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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1910)
The Quest of Betty Lancey "My MAG-DA. jp. WEJTT Canrrlcfct, 1909, iy W. 9. Ckapma. Copyrtllit In Gnat Brttkla CHAJTER V. Everybody but Johnny Johnaon fol lowed Betty. Johnson went back to the house whero now remained none but Pierre Dosterle and several of the older and more courageous bachelors who had lived In the house for years. Betty and her cohort numbered bov- n. Besides Larry Morris, long- and lumbery. thoro was the gentlo-oyed young Philip Hartley, Hank Smith, tall and tremendously framod, Sothern, fat. blonde and phlogrmatloj Frankel, a lit tie Jew, who was automobile editor of the "Times," and Tim Murphy, car toonist, a great hulk of an Irishman. The Directory Hotel, one of the most exclusive In the town, was only two blocks from LeRoy's. Now E24 Is my room," whispered Betty. "You lot mo go up first. Don't let the clerk In on this even, till we find out what's what" Five minutes later the sextette wore pulled Inside the door of room E24 by auch an excited Betty Dolancy as the "Inquirer" ' office had nover soon. j-iooki'- Bno instructed. "Bo care ful, but look right across.' ' The span of the court did not exceed eighteen feet Betty's sldo of the great building was all black and quiet Not a light glimpsed In any room. The room directly across the court whose windows complimented hers had the shades thrown high, tho windows open a wldo and was ablaze with light xnere were two occupants in tho room, a man and a woman, seated side by side at a table covered with writ ing paraphernalia. The man was pow rruiiy built regular of feature and very dark, with peculiarly white and nervous hands. Tho woman wore a tailored suit of dark cloth and evon at that distance her remarkable resem Diance to tho woman they had last seen lying In the morgue was unmls takable. There was the same soft con tour or chin, the same rust-brown hair, and clear ivory pallor of the skin. J.ne slight yet perfect modelings of her figure, the slender pink-palmed hand, the curve of the forehead, were as like as Is stamped from tho same die. As they watched, breathless, stupe . . ueu irom surprise, tne man drew a wallet from his pocket and pulled rrom it several papers. Ho ran raDld ly through them and withdrawing two rrom the packet handed them to his companion. She reached across to re ceive them when a sudden gust of wind bellied the curtains Into sails and sent them fluttering Into the room and out again. The force of tho breeze caught the papers and they were car riea out into the court where they swirled, eddied and ducked, finally augntlng on the fire escape that Jutted not nve feet from Betty's window. The man who had run to tho win waiujieu wnn eager eyes to see where the papers fell. Then he clutch ed his hat from the sofa and rushed from the room. The woman ahmcnrirt her shoulders and sat down again at tne table. They saw her pull out the pins from her copper hair and let it fall in glory over her shoulders. Then she walked Into the adjoining room as if the recovery of the lost documents was a matter of perfect Indifference. "Hank," nudged Sothern, "you'ro the longest Climb out and get those pa pers." "Larry Isn't as long and he's less awkward," commented Frankel. "And you're worth less than the rest of us; try it yourself, Frankel," flashed Hank. "Betty Lancoy," asked Larry, "why ren't you fragile and willowy Instead of a Juno? Then we'd make a rope or tne bed-clothes here for a guide ana send you over. .rniiip Hartley was already out of the window. While the others held caucus he had pulled the blankot from the bed, torn It In half and tied a slip Knot nrmiy around his left leg. -uo easy, boys," he suggested. That'll make a fair safety," cambering out on the ledge he steadied himself by the top of the sash and worked slowly round to the farther end of the sill. From there he Inched his way along a ridge In the wall till he could Just touch the fire escape. The letters