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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1914)
« oft ™ Electrical Voting Device Is Proposed for House General Resume of Important Events Tlircuaiiout the WorkL P resident W ilson has signed Portland-V ancouver bridge bill. the T w enty persons applied for loans at P o rtlan d ’s Remedial Loan office the first day. Marconi has succeedeed in lig h tin g an electric lam p a t a distance o f six m iles by w ireless. The F xieral in vestigators of the strik e situation in Colorado are having some storm y sessions. The Sum pter D redge company, w ork ing near Baker, O r., reports the find ing of a nugget w orth $1500. Co-eds a t the U n iv ersity of C alifor nia have ruled out the tango, m axixe, one-step and hesitation waltz. B urg ars spent two hours blowing up the safe of the N orthern Pacific at Olym pia, and obtained 18 coppers for th e ir trouble. "A ll the 107 employes of the Savory hotel, in S eattle are to work on the profit-sharing plan, divisions to be made m onthly. frtendt didn’t come. There'i nobody due now but Culver Cor—” W ashington, D. C.—The alow pro cess of rollcall in the house of repre sen tativ es m ay be done away w ith in the near fu tu re in favor of an elec trical appliance for re g iste rin g the votes of the 435 m em bers alm ost in stantaneously. A sub-com m ittee of the rules com m ittee has outlined a feasible plan which has th e approval o f S peaker C lark and M ajority Leader Underwood. The proposal for a voting machine was m ade by R epresentative W alsh, of New Je rse y , an e x p ert in electrical appliances. Rollcall in the house now requires 45 m inutes, and is resorted to when a filibuster is declared by the m inority. The new scheme would elim inate this from legislative procedure. The sub com m ittee’s plan would provide a locked device a t each m em ber's 6eat w ith buttons representing his vote, aye, nay or present. These would cor respond w ith spaces beside the mem b e r's nam e on the indicator boards placed about the room, show ing the detail of the vote in colored lig h ts and also a t the c le rk 's desk, w here a card FRANCIS XAVIER MATTHIEU. would be punched and tabulated me chanically, serving as a full record of N oted Pioneer of th e N orthw est and L ast S u rvivor of Convention of 1843, Who Died on His Old D onation Land Claim a t ltutteville, Or., Feb. 4, Aged 96. the vote in every case. FRANCIS XAVIER MATTHIEU, PIONEER OF NORTHWEST FRENCH OFFICERS ARREST ALLEGED GERMAN SPY The president of the M ercantile Bank of Memphis, T enn., is in jail, Toul, F rance— A m an g iv in g the charged w ith the em bezzlem ent of nam e of Theodore Burgard, whom the about $1,000,000. police believe to be one of the clever Silas Christofferson, a Pacific Coast e aviator, broke the A m erican long dis st Germ an spies in F rance, wa3 a r tance record by flying from San F ra n rested while photographing the fo rti cisco to Lerdo, Cal., a distance of 306 fications a t th is place. The police as miles. se rt B urgard has been supplying in Colonel G oethals has removed the form ation to the Germ an m ilita ry au head o f com m issary dep artm en t of the th o rities for the last 16 years. canal zone fo r alleged acceptance of He ostensibly engaged in farm ing . g ra tu itie s from those who furnished in a small way near Nancy. supplies. A search of the m an’s house brought M ilton H. Lee, 73 years old, has con to lig h t 50 sta ll m aps and plans of fessed th a t he is the “ gentlem an ban fo rts on the northeastern fro n tier. d i t ” who has operated in Montana, Correspondence o f an alleged compro W ashington, Oregon and C alifornia m ising nature, w ritte n in Germ an, for the past tw enty years. was also found. T he rifle belonging to Outlaw Lo pez, and which he took w ith him into Haitiens Elect President; the Apex m ine when driven to bay by Foreign Troops Withdraw officers, has been found beneath a tre s tle n ear the m ine, which fa c t is taken P o rt Au Prince, H a iti — O restes as evidence th a t the outaw made good Zamor was elected president of H aiti his escape. a t a m eeting of congress Monday by a M exican rebels have captured Maz- vote of 93 out of 