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FRIDAY . .............March 27. 1908
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Cbc Kid
Engineer
By FRANK ■ . S PE A R M A N
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1900. kr Fwuk H . S p w w
waa a favorite t. . .. N eig hb or'll
,’ hent‘ ver the old flreuiau got to "buck-
' about bis engineer the m aster mo­
saic threatened to discharge the en-
T h a t settled I t D a d H a m ilto n
Id n 't fo r the w o rld be the cause o f
w in g another m an ont o f a Job, no
tie r how little be liked him .
old fe llo w w en t back to w o rk
bu t It w as ev id en t th a t he
and M c N e al d id n 't h a lf get on together.
Tbe boy was not m uch o f a ta lk e r. Y e t
be did his w o rk w ell, and Neighbor
n e xt to F o ley be w as th e beat
m aa w e bad.
A pout a w eek la te r F o ley cam e Into
the office one m ornin g ve ry m uch ex -
cite- L
" I Id you hear abont the boy’s go t‘ ¡ng
p o uid ed last n ig h t—Georgia M c N c .il?
I t ’s i i shame the w a y these fe llow s act.
Th ree o f the strikers plied on him
whllo be w as going In to the postofllce
and thumped the life ou t o f him . The
co w ardly hounds, to ju m p on a m an ’s
back th a t w a y !”
“F ile y ,” Bald I, " th a t’s th e firs t tim e
they' re tackled one o f D a d H a m ilto n ’s
engineers.”
" T te y 'd never have done i t I f they
thought there w as any danger o f D a d ’s
getting a fte r them.
Th ey kn o w he
doesn’t lik e the boy.”
T t ’a an outrage, b u t w e can’t do
anything. You kn ow t h a t T e ll M c N e a l
to keep aw a y from the postofllce. .We’ll
get bis m all fo r h im .”
“ 4 told him th a t this m orning. H e 's
In bed and looks p re tty b ard , b a t he
w o n 't dodge those fellow s. H e clalm a
It ’s h free country,” grin ned Foley.
" B u t I told him he’d get over th a t Idea
lf.h e stuck out this trou ble."
I t was three days before M c N e al w aa
able w report fo r w o rk, though be r e ­
ceived fu ll tim e Just the same. E v e n
then he w asn’t fit fo r d u ty, b u t be
begged N eighbor fo r hla ru n u n til he
got |t.
Th e strikers w ere Jubilant
whllel the I n ^ w h s laid up, b u t Just
IH E N
th e
big
s trik e caught ua
at Z a n e a y llle
w e had 180 en
glneera and flre-
nqui on the p a y ­
roll. One hun­
dred and sev­
e n ty -n in e
of
these men w a lk ­
ed out. One firem an —Just one—stayed
w ith th e com pany; th a t w as D a d H a m ­
ilto n .
"Y es,” grow led D ad , coihbating the
protests o f th e strikers* .comm ittee, " I
know I t
I belong to yo n r lodge. B u t
I ’ll te ll you no w —an* I ’ve to ld yo u
a fo re —I a in ’t ^goln* to s trik e on th e
com pany ao long as N eighbor la m aster
m echanic on thia d ivisio n; a in ’t a-goln’
to do i t an* you m lg b t as w ell q u it
I f you Jaw here from no w till C h ris t­
m as, ’tw o n ’t change m y m ind nar a
b it”
A nd they d idn’t change I t Th ro ug h
th e calm and through th e atorm, and
It storm ed hard fo r a w h ile . D ad H a m ­
ilton. w h enever w e could supply him
w ith an engineer, fired religiously.
I N o oth er m an In th e service could
have dons I t w ith o u t g e ttin g killed,
b u t D a d w as old enough to fa th e r any
m an am ong th e strikers.
M oreover,
he w as a g ian t physically and eccen­
tric enough to m ove along through the
he at o f th e crisis In d iffe re n t to th e
abase o f the other m en.
H is gray
hairs snd his trem endous physical
stren g th saved him fro m personal v io ­
lence.
O a r m aster m echanic, Neighbor,
w aa another big m an, six feet an inch
In his stockings, and strong aa a d r a w ­
bar.
B etw een N eighbor and th e old
firem an th e re existed some sort o f a
bond—a lik in g , an a ffin ity . D a d H a m ­
ilto n had fired on our division ten
years.
T h e re w as no prom otion fo r
D a d ; he could never be an engineer,
though only N eighbor kn ew w h y. B a t
The hop r e a c h e d lo r h h th r o ttle th ro u g h
a r a in o f ir o n b lo w t.
his Job o f firin g on th e riv e r division
w as sure aa long aa N eighbor signed
w b a t D ad thought no one could find
th e payrolls at the roundhouse.
out. I w an ted to te ll the old grow ler
H en ce there w as no surprise w hen
W bat I thought o f him , b a t Fo ley sold
th e superintendent offered him an en­
It w ouldn’t do any good and m ig h t do
gine. Just a fte r th e strike, th a t D ad
harm , ao I held m y peaces
refused to ta ke i t
One m igh t h a ve thought th a t the In ­
‘ " I ’m a firem an, and N eighbor knows
justice and b ru ta lity o f the th in g w onld
It
1 a in ’t no engineer.
