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HA LSEY, Linn Co., O»e. Nov. 23, 1922
THE ADMINISTRATION
The following paragraphs wer
intended for last week’s issue:
The national farm bureau ask
the buying and selling of grain
for future delivery, which the
• hicago grain gamblers are at ,
tacking as unconstitutional.
Cozy and
Comfortable
Via the Shasta route to
There was a big bonfire when
lightning fired half a million
barrels of oil in the Humble oil
lields in Texas Monday.
By Edison Marshall
Author of
To
"The Voice of (tie Padf*
President Harding started out
The federal supreme court has
with two popular men in his cabi- decided that Japanese are ineligi- *
” «t. Herbert Hoover was and Me to naturalization under thei
probably is the most admire 1 and ■statute limiting it to “ free white]
respected man in the United ,ernonx and those of African des
cent.’’
•
State«.
Charles Evans Hughes had been
District Attorney Lee Wool
(■efeited in a race for the presi­ wine of j,os Angeles, who prose
uted the
Inglewood Kuklux
dency, but h e a >i ity and inirg
rity as a jurist still held the es­ mob, wrote a resignation from
Y o u r com fort ¡9 th e first c o n sid e ra ­
teem of Americans. He is a baby office the other day. Then he
tion
of S o u th e rn Pacific*em ployes, who
neard that there was a movement
in political strife but a giant on for his recall, and declared that
have built up an o n v iab le’ re p u ta tio n fo r
the bench. And when political he would stick to the office and
c
o u rte o u s and efficient service.
exigencies caused his party to call light it out to the end.
Equipment of Southern Pacific trains it modern in appoint­
bim to the defense of Newberry be
L. L. Haskin and wife, the
ments and contains all the features conducive to comfort and
"put bis foot io it.’’
Brownsville photographers, have
luxury.
Mr. Mellon, head of the treas­ nade stereopticon slides of Linn
Observation cars and sleeping care with sections, drawing
ury, Is undoubtedly an astute fi­ •ounty flowers in tints and colors
rooms and compartments facilitate the enjoyment of scenery.
m
d
gave
an
exhibition
in
the
nancier, but no secretary of tbs
1 h V afford privacy, rest, sleep, relaxation and pleasure.
church
Exc. Lena meals, tastily prepared and served in attractive din­
treasury can do justice to the office Brownsville Methodist
rriday night.
ing cars, appeal to the most fastidious.
and retain popularity.
Mr. Dougheriy, at the head of
W. M. David» on and wife
the law department, wau not very browght Mrs. Clara McCoy of Cor­ l l ’or LOW ROUND TRIP FARES, T ra in Schedules
well known when he was chosen, vallis over Monday to take the p e e p i ig Car Reservations and beautiful folders
but ho is certainly rfell known ‘»■j” f<y home after a wesk-end J isk railroad ticket ageutsor w rite
with them at Brownsville.
now. He lias arrived at the dis­ Xiait
—
JO H N M. SCOTT,
tinction of having his impeach­
G.
P.
A., Portland, Or,
Cut Your Feed Bill
ment demanded by a celebrated
Moisten your feed and hay-with Stick
crank, as Mr. Wilson’s was by
Molasses and water (1 pint of molasses
another.
U 1 gallon of water). Stock w ill relish
Whether or not the courts will -•ven straw when prepared in this way
uphold the injunctions be procured | Ask any of the big feeders if you
against strike rioting and m urdc lave never tried it. They will convince
,
remains to be seen. They pfob- yoo.
M r. Sargent uses it in the feed for his
*bly will. He was the cabinet prise-winning hogs.
Dick Noble nses it for his dairy herd.
member concerned who declared
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ou will find a larg e a n d c o m p lete a s s o rt­
bootlegging on the high'
seas „ 0:1 Heretofore the price of molasses has
American
voesels
illegsd,
and
thus
1
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e’rPens,ve
•
fc«d
as
any
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m en t o f ru g s of all k in d s—
Sunny
C alifo rn ia
IBustratlons
(Continued. (
He went back to his chair beside
Linda, and the two sat listening. They
had never known a more quiet night.
They listened In vain for the Httle
night sounds that usually come steal­
ing. so hushed und tremulous, from the
forest. And they both started, ever so
slightly, when they heard a distant
rumble of thunder.
