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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918.
Page 9
The Initiation Ceremony
A' New and Unwelcotxie Member
Is Admitted to the In-or-Ins
Tes'in." said. Funny. "If yo'
house, Ml William, not mine, Tou
wnnt mt tear it down, I'm wllllo'."
Sho departed, ami Mm. William
Continued to sew. The day were grow
fan, when Fanny appeared, summon.
Ing her to th! telephone.
It i pathetically true that Mm. Wil
liam went to the telephone humming
little song. She wn detained at the
Ing short, and at five o'clock she waa Instrument not more than Ave mln-
obliged to put the work aside, aa her utea; then alio made a plunging return
eye did not permit her to contlnua It Into the library, a hlmiched and atrlck-
I. .. ...UK.. i.. I ii. I.. t ...... II... In ha an wmnnn. Hh tmide Htm I) lie. llniS-
T ! lower floor, aha found the house allont, ter gesture at her husband.
...... ...i ...... Ar...m 11.. anMiiff lin. Inf Mernlilv nrrirthaflf1.
tilings were kind of spoiled anyway;
to we didn't do but Juxt a little mora
and thnt'a all."
(Jo on I What wn the 'Just a little
more? "
Well we got hlin to swuller little
teeny bltof asaftdlty thnt I'enrod
By BOOTH TAKKINGTON
'"'""''I I'enrod and Maurice
... ... ... , i Levy standing nenr (be gate engaged
.....1 . .f . I. A,..
10 see ir me evening paper nan come,
(Copyright, 1917, Wheal or Syndicate, Inc.)
Hut deorgle did. It la dlffleiilt to 1m
agluu how cause nnd elTccI could ha
mora dowdy and patiently related.
Inevitably, Oeorgie did route poking
around, How waa he to refrain when
dally, up and down lint neighborhood,
the In-other strutted with niytle and
tuiortntit ali-M, when they whispered
together and uttered worda of atrntige
Import In hta presence? Thus dlMhey
defeat their own object. They delrd
to keep tteorido at u dlntatice, yet they
could not refrain from poitlng before
hlin. They wlhcd to Impre upon
hint the fact that he wua an outNlder.
ainl they but aucceeded In muxlng Ida
Centre to be nn IhnIiIit, a desire which
soon becnnie a determination, For
few went the itaya until he not only
knew of the aback but had actually
paid It vllt. That wua tipon a
morning when the other boy were In
school, Oeorgie having found hlmxctf
tndlpocd until about ten o'clock,
when he waa able to take nourlh
ntent and aubwqtiently to IntereNt him
aelf In till rather private errnnd. lie
climbed the William' alley fence, and
having made a inodeNt Investigation of
the exterior of the ahack, which waa
padlocked, retired without having dla
turbed anything except Ida own pear
f mind, 111 ctirbmlty, merely plqncd
before, now became raveuoua and pain
ful. It waa not allayed by the myatlc
manner of the inembera or by the un
necessary etnphal they laid upon
their coldness toward hlmHelf; and
when a committee Informed him dark
ly that there were "secret ordera" to
prevent hie coming within "a hundred
been. If yon want to keep It, be ptr
lite ami Invite til i n In."
"lint "
"That 'a all, 1 wild!"
Sum waa crushed,
Next day b cominunli'iited the bit
ter atllmtaiicn of the edict to the other
member, and gloom became unanl
mou. Ho aeHiiiiN nn aspect did the
affair present that It waa felt nece
ury to cull it apeclal meeting of the
order after m-bool, The entire mem
berMblfl wn In attcudniiee ; the, door
wn closed, the window' eovered with
a hoard, nnd the candle lighted. Then
nil of the brother except one be
gan to exprcx their sorrowful appre
hension. The whole thing waa
apolled, they agreed, If Oeorgie Hn
aett had to be taken In. On the other
hand, If they didn't take htm In,
"there wouldn't be unythlng left." The
one brother who failed to expreaa any
opinion wn little Verman. He waa
otherwlae occupied.
