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—of UM camp, cau»« >« , don't do things by halves up ber«*. Then you just lay alongside of Ma«*, throw your grapples acrost and lioard < him. I’ll have a missionary there to Baker «%>unty is building 16 new steel | hitch you up.” bridges. “How good you are,” she said. I “You're such a musterful man! I wish Polk County wants to Join Marion I’ete was like that.” County in building a fJi.’i.ObO concrete On the morning of tbe miners’ meet bridge across the Willamotto at Haiern, ’ Ing but one man was absent. He lay I quaking behind bls barricaded doer, an while Marion County has plana for a ■ ax at baud to repel boarders. Tbe rest ♦ HWi.OUO steel structure. of the population came; even tbe Ijip» Linn County haa two busy growing from up river drove lu with tbeir rein ihiwoe factories, one in Altxny and one deer, and old Dog Face brought bis Eskimo men from tbe Rand Hplt to see at Crabtree. tbe white» make medicine at the mar Work on the ways and shops of tlie riage feast. new shipyard for tbe Columbia En- lauklug the subtlety of an uccom , ginoering Works at Linnton has started. pushed fixer, George passed arnoug his friends, coaching with stertorous wbi* The Japanese ship, Nippo Maru, sails pars, desisting only when Barker as this week for Chilli with a 2,00,000 feet chairman, enthroned in dignity upon ’ lumber <»rgo. the counter, a cracker box beneath I him, called for order. Then be stole | To relieve car shortage, the Southern Pacific Company lias ordered construc quietly out for the abeent member. Slipping up to McDonald's cabin, be ( tion of 4.000 new freight can, some of beard the nervous soumls of its occu which are now being delivered pancy. Tlie single tax measure on the ballot “Beats all what a perilous pastime at the coming election is another legis this matcbtnakln' Is,” mused George. lative experiment that would set back “He's liable to »pllt me Into kindlin’ the industrial growth of Oregon ten wood before 1 get m, mite mortised yean. over his gullet, but here « »*." lie backed away, then .'-nrled his great bulk at the door. It ga «• way, , STATEMENT and in tbe *)ia«lows beyond he gl. psed of tbe financial condition ot tbe face of tbe terrified groom. Big George aeked hi^i nd crus« ed id’" I agclUKt ilia cbe«t, > -ixblug Io«««« th« at G-nte. In tbe State **f Cregon, at tbe close uplifted hatchet «S tiuainese Sept. U, 19U. “Lord, 1 neve« see such a bashful RtSOLRCHS lover!" be panted. "We're all jealous over you, but we alm to join two lovin’ loan*and dleoounu............................ | M.MS V7 n hearts if diplomacy can do it Tain t , Overurafte. secured and unsecured »X>26 00 everybody has a best man like me to Honda and warranta ............. Furniture end fixtures.......................... «XX» 00 break trail clean up to the altar.” Other real estate owned....................... S.US 07 A terrific roar arose in Barker's place bus from approved reserve banka lt.tos SS when tbe kicking prisoner was thrust Checks end other cash Items.............. ijs io into the room, and, lnaxmtKh as It is Cask on hand .......................................... »477 so | not given to all men to succeed against Expenses ................................................. >.«0 M misfortune, George was permeated by 1 total ........................... 1 aa.jm os a gentle glow. LlABILITItH Someth log in the look of the men I Capital slock paid In ............ | li.OOO oo struck him. however, as he bore th« Surplus fund........... . ................................. 1,300 00 tortured bridegroom before him They On<i.rlded profits .,........................... 47» whistled, shouted aud statu ped madly. * P«wtsl ravine« bank deposits.............. U.421 uo “Big Mlt” seized bis baud, wb'.e utii 1 individual deposits subject era fell on him with «<*ciumutiou. •ccheck......................... *54.77? * “You're ali right, pal * • "We never savvi«*«! your play a» all.’ bemand certificates of deposit SAIS 17 7«7 85 Men wba«*kr>! him in the I < k ami ' ashler checks outstanding bellowed In glee while a t.