CHAPTER VIII. (Continue.)
"I shot It this morning," b con
tinued, "we'll use It."
"What do you mnr asked Alta
toont. "I mean to blow up the bears en
Baui with 100 pounds of powder."
"But where la the powder?" exclaim
ed hla friends.
"In the magazine. This passage I
dug will lead to It. I made It pur
posely." "And where Is the mine to be?" In
quired Altamont
"At the farthest point from the
house and stores."
"And how will you manage to entice
the bears there, all to one spot?"
Til look after that. Let us set to
work. We have 100 feet more to add
to our passage to-night, and that la
no easy matter. There are five of us
we can take turns. Bell will begin,
and we will lie down and sleep mean
time." One by one. all went to work, and In
ten hours that is to say. about S In
the morning the gallery was entirely
open.
With the first streak of day the doc
tor reconnoltered the position of the
enemy. The patient animals were still
occupying their old position, prowling
up and down and growling.
Hastening away to the mine, he had
a strong stake fixed firmly on the
granite foundation, on the top of which
tin dead fox was fastened. A rope
was attached to the lower part of the
stake, long enough to reach the pow
der stores.
"This Is the bait." he said, pointing
to the dead fox. "and here Is the mine,"
he added, rolling In a keg of powder
containing about 100 pounds.
"And how will you manage?" asked
Altamont.
"By hauling In this rope we leave
the dead fox exposed to view. The
bears are so famished with their long
fasting that they won't lose much time
In rushing toward their unexpected
tneaL Well, Just at that very moment,
I shall set Are to the mine, and blow
up both the guests and the meal"
"Capital! Capital!" shouted John
son, who had been listening with In
tense Interest.
Hatteras said nothing, for he had
such absolute confidence in his friend
that he wanted no further explanation.
But Altamont must know the why and
wherefore of everything."
"But doctor." he said, "can you
reckon on your match so exactly that
you can be quite sure it will Am the
mine at the right moment?"
"I don't need to reckon at all; that's
a difficultly easily got over."
"They you have a match a hundred
feet long?"
"No."
"You are simply going to lay a train
of powder."
"One of us must light the powder."
aid Johnson. "I'm ready ready and
willing."
"Quite useless to risk your life,
brave fellow," replied the doctor, hold
ing out his hand. "All our Uvea are
precious, and they will be all spared
thank God!
"We have an electric battery." he
continued, "and lines long enough to
erve our purpose? We can Ore our
mine whenever we please. In an In
stant, and without the slightest dan
ger." "Hurrah!" exclaimed Johnson.
"Hurrah!" echoed the others, with
out heeding whether the enemy heard
them or not.
The doctor's idea was Immediately
carried out, and the lines connected.
By t o'clock everything was ready.
Johnson was stationed In the powder
magazine, in charge of the cord which
held the bait.
"Now," said Clawbonny to his com
panions, "load your guns. In case our
assailants are not killed. Stand be
side Johnson, and the moment the ex
plosion Is over rush out"
"All right." said Altamont.
"We have done all we can to help
ourselves. May heaven help us!"
Hatteras. Altamont and Bell repair
ed to the powder magazine, while the
doctor remained alone beside the pile.
Boon he heard Johnson's voice In
the distance calling out "Ready!"
"All light!" was the reply.
Johnson pulled the rope that brought
the body of the fox on top the Ice.
The next Instant the bears had eager
ly rushed to seize the booty.
"Fire!" called out Johnson, and at
once the electric spark was sent along
the lines right into the keg of powder.
A formidable explosion ensued; the
house was shaken as if by an earth
quake, and the walla cracked asunder.
Hatteras, Altamont and Bell hurried
out, with the guns. But four of the
bears lay dead, and the fifth, half
roasted, though alive, was soamberlng
away in terror, as fast aa hla legs
could carry htm.
"Hurrah!" Three cheers for Claw
bonny!" they shouted, and overwhelm
ed the doctor with plaudits and thanks
Next morning there was a singular
rise in me temperature, the thermom
eter going up to IS degrees above sero
This comparative heat lasted sev
eral days. In sheltered spots the glass
rose aa mgn as ji degrees, and symp
toms of a thaw appeared.
