THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,'. MAY 1. ' 1004.
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- Homeseekers m Arffentihe Considered Ledtimate Victims Official " Rascality
;7 Traderta..'.' 'Xasklav Special Cor-(States oast of the Ith meridian 'which Nattier .and homeseeker. but' onco -thelhe would have td cross. "Ope , dollar,! stockraislng country, but thera are many i corn. " It is said there are signs of these hands and bodies' show' a collection of
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, UENOS AYRES. March . An
American who had settled upon
government , land In Argentine
told' me that be had to plant
T tardea seed four feet deep to prevent
the winds from blowing It away., He
aid that during the dry season ' the
ground would break open 'In cracks so
wide that a horse could not Jump over
them. , One 'iV hears ' many astonishing
1 tatementa -concerning this ; remarkable
country. The else of some of the In
dividual holdings of land la almost In
credible. One man Is now harvesting
10,000 acres of wheat, and tn order to
handle this Immense crop be is operating
Hi binders. The supplies for this great 1
Includes all the states east of the Mis.
slppl river and several west of It. - The
character of the country corresponds to
Texas, . New Mexico, Arlsona, Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana and .the whole plains
region oast of the Rocky mountains, t It
haa lots of soil Impregnated with alkali.
One-third of Its whole area Is uv.flt for
agriculture, and another third Is At only
for stock raising. Only one-twelfth of
the land suitable for cultivation Is lo
use.' Nearly all' of the good land of
Argentine la held In large tracts by a
few men. The state of Iowa has ap
proximately 30,000,000 acres of cultlva-
Die lana, ana tnis is neia py "i&o.ooo
land owners, making the average some
thing over 100 acres each. The 180,-
r civ n-Jii
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tars cowbots are a bad lot.i
ranch ere shipped hy the special train
load. : In this country land Is not reck'
oned by tbs acre, but . by the league--
whlch Is a little mors than .three miles.
Probably the largest Individual holding
of land In South America consists of
111 leagues. It Is said there are so
many cattle on this great range that
their number Is unknown; that If 10,000
steers were run off In a ' night, they
would not be missed. v r r
j Character of the Country. '' J.
Argentine la very large. Few people
have any Idea of Its immense slse.: It
Is equal In area to all of the United
000.000 acres of land In Argentina Is
owned by less than 200,000 owners, In
dicating an average of 1,400 acres, but
there are so many large owners con
trolling miles and miles of territory
that this average la misleading.
The ama.ll owner haa . a poor chance
in Argentina. The system operates In
favor of -the big proprietor, and ho has
so much land that he doesn't know what
to do with It - Hla methods are loose
and wasteful, -and the resources of the
country, ' great as they are. are far
from being realised. Every sort of in
ducement Is , held . out to the foreign
Immigrant arrives all interest is lost In I was the reply. ; When he, started ovr things about K, which are unequal.
him. Instead Of giving him good land It,. ..h.,.t ti n ia I While it dnnda unan tha rnntitn all
t. ni2r Z2ZSZ:''.hlM horse Settlers of all nationall- interests center in -its great city.
him in the work Of development, he Isl.. ... . . . ......lBumoi . Ami.' Kvarvthlna- t amanalna
given the worst pos.Ibl. claim and to
absolutely to his own resources.,. As ,n w. another. ; The govern-j th8 g t jf.,,., m tn, clty. The
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consequence immiireuun , m Arenuna i ..yw, w. politicians who run-' the country stay in
has received a black eye. During the cause the newspapers clalmor for better the metrooolls. Thia is not rie-ht Ths
last ' It years the population of ,; the I laws and better administration of those areat and onlv reaournaa of tha countrv
country naa oecmseeo. ims yesj so,- now in effect, but It seems a difficult are left In the hands of hired men who
000 harvest hands were brought from matter to get , officials who will keep never do- their wdrk as well as the
Italy, a distance of. 7,000 miles, to help their, bands out of the poor immigrant owners could do it, or as well , as If
taks care of the crop. -After the harvest Docket. It is claimed that when an an- the owners, weralon tha arnund tn aae
tnese isoorers wni curope. . i plication is made for government land it done. The waste that Is practiced In
aevuen aw ssrereiaa.v , . line omciais try to nna out now muco Argentina is unequaled anyhere 'else In
This Is quite a remarkable statement, I money the applicant has, snd then assess I the world. A tract of land will be put
but it Is true. With millions of rich 1 him in one form or another to get it I in crops for a year or two. then aban
acres waiting for the plow the : poor away from him. Once he Is located I doned to the weeds and a new piece
ana renevea oi ms casn, no lurtner in
terest la taken In him. A ' man from
the Interior told me that some Welsh
settlers he visited were afraid to start
out of the country because they had no
provisions for themselves or .for their
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ovbmi ana - ins journey, io . too coast
would require many days' travel ' over
an arid section where supplies would Da
necessary to sustain life,
, Settlers Want Mora.
