•», «
aeMtrameuf. wlmther cf
| nr evil,
the time
Wh. n, on th* other
I 1«’ XX.-
the senators vaiit-d
and winch
rem Us
them
- nsphuous >«• it - > Hith leu ,.t il. ' - i - . H 11 witi :
tb«v <Tt»u
<!• r *>aw that
w
-
i"W- We turn after a
-1 ' uamg Honibward t*> «he puu 1
got it. lower rut«* f r tL; otje. a fuc
wberc l’.iiiH ■’-trevi «iiverts Ea*t. tiiiil tieni
U
-i. *«r
ut div«*r»i”ii, ».mi »id.-ualk to
I j«»h t r that one, not forgetting them-
>1 o-
- out f ten i lie object of suil p ’iiit
apon tlir W . -t »lite ut sani Stieel,
M'lvts. Senator Roberta s was already our cur! • ity la a man who iia- made «• te ’litluuv
tic South Ina «’t il I’ r». .-lieti unti t o
a very rich i: n. and. although tilt
irk
Hl
sful '"ldi*-r. a fa .lutili sti’H
world often %\oi»d»*red where lie got It,
s'
*1«
ted autboi a dis-
3. \|«i t<> bulbi a »ut« ualk ou (tic
ulti
no one had the courage to n*>k bi tn.
tingtiislusl lawyer, or even a notorious »i.ie ut ('oquille sino, ni South Bandoli
Addinoli to said lowu, lu-u'iuning at tb«*
Rut the Republican leader was stir- cm k.
All Kinds ol
Wìst line of ttit. i»’ etimi witli Liuti stri ci
’•
I
There was certainly nothing In John <proli II1’Id . ConiillUllig thi lice Eli»!«Hard to
of controlling a majority in the senate, Ryder's outward tipp«*arnnce t*» Justify sortici’ Stri et
lie bad a daughter, a marriageable Dunbroso’s sensational description of
I. lo build a Ki.l.-walk ii|»m tln- Ea»t
,/ Story of dmtrtcan Lift Novelttt-/ f rom the Play by
W i »1 »lile ot I *llli- St I. et , ls-g 111 II lllg
young woman who, at leant In her fa
\
p
a1 free k, aulitile
.t Un- South lini ot iiili-rsicileu wnli
IRTHLR UORNlil.Oir.
ther’s opinion, would make a desirable a degenerate and a prodigy of turpi
l'ourlli Slieet, volliiiiuiug Soutliward to
wife for any tnRFi
His friend Ry<ler ttnle who. in th«* imrsiiit of money, i Ile inteisei’ti il nini morder tli«-ie«if witli
COPYRIGHT. 1906. BY G. V
DILLINGHAM COMPANY.
had a hoii , ami this son was the only crushes with tin* insensibility of n ,’pi lice Street
5. io Imild »id’ * itk » i,|»m Sprue« si i.-i t
heir to the greatest fortune ever steel iiinchim* ever« on«* who stands
a» tollow- Ou lln- E.i»l »ni lliercot. I h
aniiissril
l»\
mie
man,
a
fortune
which
in
his
way."
< »n tin* «*ontrarj*, Ryder, gllllllllg at tilt- Notili lille ot Ititi l»ect loti I’ innislied at Living Prices. A share
Yet with nil this success John Bur
' “The Lion and the Mouse,"
at its present rate of increase by the oiitunrdl} nt leant, was a iirepossess- witli Emir ti Sireel eoiitiiming Nortliwaid
kett
Ryder
was
still
not
content.
