H00D1RIV1SB OLA PIER THURSDAY. HAROH 5, 1808.
THE
HOHSE
WOM.
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cake, hot-breark rmfo
or puddings are required
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Not only for rich or fine food
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Editor U aolei:
The piople or Fiu'ltUm hare a
grieucBi tbeyme lm. i , n,.uLlBg of
uir uwu ror inn j.nt ye,.r or two,
p ia ix weK nko, every patron of
the Pacific Telephone Co. in this
aw oi too aooas was wade tired
when be weut to the 'pbone to oill up
central. He was in luck if ha got
central witblo half an boar. Often he
was told when be did suooeed in get
ting ceutral "line' busy," "wa oau't
raise mem, or "pnooe taken out."
Jt was the most miserable phone ser
rloe one could imagine. If the tm-
Eloyes of the Paoiflo Telephone Co.
ad been instructed to kill the busi
neii of the company In Hood River
they oould not have gone about it in
ii more svstematiu mauuer. But now
what a change I The bell of the oeu
tral call bus hardly ceased ringing
till the answer, "number?" greets
your ear. la foot the seivioe of tbe
Home Company ia no improvement
over tbe Pacini) Company as it ia now.
All of Frankton aa well aa tbe lest of
tbe valley rejoiced when it waa learn
ed that a new oompuny with borne
capital bad been formed and that we
could aee tbe finish of tbe old com
pany so far as Hood River waa con
cerned. But now oomea tbe Home Company
' and rape tbe climax to all our phoue
troublea in Frankton district. This
company baa aet ita polea in all direo
tiooa throughout the valley except
down the State road by wbiob the
Frankton district ia supplied. No
' one iu tbe Frankton district baa been
solicited to subsoil be to tbe Home
telephone nervloe for tbe reason, It ia
presumed, that tbe company did not
Intend at present , to set polea and
ttriug wires along tbe State road.
And now oomea the unkind eat out of
all. At a g'ven aignal ail the Paildo
phonea In town re ordered at. It
can be imagined what shape tbe
Frankton district, ia in tor telephone
ervlce. If we hate a iy business in
town that might be traustcted over a
telephone wire we can no go or send
to town like we did iu . I be ttood old
daya before tbe telephone cime to add
to our troubles. S.F. By It be.
COSTLY DRU3S.
Some
Rare and Peculiar SvbaUnoe
Used In Medietas.
A writer In Wlaseu f uer Alle throw
some Interesting light on rare and pe
culiar drugs. Saffron, be points out,
would strike an ordinary observer as
decidedly expensive at f 13 a pound (to
change marks Into our coinage) until
told that it Is composed of the central
small portions only of the flowers of
the crocus, 70,000 of which It takes to
make a pound. Attar of roses sells at
$112 odd per pound, and It takes
10,000 pounds, or nearly five tons of
rosea, to obtain one pound of the oil.
Aconltlne, extracted from the root of
monkshood, is said to be tbe very
strongest poison extant, the dose being
one six-hundredth of a grain. It is sold
at the rote of $108 per ouuee.
Turning from the vegetable to the
animal world In search of rare drugs,
the writer refers to the musk of the
Asiatic deer, which at $24 to $30 an
ounce must be a prize to the wily
hunter. In some of the tropical seas a
floating, sweet smelling mess of am
bergris is met with worth at present
$30 per ounce, or $460 per pound in
the market. Tbe ambergris is said to
be the diseased biliary product of tbe
whale. .
Another peculiar product In use as a
drug Is a solution of the pure venom
of the rattlesnake, given occasionally
In malignant scarlet fever.
THE "COUP DE JARNAC."
A Frenoh Adags and the Incident Upon
Which It Rests.