The lee began to crack here and
there, and Jets of salt water were
thrown up, like fountains In an English
park. A lew days later the rain fell
In torrents.
For about a fortnight hunting was
the principal occupation. There was
an abundant supply of fresh meat to
be had. They shot partridges, ptarmi
gans and snow ortolans, which are de
licious eating.
"Do you think we shall have a long
pell of this weather. Dr. Clawbonny r
asked Johnson,
"No, my friend. I don't; It is a last
blow from the cold. You see these are
bis dominions, and he won't bo driven
east without making soma
"What la the reason?"
"Because generally there Is a peri
odical frost In the month of May. and
It Is coldest from the 11th to the 13th.
That Is the fact."
The doctor was right for the cold
lasted till the end of the month, and
put an end to all their hunting expedi
tions. The old. monotonous life In
doors recommenced.
CHAPTER IX
During this compulsory leisure.
Clawbonny determined to have a talk
with the captain on an Important sub
ject the building of a sloop out of the
planks of the Porpoise.
The doctor hardly knew how to be
gin, as Hatteras had declared so vehe
mently that he would never consent
to use a morsel of American wood: yet
It was high time he were brought to
reason, as June was at hand, the only
season for distant expeditions, and
they could not start without a ship.
He thought over It a long while,
and at last drew the captain aside,
in the kindest gentlest way:
"Hatteras, do you believe I'm your
friend r
"Most certainly I do." replied the
captain, earnestly; "my best Indeed,
my only friend."
"And If I give you a piece of advice
without your asking, will you consid
er my motive la perfectly disinterest
ed?" "Tea, for I know you have never
been actuated by self-interest But
what are you driving at?"
"Walt Hatteras; I have one thing
more to ask. Do you look on me as a
true-hearted Englishman like your
self, anxious for his country's glory V
Hatteras looked surprised, but sim
ply said:
"I do."
Tou desire to reach the north pole."
the doctor went on. "and I understand
and share your ambition, but to
achieve your object you must employ
the right means."
"Well, and have I not sacrificed ev
erything for it?"
"No. Hatteras, you have not sacri
ficed your personal antipathies. Even
at this very moment I know you are
in the mood to refuse the Indispensable
conditions of reaching the pole."
"Ah! it la the boat you want to talk
about and that man
"Hatteras. let us discuss the ques
tion calmly, and examine th -se on
all sides. The coast on which we And
ourselves at present may terminate
abruptly; we have no proof that it
stretches away to the pole; Indeed, If
your present information prove cor
rect we ought to come to an open sea
during the summer months. Well, sup
posing we reach this arctic ocean and
find It free from Ice and easy to navi
gate. what shall we do If we have no
Hatteras made no reply.
Tell me. now, would you like to find
yourself only a few miles from the
pole and not be able to get to It"
Hatteras still said nothing, but bur
led his head In his hands.
"Besides," continued ih.
"look at the question In Its moral as-
nere is an Englishman who
sacriflces his fortune, and even his
wife, to win fresh glory for his coun
try, but because the boat which bears
him across an unknown ocean, or
touches the new shore, happens to be
made of the planks of an t
vessel castaway wreck of no use to
uj-wne win mat lessen the honor of
the discovery? If you yourself had
found the hull of some wrecked ves
sel lying deserted on the shore, would
you have hesitated to mi ...
and must not a sloop built by four Enl
giisnmen ana manned by four English
men be EnglUh from keel to gun
wale?" Hatteras was still silent
"No," continued Clawbonny. "the
real truth la. It Is not the sloop you
care about; It la the man."
"Tea, doctor, yes." replied the cap
tain. "It la this American I detest; I
hate him with a thorough English ha
tred. Fate has thrown him in mv
path." y
"To save you!"
"To ruin me. He seems to defy me
and speaks as if he were lord and mas
ter. He thinks he has my destiny In
his hands, and knows all my projects
Didn't we see the man In his true col
ors when we were giving names to the
different coasts? Has he ever avowed
his object In coming so far north? Tou
will never get out of my head that this
man is not the leader of some expedi
tion sent out by the American govern
ment" "Well, Hatteras, suppose' It Is so
does It follow that this expedition is
to search for the north pole? May It
not be to find the Northwest Passage?
