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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1909)
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST PROJECT HELD UP. Land Opening by Deschutes Irrigation Company Must Wait. Salem After listening to an extend ed argument by C. fc. b. Wood, repre senting A. M. Drake, of Bend, the des ert land board decided to hold up the application of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power company for the opening to sale of 2,320 acres of land, embraced in its latest Carey act project on the Deschutes until the board can find time personally to inspect the project at its forthcoming visit to Eastern Oregon, within a month. Wood made an exhaustive argument, charging that the Deschutes Irrigation & Power company is not complying with the plans and specifications for the reclamation of the arid lands under its Carey land contracts with the state; that it is wrongfully diverting the water taken from the Deschutes for the reclamation of one segregation for the temporary reclamation of lands listed under another contract so it can place the land on the market; that the company is heavily burdened with fi nancial difficulties and has mortgaged the settlers rights to cover its defi ciencies; that it can never insure the settler a perpetual water right under the circumstances which now exist and are in prospect; and charging the des ert land board with open violation of its obligations to the state and the set tler under the provisions of the Carey act and the irrigation laws of the state in granting the irrigation company in creases of lien and other privileges. DALLAS-SALEM ROAD. Good Progress Being Made in Con struction Work on New Line. Dallas The Salem, Falls City & Western railway company will have completed the work of track! ay ing on its new line from Dallas to Salem by the middle of August, and regular freight and passenger service will be established within a month from that time. The grading work is practically com pleted, having been carried to within two miles of the West Salem terminal. Steel has been laid as far as the Pierce Riggs farm near Eola, a distance of about nine miles from Dallas. Only about six miles of track remain to be laid. The new track contains few bridges, the most important being the Brunk bridge over the Rickreall river at Eola. No bridge will be built acrosB the Wil lamette river, the road terminating on the Polk county side, in West Salem. Communication with the Marion coun ty side will be carried on by means of a launch service, which has already been established. The company will install for its pas senger service on the new line, one of the new gasoline cars similar to those which the Southern Pacific plans to put in use on some of its Oregon lines. Chautauqua Grounds Improved. Oregon City The work of improve ment of the Chautauqua grounds at Gladstone is being pushed. Fourteen hundred feet of fence is being built on the front side of the park. A good pump and an adequate water system are being installed. The Ladies' aid, of the Christian church of Gladstone will have charge of the restaurant on the grounds. Rev. W. H. Selleck, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church or Salem, will respond to Con gressman Hawiey's address of welcome, Ashland Wants Mountain. Ashland The Ashland Commercial club will petition Governor Benson's recently appointed state board of geo graphers to change the name of Ash land butte, the source of Ashland's water supply and one of the chief scen ic attractions of this vicinity, from Siskiyou peak, which is said to have been applied to it by some of the gov ernment publications, to Mount Ash' land. A resolution to this effect was passed at a recent meeting of the club. Open Land Near Burns. Burns The local United States land office has been notified that the Harney Valley Improvement company segrega tion, known as the famous Carey lands, has been canceled ; and these lands, 69,000 acres of which are locat ed close to Burns, will be opened at once to public entry. It is thought that every acre of this land will be taken in a very short time. Six-Inch Guns Arrive. Salem The two big six inch guns from the battleshio Oregon promised the city of Salem, have arrived and will be one of the attractions of the cherry fair. The guns will be mounted on the state house lawn after the fair. They were procurred through the Ore gon delegation at Washington and cost the city