were white against the iron and Just the fraction of an inch out of reach. Betty Lancey saw the dlfflcul ty. "I'ass him this hat-pin," she said. "He can fish them over with that" Slowly, very slowly, Hartley moved the precious papers over the narrow iron shelf, impaling them on tho hat pin point Then with cramped fingers ne put tnem into his inner pocket and began the return crawL He was bare ly within Betty's room again when they heard a loud rapping at the next door. After a short wait a woman's voice answered shrilly, "What do you want?" The calmly suave tones of a well rdered hotel employe replied, "Sorry to disturb you, madam, but the gen tleman Just above you has dropped by accident somO' very important papers. They have alighted on the Are escape attached to your window, and wo can not reach them except through this room," "Can't you go from, the room above," argued the woman's voice. "The idea of getting me up at this hour because some imbecile hasn't brains enough to keep his letters from blowing out of the window. If he'd boon asleep as ho should have been at this time he wouldn't have lost them. Indeed, I'll not open that door. Go up a flight, or down one." "Oh, madame, I anra you," broke la the clerk again. "What's tho row, Mary 7" growled a sloopy masculine volco. Tho woman on tho Inside and the clerk on the out sldo began a simultaneous explanation. In the middle of it all tho sleepy volco gave a return growl and ordered: "Unlock that door, Mary, and got back into bed." There was the grating of the bolt tho lifting of a window, and then a cry of horror. "They aro gone I Thoy'ro not horol Somebody has stolen them. I know they lit hore. I was so careful to watch." "Nobody In the hotol got thorn. No body round h ore's got a light" an nounced tho clerk. "Glad thoy'ro gone," sounded tho voice known only to the watchers aa "Mary." "Who In the name of sonso would frolic round on a fire escape at half past three In tho morning picking up papers? Now, Mr. Clerk, take your man, and go away with him, please. Probably he'll find what ho wants In tho court" "Frankel, you follow them." suggest ed Harry Morris. Frankel, waiting till ho heard the door close, slipped down the hall after the two mon, Sothern with him. Betty pulled down the shade, closed and locked the window. Thon she locked the door, looked undor the bed, tried tho handles of tho doors to the adjoining rooms and spoke breathlessly. "Now, Hartley!" As If to guard him from unseon at tack, tho boys clustered round him. Ho drew forth the papers. Ono was an unmounted photograph that might have been that of Cerlsso Wayne or of the woman In the room across the court Tho other was a letter In the Identical writing that the envelopes found In Cerisso Wayne's room had borne, and was dated only a week previous. "My Dear Cerlsse Chock goes by to-night's mall. Hope you will find It sufficient Bo very careful. Think we are being watched. A slight mistake would spoil all, and the struggle of years go for naught Life for me would bo death Itself. H." "I'm going to run across, seo that woman and chat with her while tho man la gone," said Betty. rumDllng ud her soft brown hair, dull and satiny as a pecan shell. She throw off her collar and belt and pullod her shirt waist out from beneath her skirt Then she kicked off her shoes, and In this simulated negligee ran softly over the velvet-sodded hall and around through the corridor. 