-tib 'l < f <•«,«• I 5S.07C » Title Depcslts........................................... ».147 «2 grat.ilauons beat c- er him. TOTAL......................... * St JOS OS "What in blaze» do you a«l :<»n?" ■•nti ef Oregon, «rrled George sliskli e himself "ce Cwnty of Multnomsh, • • Ill» auswer uiaterbilUcd out <>i 'be I, If. B. Bloyd, Cashier o* the »hove named throng. In tbe sba|«e of Miss I-amthnn. 1 bank, do solemnly swear that the above who came forward blushing ben«*atb i statement la true to the beat of my know- her «xwmetlca. Advancing with a smile edge and belief. H. E. Bloyd, Cashier. of affectionate assurance, she spoke: Correct—Attest: “1 chose you. George. You're such a WIUT. Wright, masterful man.” F. K. Foster. In tbe silence which be strove to Directors. break McDonald wriggled from the Hnbscribed and sworn to before me this JDth OREGON NEWS NOTES CoatlMed from Last Weak "Who la she?" questioned Joe, oafs tn tbe knowledge of old friendship. "Kbo'a a com|«Milie of all tbe daffy qualities of the daffy sex by ii me Maggio l-amihuii, the Gazelle, <xx*upa- tlon bride and supercargo." “Haw’d you hap|«en to get ber- win a rattle or bn re her wtalied on to you?” “I'm nothin' but a rural delivery. Look at that load!" George cried, his rsg«< rising again. "Stage pro|*rtles to stock a theater. I’ve reasoned and pleaded and swore, but no ballast will she lieave. Rhe Just does a leap for life at tbe sled and sticks there all day. while tue and 1’eneecbe works with tbe doga. Maybe you got a dem oust ration of ber verbal animosities? If she's got a male relative In thia world I'm goln* to kill him.” "Why don't you take her back?" "No. Birr The whaler*! faca set stubbornly. “I never start anything I can't finish. III haul ber to Candle If I kill every dog and the Injun, too, and have to tow her in on my hands and knees.” He <*ontlnucd. laughing with unhallowed glee: “Also I've lieen grub bln* round five year«, buntin’ a chan«» to get even on Pete Mclmuald for that fake atam|>ede he sent me on In IMi Oh, no; I’ll take ber through.” fine week later a team draggeai Into tbe G« mmu * cr«*rk r«md house. The dogs were «ore f<«»tr«l and whining, while some llni|>ed behind, nursing bloody pads torn from Hie flinty trail Au apatb«*Ac Indian and a silent, sweating white man aided them, pulling n bulg ing sledge, wtiereou sat a swaddled, garrulous woman of healthy dimeu alons rending tlie wintry alienee with enatebea of acrimony. K mite Sorenson. the proprietor, grin ned upon recognising tbe man and to George's surly statement that ten days had been speut In tbe coming laughed largely. Most teams made tbe trip in half that time, George turned on him like a beast, his voice hoarse with the passion of an endless fortnight and. seizing the gangling Scandinavian, shook him until he howled In fright: then, hurling him Into tbe soft snow, raged hungrily around him. “Ray somethin', ye long legged pup: Do somethin* quick so I can mangle ye and champ the pieces, Insult me— please do!” t The lady buddled upon the ale<l and wept miserably. "Oh. you brute! You l»llT eavage! You Ignorant lwnwt! Why dl<! I ever come with yon? I'm frightened ” And alio hurried Into the shack, pursued by the snow «’overed proprietor. "Whew!" sal«l George, breathing the raw air deeply. "Beats al! bow a little violence helps. I f«*el lietter already, and If 1 hail a little action every day I'd make It through all right” Then his frost bitten face cracked In an evil grin, and he seemed mentally to taste a cherished morsel. "It's took tne five long yearn to git somethin' good enough for i’ete Mc Donald, and it's worth the trouble.” McDonald was up creek, they said, as George's weary team pulled Into Candle City, twenty days out of Nome. Ro the bride to tie was hustled to shel ter by tbe trader's wife, news spread ing that the female population of the camp had doubled. “She's a public menace, and I’m not restin' easy till I'ete takes ber off tile market," George explained