105 ballots cast. It atlan, which gives them th e ir first sea was announced th a t a fte r the election the detachm ents from the foreign w ar port. ships would retu rn to th e ir ships, as P resident W ilson gives unqualified conditions w ere tranquil. The revolu approval for the building of two new tionary troops under Zamor occupy all battleships. the m ilita ry stations. There w ere no disorders on the arrival of the revolu Spokane, W ash., celebrated “ A pple tio n ists from Gonaives. D ay” w ith the therm om eter a t zero. O restes Zamor form erly was gover R ep resen tativ e B rem ner died from nor o f the N orthern departm ent, and cancer in spite of several w eeks' tr e a t held th e portfolio of the w ar m inis try in 1911. He headed the revolution m ent w ith radium . in the city of Gonaives last Ja n u a ry In stru cto rs in the “ tan g o ” were ap and his forces a few days la te r won a plauded a t B aker, O r., but could not victory over the revolutionists under g e t enough pupils to pay. Senor D avilm ar Theodore, who had Gold in paying q u a n titie s has been proclaim ed him self com m ander-in-chief Theodore returned to found on a side hill w ithin the city of all rebels. Cape Ila itie n , w here he has set up a liib its of A berdeen, W ash. provisional governm ent. B itin g cold grips the Middle W est, Sioux City, Iowa, re p o rtin g zero and Freedom for Philippines Cheyenne, W yo., 18 below. Contractors Prepare to Complete Big Northwest Projects Soon. Eugene to Coos Bay In Oregon, Te- nino Cut-Off In Washington, Will Employ Many Men. Portland — Em ploym ent for more than 3000 men will be provided about March 1 by th e operations of a single Portland concern — th a t of P o rter Bros , railroad contractors. P o rte r Bros, are a rra n g in g to re sum e work on the Coos Bay line of the Southern Pacific betw een Acme and Marshfield and on the Tenino cut-off of the N orthern Pacific south of Tacoma. Both of these projects, which have been under way fo r several years, have been idle on account of the w in te r rains. A bout 2500 men will be employed on the Southern Pacific work and about 600 men on the N orth ern Pacific project. I t is planned to com plete the Tenino line by Septem ber 1 and the N orthern Pacific expects to have train s running over the cut-off soon a fte r th a t tim e. As a d irec t resu lt o f operations a t Tenino the O.-W . R. & N. company will begin construction o f a new line betw een a convenient point on this cut-off and Olym pia. C ontracts for th is work have not been let, but a con siderable force of men w ill be em ployed. PRESIDENT WILSON OPPOSES EXEMPTION FROM TOLLS F rancis X avier M atthieu, the m ost picturesque link betw een the old Ore gon o f trad in g posts and canoes and the new Oregon of railroads, steam ships and departm ent stores, .died W ednesday m orning a t the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rose B ergevin, a t B utteville, Or. Mr.' M atthieu was a pioneer o f 1842, and the sole survivor of the fam ous Champoeg convention of May 2k 1842, when it was voted to organize an Am erican provisional gov ernm ent. It was his vote th a t decided the issue and probably saved the g re at te rrito ry o f Oregon, W ashington, and a large p a rt of M ontana, Idaho and C alifornia, to the U nited S tates, in stead of allowing it to become a p a rt of G reat B ritain. Mr. M atthieu would have been 96 years old A pril 2, 1914. H e had been ailin g for the past year, b u t retained his m ental faculties until the end. BORAH PLEDGES AID TO COLUMBIA AND SNAKE L ew iston, Idaho — The Lew iston Com mercial club received the follow ing le tte r from Senator B orah: “ I am pleased to acknowledge re ceipt o f your le tte r o f Ja n u a ry 23, calling a tte n tio n to the im portance to our s ta te o f an am endm ent which it is understood Senator Cham berlain, of Oregon, w ill introduce to a bill th a t will seek an appropriation of $50,000 for a survey of the Colum bia and Snake rivers, in connection w ith plan of canalizing the sam e from nav igation, which will, incidentally, through the necessary dam construc tion, provide fo r the »generation of electric power. T his m a tte r will have my earn est