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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1910)
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Now . i,n crrnv nvofl BDIXr' i.. wn t hono i vo III 1 1 li u IJ a yoar's supply of Btonogrn- laying in a stock ngalnut a need, approved r uiruum schomo, Judgo." i & i irwi nrrn rutin u ! irrr-niiilllll'lllllllillllllllllll M i n in, in: ill iti i nil ii IN'MW i V 1 ino a i una on ma vuiuiudi of months Miss Allon left last A At mv i irnvrnn inn mrirv tti ii ti r I'vo dotonnlnod not to bo i t. l 1. 1 . , letter glance at tho empty right nf hlo frinnii I wroto to my sistor in Kansas ii ni'iiir mi ill 14 hi r l if rn ii i 1 1 rn run in mnr v ry nnniwmrv nnni. I need no reforonco It thoy ClT nanAntlnn " iiviu unucKiuii no nnu mot Alias tf i ii v n nil v W. hniriinirl " thn lurl rrr Intni 1 Ii nlniliinlii 1 1 ... I. . d yuu nnm nv." l.n 11.. .i uu jjiiiutuy nonesi, rm ncung ror your benefit. I'vo had nlco clrln h nrn nnrl vmi nntraii I thought you miirht ho Inns wero Bcveral tocrothor." uu hfiir top mf7 Ynn'rn vorv io oncournge mo In this way uuuuiuu iu lonoiv imcnoior ! till 111111 HliniDi-l mnnlrlnoln J I1I1L IV VIIIIIIII LT IIIIM - ' ... ...j-, T'a tint f . i. ii. . i . nnd bring a n'lfo homo with rflnU'.. I . . ' .mww iun tjitkvv. w onco a girl," ho bognn - inum mora," naaoa -o "IllUUIlIltl V. Pt for mo. That's why I' . . . u umor man ow. no wa8 too 10 mnrrv niii.j.. . A WHO i - uro nna my folly .-..-.4, tjuunoa tno "vH.iuUUU iur - "..viji x HUB I'm n young fool cost older throo Tou'vo lived lllto a man! I'vo known you sovon years. About nlno toon, woro you, whon H "Whon I plnyod fool7 Twenty. I'vo novor touched a drop of liquor nlnco, judgo Varnoyr "And tho girl." "Sho was tho daughtor of ono bl tho profossorfl, 8ovontoon then, and I know, now that I'm older, that sho cared for mo. But I waa an 'undo slrablo' from tho first, and I never had a second alono with hor sho wns so infernally well chaporonodl Hor mothor meant hor to make a groat match. Tho girl gavo promiso of wondorful boauty, and for some roason tho profosBor hatod mo as tho dovil hates holy water 1" "M m," murmured tho Judgo thoughtfully, "I think I can account for your expulsion 1" "I was as proud as I was foolish. I mado no attempt at Justification, perhaps if I had Oh, what's tho ubo? It's past and gonol Lot tho dead past bury Its dead!" "That's right," tho Judgo agreed hoartlly, "you'vo shown your worth horo In Wyoming. You'vo llvod whito playing tho gamo of llfo liko a man. You'vo mado good with tho monoy you woro told to dio on. YouH bo a rich man before you aro forty. Now if you'd only forgot that girl " Fulrflold raised un impationtly in terrupting hand. "You moan well, Varnoy, nnd I'm not woarlng my heart whoro tho daws can got at it, but thoro'll novor bo anothor girl for mo. I know it whon I was a boy. I know it now." "Supposo," mused tho Judgo, in a voico or unwontod gentleness, "sup poso you woro to moot hor again. Suppono you found you wero right in boliovlng sho loved you long ago. Supposo sho Btlll cares Fairflold'B tannod faco paled, and his strong, brown hand pulled Impet uously at his collar. "Don't, Judgo, you only open an old wound I Wo won't mention it again. I don't know what possessed mo to speak of it now oven to you!" "But If you should meet hor," tho JudRO persisted, "nnd could got a chanco to soo hor alone?" "Groat Heavens, man!" cried the other, roughly, "I'm no longer a boy. I wouldn't wait to soo hor nlono! Ono look Into her oyos would toll mo all I want to know and I'd tako hor into my' arms if all tho world stood star ing." Chocking himsolf abruptly, ho walkod toward tho window, asking in nn nltorcd tone: "Will you go to lunch with mo, Varnoy?" "If you'll wait about ten minutes; I must sign Bomo lottorB first," Folrflold answorcd absently, look' ing from tho window with eyes that saw nothing of tho familiar scene bo- foro him. Ho heard tho door opon from tho outer offlco; ho was con sclous that tho Judgo was speaking to somo ono. Ho did not turn his thoughts were back In tho past he hod triod to forgot. Ho soomod to soo again tho shy llttlo girl whoso eyes had answered tho words ho could not spoak, whoso sorrowful faco had looked down at him from hor window when ho, defiant and