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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-17
COURT HOUSE NOTES
Items of Interest From the Records
In tine County Offices.
PROBATE.

PROBATE.
Estate OF L. L. Hannum, deceased
final account heard and approved and
administrator discharged.
Estate Of Charles A. Mattison, de-
ceased-report Of sale of real estate
approved; ordered that administrator
execute deed to purchaser.
REAL ESTATE.
JV Lyons and F J Coad ct al to
G r Curtis, 60 acres, t 7 s, 5 W, $1,000.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co to
G W Cone ct al, SO acres, 7 and s,
8 W, $3.50.
Anna NJ Coad to Paul Wessinger ct
al, dover int. in land in Dallas, $4OO
W Boyle to G L Hawkins, l6
acres, t Z 8, r5w, $1,000.
Edward Finley ct ux to Jerry Ora
ham, 20 acres, 7 8, 3 W, $1,000.
W G Moore and McHardy to Wm
McHardy, 28O acres, t row, 81.
Jacob Brown to Joseph Winn, lot in
Buena Vista, $175.
Ida r Sportsman to Ella Baker, lots
in Independence, SIS.
Young married people and old onestoo,
That have no children to laugh and
coo,
| Find their troubles will "little ones" be,
II they take Rocky Mountain Tea.
| Relf ~ Chnrrin N nfnn
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-17

Women have decided that in case
they cannot vote, they will cut out the
"Stork" proposition. Perfectly proper
to take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. It's good for everything. 35
cents, Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cherring-
ton.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
Trial May Begin
Early Next Week

Boise, Idaho, May 15.-It may be
next week before the big trial really
begins. This morning with ten men
In the box who have been passed for
cause by both the prosecution and the
defense. the trial Of William D. Hay
wood. secretary and treasurer of the
Western Federation of Miners,
charged with the murder OF former
Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho.
opened for the fourth day. The morn
Ing session was taken up with the
qualification OF the two men neces-
sary before the work of examination
preliminary to peremptory challenging
begins. 1t is thought probable the
box will be filed during today's ses-
sion, but as a matter of fact 1t is
not likely that more than two or three
of the present occupants will be re-
tanned by both sides as jurymen
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
THE BIRDS ESCAPED.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
century ago patriotic Scot, Sir
John Sinclair, tried to establish the
nightingale in Scotland. He commits
stoned n London dealer to purchase
nightingale's eggs at the liberal price
of ! shilling each. These were well
packed in wool and sent to Scotland
by mall coach. A number of trust
worthy men had previously been en-
gagged to take especial care of all
robins nests in places where the eggs
could be hatched in safety. The rob.
ms eggs were removed ard replaced
by those Of the nightingale, which
were hatched and reared by their fos-
ter mothers. The young nlghtingales.
when they were full fedged, seemed
perfectly at home near the places
were they first saw flight. and in Sep
tember. the usual period of migration.
they departed. But the nightingales
never returned to Scotland.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
for those compelled to be out. The
weather Is still disagreeabIe

FOR those compelled to be out. The
weather is still disagreeable.
Detroit, May 13.-The splendid mil.
lion dollar steamer, City of Cleveland
just completed, burned to the waters
edge today at a dock OF the shipping
yards.
San Francisco. May 13.-More cars
are running today than at any time
since the strike. Yesterday cars were
run successfully on Market street. so
that today the company ran a few cars
on Eddy, Turk and Sutter streets.
Five hundred officers are guarding
the cars and the end OF the strike
seems near.
Zurich, Switzerland, May 13.-An
American named Charles Barnstall of
Chicago was arrested here today
charged with swindling lady OF Mum
ich to whom he was betrothed out Of
$4,000. He had over $4,000 OF
money when captured.
Des Moines, Ia, May 13.-'I am 10
years old, but sound as a dollar and
good to live until SIS anyway
With these words scarcely out of
his mouth James Hadfeld a pioneer
of Polk county. fell forward, dead,
In the court room at Winterset. He
had been summoned as grand Jury.
and was undergoing the usual prellmi.
nary examination regarding his age
and qualifications when he made the
jocular boast regarding his good
health.
There was CONSERVATION In the
court room when the aged man drop.
ped from the chair. Lawyers and wit
nesses rushed forward to aid him, and
a physician was quickly summoned.
but pronounced Hadfield dead when
he arrived. Heart disease was the
cause of death.
Golden. Colo. May I3.--Judge ALI
son, one of the most highly respected
jurists in Colorado, died at his home
in this city from heart disease. His
health had been failing for two years,
and he had been unable to attend to
his duties as Judge OF the First ju-
dicial district.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Chicago News.
Truth is always friend to those
who honestly seek 1t.
Don't cast your pearls before swine
or woman who Is chronic kicker.
AS a knocker opportunity can not
compete with the strenuous end of a
mule.
No, Alonzo, pianist isn't neces-
sarlly an idiot because he plays with
his fingers.
No poor man has any business to
marry woman who has mania for
making nothing out of something.
Even when a..friend urgently re
quests you to point out his faults
don't do 1t II you value his friendship.
Every man ought to marry a wom-
an who is a good manager. because
few men are any good unless they
are properly managed.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
CHINESE SEVEN AGES.

