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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1908. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA. OREGON,: 3 Culver's Joke By fuse Clemeala Willis Corrlht, 1M, of E. N. I'arctlle "I don't know any girls; almplo roa on," laugufld liluk Narbel, "You ata, the pater Kit'W tu Ih a woniau Later after niotttipj lien tli. Wn bnvw re treated liefore civilisation ever slue." "I'll viva you a couple of wall Intro d,ucilon hack cast," Inuubud Culver, "1 kuuw h lot, Vou writ nice little hitter, nml I'll send It." "I kui'M you'll have to write tlie let ter, too," chuckled Narbel, "I never uroto to a woman lu my life.' "You never ran toll till you try," uiwutml Culver, "I with you'd try now. It would keep you busy until I finish thU lot lor." lie weut ou wltb ble writing, end Narbel good liumoredly picked up a pen. There wee pack tralu going down from the mines tomorrow, end be could understand wby Culver want ed to finish off tint letters he wee writ lug back vast. The trelu went dowu 'one wwk end back the next, affording tlium bimonthly communication with the outside world. "Whom ehall I addreea It tor he de manded. ' "Mlae Lucy Mears," laughed Culm. Then two pens scratched over the pa per, Culver's with easy, rapid move ment. NarM'a pnliietaklugly, llo was lw accustomed to writing, and Culver had flulsliwl half a down lottore before the oihi'r'a pen waa still. Culver IniiKhwd over the effusion, In which tho writer had pictured bla dull Ufa and had pleaded (or permission to pen n eorrepoudeiiee, llo vxplnlued fully hla relations with Culver ai busi ness partner nml chum ami hlntod at possibilities (if matrimony. Had he Ih-i'U In earucst Instead of merely wrklug a means of kllllug time while Culver wna occupied hp could not have iloiiu bettor, lu the morning Culver came across the sheet niul. tvllli a wicked chuckle, clipped them lulu it n envelope nml nil dressed thnin to I.ucy Meant, nnllelpnt lug thnt elderly huly'a surprise when alio ahould opi'ii the envelope hack tu tlie New Kuglmid town. Narbel, cleiirlng up the table that evening, noted tin) absence of tlie beets, but coucluilnd that Culver hnd torn them up along with hla own odd Mlieuta ami thought no more of the mat ter onttl a month later a letter came ox tub vrr.r stood kaiihel and tub ouib or Tin rimuna. which clearly wua not from tho Buu Francisco Urma wltb which bo bad IiuhIiii'hh (lenlluga, Culver laughed ao hourtlly whou hu had rend him the Ilrat few paragraphs thnt ho hud boeoino silent, uud bo would rend no inoro, devouring tho ontents, whllo Culvor chuckled over (hu glrllNh letter tho elderly spinster had Indited. It waa mora like the let ter of u schoolgirl than of u woman of forty. It wua a girlish letter, If not ackool girlish, full of excuse and explana tion Unit tlie writer hnd boon tempted to answer Iicchiino of tho alncerlty of tho coiiiinuiilentlou and Culver'a roc oiumt!iiiliitliina. Culver rotlected that It hnd been u capital letter uud won dered how long he ahould let It run ou before he aliould dlalllualonlzo Nurbul with a prone portrait of MIhb Lucy na ho remembered her. Iteforo be decided to atop tlie fuu a photograph arrived, a picture of n young girl with frnnk, honeat eyea and a fnco thnt won even Culver's admira tion, though he ahoutod ln hla glee ns lie recalled MIns Lucy, with her prim waya nnd lingular feuturea. lie had Intended to give the hoax away, but tlilN wna too good to bo abandoned, nnd ho "llatened with a miille to Nnrbel'a rhapsodies, until one night Hlnko allocked him with tho an nouncement thnt MIhs Meara had con sented to lnnrry him nml that ho waa going east to get her, Aa gently as ho could Culvor ex plnlnod the deception ami Bought to dlaaundo hla friend, but Nnrbel would have none of It. "It niny bo na you nv." ho agreed coldly. "But ;ny word i passed and I lm' going eTNt to Iteop It." "But she's forty If ahe'a a day," pleaded Culver. "Hurely, Blake, you don't want to marry a woman earn yoara older than youraelf." "I iban't bar any woman aaylne that I broke faith," be aaid