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SERIAL
STORY
1
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Chronicles
f
Addington
Peace
By B. Flat char Robinson
Co-Author with A. Conan DojL ct
The Hoaod erf the BmUtIIIh" etc.
U
THE MYSTERY OF
THE CAUSEWAY
(Continued.)
well. well, no one can think of
verything. eald Peace, with a flick
r of a amtle. "Come and enow me
where you found him."
The dark tain upon the Blab be
tween the nodding reed waa atgn post
aufflclent The little detective took
one look at the spot, and then stood
with his hands behind hU back, peer
ing about him.
"Were the prisoner'! clothes wetf
he asked quietly.
"No. air; quite dry."
"And bow deep is the lakeT"
"From three to six feet deep, or so
Ie always heard."
"la there a boat on it?"
"Jake keeps an old punt, I believe,
but the pleasure craft are under lock
and key In the boathouse, They've
not been In the water for years, and
would leak like sieves."
"That la all. Qo up to the house
and wait for me there. I shall be
back In an hour or so."
The policeman saluted and retired
down the causeway, his heavy boots
clattering upon the stones.
"Now we can get to work, Mr. Phil
lips." said the little man, cheerfully.
his eyes dancing with a pleaaant ex
pectation. "While I am making a lit
tle examination of the causeway. 1
should be obliged If you will wait tor
me at the cottage on the Island yond
er." The last thing I saw of him waa a
neat boot sticking out from the reeds'
Into which he was bawling on bands
and knees.
Tte cottage was an old-fashioned,
one-storied building. The red tiles of
Its gabled roof had been delicately
toned by age until they bad sunk to
a color very restful to an artist's eye.
Wooden shutters blocked the win
dows; Its door of stained and worm
eaten oak waa firmly secured. A path
led through straggling laurel boshes
from the door to the lake, and I walked
down to It to the loud outcry of the
nesting ducks that rose with flapping
wings about me and circled round to
splash into the water at a safe dis
tance. By a dilapidated wooden laud
ing stage I stopped to light a ciga
rette. As I threw away the match
a ragged tear in the deep moss that
covered the planking caught my eye.
I stooped to examine It. Under the
moss the wood itself was splintered
with a deep, fresh scar! I studied
U rest of the landing stage without
result. Neither the moss nor the ex
posed patches of woodwork showed
any similar signs. The one fresh
car that was all.
I was still considering the problem
when Peace Joined me. He was in
high good humor. For a time he
stared at the mark with his head on
one side like a meditative sparrow,
and then, seizing me by the arm, led
me back by the way we bad come.
"Picturesque, eh!" be said, pointing
to the old pavilion. "It catches your
artistic eye. Perbspe you will have
time to make a sketch of It this
afternoon."
"Nonsense." I said. Irritably enough.
"Who shot this poor fellow T"
"No one."
"What suicide?"
"Nothing so simple, I'm afraid.
Now don't lose yocr temper. You
will understand within the hour.
Come along."
"Where are we going?"
"To visit our esteemed friend, Jake
Warner. Tbere is Just a chance he
may show temper. Shall we risk It.
Mr. Phillips, or shall we call the po
liceman from the house yonder?"
I told him quite briefly that I would
see the policeman condemned first
Warner's cottage was a etraw
tbatched. ivy covered little place,
built on the slope of the park, be
neath It a brook that carried the
overflow from the lake gurgled mo
notonously by. A thin, long legged
man. who wss digging In a patch of
garden, stopped bis work at slgbt of
us and waited, leaning on his spade.
Jake Warner, isn't It?" Peace In
quired over the low fence of epllt
plne. "Yes. sir."
"I am Inspector Addington Peace of
the Criminal Investigation Depart
ment" Warner said nothing, but I saw his
Angara clench upon his spade, aa be
gsve the detective sure for star.
"A fairly good breeding season for
the eucka, I should Imagine,"
tlnued the little man, with a benevo
lent interest
There waa still no reply.
"I understand the foxes are very
troublesome."
Warner threw down hie spade and
strode up to where we stood. Ills
eyes bad In them the dumb agony of
a wild thing In a trap.