He
ot tin* Public Patronage
novelized from Charles Klein's
His ||,*nd xx.is well lutili- Notili litn ot thè I iq-iH-r propelli .
w as now a rich man, richer by mini} • ime th«* l.ithvr died and the young ln;r lookiiqr i inn
greutplay, is an American story millions than lie had dreamed he could <i»uple were ready to inherit would Rha|H’d. ami In» |ui«l an int<‘ll«*<*tiial alno ou lio W < »t sili’« ot »nld Stii-i-t, lieglu
Solicited
nuil! at I in- Sonili Imi- ot lidi iM-«*t|.m witli
of the hour dealing with the ever la*, but still lie was unsatisthsl probably amount to over $U.i)oo,ooo,odi>. brow, whilt* |Hiwer was expressed In l ointli Street, coiitmuiuc Sotitliwatd tu ,.ud
thè l’rislixti rían p.iisoiiavi : alno
billionaire. Its leading charac He became *onej mad. He wanted t.milil the human min«’ grasp tin* possi- even gesture of his hands and bod} . i oli xi’ti fili- Milli
E’ist sali* ot salii Street, l’vvllilimi!
h
l
ti«*s
<>f
such
a
colossal
fortune?
It
Every
inch
of
him
suggested
-
strength
ter is the richest man in the to b«* richer still, to be the richest man staggered the imagination. Its owner
al tIII- Simili illd ol Rie presi Ut siile» itti.
ami resourcefulness
His face, wh«*n i-< 11 imitili: »olitili« ard lo tlii IÌ ois I k II | iop
in tin* world, the rich«*st man the world
world. In the thinly veiled John bad ever known. Ami
the richer he got or the mail who eoid roll« d It would be In good humor, freqiientl.v expnndetl eri , Ilo-li« ■ l'onlmuing i-n Hi«* Sellili stili
Ryder the reader will immedi the stronger the idea grew u | hiu him mastiT of the world! Was not this a in a pleasant stnile, and lit* had even ot sita si i i’i-t I o ìt s llili-l »i-i-l loii alo! luci g
»itti Pini . and «ll.eisloli Soutliward, ami
ately recognize another John of with all the force of a morbid obses- prize any man might well set himself ls*en known to laugh iHiisterously, il ioni
siicli is’ini. lo tinnii n Kith’Walk up»»n
«»ut
to
win?
Tlie
senator
was
thinking
lisunll}
’
at
Ills
own
stories,
which
he
t Ite Ea»l iind'tbi* W est* side «>f Mini Miref,
worldwide fame. John Ryder's sion.
of it now as lie stood exchanging banal rightly «onsidered very droll, and of to aud w« ii with I hi* Soiiih ill)« of shh !
Yet this commercial pirate, tills Na
unscrupulous methods are re
remarks with th«* men wliii accosted which lio | m » ks <* ssc <| <i goodly stock. llor-latl pi'uprl t \.
poleon <>( finance, was not a wholly
li. lo bund a sld« uh IL up. hi lilt I.as!
vealed in the conspiracy to ruin bad man. lie had tils redeeming quail him. If lie could only bring oil that Rut ill re|Hise Ids ta.e grew stem anil siilo
ut l’tonei-r Street and upou thè East
an incorruptible fudge who rules ties, like most bad men. His most pro- marriage, lie Would be content. The forbidding, and when Ills prognathous -lite III*- Exftiilloli
1 iti-ut ioli «>!
ut l*l(»nrvi
l’iimei-t Slit
Stivi ’tl. I h
at tilt* >M»uth I iih ot mt«,lNU*’t I.Hi
adversely to the interests of or nouneed w«*nkness, and tin* oue that imhition of his life would be attained, jaw, indicatix«* of will power and bull giiililtlg
.« It II I i Hit til SI I vi t <*<>utinenng S«Hithw.»i<l
s far ns John dog tenaeit}. snap|H’d t<> with a click
ganized capital.
The fudge's had made him lit* most conspicuous Jliere was no dill
ii iinimil I hereof.
lt.v <l<*r was coih i‘r
e favored the like sound, these wlio heard it knew lo III Io build a sid«*ualk « hi \\ lout
i
daughter determines to save him. man of his time, was an entire lack of match and had of
ten of it. In that squalls wer«‘ coining.
