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C H A P T E R I.
Below, a g re at broad stretch of ocean,
calm as death, slum bering placidly be­
neath the sun's hot rays; above, a sky of
palest azure, Becked here and there by
dainty m asses of soft, fleecy cloud-; and.
fa r inland, a background of high hills,
clothed with a tender foliage, a very baby
leafdom , ju st bursting into the fuller life.
T ow ard the west the trees give w ay a
little, letting a road be seen, th a t like a
stra ig h t pale ribbon runs l>etweeu the
greenery for the space of quite a mile or
so, ami then reaches the small fishing vil­
lage w here the simple folk of (flow ring
P e stley toil from one y e ar's end to the
other, some in careless joy, some in cease­
less lalfar. some, alas! in cruel weeping,
because of those "w ho will never come
back to the tow n.”
Along the white road, th a t gleam s
th irstily in the burning sunshine of this
hot m idday iu Ju n e, n carriage is craw l­
ing w ith quite an aggravating slowness—
an antiquated vehicle of a type now al­
most unknown, but which once beyond
doubt "cost money.” T he carriage, being
an open one. < able» the people as it
passes through the village to see w ithout
undue trouble tliut the occupants of it are
tw o girls; both very young, both singular­
ly alike, though in distinctly different
styles.
" I t is charm ing!” says the younger girl,
w ith a little quirk motion of the hand
tow ard the sw eeping bay, and the aw ak­
ening trees, and the other glories of the
landscape. "A ll charm ing, fa r better
th an 1 ever dared hope for; and yet my
mind misgives me, V era.”
Mlie tu rn s a brilliant glance on her sis­
ter, full of terrible insinuations, and then
laughs a little. T hus anim ated, she is a
very pretty girl, half child, half woman,
as fresh as the m orning, and w ith eyes
like stars. She lifts one slender black-
gloved hand, and placing it beneath her
sister's chin, turns her face gently to her.
Such a beautiful face! Very like the
riante one beside it, yet unlike, too. T here
is a touch of sadness round the lovely
lips, a m ournful curve; indeed, a thought­
fulness too g reat for her years is stum ped
on every feature. A tender, loving, yet
strong soul shines through the earnest
eyes, and when she smiles it is relu ctan t­
ly, as if smiles all her life had been for­
bidden to her.
"O h! th a t rem inds me,” said Miss Dy-
sa rt. "I quite forgot to tell you of it,
but the day before we left Nice, Nell
S te w a rt said th a t this cousin you speak
of, if he does exist a t all, at all events
does not do it here.”
“ W hich mentis?”
" T h a t either he w on't, or can’t, life
w ith his father. C an’t, Nell ra th e r led
me to believe.”
“C an ’t it is, you m ay be sure,” says the
younger girl, restlessly. "F an c y a fa th e r
whose son can 't live w ith him! And yet,
a fte r all, virtuous astonishm ent on th at
score is ra th e r out of place w ith us. I
can imagine ju st such a fa th e r.”
"W ell, never mind th a t,” says Miss Dy-
sart, hastily.
“Yes. Very good; let us then go from
sire to uncle,” says her sister w ith a lit­
tle shrug. "D q you think we shall gain
much by the change? T his old relative of
ours is, perhaps, as delightful as we could
wish him, and yet I wish fa th e r had not
left us to his *ender m ercies.”
"D o not dwell on th a t,” says Vera,
with nervous haste; "do not seek for
fa u lts in the inevitable. l i e is all th a t is
left us. You know the sudden decision
arose out of a letter received by fa th e r
from Uncle Gregory about a y ear ago.
W hen fa th e r w as—w as—dying-----” She
pauses abruptly, and a trem or shakes her
la st words.
T he younger girl tu rn s quickly to look
a t her. T here is infinite love and com­
passion in her glance, but perhaps a little
contem pt, and certainly a little im pa­
tience.
“ Do you know,” she says, “ it m ay seem
heartless—positively coarse. If you will—
but I do not think our fa th e r was a man
to excite respect, m uch less love or regret,
or----- ”
“Oh! it is better not to speak like th a t,”
in te rru p ts Miss D ysart, in a low, shocked
tone. "D on’t do it, darling.
I know
w hat you m ean, but----- ”
“ And 1 know th a t I shall never forgive
or forget the life he led you," says Grisel-
da, w ith a certain angry excitem ent.
“ W ell, th a t is over!” says M iss D ysart,
w ith a quick sigh, heavily indraw n.
" W h a t was this vendetta, this terrible
lifelong quarrel th a t w as kept up be­
tw een him and fa th e r w ith such m onoton­
ous persistency ?”
" T h a t had to do w ith our g ra n d fa th er's
will. 1‘apa was the eldest son, yet the
property w as left to Uncle G regory; and
th a t for no reason a t all. N aturally, papa
w as very angry about it, and accused
G regory of using undue influence.”
" J u s t so, and of course there is a good
deal behind th a t you don't know. T here
alw ays is; nobody ever tells quite every­
thing. And besides— Oh! Oh, V era!
Oh! w hat has happened?”
Griaelda clutches in an agonized fashion
a t the leather aide of the crazy old
chariot, which has toppled over to the
left side and stands in a decidedly dissi­
pated position. T he ancient driver, pre­
sum ably asleep, had let the horses w an­
der a t their own sw eet will, and they be­
ing old and sleepy, too, the result w as
th a t they had dragged tw o of the wheels
up on a steep bank and nearly capsized
the carriage.
