F U R N IT U R E for the home F L O O R C O V E R IN G Congoleum and Lino leum in rugs or by STO VES and the yard RANGES Our prices are made with the best makes the object of selling goods See our stock and prices before you buy I slowness and deliberation. He was no longer afraid. It was just as It had been before—a «arm figure lying still , and helpless for his own terrible pleas- ( ore. A few more steps and he would ¡be near enough to see plainly; then (Continurd from page I) —after the grizzly habit—to fling into We have lota of good i ,,le l'h«rge. He paused, his muscles Up 10 Ssptember 15, 1922. in setting. And then the meadows sud- Linn count/ there were registered . deuly rung with the undulations of 20 motor vehicle dealers 298 his snarl. chauffeurs, 689 motor vehicle oper- oa hand sad are getting taoreeverv day Almost unconscious. Bruce did not aturs, 9*1 mo'nrryclee, 8951 pM . understand what had caused hla utter ance/ But strangely, the bear had lift- •enger cars, 8 aiubulaucet aud ed his head and was staring straight hearses, H busses and stages, 81 ; over him. For the first time Bruce commercial cars of less than one i heard the wild beat of hoofs on the ton capacity. 266 trucks of from turf behind him. one to live tous capacity and 11 Uaed ranges $30 to $40, Very good conditoa. All n£bargaiu prices. ! He didn't have time to turn and trailers of from one to five tout 423 West First at., Albany, Oregon. look. There was do opportunity even capacity, or a total of 4823 licensed I for n flood of renewed hope. Events passenger and commercial motor I followed upon one unother with star- Vehicle«. l tltng rapidity. The sharp, unmlstak- The big Shedd-Davis stcre at ' able crack of a pistol leaped through the dusk, and a bullet sung over his Shedd has a new roof. b<Hly. And then a wild-riding figure George Lnubner followed the swept up to him. building of the new lumber shed It was I.inda. firing os she came. How she hud been able to control her with a tine uew office building at horse and ride him Into that scene hie lumber yard. The Blade Glittered; but Linda Waa of peril no words may reveal. Per The W F. M. S met with Mrs. Afraid ta Look at tt Closely. haps, running wildly beneath the lash, M- P. Gardner Saturday after the Soared loads that the Turners cul his starting eyes did not discern or In noon. The lessun, ••India’« H er tivated. She went to their very edge. terpret the gray figure scarcely a score M. F r e n c h & S o ns It woe a rather high point, so she of yards distant from Bruce; and it itage," was discussed by Mrs. A ALBANY OREO. waited here for the moon to emerge Is true the grizzly’s pungent smell— W. Foote and Mre. B M. M iller. demonstration showing the again. Never, It seemed to her, hod It a thing to" terrify much more and to A moved so slowly. But oil at once Its be interpreted more clearly than any views of two missionary women kind o f dim form In the moonlight— was given by Mrs. B. M. Miller light flowed forth over the land. H er eyes searched the distant was blown In the opposite direction. and Mrs. D. 8, McWilliams. spaces, but she could catch no glimpse Perhaps the lashing strap recalled the Mrs. \ anNice was a guest and of Simon between the trees. Evi terrible punishment the horse hnd un became a member of the society dently he no longer walked In the dergone earlier that evening at the Mesdames A. W Foote, Arthur direction of the house. Then she looked hands of Simon and no room was left Wesley, B M M iller, E. B Pen- for any lesser terror. But most likely out over the tilled lands. land, D. Sturtevant, John Stand- Almost a quarter of a mile away of all. Just as In the case of brave she saw the flicker of a miniature Soldiers riding their horses Into bat ish, Frank Hadley, Van Nice, D dyers clean er s shadow. Only the vivid quality of the tle, the girl’s own strength and cour 3. McW illiams aud Eli«» Braudou were present. moonlight, against which any shadow age went Into him. t a il o r s hatters was dear-cut and sharp, enabled her to The hear reared np, snarling with Mrs. C. T. Cook and Claud» discern It a t.a ll. It was Simon, and wrath, hut for a moment it dured not Of the strange, d a rt figure th aU lay who have been ill with the grip’ tween the moonlit tree trunks. evidently bis business had taken him charge. *1 he sudden appearance of so prone In the grass In front. The There was very little of reality Into the meadows. Feeling that she the girl and the horse held him mo are better, darkness dropped over him as the The foremost figure was on the right track at lust, she mentarily at bay. The girl swung-to Lyle Chance and wife are vary moon went behind a heavy patch of sbont either. was bent and strange, but she knew urged her horse forward ugain, keep the ground In one leap, fired again, ill with the