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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1903)
j, i-.. vV 'HHHrHHHHH The Laziest Man. - j - M - H - H - M - H - MH - H ALL grasses on the bank wnvctl It, leaving only the twisted Ironwork to he soinothlug hotter than conn Koiitb; n blundering bumblebe' hanging to the pillars on elthir liiiitc. ! dentin! clerk to Page & Jcssop If you T tutnhlcd Ukin the brum! face of n hurdock lenf, too ovcrlnden with pol Ion to tly; Interloeketl hrnnchcH t raced n laeowork luttctn on the groun 1, nnd the September sunlight shimmering up on the bank nnd water was like n b.'iie d Union. ltlnpdd Iny nt length beside the foot path, flat uikmi his back, one leg over the other, thus thrusting n very trim urn! well shod foot Into the nlr, and with his hands clasped behind his head pillowed on a hammock. He watched a spider busily spinning n thread so line that as It was carried further and further out over the watir on the bosom of the breeze Its end whs ilnally lost to sight. Such n busy Itttlu creature as that spider was, too! It positively made Mucoid feel n desire to be doing somethtnc himself, Just to see the spinner nt work. So he lit an- . other cigarette and puffed steadily. A man can always ilud i-omethlng to do when he's In the country on u vaca tion. Hy and by the spider, evidently be lieving his aerial ship, or kite, or what ever he was making, of sufficient strength, cut himself tooe nnd went ' Hying away at the end of his thread. Up nud up the spider soared, and nwny over the river; and having seen the ascension Mngold was able to fol low the track of the cunning Insect at the end of his floating thread for tame yards. "That's n line way to cross n river," he said to himself. "Wish I could do It ns easily." Simon Sholes, the storekeeper, came trotting along the path. "Ill, Hobby! What ure you doing there?" he asked, casting a rather suspicious glance at the recumbent llgure. "Sawing wood, Mr. Sholes," respond ed the lazy one. Sholes chuckled rather doubtfully, and went on. Mngold knew he would go down to Ids store nnd report that Hob was Just as lazy ns ever. Three years hi the city hadn't changed him n mite! Dr. Newell hove In tight n moment later. Itcnlly, the river path seemed u favorite wny to the village today! "That you Mngold? Taking It easy?" "Oh, no, sir! I'm plowing for oats." "I reckon you would plow for oat this time o' year, Mngold. It would be Just like you," said the old physlclau dryly, ns he went on, his coattnlls flap ping over his locked hands. "Makes these folks Jealous to see a man resting," declnrcd Mngold to him Keif. "Humph! Working Just nliout ns you uscter, hey?" was old Peleg Mur iiny's sharp remark as he passed a minute Inter. And he scowled down nt the mnn of rase. Ho remembeied -when Mngold had stolen his golden russets. "Hnrdcr." wns the reply. "I'm mnk Ing liny while the sun shines. I'll sell you n ton nt a discount. Peleg," said Mngold. Ho knew the old man's fall ing. Hy and hy there wns another step on the path. Mngold had been waiting for It, hut he did not raise his head. "I thought I would II ml you here," mid n voice scornfully. "You ure. Hob err, the very laziest man In the world!" "Think so?" "I know so!" The girl tapped the patent leather toe of her shoe with the tip of her parasol. "And you mean to say that they pay you ?3,000 u year In New York. That's the llgure." "What for?" "For thinking." "And I suppose you have been think ing nil this livelong afternoon Unit you have lain here?" r "Noj I've been doing belter." "What, pray?" "Watching spiders!" exclaimed Mng old, laughing and getting lazily ukii his feet. Then he walked along by the girl's side. Hut she kept her fnce turn ed loftily from bin nud that evening she went to th church sociable with young Sholes, the storekeeper's sou. "I like n man who does things." she told Mngold when he complained. The last week of his month's vaca tion coincided with Mngold's hopes. To say the least, the weather wns un certain. Most of the time It rulneel. When It did not rain It iwured. The river rose enormously. The water had not lK-eii so high (these be the words of the oldest Inhabitant) since the great storm In 'CO. The meadows wero allood. Where Itlngold had lain nnd dreamed nwny the sunny afternoon the water was two feet deep. If ho had not mado up his mind to abandon n part of his Ill-gotten gains the bumble bee must have been drowned, nnd the spider had shown his good