to a crowd at the post an hour Inter. \ “What's her blemishes?" Inquired Big Mlt. the faro dealer. George's loquacity chokRl him, Ills story coming forth mangled and Irrele vant. yet soaked with feeling. "I've drug her elenn from town." lie concluded, "workin' till I’ve lost the re spect of my own dog tettili. She hung to th«» sled like n Ixili'Ht, while me It a n«i rene«?che double tripped through the lm<1 placen. She'd net on the l<>n«l till she’d get frost bit rather than walk, and In order to warm up she'd nag me till I'd have to apeak my mind, which Is something I seldom do to n Indy. A« fo <17-sipafTfl' unpreasnnt anlmosltl««, she can clean her system so fast she'd mnk«* a Gatlin' gun sound like a stutterin' Swede." "Here comes Mac!" cried some one, and the groom entered. "Have you got her?” he questioned/ eagerly. "Rnre! Rhe's upstairs!” "Whoopee!” shouted the groom. “Line up, boys, mid diagram your booze while I hunt up my bride. I’ve got money and a wife to spend It on.” The crowd lung«*d at the lair with a yell, and he continued noisily; "Here's to the first bride of Candle Creek.” From above came a female voice; "la that you. I’ete?” I’eter atarte«! so violently as to slop his liquor upon the grinning George. Truly, here was an eager lover. A moment later on the atairs aliove ap- penrril a large red woman, who swish ed downward and flung herself at the gaping I’ete wlUi a cry of great glad "MW But McDonald was a man of actiou Ba ducked through the crowd, aud. missing him, the bride floundered Into the arms of the astonished whaler Righting her against tbe bar, George moved nervously sway, while the crowd stared in amassment, "it's the wrong one!" yelled Mellon aid. pointing with shaking finger. “What!" cried Big George, while the lady showed symptoms of colla|>ae. "That ain't ber. I told you to bring Kitty that works tn the Monte Oisto restaurant.” He glared at George, who mopped gathering sweat from bls brow. "Tills berc'a Maggie Muahan. from tbe Moute Carlo theater. 1 left town ou purpose to get abed of her. I wouldn't give ye 85 for ber, let alone 1000.” “It'a a liar* wr earned Mias I .ana han. flaming up like a plumber's torch "You t»«gge«l me to marry you. and now that you're rich you're trying to throw mo down, but I'll”— McDonald tore open tbe door and fled out Into the chill evening. Turning, the lady emptied such vltu peration upon Big George that be shrivel««! and a«pilrmed. while tbe male population of Candle City snl'k- ered. At thia, bursting Into wretched sobs, she fled upstairs. Tbe object of her obloquy wrestled with his speech, then, moistening lit» drt«*d lipa, gave clearance to hoarse curses. “I How could I tell?" he cried. "1 lost the bill. of ladlug and remembered Pete said Monte Sotnetblug-or-other, no I still bunts the Monto t'ario, bag- gin' this critter. Do you mind what he said about leavin' town on ner ac count, boyi? Well, it’* my Idea he'n compromised himself, and we'd ought to make him marry her. Anybody cau nee she’d make a bully runnln* mate for him. She's that robust abe'd never ml«» a meal a year " Mercenary motives and vialona of a completed vengeance lent eloquence to George'* plea, while his harangue bad the more weight inasmuch an Mellon aid was very unpopular. Moreover, beauty in distress appeals to the American heart, no matter bow strain ed the relation between fact and fancy. The woman's final team had done much to wash out the memory of her tongue lashing. "lie's deceived thia iunocent lamb,'' nald George. “Cau we stick around and see a snow white dove's life blast- cd by a rummy like Pete? Cau we let him «¡toil thin beautiful flower?