“ Oh. thank yon," says Miss D ysart.
leaning forw ard and addressing with e a rn ­
est glan e and heightened color the young
m an who had risen—descended, perhaps,
sounds pleasanter and more orthodox—
like a good angel from som ewhere—the
wood on their right, no doubt. A fishing
reel, lying on the rqad w here he had flung
it when preparing for his ignoble battle
with those poor old horses, proclaim s the
fact th a t he has been whipping the stream
th a t gleams here and there brilliantly
through the interstices of the trees.
"Oh. no.” says be. lifting his bat, “you
m ustn't thank me. It was ren'.ly nothing.
J'oor brutes, 1 think they were asleep;
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they— It is hot, isn’t it?" T his last he
says hastily, as if ashamed of his ani­
m adversion on the age of the sorry cattle
in question—their horses, no doubt; and
there is som ething wonderfully charm ing
in the faint apologetic no' t th a t springs
into his cheeks. As he finishes speaking
he looks a t G riselda so hard th a t she feels
it incum bent on her to return his glance
and to say something.
"W e thought our last hour had come,"
she says, laughing softly, and looking at
him a little shyly, but so prettily. "B u t
for you, one cannot say w here we should
be now.”
She bows to him, and so does her sis­
te r quite as graciously, and then the
horses once more commence th eir snail-
like progress, grinding through the dusty
road at the rate of three m iles an hour.
T he little episode is over; the young man
settles his soft hat more firmly on his
head, picks up his rod, regards it anx­
iously to see th a t no harm has come to
it, and disappears once more into the
shelter of the cool wood.
H a lf an hour later they are a t the en­
trance gate of G reycourt, and practically
a t th e ir journey’s end. Both girls, with
an involuntary movement, crane their
necks out of the carriage to get a first
glimpse at th eir future home, and then
tu rn a dism ayed glance on each other.
A nything more dreary, more unfriendly,
yet w ithal grand in its desolation, could
h a rd ly be seen.
“H ow d a rk it is,” says G riselda, a
nervous thrill running through her, as
they move onw ard beneath the shade of
the m ighty trees th a t clasp th eir arm s
between her and the glorious sky—thus
blotting it out.
A sudden turn brings them w ithin view
of the house. A beautiful old house ap­
parently, of red brick, toned by age to a
duller shade, w ith m any gables, and over­
grown in p a rts by trailing ivy, the leaves
of which now glisten brightly iu the even­
ing sunshine.
T he coachm an, scram bling to the
ground, bids them in a surly tone to
alight. H e is tired and cross, no doubt,
by the unusual work of the day. And
presently they find them selves on the
threshold of the open hall door, hardly
knowing w hat to do next. T he sham bling
figure of a m an about seventy, appeared
presently from some dusky doorway, he
w aves to them to enter the room, and,
shutting the door again behind them with
a sharp haste, leaves them alone with
th eir new relative, Gregory D ysart.
C H A P T E R II.
Vera, going quickly forw ard, moves to­
w ard an arm chair at the upper end of
the room in w hich a figure is seated. She
sees an old m an, shrunken, enfeebled,
w ith a face th a t is positively ghastly, be­
cause of its excessive pallor; a living
corpse, save for tw o eyes ih a t burn and
gleum and g litter with an alm ost devilish
brilliancy.
“ So you’ve come,” he says, w ithout
m aking any a tte m p t to rise from his
chair. “ S hut th a t door, will you? W hat
a vile draught! And dou't stand staring
like th at, it m akes me nervous.”
H is voice is cold, clear, freezing. It
seems to the tired girls standing before
him as if a breath of icy air had suddenly
fallen into the hot and stifling room.
“V era, I presum e," says Mr. D ysart,”
holding out his lithe w hite hand to perm it
her to press it. “ And you are G riselda?
I need not ask w hat lunatic chose your
names, as I w as well acquainted with
your m other m any years ago.”
“ I feel th a t I m ust think you at once.
Uncle G regory, for your kindness to us,”
says M iss D ysart, gravely, still standing.
"A y, ay. You acknowledge th a t," says
he, quickly.
“I have been your best
friend, a fte r all, eh?”
"You have given us a home,” continues
Miss D y sart, in tones th a t trem ble a lit­
tle. " B u t for you----- ”
"Y es, yes—go on.” H e th ru sts out his
old miserly face as if a th irst for fu rth er
words. " B u t for me You would both
have been cast upon the w orld’s highway,
to live or die as chance dictated. To me,
to me you are indebted for everything.
You owe me m uch. E ach day you live
you shall owe me more. I have befriend­
ed you; I have been the m eans of saving
you from sta rv atio n .”
If so corpse-like a face could show signs
of excitem ent it shows it now, as he seeks
to prove by word and gesture th a t he is
their benefactor to an unlim ited extent.
T he hateful emotion he betrays raises in
G riselda's breast feelings of repugnance
and disgust.
“ I have consented 'to adopt you,” he
goes on presently, his cold voice now cut­
ting like a knife. "B u t do not expect
.m uch from me. It is well to come to a
proper understanding a t the sta rt, and
so save fu tu re argum ent. H onesty has
m ade me poor. You have been, I hear,
accustomed to lead a useless, luxurious
existence. Your fath er all bis life kept up
a most extrav ag an t menage, and, dying,
left you paupers.” He alm ost hisses out
the last cruel word.
G riselda s ta rts to her feet.
“T h e honesty of which you boast is not
everything,” she says, in a burning tone.
"L e t me remind you th at courtesy, too,
has its claim s upon you.”
“ H a h ! T he word pauper Is unpleasing,
it seem s," says he. unmoved. "B efore we
quit this point, however, one last word.
You are beneath my roof; I shall expert
you to conform to my rules. I see no one.