I ’ll m ake
have roused him , bu t m en who h a ve re ­
steam fo r an y m an you p u t In tb s cab,
pressed them selves till they are gray
w ith me, b a t I w o n ’t touch a th ro ttle
bended do n't rise In a h u rry to reaeut a
fo r no man. I laid I t down, and I ’ll
D ad kept as m ute as the
never pinch It ag ain—an* no offense wrong.
sphinx. W hen M c N e al w as read y to
t* you. Neighbor, n e ith e r.”
Th us ended th e negotiations w ith go out the old firem an bad th e 244 shin­
D a d on th a t aubjoct; th reats and en­ ing, b u t I f the pale face o f hla engineer
treaties w e re useless.
Th en , too, In had any effect on h im he ke p t I t to
spite o f his professed w illingness to himself.
As they ra ttle d dow n the lin e w ith a
th ro w coal fo r any m an w e put on his
long stock tra in th a t night neither o f
engine, lie wss co ntinually ro w in g
them referred to th e break In th eir
about the green runners w e gave him .
run.
Com ing back n e xt night, the
F ro m th e standpoint o f a ra ilro a d m an
th ey w ere a tough assortm ent; fo r a same silence bung over the cab. Th e
fe llo w m ay be a good pa in ter, or a only words th a t passed over the boiler
handy m an w ith a Jack plane, or an head w ere " s trlc k ly business," as D ad
ex p ert m achtnast even and ye t a fa b ­ would say.
b ro as an engine nw aer'.
A t O x fo rd they w ere la id out by a
A fte r w e got hold o f Fo ley, Neighbor
ru lltn a n special. I t was 8 o'clock in
Un­
p u t him on aw h ile w ith D ad, and th e the m orning and ra in in g hard.
g rizzle d firem an q u ick ly declared th a t der such circumstances an hour seems
F o le y w as th e only m an on th e pa y­ all night. A t last D ad h im se lf broke
roll who kn ew how to m ove a tra in .
the unsupportable silence.
T h e little chap proved auch a re­
" H e 'd have w a ite d a good b it longer
m a rk a b le find th a t I trie d hard to get If be had w aited fo r m e to ta lh ,” said
some o f his eastern chums to come the boy, te llin g F o ley a fte rw a rd .
out and Join him . A fte r a good b it
" H e a rd you got licked,” grow led D ad
o f bustling w e did get h a lf a dozen a fte r tin k e rin g w ith the fire fo r the
m ore R eading boys fo r our new corps tw entieth tim e.
o f engine men, b u t the E ast E nd o f
- " I d id n ’t get licked,” retorted, Oeor-
. b e la le ke p t a ll bu t one o f th em on th e ir gle* " I got clubbed. I never bad a
ow n divisions. T h a t one w e got be­ chance to fight.”
cause nobody on the E ast End w anted
"These fe llow s hate to see a boy
him .
come out and take a m an’s Jeb. C an’t
" T h e y ’ ve crim ped th e w hole bunch. blam e 'em m uch neith er,’*
F o ley ,” said I. an sw erin g his Inquiries.
"W hose Job did 1 take?" demanded
T h e r e 's Just one fa llo w reported here Georgia an g rily.
"W a s any one o f
- h e cam e In on 6 this m orning
those cowards th at Juni|>ed on me In
Neighbor's had a little ta lk w ith him,
the d a rk looking fo r w o rk on this en­
but he doesn’t th ink m uch o f him. I
gine?"
guess w e’re out th e transportation on
T h e re w es nothing to say to th a t
th a t fe llo w .”
D ad kept still.
" W h a t’s hla name?” asked Foley.
“ Too ta lk abont m en,” continued tin
T a be off the R ea d in g 7”
young fe llo w . " I f 1 am not m ore o f a
"C la im s be la; hla nam e la McNeal**—
m an than to slug a fe llo w from be­
" M c N e a l T* echoed Foley, surprised.
hind, th e w a y they slugged me. I ’ll
" N o t Geòrgie M c N e al F
" I don’t know w h a t hts first nam e Is. get off this engine and stay off. I f
th at’s w h a t you call m en o u t here, I
H e ’s nothing bu t a boy.”
don't w a n t to be a m an. I ’ll go back
" D a rk com pleiloned fellow ? "
"P e rh ap s you’d call him th a t; sort of to P enn sylvan ia.”
“ W h y d id n 't you stay there?” gro w l­
aoft spoken ”
"G eòrgie M cN eal, sure's you’re born. ed Dad.
" W h y d idn’t you?”
I f you’ve got him yon’ ve got a bird.
W ith o u t a tte m p tin g to re tu rn the
H e ran opposite me betw een N ew Y ork
and P hiladelp hia on th e lim ited.
I shot D ad pulled nervously a t the chain.
" I f I hadn’t been fool enough to go
w a n t to aee him rig h t off. I f lt’a G eòr­
ont on a strike, I m ight have been ru n ­
gie, y o a ’re all rig h t ”
ning there ye t.” continued Georgle.
F o le y ’s ta lk w eut s good w ay w ith
"O ught to have kept aw a y from the
m e an y tim e. W h en 1 told N eighbor
ab ou t It be pricked up hla eara. W h ile postofllce,” grum bled D ad a fte r a
w e w e re debating In rushed Foley pause
" I get a le tte r tw ic e a week th at I
w it h th e kid, aa be called him
A a lo ck w o uld have It, N eighbor put think more o f th an I do o f thia whole
th e boy on the 244 w ith D a d H a m 11 road, and I proimee to go to the post-
to o , an d D a d proceeded a t < u • to office and get It W ithout asking any­
m a k e w h a t Fo ley term ed "a great body’s perm ission.”
