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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
LOOK! !. BARGAINS!
Property,,for sale

/. Good stock ranch. I4S5 acres, o5
acres in alfalfa with plenty.of water
for irrigating. Two good orchards
Remainder of the land..is in grain
and pasture. viii sell cheap. A
bargain for you.
Hotel i'll Spray, doing a good
steady business. Well furnished.
This property also incIudesss lots
so by 100 feet, good barn and
other improvements. .;,..is
Six Thous and acre Ranch
500 acres farming sland, 800 head
of cattle, SO head Of horses, $4,000
worth OF machinery, machinery
and stock included. Good seven
room house. water piped irtolouse.
Two good barns 50 by 100 feet
each. Buildings all painted.
Ora nary 20 py SO feet long.
Four tI'housand acres under good
fence, divided into four pastures.
all watered .bysgood springs.
An undivided. one half interest
in a 10000 acre stock ranch. :.@s
Three Improved places. Five
bands Of sleep. 100 head Of cattle,
20 headssof horses, 800 acresssalfalfa
from 500 to rlooo acres of farming
land. Plenty Of water for irriga-
ting, and onsssstfe1 pasture land for
stock. A bargain for some one
with some capitol.
OtheI property in and around
Spray. Address
INLAND EMPIRE REAL.
ESTATE. AGENCY
Spray, Oregon.
.4f..,.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03


1898 The, Dalles 3l3 List No OI417'
W NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
y S I.andiOGice The Dalles, Oregon.
April 22,19l5.
Notice is hereby given that the
Northern. Pacific Railway Company ,
whose postloflicess address is St. Paul,
Minnesota has this 2znd day Of April
l9l5filed in this Office its application
to select under the provisions Of the
act Of Congress- approved July 1885
go Stat. 5y7, 6atD. SEA SwAcsec. l,
i'ownsliPi0 South, Range "a East,
WIN. 't
Any andEall persons claiming..ad-
yersely the dsidiscribed, or desir.
ing to object because of the mineral
character of the land, or for any other
reason, to the disposal to applicant,
shouldNflesltheir afidsyits. Of protest
n..this Office, on or before the 5th day
Of June, 1915. :: ~ g
H.Frank Wondcock, Itegister.
Published in! Spraya3ourier Located
at Spray, Oregon. .s-> 5.6-G.3
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
NOTICE OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Undersigned administrative Of
the estate Of ID. NJ. Potter, deceased,
has filed her final account Of the ad.
niinistration Of the estate of said de.
cedent in the.::County Cont Of the
Stale of Oregon fotWheeler County.
and tlati said Court. has set Monday
the 7,h day Of June, 1915, at the hour
of 10 O'Clock a. NJ. of said day, as the
time, aud the County Conrt room at
the. Court House, at. Fossil, Whee.
Ter County. Oregon as the place for
hearing said final account and all
objections thereto. .All.:persons are
hereby notified to file objections to
such final accoun', or the allow ance
thereof, if any they have, OH or before
the time set for the hearing thereof.
Dated this 9th day of May, 1916.
ANNA POTTER:
49, Administrative:
WELLS..&.NYS, :,
Heppner,. Oregon.
Attorneys for Administrative.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
A Natural Deficit.

do you and much change In the old
town." asked an interested friend Of
Colonel ScilemQulck. the eminent pro
moter.
We'll. no." replied the colonel
thoughtfully. "Dut then scarcely ex.
pcct,I any. You sec. got most of
the local supply before went away"
Richmond Times. Dispatch.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
Rrinhf Suuueation.

She-Tsut II can't live on my income
and you can't live OH yours. where
would he the advantage Of our marry
Ing? He (thoughtfully)-Weli. by put
ting our Incomes together one Of us
would be sble to live. at any rate
BOSTON Transcript
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
Lcoklno Ahead,

DO you think you could learn to
love mc?" asked tho old millionaire,
Perhaps" said the girl coyly. do I
ct title to fine house M dlplo-
maj ?"-LOuisvilie Courier journal.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
Rafiantad on Her Aaa.

Amy-Why did Miss Antique dis
charge her butler? Mamic-He boast
ed thnt he had grown gray in her serv'
re. London Telegraph.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
The Spray Courier.


