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9 Continued from Last Week “I know that you love me, and— t love you.” "it 1» pity?" lie i xi liitiueil hoarsely. "You don't uieau It." Hut »be drew herself clo'er to him and turned her tear «tallied fa< e up to tile, saying wistfully: "If your dear eye« could have seen they would huve told you long ago." "Oh. my love!" lie wan too weak to resist longer. Ill» arm* were trem bling a» they infolded her, but hi hla heart wna a gladii»*«« that cornea to but few men. "And you won't go away without me. Will you?" »he queatloued fearfully. "No. no!" he breathed. "Oh. Mar- rnlou, God haa beou very kind to mo!” •’• The Stampede •uiy ju«i RiiucK It. Ililee or cm me town with scurvy, so this om- came >ver the mountains for fresh grub. It'll I m > the biggest stnnqssle this can ; over saw." Maynard lieeattie lueoher ••nt. "iTow long ago did you meet lilm'.-' Crowley Inquired excitedly. "About an hour. 1 came on the run becailHO he'll get into camp by 11, and midnight will see DOO men on the trail lasik lit tills he gave me a map." The »(leaker gloatingly produced a scrap of wrl'ing paper and continued. "Boy« vou've got five hours' «tart of them.*' "We can't go; we haven't got any logs," said Bin k "Those (icople from town would catch us in twenty mile« "You don't -want dogs." Maynard an «wered. "It's too soft. You'll have to make a <j»ii<-k run with pucks or the prior breakup will catch you. I wish I ion Id go It’s big. I tell you. Lord how I wish I could go!” They were buddled together the1« ! u« ui Aimy woiiki »town. From the klur« in their «yea at passing It came over him that either he or Knute would recroM the mountain« partner lea«. Tin* trail wa« t<«» narrow for' these other men. He shrunk from the toll «nd agony he felt was coming tu him through thia, and then, with It. there came the burnliiK gold hunger th« lust that drive« atarvlnfi, broken wreck« onward unremittingly, over misty hill«, aero«« the lied« of lava mid the forbidden tundra, on Into the new i diggings. It lienreil 8 o'clock, mid, ultboilgti d irkiin«« was fnr dintant, the < hill that follow« th« «un fell «harpiy. A h they swung out onto• the river tlielr fatigue iiaii dropped away . and they moved with tile Htetldy . )<«>« e gait of th. • liardi-mil “musher." Bu- 1. look <■<! nt Id« wilt'll They find l«-eu1 gone an hour. x "The race 1» on!" «al<l he. I'houKli unhurried. Ihdr proirr»*«« wiih likewlne unhlndere«!, nod the mil»*« »lipped back ward a« the darkle*«« tld«kcui*d hour l>y hour StraiKlit up the fifty mil« atreani to it« «our«»*, over the Ki'cut backliolM* and Into the uninnpiHil country, their courae led If they liurried they would have find choice of tile aood chilnm clone nl«>ut th«* dlacovery. If they lagged Sully and hl« ox eyed partner would over take them, ami beyond that It wa« un pleasant to conjecture. "We'll hit water pretty noon!" Crow ley'« voice broke bourn of «lienee, fol they were «paring of laiiK<>«Ke. They neither wld«tl<><l nor ««ng nor «poke, for man 1« a potential body from which M« «tore of energy wacten through tiny unheeded way«. True to prophecy. In the darkn»*«« of midnight they walked out upon a thin «kill of newly frozen ice “I.iHik out for the overflow! She Froze «Ince dark " Crowley cautioned 'We're liable to go through.” Ou nil «Ide« l| i-rni ke»l alarmingly. (Continue«! next week.) Copyright tv Otta !.. Wood ■ - ---------- — «-.» a infnfr on th< dump, ItTMvrl of w!»l ■h ran like it run »our <h*n Il the niotiuinii 1 *b!r, thv tnru looke«! u t gcroMH the y.-lh IW «et <• ri 1 of h Im to tlo • creek ting sun. Far bt’L»\v »«« il<*tt>-<l with oilier Guy pay «ItllllpM o f thr wimo rc d grnVfl over which D>« •u crawh«!. h ârtll.o. .»r ufMtji Kb’ch th •y |alM>r<«<! at- wltidln«» > Thin wisps of Miiokr ro^<* 'riuii th • cablu ruoti. b<- Nl’Wiktlijr (hr -uppi-r l'our. 1riiev bad don »• a hart day’s work. •le i to .k hvn. mid *<”it t • t Mr «hack wld H htlK***d <’ ’ bllieldo I) rrn hour»« wtt > pl< k i 1 »hot < 1 In a »1 fl when* th$- ChlllTCMll KON ßickr •< n <-n> «1" fiaiu- ». x’ ul rrduce onr *• und ’ ok $ hr r tin H rtklic kernite* ouched nitrii; i ' o |» tth hm le « of view or rvlor. 