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week, coming down from Emmett
Idaho, where they have been living
for the past couple Of years and
where Mr.. Elder was engaged in
running a barber shop. After a short
stay here they will go on south, Mr.
Elder looking for a new location near
the coast.
AL Henriksen, Cecil alfalfa raiser
and stockman, was in Heppner for a
couple of days the first Of the week
The turning to warmer weather con.
ditions is doing wonders for the alfal-
ia Just at present and MIR. Henriksen
looks forward to cutting a heavy crop
and there will be an abundance OF
hay produced in the Cecil section.
Chas. Devin, farmer of lone, was
in the city on Tuesday. Mr.. Devin
has in something over 500 acres Of
qrain that is now coming along very
fine and he expects it TO make good
yield. The warmer weather has
worked like magic in that part of the
county and grain is now making a
splendid growth.
VIM. Huebner thinks he will have
fully as good a crop Of wheat as last
season. His place is located in the
north Sand Hollow section and the
weather conditions have been little
better there than in other portions Of
the county, and grain has been grow
ing pretty well. He was in Heppner
on FRIDAY
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One Day Only
No Charge for Consultation

DR. Mellenthin is regular graduate
in medicine and surgery and is licensed
by the state of Oregon. He visits pro-
fesslonaily the more important towns
and cities and offers to all who call on
this trip free consultation, except the
expense of treatment when desired.
According TO his method of treatment
he does not operate for chronic ap-
pendicitls, gall stones, ulcers Of stom-
ach. tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit wonderful results
in diseases of the stomach, liver, bow
els blood skin, nerves, heart, kidney,
bladder, bed wetting, catarrh, weak
lungs, rheumatism. sciatIca, leg ulcers
and rectal ailments
II you have been ailing for any
length of time and do not get any bet
ter, do not fail to call, as improper mea-
sures rather than disease are very often
the cause of your long standing trouble.
Married women must be accompanied
by their husbands.
Address: 336 Boston Block, Mime
apolis MINI.
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spending a week or ten days visiting
at the home Of her brothers, VIM.
and David Hynd in Sand Hollow.
FOR SALE-One 1918 model used
Dodge car; also Oakland used car.
See Cohn Auto Co., Heppner. If.
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FOUND-A new pair Of shoes in
my car in Heppner, near Gurdanes
pastime, May 9. Owner can have
same by identifying and paying for
this advertisement. o. C. Stephens,
Hardman, Ore. IT,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-12-22

Handkerchiefs
AS Usual, Ours VIII Be
The Most Completely
Stock of all Grades and
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THE STANDARD

The time to finish your Gift Shop
ping is at once, and The Standard is
the place, if you value savings.
At $1.00, $3.50 and $1.98-Ladies'
Kid Gloves of best quality, white,
black and colors.
At $1.50-Men's Kid Gloves of
standard quality; all colors.
At $500 and $3.50-Boys' Heavy
Wool Slip-Over Sweaters; all colors
and sizes.
At $4.95,-Beautiufl new Congo
leum Squares, bordered patterns;
size 4 1-2x9 feet.
At $8.8O-Beautiful new Congo
leum Squares, bordered patterns;
size 6x9 feet.
At $16.2O-Beautiful Congoleum
Squares, bordered patterns; size
9x12 feet.
At $1.OO. Mems and Boys
Leather Work Gloves, all styles.
At 65c-Men's Leather Work
Gloves, gauntlet style; all sizes.
At 95c-Dress Patterns of yards,
full standard Bingham; regular 25c
yard.
At 98c-Ladies' Pure Thread Silk
Stockings, black, white and colors.
At 49c-Ladies Silk Stockings,
black, white and colors; all sizes.
At $2.98-Men's and Ladies Driv-
ing Gloves, reduced from $500.
At 50c-Men's Crepe Silk Four-in-
Hand Ties; full length; all colors.
At $130-Ladies' Quilted Satin
Bedroom Clippers, Rose, Copenha-
gen and Black.
At $1.5O-Ladies' and Children's
India Umbrellas; the best made.
At S1.50-Misses' and Children's
Rubberized Rain Coats; sizes up to
- years.
At $3.50 = Misses Rubberized
Rain Coats; good colors; sizes up to
IL years.
At $24.75-Alex Smiths Tapestry
Brussels Squares; size 9x12 feet;
value $4,000.
Squares, size 9x12 feet; value $4,000.
AT $1.50-Ladies' guaranteed SILK
Hose, Black, Brown and Gray, linen
heels and toes.
