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Offire hours, V to 12 and 2 to 6 eacep
Mondays and Friday forenoons.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE
M r. Ford says that tic Yuba
»alley, the benoer peach sail ion of
■ he coast, baa been eared from one
cause of worry.
Growers were
Suncaroad lest tbe loot and mouth
embargo should prevent the mar­
keting of their peach crop, but a
iront came ar.d destroyed the
•esebes and now they have no
iecd of a maiket
A large army of thoae strai.dtd
in thi t slate are familiea who h ire
orne in autos to pick and pack
fruit. The plague has cut eft' the
xp»cted employment. Many of
hem are peonllcsa. I f they couid
jet enough gasoline to take them
to tbe Arizona line, there they
•veuld be stopped od the d-sert
Only railroad train» are allowed
t'j pats. These | sople have nt
noney tor r Tr iad fares. Tuey
• re hungry and p-uoiless auioig
strangers.
There is no cause for a panit
here over the foot and moutl
disease. There is danger ant
need for the utmost caution.
During tlie week the malady
has appeared in several addi
tional herds, one of them out
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side Ix>s Angeles county, tt
which it had lieeri thusfar con
THE UNCUT MELON
lined. This was in a herd o,
1000 hogs in San Bernardiin
John M. Scott, assistant purser)
county, 50 miles from the lint ;er traffic mai ag r for the Sou’h-
between the two counties, ant arn Pacific, aa part of a com pre-1
tiie federal authorities in con heuaive plan to •* aell ” t ie stats’» I
trol of the fight extended the
quarantined zone to includr myriad advantages to Europeans,
th a t fifty miles of territory •aye tbe company has brought five I
with Los Angeles.
if ita Euiopean repreaen’ atives to
Those hogs were being fed 01 the Pacific coast to gain first-hand J
Los Angeles garbage, and in f.r . ti n f Oiegon and oilier
though the material was beinj
first boiled, its shipment ha; states served by th Southern Pa-
| aific. 'ihe visitors spent soveral
been forbidden.
'The heaviest items of expenst days in Oregou after an exteu»ive
in the war on the disease art visit to other Pac.fic coist ci iee |
payment for slaughtered am and resorts.
inals and salaries of the army
Southern Pacific literature rt fere
of men employed.
When ai to Oregon aa “ the one uncut ire j-|
animal is found to be affect«,
the U ll
the entire herd is slaughterec on ” among tbe slates of ------
and buried deep in the ground ion, because it» natural resource»
If, 50,000 years from now have hardly bean scratched <>n
the beings evolved by th a t tim< their aurfaee by development.
from the present hum an ract
Thia situation explains why
should find the petrified boner
Senator
McNary ia able to report
of one of these herds, they may
that
ruoro
funds hay« been received
wonder what cataclysm of na
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Hay is worth ju st as much in storage as
you might get for it in case of fire. Thy
i American Eagle Fire Insurance company
'will pay you ts>% of the cash value in easel
of loss by lire.
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young than a observation o f thia In­ I
teresting process was Interrupted by
the sound ot voices and tha tread of
feet. They were British voices.
j
“They came thia way. I sow them '
C. P. STAFFORD, Agent
when they turned,” a voice was say­
ing. " I f I had been a little cloaer, I
could have potted both men w ith one
bullet."
"W hy didn't you take a »hot any­
how?" another naked.
" I wns creeping up, trying to get
closer. They have had to hide or run
upon the heels of our people."
A number o f men were now sitting
on the very log in which Jack was hid­
den. The young scout saw the legs of '
a man standing opposite the open end I
of the log.
Then these memorable
words were spoken:
“This log Is good cover fo r a man
to hide In, but nobody is hid In It. ,
There's a big spider's web over the
opening."
There wns more talk. In which It j
came out th a t nine thousand men were
crossing to Gravesend.
".Come on, boys, '
going back," ,
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A n y G irl in 1 rouble
$ 3 5 ,0 0 0
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may communicate with Ensign Lee of tbe Salvation A rm y at the
W hite Shield Home, 565 May L ir avenue, Portland, Oregon.
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woods.
"That's a w arnin' fa r ol’ Jos Thrash,
er,” Solomon whispered. •'H e ll go out
an' wake up the folks on his road an*
start 'em movin'."
They landed and Solomon bid his
canoe In a thicket.
