Oron Historical Society ' - I TWICE-A-WEEK SATURDA r EDITION 1 ii? CORD TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 9f. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1911. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. t ' ' I mhtic in) itsiD) it in ran MANY STUDENTS : 'i mm m ALL BUT 20 PER CENT AT O. A. C. EARN ALL-' OR PART OF, , EXPENSES. Oregon'' Agricultuji.1 tpJloge,; Con vallis, March 15 The student loan fund of $500, given to the Oregon. Ag ricultural college at; the opening of. the present college 'year.By Senator tt. A. Booth of Eugene for the tem porary assistance of self-supporting 6tudents,C,ls'.,xhausted.' .This means that some of the; hardest! working and best students in th,e. institution, both youns iuenj end young women, will have to drop out, since, with "all 'ttielf struggle to .make their own expenses,' they must depend upon rt advance) of $5 to $75 to tide them over until they are -out and earning, where they can pay' itf.bcfc. J $ '7 ?. ; ;" . n f j Since the existence of the fimd was announced a large number of petitions bave'come to the trustees which, up on careful examination, proved to be entirely worthy. The fund, however, could care for only about half the ap plicants, and hence, unless the fund is renewed from some source shortly, a number of the students who have won high grades In their studies while working their , way through, will have to give up their, s'tudies for the lest of the acedemic year. The 'student requests v brought to light some interesting facts as . to the courageous endeavor of pome of the Oregon youth to gain special train ing in their chosen lines! One young man requested a loan of $25 that his Bister and he may finish tn$ year's j-vork. By renting two . small rooms and doing .their own housekeeping they have been able to complete two years of their course. . One young man who requested as- WANTED. Fresh ow to pasture for use of! part of the .milk. Good care. Plenty of water. Address care of this office. MONEY TO .LOAN, State Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph FOR, SALE. SeeG. W. Franklin for full blood Barred Plymouth Rock settings. 92tf Work team, well broke, for sale at low , price for cash. One of the hors es worth the price asked. Inquire at , this office. 92a6 S. C. Rhode Island Red Eggs. $1 to 16. C. J Sanford, Enterprise.' -' "SSbg Matched team of horses. Well broke and true to pull. See - Oarl .Roe or W. I. Calvin, Enterprise, Ore.1 83btf I will sell all or any of ray toWn trop- e ty at reasonable prices. W. W. lurcher, Enterprise, Oregoij. 40blf , u ; ,c Sec. 36, 3 'N 44640 A. S E see. J2, W NW4 sec. 23,SWVit,SW 9:. 14, 3 S 40 2S0 A. "' ''' ' " ' " ' 4btf J. S. Cool;, (Bunns, Ore. Seed Oats that will grow.' Don't you know, oats play out? Get Selected, Tested Swedish Regenerated. Charles Down, Joseph. 88a8 All of mv household furniture, con- siatine of bedroom suites. dLnlncr room sets of quarter sawed oak, buffet, fan cy' chairs, etc. Also piano, which will be sold on terms to suit purchaser. Call at rooms over bank, or at bank. A. J. Boehmer. With every westbourid cross coun try train running special sections for the colonist travel these, are busy times In railroad circles; ' Last nMght the. westbound passenger No. 5 pass ed through Pendleton In two sections. It brought a host of people from the middle states and a large number were transferred to the Spokane branch at this poiit. Last night he depot baggagemen handled a total of 259 pieces of baggage,', niost of tha same belonging ' to$eo1onist. Eaat Orcgonian. " .Congress is never so crowded with work that it does not find time to pass the pure seed bill. This author izes the government to spend several hundred thousand dollars for compara tively worthies .eeds that, aobody wants, and wh!'ch are sent through the malls In franking privileges that help to swell the postal deficit end give the postal authorities an ex cuse to raise rates on reading matter that tke people want. Lewlston Ev ening Teller, s'.slunce made the highest grades of any student In the Institution: dur ing the first semester, tn one of the heaviest and most difficult course's. A young woman- requested a loan of $5 in order thaf she may be able to get through the next two months be fore commencement with careful man asement. Since she is 'earning her own. way lii' order tj gain, a college education against herparents' wishes, she is entirely on her own: resources, A senior who has biown such splen did ability that he has been able to complete the tour year course in three years, has asked for a small loan In Order to complete his work with his .class' in-June. In spite of his neces sity for earning 'all of his expenses, his. work in his studies has been of excellent grade. , ... 