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ThrowInu Dirty Water.

An English legal periodical recently
published m inquiry sent I" 1t hy Ii
lawyer as to the origin of n queer br-
lief encountered by hill-tlnt It IN no
offenSe to throw water un IL person
provided the water he dirty. y client
of his. summoned for assault. had Nv
sured him that he hud n sufficient de
Tense. because he had taken the pre-
caution OF putting handful OF dirt In
the water before throwing IT. Another
correspondent suggested as tho sulu.
tion the ancient practice. before the
days OF drains and sewers. OF throw
ing waste water intU the street When
this practice wHS prevalent doubtless
the fact that the water WAS dirty IN
stead OF clean was n circumstance
10 show that the wetting OF
the unfortunate paSSerhy was mis-
adventure rather than by design.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

ENElurlVE NhrANrMENr

ENElurlVE nkrAErMESr
President, Woodrow WILSON, OF New
Jersey; Vice President, Thomas Mat
shall, OF Indiana; Secretary ot state
William Jennings By an, of Nehrds
Ea; Secretary of reoasury, William
q. McAdQo, of New York; Secretary
of War Iindley Nj, Garusou,o New
JctScN; Attorney General, Mi
Gregory, Of Tennessee; Postmaster
Geuelal, Albeit ). Butleson, OF feNas
Secretary OF Navy, Josephus pamvis,
OF North Caroliua, Secretary OF lntc.
nor Franklin X. Lane. OF California;
Secretary OF Agriculture, David a
Huston, OF Missouri Secretary OF
Commerce, William {. Redheld, OF
New YORK; Secretary OF Labor, vii.
liam b Wilson, Of Pennsylvania,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09

placed to the credit of Road Dis
trict No. l, to be used on the
grade at upper Butte Creek.
One hundred dollars was placed
to the crdit of Road Dist. No, 3,
Two hundred dollars was placed
to the credit of Road Dist. No, II,
to be used on the Foster Hill.
The treasurer was instructed
to turn the money in his hands
belonging to the County Fair
Fund to Steiwer & Carpenter
Bank subject to the check of the
Secretary of the Fair Board.
Two hundred dollars was
placed to the credit of Butte
Creek North Fork road to be
used under supervision of Robt.
Neal.
Judges and Clerks of the Recall
Election was allowed So, 90 each
for services.
Jurors and Witnesses for July
18th 1915, were allowed per
diem and mileage.
Other claims were allowed to
the amount of 81, 267.59.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE.
Iii the Circuit Court Ui the State OF
fOiesou for the County Of Wheeler.
Aurie NJ. Draper. Plaintiff, vs. Jcs.
sic NJ. Cox and Hugh L. Cox, her
husband, Defendants.
Notice OF Sale On Execution In
Foreclosure.
By virtue Of execution on a judg.
inent, decree and order Of sale issued
out of the above entitled court. III the
above entitled cause. aud to ne d-
rected, on the 23rd day of July, 1875.
/ upon Judgment rendered and enter.
ed in said Court on the 18th dav OF
June, 1915, in favor Of Aufie NJ. ORA.
per, plaintiff, and against Jessie NJ
/ Cox, and Hugh f. Cox, her husband,
I defendants, for the sum of Five liun-
dred Dollars (S50)0U) with interest
thereon from the Isl day of November
1913, at the rate Of light pr cent pcr
annum until paid. and the sum Of
fifiy.one and - 100 dollars (fj!.92)
taxes paid by plaintiff, with interest
az 8 per cent per annum from Oct. 23,
1911. until paid, and the further SWIM
toi fifty dollars $500 attorneys fee,
and the further sum Of Sixteen and
50 100 dollals @lG95) costs and dis
.burseHents, and the costs Of AID up-
on this wit, commanding lie to make
sale of the following described real
property, to.wit; All Of Lots Six 81
and Seven " and the East Half oi
the Southwest quarter Of Section
Six (G), in Township Eleven GI
South Of Range twenty five (25l East
Of Willamette Meridian, containing
oEc hundred sixty-two and 9J 100
acres (lG2 9j) and situated inWheeler (
County, Oregon.
Now therefore bv virtue of said ex-
ecnion, judgment, order, decree aud
o,drr ri sale, an@ IN compliance with .
the commands of -aid writ, will on .
Tuesday, the 2Sh day Of September.
1918, at one o'clock =. NJ. al lhc front
door of the County Court II1use in
fossil, Wheeler County. Oregon, sell
at public auction Subject TO redemp-
tIOD TO the highest bidder lnr cash
in hand, al the right. title and in
tercst which the within named de
fendants, or either Of them had on tie
18th day of Sep e,nber, 1910, II date
Of the said mortgage herein ior~clos-
ed, or since that date have acquired,
u or to the above described property
Or any part thereof, to satisfy said ex
Judgment. order aud decree,
inteies', costs and accruing costs.
Given under M hand and dated
his 3rd day of Angus, ai5.' ,,
OSCAR KET3AY.
Sheriff of Wheeler County, Oregon.
5'irst'is August .G, 1915
.ast iasue September %, 1915.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
or the ensuing year.
SWINE INTERESTS
A Point In Unloosine the Money Tied
Up In "Cattle" Hogs.

