DAYTON HERALD.
NEWS OF OREGON
EVENTS OP THE DAY
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Portland. Nov. 19.— th e first day’s
session of the Oregon Irrigation Asso
ciation convention was devoted, for the
meet pert to organisation, appointment
o( committers, and slsstioo of iflkata.
A law addresses were delivered, bat the
work of the convention w ill not com
mence until today.
The following
officers were elected:
President, A. H . Devers, of Portland;
vim president, W. R . King, of M al
heur; secretary, J. M . Moore, of Port-
laad; treasurer, W. T . Wright, ef
îr ^ ç b E ’ B8t
ftx ttK Y .
the lips of
Martin
Lyle, the
Lord of The Desert. As it were.
It was the killing of two birds
with one stone with the chief. Il was
the obtaining of animals for his hun
gry and hard beset tribe and obtaln-
ing a prise of far more personal value
Addresses were delivered by Geo. hatchery have been suapended an no-
school eect coma to America to
U . W illiam s, mayor of Ponland; J. \ . count of the recent heavy rains
¡ d ro ,B bis troubles and make his for-
Williamson, repremntative-elect tooon-
The freshet on the P in .I.
tua*- Before he had been here ten
1 ^ ,.
> * » " tbe report came that he had
, gross and state senator from Crook, Kla-
able
a
did
consider-
been killed by Indians. This was
' math, bake and Wanco counties, ami
to tba
*‘* “ ’*»«7 on shortly after the report that be and
i F. E . Rta ch . president of the Portland
1 riser.
w , brother had Inherited an immense
board of trade. Them are about 27»
A postoffice has been established a t fortuae from a brother in New York,
delegates and visitors in attendance
Inglis, Colombia couaty.
An office and while neither Bertha nor her
a t the sessions.
has also bean established at Tillar fr,onde could ever get any Information
The great enthusiasm that is being
Douglas county.
' concerning what became of thia- for-
shown by the delegates to the irriga
Tk«
j .
l
. tnn*. her uncle la America had sup-
* ® tt*<*op<* at Newberg-wen plied her with plenty of funda to
tion eowvaotion w ill have its weight „
toward securing a liberal apportionment opened Friday night and |I,1 8 0 se- complete her edn cation and meet all
The crook evi- her wants. He wrote her that they |
of the national irrigation fond for cured by a burglar.
Oregon. I t is the desire of the depart dently knew bis business, as be worked bad invested their Inheritances to
. tether in American property and that
ment of the interior, which has the the combination of the lock.
There were 860 hales of hone « Id a t l h ü aPecaI“,ion b»d Proved a failure.
matter in hand, to satisfy public senti
Dallas test Satordav for 27
t * * ud
while ber
h *d left ~ -
ment.
Much w ill depfend up->n the b
Mo r t l « I» ™ h J - L j 7 <T U f ° - sets above his liabilities there was
surveys and the condition of the coun
~
h• r?u>i° re b*" " “‘* ‘0 nothing to speak of coming to her.
try, but the department w ill not think
e -6 cents, thuugh offers of 26*^ Out of pure benevolence, however, he.
of forcing irrigation «pon aectious that cents were oat
. the uncle would see that his niece
do not seem to wiab it.
A section so
Tbs board of directors of the W il- Bhou,d not suffer for the necessaries
aitaated aa to be eaaily and econom
* a E“ * 0®4’ * * » » fund* he h8d *«nt
ically aeoeaalble to water, end shows
enthusiasm, is probably the one that Week, decided to take « m e steps toward ? *r * wn
time
nntu ber ■*”-
w ill be the most favoiej. Lack of en
thusiasm may lead to turn the depart
hsr uncle of her coming until she
ment agsiust a section, but any amount I tee ter that purport.
Two
different
companies
are
endear-
reached New York City, from which I
of enthusiasm cannot change the natu
ering to secure franchisee for operating pIlc* *he wrote h lm o f the probable
ral conditions of the country.
street car systems in the oily of Rose- ! data tbat *h * would reach Boise City ,
One
company
is
composed
AT R p ly H C ??"*•
WHEAT ESTIMATE TOO LOW.
