Are and the whole outpost broke snd
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER In an announcement given out
ran.
T he Yankee had by this m eans got
A c c u s in g
within the Chinese outposts, but be
ing a t some distance from the city it
! was essential for him to proceed, which
he *lid under cover »>f the durkuc^jp
Leaving the road, lie w'uiked In^the
a time, directing his course
But a Genius In Hia i to tields the for
dark walls of the city th at lootn-
j ed In the distance against the sky line.
Own Way
A t tim es he would come upou a camp-
j
fire w ith Chinam en lounging arountl it
ss
I or eating th»>ir suppers. T hese he would
go around, leaving the chattering Chi-
By EVERETT P. CLARKE
1 namen In his rear.
Suddenly he stum bled upon one of
Ned M eacbam w as born to a singular these groups where there was no Are
career. As a child he wus culled ltom j and tb e men w ere aste'ep lie trod on
Chinam an. The fellow
bey. from Paul Dombey, the little boy a sluinberlug
and sat up. A nother who had
in one of C harles Dickens' novels. It growled
aw akened lighted u bit of inflam
was not th a t he was especlully spirit been
mable wood and held It In M eacbam ’s
ual, like little Paul, but wus queer. face. T he latter had a battery over Ills
He never took the sam e view of tilings stomach and was well strung w ith
us other children, never did things Lu wires. Closing an electric key, his eyes
the sam e way as other children. At (or glasses he pulled down over them)
an early age be displayed u fancy for shone
a brilliant green. T he yell
Im pressing his playm ates w ith tricks the m an w ith
w
ith
tbe torch gave aw akened
of sleight of hand. At fifteen be the rest, an d one
and all took to flight.
burned his hand so severely w ith phos
did M eacham work Ids way dur
phorus. which he used for a ghostly ing T hus
tow ard the city. At m id
perform ance, us to leuve an ugly scar. night the he night
was
directly un»lcr the walls
H e would go to the show s of presti
as luck would have it near one of
digitators and repeat their tricks, By and
principal gates. A drow sy sentry
the tim e he was eighteen he w as quite the
standing by the portals rous»>d himself,
proUclent in the art.
before him stood Satan all
H is next fancy w as the stage, not and there
leering a t him. T he apparition’s
ns an actor, but Inventing devices lu aglow,
red. but turned green, then
the m atter of stage properties. H ow eyes w ere yellow.
The sentry dropped
ever, he becume a persouator of minor a on bright
his knees and hid his face on
parts, and so odd was he in his methods the ground.
eacham. w ithout w aiting
th at he soon attracted attention. His for him to M
Dad
Gummit
says
he
doesn’t
finish
his salaam , pushed
inventive
pow
ers
coming
into
play,
he
PROVIDING A REMEDY^
the gate and entered the city.
feel the least bit peeved because soon beenme n feature, m ingling sin through
Some weeks ago the Leader the polo championship cup has gular im personations with ingenious M eacham . after various ndventures.
found him self am ong the besiegers of
published an article on unemploy gone to England, and he thinks m echanical surprises. By one of his the
Being a nondescript,
contrivances
he
blew
bim
self
Into
fra
g
ment in this state and the nation, that this country can spare Eng m ents before tbe audience, shortly when em not bassies.
plainly seen be was not no
in which the suggestion was made land all its polo players and not nfterw nrd appearing to have lighted In ticed. W hen seen ho had only to draw
circle about him with his cane
that the government or the state feel the loss to any appreciable a united live body In th e branch of a a or fiery
put
him
self aglow or cause his hair
tree.
provide a fund, which should take extent.
to stand straight upon his head to
One
would
suppose
th
a
t
Ned
Mea-
ail w ho saw him as far aw ay
the place of all other road funds,
cham would have turned Ills faculties send
from him as they could gt't. In trying P h o to s co p yrig ht, 1914, by A m erican P re ss A ssociation.
to be used for the employment of
to account. B ut a genius Is liable to to
into the em bassy lines be cam e
tire of w hat he has accom plished, al very get near
men who could not find work in
APTA IN KEND ALL of the C anadian Pacific liner Em press of Ireland
being shot. C raw ling near
w
ays
desirous
of
striking
out
Into
new
and C aptain Andersen of the Norwegian collier Storstad each blam e the
a private industry, and that men
to
a
battery,
he
stood
up.
