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Good Shonlng for New SchooI.

Miss Lizzie Elder, on Friday last,
closed the second year of very sue.
cessful school work in Rose Hill, dis.
trict No. 73. Rose Hill is new dis.
trict, but that the people take a great
deal of pride, and show great deal
of enthusiasm in their school is shown
by the fact that they have just closed
an eight months term without single
tardy mark. On next Monday Miss
Elder will commence a spring term in
the Mosier Ridge district, where she
taught last spring.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-03-29

The best way to rid the system of Il
COLD is to evacuae the bowels. Ken
yedy's Laxative Honey and Tar acts as
"a pleasant, yet effectual Cathartic on the
bowels. 1t clears the head, cuts the
all phlegm of the throat, strengthens
the bronchial tubes, relieves coughs,
colds, Group, whooping cough, etc. Sold
Williams Pharmacy.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-03-29
Arrival and Departure of Mails,
HOOD RIVER,


The postoffice is open daily between 8 a. NJ
and 7 p. NJ; Sunday from II to O'Clock. Maili
for the East close at ll.20 a. M, $40 p. m. and
0 p. M; for the West, at 2.30 p. m. and p. m
The carriers on Il. f. d. routes No, / and
leave the postoffice at $50 a. m. Mail leaves
For Mt, Hood, daily at II M; arrives lOs
a. m.
For Underwood, Wash, at IL M, Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays; arrives same days
at ii a. m.
For White Salmon, Wash, daily at IL m.
arrives at III q. m.
WHITE SALMON.
For Hood River, daily at 9 y. m; arrives al
2p. m.
For Husum Trout Lake and Guler, Wash.
daily at 730 a. M; arrives 5 p. m
For GlenwoOd, Fulda and Gilmer, Wash.
daily at 7.30 a, M; arrives at p. m.
For Pine Flat and SnOwden, WASH, at p
IN. Tuesdays and Saturdays arrives same
days at II m.
For Bingen, daily at AS p. M; arrives al
S.45 a. m.
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HARTMAN Lines TO
MAINTAIN SUPREMACY

1t is evident that the management
OF the Oregon Short line and o. r. &
n. propose to make every effort ia
have its lines able to compete with the
north bank road when it is finished.
Ihe Portland journal says that deter.
mined to maintain the claim of HAVING
the shortest line from Portland ia
the east, Hartman has met the north
bank project of the Hill companies
with plan to build cutoff from
Malad City to Mountain Home, in
Idaho, reducing the Oregon Short
Line by l34 miles and cutting the run
ming time Of the Chicago. Portland spe.
clal from 70 hours to 65 hours. Two
surveying parties have been placed in
the field, one working from MaIad
City and the other from Burley, To
find feasible route.
Malad City is the present terminus
of the branch running from Ogden
northward along the Malad river. The
proposed line would run nearly due
west from Malad City and intersect
the Twin Falls branch that swings
south and west from the present main
line at Minnidoka, Idaho, and follows
the Snake river westward through q
rich country that is becoming the CEN
ter of large and growing irrigated
region.
The proposed cut off, joining the
Twin Falls line at Burley, would use
the same track west to Twin Falls, the
terminus, and then continue along the
Snake river and connect with the
present main line at Mountain Home.
The route is said to afford easy grades
and an almost direct line between Og-
den and Mountain home.
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More Railroad News

o. r, & N. surveyors we're on the
Deschutes river west of Grass Valley
during the week, says the Grass Val
ley Journal. The have surveyed on
the west side of the river to near the
free bridge, and then crossed to the
east side. Srveyors being in the field
is always followed by many reports,
one being that they will connect with
the Columbia Southern survey made
last summer from Shaniko out south,
at point southwest of Antelope; that
the Columbia Southern to avoid the
heavy grade south of Shaniko, will
leave that city to one side, running
within mile or two of Antelope and
connecting with the Deschutes survey.
This is one of many reports and the
reader can form his own conclusion.
Pioneer.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-03-29
Apple Shippers

Your shipments, large or small, re
spectfully solicited. We can get yol
good prices. Prompt returns. Send TO
shipping stamp. ~
MCEWEN & KOSKEY,
Commission Merchants,
Portland, Ore.
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5000 a Month for Spencer's Pilot.

