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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
SackviIIe Street, Dublin.

Dublin is one of the finest cities In
the British empire, and its public
buildings are second to none Two
very different men have united In its
praise Goodwin Smith said that
Phoenix park was the most beautiful
Of all the parks he had seen, and
Greville, even more enthusiastic,
wrote: II am greatly struck by the
fineness of the town Of Dublin and Of
its public buildings especially. Dublin
is, for It's size, a finer city than Lon
don. and l think they beat us hollow
In their public buildings. We have no
such square as Merton square nor
such a street as Sackville street"
Sala In "Bells Of Shandon" vein re-
viewed all the great streets he had
promenaded from the Nevski prospect
to Piccadilly. OF them oil he says by
far the finest Is Sackville street, Dub
lin, as IL stretches from the river Liffey
to the rotunda and its gardens.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
Breaking II Gently.

He Is a rather serious minded boy
who has more sense Of responsibility
than many grown persons. So when
he was sent to his grandmothers to
break the news Of her aged sisters
death he did so with much gravity and
no little self Importance.
"Now, Alfred" his mother said,
you mustn't tell grandma suddenly
because it might Shock her, even
though she knew Aunt Martha was i'll
Tell 1t to her gently"
"All right" assented Alfred, starting
out on his mission with mingled solem-
nifty and eagerness.
Arrived at his grandmother's house.
he greeted her with a sober "Hello?'
and then proceeded to "break the
news" by saying:
aAunt Maria's dead. grandma. but
you mustn't feel bad. cause she was
pretty old, anyhow. You'll be the next
one, I s'pose."
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
Cairo and Islam.

The Earl Of Cromer, not without
reason, described the Ulema of Cairo
as the guardians of the citadel of
Islam" No other city in the Hoslem
world has so many students Of Moslem
theology and law Of rours out such
food of Moslem literature as does
Cairo. Millions of pages of the Koran.
commentaries by tie hundred thou
sand and scores of books attacking the
Christian faith. defending Islam or
propagating its teaching come cease
lessly year after year from the Moslem
presses Of this great center Of Moslem
learning. Books printed in Cairo are
read by the campfires OF the Sahara
In the market place Of Timbuktu. I'M
der the very shadow of the kaaba,
and are treasured n, the mosques OF
Java aid western Chiha.-Argonaut.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To Fred w. Winters, your heirs, ex-
ecutors, administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that have
expended during the year 1911, the
sum of one hundred dollars ($100) in
labor and improvements upon each of
the following named lode claims, situate
in Ramey Ridge Mining District, Idaho
county, State of Idaho: Gold Brg No.
I. recorded IN book 35, page SIT; Gold
Bug No. 2, recorded in book 35, page
5l8; Gold Bug No. 3, recorded in book
IS. page SIG; Gold Bug No. a, recorded
in book 35, page 520 Gold Bug No. 5,
recorded in book 35, page .521; Gold
Bug No. 6, recorded in book 35, page
522; Little Gold Bug, recorded in book
40, page 558; Gold Bug Fraction, re-
corded in book 40, page 557, of Mining
Claims of Idaho comfy, State of Idaho,
IN order to hold said claims under the
provisions of section 1924 of the Re-
yised Statutes of the United States,
and the amendment thereto approved
January %, 1880, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode claims
for the period ending on the 31st day
of December, A. D. 1911. And if with
in ninety days from the personal ser
vice of this notice or within ninety days
after the publication thereof, you fai
or refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure as co-owner
YOUR one-eighth interest in the claims
will become the property. OF the sub
scriber your co-owner, who has mad'
the required expenditure by the term
of said section,
CHAS. MAHAN.
First publication. May 9, 1912.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