'Lot mo see," sho calculated. "I am the one, two, three, yes, I'm the eighth door. That would make those doors eight and nlno from tho corner on this side." Botty told off tho doors with caro. Suro that she was unobserved, she rapped distinctly several times. Thero was no response, so she knocked vigor ously. This time the door flew wide with such celerity that Betty paled In earnest Oh, pardon mel" she faltered. "But I was alone and sick, and I saw your light and thought maybe you could help me. Havo you any ammonia? I am so faint I might send down stairs, but I am so unused to hotels, you know." The young women rather stiffly mo tioned to Betty to enter. Her thick hair was In two long braids; she had changed her tailored suit for a cling ing negligee of oriental patterned stuff, and a girdle of mammoth diamonds held It close at the waist Betty had never seen such grace In a woman be fore and her eyes were tho most won derful the girl had over gazed upon. They shone so brightly that their color was indistinguishable. They were twin wells of unfathomable brilliancy, softness and power. The woman stepped Into the bed room beyond, and Betty, from her seat on the couch, heard her call to the clerk. "This is E44," phoned the double of Mrs. Wayne. "Kindly send your house keeper here. A young girl, evidently a guest of the houso, has become 111, and appealed to me for aid. I cannot have her In my suite. She seems afraid to stop alone, so will you send a woman to look after her?' Betty hurried to the door, stealthily opened It and skulked down the hall. As she rounded the corner something soft was thrown over her head, and fastened tightly around her neck. Sho felt the impact of a great furry body close to hers. , And then Betty Lancey knew noth ing more. She lay In a dead faint What w want Is the fellow who maa the ghost" The bivouac was nerve-racking. The old house apparently had a bounteous rodent population and the little boasts scampered back and forth In tho walla with spooky gambols. Every window In tho house rattled, and the pall emptiness that always hangs hoavily In a desorted human habitation rested o dead wolght in the air, Two blocks distant the olevatod trains rumbled dully by, and the morning parade of tho milk wagons had not yot begun to touch tho vis Ions of tho night with tho realities of the day. "This Is tod much for me," crlod ono of tho dotectlvos. "Let got out and take a breath." The llttlo group, all except Johnny, arose with alacrity. He stopped alone In the old house, and tried to koop his eyes opon and, falling, wondered why ho didn't advertise tho newspaper bual ness as a euro for Insomnia and accrue cash thoroby, when "What's that?" asked Johnny of himself. Ho heard with Joyous ears a scraping and sliding In tho closet op poslto, whoro ho had picked up tjio gold and amothyst gartor. It sounded as If tho baseboard wero being forct bly removed, or, rather, as If somoone wore endeavoring to slide it back, and as If tho board wore sticking In an un- acoustomed and stubborn fashion, Johnny looked for a convenient cor ner In which to duck. Ho couldn't fit into tno arawors or tno chiffonier or the bureau, and tho bod, stripped of all Its coverings, even of tho mattress and pillows, was flat against tho wall. On a chance Johnny crawled beneath It with ono eye fixed steadily upon the closet door. Ho had not long to wait Stealthily tho door openod, and through the crack came a gleam of a pocket eloctrio flashlight The man who waa holding the light whirled it hastily around the room, scanning It closely aa if to mako sure ho was unobserved. "Oh," groaned Johnny, and slunk closer Into the corner, rolling himself still more tightly into a ball, and pull tng his coat up over his flory head. Tho Intruder walked over to the bureau drawers and began to search hurried ly. They wore empty, and at this dis covery in each successive drawer the man flung them shut with a gesture of disappointment The voices of Johnny's returning companions echoed through the corrl dors and their footsteps sounded on the stairway. Tho Intruder put out his light and started for the closet The dawn waa now so far advanced that as he passed tho window Johnny distin guished hlB features clearly. Ho must havo been at least fifty years of age, a rather stocklly built man, of good ap pearance, with a tired face und dark hair, thickly streaked with gray. He hurried into, the closet and shut the door behind him, and Johnny heard again tho strugglo to slldo the panel Into place. "Who called, son?" asked the fat de tective, Jocularly, as he entered the room. "Did