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THE TURNER TRIBUNE VOL. T l ' H N E I I , O B E G O X , THIGHS DAY» A l ' I t l L V II. MINIMUN WAGE LAW ILLEGAL OP CURRENT WEEK B la lrtrt o f C olum bia Law la U pset by 11. 8 . Suprem e C ourt. W aahlngton, H. C.—W agea can n o t be fixed by law, u n d e r th e co n atltu tlo n aa It now Briet Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU atanda, the SAWMILLS SPEED ON 24-HOUR BASIS au p ram e court, dividing 6 to 3, held M onday In a caaa brought lo tea t th e c o u atltu tlo n allty of a n a c t of congreaa fixing m inim um w agea for wom en and m inor glrla In th e H latrlct of C olum bia. T h e declalou waa delivered by Jua- tlc e S u th e rla n d , Ju a llc ea M cK enna, Three 8-Hour Shifts Run to Fill Increasing Demands. OUTPUT AT HIGH PEAK Van H evanler, M rtteynolda and H utler I « M t i of N oted Pooplc. G overnm ent* Joining w ith him. C hief Ju a tlc e T aft liu ild in g A ctivity in C alifornia and and I’srlflr N orthw est. and IHhor R eopening o f N orthw est Minea delivered a d laaentlng opinion for him- T h in g s W orth Know ing. Fifty p erso n s w arn klllnd and 20 wuunded by an cip lo elu n a t Anklng. Anhwol province, C hina. Incldootal to Iba rem oval of a m m unition from a pow der m agailnn. ■ 're sid e n t lla rd ln g haa purchased h i. b irth p la c e —a farm In N orth llloom fleld tow nahlp. Morrow county. O hio—w hom , aa a barefooted boy, he paaaad bla Childhood daya. A aerlou* peaaant rebellion a g alu st Ilia aovlet g overnm ent baa broken out In aoutb R ussia, according to a d rlc aa received by th a U k ra in e repraaouta- llvea In Ilerne, Hw llxerland. W illiam F rltie ll. 12, and Krama Bar- re tí, 66. w idow er and widow, both of fa a c a d e f.ocka, w ere m arried In Hood ftlvar. O r . Rev. G abriel Sykea, paator of Aabury M ethodlat c hurch, officiat ing. Ju d g e W illiam K. H aver, running on th e d e m o cratic tic k e t, waa elected m ayor of C hicago o ver A rth u r C. I.euder. republican, by a p lu rality of 103,74«. a ccording to com pleta unof Metal re tu rn a . A ccording to re p o rta In llu tcb lao n . Kan . a to rn ad o a lru c k P a rtrid g e , thla county, a t 6:30 o'clock Monday even ing. H alf of th e village la reported to have been blown aw ay and aeveral peraona h u rt. R obert O. Goldie, llrltla h vlce-conaul a t N aplca. died S a tu rd ay of Injurlea Inflicted by a m an who a tta c k e d tba official w hile be waa vtaltlng a gro tto n e a r th e city In com pany w ith hla wife, accordin g to a dlapatch from Naplca. T w o aged alatera I oat tb e lr llvea In a fire w hich dealruyed th e In terio r of th e ir hom e In St. Louie W edneaday and tw o o th e r alatera w ere burned aeverely. T h e dead a re : Mlaa Kllzn- beth N lrholaon, 91 yea re of age. and Mra. L ucy Llndaay, 96. S e c re ta ry llu g h e a haa Inform ed the llrltla h , F re n c h , H allan and G reek gov- ernm etita. In Identical notea handed th e ir rep ro aen tatlv o a In W aahlngton, th a t th e A m erican Red Croaa will t e r m ín a te Ita em ergency relief w ork In G re eco on Ju n o 30 noat. T h e Karl of C arnarvon died peace fully a t 2 o'clock T h u rsd a y m orning, l i e waa conacloua alinoet to tho end. Hla d e ath waa due to blood polannlng th ro u g h th e bile of an Inaect w ith the la te r d evelopm ent of pneum onia. H eath occurred a t the C o n tin e n tal h otel In Cairo. Jatnea V. M artin of th e M nrtln a e ro plane factory, I<ong Isltlhd, alleging ro n a p ira cy to deatroy hla bualneaa, filed ault u n d e r th e C layton a c t In W aahlngton, H. C., W edneaday to ro- cover 161,610,000 front tho M anufactur era' A irc ra ft aanoclatlon, Inc., 27 o th e r rn rp o ru tlo n a and 38 Individúala. Max R.v.