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nmw nvi.t.tmn, nnnn, immntft, t mnwoAV, jviy 1 1, tout, LEGION OPENS CAMPAIGN FOR INCREASE ROLL MEMORIAL CANNON IS MOUNTED AT GYM CARDS SELLING TODAY Heavy (Jun Hoisted hy llnml As Part of HimsowaniilnK I'mgrnm Fire Knglnerr (3ol Flrxt Cnrtl Tmi ItcporlH On Cumcntlon. Tho energetic manner In which tho American Legion plans to oper nlo tho n, A. A. C. was demonstrat ed Friday morning to the wondering gaio of nil who passed In front of tho gymnasium and saw the memor ial cannon, recently received from Fort Stevens, reposing on tho terrace three feet abovo tho sidewnlk, still covered with tho camouflage coat It wore In tho Fourth of July parade. The ex-service, men did not wait for daylight, advice nor block and tackle, but hoisted the gun, weigh ing, with tho carriage, about 1300 pounds, by hand, as a part of the liousewarrolng program of last ntght Tho membership campaign, which was the principal business of the meeting, opened within thirty minutes after the application cards were distributed to tho Legion and Auxiliary members. Fire Engineer "tt'illard Houston sold the first mem bership, and Myrl Hoover, the other pilot of tho big red truck was Issued the first card. Solicitors covered a large part of the city today and a great many cards were taken out, but uo count will be wade until tonight. l'ot lias HIrIi Keputittion. Percy A. Stevens post Is regarded as one of the most active posts in the state, it was brought out in the re ports of Earl B. Houston and Charles TV. Erskine on the. convention held recently at Eugene. Bend may get the convention in 1923, or the year following, it wag stated. Every Bend delegate was placed on an important committee at Eugene. Thomas Norton, Earl Mottice and F. K. Garnett were elected to mem bership In the post. A new orchastra, directed by Wil liam Q. Schlichtlng, proved popular during the program and dance which followed the business meeting. Dan cing and refreshments were nejoyed up to a late hour by Legion and Aux iliary members. DENY CHANGE IN RAIL OWNERSHIP Heads of Great Northern nnd Xorth cm Pacific fiay Ilcport of S. P. & S. Transfer Is Unfounded. Reports that tho Great Northern railway intended to take over the Northern Pacific interests In the S. P, & S. line are denied In a Joint state ment Issued by Ralph Budd, presi dent of the Great Northern, and Frank Donnelly, president of the Northern Pacific, through W. F. Tur ner, president of the S. P. & S. The statement Is published In the Oregon Journal as follows: ""The story that the Great Northern Han way Co. is to acquire the inter ests of the Northern Pacific Railway 'Co. in tho Spokane, Portland & Seat 'tie railway Is entirely incorrect and "unfounded. The Northern Pacific Tias never at any time considered selling its Interests in that property, nor has the Great Northern consid ered purchasing. It is not at all cer tain that any change will be made In the operation of tho Spokane, Port land & Seattle Railway Co.'s proper ty, but it Is absolutely certain that the equality of ownership of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific will not bo disturbed." O. A. C. BEE EXPERT VISITS IN COUNTY H. A. Scullen, bee, expert from the Oregon Agricultural college is in Deschutes county today. He was scheduled for sisters in the morning, nnd at 2 o'clock tho same afternoon for the Grunge Hall district, whore n meeting of bee mon was to be held at the R. M. Chase ranch. AUTO IiOSHS WHEEL The right roar wheel of Ralph Hope's Ford car dropped off the hub and allowed the rear axlo to drop to the ground shortly after ho left the American Legion building Monday, about 10:30 o'clock. It is reported that the car would not run, and was being towed from the gymnasium. WILL INCREASE EFFORT TO GET CLUB MEMBERS 'NEW VIGOR INJECTED INTO CAMPAIGN B. A. A. C. BOARD MEETS Senior And Family Membership (Inly Two Divisions Sanctioned Open lloue Draws Many Bond 1'oopto To The (..utitmsliiui. Greater efforts to secure 1000 members for tho B. A. A. C. will char acterise tho next tew days of the cam pnlgn, it was Indicated at Monday's meeting of the board of control. Man nger Norman Cobb will assist II. J Ovcrturf In directing tho campaign, and solicitors will report every day the names of members secured, and also those who refused to Join, with tho reasons given. Tho board decided last night that no memberships would bo granted from month to month, because of tho oxpenso of collection. It was nlso determined that no Junior member ships would he soldt f;,Ill".v cards be ing tho only way In which children under 16 years of ago may Join. Whllo the children might uso tho building most, tt was hoped In this way to enlist tho support from heads of families which the building de serves. meeting of all solicitors will bo held tonight in the gymnasium for IS minutes, Overturf announces. Open House Held. Open house, very informal because of tho preparations which woro going on very rapidly for the Parisian Tours, was held at the American Le glon building Monday, nnd was en Joyed by a great crowd of people, who made uso of the gymnasium floor and the swimming pool. Tho boys, who havo been denied the luxury of swim since February, almost monopolized tho pool last night. With the return of Manager Nor man Cobb, and largely because of tho approaching "Folles Bcrgero" enter talnment, there Is moro activity In the building this week than was ever known In its history. Committees from the American Legion and Aux iliary, and from tho new B. A. A. C. membership last night swarmed everywhere in the building. Prepare for Kntcrtuliiment. On the main floor, decorations are going up for the "Folles Bergere" It self. The stage, the dancing floor and the wings will all be in use. Dec orations of a kind which suggest the trenches of Belgium are being made and barbed wire entanglements are being constructed. Up in Monte Carlo arrangements are being made to satisfy the lust for gambling of the overflow crowds from Paris. A big roulette wheel Is on its way, and the "Crown and An chor" game 1 jjeing set up. The ShevIIn-Hixon band has donat ed Its services for Friday night, and will lead a feature parade, ending at the gym with a concert. The cabaret is the busiest place of all. Here a bar is being constructed and mysterious preparations are go ing on where the pool tables once stood. Many members of tho Ladles' Auxiliary aro on the committee for this feature. USE MOLASSES IN WAR ON HOPPERS Molasses, 1400 pounds of it, to be used in the preparation of poison bait for the consumption of Crane Prairie grasshoppers, wbh sent to the prairie on Tuesday by County Ag riculturist D. L. Jamison. One hun dred pounds of arsenic was also sent, and 20 ounces of oil of banana will be used to scent the mess, which will be mixed with GOO pounds of saw dust. Jamison has not yet computed the number of hoppers which will bo destroyed by the ton of poison. BACK FROM FIRST TRIP OVER PASS S. Stutesman, driving for tho Bend- Eugene Stage company, returned last Wednesday night from his first trip over tho McKcnzIo pass. Tho road Is now passable at all points, without the assistance of a team, but la rough In many places, he reports. Except for a few springy places, tho road Is dry. It needs dragging on the other side, where heavy traffic, before the last storm, had worn bad ruts. Bulletin Want Ads bring results ti7 them. I BULL-DOG 1 DRUMMOND 13 Ttn enr drew up nt tho stntlon. nnd he strolled with her to the pint form. Thou the train cm no In, and ho put her Into it carriage. And two minute Inter, with tho touch of tier llpt warm mi his, iiinl her anxious llttlo ory, "Take euro, my darling! tnko cure!" still ringing In tils ours, he cot Into his car nnd drove off to uu hotel to got