ft
The Quest of
Betty Lancey
X&l V
Hy MAG DA F. WEST
Copyritht. 1909, fcr W. . Chipauut. Oopyrlfht In Great Britain
on
of
, CHAPTER XIL--( Continued.)
But Betty now tried her wiles
Meta. English, her smattering
French and a base maceration of Ger
man were hurled at tho black girl'
cars. Meta pretended to understand
nothing Betty said to her. Tyoga was
absent, Lc Malheureux, apparently had
disappeared into thin air. and Betty
was llk'o a caged lioness. She was per
mltted to warder through the castle,
for such tho edifice proved to be, but
with Meta ercr at her side. The ar
chltccturo of tho castle was of non
descrlpt typ and it was rudely fash
. loned of granite, moss and vine grown
and, surrounded by parked gardens
filled with tropical foliage and flowers,
At tho end of the gardens was a mias
matic river, thickly green and vile of
odor, filled with rank reptiles and nau
seous water plants. Beyond tho river
stretched,, the desert, yellow and hard,
All this you could see from the upper
windows of the castle, farther than a
radius of fifty yards around tho por
ticos Betty nor her handmaiden was
not allowed to set foot. Within the
castle was a small sandpacked court
with an asthmatic fountain and heat-
wrung plants. There Betty and Meta
sat and Betty read tho few books that
were available, tried to teach Meta to
dance and learned dances of her in re
turn; tried, too, to learn Meta's gut
tural speech and failed sadly In teach
ing English to Meta. Which, along
with certain other occurrences that
happened as time went on, made Betty
fairly certain that Meta already spoke
English, or else understood it so per
fectly that the girl was under instruc
tlons to betray no familiarity with the
foreign tongue. A favorite game of
these two girls became a variation of
lawn tennis, a native game, which they
played seated, hurling over a low net
celluloid balls of light weight and gay
colorings.
The evening of the third day Betty
grew overwhelmed with such an un
controllable lonelineiis that she could
not help crying. Meta, who had just
brought her supper of cocoanut, fresh
ly cut, mixed with pineapples and
guavas, a trussed pigeon, figs, dates,
and fell sobbing, too, and tried Inar
ticulately to find out what she want
ed.
"Tyoga, Tyoga!" walled Betty. Her
nerves were at breaking point and the
Jackal who howled In the hills to the
north was crazing her with his yowl
ing, and she was sick, so sick, of it
all, of the mystery, the silence, the
loneliness.
Aieta nesitatea ana men ran away
like a deer. She came back troubled
after an absence of a quarter of an
hour or so, bearing In her hand a wax
tablet on which was written in an old
fashioned slanting hand:
"Tyoga cannot come to you yet Will
you be patient but a little longer? She
is very busy. She will try and come
In a few mornings."
Betty took the tablet to bed with
her, telling, herself that she was get
ting positively foolish.
Meta went along, caressing her as
much as she dared. Betty began to
lose sight of the fact that Meta's skin
was black. She had already done this
with Tyoga. As Meta aided Betty to
disrobe the slave's hand caught in the
slender chain of the little gold locket
that Betty wore always round her
throat, and snapped its links asunder.
The chain fell to the floor, and as it
hit the tiling the locket flew open,
disclosing Larry Morris' face. Meta
picked It up, sighted the face, and
girl-like, scented the trouble. . She
gazed Intently at Larry's counterfeit
presentment, studying It closely. Then
she nodded her approval and shook an
accusing finger at Betty, which moved
Betty to tears again.
Meta laughed, and with much slm-
- perlng began to finger around within
the capacious flounces of her striped
kilt With much perspiration, and
with what Ynlght have been blushes on
a fairer skin she finally produced an
odd little hand, painstakingly carved
from ivory with inlaid nails and veins
of gold. She held this high for Betty
to gaze at, then pointed alternately to
herself and Larry Morris' picture with
such Illuminating pantomimes that
Betty immediately estimated that the
ivory hand was the troth-sign of Meta
and of a somewhere dusky-beloved!
