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About Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1914)
onnooN city kntkrphisk. fk i day, auoust 7, inn. The Trey O'Hearts THl OPlNINfJ INSTALLMENT OF TMl Nt-WEST STORY Of LIWI JOStPM VANCI-HIOHLV INTIH MTING. THUS TO Lift. AND C LEAN ARE THE THREE EXPRESSIONS USED IN OESCRI5INQ THIS LATEST PRODUCT OF ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST AUTHORS. The photo-drama rorrwM'otidttif to the liiktallinrula of 'The Tiey Hearts" ina liow be aern at the hur ruotluc picture theatre, ny this uriniue arranni inml with ihe I'til tersal Mutt Mt- Co. it U therefore mil chly possible lo tvad "the Tn-y U'llram" in ihn iwr, but also i e r h Installment of It at Ihe tilar theatre. (Copyriiiht, 1H. by UiuU Josep Vance ) i-TIIK M.SSAGE Or TIIK ItO.SK l.apprd deep In the U-alherboun luiury of an ample lounge-chair, wallc apart from tlx world by lha veneraM olltude of the library of Uinjon moat ric'iiialva club. Mr. Alan La sprawled (taraely on tba nape of hi nrrkt and. squinting discontentedly down hia noan, admitted that he wo ribaustlvrly bored. Now lha chair he filled ao iracelesa ly atood by an open window, some tarnty feet below which lay a sliable walM garden, an old tncllab garden In full flower. And through the win daw. now ami then, a half hearted breesa wafted gusls of warns air. suave and enervating with the heavy trait ranee of English rosea. Mr. Lt drank deep of It. and In aplte of his aplritual unrest, sighed allghtly and thut hla eyra. An unspoken word troubled the depth of hla consciousness ao that old memories stirred and struggled to Ita aorface. The word wa "Hoee." and for the time aeemed to be the name neither of a woman nor of a flower, but oddly of both, aa though the two thlnra were one. Hla mental vision, btidclnc the (tap of a year, conjured up the vision of a lithe, aweet silhouette In white, with red roav at her belt. posed on a terrace of the Riviera aealnat the burning Mediterranean blue. Mr. Law waa duly conacloua that he ought to be sorry about something. Hut be waa really very droway Indeed. and ao, dtinkinic deep of wlne-acent of roeea. be fell gently asleep. The clock waa striking tour when he awoke; and before closing hla eyes be bad noticed tbat Ita hand Indicated ten minutes to four. So be could not have slept very long. For some few second Alan did not move, but rested as be was. Incredu lously regarding a rose which had ma terialized mysteriously upon the lit tle table at his elbow. He waa quite sure R had not been there when he closed bis eyes, and almost aa sure that It was not real And In that Instant of awakening the magic fragrance of the rose-garden seemed to be even more strong and cloying sweet than ever. Then he put out a gingerly hand and discovered that It was real beyond all question. A warm red rose, fresh plucked, drops of water trembling and sparkling like tiny diamonds on the velvet of Its fleshy petals. And when Impulsively he took it by the stem, he discovered a most Indisputable thorn which did service tor the traditional pinch. Convinced that he wasn't dreaming. Alan transferred the rose to his sound hand, and meditatively sucked his thumb. Then be Jumped up from the chair and glared auspiciously round the room. It was true tbat a practical Joke In that solemn atmosphere were a thing unthinkable; still, there was the rose. There was no one but himself In the library. Perplexed to exasperation, Alan fled the club, only pausing on the way out to annex the envelope he found ad dressed to him in the letter-rack. It was a blank white envelope of good quality, the address typewritten, the stamp English, and bore a London postmark half illegible. Alan tore the envelope open in ab- nt-mtnded fashion and started as it stung- The enclosure was a simple playing card a trey of hearts! As for Alan Law, he wandered home wards In a state of stupefaction. He could read quite well the message of the rose. He would not soon forget that year-old parting with bis Hose of the Riviera: "You say you love but may not marry me and we muBt part. Then promise this, that If ever you change your mind, you'll send for me." And her promise; "I will send you a rose." But the year had lapsed with never a sign from her, so that be bad grown accustomed to the unflattering belief tbat she had forgotten him. And now the sign had come but what the deuce did the Trey ot Hearts mean? When morning come, London had lost Alan Law. No man of his ac quaintance nor any woman had re ceived the least warning of bis disap pearance. He was simply and suffic iently removed from English ken. Fhe found and placed a chair at the hidden meaning nf lha irey of hearts desk, and obediently settled berscii iperpiexcu nun won n m. in K Judith lfl me what day la thm?'