D.
Chas. Royse and family wer
visiting Joe Stewards up near tn
Junction.
Frank Dennison was In tn,
City Sunday.
Mrs. James Frost who has beer
quite sick for more THIN aweel
Is slowly recovering.
Martin Conrad who has beer
working on the ranch and break.
ing horses for Chas. Royse. got
pretty badly shook up a few days
ago and has been in town ever
since under the care of DR.. Tiede-
mann.
The Lecture given by Evangel-
ist II. l.. Ford. was quite enter
tanning. and the illustrated songs
were beautiful.
The Meeting that has been in
progress for more than a week
closed Monday night.
c. N. and Lavina Wagner were
In town doing some shopping Sum-
day.
Farmer" Ned Mainord and
, his wife have been visiting their
soh. Oscar. this week.
A letter received from X. c.
Potter, formally of Richmond but
now q resident Of Mooreville
Malhure County. informes us that
good crops will be harvested
there this year as they have been
having an abundance Of rain.
A very hard rain fell here last
Monday evening and did consid-
erabl damage to the roads in
many places.
James Williams of Alder Creek
was in Spray Tuesday.
We hear there is to be dance
given at James hunts place Fri
day night. ]
Mrs. S. +. Moore has been Wis
iting her daughters Mrs o. A
Stafford and Mrs. G. w. May, OF
Spray. this week.
The sad news has just reached
ais sifom Hardman. Of the death
of Mrs Walt BENEFIT of Haystack. |
Mrs. BENEFIT was called to Hard
man some time ago by the illness
Of her father and was taken sick
there. and before it could be re-
alized was so dangerously i'll
that the Doctor would not allow
her to be taken to her home.
About neon Wednesday Mr.
BENEFIT, who was at the ranch,
received word that she had passed
quietly away. She leavet a hus-
band and three children to
mourn her loss. The bereaved
family have the sympathy..of the
entire neighborhood.
Charles Nelson of Mitchell who
Emil Straube took to the Hos
pital in The Dalles. died there
last Saturday morning. He was =
brought back to Mitchell and
buried beside his wife who pre-
ceded him a little less .han a year
ago. The relatives of the deceas-
ed have our deepest sympathy in
their bereavement. In his death
Wheeler County has lost a good
citizen.
Married at the residence of
Mrs. Elmer Humphrey, sister of
the bride. in Fossil, Oregon, May
l8. 1915. Mr.. Sherman Barry and /
Miss Dorothy King, Rev. H. L. I
Ford officiating. The groom be-
longs to Richmond, this county.
but spent several years in Fossil
attending Wheeler County High =
School, and it was here that he i
first met his betrothed. who is I
one of the most brilliant scholars !,
who ever graduated from that
institution. During the past year
she was a teacher in Spray Pub
lie School. She is the second dau-
of James G. King of Fossil. The .
happy pair have gone to Rich =
mOnd to make their home on
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15
Story Of the Nervlest Doctor.

Shortly after started in practice"
relates a physician on the Kansas
side, our next door neighbor came
over to our house one evening and
asked to use the telephone. He called
downtown doctor and asked him to
come out at once. In a few minutes
he was back to ask my wife to come
over until help could reach them from
the city.
THE M. D. having arrived, neighbor
was back to request the loan Of my
case Of instruments. The other doctor,
coming without his emergency bag,
was unprepared.
Il thought this the limit, but pres
emily he made fourth trip, bringing
his small son along this time. He
kindly pointed out the fact that having
my own child to look after It would be
less bother to have them both, as they
could amuse each other.
rs there a nervier case on rec.
ord?" he challenged.
One" replied the householder.
Agents make life miserable In our
ward. but the most persistent one I
have had to deal with recently was
selling door plate which read:
Positively No Agents!'"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15