1 burg.
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p rtJ rtX l I
h f n f f ’ t h d » I n f l a r » Vxlterw« mBam
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Two Villain*.
It la the fourth night after th e fn -
dlaoa attacked the pack train. At th e
Stone House the Lord of The Desert
»It* at his accustomed place, sipping
from a goblet of old Scotch whiskey.
? * * * • Fears he has dooe but little
besides drink iron» the flowing bowl.
One day he duadegp all sense of feel
•ng, to rise the following with a keen
er appetite and a conaclenee more
•tinging.‘ -O n this night hie eyeM s
are heavier than usual, his eyes look
more glassy and the grimaces are
deeper in bis face.
_ N® wonder. Tt Dan Follett, the
Canadian Frenchman. has followed his
Instructions nnd.old Egan, the Indian
chief, has kept his eyes open and
been prompt In action, another crime
has been added to his life. He stares
■ mfrwfifi, ana m e picture there caused
A rriva
Arrive
l: M p m ! Gibson» 11 root.
2.14 p m Waficu 10:45 am
a shudder to come over the great frame
2JS p jn lS u n im il 10 .« «.B !
of Martin Lyle, the Ixrrd of The
ic l S r li am i
* -* • p.w McDu Ids Ittrly ».m
Desert.
‘ « P - » , l l U , , « lo oö T S
' The welcome bark off the dogs, an
I
p.in Moro
»:.'<> a.m
p.m B ts U m l » : « s.m
nounces the arrival of one who I t not
• ■«1 p m O 's V 'y * : U a ia
a stranger. in his eagerness, the Lord
1.0* p in Bourbon t:4 i i . r ,
C 4 p .n i
K ,n i
S r# s.m
of "The Desert rises and traces the
£ “ Lu ¡¡5Ï“ • “
floor, now and then stopping at jthe
o :» p. nthhanU o » rod ».ml
arm chair and taking a sip from th e ,
goblet. Presently a lank form enters IKO. H . MCHLMR.
D- J. A arrib .
beo. Minate.-.
the door. Hl« dark heavy eyebrows, I _
Superintendent.
and the natural scowl upon his face,
his careless ambling walk, depict the
character of the man at a glance. But
nothing ever tells the inmost thoughts
of Dan Follett. Whether after victory
or defeat, or during anger or In a hap
py mood, the oily black eyes of this
man never change, it la only when
he speaks or acts that his mood Is
known.
Upon entering the house, and after
greeting Its Lord, he soon unburdens
c? x s
O T í s ^ í i. appo‘,‘t#d
C HA PTER V .
Oaly TraRaconttnentel Lina
P u tin s D irectly Through
ble excitement.
....
Salt Lake City,
Leadville,
_ Pueblo,
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Colorado Springs
and Denver.
Venezuelan government troops an
reported to have won an important' bat
tie with the revolutionists.
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Aa,E , n M ‘i rT ‘w - *~im da,,y to
r £ » ! » « “ d
Car. aad Frm
uncle,
A large furniture fa.
harbois, Quebec, was bui
a loss of 1100,000.'
enteil Ir g
The American Federation of Labor, tarpaulin.
Thera is also a
large
now in session, Is conridsriog a plan to (amount of the crop still in tbe Amd.
pension men of 60 and over.
I of the farmer.
W hile east 1 v b i ted
A Swedish sailor on the transport I “ * ? 7 ,a r n U
Practically the
Sumner jumped overboard U> save the a
waa Bt* * •'n®8* ! up ia the
ship’s flag and was drowned.
flelda or atow<>d « »«T in the barns."
British
Oolnmbia
accuses
the
HOLD-UP MAN ARffBSTED.
United States of stealing thousands ol
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tquare miles of territory n « r Portland Made Claim In m -sr That He Was a Son
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ef H. W. Corhvtt.
