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4 PAGE 0 ftKNI) UUM.KTIN, MHND, OREGON, TIIU1WHAY, (MTOBKU "0, IIU2I. LUMBER GAINS ALL OVER U. S. LOWER GRADES LAST AFFECTED Blocks Suffer Under Increased Dc niand Kor Better Orades Situa tion Belter Tlinn At Any Tlmo During Year. Improvements In the lumber mnr kct contluuos and Is being noted In practically all divisions, though some of tho lower grades have not yet felt the. Impetus of a greatly Improved demand and as a ro.-ult are com mandlnR a price so low that they are practically shut out of the market on account of high freight rates, says tho American Lumbermen's weekly rovlow, Tho greatest Improvement noted In the lumber market and prob ably the Kroatest activity Is found on the Pacific coast where tho de mand has increased to a remarkable extent and Is rapidly cleaning up stocks that arc available for sale and early shipment, the Lumberman adds. It continues: "For tho week ended October 1, tlr manufacturers on the Pacific coast booked more orders than for nny other week for nearly two years. Of this total of business placed 39 per cent was for cargo delivery, slightly more than half of It being for delivery by vessel either to Cal ifornia or to tho Atlantic coast. A sig nificant feature of the situation on the Pacific coast Is that lumber from that section is being sold In rapidly increasing quantities in the eastern market but this increase Is largely taken care of through water ship ments via the Panama Canal. Bates Have r.ffect "The effect that the high rail freight rates from coast to coast have had on lumber transportation Is graphically shown in the reports from one concern on the Pacific coast. Records of this company show that for the first eight months in 1920 It shipped to the Atlantic coast, 22,590,672 feet of lumber, all of which went by rail. For the first eight months of 1921 under the ex isting high freight rates this concern shipped to the Atlantic coast -1,807,-Gl" feet by rail while by water It shipped 21,096,863 feet; "The demand for upper grades has continued so strong both for west coast lumber and for southern pine that stocks on hand have been almost obliterated and prices have made rapid advances during the last ten days. The biggest advance has been shown on southern pine flooring, the market on which today is ruling $20 higher than a few weeks ago. An other item that has shown rapid ad vance Is plaster lath, the demand for which has been so great that manu facturers now are finding difficulty In filling their orders. Market Improves "The hardwood market which has been sluggish practically the entire year also Is beginning to feel the ef fects of Improved demand and there have been some notable advances In the upper grades which are in very scarce supply all over the country. While prices on the lower grades have not shown any particular ad vances the market Is stronger and Inquiries for the low grade material are becoming more numerous. Should tho reductions in freight rates that ore being asked by hardwood pro ducers be granted by tho Interstate Commerce Commission there Is no question but that an Immediate re vival In demand for the lower grades will follow. "Altogether the situation in the lumber Industry Is much more en couraging than It has been at any other time this year." BEND PARTY GOES TO LOGGING CONGRESS J. II. Meistcr, Carl A. Johnson And Party of Ladles Leave For Han Francisco Ily Automobile. To attend tho Pacific Logging Con gress scheduled for October 26 to 29 in San Francisco, J. II. Melster, logging superintendent of The Shev-llu-IIIxon Company, and Carl A. Johnson who resigned recently as as sistant general manager, left Tuesday morning by auto for tho south, Mrs. Melster, Mrs. Agnes Sheridan, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Frank It. Prince woro members of the party. Before tho opening of tho logging congress, tho two mill men will look Into details In connection with the proposed manufacture of the Dick transmission, In which both aro In terested, Put it in Tho Bulletin. The U--QF r-Kj-v jr. srAv.m. usi 7 u author or . rA a COPYHIOHT. BY The night was dark, n slight drtzxle In the nir. no one abrond except from necessity. No sign of life was visible for the full extent of the block, until the saloon on the further corner came into view. Its gleaming hospitality In vited me, and I strolled along the op posite walk, my coat collar turned up to stmt out the drizzle, and finally crossed over to where I could peer In I Could Peer In Through the Dlnny Window. through the dingy windows. The man behind the bar was