- -My birthday. I ant twenty-one. And your sister's birthday; Rose too. la twenty-n." "Yea." You could have forgotten that," the old men pursued almost mockingly. 1 you really dislike your I In sister so intensely?" The girls voice trembled. "You know," aha Mid. "we hate nothing In common- beyond tiarentage and Ihia abominable resemblance. Our nauin a differ aa light from darkness. " "And whlih would you my waa light?" "Hardly my own: I'm no hypocrite. Rose Is everything that they tell me my mother waa. while 1" the girl smllrd strangely"! think I am more your daughter than my mother'a." A nod of the white head confirmed tho suggestion. "It la true. I have watched you closely, Judlih, perhaps more closely than even you knew, lie- fore I waa brought to this" the wast ed band made a significant gesture "I was a man of strong passions. Your mother never loved, but rather feared me. And Rose la the mirror of her mother's nature, gentle, unselfish, sym pathetic. Hy you. Judith, you are like second self to me. An accent of profound satlnfartlon Informed hla voire. The girl waited In a alienee that was tensely expect ant. Then. If on this your birthday I were lo ask a service of you that might Injuriously affect the happiness of your Sister ?" The girl laughted briefly: "Only ask It!" "And how far would you go to do my will?" "Where would you stop In the serv- Ice of one you loved?" Seneca Trine nodded gravely. And I after a brief pause, "Rose la In love," he announced. "Oh. I know I know!" the father affirmed with a faint ring of satisfac tion. "I am old, a cripple, prisoner of this living tomb; but all things I should know somehow I come to know In course of time!" It's true that Englishman she scraped acquaintance with on the Rl- lera last year what's his name? Law, Alan Law." 'In the main." the father corrected mildly, "you are right. Only, he's not English. His father was Wellington Law, of Law & Son." She knew better than to Interrupt before (eating Uiniluil. he dispatched a rode cablegram lo hie confidential agent In New York. "What ds you knew about tH trey of haarta? Anever Immediately." The answer forestalled his arrival In I.lw-rpool: "Trlnt'a death elan for your father. For Cod's sake, look to yourself and keep away from America." Put Alan bad more than once tlsltej America Incognito and unknown to tfeneva Trine la a secret route of hla own selection. Eight days out of l-oniton. a eecond clafs passenger newly landed from one of the C.V. stcamehlpe. be walked the streets of Qiiehe and dropped out of sight between dark and duii, lo turn tip pivaetitly In the distant t a- nadlan hamlet of Hole St. l'sul. appar ently a very trndi rfooted American woods traveler chaperoned by a taci turn Indian guide picked up heaven. knows where. Crosnlng the PI. lAwrenre by night. the two struck off quietly Into the hint' erland of the Notre Pame range, then crossed the Maine border. On the urond noon thereafter, trail worn and weary, aa lean aa their de pleted picks, the two paused on ridge-pole of the wtldernee up back of the Allngash country, and made their midday meal In a alienee which. If nor mal In the Indian, waa one of doep mis givings on Alan's part. Continually bis gate questioned the northern skies that lowered porten tiously, foul with smoke coun'ry wide conflagration that threatened all northern Maine, bone-dry with drought. Only the south offered a fair pros pect. And the fires were making southward fur faster than man might hope to travel through that grim and stubborn land. Even aa be stared, Alan saw fresh columns of dun-colored smoke spring up In the northwest. Anxiously he con sulted the Impassive mask of the In dia, from whom his quesions gained Alan little comfort. Jacob recom mended forced marches to Spirit Ijike. where canoes might be found to aid their flight; and withdrew Into sullen reserve. They traveled far and fast by dim forest trails before sundown, then again paused for food and rest. And as Jacob sat deftly about preparing the meal. Alan stumbled off to whip the little trail-side stream for trout. Perhaps a hundred yards upstream, the back-lash of a carelass cast by his wear hand hooked the State of Maine. (Tha trer of hearts (he symbol of ; Trine trine, your fatbrr s eonuy, aud yours, aud-lloee't fstber and uiine! Ho. now. M-rbaiia you know!" 1 A lusl of wiud like funis, e Matt swept the glade. The woman spiwng up, glanced over aluxiMrf lulu tba for est, and signed in the Indian In Irn niliiulea." she aald. "these ivmIs will be imir funeral pvte" hhe slrplwit back. Jacob a. sliced. picked Alan up, shouldered hla Ml and strode back Into the forrsl. Tea feet from I lie clearing be