aoberly, "Tbe train from the mine la going down tomorrow. I ahall go with It." lit waa aa good aa but word. When the train tolled back acroaa the aandy waatea the foreman declared that be had Been Narbel board the eaatbound limited, and Culver gave up bis time to Oxlng up the bouae. There waa little to do In the orchard. The planta would not bear before the following year, by which time there would lie a apur of track to tbe ml net, and they could ahlp the fruit. Mean while all he had to do waa to aee that the tree ween Irrigated and that no atray cattle got In. It waa oaay enough, with the help of the men, to aet up a aback for himself and leave tbe old houao for Narbel and ble bride. He even had time to ride over and tell the men at the mine of the Joke, and when at laat word came over their wire that the pair waa dim to come out with the tratn they all gathered at the ranch to welcomA the new Mra, Narbel. They rode out to meet the duat cloud which marked tbe track of the long Hue of wagona acront the alkali, but the figure In the buggy beatde Nnrbel waa ao awathed In duater and veil that no hint of her appcurauco could be gained, and the men, with many a nudge and aralle, fell In behind and rode along. They all turned In at the ranch gate, but Narbel awnug hla wife out of the buggy and took' her Into the borne. "Mra. NarlH will l glad to meet yon when ahe hna had a chance to tidy up," he aald, with a grave face, "but he wanta the duat off firat." Culver took the horse to the atablea and then rtjnlncd the waiting group on tho graae plot In front of the bouae. (Culver knew now why Nartwl had In elated upon a graaa plot.) They had Dot long to wait, for prcmmtly a gnap from the crowd canaod Culver to turn, and there on the atep atood Nnrltcl and the very girl of the picture. Hbe waa anillliig now na ahe acknowledged tho rnrloua Introductlona. Culvor waa tbe InHt to come up, for he had not recov ered from hla amazement until Nnrbel called to him. "1 feel Hint I ought to be very grate ful to yon," ahe aald In a low voice, "even though you were trying to play a Joke." "The Joke eccma to be on me," be aald lamely. "I don't think there la any Joke," she aald decidedly. "It waa Juat the work ing of fata." llo turned to receive the farewella of the men from the mine, and more than one Joked him on hla vivid Imagl nation. It waa clear that they thought ho had been fooling them, and be waa glad that ho waa at least aaved their Jccra, but It wna with no plenaant an tlctpntlon that he followed Narbel and hla wife Into tho honae, "You bullilexl (totter than you knew, Jack, when you aent that letter I wrote In Jeat." "Hut this la not Lucy Meant," be atnmmered. "I thought you were go ing to keep faith nt nny coat." "Aunt I.ucy died n year ago," amlled Mra, Nnrbel. "I auppoao no ono wrote you. Aa I wna tho only Lucy Mcnra I got the letter." "And I got tho aweeteat llttlo woman on earth," supplemented Nnrlwd. "And I," wound up Culver, "I don't know whether 1 ahould be praised or kicked. 1 think I'd prefer tho hitter." But luatcud he received tho pralae. Verf Innaual. I knew n alrl Kn-ut Klory, what a peach- trill wna hIip! I couMu't (litnie how nils uiiw her future lent In me. Fact Is, aim couliln't either, though In cohl or sunny weather We gadileil rmiml lo pk'iilfi, bulls and thciitcrs tom'lhrr. Rh Un,v me so completely thnt h couldn't full In love That l. at lenst. she didn't, thouah 1 wooed her like n dove. In brief, we never niurrled; In Its stem) ws'fe bully friends, to "hnppy ever after" Is tho wuy the etory ends. -S W. (llllllim In Judge. Man's Appreciation. Mra. Wedderly The uudnclty of our cook! Slip told ii n this morning thnt ahe didn't want me fussing around the kitchen. Wedderly-(!ucH I'll go right down and Interview her. Mra. 