of Salem only the freight Monmouth Normal Opens. Monmouth The enrollment of the summer normal school is very satisfac tory, there being between 80 and 100 enrolled the first day. Next week Professor L. R. Travers' course begins and from SO to 60 additional students are expected. Prospects are for the most successful summer normal ever held at this place. Big Prices for Farms. Jacksonville William Stewart this week sold to some Wisconsin parties his 170 acre farm and orchard two miles north of Jacksonville for (85,000, an average of $500 per acre. Another tract of 213 acres near the Stewart farm was sold this week for 180,000. BIG COLONIZATION SCHEME. Vast Tract in Northern Morrow to Be Cut Into Small Tracts. Pendleton More than 18,000 acres of wheat land in the northern part of Morrow county are to be colonized by thrifty German and Hungarian fam ilies, according to J. G. Crawford, of Heppner. He Bays that the J. E. Woolery es tate, consisting of this acreage of practically level land, has been taken over by a Portland real estate firm, which has already made arrangements to put 1,000 families on the tract, and that the colonization will be complete by fall. This is probably the largest tract of farming land in Morrow county and offers an ideal opportunity for a colo nization scheme of this kind. It is said that the heads of many of these families are men of means and that the immigrants will prove a valu able addition to the county. Mr. Crawford is also authority for the statement that the crops of Mor row county are to be much better this season than was expected a few weeks ago. Then it was considered that a total failure was inevitable, but now it is believed almost an average crop will be harvested. The unusual season of cool weather which has prevailed over Eastern Ore gon this Bpring and summer has turned out to be a blessing for the farmers, for with the customary amount of hot weather this season's crops would have been burned up, as the precipitation has been practically nothing. Fine Imposed on Road. Salem Attorney General Crawford has commenced action against the Cor vallis & Eastern railroad for the collec tion of the penalty for the alleged fail ure of the railroad company to comply with the railroad commission act. Some time ago the commission, after an investigation of a complaint of in adequate depot facilities at Lyons, or dered the railroad company to build a new depot. The company hauled in a couple of old freight cars and rigged them up as an evasion of the law, and the attorney general was requested to commence action to collect the fine of $10,000 provided by the law. Huge Private Water Project. Prineville County Surveyor Fred A. Rice has just completed the survey of a private irrigation project on the Ochoce east of this place. It will be one of the largest private irrigation projects in the county. The lands effected are owned by T. H. Lafollette, E. T. Slayton and J. S. Watkins, the entire acreage comprising more than 2,000 acres. The canal will bold 1,200 inches of water and will be six miles long. The cost will be about $5,000. Construction work will begin aa soon as the plats of the survey are approved Dy the state desert land board. Two Plants In Prospect. Milwaukie At an adjourned meeting oi the Milwaukie council a 20 year franchise was granted J. L. Johnson & Co. to construct and operate a water works plant east of the Southern Paci fic railroad. The ordinance granting me irancniBe was passed as drawn up without amendment. It obligates the company to provide water free for fire protection. The plant is under con struction. Milwaukie will then have two water companies. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.30; ciud, si.ih((S1.Zu; valley. S1.17. Corn Whole, $35 per ton ; cracked, tab per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $41 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $17(3:20 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $20 CfiL's; mixed, $1620. Fruits Apples, $1(32.50 per box; strawberries, $1.60(i12 per crate; cher ries, 37c per pound ; gooseberries. 5c per pound; currants, 8c per pound; loganberries, $1.252 per crate; rasp- Derries, 9zo$z.zd per crate. Potatoes $lftl. 50 per hundred. Vegetables Asparagus. 75(ri90c per dozen; lettuce, head, Z5c; onions, 12$ (u i be; peas. 34c per pound; radishes. loc per aozen: rnuDarb. secsKe ner pound. Butter City creamery, extraa, 26)tfc per pound; fancy outside creamery, 25(?26&c; store, 18c. Butter fat prices average 1 Xc per pound under regular butter prices. kgg Oregon ranch, candled. 