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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18

Work of laying assconcrete pavement
on Railroad avenue through the manu.
featuring belt of Gthe city has been
completed, and withdrawing laid over
portion the of the thoroughfare
scores of teams and wagons of orch
ardists delivering apples to the cider
factory. The concrete will be totally
cured by next week and the plank COW
ering, placed to protect the undried
surfacing will be removed.
The east end of Railroad avenue,
passing the S00-foot length of Apple
Growers Association receiving ware
houses, was surfaced with macadam
year before last by the 0.-W. R. & N.
~
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18
Just Little Stories

Postmaster Reavis last week called
at the office of a prominent real estate
office to deliver special delivery let
ter. The realtor protested that he was
not expecting any special delivery, but
the epistle was plainly addressed to
him, and he opened the message.
Darling, / will have to give you
hell, /" was the way the billet doux
opened. The business man read no
further. "It is not for me-" he said,
land | certainly wouldn't care to have
my wife find it in my pocket.
The letter was later delivered to a
transient apple picker.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18
Mrs. COpple Grows Record Onions

Mrs. C. E. Copple. has made rec
ord among her neighbors of the East
Side this summer for onion raising.
When Hood River county people were
asked to help the nation by increasing
the food supply Mrs. Copple special
ized on her onions. From a small gar
den tract she will have dozens of bags
for sale.
Picking Is onions at random from
her crop. just harvested, Mrs. Copple
weighed them. They tipped the scales
at exactly 25 pounds.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18
The Whole Neighborhood Knows

Mrs. Anna Pelzer, 1926 Jefferson St.,
So. Omaha, Neb., writes: II can recon-
mend Foley's Honey and Tar as sure
cure for coughs and colds. 1t cured my
daughter Of bad cold. My neighbor,
Mrs. Benson, cured herself and her
whole family with Foley's Honey and
Tar, and every one in our neighborhood
speaks highly of it," This reliable fam
lily remedy masters Group. 1t clears the
air passages and eases the gasping,
strangling fight for breath. Sold every
where.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18

Wilbur and Myron Hoyt, the two
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Hoyt, last
week subscribed for $3.50 each of the
Second Liberty Loan. Each of the
boys, students at the high school, pur-
chased $50 bond of the First Liberty
Loan. applying to the purchase earn
ings made by making apple boxes last
spring and summer.
The boys will draw on their savings
accounts augmented by earnings from
the apple harvest, for the purchase of
the second installment of bonds.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18
kautz Breaks Leg

Carl Kautz, chief engineer of the
storage plants of the Apple Growers
Association. recently suffered broker
leg in most peculiar manner. Mr.
Kautz was watching men at work ex
cavating for new grade on Railroad
avenue. As he turned to leave Jan EN-
bankment about three feet high
against which he had been leaning, {
boulder became detached and rolling
down struck his leg, fracturing one Of
the bones below the knee.
Mr.. Kautz is about on crutches.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18

! F. w. Bluhm, superintendent of the
Hood River Creamery, mailed the lat
ter part of last week cream checks to-
falling 81, 340.60, the record sum for
any one month since the creamery be-
gan operation two years ago. Orchard.
lists were paid 4S cents per pound this
month for butter fat, the highest price
ever given here.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-18
Mrs. Smith Recommends Chamber
,lain'S Tablets

81 have had more or less stomach
trouble for eight or ten years." writes
Mrs. G. H. Smith, Beaverton, N. Y.
"When suffering from attas ks of indi-
gestion and heaviness after eating, one
or two of Chamberlain's Tablets have
always relieved me. l have also found
them pleasant laxative" These tab
lets tone up the stomach and enable it
to perform its functions naturally. II
you are troubled with indigestion give
them trial, get well and stay we'll.
The evening world., 1917-12-19
S50,OOO,OOO FOR BUILDINGS
FOR GOVERNMENT AIDES
Regular Fore Increased 100 Per
Cent. in IS Years, Aside From
Wars EXPANSION.

