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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-17
French COLONY for Coos Bav.

Marshfeld-E. Grapin, who repre-
sents a colony of French people in New
York and others in Paris, is at Coos
Bay investigating the place with a
view of possibly bringing colony to
locate in this county.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-17
Foot OF Snow in Wxomina

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 1s.-A foot
OF snow, accompanied by high wind,
has fallen in Western Nebraska and
wyoming during the last 4s hours.
Stock is suffering severely in some
portions of Wyoming.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-17
Thorne for Insurance CLERK.

Salem-Insurance Commissioner Ko-
ger has announced the appointment of
]. M. Thorne, of Roseburg, as chief
clerk in the insurance department.
Mr.. Thorne is well known in Douglas
county and is an experienced banker.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-17
Support Crater Lake Scheme.

Medford-Petitions asking the Jack
son county court to appropriate $40, 600
for the construction of the Crater lake
road. for which the state has appropri-
ated 500, 900 contingent upon $780,
600 appropriation from jackson and
klamath counties, have been placed in
circulation and are meeting with great
success.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
HERMITSAREHAPPY

Here Mr.. and Mrs. Frey lived and
eked out living. well content with
their lot, and not caring about the car
ryings on of the greater world beyond
One day in 1882 Mrs. Frey had oc
casion to go to the village of Jackson
vile, two and half miles away
When she returned she found her hus
band sitting at the window, apparent
ly awaiting her return. When sht
spoke to him she found that an un
hidden visitor had preceded her and
had laid his hands on Mr.. Frey. TIL,
shock was so great that from that da,
to this, q years, Mrs. Frey has mo-
been in Jacksonville or any distance
from home. and in the last 12 year,
she has not been away from the clear
ing surrounding her cabin home.
BY filling the little garden and b.,
shooting game and birds she Is abb,
to keep body and soul together. Sh,
also works baskets. for which there II
sufficient demand among the neigh
boring farmers. and these Gus take.
to the village to sell. In addition tn,
county poor directors contribute 8,
cents a week to her support. of which
fund Joshua Lutz. the hotel-keeper al
Jacksonville, is custodian, and which
he handles faithfully for Abigail'i
benefit
Mrs. Frey never saw a trolley car;
she never saw an electric light; she
never saw an automobile. and IL sh.
ever saw railroad train 1t is pretty
certain that she never rode in one.
They are content with their lot. and
Abigails world Is confined within tn,
20 by 40 feet. What is beyond sh,
| neither knows nor cares.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31

NEW YORk.-Since President Taft
Az visited the Bowery and addressed
800 of 1.-The boys" more energy has
been shown by the hobees who haunt
the resorts of the notorious thorough
fares than ever before in his history.
There is not man, woman, or child
along the thoroughfare who will ad-
init he or she was not at the presi-
dents side. Nearly 1000 white collars
sent by Brooklyn laundry the next
day aided the men of the Bowery to
show they appreciated the visit.
After the free distribution of laun-
dry at the mission the men gazed at
one another and waited for the next
miracle.
The men are just dazed, and that
is the only term that expresses it."
said j. T. Hunt, who has charge of the
labor bureau of the mission. They
canno. realize the president of this
country really came down here to talk
with them"
As he was speaking a mild man.
nered six foot two of humanity. with
a two days stubble beard, came up to
the desk and made an attempt at a
bow.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Affinity Trust at Missouri College

an affinity and has told his name I.
the other girls. The rules of the or.
ganization requires that she shall
have had only the most distant speak
ing acquaintance with the Fortunate
one-or the Victim, depending on the
point of view. The choice Is final: the
rules prohibit changing affinities. Hav-
ing made her choice. the young wom-
an strives to obtain some marked
recognition from her affinity. The
penalty for failure Is tubing"
The open season for the afiinities
closed at Christmas. II before that
time any member of the club did not
succeed In having her affinity pay her
some special attention." she was to
take Tubing" in the presence of
the members who have made good"
And the water wasn't to be warm.
either.
Marked attention." as defined by
the club. means an invitation to dance
or to 60 to the theater or a request
to call. A stroll on the campus
wouldn't do.
One young woman appealed to the
sister of the young man she had
chosen. The sister told the affinity
what a fine girl "So-and-So" was. and
urged him to call on her. The broth
er remained obdurate.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31