sense In changing his ejuurtcrs. Tburday night the foot and carriage bridge went. The next morning the dam burst, and the onrush of the great flood which swept the valley carried the timbers of the railroad trestle with H-M-H-fr - H At the village ntntl 11 n long, vo-dlhul- ed train had been held Just In season to escape destruction. The wire told then that retreat was cut off by the loss of the bridge over the ravine two mllis up the road. Perforce the pas sengers were obliged to submit to u considerable stay at this one-horse town. "If It looks ns menu and small to them as It does to me, they won't like It," thought Mngold. He strolled down to the station, "for the privilege of ee Ing n well dresid woman and n silk tile once more." he said. Kverylxuly seemed so glad to have escaped the wreck of the bridge that they were not jet troubling over the delay. All but one man. lie wns sipiM. ruddy faced white haired, quick motioned. Mng old's eyes opened wider. He knew him. And Wall street knew him. Mug old hnd not quite lost run of llmtuclnt affairs. A New York paper was waft ed Into town on occasion. "He was going home In a hurryand I don't blame hint, coiMlderlug the way U. nud P. Is dropping," muttered the lazy mnn. "And- I'd bet that he won't gain anything for being held tip lure." The ruddy faced man thought so, too, He went down to the edge of the river which had now become a lake. "Is there any way of crossing?" he asked. Tho natives stared at him. "I reckon not. A loat wouldn't live it minute In that current. And It's like to rain ag'ln 'fore night." "I've got to get across now; I can't wnlt." said the ruddy faced man. "Whore's the boat?" "There ain't none nearer than the sea-shore fifteen mile nwny. What we had was lost In the fust flood." "Hut I've got to get over," declared the man, Insistently. The bucolic citizens left him. They made up their minds that he wasn't exnetly "right," Itlngold went over. "What's It worth?" he asked calmly. "Put me across the river I can get n special to meet me there, I And nud I'll give yon He looked Mngold over, nud finished; "A hundred dollars." "These aren't my clothes," Mngold said softly. "You see. I got my own wet. I nm connected with Page & Jessop. They call me their coufldcutln! clerk." "You misunderstood me," said tho ruddy faced man, quickly. "I said a thousand!" "And expenses?" "And expense," with a sigh. "All right. You wire for your train. You'll need It about 1 o'clock." He troIled nwny as calmly ns ever, but there must have been something In his eye that Impressed the Wall street mnn more than It did Mngold's old uelghtKirs and friends. At any rate he telegraphed for the speclul. Mngold did n little wiring himself. Luckily there wns a roundabout wny of telegraphing to the other side of the river, nud Al Cuslck II veil there. He could depend uikmi Al to do Just what he wns told no more, no lets. Then Mngold made somo purchnses nt Sholes's store. Young K holes told the girl when she happened In n little Inter that he guessed Hob Itlngold must be getting Into his second child hood, buying children's toys! "And hi nud nut thought them left over balloons we had fur the picnic was n dead lo.s," said the store keeper's son. Ills grammar was one thing that made the girl wish Mngold wns not so lazy! Of course, she could not kesp nwny from the edge of the overflowed mead ows. Half the population and uioht of tho delayed passengers were there. At onu side was Mngold uiul two men busily nt work. On th other shore a wagon had driven down to the edge of the water, and she hen id sotnihody siy that It was Al Cuslck's tram. Hy and hy titber people noticed Mngold's ac tions. They exclaimed In wonder and laugh ed not a little when a bunch of toy balloons, fastened to a strong silk thread, rose In the nlr'nitd was wafted over the water. The wind blew direct ly nerts the stream, witch was yellow and angry In Its central channel. s Hut tho bullous -floated the silken sl'ratid high ubove II. Hy and by the pressure of the air causing the balloons to leak, they dropped down. Hut It was on the further bank, and Al Cuslck caught tho thread. In a moment Mngold signaled him to pull nwny. A cord follow d the silken thread over the river, Then a small, strong rope followed the cord. Several men mid Joined Cuslck on the further shore. Mngold attached a new cablo to the rope, and under the lusty "heave-hoss!" of the group on the other side the yellow maullit splushed through tho flood. With