grie. Mre. Lilliad cloud. Local that It could be no one but Elmira. ing to the shadow of the timber at thrust her arm through the loop of Howe, nurse, of B ownsville, is at- And In that moment the K iller un Agent first. the bridle rein, then knelt nt Bruce’s derstood. He remembered now. Pos The second, however—half-obscured t ’ nding them and Frank Hadlev Simon walked almost parallel to the side. The white blade that she car sibly the upright form of Simon had behind her—offered no interpretation hae been lookiug after their liv». FOR SALE of outline at all at first. But at the dark fringe for nearly u mile; then ried In her left hand slashed at his suggested It to h im ; possibly the wind t >0k. Both patients are reported bonds. turned off Into the tilled lands. She turn of the trail she saw both figures had only blown stralghter and thus mending nicely. In vivid profile. Elmira was coming rode opposite him and reined In the The horse, plunging, seemed to Jerk permitted him to identify the troubling homeward, bent over her cane, and horse to watch. her body hack and forth, and endless Mis« Minnie Harlow of Rug»n from 1 to 3 years old. Big, fine ewes. smells. All at once a memory flashed When the, distance hnd almost ob seconds seemed to go by before the she ted a saddled horse by Its bridle -'»me Wednesday to lie the goe<-t over him— of a scene In a distant glen, rein. scured him. she saw him stop. He last o f the thongs was severed. In and similar tall figures that tried to •f her courin, Mrs. J W . Moore, Still keeping Simon in sight, Linda waited a long time, then turned hock. reality the whole rescue was unbeliev drive him from his food. He had Saturday the Moores accompanied registered Or will let out on shares 25 The moon went in and out. of the ably swift. The man helped her all ran swiftly toward her. She didn’t charged then, struck once, and one old ewes, or at $130 per head understand the deep awe that stole clouds. Then, trusting to the distance he could. "Up— up Into the saddle," □er to Eugene for the weeu end. of the forms had lain very still. He to conceal her, Linda rode slowly out she commanded. The grizzly growled Prof. English and family spent remembered the pungent, maddening over her—an emotion that even her Into the clearUig. again, advancing remorselessly toward die week end in Eugene. fear for Bruce could not transcend. odor that had reached him after his to freshen thia fall. Simon re-entered the timber, hla In | them, and twice more she fired. Two blow had gone home? Most clearly of There wak a quality In Elmira’s face Mre. Mary Weat was the all, he remembered how his claws liad and posture that she had never seen spection seemingly done, and Linda of the bullets went home In hts great ue-t I W A N T TO HUY before. It was as If she were walking still rode In the general direction be body, but their weight nnd shocking struck and sunk. »I her daughter. Mrs. Effie [»». In her sleep, she came with such a had gone. A curious sense of im power were too »light to affect him. •rland, over the week end. 1 Carload He knew this strange shadow now. It was Just another of that tall breed strange heaviness and languor, her pending events came over her us she He went down once more on all fours, headed on toward the distant wall of preparing to charge. A lb erto Kuonte and Nora Pshrs- he had learned to bate, and It was sim cane creeping through the pine needles forest beyond. of the trail In front. She did not Bruce, In spite of the fact that his «on came home from W illamette ply lying prone as hla foe had done Then, the clouds slowly dimming un limbs had been nearly paralyzed by for the week cud. after the charge beside Little rivet*. In seem to be aware of Linda’s approach der the moon, the light grew with al the tight bonds, managed to grasp the fact, the stlll-lylng form recalled the until the girl was only ten feet dis Krcell Saeed came homo for (he 477 West BlgbthRatre»It,AETng™e.Ro ie most Imperceptible encroachments. A t saddlehorn. In the strength of new other occasion with particular vivid tant. Then she looked up, and Linda first It was only bright enough to born hope be pulled himself half up week aud, saw the moonlight on her face. ness. The excitement that he bad felt She suw something else too, but she show* her own dim shadow on the on It, and he felt Linda's stroug arms before returned to him now; he re Mise Marjory Loot spent (be didn’t know what It was. Her own grass The utter gloom that was over behind him pushing up. The horse membered hts disappointment when week eod at the O. F. Neal home the fields lessened and drew away- like plunged In deadly fear; and the Killer the whistling bullets from the hillside eye.i widened. The thin lips were receding curtains; her vision reached leaped toward them. Once more the She ia