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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1911)
The State Bank of Redmond A conservative bank for conservative people MONEY LOANED Interest paid on time deposits “ Alias || Jim m y ii Valentine" Novelized by ;; FREDERICK R TOOMBS :: From the Great Play by PAUL ARMSTRONG • > < • > C .'pyrlght 1910 by American P m i < A ssociation [i-.'M iM m . | C H A P T E R 111. W. S. R odman . Pres. J oseph H. J ackson , Vice-Pres. C. B. H o pley , Cashier “ T h e P a la c e ” JAM ES B. GREEN, Proprietor Corner o f Seventh and E Sts., REDMOND, ORE. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars A Good Line o f Lunch Goods Carried in Stock Everything of the Best THE OREGON CAFE fo rm e r ly B a n q u e t C a fe Geo. L Wheeler. Prop’r. Enlarged and remodeled Table and counter serv ice the best the market affords. We are here to stay— come and see us. Open day and night One door south of Oregon Hotel Hobb’s Bakery Now in complete running order and turning out High Grade Bread and all kinds o f Bakery Goods, which are sold on a CASH basis. 11 Loaves of Bread for a Dollar Fresh Doughnuts every Saturday In connection with the bakery I carry a nice line o f Staple and Fancy Grocer ies that I sell at moderate prices for CASH. Your patronage solicited. CASH GROCERY AND BAKERY WM. H. HOBBS. Proprietor Headquarters for Good Things to Eat South 6th St. The Frank Elkins Auto Livery, with headquarters at Redmond, recently bought an elegant 50 Speedwell car which will be op erated with his line o f autos from Redmond to interior points of Central Oregon. This line is me o f the best operating in this section. Eld Maher, who is having the building two doors north of The Spokesman office fitted up for a hardware and furniture store, expects to have the place ready REDMOND for business about the first of April. He has had an addition of 24x34 feet built on the rear of the place for a store room. The Yeomen Homestead of this city have postponed their dance until the first of April. In writing up the new busi ness enterprises and industries o f Redmond that had been es tablished here during the past year The Spokesman uninten tionally left out the clothing house o f !•;. L. Rapp. A R D E N I IA N D I .E R . regret- Hug d ia l lie hail giv en hi* v isito r* an ttMltvJlIcn time he b e lle veil he bail re co gu ltcd R ose P a n e 's d e liv e re r, a n sw e re d the qu estio n s o f (he Kiri and th e lleuteu sn t g o v e rn o r by sta tin g : " T h e tmtn I* s s bad a* th e b u rg la r be threw out o f th e e a r w lu d o w - e v e n w o rse H e 's In th is prison a t this m om ent. 1 flrtuly Relieve, a cc o rd in g to th e description w-e've Just h ea rd ." “ O b. Im p ossib le!" e xcla im e d M iss L an e, h er fa c e c o lo rin g " H e w a* a re u tle m a u . a th o ro u gh gen tlem a n , and too y o u n g to be a hard en ed crim inal.*' H er fa c e b ecam e sh a d o w ed w ith con ••era. T h e w a rd en w a * v a s tly attmsod at this re m a rk , w h ich th e y o u n g girl ren dered w ith th e finality o f unquestioned a u th o rity . •T o o y o n n s '" he Ian sh e d "A ge W d o e sn 't en t an y C gurv In c rim e th e w a y yo u m ean It's som e o f the*# y o u n g fe llo w s that w ill ta k e a chance a t n n y tb lu g . You see. th e y 're a m b i tio u s T h e y 'r e a n x io u s to rise In their b u sin e ss." T h e w s rd e o paused and gla n ced from th e girl to th e o b se rv in g lieutenant go vern o r, then to the tw o iuenil>ers of the G a te o f H o ,* H e c o n ilu cn led on (be fa c t (b a t h it v isito rs had ills a g re e d w ith him on v ario u s points nud Inform ed them that he had determ ined to o ffe r them a fe w o b je c t lesson*, lesson s w ith liv in g ttMxlel* " I 'll sh u n y o u ." he Sitkl. " th a t th ese cro o k * w e 'v e got here w ill p ly th eir trad e at all tim es, w h e th e r th ey p m flt o r not; th at. In abort, c rim in a lity I* a tnaula w ith them a n 1 th at th ere '* uo use In try Ing to b e tte r tb etn ." H is Brat e xh ib it, brou gh t In by th e se c re ta ry , w a s th e c ele b rated fo rg e r " R llu k e y " D arts. At tb e w a rd e n 's requ est L ieu te n a n t G ov e rn o r K ay d r e w a ch eck fo r $.