The "coup de Jaruac" has become a
French proverb, and It serves to dis
tinguish a stroke ns decisive ns un
foreseen which intervenes for the set
tlement of any affair. The adage rests
upon an incident in the life of Gui
Chnbot, Seigneur de Jarnac, a noble
of tbe court of Francis I. The lie pass
ed between him and Le Chatelgnerale,
the dauphin's favorite. King Francis,
however, forbade the duel. At the suc
cession of Henry II. the old quarrel
was revived, and the overdue duel was
fought on tbe plain of St Germain
with all the formality of the ancient
Judicial combats and In the presence
of the whole court Jarnac was weak
er and less agile than bis adversary,
who waa one of tbe noted swordsmen
of the time, but he hod taken lessons
from an Italian bravo. In the duel
Jarnac waited for an opening and
then dealt La Chatelgnerale a heavy
and unexpected stroke which ham
srrun,h!m. .This was In 1447;. JTen
years later Jarnac was a captain In
the defense of St. Quentln. Eventual
ly he met his fate in a duel. But the
"coup de Jarnac" is historic In the an
nals of sword play. Argonaut
Monkeys and Parrots.
A lung specialist was talking about
a famous scientist who had contracted
consumption from a lot of consumptive
monkeys that he had been experiment
ing upon.
"This should be a lesson and a warn
ing to us all," be said, "for nothing is
more dangerous to the lungs' health
than to have a monkey about the
house. Practically all monkeys have
consumption In this climate, and It Is
Just as easy to take consumption from
a monkey as from a man or woman.
It Is the same with parrots. They, too,
have consumption, and they, too, are
most apt to give the disease to those
who pet them. As for me, rattier than
live In the same house with a pet mon
key or a pet parrot I would take a cot
In the hopeless ward of some con
sumptives' hospital." New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
AN ILL FATED SHIP.
Mystery and Tragedy That Encom
passed the Great Esstern.
There was a mystery abou mt 111
fated ship. Nothing went rlgnt with
her. She stuck at the launch, nud it
cost an extra $350,000 over nnd above
the sum set asido for the purpose to
get her into the water. On her trial
trip her boilers burst, killing some of
the stokers. Then she ran aground
and carried on so outrageously that
her crew thought her surely bewitched.
She had started badly. While she was
building a pay clerk sent by one of
the contractors with $0,500 in wages
for tbe men disappeared. It was not
uunnturully assumed that be had bolt
ed with the money. His wife and
family were left unprovided for, with
the stigma of his supposed crime upon
them.
Thirty years after her launch the
Great Eastern went Into the cemetery
at Birkenhead to be broken up. While
she was being taken to pieces the ship
(treakers discovered between her Inner
and outer casings of steel the skeleton
of a man. Papers which had fallen
from his clothes enabled bis Identity
to be traced. It was the skeleton of
the pay clerk who thirty years before
had disappeared. There was no mon
ey; that was never recovered.
The supposition Is that the poor fel
low on going on to the ship was pounc
ed upon by workmen who knew that
he bad tbe money with him; that they
stunned him and, having a small place
In the side of the vessel to complete,
crammed his body In and built him up
In It No reward would have Induced
a sailor to sail in that vessel had he
known of the terrible secret sealed up
In her walls. Chicago News.
LAFCADIO HEARN.
The Way the Writer Got Even With
the Heartless Editors.
"Lafeaiiio Hearn, that wonderful
writer, worked on newspapers In bis
youth," unid a publisher, "and the
ruthless way his studies were chang
ed, cut and butchered was a great woe
to his heart.
"In after years Ilearn took a mall
clous Joy In collecting stories about
editors editors and their superior and
omniscient way with manuscript
"One of his stories was of an editor
to whom a subscriber said:
"'I enjoyed that poem on the three
ages of man In today's paper, Mr.
Sheers; I enjoyed It Immensely. Do
you know, though, I thought that it
was originally written the seven ages
of man!'
" 'So it was, sir; so it was,' said Edi
tor Sheers pompously. 'Yes, the ex
tract was originally written the seven
ages of man, but I had to cut it down
for lack of space.'