'Practically 25 per cent of the en ure student body is eutlrely self-sup porting; 55 per cent are partially de- pendeiifcupon what they can earn; and only 20 per cent of the whole enroll ment most of whom ae glrls-p-do not have ' work for the money to pay their college bills. Any form of labor which will bring some , pay, however small, Is; resort ed to by the sutdents in their eager ness to pay their way arid gain the knowledge they ' desire - lor their fu ture success. Some are fortunate enough to obtain clerkships at the college or in commercial establish ments In Corvallla. Others work on the campus grounds' or as' Janitors In the various buildings, or are 'reg istered with the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian associa tions,' where their services- may, be ob talned by townspeople for miscellan eous tasks beating carpets, making gardens' caring for a horse, or darn ing stockings and tending the baby when a club 'meeting takes Its moth er away from home. During the sum mer ; vacations many earn a part of their expenses In the mines, on farms in logging camps, mills, factories, and offices. ; - L - The loan fund is available only as a (Continued on last page.) DEATH " OF"' MRS. PROUT. ...,A number of friends from this vlc rhityi attended the. funeral;, of Mrs. 0. T. Prout from the Joseph Metho dist church, Wednesday. Burial was In' Prairie Creek cemetery. '' Mrs. Prout's maiden name was Sar ah Cole and she was born .in Neb', raska in 1869. She is survived by a husband and eight children, who have the deepest sympathy of this com munity in their bereavement. NEAR ZERO WEATHER ' J IN ATLANTIC 8TATES. New York,' March 16,-i-A cold snap of unusual severity for' this season of the year holds practically the entire eastern section of the country tightly gripped today, with small probability of its grasp being loosened, before to morrow. ' ' - M 1 , There , was a drop of 36 degrees In the temperature, to a -minimum of 16 degrees, in this city during the night. Temperatures, following the rain and brief snow flurries of last night, dropped to nearly zero at points in the' interior of New York state, while it was only four above the; zero mark in Pittsburg, this Morning and , 14 de grees in Washington, the latter a very low figure, for the .tiroe of year In that city. j t "' ' ' ' ,"' .The .cold wave, was borne in ,on a wind, wnjch averaged 66 miles am hour along the coast here and up in New England. The, storm moved northeast ward today, and is centered in East ern Nova Scotia. CITY AND., COUNTY BRIEFS. Iiosttrte Girls Basket Ball team de feated the Joseph Girls team at Jo seph, Saturday' night, 17 to 16, ; Jim Bloodsworth and Tom 'Davis weht to Modesto, Cal., this week, on a visit and to look over the country. Fred Ewing and ; E." j." Martin of Portland who own a large tract of hill land northwest of Enterprise, are havjng a lot of it broke this spring. A ladder on which O. H. Brady was working in the Lyric' theatre, fell last Saturday, giving him quiti a tumble.' He smashed 'two chairs but luckily escaped with only bruises. . Mr. and Mrt. J.'HFordJce of Lost Prairie returned nom$ ast week, from Portland. Mr. Fordlce is about recov ered from an operation for appendi citis that he underwent in - Portland. A. G. Wlgglcsworth returned to Wallowa this week from Southern California. The Sun report him' sav ing that a number of prospective set tlers are coming to Wallowa county from that section this spring. TRUXTON KING -:- A Story ofGraustark BY GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON - s -i , ' - X . - ft t Copyright, 1909, by Goorgs Barr McCotchepn t. CopyrigRt, 1909, by Dodd, Head a Company i rt CHAPTER VI.. rNCOMEUE TIIE