1« (’rowley Ulli 11 * I|K* B t k mred himself I ti l’o» v. rt Nil OW nhh* the <!<»‘»r. <• -•«•ruhig frotn lila ab lut ion . um rook. The former «tret<-lied UJ < :i the bunk with grouting luxury. “Gw wldz! I’m tuckered out. Twelve hour* In that air la too much for any body.” "Sure." growled the other. "Ret I alee|>V<md tonight, all right, all right. What's the u e i.nylnhv?" lie continued <ll»gu«t»*dly. "I’m More on the w !i >'e work». If the Yukon wna open I'd ehtick It all." "What! Go laick to the State»; give U|>?" "Well, yea. It you want to call It that, though I think I've shown I ain’t n quitter. Lord! I've rustled steady for two year» and what lune I got? Nothing—except my Interest In thia pauperize»! hill claim." "If two year» of bard luck given you cohl feet, you ain't worthy of the dig nlty of ’prospector.' Thia here la the only honorable «»lllng there 1». There's no coniia-tltlon and cuttln' throats In our business nor we don't rob the wld dera and orplutns. A pr«a|s»«-tor la de fined ns a semi htiniim being with a low forehead but a high aense of honor: a stttnitnlck that shies nt naiads but a heart that's full of grit. They don't never lay down, and the very lienuty of the business Is that you never know when you're due. Some day n guy conies along. 'I lilt her over yonder, llo.' says he. whi*r«*u|«>n you Insert yourself Into a paell strap, pound the trull, and tile next you know you're a inllllonnire. or two." "Bah! No more stampedes for me. I’ve killed myself too often—there'.» nothing In ’em. I'm sick of It, 1 tell you, and I'm going out to God's coun try. N<> more wild scrambles mid hard ships for Buck." A atop sounded on the chips without, and a slender, sallow man entered. "Hello, Maynatd,” they' chorused, nml welcomed him to a seat. "What tire you doing out here?" "I»'you bring any chewing with you?" Evidently lie labored under excite ment, for Ills face was Hushed and his eyes danced nervously, lie p<iftle«l from.his climb. Ignoring their ques tions. "There's been a big strike-—over on the Tanana -four bitH to the pan." Forgetting his fatigue. Crowley I scrambled out of Ills bunk while the I cook left his steaming skillet. “When?" "How d’you know?" “It's this way. I met a fellow as I came out from town lie's Just come over—one of the discoverers. He showed mo the gold. It's coarse; one nugget weighed J.'loo nml there's only six men in the party. They went up the Tanana last fall, prospecting, aud i tn« r d 1 liiq portion In Ills blanket in '1 n< • Ureg<>n state f Ish and game i«l it with light rope Tile II Ui comm will libera t" 2000 China ! of till* bundle w a« thrust intii> th pheasan;» which have been raised on I d of a pair of overall« ami1 tl: the Corvallis state game farm in dif- netit c |., m >| v •< inichill tu It. Tl: ferei-t pari» of the Willamette valley, wer»* brought fo rwurd und faste: <«!, forming two loo|M. through wtdv'i . beginning this week. In order not to they slipp' d their arms, balancing the be too easy prey for hunters, they pm kg or »hitting u knot here ami ; have been raised in as nearly wild there A light nx, n cotTe»'i«>t, frying ; surroundings as possible. pan and |»iil were tied on tin* outside, j Public pulse concerning bulk ship and they st<.,«l ready for the run. They i ment of wheat from interior points to stored carefully wrapped bundles of' tidewater is being sounded out in east iiiniehe« In piskets. pack« and in the ern Oregon by G. H. Hegardti engin lining <>f their cap«. The preparations eer for the public docks commission had not taken twenty minutes. "Too bud We ain't got some cooked j at Portland, anti G. L. Hurd for Ore grub, like < hocolate or dog biscuits,' . gon agricultural college. They have I «• ii M Crowley. “but. seeing as we’ve giq. I also been in the Coll ax. I alouM and five hours' start over everybody. w<- other wheat belts of Washington. won't have to kill ourselves.” The mile and a half of road on the! Maynard «|«ike hesitatingly, "Say. I ' Columbia river highway between the told Sully alsiut It as I came along." east end of Multnomah county and "What!" <'rowley Interrupted him Cascade locks, which, because of the sharply. high bluffs and inaccessibility of the "Yes. I tohl him to get ready, and I promised to give him the location an sun at that place, has been the only hour after you left. You see. he did important barrier against all-year' me a gisxl turn once, and I had to get travel to Hood River, is now paved. back lit him somehow. He and Knute The pavement, which represents a are getting fixed now. Why. what's cost of about $10,000, is a gift from 8.1 up?” Benson. He » aught a queer, quick glance be- I The Wittenburg-King company of (ween bls partners and noted a hard ■ The Dalles, formerly known as ^he ne»s settle into the lined face of the j Dri-Fresh company, has contracted elder. with the Hood Rriver Apple Growers’ "Nothing much." Buck took up. "I guess you didn't know about the trou association to take up 6000 tons of ble. eh? Crowley knisked Idin down family grade fruit, including the day before yesterday, and Sully swears smaller sizes and fruit perfect except lie'll kill him on sight. It came up for some surface blemish that would over that fraction on Buster creek.” render it undesirable for commercial "Well, well," snlil Maynard. "That's pack. The deal will bring a handsome I had. Isn’t It? I promised, though, so | profit to growers. I'll have to tell him.” The opening of the large section of | "Sure! Thai's all right." Crowlei I richly productive country between! agreed quietly, though Ills lip curled, Grants Pass and Waldo is now assur- : showing the strong, close shut ivory teeth. His nostrils dilated also, giving ed, according to a report that John bi« fine a passing wolfish hint. Twohy and his son, Robert Twohy. of "There's neither white mnn nor Swede | Twohy Bros, company of San Francis that can gain an hour on us, and if he co. have succeeded in arranging tho , should happen to lie wouldn't pass." sale of $2.000.000 of bonds of the old Be it. known that many great placer , proposed California & Coast railroad. ; fortunes have been won by those who It is the present intention to extend stepped in the warm tracks of the dis ■ the road from Wildervllle to Waldo, coverer«. while rarely does the godde«« a distance of 45 miles from Grants smile on the tardy. In consequence no frenzy approaches tV*'t of the gold Pass. Tho Wasco county court has made stani|>e<le. Passing Stilly’s place, they found him I an apportionment of the proposed ' and his partner ready and waiting, i bond issue of $260.000 for highway their packs on the eiwhuek. Crowley improvement to be voted on at the I • led al hi c:i. . r. In silence, whi November election. The apportion ttle other sneered wickedly back, and [ ment is as follows: Mosier via Dry j Big Knute laughed in Ills yellow la*ard. Creek to The Dalles. $91.000; The Bm k's heart sank. Could he out | Dalles to Petersburg, $34,000; Tho last these two? Ho was a boy; they 1 Dalles to Dufur, $27.500; Dufur to top were reckless giants with thighs and j of Tygh grade. $27.500; top of Tygh legs of Iron. Knute was n gaunt franxsl viking. Sully a violent florid I grade to Maupin. $20.000; Maupin to man with the quarters of an ox. I Bakeoven, Shaniko, Antelope and Through tin* quixotism of Maynard; south to the Jefferson county line, this trip bid fair to combine the killing $60,000. grind of a long, fierce stampede, with ; The Oregon Flax Fibre company is the bitter struggle of mnn and mnn. installing machinery at Turner under and too