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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
Snow leo Cream.

Snow ice cream-what u Joy Il used
to be- to tine child heart. Mother used
10 make II when she had been inpor.
tuned TO dis let us hive one more cup
ful. nom" The youth OF today. per.
haps. does not need that joy. with ev.
erythinE 81 handy for buying store"
ice cream. But never can such make
shift tal;P away the memory Of the
earlier dish. IL was so easy To make
too. Nature kindly furnished the foun-
dution. and all that was necessary was
to add sugar and milk. When II new
fall OF snow came the children watch
ed anSiously until II became deep
enough to scoop up cupfuls OF the crys-
tails. Then Il was carried TO mother
md milk poured In and more SNOW
added. un1 then more milk poured In
and more snow added. until there was
II full cupful. Sugar was added until
the taste WAS just right and the mix
ture WIS placed out of doors until II
had become II half frozen mass. and
there WIS the ice cream!-Indianapoli
News
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
SUGGESTIONS FOR CLEAN
UP WEEK, MAY a TO II, 1916

/. Take away all the ashes
and trash from your back yard
Immediately. Send your rubbish
to the dumping ground.
. 2. Suggest to several men
with teams that they drive thru
the alleys with a sign, CLEAN
/ UP WAGON, on their wagons.
People are only. too glad to pay
such a man for hauling their
trash away.
8. Burn all rubbish that will
burn.
4. Clean your vacant Iots and
alley-ways,
5. Make your street and park
look as trim and well kept as
possible.
6. Refrain from throwing old
paper, banana and orange skins
into the streets.
7. If your store front is din
gy, paint it.
8. Plant some grass and flow
er seeds to make your home
beautiful.
8. If you have unsightly old
buggies or traps in your back
yard, remove them.
10 Clean out the alleys back
Of the business houses at once.
II If your walk is an eyesore
to those travelling over it, repair
it or build a new one.
IL If there are unsightly old
tumhled-down sheds on your
lots, tear them down and remove
them. They detract from the
beauty of your home and town.
Open spaces and fresh air are
better.
13 BY all means, do your
part 10 help make your town
cleaner and more attractive,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
Funeral Souvenir.

Weird funeral souvenirs OF Dutch
origin were called ''dued.koccks, or
dead cakes" With small bottle Of
wine aud n pair of gloves two Of these
were sent by way OF invitation to rela.
tives aud friends whom one wanted To
attend the funeral The original recipe
for these cakes. which Is said Ia I've
authentic. called for fourteen pounds
Of HoGr. six pounds OF sugar. tive
pounds OF butter. one quart OF water.
two tenspoonfulS OF pearl ash. two
IcaSpoonfuls OF salt and one ounce
OF caraway seed. These were baked In
four inch squares, then frosted aud
marked with the initials OF the de
parted friend" Sometimes they were
eaten NJ the funeral dinner. but usu.
ally they were taken away. Ike wed
ding cakes. aS souvenirs. Many bakers
made n speciality OF funeral cookery"
one baker In Philadelphia advertising
the speciality as recently as lTis.-New
York Tribune.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
Nieked Arteries.

A mick" in an artery Is sometimes
more dangerous than Its complete sew
ering. for the coats OF arteries are
formed Of muscular tissue. which con-
tracts. and a slight cut ~ once cx.
pands into round or oval hole.
through which the hemogrhage con.
tinues unless the artery be tied. When
an artery ia completely severed the cut
ends tend To turn tn mud close the
tube. In the case OF small artery
this closing sometimes needs no assist
arce. In the case Of larger artery
the surgeon ties 1t at ones aud thus
closes it for good Ths New York
Medical Journal reports two cases ar
Lincoln hospital In which hemoFrhages
broke out over and over ag8in for sew
eFaI weeks In arteries that had only
Just been nicEed and thaf were finally
beaIed by being Iied Just as II they
had been severed
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
a Que4tian Of Numbers.

Herbert Spencer did not agree with
the scientists who favored the metric
system He said it Is artificial and
unsatisfactory. ten being dlvisibie by
only two nunbers-two and five-and
fn one case the result n Gftbs. which
are practically useless 10 the everyday
life of the people The decimal system
fs similarly objectionable. he contend
ed becagse Fl has an imperfect IODrth
and more fgnpe-fe,r tsf~,f. f-,th Of
~hich are desirable IN ordinary trans
acfLofs He re2sF5gefJ twelve ~ oI.e ~
ftls most faTorabie nHfst~Ts, "a II f-
easily Gfgj<giIs fs.ty SroEsls of units
f9F popular fRte.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
A Recipe For Ghosts.

