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Chicken Farming. BREWER DRUG COMPANY I started out to raine Home hens; 1 first bought wire to make the Pens, You need nice pens to make hens thrive; Mme cost me $40.25. I bought eleven kinds of feed, For fowls a large ansortment need, 1 bought cut bone and grains galore; The bill was $19.84. Of court«? hens need a chicken shed. A place to sleep and to be fed. Mine wan a good one through and through. And cost me $60.42. I wonder if hen farming pays. I’ve had twelve eggs in Hixty days. The bills, of course, have been immense; The twelve eggs brought me 30 cents. —Judge. Corner Court and Lilierty St«. Call and see us when in Salem. We have one of (the most up*to-date Drug Stores in the city. No effort will be left undone to please you. BREWER DRUG COMPANY a Salem, Oregon. THE GEM THEATRE, MOVING PICTURES Never Gets Old ENJOYED BY ALL CHILDREN AND GROWN FOLKS Instructive and Educative. A Pereletent Tutor. in 1879, when President Grevy took The Bonbonier up his roHldence at ths Ely see. be whs investigating th« shortage of accom modation In the palace when be was told that half of one of the atories was occupied by "a gentleman” who refus ed to leave. The gentleman bad been there for four or five years. Grevy went to ask him personally what bls business was and learned thut he was tbe tutor of th« children of a former president. Marshal Mac- Mahon. “But the tnurshal ceased to be presi dent some years ago.” remarked M. Grevy. “That may be,” replied the gentle- man "But I waa appointed Elysee tutor. Tbe Elynee la still here, and so am I.” Eventually, in order to get rid of the tutor, the president had to give him a well paid job tn one of the govern ment offices. Confectionery and ice Cream Fresh Fruit« in Season. Ha radon’s Candies. Soft Drinks. Agency for the Columbia Grafanola. Seven- Piece China Set given away Free, ask about it. C. G. Halverson, Prop. Silverton, Oregon LADIES AND GENTS SUITS Wouldn’t Toko a Dare. Can a dog respond to a taunt? A Vermont dog. which waa growing old, waa tn a barn one day with bls mas ter. Tbe two were up in a haymow, from which a sloping ladder led down to tbe barn floor. Tbe master walked down the ladder, but tbe dog went around another way. When the animal reached tbe barn floor bla master said tauntingly: "Poor old fellow! Daren't walk down tbe ladder any more!” Whereupon the dog, with a quick glance at bb master, wnlked clear up tbe ladder to tbe top, and then turned round and walked down It again. The proceeding looked very much like a dell iterate demonstration on tbe dog’s (tart to prove to hb master that be was still capable of walking up and down a slanting ladder-St Loub Globe- Democrat CLEANED, PRESSED, REPAIRED AND MADE TO ORDER L E. BROWN, Opposite Drake Bro*’ Studio PACIFIC TRANSFER CO PHONE BLACK 681 All work done in the shortest possible time. We are equipped to handle all kinds of furniture, pianos etc., with very little danger of any damage done. No load too heavy for our teams to haul. HARNESS and SHOE SHOP I make a specialty of Harness and Shoe repairing Guarantee Satisfaction or money back. Harness made to order. PROMPT WORK. GOOD GOODS RIGHT PRICES W. A. CROSS, the Harness Man. ! ' IF YOU THINK OF BUYING A MOTORCYCLE SEE THE FOUR CYLINDER HENDERSON The Answer. Louis XIV. (»laying at backgammon bad a doubtful throw. A dispute arose, and tbe surrounding courtiers all re mained silent Tbe Count de Gramont hapiwned to come In at tbe Instant "Decide tbe matter.” said tbe king to him "Hire.” said the count “your majesty Is In the wrong.’* “How.” replied the king, “can you decide without knowing the question F' "Because.” said tbe count "had tbe matter been doubtful all these gentle men present would have given tn for your majesty.”—Life. Tommy—Pop. are the bald eagles a distinct variety? Tommy's Pop—I can't say (xisltlvely, my son. but 1 rather fancy a bald eagle ts simply a mar ried one.-Philadelphia Record. HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE <• (BY MAIL) A good DIAMOND POINT FOUNTAIN PEN absolutely guaranteed. Generally sold for ¡$1.00. OUR SPECIAL PRICE 65c. Every pen has a pocket clasp for holder. Send us a money order or stamps THE COMMERCIAL BOOK STORE SALEM, OREGON Two Views. "How disntal ye look!” mild a bucket to hb rompa olmi hm they were going to the I well "Ah." replied the other, “1 wan ’ reflecting on the uselessness of our • being filled, for. let u« go away ever ao full. we come back empty!” "Dear me, how arrange to look at it that way!” said the first bucket "1 think. 