Before midnight they reached Rem-
sen's barn and about two o'clock en­
tered tbe camp on lathering horses. As
they dismounted, looking back from
the heights of Brooklyn tow ard the
southeast, they could see a great light
from many Area, the flames of which
were leaping Into the sky.
"Guess the farm ers have set their
wheat stacks afire," said Solomon.
"They're all scalrt an' started fer
town."
General Washington was w ith bis
forces some miles north of the other
shore of the river. A messenger was
sent for hJro. N ext day the comman­
der In chief found Ida Long Island
brigades In a condition of disorder an J
panic. Squads and companies, eager '
fo r a fight, were prowling through tbs j
bush in tbe south like hunters a fte r ■
r / o r (Congress,
W.e.^a
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¿ R e p u b lic a n C a n d i d a t e f » r S l t n o m t n a t i o n
A native son ol Oregon who is
a
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CLEAN.
C A PA BLE.
EXPERIENCED,
I
rlval w iili a message to General Wash­ •
R ead liis rtrord of success-
F A IT H F U L ,
ington. The la tte r returned w ith the •
The Orest Ally.
tur« caused their ileutb, just at t»y Oregon for the building of
fu l service, steady achievement, in-
SUCCESSFUL
young colonel to survey the situation.
Selectmen of Boston, seeing the They found Solomon at headquarters. £ ereasiDg usefulness and wise statesmanship in voters' pamphlet
we wonder today when we fine public roads, the improvement ol city The threatened
with destruction, had He had discovered British scouts In a
(Paid adv. by Ronald C. G lover)
_____ , „ sa f'vara and harbors— main arterie-
the remains of dinosaurs,
made term» with Washington for the
wooded country near Gravesend.
lier-toothud tigers, blubbering M commerce to the markets of the British army. It was to be allowed the
H e nnd Jack were detailed to keep
I xkis and men lying togethei world for its products— and thy peaceably to abandon the city and watch of that part of the Island nnd
deep under ground.
w ithdraw In Its fleet o f one hundred Its shores with horses posted at con­
development of agricultural Indus
und fifty vessels. The American army venient points so that. If necessary,
The United States govern
game. A number of the new Conner
said one of the party. Whereupon they
try
through
the
reclaw.aliou
of
its
was now well organised and In high they could make quick reports.
ment, the state of California,
tlcut boys had deserted. Soms o f them
went away.
»rid,
swamp
and
cut-over
lanes
spirit.
Washington
waited
on
Dor-
Next
day,
fa
r
beyond
the
outpost»
a --a. witiivTix vii
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iu u rjiiu a me outpost?
Oregon and other states art
had been captured and brought back
Dusk wns falling. Jack waited for
Chester
Heights
for
the
evtieuatlon
of
In
the
bush,
they
tied
th
eir
horses
In
spending much money in the • ban any other state during the Boston
In speaking of ths matter, Washington
a move from Solomon. In a few min­
Kiitiftm V
rt be
K«, . completed.
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a Meanwhile, si. _ 11..1 . . . .
-
to
fight against the plague and •even years of his service. Thy a large force was sent to New York to the little stable near Remsen's cabin utes he heard a s tir In the brush. s a id :
the south road and went on afoot Then he could dim ly see the face of
"W e must be tolerant, i These lads
Los Angeles county has spent »ituatmu warranted it aud l.e gol asalst In the defense of thnt city. Juck on
through the bush. Suddenly Solomon
his friend beyond the spider's web.
are timid. They have l^en dragged
$200,000 and is getting short ol •t.
and Solomon went w ith It. On ac­ stopped and lifted his hand and Ils
“Come on. my son," the latter Whis­
from the tender scenes of domestic life.
teady cash, but, note this dif-
count of their physical condition, tened. Then he dropped und put hi»
pered.
They are unused to the restraints ot
heroes were provided for them, and on ear to the ground. H e beckoned to
larence from any county in
The Lenton Courier is a new their arriv al each was to have a leave Jack, who crept near him.
