PAan
nRND HUI.IiKTIN, nKND, OnKOON, TIIUIIHOAY, OOTOBKIl ll, inaa
BANDITS STOP
STUD GAME AT
CAMP, GET m
Eleven Loggers Held Up by
Masked Men
PAIR OF SIXES WIN
Itcvolvcrs Trove Intrusion nt Hunk-
liouse It Not l'rnctlcnl Joke
Ilobbcre Vanish In Auto
Phone Wires Cut
Eleven loggers nt Shovlln-Hlxon
Camp No. 1, 15 miles from Bend,
engaged In a blooded game ot stud
poker in one ot tho bunk houses nt
8:30 o'clock Thursday night, wero
relieved ot over four hundrod dollars
by two maskod bandits who faced the
players to tho wall nnd (orced one ot
their victims to search tho others tor
their money. Pocketing their loot,
the bandits retreated to their waiting
auto and speeded- off In tho direction
ot Spring river.
Tho game had grown so Interest
ing that tho players failed to note the
entrance of two rather small men,
armed with revolvers, their faces
concealed with pieces apparently torn
from a brown swedter. "I'll raise
you ten," one of the players re
marked, when a voice behind him
added "I'll just call you for the rot."
The men at the table thought It
was all a practical joke nnd con'
tinued at their cards.
"I mean business; put ,up your
hands," ordered the man who had
entered the room, and as the players
saw his gun wobbling uncertainly in
apparently unaccustomed fingers, and
saw the second man guarding the
door, they rcallied that from their
point ot view at least there was no
humor In the situation.
Clicck Ignored
The game was abruptly ended as
tho second of the intruders ordered
the eleven to "stick up your mitts
and face tho wall." The instructions
were promptly obeyed; one of the
players was stripped ot .his money,
then forced to turn wrong side out
ot the pockets ot his companions. A
check which lay on the table was Ig
nored. "Don't come outdoors tor five min
utes unless you want to be filled with
lead," the loggers were advised as
their unwelcome guests left. Disre
garding the advice, the entire eleven
rushed out almost on the heels of the
bandits, only to hear the roar ot the
motor as the robbers' car vanished In
the timber.
Victims of the bandits describe the
two as below medium height, both
wearing caps, one wearing a dark
suit, and the other a dark coat and
gray trousers.
Bandits Know Camp
A more accurate description may
be available If Jbe theory Is accepted
that two strangers who bad been no
ticed loitering about camp for several
days are responsible for the robbery.
It is considered that the bandits must
have been somewhat familiar with
the lay of the camp or they would
have been unable to locate the bunk
house in which the game wai "going
on, or to make so speedy a departure
from the camp.
The car in which the bandits
Teacbed camp arrived shortly after 8
o'clock, and 15 minutes later the rob
bery was staged.
Xews of the affair was brought into
Bend late at night by auto, the rob
bers having taken pains to cut tele-,
phone wires between camp and Bend
before breaking up the game. Sheriff
S. E. Roberts was notified an hour
before midnight.
ltoad Is Ouurdifl
City Officers Wlllard M, Houston
and Tom Carlon guarded the road to
Bend on which it was thought that
the robbers might come In, but a
two hour vigil was without results.
Numb with cold, the officers finally
returned to Bend.
Little chance exists that the pair
will be apprehended, Sheriff Roberts
believes.
LOWER BRIDGE FOLK
ARE MARRIED HERE
Albert 11. Chapman Weds Auua Mil
burn Chester Levitt and Xorn.
F. Wood Married Saturday
Marriage of Albert B. Chapman
and Anna Milbum, both ot Lower
Bridge, took place Monday after
noon at tho Baptist parsonage, Ilev,
F. II. Beard reading the wedding
servlcei Mr. and Mrs. Chupman will
make their homo at Lower Bridge.
Saturday Itov. Beard married
Chester Levitt and Miss Nora F.
Wood, tho ceromony occurring ut the
homo of tho groom's father, Edward
Levitt, on niveisld'o. The young cou
pie will reside In Bend.
CROSS-CUT
j&fl
"Da "you "wnnt my answer howT'
"At any time when you havo given
the matter sufficient thought."
"That's been accomplished already.
And there's no need of waiting. I want
Barnham.
to thank you exceedingly for your of
fer, and to tell you that you can go
straight to h II !"