dropped Ihe helplesa man supine upn a bed of dry loss and brancbea Then, with single itioirin. lit, be disappeared. ROOSEVELT IS SUIO FOR LIOIL r ARMS IN POLITICAL FIGHT but her seeming patience was belied iTqo tired even to remember the an- by the whitening knuckles of a hand I propriate words. Alan scrambled II THE SIGN OF THE THREE. Out-of-doors, high brazen noon, a day In spring, the clamorous life of New York running as fluent as quicksilver through Its brilliant streets. Wlthln-doors, neither sound nor sun beam disturbed a perennial quiet that was yet not peace. The room was like a wide, deep well of night, the haunt of teeming shad ows and sinister silences. . . Little, Indeed, -as visible beyond the lonely shape that brooded over It, the figure of an old man motionless In a great, leather-bound chair. His chair was as white as his heart was black. The rack of his bones, clothed In a thick black dressing-gown with waist-cord of crimson silk, from the thighs down was covered by a black woolen rug. He stared unblink ing at nothing: a man seven-eighths dead, completely paralyzed but for his head and his left arm. Presenly a, faint clicking signal dis turbed the stillness. Seneca Trine put forth his left hand and touched one of a row of crimson buttons embedded in the desk. Something else clicked this time a latch. There was the faint est possible noise of a closing door, and a smallish man stole noiselessly Into the light, paused beside the desk and waited respectfully for leave to speak. "Well?" "A telegram, sir from England." "Give it to me." The old man seized the sheet of yel low paper, scanned It hungrily, and crushed It In his tremulous claw with a gesture of uncontrollable emotion. "Send my daughter Judith here!" Two minutes later a young woman In street dress was admitted to the chamber of shadows. "You sent for me, father?" "Sit down." that lay within the little pool of blood red light. And presently the deep voice rolled on: Law and I were once friends; then it came to pass that we loved one oman, your mother. I won her all but her heart: too late she realised it waa Law she loved. He never for gave me. nor I him. Though he mur- ried another woman, still he held from me the love of my wife. I could not sleep tor haMng him und be was no better off. Each sought the other's ruin; it came to be an open duel be tween us. In Wall street One of us had to fail and I held the stronger hand. The night before the day that was to have seen my triumph, I walk ed In Central Park, as was my habit to tire my body so tbat my brain might sleep. Crossing the East Drive I was struck by a motor-car running at high speed without lights. I wag picked up insensible and lived only to be what I am today. Law triumphed in the street while I lay helpless; only a liv ing remnant of my fortune remained to me. Then his chauffeur, dis charged, came to me and told me the truth; it was Law's car with Law at the wheel that had struck me down a deliberate attempt at assassination. I sent Law word that I meant to have a life for a life. For what was better than dead? I promised him that, should he escape, I would have the life of bis son. He knew I meant It, and sent his wife and son abroad. Then he died suddenly, of some common ail ment they said; but I knew better. He died of fear of me." Trine smiled a cruet smiie: "I had made his life a reign of terror. Ever so often I would send Law, one way or another mysteriously always a Trey ot Hearts; It was my death-sign for him; as you know, our name, Trine, signifies a group of three. And every time he received a trey of hearts, with in twenty-four hours an attempt of some sort would be made upon his life. The strain broke down his nerve. "Then I turned my attention to the son, but the distance was too great, the difficulties Insuperable. The Law mil lions mocked all my efforts; their alli ance with the Rothschilds placed mother and son under the protection of every secret police In Europe. Hut they dared not come home. At length I realized I could win only by playing a waiting game. I needed three things: more money; to bring Alan Law back to America; and one agent I could trust, one incorruptible agent. I c?ased to persecute mother and son, lulled them Into a sense of false secur ity, and by careful speculations re paired my fortunes. In Rose I had the lure to draw the boy back to America; In you, the one person I could trust. "I sent Rose abroad and arranged that she should meet Law. They fell in love at sight. I wrote informing her that the man she had chosen was the son of him who had murdered all of me but my brain. It feci out as I foresaw. You can imagine the scene of passionate renunciation pledges of undying consistancy the