But anyway, Altamont Is In complete
Ignorance of our object for neither
Johnson, nor Bell, nor myself, have
ever breathed a word to him about it
and I am sure you have not"
"Well, let him always remain so"
"He must be told In the end, for we
can't leave him here alone."
"Why not? Can't he stay here In
Fort Providence?"
"He would never consent to that
Hatteras; and, moreover, to leave a
man In that way, and not know wheth
er we might And him safe when we
came back, would be worse than Im
prudent it would be inhuman, Alta
mont will come with us; he must
come. But we need not disclose our
projects: let us tell him nothing, but
simply build a sloop for the ostensible
purpose of making a survey of the
coast"
Hatteras could not bring himself to
consent but said;
"And suppose the man won't allow
his ship to be cut up?"
"In that case, you must take the law
In your own hands, and build a vessel
In spite of him."
"1 wish to goodness be would refuse,
thenl-
"He must be aaked before be oaa re
fuse. It undertake the asking." said
Clawbonny.
He kept bis word, for that very same
night at aupper, be managed to turn
the conversation towards the subject
of making excursions during summer
for hydrographies! purposes.
"You will Join us. I suppose, Alta
mont." he said.
"Of course." replied the American.
"We must know how far New America
extends."
Hatteras looked Axedly at' hla rival,
but aald nothing.
"And for that purpose," continued
Altamont "we had better build a lit
tle ship out of the remains of the Por
poise. It Is the best possible use we
can make of her."
"You hear. Bell." said the doctor, ea
gerly. "We'll all set to work to-morrow
morning."
In the end of May the temperature
again rose, and spring returned for
good and alL Rain fell copiously, and
before long the melting snow was run
ning down every little slope in falls
and cascades.
But while they were building their
boats arguments spring up.
Dr. Kane was the first bone of con
tention on this occasion, for the Jeal
ous Englishman was unwilling to grant
his rival the glory of being a discov
erer, saying that It was by mere
chance he had made a discovery.
"Chance!" interrupted Altamont hot
ly. "Do you mean to assert that It Is
not to Kane's energy that we owe his
great discovery?"
"I mean to say that Dr. Kane's name
la not worth mentioning In a country
made Illustrious by such names as
Parry, and Franklin, and Ross, and
Belcher, and Penny; In a country
where the seas opened the Northwest
Passage to an Englishman McClure!"
"McClure!" exclaimed the American.
"Well, if ever chance favored anyone It
was that McClure. Do you pretend to
deny It?"
Hatteras started to hla feet and
said:
"I will not permit the honor of an
English captain to be attacked in my
presence any longer!"
"You will not permit!" echoed Alta
mont also springing erect "But these
are facta, and It la out of your power
to destroy them!"
"Sir!" shouted Hatteras, pale with
rage.
"My friends!" Interposed the doctor;
"pray be calm. This Is a scientific
point that we are discussing."
But Hatteras was dead to reason
now, and said angrily:
Til tell you the facts, sir."
"And I'll tell you." retorted the Irate
American.
"Gentlemn." said Clawbonny, In a
Ann tone, "allow me to speak, for I
know the facts of the case as well as
and perhaps better than you, and I
can state them Impartially."
"Yes, yes!" cried Bell and Johnson,
who had been anxiously watching the
strife.
"Well, go on." said Altamont finding
himself In the minority.
With charts the doctor told the his
tory of McClure's voyage. Still Hat
teras and Altamont were dissatisfied
"Well, If arriving on one side and
leaving at the other is not going
through, I don't know what is!" said
Hatteras.
"Yes, but he went 470 miles over ice
fields." objected Altamont
"What of that?"
"Everything; that la the gist of the
whole argument It was not the Inves
tigator that went through."
"Altamont" said the doctor, "we all
consider that you are wrong."
"You may easily do that" returned
the American. "It Is four against one,
but that will not prevent me from
holding my own opinion."
"Keep It and welcome, but keep It
to yourseir, tr you please, for the fu
ture," exclaimed Hatteras.
