MIUSBORO ARtiOS MRCH IT, IttO
POE 4
A GEISHA GIRL
By SADIE OLCOTT.
IPopfrlght, lSlO, by AmrrU-an Prras Awo
clallutv "Ity the spirits of your ancestors I
K-m-o. li you to hide mo 7
Th troriU .-re spoken ty a young
Js,,ui -ie svlio ruslnl Into a toa house
nu-ra kt. i J a atanlitl geisha glrL It
ma ni..re than forty yearn io, wbeu
the folio w"i of the inik:i!o and the
abogun were atruKlini; fur the su
premacy la Japan.
"What la it, HtTobumir asked, tb
Itlrl quickly.
"Vhe shoff.nlics; They sn after me.
If they catch me they will kill me.
Quick,' Mkamn.'"
TU girl flart.M jrlanoea In every di
rection, and finally her eyes lighted on
what aha at uuc nvopnluM as the
kest plai-e for coticvalment In every
Jaimicso h.'iix- Is a dust hole. The
groand floor Is rald atout two feet
ahv the earth, and a square hole Is
cet In th floor. Into which the dust
and titter of the rooms are swept.
tie In there. julckr cried the gtrU
pobiKiif to the hole.
nerohuml sprang Into the hole, dou
bling btmsef up to occupy the space.
. X Ik a ma put a lioard over It. and on
tha board she placed a brailer, thus
concealing the hole and making It ap
pear that the brasler rested on the
floor. Then she sat down before the
braxler. In whu h was a fire, and ap
peared to be latily warming herself,
la another uiomeut a band of armed
tuen rushed In. The girl looked up at
thetn In feigned surprt.e.
"A man U here, said their leader,
"whom we seek. We saw hiui enter.
When is her
Tou are welcome to look for him."
"We wtll see for ourselves." replied
the man, and, with bis followers, be
began a search of the premises. They
noted furniture; they opened closets;
ttuy pulled out drawers. Into every
aranny In the house they peered, but
Bne of them thought of the dust
kole. Thinking hiui they sought had
simply passed through and had gone
OB. they rushed out as hurriedly as
tbey had come In. When they were
weH away the girl called to the blder:
"There Is nothing uow to fear, Hero
1umt, but you had better remain
wtiere you are for awhile In case tbey
coma back."
"Thank you. Nikama. You have
tared raj life. I knew when I came,
having been here at times for tea. that
I would oat be betrayed, but I did uot
taow that I would find one who by
bar presence of Alnd would keep my
bead on my shoulders."
Tba girl went out and looked about
and, finding all pursuit of the fugitive
ft that vicinity had been abandoned,
returned to the house, removed the
brazier, and ilerobuml came out of the
note. He did not think of the dust
wlw which ha was covered, but XI
hama did. and. getting a wisp broom,
aba brushed his clothes. Then he took
both her hands in his and said to ber;
"You ara but a poor geisha girl, while
1 am of a far different rank, but 1
promise that you shall never regret
t act of this day."
When It was dark he slipped out of
the tea house and found a more per
manent place of safety.
Ona day It was after the Bbogun
bad been permanently defeated and
Ute mikado securely placed upon the
tbrdbe of Japan a Jinrlklsha stopped
Before the tea house. Nikama was
Standing at the door, and who should
the see alight from the Jinrlkisha but
tte yoaog man whose life she had
awed, lie came up and led her out
on to a veranda.
1 have not seen you for a long
ykUe," 8B said. "I feared that the
sUgUiiltea had caught you at last"
"Xo; I was too slippery fur them.
But ai my inventive powers and
tttere are those who esteem them con
Mer)! are as nothing compared
Wltfc yours. Had It not been for your
quick acting brain I should not now
be Here."
The girl, naturally pleased at his ap
probation of her act, smiled and
flWhed.
"I told you that you would not re
gret your act of thut terrible day,"
Motinued the visitor, "nor shall you.
I wish to make you a present I will
ffebt offer you that which 1 value most
blghlr and which will Include within
Smtit all 1 can give you. Then If you
pefer a part rather than the whole
fa a may &k for what you like and I
ifta gffe it
"Sob apeak in riddles, Ilerobuml,
or, rather, you speak like the mikado
rfcea you say you will give whut 1
ftak. Are you, a young man not yet
tnttty yeara old, o powerful that you
an tptve me anything I ask?"
tan at least give you that which I
prfea most"
MaVwl UuU ta"
. "Myslt."
