ELK S TAKE PO R TLAN D . D O IK Of THE I Q C ity Illuminated a t N ever B e f o r e - Thousands A rrive . INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TRE STATE /S tanton follow. He was going to the reatatl rant In the Interior of the stand. B ut as he passed a big white loup Ing car a t the end of the row, a wom an leaned from the shadow of the top. ”1 beg your pardon," she sum moned, her tone composed and ra th e r imperious. T he apology veiled a command. Stanton halted. "M adam ?” be responded, astonished and scarcely pleased. She deliberately stepped down be side him, accompanied by the crisp sound of shaken silk and a drift of faint, rich fragrance. She wore a dark motor-veil, and In the m ingling of dense shadows and glaring lights It was not possible to distinguish more than her general effect of youth and well poised grace. ”1 fancied by your costume th at you were one of the racers," she explained. “And as I only arrived an hour ago, I wished to beg some inform ation.” “I am one of the m en driving,” he corroborated. She turned to glance a t the car* rushing by, struggling for the leud “Thank you. Can you tell me w hether Ralph Stanton is now driving the M ercury?” "No," he answ ered, Interested fol the first time. "But he will take the wheel again in half an hour.” "Ah? I have heard so much of his spectacular feats, I," she gave a care less, rippling laugh, "I confess I should like to see some of them ." "Yes? Well, half the people her* come to see w hether some of the men won’t take a chance once too often. They say there Is a pleasant thrill in watching some one else get killed.” “H ardly that," she demurred. "Still, If one comes to an autom obile race; one w ants to see som ething more ex citing than a drive in the park; sum » thing m ore exciting th an —th at.” Sh4 waved a fragile hand toward the track, shrugging her shoulders with an airy am usem ent and scorn. Stanton surveyed the scene, th* darkness hiding his expression. "T he Mercury is m arking time with a su b stitu te driver, the Duplex Is oil with a choked feed-pipe, and the Stern w ent through the fence," he summed up. "The others are driving to win by endurance, playing for accidents tt the fa ster cars. It is a dull period, Just now. Yet every car there Is go Ing fast enough to face destruction II anything goes wrong.” She turned to him again, and h< knew her gaze sw ept him interroga tively, searchingly. But bis clos» fitting linen costum e offered no m eant of identification, since he purposely kept from the light the silver letter! running across his Jersey. Portland, Ju ly 8. — P ortland is in possession of the Elks. From every E X P E R IM E N T F A R M U R G E D . S H O W S B IG F A R M . sta te and every clim e the an tlered m ultitude and th e ir fam ilies poured D r. W ithycom ba Tells H o w O regon M o ro E xperim ent S tation Host to into the city yesterday. More than a Could Increase W ealth, Visiting B oosters. score of special tra in s arrived, each Oregon A gricultural College, Cor Moro— Moro sta te and Federal ex carry in g its burden of pleasure-seek ing lodge men. ¡Every regular train v a llis—Dr. Jam es W ithycom be, d irec périm ent farm was host to v isitors carried its full quota of convention to r of the ag ric u ltu ra l ex p erim en t from all p a rts of Sherm an county General Resume o f Im po rtant Event* crowds. Nearly all the regular trains statio n a t Oregon A gricultural college from P ortland, and from neighboring ta r c f The G j iiio anJ (he C aixSe and five sub-stations a t Moro, Her- counties. The O.-W. R. & N. reduced Presented In Condensed F o rm operated in special sections. m iston, Union, Burns and T alent, in fares for fa rm e rs’ day, and this E lks from C alifornia, Oregon, TheFlym ^ M ercury etc. fo r O u r Busy Readers. W ashington and Idaho points predom his address before the ranchers who helped swell the attendance. attended the F a rm e rs’ Roundup at The d a y ’s program opened w ith the inated in 'num bers from early in the FREDEPiC THORNBURGH day. L ate last night the eastern part Moro, em phasized the value of dem on a rriv a l of a passenger tra in from the Mexican rebels are p reparing to in of the U nited S ta te s contributed its stra tio n farm work as a m eans o f in southern p a rt of the county. V isitors mcn sw arm ed around to fill tanks and vade the sta te of Sonora. share. Jersey