arrangement of a secret code whereby, when she needed him, she would send him a single rose the birth of a great ro mance!" The old man laughed sardonically. "Well, there Is the history. Now th rose has been sent; Law is already homeward bound; my agents are watching his every step. The rest is In your hands." The girl bent forward, breathing heavily, eyes aflame In a face that bad assume a waxen pallor. "What is it you want of me?" "Uring Alan Law to me. Dead or alive, bring him to me. Rut alive, If you can compass It: I wish to see him die. Then I, too, may die con tent." The hand of hot-blooded youth stole forth and grasped the icy hand of death-in-life. "I will bring him," Judith swore "dead or alive, you shall have him here." Ill THE TRAIL OF TREACHERY. But young Mr. Law was sole agent of his ownevanisbment; Just sb be was nobody's fool, least of all his own. The ashore, forced through the thick un dergrowth that masked the trail, found bis fly, set the State of Maine freeh and swinging on his heel brought up, nose to a sapling, transfixed by a rec tangle of white pastebord fixed to Ita trunk, a trey of hearts, of which each pip had oeen neatly punctured by a caliber bullet. He carried It back to ramp, meaning, to consult the guide, but on second thought, held his tongue. It was not likely that the Indlun had overlooked an object so conspicuous on the trail. So Alan waited for him to speak and meantime determined to watch Ja cob more narrowly, though no other suspicious circumstance had marked the several days of their association. The first half of the night was, as the day. devoted to relentless progress southwards; thirty minutes of steady Jogging, five minutes for rest and re peat. No more question as to the need for such urgent haste; overhead the north wind muttered without ceasing; thin veils of smoke drifted through the for est, hugging the ground, like some weird acrid mist; and ever the cur tnlned heavens glared, livid with re flected fires. Hy midnight Alan had come to the bounds of endurance; flesh, bone and sinew could no longer stand that strain. Though Jacob declared that Spirit Lake was only six hours distant, as far as concerned Alan h? mlnht have said six hundred. His blanket once unrolltd, Alan dropped upon it like one drugged. The sun was high when he awaked and sat up, nibbing heavy eyes, stretching aching limbs, wondering what had come over the Indian to let him sleep so late. Of a sudden he was assailed by sick ening fears that needed only the brief- j est Investigation to confirm. Jacob ' had absconded witn ever valuable Item of their equipment. Nor was his motive far to seek. Ov ernight the fire had made rxemendotA gnins. And ever and anon the wind would bring down the roar of the holo caust, dulled by distance but not unlike the growling of wild animal feeding on their kill. Alon delayed long enough only tf, swallow a few mouthfuls of raw food, gulped water from a spring, and set out at a dog-trot on the trail to Spirit Lake. For hours he blundered blindly on, holding to the trail mainly by Instinct. At length, panting, gasping, half blinded, he staggered Into a little nat ural clearing and plungpd forward headlong, bo bewildered that he could not have said whther he was tripped or thrown: for even as he stumbled a hpavv hnrtv lanrlarl nn hla ane aiwl 'crushed him savagely to earth. In less than a minute he was over come; his wrists hitched together, his ankles bound with heavy cord. When his vision cleared he found Ja cob within a yard, regarding blm with a face as Immobile as though it had been cast in the bronze it resembled. Deyond, to one side, a woman in a man's hunting costume stood eyeing the captive as narrowly as the Indian, but unlike him with a countenance that seemed aglow with a fierce exult ancy over his downfall. Hut for that look, he could have believed hers the face that had brought him over seas this mortal pass. Fea ture for feature, even to the hue of her tumbled hair, she counterfeited the wo man he loved; only those eyes, aflame with their look of Inhuman ruthless ness, denied that the two were one. He sought vainly to speak. The breath rustled In his parched throat like wind whispering among dead leaves. Thrusting the Indian roughly aside, the woman knelt in bis place by Al an's head. "No," she said, and smiling cruelly, shook her head "no, I am not your Rose. Hut I am ber sister, Judith, her twin, born in the same hour, daughter of can you guess whose daughter? But see this!" She flashed a card from within ber hunting shirt and held it before bis eyes. "You know it, eh? IV MANY' WATrltH. Overhead, through a rift In the foli age, a aky waa liMe whose rlxm darknesa called Id nil'id thundercloud. The beat waa