atte n tio n , and I am glad to have the view s o f the Lew iston Commercial club for consideration in connection w ith th e subject. I thank you for w ritin g m e .” According to an e stim a te o f John H. Lewis, sta te engineer for Oregon, the w ater power on th e Snake riv e r oe- tween Lew iston and H untington is capable of developing up to 800,000 horsepower. B altim ore—P resident W ilson, in a le tte r to W illiam L. M arbury, of this says th a t the exem ption of Would Bring Disaster city, A box of gold n uggets w orth about Am erican coast-w ise ships from P an $40,000 was found by a K ansas home W ashington, D. C. — “ The Moro am a canal tolls “ constitutes a very stead er buried n ear his farm . would m ake short work of local Fill m istaken policy from every point of A bill to p rohibit the in te rsta te pino governm ent,’’ says B rigadier view and benefits for the present, at The tran sp o rta tio n of strik eb re ak e rs has G eneral Pershing, in his la te st report any ra te , only a m onopoly.” as governor of Mindanao, to S ecretary P resident also pays a high trib u te to been introduced in the house. G arrison. S ecretary of S ta te Bryan. A divorce granted a woman in B utte, “ The actual relations betw een them M ont., specially declares she shall are such th a t any a tte m p t a t Filipino Protest Moving Liberty Bell. have absolute onw ership of the fam ily governm ent would lead only to rebel Militant Suffragists Tire Philadelphia — Mrs. Cora Rogers dog. lion and disaster. Peace in the Moro of Rule of Radicals Bleakley. president general o f the N a P resid en t W ilson a sserts him self as province can be m aintained only by a London — Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, tional Soceity o f th e D aughters of the positively opposed to exepm tion of continuance o f A m erican control. If d a u g h te r o f the m ilita n t suffragette Revolution, presented M ayor B lanken A m erican vessels from Panam a canal we are to honestly carry out our obli leader, announced her secession from burg a petition containing thousands gations to the trib e s who have yielded tolls. to our a uthority and who expect us to the W om an’s Social ana Political un of names p ro testin g a g a in st the re guide them to som ething b e tte r, the ion, the m ilita n t w om en's organiza moval of the L ib e rty Bell from Inde e n tire island o f Mindanao m ust be tion. The E ast End o f Iaindon fed pendence Hall. PORTLAND MARKETS Mrs. Bleakley told th e m ayor th a t governed and controlled perm anently eration, which hith erto has been a branch of the parent organization, will among the signers w ere veterans of W heat—T rack p rices: Club, 89® by Am erican officials and under A m eri henceforth be entirely independent. the Civil w ar, u n iv ersity presidents, 90c per bushel; bluestem , 98®99c; can sov ereig n ty .” The r i f t am ong the m ilita n t suffra- j professors, bankers and editors. The a m in istratio n ’s Philippine pol forty-fold, 90c; red Russian, 87c; val g e tte s is said to be due to Miss Sylvia Mayor B lankenburg is not averse to icy has not y e t been worked out far ley, 90c. P a n k h u rst's u ltra-revolutionary as O ats— No. 1 w hite, m illing, $25 ton. enough to indicate how fa r the gen pirations, which the leaders of the j sending the L iberty Bell to San F ra n Corn—W hole, $35 to n ; cracked, $36. e ra l’s views are shared in W ashing W omen's Social and Political union cisco, where it is w anted for the P an ama-Pacific Intern atio n al exposition. _________________ B arley—Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew ton. are beginning to believe are dam aging ing, $23.50; rolled, $26®27. th e ir cause. New Sacrifices Coming. Strike Shooting Is Told. H ay— No. 1 E astern Oregon tim Several of the younger and more Stockholm —T h irty thousand Social othy, $16.50; m ixed tim othy, $14; al Houghton, Mich. — D escribing the am bitious m em bers o f the W omen’s falfa, $14; clover, $9® 10; valley, ists held a dem onstration a g ain st in Social and Political union view w jt |, shooting a t her home a t Seeberville on g rain hay, $12®13.50. creasing the expenditure for arm a unconcealed sa tisfac tio n the P ark - A