*> and Lauded It to lllin k e y . T o o b lige tb e w a rd en lllin k e y . uldtsl by a k n ife and pen and Ink. In f.r e m inutes bad " r a is e d " It to tb e am ou n t o f KO.OOO. T h e lieu teu .iu t g o v e rn o r pronounced It | * r f e o t “ I k n ow w h ere I cou ld p ass It. to o." la n g h ed R lln k ey a s he w a s led aw ay. " I had him on th e books on ce, and be c u u k lu 't resist ra isin g the prisou c h e c k s ." ch u ck le d H an d ler. "I could brin g In fe llo w s lik e th at all d a y " H e picked up an o b je c t from bis desk “ Do you see th is lo ck ? A G erm an In ven tor w a itin g o u tsid e has t,ien t fou rteen y e a r s in p e rfe c tin g that. He c la im s It can n ot be o |* n c d w ithout th e key. T h e prison board bas a c c e p t ed It for use here If tb e cla im s m ade fo r it a re tru e W e h a v e a m an here p a ra ly z ed on one aide, a sn eak th ie f I h a v e sent fo r him. H e m ay not open It. but he w ill try . fo r he cannot re sist the crim in a l m unis th at con tro ls him. R m lth.” to his s e c re ta ry , “ get tb e D u tch m a n ; a lso th e gen tlem an kn ow n ns 'D ic k th e R a t . '” I t hen th e d e cre p it form o f " D ic k th e R a t” w a s b rou gh t In. to geth er w ith the p a tien t In ven tor B ltck en do lfeu - baeh. he w a s g iv e n th e lock, th ree m in u tes and a hairp in . T en secon ds b e fo re bin a llo tted tim e e xp ired he th re w tb e lock, opened, on th e w ard e n 's d e sk , am i w ith hi* rep u lsive, se a m y fa c e c o n to rt« ! Into w h at be co n sid ered w a * a sm ile he Incllued his head to on e side. F ro m tils th roat c a m e In a rticu la te sq u e a ls o f g le e — ex a c tly tb e sq u e a ls o f a rat. O n ly tb e w a tc h fu ln e s s o f Hmltb sa v e d th e " H a t " fro m the v io le n t d e s p a irin g o n slau gh t o f th e G erm an , w h o s c re a m e d : " I 'll kill him ! H e ruin me! I'n d mit n hotrpln. mein U o tt!" “ Y o u 'r e not th e Brst man to be ruin ed by a h a irp in ." la u gh e d th e w ard en “ Iton 't te ll y o u r w ife .” S m ith se u t th e in v e n to r to the rail road sta tio n In c h a r g e o f a gu ard and c o n sig n ed tb e g rin n in g lllin k e y to the c ell th a t had lo n g been bla home On re tu rn in g to th e office the se c re ta ry sa id : “ I 'v e b rou gh t V a len tin e a lon g too. I th o u g h t y o u m igh t w an t him to o|ieo th e s a fe .” A d lstu rlie d e xp ressio n cam e Into th e prison m a ster's face. H e glanced q u ic k ly at F a y a n d his niece, then ta lk e d In an u n d erton e w ith Ills aid H e w a s in terru p ted by M rs. W eb ster “ T h e tw o y o u h a v e sh ow n us do not e n tire ly p ro ve y o u r argu m en t, Mr W ard en .” sh e sa id d o n b tln gly . 