City sent more than troducing scientific m ethods of fa rm w ere conducted over the experim ent S YN O P S IS . give swift inspection, and the fretting farm by S uperintendent Stephens and N ine C am orrists who have been on 100, w hile C incinnati, New York, and ing. car sped back to (he track. Dr. W ithycom be sta te d th a t in his his corps of assistants. V isitors were At t h e b e g i n n i n g o f g r e a t a u t o m o b i l e tria l two years in Italy for murder, o th er points (east of the M ississippi Left opposite each o th er in the flick (tu* m e c h a n i c i a n o f the M e* ury. contributed heavily to the arrivals. opinion, the m aintenance o f dem on divided into groups, each in charge of have been convicted. i t e ering glare of the sw inging electric All n ig h t long the m agnificent stra tio n farm s in each county in the an a ssista n t. In the afternoon a m eet S t a nt n ii t o . n J ' e s s s m e a h c l h u i y n d e , . v d o r o l u p n s t e d e e r s a , d . and S t r is a n ac Elks by thousands arriv e in the city train s of five, six, e ig h t and even a sta te under com petent supervision, ing was held in the opera house. lumps, driver and m echanician stood cepted. of Portland and the official session of dozen splendidly equipped coaches would result, w ithin the n e x t five for a m oment, weary, car-stiff, and The experim ent farm now has 500 the Grand Lodge is opened. C H A P T E R I. (Continued.) still tense. Stanton unclasped his years, in increasing the ag ric u ltu ra l v a rie tie s o f grow ing crops, and the reached the city. Coin’ to throw away the race a n ’ m ask with a Jerk, took a step toward P ortland was a ready host. P o rt products of the s ta te $10,000,000 an sam e am ount of land under p rep ara Hot w eather continues in the E ast and m any deaths result. New York land Elks had prepared amply for such nually. T his could be accom plished, tion for experim ents n e x t year. It wreck your m achine, for foolishness?” the tent, then turned tow ard his a s a crowd. Portland citizens, too, had he said, w ithout adding a square rod has 34 varieties of w heat, the seed he inquired. "T h at's Just like you, sistant. had the h o tte st Ju ly 8 since 1876. "The th ree hours are up," he ob taken up the burden and shared the of ground to the presen t farm acreage. being im ported from foreign coun Ralph Stanton. You'll risk a blow-out A move is on foot in W ashington to responsibility and the joy of caring served roughly. "I suppose you leave Dr. W ithycom be said in p a rt: tries, including G erm any, France, un’ a sm ash to save five m inutes in induce both T a ft and Roosevelt to for thousands of guests. “ D enm ark has m ade phenomenal A u stria and A lgeria. Eleven va rie tw enty-four hour race. You can drive, me." w ithdraw from the presidential race. "W hy do you suppose th a t? Are The C ourt of Honor, w hich is the ag ricu ltu ral progress under th is sys tie s of a lfa lfa , grow ing w ith o u t ir r i but you won't use common sense.” Som ething snapped under S tan to n ’s you through with m e?” Floyd asked, W ith an area gation, w ere shown. Severe e arthquake shocks have been m asterpiece of decorative a rt, was il tern o f instruction. The e x p eri with studied quietness. fe lt in A laska, w ireless communica- lum inated in all its glory. Its g re at equalling one-sixth th a t o f our own m ent farm today has 97 v a rie tie s of m ask. Raging with silent fury, ”1 m ade th e offer to any m an who tion was interru p ted and another e rup tow ering buildings sm iled down on the sta te , Denm ark supports 2,690,000 dom estic w heat, besides the foreign slowed down his c a r and swung into good-humored crowds ¡beneath the people and annually ex p o rts m ore than v a rie tie s; 16 of oats, 47 of barley, 10 the paddock gate as they came oppo would go for the first th ree hours. tion of Mt. K atm ai is feared. site it. thundering through to his own The tim e is up; you’re free to get A young Socialist in Sw itzerland has b rillian t lights. The m onster electric $100,000,000 w orth o f b u tte r, eggs o f corn, 14 o f field peas, 12 of grain camp. your money from Mr. Green, and signs upon the ta lle st stru c tu re s and bacon. This re su lt is accom plished sorghum , 4 of em m er, 15 of alfalfa, inherited $130,000, and his friends are “ Fix th a t tire ,” he commanded, as