OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1907.
merged people, I want to bo wtaer
1 very one Is clean and the air ta pure
1 and where I can breathe." Aa she
I cauuht her breath sharply he bent over
' her with a suddeu tender light In hit
1 eyes. !
j "Poor little woman!" he murmured. ,
j Tou't pity me," Miss Mason said,
j with flaming cheeks, "but' 1 do like '
(pretty things. Why, I am a different
' creature In my pink dimity. You've
never seen me In It, have you?" ,
"Tessa," mild Miss Mason, with de-j He smiled dowu at her Indulgently.
rklou. "vou are not makina; that bed -o. ne aaiu siowiy, inn i raw j
With Tessa
As Proxy.
By JEROME SPRACUE
Copjrishted, lftf, br Homer rru
All- 3All
proitorly."
Tessa, tucking In the sheet of the
doll's bed, raised limpid, inquiring
eyes.
"I told you I wanted hospital cor
ners."
Tessa wavered, curled a small red
Hp and overflowed.
"Don't cry oh, Tessa, dont cry:
once In an old white linen that had
been torn and trnmplqd, and you held
in your arms a little child that you
had saved and you were leautlful"
"Ob, that was Tessa," Miss Mason
said (lulckly, "the morning the fire en
gine horses ran away. It was a won-
! der we weren't both killed."
"I saw you for the first time, and I
Miss Mason expostulated as the small, knew theu that I had found what I
pink aproned atom flung herself at full
length on the floor.
Tetwa did not move.
"Well, I shall have to let Mary
Branulgan do It" said Miss Mason.
Mary Brannlgan and Tessa Votoldl
being sworn rivals in the affections of
the settlement teacher, the small Ital
lan raised a calculating eye. Mary,
every red curt bobbing, every freckle
bad been looking for all my life."
Her startled eyes read the meaning
in his. "Oh, no, no." she protested, "I
am not good enough. I am vain and
frivolous and I long for the flesh
pots." He went on steadily. "I have seen
you since then every day teaching
your little girls to be tidy and tweet
and good, aud I have wondered at
All Fence Wires, Nails, Stoves, Carpets, Chairs,
and Farm Tools SOLD at REDUCED PRICES.
OREGON CITY
OREGON
i
FRANK BUSCH
radiant, already had hold of one corner your bravery-when you might be in
of the infinitesimal sheet j luxury, cool and comfortable."
Then Mary pulled and Tessa pulled. j "So might you." she reminded hlra.
"ferhaps you'd better let Tessa fin-; "How many men of your talent aud
Ish it Mary," said the teacher weakly.
Mary blaxed wrathfully. "Aw, she
don't know howl"
"Oh, well." Miss Mason sighed, "see
if you can make if Mary. Tessa can
watch you and tell you if you don't do
it properly."
Tessa, sobbing a soft accompani
ment to Mary's bedmaklng, squealed
uddenly:
"She's gotta the hem out-a side."
"Oh, Mary," said Miss Mason re
proachfully, "I thought you could do
it"
"An' I can," said Mary, "but I
won't," nd straightway, like a small
fury, she tore the bed to pieces and
flung the mattress on the floor.
The twenty small girls of the little
housekeepers class looked at the teach
er with expectant eyes.
"Oh, Mary!" quavered Miss Mason.
She felt nuequal to discipline. It was
Influence would have chosen a down
town church?"
"Oh, that." he put it away lightly.
"I like it, and I am a man but not
many women would do It."
"Don't" she said tremulously; "don't
praise me." And she rose and went to
meet Tessa, who was coming toward
ber. sobbing.
"Oh, Tessa! Crying again?"
It was discovered after some ques
tioning that Tessa's conscience was
hurting her. She was sorry, she whis
pered, that she bad been bad.
'Toor baby!" Miss Mason crooned at
she gathered the small culprit in her
arms. "Dear heart!" And the wet
cheek lay against her own.
As they sat In the alcove the stained
glass window of the parish office
made a background of sapphire light.
STATE NEWS, j
Races at McMlnnvIlle September 5,
6 and 7.
Albany announces that It has not
had a fire In a year.
Eugene Is to have a new four-story
hotel In the near future.