NsfifSGTOS. Dec. i9.-ESpediturs
Of more than i5s oO0. 900 for land and
new buildings fo- housing all tho 60, o.
ernmcuta activities In Washington. with
nn outline Of general building plan.
has been recommended to Congress by
the Public buildings Commission IN It's
nrst report
Tho report dl'clos"d that IN tho last
ntcen year, the number OF Government
employees here has Increased about 100
per cent This increase does not include
tho vast inflow Of new employees since
tho war began. and tho building pro-
gramme does not take into account th'
expanded war organizations. The Gov
crnmcnt Is now paying about 'l.0js.Oo'
year In rents for private buildings II
Washington.
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OBITUARY NOTES.

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SHARED M|TCHEl'S
S2,OOO,OOO FUND:
HELPED BEAT HIM
sH1uu iIl' Evblcncc ~ Nm,
-uh case iuihu Butte.
Cpt 81. 500

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ff mere tsHIs- o.. 'l, .Iy..
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oarp,lFn Committee
"My iovs#,iRaiIoc N=I~apf ~
'tr' Attorney K1rps sad to-day. ''la
dsveiopeI many interesting end anus.
inG Incidents 'n connection with fls
distribution ~ ~ t7ooo 200 sp'n' IN
The vain eRof' 20 70 slsot Hirfi
EvsfyJoiy was apparently wire ~
rbsro tho money was located sn1
helped thsmssivsn Thry swarm 4
around the Golfers like b~ss around =
hive"
- have hson told" Nlr tnror con.
unuod. that many dysd Zoo no" ruI
Mitchell opponsn'p vho could nat f'
tho opportunity go ny 70 gc' somc easy
money were put on tho rayrol' ~ tlt
Fusion Committee 80 watchers Each
received shout 800 election morning
ana as soon ~ they got the cash iied
themselves nway 10 work against
Mitchell"
A story IN current IN political
circles that certain Tammany Hall
leader. knowing that tho Fusion
managers were going 10 MAX" drive
IN his district and had bOnftcd that
unlimited amounts would be spent.
called In his TRUSTEES and told thom
that ~ was good opportunity for
thcm 60 get some soft money Seven
tcen or eighteen Of tho leaders ad
hcrcnta took tho hint ana got on tho
Mitchell payroll In other Assembly dis
| tricts. Election Day they showed up
/ In their old haunts wearing Fusion
watcher badges. Each had received
800. Tho presence OF the badges did
not deceive anybody In the district
for tho tip had been passed.
; When tho Fusion managers begar
to SEQ the light they rcpudiatcd these
men and in somc instances tried tC
have them arrested. Credentials cards
Issued TO the watchers by tho Mltche
Campaign Committee acted as th'
boomerang that prevented them from
being arrested.
Tho disposition Of immcnsc sums II
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EasY n nats Tb6
Pine Cogsb REMEDY
Ibss..sst ~ fsalIles s-sss ~ t,s
psogpt .fssoits lnstcsns'Ts.
snd ssges shout o.

