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THE TURNER TRIBUNE V O L. T in O iK K , O R E G O N , T IF U B S O A V , X HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Bits of Best News Items From Everywhere. PUTIN CONCISE FORM K vrnla o f N oted I’eoplr. Governm ent« and I'a riffr N orthw est, and O th er 7 hing« W orth K now ing. Augu«t T hysaen, un uutatanillng ftgur« In H erm an?'« Im luatrlul world during th e luat decade, died Sunday lie waa H5 year« old. 1'rlnccss V ictoria, «later of King G eorgs. who 1« su fferin g from Influ enaal pneum onia, la m aking some alight p ro g ress tow ard recovery. An a p p a re n t a tte m p t « a « m ade S a t' urday night to wreck a w a ter well be Ing d rilled by th e city of lew Angeles In O w ena valley, th e principal s o u r c e of th e c ity 's w a te r supply. J N. H u n g ) Hurling, natio n ally know n c arto o n ist, who left his office a year ago because of alrknesa, re tu rn ed to bis work In Dos M oines Sun day At one tim e du rin g his c o n fin e m eat d o c to rs d e sp a ire d of hla life. T he C um m ins ra ilro ad consolidation bill was o rdered favorably re p o rte d to th e se n a te S a tu rd ay by th e In te rs ta te com m erce com m ittee An am endm ent a proved by th e com m 1 1 lee allow s the ra ilro a d s five y ears for voluntary con aolldatton. A ir b om bardm ent of I’ekln grew m ore Intense S unday and In som e •tu artera w as In te rp re te d a s th e begin nlng of th e re al s ie g e of th e C hinese c ap ital by the a tta c k in g a rm ie s of C hang Tso-f.ln. M anchurian leader, and M urahal W u I’el Fu. his pow erful ally P a s to rs In K an sas C ity, M o, Sun day w ere divided In opinion« on the "pulling pow er" of th e a d v ertisem e n t In serted In th e K s n s s s C ity S ta r d irec t ed to "flam ing y outh" and prom ising a "new th rill" If aald "flam ing youth" would a tte n d ch u rch on K nater Sun day. P re m ie r M ussolini has a w hite silk skull cap and sliv e r cup bearin g th e pope's nu ll of arraa. both of which w ere used by P lus X. T hey w ere sent to him liy M arla S arto, s is te r of I'lux w ith a le tte r th an k in g (he governm ent fo r nld In c arry in g out th e fu n eral of h e r s la te r Anna. T h e Uocky M ountain News of Den ver, C o lo . say s a "m y ste ry " m ining field, som ew here n e a r th e Colorado- I ’tali b o rd e r line, and w ithin ten m iles of ra ilro ad facilities, w ithin a few m o n th s will be producing a hgh g rade ore of copper, gold and silv er of un usually high value. F re e of th e a cc u sa tio n of having to ld pardons, w hich sullied th e closing days of his a d m in istra tio n 15 m onths ago, Jo n a th a n M. l>uv!s, ex g o v e ri^ ir of K ansas. Sunday looked forw ard to the p o sslb llltty th a t th e d e m o c rats of the s ta te m ight ag ain choose him a s a c an d id ate for th e g u b e rn a to ria l race (his fall. A new Im petus h a s been given ex cav atlo n a In lllb llra l lands as a re su lt of recent In terp re ta tio n « of new ly discovered ln«crlptlons on th e penln sulu of Sinai, w hich Illum inate th e w rtln g s from Sinai, Ihe relatio n of th e a n cien t H ebrew s to th e K gvptlans and possibly Ihe c h a ra c te r of M otes sa y s a C hicago d lsp n lrh . T he e n g ag e m e n t o f C hauncey Relk nap. New York a tto rn e y to Miss D orothy latm nnt of t.n k e F o rest, III, wu* lea rn ed hy frien d s In New York. N. Y , Sunday. Mr. Ilelknap re ce n tly re tu rn e d from K gypt w here he had gone In th e In te re sts of John D. Kockn- feller, w ho offered th e K gyptlan gov e rn m e n t 110.000,OU0 to e stab lish a m u seum . ITALIAN DEBT STIRS SENATE Verbal Broadsides Directed at Pre mier Mussolini. W uahlngtou, D. ( ' T he Itnliun debt se ttle m e n t kicked up a real rum pus Monday In th e seiiato, w ith ru les go ing by th e board *a se n a to rs engaged In n ru n n in g c ro ss fire of a lla rL s and defense. P re m ie r M ussolini cam e In for a few b roadsides and Ihe conflict even e x ten d ed to who was responsible for w riting the republican p a rty p la t form In 11)24. W hile th e d eb ate of th re