Washington county educators are
agitating the question of a union high
school.
A man near St. Helens was kicked
while milking a cow. Moral, let your
wife milk.
It is estimated that over $1,200,000
was paid to the fishermen for salmon
this season.
Lane county farmers say there are
I
aeainst which Miss Mason'a fair hairdo gila monsters or rattlers in me
shone like a halo. Tessa, smiling and
forgiven, lay with ber limpid eyes
shut
The rector, still seated on the corner
of bis desk, looked at the pair with
thoughtful eyes.
"Do you really think you would be
happy on the hotel porch?" he probed.
"It would be cool," Miss Mason said
wistfully, "but I should miss the
love." and her eyes went toward the
hop fields in that county.
Rueben C. Remington, a Polk
county pioneer, who settled there In
1852, died August 21, aged 77 years.
A big timber fire is said to be rag
ing in the timber between the bead of
Scoggins' valley and the head of Gales
The colonist rates will be In effect s'M'cl8'.far,
asaln September 1. and the railroad
children playing peacefully at the end j people iK)k for the largest Immigra
of the room.
."Whose love?' he asked boldly.
Tessa's eyes opened sleepily. "I
love-a you!" she murmured fervently, i
The eyes of the rector held the eyes j
of the little teacher masterfully. j
"You say it like that!" he com
manded. "Oh, I-I can't" she breathed, all!
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1'iujk iuu nunc iuu iieuiuiuus, u 1 burning
ltssa snail ue my proxy;
tlon Oregon has ever had.
Seattle and Portland are both go
ing to have poultry comparison shows
this winter, the first ones ever held
In this Northwest In the winter sea
son. Forest fires are doing great damage
In Washington county. Fires were
In several places when the
rains of last week aided In extinguish- j
lng them. 1
If the money being spent on the
from San Francisco, which arrived In
Portland Wednesday reports a rough
trip up tho coast. The vessel was
four days In making the trip from
San Francisco to the Columbia Klver.
Strong northwest wind held the
steamer back although she held well
In toward shore.
The newspapers of Washington
county will raise the price of sub
scription on October 1. This Is simply
following tho lead of all other com
modities which have raised very ma
terially during tho past two years.
Paper has advanced fifty per cent
and the price of labor and all other
material Is higher.
The annual reunion of the Pioneer
society of Southern Oregon was held
at Ashland Thursday.
According to a scientific Journal,
Germany has learned by experiment
that deep-sea fish can be acclimated
jln fresh water.
Archbishop Alexander Christie of
Portland, who has been 111 for several
weeks. Is able to be about and to at
tend to his numerous duties.
The American agent of the Trans
Siberian Railroad has arranged for a
to convey Secretary Taft
from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg
on his projected, trip around the world.
Instructions were Issued Thursday
by Chief of Pollco Grlt.macher that
patrolmen should arrest the motormen
of all Portland streetcars found rim
ing In excess of 12 miles an hour, the
limit set in the city ordinance.
St. Petersburg advices announce tho
retirement from official llfo of Count
THE COURTS
Herlng Wants Divorce.
R. C. llerlng and Parthena B. Out-
trlilxe were married Aug. 24. 1SS7,
and have a daughter aged 12 years.
Iterlng charges that his wife has been
abusive for several years and In con
sequence he asks for divorce. Among
other things, ho charges that he deed
ed his property to her In the hope
that her treatment of him would be
come more bearable but Instead she
Increased her abuse, finally sending
him to tho Insane asylum. Ho wants
equltablo relief.
Perry vs. Prry.
Ilert I Roy perry and Anna Perry
of Mololla hove asked court to adjuid
their difficulties. Tho churge of the
wife, who asks for the divorce, Is that
the husband Is a drinking man. falls
to provide and when In liquor become
abusive. They worn married In 1904.
Falling Wood Breaks Ankle.
Michael Ilonner vs. Crown-Columbia
Paper Company; damages, sum asked,
150(10. plaintiff claims that he was
fireman for defendant company, and
that a chute was erected down which
to slide fuel to hint! that a bell was)
used to signal when wmid was to be
put Into the chute; that the slgunl
was not given at time complained of
and In consequence his ankle was
broken.
ue of the property Is !oK8.81.