23 X 24c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 12rtM2Jtfc per pound: springs, 16Ke17c; roosters. 8ai9c: ducks, young, 12C13c; geese, young, 9(iT10c; turkeys, 18c; squabs, $22. 25 per dozen. Pork Fancy, 10c per pound. Veal Extras, 8(tf8)c per pound: ordinary, 7c; heavy, 6c Hops 1909 contracts. 16c per pound; 1908 crop, 11c; 1907 crop, 6c; isub crop, sc. Wool Eastern Oregon, 166i23c oer pound; valley, fine, 23c; coarse, 21 mohair, choice, 24((?25c Cattle Steers, top. $4. 60614. 60: fair to good, $4.25(4.40; common, $4(4.15; cows, top, $3.503.66; fair to good, $3.25((C3.50; common, to me dium, $2.75(i3; calves, top, $55.60; heavy, $3.60(4; bulls and stags, $2.75 3.25; common, 2fi!2.60. Hogs Best, $8(88.15; fair to good, $7.50(o;7.75; Blockers, $6(86.60; China fats, $6.75fi:7. Sheep Top wethers, $4; fair to good, $3.60(1(3.75; ewes, c loss on all grades; yearlings, best, $4.16; fair to good, $3.76(g4; spring lambs, $4.75 5.25. RAISES ITS PRICES. Beef Trust Says Cattle Are Scarce and Corn High. New York, July 5. The beef trust has again ordered the price of its pro duct raised. Fourteen cents a pound xor pot roast to zs cento for porter- nouse ana sirloin steaks is the price, Thirty cents will be demanded for the latter cuts in a few days, while aver age beef will cost the dealer 10 cents a pound, as against the hitherto pre vailing price oi 10 cents. mi 1. a ine nign price oi corn ana the scar city of cattle are the reasons assigned Dy tne trust lor the increase in prices. As to why cattle should be any scarcer now than at any other time no answer is forthcoming. Retail butchers explain that the working people are too poor to buy beef; that there is a lessening in the demand and consequently a raisins in the price. It is pointed out that Pat ten's corner in wheat has increased the demand for corn as an article of human consumption, and that therefore the price of that grain has bo increased that it is no longer profitable to raise corn-led cattle. The officers of the beef trust in the East are very reticent in discussine tne condition of the beef market TT f I . . wnen an expression or opinion was sought from the representatives of the big leaders in the trust, such aa Ar mour b ana swut s, the inquirer was referred from one official to another, Finally a vague statement was made to the effect that the market was nor mal and that existing prices were due to natural trade conditions. BODIES IN RUINS. Work Suspended at Messina on Ac count of Hot Weather. Rome, July 5. Thousands of bodieB of the victims of the December earth quake that devastated Messina are still in the ruins of that city and will not be dug out to receive burial until winter. In an effort to convince King Victor that it is doing every possible thing toward the ends desired in Mes sma, the Interior department todav submitted its first comprehensive re port It is understood tonight that the king, though not doubting the honesty of the officials, was angry that there bad been so much delay, and had de manded speedier work. in repiy to tne accusation that no excavation had been made in the ruins. tne interior department declares it has been found necessary to suspend all work of this nature during the warm weather. Up to that time 30,000 bod ies had been recovered. An averacre oi 300 bodies were removed daily in April and 900 bodies were awaiting Dunai lor lack or grave diggers. GOLD ORE AS BALLAST. Santa Fe Road Bed Rich in Precious Metal. Chicago, July 5. Officials of the Santa Fe road are inclined to believe that through the accidental discovery oi gold ana copper in the ballast used on the Belen cut-off a new rich mining ;.;A4 : i i u j i j . uiDuiui. win uo ueveiuptfu in ine man- zano mountains in Torrance county, New Mexico. A fact that adds romantic interest to the gold discovery is that the region is adjacent to the deserted city, which is supposed to have been Spanish and which is known as Gran Qui vera. There are legendary stories of old Span ish mines which' are supposed .to have been productive hundreds of years ago, but which were abandoned. Now that gold has been discovered in the region these stories are being revived and many are flocking into the mountains and are staking out claims everywhere. The di9covery of gold is largely due to one of the engineers of the com pany, who is located at the general offices