You Lnow that pine II used IN
nearly all prescriptions and remedies
for coughs The reason Is that pine
contains several peculiar elements
that have remarkable eject IN sooih.
ing and healing the membranes of The
throat aud chest Pine 10 famous for
this purpose
Pine cough syrups are combinations
~ pine and syrup. The syrup part
Is usually plan Rranulated sugar
syrup. Nuilinr better, but Nhy buy
~ You can easily make II yourself
In Ave minutes.
10 make the best nine cough remedy
that money can buy. put 2is ounces
Of Pines go cents worth) In ~ pint
bottle, am hll up with home made
sugar syrup. This giyce you n full
mint more than you can buy ready
made for ST. II Is pure, good and
,cry pleasant-childreD take II
eagerly.
Sou can feel this take hold Of n
cough or cold IN a way that means
business. Splendid. too, fo bronchial
asthma. huarsencss, or any ordinary
throat Rilment.
Pincx rs = highly concentrated COM
pound OF genuine Norway pine ex-
tract, and Is famous the world over
| for its prompt results.
/ Beware of substitutes. Ask your
/ druggist for "2i ounces of Pincx"
with directions, and don't ccept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give abso-
lutte satisfaction or money promptly
refunded. The Pinex Co., 1T. Wayne,
Ind.-Adyt.
The evening world., 1917-12-19
Musical Art
SNRfB In Fine
Xmas Concert
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more tupIf.ous ~ u0rs artistic IH.
m|tsI .H0Ifs ~ ssvsniy hvs pfaf.
aiqelf singers had 'he asaIs'ines -
fHa choir ~ calvary Bpisror1.
C8uf#h. 'hs choir ~ ths Msdisof
Avenue w. " church. tha gyupHony
Orchestra. oaston Dethier organls'
snf ram WynnN Na,thison reader
incidental solos we're sung from m
ranks h. iva Oau'hier. ths veil.
known soprano.
Tr0m tho wealth % good things ~.
frod. psrhapa. friedrich Kioao'H The
Pilgrimage 20 Keviaar." conposed IN
1901 ana founded on tIelns's poem.
aply desrribcd ne a meiDdrama for
reader fhres cbolrs, organ and or.
rhsg'ra should ho singled GU " H
Na'thls,n. ~ the Narrator. gave 10
tho trEt a beautiful and inprcfaito
uttsrancs, while tho chUrs. ono nui.
r.lc tho concert room. Gang with u"
coming reverence and artistic r''oC.
iiosidCa thcro wcro Sweoinlck'H setting
~ tho 10th Psalm. composed IN tho
HlNicenth Gentry; Guam BcnlnRus,' a
motst by Orlando Ill fasso Of conism
porary date: three old Breton songs:
ipo old French Nocls: throe Afro
American Spirltuals. "Fathcr Abra-
ham" $50 sad" and Deep River"
arranged by our own n. r. Iurlelgh;
an Old Bohsmian Christmas carols ~.
gAr's part song Death on the liills'
and BcrlloE'B ballad sara, La Balg-
ncuse"
Each work held charm OF It's own
and tho pronounccmcnt OF each would
call for separate notice N there were
space. n must suffice to say that tho
choirs were admirably balanced. that
tho singing was always worthy and
sometimes OF rare cloqucncc, and
that Or. Damrosch never has con
Quoted with such authority, and
never has achieved better results. llC
Miss Matthison. the choirs and Mr.
/ Rurlcigh. recognized by DR.. Dam
rosch In tho body OF the audience
were singled out for applause. Mis-,
! Gauthler deserved n share OF Il. Al
the beginning "Amorica" was sung
and at the end THE Star Spanglec
banner" in which the audience JOINED
with more fervor than have
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money vss sTpendsd
- Ia m absolute Truth" District
Attorney gvvann said to-day "that ~
aIi M money spont by ths Fusion
managers vsry iittia ~ accounted
for Huge sum4 were given ~ lndi
vlfunla throughout the city and ths
oniy thing tho IusiOn managers can
produce tu account for tho eHpendi-
lures are rc'eipts given by tho men
fpr the mrucy These upn violated
tho itv in accepting the money Hnd
n'iipF 'o n.e accounts shov Ing hoN
t .4a raUtuIs1
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snnrrn Tnprral To-Night.

Funeral services will be held this
evening Tor Charles Carroll Suffcrn.
head OF the Title Insurance Company Of
New York. who died Monday at his
homo, No 6S buckingham Road, Fiat
bush Ito was sixty-four years old. lie
leaves his wifo and two daugters. In
irrment viii be in st. David's Cemetery.
Radnor. Pa.
The evening world., 1917-12-19

