Oregon Historical 8ocIty
TWICE -A-WEEK
SA TURD A Y EDITION
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TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 100.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNfTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1911.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
NEWS-RECORD
QUALIFY TEACHERS
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NEW COURSES ADDED BY O. A.
COLLEGE TO MEET NEW
SCHOOL LAWS.
' Corvallis, April 12 The six weeks
summer session at the Oregon Agri
cultural College which opens June
19 and lasts until July 28 will offer
many new courses this year for the
benefit of those teachers disqualified
by the new school laws which now
make heavier requirements as to prep
aration. Town and city supervision and the
new rural school supervision provid
ed for under the new echol law will
be taught, as well as the advanced
subjects required now for certificates,
such as mathematics, history, the
sciences, English and American litera
ture, the art of teaching, psychology
and the history of education. There
will be special work for the teachers
of industrial subjects, and particu
lar attention will also be given to
instruction of the primary and inter
mediate grammar grade teachers as
to the relation of the school to the
Industries. So large a proportion of
the school children of the country
never get beyond the grammar grades
that it is considered immensely im
portant that the teacher of the young
er children should in some degree
correlate the work with the practical
things to be met outside. .
For Prospective! Housewives.
Beside courses in methods of teach
ing the regular high school subjects,
the O. A. C. summer session, will of
fer work In the domestic science de
partment for housewives and for
young women who wish to learn to
manage homes of their owni some day
or to teach home economics. Pros
pective farmers end orchard growers
Cent a word single Insertion, 1
cents a word 2 Insertions. Special
rates by month and year.
LOST.
Woolen Horse Blanket in south part
of Enterprise Saturday night. Reward
for return to this office. Jacob
Bauer. 98btf
TO RENT.
160 acre farm, 3 mllesi from town. In
quire of A. P. Poley or H. T. Mitch
ell. MONEY TO LOAN
6 Late Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk, Atty, State Land B'd. Joseph
FOR SALE.
Guaranteed Clean, Selected, Tested,
Swedish Regenerated Seed Oats for
sale, 2 cents a pound. Will grow.
Charles Down, Joseph. 100 b 2
Eggs, single comb Brown Leghorn
and Rhode Island Reds, pure bred
stock. 1.50 for 15. L. E. Jordan, En
terprise. 9Sb4
See G.' 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 fo
16. C. J Sanford, Enterprise. 88b8
Matched team of horses. Well broke
and true to pull. See Carl Roe or
W. I. Calvin, Enterprise, Ore. 83btf
I will sell all or any of my town prop-
ty at reasonable prices. W. W.
Ztircher, Enterprise, Oregon. 40btf
Bc. 3, 3 N 44640 A. S E sec.
13, W NW see, 23,SW SW
nc. 14, 3 g 46380 A.
4btf J. S. Cook, Burma, Ore.
HITCHCOCK HITS PARK.
Luther Lloyd is circulating a pe
tition to have the semi-weekly mail
service between Imnaha and Park
restored. It was recently cut down
to a weekly service, so that Hitch
cock, Taft's grafting postmaster' gen
eral, could save another dollar to add
to the already over-pay of the rail
roads for carrying' the mail.
La Grande Observer: One of the
old fashioned newspaper men of Kan
sas, Gerald Volk, arrived In the city
Thursday morning on his way to Wa
Iowa county to see the country. He
1 a pioneer in the business and sel
dom did a state association meet in
Kansas for many years when Gerald
Volk was not In attendance. Lately he
has been located at Forest Grove.
SUMMERSCHQO
will be given special Instruction which
will prevent them committing many
of the expensive errors of the be
ginner. The great importance of this
part of the work lies in the fact
that a great number of professional
and trades people from the cities
are now acquiring land which they
must either know how to handle
themselves, or how to supervise the
work of others on it.
NOTICE TO WHOM CONCERNED.
If the party or parties with so
large an appetite fpr cake, and who
so neatly "lifted" the pastry Intended
for the Rebekah feed Wednesday
night from the kitchen, while1 the
lodge was in session in the main
room, will send In their names, the
Rebekahs will see they have enough
cake for once to satisfy that ostrich
appetite. We are all watching for
the sign of distress thinking we may
be able to' practice some of the teach
ings of the order.
We appreciate their thoughtfulness
in leaving the empty plates on the
stair step. We might need them
tgaln. It may tr.se the conscience of
the "lucky ones" to know that the
Rebekahs are some on the rustle
themselves', and the committee on
this occasion proved herself a past
master in the art, succeeding with
little delay In nailing a feed, but with
out "angel cake,'' however.