Tyoga was three days In coming.
Then she waB much distraught and
looked like a ragged edition of her
once buxom self. First she called
Meta aside and spoke with her long
and earnestly Betty would have vow
ed it was in French. Then Tyoga came
to Betty.
"You are in danger of your life," Bho
aid, simply. "We all are. We are
orry for this, Miss Lancey, wo had
not expected It Wo had thought all
dangers were well guarded against,
that all precautions had been taken.
You and Meta must bo left alone here
In the caatlo for weeks. But be not
afraid. Besides tho secret entrance
which none knows but Meta, there Is
no approach to the castle save from
that river on tho south and to cross
that" she shuddered "to cross that Is
to swallow death. I have promised
you a safe return to your people, and I
go now to make that assurance doubly
sure. Le Malheureux sends you his
best wishes, and Is sorry he cannot
come in person, and now, farewell!"
Tho negresa turned and left tho two
girls together, Betty terror-stricken,
homesick, unnerved, Meta stolid, Im
mobile as the castle Itself.
For several weeks the weather was
fine, almost supernatural In Its beauty
nd flow. Vmtty trolled the caitlo over j
for hint or traco of any electrical ap
paratus, but none did she find. Thoro
wero dozens of chambers similar to the
one she occupied, what might bo a
throne room, a great dining hall, a
mammoth kitchen, and one big room
that possibly was an observatory, but
which was most securely bolted, barred
and cemented shut Even American
prowess dared not tamper with such
solidity of masonry.
Meta and Betty had finally accom
plished a species of pigeon dialect that
like Crusoe and his man Friday per
mltted them to signify their wants and
dislikes but prohibited tho dangerous
conversation of confidences and per
sonal communications unto which
women are so prone to fall! Betty had
given up the Idea of tho note in a bot
tie, me sensational wireless message
and such like methods of communlca
tlon with the loved ones at home, and
those of the newspaper fraternity in
particular ever slnco sho caught sight
of tho pigeons. She surreptitiously
carved this measage, "Betty Lancey,
Africa," on the wing of many a poor
suffering bird and vainly tried to shoo
it briskly away In tho direction that
sho thought housed civilized people.
This carving was a work of perspiring
labor but it diverted Betty more suc
cessfully than anything elso might
have done. This occupation amused
and exhilarated because it revolved
around the constantly diminishing
germ of Hope that so was near to dy
ing in Betty's bosom.
uirst or all, she had nothing to
scratch with but a hairpin. And with
tropical sun, and sea voyaging, hair
pins had become scarce enough to be
valuable. Second, Meta was always
watching, and thirdly, you never could
finish a bird at one sitting and It was
terrible to try to catch any of the
birds, and worse yet to get hold twice
In succession of the same bird you had
been working on last Frequently there
would be as many as three dozen birds,
half bedecked with Betty's carving,
hopping around at one time. Betty
held the thought that If one of these
birds should perchance be picked up it
might send people within a continent
of finding her.
There was something romantic about
living in this desert and swamp-bound
castle until the rains came on. Then
it was more aggravating than anything
Betty could ever have imagined.
Worse than any city editor I know
starting out to play wrecking crew
with an entire office," sho commented.
grimly.
tor an African rain In the central
part of that shadowy continent is not
rainstorm as we know it The lakes,
the rivers, the sea Itself seem to have
risen and to be descending In flat lay
ers and sheets of the wettest wet that
ever mortal knew. Lightning In more
varieties than Betty had dreamed
might ever have been patented broke
round the grim old castle, and the two
lonely young girls loved tho goat hard
er than ever.
Later they had an addition to their
family. A decrepit old Hon, a beast so
mangy, worm eaten and toothless that
one longed In pity to kill him then and
there, crept in from the Jungle one
cold, raln-pelted night Ho frightened
tne two gins hair to death at first
sight, then they both laughed heartily
at sight of his Infirmities and took him
in and made him royally welcome. He
expressed his gratification In croupy
roars mat caused Betty to long to feed
him lard and sugar, the same as her
mother had given her when she was a
croupy, wheezy kiddle.