Unemployed river captains and pi-
lots are scarce so that great dicff1ulty
is experienced in securing officers to
command the various craft says the
journal. Because of the unprecedent-
ed demand for their services, the men
who can be prevailed upon to accept
new positions do so only when prom
ised large salaries. The Charles r.
Spencer would have been placed in
commission the first of the week had
it not been for the scarcity of licensed
officers.
Captain Riggs, who was employed
yesterday to go out as master on the
Spencer, will receive 500 month.
John Zumalt, who will be pilot on the
steamer, will receive the same salary.
1t is said that no other river captain
has been paid more than Sl25 month.
They get free board and lodging.
If more men are not soon fitted to
fill positions as masters and pilots on
the Willamette and Columbia rivers,
it is said, there is every likelihood
that the wages will be still higher.
The steamer Telephone soon will be
ready for service and captain and
pilot will be needed for her. AS there
are no idle licensed officers in the
city, it is supposed that she will be
obliged to remain idle much longer
than the owners anticipate. More
over, it is contended that not every
captain is qualified to take charge of
a steamer which is placed on the up
per Columbia route.
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they are justified in helping themselves.
You can't reason with people IKE that
you have got to shut them up for the pro-
lection Of society,
THE way the old offender talks when she
is caught Is interesting as a contrast to the
amateur. The professional shoplifter, who
has perhaps tried tears and prayers and
promises before and knows that they are
unavailing, usually takes a chair and draws
1t very ooolly up to the desk. Then she
says:
"Yes, I did it, and now that you have
got the goods back IL youth let me go, !
promise to keep away, and III tell some OF
the others to keep away too, and l promise
you that they'll do It,
BY the others she probably means
some ofthe gang she is working with. Now
oftentimes we do let such a person go, if
we are convinced that she is sincere. It's
a contract that we make for good behavior
and II it is broken we have no mercy next
time-and there Is always q next tine
you may be sure OF that.
"One Of the funniest things that ever
happened to me was when a very nice look
ing woman was arrested with some stolen
goods on her. When ! got talking to her
she told me her tale OF woe. She said that
it was her first offence, that she was a mar
ried woman living with her husband and
with two nice children. I felt sorry for her
and told her / would go upstairs, find the
mana ger and ask him what he thought had
better be done.
The manager agreed with ne that this
was a case that had better be let alone and
the woman, after a severe reprimand,
should be allowed to escape scot free. l
vent back and gave her n Of my custom
airy talks, and they're corkers when l get
started. She wept and walled and prom
ised all sorts of things and went away with
20 many words Of thanks that she couldn't
utter them.
'On her way out she tried to steal an
umbrella, and when she was brought back
for the second time l discovered that while
/ had been upstairs she had confiscated
the contents Of the c~ontraband drawer.
How is that for nerve'"
Among the articles in the drawer that
remained to be put back in stock was a
necklace whose value is about 81 so.
That" said the detective, was taken
from a woman yesterday, and I guess it is
no exaggeration to say that she had a couple
Of thousand dollars worth of jewelry on
at the time. Kleptomaniac1 l DOM think
90, merely one Of those uncomfortable i'm