-hinan, 00, fo rm er w ealthy d ire c to r of th e Iloaton aym phony o r c h e s tra a n d lea d er of hla ow n orchoa- tr a a t th e P an am a Pacific expoaltlon a t Han F rancisco. died In th e county hoapltal In Fresno, Cal., T ueaday, prac tically frlendleaa and In poverty, hug ging hla favorite violin to hla h e a rt. aelf and Ju a tlc e Sanford, w hile Ju a tlc e llolm ea read a dlaaentlng opinion which followed In IU m ain featurea th a t of C hief Ju a tlc e T aft. Ju a tlc e llrandela did not p a rtic ip a te In the declalou. T he a ia jo rlly baaed Ita poalllon broadly upon tba rig h t of c o n tra ct. Inalatlng th a t w hile law a could be enforced to re g u la te w orking condl- tlona, th e em ployer and th e em ploye m ual be free of legal re a tra ln t In de term in in g betw een them aelvea w hat wagea a re acceptable. T h e m inority contended th a t th ere waa no g re a te r police pow er In con- gruaa and tho a ta te leg la la tu re lo re g u late w orking condltlona th a n to regu late wagea. and th a t aa th e re bad been wide uniform ity In holding th a t w orking condllluna could be prnaertb- ed by law m aking bodlea, It follow ed. In th e ir Judgm ent, th a t w agea w ere alao a p ro p e r aubject fo r leglalatlon. Ju a tlc e S u th e rla n d pointed out In the m ajo rity opinion th a t th e m ini m um wage law waa "a tta c k e d upon th e ground th a t It au th o rlaea a n un- c o n stitu tio n a l In terfe ren c e w ith the freedom of c o n tra c t Included w ithin th e g u aran tiee of th a due proceaa clauae of tho fifth a m eh d m en t." T he rig h t to c o n tra c t "ab o u t one'a a lfalra," he elated , “ la p a rt of th e lib erty of the Individual p ro tected by thla clauae." T he fact, h e aaaerted, waa "a e ttle d by th e declalona of Ibla co u rt and la no lunger open to q uestion.” "W ithin th la lib erty a re co n tra cta of em ploym ent of labor," th e opinion c ontinued. "In m aking auch c o n tracta, g enerally apeaklng, tho p a rtle a have an equal rig h t to obtain from each o th e r th e beet term a th ey can aa the re au lt of p rlra to barg ain in g ." l.e g la lallv e a u th o rity to a b rid g e the rig h t of c o n tra c t c an be Juatlfled, Ju a tlc e S u th erlan d elated , only by th e ex- latence of ex ceptional clrcum atancoa. Among th e exceptlona to th e broad rule w hich had been auatalned by th e courta, he aald, w ere a ta lu te a fixing ratea lo be exacted by bualneaa lm- prcaaed w ith a public Intereat, thoae re la tin g lo c o n tra cta for th e perfo rm ance of public w ork, thoae prescrib in g th e c h a ra c te r, m ethods and tim e of paym ent of w ages and thoae fixing the hours of labor. Ju s tic e S u th e rla n d declared th e law u n d e r a tta c k w as not one "dealing w ith any bualneaa c harged w ith a pub lic Intereat o r w ith public w ork o r to m eet and tid e over a tem p o rary em e rgency.” Three Months' Building Costs $1.250.000.000 New Y ork. — O ne billion and a q u a rte r dollar«' w orth of building p e r m ita. the g re a te s t am o u n t for a sim ila r period In tho n a tio n 's h isto ry , w ere ta k e n ou t th ro u g h o u t th e c o u n try d u r ing Ja n u a ry , F e b ru a ry and M arch, S. W. S tra u ss & Co. announced T ueaday. All re co rd s for M arch alo n e w ere broken, 9420,851,343 w orth of w ork be ing au th o rise d In 206 c ities, a gain of 8161.367,012, o r 62 per c en t over M arch of la st year. T hose figures, th e com pany e s ti m ated, Indicated a to ta l of «600,000,- 000 th ro u g h o u t th e n atio n for M arch. T h e gain In th e e a s te rn s ta te s waa 41 per cent, c e n tra l 76 p e r cent, so u th e rn 64 p e r c en t a n d 1‘aclflc w e ste rn 171 per cent. F o u rte en peraona a re know n to have been killed In a to rn ad o w hich e arly W edneaday atruck Plnevllle. fat., and vicinity, acroaa tho Red riv e r from A lexandria. A t 10 o'clock a tra in a r Two Slain In Memel F ray. rived brin g in g the hodlea of e ig h t per- B erlin.—T w o G erm ans h a v e been anna killed a t P lnevllle and a aawm lll killed du rin g d istu rb a n c e s In w hich an ttlem en t a m ile eaat of th a t town. the G erm an and L ith u a n ia n faction» Hr. W. Kdgar, p realdent of the C en In Memel w ere Involved, acco rd in g to tra l aanltnrlum , and R runo Suderm an. special d isp a tc h es to th e B erlin n ew s w ho aaya he la tho dlacoverer of a p ap ers T uesday. tre a tm e n t for tuberculoala and dla- M achine guns a re alleged to have hetea, re p o rte d to th e New York police been b rought Into play by th e L ith T ueaday th a t they, w ith Mra. Kdgar, u an ian s In d isp e rsin g a G erm an m e e t w ere held up In th e ir au tom obile by ing held In p ro te st a g a in st th e In outlaw a. T h e rnbbera took th e only c o rp o ratio n of th e M emel region Into copy of S u d erm an 'a form ula and Jew L ithuania. elry, th ey aald. T he federal farm loan board called for redem ption May 1 of all outatand- Ing honda of th e 12 farm banka laaued M ay 1, 1918. T he to ta l of th e laaue by tho 12 banka la «66,032,000. T he a ction of th e farm loan board In call ing all of th e 1918 laane of land bank bonda for re tire m e n t waa accepted aa foreahadow lng an e arly laaue of new bonda a t a low er ra ta of In tereat than th e 6 p e r c en t ra te c arried by th a obllgatlona w hich a re to be re tired . Big Boon to M arket. 