they leave cards for tho hull of us? Say, where la that brick top, anyway?" Johnny, with considerable wriggling and squirming, came out from beneath tho bod. "Funny how thundering much easier It Is to get under a bed than out from underneath It" ho commented, rubbing the dust from his knees. "Tou didn't get chased thoro, did you. now?" came tho question. "Were you seeing things, or what?" "I saw enough," retorted Johnny. "Guess I saw more than you did, and it didn't cost anything for tho vision, cither. Hero, Farley, let's havo a light; whore's that pocket contraption of yours?" Farley brought It out and Johnny, glorying In the importance of knowing something that the others did not and reveling in the curiosity and Impa tience of his fellows, strode majestical ly Into the closet When Johnny had anything tucked away In his cranium that he was crazy to tell as other peo plo were to hear, he puffed out to tho dimensions of tho fabled frog. That was the time when Johnny waa really funny, and more provocative of risibil ity than any of his ever-ridiculous yarns. Entering tho closet ho scanned Its calclmlned sides closely, running his Blender, long-nailed fingers carefully down the wall. Then he hit the base board. The group around watched tenso silence. "Oh, John, cut It out and opon up," snarled Gorln. Gorln was ono of Johnnys-best friends. (To be continued.) ifiwr iQ nr in industrial development and Mm la DfcAU progress of our home ENGLISH RULER PASSES TO REST Suddenly Ended. Sovoro Cold Brings Bronchitis, Which Develops Pneumonia Was III Only Six Days. PMIKKKNX UK III K HUM vP ... rrnT ciinvPYINQ. 112,700 ACRES Fort nm v. i im .- fi i ww""- vul i mi WW w. - 1 - Miff Road to Link Bakor City and Port- Largo Tract Being Reclaimed!, 1 . r-. ! I li.nl n "l land to Tap Mien ncgiun. ..... iuRon, mu iwiiimi. linker City & Butto Through Uio Individual ,.r... ; rcWMc railroad company, which wi 1wmiw, trw ' , i jviuiiiuiii cuuuiy lulu Minna . i incorporated about n year ago for tho Eur0pom. nrjncJnnl T, J h . i ..n.i!.. n nt.mf rl rnllrnnri ..ui.. " 10 00 in . 1 t Xf T I DUrPUBU Ul UUlimiift uiiihvi wMiwvilllun nnH .i i vUvuui 111511 wi from I ortianu 10 ijuklt v'gr nv.n "v.n.uwiirueji2' f rin lMMrln survov and engineer- Oregon, and la located mlln. ing work out of Portland In n very Upper Klnmuth lako and with).. nhnrt time. .. I v " ivinmMfc t. Tho company is hcuuvu j , - . -mpioycd k Hnnn. nrcflidcnt of the Union Bank & crintend tho dyking and dm.? Trust company, of Portland, who, bo- tho property, and aa Boon s the , f- nmnlntr WfiHt IrOIIl lUWSHB Uiwy, I HIiTY BlirvCyH IHIVO UOOn hinilrt (1. ,., ,inniv interested in railroad con- of reclaiming It will bo struction. :Mr. AtKinaon uuuv mum iu nw nuuhui uiuirnctli t i, 9nn milnn of the Rock Wand nya- arm of Uio lako. that will t ... w .. .. I...., ' V tern In ArkansuB, anu in inucu 01 - inivm kiwhu prcnorvc, forii, Simla Fe in Oklahoma. Ho tfl now ciubivo uencnt oi tho purchn. . ntiioinini? suixi v b onn. Mr. Souther's i)lim(ml,rn.a'i nun ui 11 L-uuiirivuiouB ciUb honje( lukn shorn cnnvnnlnnl in l nnu wiu purKinjy oi me groundj rounding It, tho construction of ana innuingB, nnu an cquipmer " .11 tit YV J i 1 this tho most unlquo resort for lata in tho entlro West. w WU nroicci, nowovor. l ea n u i that will roault to Klamnth London. May 7. 5 "A. M. King Ed ward VII died from pneumonia at 11 :45 last night at Buckingham .Palace, and at tho same moment tho' crown and scepter of tho Empire of Grcrit Britain passed automatically to his Bon and heir, Princo George of Wales, now George V. Death struck down tho mightiest hereditary ruler of tho world with as little compunction as if his victim had been tho meanest of that king's sub jects. The prayers of the whole na tion, bound to Its monarch by cen turies of tradition and by a lovo born of complete and intimate knowledge of that ruler's foibles, almost as much as of his great virtues, availed to stay the hand of tho Reaper not one jot. King Edward died almost before his