At .S3.45-Ladies' and Misses
brown Shoes of calf skin; low rubber
heels.
At 59c-Fine ercerized Table
Damask; 64 inches wide; beautif ii
patterns.
At 95c-Men's Percale and Mad
ras Shirts; great variety of pretty
patterns.
At s1.25-Great variety of Mems
E. & w. Percale and Madras Shirts;
all sizes.
Standard Dry Goods Co.
Forsyth ST. Next Bank of Commerce
A MERIc US, G e OR c ! A /.
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Dear Santa Claus: l am a little
girl, 10 years old. Please bring me
a mamma doll and stocking with
candy and nuts. Please bring me q
Teddy Bear. Here are a dime OF
the Empty Stocking Fund. Don't
forget the poor children. l want the
Book of Little Memories. l am GO
ing to put you some cake on the
porch. Don't forget mother, grand
mother and daddy and brother. aour
little girl BERTHA JOHNSON.
Dear Santa Claus: l am little
boy years old. l want a otol chest
and gloves and nuts and rompers, and
don't forget the little orphans at the
home in Macon. l want you to bring
me the book, Little Men" l want
you to bring me fireworks. l am 60
ing to put some cake under the
Christmas tree. Don't forget grand
mother, mother, sister and daddy.
Please find 10c or Empty Stocking
Fund, and don't forget my teacher,
Miss Gammage. Your little boy AL
LEN JOHNSON.
Dear Santa Claus: | am a little
girl 4 years old. Have been a good
little girl, helping my mother, and as
Santa has such hard time l won't
ask or much. l want a tricycle., doll
house, Doll suit case, ball, picture
book, and please bring along lots
candy and fruits and please don't for
get my three grandmas, and also all
the little girls and boys. Enclosed
find 10c for Empaty Stocking Fund.
OPHIE LEE WILLIAMS. P. S. Don't
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foret my mother and daddy.

Dear Santa Claus: am little boy
Z years old in the Second grade.
want you to bring me a tool chest
full of tools, wagon, football, air.
rife, horn, some fireworks, a train
that runs on a track and lots of
fruit and nuts. l am sending 25c
for Empty Stocking Fund. HARVEY
COVINGTON, JR.
Dear Santa Claus: l want every
thing but a rag doll. GiXe the en-
closed 25 cents to the Empty Stock
ing fund 70 rme.
DANEYSE WALTER.
Dear Santa Claus: am a little
boy years old, and 1 have been
very good. / want you to bring
me train and an automobile. And
don't forget mother and daddy. Bring
them something too. Bring lots of
nuts, candy and fruits. With lots
of love. ROBT. EARL DENT.
Enclosed find rs cents for Empty
Stocking fund.
Dear Santa Claus: | am a little
boy 4 years old. I have been very
good. Please bring me a tricycle.,
a train that runs on a track, tele-
phone; and don't forget mother and
daddy. Bring them osmething nice.
l am enclosing 25 cents for the
Empty Stocking fund. With lots
of love, WOODROW DENT.
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Dear Santa Claus: l am little
girl years old. Please bring me
~ big doll, doll carriage, sparklers,
and lots Of fruits, nuts and candy.
And don't forget my little brother.
Bring him an express wagon, horn,
automobile and lots of goodies. San,
ia Claus, please don't forget the
poor little children. Enclosed find
10 cents for the Empty Stocking
fund. Your little friend,
ORISKA EASTERLIN,
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Dear Santa Claus: am a little
girl 9 years old and l am in the
third grade. I want you to bring
me little kitchen cabine-, cooking
set, cupid, dresser and pair Of
bed room slippers and a horn and
some fire works, some fruit Don't
forget mama and papa and ;roth-
ers. Don't forget any little girl or
boy. Enclosed find 25 cents for the
Empty Stocking fund. Your little
friend, CHRISTINE CONVICTION.
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Letters to
Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus: am a little
boy years old and want YOU to
bring me male goat and all kinds
of fruit, nuts and candy. Am en-
closing 10 cents for the Empty
Stocking Fund. Your little friend,
MERRITT SILVER.
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Dear Santa Claus: l do not want
much this Christmas because | know
you have other little children to go
to see, but want doll that will
say Mama" and a pair of skates,
fountain pen and thermos bottle.
Don't forget my dog, Chum, he
wants a ball. Enclosed find 10 cents
for the Empty Stocking fund. Your
little girl, MARGARET CHAPPELL,.
