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Hixit-wslk « ii tln Al sut« builii Fast • For that matter, we are lieve that any lujn wild so deliberate l’rem liman d Ma »t il | ut >f ly try to encomp iss another’» destruc m*t as a nation particularly foiai of tion, but when more newspaper stories any foreigner, largely Itecause we do Street continuine Nuuthaard tu thè puint \ a ! i < n Biutl .* id « i diverta F.ot. and trtuu came out he began to reuliz.e that Stott not understand him. while the foreign s ud p* mi et diverbi «.. aaid aidewalà tu wus right and that Ills enemies had In er for his part is quite willing to re ' fa ; ix i ’ 1 i. WÌt|| t/41 deed dealt him a deadly blow. One turn tile compliment. He gives the t. • 11«<- >. gj i ti i. : « uewspiqier boldly stated that Judge Yankee credit for commercial smart «pulir Street; 3. Also to budd a * hi <-ualk «»n ttn S< uth Rossmore wus down on the mining ness, which has built up America’s sidr uf Coquillr Strt»i, in South Bandoli , great material prosperity, but in 1 has company's books for $5o,ooo more \ddiiion to sani lown, bru'innin^ at tbr 1 All Kinds of stock than lie had paid for, and It went the utmost contempt for our acquaint Wtst due «f ini« r>ect dui uilh Bluil Street* on to ask if tills were payment for the ance with art ami no profound r«‘s|wct iproiuiiGt d ». caniinmim thviire Em*tward f«» Sprucv Street favorable decision Just rendered. Ross for us as scientists 4. Io build a sidewalk U|sm the Fast The logic of this [M>sitlon. set forth in more, helpless, childlike ns he was In A Stary af Auttrttan Ltft Navtltztd From the Play by md th« \\ < —»t «.Ki ut i*in< St tert, ;jnnniu business matters, now fully realised Is1 S.dr In an article on the New t ARTHUR IlDRMil.oir. the seriousness of his position. "My World, appeahsl strongly to Jefferson Fourth Street, v«>ntinuinu Southward to God! My God!” he cried as he bowed Ryder as he sat In front of the Cafe the inteisicti n and mvr^t-r thereof with COPYRIGHT. 1906. BY G. W DILLINGHAM COMPANY. Spruce Street. hi- head down on his desk And for • <le la I'alx In I’aris, sipping a sugared 5. I o build sldrualk' u|s>n Spruct Sliei t vi'rinouth. It was 5 o ’ clo«*k, th«* magi«* whole day he remained closeted in his is tuliow** On the List >iue thereof. b< hour of th«* aperitif, when tin* glutton mnmiiu* at the North line of intrrxction FiirinsbiHi at Living 1’iiees. A «.hare library, no one venturing near him. with Four h continuing Northward “Hello, senator!” As John Ryder sat then’ sphinxlike taxes Ids wits to <|ee«*ivi* his stomach tu the North Street <>t tin* I'tibli«* I'atrotrnge lim of th« I upi*< r propvttx. Jetiersoii, too, had met Miss Shirley “You’re punctual, as usual, Mr. Ry at the head of tin* directors’ table he ami work up an ap|ietite for renewed also on the West Mid’» «»f silld Strrrt. I>r}'lli- Ibissmore ami tieen much attracted to Solicited der. I never knew you to be late.” tiinjx at tbr South Imr *d intersection with reviewed all this In bls fiiind. His own her. but the father having more am Fourth Street, oontiuuiliu S.«ulliwaid to and Ryder passed on and into the direct part in the work was now done, ami «•vrn ivith the I’r« sb\ terian parsonage: also ors’ room, followed by Senator Rolwrts bitious plans for his heir quickly dis well done, ami lie had come to this li th« L «st side «>4 s.ud >tr« «t, iie^inionu couraged all attentions In that dlrec and the other directors, the procession meeting today to tell them of his tri .it tlie s«'ib n » lid <«f th« pl« st nt sidewalk tlon. He hlmaelf, however, continued (•« t.iihoinp -.oiilbward to tin* Hoistall prop- being brought up by the dapper little umph. Fries of "The chair! The to meet the Judge casually, and one «•t t>, tbriice cuntiimiiii* on the South side secretary bearing the minutes. chair!” arose on every side. Senator <d san! Stu- t. to if?, intel sect i-*ii mid nifiy With a msl here and there Ryder evening he contrived to broach the i Roberts leaned over to Ryder and er uith I im, and dive t sion «■"'oiithwtrd, .Hid took bls place In the chairman's sent subject of profitable Investments. The whisperisl something in his ear. lOin such point, to bund i siorualk upon the East and the West side <d sanl Strei t, , and rapped for order. Then at a sign Judge admitted that by careful hoard With an acquiescent gesture John to and even with the uii« In. of said ing and much stinting he had managed from the chair the dapper little secre Ryder tapped the table with bis gavel Horsfall propel t\ a few thousand dollars which i to save tary began in a monotonous voice to and rose to address his fellow direct 6. 