Oottlell) Kunxl et al. has commenc
ed suit In the Circuit Court attalnst
the Eastern Investment Company to
quiet the title to 40 acres In section
11. township 4 south, range 3 east.
Hy the terms of Mrs. Sawtell's will,
Oscar Kayler, a grandson, receive
one seventh of the estate, Ralph Haw
tel and Mrs. Alice Tubbs, son and
daughter, the remainder. ICntate ap
praised at tVMH),
Emma Lundecn asks for dlvorco
from ('. I.tindenn. Plaintiff says they
were married In Borderham, Sweden,
December, 2d, IhSS. Charge made la
cruel siwl Inhuman treatment, drunk
cnncM of defendant, etc.
C. n. Crawford has filed a suit for
divorce attalnst Georgia Crawford.
They were married In Vancouver,
Wash., In March. VMM, nd Crawford
alleges that his wife deserted Mm In
Portland, Or., November I of tho
same year.
Cora Wandsrhneldor asks dlvore
from Harry I Wandschnelder and a
return to her maiden name of Cora
Streltel. parties were married In
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands In June,
1901. Charges pf willful desertion
and mm supfkirt.
Suit for divorce was Instituted on
Thursday by Mrs. Frances McOlnty
again! Charles McGlnty. They were
married In Portland, July 29, 1901, and
the woman charges McGlnty with de
sertion In January, 19o;,
NINE HOURS IN MACHINE SHOPS
prisons of the state could be saved I
for the normal schools there would be i
but no no necessity to cut two off from the
About Strawbsrriss.
Many persons have wondered how
strawberries got their name. They
have been so called by Anglo-Saxon
people for hundreds of years, but no
corresponding name for them appears appropriations. ;
in other languages. On the contrary. There Is talk of fumigating all
their fragrance mainly Is set forth in ocean-going steamers before they are I
the names by which they are called allowed to proceed uf the river from I
In non-English speaking lands. The',.,. . nrt ., hllhnnlr ,
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l Hit;, iiucb uit mum Kwerim mi-i Court Notes
iviser or me war ami one or tuissia s Th inn,ri .,, .nnrstwemen f,f
most famous diplomats, Count WItte :thl MUit) ()f h ,ftf0 Wllllam A. Jtob
has retired to accept a directorship ., n,,...a , Tlr,in,.rfv vl.,., .
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In the Bank of Russia.
I Reports from the mountain country
"1 IOVE-A TOC, SHE Ml'KMXBED . EB-
VENTLT.
very hot and the room was close, and
the children bad been restless and
fussy all the morning.
are to tho effect that the hunters are
now experiencing great sport in kil
ling deer and that these animals are
running quite well on the trails
through the Cascades. Tho country
In and about Sweet Home, Foster and
other points along tho Willamette val
ley mountain wagon road offer great
Inducements to the lover of sport,
and annually many deer are brought
out by the campers.
All
Railroads In Northwest Making
Concessions to Workmen,
old Antrlrt-SaYrm fnrm wns "stresw
berlge." It seems probable that the PJa"e out of the 8tate
"straw" is the long stem of the vine, Aurora council is drilling for water
which rnns along the ground. Some j and has gone down a depth of 380
have thought, however, that in ancient ;feet with small result. Council has
Oh. Mary." she quavered again as j fl"" ided dPth 450 I Edward Olson, a camper at Belknap
a young man in a panama nat ana ; :neiore aoanuoning me wen.
round clerical collar poked his bead t0 mafkf "P0" Bt"w- The fim Rev. Hall of Washington county has
In at the window. j tthe word Jj" ,J deTeloped a new potato. It closely
ovnhTv thC 1!,'rbank bUt 18 mUCh
?nTi:2eT 7 -t 08 el1 a,8 that :hlc,h ,rld, earller tha? the,Ear,y Rose; 11 18 8
from twenty throats.
Through an agreement which be
came effective today, all Ihu machin
ists, tsillermakers, blacksmiths and
other mechanics In the shops of tho
Consent of tho heirs to the sale of
I property of the Robert DeShaer es
tate was filed Friday. The valuation
of the estate Is f 13,399.40.