Up In Cattle" Hogs.
During the winter months, and, I'm
fact. during whichever months cattle
feeders confne their fattenng cattle
TO dry lots, many hogs are fattened
upon the undigested grain which ap-
pears in the droppings from the cattle
Since corn Is the chief grain used
FOR fattening cattle. 1t follows that the
hogs which depend solely upon the
undi-ested grain IN the steers drop
pings must be confined to ration
made up almost exclusively of corn.
The Ohio experiment station has
been endeavoring to determine wheth.
er or not the prevailing practice can be
Improved by supplying q feed compar-
ntively rich in protein and ash to hogs
that follow fattening cattle. The re-
suits OF It's work are striking It
Eecns certain from tie tests that
the gains made by tankage fed hogs
are cae2?er a5 well as larger. Com
pairing cases alone with corn and SUP.
Elementary feeds rich in protein and
ash. II is found that the hogs fed COTE
alone consumed lees feed, made much
loycr gains and required a greater
number of pounds of food to produce
one pound gain than did the hogs
which received the supplementary feed
with the corn.
The gains made by hogs fed tankage
were more than oIe-half greater than
the gaing made By the hogs that de-
pended entirely upon the droppinga
from the stecrs. a decided increase
from TIE Tee Of supplementary feed
etch IN protein and ash.
4 dcci.ol advantage in feeding tank.
age Is that fewer hogs would lie requir
cd TO consume The Groppin9s from a
given nurib Der Of cattle and to produce
a giron amount OF gain, and they would .
lie ready for market much quicker,
thus reducing tie amount of money
tied up in hogs and permitting more
freqrfnt turning Of the money.
HanGy Hog Hurdle.
The hurdle GhoWn in the diagram is
re-y useful in catching Eogs or driving
them short distances. 1t is made Of
two and Il half inch stu1 eight feet
long aid the strips three inches apart,
making the sections thirty inches high.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09

Attorney; Joseph X. Starr Judge;
Henry d. Keyes. Commissioners; NJ.
Dukek and Il. l.. Wright Clerk !;
Scott Sasser. Treasurer; A. B. Lamb.
School Superintendent; ; Henry J Sim
mons. Sheriff; Oscar kelsay Asses.
sor: Peter Hartman. Surveyor; II. +,
G. Heidtman.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
Bridal ChamLcr Silver,

Few plnceS of equal extent IN mother
earth ever produced Hs much wealth
in ore as tile fnmuI.S bridal cilailIlIer
in the Lake Valley silver mines III
southern New MrXic" 1t yielded over
E3NDORI. The silver ore being found
twenty feet underground md WIS tax,
en- from space no larger thnn good
sized room One pierre of ore weighed
1.N0 pounds and returEel 'meiier
values OF over $E2WO In another
nearby shaft fifty feet in depth SIG.
900 worth nf ere OF the same ch1rac.
ter WAS hoisted with Il hand windlass
In eight hours. .trynnHut
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09

'I'a. Jimmy Green. the tonghesr
fighter III our gang. has reformed lie
s;iJ's It's WRONG to fight
''l}o You believe him!'
II wu;!ld but for one thing"
whats tliIt?''
''He never talked that WAY until he
broke his arm. Detroit Free Press.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
Firss to Se-iks Oil.