The girl stood looking at him In as
tonishment No high cutjte young man
So Japan was likely to iarry a geisha
girl
'I ant the whole," resumed the
wig man. "If you don't find me to
four taste you way take a part."
"Bat 1 know you only as one who
baa eome litre to drink tea and be
mused," aald Nlkamn.
"Ob, you wish for my credentials.
WH, tbwa, know that when our new
govaniment was formed It was I who
a principally Intrusted with its
firmatlon. Then I was made prime
ukUster by the emperor, and that
Set 1 hold at the present time."
It In trtio that Prince Ilerobuml Ito
of Japan, who was recently assassl
nated, married the geisha girl who
toore than forty yeurs ngo saved his
life by biding him in a dust hole, put
a beard and biuzler on It and then
fcvlted the followers of the shogun to
learcb the house.
Why Run Risks?
A Canadian author wrote an anthem
lor a recent celebration lu Toronto.
Tbwxrd the end of the exercises,
W'heu the people were going out a few
at a ttuie, the author rushed to the
Conductor and said:
"Is It over?"
"Practically."
"But, great Scott, man, they haven't
atmg my anthem!"
"Well," said the conductor, "so long
as the people are going out peacefully
and quietly, why sing it at all?" Sat
urday Evening Post
Spray Your Trees
This is the SEASON to
SPRAY for San Jose Scale,
and other barK insecticide,
fungi and all fung'us disease.
De sure that you
CET THE BEST
and that is
The "AETNA" brand
LIM AND SULPHUR SPRAY
No Salt
This is the tried spray, and is endorsed by
all promiueut and progressive orcliardists.
I guarantee the full test. Write me for
prices .
Hillsboro, Ore., Feb. 7, 1910. B. Lets has deposited
in the Commercial Bank $100 payable to any one
who can find any salt or other impurities in the
Aetna brand of Lime and Sulphur Spray. Must
be opened in original package.
Geo. Schulmerich, Cashier.
B. LEIS
Beaverton, Oreg'on, Route 2
r
GIVE US A TRIAL
3 cans of corn for... 25c
3 cans of tomatoes for. .25c
Hard wheat flour, per
ach $1.55
Rolled oats, per lb 5c
Coffee, per lb 15c
Tea from 50c to 36c
All brooms, each 55c
We also carry shoes, Kingsbury Hats, and
Gents' Furnishings of the Best Quality
'at the Lowest Prices.
r-Mmt-t
T. W. WYATT & CO.
Colonist
RATES to
Oregon and the
Great Northwest
The management of the Southern Pacific Co,,
(Lines in Oregon) takea great pleasure in an
nouncing that the low rates from Eistern cities,
which have done so much In the past seasons to
stimulate travel to and settlement in Oregon, will
prevail again this Spring Daily from March I to
April 15 inclusive
PEOPLE OF OREGON
The railroads have done their part; now its np to
you. The colonist rate is the greatest of all home
builders. Do all you ean to let eastern people
know about it, and encourage them to come here,
where land is cheap and home building easy and
attractive. -
Fares Can Be Prepaid
At home if desired. Any agtnt of the road named
is authorized to received the required de posit and
telegraph ticket to any point in the East.
Remember the Rates
From Chicago $33, frcm St. Louis, $32, from Oma.
ha and Kansas City, $25. This reduction ia pro
portionate from all other citiea.
WM. McMURRAY
Gen. Pafes. Agt, Portland. Ore.
SEEDcatalog
NOW. READY
Wl tot Ti' 1 1
- " a au uivi, uininwr,
Poultry man ldU Btockm&n to bitvo a
I copy of our new fim4 hook. 1$ eon-
" - MtArnulruaariA.. .J l.in.
-N. in the Went. Ia thii respect
Q A y oa ttook la better
i WW uxjm vivinuo uiaa
til PA ft. L tha avnanu... i
or w twenty-flyeTeft'B of huutt
Send today for naw cmiktv.
THE CHAS, H UIXY CO.
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Notioe of Final Settlement
Spray your treea but do mt
fjrget your 'praning BhsarB. We
kep the Standard shears. Em
rick & Corwin.
