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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
ITEMS
OF General Interest
About Oregon
Field Crop and Seed Growers
Conference to Be Held

Corvallis-one Of the most impor
tant meetings during Farmers Week,
January 8 to s. 1916, win be that Of
the Oregon Field Crop and Seed Grow.
ers' association. This association was
organised last year. Its object, on
the one hand, is to bring together all
Of those growers In the state who are
producing seed crops. such M clover
seed, vetch seed. alfalfa seed, potato
seed, corn. grains, etc., and. on the
other hand, to effect general organ
ixation of those farmers particularly
interested in field crop production and
allied subjects. The specialized agri-
cultural pursuits, such as that Of the
fruit grower, the dairyman. or the live
stock breeder, all have their state or
CARNATIONS. As q matter of fact, or
ganization Of these, because of the
limited number Of men concerned and
the highly specialized interests in
volved, is natural procedure. The
great mass Of farmers Of the state.
however, are not specializing in live
stock production or dairying or fruit
growing but are devoted chiefly to the
production Of field crops.
The chief agricultural wealth of the
state is produced by these crop grow
srs. It is highly important that they
'hould have an organization which will
'ring them together and promote their
interests.
1t is hoped the Field Crop and Seed
Growers association will become one |
# the largest and strongest associa-
ions in the state as the years advance. |
All farmers interested should drop
line to the secretary Of the associa-
ion at Corvallis and secure informa-
ion regarding it. The meetings of |
he association will occur on Wednes-
ay and Thursday (January s and g.
uring Farmers Week. Thursday be-
NC devoted especially to the interests
I the Potato growers. Prominent
eed and crop breeders and growers
nd seed buyers and dealers from Ore
on, Washington and California are on
be program for these meetings.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30

stalking OF Dreams" said the jolly.
faced man. "the othor night an incan.
descent bulb burst In our bod room
while l was dozing and dreaming that
I was driving my auto along a coun.
try road. On hearing the explosion |
got out. and when | woke up l was
undor tho bed tinkoring tho springs
with my wifo's manicure set."--Boston
Transcript,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Robins Visit Hood River.

Hood River = Hundreds of Alaskan
robins are now making their winter
home in the Hood River valley. The
birds, while similar to the robin that
nests here in the summer and seeks
a warmer cline further south at the
close of fall, are duller in color.
Orchardists welcome these winter
guests, for the birds clean up any fruit
left in the orchards to harbor possible
disease pests. The robins also feed on
insects and seeds of troublesome weeds.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
LIQUOR Patrons Stock Up.

Marshfeld-As January approaches
the determination Of Marshfiefd liquor
dealers to rid themselves of stock is
noticeable in countless advertisements
appearing in the local newspapers. One
firm is running half-page advertise
ments. Another firm, the National
Bottlng Works, reports heavy business
in futures" in barrels of bottled beer
and general sales in bonded goods. Dis
trict Attorney Liljeqvist has announced
he will be looking about January / for
infractions of the liquor law and ex-
poets to prosecute vigorously.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Qualified.

"Mr. Redlnk." said the boss. severe.
ly. you got off yesterday afternoon
under the plea OF being sick. saw
you afterward going to the races. and
you didn't appear to be at all sick"
Mr.. Redink was fully equal to the
occasion. "You ought TO have seen
me after the second race, sir" he
said.-Puck.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Misunderstood,

"You will understand" said the
elocution teacher, that when | wave
my hands In the air and move my lips
without being heard. am giving a
picture of profound mental anguish" :"
''I'm glad to know that" answered
the pupil. Il thought you were giving
an imitation OF traffic policeman"
Washington Star.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Lost. Not Gone Before.

An elderly gentleman was observed
acting rather nervously in u depart
ment store and the floorwalker ap'
preached him.
Anything can do for your"
II have lost my wife"
"Ah, yes. mourning goods two
flights up" responded the floorwalker.
Boston Transcript.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Big War Melon La Gut

Cleveland, Ohio = Directors of the
Grasselli Chemical company Wednes-
day cut a war melon by declaring an
extra cash dividend of per cent and a
special stock dividend Of 10 per cent,
in addition to the quarterly dividends
of per cent on both common and pre-
ferred stocks.
The combined dividends on both COM
mon and preferred shares, including
the special dividends, have a cash val
ne Of approximately $8, 000, 900.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
The Gail Of the Links.