Vermnn had been the official pnddler
during the Initiation of Itoddy IJHU
and Maurice Levy ; hi work hud been
roiiNCleutloiiN, and It aeemed to be tak
en by eonetit that he waa to continue
In office. An old hliigle from the
woodidied roof had been used for the
exerde of Id function In the cae of
noddy nnd Maurice, but thla afternoon
ho had brotiKbt with him a new one.
which he hud picked up oinew here. It
waa broader and thicker than the old
one, and during the melancholy proph
eclca of hla fellow, he whittled the
leaner end of It to the llkeneaa of
In quiet converatlon. I'enrod and
Maurice departed while aha wa look'
"Mra. Hnaaettr
"flo to the telephone," Mra. Wllllama
aald hoaraely. "Me want to talk to
you, too. She cun't talk uiiich ahe'a
hyaterlcal. She auya they lured
Ing for the paper, and Sara cutne Georgia Into the cellar and had him
beaten by negroeai Jinare not an
Mr. Wllllnma waa alreudy on hla
way.
"You find Sam!" he c(mmanded,
over hla ahoulder.
Mra. Wllllama atepped Into the front
hall.
"Bum!" alio called, addrelng the
upper reachea of the atalrway. "Sum I"
Not even who anawered.
"Sam I"
A fnlnt clearing of Homebody's thront
waa heard behind her, a aouud ao mod
eat and nnotitruHlve It wn no more
than Juat audible, and, turning, the
mother beheld her aon anting upon
the floor In the ahadow of he atalra
and gnr.lng meditatively at the nat-
rack. Ilia manner indicated that he
wlNhed to produce the Imprewdoo that
be had been sitting there, in thla aome-
what nnuaual place and o-cupation,
for a conalderable time, but without
overbearing anything tlmt went on In
the library, no eloae by.
"Sam," ahe crlel, "what hare yon
doner
"Well I gue my leg are all
right," be aald, gentry. "I got the ar
nlca on, ao probably they won't hurt
any m "
"Stand op !" ahe aalL
"Ma'am r
"March Into the library!"
Bam marched alow-time. In fact,
no funeral march ha been compoeed
In a time ao alow aa to xuit thla march
of Sara'. One might huve Kuapected
that be waa la a aiate of apprebeo-aloo.
and alxteen fet" auch wn I'enrod' , handle. Thu engiiged. he bore no an-
thougbtfully up the walk.
"Well, Sam," ahe aald, "it waan't
audi a bad thing, after all, to ahow a
little polltencn -to Oeorgie liaaaett,
wa It?"
Sain gave her a noncommittal look
preNMlon of every kind had been
wiped from Ida countenance. He pre
aented a blank atirfuce.
"No'm," he aald mii'kly,
"Kverythlng wa Jut a little plea
anter becuue you'd been friendly,
waan't ItT
"Yea'm."
"Ilaa Ocorgle gone home?"
"Tea'm."
"I henr you made enough noiae In
the cellar Did Georgia have a good
timer
"Ma'atnr
"lld Ocorgle liuaaett have a good
time?" ,
"Well" Ham now had the air of a
peraon trying to remember detail with
absolute accuracy "well, he didn't
aay be did, nnd he didn't aay he didn't"
"Did he thank the boyr
"No'm."
"Didn't he even thank you?"
No'm."
"Why, that'a queer," ah aald. "ne'e
alwaya ao polite. He aeemed to be
having a good time, didn't he, Bam?"
"Ma'amr
"Didn't Oeorgie aeeio to be enjoying
hlmaelfr
Thla question, apparently ao almple,
waa not anawered with prompt nea.
Sam looked at hla mother In a puzzled
way, and then found It neceaaary to
arbitrary language of the Wllllnma'
yard, "In any direction," Ocorgle could
hear It no longer, but entered hla own
hoime, and, In burning VMrd. laid the
enae before a woman higher up. Here
the reHiilblltty for thing I dlreetly
traceable to grown people. Within
that hour. Mr. iuett ut In Mr.
Wllllama' library to add re her boat-
tinn the auhjeel of (leorgle'a griev
ance. "(If coiirw. It hm't Snm' fault." ahe
anld, concluding her Interpretation of
the affair. "Ocorgle like Sam. nnd
didn't blame him at all. No; we both
fell that Hum would alwnya be a po
lite, nice boy Georgia ued tloe very
word but I'enrod eem to hnve a
very bad Influence. Oeorgie felt that
Sam would wnnt him to come and piny
In the shark If I'enrod didn't mnke
Snm do everything he want. What
tiurt Oeorgie mol I that It'a Snm'
aback, ami he felt for another hoy to
. come and tell him that be mttatn't even
go nenr It well, of courxe, It wa very
trying. And he' very much hurt with
little Maurice I'vy, too. He ald thnt
he wn mire that even I'enrod would
be glad to have him for a member of
their little club If It weren't for Mnu
rice and I think he poke of Itoddy
Itltt. too."
