BIRD REFUGE ON
BALLOT IN FALL
Petitions Filed With Secre
tary Contain More Than
1500 Signatures
1 Initiative petitions for the J$oomj
vclt Bird refuge measure which will
go on the ballot at the November
election were filed! with the secre
tary of slate here yesterday. Al
though less than 1 0.0,0 signatures
were required: more :t ban lS.OO
name were "obtained- -1
. Th tint, hill nrovidln for the bird
refugs was objected to by wme of
the tealdenta or naraey coumy e-
oaiiaAnt mfanarvrlnc th interest Of
irrigation projecti on the headwater
of the Si.'vles river. At a conference
hoUl in iwihmd-.it which both fac
tions; were represented, the bill was
so changed as to meet the approval
of both the irrigationitM and the
perftona favoring the rage. - v
Tha fionnla t.t liurn. r said tO
be f pec ally favorable to passage of
the measure, more, than 170 regis
tered voters or that eity naving sign
cd the Petitions. . . i .
Malheur Lake, according to the
sponsors of the bill, is the rreatest
If dVrelopin Oregon Imam rtieor;
0a ire are attradtin outside siaaafac
tarer into the State
By Baking oar pro duett iuperlatlTtly
good W9 art creating a demand for Ore
gon gooda - la tao saarti of t&a vorll '
Thai art vt adlingHto tha payroll dol
lara of ? Oregon and.teaklag Ore goa tat
ideal place to live.
wild fowl refuge In the United States
The purpo3 of the measure--la to
clear the title and cede to the feder
al government control of the refuse
for all time. The water or the iaxo
In alkaline In character and cannot
be used for Irrigation as It la In the
lowest part of the valley. . The soil
around the lake Is said to be value
less for agriculture, V -
It Is alleged by those favoring the
refuge that the lake, with its great
wild fowl nurseries of ducks, geese
and other game birds, will prove a
great attraction to tourists and will
be the means or bringing thousands
of dollars Into Oregon a
TEN MEASURES LOOM
AT NOVEMBER ELECTION
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'this explanation was unpopular in
tnanyrnwrters'o .this -account.
,Ali factious have beeu canvassing
the state delegations to determine
the actual, strength for each of the
leading candidates. The returns do
not agree, but' the nearoet to n Im
partial estimate obtainable showed
that on the first ballot the strength
of Palmer would be about 26?, with
McAdoo following with 24? and Cox
in third place with 160. This left
411 delegates scattered mong the
other 11 candidates placed m in nom
ination. '" ,'-'.: '.
amendemerft 'Was Initiated by J. L.
Albright of Oregon City, and limits
interest to four per cent on open ac
counts and five per cent by contract.
This measure will appear in eighth
place on the ballot. . v
Another measure, which will be in
ninth place on the ballot.- provides
for ceding Malheur Lake to the fed
eral government to be known as the
Roosevelt Bird Refuge. This bill was
initiated by the Roosevelt Bird Ref
uge association of Portland, of which
John GUI is president, .
There is also a local measure on
the ballot known as the Umatilla
County Herd Law. This measure
provides against livestock running at
large on the Umatilla reservation.
Only the voters of Umatilla coujty
wilt vote on thla measure.
COMBINATION FIGHTING
M'ADOO IS WEAK
(Continued from page 1,.)
ponenta warned delay in affecting a
program . might bring them to the
asue at a trme too late to defeit
McAdoo.
; Ifelesate Ask Why.
Delegates without pronounced con
victions embarrassed these leaders
by demanding to know why if was
that a combination was necessary, rn
many, instances this forced the ad
mission that the principal argument
why they thought Wr. McAdoo
should not be nominated was that
he was the son -In-law of the presi
dent. . The administration clearly
waa In control of the convention and
WAR VETERANS LEAVE
FOR ANNUAL FROLIC
- (Continued from. page 1)
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Values
Which the
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gives in
Shoes
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chaplain W. D. Stev-
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REVELATIONS OF
A WIFE
The Story of a Honeyxaoca
A Wonderfal Romaaea of Harried
' ; GARXUSON
sortnesa In the look she turned on
me.- - - I - - " '"-
Mother." 1 aald.hurreJiy. stumbl
ing over tny "words, for fear J'be
would rorbid be to spea& at all. "1
have come to tell you that I'm going
to the city for two or three days, be
cause I don't wib you "to hear it
from anyone else' Mrs. Underwood
has telephoned for me, and there Is
an urgent reason whyvj should go.
I will leave a note for iwky.