reckless, had turnod to shako a boyish fist at the collcgo walls ho was loavlng in dis grace A gentle hand touched his arm and a swoot volco said: "Doxtor, I hope you havon't forgotten?" "Grace !" It wbb tho cry of a strong man with ompty arms and yearning heart a cry that wns answered by clinging arms. "I'm not conducting a matrimonial bureau exactly," tho Judgo explained Inter, "but when this young lady ad dressed tho district Judgo asking as slatnnco in locating a certain Doxtor F. Windsor, but only In case tho said Windsor Is not married, ray suspi cions woro aroused, and I wroto to hor to como on and help mo Identify tho tho chumpl" bo finished fondly, his hand on tho young man's shoul dor. u ulu uuiur nnurrnniv Kxponoa, flrod Busnendert. u UUll o nood to troasuro tho ltlok ? your llfo," tho i..riM a Kindly. cost mo also hnirin a weal- WaB ffyoa n . . "owea it air rw i tho BUg- NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Witness Says Importers All Paid For Undorwolghlng. Now York Ab tho corollary to the statement, mode recently from tho witness stand by George T. Lunny, nl- cged go-between of importers and government weighers In bribery opera tions, that ho had never known a weigher who would not accept a briiie, James P. Hyland, formerly an assis tant weigher, testified that ho had nev er met an Importer who refused to pay for underwcighlng. Hyland wus the chief witness' of tho day In tho trial of George E. Bedell and other cx-customs officials on charges of making fraudulcntweights. He said he sometimes took off 50 per cent from the weights and sometimes did not weigh cargoes at all, but mere ly guessed at the weights. Hyland waa assistant government Weigher from 1891 to 1909. On the stand, he was asked if ho had ever done any underweighlng. "I underwcighcd tho very first car go I was assigned to weigh," waB the reply of tho witness. He said he con tinued undcrweighing trom that time on, receiving most of tho corruption money from "Big George" Lunny, who has been described In the testimony as tho "go-botween" for importers and weighers in bribery operationa to se cure underweighta. Tho underweigh- cra always got half tho amounta of tho dutieB out of which tho govern ment was defrauded, Hyland testified. Hyland Baid that at one time he was not aatisficd with the amount of hiB "rake-off" at one dock, and offered Be dell $50 a ship if he would trana fer him to a more fruitful field. The transfer was made, the witness testi fied. Bedell was chief clerk to Deputy Surveyor Vail. He paid Bedell, on the average, just what he promised to, Hyland declared. RECOGNITION NEXT STEP. In a Tronlcnl Forest. Dr. Charles H. Townsond, director of tho New York aouarlum, who ro cently spent a month in and about tho Btrnits of Magellan, contributes to the Popular Science Monthly an account of his experience. The per petual snow lino is only 2,000 to 3,000 foot abovo tldowator. and yet In tho Bummor season wondorful flowers nnd rlno borrlea aro to bo Kathorod, whllo hummlug-blrdB, parrota and flamingoes abound. Fortunately thoro aro no mosquitooB. "No ordinary description can convoy a clonr ldoa of tho gen erally lmponotrablo chnracter of tho forests, which aro moro tangiou ana tllfllcult than thoso of tho tropica. Fniion troea and brnnchos cover doop ly tho wholo forcat floor, thoso In turn being mostly concealed with mossos and larKO nlants. tho wholo always Bat uratod as If by a rocent ralnatorm. Aftor clamborlng ovor decayed logs, hoavlly blanketed with mosses, ono may land waist doop in boggy vegota Hnn. ProcrcsB la pos8lblo only by constant and laborious climbing over obstructions." Arehnoolonlcnl Dlsoovery. A record of very groat Interest con corning tho colobrated Biego of Jerusalem by Vespasian's army, nnilnr hn command of Titus, has been dlacovorod In uppor Egypt, nUna of a woodon panel, with vwttwiMw-n - ----- - - ralaod borders, or framo, boarlng Latin Inscription or some miy mwu, which thlrty-BOVon aro sun porioo lacrihiA Anart from Its historical Importanco this relio, with tho excep tion of the tablots found at Pompeii, ..lnllnir nnmn fLAflOUntfl Of a bonkOf there. Is tho most valuable spoolmon I yor found. a of iy NO REFUSAL GIVEN. DEAD TIMBER TO BE- SOLD. Government Would Dispose of That Killed by Forest Fires. Washington Government