But as a burglar alarm those roars
were the best of all inventions, as
Betty expressed it in tho Journal sho
was pretending to keep.
"As a perfectly proper property Hon,
ut njuiior Burton is a peach."
Betty had named the lion "City Edi
tor Burton" after the one being in tho
Inquirer ofilce whoso very voice was
calculated to instantly remove tho
scalp of any cub reporter whoever
sharpened a pencil In a newspaper of
fice
Between City Editor Burton and the
pigeons Betty found less opportunity
ror worry man um Aieta. Perhaps that
was because Tyoga had not told Betty
tho samo tale she had whispered that
hot morning Into the awe-struck ears
of Meta. The black girl knew of the
aanger threatening, and feared in si
lence. ,
So strong had grown the attachment
between Meta and Betty that tho
young Nubian, who, truth to tell, spoke
English with rare perfection, had much
ado to keep up their farce of pigeon
English and to refrain from outpour
ing her soul to the whlto skinned, but
now sadly-tanned Betty,
forgctfulncss In tho cafes. Boforo on
In particular tho crowds wero nwarm
ing llko files over molasses. Within,
a woman, sho looked to bo an Ameri
can at that, blondo and full-llgured,
singing an atrocious French song with
an oven more atrocious Malno accent
Between verses sho mingled tho cako
walk. "Let's got out of this," said Larry.
"John, look at tho negro ovor thoro.
Did you ever see such a Colowus In
your life?"
Moro than tho two nowspnpwr men
woro watching tho negro In question.
He was nearly seven feet high, mag
nificent In his proportions, and dressed
In immaculato whlto duck. His fea
tures were typically African, but no
had the bearing of ancient kings and
high Intelligence lurked in his eyes,
ond was planted at tho corners of his
mouth and In tho lines along his nos
ti lis.
Standing in tho cornor closo to tho
stage, ho was regarding tho pitiful
thing that gamboled thoro with tho
snmo Impassive pity that a man
watches a butcher kill a llttla squeal
ing pig. Tho pig Is not worth much In
tho nsthctlc scale as llfo goes, but
through him llfo may bo sustained.
Ono pig more or less to feed tho mass
es benefits tho masses, and Is very
good for tho pig. It lots him out of
being n pig, and provides for his trans
mogrificatlon into another shape.
As tho two Americans turned to look
nt tho negro ho was leaving tho earn
All eyes turned from the dancer to his
coal-black pulchritude. Tho dancer,
noting this waver of allegiance, lurch
ed forward and kicked Into tho air
with deft aim. Ono gaudy red satin
slipper fiew directly through tho crowd
and grazed the giant on tho back, fall
ing within a foot or two of tho two
Americans.
"That was a good shot I " ejaculated
Johnny. Larry Morris was watching
tho muscles working in tho African's
face as ho stooped to pick up the slip
per. "Bccauso I'm black," he heard the
man mutter, In pure English. "Be
cause I'm black."
Straight through tho crowd strodo
the black man, and up to tho stage,
overturning half of tho tables In his
way as he went. At tho footlights ho
leaned over, held out tho shoe and
beckoned for tho dancer to placo her
foot within It But tho women, with
the whimsicality of her sex, turned her
head away and smoto tho African
twice across the cheek.
Tho black man straightened himself
up like a steel bar, uncurved In a
white hot furnace. He took tho shoo
and fiung It at the dancer, lightly but
Accurately. It struck her across hor
painted mouth, and the steel plato on
the heel tore tho gentle skin of hor
full Hp. The blood streamed down In
a tiny thread over her chin and drop
per on her white shoulders.
The habitues of the cafe could not
endure this treatment of their favorlto.