"I am a married man, sir," be said.
"For my wife sake take me away
quietly."
"I have not come to arrest you.
Jake Warner." said Peace. "If you
are responsible for your master's
death. U was by sheer accident But
the question Is, are you responsible?"
"No, air, I am not But I ean never
prove It"
"Perhaps It would be beat If you explained."
We remained where we were, with
the fence between ua, while he told
his story.
It waa on Monday afternoon, air."
said j ale Warner, addressing Ad
dlngton Peace of the Criminal Invest!
gatlon Department of Scotland Yard,
I was crossing the publlo path that
runs near the other end of the lake.
nen I fell In with a middle-aged
spectacjed gentleman, who was stroll
ing along with a Uu collecting-case
on his back, such as botanists use.
We fell to talking, and one thing led
to another, until, when I turned off
down to the lake to see after my
ducks, he came with me. He never
meant no harm as I know of, but 1
would give all I have never to have
seen him."
"What waa be like?" asked the In
spector. "A short fellow, with a brown full
beard and a slight stutter. Very
pleasant he was to talk to; but this is
outside the point, sir. as you will see.
We walked down the causeway, and
Just before the pavilion what should
we come across but three dead birds,
all with their heads bitten clean off
It made me wild, for tbe foxes have
been plaguing me cruel this spring.
Sir William never would have oue
shot, though he bad given up hunting
many years. As for the young mas
ter, I couldn't say as to bis views.
for I had never set eyes upon him.
Tbe stranger, he symDathiied very
kindly tth me. and I told him my
troubles. How they can expect a
keeper to rear a decent lot of wild
duck with a plague of foxes In hie
midst. I'm dashed If 1 know,' I said.
He allowed that a fox who would kill
ducks like that waa as bad as a man-
eating tiger. "She's a cunning old
vixen as won't let me get within shot
of her,' I told him. 'but I've half
mind to set a spring gun for her on
tne causeway here.'
tuess my soul, how that fellow
laughed. He threw back his head and
crowed with Joy at my Idea. "A spring
gun for a fox.' be says; 'why, keeper,
its the very thing! Think of the sim
pncity or it and the certainty of It
and the security of If Those were
bis words. After that be sobered
down and began talking more serious.
Did I really understand how to set
spring gun? I told Dim no; and then
be explained bow be bad a friend
from India wbo had often used them
to kill Jackals. Whether I did right
or wrong, the fact Is that I agreed
to set the gun when be sent me tbe
instructions.
"Well
100,000 MARCH
ON MONTENEGRO
Austrian Troops Kush Forward
Kv Land and Soa.
"No, air."
"Where waa Sir Andrew httr
"The chest, sir; he got It full In tbe
chest"
"Bo 1 understood. A curious ele
vation of the ruuitle. eh? Did you
expect a fox over five feet high?"
Peace brought out tbe words with
a snap, but tbe keeper answered hi in
without hesitation.
"That Is the point air." he said.
"That Is why I am not responsible) for
the master's death. I set the gun
at a level of eight Inches from the
ground, which I reckoned would take
the fox about the shoulder. Borne
one altered the elevation of the mus-
tle after I bad gone."
"The second forked stick that sup
ported the gun was in the mud. Might iH)mlon - One hundred thousand Aus-
H not have sunk under the weight I trian troops now are moving- in the H
and thus raised the muisle?" irectionof the Montenegrin frontier.
"No, sir. I had pushed It through j according to an Antivari dispatch to
the mud down to the araveL It was a : the Mail. A large number of Aus-
good foot deeper when I went to look
at It A man must have used great
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF LYTERg
(Jenerul New a InituHtrlis. nJ Iluctlonal IVvt.pm
and Progress ' Jurl i'onununitiea, l'ubllc InHtitutiuna,
Italy Kxpwtwl to Support Austria
-Crock and Sen inn Force
Face Bulgarian1.
A Vienna dispatch to tin- Time says
that in the event of Austria attempt
ing to coerce Montenegro then is lit
tle doubt that she would he siiiHirte,l
force to get It so tar through tbe
gravel."
