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XX XNDKPKNDBNT NEWSPAPI tR.
renawrly ths Wallowa News, estab
lished Marcn a.
ublished Wednesday and Satur
days at Enterprlio. Oregon, by
ENTERPRISE PRESS
ille Tourt Hoimo Square
THE
-riicraxl as second-class iuitu-er
mr.T 2 1909, at the postofflce at
ittrprlse. Oregon, under the Act of
:irrh S. 1879.
rlvi'.i. Kates: One year 9.
, -i i three mouth 50c,
j 'h-JOu. On yearly cash-in-
t iihwrlptJons a discount of
im given.
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1911.
T "0i8 are favorable to an earl
.n '.on of the fruitgrower of the
i . Into a Centra Selling Ag
i n g the plan outlined at the
,i A'a.'.a conference. Nine asso
,:r '-); of horticultural men have al
filly ondorseJ the plan and the; Wen-
', i ii)nrcial club has adopt
i favoring It, following
' ! : I?nt!on. The Freewal-
.' 0 a are also In sympathy
V; -j.ameit. Editorial en
. '.ris have been obtained In
!"! !t :i:ig newspapers of the North
::; t 13 pointed out that the grow
3. s j uu tvjtj thing to gain by such
an amalagamatlon In the way of pow
t to tn'Just the supply ot trade re
Tilroinnnts, thereby Insuring stable
7 '''ions. Nothing will be
' - r.nt a'ready lost through
- , slipshod methods that
;!"-h.U with identical Inleres!
-,' iaeh other. There have beer
. ' feiri expressed that the proim
sltion Is a bigger one than the fruit
i ".tn can handle, but a leader
h always found when a condition
'''ot calls for special talents.
t) more strikingly exempli
'; nrjlprn commerce, In this
. . whiett always produces the
: le led men,
''isrrlptlons totaling $100,000 we e
.! :n Chshalia last week to bond
'.H is & Cowlitz Railway com
,a.i. Despairing of getting an out
iii.lu company to Improve their trans-
vortntion facilities, the people of Che
ii a' la are going to build their own
0 'tlot. Similar propositions are go
1 ig forward In other parts of the
Northwest, Several Oregon communi
ties expect to provide from their own
parses what the big financial inter
lis say cannot be furnished from
all street. Delegates from all
parU of Chelan, Okanogan and Doug
las counties will assemble In Wen
atchee soon to consider what stops
can be taken to get a road built up
the Columbia river to tap that rich
section. The people of the Melhow
Valley are already at work on their
own electric line. Thus, the. resourc
fulness of the Northwest is once
more manifested.
Everett's going dry, has caused a
condition of drouth In the municipal
treasury. To replenish it, an occu
pation tax is proposed which it is
variously estimated, will produce any
where from $.r0,000 to $100,0lM) The
special levy scnlos down from $1000
on publlo utilities to a day's pay from
the wage earner. Even tho mluUUor
ot the gospel will have to pay $20
a year for the privilege of trying to
save Everett. A fight la In. prospect
as many people oppose- the council's
revenue program. As has been (Mint
ed out, the now tax will hardly surve
to encourage newcomers to locate in
the City of Smokestacks.
ASMS
r STEVENS No. 33
VoabU Barrtl Ilammerless
Sotgvn ia ttrmgont wheru
other guns ore itmktt. The bar
rels and lugs are drop-forged In
one plooe of high pressure steel,
choke bored for uitro powder
with matted rib.
Tick up ttii eim unit fta-l thr hiilnnrw
of It exiimlne tho wnrkinc imrU
elnxilraiul r the lint r;iru ami tlnisli
of UrUil yuu will auy it' winner.
It tUta lit only 920.00 anil will tw
ev'HvmrJ ptviullri itim-t from the
lory la com f" eannoi irrara V. I
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(fff STOHM ARMS
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litUAIUIN
KING 1
l Story of
....Crau-rtarf
By GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON
Copyrig-Kt, 1909, by Georf Birr
McCutcheaa
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(Continued from First page.)
iliuch difference, my One young fel
low." The glimmer of a light came bob
bing up from somewhere behind Trnx
ton. lie could see the nickering shad
ows on the wall. Two men crept luto
the room a moment later. One of them
carried a lantern; the other turned
King's body over with his foot. Trux
ton saw that the three ruffians were
"BKTTKR SAVE VOOH B1IFATH, YOUNO FEIi
LKU. YOV WON'T HAVtt IT LONU."
great, brutal faced fellows, with bared
arms that denoted toll as well as spoils.
