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fsERIAL L STORY J We Chronicles sf Addington Peace Br B. Fletcher Robinson C Aathnr with A. Cooan Doyle of "Tbe Hamad ot the BaasarvtUaa," eta. ..A. v.. THE TRAGEDY OF THOMAS HEARNE (Continued.) "I uw you by the cairn and circle a bora the Black brook tMa after- Boon," he vent on. "Is that to be the can of your present Investigation I hare no definite plan at present.' I a Id with a map. He took a long look at me and topped hi questions. 1 left the table aa soon as I could do so decently, rout ed out the landlord and engaged private room. I bad bad enough of taking meals with a neolithic ex pert. It was blowing bard next day fierce northwester tbat cleaned the cloud out of the sky like a sponge waabes a slate. Just after eleven I started out to make a further examination ot the po sition. I wasn't such a fool aa to march up to the cairn with old Hearne and a warder or two, aa It might be, spring on me from another hillock, so I went down the high road that lay as white and clear across the gray moor as a streak of paint, until I bad left the place some distance be hind me. No one, so far as I could see, was In sight, and presently I turned off the road along a disused cart track that seemed to lead In the di rection I wanted. Its ancient ruts were filled with sprouting heather, and the short moor turf bad coTered up the hoof-marks with a velvet sur face. I bad walked a good quarter ot mile, when, rounding a curve of the bill, I found the old road explained In the ruins of a small farm, one of those melancholy memorials of a time when f rot en meat was unknown, and It paid a man to breed cattle and sheep and cultivate a wheat field or two, even on Dartmoor. The roof had fallen In, and the woodwork had been carried away, but the stone walls of the bouse and outbuildings still re mained undefeated by a hundred years of storm. A weather-beaten cherry tree was puBhlng out Its spring leafage before the door. Leaving the farm, I began to climb the cairn hill, as I must call It for want of a better name, which shel tered the farm from the north and west. It was rough walking, for the heath er was set thick with granite bould ers. At last I reached the top, skirt ed the mound set about with stone where the prehistoric chief lay sleep ing and very nearly stepped upon the body of that old fellow, Thomas Hearne. Luckily for me he never turned his bead. The wind on the face ot the bill was blowing In great gusts like the firing of a cannon, and my foot steps had been drowned In Us thun der. I crept back behind a heap of tumbled rock and dropped on my hands and knees, watching him through a convenient crevice. He lay flat on bis chest, while be covered the gang at work In the new ground below with a small telescope. It might be curiosity, of course, for many men regard a convict as some thing abnormal, something that is aa pleasant to stare at a If be were the cannibal king at a fair. And yet tbat seemed a weak explanation. Was he In with the police? Had they got news that an attempt at rescue was to be made? If so, I stood the belt chance In the world of finding -nyself In the county Jail within the week. There was nothing to be gained by Imagining bad luck. I walked back to the Inn, and sat down to a study of the district with maps I bad brought with me. There was only one rail road within many miles, and that was the single track that ran up from Ply mouth to Prlncetown village. At the first signal that a convict had escaped the station would be full of warders; so that outlet was barred. South of the moor, fifteen miles away, ran an other branch line ending at Ash bur ton. But I was determined to leave the railroad alone. The stations would be the first places to be watched by the police. Torquay, some thirty miles away, might easily be reached by a good horse and trap within the day. I could hire one for a month through the landlord, with the excuse that I wanted It for my exploring expedi tions amongst the stone remains. It would surprise no one If It were seen off the road with a luncheon-basket prominently displayed. 