unmistakably Pol ish, and of no high type. nnd nt nrst I saw no other occupants of the place except two roughly dressed men at n table just inside, who were playing cards silently. The room was clenn enough, nnd quiet, yet I felt no Incli nation to enter.' Those were not fel lows It would be safe to question, nnd 1 would have turned away, but at that Instant I perceived the Indistinct fig ure of a young woman In the further corner, sitting beside a table alone. Her presence stimulated my curios ity. She appeared to be young, not badly dressed, nnd her being In such a place unattended rendered her of some Interest. It surely could do no harm If I dropped In for a sandwich and a glass of beer. 1 crossed to the bar, furtively watchful, but no one except the proprietor apparently paid the slightest attention to my entrance. The two men never glanced up from their curds, and the girl for she wns scarcely more merely turned her bend and stared at me without Interest. 1 spoke to the barman In English. We ex changed a few words his own speech very broken while he prepared the sandwich, and the onty thing unusual I noticed was the passage of a slight signal between him and the woman across the room. I could not be sure even ns to that, but gained tho Impres sion that he shook his bend negatively, as though to some mute question. Unless It might he the Intense bru nette blackness of hair nnd nn ex tremely clear complexion, there was nothing typically Spanish In her ap pearance. Indeed she Impressed mu as thoroughly American In features, dress and manner, somewhere In the twenties I should judge, with brown eyes, and a face decidedly pleasant to look upon, although with a tlrmness to It, expressed by mouth and chin, not to be mistaken. 1 noted these things hurriedly, never venturing to staro at her, though she apparently gave me no attention whatever. Somehow the girl seemed strangely out of place In that dingy saloon she did not in nny sense belong. She was evidently not there seeking company, nor was she drinking; and yet there must surely be some meaning to her presence. The proprietor approached me, lean ing one hand on the table. "There Is nothing more?" lie asked. "No, this will answer very well." He lingered, tempted to question me, "You have not been In before? Per haps you do not live near?" "1 do not," I replied frankly. "I travel out of Boston, and sell lumber, 1 have been doing some business with the yard down below," "I see, l'ou are not from Now York, 1 muko It?" "No; Boston has always been my home." "Once I live there, too; when 1 first come north from Illo. What you think about this war? Wo lick Germany hey?" "Oh, I don't know; she 'seems to be more tlinn holding her own." "Acli, yes. Hut now this country go In; what then?" I looked up quickly Into his face, with a swift desire to test his real sentiment. 9 IfeSE) the: l y DAGGER THE JTISANGE CASEy CAVEIWI&tt ft t .yi't tfttl All r a iuluo iitni iuixj rr .J-WEIL RANDALL PARRI3H "This country I Why should It go In? There are Germans enough over here to stop thnt." "Not Germans no. Hut Interna tlonals, revolutionaries. They are moru than you think. Tls time for them to strike a great blow," "You are Polish, are you not?" "Yah. from Warsaw. I come over six years," "Naturalized?" "1 have llrst papers why you ask?" suspiciously. "1 merely questioned from curios ity." My eyes wandered once more to tho girl across tho room, and he no ticed the glance. "You wonder what sho do In here?" he asked. "1 tell you. She was my niece, an' sit here to wait for n friend to walk home with her. It Is not a good neighborhood, this, for n woman alone In the dark." "Her home Is some distance?" "Five six blocks. It Is a dark, bad way." He moved hack toward the bar, ap parently satlstled with his examination of me, ns well as his explanation. 1 wondered grimly why he had taken the trouble to tell mu all this, and or dered another glass of beer as an ex cuse to linger there a while longer. What was the party like who was to call for the girl? 1 did not have to linger long to gratify my curiosity. The side door opened silently, and a man stepped briskly Inside, shaking tho raindrops from his coat as he greeted the barman cheerily. "A dirty night, Jans," hu snld, glanc ing swiftly about, his eyes sweeping over me sharply. "Business not very good, 1 suppose?" "Dead. It's no good now nny more, with all the factories closing up be cause of the war. Just some salesman drops in for n beer. Thnt makes me nothings." The newcomer laughed, evidently put quite nt ease by tills quick expla nation. I wns watching