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MORNING ENTERPRISE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1912.
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Pendletons
: The
House Warmingl
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A Happy Elunder
I By CLARISSA MACKIE f
All the men In the office were inter
ested in Jim Pendleton" new house
Bt Villa Heights. On the first of the
month Jim would cease to be a "cliff
dweller" and would get right down to
the business of sprinting for his train
each morning, for Villa Heights was
only twenty minutes from his office if
he caught the 8:10. otherwise it was
an hour and thirteen minutes.
The morning he announced that they
were all settled and ready for visitors
he slammed down on his desk a goodly
pile of seed catalogues and grinned
happily.
"Gere's where the fun comes in, fel
lows." he declared. "I'm going io hare
a garden in the spring, and when I
have ydu chaps down there to eat the
green corn I have raised or cut one of
my nice juicy water melons, after
you've tasted my crops, you'll all be
buying plots at Villa Heights."
"Don't tell us any more." pleaded
Case. "You'll have us all married and
moving before Easter."
"Hope you will. ' When are you com
ing down?"
The day was settled upon after a
Uttle discussion, and the nine fellow
clerks of Jim Pendleton put their beads
together and planned to take with them
appropriate gifts to signify their pleas
ure and approval of the new abode
and as a testimonial of the esteem in
which they held their associate.
It fell upon a Thursday and the last
words of Jim Pendleton when he left
the office that night of the house
warming, were uttered as a warning
to the dilatory ones. "Remember,
trains wait for no man that's the first
admonition In the 'Commuters' Cat
echism," but if you miss the 7:03 you
can take the 9:10. You'll know the
es usch . -
"STOP OB I'LL BAVS TO FIRS. 1"
house. It's the second from the sta
tion and It will be well lighted up to
night Beth said she would give you a
royal welcome."
The nine house warmers missed the
703, as a matter of course. All of
them reached the station four minutes
past 7, and during a tedious wait they
Indulged in naps, for as Billy Lemmick
said:. "We might as well put In all
the winks we can If we miss the 12
something we will have to walk home.
I wouldn't dream of asking Jimmy to
put the whole nine of us up for the
night"
At alf past 0 they left the train at
Villa Heights and struck the cool au
tumn air with a pleasant sense of free
dom in the sparsely settled community.
They were merely a parcel of boys any
way and played leapfrog all the way
flown to the first puzzling corner of
the street that ran down from the sta
tion. "Second bouse from the station and
all lighted up." announced Billy Lem
mick as they passed a modest rather
old fashioned cottage and stopped be
fore a modern house that the moon
light revealed to be of stucco with a
tiled roof. Every window was an
oblong of friendly light and bespoke
a welcome for the invading house
warmers. Lace curtains veiled the In
terior of the rooms, but at an upper
window, where a white shade was
3rawn. a shadow crossed and recrossed.
. "Hope tbey haven't given us up."
mutteivd Case as they passed in single
file up the onerete walk and tiptoed
up the steps to tbe piazza.
"Hardly, when he named the 9:10 as
an alternative. Shall we ring him up
or sing him up?" Billy Lemmick. the
practical joker of the office, turned and
faced his companions with raised eye
brows. "Scare him up," decided Bob Oakley.
As be spoke he turned tbe knob of the
front door. It yielded easily, and aft
er an Instant's hesitation be removed
his hat and tiptoed softly Inside, fol
lowed by his eight companions In vari
us stages of disapproval, compliance,
uneasiness and fun loving mischief and
the Idea of getting a rise out of old
Tim my Pendleton.
The pleasant homelike rooms seemed
'Unite deserted, although there appear
ed a certain air of expectation about
the house; lf lowers" wre grouped hero
and there, a card table was placed near
an electric drop light and an open
piano bore a sheet of music. Overhead
was the sound of a light footstep pass
ing back and forth.
"I feel pretty mean." acknowledged
Case after a moment or two of con
sideration. "We"'
"Top late now." admonished Billy
cheerfully. "Mrs Jimmy Is coming
down now. I see a pink gown In the
offing. Only one thing to do line up
and give 'm that song Oakley composed
one day when he was sick."'
The nine formed a wavering line,
their eighteen patent leather shod toes
pointed toward the stairs. They stood1
stiffly and roared the doggerel- song
that Bob Oakley had composed and
dedicated to Jim Pendleton:
Hello, Jimmy Pendleton
And Mrs. Jimmy too!
Here's to your house warming!
Pray bid us welcome do
For we are the merry
House warmers
The merry house warmers suddenly
stilled into a ghastly silence. All the
jovial laughter died from their merry
eyes and their patent leather toes turn
ed as If in flight, for there on the stairs
was a tall, stately young woman,
gowned in pink, with flashing black
eyes and a very pale face. In one out
stretched hand she held a greaming
revolver pointed straight at Billy Lem
mlck's left ear.
"Stop, or I'll have to fireP' she said
feebly.
The nine stared at the shaking re
volver with fascinated eyes. There
was every reason to believe that It
might go off without Intent on the part
of tbe scared young woman. Frank
Case was the first to find his voice.
"Mr. Pendleton expected us," he
vouchsafed sheepishly.