Boys, the "joke" Is all on us, but
he who laughs last laughs best.
A REBEKAH
TRACK MEET AT JOSEPH.
The track meet that was to have
been held at Wallowa, has been chan.
ed to Joseph. It will be held on
Saturday, May 6.
As It Impressed Him.
"How about the Nlle7 Great, eh?"
"Yes. As I , remember it took up
several pages' In the guidebook."
Washington nerald.
The highest liberty Is In harmony
with the highest law. Giles.
..CTY AND COUNTY BRIEF8.
The Ladles Improvement League
will meet in the library room next
Tnesday afternoon instead of in
the evening.
La Grande Star: Mr. and Mrs. D.
C. Brichoux have gone to Vancouver,
Wash., where Mr. Brichoux was cal
led to attend court.
Judge J. W. Knowles and Court Re
porter Hanna, who were here for
the ' brief session of court Wednes
day afternoon, returned to, La Grande,
Friday,
District Attorney F. S.'Ivanhoe ap
peared for the state In the Home, (Rule
amendment trial, and Judge T. H.
Crawford of La Grande and Attorney
A. M. Runnells of Joseph for the de
fense. C. R. Eberhard, receiver of the U.
S. land office at La Grande, his
wife and thel. little daughter Dor
othy, are visiting at the home of
Mrs. Eberhard's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. Knapper, of La Giande.
A special train consisting of the
private cars of .General Manager J.
P. O'Brien of the O-W system, Assis
tant Manager J. D. Stack and other
railroad officers, made a run over
the branch Wednesday carrying those
gentlemen on an inspection tour.
La Grande Observer: D. L. Alk
ens and wife and daughter, Miss
Grace, arrived Thursday morning
from Stillwater, Okl., and will prob
ably locate in either this or the Wal
lowa valley. Mr. Aikens took a thor
ough look at this section of Oregon
last fall and his return indicates the
Impression received then. A success
ful farmer and prominent in the
business and social life of Oklahoma,,
having served as a member of the
board of agriculture and just retiring
from the position of grand master of
the Stillwater lodge of I. O. O. F., he
U of the class of citizenship that Ore
gon welcomes.
CHURCH SERVICES.
Christian: Services as usual next
Sunday.
Methodist: At both services the
pastor will preuch on themes approp
riate to Easter. There will be spec
ial music. Everybody cordially Invit
ed. The evening service will be at
8 o'clock Instead of 7:30 as hereto
fore. Catholic: Next Sunday there will
be mass and sermon in the Catholic
;hurch at 8 o'clock In the morning.
Everybody Is cordially invited.
ere is more sound In a hollow
gourd than in a full one, and the
same is true of an empty head.
TRUXTON KING -:-
A Story of Graustark
GEORGE BARB McCUTCHEON
BY
Copyright, 1909, by
Copyright, 1909, by
CHAPTER XIII.
A DIVINITY 8HAPES.
ST was pitch dark when he awoke.
The sound of breathing came to
his ears. He sat up. His hands
were free. It had not been a
drenni. She was lying over there
asleep. The candle had burnt itself
out; that was all. He crept softly
across the floor. In the darkness be
found her and touched the garments
she wore and drew back enthralled.
Afraid to move for fear of disturb
ing her, he sat quietly for an hour or
more. All this time his brain was
working like mad In the new found de
sire to perform miracles for the sake
of this lovely, unattainable creature.
He was forgetting the prince, the hor
rors of the 2(itb; he was thinking only
of saving this girl from the fate that
Marians had in store for her. Vos
Eugo may have had the promise, but
what could it profit him if Marians
had the girl?
Footsteps in the outer room recalled
him to the bitter reality of their posi
tion. He awoke her and whispered
words of encouragement Into her be
wildered ears. Then he put on bis coat
and threw himself on the floor, first
wrapping the rope about his wrists to
deceive the guard. '
A key turned In the padlock. Old
man Spantz stood in the doorway.
"It is noon." said the old man irasci
bly. Then be came in and lighted a'
candle.
"Noon of the 25th," said Truxton
bitterly. "In twenty-four hours it will
be all over, eh, Spantz?" ;
"At noon tomorrow."
Julius Spantz brought in the food for
the prisoners, setting it on the floor be
tween them.
"It is usually the duty of our friend
Julius to feed me," observed Truxton
to his fellow, prisoner. -.,-. --'Z-'; f
"Julius?" queried the girl from the
castle, peering at the man. "Not Juli
us Spantz of the armory?"
. "The same," said Truxton. Julius
laughed awkwardly.
"Enough," snarled William Spantz.
