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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1917)
r OF TlHE ETHEL IIUESTONI ILLUSTRATED BY W.C .IANNEI (Copyright, bjr the Bobbs-Merrlll Company.) A PAINFUL ACCIDENT BRINGS TRUE ROMANCE TO THE PARSONAGE GIRLS MAYBE REAL LOVE Mr. Starr, widower Methodist minister, Is assigned to the con gregation at Mount Mark, la. He has five charming daughters. Pru dence, the eldest, keeps house for him. Fairy Is a college freshman. Carol and Lark, twins, are In high school. Constance is the "baby." The activities of the Starr girls Prudence's work, Fairy's school af fairs, the pranks of the youngsters and the family perplexities make the story; it is simply a recital of glorified homely incidents. The preoedlng Installment described the capture of a notorious burglar in the parsonage and the reward promised the girls. CHAPTER VII Continued. 10 Mr. Starr pn Thursday morning had tnken the early eastbound train to Burlington. lie attended the evange listic services at the tabernacle In the afternoon and evening, and then went to bed at the hotel. He slept late the next morning. When he finally ap peared the clerk came at once from behind the desk to speak to htm. Two or three other guests, who had been lounging about, drew near. "We've Just been reading about your girls, sir," said the clerk respectfully. "It's a pretty nervy little bunch 1 You must be proud of them!" "My girls I" ejaculated Mr. Starr. ' "Haven't you seen the morning pa per? You're Mr, Starr, the Methodist minister at Mount Mark, aren't you?" . "I am! But what has happened to my girls? Is anything wrong? Give me the paper 1" Five minutes later Mr. Starr and his BUltcase were In a taxlcab speeding toward Union station, and within eight minutes he was en route for Mount Mark white in the face, shaky in the knees, but tremendously proud in spirit.! Arriving at Mount Mark, he was in stantly surrounded by an exclamatory crowd of station loungers. The name of Prudence was upon every tongue, and her father heard It with satisfac tion. In the parsonage he found at least two-thirds of the Ladles' Aid so ciety, the trustee? and the Sunday school superintendent, along with a miscellaneous assortment of ordinary member mixed up with Presbyterians, Baptists and a few unclassified outsid ers. And Prudence was the center of attraction. i She was telling the "whole story," for perhaps the fifteenth time that ,mornlng, but she broke off when her father hurried in and flung her arms Jubout him. "Oh, papa," she cried, j"they mustn't praise me. I had no ldea there was a burglar in the house iwlien, I ran down the stairs, and I hon estly can't see that much credit is jdue me." I- But Mount Mark did not take it so kalmly. And as for the Methodist ichurch well, the Presbyterian people used to suy there was "no living with those Methodists, since the girls caught a burglar In the parsonage," Of course jit was importunt, from the Methodist point of view. Pictures of the par ponnge and the church were In all the papers for miles around, and at their very next meeting the trustees decided to get the piano the Sundny school had been needing for the lust hundred years I When the five hundred dollars ar rived from Chicago, Prudence felt that personally she had no real right to the money. "We must divide it," she In sisted, "for I didn't earn it a bit more than any of the others. But It Is perfectly glorious to have five hundred dollars, Isn't it? Did yon ever have five hundred dollars before? Just take it, father, and use It for whatever we need. It's family money," Neither the younger girls nor their father would consent to this. But when Prudenco pleaded with them ear nestly, they decided to divide it. "I will deposit two hundred and fifty dollars for the four younger ones," he said, "and that will leave you as much." So it was settled, and Prudence was ft happy girl when she saw it snfely put away In the bank. CHAPTER VIII. ' ' Romance Comes. Sometimes, Methodists, or Frcsbyte rlans, or heretics whatever .we may be we are irresistibly impelled to the conclusion that things were simply bound to happen I However slight the cause still that cuusewas predestined from the beginning of time. A girl may by the sheerest accident step from the street car a block ahead of her destination an Irritating accident. But as she walks that block she may meet an old-time friend, and a stranger. And that stranger ah, you can never convince the girl that ber stepping from the car too soon was not ordered when the foundations of the world were laid. After all, It was very simple. Across the street from the parsonage lived a girl named Muttle Moore a common, unlovely, unexciting girl, who taught a country Bchool five miles out from town, and rode to and from her school, morning and evening, on a bicycle. One