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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1911)
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ANn Y-k-k-. . w WKESS OF OUR HOME STATE SETTLING NEW COUNTRY. Loon Lako District Offers Flno portunltlos to Dairymen. OLOSED SEASON NOT MADE. Op-1 Master Fish Warden R . , '-r-1 wuiuiii win i noutaries Overlooked. twcenCflnaRnvn n.t. . ng receipts of ?112.50 and dis- tween Coos Bav and TVnJn i v. . . a sawmill In lMM' Z' rursement3 or accounta presented for provements wh." Jfl amounting to ?1,353.62. Ho mU ,. . . L 7 B uuu ca,ia attention to tho fact that tho The district was for years isolated, legislature failed to enact a Closed without any ouUet but a trail. Re- season for Columbia rive triLarief cently a wagon road was built from nnrt tw .... . . t t i. x ,t . uiuauu season on tno (Jo- xxjon .aKe to Alleghany, and the re- lumbia 1, noon, while on the W!llnnn ... .... mnmhor nf , i ' " "ver ana its tributaries. aid AytiMt rth of the falls at Oregon City, the a mill at Loon Lake. It will cut season does not close until noon March about 12,000 feet a day, and will 15 and opens again at noon April 15 tures in the district now are bufitS x,,3tauon .th other tributaries of the shakes. There is about 4,000 acres of 0,umb,a river in this state, west of fine bottom land, which is attracting 5ta confluence with the Deschutes the-attention of the dairymen, now river. U4. 1.1- 1 ' . ... . . - niuu uiu uistricc nas an nutinf. Ho. tt suit is that a number of farmers are noon, to May going tnere to settle. J. McDonald, a Willamette riv, sides, nn .,fn na Jo v, " , " ?no. iact tnat the Drain to kB v tt . damaed by Lake country, this summe?, and there d tion for 2,5 closed season'onX requerbeert5adbUdigWhiCh 1 In the locality there is someoO.OOO,- Shlnd wufbe" uSSthe 000 feet of myrtle, maple and other vision of Deoutv Warden Pnthhn 5LMrL M,Do"ald " h.,s miU 1 e ?OT . has also been overhauled and f r '!!mDer P,aced in working order for the closed w j, w Utlu, ouu season. This w he mnnni k r . w .........V. VI u ir water uauiit uor ana Engineer F. N. Sweet, both of Astoria. ENGINE TO CLEAR LAND. Rich Coquille River Bottom to Be FORESTRY BOARD FORMING. Used for Dairying. Coquille S. H. McAdams structing a machine which used in the, clearing of the land on the Coquille river. hardly be called a stump puller, al though it has many points of a ma chine of that nature. is con- will be I bottom it can Governor West Asks Five Bodies to Select Members. Salem Governor West has written to the Oregon State Grange, Oregon Forest Fire association, Orepron Wool- growers' association, Oregon & Wash ington Lumbermen's association and It consists of a the United States Forest service, call- boiler and engine mounted on skids, ,inS attention to the law passed at the the engine being equipped with a TO.nt.nt of . ,ft - - . drum and cable similar to logging en- which will have charge of the expend gines. The engine is a double cylin- iture and of an appropriation of $60,- der of great power, and the sled or 000 to be used in fighting fires. skids are of massive construction. "You will note that the law pro- Mr. McAdams says the machine is an vides that the governor shall appoint experiment, but that he has made a as a member of the board someone close study of the matter of clearing recommended by you, " he says. "In the bottom land of the Coquille val- order that the board may be chosen ley, and believes he has the proper and organization perfected at an early kind of a machine for the work. date I would ask that you kindly take As yet he has no contracts for clear- the steps necessary to obtain from ing, but when the plan is tried out if it proves successful he will have but little trouble in securing plenty of work. The machine will be ready for operation early this month. Consider able interest is being shown in the plan by those who have willow bottom land