*' “Well, hardly!” exclaimed the listen ers. “Call a meeting on him,'' cried one. “If what she nays Is true, we'll make him marry her.” “That's right, call a miners' meet Ing.” aud George climbed the stairs, htn beaming contentment lighting the shadows. The rejected import wan oactllatiug between extremes of hysterical rage and lachrymal depression. “Isxik a-bcre,” George began, “don't you worry—just leinme <>|>erate the ob sequies. and you'll be one of the Me- Donalds lu a week. We'll slough you off If ft takes a wheel, for lt'a ag'ln pre«edent to have detached females disturbin' the magnetic balance. You won't be no drug ou the market” "How good you are," she sighed. "The protection of a strong man is very grateful to a woman.” Rhe spoke dreamily after her rage, threatening to fall toward him. “You ata 1 pat,” he admonished, "and i’ll do some genteel Jury packin that would excito the envies of a trac tlon company.” Next day on the storm door of the l>oat n note proclaimed that Peter Me Donald, having flouted the girlish nf factions of Margaret Lima han, on Thursday next was called upon to do her Justice liefore the eyes of men. A copy of this was Inserted through a crack of the defendant's door behind which he lay hidden. News of the public ntdmus reached McDonald daily, however, by his |>ort- uer, who told him through the plauk 1 door that sentiment ran higher and higher in favor *f the lady. It was rumored that she was disconsolate and even declined with lassitude the most tempting viands—to wit, the can of pineapple that “Big Mlt" had saved for Christmas, a share of which had been promised to each of the 200 QandMte*. George played u|wn the village feel Ings with skillful fingers. Which, cou pled with his personal popularity, led to murmurs against the groom that grew constantly. Every night he cliuil>ed the stairs and reported to the < Indy, who soenusl to hold her weight and spirits remarkably well «b'splte coutrary rumors. "You Just stay buried, and throw out 1 a few moans when the crowd’s down stairs it al helps. The boys has prom 1 lse<l to vote for you. Bls Mlt'll move that bein' as you're the-early bird, you're entitled to a clntlce of the un married worm». You'll get the niatri- I THE MULTNOMAH STATE BANK C. c. wuey, Notary Public. My commlMton expires Nov. 10,1»W. day of Sept, lvis At The Churches The dull throb of neuralgia is quickly Arleth Baptist t hurch relieved by Hloan’s Liniment, the uni- 0:4$*. m. Bible School. versal remedy for pain. Ea»y to apply; 11 a. m. Preaching service. it «juickly penetrate-» without rubbing H:00p. m. Evening ««rvicee. and »»«thee the sore muscle*. Cleaner 7:00p m. B. Y. P. U. meeting. H.•00 Thursday Prayer meeting. and more promptly effective than muaey Everybody welcome to aDy and all of piasters or ointment ; «lore not stain tne these »ervice*. »kin or elog the pore*. For stiff W. T S. Spriggs, pastor. muacle*, chronic rlienmatiam, gout, lumbago, *prkins and strain» it give* Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church quick relief. Hloan’* Uniment recuee* 10 a. m. Sabbath School. tbe pain and inflammation and inaect 11 *. m. Morning worship. bite*, bruise*, bump* and other minor 7:p. m. Y. P. 8. C. E. 7:45 p. m. Evening worship. injurie* to children. Get a bottle today 7 dJO p. m. Thursday, midweek »«rvice. at your Druggist, 25c. K p. m. Thursday, choir practice. Rev. Wm. H. Amoe, Pastor. COME TO the new Tin Shop in Lents 91 and Foster STOVEPIPE ELBOWS STOVE and FUR NACE REPAIRING St. Peter s Catholic Church I Sundays: 8 a. m. Low Mass. 10:30*. m. High Mass. 8:30*. m. Sundsy Sohooi. 12 M. Cboii rehearsal. Week days; Maae at 8 a. m. Seventh Day Adventist Church 10 a. m. Saturday Sabbath School. 11 a. m. Saturday preaching. 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Prayer meeting 7 :45 p. m. Sunday preaching. We make all kinds of chicken supplies, champion Sanitary Fountains, Grit and Shell Boxes, Dry and Wet Mash Hoppers and Troughs. We will Make Anything Yon Want oat of Sheet Metal GUTTERING and ROOFING Bring in Your Repairing, No Job too Small Kern Park Christain Church Corner 09th St. and 40th Ave. S. E. 10 a. m. Bible School. 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. preaching *er- i vice. 6:30 p. m. Christain Endeavor. 