evening, early In June, when the world was fair to look upon, It was foreordained that Prudence should be turning In at the parsonage gate just as Muttle Moore whirled up, opposite, on her dusty wheel. Prudence stopped to Interchange polite Inanities with her neighbor, and Muttle, wheeling the bi cycle lightly beside her, came across the street and stood beneath the par sonage maples with Prudence. They talked of the weather, of the coming summer, of Mattle's school, rejoicing that one more week would bring free dom from books for Muttle and the younger parsonage girls. Then suld Prudence: "Isn't It great fun to ride a bicycle? I love It. Some' time will you let me ride your wheel?' "Why, certainly. You may ride now If you like." "No," suld Prudence slowly, "I used to ride, but am afraid It would not do now. Some of the members might see me, and well, I am very grown up, you know. Of course," she added hastily, "It Is different with you. You ride for business, but It would be noth ing but a frolic with me. I want to go early in the morning, when the world Is fast asleep. Let me take It tomor row morning, will you?" "Yes, of course you may," was the hearty answer. "You may stay out ns long as you like. I always sleep late on Saturdays." So Prudence delightedly tripped up the parsonage board walk, wheeling the bicycle by her side. She hid It carefully in the woodshed, for the twins were rash and venturesome. But after she had gone to bed, she con fided her plan to Fairy. "I'm going at six o'clock, and, Fairy, if I am a little late, you'll get break fast for papa and the girls, like a dear, won t you?" Fulry promised. And early the next morning Prudence, In red sweater jacket and cap, set out upon her secret ride. It was a magnificent morning, and Prudence sang for pure delight as she rode swiftly along the country roads, guided only by her own caprice. She knew it wus growing lute, "but Falry'll get breakfust," she thought, comfortably. Finally she turned In a by-road lead ing between two rich hickory groves. Dismounting nt the top of a long hill, she gazed anxiously around her. No one wns in sight. The nearest house was two miles behind, and the road wns lourf and smooth and Inviting, and the hill was steep. Prudence yearned for a good, soul-stlrrlug coast, with her feet high on the framework of the wheel, and tho pedals flying around beneath her skirts. It leaned safe. The only living thing in sight was a sober-eyed, serious mule peace fully grazing neur the bottom of the hill. Prudence laughed gleefully, like a child. She never laughed again In ex actly that way. "Here goes!" she cried, and, leaping nimbly luto the saddle, she pedaled swiftly a few times, nnd then lifted her feet to the coveted position. The pedals flew around beneath her, nnd the wind whistled about her la a most exhila rating wny. But as she nenred the bottom the placid mule suddenly stalked Into tho middle of the road. Prudence screamed, Jerked the handlebar to the right, to the left, and then, with a sickening thud, she struck the mule head first, and bounced on down to the ground, with a little cry of pain. Tho bicycle crashed besldo her, nnd the mule, slightly startled, looked around nt her with ears raised In silent questioning. Then he ambled slowly across the fond, and deliberately continued Ills grazing. Prudence tried to ralso herself, but she felt -sharp pain. She heard some one leuplug over tho fence near her, and wondered, without moving her head, if it could be a tramp bent on highway robbery. The next Instnut a man was leaning over her. "It's not a tramp," she thought, before he had time to speak. "Are you hurt?" he cried. "You poor child I" Prudence smiled plucklly. "My ankle Is hurt a little, but I am not a child." The young man, la great relief, laughed aloud, nnd Prudeuce Joined him rather faintly. "I'm afraid I cannot walk," she said. "I believe I've broken my ankle, maybe my whole leg, for all I know. It hurts pretty badly I' 'Lie down like this," he said, helping her to a more comfortable position, "do not move. May 1 examine your foot?" She shook her head, but he removed the shoe regardless of her headshake. "I believe It is sprained. I am sure the bone is not broken. But how in the world will you get home? How far is It to Mount Mark? Is that where, you live?" "Yes" considering "yes, I live there, and it must be four miles, any how. What shall I do?" In answer, he pulled off his coat, and arranged It carefully by the side of the road on the grass. Then Jerking open the bag he had curried, he took out a few towels, and three soft shirts. Hastily rolling them together for a pil low, he added It to the bed pro tem. Then he turned again to Prudence. 