"T h e y’ll pound you again.”
ro a r."
» " W h a t’s th e m a t t e r t
demanded
Georgle looked out Into th e storm.
N eig h b o r roughly w hen the old fire­ " W e ll, w hy shouldn't thaw? I ’ ve got no
f r i e n d s . " ______ _
m an com plained
" I f yo u 're go la' to p o ll these train s
-
nsytvanla?”
w it h boys, I gnaaa It ’s th n e fb r *m e to
"Yes, I ’ve got a g irl there,” replied
q u it I ’m ir e tr iif yre?tv|<*i<l a n y h o w ” i the boy in the rein tor- . -he cab wln-
" W h e r e the m a tte r 7” grow led Neigt»
d<■'«
' T r e Imd s g irl t ere a good
bor. a tll' su rlier kn o w in g fu ll w ell th kt w hile
Hbe’s gray bended and sixty
I f th e oid fe llo w had a good reason be yenrs old th a t’s ioj g’ r l - tad I f she
w o u ld h a ve b lurted It out a t the »tart.
can w rite b-tters to me I can get them
’N o th in 's th e m a tte r, only I ’d Hke out ** the iRwtofllce w ill tout a gu ard­
m y ttane ”
j
ian "
’
,
• " Y o o w o n 't get It.” said N eighbor
s M cornea,” said D a d as the
ro u g h ly
"G o b s «k on yo ur run.
headlight o f the P u llm an ap o d al shone
M c N e a l don’ t behave .a p a rt tffifc
fa in t ahead through th e m la t
m e, gp d im h g a t
ttaoe.”
h
M
a
gle, looking a t his w atch. " G iri* me
eteam now, D ad . and I ’ll get yon home
In tim e fo r a nap before b r e a k fa s t”
A m inu te la te r the special shot over
the switch, and the young runner,
crow ding the pistons a b i t started off
the elding- W hen D ad, looking back
fo r the hind end brakem an to lock the
sw itch and sw ing on, called a ll clear,
Geòrgie pulled h e r out an oth er notch,
and the long tra in slow ly gathered
headw ay tip the slippery track.
As the speed lucreased the young
m an and the old relapsed Into th e ir
usuai silence. T h e 24-rTvas alw a y s a
free steam er, bu t Georgle p u t her
through her paces w ith o u t any apolo­
gy, and It took lots o f coal to square
the accou nt
In a few m inutes they w ere pound
Ing along up through the N arro w s. The
tra c k there follow s the high bench be­
tw een the bluffs, w hich sheer up on
one side, and the riv e r bed. th irty fe et
below the grade, on the other.
I t Is not an In v itin g stretch a t any
tim e w ith a big strin g o f gondolas be­
hind. B u t on a w e t night It la th e last
place on the division w here an engi­
neer would w a n t a aide rod to go
wrong, and Just there and then Geor­
gia's rod w en t ve ry w ron g Indeed.
H a lfw a y betw een centers the big
steel bar on hla side, d ippin g then so
fa st you couldn’t have seen It even In
d a ylig h t, snapped lik e a stick o f lico­
rice. T h e hind end ripped up In to the
cab lik e the npse o f a swordfish, te a r­
ing and sm ashing w ith ap p a llin g force
and fu ry .
Georgle M c N e a l’s seat buret under
him as I f a stick o f gbtnt po w der had
exploded. H e w as Jammed ag ain st the
cab roof lik e a lin k pin and fe ll s p ra w l­
ing, w h ile the m onster steel fla il
thrashed and tore through the cab w ith
ev ery lightning revolution o f the g rea t
d riv e r from w hich It swung.
I t was a fr ig h tfu l m o m e n t
A ny­
th in g thought or done m ust be th ou ght
and done a t onceJ I t w as e ith e r to
stop th a t trqln, and q u ickly, o r to
pound along u n til the 244 Jumped the
track and lit In th e riv e r, w ith th irty
cars o f coal to cover It.
In s ta n tly —ao D a d H a m ilto n a fte r ­
w a rd
told m e—In stan tly
th e
bqy,
scram bling to his feet, reached fo r his
th ro ttle — reached fo r It th ro ug h a rain
o f Iron blows, and staggered back, w ith
hts rig h t arm hanging like a broken
w in g from hla shoulder.
A n d back
again a fte r It —a fte r th e th ro ttle w ith
hla le ft; slipping and creeping care­
fu lly this tim e up the th ro ttle lever un­
til, strain in g and tw is tin g and dodg­
ing, he caught th e latch and pushed It
tig h tly home, D a d w h is tlin g vlgoroua-
ly th e w h ile fo r brakes.
R elieved o f th e trem endous head on
th e cylinder, th e old engine calm ed
dow n enough to le t the tw o m en col­
lect themselves. R ap id ly as th e brakes
could do It, th e long tra in w aa brought
up standing, and Georgle. helped by
his firem an, dropped out o f th e cab,
and they set about disconnecting—the
engineer w ith his one a rm —th e fo r­
m idable ends o f th e broken rod.
I t was a slow, d ifficult piece o f .work
to do. lu spite ori th e ir m ost active
efforts th e rain chilled th em to the
m arrow .
T h e tra in crew gave them
as m uch help as w illin g bands could,
w h ich w asn't much, but by every m an
d o ing .ao m etblm i they got th in g s fixed,
called In th e jr ta g m e u Juat before d a y ­
break and started home.