And without looking back to see
the result of his ultimatum, Falrchild
rose, strode to the door, unlocked It,
and stamped down the hall. lie had
taken snap Judgment, but In his heart,
he felt that he was right. What was
more, he was as sure ns he was sure
of life itself- that Anita Richmond
had not arranged the Interview and
did not even know of It. One streak
ing name was Hitting through Fair
child's brain and ranging It to seethe
with anger. Cleverly concealed though
the plan might have been, nicely ar
ranged and carefully planted, to Rob
ert Falrchild It all stood out, plainly
and clearly the ItodalnesI
And yet why? That one little word
halted Falrchild as he left the eleva
tor. Why? What did they know
about the Blue I'oppy mine, when
neither he nor Harry had any Idea of.
what the future might hold for them
there? That day In court Rodaine
had said Hint the Blue I'oppy mine
was good property and that It was
worth every rent of the value which
had been placed on It. How did he
know? And why ?
Suppose. Hint It had been Anita
Richmond after all who had arranged
thin? It wax logical In n way. Maurice
lodaln wm the one man who could
give direct evidence against ,Harry as
the man who had held up the Old
Times dance, nnd Anita now wan en.
caged to marry ti f lit. Judge Richmond
had been n friend of Thornton Falr-
chlld; could it hare been possible that
this friendship might have entailed
the telling of secrets which had not
been related to anyone else? Hie
matter of the finding of the skeleton
could be handled easily, Falrchild
mw, through Maurice Rodaine. One
word from him to his father could
change the story of Crazy Laura and
make It, on the second telling, only
the maundering, tale of jiii Inline,
herb-gathering woman. Anita could
lime arranged It, and Anita might
have nrranged It. Vet, why should
tdie have gone through this procedure
In reach III lit ? Why had she not gone
to Fnrrell with tha proposition In a
man whom she knew I'nlrchlld trust
ed. Instead of to a greasy, bund-rub-blng
shjsler? And beside
But the ( ti out Inn wan past answer
ing now. Falrchild had made his de
cision, and he Inn! told the lawyer
where to go, But one thing was cer
tain: the Blue I'oppy mine wns worth
money. Once before an offer had
i-ome, and now lhal he thought of It,
l-'alrchlld fell almost certain that It
had been from the same source. That
was for fifty thousand dollars. Why
fchould the value have now Jumped lo
four times Us original figures? It wan
more than the ndvenliirer could en-
compass; he sought to dismiss It all,
went to a picture show, then trudged
hack to his lintel and lo sleep.
The next day found him still striv
ing to put the problem away from him
as he went about the various errand
outlined by Harry. A day after Hint,
then the puffing, snorting, narrow
gauged train took til in again through
Clear Creek canon and hack lo Ohadl,
The motion was strangely deserted.
Only the bawling bus man for the
hotel, the station agent wrestling with
a trunk or two that was all. Knlr
child looked about him In surprise,
then approached the agent.
'"What's happened?"
"Ji !l'J- Fnihi what i.Jieijr It's a
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Goober
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RJB.VanNice,
strike tlmia go.uii u viut uu
the map agnln."
"Who mndo It?"
"Don't know. Some fellow came
running down here nn hour or so ago
nnd said there'd been n tremendous
strike made on tho hill, nnd everybody
heat It up there."
Fnlrchlld went on, to turn Into n de
serted street, it street whero the
doors ot the stores had been left open
and the owners gone. Everywhere It
wns the same; It was ns If Ohadl and'
donly hnd been struck by some catas
trophe which hnd wiped out the whole
imputation. Only now and then n hu
man being appeared, n few portions
left behind at the banks, but that was
about nil. Then from far nwny. up
the street lending from Kentucky gulch,
enme the sound of cheering and shout
ing. Soon n crowd appeared, led by
gesticulating, vociferous men, who
veered suddenly Into the Ohndl bnnk
nt the corner, leaving tho multitude
without for n moment, only to return,
their hands full of gold certificates,
which they stuck Into their lints,
punched through their buttonholes,
stuffed Into their pockets, allowing
them to hnng half out, nnd even
Jammed down the collars of their
rough shirts, making outstanding dec
orations of currency nbout their
necks. On they came, closer cloicr,
and then Falrchild gritted his teeth.