an early dinner. Fourt. At n quarter to ton ho hacked his car Into tho shadow of some trees not fur from the cute of Tho Elms. Save for n light In the slltliig-rwom mul ono In n bedroom upstairs, the front of tho house was lit darkness mul, trending noiselessly on the turf, ho explored all round It. There was one bedroom light at the buck of tho house, and thrown on the blind ho could see the .shadow of n man. As he watt-hod, ,tho man got up and moed uuiiy, only to return In it mo ment or two nnd take up his old posi tion. "It's one of those two bedrooms," ho muttered to himself, "If bo's here nt nil." TlK'n he crouched In the shadow of some shrubs mul waited. Through the trees to his right he could see The Larches, and once, with n sudden quickening of Ills heart, he thought ho saw tho outline of tho girl show up In the light from the drawing-room. But It was only for u fecund, and then It was cone. . . . He peered nt Ills wntch: It wns Junt ten o'clock. The trees were creaking gently In the faint wind; all nround hint the strange night noises noises which piny pranks with n mnn's nerves wore whispering anil mutter ing. Bushes xeemet! suddenly to come to life, and move; eerie shnpos crawled fiver tho ground toward him figure which, existed only In his Imagination. And once again the thrill of the night stalker gripped him. He remembered the German who hnd lain motionless for nn hour In n little gully by Hebuterne, whllo he from behind n stunted bush had tried to locate him. And then that one rrenk as the lloclie hnd moved his leg. ,ii(l then . . . the end. On that night, too, the little hummock had moved mul tnken to themselves strange shapes: fifty times he had Imagined he saw lilm ; fifty times ho know ho was wrong In time. He was u.sed to It ; the night held no terror for him, only n fierce excite ment. And thus It was that ns ho crouched In the hushes, uniting for the game to start, his pulse was ns horiiiiil, and Ills nerves us sternly as If ho had been sitting down to supper. The only difference was that In his hand, ho held something tight-gripped. At last faintly In tho distance he heard the hum of n ear. Rapidly It crew louder, mul he smiled grimly to hlmolf as the sound of live unme (odious voices singing lustily struck his enr. They passed along the road In front of the house. Thorn was n sudden crash then silence; but only for a moment. Peter's voice mine first: "You priceless old ass, you've rammed the blinking gnte." It whs Jerry Seymour who then took up the bawl. Ills voice was In tensely solemn also extremely loud. "Preposhtorous. Perfectly preposli' terous. We must go and aloglze to the owner. ... I ... I . . ubsholutoly . . . munht apologize. , . Quite unpardonable. . . . You enn't go about country . . . knocking down gutes. . . . Out of uuonhtlnn. . . ." Hnlf-ronselously Hugh listened, but, now that the moment for action had come, evpry faculty wns ooneontrated on IiIh own Job. He saw half a dozen men go rushing out Into the garden through n side door, and then two moro ran out nnd came straight toward him. They crashed past him and wont on Into the darkness, anil for an In stnnt ho wondered what they wore doing. A little later he was destined to find out. . . . Then come a peal nt tho front-door lu'll, and he determined to wait no longer. Ho darted through the gar den door, to find a Might of stairs In front of li I til. and In another moment ho was on tho first Moor. lie walked rapidly along the landing, trying to find tils hearings, nnd, turning a corner, he found himself at the top of the. main stnlrcnso tho spot where he had fought I'eterxon Uvo nights previous ly. Ho walked quickly on to the room which ho eiilciilntod wns the one whew he had seen the shadow on the blind. Without n second's hesitation ho flung the door open nnd wiilked In. Theru lying In the hod, wns tho American, whllo crouched hesldo him', with a re volver In his hand, was a man. , . , For a few seconds they watched one another In silence, and then the man gtre'"titenM upj. TheAdvontures of A Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull CYRIL HNHLE ".SAPPER" Illustration by Copyright by Geo H Do ran Co "Tho soldier!' young piipl" ho snarled. "You Deliberately, nlinont rnntnlly, ho raised his revolver, and then the un expected happened. A Jet of liquid niiiiuonht struck lilm full In tho fan mul with a short lunch Hugh droppoii Ids water-pistol In his pocket, nnd turned his attention to tho bod. 