pulses to which a woman is forced to yield
n spite Of herself.
If you heard me talk to some Of these
offenders you would not wonder that the
management thinks that is all the punish
ment they need"
The detective showed a smaller inner
room opening from the office. He called it
! the screaming room.
"A great many women" he continued,
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| thoroughly tired out will simply walk away
with the piece Of merchandise sho has 80
her heart on.
"This is the beginning, She has found
1t easy. and she tries 1t again. The next
time II is something more valuable. She
is finally caught and wakes up to the danger
she has run. II we are convinced that suoh
a woman has simply yielded to temptation
and is really penitent, that she ID not a mar
dened offender, we make it as easy for her
as we can
Always when 1 begin to question th0m
they lie. That Is natural. 1t is simply Q
question Of self preservation. When l ask
the name a fictitious one ia given and usually
a wrong address. l write them both down
very solemnly and tn n say:
Now, Mrs. So-and-So, | am going to call
one Of the men and send him up there TO- see
II any one by the name you have, given live.
any one l shall make 1t all the harder for
you for having wasted our time
Then she will weaken and give another
name. II / have any doubt this time ! 70;
a messenger; Before he gets back or tels-
phones, II she has deceived me. she con-
cludes to tell the truth.
sometimes / bring q camera In and pre-
tend to take q shoplifter's Photograph.
rogues' gallery and take on something
awful. l have to frghtan them into con-
fession, and when ] learn the real story, the
reason for the theft and incidental circum-
stances / can act.
papers that there is a new device for use by
shoplifters, but personally l have never seen
anything like many Of tho so-oalled inven-
tions. The usual method OF shoplifttng 10
by means Of an underskirt that Is drawn up
| by a gathering string and a slit in the outer
"The goods are slipped through this
slit into the deep pocket underneath. In
case the shoplifter is caught the string 10
loosened, if there Is a chance, and the goode
drop out on the ground. The wearing Of
| such a skirt may ar ouse suspicion, but
| unless the goods are found on the prisoner
nothing Is proved.
THE professional shoplifter usually. a
a dress suit case and is accompanied by
another woman. They have a prosperous
appearance and seem to he going to catch
q train. Sometimes the shoplifter has q
confederate outside, TO whom the goods
are passed, and when the first one IL caught
there is nothing discriminating found.
Speaking OF detectives, a few weeks
ago a fine looking woman came into my
office and told me she wanted a position
as a store detective. She had travelled
a great deal, had written some, and had all
the appearance of being a woman OF q
talked with her and told her the dini cul-
ties in the way, but she would not take
no for an answer and came again ana
: again with a persistence l could NOT help
but admire. She wanted me to tell her
all the waysI had of catching and detecting
criminals and how one could become an
"She was undoubtedly making q study
| Of the profession and l had about made up
my mind to speak to the manager about her,
when one day, shortly after she left, | waa
| called upstairs and was informed hat some
woman had stolen a piece of ribbon valusd
at 50. I went around with the girl who
told ME and she pointed out my friend
who had learned how to catch thieves
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MAN WHO KEEPS HIS TEMPER.
He Is the JanItor and lie Thinks Himself
Truly Great.