e hour* was reach in g Its clim ax Ihe A m erican debt com m ission w as accused of having used a new ‘‘sy stem of m ath e m a tic s" In figuring the Italian se ttle m e n t. T h is accusation cam e a fte r H enator Smoot, republican, U tah, a m em ber of the com m ission and g en erally re g a rd ed na a financial wlxard. bad m ade an e rro r of 123.000,000 In c alcu la tin g year ly In te re st on a hypo th etical s e ttle m ent Doth H enator Heed and S e n a to r R ob inson of A rkansas, th e dem o cratic leader, who opened th e d e b ate, sug g ested delay In action on th e debt se t tlem en t until a fte r the p rojected d is a rm a m e n t ro n fe re n re to a sc e rta in Italy 's a ttitu d e on th e q u e stio n of world peace. S e n a to r R obinson a sse rte d th a t Mus solini was form ing co m b in atio n s th a t th re a te n e d th e peace of Kurope, and both hi* and S enutor Reed a d v erted to Ihe p re m ie r's speech of Sunday at the sev en th a n n iv e rsa ry of th e b irth of faariam . In w hich he urged Italian s to be read y w hen th e "w heel of des lin y " turned. S e n a to r Reed declared th a t If tha U nited S ta te s would cut off com m erce w ith Italy and refu se to lend th a t c o untry any m ore m oney th e Italian s would begin to u n d e rstan d “th a t not oven a n Italian d ic ta to r ra n tie a dic ta to r over A m erica." W O RLD R .'.CORD S E T BY GERMAN FA STER Berlin. - H e rr Jolly, professional faster, Sunday e stab lish e d a record fo <4 day s of a b ste n tio n from food and was helped out of h is g lass rag e, a physical w reck. H e had b e aten th e w orld’s record held by S ignor M ullatl of Italy, by one day. T h e new ch am pion was e a g e rly receiv ed by a large crowd. Including num erous physicians who have been In te re ste d In his case. T hough unable to walk and speaking In a feeblo voice. Jo lly 's m ind seem ed very a le rt. T he do cto rs on su p erficial e x am in a tion found th e ra ste r's d ig estiv e o r gana dorm an t and took him to a hos pital, w here ho will be fed n liquid diet exclusively, se v e ra l teaspoonfuls a t a tim e, u n d e r th e closest m edical observation. W hen be e n te re d his cage he weighed 130 pounds, and his weight ton ig h t w as aro u n d 103. T he gross re ce ip ts of th is exhibition am ounted to 145.000. of w hich $10,000 was deducted for th e m unicipal e n te rta in m e n t tax. H is m an a g er received $15,000. leaving receipt* for th e fa ste r ap p ro x im ately $20,000. SENATE TO PROBE OUT LAW RESULTS _• Microscope Will Be Used on Volstead Act. LEADERS TO TESTIFY C ruhibition Forces to Air View* on Why S ta tu te s Should He Made S tro n g e r. W ashington. I). C Prohibition will bo put un d er th e m icroscope th is week a t th a first co m p reh en siv e c o n g res sional h earin g s on th e su b je ct since th e c eleb rated V olstead a ct becam e a fact. F or four hours a day and fo r six days the w ets will u n d e rta k e to dem on s tr a ta to a se n a te co m m ittee th a t pro hlbttlon la a farce and m ust continue so until (he law Is m odified to perm it of Ihe sale of beer, if not wine and even stro n g e r drink. A fter th a t th e d ry s will have th e sam e hours a day for an equal num h e r of days to defend th e o p eratio n s of th e enabling a ct un d er th e 18th am endm ent, and to urge th e stre n g th enlng of It along th e lin e s proposed by th e a d m in istratio n In th e re ce n tly In troduced Goff bill. T he wela go Into (he b a ttle w ithout any Illusions th a t th e y a re going to gel congn-ss to pass a n y m ollification m e a su re s a t th is session. But they w ant lo m ake a reco rd w ith a view to letlln g (he c o u n try know w hat they re g ard th e facta to be. T he dry* have e x p ressed e n tire w ill ing n ess to m eet th em on th a t ground uml a re confident th a t th ey can pre se n t a case w hich will d e m o n stra te th a t prohibition h a s been of Im m ense benefit to th e n atio n d e sp ite th e m ani fold difficu lties of ts en fo rcem en t and ih e flood of Illicit liquor re ac h in g th e m ark et. D efinite lines have been