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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
..-ihs White Flnu.
II Isl grcnt tcmptntion 10 comnrr,

~ ." f''Hb tNlhpthilUu w 'OlulHFNu
"rh ~ wnrtIAlS 10 u5e the Whlt0 tag %
. lfiet 10 obtain broulhlng space whcn
bard prcated by the enemy, und tIls IN
often done, although II ia Rgiinrt the
I1wn Of WRr
The Old purpose Of the white Hng IL
10 notify the enemy that their 0.,po
nchts wish to lnrcy. and u c0riinni. .dci
llns perfect right tu refuse such n
request II he deems II necessary Even
" he consents he cuh request tbut The
bearer Of tho nuK of truce he blind
folded ~ that be Inay not secure IN
formation concerning tho cnnp which
no enters In 10 circumstances must
tho white nng bc shown 10 trick M
opP0aing aide into reMxing t.lclr at
tack. ~ Tint II retreat lnny be prcpnrcd
or reenforceniepta brought ~, FOR u
fresh ntinck In this connection u
common rlIHc IN for hnra4sed com
thunder 10 request tis enemy for an
srmStice apparently for the purpose
of buryina his dcNd, He then takes
advantage 0f the truce by rctrcating
with his troops Under tho cover OF
darknens SIS London Tit.I,Ita.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the interior.
L. S. Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon
June 7th 1915
NoricF is hereby given that John Z
Spray, whose post Office address X
Spray Oregon. did on the 2ith day
Of October. 1914, file in this Office
Sworn Statement and Application NO
0l3977 to purchase the sEi Nwi swl
NE3. ri Sw3 Section 7, Township 10
South, Range % East. Willamette
Meridian, and the timber thereon,
under the provisions Of the act OF June
3. 1878. aud acts amenda;ory. known
as the Timber and Stone Law" at
such value as might he fixed by al
praisemert, and that pursuant to such
application, the land and timber
thereon have been appraised $4,000
the timber estimated 100000 board
feet. at 500 per NJ. aud the land
$3.50 90; that said applicant will offer
final proof in support Of his applica
tion and sworn statement on the goth
day Of August, 1915 before David L.
d xter, U, S. Commissioners at Spray,
Oregon.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, OF init
ate contest at any time before pat
ent issues, bv filing corroborated
affidavit in this Office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
II. FRANK WOODCOCK, Register
6.17-S. 10
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department OF The Interior,

Y. S. Land Office The Dalles, Ore.
May 81, 1915
Notice Is hereby given that William
Wilson whose post office address is
Spray, Oregon, did on the II h day
Of February, 1918, file in this office
sworn statement and application No
0l448l to purchase the Nw3 Nw1 Sec.
tion -, township 10 south, Range
"a sast, willamette meridian, and the
timber thereon, under the provisions
of the act Of June 3, 1878, ard acts
amcudatory, known as the Timber
and Stoue Law" at such value as
iuisht be fixed by appraisemert, and
tnat, pursuant 10 such apple atiou,
the land and timber theteon have
been appraised Sl20 the timber esti
mated 100000 board feet at so cen 5
per NJ, and the land 500; that SAID
applicant will cffer final proof in sup
port Of his application aud sworn
statement on the Goth dav of August,
1915 before David Z. Baxter, L. S
Comm sSioner, st Spray, Oregon.
Amy person is at liberty 10 protest
tins purchase before entry, or Initiate
contest at any time before patent
issues. by cling q co'robotated a!i
lavit III this Office, alleging facts
which wonld defeat the entry.
II Frank Wootcock, Register.
Gl7 $40
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
NOTICE rOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.
u. S. Land Office, at The Dalles
Spray, Oregon.
Oregon, June T. 1915.

Oregon, June T. 1915.
Notice is hereby given thai,
Charles L. Lille Jr. Of Fossil. one
gon, who on Dec. 9Th. 1911. made
Homestead Entry No. 0J652 and no
March 10, 1915 made addi,iona. HON
estead Entry No. 0liG2S Gr OTIS 3 !,
Sec. 10, W. NW4 Sec 20, N! NE}
NE3 NWi AID Lot ! Sec. 80, Up 5
South, Range q J. Willamt Mer.
has filed notice oi Intention to make
final three year proof, to establish
claim 10 the land above described, be-
fore Scott Sasser. County Clerk. at
Fossil Oregon, on The l7tll day OF
July, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses;
Jerry T. Vickers, Lester G Beeson
Ernest X. Jones and Arthur G.. Beeson
all of Fossil lOregon.
II. FRANK WOODCOCK, Register.
6.l0 7.l5--
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the Interior,