1'ortland.— F o r the firs t tim e In th e h isto ry of the lu m b er Ind u stry In Ore- gun m ills located In th e C olum bia riv e r d istric t h av e found It n ecessary to o p e ra te 24 ho u rs a day In o rd e r to keep up w ith th e dem ands for tim ber products. F or th e past w eek th e In m an i’oulson L um ber com pany h e re has been o p e ratin g th re e d ally eight- hour shift*. T he W estport L um ber com pany on tb e Colum bia baa been doing llkew lae. Doth of th e se m ills sell th e m ajo rity of tb e lr pro d u cts to th e ex p o rt trad e. O rd e rs from the o rien t. A u stralia, South A m erica and o th er points have been ao larg e and h ave contin u ed to Increase to such an e x te n t th a t It has been Im possible to fill th em w ith out em ploying an e x tra sh ift of men. O th e r m ills In tb e n o rth w e st a re ru n ning e x tra shifts. Y ard sto ck s a re exceedingly low ev ery w h ere and lum ber m oves out to p u rc h a se rs alm o st a s fa s t i s It goes through th e p lan ts. O th e r m ills may find It n e ce ssa ry to em ploy ad ditional shifts. M any a re now o p e ra tin g 16 hours a day and a t th a t h ave to re je c t o rd e rs due to Inability to fill them . L a st w eek th e production of lum b e r by tb e m ills of th e n o rth w e st was g re atly In excea* of norm al and a t tb e sam e tim e th e re waa a dem and th a t w as g re a te r, by far, th an production. S hipm ents w ere In excess of orders, th u s Indicating th a t th e problem of tra n s p o rta tio n , e ith e r by ra il o r by w ater, la no longer a w orry of th e m an u fa ctu re r. H ow ever, th e re la very little excuse fo r fre ig h t c a rs of any ty p e to be on aiding* and Idle th ese days— th ey can find dom estic sh ip m ents a t tb e se v e ra l hu n d red m ills th a t a re o p e ratin g to cap a city In tbe no rth w est. A new dem and fo r lum ber h a s been felt re ce n tly from tb e co p p er m ining d istric ts. Hue lo an Im provem ent In th e co p p er m ark e t m any of th e m ines th a t have been experiencing little p ro s p e rity for a long period of tim e a re now opening. T hey a re c allin g for heavy tim b e rs for c o n stru ctio n and are using m uch rough lum ber. T h e re c en t re p o rt of th e fe d era l re serv e a g en t a t San F ran cisco show s th a t 15 big co p p er m ines of th e tnterm oun- ta ln c o untry a re now o p eratin g , w here as In 1920 a t a bout tb e sam e tim e only e ig h t w ere open. W om an B urns H erself. M iami, Fla.—C ra te d w ith pain of long Illn e ss,, w hich th re e o p e ratio n s had failed to a llev iate, M rs. H elen Sim m s, 46, of Miami, d ren ch ed h e r self w ith k ero sen e Sunday n ig h t, lit a m atch to h e r clothing, scream ed once and w as dead. Police a t first w orked on th e theory th a t th e w om an had been m urdered and b ecau se of h e r sm alln ess of sta tu re believed h e r to be b u t 16 years old. Coal S trik e Is Over. C ardiff. W ales.— T he strik in g m iners In th e R hondda coal fields held a m eetin g late Sunday n ig h t and se ttle d th e ir differences. W ork, th ere fo re, will be resu m ed tom orrow . T b e m ines em ploy ab o u t 46,000 m en. It w as sta te d a t th e m ee tin g th a t p ra ctic a lly all th e non-union m iners now had Joined tho union. R evenues B eat C osts. W ashington, D. C.—W yom ing had an excess of «7.82 p e r c ap ita of rev en u e re c e ip ts over go v ern m en tal co sts for 1922, th e cen su s b u re au announced S a tu rd ay . T h e sta te 's n e t Indebtedness w as «18.37 p e r cap ita, com pared w ith 56 c e n ts In 1917, th o increase having C ara fo r W e it Sought. been due largely to Issuance of high W aahlngton, H. C.