The official returns from Ibe recent
Spokane, Waah., Nov. 20.— Saturday
elatio n in Pennsylvania show that night Harry Corbett and a pal attempt-
the Republicans elected their governor ed to hold up a dry g wds clerk in the
by a plurality of 16ft,410.
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A gang ol robbers operating In Ely
ria, N. Y ., were Interrupted and in
the fight that followed one officer was
’stally wounded and one robber killed.
Four of tbe men injured in tbe furn
ace explosion at Lebanon, Pa., have
died, making the death list eight.
Many o f tb e in ju r e d .a r e n o t y e t o u t o l
danger
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General C h a ff« w m tendered a re
ception in San Francisco by tbe busi
ness men.
making it bia bona fids residence a mountains, covered with racks and
I child of such parent or guardian is ’en-
The pack train consisted
, titled to froe tuition from I he tim e h e i
,h ,rty males and two wagons, while
moves into the district.
1*^? eT5ort.
oi <«n men, be-
.,
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I Mdes Its leader and a doaen horses,
I Linn oouuty farmers ars Dreparing a ' ®ne of which was used exclusively for
protest to be presented to the next leg- a pack hn™«' and another was brought
islature against the proposed
of a1'® 8 for Dart*1« to ride.
(th e game law, under which npland* u?’red. ‘ 'I'1 worn out bjr the hard-1
birds may be shot from September IK uh rB o i 0,6 tra’1' tbe Packers had
instead of from O c X b
,
th03’Wed ?ut ? e,r
Prepared
Ion befoie O c to b e r 1
I th rtr,meal an<1 K°n* to bed early. The
whan Y h .
‘ B u ® * > e m h p -s of the escort, while not so
vroun^and t h T d T ’T 'h W,th h ir ’ i
b8d Prepared for retiring
vnsti ng and they desire to have an even early also, partly to keep from dla-
ctiance with banters from the cities.
tnrblng their neighbors and partly to
Twenty thousand of the 76 000 honh ?e refreshed for the following day’s
lets a d w
w
t i i i n
- i k * -°°rney. for from this point the pack
p r in S T a n ,i aro
i * ’ * . 1* ? 0 *ra,n WouId ‘‘«»«n«8 to the west and
A 'l
^ . hi nd*
“ » Darth* *«d her escort would take a
advertising department of the Harriman cobrse over the trallleas plains and
oompany for distribution in the Eastern «¡¡onntalns to the south.
■tates.
I After she had retired to a bed of
I straw, thia girl from a comfortable
George Smith, colored, who murdered
®«*ttoD2 bad. P1™ '*' “ > think
bia white wife in Portland haa bwn I ?tont h«,ore she fell asleep. This
rontenced to bans on
f
“ d
«««ntalns over
¿a»«» »1 ® n Uece* 1”®^
which she nad passed during the past
n r « X i hill * »“ * ha*.h **” * r? ntad to few da7»- •»<> the trackless d esertte-
prepara a b ill of exesptious to ba used fore her looked
gloomy enough
in an appeal to the supreme court.
I but
the
probable
attack
from
Indians and a long trip through a bar-
The burglars who blew open tbe « fo ren country to her destination were
i t H elix a few days ago have been rop- I c* ,c«>Ated to Increase her anilety.
tored and a portion of the stolen monev w““ e the reference of the leader of
ind goods recovered.
7 1tbe “ P011 to the danger from Indiana .
land the same tribe who. it was al-
Southern Pacific locomotive engineers I
have sske.1 for an advance of 20 per
cent in wages.
The war department has announced
that additional barracks to bold 4 1 6 1
men will be built at Vancouver at once.
General Bliss h «
where he w ill work
ment ol differences
treaty.
gone to Havana,
for the early adjust
on the reciprocity
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,n °° P *
: brow-
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ing, 922.00.
Floor— Best grade, 9A O « 9.70; grah
am, 9S.OO«3.6O.
Millstoffn— Bran, 919.00 par too:
nhortn, 9 l #! S •
»
chop, 917.
A porter |n a New York hotel h «
been fouwd guilty of robbing the guests
for a nnntber of years. He has about
|16,000 in stolen leeleiry.