subjects had begun, to realize that he was seriously ill. He was taken sick a week ago. After three days a ser ious complication began to develop. The; fourth day his physicians issued bulletin that stirred the whole nation to its depts. On the sixth day tho king was dead. The shock to Great Britain and to the world hod been tremendous, not in a national way, for the death "of the king has been discounted in the mar kets for many years, but to the em pire's sentimentality. King Edward was sincerely loved throughout the ength and breadth of England's possessions. He was loved as a great son of a no ble mother, and hq was loved for him self because ho had in his character that rare commingling of democratic simplicity with kingly dignity which made him justly tho "first gentleman of Great Britain." Politically, the death of Edward VII contains grave potentialities. Tho commons is now engaged In "reform ing the house of lords." To Edward a liberal ministry had looked with confi dence for tho creating of such peers as would carry out tho will of the people as expressed at the last election. Now new king steps forward to take Ed ward's place. What attitude he may assume in this, the greatest political crisis England has faced in generations, remains a problem. Nearly all members of the kimr's immediate family were at his bedside when the king died. Just before the end came, tho royal patient rallied and spoke weakly to those about him. I know it is all over." ho said, "but I think I've done my duty." Those were his last words. The first official act of the new king, determined to push the construction of tho Portland, Baker City & Butto prop osition. Thn ulnnq nf the comiianv arc to luilld out of Portland through Clacka: mnn pnlintv. following tllO CIlHt sllOrO of tho river to tho headwaters of tho Wnrm Snrinors river In tho Warm Knrlnirs Indian reservation, and then tho contour of that river to its junc tion with tho Deschutes river, where tho trncks will run under tho clovatcd roadbeds of the Oregon Trunk and tho . , i .. rri I t M , I. 1 r if , . iifltinniiinu if niirnnii n 1111111111 v. iiiuiilu i kiiihi Luti 17.111 inn nnu vi mm Kruw, irnpi oi Wild lu acres of whoso rich soil will maintain n family, and tho which eventually will import in fort a colony of 3,000 to 4,000 culturlsta. its course will continue eastward through tho rich districts in which aro located Dayvillc, Uunyon uty, anu Prairie City, and finally terminate at Baker Citv. It will also tap a rich miniwr district. General Manager C. D. Charles states that President Atkinson has taken over and now holds under contract of pur chase the controllinK interest in the company, and that the survey and en- will now ho pushed CHINESE BUYS CLAIMS. Grants Pass Mining District Good Moy Jin Munm Grants Pass - Moy Jin irincering work will now witli . all possible speed. He said that Woalthy Chinaman of Sun F, one of tho richest freight propositions in tho Pacific Northwest, as every milo of ground covered is or can cosily bo made productive. Tho line will bo built primarily for freight, although passenger scrvico will also bo main tained. PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL. Repro- George V, was performed immediate- Zona All Sections of Stnto Will Bo sented at Grand Flosia. Portland "If tho coming Rose Fes tival is not tne greatest nucccss wc have ever had, it will not be because of lack of interest on the part of resi dents of the Willamette valley and Southern Oregon towns," said Ralph w. woyt, of tho Rose Festival com mittee. Mr. Hoyt has Must returned with a party of business men who went on the southern trip, and is enthusiastic over the great amount of interest in tho Rose Festival he found in tho towns he visited. ''Indications are that the attendance this year will be enormous, and far be yond that of former years," said Mr. Hoyt. "Officials of all the towns we visited promised they would see to it that their towns are represented by floats or vehicles in tho parades, and ai least oy