what is it that st. Paul says" said the
~janitor, that he that conquereth himself
Is greater, than he that conquers a great
city? may not nave the quotation ex-
actly right, but that's the substance OF 1t,
and l think that when st. Paul said that
he must nave had in mind the man who
some day would rise up and show the world
what self conquering really meant-the
modern janitor who kept his temper.
For il there ever was a man whose
temper was tried, it is the ~janitor. His
worries never cease and they come at him
with pitchforks and una wares.
Here's the fifth floor Jack shouting
down that they haven't got a particle of
heat and haven't had for three months.
His wife is threatened with pneumonia,
and all the children have got colds and it
costs them more for doctors bills than it
does for rent, all because they can't get
any heat. What's the matter? Has the
fire gone out? Are we out Of coal? Have
l gone to sleep? What is the matter?
The second floor front tells me that
that leaky faucet in the kitchen has been
leaking now for six weeks; trickle, trickle.
trickle, running a steady stream all the
time, and the gurgle Of it keeps them awake
nights. Can't something be done about
that?
1.-THE third floor back tells me that there's
a boy in the family over them going to a
military school and learning to play the
drum who practiscs drumming on the
floor hours at a time"and pretty nearly
drives them crazy, And what am | going
TO do about that?
"Thc fifth tioor front tells me that the
family over them has a dog that whines
in the night and if that dog stays In the
house, why they are going to get out.
And 80 it goes. If there ever was a man
that stacked up hard against the heftiest
Of MI jobs in the self ~conquering line, this
being the job Of Keeping his temper, 1t is
the modern jauitoN
"A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Some Of these complaints or the manner
in which they are made eXaSperate me
almost beyond endu and 7 have
about all / can do to keep from hollcring
back in the way they holler to me. But I
don't: ] answer gently.
Il tell the folks that ere troubled about
the heat that we've got a thousand pounds
of steam on, plenty Of coal in tie cellar,
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Il shall certainly inform our poor father
of your impertinence." cried the outra ged
gentleman. Il suppose it's the old story OF
Spare the rod and"
But the boy had disappeared from the
doorway, and presently Mr.. Waddell, swal-
10 ing his wrath, drew his chair close to
the fire and resumed rehearsing his remarks
for the comfort of Mr.. Peter Brown.
So absorbed did he become that he re-
NAMED undisturbed while the boy crawled
across the floor and departed in the same
fashion, bearing the elastic sided boots.
The boy felt himself a greater hero than
any he had ever read Of.
Mr.. Waddell was reused from his medita-
lions by a curious noise something like a
brief, sharp hailstorm. He turned his head.
He dropped one foot to the floor, but lifted
it quickly with a hiss of pain.
The boy, a ridiculous enough object,
stood in the doorway, painting.
i've got we moo, we auld thief, ye dirty
burgular!' he yelled.
In his left hand he held the boots; in his
right he flourished a large claw hammer.
Mr.. Waddell gazed and gasped.
@Ye Gamma get at mel" screeohed the boy,
triumphantly.
Tho flooring between himself and the
visitor was thiokly s~prinkled with small
steel tacks.
Quite a minute elapsed ere Mr.. Waddell
could find words.
Are you mad. hoy?' he roared. What
do you mean by calling me a thief?"
"Och, l kent We for a thief whenever I
seen yc. Ye wis hat sleekit. Blu l thocht
l wud let we in an catch ye. l believe ye're
the yin that robbit auld Mistress Watson
up the street. He had black gloves an a
rid nose, an spoke like a s~chulemaister.
Oh, jist wait till ma fayther an mither
come back, an"
your mother!" bawled Mr.. Waddel.
"Your mother! Is this not the house Of
Peter Brown, the fishmongor?'
Nav. Ma fayther's a jiner an III get
him to TAX his big saw to vel"
"Then I've come to the wrong house!"
"Ye're RIGHT there, ye big, fat BURGLAR!
But wis over fly for vel There a Peter
Broom in the next close, an he got marrit
on Saturday, AM
Married on Saturday"
Fine we kent i'll Ye thooht ye wud get
inside his boose when him an her wis DOT
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and I've worn out two shovels in three
weeks shovelling coal into the furnace,
and l don't understand it-they ought 10
have heat, but III try to get a little more
up to them.
Il tell the people that are worrying over
the leaky faucet that the plumbers brother
died last week in California and that he has
gone VI to the funeral and to settle up his
brothers. estate--his brother was q plumber,
too-but III get him at that faucet tho
minute he gets back, sure.
THE folks that ara bothered by the
drumming overhead / tell that the family
over them is going away early this summer
and I don't believe they'll be bothered much
longer. And | tell the people that are dis
turbed by the dog that dogs are contrary
to the lease and III see about that dog
right away.
$50 / pacify en- the best way / can.
I might SC, APP with EN-, and sometimes
| am sorely tempted, but | never do. say
to myself every morning when i get up,
Now, Jan, my boy, you don't know what's
coming at you to-day, nor what quarter
it's coming from, and you want to be pre-
pared on all sides; don't let 'em catch you
on your guard And / double curb my
temper. and look to all the straps o
buckles, and put on a smiling front and
drop a little oil on my tongue, and give
'em a soft answer.
"One of the greatest things a man can do
is to govern his temper, isn't II? And I
have conquered myself in that; and IL that
don't make me as great as the man who
conauers a great big city it ought to make
me class up pretty we'll with q man who
captures q fair sized town, anyhow
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e~allivantin'. Ay, did vel But ma faytherll