'T h e y a re th e v ery low est typ e* in the pris on. You a rg u e a g e n era l prem ise from tw o Ind ivid ual cases. W e do not m ain tain th at su ch ap p aren t crim in a ls as w e h a v e seen should I * litierated. b u t” —sh e turn ed to F a y —“ th ere are gen tlem en here, govern or, men o f q u ite a d ifferen t ty p e than these, whom oue n ev e r see*.” “ W a rd e n ." said th e lieutenant g o v ernor. T fe a r the la d les have more Interest In th e m ore rom antic typ e* o f c rim in a ls— poet*, fo r In a ta m e." Mra. M oore rose ItMligunntly. “I sh all m ake n ote o f tlint frivo lou s •p eech lu m y re|e>rt." sh e snapped. H an d ler th ou gh t o f Valentine, who w a s bein g detain ed outside. H e would g iv e his v isito rs th eir w ish, a s F ay seem ed g r e a tly Interested H e w ould • low them bis p rize e x h ib it In sp ite o f a b e lie f th at w a s ta k in g a strong hold on his brain he would ta k e a ch a n c e on d is p la y in g the unique s b ill ties o f No. I'JSii H e w ell k n e w w h at to do should com p lication s ensue T h e re w ere dark cells In S ing King fo r c o n v ic ts the w arden could decide to be unrulv rh.-se » e r e darnp. d a rk celi» th è Icvcl o f thè n ish ln g rl\ cr. of y e a rs « b e n Ihe s ta le bad money and little th ou gh t fo r veld to ha ve broken It* law a below r e ll.* llllle those T h ere • ?? .» do you do. »11 f low vol,-#. H a n d ler w *» w a tc h in g th e e v e b s n g e o f g re e tin g s With keen litleresl •M et In-fore, g o ie r n o r. l i s l e you ?" lie s»ke,l Ingenuously • No." r#»|»>ml,«l F ay " l l u l I'm glad to »,«• you h a v e s o n * ty p e s here d if fen-iit than IM.-h th e H st a n d " - Y e s ." b rak e In Ihe w ard en "H ere Jim m y, th e re 's ».111*111111» g o n e w run g „ t i l l the office s s i e O pen It fo r u * «III y o u ? " F ay fasten ed * |»-ntratlng g a ze on Vn lentln e T h e prison er turned III« fe r e e w e y ami I o n a r d th e w arden " I 'll do so ie r y g la d ly If I can « t i.it I* th e c o m b in atio n ?” “ C o m b in a tio n !" ezp lo d ed I t * w ard on. »taring at th e p rison er V alen tin e » a * a« cool am i a« Insist r a t a» th ou gh he mere au em p lo yer ta lk in g « I th one o f Id* c le r k s “ Y es. I t * eoiu ldn ailo ii llo w rs n 1 you e x p e c t me to ,»|>eii th e sa fe w ith o u t |i* W h y. Mr W ard en, you must he Joking » t ill u i e ” w e re cella wtth "straH Jack et*.” » b e r e • tnsu eould he truxsed up w l l h s i r a i * tHod to I I * wi,Ila. Ilke a su ck lln g pig lu a m arket w lu do w . o n l, hi* tue* touohlng th è door A n y w s y No 1.'.“«» » s s slre a d y d lw re d tte d “ G e i Valentin#!*' he grutfly sa k l to Sm ith. “ W ell. go ve rim r." he contiti ucd In a m ore s m is tile Ione. “ l'Il g l i e you su d thè la d ie s s m u m m ie tyi*o I le '* noi a poel. bui Ile la ilolug leu y e a rs bere fo r o|«eulng s lu iik »afe «lU n 'u t tool» or thè cm uh ln ailo n , alio pi) hy «elise o f tout II T h e re U som e poetry In t i n i . " Tm iH 'SnIblr!" con im euteil F n y. “ W ell. th è batik s a fe w a* opcned and thè m oney stoleu. am i hla 1*1 |* a e b e d .” T h e d o o r ut th è rig h i o f th è office leadtiig In front tb e corrld o r* o f celi* »|H>ned In e sin e Sm ith , follo w tsl li, a yon n g m an w h oae m l t k t ' » g a rb eould not o ie r s h u d o w th è Intelligence Rose la m e sm iled »•omplsi-enlly into that s h o w « ! lu bis ash eu face. t'Ie ar the lieutenant g o v e rn o r's face. ly th è prlson n !r w a s w o rk in g It* H a n d ler's fa c e l e o i n * red s deep ban efu l |ieua!ly on hltu w ltli m ore sue red that th reaten ed any m om ent to cess tluin u su ai In Ihe case o f a lca m erge Into a rich gra|ie purp le hue w ho eu tered th è In sin u ite li In g,»sl "Y o u go at that s a fe and open It health. V a g u e ly con sclou» th at th ere Just lik e yo u need lb« coin !'' he «rere visito r* p reseli!. No l'JSll «tood before th è w ard en » Ith bis eye» di | shouted. V alen tin e mad» s d e p re cato ry ge» recteil to w a n l th è floor III* shoul der» w e re «qnare. he wns o f g,*>»l j tore. " Y o u B atter m e." he «n»w ered. «ml heigtit. » Ith a ligu re w h lcb y et Ixire lu dleatlon s th at he had I h - cii sth le tk ' he sm iled a most a g g ra v a tin g s m l * Hint cau sed the uow th oroughly aroii* lu bis fre e d ay*. W lien he had en i«l prisou m aster to pound hts desk l e r c i th è ranni th è H eittesant gov ern or hnd n otli**l th at Ihe eon vlct su d liuursely e r y . n a lk e d w lth a free. uiaiily stride, hav " F la tt e r y be d — d! You do a* I say lu g uo se m lilan ce to th è shuttllng prl» or I'll g iv e you th e" — on »louch o f bis fe llo i- Intintila» H and ler cuuglit h liu a elf Just lu Mine “ l ’ern ilt m e." H a n d ler a,1,1 r e s a c i hla l i e su dd en ly reuicm tiered th at the visitor», w lth s u e la b o ra te g,-sture. U euteuaul go vern o r «as p rrariit. S ay , V a le n tin e .'' be s u lw lltu te d for bla till,-tided th reat o f I t * a lr a ltjs c k e t, '•you're fo n rd u sh lu g b ecau se th e re 's a ga lle ry present, e b f No. I“ *. 1 turm *l and su rv e ye d th e v isito rs present. IIU g a ze |g iss ,,l from tbe lleuten aut g o v e m o r to the tw o uieuitwr» o f the G u te o f l l - q * So • lety. Tli,-n lu the I * , kgrouiid. h a lf rrau . ln-,1 Into one ,-f the un.-om foria- ble niH sleu ch air* that u d .-ru cl Ihe n a rd e ii'a office, he sa w ■ g irlish tig ure. l i e I,-a n d fo rw a rd In volu n tarily, fo r he sa w a fa c e su d a |u ir o f large brow n eyea f l v d ste a d fa s tly upou biiu. H e r e c o g n lz d Ihe girl a« tbe cm- he had s a i d from the remorse- lea» elutebe« o f ltl!l) C otton C o tlo u . » I khii he had throw u to his d e a th th rough the w in d»» o f s tra n sio n tl- n eu tal Bier. Hut only for a niom eiit did Jim m y V:t lent in,- f a lt e f M . .1 u u istrrfu l control he » l i e e l d to fa c e the w ard en " Y o u a rc w ro n g a g a in .'' I * said even ly to H and ler. "Y ou know I aiu Dot whnt you w ould h s i e these p c -p le think I a m ." Now the g r a , * purple l-egsn to sh o w 'm e s r u s s i r lu the w a rd en ’s face. T h e tbl<k vein« “ to p resen t Mr. Jlu iiu y V a len tin e In lit» neck la-gnu to th ick e n »till H e 's put m ore tim e lo rk s on th e re m ore and to c ro w d bis low c o lla r for tired list tbuu an y th ree men lu the «pace. w h ole p lace, and w heu It com e* to “ Y'ou l e t t e r do a» I a sk . V alen tin e." the fa n c y 'g e ta w a y * on ly a crosseyed he « a rio s i cop p er ra n k eep Inis, on him ." "I kn ow th at e v e ry on e here kn ow * T h e w a rd e n 's p ictu resq u e Introduc th at, but'"— tl»n w a s lost on I P s * Lane. S tu “ Y'on're d o in g ten fo r op en in g a bank rn light a g lim p se o f Ihe fa c e o f the s a fe and yo u c a n 't open a a old s a fe m au In fe lo n 's strip e s. She ieninsl to like m i n e r T i e w u n leu w ag sn e e r oue sid e to m a k e certain . Y e s; now ing. sh e cou ld not ponslbly be m istak en “ I n ev er opened th at batik sa fe. S h e exten d ed her hand sp asm od ically Y'ou k n ow th a t." au,l c lu tc h e d I t * lieuten ant g o ,e n io r 's “ Y'ou're go in g ,0 pose eh? W ell, arm . listen, yon go and 'cop that gopher* >>r “ I 'o c le . unci#." sh e said ch o k in g ly I'll g iv e you so lita ire for n m o u th " "It Is be!" H a n d ler w ns now at til» w orst. Y “ W h a t's th e m atter, c h ild ? " w as m onth o f " s o lltiilre !" A m onth, th ir F a y 's a u x to ils rcs|»>use. ty d a y s, th irty n igh ts, alon e, s a l e fo r 'T h a t 1 * th e n u n w h o sa v ed m e!” M e ra ts nml M e riv e r tide« th at se e p th e e t c itc d y o u n g g irl gasp ed “T h ai ,-d le t w een th e ston es! Is th e m an w h o th re w the b u rg la r " I t Is mi liiip oasiblllty fo r a n y one th ro u gh th e e x p re s s tralu w lu d o w !" to o , m - ii a s a fe w ithout the rum ldna- T h e w a r d e n * sh iftin g e y e cuu glit Mon. I re