The third man grasped the prisoner by
the feet, swearing In a language of
his own. The Yankee desperado took
his shoulders, and together, with ear
nest grunts, they followed the man
with the lantern. He could see that
they were crowding through a low.
uarrow passage, finally depositing him
with scant courtesy upon the rocky
floor of what proved to be a rather
commodious cave.
Daylight streamed Into this ennvpn
lent "hole in the wall;" lying upon his
slue, Trttxton faced the openlnjr thnl
looked out upon the world. Near the
opening stood the tall, gaunt figure of
a man. thin shouldered and stooned
His back was to the enptive, but King
observed thnt the three men. with two
companions, who sat at the back of
tne cave, never removed their gaze
from tho strlklu. ugure outlined
against the sky.
The watcher turned slowly to take In
tne altered conditions behind him.
King saw that ho was old, gray haired
aud cadaverous. This, theu, was the
"old man," and he was not William
Spnnlz.
"Your name in King, I believe." catue
rroni the thin lips of the old man.
"Yes. May I inquire"
"io; you mny not Inquire. Put a
gag in his mouthl I don't care to hear
anything from hltn. Gag him and cut
tho rope from his feet, lie may walk
iroin uow on."
Three men pnratur to do his hlihlinrr.
King felt In thnt instant thnt he was
toouiug ror the Hrst time unon the fea
tares of the Iron Count. Mnrhinx the
dishonored. Ho lay there helpless,
speeciuess ror ninny minutes, glancing
at this cruel tyrant It was enough
that Mnrlanx suspected him of twlno
lu tho way. To be suspected was to
ue coiiuomneu.
Mnrlanx was speaking. Truxton
looked up, as at an executioner. The
iron count sat upon a bowlder near his
reec
'Wo have met before. Perhaps you
reuiuuiuer mooting my pyo in Dame
Babba's ch bin twice, I think. You
remember, I see. Ha, ha! You were
very slow not to have caught such an
old man. I dare say you are wonder
ing what I Intend to do with
that I havo you. Well, I am not the
man to mince words. Mr. King, you
are quite youuir. but thi pii din
you iij;. I am very old. you observe. I
will not say that you are to die to
ulgut or tomorrow or mi iv f. i
do not know. I am going to send you
to a court Not an ordinary court Mr.
iviuk, uui one or extreuio perspicacity.
I fancy you will die before Iiiub. We
cau spare you. I do not approve of
inmllll.kf-a If onn.. 1 ... .
i omua iu ue quue seuieu
j tbnt'you are a police ageut"
I no steady, cruel eyes fascinated
King. He Vnew thnt he was la des
perate strait.
"I am glad you called again at my
temporary abodo, 'Mr. King. Ameri
cans are always welcome; the sooner
thoy come, the sooner it's ever. It
may Interest you to kuow that I am
Very partial to Americana. Were I
a oannlbul I could eat them In relish.
If I had my way. all Amerleaus should
bo iu heaveu. Tho earth surely Is
not good enough nor big enough for
them, aud hell is already overcrowded.
Yes. I love tho Americana dearly. I
should enjoy a altnllar Tlslt from Mr.
John Tullis. I expect htm to visit me
In my humble castle before niauy days.
I should like to have ulin remain there
until his dying day."
King shuddered.
'FABEWE
BOLD
i'ltlEND."
"Night Is coming. I must say fare
well, my bold young friend. My way
lies to the north.
This Is merely a
land of promise to
me. You go south
ward, to the city
of Edelweiss. But
not through the
gates; oh, no!
There are other
ways, as you will
find. Goodby, my
brave Sir Galahad;
I may never see
you again."
With a courtlv
bow he turned
y o ti w o from the tense
muscled FtntlTa
and directed his final Instructions to
the guards. With a curt nod to tha
men, he strode out through the mouth
of the cave and was gone. Dusk had
settled down upon mountain and val
ley. One of the men cut the rope that
bound Truxton's feet
"Get up," said the Newport man.
"We've got to be movln'."
Still gagged and somewhat dizzy.
King was hurried off into the narrow
mountain path, closely surrounded by
the Ave men.
The silent cautious march down the
valley, through the gap and along the
ridge carried them far Into the night
This much he knew they were In
the hills directly above the northern
gates. The vague, black shadow of a
llghtless house loomed up before them.
In a twinkling he was hustled across
the road and Into a door, then down
a flight of stairs, through pitchy dark
ness, guided by two of the men, a
whispered word of advice now and
then from tho Yankee saving him from
perilous stumbles. He was Jerked np
sharply with a command to stand still.