His manner changed completely, how
ever, when he turned to address the
young lndy. "I beg to inform you,
madam, that your stay is to be brief.
Tonight you will be removed to more
pleasant quarters that a friend has
prepared for you. As for you, my
friend," turning to Truxton and smil
ing ironically, "I deeply deplore the
fact that you are to remain. When
we next gather in the room beyond a
new dispensation will have begun.
Vou may be interested then to bear
what we hove to say out there."
With a profound bow to the lady
and a .leer for King be departed, bolt
ing the door behind him. Instantly
King was at her side.
"An Idea bns come to me," be whis
pered eagerly. "I think I see a way."
"Mr. King, what is it you Intend to
do? Please tell me. I must know.
You beard what be said about taking
ire to the count's. lie meant Mar
la nx. I will die first"
"No. I will die first By the way,
I may as well tell you that I wasn't
thinking altogether of bow we are to
escape. Why should I save you from
Marlanx Just to have you hurry off
and get married to Vos Engo? It's a
mean thought I kuow," hastily; "but.
just the same, I hate to think of you
marrying some one else."
"Some one else?" she questioned, a
pucker on ber forehead.
-"Oh, I know I wouldn't have a
ghost of a chance even If there
wasn't a Vos Engo. It isn't that," he
explained. "1 recognize the er dif
ference in our stations and"
"What has all this got to do with
your plan to escape?"
"Nothing at all. The point I'm try
ing to get at is this: Don't you think
it's pretty rough on a .hero to save the
girl for some other fellow to snap up
and marry?"
"I think I begin to see." she sold, a
touch of pink coming into her cheeks.
"That's encouraging," be said, star
ing gloomily at the food he bad put
side. "You are quite sure you prom
ised Vos Engo that you'd marry blm?"
"No. I did not promise him that I'd
marry him."
"You said you bad promised"
"You did not allow me time to fin
ish. I meant to say that I bad prom
ised to let him know in a duy or two.
That is all, Mr. King." .There was a
suspicious tremor In her voice.
"What's that?" he demanded. "You
you don'f mean to say that Oh.
Lord, I wonder I wonder If I have a
chance Just a ghost of a chance!" He
leaned very close, incredulous, fasci
nated. "What is it that you are going
to let blm know yes or no?"
"That was the question I wss con
sidering when the brigands caught
me." she answered. ' . .
George Barr McCutcheon
Dead, Mead Company
'"Ot course be is In your own class,"
said Truxton glumly.
She hesitated an Instant "Mr. King,
has no one told you my name who I
am?" she asked.
"You are the prince's aunt That's
all I know."
"No more his aunt In reality than
Jack Tullls is bis uncle."
"Who are you, then?"
"I am Jack Tunis' sister, a New
Yorker bred and born, and I live not
more than two blocks from your"
He stared at her in speechless amaze
ment "Then then you are not a
duchess or a" he began again.
"Not at all a very plain New York
er," she said, laughing aloud. "You
are not disappointed, are you? Does
it spoil your romance to"
"Spoil it? Disappointed? No! By
George, I I can't believe that any
THB WBOLB WEIGHT OT TRUXTON KINO'S
BODI WAS BEHIND THKTEHIFi'iO BLOW.
such luck no, no, 1 don't mean It Just
that way! Let me tbiuk It out Let
me get it through my head.
"Miss Tullls," he said, a thrill in his
voice, "you are a princess Just the
same. 1 never was so happy in my
life as 1 am this minute. It isn't so
black as it was. 1 thought I couldn't
win you because you"
"Win me?" she gasped.
"Precisely. Now I'm looking at it
differently. I don't mind telling you
that I'm in love with you desperately
in love. It's been so with me ever
since that day in the park. 1 loved
you as a duchess or a princess and
without hope. Now, 1-1 welt I'm
going to hope. Perhaps Vob Engo
has the better of me just now, but I'm
in the lists with blm with all of
them. If 1 get you out of this place
and myself as well I want you to un
derstand that from this very minute I
am trying to win you If it lies tu the
power of any American to win a girl
who has suitors among the nobility."
"Are are you really in earnest?" she
murmured. '
"I mean every word of It I do love
you."
"I I cannot talk about it now, Mr.
King," she fluttered, moving away
from blm iu a sudden panic. Pres
ently he weut over to ber. She was
standing near the candle, staring down
at the flame, with a strangely preoc
cupied expression in ber eyes.
"Forgive me," he said. "I was
hasty, inconsiderate. I"
"You quite took my breath away,"
she panted, looking up at him, with a
queer little smile.