Notice Is hereby given that I, the under
signed Administrator of the Katate of
William W MarMb, Ueceaaed, bav tiled
in the County Court of the Bute ol Ore
gon for Washington County, my Final
Amount as AdrnlniMtrator of said estate,
and that said Court bta set Monday,
A pril IH, 1910, at the hour of 10 o'clock .1.
M , an the time, and the county court
rooni in HUlahoro, Oregon, as the place
for hearing objection to said aocouiitand
the tinal aettlement of Maid eetate.
Daled thin March 15, 1910.
J. W. MARSH,
Administrator of the Estate of William
W. Marsh, Deceased.
W. N. Barrett. Attorney for aaid Katate.
A car of Eastern corn has juot
arrived at the Climax Mill We
can Fupply your needs in any
quantity,
Argua and Oregooiao, $2 25.
PACIFIC UN1VEKS1TV
mm $io,ooo
John F. Htll. Minor, Aks
Heavy Daniajjcs for Injury
CkMI'PLED BY GOPHEK CIA
Waa ristiag C(tUus taj taa Ful
f V eipoa
John P. Hill, a minor, and aged
but four J cars, through his legal
guardian, his father, M. F. Hill,
haa lued Pacific I'nhervity for
$10,000 damages for injuries de
tained while playing on tl c cam
pus grounds of the college, Nov. 13
1000. Bigley it Hare are attor
neys tor the Hills, and the su;t was
Sled the last of the week, afior the
claim tor damages had beeo pre
sented and payment refused After
eettirg forth the status of the cor
poration; the UgI situation of the
defendant corporation, and alleging
the permanent iijuries, the com
plaint ear:
That on th ijth day of Nowuibcr,
lN. and upon the afirrotva of that day,
the President of the Maurice Thompson
Archery Club, with the kaowledge, eou
sent and license of the defendant. Presi
dent and Trustees of Tualatin Acadrmy
and Pacific I'niversity, and upon the in
vitation of said defendants, l'resuleot,
Trustees, etc , and W. N. h'errtu.'were
engaged in archery practice upon the
saul cauipus ot said defendant
hereinbetbie particularly described, and
persons other than the members of anid
Archery Club, and particularly the plain
tiff, John V. Hill, with his lint her, Mrs
M. F. Hill, were, upou the invittlioii of
the President of sold Archery Club, ami
anon the invitation mid with the kmml
edge of the President and Trustees ol
Tualatin Academy and raeitic I'niver
sity and said W. N Kerrin, at and upon
said Campus at archery practice.
and while lawfully upon aaid cauipus
and during such archery practice, said
Itopher gun, so carelessly and nerlii nt
ly set and placed, by the said deTeud
ants, and carelessly and negligent! al
lowed by the said defendants and each o(
them, to remain so placed without any
danger signal or warning, or cover, or
screen, or shield, was discharged, and
the left hand of the plaiutilf herein was
injured thereby, the first two joints and
a portion of the third joint of the indei
linger of the p'aintitf tieing blown off,
and the middle linger of ssid left tantnl
being badly lacerated and injmed, and
the left hand of the plaintiff by reaum
thereof, being Imdly disfigured and the
nsefolnesa thereof being permauettly
impaired; all of which caused the plain
tiff herein great physical iiillcring for a
period of over six weeks from sanl ijth
day of Noveuilier. lyoy, and which in
jury so received will continue to pro
duce physical sutie'iug during the re
mainder of plaiutitl's life.
The Hill boy wa.a with his moth
er, and lha little chap f iund ti e
gopher gun, and received the in
juries above B-t forth. The com
plaint cloeee by ankirg the sum if
$10,000, damages and ttecoHts if
the action.
More than likely Milton Smith,
of Portland, attorney for Pacific,
will defend the suit brought by the
lad's guardian.
W. W. Williams, of M untain
dale, was in Tuesday.
K O. Uigey, the Sherwood liv
eryman, was in town ytsterday.
Fall dug Burbank potalrtH. G."c
a sack. One mile weet of llillrbi
ra R. Webb, R. 4. 14
Wi Ham To'ke, of abive Bnks,
was in town Tuesday, paying taxes
and transacting other business.
