"Yerack." I **y at length, "where ar*
we at present? It I* necessary that 1
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1 I
«I
DAYTON HERALD.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS
Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Upon reconvening today after the
holiday recess, the senate plunged di
rectly into the consideration of the bill
DAYTON .
for the admission of two states to be
composed of Arison* »nd New Mexico
and Oklahoma and Indian territory.
Heyburn introduced a bill for the
regulation "»f corporation*, which was
refered to the committee on judiciary.
Senator Newland* introduced a joint
resolution providing for a commission
to framp and report to congress *
national incorporation act for the con
struction and consolidation of railroad*
A Resumo of the Loss Important but employed in interstate commerce.
In the house Representative Mann
Not Loss Interesting Events
intoduced a bill,to abolish the isthmian
canal commission and providing that
the powers now invested in the presi
Th* National Livestock association >» dent be extended until the end of the
fifty-ninth cdhgrees.
in aeaaipn at Denver.
I
NEWS OF THE MEEH
L
. Ji
OREGON STATE HEMS DE INTESESI
By Order of the Czar
A Story of Russian Power
LEGISLATURE MEETS.
MORE CONTROL OVER ROADS
1 His profile Is between me sud the hori-
aon, so that, bis hooked noae and the
bushy beard are nrarked out against the,
growing light. Though.(hey continue to
converse together, I no longer gather the
substance of- tbeir conversation, for I
think of Ma
a. end bow soou 1 may
to ber. I c -11 not
hN^
eg anxiety almut
ng myself that
her,
ah* is
r^nce until the '
UbaeUq*^' to my trlsl in St.
. Petersburg yboiiid ^.Instituted.
Purpose of Law Proposed by Vari-
County Courts of State.
CHAPTER &I1I.
Oregon City-r-“The Clackamas coun
that is instantly smothered, followed by
get to a post town sa soon as possible.”
ty court, through the legisl»tive dele - I look around me aud shiver. The gasps and groaus.
“Wo sre about ten versts from Bor-
What mean* it? Who is the vanquish
gation from this county, will seek to solid maaoury of the walls is oozing with
damp, which eavelops me. ^enters my ed? I* it the Cossack who lies groaning litch.” replies Yerack, without looklug
have enacted at the present session of lungs, aud literally perinea tew my being, on tlye bed or that other oue?- In vain around.
the legislature laws that will prove of drowning my spirita, lowering my vi my eager eyes try to pierc* th* dark-
“I must send a letter from Borlitch,”
material *id to the various county tality and extinguishing hope in my nop^-’Jt is aa black aa pitch. The Coe-
“Bah—nonsense!” exclaims Yerack,
sack's voice reassure* me at length.
courts of the state in the building and
A ward*nsbriBg* ny my allowance of
Impatiently. “This is not a time to write
"I hare him!" he pants.
repairing of roads,” remarked County bread and a jug of water. He informs
Another groan and a gurgling sound. letters! It is bad—bad—to send writ
me that I can have tea if 1 choose to
“You were going to spoil our little ing through the poet! I believe not in
Judge Ryan.
5 . <
pay for it, and ahru*H hi* ahauldera game—what?’ says the Cossack with this letter writing, it ha* lost many u
“I have great faith in the eminent when 1 tell him that I have no money. cutting irony; and there is an unpleasant man!”
“Yerack. when I tell thee that the
domain theory which is being indorsed On lighting my lamp he leave* me.
thud aa a head being knocked against a
Mark Twain is much improved and
After ■ while 1 atretch my »elf on the wall.
Thursday, Jan. 5.
"Where ar* you. my brother? ■afety of one to whom I owe my life ia
by
the
different
countie*
of
the
state,
”
will be able to be out shortly.
The joint statehood bill again occu
continued the Clackamas county judge. bed, where I He atarin* at the light. Come here quick!” I feel ray way to endangered through me and that the—
At time* I groan alond, I wring my
the individual kuows not of it, therefore
, Japanese cruiser* await the Russian pied the major portion of the day in
“The enacting of such a law will give hand*, whilst the sweat of anguish pours ws rd the voice, and my hand comes in without being warned cannot escape it.
contact with the arm of the Coaaack.
fleet in the Indian ocean off Borneo.,
the senate.
to the county court of each county the from my body. And thus the night wear* — J‘In my trouser* pocket you will find thou wilt recognize that I cannot argue
Senator Bard introduced two bills
right to condemn property for the
Seven more vessel* have arrived at
away—the ghastly, fevered night, whose a match box. Strike ■ light,” he dic this point with thee.”
bblishment of a new road, or the ap- hour* seem to lengthen out more and tates. "I must see what I am doing
the Suez canal on the way to join the intended to clear away obstacles that
The Cosssck gives a dissatisfied grunt,
threaten to interfere with the construc
propriation of additional property for more as they crawl toward the pale here.”
but says no more about it. Presently
*
Baltic squadron.
tion of the Klamath reserve irrigation
the improvement of roads already es- dawn.
