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"The Mriurr
CHAPTER IL (Continued.) ,
"Come, come, boys!" Mid Jen, an
noyed at this acene between two hot
headed young men, who were not yet
rifted with the self-restraint of ex
perience. "Don't talk like this. You
are at my table. There Is a stranger,
or shall I say a friend, present!"
"Bay a friend," observed Etwald,
calmly, "although I am about to say
that which may cause these two young
gentlemen to look upon me as an en
emy." "What do you mean?" asked Mau
rice, turning his still frowning face to
wards this strange and enigmatic man.
"What I say, Mr. Aylmerl You
admire Miss Dal las r
"Why bring her name Into the ques
tion T Yes, I admire Miss Dallas."
"And you, Mr. Sarby, I can tell from
your attitude, from your look, you
love Miss Dallas."
David was taken aback by this
strange speaking.
"Yes. I I I do love Miss Dallas."
"I guessed as much," resumed Et
wald, with a cold smile. "Now It Is
strange
"It Is strange that a lady's name
should be thus Introduced," said Jen,
annoyed at the tone of the conversa
tion. "Let us drop the subject"
"One moment. Major. I wish us
three to understand one another"
here the doctor hesitated, then went
n In an Impassive voice "about JBlss
Dallas!"
"Why do you speak of herT asked
Maurice, fiercely, while David looked
lowerlngly at Etwald.
"Because I love berl"
"You love herl"
The two young men burst out sim
ultaneously with the speech In tones
f sheer astonishment, and stared at
Etwald as at some strange animal.
That this elderly man Etwald was
midway between thirty and forty, but
that looked elderly to these boys of
twenty-five should dare to love Isa
bella Dallas was a thing unheard of.
She so young, so beautiful; he so som
ber, pale, and worn with Intellectual
vigils; with a mysterious past, a doubt
ful present, and a problematic future.
' Maurice, and David, divided the one
against the other by their passion for
the same woman, united In a feeling
of rage and contempt against this In
terloper, who dared to make a third
In their worship of Itabella. They
looked at Etwald, they looked at one
another, and Anally both began to
laugh. Jen frowned at the sound of
their mirth, but Etwald, In nowise
discomposed, sat unsmlllngly In his
seat waiting for further developments.
"Oh, It is too absurd!" said Maurice,
resuming his seat !
"Whyr
Etwald put the question with the
greatest calmness, stared steadily at
the young man, and waited for the re
ply, which he knew would be dlffloult
to make.
"Oh, because because "
"Never mind explaining, Mr. Alymer.
f can guess your objection. I am too
old too plain too poor for this
charming young lady. You, on the
contrary, are young, passing well off,
and handsome; all the gifts of fortune
are on your side. Decidedly," added
the doctor, "you hold the best hand.
Well, we shall see who will win this
' game as we may call It."
"And what about meT" said David.
"You forget that I am a third player.
Come, Etwald, you have prophesied
about Maurice; now read my fate."
"No," said Etwald, rising. "We have
talked long enough om this subject It
Is plain that we three men are In love
with the same woman. You can't blame
me, nor I you. Miss Dallas Is a suffi
ciently beautiful excuse for our mad
ness. I spoke out, simply because I
want you both to understand the posi
tion. You . are warned, and we can
now do battle for the smiles of this
charming lady. Let the best man
win!"
"Nothing could be fairer than that"
said Jen, quickly; "but I agree with
you, doctor, that the subject has been
sufficiently discussed: but Indeed. If
you will pardon me saying so. It
should never have been begun. Let us
go to the smoking room." .
Thither the three young men went In
the wake of the Major. It waa a com
fortable room, with one wide window,
which at the present moment was
'open. Outside the light of the newly
risen moon bathed lawn and trees and
Bowers in. a flood of cold silver; and
the warm radiance of the lamp poured
ut rays of gold Into the wonderful
white world without The three men
sat down In comfortable chairs.
Self-contained as ever, Etwald look
ed up at the wall near him. and seem
ed to be considering a decoration of
savage arms, which looked 'barbaric
and wild, between two oil paintings.