A
bull
sang
paths. As soon as Ned had put him by his ear and he tlropped. H e w as
other for the collision in the St. Lawrence river which cost 1,000 llv«?s.
so employed should be put to work
self in a position w here he m ight have am ong th e besit'gers. but they did not
The governm ent probe, however, will probably »»stubllsh the true cause.
com
m
anded
of
the
m
anager
alm
ost
on the public roads.
understand English, and he cried ont The group cut herew ith shows at tbe upper left band eorner C aptain Kendall
he desired he left the theater to
This week this office is in re Eugene, Or., June 18.—In the anything
tbe em bassy force, “A friend!" This testifying before the C anadian investigators. At tbe right Is C aptain Ander
for good and all. Miss Helen Beach changed
m atters, and, showing him self sen snapped the day he arrived at Quebec. Below is u group of passengers
ceipt of a circular letter from the first three months of the second was playing a p a rt w herein she was to tbe Chiunm
him as an rescued from the steerage of the Em press of Ireland.
to
stab
the
leading
gentlem
an
of
the
headquarters of the Socialist year of the existence of the Eu company. H er part w as a trying one illum inated devil, en he nbout
scattered them ,
party in this state, in which is gene Coffee Club a total of 1092 and brought on tem porary insanity. then ran into the em bassy lines of their
announced the fact that petitions laboring people have been provi One evening Just liefore the opening of enemies.
the perform ance Ned was in the prop M eacham asked to be conducted to
are being circulated to place a ded with employment through the erty
tinkering w ith a dagger he the Am erican m inister and told bis
k
measure on the ballot for the No free employment bureau of the had room
Invented wherein the blade, on story. H e was directed, if he could |
vember election for the establish club. This was during the months striking an object, w ent back Into the m ake u return, to inform the allies th a t
Ned had m ade an addition by the besieged Europeans had held out
ment of a Department of Indus of March, April and May, the lat handle.
blood appeared to spurt out like ns long as they were uble and if help
try and Public Works under the ter showing the highest figure, which
w ater from a spout. H earing a com did not com e a t once they would be
supervision and control of the with 403 jobs provided. June is motion,
he w ent outside and saw Miss overpow ered and m urdered. Meacbam.
After a few days shutdown, we are better
Beach, who had become dem ented, re »leslring to leave the city before day
State Labor Commissioner, this making a better showing than citing
lines of her part to the light, departed lm m isllutely. An Amer
prepared
than ever before to serve our customers.
department to furnish employ any of the three months men m anager, some whom
she w as nbout to kill ican soldier, who had done some scout
A
new
oven built to perfection means to us
ing
duty,
led
him
to
u
point
the
be
ment to the unemployed citizens tioned up to the present date. w ith a pistol. Ned
ran up to her.
had left uncovered and showed
what a new range means to the housewife good
of Oregon by establishing indus With the advent of summer the handed her his patent dagger and took siegers
ay the pistol, crying. “ D on't sM nt him the w ay to the gate by which he
bread, baked to perfection.
tries, systems of transportation, business of the employment bu aw
him—stab him!” She adopted the sug bad entered. The Yankee passed the
8 i
We have it.
distributing stations, and public reau is increasing. This increase gestion, stabbing the m anager w ith the sentries by the sam e m eans he had
Every time you ask your grocer for a loaf of
s
spring dagger. Blood spurted over her used In entering, and found him self
works.
is expected by the manager to and
when daw n was breaking on the plain
her
victim,
the
latter
fnlllng
In
a
bread
wrapped
in
Pennant
wrappers,
you
help
g
In the Leader article above continue till fall, and September stage death.
surrounding the city.
build up a home institution, that we will guaran-
8
mentioned the position was taken is expected to be the banner This saving of the m anager's life laid fie now hail some miles to go by
tee
you
to
be
right
all
the
time.
latter under a great obligation to daylight which rendered some of his
that no nation, state or communi month for employment, as it was the
Ned
eacham, and he would have devices useless and he w as oblig»'d to
ty can prosper, whose citizens, or last year, when 800 positions were done M anything
In his pow er for the rely on others. He »>ould no longer
any large part of them are idle; provided for laboring people.
We like the country, like the people, want to
young man. But w hat could be do for frighten th e Boxers by Illum inating
one who had been born unlike other him self, am i this rendered his return
for every idle man, whose earn
stay.
Show us your heart’s right and we will
persons? Ned thanked him and said fnr more perilous than Ills going. True,
ing capacity has been destroyed,
stay.
he
w
as
still
Satan,
but
w
ithout
S
atan’s
th at he w as engaged ou contriving an
is a burden on the shoulders of
artificial leg th a t would step out of its terrifying nii>tbo»ls. Ills route lay
*
along the road by which he had come
own accord.
the man who works, just to the
and
it
would
now
be
useless
to
leave
But Just as th e young contriver was
extent that he eats, is housed and
about to perfect his Invention the Box It, for he could be seen. H e w ent on
clothed, and the sooner we real
er m ovem ent In China broke out, and till he cam e to an outpost. They
Ned. desirous to go w here no one else caught sight of him coming behind
ize this fact and lift that burden
would have w ished to go, got aboard a them and observed him wonderingly.
by restoring this earning power,
ship and sailed for the Flow ery K ing H e kept on and ns lie drew near some
the sooner will prosperity return
dom. W hen he reached It the allied of the C hinam en tlisl. w hile others
forces w ere advancing upon Peking to stood th eir ground. One more valiant
to the men and women who work,
than th e rest called out something,
liberate the pentup em bassies.
and contentment prevail.