timber that was killed by tho recent forest fires that Bwept over largo areaa in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana, !b to ho sold as speedy as possible by the forcat service, provided pur chasers can bo found, i A great deal of this timber, though killed by tho fire, is entirely sound and fit for the mill, provided it is cut and removed within two or three years. It is this timber that ia to be sold. The sales will bo mado under the di rection of the district foresters having jurisdiction over the states in which tho big fires occurred; nnd these offi cials will be at liberty, if they bo de sire, to sell this burned timber at low er rates than have heretofore been asked for mature timber sold from forest reserves. There will be no in structions isaued by the Washington office directing the sale of this timber at reduced prices, as the district offi cers will be permitted to exerciBe their best judgment. It is the desire of the forest service, however, that all tim ber killed by the fires be cut and re moved as early as possible, and it is also the belief of the Washington office that a reduction in price might well be made as an inducement to mill men who are bo situated as to be able to handle this timber. In the main, the lands burned over by the August fires, so far as they lay within the boundaries of the forest re serves, will be kept in reserves, and will be reforested. Some of the lands, however, that prove to be chiefly val uable for agricultural purposes, now that the timber is burned off, will be opened to homestead entry. It is the understanding of the officials in Wash ington that the bulk of the land ia suit able principally for forest purposes, however, and thiB land will in time be replanted unless it naturally reforests. RESTORE VALUABLE LANDS Satisfactory Adjustment With Nicara gua Thought Near. Wnshincton Events are moving towards a satisfactory adjustment of tho relations between the United States and Nicaragua. It was admit ted at the State department mat tne Estrada government was to be recog nized immediately, as far as it was possible to do so at this stage. It fn nointed out that there are var ious degrees of recognition, and as Es- trada'B government is, alter an, a pro visional one, the recognition would be on thnfc hnaiR. Intrton will bo Senor David Arrellano, who achieved fame in thiB country and brought on his head the wratn oi ieia ya by conducting a public demonstra tlon in Manamia in honor of the acces sion of Taft to the presidency. SURETY COMPANY LIABLE. Supreme Court Decision Protects Bank Guaranty Fund. finthrie. Oklahoma Three surety companies, banking the funds of the Oklahoma school land office on deposit in thn wrprkpd Columbia Bankincr & Trust comany, of Oklahoma City, when the institution tailed, were neia name for S140.000 bv a decision of the State Supreme court. At the same time the bank guaranty fund was renevea oi responsibility for tne same amount. By the Bame court decision a Kansos r.itv rnmnanv. which had already naid $30,000 bonda on state funds, and aure nrotectincr the Oklahoma County deposit approximately u,uuu, aro prevented lrom in recovering from tho bank guaranty fund, which is thus $240,000 better off by the Su preme coirt decision. China's Imports Decline. Washington The growing commer oin intnrdenondence of Oriental coun trips, ns ntrainst their former depend ence on the ucciaent, is snown oy tne infpst fio-ures of China's foreign com merce, which have just reached the department of commerce ana labor, in mnah rnsps China's imnorta from Occidental countries indicated a de cline. Tho largest actual gains in im nnrta wero in merchandise coming from India, Japan, Russia, French Indo-China and bingapore. une ng iima nhovv n larpor decreaae in imnorta from tho United States than from any other of tho special countries oi tne world. Prince Hsun is Honored. Honolulu Prince Tsai Hsun, minis ter of tio Chineso navy and uncle of tho young emperor of China, arrived horo on bonrd tho Manchurin. The princo is on his way to tho United Rtntes to make n study of naval prob lems. Ho waa given nn elabornto re ception hero. Escorted by Governor Frnnr. the Chinese naval minister nnd his retinuo wero taken from tho water front to tho aceno of tho reception un der guard of