ugust 14, when two o f her boarders M illfeed—Bran, $21.60 per ton; m ents, and demanded th a t the m inis h u rst feud, believing th a t it will end were killed, Mrs. A ntonia P u trien te s shorts, $23.50; m iddlings, $29®30. ters work ra th e r for peace and fra the au tocratic sw ay the Pankbursts tified S aturday a t th e tria l o f two dep V egetables—Cabbage, 6c per p m n d ; tern ity . The prem ier, M. S ta af, re have exercised over the society since uty sheriffs and th ree Waddell-Mahon head lettuce, $2.50 per c ra te ; garlic, plied in spite of his sym pathy in the Mr. and Mrs. F rederick P ethic Law detective agency guards th a t the face 1 2|c per pound; sprouts, 8® 10c; a r ti question of international peace, he rence w ere d .iv e n out of it last year. of a babe held in her arm s w as burned chokes, $2 per dozen; squash, 1 f f/r 2Jc was convinced th a t the Swedish people by powder from th e officers' pistols. per pound; celery, $3.60 per c ra te ; would be compelled to m ake a new and The w itness denied th a t any shots Work on Locks Nears. hothouse lettuce, 50@75c per box; g re a t sacrifice for the country. The W ashington, D. C. — In the opinion were fired from inside th e house. spinach, 76®80c per c ra te ; horse governm ent, however, he added, was The strik e rs continued to assem ble radish, 8® 10c per pound; turnips, $1 not inclined to accede to the dem ands of ex-S enator Jonathan Bourne, actual w itnesses to ap p ear before the con per sack ; carrots, $1; parsnips, $1; for prolongation o f in fan try service. work on the W illam ette locks may be gressional investig atio n n e x t week. beets, $1. sta rte d this m onth. The Federal en G reen fru it—Apples, 75c®$2.26 per gineer has procured for th e secretary Engine to Be Strongest. Boiling Wells Spit Salt. box; cranbessies, $12(0 12.50 per bar Chicago - A contract for the larg est of w ar the recom m endation he rep o rt Bucharest, Roum ania — Phenomenal re l; pears, $1®1.50. ed to the d e p artm en t of ju stice, th a t Onions—Oregon, $3.50 per sack; and strongest gasoline m otorboat en the question o f the easem ent on the geysers throw ing up boiling w a ter and buying price. $3®3.25 per sack a t gine ever built was closed Monday by W illam ette locks would not in te rfere steam heavily im pregnated w ith sa lt Commodore Jam es A. Pugh, o f Chi have a ttra c te d num bers o f geologists shipping points. w ith the engineering construction. P otatoes—Oregon, 80c® $l per cw t; cago, who ordered the building o f an The secretarv is expected to sign the to the oil fields a t Fiiipesci de T irgu, The w a buying price, 60®90c a t shipping engine o f 1400 horsepower. T his mo report, in which esse final action au in the province o f Prahova. to r will be installed in the D isturber te r issues from borings m ade in the points. thorizing the tra n s fe r o f title prob search for oil. Eggs - Oregon fresh ranch, 34®35c IV, the new hydroplane racer w ith ably would be taken next week. which Mr. Pugh hopes to brin g to I t is throw n to a g re a t h eig h t and per dozen. is accompanied by a terrific hissing P o u ltry —Hens, 16$®17c per pound; Am erica the H am sw orth trophy, em 100 To Speak on Roads. roar th a t can be heard five or six springs, 16$®17c; turkeys, live, 20® blem atic o f the w orld’s cham pionship. W ashington, I). C.— W ith m ors than miles. Around each boring a heavy 21c; dressed, choice, 26® 26c; ducks, The new engine will be o f the 24-cylin- 100 m em bers listed for speeches, the j dcr type, arranged In two blocks of 12 crust of sa lt has been deposited w ithin 14® 17c; geese, 12®12Jc. house Saturday held its first of a series a radius of 500 yards. B u tte r— Cream ery prints, extras, cylinders each. of n ig h t sessions to d ebate the Shack 314® 32Jc per pound; cubes, 30c. leford good roads hill. R epresentative 1 Kentucky Legislators Vaccinated. Jobless Ones Want Days. P ork— Fancy, 10Jc per pound. G hicago—Resolutions reeom mending Shackleford, of Missouri, opened the Veal— Fancy, 14® 14ic per pound. F ra n k fo rt, K y.