Such stories sound badly. ; -It la hard
to believe .that the officials of a coun
try as progressive aa Argentina haa the
name of being, would be so blind to
the future Interests of their land. Tet
tha bravest ones coming from Europe
are going back - again, a nd th la shows
something is wrong. Since I arrived
in Buenos Ayres a delegation of Italian
farmers called upon the American of
flclala here and said that m large colony
of . their countrymen . wanted to move
to the western part of the United States;
that they were all agriculturalists of
experience, snd that all of. thorn . had
money - enough to pay their - way and
make paymenta on land when they ar
rived ' in North America. . The ' Incident
was rather embarrassing for our . of '
flclala, for they did not want the Ar
gentina government to suspect that they
were trying to induce people to leave
the country, and they did not encourage
the idea.
The spokesman of tbs delegation said
they bad relatives and friends who had
gone to the states and secured small
claims, many of them on irrigated land,
who were doing well and he produced
a big bunch of letters from them urg
ing their countrymen In South' America
to move at once. He showed corres
pondence with a stesmshlp . company
nnnnarnlnar tha charterlne of a ahln to
transport ths colony, and It seems likely broken up. Sheep are ' ralaed mainly
that the project will- be carried out I for their wool, the old ones being killed
The spokesman aald they could get no by vsrlous methods to get them out of
Justice from the courts here unless I the way. In some Instances the carcass
they bribed the Judges, and hla people Is boiled to get the greaae anC thla
thought they had better get out of the product la utilised In a commercial way.
country before their money waa gone. 4 However,, thla Is only in rare instances.
The American representatives. In order I In the region adjacent to Buenoa Ayres
to avoid suspicion from the Argentina large quantities of mutton are raised for
officials, reported the matter and a lively I the foreign market It is frosen.and
aklrmieh la now going on with the hope shipped In that form.
of pacifying the foreigners and Indue-1 Ths experts have predicted that the
ing them to remain. supply of fat cattle In Argentina would
Argentina la a great agricultural give out unless the stockralsere adopted
country, or more properly speaking, a I the American method of finishing on
predictions coming true. ' The beef from
Araentlna Is all grass fed. In the
states a steer can .be made ready for the
market .In three years, while here ,it
takes from four and a half to Ave yea re
to get an animal rat enough to kill.
While the beef from Argentina will al
ways have an Influence on the world
market Its quality will never reach the
American standard unless there Is 'a
change . in the mannes of feeding. The
government employs experts to study
the great questions ' of the farm and
range, but It Is a' significant fact that
when these men conduct their Investiga
tions and make their recommendations
no attention is' paid to.. them. Old
methods remain In vogua from year to
cars, that is quite , remarkable. The
northern . atockmsn ' Who has had ; ex
perience on the open range, who has ths
nerve to defend his right by force,'
may fight bis way, but It la not a de
sirable place for the man with a fam
ily. Argentina is doing wrong in giv
ing away Us worst land first and thla
mistake will become more apparent in
time.; Although there-is no increase lit
its rural population, the field crops show
a gain which is accounted for by the
explanation that the large stockmen are
giving, more attention to - agriculture
Instead of devoting all their eneraies to '
raisin Stock.' v-; ; iv ;
But Argentina will not become trdlw
great In an arriculturai wav until tha.
