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Wand oi Sleep
77ie Devil-Stick
By the Author of
"The Mrry of Hansom Cab," EM.
NoI" said Maurice, promptly
-All rubbish!" added tha Major.
"What dp you say, Mr. SarbyT" ask
ed Etwald, turning; to tha lawyer.
1 am a skeptic also," aald David.
with a laugh. "And youT"
"I am a believer."
Here Etwald rose and crossed over
to where Maurice was sitting;. The
young; man, guessing his errand, held
out his left hand with a smile. Etwald
scrutinized It closely, and returned to
his seat.
-Life In death!" he said, calmly.
Read that riddle, Mr. Aylmer. LIXe
In death."
I HE WAND OF SLEEP is a story of the
most unique construction, original plot and
peculiar action. It deals with that' strange
phase of West Indies life known as "fetich,"
or "voodooism." A beautiful girl i3 beloved
by three different men, two of whom fall
victims to the effects of the devil-stick," or
the "wand of sleep," as it is called. The girl's nurse, full
of the superstition of her dark race, is a forbidding but
fascinating character in this striking romance.
This serial will be welcomed for its novelty and fresh
ness. It is full of stirring episodes, is well conceived and
brilliantly written. It must receive great interest from
readers who love a lively story, embellished with action and
incidents that verge on the marvelous.
CHAPTER L
Laurence Jen was a retired major, a
fcachelor, and the proprietor of a small
estate. He "had been all over tho
world, a soldier In African campaigns,
as in South American Insurrections. On
leaving the service he decided that It
was better to be a Triton In the coun
try than a minnow In town; and acting
upon this theory, he purchased "Ashan
tee" from a ruined stock broker. For
merly the place had been called Sarby
lands, after Its original owners; but
Jen had changed the name, In honor of
a campaign In which he had partici
pated. He had been present at the downfall
of King Koffee In Africa; he had con
tracted during this expedition an ague
which tormented him greatly during
his later life, and he had received a
wound and a medaL In gratitude for
these girts or fortune, mi mujur,
some Irony, had converted the name
Barbylands Into the barbarlo appella
tion of a West African kingdom; and
here, for many years, he lived with his
two boys.
These lads, named respectively Mau
rice Alymer and David Sarby, were In
no way related to the Major, but they
had entered Into his Ufa In rather an
iM fa.hinn Alvmnr was the son of a
beautiful girl with whom Jen had been
passionately In love, but she did not
return his affection, and married one
cf his brother officers, who was after
wards killed In the Ashantee War. Jen
herlahed a hope that she wouia re
m,mrA hu invn bv a second marriage,
lut the shock of her husband's death
proved too much for the fragile widow,
h. aua within a week after receiving
the terrible news, and left behind her
a walling Infant, which was consigned
to the cold charity or lnainerem rem
It was then that the Major displayed
ttia nminiu of hla heart and the no
bility of his character. Forgetting his
own sorrows, he oDtawea permission
from the relatives to adopt the child,
anil to take chartre of the trifle Of
property coming to the lad. Then he
hoiiBht Barbylands. set estate and
tinnaa In order under the name of
"Ashantee," and devoted his life to
anarlahlna' and training the lad In
whose blue eyes he saw a look of his
dead love. This Flatonio arcection, Be
gotten by the deathless memory of the
ne passion of hla life, filled hla exist
ence completely, and rendered him en-
ttralv hnnnv.