It went an other cord, which, when the cablo was fast on either shore, was used to pull n block nnd breeches buoy which Mug old had mado from a soil There was a banner of snioko against the overcast sky on the other slde of tho river. "Your spe'chil's JiiHt In, sir," Itlngold on hi to the ruddy faced limn. "It's it ijunrter to t, I guarantee you'll ! not ncross without ho much its wet I tint; your booMo." Tito ruddy faced limn shook bauds I "You cull t tny office when yon conio , to town," he suld. "I think you ought want to chance" The girl heard him, nnd she squeezed Mngold's arm In delight. "Oh. ohl" she whispered, "Did you hear that, Itnttcit? Isn't that splendid? Why, we can" 'That extra thousand will furnish u pretty decent Hat In Harlem," llulsh iil the tailed man Philadelphia Ledger, A DICKENS GRIEVANCE. Tom I'lnch'a Heat Itcmoveit from Koantnln Court. Dickons worshippers ore lamenting tho mysterious disappearance of the seat from Fountain Court, In Uie Temple, wnjs the loudon Hxpress. Always numerous hire they have n real grievance to discuss, for this now violated shrine had hitherto been held sacre'd to the memory of lovers' meet ing and .Martin Chuxzlewtt. It Is easy to Imagine that Itntli Pinch and John Westlock John so bold nud ltnth so shy may have wit on these Identical seats. And what would Tom Pinch, who so loved this fountain refuge', have said to tho grat uitous Impertinence of their removal? Some of the mint delightful senti ment In nil Dickens Is associated with this spot. Here It wns that John West lock's secret assignation with Itnth was stumbled upon by Ingenuous Tom. "'What nu ix tra ordinary meeting!' said Tom. 'I should never have drenuit of seeing you two together here.' "'Quite accidental,' John was heard to murmur. "'Kxactly,' cried Tom: 'that's what I msHU, you know. If It wasn't acci dental there would be nothing remark able In It.' " To be sure, said John. "'Such hu out-of-the-way place for you to have met In,' pursuit! Tom. quite delighted. 'Such nu unlikely spot.' And so on, until ItuUi managed to get around on the further side of her brother and squeeze him, as much ns to say, "Are you going to stop here i .ill da-, you dear old blundering Tom?" "Afterwnrds enmo another, a "in a more fateful meeting. Why they e-aitte toward the foun-'Pnsa tain nt all was a mystery, for they had no business there. It wns not their wny. They had no more to do with the fountain, bless you, than they had with with love, or any out-uf- t!ie-wny tilings or mat sort." "Howerer. there they found them- selves. And another extraordinary part of the matter wns that they seemed to Imve come there by a silent understanding. Yet when they got there they were a little confused hy being there, which was the strongest part of all; because there Is nothing naturally confusing In a fountain. "Whnt a good old place It was!' John said. With quite an earnest af fection for It. "'A pleasant place, Indeed,' snld Itutli. Why tly that tiny, precious, lilessed little foot into tho cracked corner of nn Insensible old flagstone In the pavement, and bo so very anxl-Jfalr, otis to adjust It to a nicety?" I'niiionilini) hy Mitt eVitcll. "When Mux O'ltell came to Montreal some yitirs ago," said a man from that city to a Detroit Journal contributor, "we llxtl up a llttlo Joke on him. We hnd noticed how gracefully he could unite a cnun(lr criticism with n compli ment, a facility that enabled him to say the sharpest things without offending the people he was criticising. We were going to put the faculty to a test. "We had hint lunch with us, uml there were at the table beside Idmxelf an Kugllshmuii, u Scotchman, nu Irish man nud a French-Canadian. When we got our guest off his guard wo demand ed nu honest opinion of tho different races we renresenti'd. As the otilulon had to be given In the presence of nil fmir. tin. .IImmHoii fur him was ' mther delicate one. Hut It never seemed to trouble him, and he gave his ,)or Tloro w )0 no,nB iackR In opinion without moment s hesitation. tna now equipment of tho homo sol "The Seotcluuiiii,' he said, and he .dlery. Tho sedertlon of nn nncnmp clenched his right hand tightly and ment sltn hangs flro on account of tho pretendeil to try ami force It open with , rnllrond ratos. It Is oxpoctod that n his left. The Kiigllsliinuti'umlhe went! 