I codiply. and see a ghaatly sight. On he inform* me that we pa*e through Bor
Sixteen degrees below zero ha* been project in Southern Oregon and North
To-day is little more than a wretched his back on the bed, hi* body convulsed, litch on our way to Vilna. “Where thou
tabi ¡shed, the rights conferred being
recorded on the Great lakes and in thè ern California.
identical to those already enjoyed by repetition of yesterday, only 1 feel it his face purple and swollen, hi* tongue wilt take train direct to Konigsberg,” lie
Mississippi valley.
Senator Bailey submitted a proposed
railroad corporations.” It is also the less. I have become apathetic’. I have protruding from hi* mouth, 1* the war add* quietly, a* if It were the simplest
the mental energy to think strongly. der. The Coaaack’* Anger* are tightly thing in the world my passing the fron
Riusi* intend* to be better prepared amendment to the constitution fixing
purpose of the Clackamas county court loot
For hours 1 sit on one spot and move
for a siege against Vladivostok than the term of office of the president at
to have passed a law regulating the use hot, or I stand at the grated window twisted iu the collar of the prostrate tier.
"To Konigsberg?” I repeat iu amaze.
six years and making him ineligible
•he wu at Port Arthur.
tojwhich all roads shall be placed in gating vacantly at the river and the man's uniform, aud the CoMack's knee
"Yc*; that i* the program. And thou
is
on
hi*
chest.
He
Is
to
all
appear-
for re-election.
the matter of heavy traffic, and still passine craft.____________________
wilt arrive safe aud sound in the Prus
About midday the sky darkens and it
thur harbor, one was accidentally- dis reported the fortifications bill, carrying taken in the senate for president this another measure that will place some
"He will tell no tales.” observes the sian town without a single hindrance.
restrictions as to the use of automobiles begins to raim It is a straight, steady Cosssck. And the smile with which he The officials at the frontier will <ioB
charged, killing 20 Japanese.
16,747,893, which is $770,299 less than morning without material change. At on the public highways.
land-rain without wind, and the monot regards his senseless foe is truly dia their cap* at thee and aay, ‘God speed
T. C. Powell, of Portland, has been appropriated last session. Representa 11:30 adjournment was taken until 2
onous patter of the drops on the water bolic. "Yet he might come round. Shall the*. Holy Father!'”
appointed United States marshal at tive Adams, of Pennsylvania, intro p. m. Negotiations were commenced
A long silence ensue*. Kalatch’« head
comes to me, mingled with the creaking I make sure?” He draws a small stiletto
duced a bill providing for the establish by the opposing factions looking toward
of the rafts aud the husky calla of the from the bosom of hie coat and suspenda disappears from the range of my vlslou.
Nome, Alaska, by the president.
Soon Open for Entry.
and ere long lond snores rise at inter
* final settlement, and-at 3 o’clock ad
boatmen.
it in mid-air.
Russian troops are losing confidence ment in the District of Columbia of a journment was taken until 4 o’clock.
Grants Pass—News has been received
val* near me. Yerack slackens the pace
whipping post for wife-beaters.
After my midday meal they take me
I stay his hand.
in Kuropatkin.
There is constant
of the horses to a steady trot,, awl thua
At that time negotiations were not here that the timber land in Southern to walk for a quarter of an hour iu a
"Slay him not,” I say. “If he be really
bickering among the officers at the
complete and a further recess was taken Oregon and Northern California which court that la partly covered in, sud again dead, God speed his soul. If the life is wo proceed until we come t«^a long
Friday,
Jan.
6.
Manchurian headquarters.
At that hour the senator* the department of forestry announced I shake off my apathy to observe the still in him, leave him the chance of It. bridge throw* over a ytreain. He pull*
Arbitration treaties between the until 5.
up at the side of the road.
faces of the two gendarme» who pace His death will not benefit us.”