soldiers and marines. Eastern Cities Growing. Washington The population of Springfield, 111., Is 5l,G78, an increase of 17,519, or 51.3 per cent as compared with 34,169 in 1900. Tho population of Watertown, N. Y., ia 26,730, an in crease of 5,034, or 23.2 per cent, as compared with 2.42G in 1900. The population of Oswego, N. Y is 23, 368, ob compared with 22,199 in 1900. The population of Cohoes, N. Y la 24,708, compared with 28,910 In 1900. Road Will Be Pushed Through to Los Angeles, Is Rumor, Los Angeles Well-informed rail road men believe that to all intents and purposes Jame J. Hill has, or is about to forco a way through to this Coast for hia trains. Hill has for some timo controlled a ino to Benson, Ariz., within 60 miles of this city. Ho is master of the Bur ington, reaching with its main line to Denver, and the Colorado & Southern from Penver to Fort Worth. Handing the reins of the latter line to Hill was one of the biggest mistakes ever mado by tho late E. H. Harri- mnn, because at Dallas the Colorado & Southern crossca the Rock Island, which operates over tho Phelpa-Dodge road, the El Paso Southwestern, to El Paso, whence trains come over the Southern Pacific. The Phelps-Dodge ino continues, however, to Benson, and its owners have arranged to build to Phoenix. These interests aro at war with the Southern Pacific, and it is understood they have ,a track-right arrangement with the Santa Fe, which will be high ly advantageous to the latter when the new link is built. There is every reason to expect, au- thoritiea declare, from that .; connection Hill, through hia ; Phelps-Dodge influ ence, will operate to this coast over the Santa Fe via the Parker cutoff. Large Areas Eliminated From Forest Reserves. Washington Under a plan of co operation outlined by Secretaries Bal linger and Wislon, and now being car ried out by the officials of the Interior department and department of agri culture, material areas of agricultural land, is to be eliminated from forest reserves and restored to the public do main. Some of this land has already been restored; a much greater area is expected to be restored during the coming winter, when reports on thia summer's field work are collected and maps submitted to the heads of the two depatmrents. There seemingly misunderstanding in the minds of many as to just what Secretary Bollinger and Secretary Wilson are undertaking to do. Their purpose is simply to take from forest reserves lands that are not properly in cluded in Buch reserves lands that are not primarily valuable for their tim ber, or as protection to water supply. In' other words, they are seeking to meet strong objections that have been raised against forest reserves in times past, by removing one cause for com plaint. EXTENDED CONTROL URGED Beveridge Tells Bankers Government Should Supervise Trusts. Evansville, Ind. Urging govern ment supervision of meat-packing com panics, the "steel trust," the "sugar trust," the railroada and other great corporations, Senator Beveridge told the delegates to the convention of the Indiana Bankers association that he "could see no reason why moral obli gations should have to be made legal obligations for bankers and not for other persona in whom there is placed a public trust. He added, "I spoke of packers, rail road management, steel trust and su gar trust men. And if the government controls banks, os it does, why should not it control railroads and other pub lie corporations. The relationship to the poeple is just as great, if not greater than that of the banks." Packers Give Bail. Chicago Seven of the 10 officials of tho Chicago packing companies in dieted by a Federal grand jury for violation of tho Sherman anti-trust law appeared in the Federal court and gavo bail for their appearance. Each defendant was obliged to furnish three bonds for $10,000 each. Tho three men who did not furnish bail are Louis F. Swift, president of the Swift & Co., who is in Europo ThomaB J. Connors, superintendent of Armour & Co., who is now returning from Europe, and Francis A. Fowler, department manager of bwif t & Co. who is ill. Judge Landis ordered bench warrants issued for the defend ants, but nfter attorneys for tho ob sentees explained why they had failed to appear tho order was recalled. Conservation Must Wait. Washington