NEW YORK.-"Yes, know they say
~ that women have more patience
than men. but that's just another of
those they says" remarked tele-
phone girl on day duty at one of the
uptown exchanges in an expansive
half hour. IF women are more pa.
tient than men they certainty don't
show it when they use the telephone.
When some women give the num-
Der they want they expect to get their
party instanter, or quicker, and If
they don't they Immediately become
catty about it. a.-
What is the matter. anyhow a
woman asked me over her wire Just
about eight seconds after she'd given
me the number she wanted. Why
don't you give me my party?'
Il was doing the best | could to
get her the number she asked for. but
the party didn't reply. ! told her SO
II don't believe anything of the
sort. she shouted into her phone
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Telephone Girl Scores Her Own Sex

Give me the manager this instant!
I'll see II l am going to be treated
this way
"Of course I gave her the manager,
and she told him a long story about
how she was being imposed upon by
the exchange girls. Fortunately,
though. she is on the list of terrors-
We call them terrors when we want to
be real polite and terriers when we
don't have to be polite-and so the
manager after asking me about the
case let II go.
1.-The most nonsensical accusation
that women are forever making
against exchange girls Is that the
girls are eavesdropping on their phone
conversations, Such a thing OF course
is perfectly impossible, for the very
simple reason that a girl working at
board hasn't one instant of time to
do anything like that.
"'Give me the manager woman
said to me over the phone while ago
before she had asked for the number
do you wish to make com,
plaint?" asked her.
81 WISH she replied in n sewers
tone. to have n very private con
versation with my lawyer. and I want
to talk with the manager first to as
certain If he will assure me that my
| conversation will not be listened to.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
''Oh, You Kid!' Dirty Breaks Up Church

pastor had preached a stirring little
sermon and 10 to IL of the laymen
had given their testimony. From the
sober looks Of several young men and
women on the back benches II looked
as II converts were soon to be gath
cred in. when the spell and spirit of
the meeting were broken by the
words OF the frivolous song.
The pastor had closed his exordium
and had announced the solo. The
young woman lifted her voice in song.
She put SO much fervor into the music
itself that she followed the words
blindly and sang the anthem exactly
as it had been revised with pencil BIZ
a practical joker.
Il love my God" sang the soprano
in swelling note.
Il love my God" the singer repeat
ed. putting on the crescendo for
climax. Il love my God. but. oh. you
kid"
The choir and congregation went
into Mysteries. the prospective cor.
verts gasped and then guffawed. and
before order could be restored the
shocked and scandalixed pastor dis
missed the meeting without waiting
for the benedictioa
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
aAp<lNo ECONOMY

By tie NJ Of perfect baking powder the
housewife can derive a. much economy ~
from any other article used in baking and
cooking. In selecting . baking powder,
therefore, care should be exercised to pur.
chase one that retains it, original strength
and always remains the same, thus making
the food sweet and wholesome and produc-
ing sufficient leavening gas to make the
baking light.
Very little Of this leavening gas il pro.
duced BY the cheap baking powders, max
ing Il necessary to use double the quantity
ordinarily required to secure good results.
In. using Calumet Baking Powder you
arc bound 70 have uniform bnead, cake Or
biscuits, - Calumet does not contain any
cheap, useless or adulterating ingredients
% commonly used to increase the weight.
Further, i produces pure, wholesome food
and i { baking powder Of rare merit:
therefore. i recommended By leading ply;
pure food laws, both STATE and Ma.
TIONAL.. The. goods are moderate in
price. and any lady purchasing Calumet
from her grocer, II not satisfied with il car
return it and have her money refunded.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
NO PL0Ws IN PANAMA ZONE
United states Bureau o. Soils Reports
Agricultural Possibilities ~
First Glass.