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Dear Santa Claus: Enclosed find
10 cents for the Empty Stocking
fund. I am little boy 8 years old
and l want you to please bring me
a gun, hunting sack, a lantern, some
fruit, candy and a knife. Be sure
to take all the other little boys and
girls something. Your little friend.
WADE LANE,
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Christmas Shopping
==--N1ADE EASY AT------
ANSLEY'S
XMAS SHOPPING
Made Easy at
ANSLEY'S

RUY your merchandise where there
lis merchandise to sell. Merchan-
disc of merit, merchandise of quality,
merchandise of value variety, style
class. Where you can find what you
wish without wearing yourself out
searching, where prices are always
right, where guarantees stand behind
everything sold, Not Junk, but real
merchandise. 1t pays to buy something
worth while. You enjoy il better
you appreciate it more youfeel thatit
is what YOU wanted expected. Don't
wait 'till the last moment. Come now.
IF YOUR ACCOUNT is IN GOOD
STANDING, WE WILL CARRY
YOUR XMAS PURCHASES FOR
YOU TILL FEB'Y. 1st, If you wish.
Isn't that convenience for you?
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-11

Cape of Good Hope. The Nittoria
averaged two miles an hour en- route
to San Lucar. Running up to Ply.
mouth, the Golden Hind arrived in
9S days. The Desire used between
the same points, li6 or 81 miles
a day the actual distance Travelled
in each case was. Of course, much
greater than such elapsed thine
would suggest.
But, barring wet grounds" the
eminent travellers could have walked
home sooner. However. the Desire
had once sailed some 1900 leagues
in As days, equal TO five knots
an hour in ordinary English Leagues
to nearly six in Spanish leagues.
Leisurely progress for dashing
cavalier, you'll say. But remember
that on n windy day-July %, 1920
1.-The America cup defender, Reso-
lutte. beat Shamrock " at an aver
age speed but little better than eight
and one-half knots an hour. Reso-
lutte, too, n modern racing yacht!
Although discovery lurcd less
frequently during the next two CEN
turies, the voyages OF Captain Cook
uT69-79 came not too late for the
transformation of n harberdasher's y
apprentice into n prince of nautical
discoverers. Yet the path made pos
sible by Magellan still remained,
and even now remains, the shortest
practical sea route round the world
namely, east or westward from the
vicinity of the strait But not until
another century after Cook did
Thomas Brassey, NJ. p, create, in
sailing time OF seven months, the
first record for speedy circumnaVi-
cation. He sailed faster than he
steamed, though his handsome yacht.
the Sunbeam. six times the size of
the Vittoria. employed auxiliary en-.
gines on the journey rendered
memorable through his wife's de-
lightful story Following Magellan
to the orient. he went home Gs77)
by way OF Suez. At an average speed
OF 7 knots. 10 before
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70 = days, she diverged from Fogg's
route by sailing about India and by
taking "A special Southern Pacific
train from California to Missouri.
Wearing a white suit rod sash
and "A helmet inscribed with his
name, the queer Mr.. Train reached
Tacoma. Wash. in May, 1890. after
u real world-tour OF 81 days 10
hours. Nominally he beat Miss
G e hrane. whereas Elizabeth
Bisland. biographer of Hoarn, had
clearly failed In an effort to journey
westward round the circuit and get
home before Miss bly, But MIR.
Trains travelling time was 80 IL
days-one day more than Ncllies.
He, too, Travelled westward and re-
Nersed the route.
The Trans-Siberian railway is
about to be competed. AN Paris
looks gay and romantic in the spring
of 1901. Why should not CASTOR
/ Stiegler, romantic writer for lie
Matin, bring back to France the
| laurels OF Passepartout? NJ. CASTOR
figures" II TO himself and upon
the top of the sidewalk table. "En
eVant!" Beyond Lake Baikal the
line ends; he transfers to steam
boats, regains the rails. and so TO
Vladivostok and Yokohama. He ia
also first to use the shorter, because
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than his accustomed eclat. His five
vessels, like Magellan's, had been re-
duced to one.
But, finding no passage, he re.
paired ship near San Francisco bay.
discovered gold outcroppings long
before the day of 40" chrlstened
the country Nova Albion, nailed
shilling and Elizabeth's name to "A
high post FOR her new subjects 10
worship" and followed Magellans
path away TO the Spice Islands. So
well did the Golden Hind serve
thereafter that it was on her deck,
after the return home, that Drake
received his queens swor1-stroke OF
fnighthood, and the 1O0-ton flag
ship was then preserved, by royal
orders, forever" which meant, in
fact, about one year for every ton.