II Il generally understood that "sce
ing ghosts" Is the result OF indigestion
The following notes may he useful 10
amateurs anxlons 10 investigate psy.
clIoio=fcui piienOmena:
Lobster salad eaten after midnight
one ordinary ghost with chains.
Two Welsh rabbits and n mince pie
one mysterious gray lady emitting
gToanS
Cold roast pork. mixed pickles and
stTnag tea taken immediately before
retiring. "a genuine family sIjtcter car
ryiu2 mis- head under his aruI
y portion of cake. result nf dnugh'
tcr'S FIRST lrsSon ~ cookery school. n
trOup Of fearsOme blood siained hob
goblina with blue lights shining out Of
empty eye SDckets.-N York Jour
nal
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
Real JOY Of Farm Owning.

am not gentleman farmer. With
q great estate over which | ride once
in awhile and leave all the real work
to my underllngs, cannot think there
would be great fun in this. No. ! like
to take hold with my Portuguese man
and plant aud spray and trim and
prune. To be sure. he does more timI
his share OF the rough work. aud much
Of the year ! must be cultivntins other
kinds Of fields than those that grow
cahbaEes and turnips. but the fun OF
farming comes from being n real farm.
er while yuu ARE one. getting close 10
the soil. becoming ultimate with every
living thing. whether IL be plant or
animal: loving your tomato viues and
raspberry bushes. taking real pride
In your eggpIants aud your brussels
sprouts. whether you get prize for
them NJ the county fair or not.--Rcv
Or. FranciS f. Clark In Countryside
Magazine and Suburban Life.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
CLEANING a Watch Chain.

Gold or silver watch chains can be
cieaned with very excellent result. no
matter wbptber they be matt or pol
hhrd. by laying them for few sec.
OBlS in pure aqua ammonia. They
slIonid then be riiIscd IN alcohol and
finally shaken IN clean sawdust. free
from sand Imitation gold and plnted
chains should he cleaned IN benzine,
then rInsed In alcohol and afterward
shaken in dry sawdust.-SL Louis Re
public.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
No atn HourA There.

GgcAf - What posacEsrd you to move
away of here TO the extreme edge of
the cJtgE
Host The trolley cars stop running
At ~ T. ~
"Wlat ~ t'Jaif"
Wait till y0u see my I1rftty GauGh
tera"- New York Weekly.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08

"InGn5sev" sags> = aay making a
eofIctFiois cE the le9t e9aisgpie4s NJ md
eTn <ias9, ~has Goes tIogsE,le cro@a'
fserenZ'
Giad 10 ef5lGe qog, TIE sbaag Jon
aenfsoa - aqaderH, Bat tfs% soHrce b
cfas$IFssE
Caesar crossed sa~ Egffsenss. Then
be feertes@est f. III, f. ezsfSf; double
CROSSING tire Sak,e'
sborfty sfterward tfse s2Stin2 be-
eaB,--f< f<geV eIand fysbn DessIer
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08

Il aep where n criDinai Iiwyer hls
taEen his daughter into partnership
with hin. How do they divide the
casesT'
HE lnspa the fellow nieH. md she
the nIla denipanors" Baltimore Amer
tcan.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
Eaalak En- rloando1t.

- gUdorrfand." sgH fhr letter car
rirr. ''tlIaf some Of tiJ1sp aDCieDts did
all tlieiy writing on rV'k~ unh bricsE."
YES" re.lIed the pg0feSnOr.
"INpll. those TINES lHTc their disa6-
vnntaecA IiUt ia rt:Ijrr W letter
carrtrr NOW than ti,'n"- Washington
Rt1r
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08

As a period every spring
is devoted to house cleaning
/ in our individual households
and as the needs of cleaning
and renovating are especially
apparent in the spring in all
branches of life; and as it is
entirely fitting that special
attention te given the pro-
motion of such work.
Therefore, | designate the
week of May 1 to II as
"C1ean-up Week. and |
earnestly urge Oregonians
to set aside that week as a
time when they will devote
attention to improving the
physical appearance not only
of their own property, but
of their communities, as
such action will be benificial
not only to general health
and happiness, but by in
creasing the beauty of our
surroundings, will add ma
terially to the attractiveness
Of the State.
Dated this 18th day OF
1915.
JAMES WITHYCOMBE,
Governor Of State OF Oregon.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
III etnnneal