There were four of them leading tho
parade, displaying the wenlth that
stood for the bonanza of tho silver
strike they bud Just made, tour men
whose nnmes were gall nnd wormwood
to Robert Fnlrchlld.
BUndeye Boieman nnd Tnylor Bill
were two of them. The others were
Squint and Maurice Rodaine I
CHAPTER XIV
Had It been any one else, Fnlrchlld
would have shouted for happiness nnd
Joined the parade. As It wnn, he
.stood far to one side, n silent, grim
figure, watching the miners nnd towns,
people passing before him, leaping
about In their happiness, calling to
him the news that he did not want to
hear:
The Sliver Queen had "hit." The
faith of Squint Rodaine, maintained
through the year, had shown his
perspicacity. It was there; he al
ways bad said It was there, and now
the strike had been made nt last, lead
silver ore. running as high as two hun
dred dollars a ton. It meant every
thing for Ohadl; It meant that mining
would boom now, that soon the hills
would be clustered with prospectors.
and that the little town wnnld blossom
as a result of possessing one of the
rich silver mines of the state.
Falrchild felt cheap. He felt de
feated. He felt small and mean not
to be able to Join the celebration.
Squint and Maurice. Rodaine possessed
the Silver Queen; that they, of all
persons, should he the fortunate ones
was bitter and hard to accept. Why
should they, of every one In Ohadl, be
the lucky men to find a silver bonanza,
that they might flaunt It before him,
that they might Increase their stand
ing In the community, that they might
raise themselves to a pedestal In the
eyes of every ono and thereby rally
about them the whole town In any
difficulty which might nrlse In the fu
ture? It hurt Fnlrchlhl, It sickened
him. He saw now that his enemies
were more powerful than ever. And
for ii moment he almost wished that
he had yielded down there. In Denver,
that he hail not given the ultimatum to
the greasy Iliiruham, that he bad ac
cepted the offer made him and gone
on, nut of the fight forever.
Anita ! What would Ir mean to her?
Already engaged, already having given
her answer to Maurice Rodaine, this
now would be an added Incentive for
her to follow her promise. It would
mean a possibility of further argument
with her father, already loo wenk
from Illness to Mini I fie mentis of
evading the Insidious pleas of the two
in Hi who bad taken his money and
made hliu virtually their slave. The
future looked black for Itohert Pair
shlhl. Slowly he walked past the
happy, shouting crowd, nil turned up
Kentucky gulch toward Ihe Ill-fated
(Hue I'oppy,
The tunnel opening looked more for
'orn than ever whi'n he sighted It, a
leak, staring, single eye whlct
teemed to brood over It own mlsfor
tunes, a dead, hopeless thing which
lever hud brought anything hut disap
pointment, A choking came Into Kalr
'hllil's throat. He entered the tunnel
ilotvly, ploddingly; with lagging mus
ics he hauled up the bucket whleli
:old of Hurry' presence below, (hell
ilowly Ion ci cil himself Into the re.
.esses of the shaft mid to the .drift
leading to IJio Mope, .where only a fine
lay before they had found that
;iiiint, whitened, haunting thing which
liail brought with It it neiv misfortune.
A, t)zLJ ulfiiliied ubciitl. uul tin;
lottnd of a' single Jack lininmcrliig nn
the end of n drill-could be heard., Fair
child called and went forward, to find
llnrry, grimy nnd sweating, pounding
nwny nt n narrow streak of black for
mation which centered In tho top of
the slope.
"It's tho vein," he nnitntinccd, lift or
he hnd greeted Fnlrchlld, "nnd It don't
look like It's going to amount to
much I"
"No J"
llnrry withdrew the drill from tho
hole he wns making nnd mopped tils
forohend.
"It nln't n world-beater," cntno tits
consolntoly. "I doubt whether It'll run
uiore'ti twenty dollnrs to tho ton, the
wye smelting prices nvo gone up I
And there nlnt much money In that.
Whnt 'nppened In Denver?"
"Another friune-iip by tho Rodnlnes
to get tho mine nwny from us. It wns
lawyer. He stnlted that the offer
had been mndo to us by Miss Rich'
niond,"
"How much?"
"Two hundred thnusiiml dollars nnd
un to get out of ull the troubles wo
nre In."
"And you took It, ot course?"
"I did not!"