I perm it no one to enter my doors save
my son. I will not have people spying
out the nakedness of the land, and specu­
lating over w hat they are pleased to call
my eccentricities. T hey will have me
rich, but l a m poor, poor, I tell you. A l­
ways rem em ber th at.”
G riselda's features having settled them ­
selves into a ra th e r alarm ing expression.
Miss D y sart hurriedly breaks into the
conversation.
" I f you will perm it ns," she says, fa in t­
ly, "w e should like to go to our rooms, to
rest a little. It has been a long journey.”
H e r ancle tu rn s and touches the bell
near him, and imm ediately, so immedi­
ately as to suggest the idea th a t she has
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wom an enters.
"Y ou are singularly prom pt,” he says,
w ith a lowering glance and a sneer. “ T his
is Mrs. G runch,” turning to V era, "my
housekeeper. She will see to your w ants.
G runch, take these young ladies aw ay.
My nerves,” w ith a shudder, "a re all un­
stru n g to the last pitch.”
T hus unceremoniously dism issed, Miss
D y sart follows the housekeeper from the
room, G riselda having preceded her.
T hrough the huge dark hall and up the
wide, moldy staircase they follow their
guide, noting a s they do so the decay
th a t m arks everything around.
She flings wide a door for rhe girls to
enter, and then abruptly departs w ithout
offering them word or glance. T hey are
than k fu l to be th u s left alone, and in­
voluntarily stand still and gaze a t each
other. Vera is very pale, and her breath
is coming ra th e r fitfully from betw een her
parted lips.
" H e looks dying," she says, a t last,
speaking with a heavy sigh, and going
nearer to G riselda, as if unconsciously
seeking a closer companionship. “ Did you
ever see such a face?
Don’t you think
he is dying?”
“ W ho can tell?” says G riselda.
“I
m ight think it, perhaps, but for his eyes.
T h ey ”—she shudders—“they look as if
they couldn’t die. W h at terrible eyes
they are! and w hat a vile old m an alto­
gether! Good heavens! how did he dare
so to Insult us! I told you, V era"—w ith
rising excitem ent—“ I warned you th a t
our coming here would be only for evil.”
A moment later a knock comes to the
door.
"W ill you be pleased to come down
sta irs or to have your tea here?” de­
m auds the harsh voice of the housekeep­
er from the threshold.
"H e re " is on V era's lips, but G riselda,
the bcld, circum vents her.
"D ow n sta irs,” she says, coldly, "w hen
we get some hot w ater, and when you
send a m aid to help us to unpack our
tru n ljs.”
“T here are no m aids in this house,”
replies Mrs. G runch, sullenly. “ You m ust
e ith e r attend to each other or let me help
you."
"N o m aids!” says G riselda.
“ None,” briefly.
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“And my room ? Oh—is this mine, or
M iss D y sart’s?”
"B oth yours and M iss D y sart’s; sorry
if it a in 't big enough,” with a derisive
glance round the huge, bare cham ber.
‘‘You m ean, we are to have but one
room between us?”
" J u s t th a t, miss. N either more nor
less. And good enough, too, for those
as----- ”
"L eav e the room,” says G riselda, w ith
a sudden, sh arp intonation, so unexpect­
ed, so w ithering, th a t the woman, a fte r
a surprised stare, turns and w ithdraw s.
C H A P T E R III.
A few days la te r the girls are sitting
in the garden. It is a beautiful day.
E ven through the eternal shadow s th a t
encom pass the garden, and past the thick
yew hedge, the hot beams of the sun are
stealing.
“ A day for gods and goddesses,” cries
G riselda, springing suddenly to her feet,
and flinging fa r from her on the green­
sw ard the m usty volume she had purloin­
ed from the m ustier library about an hour
ago.
"P e rh a p s I ’ll never come back. The
spirit of adventure is full upon me, and
who knows w hat demons inhabit th a t un­
known wood? So, fare thee well, sweet,
my love! and when you see me, expect
m e.” She presses a sentim ental kiss up­
on her sister’s brow, averring th a t a
“ brow ” is the only applicable p a rt of her
for such a solemn occasion, and runs
lightly down tow ard the hedge.
She runs through one of the openings
in the hedge, crosses the graveled path,
and, m ounting the parapet, looks over to
exam ine the other side of the w all on
w hich she stands, a fte r which she com­
m ences her descent. One little foot she
slips into a convenient hole in it, and then
the o ther into a hole lower down, and so
on amVon, until the six feet of wall are
conquered and she reaches te rra firms,
and finds nothing betw een her and the
desired cool of th e lovely woods.
W ith a m erry h e art she plunges into
th e dark, sw eetly scented home of the
g ian t trees, w ith a green, soft pathw ay
under her foot, and, though she knows It
not, her world before her.
I t is an entrancing hour. She h a s stop-
I>cd short in the middle of a broad, green
space encompassed by high hills, though
w-ith an opening tow ard the west, when
this uncom fortable conviction grows clear
to her th a t she is lost. She is not of the
nervous order, however, and keeping a
good h e art looks hopefully around her.
F a r aw ay over there, in the distance,
stan d s a figure lightly lined against the
m assive trunk of a sycamore, th a t most
unm istakably declares itself to be a man.
H is back is turned to her, and he is bend­
ing over something, and, so fa r as she can
judge thus rem ote from him, his clothing
is considerably the worse for wear. A
gam ekeeper, perhaps, or a—well, some­
thing or other of th a t sort. A t all events
the sight is welcome as the early dew.
<To be continued.!
T o a P o e t.