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FARM HOUSE IN "ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. '
homeseeker cannot make his way In Ar
gentina. Applicants for government land
are sent to such out-of-the-way places
that they are likely to starve to death.
They have no protection in the courts
or at tbs hands of the officials. One
American told me that he got a claim
which waa located so far from ths rail
road that It took 1 days to drive to It
The only thing he could get to market
waa wool, and the freight cost 1160 per
ton.
.He gives an Instance -of official ras
cality. He inquired in sdvsnce concern
ing the ferry charges at a point where
year. There la nothing like tha progress
mere ought to be.
Mo Place for jgorthsrasrs.
' This is no place for a northern home-seeker-to
come. The titles to land are
alwaya .complicated. There are no ad
vantages in the way of schools and
churches. The cowboys of ths pampas
are a bad let. They are thieving and
murderous - and have little regard for
human life. .They use their knives on
the slightest provocation 'and the rurM
police hare little . control over them.
Whenever a crowd of theaa border ruf
fians are assembled together their facs.
small farmer can thrive In tha country.
Small holdings among the rural popula
tion,' thriving from the reward of Ita.'
labor, makes a security that can be Itad
in no other, way. The farmer prince,
commanding from a distance hla army
of - slavea and spending lavlahly his .
earnings, la a apectacular figure In the
life, of this great southern metropolis,
but under his careless, waateful direc
tion the greet possibilities of his coun
try will never be realised. It la Impos
sible to utllls opportunities that have
passed, and Argentina has trifled long
with her chance for greatness.
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(riisabeth OUhert la tbs. Argonaut)
x 'TT T"HEN my husband took over
lli the direction of ths Oer
; . V V . ; trudls and Santa ' MarU
. vw " , mines.' near Pinal, we
- brought down from "the states" our
- various goods snd chattels, and began
the sttemDt to make ourselves aa com
fortable aa possible In the huge. Spend
ish-bulit house wmcu was ins on 17
thing in tha way of an abode that could
be secured, for love or money. In the
. verv inconvenient'' new-old : town of
v Pinal ' j .- ; .
. At first. I liked the queer, rambling
old house, with its wide, neaviiy piuarea
corridors, thick walla, hlgh-barreo win
dowai and enormous carved doors. It
had been built according to a half -ef
faced date, In the year 100S, and had
been the habitat of more than one
famous man in ita Jime. V But even
' after our modern furnishings were put
In. flowers and vines arranged about
" and everything possible done to brighten
it the bouse stUl bad a dreary, ghostly
air about- It and one alwaya. naa pie
' . sensation that some one else wss about
1 some - one unseen, but. felt and ; al
together there waa an Indescribable
eerie feellna- about the place that did
. , nn taiut tn mnka ona ; verv ! cheerf uL
However. X consoled ihsglfjUj remem-
bering that big. old houses generally
make one nervous at first; also, the rent
was surprisingly low for so large o an
establishment Uh Its W rooms, cor
ridors and orraL And, as one can get
used ' to very, nearly anything In this
world, by which I had mostly felt when
. entlrelyraloneand put It down to
"nerves.
Thfere was the slight drawback, how-
ever, that we could not keep servants.
In spite of good wages, light work, snd
.short hours, our . servants would in
variably leave after. two to five days'
, service, . refusing under sny circum
stances, to stop longer. They gave no
reason for this, beyond the fact that
the situation was not. to their . liking.
80 I could not only pay them, and, with
Indignant sorrow, view their departing
backs, then face forth In search of fur
ther credentials. , Inwardly consigning
. Mexican servants to a future, which It
put Into bald
would be unladylike to
words.
In the midst Of these testimonials.
"Society" (with a big 8) began, slowly
and carefully, to call, and pleasantly
hinted. In diverse ways, that there waa
something wrong about,. the house.
" Tba leader of Final society, Mrs.
Issacateln, waa the last to calL She
had at first been somewhat dubious
about visiting me. As I have before
said., she "led" Pinal society (for her
husband was the principal grocer of the
place), and therefore ahe could not as
she sweetly explained to me, be too
careful about "babbles she galled upon.'