Washington Post.
A Franch officer. Louis de Cbantil-
ly. tell In Paris GIL Bias OF his dis
mountains of Tonkin Of a dusty manu-
script containing the Chinese version
OF the seven ages of man.
'At 10 years old" says the writer.
whose name has long been forgotten,
the hoy has a heart and brain as
soft as the tender shoots OF young
bamboo. At 20 he Is like a green
banana; he is Just beginning to ripen
In warm rays OF common sense.
Thirty years sees him developed
into buffalo. He Is strong and lusty,
full of bodily and mental vigor. This
is the true age of love: 1T is the
age for him to marry at.
"At 40 years. the prosperous man
has grown to be- a mandarin and
wears a coral button. But It would
be truly indiscrete TO confide to hin
at this early age any functions calling
for judicial Intelligence or calm.
when he reaches 80 years. how
ever. although he has grown stout and
fieshy, he is fit to hold any municipa
or state Office, he can administer {
city or a province or perform any
official duty.
But at 60 years he Is old. Handi
drafts and all active bodily activities
are beyond him. He gives his de
| pendents and clients advice. That Il
all he is ft for.
at 10 he is just a dry rice straw
He has only one care-to husband tn
breath OF life that is left in him, I
preserve it, even by artificial means
His sons must assume the care G
his estate and the performance OF hi
duties"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
Stealing on a
Very Big Scale

New York, May 14.-Details of a
confession made by William o. Doug.
lass, the former loan clerk of the
Trust company of America, are that,
acting on the advice of a lawyer he
planned to steal a million dollars of
securities in order to compel the trust
company 10 overlook Ills minor .thefts.
Douglass pleaded guilty to larceny and
Is awaiting sentence. According to
his confession, he first took small
quantities of bonds and borrowing
money on them lost 1t in speculation.
When 1t became evident that he could
not retrieve his losses the lawyer was
consulted and advised that the only
way out Of the difficulty was to steal
n million dollars worth of securities
and turn them over to the lawyer
who might negtiate with the officials
of the trust company for their return.
Douglass did SO, understanding that
the lawyer expected to get 5000, 900
from the trust company for restora-
ton Of the securities which would
then have been sufficient to cover
the amounts Douglass had already
stolen and lost
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
PocAHoNTAs IN LONDON

from the Circle,
Pocahontas was born in the year
1895; her father, Powhattan, was the
lord and ruler Of thirty tribes, or
clans, OF savages inhabitlng that vast
domain which was then called vir-
ginia. after the virgin Queen Elizabeth
HIS friendship was dearly sought
FOR by the white man. and considered
essential 10 the life and success of
the colony. Like most red men, he
disirnsted the whites and their
designs. In England she was treat
ed with all the honor shown to royalty
Her grace and charm seem to have
won all hearts,aBd she was at her
ease with the best in the land. she
was presented at Queen Anne's court.
attended a ball given by the bishop
of London and visited the Globe thea
Ter to see Shakespeare's Tempest In
fact she took on the garb and ac-
cessories OF civilization with that easy
grace which belongs to the great,
and was as much at home IN court
as In her own western solitude. But
inwardly she seems to have pined
tcr her own free. open life of the for
est, and when she was about to re-
turn on the good ship George. she
commentator has said to unite two
hemispheres, two races. two civili-
cations.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16

Topeka, Kas., May 15.-Robbers
who entered the Citizens Sayings bank
II North Topeka secured 10000, half
In gold, the remainder In currency.
The sum of 5000 was left In plain
sight in the vault. The work was
done either by experts or by some one
who knew the combination OF the safe.
No explosives were used. but the
safe combination az worked.
Butler, Pa. May 15.--John l.. Herr
OF Harmony, naval war veteran,
formerly wealthy oil producer, shot
his wife in the abdomen with shot
gun, then sent a bullet from re-
volver into his own head Mrs. Herr
Is dying. Harr may recover. but could
not be moved to Jail when the officers
appeared 10 arrest him. Herr had
been drinking and his wife reproved
him.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
CORRECT THING IN LIGHT.