"What became of the gun?"
"After they carried Sir Andrew
ft W Ba Y f m II u Kaaa unn nff Oil hAdd
f,f ..Kii. tvt... s .i ... 1 S:tntii Oiinriintii ami Avion:., whil
w wwuiio, HUa( WUU1U WJ aw - - .
me for setting such a trap for my mas- ! Austria would proceed against l.ov
ter? That was Ibe only thing 1 ! chen Mountain and Scutari
could think about I ran back and I fd'r to avoid needlessly olTcnd
pulled up the sticks, and carried away 'nK "'. '11' action against Scutari
the gun to the cottage here." wouM 1,0 r"rrll'd l,l,t through Albania,
"tin m.. - .i... H . u , , not from Herzegovina.
1 ne rouu eoi ir.x'iuii m t- i"
Times learns that the Creek and Ser
vian forces now massed in Southern
f i .......,,..... 'o tiiiii Tli.v
reason It out I made up ray mind ,"""""" "W " " ' . ' . ,.'
. ,, " ... . . ,. are confronted by three Unitarian di-
IIKJHWAY IJIANCK OITOSF.l)
(JranU r Men Want I'acilic
Route I eft as at FriHcnt.
. rants I'a-s Ki(:hty live el.thuMus
tic business men gathered at luncheon
here Wednesday for the purHO of
discussing the pro-s.sod change of the
l'ncilic Highway front Southern Ore
gon to Kastern Oregon. It wan the
sentiment of those present that the
Pacific Highway should remain a per
manent factor through the Rogue Kiv
ervalle; that with the Siskiyouson
the south, the Coast ranee on the west
and the CaUH.oias on the north the
natural scenery of the country affords
the most attractive sireien iron i.uoo
be covered in a day by automobile in
Unroii.
That such attractions as the Jose-
by Italy, which probably would occupy mlll, iiontv raves, and historic Table
4.1... 1. . I . ' " . .i a.
Rock. Mount l.auglilin Mini v raier
I, aki-, and miles of mountain streams
and piod roads warrant the uprt of
all oieaniations and counties ill
I trian troops also are proct'eoin in
I rtlllivnri oy sen.
MKDFOIi 1) FLANS
Merchants and Croners of
Valley Hcliiml Muv.
.Medford As an auxiliurv t I
rlKntion movement plans wer,iJ
luted Satunlay at a jit ,
members of (hi ini :.i . '"I
the Merchant' ai,ii . f '
.. ..,,, u
f...i..... i ,i .. """"at
' i''i'ii m iuij in me valley,
Tim merchants of thu cj,'y s
ttnn-i f Hiiiim -rioe OOII
the man whom we may presume to 1
be the murderer?" !
"Yea, sir; but 1 waa too wild to ;
Western Oregon was ileelareil.
KesolutioiH expressing Crimls l'a
sentiment and personal letters will be
sent to Oregon conirressincn, together
with scenic views alone the Pacific
Highway through Josephine county.
IMI'KOY F.MKNTS 1 U INDIANS
(hemawa School Appoint- Full
Hlood Indian Librarian.
Chemawa Superintendent Wads
worth has received notice that within
a short time he wil! receive a new
raru'e for use in the kitchen at the Sa
lem Indian school, a new electric
doucji mixer which has been needed in
the bakery for many year;, and a
ferried himself across rather than use That Battleship (Jo Through Canal power law n mower for use on the
the causeway. And now please fetch I First Is KeiUest. spacios lawns at the school,
me the plans and the gun." , .. r, . , , , , ... The mw auditorium is to be supplied
When Warner returned Peace . , .' ' . . .. i . .. with mo.l.-rn e.pnpnieni, consisting oi
slipped the nvelnn Intn his nncket. . . '." . .. ' ..' H drop curtain, anolln r for use in
this morning to tell them all about It
at the Inquest That Is the truth."
Did you use tbe punt last nlKbt?"
No, sir. It must have been tbe
man that was caught I missed her
this morning, and after a search
found her In the reeds near the island
where she had drifted. Though I
don't see how you could have known
anything about the punt sir."