W h e n th e
sun rose Geòrgie, g rim a n d silent, th e
th ro ttle In bis le ft h a n d ,. w aa urgtng
th e old engine along on a dogtrot
across the B lackw ood A s ta an d no,
lim pin g In on one aide, th e khl brought
hla tra in Into th e Z a nesville yards,
w ith D ad H a m ilto n unable to m ake
h im se lf h e lp fu l euough, un ab le to show
his appreciation o f th e s k ill an d the
g rit th a t the n ig h t had disclosed In th e
kid engineer.
T h e hostler w a itin g In the yard
sprang Into the cab w ith am azem ent
on his face and was Just In tim e to
lif t a lim p boy out o f the old firem an ’s
arm s and help D ad get him to the
ground, fo r G eorgle had fa in te d .
W h en the 244 reached tk? shops a
fe w m inutes la te r they photographed
th a t cab.
I t w as th e .w o rst base o f
rod sm ashing w o had ever keen, and
th e W est E n d shops have ca u g h t soma
p re tty tough looking caba In th e ir day.
T h e boy who stopped th e cyclone and
saved his tra in and crew lay stretched
on the lounge in m y office w a itin g fo r
th e oompaay surgeon. A n d old D a d
H a m ilto n —crabbed. Irascible old D ad
H a m ilto n —flew around th a t boy e x ­
actly lik e ,a n excited old rooster, first
brin g in g Ics and th en w a te r and then
hot coffee and then fa n n in g him w ith
a tim e table. I t was w d rth a am ali
smashup to aee It.
T h e one sweep o f the rod w hich
caught Georgte’g arm had broken It In
tw o places, and he w as off d u ty three
months. B u t It w as a novelty to see
th a t boy w a lk do w n to the postofflee
and hear the strikers step up and ask
how hts arm was, and to see old I)a d
H a m llto u ta g around Zanesville a fte r
him w aa refreshing. T h e k id engineer
had won his spurs.
A Most V aluable A gent.
T h s g I yoer In tern ployed In D r. Plerae*»
toedtcInes greatly enhances the modlclnal
properties which It eztrscts from native
medicinal roots and holds to solution
much better than alcohol wonld. I t *l«o
imM-wses m ed ld n a j aropertles of Ito own,
bemg a v.ilr.abfo demulcent, n u tritiv e,
antiseptic aud a n tifo rm en t
I t adds
greatly to the efficacy of the B lack Cherry-
bark, bloodroot, Golden S a il root, Stone
root snd Queen’s root, contained la
•Golden Medical Discovery • In subduing
chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial,
th ro at snd lung affections, for all of which
these agents are recommended by stand­
ard medical authorities.
In all cases where there Is a wasting
away of flesh, loss of appetite, w ith weak
stomach, as In the early stages o f con-
sumffiihn, there can be no doubt th a t gly-
cerlne/scto as a valuable n u tritiv e and
aids Jms Golden Seal root. Stone root,
Qu«
>t and Black Cherry bark la
p rom t.
llgastloa and building up the
flesh si
frength. controlling the cough
and brini ng about a healthy condition
of lha w| He system. O f courts. It must
not be ea
:ted to work miracles. I t w ill
not cure!
isumptlon except In Ito earlier
■ts«ea.
~ III cur<| very Severe. n‘
fitig La. h rn fic
I l I« hot so euecuva. i t Is In the lingering
h > ng o n coughs, ov those of long standing,
even when aeoompanled by bleeding from
lungs, th a t It has performed Ito moet
marvelous cures.
Prof. Finley Elllngwood, M . D ., of Ben­
nett Med. College, Chicago, says of gly­
cerine:
• In drspepeto I t s e rres an axo ellew t p a rn o a x
B o ld in g a f l x H q u a n t l t r o f th e p e ro x id e of
h r d n < e B tn s o is tb x i. U la owe o f th e beet
N e w K u k lu x In K e n tu c k y . T A e Taking 0. 1 fllm ln g ir
•■ e W ’
T h e N ig h t R iders o f K e n tu c k y and
Tennessee la the nam e o f a secret and
despearate and d a rin g clan th a t has
stru ck a w e to th e hearts o f th e people
o f t h ir t y counties In the fa ire s t po r­
tio n o f the fa ir southland, fu rn ish ed a
th rillin g topic o f conversation for
aonthernera e v ery w h e re an d d ra w n the
atten tio n o f the nation.
I n open defiance o f th e com m ands of
governors, the orders o f Judges, the
w arn in g s o f new spapers, th e adiaonl
tio n o f the society to w h ic h Its mem
here a re alleged to belong an d the ad
re re e public se n tim en t In th e section
w h ere I t flourishes thia clan has son
tluued Its depredations and work of
destruction unharm ed, un da u n ted and
p ra c tic a lly unmolested. C om ing whence
no one know s, doing Its w o rk W ith
m a rtia l precision and dispatch, it
leaves no clew , open or veiled, foe the
m oet v ig ila n t and valorous officers to
find w h ith e r It w en t, w h en It trill
s trik e ag ain o r where.