When Jen came back with the cigars,
his gaae followed that of hip guest and
he made a remark about the weap
on a
"All those came from Ashantee and
the West Coast of Africa," said he,
teuohlng a vicious-looking axe. "This
la a saorlfloal axe; this murderous
looking blade Is the sword of the exe
cutioner of King Koffee; and this,"
here he laid his finger lightly upon a
lender stick of green wood, with a
golden top set roughly with large tur
quoise stones, "la a poison wand!"
"A polson-wandl" echoed Etwald. a
sudden light showing In hi cold eyea.
"1 never heard of such a thing."
David, who waa watching him, had
an Instinctive feeling that Etwald waa
telling a lie. Ha aaw that the man
eould hardly keep his seat for his ea
gerness to examine and handle the
of Sleep
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strange weapon. ' However, he said
nothing, but watched and watched,
when Maurice made a remark about
the stick.
"Oh, that is Uncle Jen's greatest
treasure," he said, smiling. "He can
tell twenty stories about that innocent
looking canet"
"Innocent-looking!" echoed Jen,
taking down the green wand. "How
can you say such a thing? Look here,
Etwald," and he laid the stick on the
table. "No, don't touch It man," he
added, hastily, "there Is plenty of
venom In It yet 'Tie as dangerous as
a snake bite. If you touch this ainn-
der Iron spike projecting from the end,
you aier'
Again David noted that the tigerish
light leaped up In the eyes of Etwald,
but he had sufficient control of his
features to preserve a look of courteous
curiosity. He carefully handled and
examined the Instrument of death.
It was a little over a foot long, of a
hard -looking sreen wood: the handle
of gold was coarsely moulded In a bar
baric rasnion ' round the turquoise
stones, and these, of all hues from
green to the palest of blues, were em
bedded like lumps of quarts In the
rough gold. Round this strange Imple
ment there lingered a rich and heavv
perfume, sickly and sensuous.
"Bee here!" said Jen, pressing, or
rather saueeslna. the handla. T tihf.
en my grip upon this, and the sting
01 tne serpent shows itself!" Where
upon Etwald glanced at the end of the
wood and saw a tlnv nosrilA rt
push Itself out When Jen relaxed his
pressure on the gold handle, this Iron
tongue slipped back and dlsaDoeared
entirely. -
T got thfs at Kumassle," explained
Jen, when he had fully exhibited the
gruesome mechanism of the stick. "It
belonged to the high priest Whenever
he or the king disliked any man, who
was too DOwerful to be nnnnlv alnln
they used this wand. What excuse they
maae I don't know, but I suppose It
had something to do with fetish-worship.
However, the slightest touch of
this needle produces death!"
'It Is poisoned at the tip?"
"Not exactly. The needle within Is
hollow, and a store of poison is con
tained In the handle up here. When
squeesed these turquoise stones press
a bag within, and the poison runs
down to ths point of the needle.:. In
fact the whole Infernal contrivance la
modeled upon a. serpent's fang." '
"But It is quite harmless now," said
David, as Jen replaced the wand In Its
old place on the wall, "else you
wouldn't have It there."
"Well, no doubt the poison has dried
up," said Jen, with a nod. "All the
same I shouldn't like to prick myself
with that needle. I might die," finished
the Major, with the naive simplicity
of a child.
Etwald said nothing. With his eyes
fixed upon the devil-stick, he meditat
ed deeply. The barrister, whose be
lief was that Etwald knew mors about
ths wand than he chose to say, watch
ed him closely. He noticed that the
doctor eyed the stick, then, after a
pause, let his gate wander to the face
of Maurice. Another pause, and he
was looking at David, who received
the fire of this strange man's eyes
without blanching.
There was something so mesmerlo
In the gase that David felt uncomfort
able, and as though he were enveloprd
In an evil atmosphere. To his sur
prise, he found that his eyes also were
attracted to the stick, and a longing to
handle It began to possess him. Clear
ly Etwald was trying to hypnotise him
for some evil purpose. By an effort
of wIN David broke through these
nightmare chains and rose to his feet
The next moment he was In the open
air. In the cold moonlight breathing
hard and fast
Within, Maurice and the Major were
talking gaily, and the sound of their
voices and laughter came clearly to
the care of David. But silent In his
deep chair sat Etwald, and the burning
glance of his eyes seemed to beam
menacingly through the air, and com
pel the young man to evil thoughta
David looked at Etwald dark and
voiceless; and over his head. In the
yellow lamplight he saw the glitter
ing golden handle of the devil-stick.