U. S. Land Office, The Dalles. Ore
May Is, 1915
Notice ie hereby given that Nimrod
Iremongtr whose post office address
is Waterman, Oregon. did ON the
Goth day of August, 1914, file III this
office sworn statement and applica
ton No. 0l379S, to purchase the
SW4 NW4, Sec. 20. & NJ Nl!4, SCI
NE4, Section 80, Township IL south,
range 25 East, Willamette Meridian,
and the timber thereo II, under the
provisions of the act of June 3,
1878, and acts amendatorv, know II
as the Timber and Stone Law.
at such value rs might be fixed
bv appraisment. and that, pursuant
to such application, the land and
timber thereon have been appraised
s43I.O0. 500 Posts s cts. %24.Oo,
the timber t, estimated 10000 board
feet at $l.5o per NJ. and the
land &20O.00; that said applicant will
offer final proof in support of his ap
plication and sworn statement on the
5th day of July. 1915 before A. Helms
Jt. u. s, Commissioner at Mitchell.
Oregon
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate
a contest at any time before patent
issues. By fling a ioborated shl,
davit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat The entry.
II. Frank Woodcock.
Register,
c-3 8-5
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
Fioatinu Docks.

A nonung dock may he likcned to n
box with neither ends nor Id II 10
built ~ steel Throughout. the iargcnt
type having length OF $50 feet and u
width " ~ feet. while the walls are
10 feet IN height. The dock In Grst
submerged by admitting water into
the ballast tanks or pontoons forming
The bnsc of the structure When II
hnn been sunk TO Il sufficient depth TO
receive The vessel the latter Ia warped
into It's correct position on the keel
blocks OF tie dock aud IL then made
fngt. Powerful pumps are vet 10 work
to cject water from the pontoons. cnus
Ing the structure 70 rise gradually with
its burden. To llft u battiesh.p OF the
largest Eizc 10000 tons OF water has 10
be pumped out of tho pontoons. So
perfectly. however. nrs these Goains
docks constructed that oac man caE
control every movement from what ls
known ns the valve house. London
Tit.Bits.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
LOOK! BARGAINS!
Property for sale

Good stock ranch. 1875 acres. q
acres IN alfalfa with plenty Of water
for irrigating. Two good orchards
Remainder Of the land Is IN grain
and pasture. Will sell cheap. a
bargain for you.
Hotel in Spray, doing a good
steady business. Well furnished
This property also includes s lots
So by 100 feet, good barn and
other Improvements.
Six Thousand acre Ranch
500 acres farming land, 800 head
of cattle, so head Of horses, $4,000
worth Of machinery, machinery
and stock included. Good seven
room house, water piped into house.
Two good barns so by 100 feet
each. Buildings all painted.
Cranary 20 py SO feet long.
Four thousand acres rnder good
fence, divided into four pastures,
all watcrcd by good springs.
An undivided Que half interest
in a 5000 acre stock ranch.
Three improved places, Five
bands Of sheep. 100 head Of cattle,
20 head Of horses, 200 acres alfalfa
from 500 to 1000 acres Of farming
land. Plenty Of water for irriga-
ting, and on the pasture land for
stock. a bargain for some one
with some capitol.
Otllol property i'll and around
Spray. Address
INLAND EMPIRE REAL.
ESTATE AGENCY
Spray, Oregon.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
U. S Land office, The Dalles. Ore.

bSpoI lIIlCilt VI viz HISIlCl,
U. S Land office, The Dalles. Ore.
May 9th, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
\. Johnson, whose post Office address
S Richmond, Oregon, did. on the 18th
day of December, 1911, file in this
office sworn statement and application
NJ. 07529, to purchase the SW4 SW4,
Sec. 3. NW4 NW4, s. NW4, section
~, Township 8 south, rauge % east,
Willamette Meridian, and the timber
thereon, under the provisions of the
act of June ,, 1878, and acts amend
atory, known as the Climber and
Stoue Law, at such value as might
be fixed by appraisment, and that,
pursuant to suci. application, the
land and timber thereon have been
appraised, $4,000, 500 Ioit at bets
$laO0 the timber estimated 100000
beard feet Mt $l00 per NJ, and the
land $1,000; that said applicant will
offer final proof i'll support Of his ap
plicaticn and sworn statement on the
9th day of August 1915, eFore
Scott Sasser, County Clerk, at Fossil, :,
Or gon.
Any person is at liberty TO protest
this Purchase before enty, or initiate
a contest at any time before patent
issues, by filing corrohotated affi
davit III this Office, alleging facts
whi>h would defeat the cn;ry
ii max WooIco.l.
Register
S-.I0 S-l2
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
Ruhhlna u IN.