1 *» tuiild a sideu.dk upon lh< Last I anxious to invest In something side of Pioneer ¿street .md upon the Last read the minutes of the previous meet | he was ors instantly the room was silent side the Extrntiuii of Pioneer Sirti t. I k good. again as the tomb. One might have Ing. oiimmu at. the South line of infeisectioii Quick as the keen eyed vulture heard a pin drop, so intense was the Quickly they were approved, and the with Fourth Strrrt rontinuino Smithw.trd swoops down on its prey the wily attention. Ail eyes were fixed on the to tlie tei mm d t hereof. chairman proceeded as rapidly as pos financier seiztsl the opportunity thus 7. IO build a side walk oil Whaif Sturt chairman. The air itself seemed sibie with the regular business routine. Upon the East and the x^rst side thervoL I presented. And lie took so much trou charged with electricity that needed That disposed of, the meeting was ■ ’< ginning al the South hie -d inn < -« etion ble in answering the Judge’s inexperi bul a »park t<> set it ablase ready for the chief business of the day. w it li I bird St rrrt. m • h« « r..jna I 1««Whsiti . enced questions and generally made coat iniimo Southward to the terminal ■ Speaking delilierately ami dispas Ryder then calmly proceeded topresent lias a K«>l«*ct stock of himself so agreeable that the Judge 1 slouately, the master dissembler Is* thri rid the facts In the case. S. Io build a sidewalk mi th«- W’etit side * found himself regretting that he and I gan. Rome years back the road had ac of the Street e«>mnionlv known as the Ryder had by force of circumstances (><>unt\ plank road, known in Woodland ' They had nil listened carefully, he quired as an investment some thou been opposed to each other in public Idditimi also as Abemathv Avrnm , b< I said, to what had lieen stated by pre sands of acres of land located in the ¿inninoat the S«»uth ime ot intersection ' life so long. Ryder strongly recom outskirts of Auburndale, on the line vlous speakers. The situation no doubt Aith 1 bird Street t n t lie m i^i nil I Ownsite. i mended the purchase of Alaskan Mln was very critical, but they had weath of their road. The land was bought contmuino Souihwaid oi> said Ode of said 1 ing stock, a new and booming enter Street or road to the North line of inter ' I ered worse storms, ami he had every cheap, and there laid been some talk section with Sixth Street, in s.ud WOodland ' prise which had lately become very 1 reason to hop«* they would outlive this of iayiug part of it out as a public \dditioii. active in the market. Ryder said he park This promise had been made nt storm. It was true that public opinion He mil in Irmit of tin Cafe </« la 1‘aix 9. I hr said B«»ard proposes io survey had reasons to believe that the stock uid establish a rrtfulai Rid uniform yrad« the time In good faith, but it was no 1 was greatly Incensed against the rail in Parla. would soon advance, and now there fol* thill portion of Columbia Avelillr, be condition of the sale. If afterward, roads and. indeed, against all organ gorging. The little tables were all tweiii the North line of its intersect ion with was an opportunity to get it cheap. owing to the rise in the value of real i ized capital and was seeking to injure occupied with the usual before dinner (ris or Trio St rent and the South line of A few days after he had made the them through the courts. For a time estate, the road found it impossible to intersection with Sixth Stieet, and to ^radt* Investment the judge was surprised to this agitation would hurt business ami I crowd. the said Avenue tm tin whole width thereof < ■ ■•< >*■»*■» I I !•<>*■< carry out the original idea, surely they [Continue I next week.