"Another story concerned a weather
report A reporter, discussing the
weather, wrote that winter still lin
gered In tbe lap of spring.
"The editor as he read over the arti
cle called the reporter up to his desk
and told him that he would cut out
that sentence about winter lingering
In spring's lap. lie said tbe Idea was
good enough and original and all that
sort of thing, but It would not do to
publish because the high moral tone
of tbe paper had to be maintained In
a town full of school girls."
Get DeWitt'c CarlMlized Witch Ita el
Salve it is grxi'l for ii'e. Sold by Kt-ir
& Cass.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
1 kpnrl ment of the Interior. Land Office at
i lie iaiiw, Oregon, January Slst, UKM.
Notice l hereby given Hint
J AMK8 8. H1MONTON,
' Hood River. County of Wiuoo. 8iki l
Oregon, hits a piled to pnrchaw, under the
act of Congress or J une 3, 1878, an extended by
net of Aunust 4, IKS2. N"8W$. HKV.NWJ. iieo-
i..ii20hiuI JiENWW or Keetl. . 20, Town,
hint N.. Range 11 E. W. M. and will oiler
pi oof to show that the land sought In more
valuable for lis timber or utone than for oirrl-
cultural purposes, and to establish his cUlm
to mid land before the Register and Receiver,
st The Halle. Oregon, on the Mb day or
Anrll. IMM J
yts names as witnesses: William H. Davis,'
8. 8 Thompson. Kmil West. Albert Norder.
all of Hood River, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming; adversely the
bove-degcrtbeil lands are requested to tile1
their claims In this office on or before salil !
19th day of April, 1908. i
rauaai i'. w. uuuku, uegister.
Boat tho First Locomotive on the
rd O. Road.
The first I.Koui;;e on tbe Baltimore
and Ohio had sails attached. So did
the cars. Those sails were hoisted
when the wind was In the right direc
tion so as to help tbe locomotive.
Tue rivalry between tbe railroads
Ubiug locomotives and tho.se using
nurses was very bitter. In August
1S30, an actual trial of speed was held
ltween a liiirre cud one of the pioneer
locomotives, viliich did not result In
favor of the locomotive. The race was
on tbe Baltimore and Ohio, the locomo
tive belug oue built by Peter Cooper,
who also acted as eugiuecr.
The hone, a piiiant gray, was In the
habit of pulling a car on a track par
allel to lli.it used by the locomotive.
At fiit the jjniy had the better of the
race, but when be was a quarter of a
mile nbejd Mr. Cooper succeeded In
getting up enough steam to pass the
horse amid terrific applause.
At that moment a band slipped from
a pulley, and, "though Mr. Coojier lacer
ated his hands trying to replace It the
engine stopped and the horse passed it
and came In tbe winner." Van Nor-
den Magazine.
SPRING SUITS
Have Arrived
And are loudly applauding themselves in our
West window.
THE NEW FABRICS
Are especially attractive; bright colorings,
handsome patterns.
(TiiiiU r Land, Aei June & s;i
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department ol the Interior, United Htt
Laud office, Tbe Dalles, Oregon, Krlxnary
Notlee I hereby irlven thai.
ALH'K. M. MacV
of Mutter, County of Wasco, His; of Oregon,
has up i.lml io wireliSM'. Hitler aet ol on.
are i'l lime 8, l-TK. n i' ndul Kv aet of
Annual 4, IKW, Ii eKKkH H, i iln a, T 2
K 11 K. w. M..i tid win i.iir i roof lo show
hsl I he hind sought is more vuluatila for iu
tillllier or Hon tltsn for Rirrieiiltiiral i,nr.
poses, and to establish her Halm lo said liiiui
Oeloie the llfglsler Hint Ueeelver, I Th"
DHIIes. Illex Ii III,. WHO OMV 'f A Mill. lS.
lie iiniiic. . kiiiKMea: Ci I J fre li iek.
on. i . f It W . !. John Kvmis, tln'ige
lel.iu l. ii! of .I,-,-, On ton.
i ill I'll ie:w.in, rhyming H.lVelV v !e
iVr. etlllh-it tilidsttiv ritl.tel l.i fie
lien e iin in Una orHrf on or b.lore auid
ii 'i ! v ,,i Anrll. M ;
f C. W. MOORE, Roister.