—Step« to bnlld way c o n stru c tio n bonds. up tra n s p o rta tio n fa cilitie s fo r th e next h a rv e st In th e w est will bo tak en 8 o v let F ro n tie r Fixed. a t a m eeting here T u esd ay of ra il R iga.—A fter tw o year* sp e n t by a road officials w ith tho c a r se rv ice divi m ixed com m ission of I.n tv la n s and sion of th e A m erican R ailw ay asso R u ssian s In d e m a rc a tin g th e Russo- ciation. K fforts will be m ade, th e asso L atv lan fro n tie r, tb e final a g re e m e n t ciation announced today, to fo rm u late w as signed h e re S a tu rd ay . d efin ite plans fo r a ssu rin g w h a tev e r T h is Is said to be th e firs t d e finitely rolling stock Is needed to m eet a g ri fixed fro n tie r a g re e m e n t signed by c u ltu ral and In d u strial re q u ire m e n ts. soviet R ussia. 1», 1923. NO. 89. nnder th e wheel again and proceeded ing tbe room and tb* men Insldw on his way. H earn e's lashings were S tartled, all four of them had risen Inconspicuous to any one whom the and w ere sta rin g at him. In his o th er hand be produced an a n tn n ia tlr which c a r passed. It w as a little a fte r eight In the he had tak en from Dick llenrne. "T h e flrat word from any of you m orning when G ram ont drove Into P aradis. He noticed th a t tw o large gentlem en." be declared, "w ill draw a H e ed ip o rt.—P ile driv in g began F rl autom obiles were standing In front of shot. I'm doing all the talking here. day on th e site w here will be built tbe tb e poet office, and th a t about them BavvyT* U m pqua Mill* and T im ber com pany, They stood staring, paralyzed by th is w ere a group of men who eyed him and his c a r with aorae Interest. P ay apparition. T hey had been sitting a lu m b e r m ill Incorporated by W ash ing no a tte n tio n to these, be drove on about th e table, which was heaped ington m en w ith W ashington capital. w ith papers and w ith packages of through th e town w ithout a halt. K ugene — N o tw ith stan d in g Irreg u la r Sw eeping out along tbe north road, money. A large safe In the wall stood he encountered no one. W hen a t open. B eside tb e table w as a sm all ities In levying special road tax e s length he reached tbe L edanols farm mall sack, p a rtially em ptied of Its con By thro u g h o u t L ane county, th e tax e s will he drove In tow ard the d eserted house te n ts ; torn envelopes littere d the floor. be collected and th e m oney expended H. BEDF0RD-J0NES T h at thla w as the h ead q u a rte rs of a t and parked tbe car am ong some tree« on the roads, according to th e county w here It could nof be seen from tbe least a section of the lottery gang G ra court. mont saw w ithout need of explanation. road. “Y ou're under a rre st.” said Gra- L eaving tb e car, G ram ont took hla R eedsport. — T h e d te a m e r B ertie way tow ard the bank of the :,uyou and m out, quietly. “T h e gam e's up, Gum- OsnWM W M U * . Ne> «*4 f iasiw litn lo n a rriv e d a t th e W in c h este r liny followed th is In tbe direction of the h e rta H ands up. all of you I D irk dock F riday a fternoon. S h e will be H earn e has peached on th e whola adjoining property. loaded w ith 400,000 f'-et of lu m b er H e w e n t on to a n opening In th e gang, and from tb e boss down you're CH A PTER XIV for C alifornia poin ts and le ft h e rs last bushes which, over the low rail fence, all In fo r a term In stir. You w ith the night. gave him a clear view of the Uum berta d e rb y ! T ak e G um berts’ gun, and thoae C hacherre’s Bundle. property. T h ere lie paused, quickly of your com panions, then your o w n ; G ra n ts P a s s —A co rporation to be It w ss seven In th e m orning when drew hack, and gained a point whence throw 'em on the floor In th e corner, know n as tbe "O regon Cave* R eso rt" H enry G ram oot drove b is c a r Into he could see w ithout danger of hla and If yon m ake tbe w rong kind »f a Uoum a. h a s been org an lsad by ten local busl- presence being discovered. H e settled move, heaven help y o u ! Step lively, In tb e w ire which he had sent over Into Im mobility and watched. neas m en and th e s e will ta k e ch arg e th e re r C h acb erre's sig n a tu re be had com T h a t M em phis laxy him self had not of providing accom m odations a t tbe K*rb m an th ere had a revolver or m anded Dick H earn e to m eet O ra m oot yet arrived, he w as fairly certain. pistol, and one by one th e weapons cav es th is year. a t a bout th is tim e a t a re sta u ra n t N ear th e barn w ere draw n up tw o fliv clattered Into th e corner. G um berts P h ilo m ath .