Congress may attempt further conservation legislation next winter and somo bills urged by tho ad ministration may become laws, but there is little chanco that any measure looking to the so-called "conservation of water power" can ho passed in the limited three months of the closing session of the 61st congress, for there is too much diversity of opinion os to how water powers Bhoulri bo "con Berved." HILL TO TAP COAST. LATEST ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP BURNED Benzine Tank Explodes While Ship Is Being Housed Three of Crew Hurt Balloon an En tire Wreck Had Been In Passenger Service. MAN EATS GRASS TO LIVE. Alaskan Prospector Saved From Star vation on Yukon Island. Seattle A special dispatch from Fairbanks, Alaska, says that one of the deckhands of the steamer Monarch has an acute appreciation of whnt it means to be stranded on a desert isle. On the last trip of the Monarch down the Tanana river, some one no ticed that a flag wbb being waved from a little iBland in the river. Cap tain Blair stopped his boat and sent back to investigate. There he found an unfortunate man who had been wrecked on the island, lost all of hiB outfit and was reduced to the 'necessity of eating grass. As the man had been three days without food, he was weak, but he ac cepted a job as a deckhand on the Mon arch, where good meals revived him. PETRIFIED FISH ARE FOUND.. California Miners Discover Two Pre historic Monsters of the Sea. ban Andreas, Cal. Word was brought here from Railroad Flat that in tho tunnel of the Bouvoir mine, near the Calaveras river, 15 miles East of Mokelumne Hill, two immense petri fied fish were found a few days ago, one 37 feet long and the other 15. The longest one was lengthwise o' the tunnel and the miners had blasted into it some distance before they de ter mined what it was. Then it was too late to preserve it, large portions having been blown to pieces. The oth er one was crosswise and the tunnel was put through it. The fish were imbedded in cement gravel, and had no doubt been there many centuries, since gravel filled what must have been in the remote, past an immense inland sea. Baden Baden The latest type of Count Zeppelin's inventive genius met with disaster here when tho dirigible balloon Zeppelin VI took fire after an explosion while being warped into her shed. A score or more of men were engaged in the task of housing the air ship when a benzine tank in the rear gondola exploded, setting fire to an ad jacent compartment. The explosion of this compartment was followed oy the explosion of the 16 others. There was a gush of flames and the whole structure was destroyed In a few minutes. Three of the crew were injured. Nothing remained of Count Zeppe lin's latest model except a tangled mass of aluminum frames. The shed also caught fire, but the blaze was put out without serious dam age. Several workmen were burned, but none fatally. The igniting of the benzine occurred while workmen were cleaning the ma chinery, during which the benzine holders were open. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained. Zeppelin VI, during the last 18 days, has made 34 passenger trips, covering about 2,000 miles, and carrying more than 300 passengers. The flights of the dirigible were made regularly, oft en in unfavorable weather. This ia the fifth aeriou8 accident which has befallen the Zeppelin dirig ibles. The Zeppelin VI was under charter of the PasBenger Airship company, having replaced in the passenger ser vice the recently wrecked Deutschland. It was transferred fromlFriedrichshaf en to this place, and after being fitted with improved propellers and new features, made a trial trip on August 19. It proved to be the speediest of its type, and it was announced that it would maintain a speed of 38 miles an hour. The dirigible was reconstructed to crry 10 passengers, and in the last few days had made several trips. Many Americans were among the excursion ists. Baron Rudolph Goldamidt-Roth-child had chartered the airship for the U8e of a private party. He had agreed to pay $500 for the first two hours of the excursion, and $250 for each ad ditional hour. FALLIERES SEES DIRIGIBLES. CLARA MORRIS IN PLIGHT. Aged Actress, Destitute, May Lose Her Home. New York Blind, feeble from ill ness, deserted by those whose friend