'However empty we come back we go away full!*’’—Ladles' Home Journal. So Generous of Him. "So poor old Johnson has failed? Too bad! He promised me something yes terday. but now tn bls trouble 1 won't bold him to it” "That's very generous of you. What was it?” “His daughter’s band in marriage."— The Silverton Bakery. H. Schmidbauer Boston Transcript D. KLINE PLUMBING and HEATING j | ■ • Also Tinning and Sheet Metal Work of Every Description I Estimates Furnished and Contracts Made on All Classes of Work Silverton UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Whizl Tbe fnt man puffed up to the win dow of the ticket office. He looked at the clock and saw that It was 2:31. “Have I time to catch the 23C train?” he gasped. "Yon have time." smiled the ticket agent "But I don't think you liars tbe speed.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Tbe Aeroplane Age. "What’s become of Yorick Hanim?” asked Susan Brett. "I bear he'o stranded on Saturn, answered Hamlet Fatt- "He went out with n planet storming crowd, the show busted, and he's never been able to get back Kansas City Journal ‘ A PIE FACE.” especially if the pie comes from our model bakery, is always brown, and you know that denotes inside goodness. Everything that we Lake is equally as good as our pies. Cake, Crullers, Cookies, Fancy Pastry And Bread. are some of the other tempting good things that you can always find here. There is no use baking when such wholesome and pure food can be secured so reasonably The Silverton Bakery hereafter will open between 8 a. in., and 12:30 p. m., Sundays, and no sales will be made except during that time. SUMMER SCHOOL JUNE 23, AUGUST 1, 1913 Twenty-five Instructors. Fifty Courses. Distinguished Eastern educators added to regular faculty. University dormitories open. Board and room at $3.50 per week. Reduced railroad rates. For complete illustrated catalog, address , THE REGISTRAR, UNIVERSITY ’• EUGENE, OREGON OREGON, CIVILIZATION has been moving West for ages. The Panama canal will give this movement a great impetus. The > Willamette Valley is the most practical place for the Great Pacific Coast City of the future, and here is very apt to be a greater than New York or London. In fact, the process of growth is now going on. Electric lines are being built, little homes are springing up along these lines, and everything goes to show that great herds of emigrants and imogrants are headed this way. Don’t lose the chance. Buy a home now while land is as cheap as it is. Look what a fortune you could have made by investing at the right time in Chicago, Minneapolis or Portland. Here is the best chance in the world. Buy now! Let us know what you want. We’ve got it and will treat you right. Visit our office today. A Few Samples of Our Many Bargains: <•> v A Fountain Pen 65 Cents England's "Basket Justices.” Centuries ago justice in England was not administered nearly so Im partially as It Is now There were the "basket justices,” who received their nickname from the presents openly handed up to them tn court by suitors. And tn more recent times there were the “trading justices, ,” 1 satirized by Townsend, tbe Fielding In "Amelia, celebrated Bow street runner, tn bla evidence before a parliamentary com- mittee in 1810 described bow these justices used to issue batches of war- rants every day "to take up all the poor devils on the streets so as to charge them 2s. 4d. each as ball. Only the penniless offenders were sent to gaol, and a morning’s work would sometimes produce £10 i $50 i ,’’ after which the worthy magistrate and his Clerk would adjourn Io a neighlioring hostelry for refreshment — London Graphic. Difficulties. Chattmubriaud h celebrated pamphie, of "Bonaparte and tbe Bourbons" was prepared under more than ordinary ex teriial circumstances Though the gi- giiiitl» dcH|M»tlMin wan tottering under the terrible blown dealt tt io the Rus- iltin campaign, though the English had crossed the Pyrenees and the allies were marching upon Parts, within the walla of the city Napoleon and bls po lice were ntlll omnl|Mitent It was a dangerous occupation of the author At night tlie manuscript was conceal ed ix-neatb I i I h [»Blow, and when he went abroad It waa always carried U| m » ii the (terNon of himself or bls wife Where th. Earth’s Crust Is Thlnneet "Italy is visited by an excessive num tier of earthquakes and volcanic