The fact that the two remaining
member were colored wn omitted
from thl dlacnurae which lend to
the deduction that Georgia had not
mentioned It.
"Georgia aald nil the other hoy
liked him very much," Mr. lhiaett
'Continued, "nnd that he fell It hi duty
to Join the club, because moat of them
were mo nnxtou to have him, nnfl he I
anre he would have a good Influence
over tln-iit. He really did apenk of It
in quite n touching way, Mr. Wll
Itntna. Of coiiinc, we mother mustn't
brag of our aon too much, but Ocorgle
renllv ln't like other boys. He I o
aeijnltlve, you can't think how thl lit
tie nffnlr hn hurt him, and I felt thnt
It might even make him III. You ace
I hail to rcupect hi reason for want
ing to Join the club. And If I nm hi
mother" J e gave n deprecating little
laugh "I must Hay thnt It deem noble
to want to Join not really for Id own
anke lot for the good he felt hi In
fluence would have over the other
hoy. Don't you think ho, Mr. Wll
llnm?"
Mrs, William, said thnt she did, In
deed. And the result of thla Interview
wna another, which took place be'
tween Sam nnd hi father thnt eve
ning, for Mr. William, after talking
to Snm herself, felt that the matter
needed n ninn to deal with It. The
mnn did It innn-fiiMhlon.
"You either Invite Oeorgie llnasett
to play In the nhnck nil he vnnt8 to,"
anld the man, "or the shack come
down."
"But" .
"Tnke your choice. I'm not going
to hnvo neighborhood quarrels over
auch "
"Hut, pnpn "
"That's enough I You nld yourself
you linven't anything ngalnNt Oeorgie
"I said
"You anld you didn't like him, but
you couldn't tell why. You cntildn'
Vlnto u single Instance of had behnv
lor ngalnst him. You couldn't men
tlon anything ho ever did which wnsn
what n gentleman alionld have done
It's no use, I tell you. Either you In
vlte Ocorgle to piny In the shack n
much us he llltes next Saturday, or the
Hlind; comes down."
"Hut, pnpn"
"I'm not going to talk any mot-
about It. If you want the shack pulle
down nnd hauled nwny, you nnd you
friend coin lime to tantalize this In
offensive little hoy the way you Have
penrnnce of dcsitomlency ; on the con
trry, hla eye, shining brightly In the
candlelight. Indicated thut eager
thought tweed hlin, while from
time to time the aouml of a chuckle Is
aued from hla almple African throat.
Gradually the other brother begnn to
otlce hla preoccupntlon, nnd one by
one they fell silent, regarding him
thoughtfully. Slowly the dnrkneaa of
their countenance lifted a little;
aomethlng happier and brighter began
to glimmer from each boyish face. All
eyea remained fascinated uion Vermnn.
Well, anyway," aald I'enrod, In a
tone thnt wa almost cheerful, "thl
I only Tuesday. We got pretty near
11 week to fix up the 'nlsblatlon for
Saturday."
And Saturday brought sunshine to
ake the occasion more tolerublo for
both candidate nnd the widely. Mrs.
William, going to the window to
watch Snm. when he left the house af
ter lunch, marked with pleasure that
hi look and manner were sprightly
n he aklpped down the wnlk to the
front gate. There he paused nnd yod
el ed for n time. An answering yod
el cnine presently; I'enrod Schofield
appeared, nnd by hi side walked
Georgia Harnett. Ocorgle wa always
neat, but Mr. William noticed thnt
he exhibited unusual gloss and polish
today. A for hi expression. It wa
n shade too complacent under the cir
cumstances, though, for that matter.
perfect tiu-t avoid nn air of triumph
under any circumstance. Mr. Wil
liams wn pleased to observe that Sam
nnd l'ennid betrayed m resentment
whatever; (hey seemed to have nc-
i-lited defunt III n good spirit nnd to
bo Inclined to make the best of
Oeorgie. Indeed, they appeared to he
genuinely excited about him It wua
evident thnt their cordiality was cnger
and wholehearted.