T o le a rn p o e try “ fo r re p e titio n ” 1«
douM Icss a m e a n s o f c u ltiv a tin g a
k n o w le d g e o f lite ra tu re , b u t schoolboys
so m e tim es re g a rd th e a u th o rs o f poem s
le a rn e d a s ta s k m a s te rs a n d p e rso n al
en em ies. T h is v iew Is a m u s in g ly e x ­
p re sse d In a le tte r w hich w a s fo u n d
a m o n g th e p a p e rs o f th e v e n e ra b le
G e rm a n poet G elbel. I t w as w ritte n
to him by som e schoolboys o f L u b eck ,
a n d Is sig n ed “ K a rl B eck m an n , II.
K la sse .” T h e le tte r Is p rin te d In L it­
e ra tu re . A fte r s ta tin g th a t tw o boys
b a d been flogged b e ca u se th e y could
n o t le a rn H e rr G e lb el's “ H o p e of
S p rin g ," th e l e tte r re a d s a s follow s:
W e su p p o se you did not th in k o f su ch
th in g s w h e n you w ro te th e poem . T h e
H e rr I-e h re r s a y s It Is a very b e a u tifu l
poem , b u t th e re a re so m an y very b e a u ­
tifu l poem s a n d w e a re obliged to lea rn
th e m . T h e re fo re w e beg a n d e n tre a t
you, e stee m e d H e r r G elbel, m ak e n o
m o re b e a u tifu l poem s. And to m ak e
It w o rse w e h a v e to lea rn th e b iog­
ra p h y of e v e ry poet, w h a t y e a r h e w a s
b o rn In, a n d w b a t y e a r he died tn. W e
w rite to yon b e ca u se yon a re th e only
p o e t still liv in g , a n d w e w ish you a
v e ry long life.
S e n a to r M ark H a n n a w ear» aa a
w a tc h c h a rm a gold n u g g e t w h ich 1»
w o rth se v e ra l h u n d re d dollars. It w a i
p re s e n te d to him by a n u m b e r of M eth­
o d ist frie n d s w ho re sid e In C leveland.
O hio.
C O U N T Y , O REG O N, F R ID A Y , J A N U A J iY
J54, 1902.
m e a n s th e b u lld iu g of th e e x te n sio n
i a t o n c e. C o n stru c tio n will be begun
a s soon a s th e w e a th e r in th a t region
C O L U M B IA
SOUTHERN
W IL L
is su ita b le , a n d th e Hue will be p u t
th ro u g h to c o m p le tio n th is y e a r u n less
B U I L D 100 M I L E S T H I S YEAR.
so m e u n e x p e c te d o b sta cle sh a ll be
found. It Is su id n o t to be a difficult
NO. 10.
NEWS OF THE STATE
T E M S OF
IN T E R E ST
PARTS
OF
F RO M ALL
OREGON.
Additional Capital Stock lor One Million country t0 bulld *°'
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im­
Dollars For Branches to Ashwood and
Great Resources of Territory.
portance—A Brief Review of the Growth
F o r a y e a r o r tw o w ork h a s been in
Prineville Also Extension ol Main Unc
and
Improvement! of the Many Industries
p ro g re s s to w a rd o p en in g th e a g ric u l­
From Shaniko to Bend in Southern Ore­ tu ra l, tim b e r a n d m in e ral re so u rce s
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
of th e re g io n to be p e n e tra te d by th e
gon—Engineers Now in the Field.
—Latest Market Report
j p ro p o se d e x te u s lo n of th e C olum bia
S o u th e rn . Irrig a tio n com panies h ave
P o rtla n d , J a n . 15.—E.
E.
L ytle. been In th e Held and h ave e x te n siv e
T h e to ta l in d eb te d n ess of A1 igbany
p ro je c ts
under
w ay. $11,731.17.
M ay E n rig h t a n d E. R. D eyoe have re c la m a tio n
filed a rtic le s of in c o rp o ra tio n of th e L u m b e rm e n fro m W isconsin. M inne­
A sy n d ic a te h a s com m enced b oring
C o lu m b ia S o u th e rn R a ilw a y E x te n ­ so ta , M ic h ig a n a n d Iow a have a c q u ir­
sio n C o m p an y .
T h e o b je c t is to ed la rg e t r a c t s of pine tim b e r alo n g for oil n e a r V ale.
b u ild a n e x te n s io n of th e C olum bia th e D e sc h u te s in C rook C ounty, and
In te re s t in Jo sep h in e co u n ty m in es
S o u th e rn R a ilw a y
from S h a n ik o to a re re a d y to e r e c t sa w m ills th e min-
c o n tin u e s u n a b a te d .
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T h e C oncord m in e , one of th e ric h e st
ip E a s te rn O regon, lias been sold for
$300,000.
T h e e x p en ses for 1901 of C lack am as
c o u n ty , n o t in clu d in g ro ad s, w ere n e a r­
ly $70,000.
A rticles of in co rp o ra tio n h ave been
filed for th e e re c tio n and o p e ra tio n of u
new saw m ill a t A storia.
B aker C ity c h a m b e r of com m erce has
ad o p ted re so lu tio n s favoring th e o p en ­
ing of th e Upj>er C olum bia.
At th e e n d of th e la st q u a rte r th e re
w ere 10 m o re co n v icts in th e s ta te p e n ­
ite n tia ry th a n a t th e Iieginning.
B uyers a re offering to c o n tra c t th e
1902 ho]) cro p a t 11 c en ts.
T h is is
s lig h tly h ig h e r th a n th e first offers for
th e 1901 crop.
T lie fa rm e rs of E a ste rn O regon a re
fearful t h a t th e p re sen t fa ir w e a th e r
w ill m ak e a w h e at sh o rtag e n e x t y e a r.
M in ers also w ould lik e to see snow .