~can got waHh plofgsesT' aszef the
dr6td g08G2 I0ver
Whats bTatE' asked tFie surprised
maiden.
~Can IncI wa&a digbes|
,''yay. I fhNIaht f55s was prop09al
Of fuarrfa@t,T What 10 ron r1n. any.
wag~-a h1urdry or q restaurantT-
YOnkeTys Sfafe%f0ah
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08

YES" observed the cs,;y. my fhcatri-
cal venture vas II great "urccHS. J was
cast for lie beavy villain auh made a
r'emrnGoIs hit"-Si Ljuis PoHt-Dis-
pgict
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
Satiricai.

Wiilic WiIii=-- Whats "snttric9!
touch" pa? Papa WillIs--Its the fpI
low who bOrrDws money Of yon and
then kids you nbOut II whenever you
meet-I'ucl
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
The Ratort EatharIl.

II want 10 marry yoUr daughter.
love her said the SiitDr
What makes you fhiDk don'tT'
replied her dad Philadelphia Ledger.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
gkeptiesI.

Not one man In II thousand who rolls
down to the bottom OF the hill can
mike the world believe he did It for
axercise.-Atianta Constitution.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
No TriAen.

Gertip-l wish to show you that
don't stand on trifieE. Helen tglancing
at her feet'-No. dear: see you don't,
London Telegraph.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
IN Exception.

Piy-So man ever succeeded in brisI
ness who kppt wntcliing the clock
Diy-Oh. dDn'i know There's the
train dispatcher Brooklyn Eagle
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
EDITORIALS

ELI IOKIALo
:; : - - > = - > Pc
A motto on the wall is
good, but one in the daily
walk is better.
Adam was the first image
of God in creation, but be-
levers are the final image
of God in Christ,
Z. - =
Energetic prayer is educat-
i've and effective, but the ener-
gy of grace is effective only
in experience.
Russians have often been
charged with cruelty, but at
least they have done one
humane act. The first thing
they did when they had cap
tured the fortress Przemysl
was to simplify IFS name to
Permysl.
Do you seek "the great
opportunity" There is no
need to search long or far, |
since, as a certain minister
has truly said You can find
1t precisely where you are
now" In the present, not
III the future, in the little
not in the large, are we to
find and be and do our best
and our greatest.
:, Mike-Begorra, an | had
to go thru the woods the
other night where Casey was
murthered last year an that :
they say is haunted, an be- ,
dad, / walked backward the
whole way.
Pat-Yes, an what for I
wuz ye afther doing that? I
Mike-Faith, man, so that !
| could see if anything wuz :
;omin' up behint me.
What is there really worth
while in life any one, whcth-
,r high or humble can do?
rhe British Weekly answers; !
ANY. one can carry his bur r
len, however heavy, till
night fall. Any one can do r
his work however hard for i
mo day. Each one Of US
;an live sweetly, lovingly, 2
purely, till the sun goes
lown; and this is all that e
ife really means" b
The best commentator we c
have ever consulted was an }
aged, common-scnse, spirit
tally-minded farmer who .
lailv read and meditated
III the regal truths OF the !, !.
Bible. His touch brought
heavenly fire from every !.
verse and solid comfort from !, !
very page Of the Hook of t
books. 1t was an inspiration b
. hear his pointed explain {
ltion and his plain, clear b
Oh, that we all
iad a deeper insight into p
he truth!
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08
The Spray Courier.
Thursday Apr. 8 1915.

Published Every Thursday by
X. ID. PRICE Editor and Publisher
Subscription, SI.oo per year. III
advance.
Entered ~ second -cIass mat,sr April
., 1911, AZ rhe po~,-ofiicc nj spray. Oregon
under the = CT " Congress of March .. is'n.
ADVERTISING RATES
Professional Cards 70 cts. per month
Display aa0 One Gquare 500
One-iourth column $50
One. half column 400
One column 500
business locals per line first insertion
~ aenls, subsequent i cents.
Special rates for longer time.
Payable III advance IN each case.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-08