80 I decided, I questioned the girl who brought the meal to my sitting room as to old Hearne, but she could give me little Information. He had arrived at tha mo a con pie or cays oerore 1 ap peared, and bad spent moat of hi time In lung walks on the moor. She thought he had a friend amongst the prison officials, for sb had twice seen htm coming out of the great gate down the street. That wa ail and It left me more anxious about him than before. It was becoming rery plain that before I took any de cided step towards the escape, I must make sure ot this man's business on the moors. After dinner I walked Into the Inn bar to buy a smoke, and found Hearne with his back to the fire, talk ing to the landlord. A I entered. they both dropped Into an uneasy silence. I was certain they had been discussing me. but I didn't want to let them know it, and so began to talk big about the scenery. I a tared down tor about bait an hour, and then allowed that I would get back to some writing I had to do. "I'm glad you admire the moor, Mr Klngsley." said the landlord, holding back the door for me. "Nothing quite like It in the states, I ahould think. Upon my soul, I was as near may be to owning I had never been there. But I remembered tbat I was Abel Klngsley, of Memphis, Just in time. "No," I said, -it's something quite unique." "It's a wild place, sir." be went on. ery wild and desolate. You should take a walk one night when the moon 1 full, as It Is now. Then you would understand how the stories of ghost hound and headless rider and devils In the mires first started. Mr. Hearne here Is going to take my advice.' "Tonlgutr I asked, turning to the old fellow. No, Mr. Klngsley. I am too tired to think of It tonight." he said. "To morrow or the next day, perhaps." I wished them a good evening and tramped up the stairs to my sitting room, wnich looked over the moors at the back of the Inn. It wa cer tainly a splendid night, with a great searchlight of a moon drawing the strange tor as they call the granite capa ot the hill In black silhouette upon the luminous skyline. I lit a pipe and sat there In the shadows, thinking, thinking. It was pleasant to be a decent man again, to wear clean linen and boots with real soles; to wash and shave and brush myself dally. I was back In my Eden day before the fall, when tlx hunters were In my stable, and men and women were glad to know Jack Henderson of Lowood Hail In the best of coun ties; yes, I was away from Prince town village In the midst of happy memories when I came to my senses with the sound of a soft tap-tapping uncer the window. There were tip toe skulking footsteps on the gravel of the yard; Heaven knows but my ear had been well trained to such step aa those. I crept softly to my window and peered out The man was almost across the yard, moving In the shadow of the pig sties. As be stopped at the wlcket-gate that opened on to the moor, be turned bis bead to the moon. It was Hearne again. I decided on that Instant I slipped on my boots and ran down the stairs. The landlord was locking up for the night as I came to the front door. "I'm going to take your advice." 1 said with a laugh. "Very good, air; I will sit up for you." "No, no, give me the key. Ha Mr. Hearne gone to bed?" "Tes. sir, about ten minutes ago." "His room Is on the first floor, isn't lt?" "No, sir; be chose one on the ground Coor. He preferred It" The wiser man, thought I. He need ed no door when he had but to open his window and step out. When I got to the back of the inn Hearne was a good four hundred yards away, climbing a low ridge. As he disappeared over Us edge I set oft running at top speed, for I saw that In so broken and rugged a place I should have to keep close to his beels or I should lose him altogether. It was well I did so, for when I reached the crest of the rise he bad vanished. Presently, however, I caught eight of him again, walking very fast down a hollow at right angle to the line be first took. It led In the direction of the cairn bill. It was hard work, that two miles' stalk across the moor. Bometlmaa I ran, sometime crawled, sometime lay fiat on my cbest with my bead burled In the heather like an ostrich. unce 1 trial to cut a corner across what seemed a plot of level turf and struggiea back, panting, from the grasp of the bog with the black slime almost to my waist But I took great credit for my performance since the old man tramped steadily forward. snowing no sign or having seen me. He did not climb the cairn hill aa I bad half expected, but skirted along tee base until he came to the track hlcb led to the ruined farm. Down this be walked quickly and passed through the doorway of the main build ing. I remained upon the slope of the bill, waiting for him to reappear. Five, ten minutes went by, and then my curloalty got the better of my prudence. I determined to go down and see what he wa about. The place was sheltered from the gale, but I could hear It yelping and bumming In the rock above, now and again a gust came curling up the val ley, setting the heather whispering around me. I crept forward over the soft turf of the cart track, reached the gap where the door bad been, hes itated, listened, and then stuck la my bead. I bad been a boxer In my Urn, or that would have been the end of me. A I ducked, the heavy stick flicked oil my cap and crashed Into the wail with a nasty thud. I Jumped back. and be came storming out throe-. LEATHER FILLED WITH SALTS the doorway like a madman. I never saw more beastly fury In a man , : eye. I side-stepped, and he rulseed lprtment Say 12,000.000 Pounds me again It waa a knife this time. of Adulterants l'ned Yearly. Then I woke up and let htm have It' ' .... ., .,;-n with my right under the ear. He Washington l. I. - - Arm n .n, stasgered. dropping the knife. As he with the possible cxcept.on t r.w,n ... nZl .. .... t . 