With regard to David Sarby, he had
naaaad with the estate to Jen. The
bov's father, a drunkard, and con
firmed gambler, had been forced.
hm.ifh hla vleaa. to sell his ancestral
ttnma. an A within a year of tha sale
he had dissipated tha purchase money
In deuaucnery. Anerwarus, uae me
nr,iM anil nltlful coward ha had al
ways proved himself to be, he commit
ted suicide, leaving his only son
whose mother had long slnoe been
worried Into her grave a pauper, and
The collateral branches of the - old
Barby family had died out; the rela
tives on the mother's side refused to
have anything to do with a child, who
It heredity went for anything might
nrAva tn ha a chin of the old block, and
little David might have found himself
thrown on the parish, but that Major
Jen, pitying the forlorn condition of
the child, saved him from so Ignomin
ious a fate. His heart and hla house
were large enough to receive another
pensioner, so be took David back to the
old deeerted mansion, and presented
him to Maurice as a new playfellow.
nAfnrth tha two bova a-rear tn man.
kiuul unitar tha Aavntjul mm nf th.
cheerrui oia Dacneior, wno naa pro
tected their helpless Infancy,
Tk. Xfalnr waa falrlv ll.tnn
having considerable private property,
and he determined. In the goodness of
his heart, that "the boys," as he fondly
ailed them, should have every advan
tage In starting life. He sent them
both to school, and later called upon
in in iv viiuui luoir prvivaaiuna. luftu1
4aa ham nf an nthlata than a lAhnla.
selected the army, and the delighted
Major highly approved of hla choree.
Of a more reflective nature and stu
dious mind. David wished to become a
lawyer.
Both lads proved themselves worthy
f Jen's goodness, and were soon In
active exercise of the professions
which . they had chosen. , Maurice
joined a regiment, and David waa ad
snlUeA to the bar. Then the Major
was thankful. His boys were provided
for. and It onlv remained that each
should marry some charming girl, and
Drlng their families to gladden an old
bachelor's heart at "Ashantee." The
Major had many day-dreams of this
sort; but, alas! they were destined
never to be fulfilled. Fate began, her
work of casting Into dire confusion the
hitherto placid lives of the two young
men.
Frequently the young barrister and
the soldier came to visit their guar
dian, for whom they both cherished a
deep affection. On the occasion of
each visit Jen was accustomed to cel
ebrate their presence by a small festi
val, 10 wnich he would ask two or
three friends. With simple craft, the
oia man would invite also pretty girls.
with their mothers; In the hope that
nn lads might be lured Into matrl
mony.
The Major was a confirmed bache
lor, but he did not Intend that hla boys
Should follow so bad an axamnla. He
wished. Maurice to marry Miss Isabella
Dallas, a charming blonde from the
Weal Indies; and David he designed as
the husband Of Mear Branca. Rut Jan
was mistaken In thinking that he could
guide the erratlo affections of youth,
as will hereafter be proved. Sure
enough, the lads fell In love, hut both
with the same woman a state of
things not anticipated by the Major,
wno waa too simple to be a matchmaker.
On this special occasion, hnwivitr. no
maies were present at the little dinner.
ana Desiaes Jen and hla two boys, Dr
Etwald was the only guest About
this man with the strange name there
is sometning to be said. He wal tall
he was thin, with a dark lean face
and fiery, watchful dark eyes. For
tnree years he had been wasting his
talents In the neighboring town when
he should have been shouMarinv Ma
way above the crowd of mediocrities
in tne metropolis. The man waa dls
passionate, brilliant and Deraavarlns-
he had tn him the makings, not onlv of
a great physician, but of a great man
and ne was wasting his gifts In a dull
provincial town. o one knew who
Etwald was.' or whence he camn. or
why he wasted his talents, and such
secret past wnich he declined to yield
up to the most persistent questioner,
accentuated the distrust caused hv hla
somber looka and curt speeches. Pro
vinclal society Is Intolerant of ortgt
nallty. '
Etwald had become acquainted with
Jen professionally, and having cured
the Major of one of hla frequent at
tacks of ague, he had passed from be
Ing a mere medical attendant Into a
closer relationship of a friend. The
boys had met him once or twice, but
neither of them cared much for his
somber personality, and they were not
overpleased to find that the Major had
Invited the man to meet them on the
occasion of this special dinner.
But Jen good simple soul was
rather taken with Etwald'a mysticism.
and, moreover, pitied his loneliness.