laid down fo r th e h earin g by S e n a to r M eans, re publican, C olorado, who la th e c h a ir m an of th e com m ittee. T h ere Is to be no crosa tab le w rangling betw een w ets and drya nnd no crosa ex am in ers In th e se n a te . R eed of M issouri and W alsh of M ontana, both d em ocrat*— a re m em bers of th e com m ittee. T hey a re found on opposite sides of th e p r o htbition question. S e n a to r Reed is one of Ihe forem ost lea d e rs of th e w ets and S e n a to r W alsh holds as equally a p rom inent place w ith th e drya. W hile Ihe h e arin g s tech n ically a re on various p rohibition bills before th e subcom m ittee, th e w hole questio n of prohibition will lie th re s h e d out. T he w ets will call a s th e ir w itn ess A ssist ant S e c re ta ry A ndrew s of th e tre a su ry . D istrict A tto rn ey B uckner of New York rtty . and a larg e n um ber of so cial w orkers, m in iste rs, do cto rs and o th ers. T he w ets still a re hopeful th a t th e com m itte will a g ree to sum m on a num h e r of police chiefs, sh eriffs, tudges and o th e r s ta te and m unicipal officers T he com m ittee h a s re fu sed to do th is by a vote of four to one. but It will be ask ed to reconsider. Rat R ides In N avy P lane W ashington, D. C. —C aught In a ra t tra p and killed a fte r th re e and one hu ll h o u rs' cred ited flying tim e, d u r ing w hich It n early w recked a navy plane o p e ra tin g w ith th e fleet a t llu a n tau a m o , h a s ended th e a d v en tu re of one rn t th a t “ w ent In for naval nvlatlon.” S e c re ta ry of th e N avy W ilbur pub lished a sta te m en t of tho ra t'a aviation record Sunday. A crordlng to th e sec re ta ry . th e rat boarded th e navy plane In Cuba, chew ed e v ery th in g th a t w as n't m etal. Ineluding th e purn eh u te and H ague P a rley Favored. anfty b elts, nnd th en w hile th e piano W ashington. 1). C.— R e p re se n ta tiv e was In full flight a tta c k e d L ie u ten a n t T inkhnni, M assach u setts, d eclarin g C harles H. tlrow n, th e pilot. th a t w ith th o “eclipse and p a ra ly sis" of th e league of n a tio n s, th e tim e has Bribe R equest Denied T opeka. K an W ith o u t a tte m p tin g nrrlv ed for th e U nited S ta te s to m ake to deny th a t R ussell D avis, son of Its con trib u tio n to w orld o rd er, a n Jo n a th a n M Davis, ex-governor, ac nounced Hat u n la y th a t he would In cepted $1250 a fte r deliv erin g a pardon tro d u ce a Joint re so lu tio n req u estin g to Fred W. Pollm an. convicted banker, Ihe p re sid en t to p n ip o se a th ird con law yers defending the Ibtvlses ngalnst feren ce at T he H ague for codification b rib ery c h arg es sought to brin g out of in te rn a tio n a l law. Inadequacy of p re se n t In tern a tio n a l In questio n in g l ’ollmr.n th a t young Davla wns em ployed a s an a tto rn e y re g u la tio n s nnd d evelopm ent of new re la tio n s am ong n atio n s, h e added, in th e eaae. C rosa exam ined hy A. M. H arvey, m ake m ore b inding nnd d e fin ite re la chief of d efen se counsel. T ollm an a d tio n s n e ce ssa ry fo r ach iev e m en t of m itted G overnor Davis n e v er had said p erm a n en t w orld peace. he w anted m oney for a pardon. Ju ry A cquits D avises. Elk R efuses Freedom Topeka, K an.—Jo n a th a n M Davis, P re m ie r M ussolini will sail for T ri poli A pril 8, on th e first visit of any Itallnn p rem ier to th e colonial posses- sn n s In A frica. Ills trip has. In the view o f th e pres* and political circle*, both n a tio n a l and In tern a tio n a l signi A shland, O r L lthla park a tte n d a n ts ficance. H e will sail on a w a rsh ip a t S a tu rd ay re le ased T eddy, aged bull tended hy various o th e r righting c raft, elk, anil his fem ale com panion In th e w hich will engnge in b a ttle m an e u v ers c ity pnrk, and e sc o rte d th em to th e «ml p ra c tic e on th e voyage. head of A shland creek canyon, w here O u trig h t dissolution of a p o ten tial th ey w ere lib erated . But e a rly Sun $2.