'i ;,;(:';, Are you going to dl,-"h.i!r !: Wedderly-1 ahould any not! I'm go lug to mine her wiigea! Chicago Newa. An Aben(iulnded Professor. The Profeaaor Wlmt docs thut fool ish fellow mean by bo peralatontly of fering me mi umbrella on euch a lovely dny as tlila? SARAH, By HUSTLING DONALD HEROINE Copyright, Itsil, by IlMtrli lUede "Look bero, Jim" began Colvllle on evening, when ber brother Jamee came homo to eupper, "In walking past the tavern tlila afternoon I aaw a strange young man." "Yea, tliere la one there," waa the re ply. "Who la br' "I can't tell you much about blm. Hla name la Itlpley, I believe, and be'a coma down from tbe city for a four weeks' vacation, llo waa aaklng me about boating and fishing." Jamea llalllday waa a rarpeuter of tbe village of Ilrancbvllle. Hla elater ftnrali kept bouae for him. Haruh Hallldny had lived for thirty three yoara and no man had hinted of miitrlmony to ber, Hbo never pretend ed to good looks, hut she always In sisted that ahe waa tender hearted and bad emotion sulhVlcnt to make a great actress. Her failure to bring men to the point bad rankled, and ahe bad finally made up ber mind to do a little hustling for a husband. Hhe had aeon the young man sitting on the hotel veranda wltb hla feet cocked up on tbe railing, and bo hnd at once lawn mark ed down. He bad looked after her In an eager way, and ahe flattered herself that ahe bad made an Impression. "If Mr. Ripley la all alone down here he must be lonesome," sho aald to ber brother Jim after eupper. "Yea, ho may be." "Then you'd better aaunter up to the tavern ami abow blm that you want to be friendly. You can bring In, If yon want to, that I noticed blm tlila after noon. We've got the mill pond here, and we've got n boat and fishing tackle, and It seems our duty to make the atraa ger's stay ns pleasant na possible. You know how you'd find If you were away from homo." Tlie brother dutifully olx-yed order, llo found Mr. Itlpley smoking a cigar on the veniudit. He mentioned Sarnh, the mill pond, the Imnt nnd the black Imsa wnltlug to be caught, and Mr. Itlpley replied thnt he should surely take advantage of the situation, lie didn't set nny date, however, and when he came home to aupier on tho follow ing cveuliig tho brother observed to the sister: "What do you think. Sarnh? That Susan Jones hna somehow managed t' bus cm to to urc again andaoaw. get acquainted with the atrauger, and be'e over at her lmu.se playing croquet" "Jim, you don t tell me that for a fuct!" ahe gasped. "Of course I do!" "numph! The freshness of Miaa Suauu Jones must be aeon to at once." And It was. Miss Snrab speedily donned uuother dress, fixed up a bit, and, leaving ber brother to eat alono, ahe started for the Jones house. Mr. rtlpley and Susnn were Just Mulshing their last game. Sarah walked up to Snsau and whlaperlngly asked for an Introduction nud forced the Issua When sho returned home Mr. Itlpley accompanied her, and be didn't leavo the house until 10 o'clock. He hud made himself very agreeable, uud when ho had departed Jim observed: "By thunder, Snriih. but 'spoatu' you could ma rry a feller like him!" "I menu to!" wua Sarah's lucoulc re ply. The uext dny Jim was left out of It Sarah nud Mr. Hlplcy took tho bout and went fishing, nnd before they returned alio thought ahe knew her man pretty well. He was romantic. Ho wua In clined to be n hero. Ho quoted poetry. Ho alghed to tlud uud lovo a heroine. When Jim cnnio homo that evening there was n twinkle In his eye, and after hearing about the fishing trip be aald: "Mr. Itlpley seems to bo a feller who gets acquainted with folks pretty fast. I Just suw him walking home with Tlllle Graves." "You don't menu It!" exolaliued Sarah aa aim paused lu the net of pour ing out tho ten. "Thut's what I saw. She wna nt the tavern to seo the landlord's wife, nnd I 'apose alio was Introduced." "Well, I'll put a stop to that pretty sudden. I told Mrs. Graves only lust week that Tlllle was altogether too in'i,5iten." ' Again Jim wna left to eat bla even rig meat alone while the sister started out with aggressive' steps. She aaw Tlllle and Mr. Itlpley at the gate while aha waa yet a long way off. Hbe walked straight up to them and observed that It waa a beautiful evonlng for seeing the mill dam and bore the atranger away. When the pouring waters of tlie dam bad been sufficiently admired tbe young man was walked to tbe llal llday homestead and kept