UEAUTtl'TJL. J. LIGHT, eliilllng drizzle had been Y falling nil evening,' pntterinjj Tl. softly upon tlie roof of leaves that - covered the sidewalks along Castle avenue. , t. . : Almost In the center of the imposing line of palatini residences stood the home of the Duke of Perse, minister of finance, flanked' ou either side by structures as grim and as gay as it self, yet far less siirniflcnnt In t'hoir generation. Here dwelt f.be most iui-! portant man In the principality, not excepting the devoted prime minister himself. Not that Perse was so' well beloved, but that be held the destinies of the land iu Midas-like fingers. More than that, be was the father of the far famed Countess Marians, the ; most glorious beauty at the Austrian aud nusHlan courts. She had gone forth from Graustark as its most notable bride since the wedding day of the Princess Yetive. late In the nineties. Ingomede, the beautiful, bad Journeyed far to the hymeneal altnr. The hus band who claimed bor was a bated, dishonored man in hiB owfflnnd. There were those who went so far as to say that her father bad delivered her Into the hands of a latter day Bluebeard, who whisked her o'ff into the high lands, many leagues from Vienna. She was seen no more in the gay courts for a year. Then of a sudden she appeared before them all. as daz zlingly beautiful as ever, but with a haunting, wistful look in her dark eyes that could not be mistaken. The old count found an uneasy delight in ex hibiting her to the world once more, plainly as a bit of property that all men were, expected to look upon with envy in their hearts. . Then the Duke of Perse resumed bis residence In ' Edelweiss, opening the old palace once more to the world. His daughter after the death of the prin cess began her extended visits to the home of ber cirlhood. ' So Ions as the princess was alive she remained away irom Eaeiweiss reluctant to meet the friend who had banished her husband long before the wedding day in Buda pest Now she came f reouentlv anil stayed for weeks at a time, apparently nappy aunng these escapes from life in the great capitals. Of late she came more frequently to Edelweiss thnn before. John Tullls was always to remember the moment when he looked unon this exnulttite creature for the first time. That was months ago. After that he never ceased being a secret silent worshiner at her transient shrine. ' Ten o'clock on this rnlnv nltrht n carriage has drawn up before the low er gates to the Perse irrounda. niul n tall, shadowy figure loaves it to burry wrougn tne snruD lined walks to the massive doors. Tullls had long since ceased to be a welcome visitor In the bume of the Duke of Perse. The men were openly unfriendly to each other. Th dnko resented the cool Interference of the sandy haired American: ou the other band, 'Tullls made no effort to conceal bis dislike, if not Ul!trust. of the older man. The countess was alone in the long, warm tinted library. ' "it is cood of rou to come slu nnlri as they shook bauds warmly. "Do you know It Is ii I niOH t a rear since von Inat came to this house?" "It would be a centurv. countess. If I were not welcomed In other bouses where 1 am sure of a glimpse of you rrom time to time aud a word now and then." They both seated themselves before a glowing open Dre. "The duke has cone to Cnnlnnk tn play DTldce. with .friends." she snid at i once. "He will not return till late. I uave juhi . u'lepnonca to ninue sure. ; Her smile did more than to reassure i btm. jl tuu you win understand now j hoposslble it Is for me to come here, Countess. Your father, the duke. 1i(i ! not mince matu-rs. and I'm not quite a fool." 