Therefore he welcomed this Intelleo
tual pariah to his house and board
and on this fine June evening Etwald
was enjoying an excellent dinner In
the company of three cheerful eompan
Ions.
Major Jen sustained the burden of
conversation, for Maurice was absent
minded, and David, physlognomlcally
Inclined was silently attempting to
read the inscrutable countenance of
Etwald. As for the latter, he sat with
hla brUllant eyes steadily fixed upon
Maurice. The young man felt uneasy
under the mesmerlo gase of the doc
tor, and kept twisting and turning In
hla seat Finally he broke out Imps
tiently tn the midst of the Major's
babble, and asked Etwald direct
question.
"Doea my face remind you of any
oneT" he demanded, rather aharply.
"Yea, Mr. Aylmer!" replied Etwald,
deliberately, "It reminds me of a man
who died!"
"Dear met" said Jen, with a aympe
thetlo look. "Was he a friend of yours.
Doctor!"
"Well, no. Major. I can't say that he
waa. In fact" added Etwald, with the
air of a man making a simple state'
ment I hated hlml"
"I hope you don't hate meT" amid
Maurice, rather annoyed.
"No, Mr. Alymer; I don't hate you!
replied the doctor. In a colorless tone.
"Do you believe la palmistry T" be
asked, suddenly.
CHAPTER n.
"Life In death!" repeated Maurict,
In puzzled tones. "And what do you
mean by that mystical jargon, doc
tor 7"
Ah, my friend, there comes In the
riddle."
'Paralysis?" suggested David, In a
Jesting manner, but with some seri
ousness. '
No; that Is not the answer."
Catalepsy?" guessed Major Jen, giv
ing his moustache a nervous twist
"Nor that either."
Maurice, whose nerves were proof
against such fantasies, laughed dlsbe-llevingly.
1 don't believe you know the an
swer to your own riddle," he said,
salmly.
Etwald shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know for certain, Mr.' Ayl
mer, but I can guess."
Tell us your guess, doctor; aa It
Interests me so nearly, I haye a right
to know."
'Bad news comes quickly enough
in the telling," said the doctor, Judt
clously, "so I shall say nothing more.
Life in death is your fate, Mr. Ayl
mer; unless," he added, with a swift
and penetrating glance, "you choose
to avert the calamity!"
"Car I do so r
"Tes, and in an easy manner. Nev
er get married."
Maurice flushed crimson, and, re
sentlng the mocking tone of Etwald,
half rose from his seat but without
moving a finger, Etwald continued in
a cold tone:
"You are in love with a young lady.
and you wish to marry her!"
Quite right! quite right!" broke In
Major Jen, heartily. "I want Maurice
to marry."
Then you want him to meet his
fate of life in death!" said Etwald.
curtly.
The others stared at him, and with
the skepticism of thoroughly healthy
minds refused to attach much Import'
ance to Etwald's mysticism. Jen was
the first to speak, and he did io lit
rather a stiff way, quite different from
his usual jovial style of conversation.
My dear Etwald, if I did not know
you so well I should take you for a
charlatan."
I am no charlatan, Major," rejoin
ed Etwald, coolly. "I ask no money
for my performance. I repeat, my
warning to Mr. Aylmer. Never get
married!"
"I am afraid It Is too late for me to
take your advice, doctor," said Maur
Ice, merrily. "I am in love." . .
1 know, you are, and I admire your
taste."
'Pardon me, dootor," said Maurice,
stiffly. "I mention no names."
'Neither do L but I think of one
name, my friend."
"Now you are making a mystery out
of a plain common-sense question,'
said David, Irritably. "We all know
that Maurice la in love," here he raised
hla eyes suddenly, and looked keenly
at his friend, "with Meg Brance."
Major Jen chuckled and rubbed his
hands together In a satisfied manner,
utwaia oent nis somber looks on
Maurice, and that young man, biting
his Up, took up the implied challenge
In Barby's remark, and answered
plainly;
"I am not In love with Meg, my dear
fellow," said he, sharply; "but if you
must know, I admire" this with em
phasis "Miss Dallas."