The three boys conferred for n few
moments; then snm iiisnppcurei round
the house and rnHiincd, waving Id
hand ami nodding. 1'pon thnt, I'enrod
took Ocorgle' left arm, Snm took his
right, nnd the three marched off to
the bnekynrd In a companloiuihlu way
which nimle Mrs. Williams feel that
It had been tin excellent thing to Inter
fere n little In Ocorgle' Interest,
Experiencing the benevolent warmth
thnt cotnes of assisting In n good ac
tion, she nacended to an apartment up
stair, nnd, for a couple of hours, em
ployed.hcrself with needle and thread
In sartorial repairs on behalf of her
husband nnd Sam, Then she wna In
terrupted by the advent of a colored
Rervlng-muld.
"Mia Wllllama. I reckon the house
goln' full down!" anld thl pessimist,
arriving out of brenth, "That a'lety
o Mist' Ram's auttcnly trytn to pull
the roof down on ow balds !"
"The roof?" Mra. Wllllnma Inquired
mildly. "They aren't In the nttlc, ore
they?"
"No'm; they In the cclluh, but they
renchln' for the roof! I nev' did henr
no seen, n rumpus an' squnwkln' an
aqunwlln' an' fullln' nn' whoopln' an'
whuckln' an' hangln'l They troop
down by the outside cclluh do', ne'en
imng! they bus' loose, nn' been
goln' on cv' since, wuss'n lledlunl Ef
they unythlng down celluh nln' broke
by this time, It caln' be only Jes' the
foundashun, nn' I bet that ain't goln'
stun' much longer! I'd gone down nn'
stop 'em, but I'm 'fraid to. Hones',
Mix Wllllnnm, I'm 'frald o' my life go
down there, all thnt Bedlun goln' on. 1
thought I come see what you any."
Mrs. Williams laughed.
"We'll hnvo to stand n little noise In
the hou.se, sometimes, Fanny,- when
there nre boys. They're Just playing,
nnd n lot of noise Is usually a pretty
anfo sign."
"Well, Then We Had the Rixual, and and Why, the Teeny Little Paddlin'
He Got Wouldn't Hurt a Flea!"
rub eneh of his shins In turn wllh the
palm of hi right hand.
"I stumbled," he said, apologetically.
"I stumbled on the collar steps."
"Did you hurt yourself?" she asked
quickly.
"No'm; but I guess maybe I better
rub some arnica"
"I'll get It," she said. "Come up to
your father's bathroom, Sam. Doea It
hurt much?"
"No'm," he answered truthfully, "It
hardly hurts at nil."
And having followed her to the
bathroom, he Insisted, with unusual
gentleness, thnt he be left to apply
the arnica to the nlleged Injuries him
self. He wns so persuasive thnt she
yielded, nnd descended to the library,
where she found her husband once more
at home after his day's work.
"Well?" he said. "Did Oeorgie show
up, nnd were they decent to him?"
"Oh, yes; It's nil right. Sara and
Penrod were good as gold. I snw them
being actually cordinl to him."
"Thnt'a well," snld Mr. Wllllnms,
settling Into a chnlr with his pnper.
"I was a little apprehensive, but I sup
pose I was mistaken. I walked home,
nnd Just now, ns I passed Mrs. Bas
sett's I saw Doctor Venny's enr In
front, nnd thnt bnrber from the cor
ner shop on Second street wns going
In the door. I couldn't think what a
widow would need n bnrber nnd a doc
tor for especially at the smiie, time.
I couldn't think what Oeorgle'd need
such n combination for, cither, nnd
then I got afrnld thnt maybe "
Mr. Williams entered nt one door
as his son crossed the threshold of the
other, nnd this encounter wns a pite
ous sight. After one glance, at his fa
ther's face, Sam turned desperately.
as If to flee outright. But Mrs. Wil
liams stood in the doorway behind
him.
"You come here 1" And the father's
voice wns aa terrible as his face,
"What did you do to Oeorgie Bas-aett?"
"Nothln'," Sum gulped; "nothln' at
all."
"What!"
"We Just we Just 'nlshlnted him."
Mr. Wllllnma turned abruptly,
"Well, he dldn'S exactly fo ia th
fellnr," aald Ham reluctantly.
"Well, fcow did he get In the cellar,
thenr
"He he fell In." anld Sam.