TO A. N. Ingram, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have
expended during the year 1911, the sum
Of one hundred dollars ($lOO( IN LABOR
and improvements upon each OF the
following named lode claims, situate
in Elk City Mining District. County OF
Idaho. State of Idaho; the United
Verde No. l, recorded in book F, page
s2r. the Uaifed Verde No. 2, recorded.
IN book l, page "a, 81 the records OF
Elk City Mining District, Idaho county
State of Idaho, in order to hold saio
claims under the provisions o.
section 1924 of the Revised Statutes o.
the United States, and the amendment
thereto approved January %, 1881, con
cerning annual labor upon mining
claims. Being the amount required t6
hola Said lode claims for the perio'
ending on the 31st day of December
a. d. 1911. And if, within ninety days
from the personal service of this notlc'
or within ninety days after the publica
ton thefeof, you. fail or refuse TO con
tribute your proportion OF SUCH expen
diture as co-owners, your one-thir'
interest in the United Verde No. | am
5ne-half interest in the United Verd
No. 2, will become the property 0
the subscriber, your Co owner VINO ma
made the required expenditure by til
terms of said section.
L. A. STRONG.
First Publication June 6, 1872.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To Fred w. Winters, your heirs, execu-
tors, administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have
expended during the year 1911, the
sum of one hundred dollars ($100) in
labor and improvements upon each OF
the following named lode claims, situate
in Ramey Ridge Mining District, Idaho
county, State of Idaho: Little Gem
No. 1, recorded in book 35, page 5l3;
Little Gem No. 2, recorded in book 80,
page 514; Little Gem No. 3, recorded
in book So, page SIS; Little Gem NO. a,
recoded in book 35, page SIG; Little
Gem No. 5, recorded in book Al, page
49, Of Mining Claims, Of the records
of Idaho county, State of Idaho, In
order to hold said claims under the pro.
visions of section 1924 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, and the
amendment thereto approved January
So. 1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re-
ouired to hold said lode claims for the
period ending on the 31st day of Dec
cembsr. A.. D. 1911. And if within
ft3aety days from the personal service
of this notice or within ninety days attel
the publication thereof, you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion O.
such expenditure as a co-owner, you
one-eighth interest in the claims vii
become the property of the subecribe
your eo-owner, who has made the re
CURED expenditure by the terms of SAT-
section, ,,.uAN
First publication May 9, 1912.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
oriain of Ono Graveyard.

The family Of a member of parlia-
rnent from Yorkshire has d private
graveyard and. has had it for several
generations. The founder of it was a,
Quafer, and the rector Of the parish.
in which he lived said to him after g
dispute on religious matters, "Well, II
YOU don't come to church when you
are alive you will when you are dead"
But the Quaker thought otherwise and
founded the burial place, which Is used
to this day.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
$1,000. DEATH Benefit.

SIS weekly benefit for Accident or
Sickness; 81, 900 for loss of Limb or
Evesight: 500 for Emergency Relief
Benefit. C5sF r. $ Der year. No other
Daes nor Assessment. Men and Women
between ages 16 to 65 are accepted.
Reliable company with 100000 state
deposit for the protection of pelicy-
holders and to guarantee the payment
of claims. Write for further Informal
ton giving yotT age. sex and occrpa-
ton. Address Dept. AL, American
Registry Company, Erie, Pa.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01

This magazine was established to help
bring about real representative govern.
ment and equality of opportunity in the
United States.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
ResourcefuI.

Park Policeman (watching q gentle
man who is picking fiowers)-That fel-
low seems to understand how to put
flowers together. When he has fin
ished the boquet I'll take his: name.
con6scate the flowers and present them
TO nv wife tomorrow. It's her BIRTH
day.-Fliegende Batter.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
Sfeadv Job.

@No w That Jour son IS through col.
lege. what are you going to make OF
hlm?"
Cant tell for a couple of years. He
went to 4 Coed Institution, and he's
booked up for two years solid to act
as an usher at weddings. louisville
Codrfer-J ournal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
q Mans w ants.