CHAPTER HI.
Borne little distance from the Major's
abode stood a long, low rambling house
on a slight rise. Surrounded by deep
verandahs. It waa placed In the mid
dle of emerald green lawns, smoothly
clipped; and these, lower down, were
girdled by a belt of ash. and syca
mores, and poplars, which shut out
the house from the high road. The
mansion, with IU flat roof and wide
Verandas had a tropica look, and In
deed It had been built by a retired In
dian nabob, at the beginning of this
century. When he died the house had
been sold, and now It was occupied by
Mrs. Dallas, who leased It because of
IU suggestion of tropical habitation.
She came from the West Indies, and
had lived In "The Wigwam." aa the
house waa called, for over ten years.
Mrs. Dallas was a large, fat and
eminently lasy woman, who passed
most of her time In knitting, or sleep
ing, or eating. Her husband had died
before aha had come to this country,
and It waa the desire to preserve her
daughter's health which had brought
her so far from the sun-baked Islands
which her soul loved, -
Her languid Creole nature and leth
argla habits war uneulted to brisk,
practical grey skies, the frequent ab
sence of sunlight and the lack of rich
and aeaauaua coloring. Often she!
: i
tnreatenea to return to Barbados s, but
she waa too lasy to make the effort of
again settling herself hi life. With all
her longings for the fairy Islands of
the West she was out of place In this
northern land, and so waa Dido.
This latter was a tall and massively
framed negro woman, with very little
of the black about her. She looked
rather like a priestess, with her stern
face and stately mien; and. Indeed, In
the West Indies, It was known among
the negroes that Dido waa high In
power among ths votaries of ObL She
could charm, she could slay by means
of vegetable poisons, and she could
as the negroes firmly believed cause
a human being tn dwindle, peak, and
pine, by means of Incantations.
This black Canldla had left a terrible
reputation behind her In Barbadoea
Dido was not a favorite In the ser
vants' part of "The Wigwam," but for
this unpopularity she cared little, be
ing devoted to Isabella Dallas. She
adored her nursling. The girl was
about twenty years of age, tall and
straight with dark hair and darker
eyes, with a mouth veritably like Cu
pid's bow, and a figure matchless In
contour. With her rich southern col
oring and passionate temperament
she was of Irish blood on the paternal
side Miss Dallas looked more an An
daluslan lady. She had all the loveli
ness of a Creole woman, and bloomed
like a rich tropical flower with poison
In its perfume, amid the roses.
' If Mrs. Dallas was a bore and her
friends said she was the daughter
was divine, and many young men came
to "The Wigwam" to be spellbound by
her beauty. More men than the three
who had dined at "Ashantee"' were In
love with Isabella.
Upon her Dido exercised a powerful,
and It must be confessed, a malignant
Influence. She had fed the quick brain
of the girl with weird tales of African
witchcraft and fanciful notions of ter
restrial and sidereal Influences. Isa
bella's nature was' warped by this do
mestic necromancy, and had she con
tinued to dwell In the West Indies, she
might almost have become a witch
herself. Certainly Dido did her best
to make her one, and taught her nurs
ling spells and Incantations, to which
the girl would listen fearfully, half-be-Uevlng,
half-doubting. But .her con
tact with the sunny side of life saved
her from falling Into the terribly abyss
of African superstition; and how ter
rible It Is only the Initiated can de
clare. It only needed that she should
be removed from the bad Influence of
the barbaric Sybil to render her nature
healthy and till her life with pleasure.
But Dido was like a upas tree, and
the moral atmosphere with which she
surrounded Isabella was slowly but
surely making the girl morbid and un
natural. Mrs. Dallas versed In the
negro character half-guessed this, but
she waa too Indolent to have Dido re
moved. Moreover, strange as It may
appear, she waa more than a trifle
afraid of the negress and her unholy
arts.