Pandemonium was loosed. Bottles,
lamps, glasses, even chairs, they hurl
ed at the retreating figure of the Afri
can. He was cut and bruised in n
dozen places and almost overcome, for
tho strength of a Hercules could not
have resisted such onslaughts. John
son and Morris had gone out of tho
door when the riot began, and were
turning down the street when the
black burst out, winded, panting, and
closely pursued.
By the curb stood an automobile
a great red touring car; It belonged '3
Sulveler, the Associated Press man at
Algiers. A weak, dissipated little fel
low, Sulveler was at that moment the
foremost In consoling the dancer.
Larry Morris thought quickly. He
knew Sulveler well; they had worked
together in the States, and the negro
interested him.
Crank her, Johnny," he cried, point
ing to the automobile, and while John
ny cranked the muchlno Morris hus
tled the black within the car, threw
from his perch the dazed chauffeur and
in three minutes the black, Larry Mor
ris and Johnson, In Sulveler's car, were
headed for the desert with the mob
howling hyena-llko behind them.
'All right, old fellow; we'll help
you," Larry had wnispered in tho
black's ear as he hurried him towards
tho motor. Larry had had to do It, for
downed as he was, tho black Instantly
made a motion of resistance towards
anything that smacked of captivity.
(To be continued.)
ELEVEN BILLION MESSAGES.
Estimated Number Given In Census
Buroau's Roporl for iuu,
,.r.i.! n fi. There were
, 11 lillhnn messages,
IHUIU muii - " ,
ttu,i finti9 In 1907. nn Incroaso of
10 q nor rnnt ovor tho approximate
r. Ktiiinn nlmllnr conversations re
ported in 1902, according to estimates
presented in tho Census bureau 8 report,
now on the press, on tho census of the
:,! r.niiininnnt. service, m
r..,.,;ni munitions of the commercial
mutual, and independent rural tele
phone lines for 1907.
ntknr lnro-o increases are conspicu
In 1907 the totn
iimiinr nf AVRtnmB and lines was 22,
071 nopnmnnrnd with 9.13G in 1902,
:.Dn ir,l.J nor cent. Tho
Oil lilW4luuu w - nrtn
miles of wire in 1907 were 12,999,309
an increase of 1CB.3 per cent over i
onn 4K1 in 1002. Tho salaried cm
nlovcos in 1907 numbered 25,298,
comnarcd with 14,142 in 1902, tho per
cent of increase being 79.1. The sal
aries in 1907 amounted to $19,298,432,
as against $9,885,880 in 1902; n gam
of 95.2 per cent The average number
of wage earners in 1907 was 118,971
as ntrainst G.G28 in 1902. an increase
of 83.9 per cent. The wages paid
1907 amounted to 548,980,704, as com
Dared with $20,309,735 in 1902; a gair
of 85.7 per cent. The capital stock
and funded debt outstanding in 1907
was $814,610,004 while in 1902 it was
$348,031,058, an increase of 134.1 per
cent The income in 1907 was siai,
401,747 as comporcd with $80,825,530
in 1902: n pain of 112.5 ncr cent. The
operating expenses and fixed charges
except interest on funded debt, in
1907. amounted to S128.48G.196, as
against $01,052,823 in 1902; an in
crease of 108.4 per cent. Tho inter
est on the funded debt in 1907 amount
ed to $12,310,109 as compared with
$3,511.48 in 1902. the percent of in
crease being 250.7.
Between 1902 and 1907 there was an
addition of 8,098,918 miles of wire for
the use of the telephone systems of tho
country, as compared with an increase
of 25,011 in the mileage of owned and
leased wire for the use of commercia
telegraph systems.
CHICAGO MERCURY MOUNTS.
at
People Die, Dogs Go Mad, Horses
Fall In the Streets.
Chicago. Seven persons dead,
score prostrated in hospitals, dogs go
ing mad in the streets and horses drop
ping from exhaustion and n tempera
ture of 90 degrees were the features of
the second day of the hot wave whicl
is wilting Chicago.