nearly tit ' -I -ralde; Ihe voice of Ihe fire waa ery loud. Two minutes had patt-d of ihe ten Hoiiielhlng waa digging uncomfortab ly into Alan's right hit1 The automat c pistol in hla blp pocket, of whlih Jacob had m-glrt'ted lo r ll'e hi III Then a sharp, spiieful crackling brought him suddenly lo a sitting po sition, to find that the Indian had thoughtfully touched a matched lit Ibe pyre before departing. At Alau'a feel the tlga wvre blsiiug merrily. It would have been ray rnoiigh act ing on Instinct, (a snatch hi' limbs away, but he did not mote more than to train hla feel as Ur as their bonds permllled. Conscious of scorching heat even through hla hunting boots, he suffered that torture until a tongue of flame licked tip, wrapped Iteelf round the thick hempen curd and ate It through. Immediately Alan kicked hla feel free, lifted to a kneeling position, and crawled from tho pyre Aa for hla hands - Alan's hunting knife aa still In Ita shnth belted to the small of hla back. Tearing at Ihe bell with hla hampered fingers, he con trived to shift It round until Ihe sheath knife stuck at Ihe belt loop ov er hla left blp. Withdrawing and con veylng the blade lo hla mouth, he grip ped It firmly between hla teeth, and sawed ihe cord round hla wrists against Ihe ratorsbarp blade. Hefore Alan could turn and run he saw vanguard ot flames bridge fifty yard a at a bound and start a dead pine blazing like a torch. And then he was pelting like a mad man acroas the smoke filled clearing. and In leaa than two minutes broke from the forest to the pebbly sh'irt of I J J: . k ' -v v FROM WILLAMETTE VALLEY PAPERS .... - s... . t. The Bsel el Ihe Ce"ly Neeta 4 NHs Pnnte4 This Week la h( Leeal Paper W. V. S Work Preyeeeee Tbe WllUmsile YalV Hoiitl.ern le making fine -t,.gr with II. sir ion slimline) Wixk ,tl M'Hi'Ur lbr r in i-me Ibrlf lri k ls)lllg I'y Ihe tune IN Irs. k taring rrw gele to lh trig rl lliry are now ineklng rear M'l III..I lt,e rut will be finished and the tin k Iskll.tf It I I l.tlliiM Ilia fftdtllti (sues il 'elr Ibe grading will I ! re lbn msiitij. ii.oii M'liiio wrsi atii eoiim ibe gtsde will be ray. Mmll of II Is dolie now. The mmpany baa tnded three r.lrl- trains. Ki h Iraln will run- ll of two are, one will l Ibe in.Oof sr. null a ii -I baggage There will be a sumler and teiiKcr nmi h Ihe rr ar similar In the Oregou Klw trie 111.' S-'StS will be lao holies ldr Concerning PermU. IVw la. ts In Ihe w.,Hd I,,,. ,,, ailely of nope whnh p, ' lliaii ties Idle e" linn i. a., lo Imagine that Ibis roii, ,,n ( inlsfofimie. Yet, II Is ".lt " '"'"aa w. . "'MiaU id make a grv,,.f Ihire were fewer things ell might eoiiiellilna; an e do at present. W hut we are aakd w list (,gr ( msVea s e laity of w rn U,H , " Our dairying la nothing 1 llur pure bred elm k le not ptui. In any noted uu.ihMlles u,,r fields ranniM iimipete with . 1 si r-age of Ihe spe lal wbrsi a are rapidly ho raliig i,t b . tl' dmlloii and perhape Ibis ( id, ' paling business we hate ts,, f) Iht t uoo-'t vtii " 1 2 rAkinro res a . ff sVwea aiai ess) , tk as- aaa I NEW YORK. Aug. .- Polltlclana re gard Ihe suit for libel brought by Chair man William Hemes, Jr., agalnat Cobt nrl RiMise-velt simply aa a step In Ihe political game being fought In this state over the gubernatorial nonuna lion. generally speaking; such suite are not taken seriously. Mr. lUrnce aaka 10.000 d.tmages because Roose velt attacked blm as a corrupt politi cal boss. Mr. Itarura Is chairman of the stnte ((republican committee.. If the suit cornea lo trial tiefora the fall nrlniarlna II will llkelv rauan aihaa. a substantial dam. through whose spill-, unn, ,.,t f It goes over, aa It proln way a neavy volume or water cascaded ;tdv will, there la small prospect that with a roar rivaling that of the forest- i much will ftvi-p emiie of It. an those Are Itself. Isnv whn tirofrsa lo h vera ul In aiicb Two quick glances show ed Alan two 1 pbnsea of political activity. things: that his only way ot escape This will be one of Ihe best r.o.ln.rd V" ' ..' "". roads and will be uplodate In err le j " ' ' ' . ' . " " , T''r ll dlecier whsl II le Iwst fUaJ 'I" and maae a specially of nr-a-iT!. 7 Hi.. r,,a.l all! I..i -ail f,,r aM Ii e . u. . . .... '. . ' waa via the dam: that there, was a sol Itary canoe at mid-lake, bearing swiftly lo the farther shore Judith Trine and the Indian the latter wielding the paddle. In the act of turning toward the dnm he saw Jarob drop the paddle. The next Instant a bullet from a Winches ter .30 kicked up a spurt of pebbles only a few feet In advance of Alan. He quickened hla pace, but the next bullet fell closer, while the third actu ally bit the earth ben nth his running feet as he gained the dum. Exasperated, he pulled