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Personal and Local S. D. Coats is seriously ill. j Fetor Kurre gave Corvallis a business visit returning home Wednesday. i Dr. Rowersox and family spent New Years with the doctor's brother in Salem. Ed Lorenee and wife spent New Years Eve and part of Tuesday in Independence. Miss Mabel Lorenee returned to Eugene Tuesday after spend-! ing the holidays with her parents here. Miss Belle Ackerman who is a senior at 0. A. C, returned to ner scnooi mines at oorvaiusi Tuesday morning. The Misses Greta and Glenva Gray who have been visiting relatives here returned to their home at Corvallis Tuesday. Mrs. A. E. Shore and daughter Gaynellie, returned Tuesday from a several days visit with Mrs. Shore's daughter near Inde pendence. J. H. Gill who with his wife visited here over Christmas left Sunday for his home at Wash tucna, Washington. Mrs. Gill remained for a longer visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Mulkey. Marshal Corn well moved some rather hard looking specimens of the human family out of the city Friday night, who came from the North and acted rather sus piciously. They passed on to Independence. Several changes have taken place in the Monmouth Mercan tile force. Mr. A. B. Morlan's term expired with the old year and Lloyd Waller has taken his place and Horace Chaney has charge of the delivery wagon. Mr. J. H. Remington went to Portland Sunday and IWrs. Rem ington follows today. Their daughter, Mrs. Lowe of Idaho, is stopping in Portland for the winter and they will spend some time visiting with her and with other acquaintances in Portland. A Mad Race An Up to Date Story of n Elopement By HENRY T. ARCHIBALD Copyright by American Press Asso ciation. 1911. "Speaking about these (lama bursting and de-slroyiug people," said a citizen of Colorado. "reniiiidH uie of a case ol flood out here in this state. Of course the one I refer to didn't destroy bun dreiis of boines and lots of people, but to those concerned in it It was a mighty important affair." "What flood do you refer to, Silsby?' asked Wilkins, sitting with bis feet on the iron rail encircling the stove aud Intended for a foot rest. "If I'm going to tell yon the story I'll have to bring the different events In as they happened." replied Silsby. "otherwise I'd get it all mixed up. To begin with. Molly McGregor was the prettiest girl in county, and not only the prettiest girl, but the biggest madcap. But you ought to see hei now. She's the quietest little woman in the world and afraid of her own shadow. She's married and got three children." the oldest" "Oh, cut that short!" cried the man jn the other side of the stove. "You're putting in ihe end before the begin ning. I thought you said you were go ing to pro. eed in order." "If you can tell the story bettei thau"- "Oh. go onl" said the other foot warmers in one voice. "As I was saying," continued the narrator. "Molly McGregor was tht merriest madcap in the county. She had all the men in love with her. from the richest rainhmau to the meanest cowboy. McGregor, her father, was a Scotchman, wli.i was about as hard to move when be tool; a position as Tike's peak. :i ti.l I lie posit tun he took with Molly was that she was to marry tin man lit- sele toil for Iter. "The old man didn't worry much about iter not doing as bo intended when the time came, for h had one titan dangling iitut her one day ami another the next, and sometimes I boy were thick as tlies about a sugar bar rel. So long s that kind of monkey shines was oing on her father knew that there was nothing to fear, and even if his ihim-htor should fall In lovn with some one of her Hdmtrers he hail no idea that Molly woiiul marry any one except the umu he picked out for her." "I thought." interrupted the mnu on the other side of the stove, "you were going to tell us something new. Thnt sort of stuff Is to be found lu ulne teuths of all the stories in the world." "Shut up. Wllklns." said one of the listeners, "and let's have the yam." "I'm not jrolng to spoil It for him," grunted Silsby. "It was old McGregor's ifmildence (hat was his undoing, so far as his daughter was concerned. But, I tell you. my friends, It doesn't do any pood to watch a girl. You might as well watch a soldier on the Beld of battle with a view of pulling him out of Hie way from the bullet that's going to kill him. Before you know it he double up. Sj does the girl. A certain fellow gives her a look and she drops. "The nu.ii that looked at Molly Mq Grepor when she surrendered was Ned Penne, wh; was nothing but a cow boy. Xed was a very goiul fellow, but he had nothing-laid up, while the own er of a goat mine that was yielding f 1.000 to the ton was dead sttK'k on the clrl. "First thing Old McGregor knew that his danch'er was going to go ba k on his matrimonial plain for her was when Bryant, the mine