large delegations of citi- ly after his father had breathed his last. He dispatched to the lord mayor of .London the announcempnt of Edward VII's death, in pursuance of an age-old custom. His telegram read: "I am deeply grieved to inform you that my beloved father, the king, passed away I peaceiuuy at 11:45 tonight. (Signed) "George." CHAPTER VX Up at the Destorlo houso Johnny Johnson was alternately pulling his front hair and plnchingr his palms to keep awako. Johnny, with his usual audacity, had ensconced himself for tho night In the death chamber. Two Associated Press men wore with him; two reporters from others papers and three deteottvoa Tho Associated Press Men wanted to smoke, but John ny rebelled against either Illumination or smoking. "If there's anybody comln' baoV here," he contended, "If ho or sho smells smoke or sees lights, there'll be no comln'." "Considering tho ashes and cigar- etto Btubs that we found on the floor." suggested the first Associated Press Man, "the only way to invoke the ghost of Cerlsse Wayno would be through smoke." "What do wo want of her ghost" snMrd Johnny. "This is no seance. A Sybarite, In tho gray light of early morning the traveler In Scotland faced tho night clerk resolutely: "You gavo me tho worst bed In tho,Jnn!" he began, indignation in his volco and eyes. "If you don't change me before to-night I shall look up other lodgings." "Thero Is no difference In tho beds, sir," the clerk replied respectfully. "If that is so," he said, "perhaps you wouldn't mind giving me the room on the left of n-lnor "It Is occupied, sir." i Know it is. By a man who snored all night, and waa still at it ten minutes ago. His bod must bo bet ter than mine, or ho couldn't sleep at a maximum capacity of sound eight nours on a stretch." "rue beds are all alike, sir. That man naa Deen here before, and ho always sloeps on tho floor, sIr.M- youth's Companion. That George V will leaVe any deep imprint on English histroy as a sover eign of force and commanding ability Ib much to be doubted, but at least ho Is likely to prove a king of crood heart. of conscientious attention to duty and of discretion in state affairs. Geogre brings to the throne consid erable experience of his own in rou tine demands of public service mode upon him as the prince of Wales, and he comes to the task of governing with fair ability, a good personality and a serious sense of his own responsi bilities. 1 "The commercial bodies of the vari ous towns all promised to make all possible effort to meet Eastern visitors at the Festival and invito them to their towns. Everybody seems to un derstand that the Festival is as much an advertising feature for the country at large as it is a show. I think the Festival this year will bo the means of uiuucing great numbers of desirable eastern people to settle in the state. " who has boon looking over tho crn Oregon mining field for IW1J UI LtircU WUL'Kfl. I1IL3 HIKE J IIIIIJIMKU Ul UIU JUIMIIlllUr OTTOS . ..... ""7 mut;u4 iiiiiiun ui ouuuicrn J( county. Tho group of claims oi iuu acres, much of which ii 111.11 UIKKIHKD. J IIU tUllSlULTXUH ?17G,00Q. Unlike other Chlncw mivn m inin in rrua mnittfn u washing and rocking. Ho will modern hydraulic equipment Brantncr mines, and by a systas . l T - . m , 11. . if jipiJicgaic river lor me operation battery of two or more giants. mnv .im mnnn ih nn ptiv placer miner and made his tho diggings of Feather river, Drill for Oil In Coquillc. ninrnmmiii inn ii mepnn im a company has been organized to for oil in tho Coquillc volley, that nart of tho countv. L. W. of Myrtlo Point is ono of the 1 in thn wimnnnu Thn nnmnanv . . , . ..... ...... . cured oil leases on about 6,000 1 land in Bear creek district has been ordered and the work start Rnnn. Oil mon have secured ontions. but no drllllnir has been PORTLAND MARKETS. Quito at Home, uacon Ana aid you feel at hoi traveling in Russia ? ugoori un, quite at homo: when tho brakemen called out the statlrag I couldn't understand them any hot ter man I can over