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saffvInr p1vsf 10 hH voice A'0f
.aH fHrp iH harp even whom y iw
mYffp'tsi by seven md i# UmNa
tf01f nra a1Un reached a ftiflg
srFe audience Favs frape Nul s'tfn 3.
ff.1 a. fIe programme and applauded
tHa p.aysfa and Miss tHn Dresser
Tie LIMITING ~ The r'nEe waf un
common ard charming and The
srorrpinr ~ 'he harps and '1e harp
b. rnq artistic.
soldiers ana sailors viii furnish a
'arKs part ~ tho programmes for
Christmas cslehratl0nq tnls year IN
rltlea near training camps ~ NeN
YorFs Tree of Light soldiers from
Camp Upton viii sing carols With tho
sew York Community Chorus
A Soldiers and Sailors Children
Christmas Carnival n tI bo held ~ tho
Grand central Palace from ibec. 90 20
prr 80 under ''io auspices ~ Tho ~
ununi League for Womnu'H Scr, icr fu'
'h, uitlr children ~ goldi'rs and sailor
whose fathers ure away from homo
At music programme viii be FREQ
and tho children Of fpldirrs and sail.
ora are 10 be admitted free.
'"rhc Messiah" viii he surg In Car.
uegie IIall on tho evening of Dec. 20
by tho Columbia University Chorus.
Prot Walter Henry Hall conducting.
Christmas carols % tho sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries are TO ho
sung AZ concert ~ tho Greenwich n
village Theatre on SUNDAY evening,
Dec q, under tho direction OF W.
FRANKIE llorllng. Assisting artists:
Gretchen Morris. Helen Weller. Al
bort Qucsncl. Lyman Wells Clarv
Narcclic Darcy. disouge: Natalie
Doshko, violinist, and Sara Gurowitch
'cCllist.
The evening world., 1917-12-19
200 soldier. Escape From Burning
FaIr nuIIdIng.

REGINA. Sask. Dec. le.--RcEina'
great winter fair building. one OF the
finest IN America. was destroyed by fire
last night II was built by the cltv I'm
1913 and cost $4,000. Seven hundrsI
soldiers we're sleeping In tho building
when tho alarm was given They ali cs.
capped Several were slightly Injured.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-16
WOODROW WILSON.
Death Of Miss Sarah l. Noel.
Secretary Of State.

Death of Miss Sarah l.. Noel.
Miss Sarah Leila Noel died
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at her home five miles south of
town, death being, due to cancer
of the stomach.
Miss Noel was born in Cul-
pepper County, Virginia, Febru-
ary 26, 1852, and was 65 years.
8 months and l9 days old. She
was the daughter of the late
James and Mary E. Noel, and
came to Missouri with her par
ents when seven years of age.
She had been a member of the
Baptist church since 1880.
Miss Noel is survived by one
sister and two brothers.
The funeral service was held
at the Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-16

The folloiAg teachers went to
Kansas City yesterday to at
tend the annual session of the
State Teachers Association:
Misses Columbia Haerle, Sue
Kinkead, Ina Kessinger, Eliza
beth Gruber, Alice Zimmerman,
Ella Garter, Mary Claudia Will
son, Ester Stalling, Grace CAT
fin Elizabeth and Florence Eek
lie, Mildred Barron, Olga Nc
Grew, Amanda Buddemeyer,
Louise Reynolds, Florence Ber-
ry, Marie Hale, Minnie Jenkins,
Vera and Irma Owen.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-16
ThankHgtltttg prnrlanattntt
A Proclamation.

Proclamation
HAS long been the honored custom Of our people to turn
the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanks
giving to Almighty God FOR His blessings and mercies to
nation. That custom follow in the
midst of the tragedy world shaken by war and mmeasur
able disaster in the midst OF and great peril because
amidst the darkness that has gathered about
the great blessings God has bestowed upon us blessings
that better than peace mind and prosperity Of en-
terprise.
We have been given the opportunity mankind as
served ourselves in the great day Decara
ration of independence by taking up against tyranny
that threatened master and ebase everywhere and
joining with other free peoples in demanding for all the
ons of the world what then demanded ourselves
In this day Of the revelation of duty only defend
rights nation but to defend also the rights of free
throughout the world there has vouchsafed us full
and inspiring the resolution and spirit of united
ton We have been brought to mind and purpose
counsel and action has been revealed
in We should especially thany God that in such circum
stances in the midst of the greatest enterprise the spirits of
have entered upon have if but observe
reasonable and practicable economy abundance with which to
supply the needs Of those associated with well
light shines about The great duties of day
awaken greater national spirit in us We shall
again be divided wonder what stuff made Of,
And while render thanks for these things let pray
Almighty God that in all humbenes of spirit may look
always to Him for guidance that may be kept constant in
the spirit purpose service that by His grace minds
may be directed and hands strengthened and that in His
good time liberty and security and and the omradehp
Of iustcs may be vouchsafed all the nations of the
earth
WHEREFORE l. Woodrow Wilson, President of the Uni
ted States Of America do hereby designate Thursday the
twenty ninth day Of November next day of thanksgiving
and prayer and invite the people throughout the land to
upon that day from their ordinary occupations and in their
several homes and places worship to render thanks to Cod
the great ruler of nations
IN WITNESS WHEREOF have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Done the District of Columbia this seventh day of No
vember in the year Lord thousand nine hundred
and seventeen and of the Independence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty-second
WOODROW WILSON.
BY the President
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-16
Death of Thomas Slider.