Maurice had met with, and had fal
len In love with, Isabella, and she re
turned his affection with all the ardor
of her passionate nature. His hand
some and frank face, his sunny nature
and optlmlstlo Ideas appealed strongly
to the girl who bad been envtroiwid
from If1! earliest Infancy by the pt 4
slmlsmxif Dido.
Maurice saw well how Isabella had
deteriorated under the bad Influence of
the negress, and he did his best to
counteract her insidious morality and
morbid teachlngr. He laughed at Isa
bella's stories a id superstitions, and
succeeded in making her ashamed of
her weakness in placing faith In suoh
degraded rubbish. While with him Is
abella was a bright and laughing rlll;
quite another sort of being ' to the
grave and nervous creature she was
while in the presence of Dido. ' She
felt that if she married Maurice his
bright strong nature would save her
from a lamentable and melancholy ex
istence; and as all her .affections and
Instincts Inclined to the young man
she hoped to become his wife. - i
(To be continued.)
The Ialaad of Nickels mm Dime.
This past summer seven to eight
million people made twenty million
trips to Coney Island. They spent
there forty-Ova million dollars, mostly
In nickels and dimes, and the total
sum was three times what the nation
paid to Napoleon for Louisiana, or all
times what wa paid Russia for Alaska.
There are In Coney Island peanut
stands, the else of a broad top desk,
which rent for fifteen hundred dollars
a season. The men who aell "frank
furters" pay enormous sums for the
right to stand where they do. and get
their money back In the nickels of
the twenty millions.
On week-days the attendance Is
large, but on Sundaya and holidays
It rises to a point where each visitor
has room only to be happy standing
still. On the Fourth of July four
hundred thousand people crowded Into
the little Island, bathed, shot the
chutes, were photographed and ata
"red-hots." It was believed then that
Coney would not hold a single addi
tional visitor, but on August 15th a
new hundred thousand cams, making
halt a million In one day.
It la a wonderful business this
Coney Island but a very risky one.
The nine hundred million nickels de
pend upon the weather. When the
mercury drops, profits fall to nothing.
If a plague should break out and the
Island be quarantined, boats) would
stop running and the people . would
stay In their city homes. ' The Coney
Island farmer must harveat hla crop
of nickels while the sun shines. Su
cess Magailne.
Mlaa Homelelgh Perhaps yon wont
believe It, but a strange man triad to
kin ma one.
Kiss Cutting Really! Wall, he'd
have been a strange man It he'd tried
to Uaa yon twice. Ill uatrated Bits.
Ml mm Tmafc.
Ha I wouldn't marry a gtri vm
put on false hair.
She And I wouldn't marry a man
who put on a false froati Boataaj
HaraU
WANTS MORE BATTLESHIPS,
RepresentativeHobson Says Pacific
Coast is Defensetes. v
Washington, March 28. "Our na
tional defenselessness," was the theme
around which Representative Hobson,
Democrat, Alabama, voiced a prophecy
of disaster in the house late this after
noon. A startling array of facts as to
our unpreparedness for war as col
lected by the general staff of the army
was the basis for the appeal of the
hero of the Spanish-American war for
immediate action by congress. He
declared it was imperative that a larg
er navy be authorized at once if the
United States would stave off possible
invasion by a foreign enemy in the fu
ture. "Any European nation of the first
power," said Hobson, "that has an
adequate army and merchant marine
I will take Germany merely as an il
lustration could put 200,000 men
aboard ships in a single expedition.
One-half could land on the coast of
Long Island and the other half on
the coast of New Jersey and inside of
a few weeks they could seize Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York without resistance."
Hobson said he would probably 'offer
an amendment to the naval bill calling
for six battleships.
We need that 'many a year," he
said,' ,"to maintain the equilibrium
existing among the nations."
Referring to conditions on the Pacific
coast, Hobson said : ,
"It is unfortunate that I cannot re
fer to existing conditions on the Pa
cific coast without these peace dream
ers crying out 'war and jingoism,' but
you can all verify for yourselves, you
who have no knowledge of existing
conditions, that the city of San Francis
co cannot regulate her own schools as
she desires. The legislators of Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington cannot
today legislate upon segregation of the
yellow people.