A motto on the wall is
good, but one in the daily
walk is better.
, 1915-08-14

renter of a pro. erty can forbid any o'the ofore-
named performances on his or her property;
ana IL the Same way IL case of sickness or any
other valid cause, persons can demand that any
noisy performance be withdrawn to n suitable
distance from the place in question.
ST.
Those to whom permission has been grant
ed according to s SIS and Sc, are required to
observe any rules which the Police may pre-
scribe for the maintenance of order; such per
sons are also held responsible for the perform
ances presented or exhibitions shown, that they
be not indecent or other wise punishable.
So.
At public performances or other amuse-
ments the audience must conduct themselves in
a decent and orderly manner, and not interrupt
the same ror MAJ the enjoyment of others by
noise, shouts, continuous applause, nor by any
other means.
$50.
Band practice in town after 10 P. m. is
prohibited.
Music in the streets is also prohibited
between the hours of 10 pm. and Gam; except
on special occasions, when permission from the
Policemaster must be obtained.
Ringing of church bells is, except in case
of fre-alarm, only allowed from 5 am to 8 ppm.
Between 5 m and 7 am. each church must
only cause the bells to ring three times one
minute at a time, while the ringing otherwise
may take place as frequently as is considered
necessary, not oftener, however, than twice
during an hour and not longer than 5 minutes
at Il time, except at funerals, when the ringing
may be prolonged as in each special case may
be requisite.
Christmas Eve and Old Years Eve it is,
however, allowed to ring the church bells at
the ordinary night services, and further Easter
mornil & before s am.
In cases Of extreme sickness upon certificate
of the attending physician, the Policelnaster
can require the suspension of ringing of bells
in the immediate neighbourhood of the invalid.
And the Policemaster can at times of ma
tional celebration or mourning be permitted to
suspend the aforementioned rules.
, 1915-08-14
CHAPTER XII.
RELATING TO PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
&55

RELATING TO PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES.
$55.
No one must conduct or allow any thea
trical or musical performance, concert, dance,
IL asquerade, discharge of fireworks, exhibit of
curiosities, such as menageries, carousel, shoot
IL gallery or match or the like to be conduct
ed without permission from the Police. Before
holding a tombola or similar games of chance,
permission must be obtained from the Police.
Public dances in the towns can only be
held in such places VIII re the P~olicemaster
gives permission.
Permission for masquerades on streets,
reads OF other public places will only be grant
ed on the second day after Christmas, New
Years Day, Easter Monday and Whit Monday.
All foreign artists, actors, circus riders, or
the like are required to pay a fee OF 5 % Of tie
gross revenue,-not however less than Is
Francs,-to the Colonial Treasury for each
public performance
s Sc.
When permission has been obtained for
purposes mentioned in the foregoing para
graph, it is forbidden to make such a use OF the
public streets, roads or places as may obstruct
traffic or block any entrance to houses. It is
likewise a matter Of course tha4 the owner or
, 1915-08-14
CHAPTER XI.
CoNcERNING PUBLIC TAyLRNs AND RUMsHoPs.

CONCERNING PUBLIC TAyIRNs AND RUMsHOPs.
$50.
The keeper of n Tavern or q Rumshop
shall not cause, or allow any noise or proce-
dure upon the premises which disturbs in
habitants Of the house or others in the neigh
bourhood, or which is prohibited by the Police.
$5I.
The playing of Music, Cards, Roulette, or
other games Of chance are not allowed III
taverns or rumShOps.
Keepers of taverns and rumshops are for
i'll the said business other than their respec-
tive wives and daughters.
SD.
No disorderly or indecent procedure will
be allowed III taverns or rumshops.
No noisy or violent behaviour, by which
the other guests, the keeper, his or her people
are annoyed or the inhabitants of the house
or the neighbours disturbed, will be allowed in
ST id places,
The Policemaster may require the temporary
closing of a tavern or rumshop when fighting
or other serious disturbances has taken place.
81.
In public taverns on rumshops there must
be no serving of food or drinks, nor must GUS
toners be admitted nor allowed to remain be-
yond the hours III which such places are per-
mitted to be opened according to existing regu-
lations.
This regulation, however, does not prohibit
the entertainment or serving of drinks at
private gatherings, balls, OF on similar occa-
sions.
, 1915-08-14
CHAPTER X.
Concerning TRADE IN MARKETS, ON WHARvEs,
LANDING TIERS, OR FROM BOATS.