"And pray what right have you to
speak to me like this, sir?" shouted
Altamont In a fury.
"My right as captain," returned Hat
teras, equally angry.
"Am I to submit to your orders,
then?"
"Most assuredly, and woe to you If
The doctor did not allow him to
proceed, for be really feared the two
antagonists might come to blows. Bell
and Johnson seconded his endeavors
to make peace, and, after a few con
ciliatory words, Altamont turned on
his heel, and walked carelessly away,
whistling "Yankee Doodle." Hatteras
went outside, and paoed up and down
with rapid strides. In about an hour
he came back, and retired to bed with
out saying another word.
(To be continued.)
A Lay Blatter.
"Would you like the floors in ma
sale?" aaked the architect
The Springfield man looked dubious.
"Would you like the floors in mo
saic patterns r
"I don't know so much about that,"
he finally said. "I ain't got any prej
udice against Moses as a man, and
maybe he knew a lot about the law.
As regards laying floors, though, I
kinder think I'd rather have them un
sectarlan." Harper's Weekly.
A Leasoa. la Pollteaeae,
He was dining at a restaurant, and
while he was sipping bis black coffee,
a stranger gracefully commandeered
his overcoat He had Just reached the
door when the owner tapped him on
the shoulder.
"Pardon me, sir," be said, meekly,
"but would you allow me to get another
cigar from my coat pocket. In case I
do not meet you again T" Tlt-Blts.
What Started Hlas sva aa Art Pstm.
"Yes. Mr. Ootroz is making quite a
number of purchases of paintings
abroad."
"Indeed? I never understood he
cared for pictures. When did be take
up the fad?"
"When they removed the duty from
lmplrted art" Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
Very Llkalr.
"8he thanked him with a look."
"I 'pose her gown was so tight that
aha couldn't trust herself to speak.
V Louisville Courier-Journal
MILLIONS TO FIGHT SHARKS.
Plan Is to Charge Only Legal Rates
on Furniture Security.
New York, April 4. Mrs. Russell
Sage has inaugurated a state-wide plan
to thwart the loan sharks who fatten
upon the necessities of the poor. She
has returned from her trip across the
continent to put into immediate effect
measures to save the unfortunate from
the exactions of the usurer.
The Sage millions will capitalize a
chain of model loan establishments
which will advance money to the poor
on their household goods at the legal
rate of interest
The plan has been prepared by the
Sage Foundation, in cooperation with
Orion H. Chenev. state sunerintenHeMt
of banks, and awaits only Mrs. Sage's
nnai approval.
Mr. Chenev. who has been wnaincr a
outer war upon the loan sharks, said
today:
"When the Sate Foundation enters.
this field not Onlv Will it acrnmnlish a
most worthy mission, but at the same
time it can De made financially profit
able. The concerns which take unfair
advantage of the unfortunates who are
financially embarrassed will be either
ariven out oi uie business or forced to
conduct their business on the same fair
basis as the Sage Foundation."
Mr. Cheney said he believed the poor
who have to resort to the securing of
loans on their furniture should he rarer!
for in preference to the class that se
cures advances on salary.
AVIATOR SWOOPS TO
DEATH ON ROCKS.
Fan Sebastian. Knoin Ann' I A An
other French aviator has met death
while making a flight in an aeroplane
Hubert Leblon. who. nrlor tn hi toir
ing up aeropianing was a noted auto
mobilist was killed while maltintr an
exhibition flight here vesterdav.
ne was circling the royal palace of
Miramar at a heitrht of 140 feet vhn
his motor broke. He attempted to
gime Dacx to me shed, but the ma
chine turned and swooned with terrific
force against the rocks. The aviator
was crusnea.
Mm. Leblon witnessed the arH5iler.t
and when the body was recovered from
me sea, sne rushed shrieking towards
the ambulance to which it was being
carried. She threw herself nmn the
lifeless form, kissing; it repeatedly and
reiusing to De lea away, as the weath
er Was Stormv. Leblnn's flio-hr n un
expected and only a few people as-
semDiea to see the .'start. After the
Start, however, an ennrmnna rmwn
quickly gathered and followed the body
w me ponce nospitai. There was an
examination, but the Hrwtera
able to confirm that death must have
been instantaneous.