owning suitor, rode up to the ranch one morning nnd sa id: '"Say. old man, I met your daughter Just now driving that automobile you bought he last Christmas, with Ned le;ine slttir.fr beside her. A- they went by I caught sight of a vali. e un der tin ir feet, and I re l;on they're running away.' "'What" exclaimed the Scotchiuau. his eyes hn'glnr? out of his h:vd '"Bet you $"'0 It's an elopement.' "Met ! rev or never dl I anything fast In his life till that moment. It wasn't five minutes before he was in one of the autos he kept on the ranch, and I tell you the hand on the spie I gauge Just simn around from zero to fifty in no time at all." "Oh. he's going to give us a runaway couple in au auto chas"d by her father in anoMier auto." Interrupted the crit ical Wbklns. "That's hickm-vert." "Bet you ten that Isn't the point of the story." said Silsby. Wllklns failed to come op. and Sils by proceeded: "McGregor doesn't come Into the story or my version of It at nil. ex"ept that there was a big chase. I'd tell you something about that only my friend on the other side of the stove considers it wornout story material. One thing I must mention, and that is that while the race was g '!ng on the clouds were thickeni'iv and there was a muttering of thunder .!st before the lovers reached the fur:: of the road where It goes down Into oe of the narrowest canyons In Colorado they heard a report behlu l them and. look ing back, saw that n bustel tire bid sent the pursuing auto o!T over a level space bes)(ip t road. It didn't tipxet, but Molly f;new the race was over: her father couldn't hope to 'itch her on foot." Tshv p"iised to ll"ht R pipe, and XVIlklns. supposing the story to be end ed, remarked: 'That's the rottenest yarn I ever lis tened i ) not a new (hlng in it from beginning to end." When Silsby had got his p'pe Kplited he resumed without noticing the com ment: "The lovers In great joy turned down into the ennjou The road is good there, but very wimii;g: consequently an auto can't be driven at anything like full speed without upsetting. But. the race being over, (bey slowed down to an average of about cilit miles au hour I'retty soon there was a clap of thunder in the distance. Ned looked uneasy.- " 'Stop her a moment,! he said. "Mollyslowed down, and they looked at each other, white as sheets. A distant-roar told them they were caught in a narrow canyon four miles long, with a cloudburst behind them. '"Hadn't I better take the wheel?' gasped Ned. " 'No. I'm more used to it than you.' "For about a mile the road made a number of short turns, so ll was Im possible to make time. And while they were zigzagging the water penned in between the two walls of the can yonthere was only room for the road was gaining on them very fast. 'Before they got beyond these turns and came to a aeqap of straight road, looking behind, there was a wall of water not a hundred yards away, roll ing bowlders, logs, branches and mud before it. If they left the auto and tried to climb the cliff on either side they would be caught long before they could get beyond the water's height. Besides, the cliff was pretty near ntnilfht up and down. The only Ihlim to do wrs t.i drive the auto for n! I1 was worth. Molly turned on power, and (hey shot off as fust as they dared go, for the road was not perfectly straight, nnd (he slightest dcthvtlou from a straight line In a ipilck moving auto means tin upset, "They milned something during this first mile, but In the second there were several turns thai required them to slow down almost to a stop. After making one of these turns Ned looked bin k, Molly was about to do so, too, when be put his hands on her 'head and prevented her. The sight would have taken away tier nerve. A mass of water and debris was hurled ill the turning pclnt against the side of the canyon, llle mi ocean wave dashing against a rock, water, stones and splin tered tree trunks relsiuiidlug lu every direction. . "Fortunately these turns delayed the flood ns they delayed the fugitives. A quarter cf n mile of comparatively straight road lay before them. Molly again put on power, and they spun along at a tolerably fast gait. At the next turn a broad curve -Ihe wheels on the outside of the auto were lifted from the ground, and for a few mo ments the pair were wis'iended be tween two deaths, the one by belli" dashed against the cliff, the other hv the howling cataract. "There were still nearly two miles to go without egress from the canyon and destruction not a hundred feet be hind them. At times while slowlii! up for a (urn (lie Mini cnuie so near that 'they were drenched wl'h the spray. Greater and greater were the risks they tool; in making the curves, Mo. ly kept control of herself and nuto, tr.id, tli !uj.'i the tnou-cor was ever ready to n uke in e last leap to desiroy her and her lover, she he'd the tail, blue down to a