The first man To strike oil IN the
United !ta.e' u:ls r.. l.. Drake. II con
durlor on the New Haven railroad.
T,n,,l0yed nj Oil Greek. Pa. TO drill n
well for oil. he accomplished his task
on Aug -. 1859. aud his well Went
down into history as the first ever
drilled for oil In this country.-Ntw
York Americaiis
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
A DeNotee.

She had a vast amount of money,
but it had come to her quite recently.
One day an acquaintance asked her If
she were fond of art
Fond of art she exclaimed well.
| should say | vas If | am ever in Il
rity whore there's an artery never
fli! to Visit il "-I.pH;Il.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
Their Five Rcaveno.

According TO the Pto!efnaic system OF
astronomy. there were five heavens. or
tirlnaments. the last Of which was the
seat Of the pure elemental fire. and
the seat of deity This fifth or highest
the Greek "en-flIi.'' which means ill
fire.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
EDITORIALS
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Washington D. &c, Aug 81.
The. Democratic Congress is re-
sponcible for a heavy loss, both OF
money and efficiency, in the work
of the office of public roads.
Three important phases of
good road development practic-
ally had to be abandoned for a
year because the Democrats
failed to pass before the close of
the fiscal year Of 1918, the Agri-
cultural Appropriation bill, which
provides money for good roads.
The first loss fell upon the ex-
perimental road work. A por-
ton of each years appropriation
is devoted to experimental road
building in and near Washington,
in order to make scientific tests
and discover improved methods
in road construction. Tie off
cials could not carry out these
tests properly. The delay in Sc
curing their appropriations caused
the estimated loss of about one
tenth of the fund, with an even
greater loss in efficiency because
many of the experiments could
not be made at all.
The second loss occurred be-
cause officials were unable to con-
tract for new work until the
money was actually appropriated.
It is a maxim in good road build
ing that all work undertaken
must be completed in the sum
mer. Congress failed to appro-
priata the money until nearly the
middle Of August. Before bids
could be secured and contracts
let. fall was approaching and the
roads would not be completed.
Machinery either had to be
moved to warmer localities or re-
main idle, all Of which entered
in to the amount of the bids.
The new roads cost more and
their construction was delayed
for the entire season.
The third loss occurred in cor
nection with furnishing govern
ment road engineers to local
communities to give advice in To-
cal road building. Scores Of
these experts were in Washing
ton at the time, ready to start
ror local points IS soon as Con-
gre55 pasja | 5le bill. IN ere was
lothing they could do here, ana
no money to send them to the
field.
When the appropriation bil.
was finally passed, it was too
ato FOR many of them to report
o tie local communities to VI hich
hey had been assigned. Their
was destroyed and
heir salaries and expenses were
total loss during the weeks
heyewere delayed by the irac
ion Of tae Democratic Cong IS
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09

II is nc small ,-ommcnduticn TO Elal
ai.p Il li:tie well. IIn l.; Il ;;Cod waS.
oncr that c?in turn IL IL little roon.-
:";.aUp Tai
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
Pear FriendS.

When one loses ones reputation It IL
p.vpr I.rraS;Iry' to advertise. it in the
want "olulanS Ones friends VIII nd
Trftise it for ore AZ widely ~ possible.
Florida Times Union
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
Seeking the Lost.

"What is the poet gabbling abontT'
Ills lost Lenure."
He'd better put an ad iii the lost
column. BY the way. what Is II len
Ore:"-St Louis Globe Democrat
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
WINLOCK WIRES.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Cribs of
Burns are visiting at the home of
Peter Hartman.
The Bruce Comedy Co. presented
a show at the Winlock Hall Satur-
day night.
Peter Hartman, County Assessor,
is i'll Fossil for few days on busi-
ness connected with his Office.
The Winlock Public School
opened Monday, Sept. 6, with
visit from many of the parents and
an enrolment of IS pupils in the
advanced department and IS pupils
in the primary. R. L. Greene and
Miss Winnie Prophet are the teach
arc for tho ar,c,,;pu vaar
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09

CoInty Cur convened We J.
neslay. Sa3t. |, 1915, and al
joarnaI Thursday with Cou t.
Judge Henry D. KeYe3 and Com
mi5sioaef, Duck all W.';g,l5 in
attend lnce,
TIE p>;jtiol o. :. ;. Zachary
and Others f)ran.v school dis
tr;ct was coatinlel fo~ the term,
Q.la ..;9us271 de'lar5 was
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09

''i,n yOn hpiiPvP in being perfectly
fIunE with your fripndS?''
"Dnly with those that are smaller
.hnn an "-TIoGStun Post.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
HOO HURDLE DIAGRAM.