Blanche 8. Martin, who was married Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul Rail
In Montana In May 1894. to Elmer (mad are granted a nine hour work
Martin, has filed a suit for divorce, j day. The order affects about 1500
alleging desertion in Portland In May, .skilled workmen.
1905.
The final report of George W. It-
to
placing straw among the plants
w, j keep the berries off the ground.
t ... .m .i , i.u
"I don't know wheth- ? uu
er I should let them." r1'""1 ' u,Su .uu,UuU.
on ueraiary insist xnai mey are not
"They have been so naughty!"
Mason hesitated.
strawberry leaves at all, but merely
conventional leaves which popular
fancy has turned Into the foliage of
the favorite berry. However, straw-
The last legislature made the laws
nrotectlnjt the forests of the state i
from fire more strict than ever be
fore. The penalties in some cases !
have been increased, and more care
must now be taken.
Albany hunters say It Is unprofes
sional to hunt deer with dogs and have
Twenty pairs of eyes reproached her,
and the young rector said, "No one
ought to be naughty on such a day."
"Well, if you will promise t'j be very
good," Miss Mason finally decided.
And, like lion and' lamb, Tessa and
Mary led a decorous procession.
Tin vdmiir riw.t.i"'u .Itiua In u'crwl-
carving were having sandwiches and ! "t' ' Frcnch for strawberries,
cake and lemonade, provided by the I
i-it - i..U rr-l lt ' ".Inkinn."
per of iade; and the VuZl j Richard le GiUIienne first vis- W that beaver are eating his veget-
j.,,.., l., i jih.j ttod hi fdiintrr ho sin intrrwi nii nt abloH and destroying his garden. He
ueuciouHiy us lue ihksc"- ""j uiicu "" - (- -
twentv classes for the twenty little ne of the clubs to a gentleman wfio .
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ueiiguis iu eiauorme luuuiuKiug nun ; young limner on nis piace ami ne
does It all with an Intensely sober fearg they wm his young fruit
lace, Aiier me urt luriiiaiiiien were
over the humorist asked the poet
abruptly:
berry leaves are actually borne by the &sr(,ei to discourage the practice,
house of Fraser of Lovat as a pun- TJj flre ,ed t0 take h,B Btep because
ning allusion to the family name, since i , . . ... . ,. . orQ ,.v
but surely disappearing.
Wm. Fry, living near Wood bum,
Springs, was shot and killed In the
woods four miles from that place last
week, by being mistaken for a deer.
He was out shooting with two friends,
Martin Orphtis and George Crown,
and was killed by a bullet from tho
i former's gun as the trio hail stalked'
a deer. The hunted, animal darted
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WU1. liuui owu.c union on. uinwii Br .,. .. Ir,,n IWirnuhllh hill lif.f.ll
peared on a line with the animal at
the moment Orphus fired his shot !
The missile missed the deer and j
pierced Olson through the heart. He j
died Instantly. j
James K. White, an ex-convict, es-1
caped frpm the asylum by cutting his j
way through the Celling of his room, 1
at Salem. He escaped early Thursday
morning, went down town ami asked .
for work mowing a lawn at the Cath-;
The management of the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific
ry. administrator of the estate of the Railroads also has conceded th
late Chris Tlmm. has been filed and j machinists a nine-hour workday and
approved and tho administrator (lis-;a wage Increase of 3' cents an hour,
charged. making the new scale 40 cents an
Albert C. Al ' hour on the Eastern end of tho roads.
and 42 cents on tho Pacific Coast.
Negotiations are pending between
Anna J. Alderman vs.
derman. Chargca cruel and Inhuman
treatment. Summons served on do-
fendant ond then police ordered him j tho machinists and the management
out of city. j of all the railroads In the Northwest
The Inventory and appraisement of for tho nine hour workday.
thn property embracd In the estate
Money transferred by Postal Telegraph.
filed In the County Court and the vnl-
ftllp nflrttrinflco Ha uau (rlvpn wnrtr i
one of the clubs to a gentleman who .aays further that they are destroying . ,
"Well, Mr. le Galllenne, how Is the
poetry business?"
girls.