What Madge llH?d.:
"But before I go I want to tell
you. and 1 am sure you will respect
the confidence that there is a very
real reason why I didn't at once vol
unteer your are. it Is something
.that I cannot explain to you Just yet.
Aa soon as I con doso I will tell
you, and I think you will understand.
And 1 want yon to believe tue.wbea
i say that I would rather take care
of you , Just now than do anything
else On earth, tlood-by."
I didn't wajt for her answer. I
knew that she was too hurt, too
angry at mj to reply kindly. I also
knew that she would not repeat what
I had-told her.- And asf 1 hurried
away, without even venturing a fare
well elasp of her hand,' I boped oh,
so earnestly! that the Innate sene
of Justice that was hers would leid
her to ponder the veiled eiplanation
I had made her.
iTo tie continued) '
V " Oil t TT
ne pances!
f.r
: D. W. GRIFFITH S
: "THE IDOL DAItCET'
Read the Cialfl;3 A3
CHAPTER 131
IS LILLIAN'S MESSAQn IM REPLY
TO MADGE'S PLEA OR A-REAL
DANGER. -
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Ther ringing of the telephone bell
greeted me as I came sorrowfully
out of my mother-ln-lawa room. J
knew! that the message probably
was from Lillian she had just
about; Itme to arrange the pretext
for my presence for which 1 had
asked 'her. ' 1 hastened my footsteps.
but Cousin Agatha was before me,
and I: saw distinct suspicion in her
malicious eyes as she turned to me.
still holding the receiver to her ear.
"Mrs. Underwood wishes to speak
to you,V she said, and only when 1
held out my hand for the receiver,
did sue Weluctan'tly relinquish itn
"Oh, Madge!" Lillian's ,V0lce
came over the wire, husky, raucous.
"Can you come In to tbe house as
soon as you can. prepared to spend a
day or two? , There has- been: an
accidental haven't time to tell-you
about It but. how soon can you get
.here?" ;.. ..
" can take the next train, I
assured her. I am terribly sorroy,
Lillian." ; '
I know good-by, she said 'hur
riedly, and I heard the click of her
receiver. U
Once again there came to me the
realization of Lillian'a capability in
meeting any emergency. I had hard
work assuring myself that her. ur
gent summons was only a pretext,
an answer, to my appeal of a few
minutes earlier, so convincing had
been her words and manner.
As I turned away from the 'phone
my eyes escountered those of Cousin
Agatha. , who had stood almost at
my elbow during my brief conversa
tion with Lillian. Jler face wore
Its meekest expression, one which
always flashes a danger signal to
my subconsciousness. - I
Madge Breaka the News.
"t hope there's nothing wrong
with your friend, Margaret," she
said. "Uut. of courrsa something
terrible must have happened to
necessitate your 'goInK td her so
quickly.' Is there anything I can do
tp help you?"
Malleioua suspicion underlay every
intonation of her voice, every glance
of her eyes. 1 answered her coldly.
incisively.
"Notbinf, thank you. And I don't
imagine anything very terrible has
happened. Mrs, Inderwood simply
said an accident. Hy the way, Mother
U rah am asked me to send - you to
her."
Her face flushed. The malice in
her eyes reepened.
"Aren't you afraid your husband
will object to your rushing away
front home like this In his absence
to stay all night you will have to
stay, won't you?" t .
"I shall probably stay two of three
flays. ' I returned. "And don't think
you need to, worn about Dickr. Mrs
Underwood was his friend long be
fore she was mine. He and I are both
Indebted to her for a thousand kind
nesses. He (would be very angry
censure me wrongly. If 1 refused to
go to her ald And now, if you. will
let me pass, plAane, 1 must get ready
to go." : ;,
Sbe stepped atlde she had liter
ally been blocking my way to the
floor out made fne more attempt
to delay me.
"Do you wish to give me any
meswage for Richard tor his mother?
she asked In saccharide tones.
I had a swift visionW Dicky com
ing home from his lonely walk to be
greeted by the distort ell message
knew this woman would xive him.
"You're very kind." A said, with
emphasized irony, "but it must not
trouble you. I hall leaveVa note for
Richard with Katie, and I will say
good-by to Mother Crahalm myself
now. if you will kindly walt a mo
ment before going to her.V
I didn't wait her, reply, btat passed
swiftly by her. and hnrrled up the
stairs to my mother-in-law's Voom. 1
W a. . - ti . . i
Kuuvneu Eoiuy ana ioiiowa- my
anoca, wimoui waiting for hef sum
mons.
sne waa iym? as I had" left bar.
ana mere were distinct traca of
tears on her face. Oat there whs no
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