attending the U. of (J above had drive» him from his dead. drooping, the eyes looked as If she ever farther, the shadows grew more pistol cracked. Then the horse broke A petition hae been filed asking All kinds of F I S H la seeaoa But there were no whistling ballets were asleep. The face was a strange clearly outlined end distinct. _ Tlien and ran In a frenzy of terror. net of wrinkles In the soft light. Ter that the widow be appointed ad- now. Except for them, there would the moon rolled forth Into a Wholly Quarter, of B E E F for c . l . g Bruce was full In the saddle by then have been further rapture beside that rible emotions had but recently died miuietretor of the estate of the open patch at iky«—a white sphere and even at the first leap his arm ind left their ashes upon It. But Linda purposes at canning prices etreara; but be might have It now. ' • ‘• J . W. Hulte end Mo«e King, .new the, this was no time to stop with a sprinkling of vivid stars around swept out to the girl on the ground W illiam Morfit and J. 0 . Kettle The old hunting madness came baek It—and the silver radiance poured w . F .C A R T E R beside him. He swung her toward and wonder and ask questlona to him. It was fair game, this that down. him, and at the same time her hands well appraiaera. Olve me the horse," she command lay so still In the grass. Just as the It was like the breaking of dawn caught at the arching back of the W . P. W ahl and fam ily were body of the calf had been and Just ed. “I’m going to help Bruce.” The fields stretched to Incredible dis "Ton can have It,” Elmirs answered at the o u n ty eeat Saturday. as the warm body of Hodson In the tancea about her. The forest beyond distant glen. In an unfamiliar voice. “I t ’s the horse emerged In distinct outline; she could J- H. McMahan and wife at. GCABAKTggO WOBK The wound at hla side gave him • that—that Dave Turner rode here— <ee every Irregularity In the plain. tended the liveetock ahow io Port- L avmobv twinge of pain. It served to make hie and he won’t want him any more." And In ODe instant's glance she knew laud. Linda took the rein, passed It over that she had found Bruce. memories all the clearer. The lurid CfcBAMi»» ano Paeseino lights grew In his eyes. liege swept the horses bead, and started to swing Miae Nettie Spencer ia spend- Hla situation went home to her In over him. D- D. R IB E L IN . Trop. Into the saddle. Then she turned with one sweep of the eyes. Bruce was I mg some weeke visiting with r But he didn't charge blindly. He re s gasp as the woman slipped some j nephew and family at Corvallis not alone. Even now a great, tower tained enough of his hunting camion thing Into her hand. ing figure was creeping toward him Mre. B- M. Taylor of Corvallis to know that to stalk was the proper Linda looked down and saw It was from flhe forest. Linda cried out, course. He moved farther out from the hilt of the knife that Elmira hail and with the long strap of her rein I r¡sited her sister, Mrs. M B the edge of the forest carried with her when the two women lashed her horse Into the fastest pnee Southern, the letter part of last At that Instant the moon came out had gone with Dave Into the woods. It knew. I week. and revealed him, all' too vividly to The blade glittered; but Linda was Bruce did not hear her come. He All work done promptly and Charles Mornhinweg and W ill Bruce. The K iller’s great gray figure afraid to look at it closely. “Ton lay In the soft grass, walling for I K irk were at the county seat bat- reasonably. Phone No. 269.9 In the silver light was creeping t o death. A great calm had come upon might need that, toe," the old » m a n j urday. ward him across the silvered pees. said. “It may be wet— I can’t remem him; a strange, quiet strength Hint the • • • • • pines themselves might have lent to ber. But take it, anyway.” The ootinty farm bureau will When Linda left her house, her first Linda hardly heard. She thrust the him ; and he made no cry. In this try to have the Canada thietle law realization was the need of caution. U blade Into the leather of the saddle, dreadful last moment of despair tin- emended aa M r. Stevenson »ug. nfllce t»i dont • »nth g » would not do to let Simon see her. then swung on the horse. ho* worst of Ids terror had gone and left geata, doing away with the fen H r And ehe knew that only her long train his thoughts slfigulnrly clear. And She rode swiftly until she began to days’ notice to ownera to cpt ing In the hllle, her practice In climb fear Simon might hear the hoof beat but one desire was left to him: that » ti i D e a l e r in I weed. ing the winding tra lla would enable of her mount; then she drew np to the Killer might be merciful and end her to keep pace with the ftmt walking • walk. And when she had crested his existence with one blow. W . A. Cumming» • man without being seen. the hill and had followed down Its county seat Tbur-<ia I t was not a great deal to ask fo rt In her concern for-Bruce, Linda bad long slope Into the glen, the moon completely forgotten the events of the went under the cloud« for the first but be knew perfectly that only by the Prof. English eei» mercy of the forest gods could It come earlier pari of the evenlr<. W ild and time. ise right on ths word ’ p».