T h e voters of A lbany school
h ave o rd ered th e erectio n of
school b u ild in g in th a t c ity to
m odate th e increased numl>er
d re n .
d is tric t
a n o th e r
accom ­
of chil
P h ilo m a th is to have a n o p e ra house.
T otal ta x lev y for J o s e p h in e co u n ty
has been fixed a t 32 m ills.
H o p grow ers aro u n d S alem refuse to
sell th e ir crops for less t h a n 12 c en ts
per pound.
A local c om pany lias been organized
for tiie purpose of boring for oil n ear
M onm outh.
(
T h e 1901 assessm en t roll of th e sta te
show s a n in crease in p ro p e rty v a lu a ­
tio n s of $ 4 ,000,000.
P e n d le to n ’s c ity council h a s d is ­
m issed th e ch ie f of police a n d c ity re ­
c o rd er for c o rru p tio n .
E. E. LYTLE.
P re s id e n t L y tle , o f th e C olu m b ia S o u th e rn ra ilro a d , w h ic h is a b o u t
to e x te n d its lin e 100 m ile s fu r th e r s o u th in to c e n tra l O regon, w as bo rn
In P e n n s y lv a n ia in 1861. H e le a rn e d th e ra ilro a d b u sin e ss w ith th e
P e n n s y lv a n ia ra ilro a d , a n d c a m e to O regon in 1889. H e w as a g e n t for th e
O. R. & N. Co. a t T o u ch e t, H ood R iv e r a n d T h e D a lle s u n til 1897, w hen
h e to o k a le a d in g p a rt In o rg a n iz a tio n o f th e C o lu m b ia S o u th e rn
ra il­
ro a d c o m p an y , a n d he h a s b e e n a t th e h e a d o f t h a t c o rp o ra tio n e v e r
sin c e. S e v e n ty m iles of road a re now u n d e r o p e ra tio n , and it is th e m o st
p ro fita b le lin e in O regon, c o n sid e rin g th e m ile ag e .
B end, a d is ta n c e o f a b o u t 100 m iles,
w ith b ra n c h e s to A shw ood a n d P r in e ­
ville. T h e a m o u n t of th e c a p ita l
s to c k a u th o riz e d is $1,000,000.
T h e e x te n sio n w ill c o n sist of, first,
a lin e fro m th e p re s e n t te rm in u s of
th e C o lu m b ia S o u th e rn a t S h a n ik o in
a g e n e ra l s o u th e rly d ire c tio n , c r o s s ­
ing T r o u t C re ek and C rooked R iv er,
to a p o in t on th e D e sc h u tes R iv er,
a t o r n e a r B end postofflee In C rook
C o u n ty ; seco n d , a b ra n c h u p T ro u t
C re ek , v ia th e O reg o n K ing m in e, to
a p o in t a t o r n e a r A shw ood postofflee;
th ird , a b ra n c h u p th e v a lle y o f C ro o k ­
ed R iv e r to P rin e v ille .
Engineer! Now in Field.
T h e in c o rp o ra to rs a re officers o f th e
C o lu m b ia S o u th e rn C om pany, M r. L y­
tle b e in g p re s id e n t.
M iss E n rig h t
s e c re ta ry , a n d Mr. D eyoe a u d ito r of
th e old c o rp o ra tio n . T h e w hole p ro ­
p e rty w ill be p ra c tic a lly o n e line
fro m B iggs to B end. T h e ro u te h a s
b e en re c o n n o lte re d , b u t th e d e fin ite
lo c a tio n h a s n o t y e t been m ade. T h is
w o rk
is
now
in p ro g re s s, e n g i­
n e e rs h a v in g b e e n in th e field for
so m e d a y s.
L O C O M O T IV E
BLEW
UP.
Caused the Derailment of a Pasicnger Train
on the Rock liland.
u te th e r e s h a ll be tr a n s p o rta tio n for
th e p ro d u c t.
T h re e E a s te rn com ­
p a n ie s ow n 44,000 a c re s co v ere d w ith
yellow p in e, a ll a c c e s sib le from th e
p ro p o se d e x te n sio n . M ining d e v elo p ­
m e n t In th e v ic in ity of A shw ood, a
new to w n on T ro u t C reek, h a s re a c h ­
ed a s ta g e t h a t d e m a n d s tr a n s p o r ta ­
tio n fa c ilitie s.
Portland Will Be Benefited.
P o rtla n d tr a d e field w ill be g re a tly
e x te n d e d by th e c o n s tru c tio n o f th e
p ro p o se d e x te n sio n .
A c o n sid e ra b le
p a rt of L a k e a n d K la m a th C o u n tie s
w hich now h a v e th e ir c o m m e rc ial r e ­
la tio n s w ith S a n F ra n c is c o w ill fln l
it e a s ie r to re a c h P o rtla n d a f te r th e
ro a d to B end s h a ll h a v e been com ­
p lete d . A w id e r e x te n t of c o u n try
w ill be d ra in e d th is w ay, a n d Its ra p ­
id d e v e lo p m e n t w ill a m o u n t to o p e n ­
in g a new e m p ire a t o u r door. F u r ­
t h e r e x te n s io n s of th is ra ilro a d a re
c o n te m p la te d , o n e p ro n g to go to
I.a k e v le w a n d a n o th e r to B u rn s.
T h o se m ay co m e n e x t y e ar. T h e n In­
te r io r O reg o n w ill be fa irly su p p lied
w ith tra n s p o r ta tio n
lin e s th a t w ill
te n d to b ind O reg o n to g e th e r r a th e r
th a n t e a r it In p a rts .
No Hope of Saving Austrian Miner».