"No?" llnrry mopped his forchend
ngnln. "Well, mnybo you're right.
Maybe you're wrong. Hut whatever
l Did Not"
you did well, thnt's Just tho thing I
would 'uvo done. Only " nml Hurry
was stnrlng lugubriously nt the vein
above him, "It's going to take us n
long tlmn to get two hundred thou
sand dollars out of things the wye:
they stand now."
"Rut we're going to keep at It,
Harry, sink or swim."
"Vou know It !"
"The Rodalnes have hit maybe we
can hnvn some good luck too."
"The Rodalnear Harry stared. "'It
whatr
"Two hundred dollar a ton ore!"
A long whistle. Then Harry, who
hnd been balancing a single Jack, pre
paratory to going bark to his work,
threw It aside and began to roll down
his sleeves.
"We're going to 'ave a look at It,"
"A look? What good would II V'
"A cat ran look at a king," said
Harry, 'They can't arrest us for go
ing up there like everybody else."
"But to go there and ask them to
look at IMr riches"
"There ain't no law against II I"
He reached for hln carbide lamp,
hooked to a small chink of the hang
ing wall, and then pulled his hat over
hln bulging forehead. Carefully he
attempted to smooth hlsstrnylng mtis
In die, nnd falling, as always, gave up
the Job.
"I'd he 'appy, Just to look at II," he
announced, "Come on. I.et'a forget
'on they are and Just be lookers-on."
Falrchild agreed against bis will.
Out of I lie shaft they went and on up
the hill lo where Hie townspeople
agnln were gathering nbout the open
ing of the Sliver Queen. A few were
going In. Fnlrchlld nnd 'Arry Joined
them,
A long walk, stooping most of the
wny, ns tho progress wits made
through the narrow, low-roofed tun
nel; then n slight raise which traveled
for n fair tllstanrn at an easy grade
at Inst to stop; and there before them,
Jammed between the rock, wns tin
strike, a great, heavy streaking vein,
nearly alx feet wide? In which the ore
stuck forth In tremendous chunks,
embedded In a black background,
llnrry eyed It studiously,
"Vou can see the nllver sticking
out!" be announced at last, 'It's won
derfuleven If the Rodalnes did do It,
Come on. Boy, let's us get out of 'ere.
I'll he gelling the blind staggers If I
stny much longer."
Fulrchlld accompanied him word
lessly. It was as though Kale had
played a deliberate trick, that It might
laugh at him. And as he walked
along, he wondered more than ever
nboul the mysterious telegram and the
mysterious conversation of the greasy
llarnlmni In Denver,
For once a ray of rhef-r enme to
him. The Rodnlnes had known of this
strike long before lie over went lo
that ollk-i- In Denver, They had wall
ed long enough to have I heir nssnya
mnde and had completed their first
shipment to the smeller. There wan
no necessity that they buy the Mine
I'opny mine. Therefore, was It simply
number trick to break him, lo lend
ti I in up' lo ii point of high expecta
tions, then, with ii'liiugh ill his ills,
appointment, throw lilin down ngnln?
Ills shoulder straightened as I hey
iTiiclicil (he outs'ile ii'r, pud he moved
Essay Wins Trip
to Washington
Stanley Newconib, 14 years old,
ot San Dlcgo, Calif., it the boy
scout who wrote an csi.iy nn "How
I Can Make Highways More Safe."
winnliiK over 400,000 competitor,
He gets a gold watch and a trip to
Washington, from the Nallnn.il
Automobile Clianibcr of Commerce.
close lo llnrry its be told blm his con
jectures. Tho Cornlshmnti bobbed
his bond,
"I never thought of It Hint wyol"
ho ngreed. "Hut It could rspliiln u lot
or things. They wnnt to bent us nnd
they don't euro 'ow. It 'una n person
to he disappointed. Thnt's It. I ill
tvyes snlil you 'nil n good 'end on
you I That's It. Let's go buck to the
Blue I'oppy."
Back they went, once more to de
scend the shaft, once more to follow
the trull along the drift toward the
opening of the slope. And there,
where loose enrth covered tho plnce
where n skeleton once had rested.
Fnlrchlld took off lilt; coat and rolled
up his sleeves.
"Harry," he snld, with a new deter
mination, "this vein doesn't look Ilk
much, nnd the initio looks worse. But
If you'ro game, I'm game, and we'll
work the thing until It breaks us."