—Several m em bers H ops— 1913 crop, prim e and choice, a N ational Jobless day sim ilar to the discussion, o u tlin in g the project. He I of the K entucky leg islatu re and m any explained th a t the bill proposed a residents of this c ity a re nursing sore 21® 23c per pound; 1914 contracts, annual Labor day celebration were [ adopted here a t a m eeting of the U n it m axim um of $25,000,000 of Federal arm s, the result o f vaccination due to 16c. appropriations, allotm ents to be con a smallpox scare w hich developed re Wool — Valley, 14ft/16r per pound; ed Brotherhood W elfare association. The resolutions w ere forw arded to ditioned upon equal local appropria cently, when it was announced th a t Eastern Oregon, 10ft<15c; mohair, tions, the expenditures ra nging in Samuel Gompers, president of the Senator P orter and R ep resen tativ e Ol choice. 1913 clip, 26c. Am erican Federation of Labor, w ith three classes, from $15 a m ile for d irt iver w ere ill w ith th e disease. Cascara b a rk —Old and new, 5c. roads to $60 a m ile for m acadam roads. C a ttle —P rim e steers, $7.25ft/7.80; the request th a t the F ederation aid in Turkish Women to Learn. choice, |7 ® 7 .2 5 ; m edium, $6.75®7; estab lish in g recognition o f th e men To Allow Betting on Games. choice cows, $ 6 . 260 ( 6 . 60 ; medium, $6 w ithout jobs. London— A d ispatch to the Daily ® 6 . 2 6 ; h e ife rs, | 6 ® 6 . 7 5 ; lig h t cal-1 ~ H a v an a—G eneral F rey re Andrade, T elegraph from C onstantinople an ves. $8 ® 9 ; heavy calves, $6® 7.76; S t r i k in g W a itre s s e s A rre s te d . m ayor o f H avana, is about to issue a nounces th a t a decision has been bulls, $ 4 ® 6 .75; atag s. $6ft/6.60. C hicago—Seven strik in g w aitresses decree, it became known recently, al reached to adm it T urkish women to H ogs— L ig h t, 97.50® 8.30; heavy, who continued p icketing a down-town lowing free b e ttin g on baseball games. the u niversity. Special lectures on $6.60® 7.26. re stau ra n t w ere a rrested Monday. Public baseball w agers have not been hygiene, gynaecology, dom estic econ- Sheep — W ethers, $5® 6.86; ewes, They w ere charged w ith “ lounging perm itted here since the occupation of omy, science and w om en’s rig h ts will Cuba by A m erican troops. $ 3 . 60 ® 4 . 7 6 ; lam bs, $ 6 ® 6 . 60 . I and loafing.” be delivered for th e ir benefit. A ROMANCE J f i J h e x B e X c h SUGGESTED BY THE PLAY BY BEACH A1TO BttJL ARMSTRONG C O P Y R IG H T 1 9 1 0 B T HARPER BT » R O T H E R S SYNOPSIS. Cowboy« o f th e F ly in g H e a rt ran ch are h e a r t b r o k e n o v e r t h e lose of t h e i r m u c h - p rlie.l p h o n o g r a p h by th e d e fe a t o f th e ir c h a m p i o n In a f o o t - r a c e w i t h t h e c o o k of the t e n l l p .d e ranclp A h o u s e p a r t y Is on a t th e F l y i n g H e a r t J. W a ll in g f o r d Sp e e d , c h e e r l e a d e r a t Yale, a n d C u l v e r C ovlniiton, Inter-collpsrlnte c h a m p i o n r u n ner, a r e exp ected . H e le n Hluke. S p e e d 's s w e e t h e a r t , b e c o m e s i n t e r e s t e d in t h e loss o f th e p h o n o g rap h . S h e s n ^ e s t s to J e a n C h ap in , siste r o f th e o w n e r of th e ran c h , t h a t s h e i n d u c e C o v i n g to n , h e r lover, to w in b a c k th e p h o n o g rap h . H elen d e c la res t h a t if C o v i n g t o n w o n ’t r u n , S p e e d will. T h e cow boys a re hilarious over th e p ro s pect. Speed a n d his v a le t. T .arry G lass, t r a i n e r a t Yale, a rr ly e . H e le n H la k e a s k s Speed, w h o h a s posed to h e r a s a n n th - Iete, to r a c e a g a i n s t t h e C e n t ip e d e m a n . i he c o w b o y s jo in in th e a p p e a l to W a lly , a n d f e a r i n g t h a t H e l e n w i l l f in d h i m o u t . h e c o n s e n ts . H e In sists, h o w e v e r , t h a t he sh all he e n te re d ns a n u n k n o w n , figuring t h a t C o v i n g to n will a r r i v e in t im e to t a k e his place. Speed beg in s tra in in g u n d e r G l a s s ’ d irection. "N ot a t all. W hen C ulver arriv es—” "Oh, th a t is w hat I w ant to talk over with you," Mrs K eap broke in, nervously. "T hen it isn’t about the foot-race? You are not angry?" Speed brightened amazingly. "I'm not exactly angry; I’m su r prised and grieved. Of course. I can't forgive deceit—I dare say I am more particu lar than m ost people.” "But