well he knew the temper of | his red headed partner to doubt that j the dire»«tion of the company's expert. before th»* Inst stake wns driven either , E. J. Hansett, of Belgium, an author Don't Let Skin Troubles Spread COME TO the new Tin Shop in Lents 91 and Foster STOVEPIPE ELBOWS STOVE and FUB- NACE REPAIRING 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 Ton Want out of Sheet Maal GUTTERING and ROOFING Bring in Your Repairing, No Job too Small A. PEARCE The Herald is Only $1.00 Per Year DO !T NOW ! (Copied from Portland Oregonian.) MONMOUTH. Ore., June 26 —The Oregon Normal school opened this week . . . students enrolled 785, largest on record for state Normal in Oregon .... how to care for large student body a pr< blent .... 800 being crowded into auditorium with seating ca pacity of 550. Galleries filled wit’: r-:tra chairs In aisles. More than 150 students seated on platform. New boarding houses completed, additions to room ing houses built and tents used. One hundred girls sleep on upper floor of school. The official school report gives 150 grade pupils in Monmouth, for teacher practice. Read what those you have elected to handle the affairs of your state and who are thoroughly informed regarding school conditions in Oregon have to say concerning measure 308 on the ballot at the coming election: By James Withycombe, Governor of Oregon: "Oregon is unquestionably in need of more normal school work and Pendleton is th»* logical place for a school of thh* class in Eastern Oregon.” By J. A. Churchill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction: “I trust that the voters of the State will assist in raising the standard of our schools by establishing a State Normal School at Pendleton.’ By P. L. Campbell, President of the University of Oregon: ••At hast one additional Normal School is urgently needed in Oregon.” By W. J. Kerr, President of the Oregon Agricultural College: ••Since the people of Pendleton are initiating a measure for the establishment of a Normal School at that place, it will give me pleasure to support this measure.” By J. H. Ackerman, President Oregon Normal School, at Monmouth: ”A careful analysis of the situation will convince any >ne that Oregon needs a Normal School in Eastern Ore gon and Pendleton fills ail the government requirements.” By the County School Superintendents of Oregon: “Resolved, that it is the sense of the County School Superintendents of the State of Oregon, In convention assembled, that the best interests of the schools of the State demand increased facilities for th«' training of .i. hei s. and tj’-iI initiative - . to estal lish a Normal School at Pendleton By Mrs. Charles H. Castner, President of the Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs: ”1 most heartily endorse the location of said Normal School at Pendleton.” Prof. Robert C. French, Former President of ths Normal School Located at Weston: "An immediate establishment of such a school at some centra) point such ns Pendleton would prove a great asset to the State of Oregon." B. F. Mulkey, Ex-President Southern Oregon Normal • School: ”1 shall support the location of an Eastern Oregon Normal School at Pendleton.” State Board of Regcuts of Oregon Normal School declares that “the necessity for additional Normal school facilities in Oregon is apparent.” Portland Chamber of Commerce endorses measure 308 and saV Pendleton most logical location for Nor mal school in Eastern Oregon. t 308 X YES IS A VOTE FOR YOUR CHILDREN (Paid Adv.) St. Peter s Catholic Church Sundays: 8 a. rn. Low Mass. 10:30 a. m. High Maae. 8:30 a. m. Sunday School. 12 M. Cboii rehearsal. Week days; Mass at 8 a. m. Seventh Day Adventist Church 10 a. m. Saturday Sabbath School. 11 a. m. Saturday preaching. 7 :30 p. m. Wednesday. Praver meeting 7 :45 p. m. Sunday preaching. Kern Park Christaln Church Corner 60th St. and 46th Ave. 8. E. 10 a. m. Bible School. 