Thomas Slider died Thursda y
afternoon at 5 O'Clock at hi 5
home four miles west of Lex
ington, his death being due t o
tuberculosis.
Mr.. Sidler was born in Ger
many, December 20, 1849. H e
leaves a wife, one son and on e
daughter.
The funeral was held at tn e
home Saturday afternoon at i
o'clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-16
Y. NJ. c. A. ORGANIZED
The Drive for S35,OOO,OOO Viii.
Commence Sunday Nov II

The Drive for S35,OOO,OOO Will
Commence Sunday, Nov. IL
The parent organization of
the Y. M. c. A. for Lafayette
county was organized yesterday
at a meeting in the Trade rs
Bank. w. T. Wernwag was ch o.
sen chairman, E. E. Shriver,
secretary, and E. N. Hopkins,
treasurer. Branches will be or
ganized in different parts Of the
county and the drive for Lafay-
cite county's quota Of the S35,-
100000, which is $4,000, was
started Sunday, November L l.
and will close Monday, Nover1a.
Der 10.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-16
Burglar interrupted.

Nightwatchman Ellis inter-
rupted burglar at Lewis &
Humphreys back door Wednes-
day morning about A O'Clock
whhen he was making his
rounds. The man had broken
the glass out of the back door
and was ready for the invasion
when he heard the officer ap-
preaching. He took to his heels
followed bysa barrage from Nh.
Ellis artillery.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-16
Y. M. C. A. WAR
FUND STARTED
$4,000 is Asked of Lafayette
County.

The Y. M. G. A. Was Fund was
given a nice boost Monday night
at the meeting held in the Chris
tian church, S779.5O being sub
scribed. The parent organization
for Lafayette county was enlarg
ed and Captains appointed to di-
rect the working teams in Lex
ingtoh and to visit some Of the
smaller towns in the county
and assist in organizing local
committees to boost the cam
paign. The Captains appointed
are w. j. Bandon, w. R. Eckle,
VIM. AuIl, Jr., w. B. Waddell
and A. G. Young.
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announcement Party.

Miss Caltha Campbell Wednes-
day afternoon entertained thir--
ty-two guests at her country
home east of Lexington, to an
nounce the approaching mar
riage of Miss Marguerite Bates :
daughter of DR.. George W
Bates Of this city, and Mr. j
Blaine Wise, of Maryanna, Pa
The wedding to take place We'd
nesday, December II, 1917.
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Arthur Young Seriously Injured.

Arthur Young, employed at
the Eagle Mill at Higginsville,
was seriously injured Saturday
when a'spiral screen caught his
left leg and ground it off up a.
bove the knee. The leg was so
badly torn that it had to be re-
moved near the hip. Mr.. Young
is as years old and has a wife
and three children.
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McFadin Sale Wen Attended.

The NJ G. McFadin sale We'd
nesday of Jersey cows ana young
stock was attended by buyers
from different parts of the
county and many from sur
rounding counties. 20 head were
sold aggregating upwards of
$4,000. The cows especially sold
well.
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Death Of Mrs. Price Grindstafr. i.

DCdth VI Wis AAlCC VI AAtuStetii !.
Mrs. Price Grindstaff died Sat
urday afternoon at 12:45 o'clock
at her home on Fifth street, af-
ter an illness of several weeks
of uremia.
Mrs. Grindstaff was born in
this city February "a, 1889, and
was % years of age. Besides her
husband, she is survived by
three brothers, John Miller, Of
Kansas City, Grandil and Steven
Miller, of Hot Springs, Ark.
The funeral services conducted
by Rev. Baxter Waters, were
held Monday morning at 10 o.
clock at the Baptis church.