"How did he fall InT
"Well, the door wa open, nnd well,
he kept walkln' round there, and we
I hollered at him to keep away, but Juat
then he kind of well, the first I no
ticed waa I couldn't aee hint, and ao
we went and looked down the atepa,
and he wn alttlng down there on the
bottom atep and kind of shouting,
and "
"See hereT Mr. Wllllama Interrupt
ed. "You're going to make a clean
breast of thla whole nffnlr and take
the consequence. You're going to tell
it and tell It all. Do you understand
thatr
"Yea, air."
"Then tell me how Georgle Baaett
fell down the cellar atepa and tell
me quick f"
"He he waa blindfolded."
"Aha I Now we're getting at It. You
begin at the beginning and tell me Just
what you did to him from the time be
got here. Understand T
"Yes, air."
"Goon, thenr
"Well, I'm goln to," Sum protested
"We never hurt him at all. He wasn't
even hurt when he fell down cellar,
There'a a lot of mud down there, be
cause the cellar door leaks, and '
"Sara!" Mr. William' tone waa
deadly. "Did you hear me tell you to
begin at the beginning?"
Sam made an effort and was able to
obey.
"Well, we had everything ready for
the 'uiKhlatlon before lunch," he aald,
"We wanted It all to he nice, because
you said we had to have him, papa,
and after lunch Penrod went to guard
him that' a new part In the rixual
and be brought hlin over, and we took
him out to the aback and blindfolded
him, and well, be got kind of mad be.
cause we wanted hlra to lay down on
hi stummlck and be tied up, and be
aald he wouldn't, because the floor waa
a little bit wet In there and he could
feel It sort of squashy under hla shoe,
and he aald bia mother didn't want
him ever- to get dirty, and he just
wouldn't do It ; and we all kept telling
blin be had to, or else how would there
be any 'nlshlntlon ; and he kept gettin'
madder, and said he wanted to have
the 'nUhlatlon outdoors where It wasn't
wet, and be wasn't goln' to lay down
on his stummlck, anyway." Sum
paused for wind, then got under way
again : "Well, some of the boys were
tryln' to get him to lay down on hla
stummlck, and he kind of fell up
against the door and It came open and
he ran out In the yard. He was tryln'
to get the blindfold off his eyes, but
he couldn't, because it was a towel In
a pretty hard knot; and he went tear-
In' all around the bnckyard, and we
didn't chase him, or anything. All we
did was Just wntch him und that'a
when he fell In the cellar. Well, It
didn't hurt him any, but he was mud
dler than what he would hnve been If
he'd just hud sense enough to lay
down In the shuck. Well, so we
thought, long as he wns down In the
Cellar anyway, we might as well have
the rest of the 'nlshlatlon down there.
So we brought the things down and
and 'nishinted him nnd that's all
That's every bit we did to him."
"Yes," said Mr. Williams sardonical
ly; "I see. What were the details of
the initiation?"
Sir?"
I wnnt to know what else you did
to him? Whnt was the Inltlationr
"It's It's secret," Sara murmured
plteously.
"Xot any longer,. I assure jou! The
society Is n thing of the past, ond
you'll find your friend Penrod's par-1
ents agree with me in that. Mrs. Bus
sett had already telephoned them when
she called us up. You go on with your
story I"
Sam sighed deeply, and yet It may
have been a consolation to know that
his present misery wns not altogether
without Its counterpart. Through the
falling dusk h!s spirit may have
crossed the Intervening distance to
entch a glimpse of his friend suffering
simultaneously nnd standing within
the same peril. And If Sam's spirit did
thus behold I'enrod In jeopardy, It waa
a true vision.
"Go on!" said Mr. Williams.
"Well, there wasn't any Ore in the
furnnce because It's too warm yet,
and we weren't goin' to do nnythlng'd
hurt him, so we put hlin In there "
"In the furnnce?"
"It was cold," protested Snm.
"There hadn't been any Are there
since Inst spring. Course we told him
there was fire In It. We had to do
that," he continued earnestly, "because
that was part of the 'nlshlntlon. We
only kept him In It a little while and
kind of hammered on the outside a Ut-
New Minister From
Roumania to America
nulled to liuve lb n. ur1 Th a bag kfoun3
hi neck. It wasn't enough to even
ainke a person sneeze It wasn't much
more'n a half a spoonful It waan't
hardly a quarter of a spoonf "
"Ha 1" aald Mr. William. "That ac
count for the doctor. What ele?"
"Well we we had aome paint left
over from our flag, and we put a little
teeny bit of It on hi hair and"
"Hn !" aald Mr. William. "That ac
count for the barber. What else?"