washington.-The Panama canal
zone, considered from an agricultural
standpoint, Is a country possessed OF
possibilities. but utterly devoid OF
plows. farmers or farming. That is
the substance of a report made by
II. H. Bennett. one of the experts OF
the United States bureau Of soils after
an examination OF the land Of the
canal strip. Mr.. Benefits opinion OF
the possibility of the canal strip Is
not pessimistic by any means.
I'VE find among the Panamanians
the crudest agriculture imaginable.
he says In his report. They do no
blowing or cultivating. but simply put
In q few hills Of corn. rice or inferior
vegetables and allow nature to do the
work How they can live on these
little patches Of half acre or SO Is
more than / can understand at this
time. They do live, however. and oc-
casionaliy sell enough fruit to buy
little rum and some clothes for the
older members OF the family.
There are no plows on the isthmus
of Panama, as far as we have been
able to learn. except few belonging
to the canal commission. There Is
not a great variety of soils. but they
are exceedingly hard to get at. The
topography is extremely humpy and
rough.
Trails are scarce and often I'M
passable on foot. They are never
passable in buggy. The only way to
move through the uncleared country
Is to cut a path. So far l have seen
two important Soils One Is a residual
red clay and the other brown clay
loan Of alluvial origin. The former
covers about three-fourths OF the ter.
ritory explored on the Pacific side.
II believe that as a result of our In
vestigations there will be some effort
to establish school gardens through.
out the zone as a means of interesting
the children of laborers and natives In
agriculture"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31

~ HICAGO-"Oh.y you kid" the stale
- difty of the five-cent theaters and
the vaudeville houses. was hashed into
Z sacred anthem In Geneva several
nights ago with disastrous results to
q prayer meeting at one OF the
churches.
Since then the pastor and the dea-
CO.'S have been searching for the ir-
reverent member Of the choir who an
1exed the phrase to the hymn with a
Had pencil. With much indignation
they asserted that he Is fit subject
Cor conversion-of . muscular kind.
The quotations made it's fatal en-
trance into the prayer meeting during
. solo that was rendered by a So
0eaAo during the hush which followed
. solemn exhortati0q BY the preacher.
IAe services haA been feFvent The
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
HUGE SHIPMENT or WALNUT
According to Estimates Years Crop
Worth Over $780, 900 to Cali
fornia Growers.

Santa Ana, Collaborating to esti
mates at the walnut packing houses
in this county. exclusive OF the Fuller.
ton. Anaheim and Placentia districts,
their shipments for the season will
reach 2SS car loads. The bulk of the
crop has moved. and there remain but
few car loads from each packing
house still to go. OF the 2ss car loads
22S went from Santa Ana. making
Ianta Ana the biggest shipping point
for walnuts In the United States.
The associations this year con.
trolled IS or 20 more car loads than
they did last year. Even with that
this locality remains the stronghold OF
the independent shippers of Califor.
MIA. The association estimates for
the season are: Santa Ana Valley Wal.
nut Growers association, shipped from
Santa Ana, so car loads: Richmond
Walnut Growers association. shipped
Capistrano Walnut Growers associa.
ton. shipped from San Juan Capis-
trano. so car loads. The independent
houses reported as follows. all from
Santa Ana: Gowen & willard. Ito
car loads: Smith & Miller. Is car
loads: C. c. Collins, IL car loads.
These nuts will total between $780,,
900 and 100000 for the growers.
The Santa Ana association alone by
the enl OF the season win have dis.
tributed 100000.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Taft's Visit Stirs Up Bowery Tramps

What is 1t, Jake?" asked Mr.. Hunt.
Say, boss, it's this way replied
Jake. I'm just going out to get q
job IL have to take 1t of somebody.
If the president comes down here to
talk to us buns and tells us we got
a chance, why, we're going to make
good. He ought to know. hadn't he?
Guess his word goes with me. II we
are good enough for him to talk to I'm
going to get busy"
That's the way 1t has been going
all day" said Mr.. Hunt. Il never saw
men so deeply stirred. The visit Of
the president has put more ambition
into them than they have ever before
displayed. Just wait and / will show
you"
Stepping before so or 60 men, all
resplendent in new white collars, MT.
Hunt said to man whose collar
plainly was too tight and who was
proud of his distress:
Come here. Frank. Tell us Just
saying about the presidents visit"
I'VE don't know what to say" said
the man. IT'S just knocked us clean
out The boys are clean crazy over It.
Why. we never thought that the likes
of the president cared nothing about
us here.
Were all Democrats. but here Mis-
ter Taft comes around and calls US
boys and tells us we is as good as any.
body. Say. the boys are going to &c
some now. Wish I could get one days
work and I'd get a necktie."
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31