ITALIANS CHEER ROOSEVELT.
Seen in Theater at Naples Receives
Grand Ovation.
Naples. Am-il 4. Ex-President
Ti 1 .
nooseveit was given a tremendous re
ception at the Theater San Carlos,
where he attended a nerfnrmnnpe tn.
night The Americans in the boxes
siarcea we cheering, which was taken
up by a great body of students seated
in the third gallery. . Colonel Roose
velt rose and bowed his acknowledge
ments, which only served to increase
the tumultous applause.
Dunne: an intermission students t
the number of 200 marched tn the rear
of Colonel Roosevelt's box, where they
were presented to the ex-president by
rrotessor tioggiano, of the University
of Naples, who, in a graceful speech,
recalled the colonel's parting injunc
tion to President Taft, that the great
est problem for the United States was
the maintenance of a the moral well
being and strength of the people.
Professor Boggiano said that this was
also the greatest problem for all coun
tries. Colonel Roosevelt, replying, appeal
ed to the students to aspire to the high
est ideals, but warned them that their
aspirations must be coupled with prac
tical methods.
"Life is a struggle," he said. "You
must not keep ,'in the clouds. Your
ideals must be such as can be real
ized." Pet Dog Funeral Elaborate.
Chicago, April 4. Beth, a blooded
cocker spaniel which has won many
blue ribbons at bench shows, is dead,
but if there is any post mortem satis
faction for a departed canine in an
elaborate funeral, Beth must have it.
Wrapped in an embroidered opera coat,
her casket lined with the trophies of
her show victories, Beth was buried be
neath a fine old mission willnnr tnt.
day, sorrowing friends witnessing the
ceremony, rsein was the pet of Miss
Suzette Newton, -"the young daughter
of Mrs. California Newton.
Switchmen Ask Increase.
Cincinnati, April 4. Committees
representing 900 switchmen employed
in the Cincinnati division visited nffi
cals of the roads today to present de
mands lor changed working conditions
and higher pay, "based upon the Chi
cago rate. The men affected are the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St
ixwis; the Chesapeake & Ohio; the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton; the
Cincinnati Southern and the R a 1 1 imnra
& Ohio Southwestern.
Students Have Hat Bonfire.
Delaware, 0., April 4. Cheering
for the ancients, who never had bald
beads, or ought never to have had
them, the bov students of fthin w,.
leyan university, last night made a
uonnre oi ineir nats. Dancing around
the bonfire, they swore never again to
imperil the hair of their hpiH. h
wearing hats.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
EXTEND PORTAGE ROAD.
State Commission Arranges to Fi
nance Project at The Dalles.
The Dalles Work will be commenc
ed on the construction of the extension
of the state portage road from Big
Eddy to The Dalles as soon as the
contract can be signed up and the con
tractors get their plant on the ground.
Judge W. J. Marriner, member of the
state portaee commission, and Mr.
Newell, -of the enigneering firm of
Newell, Clossett & Walsh, who at the
suggestion of the commission has done
the engineering work on the extension,
had a meeting Iwith the city council
and arrangements were made that in
sures the speedy completion of the
road.
It was explained by Mr. Newell and
Judge Marriner that the cost of the ex
tension would be about $70,000, and
that only $60,000 of the appropriation
made by the last legislature is avail
able. Therefore the commission would
be short about $10,000. This state of
affairs was anticipated by the city
council some time ago, and an ordin
ance was passed authorizing the sale
of $10,000 bonds, the money to be ex
pended in building bulkheads at. the
lower terminus of the portage road and
the inclines leading to it.
The extension of the portage to be
built commences at Big Eddy, some
three miles above The Dalles, and
reaches navigable water and a safe
harbor at the foot of Washington
street. At the terminus will be bulk'
heads on which freights may be con
veniently transferred from river
steamers to wharf boats or onto cars
that may be run in on the incline, or
may be discharged from cars directly
into the steamers.