"That's all," anld Snm, swallowing.
Then he got mad and went home."
Mr. Williams walked to the door,
and sternly molloned to the culprit to
precede hlra through It. But Just be
fore the pair passed from her sight,
Mr. Williams gave way to an uncon
trollable Impulse.
Sam," ahe asked, "what doe 'In-Or-
In' stand for?"
The unfortunate boy had begun to
sniffle.
"It It mean Innapenent Order of
Infadelaty," he moaned and plodded
onward to hla doom.
Not hla alone: at that very moment
Master Roderick Magsworth Bltta, Jr.,
waa suffering also, consequent upon
telephoning on the part of Mra. Baa-
sett, though Roderick' punishment
wa administered less on the ground
of Georgle' trouble and more on that
of Roddy' having affiliated with an
order consisting ao largely of Herman
and Verman. A for Maurice Levy, he
waa no whit lesa unhappy. He fared
a 111.
Simultaneously, two ex-members of
the In-or-In were finding their lot for
tunate. Something had prompted them
to linger In the alley In the vicinity of
the shack, and it waa to thla fated edl
flee that Mr. Wllllama, with demoniac
Justice, brought Sara for the deed he
bad In mind.
Herman and Verman listened awe-
stricken to what went on, within the
shack. Then, before it was over, they
crept away and down the alley toward
their own home. Thla waa directly
across the alley from the Schoflelda'
stable, and they were horrified at the
sounds which Issued from the Interior
of the stable storeroom. It was the
St. Bartholomew's Eve of that neigh
borhood. "Man, manl" said Herman, shaking
hla bead. "Glad I aln' no white boy I"
Verman aeemed gloomily to assent
ti
t i
If
Dr. Conatantln Angelesco, recently
appointed Roumanian minister to the
United States, haa arrived In Wash
ington to take up hla datlea. Be
proposes to make an effort to bring
the United States and hla own na
tion Into closer relations, now that
they are both In the war.
BRITISH ON MEAT RATION
4
LONDON, Feb. 11. Bare
Rhondda, the food controller, haa
issued a meat-rationing order
which glvea each civilian approx- 4
imately one pound of meat week-
ly.
if
FARMERS AND LABOR
A Hindrance.
An army officer who served In the
Spanish war tells of a New York regi
ment, many of whose members were
recruited on the East side. They were
spoiling for a fight, and It became
necessary to post guards to preserve
order.
A big husky Bowery recruit, of pu
gilistic proportions, was put on duty
outside ond given special ordera to
see that quiet reigned, and, above all
things. If trouble came his way, not
to lose possession of his rifle.
Soon a general row began, grow
ing In proportions as the minutes pass
ed. The soldier walked his post ner
vously, without Interrupting, until the
corporal of the guard appeared on the
scene with re-enforcements.
"Why didn't you stop this row?" de
manded the corporal.
The sentry balanced his rifle on his
shoulder, raised his arm to the cor
rect boxing position, nnd replied :
"Shore, phwat could I do wld dls
gun In me hands?" Harper's.
Decision to perfect the Oregon
branch organization of the Non-Parti-aan
league waa reached Saturday by
an executive committee appointed rec
ently at a conference of members of
the grange, Farmers' union and State
Federation of Labor. Details will be
worked out and a program will be oat-
lined for announcement in a formal
statement
Those In attendance at the commit
tee meeting were: J. D. Brown, presi
dent of the Farmers' union; J. A.
Smith, Farmers' union; C. E. Spence
master, and M. M. Burtner, delegate of
the state grange; E. J. Stack and C.
M. Ryneraon of the State Federation
of Labor; Cole McKenna of the Arti
sans and Professor Hector McPher
aon of Oregon Agricultural college.
walked to the fireplace, and there
turned again, facing the wretched ! e. and tilen we took Iilm out an Sot
Snm.
2- , s st ,.. ,,
$ LEPERS AID RED CROSS
HONOLULU. T. .H., Feb. 11.
Stirred by their own plight to
S help war sufferers, hundreds of
$ men, women and children in the
3- leper settlement on Molokal have
$ raised $248 for the Red Cross, it 4
waa announced here today.
Causes of Winds.
Winds are produced by a disturb
ance of the equilibrium In some part
of the atmosphere; a disturbance al
ways resulting from a difference In
temperature- between adjacent sec
tions. Thus, if the temperature of a
certain extent of ground becomes high
er, the air in contact with It becomes
REAL ESTATE.