Have you mohair? T. W. Wy
att & Co. will pay 23 cents per lb
for 12 months' growth clean mo
hair. 1 4
Chas. Li nd holm was in from be
low the Minter Bridge, Tuesday,
and bought a rorrel pacer from Dr.
John Huback, who lives in North
Hillsboro.
A W. Walker, of 8outh Tuala
tin, was in the city Tuecday after
noon. Mrs. Minnie Urabel, of
Portland, ia a guest of Mrs. Walk
er this week.
Perry Gardner, of Quatama, was
in Tuesday, and feeling fine. He
has just lifted the lat dollar of
debt on the place bought a few
years ago, for $1,000, and could
now sell it for double the money.
FtUe Game Warden Robert 0.
8'evenson, of ForaHt Grove, was
down to the city yonterday, con
ferring with County Clerk J. W.
Bailey. His duties will soon be
come arduous aa the trout season
opens April 1.
Ex-Marshal W P. Atkinson, fo
years guardian of the peace and
dignity of the city of Hillsboro,
and now residing in Portland, was
in town yeeterday, greeting friends
and paying taxes on his South
Hillsboro property.
John T. Rice, who annually har
vests over five acres of onions, on
his farm a mile or m west of town,
waa in town yesterday. He says
the prices were not the best this
eeacon, but the crop beats many
others produced here.
Jos. Downs, who has been in the
blacksmith busintss here for 2H
years, and who hammered the an
vil four years prior to coming here,
haa leased his shop for busir.ess
purposes, and taksntfr his apron
no more to hammer steel. Mr.
Downs has perhaps shod more good
driving ho-sea than any other
county scat smithy in the slate,
and he made a specialty ot that
class of work. J s. calculates to
take it easy from this on.
fjl 23m
anner
UJ argains
Mens' Hots
$1.50 to $2.50 values
$1.19 sal price
Men's Blue Flannel
Shirts
$2.25 values
$lO sale price
Children's Bear
SKin Coats
$2.50 to $3.00 value?
$1.69 sale price
Ladies' Tailored
Waists
$1.25 to $2.22
Ladies' Shirts
New Styles and Ikst Qualius
Special Prices
Men's Fleeced Lin
ed Underwear
Regular 50 cene values
29 t ent sale price
Men's Good Heavy
WorK Shoes
5. values
$1.3.5 ! price
Lades' Silh Rubb
Rain Coats
$11 19
Men's All Wool
Underwear
Regular .'. values
$1.29 tale price
Comforters
.5--1 , i values
$2.29 sale price
BAIRD
Between the Druj; Stores
nr.
3C
7. M. Keloav lias fold his ranch
of 3:5 acres below NewWn, to Mrs.
Henrietta Kusher. and Mr. KnUav
will move to town and build on
bis lots near the eitv hark. There
are 20 acres cleared on the Kslnay
farm, and the price paid was
I.V.KIO. F. M. thinks he has farm
ed Ions enouab. and will trv some
o li-r occupation, just to keep from
lusllnj out.
A bitr oromotini cimnanv is
talking of boring a tunnel through
the Council Crest mountain and
Ofiening an automobile road ihrnuKh
into the 1 ualatin V allay. I he ides
Is to promote a residence section on
(he slopes on this fide df the hill,
and if the ulan is nerfected. there
will be no prettier ruburban resi
dence section in the world.
Clvde and Albert Li ncoln. Jmm
Mavs and C P. Berrv have return
ed from Montana, where all filed
on claims. Albert says thev can
raine 40 and 50 bushels of wheat to
the acre up there, and thinks they
have made a ereat find. Will Jona.
of (J len cop, now has the fever, and
may take a trip to the region for
the purpose of filing.
Sunday at the United Kvaneli-
ct 1 Church. Preaching by nastor.
at 11 a. m . aud bv Riv. J. K.
Frank, at 7:30 d. m. An Kaalnr
program will be rendered on Mar.
27 at 7:30 p. m , by the Sunday
Sch ml. The Sunday School is en
joying a large incrtawi in attend
ance You should see it arow. You
are welcome.
Lost: Team of horses: Rava
weigh, about 1050 each; one has
white mark on faoe. Both have
roached manes. Straved or atnlen
from the Sherwood section, March
8. Finder nlease notify fln Km.
precht. Sherwood. Ore.. R. 4. ahuit
three mi ei from Boholls.( Blueiown
district) Reward. 1.9
Rev. F. V. Fisher, of the M. V.
