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WORLD’S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK State Has Big Balance. Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Uve News Items of Ail Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our- Busy Readers. Salem — The report of State Troas- • urer Kay for six months ending June 30, just made public, shows a balance of $1,565,429.56 for the general fund. Mr. Kay said the big balance was an assurance that the state would not ; have to pay interest on any warrants this year. Disbursements for the six months totaled $3,773,364.16; receipts, $3,- 927,647.22. The balance January 1 I was $1,411,145.49. A law passed by the recent legislature merged all funds in the general fund, and made it possi ble for the state to discontinue paying interest on warrants. Italy closes navigation o f the Adri atic sea unless ships are under convoy. Albany to Cut Thistles. Austrians submarine and sink an Italian warship. Most o f the crew was saved. Albany — A campaign has been launched to eradicate the Carada this tle from Linn county. Gale S. Hill, district attorney, has sent out notices to 148 land owners on whose property thistles are growing advising them that if they do not cut the thistles themselves the work will be done by county road supervisors and the ex pense made a lien on their land, as provided by law, until the county is reimbursed. There are no Canada thistles in most parts of the county, but in one locality they have made quite a start and are spreading rapidly. The steamship Minnehaha, loaded with 15,000 tons o f war munitions, is afire in midocean. Reports of food shortage and suffer ing continue to reach the State depart ment from Mexico. Germans complain that the French mistreat prisoners, and reprisals are said to have begun. American consuls point to the seri ous situation in Mexico and urge speedy action by this government. Naval officers have taken charge of Eugene Plans Sales Day. the German wireless plant at Sayville, Eugene—Eugene will have a public N. Y., believing neutrality was being market day, on which the farmers may violated. bring to the city produce, probably Canada has increased her war once a week, and offer it for sale, ac strength to 150,000 men, which will be cording to the plans of S. D. Hooper, drawn on by England as the require manager of the promotion department ments arise. of the Commercial club. Cincinnati is visited by the most se The date for the first day has not vere storm in its history. Many lives yet been set, but it is proposed to set are lost and a million dollars' damage aside a place, probably about the pub is done to property. lic plaza, where the farmers’ wagons can be parked and where the sales can Iowa has unearthed a mysterious murder committed, it is said, in 1868, be made from the back o f the wagons. and as a consequence a man aged 70 is The farmers in the district have asked that some such plan be developed. in jail accused of the crime. Development Is Near. Newport S. G. Irwin, of Newport, has just been informed by the United States Engineering department that an appropriation of $3000 has been made for the survey of the Yaquina Bay bar, with an object of obtaining a 25-foot channel, and Wisconsin capitalists are ready to develop vast timber holdings as soon as large carriers can enter the bay. J. S. I’olhomus, assistant United States engineer, who had charge of the Yaquina Bay jetty construction, will again be in charge of the government work. J. C. Maupin, of the United States Geodetic Engineers, made a survey of the bar and channel in 1913, but an Engineers’ department survey is nec essary before an appropriation could be made for improvements, it is said. Wisconsin capitalists, backed by Senator Stephenson and others, who bought the Smith interests around Coo* Bay, have money ready to invest. A party headed by George A. Ste phenson, manager o f the North Bend Lumber company, and Edward A. Young, nephews of Senator Stephen son, and Carl Burnham, all of Madison, Wis., John Belknap ami Steve McAl lister, of Vancouver, B. C., timber ex porters, and N. C. Ingram and Charles Corgan, of Coos Bay, timber cruisers, have been making various trips of in vestigation. Mr. Stephenson has obtained sound ings of the Yaquina Bay bar and sur veys of roads in view of a logging rail road to extend from Yaquina Bay to Yachats. It is said to be the aim of th« Wis consin lumbermen to commence work without delay. Oregon Crop Report. July 1 crop estimates by the United States department o f Agriculture are as follow s: Winter wheat— Forecast, 16,000,000 bushels; final 1914, 13.684,000. - Spring wheat— Forecast, 3,730,000 bushels; final 1914, 2,920,000. Oats — Forecast, 13,900,000; final 1914. 