"What more should q man want tnan
good health. good job and gooo
wife?"
"well. good reputation might como
In handy."-Ch1cago RScofd- Herald.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
Tho whlstIing Jugs Of Peru.

nc WnlStilng Jugs OF Ferus
+" The potters Of ancient Peru used to
manufacture On ingenious musical in.
strument which may very properly be
called a whistllng jig. In collections
of antiquities 1t is called sllvador or
silvio Specimens are obtained from
the ancient burial places of Peru one
Of these consists of two vases. whose
bodies are joined one to the other. with
hole or opening between them The
neck Of one of these vessels is closed
with the exception of small opening
in which n claJ pipe is inserted. lead
ing to the body of the whistle. The
closed neck Of this double vase is
modelled into representation Of a
birds head. When liquid is poured
into the open necked yaee the air Is
compressed in the other. and in escap.
ing through the narrow opening Is
forced into the whistle. the vibration
producing sounds. Many Of these
sounds represent the notes of birds;
one in the collection at the British
museum initiates the notes of the robin
or some other member of the thrush
tribe, peculiar to -Harper's
Weekly.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
A Shave In China.

The Rev. Louis Byrde a missionary
gives an interesting account in Lon
don paper of a shave in China. He
writes: 'The greatest treat which
only give on special occasions is a mid
day shave in public. In the early morn
ing Chinese inn is terribly dark. and
at night bed soon claims one. select
table at the street front (the whole
front is formed Of movable doors.
which are entirely taken away during
the day. and, provided with the neces
saries, commence operations. Fifty or
sixty people stand round in ranks. the
innermost circles consisting of children
and the outer rings of men and
mothers with their babes Not word
Is uttered: all eyes are fixed first on
the shaving brush as the soap is lath
cred on the face. and then on the razor
as the stubble falls The Chinese never
shave themselves, and possibly to see
man handling a razor on himself may
suggest that be is about to commit
harakiri in their village"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
Bucked the TIGER.

The forest land of southern India
possesses a breed of buffaloes vastly
superior to the ungainly creatures Of
the plains. They are shaggy haired
and massive, with thick, short horns.
and possess immense strength. A herd
Of these buffaloes was grazing when a
tiger came out of the forest near by.
The herdsman shouted beat his staff
on the ground and tried to scare away
the brute. but it would not be scared
and sprang upon him, Knocked him
down and stood over him snarlng
He gave himself up for lost when the
bull Of the herd charged savagely upon
the tiger and knocked him fully twen.
ty feet The attack was so sudden
and the shock so great that it took all
the fight out Of the tiger He gathered
himself up in dazed way and actual
ly skunk off into the forest The bull
shook himself. beloved, pursued his
enemy a few yards and then went
quietly to feeding as If vanquishing a
tiger were an everyday occurrence.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
The Seismouraph,

The seismograph is a most interest
ing instrument 1t is kept in a sub.
basement room, far from disturbing in,
Guences. There It records upon a strip
Of paper such earthquakes as may hap
pen anywhere. The scientists then
study the strip of paper and herald to
the world the news that the tremor
which shook down several cities was
duly registered.
The seismograph is a remarkable
contrivance, though in just what way
is not yet determined However, in
the interests of science, it is as valu.
able as would be the imprint Of the
hoof upon the seat Of the trousers of
man who had been kicked by a mule
After the event he could study the i'm
print and assure himself that he had
been kicked.-Life.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
Annie ApoIoov.

An Irish lawyer once addressed the
court as gentlemen" instead of your
honors" After he had concluded a
brother of the bar reminded him Of
his error. He Immediately arose and
apologized thus: MAY it please the
court. in the heat of debate | called
yer honors gentlemen. | made a mis-
take. yer honors." Then he sat down.
and If the court was not satisfied it
did not disclose the fact.-Case and
Comment
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04

There will be a mass con-
vention of the Farmers Ed
ucational and Cooperative
Union of America at the
County Court House in the
City of Heppner on Tuesday,
January Both. All members
of the various locals are
urged to be present.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
Monkey Bread.

African baobabs (also called monkey
bread. sour gourd and lalo planb were
computed by Adamson. noted traveller.
to have endured for $3.50 years. Ma
tives use the followed out trunks of
these enormous trees as places of de
posit for executed criminals whom the
law denies the rights of burial.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
At the Churches.
M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
E. P. Warren, Pastor.

