Normal Alu-nnt Association.
Wednesday, June 18, was a
busy and interesting day for the
Alumni Association.
The annual business meeting
was held at the Normal building
at 2:30 p. m., there being a large
number in attendance. Many
matters of interest were dis
cussed and planned for the fu
ture. Thd following officers uer
elected for the ensuing ye:;r:
Y. 0. Russell, of Wasco, Oregon.
President ; Freda Gist, of Yam
hill. Oregon, 1st. Vice President;
J. B. Y. Butler, of Monmouth,
2nd. Vice President; Mrs. Alva
Craven, Monmouth. Secretary;
E. S. Evenden, Monmouth,
Treasurer. The President ap
pointed the following Executive
Committee for the year: Harry
Belt, Dallas. J. B. V. Butler and
Bessie Graham, Moumouih. to
act with the President and Secre
tary of the Association.
The public program was given
at 8 p. m. Mr. W. C. Ruther
ford, of McMinnville. giving the
annual address. The musical
numbers consisting of a piano
slo. Burton Arant, and voc;d
solos by P. 0. Powell and Freda
Gist, were well recehed and
enjoyed.
The banquet was served by C.
C. Mulkey at the gymnasium,
which was most beautifully dec
orated for the occasion. Mr.
Mulkey can certainly be recom
mended as do ng the right thing
in this direction. Harry Belt
presided as toastmaster in one of
his most hipyy and pleasing
moods, Mr. Tyler's Orchestra
added much to the evening's en
joyment. After a song in which
all participated, good, night wasi
said, and another year rolled into
the past.
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Edgar Crane from the lime Ue couid
talk was considered peculiar. As a
little boy lie eviueed a distaste for lit
tle girls, and as a yoiiiB bis antipathy
for the opjKisite sex increased rather
than diminished. I'.y the time he
came of age he was a hardened worn
an hater Sucb wen usually are de
voted to their own sex Not so Crane.
He had hut little more use tor men
than women.
Ad aunt vainly endeavored to get
what she called "this nonsense" out
of him and. (ailing, told him that he
would some day liecouie a convert to
her views and surrender under cir
cumstiimes no more sensible than was
his opposition. When shp died her
nephew was still of the same opinion.
The old lady left him her fortune.
$100,001). with tue stipulation that if
he married half the amount was to po
to a foundlings' home. Thus did she
arrange to show her spleen after her
death.
Edgar Crane had $10.0(10 of his own.
and, taking b!s fortune with him. he
went west to lieiome a rancher. Me
bought a large tract of land and built
a house In the middle of it. thus keep
Ing as far as possible from neighbors.
His house was comfortable, and bis
domain was attractive, being made up
of plains and rolling land, partly
wooded, iie slocked it with a few
sheep, hut spent more money for
books to put In his library than for
sheep to stork his ranch
His lands were so extended that It
was some time before he had visited
every part of them. Indeed, be spent
most of his time at home reading
When he did ride out it was for the
purpose of seeing if there were tres
passers on his grounds. Several years
passed and he showed no signs of dis
satisfaction with bis mode of life
Then one day when riding up on an
eminence he saw a little shanty built
of a few logs, some boards and con
siderable brush on a spot that be
knew was within his bounds. m
With blood in Ills eve lie put spurs
to his horse and rode to the cabin
KeltiiiiK up before the door, lie called
for the trespasser to come out. He
ceivlng no reply, he dismounted and
put his head within the door He sur
veyed one room, all there was. A mud
chimney with an open tlreplaee stood
at one side. Instead of a bedstead a
bunk was built in a comer. There were
a chest of drawers, a table and several
chairs, the bottoms of the latter being
Imperfect.
Crane went inside with a view to
leaving n notice for the trespasser to
quit. A charred stick he found on the
clay hearth served his purpose, and a
board which constituted a part of the
wall stood in lieu of writing paper. He
wrote simply:
Lave at otic
owner or PHOPKRTT
He was turning to leave when t'U the
bunk he saw n beap that excited his
curiosity. Keuiovlitg a' lii lit covering,
he looked upon the face of a s'eeping
babe. The covering had evidently
been laid to protect It front Hies and
other Insects Th.re was something in
this little lump of iinconsel ins uotire
sistanee that was dlaiin trieally differ
ent from Kdgar Crane's eombutive
ness. The child slept on. unmindful of
being at the Inercy of the man on
whose property It had Illegally squat
ted.