The brow of Barby grew black, and
In hla turn he rose to his feet
"I am glad to hear It Is only ad
mire,'" he remarked, slowly, "for had
the word been any other I should have
resented It"
"You! And upon what grounds r
cried Aylmer, flashing out In a rage.
"That Is my business." '
"And mine, too," said Maurice, hot
ly. "Isabella is "
'1 forbid you to call Miss Dallas by
that name," declared David, In aa
overbearing manner.
"You you you forbid me!"
(To be continued.)
Retains Speakership, but Removed
from Committee on Rules.
Washington, March 21. Joseph G.
Cannon, of Danville, 111., is still speak
er of the house of representatives.
But he has lost the ancieht prestige
and weapon of that office when the
allied Republican insurgents and Dem
ocrats took from him not only the
chairmanship of, but even membership
in, the all-powerful committee on rules,
the chief asset in his stock amid scenes
of wildest disorder, for the . like of
which one must go back to the exciting
days just prior to the Civil war per
haps even those times might not dupli
cate it the veteran speaker, almost
74 years old, stood erect and defiant,
his head "bloody but unbowed."
At the end, when a big Texan Dem
ocrat accepted the speaker's daring
challenge and introduced a resolution
to fling him out of the speakership, the
Republican regulars and insurgents,
with few exception, rallied with almost
unbroken party front and gave him a
vote which almost offset the "repudi
ation of Cannonism."
This is what happened:
By a vote of 191 to 155. the Repub
lican insurgents voting solidly with
the Democrats, the house adopted the
resolution of Representative Noma,
Republican, of Nebraska, requiring a
reorganization of the rules committee,
increasing its membership from five to
ten, and declaring the speaker meligi
ble to membership thereon.
By the curiously identical vote of
191 to 155 but with a decidedly differ
ent personnel of alignment the house
defeated a resolution of Representative
Burleson, of Texas, declaring the
peakership vacant and ordering the
immediate election of a successor to
Mr. Cannon.
The Norris resolution was as follows
"There shall be a committee on
rules, elected by the house, (hitherto
the committee of five, like all other
house committees, has been appointed
by the speaker), consisting of ten
members, six of whom shall be mem
bers of the majority party. The
speaker shall not be a member of the
committee and the committee shall
elect its own chairman from its own
members. Resolved further, that with
in ten days after the adoption of this
resolution there shall be an election of
this committee, and immediately upon
its election the present committee on
rules shall be dissolved."
Representative Burleson's resolution
follows:
"Resolved, that the office of speaker
of the house of representatives is here
by declared to be vacant, and the house
of representatives shall proceed to the
election of a sepaker."
Hla Bar.
"He Is a queer sort of a chap."
"How sot"
"He sayi he has no ear for tnuato
because he doesn't like hit daughter'
playing."
"Welir
. "Well, that Is what makes me think
he has an ear for music." Houston
Post
Explained.
Hicks Considering how little) our
ancestors knew about microbes and
germs, how do you suppose they ever
managed to live so long?
Wicks I suppose It waa Just be
cause they didn't know anything about
them, you know how worry shortens
life. Bomerville Journal.
Heart lateraeta.
"What you want In your play V,
heart Interest"
"Excuse me, answered the drama
tist, as he haughtily pocketed, his man
userlpt. "I am tired of hearing man.
agers discuss art aa if they were fig
uring on trump in a bridge whist
game," Washington Star.
It a Dancers.
"Pop!"
"Tee. my boy."
This paper says that ao race) la
safe from cholera."
"Is that ao? ' Well, my son, yon
mustn't to In any mora ot those Mar
athons, mini ionxers b talesman.