! lpon I he Ell'»! Hlld Ilk- West side lher<*ti|.
Her heroic struggles in conflict moral principle. No honest or honor- deed, Ryder desi
for Slleh un
Itnt it was John Ryder’s eyes that i >•( ^liming al tli«* Somh hue «»t iiif«*isv<*iion
further his were regarded as the most reliabh* ah Ii I'llird Si reel. m <ii<oiit'.inni i hwiisii u.
with the money octopus make a abb* man could have amassed kuc I i stu allian<*e would n
! ‘.outiniiing SoiltIiwaKI to tin* leriiiiind
penduiis wealth. In other words, John
story of absorbing interest and Ryder had not been «“quipped by nil business inter« -*!'* in every way. Rob- barometer of Ids mental comlition. j liciuot
rts knew that his daughter Kato had
build a sid«*\vatk oil ill«* West side
great dramatic power.
In his ture with a cotiscl«*iiee. He had no mor«* than ii liking for Ryders liand- Wonderful eyes tliex well*, strangely I 4 s. tin* I •> Street
eiHiiiiioiilv known us tin
their
most
eloquent
and
expressive,
and
*’«Hint\ pl.mk i'onl. kimwn in W«M>di.itid
willingness to renounce his fa s«*nse iif right or wrong or justice some young son. Moreover, Kate was
singular feature was that they pos
also io Abei'ii.'ithV Av« nil«’, I h
ther's fortune for the girl of his where his own interests were concern practical, like her father, and had sessed the nneami} power of changing ! Wlditloii
inning ut ill« South lm< <»l ml« i sect i « hi
ed. lie miis tin* prince of egoists. On sense enough to realize what it would
choice, Ryder's son displays a
color like a eat s. When their owner I »«tli i li i rd St i cd in t In* tH'igllial I owiisite.
tin* other hand. In* possessed qualities
‘onliiiuing Souliiw.ird oi said kh* «»I s aid
nobility which wins the reader's which, witli souk * pimple, count as mean to be tin* mistress of the Ryder was at peace with the world, and had 1 St re«*!* or roaii l » I lie North line of inlei
fortune. No, Kate was ail right, but temporarily shaken off the cares of ! .eulioii with Sixth Sfteet, in sod Woodland
warmest admiration.
virtues. He was pious and regular in there was young Ryder to reckon with.
business, his exes \x el-«* of tile most I addition.
Ills attendance at church, and, while he It would take two in this case to make
'J. I h<- sod Bo.ird proposes to survey
restful, lieautiful blue, like the sky : iml
establiNh a regulai itiki unifonu grad«*
had
don«*
but
little
for
charity,
he
a bargain.
(HARTER I
after sunrise on a spring morning, and I .or that portion of Columbia Avenue, b>
was
known
Io
have
encouraged
the
giv
.leH
’
er.son
Ryder
was,
in
truth,
an
en
HERE was mi wonted bustle In
we< ii the North line of its intersection with
Io iking into their serene dept lis It
the usually sleepy anil «ligni ing of alms by members of his family, lirel.v <lifl«*r«*nt man from his father, s«s*in«*<l absurd to think that this man i ris or Irio St reel and the South Im«* of
fied New York offices of the which consisted of a wife, whose timid it was diilicult to realiz«* that both liad eoiihl ever harm a tlx . His fact*, while ; nters«*cLio«i wi.h Sixth Slieet. and to grad«'
I lie said Avenii« tor t h< wh«»l«- width thi’ieot
Southern and Transcontinent voice was rarely heard, and a son Jef sprung from the same stock. A col
und«*r th«* spell of this kindly mood, ' n accoidance witli tlie gra«l«‘soestahhslk'd.
al Railroad company In lower Rroad- ferson, who was th«* destined successor lege bred boy, with all the advantages was so benevolent and genth*. so frank
Hi Io survey ami establish a rrp.ulai and
Bandoli. Oit*gon
of his gigantic estate.