For Jan. Z, Sunday School at
10: a. m. Preaching at II: a. m.
subject John the Baptist. y
Epworth League $50 p. m. I'm
ion services of all the churches
7:3O p. m. at the M. E. church,
short sermon by Rev. John Nc
Allister and responses by the
local pastors. Every body is ur-
ged to be present, let's have a
rousing good service on this first
Sunday in the new year.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
BAP TIST CHURCH.
John McAllister; Pastor.

Bible school 10: a. m. Theme
for II a. m. "a New Years
Message" A series of meetings
will be held in the Baptist church
of lone, beginning Monday night
Jan. the 8th. The pastor will be
assisted by local workers.
The public is invited to hear
the Gospel.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04

Lexington and lone Congrega-
tional churches. lone services
1st and 3rd Sundays. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening.
Lexington services End and 4th
Sundays. Prayermeeting Thurs
day evening. OHIO E. READE,
Pastor
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

No prayer meeting service this,
Thursday evening. Sunday, 10
a. m. Sunday school. II, COM
munion; 11:30, officers meeting;
$50, C. E. societies; 7:3O, union
services at the M. E. church.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
WEEKS NEWS.
Local and Personal
Happenings.

Phil Cohn pays highest cash
price for hides, pelts and furs.
From 10 to 40 percent discount
on all Xmas china at Gillian &
Bisbee's.
Do it now! Not only good, but
cheap. Talk with Smead before
insuring. tt
A high grade Piano to trade
for a good team and wagon. Call
at this Office. If.
House for sale or rent with one
acre ground. Inquire 1st Nat
ional Bank. If
Go to Gillian & Bisbee's for
Community Silver guaranteed for
fifty years.
Velox, Azo, Solo and Bromide
papers and post cards, all sizes.
Patterson & Son.
Clint Sharp and son of Water
man, Ore, are visiting with rel
atives in this city.
Delman Ward now occupies a
place behind the counter in the
store of Minor & Co.
Prof. H. H. Hoffman returned
on Saturday from a stay of a
week at Astoria and Portland.
County Surveyor Reid spent a
couple of days in Pendleton the
past week on official business.
Grain Of any description taken
in exchange for Waitsburg and
Idaho flour. Call on Phil Cohn.
School books and supplies for
every kind Of school work at Pat
terson & Son, the REXALL Store
DR.. and Mrs. Arlet Brock have
returned to Portland after a visit |
of several days with relatives in
Heppner.
Miss Ruth F. Brown departed |
on Tuesday morning for Forest |
Grove to resume her studies at
Pacific University.
The Morrow Warehouse Milling
Company wants your hides, pelts
and furs, and will pay cash for
all they are worth.
John E. Johnson returned on
Saturday evening from Portland
where he has been at work for
several months past.
The First National Bank of
Heppner has been designated as
United States depository for
the receipt of postal savings
funds.
Mayor S. E. VanVactor depart
on Monday for Pendleton to be
absent a couple of weeks attend
ing district court now in session
there.
We sell Kodaks and Kodak sup
plies for less than you can buy
them elsewhere. Buy of us and
save time and money. Patterson
& Son, the REXALL Store.
Blaine Stanley, of Lone Rock, |
spent Monday night in Heppner,
being enroute to Corvallis to take 6
up his post graduate studies at O. J
A. c.. for the rest of the year.
Rev. Cross, of Lexington, oc- 4
cupied the pulpit at the M. E. :
church, south on Sunday evening,
for Rev. Warren who
preached at Eight Mile school Z
house on that evening. t
Mrs. Owen French departed :
for her home at Mountain Home, p
Idaho, on Wednesday, after a It
visit of six weeks at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Hiatt, Of Heppner Flat. n
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
A Glun Prospect.