12.74", 000. Barley— Forecast, 4,320,000 bushels; final 1914, 3,660.000. Potatoes - Forecast, 6,800,000 bush els; final 1914, 4,753,000. Apples— Forecast, 3,320,000 bushels; final 1914, 3,600,000. Hay — Condition, 92; 7-year aver age, 91. Clover—Condition, 92; 10-year aver age. 94. A lfa lfa —Condition 92; 9-year aver age, 92. Pasture— Condition, 97; 10-year av erage, 96. Hop9— Condition, 92; 9-year aver- age,^89. _________ President Wilson refuses to consider Seaside Votes Bond Issue. er comment on tentative note from Germany. Until the full text is re Seaside— With one lone vote against ceived no action will be taken. the measure, a $35,000 bond issue was Interest in the field maneuvers of authorized by the voters of the Seaside the Oregon militia has been greatly school district to obtain a site and to increased by the indications that the erect a Union High School building. United States regulars may soon be This will be the first Union High School in Clatsop county, and the work sent to Mexico. on the building will begin probably The French senate appropriates immediately so that it will be availa $600,000 to be used by the minister of ble for use in the early fall. Several marine in payment foi cargoes of neu sites are being considered by the board tral vessels that have been seized, and of directors and it is probable that a •specially of that of the American relatively central location will we steamer Dacia. chosen somewhere near the Pacific Belgians have suddenly adopted the Ocean. School Talks Are Heard. practice of wearing sprays o f ivy as an Flax Crop Outlook Good. expression of loyalty to Belgium and Salem— “ Standardization of the Ru Salem— That the outlook for the suc ral School,” was discussed at a meet the allies, as a result of General von Biasing’s order prohibiting the display cess of the state’ s venture with flax ing of the county superintendents who • f Belgian colors. growing is most promising is the opin are here grading the examination pa Steel mills in the Pittsburg district ion of Governor Withycombe, who has pers of applicants for state certificates Fred Peterson, Klamath have received within the past few days just looked over the flax fields in this to teach. orders for projectile steel which aggre vicinity. “ There is every assurance county; E. J. Moore, Lane county; gate 75,000 tons. Early in the year of a good crop,” said the governor. Roy Cannon, Benton county, and W. steel of this grade was offered at $31 “ Also, the quality of the flax appears W. Austin, Grant county, led the dis a ton, but latest sales are said to have excellent. I believe it will run from cussion. “ Club Work” will be discussed also. been made at $38. This material is to one and a half to three tons to the acre.” J. C. Cady, the flax man em Superintendent of Public Instruction be sent abroad. ployed by the Board of Control, has Churchill announced that those who A decree has beed published in Paris just returned from the East, where he will participate are: F. L. Griffin, prohibiting the export of gold except field agent of Oregon Agricultural Col purchased retting machinery. by the Bank of France. This is a pre lege; N. C. Maris, field worker of the cautionary measure taken at the sug State Board of Education; L. P. Har Dost Storm Does Damage. gestion of Minister of Finance Ribot. rington, field worker, State Board of Echo — A severe dust storm swept It has been found that exported gold Education.; H. C. Seymour, superin has not been destined always for a over the w u t end of Umatilla county tendent of Polk county, ami Miss Fay neutral country in settlement of ac Wednesday night, beginning at 9 Clark, superintendent of Malheur counts. A free outflow might result o’clock and continuing several hours. county. in a dangerous traffic, according to the The electric light plant near Hermis- ton, which supplies the towns of Uma minister. Roseburg Railroad Sure. tilla, Hermiston, Stanfield and Echo, Turkey sinks French transport in was put out o f commission at 10 Rose burg— A conference which both the Dardanelles. o’clock, leaving those places in dark parties admitted had its connection with the railroad which Kendall Bros, Twin deer have been born at the ness for the rest of the night. Some damage is reported to trees, propose to construct here during the Washington Park, at