“It's going to storm,” Linda told
him.
“Yes. A thunderstorm— rather un­
usual in the fall, isn't It?"
“Almost unknown. It's growing cold.
/ft
Wilton
Velvet
Linoleum
Axminster
Brussels
Congoleum
in all sizes a t o u r sto re.
Give
I Furniture - Xmas
th is je a ib R eserve it now.
easy p a y m e n t plan.
W e sell on’ the
BARTCHEFk & R O H K B A U G H
415-421 West First Sheet. Albany, OregoR
c. A.
Jack Rrittou, the prise fighter,
offers HO,000 lo anyone who will
curs him of Insomnia, Perhaps
he could g« S.Jsi to put him to
»|oep.
All*n>________
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Dyeing, Cleaning and
ABE S PL
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We sell
the Claxtonola
I
Come in and hear it play
phonograph records and needles.
Clark’s Confectionery
I)o you
v An
Do
want a
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F a ito ’xs-Morse Scale for $21.50? get Yon it at can the
M ORN
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STO R E
IN W E G
c b e a h ' s e p I o 2 t ^
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h a b o o w s . d is c s .
1 S E P A R A T O R 'S , m fact evarythiag ia the im olt
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P * ~ e o" D R I L L S while they ta.t
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B A T T E R IE S .
<- uenta.
,
A Radio S u m s
Kenneth Stone removed hi
rhone I66| bom*, mad* radio outfit from the
Curry home, on the H C. Davis
'•"u.".''
raan-T Pe°Pl’ h»(J
Jistened in on doings all ovet
the coast and farther awav
Junction City, and Haleev has no
Tuesdays
radio-receiver, but Roes Curry de-
Pressing
clare« be will hare one next «uni >
mer. probable.
1 5
ACE
At Junction City, where Keo.
Modern
Barber Shop
Laundry sent
Soil d rifts , too.
All
LIC EN SED F U N E R A L DIRECTO RS
HARRISRU RO
LEBANON
l’houe 33
Phone , j
Branches at
Brownsville, Rhone J7C1S.
j f
Halsey Rhone 166, Frank Kirk. Mgr I I
Secretary Hughe* put his moral
Influence behind a defense of New
berry.—New York World.
Statement of American legion
And he lost the most of it there.
The American Legion deploy,
the lack of fair mindednets on the
Ajsx defied the lightning, Nsw. part of citiiem of Browusville in
berry dodged it. H , has resigned. the case of J. R. Hinman The,
legion feele that Mr. Hinman has
not been given the right of every
HALLS
citizen of ths Uuited S tates-th at I
FLORAL and MUSIC SHOP of being considered inuocent until
proved guilty before a jury.
( ’nt Flow ers A merican L suion or B kownsv ILLI
For
Thanks- Now P h o n o -
h Record s
fflVing • g rap
ant] R olls
There are two kinds of sweets, the
kind you can be sure contains the finest
quality of ingredient, and the doubtful
kind.
Cast doubf aside and deal at
Clark's.
W R IG H T & PO O LE
Fttsh stock.
Call a .d re , oncm o .
I he store for quality and pramptaesa
G. W. Mornhinweg
Automobile insurance
Fire, th eft, voliisien, p ro p e rty dam age and
P ersonal liab ility .
P ro te c ty o u rg e lfa g a in s t
loss.
c. P. STAFFORD,. . .
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by Irwtn Myers
Ih M rrtc b t U r U t t l * . B r e w u A C * .
RÜGS
• here.
Offer which we ferl sure will interest
I he president, himself, ¡« more Jur cuitomers. Through ail 'error in
particularly on trial before the •hipping a carload of 60 barrels has
nouitef American public opinion alien into our hands at a twice which
will enable ns to sell U at less than the
than any of bis cabinet members, Portland wholesale price and freight
and thq growing power of the inded.
"farm bloo,” which he first de. T h e price is $8 30 for a barrel of 500
net weight or S166 > c w t This is
claimed against aud then coddl d,
than m ill run.
and of the progressive movement cheaper
R E M E M B E R —There are only 60 bar
In 1.1, p a n ,, ,„ ,c l, h„
„F.
posed but now pays court to,
to. have
luve Citait
/ ece*re
Phone order
«"'»ers
. » l e w .'t* w , ?" 2
" Pnone
»nd fill them in their turn
Phone 84
demonstrated that be is not a great
»arayer of popular opinion. He
bows before the blast and then
moves with it.