she was when they were needy, Clara Morris, 20 years ago the idol of ap plauding audiences, will be turned from under her roof unless $20,000 can be raised to lift the mortgage on her home on Riverdale avenue. Headed by a man who had never seen Clara Morris off the stage, a company known as the Clara Morris Holding company, has been organized to save her house for her and has raised $15,000 towards lifting the mortgage of $30,000 on the home of the once famous tragedienne. But unless the remaining $15,000, to gether with an additional $5,000 to meet interest, taxes and assessments for some years to come is secured, Clara Morris may be thrown on charity for support. Many Preachers to Quit. Charlea City, Ia. When the Upper Iowa Methoaist conference convenes in Charles City next week, it will find itself face to face with a decided short age in the number of preachers neces sary for the district, and 57 charges in the conference will have to be filled from a source not known at present. Fifty-seven men, tho greater part of them in the prime of life, a number of them only a few years out of the uni versity and Beminary, will quit the ministry nt this time and take up sec ular work. Expense Exceeds Salary. Atlanta, Ga. For the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia, Hoke Smith, successful candidate in the recent primary election, paid $17,596.10, according to an itemized account filed by him with tho comp troller of the state. Of this amount friends contributed to his campaign fund $7,097.47, Governor Joseph M. Brown spent $3,950.76. Tho office of governor pays a Balary of $3,000 an nually. Convicts to Be Whipped. Austin, Texas The last official act of tho fourth special session of the Texas legislature was the signing by lieutenant-governor nnd speaker of the house of tho law making radical changes in the conduct of the state penitentiary. Whipping in the cases of convicts in what is known as tho third or incorrigible class, was restored. French Army Corps Use Aeroplanes In Field Maneuvers. Grandvillieres, France President Fallieres, accompaneid by the president-elect of Brazil, Marshal Hermos Fonseca, Premier Briand and foreign military attaches, witnessed the opera tion of dirigibles in the army maneu vers. Three dirigibles and six aero planes, including those manned by Latham and Paulhan, took prominent part in the operation. Thus far aeroplanes have given bet ter results than the dirigibles, which for two days were prevented from leaving their stations by high winds. Army officers are enthusiastic over the results. General Picquart, commanding the Second corps, and General Meunier, commanding the Third corps, each morning before 7 o'clock were in possession of an accurate description of the location and movements of each other's forces. Meunier outgeneraled Picquart, succeding in turning the latter's position. Standard Sues Carriers. Washington A claim for reparation his been instituted by the Standard Oil company before the Interstate Com merce commission against the Chicago Terminal Transfer company, the Chi cago & Eastern Illinois Railway com pany, and other carriers. It is alleged that the Standard Oil company waa overcharged by the carriers on ship ments of refined oil from Whiting, to Bear Springs, Tenn., through the filing by the carriers with the commis sion of a faulty tariff. Man Tells of Murders. Denver Michael Sif ten, a Polish laborer, who came to Denver from Pueblo a few days ago,rolated to Chief Armstrong, of the Denver police, a re markable tale of a series of murders alleged to have been committed in Pueblo several years ago. Siften says he is able to account for a dozen mys terious disappearances and crimes. He did not tell of them before, he said, because of fear. The crimes were committed at a boarding house. Drug Sale to Be Stopped, Pittsburg A country-wide cam paign against the illegitimate traffic in narcotics and habit-forming drugs began hero when the National Associa tion of Retail Druggists went on rec ord as favoring a national law along; these lines. Portugal Exiles Monks, Lisbon The monastery of tho Span ish Jesuits at Aldeira-Ponte has been closed by a government decree, and the Jesuits have been expelled from tho country. They are warned that If they return to Portugal they will be arrested.