—A t th e m onthly session n e ar th e court bouse. P u ttin g bis c a r vers, and sittin g In c h airs on the cot stood motionless, licking his thick lips, a t th e curb, Grarnont w ent Into tbe of th e P hilom ath college executive re sta u ra n t end ordered a hasty b re ak tag e veranda w ere th ree men who u nuttered curses In his glaring eyes. m ust have come In these cars. G ra And tn th a t Instant G ram ont heard board, tb e Guy F r .b k n o .d e u c e was fast. He had brought w ith him copies mont had come provided w ith binocu th e porch steps creak and caught a purch ased for th e use of th e college I of th e m orning paper«, and w as p eru s lars, and got th ese out. He w as not low. sta rtle d cry. p re sid en t, 11. Dixon B ougbter. T be ing th e accounts of Bob H a llia rd 's long In discovering th a t all th re e men “Hey, boss! T hey's a gang cornin’ hom e Is one of th e fin est In th e city. pitifully w eak sto ry regarding hi* on th e veranda w ere stra n g ers to him. on th e run— ” fa th e r's m urder, when a stra n g er They, no doubt, w ere men tn tb e lot It w as C harlie th e Goog, bursting In C orvallis.—T he city council F rid ay stopped beside him. tery gam e, w aiting for G um berta to upon them In wild haste. G ram ont n ig h t voted to Issue bonds up to «50.- “G ram ont?” said th e other. “T hought arrive. G ram ont tu rn ed his a tte n tio n stepped Into th e room and turned 000 lo r th e extension o f tb e Fillm ore- i tt w as you. H e arn e 's my nam e—I had to th e o th e r buildings. slightly, covering w ith one of his Both the barn and shop w ere open, w eapons tb e Intruder, who stood s tre e t se w e r w e std a rd to th e city o rders to m eet you. W hat’« up?” T h e o th e r m an dropped Into th e and th e buzzing thrum of m achinery ag h ast In th e doorway a s he com pre lim its. T h is will brin g building lots Into se rv ice covering an a re a of 12 c h air opposite G ram ont, who put bore w itness th a t tb e m echanics were hended th e scene. aw ay his papers. H earne w as a sleek h ard a t work upon th e stolen cars. No w ords passed. S tarin g a t the five blocks. Individual o f p asty complexion who G ram ont thought o f Ben Chacherre, men, then a t G ram ont. th e adenohlal A lbany —Due to tb e su c c ess of tb e evidently served the gang In no b e tte r still tied and lashed to th e c h air In hla m echanic gulped once— and like a flash few broccoli grow ers In th is section, light th an a s a go-between and ru n room, and w ondered w hat w as to be acted. H e ducked low and fired from T h a t he suspected found u nder tb e re a r seat of B en's his pocket. G ram ont fired a t the sam e m any m ore a cre s will be p lan te d to n e r o f errands. nothing w as plain from hla casual car. H e could see th e c a r from w here Instant, and the heavy bullet, catching th is vegetable next y ear, and w ith be lay. C harlie th e Goog squarely In the chest, tb e bottom lan d s th a t a re a v ailab le m anner, although he had never seen Alm ost on his thonght, a high-pow buried his body h alf across th e room. G ram ont previously. n e ar A lbany q uite a broccoli c e n te r Is "B usiness," said G ram ont, leaning ered and noiseless c a r cam e sw eeping W ith th e shots M emphis Izzy flung In prospect. back to let th e w aitress serve his down tb e road and be knew a t once him self fo rw rrd In a headlong rush. th a t M em phis Izzy bad arrived. He b re ak fa st. W hen she had departed, T h at d e sp e ra te shot of the little me Salem .