President Roosevelt will call an ex United States and seven foreign coun took their seat* and the first roH call
“Come, rouse thee, Kajatch,” he crie*.
several weeks ago would be thrown at each aide of me. They are stolidity
"Humph;
less
trouble
to
have
given
tra session of congress to revise the tries were made public today by order gave Kuykendall the entire Republi
personified. ' My eyes dart now it as him his 'quietus,” ho murmurs, hiding “Get dowu and atand by the horse»*
open
for
entry,
is
to
be
advertised
at
t*riff and calls on congres* to pass rail of the senate. The countries making can vote, electing him. Adjournment
head*.”
official, now at a passing warden, with
road rate l*w and navy appropriation the conventions are: Great Britain, was then taken and the Republicans once. At the expiration of 90 days a vague hope that the Cossack may away his knife again. “We cannot leave
Kalatch. still half asleep, stumbles
him thus. We must tie his hands and
bill.
from the time the advertising begins throw himself in my way and give me a gag him, or he might set the dogs on us over th* edge of the carL aud mechau-
Portugal, France, Switzerland, Ger went into caucus to select clerks.
The house was called to order by the lands will be ready for entry. The significant glance or sign. In vain. And sooner than we expect.”
ically does a* he Is told.
Edward Wallace Hock la now gov- many,* Italy and Spain.
“Now give ma the clothea, Vladimir
The nomination of W<: B; Crum, a Chief Clek Thompson, Speaker Mills sections involved cover a large area of we are treading again the damp corri
While he talks ho loses no time. He
•rnor of Kansas.
Bailey of Multnomah fine sugar and yellow pine timber in dor and the gendarmes leave me in my produces some strong cord from his pock Alexandrovitch.”
negro, to be collector of customs
i
for the being absent.
A great socialist conspiracy ^has been port of Charleston, 8. C. ., was confirmed was elected speaker pro tem.
I dive among the sacks and fish up
*■
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~ .
The Josephine county and parts of the sur cell.
et and binds -the man’s wrists together
The‘clock in the chapel tower, of the behind his back. After which he pro the two wet bundles. He takes them
discovered in Russia.
usual resolutions for supplies of stamps, rounding counties, as well as sections
prison tolls the hour of midnight.
1
to gag his gaping mouth with a from me, and look* anxloualy up and
The house passed the fortifications codes and inspection of state offices and in Del Norte and Siskiyou counties, count the strokes mechanically, sitting ceeds
Charles 8. Deneen has been inaugu
handkerchief. “It is cleverly done,” ho down th* road. Having satisfied him-
institutions,
for
printing
the
calendar
bill.
'
Z
rated governor of Illinois.
California. In a portion of the tract on the steel with m head against the chuckles. “I wss quick. Yeo. In an in •elf that It I* deserted, he hurries up
Both bouses adjourned until Mon- and for obtaining newspapers were in Curry county is considerable rec hïïmïd wall. The fiiiif st roté is it ill quiv stant I had him! Once he bad got away stream and la Boon lost to sight in it*
Witte is-to succeed Mirsky as min
offered.
•
day.-
wood, the only redwood in Oregon, and ering iu the air when I bear a faint to give the alarm, though we might still tree-fringed windings. In about ten miu-
ister of the interior in Russia.
-Fifty bills were introduced and read the gianLtrees compare very favorably click.
hare escaped by the window, I would utea he returns without the bundles.
Monday, January 9.
the first time. They will lie referred with the famous “big trees” of Cali
“Sunk them In a pool,” I* the laconic
The president urges improvement of
Am I dreaming, or is there really ■ not have given thfe snuff of a candle for
After the passage of the omnibus bill after; Speaker Mills shall have an fornia. The tract is valuable, in the pair of gleaming eyes looking at me our chances of landing at the other side •♦ply.
the army medical andjordnance service.
and * few minor measure* and, th« fix nounced the committees.
. . main, however, for the great amount through the trap In the door? Is that in save into the arms of the gendarmes.
I am on th* road, (tamping up aud
The oath of office has been adminis ing of January 28 for the delivery of
Among the bills introduced were: To
very truth a hand holding something to-, It was even th* beet thing that could down to stretch my lege, about which
tered to Governor Douglas, of Massa addresses in memory of the late'Senator cede Klamath lake lands to the United of yellow and sugar pine that it con ward me? I etagger.to my feet, staring have happened that he should have come; the long silken skirt of the kaftan is
tains.
chusetts.
for now, I reckom they will not be likely flapping. My appearance must be ■tart-
with all my might.
—
Hoar, the senate devoted its time to States; to cr^te Jefferson county from
Xhe hand beckons impatiently. In two to find out that the bird has flown be Hug, for as Yerack catches sight of me,
Govenror Peabody announces that he the statehood bill. At 4:23 the senate part* of Crook and Wasco counties;
.
fixing salaries of state officers, and a Douglas Men Demand Good Road*. strides I am at the opening! I grasp fore 5 in the morning, and by then they he utters a little cry of surprise, which
will contest the Colorado election and adjourned.
cold, i%ugh irou! It is a file! A face will find It a difficult task to get near attracts the attention of Kalatch, and
The
bouse
spent
the
day
in
discussing
large number amending town charters.
unseat Adams if possible.