1 barefoot boy. are walking around on twfeftn r v aV J "" him and In ten second more wa not less than 12.00(1. mm pounds of glu- slttlng on his chest, pegging out hi nwn,ltm a n, , " t. .. arm. on the turf. He tried a .irug- 1 adulterant- in sole I;,,,"'r; ' 1 gle or two; but he won aaw that I assertion . made by 'the P" ' t wa. far the .irongor man. and so of Agriculture. h.ch ha just eon. lu. - lay panting, with a hopeless despair cd investigation, of the lea th. ,r In hi face. that. In a man of hi age dustry. nd hl" lU"i wa. shocking to witness. He bad titled. "Tho ( omposit.on of riet m kin ma hut n m umii- I Leathers. 1 ne ailUlU raiii. a.e. ...... felt sorry for hl'ra. i in to the wearing value ol -Wail r iian. i ..1,1 -ana leather, says the department what dc. thl. mean'r i where present in Unto quantities may "Too old." he gasped. "Twenty shorten tne me oune .e......... OREGON SminTEM INTEIg ... il . anri t-Mlla-MlIjia..! t a General l nc 'elop- and Progress of Rural Community-, Public Institution., the Mill leath- year ago different. suspect? It wa Ju.tlce nothing but en examined were weighte.l wun mi bare Justice, by Heaven!" owe. wiln l:l'm "r w,,h.I ,' "Now. what In the world do you according to the hnd.ng of the dt think I amr 1 asked him. In great partments expert 1he l" sunwise. 'of loading varied from 1 to 7.3 per Tou couldn't deceive rprtse. "A detective. me." I got to my feet with a curse at the muddle I had made of It, and be sat up staring at me as It be thought I bad gone clean crasy ot a sudden. "I'm no detective." I said angrily, "though I was fool enough to believe you were one." "Then why did you follow me to night?" he asked, with a quick sus picion. "Why did you try to kill me?" I said. "The truth Is. Mr. Hearne. you and I are playing a risky game. Is It to be cards on the table, or are we to separate and say no more about ttr He sat watching me for a time with a pusxled look. Plainly he waa In great uncertainty of mind. "Perhaps I have nothing to tell," he said at last cent of Fpom srflts. with an average 'of 3 per rent. 1 he maximum quanti ty of glucose in the loaded leathers was 10.4 per cent, and the average 5.! per cent. The maximum amount of these loading materials found in any leather wa 10 H-r cent and the aver ago where both were present was ! per cent. The results obtained indi cate that not les than 12.000,000 pounds of glucose and Fpsom salt are sold annually to the American eople as leather. " The "loading" is done to increase the marketable weight of the leather. NAVY SECRETS ARK STOLEN ' Not Especially Valuable, Hut Scr ! ious Leak Is Indicated. ' Washington, l. C Si-ocial agents , of the department of Justice, officers 'of a nationally-known detective agency "A man does not attempt to mnr ' and the local police have been called der detectives unleas be has a crime) in by the Navy department to investi- to conceal." gate a "leak" through which, during "That is true," he said, nodding hla the last four months, several relative- head; "very Just and true. ly unimportant plans or uaiiiesnips There was nothing to be gained by , nu also minor documents nave u.sap- a long bargaining or .ecreis wiia j t-"-- him. Whatever his business, he could j The fit losses were discovered the .rv! n.r mlna If ha ehoae. ni(?ht of March 4. Some minor stnic- - v... i,K V!m tr. irht , lurai plana ui ine urtrwinaiiKiii ROAD fi nd i i:kttin. low Work of ComicN n Columbia ! Auto Iligh-y N"" fr-"11' 1 Hood U.ver The fund of $10,000 donated for the Columbia Kivrr au to rn e road by S. Henson the Port- Und lumberman ho passed tho win ter in Southern California, has been depleted, according to County Judge Coorge It. Castner. However, the work, done by state i-onvi -t. who ie- gan their task My . I'"-. "1""",t completed. Covernor West went from ilem to Wyeth. the nearest station on the line of the 1.