'I'll carry you over here, and fix you as comfortably as I can. Then I'll go to the nearest house and get a wagon to tuke you home." Prudence was not shy, and realizing that his plan was the wise one, she made no objections when he came to help her across the road. "I think I can walk if you lift me up." But the first movement sent such a twinge of pain through the wounded ankle that she clutched him frantically and burst Into tears. "It hurts," she cried, "don't touch me." Without speuking, he lifted her ns gently as he could and carried her to the place he had prepared for her. "Will you be warm enough?" he asked, after he hud stood looking awkwardly down upon the sobbing girl as long as he could endure It. 'Yes," nodded Prudence, gulping down the big sob rising In her throat. 'I'll run. This confounded cross-cut so, out of the way that no one will pass here for hours, I suppose. Now lie as comfortably as you can, and do not worry. I'm going to run." Oft he started, but Prudence, left alone, wns suddenly frightened. "Please, oh, please," she culled after him, and when he came back she buried her face in shame, deep la the linen towel. "I'm afraid," she whispered, crying again. "I do not wish to be left alone here. A snake might come, or a tramp." He sat down beside her. "You're nervous. I'll stay with you until you feel better. Someone may come this way, but It isu't likely. I ctit through the hickory grove to save a mile. That's "Sometime Will You Let Me Ride Your Wheel?" how I happened to find you." He smiled a little, and Prudence, remem bering the nature of her accident. Hushed. Then, being Prudeuce, she laughed. "It wus my own fault. I had no busi ness to go coasting down like that. But the mule wns so stationary. It never occurred to me that ho contemplated moving for the next century at lenst He was n bitter disappointment." She looked down the roadside where the mule was contentedly grazing, with never so much as u sympathetic glance ut his victim. "I'm nfruld your bicycle Is rather badly done up." Do you believe that Prudence could be made to believe there was such a thing as love at first sight? (TO BH CONTINUED.) New Mirror. Is Magnifier. A mirror which magnifies at any dls tauee without distorting the lines or the focus of the object reflected has been perfected by an Erie (Pa.) manu facturer. The mirror is particularly adapted to the needs of uiechuulcs In looking underneath or in buck of ob jects, but is also a practical household article. As It reflects a white light, it is said to recommend Itself particular ly to the examination of Internal or un derneath mechuulcul parts which are difficult to readjust unless taken to the light for examination. Hence, it Is also claimed to be Invaluable for ex amining the throat, teeth, mouth or eyes. On Parade. Don't get It wrong. A governor's stuff isn't something to lean on. Its sole function is to glisten. Indianap olis News. In 20 generations every person nai had 131,070 direct ancestors. ROAD BONDING ACT House Bill 550, referred to the peo ple at special election June 4, 1917. An act to provide for the construc tion of roads and highways in the state of Oregon ; provide for the issuance of bonds by the state of Oregon to raise money to carry out the purposes of thia act; to authorize the State high way commission to take such action and perform such duties as may be necessary to meet the requiremnts of this act; to designate and authorize the construction of certain hard-surfaced highways and certain roads and certain forest roads, and to provide for other post roads and forest roads; to provide for the letting of contracts for the construction, paving and mainte nance of roads and highways ; to make the surplus arising from the fees col lected under House bill No. 509 of the present legislative session a fund un der the jurisdiction of the State high way commission with which to pay in terest and principal on bonded indebt edness of the state, contracted by the state for road purposes, and other lawful claims incurred by said com mission, and to provide for modifying the terms of House bill No. 21 passed by the 29th legislative assembly of the state of Oregon, and to provide for submitting this act to the people and for the calling of a special election therefor, and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon : Section 1. The State Highway com mission is hereby authorized, empow ered and directed, during the next five years, to sell the bonds of the state of Oregon as hereinafter provided, in an amount sufficient to raise enough money to meet the requirements of this act. Provided, that not more than $1, 000,000 in bonds shall be issued here under during the year 1917, and that not more than $2,000,000 in addition to any surplus unissued or unexpended out of the $1,000,000 authorized for the year 1917, shall be issued during the year 1918. Section 2; The State Highway com mission is hereby authorized, empow ered and directed to enter into such