Her eyebrows went up. "Mr. Pen
dleton?" "He said the second bouse from the
station. We were Invited to a house
warming. He has recently removed to
Villa Heights from the city. Isn't
Isn't this his house?"
"Oh!" The revolver was swiftly low
ered, and the nine shuffled their toes
relievedly. The pink gown came down
several steps and looked at them with
a gracious smile. "You have made a
mistake, gentlemen," she said pleas
antly. "Mr. Pendleton's house Is the
next one to this, the third house. I
am afraid he did not count In the old
fashioned cottage on the corner of tbe
street when he gave you directions."
"I hope you will pardon our Intru
sion. I we don't know how to apolo
gize. It was an Idiotic thing to do any
way unless we were positive about the
house." said Frank Case with a dark
frown at Billy Lemmick. who had been
the leader of this invasion.
The nine merry bouse warmers apolo
gized singly and In chorus when the
girl Interrupted them with a pretty
gesture.
"Please don't apologize. If you only
knew how nice it seems to hear voices
In this house! My husband and I mov
ed In here a few weeks ago from the
west and as we are strangers we have
been thrown entirely upon our own re
sources, and its horribly lonely. So the
sound of lusty singing startled me
pleasantly at first, for I am a Mrs.
Jimmy, too Mrs. Jimmy Cornell and
here comes my husband." She came
down the remaining stairs into the hall
just as the front door opened quickly
and a tall young man entered.
Mrs. Jimmy Cornell came forward
and told her husband all about it, and
there were several moments of hearty
laughter at the expense of the house
warmers, as they called themselves.
Then Mr. Cornell suddenly ceased his
laughter. -
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I'm
afraid you're doomed to disappoint
ment tonight after all. When I went
out half an hour ago Pendleton and
his wife were coming along, hurrying
to catch a train Into town. Seems
that Mrs. Pendleton's father had been
taken suddenly ill and they had been
sent for. 1 remember now that they
said something about expecting
friends, but that they had left word
with the maid to explain the situa
tion."
"We will try again another night and
be pretty sure that we get the right
house." said Frank Case as he led his
party toward the door.
Mrs. Cornell and her husband ex
changed a glance, and then the latter
spoke and arrested their departure.
"Gentlemen, If you'll excuse the un
conventlonality of the Invitation, as
we are comparatively strangers to you.
Mrs. Cornell and I would enjoy hav
ing you spend the remainder of the
evening with us and give us a house
warming."
The .nine accepted without an In
stant's hesitation, and at Billy Lem
mlck's request the host and hostess
stood on the stairs while the nine lined
up again and roared the doggerel song
that Oakley had composed for Jimmy
Pendleton's benefit, only they substi
tuted the name of their new acquaint
ances for that of Pendleton's.
When the evening was over and
they fairly ran to the station to catch
the last train for town and. missing it.
cheerfully spent the night In the sta
tion the nine house warmers agreed
that If Jimmy Pendleton and his wife
were not the best folks in the world
they would have accorded that place to
Jimmy Cornell and his pretty wife.
The result of this mistake was that
the lonely Cornells found a number of
new and agreeable friends, and the
nine bachelors discovered another hos
pitable door open to them in Villa
Heights.
In after years, when tbe nine were
married and went to live in stuccbed
and red tiled houses at Villa Heights,
they formed a baseball club. and. of
course, they were called "the Houe
Warmers."
The Moat.
Before the days of artillery the moat
was an effective means of defense, par
ticularly when filled with water. In
very large forts or castles It sometimes
assumed the dimensions of a lake, be
ing often 100 yards wide and ten to
twenty feet deep. The moat was
crossed by a drawbridge, which could
be raised at ah instant's notice. When
the moat was too wide to permit of
this bridge 'covering the entire dis
tance a Blight wooden bridge was em
ployed. ;
COURAGE.
Many a man has dried up in a
little wayside opportunity merely
because he lacked the courage to
acknowledge to himseli that his
judgment had landed him in the
'wrong spot. Fortune disdains tnere
ability; bran is nothiDg without
bravery. The man . Who can be
thrashed by a sneer has retreated
before he is 'defeated. Herbert
Kaufman.
SEE A NEW COY IN FLYNN.
Enthusiasts Pick Him' as the Regular
Fullback For Yale.
"Lefty" KUiiu' has won his place on
the Yale eleven1 without any question
and unless Injured will be' the regular
fullback. His long punting in the game
f -&xY
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"MUTT" FIiTNN. TALK FULLBACK.
against Syracuse, as well as his work
In carrying the ball, commended him
very forcibly to the coaches and to the
enthusiasts in the grand stand, who
saw in him a new Coy.
SUPPLY OF LIVE
STOCK INCREASES
The Portland Union Stock Yards
Company reports as follows:
Receipts for the week are cattle
1996; calves 10; hogs; 4575; sheep
4693; horses and mules 70.