He--I don't think nich Of the way
you practice economy She Well. you
have nothing Oh me- don't think
much ~ the way sou don't make hny
money and force uie 10 attempt 1ome'
thing when have no chance OF sue'
cess. Richmond Times Dispatch,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17
.1,.coNDY YD,ts's., ,f::t..t..yY.o.
LOCAL BRIEFS

Lester Beeson and wife were
regist red at the Hotel Frida,
night.
Mrs Alice Mason returned
from Happner Friday.
d. NJ. Richey is starting ou,
on another trip in the interest oi
his company.
Mr.. and Map. A. Dixon were
down from the Ranger Station
this week.
0. A. Stafford and wife went
to Fossil in their new Ford cur
Thursday.
3. NJ. Shoun finished harvesting
his first crop Of alfalfa Wednes
day.
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
Dyer June the 18th 1915. .
pound boy.
Peter Tells who has been
herding sheep for w, B. Potter.
ia at the Hotel under the care Of
DR. Tiedemann.
Joe Stewart and family were
down from their ranch Saturday
and Sunday attending the Asso-
citation.
Unfortunately for Roy Kirby.
his horse f,ll with him IS We'd
nesday and sprained his ankle.
He has been at the Hotel since
then. under the care of DR.. Tiede-
mann.
Stewart Grant, one of the sue
ccssful farmers of the Big Basin,
was here last week. He sold four
head OF horses to the buyers for
5000.
Quite a number of people from
the country was in Spray Sun
day attending Church and the
Ball game. Forty guests ate
dinner at the Hotel.
The Spray Ball team won Sum
days game from Winlock,by % to
II. This is the first game the
teams have played this season.
We understand they will cross
bats with Winlock again next
Sunday,
H. Trent Of Richmond. gave |
us q call last Monday. He told |
us that he had his sawmill on In
dian Creek torn from its founda-
tion preparatory to moving it
to Wade Donnelly's timber below !
Six Shooter. Many of our Spray I
people who expected to get lum-
Der at Mr. Trcnt's mill will be |
sorry to learn this.
In a private letter from the
Secretary of Fossil lodge |. 0. O.
f.. we learn that w. P. Thomas,
who was taken to private san
itarium at Portland, has been re-
moved to Pendleton, and that |
his condition is no better. We
were very sorry to hear this.
We sincerely hoped that he would
have so far recovered that he
might have returned to his home
and friends at an early date.
The annual meeting of the
Middle Oregon Baptist Associa-
ton which met with the First
Babtist Church Of Spray, June
the Q, closed its session on Sunday
June 13. There were quite a
number of ministers and mess
engers present, and, apart from
their regular business meetings,
they conducted devotional and
preaching services each day and
evening.
Glenden Baxter has been ap-
rtin ed by Governor Witty
combe to represent the school
children of Wheeler County, at the
Corn Show to be held in San Fran
cisco, Aug. 5 and 6, 1915. Glen
den is the eldest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. y. 4. Baxter Of Spray, and |
q bright boy, IL years Old, whose
interest in agriculture has at
tracted the County School Board s
attention by the splendid eNhib-
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-02

copzra 1ss by star Company Great Britain Rights Deserved
Evening star., 1915-04-25
BIG INDIANS OF EASTERN PATAGONIA.

but few families that had more than
three children. Many had one or two
only and some had none.
The Tehuelches live on the flesh of
the guanaco. The skin of that animal
furnishes their clothing and it also
forms the coverings of their toldos. or
wigwams. OF late many of the saw
ages have become sheep thieves. The
planters despise them.
Many of the sheep farmers of this
part of the world have come from the
Falkland Islands, and today sheep are
imported from those islands into Punta
Arenas and different parts of Pata-
gonia. The Falklands had sheep long
before stock raising was introduced
into TERRA del Fuego, and today these
islands are among the most thriving
sheep countries of the world. / visited
the Falklands some years ago, going
from Punta Arenas to Port Stanley, the
capital The islands lie about $50 miles
east of the South American continent.
and are largely dependent upon South
America for their trade and steamship
connection. They belong to Great Brit
ain and are populated by Englishmen
and Scotchmen. The chief town is Stan
ley. 1t has about 500 people. The is
lands all told have little more than
5000. and of these perhaps 900 are fe-
males.
The only business of the Falklands
is raising sheep and catching whales.
The sheep number all told about 100000
and from them come wool and skins to
an annual value of about 100000. The
whaling industry yields about $4,000,
900 worth of whale oil and little less
than 100000 worth of Whalebone.
The Falklands are about the windiest
part of the world. The governor of the
colony told me that the wind blew so
hard that not tree could live on the
island, and that it sometimes even
blew the potatoes and turnips out of
the ground. Nevertheless, the grass
there grows luxuriantly, and the sheep
keep fat if the islands are not over
stocked. The country has a grass that
acts as a tonic, as well a food. 1t
is said to be a sort of vegetable cock
tail, which cattle and sheep will eat al
most without ceasing. This plant is
known as tussock grass. 1t grows in
tussocks or punches, and as many as
Evening star., 1915-04-25

