flrlS iMve organized a team vhl ,h practices on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. We hope tby till itia-' ?a good n Vird as thi bcya A choof anl Its mrwgmnt wr y bring a tote of troulo to hota trytajf to coo&et ttifor the bent Intevatta at j ft H r yflgM otatftody and we aWt xpx1 to, but v 1taJ togo.thM4fl4lo vfct rtffit. anl If what wf left to t rtgHt are villlat td W aettacM ntf it vffl surpriae you to s lev qolci vifl do the other way, but whan grown men who knew better, help to Urlnf on our troubles, I guess wo have held our peace long anough. A short tima ago two boys on their way home from HOMESTEAD CWS0LIDATCD NOTICE MR PUBLICATION United States Land Office The Dalles, Oregon, December 29, 1906 Notice Is hereby given that the following . name settlers have filed notice of their In tentions to make final five-year proofs In support of their respective claims, and that said proofs will be made before the Regis ter and Receiver, at The Dalles, Oregon, on February 15th, 1907, viz: HARRY O. McCORMICK, of Strawberry, Oregon, on Homestead En try No. 9939. made November 5, 1901, for the NEX of Section 22, Tp. 1 N., R. 25 E W. M. BENJAMIN F. ESTES, of Strawberry, Oregon, on Homestead En try No. 9937, filed November 5, 1901, for the NE of Section 23, Tp. 1 North, Range 25 E W. M, JESSE C. WHITE, of Strawberry, Oregon, on Homestead En try No. 9938, made November 5, 1901, for the NW of Section 23, Tp. 1 North, Range 25 E., W. M. They name the following witnesses to prove their continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, the lands, viz: H. A. Arnsmeyer, B. F. Estes, H. O. McOormlck, all of Strawberry, Oregon, J, B. White, of Lexington, Oregon, j. C. White, A. T. Whiteof Strawberry, Oregon Michael T. Nolan, ( .1-10-2-7 Register. school having some difference to set tle threatened to use force to settle them, and disgraceful to say the chief cause of bringing them to blows was the crowd of grown men that gathered around them and urged them on. It Is one of the most cowardly and dis graceful things any man can do, to get boys to fight. (We are Informed that one of the men who urged the boys on is a member of the school board. Ed) THE RIGHT NAME Mr, August Sherpe, the popular ov erseer of .the poor, at Fort Madison, la. says: "Dr. King's New Life Pills are rightly named; they act more agreeably do more good and make one feel bet ter than any other laxative." Guaran teed to cure biliousness and constipa tion. 25c at W. P. McMillan's drug store. STRAWBERRY It has been very cold In this vicinity for the past week. The ground has been frozen 14 inches deep and on Thursday morning, Jan. 17th the mer cury registered 18 degrees below zero. All A 3$roti eac Hi i at J. W. Sibley's ; 4 .miles northeast Strawberry. Owing to the snow the wheat Is not hurt unless it Is some that had just swollen and not sprouted. In such a case as this the severe freeze Is liable to have killed the germ and when it warm up the grain will perhaps rot. The freeze played havoc with the fruits, eggs and potatoes. There were but few people that had cellars tight enough to keep 'Mr. 'Jack Frost from creeping In, but there is no reports of him taking anything away, but as the darkle says, "He spiled mose every thing he put hi: fingers on", It has taken lots of wood and those that thought they had plenty of wood find themselves wondering where they can get more, to be ready for another winter In case one should happen along again before summer opens up. Miss Jennie White has gone to tone to stay with her sister, Mrs. Mc Cormlck few weeks. Miss White THIS WEEK SEWING MACHINE SALE kinds of Machines from $2,50 up ON FALL TERMS ers will be missed very much, as she Is one of our main members in Sunday School also one of our leaders in sing ing school Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morey are on the sick list this week. They were both confined to the bed at the same time. It is believed nothing serious is the matter more than a light attack of the grippe. Mr. Morey was one of the men that helped convey the re mains of Grandpa Musgrave to Dixie cemetery, In Washington, and perhaps took cold on the journey, as it was a long cold trip to drive a team on such a special occasion. Eugene Gray Is working with R. K. Wiles hay bailer. While Claude White was to the river for wood a week or two ago, the coyotes made a raid on his wife's chicken roost and made away with 11 fine hens. Claude has been hunting coyotes ever since. . X: The Swede Canyon , Poultry Farm AMD NEXT UAe SB'iy Sqn received two full blood Black Langshan hens and three full blood Barred Ply moth Rock cockerels, from Harris burg, last Saturday. One of the cock erels was for the "Old Man", who will place it with his bunch of B. P Rocks. ' P. M. Christenson & Son, the proprie tors now have two of the best laying strains of chickens on the coast. The Black Langshan, which is practically a new chicken to this part of the coun try, is almost a non-setter and a good layer. The cockerel that will be used with this bunch of Langshans was from a setting of eggs imported from Salem Indiana, by the Editor of this sheet, and is a thorough bred. See the ad of the Swede Canyon Farm in this issue. Your money refunded if after using three-fourths (3-4) of a tube of Man Zan, you are dissatisfied. Return the balance of the tube to your druggist, and your money will be cheerfully re turned. Take advantage of this offer. Sold by W. P. McMillan.