Jock. mon, III 10 ye q round on
the links 4 the mornln'."
"The mornin'f" echoed Jock. du.
biously.
"Ay mon, the morning, I'll 60 ye
round n ye like"
"Ay, weeli" said Jock. "I'll 20 yo.
But had intended to get marrit 4
the mornin'. n'."--Boston Transcript,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Was She Motherless7

I'VE have Just learned that Adam
was the first man. said the Sunday
School teacher to the infant class.
Now II Adam was the first man. can
you tell me who was the first woman 2"
And the little chap at the end OF
the row declared confidently:
"His neutrality-suspicious. Rec.
ord.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30

the next week.
Just what authority has been given
Baron Zwiedinek by his government
has not been made known II was re-
called here that relations between the
United States and Germany were seri-
ously strained when the German Am
bassador took virtually free hand to
conduct the negotiations, which pre-
vented the situation from becoming
more serious than it at one time was.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Worse Trouble Avertcd.

"Thoy fight like cats and dogs"
Then you don't think Il was u for.
tunate marriage7"
"Oh, yes, In q way, II they hadn't
married each other, each might have
married someone else, and made four
people unhappy instead OF two. o."---Bos.
ton Transcript,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Gotham Can Now Eat Horseflesh.

New York - Sale of horse meat for
food will be permitted in New York
after January /, the board of health
announces. Commenting on the rev.
ocation of the section of the sanitary
code which prohibited the use Of horse
meat, Mr.. Emerson said that, while
the Health department does not exactly
recommend it, no harm can be seen in
its use. "The horse never has tuber-
culosis, and almost never commune
Gates malignant disease to human
beings" he said. Hereafter old
horses will be fattened for meat"
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
They surely Do Il.

II don't see why everybody Ia 30
down on the war censors. Aren't they
merely performing consistent duty2"
How so?"
well. what good is censor unless
he ineenses the people?"-Baltimore
American.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30

Have Healthy, Strong. beautiful Eyes
ocuiists aud Physicians used Murine Eye
Remedy many years before II was offered as
Domestic Eye Medicine. Murine 10 SIN Com.
pounded by Our Physicians and guaranteed
by them as q Reliable Relief for Eyes that Need
Care. Try it In your Eyes and In Haby's Eyes
No Smartipg-Just Eye Comfort Buy Murine
Of your Druggist accept no Substitute, and II
interested write for Book OF tho Eye Free.
MURINE EYE REMEDY CO., CHICAGO
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MakIna Coin FLY.

"'T suppose you get some good busi-
ness from the 400?"
"Oh. yes" said the New York mer-
chant. But the dizzy spenders are
the ones who are trying to break into
the 400. Courier.J Journal.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
On Its Heels.

First Father-What! Your son is
an undertaken? Why, I thought you
said he was a doctor.
Second Paternal Relatlve-"No. I
said he followed the medical profession.
Harvard Lampoon.
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Misunderstood.

You will understand" said the elo-
cution teacher. that when | wave my
hands In the air and move my lips
without being heard, am giving d
picture OF profound mental anguish"
I'm glad 10 know that" answered
the pupil. u thought you were giving
an imitation OF a traffic policeman"
Washington Star.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
One Of the Waya.

She--An agent was around today
with a machine for aerating bread
without the use of baking powder, and
l bought one.
He--Well. Of all the ways of blow.
Ing ones dough!-Boston Transcript.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Increased consumptlon.

"Why do you insist that people are
not like they were in your YOUTH"
when was young" replied Mr..
Dustin Stax, II burned the midnight
oil. My boys burn gasoline "a hours
in the day:"-Washington Star.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Let William % n.

THAT son of yours is a likely lad.
Sam. Why don't you let him join In
and help us TO end the war;"
What! my boy, Bill? Nav. nav.
What | say is that there kayser. o
started the war. let I'm finish IL 10.
self"
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Just So.

It may be that there Is no such
thing as luck. Still, II is sometimes
difficult to understand why one side
Of street should be SO much buster
than the other.-Loulsville Courier
Journal.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
The Aufocrat.

My father is captain in the army"
said the little boy in blue, "and what
ever he says the men have to do IT,"
That's nothin!" retorted the boy in
the red sweater. my old mans a
janitor."
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Her Preference.

Sunday School Teacher-You must
grow up to be good. Don't you want
to be looked UP to?
Little Emma Wayup-No; I'd rather
be looked around at.-Judge.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Cool.