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. preaching ser vice. 6:30 p. m. Christain Endeavor. 7:30p. m. Thursday, mid-week prayer meeting. A cordial welcome to al). Rev. G. K. Berry Pastor. St Pauls tplscopal Church Pendleton Normal School Proven Necessity w At The Churches Trivial blemishes are aometimea the first warning of serious «kin diseases. Arleta Baptist Church Neglected »kin troubles grow. Dr. 9:46 a. ui. Bible School. Hobeon’a Eczema Ointment "promptly 11 a. m. Trenching service. 8:00 p. m. Evening service«. stop« the progress of ecsema, heals 7:00 p m. B. Y. F. U. meeting. stubborn case« of pimples, acne, 8:00 Thursday Prayer meeting. blotchy, r»**i an<l scaly «kin. The anti Everyixsly welcome to any and all o! septic qualities of Dr. Holssm's Eczema lhe«e service«. W. T. H. Spriggs, pastor. Ointment kill the germ and prevent the Sf>rea»l »>f the trouble. For cold sores or chapp&l bands, Dr. Hobson’s Eczema Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church Ointment offer« prompt relief. At your 10 a. m. Habbath He bool. 11 a_m. Morning worship. Druggist, 50c. 7:p. m. Y. P. H. C. E. Linn county will pave 20) miles of 7:46 p. m. Evening worship. 7:30 p. m.Thursday, midweek service. county highways in five year«. 8 p. rn. Thursday, choir practice. Kev. Win. H. Amoe, Pastor. Wouldn’t Need It Ethel wan going to a party at a neighbor’s house where she had al ready caught tantalizing glimpses of unlimited <|uantiti»*s of <-ake. fruit and ices. At the last mother Inconsiderate ly held her back for final Instructions. “Now, remember, darling, to say 'Y<*s. please.’ and ‘No, thank you.' " "Ob, yes, mother," Ethel said. “1 shai; always say 'Yes, please,' but I don’t think 1 sluul have to «ay ‘No. thunk you.' "—New York Times. ey««« feverish, their fingers tracing the ; •em-ll markings. A smell of burning f<««| tilled the room, but there Is nc ■bscsslon m<>n* almolute than the gold i 1st "Get the packs together wlill»* me | The ntate land board has advertised Bu< k eats n bite, Well lake the for aale 32,000 acres of school land . rob«* and the Nav ajo. Glad I've tn Malheur count" and 640 acres in ; a new pair of milk *.ul>«. '< ic ■ a.- Lake county . Bids wl 11 be received j 1 light foolKcnr. But w- lutt will wear, boy? Thein hip I mm >!« I« too by tl$ e boarii 1 De« , inlier ■ 19. *d r ?1. John A. ( eiter has b< ^n ap-1 vy you'd net or mu ke It." li-te." ««Id Mnynui <1. “trj 1 !><•«<* " pointe *<1 postmaster at Glenada, Lane • Woman. y. in i# :uce of J. «llp|»*«l off lii« light KT MJHirt A woman may be a fool—a sleepy boot», ami Buck NtICCi1>eded In resigrled. an W. Perry ba* 1 fool, an agitated fotrt. a too awfully npllig hl« feet into 1 nlon county,! noxious fool—aud she tn ly even be bv-n 4tth* tight, but the y’li go. xu ed L eoa B, stoddard, also re- 1 simply stupid. But she Is never dense liey Miiatelied bite« of ftreil, moan She's never made of wood through and 1 h* «•<>ll<- ting their iMirap licniHlln. buainces men through, as some men are. There is in irljr * Portland ruurd lielpltig a« lie> coUhl woman, a ways somewhere, a spring iicii sole tod a chilli;g<* of « iH'k« and tnado a flve-< lay excursi on to the Coos i Whatever men don’t know about wo bav ccunt ry last week in the hope of men land it tuny l>e a lot or it may I m * ten«. Then the grub was divide fte people tlhere that Port- : very little*, men and even fathers do ily-teu. flour, buicon, baking |«.V can antI will muk<e it better tor know that much. And that 1» why so «ulti MUgar. Tl irre wuM no1thin for Mprintf on tli<* Yukon find to trad e in Ort gom than in San : many men are afraid of them.