CT. LOUIS.-lf you visit Columbia
- and see a man wearing hunted
look. lodging at the mere sight of a
igirl. don't put him down as a misan-
uhrope. or a football hero trying to
escape fiattery. or a bashful professor.
He may be only side-stepping his self.
appointed affinity.
For the University of Missouri.
leader In football and things intel.
Gectual. has an affinity club in good
working order. II Is composed OF
half dozen young women who room
at one of the popular boarding houses
near the campus. Of course, the af.
.finity idea itself is old and can't begin
to compare with Uncle Joe Cannon as
a space-getter in the newspapers. But
the young women of the Affinity club
have added several braId-new wrin
kles to the idea.
Each member of the club, as q
requisite of membership. has selected
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31

~Cuticura did wonders for me. For
twenty-five years I suffered agony
from terrible humor. completely GOV.
ering my head. neck and shoulders, 20
even to my wife, I became an object
Of dread. At large expense consult
ed the most able doctors far and near.
Their treatment was Of no avail, nor
was that Of the - Hospital. during
six months efforts. I suffered ON
and concluded there was no help for
me this side Of the grave. Then
heard Of some one who had been cured
By Cuticura Remedies and thought
that trial could do no harm. In .
surprisingly short time was COM
pletely cured. 8. P. Keyes. lat Con-
gress St, Boston, Mass. Oct. IL. '09."
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Travels Million Miles.

Creston. Ia.-One hundred miles q
day is the record Of Conductor Charles
Flint of this city. as he figures II.
since he began work for the Burling-
ton road As years ago. Forty years
of that time he has been In the ca.
pacity of conductor. He figures Oh
one year Of the 40 to allow for sick
ness and vacations. and at the rate OF
100 miles a day he estimates he has
travelled more than l.316.S 500 miles. or
a distance of more than forty-eight
times around the earth. Conductor
Flint began work for the Burlington
10 1861.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
DISLIKE THE BROAD STREETS
Londoners Abhor Spacious Thorough.
fares and Prefer the Narrow
Lanes to Walk In.

London. - Londoners like narrow
streets. They love to be jostled and
abhor broad. spacious thoroughfares.
where there is plenty of room to walk.
This interesting opinion was given
by Regent street land agent and
surveyor, who said that the growing
tendency to construct wide streets
was fatal mistake" from a shop
keepers point of view.
Bond street, Cheapside, the Strand
and other more or less narrow
Streets" he said, 'owe much of their
commercial success to their narrow
ness and consequent warm, sociable
atmosphere. II oxford street and Re-
gent street were as narrow | think
their commercial value would be In
creased.
in wide streets. one side is sure to
suffer. Thus along Picadilly most
people going toward Hyde Park walk
on the left to Princes restaurant, and
then on the right until they reach the
park"
AS for the north side of the Strand.
II Is most curious to note," said an
other real estate agent. how the huge
east going traffic melts away at the
Gayety theater and the west-going
traffic equally mysteriously dies away
ct the law courts.
| so. too, with the Embankment-
the shortest route between the city
and Westminster. II Is wide and open
and commands magnificent view
but 1t Is lonely-as lonely as the south
side OF Piccadilly along the ratings OF
the green park.
The question inevitably arises:
Are Londoners suffering from agora
phobia. or fear of open Spaces
well-defined nervous disease?"
Il would not like to say that agora
phobia, even In a mild form. could af
feet whole community" said a well
known nerve specialist, "but there car
be little doubt that city bred people
find great consolation In . crowd.
Some years ago was employed II
making a medical examination o.
thousands of emigrants to Canada
Quite a number of London people
thoroughly healthy in every way. wer,
depressed by the loneliness of thei
new life. and some went SO far as Il
throw up excellent prospects In Can
ada and return to the hardships O
London life. preferring poverty in ;
crowd to wealth and comfort In /,
sparsely populated country"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Ready with Explanation.