'It !s of the nrlncp that l innt tn i peak, Mr. Tullls,". she Hukl. i do Want to talk vprv wrlr itlultr txrlt Ii inii ! concerning bis future 1 wight say bis ; imineuiau! luture." i He looked at ber narrowly. "Are you qulie serious T "Quite, -i could not buy nslcml rnn to come to this house for anything mviai. we nave become very good friends, yofl and I. .. Too gixxl. per- ' baps, for I've no douht llli.ru urn ,.ih i tabbies In Edelweiss vho are provoked ! io criticism. You know what I nmini" ' "The prince Is a stnnJr nttio gar." be began, but she lifted her band ! in protest ( "And be bas sturdy, invui fr-inii. ! That is agreed. Aud yet"- Sue paus eu, a jporpiexetf Hue comlug between j ber expressive eyes. ' I John Tullis opened his own eyes very wide. "You .dou't mean to say that he ishe is In peril of any sort?",; I She leaned nearer to him, dropping the ash from her cigarette into the re ceiver as she spoke slowly. Intensely. ?I think be Is in peril in deadly peril." He stared tiard. "What do you mean?" he demanded, with an Involun tary glance over his shoulder. She in terpreted that glnuce correctly, j I'The peril Is not here, Mr. Tullis. I know what you are thinking. My fa ther is a loyal subject. The peril I suggest never comes to Graustark." "JNever conies to Graustark?" he al- ni o s t whispered. "You don't y o ii can't mean your your husband?" "I mean Count Mnrlanx," she suld steadily. "He1 means evil to Prince Itobin? Good heavens, countess, I 1 can't believe It I know he Is bitter, revengeful and all that, but" "He la all that aud more," she said. "Kirst you must let me impress you tbat I am not a traitor to bis cause. I ortliM ..-. 1 . . l, .. . "he means evil to rELNCE HOBIN?" - ""L lie iiiUL. ror the sufficient .reason that I only suspect its existence. "I am not In any sense a part of it 1 do not kbow anything. I only feel. 1 dare say you realize that I do not love Count Marlaux-tbat there Is absolute ly nothing in commou between us ex cept a name. We won't go into that 'I am overjoyed to hear you say this countess," he said very seriously. "I have been so bold on occasion as to assert-for your private ear. of course -that you could not by nny freak of nature happen to care for Count Mar lanx, whom 1 know oifly by ' descrip tion. You have laughed at my so called American wit. aud you have been most tolerant Now, I fuel that I am Justified.. I'm immeasurably glad to hear you confess that you do not love four husbaud." "You have never tried to make love to me," she went on. "That's what 1 like about you, I think most men ore silly, not because I aib so very young, but because my .husband is so ridicu lously old. Don't you think so? But never mind! 1 see you are quite eager to answer. That's euough. Take an other cigarette nud-llsten to what 1 am going to say." He declined the cigarette with a shake of his head. After a moment alio weut on reso lutely:. "As I said before, 1 do not know that my suspicions .are correct I httve not even breathed tbeni to my father. He would have laughed at me. My husband is a Grnustarklan, even as I am, but there Is this distinction between us be despises Graustark, while 1 love her In every drop of my blood. I know that lu his heart be bas never ceased to brew evil for the throne tbat disgraced blm. He openly expresses his hatred for the niesent dynasty and bas more than once said lu puoiic gatherings that be could cheer fully assist In its utter destruction. That, of course, is commonly known In Graustark, where be is scorned and derided. But he la not a man to serve his hatred with mere idle words and inaction.. , "I am seeing you here in this- big room openly." she went on. "for the simple reason tbat if I am belug watched this manner of meeting may be above suspicion. We may speak freely here, 'for we cannot be beard unless we raise- our voices. Don't be tray surprl.se or consternation. The eyes of the wall may be better than its ears." "You don't mean to say you are be ing watched here In- your father's bouse?" be demanded. ."1 don't know. This I do know tbe count bas many spies lu Edelweiss. Ho Is systematically apprised of every thing that occurs ut court. In the city or Id the council chamber.- Day before yesterday I saw bis secretary In tbe streets, a man who bus bueu lu his em ploy for five years or more and wlio uow pretends to be a lawyer here. Ills tin trie is. Brutus. I sioke with blm. He said that be bad left the count six weeks ago In Vienna, determined to set out for himself lu hi chosen pro fession, lie knows,-of course, that I am not and never bnve been lu tbe confidences of my litisbnrjd. I asked blm If It was knwn In IdelwelsK that be bad served the count as secretary. He promptly banded ;ne one of tils busiuexs cards on which lie refers to himself as the former misted and pon (uicntiul. sccrtlar. ul C'uunl