• A
N o t since th e days o f th e reconstruc­
tio n period has such an organisation
existed, riv a lin g In every fe atu re, ef-
lng little c ity of H o p kin sville , In C hris­
tian county, K y w ca ptu red ths police
departm ent, stopped traffic on tw o
great ra ilw a y systems and applied the
torch to th re e enormous warehouses
filled w ith tobacco, am ong w h ich w as
one belonging to John C. L a th a m , a
N ew Y o rk h a n ke r an d ow n er o f th e
largest tobacco warehouse in w estern
K en tu c ky. T h e in vad ers th en com­
pletely ridd led w ith b u llets th é offices
of a new spaper belonging to th e m ayo r
of th e to w n , w h o th ro ug h his paper
bad condemned th e ir acts o f law less­
ness. T h e loss lu the raid was es ti­
m ated a t In round num bers 9200,000.
S tate F ir e M a rsh al A yres h u rrie d to
the scene and m ade one arrest, the ac­
cused m an h a v in g little tro u b le In es­
ta b lis h in g an In d isp u ta b le a lib i and
being released.
Close on th e H o p k ln a v llle Invasion
and w h ile th e court w aa s till In v e s ti­
gating th a t depredation 800 o f th e m a­
raudera descended on BueeeUvUle, an ­
other K e n tu c k y to w n , ab o u t th ir ty
m iles fro m H o p k in s v ille as th e crow
files. P u rs u in g th e ir re g u la r methods.
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C ity
W s hors so ■»■rot« I W o ra b lls k
tfco IbM kB lM o f aU o a r ao e iolaos.
u«
tke U X I 0 I <AS
Union Gas Engine Co.
Trunks end Gripe Hauled to and
each night.
p ill
Usele Saai
day,
Draying of all Kinde.
K ? ñ fM h e h o w e í^ e « ü ¡a ^ v ¡t» U ^ e r to
«
>as
engine service
Z S O IS I 1er hU geM oatfita la tbe
artillery and wlreleee telesresk
eervtee. Tbie roegb treatSMet U
a trae practical taat at afficiaBcy aaS dw a-
M Uty. Tbe VS 10S OXS ZNOIMB la con-
•troctad iS auch a superior manner and of
each ta a ma tarlai that It s ta rti aaay, works
easy and runs aaay under ordinary, every­
rouxb (arm uaaae. Before you lauset a
caat la a cas oaglaa w rite (or ear tree catakw
CITY DRAY NO. 2
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Proprietor of
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Pine, Juat
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Trunks and Grips Delivered
To and From all Trains.
T h s beet k in d o l a testtosoalal -
" ■ o ld to r o v e r s ix ty ye ars .”
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D ra y
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Express and Freight
Delivered to any Part of the City
Piano and Furniture Moving.
The old cold goes; • new one
quickly comet. It's the story
of • weak throat, weak lungs,
a tendency to consumption.
A y e r ’a C h e r r y P e c to r a l
breaks up the taking-cold habit.
It strengthens, soothes, heals.
Ask your doctor about It.
616«
from all traine
First S t., Portland, Oregon
F. r . Kaadan. »alee d«aat
.
The Secret of a
Beautiful Face
O A L I T T L E M IS S IO N A R Y W O R K IN Y O U R
id le d a y s by te lliu g y o u r n eig h b o rs o f th e good
q u a litie s o f T h e O bserver.
I f y o u c a n ’t g e t th eir su b ­
scrip tio n s, sen d u s th e ir a d d resses and w e w ill send
th em sa m p le co p ies. W e p ay for a ll s o lic itin g y o u do
D
The
lie* In keeping tke ikin pro-
tectedaa well aa cleansed. Juat
washing is not enough— that
o n ly leave« th e d elic ate surface
more exposed to the irritation
o f duat and g e rm « | to m e rc i-
sub
le«a attacks o f
and
weather. A fte r washing, ap­
ply Rohertine and experience
ita delightful refreshment.
You will admire the line-les«
aoftneee it impart« to face,
neck and arm*. I t not only
etimulxtei s radiant glow, but
protect« the «kin from becom­
ing coarse. Prevent« burn­
ing, tan and freckle«.
jlli fu r D n irtt nr •
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rxr
Monkland
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T
Percheron Horse Association
Announce to the Farmers
of Slierman county that
their Percheron stallion
C olanthe
Will make season of I9O8
the following places and days
B U R N IN G
OF
;
THE
I’
i
R U S S E L L V IL L E
ten surpassing, the te rrib le w o rk o f
th e K u k lu x K ia n , w ith Ita m em ber­
ship a hundredfold m ore desperate. A n
unexpected, m ysterious, m yth ical force
strikes s w iftly u n d e r th e cover o f d ark
sees and la a w a y , lea vin g only th e
presence o f a burned and ch arred ru in
o f once proud tobacco factories and
warehouses to a tte s t to Its presence.
H u m a n life la not wortkr a fe ath er's
w e ig h t w h ere reckless persona v e n tu re
fro m th e ir residences d u rin g a raid
and refu se to Im m e d ia te ly ebey a com
m end o f u n qu estionable sueanlng to re ­
tu rn .
T h a t a to the death com pact exists
between, its m em bers th ere Is e v s rj
reason to believe.
F o r the orig in o f th is te rrib le organi
zatlon w e m ust look to th e w a r he
tw een th e p lanters o f th e "block
pa tch ” o f K e n tu c k y and Tennessee,
the “d a rk tobacco d is tric t,” an d the
A m e ric an Tobacco com pany, th e ao
called tobacco t r u s t T h e tr u s t h ad
succeeded In so d o m in a tin g th e d o rk
tobacco d is tric t th a t It w aa ab le t o get
a ll th e product a t Ita ow n prices.
