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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
WORKING THE WIRELESS.
Tho Jump From Long island Over the
Ocean 70 Germany,


The wireless station Ut snyylllc, N. Y.
" tho most powerful Ia the world. flush
ll'g mcssnsoJ direct TO Nnucn. near Ber
In.
FiIty niles out from Now York city
w sayyllle. n smnll town Whose prln.
cipal Industries are r0ndhouscs ana
wireless tclcgrnphy Here the auto.
mobile pnrlics STOP for tic fow bites
lbnt t'whyy take many dollars before
running on Into New York. but II Il
| were not for the wireless station tho
town would never DO heard OF.
Near tho ocean. dropped IN mos
quito Infested Geld. the great Tclcfunk.
on station hprnwla over 100 ncres. A
nile nway II looks like huge spider
web, with NIL "a slim Beies reaetiing
into the nlr. interlncGd with slender
wires.
Tho little low building IL rIgged on
cvcey side with towering poles-nn.
tcnnac, M they nro called. Five hun.
dre1 feet high they stnnd-nlmost M
tall M the Washington monument.
From these wires radintc the electric
waves that leap 10 Germany. Great
blocks or cement. big M corncrIbs. nrc
set In the ground. and 10 them are an.
cborcd the guy wires.
The mcaHngc ~ flashed across the
Atlantic at the rnte OF twenty-five
words u minute. but In case Of ncccs.
Hity II cnn go up 10 forty. Tho mes.
snges go across IN series OF waves.
with which the station on the other
side II In tune
The messages go 20 small town
near Berlin cnllcd Nauen. where they
nrc placed IN land wire and for
wnrdcd 10 The cnpitnL The charge for
sending message 10 Germany IN 50 !
cents n word from anywhere near
New York. The 3 cents is the prico
OF the land wire TO get II 10 Sayyille.
~ soon M the key ls touched IN
America the message II in Germany. !
the time occupied In crossing being |
only the fraction Of u second. In fact. /
the message could 10 around the
world seven times In n gccond.-~IIomer
cror IN i.eslIcE
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
Tho Grant nin Mnnn.

The full moon is very deceptive "a
those who attempt 20 estimate IT'S ap.
parent size III The sky, Most people
would assert that the great big moon
could entirely blot out the lovely clus.
ter OF the pleiades. which gitters IN
the constellation OF Taurus. but actual.
~ the full moon could. and occasion.
ally does, puss through the ileiades
and only succeeds In hiding few of
the stars comprising 1t. So small In.
deed is the moon when in It's full phase
1t dominates the night sky that three
penny piece held at arms length will
completely eclipse it.-pall Mall Ga.
zettc.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
u. S. Land office, The Dalles. Ore.

~ ~ 44eAttA OAiANSS 1aAN A)otANot ~ ~
Nov. l., 1915.
Notice is hereby given that
George II. Taylor, of Winlock Oregon,
who on October the 11th 1911. made
Homestead Entry No. 09625, and
on April l3thIl9l4 made addi-
tionalE Homestead Entry, No. 0l2sS3,
for SE4SE4, Sec. II, EaNE4, Ell SE3,
SW4SE4 Sec. 30, N9NE4, Section 80,
Township. s South, Range "a East
WillametteMe ridian, has filed notice
OF intention to make final three year
proof, to establishsclaim to the land
above described, before Daved E
Baxter u. S. Commissioner. at Spray,
Oregon. on the 18th day of December
1915.
Claiment names as witnesses;
Burr Frutchie, Archie Boyce, James
S. Hunt, Walter F. Lines all of Win
lock Oregon.
ii Frank Woodcok.
Register
I'LL 12-l6
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
LOOK! BARGAINS!
Property for sale

Good stock ranch. i6S5 acres. o
acres in alfalfa with plenty Of waite
for irrigating. Two good orchards
Remainder Of the land is in grail
and pasture. Will sell cheap. A
bargain for yonL
Hotel in Spray, doing a good
steady business. Well furnished
This property also includes S lots
80 by 100 feet, good barn and
other improvements.
Six Thou5and acre Ranch.
500 acres farming land, 900 head
OF cattle, so head Of horses, Sac
worth Of machinery, machinery
aud stock included. Good seven
room house, water piped into house.
Two good barns so by 100 feet
each. Buildings all painted. Gran
ary 20 by so feet long. Four
thousand acres,I nder good fence,
divided into four pastures, all
watered by good springs.
Small stock ranch s ms. from
good town one M. from school,
containing Gao a. all fenced and
cross fepced, well waterd, about 90
a. in cultivation and more can be
put in cultivation.
An undivided one half intei est
III a 10000 acre stock ranch. Three
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.
One Drug store building, fixtures.
small stock Of patent medicines and
living rooms in rear,
OF j0xl00, doing good business
will sell cheap for cash or will cop-
iider some trade
Other property in and around
spray. Address
inland EMPIRE REAL.
ESTATE AGENCY
spray, Oregon.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
NOTICE. ..sFoR PUBLICATION
ISOLATED TRACT.
Public Land Sale--Department of the
interior.