him. A rather thick-set fellow with a turned-up mus tache nnd a disfiguring scar on one check, which gave to his eye n peculiar expression. Watching the fellow 1 must have missed some signal, for he whirled nbout suddenly nnd confront ed the girl, who had already risen to her feet and stood expectantly, one hand yet resting on the table. "Ah, scnorttnl You were waiting for me to come," he exclaimed. "Yet I have not kept you long." "Oh, no," she answered quietly In Spanish, her voice so low the words barley carried to where I sat "You were delayed?" "A car blockade at the whnrf. No, thank you, Jans, nothing tonight. You would go, senorltn?" "There can be nothing to remain longer here for, surely." I watched them disappear through the side door, marking his grasp on her arm and her quick glance aside Into his face. There had been some thing wrong nbout this meeting, some thing undeniably nvvkward and con strained. These two were not what they pretended to be old-time friends meeting Incidentally to walk home to gether. They were strangers, coming together there for the first tlmo by appointment. Neither had previously known the other. I had even detected fear, doubt, In the expression of tho girl's face. Yet I dare not move, or nttempt to follow them. 1 could only sit quietly, my eyes on tho window fronting thu street. I watched Intently, but no shadows passed that way the two hod not turned down Gans street. My mind worked rapidly ns 1 sat there motionless, afraid to make tho slightest move lest It arouse suspicion. Whatever the object of the meeting might be, Jans was morn or less In volved. He had signaled to tho girl twice, and his words, however Inno cent they may havo sounded, must have brought n warning to tho man. Beyond, doubt ho hail questioned me with the distinct purpose of thus dis covering why I hud drifted Into the place. 1 dismissed utterly his state ment that the young woman was his nleco her very uppearatico gave that the He. Something was wrong, perhaps not criminal, perhaps In no way associated with the affair which had brought me Into thnt neighborhood, nnd yet mis plclously wrong, uud I felt Inexorably driven to find out what It all meant. I I finished my beer slowly, und then selected a cigar from the ensu and lit It deliberately. Jans leaned over tho bar, speaking confidentially, and I had to remain, although I cursed Inwardly ut the delay. Yet I broke uwuy at last, assured that 1 had finally lulled every suspicion to rest und passed out through the front door, Tho street was deserted nnd rain swept, the few lights showing mero pln-prlcks In the darkness, I plunged straight across the street, as though headed for the nearest car Hue, and I Cursed Inwardly at the Delay. then. In the 'Shade of darkness, "re traced my steps, passing the comer, until I attained thu side entrance. Here, assured that I was safely be yond observation, t paused to gain Home conception of my surroundings. Across from wheru I stood appeared thu dim outlines of n long, ramshackle building, apparently n shed of some kind, while beyond thu saloon wns u row of one-story dwelling houses, seemingly exactly alike, and exhibit ing no evidence of being occupied. In which direction hnd thu couple turned after their exit through the side door of thu saloon to right, or left? Jnns hnd unconsciously pointed In this direction when hu told of whero the girl lived, nnd, nlthough that was doubtless a lie Intended to deceive, It wns no moru than natural for Mm to have thoughtlessly designated the proper point of thu compass. I advanced cautiously, finding tho nnrrow sidewalk one of boards. In very bad condition. It was only when I at tained the end of this row of houses, and came to the entrance of a narrow, dark alley, that 1 found the slightest proof thnt I was, by good fortune, upon the right trail. It was above this opening thnt the Incandescent bulb lllckered dimly, yet. In spite of wind and rain, gave me glimpse of the mud underfoot. The two must have been thu only ones passing that way since the drizzle began, for their footprints were yet visible In the soft mud of the crossing ns they advanced beyond the safety of the board walk. By bending low. nnd keeping my own shadow out of tho woyi I was able to trace their progress for two or three yards qulto easily, and then, to my surprise, tho footprints turned abruptly to the left, and disappeared entirely. To nil appearance the two hail pro ceeded down the alley. Black, unin viting, ns that gloomy passage ap peared, they must have turned Into It and groped their way forward. Where? For what purpose? I