When the Desire sailed into
Plymouth harbor September 9, 1888,
her sails were damask. her topmast
was draped with cloth of gold, her
sailors were clothed in silk. Only
thus could her captain. THE wor-
shipful Thomas Cavendish" Outshine
In non-essentials the great Sir
Francis whom this captain had
tamely initiated by making the third
Recommendation. II he got home
sooner, he had hurried away from
the Spanish American coasts after
ruthless killing of Spaniards and the
capture OF q golden galleon, "Ye
Great st. Anne. Amiable historians
describe his as most typical OF the
adventurous gallants of his day;
in fact, he was n privateer whose
INSCRIPTIONS killings and lootings
were but partly condoned through
the equivooal relations-ostensib
peace, but secret warfare-between
Elizabeth and Philip II. Excelling
In one point, Thomas was. at least,
the speedicst sailor of this distin-
| guished trio,
I have calculated, according to In
complete authorities, that Magellan's s
Vittoria sailed in about 544 days the
| $4,000 "leguas." or Spanish leagues,
that Pigafetta records. In his
Treatise on Navigation" he fixes
a 'legua" at about 3.43 nautical
miles. instead of the three knots
or nautical miles that compose the
modern "legua" and the English
| league. Thus the first circumnavi.
cation was accomplished at the rate
Of 81 knots a day or four
knots an hour. The speed laws of
Neptune were not violated once.
The elapsed time" for all these
famous ships has been preserved for
the northward finish" from the
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Schmidt remembers that tho old
Matiu would crinkle up with horror
N he made the tour OF the world"
in less than Sticglcr'a limit with
paris-to-Daris ticket costing $5J6,
Mr. Jacger-Schmldt tlk's. In re-
verse, tho snmo route MS Colonel
Campbell, travels lg,3OO miles az
90 milea an hour. spends $500
on tips and only $40 on hotels, and
returns, August 26, 1911, to tho
proud Excelsior In 30 days
30 hours, after travelling about IS
days, "a bas Le Matin."
It's time TO show again what
America can do. a theatrical man
agor who could have provided Ma
roloon with successful dates ahead"
from Moscow west. inspocts the lat
est Paris model In world itineraries.
hops aboard tho fleet Mauretanis,
hops Oft In Wales. takes train for
London, Paris. lIlrbin, follows new
limo into Korea, gets back by way OF
Yokohama and Victoria. -. G. John
Henry Moars, manager for John
Drew but travelling for the New
| York Evening sun. thus fixes August
n, 1919, tho hest nf "elrcum" records
--35 days - IL hours. with an
actunl travelling timo OF 20 days 10
i-2 hours fof 2LO66 miles at 2s
miles an hour
The mnEis word Victoria no doubt
helped MI Mcars, as lovers OF
"signs' viii not. Two-'hirds, in
decd, Of the bost-k known "circums,"
and even flier Ross. have had to do
| with hoats @: this uamo (Nellie took
| two Of thcml, with Victoria. Hong
| KvIg, with Victoria. Is. -. or Vic-
| tpria, Australia ! should have liked
Eomo light upon this tali7man from
| Capt. H. T. Grccnatreet. an
esteemed Eritish skipper. who re-
| tired I'm 1917 after ynyaEing two and
| ono half million miles, making
eo-circumnavgations and never
meeting with serious mishap."
or tho two ocean voyages in the
| Journey round, tho Atlantic voyage
was shortened little until Mears re-
duced II to five days; no also cut
10 nine days tho Pacific ferry, which
had ranged h"tw II and
10 days. llo crossed the States
In Mlss Bly's minimum time. four
days, But In the Europe Asia sec-
ton he lost five days to Jaeger
| Schmide and repeated Campboll's
total of IS. That vast section
ending or starting at Yokohama, had
shrunken steadily from Fogg's ~
Yokohama, by the way, n nec-
essary part for every modern
"circum." wasn't even on tho map
n hundred years ago.
Variants OF the usual circle have
included land Journeys on foot. on
| bicycle. I'm automobile. At sight OF
the cycling traveller, Thomas Stevens,
astonished Porsians cried, "Padornm
! daromodl" "My father has come out
OF his gravel" They bcheld this in
fidcl lunatic pedaling through the
desert on n high-whecl bone
shaker" In 1885. Yet Stevens
thus traversed GsS5-sD America,
! Europe, Turkey, Persia. India,
China, Japan---i3. 500 miles--and re-
turned In good repair.
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moro northern, route by way ~ Brit
ish Columbia Continuing from Vio-
torin to Chicago, New York. London
Paris, he calls his record GO days,
. hours.