g ret I can n ot do a s you tb e a g ita te d m ovem en t o f Rose l a , lo ask” s s Jim m y V n len tln e w a s brou gh t In. H a n d ler fo rg o t th e p resen ce o f the su d he q u ic k ly resolved on a c o a rse of lieu ten an t g o v e rn o r slid o f M e ladles. p ro ced u re th at w ould p la ce tb e you n g " G e t out o f here, y o u " — p rison er I d s s bad a light ns p ossible M rs W eb ster s te p ie d fo rw a rd pro A s fo r th e lleu teu n n l go vern o r, he w a s te llin g ly . alm ost s * asto n ish ed a* R ose a t the F ay determ ine,) to tn ke a band. unex,iecte<l den ou em en t, am i lie quiet “ Y o u 're losin g y o u r tem per, w a rd ly lusUU-d th a t sh e sa y u o tb lu g more en ." he began w ben be sa w th e p ris a!-out th e su b je c t and calm lic rs e lf oner step to the door th rough w h ich Ko fu r as o u tw a rd m a n ifestation s he hnd c u n * "J u st s m om en t," F ay w ere co n eem ed . th e girl follo w ed Ibis said co m m au d ln gly to Mu- c o n v ic t ''I a d v ic e f s lr ly w ell, but her heart forgot y o u r 11« me " pouuded u n con trolled !/, her pulse T h e prison er h u lled H e sa w Ht.-t th robbed c o rresp o n d in g ly, and a w ave Ihe sp ea k er had com# a< ross to tbe o f d eep est p ity su rged o v e r her ns she realized the h o rrib le lot to w h ich bad m iddle o f tb e office "M y n am e la Vat been con dem n ed tb e hero o f the one ' entlne. sir.” he rcafHinded " W ith y o u r |M-rni|ss|on w ard en . I grea t a d v e n tu re o f tn-r life, the g a l lout P rin ce ('h a rm in g o f th e on ly real w ill s,M-ak fu rth e r w ith th is you n g ro m an ce In w h ich sh e had e i e r ployed man." F a y dlrecti-d at H andler. “ A w , lie's m ak in g a gran d stan d a p a rt T h e lie u ten a n t go vern o r addressed piny b ecau se th ere Is som e one here.” “ A nd y o u ” - th e p rison er: H n u d ler w a s npologetlc. “ H o w do yo u do. sir? " “ I 'v e o n ly “ — V a le n tin e s w u n g around and faced “ I f you please, I sh ou ld lik e to tulk the S(>eaker H e realized th at he could uo lo n ger coneenl hi* feature» 1 to Y 'a lrn tln e." sp oke Fpy co ld ly “ A ll right, go ah ead l i e 's w u ltln g from th e sp ecta to r. H e p ressed his hands n ervo u sly to geth er nnd looked to tulk “ pro s r c o s v is tr x n . | ] III* q u e stio n e r so u sre lv In t h e e i e * BAKER & McCLAY Announce that they have opened a Bowling Alley Two Regulation Standard Alleys in the building on the corner of 6th and F St«. They invite the public to call at their place and roll a game of Ten Pins, Nine Pins or “Cocked Hat”. ì cent per round is all you’ll save by waiting till summer to get the Furniture, Rugs, Matting, Linoleum, Beds, etc., you are planning to buy. You can have anything in my present stock NONA at the same price as though it had all come to Madras on the It. R. Better get this on your mind k *v C. H . I R V I N The House Furnisher Subscribe for the DAILY OREGONIAN, only 75c a month— 2 l-2c a day. Papers delivered free to town subscribers. Subscriptions taken at club rates on all magazines. MENDENHALL’S Warren & Woodward Civil Engineers IRRIGATION. SUBDIVISION. LAND SURVEYS K*timaU‘ii Furnished on Power Plant*. H v ll ^ Wi- hav» had 10 y e a r s ' e x p e rie n c e , c iv il en g in e e rin g . IE5 S e n d .ra r in g all b ran ch ** of Rooms 5& 6. Rank of ('ommrrcr Bldg.. P 0. B oy 260 REDMOND W H I T E ’S Amusement •« •H a l l . . . Rowling Alleys, Billiard and Fool Tables. Every - thing first-class. You are invited to come in and roll the halls. F. M. WHITE, Prop’r Corner 6th and F, St»., RED.YIONI). «BE KOHL 6 R E D E R E R Pa inters and Decora fors^ Novelties in Signs, Melai and Wood D ro m p t W o rk , S a t is f a c t io n G u a ra n ty f