in Chicago. Not along ago this engineer was walking track between Belen and Willard and while in a deep cut he picked up a chunk of ballast which had a chemical stain upon it. The stone was brought to Chicago, and it was found to be highly infused with gold. Some of the ballast which was being used on the Belen cutoff was then sent for and was found to assay about $3 worth of gold to the ton. Four Killed in Cyclone. Winnipeg, Man., July 5. Reports received tonight from Southern Sas katchewan show that four persons were killed and more than 50 hurt, and that immense damage was done by the cy clone which swept that district late last night and early this morning. In 1L .,. tne uainsDoro district three persons were Killed and nearly 50 injured, while a child was killed near Carrievale. The cyclone struck first at Redvers, turned south toward Carrievale and Gains- boro, and then went east to Pearson. Manitoba. Educator Says Nothing is Right. C Denver, July 6. Charging that the whole present day school svstem is radically wrong and that American homes and society are directly respon sible for elements in the schools which corrupt morals and make for crime and criminals, J. C. McNeill, superintend ent of schools at Memphis. Saturday dropped a bomb into the camp of the National Educational association's con vention at the council meeting prepar atory to tne opening of the convention. Trust in No Danger. New York, July 5. There is little probability that there will be any prose cution of the sugar trust until August, when United States Distrcit Attorney Wise, who sailed Saturday for Europe, returns to New York. The failure of the Federal grand jury to file indict ments in its investigation of the Amer ican Sugar Refining company adds to this impression. The Main Chance BY Meredith NichoUtm CortllOBi 1W3 Thi Bobm-Mkmill Com taut HIS is an hon est, straight forward p i c ture of the life oi to-day in a wide awake western town. It gives the reader a pleas ant impression of a type of people and a phase of life well worth a closer acquaint ance. It is a crisp, forceful delineation of the career of William Parker, a prosperous Danker and pro moter, whose beautiful daughter, Evelyn, is the heroine of the story. John Saxton, an enter prising isostonian, is sent west to close up some ranch and other investments for a Massachusetts trust company. This brings him in contact with varied types of humanity all of whom play an interesting part in a plot involv ing the manipulation of a traction line, the kidnaping of the banker's tuuu ana oiner events wnich m to make up an intensely graphic narrative. a he ivlain chance is a ro T IT r . mance of youth, of love, and of success honestly won. It buoyant, yet full of pathos, i 1 . . wnoiesome numory convincing realism, admirable diction and bright sayings. Added to this is rare, common sense touch that shows the practical side of real western life. CHAPTER I. "Well, sir, they say I'm crooked !" William Forter, president of tht Clark- on National Bank, tipped back his swivel chair and watched the effect of his dec laration on the young man who sat talk- in; to turn. I IT-1 . . ' . a . xuais gam or every successful man nowadays, Isn't It?" asked John Saxton Ihey say I m crooked, ' repeated Por ter, witu a narrowing of the eyes, "but they don t say it very loud, and I guess they don't any of them want to have to prove it. I'm afraid those Boston friends of yours have given us up as a bad lot and they've sent you out her to get their money, and 1 don't blame them. Well. sir; that money's got to com out in time, but it' going to take time and money to get It" 1 believe they sent me because I had plenty of time," said Saxton, smiling. wen, we want to you you win ont." returned rorter. "And now what run do to start yon off? I warn you solemn ly against tne hotels In this town; but wave got a fairly decent cluh nn h.r. and you'd better stay there till vn ... acquainted. Just look over the paper till I get rid of these letter and I'll b tre." Forter turned to his desk. Ther was an air of great alertness In hi. .m.n lean ugure as ne pusned button to sum mon varions members of the clerical fnm. and rapidly dictated terse telegrams and letter to a stenographer. Sax ton ... inpresscd by the banker's nerfect mnfl. dence and ease. John Saxton had been sent to Clarkinn by the Neponset Trut Company of Bos ton to represent the Interests of a group of client who'had mad rash investment in several