up, whipped out his pistol and fired without aim. At he same time, he noted tbat tbe dis tance between dum and canoe had les sened perceptibly, thank to the strong current sucking through the spillway. His shot flew wide, but almost In stinctively his finger closed again upon the trigger, and he aaw ihe puddle snap In twain, its blade fulling over board. And then the Ind an find again, his bullet droning past Alan's our. As he fired In respond,- .incoti start ed, dropping bis rifle anj crumpl 'd up In the bow of Ihe canoe. Simultaneously earth and heavens rocked with a terrific clap of thunder. He turned again nnd ran swiftly along the dam. toward two heavy Um bers that bridged tho torrent of tho spillway. Then a glance aside brought hint up with a thrill of horror: tho suck of the overflow had drawn the canoe with in a hundred yards of tho spillway. The dead Indlun in its bow, the living woman helpless In Its stern. It swept swiftly onward to desrucllon. Ills next few actions were wholly un pemedltuted. He was conscious only of her while, staring face, her strange likeness to the woman that he loved. He ran out upon the bridge, threw himself down upon the Innermost tlm ber, turned and let bis body fall back wards, arms extended at length, and swung, braced by his feet beneath tho outer timber. With a swiftness that passed con scious thought, he was aware of the canoe hurtling onward with the speed of wind, its sharp prow apparently aimed directly for his head. Then hands closed round his wrists like clamps; a tremendous weight tore at his arms, and with nn effort of Incon cclvablo difficulty he began to lift, to drag the woman up out of the foaming jaws or death. Somehow thut impossible feat was achieved; somehow the woman con trived to clamber over blm to the tim bers; and he In turn pulled himself up to safety, and Blck with reaction sprawled prone above the screaming abyss. Later he became aware that the wo man had crawled to safety on the far ther shore and pulling himself togeth er. Imitated her example. In a ghastly twilight In which the flaming forests on the other shore burned with unearthly glare, he dis covered the wan, writhing face of Ju dith Trine close to his and he heard her scream: "You fool! Why did you save mc? I tell you, I have sworn your death!" The utter grotesqueness of It all broke upon his intelligence like the revelation of some enormous funda mental absurdity In Nature. He laugh ed a little hysterically. Darkness followed. A flash of light nln gseemed to flame between them like flrery sword. To Its crashing thun der, he lapsed into unconsciousness. When he roused, It was with a shiv er and shudder. Rain was falling In torrens from a sky the hue of slate. Across the lake dense volumes of steam enveloped the fires that fainted beneath the deluge. A great hissing noise filled the world, muting even the roar of the spillway. Hut In his hand, atterea and bruised by the downpour, he found a rose. (To be continued) 1 RACES ARE FAILURE CHRISTOFFERSOIM CUTS SHORT EXHIBITION BECAUSE OF WIND PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. S The large crow d attending the aviation and horse racing exhibition at the Rose City Speedway yesterday left feeling that It hadn't received Ita money's worth. 8 1 1 us Chrlstofferson. the local avi ator hnd been billed to make six flights three In his heavy army trarlor and three in the lighter Curtlsa biplane. Ho made Ihe onea scheduled In the heavier machine, but again disappoint ed ibe crnwd by not taking Ihe lighter !alr craft nl ift. He explained thut It i would be sulcldul to nlti mpt thin, with I the condl'lon of the ntmosph 're and puffy w ind blowing across tho speed way. l'nd"til'le !!y Clirlstof.'erson, who hue nuvvr been nr. -used of lack of nerve, kmw v. '.r; b as abo'it. He state I h'fore the h"iltlon that he wr.s afraid that the wind wouldn't give him n chance t) use the lighti r mac hine. fr.uii MoUlla ati. tit h lol-r Ihe first Mulalla Is planning In hate a big c. -t, rat mil of Ibe ernl Molall I'll tieer I DUcred'tible Parm Scenes. A Niedy tanner wrtle Ihe Olwerv er that a trip through Ibe alley re teals many s rtiee thai are not a i tedil to the coun'ry. Home of Ihe ecrnre he objects lo are Women out at the woodpile chopping wood or picking up rhlpe where Ibe wdple ought lo be. t H at plli a of manure bleaching away the tr fertility back of the barns. r.'uipty nig pens with waste enough on Ihe place lo grow and fatten aeteral plga A cowhss farm where there la no milk, cream and butterthose great aasistanla In rooking. The farm without a garden, and Ihe owners deprived of tbe healthful fresh vegetables so easy to produce on any f.irin. Patches of werde and foul fence ror nere thai