could think of but one object the Alvn Iron fuctory, the mysterious meeting plnce nt 870 Gans street. Beyond nil question this alley would skirt nlnng the back of that bulbUng, nnd there would bo an entrance nt the rear. Dare I go on alone, unarmed ns I was, knowing nothing of what I might encounter? I hesitated, my heart heating like n trip-hammer, yet, after all the danger seemed more of the Im agination than reality. Besides, I was still young, nnd venturesome; the situ ation nppenled to me, and well, the memory of thnt girl's face remained strangely Insistent. Odd as It may eem, her predicament yielded me n reckless desire to have an Immediate hand In the game. I found two Imprints of her nnrrow shoo In the mud after the turn had been mnde. then nil trnrn vanHicd. I crept forwnnl, enveloped In gloom, keeping ns closely ns possible to the high bonnl fence nt the left. Thu way was rough underfoot, and my progress conw-qiicitly slow, being noxious to make ns little noise ns possible. The passage was so black, I lost all knowl edge ns to bow far I had gone, and wns only aroused to my position by finally coming up against n pile of lumber which completely blocked the further end of tho alley, I recalled dimly thnt the passage swerved here, running along tho side of thu Alvn factory, un til It reached Gnus street. Then the place I sought was to my left, behind the protection of this high fence, nlnng which I hnd been so cautiously feeling my way. The silence wns profound, stupefy ing, uncanny. Against the lighter lend of the upper sky I wns barely able to trace thu upper story of the building, but It was nil black, a gloomy, desert ed hole. Any faith I might have had that the two I had attempted to follow had come there vanished ns I strained my eyes for somu gleam of light, or any other sign to denote their presence within. I Htlll believed they had turned down the ulley, but this was not their goal ; beyond doubt they hnd en tered some gate along thu way, und thus escaped mu entirely, I hardly know what Impelled ma to grope my way back along tho fence, blindly feeling for u gate. Curiosity, no doubt, nnd u lingering deslro to make certain of what was Inside tho barrier, Tho entrance was easily found, n mero wooden door, held hy an Iron clasp, which opened Instantly to my touch, I stepped Inside, closing It quietly behind me, and stared uneasily about through thu enshroudlnx blackness. My eyes, grown accustomed to the gloom, made out dim outlines, encour aging further exploration. Discover ing ample spare, nnd what felt to my feel like a walk, I turned tho corner In search. At thlt moment I lit gate hitch clicked sharply, iiml I sank down Into the black ground shadow, mery ncrvtt tingling with alarm. Tho gate oper ated almost noiselessly, yet my idriifn ed ears could delect lis stealthy move ment, and hear thu crunch of a heavy footstep on thu cinder path within, Tho fellow evidently know his way even In that darkness, for thcru wns mi hesitancy In Iris movements, no uncer tainty, lie failed away along the rear wall, and I became aware that hu hud turned nbout tho further corner. That would naturally moan thrro wns n door there. I had evidently been searching the wrong side. Assured tho man had vanished, nnd that ho sought entrance to thu build ing through mime passage well known tn lilni. I crept forth along thu cud wall, crouched low In thu shadow, using every precaution against dis covery. All thnt was venluiesomo In mu held high carnival ami nothing of danger now could have, held me buck, I reached the corner around which the fellow hud disappeared, but, In thu In tense blackness, could perceive no movement beyond, no sign of any pres. nice. 1 listened eagerly, scarcely ven turing to breathe, and In another mo ment wns rewarded by hearing the gen tlu tap of knuckles on wood a few feet away; there could hu no doubt of thu number -two raps, a pause, three rnps; the very signal mentioned In the letter, I waited, Mill breathless, un certain whnt had occurred, yet con vinced tho man a bead had la-en given en trance. Unnbtu longer to withstand the strain I took a Hep forward Into the darkness. At that Instant thu Mich of the gatu clicked behind me. (To Bu Continued.) "SMALL TALK" IS IMPORTANT Well Worth Cultivating by Thou to Whom Iti Pollution Hat Oecn Denied. The man who Is a failure at small talk never quite hears what the girl he Is talking to has to say. He Is trying to think what ho Is going to say next, so of course hu cannot full to inlsimderatiiud whut thu girl he Is talk ing to says, Hu Is heedless, abstract ed, worried and