(100,000,000 co rp o ra tio n and d ra stic day m orning T eddy waa sta n d in g c u rta ilm e n t ami re g u la tio n of o th er quietly hy th e high w ire fenco try in g m em b e rs of w hat th e g o v e rn m e n t had to find som e w ay fo get hack to th e alleged to be a huge baking o rg a n iz a Inclosed p a stu re w hich h a s been his tio n waa effected In federal d la trlc t hom e for m any years. T h e elk cow co u rt In n a llim o re S a tu rd a y In one of failed to follow T eddy. th e m oat sw eeping d e cre es e r e r pro m u lg a ted In an a n ti tru s t case. T w enty- W h ite Salm on. — T h e new G ilm er, th re e m illion sh a re s of c o rp o ra te stock W ash, cut off will bo re ad y for traffic - 12.300.000.000 p o ten tial cap ital un d er w ithin a ah o rt tim e, K nglneer O'N eal M aryland c o rp o ratio n la w s —w ere wip having sta rte d const ru ctio n w ork on a ed out and a c h a rte r o rd ered forfeited big fill. T h ree m ilea of road a re to be to th e a tato of M aryland. ro n a tru e te d on a reduced grade. ex governor, and h is son, R ussell, w ere acq u itte d of a ch arg e of a cc ep tin g a bribe. T he Jury w hich trie d th e tw o D avises d e lib e ra ted 32 ho u rs before re tu rn in g a verd ict In favor of th e de fen d an ts. It w as th e ex-governor's second a cq u itta l and wiped from th e sla te all th e c h arg e s concerned w ith his alleged c o rru p t Ion of th e g u b e rn a to ria l pardon power. H arb o r Bill Approved. W ashington, D. C. — K xpendltures for riv e r nnd h a rb o r developm ent pro je c ts waa approved R aturday by th e house riv e rs anil h a rb o rs com m ittee. T he bill c a rrie s a p p ro p ria tio n s of 135.000.000. AIMtll« », NO. 1926. 29, w V . '. l e e '. « » F e b ru a ry fire s cost P o rtla n d $54,- 878.20. T h e re w ere 167 a la rm s, and losses w ere su sta in ed In 23 fires, ac cording to th e m onthly re p o rt uf E d w ard G renfell, fire m arshal. H llverton. — Hllverton will h ave a com m unity fa ir th is year, sponsored by D elbert R eeves post, A m erican le g io n . A lthough the ex act d a te has not yet been set, It Is understood th a t It will be held In Septem ber. LT/lc BLACK QANÇ By CYRIL NcNEILE SAPPER Copyright by ÇEORQE H. DORAN CO. V . * Ü. W a only feeling was a m ild curiosity as to w hat was going to happen next. — 17— T he voices entne n earer, and be He laughed again even more gently found him self being lifted out of the and leaned across th e table tow ards S alem .—T h e m onth of M arch. 1926. the m an who sa t m otionless In the car. In doing so his hat w as pulled w ith th e excep tio n of M arch, 1892, has chair. H e seemed to lie striving to hack e little so th a t he could see, and been th e d rie s t of any M arrb In the see som e sign o f fe a r In Drummond s Lbe I’rat thing he noticed was his own w Rolls-Royce. They couldn't have hletory of Halem w e ath e r ob serv ato ry . eyes, some appeal for mercy. B ut If T he ra in fa ll up fo th e p re se n t tim e (here was any expression at all It w n brought It to the IUtz, he reflected, th is m onth Is .62 of an Inch. only a faint m ocking boredom, such where It m ight have been recognized— a s Drum m ond had been wont to In and an unw illing adm iration for the P en d leto n .—L ittle difficulty will be fu ria te him w ith during th e ir first e n m aster brain th a t bad thought out e n co u n tere d In th e form ation h e re of counter a y ear before. T hen he had every detail, and th e w onderful or ganization th a t allowed of them being a n a tio n a l g u a rd com pany. It waa a n expressed It In w ords and a c tio n s; carried out, took hold of bis mind. now only hla eyes w ere left to him. nounced S a tu rd a y by C h arles Vinler, T he men wheeled him alongside bis b a t It w as th ere all th e same. And ch airm an of a special com m ittee a p a fte r a while P eterson snarled a t him own c a r ; then they lifted him out of his c h air and deposited him on the pointed to o rg a n ise th e com pany. viciously. back seat. T hen the Ita lia n and the “No, I s b s n 't be In a t th e death. V ernonla T he Rock C reek Logging o th er m an who had been a t the 111tz com pany wax fined $50 by Ju stic e D rum m ond, but I will explain to you