Tbe iron-shod pole had chipped tbe
trading stHge. The other man bad
visions, totalling tiO.non men. Almost
all the remaining Unitarian forces are
still before Hulair and Tchatalja.
The Unitarian covernment. the dis
patch adds, is exhaustim; every means
to arrive at a friendly arrangement
with Servia and Creece, but the dan
ger of a conflict is still imminent.
ri.F.A FOR "OKKCO.V MADK
Slid Ik. J
growers will furnish I.'iikhj. aJ
mittee, consisting of Jhn H
W. V. Isaacs, UwirKe T. Colli,,. Vl
.-iliiimoui oo r., . Wflcll
namiil, to solicit subscription,
tne merenunts ami active a
been startisl. It is expictij (j
t.ooo win im reauiiy serurisi,
as sMin as mis money ja
m ......... n.....ti.... t
'lii wi runcnert
.,..11.1 l.u .....i: i ..
i.. i,d u.i i of 1 1 1 UlS pf,,J
cannery presenieil anil the Jlsl
be loaned without interest to Uu
Hisit! associstion.
The cannery will be similsr t
one now operating at I'uysllup
it i i . . ri
um ion uoscriiie fur iUtI
iiuasnuruio any amount, but
subscriber will have hut on
The pmlits of the socitjon
operating expenses will be d
umonK the Kruwets.
A Inrge Ixiard of d;rectrs
mall executive lsard w ill In J
ami ir the cannery is Inn It a Drm
man fmm I'uysllup will he sen J
lake active charge.
sir, n;s letter arrived res
terday morning with careful little
plans and all. I loaded my gun with
buckshot and carried It down to the
causeway shortly after dusk. I bad
lost several more ducks each day, and
my mind was made up to have that
old vixen. I flied the gun, with a
thread of strong cotton across the
path and round the trigger. You may
think I took a wicked risk, but I had
hardly ever known any one to pass
along the causeway In tbe daytime,
rar less at night Yet, for safety's
sake. 1 meant' to take it up again at
dawn.
"I walked home and sat smoking
my pipe for a while. But I waa wor
ried and disturbed. I couldn't get It
from my mind that tbere waa danger
in that spring gun left to itself as It
were. Even If I bagged tbe old vixen
some one might hear the shot and
find the body. A dead fox would
make me a marked man amongst all
tbe bunting people about I didn't
like that thought neither. At last 1
couldn't stsnd It uo longer, and set
off back to the causeway. I was more
than half-way when I heard tbe shot
and that set me running. Wben I saw
the policeman I was mightily afraid
be would be finding tbe vixen dead.
That's why I lied to blm."
"I know the rest. Warner." said
Peace; "but I wsnt a few details. Did
you see sny s'gn of another man?" i
aud examined the weapon with great
care, snapping the lock twice.
'You had eased the trigger, eb?"
'Yea, sir; I thought a light pull
would be best so I oiled and loosened
the screws."
The little man banded it back to
him and turned away, staring over
the lake towards the distant wood
lands, with bis hands clasped behind
his back.
"That fellow, sir be must have
done It. don't you think?" asked the
under-keeper.
"So it would seem. Warner," said
Addington Peace ever bis shoulder.
It was eleven o'clock on the follow
ing day when Peace was announced
I waa sitting In tbe garden of my
friend's cottage smoking my pipe and
reading tbe paper. From within the
villa came the sound of whistling that the first ship to pass through the canal
signed a petition asking President
Woodrow Wilson to direct that the
battleship Oregon be designated to
head the fleet that first p uses through
the Panama canal. The petition of
the Oregon school children is in part
as follow s :
"The incident of history which,
more than all others, impressed Amer
ica with the immediate need'of an inter-oceanic
waterway at Panama was
the famous voyage of the battleship
Oregon. That marvelous race of a
great battleship around the continent
to fight the battles of an alien people
staggered the world. She is at once
the most famous and most loved vessel
in all the fleet of the Croat Kcpuhlic.