Is *dvanc*d'-ao that I can see a long enough to him to straw salt on his tall.”. he, too, laughs at me. I break into a-
Roseburg
—
A
delegation
of
'
represen-
minor matters and at 4:23 adjourned
While speaking his quick, nervous fin laugh at the open-mouthed wonder on .
General Stoessel says he was led to
tativ men from a majority of the road drooping mustache, as black as jet, and
until
tomorrow.
___
______
_
_
_
Help
Pilot
Rock
Country.
* Pair of red lips which pronounce one gers are busy tying th* knot at th* their faces.
.. _
:
believe by Chinese spies that General
districts
iq
Douglas
county
called
upon
Pendleton—“The farmers and peo-
word, “Work!” And the trap is closed. back of hl* victim's head.
(To bo continued.)
Kurokatpin was matching south to re
Tuesday, January 10.
I clutch it, I hug it—the Httle instru
ple^ with a few exceptions, are much the county court in a body and present
lieve him. He knew nothing about the
The senate today continued consider pleased over the prospect of a railroad ed their petitfbn and resolutions asking ment that is to give me liberty! The runted uot to go off!” he continue* apoe-
retreat from Liao Yang until’ after his
reaction from the deepest depths of de trophizing th* insensible man. “Adieu,
ation of the joint statehood bill, the out through Pilot Rock,” said Theodore
surrender.
chief accomplishment being the accept- Beene/, a farmer residing five miles that the court take the necessary steps spair to sudden, full-fledged hope, for my friend, and a good recovery! And
KEEPING THE BEST ON TOP.
W. J. Bryan attended the inaugura ance of most of the amendments sug from Pilot Hock. “Of course there to provide this county wjth three seta a moment overpowers me, I sink on the now, out with the light and let us atart.
edge
of
the
bed
aud
find
relief
In
a
suc
Yerack
will
think
that
all
la
loot.
tion of Governor Folk, of Missouri. gested by the committee on Indian are a few mossbacks who can not be of mixlem roadbuilding machinery, in
cession of gasping sobs. Then I get
In Ie** than five minutée I am cleav
On invitation he addressed the legis- affairs.
' _
come, reconciled to the disappearance cluding that number of rock crushers, mistery of my emotion, end rise with ing the cold, black water, striking out
teture and advocated municipial owner-
Senator Cullom reported the legis of the crude methods of 50 years ago, rollers, engines, etc.
The Morrisons had a conclave the
Enthusiastic compressed lips, burning to commencé blindly for the opposite shore. In my
ahip of publie institutiona. He declar lative, judicial and executive appropri and wish the country to stand still. A good roads arguments were presented, my task. First I' deliberately put out the rear comes the Cossack, gasplug and other day. • It just happened, as the
ed that if Roosevelt is in earnest in his ation bill as amended by the senate tew of the merchants oppose the road, and tha wattar waa than taken under light, after which’ I mount the stool and spluttering.
Morrison conclaves often did. but
desire’to curb the power of railroads he committee on appropriations. The to sayin’ trade will all go to Pendleton. advisement by the court. It is believ work. Even, when the daw"h began to
Thé river' Ie not wide, and I already •very member of th* family acknowl
will lead a strenuous life during the tal carried is $29,192,962, a net in Other towns on railroads live, and I ed, however, that the court will act glimmer I dare to-epntinue it. until every feel the bank. Groping for a hold, my edged that it gave him aomethfng to
next four years.
crease of $434,772 over the amount ap can not see why our little town will favorably upon the matter and that a bar Is sawn through top aud liottom, hand come* in contact with • branch, think about Beatrice began it. Bhe
large.amount of good road building ifill leaving only a thin, unfiled surface to by which I pull myaeif up. Th* Coe- had just returned from an afternoon
Russia plans to spend $200,000,000 propriated by the bill as passed by the not thrive as well as they.”
the luside, so thst a single thrpst will sack is close on my h**l*.
bouse.
be
done in this county this year.
of call*.
■;)
mi rebuilding her navy.
cause the entire grating to give way.
“Catch hold of thia branch!” ! whi*-
The session, of the house was given
"I
’
m
ttf abe declared.
New
Phone
Line
In
Field.
I
am
examining
my
handiwork
with
per, bending it down to where I bear him
Missouri may appropriate $200,000 over almost entirely to discussion of the
Prizes for Fair Exhibit*.
comparative composure, for I have grown gasping.