| n accordance with the «¿wide s<» established. were masters of their own property! receive certificates of stock for double lessen the dividends, for It meant not 10 To survey and establish a regular nnd Itaiobm. Oregon The people of Auburndale thought dif the amount he had paid for. At the only smaller annual earnings, but that iniform pr.nl« for ihat portion <d Little street, <»lherwise known as Pacific Avenue, 1 ferently and, goaded on by the local same time he received a letter from a lot of money must be spent in Wash between the South line of intersection with newspapers, had begun action in the tlie secretary of the company explain ington. \twaler Street, continnini' Southward to courts to restrain the road from divert ing that the additional stock was pool Th«’ eyes of the listeners, who were lie South line of intersection with ing the lnnd from its alleged original stock and not to be marketed at the hanging on every word, involuntarily sixth Street, and to piadr the said portion present time. It was in the nature of >t said stir« t or «avenue tor the whole width purpose. They had sueceedisl in get turned in the direction of Senator Rob- ’hereof in accordance with the '/radr so es ting the Injunction, but the road had a bonus to which he was entitled as 1 erts, but the latter, nt that moment tablished. fonght It tooth and nail and finally one of the early shareholders. The let busily engaged In rummaging among II. Also t«> establish a regular and officifd carried lt to the supreme court, whore ter was full of verbiage and technical I a lot of papers, s»*«*med to have missed jjratlc upon First Stieet for that portion be ween the East line of intersection with Judge Rossmore after reserving his details of which the Judge understood J this significant allusion to the road’s A hart Street, emit inning East ward to the opinion had finally sustained the In nothing, but he thought it very liberal expenses in the District of Columbia. East line of intersection with Homer Street, junction and decided against the rail of the company and. putting the stock Ryder continued: md upon such portion to reconstruct the away In his safe, soon forgot all about bridgework, and to rvplank the same, for road. That was the situation. In Ids experience such waves of re —A I — It. Had he been a business man he Ever Hear of ’em? Well the wbolu width thereof, where the sam<- is Several directors spoke, the aren- form were periodical ami soon wear I not in accordance with regulation, with I would have scented perl). He would ments of each one being merely n re- plank. have realized that he liad now in his themselves out, when things go on they are the latest in swlel inch iteration of those already heard, Rj P2 Also upon First Street between the Just as they «lid liefore. Much of the West line of intersection of said First der did not listen to what was being possession .f5O,<*N> worth of stock for agitation doubtless was a strike for very Street, nnd Pacific Street, continuing West BANDON said. Why should lie? Was he not which he hnd not paid a cent and fur graft. They would have to go down in Leather Hand Bags, ward t«» tlie East line ot intersection with familiar with every possible phase of thermore had d<‘posited It when a reor their pockets, he supposed, and then Spruce Street, to survey and estaldish a Nice clean rooms. ?5 anti 50c a night ; $1.25 Pretty and all the rage now sidewalk grade. the game? Better than these men who ganization came. those yellow newspapers and these It is furthermore proposed that ail side But the judge was sincerely grateful a week; $5.00 a month. merely talked, he was planning how yellow magazines that were barking walks so built, shall conform to tlie follow the railroad and al) Ills other Interests for Ryder’s apparently disinterested at their heels would let them go. But See them at mg s|M Cifications I hree stringers, 3x4 or G MRS SARAH UOSTELLO. could get rid of the troublesome Judge, advice and wrote two letters to him, in regard to the particular case now at mcheri, that all planking shall be 11.4 meh in one in which he thanked him for the thickness, and that all walks shall be at Rossmore. Issue this Auburndale decision there BANDON DRUG STORE least G feet wale. He who controlled legislatures and trouble he had taken and another in had lieen no way of preventing it. In NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That on; which he asked him if he was sure the dictated to supreme court Judges had less two-thirds of the