At some stage ot the game every
ma poses aa Ms ova hare
CANNON SHORN OF POWERS.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
TOURIST MECCA; PELICAN BAY
Southern Pacific Said to be Planning
Development of Harriman Resort
Klamath Falls Pelican Bay is not
to be lost to the tourist of the Pacific
coast, and Klamath county is not to
be denied the pleasure of seeing ' car
ried to completion the plans of develop
ment of this resort that the late E. H.
Harriman had in mind when he pur
chased the property.
According to information, it is the
intention of the Southern , Pacific to
make Pelican Bay and Odessa the
greatest resorts on the Pacific coast.
Heretofore it has been sunoosed that
when Crater Lake was opened to the'
people of the world, magnificent hotels
would be erected in close proximity to
that scenic wonder, but this may not
be done, at least not at the present
time. The Southern Pacific recognizes
that lying between Pelican Bay and
Odessa and Crater Lake is a section
unsurpassed for natural beauty; that it
is a section that would be particularly
attractive to the tourist, and that the
best way to open it up would be to
make Pelican Bay the starting point.
The plans under consideration pro
vide for the erection of a magnificent
tourist hotel close to the site occupied
by the lodge building. A system of
highways are to be constructed be
tween that point and Crater Lake that
will make accessible to the tourist all
of the points of interest.
Already the Southern Pacific com
pany had commenced the preparation
of descriptive literature of this section
of the country, and it is stated by
those who have seen some of it that it
will be the finest ever issued by the
company.
CLAMS IN SPRING WATER.
BOGUS" PICTURE IS REAL.
Fake'
Artist, 72, Identifies Alleged
Canvas as Genuine.
New York, March 21. F. Hopkin
son Smith, painter and author, was the
chief witness today in the suit brought
by William T. Evans against William
Clausen, an art dealer, to recover $35,
000 for two pictures Evans bought from
Clausen as genuine "Homer Martins,'
and which experts have pronounced bo
gus. Homer Martin was one of the
early American landscape painters.
Mr. Smith said he is 72 -years old,
and some of his pictures had been hung
in the Paris saloon. He is very posi
tive in his testimony and 'pronounced
the pictures involved in the Evans suit
as unquestionably genuine.
"The way the color here is shoved
ahead of the brush," he continued,
taking the painting "Normandie Bride'
in hand, "is characteristic bf Homer
Martin. Again in this picture, he has
let the paint dry 10 or 20 hours in
places and gone over it again, drag
ging the brush along the surface. No
man living could imitate that."
Mr. Smith said he had known Martin
intimately and that he had seen him
paint the very picture in question from
a sketch.
Steeple Jack Falls to Death
Chicago, March 21. James Wilson,
known as a daring steeplejack, fell 70
feet from a smokestack which he was
painting at Twenty-fifth and LaSalle.
He died shortly after he had been tak
en to a hospital. Wilson intended this
job to be his last before starting for
Oklahoma, were he was to paint some
smokestacks. Wilson created a sen
sation some years ago when he essayed
to shin up the Flatiron building in
New York. But he had not ascended
more than eight stories when the po
lice "ordered him to come down.
Taft Objects to Critic
1 Albany, N.Y., March 21. At the
banquet of the University club here to
night President TaJt in a brief speech
took occasion to refer to the contrast
in the attlude in certain quarters to
ward his administration, casting a gen
tle aspersion on the opinions that have
been expressed derogatory to his con
duct. President Taft, Earl Grey, gov
ernor general of Canada, and Governor
Hughes, of New York, formed a nota
ble trio at the banquet.
Big Strike Threatened
New York, March 21. A general
strike of all building trades and em
ployea in this city will bo called on
March 28, according to the announce
ment toniirht of Charles Wamp, sec
retary of the Steamfitters' local union.
unless a settlement of the steamfitters
strike, now on. has been made before
that data. The vote to strike was
taken tonight.
Don't fail to write for beautiful
booklet containing 75 splendid photo
gravures of the world most celebra
ted musicians, free. See Sherman,
Clay & Co.'a ad.