Two sections of this size are hinged
together. The hurdle is arranged with
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-09
ADVERTISING RATES

Professional Cards 75 cts. per month
Display ads One square 1910
one.tourth column 90
- One half column 400
q" One column 500
Business locals per line first insertion
lu cents, subsequent 5'cents.
Special rates Tor longer time.
Payable in advance IN each case.
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Entered as second class matter Aprh
8, lyll, d, he post-otiiee ut spray oregon
under the CT Of Congress OF March S 1879,
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COUNTY COURT
PROCEEDING.
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Subscription, Sr.oo per year in
advance.
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The Spray Courier.
Thursday Sept. 9. 1918.

Published Every Thursday by
X. d. PRICE Editor and Publisher
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

There is no language so beautiful as
our own English tongue, when 1t Is
spoken beautifully. 1t is a wonderful
possession; but like many other things
which we have always had, we under
estimate it and abuse 1t until 1t Is de-
preciated. One of the chief ways in
which we mistreat our language Is in
0~ver.accenting our words. Foreigners
are always quick to notice this. They
find it hard to understand US because
we bring out the one syllable that Is
accented and slur all the others. AS
they say, we bang out" the accent,
but care nothing about the rest of the
word. BY this fault, of which near
~ all Americans are guilty, the Ian
guage Is robbed of its harmonious
nOw, as well as Of intelligibility. 1t
is always noticeable that persons Of
most culture speak most distinctly,
and this is a mark of breeding that
everyone can try for. To speak clear
ly. giving each word its correct value.
indicates a certain amount OF knowl-
edge, while the opposite way Of
speech Is often an index of slovenly
habits of thought, If not illiteracy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

Rain drops are almost always
charged with electricity. The charge
Is often positive, rarely negative. Many
observers have measured the charge
approximately, and made it from O.000,-
boo, 900, 900, 000,01 to 0.000, 900, 100000
Dol amper per square centtmeter.
Prof. F. Herath of kiel describes in
ths Revue Electrique the experiments
by which he has measured them. He
Received the rain on a fine metallic
cloth Is meters square, insulated and
attached to a galvanometer in a cellar.
|The galvanometer registered photo
graphically. Among the facts he
6roves are these: Rains with a con
btantly positive charge are much more
Frequent than those that change to a
negative. The passage from a posi-
five to a negative charge corresponds
10 a m%ofnentary cessation of the show
Eer. The quantity of positive cleo
tricity brought by the rain is Is times
greater than that Of the negative. The
Ipositive current in a steady rainfall
hre 00OO, 900, 900, OOO,1 ampheres per
Ssquare centimeter. The negative cur
rents never exceed 5000, 900, 900, 000,'
BIOL amperes per square centimeter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

Wrestling Is the most scientific and
strenuous of indoor sports. Ours is
an age when skill and supreme effort
are valued as seldom before. Yet
wrestling sinks lower in public favor
year by year. Why? The answer is
clear to all who will read the re-
port Of a recent match. "Grunt with
pain" Much Distress "A punish
ing body lock" Great agony
''Writhed in agony" These are some
of the expressions s%prinkled down
the page, and they do not seem too
strong. The first fall was not proper
ly a fall at all, one of the contestants
had secured a hold causing such
frightful pain that the other had to
yield. In the second bout, the victor
made another attack on his oppOn-
ent's sore leg and kept twisting it un'
til the weaker man went down. The
time consumed in these gentle opera
tons was So minutes for the first
fall" and 30 minutes for the sec
ond. An hour and a half of watch
ing men torture each other. Small
wonder the crowd Kissed and
"boohed." Wrestling will win no great
! favor from q modern community until
It becomes a little more lively and 3
rood deal less brutal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19
VALUE OF TRAINING.

