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.
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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