Cattle buyers have come to
the realization that there was not
a wide enough spread In the prices
applying to good cattle and the or
dinary qualities. There has been a
tendency to pay fully as much for
cows and butcher stuff as for top
steers. Competition in the butcher
line has occasioned this to some ex
tent but there is an expressed ten
dency as shown by the prices prevail
ing througn last week to make- a
greater difference between good and
inferior quality. Top steers showed
little or no change. The market, how
ever, showed a difference of fram 15
to 25c. There were th$se who claim
ed that there was 10 to 15c less for
top quality steers. There was a more
liberal supply last week and buyers
had better opportunity to carry out
their intentions.
The hog market remained about
stationary. Quality considered, sel
lers got as good prices for their hogs
as they did the tveek before.
The sheep market was about steddy.
There were some claims of weakness
but the general market does not bear
this out.
STRAWBERRIES ATTRACT
IN OREGON CITY MARKET
The local market Monday was quiet.
There is little change in the price of
apples. More pears than usual were
offeed and they bought good pices.
Strawberries grown by Mr. Kuppen
bender at Clairmont, about two miles
from this city, were on sale at the
Seeley grocery, the retail price being
15 cents. They were delicious and
attracted much attention. Good toma
toes at 65 and 75 cents were in the
market. There is a big supply of
pumpkins In the market for the Hallo
we'en season. Grapes are plentiful.
This will prabably be the last week
forpeaches. -
Prevailing Oregon City prices are aa
follows:
DRIED FRUITS (Baying), Prunes
on basis 6 to 8 cents.
HIDES (Buying), Green hides 6c
to 7c; salters 7c; dry hides 12 e to
14c; sheep pelts 30c to 85c each.
EGGS Oregon ranch eggs 35 and
38 cents case count.
FEED (Selling), Shorts f27; bran
25; process barley $38 per ton. -
FLOUR $4.60 to 5.50.
POTATOES New, about 60c to 60c
per hundred.
POULTRY (Buying) Hens lie;
spring 13c, an droosters 8c.
HAY (Buying) .Clover at $9 and
$10; oat hay best $11 and $12;' mix
ed $10 to $12; alfalfa $15 to $16.50;
Idaho timothy $20; whole corn $40;
cracked $41.
OATS $26; wheat $1.05 bushel;
oil meal selling about $55; Shay
Brook dairy feed $1.30 per hundred
pounds.
Butter, Poultry, Eggs.
BUTTER (Buying), Ordinary conn
try butter 30c and 35c; fancy dairy
80c roll.
- Livestock, Meats.
BEEF (Live Weight), Steers 6 l-2c
and 6 l-4c; cows 4 1-2 and 5c; bulls
3 l-2c.
MUTTON Sheep Sc to 5c.
PORK 10 12c and 11c.
VEAL Calves 12c- to 13c dressed,
according to grade.
CHICKENS 11c.
MOHAIR 33c to 35c.
Fruits
APPLES 70c and $1; peaches 60c
and 65c; crab apples 2c lb.
VEGETABLES
ONIONS lc lb; peppers 7c lb; toma
toes, 50c; corn 8c and 10c a doz.
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EAGLE CREEK. Twenty young men of Eagle Creek
-r ' organized an athelitlc club with W.
The Ladies Aid of Eagle Creek Smith as president, Clarence O'Neel
church have succeeding in getting the vice-president, Willie Still, secretary
noted De Moss family to give a musl- and M. C. Glover, treasurer,
cal October 31, which will no doubt be The Ladles Aid of Eagle Creek
a treat to all lovers of music. church ere very busy getting ready
Contracters have just started thefor their bazaar which will be held
new home for Mrs. Phillips. November 22, 1912.
WHY
CONGRESSMAN W. C. HAWLEY
Should Be Re Ejected to Congress.
Because Mr. Hawley has had "No in
terests to serve but the public inter
ests."
Because in point of ability, exper
ience in qualifications for the posi
tion of congressman no opposing Can
dldate can compared favorably with
Mr. Hawley.7
Because to large abilities . and efE
ciency is added Mr. Hawley's reputa
tion for honesty, moral manhood and
a character without blemish.
Because he was born in Oregon,
knows her needs and has secured
millions of dollars for public improve
ments in the First District.
Because he does not spend recesses
between sessions in Congress In idle
ness but travels thousands of miles
annually over his district conferring
with his constituents and learning
their needs and opinions that he may
better serve and represent them. .
Because it has been proven that
Mr. Hawley is able, efficient and sue
cessful and has large plans for the
people which he can complete in an
other term.
Because he has reached an infiuen
tlal position in Congress after years
of hard work on committees on Agri
culture and Labor and his future
labors would bring greater results
for Oregon than any new man could
hope to secure until aftes several
terms In Congress.
Because without distinction in
party r affiliation, wealth or position,
Mr. Hawley has served all of the
people to the full extent of his abill
ties.
Because as a public servant he has
so labored for progressive legislation
beneficial to the people, the State and
Nation that Presidents Taft and
Roosevelt, his associates in the
House, and his constitutuents gener
ally have praised Mr. Hawley In
terms similar to those of Governor
West who made the following state
ment after a visit to the National
Capitol: "In Intellect; oratorical abil
ity and devotion to the intertsts of
the people, Hawley stands head and
shoulders above the grea majority
of the members of the National House
of Representatives."
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