leave.” caused prolonged study from all v isi under adverse a g ric u ltu ra l conditions, 6 of g rass, 2 each of kale and rape, now w a itin g to see if he will d istrib Floyd took off his own m ask and tors. Those who have attended form much o f the country being so bleak as and 22 v a rie tie s of potatoes. T here the sw arm of m echanics surrounded u te it according to his belief. er grand lodges m arveled w ith those to n ecessitate the b lan k e tin g o f the a re 160 plots devoted to tillag e and them , and descended from his seat to bared his white, steadfast face and The Pacific Mail steam er C ity of who never had seen an E lk s’ reunion. cows to keep them com fortable w hile crop rotatio n , dem o n stratin g the bene confront the assistan t m anager. "H ave tired eyes to the o th er’s gaze. ”1 entered for the race, or for as W hile the care-free m ultitudes a t pa stu re du rin g the sum m er se a fits of good, bad and indifferent fa rm you got me a nother m echanician, Panam a was disabled off the C alifor yet? T his one won’t do." m uch of It as you w ant me,” he cor ing. n ia coast and signalled for aid by thronged the decorated thoroughfares son.” W hy, no,” Mr. Green deprecated. rected. “U ntil you quit, or find a sub w ireless. The steam er Rose C ity an of the city, the m achinery of the "T he driv er who alte rn a tes w ith you stitu te you like better, I'm w ith you.” R O G U E R IV E R S E E S R E C O R D . grand lodge was busy inside the M ult R A IS E “ B U S T E R B R O W N " A P P L E S sw ered and took her in tow. w ants to keep his m echanician; They looked a t each other. nomah hotel, grinding out its reg u lar W hile digging for a spring on “Go rest, then. T here is coffee in yearly routine of work, p rep arato ry to “ Y ellow K ids” and “ Mary J a n e ” Also F ru it and G rain C ro p s A re Unusual sides, the man isn't exactly ready to go with you, and he couldn’t do both farm two m iles south of Brownsville, the opening of the re g u la r sessions on side,” bade Stanton, and sw ung on his and Danger is Past. W ill Figure Prom inently. shifts, anyhow. I've telephoned heel. Oregon, the owners of the farm di Tuesday m orning. Gold H ill — So assured are f r u it the company to find a man and rush covered an abandoned tunnel four feet At the e n tra n ce to his ten t he was Hood R iver—C harles A. B artcher, wide and tw elve feet high. of Chicago, who is in te rested w ith R. grow ers of a record crop in the Rogue him here. W hat,” he looked toward m et by the exultant a ssista n t mans- S H U T O U T IN O K L A H O M A . ger. R iver Valley this y ear th a t the cry of the group around the car, w here F. O utcault, the noted a r tis t and c a r The huge stre e t clock in fro n t of 'T’ve got you a m echanician, Stan toonist who o rig in a ted “ B u ster the grow ers for more th in n e rs is fre Floyd's bronze head shone In the elec Portland jew elry store stopped a t 11 Political Bolters Find N o Place Un- B row n” and “ M ary J a n e ,” the child quent. O ld-tim ers declare the trees tric light as he directed proceedings, to n !” he exclaim ed Jubilantly. “I tel der Peculiar Laws. o'clock Monday n ig h t as the Elks never have been more heavily laden, "w hat’s the m atter w ith this one? ephoned our fix to headquarters, and ren of a comic Sunday supplem ent, Grand I-odge was singing “ Auld Lang Jack R upert Is coming down-—the Oklahoma C ity.—T here will b? no has been here th is week on business and now th a t the d anger o f fro st is S cared?” Syne” in memory of absent ones, and third party in Oklahoma. Roosevelt and looking over the v a lle y ’s orchard practically past, it seem s alm ost cer "N o,” conceded Stanton, grudgingly chief te s te r at the factory, you know, the proprietors of the store decided to Republicans find th ere is no w ay for land. The land in w hich the cartoon ta in th a t a bum per crop will be h a r Just. “Insolent and Interfering.” who used to race with the chief him let it rem ain in th a t position during them to put a p arty in the field, un ist is in terested is owned by several vested. self. He 'phoned th at he wouldn’t see "W ell, if th at is all—” the re st of the week in honor o f the der the title o f the Progressive Re New York men. The grow th, both of old and young Slnnton turned his back upon the the M ercury throw n out but to tell I t com prises 1600 E lk s’ fe