W ith a feeling o f real regret. Jack
w ar We mast not be too sevtere."
this neighborhood: Ixia Angeles
Jack heard tlie commander in cldel
rent the veil of the spider and came
''Somebody's nigh us afore an’ be­
county has $40,000,000 in time Corvallis weekly, handsomely of two weeks, “for repairs," ua Solo­
out of his hiding place. He brushed ths
when he spoke these wards.
printed,
full
of
news
and
pro­
mon put It. They went up to Albany hind." he whispered. "W e better hide
deposits
in
San Francisco
gressive. Its linotype operator for a rest nnd a visit and returned till dark comes. You craw l Into that silken threads from his hair und brow
bunks.
euger for the work which awaited ol' holler log. I'll nose m yself uuder as he whispered:
I he plague affects business in and proof reader are rare birds them.
"T h a t old spider saved me— good
a brushplle."
»or
Oregon,
for
they
appear
to
luck to h im !"
’
other states, but it is a terrible
They spent a spring and summer of
They were In a burnt slash where
know
something
about
rules
of
“ We ll keep clus together." Solomon
blow to California. A corres-, capitalization and
heavy toll In bulldlug defenses aud the soft tim ber bad been cut some
capitalization and punctuation. training recruits. The country was
whispered. “ W . got to push right on
tim e before. The land was covered
,
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v p iv o
copies
we
an
work 'round 'em. I f , nyone
aflame
with
excitement.
Rhode
Island
terprise from San Bernardino
w ith a thick, spotty growth of poplar
seen, the Independent bids and Connecticut declared for Inde and
° ur
have to change
wild cherry and brush heaps nnd
county says. “The disease has nave
worlds sudden, that's all. W e raus'
lair to be a success
pendence. The fire ran across their ' logs half-rotted. The piece of timber
tied everything up in this coun­
git to them hossss 'forS m id nig ht"
borders and down the seaboard. O ther ! to which Solomon had reforred was
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ty. It stops the picking and
Darkness had fa'len. but the moon
colonies were making or discussing the base log of a gtant hemlock aban­
The loudest Squealing about like declarations. John Adams, on Ills
packing of oranges and that
doned, no doubt, because, when cut, It M g rising when th e j set out. Solo-
throws thousands out of em­ the uselessness of the senate way to congress, told of the defeat of wns found to be a shell. It was open mon led the way. w ith that long, loose
ployment. They cannot go east investigation which has stirred the Northern army In Cnnnda and how only at the butt end. Its opening was stride of his. T h e ir moccaslned feet
by auto (because of embargo at up so much mud in Washington It was heading southward “eaten with covered by eti Immense cobweb. Jack were about as noiseless as a cat's. On
the Arizona line) and many comes from those who have vermin, diseased, scattered, dispirited, brushed It away and crept backward and on they went until Solomon
>ten hit the haidest, if we may unclad, unfed, disgraced." Colonies Into the shell. H e observed that many- stopped suddenly and stood listening
have not money to go by rail.
were Ignoring the older order of black hairs were caught upon the and peering Into the dark bush beyond
“A fter February things be­ xcept Mr. Fall, who seems to things,
electing their own assemblies rough sides of this singular chamber
Jack could hear and see nothing Solo­
;iave
"eiawled
into
his
hole
and
gan to lag. The boom was
and enacting their own laws.
The
mon turned and took a new direction
Through
the
w
inter
It
must
have
been
over. Some went east, others pulled the hole in a fte r him.” Tory provincial assemblies were un- j the den of a black bear. As soon as without a word «nd moving with the
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able to get men enough together to he had settled down, w ith his face stealth of a hunted Indian. Jack fo l­
to the m ountains and more to
fauns. Real estate went down.
some two feet from the sunlit s ir of the lowed closely, soon th „ were g,nW
We want the law adminis­ make a pretense of doing business.
o th eir knees In a mossy tamarack
In June, by a narrow margin, the outer world. Jack observed that the
Now it is foot and mouth di­ tered by its friends.
R. L.
sease. Building goes on. Many Chandler, candidate for the re congress declared for Independence, Industrious spider had begun again to swamp, but a few minutes of hard
travel brought them to ths shore of a
houses aie lull, but apartm ents publican nomination for sheriff, on the motion of Richard Henry Lee throw h!s silvery veil over the great pond.