Waiving, however, discussion of this
excellent lady, for Indeed she Is "an
other story, her statement during her
call that our house v was said to be
haunted by evil spirits, and that wo
would never be able to keep a aervant
In if. waa . somewhat , dispiriting. In
valrt did Ilnqulre particulars. No, she
knew nothing beyond the, fact that ser
vants and "tradespeople" gave tr.e place
a bad namei -tnat it was -certainly
troubled by aomethlng, and that no one
ever lived long tn it -
Here was' a pretty mess! And, in
deed, as If in confirmation of the
woman's prediction, the very next day
both servants left after they had been
with me four days, and I wss on the
point of - beginning . to . expect better
things of them. I sat down and, wept
Then, disgusted with native servants, X
hied forth and wired to the "border"
for a couple or old and well-tried Chi
nese servants,- determined that I would
not abandon the bouse, . and . live In
hotels, to please ghosts," Mexican ser
vants or any one else.
In due course of time the .new ser
vants arrived. One, a sturdy, taciturn
Celestial, rejoicing in . the name of
Chtng, was to act as porter, caretaker,
and general watch-dog the ghost would
have to be lively that could get ahead
of Chlrig. Charley, hla cousin, was of
the same ilk, being besides a splendid
cook. But I explained matters duly to
the two, and could, have warbled for. Joy
over their derisive smiles and grunts
when I timidly alluded to ."ghosts" and i
hinted that they -might be disturbed by
mysterious sights or sounds.
And how did I begin to be acquainted
once more wlth peace, with the coming
of Chlng and Charley, who ' feared
neither -"hog, dog, nor devil," and cer
tainly seemed able' to" deal with any
thing In the way of terrestrial or auper-
natural beings.
In fact (for such Is the Inconsistency
of woman), I rather began' to wish that
the ghosts 'would walk, or otherwlae
make themselves known; or that any
thing exciting would happen. For.
after the advent of my two Celestials
my - Occupation waa entirely gone; no
longer did I dally wreatle with the
kitchen brasero, and harangue the fruit
man and the other purveyors to our
inner needs. In other ' words, matters
waxed deadly dull and borous, so that I
complained bitterly to my other half,
who only laughed uproariously, and
gave me little sympathy. (You see,
he had hla work.) And said he:' "My
good wife, you don't know a fine thing
when you see it Here you are with
plenty of leisure and all the chance you
want to shine In the 'American colony
of PlnaV yet you let It slip. Put on
your gaudiest gown (if you have one);
all the Jewelry you can beg, borrow or
steal; go and pay your calls, and I'll
wager you a Virot hat that you'll have
all the diversion you can stand.
Meekly, put without Jewelry, I did as I
waa told.- I called on many ladles, and
I opened up a new horlson to myself in
the way of topics of conversation.- For
in Pinal,- you always discuss your ser
vants, snd other people's servants; your
own. and other, people s position in so
ciety; and the fact that "society In
Mexico is pot what it Is at home." To
hear the wives of r grocery men, cheap
clerks, and machinists discussing "so
cial position" gave me rather a sort of
'Allce-ln-Wonderland" feeling, but I
hjeld my peace. .
wot many week passed before so
ciety and I mutually dropped each other.
and I gave my husband no peace until
he decided upon and . arranged a nice.
long ducking-trip to the lakes, some 40
miles from Pinal. And, oh me, how en
joyable It wast- But when we returned.
with sunburned faces and hands, show
ing traces of powder and hard work,
the ladles of the American colony shook
dubious heads over mo and my probable
fate. . A woman who actually went hunt
Ing with her husband, could rids to
miles In a day, and was reported to
shoot as well as a man, was a paradox
to them. For their parts , they - won
dered why any man wanted to. marry
such a woman so unfit for society.