orrshadow the tilled apole and apread liutloua weeds In neigh bors' fields Aurora Observer. Independent to Move. The next Inane of the Woodhurn In dependent will be Issued from tbe pa pers new borne In the new Austlu brick building on Grant etrevt, oppo site the imi-lofflce. Removal of the office will begin aa soon as this Issue in mnllcd This change of loralon la necessary on account of keeping step with the rciuarkiihl.! progress of Ibe city, to obtain more rouiniodlous .usr- NTS and to be In the position lo llnel Increased business demands Mr. I) (i. Moorhcad, tbe affable rep res ntatlve of the Mergeiithaler Lino type company, arrived In Ihe city Tuea dny and haa Installed a Mcrgcnlhiler llnolyie machine In Ihe new building for the Independent. The machine !e one of the finest pieces of mechanism ever brought to thla city and baa at tracted wide attention. With It the In dependent will meet all demands made upon the office by the home patrons for work that la done on thla machine and will also accept orders for linotype work from the outside. It will from now one be one. of Ibe busiest plncei In Woodhurn and will Impress all our homo people and the newcomers with the Importance and progreaa of ihe city. Woodhurn Independent. discover and maae tt haa betur inarkeia and si.w that particular llilng thraiir o where email qiiaiillHea are t.,v When a roinmuiiliy gits widely iin. Hard as center of supply for a n able coimnodlly It brings buyers k roiise,iiritty increased prices, Ts solution of ihe problems of our si'ig farmere will be found In ruopcratiw. In production and marketing. Ike ill le brought aitoul by necessity ff Ing In ii Inn the in. How this dealrab'e condition can be brought about. Is un. Unn upon which we have glite, much thought, but have hern unable u arrine at any solution Other plarr build up rliormoue businesses by sue, crsafully ro-operailng, but, they sr places which produce great quantities of some one linn. We will arrtte al this gnal some time Mulalla I'lonerr. Bob Burdette en Prohibition. Ikid Hiirdetie never says a dull thing, and hie unique way of statins an old truth niakee It shine with a new n,ht Ktcn a subject as well worn as the) temperance ranee takes on a bv sparkle when "Hob" excuae tu, he Rev. Robert J. Hurdetle tackles II. Here be pays bis rotnpllmente to tor: My dear boy, men nave fought, M and died, but not for beer. Arnold Winkerlrted did not throe himself upon Ihe Austrian spears be cause he waa ordered to rlote bis aa I Mm at nine o'clock. William Tell did not hide his arrow under hla vrat to kill the tyrant be cause the edict had gone forth tbat Iba freedom Hwitirr should not drink a Heg of beer every Holiday. Freedom did not shriek as Kosciusko fell over a whiskey barn I. Warren did not die that beer might flow aa Ihe hrooka murmur seven ilaya a week. Kven the battle of Hrandywluo Win not fought tbat whisky might be free; not by a Jug full The battles of this world, my son, have been fought for grander tilings than free whisky. The hemes who fall In Ihe sniggle for rum lull abut In the neck, and their martyrdom la clouded by the haunting phantoms of tho Jlmjama. Whisky makes men fight. It la true, but they usually fight oilier drunken men. 1 lie ( llnmplon or Peer duel bj( stand In Ihe temple of fame; bo ttan-lg In the police court. Honor lieteraie the delirium termens. lilory diwe tot wear a red nose, and Paine blw w hotn but never takea one ureiksm Outlook. STAGE OWNER KILLED PRINEVI1.LK. Ore.. July 31 A. 0. Sc'itciiiH, a mnll contractor nnd owner of the Prlnevlllii Paulina atugo line, wua shot nnd killed this morning at hla ranch, four miles west of Puullnu, by Henry MclPiwell, a hired man. Scoggins hud returned a day or two nr I ruin Portland, b -rn he had been iii.e-r treatment for some time. Mc- No one wna more disappointed tbnn he, '" ' """V4 ; ' , l' un 111 ll'l Jim w, ..(irai.-, & ... UK he Is a loc al hoy, nnd w lulled to show his many friends here just whut he could do. Hut this didn't add any salve to th) feelings of the crowd, many of whom demanded their money back. RACE EFFECTED BY WAR WORD RECEIVED THAT SPEED EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED NEW YORK, July 30. Ilecutiso of the Auslro?.Servlun war the automo bile race for the Czar's cup, which was to be held In Russia beginning August 28, has been canceled. The Automo bile Club of America today announced the receipt of tho following cablo from tho Imperial Automobile, club of Rus sia: "Owing to International disturbances Imperial Automobile club of Russia do- cldes to countermand Czar's cup for 1914." Entries for tho race were to close yesterday, and cars and drivers from tho countries composing Triple Alli ance and Triple Entente, It