has a way of listening to thu conversation of others rather than to those at baud. The girl vviiom men regard as a good talker Is always ready with u laugh, and (ho girl who laughs well Is alivuys' popular. Olio can excuse thu girl who giggles If she giggles In a way that makes others merry and M'ciih to tell tliosi) with whom she talks that they are entertaining her Immensely, that their stories are deli riously funny though they may be very stupid and that on the whole she Is enjoying herself and her com panions enormously. "How should n man start the coil' vernation at u dunce?" Is a frequent query. There urn I,t wnys and al most any way Is a good way provid ing It Is prompt and whole minutes of ngonlzlug, silence do not slip before anything 'is said. Little personal re marks that nrn not Impertinent are sure to win n girl's utleutlon, "I was Impatient for this dance," aiiys thu iiopular man to the girl dressed III old rose, whom ho bus met for tho first time t lint night, "because 1 always find that I get along famous ly with girls that wear pink, t ran tell a lot nbout a girl by thu colors thu likes to wear." Tho man who never seems to know what to say to a woman would say something like this: "I knew I had this dance with a girl In pink, but there nrti so many girls In pink here, nod they nil look alike to me so I was afraid 1 would ask the wrong girl." Hit Only Hop. ".Madam." said tho poor but nmbl tlniis fiddler, "please don't Interrupt I me In the midst of my labors to nun me for my bonrd. You don't seem to realize that music Is fowl und drink to mo." "Well, nil I've got tn say,' replied his landlady, ns she turned away, "Is Just this, young m.in: II you don't pay up, them tunes you pUj Is nil the food and drink you'll get In this house." NHVnil WANTS ANVTHINO KLSK Tho hcukoii of coughs, colds, croup und bronchial troubles Is ut baud, Kvory mother will bo Interosted In this letter from Mrs. K. K. Olson, 1917 Ohio Avo., Supurlor, Wis.: "I never want anything else than Foloy's Honoy und Tar. I usod It for all my children and also for my grandchild." Sold ovoryvvhoro. Adv. Brooks- Scanlon Lumber Company Lumber, Lath, Shingles, JJuildiiip Material, Kiln Dried Flooring find nil kinds of Finish SASH AND DOORS COMPLETE STOCK of Slr.drd Sun. BROOKS-SCANLON LUMBER CO. Locul Kales AKent, MILL-KIt LUMJ1KU CO. SELECT DATES FOR INSTITUTE STAT l". HlTi:itlNTi:li:NT OF IN NTDl't'TIO.V TOADDIILNS fOI'N TV TL.VCHIIIIS AT NOVKMIIKU .MLLTI.N'G, Dates for the annual Deschutes rounty Teachers' Institute aro sut for November 111, 17, and 18, It was an November Hi, 17, and ID, It Is an nounced from tho office of County School .Superintendent J. Alton Thompson. Thu Institute, It Is expect- ml, wilt bu held In thu auditorium of thu high school. Chief among tho list of speakers who are listed for Institute Is J. A. Churchill, statu superintendent uf education. Thu ditto nn which hu will hu In Bend Is yet to hu decided on. D. Bossier, of thu I'nlvernlly of' Oregon extension department, nnd Dan i:. (Mark, Instructor In thu uni versity's correspondence study work, havo accepted Invitations to addles thu gathering of Deschutes county teachers. HEADS OF EDITORIAL ASSOCIATIONS VISIT K. V.. Drndlo, president of the na tional editorial association and editor of thu Oregon City Knterprlne, uud lllliert llede, president of thu Oregon editorial association uud editor of thu CntttiKo drove Sentinel, and their wives, were In Bund lust week nil a lour of thu slate, having recently mine from Thu Dulles after visiting many towns In eastern Oregon Miss Kvelyn Harding, of Oregon City ac companied them. I'OI'.VD TIIUM A (HtlMT iu:i.i' Indigestion, biliousness, headache, bad breath, coated tongue, gus, or any condition caused hy fermenting, undigested food can he relieved Peter Liuidls, .Muyersdnl". Pit . writes- "I Buffered many years and I ran say Foley Cathartic Tablets are a great help for constipation Sold everywhere Adv Brand Directory A Bight stdn; right oar crop pod; wattln right hind leg. II. L. TONi:, Hlsters, Or. sdr.ion llt'HIMISS AND PltOI'IXSIONAL ARTHUR E. SMITH CUSTOM TANNER All Work Guaranteed West Itnlliond nnd He) burn fits. R. S. HAMILTON Attorney At Law Booms 13-1 r, Klrst National Bank llldg. Tel fit (fir, CW Farmer Offlc) II . C . E L L I S Attorney At Law t'nltcd Slnles 'oiiiuilslolier Klrst National Bank Building Bund, Oregon Phono Gl W Lee A. Thomas, A. A. IA. At (illicit llalrd Building Bund, Oregon C. P. NISWONOER I'nilei Inker, Licensed Ihnlialiiier, I'mieial Director Lady Assistant Phono no -J Bund, Oro. Read the Bulletin Classified Ads i