Portland. fruit and grain in the neighborhood. present summer was held here Satur The Liberty Bell is making its first day. trip across the continent to San Fran Woman Watches Burglar. F. L. Burkhalter, superintendent of cisco. Pendleton— Awakened at 5 o’ clock the Portland division of the Southern Pacific railroad, and H. A. Hinshaw, British report capture of German in the morning by a noise in her hotel general freight agent, were closeted trenches on the extreme left line near room, Mrs. E. H. Somersville, w ife of a night waiter, watched a burly negro with S. A. Kendall and his associates Y pres. leisurely search her dresser. The in for more than an hour. Mr. Kendall and the Southern Pacific Indications point strongly to inter truder completed his task and depart vention in Mexico by the United ed, after which the woman regained officials spent an hour at Winchester, control of her vocal organs and where they inspected Kendall Bros.’ States. screamed. The burglar escaped with holdings in that vicinity. A t the con San Francisco reports the safest clusion of the conference it was given jewelry valued at $150. Fourth of July in its history. No one out that a complete understanding had was injured. been reached between the parties con Pendleton Postal Receipts Gain. J. P. Morgan, who was shot by a de Pendleton— An increase of more than cerned. mented would-be assassin, is reported 10 per cent in the receipts o f the local Roseburg Dry Act Void. out of danger. postoffice in the past quarter is an Roseburg — Judge J. W. Hamilton nounced by Postmaster Tweedy. April, England has taken over the control of the sale of ilquors in many districts May and June each showed substantial has decided that the city of Roseburg where war material is being handled. increases in revenue this year over the had no jurisdiction in prohibition cases. same months of last year, the net in The question arose in the case of the The American consular agent at crease for the quarter just ended being city against Frank Henslee, which was Swinenmunde, Prussia, reports that $748.05 over the receipts of the second appealed to the Circuit court. The de the American steamship Platuria, from quarter of 1914. cision said that local option and pro New York with a cargo o f petroleum hibition laws are state laws and cannot consigned to a Swedish port, has been Crops Near Monroe Mature Fast. be enforced by cities without special held up by a German warship and Monroe— The warm weather of the authority provided in the cities’ char brought into Swinenmunde. past week has ripened the grain and ters. HenBlee was sentenced for carry Italy is reported successful in her hay in this vicinity rapidly and the ing liquor on the city streets not in an warfare against forces in the Corea re prospects are good for an early harvest original package, under a city ordi gion, having materially advanced and and a fine crop. Farmers are more nance passed a short time befoe.r than busy getting in their first crop of captured 900. Stings o f Bees Kill Cow. hay and with continued fair weather Frank Holt, who exploded a bomb in they will have bountiful supply. Monmouth— Stung by thousands of the national capitol and shot J. P. Italian bees, a valuable Jersey cow, Morgan in his home, succeeded in com Cotton Oil Business Permit Granted. owned by O. A. Wolverton, ex-post mitting suicide in the jail in Mineola, Salem— The American Cotton Oil master of Monmouth, died Tuesday. N. Y. company, incorporated in New Jeresy The animal had been turned into the On a Seeley Hall, of Medford, Or., drove with a capital stock of $30,435,700, grass on the Normal campus. a six-passenger car to the summit of has received a permit from Corpora [ small lot adjoining the campus were the Crater Lake rim. This is the ear tion Commissioner Schulderman to do ! 85 hives. When Bossie began to fight The company several of the Italians, hundreds, then liest date an automobile has ever business in this state. reached the lodge. The snow has is engaged in manufacturing and re j thousands, “ mobilized,” and aid for 1 the distressed cow was impossible. melted 12 days earlier than ever before. fining cottonseed oil. ms m 5TOY m PIt' VAN VOD5T~_j^â ILLUSTRATION//^' RAY VALTERS c aorétvor or r*e oooos suirtux cwrrxmr SYNOPSIS. — 13— 1 « I'omtv <tc Hiihron, captain of Frenc h c m airy. tul, ,» i » Mu <|iiart»ra lu r » l » c l>y hand u molli, rii»»» lrlali terrier pup, un,I names tl IMtchounr l ie itine» with the Mur,|iil«e iTKacIlgnac and mesta Mlaa Ju Ha IteUmund. Amerit an helresa Il a