O n S e p t 24, In th e y e a r 1804, a thou
send men fo rm ed th e D a r k Tobacco
Planters* P ro te c tiv e association an d
pledged th em selves to hold th e ir staple
fo r liv in g prices. T h e m ove w a a con
tsgious, and other s im ila r organlsa-
tlons sprang In to existence u n til theta*
to tal Uksmbershtp controlled 90 par
cent o f a ll the tobacco raised. F a ir
prices w ere dem anded and fo r a w h ile
ap p aren tly w illin g ly given, b u t such e
rich plum w as not to be sn atched by
the action o f a "h a n d fu l p f ip*—"*
p lanters” w ith o u t a stubborn fig h t
Prices w h ich oth erw is e w o u ld have
been considered enorm ous w ere o f­
fered to In d iv id u a l fa rm e rs w h o had
pledged them selves to sell aa a body
In th e endeavor to rend asunder th e
solid sox! determ ined p h ala n x o f dis
gusted planters. T h e offers w ere a t
first refusisi, but la to r some planters
yielded to the bland ishm en ts and th e
money of the tru s t.
I t was to prevenrt secessions fro m th s
p lanters’ pool t h a t th e N ig h t R iders
w ere organized, though th e D a r k T o ­
bacco P ianterà* P ro tective association
la not openly ch arged w ith responsibil­
ity to r the N ig h t R iders’ acta. A n y
plan ter w h o sella his product below
th e price set by th e planters’ pool bu*
comes an im m e d ia te ob ject o f the
N ig h t R id e rà vengeance, and newspa­
pers and In d iv id u a ls w h o d a re to c riti­
cise N ig h t K M era a re no t less severely
de alt w ith . R ece n tly th e N ig h t Riders
have grow n b o lte r an d m ore desperate
th an ever am U fro m attacks on Iso­
lated tobacco fa rm s h a ve turned to
concerted an m u lts on large towns
w hich have in cu rre d th e ir e n m ity. Not
long ago a band o f dread N ig h t Ridere
in num bers o f betw een tw o and three
hu ndred vwoog>ed dow n on the flourish
..
» -
r
TO BAOO O W A R E H O U S E *
th e riders com pletely e u iro m a te d the
place, located guards a t points o f v a n ­
tage and proceeded to c a rry ou t th e ir
In te n tio n o f destroying tw o
large
“tr u s t” factories. T h e electric lights
w e re tu rn ed off, the telephone offices,
tw o In num ber, w ere seized, th e ra id e r«
courteously and. p o lite ly b u t firm ly teffl
ln g th e yo un g wom en in charge th a t
no h a rm w o u ld come to th em so tong
ns they did not touch th e s w itc h ­
boards. M em bers o f th e fire d e p a rt­
m ent w ere Intercepted on theta* w ay to
extinguish th e b u rn in g warehouses ig ­
nited by rid ers and tu rn ed hack. Peo­
ple who lo ft th e ir residences to ascer­
tain the cause of th e excitem en t re­
ceived orders to retu rn . A p flh e n g r r
train ab ou t to e n te r th e place w a a tag-
ged Juat outside th e city lim its a n d Its
engine d r iv e r eom m onded to m oke no
UM of 111 w h istle w h ile passing
through th e to w n an d no h a rm w ould
coma to h im , h la c re w o r passengers.
N o personal violence w as offered the
cktsena w h o respected Instructions to
rem ain In th e ir homes w h ile th e w o rk
of destruction w as being c a rried on,
but th ree m en w h o cam e o u t In to th e
streets w e re s h o t T h re e buildings ad­
jac en t to th e warehouses w ere also
consumed by flames, th e e n tire loos
to talin g som ething over 9100.000 in
buildings an d tobacco.
A fte r th e w o rk of destruction had
been com pleted th e rid ers m at In ene
of the p rin cip a l streets, counted th e ir
num ber, fired a p a rtin g volley In to the
a ir and. aa usual, vanished In to the
folds o f th e darkness o f n ig h t
On th e n ig h t o f Jan. 28 a hand o f
fifty m asked N ig h t R iders took poeeee-
slon of the A rcadia hotel a t D aw son
Springs, K y M and a fte r te rr ify in g th e
guests by "shooting up” th e place took
John H e a th , an independent tobacco
buyer, w h o w as a g u e s t to a riv e r
near by and upon th re ats o f a “duck­
in g” m ade him prom ise not to sell any
m ore tobacco. *
H e a th fin a lly found hla w a y back to
the hotel, an d th e m asked raiders dis­
appeared.
G o vern o r A ugustos B. W ills o n , th s
new c h ie f o f the com m on w ealth of
K en tu c ky, has no t only offered larg e
rew ard s fo r th s apprehension o f the
riders, bu t a large bonus fo r in fo rm a ­
tion w h ich w ill lead ts th e a rre st o f
an y one o f the clan, prom ising a t the
eotne tim e th e protection o f th e m ilitia
o f th e state to th e In fo r m a n t G o vern ­
or W illso n hoe sent troops In to th e
to w n s touched by th e riders* ruthless
hands to p re v e n t a recurrence o f the
offense.
»
G o verno r M a lco lm R . P atterson o f
Tsnnssss« has been sq u ally eo tlve to
p re v e n t these outbreaks wtttaln. ths
V o lu n te e r S tate, and his e t e r t s haw *
been In th e m a in eoeeeaafuL Tennes­
see has been fre e fro m a c tiv ity on
th e ir p e rt fo r m any m onths and bids
f a ir to continue so.