*v to pasa They are usually not so kind Amor A. Tussin? stirring though they were, they bow la sometime« used by She lost eight of Simon at once, to the dying; and It is not the’ wild- ood seemed to her as Incidents of remote Seemingly her effort to eave Bruce had animal way to take pain, to kill at writer« as the peat teyae of "prove •» L A W Y E R AND N O T A R Y years, nothing to be remembered la come to eothlng, after elL But eh. , h . flrat Mow. Ye, Ms eye« U d Nevertheless, it has fallen la.-gelv this hour of crisis. But she remera- didn’t turn back. There were light «tralght. The Killer cxgpt slowly For the First F ifty Fat, She Waa Half into dieu«e in the last g» rrv hered them vividly when, two hundred I patches in the aky, and the mooo Dragged. except in a leg I I.-.-« toward h im ; more end more of his ynrd» from the h«use. Kite saw two might shine forth again. lew. «»ranee figure, coming toevgrd her be- J She followed down the trail toward tas, body was revealed above the tell »addle. For the first fifty feet she heeds of the gras.. And now all that M .»« I’* w a. half dragged, but slowly—with Bruce knew was a great wonder—a Bruce1» help— the pulled herself up home lu Eng- or i- no« v strange expectancy and awe of what to o position of security. her father, W. J. Carey, wlio wa« the opening gates of darkness would T U R P IN ’S W I L D E Y L u u t i E f i t ) . 65. The Killer's charge had come a ffw having a good deal of trouble with f*veal. Regular meeting next Saturday rheumatism. (Continued on page 4) Jots an£T it,les & Co. Furniture [ [ S||ff Exchmge USED F U R N I T U R E 9x12 Pabcolin Rugs, $11 Beauty Banquet Ranges $65 to »»J We make a Specialty of Friendship, Engagement and Wedding Rings For the best cash pijces see 0. W. FRUM h a y , g r a in , reed A N D L IV E S T O C K W E DO DYEING First-class grinding and erain cleaning done at any time - HUB CLEANING WORKS (Inc) Cor Fourth and Lyon ats. Albany Oregon E. C. Miller, 50 B lackface Ewes, 1 Shropshire Buck, 2 grade Jersey h eifers S Oat and Vetch or Clover Hay and 1 car Cheat Hay Fresh and Cured Meats The Old Stand Barter Shop F. M. GRAY, Draym an. W. J. Ribelin Tailoring Goods called for & Delivered P re^ sin f D‘ RLBELIN’ '«"' t Bv hsvinir th»1' o rk'Y ' T° ' r T * P'U cood',ion ior neit season's are. von i l l . n 7 i .„n ? ’ ,hU “ me ,M r' wh” L h .n R epairing . Men a Saits cleaned.......... ..... $1.50 Soils p ressed.^ . . . . . . Pants cleaned..$0 and Coats cleaned . . . . . . . . Peats pressed___ Coats pressed . . . . . . . . O coats cleaned............ O'coats pressed.......... PRICE LIST Women's Suits cleaned ................$1.30 11 Suits pressed---- 75c to 100 Salts cleaned .....3 0 to I 50 Skirts pressed. ..25 to 1.00 gloomers eiOaned_____________ .75 Dresses eleaned........................75 to 2.00 O'coe,s e ' e a n e d . .$1.50 to 2.00 O'coata pressed........................ 75 to L25 Cloves cleaned........................ ,5 to 25 he ! .h \ ,O t “ * * re Piir e d ‘ PHug. an e.Pm .to o( th e c " t f M r' C®™' '» ‘ nd ' « « ke to ett.tnate of tne coat of repairing it ^ ^ r £ a r ‘J X Z ± T 1 “ ,,,i,* entO i w*o d ,hield cleaner», top d," t patching™ I many other useful winter accessories. . nvbm e‘ 7n P 7 ^ ,HO,' tV ' T?".'.O*PeC(<>Ur,' n" * • » ’» •cceMori.s at any time, aud onr prizes are thejlowea, it la possible to make. Halsey Garage f0™ V More taxes are 'lelinquent in this county than ever before. night.___________ ADMiMiiTBATua's S al a D. S. McW illiams wee at the Notice la herebv glv»n th»t by virtne of an order of the county court of Linn county seat Saturdar. county, <>regon, mail» October Uth, 1322. authorizing «nd directing the nn- dersigned aa adininlatratoe of the estate of W. H. Kirkpatrick, deceased, to tell lota 5, A, 7 and * in E. Hayes addition to Volunteeis ere rocking the road Haliey, Linn county, Oregon Therefore, I will, from and after the oetween ffbedd and Fayetteville, 20tb dey of Noeember 1922, at nty re«t- I he Methudiet and Presbyterian ■lence in Hslaey, Oregon, sell the real property above deaerthed at private aale •omen of Shedd have a onion to the highest bidder for cash in band roiesionarv society. entopet to coufirmnUoa by said couiU F. M. U bav . Administrator. (Continued oa page 4) I - L- 9 w a h , Atty. for Admr. Tbe first iuvenile industrial olub thia veer is a sewing club »t Franklin Butte.