in this neighborhood. For an Instant They Were Swaying Bach and Forth. your body a full and free expi-ession as to its choice. GRANTS PASS CROP GREAT. PICTURES ZOUIfdDJfPHlfafCl COPYRIOKT lOT TMt tOBBS-lRILL. CO. Fruit UMATILLA TO BE OPENED. Secretary of Interior WillSPIace Tracts for Homestead Entry. Washington The secretary of the interior has issued notice to the effect that lands in the fourth unit of the Umatilla irrigation project in Oregon, will be open to homestead entry on and after March 22, 1911, and that water will be furnished to these lands during the coming season. Water Inspector Says Yield Will Be Big This Year. Grants Pass The fruit crop of this section of Rogue River valley will be among the big yields, according to J. F. Burke, county fruit inspector who has finished inspecting the valley. Last season he examined 150,000 fruit trees in this county. These fig ures do not cover the entire field, and a conservative estimate places the number of acres at 3,000. Commercial pears took the lead in the variety of fruit set out in 1910. Mr. Burke says the greatest danger to commercial orchards is found in the backyard fruit trees in towns. They are hard to spray, owing -to the nooks and corners of the premises, and are 8YNOPSIS. "Mad" Dan Maltland, on reaching his new rorK uacneior ciud, met an attrac tlve younn woman at tho door Janitor u Hagan assured him no one had been witnin that day. Dan discovered a wom an's linger prints In dust on his desk along with a letter fror his attorney, Maltland dined with Bunnorman. his at torney. Dan set out for Greenfields, to got his family Jewels. During his walk to tne country seat, he met the young woman in gray, wnom no nad seen leuv- ltfg his bachelors club. Her auto had broken down. He fixed It. By a ruse she "lost" him. Maltland, on reaching home, surprised lady In gray, cracking tho safo containing nis gems, ane, apparently, took him for a well-known crook. Daniel Anlsty. Half-hynnotlzed, Maltland opened nis sare, tooit tnererrom tno jewels, ana ravo them to her, first forming a part- ersnip in crime. right applications may also be made for lands within this unit heretofore often neglected for that reason entered and for lands in private ownership. The fourth unit contains 6,053 acres cool weather. of irrigable land, of which 2,763 acres are public. Building charge SI 04,000 Taxes for Malheur, of $60 per acre is payable in not more Vale The assessment roll of Mal- than ten annual installments, each heur county was turned over to Sheriff payment not less than $6 per acre ex- Kerfoot the first of the month and cept in case of lands hereatter enterea shows that $194,000 is to be collected CHAPTER IV. Continued. The Interior of the safe was re vealed in a shape little different from The present stage of all the orchards at of tho ordinary household strong- is somewhat backward, owing to the when first installment shall be $12 per acre and subsequent installments $6 per acre. in taxes in this county this year. Of that amount- $35,000 is for the road fund, $92,210 for the state, county and school tax, and $23,200 for special city taxes. Of the special city taxes, the city of Vale with its levy of 20 mills, will secure $9,200: Ontario New Telephone Line, Vale Through the granting of a franchise bv the city council last even ing Vale is to have a second -telephone with its tax levy of 12 mills will se system within 60 days. The franchise cure $9,120; and Nyssa, with a levy was grantd to H. S. Jackson, a new of 14 mills, $4,800. arrival in the city, whose petition was signed by 118 of the business men and Engineer Moves to Asylum Site, box. There were several account books, ledgers and the like, together with some packages of docketed bills, In the pigeon holes. The cash box, Itself a safo within a safe, showed a blank face broken by a small combi nation dial. Behind this, In a so creted compartment, the Maltland heir looms languished, half