his father's w«*alth could give him, he
grade for tiial portion ot Little
way.
and hom*st that you felt there was miforin
t
reel, otherwise known as Pacific Av« nm*,
had
Inherited
from
tin*
parent
only
Such
was
the
man
who
was
the
real
It was the regular quarterly nieet-
nothing in the world purse, honor, oetwrrn tin* South lint* of intersection with
Ing of the directors of the Southern power behind tin* Southern and Trans those charat teristics which would have x-if«*, child that, if needs be. yon itwal«*r Street, continuing Soufhwarii to
i Im South line of intcrs«,ct n»n with
and Transcontinental Railroad compii continental railroad. More than any made him sin-cessfii) even if born poor would not Intrust to his keeping.
ixth Street, and to *ji.td«- th«* said portion
aeth ity pluck, application, dogged
ny, but It was something more than on«* els«* Ryder had been aroused by
When the p«*riod of truce was ended, >t said s(ie<*t or axciith* lot the whole width
mere routine that had called out a the present legal action, not so much obstinacy alert mentality. To these when the plutocrat was one«* more al> 'hereof III a«’C('idaiice Wil h the glade Ho <*s
quorum of such strength and which for tin* money Interest at stake as that ijiialitles In* added what his father sorbed in controlling the political hs tilbll.siied.
11. Also to establish a regular and oHmial
made today’s gathering one of extraor any out* should dare to thwart his will. sor«*ly lacked a high notion of honor. xvell as the commercial machinery of
rad.* upon First Street for that poll ton I««
dinar}- Importance in the history of It had been a pet scheme of his, this a keen sense of right ami wrong. He th«* nation, then his eyes took on a
vet n tin* East* line of intersect i « hi with
the road. That th«* business on han«l purchase for a song when the land was ha«l the honest man’s contempt for snakish, greenish line, and one could •v li.-iri Street, cont inuing I'.astwaid loth«*)
atsl lim* <»t intersect ion with Hollier Sheet,
was of the greatest slgnitlcnnc«* was cheap of some thousand acres along the meanness of any description, and he plainly read in them the cunning, th«*
easily to be Inferred from the coil
line, and it is true that at the time of ha«l litth* patience with th«* lax, KO avariciousness, the meanness, th«* In m«l upon huc I i poiti«'ii to re«*«mstruct tin*
>i idgt*\.«nk, and to tepl ink the sank*, for
cerntsl and anxious expression on the th«* purchase there had been some Idea railed business morals of th«* day. satiable thirst for gain that had made lie wimle width th« re<»t, where tlm same is
\ I -
Tor
him
a
dishonontbh*
or
«lishonest
directors' faces and the eagerness of of laying the land out ns a park, but
i>>t in accordance u it Ii regulation, with t
this man tlie most unscrupulous mon
.net) plank.
the employees as they plied each other real estate values hail increased in as-
ey getter of his time, but Ills «*yes had
12 Als«» upon First Street between tin*
with questions.
tonishing fashion, the road could mi
still another color, and when this last •‘ «•st line of intersect ion «»f said First
“Suppose the injunction is sustain longer afford to carry out the original
transformation took place those de Ytr**< t, and I’acilic Stre«*t, «‘ontinuing W«*st
b A niion
ed?” ask«*d a clerk In a whisper. “Is scheme and had attempt«»! to dispose
t«» tlie East lim* of intersection with
pendent upon him and even his friends .vard
spruce
Street,
to
survey
ami
establish
a
not the road rich enough to bear the of tin* property for building purposes,
Nice elemi rooms. 25 and 50c a t.iylit ; $1.25
quaked with fear, for they wore his adewalk grade.
loss?"
including a right of way for a branch
If is turt.heiinore proposed that all aide
eyes of anger, (in these «trended occa
a week; $5.(M) a month.