property owners on fluence bail been used, but to no ef company was financially sound, as the found himself powerless when each he rc-pectiye street or streets and avenue , fect. The thing to do now was to pre »r avenues, shall tile a written r« monstrai ce turn of the legal machinery had investment he contemplated making vent any such disasters In future by Aiththe Recorder of the said (««wnof Ban brought hlrn face to face with Judge represented all his savings. He added removing the author of them ion within lb days from the final pubhen in the second letter that he had re ion hereof, which said publication will be j Rossmore. Rult after suit had boon The directors bent eagerly forward. ceived stock for double the amount of lie llth day ot Jnlv, 1907, remonstrating j At North Bend decided against him and the Interest Had Ryder really got some plan up his igniust the proposed improvements, then an j his investment and that, being a per he represented, ami each time It was »rdinanee will he passed by the said Board, I fect child in business transactions, he sleeve, nfter all? The faces around Judge Rossmore who had handed down ippropn.itmg funds for the construction «»t the table look«*«! brighter, and the di had been unable to account for the ex iicli sidewalks on the respective Streits* }'on (’¡in't E.v/iccl to (let the decision. Ho for years these two I' now open for tin* re- tra $50,000 worth until the secretary of rectors cleared their throats and set- md for grading and planking th«* respective men had fought a silent but bitter duel Worth for ^tl. But copt ion of pal ients. I ll«* .tree’s and avenues so designated above, the company had written him assuring tl«‘«l themselves down in their chairs in which principle on the one side and md s.ud GROIN \N( ’ E W .’LL I I R TH ER as audiences do In the theater when i'ou Can. Get Y’our him that everything was in order. tel ms m<* Sill per w eek UORE PROFILE tor the assessin« nt < .i attempted corruption on the other the drama Is reaching its climax. Ai G JOEY'S WO HTH ut These letters Ryder kept. he adj "• >i prop, rtv owners of the ie^pe and upwards. For par were the gnge of battle. Judge Ross The board, continued Ryder with Icy ive sti • .or avenues tor a’l silch w«uk m From that time on the Alaskan Mln more fought with the weapons which Iicnlars apply to : : calmness, had perhaps heard and also •onstru- * i «» ii on the res|>« ctiv«* su ets «•! hi» oath and the law directed him to Ing company underwent mysterious seen in th«* newspapers th«* stories re ivenues J »r all such w«»rk of <• instruction « changes. New capitalists gained con n the rt ;• efivt streets or avenues, and for use, Ryder with the only weapons ho garding Judge Rossmore and his al trol and the name was altered to the •arrying < su i work in at.rord m< <• '*.’h understood—bribery and trickery. And Lhuilrr in Bind 4 and Icged connection with th«* Great North I w. Great North western Mining company. each time It had been Rossmore who Hated this t. day of June. 190?. western company l’«*rhaps they had Thon it became Involved In litigation, Repairing neatly ami promptly done nt had emerged triumphant Despite ev R. A \I>E, not lielicved these stories. It was only lowest living prices. ery maneuver Ryder’s experience could and one suit, the outcome of which natural. lie had not believed them Rec« f the I own of ifai Jo . North Bend, Or. suggest, notwithstanding every card meant millions to the company, was himself. But he had taken the trou that could be played to undermine his carried to the supreme court, where ble to Inquire into the matter very The credit and reputation, Judge Rossmore Judge Rossmore was sitting < ONT I* ST NOTH I carefully, and In* r«*grett«*<l to say that stood higher in the country’s confi judge had by this time forgotten all th«* stories were true I >t 1 h rt mini of I I d * Inter ior, In fact, they I S Land < Mitre ar R«iscburg Or. dence than when he was first appoint about the company In which he owned were no longer denied by Judge tlnsi»- •Inne 12, 1907. ed. stock. He dl<l noteven recali it more himself. \ •nifllcient (•«»ntest affidavit having been So when Ryder found he could not He only knew vaguely that lt tiled in this office nv Edwin E. Stillwell, The directors looke«l at each oilier lu conte tant, against li 'iiiestead enttv No. corrupt thLs honest Judge with gold mine and that It was situatisi In amazement. Gasps of astonishment. I.