As Crane looked 1ovu uimn the
Innocent face his pugnac'tv began to
oo.e out. A l!y lit ou th" soft round
cheek, causing a slight twitching on
the part of the sleeper Crane brush
ed it away Then, carefully replacing
the covering, be tiptoed from the bunk
lest lie should awaken the baby Unv
ing Hie cabin, he mounted bis horse
and rode away.
He had no sooner left the Influence
of the innocent little squatter than
the h:ihlt of his life regained its mas
tery. He was pleased at rememl ring
having left his notice to quit- not that
he expected the child on awakening to
pay any attention to It. but when Aie
parents, who were away doubtless pro
viding In some way the ue css;iris of
life, returned they would sc. It and
understand tlici tb-.v must move on
Tile rain tier gave the squatters three
days to get off his promise; not that
so much time was needed, but he
didn't wish to 'listen to ex. use;-then
he went to the spot again lie found
the same status as before o one
was at home bin the h.-iliy. and this
infantile squatter was asleep He up
proarhed the Mink to Mud that, though
the head was covered, a foot and live
little toes were exposed Crane was
about to draw the clothing down over
them when he paused for a look
F rom a look he proceeded to a touch
How waxy they were! He bent down
to examine them more closely, and the
first tiling he knew he bad touched his
lips to Ciem
The h.-jjiy pulled Its little fool out of
sight and that ended Its connection
with Crane's visit. Turning, he look
ed for a reply to his message Though
he searched evervwhere he found
none With n charred stick he wrote-
Wilt give you threp day more
Instead of giving three days hp gave
six and doubtless would have given
more bad not a herder be employed
ridden up to bis house one evening and
said to him:
"Air. crane, did you know y' got a
fouudiin' asylum on yel ruu. hV"
"What do you mean?'
. ".Some one has put up a mud and
board shuuty over by the creek and
left a baby m it. I rode pusi mere us
1 come in uud. tie.inn a clulu squall
in', looked in. and there was uo one
there but the baby."
"I'll go and see about that." replied
Craue with severity, though In his
heart was a tear thai l he piuu toed
baby had been deserted by its purenls.
Somehow l tie condition under which
bis aunt had left luui her fortune
came up to mock biin. She had
predicted that he would eventually do
something erratic in the way of mar
riage, and In case he did he must turn
ever the legacy to a foundlings' home.
He had just been Informed that he
had a foundlings' home ou his ranch.
There was something uncanny about
the affair.
Nevertheless be rode on When he
came near the cabin he heard the child
crying piteously. All was dark He
entered and after a search found a can
dle and some matches Striking a
light, he went to the baby and began
to pat andsing to It as he had heard
mothers and nurses do The baby ceas
ed to cry. Taking the caudie to the
bunk, he let the light fall on the baby.
The little thing blii.ked Its eyes, and
Crane held the candle where it was Hot
to be seen. Then the tiny face broke
Into a smile.
But the child was hungry, and Its
good humor did not last long. Crane,
divining the cause, went to a cupboard
made of a box. where he found milk,
and since there was plenty of wood
for a fire he soon had the food warm
ed and in the baby's bottle Then, put
ting It between the pink lips, he had
the satisfaction of seeing his charge
pull lustily.
Ten o'clock came, but uo human be
ing. Eleven passed, and when an old
loud ticking Connecticut clock wheez-
I ed 12 Crane canio to the conclusion
t lint the baby had been left to die
Lying down beside It. he determined to
remain with It till morning, then take
It to his own house.
He awoke to ace the sun shining in
at the open door. And he saw aome
thing else a woman about twenty
years old. standing, looking down on
him and the baby, who was using his
breast for M pillow and hail one leg
thrown over him. On the woman's
fin e was an expression of terror, which
j as she looked faded Into one of nails
faction, tlieu broke Into a smile. Kor a
few moments while Crane was awak
ening he was too confused to apeak
When be did so he said:
"Tor tieaveu sake, why did you leave
this baby here all night alone?"
, "Aro yon the owuer of this land?"
"Yes"
"Well, we hadu't anything to eat,
and I took one of your lambs A herd
er saw tue do It and took me In 1
told him my baby was here ulono. hut
he wouldn't believe me. Just before
dii.vllfclil lie fell asleep, and I got
away "
"Where's the child's father?"
"Iead"
"Were you his wife?"
"No"
Crane understood. Matrimony In
that region was regarded rather as a
luxury than au essential.