%gallivantin'. Ay, did vel But ma fayther'l
be back in ABBOTT ten meenits."
without his boots Mr.. Waddell found it
impossible to sustain his dignity.
He expostulated
The boy retorted with epithets.
He tried to explain,
The boy referred to his suspicious ques-
tons before and Immediately after his
forced entrance; also to his stocking feet.
1t was a hideous position for a respectable
and public official to find himself in. He
looked at the boy; he looked at the floor.
He descended to bribery.
The boy was obdurate till the sum Of
two shillings was reached. He could not
resist that. It was wealth.
He pocketed the form thrown to him,
and in exchange flung Mr.. Waddell one
boot, in which, according to agreement,
Mr.. waddell laboriously hoped to the
outer door, where the other boot awaited
him. Mr.. Waddell had also to give his
solemn promise to steal no more, and in
return the boy undertook not to inform
the police or any other living soul.
Moral: The blsokest cloud may have its
sterling silver lining, and one may begin
the New Year with worse than mumps,
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aire, a real out-and-outer. and il I should
tell you his name which is here tapping a
big, blue ledger, you'd whistle. II you
know how.
what was he caught stealingi Diamond
necklaces or automobiles? Not on your
life. He was walking away with some
dollar shirts.
.Of course he was arrested. When
brough. to bay he admitted his guilt and
was let of-without the dollar shirts.
The most amazing part Of the story In
to follow. One day, not so very long ago,
I was In the police court at Jefferson Market
and there was my millionaire friend. He
had come as witness against some poor
chap who had stolen machinery that be-
longed to him.
Il wish you could have seen his face
when he recognized me. He came right
up to me and, drawing me to one side, said:
YOU'RE not here to disgrace me2 You
promised me you'd protect mel
Il said that l only happened in and had
no intention Of opening up ar incident
that was already closed. and he breathed
freely.
why did he steal? For the same reason
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tell you that speaking Of going to church
and Sunday school reminds ME hat one
Of my treasured flock is a minister.
Now. don't look shocked, but it's true
as I'm sitting here and you there. The
gentleman is a minister. preaching at the
present time, and his church isn't half q
dozen blocks away from this very store.
The other day one of the uptown deteo-
tives in another large store cam down
and pointed out a man whom he had
Swallowed to our place.
II telieve that chap stole some %razors.'
he said to me, but l wasn't sure enough
to nab him, so I followed him here, and il
you catch him taking anything why then
III be safe to make an arrest
4 looked again at the man, who had
turned around at that moment, and recog-
nized the minister l speak of. When he
saw me he changed color a bit, then bowed
and smiled as if to an old friend. I said
to the detective, I'll get your razors back
for you In a few minutes l saw the minis
ter, after taking a casual stroll about the
store, leave by the main entrance.
After he had gone a few blocks l caught
up with him and called out. He stopped
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To this suggestion there was no response.
Come, come, my boy, don't keep me
waiting here all day" impatiently said the
gentleman, who was not accustomed to
be kept waiting at doors. But perhaps
l should nave wished you A Happy New
Year." he added with ponderous Geniality.
The boy made to close the door, but the
mans foot prevented him doing so.
upon my word, exclaimed Mr.. Waddell
this boy has no manners! Unjust force my
way in"
He did 30, closing the door behind him. In
the dimly Lit, narrow lobby the boy stood
glowering at him, half afraid, half defiant.
where lie the parlor, my boy?"
There's the kitchen muttered the
youngster, pointing.
Mr.. Waddell hesitated, then made his way
in the direction indicated. The kitchen was
beautifully clean and tidy; a CHEEKY fire
burned in the range. The visitor, with a
grunt OF relief, seated himself in the we'll
scrubbed armchair and looked over his
shoulder at the boy, who was watching him
from the doorway.
what is the matter with your face, my
boy7" he asked.
'Mumps."
Mr.. Waddell started uneasily, and might
nave straightway departed but for his ach-
ing feet.
sYe can get the mumps as easy as ony-
thing said the boy. They're awful
catching!'
'Are-ere you the only one In the house at
present. the visitor inquired.
'Ay," replied the boy after a little hesita-
ton.
Mr. Waddell considered for a minute or 80.
Then he stopped and drew of his elastic
sided boots The boy eyes grew round.
How old are your" asked Mr.. Waddell as
he stretched his relieved toes to the pleasant
g w.
"Guessl"
He ignored the imrertinence.
Are you at SCHOOL," he inquired.
Nav; I'm here"
"How-how many brothers and sisters
have your"
wis yer grandfather a monkey re-
turned the boy.
Mr.. Waddell grew wroth.
Have you never been taught TO pay re-
spect to your elders?" he demandta.
whit"
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especially the new offenders, as soon as
they are caught and brought here go into
violent Mysteries, and we have TO shut them
in hat room until they are quiet. FIRE.
quently it will be an hour before we can do
anything in the way of talking to them.
Oftentimes an old offender will try it, too,
but they usually know it will not avail to
get them of.
IF those walls could talk they would
probably complain of being very tired.
I'VE arrest more thieves here than in any
police precinct, and in the ten years have
been on duty l should say that we have
caught between nine and ten thousand,
OF this number probably nine-tenths are
allowed to go for one reason or another,
and we probably lose one tenth of the
stolen goods.
Bargain day PUSHES are a great cause
for shoplifting. When there is only one
saleswoman to wait on twenty people it
often happens that a woman after getting