horol -Yonksr utatesman. Groat Northern to Build. Great Falls, Mont.. Mav 7. Tho Great Northern Railwav comnanv to day started condemnation proceedings for right of way through Fergus coun ty for building a Branch lino about 3B0 miles long, from Hauck's siding on the Billings & Northern, a Great Northern branch, to a junction with tho main line on the Great Northern at a point near monaaK, on tho Montana-Dnkntn line. In substance, this means that the Great Northern Is about to build an entirely new line from the Montana Dakota line to Great Falls. Comet is Now Visible. San Jose, Cal., May 7 Hallov'n comet was magnificent oblect at T.iMi- observatory this morning. Dr. CurtiB pnoiograpnea la degrees of tho tall. At the present distance of tho nnmnf irom ine earth Crop Prospects Not Dimmed. x-enuiewn still another w.ik gone by without in any way dimming " io.-ct oi umaiuia county farm ers for a record-breaking grain crop. """" wmcr nua prevailed durinir ...i.ww; ww anu one or two good showers havo been inter spersed to further aid the growinir . 1IU Bj,nng gown K" 18 nw well up out of tho ground and tho fields present a beautiful an- ,,, luir veruant clothing. Thl nnrlu unL n , ouuBun naa nover shown such favorable indications for a uuuiiw crop anu their predictions aro uuvhik uuBcuaa euect upon tho bus! ness of the city. Land Takon Off Market. TT.l r f "uuu "'vcr uno Uavldson Fruit company, which owns several acres of iZ Vr "rmrus' ,nttS tnken its hold ings oft tho marknt fn im The company will have a lge ,ot of fn ,hi k v,ow or thc fai that M?niS ,b0CryBC,arc0 1,1 othcr boo. Hons this season and that tho crop will Drilling for Artesian Water (?i,89c; club, 8Cc; red Russian, valley, 87c. ner ton. CornWho o. $33: cracked, J3f HayTrack nrlces: Tlmowy, Inmntfn viilli.u iOOnihOA nrr ton: 0J17.G0; grain hay, ?17Cei. Oats No. 1 white. S276tii7.tr 12S(?MGc nor nound: Los Angeltf, (7M.2G ner crnto: nnnles. $1.6MP - r ' ' . box: cherries. 81.7GCij2.B0 per Oregon, 40(f?60e per hundred; ne ifornia, $2.7GT)3.60 per sack; notutoca. Ac. nnr riniind. I. . 1. 1 oi. MH ruMin1! nut liux: cuuuuiru. ana iiki w"1-' . I 111 m . - , house lettuce, $l?fll.2G per txw. radish. SffnlOc nor nound: P iiuuaiii. fi.ti 11 m i: iiui i v ri . r m i i . Rlini mtnlinrrnu SI. 25(ffil.00 1 . 1 f. . 4 . .rlm 1 ii ii v: rv i!iii mi m . niii'iiirii i . uw w "f .. - 'f uuvvvt - r nursnins. VfirtfDsl. OnlonflOrPfrAn. 52 ner w Bcrmutla. 823)2.25 ner crate. xjulu.t ilv crcurnurv. . 2G(??i27c: 1storo, 20c. Butter t . ... . .1 ...ha, r nutter prices. Eggs Fresh Oregon rancn, per dozen. I 1 .1 T l I . . I 'II nnr . H I I'oultryHcns. ZUMiuc; 30(?535c5 ducka, 22J23c; lurnuvB, nve, xutraaac, uiw- cattle Bcof steers, nay m u , the inatrument. The best time to see tho comet is between 3 :30 and fl m., in tho East near tho horizon. Farmers Labor's Ally. St. Louis, May 7 Orcranlzcd 1 ana organized farmors will work to- depth of 1,000 foot, whoro artea nn G'Bi 8. $3.5004.60; tatt Water is said to ho obtainable! Wu S 5M' calv Kllt' ?C7! hC8V' flirt hnln .ln. MIU top OI TT m (a nra1l ft . , uirimng progresses slow. Will Employ 3.000 Thlnn- .u orgunizea jarmora will work to- Hood River Hood ni, i BfiSf.if. ' tho bo in nJS) iabouft? IM! V" The notort SrmpatlietJo, Amelia (with a simper) I havo such hard work to keep George from being silly when he is with mo. right, and liberties of both classes of w In very short tl'm W th,n workers under the provlslona of a resp- who has ono Jf th lni2?.V Mr'uM80" Inflnn tinnn ixnno .. .i l.. h v .. vuu u ino largest nriihonl. .. uuoij uuujjtuu oy mo ex- tho valley, stated thnt 4t. , 7 ecutlve committee of the Farm ra. tC: JSfiV r?1 ho. work Is ono cativo and Cc-operativo Union There, with tli connoc TTnrra Wkt, 1 OKiDl 11.76: " w (1 " - A. 4. u . w n m . t ' )n.it onoon nest wotnors, t- I m i n . .1 1 t Mfc n f. 1 linst -p'.ojo.ao; Junius, cuv, fair. Srt.Knffi7 110ns idoh cron. is"i I'vuuu, oias, nominal; iuv nominal, Wool Enstorn Orecron. 14' , -..v.( rniiujr, ions""i choice, 8132c,