Say. old man, viii you lend Bur.
rows a five dollar bili?'
rs he really In need OF it7"
Rather. He wants TO pay mo with
it."--Boston Transcript.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30

Practical Lessons In Hypnotism 2s5 Page Book.
Contains full instructions for development and
practice OF Hypnotlsm Truth OF this wonderful
Science. Si.50, Puraek Publishing Co.. a2s Cham.
ber Commoree, Portland. Oregon.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Reverse Influence.

$50 you voted for prohibition
Sure" replied Uncle Bill Bottletop.
For years every ticket voted for has
been defeated SO ] didn't take any
chances. Washington Star.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30

DO you believe In teiepathy7"
II shouldn't like 10 sec II carried TO
an extreme" replied Miss Cayenne.
III everybody could ascertain what
everybody else Is thinking about, 30
few of us would be ON speaking
termst"- Washington Star.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Wheat Outlet Closed.

The embargo on wheat shipments to
Atlantic seaboard terminals is now
practically complete, and as the larger
part of the buying of late has been for
shipment of that character, the result
is material subsistence Of activity in
the Northwest. Export operations
have not entirely ceased, however, and
it is said there is little buying against
the possibility that the embargo will
not be Of long duration. There is also
some trade for Eastern milling account,
but, on the whole, business passing in
the country is Of much smaller volume.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30

The very Latest Chart and Instructions In Palm
Reading ioc. Purack Puhllahng Co.. a2S Cham
bcr Commerce. Portland. Oregon.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
Klamath Falls Packing Plant Starts.

klamath Falls, Or.-Klamath Falls
has a meat packing plant that began
operation this week. The plant is an
extension of the operations of the
klamath Packing company, of this
city, and, in addition to supplying
klamath Falls markets, 1t will ship to
California points. An expert packer
is in charge.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
TABLEAUX ON PEACE
TO BE SHOWN TONIGHT
Protest Will Be Made Against Wal
Before Public at Foot of Wash
ineton Monument.

As protest to the people of Wash
ington against war. Mrs. Christian
Dominique Hemmick will present her
tableaux on War and Peace" at the
foot of the Washington Monument at
s o'clock tonight. The affair will be
under auspices OF the Washington
branch of the Woman's Peace Party.
and will be one of the leading holiday
attractions.
An address on the subject of the
tableauN will be delivered by Miss
Janet Richards as the opening of the
program. A number of poems on peace
also will be recited.
those who will take part in the
tableauN are -irs. Maude Howell-Smith,
Mrs. Adams. Mrs. Forest. Mrs. Cham
berlaine. Mrs. Heitmuller, Mrs. Jester.
Mrs. Dunlop, Misses Judith Ives. Ma
tide Albaugh. Candace Howard. Lucy
Howard. Elizabeth Hitchcock, Meta
Evans. Nellie c. Howard, Hazel Mac
kaye. Lena Hitchcock. N. Ives. Eliza
beth Howery. the Misses Chamberlain.
Harding. and Miller.
Mrs. Hemmick will be assisted in the
production by J. Wilder Tomlinson,
John Neiligh. Morven Thompson. Mere
dith O'Neil. Mortimer Clark. John
Neiligh. Walter White. Julian Read.
Louis B. Thompson. Milton Bryan. Jack
Donohue. Hammer Vetter. Felipe de
Berriz, Norris, Robert Elmore. and
Stanley Olmsted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
TAX COLLECTOR REFUSES
GAS COMPANY'S $74,0S7
Ben L. Prince Says Amount Due Dis
trict Is $I09.80l-Proceedings
Nav Re Started

District Tax Collector Ben L. Prince
Saturday refused to accept Si.05S. 13
taken to his office in satchel by Raw
Inns Hume. assistant treasurer of the
Washington Gas Light Company. The
money was rendered as the company's in.
come tax. According to Collector Prince
the amount should have been $l09 SO1. "a.
Saturday was the last day the tar
collection office was open to receive taxes
before the LIST of June, after which de.
linquent property owners must pay q
per atty Of / per cent. The gas ligh,
company was given. a specified time in
which to turn over the full $lo9 sol. 81
which Collector Prince declares to be its
Indebtedness to the District.
The difference OF several thousands be-
tweer the sum demanded and the amount
rendered is the tax on raw materials for
the making Of gas, which President Rec
side says should be deducted. The Dis
trict will appeal from Justice Gould
decision.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
ALEXANDRIA Children
PAY HONOR TO virgin
Memorial Day Exercises Today Will
Be Held in National Cemetery.
Business to Cease.