• • •
of Virginia A declaration was drafted
hole
In
the
log's
end.
are emptying out.”
s a friend of prohibition. A and soon adopted by all the provincial
"
alt
here
till
I
git
the
canoe,"
Sol­
H e watched the process. F irs t the
The Oiegon livestock sani­ man who straddles the fence on congresses. It was engrossed on
outer lines o f the structure were woven omon whispered.
tary board has issued the order hat question may jum p off on parchment and signed by the deb-gat- « nen ss the edges of the opening and
The la tte r crept Into a thicket aad
I relow:
cither side a fte r the voting is of the thirteen states on the second made fast at pointe around Its Imper­ soon Jack could hear him cautiously
of August. Jack went to that mem­ fect circle. Then the weaver dropped shoving Ids canoe Into the w ater
All sheep shearers, farm la- done,
A
H ie man has a great heart In him,
orable scene as an aid to John Adam«, to opposite points, unreeling his alrn
borers, dairy laborers, farm and
Iat<>r the * 0UB< m»“ »nt in the
to h u * e \ £reat "I1,n ^na',,•" he
who
was
then
the
head
o
f
the
n
n
r
middle
of
the
shell
of
birch
bark
while
ranch and stock-yard help in
tier rope behind him and making It
him " ? th" '
1 ,m beginning to love
\\ e will have a chance to vote board.
taut and fast.
He wns no slow and Solomon knelt m lts .tern with bis , * ra' 1 C,n ’ * • ,ha‘ ^ e s e thousands
general coming from California tor the repeal of the law pro­
In August, Howe bad moved a part clumsy workman
j
8 ,le n t,7 h« pushed through
H e knew hts task
into Oregon, unless able to fu r­ viding the death penalty for o f his arm y from H a lifa x to Staten
h b - h . ‘ r” r
' OlD, ,o he b,,u" I t<>
the Idled margin of the pond lota d ea r
and ruslied about, rapidly strengthen
nish affidavit evidence that uurdcrers. Sum« people have
,1<>n 1Ike th,,t of a son
Island and offensive operations were ing bis structure w ith parallel lines, water. The moon was hidden hshtnd fm . e *“/
ln * t o a 7 5 "r Wl,h m<n llk*
they have not been in any dis­
dally expected In Washington's armv.
having a common center, until his the woods. The still surface of the Ington and Franklin to lead u« how
trict infected with foot and heap more sym pathy for mur- Jack hurried to his regiment, then In silken floor wns In place again and pood was now a glossy, dark plane he- i «••a
we fa u r
’
w
mouth disease, shall be required ¿ w w than for their victim. camp w ith others on the heights hack ready for the death dance o f flies and tween two starry dsepo--one above. '
We
do
not
hang
half
enough
of
of
Brooklyn.
The
troops
there
wore
B,«ht Sir Henry Clinton
to cither discard, wash in boil­
bees and wasps Soon a bumble bee the other beneath. ra tbe shadow of . ih .t r T o
«<»
ing water, or subject all of their hem. M any u an »Lo o ig iit ti not ready for a strong attack. General was kicking and quivering like a the forest, near the fa r shore. Solo- msnrt I ? nk » “»"w o od 's com-
Greene,
who
was
In
command
of
the
m.<n
stopped
and
lifted
his
voles
In
the
stricken
ox
on
Its
surfacs.
Tha
spider
clothing to a formalin solution have b«vn bsngtd »re out commit
roand and that of Colonel Jack Irons
division, had suddenly fallen III. Jack
ruslied upon him nnd buried bis knives tong weird cry of the great bash owl
l>Ath and their shoes and shear- tiog mots murder».
7 *™
«Iraost destroyed, twentv-two
crosse«» the river the night of hl< >r
Tide
he
repeated
three
times,
’
In the bark and «Ides of his prey The
then
ing equipment to official disin­
there came an answer out of
tha » •< * had his left srm .hot th o u g h
fection. Certificates of disin­
The H arrisburg Bulletin an ­
fection shall be required of all nounces th at “speeders and
farm laborers coming from wreckless drivers will be held
California.”
to account.” Wreckh'ss drivers
Roy Ford and family of Jack- an* the kind we prefer here in
ton, Mont , on their way home Halsey. Too many are so reck­
from a visit
to Marysville.
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. . . . . . . Cal., less th at they cause wrecks.
camped in Halsey Monday night.
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Toe» wars iospsclsd sad fumi
H a n k A. V’anderlip, whose
g »tad at ths stats lin t and required , 1 PDrmise w as to reveal rot-
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k” ’
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golden state.
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" ft,
"»UKi .'rtv and F n rliS . i, sudl
j denly singularly silent.
What are you going to do about that cat?
Don’t wait till the sprint; rush.
trips when you need it the mos’ .
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