Starting at 71 degrees in the morn
ing, tho mercury climbed rapidly and
death and suffering followed. At noon
the tepcrature had reached 88 and
2 o'clock it touched the 90 mark.
Dogs afflicted by the heat attacked
seven persons, who will be treated at
the Pasteur institute to guard against
rabies. In tenement districts women
and children sought in vain for refuge
irom the stilling heat In many dis
tricts children ran about almost nude,
mi .1 . n i . .
.inousanas iiockcu to the lake and
parks.
Defaulter Returns Voluntarily.
Bellmgham, Wash. II. J. Welty,
formerly president of the Home Secur
lties bank of Bellmgham, who disap
peared two days before the bank closed
lost February and for whose arrest
in connection with the wrecking of the
institution a reward of $1,000 had been
offered, has notified Prosecuting At
torney Livesley through business
friends that he is on his wnv ton Bel
lingham, where he will surrender and
plead guilty to the'eharges and assist
in straightening out the tangle in the
bank's affairs. Tho reward offered
will be withdrawn.
The prosecutor and receiver
bank declined to cive Weltv's
a bouts beyond saying he has been be
yond extradition. Welty is charged
wun using Dank lunds fto finance vur-
ioug land company enterprises.
of the
where-
Wlint Scared Him.
Bacon "It Is said a barber In
Paris, to win a wager, entered a cage
containing a Hon and a man and com'
posedly lathered and shaved the man
Loss of Life Frightful.
Vienna. The destruction of life and
property by floods throughout Hungary
exceeds all records. The number nf
while the beast Interestedly viewed the deaths has not been ascertained, but it
operation." 18 oeneveu tney will aggregate 1,000.
Egbert "I thought HonB wero afraid An,. aamaKe done to crops and property
wiu amount, 10 several million kronen.
The entire harvest is threatened with
destruction. In the Kronstadt district
duu Douies have been recovered. In
tno Moldava district 100 persona per
ished as the result of tho HiirlriV n inl.
lapse of houses, and in the Temesvar
uisirict iou persons have been drowned
of nothing."
"Oh, yes, they are. He'd probably
had some experience with that par
ticular razor before!" Yonkers States
man.
A Student of JIuiiiuii Nature,
"That was a pretty harsh note Mr.
Clincher sent you."
"Yes," answered tho debtor. "But
he didn't mean most of it. He has
Just employed a new stenographer.
Brookins Flies Highest.
Tnr1innni:n Tir-I.... r . . .
uiunuiu yvuiu-t urooKins, m a
wrigni biplane, broke the world's
aeroplane record for nlHtnrin ...i
i.Cm UD un-Minin iuui. tcLiei iiu wuw ne soared to a he rht nf 4 Kn.1 fw
showing off." Washington Star. cordhir to the measurnminfn f ..i
CHAPTER XIII.
jonnny Johnson and Larry Morris
arrived In Algiers early In' August. It
was hot and tho dust was equalled only
oy mo nies. Larry spoko a little
French, Johnny nothing but English.
They woro both seasick and both tired
of the task they had set themsolves
upon. In Chicago darkest Africa had
looked to them rather a small and un-
Important province, a shrunken Rhode
Island. In Algiers darkest Africa over
lapped every continent on tho globo.
The apparent futility of tho undertak
ing weighed them down.
Night fell. Then followed stars and
a subdued rumble of tho city life for a
brief and restful Interlude. Later the
mirth and ribaldry of the cafes Al
giers at her worst
This was Africa. Bad enough on
the coast But to ship for tho Inland!
It was an Impossibility. They eoutrhi ,
Jlndo the Aii1Icu(Iuji,
"How are things?" tho barber asked
pleasantly of the shrinking man in
the chair.
"Dull, very dull."
And the knight of the razor looked
for a moment as if ho thought the re
mark was personal.
timeter. His motor stopped nft ho una
descending and ho made a glide of two
miles, landing easily in a wheat field.