busy quot ing poetry and drinking cider until 11 O'clock. In the course of a couple of weeks at least half a dozen girls were Intro duced to Mr. Itlpley by tlie landlord's wife, and each and every one of them set out for a flirtation wltb blm. Each and every one of them came to grief, however. Kamh waa In evidence, and when she butted In the others bad to butt out. At the end of a fortnight aba felt herself as good aa engaged, Mr. Ripley had praised her strengtb and skill In rowing, her luck In fishing and ber emotional temperament and aha bad several times caught him glancing at ber as a man only glances when bla admlrntlou U aroused. He had been asked to tea three or four times, and the two hnd boated and fished every afternoon, and all was going well. "How's It coming out, Sarabf asked brother Jim one morning at tbe break fast table. "There's only one thing needed," she replied. "Haveu't you noticed that be la always talking about heroes and heroines?" "Yes." "If I were a heroine he'd pop tbe question Inside of twenty-four hours." "But bow can you be?" "I can't eay Juat now, but I'm going to think It over during the day." That afternoon ahe received a note from Mr. Itlpley excusing himself from calling on the ground of a Blight Ill ness, and two hours after she bad read tho note ahe learned that ba was sit ting oa the piazza with tbe Widow rhclpa. who had had two husbands and wanted n third. Snrah planned fast from that time on. Snrah h.id learned fliat Mr. Ripley arose nud breakfasted at 8 o'clock. He then spent nu hour ou the veranda smoking and rending. The mill dam was not a hundred feet away and In plain view. Next monil!.g ns the young man on a vacation s:it smoking, he heard aome 008 calling his name. He looked up, and there waa Sarah Halliday In an oarleaa boat floating down upon the dam. She oriel to him again and again, and It was plain to him that she must be swept over tlie falls and drowned. Tlie best thing he could do, however, wna to fall over his rocking chair and roll down the steps. Right under his eyes tbe boat went over the dam, and right under hi eyes a sawmill man, i who had never longed to be a hero, I fished Snriih out with a long pole. She was n heroine, but insensible. They ! rolled her ou a barrel. They dragged ber around In the sawdust. They car ried her home ou a slab and Bent for Jim and tho doctor. She was wrung out ami put ti bed. and It was two days later when Jim was permitted to ask: "Now, theu. what In the old Harry were you doliv; in that- boat at that hour In the morning?" "Rowing," she answered. "How came y n to lose the oars?" "I wanted to be ren-ued." "Oh, I see. You wanted to be a hero hie, eh. and you wanted to give Ripley a chance to play the hero?" "Has he sent me any flowers?" she naked, avoiding a direct reply to hla question. "Naw!" "Hut he surely culled?" "How could he call when he took a sknte that very forenoon?" bluntly re plied the brother. "Did he Bee me all wet and wopsy?" "Of course, and that'a why he skated!" Poor Sarah! Sho had hustled, but she hnd lost. NOTICE TO IMPROVE. HE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON Council of the City of Astoria: That said Council hereby declares its deter mination and intention to improve Ex change street from the west line of Oth street to a point eight feet west of the east line of 8th street. Said im provement shall be made by grading said street to the established grade to the full width thereof, constructing ce ment side walks on both sides thereof with corners on 8th street and with all necessary drainage. The side walk shall lie six feet wide with a two foot park space between the curb and the edge of the side walk, and from curb to curb the street shall be graded nine inches below the sub grade with a sufficient crown in the center and filled in and macadamized with crushed rock to the depth of nine inches when thoroughly rolled and gutters ahall he constructed on both sides of the street. In matters of detail said Improve ment shall be constructed according to the plans and specifications therefor to be prepared by the City