'riiv plng tho millionaire In n blanket, ho picked hhn up, mul. paying no mon iittontlnti to the mini gasping mid clink (tig In n oornor, he meed for tho back stairs. Below be ooiild hear Jerry hiccough. ng gently, and o.phitulng to tho pro . . . pro . , . prltor that ho per- stiouiilly would repair . . . ImhMcil on repairing . . . any and every unto posht he posshossed m lion ho reached the garden. Everything hnd fallen out exactly as be had hoped, but had hardly dared to expect. Ho hoard Peterson's voice. calm and suave ns usual, answering Jerry, I rout the garden In front nunc the dreadful .sound of u duet hy Alsy and Peter. Not a soul was In sight; the hack of the house was clear. All that ho had to do was to walk quietly through the wk'kot-gnto to The "The Soldlerl" He 8narled. "You Young Pupl" Larches with his scml-consclous bur den, get to his car, and drive off. It all seemed so easy that ho laughed. . . . ' But there were one or two factors Dint ho had forgotten, and the first and most Important one was the man upstairs. The window was thrown up suddenly, nnd tho man leaned out wav ing his anns. Ho was still gasping with the strength of the nmtuonln, but Hugh saw I) I tn clearly In tho light from tho room behind. And us he cursed himself for a find In not having tied him up, from the tree close by there came tho sluuTp clang of metal. With a quick catch In his breath he began to run. The two men who had rushed past lilm before he hud entered the houee, and whom, wive for a pass ing thought, he hud disregarded, had become the prlncllMil danger. For he had heard that clang before; he re membered Jem .Smith's white horror struck face, and then tils sigh of re lief an the thing whatever It was was shut In its cage. And now It wax out, dodging through the trees, let loose by the two men. He heard some thing crash Into u bush on his right, and give a snarl of anger. Like it flash he swerved Into the undergrowth on the left. Then began a dreadful game. Ho was still somii way from the fence, nnd he wus hampered ut every Htep by tho man slung over his hack. He could hear the thing blundering about searching for him, nnd sudden ly, with a cold feeling of fear, he realized that the aiilmnl was, In front of him that his way to the gale was barred. Tho next moment lie saw It. . . . Hhndowy, Indistinct, In the darkness, hu saw something glide between two bushes. Then It came out into tho open, itnd ho know It had scon him, though as yet he could not iiiukn out what It was. Cautiously ho lowered tho million ulro to tho ground, nud took a Mop forward. It was enough; with a snarl of fury the crunching shambled tnwurd lilm. Two hairy arms shot out towurd his throat, ho smelt tho brute's foetid breath, hot mul loath some, and he realized what ho wns up ugaltist. It was a partially grown gorilla. For a full minute they fought in sjjepct',. snye, for, the, hoarse. Bjmjjs of the- fliiliunl it II tried in fear own iUn mini's band from Its llifinl, and (lien encircle hint with lis Imirerfill arms, And "ltd hi brain inlil it Ire MiikIi saw Ids danger mid kept hi head, II couldn't kii mi) mi lilimnti being could Inst Hie pa re, ubsletcr III strength. And there was only one flinliCK of llnlshliitf It quickly, tho h nihility that the grip 1'iiiRlit hint hy tllnkl would serto with a