forgotten of their heedless owner. The cash box combination offered less difficulty than had the outer dial. Maltland had It open in a twinkling. Then, brazenly lifting out the inner framework bodily, he thrust a fum bling hand Into the aperture thus dis closed and prossed tho spring, re leasing the panel at the back. It dis appeared as though by witchcraft, and the splash of light from the bull's eye discovered a canvas bag squatting residents of the city. The Pendleton-Captain Charles A. Mur- humbJy In the 8ecrot compartment; a jihv w j . ,H"'"7". '"-M"t,:" phy, engineer for the orancn asyium, fat little canvas bag, considerably soiled next few -daya j and Mr Johnson states has mQVed fnto a reaidence otl the frora much handHng( Buch as is used that work will begin at once m Hi ,um site Wjth his home cq gt mattor.of. city. cXottV7nUn on the round8 Captain Murphy wil fctf overy.day Bort of canvas bag, to bring all of the independent lines supervise work on the lands purchased with notnlng about ,t of hauteur, no w ram C wuul''7 Tj; "7 by the state and perform otner auties nlr of BeiMmportanco or ostentation, wnne w v.. under the instructions or tne staie to betray the fact that It was tho re central leiepuuuu board. He will have cliarge o: tne The Malheur Home Telephone com- wQrk q laying the wat0r main from pany, which has been operating lines . limits to the branch asylum in Vale and vicinity for the past sev- rolind 0. eral years, is connected with the Bell long distance telephone lines, but does not connect with the independent lines of the county, and it is generally be lieved that independent telephone con nections with every part of the county will benefit Vale to a greater extent on account of the help in securing much of the trade that is now going to Ontario. Farm Brings S90.000. Pendleton John Bahr, a wealthy Umatilla county farmer, has disposed of his 920-acre wheat ranch near this ity for $90,000, making one of the most important real estate deals ever consummated in this county. Barney Anderson, a local farmer, is the pur chaser. The land is used exclusively for growing wheat, and for this pur pose is regarded as one of the beet farms in tho country. Bahr recently purchased a fine homo near Lents. Rural Delivery from Athena, Athena Postmaster H. O. Worth inirton has iust informed the patrons of hiB office that he has taken up the table, the Rlrl following, matter of rural free delivery with tho light," he whispered; and loosed the department at Washington and tno string around the mouth of the that they have granted the rural serv- bag, pouring Its contents, a glistening, ice, which will begin July 1, 1911. priceless, flaming, lrldlscent treasuro ceptacle of a small fortune. At Mnltland's ear, Incredulous; "flovr did you guess?" she breathed. He took thought and breath, both briefly, and prevaricated shamelessly: "Bribed the head clerk of tho, safo manufacturer who built this.' Rising, he passed over to the center "Steady with The district that will be taken in by this route will extend north of town to the Link Swaggart farm and on the Mnrftiwont it will include the homes along Alkali flat and Gerking flat. horde, upon tho table. "Oh!" said a small voice at his side. And again and again: "Oh, Oh! Oh!" Maltland himself was moved by tho wonder of It. The Jewels seemed to till tho room with a flashing,, amazing, coruscant glamour, ralnbow-llko. His breath canio hot and fast as ho gazed upon tho trove; a queen's ramsom, a fortune Incalculable even to its owner. Contract Let for Ashland School. Ashland The Ashland school board awarded the contract for the building 1 I ..l, n.l,nnl n Snnnlf TtSI- 01 BTQZn .that firm beinir the Ab for tho girl, ho thought that the lVmAw of it must have struck her CLSl tk fhfe -mo from the no Ann f 7K nnn D Then, abruptly, the sun went out; at least, such was tho ofTect; the light of the hand lamp vanished utterly, leaving a partly-colored blur swim ming