The man he addressed turned impa road. Tlie news, made public in the
sions his eyes grew black as dark«*st walks so built, shall c«»nt<»rm I«» the t«»llow
mg
spet'ifk'ations
I
’
hree
st
ringers,
3x
I
or
<»
tiently to the questioner.
newspapers, bad raised a storm of pro
night and Unshod lire as lightning inches, that, all planking shall be 11.2 meh in
MHS SARAH ('OSTELLO.
“That's all you know nbout railroad test. The people in th«* vicinity claim
¡•ends the thundercloud. Almost ungov tliickiiesH, and flint all walks shall be at
ing. Don’t you understand that this ed that the railroad secured the land
ernable fury xvas imlo«*d the weakest least G feel wide.
auit we have lost will be the entering on the express condition of a park be
NOTICE IS HEREin GIVEN That tin:
spot in John Ryder’s armor, for in less
two thirds ot the property owners on
wedge for hundr«*ds of others? The lug laid out, and in order to make a
these moments of appalling wrath he th«* r<»«|H’Ctive str«*« t or str«<*ts and avenm* |
very existence of th«* road may be nt legal t«>st they had secured an injunc
or
avenues,
shall lile a written i«*nionstrai.ee
x.as reckl«*ss of what la* said or did.
stake. And between you and mo,” he tion, which had been sustained by
friendship, self interest, prudence. nil with th«’ R<*<,<»rder of the said T«»wti of Ban
don within HI days from Hu* lilial pnbjca
added In a lower key, “with Judge Judge Rossmore of tin* United States
wen* sacrificed.
tion lu reof, which said publication will I»«* 1
Rossmore on th«* bench we never stood circuit court.
Such was the Colossus on whom all flu* llth «lav of July, P.MI7, r<*niom*trating
much show. It’s Judge Rossmore that i
These details were hastily told ami
eyes were turm>d as lie entered. In- against tlie proposed improv«*m«*nts, then an j
scares 'em, not the Injunction. They’ve retold by one clerk to another as the
ordiuaime will b<* passed by the s ml Board.
staidly
the conversation stopped as by ippr«»prial mg lumls b»i th«’ c«»nst iticliou «4
found It easy to corrupt most of the babel of voices In the Inner room grew
magic.
The
directors
nudged
each
oth
iicli sidewalks « hi th«1 respective Sheets^
JY>// C mt Expect. to (let
supreme court Judges, but Judge Ross louder and mor«* directors kept arriv
er ami whispered. Instinctivel} Ryder Hid for gi .Hii«ig uni planking the respective ;
more is one too many for them. You ing from the ever bus} elevators.
I! orth for $!, But
H
ieeiS
ami
avenues
so
designal
«
«1
abo\t
.
j
singled out his crony. Senator Roberts, iod siid OR Ml NANCE WILL I I R III ER
could no more bribe him than you in«*eting was called for 3 o'clock,
i 'u n
1 "on
(let
Pour
who advanced with effusixe gesture.
liOKE PROVIDE lol the isscssmelit on
could have brllied Abraham Lincoln.”
. i / d . v /: j " n WORTH at
other live minutes and the chairman
i
I
k * adjacent property owners of firn r«*sp«*c
"But tlie newspapers say that lie, would rap for order, A tall, strongly
|(.<intinu<’il next week |
tv** streets oi av« nues for all sucl) wmk or
too, has been caught accepting $50,000 built man with white mustache anti
•oust met a in « hi th«* respective streets or
< «IN I I s I- NOTICI
worth of stock for that decision he kindly smile emerged from the direc
tvenims t"i' all such work of const met ion
I h-i a i taunt oftli«* Inlt-rior,
-ii the respective stivels <»r avenues, and tor
rendered In the Great Northwestern tors' room and. addressing one of the
•arrying «»nt said wmk in h < eordamu* with
I S Land ( mice in lúisehiirg Or.
ease.”
clerks, asked;
law.