PREDICTS WATER RIGHT FGHT.
Owner Believes That Subterranean
Cave is Solution of Mystry.
Albany Water from three separate
springs on a iarm three miles nortn-
east of Lebanon producse fresh-water
clams. The water when poured into a
trough produces clams which grow to
ordinary size.
The largest of these springs comes
from a solid sandstone hill. From this
spring the water flows through an iron
pipe 45 yards into a watering trough,
In this trough the clams develop. , The
trough has been cleaned frequently,
and all the clams have been thrown
out, but a new supply has developed
every time. The same condition pre
vails as to the other springs.
Joseph A. Smith, superintendent of
the Santiam canal, from Lebanon to
Albany, owns the land. He has ob
served the phenomenon for years and
has sought without success to learn the
cause. Specimens of the clams were
sent to the University of Oregon at
Eugene, where they were pronounced
ordinary fresh water clams, but no ex
planation of their extraordinary devel
opment was offered.
Mr. Smith's theory is that there
must be a subterranean lake which is
the source of the supply of all three
springs and that this lake is the breed
ing place of the clams.
Work on Government Building.
Pendleton Indications are that pm
liminary construction work will soon
commence on the new $50,000 Federal
building, the appropriation for which
was made two years ago. The govern
ment has since that time tied up all
progress, and local people had almost
despaired of ever seeing the start of
the building. However, an order has
just been received notifying the preS'
ent occupants of the ground to vacate
by June 1.
After the proprety was bought
new Federal district was . created for
a United States court, and it was de
sired to have the original plans en
larged for a Fed real court room. That
this might be done it was necessary
that a larger appropriation be secured,
and Representative Ellis has under
taken to do this.' Up to the present,
however,, no report has been received
as to his success in this matter.
great many are still of the opinion that
until such additional appropriation is
granted that there will be no work
done toward the construction of the
building.
Railroad Reduces Rates..
- Salem Rates on green fruits and
apples between Gates and Salem have
been reduced 2 cents cents per 100
pounds by the Southern Pacific and
Corvallis & Eastern railroads. The
new rates cannot but have made a dif
ference to consumers in Salem of green
fruits for quite a brisk trade is carried
on between the Salem commission mer
chants and those people in Marion and
Linn counties along the line of the
Corvallis & Eastern railroad. -
Engineer Says Laws of Nation and
State are Radically Different.
That a water right, war between',
Western states will be the outgrowth '
of present jumbled authority, . is the
opinion tf John H. Lewis', state engi
neer. Laws ot nation and state relat
ing to use or conservation of water are"
widely diverse in operation and intent, '
and only a constitutional amendment
can avert serious difficulties, he says.
Speaking before the Oregon State
Academy -of Science, he said: .
"We are , at the dawn of a great na
tional movement for the improvement
of our waterways, and for the use of
our streams for irrigation, , power and
domestic purposes. Already it is ap
parent that the available water supply
is inadequate to the demands of the
immediate future and it is the desire
of all that these conflicting uses be ad
justed in conformity with some care
fully devised plan so that the greatest
good will result to the greatest num
ber. "The fundamental point in the form
.ulation of such a plan and one concern
ing which there is a great diversity of
opinion, is the right of the state or
nation to legislate as to interstate
waters. At the present time there is
no legislation, either state or national.
bearing upon this subject and but few
court decisions.
"The control of waters within a .
state is at present divided between the
state and the United States govern
ment. This divided responsibility and
the complicated nature of the problem
doubtless the the causa of inaction '
by many of the states. In Oregon,
where a complete system of state con
trol has been provided, we may be
confronted with this uncertainty. Sup
pose the non-navigable tributaries of
the Willamette river be diverted for
irrigation under state sanction to the
detriment of navigation. Upon com
plaint the United States authorities
could probably enjoin this use, to the
great damage of those interested in
irrigation development.
This division of authority between
state and nation is further illustrated
by the annual tax imposed upon water
power within national forests by both
the state and the United States."