“I shall repent Jh humiliation of aplrtt
Silverton
—
An
independent
telephone
.
.
Io the Lewis and Ol*rk fair.
bill on banking and currency “to im
Oregon City — At a regular meeting confident during my undisturbed labors,
company has lieen formed to connect
So hastily I* It snatched from me that later, but I'm going to say It I can't
The Coloradq legislature has declared prove currency conditions.”
tbe-committee having in charge the when the unexpected click of the opening I almost loot my balance. I recover my bear the Uptons. They are people
Silverton
with
the
adjoining
towns.
The
impeachment
charges
on
which
Adama elected governor., but Peabody
exhibit from this county that is to trap makes my heart stand stiH with self to find a dark object rising at my who always put the best on top.”
Judge Charles Swayne will be tried P. L. Brown i* the company’s local be shown at the Lewis and Clark fair at sudden dismay, whilst the sweat turns feet.
may contest.
representative.
The
old
company
is
"Which means?” Dick Inquired.
icy cold ou my brow.’ I have, however,
were presented just before adjournment
“Onward!” he panta, taking the lead.
"Bilk gowna over ragged skirt*, lace
Committees of Atlantic steamship and notice given that on Thursday they working hard to keep the new one from Portland in 1905 adopted a schedule by tho presence of mind to let the file slip
A little more ocrambllng, and wo are
tines and r*ilroatda met to take steps would be called up for action in the- getting a start, but more than 20 which will be distributed to the pro up ray sleeve. I dimly deecriy the points on the road. Tho CoMack hiirrie* mo curtains in the parlor and dirty table
phones have already been subscribed ducers of Clackamas county the sum of of tho Coossck’s block mustache thrust ■ long a few pace* Thon a form etepe cloth in the dining-room. I tried not
against the rigid inspection of immi house.
for in Silverton.
Many advantages $150 for the best samples of agricul through the aperture. I noiselessly speed out from the trees and silently confronts to see thing*—-really!”
grants by the government, which, they
are claimed by the new company, tural and other products of which the toward him.
NOTHING FOR RIVER8.
ns. It is Yerack!
say drives business from American to
Dick raised hls eyebrow*. “I* that
“How much have you done?” he whlo-
Three
among which are large exchanges and exhibit will - be composed.
Canadiaan steamer lines.
your definition r he exclaimed. “Now
free service between towns. The new prizes are offered for each sample, rang pere. ,
CHAPTER XIY.
I should have said it meant getting on
Andrew Carnegie has intimated to Small Chance of Congress Passing a company will be known as the Inter ing from $5 for first prize to $1 for the
•'Finished,” I whisper in reply.
My companion utters on* word In a
Bill
at
Thia
Session.
top of—well, of a tough proposition;
the officials of the Franklin institute,
“
Good.
Give
me
the
file,
”
language
unknown
to
me,
and
Yerack
third.
The
contest
is
to
conclude
urban Telephone company.
•t New York, that if they can aecure
Washington, Jan. 7. — Members of
I hand It to him aud he thrusts it into retreats Into th* black gloom of th* like Bob Andrews with his swisted
April 13.
the Franklin fund, amounting to $155,• congress interested in securing river
the breast of his uniform.
Again he tree*. There I* a stamping of horse* and knee and bis grit and ail that.”
New Town of Three Pines.
bends down to ms and murmurs the one the muffled
rolling of well-greased
“Don't you think, dear,” mother'«
900, he will duplicate the amount, aa and harbor appropriations are becom
Gets Low«r Rate*.
Grants Pass—A new .town, known as
wordi. "To-night!” -
wheels. My sight having grown accus gentle voice asked, “that we ought to
he did in the case of Franklin union, ing uneasy over the repeated warnings
Dallas
—
A
promise
from
the
board
of
Three
Pines,
has
been
established
in
, I go over to the bed, and fling myself tomed to the darkness, I can mak* out give our best to our guests T’ >
•f Boston.
of Speaker Cannon and other Republi
Josephine county.