B reu x , A u s tria , J a n . 17.— T he w a ter
in th e J u p ite r m in e , w hich was su d ­
d e n ly flooded J a n u a ry 14, w hen th e
escape of 43 m en , in clu d in g th e m a n a ­
ger of th e m in e and tw o su p e rin te n d ­
e n ts , w as c u t off, does n o t su b sid e , and
hope of sav in g th e m en h a s been
abandoned.
T h e d is a s te r was d u e to
th e overflow ing of th e R iv er R ila n e ar
th e m in e .
P re c au tio n s to p re v e n t th e
flooding of th e m in e w ere ta k e n too
j la te . O ne en g in eer w as saved. S u b ­
| se q u e n tly n in e m en courageously w ent
in to th e m in e a second tim e , and never
re tu rn e d .
T h irty -o n e of th e v ictim s
w ere m arried .
V ic to r, Iow a, J a n . 21.— As th e D en­
v e r lim ite d p a sse n g er tr a in No. 5 , of
th e R ock Isla n d , w as p assin g th ro u g h
th is tow n th is m o rn in g a t 5 :5 5 , th e
b o ile r of e n g in e No. 603 e x p lo d e d , re ­
s u ltin g in th e d e a th of th e e n g in e e r
a n d firem an a n d s lig h tly in ju rin g tw o
p o rte rs a n d a b ra k e m a n .
T h e a cc id e n t t<sik p lace w ith in 200
feet of th e d e p o t a n d th e noise of th e
e x p lo sio n aroused e v ery jierson in th e
to w n .
T he force of th e e x p lo sio n
th re w ev ery one of th e seven coaches
of th e tr a in off th e tra c k , b u t o n ly o v e r­
tu rn e d th e Des M oines P u llm a n .
F o rtu n a te ly th e p assengers w ere un-
Rceoinagt of Hawaiian Silver.
in jru e d . Pi«x-cs of th e w recked en g in e
w ere stre w n a ro u n d for a d ista n c e of
W a sh in g to n ,
Jan.
18.—T h e bill
200 feet a n d th e b o ile r w as found 150 fo r th e re co ln ag e o f th e s ilv e r c o in ­
feet a w ay from th e scene of th e acci­ a g e of H aw aii, In tro d u ce d by R e p re ­
d e n t.
s e n ta tiv e H ill, of C o n n e cticu t, w aa to
d a y fa v o ra b ly a cted upon by th e H ouse
The Hohtnzolltm Sails.
c o m m itte e on co in ag e, w eight» and
K ie l, J a n . 21.— T h e im p e ria l y a c h t m ea su re » .
T h e re I» a b o u t $975.000 of
H o h e n zo llem sa ile d for New Y ork a t s ilv e r c irc u la tin g in H aw aii, m o st of
9 :3 0 o'clock th is m o rn in g .
it In s ilv e r dollars.
Soldier! Must Shoot Better.
W a s h in g to n , J a n . 21. — A m erican
so ld ie rs in th e P h ilip p in e s m u st shoot
w ith m ore accuracy,
T h is is th e liur-
den of an o rd e r re c e n tly issued by
G e n era l Chaffee, copies of w hich h a v e
been received a t w ar d e p a rtm e n t. T he
general p o in ts o u t t h a t a s th e re s u lt of
lack of re g u la r ta rg e t p ra c tic e , b oth
officers a n d m en in th e d iv isio n of th e
P h ilip p in e s h ave fa lle n fa r below th e
d e sira b le proficiency in th is m o st im ­
p o rta n t of th e s o ld ie r's q u a lific a tio n s
Federal Building at Evanston.
W a sh in g to n . Ja n . 2 0 —T h e S e n a te
c o m m itte e on public b u ild in g s and
g ro u n d s h a s a u th o riz e d a fa v o ra b le
re p o rt on th e bill fo r $100,000 fo r a
G o v e rn m e n t b uilding a t E v a n sto n ,
W yo.
A ctive ojierationa w ill bo com m enced
a t B ak er C ity in th e n e a r fu tu re of th e
lie a u tify in g of th e c ity p a rk s.
T h e now C a th o lic c h u rc h a t H ills ­
boro, w itli a se a tin g c ap a city of 1,000,
lias been forniully d e d ic ate d .
T h e U ncle Sum M ining a n d M illing
C o m p an y , of Blue riv e r, is m ak in g e x ­
te n siv e re p a irs to its p ro p e rty .
C alapooia school d is tr ic t is"' c o n sid er­
ing m eans for ra isin g m oney w ith w hich
to e rec t a new school b u ild in g .
T h e p u b lic schools a n d c h u rc h e s of
C o q u ille C ity have been d o s e d o n ac­
co u n t fo th e n u m b er of cases of s m a ll­
pox in th e c ity .
T h e B adger M ining C o m p an y , of
S u sa n v ille , expects to in s ta ll a red u c­
tio n p la n t on its p ro p e rty in th e n e ar
fu tu re . T h e p la n t w ill in v o lv e a n o u t­
lay of $100,000.
Portland Markzta.
W h e a t—W alla W alla, 69© 60c; blue
ste m , 61c; valley, 6916@>60c.
B a rle y — F eed, $17© 17.50; b rew in g .
$ 17.50 @18 p e r ton.
O at»— No. 1 w hite, $ 1 0 1 .1 0 ; g ray ,
95c@ $l,
F lo u r— B eet g rade», $2.7 0 0 3 .3 0 p e r
b a rre l; g ra h a m . $2.50.
MIHstuff«— B ran, $17 p e r to n ; m id ­
d lin g s, $20; sh o rt» , $18; chop», $17.
H a y —T im o th y , $ ll© 1 2 ; clo v e r, $7
0 7 .6 0 ;
O regon w ild b a y , $ 5 0 * per
ton.