la or- ,tere,I to Alatela bul la not allnwcit to taka servants or iM*a Mia» Ite,limimi takas care o f I’llchoune, who. lonalna for Ms mttaler. runs a w a y fr om her Th e mantillas plana lu m a rr y Julia to ilia l>uc ,!e Tremolìi Pltchoune follows Salirmi to Algiers, d o f and ma ster meet, and Mal,ron u-ts rc r m -ulmi to keep M s d o f with Mtn Th e D u e de T r a m o s ! ftmls the A me ric an hetreaa capricious ttulnon, wounde d in an ena«a,*to,'nt. falls Into the dry t>ed of a r l i e r and ta watched *,\er by P l l rh o u n s Afte r a horrible ntsht and day I'llclmune leaves him Tremont la k e s Julia and (he merou «e lo Alan i » In hla yacht hut, ha» dont<ta about Julia's lied » ’roen mlaalnn Afte r lona aearch Julia seta trace of 8a brnn'a wh er e a b ou t» Julia for the m o ment turna m a tc h m a ke r In b eha lf o f T r e mont ll am m et Alani tells the M ar Oulae where ha thinks Sa br on may be found. C H A P T E R X X I — C o n tin u e d , sky, unstained by a single cloud, was bin« as u turquoise floor, and against It, black and portentous, flew the vul tures. Here and there the sun touched I tools gave life and reaaou to the oasis. Fatou Annl parched her corn. Her barbaric chant was Interrupted by a »harp bark and a low pleading whine. Bite had never heard Bounds just like that. The dogs of the village ¡ were great wolflike creatures IMt- choutte's hark was angelic compared with theirs. He crossed the charmed circle drawn around her house, and did not fall dead, and (food before her. whining Fatou Annl left her corn, stood upright and looked at Plt choune. To her the Irish terrier was an apparition The fact that he had not fallen doad proved thet he was beloved of Allah. He wae, perhaps, a genie, an afrit. Pltchoune fawned at her feet. Hhe murmured a line of the Koran. It did not eeem to affect his drinonatratlva affection. The woman bent down to him after making a pass against the Kvtl Eye. and touched hint, and Plt choune licked her hand, Fatou Annl screamed, dropped him, went, Into the houae and made her ablutions When ahe came out I*1t- choune sat patiently before the parched corn, and he again earns crawling to her. The Arabian woman lived In the last hut of the village. Mbs could satisfy her curiosity without shocking her neighbors 8he bent down to scrutinize Pltchoune’s collar Tbara was a sacred medal on It with sacred Inscriptions which ahe oould not read But as soon as ahe bad freed him this time, Pltchoune tore himself away from her, flew out of the sacred ring and disappeared The he ran bark, barking appealingly; he took the hem of her dress In his mouth aud pulled ner He repeatedly did this and the superstitious Arabian believed herself to be called divinely. 8be cautiously left the doorstep, her veil falling be fore her face, came out of the sacred ring, followed to the edge of the berry field From there Pltchoune eped over the desert; when he stopped and looked hark at her. Fatou Annl did not follow, and he returned to renew his entreaties. When she tried to touch him he escaped, keeping at a safe distance. The village began to Pltchouno ran with hla nose to the ground. There were several trails for a dog to follow on that apparently un trodden page of desert history Which one would he choose? Without a •cent a dog doe* nothing Hie nos trils are hla Instinct. Ilia devotion, hla faithfulness, hla Intelligence, hla heart all coine through hla nose A man's heart, they sav, le In hla atom ach or In hla pocket. A dog's ts In his nostrils If Pltcftouna had chosen the wroug direction, this story would never have been written. Mlckette did uot give birth to the alxth puppy. In the stables of the garrison, for nothing Nor had Sabron saved him on the night of the ntvtaorable dinner for nothing. With hla note flat to the sands Plt choune smelt to east and to west, to north and south, took a scent to the east, decided on It for what reason will never be told—and followed It. Fatigue and hunger were forgotten as hour after hour Pltchoune ran across the Sahara Mercifully, the sun had been clouded by the pre cursor of a windstorm The air was almost cool. Mercifully, the wind did not arise until the little terrier had pursued his course to the end. There are occasions when an ani mal's Intelligence surpasses the hu man When, toward evening of the twelve houre that It had taken him to reach a certain point, he came to a settlement of mud huts on the bor ders of an oasis, he was pretty nearly at the end of his strength. The oasis was the only sign of life In five hun dred miles