you won't tell?" Mrs. K eap in dicated in soma subtle m anner th at she was not above m aking term s, w hereupon her com panion declared, warm ly: "I'm yours for life! Ask me for my watch, my rig h t eye, any thing! I ’ll give it to y o u !” "I assure you I sh a ’n ’t ask anything so Im portant as that, but I shall ask a favor.” “Nam e it and it is yours!" Speed w rung the hand she offered. "And perhaps I can do more than keep silent—although I don’t see w hat good It will do. I’erhaps 1 can help your suit.” "G racious lady, all I ask Is th a t you th ru st out your foot and trip up Berkeley Fresno w henever he stu rts tow ard her. But him out of the play, and I shall be th s happiest m an in the world." "A greed." ’’Now, in w hat way can I serve you?" Mrs. K eap becam e em barrassed while (he sam e shadowy trouble th at had been observed of late settled upon her. "I simply hate to ask It,” she said, "but I suppose I m ust. T here seem s to be no o th er way out of it.” T urn ing to him suddenly, she said, la low, intense voice: "I—I’m in trou ble, Mr. Speed, such dreadful tro u ble!" "Oh, I’m so so rry !” he answ ered her, with genuine solicitude. "You needn’t have m ade any conditions. 1 would have dons anything I could for you." “T hat's very kind, for I don't like our air of conspiracy, but”—Mrs. Koap was wringing her slen d er hands—"I Just can't tell the girls. You—you can help m e.” Speed allowed her tim e to grow calm, when she continued: “ I—I am engaged to bo m arried.” "F elicitations!" “Not a t all,” said the young widow, wretchedly. "T hat is the awful part of it. I am engaged to two m en !” She turned her brown eyes full upon him ; they were strained and tragic. Speed felt him self im pelled to laugh im m oderately, but Instead he ob served, in a tone to relieve h e r anx iety: "N othing unusual In th a t; it has been done before. Even I have been prodigal with my affections. W hat can I do to relieve the congestion?" “Please don’t m ake light of it. It m eans so much to me. I—I’m in love with Jack Chapin." “W ith J a c k !” “ Yes. W hen I cam e here I thought I cared for somebody else. Why, I w anted to come here ju st because I knew th a t—th a t somebody else had been invited too, and we could be to gether." “And he couldn’t come—’’ “W ait! And then, when I got here, I m et Jack Chapin. T hat was less than a w eek ago, and yet in th a t sh o rt tim e I have learned th a t he is the only m an I can ever love—the one m an in all the world.” “And you can’t accept because you have a previous engagem ent. I see! Jove! It's quite dram atic. But I don’t CHAPTER VI.—Continued. During the ensuing pause Mrs. K eap took occasion to call Speed aBide. "I have som ething to contribute to the training-quarters If you will help me bring it out.” said she. T he young man bowed. “Most glad ly.” ’’W e’ll be back In a little while," the chaperon announced to the oth ers. and a m oment later, when she and Speed had reached the veranda of the house, she paused. "I—I want to speak to you,” she began, hesitatingly. "It was ju st an excuse.” W ally looked at h e r with concern, for It was plain th a t uhe was deeply troubled. “W hat Is It?" "I have been trying to get a word alone with you ever Bince I heard about this foot-race.” T he young m an chilled with apprehension as Mrs. K eap turned her dark eyes upon him searchingly. "W hy do you w ant to run?" “To win back the cowboys' tre a s ure. My h e a rt is touched,” he de clared. boldly. Mrs. K eap smiled. ”1 believe the latter, but a re you sure you can win?" "A bso-bloom lnglutely.” ”1 didn't know you w ere a sprin te r.” Speed shrugged his shoulders. "H ave you had experience?” "O ceans of i t ! ” Mrs. Keap m used for a m oment. “Tell m e,” said she, finally, “a t w hat in terco lleg iate gam e did you run la st? ” j “I didn’t run la s t; I ran first.” It was im possible to re sen t th e boy’s smile. "Then a t w hat game did you last run? I hope I’m not too curious?’’ “Oh no, not a t a il!” Speed stam mered. “Or, if it is easier, a t w hat college gam es did you first ru n ? ” Mrs. K eap was laughing openly now. "W hy the clear, ringing, rippling laughter?" asked the young man, to cover his confusion. “Because I think it is very funny." “Oh, you do!" Speed took refuge be hind an attitude of unbending dignity, but the young widow would have none of it. “I know all about you," said she. “You a re a very wonderful person, of course; you are a delightful fellow at a house-party, and a m ost suitable In dividual generally, but you are not ah athlete, in spite of those beautiful clothes In your tru n k .” “Who told you?” "C ulver Covington." “I didn’t know you twro w ere ac quainted.” Mrs. Keap flushed. "H e totd me all about you long ago. You w ear all the athletic clothes, you know all the talk, you have tried to m ake the team a dozen tim es, but you a re not even a substitute. You are m erely the V ar sity c h ee rle a d er. Culver calls you 'the head-yeller.’ " "Columbus has discovered our con tin e n t!” said Speed. “ You are a very wise chaperon, and you m ust have a corking m emory for nam es, but even a head-yeller is b e tte r than a glee-club q u a rte r back.” He nodded toward the bunk-house, whence they had come. "You haven’t told anybody?” ’’Not yet.” " ’Yet,’ ’’ he quoted. "The futurity implied in th a t word disturbs me. Suppose you and I keep it for a little secret? S ecrets a re very delightful a t house-parties.” "D on't you consider your action de ceitful?” "N ot a t all. My m otto is 'W e strive "Mr. Speed Goln’ to Live H ere?" In to please.’ ” quired the Forem an. “T hink of H elen.” "T h at's it; I c a n 't think of any see why you are so excited? If the thing else! She's mad about athletics, o th er chap Isn’t coming—” and I had to do som ething to stand off "B ut he Is! T hat is w hat m akes it th is w eight lifting ten o r.” so dreadful! If those two m en should “Is it any w onder a woman d istru sts m eet"—Mrs. K eap burled her face in every m an she m eets?” m used the her hands and shuddered—“there chaperon. “H elen m ight forgive you. would be a tragedy, they a re both so frightfully Jealous." She began to I couldn't.” "Oh, it's not th a t bad. I know w hat trem ble, and Speed laid a com forting hand upon her shoulder. I'm doing.” “You will cause these cowboys to “I think you m ust be exciting your self unduly," said he. “Je a n 's o ther lose a lot more money.” HAS TW O PER IO D S O F R E S T Division of Time of Slum ber P revent ed Breakdown of Man W orn Out by Overwork. Two hours In bed In the early eve ning la the lete st health recipe for the busy m an whose day begins early In the m orning and lasts till late a t night. The "trea tm e n t.” which consists ■Imply of going to bed from 6 till 7 o’clock, was described by a m edical m an who prescribed It for a business man whose m anifold in te rests had been com pelling hlni to crowd two days' work into one, to the detrim ent of his health. "My p atient now has two distinct days and two distinct recuperation period* every tw enty-four hours,” the doctor explained. "H e begins work w ith his sec re tary -a n hour be fore moat business men a rs think ing of getting up In the m orning. At five o'clock in the afternoon h it first day’s work ends and he goes to bed for two hours’ com plete r e s t At sev- “T h a t’s who it is ! ” R oberta ra iled her pallid face aa the young m an fell back. “C ulvert G reat Scott! W hy, he's engaged—” “W hat I" "N othingI I—I—” Speed paused, a t an u tte r loss for words. “ You see, he'll discover th e tru th ." "Does he know you are h ere?” “No. 1 Intended to surprise him. I was Jealous. I couldn't bear to think of his being here w ith o th er girls— men a re so deceitful! T h a t’s why I consented to a ct as chaperon to Helen. And now to th in k th a t-1 should have m et my fate In Ja c k C hapin!" “I see. You w ant me to break the news to Culver." “No! n o !" Mrs. Koap w as aghast. “If he even suspected the tru th he’d become a raging lion. Oh, I’ve been quite distracted ev er since Ja c k left!" “Well, w hat am I to do? You m ust have somo p a rt laid out for m e?” “ I have. A d esp erate situation de m ands a d esperate remedy. I ’ve loBt all conscience. T h a t’s why I agreed to protect you If you'd protect me." "Go ahead.” "Culver Is your friend.” "W e’re closer th an a chord In 0 .” "Then you m ust wire him —” "I have— " “—Not to com e.” “W h a t!” J. W