Brookins started at the Ind!nnnnnll
Dpccuwuy unu, nying in wide circles,
reached his highest altitude 40 min
uteB later.
Weston's Record Beaten.
Chicago. "Honest" John Ennis,
who hopes to lower Edward Payeon
Weston's ocenn-to-ocean record from
105 to 100 dayB. delivered alletter from
Mayor Gaynor, of Now York, to Mayor
Biisse, of this city, a day ahead of
Weston's Bchedule.
Reclamation Engineers Drowned.
Helena, Mont A. C. Gownoy and
lteckle Drlvlnir. . ti. bOpcr. assistant onf Inonra nnn
"What Is tho matter with your wifoT Cu,k,na an(l laborer namedjSoul Wall,
Anyway, He Wun't.
"Own up, now. Who's the head of
your family?"
"My wife used to bo," admitted Mr.
Enpeck, "but since my daughters aro
grown up wo have a commission form
of government." Louisville Courier
Journal,
I see she's got hor hand In a Bling."
Itectties8 driving."
"Horse?"
"No; nail."
vu mm mo reclamation ser
vice, wero drowned at Shoshone, Wy
oming, as tho result of a plcuBure
boat capsizing.
rxrrT TfimDT A T lW m llPMImrT A Am
i in i n i . iiiiii I'liiiii im a'.i w ii mil
r tuiTiittaa vr uuu nu t k vt
TAFT OPENS BIG TRACT,
203,035 Acros Eliminated From Wn
Iowa Forest Rosorvo.
Tho president hnBBlgn
cd n proclamation eliminating 203,035
' i-.m dm Wnllowu national for
est, in Oregon. Tho elimination Im tho
result of a careful examination made
i... ii... n.,lti.il KtatoH department of
..:.!...,iiiirn ilurlnir tho past Bummer,
which disclosed tho fact tlmt tho areas
now eliminated were cither open ktms
land with very little timber, or b
i. ,i nr....n an Inrire v alienated thnt
r,Mmr mlmlnlslrat on by the foroBt
.una rnnnidorcd impracticable
The lands released aro not needed for
watershed protection, nnu are noi con
sidered to be chiefly valuable for rut
tional forest purposes.
Tim nrlnclpal eliiiilnationB occur I
townships 1 and 2 south, rango 47 cuflt
townships 1 and 2 norm, ranges -m, -iu,
.17 ,.nil .IS east: township 3 north.
42 cast: township 4 north, 42
and 43 cast; townships f and G north
range 4G cast, nnd township u norm
rnnirn .17 unflt. Ill luldition, II fltrip O
land from ono-half milo to three tnilca
wl.lo is dim hated along tho southern
boundary of the forest, in ranges 42 to
47 east. Section G and the west half
of Bection G, township 4 north, rango
42 oust. Ib transferred from the Win
Iowa to the Wonaha forest, tho nren
having been isolated from tho Wallowa
by the large eliminations.
LIVESTOCK FAIR IN FALL.
Big Gunrantoo Fund Has Boon Raised
by Portland Associallon.
Portland At a meeting held by the
officers of the Portland Fair & Live
stock association it was announced that
the $2r.000. iruarantee had been sub
scribed and that a race meet and live
stock show, tho greatest in the city's
hi3torv. will be held this fall in Port
land.
A few weeks ago there was talk of
dissolving the association and disposing
of its large holdings on the cast side
known i3 the country club, but the
talk has resulted in a stronger organ
ization, with a more ambitious pur
pose than ever.
E. L. Thompson, who was ono of
the committee to ruise the guaratec
fund, stated that the forthcoming race
meet will be something that will draw
perhaps fully as many people bb the
Rose Festival, especially with the live
stock thrown in for good measure.
"We will have some of tho best
horses in tho country and thoro wil
be other attractions that will be bound
to draw and please. The stores wil
close one week day during the life of
tho show, and that will give everybody
a chance to attend.