Rich Ore Body in Jackson.
Gold Hill One of the largest bodies
of gold bearing ore in the country,
three miles north of here, has been re
cently purchased and is now being de-
vciupeu uy Miiouiaii cupimusia. - inu
vein can be traced and has been tapped
at intervals for 4,500 feet, showing a
uniform width of 80 feet. ' Many min-
ing men declare that there are but two
or three properties in .the . United
States that compare with it in size,
while the ore is remarkably rich.
Plat Suburban Tracts.
Wallowa A. G. Wigglesworth and
W. H. Vertner have bought 40 acres
lying east of town and will plat it as
suburban tracts. A strip near the cor-.
porate limits will be sold as town lots.
Farm Brings $250 Per Acre.
Central Point D. D. Sage, of Table .
Rock, has sold his place containing 80
acres, to J. H. Lydard, of Medford, for ,
$20,000. The place is one of the best
garden and berry tracts in the valley.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
hundred; sweet
$1.501.75 per
Farmers Cooperate to Clear Land
Lakeview A co-operative plan of
developing the land sold last August
by the Oregon Valley Land company is
to be tried out here. Over 300,000
acres of road grant land was sold
11,000 tracts. The plan is to charge
each settler a small fee, giving a small
interest in the machinery with which
the work of clearing and plowing will
be done. Heavy machinery will be
bought to remove the sagebrush rapid
ly, making it possible to clear large
areas in a single season.
Paving at Baker City.
Baker City Superintendent Hough
ton, who had charge of Front street
paving last year for the Warren Con
struction company, is here again to
tart the work on First street, which
will be as soon aa the storm sewers are
completed.
wneai iracK prices isiuestem,
$1.101.11; club, $1.03R$1.04; red
Russian, $1.01; valley $1.04; 40-fold, i
$1.06.
Barley Feed and brewing, $28.50
29perton.
Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36 ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $3131.50 ton.
Hay Track prices Timothy: Wil
lamette valley, $20(5)21 pier ton; Easfc
ern Oregon, $2223; alfalfa, $1718;
California alfalfa, $1617; clover,
$1516; grain hay, $1618. ? ,
Fresh Fruits Apples, $1.253 box;
pears, $1.601.75 per box; cranber
ries, $89 per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices-
Oregon, suig'bOe per
potatoes, 8c ponud.
Onions Oregon,
hundred.
Vegetables Turnips, nominal; ruta
bagas. 41(17)1.25: rnrmla SI- tuua
Butter City creamery extras, 89c;
fancy outside creamery, 8539c;
store, 2023c per pound. Butter fat
prices average 1 l-2c per pound under
regular butter prices.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, " 2223c
per dozen.
Pork Fancy, S13(o)14c pound.
Veal Fancv. 12ahiSc. nntmH
Poultry Hens, 19c; broilers, 25
27c; ducks, 20c; geese, l213c; tur
keys, live, 2225c; dressed, 2529c;
squabs, $8 per dozen.
Cattle Best steers, $5.756.25;
fair to good steers, $55.50; strictly
good cows, $5ii;5.25; fair to good cows,
$4ft?4.75; light calves, $5.50046; heavy
calves, $4ff;5; bulls, $3.604.25:
Hogs Top, $1111.10; fair to
good, $9.50Ci.l0. - v
Sheep Best wethers, $6(f6.60: fair
to good wethers, $5.505.75; good
Hops 1909 crop, 1620c per pound;
olds, nominal; 1910 contracts, 16c
IHJIIIllltU.
wool eastern Uregon, 1620c; per
wim1 ra11a OO,. OJ..
a ' , v - f UVUSBae
choice, 25c.
t . .
vaoviu uu a -IU.IC per pOUnO. '
Hides Dry hides, 17(18c pound;
dry kip, 1718c; dry calfskin,18a:20c;
salted hides, 910c; salted calfskin,
14c; green, le less.