READ THE OBSERVER
A L L the tim e.
For County ncw i
A “WANT”
ad in T he M oro
O bserver will reach more
people in Sherman County than
by any other medium available.
(rstarvfcsl Inisasmetlon of
f
Cold ìlabit
\
NOTICE TO BREEDERS
will reitere saany eeaee of premia
1 exceeelre gastric (stomach)
M e d ic a l n te o o r e r r • ew rickee and
___ __ *e blood r a r in g bleScbea. pliep lea.
rupttuna. ecro falo n e swelltnjps and old eorea
o r o lc e rs
♦
Rend to H r I t ▼. P ia i
B u ffalo . N
to r fre e b o o klet te llin e
at ute
M oro. O r e g o n .
*
Night Riders of the “Blaok Patch/’ Bound by Awful Oath, Devas­
tate Thirty-two Counties of Two States In Ruth­
less War Against Tobacco Trust
JOB PRINTING
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B w e q le g a O »w *
I t Is a m re t efficien t p re p a ra tio n ,
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WLE5AM
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«Ai* tan« h i *
M o n d ay s at B rock Bros.,
OREGON
S hort L ine
arm U N IO N P A C IF IC
3
T r a in s
to T h e
P U ftT U A N U p X P U T .
l.v . P a lly .
C H IC A O O P O K 1 L A M P
,
H C K C IA I. for the hast
via Uuntingtnn.
S.I0 a.m.
Paases BI jjk «, («top»)
12.16 p in.
H H O K A N K r i. Y K R .
T u e sd a y s a t C hris. A n d erso n
W ed n esd ay s at L . L. Peetz
F rid a y s a t T .- W . B rannon
S atu rd ay s at O . C. M ortensen
Colanthe ¡g receded by
the American I’ercheron Horae Breeder« and Importers Associa­
tion, his recorded number being 40930. Color and description,
brown, star, small snip. Pedigree, foaled April 11th, 1903. Bred
and owned by H. G. McMillan of Rock Rai>:ds, Iowa. Got by
Calypso 26017 [44577], by Theudis 26015 [40871], by Besigue
[19602], by Brilliant III 11116 [2919], by Fenelon 2682 [38], by
Brilliant 1271 [756], by Brilliant 1899 [766], by Coco II [714],
by Vieux Chaslin [713], by Coco [712], by Mignon [716], by
Jean Ee Blanc [739].
Dam. Corona 23366, by Sandow 21144, by Clampin 13999
[29892], by Phenix 8849 [6983], by Fenelon 2682 [38], by Bril­
liant 1271 [765], by Bri liant 1899 [766], by Coco II [714], by
Vieux Chasltn [713], by Coco [712], by Mignon [715], by Jean
Le Blanc [739].
2d Dam. Babe 2114& by I’luton 10113 [19321], by Vaillant
[404], by Prosper £893], by Decide [892], by Vieux Pierre [894],
by Coco [712[, by Mignon [715], by Jeau Le Blanc [739].
3d Dam. Dimmitt 4450 imported from France in 1882 by
Dillon Bros., of Normal, Illinois.
C e r tific a t e o f P e d ig r e e .
A r. D a ily .
-A 20
7 00 p.m.
flag
p.iu
4 20 p.m.
d 01) a m f
n o « Io n .
Haaaea Bigir«
11. 2Up m
2.46 a m.
For K a .lrrn W aihin nylon, W alla W alla, Lewis­
ton, C. eur (l’ Alone an.l Groat Nurthorn pointa.
A I L A N T I C b.XPRKHH
for the X u .I via Huut-
I ng l on.
Faaaea Riga*
T h u rs d a y s a t W . A . W oods
E a s t D a ily
T h ro u g h P u llm a n
atand arda and
to u ris t sleeping-cars d a ily to O m a h a ,
C hicago, K pokane; tourlwt sleeping-car
d a lly to K ansas C ity . R e c lin in g c h a lr-
enra (seats free) to th e E ast d a ily .
F O K T L A N P B IU G H
L< M ,* A L , for all lor a I
point« between Bigga
and Portland.
Arrives a I Bigg a
C a la n a b la
aud
pm
7.40
no .lo p .
11.29 pm
9 4A a.m.
flag
4.51 a.m.
m.
■ on a.m .
6 00 n
12.1)6 a.m. Lv. 12 16 pffi.
W illa m e tte
■ Iv a r .
F o r A s to ria an d w a v pointa, con­
n e c tin g w it h steam er lor Ilw a o o a n d
N o r th Reach K team er H assalo, A sh
street dock. Leavea 8.00 p m . d a lly ,
exoept M u nd ay. M a tu rd a y 10 U0 p. m .
A rriv e « 6 00 p. m . d a lly excep t rtu u d a y .
F o r D a y to n , Oregon C ity an d Y a m ­
h ill R iv e r points. A sh street dock.
Leaves 7 00 a m d a ily ex cep t M u n d a y .
A rriv e s 6.30 p-m d a lly exoept M u n d ay.
F o r L e w is to n , Id a h o , an d w a y po ints
from R ip a ria , W ash. Leave K ip a ria
6.40 a. m ., o r upon a r r iv a l tra in No. 4,
d a lly excep t H a tu rd a y . A rr iv e R ip a ria
4 p m . d a lly excep t F r id a y .