There was very little left In his small body. He lay down, pant ing. but his bright spirit was unwill ing just then to leave his form and hovered near him. In the religion of Tatman dogs alone have souls. Pltchoune panted nod dragged him self to a pool of water around which the green palms grew, and lie drank and drank. Then the little desert wayfarer hid himself in the bushes and slept till morning. All night he was racked with convulsive twitches, but he slept and In his dreams ha killed a voung chicken and ate It. In the morning he took a bath In the pool, and the sun rose while he swam In the water. If Sabron or Miss Redmond could hare seen him he would have seem' I the epitome of heartless egoism. He was the epitome of wisdom. Instinct and wisdom sometimes go closely to gether. Solomon was only Instinc tive when he asked for wisdom. The epicurean I.ucullus. when dying, naked for a certain Nile fish cooked In H o u r A fte r Hour Pltcho un e Ran wine. Across the Sahara. Pltchoune shook out hla short I hslry body and came out of the oasis I stir. Blue and yellow garments flut pool Into the sunlight and trotted Into tered In the streets. the Arabian village. "Allah Akbar," Fatou (Annl mur • a a • • a • mured, "these are days of victory, of Fatou Annl parched corn In a bra recompense.” zler before her house. Her house She gathered her robe around her was a mi hut with yellow walls. It had no roof and was open to the sky. and, statedly and Impressively, started Fatou Annl was ninety years old, toward the huts of her grandsons. straight as a lance— straight as one When she returner), eight young war of the lances the men of the village riors. fully armed, accompanied her. carried when they went to dispute I Pltchoune sat beside the parched com. with white people. These lances with watching the brazier and her meal. which the young men had fought, had Fatou Annl pointed to the desert. She said to the young men, “ Go won them the last battle. They had with this genie. There Is something been victorious on the field. Fatou Annl was the grandmother he wishes to sMw us. Allah Is great. of many men. She had been the Go.’’ • • • • s e e mother of many men. Now sho parched com tranquilly, prayerfully. When the Capltalne de Rabron "Allah! that the corn should not opened his eyes In consciousness, bum; Allah! that It should be sweet; they encountered a square of blazing Allah! that her men should be al blue heaven. He weakly put up his hand to shade his sight, and a cotton ways successful.” She was the fetish of the settle awning, supported by fhur bamboo ment. In a single blue garment, her poies, was swiftly raised over hla black scrawny breast uncovered, the head. He saw objects and took cogni thin veil that the Fellaheen wear zance of them. On the floor In the pushed back from bar face, her fine low doorway of a mud but sat three eyes were revealed and she might lltttle naked children covered with have been a priestess as she bent flies and dirt. He was the guest of Fatou Annl. These were three of her over her com! hundred great great grandchildren. "Allah! Allah Akbar!" Rather than anything should hap The babies were playing with a little pen to Fatou Annl, the settlement d«g Sabron knew the dog but could would have roasted Its ensmlea alive, not articulate his name. By his side torn them In shreds. Rome of them sat the woman to whom he owed his ■aid that she was two hundred years life. Her veil fell over her face. She old. There was a charmed ring was braiding straw. He looked at her drawn around her houae. People sup Intelligently. She brought him a posed that If any creature croaaed It drink of cool water In an earthen vas sal, with the drops oozing from Its uninvited, It would fall dead. The s u b had risen for an hour and porons tides. The hut reeked with 'h * air was still cool. Overhead, the odors which met his nostrils at «vary breath he drew !!