New Yorw Globe.
"a light should never be above your
eyes" said the man who deals in cleo
tries. ut should always be below
them. II it isn't blow them green
fringe all around the glsSe should
shade the eyes The Only real light
for the eyes. though, is the candle
light know man who won't have
any other light in his room when he
Is reading. He has dozens Of candles
His room is as well lighted as IL he
bad gas or electric light, but It is a
very soft and mellow light, the light
from candles. Our ancestors were not
so poorly off as You would think, after
all, with their light from candles.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
Per Year $50
No Strike on the
Rio Grande Road

Denver May l5.-After negotiations
lasting since April l. settlement has
been reached between the Denver 4
RIO Grande and its trainmen and con-
ductors and all danger of strike is
passed. The terms were decided on at
meeting held last night and both
sides made substantial concessions in
The interests OF peace. Two days will
be spent in applying the Increase
granted to all various runs OF the
road, and the matter will then be rail
way history Officers of the two or
ganizations today are taking up the
grievances of the Colorado Midland
men and speedy adjustment Is look
ed for.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16

Mexico City, May 15.-Commanded
by an American soldier Of fortune, who
served under Quantrell In the United
States civil war and has since been
Identified with revolutionary move
ments from Venezuela to Mexico, a
revolutionary expedition against the
Cabrera government of Guatemala,
consisting of Guatemalan Emigres,
Nicaraguans. Americans and Mexicans.
left this city Sunday night for the
Guatemalan frontier. Similar expedi-
tions have preceded it. War seems
imminent
New Haven, Conn, May 15.-Secre-
tary Root prt in a good word for the
politicians in his address In the Dodge
lecture course at Yale. He said they
were commonly referred to as LOW
set Of fellows, with selfish aims and
practices" but that he had not found
them so. Secretary Root vigorously
defended party government which he
insisted had come to stay, and at
tackled the "knocker" In politics. The
spirit Of fault finding and criticism
he said would halt American progress
II kept up.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
Street Car
Strike Broken

San Francisco. May 14.-Street cars
are running ON all the leading thor
oughfares today and meet with little
opposition Cars, however. are not
run after dark as 1t is dangerous.
1t was attempted last evening and
some car men were badly beaten up
by strike sympathizers. A girl was
knocked senseless by flying brick,
the only casualty of the last twenty
four hours. The telephone company
claims their strike is practically set
tied, most of their employees returning
to work. In other trades there are
no signs today of settlement.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
Natives Of South
Seas Cannibals

Berlin, May 1.-THE Cologne Ga
zette today prints an elaborate letter
from correspondent in the South
Cameroons. saying that the negroes
inhablting the territory between the
second and sixth degrees OF north
latitude are cannibals, not only eat
ing captiyes but all their own crimi-
mails condemned to death. Human
flesh is exposed for sale in the mar.
kets. The correspondent says the
smallest offense is punished with
death in order to secure a constant
supply for consumpton.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
WISDOM OF AN EMpIaIcIsr.

Most people like fattery, and it is
no difficult matter to fatter most
people.
Chicago has 1887 licensed saloons.
Must be a lot of good "swillers" in
the Windy city.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16
Colorado Wins
the Water Suit

Washington, May 13.-The supreme
court has decided in favor of Colorado
In the famous Colorado-Kansas water
suit.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-16

Women cont make fools OF men
they merely assist nature.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
Who Is the Boss at Home!