dlMturbauces because it I m the newest part of the earth's surface," declares M. Peprett of Paris, a French geolo gist of authority. People. ea(»ecially those living tn the western hemis phere, look upon Europe end all of the eastern hemisphere, in fact, as the “old world." which, taken one way. is right But tn the matter of the formation of the earth's crust, which geologists now agree I m the result of the cooling of the great molten maws that makes our earth. It so happened that the section round atiout Italy was the last to cool and consequently has not yet cooled to so great a depth as other portions of the world Thia, then, makes Italy the newest part of the world's surface, if our geologists are correct In their es timation regarding tbe tardiness In the cooling of that particular section.— New York American. First door South of People’s Bank C PAINTERS. PHONE BLACK 1241 Written Under Barber Shop The Largest City in The World Paper Hanging and Interior Decorating a Specialty. < > < > Trsglo Applause. Two friends, juniors at Brown, were attending a French play one evening when the lending man suddenly ap peared before the curtain and made a few brief remarks. "Why did you applaud him ao rig orously when he made bla «(teechF' Inquired the tall you hr man of his friend “Ho that folks would think I on derstood French.' replied the other confidentially What did he say?” "He said the remainder of hla part must be taken by an understudy, as hla father was dying "-Boston Herald E. E. TAYLOR ö W. WILSON & SON > > > > » Chembally griipbllv is a very Inter eating I mm I j and la known HM Oil* U the allotropic iiKHlIrtcHtloua of caristu Carbon, like the magicians of old. has the |>ower under proper conditlous of assuming various forma called allo tropic mod mentions without losing Ita Individuality Hu while Ita properties and appearance may have changed It Is still i-hemkally carbon and uotblng but carlsHi As ordinarily met with In the form of cuke, coal and charcoal, it Is called amorphous carbon, as graphite It Is called graphitic carlton. and in tile form of the diamond It Is known as crystalline carbon Coni Is therefore very aptly termed "black diamonds.' since chemically II is identically the name as the white diamond, though some change which han bl ken place In that Intlnlteslnml (»article called the molecule han caused Its value to be rated In dollarn | ht ion Instead of dol lars |>er carat Exchange :: You can get a demonstration by seeing “SHORTY’’ AT THE BILLIARD HALL < < < < < Graphite. Formosa Geologically MiæHkltia. Formosa is divided Into three longitudinal belts The western bell Is on the average atiout twenty miles wide sud is an al luvial formation coulalnlng no mineral deposits The middle belt la of terti ary formation Thia twit ts atiout rtf- teen miles wide, broadening out in the north to include tbe entire north coast. Hnd ranges in altitude from 200 to 3.&00 feet above sch level This strip contains sll the mineral deposits which are at present productive. Tbe eaatern belt Includes atiout one-half of the is land and consists of high mountain ranges, reaching an altitude of 18.1X10 feet Tbe formation of these moun tains la paleozoic 11 meat one. granite and crystalline schist Their mineral resources Hre practically unknown.— New York Post CITY PROPERTY: New bungalow, with everything just right, and fine, large lot, in best of locations. $3000. One acre and beautiful five room cottage, neat new barn, chicken park, young fruit, fine level land, well bricked and cemented, with pump. Dandy bargain at $2100. Good terms. Brand new bungalow, plumbed, wired and plastered, Dutch kitchen, buffe in dining room, lot 50x100. $1600 on easy terms. Five room bungalow for $1000. Lot 58x128. House new. Fine garden. Will take $500 down and balance in one or two years at seven per cent interest. Hurry! FARM PROPERTY: 130 acres, good barn. 75 acres cleared, most excellent soil, 12 acres fine apple orchard, fine spring of pure, cold water, on public road, only 34 miles from city. Going at $60.00 per acre. 50 acres of the above, with orchard, at $80 per acre. 15 acres, three miles from Silverton, small house, barn, chicken house, young fruit trees, going at $2000. 75 acres on Abiqua river, 54 miles from Silverton, good roads, 40 acres cultivated, 3 acres fruit. 6 acres timber, rest pasture, good new house, all fenced. Going at $11500. Terms to suit. Will sell part of land if desired. J. E. Hosmer, Silverton, Oregon T