MotIujux i WIFE BEATER BERRY GIVEN YEAR IN JAIL. From La Grande Observer.) PJeading guilty to a charge of wife beating, W. W. Berry, a local mer chant, was today, (Wednesday) sen tenced by Judge J, W. Knowles to a county jail term of one year. The case was instituted some time ago and should have come to trial this week but Berry pleaded guilty, bring ing the case to a sudden end. Berry has commenced serving time. Circuit Court Suits, March 6 J. D, Day vs J. H. Green et al. J. E. Stokes va Lostine Lime Co. E. SI, & 1. Co. va W. J. Gollnick. BLAZE AT JOSEPH. A fire in the attic of Roup's op era house building at Joseph, Thurs day afternoon, was discovered in time and. was put out before it got beyond control. The fire was caus ed by a defective flue.' Damage about 11000, fully insured. Pointed Paragraphs. (From the Chicago News.) A soft snap may end In a dull thud. The fishing line will soon be the popular chord. One never hears of a lawyer going to law on his own account. - A wise wife never quarrels with her husband Just be-fore pay day. A man may be working for all he la worth and not he worth much at that. When some people say they did their best we are glnd it wasn't, their worst. You can't always .tell how glad a man Is to see you -by. the way he shakes hands. v a motner'siSafesuard. Foley's Honey and Tar for the chil dren. It Is best and safest for all coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and bronchitis. No opiates. Bumaugh & Mayfield. N'fiW, Jiiippen to know t.hnt be is stlfl lu my huslmnd's servioe.or was no long er aso than last week, tie is here for a purpose as my husband's represent ative. I have not been nsleen all these months nt Pchloss Mnrlanx. I bave seen and heard euough to convince me tbat some great movement is on foot My Intelligence tells me tbat It bas to kdo with Graustark As be wishes tbe prince no good. It must he for evil." "Out there is nothing he can do. He has no following here. The prince Is adored by the people. Count Marlanx would not be such a fool as to"- "Ile Ir uo fool," she Interrupted quickly. "That's why I am afraid. If be Is plotting against the crown, you may depend upon it be Is laying bis plans well. John Tullis, that man Is a devil a devil Incarnate!" She turned ber face away. A spasm of utter re pugnance crossed her face. "1 am afraid of Peter Urutus. He Is here to watch everybody." She leaned against the great carved mantel post, a tall, slender, lissom creature, exquisitely gowned In rarest Irish luce, her bure neck and shoulders gleaming white against tbe dull tim bers beyond, the faint glow frW the embers creeping up to her face with the insistence of a maiden's flush. He gazed in rapt admiration, bis heart thumping like fury In bis great breast She was little more thnn a girl this wife of old' Marlanx, and yet how wise, how clever, bow brilliant sbe was! She was well named Ingomede the Beautiful. "Does Baron Danglosg know this man Brutus?" asked Tullls. arising to stand beside her. "1 don't know," she said thought fully. "I have not spoken to him con cerning Brutus. Perhaps be knows. The bnron is very wise. Let me tell you how I happen to know that Peter Urutus is aril I serving Count Marians and why I think bis presence signifies a crisis of some sort" Her voice, always low and even, seemed lower still. "In the first place, I have a faithful friend in one of the oldest retainers at Scbloss Marlanx. His daughter U my maid. She Is bere with me now. Tbe old man came to see Joseplni one day 'last week. He had accompanied Count Marlanx to tbe town of Bulak, which Is in Ax phalli, a mile beyond the Graustark Hue. Peter Brutus was with my bus band In Baluk , for two days. They were closeted together from morning till night in tuo bouse where Marlanx was stopping. At the end of two day Brutus went away, but be carried with hlin a vast, sum of money pro- vlded by uiy husband. It was given 1 out that he was on bis way to Serros, I In l awsbergen, where be" expected to 1 purchase a business block for bis mas- ter. Marlanx waited another day In ' Balnk, 'permitting Josephs' father to ! coino on to Edelweiss with a message for me and to see his duugbter. He" j "And Josepba's father saw Brutus in j Edelweiss?" "No. But be did