*135 made Ortolw r «L P.103. for the NW1, ka. Could lie dream that thè he decided to destroy him with calum Incredulity, satisfaction. were heard all of Secti ri 25. Township 23. S. Range 15 W.. uy No scruples embarrassed Ryder Northwestern Mining compaio by Robert \. D *ak coiitestee. in which if Capital $25,000.00 over tin* room. The rumors w«*re true, is alleged that said Robert \ Do«k ha< the company to which he had In in arriving nt this determination. th«*n? Was it possible? Incredible! wholl abandoned said tract and changed From his point of view he was fully ed Ids few thousands were out1 an Investigation, Ryder went on. ha<1 liis residence therefrom for more than two BOAKI> OF DIRECTORS; J. L 1\ i ;«» nfnbi bo . President, J. D eniioi . m , Vice I’nu Justified "Business Is business. He same? In deciding on the mert since making said entry and next F J. F xiîy , i’asli’« i, F rank F lam . T. P. H anly . shown that Judge Rossmore was not years hurts my Interests; therefore I remove the case presentisl to him right see prior to file date herein; that said tract i only lnt«*n*st«*d in th«* company hi not settled upon and cultivated hv said to him to be plainly with the No him." Bo he argued, and he consld as required bv law that said absence ered it no more wrong to wreck the western, and he rendered a decision to whose favor as judge of th«* supreme partv A ’••neral banking business tr.insacted, and customers given every accommodatiou was not due t<» employment in the military happiness of this honorable man than that effect. It was nn Important de court In* had render«*«! an iin|N«rtant de or naval service of the United Static in consistent with safe .and conservative banking. he would to have shot a burglar In cision. involving a large sum, and for cision; but. what was worse, he had ac time of war. said parties are hereby notified 0orre8pon«l« nts: Th«* American National Bank of San Francisco. California. self defense. Ho having thus tran t a day or two It was talked about. But cepted from that company n valuable t<> appear, respond and offer evidence I ouch ing «aid allegation at 10 o'clock a. m gift that is. $5 o ,« mio worth of stock Merchants' National Bank. Portland, Oregon. quillized hla conscience he had gone to as ft was the opinion of the most learn <»n July 30, I‘JO?. before I Blnmenr »tin r The Chase National Bank of New York. work in his usually thorough manner, ed and honest Judge on the l«ench no ier which lu* hnd given absolutely Notary Public, at his office at Band'll. nothing In return unless, as some I Oregon. and that final In arin«' will I m h< Id and his success had surpassed the one dreamed of questioning it. Bank is Open from 1» t m to 1*4 m_. ami I p m. to 3 p.ni. o'clock, a. m <> ii Amjust 13, 1907. be But very soon ugly paragraphs lie- claim«*«!, th«* weight of his Influence on «it most sanguine expectations. fore the Register and Receiver at the gnu to appear In the newspapers. (me th«’ bench. These facts were very ugly ( nited States Land Ollier in Roseburg. This Is what he hnd done and so mutnswernbl«’ that Judge Ross <Iregnn. I.Ike tunny of our public servants paper asked If it were true that Judge more <li«l not attempt to answer them, The said contestant having, in a proper Rossmore owned stock in the Great whose labors are compensated only in and the important news which he, th«* affidavit, filed «him* 10, 1907. set forth facts niggardly fashion by an Inconsiderate Northwestern Mining company which show that after due diiligence per chairman. had to annoum*«* to his fel ! which -ioiial service of this notice cannot I»* m ide. country. Judge Rossmore was a man had reeentlj benefited so signally by low directors that afternoon was that J it is hereby ordered and directed that | of but moderate means. His Income bls decision. Interviewed by a report- Judge Rossmore’s condu«*t would be such notice be pivin io <«n and proper as Justice of the supreme court was er. Judge Rossmore indignantly denied mail«* the subject of an inquiry by con publication. 