Therefore we, the school children of
the commonwealth of the State of
Oregon, whose name this Moating for
tress so proudly bears, respectfully pe
tition that the battleship Oregon be
rick
to u
told of my host working at his Acad
emy picture.
"Why, Peace." I said, "what brings
you here?"
He sested himself on a corner of
the garden bench and lit a cigarette.
"I went to London last nlgbt." be
told me. "And aa I bad to pass your
friend's house on tbe way from the
station to Alrlle Hall. I thought I
would call In and see you."
Any further news?"
I have had an Interesting visit
The botanist with the beard has
stepped into a leading part In our lit
tle tragedy. Mr. Pbltllpe."
Do you mean "
Yes, I believe blm to be the mur
derer of Sir Andrew Cheyne."
Then the man under arrest is In
nocent
"That scarcely describes him but of efliciency. and he appeals to all
be had no hand in this crime." Cermans to he ready to sacrifice their
Confound you and your riddles," I blood and their possessions.
said. "Where is tbe murderer? Have
you caught him?"
There is a carriage at the door, if
you care to come along perhaps I
may be able to show him to you."
It wss a swift horse from the sta-
froni ocean to ocean."
Sword Final, Says Prince,
Pcrlin ('p)wn Prince F'rei
William, in writing the preface
lok;, Cermany in Arms," just pub
lished, of which he is reputed to be
the author, exhibits himself, the fu
ture (Jerman emperor, as a disbeliever
in the possibility of ever alsilishing
war.
He declares that diplomacy 'may de
lay and occasionally avert conliicts,
hut "the sword will remain the final
and decisive factor until the world's
end."
The author points out that
connect ion with the moving picture
machine, and three different sets of
scenery.
The library w hich w as r .taMlslicd a
few weeks HkM is to have an appropri
ation of f loil with which to purchase
hooks for the use of t he red children.
Paul Kinniook, a full blood In.liun
from Alaska, has been appointed 1.
brarian.
Incorporation Meld Legal.
Sab-m The Supreme court held that
the incorsiration of I lay City, which,
it is believed, will in a few years be
come an iuiKrtant shipping point, is
legal. The high court sustained a
decision of Circuit Judge Calloway, of
Tillamook county.
W. K. Proctor, of Hav City, brought
the suit a relator in the name of the
state to have determined the legal
status of the municipality. The
boundary lines in the petitions for the
election and those given in the court
records were not the same, anil it was
feared the discrepancy invalidated the
elect ion.
"Now that we are certain we have
a city," said Mr. Proctor, "the work
of building and extending streets will
be started. Much sewer and street
improvement has been held up pending
the decision. "
Bar Admittance Kxprnsivr.
Salem At the coming ixan.ination
for students who wish to be admitted
to the bar there will be none who will
he admitted unless they receive at
'r- ,.aHt a ,H.r ,.t.,,t f 7o examination
by
rnany's unfortunate geographical ,., . , I
tion and warns his countrymen that Supreme Court Clerk Moreland
the f.erman army an-l navy must be Nur wiM th,.r(. , ,
kept conUnually at the highest point of ,e who will be allowed v, t,U th
of efficiency, and he ai oea Is to a .. . .
ars
the
examination at the coming niir.. and
It will cost $20 instead of f 10 to It
an applicant.
The examination will be held June
I. the day the law eoes into effect
and the same day that the new Justice
Manila Victory Noted.
Washington, I). C Dewey's victory
over the Spanish fleet in Manila Hay, lne Supreme murt goes into office.
15 Vears urn. w-na l,.l.i-oi...l I......
bles of Alrlle Hall, and we covered the Thursday night at the annual reunion '! May (Jet City Delivery.
ground quickly. There was little talk
between us. Twelve had struck wben
we stepped out at tbe overhanging
porch of tbe old gray mansion and
walked through into tbe llbrarv that
overlooked the terrace and tbe lake. vlvor " the six officers who eommand-
anu Dano,uet oi tne .society of Manila i svniwrnime 1 his place will have a
nay. i wenty-two or the survivors of trial mail delivery in the
the fimmll hnftln lnnlii,l.'n,. I A . I
- 7 ... L'. .L ":"r '-rding b,
n. i.ninrr, siiu commhniicu
near future.
reports received here.
of apology.
vCHHonici.es to be rovTivrttn.i
A ... I : . : .
the cruiser O-ncord and the only ,r. , w" " "r delivery of
.,. .. l . " 7 " . m!11' -'Y carrier from the Milwsok i
ovunixjitu iuv terrace ana tne lake " "oieern v no command- rio.t. If,,... ,. n I . . ..