interior.
US. Land Office, LaGrande, Oregon,
Sept. 14th 1915.
Notice is hereby given that, as di-
rected by the Commissioners of the
General Land Office, under provisions
of Sec. 2455, X. s.. pursuant to the
application Of Mintie Beymer of Nor
ument, Oregon. Serial No. 0l40S9, we
will offer at public sale, to the high
est bidder, but at not less than $3.50
per acre, at 10 O'Clock a. M, on the
llth day of November, 1915, next, at
this Office, the following tract Of land:
NJ swA, .ea nw4, Sec. 81, TIP. s S, r.
2S T., w. NJ.
Tne sale will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those
present at the hour named have ceased
bidding. The person making the
highest bid will be required to lmme-
diately pay to theReceivet the,amount
thereof
Any persons claiming adversely the
above described land are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the time designated for sale.
F. {, Bramweil, Register.
Nolan Skiff, Receiver
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
An Apolnay.

Your customs are reprehensible be-
yond possibility of expression. The
Idea Of killing your fellow man for din.
ner,''
Yes" replied the eannibal. who had
been reading about civilized warfare.
hut Mt least we have the excuse of
being hungry Washington Star.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
SCHOOL NOTES.

M. Ramey, Prop
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18

what darn fool fashion will the wo-
men take up next?" asked the man
who doesn't like She things they are
wearing now.
IF were a good enough guesser TO
predict that" replied his friend. I'D be
multimiIlionaire Inside Of six months."
Chicago Herald
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
The Chief Bother.

How far ahead can you 20 with
your family, .lones?" his inquisitive
friend asked
"Oh. never worry about my family.
What bothers me Is how far back can
manage eto 20 with my tailor."-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
LOCAL BsIi2Ts

Thendorc Murdoch was IN towC
"wednesday.
IA NJ. Price was IN town Tues.
day on business.
Il. L. Bryant For high grade
watch repairing aud Jewelry re-
modelled. Located at the Courier
Office.
Will Jones of,Monumcnt was IN
town today attending To land bus.
mess.
a protracted mectSug is iu prog.
ress at the Methodist Church h
Kahler Basin. Rcv's. Jackson,
Lamb aud Krenshaw are in charge
Of the meeting
Homer Neal who has been work.
ing for the Gilman French Co. Is
very low with Pneumonia, but is
thought to be little better at this
time.
Frank Templeton was in Spray
Tuesday. lie has Just completed
nice residence on his ranch bout
seven miles from town.
Osclr Hale has rented the Confcc
tionery from Mrs Julia Cross and
will soon have a fresh stock on dis.
play
Jess aud Amos Wilkes came IN
from condon Mond2y with Il load |
OF freight for the merchants.
Eugene Spray has sold his band
OF sheep to the !. u. d. Co.. but
we did not learn what price the
Company paid Tor them.
Isaac Large has gone to Hcppner
for a short visit. He stoppd over
one day in Spray on account OF the
rain.
X. Il. Wilson has moved to the
Arch Hunt place where for the
next three years he means to play ut
farming.
Baxter & Osborn are having
their we'll dug deeper aud walled
with rock Angelo Flor aud John
X. Spray are doing the work,
II. G. +. ~Heiltmann, whoes i'll.
ness We mentioned in last weeks is.
sue has not arrived n Spray and we
conclude that he is still indisposcd
II you are thinking OF talk
ing homestead. it will pay :
TO call on or write to ID. NJ,
Richey who will locate you ,
Charges reasonable.
Spray Oregon !
We Stated last week that Oliver b
Potter had gone TO Heppner TO
spend the winter witt, his mother, b
but the attractions in aud around !
Spray were too great so he has re- ;,
turned. and all things considered n
we do not blame him u
+. l.. BRYANT, Of Portland, will h
be with us for next two weeks, To- :
Gated at the COURIER OFFICE, and
is prepared to do Watch Repairing
Jewelry reinoieled to conform 10 :,
style standards OF to day, Full n
line of latest designed Jewelry car "
ricd in stock. =
No,ice is here by given that q
after an elapse Of six weeks, ye ed =,
itor of the Fossil Journal has awoken al
from his Rip Van Winkle sleep, to q
the fact that bread baked from flour - 4,
Mfg, by the Fossil Flonring Mill pt
carried Sweep Stakes at the Wheeler &C &c
County Fair.
M. Ramey Prop'r. e.
Gcrynnr NTnTIfCy
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-18
Anoien. Scottish Custom.