Henry Frederick, n publisher. de-
ferred all announcements until his
return 10 New York I'm August. 1903,
after finding the quickest way To
travel comfortably" around tho
world, lie had sailed to Hamburg,
cut out the run-up to st. Peters
burg, left tho train at Port Arthur;
toddled over to Yokohama, VAN
couvcr, NYork. "Oh, 50 days.
Z huurs--about." Ded uct Ing
couple days at Yokohama. travel
lasted 90 days.
because T.. a. Mckenzie wrote tho
London Mail on March ~, 1907, that
Fogg's record had been theoretically
cut In two, Lieut. Col. II,
Burnley Campbell Eyes. British
army thought he'd Ike to look the
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squall, he did not fnr eclipse the
ancient mariners"
Already the completion ot the
SucZ canal and tho Union Pacific
railroad. both in 1863, had cstab-
lishod FOR the first time quicker if
not shorter routes around the earth,
Anticipatine these gains, charles &.
Coffin wrote, In 1896 C"Our New
Way Round the World"), a surCcs-
tion that the Journey could be made
In 90 days, across America by
rail and by way of China, India
Suez, Marseilles, London. Moreover,
George Francis Train, that gifted
eccentric who. in his sarer days,
had been "A shipping "magnatc." as
serted his belief that he himself
had made the triu around in so
days as early as 1870. Il wonderi"
Two years later, I'm any event.
Jules Verne was moved 20 tell of
Fogg, the Englishman, and his tom
peramental servant. passepnrtout,
who, to win a giant bet that Fogg
could round the world in SO
days, ride elephant back between the
unfinished sections OF an Indian rail-
way; carry off "A beauteous widow
from flames Of "suttee" sacrifice;
foil a laundering British detective ;
battle with redskins on American
plains; buy steamship, and reach
London just five minutes late-until
the extra day they saved travelling
eastward bobs up to give the master
ful Fogg Tuch gold, n movie" tri-
umph and lovely wife.
Verne himself, even Professor Vir-
chow, congratulated Nellie BLY, in
1890 when that girl reporter for the
New York World had transferred
the argument from fancy 20 fact by
really travelling round, the sphere in
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new route over. Stiil thinking. ho
periodically advertised the greatest
tTsnsportaticn system by taking n
Canadian Pacific steamship to Que
bee, n G, =, train TO Vancouver. an
other G.. l.. boat" to Yokohama.
This Nelsonlan duty performed. he
Rot back by way OF Vladlvostok.
Moscow, Ostend, Dover. Then ho
wrote the Tlmca. nv better became n
Brlton. Absent less than IL
dayE-virtually half OF Fogg's limit,
and less than any other record.
on tho staff of the Excelsior. n
now Paris journal. M. Jaeger
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Thomas Edison PeeUed
Orer Poor "Hedd Work"
OF Washington Guards

WASHINGTON, June 10
Thomas Edison has yet TO realize
one OF his principal ambitions.
While I'm Washington recently the
iamous inventor called at the treas
ury building 10 keep an appointment
With several high government offi-
Gals He was stopped ct an on
trance door by watchman. who
losdainfully passed up the electrical
: wizards explanations with tell It
y 70 the chief OF the watch" Edison
was subjected to n rigid inspection
ana several grilling, pronounced
harmless and permitted 10 proceed
70 the office of Comptroller of The
currency Crissinger,
Srolling up the corridor after
having been okeyed by the treasury
guardians, Edison laconically re-
marked TO a companion:
I'm In favor of the police, hut
one OF my ambitions is TO invent
something that will improve their
headwork."
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An automatic soda fountain has
ooeen invented that mixes and de-
uVeFs several kinds os beverages
wnen coins are dropped in slots.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-17
Sphrn, r-un ,,rct. Today.

The weekly meeting Of the Sphinx
club OF Acca Temple will bc held
this evening at Acca Country Club.
Glen Allen, and dinner Will he served
at $40 o'clock Automobiles will
leave AS usual from the city Hal
at 5:45 o'clock and Meadow and
BROAD at 6. The nobility Of the tenn
,'e are privileged l." bring their
wives with them Ia the meetings at
the club. Reservation should he made
with the secretary. John g Goode
The speaker for the evening will l..
Colonel r. Nice Burlington. and
among the other features of enter
tainment. will he singing rs a col.
order quartet from the city. and a
program by the band Of ACca Ternp,n
Both the band and patrol OF the tenn
pie VIII attend today's meeting o:
the club