By the window, twisting hi. c.n In bl. ' wey's fleet, were gath- C J 2''T1ll,Uv".
nervous fingers, stood Jake Warner. Ted an.un.l the ban.piet table to do ( wil, ., " , , ' "r' """I-ctor
Peace nodded him a good morning hon'r A'im
and then slipped away with a word "i'nt of the association. Iliverv u t- . ;r""n,y
. "nun !- nnn irorn lzun to
Slave Painting KefWd. ! iZ th Jo V r"ns!'l,'r"1 w
New York-A painting entitled "To ' 'nVc y
the Highest Bidder." representing tion has",, er! Z, inV""t,,?"-
negro slave woman, with her child, '
standing on the auction block, was re', i Ifnilroa.l U :n ,:.. ivm
;( jectedby the Brooklyn Institute be- Chemawa - ' Th n i.
J, cause it might "tend to keen alive i 1" , ' "t.'1"" f,-iflc
memories that had better be forgot- I fl ul .r".-
.ZAmm '1e,r''?ture P-1 I ih in order to ic,a ' , ,L !
b&z L.mi nartiscv;;
JV.y.. ..WCtliiXXiLitrsZ.V2 ..w VsSB- . t, rn.-.i. a ci... . v "Knien
- - -- - i-ti " v.iinnt-B n. ncnieren, a lormer
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MULE DEVOURED THE PIANO
Animal Totally Wrecked a Musical
Instrument Near Him on a Steam
boat's Deck.
Brooklyn mayor.
"Mule ate piano shipped. Bend an
other next boat." This message was
received recently by a local piano
house from an "up the river" purchas
er whose 500 instrument had been
forwarded via Mississippi river
steamboat In Its usual pine box the
piano waa Installed on tbe lower
deck next to a lanky, sleepy looking
mule bound for tbe cotton fields of the
upper bends. Although provided with
plenty of oats and hay, the mule
ripped of? a portion of tbe outer box. !
disposing of six octaves of black and !
Police Herd "Pie" Ik(rifarn.
white Ivorv k.r. .... ' ""nington, u. Hungry job-
matio scale up to "O" In the treble ' 5nter"' JaTr,f thom manv ho have
clef. H, had gnawed away 'be V'"1,0' Kainin(T the official pie
hogany panel. In front masticated felt i L. oflIC"' J"""-
damper, and hammer, by tbe doxen j v' .I" Wnesilay
completely wrecking the melodlou. I " 'n th y,c,n,ty of the Civil Serv
"Insldes'' of the Instrument Steam- ! tre,. cornn'l"!"lo' headquarters that the
boat Bill, atoklng a boiler twenty feet j rf"erv? - callc-J out
away, said tbe mule "must have bad
nis root on tbe soft pedal." as be did
not bear a note. When discovered the
Aviator Win $10,000 Purne.
Parts Frnest F. Guillaux, a French
animal was unconcernedly gaxlng i 8,lrman' wnoe aeroplane flight on
longingly across the river at ...... .' Sunday last when he traveled from
covered levee. It will cost $300 to r j Rlrr't. France, ti Kollum, Holland,
pair the piano New Orleans eorre I distance of nearly 1000 miles, won a
spondeat Montgomery JoomaX prize of 110,000 and the Pommery, or
single-day dutnace, cup.
the lalxir of ih..
- i iiiiiii.
. or many years (lilliculty has been ex
perienred in handling heavy trains
over this part of the road. Trains go
ing in either direction and stopping at
this station found it difficult to get
oyer the grade when stopping the low
laces at either side of the station.