A rector of Ethan once gave out
the words: who art thou?" and. as
he paused for a moment, an ofhcer In
uniform. who had just entered the
church. suddenly halted, and taking
the question as personal, promptly re-
piled: "Sir. am the recruiting onicer
Of the Sixteenth Foot, and. having my
wife and daughter with me. should be
glad to make the acquaintance Of the
clergy and gentry of the neighbor.
hood"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

q mercury viii surely destroy the sense OF 9nen
md completely derange tho whole system vheo
entering Il through the mucous surfaceA 0oeh
articles should never be used except on pfD51p.
lions from reputable physicians. the dAmAee they
will do b ten fold TO the good you can posstoy Dc.
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manuiaesusd
by r, ]. Cheney a Co.. Toledo. O.. coutAns no mef.
eury. and b taken internally. acting directly upoo
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. n
buying Halls catauh Cure be sure you geS "
genuine II q taken Internally and made IN Tolo60
Ohio. by r. J. Cheney 4 Co. TESTIMONIALS nee
Sold BY DRUGGISTS. Price. 7sc. per bottle.
Taxa Halls Family Pulls for constipation
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Ewes New Costume.

.Oh. dear!" said Eve, after she had
secured all the best fig leaves there
were to be had. I'm so unhappy"
"Come. dear. cheer up" replied
Adam. Things might be worse than
they are. We still have each other"
"Yes. but now that I've got to wear
ing clothes there's no other woman
with whom l can talk about them
Chicago Record-Herald.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
An Artistic Rebuke.

A well-known clergyman was trav>
cling in q non-smoking compartment
CT q train going north. As soon as
the train was well on its way, the only
other occupant, without asking per.
mission Of his fellow traveller, cooily
lit a cigarette. The reverend gen.
tleman was relieved. as he wanted to
smoke himself. but had been afraid
lest his companion might object But
the opportunity was too good to be
lost. Drawing out his pipe he leaned
forward. and. with an ingratiating
smile, blandly inquired: would you
object II l were to smoker"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
A Sale. q Salel

The little old English flower wom-
an came into the wine merchants and
brought her flowers to the table. A
strange guest Of the wine merchants
bought q bunch Of them for the two
womeA who dined there.
Did you see what she made him
pay for those fiowers" whispered
one of them to the other. Fifty
cents!"
I'm glad Of It," the other whispered
back. I've been living in this neigh.
borhood for three years and it's the
first time ever saw anybody buy q
single bunch of those flowers Of hers"
New York Press.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Sells Auto ChoAp.

Believille. N. J.-Because his auto
mobile was badly battered and he
needed money to get home. A. s. Col.
lington Of Westwood. N. T.. sold for
SO the $500 machine In which he
and three companions came to grief.
The wrecked machine. which was
smashed in collision with . truck, was
purchased BY q local farmer. who said
that he expected to be able to use
some Of the machinery around the
barn.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
A Whisper Of Hope.

A Whisper Of Hope.
Knicker Several thousand shirt
waist makers are ON strike.
Henpekt-Do you suppose 1t would
do any good for the shirt waist but.
toners to strike?
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Rough on Rats In Out Buildings

In setting Rough on Rats in out build
ings after mixing it well with any food de-
cided upon, separate into small its, place on
several pieces Of boards. and put these here
and there under the floors. Close up all
openings large enough for Dogs, Cats OF
Chickens to enter, but leave some small
openings for Rats TO get in and out. One
Csc. boz Of Rough on Rats. being all
poison, viii make enough mixture to clear
out in one or two nights settings. hundreds
Of Rats and Mice. l5c., Csc. 75c.. at
Druggists. e. s. Wells, Jersey City, N. ].
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-12-31
Face Covered with Plmples

Il Congratulate Cuticura upon my
speedy recovery from pimples which
covered my face. used Cuticura Soap.
Ointment and Resolvent for ten days
and my face cleared and I am perfect.
II well. had tried doctors for sew.
eral month but got no results. VIM. ].
Sadlier. 1914 susquehanna Ave.. Phila-
delphia, May I. 1909"