It is located 15 underwriters at San Francisco that it on It with a sigh of supreme satlsfsction. a “troika” and ooms sort of vehicle as
"Yea, of course,” Beatrice replied,
can
leaders
that
the
strictest
economy
All the railroads centering in Chi-
miles north of Grants Pass, on the will immediately make a new rating "It is done—my task is fiuished. With they emerge on the road. We quickly
eago will apply to the United States must be observed from now until ad Southern Pacific. Streets and lots are for Dallas patrons, and allow rebates a single thrust of my hand I can make climb into the latter. Which proves to be slowly, trying to put her thoughts Into
district court January 17 for a perma journment. While talk of this sort is now being surveyed, and the new on the old premiums dating from the for myself an outlet from this foul den a cart laden with sacks of wool. Ysrack words; "but people ought to be tho
nent injunction restraining *11 local always in evidence at the beginning of place, which will he the trading place acceptance of the new city water works to liberty, A few hours and I shall be spring* to the seat In front, and away same all through, not one quality be
we speed a* only a Ruaaian “troika" can. fore strangers and another at home,
brokers from dealing in any form of each session, there is more seriousness for the Jump-Off-Joe mining district last June, has caused the Dallas coun free!”
Nothing says Yerach to either of us one In the parlor and a different on»
It is the very longest day of my life!
non-transferable transportation. The in the tones of the speaker and party and the timlier lielt of that section, cil to suspend for two weeks its purpose
scalper* propose to appeal to the United leaders than usual, and the fear is promises to become a thriving little of charging all insurance companies And when at last the shades l>egin to until between ns and Kovno Ue many in the kitchen. You can't wear a silk
gather and enshroud me, I cast myself versts, and the barren land Is all about gown cooking, but you can wear *
spreading that they mean what they
States supreme eonrt.
#
burg. It'is a picturesque spot, near doing business here * license fee. The down on my lied utterly spent with the us. Suddenly ho observes:
clean cotton one and an apron.”
license
ordinance
resulted
from
*
f*tL
the foot of Mount .Sexton. The place
“Weil, brothOrs, 00 far, good,
The beef trust case is befere the su
burden of It. and my woru-out system
“I’ve seen people like that,” Bella
ure
of
the
companies
to
make
a
reduc
will
also
be
made
into
a
mountain
re
now
for
the
transformation
scene.
finds
relief
In
sleep.
When
I
awake
preme court.
Aska Fee of •2OO.OOO.
tion in rates promised- when the new the lamp Is burning once more,-and my Vladimir Alexandrovitch, as thy hands observed, "the kind that are different
sort.
Newark,
N.
J.,
Jan.
7.
—
A
ft
of
Russian revolutionists predict an
water works should be completed.
aupper atanda on ths tsble. I eat up all are white and thou hast aomethlng of a in the parlor, I mean. They're a*
$200,000 for James Smith, Jr., for act
early outbreak.
the food that has been brought me, a*
sweet aa molasses before company, but
Will
Buy
a
Fair
Sit*.
ing as receiver for the United States
I have done ayatematically all day, and vent to a sly chuckle—"art to be trans as aharp a* vinegar at home."
Surveying Ended for Season.
Pendleton—The Pendleton Fair asso
Several severe engagements have oc- Shipbuilding company was asked of
figured into Russian priest, with purple,
Bella waa thirteen, but she had her
Pendleton—The last surveying party, take a long pull of water. After which silk kaftan and flowing Jocks; not for-
earred near Mukden.
Judge Lanning in the United States ciation was formally organized at a
I seat myself opposite the door snd wsit
tboughta.
which
has
been
making
further
testa
in
meeting
of
representative
farmer*
and
District court here today. Counsel for
bresthlessly, brsced for the moment of getting a beard that would grace a pat
Russia's Third Pacific squadron will
It ws* grandmother, as usual, who
It the Echo irrigation project during the sctlon.
riarch. It rests with thee to play thy
*'»
the Sheldon reorganisation committee stockmen of the city and county.
be ready to sail February 14.
ended
It.
past
year,
suspended
work
January
1
has
decided
to
purchase
a
tract
of
50
new
rdle
well.
Art
thou
satisfied
with
opposed the application, and said that
Bdddenly, without the slightest warn
and
came
in.
This
ends
the
work
this
it?
”
“
Putting
the beet on top reminds mo
acre*
located
immediately
south
of
the
The movements of the Second Pacific the sum demanded was exhorbitant.
ing, I am atartled by the grating of the
“Yerack, my friend, I have no wordo of Ellen Potter,” she said reminiacent-
Russian squadron are still undecided. He said all the money Mr. Smith han city, the price to be paid for the prop season. Engineer John T. Whistler key in tho rusty lock, snd directly, the
erty being $7,000. The di rectors are says work may -be resumed again In the Cosssck enters; changes the key to the wherewith to thank thee!” I exclaim ly. “Ellen's people had been, not ex
The Nebraska supreme court has de dled in the receivership was not more planning to build a half mile track and spring.