"I know," be murmured.
nor troubled gnze resumed its sober
contemplation of the flame.
"You won't leave me to my fate be
cause you think I'm going to marry
some one else?"
He grew very sober. "Miss Tullls,
you and I bsve one ensues In a thou
sand. You may as well know the
truth." .
"Oh, I can't bear the thought of that
dreadful old man." she cried, abject
distress in ber eyes.
He gritted hi teeth and turned
away.
Late in the afternoon Anna Cromer
appeared before them, accompanied
by two of the men. Crisply she com
manded the girl to come forth.
She was in the outer room for the
better part of an bour listening to
Anna Cromer and Mine. Drovnask,
who dinned the praises of the great
Count Marlanx into ber ears. They
bathed the girl's face and freshened
ber garments. It occurred to ber that
the was being prepared for a vhjlt of
3
THEY SCRUB EACH OTHER.
Daily Bath of the Pupils In Copenha
gen's Publio Schools.
Denmark is oue of the cleanest lit
tle countries imaginable. In a Copen
hagen public school one may see an
interesting sUtht. Mounting the spot
less stone stulrcuse to the first flight
every morning you may see at 8 o'clock
the children assemble and answer to
their names and then march to a
dressing room. Here thev undroaa.
and each child neatly folds its clothes
ana puts ttie tidy little bundle on the
floor. Then the children go into a
small square room with shelves all
around, and on these shelves are in
numerable wooden tubs, such as we
use in America for washing, with two
Iron bauds around them. Everything
Is in Immnculnte order. The teacher
gives each child a tub, and he or she
takes It Into an immense and well
lighted wash room.
Of course the girls and boys are
washed separately, and they perform
their ablutions by grades, the tluleBt
ones coming first. The floor of this
wash room Is of cement, and In the
center is a latticed wooden floor. All
around the top of the walls runs a
nickel shower pipe, the water of which
is retributed by the teacher. Under
these Rliowers nt the height where the
small fingers can reach are little nickel
stands with soap and the stlffest hog
bristle brushes, which make one shiv
er. Near by is also a faucet.
Each child puts his or her tub under
the faucet and lets the necessary
amount of water into it and proceeds
to scrub, not himself or herself, but
the child in front a novel sight and
a pretty one for a lover of children.
But one could not help thinking what
an instrument of torture that innocent
brush could be if the small fingers
that manipulated it did their duty
viciously, paying off some grudge or
fancied slight
When all are clean the teacher turns
on the showers, and they are all thor
oughly rinsed with first hot and then
cold water. Each child is obliged to
empty Its own tub. Then the clean,
rosy little bodies dry themselves with
rough towels, standing on the wooden
latticed floor. Each tub has to be
carefully put away, the children dress
themselves, and they file In for prayers,
and the business of recitation begins.
Youth's Comnnnlnn.
the redbuTHable "Marlanx Tilmself ana
put the question plnlnly.
"No," said Anna Cromer. "He's not
coming here. You ore going to him.
He will not be Count Marlanx after
tomorrow, but Citizen Marlanx, one
of the people, one of us."
Little did they know Marlanx.
"Julius and Peter will come for you
tonight," said Mine. Drovnask, with
an evil, suggestive smile.
Truxton wns beginning to tremble
with the fear that she would not be
returned to their room when the door
was opened and she came in;
Some time in the tense, suffocating
hours of the night they heard the
sounds of many footsteps shuffling
about the outer room. There were
hoarse, guttural, subdued goodbys and
well wishes, the creaking of heavy
doors and the dropping of bolts.
Eventually King, who had been lis
tening alertly, realized that but two of
the men remained in the room, Peter
Brutus and Julius Spautz.
An hour crept by and another. King
was groaulug under the suspense. The
time was too slowly approaching
when he was to attempt the most des
perate act in all this sanguinary trag.
edy.
Uo bad told her of his plan. She
knew the part she was to play. And
if all went well ah, then!
Suddenly he started to his feet hi.
Jaws set, his eyes gleaming. The tele-
grapn instrument was clicking in the
outer room.
Taking bis position near the girl,
who was crouching in reul dismay, he
leaned against the wall, bis bands be
hind him, every muscle strained and
taut
The door opened, and Julius Spantz,
bewhiskered and awkward, entered.
He wore a ralucoat and storm bat and
carried a rope In one of bis bands.
"Time you were asleep," be said
stupidly, addressing King, ne turned
to the girl. "Come, madam, 1 must"
He did not complete the sentence.