Half Comploted
the )owcr dam
has made great
last few weeks,
Dam on Doschutcs
Bend Work on
across the Deschutes
progress during the
the final filling of rock beinir about
half completed. The course of the riv
er has been almost entirely diverted
trom the main channel Into the spill
way.
The dam, a solid rock fill, is 2G0 feet
in length and 18 feet hitrh. and will
raise the wuter 14 feet when tho spill
ways are closed. The sni wnv con
struction consists of a rook-fllled crib
with 12x12 inch timbers, bolted to
solid rock foundation, and is 2G0 feet
long. Five gates have been installed
in tho spillway, two of which will bo
connected by a flume with a GO-inch
ln.UHn ...I l in .
luiuinu wncei wun ziu-norao nowor
capacity, which will bo employed for
generating electricity until tho rail
road's advent makes practicable the
completion of the big permanent power
necent Kain Croat Help to Forests
Portland District Forester Chnn-
Mnn I .1.1 i
uu;b uiui mo recent rainfall is
of immense value i n tmnnnrnrllt in
ducing the fire hazard to tho forests of
wcsiern uregon and Washington. Tho
unusually dry weather preceding this
ram hud made the fire dimmer tntirh
greater than is ordinarily the cuse nt
this season. Mr. Chapman stntea that
uiu various agencies for tho BUnnreH-
sion of forest fires are closoly co
operating to reduce tho season's loss.
Sheep Shearinc In Wallown.
Wallowa Fortv-two euro nf
worn aKI,.,l " i, . . . ""ul'
.,....,1,4 jjuill ing Pllllntv In, rv
IS... i j j VA-
i. i r KC0- 110 wi" drive
about 4, G00 over tho mountains, mak
ing II lOlltl OI 17.1 ( I Hhnim f
he will pay Wallowa county growcra
An - . '
vein ana Si for
Vnnrw
Shfintl Unnnrini, t, I .
tZ i K . . oucn ln progress
ior nnout a week in Mm
and will continue until about July
Novel Heating System.
Klamath Fnllw Pm.i ti .
building n M a. '.m' ""noon IB
- o .- yUvuu ruHiucnCC ill Hot
Springs addition. Ono of the unique
feature of the place i to bo a hot
water heating Bystem Berved by phc
ing coils of nino in tho . ' AT.
eection near by.' No flre wl 11 p e.1
ed for heating tho house.
Robulld Burned Mill.
Baker Citv Thn n
Grain company's now ,1 TrCady or
active onerat on. T i.., uy ?r
Brick Block at Wlllamlna,
Willamina J. n. f?h,.t-i.. .
brick Btructure in tho town.
owcb nnd
wethers.
ROAD EXTENSION
Horrlman Officials
LlKEil
Will i . .
' Rou Condon. '
Condon Mcmhorn
representing tho poonlo ,c
Gilliam and Whenlor Z.of
. Luuni t
campnign for improved C '
...w.....w, llo mrnc from
i vm irom d.
iiriniriTicr inn nuiii...u. ..
Deal Will hn nnnal.l,....! l " H
. - uy ill
man svalnm
Tho committee hold'
with Goneral Manntm,
other ofllcialB of the 111"'
11
largo volume of freight
uudihubu which wouiu becom. i.
mvijr iivniuiuiu wirouirh IW .
O. II. & N. from U,i7 . W
il atnXKn On "
jb ii result ot i ii id fv,f..
oral ManiiL'or fVn.i,. ...
W. Cotton, guncral counM 'J?
i fl.. .1 . .') "Mi
17 . J ""v,"f "u look U'
kiui. ja n i U omiu over win iu
determining mo fenaibl Itvnf
v.i.nviii uiuv nun uwii nSKW,
2G ACRES BRINQ $45,001
Nnu Ynrtt (Tinhnll.. i .
