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PAGE VOVU A Battle in the Mountains j . There' Heart Interest In the Slory of How n Dor Won in n Dtupcrnlo Combat X TOT mmIi of a eiwy is tbta, yet I IU atanfaata nt llHMNi f ilrn 1 J tna lie Un4ly nwl It taa slafe (but eaamt to ttrarrtb. tl j'letly KM It WM fcir In a ttioab' that I ilirifto. And Um actors ara but i, tli ran little man clMr.a a ad two tiogi anil n "boh" rat, which It Jt H wtm thing with a brief tail, fto, t rnmtwiiy tmnm small, tan eoat f fr liiPtlfi wlli h pttHwrtioaaic. tetter maaa It " reproduction," tuttaga, for nil this happaMd j.nn afo. Xothlnir lMt a r Ian ring in the. Itock- I cm In tho thaatttr. It 'a today hi It wni whan Old Tramp, Ua supers h minted der hoaml, Hit (Hit with inly mid Hud mid the Matty to bunt ' mi in 9. Tho tHvnmiue wna armwl to tho tcoth with an uxo and h lantern livon tha countryside's frel(im with lethal weapon hulked nt giving li irnn to infanta like Curly mid Hud mid thu Hnhy, la mid II mid Ju. The night wn volvtty ilnrk mid the woods weru rnstly with full. Tho nlr wns henvy with Ho sweeth iitHitli or summer, urly ami llml mid the Unity not bravely out, with thu old dog in tho lend. riioy woro scsreely out of sluht of tho lono light of tho limn lioimo whuu tho dog, Old Trump, begun to bnrk. Jto hnd treed n 'poutim. Curly mid Hud mid tho Hnhy broko Into n wild, Joyous run. Tho Inntern throw tholr twinkllug legs onto the hhiok tries in wondrous effect. At tho foot of n lilg old treo, tho dog wuh giving tho llo to J'nther Time, llo wns m cmity an n piii. Curly mid Hud mid tho ll.ihy begun in mnlcu sys tonmlle prepnrntlons to foil tho true, tho orthodox nuiniier of tripping n 'possum. Thoy didn't know, iorham, tho scientific imino for tholr quarry, hut thoy did know how to got him to where tho dog could finish him. Somehow, tin particular 'possum C0ST5Y0U NOTHINGTOTRY OUR aUAKACTKK Ve guaxaat alt good packadundar tha brand ot "DEPENDABLE" to gtva absolute uUittctlon. Furebase a package trom your trocar, uoa ball o( It, and U you ara nat aatutlad, return the package to your trocar who U autborUad to ratund your monty 1 f"" trvir Jm tlhJU, writ D WIGHT EDWARDS COMPANY PORTLAND OREQON didn't run traa to 'imaaniN form. He muhkmI lac lined tu Ro agaiiiat nil rules in 'posenavfcMMl ttmHta. llu started ruining ilnwn ta Urn-. A lantern glvoa but u jmor light, un, you know. Tho pHaaatM, imiifHfewliy mmk mid inglilttwM, Hme u ami mhti down lint nnkodnato of tao lowor iwrt of tho tree. The Htr whs very full ef dog and hawk and of n lltllo dynamo of fur tlmt tplt mid elnwed, "Ha bob cot." siil Curly. OKI Tramp aettixl mi opportunity to k-)w. JIo rotrvntod with u aorttitu hwk ot dignity mid ti ponltivo ubaoueo of prlilo in tho jkiwomIoii of n tail, lio toiai not on tho order of his going und tho nig lit whs vocnl with his woo. flio bob out retired with tho Juiuuru of a viator. i urly and Uiul und thu Huby suld nothing ol tho disgriu-o of Old Trunin ut hoiuo. liistond, they bogged that tuny might tnnu With ttium i-lip, which iiiiiinnl tvus u rid lipped bulldog, built by nnturo to bu bruvu mid taught by itimi to light. 1 lip was n potential champion ot tho pit and not lor chll dren to play with, lent his teeth bo In jured In lutriuving Btlcks mid stones. JIo WUH keiit ill Inn kiinnol nml t.'urltf mid Ilfiil mid thu Hnhy woro lorbldden to taku h.in out. "Thoro's the old hound: I uues.i bo's rill r.ght ior niuitou wuut," said tho inuiodinto iiiulo mieontor of Curly and llml mid tho ll.iby. In round-eyed In nocence thoy hecopleM this deureo from tho head ol thu Iioiiko. Thoro was no nppoul. Tho next night tho bob rat routed Old Tramp mid tho noxt. Tho old dog scorned poMXhsed; ho would treo noth ing else. J he chieftain of thu clan of Curly ml Hud und the I lit by htuglicd nt them or their luck of suet en as 'possum hunters, llo oven went to tho cruel extreme ol tillering to buy for them u tamo ono at tho vlllauo, that thoy might capture him. 