The construction of this extension
will complete the connecting link of
river transportation with the lower
river and the upper Columbia and
Snake rivers. Since the completion of
the state portage around the falls of
Celilo there has been a connection be
tween the upper and lower river, but it
has not been practicable to handle
heavy freight over this line, because
of the poor facilities for transferring
it from boats to the portage road at
the lower terminus.
Water for 73,000 Acres.
Salem At a meeting nf the desert
land board recently State Engineer
Liewis and Attorney Ueneral Crawford
were authorized to enter into a con
tract with the Almoral-Kvans enmnnnv
for the reclamation of 73,000 acres of
arid lands in what is known as the
Powder River vallev nroiect. Netrnt-
- i j . n
tations have been Dendine- for a venr
since the first announcement of the
project was made.
The total cost of the project will be
$3,800,000. It is. in fact, two senar-
ate projects- combined, and the segre
gation to be reclaimed lies in Baker
county within easy access from the
main line of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation comnanv. Ahnut. 4n nnn
acres only is government land, the rest
being in private ownershin. The wnrW
will go ahead as soon as the necessary
wuntirawais can be secured from the
Interior department.
The lareest rjroiect includes n dam
in Thief valley 110 feet high and a
concrete ana sona rock riistrihiitinr
canal nine miles long, with a carrying
capacity of 500 cubic feet of water rier
second. The other division will hrincr
water through Preston hill by means of
a cement lined tunnel two miles long
from Balm creek. All the smaller
feed canals will be cement lined.
Model Farm in Jackson County.
Medford The Oreron finnd Rnurli
association has offered to build a model
road one mile long free in Jackson
county. The association asks only that
the county officials fumish the labor
necessary for the building of the road.
Colonel Frank Ray has offered to give
the crushed rock necessarv for the
building of the road. The association
peneves that by building a model road
its superiority and advantages will
make everyone a good roads advocate.
Warships for G. A. R. Encampment.
Washington Kenatnra Pnnma r.r.A
' "uuL.ii. mm
Chamberlain have requested the secre
tary of the navy to send one or two
warships to Astoria for the twenty
ninth annual encampment of ;the G. A.
R. of Oreeron. June 21 tn 9A ' and h..
been assured that the request will be
graniea n possible. Definite action
will be delaved a few H va tn ilnta.
mine whether the ships will be availa-
uie at mat time.
Plenty of Water at Athena.
Athena Either heeanae nf tu
cent election or because of the abund
ant rainfall, the snrinirs which mr,ni
the city of Athena with water are
gusning iortn with abundance. The big
reservoir is runninc over nnrt the j
DUU1IU
of the pump has ceased. The Athena
people are delighted to have abundance
of soft water.
Medford Raises $25,000.
Medford The S2K nnn fn. u --
L.ake hicrnwnv that waa a . i i
. : P J " " CAF"ll to De
signed for this city has been subscribed
after the subscrintinn naner :
1 nao in cir
culation only two weeks. Now that
meaiora nas pledged $25,000 towards
the road's CnnstmMinn nos.n1 il -
. . ' fP'"3 uie
entire state will be asked to lend their
aid to the enterprise.
Many Trees for Hood River.
Hood River Several himn.1 41
MM.IUAU UIUU-
sand trees have already been shipped
into the Hood River valley this season
on account of the inability of the three
"""cries w supply the heavy de
HOLD WATERWAYS CONVENTION
Willamette Valley Delegates to Meet
in Albany April 14.
Albany The improved waterway
convention which will be held at Al
bany on April 14 for the purpose of se
curing the co-operation of Willamette
valley towns in organizing a syste
matic campaign for the improvement
of the Willamette river, promises to
bear early fruit The United States
government will be asked by the con
vention of all commercial bodies in the
valley to make a $3,000,000 appropria
tion for river improvements. Follow
ing the action of the joint meeting of
the Albany Business Men's association
and the Albany commercial club, held
here recently, invitations to attend the
convention have been issued by the
commercial club to the following cities
and towns: Corvallis, Brownsville,
Canby, Dayton, Dallas, Estacada, Eu
gene, Harrisburg, Hillsboro, Indepen
dence, Jefferson, Junction City, Lafay
ette, Lebanon, McMinnville, Mount
Angel, Newberg, North Yamhill, Ore
gon City, Salem, Scio, Sheridan,
Springfield, New Era, Stayton, Wil
lamette, Gervais, Brooks, Turner, Hub
bard, Halsey, Aurora and Silverton.