—D e n tists from a ll aectlona of knew It Intuitively, even before he ob th e s ta te have been called In Salem for he a tta ck e d It hungrily. “You got tained a good glim pse of th e broad, chanic had broken G ram ont’s right th e p a st few daya bolding th e ir a n C h ach erre’a w ire about the stuff tn heavy figure and th e dom inating fea- arm above th e w r is t; before be could hla c ar? ” W aa It burned?” Are a second tim e, w ith th e weapon In nual convention and tre a tin g th e In “No. H e counterm anded It Just a s I tnrea. M emphis Izzy w as fa r from his left hand. G um berts had w rested m ates of th e s ta te p e n ite n tiary . A w as h irin ’ a c a r to go over to P a ra bendsom e, but be possessed character. th e pistol aside and w as struggling “W here's the Goog r As he left the b anquet w as one of th e fe a tu re s of dis,” said H earne. “ W hat's a tlrrtn ’, with him. T h e o th er four cam e into car, which he had driven himself. Gum- tb e convention. anyhow ?" th e m elee full weight. b e rts lifted his voice In a bull-like "P len ty . M em phis Irzy 's coming G ram oot w ent down un d er n crash S easide.—C annon B each la e x p er ro a r th a t carried clearly to Gram ont. down today. W hen’ll he get tn?” ing blow. O ver him leaped M em phis iencing its g re a te s t building boom, a c “W here's C harlie th e Goog?" "H e'll go direct to the o ther place, T he m echanics appeared hurriedly. Izzy and rushed Into th e d o o r w a y - c o rd in g to A. T. and A. M. H im es, w on't com e here. Oh, I reckon h e ll then stopped w ith astounding a b ru p t m erc h an ts, w ho w ere h e re S a tu rd ay . 1 get th e re along about nine this morn* One of them , no o th er th an G rsm ont'a ness and lifted his arm s. A fter him frien d o f th e adenoidal aspect, who M ore th a n 26 re sid en ces h a v e been lng. W hy?" seemed to own tb e mellifluous title of th e o th er fo u r followed suit. Tw o men, o r a re being built thla sp rin g . In addi “ W e'll have to go over th ere to m eet C harlie the Goog. hastened to th e side panting a little, stood outside the door him ," said G ram ont. “I stopped In of G um berti. and th e la tte r gave him and covered them w ith shotguns. tion to sev eral b u sin ess blocks. here to pick you up. H am m ond la still evident directions regarding some re “T ie 'em . b o y s" said G ram ont, ris St. H elens.—L um ber sh ip m en ts from sa fe In jail?" p a ir to the car. T hen, turning. Mem ing dizzily to bis feet. “No, I'm not St. H elens fo r the w eek en d in g Sat- ! “Sure.” H e arn e laughed evilly. “I phis Izzy stro d e to th e cottage. He h u rt—my a rm 's broken, I think, but u n lay night w ere lig h t a s com pared don't guess h e'll get out In a hurry, nodded greetings to th e four men who let th a t w ait. Got th e ones o u ts id e r' A stam ping of feet filled th e ball, w ith th e previous w eek w hen close n e ith e r I" aw aited him, took a bunch of keys “C h ach erre w as pinched last night from his pocket and opened th e cot and o th er men appeared there. to 6.000,000 feet w as loaded and d is fo r th e m urder,” said G ram ont, w atch tag e door. All live vanished within. “Got tw o of 'em. G ra m o n t!“ re patched. H ow ever, th e sh ip m en ts ing th e other. G ram ont rose. A m oment previous sponded th e leader. “T h e th ird slipped am ounted to m ore th a n 3,000,000. “T h e h— II!” H earn e looked asto n ly, fever had thrilled h im ; the excite In here—ah, th ere he Is I" Poor C harlie th e Goog lay dead on P en d leto n .—L ittle m a rk e t road con ished, then relaxed and laughed again. m ent of tb e m anhunt had held him stru c tio n w ork will be done In U m a “ Some fly cop will su re lose his b u t trem bling. Now he w as cool again, the floor—a touch of heroic tragedy In tilla c o u n try th is y e a r ow ing to tbe tons, t h e n ! T hey ain ’t got nothin' on his fingers touching th e pistol In his hla last d e sp e ra te action ; th e one g re at pocket, his eyes steady. H e glanced action of hts life, possibly. H e had overlap p in g of th e 1922 pro g ram on him.” “I heard they had plenty." realized th a t It m eant doom, yet he a t his w atch and nodded. th is y e a r's funds, and th e a v era g e of "D on’t w orry." H earne w aved a “I t's tim e !" he m urm ured. “L e t’s had done w hat he could. 30 m iles annu ally of new road c o n hand grandiloquently. “T h e boas Is “I think th a t's all,” said G ram ont. hope th ere ’ll be no slip u p ! All ready. stru c tio n will not be m et th is sea- j solid w ith th e bunco up to Baton M emphis Izzy. So am I. L et's go!" “W e've su re m ade a killing, boys— son. Itouge. and they’ll tak e c are of every U nhurried and openly, he advanced, and It's a good thing you Jum ped In to body. So old Ben got pinched, huh? m aking his leisurely way tow ard the the m inute I A second la te r and they'd S h erid an .