CONCERNING Trade IN MARKETS, ON W HARYEs,
LANDING IIERs, OR FROM BOATS.
$4.
The Government in conjunction with the
Municipal Committe, shall decide what pub
lie places, wharves or piers may be used for
market trading or other trading from stand
or boat.
The sale Of fresh fish shall only be al
lowed i'll public fish markets or when taken to
residences; persons are strictly forbidden to
offer the same for sale on public streets or
places.
$40.
Persons trading on public places referred
to in : As shall regulate their business in
accordance with the directions of the Police
or other inspectors. Instructions regarding
the maintenance Of order given by the Police
must be strictly observed.
Any person, although warned, who does
not comply Will given Instructions, may be
dismissed from their place Of sale by the
Police.
Spoiled goods or other leayings must not
be thrown on the place of sale.
No one must hinder the free access to the
places of sale, nor in amy other way disturb
the trade.
No seller must take up a stand on a place
Of sale with his OF her goods earlier than half
on hour before the time fixed by the Police
for trading. At the expiration of the market
kcts and the like which have been used in the
trading must be removed from The place of
sale.
, 1915-08-14
WILL JACOBSEN.

BY virtue of Ordinance oath January 1913
S 2 it is hereby ordered:
/. The following placards and regulations are
repealed from the date the police regula-
tons OF Oath February a. c. comes into force
l. Government Placard of 17th May 1876 s
IT and Is.
2. "30th December 1883.
3. "21st Decembtr ITO.
4. 9Th September ITS.
8. The penalty clauses concerning the pro-
vision with number on houses, in Govern
ment Placard of 4th January 1777 l.
6. Frederiksted Police Placard Of 18th June
1911.
7. Christiansted " " 10th June
1919.
8. Government Placord Of 18th December 1927.
8. 18th January 1891.
10. Regulations concerning public order and
security on the roads S S 1-6 and s S
and 10.
II. Regulations concerning automobiles Of 4th
February 1898.
Furthermore all such Government Placards
and administrative rules about public order
and CLEANLINESS rs are at variance with the
said police-regulations.
II. The police-regulations of Oath February
a. c come into force on the LIST September
Government of the Danish West India Islands.
St. Croix, the 9Th July 1915.
BAUMANN,
1ctiug Vice Governor.
, 1915-08-14
Self-transnortahle Locomc
PART III.
DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS, P~UNIsHMENTs CoMprS-
sATION AND SUCH LIKE.

sArIoN AND SUCH LIKE.
SO.
Offences against present, OF special Itegu-
Iations in force, shall be prosecuted as public
Police suits, and the offenders punished lr
fines not less than 5 Francs nor exceeding
100 Francs, or with forced lahour extending to
80 days; unless any other penalty is pre-
scribed by regulations.
Children between 10 and Is years Of ace
shall be punished by a togging not exceeding
Is stripes.
In cases where the Judge considers that
circumstances call for such a settlement, and
persons concerned agree to the same in Court
to the protocol, children between 10 and Is
years of age, may be logged at home by their
parents or representatives, and if required Ivy
the Judge under the supervision of some ono
appointed by the police department.
If the case comes under tie ordinary
Penal Law, they shall be dealt with accord
ingly.
ANY offence committed by q child by or
der, request, or any prompting Of parents or
others having authority over the child, then
these offenders and not the child shall he
punished; also offences attributed to the lack
of due supervision of the child on the part of
the said persons are punishable in a similar
way.
In the event OF any one failing to perform
any of the duties required according to these
regulations, the Police may employ others to
perform them, or take the necessary steps to
prevent the neglect from occasioning injury.
The expenses resulting from such mea-
sures, as we'll as those incurred by the Police
in taking steps to prevent the commission Of
acts prohibited by these regulations, shall be
betrayed by the delinquents.
Government. St, Thomas, the oath Feb
ruary 1915.
HELWEG-LARSEN
, 1915-08-14

must also be observed by those driving auto
mobiles.
sec.
Before leaving an automobile the driver is
brake.
The Police can forbid a driver (chauffeur)
to act as such when he has shown grave neg
lieence or has been repeatedly guilty Of trans
crossing rules which are incumbent on him or
her rs driver (chautfeur).
5 G8.
Self-transpOrtable Locomohilcs must not
pass on public roads, except a man precedes
the same about 30 PAGES ahead, who shall
give assistance to those whose horses are
frightened by the SAID locomobile.
, 1915-08-14
PART II
RELATING TO AUTOMOBILES.
$50.

Automobiles lie. Vehicles which are set in
motion by attached machines) must not be ac-
companied by such noise nor foul scent as may
be Of any serious Inconvenience to traffic.