tIrit where Its equilibrium wi.s not entirely de-: rayed. First the nuto would bound forward nfier a de He (ion: then (he wall of water and cc'als w artl plunge i.fter it. In this v ay they ion' lied the fourth uille. at the e:i. of whl-h the ro d left Ihe iaiv:ti and rose over n hill. But for the f-reiter part of this tlNtan e they i.uts. ra e over a coiir-e which, though broader, was hoie! vvl h many turns. ' "On rd thev sped, be'dud them the flood of wcter. Miotics and tre trunks in ' Uliifr rrett leaps ami galli ng slow ly at the s'raltcr parts-r arlng, howl Ing. hurling Itself ana 'list the right cliff, now against the left, then push i:ig forward with renewed vigor, while the din was deafening. "Molly beld steadM" to the wheel, but it Is questionable If ,.l was not equally her le in refniiiiiiiir frotn touching either It or any part of the machinery. "Starting uon the last half mile of the race, with the flood not fifty feet behind them ami a comparatively straight road ahead of them. Molly put on Rtiffb lent power to take them on without losinggaining, rather till they reached the outlet, where, shooting up the roiul out of reach of the torrent, Molly collapsed. Ned turned off the power, brought the ma chine to a Htundstlll and. with (lie girl In his arms, looked down upon the baf fled monster rushing madly on." Silsby stopped, evident ly having rea' bed the end of his story. "Did they get married?" asked Wil kins. "Get married!" exclaimed the story teller, his pallence evidently having been sorely tried and now exhausted by his critic. "You're the man thnt has got tired of hearing stories told n-id wound up In the old fashioned way. Lovers have been chased on foot, on horseback, in buggies and car riages, even on railroad trains, and there are stories of their miming away t"om floods, but whoever heard of fielr belna: chased by fl flood and In an auto? And yet when I get to the 'Umax you ask if they got married. You bet they got married: but," ns I said In the beginning, the wife has never got over thnt s'aire." "It's rav o'llnion." reinarl od one of the Hsterers.' "ihnt the merit of the story co'is's In giving the lovers no automobile to ret nwny wllh. I got one of them, and when I'm speeding I find It convenient for.le ivlng the po lice behind." ADMINISTRATORS FINAL NOTICE. In the matter of the estate ) or r 1 A . 1 T-v I i . .1 .1 I Amanda uougniy, aeceaseu. ; Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned administrator of the estate of Amanda S. Doughty, deceased, has filed his final account in said estate with the Hon. County Court of Polk County, Oregon, and the same has been set for hearing on Saturday the 20th day of January 1912 at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at which time all persons having objections thereto, if any there beware hereby notified to appear and present the same to said court in the court room in Dal las, Polk County, Oregon, for adjust ment, and upon failure so to do, said administrator will take an order finally and fully closing said estate." J. M. Grant, Administrator of the estate of Amanda S, Doughty," deceased. Sibley & Eakin, Atty's for estate. TJO one watches current events more closely A than the farmer. , His Roll Service kwps him in touch with the outside worhl. The R. F, I), has helped him wonderfully. The Hell System helps him still more. It enables him to do business direct. Every Hell Telephone is the center of the whole Hell System. If not enrolled, join tlv Rreat urmy of farmers who feel thnt they cannot, il) busings without the Hell Service. For rates and data consult our loeal manager. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Successor to Folk County Hank Paid Capital, . - $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $13,000.00 J. B. V. Hutlku, President; Ira c. Powki.L, Vice Pres. and Cashier; W. K. Smith, Assistant Cashier. Transacts a General Banking Business DIRECTORS: I. M. SIMPSON', V. S. POWKI.L. J. H STUMP, J. H. V. UUTLUK. IRA C. POWKLL. Christmas Holiday Fares ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC Account the ChriBtmHS and New Year Holldaya, a special rate for student and others has been authorized from all points of One and one third fare for round trip sale dates for students: FROM: Albany, CorvalliB. Forest, Grove, Mt, Angel: Due, 20th and 21. McMinnville and Salem: Dec. 21st and 22nd. Dallas: pec. 22nd and 23nd. Eugene: Dec. 16th and 17th. 4 final return limit January 8, 1912. OTHER SALE DATES Between all stations in Oregon and California where regular fare is less than $15.00. December 23, 24, 25. 30, 31, 1911, January 1, 1912. Final return limit January 2, 1912. For full particulars call on nearest S. P. Agent, or write to JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. Th e Neat, Newsy and Clean Job work neatly done. Prices reasonable mmm HERALD