—F inal drive of th e city to T h a t’s one Joke, m an I” b a m and shop. C harlie th e Goog. who have done fo r me. T ake care of th a t c lean up tts s tre e t im p ro v em en t In U ram ont'a w orst suspicions w ere w as bent over th e c a r of Gnm berts. evidence, w ill you? Get th a t mall sack d eb ted n ess wna begun th is w eek w ith continued by th e a ttitu d e of H earne, w as first o discern his approach, and and tb e le tte rs p a rtic u la rly ; If they've th e posting of no tices to delinquent who plainly considered th a t the e n tire straig h ten ed up. G ram ont waved his been w orking th e ir lottery outside the p ro p e rty ow ners. If p a y m e n ts a re not gang had nothing to fe a r from th e law. hand In greeting. C harlie th e Goog state. It'll be a federal m atter.” G um berts, who w as being tied up fo rthcom ing w ithin th e legal lim it C hacberre's boasts w ere backed up sol tu rn ed his head and called his b re th a fte r th e no tices h ave b e en se n t out idly. It w as obvious to G ram ont th a t ren. who cam e Into sight, sta rin g at w ith his friends, u tte red a hoarse cry. “W ho a re you guys? You c an 't do th e c ity w ill proceed to foreclose on th e ram ifications of the gang extended Gram ont. very high up. indeed. T he la tte r realized th a t If he passed th is w ithout au th o rity —” th e p ro p erty . , " B e tte r cut out th e talk ,” he said, them th e gam e w as won. If they “D on't be silly. M em phis Izzy,” said A lbany.—On Ju ly 12, 13, 14 A lbany curtly, “un til we get out of here." stopped him, he hade fa ir to lose G ram ont, sm iling a little, then tw itch H e arn e nodded and rolled a ciga everything. ing to th e pain of his arm . "T hese w ill be th e scene of th e a n n u a l e n “Hello, boys!" he called, cheerily, ns friends of m ine a re m em bers w ith me cam pm ent of th e S panish W ar v e te r rette. W hen his h a sty meal w as (Inished. he drew near. “I cam e out on an e r of th e A m erican Legion, ami they've an s, d e p a rtm e n t of O regon. P re p a ra G ram ont puld a t th e counter and led rand fo r the boss—got a m essage for come along a t my request to put you tio n s a lre ad y a re u n d e r way to c are th e way outside. He motioned tow ard G u m b erta W here la he? In th e crooks w h^re you belong. As for au fo r b etw eeu 400 and 500 v ets. A dele the car, and H e arn e obediently climbed house?” thority. you can ask and go hang. gation n um bering 250 from th e la rg e st In. being evidently of ao little account T b e others nodded, plainly m istru st "H ere, boys. I’ve got to get out to p o st In the U nited S ta te s. Scout Young In th e gang th a t he w as accustom ed to ing him. yet puzzled by his careless th a t barn. Come along, some of y o u !” tak in g o rders from everyone. m anner and his referen ce to Fell. of P o rtlan d . Is expected. H e led th e w ay out to th e barn and, G ram ont headed out of tow n and “ Sure," answ ered C hnrlle th e Goog. the o th ers trooping In behind him. en R oseburg.—W illiam H orn, tra p p e r, took th e P a ra d is road. B efore he had "Go right tn—he's In th e big fro n t tered. H e pointed out the c ar which h u n te r a n d p ro sp e cto r on M iddle driven a mile, however, he halted the room.” had brought C hacherre here previous c ree k . In th e south end of D ouglas car, clim bed out, and lifted one side of “T hanks.” ly, and ordered the ex tra seat In the county, w as in R oseburg S a tu rd a y th e hood. G ram ont continued his way. con back opened up. “Give m e those m gs from th e b o t scious th a t they w ere sta rin g a fte r "I think th ere 's a bundle Inside,” he a fte r filing on a gold and stiv e r s trik e w hich he m ade n e a r S ilv er peak th e tom of th e car, H earn#,’’ he said, him. If th ere w as anything phony said. "W h a t's in It. I don't know—” briefly. about him, they evidently considered “ H ere w e are. cap." first of th e w eek. T h is Is re p o rte d to T h e o th er obeyed. As G ram ont m ade th a t Memphis Izzy would ta k e care of A bundle w as produced, and opened. bo th e ric h e st gold strik e in D oug no m ove to come and get them , the m a tte r very ably. In It w as found th e a v ia to r's costum e las county for m any y e a rs and m uch H e arn e got out of th e c a r ; then G ra T he step s of th e cottage porch which G ram ont liad worn a s the Mid in te re s t Is show n In th e find. m ont rose from th e engine unexpect creaked protestlngly as G ram ont as- night M asquer, and which ChaWherre edly, and H earne looked Into a pistol. cended them . I'e rh ap s M emphis Izzy had stolen w ith the loot. W rapped Salem .