Surveyor as hereinafter provided and general ordin ance No. 1001 and any matter of con struction and drainage found necessary to make the improvement safe or or substantial shall be done by the eon tractor whether specified or not, with out extra charge. That the costs and expenses of aaid Improvement shall be defrayed by spe cial assessment upon the lots, lands and CITY HOTICES. premises benefitted by the same wblcb said lots, lands and premises are in cluded In the special assessment district including all lots, lands and premises so 'benefitted, to-wit Lots 1, 2, 3, and in block it, sod lots S, 0, 7 and 8 In block 42, In that part of tbe City of Astoria laid out and recorded by John McClure, and extended by Cyrus 01 ncjr in Clatsop County, Oregon. OLOF ANDERSON, Auditor and Police Judge ol the City of Astoria. 8-28-lOt NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT special assessment roll number 129, made for the purpose of defraying tht costs and expenses of improving 10th street, from the south line of Commer cial street to the north line of Exchange trcet, has been filed with the auditor and police judge and numbered special assessment roll number 128, and that the committee on streets and public ways lias been appointed a committee of the council to sit with the board of assessors to examine, correct and equalize the same, and that Saturday, the 8th day of September, A. D. 1908, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. in the council chambers in the city hall, has been fixed as the time and place of the meeting of said board of equalization. All objections to said assessment must be presented in writing. OLOF ANDERSON, Auditor and Police Judge of the City of Astoria. Dated Astoria, Oregon, August 29th, A. D. 1906, 8-31-10t NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the asses-ment made for the construc tion of a sewer on 18th street, from a point 15 feet south of the north line of Grand avenue, to the south line of Ex change street, as per assessment roll number 125, was made by an order of the common council due and payable on the 8th day of September, 19O0, by or dinance numlier 3277, confirming said as sessment roll, that the following are the names of the persons against whom the assessment U made and the amount ow ing by each, to-wit: Anderson, Geo $ 7.50 Astoria Company ... , 81.00 Bracker, Theo 26.85 Barker, Annie 3 33 Cramer, G. P 7.50 Cherry, Ellen S 37.00 Douglas, Abbie A 41.00 Dench, William 16.34 Foard, Martin 5.66 Foard, Tillie 3.34 Finnish Evnng. Church, Trustees of 28.00 (iilson, Carey L. 27.99 Gronvoild, Anna 18.00 Ingalls. IL H. 5.6C Kelly, Timothy J., Heirs of 8.67 Love!!, James L 42.40 McRouerts, Geo. C. 38.02 Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n. .47 Xoonan. E. P 6.00 Patton, Frank 5.84 Rehfeld, Maria 3.33 Riley,-Bridget 89.00 Schernnckau, A. 36.85 Salte, A. E 18.00 Sehamberger, Joseph 17.00 Vragnizan, John, Heirs of 24.68 Wildi, Philip 10.28 Welch, James W 41.2S Welch, D. H 17.51 Weinhardt, Louise 3.00 Zankich, Antone 17.00 Ziegler, Pauline 46.00 By order of the common council, OLOF ANDERSON, Auditor and Police Judge of the City of Astoria. Dated Astoria, Oregon, August 29th, 1906. 10t NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the assessment made for the construc tion of a drain on Melbourne avenue from the alley-way running through block 17, to a point 70 feet south of the south line of Taylor avenue, as per as sessment roll number 124, was made by an order of the common council due and payable on the 8th day of September, 1906, by ordinance number 3276, con firming said assessment roll, that the fol lowing are the names of the persons against whom the assessment is made, and the amount owing by each, to-wit: Angberg, Aleda $19.60 Aho, Paul 5.00 Bostrom, Hanna 8.00 Bynny, August 8.00 Erickson, John 7.00 Forsmnn, Charles ... .". 