was ex pected, would compete. Tho course was to bo from Moscow through the Caucasus, an far south as the Crimean Peninsula and the liluck Sea and re turn. kins was notified over the phono by McDowell himself and departed nl once, for the scene. CLACKAMAS GETS BIO 8HARE $1,000,000 FIRE IN SEATTLE I SCORES BARELY ESCAPE FROM BURNING STRUCTURES SHIPS ARE SAVED S BATTLE. Wash., July SO. Klre breaking out In the liraml Trunk dork building thla nfternoon spread to tb Coleman dock and oilier watnrfrot! property, Inflicting a loss of fl.noo.W. So quickly did Ihe flumes spread till tho firemen of the hind and waltf forces worn dazed nnd imuhlo to rop with the (HmiHtrouH hluxn. Vessels moored near the docks SALEM, Ore., July 31. State Trens- iirer Kay said today that tho Interest j on the school fund uggregated III73,- i:u.:i i, wn cu win no uisirinuieu oui- t , . , , ,,, .., j nrduy' among Iho school districts of t t " ? "m lhKnpeH.end,,.t of Public Instruction "f 'U;'. .r,rC"PU l", Churchill bus announced Ihe school census as 2ul,HS7, which will miiko tho apportionment per capita $1.85, an In crease of 2 cents over lust yeur. Tho total Increase over butt yeur Is $15,01)1). The apportionment ot Clackamas county Is $21,472.95. U. 8. Not to Intervene. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Tho Unit ed States government will inako no ef fort at this lltno to bring tho European conflict to nn end. This announcement wns forthcoming today from an authoritative, source here. It was hinted, however, thut America Inter might offer Uh services as a mediator. Owing to tho absence from Washing ton of Secretary of tho Treasury Mo- Adoo, tho conference of bankers sched uled for today, was postponed until to morrow. Several employes were trapped In tho burning building nnd Jumped into tlm bay with llmlr clothes on fire. The pollco worked fiercely lo save nil lives nnd It. Is thought that perhaps nil of those who reached tho water escaped death Iloth buildings collapsed and fell with a crash thut sent showers of sparks across the street. A llvo wlro wns broken In tho crash nnd hurled hissing over tho heads of tho crowd endiingorlng tho lives of tho spectators. Harbor Muster rnyseo says tho catme of the flro Is unknown. O. F. Llttlowood, cnught In the Colo mnn dock, wns badly burned about Iho face bnfore he lenpod from a second story window Into tho bny and wns rescued. Tho firemen were overcome "J smoke on tho Oranil Trunk dockj Socialist Shot. PARIS, July 31. Jeun Juarcs. tbe French Soclullst lender, was shot to night by un unknown man who was supposed to have attacked him on uc- count of his untl-war activity, und died later of bis wounds. England Prepares. LONDON, July 31. English rail roads were ordered tonight to hold themselves In readiness to move troops. It was the flrat Ilrltlsh step toward warfare. Shipping Bill Passed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. President Wilson's message waiving restrictions on American registry of forelgn-bullt ships was passed by the house today without a roll call and taken at once to the senate. It Is designed to give foreign vessels the advantage f reg istration under tbe flag of a neutral power. Quebec Under Martial Law. QUEHKC, Aug. 3. Tho military au thorities took charge of the port of Quebec today. Tho Island of Orleans In the north channel was closed, and It was believed It was mined. Chan nel lights were extinguished and all shipping was warned away from gov ernment vessels or drydocks. LOANS LOANS LOANS LOANS in ' -maaaaBsaaaaeaaaaaaaas OUR METHODS If Ii E3 8teel Trust Offera Ships. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. The Unit ed States steel corporation, It was an nounced here today, has offered to place 25 vessels at the disposal of grain shippers to move crops on the Great Lakes and, presumably, trans Atlantic shipments as well. Suffragettes 8top Militancy. LONDON. July 31. 8uffragett headquarters Issued an order today for a suspension of militancy while Eng- iland is threatened by a foreign war. f. DURING the pat year we have loaned more than $ 1 00,000.00 on Fint Mortgages on farms in Marion and Clackamas counties. Could we have done this if our methods were not right? We are in a position to place $100,000.00 on approved security within the next ninety days. If you need money now of are going to need some within the next few months, it will be to your interest to consult us. If you have from JO to 50 acres of land you wish to sell, see us about it, that is, if your prices is right. We have First Mortgages on Willamette Valley Farms from $300 up runniug from two to five years that we will sell so as to NET the purchaser 6 per cent Willamette Valley Mortgage Loan Company Aurora, Oregon.