sa t down one one each side of him, W eed for dum ping Chem icals and g a r the exact program . You will lie driven while a th ird m an took th e wheel. out of London In y our own car. but bage In Rock creek from w hich the “ Look slippy. B ill,” said the big m an when the final accident occurs you will city of V e m o n la re ce iv e s Its w ater. | be alone. It Is a m ost excellent place beside him. “A boat will be coining W illiam Brown, d eputy w arden, sign for an accident, Drum m ond —most ex through a bout half-p ast nine.” A boat 1 W bat w as th a t a bout a ed th e com plaint. cellent. One or tw o have already boat 1 W ere they going to send him tak en place there, anil the bodies are Hood R iver.—C o n trac t for c o n stru c generally recovered som e tw o o r th ree ont to set«, then, and le t him d ro w n ! tion of a $90,000. (our sto ry , concrete, days la te r —m ore o r less unrecognis If so, w hat was the object of getting re frig e ra te d w arehouse w as aw arded able. T hen when th e news comes out bis own car? T he h a t slipped fo r F rid ay by M aynard £ Child. New York In th e evening paper* tom orrow I w ard again, but be guessed by som e of apple m erc h an ts, to L. M B entley, lo- 1 shall be able to tell th e police the th e flaring lights he could dimly see cal c o n tra cto r. E xcav atio n will be whole sad story. How you took com th a t they w ere going through alums. passion on an old clergym an and T he h eadlights were on, and Hugh u n d e r way M onday. asked him to lunch, and then went o a t Judged th a t they were going about H erm laton.—D ecem ber 2. 3 and 4 of London a fte r your charm ing young thirty-five m iles nn hour. And he also will be th e d a te s for th e an n u al m e e t-! wife—only to m eet w ith th is dreadful guessed th a t It w as about forty-five ing of Ihe O regon Bee K eep ers’ asso end. I think PM even offer to tak e m inutes before tbey pulled up, and th e ciation In 1926, a ccording to W. G. p a rt In th e funeral service. And y e t— engine and lights w ere sw itched off. Kodda of H erm laton. p re sid en t of the no. th a t Is a pleasu re I shall have to T he men beside him got out, and he prom ptly rolled over into a corner, s ta te body. T h e convention th is y ear deny myself, llu v in g done w hat I cam e over to do, D rum m ond, ra th e r w here they left him lying. will be held in D allas. "T his Is the place to w ait.” he heard m ore expeditiously th an 1 thought Hood L iv e r.—A crew of m en was likely. I shall re tu rn to my sta rv in g the Ita lia n say. "You go on. Franz, busy F rid a y fin ishing up th e oiling of children In Vienna. And. do you know to th e corner, and when it's ready worn-out p a tc h es on th e M ount Hood w hat I came over to do. D rnm m ondl flash y our torch. You'll have to stan d loop highw ay in th is county. Oiling I cam e over to sm ash the Black Gang of (he C olum bia riv e r highw ay, in the —and I cam e over to kill you—though H eppner Ju n c tio n vicinity, will begin th e la tte r could have w aited.” P e terso n 's eyes w ere h ard and m er the com ing w eek, R w as sta te d . ciless. b u t th e expression of fa in t Halem. B allot t .le s fo r Initiative boredom still lingered In D rum m ond's. m easu res providing fo r old age pen Only too well did he realize now th a t sions in th e s ta te of O regon and re- j he had played stra ig h t Into his ene peal of th e so-called m otor vehicle r e g - , m y's hands, but he w as a gam bler istra tlo n title law e n ac te d a t th e last through and through, and not by th e q uiver of a n eyelid did be show w bat sessio n of th e le g isla tu re w ere com he felt. pleted by th e a tto rn ey -g e n e ral here P eterson glanced a t bis w atch and S atu rd ay rose to his feet. Salem . Building p e rm its In Salem “I fe a r th a t th a t Is all the sp iritu al for th is m onth up to S a tu rd a y night consolation th a t I can give you th is a g g reg a te d $217,870. w hich e sta b lish evening, my dear fellow ," he re ed a new record for M arch since 1922. m arked benignly. “ You will u nder A m ajo rity of th e build in g p erm its stand, I'm sure, th a t th ere a re m any calls on my tim e. Ja n e t, m y love”— w ere Issued to p e rso n s w ho c ontem he raised his voice— “our young friend p late e re c tin g hom os and sm all bu si Is leaving us now. I feel su re you'd ness stru c tu re s. like to say good-by to him." Mill C ity.