allingford Speed atart- ed as It a wasp had stung him. "You m ust w ire him a t ouce h o t to come. 1 don't care w hat excuse you give, but stop him. Stop h im !” Speed reached for a pillar; he felt th a t the porch was spinning slowly beneath his feet. “Oh, see here, now! I can’t do th a t! ” “ You prom ised!” cried Mrs. Keap, fiercely. ”1 have tried to th in k of som othlng to tell him , but I'm too frightened.” “ Yes, but—but I—w ant him here— for this foot-race.” W ally swallowed bravely. "F oot-race!” storm ed the widow, in dignantly. “Would you allow an Insig nificant thing like a foot race to wreck a hum an life? Two hum an lives? T hree?” "C an’t you—w ire him ?” Mrs. K eap stam ped her foot. “If he dream ed I was here he would hire a special train. No! It m ust come from you. You a re his b est friend.” "W hat can I say?" dem anded the bewildered Speed, unhappily. ”1 don’t care w h at you say, I don’t care w hat you do—only do som ething, and do it quickly before he has tim e to leave Chicago." T hen sensing the hesitation In h e r com panion’* face: "Or perhaps you p re fe r to have Helen know the deceit you have practiced upon her? And I fancy these cowboys would re sen t th e Joke, doivt you? W hat do you think would happen if they discovered th e ir cham pion to be m erely a cheer lead er with a trunkful of new clothes, who can’t do a sin gle out-door sport—not one?” "W a lt!” Speed mopped his brow with a red-and-blue silk handkerchief. “I’ll do my best.” ‘‘T hen I shall do my p a r t ” And Mrs. Keap, who could not b ear decep tion, turned and w ent indoors w hile J. W allingford Speed, a prey to sundry misgivings, stum bled down th e steps, his head in a whirl. CHA PTER VII. ERKELEY FRESNO was de voting him self to Miss Blake. "W h at do you th in k of our decorations?" she in quired. "T hey are more or less ath letic,” he declared, “Was it Mr. Speed's idea?” “Yes. He w anted training quarters." " It’s a joke, Isn’t it?" "I don’t think so. Mr. Fresno, why do you dislike Mr. Speed?” Fresno bent a w arm glance upon the questioner. "Don’t you know?” Helen shook h e r head with bland innocence. "T hen you do dislike him ?” “No, indeed! I like him —he m akes me laugh." H elen bridled loyally. "Did you see those m edals he wore yesterday?" the young man queried. "O f course, and I thought them beautiful.” “ How w ere they Inscribed? He wouldn’t let me exam ine them .” ‘N aturally. If I had trophies like th a t I would guard them too.” Fresno nodded, musingly. "I gave mine away.” "Oh, are you an a th lete?” "No, but I tim ed a foot-race once. They gave me a beautiful nearly- bronze emblem so th a t I could g et In to the Infield.” “And did you w in?” "No! no! I didn’t run! D on't you understand? I was an official.” Fresno was vexed a t the g irl’s lack of percep tion. “I’m not a n ath le te . Miss Blake I ’m Just an ordinary so rt of chap.” He led her to a seat, while Jean enlisted the aid of L airy G lass and completed the finishing touches to the decora tions. "A thletics don’t do a fellow any good a fte r he leaves college. I'm go ing into business th is fall. H ave you ever been to C alifornia?” Miss Blake adm itted th a t she had never been so far, and Fresno launched him self upon a glowing description of his native sta te ; but before he could shape the conversation to a point w here hli h e a re r m ight perchance express a de sire to see its wonders, Still Bill Sto ver th ru st his head cautiously through the door to the bunk-house, and al lowed an adm iring eye to rove ovei the transform ation. “Look* like a b a z a a r!” he exclaimed. "W hat the idea?” "T rain in ’ q u a rte rs,” said Glass. “Mr. Speed goin’ to live here?” In quired the forem an, bringing th e r e m alnder of his lanky body into view. (TO B E C O N T IN U E D .) en o ’clock he is up again, bathes, dresses and dine*. He is then fresh for another four o r five hours’ b a d ness o r social duties. Hla tw o re st periods combined give him alm ost nine hours in bed. T he ‘patien t’ gets through a g re a te r am ount of work and enjoys b e tte r health.” T h eir W ay. "W hy should you women w ant to vote? You can’t fight?” "C an 't we? J u s t try us and w atch us com* to the scratch .”