Eugene Wood is out with an article
on Babies in the September American
Magazine. At the very kickoff he shows
that he is master of the subject He Is
not deiuded: ne is nor deceived, He has
found out who is boss, and he reveals the
ruth. He says:
Boss of the nOuSC you We're. or al
least the wise lady whom YOU call your
wife has made you think so. "a wife
must have many Il quiet smile all to her
self What you say goes. i don't care
muclf for pumpkin pie, you casually re
mark. and forget that you have said So.
From that time on there'll never he an
other pumpkin pie IN your house unless
You specifically order i. Maybe not then.
You don't like yellow turnips as well as
white ones i'll vain thereafter does the
grocer at your back door suggest, We've
got some nice yellow turnips. He might
rs well hint that he has some green and
tender Rough on Rats. You are the boss
Everything is tt4fe to suit you. You may
get Scolded for forgetting that there is
an aSh-receiver, or for leaving the Sun
day papers all over the floor SO that the
house looks like distraction, and what
if anybody should come: But. don't you
seef that's all i'll your interest. The APP
pearance of the house sheds glory upon
your as its master. All this. remember.
IS before the new baby comes. After
ward it's Sh. You'll wake the baby or
Can't you read in the dining room: |
don't think he likes the light or Shake
the furnace easy. Baby jumps 80 when
-you make such racket, or Would you
mind taking him out for a little while in
his carriage?' 0r-Oh; well. you know or,
il you don't know it's time you We're
finding ont. ="
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
Cooking OdOrs NAV Be Prevented.

heeplng an apartment free of the
unpleasant odors of cooking vegeta bles
IS difficult. but it can be done and the
nome made more comfortable in warm
weather. Much is due sometimes to the
COOK carelesSneSS whereby she leaves
ON the stove pots and pans that are
SoIied, and fifteen minutes of this will
scent the whole place. especially now
when all doors are left open to catch
every passing draught y jar of strong
soda water by the sink will do much to
prevent this and is fixed by dissolviug
Two pounds OF washing soda in IL gallon
or boiling water. With tWo tahlespoonfuls
OF ammonia added. When the pots are
elnpued after cooking. pour into them
some of this water. Slosh il around and
let them stand until time to wash.
Cleansing them then will he the matter
Of moment only.
Gentle instead Of fierce boiling. less
ems hut does not do away with the odor
81 onions. cabbage and all such foods.
me fumes can be practically obviated.
however. by preparing them several
hours before time of cooking and let
them stand in cold salt water. Rinse be-
FORE cooking. AS soon as they come to
III" boil there will be Il scum on the wa
ter. and ii is this. made of the essential
oils OF the vegetables, that causes the
smell. skim carefully and salt the wa
ter for the first time 70 an ordinary
size kettle put in cupful of cold
water.
More scum Will rise almost Immediate
y. and this, too, should he taken off.
After this there should he no more trou-
bile and there should he no cover on dur
ing the cooking, CT the smell will be IN
tenSitied
Very careful cooks drop II piece of
bread into kettle of boiling cabbage.
and thus remove much of the cause
or odor. The harder the bread the
more ii will absorb, if put in at the
moment the water begins to boil. Ii
should stay not more than ten or fifteen
minutes. The whole secret of boiling in
this way is TO cook slowly and keep free
of scum, using no covers
Charcoal in the refrigerator is inval-
liable i'll warm weather; as it absorb-
odors that might otherwise be unpleas-
ant or cause different foods to taste
That which has been powdered should
he used. and a teaspoonful of it placed
at each corner of the back of all shelves.
Fresh charcoal must be put in once =
week.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
The Professional Woman.

If my profession has indirectly kept
me from marriage, it has given me the
next best thing i'll the world-it has
given me friendship in abundant meas
ure," says Anne O'Hagan, still writing
of spinsters in Harper's Bazaar. My
job like the homely term-haS brought
me into business relations with men even
more than with women; for, after all,
in spite of our multiplication upon the
lace of the eaftA>~z professional women
are still fewer than professional men. |
have learned what no domesticaly plac-
ed woman, unless she has an uncommon
" large and congenial social circle, ever
knows-the keen pleasure to he derived
from unsentimental intercourse with the
masculine mind. OF course the legend
Of masculine chivalry as il had been
banded down to me by believing fore
mothers did not survive actual contact
with the business world. | have seen
nen-eXcellent citizens in their way,
too-who recognized no necessity for the
adjustment of their feet the replacing
of their coats, or the removal of their
mats upon my appearance. l have dis
covered that if Il man is given TO sharp
practices in his business, he does not
change his methods, except to accentu-
ate them, because he is dealing with n
woman. | have learned that the gen
tleman who goes about like Il lion seek
ng whom he may devour does not con-
me his predatory saunters to unguardcd
drawing-rOoms and to stage entrances.
And | have also come to the conclusion,
1t may be said in passing. that it re
'lulres only slight expenditure of de
termination to make short shrift of him.
But all these facts only emphasize the
1hroughg0ing, companionable, kind. com
tadely attitude of the majority of the
cue in contact
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