Railroads Ordered to Appear.
r?"m,7?Min U,"n "'V"ral rail
mad, of the state to appear before it
on May Mo justify it, ,irel)..nt rirll.
at.on relative to block ,ign,. ,,.
ng tracks switches and o,,ertion of
trams the Mate Uailmad commission
sued orders to the Southern Pacific.
Falls ( i ty A Ueslern. Oregon Klectric
0.-W. It. A N Wall, Wali. Valle
Traction company and the Pacific Rail
way & Navigation company.
I.ATK IIAKVKST IS ADVJ
Oregon (Jrowera Told How to
kct Pears Successfully.
Washington. I. ('. If ih.
gmwers of the Rogue Kiver villr
Oregon, w ill delay picking their
for at least two weeks beyond
usual picking season, and then p-i
ly eisil ami store their fruit piw
shipment, they can. in the j'j'Jp
of the department of agriailtun
tend their marketing scsin .
even weeks and get better pnJ
the r.ut. after the ( alifornia
are gone.
This conclusion is reached by
Mubenraueh and II. J. Kamirj
were sent 10 tne Kogue iiver ox
last full to make exM-rimetiU UH
mine just how the Oregon prirft
ers can handle their fruit in oraj
market it to best advantug it
Fast, Their reHirt, which cicd
much technical information for
pi-ar-gruwers of the Rogue RivernJ
and other sections of Orrgonr
pears are grown commercisllj.
j'ist le n jiublishi-d in Ilunu (fJ
Industry Circular No. lit.
Crop Contracts Securei
Ilisxl Kiver The manafrrfflrt:
the Apple (iruwers' associstion. Ei
Rivers new ainalgiimaliun of d
marketing agencies, is now levj
the signutun-s of growers to tvtl-4
for the shipment of the year 'in
and strawberry rmps. The ra
portion of next week will he pu
the members of the sssociitin
holding a si-ries of meeting! al
inisirtant sections of th nt
where all of the details of t) i
selling concern will be eplinei
I. S. Davidson has lsn tA
president of the new snociitio
C W. HiKiker. secretary, tit 'A
having In-en a niember of the aw-
directors of the Apple (irowen' m4
Clatsop Pupils Progressist
Astoria I K. Harrington, t
field worker for the juvenile niM
fair branch of the Oregon Kda'M
department, passed the past w
company with County SiiistIiW
O. II. Rvland. visiting sclmoli ' A
county, with a view of srwuill
intereat of the pupils nnd psitt
the work.
Mr. Harrinirton is familiw l
this branch of school work snd a j
ceedeij in enlisting pupils nip
in the industrial work. H ne'
metited the county superintenJrt11
the teachers on the progrol UJ-l
lin made and predicted that C4
county will rank high among tl1J
ties of tho state In its exhibit-!
agricultural and industrial, at
cul and state fairs.
AxKtand Varmera to Kxhibi
Ashland Agriculturalist i J
locality are preparing to "'"'l
lists of Fastern land show ehib:J
recommendation of the Oregon DI
onment leairue. Inasmiicn
State Imm itrmf inn rnrnmis-'08 n
th fttMniiii nt fnrwnrdil.af
tsiiat, ,ii-eT uiP-i;.i . , (af
collection of rj 1
and other products from thiin
,l. .i .,,n,M.er sm 1
'iiiiiiK voo itiiiiiiok I.I.M j
them rlassiftivl In a systematic
to forward Fast in due season.
Cin.l.iii. cinilr rncinrt-
U. l ..... .m
Oregon Agricultural 'nl,,,,J
uoiii. a.i...n...i tin enti
..inn nurnnvru ' .
lower machinery at the collfr
studying- four types of trart'
irlnea tArhick recently Mv
shipped to the collego for dftf'
tion purposes.
The student, are testing
tJifi'1
glne. on the campus and eiMff
Kight-Ilour Iy o I L"J
Snlem-rians to initinte a WJ,
viding for an eight-hour rJ
fur awmnn iaiapa nnolinCed vj 1
K. Hofer and a masa me ting
held here to promote the mov.