'oc'"l,on w?' ,)0 renc'ted this week as through the same performance, open ing the hand nt the end after nu appar ent struggle, vl'he Irishman ' and he held out his hand wide open, with the palm upwards, Tho Frenchman' and he mudo n motion with both hands us If he were emptying them on tho table. "There was not a word of explana tion, but wo all understood thoroughly, nud had n hearty laugh. Max O'ltell had maintained his reputation." Tliun Ho Mudo Up. Ho (urter u tiff) Going homo to your mother, eh? Sha Yes, I am. He Huh! What do you suppose she'll say to you? She She'll sny: "I told you so." New York Weekly. l fliaa iy HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON 5UMPTHW. MINUS. Improvement nnd Development Work Progressing Kapldly, Another crosscut tunnel la being driven on tho Modoc initio In tho Cougar mine. This tunnel will open up the three veins on the property. Ore assaying $100 to tho ton Is being taken from the old workings. A complete hoisting plnnt has been uriiereii ny tun Prnlrlo Diggings man agement, which will ho Installed Im mediately upon Its arrival. Thu'shnfl la now down 80 feel. The vein of tho Dixie group has de veloped n width uf 00 feet. This property Is located nu (Iranlto Ileal der Creek about four tulles from tho wonderful Morning mluo In (ho Greenhorn district. Tho May Queen management Is now erecting u hoisting plant on the property. It will bo capable or sink ing to n depth of fiOOifeet. Tho May Queen Is in the Hod Hoy district. The machinery recently received here for the hoisting plant of the Midway group Is now being rapidly Installed A sawmill Is also being erected. An order for f00 more cords of wood has been given by the IC. & K. management. This wood Is being de livered nt tho hoist building, which no doubt menus tho extensive oper ating of tho plnnt. Ore for shipment Is now being snckeMl by the Vnlloy Queen manage ment. A winze Is being sunk, nud has encountered n high grndo of quartz, Tho now sampling mill recently erected hy Arthur & McKweit Is com pleted nud n test run has Just been made on ore from the Flora M. prop erty near town. The mill worked to the complete satisfaction of the owners. The management of the Copper orndls property located In the Quartz burg district, announces that work will be resumed in n few days. The main crosscut tunnel Is now In over 000 feet. A drift has also been run on n copper lodge. This drift will be extended over 100 feet. sucukbs HiaiiT op way. People Who are Ilehlnd the Oregon ft Pacific Hard at Work. Whlle they nro snylng but llttlo the . peoplo who nro behind the Oregon A pacific Kallrond are working diligent Iy, nnd a rnllrond line from Ornnts to Crescent City will undnubt- odly bo n reality within the next year Colonel T. Wain-Morgan Draper, chief engineer of tho proposed rond. Is n very busy mnn. looking after tho sur veying of tho line, ntul tho manage- ment of tho Waldo Smelting tc Mln- ing Company's copper properties nt Waldo, who are the principal hackers of the new road. Colonel Draper "tntca Hint they hnvo secured right of way for more than three-fourths of the road from Ornnts Pass to fins quct, Cal., and hnvo selected nil of the stations on the line. At each of the places where stations hnvo been selected ample rights of wny has been given not only for n depot but also for sidings. Coming Uvmts. Ninth annual reentta, Astoria, Au east 19-21. State fair, Salem, September 14-19. Second Southern Orsgon District Kugeno, September 29-Octoher 3. Summer association of the North west Indian agenclM, Newport, Au gust 17-27. Klamath county fair, Klamath Falls, October C-9. flood roads convention, Jackson ville, August 16. Fruitgrowers' convention, Jackson ville, August 15. Teachers' Institute, Tillamook, July 29-31. Knights of Pythias convention, A'a torla, Aueust 20-21, Teachers' Institute,- La Grande, As Ctiat 17-31, Trapplncs'for National Ousrd. Tho ndltitnnt-genorurs office of the Oregon National Guard has been no tified that n shipment of 9R9 United States rifles and GO carbines, to Kethor with hnyonets, belt, scabbards. aiings. inc., oil wio wny hi rorunnii, nnd will arrive hern In amnio tltnn for tho annual nnrnmpmont In Septom- in WIIUTU IIIU llllJUIIIZUUUIl Will UIHIl place. Warships at Hegctta. A tcloarnm tins been received by tho Astoria rcgattn rommltteo from tho socrctnry or tho navy, stating that tho gunboat Alert hnd been ordered to Astoria for tho rogattn. Assur ances hnvo also boon received from Socrctnry Moody thnt tho Now York, Mnrblehnnd nnd Hennlnglon will bo orderod horo ir they roturn rrom tho Alaskan crulso In time. To Train Kindergartens, Thn