| Alexandria. Va. May 30.-Two hun
dred girls, all dressed in white and
carving flowers, this afternoon took
part in the annual procession of the
Sodality Of the Children Of Mary at 81
Mary's Catholic Church. The process
i sion. headed by the Holy Name Band.
| formed at St Mary's Academy and
marched in a body to- the church. which
was packed to its capacity.
Thirty-f1ve new members were re-
ceived into the organization and the
act of conservation was read by Miss
Margaret whitestone. of Culpeper. Miss
Ella Hill. president of the society.
crowned the May Queen. The exercises
were concluded with benediction Of the
Blessed Sacrament by Rev. II. ]. Cutter
pastor.
In the procession the banner bearer
was Joseph Lash with the following
little attendants: Edward German.
Paul Delaney. ]. Sampson. and Leo KEEL
| ley. Behind came Mary E. Aitcheson.
crown bearer. who was accompanied
by Miss Ella Hill and sixteen atten-
dants as follows: Misses A. and H.
Cook. L. Robinson. Virginia Fannon.
Eunice De Silva. Mary Ewald. Lena
Moore. Ellen Patterson. Mary Quinn.
Mary Caravan, Ethel Adams. Eleanor
Nugent. Elizabeth Hart. Virginia Dow
ney. Pearl Harrington. and Dorothy
knight. Then came over members OF
the sodality.
The second section Of the procession
was led by Kitty Chilly. accompanied
by these four little attendants: Regina
German. Mary Quinn. Mary Torbert.
and Cornclia Nugent.
Memorial Day will be observed here by
a general suspension of business. Banks,
city and government offices and schools
will be closed all day Most of the stores
will remain open until the noon hour.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather
large numbers of people who had planned
to spend Sunday and Monday out Of the
city have decided to remain at home.
Memorial Day exercises will be held
at o'clock Monday afternoon at the
National Cemetery. Hundreds of graves
will be decorated tomorrow, the rain pre-
venting many who had planned to do SO
today.
Members of Post F, Travellers Protec-
tive Association. tonight attended annual
services at the Second Presbyterian
Church. at which time a sermon was
preached by Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison.
pastor. solo was sung by Miss Lillian
G. Allison.
A number of Alexandrians. among them
many Commemorate NetefdHs' Will ieaNo
tomorrow for Richmond to attend the an
nual Confederate reunion which opens to-
morrow in that city.
J. Y. williams. national chairman of
the legislative committee of the Trav-
elers' Protective Association; ]. William
MAY and Robert l.. Payne. delegates
from Post F. of this city. will leave
June II for Omaha. Nebr.. to attend the
national convention of that organization
which will be held June 14-1s. A. d.
Brockett and Hunt Russell are the alter
mates.
Bishop Coadjutor Brown confirmed a
class at Grace T. E. Church this morn
ing. Rev. Nelson p. Dame preached
this morning at St. Paul's p. f. Church.
A meeting in the interest Of the Saliva
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
INVENTOR MORSE'S KIN
IS ARTIST In PRISON
Granddaughter Whites Away Time in
Cell by Making
Pictures.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. May CA year age
last October in the little town of TyndaIl
merchant of the place had a misunder-
standing with the stranger who had come
to town several months before and mar
ried the widow who runs the hotel
The two men spoke hot words and
soon. they clinched. There was a muf-
fled report of pistol and the merchant
sprang back with his hand pressed to
his side. The bullet had just grazed
his ribs.
The other man said in court that he
had not intended to injure his opponent.
He said he pulled the gun to scare the
other man into retracting an insulting
epithet and that the merchant then seized
him and In the struggle the gun was
discharged.
1t was the judges opinion that the
in the penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
That is how F. H. Morse, granddaughter
of the inventor of the telegraph. q gray
haired, kindly faced man of refined and
unusually mild demeanor. happens to be
In the big stone building up on the hill.
How he happens to be a portrait painter
Of rare ability is another story. To q re-
porter who visited the artist in the prison
library, wEscn has been converted into a
studio, Mr. Morse told how Gen. George
C. Bingham. who taught him the rudi-
ments of painting when the artist was q
boy back in Missouri. aroused the spark
of ambition. Later he attended the ST.
Louis School Of Art. the Chase School in
New York and finished in the art .centers
of Europe.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31