To tell the truth, X rather regretted
the tan and sunburn myself, when
found upon our return Invitations to the
usual yearly big ball at the Casino.
hadn't been to a dance of any sort since
our laat country houae visits on Long
Island. I had a particularly pretty
gown, knew that the floor,-would be
good and slippery, the native Mexican
band fair, and that there, would be
plenty of presentable ' men to dance
with, mostly delegations from' the out
lying cam pa" But how in the name of
all that was consistent could I appear In
an evening gown, -topped oft by a face,
neck and arms that were about tile con
aistency and color of burnt leather?
My husband unfeelingly suggested
whttewssh, but I applied lemon Juice,
and mourned. It really was disappoint
Ing, you know. - V .-r
Three days before the dance the part
ner of my Joys and sorrows waa called
away to inspect the Installation of some
new , machinery. He - left with- reluct
ance, for, while our big, old nouae
seemed absolutely safe, there had never
theless been some burglaries of lata.
and he dreaded laving me alone with the
servants for a couple of nights. But I
urged him to go, saying that the doors
were perfectly robber-proof, the serv
ants trustworthy, and - that , I would
keep a shotgun handy, so that he need
have no fears. In point of fact for
once I preferred his room to his com
pany, having a race-oieacning process
view, the which I knew he would
never consent to, did he come to know
of It 80 he departed, and, feeling re-J
lleved and aneaky by turns, If set about
preparations for the .. surreptitious
whitening of my unlucky countenance.
Moat schoolgirls will "recognise ; the
beautlfler which I hastened to apply, as
soon aa my light dinner had been die
patched that night With doors care
fully locked and -a revolver handy, In
case' of burglars, X experimented with a
piece of chamois skin until . It amply
covered my face, concealing even .the
ears. Then I cut very small holes for
my - eyes, 'nose and -mouth, so that
could barely breathe comfortably,
Then, sewing on strings to hold the con
trivance In place, I proceeded to smear
it liberally with good, strong Mexican
leeks and how they did smell to high
heaven! . . .
When ready for bed. I carefully ap
plied this odorous mask, and tied It on
ao that it could not by any possibility
come on. - As 1 put out the candles.
caught a glimpse of myself, and I came
near shrieking at the sight for I looked
more like a first-class ghost than any
thing else. I had twisted my hair back
tight and, to protect It from the leeks,
covered It with an old white bathing
cap. The mask entirely hid my face.
Land I looked like aome unearthly, tall,
wtnte thing, with a flat nose, and no
eyes and mouth. X assure you that I
waa aa ghastly an object as one could
well Imagine! so hideous.- In - f aet -that
I precipitately shut out the view, blew
out the lights, and hastily sought my
couch, r1: -
My "beautlfler" murdered.sleep: I
tossed about for hours, vainly endeavor
ing to, dose off. Now and then a whiff
of , the, fragrance of leeks would steal
up through even the small pin holes I
-had- cut -to , breathe- through, -and more
orten tne tightly knotted atrings caused
me great discomfort as ' I, moved my
head, vainly seeking that rest In slum
ber which seemed denied me. At last
however, some time after the nearby
bells had chimed midnight I dosed off.
despite leek and strings.
The next thing I knew I was sitting
up In bed. my heart . beating wildly.
while I listened breathlessly for a repe
tition of the-sudden wild cry that had
thrilled through the great empty Rouse,
waking, me from deep sleep. Motionless,
waited, there In the dark, not darln
to light the candles, ' and wondering at
tne sangfroid with - which I had aa
eured my husband that "no burglars
could worry me." In a moment there
it was again a cry for help, not so loud
ss It had been at first ' and half
strangled, choking, thla time. ."-
witnout atoppmg to out on , more
clothes, my feet bare., and my . bus
band's loaded 38 Colt In my .hand. ' 1
noiselessly opened my . door, . passed
through it,' and crept down the corridor
toward the back entrance -of the house,
where Chlng and Charley had their J
rooms. As I went I concluded that
burglars had got In and had killed the
two wninamen; next, they would dispose
or me, end then rob the house. .80
furious did the thought make me that
1 lost all fear, and fairly ached to get
at tne wretches. - - -, -
Noiselessly 'stealing along. close to
the wall, my pistol cocked and -ready
for work, I, caught a glimpse of what
was happening before X .myself wss
seen. The- light of several lanterns sot
about showed me poor, told Chlng,-evidently
dead, lying almost across the
back entrance door, which was-wide
open; Charley, bound and still moving,
had been flung over him, while several
men In peon blouses were busily haul
ing up - mysterious tjoxearand cases
through a hole which gaped In the mid
dle of the paved corral. 1 1 gaped myself, j
tn my astonishment for I had never
aeen .ma, tola before But that was all
did see Just then.! f of at ' that very
moment one or the men caught sight of
me. and glared, aghast- as X advanced
upon them. Then he gave a loud yell
that fairly terrified me' into atandins-
stia ror amoment dropping -hla boxes.