—CnnrwA OREGON NtWS NOTES By REX BEACH. tv, mu iima growing «nu ttore manu facturing. The plant will work the flax in the Turner vicinity into fibre, which will be sold to Eastern linen mills. The 1916 wheat,crop of Oregon ha« a value of $13.0*7,230, according to the bureau of labor statistics. Values of nine other products are estimated as follows: Corn, $1.008,000; oats. $5,412,- 000; potatoes, $6.000.000; barley, $2,- 417,500, peaches, $272,000; pears, $510,004*; quinces, $8000; rye, $418.000; apples, $3,210,000. September 16 has been designated by the public service commission as the time for holding a hearing to de termine whether or not the rates charged by the Amerir-an express corn- tany for the tranat>oriat!on <>t milk, cream and dairy products in the state are just and reasonable. The hearing will be held In Portland. Claims of delegates for their ex penses to national party conventions cannot be audited by thy- Secretary of state, Attorney-General 'Brown has ad vised Secretary Olcott. E’allure of the legislature to provide an appropriation for payment of party delegate^' ex penses. it is pointed out, makes it Im possible to pay their expenses for at tending the conventions. Examiner Disque, of the interstate commerce Commission, wili conduct hearings at Portland on October 6 in the cases of the Astoria Box company vs. North Bank railroad, and the Port land Traffic & Transportation com pany vs. the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, on October 9. He will conduct a hearing at Portland in sev eral cases in which the traffic and transportation cc^ipany is the com- plaiuant against the rallroada. X Eastern Oregon State Norrtial School Committ»«. By J. H (iwlnn. Secy., Pendleton, Ora. One block «outb of Wo»ximere station. Holy Communion the first Sunday of each month at 8 p. m, No other s«>r- vicre that day. Every other Sunday the regular ser vices 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. Lents Lvanqelical Church Sermon by the Pastor, 11 a. m. and 7:15 p. m. Sunday 8ch»>ol 9:45 a. m., All>ert 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 Hornechnch, pastor. Lents friend’s Church 9:45 a. m. Bible School, Cliff >rd Barker Superintendent. 11:00 a. m Preaching services. - 6:25 p. rn. Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. tu. Preaching Services. 8:00 p. m. Thursday, mid-w -ek nrayer meeting. A cordial welcome to all these ser vice». John and Net ie Riley, Pastor». Lents Baptist Church Lord’s Day. Bible School 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Elmo Heights Sunday School, 2:30 p. m. B' Y. P. U., 6:30 p rn. Evening worship, 7:30 p. m. A cordial welrome to these services J. M. Nelson, Pastor fifth Church ot Christ Fifth Church of Christ. Scientist of Portland, Ore. Myrtle Park HaU, Myrtle Park. Services Sunday 11 a. m. Sunday School 9:30 and 11a. m. Wednesday evening testimonial meet ing 8 p. tn. Lents M. t. Church Sunday School 9:45. a. m. Preaching 11:00 a. m. Bible Study Class, 5:30 p. m. Epworth League 6:30 p, m. Preachihg 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. F. M. Jasper, pastor. Residence 5703 8 Ird St. Laurelwood M. E. Church 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. m. preaching. 12:30 a. ni class meeting. 6:30 p. tn. Epworth League. 7:30 p. m. preaching. 8:00 p. tn. Thursday evening, prayer ' service. Dr. C. R. Carlos, pastor. German Evangelical Reformed Church Corner Woodstock Ave., and 87th St. Rev. W. G. Lienkaomper, pastor. Sunday School 10 a. m. Morning Worship, 11 a. rn. Y. P. 8. at 7:30 p. ni. German School and Catechetical Class Saturday 10 a. ni. Third United Brethren Church 10 a. m. Sunday School. 11 a. m. Preaching. 3 p. m. Junior Christian Endeavor. 6:30p. m. Senior Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. tn. Preaching. Brentwood M. E.JChurch 10 a. m. Sunday Sch»iol. ' 11 a. ni. Preaching servit». Rev. W. L. Wilson, Pastor. LODGE DIRECTORY Magnolia Camp No. 4028, Royal Neighbors, meets regular Second and Fourth Wednesdays of each month at I. (».(). F. Hall. Second Wednesdays social meeting. Neighbors bring your families and friends. Fourth Wednesday, business. All Neighbors requested to come. By order of the Camp.