A light flashed suddenly in his face!
blinding blm for a moment
Soon he saw that they were in a
broad, bare cellar; three men in heavy
black beards were in earnest conversa
tion with several of his captors; all
were gesticulating fiercely. '
His Newport companion enlightened
him between puffs of the pipe be was
struggling with. "Here's where we
say goodby, young fellow. We turn
you over to these gents, whoever they
are. You go into the village gay with
these 'swabs' by the sewer line, I
guess." Truxton pricked up his ears.
"The old man has had a hole chopped
In the sewer here, they tell me, and it's
a snap to get Into the city. Not very
clean or neat, but it gets you there.
Well, so long! They're ready, I see.
They don't monkey long when they've
got a thing to do."
In another moment his guardianship
was transferred; he was being hurried
across the cellar toward an open door
way. Down a few stone steps be was
led by the bearded crew, and then
pushed through a hole in what ap
peared to be a heavy brick wall. He
realized at once where he was. The
gurgle of running water came up to
him. It was the great sewer that ran
from the hills through the heart of the
city, flushed continuously by a diverted
mountain stream that swept down
from above.
ne did not know how long they
traversed the chill sewer. In time,
however, the water got deeper; rats
began to scurry along the sides of the
circle or to swim frantically on in front
of the disturbers.
At last the strange Journey ended.
They came to a niche In the slimy wall.
Up into this the men climbed. The man
above was cautiously tapping on what
appeared to' be solid masonry. To
King's surprise a section of the wall
suddenly opened before them. He was
seized from above by strong hands and
literally Jerked through the hole, up
uarrow steps and then Into a long, dim
ly lighted room, lu the center of which
stood a long table.
He was passed on into a small room
adjoining. Some one, speaking in Eng
lish, told him to sit down. The gag
was removed from his stiff, inflamed
mouth.
"Fetch hltn some water," said a
voice that he was sure he recognized
a high, querulous voice.
"Hello, Spantz!" articulated Truxton,
turning to the black bearded, bent fig
ure. There was an Instant of silence.
Then Spants spoke, with a soft laugh:
"You will not know so much tomor
row, Herr King. Give him water,
man. He cannot talk with a dry
throat"
King was pushed out Into the larger
room, where he was confronted by a
crowd of bewhlskered men and snaky
eyed women with most Intellectual
nose glasses. It required but a glance
to convince blm that the whiskers
were false.
For nearly an hour he waa probed
with questions concerning bis business
in Edelweiss. Threats followed close
upon bis unsatisfactory answers
though they were absolutely truthful.
"We'll find a way to make you talk
tomorrow, my frleudl Starving la not
pleasant." '
"You would not atarve roe!" he cried.
"No. You will have the pleasure of
starving yourself," said a thin eyed
fellow whom be afterward knew ns
Peter Brutus. ,
He was thrown back into the little
room. To his surprise and rratlfloa-
tlon the bonds on his wrists were re
moved.
He found a match In his box and
struck It There was no article of
furniture. The floor waa bare, the
walls green with age. A chimney bole
in the ceiling was nerhaDS the onlv
means by which fresh air could reach
this dreary place. Sleep waa claiming
his senses. Ue made a Dlllow of hia
coat and stretched his weary bones
upon me relentless noor.
"No one will aver know." h mnp.
mured, his last waklnr thoucht tuim
of a dear one at home.
P
ft I
II ' II Li L.
Men who are familiar with land values in
I . the Northwest will tell you without a dis
senting voice that farm land is better and
cheaper in Wallowa county than any place
in the Northwest; that there are more and better
opportunities for investments in city property in
Enterprise and farms in this county than can be had
in any other locality ci; the Coast.
We have Lots at $300
That in another year will sell readily for
$500. We have fifteen lots in Boyd's s ub
division from $loo to $25o with easy terms,
$10 down and $5 per month, no interest.
Here's a vSnap
Eight business lots on Main street, with sevm
room house, barn, good outbuildings, shade
trees and sightly location. Only $4,000.
Farm Snap
Well improved 720 acre ranch only seven
miles from Enterprise, telephone, tri-weekly
mail, of which 350 acres is irrigable, of which
greater part is in cultivation; good water
right. A good shearing plant can be had with
ranch that will alone net the owner $1200
each year for the 40 days work.
Look at the Price
Only $35 per acre on easy t rms.
Have some snaps in Wheat Land
DANIEL BOYD
LAWYER
West Main Street
E-nterpi ise
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