8.50 Holm, Andrew 6.00 Hilstrom, Mattilaa 14.00 Hendricksoh, Henry 12.25 Hannus, John 9.00 Jakkolaa, Maria 6.00 Johnson, John 8.50 Jacobson, August 13.25 Joula, John 21.00 Kaukonen, Jacob 35.00 Korpela, Matt 3.00 Kamara, leak 18.50 Kankonen, Frans 23.00 Lahti, Lara 3.00 CITY HOTICES. Lucason, Helen , 8.00 Matlin, Michael fl.00 Mathsen, Henry , 8.00 Nleka, Albert 17.60 Niemelin, Frank 10.00 Neimelin, Albert 4.00 Ostrom, John 15.50 Penttaja, William 19.50 Penttaja, Alex 17.50 Peninsula Land k Trust Co. 89.00 Pentila, John , 3.00 Palo, Matt 8.00 Riippa, Richard 10.00 Souppi, Jacob 3.00 Sou ml Temperance Society 14.50 Saariiftn, Karl 19.50 Toivonen, Moses 5.00 Thorn pson, August 15.00 Utterberg, Ava 4.50 Winters, Jamea J 23.00 By order of the common council. OLOF ANDERSON, Auditor and Police Judge of the City of Astoria. Dated Astoria, Oregon, August 29th, 1908. KH NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT special assessment roll number 127, made for the purpose of defraying the costs and expenses of improving Duane street from the west line of 10th street to the west line of 6th street, has been filed with the auditor and police' judge, and numbered special ' assessment roll numher 127, and that the committee on streets and public ways has been ap pointed a committee of the council to sit with the board of assessors, to examine, correct and equalize the same, and that Saturday, the 8th day of September, A. D. 1906, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. in the council chambers in the city hall has been fixed as the time and p!ace of the meeting of said board of equalization. All objections to said assessment must be presented in writing. OLOF ANDERSON, Auditor and Police Judge of the City of Astoria. Dated Astoria, Oregon, August 29th, A. D. 1906, 8-3l-10t .. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES THAT tbe assessment made for the improve ment of 4th street, from the north line of Astor street, to the south line of railroad track, aa per assessment roll number 123, was made by an order of tbe common council due an payable on the 8th day of September, 1906, by or dinance number 3278, confirming said as sessment roll, that the following are the names of the persons against whom the assessment is made and the amount ow ing by each, to-wit: Astoria Iron Works $301.50 Astoria Savings Bank 120.75 Davis, C A. 21.67 Fox, John 65.00 Kamm, Jacob 120.75 Turner, L. R. 21.67 Turner, G. H. 21.66 By order of the common council. OLOF ANDERSON, Auditor and Police Judge of the City of Astoria. Dated Astoria, Oregon, August 29th, A. D. 1906, 8-3M0t NOTICE TO IMPROVE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Common Council of the City of Astoria: That said Council hereby da clared its determination and intention to repair the drain in McClure'a Astoria known as McClure's Drain No. 1, from a point ten feet east of the west Una of 9th street to a point 100 feet west of the west line of Oth street Said repairs shall be made by taking up the old drain and placing in new tiling where the same are broken and replac- ing the rock and refilling the excavation after the drain is repaired. In matters of detail said improve ment shall be constructed according; to the plans and specifications therefor to be prepared by the City Surveyor and any matter of construction and drain age found necessary to make the im provement safe or substantial ahall be done by the constractor whether aped-. fied or not, without extra charge. That the costs and expanses of con structing aaid improvement shall be de frayed by special assessment upon the lota, lands and premises benefitted by the same which said lots, lands and premises are included in the special as sessment district including all lots, lands and premises so benefitted, to wit: All of blocks 72, 73, 88 and 89 in that part of the City of Astoria laid out and recorded by John McClure and extended by Cyrus Olney. OLOF ANDERSON, Auditor and Police Judge of the City of Astoria. 8-28-10t MEN AND WOMEN. Dm Bis CI tor onmtorsl ditchsrflee.inflaBiiiiatioiit, Ouaruiml M irritation! or ulcerations u. .....i.inM ,,. i.,.na tanihrunM. I Frmn roMso. Pitinitm, ana not Mine ItHEEVNSCMIM100. gt or polnonous. L - k a "v M,it in nlnin wrMineF. ht exprPM. lrpaii, f"" SI .00. or l,ntl.S2.S V W tircu.w seat aa reiatta