M u tto n — Lam b», 3 V t© 3 H c , g ro ss ;
d re sse d , 6 \4 c p e r p o u n d ; sh e e p , w eth
era, 3V4©356c, g ro ss ; d re s s e d , 6©6V»c
p e r p o u n d ; ew es, 3 ^ 4 © 3 H e. g ro ss ;
d re sse d , 6©6V£c p e r pound.
H ogs—G ro ss, 6V4c; d re sse d , 6©6V4c
p e r pound.
V eal— 8 ® 9 c p e r pound.
B eef—G ro ss, cow s, 3 H e ;
ste e rs ,
3V4©4c; d re sse d , 3© 7c p e r pound.
B u tte r — C re a m e ry , 25© 27c per
p o u n d ; d a iry , 18© 20c; sto re , 12V4©
15c.
EfflC»— 20© 22 H e fo r cold s to ra g e ;
22 0 26c fo r E a s te r n ; 28© 30c fo r fresh
O regon.
P o u ltry —C h ic k e n s, m ixed, $2.60© 3;
hens, $ 3 .5 0 0 4 ; 8V iO $c p e r pou n d ;
sp rin g s. 9© 10c p e r pound. $2.50©3 p e r
d o zen ; d u c k s, $5© 6 fo r y o u n g ; geese.
$6.50©7.50 p e r d o zen ; tu rk e y s , lire .
1 1 ® I 2 ' 4 c ; d re s s e d , 1 3 0 1 4 c p e r pound.
C h e ese — F ull cream , tw in s, IS O
13V4c; Y o u n g A m erica, 14©16c.
P o ta to e s — B e at B u rb a n k s. 85cO $l-10
p e r c e n ta l; o rd in a ry . 7 0 0 80c.
H ops— 8© 10c p e r pound.
W ool—V a lle y , 1 1 0 1 4 c ; E a s te rn O r­
egon. 8© 1 2 1 4 c; m o h air, 2 1 0 2 1 H C per
pound.
S e n a to r C la rk bou g h t 6« painting.)
In V ie n n a fo r 8320.000.
T h re e c h ild re n of Ja c q u e M ondry,
a g ed 10. 7 a n d 3 y e ars, w e re b u rn e d to
d e a th In t h e i r h om e a t Buffalo, N. Y.
T h e m o th e r a n d a tw o-days-old baby
w ere re sc u e d .
T h e F ir s t N a tio n a l B ank o f New
Government Ownerehlp of Telegraph.
Y ork h a s d e c la re d a sem i-an n u al d iv i­
W ash in g to n .
Jan.
1 8 —S e n a to r d en d o f 10 p e r c e n t on lta in c re a s e d
T h is
H a r r is to d ay Intro d u ced a bill provid c a p ita l sto c k o f »10.000.000
ing fo r th e G o v e rn m en t o w n e rsh ip of m a k e s a to ta l o f $21.310.000 w hich th e
th e te le g ra p h lin e s o f th e U n ited b a n k h aa d is trib u te d am o n g lta s to c k ­
h o ld e rs s in c e 1883.
S ta te »
Addraos, a stra le , tu w b s rf, Orrasa.
BY
P R IV A T E
VESSEL.
Pacific Transport Service May Be Discontin­
ued-R oot Favors the Plan.
W ash in g to n , J a n . 21.— A lth o u g h th e
Pacific tra n s p o rt service is n o t to be
d isco n tin u ed im m e d ia tely , it is q u ite
c e rta in tliu t w ith in a re aso n a b le tim e
th e g overnm ent sh ip s w ill tie disposed
of to p riv a te persons, a n d th e re a fte r
th e c a rry in g of m en a n d su p p lie s to and
from tlie P h ilip p in e s w ill lie done u n ­
d e r c o n tra c t. T he q u a rte rm a s te r’s d e ­
p a rtm e n t is stre n u o u sly u rg in g th e con­
tin u a n c e of th e p re sen t service, on th e
ground th a t i t 'i s efficient, sa tisfa c to ry
a n d econom ical, a n d m akes th e c la im
t h a t th e re is a saving to th e g o v e rn ­
m e n t of a t le a s t $100,000 on each
tra n s p o rt t h a t sqils for th e P h ilip ­
p in es. It is fu rth e r a sse rted th a t since
th e
tra n s ]io rt
service
w as first
in a u g u ra te d ,
th e
g o v e rn m e n t
has
sav ed , by reason of ow n in g its own
sh ip s, tlie full a m o u n t e x p en d e d in
p u rc h a sin g a n d re p a irin g tlie tra n s p o rt
fleet, b a sin g t h e i r com p u tatio n on tho
differen ce betw een actual cost of tr a n s ­
p o rta tio n a n d th e price asked b y tlie
b riv a te sh ip p e r.
H ow ever, S e c retary Root e a rn e stly
favors a n d recom m ends tho d isc o n tin ­
uance of tlie tra n s p o rt service u p o n th e
P acific.
l i e re a liz e s th a t th e re a re
now e n ough A m e ric an ships {dying
betw een tlie P acific coast a n d M a n ila
to c a rry a ll th e tro o p s a n d su p p lies
th a t m u s t be chan g ed before tlie p re s­
e n t se rv ice can lie dispensed w ith . H e
b eliev es t h a t tlie several tra n s p o rts
sh o u ld lie g ra n te d A m erican re g is­
te rs a n d
th e n
lie sold, th ere b y
e n a b lin g tlie g o v e rn m e n t to realize re a ­
so n a b le v a lu e s, o th erw ise, th ey m u st
lie sold a t a sacrifice. It is p ointed
o u t th a t m a n y h u n d re d s of th o u sa n d s
of d o llu rs h av e lioen e x p en d e d in re ­
p a irs to th e se vessels in A m erican
p o rts, a n d t h a t th e re can lx- no m ason-
a b le o b jec tio n to g ra n tin g A m erican
re g iste rs.