7:30p. m. Thursday, mid-week prayer meeting. A cordial welcome to all. Rev. G. K. -Berry, Pastor. St Pauls tpiscopal Church A. PEARCE One block south ot Woodmere station. Holy Communion the first Sunday of each month at 8 p. m. No other ser vices that day. Every other Sunday tbe regular ser vice* will be as usual. Evening Prayer and sermon at 4 p. m. Sunday School meets at 3 p. m. B. Boatwright, Supt, L. Maffett, Sec. Rev. O. W. Tavior Rector. The Herald is Only $1.00 Per Year DO IT NOW ! Lents Lvan'ieHcal Church Sermon by tbe Pastor, 11 a. m. and |7 15p. m. Sunday School 9:45 a. m., Albert Fankhauser, Superintendent. Y. P. A. 6:45 p. m. Paul Bradford, ; President. Prayer meeting Thursday 8 p. m. A cordial welcome to all. T. R. Hornschucb, Pastor. »J. Obtained throu. .* v. old established “D. SWIFT di CO* are beinv quickly bought by Maxiufacturers. Send a model or »ketchea and description of your invention ler FREE SEARCH and report on patentability. We yet pat ent« or no foe. Write for our free book of 3U0 needed inventions. D. SWIFT ft CO ___________ __ ____ ___ _■ Patent Lawyer*. Estab. is**. 307 Seveath St., Washington, D. C., Lents Mend's Church 9:45 *. m. Bible School, Clifford Barker Superintendent. 11:00 a. m Preaching service*. 6:25 p. m. Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m. Preaching Service*. 8:00 p. m. Thursday, mid-week prayer meeting. A cordial welcome to all these ser- , vice*. John Riley, Pastor. Lents Baptist Church 308 X YES IS A VOTE FOR YOUR CHILDREN ONE NORMAL Lord’s Day. Bible School 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Elmo Heights Sunday School, 2:30 P Bm Y. P. U., 6:30 p m. Evening worship, 7:30 p. tn. A cordial welcome to these services. J. M. Nelson, Pastor I fifth Church ot Christ ENOUGH NOT Fifth Chnrch of Christ. Scientist of Portland, Ore. Myrtle Park Hall, ; Myrtle Park. Services Sunday II a. m. Sunday School 9:30 and 11a. m. Wednesday evening testimonial meet- I ing 8 p. m. Oregon has but one Normal School. This school la located at Monmouth. Excellent as is the work of thia school it is utterly nnable to supply but a ■«mall part of the need for trained teacher* for the State. schools Of more than S.000 school teachers In the __ , public _________ of C-eeon. but 1S per cent have been trained for tbeir profession of teae«in>g In Normal Schools. It I* a well established fact that our one Normal School cannot supply the needs of the entire state. That I* why we oak for your work and vote for the proposed Eastern Oregon State Normal School at Pendleton. Oregon. GIVE Grandeur has a heavy .ax to pay.— Alexander Smith. OREGON SQUARE DEAL Eight counties In the Willamette Valley have employed during the pact five years. 203 teachers who have gradu ated from the Monmouth Normal as against 39 Monmouth Normal School graduates for the eight leading counties of Eastern Oregon. During the pact five years «he attendance of students from nine Willamette Valley countiee was 877 students as against »1 students from nine of the leading counties of Eastern Oregon. "I chose you, George. You’re such « masterful man.” whaler's nerveless fingers and cackled shrilly. George's roving eyes sped over the circle of grinning faces anti then«» to the window. As be gazed blankly around the house corner, with Jingle and scurry came his own dog team, urged by reueeche's slpgitig whip They were going for Wood, running light and fast Self preservation stirred within the big man. lie bolted. The Igloo of Chief Dog Face lies eight miles below Candle City. Klttu, his daughter, hacked with a hand nx at the carcass of u frozen seal, for it nenreil meal time, when there came to her the "Yip! Yip! Yip!” of a dog driver In baste. From up trull whirled n six «log team, running madly lieneath the curling lash of a ninn. who crouched midway of the swaying basket sled, lifting his dogs wltli tlie sharp running cry of the Malamute. Anon lie glanced fearfully back, sirglng them to further speed. It 1.