I Denier in ItiMitw uni! Nlioes
It wax .lohn Ihiiio It Itiiih r, the t'oloxxus.
•Inn*’ 12, I’.lll".
“Lies! All those stories are lies,”
Dated this 2otii «lay «>f 4utm. I'.MiT.
"Has Mr. Ryder arrived yet?"
action could have no apologist, and ho
X siilli 'ii’i t .’ iif’si alliiliix-il liiiving I h ’ i ii
Repairing neatly and prompt lx- done at
replied the other emphatically. Then.
('. R. .VAI»K.
Tin* alacrity with which th«* em
lowest living prices.
liffl*r<liT <if the Town ol Btiii.liin I
liMiklng cautiously n round to mak«* i ployee hnstened forward to reply would could see no difference between the ill.- I in this ..............x j'.dwin E Stillwell.
sure no one overheard. In* ndded con indicate that his interlocutor was u crime of the hungry wretch who stole I’-iliti’ I lit, .-.”iiii st h”iiiestead ent rv No.
temptuously: “Th«» big interests fear person of more than ordinary inipor a loaf of bread and the coal baron who Itl3... mud” Oci’.lM-r i. P.Mtí. fur the NW,
systematically robbed both his employ <it Serti HI J.-,. Ilixxllstllp ’.I. S Range 15 W-,
him, and they're Inventing these lies tance.
ees and the public. In fact, had he by Robert A. li nk i mb sice, in which it
to try and Injure him. They might as
"No, senator, not yet. We expect been on the liench lie would probably is alleged Ilia sud Rubcit A I »onk lias
well try to blow up Gibraltar. Tlie him any ininiito." Then with a defer
1
fact Is the public Is seriously arous«*«] ential smile he added, “Mr. Rytler usu hate acquitted the human derelict who XXhell nbandeiiid sind trae) mui cha need
in
despair
had
appropriated
the
prime
ais
I'cHtiletiee
therefrom
for
more
t
II.III
I
wo
the
railroads
are
in
a
this time, and
ally arrives on the stroke, sir."
necessary of life and sent the overfed. ve.ars sinci' niakint! said eidrv nini next
panic.”
The senator gave a nod of acquii's
prior to flu- date herein; (lint said tract i-
It was true, The railroad, which com e and. turning on his heel, gr<*et«*«l <*onscieneeless coal baron to jail.
The hands of the large clock in the nut settled upon .anil cultivated by sani
heretofore hud considered Itself supe- xxltli a grasp of the hand and affable
Capital $25,000.00
rlor to law, hail found Itself cheeked in smile his fellow <lir<*etoi*s as they pass outer room pointed to o. An active, part« as required Io law: that said absence
dapper little man with glasses and i.is n-'t «ine Io enipl'-vnieiit in ite- militar}
lts career of outlawry and oppression.
ed in by twos nml threes.
with Imoks under his arm passed bur or naval se
rV lei* of Hie I lilted Stilb’» in BOA lili OI*' I )l It l¿< ’ I Olis
servire
i I, K i.osi* n hi * ike l’reHÍdent, J. D knholm , Vice Prtu
The railroad, this modem octopus of
Semi tor Rol«*rts was in the world of riedly from another office Into the di
F. I F aiiv . < anliier, I’ kank I’ i . am , I. I’. H aney .
tmi** of war. »ani pariu-s uro In reby notified
steam and steel which stretches Its politics what his friend John Burkett
rectors’ room.
respoii<| ami
and offer evidence
to ap|s-ar. respond
greedy tentacles out over the land, had Rytler
was in the world of finance—a
"There goes Mr. Lane with the min loiK'hing said allegatimi nt III o'clock a. tn,
at last been brought to book.
A i*<*n<*rnl b.inkin-j Imsiii« sh transichd, find customer« given every RccominodntioM
leader of men. He started life in Wis- utes. The meeting Is called. Where’s
on .lntx 39. I’.Hlf before (’. T. Bliiiiieiirut her (‘(insistent will: H.ih- and f«nis«‘rvat,iv<’ banking.