$50 roots may spring from one plant.
The animals eat the roots also. and the
roots are even eaten by men. IL is said
that two Americans who were cast
away one of the smaller islands
lived for more than year on these
tussock roots. The roots of the old
plants decay and the grass grows upon
them, upon cushion of manure
Such cushions are sometimes six feet
in height and five feet in diameter. The
plants in the distance look like groves
of small palms.
The Falkland Islands are about 200
in number, the most of them being
only small patches on the face of the
sea. The chief settlements are on the
two larger islands. known as East
Falkland and West Falkland. East
Falkland is almost as large as Porto
Rico. and West Falkland is about two
thirds as large. The capital is Port
Stanley, on East Falkland. situated in
a safe landlocked bay about half
mile wide and five miles long. The
harbor is well protected, and its en-
trance is so narrow that large ship
could hardly turn about in it. AS yon
look al Port Stanley from the steamer
you are reminded of one of the villages
of Germany: and as you come closer
find that every house has its front yard
and garden, and that the front doors
of the poorest of the cottages have
vestibules. In nearly every front WIN
dow are potted plants and flowers. ana
there is not a town OF ITS size IN thf
world that has so many greenhouses
and Conservatives. This is because
the winds are so strong that the now
ers cannot live out of doors.
Port Stanley is an English settle-
ment The signs are all English, ana
il seems strange to find the children
speaking English SO close to the south
American continent. The town has
two hotels. or public houses. where you
can get a bed or a drink, and the
butcher shops sell delicious mutton AT
4 cents a pound. Moreover, the people
are well educated They have travel
ing schoolma sters who go from mouse
to house over the islands to teach the
little ones, and there are advance"
schools in Port Stanley. The ISLANDS
have a telephone exchange and wire
less telegraph stations. More than
100000 pieces of mail go through tho
post office each year
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1915-04-25

travel to Ruenos Aires. stopping over
every night at the house of a farmer.
There are sheep stations wherever
there is water. and the sheep feed on
the bushes and scanty grass of the
pampas.
The province of Santa Cruz just below
Chubut, produces about 50.000.000
pounds of wool per annum, and there
are freezing establishments at the port
of Gallegos, where more than 100000
sheep are slaughtered every wear. Gal
legos is in the southern part OF santa
Cruz. not far from the Strait Of Ma
sellan.
Santa Cruz is one of the largest ter
ritories of Argentina. 1t is bigger than
our state of Colorado, being about
three or four hundred miles long and
almost that wide. Its eastern boundary
is the Atlantic and the coast is bleak
and bare. The land rises from the
ocean and goes back to the Andes in
series of terraces, which are on the
average several hundred feet high. The
southern part of the territory has many
fenced ranches and its sheep are num-
bered by millions. In the region of
the Camerons alone there are about
100000, and there are many large pro-
prietors who each own hundreds of
cattle and thousands of sheep. There
are also large sheep farms along the
Rio Gallegos. one of which, belonging
to a Capt. Eberhard, has 100000 acres
and 10000 sheep, and another belong
ing to Hamilton and Landers, about
100000 acres and $4,000 sheep. Both of
these big tracts are fenced. In addi-
ton, there are many other men who
have f1ocks of from ten to thirty thou
sand each.
The sheep of that region are general
ly of the Falkland and Romney Marsh
breeds. crossed with Merinos. They are
big, weighing on the average from $40
to 220 pounds. They are noted for
their wool, which is short and thick,
Evening star., 1915-04-25
A MADONNA OF THE STRAITS.