— New lu m b e r c a rrie rs to She cam e Into th e room, w alking a , lie placed iu use by th e H am m ond little slowly and fo r n w hile she L um ber com pany w ere receiv ed h e re sta re d In silence a t H ugh. And L T h u rsd a y and will be s ta rte d to work seem ed to him th a t In h e r eyes th ere as soon as a n u m b er of n e c e ssa ry a d w as a gleam of genuine pity. Once ju stm e n ts h a re been m ade. T hese again he m ade a fra n tic effort to speak —to beg. beseech, and Im plore them tw o c a rrie rs will re p la ce approxim ate- 1 not to h u rt P hyllis— but It w as u se ly four Jitneys form erly used. less. And then he saw her tu rn to “W ell, Good-By, Mon Ami,” She Re N ew berg.—F ire and d y n a m ite de P eterson. m arked Gently. “1 suppose," she said regretfully, stroyed tw o-thirds of th e tong con " th a t It is absolutely necessary.” on th e running-board. Bill, and ste e r nected row of w o rk e rs’ a p a rtm e n ts at “A bsolutely,” he answ ered curtly. till he’s round the corner Into th e tho A. J. R ay & Son h o p y a rd n e ar “H e knows too m uch, and he w orries stra ig h t. T hen Jum p off—no one will hero F rid ay . W hen d isco v ered th e us too m uch." see you behind th e h e a d lig h ts: I'm flam es w ere b re a k in g th ro u g h th e roof She shrugged h e r shoulders nnd going back to M aybrick T ow er." of th e building. T o sa v e th e re st of cam e over to Drnm m ond. And th en he heard a sentence which the building th e m en d y n a m ited the “ Well, good-by, mon am i," she re drove him Im potent w ith fury, and m arked gently. “I really aro sorry building n e a r th e re n te r. ugaln se t him struggling m adly to H llverton. A m o th e r sh e e p upon the th a t I sh a n 't see you again. You a re move. one of th e few people th a t m ake this “T he g irl's there. W e ll get orders b irth of h e r first o ffsp rin g ab so lu te atrocious country b earab le.” about h e r In the m orning." ly re fu sed to have a n y th in g to do She p a tte d him on his cheek, and T h ere w as silence fo r a w hile; then w ith th e lam b. In ste ad , ahe looked again the feeling th a t he w as dream through th e flock, se lec te d one m ore ing cam e over Drum m ond. It couldn’t he heard B ill's voice. "L et’s get on w ith It. T h ere ’s to h e r liking and now. a fte r a few b e re a l—th is m onstrous nightm are. days' tria l, seem s to h a v e ad o p ted it. And th en he w as being wheeled along F ran z signaling. W e'll have to prop him up on the steerin g w heel som e S heepm en say th is Is a lm o st u nheard th e passage tow ard the lift, while how.” th e R everend T heodosius Longmoor of. T he sh eep belonged to th e Joe They pulled Drum m ond out of the w alked solicitously beside him. m ur E idson h erd In so u th S ilverton. back of the car, aud put him in the m uring affectionately In his ear. A storia.—T h a t th e v a st m a jo rity of i “Good-by, my d e a r friend—good-by." d riv er's seat. “D oesn't m a tte r If he does fa ll over the F inish in h a b ita n ts of A sto ria and he rem arked, a fte r th e c h air had been v icin ity h ave no sy m p a th y w ith nor wheeled Into the lift. "It w as good of a t the hist moment. It will look ns Be careful, liftm an, If he'd fainted, and m ake th e accident in te re s t in com m unist p rin cip les w as you to come. more probable,” said the Italian , and w on't you?” m an ifested beyond don b t a t a m ass Bill grunted. H e w aved a kindly hand, and th e m eetin g held h e re W ed n e sd a y night “ Seem s a crim e,” he m uttered, "to la st vision D rum m ond had o f him be w hen 95 r r c en t of th e F in n s of As- j fore th e d o o rs closed w as o f a benevo sm ash up th is peach of a car." He to ria ad o p ted a re so lu tio n rounWIy lent old clergym an beam ing a t him sta rte d th e engine, and sw itched on condem ning th e beliefs of th e little i solicitously front behind a p a ir of th e h e a d lig h ts ; then he slipped her group of ra d ic als who in d o rse soviet horn-rim nied spectacles. stra ig h t into third speed nnd sta rte d . th eo ries. And uow cam e his only chance. S ure H e w as on the running-board beside G ra n ts P a ss .