T h is done, tlie secretarv
w ould e n te r in to c o n tra c ts for c arry in g
tro o p s a n d s u p p lie s (a n a u th o rity th a t
th e d e p a rtm e n t a lre a d y bus) h u t he
believes co n g ress sh o u ld bestow th e
fu r th e r a u th o r ity to e n a b le th e govern­
m e n t, in case of w ar, to tak e full con­
tro l of v essels u n d e r co ontract, to be
u se d so lely for trans]M>rt purposes upon
re a so n a b le co m p e n sa tio n
to
th e ir
ow ners.
CAN
S O O N W IR E V A L D E S .
United States Making Good Headway on Its
Telegraph Line.
S e a ttle , J a n . 21.— The U n ited S ta te s
m ilita r y te le g ra p h system in A laska
w ill lie c o m p le te from tlie in te rn a tio n a l
b o u n d a ry on th e Y ukon, a d ista n c e
n o rth of D aw son, to E ag le C ity , a n d
th e n c e o v e rla n d 400 m ile s to V ald es
e a rly in M arch. L ie u te n a n t W illia m
M itc h e ll,'o f th e U n ited JStatse signal
corps, a rriv e d in Dawson e a rly th is
m o n th to receive a sh ip m e n t of lig h t
w ire on its way u p tlie riv e r from
W h ite H orse.
T h is w ire, w eig h in g
a b o u t 10 p o u n d s to th e m ile , w ill 1 k >
used for th e im m e d ia te co n n ectio n lie-
tw een V aldes a n d E ag le, a n d a t t h a t
tim e L ie u te n a n t M itch ell said he w ould
have it in place w ith in 00 d a y s.
D u r­
ing tlie com ing su m m er it w ill be re ­
placed w ith tlie h e a v ie r w ire , w e ig h in g
a ls m t 320 pou n d s to tlie m ile. O nly
000 m ile s re m a in s to lie covered to
co m p le te th e connection of N om e w ith
S e a ttle .
Tlie lino has liecn co m p le te d
from N om e via St. M ichael to R a m p n rt
on th e low er Y u kon. T lie g a p from
R a m p a rt to E ag le w ill be fin ish ed
d u rin g th e com ing su m m e r. Ily tr a n s ­
fer a t Dawson to th e re c e n tly com ­
p lete d C an ad ian lin e , N om e a n d a ll
low er riv e r p o in ts w ill h a v e c o m m u n i­
c atio n w ith th e o u tsid e w o rld w h e n
R etiring sea n av ig atio n is closed in th e
fall of 1902.
T he p e rm a n e n t h e av y
w ire on tlie V aldes-K ugle d iv is io n is
co m p leted 107 m iles from V a ld es to
C opjier C e n te r.
V a ld es is a ls o c o n ­
nected by 14 m iles of w ire w ith F o rt
L iscu m , th o a rm y h e a d q u a rte rs on
th e coast.
Citizens Fought Burglars.
S prin g field , Ala , J a n . 21,— A p itc h e d
b a ttle haa tak en place b etw een a posse
of c itize n s a n d b u rg la rs a t B ro m p to n .
T h e ]«isse now bus th e b u rg la rs s u r­
ro u n d e d , a n d us m o re tro u b le is feared ,
th e sh eriff a t B irm in g h a m h a s been
askeil for a ssista n ce .
Population of Canada.
O ttaw a, O n t ., J a n . 17.— T lie popula
tio n of C an ad a was officially announce!
by th e census d e p a rtm e n t to d a y .
I
is show n by th e census of 1901 to h
5,3«0,m i«, a n in crease of 530,426 fo
th e decade. T h e re p re se n ta tio n in th
house of com m ons w ill lie reduced iron
213 to 210 m em tiers. T he Y ukon w il
lie g ra n te d one m em ber, B ritish C olum
b ia one a d d itio n a l m em ber, th e N o rth
w est T e rrito ry tw o, a n d
M anitols
th re e , m a k in g a n in crease of seven
O n ta rio w ill lose six m em bers am i tin
m a ritim e provinces four, m ak in g a to ta
loss of 10 m em b e rs, w h ich , w ith a gait
of seven in th e D om inion, w ill m ak e i
n e t loss of th re e .
Bad Firs In Los Angelas.
I-os A ngeles, C a l., J a n . 17.— Th
R ees A W irso h in g block was alm oi
to ta lly d e stro y ed by fire to d ay , to g eth i
w ith th e sa d d le ry e sta b lish m e n t <
H ay d en A t-ew is am i a coffee a n d apic
house. T he loss is e stim a te d a t $150
0 0 0 ; w ell in su re d .
A Laglslatlv* Indorsement.
Ja c k so n , M iss,, J a n . 17. .— But
houses o f th e leg isla tu re today unani
nim islv ad o p ted a reso lu tio n d e clarin
R e a r A d m iral S chley to be th e rig h tfe
h e ro of th e b a ttle of F a c t ¡ago. am i “ en
tith 'd to th e u n fa ilin g g ra titu d e of hi
c o u n try .” T h e reso lu tio n indorses th
re p o rt of A d m iral Dewey in th e Schle
c o u rt of in q u iry a n d condem ns th
m a jo rity re p o rt of th e m em bers consti
tu tin g th e c o u rt.
Schley is also cot
d ia lly in v ite d to v isit Jackson.