Onto—Na. 1 white, | 1 . 1 9 X « ] . l g . ;
p a y , 9 1 - 1 0 « l.l» X percental
’
an1^ 7 T T ta * M»P»
clover,
98.00; cheat, 9 » « 8 per tea.
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Fotetoen Bart Bubanfca, 80«80c ,
per sack; ordinary, 60«»6c par oM tel,
S ° W’rr’caSteT’ ! M* ° * i
• l '7 M
Mcmbers of the German reichstag
came to Mows In a debate over a bill.
x Presi.leftt Gompers, of tbe American
Fedenitiite ftf latboF, says that nnleea
tra d « unions change their oourw the
day is not iar distant when they will
all go to pieces.
i t-
Elmer D. Brran, formerly of Illinois,
haa been appointed superintendent of
ednention lor the Philippines.
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The secretary of the navy has direct
ed that the arpiy transport Hancock
proceed to Naw York, where she will
be used sa a rertiving ship.
The monitor Wyoming, nearing com
pletion at dan Francisco, w ill be turned
over to the government November 29.
The trouble in Morocco promisee to
liecome a rations affair before settled.
Tbe country id without a cabinet. 8ev
oral powers era seeding warships to
protect their interests.
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PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wh«at— W alla Walla, 68«6»c; blae- K
•tem 7SHffi74c; valley, 70c.
The war department w ill reduce the
cavalry down V» 60 men to the troop.
At present about 90 enlisted men are
Forty prisoners in tbe Arisons peni
tentiary overpowered the guards and
e«ape<i. This ia the second delivery
in a month. A new priron is being
built in the solid rock of a mountain
side.
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Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 9 * 6 0 «
< - » ; per pool'd, 10s; haaa, 9 4 « 4 .6 O p «
Bew lo r k , Nov. 20.— Thoomnds of
bushels of fine apples are rotting on
the ground ia this stele, rays a Tribune
dispatch from Greenwich, Conn.
If
barrels coaid be procured the farmers
*»y they might ship large qnanlities to
England and even to tbe I ’bilipplnra,
but they cannot procure them.. Every-
thing in the shape of a banal com
mands a high price, the most dilapi
dated frin gin g 36 cents w eb. Farm
laborers are also extremely scarce.
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did not know when akvnkened by the
flcrceat yells that had ever pierced
her ears, and these Intermingled with
the discharging of firearms and a din
of oaths and shouts as If a thousand
demon* were engaged in war. And
It was a war, and the men fought like
demons! The packers and cowboys,
though outnumbered five to one. stood
their ground nntll the struggle be
came a band to hand one, and not an-1
til she had been snatched from her
bed and dragged a short distance and
hound on the back of a horse, and was
being rushed out through a deep can
yen ta the mountains, surrounded by
a band of Indian warriors, each aeem-
legly claiming her ns his prise did
she folly realise that her people had
lost and that the red sklna had won.
It was fortunate for Bertha that she
did not remove her clothing upon re-
tiring that night, and that she placed
her shoes oe her feet upon being first
awakened, for the chill night a ir of
that altitude even penetrated these.
OAPTER IV .
The Chase.
The following morning showed ths i
p * P0— 4 » ?l c i «P r io r . M .oo
« 8 .6 0 par dasaa; fryers, 9> *O«S.nO; effects of the Indian raid. Two of the I
broilers, 92.0 0 « 2 .» 0 ; ducks, |4 .» 0 « packern lay «end upon the ground
8.00 per doaan; turkeys, young, 12 W their scalp, u k e a . while one of the
«•cort had been killed, and three mor
•1 8 e ; gsesa, 9«-00«6.60 p a / S s n .
telly wounded. Not a horse or male
i s f h* * V ~ » w t o e ,
1»« remained In the vicinity. T h e « , an
Important object of the attack, had
driven away and treasured more
highly even, than the fair captive.