• asked In Arabloi "Where am IT" “ In the hut of victory,” said Fatou Annl. Pltchoune overheard the voice and cams to Habrun'a aid«. Hla master murmured: "Where are we. my frlcndf” Th « dog leaped on hla bed and licked hla face. Futon Annl, with a whisk of straw, swept the flies front him A great weakness spread Its wlnga above hint aud he fell asleep Days are all alike to those who lie In mortal alcknesa. The hours are In tensely colorless and they slip and slip aud allp Into painful wakefulness, Into fever, Into drowsluess Anally, and then Into weakness The Capltalne de Habron. although he had no rurally to apeak of, did pos- seas, unknown to th« Marqulsn d'Es- cllgnac, an old aunt In the provinces, and a handful of heartless cousins who were Indifferent to him Nevertheless ha clung to life at:d In the but of Fatou Annl fought for ezlstence Every time that bo was conscious hs struggled anew to hold to the thread of life Whenever he grasped the thread he vanquished, and whenever be lost It, he went down, down Fatou Annl cherished him. He was a soldier who had fallen In the battle against her sons and graudsons. He was a man and a strong one, aud she despised women He was her prey and he was her reward untl ahe cared for him; as she did ao, she became maternal His eyes which, when he was con scious, thanked her; his thin hands that moved on the rough blue robe thrown over him. th« devotion of the dog found a responsive chord In the greatgrandmother's heart Once he smiled at one of the naked, big bellied great great grandchildren Haul Hue- •an. three years old. came up to Sab ron with Ills Angers In his mouth sod chattered like a bird This proved to Fatou Annl that Habron had not the Evil Eye No one but the children were admitted to the but, but the sun aud the flies and the cries of tha vil lage rente In without permission, and now aud then, when the wind» arose, he could hear the stirring of the palm tree«. Habron was reduced to skin and bone His nourishment was Insuffi cient, and the absence of all decent rare was slowly taking him to death. It will never be knowu why be did not die. Pltchoune took to making long ex cursions. He would be absent for days, and In his clouded mind Habron thought the dug was reconnolterlng for hltu over the vast pink sea without there— which. If ona could sail across as In a ship, one would sail to France, through the walls of mellow old Taraa- con. to the ebstoau of good King Itene; one would aall as the moon sells, and through an open window one might hear the sound of a woman's vote« singing The song, ever Illusive and Irritating In its persistency, tantalized his sick ears Sabron did not know that he would have found the chateau shut had be sailed them In the moon. It w-as as well that he did not know, for bis wan dering thought would not have known where to follow, and there was repose In thinking of the Chateau d’Escllg- nac. It grew tarrlbly hot. Fatou Annl. by hla side, fanned him with a fan she had woven. The great great-grand children on the floor In the mud fought together They quarreled over bits of colored glass Sabron's breath came panting Without, he heard the cries of the*warrlors, the lance bearer*—he heard the cries of Fatou Annl'i sons who were going out to battle. Tha French soldiers were In a distant part of the Sahara and Fatou Annl'a grand children were going out to pillage and destroy. The old woman .by hla aids cried out and beat '»er breast. Now and then she looked at him curiously, as If she suw death on his pale face. Now that all her sons and grandsons had gone, ha was the only man left In the village, as even boys of sixteen had joined the raid She wiped hla forehead and gave him a potion that had been pierced with arrows. It was all aha could do for a captive. Toward sundown, for the first tlms Sabron felt a little better, and after twenty-four hours' absence. Pltchoune whined at the hut door, hut would not come In. Fatou Annl called on Allah, left her patient and went out to see w-liat was the matter with tho dog. At th« door, In the shade of a palm, stood two Bedouins (TO BE CONTINUED.) Why 8om# Are Color Blind. It Is known that color blind people cannot distinguish colors, but the rea son for this Is not generally known. They cannot distinguish many colors, and most of them usually give the ap pearance of being gray. The cause lies In the constitution of the retina, which microscopically consists of rods and cones. If a certain pan of the cones Is wanting the sensation they arouse la also wanting. A blind man who does not see at all ts not much more deceived by his sight than tha color blind man. Even the normal eye has not conea fine enough to detect ultra violet rays and electric rays. Soldiers’ Winter Clothing. The soldiers of Japan have learned tha valua of paper clothing for winter wear. Tha paper, which Is made from mulberry bark, has little sizing In It, and la soft and warm. Between two sheets of the paper they place a thin layer of silk wadding, and then quilt the whole. It la something of a draw back that clothing so made la not washable, but In a winter campaign a soldier has other things to think of than the dirt on his uniform.— Youth’s Companion.