and then took tobis heels, yelling that
the devil waa upon them;
As hi fled, tho ' Other ' men stared
aboutand seeing me, also' emitted
screams of terror, and made wildly for
the Back door, 1 dropping their burdens
ey went Xfired twice Only, for
terror had.' somewhat taken me
ck, and had the supreme pleasure
seeing two of the miscreants clap
Ir hands to their legs, and falL with
grievous groans. (I had fired purposely
at their legs, for, I didn't want to .kill
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Portland as a Food Supply Station
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. Tha territory which supplies the city
- of Portland with food Is a wide aa well
us a productive one. It is the richest
on the coast and many attempts have
recently been made by other cities to
force the trade in their direction.
t Ths Willamette valley, of which Port-
land is tne lountatn neao, lurmsnes a
large- portion of the Pacific coast with
food, - Here a greater part of the poul
" try and eggs used in all the large cities
are raised.' These goods come to Port-
, M ,k.l 1 ...... . 1 M . ,
merchants of other cities buy, and
there is scarcely -a time In the year
when - soma city is not looking to thla
territory for -food. All over the state
of Oregon, Portland is regarded aa su
preme In the business world.. "Paris Of
Washington and Idaho are also Invaded
to supply this city with edibles, .
The egg trade of Portland la consid
ered ona of the largest of her many
businesses! ICggS are - brought to this
city from as far south as the northern
boundary of California, while south
of thla it Is alp and tuck between Port
land and San Francisco for; the goods.
Every year a large amount of ggs are
bought in Portland for use in Seattle,
Taeoma,. Vancouver, 13, C and Victoria,
north. ..Portland Is to, natural egg -supply
depot and although at- this time
prices are considered rather excessive,
they are several cents cheaper than are
the prices in other coast oltles.
The same thing can be aald of poultry
as of eggs. Every day orders are re
ceived in this city for stocks to be sent
to Puget Sound and other places, which
keeps this market cleaned up, and pre
vents prices fluctuating so much as In
other cities where the receipts are ir
regular. 1 v
Portland a Livestock Center.
As a livestock center Portland is fast
distancing all other cities of the Pacific
elope.. On account of the natural paases
through the mountains, the livestock
of Montana and Idaho are aa close to
this market as Is the eastern part of
this state. The Portland livestock mar
ket Is n direct competition with that of
Omaha, and whenever prices are .dull
hero the stocks go to that market' and
vice versa. Generally this market takes
all arrivals. .-i;
The fame - of v tha r-;. Columbia river
Chinook salmon- is a . world-wide one,
and as Portland Is the headquarters of
the larger fish companies, this city is
materially looked to by tho entire world
for a supply of tho toothsome fish.
and also for tha miners Jn the goJ4ea. The JmUfeut that lupoXleg thla nuKltej;
them -Mexican Jails aren't overly com
fortable.) Then,, allowing the two to
groan and pray alternately where they
had fallen, I went over to attend to tho
two poor servants. - . ,
Neither of them were dead; Chlng
was badly cut and . unconscious, but
ChaMey wounded my feelings bv shut
ting his eyes tight and trying to wrig
gle away from my touch. "Oo 'way."
he- moaned; "me good Chinaman no
stealee, like Mexican boy go 'way.'
devil!". ; '-'? - .'