love anyone else. He could not ask
her to share his thirty-five dollars a
week, but could he dare ask her to
wait?
And Cynthia had laughed a little
and cried a little and treated him
like a big, overgrown school boy.
Somehow everybody treated Mowbray
pretty much in the same fashion.
You're too late" she said, with a
little sob and a following laugh.
"James-Mr. Snyder-asked me yes
terday,"
But that was always the 'tortoise's"
way. He was always one lap behind
the hare" So, because he had not
expected anything different, he went
away. Next day Snyder, who had
somehow guessed his secret, began
laughing at him. He told some Of
the men in the Office, and they laugh
ed at him, too. But these men were
toadies of the hare"
1t was about this time that the
tortoise" was temporarily placed in
charge Of the books of one of these
toadies and discovered something
that made him sit up all night. think
ing. In the morning he went straight
to Snyder and told him what he had
found. Snyder leaped out of his chair.
MY God, Tortoise" he yelled,
did old Davenrich put you in charge
of the books?" Then he came to his
senses.
You'd have done the same If you'd
been in my place, Tortoise" he
whined. How did you suppose was
going to keep up my style of living
on seventy-five dollars a week? Be-
sides, it wasn't really crime. for
Davenrich is going to make way for
me next year, and he owns half the
stock in the concern. Then, when I've
married Cynthia. it will be practically
my own business. won't it? What
are you going to do about ito
These defalcations," said the tor.
toise" slowly clenching his fists
for somehow he always hated to hear
the hare" pronounce Cynthia's name
amount to nine thousand dollars
and seventy-three cents"
Cut out the cents" said Snyder.
Yes. | guess that's about the fig
ure"
Il have four thousand dollars" an
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15
HARE and TORTOISE
Another Instance Where Honesty
Proved the Best Policy
and Won Out.
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

! Tortoise" Mowbray they called him
at school, in contradistinction to
Hare Snyder; and never we're two
sobriquets more fairly earned. Sny-
der was the particular bright boy Of
the class, and always at the top, while
Tortoise" Mowbray Jagged respect.
ably near the bottom of 1t. When
Hare" Snyder took advantage of the
honor code to cover his cuffs with HE.
roglyphfcs and passed his examina-
ton for college with honors, "Tor.
toise" Mowbray got in by the skin
of his teeth and kept his soul un,
sullied. -
After college it was the same:
Hare" Snyder and Tortoise" Now.
bray obtained positions In the same
corporation, Snyder through pull"
Mowbray because the straightforward,
clean-cut appearance of the young
man favorably impressed Henry Da-
venrich. the r"csitc... AnG Snyder
went up and up by means of sundry
devious and doubtful short cuts. while
Tortoise" Mowbray remained pretty
much where he had started in the
accounting Office
The hare" made money and spent it
recklessly while the tortoise" put his
aside, added to it. and lived modestly
and soberly. They were always friends
of sort. for Mowbray was patronized
by Snyder and never openly resented
it.
The test of this friendship came
when they both fell in love with the
same girl. Cynthia Lanfrey was a
niece of Davenrich and lived in
big building on Madison avenue,
where she kept house for him. At
this period the hare" and the "tor.
toise" had been working with the cor
pogation for nearly ten years. Snyder
was pretty near the top, thanks to
the "pYll" Aforementioned. and was
a constant visitor at Davenrich's
home. Mowbray was invited casually,
on some grand occasion; but Cynthia
liked him and he was invited again.
Then, one evening, Mowbray told
Cynthia his story in a plain, slow.
spoken, manly fashion. He had loved
her for long time, he said simply,
and he was quite sure he would never
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15

marriage license bureau at halfpast
twelve. Which firm are you going to
try?"
"Mumford & Curtis" answered
Frank. 81 know man in the packing
department. He'll take me on
You're sure it won't be Caber &
Roche?"
Sure. Why?"
oh. nothing. / just wanted to
know" said Muriel. And they spent
the evening figuring out what hun
dred dollars would buy. Frank Lee
left her in high glee at eleven o'clock.
On his way home he read and re-read
the newspaper paragraph dozen
times, to make sure that he had not
deceived himself.
His first act on awakening was to
read 1t again. His second was to tel
ephone to the Office, asking that his
vacation might be counted as COM
mencing from that morning. To eff
feet this was easy, for he was one Of
a large force of clerks in the big life
insurance office where he was en-
ployed, and his work could easily be
undertaken by others. Then he put
on an old suit and went down to the
big department store of Mumford G
Curtis, which stands, as everybody
knows, at Seventh avenue and Hollis
street.
He had intended to apply to his
friend, the assistant head of the pack
ing department. but on second
thoughts he decided that this might
lay him open to suspicion. So he
went, instead to the mailing depart
ment.
You want a job?" queried the
woman superintendent. What can
you do?"
I've had some clerical experience"
answered Frank. Il need a job in the
worst kind Of way" he added. I'm
willing to start in at anything so that
l can get employment here" He had
never spoken more truly.
WELL" said the superintendent, 81
believe they want some addressers
Just now Write your name on this
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15
DIAGNOSIS WRONG for Once.