whom they bad taken, for stock of
al* k *BdB
scarce with them. They
had been forced Into the rtmrockn and
lava beds by the United States sol-
d ie « , and the scanty vegetation there
had canned their animals to disappear
a,mo* t * • repldly ns the pangs of hen-
«*r. »bleb prompted the decaying
nice In butchering and eating then,
While viewing the hand of fat mples
and hors« from the crevices of the
nmrocka tbs previous evening, the
, rtba l T* s *» th* camp and she was
« * » < » r e « picture In this section
M country, nad especially so after the
Hff®«*tton that had c o a i from
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Slop overs allo w « ! on a ll e l t a a ef tickets.
id drre2.h* ap“ ‘ r8U 8> M4 deocrlptlre litera tu re
her captlv-
lty?” inquired the Lord of The Desert.
" I only saw her for a moment by
a flash o the campfire after she was I
secured, and-she wore a bold look of •
firmness and defiance; a , tf ghe feared
'not even the devils Into whose hands
she had fallen.”
"She's a LyleF* muttered the Lord
of The Desert.
“This Is a costly affair. Martin,” In
sinuated Follett.
L
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O regon
S hort L ine
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be satisfied with taking the
girl
1 alone.”
"The twenty-five head which I sm
to deliver at "Gray Butte and the for
ty head they got the other night.”
said Follett, “are a pretty heavy tax.
besides the men we have lost. Better
Chicago
S ilt la k e , Denver,
If you had let the girl come on and
Portland
Ft. Worth, Oetaka,
made away with her as I did with her
Special
Keseae «illy, a*.
(:W a . m.
father."
Ixnni.Chlcagoaad
"That would never have done," re
plied Lyle. “The notoriety of her vis
W sila W alla 1-ewte
it here would have led to an Investiga
ton.Spoksne.Ula.
tion, but now that the Indians have
nu p o lU .S t. Paul,
via
done the work it Is a natural turn of
D uluth. M lloso -
affairs in this country and the Amerl- OunUngton. kea,ChiesgoAKasl
can’s— ‘Uncle
Sam,’—will
reward
Egan and his Warriors by giving
Belt la k e . Denver,
them a reservation and feeding
F t. M orth.Omaha.
K an u » C ltr, St.
and educating them.
The
Eng
U>u la,Chlcago sad
lish would reward the whole gang
by hanging them. But enough of this.
Tomorrow arrange to deliver the
twenty-five cayuses to the old brute,
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
but before you do It require positive
FUO M r O R T U k D .
proof that he’s performed his part of
the contract, he has to kill her, you
know!"
A ll ta ilin g dale»
euhteet Io Ching«
“And the deed to the Soring Creek
Vslley,” replied Follett, "don’t forget
For San Franclaeo-
that. While Egan mnst be rewarded
AaU every ( days
for his damnable deeds, I mnst be paid
for
my
bloody
ones'“
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and be <ave tb*
Lord of The Desert a piercing look
that made that man of nerve shrink E x. Dally
bunda j
like a coward.
• :U0 f», m.
Fat urda r
T a A storia and Way
A t this time Follett’s companions H:««
p. m.
L a n d in g s
came In from attending to the horses I
and the three repaired to the dining i
room, while the owner of the Stone
Win»«««« Blvsr.
k ll« r p v rm lttlitf.
Houso gat down and drank and
O m o s CHy, N s * ,
thought, and drank and thought.
tors, B a l.« In d «
a*» U nion P acific
Old Eagan saw Bertha iu camp.
penden«-. C orral.
(To bn co rn in o «!.)
A fift,ooo,ood Vafaeeu
parmlttlng.
Seven hundred artisans, backed by
Clarence H . Mackay*« njUllons and di
rected by Mrs. Mackay, have « t about
building near tbe little village of Ros
Lv. Riparla
lyn. L. I., tbe most beautiful country
* :M a . m.
Dally
except R iparla to Lswlstoa
home In America. Already tbe work is
Monday.
well under way, and tbs wilderness of
A. L. CRAIQ
Rh«
throng
brings
ns 8 . fl
the bl<