Eunice G. Sargent, widow to Lars
Leknas, all of lots 45 and 46, block 3,
White City Park; $10.
Leo Rath and Laura Rath to Will
Widmer, SW of NW of section 23,
Willamette Meridian, township - 2
heated. It expands and goes townrds south, range 4 east, containing 40
the colder or higher v regions of the
atmosphere; Whence it flows, produc
ing winds which blow from hot to cold
countries. But nt the snme time the
equilibrium Is destroyed nt the sur
face of the enrth, for the pressure on
the colder ndjacent parts Is greater
than on that which has been heated,
nnd hence a current will be produced
with a velocity dependent on the dif
ference between these pressures; thus
two distinct winds will be produced
an upper one setting outwards from
the heated region, and a lower one set
ting Inwards towards "It
"That's all you did?"
"Yea, sir."
"Oeorgie Bassett's mother has Just
told me over the telephone," said Mr.
Williams deliberately, "thnt you nnd
Penrod Schofield and Roderick BItts
nnd Maurice Levy lured Georgle Into
the cellar nnd hnd him beaten by ne
groes!" At this, Sam wns able to hold up his
head a little nnd to summon a rather
feeble Indignation.
"It ain't so," he declared. "We
didn't any such thing lower him into
1 the cellar. We weren't goin' near the
I cellar with him. We never thought
! of goln' down cellar. He went down
, there himself, first."
'So! I suppose he was running
Mrs. Williams lnughed. "Oh, no; It ! Irora yuu' l'""r 11 iTlD 10
hasn't anything to do with his having ; l"Li'c """' '" " ' "c'
been over there. I'm sure they were
very nice to him."
"Well, I'm gliul of thnt."
"Yes, indeed" Mrs. Williams be-
"He xvnsn t, snld Sam doggedly.
"We weren't chasln' him or anything
at nil."
"Then why did he go In the cellar?"
him to lay down on his stummlck, be
cause he was nil muddy anyway,
where he fell down the cellar; and
how oould It matter to anybody that
hnd any sense at all? Well, then we
hnd the rixual, and nnd why, the
teeny little pnddltn' he got wouldn't
hurt a flent It was thnt little colored
boy lives In the alley did It he Isn't
anyways nenr half Georgle's sire but
Georgle got mad and said he didn't
want any ole nigger to paddle him.
That's what he snld, and It was his
own foolishness, because Verman won't
let anybody call him 'nigger,' nnd If
Georgle wns goin' to cnll him that, he
ought to had sense enough not to do
It when he was layln' down that way
nnd Vermnn nil ready to be the pad
dler. And he needn't of been so mad
nt the rest of us, either, because It
took us nbout twenty minutes to get
the paddle away from Verman after
that, nnd we had to locli Verman up
In the lnundry room and'not let nun
out till It was nil over. Well and then
One Thing at a Time.
Perhaps because you have so many
goals you wish to reach you are far
away from any of them, observes an
efficiency expert.
You are dividing your forces.
You must have one real objective
point If you would win success the
success which Is worth winning.
It Is quite Impossible to have one
major subject which you study and
aim to excel In, nnd then fritter away
part of your time on others.
Certain arts and studies are allied,
'tis true.
Then select one and study it thor
oughly and well.
Concentrated thought, study and ac
tion In one direction will accomplish
grent things.
But a smattering of all and finish
of nothing Is time wasted.
Choose wisely; then go to it one
thing at a time.
Mutual Understanding.
"How are you getting on with your
French lessons?"
"First rate. I'm getting so I know
what I'm talking about almost as well
as the teacher."
acres; $10.
L. O. Skov and Anna E. Skov, to
Jos. T. and Arthur F. Anderson, 56.74
acres section 8 .township 4 south,
range 1 east Willamette Meridian;
$4000.
Isaac Lowell Brlstow and Amy Brls
tow, to W. F. and Elbert L. Bristow,
an undivided one-third interest In east
of the southwest of the south
west of section 18, township 3 south
range 1 west, Willamette Meridian;
$10.