stiv itie s in the city. publicans or any other title sig n ify in g acres n e ar O kanogan. A g re a t m any trees, has been phenomenal, every ec speaker, recklessly and blindly angry, you he was going to cancel his life insurance policy first so he would not Two E lk s' grand lodge com m ittees th a t it is an offshoot of the Republi trees already have been se t out. The c e n tric ity of ¡an unusual season ap past all reasoning. This W hen, the brief operation com be accused of suicide for the 1 neflt rem ainder of the orchard is being paren tly being beneficial. m et in Portland and the city is full of can party. The sam e rule applies to Dem ocrats. cleared by a crew o f negroes brought tru e not only of fru it trees, b u t of all pleted, Floyd sprang up beside his of his heirs. Funny chap! H e ll be Elks ready for the national conven grow ing things. An unusually heavy driv er for the sta rt. Stanton surveyed here before you go on the track The D em ocratic organization in O kla out from K entucky. tion. a again.” “ W e are plan tin g only Delicious, first crop o f a lfa lfa is harvested, w ith him through his goggles. A viator Christofferson was unable homa carefully screw ed down the lid "W hat for?” dem anded Stanton. “If “If you are nervous about m y driv to fly a t Tillamook on Ju ly 4, ow ing to to prevent the success of any bolting Jo n a th an s and Yellow N ew to w n s,” the second crop coming rapidly. Hay, I kill my m echanician, I kill my car (TO B E C O N T I N U E D .) dangerous cross currents of a ir which p a rty when Oklahom a became a sta te . says Mr. B artcher. “ A unique scheme oats and barley will yield b e tte r than ing and my sense, you had b e tte r get This fa ct is not generally known. A has been devised by Mr. O utcau lt to in years, b u t so rank has been the off now," was the grim warning. "F or and m yself—I don’t need two men, prevented him rising above 50 feet. Banana Disease Threatens M arket. candidate for nom ination m ust file as m ake the boxes a ttra c tiv e and crea te grow th th a t scarcely a field is seen I drive as I see fit, and I’m going to and I’ve got one.” Grand Arm y men refused to partici “But I thought you said—’’ began Because of the fact th a t the muck m ake up these laps.” Dem ocrat, R epublican, Socialist or a demand for the fru it. We will call w hich is not lodged to some e x te n t. pate in F ourth of Ju ly exercises a t dreaded “I’anam a banaua disease,' Prohibition, or else as an independent. "W hy are you w asting tim e here, the amazed Mr. Green. apples the ‘M ary Honolulu because the D eclaration of He is precluded under the law from the Delicious I was wrong. 'Phone R upert th at which h a j devastated the banana plait th en ? ” countered the m echanician, C O O S BAY W ORK P LA N N ED . Independence was read by a Japanese filing as an “ Independent R epublican” J a n e s ,’ the Jo n ath an s, the ‘B u ster practically. Browns, ’ and the Yellow N ew tow ns, girl. The Mercury hurtled viciously down or "P ro g ressiv e D em ocrat,” or in any the ‘Yellow K id s.’ E very apple w ill P o rte r B ro th ers M ake A rrangem ents the line of training cam ps and burst Chicago celebrated the F ourth w ith o ther way in which he m ay seek to use bear a w rapper and every box a label P re lim in ary to C onstruction, out on the track like a blazing m eteor. the name of one of the four p a rties. handsom ely illu stra te d by an en g rav out an accident, the first on record. M arshfield— R. B. P o rte r and G rant Stanton shifted into high gear on the F ilin g tim e expired Ju n e 27. The ing from one of Mr. O u tc a u lt’s d raw On account of Canadian fuel oil ta r Roosevelt R epublicans m ade no effort in g s.” Sm ith, o f th e firm of P o rte r Brothers, curve, and began to drive—as he saw iff law s it is likely all ships plying be to p u t a tic k e t in the field and cannot railroad contractors, arriv ed in the fit. tw een Canadian and U nited S ta te s do it now. city to m ake arran g em en ts in th is lo John Day Valley Rich. T he close-packed w itnesses stood ports will obtain th e ir fuel in this The rigid effects o f th is an ti-b o ltin g “ F or good schools, fine farm s, good cality p relim inary to the s ta rtin g of during m ost of the next hour, a lte r country. aw w ere not generally known until orchards and rich resources G rant construction on the Eugene-Coos