contracts, appoint such officials, and do any other act or thing necessary to fully meet the requirements of this act. Section 3. The attorney general shall, under the direction of the State highway commission, prepare a form of interest-bearing gold bond of the State of Oregon, to be sold in order to provide funds for the carrying out of the purposes of this act. Said bonds shall be numbered serially, beginning at Number 1, and shall be payable in the order of their issuance. -Said State Highway commission is hereby author ized, empowered and directed to issue bonds of the State of Oregon for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act in an amount not exceeding $6,000,000.00, of which sum at least $600,000 shall be issued in denomina tions' of $500 each or less. Ttie bonds issued in any year under the provisions of this act shall be payable one-twentieth each year, commencing with the sixth year after the issuance thereof, One-half of the bonds payable each year shall be payable on the 1st day of April and the other half on the 1st day of October. Each bond shall bear upon its face a statement showing the date of its maturity. Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent per annum,- payable semi-annually on April 1st and October 1st. Principal and interest on said bonds shall be payable at the office of the state treas urer at Salem, Oregon, and if said State Highway commission shall so direct, said bonds may also provide for payment at some other place. Said bonds shall be in a form embodying an absolute promise of the state of Ore gon to pay the amount thereof in gold coin of the United States of America of the value and weight and fineness of the date of such bond, and shall be in such denominations as the State Highway commission shall elect. They shall be signed by the governor, secre tary of state and state treasurer. Said bonds shall bear coupons evidencing the interest to become due thereon for each installment of such interest, upon which shall be printed the facsimile of the signature of said officers. Said commission may, at its option, cause a part or all of said bonds to be payable to the purchaser thereof and register the name of such purchaser in the office of the state treasurer and pro vide an appropriate endorsement upon each of such bonds to the effect that the same will be paid only to the owner appearing on the register there of, and providing a method for re registering the same as the title may be passed, and it may also provide that a part or all of said bonds shall be pay able to bearer and not subject to regis tration. Not less than ten days before the payment of the principal or in terest falls due on any of the bonds provided for in this act, the State Highway commission shall certify to the state treasurer the amount neces sary to meet the payment thereof. Upon receipt of such certificate by the state treasurer he shall prepare and verify a claim for the amount men tioned therein, attaching thereto said certificate, and present the same to the secretary of state, who shall audit such claim in like manner as other claims against the state are audited. and pay the same out of any moneys provided by law for the payment thereof. The state treasurer is au thorized and directed to make any such payments of principal or interest on said bonds at such places, other thah at balem, Oregon, as the State High way commission may provide. All bonds and interest coupons upon pay ment shall be deposited by the state treasurer with the secretary of state to be attached to the original claim of the state treasurer for the. payment thereof. Section 4. The State Highway com mission Bhall provide such method as it may deem necessary for the adver tisement of each issue of said bonds before the same are sold, and shall also require such deposit with bids as may be required, and generally shall conduct the sale and issuance of said bonds under such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this act as shall be adopted by said commission. Section 5. The money arising from the sale of each issue of bonds shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund, which shall be used in carrying into effect the provis ions of this act. The secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to audit all claims incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act in the same manner as other claims against the state are audited, and pay the same from any moneys provided by law for the payment thereof upon the submission of duly verified vouchers therefor approved by the commission; provided, that bonds and coupons shall be paid as is provided in Section 3 hereof. Section 6. The highways described in Sections 6 and 7 of this act are hereby determined to be highways of first importance to the general public of the state of Oregon. It is hereby determined that the following high ways should be permanently con structed and finished with a hard surface. 