against the Impenetrable black ness, before his eyes. His lips opened; but a small hand fell firmly upon his own, and a tiny, tremulous whisper shrilled In his ear. "Hush ah, hush!" "What?" "Steady . . . some one coming. . . . the jewels." He heard the dull musical clash of them as her hands swept them back Into the bag, and a cold, sickening fear rendered him almost faint with the sense of trust misplaced, Illusion re solved into brutal realities. His fingers closed convulsively about her wrists; but she held passive. "Ah, but I might have expected that!" came her reproachful whisper. "Take them, then, my my partner that was." Her tone cut llko a knlfo. and the touch of tho canvas bag, as she forced It Into his hands, was hate ful to him. "Forglvo me" ho began. "But listen!" For a space ho obeyed, tho sllonce at first seeming tremendous; then, faint but distinct, ho heard the tinkle and slide of tho brazen rings support ing tho smoking room portloro. His hand sought tho girl's; she had not moved, and tho cool, firm pressure of her fingers steadied him. Ho thought quickly. "Quick!" ho told her In tho least of whispers. "Leave by tho window you opened and wait for mo by the motor car." "No!" There was no time to remonstrate with her. Already he had slipped awav. shaping a course for tho entrance to the passage. Hut tho dominant thought in nis minu was that at all coats the girl must bo spared tho exposure. She was to be saved, whatever tho hazard. Afterwards Tho tapestry rustled, but he was yet too far distant to spring. Ho crept on with tho crouching, vicious attitude, mental and physical, of a panther stalking Its prey. Like a thunderclap from a clear sky tho glare of tho light broko out from the coiling. Maltland paused, trans fixed, on tiptoe, eyes incredulous,' brain striving to grapple with tho astounding discovery that had como to him. Tho third factor stood in tho door way, Blender and tall, In evening dress as was Maltland a light, full ovor coat hanging open from his shoulders; ono hand holding back tho curtain, tho other arrested on tho light switch. His lips dropped open and his eyes. too. wero protruding with amuzoment. Fea ture for feature he was tho counter. part of the man before him: in a word. hero was tho real Anlsty, Tho wondor of It all saved tri dnv for Maltland,' Anlsty's astonishment was sincere and tho morn cnmntnin steal up to thVS a,ok tkS unprepared to find any ono la tho library. T. n mnrn onnnnil Vila trmn lnf . "' ::::"r -m7c r. luu' up to th ..: Maitianu nnu iravoiuu on io uio gin, woro bohavin uee and 1.73; then to tho rifled, aafo-tnkihg In tho ngalni L yourselvei IS wholo significance of tho scono. YVhon thronh aP.?e"Jed to L ho spoke, it was as if dazed. Malllnn "... orfti7 "Uy God!" ho cried or, rathor, tho syllnblos seoinod to jump from his Hps llko bullots from a gun. Tho words shattered tho tnbleart. On their echo Maltland Bprang and fas tened his fingers around Hio othor's throat. Cnrrled off Via foot by tho shoor foroclty of tho assault, Anlsty gnvo ground a llttlo. For an Instant thoy woro swaying back and forth, with ndvantngo to noithur. Then the Imnrliir'H I'lillllr n!lt)!)(l 1111(1 Hntnnlinw tore from Its stud, giving Maltland's rapidly nZ?,!" hands freer play. His grasp tlghtonod ants in t lo S?S COncoTae f " .. hiuhib, C00l8. Ilml .i c''-fellr, inorciiOHSiy. Aiusiy Biaggorou, gasped, ground of i,i uat, ivl upon tho chost-feoblo, weightless el- d0," consldowS &.V "Tt" ! bow Jnbs thnt wont for nothing, than all of you"' a , Iaild' TfctS concentrated his energies in a vain cntlne (lm'f,..? 0Irred. terai.v attempt to wrench tho hands from his Inlloxlblo foreflnV.. .?Joa!h throat. Hoollng, tearing at Maltland's wanted w 1 1 i S r miL Hlgglns, you may B,ay7' K Pon the bullCL ,ncaoUoB. i "He's bon Ni H'lekly, divert In !'. "I was toiil "Mr wor-r- S' j' emotion. Then qUfcM..l'M wuiuann shook his 1,7 over tho butlor'aLS ,. 