The whole weight of Truxton King's
body was behind the terrific blow that
landed on the mun's jaw. Julius
8pantz's knees crumpled. He lunged
against the wall. The man was stun
ned beyond ull power of Immediate
action. It was the work of an Instant
to snatch the revolver from his coat
pocket
"Guard the door!" whispered King
to the girl, pressing the revolver into
her band, "and shoot if you have to!"
A handkerchief was stuffed Into the
unconscious man's mouth. The long
coat and boots were Jerked from his
limp body before bis bands and feet
were bound with the rope be carried.
The bushy whiskers and wig were re
moved from bis bead and transferred
In s flush to that of the American.
Then the boots, coat and bat found a
new wearer.
Peter Brutus was standing in the
stairway leading to the sewer.
"Hurry up, Julius." be called Im
peratively. "They aro below with the
boat"
.When a talL grunting nun, emerged
PUBLICITY EXPERT
COMING HERE SOON
PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO ATTEMPT WAKING
EASTERN OREGON.
James J. Sayer of Portland, field
representative of the Oregon. Devel
opment League, will visit Enterprise,
Joseph and Wallowa this spring to
preach the gospel of sound publicity
for the benefit of this county in; par
ticular and of Oregon in general.
The local Commercial club Is ex
pecting soon to receive the dates of
Mr. Sayer's coming from the Port
land Commercial club.
Mr. Sayer is to visit all Eastern
Oregon districts and will make one
of the most remarkable Journeys in
the history of Industrial development
of the West. He will cover 2100 miles
by train, trolley, automobile and stage
all within Oregon and all of it thru
the sparsely settled section of East
ern Oregon.
C. C. Chapman, secretary of the
Portland Commercial club, In speaking
of Mr. Sayer'a trip, said:
"We believe that the section in the
Interior has not received its due
share of colonists to which It is en
titled. We desire to explain to them
why it is so and show them the meth
od employed to get more. It is a
sort of evangelizing work that Mr.
Sayer will be engaged In. He will
make an effort to revive commercial
clubs where they need them and to
establish new ones where they are
needed. Mr. Sayer Is thoroughly ac
quainted with commercial club work.
He knows all of its details and I
am sure that he will be received! with
open arms by all the communities
he visits."
(Continued on page 3.)
from the inner "room bearing the limp
figure of a girl In a frayed raincoat h -did
not wait to ask questlous. but rusu
ed over and locked the cell door. Then
be led the way down the narrow stair
way. His only reply to King's gut
tural remark in the Graustark lan
guage was:
"Don't Bpeak, you fool! Not a word
until we reach the river."
A moment later the girl was being
lowered through the bole Into rough,
enger arms. Brutus and his compan
ion dropped through, the secret block
of masonry was closed, and off
through the shallow waters of the sew
er glided the party rlverward In the
noiseless boat that bad come up to
ferry them.
There were three men In the boat,
not counting Truxton King.
CHAPTER XIV.
ON THE ItlVER.
NO word was spoken during this
cautious, extraordinary voy
ago underground. The pseudo
Julius supported his charge la
the stern of the boat. Peter Brutus
sat in the bow, a revolver in bis band,
bis gaze bent upon the opaqueness
ahead.
At last the boat crept out Into the
rainy, starless ulght He drew the
skirts of bis own mackintosh over ber
shoulders and bead. The ulght was so
inky black that one could not see his
band before bis face.
At least two of the occupants opened
up their throats and luugs and gulped
In the wet, fresh air.
It was now that bo began to wonder,
to calculate against the plans of their
slleut escort Whither were they
bound? The occasional creak of an
oar, a whispered oath of dismay, the
heavy breathing of tollers, the soft
blowing of the mist that was all; no
other sound on the broad, still river.
Truxton began to chafe under the
strain. Ills uneasiness was Increased
by the certain conviction that before
long they would be beyond the city,
the walls of which were gradually
slipping past'
He considered their cbnnces If be
were to overturn the frail boat and
strike out for shore in the darkness.
This project be gave up at once. Ho
did not know the waters or the banks
between which they glided. They
were past the walls now and rowing
less stealthily. Before long thev would
be In a position to siieuk aloud. It
would be awkward for him.
Suddenly the bout turned to the
right and shot toward the uuseeu bank.
They were perhaps half a mile above
the city wnll. Truxton's mind wan
working like a triphammer. He was
recalling a certain uoiiuid settlement
north of the city, the quarters of fish
ermen, poachers and borne traders.
These people, bo was Dot slow to sur
mise, were undoubtedly band in glove
with Marlanx, if not so surely connect
ed wltb tbe misguided committee of
ten.
ne hnrt little tltuejto speculate on
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