see blm going Into Baluk a be left for. Edelweiss that COLONIST TRAVEL BREAKING RECORDS RUSH GREATER THAN EXPECT ED MANY NOW DRIFTING IN ON BRANCH. The colonist rush this spring is breaking all records, say the reports from stations on the main lines of rail roads. Trains are loaded to the plat forms and running in three and four sections. Homeseekers are arriving in Portland at the rate- of over 2000 a day, and hundreds are stopping off at stations east of that city. Many are coming into Wallowa coun ty. Friday's train brought la over a. score, some getting off at each sta tion in the valley. The majority of the arrivals Friday were Skandina vians from Minnesota and the Dako- tas. It is estlmatedby the railroad offic ials that 60,000 "colonists will come to Oregon during, the. continuance of rates in March and April. Of that number fully three-fifths will remain and make- homes in, this state. The rush Is so much greater than' expected that the problem in Port land Is how to take care of them, and the commercial bodies have taken the matter in hand and will organ ize bureaux of information and den all things possible to give the newcom ers a hearty welcome, and whatever assistance In matter of selecting a location that la needed. As to the latter however, little is needed for nearly all know just what they want to do and- where they wand to go. H. H, Weatherspoon was re-elected mayor of Elgin Monday, having a ma jority of 4 over D. Sommer. Bonds for $10,000 for city hall and fire eta tlon were voted. Minimum saloon license of $1,000 carried. morning. He wore a disguise, hut Jacob says be could 'not be mistaken. Moreover, be was accompanied by sev eral men whom be recognized as Grau-' stark - mountaineers and hunters of rather unsavory reputation. They left Brutus at tbe gates of Balak and went off Into the bills. All this happened before I knew tbat Peter was living in Edelweiss. When I saw blm here I knew at once tbat bis presence meant something sinister. 1 cau put many things together that once puzzled me tbe comings aud goings of months, the secret reports and consultations, the queer looking men who came to the castle, tbe long absences of my hus band and my my own virtual Impris onmentyes. Imprisonment. I was not permitted to leave tbe castle for days ot a time during his absences." "Surely you will not go bock again!" be began botly. "Sb!" Sbe put a finger to her lips. A manservant was quietly crossing tbe ball just off tbe library, "lie is a new man. I do not like bis appear ance."' Tbe servant disappeared through a door at the end of tbe hall., "Then there were tbe great suras of money that my busband sent off from time to time." she continued, "and tbe strange boxes that came overland to tbe castle aud later went away again as secretly as tbey came. Mr. Tullls, I am confident In my mind tbnt those boxes contained firearms and ammu nition. I have thought It all out. Per bnps I am wrong, but It seems to me thut I can almost see those H rear urn stored away lu tbe caves aud cabins outside of Edelweiss, ready for Instant use wbeu tbe signal comes." "God! Au uprising! A plot so huge as tbat!" be gasped, amazed. It Is for tunate tbnt be was not facing the door Tbe same servant, passing once more, might bave seeu tbe telltale coiisterua tlon lu bis eyea. "It cannot be pokmi ble! Why, Dangloss and his men would bave scented It long ago" "1 have not snid tbat I am sure of anything, remember tbat. I leave tt to you to analyze. You bave tbe foun dation on which to work. I'd udrlxp you to waste no time. Something tells me tbat tbe crisis Is Dear at baud." CHAPTER Til. .. AT THE WITCU'S HUT. IN the meantime our excellent young friend. Truxton King, was having a sorry time of lu It all l pan wben be went to tbe cathe dral In tbe bone of seeing tbe charming aunt of the little prince once more. Not only did be attend one service, hut all of them, having been assured tbat tbe royal family worshiped there quite as regularly and as religiously as ths lowliest communicant Rbe did uot appear. More than all tbls, be met with fresh disappointment when be ambled down ( to the armorer's shop. The doors were locked and there was no sign of life about tbe shuttered, place. . (Continued on Paj i 2.)