—T h e freq u e n t ra in s during “H old out your hands behind you recognized an unaccustom ed fo o tstep ; among th e lea th er garm ents was an th e p a st tw o w eeks h a s had a d e tri and tu rn around I” snapped G ram ont. p erhaps th a t conversation outside had autom atic pistol. m en tal effect on th e fru it c rop In M ar “ No ta lk !" p en etrate d to him. G ram ont entered G ram ont stood aghast tiefore this lon county, a ccording to 8. 11. Van H e arn e u tte red au oath, but a s the th e fro n t door Into the hall, and a s he discovery, as realization of w hat It T rum p, fru it Inspector for th is d is pistol Jerked a t htin he obeyed the did so, G um berts opened th e door on m eant broke full upon him. “Good lo rd !” he exclaim ed, nmazed- tric t. H e said c o n sid erab le dam age com m and. G ram ont took th e strip of his rig h t and stood gazing a t him — ly. “Boys—why. It m ust have been had re su lte d to th e fru it buds In th e cloth, w hich he had previously pre ra th e r, glaring. pared, and bound th e m an's w ris ts “W ho’re you?” he dem anded, Ben C hacherre who killed Mai Hard I Shaw section and th a t th e blossom s “T hese a re b e tte r th an handcuffs,” roughly. See If th a t pistol has been used—” bro u g h t out by the re c e n t fa ir w e ath e r he com m ented. T o o m any slick Indi “Cam e out w ith a m essage from Mr. The Midnight M asquer had fired two h ave been blasted by th e heavy ra in s viduals can get rid of b racelets—but Fell,” responded G ram ont a t once. bullets Into MalUard. T w o cartridge« of th e p a st w eek. you'll have one m an's Job to get rid of “B rought some orders, I should say—” were gone from this autom atic. th ese! O h! a gun lu your pocket, eh? T he sixth sense of M emphis Ixxy, (T O B E CONTINtTED.) Salem .—C o n trac ts for th e c o n stru c T h an k s.” which had carried him uncaught Into a tion of s ta te highw ays and b ridges a g In th e H ands of F rie n d s “ W hat f e ll you doin’?” exclaim ed grizzled age. m ust have flashed a “W hen you leave yourself In the w arning to his crook's brain. In the g re g a tin g a coat of $362.469.50 h ave the bew ildered H earne. “ Placing you nnder a rre st,” said m an's eyes G ram ont read a surge of hands of your friends a re you sure been aw arded by th e s ta te highw ay suspicion and knew th a t his bluff could you can tru s t them ?" com m ission, and a ctu al w ork on th e G ram ont, cheerfully. “No,” replied Senator Sorglium. “ H ere, w here's your w a rra n t? Yon be worked no longer. p ro jec t will be s ta rte d w ith in th e n e x t ain’t no dick—" “H e re 's his note," he said, and "Som e of them a re liable at any mo few w eeks. Bids for th is w ork w ere m ent to go out behind my hack and G ram ont cut short his p ro tests with reached Into his pocket. opened a t a m eeting of th e com m ission a long cloth, w hich effectually bound G um berts' hand flashed down, but dig up all kinds of needful cam paign in P o rtla n d on M arch 27, b u t a w a rd his low er Jaw In place and precluded halted as G ram ont's pistol covered funds In a m anner that I should high ly disapprove of If 1 knew about It,” ing of th e c o n tra c ts w as d e ferre d be any fu rth e r Idea of talk. him. H e then tied Dick H earne securely, “ Back Into th a t room, and do It cau se of th e a g ita tio n looking to th e H it Scattered Acquaintance. referen d u m of tb e gaso lin e tax law hand and foot, and then lashed him to quickly,” said G ram ont, stepping for She— W hat were you doing a fte r rlM e n ac te d a t th e la st session of th e le g one of th e top su p p o rts of th e car. ward. " Q u ic k !" W hen h e had finished, H earne w as M em phis Ixzy obeyed. G ram ont accident? islatu re . reasonably safe. H e then climbed stood lo th e doorway, bis eyes sweep STATE N EW S IN B R IE F . The Mardi Gras Mystery