1--WE who ride in trolley cars today
may ride in automobiles tomorrow"
said the optimist.
And in hearses the following day"
said the pessimist- Birmingham Age
Herald
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04

Those who live on the mountains
have a longer day than those who live
in the valley. Sometimes all we need
to brighten our day is to rise a little
higher.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04

Insure your house with the
Oregon Fire Relief of McMinn-
.ville-the old reliable company.
GEO. CURRN, Local Agent.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04

PA. what is philosophy"
philosophy. my boy, is the gentle art
OF letting your creditors do all the wor-
Tying." ...1,.,-,,sss
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04

"How do Jack aud Jeanne ever man.
age to scrape a living?"
"Why. he makes the money FIRST and
she makes II last"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1912-01-04
For Sale.

A few thoroughbred Ancona
cockrels at $500 and $500 each.
- J.A,Waters,
If Tone Ore.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-02
KANSAS METHOD OF CUMMING

A young merchant in Smith Center.
Kan. has found a way TO make slow
paying customers dig up. For a long
time he sent out monthly duns urging
prompt settlement. but little n any at
tention was paid 10 them. Getting i'm
patient he sert an enlarged bill TO an
old lady who had been owing him
three or four months and the effect
was almost magical. She came In
snorting mad the next day with the
bill In her hand and the way she went
after the young man for trying TO
swindle her brought the bushes to
his cheeks. He finally made her be-
lieve the error was unintentional. and
abe settled on the spot for what she
owed. Since then the young man
sends out bills OF about twice their
proper size to slow creditors and ne
says II brings them In every time and
Invariably mad all over at his at
tempt to cheat them. He says you
can even make a deadbeat wrathfui
by dunning him for a larger amount
than he owes
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-02
AN UNUSUAL REQUEST

Among the most eccentric OF tesla
tors are those who make requests OF
their bodies. In. 1871 a Mr.. Sanborn
OF Medford. Mass. beoueathed his
body TO Professor Agassix and Oliver
Wendell Holmes. representing that II
should be prepared In the most SCI
enuhc manner known to anatomic
science" and placed In the museum
at Harvard. He also directed that his
skin should be made into two drum
heads. TO be presented to his friend
and patriotic fellow citizen. Warren
Simpson," on condition that he beat
on them the national air Of Yankee
Doodle" at the foot OF the monument
on Bunker Hill at sunrise every 17th
OF June. On the drunhead was TO DO
inscribed Pope's Universal Prayer
and on the other the Declaration OF
Independence.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-02

continued its use until Twas made well.
Mrs. HENRY LEIsEBERG, 74S Adams st.
Kearneysville, w. Va. 81 feel it my
duty TO write and say what LYDIA T.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
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| could hardly endure being on my feet
after taking Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble is gone.
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
I recommend your medicine TO all my
friends. Mrs. G. b. WILMINGTON.
The above are only two Of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are con-
stanty being received by the Pinkham
Medicine Company Of Lynn, Mass. which
show clearly what great things Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound does
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N YOU want special advice write TO
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-02
TURNS LIFE UPSIDE DOWN

Vienna can boast Of a curious 60
centric. who turns life upside down. q
rich young Pole. who lives In stump
tuous style. but always summons his
servants by bugle call. His favorite
pastine is driving an omnibus. attired
like an ordinary busman. and though
he Is said to spend q fortune each
year in clothes. be wears no garment
until II has been worn by his valet
He has astonished the guests at a
ball by appearing In a costume of pure
white. save for the shirt and tie.
which we're black. To complete his
oddities. when dining. which he In
Variably does alone at a table d'hote.
he reyerses the usual order. beginning
his meal with the sweets and ending
with the soup.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-02
FIame Color In Xoau.

A positive furore is noticeable now
for flame colors. The glowing red
tones that are seen In the feather.
decked hats OF the winter season are
repeated In the ballroom, where flame
carnation. rhododendron. cerise and
currant shades make vivid spiashes OF
color.
In simple lustrous velvet softened
about the bodice by silver lace or
cream BET these red frocks are espe.
cially effective for midwinter enter.
tainments. and while the dowagers
and young married women choose this
fabric and satin the debutantes Eppear
In chiffon aud mouseline de sole that
are equally bright. In some cases
made up over white and usually
touched with silver crystal or cut
steel embellishments