-W. K. & N. com pany, to inspect the work and to con 1 fer with Adam Shogren, who is in I charge of the crew of convicts. I'p to the pres. nt time no agree ment had ever l i reached between the county ohVials ami the railmnd company. However, because of the contract that was signed reivntly ! tween the railway uiithoritit -n and tho Multtnotmh county olliciuls. the local commissioners think that they will ; anon come to an agreement with the railroad company. I Uical citizen are urging thnt the ! Columbia River road te made to ex i tend east from this city up the Coltim ! bia gorge to Mosier and thrnce on to : The Hallcs. At the present time a ' road crosses the range of lulls aepurat ! .n,r th.. M,wi..p district from II.kmI Kiv- er. The grades on this stretch are dillicult. Comity iioadrnastcr Marshall recent ly inspected the route up 'he aide of the gorge, which he believes is feasi ble, but he declares the time for build ing it has not arrived. O.-W. It. & N. ORDKRS Sl'RVKY If I j sylvania, now nanirn mi f-onniianca. . , . th. ...n- n'P e s-nong l aju mi i ..A iv, " - - it. Jullua Craig, now doing his time la : the prison yonder." I told htm. t "Julius Craig!" he echoed, wltn lid eye. "The escape of Jullua Craig r Yes. Do you know bim I'enn- building, and other them. Ifcicuments not especially secret also disappeared. Navy oflieials say they are not so much concerned over the importance of what already has been lost as they are to find the leak and prevent furth er losses. Kach battleship ha sev- ie. 70uam,-u.. ieral acts of plans, which are some- He burst Into a icreamof hysferl-, imM di.tributei, amn the bureaus and contractors. The general plan is never much of a secret. cal laughter, swaying bis body to and fro, and pressing bis hands to hi ; Idea aa if trying to crush the uncan- ; ny merriment out of him; and then. GREEKS EXPEL MISSIONARY be Tore I guessed wnat ne was aooui. , the old fellow was upon me, with his !..,... . .. arms about my neck In mad env - Relief of Distress ( aues Suspicion bracv of Americans. Welcome, comrade," he cried. "T, !,., Th lloar.l nf rv,mmUsii.n. too, have come to find a way out of erg f()r forv)Kn miS!,ona has received Prlncetown Jail for Julius Craig. j a cbe jjM,atoh from the United It took a good five minutes and ; States consul at Saloniki aying the pull out of a Cask to get bim baca American missionaries. Rev. V. 11. to hard sense. Then he told me bis Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, have story .lttlcg on a fallen stone under expelIej tnm ,hl.ir tation in th old cherry tree. j Kortcha. Southern Albania, bv Creeks Craig waa dearer to him than any - an(j now Bre ,n Saloniki. brother, be said, with a burst of open j Secretary Itarton, of the board, said sincerity. There wa. that between ; Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were sent to them that he could never forget while' Kortcha six vears airo and have leen life remained to him. He had heard conducting a school for Albanian girls how the man had come under prison there. They were in the city when dlscinllne. and bad come to help him ; tne Greeks took oossession. escape If that were humanly poaslble. : ...Mr. Kennedy." Mr. Ilarton added. Of me or my London employers o "has given himself fully to the work knew nothing whatever. of relieving the great distress prevail- He had been shown over the prisr jn the city and in the neighboring on, having obtained a pass from an village. In the last letter receiv.-d Influential friend, and while tnere from him he reimrted that apparently bad learned the place where Craig the Greek officials were suspicious of waa dally employed, yes'eraay rrora this, as a guard wa nlaced in front of the cairn bill be had satisfied himself his house and the names of all those that the convict was working In the . who came to the house were kept." gang. He had crept out this evening to Beef .w HiK Record examine the stream and hedge which , rorllanJ Foowine, the sharp ad divided the new enclosure from the moor. When he .aw me on his track. , Vhnre tn cattle P" the stock bis suspicion s to my buslnes were) yards, packer have announced an ad conflrmed. Either he must give up vance in the wholesale price of dressed hi project or my mouth must be , beef to 14 J cents a pound. This is the stopped. So be tempted me Into th highest price ever qouted to butcher ruined farm. The rest I knew. j here. It is feasible that prices will He spoke In an easy, pleasant voice). ( advance still further before the supply with a perfect Trankness and good oi grasa came is sunicient to cneck the humor. It never seemed to occur to rise. The wholesale price of dressed him that he had done anything un-; Prk has not been changed, but ham reasonable, anything to which a level-: are half a cent higher, and bacon has headed man could object. I stared at advanced a full cent, as it usually him tn growing amasement j does at the opening of summer. There seemed. Indeed, only one so-; lutlon before me that he had become Power Occupy Scutari. partially Insane. London An international naval "Tou must understand my position, j force ha occupied