1. The Columbia River Highway from the Multnomah county line to Astoria, Seaside, and south in Clatsop county to the Tillamook county line. Inasmuch as the counties of Columbia and Clatsop have already expended large sums of money in constructing the said Columbia Highway through said counties and in doing so have practically exhausted their ability to raise money by an issuance of county bonds, the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, from the funds arising under this act, in addition to paving said highway, to use from said funds sufficient to provide for the prep aration of said highway through said counties for the paving thereof. 2. The Pacific Highway from the Multnomah county line through Wash ington county and Yamhill' county by way of Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Mc- Minnville to Dallas, Monmouth and Independence, in Polk county; to Cor- vallis and Monroe in Benton county, and through Eugene to the north line of Douglas county. 3. The Pacific Highway from the Multnomah county line through Os wego, Oregon City and Canby in Clack amas county, thence through Marion and Linn counties, to a junction with the highway at Junction City. 4. Such portions of the Columbia River Highway between the Multno mah county line easterly through the city of Hood River and Hood River county and through The Dalles and Wasco county, through Sherman coun ty, through Gilliam county, by way of the town of Arlington and up the Co lumbia river to the confluence of the Umatilla river -with the Columbia river, thence up the Umatilla river through Hermiston, Stanneld, Echo and Pendleton, and thence by such route as shall be determined by the State Highway commission to La Grande, Baker, and to the Idaho line, as the county courts of the various counties affected shall agree to prepare the road ready for paving. Provided, that inasmuch as the county of Hood River has raised by a bond issue and expended upon said Columbia River Highway practically its full constitu tional limit, Baid commission may ex pend on said Columbia River Highway in Hood River county, such portion of the money arising under this act as it may deem proper in preparing said Columbia River Highway for paving. The various county courts in said coun ties in Eastern Oregon through which said Columbia River Highway is pro jected shall agree with the State High way commission upon what portions of said highway are to be paved with a hard-surface paving and what portions are to be constructed as post roads, and whenever any of. said counties shall have prepared a portion of said high way ready for paving, then the State Highway commissiftn shall proceed promptly to pave the same under the provisions of this act, and the remain der thereof shall be improved as a post road under the provisions of this act, and such portion so improved as a post road shall not be eligible for paving at the expense of the state under the pro visions of this act. 5. The Pacific Highway through Jackson county, where the same has not already been paved, along the route heretofore adopted by the State Highway commission. Inasmuch as the county of Jackson has already ex pended large sums of money in con structing said Pacific Highway, and in paving a large portion thereof, and in so doing has practically exhausted its ability to raise money by any issuance of county bonds, the said Highway commission is hereby authorized, from the funds arising from this act, in ad dition to completing the paving of said highway in Jackson county, to use from said funds sufficient to provide for completing the preparation of said highway through said county, for the paving thereof. 6. Commencng on the Columbia River Highway at or near Arlington, in Gilliam county, thence up Willow creek in Morrow county, through the cities of lone, Lexington and Hepp ner in Morrow county and through Pilot Rock, Pendleton, Adams, Athena, Weston, Milton and Freewater in Umatilla county, to the Oregon and Washington state line. 7. A road from the south line of Clatsop county, at the end of its high way described in paragraph 1 hereof, south by Wheeler to Garibaldi. 