The young man or woman who Is
fortunate as to possess parents
Use enough to anticipate the future
s far as possible are given a fair
nance when they reach the threshold
life, but the average young person
h,fers from the handicap of lack of
PREPARATION. AS soon as he reaches
working age he is turned loose
non the world to make his way, and
Icing unframed in any m line Of
lndeayor and consequently denied the
pportunity of working on a parity
nth his more fortunate brothers the
foundations of whose lifework have
Ieen laid with infinite care and skill,
is no wonder that he, is handicapped
rom the very start. He does the best
g can, probably, but in this day Of
(rained knowledge and specialized la
Aor he cannot reach very far and must
"a satisfied, as a rule, with the small
r and less lucrative results which are
kossible to him. 1t is the man who la
bors under the heavy handicap Of in
competency who rails the most about
he unfairness of life's chances. He
Eealizes, that he cannot accomplish the
Results possible to the trained work
n, and the pity of it is that such a
condition exists through the lack Of
koresight on the part of those who
keared him to manhood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

Many persons are wondering these
days what material is being used in
|the. construction OF aeroplanes of the
@arring European nations. Constant
Efying-service which continues day
bitter day--has caused a belief that
bnetal has s%upplanted wood to a con-
Siderable extent. AS a matter of fact
the flying machines are made almost
entirely of wood. The propellers Of
the aeroplanes are in most instances
made Of selected ash, which in addi-
|tion to being strong and light, will not
split under vibration or shock. Built
up layers of spruce with mahogany
centers are also in use. Spruce Is
used in the construction OF the frame
because Of its markedly straight grain
and freedom from hidden defects
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

It is extraordinary how amending
are the energies of men and women In
the seeking Of occasion to organize so
cieties. 1t is a dull day when there
is no new league or association added
to the list of those that think they
have a useful mission to perform In
the world, says Chicago Evening Post.
One of the latest and most hopeless,
we should think, is the International
Latin society, just incorporated in
New York, ito introduce methods for
increasing interest in Latin and Its
use as a living language" The time
seems u%npropitious for such a ven
ture. Somehow the present appears
to US rather full Of nor interesting
matters. Still, we doubt not, the de-
voted founders Of this society will
urge that the adoption Of Latin as a
world language may hasten the day
when wal will be impossible. 1t Is
certain that the movement-if 1t ever
moves-will be hitched up to the war
in some fashion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

No safety-frst and t1re-prevention
movements are complete unless they
start in on a campaign of educa'
ton for parents about leaving young
children alone where they can obtain
matches or where there is any kind
Of fire about. The tragedies from this
lack Of care are so many that their
constant repetition in the press of the
day ought to be enough to enforce
watchfulness in this regard, but not
withstanding the terrible lessons daily
given, parents continue to take
chances that nothing will happen
while they are away. Children, as
everyone connected with them know,
have a fatal propensity for playing
with fire, which only eternal vigilance
a control.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

The police commissioners Of New
York want everyone arrested who
crosses a street diagonally or any.
where except at the regular crossings.
This is an age of wheels, where speed
has the right Of way. and If the dis
elimination against the walking pub
lie goes on, it will arrive at a point
where pedestrians will have to take
out personal permits with their an
nual dog license, or else show cause
in court why they should continue te
exist.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19

A sociological expert has recon-
mended to the authorities OF a west
ern college, that the nonresident stu.
dents shall not be permitted to spend
more than 5000 a year, And in some
other colleges students are doing
all kinds of work, some Of it of a me.
NAL nature, to get the money barely
necessary to pay their tuition The
latter are the class of students whose
college education is going to do them
selves and the world the most good.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-19
AMUSING HOSPITAL SITUATION.


An amusing situation has developed
In British hospitals as a result Of the
large number of young women who
have taken to nursing wounded SOL
diers in a way more sentimental than
practical. TOO sick to be nursed to-
day." is said to have been a placard
placed v e the bed of a soldier wound
ed in the South African campaign, and
something of the sort seems to be
needed now. The trained nurses pro-
test that young women Of means and
social influence who have swarmed
into the hospitals do more harm than
good by "fussing over" patients. The
matter has been brought officially to
the war office by the organized train
ed nurses who number about 5000.
One trained nurse said that II Lord
Kitchener had called for 500, 900
nurses instead of 500. 600 men for mill
tary duty, he would have had that
number the next morning. In view OF
the fact that many trained nurses are
quite as pretty as the volunteers and
are also much more competent, a
wounded soldier is not to be blamed
for desiring one who is useful as we'll
as ornamental, says Birmingham Age,
Herald. Lord Knutsford stated in a
letter to the London Times that I'M
trained nurses would be more accept
able if they would be photographed
less, would wear their uniforms more
modestly, would talk less in public
about their patients and would not be
ute so aggressive.