TITS a dangerous thing" said the
physician. ito jump at a diagnosis be-
fore getting all you can of the pa
tents personal history. I knew q
doctor who while still young man
had attained considerable repute as
a specialist In nervous diseases. One
day a man visited him with a tale Of
woe. and after listening the physician
leaned back in his chair, joining his
finger tips with the true professional
air, and said:
What you need. my dear sir, is Q
broader vision. You have got into
rut. You ought to read more. Get
the opinions of able writer's on the
current topics Of the day. Your mind
has become stagnant. 1t has been
dulled by the petty commonplace of
your own little sphere Read the
newspapers. Get familiar with what
is on in this country-in the world.
BY the way, may l ask what is your
occupation?'
I'm an exchange editor replied
the patient with a melancholy smile"
Newark Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15
SWING OF THE PENDULUM
Wall Street Journal

A big balance of trade in favor of
this country, created largely by the
orders for war material, has had a
remarkable egect in plotting out the
memory of the timorous days of last
August and September There are
even those disposed to make. light of
the anXity which was then expressed
lest dangerous proportion of the
five billion to six billion dollars of
foreign capital invested in. this
country should be suddenly recalled.
This, however, no reason to ques-
tion the wisdom of the banks and
the Stock Exchange in taking meas
ures of self-protection at that time,
when exchange on London could be
bought only from two to ten points
above the gold exprt level and the
credit of the city of New York was
protected only by patriotic COM
bination of the banks in raising a
special fund.
The pendulum is now swinging
violently in the other direction, part
which were not in sight in August
and September, and partly by the
cessation of the uscal disbursements
by American tocrists. If the credit
balance in favor of this country has
been increased above the normal by
these causes by the sum of 100000
900 to 100000, 900, it represents
practically the maXimcm of holdings
of foreign securities abroad which it
was anticipated by conservative
bankers might be pocred oct for liQ-
cidation on the New York market
That this liquidation has been 60
ing forward on considerable scale
is the testimony of every dealer with
foreign connections in the security
and banking world. New influences,
however, have created a credit in ia
vor of this country which has not
only taken care of this liquidation.
but has prevented the acute derange-
ment of the exchanges which might
have occurred if this means of set
Element had not been found.
1t has long been a well-establish-
ed principle that the American
countries as a whole, and especially
those less advanced than the United
States, have derived the means for
their rapid development from the
fact that they were not called upon
to pay up year by year the interest
on their borrowings in Europe, but
that thin interest, and usually more.
was constantly reinvested in the
purchase OF new securities. whose
value was represented by the deliv-
cry of machinery and other products
to the borrowing countries on long
time credits.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15
Moscow Survivors.


That soldiers-once they escape the
risks Of war-are long lived is shown
by Russia's finding four or five sur
vivors Of the Moscow campaign, the
centennial Of which is now being cele-
brated.
These veterans must be 115 years
old, at least, unless small boys we're
enlisted in those days.
After the 20 years of war Of the
Napoleonic era, of the SO marshals Of
France, rs survived. OF the 10 who
were gone, only two died of disease;
three fell In battle, one was drowned.
one was assassinated, one was a sui
eide and two were executed.
The survivors reached an average
age Of 70 years, 10 of them dying as
octogenarians.
Many other generals have reached
extreme old age. Marshal de Richie
lieu was "a years old when he died in
1888. Two years before his death he
married girl of 16, who was able to
say to Napoleon III. in 1862: "Sir.
Louis XIV asked of my husband
She was then 80 years old and lived
two years longer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15