"Those legislators were told to drop
that dangerous question. I will tell
you why. We are defenseless on the
Pacific ocean.
"The Japanese navy is rated at 490,
000 tons, and ours at 695,000 tons.
All of our 695,000 'tons substantially
is in the Atlantic ocean and has to stay
there.
"Do you think I am talking war? I
am trying to arrange this equilibrium
in the Pacific ocean under which we
could come to mutual concessions and
solve the problem.
"I am trying to take the only way
to prevent war."
SENDS RELIEF TO ESTRADA.
General Gordon Prepares Expedition
. and Defies Madriz.
New Orleans, La., March 28. The
crisis in the strained relations between
the representatives of the Madriz and
the Estrada factions of the Nicaraguan
government was reached late today,
when General Gordon, who is organiz
ing an Estrada relief expedition, sud
denly apppeared the Madriz consul
ate and entering the room where Luis
Corea, Madriz's minister to Washing
ton, and other Madriz officials were in
conference, defied them to keep him
from starting his expedition for Cen
tral America.
It was a dramatic scene. Corea and
General Altschul were seated ata table
when Gordon suddenly entered. He
calmly told this enemies that the report
that he was organizing an army was
true. -
"Then you are liable to a $1,000 fine
and three years imprisonment, accord
ing to American laws," shouted Corea.
"Iam ready to sign a statement
that I am raising an army here and
that I have chartered a ship and I defy
you to do anything," was Gordon's re
ply. He then handed each of the Mad
riz officials his card and walked out.
Minister Corea was angered by the
proceeding and said he would endeavor
to have Gordon imprisoned at once.
Local government officials said they
would refuse to take official action un
til orders were received from Washing
ton.
Later in the day General Gordon sud
denly wheeled on the two detectives
following him and thrashed them both.
It is believed that part of the relief
expedition will attempt to sail tonight.
Atlantic fleet to Cruise Mediterranean
Washington, March 28. The secre
tary of the navy announced this after
noon that the whole Atlantic battleship
fleet would, in November, proceed to
European waters, " The principal
cruise will be made in the Mediterran
ean. It is Intended to divide the fleet
while in the Mediterranean - in order
that various ports may be visited. It
is not hinted anywhere that the Beet or
any part of it will go further than the
Eastern Mediterranean. "The official
statement is that the fleet will, after
the cruise, go to Guantanamo.
Reduces Pullman Fares.
Washington, March 28. Pullman
fares from St Paul to North Pacific
coast cities will be materially reduced
by an order to be issued by the inter
state commerce commission this week.
The commission has reached this decis
ion in the case begun by the Shippers'
league, beaded by George Loftus, of
Minneapolis. It Is understood the
commission will also include in its de
cision that the Pullman company must
sell upper berths for leas than lower.
Get Mora Pittsburg Grafters
Pittsburg, Marc 28. Former
Councilman Charles Stewart was in
the sweat box for four hours this after
noon. He is believed to have told
many things that will cause new sen
sations Monday when the officials "get
their lines out"
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
40 MILES DRAINAGE CANALS.
Klamath County Project Will Reclaim
19,000 Acres on Wood River.
Klamath Falls Work has been
resumed on the canal along Wood riv
er, for the reclamation of 19,000 acres
of the weed land. The land has a
frontage of seven miles on the river.
It will be necessary to cut about- 40
miles of canals to properly drain and
reclaim the tract. About seven miles
were made last year, and it is expected
to complete about ten miles this year.
This will form a dyke along the river
and around the north end c the land
that will keep the water from over
flowing the land, and then cross canals
are to be run through the property for
drainage purposes.
The Wood river valley is acknowl
edged one of the best dairy sections in
Oregon, and with this big tract drained
and put into timothy and red top and
settled with dairy farmers, it will
easily produce a greater revenue than
that derived from all other resources
in the county at the present time.
The canal is being cut in a fairly
straight line and cuts off all the points
and curves of the river, and thus leaves
a strip of land of varying width along
the west side of the river. As this
land is somewhat higher and perfectly
dry, there are many choice tracts of an
acre or more along the seven miles of
water front, suitable for building pur
poses. - This strip is to be platted and
sold for summer homes. It is stated
that there is enough of this land to ac
commodate about 150 cottages.