'Yus. sir. Yes, 'orrld -apnonln'. V' i me" ' " 'Uiu ctisi man "I won't, no miM ... .... nn Is Anlsty-iinn, r" ",Ifl HI wrists, I'aco empurpling, oyos staring In agony, ho stuntblod, Morcllossly Mnltlnud forced him to his knees and bullied him across tho floor toward tho nearest lounge with promodltnted de. sign; finally succeeding In throwing him flat; and knolt upon his chost, re- tho notorious iJZuT h tnlnliiK his grin but rofralnliiK from i.v .., J0. 01 tlllef.nteiih.i throttling him As It wns of roslstauco had been choked out of Anlsty. Ho lny at length, gasping painfully. Maltland glanced ovor his shouldors and saw tho girl moving forward, ap parently making for tho switch. "Nol" ho orlod, poromptorily. "Don't turn off tho light pIoiibo!" "Hut " sho doubted. "Lot mo havo thoso cttrtnln cords, If you please," ho requested, shortly. Sho followed his gazo to tho win dows, Interpreted his wishes, and was very quick to carry them out. : In a trlco she was offorlng him half a that had been used to loop back the pIantc,od w,thln, cursorily, replay curtains. T I . 1 l 7K wnich he Soft yet strong, thoy woro excellent- J H !"rblnB', Plos?d th itu ly well adapted to Maltland's needs. "J, ho comb """on. UnCeromonlouBly ho swung his captlvo Nothing gono," he announced k ovor on his side, bringing his neck nnd lnart,cuIato gurgle from the prat ankles In Juxtaposition to tho legs of fna" drow a bInck owl from lb.1 grip but refraining from by th 7 IZTS1 , understand? . ,'m !'k , all strength nnd thought to motor to tho' viii.V? gobj w constables; I mav" U . m a detectivo from n.i L. ?.H Bcoundrel stirs, don' i ZCf hltri nlono-ho can't o ca ! ,7 54 Above all thlnBMon:! movo that trnaV ,uaaetjr, "Most corflnly, air. i,hllll . mind wot you says-." m M"Yo",t!b?.Bt'"iy. "N-owh,, , ! uon i wont any attend lui.ii tin j rciurn. "Very good, sir." Maltland stopped over to tie J land. Uccovorlnpr. "Good bmtI.,' said politely to tho butler, and itridbj out of tho Iioubo by tho frost dm was careful to slam that behind h ore darting Into the shadowi. The moon was down, the sky a col opnque gray, overcast with a drift of cloud. The park seemed dark, vory dreary; a searching im wns sweeping Inland from the kiU soughing sadly In tho tree ton; i chill humidity permeated the i!r,p cursor of rain. The young mis tfili ered, both with chill and reaction da the tension of the emergency Jostps Ho was aware of an InstantiiK loss of heart, a subsidence c! i elation which had upheld him ttrct out tho ndvonture; and to escape tUi to forget or overcomo It, took Inn dlately to his heels, scampering m for tho road, oppressed with few ho should find tho girl gone-wlftft jowols. Thnt she Bhould prove untrue, fiffl less, lacking oven that honor ikl proverbially obtains In the eoclety d criminals a consideration of soci i possibility wns Intolerable, si nffli bo as the suspense of Ignorance, ft could not, would not, believe m capablo of Ingratitude so rani, a fought florcoly, unreasonlngly, ifiM the conviction that she would harefcl lowed hor thlovlsh Instinct : made off with tho booty. . . J Judgmont meet and right opoa W for his madness! j Heart In mouth, ho reached to, gates, passing through without covering her, and was struck 4a and witless with relief when stopped quietly from the shadow a low branching tree, offering in l f.iifflt.tff lianil. ! tju.u.i.n ........ ... n ii ..t.n antA nu Ct f. 