The party which has been inside, sad locks us Iu! For the first w a rally.
actly well-to-do, but they'd had enougn
clared the sugar bounty law unconsti than $1,126,000. The credit for the erect buildings to be used for the pur- conducting the drilling in the Malheur time I see my stranger friend. A single
“Bah, I merit no thanks. If I save to get along with and give other peo
resurrection
of
the
company,
he
said,
tutional .
glance at him Inspires me with confi
is due to the reorganisation committee. rose of exhibiting the products of the project has been transferred to the dence. Brasi), almost dwarfish; meager, thee, It will be life for life. I like to bo ple a lift occasionally, and after they
level with people. And for thee, brother
One man was killed andTialf a dozen
nunty. It will be their plan to hold Washtucna district and is making testa
colorless, his fsce snd form sre yet in Kalatch, as the leopard cannot chauge died-Ellen kept right on the aame.way.
of the reservoir sites.
regular county fairs every fall.
persons seriously injured in a year-end
Fix Maximum Freight Rates.
stinct with energy snd nerve.
hl* spots, and thou art always a Coo- with contribution* to the church amt
collision in which three trains craahed
Rhe did other
'Ready?” he whispers, 'll
St. Paul, Jan. 6.—John A- Johnson
sack confessed, entry inch of thee, I Ijadle*’ Aid and all.
together on an elevated road in New was inaugurated governor of Minnesota
To Freeze Rogue River Fish.
Tillamook at Exposition.
'Quite,” I respond promptly.
I have procured a Coeeack’s drees. In any things, too—shs got interested In poor
York.
'You can Bwlm?” ‘
Astoria — The schooner Chetco ha*
‘nther thou wouldst surely look like a city people thst didn’t get any outing*,
Tillamook—There was a public meet
yesterday. In hie message he referred
Like a fish.”
gone
to
Rogue
river
fitted
with
a
cold
Cossack in disguise. With a bushy bsard and kept her house full “of them nil
ing
at
the
opera
house
a
few
days
ago
A million, dollars in gold has been to railway legislation as one of the
'Come then. Yon first; I
follow.
engaged in San Francisco for shipment greatest problems of modem times, es to take into consideration the matter of storage plant of a capacity of 225 tons, Straight across where Yerack await* us.” from ear to ear and a quarter of an summer.”
‘‘archin" off thy mustache, methink* thou
to Japan.
"Of course she did, for she had
pecially as to railway freight rates. an exhibit at the Lewie and Clark ex to collect Chinook salmon for German
I am on the stool preparing to thrust wilt pass,”
He said there was much more unjust position, and to ask the county court to shipment for delivery frozen. This is out the grating.
money,” said Beatrice.
The North sea inquiry commission
"I would thou wouldat mak* haste and
appropriate $2,000 toward the expenses. the first of a fleet being equipped by
“We did notice that Ellen was wear
"Toward you! Toward you! Pull the let me rid myself of these soaking doda!”
has adjourned until February. When discrimination, in railway freight rates
County Judge W. W. Conder presided. Captain E. B. Bums and a Seattle com bare inside.” whisper* the Cossack, "ft replies Kalatch. with irritation, while ing real old clothea," grandmother
Minnesota
than
across
the
border
in
it reconvenes Russia promisee to have
in Canada.
The governor said he The sentiment of the meeting was in pany, and the firsf time fish frozen on will make lea* noise. Aud by all the hi* teeth knock together like castanets continued, “but somehow we dldn'f
some sensational testimony to offer.
thought the remedy lay in a maximum favor of a county exhibit, and the mo leaving water will be delivered fresh to saint*, the light!” be dart* to the lamp "1 am certainly sickening qf ague?’
think much about it Uli she died, aud
Fire damaged the cotton mill of the freight rate that would he fair to the tion to ask for $2,000 carried. Judge European breakfast tables.
and put* it out, and I* standing below,
He gropes among the sacks and bring*
me ready to receive the grating from my np two bundles, which he present* to ua ’twae dlacovered that aome invest
Edwards Manufacturing company qt shipper and the transportation com (fonder was authorised to appoint a
ments her father had made had failed,
hand.
,
Augusta, Me., to the amount of $7»,- pany alike.
respectively. It is one of the most difl
committee to take charge.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Already I am drawing mysel/up to the cult things imaginabls to mahs a com and abe must have almoet starved to
090. Firemen had to fight not only
stone edge.
My bead is through the plete change of toilet in a cart on top be able to give those poor people
the flames but a temperature of 32 de
New Russian War Loan.
Ask for Better Roads.
Wheat—Walla Walla, 85c; blue aperture when—what was that? A fa of a' pile of sack*, while three hones enough to eat aummer*. Nobody bad
grees below zero.