MM
' ai-ocs cons.
That Spring Suitit's
Time to Order
Never were the patterns so beautiful and varied for
Men's Suits as for the coming Spring. Give your
order now and get first choice with exclusive right
to the pattern. The imported Scotch Tweeds are
handsome. It will do you good to see these pat
terns whether you buy or not. They cannot be
duplicated. Call in and see them. If you want
one of these beautiful Suits, grab it now as they
have the ginger and snap that moves them.
SEE OUR WINDOW
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: SELZ SHOES
"THE SOLE OF HONOR."
lioyal Uluefor men at..... $3.25, $3.50, $4.00
It' yal Blue for ladies at $2.00, $2.50, $2.75
At Carmichael's
ON THE HILL.
Hood River Opera House
ONE NIOHT ONLY
Tuesday, March 10th
R. LEE WILLARD
And His Eastern Company
Presenting the delightful and refreshing old
fashioned Comedy
The Country Squire
Pi ices 35, 50 and 75c. Reserved Seats for sale at
CLARKE'S DRUG STORE
pedal Bates.
The following round trip tatei are
in etfeot:
Hood Rivir to Poitland and return,
good going and returning Sundays,
12.
Hood River to Portland and return,
good igoing Satuidayi or Sundays ana
good returning Sundays or Mondays,
Every day, good for 30 days, 13.25.
J. U. Fredrloy, Agent
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, Lind Offioa at
Tbe Utiles, Oregon, February S, 1908.
Notloe Is hereby given that .
JOHN WFJST,
of Hood River, Oregon, has tiled aotloe of his
inwimon to maice nnai nve yearproonn sap
port of his claim, vis: Homestead entry No.
RK'i'ofSMtlcns'andHfcuSE! o'f Section 6.
TownMilp 1 North, Kuiife 11 B. W. M,
nnd that said proof will be msde
before tbe IteKlsler and Receiver at
The Dalles, Oregon, on March 16tb, 1908.
He names the following witnesses to Drove
his continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of the land, vis: William H. Davis, tieo.
v. iminertKon, KODeri n. Kemp, llenry u
Howe, all of Hood River. Oregon.
iij-in ii u. w . uuuhKi Register.
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this Space
Next Week
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Phone 491
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We cater to a class of customer! who
want thinge right and appreciate our
effort lo satisfy In all particulars.
Canned Goods
In great variety and all of a superior
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if
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isplay of Jewelry
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Every Article Guaranteed or Money Refunded.
ARTHUR
Jeweler and Optician
CLARKE
Next Dopr to Postoffice
Buy Your Fruit Boxes
1
AT THE .
Hood River Box Factory
and Patronize Home Industry. -
Best Quality Lowest Price
Home Made
Phone Main 71
F. 8. STANLEY, Pres.
E. L SMITH, Vice-Pres.'
E. 0. BLANCH AR, Cashier
V. C. BROCK; Asst. Cashier
1
The First National Bank
HOOD rIVER, OREGON.
Capital Stock, $50,000. Surplus, $15,000
The safety of your Deposit
Is an important consideration in opening your baik
account.
F. F. Kam, deputy controller of the currency, is
authority for the recent statement that there has
only been 468 receiverships for NATION L BANKS
during the entire history of the system (about 43
years), and of that number 2G were permitted to
resume business and JJ76 liquidated with un average
loss to creditors of less than twenty per cetit.
We offer you every advantage that per
tains lo a National Bank, and solicit your
patronage.