In the Scottish highlands in olden
times II burning wooden cross was car
ried blazing 20 and fro among the
clansmcn to rouse them 10 battle.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
WASTING THEIR STRENGTH AWAY

Although Lord Kitchener credited with the Statement that
the will begin in May the awful of fesday after day
the ndecse conflicts along thousand miles ofhghtng front
must bring the end within measurable time according
the opinions OF Onookers The Philadelphia Ledger
OF these
There like this says the Ledger Battles
formerly few and far between When the Union and Confed
armies fought for eBemdays about Richmond
that the took its from the act But
Day and night they bech forth their
of death There for metal These modern batter
ing : persistent as the in its
And therein lies the hope for early The casualties
been exaggerated but analysis still them stupendous
Cars which bring fresh do empty The life
the guns also Short hundred discharges will ruin Of them
Such saturnaa destruction inevitably itself
not only exhaust the nations human but it with
appalling uickncs their material 1t
at beyond the of hu
man stamina and nerves to be maintained long.
lhee lighting week than there used to be If
year years hundred years concentrated
There will be peace exhaustion and exhaustion is certain
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
HAWAII AND THE BURNETT BILL

The failure to override the presidential of the Burnett
immigration Bill considerable Hawaii Should that bill
have become law with the teracy clause intact would have
closed practically of future immigration of aborer
these islands except from the Philippines This would have
meant the Of future eadustments of the tariff renewing
the permaneny of the Hawaiian sugar industry that Pou
and Spanish immigration work. pioneered great expense
the taxpayers of Hawaii would all have been thrown away
Out of the thousands of Portuguese and Spanish brought
Hawaii OF late domced contentedy the
Islands and these who have made good will further
and uniformly satisfactory immigration the work. short
by tariff and ever be resumed. fl@Bsar&t -.
With the opening of the Panama Canal and the consequent
shortening of the distance between Hawaii and Eope had been
expected ththee woudbe less difficulty securing suitable inn
eligible for citizenship The conditions faced by the
Hawaiian planter SUCH however that there is further de-
mand for labor from Europe anywhere else But with
renewed that the industry be allowed live and
prosper will come in the Islands for white families and
citizens in the making Then will be glad that the
the Burnett Bill has been able to stand 81.
1t will be day for Hawaii when allowed
only to the Philippines for labor recruits.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
THE SWISS MILITARY SYSTEM

The Swiss military system has been suggested quar-
upon which the United States could well afford
system settle indefinitely the question of preparedness for
tense Only few months have suggested that system
compulsory military service might be considered would have
call upon the head Of
and criticism but things have altered considerably since August
last and the spectacle of Switzerland with raging
of her border line and the prospect of becoming completely
hinged about begents still outside of the
excellent prospect of being left alone has
the admiration Of the United States the defense Of the
republic =, -I'."
tits significant about only European country that
engaged war; turmoil
of war, is Switzerland
And it also significant although practically every
bodied Switzerland is soldier probably of them
in battle Nor is he likely be called upon fight
Switzerland has the world strict neutrality
and has served that trouble This might
weight not the fact that there are 100000
splendid Swiss thoroughly trained and ready for immediate
mobilization, to repel any attempted invasion
The Swiss system probably
be acceptable the United States But interesting
less indicating how the problem of defense has been and
parey solved by the patriotic people republic
The Swiss system compulsory and begins with the early
schooling OF each boy He drill handle firearms however
until he twenty DID, when he reports federal authorities
for physical and literary examination He be able
figure questions elemental Swiss history
and geography The physical require that the applicant shall
at least eight feet in running jump lift weight of thirty
pounds in both hands four eighty yards
fourteen seconds Those who fail these given
of time further training years.
physically disqualified the end Of that period they obliged
take assigned position which they fill
This system could not be inaugurated in the United States with
amendment to the constitution but modified form
might desired be adopted by the various the Swiss
confederation AS before stated the Swiss
merely because of the interest that attaches the present military
service discussion this because of the analogy
Switzerland United system
burdensome I'D splendid men phys
ical and mentally Perhaps 10000
description that the Germans elected to enter France by way
Belgium instead OF Switzerland Swiss have
tain period each military training and instruction From his
twenty to year the Swiss citizen in the first line
from thrytwo and he the second line and
from forteght sixty years the third military line
curing diminishing amount of training and instruction.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
MAYOR Of TOXIC QUITS g..
At MEETING Of COUNCIL
Especial Gable to the Nippu JILL