"You've snld It. If wo 'It anything,
line nnd well If we enn turn nut live
thousand dollars' worth of stuff be
font the trlnl comes up, then we can
sell hit under the direction of tin
court, turn over Hint money for n cash
bond, nnd get the deeds buck. If we
rnn't. nnd If Iho mine peters out, then
we nln't lost anything but u lot of
'open and time. Hilt W goes. Wo'll
double-Jack. I've got n big 'nmmer
'ere. Ton 'old the drill for nwbllo nnd
turn It, while I sling th' sledge. Then
you take lb' 'amtner and Uir 'ave
merer on piy 'amis If you miss."
(To da Continued.)
Tha Morrie-Oancera.
In Kngland, In medieval limes, the
Christian feast of I'enlli-ost absorbed
one of the summer festivals of tin
pugan Inhabitants of western Europe.
II was commonly celebrated In all
parts of Ihe country by what was
termed the Wlittsun-ale, and It was a
great time for the Morrls-ilanerrs,
Antiquaries seem agreed thai Ihe old
English MnrrU-dante, no great n favor
ite In the Sixteenth century, and Mill
used, was derived through Xp.iln from
the Moors, and that Its nonu; In Span
ish, "Morlsco," a Moor, was taken from
this circumstance.
His 8lmpU Plan.
'Wow did )ou contrive lo live so
lung?" asked the Interviewer.
-"I dldn'l make nny particular plank,"
said the brisk centenarian.
"No?"
"I JunI kepi hopping out of bed
ewry morning until the first thing I
knew I hud been ilong II u bundled
years." Birmingham Age llymbl.
Painting Old Walls.
Old walls, especially of klicliens,
havu ti thin layer of grease and smoke
upon them that tuny not be perceptible
hut which will prevent paint from nil
ticrlnc tironerlv. Heforn helnir re.
pulnted they should bo washed thor-
ougniy wnn soap unit water, to winch
a Utile ammonia may bu udded, and
finally rinsed with water, Exchange,
Isn't Powdering Her Note.
A pretty telephone girl may be pref
erable, but a plain one will answer,
Boston Transcript.
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber
Company
Lumber, Luth, Shinnies,
Building Muterinl, Kiln
' Dried Flooring and all kinds of Finish
SASH AND DOORS
COMPLETE STOCK ol SundVd Sues.
BROOKS-SCANLON LUMBER, CO.
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HOWLING IS RAGGED
AS SEASON STARTS
Legion Alley Men Tnlic Two Out of
Three From llrooUs-Hfiinloii
Totul Hits for (Inttic Equal
It wns a typically rngKoil oponlng
non-nil mntch which wns played by
the llranlcs-Bcntilou nnd American
Legion bowling tennis on thu alloys
ot tho Legion building Inst night, re
sulting In two games out of tho tlirou
to tho credit ot thu Legion bowlers,
Knob team totalled 22 H plus fur the
tlireo games, Brtioks-Scniilott winning
tho first gnino by H plus, and thu
Legion taking tho second game by six
and tho third by night.
The next mntch will ha rolled be
tween Hliovlln-Illxott nnd tho city
club,
Hronks-tf riuiloii ,
1st 2nd 3rd
Qntno Ontuo (lame Total
Harrington ....131 121 125 377
Hosteller 101 101 102 G2
llorg 115 H3 113 370
lllishoug 183 151 149 W
Freemiut 183 138 158 470
Total 788 719 707 221 1
American legion
Ontchull 142 121 203
Leigh 131 135 2A0
Hteldl 170 147 1 42 459
Connolly 147 135 282
Fowler 1G5 100 137 401
Ilttngo 100 113 180 483
Tola! 774 725 716 2214
Valuable Ota Creature.
Tho walrui furnishes about Lf-00
iduiids of meat. 1,0 pounds of oil
mil 500 iHiiutds ot leather, nnd tho
hlto whnlo furnishes much more.
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Dcichutes Investment Building,
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R. S. HAMILTON
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Rooms 13-10 First National
Bnnk Bldg. Tel. 61
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United Klates Commissioner
First National Bank Building
Bend, Oregon
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Lee A. Thomas, A. A. IA.
Architect
Ilalrd Building Bend, Oregon
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Phone S9-J Bend, Ore.
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