John Burkett Ryder, the richest man cousin
as an errand boy, was educated Mr. Ryder?" asked one of the directors.
In the world the man whose name had
Notary I’nblic, at his office at Ba mimi
in tin* public schools and later became
There was a general move of the I tremili, and that final hearing w ill be lu id
Correspondents: The American National Bank of San Francisco, California.
spread to the farthest corners of the
clerk in ii dry goods store, finally go scattered groups of directors toward
earth because of his wealth, and whos<<
Merchants' National Rank, Portland, Oregon-
at
10
o
’
clock,
a.
in.
on
\ngnst
I",
r>i7. bi
ing into business for Ills own account the committee room. The clock over
money, Instead of being n blessing,
for-
lh<*
l{«*gister
and
Receiver
nt.
t
hi
Tin
- Chase National Bank of N*-w York.
on n large scale. He was elected to head liegan to strike. ’The last stroke
promts«*«! to become not only a curse
Hunk 1» <l|*rii from II a in to I t in., mid I t* in. to 3 |i.in.
th«* legislature, where Ills ability as an bad not quite died .away when the big I oiled Stales Land < tllici in lé -selniru.
to himself, but n source of dire peril
organizer soon gained the friendship swinging doors from the street wen* I fregoli.
to all mankind—wns a genius born of
I’lie said contest.,-oil having, in a proper
of the men in power, nml later was thrown open and there entered a tall,
the rallroail age. No other age could
lliil
vit til- I line- |o. I « . .i t furili facts
sent to congress, where lie was quickly thin man. gray headed and with a
have brought him forth. His peculiar
Initiated iu the game of corrupt poli slight stoop, but keen eyed and alert, which shuw th it offer tint* dllligenco per
talents fitted exactly tin* conditions of
ties. In 1SS5 he «*ntered the United lie was carefully dressed in a well fit I colini service uf this iiutn*»- cannot b* raailc,
his time. Attracted early in life to
States senate. IL* soon becatm* the ting frock coat, white waistcoat, black It IM heivbv ■■rdefi-d i nd directed that
the newly discovered oil fields of Penn
‘»null notice la- given by dm* and prupi r
acknow ledged lender of a considerable tie and silk lint.
sylvania, he became a dealer In the
* publient ion.
majority of the Republican senators,
It wa« John Burkett Ryder, the Colos
raw product nml later a refiner, ac
B is . iwis L I i » i > y . R« t/ish r
and from then on Im was a figure to sus.
quiring with capital, laboriously saved,
Is* reekone«! with, A very nmbitloiis
first one refinery, then another. The
mnn, with a great love of power and
Notice of Street Improvement
CHAPTER II
ratiromls were cutting each other's
few scruples, it Is little wonder that
T
fifty
six
John
Burkett
Ryder
in the Rosa Building
throats to s«*eure th«* freight business
only the practical or dishonest side of
N«4ic<* is h< r«4»v uivt-n th it tti«’ Board of
AM
was surprising!) well preserv
Inf the oil men, and John Burkett Ry
! r’l^t. ( s ( f th«* l'»'Vti of l- ir.doii, ('«»<*s
polities appealed to him. He was In
J
ed.
With the exception of t’i) . I )i(L’i»fi. I»v <>r«h‘i it ti\ pass»« d «in th«
der saw his opportunit}-.