Scutari and the Mr. Klngsley." he concluded. "I am Montenegrin have already begun the not a lunatic, but I have made np evacuation of the town. Official fig my mind In thl matter of Jullua i ure of the Bulgarian losses in the war, Craig. Any on who Is foolish enough 1 published at Sofia recently, give the to come between us must stand aside : following estimate: Killed, 330 offi or take the consequences. Toward cor and 23,711 men; wounded, 9f)0 yourself, for example, I had no 111 will, officers and 52,.rj.r.O men; missing, 310:1. In fact. I rather liked you. But yon A conference of the Austrian and Hun must admit that, as a detective, your garian ministers will be held to ar- preeence waa excessively inconven ) range for further demobilization lent Now that I know the truth, I Condon-Fossil and I'kuh-I'ilot Rock Routes Considered. Survey for two proKisi-d rail lines, one from Condon, Gilliam county, to Fossil. Wheeler county, and the other from Pilot Hock, t'miitilla county, to I'kiah, in the same county, have U-en ordered by the O.-W. K. & N. com pany, and crews will atari to work on each project at once. These survey are to determine the cost of the work ami ujsn the reKrt of the engineer will rest the proba bility of the eventual construction of either road. It is understood, how ever, that if the exMnse will not le tixi great both line will be built. "We don't know whether we ever will build either road," said J. I'. O'llrien, general mannager of the O. W. K. & N. company. "We have these two project in mind a among the most important in the develo ment of Oregon, ami if conditions jus tify we will authorize early construc tion work. Curry County Is I'rogresHing. ' Gold lleach The Hrooking I.um- ber A Timber company, a Missouri : eorK. ration which is developing the , large timber interest of Southern : Curry county, has filed a mortgage with the county clerk here to secure a Isind issue of Js.lo.ooo. The St. Ixmis 1'nion Trust company, of St. , Ixjuis. Mo., is the trustee which is I handling the Ismd issue. The company is incorporated for $1. .loO.OOO. and will spend over tl, (Mio.ooo in building mill and h-r im provements in Southern Curry county, before they begin cutting lumber for ; the market. This is the beginning of I an epoch of development for Oregon's I backward county, yet in natural re : source one of its richest. Superintendent Ward slated that he j hoped tn have the plat of the new : town of Itrooking ready to tile at the 1 July term of the County court. Work ! i progressing rapidly on the logging I road, millpond anil wharf. BEAUTIFY Cross-Road and rVhmil Cro lie Made Attractive. Omirun A trrieol I n..l r n --- r vallia A movement to ,,.,' beaullocation of Orr ' ground, county building,, tm! met-timr ulaee. and al! .! - .1 lie gathering by tliu planting of -J rioualv chosen ahrul Mriil 4.1. 1 of the Oregon Agricultural through A. 1 I'eck, rufesmrsf J cape gardening. Already Prof. Peek has !, services, with much time ami tkjj - - 'un 01 frd lems of the school groiin. t; M view. Independence and U,j helping with the planning njJj ing of the grounds alsnit the U moum Normal where a large nmJ of work ha been done, . to-i J v..... .-.I k.ii.i ,L .. l'T '' ' "timini ui me noftlftj public achoola into the wuj J OVOI I1' vunrri MUllMOle nallVf for the decoration of ths irrnnnda. "If people would only corns tor, ixe that It is not necesaary to p, fancy price in order to have kj,,, shrublH-ry and vinea," 4 claimlS, I'eck in discussing the work. Oregon grspe ' handuxns iiK, a one could wiah. A man ii , forma paid 13 apiece for what , have for the digging any diy. ft there is the waxberry bush, tlx maple, red flowering currant, tain apray and the sweet brier r For heavy massing there ii U, bark dogwood, and a number of vta line nutive buahea. " Recently Prof. Peck gavt ilii the Fast Portland library o "1 General Landscape Treatment ftl 5 Modest City Iot." Whcneverluij lege do tie will permit, he is tin glad to give hi personal aervicn, ! of charge, for advice and amiilun plannning the planting for k ground, property aliout country bt.i ing, vacant rity property, and rially the little cross rowls nxr, place where there are, ptrbijt general store, a church, a (innris and carriage shed. "With foreaight and an rystolmJ ty, such community centers tni;J come very attractive, said sir. Pnl "There should be a good pirns games at these points, where a young men, instead of sitting or -J store platforms smoking and rhni tobacco, may get together in thttn ing and pitch quoita, jump, ruarvi and use simple gymnasium parifK nalia, such a the traveling rinp the horizontal bar. 1 1 would sot J furnish fun; it would build the ldily, mentally and morally. &m thing of the improvement