—W ith th e d rie s t M arch ly th e re w ould he som eone who would the wheel, steering w ith one hand n n l holding on to D rum m ond with th e oth on re co rd follow ing a w in te r th a t nlso recognize hint b e lo w ; surely the hall porter, who In th e p a st had received er. And a s they routvled the corner e stab lish e d a record for lack of m ois m any a tip from hint, m ust realize he stra ig h te n ed the car up and opened tu re, th e G ra n ts P a ss Irrig atio n dis- who he w as In sp ite of the h at pulled the th n tt l e . T hen he Jum ped off, and trlc t opened Its Irrig atio n season Sat down over Ills eye*. But even th a t Drum m ond realized the gam e a t last. urday. (hough th e s ta te d season does hope failed T he elderly p a rty In the A river w as In fro n t—a river not open u n til A pril. T h e big 30-Inch i Invalid's ch air who had come h a lf an spanned by a bridge which sw ung c e n trifu g a l pum p d riv en by a 1250- h our ago w as now going, a n d there open to let boats go through. And It h o rse p o w e r tu rb in e w as s ta rte d a t 1 w as no reason why th e hall po rter w as open now. He had a dim vision 2 o'clock th is aftern o o n , s ta rtin g th e should suspect anything. H e gave the of a m an w aving w ildly; he heard the tw o m en a hand lifting the chair Into crash as the car took th e guarding flow In th e so u th high line. a Mg and very roonty lim ousine car gate, and then he saw the bonnet dip Salem .—W ith th e new s tr a w b e r r y 1 which Drum m ond knew was certainly suddenly; th ere w as a rending, scrap a c re a g e In th e Salem v icin ity e s tim a t not hts, and th e next Instant they ing noise underneath him as the fram ew ork hit the e d g e ; an appalling ed a t 1000 a cre s, th e 1926 p roduction ! w ere off. H e could see nothing—th e b a t was splash—and silence. p ro m ises to keep all S alem c a n n e rie s in full o p e ratio n d u rin g th e stra w too fa r over his eyes. For a tim e he CHAPTER XII b e rry season. Som e c a n n e rs h ave e x tried to follow w here they w ere going by noting the tu rn s, but he soon gave p ressed th e opinion th a t It m ay be th a t up ns hopeless. And then, a fte r n e c e ssa ry to ship p a rt of th e product driving for about h a lf an hour, the In W hich Hugh D r u m m o n d to o th e r c ities for processing. It w as i c ar stopped and th e two men got ont, A rrives a t M aybrick H all e stim a te d th a t th e re a ro now 5000 leaving him alone. H e could h e a r a T w o things saved D rum m ond from a cre s of stra w b e rrie s In th e Salem lot of talking going on, hut he didn't what w as practically certain death— vicinity. try to listen. H e w as resigned by Ihe heavy coat .e w as w earing, and this tim e—utterly Ind ifferen t; his the (act th a t he rolled sidew ays clear CHAPTER XI— C ontinued at the steering-w heel as soon as the m an let go o t him w ith his hand. Had he rem ained behind the wheel be m ost Infallibly have gone to tbe bottom with th e car, and a t th a t point w here tbe riv er narrow ed to come through the piers of the bridge tbe w ater was over tw enty feet deep. H e had suffi cient presence o f mind to tak e a deep b reath as the c a r shot dow nw ard; then he felt the w ater close over hla head. And If before bis struggles to move had been fierce— now th a t tb s end seemed a t hand tbey becam e des perate. T he desire to get d e a r —to give one kick w ith hla legs and coma to tb e anrface roused Mm to one su perhum an effort. He felt aa If tbe huge heave he gave w ith hla lega against the flo o rb o ard s m ust send him flying to the to p ; a fte rw a rd s he real ized th a t th is v a st effort bad been purely m ental—tb e actu al physical re sult had been practically negligible. B ut not quite. It had