One day Ned w ent to the com m ander which M eacham took to m ean an order
The Socialist circular closes as
In chief—a G erm an general—and vol to halt. B ut the Yankee ki'pt right on.
We have a complete line of Groceries and Vegetables
unteered
to bring him such inform a T he C hinam en ralaeil a gun, and Mea
follows:
tion o f the city ns he m ight require, cham . uttering n loud "H a. ha!” w hirl
but when Ned told him th a t he was n ed his cane about bis head, enveloping
This measure is intended to
fourth rate actor from nn American him self w ith smoke, which cam e from
solve the problem of the “unem
Process Rolled Barley, per sack
-
$1.15
theater the general spurned him, tell one end of It. Since the Chinam an
ployed”, which has, in the past Mr. D. O. Lively, chief of the dope ing
him th a t w hen he w anted inform a could not see him be did not hit him.
Shorts
per
sack
-
-
-
1.35
T he cloud of smoke drove off nil but
year, been more or less of a per m eet of live stock at the Panama-] tion of an enem y be would send n sol (heir
Bran
per
sack
$
.80
Mix-Feed
-
-
$1.20
brave
leader
nnd
three
other
Chi
dier to get IL
rifle International Exposition, baa
plexing question for our State ad ganlxed
Ned, by no m eans discouraged, w ent nam en. T he leader stooil firm; the oth
Wheat per bushel .1.10 - - Rolled Oats .50
the greatest anim al show s'
ministration. It will be remem
to the com m ander of the U nited States ers fell on their faces. M eacham still
WOOD—Be sure and see me before buj’ing your
forces and repeated his offer. The of advanced. T he m an who opposed him
bered that the Governor called a
winter’s supply.
could
not
shoot
a
t
him
again
w
ithout
ficer
told
him
there
w
as
no
reason
why
meeting of the State Board of
T he Origin of Algsbra.
he should not go out, get the Inform a reloading. D raw ing a knife, he re
EGGS—I can pay cash lor eggs within 1 cent per
Control to consider this very ques If D tophantua of A lexandria, fourth tion and briug It in. T he main fea ceived M eacham when he cam e up by
dozen of trade price.
century
of
the
C
hristian
era.
was
oot
tures
to
be
observed
w
ere
such
weak
thrusting It ngnlnst Ids breast. Instead
tion; but that nothing could be the inventor of algebra, then It la not
ROY
E,
SHORT, Cor. Seventh & W ashington
points as m ight enable the allies to of hurting his enem y he w as knoeke»!
done for there was no law giving known to whom the honor belongs. To gain
entrance Into the city.
back
on
the
ground.
M
eacham
wore
a
them power to act If this pro Dtophantua the honor la generally giv Ned spent some tim e fixing up n few breastplate which, when the knife
T he A rabians claim th a t the In contrivances In the property line w ith struck It. w as c h a r g e w ith electricity.
posed law is placed on our stat en.
vention
to one o f tbelr coun which he had long been fam iliar. In T he C hinam an was rising for another
utes the administration would be trym en. belongs
Mohammed Ren-Musa, who deed. it was several dnys before he attack when his com rsdt's clung to him
able to put these unemployed to flourished about the middle of the ninth was ready to go on his mission W hen to prevent his trying to conquer the
C ertain It la th a t the Ara be sallied forth he wore a tight fitting devil. M eacham passe»! th»*m w ith a
work in some established State century.
bians
Introduced
algebra to Europe by garb to represent the devil, w ith a pair sardonic “ H a, ha.” anil w as not fol- !•-
industry, or on the public roads. way of Italy through
Leonardo, a m er f horns, a tall and such other append lowisj.
It should also be remembered chant of Pisa, who had lived am ong o ages
as are presume»! to belong to
a fte r this escape he came upon 8
Arabs of Barbary. Leonardo’s Satan. He w as pass»*»! by the Ameri a Stion
that the number of unemployed the
C
hinam
who had be»>n killed in a
can com m ander's order from the Yan light w ith an a European
in Oregon reaches well up into treatise w as w ritten In 1203.
outpost and con-
kee hoys' lines and walked briskly, ciuded t»> cease personating
the thousands, especially in the
Some Very Pretty Namea.
sw inging a cane, down the road. Slung and turn him self Into n Chinam the an. devil
winter. Last winter there were I Here are some namea taken from to his licit was a case containing such propriating th e m an's costum e, he w Ap
ent k
list In MRS, the year In whlc articles as he tussled, am ong others a
no less than 6,000 in Portland. Jury
w ithout fu rth er trouble till nearing
Richard Cromwell succeeded bis ft [Mir of glass»« for exam ining distant on
FOR s a l e b v C .
the lines he hailtsl a Yank»>e picket
The thousands have been and will tber as protector of England: Palm •hjecta.