one of the great Eateways of the world.
Practically all of the great ports of
BRUSH India, with the exception of Cal
cutta. are infected with plague.
Directly or indirectly our country is
In commercial communication with all OF
the infected placc which have been
mentioned. and it must be admitted that.
IN view of the fact that plague is "a
disease of rodents which travel around
the world in ships. the United States
must consider itself as seriously menaced
by bubonic plague. =
Disease of Rodents.
Under normal conditions plague is
an epfzootic disease of rodents Occa-
sionally. as favorable conditions arise
IL becomes an epidemic disease. Among
rodents 1t may be either acute or chronic
The former condition produces a rapid
local spread Of the epizootic. The latter
condition perpetuates 1t locally and per-
mits its distribution to distant ports.
Since the disease is capable of such
perpetuation and since it is found in
almost all of the great poets of the world.
there IL no reason to believe that 1t does
not exist in the remaining ports. and
that our lack OF knowledge as to its ex-
istence in those ports from which 1t has
not been reported means that the search
for the disease has either been neglected
or has been made, half-heartedly. This
applies to the United States as well as to
other countries. Careful rodent surveys
have been conducted in only three of
the ports Of this country and In all three
Of these the disease has been found to
exist 1t Is not at all unlikely that
thorough search would demonstrate the
presence Of the disease in the other
American seaports having large foreign
s-as- -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
PLAGUE MENACES ENTIRE
u. S. COAST, SAYS FUCKER
Atlantic Shore Threatened by Importation of Buonc from European
African Asiatic and South American Ports

According Or. w. c. Rucker. AS
States Public Health Service. practi-
cally the entire coast line of the United
States is seriously menaced" with an
inve sion of bubonic plague. DR.. Rucker
is one of the foremost authorities on
the subject in this country. 1t Is large
ly due to his efforts THAT California is
practically free of this dread disease.
His labors in the eradication of the
plague from New Orleans are so recent
as still to be familiar to the public.
DIR. Rucker set forth the details of
present plague conditions in a paper on
''Plague-Its Geographic Distribution
and Its Menace to the United States"
which he read before the State Medical
Association OF Texas at Fort Worth.
Tex.
Plague Follows Main Roads.
"Bubonic plague follows the main
Travelled roads. spreading out along the
less beaten paths to the remote ends
OF the earth." he said. Fortunately,
its spread from one country to another
occurs more frequently by water than
by land. .-. -
The entire Gulf Coast of our coun-
try Is menaced by plague in Havana
7Ss miles from Galveston. sol miles
from New Orleans. 324 miles from Tam
pa, and 90 miles from Key West. The
disease was found among rats in New
Orleans no longer ago than March 3.
1915.
THE Atlantic Coast of the United
States Is threatened with. the importation
of plague not only from tho eastern
coast Of South America, but from Euro
pean. African and Asiatic ports as well.
Less than 5000 miles from New York.
plague Is found in Brazil. at Pernambuco
Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. In the Medi.
terraneen littoral plague 10 found In
Tripoli. Greece. Egypt. and at Port Said.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
$3.50 PER INCH FOR LEG.
This Price Fixed by Injured Train
man in Suit.

Easton. Pa, May 3o-"For two inches
of the left leg at $3.50 per inch. s16,7cO 4"
Is the bill that Earl Parsons. Of Mount
Bethel. is trying to collect from the L.
high and New England Railroad in a suit
for damages just brought. Employed on
the road as a trainman, he asserts that
he was instructed by the yardma ster at
Penn Argyll. who told him that the track
was clear, to take a train to a crossover
one night last year.
His train crashed into some empty
cars and he was. caught between two of
them. When he left the hospital. fouS
months later. one leg was two inches
shorter than the other.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-31
WAR REDUCING CRIMINALS.
Kings Counselor Tells Grand Jur,
of Changed Conditions.

London. May 3o-Kine's Counselor wal
lace in charging a grand jury here yester-
day declared there Is a wonderful feel
ing OF the nations responsibilities to Be
noticed among the criminal classes.
The calendar Is the lightest on record
with only one-fourth Of the prisoners
charged four years ago. Other causes
for the decrease. he said, arc moro en-
lightened methods Of dealing with Of
tenders and the reduction Of drinking
hours