So they had all taken me for a e-host
or the devil. I could hardly contain my
laughter as I enlightened and untied
Charley, and left Mm to revive hla un
conscious cousin. Then, having ' re
lieved myself of my ghostly attire, X
sent out for two gendarmes, to whom I
confided, the wounded burglars, and tol
my tale of woe.
Next morning, aa soon ss It was suf
ficiently light we Inspected - the- scene -
of the night before, and found out that
the burglars had not been burrlars at
all..-but" the members of a famous
counterfeiting' band, who had simply
flooded northern Mexico with bad money
and whom tho. police had never been
able to locate. Jt seemed that they had
made unto themaelvea a secret place
onderour Old house"," with "a secret en-"
trance covered by atones just Inside our
back patio wall, and there had stored
their contraband goods during many
past- months. In - this- way, with their "."
mysterlous movtngs about It had gotten
outthat the house wag haunted,' and I
myself 'whs pleased, to verify my past
feeling that soma one, unsn, was pres-
Well, they all went to orison for sav
eral years,, and the secret entrance to
our house was securely stooped, thus
clorng away forever, with its reputation
of being haunted by evil spirita. .
as ror my providential mask.I threw
it away, and went to; tho ball regardless,
with ray brown face and hands. And .
the Pinal social leaders, sitting out won
dered ; audibly " "how any woman cduld
have the heart to dance and enlov- hnr.
self,, after , having ; actually ahot with ,
her. own hands two poor, helpless hu-( "
man beings V'.-f-ti't-""..;. r?. ;! '
during the summer months comes from
-the fishermen who throng the sea off
Cape Flattery, ' but during the winter
these same men go up the inside pas
sage off the British Columbia coast
and there ply their trade, protected by
tne elements.
Herring and ' flounders that come to
this market are from Puget Sound, but
arrive in thla city in about the aame
time as they do in the various cities
which dot Its borders. Herring and
flounders are also caught, in the waters
of the sound. Black cod are caught In
about the same manner as halibut and
in the name waters. Stripped bass are
mostly rrom Ban Francisco bay and rock
and ling cod are from Puget Sound,
Little neck clams are also from the
Sound.
Where Visa Coma rrom.
Crabs come from Taqulna bay where
they are cooked and shipped by the
fishermen.': Kasor clams are mostly
found; along ? the r Washington shore,
north of Shoalwater bay. Of late years
most of this stock came from San: Fran
cisco bay. The ' stocks from Puget
Sound are called aprans, but aell readily
in this market as , ordinary shrimps.
They are much larger - than tha Cali
fornia variety. , '
Silver smelt are i from - Puget Sound
but the Columbia river haa a variety
all Its own, which sells very largely in
this market between the middle of No
vember and April. ' . . '",-; '7
The lobsters used la this market are
not of the same variety aa used In the
Eastern states, , those from this section 1
being known, to the scientists as splney
lobsters.1-- They are caught in southern
California near San Diego. The season
fof -fresh lobstera closes In that ' state
on August 1, and after that date none
are allowed to be had at any ' -price.
Thia market buys large stocks during
the open season which are placed In cold
storage for the closed season.
As an oyster center Portland Is fast
coming to the front Her principal sup
plies come from- Shoalwater bay and
from Olympia, but the latter beds are
so old - and have been so thoroughly
worked that they 'are not of the qual
ity of those from Shoalwater bay.
Oregon Potatoes a Standard. .
, Tha potatoes grown in Oregon have
coma to be a standard to go by In the
various markets' of the Pacific coast
This year' has been an especially good
one for the growers of Oregon,, and all
sections of the United States have Veen
supplied - with stocks from this state,
The same thing is, true - of Oregon
onions.
As a butter center Portland Is reach
ing out to distant fields, and now cream
Is being used In this city which comes
as far away as tha state of Utah,
Oregon apples are in a class by them
selves, when it cornea to the European
markets, and in London the words "Ore
gon apples" . mean - nothing but first
clsss. The prices paid for the apples
of this state in London- are at least II
dox over those paid lor - fruits of
other states. All these good . pass
through Portland. 1 "
Who hag .not heard of Oregon straw-
oerriesr very - rew sections Of this
country can truthfully answer in the
negative. Berries from Hood Riverare
sent aa far east as the Atlantic coast
aUTOTXSX WAXX ZSXTOl
From tha Yaouina Bay News.