The young rector, beaming with en
thusiasm, sat down beside the little
settlement teacher. "It's lovely work,
Miss Mason," he said.
Marion shook her head. "Oh, no, It
isn't," she said; "it's horrid. They are
so ungrateful. I wish I was out on t
hotel porch in my best linen frock
with my hair marcelled and with thfe
waves beating a soothing nceompant
ment to the conversation of some In
telligent inacullne."
With a twinkle In his eye, the young
rector asked, "Can't I masquerade as
an intelligent masculine?"
' "Oh," Miss Mason conceded, "you
might But I'm not dressed for tho
rmrt. Shirt waists and serce skirts and
lan shoes, and dusty ones at that"- : P"ocer Is complimented when Inquiry
She poked out a small foot In a shabby
trees.
The Benedictine Fathers' gristmill !j)Un(1
and new pumping station at xii.
Angol burned last week Tuesday. The
Mr. le Galllenne surveyed the face of -fire started in the gristmill from some
unknown cause. The loss Is about
$50,000. About $3000 worth of grain
was also burned.
Newberg sawmills are burning their
slabwood in tho rough while hundreds
of families are having a hard time to
his questioner and, seeing nothing in
the countenance to enlighten him, re
plied, with dignified seriousness:
"I should hardly speak of poetry as
a business." ,
"Why not?" said his interlocutor.
"The grocer sells groceries, the mer
chant dry goods nnd you sell rhymed ; secure enough for economical bnrn
Btuff. The market rates you obtain w The mill men make the plea
vary with conditions and the quality
of the article offered for sale. The
shoe "are net the attire of attractive
ness. We planted vegetables in tho
school garden all the morning beans
and things-untll we were grubby."
"I don't believe you would be really
happy on that hotel porch," asserted
the young rector as he sat' on the edge
of his desk and looked down at her.
"I should! I want to be care free
and frivolous and to forget the prob
lems of the suffering and the sub-
is mude as to the conditions of the
grocery trade. Why not the poet when
asked about his business his sonnets,
lyrics, ballads and other forms, which
are often sold at a ruinous sacrifice?"
Mr. le Galllenne stared, still perplex
ed at this harangue, when the half sup
pressed laugh of the listeners cleared
the air and the humorist himself smil
ed. The poet woke up and said, with
an air of great relief:
"Oh, I see; you are Joking'." Jodge.
that it don't pay to turn it into cash;
and still the willful waste goes 'on.
The diamond jubilee of tha St.
Louis Catholic church was celebrated
Sunday, August 25. High mass was
celebrated at 10 a. m., and In the af
ternoon there was a program In the
grove. Archbishop ChrlHtfo was pres
ent The St. Louis parish Is the sec
ond oldest in the state; Oregon City
being the oldest "
The steam schooner Johan. Paulsen,
was insane and telephoned to tho asy
lum authorities. Before an attendant
arrived the man left and could not be
White was convicted of for '
gery in Clatsop county and sent to
prison for three years. He had ser- j
ved nearly all his time when ho was i
transferred to the asylum about a i
year ago. i
Members of the legal fraternity i
representing the principal countries :
of Europe and America are In atten
dance at the 24th annual convention
of the International Law Association
In session In Portland. This Is the
second time tho association has held '
a conference In the United States. j
The Portland delegates to the Amor- j
lean Association of Advertisers, which !
Is In session in Cincinnati, are mak- j
lng a strong effort to capture next
year's convention for Portland. The
question will not, be decided until to
morrow, and from all Indications the
Oregon metropolis stands an equal
chance with Kansas City of winning
out.
OREGON CITY
aturday, Aug. 31
John F. Stowe's spectacular production of
Unc e Toms
Cabin
Showing under an immense water-proof tent with seating
capacity for Two Thousand people
500-
Reserved Opera Chairs'
500
An immense stage
Realistic mechanical effects
Gorgeous scenery
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Hear The Noonday Concert
Ity Prof. Huyworth's Military Band of 20 Musicians
Grand Operatic Orchestra at Each Performance
ADMISSION 25c & 35c
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