'I UU1I1U, OI1W o" Without being exactly conscW j what ho was about he caught ui i.n.i i hnii, i.ln own. "Then, ! ultod almost passionately- then j didn't" ifc . J His voice choked In "5 . ,i,irnif unturned . didn't you ?ui m the dreWl wo? He must bo Maltland ami ). Gleamed paio anu vvsm, that substantial plepe of furniture, tho lounge. His hands, tho first to bo secured, and tightly, behind his back, Atilaty lay helpless, glaring vindictively tho while gradually ho recovored consciousness and strength. Maltland cared llttlo for his ovll glances; he wns busy. Tho burglar's ankles woro next bound to gether nnd to tho lounge leg; and, an Instant later, a braco of half-hitches about tho man's neck and tho noarest support entirely eliminated him as a possible factor In subsequent ovonts. "Thoso loops around your throat," Maltland warned him curtly, "nro looso enough now, but If you struggle they II tighten nud stranglo you. Un derstand?" Anlsty nodded, making an Inco herent sound with his swollen tongue. At which Maltland frowned, smitten thoughtful with a now consideration. "You mustn't talk, you know," ho mused half aloud; and, whipping forth a handkerchief, gagged Mr. Anlsty. After which, breathing hard and In a maze of perplexity, ho got to his root. Already his hearing, quickened by tho emergency, had uppiised him of tho situation's Imminent hazards. It needed not the girl'B hurried whisper, "Tho sorvants!" to warn him of their danger. From tho roar wing of tho mansion tho sounds of hurrying feet were distinctly audible, as, presently, woro the heavy, oxclted voices of mon and tho moro shrill and frlghtonod cries or women. HeedlesB of hor displeasure, Klalt land seized tho girl by tho arm and urged hor ovor to tho open window. "Don't hang back!" ho told hor nor vously. "You must get out of this bo fore thoy seo you. Do as I tell you, please, and wo'll savo ourselves yet! If wo both mako a run for It, wo'ro lost. Don't you understand?" "No. Why?" sho demanded, reluc tant, spirited, obstlnnto and lovely In his eyes. "If ho woro anybody olso," Maltland Indicated, with a Jork of his head to ward the burglar. "Hut my doublo. I'll stay, brazon it out, thon, as soon as possible, make my es cape and Join you by tho gato. Your motor's there wait! Do ready for mo" nut sho had grasped his Intention and was suddonly bocomo pliant to hiB will. "You're wonderful I" sho told him with a llttlo low laugh; and was gono, sllontly as a spirit. Tho curtains fell bohlnd hor In long, straight folds; Maltland stilled their swaying with a touch, and stopped back Into tho room. For a moment ho caught the eye of tho fellow on tho floor; It was upturned to his, sardonic, ally Intelligent. Hut tho lord pf the manor had llttlo tlmo to dobata con sequences. light; tlio ifco ui - jj troubled, saddened; yet wlth M vw,,Hi .lv sweet. She. turned iM tugging at hor hand. (TO HB CONTIMUEIU PROOF OF SIGHT IN Pl c.rwird . eii,j.iii Comes Convincing Argument- ' "Darwin believed that plajj jJJ seo, and I bollevo so, w, turo student. mV verand th "I was reading on r..4 other day; ono fooi convolvulus. The ondriU JJ, . i in n ion -iM ing outwaros, urn. - - .r sm i . Wn mil V"-ll in mat, unlliro Maltland, b had ha0n hnnnl thoni rUBtIO kM Alirimllv thn u. turntnt? towards my shoo. .; : 'l'." "r wwo w,uu ;: awards it, ok",u,,4, .u u miun sioui man, clutching up lu ":,,"" might W"TJ his trousers with a frantic hand, burst vory sluggish serpent dlbeM Into tho library. brandlRhl nir nvnr. and by tho tlmo i " ffl c head a rampant revolver. column thoy wore fordti "'Ands hup!" ho cried, leveling at mo. J went "u"'nV-olTulusteH Maltland. And then, with a fallen O" my rT V ianmed tbek UUUULI nunPH1 "fl.n.rnni f..lM I I niRt?lIHLOIl. I1UU v- You, Mister Maltland, sir!" "Ah, Hlgglns," his employer greeted tho butlor blandly. Hlgglns pullod up, thundorstruck, litlng and porsplrlng with agitation. His fat cheokB quivered llko tho wat tles of a gobbler, and his oyes bulged an, by dogrees, ho bocamo allvo to tho situation, Maltland lug the lnatlon "By the merest accident. HJjudna, 1 1 way thoy do,' aisgusicu, imu march towaras op "I got a poie In tea' from tho nearest tendrils thnv wore creeping utoH thoy wore tpwards tho polo. twlnod anout iu TcHlsy the1 tern . . .. . ..nvn iui.p if nnniri inn tun'-" I. ttpproach my foot and mj m y placed In tho oppoW r m tlnnd began to explain, forestall- tho light, unless thoy ' ef tW b ombarrassmonts of croBa-oxam. must hayo Bight, tnfBB,. .tieaV i, couldn't trot about in tno