monkey as II did wllh it man. Ho shifted his left Ihlllub mi lllrh or to on Hie brute's throat, and tho hahooii, thinking ho wax winkimlng, redoubted lis efforts. And then, Utile by Utile, tho tinner united, and the grli which had been tight before grow lighter still. Duck went Us head: something was Knapping In Us neck. Willi a scream of fear and mire It wrapped Its legs round Pruminond, squeezing it in I writhing. And then slid, denly there was a tearing simp, nnd tho great limbs relaxed mid grew limp. For a moment tho man stood watch ing the still qilUcrlug lirule lying ut Ids foot; then, with a gimp of utter exhaustion, ho dropped on tho ground himself. lie was ibuio utterly cooked; even Peterson's voice close behind scarcely roiiM-d lilm. "Quito one of the most iimitslug on tei'tlilninettts I've seen for u long time." The calm, expressionless olco made hint look up wearily, and ho nw that ho was surrounded by men. The In evitable cigar cloned rod hi tho dark ness, and after a moment or two ho scrambled unsteadily 'fo Ills feet. "I'd forgotten your d t! mcuagerlo. 1 must frankly cimfos.s." ho remarked. "Wlinfs the party fori" lie glanced at the men who had closed In round Mm. "A guard of honor, my young friend." iild I'oternoii suavely, "to lead jou to the house. I wouldn't heslttltO . . . It's very foolish. Your friends have gone, ami, strong ns you aro, I don't think you can iiiiiunco Ion." Hugh commenced to stroll toward tho house. "Well don't leno the wretched Potts lying ulioiit. I dropped hhn over there." CHAPTER VII. In Which He Spends an Hour or Two on a Roof. ONE. Drummoiii paused for n moment nt tho door of the sitting room, then with n slight shrug he sleppis) past Peter son. During the last few days' he hint grown to look on tlilx particular room ss tho private den of the principals of tho gang, lie imsnclateil It III his mini! with Peterson himself, suave, Impas sive, ruthless; with the girl Irmn, per fectly gowned, I) lug on tho sofa, smok ing Ifinuiiicmhlo cigarettes, and mani curing her already faultless nulls; uml In a lesser degree, with Henry Inking ton's thin, cruel fare, mid blue, Marine yes. But tonight a different srone con- fronted Mm. The girl wns not ther: her accustomed place on tho sofa was occupied by an unkcmpt-looklug man with n nigged heard. At tho end of tho table was u vacant clmlr, nn the right of which ml Laklugtou regard ing lilm with malooent fury. Along tho table on each side there were half n dozen men, mid ho glanced at their faces. Home were ohiloiisly foreign- rs; some might have been iinythlng from murderers to Kiiuday school teachers. There wiik one with spec tacles and the general npiieantnco of an Intimidated rabbit, while his neigh bor, helHsl by a large rod sour right nss his cheek, and two bloodshot yes, struck Hugh as doing tho sort of man with whom one would not hare a luncheon hnskot. I Peterson's voice from Just behind his shoulder roused him. Permit me, gentlemen, to Introduce to you Captain Dnimmond, I), S. ()., M. '., tho originator of the llttlo en tertainment wo have Just had." Hugh bowed gravely. "My only ro- grot Is that It failed to function," ho remarked. "As I told you outside, I'd quite forgotten your menagerie. In fact" his glance wandered slowly and somewhat pointedly from fare to face nt tho table "I had no Iden It wns such a largo one." Ho this Is tho Insolent young stvlne. Is Itl" The bloodshot eyes of tho man with tho scarred fare turned on him morosely, "What I cannot understand Is why he hasn't boon killed hy now," Hngh waggled nn accusing finger nt him. "I knew you were a nasty man ns soon ns I snw you. Now look at Hen ry up nt the end of thu table; he doesn't say that sort of thing. And you do hiitn mo, don't you, Henry? How's tho Jnw?" Captain Drummoml," said Iiiklng- ton, Ignoring Hugh and addressing the first speaker, "wan very neirrly killed Inst