The rancher went home and sent
back to the mother a good breakfast,
with fresh milk for the child. He hud
not yet sutliclcntly recovered from his
prejudices to bring them to the ranch
bouse. Instead be built them a tine
cabin near by
Crane considered that be had saved
the child's life or uihtht have saved It
and regarded the fatherless little thing
as under Ills especial protection The
mother needed protection as well us the
child Crane took care to build her
cabin Just far enough from bis house to
prevent, her troubling him. She was n
comely young woman and. though un
educated, developed under bet lei sur
roundings than those to which s'ic had
tiecn accustomed a good deal of sense
: Crane got Into the bnbll of going to
talk with her. then consult wlih her.
and In time she became necessary to
Ills conifo-i His boolis nielli while had
losi a good deal of their freshness for
him He llted "his kid." as he called
the little trespasser, daily, and he
couldn't very well see the kid without
seeing Its mother
Several years went by. and Crane be
gun to think of bringing the trespass
ing family to his home marry ing the
mother so that lie would have them
handy. But his aunt's will stood In the
way. He was too honorable to attempt
to get round his aunt's iwovlslou or to
compromise those who were In his
power
Then hp went east for i while to try
a separation, but he had had few
friends there, and they had scattered.
He returned to his ranch and his
squatter family.
It was hard for him to make up his
mind to take a widow who hail never
been married and hard to give up half
his estate, but as tlinp wore on he
couldn't see anything else for himself
to do.
He was drifting toward the litev
itable. At last he succumbed. Ills
wife proved a treasure to him. and liv
ing In a land where there was no social
station to keep up. the family did not
live under a cloud The child, a boy,
grew to be a Hue young fellow, and
children were born to Crane as well.
".My mi'it." Crane said, "had a re
markable faculty for looking nhe-d."
Iioiilitless the old lady recognized the
fact that a man of extremes must pass
from one extreme to another. At any
rate, she got uncart of the limn whom
she could not influence and made hlra
pav well for his obstinacy.
HOW MUSSELS ARE CAUGHT.
And What Happens to the Molluikt
After They Are Landed.
The gathering of iiins-uU forms
an iiiipiirliint indnstrv in the mid-
ill" west. Tli( pui.-scl fisherman's
iiiitlit consists of n lxii t anil a pair
"I dredges. A (I retire is composed
of ordinary gas pipe whereto a nutn
hcr of hooks are attached, each
hook showing four prongs.
l'lisii'tiing it stout rope to his
.dredge, the hunter drops it over
board, nnd as tlic boat drifts with
the current the dredge drugs along
the bottom of i lit stream. The
' mussel lies with shell open, and
when iho prong of a book striken
within i he opening of the mussel's
two shells t lie deluded tnollusk, un
der Hie impression Unit it has cap
j tured something edible, closes down
, on the hook with a viselike grip.
After (lout ing twenty 'or thirty
I'nnls the dredge is pulled up and
the remaining dredge is dropped
' from the opposite side of the boat.
It is not tinusuul for a fisherman to
I capture us many hs a hundred mus
sels at a single drop of the dredge.
! no .i n a i. . -i. -
i ncii i ne usiieniiau tins got: as
many mussels as his boat will con
veniently curry be rows ashore and
undertakes the "cooking out" proc
ess. The mussels are transferred
SUMMER VACATIONS
SEASHORE OR MOUNTAINS
VIA
Season Tickets on Sale
Daily Untill Sept. 30
IO(iI)lNSMASTAI
P.QUtfJ
Tillamook and
Rnwun (turn fnini Hi irlmlaJ atatlona to Newport ur Tillamook llimiliva are iw follow:
KUOM TO KAKK TO FAKE
Portland NcwKrt $ti.25 Tillamook $4.00
Oregon City " CUIi 4.711
Salem " 5.15 " ti.lHl
Albany " 4.00 " 7,:io
Corvaliia " 3.7r " 7.10
Ktlgene " 5.K0 " 9. (SI
KoseburK " K.7r " 12.U0
Mettford " 12.00 ' 17.20
Ashland " 12.00 " 17.75
Correiiii!iriir lew furen from other Hint, Week etui Irkela on nla from viirlmia polnta.
SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAIN ON THE C. & E. R R.
Leave Albany it 7:20 , in.. CorvnllU 7. SO . m .ami ronmvtji with (he S. 1' Iralna lA ami 14
Northbound anil No. hi Southbound,
EXCURSION FARES EAST
Tikitft will toiuM from nil miiln urn) brunch tin point In OrKn to Ktwittrn ilmtitintton
one wny I h rutin h I'-nlifurnin or vi t'orttnml. Ktup-ovcw within limit,
TICKETS ON SALE DAILY TO SEPt. 30
Final Return Limit Oct. 3 1 at
Kur beautifully illtmtrateil booklet "Vacation t'aya," ami bookleta riWtlhtix Tillamook
County lleaohha. Newport aiul other olnta, aa well aa Information almut Kaalnrn Karea. rouiea.
atnp-overe. eu, rail on nenreel Aaenl or write to
John M, Scott, General 1'assctiKer Aent, Portland, Oregon
from the limit In u Innk tluil Imlils
from oOtl to l.tioti miiiihIs. Here the
iinisok are lioilcil for unv hour, a
pim-cxs tlnil l.in.-ciir. the incut from
ihe shell. The hells are placctl
it poii a pint form, ulicrc they lire
Mirleil iinil cleiilii'il fur liiUiielit.