J. DeVore Johnson, widow, to L. A.
Morris, beginning at the northeast
corner of block 21, Oregon City, run
ning thence up the hill or bluff on a
further projection of the northwest
boundary of said block 21, 65 feet to
Intersection with westerly line of Cen
ter street of said Oregon City; thence
in southerly direction along the west
erly boundary of Center street 86
feet to the northerly boundary of
block 42; thence westerly direction
tracing the northerly boundary of aald
block 42, and an extension of the same,
101 feet to intersection of southeaster
ly boundary of said block 21, under
the bluff, thence in a northeasterly di
rection along the boundary of said
block 21 to place of beginning; $10.
Rebecca Deetz and H. H. Deetz, to
Ahner F. and Susan Yoder, beginning
at the southeast corner of section 30,
in township 4 south, range 1 east, Wil
lamette Meridian, thence west one
hundred and sixty rods; thence north
50 rods; thence east 160 rods; thence
south 50 rods to the place of begin
ning, 60 acres; $5500.00.
Oscar Lee and Ruth Erma Kaylor,
40 acres section 20, township 5 south,
range 2 east, Willamette Meridian;
$10.00.
How's This? .
Wa otTor One Hundred "Dnllnr Reward
for nny rime of Catarrh tlmt cannot ba
cured by Hall's Catarrh Mtllcln.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine ling been taken
by catarrh BUfferer tor the pat thirty
five yeari, and ha become Itnown aa the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall'
Cntnrrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surface, expelling the Poi
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Hall's Catarrh
Medicine for a short tlmo you will ee a
great Improvement In your g-eneral
health. Htart taking Hall' Catarrh Medi
cine at one and art rid of catarrh. Bend
for teatlmnnlslH, free.
F. J, CHKNKT ft CO., Toledo, Ohio,
Bold by all Druggist. 76o.
MARKET
REPORT
There has been very little change
during the week in the local market
report, except that the United States
food administration has issued an or
der prohibiting the sale of hens or pul
lets between February 11 and April
30. Thla order does not apply to
roosters, turkeys, ducks and geese.
The price of cabbage has declined
and la now selling at 4 cents per
pound.
Creamery butter has gone
cents per pound.
to 61
As given by the Brady Mercantile
company and Farr Brothers.
BUYING
Creamery butter ..61c
Potatoes .....75cg$1.25
Onions, per 100 lbs $2.50
Butter (country) per roll 85c
Eggs, per dozen . 4245c
8ELLINO.
Potatoes, per 100 lbs. $1.00$1.60
Eggs, per dozen 47c60c
Batter, per roll (country) $1.G0
Creamery butter, per roll $1.15$1.I0
Old roosters, per lb. 10c12c
eeo.
Oats, per 100 lbe i
Wheat, per TOO lbs
$3.00
$3.30
Cracked wheat $4.25
Cabbage, per pound .4c
Shorts, 801b. sack $1.60
Bran, 55-lb. sack $1.05
Flour, per saclc .$2.65,$2.76-$2.b0
Salt, 50 lbs Mgh grade 75c
Hay, per ton $25$35
Chick food, per 100 lbs. $5 00
Scratch food, per 190 lbs. $125
Bone, per 100 lbs $3 5(
Twin Four feed -$2.50
Beef scraps $6.01
Percheron horse teed, 100 lbs... .$3.00
Berkshire $3.M
Kackle feed, per 100 Iba. $3.00
Holsteln dairy food, per 80-lb $1.60
Oil meal ?4.00
Blood meal poultry, tt 10c
Albert mash food $3-60
Middlings, 90-lb. saok $2.SJ
Whole corn $4.26
Cracked corn ,
.$4 25
Coooannt oU meal $2.75
Ground eon -I4.M
Easter oyster shelL
Sugar, 12 lbs
Western Shell
41-60
.$1.00
..$1.25
WHEELS TO TURN MONDAYS
Grit Per 100 lbs 90c
Livestock Buying
Live hogs $15.75
T....JI VAv 1 7 r7fl1 Qf
Lambs He I
, ,V. OUn I
spring oaiuKuua, yoi iu. - w
Steer 7oo
S WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Fuel
3 Administrator Garfield today sus-
pended the Monday closing order
Veal, lb., dressed 17c 19c
Hens 20c22
Marshfield Coos county shipped
150,000 feet of spruce for airplane ma
terial Is December.
0
GET YOUR VALENTINE
13.
WASHINGTON, Feb.
Sending of thrift stamps as Val-
3 entlnes is suggested to the public
In a resolution introduced by Re-
presentative Lnnn, of New York, 4
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