'I hat night, thu thrcu llttlo men tnrtod out into tho civet dark With tho foolish Old Trump irolicklug ahead. Hut Curly and Hud slipped iclc mid went to thu kenmd of tho king. 'I here was but u suit leather trnp niiuiit tho corded nock of him. ho two little fellows braced against ack other 's loot and pulled hard. They sprawled lis tho leather yielded nml tho dog leaped upon them In delimit. hoy hugged him oneo uplcro. Down In thu woods they found tho llaly, standing intrepid wnteh with tho autorn. Tho bob rut was ulrcudy coni ng down mid I hero was u whlno In tho mock defiance, of Old Trnuip, Thu wild rat hud reach til tho lowest irnacli mid two hot o.ves, l.ttlo, eloso- set, green, malevolent, talked lusiilt- igly to tho fooblo old liouiul on tho round. It wn tho him nf Curly, n whoU inagnr.nc nt sibllniits let loono nt mice, that sent l llp hurtling townrd tho treo and tho cnt. Tho two ntilmnli, tho tamo and tho wild, met six fret nlf tho ground. Tho dog was u marvelous fighter and he hud found his equal. They fell to tho ground, h snarling, spitting, growling unit. The lantern was or illumina tion for so mnpilflcvnt n battle. Tho rat's foro paws hud Flip by his massive jowU nud active hind fret rlawml mid tore nt the dog 'a splendid chest and his unprotected belly) for snh nn attack ho nppcarisl to have no defiiiMt. All his strrngth of shoul ders nml foro legs was in his attempt to teur looso that terrible grip. No g'owls now, for breath was short and denr. t'urly nnd Hud and tho Uaby were frozen with fenrt such nil outcome they had not expected. There woro no sounds now, savo for tho loud rustling of tho leafy bed on which tho denth embrace of two dumb things, fighting for their lives. Tho dog seemed hopeless, helpless, mid yet ho fought. Hut to no purpose. Then ho changed bis tactics mid ho suffered tho deadly hold of tho cat. Ho kneeled nnd brought tho florto uniy thing closo to tho ground. Tho lan tern's dull, yellow rays showed his muscles knot nnd strain mid knot ngnin ns ho mndo his Inst nttcmpt to win llfo. Up abovo a solemn owl sailed out mid hooted In wild iilnrm. Curly nml Hud shivered nnd tho Hnhy whimpered, l'oor l-'llpl They loved tho dog. Iho dog's strength begnn to tell against tho steel sinews of tho wild est. Ho horn It before him to thu earth mid under his head mid shoul dcrs. JIo could not get his awful jaws to liear mid ho tried that no more. Down, down, down into thu leaves and onto tho half-frozen earth ho pushed tho bob rat. Hlood wns pouring from him In n hundred tiny streams. Curly nud Hud mid tho Hnhy hoard tho wild cat's bones crack, craak, crack. And thoy went over and picked up tho dog und kissed him mid they took him homo nud received their pun ishment as llttlo men of tho mountains should. Looking It Over AllllANOK.MKNTSnro bid between tho Amerlr llusslnii governments being mode can nnd i for tho estnbl.slunont of a regular wireless service across Ilerlng Sen, which will Insure telcgr.iphlc commiinl ration between America nml Asia nt all times, eveu In tho event of Inter ruptlou of cable, service. This project, It Is said, completes tho circuit of tlu glnho by wireless. No new coustrmt tion is required for tho Institution of this service. Tho Itiistinn government already has n wireless tower ut Aundlr, In Kamchatka and tho American gov ernment hns u station nt Capo Nomo, Alaska, There has been a limited ex- rhnwgo of signals between thcro two stntlnn already. a Miss Hnlllo HolUlnurr of St. Louis hns not misled nt tending Sunday waonl nt every poislhln occasion for '.i yonrs, during which time she lint nisaml preaching service but nnce. Tho pmtnr of the third Hnptlst church of t. Louis, ltov. Wlllhm .1. Williamson, lins presented n fCO gold plcco nnd n ropy of tho New Testntncut to Miss lloltsinger, In recognition of her rca or. I ns n faithful-worshiper, said to bo without a iKirnllel. Tho homo economics department of tha I'ortlnntl Womnn's olub Is trying to find out what make tho cost of th ing so high. Thu