, "ejuin
mvor orchard Land.
llOOd Ilivnr- Hnvl T)l...
wn rri In I. II., 1 .
iiuoi-u ui ujr wiu jiooq itiver
company w uaatern purchajcj
wcok, ono oi wnom wna R,
xncw iorK cnpiiaiiBL He bourll
u . ui. uiiiuui fin inn k't
- - -- - i miv llli
ior wnicn no poiu ia,000.
,MUU VWIIDIDW Ui U I1C ITS, ZUM
ih in i!iirnivnnr-A n sn
11 UW WWII ITU Co
MTlh Milt.. ..
...... nwniuivnei
woman who bought n tewes
chard from R. Jnrvk u'
Oak Grove district, for 114,004.
T.nmrtnfi rnmnllu lti-am-Li 2
homo in Lob Angeles, and bocjfc
Hood River property for a jumb
ldunco. b do sans that before
Now York she had htppcd a
furniture here, although the h!
purchased, hut was dotcrmitwiu
1 1 1 . . .
1111 iiuiiu uiLiiuiu iil uum Km
money would obtain IU
Indian Lands Chance Hindi,
1 uiiuiuiuii- 'Jiiiuiui-r ilv Bane
tllan land has pitted from the t
the red men into the posflcuioa i
IVIIILU lllflil lillU Will LMJ UIHBIU
ing the tux roll of Umatilla
(Jrow at $7G per acre and 40 1
L. L. Mnnn for SfiR nr ten.
woa heirship land. Two other
comprising 200 acres of land in
nnnr Afhfnn will nnnn 1m nfTfM
sale by tho Indian agent.
Mnthnup Fnir D.llnt StL
September 20, 21, 22 and 21
. . . m .ill
t r.ilu Unttlnmlin I U trill M
try day, when all exhibiu
placed in the buildings, ice
aro located near Ontario.
New Lino lo Baker Or.
company hufl a force of mn
Mm llitjio nf TTtilnn Bfrln71C2
vil WIU iiiiuo UV uimmiii m a v
IIWW MllVf? AIVIII .w wv ,
Walla.
PORTLAND MAHKtls.
1JI7 hAn - 'I'annl nriPM' III
7Gc! vnllnv. fi2c.
per ton.
Corn Whole. S32: cracKeo.l
ITnvTrniW nrlccs: Tl'motllj,
ii,. ....!!.. 10rr.r ruir tffl!
urn uregon, qcw.,
ernln huv. S176118.
Oat No. 1-white,
2,25 per crato; apples, .m
hnv linrrlon flnxron. 3MlOC
eooriebcrrlcfl. GOfiGc. aprJcoU,
per oox: oiacKoemea, iw-t r
ilia C 1 WKrTl 1 nnr prnlo.
i.o, Vi.ivv .-. w ..nil.
1J. 111i.nln 1HR
lllllliri'll' ItHW IillIIIUllllMI 'W
dozen: aflnnrncrus. Sl.ZoC F1
pnnnnrm virw,c iilt P"'"i
pfluoc per dozen: nomousu
Amnrm' rndisllCSi lws?
, , -vui"-, ----- - .
dozen; spinach, 8&Jic per r
niinnna i oKjrti nn nor sac,
8oc(?5$l; bceta, ?l.o"; P""'"n
On onB Bermuda, i.om-
ernlni fnA 9ii)9 ! 2fi nor SBC.
fancy outside creamery m
I'wunu, nmii.,
prlcca average lnic per Jwu""
c-Kuiar outwr Vw.
Pork Pnncv. mw P"
Poultry Hons, ibmwiw-;
turkeys, llvo, 20C)22c; ir
...i.Tnwn.n &rm I rim . i u w ..
.1 ..n nv. f -
cowb nnd holfora, good w
C.B0; fair to medium,,
uuiib, Hiugn, u""yij. '
Hogs Top, ?9.CO0,C0, 1 ,
medium, S8.40aOB.lu
i- i or;. liPfltC"1
4.G0; PambB, choico,