* /IS
u«Mv o H, STORE
On the question of the moJifica
tion of the Volstead law he is on
the Ferfee. It is not yet apparent
on which side evontt will make it
W E F IX 'E M
politic to drop.
S T R IN G S A N D A L L
His greatest complaint against
S T IM S O N
his party is that it will not follow
The
Shoe
Doctor
his leadership, and the party's
(New location) 316 w . 2d it., Al-
complaint is that lie does not more
tony.Jopp. Hamilton'» Store.
emphaticaliy assort and exert that
leadership.
No Moses is apparent who is
c . C. B R Y A N T
capable of leading either party to­
attorney a t l a w
day. Perhaps Mr- Harding re the
nearest approach to on« that the
Cusick Bank Building,
public has yet discovered.
Albany, Oregon.
Strength
o f the Pines
But at once she understood whv h.
The flashes of ,,gh/ B £
offered no opportunity for an accurst,
shot. Bruce meant to conserve h's
Uttle supply of shell* until the mom J
of utmost need. The elan drew nearer
They were riding slowly, with ready
rill«,. And ever the storm Increased
In fury. The thunder was so cine.
Ihat It no longer gate the Impress,.«
of being merely sound. I t was a verl
table explosion Just above their heads
The flrat drops of rain fell one by one
on the roof.
Bruce's eyes sought for Simon s *„.
ore. To Simon be owed the greatest
debt, and to lay Simon low might mean
to dishearten the whole clan. But ah
though the attackers were In fair rauee
now, scarcely two hundred yards
away, he cculd not Identify him They
drew closer. H e raised his gun wait
ing for a chance to Ore. And at that
Instant a resistless force hurled hlui
to the floor.
There was the sense of vast rates-
trophe, a great rocking and shudder-
tpg that was lost in billowing waves of
sound; and then a frantic effort to re­
call his wandering faculties, a blind­
ing light cut the darkness in twain
It smote his eyeballs eg if with a phys’
leal blow; and summoning all his p,,,,.
ers of w ill he sprung to his feet.
There was only darkness at first •
and he did not understand. But it
was scarcely less duration than the
«ash of lightning, a red flame sud­
denly leaped Into the air, roared and
grew and spread as if scattered hy the
wind Itself. And Bruce’s breath caught
In a sob of wonder.
The Sentinel Pine, that ancient
m end and counselor that stood n„ t
over one hundred feet from the house
had been struck by a lightning bolt'
it« trunk bad been cleft open as If by
a giant's ax, and the flame was already
springing through Its balsam laden
branches.
They waited a breathless minute,
then the thunder spoke again. It was
Immeasurably nearer. I t was as If it
had leaped toward them, through the
darkness, with Incredible speed In the
minute that Intervened. The last echo
of the sound was not dead when they
heard It a third time.
The storm swept toward them and
Increased In fury. Oh u distant hill­
side the strange file that was the Turn­
C H A PTER X X V II
ers halted, then gathered around Si­
mon. Already the lightning made vivid,
Bruce stood as If entranced, gazin ’
white gashes In the sky and Illumined
with awed face at the flaming tree
—for a breathless Instant— the long There was little danger of the house
sween of the ridge nhpve them. “ We'll Itself catching Are. The wind blew
make good targets In the lightning " the flam* In the opposite direction;
Old Bill said.
besides, the rains were beating on the
“Bide on,” Simon ordered.
“You roof. The Are la the great tree itself
know a mau can’t find a target In the however, was too well started to bo
hundredth of a second of a lightning
extinguished at onee by any kind of
flash. We’re not going to turn back
rain fall; but It did burn with less
now."
fierceness.
They rode on. F ar a-vay they heard
Dimly he felt the girl’s hand grasp-
the whine aq<l roar of wind, and In a
“ » #t hl* ann- Her fingers pressed
moment It was upon them. The forest until he felt pain. Illg eyes lowered
was uo longer silent. The peal of the
to hers. The sight of that passion-
thunder was almost continuous.
drawn face—recalling tn an instant the
The breaking of the storm seemed
scene beside the camp i r e his flrst
to rock the Folger house on its founda­ night a t Trail s End—cplled him to
tion. Both Linda and Bruce leaped to himself.