Bay nately applauding and shouting dis A trio o f Pennsylvania men have delegates retu rn ed from the Chicago county com pares favorably w ith any line of the Southern Pacific. P o rter may, clim bing on seats and benches to w ritte n to Gov. Hay, of W ashington, convention and found they could not d is tric t in the s t a te ,” said N. (I. B rothers hold the contract for build see. The o th er racers gave the Mer offering to come W est and e x term in s ta r t anyth in g in Oklahoma. M aris, who has ju s t m ade a trip into ing 80 m iles o f the line extending cury room on the turns, a fte r the ate the " h e rd s of seal and w alrus the John Day valley in the in te re s t of from the end of th e 23 m iles now be Alan c ar tried to steal an Inside which they understand in fest the Co the school ch ild ren ’s in d u strial m ove ing b u ilt by Twohy B rothers out of sweep, and skidding, m issed destruc A ir H as N ew Dangers. Eugene, to a point th is side o f G ardi tion through and with Stanton by the lum bia riv er and kill the deer and elk P a ris—An arm y aeroplane accident m ent. narrow m argin of a foot. and endanger the se ttle rs along the show ing the g re a t danger of m achines “ The John Day valley, w here m ost ner. W ork on the b ig tunnel on th is side T here was neither opportunity nor riv e r.” passing too n ear to each o th er w hile of my trav e l and w ork was confined of G ardiner will be c arried on during wish for speech betw een the two who d uring th e la st w eek, is one of the flying occurred a t Villacoublay, n e ar One man was killed and a woman rich est a g ric u ltu ra l sections of the the w inter. The Siuslaw country may rode the verge of death on the Mer probably fa ta lly injured when th e ir Paris. T h eir average annual be the headquarters for th e firm dur cury. Floyd attended steadily to his L ieutenants B riez and Burlez, of whole s ta te . autom obile was crowded off the croad duties; pum ping oil, brushing the yel p recip itatio n in th a t county is some ing the railroad construction. and over an em bankm ent by " ro a d the French arm y, sta rte d on a flight th in g over 20 inches, insuring, w ith low trackdust from the pilot’s goggles hogs” in a larger and fa ste r m achine, from the aerodrom e in se p a ra te mono proper farm ing, good g ra in crops, but to clear bis vision for each turn, Pow er at C a sc ad e L ocks. planes. L ieutenant Briez had a t near Portland. w atching the tires and the o ther m a tained an a ltitu d e of 600 feet, when the John Day valley is largely devoted Hood R iver—“ O ur company will de chines. But he m ade no protest a t the to the production o f hay for the w in Mexican rebels evacuated C hihua Burlez passing him a t g re a te r speed, terin g o f larg e bands of stock th a t velop 1600 horsepow er by the comple deadly m ethods of his companion. hua upon the approach of the federals, 100 feet higher in the a ir, forced a trav e rse the splendid ranges d uring tion o f the big new flume th a t has Near, the end of the second hour, pocket of a ir downw ard and caused been begun from the rapids o f H er and have begun a gu erilla w arfare. the machine driven by B riez to crash the g ra zin g season, and for th is pur mann c ree k ,” says G. A. Young, pres the scream of the klaxon sounded its significant w arning of trouble. pose a lfa lfa is king. The John Day The first tra in over the Oregon to the ground. ident of the C olum bia R iv er Pow er & I t ’s us—lam ps out,” called the me furnishes an abundant supply of w ater E lectric into A lbany, Oregon, was L ight company, who w as here on busi chanician, a fte r a com prehensive re for irrig a tio n purposes, producing greeted on Ju ly 4 by about 30,000 peo “ And Husband” In Favor. ness. “ We have been serving the view of th eir machine. th ree good crops of six to e ig h t tons ple assem bled there for th a t purpose citizens of Cascade Locks, n e ar which San Francisco— The practice adopt an acre in the a g g reg a te . Stanton shook his head im patiently, and for a general celebration. our p lan t is located, w ith electric ed by Mrs. H. T. Howe, o f M arshall and kept on; deliberately passing the T his is one o f the b est natu ral hay lig h ts since la st T h anksgiving by paddock gate instead of turning in. town, la ., and several o th er delegates and g ra ss countries I have ever seen. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. m eans of a tem porary system we con As they shot by the grand stand for the recent biennial convention, of I saw b e au tifu l m eadows of red and structed. the second time, the klaxon sounded W heat — T rack p rices: Bluestem , p e rm ittin g th e ir spouses to be id en ti w hite clover, which I was told had “ It is probable th a t w ith in a short 879/90c; club, 84c; red Russian, 84c; fied on hotel re g iste rs by the addition never been seeded, b u t w as sim ply tim e some business e n te rp rise will again, long and Imperiously. "Goin’ to fight the Judges?" lisped v oluntary grow th, mown regularly “ and husband” to th e ir nam es valley, 84c; 40-fold, 84c. come to Cascade Locks and m ake use Floyd, with careful politeness. H ay—Tim othy, $16(0 16.50; a lfa lfa , seems likely to become popular am ong for y e a rs .” of the surplus pow er we are develop The driver did not speak or glance $12.50; clover, $10; oats and vetch, the new women o f C alifornia. Mrs. ing. Several com panies a re now con from th e funnel-effect of light and C h ic k 14 W eeks O ld Lays. H a rrie t Perkins brought h e r husband $12; g ra in hay, $9. sidering our o ffers.” dark into which they w ere boring, but Oregon C ity— Oregon W ashburn, a M illstu ffs— Bran, $12.50 per ton; and w rote on the re g is te r: "M rs. H. the catch of his breath was not gen Perkins and husband, Planada. ” A c poultry fa n c ie r of W est Oregon C ity, shorts, $24; m iddlings, $32. S to ra g e C om pany H ost. tle. However, he sw ung into th e pad- Corn—Whole, $39; cracked, $40 ton. cording to accounts, P e rk in s is a p re t is the ow ner of probably the youngest B row nsville—An e n te rta in m e n t was dock, on the next circuit, and halted O ats— No. 1 w hite, $36(1/ 37 per ton. ty good husband. laying hen in the sta te . brief Instant to have the lamp re given recently by the Brow nsville E ggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, The hen w as hatched March 8 and W arehouse company, under th e m an lighted. Fam iliar w ith his usual “ H om e Fo lks” Back T . R. 27Jc per dozen. B utterJ— Oregon cream ery b u tte r, Mineola, N. Y. — A t a m eeting of laid its first egg Ju n e 24 and has been agem ent of C harles S tirlin g , to the w ants, a m an ran bringing a pitcher of w ater to Stanton; who swallowed cubes or solid pack, 28c per pound; the rep resen tativ es here S aturday the laying daily since. Its m other has farm ers and business m en o f the su r prin ts, 9c. movem ent in N assau county. Colonel hatched tw o broods since March 8. rounding country and th e ir fam ilies, little, then pushed the vessel so rough I Am One of the Men Driving,' He Corroborated. P ork— Fancy, 10(/z lOJc per pound. Roosevelt’s home county, for a th ird The chicken wonder is a w hite fe ath as a m ark of a ppreciation o f the grow ly tow ard his m echanician th a t some I'll keep Floyd, Now, I'd like to get tations of Central Am erica and th t V eal—Fancy, 139/13Jc per pound. p arty was launched. T he m eeting ered-leg bam tam , and under size even ing patronage the com pany is enjoy of the liquid splashed over the recipi ent and trickled down upon them both. som e rest.” island of Trinidad, has made its ap Poultry — Hens, 129912ic; broilers, adopted a resolution c itin g its belief for th a t species. ing. The social was held in one of Mr. W ashburn is “ H ere," he offered curtly. T he assistan t m anager stepped pearance in Jam aica, the chief source 179918c; ducks, young, 10c; geese, 10 th a t Colonei Roosevelt “ was w rong confident the hen has established a the com pany’s larg e w arehouses, con "T hanks," Floyd accepted, and aside from the entrance, confounded. of supply for Am erican m arkets, a W i l e ; turkeys, live, 179918c; dressed, fully deprived o f the nom ination for new record for e arly laying. verted into a d ining room for the oc shortage and even a dearth in the 249/25. casion. The program consisted o f vo d rank as they bounded forw ard, toss P re sid e n t,” a t Chicago; th a t P re si C H A P T E R II. m arket supply of bananas, the most B erries— S traw berries, $1,759/2 per dent T a ft and Woodrow W ilson “ do cal and instrum ental m usic, readings ing the tin pitcher back over his C om panies Evade Paying Fees. shoulder, w here a re p o rte r gathered common of tropical fruits, is threat c ra te ; raspberries, $1.75; logan not represent the progressive prin ci and addresses. Salem —W ith the fiscal year of the it up and sat upon a keg of oil to w rite ened. Th e Risk and the Lady. berries, 75cW$1.25; black caps, $1.50 ples of the voters o f th is c o u n try ,” corporation d ep artm en t ending Ju ly 1, pretty account of the volunteer me Two hours later, Stanton em erged Strenuous m easures are being tak f«» 1.75; blackberries, $1,259/1.50. and pledging support to Colonel Rogus River Salm on Run. th ere a re scores o f corporations, chanician who had m ade the Mer from his camp and strolled toward en to prevent its spread. The plants Fresh F ru its—Cherries, 4 9/ 10c per Roosevelt for president. Gold H ill—The Rogue R iver run of c ury’s en try possible and of the conse tfie paddock exit. It was a fte r two throughout the s ta te th a t are dissolv in the 26 Infected d istricts have been pound; apples, old, $1.50(/i!3 per box; ing to avoid the expense of paying an Chinook salmon is a t its height. quent regard of Stanton for him o'clock in the m orning; the dark arch cut down, treated with lime, and a fte r new, $1.75w 2; peaches, 75cw90c; Plague Found in Havana. F ig h tin g upw ard from the ocean to nual license fees. Probably over 150 The next hour passed a trifle more of star-set sky overhead, the black exposure to the atm osphere a while cu rran ts, $1,769/2; plums, $19/1.40; H avana The existence of bubonic reach the spaw ning beds, thousands of pears, $1.35; prunes, $1.40; apricots, plague in H avana ;has been definitely corporations have been dissolved dur fish are reported blocked below the quietly. Perhaps even Stanton was em ptiness of the central field except have been covered with earth. Another ing the p a st few m onths and dissolu sufficiently tired by the strain to drive for the line of tents, contrasted oddly mode of precaution is th at the feet of $1.25. determ ined. A special board o f phy A m ent dam. The fly rod now tem po V egetables — A rtichokes, 65w75c sicians has pronounced as tru e bubonic tions are now being recorded a t the ra rily gives place to the cane pole and with some conservatism ; perhaps he w ith the glistening white track where all persons and anim als th at may pass acknowledged m entally th a t no car ra te of six to ten a day. Num erous the m eteor-bright cars circled tireless through the plantation are to be dis per dozen; asparagus, $1; beans, 8 the case of Mondez G uerroa, a Span the big spinner b aits, which lure 30 W9c per pound; cabbage, lpz 1 Jc; cu iard. who was employed on a sew er decreases in the am ount of capital pounds or more of fighting fish to b a t built would stand such viciously gru ly to the accom panying m onotone of infected, so th at bacteria may not be stork are also recorded, which cuts eling work for twenty-four consecutive m any voices, varied by the occasional carried to adjoining properties. No ex cum bers, $1 per box; head lettuce, laying contract. He was taken ill tle and occasional capture. hours. But he kept the lead gained, wall of the official klaxon. One ma pense will be spared in fighting the 12Jc per pound; radishes, 15(ti)20c Ju ly 3 a t [his lodgings, close to the down the cost o f the license fee ac According to local a u th o ritie s, the for all that, and a pace like the long chine was out of the race, a fte r going disease. cordingly. per dozen; spinach, 49/5c per pound; palace. Guerroa is said to be dying salmon answ er the prim al u rge to pro swoop of a swallow. through the fence; a heap of disor tom atoes, $1(3)1.60 per box; garlic, and three others are reported dead in create only a t the m atu re age o f 3 "C ar coming out of th e paddock. dered metal which men w ere striving June Rainfall is L ight. 89/JlOc per pound; carrots, $1.76 per the same hospital, th e ir cases having Personal Affront. years. H undred and eightieth lap. Car frantically to restore to activity, while sack ; turnips, $1.25. A storia—The records in the office Striking m em bers of the Amalga shown sym ptom s of plague. in the illum inated hospital te n t its stopped around the bend," Floyd re P otatoes — Jobbing p rices: B ur of l-ocal W eather O bserver Gilm ore mated S kirt Stitchers were holding s L um bar Plant is Busy. ported, a t intervals. O therw ise there driver and m echanism were undergo conference. show th a t the ra in fa ll in A sto ria d u r