its extent From north to south it is
almost twice as long as the United
states and if you could lift it up by
the corners and twist it around, spread
ing il over our country from east to
west, with TERRA del Fuego at New
York. the borders of Brazil and BOLIVIA
would he somewhere near Salt Lake
CITY The country is as long as a
straight line drawn from New York to
FL Paso or from London to CONSTANT
nople, and at its widest part 1t reaches
about as far as from New York to Chi
cago 1t has more than oHe-th1rd as
much land as the United States proper.
and it's alluvial lands. built up by the
Parana and Paraguay systems, are
larger than those created by the MIS-
sissippi- Missouri.
The Argentine Republic is divided
into fourteen states and ten territories.
and all of these compare well with our
great states in size. The state OF santa
Fe is bigger than New York. Mendoza
is larger than Illinois, Cordoba than
Missouri and San Luis and Entire RIOS
are each about equal to South Carolina
in size. The province of Buenos AIRES
has $4,000 square miles, and it ranks
with our great western states OF New
Mexico. Arizona and Colorado. COR
rientes is just about equal to maine,
Catamarca and La Rio1a are larger
than Indiana, while San Juan is as big
as Ohio, and Tucuman as Massac chu-
sets | venture that many OF my read
ers cannot tell where these states are,
and fewer will be able to say as much
regarding the territories. Neverthe-
less, the Chaco. at the north opposite
Paraguay, is bigger than the state or
New York, and Formosa, in the same
region, covers more ground than Ohio
The territory of the Pampa is larger
than Illinois. Rio Negro is as big as
Kansas, Neuquen is the size of Vir-
ginia and Chubut is larger than Utah.
The territory of Santa Cruz, down in
Patagonia. is as big as Nevada. and it
would make two states the size of llli-
nois; while the Argentine slice of the
island of TERRA del Fuego is as large
as Massachusetts. and 1t has, venture,
more good grazing land.
shall first write of some OF the
country south of Bahia Blanca. This
territory is large enough to form an
empire of itself and parts of 1t are as
little explored as the wilds OF Tibet.
Other parts are fast settling. Take the
Pampa Central, which lies west of the
Evening star., 1915-04-25

newspaper. as related, and the del
uge promptly followed On the
authority of the Postmaster General
himself the result of the appeal for the
"loneliest man was that in three days
5000 letters. six hags of small parcels
and ninety large parcels, each weigh
ing more than eleven pounds, were
sent to him
item of this avalanche of mail mat
ter" has yet reached the "loneliest
soldier, but it is pursuing him and
will be descending upon him like tor
rent in the course of day or two.
For. before the presents and letters
could be delivered to the "lonellest
man." he was transferred from the
hospital at the base to one at Noting
ham, and bags full of letters and par
cells had to be sent chasing across the
channel after him. Ritieman White.
however, moved again. He left the
hospital at Nottingham and is now at
Swinton. where he is waiting In some
thing like trepidation for such bunch
of mail as probably no other private
soldier in history ever received.
Nothing short of astounding are the
topsy-turvy results of this war. Here
is the latest example. only little
more than year ago DR.. Louie Gar
rett Anderson, the clever and intrepid
daughter of famous mother. was
serving a six-weeks' sentence for WIN
dow sma shing in connection win the
votes for women movement. Now
she has been given the title of ma lor
in tn. British army, title which few,
if any royal women. have ever hefore
held.
In cooperation with DR.. Flora Mur-
ray, Maj. l.. Garrett ANDERSON.
she must be known henceforth. organ
lied the first women's hospital Ina tnat
left for the front. and the estaoiish
ment which was at first set up al
Claridge's Hotel. in Paris, ana sun
seouently was transferred to Wine
reux so as to be nearer the aceudl
lighting line. has won golden opihions
on all sides. and was the mrs. 70
ceive official recognition by the mn, mn,
taty authorities Now Maj Anderson
is coming back from France to organ
ize and take charge of military nos
pital with 500 beds near LONDON.
BY heredity she should be quite used 10
f,earipp titles usually accorded TO men,
for her distinguished mother. besides
heinx made an NJ ID. by the University Oh
Paris was mayor o. her naive to"u'
Aldeburgh, for the year 1soS-s Maj
Louie is graduate OF Londoh onlfersl!
and a doctor of medicine. Her father was
q mana sing director of the Orient line
OF -ta.-, ~. .3u! she herself, in the long
ago. pre-war days, was one OF the most
vehement OF the militant suHFase'es
All alpn:, however, she has been recos-
nized as one of the cleTerest woman doc
tors in England Or. Flora Murray. her
colleague, is another eN-"su!fie- she 49,
or was, one of the most eloquent speak
ers in their ranks and. prior to the war.
was a leading exponent of the woman's
movement.
another victory for The allies. re
marked wags when horse named Any
Sloper'' (after the comic week won the
Grand National at Liverpool the other
day. The occurrence of this classic"
race reminds one OF an amusing Grand
National" story. coupled with the name OF
an eminent clergyman. who was deliver
ing a course Of sermons in a small manu-
featuring town in the north some twenty
years back One of his admirers, discuss