Church, will exchange pulpits with
J. 11. welcn. or the i'rnhvtir Un
Chuich, of Orenco, next Sunday
morning, March 20. Mr. Fisher
will preach at the morning service
at Orenoo, and Mr. Welch at Hills
boro, For sale Alsike and wild cheat
baled hay good cow feed. Wm.
Chalmers, near Glencoe, Address
Hillsboro, Route 3.
J. C. JoneB, of Forest Grove, and
in the marble business, was in the
city Tuesday, with a monument for
a patron,
A carload of Winona and Rurih
ford wagons j ust recei ved . Con nell
fc Co.
Mrs Anna Weir, of above Glen
coe, was in Tuesday, on probate
bucinesa.
WE THANK YOU,
I'l icuds ami patrons. For by your 1 ilx-ral
patronage we have accomplished our aim,
in closing out various lines and reducing
our over-supply, iu the rcduclioti sale
just closed which we hope has been a
benefit to us all.
Now with New Goods, and right
prices, We kuow we can please you, ami
it will be our aim at all times to cater to
the wants of our customers.
Our Motto h, "LIVE AND LET LIVE."
TRY US,
Mays & Conovcr, SCII0US-
A Kill Joy.
An Mill aa I nay ,,11 i .,,
Ami Hi.in to dniw a H.,., fi, brmith
A liru Ihmiimii ii imin dr,,,,,
And with ii mul , Hif-uj v nrln,
"l Klomnlly IihkIhh t t
How common mul Imiv mini In (l.mth.
- iM'lMll Fnui I'ruas.
Proof Positive.
Ilurk.-r-Thry my TIiiiUIhh hnn Kt
to ho n flrHt cIiihm vociiiiHt.
I'urkcr-1 kui'hh Mmt'H HkIiI At
MIHt llm liolKlibori) il,,'t Hhuol when
llH tHcH to HlllK -l'lllllnlolplllH 1'rt'HH.
A Literary Puizle.
Now I ,avi. rmul , iyrU. Kmt
Ami liuroilliH 11 Chw
Hut on my liru l ,.u('i ,,, ,,.
Wlilch wiiro the l,i.t. c.oiii ynu?
. J ml km
Liberal.
Itnrkfit'iMT TIiIh H tin,
ratrou-Tln! I thought It vim five.
Have one yourmM.-Hijokiino Hpoki.
nmii -Hi'vU'w.
Haartlasa Enmity.
lla 1lil nut lllxil nin nor Immh 1
Nor sneor, hla hute t' show.
II Just dleplayod a plioloKriU'ri
They took Ioiik yis M".
Whon troiisnrs tlalit ami '''"' " "
And himilgonr sniiill ami I1"'
Made me a allihrlii frnK nipr
I'll nu'ur furutv Mm Hint.
WnnliliiK'"" 8,1
Anti-meat Advice.
"Mother, tniiy I Ko nmrkiillnirr
' VllS, but llfl .llHfT,,,,,
Iluy Homo hh1h ftlu) oiiIoiih' doiir "
Uut put a ban on mcnt." '
-18 AiikoIos Knjireas, i
Sura Thing.
Illll -I ai-p thu thlrkm-KS of r" '
1ku Iihn lioim rcckoiiBil t "ll"".t "
inllllniilli of nn liioh. ,,
Jill -Ml lift llmt tllwovcry vtiH iiiii
lnforo the limii'a wlfo nrM "
Iter rornl-Yoiik SUiti'Hiiian. ,
Whan Bossy Returned. ' (
Hoy, dldillo, dlddlv, lha est '' th0 "
I lia row JUHipiiil nvnr ino in..-
Mm oir i"" ' ,h
an i.. -..i.i
i. ni,i ..,i,u nii. ...
IlKUIoI we will em ,
Milts, Hlir.lild I'sat and
Wlioraupon
Tlin cow enma down full '"" ,,,..
CIiIcuhd rriTO"
Quit Making Calls. ,
"I lmven't soon anytlilnK ,lf m...
for several montha. Whnfs ti
I er?" '
"Notlilnir. He's ot a Job n"v L
li doesn't have to sell Biiyt'"1 '