Ho made
politics for all there was in it. and ho
the slight stoop already m»t«»<l ?.‘4h «lav (4 Inn«*. 1'4 17. in«l f*nt»*if*«| in th«*
B«»cret overtures to the road, guaran
saw in his lofty position only a splon
and the rapidly thinning snow white I hi rii '! (4 11 ’ r• «- I i I that 4a \ . prop' • es
teeing a vast amount of ‘business if ho
hair, his step was as light nml elastic uni hrr« l»v !4iv«*s notir« <*f such pr«»p«»s'il.
could get exceptionally low rates, and did opportunity for easy graft.
lie did not hesitate to make such and his brain ns vigorous and alert u< t<> improv»*, gr *«h* repair, ta'phink, nn«l
the illegal compact was made. His
cans«* *id«*u:ilks to I»«* built uptiii th«* f«4l«»w-
alliances with corporate Interests seek In a man of forty. Of old English mi» ii itn«*«l s!r»*«4s. within th«’ hunts or ti»
competitors, undersold In the market,
ing intluetiec nt Washington as would stock. Ids physical makeup presented T«mn of B.imloti. tii-xxii Fonrth. Bluff,
stooil no clnince, and one by one they
enable hint to accomplish this purpose, all those strongly marked character (ixpiilh- l I ’tnv. bprtii’i- l’ioiu * r. l’tie Ex-
were crushed out of existence. Ryder
l'iom-f-r. Ili»’ ('miiitv Rotiti.
tentioTi <»f I
call«*«l these maneuvers "business." The anti In this way lie had met and fortn- IstJcs of oiir rare which sprung from k iu»w n IH tle 1'1 mk té *1. .rei iti t III'
«*.1 a strong friendship with John Bur Anglo Saxon ancestry, tint modified by W* •• tdlainl Additimi knouu ,is Alernathv
world ciilleil them brignndngc. But the
kett Rytler. Each, being a master In nearly “uo years of different climate Av« mi»*.
’’lumina Avenuv. Little Street.
Colossus prospered and slowly built up
his own fiekl. was useful to the other. ar.d customs has gradually produce«! kn«»wn :i! Pacific Avellili' itili l-irst Street,
tin* foundations of the extraordinary
said iniprov« iit»iH-nts Iwnif. more sp«f’ilic
Neither was troubled with qualms of the distinct and true American typa« ■ div «l«‘suril»» d as folhtws:
•
fortune which Is the talk’and the won
conscience, so they never quarrel«»!. If ns easily recognizable among the fam
|
I’lie said Bo i' d pi'opost ■» to hiAild i
der of the world today. Master now
4»
of the oil situation. Rytler sii«*ce<*de<t Ryder Interests needi.l anything in the ily of nntlons ns any other of the I f*Uintiitil! at th«- w» 't Im»* of trd«*r*<»’<’tion
senate, Roberts ami his follow ers were earth's children.
tn his ambition of organizing the Em
vvifh SpriK’i’ Stout, vv* t ird to th« t«mim
pire Trading coiu|Kiny. the uio*t pow- then* to attend to it. Just now th*
Tall anil distinguished looking. Ryder •ilion thereof. I»« in«» the w<»«d lim* of in
cohort was nmrsbaled In defense of would have attracted attention any h rs- - tion «»th tl.» <
ty r<'a«‘ runninu
•rful, the most s«vr«*ttve ami the moat
nd M
.*«>
the
railroads
against
the
attacks
of
where
Men who have accomplished
wealth} business institution the
on th«* West sid»* <«f sai«t (’-»untv r«»M«i
the new rebate bill. In fact. Ryder much In life usually l>ear plainly upon inn
to 11" South lit
4 ’h« « I« i - B ' - in’)
mmal vorkd baa y< t|fcnoim
managed to keep tlie senate busy al! their persons the .Indefinable slump of
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THE LION AND
THE MOUSE
Meat
Market
By CHARLES KLEIN.
MEATS and
PROVISIONS
E. LEA UN Prop.
Opera
WINES, LIQUORS
and CIGARS.
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Furnished
1\( X )11ÌS
The Pacific
b < x
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M. BREUER S
BANDON
OREGON
R. H. Rosa Co. inc
A Complete
GENERAL
Line of
MARCHANDISE
bariti Produce
b ree DtTrvcrv a/l parts oj the ( 'itv
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