912,000 a year, but for a man In hfs lining Interested in any way in the B enjamin L I'nnv. Register. gress. position, having a certnln appearance company. Thereupon the same pai>er — Ryder sat down, ami pandemonium to keep up, lt little more thnn kept the returned to the attack, stating that the broke loose, the delighted directors Notice of Street Improvement wolf from the door. He lived quietly, judge must surely Is* mistaken, as the tumbling over each other in their but comfortably, In New York with his records showe<l a sale of stock to him In the Rosa Building eagerness to shake hands with the man N« tice is hereby oiveti that the Board of wife and hla daughter Shirley, nn at nt the time the company was known • l ’ rnstees of the Town of Bu.don. Coos who had snv«l them. Ryder had giv tractive young woman who had grad as the Alaskan Mining company. I’o . Oregon, by order «inly passed on the en no hint that be had b«*en a factor In ?5tb d-ix of «lune. l!M7, and entered in the uated from Vassar and hnd sherwn n \\ hen he read this the Judge was over whelmed. It was true then! They the working up of this case against ■lotirnal of its record tor that day, propose*« marked taste for literature. The daugh their <*ommon enemy, but the directors . tnd hereby ones notice of such proposal, tar’» education had cost a good deal of had not slandered him. it was he who knew well that he ami he alone ha«l to improve, ar «de. repair, rt plank, nnd hnd lied, but how Innocently how in money, and this, together with life In I cause sidewalks to Is- built the follow been th«’ master mind which ha«l i ing named streets, within the limits of the nocently ! •urance and other incidentals of keep brought about the happy result. I’own “f Bandon, to-wit Fourth. Bluff, His daughter Shirley, who was his ing bouse hi New York, had aj>out tak <’ot|iiille. Fine. Spruce Pioneer. The Ex er all he hnd Yet be hnd managed to greatest friend and comfort, was then I tention of 1’ionet r. The County Road, CHAPTER III. known as the Hank Roa«l, and in the save a little, and those years when he In Eitrop«’. She hnd gone to the con tin* suprem«* reward of virtue Woodland Addition known as \l»ernathv could put by a fifth of his salary th«* tinent to rest nfter working for month» the good American Is promised Avenue, Columbia Avenue. Little Street. Judge considered himself lucky. He on a novel which she had Just pnl»- a visit to Paris when he «lies. 1 known as Pacific Avenue and First Street, llshed His wife, entirely without ex- cretly he was proud of his compare said improventmeiits iwitnz more specific- Those, however, of our saga ally deserdu-d as follows the poverty. At least the world colili! perience in business matters and some I, The san I B«»ard promises to build a what of nn invalid, was hapless to ad cious fellow countrymen who can af never ask him "where he got IL” ford to make th«' trip uaunllj- manage sidewalk on the North ^ide of Fourth Street. vise him. Rut to his old and tried with Ryder was well ncquahrted | lietfinnine at the w* t line ««f intersection Judge Rossmore’s private ntenna. Tlie friend, ex-Judge Stott. Judge Ross t<* see Lutetla before crossing the river with Sprue • Street, westward to the t« rm’n Styx. Most Americans like Paris- afion thereof, kim* the west line of in more explalmsl the facts ns they were. two men had met at a dinner, and, al some like it so well that they have ters« r ’i««n with tin < «> inH rox<! running though Ryder had tried to cultivate Htott shook Ills head. "It’s n conspir N rth F..ast and Sontl West, and continu the acquaintance, he never received acy!" he cried "Atal John B Ryder made lt their permanent home—al inu on the West side of s iid County road though lt n.nst be n«lde«l that in their to tie -South line of the Chris Rasmussen i is behind it. ” Rossmore refused to be •tuch encouragement. «ne admiration th^y rarely Include the , property. 4 LEWIN’S Meat - Market THE LION AND THE MOUSE. By CHARLES KLEIN. MEATS and PROVISIONS E. LEWIN Prop. Opera WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS. Squaw Bags. burn ¡slice! Rooms The Pacific i m THE MERCY HOSPITAL >< XIK >■<>* Sisters of Mercy BASK or BANDON, -B7YKTDOKT OREGON i i n R. H. Rosa X A Complete GENERAL Co. =0 .n I ! Inc Line of MERCHANDISE I1'arm Produce Taken in 1ixe hange P ree Ih'liverv all parts of the ('i. ^ XOE3FT=S*