women of thu depart ment are hold conferences with repre sentatives of various business houses nml nro going Into tho problem thor oughly. Ono of tho men who spoko before tho club women was ltov. Fa ther Kdwln V. O'Hnrn, who suggested that housewives do their own market ing and advocated a freo market, ono that would do nwny with tho middle man. Other speakers advised less def erence to luxuries. Antonio Oonzntes tried to mnlto his father get tip and go to work tho other morning. Knrlqucr. Gonzales, tho fa ther, n Mexican section hand, resented th.s nml fired n shot nt tho boy, "to frighten him." Tho boy wns killed Instantly. Tho shooting happened near Viimn, Arizona. Here's n yarn nbout a man who didn't liko to go to Hunday school, but was inado to by his parents. W. V, lloffer petitioned n Seattle court to hnu his iiiimo changed to V. K, Gor don mid his wish wns griutod. "When 1 wns n boy," snld llolfer, "I wns forced to go to church and listen to long tenuous or mi I for n whipping. Now I want to get rid of my nnmo nnd with It of the last thing that reminds mo of those duys." Hro departments nil over tho world nro bothered by the mnn or boy who turns In n falso alarm, just to sco tho dnsh of the firo fighters to tho scene of n supposed blaze. William McDon nell, n Portland longshoreman, tried that trick recently nnd It rost him $"(), Ho wns caught Immediately after ho hnd turned In tho nlnrm mid was fined In tho municipal court tho following day. Tho nnvy wnnts to "scrap" the bat tleship Oregon, on tho ground that tho old fighting craft Is out of dnto mid that It would not be of ntiy value In a I'.odrrn naval battle. An attempt Is being mndo by patriotic Oregoalnns to save tho ship from n fnto of such Ig nominy. Tho Oregon's history nn n fighting battleship is brilliant. Goats Raised by Americans There's Said to Bo Money in the Handling of Angora Stock in this Country T a illl! bntiner rrnnl fnrm nt America Is located in Texns, and numbers 10,000 bend of grade nnd pure bred Ango- rns," says Fnrm nud Fireside. "Last year tho owner of this ranch realized a net profit of $1 per animal from his flock. Thcro nro several other proton tlnus goat farms throughout New Mcx ion, California nnd Oregon. Tho Inrgest goat ranch jn tho Mississippi vnltoy hns 2000 head, but tho averago flock in this country la from 100 to COO ani mals. Shearing "Tho custom Is to shear tho goats early In April. Ordlnnry holr soils for ,'l!5 to fi5 cents n pound. This common grndo of mohair, which commands no especially high price, In that whoso length is less than 12 inches: tho ordl nnry f lecco of ono year 'a growth meas ures about 10 inches In length. Tho nvorngo inuture doo will shenr from six to nlno pounds of mohair coch year, whllo tho full grown buck will yield from 10 to 15 pounds. Previous to shearing, tho flock Is graded Into clnsses of docs, bucks, kids and weth ers. Tho fleeces nro marketed accord ing to this classification. Tho Amorl- rnn Angora Goat ntsor intlnn maintain n special mohair narchouno in Iloston, where tho fleeces uf practically oil tho Angoras In this country nro mnrhiiled. At this depot the ileeces nro carefully denned, rrgrsded if necessnry, ami baled rrndy for consignment to tho tiiniiiifnrtiiring plants, whnro tho tnw mohnlr Is i on verted tntn clothing, rng, book bindings, shoes nud glovos. "Ono very beautiful fleece, wliluh wns 22 inches In length, sold for (ii.i"0 ii pound, tho record prio fur rnr mo hair in this country. Four dollnrn n pound is nbout tho ordlnnry top figure. "Lnnd rnn bo cleared by Angorn poats of the worst brush known to this country for n llttlo less thmi nothing. Hovff Simply this: Angora gonttf trill llvo on leuves nnd weeds, leaving tho bind elenner mid nicer than can bu dono lu nny other way." THE TIMELY BEGGAR. 11. C. Audrows, the chatty export of Denver, wns describing professional beggars, says tho New York Tribune. "They keep timely," ho snld. 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