or the Tran-MIasouri State. Foreclosure had, 4n many instance, re sulted in ids iransier . to themselves of mucn town ana rancti property which was, in the condition existing in the early DO, an exceedingly stow asset. It wa necessary that some on on the ground should car for these interest Th Clarkson National Bank had been exercising a general supervision, but, as on of th Investor told hi fellow suf ferer In Boston, they should have an agent whom they cou.d call home and abuse, and her waa Saxton, a conscien tious and teady fellow, who had some knowledge of the country, and who, more over, needed something to do. Saxton' acquaintance with th West had been ;alned by a bitter experience of ranching in Wyoming. A blisxard had destroyed hi cattle, and the subsequent depression in land value in the neighborhood of his ranch had left him encumbered with a lroperty for which there was no market. HI friends had been correct in the as ramptlon that he needed employment, and ha was, moreover, glad of th chance to jet away from home, where th impres iou was making headway that h had tailed at something In th vague, non-interest-payiug West "Now," aid Porter, presently, scrutln ling a telegram carefully before signing t, "I'll take yoii up to th office we've en keeping for your people, and show ou what it looks like." The room proved to be a small on at he ti'p of the building. On the ground On door was inscribed "The Interstate irrigvtion Company." The room con tained a safe, a flat-top desk and a few chairs. Several map bung on th wall engineer' charts of ranch lands and Irri gation ditches. "It ain't pretty," said Portr, critical ly, "but If you don't like It you can mov when you get ready. The bank I your landlord, and we don't charge you much for it You've doubtless got your inven tory of stuff with you, and here in the safe you'll find the accounts of these com panies, copies of publlo racord relating to them, and so on. You're going up gainst a pretty tough proposition, young ian. You 11 hear a hard luck story wherever you go out here just now; peo ple who owe your friends money will be mighty sorry they can't pay. Many of the ranch lands your people own will be worth something after a while. That Colorado irrigation scheme ought to pan out In time, and I believe it will; but you've got to nurse all these things. Make your principals let you alone. Those fallow get in a hurry at the wrong time that my experience with eastern In vestors. Tell them to go to Europe get rid of them for a while, and' make them give you a chance to work for them, They're not the only pebbles. I'll send th combination of th safe up by the boy, and you can get a blrd'i-ey view of the situation before lunch. Mr. Wheaton, our cashier, Is away to-day, but he's fa miliar with thes matters and will be glad to help you when he get home. When you get stuck call on us. And drop down about 12 :80 and go up to the club for lunch. Take It easy ; you can't do it all In on day." "I hope I shan't be a nuisance to you," said th younger man. "I'm going to fight It out on the best lines I know how if It take several summers." "Well, It'll take thm all right," said Forter, sententioualy. Left to himself Saxton examined hi new quarters, found a feather duster hanging In a corner and brushed the rirt from th scanty furniture. This don h tat down by th open window, through which th breex came cool out of the great valley; and her h could see, far over the roof and spires of th town, th bluffs that marked th broad bed of the tawny Missouri. Be was not as Iniovnnt as his last worqs to th banker implied. Her he waa, he reflected, a man of good education, aa such things go, who had lost his patrimony In a sin gle ventuie. II bad been sent, partly out of compassion, he felt, to take charge of investments that were admitted to be almost hopelessly bad. The salary prom ise! would provide tor him comfortably, and that vs about all; anything fur ther would depend upon himself, the sec retary of the Neponset Trust Company had told him; it would, he felt, depend much more particularly on the making ovei by benign power of the consider able part of the earth' surface In which bia principals' money lay hidden. As his eyes wandered to one of the office walls, the black train of a great transcontinen tal railroad caught and held his attention, On one of Its northern prongs lay the re gion (f hi first defeat. "Three year of life, are np there," be meditated, "and