Klamath Falls Depot Finished,
Klamath Falls The finishing touch
es have been put on the magnificient
depot erected by the Southern company
in this city. No date for the formal
opening of the building has been an
nounced and will not be until word is
received from San Francisco.
When it was announced that the rail
road company had decided to erect in
this city a depot that would cost in
the neighborhood of $20,000 few peo
ple believed that that amount would be
invested in the structure.
But instead of a $20,000 structure
the company has given the city one
that will cost nearer $40,000, and one
that surpasses in elegance anything of
its kind in the west. The fact that
the Southern Pacific has seen fit to
give Klamath Falls such a fine building;
is indicative of what that company ex
pects this city to be. The depot is the
direct outcome of the petition that
was sent to Chief Engineer Hood, ask
ing that this city be favored with what
the company expected Klamath Falls
to be.
, Realty Active at Elgin.
Elgin The following deals were re
ported last week : David Lind to A.
Hill, 11-acre orchard tract south of
Elgin for $3,500; S. M. Slough, one
half block in North Elgin to Walter
Bliss, of Portland: the Union Estate
company to S. M. Slough one and one
half blocks in North Elgin; Hackett
Lumber company, one block in Hind
man's addition to L. Davis. Walter
Hill sold his 63-acre ranch and Mrs.
Baker her 60-acre ranch.
Addition to Madras Sold.
Madras The recently platted Boyce
addition to Madras was sold to W. H.
Taylor, of Spokane, and Max Luedde
man, of Portland, for $7,000. There
is about 17 acres in the tract. The
Oregon Trunk line railway passes
through the land. The plat lies well
for warehouse and railway siding pur
poses. ,
Will Build Two Hotels.
Klamath Falls Work is to be begun
in the near future on a three-story ho
tel in the Hot Springs addition. The
building permit for the structure has
been granted. This, together with the
$50,000 hotel planned by the Liver
mores, will give the city ample ac
comodation in the hotel line.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
$1.01()1.03; club, 9798c; red Rusl
sian, 96c; valley, $1.
Barley Feed and brewing, $27
27.50 per ton.
Corn Whole, $34; cracked, $35.
Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $20fr?21 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $2324; alfalfa, $17.50
18.50; grain hay, $1719.
Oats No. 1 white, $29fi!30.
Fresh fruits Apples, $1.253 per
box; pears $1 501.75; cranberries,
$8(fC9 per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices:
Oregon 50(T 60c ner hnnnren.
, , vf once ur
tatoes, 3-31c per pound.
hu?dnre7 regn ?L501'75 P.
Vegetables Tnmino oc
. 7 MM.fio per
Sack.: rutnlmrrno oc. rl-
or , " carrots,
85cC!$l; beets, $11.25; parsnips, 75
Blltter flitv PraamoM. J. a
- ..ucijr, extras, 3oc:
fancy outs.de creamery, 3436c; store
uc. Butter fat prices average lie per
pqund under regular butter prices.
o . " ureKn Mch,22123c
Pork-Fancy, 13(o)13ic per pound.
t ZFTy' n12Jc per pound.
Lambs-Fancy, l5(!l8c per pound.
Poultry Hena 9nii Ol. LJV, .
rr. no j , ' uruuers, z
p8c; ducks, 22i23c; gee8e, 2728c;
turkeys, live 22(fS25c; dressed, 25
29c; squabs. $5 per dozen.
f'rtn Zrf 8teer8 W.256.75;
lair to irood fltAPra c cnfl. r -
5.50Cfi6; fair to good, $5
tTT??1 wethers. 7.508; fair
to good, $6.507; good lambs, $812.
$ioH!rTop' ?ii-25;
rJ1Ea?.ten 0regon 1620c per
pound; valley, 2224c; mohair,
choice, 2325c "uumr,
Cascara bark, 45c.
Hides Dry hides, $1617c per
caffins i Jeed h,des; 7i8c: Bttlte
causkins, 14c; green, lc less.