ENRIQUE G. CREEI the Mexican
ambassador at Washington. was horn in
the city of Chihuahua. on August 81.
1871, His father was Reuben CrrcI.
mn American merchant. and his mother
n Mexican woman. From poverty and
ohScurity the son worked himself M m-
I'll hc became one of the most prominent
men IN the republic. While yer a com.
mIhtWetN young man he established "A
hlgh reputation ms Il business man and
hnhnclcr. IL" married the daughter Of
Gen Luis Tcrragas. known rs thc
WcaIthcst man in the state of Ghhun-
hua. Prior Ia his appointment to the
Washington embassy Ambassador Crccl
was for several years governor Of tx,e
huahua, one Of the largest, richest and
most important states in Mexico. While
h" held this office he brought about great
reforms, particularly in the matters of
education and Irrigation His business
interests arc as diverse and almost as
far reaching 0~ any of The great captains
of industry of the United States. In
addition Ia his public duties lie is I'M
tcrrstcd III banks. trust companies. street
ear and power systems, cattle aud min
ing owning hundreds of thousands of
acres Of land.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
Addressed to All
Borrowers of Books.

Down i'll Dixie lives a charming man,
Il bachelor of leisure and refined tastes,
who loves his books as he should love
his wife and children, who are not.
Being a man Of generous instincts and
kind heart, as well as person who loves
to share the good things of earth with
others. and thereby enjoy them sec.
ond time, he lends his books to all the
friends who possess literary tastes.
But this generous spirit has often beei.
repaid by that base ingratitude viii. II
springs from IA lack of personal reSron-
sibility
His friends read his books, enjoy them
and forget to return them. We all know
these people.
Perhaps we belong in that class.
Before we declare positively that We
do not it would be well to go over our
book shelves and see If any books are
slipped in by chance bearing other names
than ours on the fly leaf
My bachelor friend. after years of an
nOyance. loss and sorrow, printed slip
which he glued in all his books Here il
is:
1T cost the owner Of this book much
Inconvenience and some hundreds of vol
umes TO learn that persons of most cX-
cellent regulations in other affairs of
life too frequently fail in the prompt re.
turn of borrowed books.
This deplorable freak of human nat
ture in holding on ia borrowed books Is
q baSter of confidence. a deSpoiler Of
sweet tempers, Il promoter Of nr9fAmlIy.
'71""buildcr of scishness, Il destroyer Of a
proper regard for the rights of others. a
producer Of gray hairs. Il maker of bald
heads and a general wrecker Of human
happiness. by the way. do You know
of any borrowed books which ought 30
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
An Important Social Scheme.

The League for Home Economics Mrs.
-luhan Heath PRESIDENT is an experiment
OF tar-reaching possibilities. which will
ehhSt the sympathetic interest Of women
ma men who are concerned about the
dietary and health conditions of the poor
ana ignorant. 1t has become somewhat
ne rule of late to blame the inehriety of
me husband and the wickedneSs Of th"
"oF Oh tie wretched cooking of the igno-
rant housewife. Mrs. Heath is not So
extreme IN condemnation Of the woman.
however. for she realizes that the raw
tood material has considerable 10 d.
"lth~the housewives failure as cook.
Accordingly. part Of the scheme 10 be-
pnt into practice is the reform of gro
Gerry stores. and in place of the delicates-
sen shops which derive 50 large a pOT-
non OF their income from the poor. there
VIII be depOts where nutritious steWs
anu buildings. instead of. the bologna
sausage and cakes and other such ind
Iestlhlc food. may he bought. GroceTs
IRE TO be visited with n view to improv
hS their conditions as 10 cleanliness and
ne proper handling of foods. An effort
VIII be made to induce the women 10 yet
proper cooking utensils and to make their
NilchenS attractive as well as to have
Well cooked food. This movement il the
'HlefoWth of cooking classes that have
""en conducted in tenement house kirch-
rs. and IN order that all the opera tons
vi The horne, as it should be conducted