all my good dollar are scattered along the right of way." Many things came back to him vividly how the wind used to howl around th little ranch house, and how he rod through the now among hi dying cattle In the great storm that had been hi undoing. With his eyes still resting on the map, he re enrred to his early school days and to his four years at Harvard. There was a burden of heartache In these recollec tion. None of the profession had ap pealed to him, and he had not heeded hi father' wish that he enter the law, The elder Saxton, who waa himself a lawyer of moderate success, died before John' graduation ; he had lost his moth er In his youth, and his only remaining relative was a sister who married before be left college. A review of these brief and discouraa- Ing annals did not hearten him ;- but he fell back upon the better mood with which he had begun th morning ; he had a new chance, and he proposed to make the best of It. He put aside hi coat and bat, and opened hi desk. The banker had sent up th combination of th safe and Saxton began inspecting It contents and putting his office in order. Th book and paper began to Inter est him, and he was soon classifying th properties that had fallen to his care. He was so deeply occupied that ha did not mark the flight of time and waa surprised when a boy came with a message from Forter that he waa ready to go to luncheon. "You mustn't overdo the thing,' young man," laid th banker, amiably, a he closed hi desk. "Don't you adopt our Western method of working all th hours tnera are. i do it now because mv n.iirh. bora and customer would talk about me it l didn-t, ana say tbat I had lost my grip in my old age." The Clarkson Club stood at the .ripe oi in commercial district, and its brick wall rose hot and staring In th Julv un as Porter and Saxton approached. "Her w are,' said Porter, leadlne in way into in win nail. "We'll ar range about your business relations later. There' a very bad lunch ready upstair A Ml M . I . .V. . c . . ' uu wv ii su .gmu.l mil orst. There wer only a few men in the din ing-room, seated at a round table. Par. ter exchanged salutation with them as o passed on to a small table at the end of th room. Those who were of hi own age called Porter, "Billy," and he Included them all in th careless nod nt old acquaintance. They went from the table for an In. pectlon of th club, and arranged with in cier in ue omc for a room on th third floor. They (topped In th. Ing room, where th men from th round tab! wer now talking or looking at newspapers. Porter introduced Saxton to all of them. Several of the man who hook hands with Saxton were nli. officials, but nearly every line of bud- nesa was represented, v "If you're going with me." uM p ter, "you'd better get a move on n " The whole group went out together, Por ter leaving Saxton to th others, with iu connaence m numan friendline which la peculiar to th social lm.m,n of men. They made him feel their honest wish to consider him on of themselves, making a point of saying to him. ),.. dropped out one by on, that they hoped to ese htm often. Porter led th way back down Varney tret, carrying hi hat In his hand. He said at th bank door: "Now yd make them give yon what yon want at th dub. Tv got a hone np her on Varney stmt com urn tut diaaer to-morrow night asf ws'U see If w cant rait a "brvexe for yon. It's hotter than Sues here, and you'd bet ter take my advice about starting in low." Ha went into the bank and Saxton took the elevator for his own office. CHAPTER II. Saxton was not over-sensitive, but th stiffness and hardness of the ,club boos were not without their disagreeable im pression on him as he sat at dinner to ward the close of his first day in Clark son. Two of the men to whom Porter had introduced him at noon proved to be fellow lodgers, and they exchanged greet ings with him from the table where they sat together. Tbey unsociably read their evening papers as they ate, and left be fore he finished. He. was watching th fading color of a brilliant sunset when a young man 'appeared at the door, and after a brief inspection of Saxton'a back walked over to him. "Aren't you Mr. Saxton? I thought you must be he. My name la Raridan. Don't let me break .in on your medita tions," be added, taking the chair which the waiter drew out for him. "I met Mr. Porter a while ago, and he adjured m to be good to you. I don't know whether this Is obeying orders" be broke off in a laugh "that depends