« meet that all travelers pause at the village of Dog Face and warm, but this man burst through the cluster of huts anti vanished down the coast trail ft»r Nome. This was the stranger still, for Klttu recognized Big George— Big George, who was not as other white men. but ate of the Eskimo f«»od and spoke their language. Klttu had tieen to the mission, and was s’lrpassing wise in the ways of the imleface. Rhe had seen their marvel otis methods, man to man. also their strenuous courtships when they fell the hunger to mate. Now she spoke In the light of much experience: "Somebody dead, I think." then on consideration said. “No! Him too quick go; nobody dead. Him goln' to get married ” EASTERN Lents M. L Church Sunday School 9:45. a. m. Preaching 11:00 a. m. Services at Bennett Chapel at 3 p. m. Epworth League 6:90 p, m. Preachihg 7:90 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at ¡7:30. W. R. F. Browne, pastor. Residence 5703 81rd St. Ldurehvood M. E. Church Owing to the crowded condition of our one Normal at Monmouth and also the distance and expense of attending, student* from Eastern Oregon are com pelted to go to neighboring state* to secure their training as teachers. i ONLY : | ! 1 STRONG I 4 CENTS PER $1,000 ENDORSEMENTS Among those who strongly endorse the establish ment of the proposed Eastern Oregon Normal School are Governor V ithycombe, J. H. Ackerman, Presi dent of th* Monmouth State Normal: W. J. Kerr. President of the Oregon Agricultural College; P. L. Campbell. President of the State University; Robert C. French, former President of the Weston Normal, and practically all of the leading educator* of the State. J. A. Churchill. Superintendent of Public In struction, voices the sentiments of those who are most familiar with the need of more adequate Normal facilities when he says: ( 1 1 X j I | j I •» | [ COSTS The annual maintenance cost of the proposed State Normal School In Eastern Oregon amounts to but one 25th of a mill or 4 cents on a thousand dollars of taxable property. Isn't It worth this to have your children trained to become ueeful and productive citizens? “Oregon'* greatest need for It* rural achool* I* the teacher who hae had full preparation,to do nor work. Such preparation can beat coma through Normal School training. “1 truet that the voter* of th* atate will aaalst tn ralaln* th* atandard of our achool* by *atabll*hlng a Stat* Nor mal School at Pendleton. Th* location la central, th* In tereat of the people of Pendleton In education moat *xc*4- lent, and the large number of pupil* In the public achool* will give ample opportunity to student* to get th* amount of teaching practice required In a etandard normal achool.” All th« above educators insist that a Standard Normal School must be located in a town of SOM or more population and having enough grade pupils for teaching practice VOTE I 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. m. preaching. 12:30a. m. «'lane meeting 6:30 p. m. Epworth League. 7:30 p. m. preaching. The pastor is assisted by a chorus choir and the Amphion Male Quartette. 8:00 p. rn. Thursday evening, prayer service. Dr. C. R. Carlo«, pastor. German Evangelical Reformed,Church Corner Woodstock Ave., and 87th,vSt. Rev. W. G. Lienkaeinper, pastor. Sun«lay S«'hooi 10 a. m. Morning Worship, )1 a. tn. Y. P. 8. at 7:30 p. m. German School and Catechetical Class Saturday 10 a. m. Third United Brethren Church 10 a. m. Sunday School. 11 a. m. Preaching. 3 p. m. Junior Christian Endeavor. 6:30 p. tn. Senior Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m. Preaching. Brentwood M. E¿Church 10 a. tn. Sunday 8ch«x>l. 11 a. m. Preaching servi«». Rev. W. L. Wilson, Pastor. RIGHT ■ y voting YKS for No. 30* you will help to give to the school children of Oregon the same advanta*es en|oyod by the school children of our neighboring states Vote YE* for No. 3oa • • Easter* Oregon State Normal School Coma fly J. H. Qwlnn, Secy. Pendleton, Ore. LODGE DIRECTORY Magnolia Camp No. 4026, Roys' Neighbors, meets regular Recon« and Fourth Wwlnewiey« of eac) month at I. O O F. Hall. Recon«! We<lnee«layse<jcia) meeting Neighbor* bring ynnr _f*milie* and Irien-I-« Fourth W«wineeday, husine«» A Ni'ighnors requested to itne. B order of the Camp.