night. I thought for snino time s to whether I would or not, but I finally decided It would ho much too nsy a death. Ho It can he remedied tonight." If Hugh felt n momentary twinge of ar at the calm, expressionless tunc, and the lialf-siitlslled grunt which greeted tho words, no trace of It showed on his face. Already the realization had come to lilm that If ho got through thu night alive ho would bn moro than passing lucky, but ho was too much of a fntidlst to let that worry lilm unduly, Ho he merely stilled a ynwn, nnd again turned to Laklngton. "Ho It was you, my llttlo ouo, whose fairy fnco I saw pressed against tho window. Would It bo Indiscreet to ask how you got tho dope Into us?" Laklngton looked nt hint with mi ex pression of grim satisfaction on his face. - t'Xou verq 2t!(ci. U you wont Jo know. Ail nitmlffllifo lnrfil(ini of my friend Kitiiffiier's imllflti." A gullurnl rliurklo on me from one of Ihe men, mul Hugh looked nt him rlinlr, "TIim wiim eerlslnly wnulil not ho rMHplflo." lie rfiimrhul In IVUirnwi, "wlihoiii n lllthy HoWio In It." Tho Herman pu.liwl hack hi clmlr m llli nn inilh, hi faro purple with iHIMdoll, "A llllhy llorho," ho nitillerisl thick ly, lurching Inward Htmli. "Hold lilm tlw arms of, mid I will the throat tear out. ..." It nil happened so quickly. At one moment Hugh was apparently Intent upon selecting a cigarette, tho next Instant the case had fallen to tho tlihir; there was a dull, heavy thud, and tho llocho crashed buck, otor lurned a clmlr, mid fell like a log to Ihe Hour, his lieml hitting the wall with a Wclnii crack. Tho bloodshot being resumed his sent a little lliunlv. I Inch resinned his search for n cigarette. "After which breezy Interlude," ro. marked Peterson, "let us to business got," 1 1 null unused In tho act of striking a match, mid for the first time a gen uine smite spread over Ids face. "There are moments. Peterson." he murmured, "when you really rrfttoiil to mo.' Peterson took the empty clutlr next In l.akliitfton, "Hit down." l o wild shortly. "1 nut orly Imp.- that I shall appeal to you Mill more Huron' wo kiii jou. - Hugh howeii mm sat iiowii. "I'niislileralloii." ho murmured, "wns always jour strong polill. May I ask how long I have o ll?" Peterson miiIIisI genially. "At the earnest rotilicxl of .Mr. I.nk. Inglon you are to he spared until to morrow. At least, that Is our present Intention. Of course, there might ho nn seclitent in the nlaht: In a boiio tike Ihls otii. Iittn.r ,-fin tell. Or" ho rarefiillv cut the end off a cigar "you might go mud. In which etise wo thiiiihtu't bother lo kill oii. In fact, If lou go mad. wo shall not tie ills- plensisl." Ouco again lie smiled genially. "As I wild before. Ill it house like tills, you can lower Ml. . . ." I'll,, I ii 1 1 mlilii I ... I rnlilili. !iron)hliit houlty, was staring at I ItiKli fuHclu tiled; and after n moment Hugh turned 0 hlni with n roil rt eons bow. "Linhllo," lie remarked, "juu'vo Ih-oii -atllig unions, I in ton iiilinl dcuVctlug thu blast III the opHiso direction?" Ills nihil lmiMTUirhahllltY seemed to madden l.aklnclon. 'You wall." he snarled thlrkly; "you wait till I'M' lliilhhed w ith )oti. You I wiiifi I in so I il humorous men. ... Hugh regarded the siieiikor languid ly. "Your supposition Is more ihmi prob utile," ho remarked, In a bored voice. "I shall be too Intent on getting Into it Turkish bath to remove the contam ination to think of hutching." (To bo Continued) Bullotln "WANT ADS" llrlng Ho suits Try Thotn. Brand Directory Itlnht ildo; right oar crop- o pcu; wnmo rigm ninu leg, - II. 1 TO.N'U. HUlrm. Or. adr.100 iusim:ss axi piioi'isio.val ARTHUR E. SMITH CUSTOM TANNER All Work (liiuriintoeil West llnllnmd and He) burn His. R. S. HAMILTON I Attorney At l.mv Hooms 13-18 First National Bank Bldg. Tel. Gl (Dr. Cc'i Curmir Otn) If. If. I)Armond Chu. 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