probtt would be carried home to ths trl grounds, aa well." CHEAPER WATER FOR VALLR welcome you a. a most valuable ally. I am prepared to trust you absolute ly. Come, what are your plans?" I told him as' we walked back to to the Inn. "Bad" News U Set Aside. St. Paul "Never read bad news be fore breakfast," remarked J. I). Hal- ' ey, an insurance agent, at an earlv He expressed himself aa hour one morning, after he had been admirer of their almpllcity aa w part- called from hi bed to receipt for a d for the night Wad or not. I had cablegram. He left the unwelcome found an assistant who would be of ( message unopened and returned to great help to me. So I let It stay at ; bed. When he read the cable after that and slept Ilk a rock till nine ! breakfast he discovered that a fortune next morning. (CHRONICLE TO BE CONTINUED.) For Reference. "Bee that man over there. Ha la a bombastic mutt, a windjammer non entity, a false alarm, and an enonnv ! berar of the earth!" "Would of $100,000 had been left him by the will ot a relative in Ixndon. Butter Record ia Broken. Utica, N. Y. It is announced that ! Spring Farm Pontiac La, a cow owned bv F. M. Jones nf Clinton k worl.,The pre. "re wa. a frlcZi aa him a. . , . wuriu-ueamiK ran lias exceeuefj mis a Boa some time. Houston Post. U. ,rt .,a. iaq ott . v )VUII'in, U70.rj MJUJO.n. Garden Prize Offered. TheO.W. It. h N. company will award a sterling silver cup to the school making the best score of points in it garden contest, gardens to c judged on the following basis: Larg est average size vegetables, 20; larg est variety, 20; quality, 20; quantity, 20; general character, 10; best story of how the garden was planted and re sults secured, 10. This prize i an open competition to nil of the 2i schools having community garden, without regard to siz. Thi is the firt new prize offered thi season. High Court to Organize. Salem The Supreme court, with it new member. Charles McNary. nf thi city, and William Ramsey, of Mc Minnville, will be organized the after noon of June 7. The court will be di vided into two deparment, Chief Jus tice McBride presiding over both. The departments will alternate weekly in hearing argument and rendering de cisions. Storage Plant Planned. Medford-At a meeting of the mem ber of the Rogue River Fruit & Pro duce association Saturday it wa de cided to build a cold and dry storage plant, to be available for the 1913 fruit crop. Twenty thousand dollars had been raised by the sale of first mortgage bonds, and it is planned to raise $20,000 more by subscription. Fiith Oil to Be Manuiactured. Oregon City-The Columbia Fish "''nd,,'el?'lier company. f which H. W. Plach. of this city, is one of the principal stockholder, ha been organized and i building a fish oil plant in this rity. Santiam Company Hope t.Gi Supply Within Yraf. Salem - I. I. Turner, on of tlH corporators of the Santiam WUr pany, announced that rights of" for the pipeline had been ota one-thirl of the distance, ami llalS County court would be akcdUr a franchise along county mull f3 remainder of the proposed rout. 5 said that W. K. Pierce, of Ho'".' Charles Thei. of Spokane, had rj to provide $.100,0011 for use ill tsA Salem, St ay ton. Turner, Aura and Sublimity a pure water ! They will be the principal stockba of the company. I "We expect to have our p'"1' operation within a year," said Turner. "We own looser! hills three and one-half mild H Salem, where a reservoir will btM The power will be sufficient toW water over Salem Heights. W lj pose to give the people water for of what they are now paying. ' the city wishes to have . harr o'4 water business, we shall furniik it adequate supply." ' Rural Sidewalk Huilt Orenco The committee buiW sidewalks into the .urroundinfeoiri held a special meeting and found they have raied enough fundi to J more than three mile. Sid1' will l built to (Juatama. for thi venienco of the school children. Orenco Acres, and to the P ranches northwest of town; to wick Acres, and alo to the small W snd poultry tract west of These fund are lieing raised Jo by the citizens of Orenco and th W er. Five miles will be built DO Ijine County Aid Fair. Eugene For the purpose of fair and agricultural showii"1 county, the county court ha PP ated $2500. Of the total spPj ated, $17.ri0 I. for tho I-n4 fair, to be held at Eugene, snd i given to each, the Junction i I'umpkin ahiw. the ''tB fair, and the Lane County P" show, which is to bo held in WP late in the year. I-ane to Improve R"d Eugene Bid for tho f""' of nearly eight miles of pern"j macailam road will be called W tho County court immediately. Is intended that the work shall 1 thl summer. The work Include section of road, and In every macadamized mad is to connea other macalam road or street.