Especial Gable to the Nippu JILL
TOXIC, February 4.-Baron Y. saka-
TAM, mayor Of Toxic, today formally
presented his resignation at a meeting
Of aldermen. This move on the part Of
the executive head of the city is an out
come Of his failure to perfect a con-
solidation Of the two private electric
light plants, the Toxic Electric Light
ana ths Nippon Electric Light, With the
Municipal Electric Bureau, for the In
PRODUCTION Of Uniform rate. ~. ..
Many Of the aldermen expressed an
unwillingness to accept Mayor saka-
tina's resignation and movement to
retain him in ONCE Is now under way.
1t is reported, however, that the move
ment viii meet With but little success.
Kanichiro Matsuld, superintendent of
the electric department of tho city, has
resigned. .'a 'H.S osrnu"d~. .
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
GAMBLING AND MAJOR CRIME

Conessing embezzcment stating that his
due to gambling young formerly employed Honolulu
back TO face the music His testimony ought to be of value
the grand jury session lseS$ hss 1s44S 5t &
Gambling, hpermied to exist by police compacency-an It
exist other waynvaaby leads entertainments
cdes and other crimes Time after time Honolulu had
the opportunity witnessing the demonstration of this The simple
playing OF game of chance for money is itself anything
hcnou but the which leads usually
crrng of the gamblers what the persistent gambling
SADIE OF this paper is designed prevent .Lzaa44a.a
The who the agitation against the nickel crap
and the two paau of the Chinese
who deplore the going wrong of young gas
murder alley but they fail to direct
connection Gambling shares with booze the credit sixty
cent of major crime Strict against the little games
the formation of the big check
When HonOuans commence recognize the facts they
presenting themselves held campaign
The Advertiser against gamblers and the oeraon gambling
something personal behind it will be dissipated sas
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
WILL DESCRIBE THE
GEOGRAPHY Of kauai

The geography of the island of Kauai
will be explained to the members o" TIC
Trail and Mountain Club and Others OF
the excursiOnists who have planned to
make the trip to Kauai, to be given
under the auspices of tie ciun.
Mr.. Raymond was invited to speak
by Alexander Hume Ford. one Of the
moving spirits in the Trail and Noun.
tain Club. He felt that the coming
trip can he the better en- ioyed if those
who make it are posted as to the diff.
ferent points that will be touched on
the journey. Senator Eric A. Knudscn
of Kauai, who is visiting in Honolulu,
has also been asked to speak.
1t is expected that a number of
teachers will make the trip. Among
those who have already oooked arc
Mrs. l.. @. Marshall of the normal
school and william Meinecke, also of
the normal school. The excursion will
leave here on the evening of February
IL, which will allow those teachers who
plan on the trip to also attend the
teachers convention.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
MATHEMATICS ARE
SHOWN in LECTURE
W. A. Kennedy Gives Absorbing
Lecture Before Large Audience
In Cooke Hall I'll.

~ Il " Z y in ~ Z ~ ~
The reason that our boys and girls
are poor rnathematigian5 Is shat We be-
gin at the wrong end in teaching arita-'
metic to them. We try to get them to
memorize a lot Of mysterious laws and
then give them problems 10 wor..
Turn the tables around. Let them
make their own formulas from actual
handling of objects and materials. a
boy will remember how he reduced a
cylinder to its simpler form and thus
actually see through the law, " said
w. A. Kennedy the expert mathemat1-.
eiRn in his lecture ut the Y. NJ. @. A.
last evening" EIbIFA Al, "a
The speaker demonstrated Uerofe a
large audience a set of models of his
own invention which made clear many
of the common mathematical; axIoms.
He reduced complex areas 20 simpler
forms, triangles and trapeziods TO par
alellagrams, circles to triangles and
finally the volume of various forms To
simple pyramids and cones. He gave
beautiful illustrations of the derivation
of many formulas which those of his
audience had pondered over when first
initiated to the mysteries Of geometry.
Mr.. Kennedy is an inventor Of abil-
ity! As a young man he developed
sheep shearing machine which first
used the principle of power transmits
sion by flexible shaft. The dentists
drill and the automobile speedometer
are now possible as a result of this
invention. The patent, which sold for
a small sum years ago, is no worth
a fortune.
The speaker. was followed closely by
an intensity interested audience. Many
of those present were mathematical
sharks who were seeking TO find
flows in the reasoning of man VINO
proposed to "show them anything
about figures" but no one assumed to
differ with his conclusions. - g..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
THE CHRONICLES GOLDEN JUBILEE