on th point of view." "You are guilty of a very Christian act," Saxton said. "I was just wonder ing whether, after the sun had gone down behind that ridge over there, the world would still be going round." "Th world never stops entirely here," returned Raridan, "but th motion some time gets very slow. Mr. Porter tells me that you're to be on of us. Let me congratulate us and you I" Warrick Raridan was, socially speak ing, the most available man In th Clark ton Blus Book. He wa a graduate In law who did not practice, for he had, unfortunately, been left alon - In th wprld at 26, with an income that seemed wholly adequate for his Immediate or fu ture needs. He maintained . an office, which was fairly well equipped with th literature of hia profession, but this was merely to take away the reproach of hit busier fellow citizens. Raridan's office was the rendezvou for a variety of com mittees to which he wa appointed by such unrelated bodies aa the Clarkson Dramatic Club and th Diocesan Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church. He appeared every Sunday at the cathedral, which was the fashionable church In Clarkson, where he passed the plate foi the aim and oblations of the well-dressed congregation. He was capable of quixotism of the most whimsical sort, lie had, for a year, taken his meals at a cheap boarding house in order that be might maintain two Indian boys In school. H wa not st all aggrieved when, at the end of tht first year, they ran away and resumed tribal relations with their brethren. Ht chaffed himself about it to hit friends. It was not enough to say that Warry Raridan could lead a german or tie an Ascot tie better than any other man on the Missouri River; for he was also tht best mformcd man in that same strenu ous valley concerning the traditions oi th English stage, and was a ' fairly good actor himself, as amateurs go. H had a slight literary gift, which he cul tivated for his own amusement. Hia hu mor was fine and keen, and he occasion ally wrote screeds for the local papers, or mailed pleasant Jingles to his Intimate friends. "I'll wager that if you stay her a year you'll never leave." -n!H Ri,M.. as they went downstairs together. "I'vt ueeu aooui a good deal, and know that we who live here min lnt r.r n.r.. - . w WU1 .VI I and amusement which go aa a matter of course in older towns. But there's a roominess and out here that I like, and I bellev most men wno strike It early enough like It, and are lonesome for it If they go away. "I think I HnrierKtnnH .. I about It," said Saxton. "There wer time in Wvominr wh.n Want.., ut- seemed pretty arid, but when I went uc to coston l was homes ck for Chev. enne." (To be continued.) l MODERN UNDER TAKING. Method Thmt Have Greatly Slmpll. neo tne Larinar for the Dead. Modern methods of undertaking now call for the highest possible skill in embalming nnd arranging every detail of burial. From the old methods of nlachur a body on Ice, with its attendant insani tary conditions, the undertaker has reached a high point of Derftyition in embalming, the New York Sun says. out not content with the advanced, methods experiments are now tinder way which will, it Is contended, make unnecessary even to make any in cision in a uoay when the mnhnimini process is being performed. One of the most advanced nnAn.v. ers In this country savs that within the next five years It will be possible to embalm by placing the body in an air- ugnt cnamber and by subjecting it to a pressure of the gases of certain m. balming materials to perform the work which is now done by injecting fluids into the veins. Several firms In New York nnd nth large cities have done much to relieve families of the vrv tmnW t " wMwwa4W TTViSk which follows death In small houses, Doaroing nouses or hotels bv fltttno- nn chapels where bodies are taken nnfii ready for burial. Embalming is done in tne estaDiisnment, burial clothes are furnished and watchers if required. ' Tneee Arms also hsve dera-vmon perform services, lawyers to attend to wills or Insurance papers. Trrtm Rare;. ' - The most disa&Teeable Idc eras U the BDnttftrlno- tm m "a Mjuif of the hot fat This may be avoided by sifting a little flour In the pan be fore adding the eggs. This yon will find to work like a charm dally will the difference be noticed where ther is a large family to sup. ply.. The Stat of New Jerser lina fmnA pe ed Ave stallions' from Greet Britain to enable Its farmers to produce a blghef tne of horse