"Shoot, you fool !’• she
their feet; but they felt a little tingle
stormed at him. "The tree’s lighted up
of awe when they saw that old Elmira the whole countryside, aud you can’t
still sot sewing. It was a« if the calm miss. Shoot them before»they run
that dwelt In the Sentinel Pine out­ away." ’
side had come down to abide In her
He glanced quickly out. The clan
No force that the world
that had drawn within sixty yards of
could ever take It from her.
the house at the time the lightning
They heard the rumble and creak
struck had been thrown Into confusion.
of the trees as the wlud smote them. Their horses had been knocked down
■ad the flame of the lamp danced wild­ by the force of the bolt end were flee­
ly, filling the room with flickering ing, riderless, away. The men followed
shadows.
Bruce straightened, the them, shouting, plainly revealed In the
Hues of bis face setting deep. He light from the burning tree. Tlie great
»lanced once more at the rifle 1n Ns
torch beside the house had completely
hands.
turned the tables. And Linda spoke
"Linda," he said, “put out that fire.
true; they offered the best of targets.
U there's going to be an attack, we’d
Again the girl’s eyes were lurid slits
■ave a better chance If the room was
between the lids. H er lips were drawn,
In darkness. We can shoot through
and her breathing was strange. He
U»* door then."
•uoked at her calmly.
She obeyed at fine* knocking the
cio, Linda, I can’t— ’*
burnlug sticks apart end drenching
“You can’t!" she cried. “You Co«v-
them with water. She took off the
glass shade of the lamp, and the little
gusts of wind that crept tn the crack*
« the windows Immediately extin­
guished the flume.
The darkness
dropped down. Then Bruce opened the
door.
The whple wilderness world strug­
gled In the grasp of the storm. The
Scene was such tha* no mortal mem-
cry could possibly forget. They saw
U la great, vivid glimpses In the later-
■dttent flashes of the lightning, and
the world seemed no longer that which
they had come to know. Chaos was
upon It. The tall tope of the trees
wagged hack and forth In frenzied slg-
■als; their branches smote and rubbed
together. And Just .without their door
the Sentinel Pine stood with top lifted
to the fury of the storm.
A strange awe swept over Bnice.
A moment later he was to behold a
sight that for the moment would make
him completely forget the existence of
the great tre e ; but for an instant bt
poised at the brink of a profound and
tor-reaching discovery. There was a
great lesson for him in that dark tow-
•ring figure that the lightning revealed,
its great limbs moved and spoke; Its
top swayed back and forth, y e f still It
held It* high place as Sentinel of the
“Yeu Can’t ! " $h« Cried.* “You Cow-j
Forest, passionless, patient, talking
Yeu T reiterl Kill— Kill Th«m
through the murk of cloud* to the
While There’s Thne."
«tors that burned beyond.
"Bee." Linda said. "The Turners and— you traitor f K ill— k i l l - k i l l them
are coming."
wpiie there’s t im e r
1» was true. Bruce dropped hie eyes,
She saw tfta resolve In hla face, and
■ven now- the clan had spread out In
«he snatched the rifle from hie hands.
a great wing and was bearing down She hurled It to her shoulder and threa
Upon the house The lightning showed
times fired blindly toward the retreat­
them In strange, vivid flashes. Bruce ing Turners.
nodded Slowly.
, . At th* ‘ instant Bruce seemed to
h* answered. ‘T m ready." c o m to life. His thoughts had been
»hoot them, quick— when ths
ever since the tree had been
lightning shows thin., she whispered
* t n « k l Ms vision was straigbter apd
to his ear. “They're In range now." more far-reechtag than ever In his life
Her Band setxed his arm. “What are
before, hut now his muscle* weakened.1
go« waiting fo ri"
,
? r* n<
«lrl »»>'
Hs turned to her sternly. “Have you 1 •Mtched the
rifle from her hand. She1
torgottep we only have live sbellaT” ! f W h t for If. and he held her with a’
ha asked “0o back to Elmira ”
■troo< arm.
«S TiaTTth-
• “ <1 * * ,r ^
to I
Ljnda '' h* told gently.
J T ^ i v e me, BrucoMtk hard-to h. I Ttw VS washed
three cartridges now.