On January l6 1865 the Daily Dramatic Chronicle
in San Francisco by Charles DeYoung and M H. DeYoung
was devoted those days principally review Of the theatrical
attractions and around San Francisco carried
theatrical and saloon advertisements and gave little
Beginning has constantly grown the San Francisco Chronicle
New York
With the death of his brother thyve years ago full
OF the Chronicle passed the hands of NJ H. DeYoung
January 10 last he observed the eth anniversary of
ing OF the Chronicle and ndeny established the record of being
the only who has remained continuous
ownership OF for so long period half
The anniversary number called the Golden Jubilee Expo
ton edition and striking example of the progress
and especially the production of newspaper has made the half
century M H. DeYoung has been the helm There ninety
two the edition. of the section being
color and illustrated that deemed
complishment less than quarter of century ago.
IhrtsX special article Journalism
in California by John Young of the best posted journalists
in the
This history OF the game California told
the time of the issuing of the Californian the paper
fonia, Monterey 1916 The practically history
of California from the time Of the arrival of argonaus
present day describing in interesting detail the stirring
through which the CHRONICLE and its passed their
for law and order politics and friends:
The growth the Chronicle century that
has passed have been the
and the entire West well feel proud And this
people of Hawaii many whom know NJ H. Dung personally
and through reading the San Francisco Chronicle readily join
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
GERMAN. INVASION
!. !: :. !: OF A. ANGOLA FAILS
Portuguese Clear Dependency Of
Teutons But Natives PHIage
n. and, Murder Whites
tAssoeia.ed Prss. By Fedsral wirsle..,

OS~A@eOe NAoeo " AouokA "Hoiobbl
LISBON, February ga semi oficial
statement was issued yesterday to the
effect that the Germans have withdrawn
from Angola, which had been invaded,
and that the Portuguese West African
dependency is now cleared Of German
troops.
A revolt Of the natives has been
stirred up by the Germans, however,
and the tribesmen on both banks Of the
Kunene river are out, pnlaging and
numbering all whites. The Portuguese
administrator of the district of Mis-
sende, his wife and his sons are among
those who have been murdered. v
The Governor Of Angola is organic.
ing a punitive expedition, to suppress
and punish the natives.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
TWO SOUTH AFRICA REBEL
LEADERS LAY DOWN ARMS

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless)
PRETORIA, South Africa, February
4.-The rebel leaders Bezuiden Thaut
and Prophet Vankensberg have surren-
deredI those giving up including forty,
eight officers and 800 burghers at
Upington.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-05
7i7S- lT-lH 1-T75TT ~ n
Additional Wireless
GERMANY PLANS
RAID ON Ships
Great Britain Serves Notice That
II Threat Is Executed She I
a. WIN Retaliate +, ~
: AssOciutsd Press b rsderaI wireless,

=tAbSOcihboo HTSbs W ApAofhl WlrelebsD
LONDON, February 3D. Al oficial
notification from Berlin, relayed here
via Amsterdam that all shipping in
British waters is now 70 be held liable
TO attack by submarine, without noti.
lGeation to anylmet&hsntbian attahked.
has created no particular sensation
here, inasmuch as some such notihca,
ton had been expected and the 70
ceipt of It had been discounted I'm the
press. ....-,...s. e. ..,.....
BRITISH TO RETALIATE
An Official statement dealing with
the German threat was issued by the
foreign once last night, this notifying
the chipping interests that Berlin pro-
posed to take action with submarines
against ali shipping In the Channel
and the North Sea, Earl Grey an
nounced, in the statement, that In the
event of any such action on the part
of the Germans the British would adopt
areaoy agreed upon measures OF re-
taliation. .. o.. ..., . a.. D."
No 1ntimation Of what the war once
and admiralty propose was limited at.
-. WAR ZONE DECLARED e..
The Berlin statement, issued by the
German navy department, said:
1.-THE waters around Great Britain
and Ireland, including the whole Eng!
fish Channel, are hereby declared to
be a war zone, after February Is.
Every ship Of the enemy win be de-
stroyed, even II It Is impossible to
avert danger to the crew and passen.
gers. Neutral ships are likewise en-.
dangered in consequences Of the British
misuse Of the neutral nag ana Of un,
avoidable hazards Of warfare"