For full Information call on or address
W m . M cM URRAY
Uen'l Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO..
Single leap 115, payable at time
of service. The season 920, payable at the end of the season.
To insure 925, payable when mare is known to be with foal.
Mare and colt to stand good for services. Care will be taken to
prevent accidents, but will be responsible for none. Trading,
selling, or removing the mare from the neighborhood forfeits the
insurance and money becomes due. '
T e r m s o f S e r v ic e .
Sunset, Ocean
and
Shasta Route
*
A n d y S h e a r e r,
M anager
O R E G O N ’S
O P P O R T U N IT Y
•v.
R atrh
/
O obO N lH T
fro m aU pa rts o f th e U n ite d H ta lre and C an ad a to a ll
pa rts o f O re g o n an d th w N o r th w e s t w ill be a g ain p u t In to effect by
T h e O r e g o n R a ilr o a d
C o m p a n y an d S o u th e rn
N a v ig a tio n
P a c ific C o .
(L in e s In O reg o u )
March 1, i9o8
a n d w ill c o n tin u e d a ily th ro u g h ­
o u t M a re h a n d A p r il.
F ro m th e p rin c ip a l cities o f th s
m id d le west t h e ra te , w ill be aa follow s:
FROM
CHICAGO............
8OUTH
D c | m > i
DIVISION.
|38.()0 COUNCIL BLUFFS... .a .. 930.00
« T . L O U I S .................................... 9 8 6 0 0 OMAHA............. ................. 880.00
K A N S A S C I T Y ..........................980.00 S T . P A U L .................................. 980 00
(w rrv s p o n d ln g rates fro m a ll o th e r E a s te rn points. S topovera a t
pleasure a t a l l p o in ts l a O re g o n .
T h e C o lo n is t R a te is th e greatest o f a ll h o m ebu ilders. O regon has
u n lim ite d raso u red F an d needs m ore people w h o deelre hom es au d la rg ­
e r o p p o rtu n itie s .
O regon people oan ao ootnpllsh sp len d id results by h e ra ld in g th is op­
p o rtu n ity to a l l th e w o rld . S end O regon lite ra tu re g iv in g good, r e lia ­
ble In fo r m a tio n ab ou t tb e s ta te , fa r au d w id e. C a ll on th e above r a il­
roads fo r R I f nsosasary.
Fares can be Prepaid
desired
A n y a g e n t Is a u th o riz e d to aooept th e re q u ir­
ed deposit a n d te le g ra p h tic k e t to a n y p o in t. C a ll on or address
O . M . C A D Y , A g L O . R . A ta.
—
W M . M cM URRAY.
M o ro , O re g o n .
G e n . Paas. A g t ., P o rtla n d , O rego n.
T
v ia
O v e rla n d E xpress tra in s for Hwlera,
Roseburg, A s h la n d , S acram ento, O g ­
den, Han
Francisco, S to c kto n Loa
Angeles, E l Paso, N e w O rlean s an d th a t
E a s t. L e a v e a P o rtla n d U u io n D ep ot,
8.46 p. m . A rriv e s 7.26 a. m ., d a lly .
M o rn in g tra in o o n n ectaat W oodbu rn
d a lly ex cep t M unday w ith tra in s for
M t. A n g e l, M ilverto n
B ro w n s v ille ,
H p rliig fie ld , W e n d lln g an d
N a tr o n .
Ijeaves P o rtla n d U n io n D e p o t8 .3 0 a .m .
arrives 6.66 p. m .
E ug ene passenger connects a t W o o d -
htgrn w it h M t. A ngel an d M ilverton
local. L e a v e a P o rtla n d U n io n D e p o t
4.16 p. m ., retu rn s 10.36 a .m ., d a lly .
C o r v a llb passenger leaves P o rtla n d
U n io n
7.30 a m ., a rrlv e s 6 60 p .m .
D a lly .
M herldan passenger leaves P o rtla n d
U n io n D e p o t 4 60 p .m ., a r riv e s 8.26 a .m .
D a lly .
Forest G ro v e passenger leaves P o r t­
lan d U n io n De|»ot 10 46 p .m ., arrives
1.60 p .m . D a lly ex cep t M unday.
P O R TL A N D "O S W E G O H U B U R B A N
H E R V IC K A N D Y A M H I L L
FROM
Here at h o m e I f
EA 8T
D ep ot, F o o t o f Jefferson S treet.
le a v e s from Jefferson street depot for
D allas ao d in te rm e d ia te po int# d a lly ,
4 16 p .m . A r r iv e P o rtla n d , 10.16 a .m .
T h e In d ep en d en c e M o n m o u th M o tor
L in e operates dal ly to M o n m o u th aod
A lr lie , co n n ectin g w it h B . P . Go’a
train s a t D a lla s aud In d ep en d en c e.
First-class fare from P o rtla n d to
S acram en to an d Man Francisco, 920:
b e rth ,96. fleoond-olasa flair, 916;seoond
class b e rth , 92.60
T ic k e ts to E astern po ints an d E u ro p e ,
also J a p a n , C h io s , H o n o lu lu an d
A u s tra lia.
C IT Y T IC K E T O F F IC E , C o r w r T h ir d
n g to n . P h o n e M a la 7 1 1 .
P o r tla n d , O r. ‘
C. W. STINGER. W hs . neMURRAY
City Ticket Agent. . Gen Poee. A«^