Rush Work on Coos Bay Road.
That the Harriman interests will
rush construction of its proposed road
across the state of Oregon from Coos
Bay to Vale, by way of Burns, is the
latest report in railroad circles ' on the
coast. It is impossible to get confir
mation, but the news emanates from
excellent sources, leaving little room
for doubt of its authenticity. .
According to these reports comple
tion of the Coos Bay-Drain branch will
be rushed with all possible haste while
at the same time large forces will be
put to work between Vale and Burns,
thus hurrying along the work from
both ends of the line. Construction of
a line from Burns to Crescent City,
near Odell, would complete the line
across the state, as it would give con
nection with the Natron cut-off from
Springfield and Eugene.
It is said that to the activity of the
Hill interests in Western Oregon may
be attributed the progressiveness of
the Harriman people, as they will be
compelled to fortify themselves against
the Hill invasion of Western Oregon
by means of the Oregon Electric and
the United Railways..
Work on the Coos Bay-Drain line
was suspended about three years ago,
alter an expenditure of several hun
dred thousand dollars, for no apparent
reason except that it was thought safe
to let the work rest for awhile, there
being no imminent cause for fear of
serious competition at that time. But
now that the Hill people are rapidly
pushing their way through the Wil
lamette valley by means of extenisons
of the Oregon Electric, the danger of
losing a rich field is apparently dawn
ing upon the Harriman people.
Water Pipe Coming, -
Central Point C. B. Bade, of the
Jacobson-Bade company, which has the
contract for installing Central Point's
water system, has received advices
from the East that the pipe had been
loaded and started West. Mr. Bade
expects the pipe to begin to arrive in
from three to five weeks from the
time it was shipped. This should
bring some of the pipe by April 15.
Work will commence immediately upon
receipt oi tne pipe.
Block to Cost S15.000.
Eugene Work on a two-story brick
block to be erected by W. T. Campbell
ana nis sister-in-law, Mrs. Idaho F,
Campbell, will be begun at once. The
structure will be ready for occupancy
oy june i. was tne original inten
tion of the Campbell heirs to cover the
entire lot with a huge block, but the
final decision was to erect a building
with a frontage of 54 feet on Olive
street and extending 100 feet back. It
will cost about $15,000.
Build Telephone Line.
Medford The Home Telephone com
pany is engaged setting poles for the
line between Jacksonville and Medford.
The line will follow the right of way
of the Rogue River Valley railway be
tween uie iwo towns, roles and cross
arms have been strung along the pro
posed route.
Good Roads Meeting For Hood.
Hood River The Grange bodies of
Hood River are plannig a good roads
campaign in the valley. The officers
of Pine Grove grange have invited
Judge Webster, of Portland, and Judge
Derby, of Hood River county, to ad
dress the citizens on the subject.
Coburg to Have Lights.
Eugene The little city of Coburg is
soon to have electric street lights, the
council having decided to put them in.
A small electric light plant has been
in operation there for some time, but
only residences and business houses
have heretofore been lighted.
Brick House at Bend.
Bend The first brick house in Bend
to to be built by A. C. Lucas thi.
spring. The brick used will be from
the varan of th
i wiupaxijw (iciTfg, I
The building will be two stories high '
um conuua seven or eight rooms.
SPEND $35,000 ON CANALS.
Irrigation Company Plans to Finish
$10,000 Project.
Bend The Arnold Irrigation com
pany is spending $35,000 on improve
ments to the distributive water sys
tem. The largest undertaking of the
plans will be the building of a new
flume. The flume will be 12 feet wide
and three feet deep, and a mile and a
quarter long. The body of it will be
of two-inch lumber, and the support
ing timbers and foundation will be con
structed in most substantial manner.
The intake will be enlarged and per
manent gates installed. . - Approxi
mately three miles of old canal will be
widened. It is planned to build from
six to eight miles of new canal on the
east lateral, which runs eastward into
the Arnold section; and also some three
or four miles of new work on the north
lateral, which will water land lying
directly east of and southeast of town.