Am i'ricnn linos and w as admit- i
continue to be a burden on the Not H ew itt. Redeemed Oomptot M eacbam w as s»s>n sallying from the in ted the to camp.
Stand- Past-on the- High Stinger. Ba allied llnea Just before dark by an oiit-
>.4’.4 >.4 ‘.4 ,.« <.4V4V4’. F ^
citizenship of our State until we Courteous
Cole, Search tbs-Scrtptnre post of Chinam en He had not gone M eacham m ade bis report to the com
establish some sane methed of Moretoa. Kill
Sin Pimple, He-Palthft far before he conld *«-e th at they had m ander of the United Stnt*'s troops
giving them a chance at all times Joiner, Fight tbo-Oood Fight of F ait their eyes on him. and aa he drew suf and dellvereil to him the am bassador’s
W hite M ore-Fruit Flower, Weep-N« ficiently near for them to distinguish message, which was forw arded to the
of the year to earn a living.”
Billing. R epentance Avia, and so on.
hta peculiar appearance they showed G erm an com m ander In chief.
"Mein O ott!" exclaim ed the general.
signs of trepidation.
T he superstition of the Ohln«»se Is "V at vlll not these Y'nnke*« do? De.v Miss Arlie Langdon, Cottage Grove,.........................................154,333
Now that there is another
Ns EaesersgsmsaL
Mrs. Short—Oh. dssr, I do wtah we equal to If not g te ster than th at of any don't know how to pe soldiers, bnt »ley j
prominent factional quarrel in were
Jest think of the good we other race T heir m ost Im portant acts do soinet'lnes In a different vav.”
Miss Ada Land, Dorena,______________________________ 139,450
Mexico, the mediators will have could rich:
do if w e only hsd lots of money 1 are often determ ined by inferen»'«’* A fter th e allies entered Peking
Mrs. Katherine Brainard, Cottage Crove,................................. 138,750
M
eacham
rotnm
rd
to
America.
He
w
as
to tackle the job of eliminating a Mr Short—Tran, my doer, but we c s s they draw from burning hits of paper.
one
of
the
pioneers
am
ong
aviators
and
do
a
great
daal
of
good
In
a
quiet
way
W
ith
such
men
to
deal
w
ith
Meacham
few more president« and dicta taw . Mrs. abort-T an. of eourna, hat ta d bat to move forw ard, spit a littlo waa killed by a drop of 10,000 feet Miss Mary Bartels, Cottage Grove,........................................... 116,5C0
Thursday by the American dele
P ublished W ed n esd ay s and S atu rd ay s gates to the mediation congress at
Niagara Falls, the statement is
One year,_______________ $1.50 made that, “The president sees
Six months,__________. . . . .75 in the past success of the consti
Advertising rates on Application tutionalist army indisputable evi
J. D. QUILLEN, E d ito r and M anager dence of the approval of the Mex
ican people.” And it further
Entered as second-class m atter January states that the insurgents are al
25, 1913, at the post office at Cottage
Grove, Oregon, under the Act of March most completely triumphant—the
3. 1879.
dominant element, hence the ad
ministration will have nothing but
S aturday , J u n e 20, 19U
an insurgent for the head of Mex
ican affairs, and to this arrange
Notice to the Public
All notices of cntertainm cutsSw here adm ission ment the Mexican delegates place
is charged or where there is a m oney consider this objection: “The southern
ation; all cards of th atn k s and resolutions of part of Mexico, where the insur
condolence will l»e charged for at the regular
advertising rate—5 cents per line.
gents have not as yet gained a
foothold, contains ten million of
the seventeen million popula
tion,” and they believe they have
grounds for opposing President
Wilson’s plan to place a rebel in
charge. And so mediation rests,
until all parties finally admit that
it is a miserable failure—which
will come in a few days. In the
mean time arms and ammunition
continue to flow into Mexico.
What will come after mediation?
Captains and S u rvivors
Of W reck Costing 1,000 Lives
The paper that gives you w hat you w ant to read
lAGeniusj
MANY ARE PROVIDED
WITH FREE POSITIONS
C
j Something New I
THE CITY BAKERY
a s
ì
GROCERIES
FEED
£ The Great Carabao Whip j
23c. 50c, 75c, $1.00
$1.25, $1.50, $2.00
t
Ì “THE WHIP OF QUALITY’
i
w.
B E A L S i
Standing of the Candidates
tors.
•* «M vili
N
kMT of It
11
Miss Lyndall Gibler, Saginaw,.......................%............................61,500