Tears ago we cautioned the ieople of
Lincoln 'county against the ruinous pol
icy of picking up nontaxpaymg, salary
grabbing, car bet bag, anythmg-for-offlce'
men and placing them . inr control of
the county . government ' iThe repeated
warnings,, have, ho woven passed un
heeded and today the taxpaying cltlsens
of the county are reaping a bitter reward
for their lethargy,. f Again they have an
opportunity to relegate to the shades
of oblivion- some of those bfflclal leeches
who are sucking the life blood out of
them. Will they rise In their righteous
indignation and ' try and v rescue what
little Is left of thm, or will- they per
sist in keeping their noses on tne grind
stone until engulf el In the sea of finan
cial disaster T
From Ahe Chicago News'.; V
But," she protested, ?even If you love
me as you Aay you do, some one may
come-between- IfcVv-'-.-T--"-.-''
The pressure of his strong right arm
was suddenly Increased, and he moved
up so close to her mere was no room
left for' argument- '' .
1 -" . . ..-...,. M
, "uniy . a-very smaii person, ne re
joined. "could do such a contemptible
thing.-;'' ; - -
HMHHrMMMMMM
A Fight to .Hlorl
A A A A AAA A AAAAr A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AAAAA?
From ths Chicago Record-Herald.
If Thomes W. Lawson'ls as good As
his word and starts "a fight to a fin
ish" against the Standard OH company.
reveiauoni may be expected which will
make the -shipbuilding trust case pale
h. .MMMMn'Mlb-AH' .... ,Jt -u., . I '.. . V
"i - wiujmiinvn wsu .. wutuii k may even
throw back Into' tho shadow the earlier
suits and Investigations in ' which ' the
Standard Oil company gained unsought
puoiiciiy, ' ' ,, . ,. , (.
! Mr.. Lawson is quoted aa saying that
ne Knows tne standard oil, root, trunk,
branch and blossom," that he has Jived
"right on the .Inside with them,", that he
knows their . "colossal weaknesses" and
that he kas decided that he can conduct
the fight and win, He probably has ref
erence " to t the ; operations , in; "high
finance" which are generally, attributed
to. the Standard OH clique, rather than
to the business of the oil company It-
sSlafa'i-'1.Vi,i --'; .'.-. : ' -'V" " ,JV'-"-
Mr. ' lAwson has the reputation ': of
being a, good fighter and ever since the
court proceedings In the "gas.-case"Vat
Boston . began he has been apparently
spoiling, to open his heart to the pub-
000 between us In the laat" nine 'years.
Ons of these deals showed; $40,000,000
profits. - No writing aver passed be
tween us in any of these deals." . .
- In an Interview since then he has
said- hat the huge profits were made
''without puttihg s a, f single dollar In
Jeopardy." He has also explained tha
lack' of- written agreements In such
transactions -by saying -that the deals
rwere of the kind that - "take . nanny
away from the publio without In one
sense their' knowing that they are part
ing with iy, and this could only be done
by what we may call a trick Jn finance."
He" added! ;Theyj are: illegal transac
tions." , :.:V-i'-;.r ''C-'-v- . .
Such speech as this seems too frank f
to oo credible. ; However., several lm-
portant suits are coming to trial in '
wnicn Air. jawson win have a chance
to go into detaila. Tho prosoect in an
attractive one. , Adapting, the old'adage,
wo may say that when-"high" financiers 1
faU out the public haa a chance of com- v
Ing to Its own., . (, . i';.?;j4Ax,-siX:
; ' UTorythlng lm Sigh.' " v --' V
T suppose" said' vounir SinVlatn.
lia In- his testimony In that suit he I "that a wife is a great blessing, after -said:
-"Henry H. Rogers (vice-presi-jail." ' - .
dent of the Standard Oil company) and "Tea," replied his friend tVadrtart.
U have had deals aggregating 1100,000,-1 "after all she can get4 -
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