8. A road from the Multnomah county line by Tigard, Rex and New berg to McMinnville. For the purposes of this act tne above highways are to be known as hard-surfaced highways. Section 7. The following highways, to-wit: 1. The road running from the north line of Douglas county to the Jackson county line over the line of the Pacific Highway as adopted by the btate Highway commission; 2. All that portion of the Uolumbia river highway described in the fourth paragraph of the description of hard- surfaced roads as described in section 6 of this act, which the county courts of the several counties through which the same is located, shall not deter mine to prepare for paving hard-surfaced paving as is herein provided, shall be considered a post road, and eligible to improvement as Buch under the provisions of this act : 3. A road from Koseburg,by Myr tle Point and Coquille to Marshfield; 4. A road from the Pacific high way, from a point at or near McMinn ville, by Willamina to Tillamook City; 5. A road from The Dalles by way of Dufur, Maupin and Shaniko to Red mond, Bend and from thence to Klam ath Falls; 6. A road from Bend to Lakeview; 7. A road from an intersection with the Columbia river highway at a point either in Sherman or, Gilliam county, by way of Condon, Fossil and Spray and thence up John Day Valley to such point as the highway commis sion shall elect, and from thence to Vale and the Idaho line; A road from La Grande, through Union and Wallowa counties to Joseph; 9. A road from Bend, through Burns and Harney to Vale; shall be known as post roads and shall be constructed along routes between said certain points to be agreed upon by the representatives of the Federal government, and said State highway commission. Said post roads shall be constructed according to specifications agreed upon between the representatives of the Federal govern ment and said State highway commis sion. Provided, that if the counties of Douglas and Josephine, or either of them, shall prepare any part of the said Pacific highway and make same ready for paving according to the re quirements of the State highway com mission, then said commission shall immediately pave the road so pre pared, and such portion of said road shall be expected from the classifica tion as a post road. If the county of Coos shall prepare and make ready for paving, according to the requirements of the State highway commission, twenty or more miles in length of the post road between Roseburg and Marshfield hereinbefore described, or the county of Tillamook shall so pre pare and make ready for paving twen ty or more miles in length of the post road between Tillamook City and Mc Minnville, and if such portions of said roads, in either or both of said coun ties, are so prepared, that the same shall be ready for paving according to the requirements of the State highway commission shall immediately pave the road so prepared and Buch portion of said road shall be expected from the classification as a post road, and such portion shall then be classified as a paved road. Section 8. Roads over the follow ing routes are hereby adopted and des ignated as forset roads, towit: 1. A road from Medford in Jackson county as surveyed and adopted by the Federal government in cooperation with the State of Oregon, by the way of Crater Lake, to a point in Klamath county to be selected by the highway commission and the Federal officials representing the Federal government, operating under what is known as the "Shackelford bill." . 2. A road from a point in Lane county to be seclected by the State highway commission and the Federal officials representing the Federal gov ernment, operating under what is known as the "Shackelford bill," by way of the Siuslaw river, to a point in Coos county to be selected by said highway commission. 3. A road from Eugene connecting Williamette valley with Eastern Ore gon by way of the McKinzie river to Bend. 4. A road connecting the post road ' from the Columbia river highway up the John Day valley with the post road between The Dalles and Bend. 5. A road from Albany, via Leba non, Cascadia and Fish Lake, to Bend. No preference shall be given in the construction, improving or paving any of the roads described herein by reason of the numerical designation of such roads. The funds with which to pay the portion of the expense of the construc tion of said poBt roads and forest roads payable by the State of Oregon, shall be secured from the sale of bonds as is provided in house bill No. 21, passed by the present legislative session, which bill is entitled "A bill for an act to accept the benefits of the act passed by the Sixty-fourth congress cf the United States entitled 'An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes, ' and to provide for the issuance of bonds of the State of Oregon to raise such money as may be required to meet the requirements of said Federal statute, and to authorize the State board of Control to take such action and perform such duties as may be necessary to meet the requirements of said Federal act and Federal officials acting under said act." Of the funds made available by said act for post roads, at least sixty per cent shall be expended on the above mentioned post roads, in the counties east of the Cas cade mountains. No description ofcany highway pro vided for herein, shall be construed to prevent the State highway commission from making such local changes in the