The price p.ii'1 for ihe r-liells in ton
lot- Jroiiueiitly loiuhes the $10
nun k.
While the r-liell form the prin
cipal product of mussels, the fisher
man not infrequently has the luck
of finding a valnahle pearl in his
eiitt li. A pearl lo lie of lirt (piul
ilv miit lx of good luster ami of a
roii ticl. lititinti or pear shape. If
it is irregular in form, luit has a
lii'illinnt color, it lias some value.
An irregularly shaped pearl is called
a haro(iie. A pearl to lie of uny
great value i-lioiilil he not less than
one-eielitli of an inch in diameter
and in color should he white, pink,
purple, hrown or hluck.
I-reiiiently the nuns-el ftHliertncn
find pearls of perfect shape, but of
a dull lead color. These are wortli
Ices a tul are known as "dead pearls."
Another product of the mussel
deserving mention is the "slug."
The "slti:.'" is always irregular in
form and is composed of the same
matter that goes to make up the
pearl, although it does not possess
i-tiHicietit brilliance to be ela.-sed as
a liiiroiiie. "Slugs" aro employed
in the manufacture of cheap jew
elry, and the price for them ranges
from $ to $I..M) an ounce.
1,'enrls, biu'oipies and slugs are
thought to be formed by the mussel
is a means of protection against ir
rilalion. A foreign substance, such
an, for example, a grain of sand, ef
fects an cut ranee between the
shells. This irritates the mussel,
and lo protect itself it envelops the
offending object in a coat of naere
of varying thickness. Harper's
Weekly.
A Plant That Coughs.
All have read of carnivorous
plants, of laughing plants and of
plants that weep, but who has
heard of a plant that coughs? There
is the authority of a French bota
nist, however, for- the statement
that a plant in various tropical
regions actually possesses tho power
to cough in the most upproved man
ner. The fruit of this plant re
sembles the common broad bean.
It appears that the coughing plant
is something of a crunk, that it easi
ly works itself into a rage and that
it has a curious horror of all dust.
As soon as a few grains of dust are
deposited on its leaves the air cham
bers that cover their faces and are
the respiratory organs of the plant
become filled with gas, swell and
end by driving out the gas with a
slight explosion and a sound that
resembles so much the cough of a
child, suffering from a cold as to
carry a most uncanny sensation to
the one beholding the phenomenon.
Chicago Record-Herald.
THE
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Saturday and Sunday
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Newport Beaches
Church Directory.
KVANdlill.lfAt. Cllllltl II
W, A. it!KKKitoY, Pastor.
Morning service at
KvoniliK service ul
Sunday School at
Y. P. A. Meeting at
11:00 o
7:;i0 o
10:00
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Prayer Meeting Wednesday eve
CI1KIST1AN CMUhTll.
J. M. OltltK'K, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. (X)
Kvcniiitf Service at 7;,'1()
Sunday School 1():(M)
Y. P. S. C. K. 6:30
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:.'t0
a. in.
p. in.
a. m.
p. in.
p. in.
HAITIST CUUJUTI.
(J. A. Pot.i.AKt), Pastor
j Sunday School at " - 1(;()0. a, m
Morning worship, - 11:00 a. m
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W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the K
vanjjelieal church at 2:30 p. m.
KXKCUTOK'S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue of the terms of the last Will
& Testament of Poena K. Meeker, de
ceased, the undersigned executor of the
estate of Uoona K. Meeker, deceased,
will from and after the 20th day of
June, 19111, proceed to sell the follow
ing real estate, to-wit: Lot No. 1 in
Block No. 5 in the city of Monmouth,
Polk County, Oregon, belonging to said
estate, at private salu, to the highest
bidder for cash, in accordance with the
terms of said will and in the manner
prescribed by law, subject to confirma-
i tion by said County Court.
Bids may be made to the undersigned
at his residence, at Monmouth, Oregon,
! or sent by mail.
Dated this 22nd day of May, 1913.
W. M. Mkekeii,
Executor of the estate of Roena E.
Meeker, deceased.
B. F. Swope, Attorney.
THE
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