The Arnold Bystem will water ap
proximately 10,000 acres lying east
and southeast of town. It is a mutual
company, the stock of which is owned
by farmers and Bend business men. A
large portion of the land lying under
this system was originally taken up as
homesteads and desert land retries,
and the holdings ranged from 160 to
500 acres to each man. Lately these
larger tracts have been divided and are
being sold to newcomers, who plan to
devleop their holdings extensively as .
soon as the system is finished and
water delivered to their lands.
Ten Acres Bring $19,000.
Hood River An indication that the
$2,000 mark for Hood River orchard
land is not far away was shown recent
ly when ten acres were sold for $19,
000. The highest price for Hood Riv
er orchard property was paid by Felix
von Hake Vonegut, a resident of In
dianapolis, Ind., who will come here
to reside. The orchard, which is eight
years old, is situated on the East side
of the valley and consists of a solid
block of . Newton and Spitzenberg
trees. The tract sold to Mr. Vonne
gut has the distinction of being the
first piece of orchard at Hood River to '
sell for $1,000 an acre, which was in
1906. Later it was sold to Mr. Hills
for the highest price at that time, $1,
700 an acre. Again changing hands
it still maintains the high mark for
orchard realty here at $1,900 per acre.
Brick Plant at Lakeview.
Lakeview A. T. Zeek, who has been
engaged in the manufacture of brick
about three miles south of town for
some time, has purchased five acres of
land from Roy Woodworth, on Indian
creek. He will abandon the old works
and set up a new plant on the new site.
The clay which will be used is said to
be better suited for brick making, and
Mr. Zeek expects to turn out a much
better brick than he has been able to
before.
Holds Banner for Alfalfa Seed.
Vale Vale is the banner alfalfa
seed point in Malheur county, ship
ping nine of the 14 cars of alfalfa seed
sent out from Malheur county in 1909.
The country in the Vale vicinity is un
excelled for the production of the finest
quality of alfalfa seed. ... An average
car holds about 30,000 pounds' of alfal
fa seed, which at 15 cents per pound,
the price paid for most of the seed,
makes a carload worth about $4,500,
or approximately $40,500 for the nine
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices : ' Blues tern,
$1.071.08; club, $11.01; red Rus
sian, 98c; valley, $1.02.
Barley Feed and brewing, $28 ton.
Corn Whole, $34; cracked, $35.
Hay Track prices : Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $2021 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $2324; alfalfa, $17.50
18.50; grain hay, $1719.
Oats No. 1 white, $30.6031..
Fresh fruits Apples, $1.253 per
box; pears, $1.501.75; cranberries,
$8(5)9 per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices :
Oregon, 5060c per hundred; sweet
potatoes, 8c per pound.
Onions Oregon, $1.501.75 per
hundred. -
Vegetables, Turnips, nominal; ru
tabagas, $11.25; carrots,. $1; beets,
$1.25; parsnips, $1.
Butter City creamery extras, 86c;
fancy outside creamery, 3436c; store,
20c. Butter fat prices average le
under regular butter prices.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, - 2223c
per dozen. ,'.,.'
Pork Fancy, 1313ie per pound. :.
Veal Fancy, 1213c
Poultry Hens, 1919c; broilers,
2527c; ducks, 1820c; geese, 12
13c; turkeys, live, 2225c; dressed,
25(f?29e; squabs, $8 per dozen.
Cattle Best steers, $6.256.60;
fair to good steers, $5.606; , strictly
good cows, $55.50; fair to good cows,
$4.75; light calves, $67; heavy
calves, $4(5; bulls, $3.604.25;
stags, $4(515. -
Hogs Top, $11911.25; fair to
good, $9.5010.
Sheep Best wethers, $77.50; fair
to good, $5.506.60; good ewes, $6;
lambs, $8(ffi9..
Hops 1909 crop, 1518c per pound;
according to quality; olds, nominal;
1910 contracts, 16c nominaL
Wool Eastern Oregon 1620c per
pound; valley, 2224c; mohair,
choice, 23f?25a
Cascara bark, 413)5c
Hides Dry hides, 1617e per
Poond; dry kip, 16S17c; dry calfskin,
1415c; salted hides, 7i8c; salted
calfskins, 14c; green, lc less.
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