professional department or tho Weston Stato Normal School has linen onlnrgod hy tho addition or tho chnlr of applied kindergarten, MIsb Vlolot "Kllzaboth Howlby, of AstorliC haa boon elected to this position. "-n - NI1W NATUHAU7.ATION LAWS. (Iocrnor Announces Provisions Against lllegsl Immigrants. For tlm Information of all concern, ed In Oregon Governor Clitimherliilu Iiiih made public n letter received by him from tho department of state nt Washington, I), C, calling attention to tho now provisions of tho United States naturalization laws. Tln.nn now provisions took effect July a, 1903, and provide that, In order to bo valid, n court record of naturaliza tion must show Hint the person tint unitized la not opposed to nil organ ized government nor alllllated with any orgnnlzntlon so opposed; that he does not advocate tho unlawful as saulting or killing of oftlcora or thn government; thnt he has not violated any of the provisions of tho said net o regulate tho Immigration of aliens nud Unit he has compiled with the terms of previous acts on the subject of unturallzntlou. The new net also require that every certificate of unturallzntlou shall specllleally recite that the pro visions of this and previous nets hnvo been compiled with, nnd If It falls In any particular It Is null nud void. Thn act making the nddltlonnl regulations was approved on March 3, ll.NLAKUIl TIM WIUSUKVU. More Lam Withdrawn Prom Settlement In Oregon City District. Nine township of laud In Clwekn tuns. Marlon nud Dun counties have been withdrawn from settlement uhjii telegraphic orders from Acting Com missioner of tho Lnnd Olllce Flmpls. The townships are from f to 13 In clusive In range 4 east. Immediately adjoining the Cascade forest reserve on the east. Karli township contains 23.010 nrres, nnd the whole number of ncres In the nine townships with drawn Is 307.300. All of township 11 nud two thirds of township 13 are on surveyed land Of the whole area withdrawn from settlemwnt. NI.3I0 nrtcs are vacant hind, of which 3R, 400 ncres nro iiusurvoyed. The nctlon of the general lnnd office Is construed to moan that the Interior department Is desirous of extending the reserve. Insane Population Onmlng. The report of Siiporlutetfdont J. F. Cnlhrenth. of the statu Insane asylum. for July, shows that during the month the population of that Institution In. creased from 1334 to 1332. During the month 38 now patient wero re ' celved nnd one escape returned. Fourteen patients were discharged, in men ami one einpitl. or the pa tients enrolled July 31 thero wero 939 males and 393 females.' The nv erago expense of maintenance wns $9.31 per month, or 30 cents per day The totnt vnluo of articles consumed was J631C.39. In IUhlf of Slnssw Harbor, Tho Commercial Club or Kugone has Indorsed a petition priquired by O. W. Hurd. or Florence, which will be presented to tho secretary of war nnd congress on behalf of the cltlzmts of Oregon, nsklng the government to continue well commenced Improve ments on tho Jetty In tho Sluslaw har bor. Tho petition boro tho Indorse, mont of tho Oregon delegation In con gress. Mr. Hurd Is at present In Portland nnd will bring tho same mat ter heroro the commerclnl bodies of thnt city. Later ho will visit San Francisco and securo aid from titer shlppors thero. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7737-0' yal luy, 7Pc. Ilarlsy Fnod, .110.00 r ton brow ing. ISO. Flour Best grades, (4,10 efl 6.60; graham 13.36(93.76. Mlllituffs ilran, 123 per tons mid-, dllnrs, 27( shorts, 23; chop, 118. Oata No. I white, $1.07 9 1.07K; tay, tl 06 percental. Ilay Timothy, $1020j clover, nosslnal; cheat, (16010 per ton. Potatoes neat Hurbanks, 7076r por sack) ordinary, 364lo per cental. growers' prion; Msrcod swsets, (SQfr a.ou per rental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11012c; young, ltift 17iV, lions, 12o; turkeys,, live, 10312c; dressed, 14lncj ducks. (4,0036,00 per dozen t roe bo, $0,00(3 6.60. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16J 10a; Young America, 16K(Sloo; fact ory prices, KftlKo less, nutter Fancy creamery, 2023Ko. per pound extras, 22o; dairy, 20 il2fo store, 1 Oca 17,' Kgifs 2021o per dozen. Hops Choice, 15QJflo par pound. Wool Valley, 1718o; Kastorn Or egon, 13016c; mohair, 8637Jo. Jleef Oross, cows, 34o, per pound; steers, 66J0 dressed, 7Ko. vsat 7tfG58o. Mutton Gross, dressed, fHe, Lambs Gron, drcaesd. 7o. So per pound; 4o per ponnd ; 03o per pound Hogs Gross, OtJOo tfresMd, 0X7e. kr