Berlin, Jan. 7.—The prospectus jof
Eugene—Farmers in the vicinity of stem, 88® 90c; valley, 87c.
miliar click! The Coosack has me by are tearing full gallop with you through anspected IL for *be was always as
The Japanese found 48,000 prisoners the new Russian loan of $81,000,000 Loraine haveVome here with a petition
Gate—No. 1 white, $1.32($®2.35; the lega and is actually pulling me back! the darkness. However, necessity has bright as the day, ready to llaten to
ip Port Artbn.r of whom one-third are will be issued tomorrow. Subscription signed by almost everybody in that sec gray, $1.35®!.40 per cental.
I hoar him say:
been known to make a man accomplish everybody’s troubles, but with none of
sick.
lists will be opened in Germany, Rus tion of the county asking for extensive
"Ah, just in time, Anton Antoneivitch! wonders.
Hay—Timothy, $14® 16 per ton;
her own to toll. That’s what I call
Not quite smart enough, my brave. Ha,
What bliss It i* to Ils still among ths kseplng the beet on top."
The czar has decided to send 200,000 sia and Holland January 12. The price improvements on the public road be clover, $11 ® 12; grain, $U®12; chest, ha!” as he drags me to the ground. ‘
sacks with a dry skin, after the wet
of the issue in Germany wHl be 95. tween Loraine and Cottage Grove. $12®18.
"I guess grandma we air can do it
more troops to Manchuria.
And while I am struggling, dazed and clothee have been stowed away, and
The banker*’ syndicate has paid into They had a hearing before the county
Potatoes — Oregon fancy, 75®85c; bewildered,
to my feet he ha* ruihed listen tb Kalatch describing la his tons, if we rady try,” Bella remarked, after
The flagship of the Baltic squadron th* Russian treasury 90These court and it is proHEhle an appropria common, 60®65c.
to the door, unlocked It. and by the dim powerful diction, his adventure with the a moment of atudy.
is reported to have struck a rock and terms are considered here very favora tion will be made for the purpose.
Apples—Baldwins, $1.25; Bpitsen- light that illuminate* th* corridor I aee warder! And how Yerack enjoys It!
Whereat the Morrison* laughed, but
sunk.
<
ble for Russia, inasmuch as th* holders
bergs, $1.75®2 per box.
him seise some ose by the arm, jerk that
that did not mean that they disagreed.
New Courthouse for Tillamook.
Egg*—Oregon ranch, 27X®28«a.
some one Into the ceil and lock the door
The csar’s decision to continue the can demand redemption at par after
—Youth's Companion.
Tillamook—The tax levy for Tilla
Meanwhile a deli. sMoke-fray streak
Butter— Raney creamery, 25®27«c.
war causes great indignation and brings six year*.
“
Just
In
time!
Just
In
time
to
help
mook county was made by the county
Hop*—Choice, 29®30c; prime, 27®
a revolution near.
Í . Another New Russian Laan.
me,“ I hear him repeat, with a strange,
court, it being placed at 27 mills. The 28c per pound.
The interstate commerce committee I St. Petersburg, Jan. 7.—Official an court decided to erect a new courthouse
Wool — Valley, 19® 20c; Eastern wiki, exultation in his voice.
within the hearsay of little children
of the senate is working on a bill to nouncement of the issu* of a new loan to take the place of the one burned Oregon, 10®17c; mohair, 25®26c per
Then there la a ■ short, fierce struggle
tends towards th* formation of char-
Is the dark. The bed creaks under a
regulate freight rates.
is published her* for th* first time. down about 12 months ago.^
actor.—H om * Ballou.
tailing body. • • • A cry of "help!“
t
Oregon Lawmakers 'Now in Session
at Salem.
Salem, Jan. 10. —The senate waa
called to order by Brownell, of Clack
amas, who was president of the senate
•t the session of 1903. He was made
temporary president and a committee
on credentials appointed. The senate
then adjourned until 2 p. m.
At the afternoon session the commit
tee on credentials reported »nd ths
new member* were sworn in. A mo
tion that the senate proceed to elect *
president was carried. Kuykendall,
Miller and Carter were nominated. On
the first ballot the vote stood Kuyken
dall 14, Carter 9, Miller 4, Pierce 1,
blank 2. The vote remained practi
cally the same for 39 ballots, when, *t
4:30, the senate adjourned until 7:30.
I* the evening 16 ballots were taken
with no change except as the Demo
crats shifted their votes from one to
another. Adjournment was taken until
10 o’clock Tuesday morning.
The house is organized and ready for
business. Mills, of Multnomah waa
elected speaker over Kay of Marion,
the b*llot standing 26’to 24.
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