done som ething, and th e coat did th e rest. W ith th a t one last suprem e throw for life hla m ind had overcom a tha effects of th e poison to the extent o( forcing his lega to give one spasm odic little kick. H e floated clear ot th a car, and slowly—how slowly only bla h o m in g lungs coaid testify— the big coat brought him to th e surface. F or a m om ent or tw o he conld do nothing save draw In deep gulps of a ir ; then he realized th a t th e d anger w as not yet p a s t F o r he couldn’t shout, ba could do nothing save float and drift, and the cu rre n t had carried him clear of th e bridge ont of sight of those on top. And his m ind w as q u ite clear enough to realise th a t th e coat which had saved him, once it becam e sodden would ju s t a s surely drow n him. H e conld see m en w ith la n te rn s on the brid g e; be conld h e a r them shout ing and talking. And th en he saw a boat come back from the ship th a t had passed through Just before he w ent over th e edge In his car. Surely they'd pull down stream to look for him, be thought in an agony of fn tlle a n g e r; surely they couldn't be such fools a s to go on pulling about Just by th e bridge w hen It w as obvious ba w asn't there. B ut since they thought th a t he w as a t th e bottom In hla c ar, and blaapbem oua language waa a l ready being w afted a t them by th e skipper of th e vessel for th e useless delay, w ith a sinking h e art D rum m ond saw th e boat tu rn around and disap p ear up-stream Into tbe darkness. Men w ith lanterns, still stood on th e bridge, b u t be w as fa r beyond tbe range ot th e ir lights, and he w as drifting fa rth e r every m inute. It w as Just a question o t tim e now—and It couldn't be very long either. H e could see th a t his legs had gone down well below the surface, and only the a ir th a t still re m ained In th e buttoned-up p a rt of hla overcoat kept his head out and his shoulders n e a r the top. And when th a t w as gone— th e end. H e had dona all he could; th ere w as nothing fo r It now but w ait fo r the Inevitable finish. Then a sudden change In his Imme d iate surroundings began to ta k e place. A t first he could not realize w hat had h a p p e n e d ; th en little by little It began to daw n on him w hat had occurred. Up to date the w a ter in which he floated had seem ed m otionless to h im ; he bad been d riftin g In It a t exactly th e sam e velocity as th e current. And now, suddenly, be saw th a t the w ater w as going p a st him. F o r a m oment or tw o he failed to u nderstand the significance of the fa c t; then wild hope surged up In his mind. F or a tim e he stured fixedly a t th e bridge, nnd tb e hope becam e a certainty. He w as not driftin g any fa rth e r from I t; he w as s ta tio n a ry ; be w as aground. H e could feel Dothlng; he could see uothlng—but the one stupendous fa ct rem ained th a t he w as aground. L ife took on a n o th er lease—anything m ight happen now. If only he could rem ain th ere till th e m orning they would see him from th e bridge, and th ere seemed no reason why he sh o u ld n 't The w a ter still flowed sluggishly p ast him, broken with the fain test ripple close to Ms head. So he reusoned th a t It m ust be very shallow w here he w a a and being an Incurable optim ist, he con tem plated bis next m eeting with I'eterson. (T O B E CO N T IN U ED .» K eep S m ilin g T here Is som ething buoyant and cheery and breezy about any per- son who can live above his su r roundings—th a t Is, can find some thing to cheer in every state, nnd who p re fe rs to ponder on th e brightness of the sun ra th e r than discover tha spots In R. If you would sing and w histle and laugh more, h eartaches would be few er. L aughter is a contagious thing. It calls forth a sim ilar response. I’eople feel the tingle of life, and ex perience Its th rills as they langh. And there is such a lot In life to smile over.—Exchange. J a c o b e a n Tables In all Its varied history th e table lias never passed through a more pop u la r stagg th an th n r of Jaeobean days. If th e presen t vogue Is a sta n d ard by which these thing* may be judged. - London Tost.