banks, old, $19/1.25 per hundred; C a r of A kron i t Raised. Falls C ity —The F alls C ity L um ber was m ute attention to business on the ing a kindred process of reh abilita new, per pound, 11®1J. "W here is th at tall, thin girl who A tlantic C ity, N. J . —The “ c a r” of ing the m onth of Ju n e w as 4.14 inch company is o p e ratin g its planing mill tion. O ther cars w ent In and out Joined the union last week?” Inquired Onions— C alifornia, red, $1.25 sack. the d irigible balloon Akron was raised es, or 1.04 inches less than th e av er and sawm ill full tim e and two hours p art of both men. from th eir ram ps, for oil, for gaso “Signal.” Stanton abruptly ordered, H ops— 1912 contracts, 20c; 1911 from Absecon in let, w here it fell a age for the corresponding m onth o f Tertim e d. M the walking delegates. The logging railroad lene, for tires and m inor repairs—for crop, 259/ 28c. The secretary arose to reply: mass of tw isted steel on Tuesday, previous years. T here w ere 11 <*y» w i|| be extended soon into new terri- a t last, as they rushed across the all the countless w ants of a racing stre tc h of track betw een the grand W o o l— E astern Oregon, 14 </ 19$c when the balloon blew up w hile 1000 on which rain fell, 16 days w ere clear to ry prep arato ry to a y e a r’s steady "She handed la her resignation this m achine. Stanton looked for the Mer stand and the training-camps. The m axim um m orning.” per [pound; valley, 21(//23c; m ohair, fe et in the air. N ot a body was found and 16 w ere cloudy. logging. By the end o f th a t tim e the cury, then, satisfied, crossed the track Floyd obediently rose in his place, choice, 32c. "W hat was her reason?" aboard. The only th in g discovered tem p eratu re was 90 degrees and the outcom e o f th e Siletx railroad project raising his arm s above his head In the and entered the space before the C a ttle ^ — Choice steers, $ 6 ,7 6 9 /7 ; was a cap belived to have belonged to low est was 43 degrees. "She took offense when she was w ill be determ ined. grand-stand. accepted signal to their m en to stand good, $6.50 m edium, $ 6 .7 5 9 /6 ; choice W alter Gest, the am ateu r m echani called on to act as a picket.”—Judge, ready for the c a r’s entrance. On the Along the edge of the cem ent prom cows, $ 5 .7 5 9 /6 .2 6 ; good, $ 5 ,6 0 9 /6 .7 5 ; cian. M ilk C ondenser to Resume. R oseburg E lectric Line H inted, next circuit Stanton turned Into the enade were parked a row of autom o m edium . $ 5 9 /5 .5 0 ; choice calves, $799 No Danger. N ew berg— A rrangem ents have been Salem — In a com plaint filed by the paddock and cam e to a stop before biles whose owners preferred to w it 8 ; good heavy calves, $ 6 9 /6 .6 0 ; bulls, H ydroplane Stays Aloft, "I can’t understand why you wish perfected to resum e operations at the | Oregon E lectric in condem nation pro the M ercury's tent. ness the race from their own cars $ 3 .5 0 (i/5 ; stags, $4 ,759 /6. Rochester. N. Y. — W illiam Cline, m ilk condenser here, which was de ceedings a g ain st E. M. Croisan and to go to the legislature. Don’t yon "G et out," he directed, and him self ra th e r than from the tiers of seats be think your business will suffer If you Hogs— L ig h t, $89 i ;8.26 heavy, $6.25 flying a t C ayuga Lake park, e sta b stroyed by fire several m onths ago w ife, plaintiff sta te s th a t i t intends to left his seat. hind. F ast them Stanton turned, 9 /7 . a re elected?" lished w hat is said to be a w orld’s T his is deemed a m a tte r o f much im- construct its line from Salem to Rose- T he two men who alternated were avoiding the Are of attention and curi Sheep— Y earlin g s, $ 3 9 /4 .5 0 ; w eth hydro-aeroplane record for sustained Oh, no. You see, I m anufacture portance to N ew berg. as the Chehalem burg, which indicates th a t the E ugene w aiting to relieve the two who de osity he would draw by crossing the ers, $ 2 ,5 0 9 /4 ; ewes, $ 3 9 /3 .7 6 ; lambs, flight, covering 101 m iles a t a height valley is a famous dairy section and extension will be by no m eans the things which are needed in furnish scended from the machine. T he work- lighted space where recognition m ust $4,509/ 6. of 1000 fe e t in 1 :6 8 |. ing publlo offices.” th e condenser established a good trad e. 1 final southern invasion o f th a t road. Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. ELEAN O R M ’ »GRAM, ¿.a .4 L - ' 3L