swered the tortoise" II can borrow
five thousand more. I will nav the
amount if you promise me to run
straight in future for" he clencbed
his fists again-"for Miss Lanfrev,s
sake"
You good old tortoise OF course
Will, said Snyder, clapping him
upon the back And when I'm in
Davenrich's place I'll make you as.
sistant manager"
when you are in Davenricb's n,acs
l snail look for another position, !"
said Mowbray quietly. and turned on
his heel and went back to his desk
Inc wedding was set for June. three
months ahead. The tortoise" went
no longer to the house on Madison
avenue. The whole course of HIS
orderly life was changed. After he
had paid In the nine thousand dollars
ne began looking around for another
position IN anticipation of Davenricb,.
retirement. But Davenrich retired
earlier than had been expected for
he died.
Then rumors began to spread con.
corning the financial condition of the
corporation. Inquisitive men. con.
nected with the state, began porting
nightly over the books. Then one
day they summoned Mowbray before
them.
There is an item of nine thousand
dollars paid in by you on March 2
last, according to the books" they
said. Can you explain this?"
Yes" answered the tortoise" I'M
fiinchingly. 81 stole that money to
play the races, won, and paid the
money back What are you going
to do about it?"
Where Is that nine thousand dol
lars?" asked the chief inquisitor. 1T
was entered but never deposited"
The tortoise" could not think
quickly enough to answer. So they
arrested him and closed the business.
Next day the world learned that near
ly two hundred thousand dollars had
been embezzled by q high official in
the corporation. And the tortoise"
sitting In his cell, discovered that
Snyder had taken his nine thousand
and added It to his other plunder-
ings The hare" was moving much
more swiftly than the tortoise"
fhe lock clicked and the Jail gov.
ernQr stood before him, accompanied
by the lawyers for the state.
"You want me?" asked the tor
toise" quietly,
Eyes" answered the lawyers. "As
a witness. You are free. Mowbray
blew his brains out yesterday even
Ing"
Good Lord" said the tortoise"
Then. II am really free?" he asked.
II must go-I have an important
engagement" And, finding that he
was really at liberty, he went to the
house on Madison Avenue In the !,
window was a bill announcing that it
was for SALE In the parlor sat Gym
thia.
Il camel came to say how
deeply sorry-er-" began the "tor-
toise."
Cynthia was crying, but it was not
all through grief. She knew that,
unaided. the tortoise" would never |
get to the goal. So she put her arms |
round his neck and kissed him.
Copyright. 1912, by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-15
THEIR LITTLE SCHEME
Lovers Take Time by The Fore.
lock and Earn Honeymoon
Money.
BY FRANK EIlSON.

But a whole year is an eternity
Muriel," pleaded Frank Crawford, as
ne babe good-by to his fiancee, Muriel
Lee, upon the scoop of her boarding
house. why have you SO strong an
objection to getting furniture on the
, lnstailment plan? There are several
perfectly reputable firms and it won't
be such a great drain on our in
come" &,s
Muriel was adamantine. My DEAR"
she said for the twentieth time. II
won't start married life in debt.
We've got to have two hundred dol
lars to begin to furnish our apart
ment. Now. you be patient, and l will
be. and we'll each save up a hundred
during the coming twelvemonth."
Frank went away disconsolate and
Muriel went to bed and cried herself
to sleep.
But on the next evening Frank was
back, jubilant. In his hand he held a
copy Of the evening paper.
Look, dearest" he cried, thrusting
1t before her eyes. DO you see this !?
Mumford & Curtis have promised a
hundred dollars to the first one of
their employees to get married. And
Caber G Roche, not to be outdone,
have made a similar offer. Now,
them"
But, my dear boy, you aren't an
employe OF either firm" protested
Muriel.
No, but don't you know l can ar
range to begin my vacation tomorrow
morning? And those department
nrms always want help Of some kind.
Why. tomorrow morning I can get
position at eight dollars a week as
a packer, and we'll get married at
Suppose they don't pay?"
"Of course they'll pay. Why, the
newspapers viii be ,u,l of the story
They won't dare go back on their
agreement"
But the newspapers!" said Mu-
riel. pouting,
But a hundred dollars!" said
Frank. "Muriel, darling, won't sim
gle hundred do?"
WELL" said Muriel, after an inter.
val of thought, IF you can really get
that position Tll-I'll meet you at the